ON Saturday laſt, March the 26. 1698. The famous Mr. Stringer the Chymiſt, (who made the Extraordinary Seperations of Metals, and the Artificial Gem, before his Imperial Majeſty the Czar of Muſcovy, mentioned the laſt Wedneſday's Mercury) went to ſee the Curious Collection of Animals, Minerals, and Rectified Vegetables, now ſhowed in Stocks-Market; It chanced that the Man who ſhewed the Curioſities, ſeeing him more than ordinarily diligent in his Enquiries and Remarks upon ſuch natural productions, attempted to take the Viper (or Serpent) out of its Glaſs, as Mr. Stinger did a Snake out of another Glaſs; but had the miſfortune to be Bitten by it, whereupon his Finger ſwelled ſuddenly; and diſmal Symptoms approach'd inſtantly: a Chyrugion was fetched, who nauteriz'd the Finger with hot Irons; Venice-Treacle and Oyl of Vipers was applied, but all in vain; ſeveral great Phyſicians propoſed to be adviſed with, and Meſſengers diſpatch'd to fetch the Doctors, but before any could be brought to him, the Contagious Poyſon ſeized his Head, Stomach, and Blader, with extream Swellings of his Hands and Arms, and he to apperance turn'd Yellow, and Dead. Then Mr. Stinger diſcovered himſelf, ſaying, It was time for him to go to work ſince no other help could be had: He produced an Acid Preparation of his own preparing (called Elixir Vi • iols Colebachij) and cauſed a ſmall Chyrurgion (who lives in New Round Court in the Strand) to Anoint the Swelled part, and gave him ſome of the ſame inwardly which wrought 〈◊〉 Mi • oulons 〈◊〉 that not only all 〈…〉 that the Perſon revived, and was • ble in Half an Hours time to walk, and did more then walk half a Mile home to his Ludgins, and in perfect Health: Which made the Phyſicians wonder, when th • me • , eve • ing that i • a moſt Mir • culons Cure, the like of which they had never read of, nor • n, A • that it is the plain • ſt demonſtration yet produced to the World by any Man, that all Animal Poyſons are Alkalions, and not Acid: A more perfect Hiſtory of this will be ſuddenly publiſhed by a Great Phyſician, in a little • ne. It is ſaid that this Mr. Stringer now 〈◊〉 come to love in York-Builds in the Strand.

If any doubt the Truth of this Rel • ion they may be 〈◊〉 by the Ma • own Mouth, at the Collection in Stocks-Mar • . aforſaid.

Becauſe that many perhaps, have not ſeen the laſt Wedneſday's Me • cury, we have here Inſerted ſome Paſſangers betwixt the • zat of Muſcovy and Mr. Stringer.

The C • ſent ſome days ſince for Mr. Stringer, an Oxford Chymiſt, to ſhew him ſome 〈…〉 Choiceſt Secrets and Experiments known in England; accordingly Mr. Stringer drew up a Claſs (or Number) of Experiments, viz. Some in • parating and Refining of Mer • and Minerals, ſome Geometrical, ſome Medicin • , others • loſophical, to the number of 24 Exper 〈…〉 when they were drawn up, the Czar elect • ne to be done firſt; and it ſeems it was one of the moſt difficult Operations, which ſhews that 〈…〉 is skill'd in Natural Philoſophy. However • e • ired to ſee the Experiment done, which 〈…〉 Metals, with a deſtroying Mineral together 〈◊〉 Gold, Silver, Copper, and • on, with An 〈…〉 to one Lun • , then to diſſolve them all, and then 〈◊〉 ſeparate each Metal diſtinct again, without deſtroyning and called the Gold from the reſt of the Metal mi • , being tranſported into a merry Vein, cold 〈…〉 • f his Majeſty would wear that Gold is a Ring for his ſake, he would make him an Artificial Ce • of 〈◊〉 colour in pleaſed to name, to ſet in it, out of an Old Broom ſtaff and a peice of Flint that lay by them 〈◊〉 H • Majeſty being pleaſed with the Fancy • or • ed it to be done, be ſtaying by part of the time, and 〈…〉 ry the reſt till it was done, and then it proved ſo hard, that it cut Glaſs.