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CHAP. I. Of the difference between Argent vive Vulgar, and Argent vive Natural.
WE say, that Argent vive Vulgar cannot be the Ar∣gent vive of the Philosophers, whatever Art it be prepared with, for the Vulgar cannot be detained in the Fire, but by another Argent vive corporeal, which is hot and dry, and more digested there: I say, that our Nature is of a more fixt and hotter Nature, than the Vulgar, and that therefore be∣cause our Argent vive corporeal, is turned into Argent vive cur∣rent, not teyning the fingers; and when it is mixed with the Vulgar, they are joyned, and embrace one another with the bond of Love, so that they never part from one another, as Water mixt with Wa∣ter, for THUS is pleaseth Nature: But our Argent vive doth enter and mix it self actually with the