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Cberuta fludiosm nd pcrfeihontm«ßstrttnt.

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J Aturalispkilofophia partem nobiltß'mam cjfe, ^khtmu\qtia metallorum tractantur principii,eaulsa,

—A proprtetates,paßtones,& transmutationes ,ne-Hwtjifi injuria, in dubium revocabit . Addidi transmu-1 ‘mones, ut non videar de illa parte vbyfues pervulgatalvc iui tantum, qua de metallorum materia & forma, gt-*J e *<ttionis loco, ductibilitate, colore,sapore,odore & fimili-,{ s determinat:sed de ea potißimum,qua metallum unuma l'utd convertere docet. Hoc autem poßibile effedemon- Trommu*.fat ‘one nen indiget,eum experientia fidem faciat,ocula- uZ'mpßit' tc fles ubufo fere terrarum confirment, & gravtßmi au- i**> # *«-ores dffeveren t. Ferrum enim aquis jfionte e terra f atu-rie >itibus , & facili etiam artificio m as tranfit, & hflrar- awg.^sgjn.Sinon cum sulphure cxcoäum in argetum mutatur, quan-Idam absque lucro, mfi major artifuis folertia accedat, r.flism."l H ‘r[unt m Gallia, AngUa, Germania,Bohemia,&Belgio,

suis manibus pulvere quodam minima quantitatis, ,'u lU ,ß “I ^ CII > tamen ab aliis praparatum accepiffent,m argentum tae. >•

^‘fujii igne excalefaäum conjetto,argentum inde vel ou-ß 1 ** c»p.^? >n °mui examini jubjicieudum retulere. Narrat Car-1» *dd>r.ad‘* n,ls coram principe & ampliß.seiiattt urbis Veneta ar- s f ccuLRl,iir, ~f in on vivum tn aurum converjum fuiffe a pharmacopola f«if.^tvifuio. corn . Agrippa diitt jpiritu auri,aut potius cius- ^ffßZßf d<mjm forma aut parte puriore imperfecta metalla & argen - tl p ttmvtvtan m aurum verti polle, sey, id vidilfe & novi se, fid ea,d,n~

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