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⟨in⟩, he should never pay the devil a farthing ⟨of⟩ his debt, whatever shape he came in, or ⟨office⟩ he used to wheedle him out of it, ⟨and⟩ then he could have no power over him. ⟨The⟩ gentlemen on this, living a temperate ⟨frugal⟩ life, grew very rich, and leaving no ⟨children⟩, at his death bequeathed his estate ⟨to⟩ Brazen Nose College, because Friar Bacon ⟨a⟩ member of it, had delivered him from so ⟨great⟩ a danger of body and soul.

CHAP.IV.

How Friar Bacon fram'd a brazen head, which by inchantment was to speak; by that means all England had been walled with brass, if the folly of his man Miles, who was set to watch the head, had not disappointed it, not timely calling his master to answer it; for which he was struck dumb many days.

FRiar Bacon, being now a profound proficient in the art of magic, and many ⟨other⟩ sciences, contrived, with one Friar Bungey, who was his pupil, to do something memorable for the good of his country, and many things they cast in their minds: At ⟨last⟩ they remembered that England had often been harassed and invaded by the Romans, Saxons, Danes, Normans, and other nations,