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and yet this Solublenefs in Spirit of 

 Wine feems procur'd by the change 

 of Texture, reflating from the 

 Commixtion of meer Salt of Tar- 

 tar , which Chymifts know, to their 

 trouble, to be it felf a body almoft 

 as difficult as Sulphur to be diffol- 

 ved in phlegmlefs Spirit of Wine, 

 unlefs the Conftitution of it be firft 

 altered by fome convenient addita- 

 ment. Which laft words I adde, 

 becaufe,though Spirit of Verdigreafe 

 be a Menftruum that ufes to come 

 off in Diftillation much more inttre- 

 ly than other acid Menftruums from 

 the bodies it has diffolvedi yet it 

 will ferve well for an additament to 

 open (as the Chymifts fpeak) the 

 body of the Salt of Tartar. For 

 this purpofe I employ Spirit of Ver- 

 digreafe, not made firft with Spirit 

 of Vinegar, and then of Wine, after 

 the long and laborious way prefcri- 

 bed by Bafilius and Zmlfer, but eafi- 

 Iy and expeditioufly by a fimple Di- 

 ftillation of crude Verdigreafe of 

 the better fort. For when you have 



with 



