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The Seventh BookofNatural Magick

"The Wonders of

the Loadstone"

"Proeme"Chapter I - "What is the Name of this Stone, the

kind of it, and the Country where it grows."
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Chapter II - "The Natura reason of the Loadstonesattra!tion."

Chapter III - "That the Loadstone has two opposite

Poes, the North and South, and how they may eknown"

Chapter I# - "The for!e of the stone is sent y aright ine form the North to South, through the

ength of it."Chapter # - "That the poar ine in the Loadstone is

not stae, ut mo$ae."Chapter #I - " The for!e of North and South is

$igorous in the points."Chapter #II - "That y the tou!hing of other stones,

those points wi not !hange their for!es."Chapter #III - "That a Loadstone wi draw a

Loadstone, and dri$e it from it."Chapter I% - "& sport of the Loadstone."

Chapter % - "The greater the Loadstone is, thegreater is the for!e of it."

Chapter %I - "That the for!e of this Stone wi passinto other Stones, that sometimes you may see as

it were a rope of Stones"Chapter %II - "That in the Loadstone that hairiness

is !ontused"Chapter %III - "The attra!ti$e part is more $ioent

then the part that dri$es off."Chapter %I# - "The !ontrary parts of the Stones

are !ontrary one to another."
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Chapter %# - "'ow to know the Poar points in theLoadstone."

Chapter %#I - "That the for!e of drawing and

dri$ing off, !an e hindered y no hindran!e."Chapter %#II - "'ow to make an &rmy of Sand to

fight efore you."Chapter %#III - "The Situation makes the #irtues of

the Stone !ontrary."Chapter %I% - "'ow the attra!ti$e for!e of the

Loadstone may e weighed."Chapter %% - "(f the mutua attra!tion, and

dri$ing off of the Loadstone and Iron."Chapter %%I - "The Iron and Loadstone are ingreater amity, then the Loadstone is with the

Loadstone."Chapter %%II - "The Loadstone does not draw on

a parts, ut a !ertain points."Chapter %%III - "That the same Loadstone thatdraws, does on the !ontrary point dri$e off the

iron."Chapter %%I# - "'ow iron wi e made eap upon a

Tae, no Loadstone eing seen."Chapter %%# - "That the $irtue of the Loadstone, is

sent through the pie!es of Iron."Chapter %%#I - "The Loadstone within the sphere

of its $irtue, sends it forth without tou!hing."Chapter %%#II- "'ow the Loadstone !an hang up

iron in the air."
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Chapter %%#III - "The for!es of the Loadstone!annot e hindered, y a wa or tae !oming

etween."Chapter %%I%- "'ow a man of wood may row aLitte )oat* and some other merry !on!eits."

Chapter %%%- "& Loadstone on a pate of iron, winot stir iron."

Chapter %%%I- "The position of the Iron, wi!hange the for!es."

Chapter %%%II- "That the iron rued with the

northern point of the Loadstone, wi turn to theSouth, and with the South point to the North."

Chapter %%%III- "That iron tou!hed y theLoadstone, wi impart that for!e to other iron."

Chapter %%%I#- "The #irtue re!ei$ed in the iron, isweakened y on that is stronger."

Chapter %%%#- "'ow a stone the South or North

point dis!erned."Chapter %%%#I- "'ow to ru the iron neede of the

+ariners Compass."Chapter %%%#II- "(f the di$ers uses of +ariners

Compasses."Chapter %%%#III- "'ow the Longitude of the word,

may e found out y hep of the Loadstone."Chapter %%%I%- "If the +ariners Neede stand sti,and the Loadstone mo$e, or contrarily, they will move

contrary ways."Chapter %L- "The Loadstone imparts a !ontrary

for!e to the Neede."
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Chapter %LI- "Two Needes tou!hed y theLoadstone, otain !ontrary or!es."

Chapter %LII- "That the for!e of the Iron that

draws, wi dri$e off Iron y di$ersity ofSituations."

Chapter %LIII- "The Neede tou!hed y theLoadstone on one part, does not aways re!ei$e

#irtue on oth parts."Chapter %LI#"The Neede tou!hed in the midde ythe Loadstone, sends forth its or!e at oth ends."

Chapter %L#- "&n Iron ing tou!hed y aLoadstone, wi re!ei$e oth #irtues."

Chapter %L#I- "&n Iron Pate tou!hed in themidde, wi diffuse for!es to oth ends."

Chapter %L#II- "'ow fiings of Iron may re!ei$efor!e."

Chapter %L#III- "Whether ari! !an hinder the

#irtues of the Loadstone."Chapter %LI%- "'ow a Loadstone astonished may

e rought to itsef again."Chapter L- "'ow to augment the Loadstones

#irtues."Chapter LI- "That the Loadstone may ose its

$irtues."Chapter LII- "'ow the Iron tou!hed with the

Loadstone oses its for!e."Chapter LIII- "It is fase, that the /iamond does

hinder Loadstones $irtue."
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Chapter LI#- "oats ood does not free theLoadstone from the en!hantment of the /iamond."Chapter L#- "The Iron tou!hed with a /iamond wi

turn to the North."Chapter L#I- "The for!es and remedies of the

Loadstone."

"+arodeus"0(n Loadstone1

This stone does re!on!ie the man and wife,&nd her re!a that from her husand goes.If one woud know her eads a whorish ife,

2nder her head, when that she seeps, it shows.or she that3s !haste, wi presenty emra!e'er husand whie she seeps, ut a whore

as out o3th3ed, as thrown out with disgra!e,With stink o3th3stone, whi!h shows this, and mu!h more.

The Proeme

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works. )ut what wiser and more earned men might findout, et a men 4udge. I knew at #eni!e, .+. Pauus, the#enetian, that was usied in the same study. 'e was

Pro$in!ia of the (rder of Ser$ants, ut now a mostworthy ad$o!ate, from whom I not ony !onfess, that Igained something, ut I gory in it, e!ause of a the menI e$er saw, I ne$er knew any man more earned, or moreingenious, ha$ing otained the whoe ody of earning*and is not ony the spendor and ornament of #eni!e orItay, ut of the whoe word. I sha egin from the mostknown e6periments, and pass to higher matters, that itmay not repent any man of his great study and a!!uratediigen!e therein. )y these, the ongitude of the wordmay e found out, that is of no sma moment for saiors,and wherein the greatest wits ha$e een empoyed. &ndto a friend that is at a far distan!e from us, and safe shutup in prison, we may reate our minds, whi!h I dout notmay e done y two +ariner3s Compasses, ha$ing theaphaet written aout them. 2pon this depends theprin!ipes of perpetua motion, and more admiraethings, whi!h I sha here et pass. If the&n!ientseftanything of it, I sha put that in y the way. I sha marksome fase reports of some men, not to detest their painsand industry, ut est any man shoud foow them in anerror, and so errors shoud e perpetua therey. I shaegin with the name.

Chapter I"What is the Name of this Stone, thekind of it, and the Country where it

grows."Latoin Ionewrites, that 7mpedo!escalled this stone"+agnes", but Lu!retiusfrom the country of Magnesia.

"The reeks do !a it +agnes from the pa!e,
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or that the +agnets Land it doesemra!e."

And the same Patosays, some call it 'era!ius.Theophrastusin his book of Stones calls 'er!ueum, becausehe found it about the city Heraclea. Others think it denominatedfrom 'er!ues. For as he conquered and subdued all beasts,and men, so this stone conquers Iron, which conquers all things.Ni!anderthinks the stone so called, and so does Pinyfromhim, from one +agnes, a Sheard. For it is reorted that hefound it by his hobnailed shoes, and his sheherds Crookthat itstuck to, when he fed his flocks in !da, where he was a Sheard.ut ! think it is called +aganes, as you should say +agnus,only one letter changed. Others call itSideritesfrom "", that in#reek signifies Iron, and the $atine call it +agnes, 'era!ius,and Siderites. 'esy!hiusmakes the stone Sideritesto bedifferent from 'era!ius, for he says, one has an Ironcolor, andthe other a Si$ercolor. Also, Piny from Sota!usmakes fi%ekinds of it. &he 'thioian, the Magnesian for Magnesia nearMacedonia, as the way lies to the $ake oebis, on the right hand,the third in 'chium of oeotia, the fourth about Ale(andria at&roaderum, the fifth in Magnesia of Asia. &he first difference is,whether it be male or female, the ne(t in color. For those thatare found in Macedonia and Magnesia, are red and black, but theoeotian is more red then black. &hat which is found in &roas isblack, and of the female kind, and has no force therefore. ut

the worst sort is found in Magnesia, of Asia. !t is white, andattracts not Iron, and is like a Pumi!estone. !t is certain, thatthe more blue they are, the better they are. &he 'thioian ishighly commended, and it costs the weight in Si$er. !t is foundin 'thioia at )imirum, for so is the sandy country called. !t is atoken of an 7thiopi! stone, if it will draw another Loadstoneto it. &here is a mountain in 'thioia, not far off, that roduces astone called Theamedes, that dri%es away all Ironfrom it./ios!oridesdescribes it thus. &he best Loadstoneis thatwhich easily draws Iron, of a bluish color, thick, and not %eryweighty. Pisanrensismakes three sorts of them, one that

draws Iron, another flesh, and another that draws and reelsIron, %ery ignorantly, for the fleshy Loadstoneis different fromthis, and one and the same stone draws and dri%es Ironfrom it.+arodeussays, it grows among the Progoditesand !ndians.(aus +agnusreorts, that there are mountains of it in the*orth, and they draw so forcibly, that they ha%e shis made fastby great sikes of Wood, lest they should draw out the Ironnails as the shis that ass between these rocks of Loadstone.
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&here is an island between +orsica and !taly, called !l%a,commonly 'lba, where a Loadstonemay be cut forth, but it hasno #irtue. !t is found in +antabria in Sain, ohemia, and manyother laces.

Chapter II"The Natura reason of the Loadstones

attra!tion."Because some ha%e written whole books, of the reason of theLoadstonesattracting of Iron, lest ! should become tedious,which ! urose not to be, ! think fit to ass o%er other meansoinions, esecially, because they deend only uon words and%ain ca%ils, that hilosohers cannot recei%e them. And ! shallset down my own, founded uon some e(eriments. et ! shallnot ass by the oinion of&na6agoras, set down by&ristotein his ook /e &nima,who by a similitude calls it a li%ing stone,and that therefore it draws Iron, and for some other eculiarforces, which might be roerly said to roceed from the soul, as

you shall see. 7pi!uruswould fain gi%e a reason for it, asaen and Lu!retiusreort. For, say they, the&tomsthat flewout of the Iron, and meet in the Loadstonein one figure, sothat they easily embrace one the other. &hese, therefore, whenthey light uon both the concretes of the stone and Iron, andthen fly back into the middle, by the way they are turnedbetween themsel%es, and do withal draw the Ironwith them.aenin%eighs against this, for he cannot belie%e, as he says,that the small atoms that fly from the stone, can be comlicatedwith the like atoms that come form the Iron, and that theirembracing can draw such a hea%y weight. Moreo%er, if you ut

another Ironto that which hangs, that will fasten also, andanother to that, and so a third and fourth. And the atoms thatresult from the stone, when they meet with the Iron, they flyback, and are the cause that the Ironhangs. And it is notossible that those atoms should enetrate the Iron, andthrough the emty ores should rebound unto the former atoms,and embrace others, whereas he saw fi%e Ironinstruments hang
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one by the other. And if the atoms be diffused straight forwardthrough the Iron, why then do other Ironnails stick, fastenedbut on the sides- For the #irtueof it is sread e%ery way.herefore if a %ery little Loadstoneshould touch many smallbodies of Iron, and these others, and those others again, and theLoadstonemust fill them all, that small stone would e%en beconsumed into atoms. ut ! think the Loadstone, is a mi(ture ofstone and Iron, as an Ironstone, or a stone of Iron. et do notthink the stone is so changed into Iron, as to lose its own nature,nor that the Ironis so drowned in the stone, but it reser%esitself, and while one labors to get the %ictory of the other, theattraction is made by the combat between them. !n that body,there is more of the stone, then of Iron, and therefore the Iron,that it may not be subdued by the stone, desires the force andcomany of Iron, that being not able to resist alone, it may beable by more hel to defend itself. For all creatures defend theirbeing. herefore, that it may en/oy friendly hel, and not lose itsown erfection, it willingly draws Ironto it, or Ironcomeswillingly to that. &he Loadstonedraws not stones, because itwants them not, for there is stone enough in the body of it, and ifone Loadstonedraw another, it is not for the stone, but for theIronthat is in it. hat ! said deends on these arguments. &heits of Loadstoneare where the %eins of Ironare. &he aredescribed by aen, and such as deal in minerals, and in theconfines of them both, of the stone and the Ironthey grow, andthe Loadstonesare seen, wherein there is more stone, and

others in which there is more Iron.. !n #ermany a Loadstoneisdug forth, out of which they draw the best Iron, and theLoadstone, while it lies in the filings of Iron, will get morestrength, and if it be smeared or neglected, it will lose its forces.! often saw with great delight a Loadstonewrat u in burningcoals, that sent forth a blue flame, that smelt of )rimstoneandIron, and that being dissiated, it lost its quality of its soul thatwas gone, namely its attracti%e #irtue. !t is the stink of Ironand )rimstone, as such who destroy Ironby reducing it to aCa6, or use other chemical oerations, can easily try. And !thought that the same soul, ut into another body, must

necessarily obtain the same faculty.
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Chapter III

"That the Loadstone has two oppositePoes, the North and South, and howthey may e known."

Because the effects of the Loadstoneare many and di%erse, !shall begin to distinguish from the effects of it, that the readersmay recei%e more benefit and direction. &he effects of theLoadstoneare of the stone only, or of the Irontouched with thestone, or of them both, the Ironand the stone. &he simle

effects of the stone, are to draw the stone, to resect the olesof the world, and such like. Also they are mi(ed andcomounded. e say therefore first, that the stone has twooints, that stand oosite one to the other, be it in a great orsmall stone, which we call the oles. One of them is directed tothe *orth, and other to the South. For if the stone be at liberty,and hangs that it may lay, without any imediments from itsweight, one art turns freely to the *orth, and other to theSouth. &he way to try it is thus0 &ake a little iece of Cork, orenne-giant, or some other light Wood, and make it like aboat, that it may ser%e to bear u the weight of the stone. 1ut

the stone into this %essel, that it may be equi2distant from thebottom. 1ut the boat into a %essel of water, that it may mo%ehere and there, and find no imediment0 $et it so alone, and theboat will ne%er rest, until the oint of the stone stand full *orth,and the oosite oint full South. hen the boat stands still,turn it about twice or thrice with your finger, and so it will comeagain to rest, and return to the same osture, and this shallmake you more certain of the *orth and South 1oles of it. &hereare many more ways to ro%e it, for letting it hang equally, as inthe +ariners Compass, for where it can mo%e of itself freely, itstill directs to the same oints. And you may do the same if you

hang it by a small thread. Hence we may easily learn,"To know whi!h Loadstoneis the more perfe!t."

hich a man may easily do by the former trial, and find out whatLoadstoneis %oid of #irtue, or most forcible. For thatLoadstonethat does soonest bring about the boat to the oints,
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and ha%ing found the north ole, stands still,is certainly the most forcible stone. ut thatwhich slowly works, and comes softly aboutto its lace, and stos often, is more weakand feeble. Also we may be certified anotherway. For that which can turn about thegreater iece of wood, or boat, not slowly, butquickly, is the best stone. And though therebe more ways to try it, yet let these suffice at

resent. e shall seak of the rest in other laces.

Chapter IV"The for!e of the stone is sent y a

right ine from North to South,through the ength of it."

But the two oints we seak of, are the end of the right line,running through the middle of the stone from *orth to South. !fany man break the stone, and breaks this line, those ends of the

di%ision will resently be of another roerty and #irtue, and willbe enemies one to the other. hich is a great wonder. For thesetwo oints, when the were /oined together, had the same force ofturning to the ole. ut now being arted asunder, one will turnto the *orth, and other to the South, keeing the same ostureand osition they had in the mine where they were bred. andthe same haens in the least bits that are seen in the greatestLoadstone.For e(amle3 $et the rock of Loadstonebe ABCD, and let theline form *orth to South be AB. !f we shall cut the stone ABout

of the rock, the %ery line ABin the stone will reresent the olarline form *orth to South. ut if we break the stone broadways,e%ery little iece will kee its line. +ut the Stone AB broadways,as CF, there will be two stones, ACD, and EFB. ! say, the stonescut through the line CD, each of them will ha%e its oles out ofthe world. !n the stone AD, the *orth ole will be A, the South. !n the stone EFB, the *orth will be !the south B, and that is
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beyond all admiration, that the oints !will the stonewas but one, were but one, as being agreed together,they had the same forces, but when the stone is di%ided,each art will hold its #irtue, and be quite contrary andat enmity. For always turns to the South. And thesame will fall out, if you di%ide Aand !Binto manysmall ieces, and if you afterwards /oin all these iecestogether as they were, their mutual discord of Naturewill

be resently reconciled. herefore Cardanus said false, thatthe Loadstonedraws where it has but a thin co%er, and more inone art then another. For it attracts only from one certainoint, as it had its osition before in the mines.

Chapter V"That the Poar Line in the Loadstone

is not stae, ut mo$ae."

But the like wonder of Naturecannot but be admired among

many that odhas made, and therefore ! would ha%e no manignorant thereof. &his Poar inesoken of, is not always certainin the same lace, nor does it stand always firm, but changes,and takes the contrary ositions. ut this is constant in it, that italways runs through the middle of the stone, like a 4ing that hasalways his court or fort in the midst of his country. For consistingin the center from where the e(treme arts are as it were theCir!umferen!e, it can easily send its forces to all arts, anddefend itself. ut an e(amle shall clear this.

$et the stone be AEFC, and let the line ACrunning through thelength of it , be the Poar inewe seak of, wherein the force ofits resides, which runs from the *orth to the South 1ole. ! say, ifyou di%ide the stone in two ieces by the line AC, that one iecemay be AED, the other BCF, if they be taken asunder, that theforce of it does not reside in the e(treme art of the line ADor'5&6'M', but being di%ided in the middle, the forces is recei%edin the middle of each stone, and in the stone AED, it will be !,
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and in BCF, it will be IL. hich cannot be soken withoutadmiration, that in a dead stone there should be a li%ing #irtueto mo%e itself. ho is there, unless he try it, that will belie%ethese things- For as the line that stretches from *orth to South

was in the rime, so if you di%ide the stone into athousand arts, that force is sent into all those arts,each of them holding its own line in the middle of it.So if we shall di%ide the art AEDinto other arts,and shall art the smallest of them, what art soe%er is arted from its confines, it will ha%e thatsame li%ely force running long2ways through themiddle of it. And so it will be, if you di%ide the stoneinto the smallest sand. ut the greater wonder is,that if you /oin all the arts together again as theywere at first, they will all ha%e the same force united,and that will retire into the middle of the stone.

Chapter VI"That the for!e of North and South is

$igorous in the points."

But is more wonderful- &hough the force retreats to the middleof the stone, yet it does not send itself forth by the middle, butby the e(treme art of the stone, and lies still in the middle, as ifit were aslee, but it is awake in the end, and there it comesforth. ut if a man break the stone, he shall see it moreerfectly. ! shall gi%e an e(amle for such that are curious, tosearch out the #irtueof the Loadstone...$et the Loadstonebe AB, and Athe *orth ole, Bthe South. !say that in ABthe end of the stone, the force is greater, and inthe middle of the line ILN, it s more weak and drowsy, unlessthere be any #irtueunknown in the right and left side CD. utthe nearer it is to the *orth or South, the more it augments, butthe farther off it is, the more it faints. reak the stone in Cand, wherein there lay a #irtueunercei%ed, but it will aear
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when the stone is broken and shows its roerties, and one ointshall show forth the *orth, the other the South. And if thesethings seem suerfluous, yet are they necessary, as the groundsof what ! must say.

Chapter VII"That y the tou!hing of other stones,

those points wi not !hange theirfor!es."

And because ! said that the Loadstonedoes not always holdits forces equal, but that one stone is more owerful in oerationthen another, for some are faint and weak, ! shall ut the firstquestion, whether by rubbing and touching the weaker stones

with the stronger, those forces will be changed, or stay as theywere, as, if a Loadstoneis sluggish in ointing out the ole,whether in a stronger stone rubbed with the *orth oint uon the*orth oint of the weaker, can hel it at all0 or if we shall rub theSouth oint of the other on the *orth oint of this, whether the*orth oint rubbed on will be gone and become the South 1oint,or continue in its former #irtue- here we ha%e not reason todirect us, e(erience shall ro%e it. For let a Loadstonebe ofwhat forces and roerties it may be, by rubbing it against aLoadstoneof less #irtue, it will ne%er lose anything, butcontinues immutable, and being left at liberty in its boat, it will

turn %oluntarily to its own ole, and decline the contrary art.And though we cannot find the cause of it, yet it seems notagainst reason0 ! say, that in stones of the same kind, thegreater stones ha%e the greatest forces0 and one Loadstoneisrubbed against another, it will lea%e certain hairs, which are butthe bruised small arts of the stone, that stick like hairs, andthese are they that lend force to Ironand other things to attract,
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and to turn to the ole0 but if the stone that is rubbed andrecei%es it be greater then those hairs, it can ne%er be that thegreater #irtueshould be conquered by the less, always thestones being of the same kind, since the hairs ha%e as it were noroortion to the magnitude of it. And as the hairs to the stonesmagnitude are insensible, so it is imossible that they can wrestthe force of it to the contrary ole.

Chapter VIII

"That a Loadstone wi draw aLoadstone, and dri$e it from it."

I shall seak of the other oeration of it, which is of itsattracting and reelling. &his is both admirable, anddelightful to behold with our eyes, and to consider inour mind, that the art of one Loadstoneshould socarefully search out another, allure and attracted, toen/oy its comany, and to foster it in its bosom, and

again, another should be such an enemy to it, that theyare at mutual discord, so that utting their contraryends together, the one will be so contrary to the other,and ha%e as it were the force of it, that it will turn thecontrary way. *amely, the *orth art of the one doesnot indifferently draw any art of e%ery other stone, buta distinct and certain art, nor does it dri%e e%ery artfrom it, but that art it naturally abhors, and cannotendure, as being contrary unto it. &he *orth art ofthe one will draw the South art of the other, and dri%eaway from it the *orth art of the same, and the South

art of this is not an enemy to the *orth art of theother, but to the South art of it. &he same will aearbetter by an e(amle...$et there be two stones ACD, and EBF. !n the first stone let Abethe *orth ole, and the int the South, in the stone EFBlet the*orth art be !, and the South B. ! say, if you ut the South art, of the CAD, to the South art B, of the stone EFB, it will
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resently dri%e it from it, and the same will haen if you ut the*orth ole Ato the *orth ole . Again, if you show the *orthoint Ato the South oint !, or the South oint Bto the *orthoint A, as being mutually agreed it will draw the art to it that isnot against it. &he reason of it ! know0 for since that the Southart , had formerly been fast to the *orth art !, when thearts are di%ided they always seek to unite again, to reser%ethe same body, as hilosohers say. ut if the South oint hadbeen fast with the South oint Bof another stone, Bflies offresently, and dearts from it, or if you show the *orth oint A,to the *orth oint !, the same will come to ass, for they refuseone the other, because they did not so stand in their Mine. Here! shall confute the error of Pinyand of his followers, who thinkthat no other Loadstonehas this #irtuebut the stone of'thioia, but it is common to all $oadstones. Also, it is a signsays he, of the 'thioian Stone, because that will draw anotherwhole Loadstoneto it. Also Cardanus falsely affirms that oneLoadstonewill not draw another, but it will draw it, because theIronis concealed in it that it had first drank in. !n brief, the olesthat are unlike, will /oin together, by reason of the similitude oftheir substance, and likeness of inclination, but the oles that arethe same, by a contrary inclination are at enmity. &hat is, the*orth oint seeks the South oint, and South the *orth oint, soshall the South and *orth oints re/ect South and *orth oints.et we must tell you by the way, that when we try the stones,let them not be both great and %ast stones, that being hindered

by their weights cannot erform their office. ut let one begreat, and the other small, or both small, that they may bemutually reulsed or drawn on. &he trial is easy, if they be hungby a thread, or ut into their boats, or if they lay equallybalanced uon the Neede.

Chapter I"

"& sport of the Loadstone."
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Iwill not ass by a merry conceit of the Loadstone, that ! ha%eoften made my friends sort with, for the good of those that arecurious in the search of the reasons of things. How in a shorttime two kinds of sands mingled, and laid on a hea, my bearted on from the other %ery suddenly. For the standers by,that cannot find the reason for it will think it imossible. &hetrick is this0 ound a Loadstoneinto %ery fine sand, and utsome white sand, or some other sand together with it, andmingle them, and make a hea of them. For if you ut aLoadstonesto it, either unco%ered, or co%ered with linen 7thatbystanders may not know it8 resently the sand of theLoadstone, as in league with it, will run like small hairs /oinedtogether, and will stick fast to the stone, which you my brush offand lay aside, then come again, and what is behind will run tothe stone, till you ha%e drawn it all out, and it will cause no littlewonder, that when the Loadstonecomes to the hea, the sandsthat were mingled should be arted asunder. ut the moreeasily to owder the Loadstone, do thus. 1ut the Loadstoneinto an Iron+ortar, lay a blanket or some other soft thing uonit, for it will thus yield to hand2strokes, and resently crumble, ifnot, you must beat hard on the bottom of the +ortar, and batterthe Peste. Also the same thing befalls us in a certain sand thatis brought to us out of an Ironmine from 1orchys, for it has thecolor and shining that Ironhas, and by the ro(imation of theLoadstone, it is soon arted from the other to the admiration of

those that are resent. !t may be this e(eriment was made,because the&n!ientsreort that the Loadstonewill draw Iron,sand, oil, and all things.
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