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good wing, as kites, and the like, would bear up a 

 good weight as they fly, and spreading of feathers 

 thin and close, and in great breadth, will likewise, 

 bear up a great weight, being even laid, without 

 tilting upon the sides. The farther extension of this 

 experiment for flying may be thought upon. 



Experiment solitary touching the dye of scarlet. 



887. There is in some places, namely in Cepha- 

 lonia, a little shrub which they call holly-oak, or 

 dwarf-oak : upon the leaves whereof there riseth a 

 tumour like a blister ; which they gather, and rub 

 out of it a certain red dust, that converteth, after a 

 while, into worms, which they kill with wine, as is 

 reported, when they begin to quicken: with this 

 dust they dye scarlet. 



Experiment solitary touching malejiciating. 



888. In Zant it is very ordinary to make men im 

 potent to accompany with their wives. The like is 

 practised in Gascony ; where it is called nouer 

 1 eguillette. It is practised always upon the wed 

 ding-day. And in Zant the mothers themselves do 

 it, by way of prevention ; because thereby they hin 

 der other charms, and can undo their own. It is a 

 thing the civil law taketh knowledge of ; and there 

 fore is of no light regard, 



Experiment solitary touching the rise of water by means 

 of flame. 



889. It is a common experiment, but the cause 



