11. But it seems probable that the Sulphur of the Philosophers is something else very near it.
12. The fixed part is not the Feces of Mercury, nor its crude generating Sulphur; it returns into Mercury.
13. The Depuration of Mercury from the earthy Feces, and the watry Crudeness, seems scarcely to be obtained so easily by Distillation alone; perhaps by some more secret Work it is obtain’d.
14. To make Gold or Silver of Mercury, does not proceed. Ignorant Men are given up to Imagination, easy to Promises, rich in Hope. This Mercury remained Mercury.
15. Safe from the fallacious Writings and Prescriptions of the Philosophers, who promise such Things in a short Time, or a few Months from Mercury and Fire: Indeed, within the Space of many Years, I have not discovered the least Marks of a first beginning.
Experiment XIII.
Mercury kept under boiling Water, is not rais’d from the Bottom of the Vessel.