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...Journal of his Life. " 1652, May 13, my father, Backhouse, being sick in F/eet-street, over against St. Dunstan's church, and not knowing whether he should live or die, about eleven o'clock told me, in syllables, the true matter of the philosopher's stone, which he bequeathed to me...

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...Diary after this : ' 1653. May 13. My father Backhouse, lying sick in Fleet-street, over against St. Dunstan's Church, and not knowing whether he should...eleven of the clock, told me in syllables, the true nature of the Philosopher's Stone, which he bequeathed to me as a legacy.' " Ashmole collected many...

...this : ' 1653. May 13. My father Backhouse, lying sick in Fleet-street, over against St. Dunstan'a Church, and not knowing whether he should live or...eleven of the clock, told me in syllables, the true nature of the Philosopher's Stone, which he bequeathed to me as a legacy.' " Ashmole collected many...

...under the 13th of May, 1652 : — " My father Backhouse lying sick in Fleet Street, over against St. Dunstan's Church ; and not knowing whether he should live or die, about one of the clock, told me, in syllables, [italics mine] tho true matter of the Philosopher's Stone,...

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