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have, firft, the Character ijlick Note, whereby it may 
be diftinguifhed from others, which are chiefly taken 
from the Extant Works of that great and learned En- 
quirer into Nature , Mr. John Kay. Secondly , you 
have the Names of each thing in Latine and Englifl) , 
not only how it's called in the Shops, but by the lateft 
and moft Clajfick Authors. Thirdly , you have the 
Place where each thing is Naturally to be found, and 
in the Herls the time of flourifliing. Fourthly, you 
have an Account of what parts of each are ufcd in the 
Shops, with Ihort, but pertinent Defcriptions thereof. 
And Fifthly, you have a Compendious Account of their 
Vertues and fhyfical Ufes, which are chiefly excerpted 
from the learned Schroder. After which you have fre- 
quently many Ufeful and Curious Obfervations , fome 
few of which I lhall briefly prefent you with accord- 
ing to the Order of the Books t and for the reft refer 
you to the Work it feif. 
In the Firft Book, treating of Earths, our Author 
takes notice of Nine forts of fealed Earths, which he 
hath obferved to be fold by the Drugifts of London^ un- 
der the Title of Terra Sigillata, and doth not doubt but 
many more may be found among them. Among Sul- 
phurs he obfcrves, that if Orpiment be the Natural Oar 
of JSold, as feme affirm, then that Metal cannot have 
thofe Alexipharmick and Cardial Vertues that are af- 
cribed to it by Authors. Amber and Amber-grife he takes 
to be Mineral Juices, and therefore rangeth them a* 
mong Bitumens. Among the Salts, he obferves that 
our Modern Nitre is a Fojfil Salt, differing from the 
Nitre of the Ancients ; and that Vitriol is not properly 
a Salt, but a Cryftallized Metal. And concerning 
Stones^ efpecially Gems, he doth believe that there are 
many things affirmed concerning them by Authors , 
which 
