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klelfe,that is lb ready to imitate otherwile,attained] not any degree of 
Imitation of Speech. It is true, thatlhaue knowneaDog, thatifpne 
howled in his Eare,he would f'al a howling a great while:What fhoiftd 
be .the Aprnefle oi Birds, i n com pa r ifon , of/? cafls, 1 o imitate the Speech 
o'tMan, may be further enquired,We lee that Beajls haue thofe Parts., 
which they count th cln(lruments of .S 'pee chjj as Lips,T mL,&:c.)likef vn- 
to Man,than Birds. As ior the Necke, by 'nsh thcThroat palfeth. we fee 
many Beajls haue it, for the Length, as much as Birds. What better 
Gorge, os Attixe,Birds haue,may befurther enqiiired.The Birds thatare 
knowne tabe Speakers,arc Parrots,Pyes, layer, Dawes, and Rauens. Of 
which P^/W-rhaueanadunque Bill, but the reft not. 
But I conceiue, that the Apinejfe of Birds , is notfo much in the Con¬ 
formity of the Organs of speech, as in their Attention. For Speech mu ft 
‘ come by Hearing and Learnings And Birdsgiue more heed, and marke 
Sounds, more than Beajls 5 becaufe naturally they are more delighted 
with them, and pradife them more-As appeareth in their singing. We 
fee alfo, that thofe that teach Birds to li ng, doe keep them W aking, to 
increafe their Attention . We fee alfo that Cocke-Birds amongft Singing- 
Birds, are euer the better Singers • which may be, becaufe they are more 
Ihiely,and liften more, 
Labour . and Intention to imitate voices, doth conduce much to Imi¬ 
tation: And therefore we fee,that there be certaine Pantomimi, that will 
reprefent the voices of Players of EnterludesJ'o to life,as if you fee them' 
not, you would thinke they were thofe players themfeluesj And fo the 
Voices of other Men that they heare. 
I There haue beene fome, that could counterfeit the Dijlance of Voi- 
| ees( which is a Secondary Obi eft of Hearing) in fuch fort 3 As when they 
Band fall by you, you would thinke the Speech came from afarre off, in 
afearefull manner. How this is done, maybe further enquired. But I 
fee no great vfe of it, but forlmpofture, in counterfeiting Ghofts or 
Spirits. 
: # \ ,• i, . , '■'HIPK v • A. - * 
There be three Kinds of Reflexions of Sounds y A Reflexir 
m Concurrent •, A Reflexion Iterant , which we call Eccho j Apr 
a Supcr-reftextion, or an Eccho of an Eccho; whereof the nrft 
bath beenc handled in the Title of Magnitude of Sounds : The 
Latter two we will now fpeake of. 
The£e flexion of Species ri fible ,by Mirr ours, you may command-Be# 
catife palling in Right Lines, they maybe guided to any Point; But the 
Reflexion of Sounds is hardtomafter Becaufe the Sound filling great. 
Spaces in Arched Lines, cannot be fo guided : And therefore we fee 
there hath not beene pradifed, any Meanes to make Artiflciall Eccho’s. 
And no Eccho already knowne returneth in a very narrow Rbome. 
The Naturall Echo's are made vpon walls, woods, Roches, Hilts, and 
Banker, As for waters, being neere 3 they make a Concurrent Eccho j But 
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