leaft two hundred times its own length. It is re¬ 
markable that Socrates was ridiculed for his pre¬ 
tended experiments on this very fubjed, by the li¬ 
centious pen of Ariftophanes* 
Disciple. 
That were not lawful to reveal to Grangers. 
Strepsiades. 
Speak boldly then as to a fellow ftudent ; 
For therefore am I come. 
Disc. 
Then I will fpeak; 
But fet it down aniongft our myftcries. 
It is a queflion put to Chxrephon 
By our great mailer Socrates to anfwer, 
How many of his own lengths at one fpring 
A flea can hop ? for one by chance had Ikipp’d 
Straight from the brow of Chaerephon to th’ head 
Of Socrates. 
Str. 
And how did then the fage 
Contrive to mcafurc this ? 
Disc. 
Moll dext’roufly. 
He dipp’d the infeft’s feet in melted wax, 
Which hardening into flippers as it cool’d, 
By thefc computed he the queftion’d fpace. 
Str. 
O Jupiter, what fubtilty of thought ! 
Arist: Clouds . Ath i. Scene 2. 
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