Century . 1V. 
need rather a further Degree of Fixation, than any Condensati¬ 
on. In the mcane time, by Occahon of Handling the Axirnes 
touching Maturation , we will dired a Triall touching the Ma¬ 
turing of Metalls, and thereby Turning forne of them into 
Gold: For wee conceiue indeed, chat a perfed good ConcoSlion ,! 
or Difgeflion, or Maturation of dome Metalls , .will produce 
Gold. And here we call tooiinde, chat we knew a Dutch-man,. 
thathad wrought himfelfe into the beleefeof agreae Perfon, 
by vndercakingthat hee could make Gold : whofe difeourfe 
was, that Gold might be made; Bur that the Alchymifts Ouer- 
hVcd the Worke :For (he (aid) ^Making o\ Gold did require 
a very remperace Heat, as being in Nature a Subterrany worke, 
where little Heat commech ; But yet more to the Making of 
Gold, than of any ocher Metall And therefore that hee would 
doe it with a great Lampe, that fhould carry a Temperate and 
h quail Heat: And chat it was the Worke of many Moneths. 
The Deuice of the Lampe was folly j But the Ouer-firing 
now vfed • And the Equall Heat to bee required And chc 
Making it a Worke of home good Time • are no ill Dif- 
courfes. 
Wee reforc therefore to our Axiomes of Maturation, in Ef- 
fed touched before. The Firft is, that there be <vfeda Tempe¬ 
rate Heat i For they are euer Temperate Heats that Di/gefl, and 
Nature .- Wherein wee meane Temperate, according to the Na¬ 
ture of the SubieSl ; For that may bee Temperate to Fruits, and 
Liquors, which will not worke at all vpon Metalls . The Se¬ 
cond is, that the Spirits of the Metall bee quickened, and the Tan¬ 
gible Parts opened : For without thofe two Operations, the 
Spirit of the Metall, wrongbc vpon, will not bee able to difgeft 
the Parcs. The Third is, that the Spirits doe fpread themfelues 
Euer^.and moue not Subfultorily ; For that will make the Parts 
Clole and, PI i a nr. And this requireih a Heat, rhat doth not 
rife and fall,,but continue as Equall as may bee. The Fourth is, 
tha t no Part of the Spirit be emitted , but detained: For if there be 
Emifsion of Spirit , the.Bodieof the Metall will bee Hard, and 
Churlilh. And this will bee performed, partly by the Temper 
ofthehre ,• Andpardy by the clofeneflc of the Veffell. The 
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