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relinquatur_fw-la sal_fw-la petrae_fw-la universum_fw-la absumitur_fw-la ab_fw-la igni_fw-la what_o the_o judgement_n of_o cardan_n may_v be_v i_o know_v not_o but_o untzerus_n do_v give_v his_o reason_n why_o our_o nitre_n and_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v of_o the_o same_o species_n because_o that_o they_o be_v such_o as_o may_v be_v eat_v with_o meat_n and_o common_o drink_v with_o wine_n it_o be_v of_o a_o rosy_a colour_n 1â—_n bitter_a light_a spongy_a and_o of_o a_o earthy_a nature_n whereas_o our_o salt-petre_n have_v none_o of_o these_o quality_n as_o for_o those_o that_o hold_v the_o affirmative_a their_o number_n be_v not_o so_o great_a as_o he_o represent_v they_o to_o be_v nor_o be_v the_o general_a vote_n of_o learned_a man_n so_o favourable_a to_o that_o opinion_n but_o the_o controversy_n be_v lay_v aside_o because_o we_o have_v none_o of_o that_o nitre_n bring_v over_o unto_o we_o shall_v it_o happen_v once_o to_o be_v so_o or_o that_o we_o shall_v meet_v with_o any_o vein_n of_o it_o or_o nitrous_a water_n in_o europe_n where_o it_o be_v to_o be_v dig_v or_o make_v without_o lixiviate_a it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o there_o will_v arise_v several_a dispute_n about_o the_o mineral_n itself_o and_o the_o body_n that_o separate_a from_o it_o upon_o refine_n since_o there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n in_o the_o salt-petre_n of_o several_a ground_n in_o england_n and_o some_o have_v a_o great_a proportion_n of_o common_a salt_n than_o other_o have_v 7._o and_o some_o abound_v much_o more_o with_o sal_fw-la ammoniac_a than_o other_o as_o the_o barbary-petre_n or_o that_o which_o be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n in_o italy_n or_o hang_v upon_o old_a stone_n wall_n in_o england_n whereas_o that_o which_o be_v make_v by_o boil_v participate_v not_o at_o all_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o sal_fw-la ammoniac_a and_o that_o many_o little_a differnce_n in_o the_o petre_n beside_o these_o may_v have_v be_v offer_v to_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o society_n and_o find_v out_o by_o they_o in_o order_n to_o the_o improve_n of_o gunpowder_n be_v certain_a but_o they_o be_v not_o so_o serious_a as_o they_o pretend_v inseparable_a and_o whereas_o mr._n henshaw_n say_v that_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o general_a vote_n of_o learned_a man_n have_v be_v most_o favourable_a to_o that_o opinion_n of_o their_o be_v but_o one_o species_n be_v because_o that_o in_o all_o latin_a relation_n and_o prescription_n the_o word_n nitrum_fw-la or_o halinitrum_fw-la be_v most_o common_o use_v for_o salt-petre_n i_o do_v not_o believe_v any_o man_n ever_o give_v that_o reason_n for_o the_o word_n nitrum_fw-la be_v of_o greekish_a original_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o greek_n and_o latin_n call_v that_o peculiar_a â—ort_n of_o mineral_n nitre_n which_o be_v in_o some_o place_n dig_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n 71._o in_o other_o make_v by_o the_o sun_n operate_a upon_o little_a canales_n make_v ouâ—_n of_o the_o nile_n and_o oftentimes_o it_o be_v cast_v up_o of_o itself_o out_o of_o the_o earth_n or_o breed_v there_o in_o manner_n of_o a_o hoar_a frost_n as_o it_o be_v now_o in_o the_o indies_n and_o barbary_n the_o arabian_n call_v it_o bauraekh_n and_o mention_v two_o sort_n that_o of_o armenia_n and_o that_o of_o africa_n when_o the_o use_n of_o gunpowder_n have_v render_v salt-petre_n so_o advantageous_a a_o commodity_n circumstance_n and_o that_o modern_a artist_n have_v find_v out_o this_o way_n of_o extract_v it_o out_o of_o earth_n by_o elixiviate_a it_o they_o give_v it_o the_o same_o appellation_n that_o the_o ancient_n do_v to_o their_o nitre_n and_o come_v to_o use_v promiscuous_o the_o name_n of_o nitre_n and_o salt-petre_n both_o sort_n of_o nitre_n be_v equal_o subservient_fw-fr to_o their_o end_n and_o be_v in_o a_o manner_n all_o one_o after_o refine_n although_o curiosity_n may_v be_v able_a to_o multiply_v distinction_n from_o the_o different_a manner_n of_o 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quanquam_fw-la adhuc_fw-la sub_fw-la judice_fw-la lie_fw-la est_fw-la num_fw-la hoc_fw-la nostrum_fw-la nitrum_fw-la idem_fw-la sit_fw-la quod_fw-la veterum_fw-la sensus_fw-la tamen_fw-la indicat_fw-la hoc_fw-la facultate_fw-la illi_fw-la haud_fw-la absimile_fw-la esse_fw-la so_o quercetan_n say_v salpetrae_fw-la nostrum_fw-la a_o nitro_n diversum_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la qualitatum_fw-la communionem_fw-la forte_fw-fr quandam_fw-la cum_fw-la illo_fw-la habet_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la sale_n omnes_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la communionem_fw-la quandam_fw-la habent_fw-la de_fw-fr vulner_n sclopet_v sect._n 10._o 18._o we_o see_v in_o common_a salt_n how_o great_a a_o variety_n be_v comprehend_v under_o the_o same_o appellation_n some_o be_v white_a some_o black_a some_o bay_n some_o red_a some_o purple_a some_o dig_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n some_o make_v by_o the_o sun_n some_o be_v boil_v to_o its_o consistence_n in_o the_o taste_n there_o be_v great_a difference_n some_o 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spuma_fw-la nitri_fw-la and_o noâ—_n nitrumâ—_n â—_z but_o however_o mr._n henshaw_n have_v do_v less_o than_o one_o will_v have_v expect_v in_o the_o forego_n discourse_n 261._o he_o will_v have_v
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utriusque_fw-la superficiem_fw-la the_o truth_n whereof_o will_v further_o appear_v from_o those_o consideration_n which_o the_o inquisitive_a zucchius_n after_o thirty_o five_o year_n use_v of_o all_o manner_n of_o telescope_n at_o length_n fix_v upon_o 266._o viz._n that_o the_o discrepancy_n of_o part_n in_o the_o illuminate_v moon_n may_v be_v explain_v without_o attribute_v thereunto_o any_o variety_n of_o colour_n yea_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v so_o explain_v the_o first_o part_n of_o which_o assertion_n he_o prove_v thus_o because_o in_o opace_fw-la body_n the_o difference_n of_o a_o great_a and_o lesser_a obliquity_n in_o their_o situation_n towards_o the_o body_n that_o shine_v upon_o they_o do_v cause_n a_o diverse_a manner_n of_o illustration_n thus_o the_o same_o wall_n of_o one_o uniform_a colour_n according_a as_o it_o be_v different_o illuminate_v seem_v in_o some_o part_n to_o be_v white_a in_o other_o pale_a in_o other_o dark-coloured_n and_o black_a beside_o that_o a_o 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vary_v their_o station_n and_o this_o alone_a may_v convince_v we_o but_o that_o i_o find_v now_o in_o zucchius_n 263._o viz_o similiter_fw-la transitum_fw-la successivum_fw-la radiis_fw-la solis_fw-la ad_fw-la fundum_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la magnis_fw-la maculis_fw-la intra_fw-la margin_n illustriores_fw-la contentis_fw-la praebent_fw-la ut_fw-la diximus_fw-la in_o apparentiis_fw-la pag._n 239._o quod_fw-la non_fw-la evenit_fw-la in_o liquido_fw-la profundo_fw-la instar_fw-la aquae_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o aquis_fw-la experimur_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o multa_fw-la vicinitate_fw-la illustratis_fw-la quando_fw-la not_o abilem_fw-la habent_fw-la profunditatem_fw-la tum_fw-la quia_fw-la constantem_fw-la inaequalitatem_fw-la illustrationis_fw-la exhibent_fw-la in_o horizonte_fw-la lunari_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la juxta_fw-la dicta_fw-la in_o apparentiis_fw-la num_fw-la 3._o secundum_fw-la magnam_fw-la extensionem_fw-la illustratam_fw-la intra_fw-la reliquas_fw-la part_n nondum_fw-la solis_fw-la 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