I son ov perdition / From sheer nothingness transgressed

Obs. 2. That we fill the Retort but half full, becauſe that the Myrrha does ſwell a little being heated, and ſo if the Retort were full, might run over in ſubſtance: yet becauſe it is a roſinous dry Gum, it is not neceſſary to give it any intermedium.

with those decades of life come many hard-won lessons, and at this stage of the game, McCartney’s not above preaching a bit.

The Stares be bigger than thoſe in England, as blacke as Crovves, being the most troubleſome, and injurious bird of all others, pulling up the cornes by the roots, vvhen it is young, […]