[13] Ben Jonson, in his play of the Alchemist, has the following lines:—
"But when you see th' effects of the Great Medium,
Of which one part projected on a hundred
Of Mercury, or Venus, or the Moon,
Shall turn it to as many of the Sun;
Nay to a thousand, so ad infinitum,
You will believe me."
[14] Godwin's Lives of Necromancers, Art. Dee. Dr. Dee's Diary (Camden Soc.) contains many references to his alchemical pursuits.—See pp. 7, 22, 25, 27, 28, 37, and 63.
[15] Brewster's Life of Sir Isaac Newton, vol. ii. p. 376.
[16] Preface to Bibl. Chem. Curiosa, quoted by Thomson, p. 18. For a list of Boyle's works connected with alchemy, see the Philosophical Epitaphs, by W. C.
[17] Pictorial History of England, vol. ii. p. 207.
[18] Baines's Lancashire.
[19] Fœdera, vol. ix. p. 379.
[20] Rot. Parl., vol. v. p. 314a.
[21] Rot. Parl., vol. v. p. 314a.