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“ of Armour, which was decked with many Bullions 
“ of Steel; fome pointed like a Nail; others in 
“ Form like a Wedge ; others pyramidal. In the 
“ dark, you well know, that not all, but very many, 
“ of the faid Bullions will fparklc and glitter with 
“ Tails like Comets: And it is clear, that when the 
“ Eleftricity is very vigorous, the Helmet upon the 
“ Head of the Perfon eleftrifed will dart forth Rays 
“ like thofe round the Head of a canonifed Saint ; 
“ and this is my Beatification. You arethefirft, Sir, 
“ with whom I truft my Myttery, which if you 
“ communicate to the Royal Society , I hope you 
“ will take care of its being inferted in the Philo- 
tc fophical Tranfaffions, that the Beatification did 
“ not fuccced until I communicated my Method. 
“ Many People have imagined this Experiment 
“ of mine to be extravagant and falfe. If the 
“ Armour is not ornamented with Steel Bullions, 
u I believe it will not fucceed. If the Armour is 
“ well enriched with Bullions, and well polifhed, 
iC the Comets appear twice, once in the Air, and 
“ once by Reflexion from the Armour. A Sto- 
“ macher, or a Doublet, fet with Nails or Needles, 
“ will exhibit a fmall Degree of Beatification." 
Thus far Mr. Bofe , to whom 1 am very much ob- 
liged, for the Difcovery of his Procefs; I cannot but 
be forry for his having, as he fays, embellifhed his 
Relation by his Stile and Expreflions. The Language 
of Philofophers fhould not be tainted with the Li- 
cence of the Poets; their Aim in the communicating 
their Difcoveries to the World, fhould be ttmple 
Truth without defiling to exaggerate; as we con- 
ftantly fee enough to raife our Admiration every 
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