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line_n and_o kingdom_n if_o you_o can_v their_o manner_n eke_o with_o all_o their_o whole_a attire_n which_o if_o thou_o do_v and_o know_v to_o what_o effect_n the_o learned_a sophy_n will_v thou_o not_o reject_v but_o to_o knit_v up_o this_o discourse_n which_o some_o may_v deride_v which_o we_o shall_v leave_v to_o their_o own_o extravagant_a fancy_n we_o shall_v give_v you_o the_o testimony_n of_o two_o eminent_a person_n of_o the_o secret_n contain_v in_o this_o metal_n and_o first_o that_o of_o paracelsus_n 122._o who_o though_o a_o dark_a author_n as_o many_o account_v he_o yet_o few_o come_v more_o close_o to_o the_o mark_n who_o word_n be_v these_o where_o he_o make_v saturn_n speak_v of_o himself_o mundo_fw-la minime_fw-la foret_fw-la utile_fw-la si_fw-la cognosceret_fw-la aut_fw-la saltem_fw-la crederet_fw-la quidnam_fw-la in_o i_o lateat_fw-la efficere_fw-la que_fw-la possim_fw-la utilius_fw-la foret_fw-la si_fw-la mecum_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la possum_fw-la facere_fw-la calleret_fw-la alchymistarum_fw-la art_n omnes_fw-la deserens_fw-la hoc_fw-la solo_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o i_o est_fw-la &_o per_fw-la i_o fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la uteretur_fw-la 594._o last_o to_o bring_v up_o the_o rear_n as_o a_o most_o stout_a champion_n we_o shall_v give_v the_o witness_n of_o the_o experience_a adeptist_n helmonâ—_n who_o have_v show_v the_o difficulty_n to_o obtain_v medicament_n forth_o of_o gold_n silver_n common_a mercury_n say_v thus_o sunt_fw-la ergo_fw-la praeterea_fw-la quatuor_fw-la metalla_fw-la quae_fw-la facilius_fw-la ductui_fw-la &_o optatui_fw-la artificum_fw-la parent_n adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la frustra_fw-la paracelsus_n glorietur_fw-la solo_fw-la plumbo_fw-la forte_fw-fr ducentas_fw-la morborum_fw-la class_n superari_fw-la posse_fw-la chap._n xxiii_o of_o the_o description_n of_o tin_n of_o its_o oar_n operation_n stock_n float_v fall_n and_o strike_v passage_n and_o the_o like_a it_o seem_v that_o betwixt_o the_o stannum_fw-la or_o tin_n of_o the_o ancient_n and_o that_o which_o late_a author_n call_v plumbum_fw-la album_fw-la white_a lead_n which_o now_o be_v take_v to_o be_v our_o common_a tin_n there_o be_v many_o that_o have_v make_v a_o difference_n but_o if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o thing_n it_o be_v now_o unknown_a therefore_o we_o shall_v say_v nothing_o of_o it_o but_o proceed_v to_o that_o which_o be_v common_o know_v by_o that_o name_n 24._o which_o wormius_n thus_o describe_v tin_n be_v a_o imperfect_a metal_n soft_a and_o consist_v of_o a_o plentiful_a mercury_n less_o fix_v and_o of_o a_o white_a impure_a sulphur_n of_o more_o difficult_a fusion_n then_o lead_v scarce_o contract_v rust_n and_o will_v ring_v or_o make_v a_o sound_n rulandus_n thus_o tin_n be_v a_o metallic_a body_n white_z not_o pure_a 445._o livid_n participate_v of_o little_a earthliness_n of_o argent-vive_a pure_a fix_v and_o not_o fix_v clear_a and_o white_a in_o its_o outside_n and_o red_a in_o its_o inside_n and_o of_o such_o a_o 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the_o mineral_n that_o be_v find_v wash_v down_o or_o otherwise_o bring_v down_o into_o the_o valley_n shoad_n 11._o they_o have_v a_o thing_n they_o call_v mundick_n sometime_o find_v in_o the_o ore_n which_o they_o separate_v lest_o it_o shall_v spoil_v the_o ore_n some_o of_o it_o be_v yellow_a which_o be_v the_o worst_a and_o sometime_o of_o other_o colour_n and_o the_o mundick_n after_o smelting_a the_o ore_n 317._o be_v blackish_a and_o hard_a of_o it_o mr._n boyl_n say_v thus_o mundick_n i_o have_v have_v of_o a_o fine_a golden_a colour_n but_o though_o it_o be_v affirm_v to_o hold_v no_o metal_n yet_o i_o find_v it_o in_o weight_n and_o otherwise_o to_o differ_v from_o marchasite_n and_o the_o my_o man_n think_v it_o of_o a_o poisonous_a nature_n 12._o they_o have_v a_o thing_n they_o call_v maxy_n mix_v with_o the_o ore_n which_o can_v be_v separate_v by_o the_o water_n but_o by_o the_o fire_n and_o then_o smell_v very_o ill_a and_o be_v of_o a_o bluish_a colour_n 13._o last_o they_o also_o find_v something_o like_o bright_a ore_n which_o they_o call_v shim_n and_o thus_o much_o of_o this_o metal_n see_v there_o be_v no_o need_n to_o speak_v of_o any_o medicament_n prepare_v forth_o of_o it_o because_o i_o have_v not_o have_v experience_n of_o any_o such_o chap._n xxiv_o of_o the_o several_a sort_n of_o mercury_n according_a to_o the_o mystical_a philosopher_n or_o adeptists_n though_o i_o may_v be_v censure_v various_o by_o several_a sort_n of_o man_n for_o intermeddle_v in_o such_o a_o mysterious_a and_o high_a a_o subject_n as_o this_o chapter_n import_v yet_o without_o value_v they_o i_o shall_v lay_v open_a some_o thing_n that_o have_v not_o be_v much_o note_v or_o understand_v by_o many_o that_o think_v themselves_o sufficient_o know_v in_o these_o matter_n and_o leave_v they_o to_o those_o that_o with_o i_o do_v understand_v the_o author_n from_o who_o i_o have_v these_o thing_n i_o now_o treat_v of_o be_v assure_v that_o these_o thing_n be_v not_o 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