But for all this, I never intended to endevour to learn all those particular Sciences which we commonly call'd Mathematicall; And perceiving, that although their objects were different, yet did they nevertheless agree altogether, in that they consider no other thing, but the divers relations or proportions which are found therein; I thought it therefore better to examine those proportions in generall, and without supporting them but in those subjects, which might the more easily serve to bring me to the knowledg of them.
Alabaina, ez zen nire asmoa eskuarki matematika deritzen zientzia berezi guztiok ikasteko lana hartzea helburu horretarako. Eta ikusi nuen zientzia hauen gaiak ezberdinak zirela, baina, hala ere, guztiek gai ezberdin horien baitan aurkitzen diren zenbait harreman eta proportzio behatzen dutela, eta horretan bat datozela;