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CII.

Philosophy. Philosophia.

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The _Naturalist_, 1. vieweth all the works of God in the World. _Physicus_, 1. speculatur omnia Dei Opera in Mundo.

The _Supernaturalist_, 2. searches out the _Causes_ and _Effects_ of things. _Metaphysicus_, 2. perscrutatur _Causas_, & rerum _Effecta_.

The _Arithmetician_, reckoneth _numbers_, by adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing; _Arithmeticus_ computat _numeros_, addendo, subtrahendo, multiplicando, dividendo; and that either by _Cyphers_, 3. on a _Slate_, or by _Counters_, 4. upon a _Desk_. idque vel _Cyphris_, 3. in _Palimocesto_, vel _Calculis_, 4. super _Abacum_.

_Country people_ reckon, 5. with _figures of tens_, X. and _figures of five_, V. _Rustici_ numerant, 5. _Decussibus_, X. & _Quincuncibus_, V. by _twelves_, _fifteens_, and _threescores_. per _Duodenas_, _Quindenas_, & _Sexagenas_.