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which_o be_v a_o write_v find_v in_o a_o coffin_n upon_o the_o breast_n of_o a_o religious_a man_n which_o seem_v to_o fit_v the_o ward_n of_o this_o lock_n as_o be_v a_o process_n derive_v from_o the_o same_o principle_n i_o desist_v from_o my_o own_o thought_n and_o have_v give_v you_o that_o instead_o of_o they_o 27._o as_o to_o geber_n i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a that_o it_o be_v some_o year_n since_o publish_v in_o english_a by_o another_o hand_n who_o have_v no_o way_n answer_v my_o intention_n neither_o as_o to_o the_o translation_n nor_o the_o method_n of_o the_o work_n as_o to_o the_o translation_n it_o be_v very_o mean_a and_o in_o some_o place_n false_a for_o instance_n see_v the_o latin_a copy_n print_v at_o basil_n anno_fw-la 1572._o pag._n 765._o calce_fw-la capitis_fw-la 29._o at_o these_o word_n lunam_fw-la amalgamatam_fw-la cum_fw-la mercurio_n etc._n etc._n and_o compare_v they_o with_o the_o say_a english_a translation_n print_v anno_fw-la 1678._o page_n 300._o and_o 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volatility_n save_v by_o that_o long_a digestion_n in_o the_o pure_a blood_n of_o young_a infant_n xiii_o for_o in_o that_o this_o argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr being_n join_v with_o sol_n and_o luna_fw-la be_v first_o turn_v with_o they_o into_o a_o plant_n like_o that_o there_o paint_a and_o afterward_o by_o corruption_n into_o serpent_n which_o serpent_n be_v perfect_o dry_v and_o ed_z be_v make_v a_o fine_a powder_n of_o gold_n which_o be_v the_o stone_n fourteen_o this_o strange_a or_o foreign_a discourse_n to_o the_o matter_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o my_o err_a and_o that_o make_v i_o wander_v for_o the_o space_n of_o one_o and_o twenty_o year_n in_o a_o perfect_a meander_n from_o the_o verity_n in_o which_o space_n of_o time_n i_o go_v through_o a_o thousand_o labyrinth_n or_o process_n but_o all_o in_o vain_a yet_o never_o with_o the_o blood_n of_o infant_n for_o that_o i_o account_v wicked_a and_o villainous_a xv._n for_o i_o find_v in_o my_o book_n that_o the_o philosopher_n call_v 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