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investigated. Furthermore, that man, who was exercised to the point of a miracle in alchemy, placed Mercury, Sulfur, and Salt as the supreme principles and consequences of composite natural things. And they affirm that this opinion concerning the supreme principles and consequences is confirmed by many experiences of this century, lest it seem absurd to anyone. For from any plant comes ash: from ash, salt: from salt, oil, or sulfur and liquor, or Mercury, which is neither salt nor does it catch flame as sulfur does. And since we said that the method of healing is constituted by three things, the remedy, the quantity of the remedy, and the reason for using it, so that in those three supreme consequences, namely in Salt, Sulfur, and Mercury, we might have an epitome of that almost immense living Anatomy, which is highly necessary for quickly and pleasantly conferring remedies: they say that the natures and properties of these three are to be observed and distinguished among themselves diligently and individually in the greater world and in Chemical operations: and in one