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 ours, have root, and foundation in them: yet nevertheles without naturall vertues, of Mathematicall Doctrines only works like to naturals can be produced, as Plato aith, a thing not partaking of truth or divinity, but certain Images kin to them, as bodies going, or peaking, which yet want the Animall faculty, such as were those which amongt the Ancients were called Dedalus his Images, and αυτόματα, of which Aritotle makes mention, viz. the threefooted Images of Vulcan, and Dedalus, moving themelves, which Homer aith came out of their own accord to exercie, and which we read, moved themelves at the feat of Hiarba the Philoophicall Exercier: As alo that golden Statues performed the offices of Cup bearers, and Carvers to the guests. Alo we read of the Statues of Mercury, which did peak, and the wooden Dove of Arthita, which did fly, and the miracles of Boethius, which Caiodorus made mention of, ''viz. Diomedes'' in Bras, sounding a Trumpet, and a brazen Snake hiing, and pictures of birds inging mot weetly. Of this kind are thoe miracles of Images which proceed from Geometry, and Opticks, of which we made ome mention in the first book, where we poke of the Element of Aire, So there are made gla{{ls}es, ome Concave, others of the form of a Columne, making the repreentations of things in the Aire seem like hadows at a ditance: of which ort Apollonius, and Vitellius in their Books De Perpectiva, and Speculis, taught the making, and the ue. And we read that Magnus Pompeius brought a certain glas amongt the poils from the Eat, to Rome, in which were een Armies of Armed men. And there are made certain tranparent glaes, which being dipped in some certain juices of Hearbs, and irradiated with an artificiall light, fill the whole Aire round about with viions. And I know how to make reciprocall glaes, in which the Sun hining, all things which were illustrated by the raies thereof are apparently een many miles off. Hence a Magician, expert in naturall Philoophy, and Mathematicks, and knowing the middle ciences consisting of both these, Arithmatick, Muick, Geometry, Opticks, Atronomie, and uch ciences that are of weights, meaures, proportions, articles,