(5 
met withfome that afcribe this 
vertue of Incalefcence withGold 
to the Mercuries extrafled, as 
they fappofe , from fome com- 
pleat Metals, which are there- 
fore in their Phrafe ftyVd'Mer- 
cur a CorporumyOt the Mercuries 
of the Metalline Bodies. 
4*But tbeNcgative part of the 
Queftion is more generally main- 
tain'd, being not only embraced 
by far rhe greateft number of 
Philofophersand Pbyficians, but 
aflented to by many of the more 
Learned Sfagjrip themfelves, 
efpecially the Modern, divers 
of whom have reckon d this 
fort of Mercuries among the 
Chimaras and Non-Rntin ef 
bragging Chyinifts. And 1 have 
the lefs wondered to find many 
Learned men fo averfe from be- 
lieving this Incalefcence of Mer- 
cury and Gold, becaufe, having 
purpofely enquired of feveral 
prying Alchymifts, that have 
fpjrnr much labour , and many 
Trials, to find out things of this 
kind, and have of laie years tra- 
vel led into nmny parts of Eur op 
to pry into the Secrets of other 
Seekers of Metalline Tranfmu- 
rations, (hey have apart ingenu- 
oufly confeffed tome, that they 
never aftually faw any Incalef- 
cent Mercury ,though they fome- 
times heard it boafted of by 
Alcbynrifts^ whofe bold pre- 
tenfions had the lefs weight 
wich 
mihi Ikmt^ qui banc hcalefcenii 
cum Auro virtutem Mereuriis 
adfcrffpuntyex perfeitu quibufdam 
corforibus^ utmtumant, elicifis'^ 
quos idcirco Mercurios Gbrpo- 
rum , five Mercurios corporum 
^SMefallicorumj mncupare fo- 
lent. 
At Negativam tuentur multo 
plures^ iique mn mcdo PhiUfopbi 
& Medici , fed^ ex ipjis Spd- 
gyrici4 doHrina clariores^inprimu 
ex neotericis (irmoderrtiSy quorum 
non pauci banc Mercuriorum/i- 
miliam cbimdris Non-entihm 
grmdiloquentium . Chymijlarum 
Mcenfent. j4tque eu mitius mi- 
rahary complures viros do6tos ad- 
ev ejfe ab hoc Mercuri cum Auro 
Incalefcentia» ajfenfu dienos ^ 
quia^ confulto quafiti *i me plures 
ex Alchymijlis fagacioribm , qui 
multumimf enderant opera ^ plu- 
rimaque Experimema peregerant 
ad hujfu generis arcam depromen^ 
da, qmque per aliquot annos no- 
vi(ftmos varias Europap partes 
permearant^ut aliorum, quiTranf- 
mutationes Metallicas vejliganij 
fecreta ttmarentur , illi^ inquam^ 
finguli [eorjim a me rogati inge- 
me apud me fajji funt, fe r ever a 
mnquam incalefcenterii ullum 
Mercurium vidijfe, licet id quan*- 
doque jaUatum ab Mhymiftis 
audim^ent'^ quorum jaSabundi 
obtentm eo mims apud me in hoc 
negotio valebant , quod a longo 
jam tempore notaveram^ quant am 
Fraus 
