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find_v their_o mine_n so_o hot_a as_o they_o can_v hardly_o touch_v they_o although_o it_o be_v likely_a that_o where_o they_o work_v for_o perfect_a mineral_n the_o heat_n which_o be_v in_o fermentation_n whilst_o they_o be_v yet_o in_o breed_v be_v now_o much_o abate_v the_o mineral_n be_v now_o grow_v to_o their_o perfection_n and_o for_o this_o heat_n we_o need_v not_o call_v for_o the_o help_n of_o the_o sun_n which_o a_o little_a cloud_n will_v take_v away_o from_o we_o much_o more_o the_o body_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o rock_n nor_o for_o subterranean_a fire_n this_o imbred_a heat_n be_v sufficient_a as_o may_v appear_v also_o by_o the_o mine_n of_o tinglass_n which_o be_v dig_v and_o lay_v in_o the_o moist_a air_n will_v become_v very_o hot_a so_o antimony_n and_o sublimate_n be_v mix_v together_o will_v grow_v so_o hot_a as_o that_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v touch_v if_o this_o be_v so_o in_o little_a quantity_n it_o be_v likely_a to_o be_v much_o more_o in_o great_a quantity_n and_o huge_a rock_n heat_v of_o itself_o differ_v not_o in_o kind_n but_o only_o in_o degree_n and_o therefore_o be_v incline_v no_o more_o to_o one_o species_n than_o to_o another_o but_o as_o it_o do_v attend_v and_o serve_v a_o more_o worthy_a superior_a such_o as_o this_o generative_a spirit_n be_v thus_o far_o he_o moreover_o that_o mineral_n and_o metal_n have_v their_o proper_a seed_n hear_v further_o what_o a_o mystical_a chemist_n but_o a_o very_a rational_a man_n cosmopolita_n say_v semen_n minerale_fw-mi 319._o vel_fw-la metallorum_fw-la 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 invisible_a est_fw-la nature_n do_v create_v the_o mineral_n or_o metalline_a seed_n in_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o earth_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o seed_n in_o nature_n because_o it_o be_v invisible_a and_o the_o same_o author_n again_o thus_o et_fw-la quam_fw-la praerogativam_fw-la vegetabilia_fw-la prae_fw-la metallis_fw-la habent_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la illis_fw-la semen_fw-mi inderet_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la immeritò_fw-la excluderet_fw-la nun_n ejusdem_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la metalla_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la cujus_fw-la &_o arbores_fw-la hoc_fw-la pro_fw-la certo_fw-la statuatur_fw-la nihil_fw-la sine_fw-la semine_fw-la crescere_fw-la ubi_fw-la enim_fw-la nullum_fw-la est_fw-la seman_n res_fw-la est_fw-la mortua_fw-la that_o be_v and_o what_o prerogative_n have_v vegetable_n above_o metal_n that_o god_n shall_v put_v seed_n into_o they_o and_o undeserved_o exclude_v these_o be_v not_o metal_n of_o the_o same_o dignity_n with_o god_n that_o tree_n be_v this_o may_v be_v hold_v for_o certain_a that_o nothing_o do_v increase_v without_o seed_n for_o where_o there_o be_v no_o seed_n that_o thing_n be_v dead_a so_o that_o it_o be_v plain_a you_o see_v by_o the_o aforecited_a authority_n that_o 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clothing_n of_o these_o spiritual_a and_o fine_a substance_n as_o we_o before_o show_v the_o grain_n of_o vegetable_n and_o the_o sperm_n of_o animal_n be_v which_o fine_a subtle_a breath_n the_o ferment_n have_v a_o expansive_a power_n by_o which_o be_v immerse_v in_o any_o matter_n or_o substance_n it_o desire_v to_o dilate_v itself_o various_o agitate_v the_o small_a particle_n of_o that_o matter_n it_o be_v join_v to_o and_o make_v excursion_n through_o all_o part_n of_o the_o subject_a it_o be_v resident_a in_o it_o adhere_v intimate_o to_o every_o small_a part_n of_o the_o matter_n do_v first_o by_o the_o peculiar_a motion_n it_o have_v put_v they_o into_o alter_v and_o break_v the_o particle_n into_o new_a shape_n and_o size_n and_o then_o by_o convene_v together_o with_o they_o constitute_v a_o new_a texture_n of_o that_o matter_n and_o thus_o a_o new_a concrete_a be_v make_v by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o ferment_n so_o that_o in_o truth_n the_o ferment_n of_o a_o seed_n i_o mean_v natural_a ferment_n be_v not_o any_o substance_n
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lib._n de_fw-la baluis_fw-la 7._o lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr lapid_n &_o gem._n cap._n 300._o 8._o history_n 9_o in_o lib._n hydrogr_n spagyr_n cap._n 14._o 10._o in_o vita_fw-la peireskli_fw-la lib._n 1._o 11._o de_fw-fr lithiasi_fw-la cap._n 1._o 12._o 13._o history_n of_o plant_n lib._n 3._o p._n 1586._o 14._o in_o apend_v syntâ—g_v arcan_a chym._n cap._n 32._o 15._o in_o praefat._n lib._n de_fw-fr signat_fw-la rerum_fw-la 16._o 17._o in_o histâ—r_n bavar_n lib._n 7._o id_fw-la est_fw-la in_o anal._n bavar_n 18._o de_fw-fr lithiasi_fw-la cap._n 1._o sennertus_n in_o lib._n concens_fw-la cbymis_fw-la cum_fw-la gaâ—enist_n cap._n 2._o in_o meteorologicar_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 8._o kircherus_fw-la in_o mund._o subter_fw-la gassendus_fw-la lib._n 4._o anno_fw-la dom._n 1624._o mr._n boyl_n essay_n of_o fermness_n dr._n harvy_n de_fw-fr generate_fw-la ex_fw-la ouâ—_fw-la dr._n jordan_n of_o natural_a bath_n cap._n 2._o p._n 58_o 59_o nou._n lum_o chym._n tract_n 6._o p._n 319._o helmâ—nt_v in_o 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sarept_v conc._n 3._o p._n two_o etc._n etc._n alchym_n mag._n de_fw-fr metallis_fw-la p._n 17_o &_o 19_o lex_fw-la alchym_n p._n 56._o peter_n martyr_n dâ—cad_n 3._o câ—p._n 8._o p._n 139._o 〈◊〉_d p._n 48._o 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr sale_n cap._n 7._o p._n 33_o 34_o &_o 35._o nou._n lâ—m._n â—hym_n tract_n 4._o p._n 314._o helmâ—n_o in_o mag._n oport_n p._n 127._o â—s_n 39_o helment_fw-it imag._n ferment_n p._n 94._o ss_z 29_o 30_o 31._o dr._n willis_n de_fw-fr seâ—m_fw-la cap_n 20._o p._n 10._o plâ—to_n hippâ—_n &_o anâ—xâ—g_v court_n of_o the_o gentiles_n part_n 〈◊〉_d p._n 55_o tully_n de_fw-fr natur._n deorum_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 2d_o lud._n viâ—â—s_o in_o come_v super_fw-la epistle_n to_o the_o heb._n cap._n 11._o verse_n 3._o plato_n timaeus_n fol._n 49._o boyl_n in_o his_o essay_n of_o ferm_n p._n 281._o essay_n of_o ferm_n p._n 275._o