New Atlantis: 
‘We have alfoa number of artificial Wells and Fountains, made in| 
‘imitation of the Natural Sources and Baths; as tin&ed upon Vitriol, Sul | 
 phur, Steel; Brafs; Lead; Nirre; and othet Minerals. And again wehave} 
“little Wells for Infufions of many things, where the. Waters take che vires} 
“ tue quicker and better then in Veffels or Bafins: And amongftthem we have } 
‘ea Water which weeall Water of Paradife, being by that we do to it, made } 
“ very fovereign for Health, and Prelongation of Life. | a | 
« We aifo great and (pacious Houfes, where we imitate and demon- | 
“ {trate Meteors; as Snow, Hai),Rain, fome Artificial Rains of Bodies, and . 
“not of Water, Thunders, Lightnings ; alfo Generations of Bodiesin Air, 
“as Frogs, Flies, and divers others, - Mee 
‘© We have alfocertain Chambers which we eal! Chambers of Health, } 
“where we qualifie the Air, as we think good and proper forthe cure of di- 
“ vers Difeates, and prefervation of Health. 
“ We have alfo fair and large Baths of feveral mixtures, for the cure of 
| “Difeafes, and the reftoring of Mans Body from Arefa@ion ; andorhcr, fot | 
“the confirming of it infirength of Sinews, Virat Parts, and the very Juice } 
| “and Subftence of the Body, ae 
«We have alfo Jarge and vations Orchards and Gardens, wherein we | 
« donot fo much refpe& Beauty, as varicty of ground and foyl, proper for | 
<¢ divers Treesand Hetbs; and fome very fpacious, where Trees anc Berries } 
“are fer, whereof wemake divers kindesot Drinks, befides the Vineyards. } 
“In thefe we practife like wife ali conclufions of Grafting and Inoculating, as | 
cewellof Wild-trees as Fruit-trees, which produceth many efic&ts. And we 
«emake (by Art) in the fame Orchards and Gardens, Trees and Fiowers to} 
| «come earlier orlater then their feafons, and to come up and bear more | 
“ fpeedily then by ther natural courfe they do, We make them alfo (by Art) | 
«much greaterthentheir nature, and their Fruit grearer and dweeter, and of 
« differing tafte, {mel].coleur and figure from their nature 5 and many of them | 
ee we fo order, that they becomecf Medicinal ufe. 2 
“VVe have alfo means to make divers Plants rife, by mixtures of} 
| “Earths without Seeds, and likewife to make civers new Plants diftering | 
‘fromthe Vulgar, and tomake one Tree or Plant turn into anorer. sg 
« VVehave alfo Parks and Enclofures of all {forts of ieafts and Birds; | 
“which we ufe not only for view or rarenefs, but likewife for DifleGtions | 
“and Vryals, that thereby we may take light, what may be wrought upon | 
«the Body of Man, wherein we finde many ftrange effets ; as continuing 
* life inthem, though divers parts, which you account vital, be perifhed 
‘cand taken forth; Refufcicating of fome that feem dead in appearance, | 
«andthe like. WVe try alfo all:poyfons and other medicines upon them, | 
«as wellof Chirurgery as Phyfick.. By Art likewife wemake them greater | 
« or taller then their kind is, and contrariwife dwarf them, and ftay their | | 
“growth: VVe make them more fruitful and béaring, then their kind | 
“is, and contrariwife barren, andinot generative. Alfo we make them | | 
« differin colour, fhape; activity, many ways. VVefinde means to make | 
“‘commixtures and copulations.of divers kinds, which have produced || 
«many new kinds, and them not barren, as the general opinionis. | VVe 
|“ make a number of kindes of Serpents, VVorms, Flies, Fifhes, of Putre- } 
‘faction; whereof fome are advanced (in cficét) to be perfect Creatures, | 
“like Beafts or Birds, and have Sexes, and do propagate. . Neitherdowe 
© this by chance, but we know beforehand of what matter and commixture | 
| “what kind of thofe Creatures will atife. bi UTR | 
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