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To the READER.  for the Proof of any one Problem or Theorem, the former don't always depend of the latter, yet it don't readily enough appear either from the order of each, or by any other manner, when they agree together, and when not; wherefore for want of the Conjunctions and Adjectives, ergo, rurus, ''&c. many difficulties and occaions of doubt do often arie in reading, epecially to thoe that are Novices. Beides it frequently happens, that the aid Method cannot avoid uperflous Repetitions, by which the Demontrations are oftentimes render'd tedious, and ometimes alo more intricate; which Faults my Method doth eaily remedy by the arbitrary mixture of both Words and Signs. Therefore let what has been aid, touching the Intention and Method of this little Work, uffice. As to the ret, whoever covets to pleae himelf with what may be aid, either in Praie of the Mathematicks in general, or of Geometry in particular, or touching the Hitory of thee Sciences, and conequently of Euclide himelf (who digeted thoe Elements) and others of that kind, may conult other Interpreters. Neither will I (as if I were afraid leat thee my Endeavors may fall hort of being atisfactory to all Perons) alledge as an Excue (tho' I may very lawfully do it) the want of due time which ought to be employ'd in this Work, nor the Interruption occaion'd by other Affairs, nor yet the want of requiite help for thee Studies nor everal other things of the like nature. But what I have here employ'd my Labour and Study in for the Ue of the ingenuous Reader, I wholly ubmit to his Cenure and Judgment, to approve if ueful or reject if otherwie.''

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