B. those lines will show

To the points, which by A. B. are reckon'd,

And postulate the second

For Authority ye know.

A. B. C.

Triumphant shall be

An Equilateral Triangle,

Not Peter Pindar carp, nor Zoilus can wrangle.

 

III

 

Because the point A. is the centre

Of the circular B. C. D.

And because the point B. is the centre

Of the circular A. C. E.

A. C. to A. B. and B. C. to B. A.

Harmoniously equal for ever must stay;

Then C. A. and B. C.

Both extend the kind hand

To the basis A. B.,

Unambitiously join'd in Equality's Band.

But to the same powers, when two powers are equal,

My mind forebodes the sequel;

My mind does some celestial impulse teach,

And equalizes each to each.

Thus C. A. with B. C. strikes the same sure alliance,

That C. A. and B. C.