I N T R O d" 



U C T I O N. 



Menftruum^>.« intend, add,r,g Xure, s'ah, or 

 have Water and 0,1, which fepTaU .Mat e^ the 

 the volattl 0,1 afcend : The w'Hter refn've "to 



bottom. 7. Oils from Aromatkk'\Voodl"^as CaG 

 lia Lignea, Cedar, Cyprefs, Juniper Rhodium 

 Sanders Yellow, Saffafrafs, Xyloaloes, i!fc. Take 

 the,r r of pings, or let their Chips be cxceed,ng!y 

 good while in Water, then diftU by' Iv t^izi : co- 



Tu?e{c?n? ''"'^- '""^"f' ^' '^'1^' f'?^'"^R°fi"^' 

 ofWa"er^^!U diftil by Ivkzl,''^ wily ou hive 

 is calld Spirit;) cont,nue"the'' d^u'Lil!^, 'and by 



M^ diEng ullmlZe%\ean. '^'xhiris^-^cal- 

 led Oil. The matter remaimng ,s called Colo- 

 phony. 9. The Reftification of Chymical Oils. 

 They me reSiJied by diftiUtng them by a Cucur- 



'.r Subjh, 



VII. BALSAMS. J. The true difference 

 between Chymical Oils and Chymical Bal/ams lies 

 fhf\inci 'dor'S ttti'^Kul °'^ ""'""' 

 irTubftanZ" tPan thl Balfam lwhichas"th,s'Tal 

 for old Sores and Ulcers'.' ^'2 BenceltZ^L/s 



farts, fo they rife firR in 'DiSfflalion, frm"the 

 Mauer they are feparated from ; but the Ealfam 

 is that other thicker Oily Matter, which by the 



trmef \tZLfa7 v£tfiTdriwn f' 

 which as it is of a thicker body, fo it is alfo of 

 a deeper color. 3. Balfams Chymical, are often- 

 times alfo made in ReSiJication of Chymical Oils ; 

 ■ when drawing off the thin, fubtil, volatil Parts, 

 or Oil, the thick Ealfam is left at bottom. 4- But 

 they are properly Balfams which (the thin Oil be- 

 ing drawn off in a Vefica) are afterioards drawn 

 from the Colophony by a Retort, j. Take the Co- 

 lophony remaining after the Oil is drawn from 

 Roftns and Turpentine ; put it into a Retort, and 



^'^'^ Te'ater fnf"1fn'\^'^^/h^HTaff"l1he 

 Colophony has given up all its Oily or Balfamick 



VIII. POTESTATES, or POWERS. 



I. Take the retliM Spirit of the flmt, fuppofe of 

 Mint, or Pennyroyal, a Pint ; Chymical Oil of the 

 fame Plant, an Ounce, or fo much as the Spirit 





IX. E L I X I R S. X. An Elixir is the ful- 

 phureo,^ TinQure cf any Vegetable, draxm out of 

 the dncd Vegetable, (ground grofy icitb Salt of 

 Tartar m a hot ^Mortar) «,th the retlijied Spirit 



'dried' HeU'- or 'piant'leat' it '' iMo'grofs'poudcr, 

 which put into a Matrafs or Bolt-head : Take the 

 Powers of the fame Plant, fix Pints ; reSifiei 



foZS^2/e]omucT^^^^^^ 



digejl cold for 20 D.vjx, Jlmking the Glafs every 

 Drfj ; then decant the clear Liquor, and keep it 



fion of any Vegetable (fuppofe Rofemary) in Pow- 

 sllt "of the fame, ^oTfhall hive /k Elixir thcretf. 



Volatil or Fixed : And tho' all Plants have indeed 



Thofe which reaUy abound with it arl but few, of 

 which Beans, Feale, and Tartar, are chief The 



in their proper places , in the following Book. 

 2. Fixed Salt of Vegetables is thus made. Firji 



sIltof",'~intowhL AJJ>es " yct^aZiding a tTo'Jerc'e 

 or hafiy Burning , left it Jhould vitrify._ _ Boil 



1/ them ; which filter thro' filtring Brown Paper, 

 by help oj a Glafs Funnel Thit filtred Liquor 

 Boil in a Glafs Veffel, with a gentle Fire, to the 



'of tTe Plant bt left at Vottom° ^ lf"the \ahbe 



againlniiore 'fair Water-, 'filtlr and coagukte by 

 an abfumption of the Water-, which work you are 



purity" mi '^Twry' White. "1 Thefe alcalio,^ 



but if they be fir(t calcined with Sulphur , i} 



7he 'palalT 



