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with me in this inatter,becaufe I Fraus ve/ igmrmth ( mlm 
had long cakeo noticejhowgreat omnes illoshderi loipoflores ve- 
a confidence/raud.or igncMnce Im qui hallucinaotur nmnul- 
(for I would not chink all thofe lis hujufinodi^ de quibm loquor^,vi- 
ChcAts that are mijlake&^ ) can ris fiducmm parere fqffint \ qu£ 
give to foiiie of that fort of men fane tmt& erAt^ ut illi^cum eorum 
that I am fpeakingof.Infomuch unm.hon^ frugU Chjmiftmi.mul- 
that one of theiu having imposed tU mtum multifque operam fuam 
upon an honefl: Chymift , well kcmtem^ fi^pojiio Mercorio in- 
known and muchemployed^with calefceote fefeHerat , el fidmm 
a pretended incalefcentMercury^ akiperenif^r , up apud memet fi 
they had the confidence to bring fijlerent^ de E^ferimento illo me 
it me to convince me of the Ex- convidiurLAt^re ut par eras explc' 
periment ; butupondueTrial,! rAta^mllumpercepi fe^fibitemiUi- 
found not any fenfible degreeof m cdoYk gr&du^quempromij^ermt. 
that great heat that was promiftd. Which niifcarriage was vainly 
pretended to be falved by I know not what unfttisfaflory excufes* 
5,But notwithftanding all this, Terum enimvero, his omnihm 
having for the reafons I have neqaicquam obftantibm , cum ex 
long fince^ expreflfed in other rasionibm dudum alio fcripto i 
Papers (and for fome other Con- meexpojitis, aliijque de caujis hk 
fiderations that I have not mnmemor&ndis ^ Argentum vi- 
judg'd fit to mention j lookt vum^ corpm rtputem ^ quodnon 
upon yitrcHty as a Body which nece^anl tamp homogeneum^ ac 
is not neceflfarily fo homogene» pt^ffim habetm \ ilU mihi opinio 
ous as 'tis fuppofed^the Opinion prs cater is allubuit , qu£ Mercu- 
I mod lik'd of was? that of a rii incalefcentis poffibiliratcm 
poffibility of an Incalefcenc adftruit. Etemm ^ mn obflmte 
Mercury, For notwithftanding vulgo fufp^pa Mercurii (^ut Jtc 
the vulgarly fuppofed Similar dicam) SimiUritate^ quam adeo 
nature of Ctuickfilver, which I eximiam effe futo^ ut parere ad- 
willingly confefs to be great e- fnirattonem poffit ^ meis tamen 
noughtobc admirable, it was Primipiisconfonumerdt ^ Liquo- 
yet congruous to my Principles, rem quendam^ qui fondcre^ colore^ 
that a Liquor^ which in Weight, totali vokttlit&te, crc, omnes re- 
colour, total volatility, &c. was ferebat proprietates ej[e?males , 
anfwerable to all the cffentia! quarum reJpeBu corf us aliquod 
Properties for which a body is Mercurii nomine vemt ^ habere 
called Mw/^r/, might yet have tamen fojie inter nam ejufmodi 
an partifi!^' 
