mercurie

Obsolete spelling of mercury.

Obsolete spelling of mercury.

When therfore they perceaue a ſufficient quantitie of golde thus remaynynge on the tables, they gather it with diligence and put it in a tray or great ſhallowe dyſſhe of wod […] they beate or mixte (or amalgame it as they caule it) with Mercurie or quickſyluer, […]

Obsolete spelling of mercury.

French Mercurie is ſovven in kitchen gardens among potherbes, in vineyardes, and in moiſt ſhadovvie places, […] Mercurie is hot and drie, yet not aboue the ſecond degree: it hath a clenſing facultie, and (as Galen) vvriteth) a digeſting qualitie alſo.

Obsolete spelling of mercury.

Dogs Mercurie is ſomevvhat like vnto the garden Mercurie, ſauing the leaues heereof are greater, and the ſtalke not ſo tender, and yet very brittle, grovving to a height of a foote, vvithout any braunches at all, vvith ſmall yellovve flovvers. […] Childrens Mercurie hath three or fovver ſtalkes or mo: […] Theſe vvilde kinds of Mercurie are not vſed in Phiſicke, notvvithſtanding it is thought they agree as vvell in nature as qualitie vvith the other kinds of Mercurie.

Obsolete spelling of mercury.