ABSTRACT

N e x t . . . come the Nobility, o f whom there are several degrees, beginning at Six-Sided Figures, . . . and from thence rising in the number o f their sides till they receive the honorable title o f Polygonal. . . . Finally when the number o f sides becomes so numerous, and the sides themselves so small, that the figure cannot be distinguished from a circle, he is included in . . . the highest class o f all.