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Allum , Sulphur, Niter 5 Orpiment, ufed againft Epilepfa 
bad Spleens , and the W ormes 5 the other is Ice-cold, turbid 
and whitifhj muchftronger in taft, andheavjer than the for*' 
mer, holding much Orpiment, Salt, Iron, Niter, and feme 
SabArmoniack , Allurn and Vitriol, Of this all Birds, ob- 
served to drink of it , doe dye; which I have alfo privately ' 
experimented by taking feme pf it home , and giving it to 
.Hens, after,! had given them Oates, Barly and Bread- crumsi 
For , Soon afterlhey . had drunk of it , they became giddy 
teeled, and tumbled upon their backs, with conyulfion- Fitts, 
and fp dyed with a great extention of their leggs . Giving 
them commbmfalt immediatly after they had drunk ; they 
dyed not So foon ; giving them vineger,they dyed not at all, 
but feveri or eight days after were troubled with the Pipp. 
Thofe that dyed 6 ;being open’d, their Lungs were found quite 
Ihrivelled together . Yet feme men , that are troubled 
with Worm* , taking a litle quantity of it , and diluting it 
in common water , have been obferved by this means to kill 
the Worms in their bellies, fo that a great number of 
worms come from them 5 whereupon though they are fick, 
yet they dye not* As tofthe third ft ream, that lyes lower 
than the other two 5 about 20 paces diftant from them, it is 
of a greenifh colour , very clear , and of a fowre fweet tali, 
pleafing enough. It hath about a middle weight between 
ehe other two ; whence wee guefs, that iris mixed of them 
both , meeting there together : to confirm which , we have 
mixed equal quantities , of thofe two, with an addition of a 
Ikie common well- water , and have found that they, being 
iirred together and permitted to fe tie , made juft a water 
©f the fame colour and taft of this third ftreaox. 
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