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 kin to themelves, and without life. And it is well known, if in a dark place where there is no light but by the coming in of a beam of the Sun omewhere through a litle hole, a white paper, or plain Looking-glas be et up againt that light, that there may be een upon them, whatoever things are done without, being hined upon by the Sun. And there is another leight, or trick yet more wonderfull. If any one hall take images artificially painted, or written letters, and in a clear night et them againt the beams of the full Moon, whoe reemblances being multiplyed in the Aire, and caught upward, and reflected back together with the beams of the Moon, any other man that is privy to the thing, at a long ditance ees, reads, and knows them in the very compas, and Circle of the Moon, which Art of declaring ecrets is indeed very profitable for Towns, and Cities that are beieged, being a thing which Pythagoras long ince did often do, and which is not unknown to ome in thee dayes, I will not except my elf. And all thee, and many more, and greater then thee are grounded in the very nature of the Aire, and have their reaons, and caues declared in Mathematicks, and Opticks. And as thee reemblances are reflected back to the ight, o alo ometimes to the hearing, as is manifet in the Echo. But there are more ecret arts then thee, and uch whereby any one may at a very remote ditance hear, and undertand what another peaks, or whipers oftly.

There are alo from the airy Element Winds. For they are nothing ele, but Air moved and tirred up. Of thee there are four that are principall, blowing from the four corners of the Heaven, ''viz. Notus from the South, Boreas from the North, Zephyrus from the Wet, Eurus from the Eat, which Pontanus'' comprehending in thee veres, aith,

 Cold Boreas from the top of 'lympus blows, And from the bottom cloudy Notus flows. From etting Phoebus fruitfull Zeph'rus flies, And barren Eurus from the Suns up-rie.