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water_n as_o i_o do_v that_o at_o scarbrough_n and_o it_o let_v fall_v no_o gretty_a stone_n powder_n to_o the_o bottom_n hereby_o doctor_n witty_a be_v plain_o confute_v in_o two_o thing_n first_o that_o i_o pick_v a_o quarrel_n with_o scarbrough_n only_o for_o by-end_n and_o out_o of_o a_o mean_a design_n to_o draw_v patient_n from_o thence_o to_o knaisbrough_n if_o i_o have_v be_v so_o base_o spirit_v i_o will_v not_o have_v tell_v he_o thus_o much_o of_o malton_n which_o he_o confess_v p._n 201._o first_o edition_n to_o be_v of_o like_a virtue_n and_o in_o operation_n as_o quick_a and_o strong_a as_o that_o at_o scarbrough_n here_o let_v he_o set_v up_o and_o if_o he_o can_v bring_v the_o patient_n from_o knaisbrough_n to_o he_o thither_o i_o shall_v not_o complain_v second_o he_o be_v confute_v by_o this_o also_o that_o it_o be_v a_o peculiar_a fault_n in_o scarbrough_n as_o it_o be_v a_o petrify_a water_n not_o as_o a_o allom_n water_n that_o it_o cast_v a_o gretty_a stone_n powder_n to_o the_o bottom_n in_o the_o boil_a yet_o another_o evasion_n doctor_n witty_a relate_v a_o notable_a experiment_n show_v before_o several_a person_n of_o quality_n i_o wonder_v i_o meet_v not_o with_o it_o in_o his_o letter_n at_o large_a to_o the_o r._n s._n two_o quart_n of_o spa_n water_n pass_v through_o the_o filter_n whilst_o it_o be_v cold_a cleaverly_o leave_v not_o a_o grain_n of_o sand_n behind_o and_o thence_o he_o infer_v that_o if_o they_o drink_v the_o water_n unwarmed_a it_o will_v he_o doubt_v not_o pass_v through_o the_o body_n as_o easy_o leave_v no_o dregs_o behind_o as_o it_o do_v in_o the_o filter_n i_o will_v set_v another_o experiment_n against_o this_o dissolve_v pearl_n prepare_v with_o sp._n of_o venus_n in_o spring_v water_n filter_n it_o and_o it_o shall_v go_v all_o through_o not_o leave_v a_o grain_n behind_o be_v it_o true_a therefore_o that_o this_o pearl-water_n will_v so_o pass_v through_o the_o body_n as_o it_o do_v the_o filter_n then_o 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it_o be_v only_o obstructive_a his_o inference_n be_v good_a but_o who_o say_v so_o scarbrough_n it_o be_v purge_v also_o he_o proceed_v p._n 99_o nor_o be_v there_o a_o better_a thing_n in_o nature_n for_o take_v away_o the_o relic_n of_o all_o inveterate_a ague_n how_o can_v i_o believe_v this_o brag_n when_o mr._n tailor_n of_o york_n his_o own_o apothecary_n be_v order_v by_o the_o dissector_n after_o his_o ague_n fit_v have_v leave_v he_o to_o come_v to_o scarbrough_n and_o drink_v water_n who_o do_v so_o and_o after_o the_o first_o day_n drink_v instead_o of_o take_v away_o the_o relic_n of_o the_o ague_n it_o bring_v his_o fit_n upon_o he_o again_o and_o he_o be_v glad_a to_o return_v whether_o more_o wise_a man_n he_o or_o the_o dissector_n that_o advise_v he_o thither_o i_o leave_v the_o reader_n to_o judge_v this_o be_v tell_v i_o whilst_o i_o be_v at_o scarbrough_n by_o mr._n taylor_n himself_o he_o go_v on_o p._n 100_o but_o i_o may_v not_o pass_v it_o over_o that_o our_o author_n be_v censure_v and_o fall_v under_o the_o obloquy_n of_o the_o woman_n concern_v the_o merchant_n wife_n yet_o i_o thank_v he_o he_o say_v i_o do_v indeed_o take_v he_o to_o be_v a_o honest_a man_n and_o faithful_a physician_n it_o seem_v if_o i_o have_v not_o be_v so_o then_o i_o have_v escape_v both_o he_o and_o their_o obloquy_n yet_o what_o i_o say_v in_o my_o just_a defence_n he_o say_v it_o savour_v too_o much_o like_o that_o of_o a_o pharisee_fw-mi p._n 102._o i_o shall_v here_o show_v you_o the_o dissector_n fair_a outside_n profession_n that_o by_o the_o sequel_n it_o may_v appear_v whether_o he_o or_o i_o be_v more_o like_o a_o hypocrite_n the_o true_a note_n of_o a_o pharisee_fw-mi say_v he_o p._n 125._o as_o i_o desire_v in_o all_o all_o thing_n to_o be_v find_v faithful_a as_o become_v i_o either_o as_o a_o physician_n or_o a_o christian_a so_o in_o this_o dispute_n i_o aim_v not_o so_o much_o at_o victory_n as_o truth_n here_o then_o be_v truth_n unquestionable_a 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〈◊〉_d take_v this_o account_n the_o nitrous_a water_n meet_v with_o the_o allom_n stone_n corrode_v and_o dissolve_v it_o whole_o during_o this_o action_n the_o water_n appear_v clear_a but_o as_o soon_o as_o the_o intestine_a motion_n cease_v that_o the_o nitre_n and_o allom_n embrace_v mutual_o each_o other_o in_o quiet_a then_o be_v the_o glebe_n of_o allom_n as_o a_o heterogeneous_a caput_fw-la mortuum_fw-la cast_v forth_o of_o the_o embracement_n of_o these_o two_o salt_n and_o so_o settle_v to_o the_o bottom_n which_o happen_v in_o two_o or_o three_o day_n time_n if_o it_o be_v demand_v further_o how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o glebe_n of_o allom_n shall_v settle_v to_o the_o bottom_n and_o yet_o the_o stone-powder_n which_o be_v also_o in_o it_o and_o a_o heavy_a body_n do_v not_o settle_v at_o all_o whilst_o the_o water_n be_v keep_v in_o cold_a from_o boil_v on_o the_o fire_n i_o answer_v here_o be_v the_o difference_n betwixt_o petrify_a water_n and_o mineral_n water_n these_o always_o soon_o or_o late_a do_v settle_v something_o to_o the_o bottom_n the_o other_o do_v not_o as_o be_v know_v by_o experience_n the_o reason_n of_o the_o difference_n may_v be_v gather_v from_o that_o i_o say_v last_o for_o the_o stone_n whilst_o the_o saline_n water_n dissolve_v it_o be_v mere_o passive_a in_o that_o action_n of_o dissolution_n and_o therefore_o the_o long_a a_o nitrous_a water_n have_v stone_n in_o its_o bowel_n the_o firmly_a it_o hold_v it_o there_o be_v neither_o sulphur_n nor_o other_o salt_n in_o it_o to_o re-act_n upon_o the_o nitre_n it_o be_v not_o so_o when_o metallick_n or_o mineral_n stone_n be_v dissolve_v in_o water_n there_o be_v then_o contrary_a principle_n at_o work_n the_o strife_n be_v end_v they_o show_v what_o metal_n or_o mineral_n those_o water_n come_v from_o by_o their_o settlement_n he_o now_o remember_v what_o he_o have_v forget_v p._n 103._o but_o there_o be_v one_o thing_n i_o may_v not_o overlook_a the_o stone_n that_o be_v by_o physic_n bring_v out_o of_o the_o gall_n which_o the_o professor_n at_o london_n do_v show_v we_o he_o be_v afraid_a i_o be_v mistake_v p._n 104._o so_o be_v the_o say_n still_o of_o the_o thing_n i_o see_v with_o my_o eye_n but_o why_o what_o passage_n be_v there_o from_o the_o gall_n to_o the_o gut_n to_o convey_v stone_n the_o stone_n he_o show_v we_o be_v large_a in_o breadth_n than_o gray-pease_n be_v flatter_v but_o about_o their_o bigness_n if_o he_o deny_v these_o passable_a through_o the_o ductus_fw-la bilarius_fw-la he_o have_v little_a or_o no_o experience_n of_o the_o work_n of_o nature_n as_o i_o have_v instance_a before_o when_o it_o be_v assist_v by_o art_n next_o he_o accuse_v i_o for_o assert_v upon_o the_o former_a principle_n of_o the_o petrify_a nature_n of_o scarbrough_n that_o be_v ill_a for_o the_o gout_n which_o i_o experience_v in_o myself_o and_o he_o oppose_v it_o only_o by_o his_o experience_n of_o himself_o who_o have_v have_v some_o 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but_o now_o i_o do_v retract_v take_v it_o for_o grant_v the_o dissector_n have_v have_v his_o education_n there_o vitriol_n of_o what_o sort_n soever_o be_v a_o metal_n dissolve_v this_o be_v a_o undoubted_a truth_n make_v good_a by_o experiment_n upon_o all_o vitriol_n both_o natural_a such_o as_o be_v get_v out_o of_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o artificial_a such_o as_o be_v make_v by_o dissolve_v any_o metal_n and_o exhale_v of_o the_o dissolvent_n each_o one_o of_o these_o vitriol_n will_v dissolve_v in_o water_n and_o by_o a_o alkali_n put_v to_o it_o will_v precipitate_v the_o body_n of_o the_o metal_n contain_v in_o it_o let_v we_o now_o descend_v from_o this_o general_a proposition_n to_o the_o particular_a vitriol_n of_o iron_n which_o the_o dissector_n affirm_v be_v in_o scarbrough_n water_n and_o i_o will_v suppose_v it_o to_o be_v there_o the_o question_n now_o be_v what_o be_v it_o that_o the_o gall_n put_v into_o the_o water_n do_v precipitate_v be_v it_o 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water_n that_o it_o be_v from_o the_o body_n of_o the_o metal_n not_o from_o the_o spirit_n sulphur_n that_o dissolve_v it_o that_o the_o gall_n precipitate_v so_o here_o it_o be_v not_o from_o the_o juice_n of_o the_o allom_n but_o from_o the_o body_n of_o the_o glebe_n a_o terrestrial_a and_o sulphurous_a matter_n which_o give_v the_o tincture_n i_o prove_v it_o by_o this_o experiment_n take_v the_o allom_n water_n out_o of_o any_o trough_n at_o whithy_a which_o be_v the_o infusion_n of_o burn_a allom-stone_n and_o put_v gall_n to_o it_o and_o it_o will_v tincture_n but_o take_v the_o very_a same_o water_n without_o the_o addition_n of_o any_o thing_n and_o boil_v it_o until_o it_o cast_v to_o the_o bottom_n the_o earthy_a sulphurous_a part_n which_o the_o workman_n call_v slam_n and_o then_o that_o water_n will_v not_o tinck_v with_o gall._n he_o repeat_v p._n 118._o what_o he_o say_v before_o that_o the_o earth_n fall_v from_o the_o cliff_n near_o the_o spa_n be_v convert_v into_o iron_n stone_n i_o suppose_v by_o this_o he_o will_v have_v we_o to_o believe_v ovid_n metamorphosis_n be_v no_o poetical_a fiction_n but_o real_a truth_n that_o this_o earth_n be_v convert_v into_o iron_n stone_n as_o lot_n wife_n be_v into_o a_o pillar_n of_o salt_n by_o a_o miracle_n on_o purpose_n that_o the_o spa_n may_v be_v make_v to_o strengthen_v the_o natural_a part_n by_o the_o property_n of_o iron_n the_o answer_n i_o give_v to_o it_o he_o can_v no_o more_o make_v sense_n of_o it_o than_o of_o the_o plain_a position_n of_o helmont_n which_o i_o expound_v to_o he_o and_o shall_v do_v this_o i_o say_v at_o first_o it_o do_v appear_v to_o i_o now_o that_o i_o have_v try_v it_o i_o affirm_v it_o to_o be_v nothing_o else_o than_o what_o i_o say_v before_o earth_n wherein_o be_v abundance_n of_o pebble_n stone_n of_o several_a sort_n impregnate_v with_o store_n of_o nitro_n aluminous_a salt_n as_o all_o the_o cliff_n be_v slide_v down_o by_o some_o dash_n of_o rain_n upon_o the_o 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new_a guard_n p._n 119._o the_o man_n be_v in_o a_o dream_n certain_o the_o logomachia_n betwixt_o he_o and_o dr._n s._n be_v indeed_o play_v with_o foyl_n or_o cudgel_n what_o tell_v he_o i_o of_o a_o club_n his_o dissect_n and_o my_o anatomise_v be_v fight_v with_o sharp_n be_v it_o so_o long_o since_o i_o meet_v with_o he_o on_o the_o hill_n near_a knaisbrough_n town_n they_o be_v to_o he_o the_o mountain_n of_o gilboa_n where_o he_o do_v manful_o fall_v upon_o his_o own_o sword_n point_n p._n 56._o where_o be_v his_o new_a guard_n then_o not_o in_o his_o breeches_n for_o his_o bum_fw-mi have_v be_v well_o pay_v more_o than_o once_o or_o twice_o p._n 20.31.51_o he_o cite_v my_o argument_n p._n 120._o against_o vitriol_n in_o scarbrough_n but_o say_v nothing_o to_o disprove_v it_o only_o he_o call_v it_o my_o battering-kam_a and_o leave_v it_o to_o my_o wife_n to_o confute_v i_o be_o persuade_v she_o be_v as_o able_a as_o the_o dissector_n to_o do_v so_o he_o compare_v i_o to_o 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