The construction of the wonderful canon of logarithms

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After the which, although (greatly rejoycing in the Lord) I began to write
thereof in Latine : yet, I purposed not to haue set out the same suddenly,
and far lesse to haue written the same also in English, til that of late, this new
insolencie of Papists arising about the
1588 year of God, and dayly increasing
within this Hand doth so pitie our hearts, seeing them put more trust in lesuites
and seminarie Priests, then in the true scripturs of God, and in the Pope and
King of Spaine, then in the King of Kings : that, to preuent the same, I was
constrained of compassion, leaning the Latine, to haste out in English this
present worke, almost vnripe, that hereby, the simple of this Hand may be instructed,
the godly confirmed, and the proud and foolish expectations of the
wicked beaten downe, [purposing hereafter (Godwilling) to publish shortly, the
other latin editio hereof, to the publike vtilitie of the whol Church.] Whatsoeuer
therfore through hast, is here rudely and in base language set downe,
I doubt not to be pardoned thereof by all good men.
The passage enclosed in square brackets is omitted in the edition of
161 1 (also in that of 1645) and in its place is inserted the following
passage.
And where as after the first edition of this booke in our English or Scottish
tongue, I thought to haue published shortlie the same in Latine (as yet Godwilling
I minde to doe) to the publike vtilitie of the whole Church. But vnderstanding
on the one part, that this work is now imprinted, & set out diuerse
times in the French & Dutch tongs, (beside these our English editions) &
therby made publik to manie. As on the other part being aduertised that
our papistical, adversaries wer to write larglie against the said editions that
are alreadie set out. Herefore I haue as yet deferred the Latine edition, till
hauing first seene the aduersaries obiections, I may insert in the Latin edition
an apologie of that which is rightly done, and an amends of whatsoeuer is amisse.
We see from the above that in 1611 Napier still had the intention of
publishing a Latin edition, but this idea had, no doubt, to be given up
owing to the demands made on him by his invention of Logarithms.
Libraries. Adv. Ed. (both varieties); Sig. Ed.; Un. GI. ; Mitchell GL;
Un. Ab.; Un. St And.; Brit. Mus. Lon.; Bodl. Oxf.; Qu. Col. Oxf.; Un.
Camb. ; Trin. Col. Camb.
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Discoverie Of Whole Revelation Of ( Saint lohn
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Set Down In Two Treatises : The one searching and proving|
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the true interpretation thereof. The other the same
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Paraphrastically|and Historicallie to the text |
Set Forth By lohn
Napeir L of Marchistovn younger.
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Wherevnto Are Annexed
O 4 Cer-|taine