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LIB. II. DE MIETALLIS ET ALITS RC.
paris est; muleis medicameneis ad-
milcerur; praelerrim concra luem
Venercam; quod Ccilicet laxet mea-
eus, guibus deinde, cum piruica,
seu philegmare, lues illa crumpie;
adhibene alii mercurium, ad me-
talla dealbanda, quia Ccilicet adRae-
rec; inde camen AC, ve Facile dein-
de frangantur, cum plexum Coluac:
Chimici in Mercurio Laborant, sed
Frustra; de Procheus ille naTUEX,
post mille rarias inducas FormaS,
ad se rediens, miseros illudie, de
antiquum illum Mercurium imita-
cus, lacronum Deum, marlupia ex-
curie; mulci ad veneticia IBCrCu-
rium adhibent; quaedam mulieres
ad fucum faciei obducendum, Ced
Cuo damno; iam explicui alias mi-
riticum illud experimentum, quod
edduxerunt aliqui, in graciam va-
cui, scilicet in metaph. append. 1.
in tract. 1. de stat. corp. l. 2. Icem-
que in eodem tract. in append. icem
dial. 4. quare ne quidquam hic
repetam, co lectorem remitto; ac-
que haec de mercurio sine Caris.
PROP. LZ.
DE SFFB FO.
Explicatur natura  indoles. si-
by: Scibium vulgari nomine Anci.
menium appellatur.
I. Fs Cermimerallum cantum; li-
cec enim liquari possic, quod cerre
illi cum mecallis commune est, e
concreleat in corpus durum, in
quo etiam cum illis convenie, et d
mercurio discrepaE; CUm TateH
non sic malleo ductile, in hoc lane
amecallis differe: de variis autem
Scibii nominibus, mulca mulci; pro
hisconsule Caesrum, lib. 2. mine-
quo criam cum mecallis connenir;
nec enim arre hc, nec nili in fodi-
nis reperitur, vel propriis, idque
re plurimum, vel alienis, Ccilicee
in Fodinis argenei; trinc aliquando
Cibio admixcum est argeneum, nec
nili per Futionem ruum ab alio se-
gregari porest; hinc vena lacencis
argenci signum est cibium, re iam
dixi lupea.
2. Constat cibium ulta terra,
re pondus iplum cestatur, quod
quidem ponderi mecallorum cedic,
et pociori iure ponderi mercurii;
haber camen laris nocabile pondus.
quod a mulca cerra cancum eltiigne
ralde modico, nunquam enim ac.
cenditur, nec ignem concipie; hu-
more mediocri, quia liquacur ab
iene, Facilius camen humore li-
quelcie, veCal, Sed hoc non Facie,
quin mediocri humore constet; di-
ceres (pumam quamdam mecalli-
cam, e lapideam; spuma aurem
paulo rariorem plexum parcium
habet, illudque Fere mecallis cst,
quod lapidibus pumex; lapis non
es, quia liquabile; necallum nOn
est, quia malleo non est ductile;
est quid medium, mecallum incer
de lapidem, CuiuS Cerre natUTa SIN-
sularis est, quanquam materia qua
Deobe praeparata in merallairet, in
Stibium, hoc est in aliquid monstri
aborcini, ( paFUI ACCUTALC PEX.
Parata (IC, degenerat.
3. IIla POTTO EaTIO, PFOPTEE
quam lapis duccilis non eAt, pro
Ribiomilicat; illa verO, pEOPECI
quam mecallum est liquabile, ca-
dempro Scibio Facic; ne sic ducti-
le, plexus e modicus ignis recant;
ve sic liguabile, hUMIOE, e mecalli
nacura, Cuo modo parricipaca Fa-
ralog. cap. 4. scct. 10. E A FoMile; in ciune; Coluitur etiam in diluro:
Tom. IV.
qui