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opinion of Signer 'R^di concerning the Poifon of Vipers 5 and 
being come he fcnt to his lodging for a Box, in which there 
were a great many heads cutoff-, that mornings of Vipers l^fg. 
ly come from Naples. He immediately defired to have lome 
Animals to begin his Experiments upon 5 buc there being at 
that time no qther company with Signor Magalottihm his bro- 
thcr and l,it was thought fit to ftay till next morniDg^that thofe 
Gentlemen, who were at the difpute laft Winter^ might be pre. 
fent; as it fell out they were* 
I, that had not fo much patiencCj defired the Doctor to make 
atleaft one experiment i which being granted^ Signor Maga-* 
loUi W2L% plea fed to fend to the publick Market for a couple of 
PigeonSj to be fure of ha ving fome^that were not prevented by 
any Antidote, The Pigeoas being come, the firft was woun- 
ded with the Teeth of a Vipers head that had been cut off a* 
bout 7 or 8 a clock the fame morning* The way of making 
the wouad W3S)by thrufting twice the Mafter-teeth into the 
fjefliy part of the Pigeons breafl:, till ftich time as preffing the 
upper part of the Jaw, the two little bladders, that ferve as 
gums to the teeth, did empty out upon the wound fome of 
that yellow liquor^ which here is fuppos'd to be the true and 
only poifon of the Viper, This Pigeon being* thus bitj and 
fet upon the ground^ began to ftagger immediately, and dy- 
ed in iefs then 3 or 4 minutes. The fecond Pigeorr~was woun* 
ded in the fame manner ^ but at the firft wound there only en- 
tred one of the teethj which brought forth a great deal of 
bloody the fecond time they both enter'd, and this had the 
fame fate, with this difFvrence onlyj that he langaifti't half a^ 
quarter of an hour. 
The next morning there met at Signor Magalotth Chambers, 
befides the company of the day before^Signor Carh D^/i,Sign» 
Vmcen%Q Viviani^ Sign, I'aolo dell At a. Dr, Savmxi^ Dr* l<leru Dr. 
F^^rwVandfome others. Whereupon fix Pigeons and a Cock 
having been brought 3 the firft thing that Dr. Francini did^was, 
to thruft feveral thorns of Rofe:fhrubbs into the breaft of one 
ofthofe Pigeons^ to manifeft, that inch accidents, as might 
befall thofe that fhould be wounded by the Teeth of the dead 
Vipers^ were not meerly caufed by the wound. And whereas 
one of the company began to make fome nice reflexions, and 
to take fome of the-heads to meafure the juft proportions of 
