The Ouittcwix Artificially Confzdcred HI 



which fecms to weave without tranfver- 

 fion^ and by the union of right lines to 

 make out a continued furface, which is 

 beyond the common art of Textury, 

 and may ftill nettle Minerva the Cod- As in the 

 deflfe of that myftery. And he that b~n a 

 (ball hatch the little feeds D either found Mintna 

 in fmall webs, or white round Egges, *" d Ar ' cb ~ 

 carried under the bellies of fotne Spi 

 ders, and behold how as their firft pro- 

 duftion in boxej, they will prefently fill 

 the fame with their webbs, mayobferve 

 the early, and untaught finger of nature, 

 and how they are natively provided with 

 a ftock , fufficient for fuch Tex 

 ture. 



The Rurall charm againft Dodder > Tet 

 ter, and ftracgling weeds^ was contri 

 ved after this order, while they placed a 

 chalked Tile at the four corners, and 

 one in the middle of their fields, which 

 though ridiculous in the intention, was 

 rational! in the contrivance, and a good 

 way to diffufe the magick through all 

 parrs of the <^>&e*. 



Somewhat after this manner they or 

 dered the little ftones in the old game of 



