■ _ ( Sr? ) 
heaQuickfilvermorefubtleand pojfe Vulgari fuhilm& pern- 
penetrant than that which is trantim^ ifiofque Chymkos, qd 
common, and that thofc Chy- /inri ^ Mercurii Symfathum 
iiifls, that ground the fympathy niu volunt Mercmit magis phi 
of Gold and Mercury upon the lofophici operatiombm , conten- 
Operations of a more Philofo- dere etiam fro ea multo (peciopu 
phical Mercury , may likewife poffe, quam fiVu\ggx\^duntaxa^ 
argue for it more fpecioufly ^J\{ercurim adbibeatur. AtqtiS 
than Vulgar Mercury will ena- ut hac occ^fione tejiatum faaam, 
blethemtodo* And to let you we viros chymm aUiolos neu- 
fee on this occafion that I am nor tiquam averjari ; pbjungam hie 
unkind to the Chymifls, 1 will fcriptl met partem , ad Amtcim 
annex part of a Paper, written quendamtdcttco er^ArMi^ut me&m 
to a Friend to give him my Opi* ipfide Mercurii cum Auro SDca- 
nion about Mercuries Xncale" lefcentia opmionem deprme- 
fcenee rvith Gold, rem. 
2. »— And now I fliall abruptly ----«--^ Nunc vero drupe 5V 
begin this Seflion with the con- [iionemhmc ordtar FrobUmam 
fiderationof a Probleme much cnjufdam difiufftone ^ quod dm 
agitated among the Curious , e- mnltumque inter Curtojos fuit a* 
fpecialiy ibofe that pretend, gitatum, eos inprimis ^ qui ^ five 
whether truly or vainly, fo have ver} five fdso, obtendunt , fe in- 
more than ordioary infight into timiores ^ qukm vnlgo concejfum 
Chymiftry : Among whom I find efi , Chymi^ recejfm adiijfe : In- 
it hotly difpoted, whether orno terqm id calidc difceptari rcpe- 
there be any fuch thing as a Mer- rio^ Uirumejufmcdidetur Mer- 
cury that will heat with Gold, curius, qui incalefcat cum Auro, 
that is, which by being barely idefi.qui^ dumnud} MetAlloifti^ 
mingled with that metral redu- adminutas admodum partes red- 
ced to fine parts, will, wichouc a5to^ tommifietitr , citra. ex^rrA 
the help of externa! heat, pro- cdoris adminiculum^ fa^afolum' 
duce upon the commixuire of modo hmum thrum corporum 
thofe two Bodies very fenfible cr^mate^finfMemvald^e cdorem 
' heat. pmnt. 
3. The Affirmative of this Que- Buim ^uafiionis Affirmati- 
ftion is pofitively aflerred by vdtiwmrdicistenentnonnulliJH' 
fome Writers and others 5 that thores ^ diique qui Metallorum 
pretend to the Tranfmutation of Tranfmutationem fibl venduAnt ; 
Metals : For among thefe I have Inter hos qfiippe^nonnul/os videre 
met X X K 2 mihi 
