Sketch of this Work,

...not include indiscriminately original: "niet invloeien". He makes a selection; and all that is trivial, or clearly contradictory to known facts; all that is imprudently set down, or devoid of probability, he rejects; and makes use of nothing except that which can have a natural connection, which can present itself agreeably; and can form a plausible sequence original: "aenneemelyke aeneenfchakeling".

We, then, undertaking the Description of the History of the formation of the Heavens original: "Heemelen"; and of the Origin, whether of the various names given to the Heavenly Bodies; or of the influences attributed to them; it shall be our primary task to make use of nothing but that which the most reasonable minds Reedelykfte VernuftenThe most rational or enlightened thinkers of a period., or those nations that were best informed regarding the past,