Transcriber’s Footnotes
[1.] There are a few illegible points in the Greek text (Herodotus IV.36.2):
Γελῶ δὲ ὁρῶν γῆς περιόδος γράψαντας, πολλοὺς ἤδη καὶ οὐδένα νόον ἔχοντας ἐξηγησάμενον ὃι Ὠκεανόν τε ῥεόντα γράφουσι πέριξ τήν τε γὴν ἐοῦσαν κυκλοτερέα ὡς ἀπὸ τόρνου.
Gelô de horôn gês periodous grapsantas pollous êdê kai oudena noon echontas exêgêsamenon hoi Ôkeanon te rheonta graphousi perix tên te gên eousan kukloterea hôs apo tornou.
[2.] Sidenote unclear:
[3.] Sidenote unclear:
[4.] Reading doubtful; may be intended for “Enius” (modern Aenus?).
Now the aggregate of the quadrate from A B a hundred, and B G a 1000 will bee 1010000, unto which the quadrate arising from A G must be equall according to the 47th proposition in the first booke of elements. Therefore the whole line A G is somewhat more than 104, and the distance betwixt H A must be above 4 miles, which was the thing to be proved.
Cælius (Sidenote) Progym. 1.
the noble Tycho (Sidenote) l. 20. c. 5.
[7.] The first paragraph on this page is very unclear. The page image is shown in full because in other respects this is a typical page. If there were sidenotes, they would be printed in the wide margin, outside the line.
the words of Fienus, as they are quoted by Fromondus in the above cited place, Possunt maximæ permutationes in cœlo fieri
in the above cited place) Possunt maximæ
the words of Fienus (as they are quoted by Fromondus in the above cited place) Possunt maximæ permutationes in cœlo fieri
[9.] The sidenote is printed alongside the Mæslin quotation, but the text named in the sidenote is by Kepler.