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Oil of almonds commixed with spirit of wine sever- 

 eth, and the spirit of wine remaineth on the top, and 

 the oil in the bottom. 



Gold dissolved, commixed with spirit of wine, a 

 dram of each, doth commix, and no other apparent 

 alteration. 



Quicksilver dissolved with gold dissolved, a dram of 

 each, dotli turn to a mouldy liquor, black, and like 

 smiths' water. 



Note, the dissolution of the gold was twelve parts 

 water, ut suprd, and one part metal : that of water was 

 two parts, and one part metal. 



Spirit of wine and quicksilver commixed, a dram of 

 each, at the first shewed a white milky substance at the 

 top, but soon after mingled. 



Oil of vitriol commixed with oil of cloves, a dram of 

 each, turneth into a red dark colour ; and a substance 

 thick, almost like pitch ; and upon the first motion 

 gathereth an extreme heat, not to be endured by 

 touch. 



Dissolution of gold, and oil of vitriol commixed, a 

 dram of each, gathereth a great heat at the first, and 

 darkeneth the gold, and maketh a thick yellow. 



Spirit of wine and oil of vitriol, a dram of each, 

 hardly mingle ; the oil of vitriol going to the bottom, 

 and the spirit of wine lying above in a milky substance. 

 It gathereth also a great heat, and a sweetness in the 

 taste. 



Oil of vitriol and dissolution of quicksilver, a dram 

 of each, maketh an extreme strife, and casteth up a 

 very gross fume, and after casteth down a white kind 

 of curds, or sands ; and on the top a slimish substance, 

 and gathereth a great heat. 



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