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tci > but alfo in Air, ctowded together in a wind-gun^which Air, he faith^ 
whin let out again into a Tin- reffely turns into water, whichjafter a fimple 
exhalation, is not without faltnefs. 
What he hath thus proved of Salt, he alibJabours to prove of Sulphur and 
Mercury I mean, their In- exigence in all Mixts, whether Vegetable, Ani- 
mal, or Mineral. 
In the Conclufionof the whole,our Author makes it hisbuiinefs to (hew, 
that ?arac€lfm his Manners had been toofeverely reprefented^ but, what- 
ever they wcre,that that ought not to rob him of the praife due to his know-^ 
ledge. Again,that being provoked by a crowd of Enemies,he had indulged 
too far to that human imperfedion^whichis inclined to retaliate with recri- 
minationsvYet that he had not been a Magician,in the worfer fenfgiof which 
Crime the Learned Naudms alfo had upon good grounds purged him* 
Moreover, that though his (ervant Oporinm^ gainM bf his Mafters Adverfa- 
ries,had virulently inveighed againft him^yet may there be gathered out of 
th^tOforinHs his Eplftle more matter of praife for FaracelfHs^thdin(2iS our Au- 
thor fpeaks ^all his Enemies together have deferv'd> forafi^uch as 'tis there 
{dtid\Fuijfe in Paracelfi mirahdem faciendi medicinam in omni morhommgene^ 
re promptitHdinem & felicitatem: Again->I;/ curand'i4 ulcerihus^etiam deplora^ 
tijpmis^nuracula mm edid/JJe^nuHa vidus prdferiptB ant obfervath ratione:\tQmy 
Laudano fm it a gloriatumfitijfe^ ut affirmare nm dHbltarit^ ejus folius ufu fe d 
mortm vivos redder e poJfe'')idq'',aliqHJtief^dHm iUe(Opoxim5 )apud ipfumfuit^ 
declaraffe. 
Mentioning Taracelfm his skill in making the grand Elixir^ (as they call 
it^our Author recites a Narration made in his hearing by the Count oiWin- 
JiJhgratZy the Emperours AmbafTador at the Danilh Court, concerning a 
perfon,that was poffeffor of that grczt Arcamim-^v/hkh becaufe 'tis very cu- 
rious and more than ordinarily circumftantiated,wefhall take the liberty to 
transfer it hither,in the very words of our Author, vizVivere hodie in aii!<$ 
'defarvi heminem 2 8 circiter annorum^ ex Augufiinimopridem monacho nunc 
Chemicum^ qui pulvifculo ex rubro purpurafcente Metalla qudtvU in obryzum 
furgatiffimim facile convertit^& plurim>s ibidem apud maximos^medioxumos^ 
noHHunqteam etiam minimof^inclarefcit ExperimentU:Vel triginta homines Vi- 
cnnae ojlendere^confe&um ab ipfo.fe in^e^antibm^nobile illud metaUum^atq^ in- 
ter eos lUuftrem Comit em Au^ui^inum Wallenfteinium peHus qmtidie anreo 
torque operis illim Cbemici infignire : ^in & lUujirem Comitem Brcunerum 
contemplatum eJfe^St annum menfarium inAurum tingentemy alios^^metaUorufff 
alia, Cnmqs viu fit paulo diJfolutJori^^atqh magijierii(quod non dij]tmulat)ig' 
narus^exijiimare nonnuUof^ in mmafierio quodam Pragenfi^ inter morihundi cu" 
jufdtm Vatris capfuUts^thefaurum hum indeptum fuiffedpfum autem^cum ante 
menfes aliquot exfebre periculofe decumberet^ inquirente in rem Medico^ pro- 
fejfum.ex indiciis quihufdam fe indu^ium^ut latentem alicubi^quem olim Park- 
ed fus fhpofueratjapidem Fhilofophtcum/fodiendo invefiigaret^qn^fmlfe folli-' 
cite & r^perijfe. 
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