TO THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THOMAS HOBBES[9]

Sheweth, that though your Majesty hath been pleased to take off the restraint of late years laid upon the pensions payable out of your privy purse, yet your Majesty’s Officers refuse to pay the pension of your petitioner without your Majesty’s express command.

And humbly beseaceth your Majesty, (considering his extreme age, perpetual infirmity, frequent and long sickness, and the aptness of his enemies to take any occasion to report that your petitioner by some ill behaviour hath forfeited your wonted favour), that you would be pleased to renew your order for the payment of it in such manner as to his great comfort he hath for many years enjoyed it.[10]

And daily prayeth to God Almighty to bless your Majesty with long life, constant health, and happinesse.

Footnote 9:

Additional MSS. 4292. Brit. Mus.

Footnote 10:

Deinde redux mihi Rex concessit habere quotannis Centum alias libras ipsius ex loculis: Dulce mihi donum. VITA _Carm. expres._ p. xcviii.

END OF VOL. VII.

RICHARDS, PRINTER, 100, ST. MARTIN’S LANE.

Transcriber’s Note

Some Greek passages employ the stigma ligature (‘st’). The available Unicode character (ϛ) is nearly indistinguishable from the final form of sigma (ς). Occasionally, the ‘ου’ ligature is employed. The only available character (ᴕ) is a Latin, not a Greek character. It is rendered here as ‘ου’. There were also a number of instances of improper placement of diacritical marks, particularly in cases where the breathing mark and accents appear on the first rather than the second of two leading vowels, e.g. ‘ὅυτως’ rather than ‘οὕτως’.

At 93.4, the response ‘No sure’ is obviously incorrect. It is most likely that it should have read ‘Not sure.’, but it may also have been an unfinished line.

Other errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. Given the age of the text, any corrections were made sparingly. The references are to the page and line in the original.

8.35 with increasing [s]wiftness? Restored. 12.34 being so very heavy[?] Added. 54.8 too much or too[l i/ li]ttle Replaced. 62. was to be demonst[r]ated. Inserted. 65.33 which is 72[.] Added. 67.1 and multip[l]ying lines Inserted. 72.5 and subtil doc[t]rines. Inserted. 74.1 who begi[u/n]s his history Inverted. 91.16 the space be[t]ween. Inserted. 91.18 whose tap[-]hole is very little Inserted. 96.5 and th[a/e]n H will be east Replaced. 114.27 a spring[ ]upon the top Inserted. 158.19 the air which[ which] was Redundant. 163.11 8 degrees 30 minutes[.]? Removed. 192.19 (called by him [ε/ἐ]φαρμόζοντα) Replaced. 200.5 may so precisely deter[ter]mine Removed. 206.1 lines whi[e/c]h shall never meet Replaced. 208.10 [ὅυ/οὕ]τως ἔχει Replaced. 208.13 [ὅυ/οὕ]τως ἔχει Replaced. 225.8 as by raref[r]action and condensation. Removed. 263.17 [“]_The magnitude of an angle_ Added. 277.33 th[e/a]n of one in nine? Replaced. 297.26 At the seventee[n]th chapter Inserted. 300.22 _that of G K to G [E,/E.]_” Replaced. 323.7 _tanquam dicta problematicè._[”] Added. 338.31 and so mis[s]pend it? Inserted. 351.16 by which you live[,/.] Replaced. 376.4 _propositione præcedente._[”] Added. 376.22 it shall quite vanish. [And so] Missing? 342.12 to the present purpose[)]. Added (likely). 382.12 whether διπλάσιος and διπλασ[ι]ίων be one Removed. 391.5 by the word Σημ[~ε/εῖ]ον in Euclid Replaced. 412.17 κα[ι/ὶ] ἡ Ἔμπουσα Replaced. 413.26 τῶν θεῶν [Α/Ἀ]ιγύπτιοι Replaced. 413.27 κα[ἱ/ὶ] ἅτε Ἀιγύπτιος, Replaced. 413.30 ποδῶν [ὴ/ἠ]δέ κνημάων Replaced. 414.1 ῥᾳδίως[ ]ἔγνων ὑπολαμβάνοντες. Inserted. 414.4 ἀλλὰ κατὰ ῥύμην [ὰ/ἀ]έριον Replaced. 415.23 deriveth it [τ/π]αρὰ τὸ ἐμποδιζειν Replaced. 415.25 it saith, [Ἕ/Ἔ]μπουσα Ψιλοῦπαι Replaced. 415.33 some had no legs, &c[.] Added. 416.7 τύχη [ὲ/ἐ]μποδιζουσα Replaced. 416.16 [Ἕ/Ἔ]μποῦσα is also a name for Lamia Replaced. 418.16 [ὁι/οἱ] δὲ ὑπέφευγον Transposed. 418.20 καὶ τὸ [ὲ/ἐ]πιπηδᾶν Replaced. 419.13 γαρ [ὅι/οἵ]νου πληροῦντες, Replaced. 419.14.1 εἶχε τὸν [ὅι/οἵ]νου. Replaced. 419.14.2 [Α/Ἀ]σκωλιάζειν Replaced. 423.1 καὶ ζώων παντοδαπῶν [ἐι/εἰ]κόσι Replaced. 455.27 two spaces th[e/a]n when double Replaced. 456.3 a pound two foote a[t] the rate of Added. 456.6 rate of a mile an how[er/re] Transposed.