item: #1 of 7
          id: A10749
      author: Rid, Samuel.
       title: The art of iugling or legerdemaine VVherein is deciphered, all the conueyances of legerdemaine and iugling, how they are effected, & wherin they chiefly consist. Cautions to beware of cheating at cardes and dice. The detection of the beggerly art of alcumistry. &, the foppery of foolish cousoning charmes. All tending to mirth and recreation, especially for those that desire to haue the insight and priuate practise thereof. By S.R.
        date: 1612.0
       words: 15191
      flesch: 53
     summary: Beware therefore when you play among strangers of him that seemes simple or drun●●● , for vnder their habit the most speciall cosoners are presented , and while you thinke by their simplicitie and imperfections to beguile them , ( and thereof perchance are perswaded by their confederates ) your very friends as you thinke , you your selfe will be most of all ouertaken . Most worthy sonne , YOur labour and obseruance heerein , with the gift of your first fruits , is both worthy commendations and acceptan●e : and to ●herrish yo● further in this your discouery , I will giue an addition to your second treatise .
    keywords: art; ball; cardes; doe; foure; good; hand; hath; haue; iugling; knife; left; mony; right; seeme; shew; table; testor; thing; vnder; vnto; vpon; vse; words; ● ●
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        item: #2 of 7
          id: A26563
      author: Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486?-1535.
       title: Henry Cornelius Agrippa's fourth book of occult philosophy and geomancy magical elements of Peter de Abano : astronomical geomancy : the nature of spirits : and Arbatel of magick / translated into English by Robert Turner ...
        date: 1655.0
       words: 68568
      flesch: 68
     summary: Therefore thou shalt pray thus : O Lord of heaven and earth , Creator and Maker of all t●ings ●isible and invisible ; I , though unworthy , b● thy assi●●ance call upon ●hee , through thy only-beg●tten Son Jesus Christ our Lord , that thou wilt give unto me thy holy Spirit , to direct me in thy truth unto all good . I must expect some calumnies and obtrectations against this from the malicious prejudiced man , and the lazy affecters of ●gnorance , of whom this age swarms : but ●he voice and sound of t●e Snake and the Goose is all one .
    keywords: adonay; air; angels; aphor; art; ascendant; body; book; castor; causeth; child; circle; day; dead; death; desire; devils; doth; earth; eighth; end; evil; father; fifth; figure; fire; fourth; giveth; god; good; great; hath; head; heaven; holy; hours; house; kind; life; like; lord; magick; man; manner; mars; men; moon; names; nature; ninth; nomen; number; order; page; place; planet; pollux; power; princes; question; qui; saith; saturn; second; seventh; sheweth; sign; sixth; spirits; sun; t ●; thee; things; thou; thy; time; true; water; way; woman; work; world; years; ● e; ● r; ● s; ● ●
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        item: #3 of 7
          id: A26564
      author: Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486?-1535.
       title: Henry Cornelius Agrippa his fourth book of occult philosophy of geomancie, magical elements of Peter de Aban : astronomical geomancie ; the nature of spirits ; Arbatel of magick ; the species or several kindes of magick / translated into English by Robert Turner.
        date: 1665.0
       words: 68056
      flesch: 71
     summary: But Magus is a Persian word primitively , whereby is exprest such a one as is altogether conversant in things divine , and as Plato affirmeth , the art of Magick is the art of worshipping God : and the Persians called their gods 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hence Apollonius saith , that Magus is either 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , that is , that Magus is either a name sometime of him that is a god by nature , and somtimes of him that is in the service of God : in which latter sence it is taken Matth. 2.1 , 2. when the wise-men came to worship Jesus ; and this is the first and highest kinde , which is called divine Magick ; and these the Latines did intitle Sapientes , or wise-men ; for the fear and worship of God is the beginning of knowledge . And we are to call to remembrance in what manner God appeared to Moses in the burning bush ; and also , how he went before the children of Israel in a pillar of fire ; and that nothing can be duely offered , sacrificed , or sanctified , without fire ; and how that God instituted fire to be kept continually in the Tabernacle of the covenant ; and how miraculously he re-kindled the same , being extinct , and preserved it elswhere from going out , being hidden under the waters : and things of this sort .
    keywords: adonay; air; angels; aphor; art; ascendent; body; book; castor; causeth; circle; day; dead; death; desire; devils; divine; doth; dragons; earth; eighth; end; evil; father; fifth; figure; fire; fourth; god; good; great; hath; head; heaven; holy; hours; house; kinde; know; life; like; lord; magick; man; manner; men; moon; names; nature; ninth; nomen; order; place; planet; poll; pollux; power; princes; question; qui; saith; second; seventh; sheweth; signe; sixth; spirits; sun; thee; things; thou; thy; time; water; way; woman; work; world
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        item: #4 of 7
          id: A28798
      author: Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294.
       title: Frier Bacon his discovery of the miracles of art, nature, and magick faithfully translated out of Dr. Dees own copy by T.M. and never before in English.
        date: 1659.0
       words: 12085
      flesch: 71
     summary: Perhaps you may obj●ct , That neither Aristotle , Plato , Hippocr●●es , or Galen ever attained that pr●longation . Fourthly , This obscuring is occasioned by the mixture of several sorts of Letter● , for so the Eth●ick Astronomer hid his knowledge , writing it in H●b●ew , Greek and Latine Le●ters altogether .
    keywords: aristotle; art; bacon; body; books; chap; english; figures; hath; lib; magick; man; men; nature; parts; secrets; soul; spirits; stone; text; things; virtue; water; way; work; ● ●
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        item: #5 of 7
          id: A43811
      author: Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528.
       title: Natvrall and artificiall conclvsions. Compiled first in Latine, by the worthiest and best authors, both of the famous University of Padua in Italy, and divers other places. Englished since, and set forth by Thomas Hill, Londoner, whose own experiments in this kinde, were held most excellent. And now againe published, with a new addition of rarities, for the practise of sundry artificers; as also to recreate wits withall at vacant times.
        date: None
       words: 17777
      flesch: 85
     summary: ANd first , to make a flame of fire to pass suddenly out of the mouth of a pot full of water , take an Egge , making a hole in the head , and draw out all the substance of the same : which so done , then fill the same with the powder of Brimstone and un●●ekt Lime mixed to●ether , shutting the mouth with Wax , and so let it fall to the bottom of a Qu●●tpot full of water , taking quickly your hand away , and suddenly will issue forth a flame out of the mouth of the pot . ANd to doe this , take foure butte● of Raine water ▪ into which put ten Drams of Roach Allum , and ten Drams of Oyntment , of Roman Vitrioll , and Salt Eemme , of each one an ounce , and a scruple of Coppera●● ; and these boyle together ▪ after put therein a quart of Vinegar and ▪ Ta●●er , and ●ommon Salt finely beaten to powder , of each three ounce● , all these inc●●p●●ate againe over a soft fi●e very well ▪ and after occupie the same which maketh a colour like unto Gold .
    keywords: candle; conclusion; doe; draw; egge; end; fire; iron; light; like; man; place; pot; powder; secret; set; silver; stone; thy; time; water; white; ● ●
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        item: #6 of 7
          id: A51802
      author: J. M.
       title: Sports and pastimes, or, Sport for the city and pastime for the country with a touch of hocus pocus, or leger-demain / fitted for the delight and recreation of youth by J.M.
        date: 1676.0
       words: 11390
      flesch: 73
     summary: Then let 's go travail in some other Land , And there we 'l shew our nimble slight of hand ; Where this Book goes no room 's for us to stand . IF the Maid locks up the Victual or Cellar-dore , as there is too many do , contrary to the wills of their Masters and Mistresses , for a speedy revenge use this Receipts ; take Ants eggs the quantity of a small Nut-shell full , then dry them , beat them to Powder , and conveigh them into her broath or drink ; in half an hour you shall have sport enough , for she will fart without measure , endeavouring to hide her self , but cause all Chamber dores to be lock'd before hand , then follow her where she goes , and ask her , If she is not ashamed to fart so ?
    keywords: box; cut; egg; end; fashion; fire; glass; hand; ibid; knife; paper; piece; place; table; water
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        item: #7 of 7
          id: A64768
      author: Vaughan, Thomas, 1622-1666.
       title: Magia adamica or the antiquitie of magic, and the descent thereof from Adam downwards, proved. Whereunto is added a perfect, and full discoverie of the true cœlum terræ, or the magician's heavenly chaos, and first matter of all things. By Eugenius Philalethes.
        date: 1650.0
       words: 37030
      flesch: 67
     summary: {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Taking indeca ( saith hee ) the mind , to bee the Principle , or first Cause of Knowledge , not our own , but that of God , which is above us : but taking the Termes to be Intellectual , and Divine Formes . This appears out of their Semhamaphores ; for they hold not the names of Angls effectuall , unlesse some name of God , as {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} or {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} be united to them then ( say they ) in the power and vertue of those names they may worke .
    keywords: adam; bee; body; cap; chaos; creation; discourse; divine; doctrine; doe; doth; earth; elements; est; fire; god; good; hands; hath; heat; heaven; hee; knowledge; life; light; like; magic; man; matter; mee; men; moses; nature; non; parts; philosophers; place; present; principles; reason; saith; secret; self; sense; shee; spirit; stone; subject; substance; sun; text; thee; things; thou; thy; time; truth; water; wee; white; words; world
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