( ' 97 '). . 
terwards, being freed from that Body, compote a Lfquorqf a 
very differing taftejand after that too^being combin’d with the 
parties of another - Mettal , did with them eonftitute a Bodf 
of a very eminent Tafte, as oppofite as\ any one can be 
to both the other Tafts j and yet thefe Saline Corpufcles 
being inftead of this fecond Mettal, affociated with fueh a one 
as th at, they are driven from, did therewith exhibite again the 
firft of the three mention’d Tafts. 
9 - Water tranfmuted into Earth s though the Author faith of 
this Tranfmutation,thaf it was not fo perfedl, as he wiih’d, and 
as he hopes to make it. 
10. A mixture of Oyle of Vitriol and Spirit of Wine* Thefe 
two Liquors, being of odd Textures in reference to each o~ 
ther, their conjunction and diftillation made them exhibite 
thefe Phenomena: vid. That, whereas Spirit of Wine has no 
great, nor good fcent, and moderately dephlegmd Oyi of 
Vitriol is wont to be inodorous j the Spirit, that firft came 
over from their mixture, had a fcent not only very differing 
from Spirit of Win^but from all things elfe, that the Airthor 
ever fmelt j the Odor being very fragrant & pleafant,and fo 
fubtle, that in fpight of the care taken in luting the Glaftes 
exa&Iy together, it would perfume the neighbouring parts of 
the Laboratory, and afterwards fmell ftrongly at fome diftance 
from the Viol, wherein it was put, though ftbpt with a 
dole Cork, covered with two or three fevCral Bladders. But, 
after this volatile and odoriferous Spirit was come over, and 
had been follo w’d by an Acid Spirit , it was at laft fucceeded 
a ftrongly (linking Liquor, 
But Manrnn de Tabula: the Book it felf will certainly give a ' 
f&isfa&ionfar beyond what here can be faid of it a 
Some 
