ON PHYSICS

RESTORED.

EPIGRAM. A short, clever poem often used in this period to praise an author or summarize a book's importance.

Behold the rising radiance of Physics original: "Physicae"; in the 17th century, this meant Natural Philosophy, the study of the physical world and its laws., which by a sinister
fate
dark Barbarism had submerged in Stygian Referencing the River Styx in the underworld; used here to mean dark, hellish, or forgotten depths.
depths.
Thus Physics sees the losses of her beauty and dowry repaid
to her,
so that she hopes to have more
suitors.
O wonder! O whom does she not strike with
marvelous love!
Venus The Roman goddess of love and beauty. herself, risen from her father’s
sea, was not more pleasing.
Nor does she think she is merely restored by these golden
writings,
but born from the birthing brain of Jove Jupiter, the king of the gods. This refers to the myth of Minerva, goddess of wisdom, who was born fully grown from the forehead of Jupiter..