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fome Scruples. For 'tis not Co eafie 

 to apprehend D that fuch light and mi- 

 nute bodies as thofe of fire are fup- 

 pofed* fhould be Co long detained as 

 by this Hypothefis they muft be al- 

 lowed tobe^ in Quick-lime, kept in 

 tvell-ftopt veflels^ from getting out 

 of fo laxe and porous a body as 

 Lime-, efpecially fince we fee not a 

 great Incalefcence or Ebullition en- 

 fueupon the pouring of water upon 

 Minium 9 or Crocus Marti* per fe> 

 though they have been calcined by 

 violent and lading fires whofe Ef- 

 fluviums or Emanations appear to 

 adhere to them by the increafe of 

 weight, that Lead, if not alfo Mars % 

 does manifeftly receive from the O- 

 peration of the Fire* To which I 

 (hall adde., that, whereas one would 

 think that the igneous Atoms (hould 

 either flye away, or be extinguiih- 

 ed by the fupervening of water, I 

 know, andelfewhere 

 give Recount, of an E%?ER. II. 

 Experiment^ which 

 two Liquors , whereof one was fur- 

 D 4 nifhed 



