Omissions

The absence of the authour has occasioned the omission of these two clauses, which the reader is desired in his perusal to insert in the following places: namely, Page 18, Line 14, insert [And, which is the greatest lustre and credit of this opinion, I find it espoused by that profound philosoper, and reverend prelate of this nation, the present Lord Bishop of Sarum: He asserts that comets are perpetual bodies, and that no new comets appear, but the very same which were seen before.] Page 59, line 1, insert [And I might tell you here what a great light of our Church and of astronomy says in the conclusion of his excellent discourse concerning comets: Taedet me divinationis in re tam incerta: I am weary of divining (says he) upon this uncertain subject: All our philosophy here is but conjectures and surmises.