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and_o project_v it_o upon_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o dam_n of_o steel_n or_o copper_n and_o it_o shall_v convert_v it_o into_o silver_n better_a than_o that_o of_o the_o i_o this_o be_v the_o great_a and_o last_o work_n that_o it_o can_v effect_v if_o god_n will_n chap._n xvi_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o foresay_a stone_n into_o red_a and_o if_o thou_o desire_v to_o convert_v this_o mastery_n into_o gold_n take_v of_o this_o medicine_n which_o as_o i_o say_v thou_o have_v bring_v to_o this_o honourable_a estate_n and_o excellency_n the_o weight_n of_o one_o dram_n and_o this_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o thy_o former_a example_n and_o put_v it_o in_o a_o vessel_n and_o bury_v it_o in_o hors-dung_n for_o forty_o day_n and_o it_o shall_v be_v dissolve_v then_o thou_o shall_v give_v it_o water_n of_o the_o dissolve_a body_n to_o drink_v first_o as_o much_o as_o amount_v to_o half_a his_o weight_n afterward_o until_o it_o be_v congeal_v thou_o shall_v bury_v it_o in_o most_o hot_a 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