How that there being water and air upon its superficies, the disposition of the Heavens, and of the Starrs, and chiefly of the Moon, ought to cause a floud and an ebb, which in all circumstances was like to that which we observe in our Seas; And besides, a certain course aswel of the water, as of the air, from East to West, as is also observed between the Tropicks:
azaldu nuen, halaber, bere azal gainean ura eta haizea egonez gero, zeruen, astroen, eta bereziki ilargiaren, kokapenak itsasgora eta itsasbehera eragin beharko lukeela, gure itsasoetan igartzen denaren berdina izango litzatekeena bere zertzelada guztietan, eta eragingo lukeela, halaber, uraren nahiz haizearen jario bat, ekialdetik mendebaldera, tropikoen artean igartzen den bezalakoxea;