(5i6) 
might do them an acceptable piece of fervice , if I could prevail 
with the Anchor to fever them from the papers , whereto he had 
annex'd them, (but to which they feemed not abfolutely neceflary) 
though upon the conditions he judgd requifite to infift on* 
And fince I venture to impart before the time thefe things unto 
the Curious^ I hope and defire , they will be foequitable as to in- 
demnifie me to the Author , and not fruitlefsly endeavour to put a 
perfon, chat has already given fo many proofs of his propcnficy to 
gratifie Ingenious men, upon making unfeafonable anfwers to any 
Verbal or Epiflolary Queftions about things wherein fome confi- 
derations, that he thinks are not to be difpenfed with by him, do as 
yet injoynhim liience. 
Now, ro gratifie the Curious amongft Strangers, as well as thofc 
of our own Nation, thePubliflier was not unwilling to give this 
difcourfeinLatin^as the Author hath been plcafed co impart it in 
Englifli. 
Follows the Difcourfe it felf. 
Of Mercury growing hot with De Mercurio cum Auro incalef- 
Gold ; Communicated by B.R* cente , Diatriba B. R. 
J.*— «-|^Ut that what f have ""X jErumenimvero.ne 
XJ hitherto faid, may V q^^haRenm dif- 
not be drawn to the difparage- ferui eo torquea^tur , ac fi laudes 
mentor difcouragement of ihofe animofque viris i/lis Spagyricis 
Spagyrifts that pofTefs or afpire demere velimus , Nobilicra 
to the nobler Arcm^ of Gold Mri Argent iVivi arcana p/li' 
and Mercury,! muft mind you to de^* tm^mnp^V'^^ m^^fttffdm trm^ 
take notice, that what I have hi ut advertas ^ me quod contra 
objeded againft the fu ppofed [uppofitarn Aurid^ Mercurii fym- 
Sympathy of Gold and Quick- puthiam cbjeci, Vulgari dun- 
ri!ver,is fpoken only of common taxat Mercurio diClum velle ^ 
Mercury, that being It whofe chmillefit ^ cu^uicum Aur&jjm" 
Sympathy with Gold is wont to i^Athia celebrm [ueveriti Et 
be celebrated. Apd though per- quamvis forte magna a me diSio^ 
haps, a good part of the things I rum p^rs. confulta experientia , 
have^lledg'd will be found ap- ad nathum ettam Mercurium 
plicable even to true running currentem extendi p{fit*y imk 
Mercuries; yet I would not be tamen cenfere LeBorem^ velimi, 
thought to deny, that there n)ay negare me ^dart Argentum vivum 
be V foSe 
