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nor_o fibre_n nor_o any_o distinct_a part_n to_o perform_v those_o office_n withal_o moreover_o they_o be_v not_o increase_v as_o plant_n be_v by_o nourishment_n whereas_o the_o part_n already_o generate_v be_v extend_v in_o all_o proportion_n by_o the_o ingression_n of_o nutriment_n which_o fill_v and_o enlarge_v they_o but_o only_o be_v augment_v external_o upon_o the_o superficies_n by_o superaddition_n of_o new_a matter_n concoct_v by_o the_o same_o virtue_n and_o spirit_n into_o the_o same_o species_n the_o matter_n whereof_o mineral_n be_v breed_v be_v much_o controvert_v libanius_n aristotle_n make_v the_o humidity_n of_o water_n and_o the_o dryness_n of_o earth_n to_o be_v the_o matter_n of_o all_o mineral_n the_o dryness_n of_o earth_n to_o participate_v with_o fire_n and_o the_o humidity_n of_o water_n with_o air_n as_o zabarella_n interpret_v it_o so_o that_o to_o make_v a_o perfect_a mix_a body_n the_o four_o element_n do_v concur_v and_o to_o make_v the_o mixture_n more_o perfect_a these_o must_v be_v resolve_v into_o vapour_n or_o exhalation_n by_o the_o heat_n of_o fire_n or_o influence_n from_o the_o sun_n and_o other_o planet_n as_o the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o their_o generation_n but_o the_o cause_n of_o their_o congelation_n to_o be_v cold_a in_o such_o body_n as_o heat_n will_v resolve_v this_o vapour_n consist_v partly_o of_o moisture_n and_o partly_o of_o dryness_n if_o all_o the_o moisture_n be_v spend_v turn_v to_o earth_n salt_n or_o concrete_a juice_n which_o dissolve_v in_o moisture_n if_o some_o moisture_n remain_v before_o congelation_n than_o it_o turn_v to_o stone_n 1._o if_o this_o dry_a exhalation_n be_v unctuous_a fat_a and_o combustible_a than_o bitumen_n sulphur_n and_o orpiment_n be_v breed_v of_o it_o if_o it_o be_v dry_a and_o incombustible_a then_o concrete_a juice_n etc._n etc._n but_o if_o moisture_n do_v abound_v in_o this_o vapour_n than_o metal_n be_v generate_v which_o be_v fusible_a and_o malleable_a and_o for_o the_o perfect_a of_o these_o generation_n this_o exhalation_n be_v not_o sufficient_a but_o to_o give_v they_o their_o due_a consistence_n there_o must_v be_v the_o help_n of_o cold_a from_o rock_n in_o the_o earth_n to_o congeal_v this_o exhalation_n 178._o so_o that_o here_o must_v be_v two_o efficient_n heat_n and_o cold_a and_o for_o the_o better_a effect_v of_o this_o these_o exhalation_n do_v insinuate_v themselves_o into_o stone_n in_o the_o form_n of_o dew_n or_o frost_n that_o be_v in_o little_a grain_n but_o differ_v from_o dew_n and_o frost_n in_o this_o that_o these_o be_v generate_v after_o that_o the_o vapour_n be_v convert_v to_o water_n whereas_o mineral_n be_v generate_v before_o this_o conversion_n into_o water_n but_o there_o be_v doubt_n to_o be_v make_v of_o frost_n because_o that_o be_v breed_v before_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o exhalation_n into_o water_n etc._n as_o may_v appear_v meteor_n 1._o according_a to_o this_o assertion_n there_o must_v be_v two_o place_n for_o the_o generation_n of_o mineral_n the_o one_o a_o matrix_fw-la where_o they_o receive_v their_o essence_n by_o heat_n in_o form_n of_o a_o exhalation_n and_o from_o thence_o they_o be_v send_v to_o a_o second_o place_n to_o receive_v their_o congelation_n by_o the_o coldness_n of_o rock_n and_o from_o this_o matrix_fw-la come_v our_o mineral_n water_n and_o not_o from_o the_o place_n of_o congelation_n this_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o mineral_n according_a to_o aristotle_n but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o clear_a but_o that_o it_o leave_v many_o scruple_n both_o concern_v the_o matter_n and_o efficient_n for_o the_o matter_n it_o seem_v not_o probable_a that_o water_n and_o earth_n shall_v make_v any_o thing_n but_o mud_n and_o dirt_n for_o you_o can_v expect_v no_o more_o from_o any_o thing_n than_o be_v in_o it_o the_o one_o be_v cold_a and_o dry_a the_o other_o cold_a and_o moist_a and_o therefore_o as_o fit_a to_o be_v the_o matter_n of_o any_o other_o
and_o expert_a mineralist_n which_o we_o shall_v handle_v full_o and_o at_o large_a and_o for_o order_n sake_n we_o may_v consider_v first_o the_o matter_n of_o which_o they_o hold_v they_o be_v generate_v second_o the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o their_o generation_n three_o the_o manner_n how_o they_o be_v generate_v 1._o the_o ancient_a chemical_a philosopher_n hold_v that_o the_o matter_n out_o of_o which_o the_o metal_n be_v generate_v be_v sulphur_n and_o mercury_n but_o basilius_n valentinus_n paracelsus_n and_o the_o late_a chemist_n have_v add_v salt_n as_o a_o three_o which_o notwithstanding_o though_o they_o seem_v to_o make_v they_o three_o in_o number_n and_o property_n yet_o they_o intend_v but_o one_o homogeneous_a substance_n or_o essence_n and_o the_o most_o of_o they_o join_a salt_n with_o the_o sulphur_n so_o that_o in_o effect_n they_o hold_v but_o two_o and_o this_o sulphur_n and_o mercury_n they_o do_v not_o mean_a of_o those_o that_o be_v vulgar_a as_o the_o most_o of_o their_o adversary_n have_v too_o gross_o mistake_v and_o therefore_o it_o will_v be_v necessary_a in_o the_o first_o place_n to_o clear_v what_o they_o understand_v by_o sulphur_n and_o mercury_n and_o how_o those_o two_o be_v first_o generate_v 309_o 1._o their_o sulphur_n and_o mercury_n they_o various_o describe_v as_o sendivogius_n say_v prima_fw-la materia_fw-la metallorum_fw-la &_o principalis_fw-la est_fw-la humidum_fw-la aeris_fw-la caliditate_fw-la mixtum_fw-la hanc_fw-la philosophi_fw-la mercurium_fw-la nominarunt_fw-la qui_fw-la radiis_fw-la solis_fw-la &_o lunae_fw-la gubernatur_fw-la in_o mari_fw-fr philosophico_fw-la the_o first_o and_o principal_a matter_n of_o metal_n be_v the_o humidity_n of_o the_o air_n mix_v with_o calidity_n this_o the_o philosopher_n have_v name_v mercury_n which_o be_v govern_v with_o the_o ray_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n in_o the_o philosopher_n sea_n supr_n secunda_fw-la est_fw-la terrae_fw-la caliditas_fw-la sicca_fw-la quam_fw-la vocarunt_fw-la sulphur_n the_o second_o be_v the_o dry_a calidity_n of_o the_o earth_n which_o they_o have_v call_v sulphur_n and_o again_o he_o say_v quatuor_fw-la elementa_fw-la in_o prima_fw-la operatione_n naturae_fw-la stillant_fw-la per_fw-la archaeum_n naturae_fw-la in_o terrae_fw-la centrum_fw-la vaporem_fw-la aquae_fw-la ponderosum_fw-la 321._o qui_fw-la est_fw-la metallorum_fw-la semen_fw-mi &_o dicitur_fw-la mercurius_fw-la propter_fw-la ejus_fw-la fluxibilitatem_fw-la &_o uniuscujusque_fw-la rei_fw-la conjunctionem_fw-la non_fw-la propter_fw-la essentiam_fw-la assimilatur_fw-la sulphuri_fw-la propter_fw-la internum_fw-la calorem_fw-la &_o post_fw-la congelationem_fw-la est_fw-la humidum_fw-la radical_a the_o four_o element_n in_o the_o first_o operation_n of_o nature_n do_v distil_v by_o the_o archaeus_n or_o workman_n of_o nature_n into_o the_o centre_n of_o the_o earth_n a_o ponderous_a vapour_n of_o water_n which_o be_v the_o seed_n of_o metal_n and_o be_v call_v mercury_n because_o of_o its_o fluxibility_n and_o its_o conjunction_n with_o every_o thing_n not_o because_o of_o its_o essence_n it_o be_v liken_v to_o sulphur_n because_o of_o its_o internal_a heat_n and_o after_o congelation_n be_v the_o radical_a moisture_n trevisan_n define_v sulphur_n thus_o 767._o sulphur_n enim_fw-la aliud_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la purus_fw-la ignis_fw-la occultus_fw-la in_o mercurio_fw-la qui_fw-la longo_fw-la successu_fw-la temporis_fw-la excitatur_fw-la atque_fw-la movetur_fw-la motibus_fw-la corporum_fw-la coelestium_fw-la digeritque_fw-la frigiditatem_fw-la &_o humiditatem_fw-la in_o mercurio_fw-la pro_fw-la varietate_fw-la graduum_fw-la decoctionis_fw-la &_o alterationis_fw-la in_o diversas_fw-la formas_fw-la metallicas_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o sulphur_n be_v nothing_o else_o then_o pure_a fire_n hide_v in_o the_o mercury_n which_o in_o long_a continuance_n of_o time_n be_v excite_v and_o move_v by_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o celestial_a body_n and_o do_v digest_v the_o coldness_n and_o humidity_n in_o the_o mercury_n according_a to_o the_o variety_n of_o the_o degree_n of_o decoction_n and_o alteration_n into_o divers_a metallic_a form_n elsewhere_o he_o have_v call_v sulphur_n the_o masculine_a agent_n fire_n and_o air_n which_o in_o the_o metallic_a seed_n do_v maturate_a and_o digest_v the_o two_o feminine_a passives_n of_o earth_n and_o water_n because_o that_o heat_n be_v a_o intrinsic_a and_o essential_a part_n of_o the_o mercury_n itself_o to_o wit_n the_o two_o more_o active_a element_n in_o it_o that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o air_n and_o fire_n and_o again_o augl_n because_o sulphur_n be_v no_o other_o thing_n then_o the_o pure_a act_n of_o the_o air_n and_o fire_n make_v hot_a digest_v or_o decoct_v the_o earth_n and_o water_n proportionable_a to_o itself_o and_o homogeneous_a in_o the_o mercury_n and_o geber_n say_v it_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o light_n and_o tincture_n and_o other_o call_v it_o the_o most_o ripe_a part_n of_o the_o mercury_n and_o the_o ingenuous_a and_o candid_a nollius_n define_v it_o thus_o 308._o the_o sulphur_n with_o which_o argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr be_v impregnate_v be_v not_o the_o vulgar_a sulphur_n but_o fire_n place_v in_o the_o argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr by_o which_o it_o be_v excoct_v into_o a_o metal_n in_o the_o mine_n by_o the_o intervening_a of_o motion_n supr_n 2._o these_o two_o be_v not_o distinct_a as_o though_o mercury_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o sulphur_n another_o as_o extraneous_a body_n one_o to_o another_o for_o trevisan_n say_v sulphur_n be_v not_o something_o separate_v by_o itself_o without_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o mercury_n neither_o common_a sulphur_n otherwise_o the_o matter_n of_o metal_n shall_v not_o be_v homogeneous_a which_o be_v repugnant_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o all_o philosopher_n likewise_o morienus_n and_o aros_fw-la say_n our_o sulphur_n be_v not_o vulgar_a sulphur_n but_o six_o and_o not_o volatile_a of_o the_o nature_n of_o mercury_n and_o not_o of_o any_o other_o thing_n whatsoever_o supr_n and_o trevisan_n again_o say_v some_o person_n do_v judge_v amiss_o that_o in_o the_o procreation_n of_o metal_n some_o sulphureous_a matter_n do_v intervene_v but_o it_o be_v manifest_a on_o the_o contrary_a that_o sulphur_n be_v include_v in_o his_o mercury_n when_o nature_n do_v operate_v 3._o now_o for_o the_o generation_n of_o their_o mercury_n or_o viscous_a fatness_n they_o describe_v it_o thus_o aethereus_fw-la mundi_fw-la spiritus_fw-la 313._o quem_fw-la animam_fw-la appellitant_fw-la duo_fw-la elementa_fw-la aquam_fw-la &_o terram_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la committit_fw-la atque_fw-la ex_fw-la utrisque_fw-la conjunctis_fw-la spiritum_fw-la quendam_fw-la prolicit_fw-la unctuosum_fw-la eumque_fw-la in_o centrum_fw-la terrae_fw-la demittit_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la sursum_fw-la elevetur_fw-la &_o in_o matricem_fw-la deferatur_fw-la debitam_fw-la ac_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la in_o argentum_fw-la vivum_fw-la sulphur_n &_o sale_n naturae_fw-la impraegnatam_fw-la concoquatur_fw-la the_o aethereal_a spirit_n which_o they_o call_v the_o soul_n do_v commix_v betwixt_o themselves_o the_o two_o element_n water_n and_o earth_n and_o of_o they_o both_o be_v conjoin_v do_v draw_v forth_o a_o certain_a unctuous_a spirit_n and_o do_v dimit_v it_o down_o into_o the_o centre_n of_o the_o earth_n that_o from_o thence_o it_o may_v be_v lift_v upward_o and_o be_v carry_v into_o a_o fit_a matrix_fw-la and_o in_o it_o may_v be_v concoct_v into_o argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr impregnate_v with_o the_o sulphur_n and_o salt_n of_o nature_n and_o sendivogius_n thus_o 320._o res_fw-la omnes_fw-la nasci_fw-la ex_fw-la aere_fw-la liquido_fw-la vel_fw-la vapore_fw-la quem_fw-la elementa_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la motu_fw-la in_o viscerae_fw-la terrae_fw-la stillant_fw-la hunc_fw-la postquam_fw-la naturae_fw-la archaeus_n accepit_fw-la per_fw-la poros_fw-la sublimat_n &_o unicuique_fw-la loco_fw-la sua_fw-la 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and_o perfect_v the_o whole_a company_n of_o
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that_o the_o learned_a lord_n of_o nuysement_n epitomise_v by_o combachius_n write_v that_o learned_a treatise_n 158._o de_fw-fr vero_fw-la sale_n secreto_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr universali_fw-la mundi_fw-la spiritu_fw-la who_o say_v in_o one_o place_n thus_o ego_fw-la vero_fw-la tracto_fw-la de_fw-la materia_fw-la universali_fw-la nondum_fw-la specificata_fw-la quae_fw-la proprie_fw-la materia_fw-la prima_fw-la huius_fw-la materiae_fw-la primae_fw-la metallicae_fw-la appellari_fw-la potest_fw-la tanquam_fw-la generalissimum_fw-la genus_fw-la generum_fw-la à _fw-la raymundo_n lullio_n adeo_fw-la celebratum_fw-la and_o as_o the_o philosopher_n do_v understand_v this_o to_o be_v the_o first_o true_a matter_n of_o all_o thing_n so_o they_o have_v a_o universal_a matter_n that_o be_v mineral_n from_o whence_o all_o metal_n do_v spring_n and_o arise_v so_o that_o by_o allusion_n and_o comparison_n they_o often_o express_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o one_o by_o the_o other_o 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a_o principle_n this_o may_v be_v one_o for_o the_o declare_v of_o our_o stone_n for_o as_o of_o one_o mass_n be_v make_v all_o thing_n right_o so_o must_v it_o in_o our_o practice_n be_v all_o our_o secret_n of_o one_o image_n must_v spring_v in_o philosopher_n book_n therefore_o who_o lust_n to_o see_v our_o stone_n be_v call_v the_o less_o world_n one_o and_o three_o magnesia_n also_o of_o sulphur_n and_o mercury_n proportionate_a by_o nature_n most_o perfect_o here_o the_o careful_a reader_n may_v observe_v not_o only_o the_o description_n of_o this_o matter_n that_o he_o call_v globous_a know_v and_o understand_v of_o so_o few_o as_o also_o the_o comparison_n of_o it_o to_o the_o matter_n of_o their_o great_a stone_n 3._o the_o matter_n forth_o of_o which_o they_o prepare_v their_o artificial_a water_n they_o call_v their_o mercury_n which_o thing_n nature_n have_v produce_v ready_a for_o the_o artist_n to_o begin_v his_o work_n withal_o and_o though_o it_o be_v conversant_a 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their_o metallic_a seed_n and_o indeed_o be_v real_o so_o and_o have_v give_v it_o so_o many_o various_a name_n and_o description_n according_a to_o its_o further_a mid_a or_o near_a nature_n that_o without_o divine_a assistance_n or_o a_o faithful_a master_n it_o be_v hardly_o to_o be_v comprehend_v or_o know_v therefore_o sendivogius_n tell_v we_o 319._o semen_n metallorum_fw-la vel_fw-la minerale_fw-mi create_v natura_fw-la in_o visceribus_fw-la terrae_fw-la propterea_fw-la non_fw-la creditur_fw-la tale_n semen_fw-mi esse_fw-la in_o rerum_fw-la natura_fw-la quia_fw-la invisibile_fw-la est_fw-la and_o 8._o minerale_fw-mi semen_fw-mi à _fw-fr philosophis_fw-la cognoscitur_fw-la and_o again_o semen_n metallorum_fw-la tantum_fw-la silij_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la noverunt_fw-la and_o combachius_n say_v metalla_fw-la similiter_fw-la suum_fw-la habent_fw-la seman_n sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la videri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la a_o ver_fw-la be_v philosophis_fw-la qui_fw-la illud_fw-la ex_fw-la subjecto_fw-la svo_fw-la proprio_fw-la magna_fw-la industria_fw-la exâ—rahere_fw-la norunt_fw-la quanquam_fw-la illud_fw-la etiam_fw-la facilius_fw-la ratione_fw-la concipi_fw-la quam_fw-la corporis_fw-la oculis_fw-la videri_fw-la possit_fw-la here_o if_o thou_o understand_v i_o have_v say_v enough_o if_o thou_o do_v not_o i_o have_v say_v too_o much_o 4._o the_o last_o sort_n of_o their_o mercury_n that_o we_o shall_v name_v be_v that_o which_o by_o the_o artist_n be_v prepare_v forth_o of_o their_o true_a and_o proper_a matter_n and_o be_v as_o lul_n often_o tell_v we_o never_o leave_v prepare_v by_o nature_n but_o must_v be_v make_v by_o the_o artist_n 333._o and_o of_o this_o thus_o sendivogius_n speak_v in_o his_o practice_n sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la admonitus_fw-la sis_fw-la ne_fw-la accipias_fw-la aurum_fw-la &_o argentum_fw-la vulgi_fw-la nam_fw-la haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la mortua_fw-la accipe_fw-la nostra_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la viva_fw-la postea_fw-la pone_fw-la in_o ignem_fw-la nostrum_fw-la &_o siet_fw-la inde_fw-la liquor_n siccus_fw-la primum_fw-la resolvetur_fw-la terra_fw-la in_o aquam_fw-la quae_fw-la mercurius_n philosophorum_fw-la dicitur_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la aqua_fw-la resoluit_fw-la illa_fw-la corpora_fw-la solis_fw-la &_o lunae_fw-la &_o consumit_fw-la ea_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la remaneat_fw-la nisi_fw-la pars_fw-la decima_fw-la cum_fw-la una_fw-la parte_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la erit_fw-la humidum_fw-la radical_a metallicum_fw-la from_o whence_o note_n 1._o that_o first_o they_o have_v that_o which_o he_o call_v their_o fire_n into_o which_o their_o solemnize_n and_o luna_n be_v put_v and_o this_o their_o fire_n be_v a_o water_n for_o their_o water_n be_v a_o fire_n and_o calcine_v the_o body_n of_o sol_n and_o luna_fw-la more_o than_o common_a fire_n can_v do_v according_a to_o their_o maxim_n vulgus_fw-la cremat_fw-la per_fw-la ignem_fw-la nos_fw-la per_fw-la aquam_fw-la and_o this_o be_v that_o water_n which_o helmont_n call_v ignis_fw-la 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earth_n be_v dissolve_v in_o it_o from_o the_o fire_n or_o water_n that_o do_v dissolve_v their_o earth_n 4._o that_o this_o water_n do_v dissolve_v those_o body_n of_o sol_n and_o luna_fw-la and_o consume_v they_o and_o then_o it_o be_v humidum_fw-la radical_a metallicum_fw-la 5._o observe_v that_o in_o say_v there_o remain_v but_o the_o ten_o
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7._o c._n 56_o libanii_n lib._n alchym_n trans_fw-la defence_n 2._o p._n 214._o libanii_n ibis_n p._n 217._o libanii_n ibid._n p._n 217.218_o cower_v l._n de_fw-fr herm._n medic._n p._n 62_o 93_o 137._o liban_n at_o supr_n p._n 242._o liban_n ut_fw-la supr_n p._n 217._o d._n sennert_n tom._n 1._o c._n 1._o de_fw-fr nat._n chym._n p._n 754._o id._n tom._n 3._o lib._n de_fw-fr cons._n &_o dissen_v gal._n &_o chym._n c._n 3.710.711_o jo._n lang._n ep._n med._n l._n 2._o p._n 522_o &_o p._n 550._o jo._n heurn_v l._n 1._o inst._n medic._n c._n 1._o p._n 1._o fr._n patric_n l._n herm._n trism_n mich._n mayer_n symb._n aur._n man_n l._n 1._o p._n 56._o etc._n etc._n nelm_n tartar_n histor._n p._n 334._o camden_n brit._n p._n 148._o diodor._fw-la sicul._n l._n 5._o c._n 8._o p._n 142._o camden_n brit._n p._n 692._o ibid._n p._n 497._o plnax_n rer_n nat_n britan._n p._n 208_o 209._o descript._n of_o england_n c._n 11._o p._n 237._o ibid._n c._n 8._o p._n 39_o hist._n 1._o hist._n 2._o hist._n 3._o hist._n 4._o jac._n zabar_n l._n 1._o c._n 30._o p._n 84._o gal._n de_fw-fr comp._n med._n lib._n 3._o p._n 1162._o id._n lib._n de_fw-fr antidote_n pag._n 1280._o id_fw-la de_fw-la simp._n med._n lib._n 9_o p._n 1125._o encyclop_n phys._n par_fw-fr 4._o p._n 487._o melch._n adam_n in_o vit_fw-fr agricol_n p._n 84._o melch._n ad._n in_o vir_fw-la jo._n kent_n p._n 128._o reas._o 1_o l._n of_o naâ—_n bath_n etc._n etc._n c._n 11._o p._n 51._o no._n lum_n chym._n tract_n 6._o p_o 30._o reas._n 2._o ut_fw-la supr_n reas._o 3_o reas._n 4._o obseru._n 1._o of_o nat._n boch_n etc._n etc._n c._n 11._o p._n 51_o 52._o in_o sâ—râ—pt_n conci_fw-la 3.11_o etc._n etc._n etc._n alchym_n magn_n de_fw-fr metallis_fw-la p._n 17._o &_o 19_o obseru._n 2._o gabr._fw-la fallop_n de_fw-mi re_fw-mi metal_n c._n 6._o p._n 276._o avic_n de_fw-fr congel_n &_o congl_v lapid_a in_o l._n art_n aur._n p._n 240._o nou._n lum_o chym._n tract_n 4._o p._n 314._o obseru._n 3_o scept_v chym._n p._n 360._o lex_fw-la alchym_n p._n 56._o decad_a 3._o c._n 8._o p_o 139_o aeâ—eid_n l._n 6._o p._n 345._o jo._n aur._n augurel_n châ—ysop_n l._n 2._o p._n 36._o par._n l._n de_fw-fr min._n tr._n 1._o
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a_o kachimia_fw-it to_o be_v immatura_fw-la metalli_fw-la minera_fw-la 117._o vel_fw-la semiperfectum_fw-la metallum_fw-la &_o nondum_fw-la à _fw-la natura_fw-la absolutum_fw-la quod_fw-la adhuc_fw-la in_o primo_fw-la svo_fw-la ente_fw-la ut_fw-la infans_fw-la in_o utero_fw-la suae_fw-la matris_fw-la delitescit_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la kachimiarum_fw-la species_n triginta_fw-la reperiuntur_fw-la hactenus_fw-la cogniâ—ae_fw-la it_o be_v the_o immature_n over_o of_o a_o metal_n or_o a_o half_a perfect_a metal_n and_o not_o yet_o complete_v of_o nature_n which_o as_o yet_o lie_v hide_v in_o its_o first_o be_v as_o a_o infant_n in_o the_o womb_n of_o the_o mother_n and_o that_o there_o be_v thirty_o sort_n of_o these_o kachimy_n find_v that_o be_v know_v this_o be_v indeed_o the_o description_n of_o his_o primum_fw-la ens_fw-la of_o metal_n or_o of_o the_o volatile_a spirit_n of_o metal_n while_o it_o lie_v hide_v in_o kachimy_n marchasite_n and_o the_o like_a as_o a_o child_n in_o the_o 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or_o change_v into_o their_o own_o form_n and_o that_o a_o kachimy_n be_v of_o the_o same_o sort_n to_o wit_n breed_v of_o the_o superfluity_n of_o the_o metal_n he_o thus_o declare_v sic_fw-la ergo_fw-la marchasita_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la quam_fw-la superfluitas_fw-la abundans_fw-la in_o prima_fw-la materia_fw-la metallorum_fw-la in_o ares_n quae_fw-la per_fw-la archaeum_n separatur_fw-la in_o yliadum_fw-la unde_fw-la postea_fw-la marchasitae_n &_o kachimiae_fw-la generantur_fw-la triginta_fw-la circiter_fw-la generum_fw-la &_o formarum_fw-la quae_fw-la tamen_fw-la omne_fw-la duobus_fw-la istis_fw-la nominibus_fw-la comprehenduntur_fw-la quod_fw-la vero_fw-la illae_fw-la multiplices_fw-la sunt_fw-la nec_fw-la unius_fw-la formae_fw-la licet_fw-la ab_fw-la una_fw-la materia_fw-la descendant_n causa_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la quia_fw-la scilicet_fw-la inaequaliter_fw-la concurrit_fw-la trium_fw-la primorum_fw-la pondus_fw-la uno_fw-la altero_fw-la abundantius_fw-la seize_v conferente_fw-la 124._o hinc_fw-la formas_fw-la enasci_fw-la varias_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la so_o therefore_o a_o marchasite_n be_v nothing_o else_o than_o the_o superfluity_n abound_v in_o the_o first_o matter_n of_o metal_n in_o the_o ares_n which_o be_v separate_v by_o the_o archaeus_n into_o the_o yliad_n from_o whence_o afterward_o marchasite_n and_o cachimy_n be_v generate_v about_o thirty_o of_o divers_a sort_n and_o form_n which_o notwithstanding_o be_v all_o comprehend_v under_o these_o two_o name_n but_o that_o they_o be_v manifold_a and_o not_o of_o one_o form_n although_o they_o descend_v from_o one_o matter_n the_o cause_n be_v this_o because_o the_o weight_n of_o the_o three_o first_o principle_n do_v meet_v together_o unequal_o one_o bestow_v itself_o more_o abundant_o than_o another_o from_o hence_o of_o necessity_n divers_a form_n do_v arise_v from_o hence_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o cachimy_n and_o marchasite_n be_v breed_v and_o generate_v of_o the_o same_o matter_n to_o wit_n the_o superfluity_n of_o the_o metal_n and_o be_v both_o about_o thirty_o in_o number_n of_o divers_a form_n and_o colour_n 28_n and_o for_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o they_o he_o make_v it_o this_o est_fw-la autem_fw-la cachimia_fw-it fixior_fw-la &_o constantior_fw-la marcasita_fw-la propter_fw-la sal_fw-la fixum_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la constat_fw-la but_o a_o cachimy_n be_v more_o fix_v and_o constant_a than_o a_o marchasite_n because_o of_o the_o fix_a salt_n of_o which_o it_o consist_v again_o he_o enumerate_v eight_o sort_n of_o cachimy_n that_o be_v know_v unto_o he_o to_o wit_n marchasitae_n merchasite_n pyrite_n fire-stone_n antimonia_fw-la antimony_n cobalta_n cobalt_n talka_n talk_v auripigmenta_fw-la auripigment_n sulphura_fw-la sulphur_n arsenicalia_n arsnick_n now_o it_o seem_v he_o make_v both_o cachimy_n and_o marchasite_n to_o be_v the_o superfluity_n of_o metal_n only_o that_o a_o cachimy_n be_v more_o fix_v than_o a_o marchasite_n and_o so_o seem_v to_o make_v cachimia_fw-it they_fw-mi genus_fw-la to_o the_o other_o eight_o and_o then_o every_o marchasite_n be_v a_o cachimy_n but_o not_o on_o the_o contrary_a but_o how_o this_o shall_v stand_v with_o the_o rule_n of_o logic_n i_o understand_v not_o nor_o that_o antimony_n be_v a_o cachimie_n be_v in_o some_o respect_v a_o metal_n or_o at_o the_o least_o a_o semi-metal_n but_o it_o be_v usual_a with_o this_o author_n not_o only_o to_o neglect_v but_o to_o despise_v the_o art_n of_o logic_n and_o if_o he_o do_v but_o certain_o know_v the_o several_a sort_n of_o mineral_n and_o their_o nature_n and_o property_n he_o little_o regard_v the_o order_n of_o they_o according_a to_o those_o strict_a rule_n therefore_o i_o shall_v commend_v this_o particular_a to_o be_v serious_o consider_v of_o and_o due_a observation_n to_o be_v make_v thereof_o that_o what_o be_v defective_a may_v be_v supply_v and_o what_o be_v amiss_o may_v be_v rectify_v 25._o 2._o as_o for_o marchasite_n and_o pyritae_fw-la fire-stone_n paracelsus_n make_v they_o to_o differ_v and_o so_o wormius_n seem_v to_o do_v show_v that_o some_o of_o they_o may_v better_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o sort_n of_o metallick_n body_n then_o mere_o to_o