DEFINITION IV.

_But I call that Body more grave absolutely than this, if that

weigh more than this, without any respect had to the Masses._

And thus a great piece of Wood is said to weigh more than a little

lump of Lead, though the Lead be _in specie_ more heavy than the Wood.

And the same is to be understood of the less grave _in specie_, and

the less grave absolutely.

These Termes defined, I take from the Mechanicks two Principles: the

first is, that

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