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must suddenly slip out the end or eorner, putting up the knot of your handkerchief with your forefinger and thumb, as you would put up the aforesaid knot of your bridle; than deliver the same covered and wrapt within the midst of the handkerchief to one to hold fast, and after pronouncing some words of art, take the handkerchief and shake it, and it will be loose.
How to take three Button Moulds off two Strings.
Take two little whipcords of two feet long apieee, double them equally so as there may appear four ends; then take three button moulds, the hole of one of them must be bigger than the rest, and put one button mould upon the eye or bout of the one eord, and another on the other cord; than take the button mould with the greatest hole, and let both the bouts be hiden therein; whieh may be the better done if you put the eye or bout of the one into the eye or bout of the other; then pull the middle button upon the same being doubled over his fellow, so will the heads seem to be put over the two eords, you may loose them as you list, and make it seem manifest to the beholders, whieh may not see how they are done, but that the buttons are put upon the two cords without any fraud, then must you seem to add a more affeetual binding of those buttons to the strings, and make a one half of a knot, with one of the ends of each side, which is for no other purpose, but that when the buttons be taken away, the eords may be seen in the case, whieh the beholders suppose them to be in before, for when you have made your half knots, which in any wise you may not double to make
