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ture there infues a colA & with a 

 great tffervefcence D will each of 

 them apart readily diilolve crude 

 Zinke, and Co each of them will 5 the 

 Filings of Copper. Not to mention^ 

 that pure Spirit of Wine andOyl of 

 Vitriol, as great a difference as there 

 is between them, in I know not hoW 

 many refpe&s, and as notable a heat 

 as will infue upon their Commix- 

 ture y will each of them diflblve 

 Camphirei to which may be added 

 other inftances of the like natuire* 

 As for what is commonly faid, that 

 Oyls diffolve Sulphur , and Saline 

 Menftruums Metals , Jbecaufe ( as 

 they fpeak ) Simile pmili gaudet : I 

 anfwer 5 That where there is any 

 fuch fimilitude > it may be very pro- 

 bably afcribed D not fo much, with the 

 Chymifts that favour driftotte r to the 

 eflfential forms of the bodies that are 

 to work on each other^ nor, with thd 

 meer Chymifts, to their Salt, or Sul- 

 phur > or Mercury , as fuch 5 but to 

 the conglfuity between the fores 

 and figures of the Menftruutti * and 



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