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appoint_v the_o heal_n of_o the_o infirmity_n of_o the_o spleen_n mars_n or_o iron_n be_v say_v to_o cure_v the_o grief_n of_o the_o kidney_n best_o and_o unto_o venus_n or_o copper_n be_v leave_v to_o heal_v the_o defect_n of_o the_o genitals_o and_o this_o be_v not_o only_o so_o esteem_v but_o also_o practise_v according_o and_o that_o by_o authority_n of_o many_o famous_a writer_n ratify_v as_o of_o josephus_n quercitanus_n tho._n muffetus_n jacobus_n swinglerus_n and_o very_o many_o other_o worthy_a author_n in_o that_o art_n the_o number_n of_o which_o it_o will_v be_v tedious_a to_o repeat_v in_o regard_n that_o all_o and_o each_o of_o these_o mineral_n have_v their_o several_a medicine_n proceed_v or_o make_v out_o of_o they_o which_o although_o they_o all_o do_v nâ—t_v always_o bear_v the_o proper_a name_n of_o the_o original_a metal_n from_o whence_o they_o proceed_v yet_o in_o some_o sort_n they_o do_v and_o namely_o from_o sol_n or_o gold_n proceed_v elixir_n aquavitae_fw-la aurum_fw-la potabile_fw-la aurum_fw-la tinctura_fw-la aurum_fw-la solutivum_fw-la aurum_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la meum_fw-la aurum_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la theophrasti_fw-la and_o many_o more_o and_o from_o saturn_n or_o lead_n proceed_v oleum_fw-la saturni_n lac_fw-la virgin_n saccarum_fw-la saturni_n vâ—guentum_fw-la minii_fw-la emplastrum_fw-la de_fw-la minio_n lithergerie_n auri_fw-la argenti_n &_o plumbi_fw-la saccâ—rum_fw-la saturni_n plumbum_fw-la album_fw-la ceruse_n and_o many_o other_o good_a sanative_a medicine_n and_o the_o like_a of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o seven_o mineral_n in_o use_n too_o long_o to_o repeat_v and_o here_o as_o by_o the_o way_n you_o may_v take_v notice_n concern_v saturn_n or_o lead_v that_o all_o sort_n of_o lithergie_n they_o be_v no_o other_o thing_n then_o lead_v mere_o and_o to_o be_v reduce_v into_o lead_n again_o even_o so_o mercury_n or_o quicksilver_n which_o have_v these_o follow_a medicine_n and_o many_o other_o profitable_a preparation_n descend_v from_o it_o viz_o essentiade_n mercurio_n turbith_n minerale_fw-mi mercurius_n aquavitae_fw-la which_o be_v vomative_a balsamum_n mercurii_n a_o sanative_n mercurius_n diaphoretic_n provoke_a sweat_n mercurius_n diaureticus_n provoke_v urine_n mercurius_n laxativus_fw-la purge_v per_n secessuâ—_n beazor_n minerale_fw-mi which_o be_v different_a two_o way_n viz._n laxance_n vomative_a mercurius_n dulcis_fw-la specifical_a in_o operation_n mercurius_n cum_fw-la jove_n lac_n mercurii_n sublimatum_fw-la in_o itself_o corrosive_a desiccative_a pracipitatum_fw-la suspect_v to_o have_v be_v the_o death_n of_o many_o a_o man_n aqua_fw-la mercurii_n ex_fw-la mercur_fw-la sublimat_n &_o ex_fw-la praeâ—ipitat_fw-la ablutio_fw-la mercurii_n aquavitae_fw-la oleum_fw-la mercurial_a sinabrium_n and_o divers_a other_o preparation_n and_o yet_o to_o all_o these_o apparent_o in_o use_n may_v be_v add_v divers_a water_n oil_n liquor_n etc._n etc._n proceed_v from_o this_o wonder_n of_o nature_n mercury_n 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herself_o to_o be_v a_o sinner_n yet_o conceive_v it_o unmerciful_a that_o her_o sweet_a lover_n and_o friend_n shall_v
pestilential_a boyle_n of_o the_o second_o outward_a sign_n of_o the_o plague_n the_o second_o outward_a sign_n in_o the_o disease_n be_v the_o most_o fierce_a burn_a carbuncle_n call_v anthrax_n or_o the_o burn_a coal_n which_o happen_v he_o &_o ubique_fw-la namely_o in_o every_o part_n of_o man_n body_n without_o order_n rule_n or_o control_n within_o the_o body_n as_o well_o as_o without_o anthrax_n the_o second_o sign_n anthrax_n and_o at_o the_o first_o appearance_n thereof_o if_o visible_a it_o do_v appear_v common_o inflame_v and_o hard_a and_o 〈◊〉_d the_o midst_n thereof_o with_o a_o burn_a pain_n afflict_v the_o sick_a like_a to_o burn_a fire_n yea_o and_o will_v sometime_o blister_v even_o with_o the_o ardent_a fervour_n thereof_o and_o in_o other_o it_o the_o effcte_n of_o it_o it_o will_v itch_v very_o much_o which_o if_o it_o be_v scratch_v there_o will_v come_v forth_o a_o sharp_a red_a yellowish_a or_o sometime_o a_o dusky_a colour_a ichor_n it_o the_o description_n of_o 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