that men observe when things hit, and not when | tail or leg of a dog or a cat, and lay it to putrify, they miss; and commit to memory the one, and for- and so see whether it will fester, or keep from healget and pass over the other. But touching divina-ing, the part which remaineth. tion, and the misgiving of minds, we shall speak more when we handle in general the nature of minds, and souls, and spirits.

989. We have given formerly some rules of imagination; and touching the fortifying of the same. We have set down also some few instances and directions, of the force of imagination upon beasts, &c. upon plants, and upon inanimate bodies: wherein you must still observe, that your trials be upon subtle and light motions, and not the contrary; for you will sooner by imagination bind a bird from singing than from eating or flying: and I leave it to every man to choose experiments which himself thinketh most commodious; giving now but a few examples of every of the three kinds.

990. Use some imaginant, observing the rules formerly prescribed, for binding of a bird from singing; and the like of a dog from barking. Try also the imagination of some, whom you shall accommodate with things to fortify it, in cock-fights, to make one cock more hardy, and the other more cowardly. It would be tried also in flying of hawks, or in coursing of a deer, or hare, with grey-hounds: or in horse races; and the like comparative motions for you may sooner by imagination quicken or slack a motion, than raise or cease it; as it is easier to make a dog go slower, than to make him stand still, that he may not run.

991. In plants also you may try the force of imagination upon the lighter sort of motions: as upon the sudden fading, or lively coming up of herbs; or upon their bending one way or other; or upon their closing and opening, &c.

992. For inanimate things, you may try the force of imagination, upon staying the working of beer when the barm is put in; or upon the coming of butter or cheese, after the churning, or the rennet be put in.

993. It is an ancient tradition every where alleged, for example of secret proprieties and influxes, that the torpedo marina, if it be touched with a long stick, doth stupify the hand of him that toucheth it. It is one degree of working at a distance, to work by the continuance of a fit medium; as sound will be conveyed to the ear by striking upon a bowstring, if the horn of the bow be held to the ear.

994. The writers of natural magic do attribute much to the virtues that come from the parts of living creatures; so as they be taken from them, the creatures remaining still alive as if the creatures still living did infuse some immateriate virtue and vigour into the part severed. So much may be true; that any part taken from a living creature newly slain, may be of greater force than if it were taken from the like creature dying of itself, because it is fuller of spirit.

995. Trial would be made of the like parts of individuals in plants and living creatures; as to cut off a stock of a tree, and to lay that which you cut off to putrify, to see whether it will decay the rest of the stock or if you should cut off part of the

996. It is received, that it helpeth to continue love, if one wear a ring, or a bracelet, of the hair of the party beloved. But that may be by the exciting of the imagination: and perhaps a glove, or other like favour, may as well do it.

997. The sympathy of individuals, that have been entire, or have touched, is of all others the most incredible; yet according unto our faithful manner of examination of nature, we will make some little mention of it. The taking away of warts by rubbing them with somewhat that afterwards is put to waste and consume, is a common experiment; and I do apprehend it the rather because of my own experience. I had from my childhood a wart upon one of my fingers: afterwards, when I was about sixteen years old, being then at Paris, there grew upon both my hands a number of warts, at the least a hundred, in a month's space. The English ambassador's lady, who was a woman far from superstition, told me one day, she would help me away with my warts: whereupon she got a piece of lard with the skin on, and rubbed the warts all over with the fat side; and amongst the rest, that wart which I had had from my childhood: then she nailed the piece of lard, with the fat towards the sun, upon a post of her chamber window, which was to the south. The success was, that within five weeks space all the warts went quite away: and that wart which I had so long endured, for company. But at the rest I did little marvel, because they came in a short time, and might go away in a short time again: but the going away of that which had stayed so long doth yet stick with me. They say the like is done by the rubbing of warts with a green elder stick, and then burying the stick to rot in muck. It would be tried with corns and wens, and such other excrescences. I would have it also tried with some parts of living creatures that are nearest the nature of excrescences; as the combs of cocks, the spurs of cocks, the horns of beasts, &c. And I would have it tried both ways; both by rubbing those parts with lard, or elder, as before; and by cutting off some piece of those parts, and laying it to consume to see whether it will work any effect towards the consumption of that part which was once joined with it.

998. It is constantly received and avouched, that the anointing of the weapon that maketh the wound, will heal the wound itself. In this experiment, upon the relation of men of credit, though myself, as yet, am not fully inclined to believe it, you shall note the points following: first, the ointment wherewith this is done is made of divers ingredients; whereof the strangest and hardest to come by, are the moss upon the skull of a dead man unburied; and the fats of a boar and a bear killed in the act of generation. These two last I could easily suspect to be prescribed as a starting-hole; that if the experiment proved not, it might be pretended that the beasts were not killed in the due time; for as for the moss, it is certain there is great quantity of it in Ireland,

NEW ATLANTIS.

A WORK UNFINISHED.

TO THE READER.

THIS fable my lord devised, to the end that he might exhibit therein a model or description of a college, instituted for the interpreting of nature, and the producing of great and marvellous works, for the benefit of men; under the name of Solomon's House, or the College of the Six Days' Works. And even so far his lordship hath proceeded, as to finish that part. Certainly the model is more vast and high, than can possibly be imitated in all things; notwithstanding most things therein are within men's power to effect. His lordship thought also in this present fable, to have composed a frame of laws, or of the best state or mould of a commonwealth; but foreseeing it would be a long work, his desire of collecting the Natural History diverted him, which he preferred many degrees before it.

This work of the New Atlantis, as much as concerneth the English edition, his lordship designed for this place; in regard it hath so near affinity, in one part of it, with the preceding Natural History. W. RAWLEY.

NEW ATLANTIS.

WE sailed from Peru, where we had continued | hitherto were not come to light. Wherefore we by the space of one whole year, for China and bent our course thither, where we saw the appearJapan, by the South Sea, taking with us victuals for ance of land all that night; and in the dawning of twelve months; and had good winds from the east, the next day, we might plainly discern that it was though soft and weak, for five months space and a land, flat to our sight, and full of boscage, which more. But then the wind came about, and settled made it show the more dark. And after an hour in the west for many days, so as we could make and a half's sailing, we entered into a good haven, little or no way, and were sometimes in purpose to being the port of a fair city; not great indeed, but turn back. But then again there arose strong and well built, and that gave a pleasant view from the great winds from the south, with a point east, which sea; and we thinking every minute long till we carried us up, for all that we could do, towards the were on land, came close to the shore, and offered north by which time our victuals failed us, though to land. But straightways we saw divers of the we had made good spare of them. So that finding people with batons in their hands, as it were, forourselves in the midst of the greatest wilderness of bidding us to land; yet without any cries or fiercewaters in the world, without victual, we gave our- ness, but only as warning us off by signs that they selves for lost men, and prepared for death. Yet made. Whereupon being not a little discomforted, we did lift up our hearts and voices to God above, we were advising with ourselves what we should do. who showeth "his wonders in the deep;" beseech- During which time there made forth to us a small ing him of his mercy, that as in the beginning he boat, with about eight persons in it; whereof one of discovered the face of the deep, and brought forth them had in his hand a tipstaff of a yellow cane, dry land; so he would now discover land to us, that tipped at both ends with blue, who came aboard our we might not perish. And it came to pass, that the ship, without any show of distrust at all. And when next day about evening, we saw within a kenning he saw one of our number present himself somewhat before us, towards the north, as it were thick clouds, afore the rest, he drew forth a little scroll of parchwhich did put us in some hope of land; knowing ment, somewhat yellower than our parchment, and how that part of the South Sea was utterly un-shining like the leaves of writing-tables, but otherknown; and might have islands or continents, that wise soft and flexible, and delivered it to our fore

most man. In which scroll were written in ancient | ye are no pirates; nor have shed blood lawfully nor Hebrew, and in ancient Greek, and in good Latin unlawfully within forty days past: you may have of the school, and in Spanish, these words; "Land licence to come on land." We said, "we were all ye not, none of you, and provide to be gone from ready to take that oath." Whereupon one of those this coast within sixteen days, except you have that were with him, being, as it seemed, a notary, farther time given you: meanwhile, if you want made entry of this act. Which done, another of fresh water, or victual, or help for your sick, or that the attendants of the great person, which was with your ship needeth repair, write down your wants, him in the same boat, after his lord had spoken a and you shall have that which belongeth to mercy." little to him, said aloud; "My lord would have you This scroll was signed with a stamp of cherubim's know, that it is not of pride or greatness, that he wings, not spread, but hanging downwards, and by cometh not aboard your ship; but for that in your them a cross. This being delivered, the officer answer you declare, that you have many sick amongst returned, and left only a servant with us to receive you, he was warned by the conservator of health of our answer. Consulting hereupon amongst ourselves, the city, that he should keep a distance." We bowed we were much perplexed. The denial of landing, ourselves towards him and answered, "we were his and hasty warning us away, troubled us much; on humble servants; and accounted for great honour, the other side, to find that the people had languages, and singular humanity towards us, that which was and were so full of humanity, did comfort us not already done; but hoped well, that the nature of a little. And above all, the sign of the cross to that the sickness of our men was not infectious." So instrument was to us a great rejoicing, and as it he returned; and a while after came the notary to were a certain presage of good. Our answer was us aboard our ship; holding in his hand a fruit of in the Spanish tongue; "That for our ship, it was that country, like an orange, but of colour between well; for we had rather met with calms and contrary orange tawny and scarlet, which cast a most excelwinds than any tempests. For our sick, they were lent odour. He used it, as it seemeth, for a presermany, and in very ill case; so that if they were not vative against infection. He gave us our oath; permitted to land, they ran in danger of their lives." "By the name of Jesus and his merits :" and after Our other wants we set down in particular; adding, told us, that the next day by six of the clock in the "that we had some little store of merchandise, which morning we should be sent to, and brought to the if it pleased them to deal for, it might supply our Strangers' house, so he called it, where we should be wants without being chargeable unto them." We accommodated of things, both for our whole, and offered some reward in pistolets unto the servant, and for our sick. So he left us; and when we offered a piece of crimson velvet to be presented to the officer; him some pistolets, he smiling, said, "he must not but the servant took them not, nor would scarce be twice paid for one labour:" meaning, as I take look upon them; and so left us, and went back in it, that he had a salary sufficient of the state for his another little boat which was sent for him. service. For, as I after learned, they call an officer that taketh rewards, Twice-paid.

About three hours after we had despatched our answer, there came towards us a person, as it seemed, of place. He had on him a gown with wide sleeves, of a kind of water-chamblet, of an excellent azure colour, far more glossy than ours; his under apparel was green, and so was his hat, being in the form of a turbane, daintily made, and not so huge as the Turkish turbans; and the locks of his hair came down below the brims of it. A reverend man was he to behold. He came in a boat, gilt in some part of it, with four persons more only in that boat; and was followed by another boat, wherein were some twenty. When he was come within a flight shot of our ship, signs were made to us, that we should send forth some to meet him upon the water, which we presently did in our ship-boat, sending the principal man amongst us save one, and four of our number with him. When we were come within six yards of their boat, they called to us to stay, and not to approach farther; which we did. And thereupon the man, whom I before described, stood up, and with a loud voice in Spanish, asked, "Are ye Christians ?" We answered, we were" fearing the less, because of the cross we had seen in the subscription. At which answer the said person lifted up his right hand towards heaven, and drew it softly to his mouth, which is the gesture they use when they thank God, and then said: “If ye will swear, all of you, by the merits of the Saviour, that

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The next morning early, there came to us the officer that came to us at first with his cane, and told us, "he came to conduct us to the Strangers' house; and that he had prevented the hour, because we might have the whole day before us for our business. For," said he, "if you will follow my advice, there shall first go with me, some few of you, and see the place, and how it may be made convenient for you; and then you may send for your sick, and the rest of your number, which we will bring on land." We thanked him, and said, that this care, which he took of desolate strangers, God would reward. And so six of us went on land with him: and when we were on land, he went before us, and turned to us, and said, "he was but our servant, and our guide." He led us through three fair streets; and all the way we went there were gathered some people on both sides, standing in a row; but in so civil a fashion, as if it had been, not to wonder at us, but to welcome us; and divers of them, as we passed by them, put their arms a little abroad; which is their gesture when they bid any welcome. The Strangers' house is a fair and spacious house, built of brick, of somewhat a bluer colour than our brick; and with handsome windows, some of glass, some of a kind of cambric oiled. He brought us first into a fair parlour above stairs, and then asked us, "What number of persons we were? And how many