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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 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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 gentle_a fit_n of_o it_o and_o so_o leave_v it_o make_v himself_o both_o plaintiff_n and_o witness_n and_o judge_n of_o this_o matter_n but_o this_o be_v speak_v to_o hereafter_o next_o he_o declare_v p._n 105._o against_o i_o for_o commend_v scarbrough_n that_o it_o be_v so_o quick_a in_o its_o purge_a quality_n that_o it_o need_v no_o preparative_a and_o rather_o than_o lose_v his_o advantage_n of_o dose_v out_o his_o physic_n he_o do_v discommend_v the_o water_n as_o much_o as_o i_o can_v think_v it_o deserve_v it_o be_v a_o old_a say_n better_a may_v one_o steal_v a_o goose_n than_o another_o stick_v down_o a_o feather_n his_o word_n be_v these_o the_o water_n be_v p._n 106._o indeed_o nimble_a and_o sometime_o have_v wrought_v ten_o
day_n together_o while_o yet_o it_o have_v but_o make_v a_o furrow_n through_o the_o gut_n and_o have_v leave_v all_o the_o excrementicious_a humour_n behind_o it_o the_o party_n find_v therein_o no_o benefit_n at_o all_o it_o be_v honest_o say_v of_o the_o dissector_n now_o this_o second_o time_n i_o see_v truth_n will_v come_v out_o at_o last_o therefore_o he_o say_v there_o be_v a_o necessity_n both_o to_o prepare_v by_o purge_v before_o and_o also_o in_o the_o drink_n of_o the_o water_n otherwise_o notwithstanding_o the_o daily_a work_n of_o the_o water_n they_o may_v return_v as_o they_o come_v it_o be_v well_o if_o it_o so_o fall_v out_o that_o they_o return_v not_o worse_o have_v thus_o discommend_v the_o ineffectual_a property_n of_o the_o water_n purge_v in_o that_o it_o make_v but_o a_o furrow_n through_o the_o bowel_n and_o leave_v all_o the_o excrementicious_a humour_n behind_o he_o face_v about_o p._n 107._o and_o do_v commend_v it_o as_o singular_a incomparison_n of_o other_o spa_n water_n that_o be_v not_o purge_v first_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o stone_n in_o this_o case_n water_n that_o be_v only_o diuretical_a may_v cause_v a_o ischuria_n by_o carry_v slimy_a humour_n into_o the_o smallar_n vessel_n it_o be_v grant_v if_o no_o physician_n be_v there_o that_o have_v so_o much_o wit_n as_o to_o prevent_v this_o danger_n by_o give_v the_o patient_a a_o purge_n second_o p._n 108._o by_o the_o purge_a property_n of_o the_o water_n not_o only_o the_o gross_a excrementicious_a humour_n but_o also_o the_o stone_n file_n that_o be_v in_o the_o water_n must_v be_v carry_v the_o broad_a way_n down_o the_o bowel_n alas_o for_o he_o sure_o the_o man_n be_v unadvised_a thus_o in_o one_o page_n to_o write_v pro_fw-la and_o con_v if_o the_o water_n purge_v ten_o day_n together_o can_v not_o carry_v away_o the_o light_a cherry-stone_n that_o be_v in_o the_o bowel_n as_o he_o instance_n p._n 106._o how_o can_v it_o be_v suppose_v that_o it_o shall_v purge_v away_o the_o stone-fileings_a which_o beside_o their_o gravity_n have_v affixedness_n upon_o the_o inner_a coat_n of_o the_o bowel_n like_o as_o we_o see_v the_o sand_n cleave_v to_o the_o side_n of_o the_o chamber-pot_n which_o will_v not_o be_v wash_v off_o with_o water_n unless_o rub_v be_v use_v three_o this_o purge_a property_n of_o the_o water_n do_v quite_o overthrow_v what_o before_o i_o say_v assert_v the_o water_n obstructive_a property_n for_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o the_o same_o thing_n shall_v be_v purgative_a and_o also_o obstructive_a in_o this_o contest_v with_o hydrol._n chym._n he_o use_v the_o term_n sir_n simpson_n as_o a_o reproach_n for_o my_o part_n i_o wonder_v how_o the_o dissector_n get_v his_o bachelor_n of_o art_n degree_n if_o he_o dispute_v after_o this_o manner_n have_v he_o say_v the_o water_n quatenus_fw-la purge_v can_v not_o be_v obstructive_a it_o have_v be_v something_o purge_v and_o bind_v be_v term_n more_o opposite_a than_o purge_v and_o obstruct_v yet_o rhabard_v the_o same_o thing_n do_v perform_v both_o because_o of_o its_o different_a part_n scarbrough_n purge_v as_o it_o be_v enrich_v with_o allom_n and_o nitre_n it_o obstruct_v also_o by_o the_o plenty_n of_o sand_n sand_n and_o clay_n that_o be_v in_o it_o may_v not_o different_a thing_n in_o the_o same_o water_n have_v different_a effect_n four_o p._n 109._o that_o property_n which_o i_o charge_v on_o it_o as_o that_o it_o cause_v the_o gout_n can_v possible_o consist_v with_o the_o purge_a quality_n of_o the_o water_n for_o purge_v be_v own_v by_o all_o and_o prescribe_v as_o a_o special_a remedy_n against_o the_o gout_n either_o to_o prevent_v or_o to_o cure_v it_o first_o i_o say_v the_o rise_n of_o this_o disease_n be_v from_o a_o petrify_a property_n of_o a_o acid_n spirit_n i_o know_v none_o but_o the_o dissector_n who_o refer_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o thing_n to_o the_o first_o quality_n of_o heat_n and_o cold_a that_o do_v oppose_v i_o in_o this_o 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he_o can_v cure_v the_o gout_n and_o prevent_v it_o by_o purge_v then_o i_o suppose_v he_o be_v master_n of_o helmont_n arcanum_n corallinum_fw-la i_o advise_v he_o to_o present_v it_o to_o the_o r._n s._n which_o may_v make_v amends_o for_o the_o last_o trouble_n he_o give_v they_o he_o conclude_v and_o therefore_o see_v he_o have_v project_v to_o fix_v so_o severe_a a_o charge_n upon_o the_o spa_n i_o wonder_v he_o do_v not_o take_v care_n so_o to_o draw_v it_o up_o as_o that_o one_o piece_n may_v not_o interfere_v with_o and_o consute_n another_o i_o judge_v that_o the_o reader_n have_v more_o cause_n to_o wonder_v at_o he_o why_o he_o shall_v say_v so_o he_o now_o summon_v up_o all_o his_o force_n together_o and_o say_v that_o chemical_a writer_n lead_v the_o van_n acidity_n inky_a smell_n and_o black_a tincture_n from_o gall_n be_v certain_a and_o undeniable_a argument_n to_o prove_v vitriol_n thus_o he_o build_v castle_n in_o the_o air_n i_o shall_v blow_v they_o all_o down_o 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all_o the_o saline_n part_v settle_v into_o crystal_n after_o the_o stone-powder_n be_v separate_v and_o take_v the_o sulphurous_a part_n that_o remain_v dry_v it_o and_o dissolve_v it_o in_o hot_a water_n as_o i_o say_v p._n 59_o of_o my_o book_n and_o then_o you_o will_v find_v it_o give_v the_o same_o smell_n that_o the_o allom_n pan_n at_o whitby_n do_v and_o strong_a thus_o you_o see_v his_o threefold_a cord_n be_v easy_o break_v at_o one_o snap_v observe_v now_o his_o pedantic_a and_o unscholar-like_a deal_n with_o i_o i_o wonder_v to_o find_v he_o so_o zealous_a in_o this_o point_n to_o fix_v a_o stink_a smell_n upon_o that_o water_n when_o there_o be_v so_o many_o thousand_o to_o confute_v he_o though_o hence_o it_o may_v appear_v he_o have_v lose_v his_o smell_n yet_o i_o shall_v
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 joab_n he_o consider_v not_o that_o the_o comparison_n lie_v full_o upon_o himself_o for_o who_o so_o great_a a_o friend_n to_o scarbrough_n as_o the_o dissector_n and_o he_o out_o of_o his_o simple_a friendship_n to_o it_o will_v plead_v to_o have_v vitriol_n there_o where_o also_o be_v nitre_n and_o in_o this_o he_o do_v not_o less_o against_o scarbrough_n than_o joab_n do_v to_o abner_n in_o smite_v he_o into_o the_o five_o rib_n make_v the_o water_n thereby_o corrosive_a i_o retort_v his_o own_o word_n be_v this_o a_o token_n of_o his_o friendship_n to_o make_v it_o poisonous_a but_o say_v he_o p._n 121._o what_o have_v we_o to_o do_v with_o the_o spirit_n of_o vitriol_n and_o nitre_n why_o if_o their_o body_n be_v in_o the_o water_n they_o can_v be_v without_o their_o spirit_n such_o as_o the_o spirit_n be_v such_o be_v the_o body_n from_o whence_o they_o be_v draw_v corrosive_a both_o only_o the_o body_n be_v not_o so_o active_a as_o the_o spirit_n but_o say_v he_o rye-bread_n 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