third pass, or safe-conduct, was immediately sent to the alchymist, with a command from the king that he should forthwith present himself at Versailles, and make public trial of his oil and powder. But this did not suit the plans of Delisle. In the provinces he was regarded as a man of no small
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THE ALCHYMISTS; OR Searchers for the Philosopher’s Stone and the Water of Life.
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