The new Attra&iue.' 



ifo?-«*tfie ^>f one ijattj petoer tofljetoefbe Attraelriue 

 poincr, fs batb f^e f eucljco ^jon . as tbe fctone batb f too 

 pjmeipall poinctes, fo ha£b tbe $m> &no lifeetoifc,as tbe 

 ftene batb potoer to cjatoe pjon to it , fo totll t^e t?jon 

 fotsucbeo.ojatoe anotber pjon to it, ano impart all tbefe 

 bertues to another pjon in qualitte,tbougbnot in quart* 

 titit: anbtbus in all refpedes it coateinetb in it, tbe be* 

 riepjopertie of tbe Stone, fl 



Paraccifu? touting oftfje augmenting of tbe^frengtb 

 of tbe Magnes&tone faifb, tbatif tbis ^fone bee laioe in 

 the fire, bnfpll it bee almottreaoebot, ano then fatten out 

 ano quencbeo in tbe £Dple of Crocus Martis, it totll fo aug* 

 ment ano multiply bis Sojee, tfcat it totll pull a naple out 

 of a toall. JBut 35 fuppote be meant not tbat tbe naile Sfjouls 

 be faft,fo; tbcn it toere a miraculous matter. 



®t jjcr s baue tojitte n, tbat in tbofe partes, tober e t^z 

 MagnesgrotoetbMtbe&ea,ittsoffuebfo?ce, tbat if ant? 

 ^btopes t gat baue pjon in tbem pau*e bp , o; cuer tym, 

 that tbep are pjefentlp either ftateo, o; ojatoen ootone 

 to tbe bottome bp reafcnof Vst pjon . jjiot tbefe onelp.but 

 manpower fables baue bane tojitteu bp tbofe ofauntp* 

 ent time , tbat baue as it toere fet oetone tbeir otone in a# 

 smaticnsfojbnooubteotrutbes, anb tbis moft of all in 



Geographic ano Hidrographic.oj Nauigation , ffiberefbje 



3 toiSbe experience to be t^t leaber of WLixttxz in tbofe 

 grtes, ano reafon tbeir rule in fetting it ootone * tbat tbe 

 follotoersbenotleb bp tbem into errours, as oftentpmes 

 bauebeenefeene. 



2£rncit is, tbat <!5ob is migbtieano maruellous in 

 all btstooo;fees: petbeeooeibnof allotoebstofap moje 

 f ben trutb of tbem . #no f r uelp , W potoer is as greatlp 

 fljetoeo in tbe Magnes,as in anp Stone tbat \^zz^t^ ere* 

 ateo : ano tobo fbujall gee about euriouflie fo feeke out 

 inefficient caufe of bis properties, 3 fuppofe tbe longer 

 bee&itecbi tbemoje beu>sUmaruaile,anbpef ncuertfee 

 miererbtepurpefe, 



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