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 To the Reader. here is a glut of Chymicall books, but a carcity of chymicall truthes: Nature & Art affords variety of Spagyrical preparations, but they are as yet partly undicovered, partly dipered in many bookes and thoe of divers Languages, and partly reerved in private mens hands. When therefore I conidered what need there is of, and how acceptable a generall treatie of Ditillations might bee, epecially to our Englih Nation (and the rather ince Baker upon Ditillations is by reaon of the decription of a few furnaces, and'veels therein, beides which there is mall variety either of preparations, or curioities, old