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 be in the Aire, by reaon of which, together with the aptnes and dipoition of him that receives them, they may be carryed to the ence of one, rather then of another. And hence it is posible naturally, and far from all manner of upertition, no other pirit coming between, that a man hould be able in a very time to ignifie his mind unto another man, abiding at a very long and unknown ditance from him; although he cannot preciely give an etimate of the time when it is, yet of necesity it mut be within 24. hours; and I my elf know how to do it, and have often done it. The ame alo in time pat did the Abbot Tritenius both know and do. Alo, when certain appearances, not only pirituall, but alo naturall do flow forth from things, that is to ay, by a certain kind of flowings forth of bodies from bodies, and do gather trength in the Air, they offer, and hew themelves to us as well through light as motion, as well to the ight as to other enes, and ometimes work wonderfull things upon us, as Plotinus proves and teacheth. And we ee how by the South wind the Air is condened into thin clouds, in which, as in a Looking-glas are reflected repreentations at a great ditance of Catles, Mountains, Hores, and Men, and other things, which when the clouds are gone, preently vanih. And Aritotle in his Meteors hews, that a Rainbow is conceived in a cloud of the Aire, as in a Looking-glas. And Albertus aith, that the effigies of bodies may by the trength of nature, in a moit Aire be eaily repreented, in the ame manner as the repreentations of things are in things. And Aritotle tels of a man, to whom it happened by reaon of the weaknes of his ight, that the Aire that was near to him, became as it were a Looking-glas to him, and the optick beam did relect back upon himelf, and could not penetrate the Aire, o that whitheroever he went, he thought he aw his own image, with his face towards him, go before him. In like manner, by the artificialnes of ome certain Looking-glaes, may be produced at a ditance in the Aire, beide the Looking-glaes, what images we pleae; which when ignorant men ee, they think they ee the appearances of pirits, or ouls; when indeed they are nothing ele but emblance