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of seas ; also swimming-girdles and supporters. We 

 have divers curious clocks, and other like motions of 

 return, 1 and some perpetual motions. We imitate also 

 motions of living creatures, by images of men, beasts, 

 birds, fishes, and serpents. We have also a great 

 number of other various 2 motions, strange for equality, 

 fineness, and subtilty. 



&quot; We have also a mathematical house, where are 

 represented all instruments, as well of geometry as 

 astronomy, exquisitely made. 



&quot; We have also houses of deceits of the senses ; 

 where we represent all manner of feats of juggling, 

 false apparitions, impostures, and illusions ; and their 

 fallacies. And surely you will easily believe that we 

 that have so many things truly natural which induce 

 admiration, could in a world of particulars deceive the 

 senses, if we would disguise those things and labour 

 to make them seem more miraculous. But we do hate 

 all impostures and lies : insomuch as we have severely 

 forbidden it to all our fellows, under pain of ignominy 

 and fines, that they do not shew any natural work or 

 thing, adorned or swelling ; 3 but only pure as it is, 

 and without all affectation of strangeness. 



&quot; These are (my son) the riches of Salomon s 

 House. 



&quot; For the several employments and offices of our 

 fellows ; we have twelve that sail into foreign coun 

 tries, under the names of other nations, (for our own 

 we conceal ;) who bring us the books, and abstracts, 



1 et alias motus aeris et aquarum, in orbem etper vices revertentes. 



2 The word &quot; various,&quot; which seems to be redundant, is omitted in the 

 translation. 



3 artificioso apparatu ementitum. 



