WITH NOTES. 513 



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A little Ball made in the fhape of 

 a Plum or Pear/ being dexteroufly 

 conveyed or forced into a bodies 

 mouth, fhall prefently fhoot forth 

 fuch and fo many Bolts of each fide 

 and at both ends, as 5 without the 

 owners Key can neither be opened 

 or 6 filed off, being made of temper- 

 -, ed Steel, and as effectually locked 

 as an Iron Cheft. 



4 which being. 5 as that. 6 nor. MS. and P. 



[An untootlisome Pear.] It is difficult to understand 

 the intended use of this proposed instrument, but it is 

 more likely to have been suggested from a feeling of hu 

 manity than from any other motive. A desperate and 

 ferocious enemy, thus rendered helpless before being 

 manacled, would assuredly be less dangerous than he 

 could otherwise be considered ; and it would not, 

 therefore, be requisite to take his life, for personal 

 safety ; once thus secured he would be likely to listen 

 to any terms of mercy. 



, . 86. 



A Chair made a- la-mode, and yet 

 a ftranger being perfwaded to fit in t, 

 fhall have immediately his armes 

 and thighs lock d up beyond his own 

 power to loofen them. 



\_An imprisoning Chair. ~\ In the &quot; Memoirs, illustra 

 tive of the life and Writings of John Evelyn, F.R.S.&quot; 



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