upon Lead, which he had put into
a Glass Dish, usual for Conditures
and Confections. The space of two
Weeks being elapsed, supernatant
on the Spirit of Salt, appeared a
most splendid Silver-Starre, so exceeding
curious, as if it had been
made With an Instrument by a most
ingenious Artist. At the sight of
which, the said Grill, filled with
Exceeding Joy, signified to us, that
he had seen the Signate Star of
Philosophers, touching which he
had read in Basilius, as he thought.
I, and many other honest Men,
did behold this Star supernatant
on the Spirit of Salt, the lead in
the mean while remaining in the
bottom of an ash colour, and swollen like
a Sponge. But in the space
of seven or nine dayes, that humidity
of the Spirit of Salt, being absumed
by the exceeding heat of the
Aire, in July, did vanish; but the
Star settled down, and still stood
above that Earthly Spongeous Lead.
That was a thing worthy of admiration,
and beheld by not a few
Spectators. At length Grill himself
having taken part of Cinereous,