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317._o vol._n 3._o theat_v chym._n to_o speak_v more_o plain_o say_v ripley_n i_o affirm_v that_o the_o more_o subtle_a a_o body_n be_v of_o the_o easy_a dissolution_n it_o be_v and_o moreover_o you_o must_v know_v that_o dissolution_n ought_v to_o be_v perform_v by_o our_o vegetable_a menstruum_fw-la or_o some_o other_o vegetable_a and_o this_o vegetable_a mercury_n vegetable_a menstruum_fw-la can_v penetrate_v a_o body_n so_o as_o to_o complete_a the_o dissolution_n of_o it_o except_o the_o body_n be_v first_o make_v spungy_a but_o no_o lead_n be_v so_o spungy_a nor_o so_o subtle_a as_o red_a lead_n or_o minium_n vitriol_n calcine_v and_o therefore_o if_o we_o will_v not_o be_v frustrate_v of_o our_o expectation_n it_o be_v necessary_a for_o we_o to_o take_v red_a lead_n that_o be_v antimony_n prepare_v which_o be_v more_o spungy_a and_o subtle_a than_o any_o other_o lead_n for_o the_o vegetable_a water_n will_v sudden_o penetrate_v into_o it_o and_o dissolve_v the_o most_o subtle_a 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