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often_o observe_v the_o same_o do_v doctor_n french_a discover_v in_o his_o distil_v of_o the_o sweet_a spa_n at_o knareshrough_a which_o though_o he_o do_v it_o in_o a_o glass_n still_o lute_v and_o close_v up_o careful_o in_o the_o joint_n thereof_o so_o as_o the_o spirit_n of_o wine_n can_v not_o evaporate_v out_o thereat_o yet_o so_o subtle_a be_v the_o vitrioline_n spirit_n and_o so_o volatile_a that_o he_o say_v they_o be_v soon_o sublime_v than_o the_o water_n and_o do_v penetrate_v even_o the_o glass_n itself_o or_o the_o lute_n and_o he_o believe_v that_o neither_o glass_n nor_o lute_n can_v hold_v they_o p._n 67_o so_o again_o he_o let_v fly_v because_o i_o say_v â—â—e_v mineral_n when_o the_o water_n be_v almost_o go_v do_v rise_v up_o in_o bulla_n make_v a_o bubble_a noise_n like_o the_o boil_a of_o alum_n etc._n etc._n our_o naturalist_n observe_v that_o of_o all_o mineral_n or_o vegetable_n alum_n make_v the_o great_a noise_n when_o it_o be_v boil_v as_o i_o have_v observe_v in_o those_o mine_n at_o whitby_n which_o a_o stranger_n will_v wonder_v at_o and_o there_o be_v alum_n in_o these_o mineral_n hence_o they_o bubble_v with_o more_o noise_n than_o ordinary_o mineral_n use_v to_o do_v where_o that_o be_v away_o ☞_o ☞_o doctor_n jordan_n a_o very_a learned_a chemist_n speak_v in_o chap._n 7._o of_o the_o boil_a of_o vitriol_n have_v this_o very_a expression_n it_o arise_v up_o in_o bulla_n like_a alum_n have_v i_o to_o deal_v with_o any_o man_n of_o reason_n or_o ingenuity_n who_o be_v unsatisfied_a have_v undertake_v this_o task_n against_o i_o i_o have_v not_o meet_v with_o such_o measure_n nor_o to_o my_o knowledge_n do_v i_o ever_o read_v any_o man_n of_o the_o like_a temper_n as_o for_o what_o he_o say_v concern_v the_o emetic_n or_o vomit_v property_n of_o common_a vitriol_n it_o be_v altogether_o extraneous_a to_o our_o subject_n and_o i_o have_v
beside_o the_o novelty_n of_o the_o notion_n of_o his_o primum_fw-la ens_fw-la give_v ground_n of_o suspicion_n the_o whole_a current_n of_o learned_a author_n that_o have_v write_v of_o medicinal_a water_n mention_v no_o such_o thing_n whether_o chemist_n or_o other_o all_o account_v the_o esurine_a spirit_n or_o juice_n of_o vitriol_n enough_o to_o impregnate_n a_o water_n with_o a_o acidity_n that_o shall_v make_v it_o to_o corrode_v other_o mineral_n or_o metal_n by_o which_o it_o pass_v so_o as_o we_o may_v very_o well_o lay_v aside_o this_o esurine_a salt_n or_o primum_fw-la ens_fw-la salium_fw-la as_o whole_o precarious_a entia_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la multiplicanda_fw-la nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la necessitate_v again_o i_o answer_v it_o be_v both_o repugnant_a to_o reason_n and_o experience_n and_o the_o judgement_n of_o all_o learned_a writer_n who_o have_v treat_v of_o these_o matter_n what_o shall_v hinder_v but_o salt_n of_o several_a kind_n will_v dissolve_v in_o water_n impregnate_v with_o one_o single_a kind_n as_o suppose_v a_o quart_n of_o sea_n water_n which_o have_v two_o ounce_n of_o salt_n in_o it_o as_o i_o have_v try_v by_o evaporation_n will_v not_o this_o receive_v nitre_n suppose_v a_o dram_n and_o after_o that_o as_o much_o alâ—ome_n and_o after_o that_o vitriol_n as_o much_o and_o so_o become_v a_o emetic_n and_o last_o of_o all_o arsenic_n so_o as_o it_o shall_v become_v poison_n if_o mr._n s._n shall_v dissolve_v vitriol_n in_o water_n of_o any_o kind_n whatsoever_o whether_o natural_a or_o factition_n which_o he_o can_v deny_v must_v be_v strong_a of_o vitriol_n than_o any_o spa_n and_o then_o shall_v pass_v that_o vitrioline_n water_n through_o three_o or_o four_o cap_n paper_n wherein_o several_a sort_n of_o powder_n be_v put_v the_o same_o vitrioline_n water_n shall_v receive_v a_o alteration_n or_o some_o taste_n from_o every_o of_o they_o and_o after_o they_o be_v so_o mix_v per_fw-la minima_fw-la it_o will_v be_v easy_a to_o separate_v the_o salt_n from_o the_o grosser_n part_n but_o one_o salt_n from_o another_o will_v be_v very_o difficult_a but_o further_o i_o reply_v if_o this_o be_v true_a infallible_o contradiction_n a_o contradiction_n as_o his_o confidence_n do_v seem_v to_o import_v for_o he_o say_v p._n 4._o if_o one_o of_o the_o principle_n be_v make_v by_o this_o esurine_a acidity_n nature_n be_v not_o at_o leisure_n to_o make_v another_o which_o be_v such_o a_o indulgence_n as_o she_o never_o grant_v herself_o how_o do_v this_o agree_v with_o that_o mr._n s._n himself_o say_v p._n 45._o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o second_o section_n viz._n thus_o far_o i_o assent_v viz._n that_o a_o aluminous_a salt_n from_o a_o mineral_n acidity_n have_v dissolve_v a_o sleight_n touch_v of_o the_o mineral_n of_o iron_n and_o both_o dissolve_v in_o the_o current_a spring_n of_o water_n make_v up_o the_o spa_n be_v not_o here_o two_o mineral_n make_v viz._n iron_n and_o alum_n by_o his_o own_o confession_n the_o like_a confession_n he_o make_v p._n 61._o n._n 16._o nay_o further_o i_o will_v see_v if_o i_o can_v find_v two_o more_o look_v p._n 359._o and_o there_o he_o say_v upon_o a_o far_a trial_n of_o the_o spa_n water_n he_o find_v a_o body_n of_o vitriol_n which_o he_o call_v terra_fw-la vitrioli_fw-la then_o turn_v but_o over_o leaf_n to_o p._n 360_o and_o he_o tell_v you_o he_o find_v nitre_n and_o so_o again_o p._n 361._o how_o now_o mr._n s._n how_o will_v these_o thing_n hang_v together_o can_v all_o your_o philosophy_n reconcile_v this_o contradiction_n what_o now_o will_v become_v of_o your_o inference_n you_o deduce_v from_o the_o former_a assertion_n in_o p._n 4._o viz._n so_o then_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 the_o spa_n iron_n and_o vitriol_n certain_o a_o inference_n draw_v from_o both_o end_n of_o a_o contradiction_n â—sinvalid_a but_o i_o must_v not_o thus_o pass_v it_o over_o he_o have_v tell_v we_o here_o pag._n 3._o that_o the_o primum_fw-la ens_fw-la or_o esurine_a salt_n have_v dissolve_v one_o mineral_n be_v thereby_o terminate_v so_o as_o if_o it_o shall_v meet_v with_o another_o it_o can_v take_v nothing_o thence_o now_o let_v we_o cast_v our_o eye_n upon_o p._n 59_o where_o mr._n s._n have_v quite_o forget_v what_o he_o say_v here_o for_o speak_v of_o this_o sulphurous_a esurine_a salt_n he_o say_v it_o become_v determine_v and_o specificate_v according_a to_o the_o difference_n of_o the_o mineral_n glebe_n it_o meet_v with_o into_o this_o or_o that_o fossible_a salt_n or_o mineral_n mixture_n which_o he_o illustrate_v by_o a_o instance_n which_o he_o have_v verbatim_o from_o sendivogius_n lumen_fw-la chym._n trac_n 2._o as_o suppose_v several_a colour_n and_o salt_n place_v at_o a_o distance_n one_o from_o another_o upon_o a_o large_a marble_n and_o common_a simple_a water_n be_v convey_v to_o each_o of_o they_o this_o water_n although_o the_o same_o to_o all_o yet_o as_o it_o come_v to_o every_o of_o they_o be_v different_o tinge_v and_o taste_v according_a to_o the_o colour_n and_o taste_n of_o those_o parcel_n it_o meet_v with_o so_o say_v he_o this_o esurine_a sulphureous_a spirit_n meet_v with_o variety_n of_o mineral_n earth_n though_o the_o same_o in_o itself_o to_o every_o one_o yet_o become_v alter_v and_o tincture_v according_a to_o the_o different_a property_n of_o the_o mineral_n earth_n and_o from_o this_o contradiction_n he_o have_v ☜_o other_o inference_n which_o he_o mention_n not_o worthy_a here_o to_o be_v recite_v here_o be_v a_o able_a philosopher_n indeed_o that_o can_v assert_v contradiction_n and_o draw_v quidlibet_fw-la ex_fw-la quolibet_fw-la but_o i_o shall_v leave_v this_o to_o the_o reader_n contemplation_n because_o i_o study_v to_o be_v short_a and_o shall_v only_o say_v at_o present_a i_o never_o find_v any_o man_n so_o inconsistent_a with_o himself_o only_o he_o aim_v p._n 3._o to_o persuade_v the_o unwary_a reader_n that_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o iron_n and_o vitriol_n can_v be_v both_o in_o this_o water_n as_o i_o have_v assert_v i_o can_v now_o bring_v in_o the_o testimony_n of_o learned_a writer_n who_o tell_v of_o several_a sort_n of_o spring_n in_o europe_n that_o have_v imbibe_v two_o or_o three_o sort_n of_o mineral_n as_o at_o st._n lucas_n in_o italy_n there_o be_v one_o that_o have_v imbibe_v iron_n and_o alum_n another_o in_o germany_n which_o be_v impregnate_v with_o alum_n and_o nitre_n so_o as_o ernestus_n a_o chemist_n can_v hardly_o determine_v which_o of_o the_o two_o be_v more_o predominant_a so_o in_o sweden_n one_o that_o have_v both_o lead_n and_o copper_n and_o thus_o also_o the_o ordinary_a spaw_n in_o germany_n have_v imbibe_v vitriol_n iron_n and_o ochre_n as_o dr._n here_o be_v relate_v in_o his_o spadacrene_n and_o fallopius_n mention_n several_a such_o as_o have_v partake_v of_o several_a mineral_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr therm_n aquis_fw-la among_o all_o who_o yet_o i_o find_v not_o any_o mention_n of_o this_o primum_fw-la ens._n but_o above_o all_o the_o profound_o learned_a kircher_n be_v most_o full_a and_o plain_a to_o our_o purpose_n lib._n 5._o sect._n 2._o ad_fw-la finem_fw-la account_v not_o only_a spring_n water_n a_o proper_a menstruum_fw-la to_o take_v in_o the_o virtue_n of_o mineral_n and_o metal_n but_o one_o and_o the_o same_o current_n to_o take_v in_o several_a as_o they_o lie_v in_o its_o passage_n for_o which_o purpose_n he_o have_v a_o scheme_n p._n 259._o whereby_o ☜_o by_z he_o demonstrate_v it_o to_o the_o eye_n as_o suppose_v upon_o a_o table_n a_o subterraneal_a channel_n of_o fresh_a water_n enter_v at_o one_o end_n and_o run_v out_o at_o the_o other_o end_n of_o the_o table_n in_o one_o spring_n in_o its_o passage_n from_o one_o end_n to_o the_o other_o it_o be_v divide_v and_o divaricate_v into_o several_a small_a channel_n by_o crooked_a turn_n in_o one_o passage_n it_o meet_v with_o salt_n vitriol_n iron_n galx_n and_o silver_n in_o another_o meander_n it_o meet_v with_o sulphur_n salt_n nitre_n ochrâ—_n gadmiâ—_n in_o another_o it_o meet_v with_o alum_n bitâ—â—â—an_n lead_v etc._n etc._n by_o this_o time_n these_o several_a stream_n meet_v in_o the_o spring_n at_o the_o other_o end_n this_o spring_n he_o say_v shall_v be_v repâ—â—â—she_a with_o the_o preperty_n of_o they_o all_o in_o some_o oâ—â—nes_fw-la canales_fw-la dicti_fw-la corrivati_fw-la ex_fw-la â—â—â—â—bus_fw-la per_fw-la quae_fw-la transcunt_fw-la mineralibus_fw-la fonteâ—â—_fw-la istum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la mineralium_fw-la speciebus_fw-la viribusque_fw-la compositum_fw-la constituunt_fw-la and_o therefore_o we_o may_v with_o very_o good_a reason_n reject_v his_o objection_n as_o idle_a and_o frivolous_a but_o i_o proceed_v iron_n of_o iron_n mr._n s._n p._n 3._o can_v find_v out_o what_o be_v the_o dissolvent_a in_o this_o water_n that_o shall_v dissolve_v mars_n viz._n iron_n
to_o make_v it_o appear_v in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o liquor_n why_o i_o will_v tell_v he_o what_o will_v do_v it_o beside_o the_o alkabe_a of_o the_o chemist_n vitriol_n imbibe_v at_o the_o first_o do_v by_o its_o esurine_a salt_n make_v the_o water_n corrosive_a and_o fit_a to_o take_v in_o that_o or_o any_o other_o mineral_n that_o be_v in_o its_o way_n and_o so_o will_v nitre_n as_o i_o make_v out_o before_o or_o aloâ—e_v if_o it_o will_v please_v he_o i'â—_n refer_v he_o to_o his_o grand_a master_n paracelsus_n de_n nature_n aqâ—is_n lib._n 3._o cap._n de_fw-la aquis_fw-la gustatilibâ—â—s_fw-la whâ—â—â—â—â—ting_v of_o acide_fw-la water_n harâ—â—â—_n 〈…〉_o â—â—quit_fw-la ex_fw-la â—â—solutione_n 〈…〉_o maturitatem_fw-la 〈…〉_o produce_v by_o the_o 〈…〉_o before_o they_o come_v to_o 〈…〉_o by_o which_o he_o hint_n as_o if_o simplâ—_n 〈…〉_o alone_o be_v â—â—â—â—ent_v to_o imbibe_n a_o metal_n as_o iroâ—â—_n while_o it_o have_v not_o attain_v to_o imperfection_n which_o be_v the_o case_n of_o the_o trâ—â—â—_n scarboâ—â—gh_n â—s_v i_o shall_v have_v occasion_n to_o point_v out_o afterward_o and_o present_o after_o pâ—â—â—câ—isus_n add_v interdum_fw-la ex_fw-la vitrious_a &_o aluâ—â—nâ—_n hujusmodi_a aquae_n promanant_n viz._n sometime_o these_o water_n come_v from_o vitriol_n and_o alum_n and_o again_o i_o find_v he_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n de_n natur._n baln_v cap._n de_fw-fr thermis_fw-la treat_v of_o natural_a bath_n quod_fw-la sunt_fw-la resoluta_fw-la minera_n ex_fw-la corporâ—_n eo_fw-la quod_fw-la simile_n est_fw-la aluminis_fw-la vitrioto_n &_o sali_n &_o tamenid_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la to_o wit_n they_o be_v resolve_v out_o of_o that_o body_n which_o be_v like_a unto_o alum_n vitriol_n and_o salt_n and_o yet_o they_o be_v not_o that_o as_o if_o he_o will_v say_v they_o be_v not_o perfect_o alum_n vitriol_n and_o salt_n but_o only_o initial_o not_o instatu_fw-la &_o perfectione_n but_o in_o embrione_n in_fw-la fieri_fw-la not_o in_o fâ—â—to_n and_o this_o be_v the_o case_n of_o these_o mineral_n in_o this_o spaw-water_n they_o be_v but_o iâ—_n sâ—lutis_fw-la principliâ—e_fw-la and_o in_o their_o concrete_a jâ—â—â—â—_n and_o not_o perfect_a mineral_n or_o metal_n and_o yet_o paâ—acelsus_n add_v that_o whatsoever_o virtue_n those_o bath_n have_v they_o be_v to_o be_v judge_v of_o according_a to_o the_o propdâ—â—es_n of_o those_o simple_n ita_fw-la bâ—â—gâ—â—â—_n ipâ—arâ—â—_n virtuâ—â—s_v secâ—â—duâ—â—_n horâ—m_fw-la triâ—â—_n simplicium_fw-la â—â—â—â—tias_fw-la and_o so_o may_v i_o say_v concern_v these_o water_n of_o the_o spaâ—â—_n they_o have_v the_o veâ—â—ned_v of_o all_o those_o mineral_n we_o have_v mention_v to_o be_v in_o they_o from_o what_o have_v be_v say_v i_o suppose_v it_o will_v follow_v that_o ouâ—_n foundation_n as_o to_o these_o two_o mineral_n iron_n and_o vâ—trâ—â—l_n stand_v sure_a and_o the_o building_n 〈◊〉_d liâ—â—ly_a to_o suffer_v by_o such_o vapour_n that_o canâ—â—â—ther_o be_v hot_a or_o cold_a say_v and_o unsay_v as_o may_v best_o suit_v a_o present_a design_n 〈◊〉_d his_o second_o section_n p._n 4._o he_o say_v the_o doctor_n undertake_v to_o discourse_v of_o vitriol_n not_o such_o as_o he_o have_v see_v but_o such_o as_o he_o say_v learned_a writer_n name_n viz._n 3_o sort_n roman_a vitriol_n or_o copperas_n which_o then_o i_o do_v not_o understand_v to_o be_v synonima_n the_o second_o cyprian_a and_o the_o three_o ligurian_a etc._n etc._n he_o seem_v to_o envy_v that_o i_o discourse_n about_o vitriel_n as_o if_o it_o be_v a_o prerogative_n of_o the_o pseudochymist_n and_o not_o to_o be_v undertake_v by_o i_o as_o if_o i_o know_v not_o vitriol_n as_o well_o as_o himself_o and_o have_v not_o as_o much_o liberty_n to_o treat_v of_o it_o as_o he._n not_o will_n he_o give_v i_o leave_v to_o cite_v my_o author_n that_o from_o their_o own_o knowledge_n and_o autopsy_n discourse_n of_o vitriol_n i_o speak_v of_o that_o which_o be_v natural_a such_o as_o this_o at_o scarbrough_n for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o have_v not_o such_o a_o conceit_n of_o myself_o as_o he_o have_v as_o that_o i_o shall_v impose_v in_o this_o thing_n my_o own_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o sufficient_a authority_n and_o therefore_o i_o cite_v my_o author_n as_o need_n be_v he_o quarrel_n that_o i_o call_v it_o roman_a vitriol_n or_o copperas_n whereas_o i_o be_o warrant_v by_o good_a author_n weckerus_n in_o his_o antid_v spec_fw-la lib._n 1._o say_v that_o which_o the_o italian_n call_v victriolo_n the_o spaniaras_n call_v copparofa_n so_o adrianus_n tol._n in_o stocker_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 9_o vitriolum_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la inquit_fw-la aut_fw-la vitriolum_fw-la romanum_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la copparosa_fw-mi as_o for_o the_o romas_n it_o be_v nothing_o but_o natural_a vitriol_n bring_v for_o the_o most_o part_n out_o of_o cyprus_n or_o germany_n which_o they_o dissolve_v and_o cast_v into_o form_n to_o which_o they_o add_v some_o pleasant_a colour_n usual_o of_o blue_n which_o yet_o diminish_v much_o of_o its_o efficacy_n mineral_n of_o the_o vapour_n of_o mineral_n in_o his_o three_o section_n p._n 6._o he_o proceed_v to_o examine_v the_o four_o way_n whereby_o i_o say_v water_n may_v imbibe_n the_o nature_n and_o virtue_n of_o a_o mineral_n or_o metal_n and_o the_o first_o be_v by_o receive_v its_o vapour_n thus_o water_n stand_v some_o while_n in_o a_o brass_n or_o iron_n vessel_n will_v taste_v of_o the_o brass_n or_o iron_n here_o he_o cavil_v at_o the_o word_n vapour_n as_o improper_a which_o to_o i_o do_v imply_v that_o he_o be_v little_o verse_v in_o any_o solid_a author_n that_o treat_v of_o this_o subject_a it_o be_v needless_a to_o spend_v time_n to_o prove_v to_o he_o that_o the_o best_a writer_n do_v rather_o choose_v to_o express_v their_o sense_n of_o the_o imbibition_n of_o the_o vapour_n of_o mineral_n than_o odour_n which_o he_o rather_o espouse_n fallopius_fw-la in_o ther._n aqu._n cap._n 8._o use_v the_o term_n 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