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Metal 5 which he wittily enough 

 ftiles, the Kernel of Mercury, will 

 be no longer corrofible by it. So 

 that upon this Suppofition 5 though 

 common Quickfilver be obferv'd to 

 be fo obnoxious to Aqua Fortis> that 

 the fame quantity of that Liquor 

 will diflblve more of it , than of 

 any other Metal 5 yet, if by the de- 

 jprivationof fome portion of it the 

 latent Texture of the Metal bealter'dj 

 though not ( that I remember ) the 

 viable appearance of it 5 the Body 

 that was before fo feafily diffolved 

 by Aqua Fottis > 6eafes \6 be at all 

 difToluble by it. 



EX PER- VIL 



AS for thofe Chymifts of differ- 

 ing Setts, that agree in giving 

 credit to the ftrange things that are 

 affirm'd of the Operations of the 

 Alfyhefi , we may in favour of our 

 Do&rine urge them with what is 

 deliver^ by Helmont <> where he af- 



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