a swelling in his Groine, & upon that occasion added that her husband assurd her of his being confident that the next Summer the Plague would be very rife in London, for which Prædiction he gave this reason that in the last great Plague he fell sick of that Desease; & he then had a Pestilentiall Tumor'T' altered from 'h', soe in 2 other Plagues that since happen'd though much inferior to that great one, each of them had a riseing in his Body to be its forerunner, & now haveing <a> great tumor in the forementiond place he doubted not but it would be follow'd by a rageing Pestilence, which accordingly ensu'd. Haveing heard much talk of something of this nature by the Dr. I enquir'd of him how much of it was true, & receivd for answer the foregoeing narrative.

The Spirit of <Blood>replacing 'it' being put to Spirit of Salt they made a great hissing & ebullition & disarm'd one another produceing a compounded Liquor not unlike in tast to weak Sal Armoniack, & such a Salt I intended & little doubted but to obtain the Sublimation of this Mixture, had one who knew not what it was & likewise had throwne it away, the same Spirit being mixt with Spirit of Nitre or Aq. Fortis made the like Ebullition as with Spirit of Salt, & produc'd a Liquor of a Compounded tast.

The same Spirit †mixt deleted mixt in a small Proportion of syrup of violetts immediatly turnd it into a deep red or Crimson Colour.

The same Spirit being dropt upon a <Little>replacing 'Lint of' solution of Sublimate, instantly made the Mixture milk-white.

The same Spirit being dropt upon fileings of crude Copper & lay'd upon a peece of white paper, quickly wrought upon part of them, & made a solution of a fine blue colour.

A strong Solution of Coined Silver (looking of a greenish blue because of the Copper) did, being mixt with a strong Solution of Sublimate, immediatly afford a copious white Præcipitate over which a greenish blue Liquor, but somewhat more faintly colourd, did swim.

The same Lunary Solution being præcipitated with Spirit of Sal Armoniack made with an Alkaly, took up more Spirit then one would imagine to strike it all downe, & afforded a white Præcipitate, from whence I seperated by Filtration a Liquor betwixt blue and green.

The same Solution mixt with cleer deliqueated Oyle of Tartar, seem'd at first to grow white at the top, & then let fall a white Powder, but afterwards it let fall a copious Brick-colourd Powder, over which swamme a blue green