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two_o mineral_n of_o his_o spa_n viz._n vitriol_n and_o iron_n as_o to_o the_o body_n of_o they_o ☞_o ☞_o to_o which_o i_o reply_v i_o have_v one_o argumentum_fw-la ad_fw-la hominem_fw-la still_o leave_v if_o i_o point_v out_o mr._n s._n contradict_v himself_o in_o this_o assertion_n and_o confess_v both_o these_o mineral_n to_o be_v there_o than_o i_o hope_v the_o reader_n will_v be_v satisfy_v that_o what_o i_o affirm_v in_o my_o book_n concern_v they_o be_v true_a and_o all_o this_o ill_a language_n ought_v to_o have_v be_v spare_v habemus_fw-la reum_fw-la confitentem_fw-la turn_v to_o p._n 39_o his_o word_n be_v nor_o be_v this_o variation_n of_o colour_n by_o gall_n a_o sufficient_a argument_n of_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o minera_n of_o iron_n iron_n he_o confess_v iron_n although_o i_o do_v not_o deny_v it_o to_o be_v a_o ingredient_n now_o turn_v to_o p._n 44._o where_o he_o grant_v that_o there_o be_v a_o solution_n of_o the_o minera_n of_o iron_n in_o this_o spa_n his_o 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will_v not_o a_o little_a more_o modesty_n well_o become_v this_o young_a man_n than_o thus_o to_o fly_v in_o my_o face_n without_o a_o cause_n i_o have_v already_o declare_v my_o design_n in_o write_v that_o book_n be_v not_o to_o make_v long_a discourse_n either_o philosophical_a or_o medicinal_a since_o it_o will_v not_o have_v suit_v vulgar_a reader_n to_o who_o i_o be_v to_o write_v and_o therefore_o it_o will_v have_v be_v abs_fw-la re_fw-mi to_o have_v discourse_v concern_v the_o analytical_a part_n of_o vitriol_n or_o any_o other_o of_o the_o material_n find_v in_o the_o water_n or_o their_o preparation_n he_o can_v but_o think_v my_o experience_n in_o re_fw-mi medica_fw-la may_v minister_v to_o i_o some_o observation_n concern_v the_o nature_n of_o they_o all_o but_o i_o think_v it_o most_o proper_a brief_o as_o i_o can_v to_o give_v the_o sense_n of_o our_o principal_a author_n that_o treat_v of_o they_o and_o particular_o of_o vitriol_n as_o galen_n dioscorides_n serapio_n etc._n etc._n who_o he_o have_v not_o the_o patience_n to_o hear_v name_v i_o know_v paracelsus_n in_o many_o place_n of_o his_o work_n extol_v it_o to_o the_o star_n and_o count_v all_o the_o medicine_n in_o the_o world_n in_o ordinary_a use_n trifle_n in_o comparison_n of_o it_o but_o such_o rancour_n do_v he_o show_v in_o all_o his_o write_n where_o he_o treat_v of_o it_o that_o i_o do_v not_o think_v it_o worth_a the_o while_n to_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o what_o he_o say_v nor_o to_o put_v he_o in_o the_o same_o rank_n with_o those_o prince_n in_o physic_n that_o i_o here_o mention_v especial_o since_o i_o do_v in_o that_o short_a rehearsal_n of_o its_o quality_n comprise_v all_o the_o eminent_a property_n of_o natural_a vitriol_n concern_v which_o i_o be_v to_o speak_v refer_v the_o learned_a reader_n to_o the_o author_n themselves_o concern_v their_o further_a satisfaction_n yet_o because_o i_o will_v please_v mr._n simpson_n ☜_o ill_n now_o refer_v he_o to_o paracelsus_n who_o will_v tell_v he_o that_o i_o have_v do_v but_o as_o i_o ought_v i_o mention_v this_o before_o consult_v he_o therefore_o lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr aq._n medicine_n summum_fw-la ergo_fw-la studium_fw-la esse_fw-la debet_fw-la ut_fw-la natura_fw-la lapidum_fw-la metallicorum_fw-la &_o similium_fw-la exact_v teneatur_fw-la fic_z enim_fw-la fiet_fw-la ut_fw-la aquarum_fw-la ex_fw-la illis_fw-la genitarum_fw-la conditio_fw-la ac_fw-la vis_fw-la probe_n cognita_fw-la sit_fw-la great_a care_n ought_v to_o be_v have_v that_o the_o nature_n of_o stone_n metal_n and_o such_o like_a be_v exact_o observe_v for_o so_o the_o condition_n and_o virtue_n of_o the_o water_n that_o have_v imbibe_v they_o will_v be_v best_a understand_v and_o in_o what_o part_n or_o respect_n soever_o the_o virtue_n of_o vitriol_n consist_v it_o matter_n not_o much_o it_o be_v enough_o that_o we_o be_v sure_a that_o though_o full_a
it_o concern_v his_o quaerie_n how_o i_o will_v demonstrate_v those_o to_o be_v vitrioline_n spirit_n which_o be_v lose_v in_o the_o water_n carry_v at_o distance_n i_o return_v the_o same_o answer_n which_o here_o i_o have_v already_o lay_v down_o and_o need_v not_o to_o repeat_v only_o to_o that_o which_o i_o urge_v out_o of_o fallopius_n i_o will_v subjoin_v the_o opinion_n of_o dr_n here_o be_v in_o his_o spadacrene_n cap._n 6._o p._n 44._o where_o he_o be_v prove_v the_o german_a spaw_n to_o have_v imbibe_v vitriol_n conjecturam_fw-la hanc_fw-la dvae_fw-la rationes_fw-la firmant_fw-la utraque_fw-la nifallor_fw-la evidentissima_fw-la etc._n etc._n these_o two_o reason_n say_v he_o do_v evident_o confirm_v this_o opinion_n one_o be_v because_o where_o such_o acid_a water_n be_v find_v there_o be_v usual_o find_v something_o of_o the_o minera_n of_o vitriol_n near_o at_o hand_n and_o thus_o it_o be_v at_o scarbrough_n within_o sixscore_o pace_n of_o the_o spa_n where_o vitriol_n 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as_o his_o constant_a way_n be_v whereby_o he_o confound_v both_o himself_o and_o the_o reader_n and_o disparage_v that_o spring_n affirm_v it_o not_o to_o be_v of_o much_o more_o efficacy_n than_o so_o much_o trencher_n salt_n dissolve_v in_o such_o a_o proportion_n of_o ordinary_a water_n in_o p._n 146._o in_o opposition_n to_o which_o i_o can_v join_v issue_n with_o he_o but_o i_o shall_v rather_o leave_v that_o to_o other_o more_o concern_v to_o assert_v their_o experience_n who_o probable_o will_v think_v themselves_o concern_v to_o maintain_v the_o ancient_a reputation_n both_o of_o this_o and_o the_o sweet_a spa_n which_o he_o have_v not_o a_o little_a blast_v spring_n of_o hot_a spring_n in_o p._n 148._o he_o treat_v of_o the_o original_a of_o hot_a spring_n where_o he_o borrow_v large_o from_o kircher_n in_o his_o mund._o subter_fw-la together_o with_o his_o experiment_n as_o also_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr rochas_n at_o last_o he_o determine_v that_o they_o proceed_v from_o 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