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...with how much pleasure I overwhelmed him, when I showed him the microscope original: "Microscopium", a very recent invention at that time and one not seen anywhere else in the world until then. It was prepared with such skill and care that it clearly demonstrated the circulation of the blood original: "circulationem sanguinis" itself in a living animal original: "animali vivente", something others believed to be impossible. I myself had visited the workshop of a very great craftsman in London original: "Londini" named Maling. I did not regret looking more closely into the handling of that glass original: "Vitri" itself,