The Principles of Statics

of which, just as with many other peoples of that time, we have no public writings, so we shall confirm it thus:

Physicians original Latin: Medici.

It is evident that the Gauls original: Gallen, who are called Walloons among us, and are now generally called French, were in ancient times a mighty people who fiercely warred against and conquered the Greeks, Spain, and Italy: of which Gallogrecia or Galatia in Greece, and Celtiberia in Spain, still retain the name. In Italy they founded Milan, Como, Brescia, Verona, Bergamo, Trento, Vicenza. These same French either formerly spoke German Stevin uses "Duytsch" to refer to the overarching Germanic language family, which in his view finds its purest expression in Dutch., or held German in such great honor and took it as their goal, just as they now do with Latin. The first point is demonstrated thus: It is common to every language that it is pronounced somewhat differently in one part of the country than in another. For example, where the Netherlanders say Dat, Wat, Vat, the Highlanders High Germans say Das, Was, Vas: For the Parisians’ Chanter, Charbon, Chaleur, the Picards use Canter, Carbon, Caleur; Where the Castilians say Hazer, Hierro, Harina, in Portugal one says Fazer, Ferro, Farina, etc. Now, such a difference between the German that the French formerly spoke and the German of these lands was that they generally used Gu for our W. As where we say I wind original: Ick Winde, they said and still say I hoist original: Je Guinde. And for our Windlass original: Windas (which is a compound word of "wind" and "axle," as if one meant to say an axle that winds), they use Guindas, some Guindal, from which also come their Guindement, Guindant, Guindeur, etc. Again, for Wicket, Wimple, Glove, Wasp, Woad, Wink, Whey, Wild mallow original: Wincket, Wimpel, Want, Wesp, Weet, Wincken, Melcwey, Wildemalue, they say Guichet, Guimple, Gant, Guespe, Guéde, Guigner, Mègue, Guimauve. For To care for original: Waren or To preserve original: Bewaren; they say Guarder, from which come the Guard, Guardian, Guard-arm, Pantry, Wardrobe original: la Guarde, Guardeur, Guardebras, Guardemenger, Guarderobbe, etc. Also To heal original: Guarir and Healing original: Guarison, which mean "to preserve" and "preservation," for the healers original: Ghenefers believe that through drinks, herbs, salves etc. they only "preserve" the ailment from misfortune, and that they do not heal at all, but that Nature always heals herself. From the aforementioned also come Garnish, Garrison, Furniture original: Guarnir, Guarnison, Guarniture, etc., which also serve the purpose of preserving and "preservation." Likewise Warren original: Warande, for which they use Guarenne. Again, Ford original: Gue (leaving out the ch, which they cannot pronounce as we do), which for us is a crossing original: Wech, that is to say the path where the water of a river runs over, from which their to ford original: Gueer and many others come. Again, To reward original: Guerdonner, as if they meant to say Return-give original: Weerdonner, that is to give back or requite, from which is said Reward, Rewarding, Rewarder original: Guerdon, Guerdonnement, Guerdonneur, etc. Furthermore, Watchword original: Mot de Guet, that is Word of the Law original: woort vande Wet, since such a word in the cities comes from the law and is given through it. Or otherwise, Guet Watch may come from Wait original: Wacht, leaving out the ch which they do not use as said before, and using e for a, which among us...