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will every calx of Gold ferve calx rem nojlram conficict ^ 
our cum,, as I have found em- comperi , dum perqulm fubti- 
ploying, without fuccefs, a very km fpongiofrnque cdcem^ mcdo 
fine and fpongy calx made after mn vulgari faratam , citra fuc- 
an uncommon vvay , the golden cejfum adhibui , in qua^ ut vi- 
particles havings asitfeem'd, detur, afprime temis ^en^umque 
fome extremely fine though un- fuglens jidditamentt ptdvu ad- 
obferved duft of the Addita- hxrehat partkulis aureis , & 
nient flicking to them , which Mercurialium aih^fionem prape- 
hindered the adhxfion of the diebat. Jam verb Calx auri, qua, 
Mercurial ones» Now, the ^^/jc plerumque utebar ^ [uccejfti €]m 
of Gold that I moft ufed , as indu^m , ilia erat qu£ Quarra- 
finding it fiill to do nonh \{utvocant^ 
liThatk^hy well , was that made beneficio paratur. fHoceft,per 
melting to- • r^^.-*^*^*;^*, II /- fufionem con- 
gcthcr one by ^UarMm {\ ( as flandounam partem Auri puri, & 
part of fine AlchymiftS cali It, ) tres quati or ve partes Argenti cu- 
Gaidf and^ peHati > ut vocant, & tunc ira- 
or ^^ parts of cupptlVd Sih&r, andthen put. roitrendo maflam , in qua Metalla 
mgtU mafs^xvhtrtinthe Mettahartmixty mifcenrur quafi per rainima , in 
per minima , into pmifitd Aqua- purgatam A^mm fortem,({MX ^oXxym 
fortis, w^/cfe diS'Mng the Sihtr only^ Argentum dilfoWens , Aurum in 
havti the Ciold in the form of a fine forma Galcis relinquit. 
calx. 
Butbecaufe'tis not foeafie, as Jt quia mn adeo facile ejl , ut 
even Chymifts that have not ip^ Chymici , qui manum O' 
tried imagine, to make good peri non admoverujat ^ Jibi ima* 
calces oi Gold , and that in the gim^fur, bo^£ not£ calces Auri 
way newly mentioned there farare^ cumquein methodo jam- 
needs fufion of the Gold and of jam memorata requiratur fufo 
Silver (for which many Chy- j^uri Argenti (^cujus^pera- 
mifts want conveniences,) and gend^ commoditate mn fauci 
they are often impofed en by Chymici dejlituuntur^^ ctimetiam 
common Refiners, who here ufu- crebro a vulgaribus Me tailor um 
ally fell in wires fuch Silver for Furgatoribus fallantur , qui hk 
fine (which indeed it is compa- pAffim^ filorum forma , ejufmodi 
ratively,) as Ihavefound not to Argentum fro pure venditant 
be without mixture ; I Ihall (quale^ comparate loquendo , re- 
addj that by making an amalga- vera ejl, ) quod non ejfe mix- 
ma the common way with pure tur£ expers deprehendi ; ad- 
Cold and vulgar Mercury , and ftciam^ quod, dum eommuni more 
diffblving the Mercur}^ in good amalgama conficitur cum Auro 
Aqua- Zzz puro 
