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thing_n to_o imagine_v that_o this_o stone_n be_v breed_v thus_o in_o the_o gaul_n and_o that_o it_o contract_v not_o its_o bitter_a taste_n therefrom_o soap_n be_v boil_v and_o make_v out_o of_o alcaly_a and_o oil_n and_o become_v a_o body_n of_o a_o salt_n taste_v and_o white_a because_o no_o foreign_a thing_n enter_v into_o it_o to_o which_o if_o you_o add_v in_o boil_v juice_n of_o beet_n it_o acquire_v a_o green_a colour_n and_o if_o gaul_n be_v likewise_o add_v to_o that_o juice_n the_o soap_n must_v needs_o be_v bitter_a so_o the_o stone_n of_o the_o kidney_n be_v of_o a_o red_a colour_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o blood_n which_o transude_v or_o soak_v thither_o by_o little_a and_o little_a out_o of_o the_o vein_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o morbous_a acid_n and_o enter_v into_o the_o coagulum_fw-la tinge_n and_o die_v the_o stone_n the_o stone_n of_o the_o bladder_n be_v white_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o slime_n find_v in_o the_o bladder_n and_o shall_v not_o the_o stone_n breed_v 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alcahest_n which_o yet_o be_v not_o free_a from_o adulterator_n but_o instead_o thereof_o the_o reformer_n substitute_n vinegar_n 71._o vinegar_n in_o append_v f._n 71._o hereupon_o be_v instruct_v by_o my_o loss_n i_o become_v my_o own_o schoolmaster_n and_o have_v often_o think_v upon_o that_o say_v of_o escheurenterus_n to_o gratarolus_n thou_o know_v on_o easy_a term_n the_o sentence_n pass_v at_o bononia_n that_o he_o be_v proclaim_v a_o traitor_n to_o his_o country_n and_o worthy_a to_o be_v hang_v who_o first_o make_v a_o filatory_a at_o trent_n in_o germany_n which_o be_v a_o engine_n whereby_o raw_a silk_n by_o spindle_n be_v artificial_o draw_v into_o thread_n so_o that_o i_o have_v hitherto_o conceal_v that_o which_o may_v ennoble_v a_o physician_n be_v jealous_a not_o without_o cause_n lest_o by_o my_o sluggishness_n and_o neglect_n it_o may_v fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o impostor_n and_o thereby_o the_o worthy_a and_o the_o unworthy_a shall_v undergo_v the_o same_o 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lofty_a brow_n now_o say_v he_o let_v we_o come_v to_o the_o examination_n of_o the_o salt_n of_o treacle_n of_o the_o ancient_n who_o preparation_n be_v so_o childish_a and_o absurd_a that_o their_o simplicity_n do_v no_o where_n more_o appear_v than_o about_o it_o etc._n etc._n and_o a_o little_a after_o animal_n only_o have_v volatile_a salt_n and_o in_o a_o violent_a calcination_n leave_v common_o nothing_o behind_o they_o save_v only_o terra_fw-la mortua_fw-la yea_o the_o rest_n of_o their_o absurdity_n be_v not_o to_o be_v pass_v over_o in_o silence_n cause_n do_v not_o tast_o condemn_v the_o guiltless_a not_o have_v thorough_o weigh_v their_o cause_n in_o that_o they_o substitute_v sal_fw-la ammoniac_a in_o the_o place_n of_o common_a salt_n not_o at_o all_o as_o i_o perceive_v understand_v the_o matter_n because_o all_o the_o sal_fw-la ammoniac_a be_v vanish_v into_o air_n and_o so_o there_o remain_v nothing_o to_o they_o neither_o of_o the_o viper_n nor_o of_o their_o add_v 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chap._n 21._o and_o he_o write_v thus_o to_o apothecary_n that_o these_o be_v boil_v according_a to_o art_n but_o among_o metal_n there_o be_v none_o that_o do_v more_o ready_o associate_v with_o fix_a acid_n than_o lead_v for_o according_a to_o the_o species_n of_o the_o acid_n it_o change_v its_o form_n as_o i_o have_v say_v of_o alcalyes_n the_o steam_n of_o vinegar_n turn_v it_o into_o white_a ceruse_n acidity_n in_o flame_n into_o red_a minium_n glass_n lead_n yield_v colour_n and_o glass_n by_o the_o acid_n of_o sulphur_n fire_n be_v add_v it_o be_v turn_v into_o black_a with_o acid_n mineral_n impure_a and_o mix_v '_o tis-turned_n into_o a_o double_a litarge_fw-fr with_o the_o acid_n of_o yellow_a clay_n it_o be_v burn_v into_o glass_n of_o a_o box-like_a colour_n with_o the_o acid_n of_o black_a clay_n into_o a_o swart_a vitreous_a colour_n as_o the_o glass-man_n know_v for_o which_o cause_n melter_n and_o refiner_n of_o metal_n do_v honour_v it_o very_o much_o because_o it_o 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