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etc._n etc._n upon_o which_o account_n the_o chemist_n right_o call_v simple_a earth_n caput_n mortuum_n or_o terra_fw-la damnata_fw-la water_n hereby_o may_v become_v turbid_v and_o muddy_a but_o not_o impregnate_n with_o any_o virtue_n second_o stone_n by_o their_o quality_n of_o cold_a dryness_n and_o stipticity_n come_v near_o that_o of_o earth_n yea_o as_o dr._n jorden_n cap._n 4._o have_v hint_v to_o we_o stone_n in_o their_o simple_a nature_n distinct_a from_o any_o other_o ingredient_n be_v but_o as_o a_o caput_n mortuum_n and_o untamable_a by_o â—ire_n or_o water_n it_o be_v true_a some_o stone_n will_v melt_v other_o by_o calcination_n turn_v as_o it_o be_v to_o ash_n but_o that_o be_v from_o a_o heterogeneous_a mixture_n of_o some_o salt_n metal_n etc._n etc._n and_o this_o may_v be_v conclude_v hence_o the_o more_o pure_a and_o free_a from_o mixture_n stone_n be_v by_o so_o much_o the_o more_o indissolvable_a by_o water_n or_o the_o devour_a flame_n of_o fire_n as_o 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