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             Frier Bacon his discovery of the miracles of art, nature, and magick faithfully translated out of Dr. Dees own copy by T.M. and never before in English.
             De mirabili potestate artis et naturae. English
             Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294.
             T. M.
          
           [12], 51, [7] p.
           
             Printed for Simon Miller ...,
             London :
             1659.
          
           
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           Frier
           
             BACON
          
           HIS
           DISCOVERY
           OF
           THE
           MIRACLES
           Of
           
             ART
             ,
          
           
             NATVRE
             ,
          
           And
           
             MAGICK
             .
          
        
         
           Faithfully
           translated
           out
           of
           Dr
           
             Dees
          
           own
           Copy
           ,
           by
           
             T.
             M.
          
           and
           never
           before
           in
           
             English
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Simon
             Miller
          
           at
           the
           Starre
           in
           St
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           ,
           1659.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           THE
           TRANSLATOR
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           A
           Prejudicate
           eye
           much
           lessens
           the
           noblenesse
           of
           the
           Subject
           .
           
             Bacons
          
           name
           may
           bring
           at
           the
           first
           an
           inconvenience
           to
           the
           Book
           ,
           but
           
             Bacons
          
           ingenuity
           will
           recompence
           it
           ere
           he
           be
           solidly
           
           read
           .
           This
           as
           an
           Apology
           is
           the
           usher
           to
           his
           other
           Workes
           ,
           which
           may
           happily
           breath
           a
           more
           free
           Air
           hereafter
           ,
           when
           once
           the
           World
           sees
           how
           clear
           he
           was
           ,
           from
           loving
           
             Negromancy
             .
          
           'T
           was
           the
           
             Popes
          
           smoak
           which
           made
           the
           eyes
           of
           that
           Age
           so
           sore
           ,
           as
           they
           could
           not
           discern
           any
           open
           hearted
           and
           
           clear
           headed
           
             soul
          
           from
           an
           
             heretical
             Phantasme
             .
          
           The
           silly
           
             Fryers
          
           envying
           his
           too
           prying
           head
           ,
           by
           their
           craft
           had
           almost
           got
           it
           off
           his
           shoulders
           .
           It
           's
           dangerous
           to
           be
           wiser
           than
           the
           multitude
           ,
           for
           that
           unruly
           
             Beast
          
           will
           have
           every
           over-topping
           head
           to
           be
           lopped
           shorter
           ,
           lest
           it
           plot
           ,
           ruine
           ,
           or
           stop
           the
           light
           ;
           
           or
           shadow
           its
           extravagancies
           .
           How
           famous
           this
           
             Frier
          
           is
           in
           the
           judgment
           of
           both
           godly
           and
           wise
           men
           ,
           I
           referre
           you
           to
           the
           Probatums
           of
           such
           men
           ,
           whose
           single
           
             Authorities
          
           were
           of
           sufficiency
           to
           equallize
           a
           Jury
           of
           others
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           the
           Book
           ,
           I
           refer
           it
           to
           thy
           reading
           .
           As
           for
           my self
           ,
           
             I
             refer
             me
             to
             him
             ,
             whom
             I
             serve
             ,
             and
             hope
             thou
             wilt
             adore
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           THE
           JUDGMENT
           OF
           Divers
           Learned
           Men
           CONCERNING
           Fryer
           
             BACON
             .
          
        
         
           
             IO.
             Selden
          
           de
           Diis
           Syris
           Sintag
           .
           
             1.
             r.
             2
             .
             —
             7.25
             .
          
        
         
           That
           singular
           Mathematician
           ,
           learned
           beyond
           what
           the
           Age
           he
           liv'd
           in
           did
           ordinarily
           bring
           forth
           ,
           
             Roger
             Bacon
          
           an
           
             Oxford
          
           man
           ,
           and
           a
           Fryer
           minorite
           .
        
         
           The
           Testimony
           of
           
             Gabriel
             Powel
          
           in
           his
           Book
           of
           Antichrist
           in
           Preface
           ,
           
             p.
             14.
             
          
        
         
         
           
             Roger
             Bacon
          
           an
           
             Englishman
             ,
          
           a
           founded
           Scholar
           of
           
             Merton-Colledg
          
           in
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           a
           very
           quick
           Philosopher
           ,
           and
           withall
           a
           very
           famous
           Divine
           ,
           he
           had
           an
           incredible
           knowledge
           in
           the
           Mathematicks
           ,
           but
           without
           Necromancy
           (
           as
           
             John
             Balleus
          
           doth
           report
           )
           although
           he
           be
           defam'd
           for
           it
           by
           many
           :
           Now
           this
           man
           after
           he
           had
           sharply
           reproved
           the
           times
           wherein
           he
           liv'd
           ;
           these
           Errours
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           speak
           Antichrist
           present
           .
           
             Nicholas
          
           the
           Fourth
           Pope
           of
           
             Rome
          
           did
           condemn
           his
           Doctrine
           in
           many
           things
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           by
           him
           kept
           in
           prison
           for
           many
           years
           together
           ;
           as
           
             Antonine
          
           hath
           it
           in
           his
           Chronicle
           .
           He
           flourished
           in
           the
           year
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           
             1270.
             
          
        
         
           
             John
             Gerhard
             Vossius
          
           in
           his
           Book
           of
           the
           four
           Popular
           Arts
           ,
           printed
           at
           
             Amsterdam
             ,
             1650.
          
           is
           every where
           full
           of
           the
           praises
           of
           
             Bacon
             ,
          
           as
           in
           the
           year
           
             1252.
             
          
           About
           these
           mens
           time
           
             Roger
             Bacon
          
           also
           flourished
           ,
           an
           
             Englishman
             ,
          
           and
           a
           Monk
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           St.
           
             Francis
          
           ;
           who
           as
           he
           had
           div'd
           into
           all
           Arts
           and
           
           Sciences
           :
           so
           also
           he
           writ
           many
           things
           of
           them
           ,
           he
           was
           a
           man
           both
           learned
           and
           subtil
           unto
           a
           Miracle
           ,
           and
           did
           such
           wonderfull
           things
           by
           the
           help
           of
           
             Mathematicks
             ,
          
           that
           by
           such
           as
           were
           envious
           and
           ignorant
           ,
           he
           was
           accused
           of
           Diabolical
           
             Magick
             ,
          
           before
           Pope
           
             Clement
          
           the
           
             4th
             ,
          
           and
           for
           that
           cause
           was
           detained
           in
           prison
           by
           him
           for
           some
           time
           .
           
             Jo.
             Pecus
          
           Earl
           of
           
             Mirandula
             ,
          
           the
           Phenix
           of
           all
           the
           wits
           of
           his
           Age
           ,
           cals
           him
           likewise
           ,
           very
           ingenious
           .
           
             Moranlicus
          
           also
           commends
           highly
           his
           Opticks
           .
           He
           was
           buried
           at
           
             Oxford
          
           in
           the
           Monastery
           of
           the
           Monks
           of
           his
           own
           Order
           ,
           
             anno
             1284.
             
          
           So
           
             Chap.
             35.
             
             §
             .
             32.
             anno
             1255.
             
          
           So
           
             Chap.
             60.
             
             §
             .
             13.
             
          
           Of
           Musick
           ,
           
             anno
             1270.
             
          
           So
           
             Chap.
             70.
             
             §
             .
             7.
             1270.
             
             Roger
             Bacon
          
           flourisht
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           a
           man
           wonderfully
           learned
           .
           And
           
             Chap.
             71.
             
             §
             .
             8.
             anno
             1270.
             
             Roger
             Bacon
          
           a
           
             Franciscan
          
           Monk
           ,
           and
           a
           Divine
           of
           
             Oxford
             ,
          
           was
           famous
           amongst
           the
           
             English
          
           in
           all
           sort
           of
           Sciences
           ;
           a
           man
           of
           so
           vast
           learning
           ,
           that
           neither
           
             England
             ,
          
           
           no
           nor
           the
           world
           beside
           ,
           had
           almost
           any
           thing
           like
           or
           equal
           to
           him
           .
           ●nd
           either
           by
           envy
           or
           ignorance
           of
           the
           Age
           ,
           wherein
           he
           lived
           ,
           was
           accused
           of
           
             Magick
             .
          
           He
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           did
           write
           and
           recommend
           to
           the
           Memory
           of
           Posterity
           ,
           a
           Book
           of
           Weights
           ,
           of
           the
           Centers
           of
           heavy
           things
           ,
           of
           the
           Practicks
           of
           Natural
           Magick
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           For
           he
           was
           a
           man
           well
           vers'd
           in
           all
           sorts
           of
           study
           ,
           very
           learned
           in
           the
           Latine
           ,
           Greek
           and
           Hebrew
           Tongues
           ,
           a
           Mathematician
           every
           way
           accomplisht
           ,
           and
           very
           skilfull
           both
           in
           Philosophy
           ,
           Physick
           ,
           Law
           and
           Divinity
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           THE
           CONTENTS
           Of
           the
           Several
           Chapters
           .
        
         
           
             Chap.
             1.
             
             
               Of
               and
               against
               fictitious
               Apparences
               and
               Invocation
               of
               Spirits
               .
            
             1.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             2.
             
             
               Of
               Charmes
               ,
               Figures
               ,
               and
               their
               Vse
               .
            
             4
          
           
             Chap.
             3.
             
             
               Of
               the
               force
               of
               Speech
               ,
               and
               a
               Check
               to
               Magick
               .
            
             10
          
           
             Chap.
             4.
             
             
               Of
               admirable
               Artificial
               Instruments
               .
            
             17
          
           
             Chap.
             5.
             
             
               Of
               Perspective
               Artificial
               Experience
               .
            
             9
          
           
             Chap.
             6.
             
             
               Concerning
               strange
               Experiments
               .
            
             23
          
           
             Chap.
             7.
             
             
               Of
               Retarding
               the
               Accidents
               of
               Old
               Age
               ,
               and
               Prolongation
               of
               Life
               .
            
             28
          
           
             Chap.
             8.
             
             
               Of
               obscuring
               the
               Mysteries
               of
               Art
               and
               Nature
               .
            
             35
          
           
             Chap.
             9.
             
             
               Of
               the
               manner
               to
               make
               the
               Philosophers
               Egge
               .
            
             41
          
           
             Chap.
             10.
             
             
               Of
               the
               same
               Subject
               another
               way
               .
            
             46
          
           
             Chap.
             11.
             
             
               Of
               the
               same
               Subject
               another
               way
               .
            
             49
          
        
      
       
       
         
           BE
           pleased
           to
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           now
           in
           the
           Press
           18
           Books
           of
           the
           
             Secrets
          
           of
           Art
           &
           Nature
           ,
           Collected
           out
           of
           the
           choicest
           Authors
           ,
           both
           Antient
           and
           Modern
           ;
           first
           designed
           by
           
             Iohn
             VVecker
          
           Dr
           of
           Physick
           ,
           and
           now
           much
           enlarged
           by
           Dr
           
             R.
             Read
             .
          
           The
           like
           never
           before
           in
           the
           
             English
          
           Tongue
           .
           To
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           Starre
           in
           St
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           LETTER
           SENT
           BY
           Frier
           
             ROGER
             BACON
          
           TO
           
             VVilliam
          
           of
           
             Paris
             ,
          
           Concerning
           both
           The
           Secret
           Operation
           OF
           NATURE
           &
           ART
           ,
           As
           also
           The
           Nullity
           of
           Magick
           .
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             Of
             and
             against
             fictitious
             Apparences
             and
             Invocation
             of
             Spirits
             .
          
           
             THat
             I
             may
             carefully
             render
             you
             an
             answer
             to
             your
             desire
             ,
             understand
             ,
             
               Nature
               is
               potent
               and
               admirable
               in
               her
               working
               ,
            
             yet
             Art
             using
             the
             advantage
             of
             
             nature
             as
             an
             ●n●trument
             (
             experience
             tels
             us
             )
             is
             of
             greater
             efficacy
             than
             any
             natural
             activity
             .
          
           
             Whatsoever
             Acts
             otherwise
             than
             by
             natural
             or
             artificial
             means
             ,
             is
             not
             humane
             but
             meerly
             fictitious
             and
             deceitfull
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             many
             men
             that
             by
             the
             nimblenesse
             and
             activity
             of
             body
             ,
             diversification
             of
             sounds
             ,
             exactness
             of
             instruments
             ,
             darkness
             ,
             or
             consent
             ,
             make
             things
             seem
             to
             be
             present
             ,
             which
             never
             were
             really
             ex●stent
             in
             the
             course
             of
             Nature
             .
             T●●
             world
             ,
             as
             any
             judicious
             eye
             may
             see
             ,
             groans
             under
             such
             bastard
             burdens
             .
             Jugle●
             by
             an
             handsome
             sleight
             of
             hand
             ,
             will
             put
             a
             compleat
             lie
             upon
             the
             very
             sigh●●
             .
             The
             
               Pythonissae
            
             sometimes
             speaking
             from
             their
             bellies
             ,
             otherwhile
             from
             the
             throat
             ,
             than
             by
             the
             mouth
             ,
             do
             create
             what
             voices
             they
             please
             ,
             either
             speaking
             at
             hand
             ,
             or
             farre
             off
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             ,
             as
             if
             a
             Spirit
             discoursed
             with
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             as
             though
             Beasts
             bellowed
             ,
             which
             is
             all
             easily
             discovered
             by
             private
             laying
             hollow
             Canes
             in
             the
             grasse
             ,
             or
             secre●
             places
             ,
             for
             so
             the
             voices
             of
             men
             will
             be
             known
             from
             other
             creatures
             .
          
           
             When
             inanimate
             things
             are
             violently
             moved
             ,
             either
             in
             the
             Morning
             or
             Evening
             
             twilight
             ,
             expect
             no
             truth
             therein
             ,
             but
             down-right
             cheating
             and
             cousenage
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             consent
             ,
             men
             by
             it
             may
             undertake
             any
             thing
             they
             please
             ,
             if
             so
             be
             they
             `have
             a
             mutual
             disposition
             .
          
           
             These
             I
             mention
             ,
             as
             practices
             wherein
             neither
             philosophical
             Reasons
             ,
             Art
             ,
             or
             power
             of
             Nature
             is
             prevalent
             .
             Beyond
             these
             there
             is
             a
             more
             damnable
             practice
             ,
             ●●en
             men
             despising
             the
             Rules
             of
             Philosophy
             ,
             irrationally
             call
             up
             wicked
             Spirits
             ,
             supposing
             them
             of
             Energy
             to
             satisfie
             their
             desires
             .
             In
             which
             there
             is
             a
             very
             vast
             errour
             ,
             because
             such
             persons
             imagine
             they
             have
             some
             authority
             over
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             that
             Spirits
             may
             be
             compelled
             by
             humane
             authority
             ,
             which
             is
             altogether
             impossible
             ,
             since
             humane
             Energy
             or
             Authority
             is
             inferiour
             by
             much
             to
             that
             of
             Spirits
             .
             Besides
             ,
             they
             admit
             a
             more
             vast
             mistake
             ,
             supposing
             such
             natural
             instruments
             ,
             as
             they
             use
             ,
             to
             be
             able
             either
             to
             call
             up
             ,
             or
             drive
             away
             any
             wicked
             Spirit
             .
             And
             they
             continue
             their
             mistake
             in
             endeavouring
             by
             Invocations
             ,
             Deprecations
             or
             Sacrifices
             to
             please
             Spirits
             ,
             making
             them
             propitious
             to
             their
             design
             .
             Without
             all
             question
             ,
             the
             way
             is
             incomparably
             more
             easie
             
             to
             obtain
             any
             thing
             ,
             that
             is
             truly
             good
             for
             men
             ,
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             good
             Angels
             ,
             then
             of
             wicked
             Spirits
             .
             As
             for
             things
             which
             are
             incommodious
             for
             men
             ,
             wicked
             Spirits
             can
             no
             further
             yeeld
             assistance
             ,
             then
             they
             have
             permission
             ,
             for
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             sonnes
             of
             men
             ,
             from
             that
             God
             ,
             who
             governs
             and
             directs
             all
             humane
             affairs
             .
             Hence
             therefore
             I
             shall
             conclude
             (
             these
             things
             being
             beyond
             ,
             or
             rather
             against
             the
             Rules
             of
             Wisdome
             )
             No
             true
             Philosopher
             did
             ever
             regard
             to
             work
             by
             any
             of
             these
             six
             wayes
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             II.
             Of
             Charms
             ,
             Figures
             ,
             and
             their
             Vse
             .
          
           
             WHat
             men
             ought
             to
             believe
             touching
             Figures
             ,
             Charms
             ,
             and
             such
             stuff
             ,
             I
             shall
             deliver
             my
             opinion
             .
             Without
             doubt
             there
             is
             nothing
             in
             these
             dayes
             of
             this
             kind
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             either
             deceitfull
             ,
             dubious
             ,
             or
             irrational
             ,
             which
             Philosophers
             formerly
             invented
             to
             hide
             their
             secret
             operations
             of
             Nature
             and
             Art
             from
             the
             eyes
             of
             an
             unworthy
             generation
             .
             For
             instance
             ,
             if
             the
             virtue
             of
             the
             Load-stone
             ,
             
             whereby
             it
             draws
             iron
             to
             it
             were
             not
             discovered
             ,
             some
             one
             or
             other
             who
             hath
             a
             mind
             hereby
             to
             cosen
             the
             people
             ,
             so
             goes
             about
             his
             businesse
             ,
             as
             lest
             any
             by-stander
             should
             discover
             the
             work
             of
             attraction
             to
             be
             natural
             ,
             he
             casts
             Figures
             ,
             and
             mutters
             forth
             some
             Charmes
             .
             Thus
             many
             things
             lie
             dark
             in
             Philosophical
             writings
             ;
             in
             which
             the
             wiser
             sort
             of
             Readers
             will
             expresse
             so
             much
             discretion
             ,
             as
             reject
             the
             Figures
             and
             Charmes
             ,
             eying
             the
             works
             of
             Nature
             and
             Art
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             may
             see
             the
             mutual
             concurrence
             of
             animate
             and
             inanimate
             creatures
             ,
             occasioned
             by
             Natures
             conformity
             ,
             not
             any
             efficacy
             of
             Figures
             or
             Charmes
             .
             This
             is
             the
             cause
             why
             the
             unlearned
             crew
             have
             judged
             such
             natural
             or
             artificial
             operations
             to
             be
             meerly
             Magical
             .
             And
             some
             fond
             Magicians
             beleeve
             ,
             That
             their
             casting
             of
             Figures
             and
             Charmes
             was
             the
             sole
             cause
             of
             such
             operations
             ;
             hereupon
             leaving
             their
             natural
             and
             artificial
             operations
             have
             stuck
             close
             to
             their
             erroneous
             casting
             of
             Figures
             and
             Charms
             .
             And
             thus
             they
             both
             have
             by
             their
             own
             folly
             deprived
             themselves
             of
             the
             benefit
             of
             the
             others
             wisdome
             .
             In
             times
             past
             ,
             godly
             and
             religious
             men
             ,
             
             or
             rather
             God
             himself
             ,
             or
             his
             
             good
             Angels
             composed
             several
             Prayers
             ,
             which
             yet
             may
             retain
             their
             primitive
             virtue
             .
             As
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             in
             several
             Countreys
             ,
             certain
             prayers
             are
             made
             over
             hot
             irons
             ,
             and
             water
             in
             the
             River
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
             By
             which
             the
             innocent
             are
             ci●ared
             ,
             and
             guilty
             condemned
             ;
             yet
             all
             this
             is
             done
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             her
             Prelates
             .
             Our
             Priests
             exercise
             their
             holy
             water
             ,
             as
             formerly
             the
             
               Iews
            
             did
             in
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             
             in
             making
             the
             water
             of
             Tryal
             ,
             whereby
             the
             wife
             was
             tryed
             ,
             whether
             she
             were
             an
             adultresse
             ,
             or
             honest
             .
             Not
             to
             instance
             in
             others
             of
             the
             like
             nature
             .
             Concerning
             those
             Secrets
             ,
             which
             are
             revealed
             in
             Magicians
             writings
             ,
             although
             they
             may
             contain
             some
             truth
             ,
             yet
             in
             regard
             those
             very
             truths
             are
             enveloped
             with
             such
             a
             number
             of
             deceits
             ,
             as
             it
             's
             not
             very
             easie
             to
             judge
             betwixt
             the
             truth
             and
             falshood
             ,
             they
             ought
             all
             worthily
             to
             be
             rejected
             .
             Neither
             must
             men
             be
             believed
             ,
             who
             would
             assure
             us
             ,
             That
             
               Solomon
               ,
            
             or
             some
             other
             of
             our
             sage
             Progenitors
             were
             Authors
             of
             such
             Books
             ,
             because
             those
             Books
             are
             not
             received
             either
             by
             the
             Churches
             Authority
             ,
             or
             by
             any
             prudent
             men
             ,
             but
             only
             by
             a
             few
             cheating
             Companions
             
             to
             be
             the
             works
             of
             such
             men
             .
             Mine
             own
             experience
             assures
             me
             they
             compose
             and
             set
             forth
             new
             works
             and
             inventions
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             in
             lofty
             high
             flown
             expressions
             ,
             the
             more
             colourably
             to
             make
             their
             lies
             passe
             under
             the
             shelter
             of
             the
             Text
             ;
             prefixing
             some
             specious
             titles
             ,
             the
             better
             to
             set
             them
             off
             ,
             impudently
             ascribe
             such
             bastard
             births
             to
             famous
             Authors
             .
          
           
             Figures
             are
             either
             composed
             of
             words
             involved
             in
             the
             formes
             of
             letters
             ,
             invented
             to
             contain
             the
             sense
             of
             some
             
               *
            
             speech
             or
             prayer
             ;
             or
             they
             are
             made
             according
             to
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Heavens
             in
             proper
             and
             select
             seasons
             .
             The
             Figures
             of
             the
             former
             sort
             must
             have
             the
             same
             sentence
             that
             I
             gave
             of
             prayers
             formerly
             ;
             as
             for
             Figures
             and
             
               *
            
             Impressions
             of
             the
             other
             kind
             ,
             unlesse
             they
             be
             made
             in
             their
             peculiar
             seasons
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             of
             any
             efficacy
             .
             And
             hence
             it
             is
             that
             all
             wise
             men
             think
             they
             effect
             nothing
             ,
             who
             only
             go
             according
             to
             their
             prescribed
             Characters
             ,
             not
             at
             all
             regarding
             more
             than
             the
             bare
             external
             forme
             .
             The
             more
             knowing
             sonnes
             of
             Art
             ,
             dispose
             all
             their
             works
             of
             Nature
             and
             Art
             according
             
             to
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             casting
             their
             work
             under
             a
             right
             Constellation
             ,
             no
             lesse
             than
             the
             casting
             it
             in
             a
             right
             Figure
             .
             Now
             in
             regard
             there
             is
             much
             difficulty
             to
             discern
             the
             motion
             of
             Celestial
             Bodies
             ,
             many
             are
             cousened
             ,
             and
             very
             few
             know
             ,
             how
             to
             begin
             their
             work
             either
             profitably
             or
             truly
             .
             Hence
             it
             comes
             to
             passe
             ,
             that
             the
             croud
             of
             judicious
             Mathematicians
             and
             Starre
             gazers
             effect
             little
             ,
             and
             that
             unprofitable
             ,
             while
             the
             more
             expert
             Professours
             ,
             who
             sufficiently
             understand
             their
             own
             Art
             ,
             attain
             many
             conveniences
             both
             by
             their
             Operations
             and
             Judgements
             in
             select
             and
             proper
             opportunities
             :
             And
             yet
             let
             us
             take
             notice
             ,
             how
             the
             Physician
             ,
             or
             he
             that
             would
             re-erect
             a
             drooping
             soul
             ,
             effects
             his
             designe
             by
             the
             use
             of
             Figures
             or
             Charmes
             ,
             which
             in
             themselves
             are
             meerly
             fictitious
             (
             as
             
               Constantine
            
             the
             Physician
             is
             of
             opinion
             .
             )
             Physicians
             use
             Figures
             or
             Charmes
             ,
             
             not
             for
             any
             prevalency
             in
             them
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             raising
             of
             the
             soul
             is
             of
             great
             efficacy
             in
             the
             curing
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             and
             raising
             it
             from
             infirmity
             to
             health
             ,
             by
             oy
             and
             confidence
             is
             done
             by
             Charmes
             ;
             
             for
             they
             make
             the
             Patient
             receive
             the
             Medicine
             with
             greater
             confidence
             and
             desire
             ,
             exciting
             courage
             ,
             more
             liberal
             belief
             ,
             hope
             and
             pleasure
             .
             The
             Physician
             then
             who
             would
             magnifie
             his
             cure
             ,
             may
             work
             some
             way
             of
             exciting
             hope
             and
             confidence
             in
             his
             Patient
             ;
             not
             that
             hereby
             he
             should
             cheat
             ,
             but
             stirre
             up
             the
             sick
             to
             believe
             he
             shall
             recover
             ,
             which
             if
             we
             pin
             our
             faith
             on
             
               Co●stantines
            
             sleeve
             ,
             
             is
             very
             tolerable
             .
             Upon
             this
             account
             he
             defends
             the
             hanging
             Charmes
             or
             Figures
             about
             the
             Neck
             .
             The
             soul
             no
             question
             is
             of
             much
             prevalenc●
             by
             reason
             of
             its
             strong
             affections
             over
             its
             proper
             body
             ,
             as
             
               Avicen
            
             saith
             
               in
               lib.
               de
               anima
               ,
               &
            
             8.
             
               &
               animal
               .
            
             to
             which
             all
             wise
             men
             accord
             .
             Hereupon
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             they
             concluded
             sick
             persons
             should
             be
             delighted
             by
             the
             company
             of
             children
             to
             play
             before
             them
             ,
             and
             other
             pleasing
             objects
             .
             Yea
             they
             frequently
             consent
             to
             such
             things
             as
             please
             the
             appetite
             ,
             though
             they
             be
             obnoxious
             to
             their
             disease
             ;
             because
             affection
             ,
             desire
             and
             hope
             of
             the
             soul
             conquers
             many
             diseases
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             SERMONIS
             .
             Of
             the
             force
             of
             Speech
             ,
             and
             a
             Check
             to
             Magick
             .
          
           
             IN
             regard
             truth
             must
             not
             receive
             the
             least
             injury
             ,
             we
             should
             take
             more
             exact
             notice
             how
             every
             agent
             communicateth
             the
             Virtue
             and
             
               Species
            
             which
             is
             in
             it
             to
             other
             extrinsecal
             objects
             ;
             I
             mean
             not
             only
             the
             substantial
             Virtue
             ,
             but
             even
             Act●ve
             Accidents
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             in
             
               tertia
               specie
               Qualitatis
               .
            
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             Virtues
             which
             flows
             from
             the
             Creature
             ,
             some
             of
             them
             are
             sensible
             ,
             some
             insensible
             .
             Man
             which
             is
             both
             the
             most
             noble
             corporeity
             ,
             and
             dignified
             rational
             soul
             ,
             hath
             no
             lesse
             than
             other
             things
             heat
             and
             spirits
             exhaling
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             may
             no
             lesse
             than
             other
             things
             emit
             and
             dispose
             of
             his
             Virtues
             and
             
               Species
            
             to
             external
             Objects
             .
          
           
             Some
             creatures
             we
             know
             have
             power
             to
             metamorphose
             and
             alter
             their
             objects
             .
             As
             the
             Basilisk
             ,
             
             who
             kils
             by
             ●ight
             alone
             .
             The
             Wolf
             ,
             
             if
             she
             first
             see
             a
             man
             before
             the
             man
             see
             him
             ,
             makes
             the
             man
             hoarse
             .
             
             The
             
               Hyaena
            
             suffers
             not
             the
             dog
             which
             comes
             within
             his
             shadow
             to
             bark
             (
             as
             
               Solinus
               de
               mirabilibus
               mundi
               ,
            
             and
             others
             )
             And
             
               Aristotle
               lib.
            
             2.
             
               de
               Vegetab
               .
            
             saith
             ,
             That
             Female
             Palm-trees
             bring
             forth
             fruit
             to
             maturity
             by
             the
             smell
             of
             their
             Males
             .
             And
             Mares
             in
             some
             Kingdoms
             impregnate
             by
             the
             smell
             of
             Horses
             (
             as
             
               Solinus
            
             affirms
             .
             
             )
             
               Aristotle
            
             in
             his
             Secrets
             assures
             us
             of
             several
             other
             contingencies
             which
             issue
             from
             the
             
               Species
            
             and
             Virtues
             of
             Plants
             and
             Animals
             .
             Hence
             I
             argue
             ,
             If
             Plants
             and
             Animals
             ,
             which
             are
             inferiour
             in
             dignity
             to
             our
             humane
             Nature
             ,
             can
             emit
             ,
             then
             surely
             may
             man
             more
             abundantly
             emit
             
               Species
               ,
            
             Virtues
             and
             Colours
             to
             the
             alteration
             of
             external
             Bodies
             .
             To
             this
             purpose
             is
             that
             ,
             which
             
               Aristotle
            
             tels
             us
             (
             
               Lib.
               de
               s●mno
               &
               Vigiliâ
            
             )
             a
             menstruous
             woman
             looking
             in
             a
             glasse
             ,
             doth
             infect
             it
             with
             spots
             ,
             
             like
             clouds
             of
             bloud
             .
             
               Solinus
            
             further
             writes
             ,
             That
             in
             
               Scythia
            
             there
             are
             women
             which
             have
             two
             
             sights
             in
             one
             eye
             .
             (
             Hence
             
               Ovid
               ,
               Nocet
               pupilla
               duplex
               .
            
             )
             and
             that
             these
             women
             by
             their
             glances
             kill
             men
             .
             And
             we
             our selves
             know
             ,
             
             That
             men
             of
             an
             evil
             complexion
             ,
             full
             of
             contagious
             infirmities
             ,
             as
             Leprosie
             ,
             the
             Falling-sickness
             ,
             spotted
             Feaver
             ,
             bleer-eyed
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             infects
             those
             men
             in
             their
             company
             :
             While
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             men
             of
             a
             sound
             and
             wholsome
             complexion
             ,
             especially
             young
             men
             ,
             do
             by
             their
             very
             presence
             exhilerate
             and
             comfort
             others
             ;
             which
             no
             question
             ,
             
             as
             
               Galen
            
             in
             his
             
               Techne
               ,
            
             proceeds
             from
             their
             pure
             spirits
             wholsome
             and
             delightsome
             vapours
             ,
             their
             sweet
             natural
             colour
             ,
             and
             from
             such
             
               Species
            
             and
             Vir●ues
             as
             they
             emit
             .
          
           
             
             That
             man
             whose
             soul
             is
             defiled
             with
             many
             hainous
             sins
             ,
             his
             Body
             infirme
             ,
             his
             Complexion
             evil
             ,
             and
             hath
             a
             vehement
             fancy
             and
             desire
             to
             hurt
             his
             neighbour
             ,
             may
             bring
             more
             inconveniencies
             ,
             
             then
             another
             man
             .
             The
             Reason
             may
             be
             ,
             the
             Nature
             of
             Complexion
             and
             infirmity
             yeelds
             obedience
             to
             the
             thoughts
             of
             the
             Heart
             ,
             and
             is
             more
             augmented
             by
             the
             intervention
             of
             our
             desires
             .
             Hence
             it
             is
             that
             a
             leprous
             person
             ,
             who
             is
             solicitous
             ,
             desirous
             and
             fancying
             to
             infect
             some
             one
             or
             other
             in
             the
             room
             ,
             may
             more
             easily
             and
             forceably
             effect
             it
             ,
             than
             he
             which
             hath
             no
             such
             intention
             ,
             fancy
             or
             desire
             .
             For
             (
             as
             
               Avicen
            
             observes
             in
             the
             fore●cited
             place
             )
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             body
             is
             obedient
             to
             the
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             more
             intent
             fancies
             of
             the
             soul
             .
             And
             (
             as
             
               Avicen
            
             in
             the
             3d
             
               Metaph.
            
             affirms
             )
             the
             thought
             is
             the
             first
             mover
             ,
             after
             that
             the
             desire
             is
             made
             conformable
             to
             the
             thought
             ,
             then
             after
             that
             the
             natural
             virtue
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             the
             members
             ,
             obeys
             the
             desire
             and
             thought
             ;
             and
             thus
             it
             is
             both
             in
             good
             and
             bad
             effects
             .
             Hence
             it
             is
             that
             a
             young
             man
             of
             a
             good
             Complexion
             ,
             healthfull
             ,
             fair
             ,
             well
             featured
             Body
             ,
             having
             his
             soul
             not
             debauched
             with
             sinne
             ,
             but
             of
             a
             strong
             fancy
             and
             vehement
             desire
             to
             compasse
             the
             effecting
             of
             some
             magnificent
             designe
             ,
             withall
             adding
             the
             power
             of
             his
             Virtues
             ,
             
               Species
            
             and
             natural
             heat
             ;
             He
             may
             by
             the
             force
             of
             these
             
               *
            
             Spirits
             ,
             Vapours
             and
             influences
             
             work
             both
             more
             powerfully
             and
             vehemently
             ,
             than
             if
             he
             should
             want
             any
             of
             these
             fore-going
             qualifications
             ,
             especially
             strong
             affections
             and
             forceable
             imaginations
             .
             Hence
             I
             conclude
             ,
             Men
             by
             the
             concurrence
             of
             the
             foresaid
             Causes
             ,
             Words
             and
             Works
             being
             the
             Instruments
             ,
             bring
             great
             undertakings
             to
             perfection
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             words
             ,
             they
             are
             hatched
             within
             ,
             by
             the
             thoughts
             and
             desires
             of
             the
             mind
             ,
             sent
             abroad
             by
             heat
             ,
             
               Vocale
               arteries
               ,
            
             and
             motion
             of
             the
             Spirits
             .
             The
             places
             of
             their
             generation
             are
             in
             open
             passages
             ,
             by
             which
             there
             is
             a
             great
             efflux
             of
             such
             spirits
             ,
             heat
             ,
             vapours
             ,
             virtues
             ,
             and
             
               Species
               ,
            
             as
             are
             made
             by
             the
             soul
             and
             heart
             .
             And
             therefore
             words
             may
             so
             farre
             cause
             alterations
             by
             these
             parts
             or
             passages
             ,
             as
             their
             Nature
             will
             extend
             .
             For
             it
             's
             evident
             ,
             That
             breathings
             ,
             yawnings
             ,
             several
             resolutions
             of
             Spirits
             and
             heat
             come
             thorow
             these
             open
             passages
             from
             the
             heart
             and
             inward
             parts
             :
             Now
             if
             these
             words
             come
             from
             an
             infirm
             and
             evil
             complexionated
             body
             ,
             they
             are
             constantly
             obnoxious
             .
             But
             if
             from
             a
             pure
             sound
             and
             wholsome
             constitution
             ,
             they
             are
             very
             beneficial
             and
             comfortable
             .
             It
             's
             clear
             then
             ,
             That
             the
             
             bare
             generation
             and
             prolation
             of
             words
             joyned
             with
             desire
             and
             intention
             are
             considerable
             in
             natural
             operations
             .
             Hereupon
             we
             do
             justly
             say
             ,
             
               Vox
               viva
               magnam
               habet
               virtutem
            
             ;
             Living
             words
             are
             of
             great
             Virtue
             .
             Not
             that
             they
             have
             any
             such
             Virtue
             of
             doing
             or
             undoing
             ,
             as
             
               Magicians
            
             speak
             of
             ,
             but
             only
             they
             have
             the
             Virtue
             of
             Nature
             ,
             which
             makes
             me
             put
             in
             this
             Caution
             of
             being
             extream
             cautelous
             herein
             .
             For
             a
             man
             may
             ,
             as
             many
             have
             already
             done
             ,
             erre
             on
             both
             hands
             :
             Some
             wholly
             denying
             any
             operation
             of
             words
             :
             Others
             superfluously
             decline
             to
             a
             Magical
             use
             thereof
             .
             Our
             duties
             should
             be
             to
             have
             a
             care
             of
             such
             Books
             ,
             as
             are
             fraught
             with
             Charms
             ,
             Figures
             ,
             Orizons
             ,
             Conjurations
             ,
             Sacrifices
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             purely
             Magical
             .
             For
             instance
             ,
             the
             Book
             
               De
               Officiis
               Spirituum
               ,
               liber
               de
               morte
               animae
               ,
               liber
               de
               art●
               notariâ
               ,
            
             with
             infinite
             others
             ,
             containing
             neither
             precepts
             of
             Nature
             or
             Art
             ,
             having
             nothing
             save
             Magical
             Fopperies
             .
             Yet
             herewithall
             we
             must
             remember
             ,
             there
             are
             many
             Books
             commonly
             reputed
             to
             be
             Magical
             ,
             but
             have
             no
             other
             fault
             then
             discovering
             the
             dignity
             of
             wisdome
             .
             What
             Books
             are
             suspicious
             ,
             and
             what
             not
             ;
             Every
             discreet
             Readers
             
             experience
             will
             show
             him
             .
             The
             Book
             which
             discovers
             natural
             or
             artificial
             operations
             imbrace
             ;
             that
             which
             is
             void
             of
             either
             or
             leave
             both
             ,
             as
             suspitious
             and
             unworthy
             the
             consideration
             of
             any
             wise
             man
             .
             'T
             is
             usual
             with
             
               Magicians
               ,
            
             to
             treat
             of
             both
             unnecessary
             and
             superfluous
             subjects
             .
             'T
             was
             excellently
             said
             of
             
               Isaac
            
             (
             
               in
               lib.
               de
               Febribus
               ,
            
             )
             
               The
               rational
               soul
               is
               not
               impeded
               in
               its
               operations
               ,
               unlesse
               by
               the
               Manicles
               of
               ignorance
               .
            
             And
             
               Aristotle
            
             is
             of
             opinion
             ,
             (
             
               in
               lib.
               secret
               .
            
             )
             
               That
               a
               clear
               and
               strong
               intellect
               ,
               being
               impregnated
               by
               the
               influences
               of
               divine
               Virtue
               ,
               may
               attain
               to
               any
               thing
               which
               is
               necessary
               .
            
             And
             in
             3d
             Meteor
             ,
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               There
               is
               no
               influence
               or
               power
               ,
               but
               from
               God
               .
            
             In
             the
             Conclusion
             of
             his
             Ethicks
             ,
             
               There
               is
               no
               Virtue
               ,
               whether
               Moral
               or
               Natural
               without
               divine
               influence
               .
            
             Hence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             when
             we
             discourse
             of
             particular
             agents
             ,
             we
             exclude
             not
             the
             Regiment
             of
             the
             universal
             Agent
             ,
             and
             first
             Cause
             of
             all
             things
             .
             For
             every
             first
             Cause
             hath
             more
             influence
             on
             the
             Effect
             ,
             than
             any
             second
             Cause
             ,
             as
             he
             speaks
             in
             the
             first
             proposition
             of
             Causes
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
             Of
             admirable
             Artificial
             Instruments
             .
          
           
             THat
             I
             may
             the
             better
             demonstrate
             the
             inferiority
             and
             indignity
             of
             Magical
             power
             to
             that
             of
             Nature
             or
             Art
             ,
             I
             shall
             a
             while
             discourse
             on
             such
             admirable
             operations
             of
             Art
             and
             Nature
             ,
             as
             have
             not
             the
             least
             Magick
             in
             them
             ,
             afterwards
             assign
             them
             their
             Causes
             and
             Frames
             .
             And
             first
             of
             such
             Engines
             ,
             as
             are
             purely
             artificial
             .
          
           
             It
             's
             possible
             to
             make
             Engines
             to
             sail
             withall
             ,
             as
             that
             either
             fresh
             or
             salt
             water
             vessels
             may
             be
             guided
             by
             the
             help
             of
             one
             man
             ,
             and
             made
             sail
             with
             a
             greater
             swiftness
             ,
             than
             others
             will
             which
             are
             full
             of
             men
             to
             help
             them
             .
          
           
             It
             's
             possible
             to
             make
             a
             Chariot
             move
             with
             an
             inestimable
             swiftnesse
             (
             such
             as
             the
             
               Currus
               falcati
            
             were
             ,
             wherein
             our
             fore
             fathers
             of
             old
             fought
             ,
             )
             and
             this
             motion
             to
             be
             without
             the
             help
             of
             any
             living
             creature
             .
          
           
             It
             's
             possible
             to
             make
             Engines
             for
             flying
             ,
             a
             man
             sitting
             in
             the
             midst
             whereof
             ,
             by
             turning
             onely
             about
             
             an
             Instrument
             ,
             which
             moves
             artificiall
             Wings
             made
             to
             beat
             the
             Aire
             ,
             much
             after
             the
             fashion
             of
             a
             Birds
             flight
             .
          
           
             It
             's
             possible
             to
             invent
             an
             Engine
             of
             a
             little
             bulk
             ,
             yet
             of
             great
             efficacy
             ,
             either
             to
             the
             depressing
             or
             elevation
             of
             the
             very
             greatest
             weight
             ,
             which
             would
             be
             of
             much
             consequence
             in
             several
             Accidents
             :
             For
             hereby
             a
             man
             may
             either
             ascend
             or
             descend
             any
             walls
             ,
             delivering
             himself
             or
             comrads
             from
             prison
             ;
             and
             this
             Engine
             is
             only
             three
             fingers
             high
             ,
             and
             four
             broad
             .
          
           
             A
             man
             may
             easily
             make
             an
             Instrument
             ,
             whereby
             one
             man
             may
             in
             despight
             of
             all
             opposition
             ,
             draw
             a
             thousand
             men
             to
             himself
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             thing
             ,
             which
             is
             tractable
             .
          
           
             A
             man
             may
             make
             an
             Engine
             ,
             whereby
             without
             any
             corporal
             danger
             ,
             he
             may
             walk
             in
             the
             bottome
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             or
             other
             water
             .
             These
             
               Alexander
            
             (
             as
             the
             Heathen
             Astronomer
             assures
             us
             )
             used
             to
             see
             the
             secrets
             of
             the
             deeps
             .
          
           
             Such
             Engines
             as
             these
             were
             of
             old
             ,
             and
             are
             made
             even
             in
             our
             dayes
             .
             These
             all
             of
             them
             (
             excepting
             only
             that
             instrument
             of
             flying
             ,
             which
             I
             never
             saw
             or
             know
             any
             ,
             
             who
             hath
             seen
             it
             ,
             though
             I
             am
             exceedingly
             acquainted
             with
             a
             very
             prudent
             man
             ,
             who
             hath
             invented
             the
             whole
             Artifice
             )
             with
             infinite
             such
             like
             inventions
             ,
             Engines
             and
             devices
             are
             feasable
             ,
             as
             making
             of
             Bridges
             over
             Rivers
             without
             pillars
             or
             supporters
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             V.
             Of
             Perspective
             Artificial
             Experiences
             .
          
           
             THe
             physical
             figuration
             of
             rayes
             are
             found
             out
             to
             be
             very
             admirable
             .
             Glasses
             and
             Perspectives
             may
             be
             framed
             ,
             to
             make
             one
             thing
             appear
             many
             ,
             one
             man
             an
             Army
             ,
             the
             Sun
             and
             Moon
             to
             be
             as
             many
             as
             we
             please
             .
             As
             
               Pliny
            
             in
             the
             2d
             Book
             ,
             Nat.
             
             Hist.
             chap.
             30
             saith
             ,
             
               That
               Nature
               so
               disposeth
               of
               vapours
               ,
               as
               two
               Sunnes
               ,
               and
               two
               Moons
               ;
               yea
               sometimes
               three
               Sunnes
               shine
               together
               in
               the
               Air
               .
            
             And
             by
             the
             same
             Reason
             one
             thing
             may
             in
             appearance
             be
             multiplied
             to
             an
             infinity
             ,
             in
             regard
             that
             after
             any
             creature
             hath
             exceeded
             his
             own
             virtue
             (
             as
             
               Aristotle
               cap.
               de
               vacuo
               .
            
             )
             no
             certain
             bounds
             is
             to
             be
             assigned
             it
             .
          
           
           
             This
             designe
             may
             seem
             advantagious
             to
             strike
             terrours
             into
             an
             Enemies
             Camp
             or
             Garison
             ,
             there
             being
             a
             multiplication
             of
             appearances
             of
             Srarres
             ,
             or
             men
             assembled
             purposely
             to
             destroy
             them
             :
             Especially
             if
             the
             following
             designe
             be
             conjoyned
             to
             the
             former
             (
             
               viz.
            
             )
             Glasses
             so
             cast
             ,
             that
             things
             at
             hand
             may
             appear
             at
             distance
             ,
             and
             things
             at
             distance
             ,
             as
             hard
             at
             hand
             :
             yea
             so
             farre
             may
             the
             designe
             be
             driven
             ,
             as
             the
             least
             letters
             may
             be
             read
             ,
             and
             things
             reckoned
             at
             an
             incredible
             distance
             ,
             yea
             starres
             shine
             in
             what
             place
             you
             please
             .
             A
             way
             ,
             as
             is
             verily
             believed
             ,
             
               Iulius
               Caesar
            
             took
             by
             great
             Glasses
             from
             the
             Coasts
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             to
             view
             the
             site
             and
             disposition
             of
             stoth
             the
             Castles
             and
             Sea-Towns
             in
             great
             
               Britain
               .
            
             By
             the
             framing
             of
             Glasses
             ,
             bodies
             of
             the
             largest
             bulk
             ,
             may
             in
             appearance
             be
             contracted
             to
             a
             minute
             volumne
             ,
             things
             little
             in
             themselves
             show
             great
             ,
             while
             others
             tall
             and
             lofty
             appear
             low
             and
             creeping
             ,
             things
             creeping
             and
             low
             ,
             high
             and
             mighty
             ,
             things
             private
             and
             hidden
             to
             be
             clear
             and
             manifest
             .
             For
             as
             
               Socrates
            
             did
             discover
             a
             Dragon
             ,
             whose
             pestiferous
             breathings
             and
             influences
             corrupted
             both
             City
             and
             Countrey
             thereabouts
             ,
             to
             have
             
             his
             residence
             in
             the
             Caverns
             of
             the
             Mountains
             .
             So
             may
             any
             other
             thing
             done
             in
             an
             Enemies
             Camp
             or
             Garison
             ,
             be
             discovered
             .
             Glasses
             may
             be
             framed
             to
             send
             forth
             
               Species
               ,
            
             and
             poisonous
             infectious
             influences
             ,
             whither
             a
             man
             pleaseth
             .
             And
             this
             invention
             
               Aristotle
            
             shewed
             
               Alexander
               ,
            
             by
             which
             he
             erecting
             the
             poison
             of
             a
             Basilisk
             upon
             the
             Wall
             of
             a
             City
             ,
             which
             held
             out
             against
             his
             Army
             ,
             conveyed
             the
             very
             poison
             into
             the
             City
             it self
             .
             Glasses
             may
             be
             so
             framed
             and
             placed
             ,
             as
             that
             any
             man
             coming
             into
             a
             room
             ,
             shall
             undoubtedly
             imagine
             he
             sees
             heaps
             of
             gold
             ,
             silver
             ,
             prceious
             stones
             ,
             or
             what
             you
             please
             ,
             though
             upon
             his
             approach
             to
             the
             place
             he
             shall
             perceive
             his
             mistake
             .
          
           
             It
             's
             then
             folly
             to
             seek
             the
             effecting
             that
             by
             Magical
             Illusions
             ,
             which
             the
             power
             of
             Philosophy
             can
             demonstrate
             .
          
           
             To
             speak
             of
             the
             more
             sublimate
             powers
             of
             Figurations
             ,
             leading
             and
             congregating
             rayes
             by
             several
             Fractions
             and
             reflexions
             to
             what
             distance
             we
             please
             ,
             so
             as
             any
             object
             may
             prove
             combustible
             .
             It
             's
             evident
             by
             Perspectives
             
             they
             burn
             backward
             and
             forward
             ,
             which
             Authours
             have
             treated
             on
             in
             their
             Books
             .
             That
             which
             is
             the
             most
             strange
             of
             Figurations
             and
             Mouldings
             ,
             is
             the
             description
             of
             Celestial
             Bodies
             ,
             both
             according
             to
             their
             Longitude
             and
             Latitude
             ,
             in
             such
             Corporeal
             Figures
             ,
             as
             they
             naturally
             move
             by
             their
             diurnal
             motion
             .
             An
             Invention
             of
             more
             satisfaction
             to
             a
             discreet
             head
             ,
             than
             a
             Kings
             Crown
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             will
             suffice
             as
             to
             Figurations
             ,
             though
             we
             might
             produce
             infinite
             prodigies
             of
             the
             like
             Nature
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             VI
             .
             Concerning
             strange
             Experiments
             .
          
           
             TO
             our
             former
             discourse
             we
             may
             adjoyn
             such
             works
             as
             are
             effected
             without
             Figurations
             .
             We
             may
             have
             an
             artificial
             composition
             of
             Saltpeter
             ,
             and
             other
             ingredients
             ;
             
             or
             of
             the
             oil
             of
             Red
             Petrolei
             ,
             and
             other
             things
             ,
             or
             with
             Maltha
             ,
             Naphtha
             ,
             with
             such
             like
             ,
             which
             will
             burn
             at
             what
             distance
             we
             please
             ,
             with
             which
             
               Pliny
            
             reports
             ,
             
               Lib.
            
             2.
             
               Chap.
            
             104.
             that
             he
             kept
             a
             City
             against
             the
             whole
             Roman
             Army
             :
             For
             by
             casting
             down
             
               Maltha
            
             he
             could
             burn
             a
             Souldier
             ,
             though
             he
             had
             on
             his
             Armour
             .
             In
             the
             next
             place
             ,
             to
             these
             we
             may
             place
             the
             
               Grecian
            
             fire
             ,
             
             and
             other
             combustibles
             .
             To
             proceed
             ,
             Lamps
             may
             be
             made
             to
             burn
             ,
             and
             waters
             to
             keep
             hot
             perpetually
             .
             For
             I
             know
             many
             things
             which
             are
             not
             consumed
             in
             the
             fire
             ,
             as
             the
             Salamanders
             skin
             Talk
             ,
             with
             others
             ,
             which
             by
             some
             adjunct
             both
             are
             inflamed
             and
             shine
             ,
             yet
             are
             not
             consumed
             ,
             but
             rather
             purified
             .
             Besides
             these
             ,
             we
             may
             speak
             of
             divers
             
             admirable
             peeces
             of
             
               *
            
             Nature
             .
             As
             the
             making
             Thunder
             and
             Lightning
             in
             the
             Air
             ;
             yea
             with
             a
             greater
             advantage
             of
             horrour
             ,
             then
             those
             which
             are
             onely
             produced
             by
             Nature
             .
             For
             a
             very
             competent
             quantity
             of
             matter
             rightly
             prepared
             (
             the
             bignesse
             of
             ones
             thumb
             )
             will
             make
             a
             most
             hideous
             noise
             and
             corruscation
             ,
             this
             may
             be
             done
             several
             wayes
             ;
             by
             which
             a
             City
             or
             Army
             may
             be
             overcome
             ,
             much
             after
             the
             fashion
             as
             
               Gideon
            
             overcame
             that
             vast
             Army
             of
             the
             
               Midianites
            
             with
             three
             hundred
             men
             ,
             by
             the
             breaking
             of
             their
             Pitchers
             ,
             and
             shining
             of
             their
             Lamps
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             sudden
             leaping
             forth
             of
             the
             fire
             ,
             and
             inestimable
             cracklings
             .
             These
             would
             appear
             strange
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             designed
             to
             their
             just
             height
             both
             of
             proportion
             and
             matter
             .
             I
             might
             produce
             many
             strange
             works
             of
             another
             kind
             ,
             which
             though
             they
             bring
             no
             sensible
             profit
             ,
             yet
             contain
             an
             ineffible
             spectacle
             of
             wit
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             applied
             to
             the
             probation
             of
             all
             such
             secrets
             ,
             as
             the
             ignorant
             crew
             will
             not
             imbrace
             .
             Such
             might
             I
             name
             the
             attraction
             of
             Iron
             to
             the
             Loadstone
             ,
             a
             thing
             so
             incredulous
             ,
             
             as
             none
             save
             an
             eye-witnesse
             would
             believe
             .
             And
             in
             this
             attraction
             of
             Iron
             ,
             experience
             will
             show
             a
             diligent
             searcher
             ,
             more
             wonders
             than
             any
             vulgar
             capacity
             can
             entertain
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             proceed
             to
             greater
             ,
             and
             more
             than
             these
             .
             There
             is
             an
             attraction
             of
             gold
             ,
             silver
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             metals
             ,
             
             by
             a
             certain
             stone
             ,
             much
             after
             the
             same
             manner
             .
             Besides
             one
             stone
             will
             runne
             to
             the
             heap
             .
             Plants
             may
             have
             their
             mutual
             concurrence
             ,
             and
             the
             parts
             of
             sensible
             creatures
             locally
             divided
             ,
             will
             naturally
             move
             to
             a
             mutual
             imbracement
             .
             The
             consideration
             whereof
             makes
             me
             think
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             not
             any
             thing
             ,
             whether
             in
             divine
             or
             outward
             matters
             too
             difficult
             for
             my
             faith
             .
             To
             proceed
             higher
             .
             The
             whole
             power
             of
             the
             Mathematicks
             may
             compose
             a
             spherical
             Engine
             ,
             according
             to
             
               P●olomies
            
             frame
             in
             eight
             Almagest
             ;
             which
             sincerely
             describes
             both
             longitude
             and
             latitude
             of
             all
             Celestial
             Bodies
             ;
             but
             to
             give
             them
             a
             natural
             diurnal
             motion
             is
             not
             in
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Mathematicks
             .
             However
             a
             discreet
             head-piece
             would
             do
             well
             to
             try
             the
             making
             hereof
             of
             
             such
             materials
             and
             artifice
             ,
             as
             it
             might
             have
             a
             natural
             diurnal
             motion
             .
             Which
             seems
             to
             me
             possible
             ;
             and
             because
             many
             things
             are
             moved
             with
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             as
             Comets
             ,
             the
             Sea
             tides
             ,
             with
             several
             other
             things
             ,
             which
             are
             turned
             about
             either
             in
             the
             whole
             or
             in
             part
             .
             Such
             a
             work
             might
             be
             thought
             more
             miraculous
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             vaster
             benefit
             than
             any
             thing
             hitherto
             mentioned
             .
             For
             the
             perfecting
             of
             this
             would
             frustrate
             all
             other
             ,
             whether
             the
             more
             curious
             ,
             or
             the
             more
             vulgar
             Astronomical
             Instruments
             ,
             which
             surely
             would
             be
             more
             valuable
             than
             a
             Kings
             Coffers
             ;
             and
             yet
             there
             may
             matters
             be
             brought
             to
             passe
             ,
             which
             though
             they
             will
             not
             reach
             so
             near
             a
             miracle
             ,
             yet
             of
             farre
             greater
             publick
             and
             private
             profit
             .
             As
             the
             producing
             so
             much
             gold
             or
             silver
             ,
             as
             we
             please
             ,
             not
             by
             the
             work
             of
             Nature
             yet
             accomplishment
             of
             Art
             :
             
             seeing
             there
             may
             be
             ten
             and
             seven
             wayes
             of
             gold
             ,
             ●●ght
             by
             the
             mixture
             of
             silver
             with
             gold
             ;
             and
             the
             first
             way
             is
             made
             by
             sixteen
             parts
             of
             gold
             with
             some
             parts
             of
             silver
             ,
             which
             will
             attain
             the
             four
             and
             twentieth
             degree
             of
             gold
             ,
             alwayes
             
             augmenting
             one
             degree
             of
             gold
             with
             one
             of
             silver
             ,
             and
             so
             for
             the
             mixture
             of
             brasse
             with
             gold
             .
             So
             the
             last
             way
             is
             
               *
            
             by
             the
             four
             and
             twenty
             degrees
             of
             pure
             gold
             without
             mixture
             of
             other
             metal
             .
             And
             beyond
             this
             ,
             Nature
             knows
             no
             further
             progresse
             ,
             as
             experience
             tels
             us
             .
             Though
             Art
             may
             augment
             gold
             in
             the
             degrees
             of
             purity
             ,
             even
             to
             infinitenesse
             ,
             and
             compleat
             silver
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             cheat
             :
             And
             yet
             that
             which
             seems
             more
             rare
             than
             all
             this
             is
             ,
             That
             though
             the
             rational
             soul
             (
             hath
             so
             farre
             its
             free-will
             ,
             as
             )
             it
             cannot
             be
             compelled
             ,
             yet
             may
             effectually
             be
             excited
             ,
             induced
             and
             disposed
             freely
             to
             alter
             its
             affections
             ,
             desires
             and
             behaviours
             to
             the
             dictates
             of
             another
             man
             .
             And
             this
             may
             not
             only
             be
             practised
             upon
             one
             particular
             person
             ,
             but
             upon
             a
             whole
             Army
             ,
             City
             ,
             or
             Body
             of
             a
             Nation
             living
             under
             one
             Region
             ,
             if
             we
             believe
             experience
             .
             And
             this
             experience
             ,
             
               Aristotle
            
             discloseth
             in
             his
             Book
             of
             Secrets
             ,
             both
             of
             an
             Army
             ,
             Region
             and
             single
             person
             .
             And
             thus
             I
             have
             well
             nigh
             finished
             my
             thoughts
             of
             Nature
             and
             Art
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             VII
             .
             Of
             Retarding
             the
             Accidents
             of
             Old
             age
             ,
             and
             Prolongation
             of
             Life
             .
          
           
             THe
             furthest
             attainment
             ,
             which
             the
             complement
             of
             Art
             ,
             joyned
             with
             the
             whole
             Energy
             of
             Nature
             can
             reach
             unto
             ,
             is
             the
             Prolongation
             of
             Life
             to
             a
             very
             old
             date
             .
             How
             farre
             this
             is
             attainable
             ,
             manifold
             experience
             hath
             shewed
             us
             .
             
               Pliny
            
             reports
             ,
             That
             
               Pollio
               ,
            
             a
             man
             of
             a
             strong
             body
             and
             mind
             ,
             
             lived
             much
             longer
             then
             men
             usually
             now
             :
             of
             whom
             
               Octavius
               Augustus
            
             enquiring
             ,
             What
             course
             he
             took
             to
             live
             so
             long
             ?
             was
             answered
             aenigmatically
             ,
             he
             used
             Oyl
             without
             ,
             and
             Mulsum
             within
             (
             now
             according
             to
             the
             opinion
             of
             some
             ,
             it
             's
             eight
             parts
             of
             water
             ,
             and
             nine
             of
             honey
             )
             I
             might
             produce
             many
             examples
             of
             the
             same
             quality
             :
             as
             that
             which
             fell
             out
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
             King
             
               William
            
             ;
             A
             Countrey-man
             plowing
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             found
             a
             golden
             vessel
             ,
             containing
             a
             certain
             liquor
             ,
             which
             he
             supposing
             to
             be
             the
             Dew
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             washed
             his
             face
             withall
             ,
             and
             
             drunk
             of
             it
             ,
             whereby
             he
             became
             renued
             in
             spirit
             ,
             body
             and
             excellency
             ,
             
               De
               bubulio
               factus
               est
               Bajulus
               Regis
               Siciliae
               ,
            
             from
             a
             Plow-man
             he
             was
             made
             Porter
             to
             the
             King
             of
             
               Sicily
               .
            
             And
             the
             Popes
             Letters
             assures
             us
             ,
             That
             
               Almannus
               ,
            
             held
             Prisoner
             by
             the
             
               Sar●cens
               ,
            
             through
             the
             use
             of
             a
             Medicine
             lived
             five
             hundred
             years
             .
             For
             the
             King
             ,
             whose
             Captive
             he
             was
             ,
             having
             received
             this
             Medicine
             from
             the
             Embassadours
             of
             the
             great
             King
             ,
             and
             being
             suspitious
             of
             them
             ,
             made
             tryal
             hereof
             upon
             this
             Captive
             ,
             which
             was
             brought
             him
             for
             that
             purpose
             .
             And
             the
             Lady
             of
             the
             Woods
             in
             great
             
               Britanny
            
             searching
             for
             a
             white
             Hinde
             ,
             found
             an
             Ointment
             ,
             wherewith
             the
             Keeper
             of
             the
             Woods
             anointed
             his
             whole
             body
             ,
             except
             the
             soals
             of
             his
             feet
             ,
             and
             he
             lived
             three
             hundred
             years
             without
             any
             corruption
             ,
             save
             in
             the
             soals
             of
             his
             feet
             ,
             which
             had
             some
             passions
             .
             We
             our selves
             know
             it
             frequent
             in
             these
             dayes
             ,
             That
             plain
             Countrey
             men
             ,
             without
             the
             advantage
             so
             much
             as
             of
             a
             Physicians
             advice
             ,
             live
             very
             healthfully
             an
             hundred
             years
             ,
             or
             little
             lesse
             .
             And
             these
             are
             the
             rather
             confirmed
             by
             the
             operations
             of
             Animals
             ,
             as
             Harts
             ,
             Eagles
             ,
             
             Serpents
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             efficacy
             of
             heart
             or
             stones
             ,
             have
             renewed
             their
             youth
             :
             And
             wise
             men
             seeing
             ,
             that
             even
             bruits
             could
             reach
             so
             farre
             to
             their
             Prolongation
             ,
             adjudging
             it
             no
             lesse
             feasable
             by
             reasonable
             men
             ,
             set
             themselves
             on
             the
             Spurre
             to
             find
             out
             this
             secret
             .
             Hereupon
             
               Artefius
            
             from
             his
             own
             ingenuity
             ,
             having
             found
             the
             Secrets
             ,
             of
             Stones
             ,
             Herbs
             ,
             Sensibles
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             both
             for
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             especially
             the
             Prolongation
             of
             Life
             ,
             did
             
               *
            
             rejoyce
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             lived
             1025.
             yeares
             .
             Further
             ,
             to
             confirme
             this
             Assertion
             of
             the
             Prolongation
             of
             Life
             ,
             it
             's
             considerable
             ,
             That
             man
             naturally
             is
             immortal
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             
               Potens
               non
               mori
               ,
            
             hath
             a
             possibility
             of
             not
             dying
             .
             Yea
             ,
             even
             after
             his
             fall
             ,
             he
             might
             live
             a
             thousand
             years
             ,
             though
             by
             degrees
             the
             length
             of
             life
             was
             abbreviated
             .
             Hence
             it
             follows
             ,
             That
             this
             abbreviation
             is
             Accidental
             ,
             and
             consequentially
             may
             be
             repaired
             in
             whole
             or
             in
             part
             ;
             and
             upon
             search
             we
             shall
             find
             the
             accidental
             cause
             of
             this
             corruption
             ,
             is
             not
             from
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             than
             the
             defect
             of
             true
             Government
             of
             our
             health
             .
             In
             that
             our
             Fathers
             are
             
             corrupt
             and
             imbecil
             ,
             they
             beget
             sonnes
             of
             a
             corrupt
             complexion
             and
             composition
             ,
             and
             their
             children
             upon
             the
             same
             score
             are
             corrupted
             .
             Thus
             the
             Pedig●ee
             of
             corruption
             is
             deprived
             from
             Fathers
             to
             sonnes
             ,
             untill
             we
             settle
             upon
             our
             heirs
             an
             assured
             abbreviation
             of
             our
             dayes
             .
             Yet
             this
             doth
             not
             conclude
             ,
             That
             to
             perpetuity
             there
             shall
             succeed
             an
             abbreviation
             of
             our
             life
             ,
             since
             there
             is
             a
             positive
             period
             set
             to
             our
             life
             ,
             men
             may
             live
             till
             they
             be
             eighty
             years
             ,
             
             though
             then
             their
             dayes
             be
             but
             labour
             and
             sorrow
             .
          
           
             Now
             if
             every
             man
             would
             from
             the
             br●st
             exercise
             a
             compleat
             Regiment
             of
             health
             (
             which
             consists
             in
             such
             things
             as
             have
             relation
             to
             Meat
             ,
             Drink
             ,
             Sleep
             ,
             Waking
             ,
             Motion
             ,
             Rest
             ,
             Evacuation
             ,
             Retention
             ,
             Air
             ,
             and
             the
             Passions
             of
             the
             mind
             .
             )
             He
             might
             find
             a
             remedy
             resisting
             his
             proper
             malady
             .
             For
             upon
             the
             prosecution
             of
             such
             a
             Regiment
             ,
             one
             might
             arrive
             at
             the
             uttermost
             limit
             of
             that
             Nature
             he
             had
             from
             his
             Parents
             will
             permit
             ,
             
             and
             be
             led
             to
             the
             very
             last
             period
             of
             Nature
             (
             I
             mean
             Nature
             fallen
             from
             its
             original
             
             uprightnesse
             )
             beyond
             which
             there
             is
             no
             further
             progresse
             ;
             because
             it
             doth
             little
             or
             nothing
             availe
             against
             the
             corruption
             of
             our
             Ancestours
             :
             and
             yet
             the
             great
             impossibility
             of
             any
             mans
             so
             ordering
             himself
             in
             a
             mean
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             fore-mentioned
             things
             ,
             as
             the
             Regiment
             of
             health
             exacts
             ,
             wherefore
             abbreviation
             of
             our
             dayes
             does
             not
             only
             from
             our
             Progenitors
             ,
             but
             hath
             its
             advantages
             from
             the
             want
             of
             Regiment
             .
             However
             the
             Art
             of
             Physick
             sufficiently
             determines
             this
             .
             Although
             nor
             rich
             ,
             or
             poor
             ,
             wise
             or
             ignorant
             ,
             no
             nor
             the
             most
             accurate
             Physitians
             themselves
             ,
             do
             accomplish
             this
             Regiment
             in
             themselves
             or
             others
             ,
             as
             every
             eye
             can
             discern
             .
             Yet
             Nature
             is
             not
             deficient
             in
             Necessaries
             ,
             or
             Art
             any
             wayes
             incompleat
             ,
             but
             rather
             is
             advantagious
             to
             make
             insurrections
             and
             irruptions
             against
             ,
             and
             so
             farre
             into
             these
             accidental
             passions
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             either
             whol●●
             or
             in
             part
             rooted
             out
             .
             At
             first
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             our
             ages
             declining
             ,
             the
             remedy
             was
             easie
             :
             But
             since
             we
             have
             five
             thousand
             years
             or
             more
             disadvantage
             ,
             the
             Cure
             is
             more
             craggy
             .
          
           
             But
             waving
             the
             Inconveniences
             wise
             
             men
             moved
             by
             the
             considerations
             forementioned
             ,
             have
             endeavoured
             to
             find
             out
             the
             means
             and
             wayes
             ,
             which
             not
             only
             are
             forceable
             against
             the
             defects
             of
             every
             mans
             proper
             Regiment
             ,
             but
             also
             against
             the
             corruptions
             of
             our
             Parents
             :
             Not
             that
             hereby
             they
             can
             attain
             to
             the
             years
             of
             
               Adam
            
             or
             
               Arte●ius
               ,
            
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             growing
             corruption
             ,
             but
             that
             our
             dayes
             may
             be
             augmented
             an
             hundred
             yeares
             ,
             or
             more
             ,
             above
             the
             ordinary
             age
             of
             most
             men
             in
             these
             dayes
             .
             And
             though
             it
             be
             impossible
             absolutely
             to
             retard
             the
             accidents
             of
             old
             age
             ,
             yet
             hereby
             they
             may
             mitigate
             them
             ,
             so
             as
             life
             will
             happily
             be
             prorogued
             beyond
             the
             common
             account
             ,
             yet
             alwayes
             within
             the
             ultimate
             circuit
             of
             Nature
             .
             There
             is
             a
             bounder
             of
             Nature
             ,
             set
             in
             men
             since
             their
             Fall
             .
             There
             is
             a
             bounder
             of
             every
             particular
             man
             arising
             from
             the
             proper
             corruption
             of
             his
             Parents
             .
             Beyond
             both
             these
             bounders
             it
             's
             impossible
             to
             passe
             ;
             yet
             happily
             one
             may
             arrive
             beyond
             the
             latter
             :
             nor
             yet
             so
             farre
             to
             go
             beyond
             it
             ,
             as
             that
             the
             wisest
             of
             men
             can
             ever
             reach
             the
             former
             .
             Although
             there
             be
             a
             possibility
             
             and
             aptitude
             of
             Nature
             to
             proceed
             to
             that
             boundary
             our
             fi●st
             Parents
             set
             them●
             Let
             no
             man
             think
             this
             strange
             ,
             since
             this
             ap●itude
             extends
             it self
             to
             immortality
             ,
             as
             app●a●s
             both
             before
             the
             fall
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             evident
             after
             the
             Resurrection
             .
          
           
             Perhaps
             you
             may
             obj●ct
             ,
             That
             neither
             
               Aristotle
               ,
               Plato
               ,
               Hippocr●●es
               ,
            
             or
             
               Galen
            
             ever
             attained
             that
             pr●longation
             .
             I
             shall
             answer
             ,
             They
             have
             not
             attained
             the
             knowledge
             of
             many
             ordinary
             truths
             ,
             which
             other
             ingenious
             heads
             have
             found
             out
             ;
             a●d
             if
             so
             ,
             they
             may
             easily
             miscarry
             in
             a
             businesse
             of
             such
             weighty
             consequence
             ,
             though
             they
             made
             it
             their
             study
             :
             especially
             ,
             if
             we
             consider
             ,
             how
             they
             were
             ●u●dened
             with
             other
             imperti●en●●es
             ,
             and
             so
             were
             sooner
             brought
             to
             their
             g●●y
             haires
             ,
             spending
             the
             inch
             of
             their
             Candles
             in
             more
             debased
             and
             vulgar
             subjects
             ,
             than
             in
             finding
             out
             the
             wayes
             to
             ●o
             great
             Secrets
             .
             We
             are
             not
             ignorant
             
               Aristotle
            
             sayes
             in
             his
             Predicaments
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Qu●●●ature
               of
               a
               Circle
               is
               possible
               ,
               yet
               not
               then
               known
               .
            
             Yea
             he
             conf●sse●●
             ,
             himself
             and
             all
             his
             Predecessors
             were
             ignorant
             hereof
             ,
             yet
             we
             in
             our
             times
             
             know
             it
             .
             Now
             if
             
               Aristotle
            
             did
             come
             short
             in
             such
             a
             trivial
             ,
             much
             more
             might
             he
             in
             the
             deep
             mysteries
             of
             Nature
             .
             
               Even
               in
               these
               dayes
               wise
               men
               are
               ignorant
               of
               many
               things
               ,
               which
               the
               most
               ordinary
               capacity
               shall
               understand
               ere
               long
               .
            
             Thus
             the
             Objection
             is
             of
             little
             force
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             VIII
             .
             Of
             obscuring
             the
             Mysteries
             of
             Art
             and
             Nature
             .
          
           
             AFter
             an
             enumeration
             of
             some
             few
             examples
             concerning
             the
             pr●valency
             of
             Nature
             and
             Art
             (
             ●hat
             by
             these
             few
             we
             may
             gather
             many
             ,
             )
             by
             these
             parts
             the
             whole
             ;
             and
             so
             from
             particulars
             ,
             ●n●vers●ls
             ,
             which
             will
             d●m●nstrate
             the
             u●●●●●ssary
             ●spiring
             to
             Magick
             ,
             since
             bo●h
             N●ture
             and
             Art
             afford
             such
             suffic●●nci●s
             .
             I
             shall
             now
             endeavour
             a
             method●●al
             procedure
             in
             singulars
             ,
             la●ing
             open
             b●●h
             the
             cau●es
             a●d
             waves
             in
             particular
             :
             and
             yet
             I
             ●ill
             call
             to
             mind
             how
             a●●ecrets
             (
             of
             
               *
            
             Nature
             )
             are
             not
             committed
             
             to
             Goats-skins
             and
             Sheeps-pelts
             ,
             that
             every
             clown
             may
             understand
             them
             ,
             if
             we
             follow
             
               Socrates
            
             or
             
               Aristotle
               .
            
             For
             the
             latter
             in
             his
             
               Secreta
               Se●retarum
            
             affirmes
             ,
             
               He
               breaketh
               the
               heavenly
               Seal
               ,
               who
               communicateth
               the
               Secrets
               of
               Nature
               and
               Art
               ;
               the
               disclosing
               of
               Secrets
               and
               Mysteries
               ,
               producing
               many
               inconveniencies
               .
            
             In
             this
             case
             
               Aulus
               Gellius
               in
               Noct.
               A●tic
               .
               de
               Collatione
               Sapie●tum
               ,
            
             sayes
             ,
             
               It
               's
               but
               folly
               to
               profer
               Le●tices
               to
               an
               Asse
               ,
               since
               hee
               's
               content
               with
               his
               Thistles
               .
               Et
               in
               lib.
               lapidum
               ,
               The
               divulging
               of
               Mysteries
               is
               the
               diminution
               of
               their
               Majesty
               ,
               nor
               indeed
               continues
               that
               to
               be
               a
               Secret
               ,
               of
               which
               the
               whole
               fry
               of
               men
               is
               conscious
               .
            
          
           
             For
             that
             which
             all
             men
             ,
             which
             wise
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             noted
             men
             affirme
             is
             truth
             .
             That
             therefore
             which
             is
             held
             by
             the
             multitude
             ,
             as
             a
             multitude
             ,
             must
             be
             false
             ;
             I
             mean
             of
             that
             multitude
             ,
             which
             is
             distinct
             from
             knowing
             men
             .
             The
             multitude
             ,
             it
             's
             true
             ,
             agree
             with
             wise
             men
             in
             the
             more
             vulgar
             conceptions
             of
             their
             mind
             ;
             but
             when
             they
             ascend
             to
             the
             proper
             principles
             and
             conclusions
             of
             Sciences
             and
             Arts
             ,
             they
             
             much
             dissent
             (
             striving
             to
             get
             onely
             the
             appearances
             in
             Sophismes
             and
             subtilties
             which
             wise
             men
             altogether
             reject
             )
             
             )
             And
             this
             their
             ignorance
             of
             the
             proprieties
             and
             Secrets
             ,
             makes
             the
             division
             from
             knowing
             men
             .
             Though
             the
             common
             conception
             of
             the
             mind
             ,
             have
             all
             one
             Rule
             and
             Agreement
             with
             knowing
             men
             .
             Yet
             as
             for
             common
             things
             ,
             they
             are
             of
             small
             value
             ,
             nor
             enquirable
             for
             themselves
             ,
             but
             rather
             for
             particular
             and
             proper
             ends
             .
          
           
             The
             Reason
             then
             ,
             why
             wise
             men
             have
             obscured
             their
             Mysteries
             from
             the
             multitue
             ,
             was
             ,
             because
             of
             their
             deriding
             and
             slighting
             wise
             mens
             Secrets
             of
             wisdome
             ,
             being
             also
             ignorant
             to
             make
             a
             right
             use
             of
             such
             excellent
             matters
             .
             For
             if
             an
             accident
             help
             them
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             a
             worthy
             Mystery
             ,
             they
             wrest
             and
             abuse
             it
             to
             the
             manifold
             inconvenience
             of
             persons
             and
             communities
             .
             Hee
             's
             then
             not
             discreet
             ,
             who
             writes
             any
             Secret
             ,
             unlesse
             he
             conceal
             it
             from
             the
             vulgar
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             more
             intelligent
             pay
             some
             labour
             and
             sweat
             before
             they
             understand
             it
             .
             In
             this
             
             stream
             the
             whole
             fleet
             of
             wise
             men
             have
             sailed
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             all
             ,
             obscuring
             many
             wayes
             the
             abstruser
             parts
             of
             wisdome
             from
             the
             capacity
             of
             the
             generality
             .
             Some
             by
             Characters
             and
             Verses
             have
             delivered
             many
             Secrets
             .
             Others
             by
             aenigmatical
             and
             figurative
             words
             ,
             as
             
               Aristotle
            
             sayes
             ,
             (
             
               in
               lib.
               Secret
               ,
               O
               Alexander
               ,
               I
               shall
               ais-close
               to
               you
               the
               greatest
               of
               Secrets
               ,
               which
               it
               becomes
               you
               by
               divine
               Assistance
               to
               keep
               secret
               ,
               and
               perfect
               the
               thing
               pr●posed
               .
               Take
               then
               then
               the
               Stone
               ,
               which
               is
               no
               Stone
               ,
               which
               is
               in
               every
               man
               ,
               and
               in
               every
               place
               ,
               and
               in
               all
               times
               ;
               and
               it
               shall
               be
               called
               the
               Philosophers
               Egge
               ,
               and
               the
            
             Terminus
             Ovi
             .
             And
             thus
             we
             find
             multitudes
             of
             things
             obscured
             in
             the
             Writings
             and
             Sciences
             of
             men
             ,
             which
             no
             man
             without
             his
             Teacher
             can
             u●vail
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             They
             have
             obscured
             their
             Secrets
             by
             their
             manner
             of
             Writing
             ,
             ●s
             by
             Consonants
             without
             Vowels
             ,
             none
             knowing
             how
             to
             read
             them
             ,
             unlesse
             he
             know
             the
             signification
             of
             those
             words
             .
             
             Thus
             the
             
               Hebrewes
               ,
               Caldees
               ,
               Arabians
               ,
            
             nay
             the
             
               major
            
             part
             of
             men
             do
             most
             an
             end
             
             write
             their
             Secrets
             ,
             which
             causeth
             a
             great
             obscurity
             amongst
             them
             ,
             especially
             amongst
             the
             
               Hebrewes
               .
            
             For
             ,
             as
             
               Aristotle
            
             sayes
             in
             his
             fore recited
             Book
             ,
             
               God
               gave
               them
               all
               manner
               of
               wisdome
               long
               before
               they
               were
               Philosophers
               :
               And
               all
               Nations
               had
               their
               Originals
               of
               Philosophy
               from
               the
               Hebrewes
               ,
            
             as
             
               Albumazar
               in
               lib.
               Introductorii
               Majoris
            
             ;
             and
             other
             Philosophers
             ,
             with
             
               Iosephus
               lib
            
             1.
             
               &
               lib.
            
             8.
             
             
               Antiquit.
            
             makes
             it
             evident
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             This
             obscuring
             is
             occasioned
             by
             the
             mixture
             of
             several
             sorts
             of
             Letter●
             ,
             
             for
             so
             the
             
               Eth●ick
            
             Astronomer
             hid
             his
             knowledge
             ,
             writing
             it
             in
             
               H●b●ew
               ,
               Greek
            
             and
             
               Latine
            
             Le●ters
             altogether
             .
          
           
             Fif●hly
             ,
             This
             obscuring
             was
             by
             their
             inventing
             other
             letters
             ,
             th●n
             those
             which
             were
             in
             use
             in
             their
             own
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Nation
             ,
             being
             framed
             meerly
             by
             the
             pattern
             of
             th●●r
             own
             〈◊〉
             ,
             which
             surely
             is
             the
             grea●e●t
             imp●d●men●
             ;
             yet
             this
             was
             the
             pr●ctice
             of
             
               Artefiu●
               in
               lib.
               de
               Secretis
               Naturae
               .
            
          
           
           
             Sixthly
             ,
             They
             used
             not
             the
             Characters
             of
             Letters
             ,
             but
             other
             Geometrical
             Characters
             ,
             which
             have
             the
             power
             of
             Letters
             according
             to
             the
             several
             Position
             of
             Points
             ,
             and
             Markes
             .
             And
             these
             he
             likewise
             made
             use
             of
             .
          
           
             Seventhly
             ,
             There
             is
             a
             greater
             Art
             of
             obscuring
             ,
             which
             is
             called
             
               Ars
               Notoria
               ,
            
             which
             is
             the
             Art
             of
             Noting
             and
             Writing
             ,
             with
             what
             brevity
             ,
             and
             in
             what
             manner
             we
             desire
             .
             This
             way
             the
             
               Latines
            
             have
             delivered
             many
             things
             .
             I
             held
             it
             necessary
             to
             touch
             at
             these
             obscurings
             ,
             because
             it
             may
             fall
             out
             ,
             I
             shall
             thorow
             the
             magnitude
             of
             our
             Secrets
             discourse
             this
             way
             ,
             that
             so
             I
             may
             help
             you
             so
             farre
             as
             I
             may
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             IX
             .
             In
             aliis
             Adverg
             .
             Of
             the
             Manner
             to
             make
             the
             Philosophers
             Egge
             .
          
           
             NOw
             I
             shall
             methodically
             handle
             those
             things
             I
             promised
             above
             ,
             
             the
             dissolving
             the
             Philosophers
             Egge
             ,
             and
             finding
             out
             the
             parts
             thereof
             ;
             a
             work
             which
             will
             give
             beginning
             to
             other
             enterprises
             .
             Make
             a
             diligent
             purification
             of
             the
             
               Calx
            
             with
             the
             waters
             of
             
               Alkali
               ,
            
             and
             other
             acute
             waters
             ,
             grind
             it
             by
             several
             contrition
             with
             the
             salts
             ,
             and
             
               *
            
             burn
             it
             with
             many
             assations
             ,
             that
             the
             earth
             may
             be
             perfectly
             separated
             from
             other
             elements
             ,
             which
             I
             hold
             worthy
             the
             
               *
            
             longitude
             of
             my
             stature
             .
             Understand
             it
             if
             you
             can
             .
             For
             without
             doubt
             there
             will
             be
             a
             composition
             of
             Elements
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             will
             be
             part
             of
             that
             Stone
             which
             is
             no
             Stone
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             every
             man
             ,
             and
             in
             every
             p●●ce
             of
             man
             ;
             and
             you
             may
             find
             
             this
             in
             all
             the
             seasons
             of
             the
             year
             in
             its
             place
             .
             Then
             take
             oyl
             after
             the
             form
             of
             a
             Saffron-cheese
             ,
             
             and
             so
             viscouous
             first
             (
             as
             not
             to
             be
             smitten
             asunder
             by
             a
             stroak
             )
             divide
             the
             whole
             fi●ry
             virtue
             ,
             and
             separate
             it
             by
             dissolution
             ,
             and
             let
             it
             be
             dissolved
             in
             acu●e
             water
             ,
             of
             a
             temperate
             acutenesse
             ,
             with
             a
             slight
             fire
             ,
             and
             let
             it
             be
             boyled
             till
             his
             
               †
            
             fatnesse
             ,
             as
             the
             fatnesse
             of
             flesh
             be
             separated
             by
             distillation
             ,
             that
             nothing
             of
             the
             unctiousnesse
             may
             issue
             forth
             ;
             and
             let
             this
             fiery
             virtue
             be
             distilled
             in
             the
             water
             of
             Urine
             .
             Afterwards
             boil
             it
             in
             Vinegar
             ,
             untill
             the
             least
             part
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             adustion
             be
             dried
             up
             ,
             and
             the
             fiery
             virtue
             may
             be
             had
             ;
             but
             if
             theere
             be
             no
             regard
             of
             it
             ,
             
               †
            
             again
             let
             it
             be
             made
             .
             Mind
             and
             search
             what
             I
             say
             :
             for
             the
             speech
             is
             d●fficult
             .
             The
             Oyl
             is
             dissolved
             in
             acute
             waters
             ,
             or
             in
             common
             Oil
             which
             works
             more
             ex●resly
             ,
             
               †
            
             or
             in
             acute
             Oyl
             of
             Almonds
             upon
             the
             fire
             ;
             so
             as
             the
             Oyl
             be
             separated
             ,
             and
             the
             spirit
             remain
             occult
             ,
             in
             the
             p●rts
             of
             living
             creatures
             ,
             Sulphur
             and
             Ar●●ick
             .
             For
             the
             stones
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             Oyl
             of
             humidity
             overflows
             ,
             have
             their
             
             
               terminus
            
             in
             the
             union
             of
             its
             parts
             :
             for
             there
             is
             no
             vehement
             union
             ,
             but
             one
             may
             be
             dissolved
             from
             another
             by
             the
             nature
             of
             water
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             subject
             of
             liquefaction
             in
             the
             spirit
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             
               Medium
            
             betwixt
             the
             dry
             parts
             and
             the
             Oyl
             .
             The
             dissolution
             being
             made
             there
             will
             remain
             in
             the
             spirit
             ,
             a
             pure
             humidity
             ,
             vehemently
             mixed
             with
             dry
             parts
             ,
             which
             are
             moved
             in
             it
             ,
             when
             the
             fire
             resolves
             it
             ,
             which
             is
             sometimes
             called
             of
             the
             Philosophers
             ,
             
               Sulphur
               fusibile
               ,
            
             sometimes
             Oyl
             ,
             other
             while
             an
             ●ery
             humour
             ,
             sometime
             a
             conju●ctive
             substance
             ,
             which
             the
             fire
             separates
             not
             ,
             sometimes
             
               Camphore
               :
            
             and
             if
             you
             please
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             Philosophers
             Egge
             ,
             or
             rath●r
             the
             
               Terminus
            
             and
             end
             of
             the
             Egge
             ;
             and
             it
             came
             ●o
             us
             from
             these
             Oyls
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             esteemed
             amongst
             the
             subtilties
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             purged
             and
             separated
             from
             the
             water
             and
             oyl
             in
             which
             it
             is
             .
             Further
             ,
             the
             Oyl
             is
             corrupted
             by
             grinding
             it
             with
             desicea●ing
             things
             ,
             as
             with
             salt
             or
             
               Atrimentum
               ,
            
             and
             by
             a●●ation
             ,
             because
             there
             is
             a
             passion
             arising
             from
             the
             contrary
             ;
             and
             afterwards
             it
             is
             to
             be
             sublimated
             ,
             untill
             it
             be
             deprived
             of
             
               †
            
             its
             o●eagmeity
             ,
             and
             because
             its
             a●
             Sulphur
             or
             Arsnick
             amongst
             Minerals
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             prepared
             ,
             even
             as
             it
             .
             Yet
             it
             's
             better
             
             to
             boil
             it
             in
             waters
             ,
             that
             are
             temperate
             in
             acuity
             ,
             untill
             it
             be
             purged
             and
             whitened
             .
             Which
             wholsom
             exaltation
             is
             made
             either
             in
             hot
             or
             moist
             fire
             :
             The
             distillation
             must
             be
             re-iterated
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             sufficientl●
             receive
             it●
             goodnesse
             ,
             untill
             it
             be
             rectified
             ,
             the
             signs
             of
             its
             last
             rectification
             are
             candor
             and
             crystalline
             se●enity
             :
             And
             when
             other
             things
             grow
             black
             by
             fire
             ,
             this
             grows
             white
             ,
             is
             cleansed
             ,
             shines
             with
             clearn●sse
             and
             admirable
             splendour
             .
             From
             this
             water
             and
             its
             earth
             comes
             
               Argentum
               vivum
            
             in
             Minerals
             ,
             and
             
             when
             the
             matter
             hath
             waxed
             white
             ,
             this
             way
             it
             is
             congealed
             ;
             the
             Stone
             of
             
               Aristotle
               ,
            
             which
             is
             no
             Stone
             ,
             it
             's
             set
             in
             a
             Pyramid
             a
             hot
             place
             ,
             or
             (
             if
             you
             please
             )
             in
             the
             belly
             of
             an
             Horse
             or
             Ox
             ,
             and
             it
             imitateth
             an
             acute
             Feavor
             .
             For
             from
             seven
             to
             fourteen
             ,
             and
             from
             that
             it
             sometimes
             proceeds
             to
             one
             and
             twenty
             ,
             that
             the
             Fecis
             of
             the
             Elements
             may
             be
             dissolved
             in
             its
             water
             ,
             before
             it
             be
             separate
             :
             The
             dissolution
             and
             distillation
             is
             to
             be
             iterated
             ,
             untill
             it
             be
             rectified
             .
             And
             here
             is
             the
             end
             of
             this
             intention
             .
             Yet
             know
             that
             when
             you
             have
             consummated
             your
             work
             ,
             you
             are
             then
             to
             begin
             .
          
           
           
             Another
             Secret
             I
             shall
             shew
             you
             ,
             you
             must
             prepare
             
               Argentum
               vivum
            
             by
             mortifying
             it
             with
             the
             vapour
             of
             ●in
             for
             Pearls
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             vapour
             of
             Lead
             for
             the
             ●●one
             
               Iberus
            
             ;
             then
             let
             it
             be
             ground
             with
             desiccating
             things
             ,
             and
             
               At●ramentis
               ,
            
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             as
             is
             said
             ,
             and
             let
             there
             be
             an
             as●ation
             :
             Then
             let
             there
             be
             a
             sublimation
             
               *
            
             if
             for
             Pearles
             twelve
             times
             ;
             if
             for
             rednesse
             one
             and
             twenty
             times
             ,
             untill
             the
             humidity
             within
             it
             be
             totally
             corrupted
             .
             Nor
             is
             it
             possible
             ,
             that
             its
             humidity
             be
             separated
             by
             vapour
             ,
             as
             the
             fore-said
             oyl
             ;
             because
             it
             s
             vehemently
             mixed
             with
             its
             ●ry
             parts
             ;
             nor
             doth
             it
             constitute
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             fore●said
             metals
             .
             In
             this
             Chapter
             you
             may
             be
             deceived
             ,
             unlesse
             you
             distinguish
             of
             the
             sign●●ication
             of
             the
             words
             .
             It
             's
             now
             high
             time
             I
             involve
             the
             third
             Chapter
             :
             that
             you
             acquire
             the
             Calx
             ,
             the
             
               *
            
             Calx
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             which
             you
             intend
             ,
             the
             body
             is
             calcined
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             appodiated
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             that
             the
             humour
             in
             it
             may
             be
             corrupted
             by
             salt
             ,
             and
             with
             salt
             Armoniack
             and
             vinegar
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             with
             burning
             things
             ,
             and
             with
             Sulphur
             and
             Arsnick
             :
             and
             sometimes
             bodies
             are
             fed
             with
             
               Argentum
               vivum
               ,
            
             and
             sublimated
             from
             
             them
             ,
             untill
             they
             remain
             
               *
            
             putred
             .
             The
             Claves
             of
             the
             Art
             are
             congelation
             ,
             resolution
             ,
             inceration
             ,
             proportion
             ;
             and
             another
             way
             purification
             ,
             distillation
             ,
             seperation
             ,
             calcination
             and
             fixation
             ,
             and
             then
             you
             may
             acquiesce
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             X.
             
               FORTE
               .
            
             620.
             
             Of
             the
             same
             Subject
             another
             way
             .
          
           
             IN
             the
             602.
             
             
               Arabian
            
             year
             you
             intreated
             me
             for
             some
             Secrets
             .
             Take
             then
             the
             Stone
             ,
             and
             calcine
             it
             with
             a
             light
             assation
             and
             strong
             contrition
             ,
             or
             with
             acute
             things
             .
             But
             in
             the
             end
             mingle
             it
             a
             little
             with
             sweet
             water
             ,
             and
             compound
             a
             Laxative
             Medicine
             of
             seven
             things
             (
             if
             you
             will
             )
             or
             of
             six
             ,
             or
             of
             five
             ,
             or
             as
             many
             as
             you
             please
             ;
             but
             my
             mind
             rests
             in
             two
             things
             ,
             whose
             proportion
             is
             better
             than
             the
             other
             sixt
             proportion
             ,
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             as
             experience
             
             will
             teach
             you
             .
             
             Resolve
             notwithstanding
             the
             gold
             at
             the
             fire
             ,
             and
             tried
             it
             better
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             will
             credit
             me
             ,
             take
             one
             thing
             that
             is
             the
             Secret
             of
             Secrets
             of
             Nature
             ,
             able
             to
             do
             Miracles
             .
             Let
             it
             be
             mixed
             from
             two
             or
             more
             ,
             or
             a
             Phoenix
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             singular
             creature
             
               †
            
             at
             the
             fire
             ,
             and
             incorporate
             by
             a
             strong
             motion
             :
             to
             which
             if
             hot
             liquor
             four
             or
             five
             times
             be
             applied
             ,
             you
             have
             the
             composition
             .
             Yet
             afterwards
             the
             coelestial
             nature
             is
             debilitated
             ,
             if
             you
             i●●use
             hot
             water
             three
             or
             four
             times
             .
             Divide
             therefore
             the
             weak
             from
             the
             strong
             in
             several
             vessels
             ,
             if
             you
             believe
             me
             :
             Let
             that
             which
             is
             good
             be
             evacuated
             .
             Again
             ,
             use
             the
             pouder
             ,
             and
             the
             water
             which
             remains
             ,
             carefully
             expresse
             :
             For
             of
             a
             certain
             ,
             it
             will
             produce
             the
             parts
             of
             the
             pouder
             ,
             not
             incorporated
             ;
             therefore
             take
             the
             water
             by
             it self
             ;
             because
             the
             pouder
             exiccated
             from
             it
             hath
             power
             to
             be
             incorporated
             into
             the
             Laxative
             Medicine
             .
             Work
             therefore
             as
             formerly
             ,
             untill
             you
             distinguish
             the
             strong
             from
             the
             weak
             ,
             and
             apply
             the
             pouder
             three
             ,
             four
             ,
             five
             times
             or
             oftener
             ,
             and
             
             work
             alwayes
             the
             way
             :
             And
             if
             you
             cannot
             work
             with
             hot
             waters
             ,
             do
             it
             with
             water
             of
             
               Alkali
               ,
            
             and
             by
             such
             acute
             things
             you
             make
             the
             violence
             of
             the
             Medicine●
             But
             if
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             acu●ty
             and
             softnesse
             of
             the
             Medicine
             it
             be
             bro●●●
             ,
             the
             pouder
             ,
             being
             applied
             ,
             apply
             v●●y
             car●fully
             more
             of
             the
             hard
             and
             soft
             .
             But
             if
             it
             be
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             abundance
             of
             the
             pouder
             apply
             more
             of
             the
             Medicine
             ;
             if
             it
             be
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             water
             ,
             water
             it
             with
             pistils
             ;
             
             and
             congregate
             the
             matter
             ,
             as
             you
             can
             ,
             and
             separate
             the
             water
             by
             little
             and
             little
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             return
             to
             its
             ●●ate
             ,
             which
             water
             you
             must
             exiccate
             :
             for
             it
             contains
             both
             pouder
             and
             water
             of
             the
             Medicine
             ,
             which
             are
             to
             be
             incorporated
             ,
             as
             the
             principle
             pouder
             .
             Here
             you
             may
             not
             sleep
             ,
             because
             here
             is
             contained
             a
             very
             great
             and
             profitable
             Secret
             .
             If
             you
             rightly
             order
             in
             a
             right
             series
             of
             things
             ,
             the
             parts
             of
             the
             Shrub
             or
             Willow
             ,
             they
             will
             keep
             natural
             union
             :
             and
             do
             not
             deliver
             this
             to
             oblivion
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             profitable
             for
             many
             things
             .
             
             You
             must
             mingle
             Pearls
             with
             the
             made
             union
             :
             as
             I
             think
             there
             will
             arise
             something
             
             like
             the
             Stone
             
               Iberus
               :
            
             and
             without
             doubt
             it
             mortifies
             that
             which
             is
             to
             be
             mortified
             by
             the
             vapour
             of
             Lead
             .
             You
             shall
             find
             Lead
             ,
             if
             you
             expresse
             the
             living
             from
             the
             dead
             ;
             and
             the
             dead
             you
             must
             bury
             in
             
               Olibanum
            
             and
             
               Sarcocolla
               .
            
             Keep
             this
             Secret
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             of
             some
             profit
             ,
             and
             so
             must
             you
             do
             with
             the
             vapour
             of
             Pearls
             ,
             and
             the
             Stone
             
               Tagus
               ,
            
             and
             you
             must
             (
             as
             I
             have
             said
             )
             bury
             the
             dead
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XI
             .
             
               FORTE
               .
            
             603.
             
             Of
             the
             same
             Subject
             another
             way
             .
          
           
             TO
             your
             desire
             in
             the
             
               Arabian
            
             year
             630.
             
             I
             return
             this
             Answer
             .
             You
             must
             have
             the
             Medicine
             which
             may
             be
             dissolved
             in
             the
             thing
             liquified
             and
             steeped
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             penetrate
             its
             interior
             parts
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             mingled
             with
             it
             ;
             and
             it
             may
             not
             be
             a
             fugitive
             servant
             ,
             but
             transmute
             it
             .
             Let
             it
             be
             mingled
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             spirit
             ,
             and
             let
             it
             be
             fixed
             by
             the
             Calx
             of
             the
             metal
             :
             it
             is
             to
             be
             thought
             that
             fixion
             is
             prepared
             ,
             when
             the
             
             body
             and
             spirit
             are
             set
             in
             its
             place
             ,
             and
             the
             spirit
             is
             made
             a
             body
             .
             Take
             then
             of
             the
             bones
             of
             
               Adam
               ,
            
             and
             of
             the
             Calx
             the
             same
             weight
             ;
             let
             there
             be
             six
             to
             the
             Stone
             
               Tagi
               ,
            
             and
             five
             to
             the
             stone
             of
             Pearl
             ;
             let
             them
             be
             ground
             with
             
               Aqua
               vitae
               ,
            
             whose
             property
             ●t
             is
             to
             dissolve
             all
             other
             things
             ,
             so
             as
             in
             it
             they
             are
             dissolved
             and
             assated
             ,
             untill
             it
             be
             incerated
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             let
             the
             parts
             be
             united
             ,
             as
             the
             parts
             in
             wax
             .
             The
             sign
             of
             inceration
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             Medicine
             liquifies
             upon
             iron
             very
             hot
             .
             Then
             let
             it
             be
             put
             in
             the
             same
             water
             in
             some
             hot
             and
             moist
             place
             ,
             or
             let
             it
             hang
             in
             the
             vapour
             of
             waters
             made
             very
             hot
             :
             after
             that
             dissolve
             and
             congeal
             them
             against
             the
             Sunne
             .
             Afterwards
             take
             Saltpeter
             ,
             and
             
               argentum
               vivum
            
             shall
             be
             converted
             into
             lead
             :
             And
             again
             ,
             wash
             the
             lead
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             mundifie
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             the
             next
             to
             silver
             ,
             and
             then
             work
             as
             a
             pious
             man
             ,
             and
             also
             the
             whole
             weight
             must
             be
             30.
             
             But
             yet
             of
             Saltpeter
             
               LVRVVOPO
               Vir
               Can
               Vtriet
               Sulphuris
               :
            
             and
             so
             you
             may
             make
             Thunder
             and
             Lightning
             ,
             if
             you
             understand
             the
             Artifice
             :
             but
             you
             must
             observe
             ,
             whether
             I
             speak
             aenigmatically
             ,
             or
             according
             to
             the
             truth
             .
             Some
             men
             have
             supposed
             otherwise
             :
             For
             it
             is
             told
             me
             ,
             that
             you
             must
             resolve
             all
             into
             its
             
             first
             matter
             ,
             of
             which
             you
             have
             
               Aristotl●
            
             speaking
             in
             vulgar
             and
             known
             places
             ,
             which
             makes
             me
             silent
             herein
             .
             When
             yo●
             have
             this
             ,
             you
             have
             pure
             ,
             simple
             and
             equal
             Elements
             .
             And
             this
             you
             may
             do
             by
             contrary
             thing
             and
             various
             operations
             ,
             which
             formerly
             I
             have
             called
             the
             Claves
             of
             the
             Art
             .
             And
             
               Aristotle
            
             sayes
             ,
             
               That
               the
               equality
               of
               potencies
               excludes
               action
               ,
               and
               passion
               ,
               and
               corruption
               .
            
             And
             these
             things
             
               Aver●ho's●ffirms
            
             ,
             reproving
             
               Galen
               .
            
             And
             this
             Medicine
             is
             esteemed
             the
             more
             pure
             and
             simple
             which
             may
             be
             found
             ,
             which
             is
             prevalent
             against
             Feavers
             ,
             passions
             of
             the
             mind
             and
             body
             .
             Farewe●l
             .
             
               Whoever
               unlocks
               these
               ,
               hath
               a
               key
               which
               opens
               and
               no
               man
               shuts
               :
               and
               when
               he
               hath
               shut
               no
               man
               opens
               .
            
          
           
             In
             this
             Translation
             ,
             I
             followed
             Dr
             
               Deos
            
             Edition
             ,
             Printed
             at
             
               Hamburg
               ,
            
             1618.
             
          
        
         
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             fifth
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             from
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             death
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             King
             
               Iames
               ,
            
             containing
             the
             principal
             Revolutions
             and
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             of
             Church
             and
             State
             ,
             with
             Political
             Observations
             ,
             and
             reflections
             upon
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             same
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             by
             
               David
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             of
             
               Godscroft
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             The
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             thi●
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             Mr
             
               Paul
               Baine
            
             on
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               Ephesians
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Queen
             of
             
               Arragon
               ,
            
             a
             Play
             :
             In
             
               fol.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             In
             Qua●to
             large
             .
          
           
             
               Io.
               Barklay
            
             his
             
               Argenis
               ,
            
             Translated
             by
             Sir
             
               Robert
               le
               Grise
            
             Knight
             ,
             by
             his
             Late
             Majesties
             special
             Command
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Quarto
             Small
             .
          
           
             An
             Eperimental
             Trea●tise
             of
             Surgery
             ,
             by
             
               Felix
               Wortz
               .
            
          
           
             
               Abraham's
            
             Faith
             ,
             or
             the
             good
             Old
             Religion
             ,
             proving
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             to
             be
             the
             only
             true
             Faith
             of
             Gods
             Elect
             By
             
               Iohn
               Nicholson
            
             Minister
             of
             the
             Gospel●
          
           
             The
             Anatomy
             of
             Mortality
             :
             By
             
               George
               Stroad
               .
            
          
           
             Three
             Treatises
             :
             1●
             The
             Conv●rsion
             of
             
               Nineveh
               ,
            
             touching
             ●raye●
             and
             F●sting●
             2.
             
             Gods
             Trumpet
             sounding
             to
             Repentance●
             3.
             ●overeigne
             preserva●●ves
             ●gainst
             distrustfull
             Thoughts
             and
             Cares
             :
             By
             
               Will
               At●ersoll
            
             Minister
             of
             Gods
             Word
             at
             
               Isfield
            
             in
             
               Sussex
               .
            
          
           
             
               Aynswor●h
            
             on
             the
             
               Canticles
               .
            
          
           
             
               Paul
               Baine●
            
             his
             
               Diocesans
            
             Trial
          
           
             
               Gr●lle
            
             against
             
               Appo●onius
               .
            
          
           
             A
             Treatise
             of
             Civil
             policy
             ,
             being
             a
             clear
             Decision
             of
             43●
             Queries
             concerning
             prerogative
             ,
             right
             and
             priviledge
             ,
             in
             reference●
             to
             the
             supream
             Prince
             and
             people
             :
             By
             
               Samuel
               Ru●herford
            
             Professor
             of
             Divinity
             of
             St
             
               Andrews
            
             in
             
               Scotland
               .
            
          
           
             Politick
             and
             Military
             Obse●va●ions
             of
             Civil
             and
             Military
             Government
             ,
             containing
             the
             Birth
             ,
             Encrease
             ,
             Decay
             of
             M●narchies
             ,
             the
             carriage
             of
             Princes
             and
             M●gistrates
             .
          
           
             Mr
             
               Pinchin
            
             his
             Meritorious
             price
             of
             mans
             Redemption
             ,
             cleared
             .
          
           
             Astrology
             Theologized
             ,
             shewing
             what
             nature
             and
             influence
             the
             Starres
             and
             Planets
             h●ve
             over
             men
             ,
             and
             how
             the
             same
             may
             be
             diverted
             and
             avoided
             .
          
           
             
               Wells
            
             his
             Souls
             Progress
             .
          
           
             Christ
             tempted
             ,
             the
             Devils
             Conquered
             ;
             Being
             a
             plain
             Exposition
             on
             the
             fourth
             Chapter
             
             of
             St
             
               Mathews
            
             Gospel
             :
             By
             
               Iohn
               Gumbledon
               ,
            
             Mini●ter
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           
             The
             Saints
             Society
             .
          
           
             Dr
             
               Stoughtons
            
             thirteen
             choice
             Sermons
             ,
             with
             his
             B●dy
             of
             Divinity
             .
          
           
             The
             Reasons
             of
             the
             dissenting
             Brethren
             concerning
             the
             Presbyterian
             Government
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             answer
             of
             the
             Assembly
             of
             Divin●s
             .
          
           
             
               Camd●ns
            
             Remains
             .
          
           
             The
             Harmonious
             Consent
             and
             Confession
             of
             Faith
             ,
             o●
             all
             the
             Protestant
             Reformed
             Churches
             in
             Ch●istendome
             .
          
           
             The
             discription
             of
             the
             Universa●l
             Quadrant
             ,
             by
             which
             is
             perform'd
             with
             great
             Expedition
             ,
             the
             w●ole
             Doctrine
             of
             Triangles
             ,
             both
             plain
             and
             Sphericall
             :
             Also
             the
             Resolu●ion
             of
             such
             Prop●sitions
             as
             are
             most
             usefull
             in
             
               Astronomy
               ,
               Navigation
               ,
               and
               Dialling
            
             :
             By
             which
             is
             performed
             the
             proportioning
             of
             Lines
             for
             measuring
             of
             all
             manner
             of
             Land
             ,
             Board
             ,
             Glass
             ,
             ●imber
             ,
             S●one
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             by
             
               Tho.
               Stirrup
            
             Mathemat
             .
          
        
         
           
             Large
             Octavo
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               Florus
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               ,
            
             with
             the
             lively
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             of
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             Kings
             and
             Queens
             since
             the
             Conquest
             ,
             cut
             in
             Brass
             .
          
           
             The
             Reconciler
             of
             the
             Bible
             ,
             wherein
             above
             two
             thousand
             seeming
             Contradictions
             are
             ●ully
             and
             plainly
             Reconciled
             .
          
           
             Evidences
             for
             Heaven
             ,
             containing
             infallible
             Signs
             and
             real
             Demonst●ations
             for
             assurance
             of
             Salvation
             :
             published
             by
             
               Edm.
               Calamy
            
             Minister
             of
             
               Aldermanbury
               ,
               Lond.
               
            
          
           
             The
             Life
             and
             Reign
             of
             King
             
               ●harles
            
             from
             his
             Birth
             ●o
             his
             Death
             ,
             By
             
               Lambert
               Wood
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Night-Search
             ,
             the
             second
             part
             :
             By
             
               H
               Mill
               .
            
          
           
           
             A
             view
             of
             the
             Jewish
             Religion
             ,
             with
             their
             Rites
             ,
             Customes
             and
             Ceremonies
             .
          
           
             Usefull
             Instructions
             for
             these
             Evil
             times
             ;
             held
             forth
             in
             22.
             
             Sermons
             ,
             by
             
               Nicholas
               Locky●r
               ,
            
             Provost
             of
             
               Eaton
            
             Colledge
          
           
             The
             Nullity
             of
             Church
             Censures
             ,
             or
             Excommunication
             ,
             not
             of
             Divine
             Institution
             ,
             but
             a
             meer
             humane
             Invention
             :
             Written
             by
             the
             famous
             
               Tho
               Erastus
               ,
            
             and
             never
             before
             Englished
             .
          
        
         
           
             Small
             Octavo
             .
          
           
             
               Ed.
               Waterhouse
            
             
               Esq
            
             His
             Discourse
             of
             Pi●●y
             and
             Charity
             .
          
           
             
               Pana●●a
               ,
            
             or
             the
             Univer●al
             Medicine
             ;
             being
             a
             Di●cou●se
             of
             the
             Admirable
             Nature
             an●
             Virtues
             of
             Tobacco
             :
             By
             Dr.
             
               Everard
               ,
            
             and
             Others
             .
          
           
             A
             view
             and
             Defenc●
             of
             the
             Reformation
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             very
             usefull
             in
             these
             times
             .
          
           
             
               Daphnis
            
             and
             
               Chloe
               ,
            
             A
             mo●●
             sweet
             and
             pastorall
             Romance
             for
             young
             Ladies
             ,
             by
             
               Geo.
               Thornhill
               ,
            
             Gent.
             
          
           
             M●●●●t
             .
             
               du
               Moulin●
               ,
            
             his
             Antidote
             against
             Popery
             ;
             published
             on
             purpose
             to
             prevent
             the
             Delusions
             of
             the
             Priests
             and
             Jesuites
             who
             are
             now
             very
             busie
             amongst
             us
          
           
             
               Herberts
            
             Devotions
             ,
             or
             a
             Companion
             for
             a
             Christian
             ,
             containing
             Medi●a●ions
             and
             p●ayer●
             usef●ll
             upon
             all
             occasions
             .
          
           
             
               Ovid
               de
               Ponto
               ,
            
             in
             Engli●h●
          
           
             The
             spirituall
             Seaman
             ,
             or
             the
             Marrin●rs
             Companion
             ,
             being
             a
             Compendium
             of
             the
             Principles
             of
             Religion
             ,
             b●I
             
               ●●rant
               ,
            
             formerly
             in
             the
             N●vy
             ,
             now
             at
             Chri●t-Church
             
               Cant.
               
            
          
           
             The
             Lov●s
             of
             
               ●livio
            
             and
             
               Lozi●●
            
             Romance
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             
               Knowles
               ,
            
             his
             Rudime●●
             o●
             the
             H●brew
             Tongue
             .
          
           
           
             A
             Book
             of
             Scheams
             or
             Figures
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             ready
             set
             for
             every
             four
             Minutes
             of
             times
             ,
             and
             very
             usefull
             for
             all
             Astrologers
             .
          
           
             
               Florus
               Anglicus
               ,
            
             or
             an
             exact
             History
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             from
             the
             Reign
             of
             
               William
            
             the
             Conquerour
             to
             the
             death
             of
             the
             Late
             King
             .
          
           
             
               Lingua
               ,
            
             or
             the
             Combate
             of
             the
             Tongue
             ,
             and
             five
             Senses
             for
             Superiority
             :
             a
             serious
             Comedy
             .
          
           
             
               Venus
            
             Cabinet
             unlockt
             ,
             and
             her
             S●cre●s
             laid
             open
             .
          
           
             The
             Spirits
             Touchstone
             ;
             being
             a
             clear
             discove●y
             how
             a
             man
             may
             cer●●inly
             know
             whether
             he
             be
             truly
             taught
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             not
             .
          
           
             The
             poor
             man●
             Physician
             and
             Chyrurgion
             .
          
           
             Physicall
             Rarities
             ,
             containing
             the
             most
             choice
             Receipts
             in
             P●ysick
             and
             Chyrurgery
             ,
             for
             the
             cure
             of
             a●l
             Diseases
             Incident
             to
             mans
             body
             :
             By
             
               R.
               W●lliams
               .
            
             To
             which
             is
             added
             the
             physical
             Mathema●icks
             :
             By
             
               Hermes
               Tris-M●gistus
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Idol
             of
             Clowns
             ,
             or
             the
             Relation
             of
             
               Wat
               ●iler's
            
             Rebellion
             .
          
           
             Historicall
             Collections
             or
             Ecclesiastick
             affairs
             in
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             including
             the
             murth●r
             of
             the
             Cardinal
             of
             St.
             
               ●ndrews
               ,
            
             and
             the
             b●heading
             of
             their
             Queen
             
               Mary
            
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             by
             
               R.
               W●●son
            
          
           
             The
             Christian
             Moderator
             ,
             in
             3
             par●s
             .
          
           
             The
             Golden
             Fleece
             ,
             or
             a
             Discourse
             of
             the
             cloathing
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             Dr.
             
               Sibbs
            
             his
             Divina
             Medi●ations
             .
          
           
             
               Vig●rius
               Preceptes
            
             of
             
               Idiotismes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Grotij
               Po●mata
               .
            
          
           
             Three
             Books
             of
             Mr.
             
               Mathews
            
             Minister
             at
             
               Swansey
            
             in
             
               Southwales
               .
            
          
           
             
               1
               The
               Messiah
               Magnified
               by
               the
               mouthes
               
               of
               Babes
               in
               
                 America
              
               ;
               or
               
                 Gaius
              
               and
               
                 Gamaliel
                 ,
              
               a
               help●ull
               Father
               ,
               and
               his
               hopeful
               Sonne
               ,
               discou●sing
               of
               the
               three
               most
               c●nsiderable
               points
               :
               1
               The
               great
               want
               of
               Christ
               .
               2.
               
               The
               great
               worth
               that
               is
               in
               Christ
               .
               3.
               
               The
               good
               way
               that
               is
               chalkt
               out
               by
               Christ●
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               New
               Congregationall
               Church
               ,
               prov'd
               to
               be
               the
               old
               Christian
               Church
               ,
               by
               Scripture
               ,
               Reason
               ,
               and
               History
               .
            
             
               3
               The
               Rending
               Church-membe●
               Regu●arly
               ca●l'd
               back
               to
               Christ
               and
               hi●
               Church
               .
            
          
           
             A
             physical
             Dictionary
             ,
             or
             an
             Interpretation
             of
             all
             the
             tearms
             of
             Art
             ,
             and
             markes
             used
             in
             Physick
             ,
             Anatomy
             ,
             Chirurgery
             ,
             and
             Chymistry
             .
          
        
         
           
             Duo●ecim
             .
          
           
             A
             Collection
             of
             Proverbs
             ,
             
               English
               ,
               French
               ,
               Dutch
               ,
               Italian
               ,
            
             and
             
               Spa●nish
               ,
            
             all
             Englished
             and
             Alphabetically
             Digested
             ,
             by
             
               N.
               R.
            
             Gent.
             
          
           
             F●ier
             
               Bacon
            
             his
             Discovery
             of
             the
             Miracles
             of
             A●●
             N●ture
             and
             Magick
             .
             Transla●ed
             by
             
               T.
               M.
               
            
          
           
             Doctor
             
               Smith's
            
             practice
             of
             physick
             .
          
           
             
               The
               G●ammar
               War
               .
            
             
               
                 Posseli●●
                 Apo●hegmes
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Fasciculus
                 Florum
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Crashaw'●
              
               ,
               Visions
               .
            
             
               The
               Juniper
               Lecture
               .
            
             
               
                 Helvicus
                 Colloquies
                 .
              
            
          
           
             The
             Christian
             Souldier
             ,
             his
             Combate
             with
             the
             three
             arch-enemies
             of
             man-kind
             ,
             the
             world
             ,
             the
             flesh
             ,
             and
             the
             devil
             .
          
           
             
               Heinsius
               d●
               Crepu●diis
               .
            
          
           
             The
             History
             of
             
               Russia
               ,
            
             or
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             E●perour
             of
             
               Muscovi●
               ,
            
             with
             the
             manner
             and
             fashions
             of
             the
             people
             of
             that
             Countrey
             .
          
           
             
               Drexeliu's
            
             school
             of
             Pa●ience
             .
          
           
             
               Drex●lius
            
             his
             right
             
             Intention
             of
             every
             ones
             Action
             .
          
        
         
           
             Viginti
             Quat
             .
          
           
             The
             New
             Testament
             .
          
           
             The
             third
             part
             of
             the
             Bib●e
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Ri●hard
               Baker's
            
             Med.
             and
             Prayers
             for
             every
             day
             of
             the
             Week
             .
          
        
         
           
             Playes
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Ball
               .
            
             
               Chawbut
               .
            
             
               Conspiracy
               .
            
             
               Obstinate
               Lady
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               London
            
             Chan●iclers
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             fu●l
             of
             va●ious
             and
             delightfull
             Mi●th
             ,
             never
             before
             published
             .
          
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A28798e-1200
           
             N●mb
             .
             6.27
             .
          
           
             Numb.
             5.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Oraionis
               .
            
          
           
             *
             
               Sigillis
               .
            
          
           
             Th●s
             some
             think
             the
             Kings
             evil
             is
             cured
             ,
             by
             creating
             a
             belief
             the
             touch
             of
             the
             King
             can
             cure
             .
          
           
             This
             may
             be
             done
             lawfully
             ,
             if
             the
             part●
             that
             is
             the
             principal
             agent
             doth
             nothing
             by
             way
             of
             compact
             with
             any
             Spirit
             ,
             o●
             sinistrously
             .
          
           
             Plin.
             
               Nat.
               Hist.
               li●
               .
            
             39.
             
               c.
            
             ●
             .
          
           
             
               Plin.
               
                 lib.
              
               8.
               
                 cap.
              
               22.
               
            
             
               Solin
               .
               
                 Poly.
                 cap
              
               8.
               
            
             
               Plin.
               
                 lib.
              
               8.
               
                 cap.
              
               30.
               
            
             
               Solin
               .
               
                 c
              
               30.
               
            
          
           
             
               Cap.
            
             30.
             
               ex
            
             C.
             Plin.
             
               lib.
            
             4.
             
               c.
            
             32.
             
               &
               lib.
            
             8.
             
               c.
            
             42.
             
          
           
             
               Cap.
            
             6.
             
               vid.
               &
            
             C.
             Plin.
             
               l.
            
             7.
             
               c.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             Norhe●n
             Country
             some
             are
             said
             to
             have
             an
             evil
             eye
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             harm
             by
             their
             looks
             ,
             yea
             though
             they
             do
             it
             not
             voluntarily
             .
          
           
             He
             holds
             sight
             by
             emission
             .
          
           
             The
             soul
             sinful
             or
             not
             ,
             works
             mor●lly
             ,
             not
             physically
             to
             the
             hurt
             of
             others
             ,
             but
             the
             man
             who
             hath
             a
             body
             may
             do
             〈…〉
             
               Medi●ant●
               co●p●re
               .
            
          
           
             *
             Al.
             
               Species
               .
            
          
           
             
               Oleum
               rubrum
               Petroleum
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ignis
               Graecus
               .
            
          
           
             *
             Art
             it
             should
             be
             ,
             as
             I
             suppose
             .
          
           
             
               Silver
               and
               all
               other
               metals
               .
               
                 Plin.
                 Hist.
                 l.
              
               36.
               
                 cap.
              
               20.
               
            
             
               
                 Aliter
              
               Vinegar
               .
            
          
           
             
               Quid
               sint
               decem
               &
               septem
               modi
               auri
               ,
               octo
               scilicet
               ex
               admixtione
               argenti
               cum
               auro
               ,
               &
               primus
               mod●s
               sit
               .
            
          
           
             *
             
               Ex
            
             from
             .
          
           
             
               Lib.
            
             22.
             
               cap.
            
             24.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Al.
            
             Glory
             .
          
           
             Psalm
             90.
             
          
           
             
               Deest
               parenthesis
               in
               alio
               exemplo
               .
            
          
           
             *
             
               ●e●st
               in
               ali●
               .
            
          
           
             Al.
             
               Vacans
               sophismatibus
               &
               inutilibus
               .
            
          
           
             
               Significata
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ethi●us
               Astronomus
               fortasse
               N.
               deest
               ergo
               Anglice
               dedi
               Ethnick
               .
            
          
           
             These
             are
             aenigmatical
             .
          
           
             *
             Al.
             
               Contermina
               .
            
          
           
             *
             Al.
             
               Melan●bolia
               staturae
               .
            
          
           
             Al.
             
               Insensibile
               .
            
          
           
             †
             Al.
             
               T●rrestreitas
               .
            
          
           
             †
             Al.
             
               Tum
               fac
               .
            
          
           
             †
             Al.
             
               Vt.
               
            
          
           
             †
             Al.
             
               Olio
               suo
               .
            
          
           
             Al.
             
               Quand●que
               in
               salem
               Armoniacum
               .
            
          
           
             *
             Al.
             
               Sept●es
               .
            
          
           
             *
             Al.
             
               Cla●em
               ope●is
               .
            
          
           
             *
             
               Remaneant
               putris
               ,
               ni
               sallor
               male
               imprimitur
               aut
               debet
               esse
               pura
               aut
               putres
               .
            
          
           
             Al.
             
               Mollius
               calescant
               .
            
          
           
             †
             Al.
             
               Adjunge
               .
            
          
           
             
               Pistillo
               .
            
          
           
             
               Vi●●ne
               facta
               .