A compendious body of chymistry, which will serve as a guide and introduction both for understanding the authors which have treated of the theory of this science in general: and for making the way plain and easie to perform, according to art and method, all operations, which teach the practise of this art, upon animals, vegetables, and minerals, without losing any of the essential vertues contained in them. By N. le Fèbure apothecary in ordinary, and chymical distiller to the King of France, and at present to his Majesty of Great-Britain.

The manner of preparing Syrups of the Juyces of Plants, as well of those that are deprived of smell, as Odoriferous; with the necessary Notes for their Depuration.

THere are three kinds of Plants which offer themselves here to our consideration, and by consequence three Examples to be propounded, to prepare well the Syrups thereof, with the preservation of their proper and essential vertue, which we will distribute into three Classes. The first shall be of inodorous Juycy Plants, such as are the kinds of Sorrel, Chicory, or Endive, Fu∣mitory, Mercury, Purslane, Borage, Bugloss, Carduus B. and other of the like nature. The second, shall be of those that are inodoriferous, and sometimes also odoriferous, and whereof the Juyce is filled with a Spirit and Volatile Salt, very subtle, such as are Antiscorbutical Plants, as Cochlearia, Cresses, the kinds of Water-parsley, Mustard, Alisander, or Bell-rags, and Water-purstane, which is called also Beccabunga, or rather Beccapunga. The third, shall be of such Plants as are odoriferous and juycy, such as are Betony, Hyssop, Scordium, Smallage, Parsley, Eupa∣tory, and others of the same Category.