terwards, being freed from that Body,compofeaLfquof of a 
very differing caftciand after that too^being combin d with the 
parties of another Metta! , did with themconftitmeaBody 
of a very eminent Tafte, as oppofite as any one can be 
to both the other Tafts i and yet thefe SaUoe Corpufcles, 
being inftead of this fecond Mettal^affociated with fiich a one 
as thatj they are driven from, did therewith exhibire again the 
firft of the three mention'd Tafts. 
9. W^er tranfmuted into Earthy though the Author faith of 
this Tranfmutation,that it was not fo perfed:, as he wiih'd, and 
as he hopes to make it. 
10. A mixture of Oyle of Fitriol md Spirit of Wine ^ Thefe 
two Liquors, being of odd Textures in reference to each o- 
ther, their conjundion and diftillatioii made them exhibite 
thefe Phmomena: vid. That, whereas Spirit of Wine has no 
great, nor good fcent, and moderately dephlegm'd Oyl of 
Vitriol is wont to be inodorous; the Spirit, that firft came 
over from their mixture^ had a fcent not only very differing 
from Spirit of Wine^but from all things elfe, that the Author 
ever fmelti 'the Odor being very fragrant & pleafant^and fo 
fubtle, that in fpight of the care taken in luting the GlafTes' 
exactly togcther,it would perfume the neighbouring parts of 
th^ Laboratory yZuA afterwards fmell ftrongly at feme diftance 
from the Viol, wherein it was put, though ffopt with a 
clofe Cork, covered with two or three feveral Bladders, But, 
after this volatile and odoriferous Spirit was come over 3 and 
had been follow'd by an Acid Spirit , it was at laft fucceeded^ 
by a ftrongly ftinking Liquor,!^^, 
But Mamm de Tai&la: the Book it fclf will certainlf ghre a 
fatisfadion far beyond what here can be faid of it« 
