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PRINTED BY JOSIAH FLETCHER.

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Chap. 7. Of another of the more immediate.
causes of error:-viz. adherence unto au-
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Chap. 8. Of authors who have most promoted
popular conceit

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Chap. 9. Of others indirectly effecting the same 244 to 247
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false opinions, the endeavours of Satan 247 to 258 Chap. 11. A further illustration of the same THE SECOND BOOK; beginning the particular part. Of popular and received tenets concerning mineral and vegetable bodies. Chap. 1. That crystal is nothing else but ice strongly congealed Chap. 2. Concerning the loadstone; of things particularly spoken thereof, evidently or probably true

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thereof; natural, medical, historical, magical 303 to 325 Chap. 4. Of bodies electrical

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mon tenets concerning minerals and terreous bodies, which, examined, prove either false or dubious. That a diamond is softened or broken by the blood of a goat; that glass is poison, and that it is malleable; of the cordial quality of gold; that a pot full of ashes will contain as much water as it would without them; of white powder that kills without report; that coral is soft under water, but hardeneth in the air; that porcelain lies under the earth an hundred years in preparation; that a carbuncle gives a light in the dark; of the eagle stone; of fairy, stones; with some others 334 to 358 Chap. 6. Of sundry tenets concerning vegetables or plants, which, examined, prove either false or dubious. Of mandrakes; that cinnamon, ginger, cloves, mace, are but the

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