[note]In 1653 this poem is called “The Agilenesse of Water”[/note]
Water is apt to move, since[note]since] being 1653[/note] round like balls:
No points it hath, but trundles[note]it hath, but trundles] to fixe, doth trundle 1653[/note] as it falls.
This makes the sea, when like great[note]great] to 1664, 1668[/note] mountains high
The waves do rise, it cannot steady[note]cannot steady] steddy cannot 1653[/note] lie,
But falls again into a liquid plain 5
When winds disturb it not, there to[note]When winds disturb it not, there to] Tides, Winds disturbe them not, levell 1653[/note] remain.
Thus wat’ry balls, they do not intermix,[note]do not intermix,] are not intermixt, 1664, 1668[/note]
But stick so close,[note]A marginal note in Cavendish’s 1653 text reads: “Those drops joining close and even.” In 1664 and 1668, the same note reads: “That is, the drops which join close and even.”[/note] as nothing is betwixt.