{"id":737,"date":"2017-06-11T23:02:01","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T23:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=737"},"modified":"2019-04-26T18:07:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T18:07:17","slug":"of-the-center-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=737","title":{"rendered":"Of the Center of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span id='easy-footnote-1-737' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=737#easy-footnote-bottom-1-737' title='In 1653 this poem is called \u201cOf the Center.\u201d'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In infinites<span id='easy-footnote-2-737' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=737#easy-footnote-bottom-2-737' title='infinites] &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Infinite&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; 1664; &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Infinite&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;, 1668'><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> no center can be laid,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But if the world has limits, center\u2019s made.<span id='easy-footnote-3-737' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=737#easy-footnote-bottom-3-737' title='A marginal note in Cavendish\u2019s 1653 text reads: \u201cUnless there be infinites of worlds; then there may be infinites of centers, although not a center in infinites.\u201d In 1664 and 1668, the note reads, \u201cUnless there be infinite worlds, then there may be infinite centers, but not a center in infinite.\u201d'><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For all that with circumference is<span id='easy-footnote-4-737' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=737#easy-footnote-bottom-4-737' title='all that with circumference&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;is] whatsoe\u2019re\u2019s with &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Circumference&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; 1653'><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> faced,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A center in the midst must needs be<span id='easy-footnote-5-737' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=737#easy-footnote-bottom-5-737' title='be] have 1664, 1668'><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> placed.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This makes each form that\u2019s limited<span id='easy-footnote-6-737' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=737#easy-footnote-bottom-6-737' title='each form that\u2019s limited] all &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Formes&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; that &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Limit &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;have, 1653'><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> and bound \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a05<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To have a center and circumference round.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This<span id='easy-footnote-7-737' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=737#easy-footnote-bottom-7-737' title='This] And 1664, 1668'><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> is the cause: the world in circle runs<span id='easy-footnote-8-737' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=737#easy-footnote-bottom-8-737' title='in circle runs] goes like a &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Bowl&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;, 1664, 1668'><sup>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because a center hath whereon it turns.<span id='easy-footnote-9-737' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=737#easy-footnote-bottom-9-737' title='a center hath whereon it turns.] it doth about its &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Centre&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; rowl; 1664; it doth about its &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Center&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; rowl: 1668'><sup>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The center\u2019s<span id='easy-footnote-10-737' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=737#easy-footnote-bottom-10-737' title='center\u2019s] &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Center&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; 1653'><sup>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> small, circumference<span id='easy-footnote-11-737' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=737#easy-footnote-bottom-11-737' title='circumference] the &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Compass&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; 1664, 1668'><sup>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> big without,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which by the weight doth make it turn about. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In infinites no center can be laid, But if the world has limits, center\u2019s made. For all that with circumference is faced, A center in the midst must needs be placed. This makes each form that\u2019s limited and bound \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a05 To have a center and circumference round. 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