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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o know_v not_o whether_o the_o mistake_v be_v the_o printer_n or_o transcriber_n it_o be_v not_o i_o i_o never_o write_v out_o that_o letter_n there_o be_v several_a other_o small_a error_n i_o take_v notice_n of_o in_o run_v over_o my_o print_a paper_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pigmy_n which_o shall_v have_v have_v no_o comma_n between_o and_o the_o like_a but_o i_o have_v not_o my_o book_n now_o at_o hand_n to_o note_v they_o particular_o and_o therefore_o must_v lie_v at_o m._n stubbe_n mercy_n but_o these_o follow_a thing_n be_v note_v while_o my_o paper_n be_v by_o i_o to_o prevent_v mistake_n p._n 174._o when_o i_o say_v it_o must_v be_v grant_v that_o two_o pair_n viz._n of_o spectacle_n ordinary_o hinder_v 〈◊〉_d sight_n i_o will_v not_o be_v understand_v 〈◊〉_d they_o do_v so_o when_o use_v by_o those_o of_o greatâ—â—_n age._n for_o two_o pair_n to_o they_o have_v but_o the_o power_n of_o one_o p._n 178._o when_o i_o say_v telescope_n represent_v 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13._o and_o it_o be_v notorious_o evident_a in_o this_o next_o instance_n i_o have_v say_v chemistry_n have_v a_o pretence_n to_o the_o great_a hermes_n for_o its_o author_n how_o true_o i_o will_v not_o dispute_v but_o m._n stubb_n will_v make_v i_o dispute_v whether_o i_o will_v or_o no._n for_o after_o he_o have_v recite_v these_o word_n he_o say_v he_o can_v tell_v i_o what_o he_o be_v sure_a i_o be_o ignorant_a of_o the_o egyptian_n do_v never_o attribute_v to_o hermes_n the_o invention_n of_o physic_n or_o any_o part_n of_o it_o p._n 50._o how_o do_v this_o scribbler_n confute_v his_o own_o dream_n who_o say_v that_o the_o egyptian_n attribute_n to_o hermes_n the_o invention_n of_o physic_n or_o any_o part_n of_o it_o how_o easy_a be_v it_o to_o pile_v up_o author_n against_o any_o writer_n if_o a_o man_n may_v take_v this_o liberty_n of_o make_v he_o say_v what_o he_o please_v i_o say_v chemistry_n have_v a_o pretence_n to_o hermes_n for_o its_o author_n and_o m._n stubb_n confute_v i_o by_o prove_v the_o egyptian_n do_v never_o ascribe_v the_o invention_n of_o physic_n to_o he_o and_o what_o then_o the_o usual_a conclusion_n follow_v m._n stubb_n be_v a_o industrious_a impertinent_a but_o will_v he_o say_v there_o be_v no_o ground_n for_o my_o affirmation_n that_o chemistry_n have_v a_o pretence_n to_o hermes_n for_o its_o author_n he_o quote_v vossius_n for_o the_o derivation_n of_o the_o word_n from_o the_o greek_a p._n 51._o if_o he_o have_v read_v out_o that_o leaf_n in_o vossius_fw-la he_o will_v have_v find_v a_o reason_n for_o that_o passage_n of_o i_o that_o learned_a man_n tell_v we_o transiit_fw-la alchymia_fw-gr disciplina_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la ab_fw-la arabibus_fw-la sive_fw-la mauris_n mauros_fw-la verò_fw-la ab_fw-la aegyptiis_fw-la accepisse_fw-la autumant_fw-la egyptii_fw-la rursum_fw-la edocti_fw-la existimantur_fw-la ab_fw-la hermete_n seu_fw-la mercurio_n trismegisto_n vos_fw-fr de_fw-fr philos._n c._n 9_o p._n 68_o this_o say_v of_o vossius_fw-la have_v be_v enough_o to_o justify_v so_o transient_a a_o passage_n but_o again_o sennertus_n be_v a_o author_n against_o who_o m._n stubb_n say_v he_o hope_v there_o be_v no_o exception_n p._n 58._o this_o author_n he_o quote_v in_o that_o page_n if_o he_o have_v here_o either_o read_v out_o the_o chapter_n which_o he_o cite_v he_o will_v have_v see_v another_o reason_n why_o i_o say_v chemistry_n have_v a_o pretence_n to_o hermes_n for_o its_o author_n for_o thus_o that_o celebrate_a writer_n post_fw-la diluvium_fw-la à _fw-la plerisque_fw-la sive_fw-la inventio_fw-la sive_fw-la propagatio_fw-la chymiae_n ad_fw-la hermetem_fw-la trismegistum_n refertur_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la eo_fw-la ars_fw-la chymica_fw-la dicitur_fw-la hodie_fw-la ars_fw-la hermetica_fw-la vas_n hermetis_fw-la &_o sigillum_fw-la hermetis_fw-la provulgantur_fw-la omnes_fw-la chymici_fw-la hactenus_fw-la censuerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la scribit_fw-la albertus_n magnus_fw-la quòd_fw-la hermes_n fit_a radix_fw-la super_fw-la quam_fw-la omnes_fw-la philosophi_fw-la sustentati_fw-la sunt_fw-la sen._n de_fw-la natura_fw-la chym._n cap._n 3._o this_o be_v another_o instance_n how_o well_o m._n stubb_n himself_o be_v acquaint_v with_o the_o author_n he_o quote_v and_o a_o evidence_n that_o he_o read_v only_o such_o scrap_n of_o they_o as_o he_o think_v make_v for_o his_o turn_n and_o may_v it_o not_o reflect_v shame_n upon_o a_o man_n of_o his_o pretence_n that_o his_o adversary_n shall_v be_v justify_v by_o the_o very_a book_n he_o himself_o cite_v and_o even_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n and_o leaf_n whence_o he_o take_v passage_n from_o they_o yea_o and_o in_o a_o thing_n too_o that_o relate_v to_o his_o own_o profession_n and_o here_o i_o can_v but_o take_v notice_n of_o a_o other_o instance_n of_o his_o knowledge_n in_o the_o author_n with_o which_o he_o have_v the_o most_o reason_n to_o be_v acquaint_v he_o tell_v we_o p._n 112._o that_o dr._n harvy_n in_o his_o two_o answer_n to_o 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