DeVitrificatione Metallorum. 123 

 vat. Chymicis p. m* 134. quo rice infticuco quempiam anni (pa- 

 tio neceffaria vicae prasfidia vel fruftum falcem honeftum ob- 

 cinere pofle, alTererehaud verecur,fumendo fcilicec Sal Gem- 

 mae> vel eciam commune minucim concufum idque cum fo- 

 Jiisargenci cupellaciftracum fuperftracum faciendo in pyxidc 

 casmencacoria perduodecim horas infriabilicacem fepcies cae- 

 mencando, & poftea denud in conum fundendo aquaque for- 

 ci feparando > quo pa&o Argencum fufficiencer auro impne- 

 gnacum obcinebicur, unde &non mirum , quod ad parcicu- 

 laris illiusChymiciprocefllim in AureoVellere p*m. gz. Argen- 

 tum fundacur cum Amiancho & Sale communi ( Alii eciam 

 aliquid de vicro Veneco addunc > de quo Beccherus Concord. 

 Chym.f. S47>) q uo candem ex imprsegnarione ulceriori Sul- 

 phuris A4arcis& Veneris fblarisaurum perfe&um obcineri po£ 



fic; Huc fpedlanc ea, qu^ de nacura Mercurii ingeniofiilime 

 proponic Beccherus de Minera arenaria perpetua p. m. 76. quod 

 fcilicec Alercurius fic revera pura puca eflencia falis marini, 

 iiempe fal fulphureum cocum analogum fuiphuri falis com- 

 munis, unde eciam fuamoriginem craxic, per deftillacionem 

 fcilicec falis marini in cerras cavernas ibidemque per fublima- 

 cionem&commixcionem fubcilis cujusdam ceme, unde opa- 

 cicacem acquifivic , poceric camen in diaphaneicacem reduci, 

 nempe in liquorem diaphanum , ccu calem fibi nocum efle, 

 qui Mercurio in gravicace rcqualis f\t , Beccherus referc , in- 

 nuens hunc liquorem vel de compoficione pluris cerra? dia- 

 phana? feu falis iucencis vel excra£Hone cerrae opacae exMercu- 

 rio obcineri,e6 quod Mercurius ex fale communi augmencc- 

 tur, & fepe augmencacus in diaphanam aqueicacem cendac. 

 Talis vero liquor force & ille fuic > quem quidam Venecus a 

 Gr#co faftum vidiccujusque medio ope quincas eflencise de- 

 cenci digeftione mulciplicacio lapidis infticuca eft , uci legere 

 eft in MS. quodam celebris Monafterii Murenfis in Helvecia 

 p. 185. Ad confirmacionem horum facic , quod Leurfen in 

 Prodromo Theatr. Chym. p. z referc , pofle fcilicec addicione 



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