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Lemma — Part II

Latin

Retinet præterea individuum sic compositum suam naturam sive id secundum totum moveatur sive quiescat sive versus hanc sive versus illam partem moveatur dummodo unaquæque pars motum suum retineat eumque uti antea reliquis communicet.

English (Elwes 1883)

Furthermore, the individual thus composed preserves its nature, whether it be, as a whole, in motion or at rest, whether it be moved in this or that direction; so long as each part retains its motion, and preserves its communication with other parts as before.

Modern English

An individual composed in this way also preserves its nature, whether it moves or rests as a whole, and whether it moves in this direction or that, provided each part retains its own motion and communicates it to the rest as before.