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alcahest_n which_o yet_o be_v not_o free_a from_o adulterator_n but_o instead_o thereof_o the_o reformer_n substitute_n vinegar_n 71._o vinegar_n in_o append_v f._n 71._o hereupon_o be_v instruct_v by_o my_o loss_n i_o become_v my_o own_o schoolmaster_n and_o have_v often_o think_v upon_o that_o say_v of_o escheurenterus_n to_o gratarolus_n thou_o know_v on_o easy_a term_n the_o sentence_n pass_v at_o bononia_n that_o he_o be_v proclaim_v a_o traitor_n to_o his_o country_n and_o worthy_a to_o be_v hang_v who_o first_o make_v a_o filatory_a at_o trent_n in_o germany_n which_o be_v a_o engine_n whereby_o raw_a silk_n by_o spindle_n be_v artificial_o draw_v into_o thread_n so_o that_o i_o have_v hitherto_o conceal_v that_o which_o may_v ennoble_v a_o physician_n be_v jealous_a not_o without_o cause_n lest_o by_o my_o sluggishness_n and_o neglect_n it_o may_v fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o impostor_n and_o thereby_o the_o worthy_a and_o the_o unworthy_a shall_v undergo_v the_o same_o fate_n but_o the_o earnest_a importunity_n of_o this_o 487._o this_o pharmac_n 487._o reformer_n have_v cause_v i_o to_o select_v some_o thing_n out_o of_o the_o heap_n of_o my_o observation_n and_o experiment_n which_o i_o have_v design_v only_o for_o my_o own_o use_n and_o now_o to_o make_v they_o public_a yet_o still_o i_o keep_v to_o the_o precept_n of_o taph_n of_o libro_fw-la raaic_n none_o be_v worthy_a of_o the_o name_n of_o teacher_n but_o such_o who_o teach_v by_o sure_a principle_n and_o cause_n arist_n in_o protm_n me._n taph_n hermes_n that_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o author_n ought_v to_o be_v great_a than_o his_o book_n but_o i_o must_v follow_v the_o clew_n of_o inevitable_a fate_n and_o i_o undertake_v this_o labour_n the_o more_o willing_o that_o i_o may_v discover_v the_o right_a way_n to_o those_o that_o wander_v and_o may_v bring_v back_o straggler_n into_o it_o as_o also_o that_o those_o who_o have_v hitherto_o oppose_v this_o art_n may_v at_o length_n correct_v their_o mistake_n and_o begin_v to_o be_v wise_a and_o further_o also_o that_o they_o who_o practise_v it_o may_v assure_o understand_v that_o it_o be_v found_v on_o the_o principle_n of_o nature_n and_o so_o for_o the_o future_a may_v be_v deliver_v from_o the_o craft_n and_o deceit_n of_o sophister_n and_o impostor_n in_o this_o work_n i_o mind_n more_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o cause_n than_o the_o ornament_n of_o elocution_n for_o the_o speech_n of_o truth_n say_v euripides_n be_v plain_a neither_o matter_n it_o therein_o what_o stile_n we_o use_v especial_o since_o cicero_n do_v not_o require_v eloquence_n in_o a_o philosopher_n much_o less_o do_v celsus_n in_o a_o physician_n for_o as_o plato_n say_v cause_n three_o word_n be_v sufficient_a in_o a_o just_a cause_n when_o we_o dispute_v of_o thing_n the_o rudeness_n or_o the_o elegancy_n of_o word_n be_v not_o to_o be_v heed_v but_o only_o that_o satisfaction_n may_v be_v obtain_v as_o to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o thing_n themselves_o neither_o have_v i_o insert_v florid_n dispute_n or_o odious_a altercation_n but_o whatsoever_o offer_v itself_o more_o occult_o to_o the_o sense_n that_o experience_n be_v my_o guide_n i_o have_v despoil_v of_o its_o cover_n and_o have_v expose_v the_o truth_n of_o thing_n naked_a to_o the_o eye_n of_o all_o beholder_n so_o that_o every_o individual_a man_n may_v know_v it_o for_o truth_n love_v brevity_n not_o disputation_n by_o this_o compass_n i_o have_v steer_v draw_v near_o therefore_o all_o you_o lover_n of_o truth_n and_o you_o shall_v behold_v thing_n both_o admirable_a and_o pleasant_a with_o your_o eye_n yea_o and_o handle_v they_o with_o your_o hand_n which_o have_v hitherto_o stand_v remote_a from_o our_o sensation_n and_o knowledge_n now_o to_o the_o work_n itself_o chap._n ii_o qui_fw-la nimium_fw-la properat_fw-la serius_fw-la absolvit_fw-la or_o no_o more_o haste_n than_o good_a speed_n the_o 5.481_o the_o pharmac_n 5.481_o reformer_n begin_v with_o a_o lofty_a brow_n now_o say_v he_o let_v we_o come_v to_o the_o examination_n of_o the_o salt_n of_o treacle_n of_o the_o ancient_n who_o preparation_n be_v so_o childish_a and_o absurd_a that_o their_o simplicity_n do_v no_o where_n more_o appear_v than_o about_o it_o etc._n etc._n and_o a_o little_a after_o animal_n only_o have_v volatile_a salt_n and_o in_o a_o violent_a calcination_n leave_v common_o nothing_o behind_o they_o save_v only_o terra_fw-la mortua_fw-la yea_o the_o rest_n of_o their_o absurdity_n be_v not_o to_o be_v pass_v over_o in_o silence_n cause_n do_v not_o tast_o condemn_v the_o guiltless_a not_o have_v thorough_o weigh_v their_o cause_n in_o that_o they_o substitute_v sal_fw-la ammoniac_a in_o the_o place_n of_o common_a salt_n not_o at_o all_o as_o i_o perceive_v understand_v the_o matter_n because_o all_o the_o sal_fw-la ammoniac_a be_v vanish_v into_o air_n and_o so_o there_o remain_v nothing_o to_o they_o neither_o of_o the_o viper_n nor_o of_o their_o add_v salt_n thus._n he_o but_o for_o my_o part_n i_o can_v see_v that_o the_o ancient_n deserve_v to_o be_v accuse_v of_o absurdity_n or_o simplicity_n in_o this_o thing_n so_o as_o to_o incur_v the_o undue_a reprehension_n of_o the_o reformer_n so_o thet_o before_o we_o judge_v we_o be_v to_o hear_v and_o that_o both_o side_n and_o we_o ought_v to_o find_v out_o what_o the_o sal_fw-la ammoniac_a of_o the_o ancient_n be_v and_o for_o what_o reason_n they_o substitute_v it_o in_o the_o room_n of_o common_a salt_n and_o for_o what_o end_n and_o wherein_o their_o offence_n lay_v so_o as_o to_o merit_v the_o rash_a anger_n and_o bitter_a despite_n of_o this_o reformer_n to_o make_v these_o thing_n more_o plain_a it_o be_v necessary_a that_o we_o dive_v into_o the_o secret_a nature_n of_o certain_a salt_n here_o no_o imaginary_a thing_n here_o in_o order_n to_o the_o examination_n and_o understanding_n of_o they_o and_o of_o the_o difference_n between_o they_o by_o accident_n proper_a to_o they_o and_o know_v to_o sense_n and_o that_o not_o by_o logical_a and_o convertible_a syllogism_n or_o imaginary_a nonentities_a but_o by_o a_o experimental_a and_o natural_a history_n i_o say_v then_o and_o be_o ready_a to_o prove_v that_o not_o animal_n only_o have_v volatile_a salt_n but_o against_o the_o opinion_n of_o this_o reformer_n that_o all_o vegetable_n also_o have_v not_o a_o grain_n of_o fix_a salt_n by_o nature_n unless_o they_o acquire_v it_o by_o airy_a but_o first_o i_o will_v speak_v of_o thing_n more_o know_v proceed_v afterward_o by_o degree_n to_o those_o which_o be_v more_o occult_a pliny_n witness_v that_o natural_a sal_fw-la ammoniac_a be_v in_o great_a use_n among_o the_o ancient_n it_o be_v find_v say_v he_o 7._o l._n 1._o ch._n 7._o in_o africa_n in_o the_o country_n of_o cirenia_n till_o you_o come_v to_o the_o oracle_n of_o jupiter_n hammon_n in_o lump_n somewhat_o long_o and_o under_o the_o sand_n diascorides_n confirm_v the_o same_o that_o shall_v ammoniac_a be_v praise_v from_o the_o country_n where_o it_o be_v find_v this_o salt_n endure_v constant_a in_o the_o fire_n be_v after_o its_o manner_n of_o a_o more_o salt-acid_a relish_n than_o our_o common_a trencher-salt_n as_o i_o shall_v show_v and_o therefore_o the_o ancient_n find_v it_o more_o advantageous_a for_o medicine_n and_o for_o that_o cause_n have_v more_o commend_v it_o to_o we_o but_o that_o which_o be_v bring_v to_o we_o be_v not_o in_o longish_n lump_n neither_o be_v it_o natural_a but_o be_v make_v by_o art_n viz._n of_o the_o natural_a and_o of_o the_o volatile_a alcaly_a of_o ammal_n as_o the_o resolution_n of_o it_o show_v according_a to_o the_o axiom_n of_o resolve_v of_o all_o thing_n necessary_o consist_v of_o that_o into_o which_o they_o can_v be_v resolve_v aristorle_n for_o it_o be_v divide_v into_o a_o acid_n spirit_n of_o salt_n and_o also_o into_o a_o volatile_a alcaly_a all_o salt_n thing_n be_v divide_v into_o two_o substance_n viz._n alcaly_a and_o acid_n as_o i_o shall_v show_v by_o degree_n both_o which_o be_v separate_v and_o again_o reunite_v become_v the_o sal_fw-la ammoniac_a which_o it_o be_v before_o the_o acid_n part_n or_o spirit_n have_v all_o the_o property_n of_o that_o which_o be_v distil_v from_o common_a salt_n but_o the_o alcaly_a be_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o that_o which_o be_v sublimate_v from_o man_n urine_n only_o it_o be_v not_o so_o stink_a whence_o i_o conjecture_v that_o they_o choose_v camel_n urine_n not_o man_n for_o the_o composition_n 8._o l._n 28._o c._n 8._o for_o the_o urine_n of_o camel_n as_o pliny_n observe_v be_v more_o profitable_a for_o fuller_n than_o the_o urine_n of_o other_o animal_n from_o whence_o there_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o rich_a alcaly_a perhaps_o because_o they_o eat_v no_o salt_n as_o other_o animal_n do_v for_o common_a salt_n do_v not_o wash_v out_o or_o cleanse_v 96._o ody_n l._n 6._o
the_o blood_n so_o the_o velatile_a alcaly_a of_o the_o blood_n catch_v also_o it_o be_v proper_a acidity_n which_o be_v volatile_a too_o and_o in_o the_o regiment_n of_o fire_n they_o be_v both_o fix_v into_o a_o salt_n as_o will_n more_o clear_o appear_v in_o the_o progress_n but_o least_o a_o new_a truth_n shall_v procure_v i_o new_a envy_n i_o think_v it_o worth_a my_o labour_n before_o i_o go_v on_o to_o demonstrate_v that_o hypocrates_n be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o the_o foundation_n of_o this_o salt_n for_o he_o in_o his_o golden_a book_n of_o diet_n have_v these_o word_n priacip_n lib._n 1._o priacip_n all_o live_a creature_n as_o well_o as_o man_n be_v constitute_v of_o two_o thing_n different_a in_o virtue_n but_o agree_v in_o use_n fire_n and_o water_n both_o of_o these_o together_o be_v sufficient_a both_o for_o all_o other_o thing_n and_o for_o themselves_o but_o each_o of_o they_o apart_o be_v neither_o sufficient_a for_o itself_o nor_o any_o other_o thing_n etc._n etc._n thus_o he_o my_o master_n and_o philosopher_n have_v bring_v these_o two_o faculty_n on_o the_o stage_n fire_n and_o water_n in_o who_o bowel_n all_o ibid._n all_o when_o i_o have_v recourse_n to_o natural_a principle_n than_o i_o know_v art_n to_o be_v true_a say_v avicen_n i_o will_v show_v those_o thing_n which_o no_o man_n yet_o have_v assay_v to_o explain_v hippoc._n ibid._n thing_n be_v contain_v which_o be_v necessary_a to_o perfect_a generation_n and_o transmutation_n a_o while_n after_o he_o add_v that_o this_o be_v no_o culinary_a fire_n for_o he_o say_v man_n thresh_v wash_v and_o grind_v corn_n and_o be_v bake_v in_o a_o hot_a oven_n they_o use_v it_o with_o a_o sirong_a fire_n it_o be_v not_o make_v up_o in_o its_o body_n but_o with_o a_o soft_a and_o gentle_a one_o what_o this_o soft_a fire_n in_o all_o thing_n be_v will_v appear_v in_o the_o progress_n chap._n xiii_o the_o occult_a acid_n be_v make_v manifest_a in_o a_o sound_a stomach_n there_o be_v lodge_v a_o volatile_a and_o never_o fail_a acid_n progress_n the_o fire_n say_v hypocrates_n be_v not_o sufficient_a for_o itself_o honco_n the_o appetiâ—e_n of_o alimental_a thing_n for_o they_o be_v alcalys_n as_o will_v appear_v in_o the_o progress_n by_o the_o help_n of_o which_o aliment_n which_o be_v all_o full_a of_o volatile_a alealy_n inone_o exocpt_v as_o i_o shall_v show_v hereaster_n be_v transmutedo_n and_o runed_a into_o chyle_n or_o juice_n first_o sourish_n and_o afterward_o by_o little_a and_o little_a into_o salt_n i._n e._n mature_v whether_o the_o stomach_n have_v this_o acid_n of_o itself_o or_o elsewhere_o it_o be_v not_o my_o present_a enquiry_n though_o a_o certain_a writer_n intimate_v the_o former_a it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o i_o plain_o to_o demonstrate_v that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o acidity_n first_o by_o authority_n then_o by_o experience_n hypocrates_n say_v in_o long_a looseness_n of_o the_o intestine_n 1_o l._n 6._o apho._n 1_o if_o acid_n belch_a supervene_v which_o be_v not_o before_o it_o be_v good_a the_o meaning_n be_v that_o acidity_n return_v to_o the_o stomach_n it_o change_v the_o food_n into_o chyle_n or_o vital_a juice_n then_o necessary_o health_n return_v hence_o all_o seasoning_n and_o sauce_n for_o meat_n to_o sharpen_v our_o appetite_n be_v acid_n as_o juice_n of_o lemon_n pomgranate_n orange_n verjuice_n tartar_n unripe_a grape_n and_o the_o like_a all_o which_o notwithstanding_o differ_v much_o among_o themselves_o of_o which_o to_o avoid_v prolixity_n i_o will_v not_o now_o dispute_v see_v chap._n 10._o to_o recover_v this_o maidity_n when_o it_o be_v lose_v in_o disease_n another_o acid_n juice_n differ_v from_o one_o another_o the_o ancient_n appointeâ—_n apiâ—_n syrup_n of_o vinegar_n and_o sugar_n of_o vinegar_n mix_v with_o water_n and_o the_o like_a that_o by_o their_o mean_n the_o weak_a stomach_n may_v be_v resresh_v and_o the_o aliment_n though_o take_v in_o a_o small_a quantity_n may_v not_o immediate_o putrify_v which_o yet_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o by_o few_o especial_o of_o those_o who_o persuade_v themselves_o that_o putrefaction_n and_o chylification_n be_v the_o same_o thing_n there_o be_v a_o certain_a man_n of_o the_o nâ—â—â—_n sect_n and_o in_o his_o own_o account_n no_o mean_a person_n who_o forbid_v juice_n of_o lemmon_n upon_o pain_n of_o death_n to_o one_o 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o fever_n who_o exceed_o desire_a sharp_a thing_n as_o iâ—_n it_o be_v too_o crude_a but_o he_o prescribe_v simple_a syrup_n of_o vinegar_n i_o can_v not_o but_o admire_v that_o he_o shall_v allow_v vinegar_n boil_v with_o sugar_n for_o a_o alterative_a but_o not_o juice_n of_o lemmous_a in_o his_o meat_n he_o answer_v with_o a_o loud_a voice_n that_o julip_n of_o vinegar_n be_v make_v of_o water_n and_o sugar_n our_o hypocrates_n speak_v of_o such_o a_o physician_n diat_a l._n 1._o de_fw-fr diat_a if_o he_o do_v not_o know_v the_o constitution_n from_o the_o beginning_n and_o that_o which_o predominate_v in_o the_o body_n be_v can_v never_o prescribe_v that_o which_o be_v good_a for_o a_o sick_a man_n now_o this_o acidty_n be_v oppress_v by_o a_o long_a disease_n return_v to_o the_o stomach_n either_o of_o its_o own_o accord_n or_o by_o the_o skill_n of_o a_o ingenlous_a physician_n but_o that_o we_o may_v have_v some_o knowledge_n of_o this_o acidity_n by_o experience_n let_v a_o healthy_a man_n drink_v a_o draught_n of_o milk_n fast_v and_o let_v he_o present_o vomit_v it_o up_o again_o and_o he_o shall_v perceive_v the_o acidity_n with_o his_o tongue_n and_o shall_v see_v the_o milk_n vomit_v up_o half_o curdle_v as_o if_o vinegar_n have_v be_v pour_v on_o it_o almost_o the_o like_a acidity_n be_v common_o find_v in_o nature_n geber_n he_o which_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o principle_n of_o nature_n have_v no_o true_a root_n whereon_o to_o ground_v his_o curative_fw-it intention_n geber_n by_o a_o help_a hand_n which_o in_o a_o glass_n turn_v all_o the_o aliment_n in_o four_o or_o fire_n hour_n space_n by_o the_o help_n of_o a_o gentle_a heat_n from_o 〈◊〉_d acid_n salt_n into_o a_o lacteous_a chyle_n a_o pleasant_a spectacle_n 〈◊〉_d behold_v which_o i_o can_v ocular_o demonstrate_v to_o any_o who_o desire_v to_o see_v it_o but_o in_o this_o place_n for_o some_o reason_n i_o forbear_v by_o the_o help_n of_o this_o obscure_a though_o grateful_a acidity_n the_o viperine_n alcd_o be_v compact_v and_o gather_v together_o for_o its_o proper_a use_n but_o no_o sapor_n do_v curdle_n and_o coagulate_a milk_n but_o that_o which_o be_v acid_n now_o it_o 〈◊〉_d pâ—â—â—ormed_v three_o manner_n of_o way_n 1._o in_o the_o healthy_a stomach_n of_o all_o live_a animal_n milk_n be_v not_o simple_o coagulate_v by_o the_o acid_n but_o in_o the_o very_a coagulation_n it_o be_v necessary_o impress_v with_o the_o the_o vital_a virtue_n of_o the_o very_a animal_n which_o though_o it_o consist_v in_o the_o acid_n yet_o it_o differ_v from_o every_o other_o acid_n and_o then_o it_o be_v 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it_o also_o to_o be_v his_o own_o invention_n and_o inscribe_v it_o our_o spirit_n of_o venus_n for_o the_o liquor_n alcahest_n so_o that_o not_o without_o a_o fatal_a prediction_n john_n frederick_n bauz_n prefix_v the_o reformer_n name_n before_o the_o dispensatory_a with_o a_o anagramme_n worthy_a of_o he_o as_o may_v be_v there_o see_v deed_n to_o what_o purpose_n these_o uncouth_a costly_a laborious_a and_o nauseous_a composition_n if_o vinegar_n which_o be_v grateful_a to_o all_o do_v the_o deed_n but_o the_o reformer_n add_v without_o blush_v this_o most_o excellent_a spirit_n be_v not_o only_o of_o great_a virtue_n in_o physic_n as_o be_v high_o curative_fw-it of_o epileptic_a apoplectic_a hysterical_a and_o hypochondriacal_a distemper_n be_v due_o and_o lawful_o exhibit_v but_o be_v as_o the_o liquor_n alcahest_n and_o not_o as_o other_o acid_n spirit_n who_o suffer_v and_o be_v destroy_v by_o solution_n and_o so_o be_v turn_v into_o another_o ens_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o can_v 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