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cover him if fufpe&ed ; the efcocheon or lock plainly ihow- 

 ing what monies he hath taken out of the box to a farthing, 

 and how many times opened fince the owner had been in it. 



LXXIII. A tranfmittible Gallery. 

 A tranfmittible gallery over any ditch or breach in a 

 town- wall, with a blind and parapet cannon proof. 



LXXIV. J conceited Door. 

 A door whereof the turning of a key, with the help and 

 motion of the handle, makes the hinges to be of either fide, 

 and to open cither inward or outward, as one is to enter or 

 to go out, or to open in half. 



LXXV. A Difcourfe woven in Tape or Ribbon. 

 How a tape or ribbon-weaver may fet down a whole dif- 

 courfe without knowing a letter, or interweaving any thing 

 fufpicious of other fecret than a new fafhioned ribbon. 



LXXV I. To write in the Dark, 

 How to write in the dark as ftraight as by day or candle- 

 light. 



LXXVIL A flying Man. 



How to make a man to fly ; which I have tried with a 

 little boy of ten years old in a barn, from one end to the 

 other, on an hay-mow. 



LXXVIII. A continually going Watch. 

 A watch to go conllantly, and yet needs no other wind- 

 ing from the firft fetting on the cord or chain, unlefs it be 

 broken, requiring no other care from one than to be now 

 and then confulted with concerning the hour of the day or 

 night ; and if it be laid by a week together, it will not err 

 much, but the oftener looked upon, the more exadt it fhoweth 

 the time of the day or night. 



LXXIX. A total Locking of Cabinet Bores. 

 A way to lock all the boxes of a cabinet (though never fo 

 many) at one time which were by particular keys appropri- 

 ated to each lock opened feverally, and independent the one 

 of the other, as much as concerneth the opening of them, 

 and by thefe means cannot be left opened unawares. 



LXXX. Light Pijiol Barrels. 

 How to make a piftol barrel no thicker than a {hilling,, 

 and yet able to endure a mufket proof of powder and bullet. 



LXXXI. A Comb -conveyance for Letters. 

 A comb- conveyance carrying of letters without fufpicion, 

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