1. It suddenly coagulates River-Water, Rain-Water, or any destilled Water, so as it becomes Ice, and may be carried in Paper, a Sack, or Wooden-Box or Chest, wheresoever you will, and be dissolved when need is, so as the salt may be separated from the Water; which salt is not at all changed by the Water, but may oftentimes again be used for like Coagulations.
2. After the same manner Wine, Vinegar, Beer, Metheglin, and like Drinks, may be reduced by coagulation into a clear substance, and again be most easily dissolved.
3. Also by help of that may be coagulated saline spirits, as, Aqua-fortis, Aqua-Regis, spirit of Salt, spirit or oil of Vitriol, and the like, so as they will become hard salts, without any change or corruption, portable in Paper or wooden Boxes, to other places, where being dissolved when need is, they exhibit a Liquor distinct from the salt, the salt in the mean while keeping its coagulating Virtues intire.
4. To Honey and Syrup it gives the consistency of sugar.
5. Fountains may be so stopped with it, as their flowing to be stayed.
6. It changeth wood in process of time into a most hard stone.
7. It abstracts the superfluous Phlegm from Wine, Beer, Vinegar, and spirit of Wine, so as they become the stronger.
8. It separates the Phlegm from subtile Mineral-spirits, whence they are made volatile and more powerful.
9. It takes away from Wine, Beer, Vinegar, and spirit of Wine, its ungrateful taste or odour, and unto them also gives greater clearness.
10. Also it corrects the unsavory smell of Vessels, so as we may commodiously use them.