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Certain Statutes concerning the Clergy in will begin to grow warm ; then poor
Pomerania. in more oSthe oil of vitriol, and Shake
.. it again ; then the retort will become
l S same author mentions cer- very hot. Do not pour in the oil of
II. tain statutes oSISenniug the popish vitriol too fast, or ton much at a time,
bishop of Camin in 1454, which Shews left the glass retort, by being heated too
that the clergy were no better in Pome- Suddenly, should burst t You mast-allow
rania than eisewhere ; Soor the clergy, about an hour's time for pouring in the
especially she curates, were Sorbid go- oil of vitriol, not pouring in above an
ing with the laity to taverns, &c. which ounce at a time, and always shaking
were places infamous for murders, rob- the retort, till the whole quantity of
beries, fwearing, debaucheries, and o- the ponderous mineral oil is intimately
lher Scandalous crimes, and where the united with the light inflammable vinclergy
drinking tete a fete with their ous spirit.
parishoners, led the sheep astray which In the next place, examine wish
were committed to their pastoral care, your hand the heat of the glass retort,
and plunged them in the depths of hell. and have a surnace ready, with the Sand
There*s another statute complaining a- in an iron pot, heated exactly to the
gainst the marriage of priests, in these fame degree as the retort has acquired
terms, viz. We think it a grievous and by the mixture of the two liquors :
unheardof offence against God, and a pub- Take out fome of the sand, and, haylic
scandal to the clergy, that the priest, ing placed your retort in the middle of
loot leaving the sear of God hefote their the iron pot, put in the hot sand again
eyes, keep women with whom fhey a/ways round the tetort, and apply a capacious
converse, make collations and cohabit, en- receiver to it ; set it into cold water,
gaging never to part from one another, and wrap it over with double flannel
yast as if Whem the devil had sein'd to- dipped in cold water.
gether no man was to put asendir, and Baife your fire gradually, that the
begetting animals that walked upon two drops may fall fo fast, that you may
feet. Here 'tis obferv'd, that the bishop count five or fix between each, and that
did not esteem the children born of besides this quick discharge of the drops
Such marriages to be human creatures. the upper hemisphere of your receiver
For this heinous crime of marrying and co- may appear always filled with a white
habiting with fheirwives, the priests 'were mist or surne : Continue this heat as
ehirg'd with consuming the patrimony of long as they emit the seent of true
Jesus Christ in whoredom, and sentene'd marjoram.
to pay a fine of fen marks offilver. As Soon as the Smell Changes to a
Suffocating acid, like that os brimstone,
^ ' ^ ' ^ ^ ' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ e ^ t ^ ^ take out the fire, and lift the retort out
of the sand, and change the receiver ;
The Alethed of making a celehrated Che- for all that arises afterwards is only a
mical Liquor, called father, with its mere mass of brimstone, and of no use.
Properties andLsin. If you do not use the greatest precaution,
the liquors in the retort will
four pounds in weight of the run over ; the fire must cease, as soon
.I. best oil of vitrroll and as much in as the attheiral spirits are gone over;
weight of the best alcohol, or the high- for there remains behind an oleum vint,
est rectified spirit of wine. ^ which is extracted by the force of the
i. First pour the alcohol into a cho- acid out of the spirits ; which will
sen glass retort ; then pour in, by little arise, run over, and often cause exploit"
tand little, one ounce of oil of vitriol ; ons.
then shake the retort till the two liquors The Second day, when your glafs ts
arc thoroughly mized, when the retort cold, infuse the remainder with hais^
much