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or_o liquid_a in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o bitumen_n as_o it_o be_v find_v in_o the_o mine_n before_o it_o be_v separate_v by_o fusion_n from_o its_o earth_n it_o be_v call_v live_v it_o differ_v from_o vitriol_n only_o in_o the_o external_a form_n and_o each_o may_v easy_o be_v transform_v into_o the_o other_o therefore_o they_o have_v much_o the_o same_o quality_n and_o virtue_n only_o this_o last_o be_v more_o inflammable_a and_o a_o particular_a friend_n to_o the_o lung_n thus_o much_o as_o to_o the_o nature_n of_o those_o mineral_n that_o have_v embue_v these_o water_n from_o whence_o may_v be_v gather_v the_o reason_n why_o it_o cure_v recent_a obstruction_n cleanse_v the_o reins_o ureter_n and_o bladder_n aid_n dropsical_a person_n case_n the_o pain_n of_o the_o gout_n and_o rhumatism_n procure_v a_o appetite_n fortify_v the_o tone_n of_o the_o stomach_n and_o corroborate_v the_o visceras_fw-la now_o as_o to_o this_o essential_a vitriolic_a salt_n of_o mars_n which_o i_o have_v mention_v to_o be_v use_v to_o add_v strength_n and_o energy_n to_o those_o water_n that_o be_v but_o superficial_o embue_v with_o mineral_n tincture_n it_o may_v seem_v strange_a to_o some_o person_n and_o i_o expect_v that_o some_o will_v be_v sound_a among_o the_o ignorant_a mobile_a that_o will_v deride_v my_o proposition_n but_o host_n oblatrante_v caniculos_fw-la cum_fw-la contemptu_fw-la praetereo_fw-la i_o address_v myself_o to_o the_o learned_a only_o and_o to_o they_o i_o further_o add_v that_o beside_o the_o extraction_n of_o this_o essential_a salt_n from_o mineral_n water_n and_o the_o rejoyn_v of_o it_o to_o other_o of_o the_o same_o nature_n or_o to_o its_o former_a vehicle_n in_o a_o large_a proportion_n than_o before_o i_o say_v that_o of_o late_a day_n all_o mineral_n water_n either_o for_o drink_v or_o bathe_v have_v be_v by_o some_o ingenious_a artist_n so_o exact_o imitate_v after_o some_o philosophical_a speculation_n use_v on_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o natural_a 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