The Intercourse of Trines and Quadrates
Why a trine is stronger than a square.
[p. 63] Thus far of these: But now expect to shareMore vigorous Influence from the Trine than Square;For Lines that measure Squares remotely tend,And almost close with the Celestial Bend;But those that make up Trines to Earth repair,Downwards they shoot, from Signs the Influence bear,And with a nearer Ray infect our Air.
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The text is Thomas Creech's 1697 verse translation, checked word by word between three scans of the same type (the 1697 printing, the 1700 printing and a third copy). The long s is printed as s; every other spelling is Creech's. Pages are cited as the 1697 printing numbers them. The portrait is William Marshall’s engraving of Lilly from the front of the 1659 printing (Wellcome Library, public domain).