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             A vindication of chymistry, and chymical medicines Courteous and candid reader, chymistry, is an art that doth both teach and inable us (for our exceeding good and benefit) to seperate purity from impurity; ...
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           A
           VINDICATION
           OF
           CHYMISTRY
           ,
           AND
           Chymical
           Medicines
           .
        
         
           
             Courteous
             and
             Candid
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           CHYMISTRY
           ,
           is
           an
           ART
           that
           doth
           both
           teach
           and
           inable
           us
           
             (
             for
             our
             exceeding
             good
             and
             benefit
             )
          
           to
           seperate
           Purity
           from
           Impurity
           ;
           Exalt
           and
           advance
           what
           God
           and
           Nature
           hath
           given
           us
           ,
           to
           a
           farther
           and
           higher
           Perfection
           than
           we
           receive
           it
           indewed
           with
           .
           For
           all
           Bodyes
           ,
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           partake
           of
           the
           Grossness
           and
           Terrestriety
           of
           their
           Matrixes
           :
           But
           after
           their
           essential
           purities
           are
           seperated
           from
           that
           Terrestriety
           adhering
           ,
           which
           they
           drew
           from
           their
           Matrixes
           ,
           they
           make
           it
           plain
           enough
           by
           their
           powerful
           effects
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           to
           this
           state
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           reduced
           ,
           before
           they
           work
           with
           Efficacy
           ;
           and
           yet
           they
           still
           retain
           their
           Character
           and
           
             Internal
             Idea
          
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           we
           shall
           well
           and
           truly
           consider
           it
           ;
           what
           have
           we
           in
           this
           curious
           Nice
           Age
           ,
           either
           for
           Back
           or
           
             Belly
             ,
             Pleasure
          
           or
           Necessity
           ,
           that
           hath
           not
           in
           some
           kind
           
           
           
           
           or
           other
           been
           oblidged
           to
           Chymistry
           ,
           and
           its
           beneficial
           Operations
           ,
           for
           that
           perfection
           we
           receive
           it
           in
           ?
           What
           Calling
           may
           be
           said
           to
           have
           attained
           to
           the
           perfection
           and
           hight
           it
           now
           Glories
           in
           ,
           without
           its
           help
           in
           some
           one
           or
           other
           of
           its
           (
           more
           sublime
           or
           trivial
           Operation
           .
        
         
           Consider
           our
           Bread
           our
           
             Beer
             ,
             Wine
             ,
             Meat
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Or
           whatever
           can
           render
           our
           lives
           happy
           or
           satisfactory
           :
           And
           you
           will
           find
           it
           in
           one
           degree
           or
           other
           to
           pass
           under
           the
           hand
           of
           Chymistry
           ,
           and
           its
           various
           Operations
           ,
           or
           Preparations
           .
           And
           can
           we
           then
           be
           thus
           Insensibly
           led
           to
           admit
           its
           dayly
           help
           and
           assistance
           in
           things
           of
           smallest
           value
           ;
           and
           can
           we
           be
           so
           stupid
           ,
           dull
           ,
           ignorant
           and
           blind
           ,
           as
           to
           neglect
           its
           assistance
           in
           things
           of
           greater
           moment
           and
           concern
           ?
           And
           not
           only
           neglect
           its
           friendly
           advice
           ,
           but
           deny
           its
           profitable
           hand
           in
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           above
           all
           others
           we
           most
           need
           its
           help
           in
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           we
           do
           not
           only
           deny
           it
           makes
           us
           happy
           ;
           but
           we
           seek
           by
           all
           means
           possible
           to
           disgrace
           ,
           slander
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           (
           and
           its
           Professors
           )
           contemptible
           and
           odious
           to
           the
           whole
           world
           .
           Doubtless
           these
           are
           great
           follies
           ,
           and
           we
           declare
           our selves
           either
           very
           ignorant
           ,
           or
           else
           very
           Malitious
           and
           self-ended
           .
        
         
           Can
           we
           with
           ease
           and
           content
           ,
           admit
           and
           allow
           its
           favours
           ,
           (
           and
           greedily
           seek
           after
           them
           )
           to
           improve
           and
           maintain
           our
           Purses
           and
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           cannot
           we
           admit
           and
           embrace
           its
           help
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           our
           Health
           ;
           without
           which
           the
           other
           will
           be
           of
           little
           benefit
           ,
           and
           less
           pleasure
           ?
           Consider
           ,
           if
           Nature
           be
           weakned
           and
           oppressed
           ,
           that
           she
           cannot
           accept
           of
           her
           usual
           and
           accostomed
           Food
           ;
           so
           as
           she
           would
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           dispose
           of
           it
           for
           the
           supply
           of
           her
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           maintaining
           of
           her
           Habitation
           ;
           and
           if
           she
           cannot
           in
           her
           ordinary
           course
           ,
           so
           play
           the
           Chymist
           ,
           as
           usual
           :
           Doubtless
           ,
           
           she
           is
           less
           able
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           in
           that
           which
           the
           very
           name
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           nature
           of
           it
           ,
           makes
           her
           utterly
           to
           abhor
           ,
           and
           reject
           ;
           and
           if
           she
           be
           not
           strong
           enough
           to
           seperate
           the
           Essenses
           of
           her
           dayly
           and
           accustomed
           Food
           ,
           how
           shall
           she
           Extract
           any
           thing
           from
           her
           Physick
           (
           if
           given
           gross
           )
           that
           may
           give
           her
           that
           rerelief
           ,
           which
           her
           present
           condition
           requires
           and
           calls
           for
           ?
           She
           
             [
             viz.
          
           Nature
           ]
           hath
           a
           double
           work
           to
           perform
           :
           First
           ,
           to
           Extract
           the
           Essential
           part
           (
           and
           to
           make
           use
           of
           it
           )
           and
           secondly
           to
           cast
           off
           the
           Gross
           as
           an
           enemy
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           doubtless
           ,
           therefore
           (
           in
           this
           ease
           )
           be
           far
           better
           to
           save
           her
           the
           labour
           of
           seperation
           in
           this
           her
           weakned
           condition
           :
           For
           although
           Nature
           her self
           when
           in
           health
           ,
           can
           digest
           her
           Food
           (
           when
           Dressed
           )
           and
           seperate
           the
           Alimental
           parts
           to
           her self
           ,
           (
           and
           make
           use
           of
           it
           for
           Sustentation
           )
           and
           cast
           off
           the
           Gross
           as
           useless
           :
           Yet
           her
           Medicines
           must
           be
           Pure
           ,
           Digested
           and
           seperated
           ,
           and
           fited
           for
           her
           use
           :
           for
           if
           she
           cannot
           Digest
           her
           Food
           ,
           then
           not
           Gross
           Medicines
           ;
           her
           Food
           when
           in
           health
           may
           be
           Gross
           ,
           because
           she
           can
           dispose
           of
           it
           to
           advantage
           ;
           but
           when
           Diseased
           ,
           her
           Physick
           must
           be
           pure
           ,
           seperated
           and
           fit
           for
           her
           use
           ,
           viz.
           To
           Joyn
           with
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           or
           Natural
           life
           in
           man.
           And
           in
           this
           the
           Physician
           is
           rightly
           stiled
           ,
           
             Natures
             Handmaid
          
           ;
           but
           not
           for
           loading
           her
           with
           more
           Impurities
           ,
           but
           in
           assistng
           and
           helping
           her
           to
           cast
           off
           Impurities
           ,
           by
           that
           which
           is
           Pure
           .
           For
           of
           Necessity
           ,
           either
           the
           Physician
           or
           Nature
           must
           officiate
           ,
           or
           act
           as
           Chymist
           ,
           before
           she
           can
           have
           ,
           or
           receive
           what
           she
           calls
           for
           ,
           and
           requires
           for
           her
           help
           and
           assistance
           .
           Who
           therefore
           not
           drowned
           in
           Ignorance
           and
           Envy
           ,
           would
           so
           strongly
           oppose
           so
           great
           a
           Good
           as
           Chymistry
           is
           Author
           of
           ?
        
         
           
             For
             this
             is
             the
             only
             Art
             (
             which
             by
             supplying
             us
             out
             of
             the
             light
             of
             Nature
             ,
             with
             Convenient
             means
             and
             particular
             
             Natures
             to
             seperate
             the
             pure
             from
             the
             impure
             )
             will
             teach
             us
             :
             First
             ,
             to
             heal
             all
             Diseases
             of
             the
             Macrocosmical
             substances
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             by
             examples
             and
             experiments
             deduced
             from
             those
             exteriour
             Cures
             ,
             will
             shew
             us
             the
             right
             and
             infallible
             Cure
             of
             Diseases
             in
             our
             own
             Bodies
             .
             He
             that
             knows
             not
             how
             to
             purge
             and
             heal
             Metals
             ,
             how
             can
             he
             restore
             the
             decay'd
             ,
             or
             weakned
             Radical
             Balsom
             in
             Man
             ,
             and
             repair
             it
             by
             Comfortable
             and
             Concordant
             Medicines
             ,
             to
             perform
             perfectly
             all
             its
             appointed
             functions
             ;
             which
             must
             necessarily
             be
             put
             into
             action
             ,
             before
             any
             Disease
             can
             be
             expelled
             :
             He
             that
             knew
             not
             what
             that
             is
             in
             ♁
             ,
             which
             purges
          
           Gold
           ,
           
             how
             can
             be
             come
             by
             an
             effectual
             and
             Wholsome
          
           Medicine
           
             that
             will
             purge
             and
             cast
             out
             those
             Extrarious
             peccant
             causes
             that
             afflict
             and
             destroy
             the
             Body
             of
             Man
             ?
             He
             that
             knows
             not
             how
             to
             fix
             Arsenick
             ,
             or
             to
             take
             away
             the
             Corrosive
             nature
             of
             a
             Sublimate
             ,
             or
             to
             Coagulate
             Sulphureons
             Spirits
             ;
             and
             by
             a
             convenient
             Specifical
             Medium
             to
             break
             and
             dissolve
             Stones
             in
             the
             greater
             World
             ,
             will
             never
             in
             the
             body
             of
             man
             allay
             and
             tame
             the
             Arsenical
             Spirits
             of
             the
             Microcosmic
             Salt
             ,
             nor
             take
             away
             the
             Venimous
             indispositions
             of
             Sulphur
             ,
             nor
             dissolve
             the
             Stone
             in
             the
             Bladder
             ,
             and
             drive
             it
             out
             being
             dissolved
             .
          
           Now
           as
           the
           Antient
           Phylosophers
           ;
           who
           knew
           Nature
           indeed
           ,
           obtained
           their
           noble
           Medicines
           by
           the
           strict
           and
           exact
           observation
           of
           Nature
           in
           her
           own
           path
           ;
           how
           that
           kind
           was
           multiplied
           by
           kind
           ,
           and
           without
           putrifaction
           there
           could
           be
           no
           Generation
           :
           And
           as
           they
           found
           excellent
           Medicines
           ,
           by
           doing
           all
           things
           in
           the
           Metallick
           Kingdom
           according
           to
           the
           possibility
           of
           Nature
           :
           So
           if
           you
           would
           have
           a
           Medicine
           indeed
           ,
           although
           inferiour
           to
           theirs
           ,
           whether
           of
           the
           Mineral
           ,
           Animal
           ,
           or
           vegetable
           kingdom
           ,
           you
           must
           proceed
           in
           the
           same
           method
           ;
           for
           as
           kind
           is
           multiplyed
           by
           kind
           ,
           and
           not
           without
           putrefaction
           ;
           so
           if
           you
           will
           exalt
           any
           concrete
           to
           make
           it
           a
           friendly
           Medicine
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           in
           Natures
           path
           ;
           Kind
           
           with
           kind
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           putrifaction
           .
           For
           the
           absolute
           things
           requisite
           to
           one
           that
           would
           conscionably
           undertake
           the
           Sick
           ;
           are
           first
           to
           know
           how
           to
           unlock
           those
           Medicinal
           Bodies
           which
           the
           Almighty
           hath
           created
           ,
           and
           how
           to
           prepare
           them
           ,
           and
           when
           ,
           and
           to
           whom
           to
           apply
           them
           ;
           and
           also
           how
           to
           order
           and
           dispose
           the
           Patient
           ,
           so
           as
           that
           he
           may
           reap
           that
           good
           from
           them
           ,
           which
           by
           carefull
           administration
           of
           them
           is
           expected
           .
           And
           thus
           will
           a
           little
           quantity
           of
           such
           a
           well
           prepared
           Medicine
           ,
           manifest
           it self
           in
           the
           powerful
           operating
           and
           friendly
           assisting
           of
           Nature
           ,
           to
           cast
           off
           her
           Enemies
           
             (
             viz.
          
           Diseases
           )
           with
           speed
           and
           safety
           .
           But
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           how
           loathsome
           is
           the
           very
           name
           of
           (
           gross
           and
           ill
           prepared
           Physick
           unto
           debilitated
           Nature
           !
           And
           what
           's
           the
           reason
           ?
           Doubtless
           ,
           the
           hard
           task
           she
           hath
           had
           put
           upon
           her
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           even
           when
           she
           is
           least
           able
           to
           perform
           it
           ,
           and
           hath
           more
           need
           of
           succour
           ,
           than
           of
           a
           farther
           trouble
           .
        
         
           Alas
           ,
           how
           shall
           she
           receive
           so
           great
           a
           portion
           of
           loathsom
           Medicines
           ,
           being
           weak
           when
           even
           in
           the
           greatest
           of
           her
           strength
           she
           would
           (
           not
           only
           )
           be
           troubled
           to
           take
           (
           but
           also
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           )
           it
           !
           and
           this
           from
           a
           secret
           sense
           and
           antipathy
           ,
           her
           natural
           life
           or
           spirit
           hath
           against
           its
           nausceating
           ,
           and
           dull
           Quality
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           greatness
           of
           its
           Quantity
           .
        
         
           Then
           certainly
           Nature
           hath
           no
           greater
           help
           ,
           nor
           better
           remedy
           ,
           then
           that
           true
           and
           friendly
           
             Spagerick
             Art
          
           or
           seperater
           of
           the
           Impure
           ,
           from
           the
           Pure
           and
           Medicinal
           part
           ,
           that
           so
           renders
           it
           apt
           ,
           and
           fit
           ,
           for
           her
           more
           easie
           and
           friendly
           Reception
           .
           Why
           then
           should
           any
           so
           Obstinately
           oppose
           so
           clear
           a
           truth
           ,
           and
           so
           great
           a
           Good
           as
           this
           Excellent
           Art
           of
           Chymistry
           ,
           in
           the
           preparation
           of
           Medicines
           (
           if
           compared
           with
           the
           other
           gross
           ,
           sluggish
           and
           ineffectual
           foundation
           of
           Physick
           )
           or
           why
           do
           the
           Galenists
           cry
           out
           against
           others
           in
           things
           
           they
           understand
           not
           ?
           Or
           why
           do
           they
           Envy
           us
           ,
           and
           speak
           against
           our
           Art
           ,
           (
           by
           which
           we
           prepare
           Pure
           and
           harmless
           Medicines
           )
           and
           yet
           make
           use
           of
           those
           unnatural
           Chymical
           Medicines
           ,
           prepared
           by
           the
           power
           of
           violent
           corrosive
           Fires
           ,
           Destructive
           to
           Nature
           .
        
         
           Our
           way
           of
           preparing
           vegetable
           specificks
           ,
           is
           by
           friendly
           Dissolvents
           as
           are
           in
           themselves
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           thing
           acted
           upon
           ,
           so
           that
           in
           seperation
           the
           whole
           Essence
           of
           the
           Concrete
           is
           preserved
           both
           volatile
           and
           fixed
           ,
           in
           Odour
           ,
           Taste
           and
           Collour
           ,
           and
           the
           Drossy
           gross
           part
           cast
           away
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           why
           do
           they
           make
           use
           of
           Oyl
           of
           Vitrial
           Salt
           Brimstone
           ,
           and
           that
           dangerous
           Vomit
           ♀
           Vitae
           prepared
           of
           that
           high
           Exalted
           Poyson
           ,
           viz.
           Oyle
           ,
           or
           Butter
           of
           ♁
           also
           why
           do
           they
           use
           ,
           
             Crocus
             Metallorum
          
           ,
           prepared
           
             Steel
             ,
             Crocus
             Martis
             ,
             Flos
             Sulph
             .
             Lapis
             Infernalis
             ,
             ☿
             Dulcis
          
           (
           falsly
           so
           called
           )
           
             Sacharum
             ♄
             ,
             Tarbith
             Minerals
          
           (
           that
           hellish
           fluxing
           Preparation
           of
           Mercury
           )
           with
           many
           other
           of
           those
           churlish
           unnatural
           ℞
           in
           the
           London
           Dispensatory
           :
           Also
           why
           do
           they
           use
           
             Chymical
             Oyls
          
           ,
           and
           Salts
           of
           
             Herbs
             ,
             Seeds
             ,
             Berries
             ,
             Spices
             ,
             Barke
             ,
             Woods
             ,
             Wax
             ,
             Rozins
             ,
             Minerals
          
           and
           
             Stones
             ▪
          
           with
           their
           Compound
           and
           simple
           
             Distilled
             Waters
          
           ,
           all
           unnaturally
           seperated
           from
           their
           other
           parts
           ,
           or
           principles
           ,
           as
           their
           late
           learned
           unlearned
           W.
           calls
           them
           .
        
         
           Doth
           Nature
           use
           these
           Fires
           in
           producting
           these
           Natural
           subjects
           they
           thus
           work
           upon
           ?
           (
           No
           )
           Neither
           must
           her
           Children
           in
           their
           Art
           of
           Melioration
           .
           She
           uses
           Fire
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           her
           own
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           she
           that
           furnishes
           the
           true
           Son
           of
           Art
           with
           his
           Fire
           ,
           which
           is
           Gentle.
           Does
           she
           seperate
           the
           
             Salt
             Sulphur
          
           and
           Mercury
           ,
           (
           in
           her
           Acts
           of
           Generation
           )
           and
           afterwards
           joyn
           them
           again
           .
           No
           ,
           she
           Ferments
           ,
           Putrifies
           ,
           Digests
           ,
           Vivifies
           and
           performs
           all
           her
           work
           and
           acts
           of
           Generation
           ,
           
           with
           one
           only
           Fire
           which
           Varies
           the
           Species
           according
           to
           the
           Matrix
           ,
           &c.
           
           What
           can
           you
           Gentlemen
           say
           for
           your selves
           ,
           that
           have
           followed
           the
           subtile
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Athenians
           ,
           rather
           then
           the
           plain
           path
           of
           Nature
           ,
           but
           do
           you
           glory
           in
           the
           Art
           of
           your
           Masters
           .
           We
           will
           rejoyce
           in
           the
           works
           of
           our
           Tutress
           Nature
           ,
           whose
           Excellency
           will
           appear
           as
           well
           by
           reason
           ,
           as
           dayly
           Experience
           .
        
         
           Consider
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           that
           gives
           Eminency
           and
           Perfection
           ,
           to
           any
           one
           thing
           we
           esteem
           as
           Excellent
           ;
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           it
           is
           the
           Purity
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           either
           in
           the
           Animal
           ,
           Vegetable
           ,
           or
           Mineral
           Nature
           :
           If
           we
           consider
           then
           what
           we
           are
           speaking
           of
           ,
           viz.
           Medicines
           prepared
           Chymically
           ;
           we
           must
           also
           conclude
           its
           Efficacy
           and
           Excellency
           to
           proceed
           from
           its
           Purity
           ,
           or
           Purified
           Nature
           .
           Let
           us
           (
           I
           say
           )
           consider
           what
           it
           is
           for
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           help
           and
           restore
           decayed
           Nature
           and
           her
           languishing
           Spirit
           .
           Now
           this
           Spirit
           is
           the
           most
           subtile
           part
           of
           Man
           (
           I
           mean
           not
           the
           Rational
           Soul
           )
           therefore
           no
           way
           to
           be
           assisted
           ,
           but
           by
           that
           which
           is
           of
           Purity
           and
           likeness
           with
           it
           
             (
             viz.
          
           Medicines
           of
           a
           subtile
           penetrating
           Nature
           .
           )
        
         
           The
           Consideration
           of
           Nature
           will
           tell
           you
           ,
           what
           her
           Medicines
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           a
           true
           consideration
           of
           such
           Medicines
           ,
           will
           teach
           and
           tell
           you
           ,
           what
           Nature
           is
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           quality
           of
           the
           one
           will
           inform
           you
           what
           the
           Nature
           and
           Essence
           of
           the
           other
           ought
           to
           be
           ;
           for
           the
           Physician
           must
           (
           if
           he
           will
           Cure
           a
           Disease
           )
           Administer
           his
           Medicines
           to
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           because
           the
           Spirit
           is
           the
           sole
           Dispencer
           of
           Guifts
           to
           all
           the
           parts
           and
           faculties
           of
           the
           body
           ;
           now
           as
           to
           the
           Quality
           of
           the
           Midicines
           you
           ought
           to
           use
           for
           Natures
           relief
           ,
           and
           assistance
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           of
           most
           subtile
           and
           thin
           parts
           .
           Therein
           lyes
           the
           excellency
           of
           
             Chymical
             Medicines
          
           ,
           above
           others
           ,
           this
           Art
           being
           able
           
           to
           Exalt
           the
           most
           dull
           and
           inactive
           Medicines
           ,
           to
           the
           greatest
           of
           subtility
           ,
           and
           far
           beyond
           what
           nature
           presents
           them
           to
           us
           in
           .
           Nor
           doth
           it
           thus
           Exalt
           their
           Purity
           and
           Efficacy
           ,
           as
           to
           Cure
           all
           Diseases
           both
           inward
           and
           outward
           only
           ,
           but
           Renders
           the
           Medicine
           it self
           Incorruptible
           also
           :
           whilst
           the
           best
           of
           Galenical
           (
           Mixtures
           )
           will
           hardly
           keep
           a
           year
           .
           How
           then
           should
           these
           poor
           Dirty
           ,
           Drossy
           Medlies
           ,
           answer
           those
           great
           Ends
           they
           Administer
           them
           for
           ?
           And
           how
           shall
           they
           root
           out
           inveterate
           ,
           fixed
           and
           Chronick
           Diseases
           ?
           How
           shall
           they
           purifie
           the
           Impure
           ,
           or
           help
           the
           Infirm
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           Cured
           of
           their
           own
           Crude
           ,
           corrupt
           and
           infirm
           condition
           ?
        
         
           If
           any
           shall
           here
           object
           ,
           that
           the
           Galenick
           Medicines
           are
           safe
           and
           the
           Chymical
           quickly
           Cure
           ,
           or
           quickly
           Kill
           :
           Let
           such
           objecters
           know
           ,
           that
           they
           grant
           ,
           and
           add
           more
           to
           the
           praise
           of
           Chymistry
           and
           Chymical
           Medicines
           then
           they
           are
           aware
           of
           ;
           for
           nothing
           can
           quickly
           Cure
           but
           what
           is
           Efficacious
           ,
           and
           fitted
           for
           so
           great
           a
           good
           ,
           which
           nothing
           can
           be
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           in
           some
           measure
           pure
           and
           like
           unto
           the
           nature
           it
           shall
           so
           assist
           .
           Herein
           do
           they
           unawares
           affirm
           the
           Excellency
           of
           such
           Medicines
           :
           and
           then
           to
           those
           that
           suggest
           ,
           they
           as
           suddainly
           Kill
           ,
           I
           must
           thus
           answer
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           Kill
           ,
           if
           administred
           by
           skilful
           Operators
           (
           as
           those
           must
           be
           that
           know
           their
           true
           preparation
           )
           for
           as
           Fire
           will
           warm
           at
           a
           fit
           distance
           ;
           yet
           if
           any
           man
           shall
           (
           to
           warm
           another
           )
           apply
           a
           red
           hot
           Iron
           to
           his
           flesh
           ,
           it
           will
           burn
           him
           ▪
           So
           water
           will
           wash
           a
           man
           clean
           ,
           (
           if
           dirtied
           )
           and
           he
           therefore
           unadvisedly
           leap
           into
           a
           deep
           Well
           ,
           he
           may
           be
           Drowned
           .
           Wine
           will
           cheer
           the
           heart
           ,
           if
           moderately
           taken
           ,
           yet
           many
           by
           excess
           have
           Killed
           themselves
           ;
           but
           this
           cannot
           be
           attributed
           to
           the
           dangerous
           ,
           or
           Killing
           quality
           of
           the
           Wine
           ,
           as
           Wine
           .
           So
           these
           Medicines
           we
           know
           ,
           use
           and
           extoll
           ,
           if
           administred
           ,
           
           or
           taken
           by
           Pints
           ,
           may
           destroy
           Life
           :
           But
           if
           taken
           by
           Drops
           ,
           Drams
           ,
           or
           Spoonfulls
           ,
           in
           their
           Vehicles
           ,
           they
           Enliven
           and
           help
           nature
           to
           Conquer
           her
           Enemies
           ,
           viz.
           Diseases
           .
           When
           other
           Gross
           ,
           Sluggish
           and
           ill
           prepared
           Nauseating
           Mixtures
           ,
           serve
           only
           to
           stuff
           up
           the
           body
           (
           already
           too
           much
           obstructed
           )
           with
           such
           quantities
           ,
           which
           rather
           hinder
           then
           further
           her
           own
           operation
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           rob
           Nature
           of
           that
           praise
           due
           to
           her
           (
           and
           the
           Author
           ofher
           )
           when
           she
           hath
           overcome
           ,
           both
           the
           evil
           of
           the
           Disease
           ,
           and
           such
           Medicines
           .
        
         
           Now
           having
           briefly
           (
           and
           I
           hope
           to
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           every
           unbyased
           and
           candid
           Reader
           )
           vindicated
           Chymistry
           ,
           and
           true
           Chymical
           Medicines
           ;
        
         
           I
           shall
           also
           with
           the
           like
           brevity
           ,
           give
           the
           Reader
           an
           account
           of
           some
           Excellent
           Useful
           Chymical
           Medicines
           prepared
           by
           me
           ;
           which
           may
           be
           of
           great
           benefit
           to
           all
           Honest
           Physicians
           ,
           Chyrurgions
           ,
           Apothecaries
           ,
           Midwives
           ,
           and
           others
           who
           design
           good
           ,
           and
           desire
           to
           be
           serviceable
           to
           their
           Generation
           .
        
         
           
             A
             Catalogue
             of
             Chymical
             Medicines
             prepared
             by
             
               Richard
               Fletcher
            
             ,
             Living
             at
             the
             Sun
             in
             Gutter-lane
             near
             
               Cheap-side
               London
            
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Southernwood
              
               ,
               resists
               Poyson
               ,
               kills
               Worms
               ,
               provokes
               Urine
               ,
               strengthens
               the
               Stomack
               ,
               and
               Cures
               Surfets
               .
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Wormwood
              
               doth
               the
               same
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Agrimony
              
               ,
               helps
               infirmities
               of
               the
               Liver
               ,
               Pissing
               of
               Blood
               ,
               and
               Inward
               Wounds
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 M.
                 Mallows
              
               ,
               easeth
               pains
               of
               the
               Store
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Marjoram
              
               ,
               Cures
               Diseases
               of
               the
               Brain
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Angelica
              
               ,
               resists
               Poyson
               ,
               cheers
               the
               Heart
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Dill
                 and
                 Fenel
              
               ,
               Breeds
               Milk
               ,
               stays
               Vomiting
               .
            
             
               
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Magwort
              
               ,
               appropriated
               to
               Women
               ;
               as
               also
               ,
               is
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Arrach
                 ,
                 Germander
              
               ,
               and
               Peneroyal
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Betony
              
               ,
               Dissolves
               the
               Stone
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Briony
              
               ,
               Cures
               Dropsies
               ,
               and
               Falling-sickness
               :
               so
               doth
               
                 Dwarf
                 Elder
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Centaury
              
               ,
               Cures
               the
               Yellow
               Jaundice
               ;
               the
               same
               doth
               Succory
               and
               Endive
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Comfry
                 ,
                 and
                 Clery
                 ,
              
               Strengthens
               Weak
               Backs
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Couslip-flowers
              
               ,
               Cures
               Palsies
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Arsmart
              
               ,
               is
               wonderful
               in
               the
               Stone
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 of
                 Hysop
              
               ,
               Cures
               Coughs
               and
               Soar-throats
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 St.
              
               Johns
               Wort
               ,
               Cures
               all
               Cureable
               Wounds
               ,
               both
               Inward
               and
               Outward
               to
               Admiration
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Lavender
              
               ,
               Cures
               Falling-sickness
               ,
               and
               easeth
               all
               Pains
               in
               the
               Head
               ,
               Cures
               Deafness
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Laurel
                 and
                 Bay-Berries
              
               ,
               Cures
               Diseases
               of
               the
               Womb
               and
               Bladder
               ,
               Expels
               Wind
               ,
               Cures
               Plurisies
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Featherfew
              
               ,
               is
               a
               singular
               Womb
               Remedy
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Melilot
              
               ,
               a
               wonderful
               friendly
               Dissolver
               of
               the
               Stone
               ,
               and
               Cleanser
               of
               the
               Reins
               and
               Bladder
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Bame
                 ,
                 Mints
                 ,
                 and
                 Rosemary
                 ,
              
               are
               wonderful
               renovating
               Medicines
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Tobacco
              
               ,
               is
               excellent
               to
               Cure
               old
               Soars
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Rue
                 and
                 Savin
              
               ,
               Kills
               Worms
               ,
               Cures
               Pleurisies
               ,
               Expels
               Birth
               ,
               and
               After-birth
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Sage
              
               ,
               is
               an
               excellent
               Medicine
               for
               Women
               to
               help
               them
               to
               go
               out
               their
               full
               time
               .
            
             
               
                 Also
                 Essence
                 of
                 Tansie
              
               is
               the
               same
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Colts-Foot
              
               ,
               Cures
               Coughs
               ,
               Shortness
               of
               Breath
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Scurvy-Grass
                 ,
                 Horse-Redish
                 ,
                 Water-Cresses
                 ,
                 and
                 Broom
                 ,
              
               Cures
               the
               Scurvy
               and
               Dropsie
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Chamomel
              
               ,
               Cures
               Pleurisies
               and
               Stone
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Saffron
              
               ,
               powerfully
               corrects
               and
               expels
               Poyson
               ,
               Cures
               Feavers
               ,
               Consumptions
               ,
               and
               drives
               out
               all
               offensive
               matter
               by
               Sweat
               and
               Urine
               ;
               and
               is
               excellent
               
               in
               the
               Small-pox
               ,
               Measles
               ,
               and
               all
               Pestilential
               Diseases
               ,
               and
               is
               a
               very
               great
               Cordial
               .
               The
               same
               is
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Clove-Gilliflowers
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Elder-flowers
              
               ,
               Cures
               Dropsies
               ,
               the
               Stone
               ,
               and
               opens
               Obstructions
               of
               the
               Liver
               ,
               Spleen
               and
               Womb.
               
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Walnuts
              
               ,
               kills
               Worms
               ,
               resists
               the
               Pestilence
               ,
               Cures
               Convulsions
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Nutmegs
                 ,
                 Cloves
                 ,
                 Mace
                 ,
                 and
                 Cinamon
                 ,
              
               Strengthens
               the
               Brain
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Barberries
              
               ,
               Quench
               Thirst.
               
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Corriander
                 ,
                 Gramwell
                 ,
                 Cardamom-seeds
                 ,
              
               kills
               Worms
               ,
               expels
               Wind
               ,
               provokes
               Urine
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Benjamin
                 ,
                 and
                 Stirax
                 ,
              
               helps
               Coughs
               ,
               Hoarseness
               and
               want
               of
               Voice
               ,
               and
               clears
               the
               Skin
               .
            
             
               
                 Essence
                 of
                 Pearl
                 ,
                 Coral
                 ,
                 Amber
                 ,
                 and
                 Amber-grees
                 ,
              
               are
               wonderful
               Restoratives
               ;
               and
               Cures
               all
               Diseases
               incident
               in
               Women
               .
            
             
               Antiscorbutick
               
                 Powder
                 and
                 Essence
              
               .
            
             
               Antivenerial
               
                 Powder
                 and
                 Essence
              
               .
            
             
               Stone
               Dissolving
               
                 Powder
                 and
                 Essence
              
               .
            
             
               
                 A
                 Powder
              
               which
               causes
               Speedy
               Delivery
               in
               VVomen
               ,
               a
               VVomb
               Essence
               .
            
          
           
             These
             Excellent
             Specificks
             ,
             are
             all
             prepared
             by
             proper
             Dissolvents
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Volatile
             and
             fixed
             parts
             are
             presverved
             with
             their
             Odour
             ,
             Tincture
             and
             Colour
             ,
             so
             that
             what
             Nature
             is
             best
             pleased
             with
             ,
             is
             here
             fitted
             for
             her
             reception
             ,
             that
             she
             may
             dispose
             of
             them
             ,
             for
             those
             great
             uses
             and
             ends
             they
             were
             designed
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               Reader
               ,
            
          
           
             I
             have
             not
             given
             you
             a
             full
             relation
             of
             the
             uses
             and
             Vertues
             of
             those
             before
             mentioned
             Essences
             .
             Therefore
             I
             add
             this
             ;
          
           
           
             Whatever
             is
             ,
             or
             may
             be
             attributed
             to
             any
             Vegetable
             ,
             the
             same
             and
             more
             may
             be
             attributed
             to
             the
             Essence
             of
             that
             Vegetable
             ,
             for
             by
             how
             much
             it
             is
             exalted
             in
             Purity
             ;
             by
             so
             much
             it
             ecceeds
             in
             Vertue
             and
             Excellency
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             these
             noble
             Remedies
             are
             Purer
             ,
             (
             then
             the
             other
             common
             Gross
             Mixtures
             ,
             which
             are
             usually
             given
             in
             great
             quantities
             )
             so
             must
             their
             Dose
             ,
             viz.
             5.
             10.
             15.
             or
             20
             Drops
             in
             VVine
             ,
             Beer
             ,
             Ale
             ,
             Sider
             .
          
           
             Tee
             ,
             Coffee
             ,
             or
             Broth
             ,
             3
             or
             4
             times
             a
             day
             ,
             that
             the
             active
             penetrating
             subtile
             parts
             of
             the
             Medicine
             ,
             may
             expel
             the
             Evil
             ,
             Obnoxious
             Diseasy
             Matter
             ,
             and
             so
             restore
             decayed
             strength
             ,
             and
             bring
             Nature
             again
             into
             her
             true
             Path
             ,
             by
             which
             she
             may
             preserve
             the
             whole
             man
             in
             health
             .
          
           
             Thus
             having
             hinted
             unto
             you
             the
             Excellencies
             of
             true
             prepared
             Vegetable
             Essences
             ,
             and
             their
             safety
             above
             others
             :
             I
             shall
             also
             speak
             a
             little
             to
             Mineral
             Preparation
             ,
             and
             so
             conclude
             the
             first
             part
             .
          
           
             Mineral
             Medicines
             have
             a
             more
             universal
             tendency
             then
             Vegetables
             ,
             they
             being
             higher
             graduated
             in
             Nature
             ,
             and
             more
             fixed
             ,
             and
             more
             locked
             up
             ,
             and
             harder
             to
             come
             at
             ,
             for
             prudent
             Nature
             hath
             put
             Bolts
             and
             Bars
             upon
             her
             best
             Jewels
             ,
             and
             hath
             made
             strong
             Fences
             about
             them
             lest
             strangers
             should
             espay
             them
             ,
             and
             steal
             them
             away
             ,
             and
             make
             an
             ill
             use
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             cry
             they
             are
             ours
             ,
             and
             Nature
             shall
             obey
             us
             ,
             she
             is
             our
             servant
             ,
             and
             we
             will
             do
             what
             we
             please
             with
             her
             .
             Therefore
             she
             keeps
             the
             Keys
             of
             her
             Treasuries
             her self
             ,
             but
             she
             will
             vouchsafe
             to
             lend
             them
             to
             such
             of
             her
             Children
             as
             are
             willing
             to
             be
             instructed
             by
             her
             ,
             and
             will
             promise
             alwayes
             to
             walk
             in
             her
             path
             ,
             and
             perform
             whatever
             she
             commands
             ;
             I
             say
             ,
             such
             a
             one
             ,
             and
             no
             other
             ,
             will
             she
             fet
             into
             her
             Chambers
             of
             Beauty
             and
             Riches
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             hath
             her
             Keys
             ,
             which
             are
             friendly
             Adjuncts
             ,
             may
             open
             Mineral
             bodyes
             ,
             and
             extract
             that
             solar
             tincture
             ,
             which
             she
             hath
             
             planted
             in
             them
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             this
             solar
             Tincture
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             amicable
             to
             Nature
             ;
             and
             Cures
             the
             most
             Radicated
             Diseases
             ,
             by
             Enlightning
             and
             Enlivening
             the
             natural
             spirit
             ,
             by
             which
             Nature
             comes
             both
             to
             see
             her
             Errours
             ,
             and
             amend
             her
             Wayes
             ;
             being
             thus
             enabled
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             cast
             off
             all
             offending
             Matter
             formed
             in
             the
             body
             ,
             but
             also
             changing
             those
             Venoms
             ,
             the
             cause
             of
             such
             Matter●
             ,
             and
             wiping
             off
             the
             Character
             of
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             And
             such
             a
             Medicine
             as
             this
             ,
             is
             my
             well
             known
             and
             often
             tryed
             Powder
             ,
             called
             the
             Eagle
             of
             Metals
             :
             As
             also
             my
             little
             Powder
             viz.
             the
             Solar
             Dove
             ,
             with
             which
             Medicines
             I
             have
             Cured
             many
             Diseases
             ,
             accounted
             by
             the
             Proud
             Persecuting
             Colledge
             Incurable
             ,
             as
             hundreds
             can
             witness
             (
             for
             me
             )
             in
             this
             City
             that
             I
             have
             Cured
             for
             Nothing
             ;
             when
             they
             had
             Spent
             all
             they
             had
             to
             satisfie
             the
             unreasonable
             demands
             of
             those
             Physitians
             they
             then
             had
             made
             use
             of
             (
             by
             whom
             they
             were
             rendered
             more
             miserable
             then
             before
             )
             A
             further
             account
             of
             which
             I
             shall
             give
             you
             in
             my
             Bock
             of
             Cures
             ,
             which
             God
             willing
             will
             speedily
             be
             Printed
             .
          
           
             Now
             having
             attained
             to
             the
             Knowledge
             and
             Preparation
             of
             such
             Medicines
             ;
             is
             it
             not
             good
             reason
             I
             should
             have
             the
             liberty
             to
             use
             them
             (
             without
             Molestation
             )
             for
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Poor
             ,
             and
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             giver
             of
             every
             good
             and
             perfect
             Guift
             ,
             to
             whom
             be
             Glory
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
           
             VVhatever
             I
             administer
             to
             another
             ,
             I
             dare
             be
             oblidged
             to
             take
             the
             same
             Dose
             every
             day
             for
             a
             year
             ,
             to
             prove
             the
             safety
             of
             my
             Medicines
             ,
             and
             let
             every
             Physician
             do
             the
             like
             ,
             if
             he
             dare
             trust
             to
             the
             safety
             of
             his
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           POSTSCRIPT
           To
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Courteous
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           SUch
           is
           the
           Envy
           ,
           Ignorance
           and
           Clandestine
           Art
           ,
           and
           Subtile
           practice
           of
           many
           of
           the
           Professors
           of
           Physick
           ,
           Apothecaries
           ,
           Chyrurgions
           and
           others
           of
           their
           friends
           and
           fond
           lovers
           of
           the
           blind
           Galenical
           Tribe
           ,
           to
           instill
           into
           the
           minds
           of
           men
           a
           more
           then
           ordinary
           prejudice
           against
           Chymistry
           ,
           and
           the
           Professors
           thereof
           :
           Exclaiming
           against
           the
           Art
           (
           because
           they
           understand
           it
           not
           )
           and
           branding
           the
           Artists
           with
           such
           marks
           of
           Infamy
           ,
           (
           as
           if
           right
           took
           place
           )
           they
           themselves
           ought
           to
           bear
           ;
           and
           only
           because
           they
           are
           Painfull
           ,
           Studious
           and
           Industrious
           men
           ,
           who
           labour
           in
           the
           field
           of
           Medicine
           with
           admirable
           Success
           :
           Hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           persecute
           us
           ,
           and
           consulting
           with
           Demetrius
           ,
           find
           cause
           thus
           to
           reason
           .
           If
           this
           Sect
           prevail
           ,
           our
           Craft
           by
           which
           we
           get
           our
           VVealth
           ,
           will
           come
           to
           nothing
           ;
           here
           lyes
           the
           stress
           of
           the
           matter
           :
           VVealth
           is
           that
           which
           they
           seek
           ;
           and
           the
           Health
           of
           the
           Sick
           is
           sought
           by
           Chymical
           Physicians
           .
           Thus
           Friendly
           Reader
           have
           I
           in
           brief
           stated
           the
           difference
           between
           a
           Mercenary
           Doctor
           ,
           and
           a
           true
           Son
           of
           Art
           ;
           that
           people
           may
           no
           longer
           mistake
           Shadows
           for
           Substances
           ,
           and
           through
           that
           errour
           may
           no
           longer
           be
           rendered
           willing
           to
           be
           deceived
           .
           I
           was
           willing
           to
           sustain
           this
           Labour
           and
           Charge
           ;
           not
           in
           the
           
           least
           doubting
           ,
           but
           that
           these
           Lines
           (
           if
           read
           without
           prejudice
           )
           may
           be
           of
           good
           effect
           to
           clear
           the
           understandings
           of
           most
           men
           :
           So
           ,
           as
           henceforth
           they
           will
           be
           able
           better
           to
           judge
           of
           the
           common
           practice
           of
           Galenical
           Physicians
           ,
           and
           consequently
           for
           the
           future
           be
           less
           prejudiced
           against
           Chymical
           Practicioners
           ,
           then
           heretofore
           they
           have
           been
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           intend
           (
           God
           willing
           )
           hereafter
           to
           publish
           more
           small
           Peices
           of
           the
           same
           Subject
           .
        
         
           
             
               From
               my
               house
               at
               the
            
             Sun
             in
             Gutter-lane
             near
             Cheap-side
             London
             ,
             
               Octob.
               29.
               1676.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .