_This is not prepar’d after =Glauber=’s way, and though =Glauber= was
so great a Lyer as to affirm, that in a clear Fire fifty pound of this
Spirit might be prepared in one day, yet he cannot produce above one
or two pound: Wherefore my invention is much better, and my Spirit is
pure, but =Glauber=’s has =Vitriol= mix’d in it._
_And though I gave =Glauber= a great Sum of Money to communicate these
Secrets to me, yet I have not found any of them true, according to his
Information, but was fain, with great industry to seek other waies of
working those abovenamed._
_And for those that follow, though they may seem to be derived to me
from =Glauber=, yet they have not succeeded by his Information, but I
was forced to go another way to work, which will hardly be found by
=Glauber=._
9. _To prepare good store of the =Spirits of Vitriol=, =Nitre=, =Salt=,
=Aqua fortis=, =Aqua Regis=, also =Sulphur=, after a manner not yet
known, and which will scarce be known to =Glauber=; forty R. Dollers._
10. _To produce plenty of volatile Mineral Spirits, which Spirits
ascend the Still before the Phlegm; but the abovenamed after the
Phlegm._
NB. _These Spirits have the same taste that Spirit of Wine hath, and
evaporate like it, and are void of corroding: neither do I doubt, but I
can produce such Spirits from Metals also, though in metallicks I have
made no trial yet._
11. _Flowers of Minerals and Metals, almost without diminution,
compendiously under a refrigeratory cover, which =Glauber= never saw;
Ten R. Dollers._
12. _The Quintessence of all Vegetables: Although =Glauber=, in his
Tract, promised to bring that also to light, yet he never performed it
from all Vegetables, but only from hot, which give Oil, which is of no
moment; but that from cold, to wit, Herbs, is artificial. Thirty R.
Dollers._
13. _To give new strength to dead and eager Wines, and make them as
good as ever, or better; Two Hundred R. Dollers._
NB. _=Note here=, That I very much run against =Glauber=’s Tract of
=Vinary Secrets=; and if my own Industry had not taught me more than
that, I might indeed, according to his instruction, encrease the
strength of Wine, but with an ingrateful relish, so as I could never
hope to try eager Wines according to Art. But now I cannot only bring
to maturity all sorts of Liquors from both sweet and sowre Grapes, and
other sorts of Fruits; and give them new strength in the Hogshead,
but also render them pallatable to all men. Whoever hath tasted
=Glauber=’s Wines, and shall afterwards taste mine, will easily discern
a difference._