Sylva sylvarum; or, A natural history. In ten centuries; whereunto is newly added the History natural and experimental of life and death, or of the prolongation of life (1670)
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, Rawley, William, 1588?-1667 · London : Printed by J.R. for William Lee · leaf 173
here-fore the spirits are a little more difperfed in the Sinews, whereby Motion re-maineth in them a little longer ; infomuch, as it is extant in ftory, that anEmperor of Rome, to mew the certainty of his hand, did (hoot a great ForkedArrow at an Efirich, as flie ran fwiftly upon the Stage,… … NATURAL ♦
Natural history
Internet Archive · Biodiversity Heritage Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.