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all_o and_o every_o one_o as_o for_o that_o spirit_n of_o salt_n necessary_a to_o this_o work_n you_o may_v find_v it_o in_o the_o first_o part_n of_o my_o philosophical_a furnace_n correct_v and_o amend_v but_o the_o way_n of_o separation_n in_o the_o four_o part_n and_o so_o i_o find_v this_o work_n publish_v in_o favour_n of_o those_o who_o by_o war_n though_o honest_a man_n be_v reduce_v to_o poverty_n but_o what_o thing_n be_v deficient_a in_o this_o little_a tract_n shall_v god_n will_v be_v deliver_v in_o the_o next_o which_o shall_v follow_v in_o a_o short_a time_n large_o and_o clear_o without_o fraud_n finis_fw-la the_o content_n of_o the_o first_o part._n of_o the_o structure_n of_o the_o first_o furnace_n 1_o of_o the_o receiver_n 2_o the_o manner_n of_o distil_v 4_o how_o the_o spirit_n of_o salt_n be_v to_o be_v distil_v 9_o of_o the_o use_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o salt_n 12_o a_o distillation_n of_o vegetable_a oil_n whereby_o a_o great_a quantity_n be_v acquire_v then_o by_o that_o common_a way_n by_o a_o gourd_n still_o 13_o the_o clear_a oil_n of_o mastic_n and_o frankincense_n 15_o the_o quintessence_n of_o vegetable_n 18_o the_o quintessence_n of_o metal_n and_o mineral_n ibid._n a_o sweet_a and_o red_a oil_n of_o metal_n and_o mineral_n 19_o the_o oil_n or_o liquor_n of_o gold_n ibid._n oil_n of_o mars_n 20_o oil_n of_o venus_n 21_o oil_n of_o jupiter_n and_o saturn_n ibid._n oil_n of_o mercury_n 22_o oil_n of_o antimony_n ibid._n the_o flower_n of_o antimony_n white_a and_o voltill_o 24_o the_o flower_n of_o antimony_n diaphoretical_a 25_o of_o the_o external_a use_n of_o the_o corrosive_a oil_n of_o antimony_n ibid._n the_o oil_n of_o arsenic_n and_o auripigmentum_fw-la 26_o oil_n of_o lapis_fw-la