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He soaked the stones in distilled wine and roasted them over oak charcoal, per the instructions of 17th-century chymist Wilhelm Homberg.

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2018

This is found in a single-sheet advertisement, printed in 1665, in which a "chymist" offers for sale "certain medicynes for the cure and prevention of the plague at cheap rates".

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2013

I on'y gathers,—the chymist, 'e's got to infuse the yerb, distil an' bottle it.

From The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches by Corelli, Marie

Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong,Was every thing by starts, and nothing long,But, in the course of one revolving moon,Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.

From Four Early Pamphlets by Godwin, William

Indeed he must be a very good chymist who can extract martyr out of malefactor; and our chronicles generally behold him put to death for treason against King Edward II.

From Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George