The Epiftle Dedicatory, 
f/i Europe ; But a Cherry or Ro^ preventing the ordinary 
feafom ef the maturity of the rejl ; by their rare fmgularity 
are rendred acceptable to Princes^ not for their om real value 
(which is none) but novelty^ x^hich challenges their acceptance. 
And Sir ^ the Experiments of Healing by Transfufion of 
Blood, are both Nerp andCurious^and J hope thefe Reflexions 
may caji fome Radiatiations of light upon the obfcure and 
devious paces of Nature^ fuch as may perhaps difcoverfomt 
of her more hidden receffes^ efpecially in her-regimefit of Hu- 
mane Bodies. I have (as far as mspojfibley avoided iard 
an^ obfcure words J but having taken upon me to inquire into 
thereafonSy and examine the admirable fuccefs of the^e late 
Experiments^ by^theTeJiof Hermetick^Phylo^^ it was not 
pofffhle for me to avoid fuch Terms as this Artneceffarily re- 
quires to render it intelligible '; though ( if I miflake not) this 
method gratifies the underftandmg with far more evident and 
appmnt r eafm than that of the Peripateticks^ commmly re^ 
aivd in^ the Schools ; I need not labour: to pfrjw^de Thur 
Majefiie into a good opinion of the noble Science, of Chymifiryx^ 
v^hich fole^ poffefes all the keyes .of the three Kingdomes 
^,Nmre^the natural propenfity of Tour Royal Genius^ firongly 
inclines 
