Blasii de Manfre, Blasius Manfredi, the Water Spouter. 17th century Maltese performer who drank water and spouted wine, beer, oil and milk. Magician, puppeteer and juggler, died aged 72 in 1651. Woodcut after Sebastian Janet from The Cabinet of Curiosities, or Wonders of the World Displayed, Henry Piercy, New York, 1836.

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