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         Guidott, Thomas, fl. 1698.
      
       
         
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             A letter concerning some observations lately made at Bathe written to his much honoured friend Sir E.G., Knight and Baronet, M.D. in London / by Thomas Guidott ...
             Guidott, Thomas, fl. 1698.
             Greaves, Edward, Sir, 1608-1680.
          
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           A
           LETTER
           Concerning
           some
           OBSERVATIONS
           Lately
           made
           at
           BATHE
           .
        
         
           Written
           to
           his
           much
           honoured
           Friend
           Sir
           
             E.
             G.
          
           Knight
           and
           Baronet
           ,
           
             M.
             D.
          
           in
           London
           .
        
         
           By
           THOMAS
           GUIDOTT
           ,
           
             M.
             B.
          
           
        
         
           
             Facilius
             ducimur
             ,
             quàm
             trahimur
             .
          
           
             Senec.
             
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             A.
             C.
          
           for
           
             Henry
             .
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Gun
           at
           the
           West
           end
           of
           Saint
           Pauls
           .
           1674.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           LETTER
           Concerning
           some
           OBSERVATIONS
           Lately
           made
           at
           BATHE
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Honoured
                 Sir
                 ,
              
            
             
               I
               Know
               you
               (
               as
               well
               as
               other
               Ingenious
               and
               Inquisitive
               Persons
               )
               are
               somewhat
               concern'd
               ,
               and
               desirous
               to
               understand
               what
               Success
               my
               late
               Enquiries
               have
               had
               into
               one
               of
               the
               Grand
               Mysteries
               of
               Nature
               ,
               I
               mean
               the
               BATHES
               of
               this
               City
               :
               considering
               especially
               that
               You
               were
               pleased
               the
               last
               Summer
               to
               afford
               me
               the
               Honour
               of
               your
               Company
               and
               particular
               Acquaintance
               ,
               and
               to
               express
               a
               
               more
               than
               ordinary
               desire
               of
               my
               proceeding
               in
               this
               Thing
               .
               Concerning
               which
               I
               must
               tell
               you
               ,
               that
               as
               I
               have
               not
               been
               wanting
               ,
               either
               to
               Pains
               or
               Pay
               ,
               in
               my
               Proceedings
               hitherto
               ;
               so
               I
               have
               had
               the
               good
               Hap
               (
               which
               hath
               been
               my
               Encouragement
               )
               to
               meet
               with
               many
               considerable
               Discoveries
               .
               And
               though
               the
               main
               Body
               of
               the
               Matter
               ,
               collected
               touching
               this
               Affair
               ,
               be
               not
               yet
               ripe
               for
               the
               Launcet
               ,
               but
               will
               require
               a
               longer
               time
               to
               digest
               ;
               yet
               some
               Observations
               I
               shall
               now
               communicate
               which
               will
               give
               a
               little
               satisfaction
               to
               an
               earnest
               desire
               ,
               and
               make
               ,
               in
               some
               measure
               ,
               appear
               that
               we
               have
               been
               lame
               and
               defective
               hitherto
               in
               a
               rational
               Account
               and
               true
               Understanding
               of
               the
               Nature
               of
               these
               Waters
               .
            
             
               It
               hath
               been
               indeed
               the
               ill
               fortune
               of
               these
               Bathes
               (
               which
               I
               may
               truly
               say
               are
               as
               good
               if
               not
               better
               than
               any
               Bathes
               in
               the
               world
               )
               to
               lie
               a
               long
               time
               in
               obscurity
               ,
               and
               not
               so
               much
               as
               to
               be
               mentioned
               among
               the
               Bathes
               of
               Europe
               by
               any
               forreign
               Writer
               ,
               till
               about
               the
               year
               1570.
               when
               that
               Excellent
               Person
               Sir
               
                 Edward
                 Carne
              
               ,
               sent
               Ambassadour
               by
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               to
               Pope
               Julius
               the
               Third
               ,
               and
               Paul
               the
               Fourth
               ,
               made
               some
               Relation
               of
               them
               to
               that
               famous
               Writer
               
                 Andreas
                 Baccius
              
               ,
               then
               at
               Rome
               ;
               and
               writing
               his
               elaborate
               Book
               
                 de
                 Thermis
              
               ,
               into
               which
               he
               hath
               inserted
               them
               ,
               upon
               his
               Relation
               ,
               Lib.
               4.
               
               Cap.
               13.
               though
               somewhat
               improperly
               ;
               among
               Sulphurous
               Bathes
               .
            
             
               About
               the
               same
               time
               also
               one
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               ,
               an
               honest
               Cambro-Britain
               ,
               frequenting
               the
               Bathes
               for
               Practise
               ,
               composed
               a
               little
               Treatise
               of
               them
               ,
               which
               he
               calls
               
                 Bathes
                 Aid
              
               ,
               in
               which
               are
               some
               things
               not
               contemptible
               ,
               though
               in
               a
               plain
               Countrey
               dress
               ,
               and
               which
               might
               satisfie
               and
               gratifie
               the
               Appetite
               of
               those
               times
               ,
               which
               fed
               more
               heartily
               and
               healthily
               too
               then
               ,
               upon
               Parsons
               Fare
               ,
               good
               Beef
               and
               Bag-Pudding
               ,
               than
               we
               do
               now
               upon
               Kickshaws
               and
               Haut-gusts
               ;
               yet
               nothing
               of
               the
               true
               Nature
               is
               there
               discovered
               ,
               only
               ,
               as
               almost
               in
               all
               former
               Writers
               of
               Bathes
               ,
               chiefly
               Catholick
               ,
               a
               strong
               Stanch
               of
               Sulphur
               ,
               and
               a
               great
               ado
               about
               a
               Subterranean
               Fire
               ,
               a
               fit
               resemblance
               of
               Hell
               ,
               at
               least
               of
               Purgatory
               .
            
             
             
               Our
               Countrey-man
               Doctor
               
                 William
                 Turner
              
               I
               confess
               was
               more
               particularly
               concern'd
               to
               give
               a
               better
               account
               ,
               then
               I
               find
               is
               done
               in
               his
               Discourse
               of
               English
               ,
               German
               ,
               and
               Italian
               Bathes
               .
               But
               whether
               want
               of
               opportunity
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               impediment
               was
               in
               cause
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ;
               But
               I
               find
               that
               at
               this
               stay
               they
               stood
               till
               the
               Famous
               Doctor
               Jorden
               took
               Pen
               in
               Hand
               ,
               about
               the
               Year
               1630.
               
               To
               whom
               I
               thought
               fit
               to
               make
               some
               Additions
               ,
               at
               my
               first
               entrance
               on
               this
               Place
               ,
               some
               five
               Years
               since
               ,
               and
               although
               that
               Learned
               and
               Candid
               Physitian
               had
               chiefly
               and
               more
               especially
               an
               intent
               to
               enlarge
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               our
               Bathes
               in
               Somerset-shire
               ,
               as
               he
               declares
               to
               my
               Lord
               Cottington
               ,
               in
               his
               Dedicatory
               Epistle
               ;
               and
               hath
               performed
               more
               then
               any
               Man
               before
               him
               ;
               yet
               what
               was
               first
               in
               Intention
               ,
               was
               last
               in
               Execution
               ,
               and
               how
               small
               a
               part
               of
               that
               Treatise
               is
               spent
               upon
               this
               Subject
               ,
               how
               short
               he
               is
               in
               some
               Material
               Points
               ,
               and
               what
               Objections
               may
               be
               framed
               against
               his
               Opinion
               ,
               I
               may
               sometime
               or
               other
               ,
               with
               due
               Respect
               ,
               more
               largely
               treat
               off
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               present
               shall
               here
               ,
               with
               good
               Sem
               and
               Japhet
               cast
               a
               Garment
               over
               the
               Nakedness
               of
               this
               my
               Father
               .
            
             
               What
               hath
               been
               done
               since
               (
               except
               in
               some
               particular
               pieces
               of
               other
               Tracts
               ,
               to
               the
               Authors
               of
               which
               the
               Bathes
               are
               also
               indebted
               for
               their
               kindness
               and
               good
               will
               )
               is
               not
               worth
               the
               mentioning
               .
               The
               old
               saying's
               true
               ,
               little
               Dogs
               must
               piss
               ,
               and
               what
               is
               writ
               upon
               an
               Ale-bench
               claims
               the
               greater
               affinity
               to
               the
               Pipe
               and
               the
               Candle
               ;
               especially
               if
               the
               best
               Wine
               at
               the
               Feast
               (
               which
               is
               usually
               kept
               till
               last
               )
               be
               but
               a
               silly
               story
               of
               
                 Tom
                 Coriat
              
               ,
               and
               an
               old
               Taunton
               Ballad
               new
               vampt
               (
               The
               Creatur's
               parts
               lying
               that
               way
               )
               abusing
               the
               dead
               Ghosts
               of
               Ludhudibras
               and
               Bladud
               ,
               with
               a
               Nonsensico-Pragmatical
               ,
               Anticruzado-Orientado-Rhodomontado
               .
               Untruth-Le
               Grand
               ,
               which
               we
               Westerly
               Moderns
               ,
               call
               a
               grote
               Lye
               ,
               in
               to
               the
               Bargain
               .
               A
               pretty
               Artifice
               in
               Rhetorick
               ,
               to
               cry
               a
               thing
               up
               ,
               and
               besmere
               ,
               and
               
                 shed
                 plentifully
              
               on
               the
               Founder
               
                 Ordure
                 ,
                 both
                 Humane
                 and
                 Belluine
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
                 
                   Rode
                   Caper
                   ,
                   vitem
                   ,
                   tamen
                   hic
                   cúm
                   stabis
                   ad
                   aras
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   In
                   tua
                   quod
                   fundi
                   cornua
                   possit
                   ,
                   erit
                   .
                
              
               
                 Goat
                 ,
                 Barke
                 the
                 Vine
                 ;
                 yet
                 juice
                 enough
                 will
                 rise
              
               
                 To
                 dreanch
                 thy
                 Head
                 ,
                 when
                 made
                 a
                 Sacrifice
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               have
               Industriously
               omitted
               Doctor
               Johnson
               ,
               Doctor
               Venner
               and
               some
               others
               ,
               in
               regard
               it
               would
               be
               improper
               here
               to
               Write
               more
               Historically
               which
               I
               resolve
               to
               do
               if
               my
               leisure
               permit
               ,
               on
               another
               occasion
               .
               I
               shall
               therefore
               now
               let
               you
               know
               not
               so
               much
               what
               hath
               been
               done
               by
               others
               ,
               as
               what
               further
               discoveries
               have
               been
               made
               by
               my
               endeavours
               ,
               assisted
               by
               the
               careful
               Pains
               of
               Mr.
               
                 Henry
                 Moor
              
               an
               expert
               Apothecary
               and
               Chymist
               of
               this
               City
               .
            
             
               And
               here
               at
               first
               I
               cannot
               but
               take
               notice
               how
               that
               opinion
               hath
               so
               much
               prevailed
               as
               to
               be
               accounted
               Orthodox
               ,
               and
               not
               only
               received
               by
               Tradition
               as
               certain
               but
               Printed
               as
               such
               ,
               that
               the
               Body
               of
               the
               Waters
               is
               so
               Jejune
               and
               empty
               ,
               as
               to
               afford
               little
               or
               nothing
               at
               all
               whereby
               to
               make
               a
               discovery
               of
               its
               Nature
               ,
               and
               that
               what
               impregnates
               the
               Bathes
               is
               not
               Substantially
               ,
               Materially
               or
               Corporally
               there
               ,
               but
               potentially
               ,
               virtually
               and
               formally
               ,
               or
               to
               use
               the
               Authors
               own
               words
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               with
               much
               more
               canting
               after
               this
               
               manner
               in
               a
               small
               discourse
               in
               Latin
               written
               by
               an
               Itinerant
               Exotick
               ;
               when
               as
               a
               slight
               operation
               will
               soon
               evince
               it
               ,
               though
               white
               and
               transparent
               of
               it self
               ,
               being
               taken
               immediately
               from
               the
               Pump
               ,
               to
               contain
               a
               considerable
               quantity
               of
               a
               Dusky
               ,
               Gritty
               ,
               and
               Saline
               Matter
               ,
               with
               many
               transparent
               Particles
               intermixed
               with
               it
               ,
               to
               the
               proportion
               ,
               (
               as
               near
               as
               I
               can
               calculate
               ,
               sometimes
               more
               and
               sometimes
               less
               )
               of
               two
               drams
               to
               a
               gallon
               of
               the
               Water
               .
               And
               this
               I
               can
               ascertain
               ,
               having
               had
               several
               ounces
               of
               it
               done
               in
               Earth
               ,
               Iron
               ,
               Bell-mettle
               ,
               and
               Glass
               ,
               and
               have
               at
               this
               time
               three
               or
               four
               ounces
               by
               me
               ,
               untoucht
               ,
               beside
               what
               I
               have
               made
               use
               of
               in
               other
               experiments
               .
            
             
             
               But
               the
               thing
               I
               shall
               more
               Peculiarly
               insist
               on
               ,
               at
               this
               present
               ,
               is
               ,
               That
               by
               Gods
               blessing
               ,
               on
               my
               Industrious
               Search
               ,
               I
               suppose
               I
               have
               lighted
               on
               the
               main
               Constituent
               ,
               of
               the
               Vertues
               of
               the
               Bath
               ,
               in
               which
               alone
               resides
               what
               benefit
               can
               be
               expected
               from
               the
               use
               of
               these
               Waters
               ,
               and
               lodgeth
               in
               a
               Saline
               substance
               ,
               in
               a
               very
               small
               proportion
               to
               the
               Body
               of
               the
               Waters
               ,
               so
               that
               as
               they
               are
               now
               ,
               not
               much
               more
               then
               fourty
               grains
               is
               contained
               in
               a
               Gallon
               ,
               in
               so
               much
               that
               this
               little
               Soul
               ,
               as
               I
               may
               so
               term
               it
               ,
               is
               almost
               lost
               in
               so
               Gigantick
               a
               Body
               ,
               and
               cannot
               animate
               it
               with
               that
               vigour
               ,
               and
               activity
               as
               may
               be
               rationally
               expected
               ,
               were
               a
               greater
               quantity
               of
               the
               Salt
               contained
               in
               a
               less
               proportion
               of
               the
               Water
               .
               The
               Remainder
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               Saline
               ,
               being
               as
               I
               judg
               ,
               two
               Parts
               of
               Three
               of
               the
               Bulk
               of
               the
               contents
               ,
               is
               partly
               Whitish
               ,
               Gritty
               ,
               and
               of
               a
               Lapideous
               Nature
               ,
               concreting
               of
               it self
               ,
               into
               a
               stony
               consistence
               not
               easily
               dissolvable
               ;
               partly
               more
               Light
               ,
               and
               Dirty
               ,
               resembling
               Clay
               ,
               or
               Marle
               ,
               and
               discovers
               it self
               by
               an
               apparent
               separation
               from
               the
               Saline
               and
               Gritty
               part
               mentioned
               before
               .
            
             
               Now
               the
               chief
               Vertue
               of
               the
               Bath
               as
               I
               conceive
               consisting
               in
               the
               Salts
               ,
               which
               appear
               by
               undeniable
               Experiments
               ,
               to
               be
               Nitrous
               ,
               and
               I
               believe
               Vitrioline
               (
               Bitumen
               and
               Sulphur
               being
               not
               Primarily
               ,
               as
               these
               Salts
               ,
               but
               Secondarily
               concern'd
               ,
               which
               consisting
               of
               Unctuous
               Particles
               ,
               cannot
               be
               supposed
               capable
               of
               mixing
               with
               the
               Body
               of
               the
               Waters
               ,
               and
               therefore
               no
               way
               observable
               in
               the
               Contents
               )
               and
               no
               small
               proportion
               of
               other
               things
               blended
               with
               it
               ,
               the
               best
               way
               to
               make
               it
               most
               serviceable
               I
               conceived
               to
               be
               ;
               to
               free
               it
               from
               those
               incumbrances
               and
               allays
               it
               hath
               from
               the
               other
               Ingredients
               ,
               and
               prepare
               it
               as
               exactly
               as
               may
               be
               performed
               by
               Art
               ,
               for
               the
               benefit
               of
               those
               especially
               who
               are
               willing
               to
               Drink
               the
               Waters
               with
               greater
               success
               in
               a
               lesser
               quantity
               ;
               which
               they
               may
               now
               do
               ,
               and
               have
               more
               of
               the
               vertue
               of
               the
               Waters
               ,
               in
               a
               quart
               ,
               three
               pints
               ,
               or
               a
               pottle
               ,
               then
               they
               formerly
               had
               in
               two
               or
               three
               Gallons
               ,
               did
               they
               drink
               as
               much
               ;
               which
               will
               be
               besides
               other
               Conveniencies
               ,
               a
               great
               relief
               to
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               
               which
               certainly
               must
               be
               relaxed
               ,
               and
               the
               Tone
               of
               it
               injured
               by
               that
               vast
               quantity
               of
               Water
               which
               is
               usually
               taken
               diluting
               its
               ferment
               overmuch
               ,
               and
               distending
               its
               Membranes
               beyond
               all
               the
               bounds
               of
               a
               reasonable
               Capacity
               .
            
             
               Besides
               ,
               what
               is
               separated
               only
               by
               an
               artificial
               Extraction
               will
               better
               unite
               again
               ,
               and
               mix
               with
               the
               Waters
               ,
               as
               much
               more
               familiar
               ,
               than
               the
               extraneous
               Salts
               of
               
                 Sal
                 Prunella
              
               ,
               Cream
               of
               Tartar
               ,
               &c.
               which
               are
               usually
               dissolved
               and
               drunk
               with
               the
               Waters
               ;
               so
               that
               a
               great
               part
               of
               the
               Operation
               may
               be
               ascribed
               to
               that
               ;
               and
               the
               Waters
               being
               ,
               as
               we
               say
               ,
               between
               two
               Stools
               ,
               that
               of
               it self
               ,
               and
               the
               dissolvent
               in
               it
               ,
               hath
               not
               attained
               to
               that
               degree
               of
               Reputation
               as
               they
               have
               deserved
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               procured
               with
               much
               more
               advantage
               ,
               if
               nothing
               but
               the
               same
               be
               spent
               upon
               the
               same
               ,
               a
               way
               of
               Improvement
               altogether
               equally
               beneficial
               to
               Fluids
               and
               Solids
               ,
               to
               the
               wet
               as
               to
               the
               dry
               .
            
             
               Again
               ,
               whereas
               it
               is
               a
               custom
               here
               as
               in
               all
               other
               places
               of
               the
               like
               Nature
               ,
               when
               Persons
               are
               not
               willing
               ,
               or
               have
               not
               conveniences
               to
               come
               to
               the
               Fountain
               Head
               ,
               to
               send
               for
               the
               Waters
               to
               the
               places
               of
               their
               Residence
               ,
               not
               thinking
               much
               material
               whether
               Mahomet
               go
               to
               the
               Mountain
               ,
               or
               the
               Mountain
               come
               to
               him
               ,
               whereby
               the
               Virtue
               of
               the
               Waters
               is
               much
               impaired
               ,
               though
               stopped
               and
               sealed
               up
               with
               never
               so
               much
               care
               ;
               this
               defect
               may
               be
               supplyed
               by
               the
               addition
               of
               a
               Quantity
               of
               the
               same
               Ingredients
               ,
               which
               may
               repair
               the
               loss
               that
               hath
               been
               sustained
               by
               Evaporation
               in
               the
               Carriage
               ,
               or
               other
               way
               of
               dammage
               ,
               and
               restore
               it
               again
               ,
               as
               near
               as
               may
               be
               ,
               to
               its
               pristine
               Virtue
               ,
               and
               genuine
               advantage
               .
               Not
               to
               mention
               that
               if
               need
               require
               ,
               and
               the
               poorer
               sort
               cannot
               procure
               or
               pay
               the
               Fraight
               for
               the
               Waters
               ,
               they
               may
               take
               a
               shorter
               course
               ,
               by
               mixing
               the
               Salt
               ,
               which
               they
               may
               have
               at
               reasonable
               Rates
               ,
               with
               Spring
               Water
               ,
               brought
               to
               a
               proportionable
               degree
               of
               heat
               at
               home
               ,
               and
               expect
               more
               advantage
               ,
               for
               ought
               I
               know
               ,
               than
               those
               that
               drink
               the
               Waters
               themselves
               
               at
               so
               great
               a
               distance
               ;
               I
               have
               therefore
               ordered
               convenient
               Doses
               of
               the
               Salt
               to
               be
               prepared
               and
               kept
               ,
               by
               Mr.
               
                 William
                 Child
              
               Alderman
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
                 Henry
                 Moore
              
               ,
               two
               Apothecaries
               in
               Bathe
               ,
               to
               whom
               any
               one
               may
               resort
               that
               shall
               have
               occasion
               .
            
             
               And
               because
               I
               am
               now
               fallen
               on
               this
               Subject
               I
               shall
               crave
               leave
               to
               remind
               you
               of
               what
               you
               well
               enough
               understand
               already
               ,
               that
               not
               only
               Dulcius
               but
               
                 Vtilius
                 ex
                 ipso
                 Fonte
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               and
               Waters
               especially
               impregnated
               with
               volatile
               Spirits
               ,
               such
               as
               most
               acid
               are
               ,
               and
               peculiarly
               Vitrioline
               ,
               to
               avoid
               the
               inconvenience
               and
               expence
               ,
               not
               so
               much
               of
               Money
               as
               Virtue
               ,
               in
               the
               Carriage
               ,
               must
               be
               drunk
               on
               the
               place
               where
               they
               are
               ,
               which
               in
               some
               kind
               resembling
               Children
               ,
               that
               must
               live
               by
               sucking
               ,
               if
               once
               removed
               from
               their
               Mother
               ,
               or
               Nurse
               ,
               by
               degrees
               dwindle
               away
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               die
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               observable
               in
               these
               VVaters
               ,
               that
               with
               four
               Grains
               of
               Galls
               injected
               into
               a
               Pint
               Glass
               of
               VVater
               ,
               or
               the
               VVater
               poured
               on
               it
               ,
               immediately
               turns
               of
               a
               purple
               Colour
               ,
               which
               in
               short
               time
               after
               ,
               as
               the
               VVater
               cools
               ,
               abates
               much
               of
               its
               vividity
               ,
               and
               becomes
               more
               faint
               :
               if
               the
               VVaters
               be
               suffered
               to
               cool
               ,
               and
               be
               quite
               cold
               before
               the
               Galls
               are
               injected
               ,
               no
               alteration
               happens
               upon
               a
               much
               greater
               proportion
               of
               Galls
               superadded
               ,
               and
               what
               is
               more
               remarkable
               :
               if
               the
               VVater
               ,
               which
               is
               permitted
               to
               cool
               ,
               be
               recruited
               by
               the
               Fire
               ,
               and
               the
               same
               Tryal
               reiterated
               ,
               it
               offers
               no
               greater
               satisfaction
               in
               change
               of
               Colour
               ,
               than
               the
               second
               Experiment
               .
               Consonant
               to
               what
               
                 Andreas
                 Baccius
              
               ,
               a
               Veterane
               and
               experienced
               Souldier
               in
               this
               Militia
               ,
               hath
               formerly
               observ'd
               ,
               who
               in
               his
               second
               Book
               
                 de
                 Thermis
                 ,
                 Cap.
              
               10.
               
               Pag.
               69
               ,
               hath
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 Nulla
                 Balnei
                 Aqua
                 ,
                 eodem
                 cum
                 successu
                 ,
                 ac
                 laude
                 bibitur
                 ,
                 longe
                 exportata
                 ,
                 quod
                 ad
                 fontem
                 proprium
                 maxima
                 enim
                 pars
                 ex
                 ipso
                 fonte
                 haustae
                 ac
                 delatae
                 ,
                 amittunt
                 omnem
                 virtutem
                 ,
                 multae
                 non
                 servantur
                 per
                 hyemem
                 :
                 dilutae
                 pluviis
                 ,
                 &
                 quae
                 utcunque
                 servantur
                 delatae
                 a
                 propriis
                 fonticulis
                 ,
                 fieri
                 non
                 potest
                 ,
                 quin
                 amittunt
                 ,
                 cum
              
               
               
                 calore
                 suo
                 Minerali
                 ,
                 vivificos
                 illos
                 Spiritus
                 ,
                 in
                 quibus
                 omnis
                 Juramenti
                 vis
                 consistit
                 ,
                 quae
                 semel
                 amissa
                 ,
                 nullo
                 postea
                 extrinseco
                 calore
                 restituitur
                 .
                 Quod
                 est
                 valde
                 notandum
                 .
              
            
             
               I
               have
               been
               the
               more
               particular
               in
               this
               ,
               in
               regard
               it
               is
               a
               very
               useful
               and
               practical
               Discovery
               ,
               and
               may
               procure
               more
               real
               advantage
               to
               mankind
               ,
               than
               the
               vain
               and
               unattainable
               attempts
               of
               the
               Philosophers
               Stone
               ,
               making
               Glass
               malleable
               ,
               and
               the
               Quadrature
               of
               a
               Circle
               .
            
             
               Some
               other
               Observations
               I
               shall
               also
               mention
               ,
               of
               a
               less
               magnitude
               ,
               and
               more
               contracted
               Circumference
               ,
               as
               the
               dying
               of
               the
               Bath-guides
               Skins
               ,
               the
               Bathers
               Linnen
               ,
               and
               the
               Stones
               in
               the
               bottom
               of
               the
               Bath
               ,
               of
               a
               yellow
               colour
               ,
               and
               the
               eating
               out
               of
               the
               Iron
               Rings
               of
               the
               Bath
               ,
               the
               Iron
               Bars
               of
               the
               Windows
               about
               the
               Bath
               ,
               and
               any
               Iron
               infused
               in
               it
               ;
               in
               so
               much
               as
               I
               have
               now
               by
               me
               a
               Gad
               of
               Iron
               by
               accident
               taken
               up
               among
               the
               Stones
               of
               the
               Kings
               Bath
               ,
               so
               much
               eaten
               out
               ,
               and
               digested
               by
               the
               Ostrich
               Stomach
               of
               these
               Waters
               ,
               that
               the
               sweetness
               extracted
               what
               remains
               resembles
               very
               much
               a
               Honey-Comb
               ,
               a
               deep
               perforation
               in
               many
               places
               being
               attempted
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               Gad
               it self
               reduced
               to
               a
               thing
               very
               much
               like
               a
               Sponge
               .
            
             
               The
               first
               ,
               viz.
               the
               Tincture
               I
               have
               discovered
               to
               arise
               from
               an
               Ochre
               ,
               with
               which
               the
               Bath
               abounds
               ,
               and
               hath
               aforded
               me
               a
               considerable
               quantity
               ,
               so
               that
               now
               I
               have
               near
               a
               Pound
               by
               me
               ,
               and
               with
               an
               infusion
               of
               that
               in
               warm
               water
               ,
               tinge
               Stones
               as
               exactly
               of
               the
               Bathe
               colour
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               not
               discernable
               one
               from
               another
               .
               It
               is
               further
               observable
               that
               the
               nearer
               the
               place
               of
               Ebullition
               ,
               where
               the
               Springs
               arise
               ,
               the
               deeper
               and
               finer
               is
               the
               Yellow
               colour
               ,
               so
               that
               in
               some
               places
               ,
               about
               the
               Cross
               in
               the
               Kings
               Bath
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               Head
               of
               the
               great
               Spring
               ,
               at
               the
               Southwest
               Corner
               thereof
               ,
               it
               is
               almost
               made
               a
               natural
               Paint
               ,
               being
               laboured
               together
               by
               the
               working
               of
               the
               Springs
               ,
               and
               a
               continual
               succession
               of
               new
               Matter
               coming
               
               on
               ,
               free
               from
               those
               impurities
               it
               contracts
               in
               other
               places
               ,
               which
               makes
               it
               distinguishable
               into
               two
               or
               three
               sorts
               according
               to
               its
               mixture
               with
               ,
               or
               freedom
               from
               ,
               more
               adulterating
               Matter
               .
               The
               Clouts
               also
               and
               Woollen
               Rags
               ,
               which
               the
               Guides
               use
               to
               stop
               the
               Gouts
               withal
               ,
               besides
               the
               Walls
               ,
               Slip-doors
               and
               Posts
               ,
               when
               the
               Bath
               is
               kept
               in
               a
               considerable
               time
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Winter
               season
               it
               useth
               to
               be
               ,
               are
               all
               very
               much
               tinged
               with
               this
               yellow
               substance
               ,
               and
               if
               at
               any
               time
               they
               chance
               to
               lye
               unwash'd
               or
               not
               thrown
               away
               ,
               they
               send
               out
               so
               ungrateful
               a
               sent
               ,
               that
               a
               Man
               had
               rather
               smell
               to
               a
               Carnation
               ,
               Rose
               ,
               Violet
               ,
               or
               a
               Pomander
               ,
               then
               be
               within
               the
               wind
               of
               so
               unwelcome
               a
               smell
               ,
               it
               being
               the
               greatest
               policy
               to
               get
               the
               Weather-gage
               in
               this
               encounter
               .
               The
               same
               thing
               I
               have
               experienced
               in
               Vessels
               at
               home
               ,
               where
               after
               it
               had
               stood
               some
               time
               ,
               in
               a
               common
               infusion
               of
               warm
               water
               ,
               I
               have
               the
               same
               Reverence
               for
               that
               as
               Pictures
               ,
               and
               do
               aver
               it
               to
               be
               true
               ,
               E
               
                 Longinquo
                 reverentia
                 major
              
               .
            
             
               One
               thing
               more
               is
               to
               be
               noted
               before
               I
               leave
               this
               particular
               ,
               that
               although
               so
               much
               of
               this
               yellow
               Matter
               is
               continually
               bred
               ,
               with
               which
               the
               Neighbouring
               Ground
               is
               sufficiently
               replenisht
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               found
               by
               digging
               in
               some
               places
               not
               far
               distant
               ,
               yet
               nothing
               of
               that
               colour
               is
               discovered
               in
               the
               Contents
               ,
               a
               probable
               argument
               it
               either
               evaporates
               ,
               to
               which
               I
               am
               more
               inclin'd
               ,
               in
               regard
               I
               find
               it
               much
               more
               copious
               where
               the
               Steam
               of
               the
               Bath
               meets
               with
               any
               resistance
               ,
               or
               else
               perhaps
               which
               is
               less
               probable
               ,
               turns
               colour
               by
               the
               fire
               in
               evaporation
               that
               way
               ;
               less
               probable
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               because
               for
               further
               satisfaction
               ,
               I
               have
               decocted
               the
               Ochre
               more
               then
               once
               ,
               and
               find
               that
               it
               rather
               gets
               then
               loses
               in
               its
               colour
               .
            
             
               The
               greenish
               colour
               ariseth
               from
               another
               cause
               .
            
             
               The
               eating
               out
               of
               the
               Iron
               I
               conceive
               must
               proceed
               from
               something
               Corrosive
               ,
               and
               till
               any
               one
               can
               assure
               me
               t
               is
               something
               else
               ,
               I
               shall
               judge
               it
               to
               be
               vitriol
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               may
               appear
               
               not
               to
               be
               caused
               by
               the
               bare
               steam
               ,
               as
               Rust
               is
               bred
               upon
               Pot-hooks
               and
               Cotterels
               (
               as
               some
               imagine
               )
               besides
               the
               difficulty
               to
               conceive
               how
               the
               steam
               should
               operate
               under
               Water
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Case
               of
               the
               Gad
               before
               mentioned
               ,
               I
               made
               a
               Lixivium
               of
               the
               contents
               of
               the
               Water
               ,
               and
               in
               it
               infused
               Iron
               ,
               but
               a
               very
               small
               time
               ,
               and
               found
               it
               do
               the
               same
               as
               in
               the
               Bath
               it self
               ,
               considering
               the
               time
               of
               infusion
               ;
               and
               the
               very
               Knives
               ,
               and
               Spatules
               ,
               I
               put
               in
               to
               stir
               some
               Residence
               in
               the
               Bottom
               ,
               were
               almost
               as
               soon
               as
               dry
               ,
               crusted
               over
               and
               defended
               with
               a
               rusty
               coat
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               other
               Arguments
               I
               suppose
               will
               contribute
               something
               more
               to
               the
               confirmation
               of
               this
               opinion
               ;
               as
               that
               with
               the
               help
               of
               the
               Sand
               of
               the
               Bath
               with
               Water
               ,
               and
               Galls
               ,
               I
               make
               good
               writing
               Ink
               ,
               which
               in
               a
               short
               time
               comes
               to
               be
               very
               legible
               ;
               but
               the
               infusion
               of
               the
               Contents
               in
               common
               water
               ,
               or
               the
               Lexivium
               thereof
               ;
               with
               an
               addition
               of
               an
               inconsiderable
               proportion
               of
               the
               decoction
               of
               Galls
               makes
               it
               tolerably
               legible
               ,
               on
               the
               first
               commixture
               ,
               only
               the
               first
               viz.
               that
               made
               with
               Sand
               ,
               casting
               an
               eye
               of
               decayed
               red
               from
               a
               mixture
               of
               Ochre
               conteined
               in
               the
               same
               .
               Neither
               is
               it
               altogether
               to
               be
               slighted
               ,
               that
               the
               Water
               it self
               hath
               been
               heretofore
               used
               by
               the
               best
               writing
               Masters
               for
               the
               making
               of
               Ink
               ,
               who
               observing
               by
               their
               experience
               ,
               that
               Ink
               made
               with
               Bath
               water
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               usual
               Ingredients
               had
               a
               better
               Colour
               ,
               and
               was
               more
               lasting
               then
               any
               other
               ,
               preferred
               this
               water
               before
               any
               other
               for
               this
               use
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               been
               informed
               by
               some
               credible
               persons
               .
               Also
               having
               not
               long
               since
               occasion
               to
               pour
               warm
               water
               on
               the
               Contents
               of
               the
               Bath
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               the
               making
               a
               Lixivium
               ,
               some
               of
               the
               water
               happened
               by
               an
               accident
               ,
               to
               fall
               on
               a
               Bazil
               skin
               I
               sometimes
               use
               ,
               and
               immediately
               turned
               the
               Red
               into
               Black
               more
               then
               the
               bredth
               of
               an
               ordinary
               hand
               ,
               with
               as
               much
               facility
               as
               any
               Curriers
               Liquor
               ,
               Allum
               I
               know
               will
               do
               the
               like
               ,
               but
               I
               find
               no
               necessity
               to
               assert
               ,
               that
               ,
               which
               had
               it
               any
               thing
               to
               do
               here
               ,
               must
               make
               the
               Water
               much
               rougher
               ,
               whiter
               and
               sourer
               ,
               then
               I
               find
               
               it
               to
               be
               .
               To
               which
               I
               may
               add
               that
               many
               judicious
               persons
               ,
               my
               Patients
               ,
               and
               some
               intelligent
               and
               eminent
               Physicians
               also
               have
               assured
               me
               that
               they
               have
               perfectly
               discerned
               by
               the
               Tast
               a
               mixture
               of
               Vitriol
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               need
               not
               doubt
               ,
               but
               that
               was
               one
               principal
               Ingredient
               .
               'T
               is
               also
               not
               very
               inconsiderable
               ,
               that
               the
               Bath
               water
               alone
               will
               coagulate
               Milk
               ,
               though
               not
               after
               the
               usual
               way
               of
               making
               a
               Posset
               ;
               for
               after
               the
               Milk
               and
               Water
               are
               put
               together
               ,
               it
               must
               boil
               pretty
               smartly
               ,
               else
               the
               Curd
               will
               not
               rise
               .
               I
               may
               likewise
               subjoyn
               as
               a
               further
               probability
               ,
               that
               on
               the
               relenting
               of
               the
               Salt
               extracted
               into
               an
               Oyl
               
                 per
                 deliquium
              
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               very
               sharp
               Stiptick
               and
               Vitrioline
               tast
               perceived
               in
               the
               gross
               deliquium
               ,
               as
               also
               in
               the
               cleer
               Oyl
               ,
               and
               the
               Salt
               it self
               ;
               not
               to
               mention
               its
               shooting
               into
               glebes
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               have
               some
               small
               assurances
               by
               some
               tryals
               I
               have
               made
               ,
               not
               yet
               sufficiently
               satisfactory
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               dismiss
               this
               part
               for
               the
               present
               ,
               with
               the
               greatest
               probability
               ,
               till
               a
               further
               inquiry
               shall
               make
               me
               positive
               .
            
             
               But
               as
               to
               Nitre
               ,
               there
               can
               be
               no
               question
               made
               about
               that
               I
               suppose
               ;
               for
               besides
               the
               quick
               acrimonious
               cooling
               ,
               and
               nauseous
               tast
               ,
               most
               apparently
               discoverable
               both
               in
               the
               infused
               contents
               ,
               the
               Salt
               and
               the
               Oil
               (
               the
               latter
               of
               which
               ,
               viz.
               the
               nauseous
               Tast
               ,
               I
               take
               more
               particular
               notice
               of
               ,
               in
               regard
               it
               is
               most
               predominant
               ,
               and
               assigned
               by
               Fallopius
               to
               Nitre
               ,
               and
               the
               Waters
               impregnated
               with
               it
               ,
               which
               ,
               he
               says
               ,
               sometimes
               do
               
                 subvertere
                 stomachum
                 ,
                 &
                 facere
                 nauseam
                 ,
                 de
                 Therm
                 .
                 Aq.
                 &
                 Met.
                 cap.
              
               9.
               besides
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               these
               probable
               conjectures
               )
               what
               will
               set
               it
               beyond
               all
               contradiction
               is
               that
               it
               hath
               the
               true
               Characteristick
               of
               Nitre
               ,
               and
               shoots
               in
               Needles
               ,
               as
               long
               and
               firm
               ,
               to
               the
               quantity
               I
               have
               ,
               as
               any
               I
               have
               seen
               in
               the
               Shops
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               have
               now
               lately
               shot
               above
               twenty
               Stiriae
               ,
               some
               near
               an
               inch
               in
               length
               ,
               which
               I
               keep
               in
               a
               Glass
               ready
               by
               me
               to
               give
               any
               one
               satisfaction
               that
               desires
               to
               see
               it
               ,
               besides
               what
               I
               have
               parted
               with
               to
               some
               friends
               abroad
               .
            
             
               I
               the
               rather
               mention
               this
               ,
               in
               regard
               it
               hath
               been
               my
               good
               hap
               to
               bring
               this
               thing
               to
               perfection
               and
               autoptical
               Demonstration
               
               which
               hath
               been
               in
               vain
               attempted
               by
               some
               industrious
               persons
               ;
               not
               that
               I
               am
               ,
               in
               the
               least
               ,
               willing
               to
               arrogate
               to
               my self
               ,
               or
               derogate
               from
               them
               ,
               more
               than
               what
               is
               fitting
               ,
               but
               to
               confirm
               this
               Truth
               ,
               that
               there
               are
               some
               
                 Mollia
                 tempora
                 fandi
              
               ;
               some
               opportunities
               ,
               when
               Nature
               will
               give
               willing
               audience
               ,
               without
               much
               ceremony
               or
               ado
               ,
               confessing
               more
               by
               fair
               perswasions
               ,
               than
               racks
               and
               torments
               ,
               and
               greater
               importunity
               .
               And
               that
               we
               ought
               to
               be
               very
               cautious
               how
               we
               affirm
               a
               thing
               not
               to
               be
               upon
               the
               failure
               of
               a
               single
               or
               some
               repeated
               Experiments
               .
            
             
               In
               fine
               ,
               lest
               I
               should
               too
               much
               exceed
               the
               bounds
               of
               a
               Letter
               ,
               what
               concerns
               the
               cause
               of
               the
               Heat
               of
               the
               Waters
               ,
               I
               say
               little
               of
               here
               ,
               only
               tell
               you
               that
               when
               I
               shall
               come
               to
               discourse
               of
               that
               Subject
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               intend
               ,
               God
               willing
               ,
               a
               large
               Disquisition
               in
               another
               Language
               ,
               I
               believe
               I
               shall
               find
               my self
               obliged
               not
               so
               much
               to
               depend
               on
               a
               subterrean
               Fire
               ,
               as
               to
               expect
               greater
               satisfaction
               from
               another
               Hypothesis
               .
            
             
               Many
               more
               Experiments
               I
               have
               made
               upon
               the
               Sand
               ,
               Scum
               and
               Mud
               of
               the
               Bath
               ,
               with
               some
               Observations
               drawn
               from
               the
               
                 Natura
                 Loci
              
               ,
               or
               Ground
               hereabouts
               ;
               but
               ,
               I
               fear
               ,
               I
               have
               been
               too
               tedious
               already
               ,
               and
               therefore
               ,
               without
               further
               ceremony
               ,
               shall
               release
               you
               out
               of
               this
               Purgatory
               ,
               with
               the
               Subscription
               of
               ,
            
             
               
                 SIR
                 ,
              
               
                 Your
                 most
                 Faithful
                 and
                 much
                 Obliged
                 Servant
                 THO.
                 GVIDOTT
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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             N.
             B.
             
          
           
             
               Car.
               Claromont
               .
               de
               Aer
               .
               Aq
               :
               &
               Loc
               :
               T.
               A.
               pag.
            
             32.
             
          
        
      
    
  

