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make_v pag._n 124_o chemical_a medicine_n sell_v in_o shop_n pag._n 90_o d_o despiser_n of_o antimony_n compare_v to_o a_o ass_n pag._n 55_o doctor_n reprehend_v pag._n 10._o 11._o 12._o 17._o 29._o 31._o 33._o 44._o 45._o 53._o 54._o 55._o 65._o 117._o 121._o 122._o 125._o no_o man_n make_v doctor_n without_o labour_n pag._n 106_o true_a doctrine_n wherein_o it_o consist_v pag._n 12_o do_v observable_a pag._n 22_o e_o earth_n of_o antimony_n pag._n 147_o elixir_n of_o antimony_n pag._n 84_o its_o virtue_n pag._n 85_o example_n of_o beer_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 24_o such_o why_o produce_v pag._n 27_o example_n of_o a_o blacksmith_n pag._n 16_o of_o bee_n pag._n 42_o of_o a_o egg._n pag._n 38_o of_o frogspawn_n pag._n 39_o of_o a_o member_n inflame_v ibid._n of_o a_o member_n benumb_v ibid._n of_o oil_n of_o tartar_n and_o vinegar_n pag._n 45_o of_o soap_n pag._n 38_o of_o spirit_n of_o wine_n and_o aquafortis_n pag._n 45_o of_o steel_n and_o a_o flint_n pag._n 41_o of_o a_o toad_n pag._n 39_o of_o man_n and_o woman_n pag._n 150_o of_o corn._n pag._n 154_o extract_n of_o antimony_n pag._n 95_o its_o virtue_n and_o use_v pag._n 96_o of_o antimony_n by_o a_o caustick_a water_n pag._n 100_o its_o virtue_n and_o use_v pag._n 102_o f_o fermentation_n necessary_a why_o pag._n 149_o fish_n die_v not_o of_o cold_a pag._n 118_o why_o they_o die_v in_o freeze_a water_n ibid._n fixation_n whence_o pag._n 148_o fire_n make_v separation_n pag._n 16_o the_o separator_n of_o venom_n pag._n 58_o divers_a fire_n pag._n 153_o flower_n of_o antimony_n pag._n 89_o their_o virtue_n pag._n 92_o g_o glass_n of_o antimony_n simple_a pag._n 63_o with_o borax_n pag._n 66._o 67_o good_n of_o god_n lend_v only_o for_o time_n of_o life_n pag._n 125_o god_n to_o be_v first_o invoke_v pag._n 2_o his_o end_n in_o propose_v venom_n pag._n 55_o golden_a colour_n from_o antimony_n pag._n 110_o h_n history_n of_o the_o virtue_n of_o balsam_n of_o antemony_n pag._n 72_o of_o a_o dropsy_n cure_v 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antimony_n and_o its_o use_n when_o reduce_v to_o oylor_n spirit_n pag._n 113_o signate_n star_n of_o philosopher_n pag._n 135_o solution_n when_o necessary_a pag._n 22_o spirit_n of_o various_a kind_n pag._n 13_o vivificative_a and_o operative_a pag._n 14_o of_o the_o element_n pag._n 15_o want_v speech_n pag._n 16_o of_o wine_n volatilize_v pag._n 23_o of_o vinegar_n fix_v pag._n 23_o true_a sulphur_n of_o antimony_n pag._n 109_o otherwise_o prepare_v pag._n 131_o stone_n of_o fire_n pag._n 145_o the_o difference_n between_o it_o and_o the_o stone_n of_o philosopher_n pag._n 147_o its_o preparation_n pag._n 154_o its_o use_n do_v etc._n etc._n pag._n 157_o a_o stone_n whether_o make_v without_o matter_n pag._n 149_o t_o tincture_n of_o antimony_n from_o its_o glass_n pag._n 70_o another_o pag._n 107_o true_n not_o make_v of_o crude_a and_o melt_a antimony_n pag._n 146_o name_v the_o stone_n of_o fire_n ibid._n tincture_n their_o difference_n pag._n 147_o ought_v to_o have_v love_n 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