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&_o natura_fw-la sva_fw-la frigidum_fw-la esse_fw-la prius_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la admiratione_n dignum_fw-la esse_fw-la medicum_fw-la asserere_fw-la acetum_fw-la limonii_n succum_fw-la &_o similia_fw-la refrigerare_fw-la aquam_fw-la fortem_fw-la autem_fw-la vitrioli_fw-la spiritum_fw-la etc._n etc._n urere_fw-la &_o calefacere_fw-la cum_fw-la gradualiter_fw-la differant_fw-la tan_o tum_fw-la in_o frigiditate_fw-la uâ—_n globus_fw-la ferreus_fw-la it_o a_o tantum_fw-la calefactus_fw-la ut_fw-la manu_fw-la contrectari_fw-la possit_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la frigido_fw-la calorem_fw-la communicet_fw-la in_fw-la caliditate_fw-la differt_fw-la ab_fw-la alio_fw-la intensissime_fw-la ignito_o qui_fw-la incendere_fw-la urere_fw-la etc._n etc._n potest_fw-la qui_fw-la tamen_fw-la si_fw-la aquae_fw-la quantitati_fw-la proportionatae_fw-la immittatur_fw-la ei_fw-la cacaloris_fw-la gradum_fw-la communicabit_fw-la qui_fw-la nativum_fw-la animalis_fw-la calorem_fw-la non_fw-la destruet_fw-la sea_n tantum_fw-la fovebit_fw-la ut_fw-la vitrioli_fw-la spiritus_fw-la qui_fw-la ignis_fw-la instar_fw-la vesica_n excitat_fw-la sensum_fw-la destruit_fw-la animalia_fw-la expilat_fw-la calorem_fw-la sebrilem_fw-la praeternaturalem_fw-la amice_fw-la repellit_fw-la cum_fw-la julepis_fw-la refrigerantibus_fw-la guttatim_fw-la permiscetur_fw-la audent_fw-la etiam_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la impudenter_fw-la asserere_fw-la limoni_fw-la succum_fw-la esse_fw-la calidum_fw-la quod_fw-la siâ—ver_n they_o sit_v quodnam_fw-la quaeso_fw-la medicamentum_fw-la dicetur_fw-la frigidum_fw-la ostendamus_fw-la nunc_fw-la quomodo_fw-la differant_fw-la salsum_fw-la acidum_fw-la acre_n &_o amarum_fw-la idque_fw-la latin_n etiam_fw-la quia_fw-la voces_fw-la vernaculae_fw-la congrua_fw-la non_fw-la suppetunt_fw-la ex._n gra_fw-mi fall_v marinus_fw-la decrepitatus_fw-la est_fw-la simplciter_fw-la salsus_fw-la decrepitationem_fw-la vero_fw-la antè_fw-la acidus_fw-la potius_fw-la dicendus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o nitrum_fw-la vitriolum_fw-la tartarum_fw-la instar_fw-la aceti_fw-la limonii_n succi_fw-la &_o similium_fw-la qua_fw-la acida_fw-la sunt_fw-la propter_fw-la sulphur_n in_o quantitate_fw-la exigua_fw-la admistum_fw-la quod_fw-la salsedini_fw-la dulcedinis_fw-la quasi_fw-la gradum_fw-la unum_fw-la inaâ—cit_fw-la ideoque_fw-la tartarum_fw-la acâ—dum_fw-la cum_fw-la calcinatur_fw-la sit_fw-la salsum_fw-la &_o acetum_fw-la acidum_fw-la cum_fw-la plumbi_fw-la atomis_fw-la sulphur_n continentibus_fw-la impraegnatur_fw-la dulcedinem_fw-la quasi_fw-la acquirit_fw-la denique_fw-la idem_fw-la sal_fw-la marinus_fw-la decrepâ—tatus_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o nitrum_fw-la vitriolum_fw-la &_o quodlibet_fw-la sal_fw-la fixum_fw-la cumignis_fw-la violentia_fw-la destillandum_fw-la inter_fw-la in_fw-la liquorem_fw-la resolvitur_fw-la salsedinem_fw-la amittit_fw-la &_o acredinem_fw-la contrabit_fw-la itaque_fw-la salsedo_n &_o acredo_fw-la in_fw-la hoc_fw-la tantum_fw-la differunt_fw-la quod_fw-la salsedo_n sit_fw-la qualitas_fw-la corporis_fw-la salsi_fw-la densâ—oris_fw-la &_o minus_fw-la activi_fw-la acredo_fw-la autem_fw-la rarioris_fw-la ideoque_fw-la majoris_fw-la activitatis_fw-la quod_fw-la hinc_fw-la ulterius_fw-la patet_fw-la salis_n etenim_fw-la spiritus_fw-la praevictus_fw-la acris_fw-la sali_fw-la novo_fw-la decrepitato_n affusus_fw-la in_o vase_n circulatorio_n cum_fw-la post_fw-la debitas_fw-la circulationes_fw-la fixatur_fw-la &_o sali_fw-la decrepitato_n unitur_fw-la acredinem_fw-la amittit_fw-la &_o salsedinem_fw-la contrabit_fw-la de_fw-fr amarore_fw-la autem_fw-la dicimus_fw-la ipsum_fw-la causari_fw-la a_o mistione_fw-la form_n anatica_fw-la sulphuris_fw-la &_o salis_fw-la volatilis_fw-la aut_fw-la salis_fw-la alcati_fw-la nitrosi_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la sulphuris_fw-la quid_fw-la contineat_fw-la olâ—o_fw-la firmiter_fw-la aâ—haeret_fw-la quod_fw-la id_fw-la ipsum_fw-la secum_fw-la rapit_fw-la dum_fw-la in_o calcinatione_fw-la deflagrat_fw-la aut_fw-la menstruo_fw-la mediante_fw-la extrahitur_fw-la atque_fw-la sulphuris_fw-la haec_fw-la extractio_fw-la a_o sale_n praedicto_fw-la promovetur_fw-la cum_fw-la etenim_fw-la in_o humour_n aqueo_fw-la dissolvi_fw-la incipit_fw-la sal_fw-la secum_fw-la copiosius_fw-la trahit_fw-la sulphur_n idcoque_fw-la sennae_fw-la uncia_fw-la semis_fw-la in_o aquae_fw-la unciis_fw-la sex_n cum_fw-la tartari_fw-la drachma_n una_fw-la infusa_fw-la colatura_fw-la erit_fw-la magis_fw-la purgativa_fw-la quam_fw-la si_fw-la tartarum_fw-la non_fw-la adderetur_fw-la atque_fw-la haec_fw-la de_fw-la aloâ—_n colocynthide_n opio_fw-la absinthio_fw-la carduo_fw-la benedicto_fw-la etc._n etc._n quorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la sal_fw-la pure_a fixum_fw-la terrae_fw-la firmiter_fw-la adhaeret_fw-la antequam_fw-la slucrem_fw-la adipiscitur_fw-la in_o fermentatione_n aut_fw-la per_fw-la lixiviationem_fw-la è_fw-la cineribus_fw-la extrahatur_fw-la from_o the_o premise_n scrious_o consider_v these_o consequence_n do_v manifest_o result_v 1._o that_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o distinguish_v betwixt_o hot_a and_o corrosive_a as_o betwixt_o hot_a and_o cold_a 2._o that_o the_o intense_a heat_n of_o water_n that_o boil_v in_o fountain_n ought_v not_o always_o to_o be_v attribute_v unto_o fire_n as_o say_v dr._n andrew_n baccius_n but_o rather_o to_o the_o action_n of_o a_o corrosive_a body_n as_o of_o nitre_n vitriol_n etc._n etc._n be_v not_o far_o distant_a from_o the_o fountain_n obj._n 1_o some_o will_v possible_o object_v 1._o if_o there_o be_v any_o salt_n ammoniack_a mix_v with_o the_o water_n of_o moffet-well_n without_o all_o doubt_n it_o will_v assix_v itself_o with_o the_o nitre_n unto_o the_o white_a and_o salinous_a stone_n from_o which_o it_o may_v afterward_o be_v separate_v by_o sublimation_n see_v it_o be_v by_o nature_n most_o volatile_a but_o so_o it_o be_v that_o nothing_o can_v be_v separate_v from_o they_o by_o sublimation_n as_o our_o own_o experience_n do_v testify_v to_o this_o we_o 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itself_o to_o the_o rock_n by_o which_o the_o water_n descend_v and_o the_o latter_a be_v already_o show_v by_o a_o experiment_n 2._o
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