Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	ounce_n	put_v	strain_v	3,543	5	10.9000	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03420	Hocus Pocus Junior The anatomy of legerdemain. Or, The art of iugling set forth in his proper colours, fully, plainly, and exactly; so that an ignorant person may thereby learn the full perfection of the same, after a little practise. Unto each trick is added the figure, where it is needfull for instruction.		1638 (1638)	STC 13544; ESTC S116933	27,129	57

it which may extend themselves one of either into each vessell as you may see by the figure I K signifieth the first pipe which reacheth into the first part A B L. M the second pipe that extendeth it selfe into the second part noted C D N O the third pipe that extendeth it selfe into the third part of E F each part also must have his vent else you can neither fill nor empty it these are marked with the letter P Q R upon the top of the foresaid wood must be fastened a peece of liquored leather having three holes in it answerable unto the holes of the wood then upon the wood must bee serued another snout whereby to fill each vessell with a severall liquor V the snouts S T a brasse plate whereunto the snout is sodered W the ser●e that serueth this snout upon the stile in the turned wood G H. Lastly each vessell must have its pipe whereout you may draw the conteined liquor which you may see in the figure and then must there be serued over them another plate with a taper vessell so by turning it about from one hole to another you may deliver each liquor apart whither of them you please A very strange tricke whereby you may seeme to cut a peece of Tape into foure parts and make it whole againe with words TAke a peece of narrow white Tape about two or three yards long first present it to view to any that may desire it then tie both the ends of it together and take one side of it in one hand and the other in the other hand so that the knot may bee about the midst of one side and using some circumstantiall words to beguile your spectators turn one hand about towards your selfe and the other from you so shall you twist the Tape once then clap the ends together and then if you slippe your fore-finger and thumbe of every hand betweene the Tape almost as one would hold a skeine of threed to bee wound this will make one fold or twist as may appeare in the first figure where A signifieth the twist or fold B the knot then in like manner make a second fold about the line D C as you may see by the second figure where B signifieth the knot C the first fold A the second fold Hold then your fore-finger and thumbe of your left hand upon the second twist and upon the knot also and the fore-finger and thumbe of your right hand upon the first fold C and desire some one of your spectators to cut all asunder with a sharpe knife at the crosse line E D. When it is cut hold still your left hand and let all your ends fall you hold in your right hand for there will bee a shew of eight ends foure above and foure below and so the string will bee thought to bee cut into foure parts as may bee seene by the third figure then gather up the ends that you let fall into your left hand and deliver two of the ends seeming to take them at randome unto two severall persons bidding them to hold them fast still keeping your left hand-fingers upon the twists or folds th● 〈◊〉 yo●r right and left hand seeme to tumble and 〈◊〉 a●l the ends together that you had in your left hand tw●st out all the ●lips or peeces which are three as you may see at A and B in the third figure twist them all I say into a little ball and conceale it betweene some of your fingers of your left hand and crumble thereof on another confused heape and after some words said with your right hand deliver this confused heape unto one of the company bidding him to hold it fast saying Hulla passa quicke couragious fiat conjunctio Then bid them looke on it who while they are greedily looking after the event you may with ease convey the ball or roll of ends into your pocket so will it be thought that you have made it whole by vertue of your words An excellent tricke if it bee gracefully handled and a tricke that cost me more trouble to finde then all the rest this I have gone purposely to observe but returned as wise as I went A device how to multiply one face and make it seem to bee an hundred or a thousand THis feare must bee performed by a Looking-Glasse made for the nonce the figure whereof I have fully described with the manner of making it which is thus First make an hoope or phillet of wood horne or such like about the widenesse of an Halfe-Crowne peece in the circumference the thicknesse of this hoope or phillet let be about a quarter of an inch In the middle of this hoope fasten a bottome of wood or brasse and bore in a decent order divers small holes about the bignesse of small peafe or phitches then upon the one side of this bottome set in a peece of Crystall glasse and fasten it in the hoope close to the bottome then take a quantity of quicke-silver and prepare it after this manner Take I say a quantity as an ounce or two of quick-silver and put to it a little salt and stirre them well together then put to them some white wine vineger and wash and stirre all together with a wooden slice then poure away the vineger and wash away the salt with faire water made warme then poure away the water and put the quick-silver into a peece of white leather and bind it up hard and so twist or straine it out into an earthen panne and it will be very bright and pure then put so much of this prepared quicke-silver into the phillet or foresaid hoope as will cover the bottome then let into the hoope another peece of christall glasse fitted thereto and cement the sides that the quick-silver may not runne out and it is done The figure whereof I have here under-set A representeth the one side that giveth the forme of one face to the beholders B the other side that multiplieth the beholders face so oft as there are holes in the middle bottome the use whereof I shall not insist upon ●ince he that is verst in the former feats will better conceive of himselfe to use it then my words can either direct or assist him Of divers pretty Iuggling knacks THere are many feats able to beguile the simple as to deliver meale pepper ginger or any powder out of your mouth after the eating of bread which is done by retaining any of these things stuffed in a little paper or bladder conveyed into your mouth and grinding the same with your teeth Item a rush thorow a peece of trencher having three holes and at the other side in the third hole by reason of an hollow place made betwixt them both so as the sleight consisteth in the turning of the peece of trencher Feats by conveyance of money THe best place to dispose of a peece of money is in the palme of the hand and the best peece for conveyance