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become_v desperate_o emetic_n and_o can_v but_o with_o very_o great_a difficulty_n by_o the_o chemical_a art_n be_v separate_v from_o that_o essurine_a salt_n which_o have_v coagulate_v itself_o thereon_o 5._o again_o if_o it_o be_v such_o a_o vitriol_n the_o other_o ingredient_n of_o iron_n will_v by_o their_o mutual_a embrace_n be_v tinge_v and_o almost_o transmute_v into_o copper_n which_o i_o have_v find_v by_o a_o strong_a decoction_n of_o iron_n in_o vitriolin_a water_n but_o to_o omit_v that_o let_v we_o suppose_v that_o there_o be_v a_o vitriol_n of_o venus_n dissolve_v in_o this_o spring_n and_o in_o so_o small_a a_o proportion_n as_o be_v mix_v in_o a_o great_a quantity_n of_o water_n viz._n of_o 3_o or_o 4_o quart_n which_o be_v the_o quantity_n patient_n frequent_o drink_v as_o not_o to_o work_v frequent_o by_o vomit_n but_o most_o what_o by_o stool_n and_o that_o the_o purgative_n property_n be_v from_o the_o mixture_n of_o this_o vitriol_n and_o other_o ingredient_n name_v by_o the_o doctor_n 6._o this_o be_v grant_v in_o favour_n of_o his_o ingredient_n or_o mineral_n principle_n then_o let_v we_o see_v what_o will_v be_v the_o sequel_n viz._n whither_o or_o no_o we_o may_v not_o lay_v by_o as_o useless_a one_o of_o his_o principle_n i_o be_o now_o discourse_v of_o viz._n iron_n as_o a_o impertinent_a and_o insignificant_a ingredient_n i_o mean_v as_o to_o the_o body_n of_o it_o 7._o for_o if_o the_o essurine_a salt_n dissolve_v in_o the_o water-spring_n meet_v with_o a_o vein_n of_o copper_n in_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o earth_n which_o essurine_n salt_n be_v always_o require_v for_o the_o make_v a_o vitriol_n of_o what_o sort_n soever_o fret_v thereon_o dissolve_v it_o and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o acidity_n be_v coagulate_v upon_o the_o metalline_a dissolve_v part_n solutio_fw-la &_o coagulatio_fw-la fiunt_fw-la unico_fw-la instanti_fw-la una_fw-la edeamque_fw-la res_fw-la solvit_fw-la ac_fw-la à _fw-la solventi_fw-la coagulatur_fw-la and_o so_o both_o together_o become_v dissolve_v in_o the_o solitary_a spring_n water_n in_o a_o almost_o indissolvable_a nexure_n then_o and_o not_o till_o then_o be_v the_o action_n of_o that_o essurine_a acidity_n terminate_v so_o as_o it_o can_v act_v no_o more_o and_o though_o it_o shall_v in_o the_o secret_a meander_n of_o the_o earth_n in_o its_o encircle_v perambulation_n meet_v with_o a_o vein_n of_o iron_n yet_o can_v it_o take_v nothing_o thence_o because_o it_o have_v already_o lose_v its_o sting_n i_o mean_v its_o fret_a salt_n have_v satiate_v itself_o in_o coro_fw-la metallico_fw-la in_o the_o embrace_n of_o a_o already_o espouse_a metal_n 8._o mars_n can_v be_v dissolve_v and_o appear_v in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o liquor_n without_o a_o dissolvent_a but_o this_o dissolvent_a viz._n the_o essurine_a acidity_n be_v already_o satiate_v and_o turn_v into_o a_o vitriol_n to_o make_v up_o one_o of_o dr._n witty_v precanious_a principle_n be_v not_o at_o leisure_n to_o make_v another_o of_o they_o unless_o we_o grant_v such_o a_o indulgence_n to_o nature_n which_o she_o never_o be_v yet_o so_o kind_a to_o herself_o as_o to_o take_v i_o mean_v to_o dissolve_v mineral_n or_o metalline_a body_n without_o a_o agent_n proper_a for_o that_o purpose_n 9_o so_o that_o indeed_o we_o find_v a_o flaw_n in_o the_o main_a timber_n of_o his_o building_n a_o inconsistency_n of_o two_o of_o his_o chief_a principle_n of_o this_o mineral_n water_n vitriol_n and_o iron_n that_o which_o make_v the_o one_o disannul_v the_o other_o so_o that_o certain_o they_o be_v not_o of_o the_o fraternity_n of_o this_o spa_n however_o we_o come_v to_o find_v they_o thus_o thrust_v in_o by_o head_n and_o shoulder_n sect_n 2._o 1._o the_o doctor_n undertake_v to_o discourse_v of_o vitriol_n and_o first_o he_o give_v we_o a_o account_n of_o the_o several_a sort_n not_o such_o as_o he_o have_v see_v but_o such_o as_o he_o say_v sect._n 12._o late_a writer_n name_n viz._n three_o sort_n viz._n 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in_o a_o glass_n receiver_n who_o joint_n be_v close_o stop_v will_v not_o give_v any_o alteration_n of_o colour_n either_o with_o solution_n of_o gaul_n or_o with_o lixivium_n of_o tartar_n which_o argue_v that_o no_o heterogeneous_a volatile_a part_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o the_o salt_n come_v over_o the_o helm_n 7._o all_o which_o put_v together_o evince_v no_o less_o than_o a_o parity_n or_o likeness_n of_o principle_n between_o that_o mineral_n earth_n and_o the_o spa_n water_n for_o from_o a_o parity_n of_o principle_n in_o a_o homogeneal_a process_n result_v a_o likeness_n of_o product_n so_o that_o the_o spa_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o this_o essurine_a acid_n salt_n in_o its_o mineral_n earth_n in_o toro_fw-it svo_fw-la metallico_fw-la be_v a_o allumenish_a terrestrial_a globe_n dissolve_v in_o the_o current_a spring_n of_o water_n 8._o for_o the_o specifical_a difference_n of_o all_o mineral_n salt_n depend_v upon_o these_o three_o viz._n a_o sulphurous_a acid_a 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become_v flesh_n and_o we_o see_v if_o blood_n be_v distil_v the_o great_a portion_n thereof_o be_v phlegm_n or_o water_n so_o that_o above_o two_o three_o thereof_o be_v a_o elementary_a water_n in_o like_a manner_n urine_n be_v most_o part_n of_o it_o separable_a into_o a_o waterish_a phlegm_n and_o milk_n distil_v arise_v the_o most_o of_o it_o in_o a_o insipid_a water_n in_o the_o distillation_n of_o the_o flesh_n of_o a_o animal_n a_o great_a part_n thereof_o arise_v into_o water_n among_o which_o the_o flesh_n of_o eel_n if_o distil_v as_o that_o great_a naturalist_n squire_n boyle_n witness_v yield_v a_o very_a great_a proportion_n of_o water_n in_o which_o while_o distil_v they_o seem_v to_o boil_v as_o in_o a_o pot_n of_o water_n or_o like_o dantz_n vitriol_n in_o a_o earthen_a pot_n place_v in_o the_o fire_n seem_v to_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o water_n so_o these_o to_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o phlegm_n coneal_v to_o which_o purpose_n helmont_n tell_v we_o anguium_fw-la carnes_n pisces_fw-la mucilago_n semel_fw-la glaciata_fw-la eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la mucaginem_fw-la amittunt_fw-la &_o in_o aquam_fw-la redeunt_fw-la itam_fw-la emnis_fw-la terrae_fw-la mucilago_n qua_fw-la alias_o facilè_fw-la in_o vermis_n vertitur_fw-la for_o that_o izinglass_n flesh_n fish_n etc._n etc._n shall_v by_o be_v freeze_v lose_v their_o form_n and_o thereby_o be_v reducible_a into_o water_n be_v no_o less_o than_o a_o evident_a argument_n of_o what_o i_o be_o prove_v viz._n that_o water_n be_v the_o primary_n subjective_n principle_n of_o all_o vegetable_a and_o mineral_n concretes_n and_o that_o seed_n together_o with_o the_o potential_a ferment_n thereof_o be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o transmutation_n by_o the_o operation_n of_o which_o water_n become_v different_o coagulate_v and_o specificate_v according_a to_o the_o variety_n of_o the_o seed_n and_o the_o innate_a ferment_n thereof_o into_o this_o or_o the_o other_o formal_a concrete_a or_o part_n thereof_o which_o 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flesh_n of_o