The coppy of a certain large act (obligatory) of Tonker Lovis de Bils, Lord of Koppensdamme, Bonen, &c. touching the skill of a better way of anatomy of mans body.
         Kopye van zekere ampele acte. English. 1659
         Bils, Lodewijk de, 1624-1670.
      
       
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             The coppy of a certain large act (obligatory) of Tonker Lovis de Bils, Lord of Koppensdamme, Bonen, &c. touching the skill of a better way of anatomy of mans body.
             Kopye van zekere ampele acte. English. 1659
             Bils, Lodewijk de, 1624-1670.
          
           [8], 17 p.
           
             [s.n.],
             London :
             1659
          
           
             Translation of author's Kopye van zekere ampele acte.
             Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           THE
           COPPY
           Of
           a
           certain
           Large
           Act
           [
           Obligatory
           ]
           OF
           
             YONKER
             LOVIS
             de
             Bils
             ,
          
           Lord
           of
           
             Koppensdamme
             ,
             Bonen
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Touching
           the
           Skill
           of
           a
           better
           way
           of
           ANATOMY
           of
           
             MANS
             BODY
             .
          
           Printed
           [
           in
           low
           Dutch
           ]
           at
           
             Rotterdam
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Printing-house
           of
           
             John
             Naeranus
          
           a
           Book-seller
           ,
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           
             Book-binder
          
           in
           the
           street
           called
           
             Het
             Steiger
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           1659.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           my
           much
           esteemed
           Friend
           
             Samuel
             Hartlib
          
           the
           Elder
           ,
           
             Esq
          
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           YOur
           desires
           were
           wont
           to
           tend
           so
           much
           to
           the
           Publick
           good
           ,
           that
           your
           Virtuosi
           would
           think
           I
           wanted
           Philanthropy
           as
           well
           as
           Civility
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           refuse
           to
           comply
           with
           such
           as
           your
           Letter
           brings
           me
           .
           I
           send
           you
           therefore
           the
           Propositions
           of
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Bils
          
           Englishéd
           out
           
           of
           low
           Dutch
           ,
           at
           my
           request
           ,
           by
           such
           a
           Person
           as
           you
           will
           readily
           think
           can
           translate
           very
           well
           ,
           though
           he
           can
           better
           write
           things
           worthy
           to
           be
           translated
           ;
           when
           I
           shall
           have
           told
           you
           that
           his
           name
           is
           Mr.
           
             Pell
             .
          
           The
           design
           avow'd
           to
           be
           aim'd
           at
           in
           the
           Propositions
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           without
           which
           they
           might
           appeare
           extravagant
           ,
           made
           the
           Print
           (
           I
           confesse
           )
           very
           welcome
           to
           me
           .
           For
           though
           in
           some
           Papers
           I
           formerly
           told
           you
           of
           ,
           I
           had
           mentioned
           divers
           things
           I
           had
           intended
           to
           try
           ,
           and
           some
           that
           I
           had
           already
           observ'd
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           preservation
           of
           Animal
           
           substances
           ,
           and
           the
           making
           some
           of
           them
           more
           durable
           Subjects
           for
           the
           Anatomist
           to
           deal
           with
           :
           yet
           besides
           that
           most
           of
           the
           ways
           I
           proposed
           to
           my self
           were
           as
           yet
           little
           more
           then
           bare
           Designes
           ,
           I
           never
           aim'd
           at
           ,
           (
           and
           scarce
           so
           much
           as
           hop'd
           for
           ,
           )
           such
           strange
           things
           as
           in
           this
           Paper
           the
           ingenuous
           Publisher
           of
           it
           tells
           us
           he
           hath
           already
           actually
           performed
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           suppose
           that
           it
           will
           not
           be
           unwelcome
           to
           you
           ,
           if
           not
           having
           had
           the
           opportunity
           to
           see
           the
           effect
           of
           this
           Gentleman's
           skill
           my self
           ,
           and
           being
           sufficiently
           indisposed
           to
           believe
           or
           affirme
           any
           strange
           thing
           that
           I
           have
           not
           seen
           ;
           I
           
           annex
           the
           other
           Paper
           you
           lately
           desir'd
           of
           me
           .
           I
           mean
           that
           wherein
           the
           Proposers
           Dutch
           print
           came
           inclos
           ▪
           d
           to
           me
           from
           the
           
             Hague
             .
          
           For
           besides
           that
           it
           containes
           something
           of
           Particular
           ;
           it
           comes
           from
           a
           French
           Gentleman
           whose
           Testimonie
           may
           well
           be
           considerable
           in
           matters
           of
           this
           nature
           ;
           for
           he
           is
           one
           of
           that
           select
           Society
           of
           
             Parisian
          
           Philosophers
           of
           which
           You
           and
           I
           have
           sometimes
           discoursed
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           finde
           a
           celebrating
           mention
           made
           of
           him
           in
           the
           life
           of
           
             Gassendus
             ,
          
           (
           whose
           Friend
           and
           Disciple
           he
           was
           .
           )
           And
           his
           curiosity
           leading
           him
           to
           imitate
           divers
           of
           the
           old
           Greek
           Philosophers
           ,
           
           who
           travail'd
           through
           many
           Countreys
           only
           to
           enrich
           themselves
           with
           what
           knowledge
           they
           could
           meet
           with
           in
           them
           ,
           he
           went
           purposely
           to
           visit
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Bils
             ,
          
           soon
           after
           he
           had
           left
           
             England
             ;
          
           which
           he
           lately
           travers'd
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           passage
           honour'd
           me
           with
           severall
           of
           his
           visits
           .
           I
           am
           so
           willing
           that
           You
           should
           be
           as
           wary
           as
           I
           in
           admitting
           unlikely
           things
           into
           your
           belief
           ,
           that
           in
           putting
           the
           
             French
          
           I
           received
           into
           
             English
             ,
             I
          
           have
           been
           (
           purposely
           to
           avoid
           straining
           his
           expressions
           )
           more
           careful
           to
           do
           right
           to
           his
           Words
           then
           to
           his
           Style
           .
           And
           as
           for
           those
           things
           that
           appear
           
           to
           have
           been
           left
           out
           by
           me
           ,
           they
           are
           some
           of
           them
           such
           matters
           as
           concern
           not
           our
           Proposer
           and
           others
           but
           such
           Complements
           as
           require
           rather
           my
           Blushes
           then
           my
           Translating
           .
           The
           consent
           you
           desire
           of
           me
           to
           publish
           the
           Proposalls
           in
           our
           Language
           I
           must
           not
           refuse
           you
           .
           For
           't
           is
           the
           least
           we
           owe
           to
           a
           Person
           that
           hath
           endeavour'd
           to
           oblige
           mankinde
           ,
           and
           to
           those
           that
           are
           willing
           to
           encourage
           such
           endeavours
           ,
           by
           acquainting
           the
           ingenuous
           here
           with
           his
           Propositions
           ,
           to
           strive
           to
           procure
           him
           Subscribers
           ,
           and
           to
           afford
           them
           the
           opportunity
           of
           encouraging
           and
           assisting
           so
           useful
           a
           Work
           as
           This
           
           (
           supposing
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Historical
           part
           of
           the
           Paper
           )
           is
           like
           to
           prove
           .
           It
           may
           also
           be
           hop'd
           that
           the
           noise
           of
           such
           Discoveries
           abroad
           will
           rouse
           up
           our
           ingenuous
           Men
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           excite
           them
           to
           endeavour
           to
           emulate
           if
           not
           surpasse
           them
           :
           and
           to
           keep
           up
           that
           reputation
           for
           Anatomical
           discoveries
           and
           skill
           that
           this
           Nation
           hath
           of
           late
           deservedly
           enjoy'd
           .
           Nor
           will
           it
           be
           amiss
           by
           the
           same
           means
           to
           give
           as
           many
           of
           those
           in
           Authority
           as
           may
           happen
           to
           read
           what
           the
           States
           of
           
             Holland
          
           have
           done
           in
           favour
           of
           a
           Stranger
           ,
           occasion
           to
           take
           notice
           what
           countenance
           neighbouring
           Magistrates
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           
           thought
           unpolitick
           neither
           ,
           are
           forward
           to
           give
           to
           those
           designs
           that
           aime
           at
           the
           advancement
           of
           Reall
           Learning
           .
           Which
           may
           perhaps
           invite
           those
           that
           can
           do
           it
           ,
           to
           give
           encouragement
           to
           the
           
             English
          
           Wits
           ;
           which
           I
           am
           groundedly
           confident
           want
           nothing
           but
           encouragement
           ,
           to
           perform
           things
           in
           this
           kinde
           that
           would
           really
           advantage
           the
           publick
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           highly
           gratifie
           such
           persons
           as
           Mr.
           
             Hartlib
          
           and
           his
        
         
           
             Affectionate
             humble
             Servant
             R.
             B.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Octob.
                 the
              
               13.
               1659.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           The
           Copy
           of
           a
           certain
           large
           Act
           of
           
             Yonker
             L.
             de
             Bils
             ,
          
           Lord
           of
           
             Koppensdam
             ,
             Bonen
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Touching
           the
           skill
           of
           a
           better
           way
           of
           Anatomy
           of
           mans
           Body
           .
        
         
           THis
           day
           being
           the
           26.
           day
           of
           
             May
             ,
          
           1659.
           before
           the
           Witnesses
           here-under
           named
           ;
           and
           me
           
             Leonard
             Van
             Zyl
             ,
          
           a
           Publick
           Notary
           admitted
           by
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Holland
             ,
          
           and
           residing
           in
           
             Rotterdam
             ,
          
           there
           appeared
           
             Yonker
             Louiis
             de
             Bils
             ,
             Lord
             of
             Koppensdamme
             ,
             Bonen
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             Bailliu
             of
             the
             City
             and
             Territory
             of
             Aardenburg
             .
          
           And
           he
           declared
           ,
           as
           he
           also
           doth
           further
           declare
           uprightly
           by
           this
           Writing
           ,
           that
           ,
           although
           he
           ,
           the
           said
           Gentleman
           ,
           having
           given
           ,
           to
           
             the
             famous
             University
             of
             Leiden
             ,
          
           divers
           Anatomical
           pieces
           of
           his
           own
           work
           ,
           had
           resolved
           to
           trouble
           himselfe
           no
           more
           with
           Anatomy
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           had
           done
           nothing
           in
           it
           for
           ,
           fourteen
           years
           together
           ;
           Yet
           he
           hath
           now
           taken
           up
           the
           contrary
           resolution
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           earnest
           intreaties
           of
           divers
           famous
           ,
           learned
           and
           judicious
           men
           both
           of
           this
           Countrey
           and
           of
           forraigne
           parts
           ;
           as
           also
           because
           of
           that
           favourable
           permission
           and
           Granut
           ,
           whereby
           the
           High-Mighty
           Lords
           ,
           
             the
             States
             Generall
             of
             the
             United
             Netherlands
          
           have
           given
           him
           power
           to
           take
           all
           the
           Bodies
           of
           those
           that
           shall
           be
           executed
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           justice
           ,
           whether
           Military
           or
           Civil
           ,
           as
           also
           of
           those
           strangers
           
           that
           shall
           die
           in
           the
           
             Hospitals
             ,
          
           in
           ill
           parts
           belonging
           to
           the
           said
           States
           General
           ;
           and
           to
           dissect
           the
           said
           Carkases
           in
           such
           manner
           as
           himself
           shall
           think
           good
           for
           the
           satisfying
           his
           own
           Curiosity
           ,
           and
           the
           promoting
           of
           Knowledge
           for
           the
           Common
           good
           .
           Being
           also
           further
           incouraged
           by
           the
           convenient
           place
           for
           
             an
             Anatomical
             Theater
          
           in
           that
           house
           which
           was
           lately
           
             the
             Court
             of
             the
             English
             Merchants
             in
             this
             City
             ;
          
           which
           house
           the
           Honourable
           Lords
           the
           Governours
           of
           
             Rotterdam
          
           have
           favourably
           granted
           him
           to
           that
           end
           ,
           He
           ,
           the
           said
           Gentleman
           ,
           hath
           now
           at
           last
           resolved
           and
           begun
           to
           set
           up
           a
           
             meerly
             new
             Anatomy
             of
             the
             body
             of
             Man
             ,
          
           by
           many
           dead
           Bodies
           dissected
           and
           embalmed
           
             in
             an
             extraordinary
             manner
             ,
          
           in
           which
           bodies
           shall
           be
           shewn
           all
           the
           Veins
           ,
           Arteries
           ,
           Sinews
           and
           Fibres
           severed
           from
           one
           another
           ,
           but
           remaining
           fast
           ,
           both
           where
           they
           first
           arise
           ,
           and
           where
           they
           end
           .
           
           Also
           the
           Heart
           ,
           Liver
           ,
           Lungs
           ,
           and
           Entrals
           ,
           Eyes
           and
           Brains
           shall
           remain
           manifest
           in
           the
           said
           Bodies
           ;
           and
           shall
           be
           so
           ordered
           that
           
             Lectures
          
           may
           be
           made
           upon
           them
           ,
           
             as
             well
             in
             Summer
             as
             VVinter
             ,
          
           with
           discovery
           and
           demonstration
           of
           mistakes
           both
           of
           Ancient
           and
           Modern
           Anatomists
           ,
           who
           in
           their
           dissections
           are
           hindred
           ,
           by
           the
           spilling
           of
           blood
           ,
           from
           seeing
           to
           the
           bottome
           of
           their
           work
           :
           But
           these
           new
           Anatomies
           shall
           be
           completed
           
             without
             spilling
             any
             blood
             at
             all
             .
          
           In
           these
           the
           Anatomy-Reader
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           shew
           the
           true
           ground
           of
           the
           Circulation
           of
           the
           blood
           ,
           first
           found
           out
           by
           Doctor
           
             Hervey
             ;
          
           as
           also
           to
           give
           further
           demonstration
           to
           that
           doctrine
           ,
           by
           causing
           the
           
             Veines
          
           to
           swell
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           shall
           
             stand
             full
             of
             blood
             ,
          
           which
           can
           hardly
           be
           seen
           otherwise
           .
           By
           which
           means
           men
           may
           see
           all
           the
           
             valvas
             venarum
          
           and
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           opening
           and
           
           and
           shutting
           of
           all
           those
           trap-doors
           within
           the
           Veines
           ;
           some
           of
           which
           doors
           are
           Semilunular
           ,
           some
           of
           other
           shapes
           ;
           as
           may
           be
           seen
           described
           in
           a
           little
           Book
           published
           [
           in
           Dutch
           ]
           by
           the
           aforesaid
           Undertaker
           ,
           bearing
           this
           title
           
             The
             true
             use
             of
             the
             Gall-bladder
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Whereby
           may
           be
           understood
           the
           office
           of
           that
           Passage
           commonly
           called
           
             Ductus
             Chyliferus
          
           with
           its
           branches
           and
           adjoyned
           little
           Pipes
           :
           As
           also
           how
           the
           
             Chylils
          
           comes
           to
           the
           Heart
           and
           its
           little
           bag
           ;
           how
           the
           
             tears
          
           come
           into
           the
           Eyes
           ;
           how
           the
           
             spittle
          
           comes
           into
           the
           mouth
           ,
           how
           the
           Water-courses
           come
           to
           the
           Liver
           ,
           and
           how
           the
           whole
           Body
           is
           moistened
           .
        
         
           But
           because
           the
           foresaid
           Undertaker
           plainly
           sees
           it
           impossible
           to
           compleat
           so
           great
           and
           costly
           a
           work
           as
           this
           ,
           at
           his
           own
           charge
           ,
           it
           having
           cost
           him
           already
           some
           thousands
           of
           Pounds
           Flemish
           ;
           and
           he
           having
           alwayes
           refused
           all
           offers
           of
           those
           
           that
           would
           oblige
           him
           to
           serve
           any
           other
           Soveraigne
           ,
           
             Therefore
             ,
          
           By
           these
           presents
           he
           makes
           known
           this
           his
           intention
           to
           all
           those
           who
           regard
           the
           good
           of
           Mankinde
           ,
           and
           this
           useful
           knowledge
           :
           And
           he
           invites
           them
           to
           be
           helpful
           to
           his
           designe
           ,
           whereto
           divers
           famous
           learned
           men
           have
           perswaded
           him
           ;
           namely
           ,
           To
           provide
           almost
           
             fifty
             Bodies
          
           differently
           dissected
           and
           embalmed
           ;
           according
           to
           which
           ,
           pictures
           may
           be
           drawn
           and
           engraven
           in
           Copper
           ,
           and
           Books
           may
           be
           written
           .
           More-over
           ,
           this
           his
           new
           manner
           of
           dissecting
           and
           embalming
           
             he
             promiseth
             to
             reveale
          
           to
           every
           one
           of
           those
           who
           shall
           contribute
           a
           small
           sum
           ,
           which
           by
           many
           hands
           may
           quickly
           arise
           to
           the
           desired
           sum
           of
           
             twenty
             thousand
             pounds
             Cursiv
             .
          
           for
           so
           much
           will
           be
           necessary
           ,
           considering
           that
           so
           many
           Bodies
           ,
           before
           they
           be
           Anatomized
           and
           Embalmed
           as
           is
           desired
           ,
           will
           stand
           him
           in
           some
           thousands
           of
           
           Guldens
           ,
           besides
           other
           expenses
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           already
           been
           at
           ,
           and
           more
           he
           must
           yet
           be
           at
           .
        
         
           Whosoever
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           desires
           the
           aforesaid
           skill
           or
           the
           furtherance
           of
           it
           ,
           let
           him
           bring
           or
           send
           his
           name
           with
           the
           summe
           of
           
             five
             and
             twenty
             Carolus
             Guldens
          
           at
           one
           payment
           (
           He
           that
           desires
           to
           hasten
           this
           designe
           ,
           may
           send
           in
           as
           much
           more
           as
           he
           pleaseth
           )
           to
           the
           foresaid
           Undertaker
           ,
           who
           will
           bind
           himself
           to
           every
           one
           of
           those
           Contributors
           by
           a
           Solemn
           
             Obligation
             under
             his
             Hand
             and
             Seal
             ,
          
           to
           satisfie
           every
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           by
           a
           compleat
           revealing
           of
           his
           skill
           in
           a
           Writing
           subscribed
           by
           the
           said
           Undertaker
           ,
           and
           deliver'd
           to
           each
           of
           them
           
             within
             a
             year
             and
             an
             half
          
           after
           the
           first
           of
           
             Iuly
          
           1659.
           
           And
           if
           any
           of
           the
           Contributors
           ,
           dwelling
           in
           forrain
           Countries
           ,
           shall
           conceive
           the
           said
           Writing
           not
           clear
           enough
           to
           give
           them
           full
           Knowledge
           of
           the
           said
           skill
           ,
           they
           may
           then
           either
           
           come
           themselves
           to
           him
           or
           send
           some
           Country-man
           of
           theirs
           to
           
             Rotterdam
          
           to
           be
           present
           at
           his
           dissections
           ,
           where
           the
           said
           
             Undertaker
             will
             shew
          
           them
           the
           true
           manner
           of
           working
           ;
           as
           also
           to
           all
           those
           Contributors
           that
           dwell
           in
           these
           Countreys
           ,
           if
           they
           desire
           to
           see
           the
           way
           of
           handling
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           so
           much
           the
           better
           perceive
           and
           understand
           the
           way
           ,
           which
           he
           by
           long
           Experience
           and
           much
           practice
           hath
           found
           out
           for
           the
           
             dissecting
             of
             a
             whole
             Body
             without
             spilling
             any
             blood
             ,
          
           and
           for
           the
           
             Embalming
             it
             for
             whole
             Ages
          
           in
           such
           manner
           as
           aforesaid
           :
           So
           that
           the
           said
           Contributors
           from
           that
           time
           ●●rward
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           do
           all
           those
           things
           
             as
             well
             as
             he
             ,
             the
             said
             Undertaker
             ,
             can
             do
             them
             ,
          
           namely
           to
           dissect
           and
           embalme
           a
           whole
           Body
           with
           its
           blood
           ,
           bowels
           ,
           braines
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           is
           in
           it
           ,
           without
           being
           subject
           to
           
             any
             putrefaction
             in
             the
             least
             .
          
        
         
         
           And
           if
           any
           man
           be
           curious
           to
           see
           beforehand
           some
           Effects
           of
           these
           Promises
           ,
           he
           may
           come
           to
           the
           Undertaker
           at
           
             Rotterdam
             ;
          
           and
           giving
           
             one
             Reiks
             Daler
             ,
          
           he
           shall
           see
           four
           pieces
           of
           his
           Work
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           there
           shewed
           unto
           him
           before
           he
           layes
           down
           the
           foresaid
           twenty
           five
           Guldens
           .
           Those
           Pieces
           are
           four
           Anatomized
           humane
           Bodies
           thus
           prepared
           &
           Embalmed
           ,
           but
           dissected
           each
           of
           them
           in
           a
           different
           manner
           ,
           wherein
           any
           man
           according
           to
           his
           desire
           ,
           may
           view
           the
           Veines
           ,
           Arteries
           ,
           Sinews
           ,
           Membranes
           and
           Fibres
           in
           their
           order
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           if
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           eighteen
           moneths
           abovesaid
           ,
           the
           abovesaid
           summe
           should
           not
           be
           made
           up
           ,
           and
           so
           his
           foresaid
           designe
           be
           hindred
           ;
           He
           then
           promiseth
           ,
           to
           all
           and
           every
           one
           of
           those
           that
           brought
           or
           sent
           him
           money
           ,
           upon
           condition
           that
           he
           should
           teach
           them
           his
           skill
           ,
           that
           upon
           their
           returns
           of
           his
           Obligations
           ,
           
           He
           will
           readily
           
             repay
             their
             five
             and
             twenty
             Guldens
             ,
          
           (
           or
           more
           ,
           to
           those
           that
           contributed
           more
           )
           detaining
           no
           part
           of
           their
           mony
           ,
           
             save
             the
             Reiks-Daler
          
           which
           they
           gave
           for
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           four
           Anatomized
           Bodies
           ,
           towards
           the
           charges
           which
           he
           hath
           already
           been
           at
           ,
           or
           must
           yet
           lay
           out
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           the
           Curiosity
           of
           those
           that
           shall
           come
           to
           view
           his
           foresaid
           pieces
           .
           And
           that
           all
           may
           be
           done
           without
           fraud
           or
           deceit
           ,
           the
           said
           Gentleman
           ,
           the
           Undertaker
           ,
           shall
           by
           his
           delivered
           
             Obligation
          
           binde
           his
           Person
           and
           goods
           both
           movable
           and
           unmovable
           ,
           
             to
             each
             of
             the
             Contributors
             ,
          
           either
           to
           teach
           them
           his
           skill
           ,
           or
           to
           restore
           their
           money
           .
        
         
           If
           this
           Undertaker
           come
           
             to
             dye
          
           before
           the
           said
           terme
           be
           expired
           ,
           then
           shall
           
             his
             Wife
          
           be
           bound
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           Obligation
           ,
           either
           to
           deliver
           every
           man
           his
           five
           and
           twenty
           Guldens
           (
           or
           more
           ,
           to
           those
           that
           contributed
           
           more
           )
           or
           else
           to
           give
           every
           such
           Contributor
           a
           Copy
           of
           the
           Description
           of
           the
           said
           skill
           ;
           in
           which
           Description
           he
           the
           said
           Undertaker
           protesteth
           seriously
           that
           he
           hath
           expressed
           his
           uttermost
           Knowledge
           of
           his
           skill
           ,
           so
           as
           may
           content
           any
           Learner
           .
           A
           faire
           Copy
           of
           this
           Description
           shewed
           to
           me
           the
           Notary
           ,
           and
           put
           up
           in
           a
           Latton
           Box
           ,
           and
           sealed
           with
           the
           Seale
           of
           my
           Notaries
           Office
           ,
           shall
           be
           kept
           by
           the
           Wife
           of
           the
           said
           Undertaker
           .
        
         
           Of
           all
           which
           above-written
           Declarations
           ,
           the
           aforesaid
           Gentleman
           ,
           the
           Undertaker
           ,
           required
           me
           the
           Notary
           to
           make
           an
           Act
           in
           due
           forme
           .
        
         
           Thus
           done
           in
           
             Rotterdam
             ,
          
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           
             Justus
             Riikwaart
          
           and
           
             Laurence
             Jordaan
             ,
          
           both
           Doctors
           of
           Physick
           ,
           intreated
           to
           come
           on
           purpose
           
           to
           be
           
             Witnesses
          
           of
           this
           Writing
           .
        
         
           Underneath
           stood
           
             Quod
             Attestor
          
           and
           was
           signed
           below
           
             L.
             van
             Ziil
             ,
             Notar
             .
             Publ.
             
          
           Under
           the
           
             printed
          
           Copy
           was
           
             written
          
           thus
           ,
           It
           agrees
           with
           the
           Original
           Act
           ,
           dated
           and
           subscribed
           as
           above
           
             L.
             van
             .
             Ziil
             ,
             Notar
             .
             Publ.
             
          
        
         
           
             The
             Dutch
             coine
             above-mentioned
             ,
             reduced
             to
             English
             mony
             .
             
               
                 
                   20.
                   thousand
                   pounds
                   Flemish
                
                 
                   12.
                   thousand
                   pounds
                   sterling
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   25.
                   
                   Carolus
                   Guldens
                
                 
                   50
                   shillings
                   English
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   1.
                   Reiks-Daler
                
                 
                   4.
                   shillings
                   ,
                   6.
                   pence
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           fore-mentioned
           Translation
           of
           the
           French
           Gentlemans
           LETTER
        
         
           I
           Went
           into
           
             Zealand
             ,
          
           partly
           to
           see
           there
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Bils
             ;
          
           but
           being
           inform'd
           at
           
             Middelburg
          
           that
           the
           Lords
           States
           had
           invited
           him
           to
           
             Roterdam
             ,
          
           to
           erect
           there
           his
           Anatomicall
           Theatre
           ;
           I
           presently
           resorted
           thi●ther
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           weeks
           stay
           there
           ,
           to
           visit
           him
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           tell
           Y●●
           Sir
           that
           I
           entertain'd
           him
           concerning
           You
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           &c.
           —
           I
           shall
           content
           my selfe
           to
           acqua●●●
           
           You
           ,
           that
           I
           desir'd
           him
           to
           give
           me
           the
           inclosed
           Print
           to
           send
           You
           that
           You
           might
           know
           what
           he
           is
           upon
           —
           His
           Two
           secrets
           are
           that
           of
           Embalming
           ,
           and
           the
           Opening
           of
           dead
           Body's
           without
           spilling
           of
           Blood
           ,
           which
           he
           pretends
           to
           teach
           those
           onely
           that
           shall
           have
           contributed
           to
           
           the
           sum
           of
           sixscore
           thousand
           pound
           ,
           when
           it
           shall
           have
           been
           made
           up
           .
           If
           his
           Experiments
           be
           true
           he
           revives
           the
           Title
           of
           the
           Liver
           to
           Sanguification
           ,
           and
           believes
           himself
           to
           have
           discover'd
           the
           original
           of
           Teares
           ,
           and
           Spittle
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Serosity's
          
           contain'd
           in
           the
           
             Pericardium
             ,
          
           and
           the
           passage
           of
           those
           which
           serve
           for
           the
           making
           of
           Urine
           ,
           without
           traversing
           〈◊〉
           Heart
           .
           He
           holds
           forth
           also
           many
           other
           Propositions
           ,
           very
           ingenious
           ,
           if
           the
           things
           be
           such
           as
           he
           delivers
           .
           I
           have
           seen
           his
           foure
           
           Embalmed
           Bodies
           ,
           which
           are
           extreamly
           fine
           ;
           and
           divers
           smaller
           parts
           of
           the
           body
           by
           themselves
           .
           One
           of
           those
           is
           embalmed
           with
           all
           the
           Excrements
           in
           the
           Guts
           ,
           and
           a
           little
           Faetus
           (
           that
           he
           hath
           )
           is
           embalm'd
           whole
           .
           —
        
         
         
           
             Postscript
             .
          
           
             An
             abortive
             Faetus
             so
             preserv'd
             together
             with
             an
             intimation
             of
             the
             way
             by
             which
             it
             is
             preserv'd
             I
             have
             seene
             and
             mention'd
             in
             the
             Papers
             I
             lately
             told
             you
             off
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           A
           Extract
           of
           a
           LETTER
           written
           by
           the
           Learned
           Dr.
           
             Horne
          
           Publick
           Professor
           of
           History
           in
           the
           University
           of
           
             Leyden
          
           to
           
             S.
             H.
             
          
        
         
           
             BIllii
             Anatomia
             sanè
             admiratione
             dignissima
             est
             :
             eam
             vobis
             dudum
             innotuisse
             non
             dubitabam
             .
             Tria
             Corpora
             jam
             olim
             spectaculo
             praeparaverat
             ,
             quae
             etiamnum
             visuntur
             .
             Corpora
             quasi
             in
             Lapideam
             durittem
             
             congelat
             :
             ita
             sine
             sanguinis
             aut
             partium
             perturbatione
             singula
             naturalibus
             locis
             spectantur
             .
             Ex
             Anatomico
             nostro
             ,
             datâ
             occasione
             ,
             inquiram
             quae
             toius
             rei
             sit
             ratio
             .
          
        
         
           
             In
             English
             .
          
           
             
               DE
               Bils
            
             his
             Anatomy
             is
             indeed
             Admirable
             ,
             I
             made
             no
             question
             but
             you
             had
             heard
             of
             it
             long
             since
             .
             He
             had
             formerly
             prepared
             three
             Bodies
             after
             his
             new
             fashion
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             yet
             to
             be
             seen
             .
             They
             are
             become
             almost
             as
             hard
             as
             stone
             ,
             so
             that
             every
             part
             may
             be
             seene
             in
             its
             proper
             place
             without
             any
             removal
             either
             of
             the
             blood
             or
             other
             parts
             .
             The
             next
             time
             I
             meet
             with
             our
             Professor
             of
             Anatomy
             ,
             I
             will
             get
             a
             particular
             Accompt
             of
             the
             whole
             businesse
             from
             him
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A28162e-1210
           
             What
             this
             amounts
             to
             in
             English
             mony
             the
             Print
             will
             informe
             you
             .