[16.] Galen’s great work.
[17.] John de Monte Regio made a wooden eagle that, when the emperor was entering Nuremburg, flew to meet him, and hovered over his head. He also made an iron fly that, when at dinner, he was able to make start from under his hand, and fly round the table.—See De Bartas, 6me jour 1me semaine.
[18.] Hidden, from the Greek κρυπτω.
[19.] A military term for a small mine.
[20.] The Armada.
[21.] The practice of drawing lots.
[22.] An account.
[23.] See Il. VIII. 18—
“Let down our golden everlasting chain,
Whose strong embrace holds heaven, and earth, and main.”