Salusbury, Thomas, Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I), 1667
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              ſide, or that ſide of the Equinoctiall of the Earth.</s>
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              <s>SAGR. </s>
              <s>I was perſwaded, at the very firſt reading of the Book
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              of
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              Gilbertus
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              ; and having met with a moſt excellent piece of
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              Magnet, I, for a long time, made many Obſervations, and all
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              worthy of extream wonder; but above all, that ſeemeth to me
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              very ſtupendious of increaſing the faculty of taking up Iron ſo
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              much by arming it, like as the ſaid Authour teacheth; and with
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              arming that piece of mine, I multiplied its force in octuple
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              tion; and whereas unarmed it ſcarce took up nine ounces of
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              Iron, it being armed did take up above ſix pounds: And, it
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              may be, you have ſeen this Loadſtone in the ^{*} Gallery of your
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              Moſt Serene Grand Duke
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              (to whom I preſented it) upholding
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              two little Anchors of Iron.</s>
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              |The Magnet
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              armed takes up
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              much more Iron,
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              than when
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              med.
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              + Or Cloſet of
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              rarities.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>I ſaw it many times, and with great admiration, till
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              that a little piece of the like ſtone gave me greater cauſe of
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              der, that is in the keeping of our Academick, which being no
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              more than of ſix ounces weight, and ſuſtaining, when unarmed,
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              hardly two ounces, doth, when armed, take up 160. ounces, ſo
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              as that it is of 80. times more force armed than unarmed, and
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              takes up a weight 26. times greater than its own; a much greater
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              wonder than
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              Gilbert
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              could ever meet with, who writeth, that he
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              could never get any Loadſtone that could reach to take up four
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              times its own weight.</s>
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              <s>SAGR. </s>
              <s>In my opinion, this Stone offers to the wit of man a
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              large Field to Phyloſophate in; and I have many times thought
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              with my ſelf, how it can be that it conferreth on that Iron, which
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              armeth it, a ſtrength ſo ſuperiour to its own; and finally, I finde
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              nothing that giveth me ſatisfaction herein; nor do I find any
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              thing extraordinary in that which
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              Gilbert
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              writes about this
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              cular; I know not whether the ſame may have befallen
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              you.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>I extreamly praiſe, admire, and envy this Authour,
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              for that a conceit ſo ſtupendious ſhould come into his minde,
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              touching a thing handled by infinite ſublime wits, and hit upon
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              by none of them: I think him moreover worthy of
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              nary applauſe for the many new and true Obſervations that he
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              made, to the diſgrace of ſo many fabulous Authours, that write
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              not only what they do not know, but what ever they hear
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              ken by the fooliſh vulgar, never ſeeking to aſſure themſelves of
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              the ſame by experience, perhaps, becauſe they are unwilling to
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              diminiſh the bulk of their Books. </s>
              <s>That which I could have
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              ſired in
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              Gilbert,
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              is, that he had been a little greater
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              an, and particularly well grounded in
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              Geometry,
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              the practice
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              whereof would have rendered him leſs reſolute in accepting thoſe
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              reaſons for true Demonſtrations, which he produceth for true </s>
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