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dungs, and of bellies and maws of living creatures, and of their bloods 

 and bodies; and of hays and herbs laid up moist; of lime unquenehed; 

 and such like. Instruments also which generate heat only by motion. 

 And farther, places for strong insolations; and again, places under the 

 earth, which by nature or art yield heat. These divers heats we use, 

 as the nature of the operation which we intend requireth. 



We have also perspective-houses, where we make demonstrations of 

 all lights and radiations; and of all colours; and out of things uncol- 

 oured and transparent, we can represent unto you all several colours; 

 not in rain-bows, as it is in gems and prisms, but of themselves single. 

 We represent also all multiplications of light, which we carry to great 

 distance, and make so sharp as to discern small points and lines; also 

 all colorations of light : all delusions and deceits of the sight, in fig- 

 ures, magnitudes, motions, colours: all demonstrations of shadows. 

 We find also divers means, yet unknown to you, of producing of light 

 originally from divers bodies. We procure means of seeing objects afar 

 off; as in the heaven and remote places; and represent things near as 

 afar off, and things afar off as near; making feigned distances. We 

 have also helps for the sight, far above spectacles and glasses in use. 

 We have also glasses and means to see small and minute bodies per- 

 fectly and distinctly; as the shapes and colours of small flies and 

 worms, grains and flaws in gems, which cannot otherwise be seen ; 

 observations in urine and blood, not otherwise to be seen. We make 

 artificial rain-bows, halos, and circles about light. We represent also 

 all manner of reflexions, refractions, and multiplications of visual 

 beams of objects. 



We have also precious stones of all kinds, many of them of great 

 beauty, and to you unknown; crystals likewise; and glasses of divers 

 kinds; and amongst them some of metals vitrificated, and other mate- 

 rials besides those of which you make glass. Also a number of fossils, 

 and imperfect minerals, which you have not. Likewise loadstones of 

 prodigious virtue; and other rare stones, both natural and artificial. 



We have also sound-houses, where we practise and demonstrate all 

 sounds, and their generation. We have harmonies which you have not, 

 of quarter-sounds, and lesser slides of sounds. Divers instruments of 

 music likewise to you unknown, some sweeter than any you have; 

 together with bells and rings that are dainty and sweet. We represent 

 small sounds as great and deep; likewise great sounds extenuate and 

 sharp; we make divers tremblings and warblings of sounds, which in 

 their original are entire. We represent and imitate all articulate sounds 

 and letters, and the voices and notes of beasts and birds. We have 

 certain helps which set to the ear do further the hearing greatly. We 

 have also divers strange and artificial echos, reflecting the voice many 



