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24 I give the title in extenso:—

May not be out of place.

The author, in his preface to the reader, thus remarks:—

The art of destillation (which they call Chymia, Alchimia, Alkimia, Chemia Suidas calleth it, and Alchemia) hath inuented many profitable things for mans lyfe, and in Phisick also certain marueilous thinges, and prase-worthye, if a man prepare them right and diligentlye.

After further remarks on the “art of destillation,” the author relates the following