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pos'd to them, they were at the fame 

 time preferred with a good Cata- 

 logue of the Phenomena, that they 

 may take, in the Hiftory of it, as it 

 were with one view ^ they would 

 plainly .perceive that there are more 

 particulars to be accounted for? than 

 at firft they were aware of 5 and di* 

 vers of themfuch, as may quite dif- 

 courage considering men from staking 

 upon them to explain them all by the 

 Tria frima^ and oblige them to have 

 recourfe to more Catholic and com* 

 prehenfive Principles. I know not, 

 whether I may not add on this occafi- 

 on 3 that, methinks, a Chymift^ who 

 by the help of his Tria Prima > takes 

 upop him to interpret that Book of 

 Nature of which the Qualities of bo- 

 dies make a great part, a&s at but a 

 little better rare than he,- that feeing 

 a great book written in a Cypher, 

 whereof he were acquainted but with 

 three Letters^ ffaould undertake to 

 decypher the whole piece. For 

 though 'tis like, he would in many 

 words find one of the Letters of his- 

 B a (hort 



