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 To tell someone that by puttingholding a
finger to his forehead, you will prevent him from
exiting a chamber

XMake him put his arm around a
bedpost or something similar, & with the same arm,
let him hold a finger to his forehead.


XWager someone e that walking
to a certain place and back, he cannot say boot without spurs four times
in a row

XIf he tries to say a it,
but be sure that he speaks loudly, once he has been
there & back, you will tell him that he has lost, because he needed
to say boots four times without saying spurs, for that is your
wager.


To make a candlestick hold to the wall without
making a hole in it
X
Make a servant hold it to the
wall.


XHow not to break a glass with a
log or a large stick

XYou will cut from it a piece as big as a
toothpick, & thus you will give to him from a
log or a large stick, with which he will not be able
to break the glass.


Writing cunningly

Cut some long strips of fine parchment & mark them
according to their order with A B C & cætera, then sew them inside
the hem of a shirt of rough cloth, like that of a
messenger, who, if you want to take his shirt, will know
nothing of it.

