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its_o colour_n which_o be_v far_o more_o pale_a than_o rock-spring_n water_n with_o syrup_n of_o violet_n it_o will_v turn_v green_a like_o alkalizate_a liquor_n with_o that_o syrup_n with_o gall_n to_o a_o purple_a like_o martial_a vitrioline_n water_n for_o cuprous_a vitrioline_n with_o gall_n turn_v muddy_a with_o a_o very_a little_a purple_n or_o black_a but_o of_o this_o more_o afterward_o it_o be_v body_n be_v of_o a_o thick_a muddy_a consistence_n i_o weigh_v in_o a_o very_a dry_a season_n a_o pint_n of_o this_o spaw-water_n against_o a_o pint_n of_o ordinary_a water_n but_o the_o spa_n exceed_v near_o half_a a_o drachm_n another_o time_n after_o a_o wet_a season_n and_o when_o the_o ochre_n be_v fall_v a_o old_a pint_n pot_n of_o common_a pump-water_n weigh_v 18_o ounce_n do_v equalise_v and_o if_o either_o do_v turn_v the_o scale_n the_o same_o quantity_n of_o the_o spaw-water_n which_o may_v caution_n we_o from_o prefix_v a_o determinate_a weight_n to_o any_o spring-water_n 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and_o there_o be_v leave_v behind_o a_o insipid_a earth_n like_o red_a ochre_n or_o colcotar_n the_o water_n i_o filter_v evaporate_v and_o then_o set_v to_o crystallise_v which_o yield_v a_o salt_n of_o a_o irregular_a figure_n it_o be_v of_o a_o palish_a colour_n but_o as_o to_o its_o operation_n answer_v vitriol_n of_o iron_n it_o be_v assert_v by_o some_o author_n but_o the_o truth_n thereof_o i_o much_o question_n that_o many_o mineral_n water_n will_v loose_v in_o weight_n by_o carriage_n by_o loss_n of_o spirit_n as_o they_o say_v or_o rather_o if_o at_o all_o i_o suppose_v by_o a_o aporrhea_n mineralis_fw-la i_o fill_v a_o glass_n bottle_n with_o this_o spaw-water_n and_o stop_v it_o up_o close_o at_o the_o springhead_n where_o i_o weigh_v it_o with_o a_o exact_a pair_n of_o scales_n after_o four_o or_o five_o mile_n carriage_n i_o try_v and_o find_v it_o continue_v the_o same_o weight_n after_o it_o have_v stand_v a_o day_n or_o two_o by_o examination_n i_o find_v the_o weight_n not_o at_o all_o diminish_v so_o that_o by_o this_o way_n nor_o by_o distillation_n can_v i_o find_v any_o volatile_a spirit_n wherein_o the_o virtue_n of_o this_o water_n consist_v the_o bottle_n thus_o stop_v i_o keep_v for_o a_o fortnight_n and_o then_o can_v perceive_v the_o sediment_n just_o begin_v to_o fall_v to_o the_o bottom_n but_o in_o another_o bottle_n carry_v with_o this_o and_o leave_v open_a to_o the_o air_n i_o find_v great_a part_n of_o the_o sediment_n fall_v in_o twelve_o hour_n which_o confirm_v my_o former_a assertion_n viz._n that_o not_o only_a heat_n motion_n by_o carriage_n etc._n etc._n but_o the_o air_n also_o precipitate_v its_o sediment_n upon_o trial_n i_o find_v that_o the_o water_n out_o of_o which_o the_o ochre_n be_v fall_v will_v not_o thing_fw-mi with_o gall_n but_o the_o water_n keep_v close_o stop_v for_o a_o fortnight_n do_v with_o gall_n ready_o strike_v a_o purple_a and_o so_o will_v more_v or_o less_o until_o the_o terra_fw-la metallica_fw-la be_v all_o fall_v to_o sum_v up_o then_o that_o which_o have_v be_v lay_v down_o i_o may_v say_v of_o this_o spring_n as_o helmont_n say_v of_o the_o german_a spaw_n pawhont_n and_o saveâ—ir_n distillavi_n aliquando_fw-la serio_fw-la savenirium_fw-la &_o pauhonteum_n &_o sanè_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la mineralium_fw-la catalogum_fw-la imo_fw-la nil_fw-la quicquam_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la offendi_fw-la praeter_fw-la aquam_fw-la fontanam_fw-la &_o vitriolum_fw-la ferri_fw-la helm_n paradox_n quar._n de_fw-fr aq_fw-fr spad_a so_o in_o this_o spring_n the_o acid_n salt_n with_o which_o the_o water_n be_v impregnate_v do_v in_o its_o passage_n through_o the_o subterrestrial_a channel_n meet_v with_o a_o minera_n of_o iron_n which_o it_o partly_o dissolve_v and_o bring_v along_o by_o its_o current_n to_o the_o springhead_n and_o by_o a_o fermentation_n betwixt_o the_o esurine_a acid_n and_o the_o metalline_a part_n of_o the_o minera_n be_v make_v a_o vitriolum_fw-la