AfterBorrihadbeenaboutelevenyearsinconfinement，asmallvolumewaspublishedatCologne，entitled“TheKeyoftheCabinetoftheChevalierJosephFrancisBorri；inwhicharecontainedmanycuriousLettersuponChemistryandotherSciences，writtenbyhim；

　　togetherwithaMemoirofhisLife。“ThisbookcontainedacompleteexpositionoftheRosicrucianphilosophy，andaffordedmaterialstotheAbbedeVillarsforhisinteresting“CountdeGabalis，“whichexcitedsomuchattentionatthecloseoftheseventeenthcentury。

　　BorrilingeredintheprisonofSt。Angelotill1695，whenhediedinhiseightiethyear。Besides“TheKeyoftheCabinet，“writtenoriginallyinCopenhagen，in1666，fortheedificationofKingFredericIII，hepublishedaworkuponalchymyandthesecretsciences，underthetitleof“TheMissionofRomulustotheRomans。“

　　INFERIORALCHYMISTSOFTHESEVENTEENTHCENTURY。

　　Besidesthepretenderstothephilosopher’sstonewhoseliveshavebeenalreadynarrated，thisandtheprecedingcenturyproducedagreatnumberofwriters，whoinundatedliteraturewiththeirbooksuponthesubject。Infact，mostofthelearnedmenofthatagehadsomefaithinit。VanHelmont，Borrichius，Kirchen，Boerhaave，andascoreofothers，thoughnotprofessedalchymists，werefondofthescience，andcountenanceditsprofessors。Helvetius，thegrandfatherofthecelebratedphilosopherofthesamename，assertsthathesawaninferiormetalturnedintogoldbyastranger，attheHague，in1666。

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