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quenched, and such like. Instruments, also, which generate heat only 

 by motion ; and further, places for strong insolations ; and, again, 

 places under the earth which by nature or art yield heat. These 

 divers heats we use as the nature of the operation which we intend 

 requireth. 



&quot; We have also perspective-houses, where we make demonstration 

 of all lights and radiations, and of all colours ; and of things uncolourcd 

 and transparent, we can represent unto you all several colours, not in 

 rainbows, as it is in gems and prisms, but of themselves single. We 

 represent, also, all multiplications of light, which we carry to great 

 distance, and make so sharp as to discern small points and lines ; also 

 all colorations of light, all delusions and deceits of the sight, in figures, 

 magnitudes, motions, colours ; all demonstrations of shadows. We 

 find, also, divers means yet unknown to you of procuring of light 

 originally from divers bodies. We procure means of seeing objects 

 afar off, as in the heavens, and remote places ; and represent things 

 near as afar off, and things afar off as near, making feigned distances. 

 We have also helps for the sight far above spectacles and glasses in 

 use. We have also glasses and means to see small and minute bodies 

 perfectly and distinctly, as the shapes and colours of small flies and 

 worms, grains and flaws in gems, which cannot otherwise be seen ; 

 observations in urine and blood, not otherwise to be seen. We make 

 artificial rainbows, halos, and circles about light. We represent also 

 all manner of reflections, refractions, and multiplication of visual 

 beams of objects. 



We have also precious stones of all kinds, many of them of great 

 beauty, and to you unknown ; crystals likewise, and glasses of divers 

 kinds, and amongst them some of metals vitrificated, and other 

 materials, besides those of which you make glass. Also a number of 

 fossils and imperfect minerals which you have not ; likewise loadstones 

 of prodigious virtue, and other rare stones both natural and artificial. 



&quot; We have also sound-houses, where we practise and demonstrate 

 all sounds and their generation. We have harmonies, which you have 

 not, of quarter-sounds, and lesser slides of sounds ; divers instruments 

 likewise to you unknown, some sweeter than any you have ; with bells 

 and rings that are dainty and sweet. We represent small sounds as 

 great and deep, likewise great sounds extenuate and sharp. We 

 make divers tremblings and warbling of sounds, which in their original 

 are entire ; we represent and imitate all articulate sounds and letters, 

 and the voices and notes of beasts and birds. We have certain helps, 

 which set to the ear do further the hearing greatly. We have also 

 divers strange and artificial echos reflecting the voice many times, and 

 as it were tossing it ; and some that give back the voice louder than it 

 came, some shriller, and some deeper ; yea, some rendering the voico 

 differing in the letters or articulate sounds from that they receive. We 

 have also means to convey sounds in trunks and pipes in strange lines 

 and distances. 



&quot; We have also perfume-houses, wherewith we join also practises ol 

 taste : we multiply smells, which may seem strange ; we imitate smells, 



