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CHAPTER

XX XV II

ANINTRODUCTION INTO THE }|HOLE l.lORK

f. je ct Per fection of this and present rmpet f e c t io n disc o u rs e ; o f Me t a llin e a n d t h e re f o re B o d ie s , we t re a t is the of Sub-

things set

perfecting near to

and corrupting, each other, are

or destroying, the more manifest.

because opposites

II.

That which

perfects

I mp e rf e c t

Me t a ls ,

is

a c o mmix io n o f

Ar ge n t e r a te Earth, it is

V ive and suTphur in decoction joyned brough in with to the

d u e p ro p o rt io n , c1ean,

b y a d u e a n d t e mpin s p is s a t e , humidity, wit h a n d f ix e d whereby

bo we ls o f

an incorruptible f u s ib le

radical substance,

a solid,

a c o n v e n ie nt

fi r e,

and made maleable.

III. Argent

But

Imperfect

Minera ls

a re ma d e o f

a c o mmix t io n or

of

pure

Vive in

and Sulphur, the bowels joyned of

without the

due proportion, not f u 1 ly

a due de

cocti on , nor fixed

u n c le a n , a corrupting

in s p is s a t e d , whereby are fusible,

Earth, forth

with

humidity,

brought no t

Meta1s of or

a porous

substance,

and though

su fficientlyr

so p e rf e c t ly

ma L e a b le a s t h e o t h e rs .

fV.

Under the

first to

defin it io n , p e rf e c t io n :

a re c o n c lu d e d , Un d e r t h e to

5ol and

Luna,

ea ch according Ju p ltet, i n wh ich and that I{ars, that which

their

s e c o n d s a t u rn r imp e rf e c t io n: or taken a way ,

and V enus, which is is

e a c h a c c o rd in g

t h e ir

ma n if e s t

mu s t b e h id d e n ,

hidden,

must be made manifest

and brought

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into

operation,

which will

is

done by preparing and their inserted

them, defects, into

by which, or them.

their

Superfluities supplied,

be removed, true perfection

imperfection

and the

V.

But the

perfect they

Bodiesr

eie Sol and Luna, rs may subtilize to a fixed Body, Red.

need none of their parts,

this and

preparation reduce thence the

must haver

them frorn a Corporality may be made a fixed E1ixir, whether

Spirituality; in order to

that

from

spirituar White or

compreat

Great

vr . other act, thing thing,

r n both thing not to in

these, than

vLz.

t h e wh it e Vive other:

a n d Re d E rix irs , of which

t h e re

is

no

Argent the

and surphur, rt would Elixir

one cannot and vain from any of the

be $rithout think which

be a foorish or Tincture, the intention

to make this it is not, they

Great this

hras never

Philosophers,

though

speak many things

by simiritude.

VII. Vive in 'tis tion

And because and surphur, first

all

Metalick

Bodies

are

compounded of Argent and not innate

purer

oE impure, therefore

by accident, by convenient impurityi the

their

nature, to take

preparation, end of the prepara-

possible is to

ahray their

take

away superfruities,

and suppry

defects.

VIIf. perfect which eration Bodies from all

For we have considered and imperfect to

the

substance vLz. Argent

of

Metaline

Bodies,

be one, before w found but that

vive

and sulphur, and by consid-

are Pure and clean and experiencer to be by accident; their

their the

conunixtion; corruption prepared of

rmperfect and creansed unclean-

being

superfruities,

corruption,

and fugitive

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ne ss, purity,

we found than

them of

g re a t e r

b rig h t n e s s , Metals perfection

c le a rn e s s ? not of prepared, this

and bY which

the

naturally

perfect to the

consideration

we attained

Science.

IX.

T he fmperfect

B odie s

h a v e a c c id e n t a lly , wit h

SupetfTuous a p rima rg

Hum -

{diti es, ness in

and a Combust!-ble S u lp h u re it g them and corrupting them;

B7ack.

together

with

an unclean, imp e d e in g a rt if ic ia l to remove of be done requires.

Fecu r e nt , combustibre r fig tess fire, and Fuslon 3 by the help of

, 3 n f l v e rg There f o re purified that

gtoss it

E a rt h . f n e s s ,

b e h o v e s u s wit h and Vinegars, radical which

Salts the only

superfluous Argent Vive

accidents, and Sulphur,

substance may indeed Elixir

may remain; according

by various

ways and methods,

as the

X.

The general

way of

p re p a ra t io n

is

t h is .

I.

Wit h

f ire in

pr o its

portional,

the whole

superfluous and the

and Corrupt subtil

humidity

essence must be elevated: removed; stance of and this their in Salts to

and burning

Sulphureity sub-

by Calcination. superfluous calx, burning

2. The whole humidity with

Corrupt

and blackness, the following or Red and are imbibing

remaining cleansed (according pure

their

must be corroded till the

and Vinegars the nature of

CaIx be White and is

the body)

made clean,

from all with

Superfluity the said

and Corruption: Salts and Vinegars, u n c le a n

These Calxes by grinding,

cleansed

an d washing. gross not

3. The, wh o le

E a rt h in e s s , the

a n d Co mb u s ti b l e , aforesaid things, them

Faeculency, Metallick the

must be taken Fusion, aforesaid in the

away with

having

by commixing Calx, depurated

and grinding in of the

together m an n e r:

with

aforesaid

For these

F u s io n

o r Re d u c t io n

t h e Ca I x ,

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will

remain with

themserves the said uncreanness and gross

Earthiness,

the Body remaining pure.

xr .

B eing

thus

creansed,

it

is again

t { e rio ra t e d calcined

thus. by Fire, such of wa t e r of

F irs t , with these is our

T hi s the as are s t o n e, ab-

Purged and Reduced Body is sa r ts as aforesaid. it

sec o n d ly ,

T h e n wit h F o r t h is

so r u ti ve, and Argent stracted which with is other

must be Diss o lv e d . of Argent Spiritual vive,

vive

and surphur

sulphur, or

from

the

Body,

and subtilized the Elemental which wit h

attenuated; in it,

Meliorated, prepared

by confirming things of its

virtues

own kind,

augment the other t h in g s

colo u r ,

Fixion to

weight, the

P u rit y Elixir.

a n d F u s io n ,

atr

appertaining

true

xrr.

The salts

and vinegars

for

this

work

are

thus sal

prepared A rc a li, casting Filtred

and

cl ea n sed. sandiver, into is hot

common salt, are water creansed to

a n d s a lt

G e m, a s a ls o them,

a nd them

by carcining

and then

be Dissolved, by a g e n t le a moderate

which f ire , fire,

solution then

being

to be coagulated in

t o b e c a lc in e d for use.

f or

Day and a Night

and so kept

xr r r . paration h ig h in

sal of

A rmoniack

is

c le a n s e d , cleansed, it

b y G rin d in g and then

it

wit h it

a p re in an it

conunon salt

subliming then have it

Body and Head, till in the

ascends aIl if

p u re :

d is s o lv in g in stopt

a Porphyrie

open Air, the

you would in

a water, for

or othenrise use .

keeping

sublimate

a Grass crose

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rv.

Ro ck A l u msr o r F a ctitious, them in an Alembick, which is of great

or other Ar um s, ar e cr eansed , and extracting Art. their whole

by putting Humidity,

use in this

The Foeces remainin a moist place, for rife.

ing in the Bottom, Dissolve or in water,

on a Porphyrie,

and then again extract,

and keep it

XV.

V itriol

of

all

kinds Distilling over

is

c le a n s e d ,

b y d is s o lv in g or

it first

in aband

pure vinegar, stract Dissolve Co a g u late ite

then

and coagurating. fire: the

Humidity

a gentle or in their

Foeces calcine, filtre, and for

per deliquium, (or if

own water,

you pleas e ,

t h e wa t e rr)

a n d k e e p it

u s e.

xvr.

Vinegars

of

what kind

or how acute a n d t h e ir Wit h

and sharp v irt u e s S a lt s

soever,

ar e cleansed ar e l{e liorated the imperfect

by subtilizati o n , by Distillat io n . Bodies by the

and Effects a n d V in e g ar s , and

these

may be prepared, of the F ire .

purified, G la s s and

meliorated B o ra x a re

sub ti l i zed, pure,

help

and need no preparation.

XVIf.

Out of

the

Metalline of

Bodies

$re compose the so permanently cannot in hurt

Great fixed,

Elixir, that the

making one substance strongest flie them, stance is or greatest

many, yt of Fire

force

it,

or make it

a way, which wilr and enter which is into in

mix wit h them,

Me t a ls

F ru x , with that

a n d f ro w wit h the in fixed sub-

and be permixed with

them,

and be fixed no hurt by.

them which Gold

incombustible; cannot

receiving be hurt

by any thing

which

and Silver

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XVIII. Spirit

H e n ce w e d e fi n e Our Stone, to be agener ating or Fr ui tful and Living-water, which we nrmethe Dry-water, such Union, that by Natural its prin-

preportion ciples

cleansed and United with

can never be separated one from another; (for shortning

to which two is

must be added, a third,

the work) and that

XIX.

The generating

or Fruitful side,

Spirit, in sides the

is

White

in of

Occulto, this And

and Red and Black work: but in

on either

Magistery to

Manifestor Earthy parts

on both are

tending and in

Redness. least so that each with strong

because the particles Resolution, all

throughly Watery,

their

United

with

the

Airy,

and Fieryr but the

in

no one of one is

them can be separated, dissolved, each other by reason in their uniform of said

and every they

Union,

which the in

have with

least

particles, the of same G ol d .

Compositum is N ature,

made one solid, a n d a ll

substance, as that

P roperties,

other

re s p e c t s

4baS,'/d|dt

Ostmqtt I| -GJlb/.

CHA PT E R

XX XV III

OFSULPHUR. OFTHE ALCHYI'IIE

r. SULPHURis a Fatness Decoction in the of the Earth, the thickened Earth, until by a temit be hardas

perate

Mines of

ened and made dry, to but it its parts. It

homogeneal, cannot of its but

and of

an Uniform (without nor can it

substance

be Calcined, substance; it

great

industry) unless in

with

much loss

be fixed f lig h t

b e first

Calcined:

ma y b e mix e d , Adustion

a n d it s

some measure hindred, m o r e e asily Ca1cined.

and its

repressed,

and so the

II. alone

By Sulphur cannot

alone

nothing

can be done,

our work

from

it

be perfected, but for to is to

the lragistry with the its

would

be prolonged for the

even to White, gives exalts which it

desperation: and Antimony

Compere (Arsenick is

Red) a Tincture of the with these Metals, out

made, which cleanses and

compleat them:

weight

every

and it

perfected

t'lagistery, but

without

performs

us none of

things,

either

corrupts

or blackens.

III. Bodies, way to

He who knows how to knows one of perfection: the

commix and Unite greatest Secrets

it of

amicably Nature, that

with and one

for

there Body is

are many ways to Calcinfd with it of

Elixir

or

Tincture. weight: sublimed

Whatsoever Copper from with it are it

receives So1. Mercury SoI

assumes the

likeness AII

becomes Cinnabar. easily Ca lc in rd

Bodies, it , but

except

a n d Ju piter, cu ltIy.

wit h

S o l mo s t d if f i-

r v. w i th

T he less S ulphur; S aIt, its

Humidity it

any body has, e v e ry It is

the

e a s ie r

it

is is

c a lc in 'd L ig h t,

Illuminat e s and Tinctu re .

body,

b e c a u s e it

Alu m r or

d if f ic u lt ly p a rt s , but

Dis s o lv e d , a b o u n d in g it s it s p irit ; wit h b ut

be ca u se of ole a g in ous. if ful it

deficiency rt is easily Venus,

of

s a lin e

s u b lime d

because of to it,

be mixed with Colour.

and United

makes a wonder-

Vi olet

V.

That

Sulphur

is

a Fatness

of

the

Earth for

appears n o t h in g

from is

its

ea sie bu t

Liquefaction,

and f n f la ma b ilit y , o r me lt s e a s ily

in f la m e d wh a t h as in it ; of it s S p ir i t is the t4agbut

w hat is

Oleaginousr yet

b y He a t , mid d le the

but

such a Nature: th is middle

has it is V ive ,

a p e rf e c t in g not

Na t u re

substance, A rgent

the cause of it

p e rf e c t io n ' T is of t ru e , it s

Bo d ie sr no t

or of

u n le s s

b e f ix e d :

e a sily

made to it is

fly; not

(t h is p e rf e c t ly is not

h e me a n s d o u b t le s s f ix e d :

o r O yl ; ) yet evident, i ste r y, that but

f ro m wh e n c e it of

surphur a part

the whore perfection

only

t h e re o f .

VI. less;

S ulphur

commixed Trit h B o d ie s , its

b u rn s ,

s o me mo re ,

o t h e rs by which are SoI is is

and some resist

combustion,

and some noti Bodies the

may be known the wanting is no t in

difference thor

between those prepared b y S u lp h u r: that is S a t u rn , for

which

perfection,

great to

work. t h is that

easily then

to be burned Luna, after which

The next

Ju p iter ,

then Venus,

m or e easily of the

burnt,

f a rt h e r

d is t a n t

f ro m t h e Na t u re

P erfect.

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VII.

AIso

from what Radix it appears

the

imperfect diversity mix t

Body proceeded of Colours A z u re : b la c k , with after

or was Coma

generated, bu sti on : bla ck mixt

from the

Thus Luna obtai n s with a little

a b la c k

wit h a d u ll

J u p it e r, wit h a Livid; Mar s ,

Re d n e s s : S a t u rn Colour: but But if Venus,

much Redness and a Livid if it be much burnt, duII Colour. if

a black

a lit t le , Sulphur Colour.

a p le a s a n t

V io le t :

a black obtains

be commixt with

So1, he

an Intense

Citrine

VIII. in to

S ol and Luna Calcin ' d the Nature of their its

wit h

S u lp h u r, B o d ie s .

b e in g

re d u c e d ,

ret u r n

o wn p ro p e r greater part

J u p it e r,

Ca lc in 'd

and reduced, greater, Jupiter yet into bright the they

recedes

part:

Saturn

has sometimes a But Saturn and

sometimes are both rather

a lesser

destroyed.

preserved, tend to

by a right

and gentle their

Reduction, own, as Saturn into a in

another

Body than of) Antimony,

a dull

Coloured

(Regulus of) in

Jupiter

Coloured

(Regulus of Fire

Antimony.

Venus is but

diminished

Impressions

her reduction, of a d u ll

withal Co lo u r, the

ponderous, p a rt a k ing

au g r n e nted in weight, of of blackness: the Fire of all

soft , is

Cit rin e in are

And l{ars than Venust

more diminished things

Impression out, the

by which

found

Nature

Bod.ies that

are altered.

fX. phur of

The Preparat Vive, Grind and it,

jon it

of to a

SuTphur. subtiT

7.

Take

the

best in

Gteen a

Su-l-

Pouder,

BogT it from the

Lixivium its

Pot- Ashes ti77 and

Quicklime, appeats

gatheringi to decant be c7ear. the

Supersities the whoTe with the pure

OgTiness, a stick,

Stjr

immediatelg

Lixivium

with

parts the of as

of Liquot

the

suTphur, and

Teaving pour so upon wirl

the it

more

gJross parts part of

behinil: the

Let

cooL, of

a fourth

quantitg, , white

spirit I'IiLk,

vinegari drv with

a white Heat,

poud.er

precipitate fot use.

which

a qentle

and. keep

x.

2-

Take of to

this

prepared

white well

suJphur; calcin'd.

scaJ,es

of

rron pound, these whol.e at-r put and f or into

carcin'd

Redness, prepated, them which then drg

Roc h-Arum HaJf a

ana one alr that titr it

common saTt

pound'. with

rncorpotate vinegett r it

we77 bg Grinding mag be Liquid' vetg bTack: of

together then boir,

the be

stirring to a fine with

and grind and harf

poud,er, a rarge zone

which cover; ot

an ArudeT 7et the

a Foot of of Tight the the

high,

cover

Arembick sprrits

have a btoad erevated, adheres then to the

Girdle, accord,ing of the

conservation to Att; the

subrime sides

FTos which for it is ot phiar,

Aiem-

bickt But put so

cEtst awag, t.he cLose, bg it, serf its a clean

combustibre, dense and Matt,et Decoct be Note, copper, Iron.

defired, su.bl,imed it upon

and in

defiring. the zone, Heat, then and

compact, into a

an Ash

Tong it

ti77 in

combustibre vesser from from the the for

Humiilitg use.of of

exterminated, that are surphur more

keep

Arsenick than when

sublimed sublimed

calx Calx

whitened,

n-

Thc nlnendo

vcae olhfr :tlor',']rl,!|' ibilvcllrdtsl/r,"m|* sy:blba

la.lb fu;lcc"ye S{|tr."

''d.'

CH APTER

XXXIX

OFTHE ALCHYI'IIE OFARSENICK.

I. ARS E NICK , is of matter in also a fatness having to vLz. of of t h e E a rt h , a s is a f o re and a f ro m of

declared sub ti l Sulp h u r

Sulphur, like

an inflamable but is it is

substance, d iv e rs if ie d

S ulp h u r; Th a t it

this, but

e a s ily

ma d e a T in c t u re wh e re a s of

Wh iten ess, Su lp h u r

Rednes s wit h

g re a t of

d if f ic u lt y ;

is easymade a Tin c t u re

Re d n e s s , b u t

Wh it e n e s s ,

m ost difficultly.

II.

Of A rsenick, in this

there art, but

is but

a Cit rin e the other

a n d a Re d , wh ic h k in d s of not so:

a re

p r o fi ta ble is fixed

A rs e n ic k is best are

as S ulphur, Calx of

the

s u b lima t io n

e it h e r

fr om the the to

Metals: of

B u t n e it h e r this Work,

S u lp h u r they not to

n o r A rs e n ic k , being compleat

perfective perfection,

matter though The best

they

may be a help of A rs e n ic k ,

perfectionr

ds they

m a y b e used. th e Lucid,

kin d s

a re t h e

S c if f ile ,

and S ca1y.

r II. middle fecti on be in g

This

Mineral in it,

also

(I ik e yet

a s S u lp h u r) is not the

h a s a p e rf e c t in g cause of it the perbu t

Nature of fixed,

which or of

B odies, this

A rg e n t is

V iv e ;

u n le s s

b e f ix e d ; T in c t u re : dt

S pirit of

an agent of in the

t h e Wh it e chapter,

hlhat we have said may be understood

surphur

former

sect.

here.

IV. of

B ecause in A rsenick Nature

the

Ra d ix o f parts e a s ie , of

it s it

Min e ra , resolved, b e in g

in

the

a c ti o n

has many inflamable its separation :rs S ulphur is is of

therefore

the wo rk of of Wh iteness,

t h is

t h e T in c t u re

Re d n e s s .

V.

To prepare in

Arsenick.

Being beaten its

into

fine

pouder,

it

must

be boiled a s in
A r s enic k S a- lt

Vinegar,

and all

combustible 9.
P ound: H avi ng of

fatness or the

extracted p re p a r e d
commo n w e77 mag tog et her , be Then of gathet of the Wor k.

Sulphur,
Copper

Chap. 38.
calcin'd ana half w i th th e a

S e c t io n
ana one

Then take
A Ium ground that the of

caLci n,d, them it

pre p a re d , th e and it

P ound: S pi ri t ds

m ois t en T iquid, s ublim e one and f oot: k ee p

m i x tu re boiT in an

V i negar, di d in

s a rn e r

you an

S ul phur:. the hei ghth

A Iu d e I,

w i th w hi te,

A Lembi ck, cl eat, fot

what i t,

ascends (a s

dense, prepared)

and the

l uci d, use

s u ffi c i e n tTg

VI.

Or

th u s ana

z ra k e one

of Po u n d :

Ars e ni ck Common exactl g

prepared S aJ.t, w i th and fmbi be subl , j rne stj r and as hal f

bg a

boi Ti ng, P ound.. of ovet

fi Ti ngs

of

Coppet , f our

A -l ,um cal ci ne d then ti 77 as t he

Ounces; ti 7 7 be a

g ri n d th e g

th e m be

S pi ri t them dtq, above

V i neqar, a fi re

m ois t en whole do t hjs

T i q ui d, Ag a i n,

blackened. th i rd ti me ,

stj rri ng di tected.

before,

Xhen

VII.

T o fix

A rsenick

and S u lp h u r.

T h e y a re

f ix e d

t wo wa y s , of

vLz.

1 . By manifold limed in tion into heat.

S ublimations . The first tiII

2 . B y p re c ip it a t io n wdy, they Reiterate re ma in their their

them sub-

Sublimations T h is Re it e ra -

th e V essel is

A ludel,

f ix e d .

made by two Aludels,

vrith

two Heads, or Covers

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in

the

following

order'

that

you may never you have fixed into one Vessel, never of

cease from the them. put Therefore them into to to the

Work of

Sublimation,

until

soon as they other, abide,

have'ascended

and so do continually, adhering the to the sides of

suffering Vessel, they

them long but

either till

constantly sublime.

keep them in

elevation

fire,

cease to

VIII. into fixed: it

The second way. heat, that it is

This

is

by praecipitating abide glass therein, Vessel,

it until the

sublimed it be of

may constantly done by a long not of Glass, with to

and this

bottom crack)

(made of

Earth

because that good luting; the sides be put of

would

must be artificially ing with the matter, when it of

joyned adheres Iron t ot

and the the Vessel, the

ascendmust of

a Spatula bottom,

Stone,

down to till

heat

and this

precipitation

repeated,

the whole

b e fixed.

IX. one

To subljme Pound,

Arsenick. haTf

Take a

Atsenick,

fiTings

of

Yenus

ana

Common Sal,t Vinegarr and and it drg,

Pound: over as

Alum Calcintd a fire til7 which

fout

ounces,

mortifie Again, the

with Imbibe

stirring stirring

a77 be black: tepeat again;

befote,

sublime,

wi77

be profitable.

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CH APTER

XL

OFTHE ALCHYMIE OFTHE MARCHASITE.

I. Th e IIA RCHA S ITE is Ignition, Sulphur, sub lime d t wo wa y s , l. Wit h o u t I g n it io n . vLz. is

2 . With One pure profitable

because it and Argent the

h a s a t wo -f o ld Vive mortified.

substance, The first Vive in

as Sulphur; prepared. we are

second as Argent Therefore we take former

mortified, last, Vive, and

and moderately because by it th e la bour of

this

excused it .

from the

Argent

mortifying

II.

The intire it to

way of pouder, without sublimed. of

th e

s u b lima t io n it

of into

t h is

Min e ra l

is ,

by

grinding ing its

and putting fgnition;

an Aludel, and very force often of

sublimrefire

Sulphur is

always

moving what into Ignition

Then augment the The first

the

the Aludel.

sublimation

must be t ill and a ll

m ad e i n the

a V esse1 of is

S ublima t io n , the it is

a n d s o lo n g being that

c o n t in u e d , successively it h a s lo s t

Sulphur

separated; until

process ma n if e s t

or d e r ly i ts

continued,

Su 1phur.

III.

Which may be known thus: you will mixt A lso it, it see the wit h

When its colour

whole

Sulphur

shall a

be sublimed,

thereof

changed into

m o st pure White, l esti ne colour: in

a v e ry

c 1 e a r, thus:

p le a s a n t ,

and coeit has but will but

you ma y k n o w it will burn

B e c a u s e if like Sutphur;

any Sulphur what shall neither

and flame after that

be secondly

sublimed nor

sublimate, of

be inflamed,

shew any properties

Sulphur,

o f A r g e n t vi ve mo rti fi e d ,

in the r eiter ation

of sublimation.

r v. about than

Y ou must get three that foot

a solid , high, but

s t ro n g , in

we lr

b a k e d E a rt h e n

vessel,

breadth

Diametricarly The bottom

no more of this and

a hand may commodiously (which must be made so that the its

enter: it

vessel,

may be separated a prain the wooden

conjoyned, Dish, but

must be made after very eight deep, rnches; the vessel vLz. from

form of brim pracer to

bottom

about

seven or to the

from that

or moveable

bottom

head, within: with with

must be very head of

thickly

and accurately must be fitted bottom to the within a Forof an

grazed

upon the a wide

the Vesser

Alembick, middle, that nace, Silve r

Beak or Nose: Joyn the lute (the

good tenacious then set on the

I,tarchasite and place ds for

being it the in

bottom)

A1embick, firer

where you may give or Copper.

as strong

fusion

v.

The top fron, of

of

the

Fornace a hole

must be fixed in its middle,

with

a frat to

Hoopr or the wit hi n and the the small Hoop the

Ring of g r e a tness it:

having the the the the

fitted ma y s t a n d of the

vessel,

that in

the Vessel the out circuit there,

fast Vessel

Then lute rest of

junctures fire

Fornace, adherency holes,

passing

shourd only frat in

hinder four

subriming

flowers, shut

leaving in the

which

may be opened or which coals

Ring or round

aforesaid, sides under coa r s, of

through the

may be put four other

about

Fornace:

Likewise their re s s e r

hores the

must be reft in to of the

them,

and between or eight

spaces for h o le s ,

putting

and six

p ro p o rt io n a t e

q-

m ag n itude the r e b y the

of

ones little fire of may bur n the

f in g e r, c le a r: with

wh ic h mu s t n e v e r Let the these said h o le s Iron

be shut, b e ju s t

that b el o w

the

juncture

Fornace,

Hoop.

VI.

T hat Fornace of

is

of

g re a t

heat, the

the

s id e s

of

wh ic h is

a re t o a Round,

the height Gr a ter

two cubits, filled fu ll or

and in of

midst

whereof

or wheel

v e ry

ma n y s ma ll but small the

h o le s

c lo s e in by alray

together, the

(wide below partr)

underneath,

above t ot Fornace farl the

superior that

and strongly coars

annexed to

luting,

the Ashes or and the said of

may the more freety

from them, more free heat of

Grate the air,

be continually which mightily

open for

reception fire.

augrments the

the

VIf.

The V essel may find was it heat, is

is

of

the

a f o re s a id place

le n g t h , to

that the

the

F u me s

ascending otherwise an equal Io st. peirce in it; Fire the nor It its fire

a cool short,

and adhere

sides, of

the the

whole vessels sublimate wit h in , but for would that the that

would fly the

be almost

whereby also

away, and be F u me s ma y n o t stands

Glased we I I

Pores is

and so be lost; to be Glazed, the matter ascend.

Bottom which the Fire it,

not

would melt for that the

unglazed

would to

go through

makes it

rather

VfII.

Not let

your the

Fire

b e c o n t in u e d is

under your

V e s s e l, flowers,

t ill which a

you know that you may prove

whole matter in

ascended into Earth well

by putting

a Rod of

burned with

HoIe in of

its

end,

through

a HoIe in putting it

the

Head, about to

the

bigness

ones little or nigh any thing

Finger, the

down almost

the middle is the raised; Rod,

therer and if

matter

from whence the and adheres sublimed, but to if

sublimate Hole the in

ascends is not

the not,

the whole matter is ended.

sublimation

IX. it is is

That

the Marchasite

consists for it is if

of it

Sulphur be put

and Argent in t o the

Vive, f ire , if it mixed

sufficiently

evident ; but it

no sooner Venus, it

Red-Hot, gives Argent

fnflamed of

and burns: p u re S ilv e r; it

also

with if

t h e Wh it e n e s s and in its

s o a ls o yields a

mixed with

Vive,

sublimation

C oe le stial

Color,

with

a Me t a lic k

L u c id it y .

X.

To

p re p a re s p re a d and

th e jt

l 4 a rc h a si te. an th e o ff In c h thi ck

Take ovet w i th or a

the the

f i ne

P ouder of a

of

the

M inet aL, A I udeT , is

B ottom fi re. and has

Targe that

g a th e r ta k e

Sul phur th e H ead , then

gentTe

W hen havi ng

as c en d e d ;

A l embi ck, w hi ch

appTi e d of

anot her , A r gent

augment Vive

th e

F i re as

that before

the

pTace

Ascends,

w e have

decTared.

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C H AP T ER

XL I

OFTHE ALCHYI'II E OFMGNES IA, TUTIA, AND OTHER I'IINEMLS .

I. of The Sublimation the Marchasite, having of IIAGNESIA and TUTIA for the that they cannot the is the sErmewith without and the are except fire that

be sublimed

Ignition,

same cause, Likewise all

same Operation, Bodies,

same General sublimed that than the the in

method: the

imperfect

same order, of the

without

any difference,

Bodies

Dtetals

must have a more vehement nor that is there

Marchasite, in of Dletaline

Irlagnesia and Tutia: sublimation substance save,

any

diversity addition

some need the or rise.

some other

to make them sublime

II. great put

B ut

in

the

sublimatio n of the of

of

I mp e rf e c t

Me t a lin e

B o d ie s , once

no

quantity into the holds

Body to be sublimed, the Vessel,

must be at

bottom the of

because much Metaline the be flat, s u b limin g : not

sub-

stan ce , also cave, the

parts the

f a s t e r,

a n d h in d e rs should

bottom the

sublimatory

Conbottom,

that

Body equally sublime

and thinly in aII it s

spread p a rt s .

upon the

m ay the more easily

fII.

Such Bodies

as need the by reason

admixtion of the

of

other of

substances, their fusion: they are

are Venus and Mars, Venus needs Tutia; easily their things, in the sublimed, sublimation

slowness and with agree with Tutia,

and Mars Arsenick, for is that to they well

these them.

Therefore like as

be made as in in the

and other

and to be performed former Chapter.

same method and order,

IV.

Now Magnesia Sulphur, the

has a more Turbid

and Fixed,

and less Argent

inflamable Vive, to the than

and a more Earthy

and faeculent the

Marchasite, of ltars.

and therefore

more approximate

Nature

V.

But Tutia

is

the

fume of !{hite to the

Bodies; sides of

for the

the

Fume of where

Jupiter these does: of

and Venus adhering Metals are wrought,

Fornaces that Tutia the do.

does the

same thing

and what a metalick B ody, neithe r

Fume does not, will t h is

without

admixtion

some other

lik e wis e

VI.

And by reason of

of

its

subtilty, Body,

it

more penetrates it more than

the it

profundity does its perience Su lp h ur this,

a Metaline

and alters more in the

own Body,

and adhears

Examenr Ers by exare altered b e a lt e re d by by

you may find: of A rgent V ive, their

and whatever will Un it y a ls o in

Bodies

n e c e s s a rily

because of

Na t u re .

VIf.

To prepare

Tutia,

Pouder it Ignitionr

very or

fine, help of

and put

it

into

and Aludel cause the u se . fi r st It

and by strong Flowers is also to

vehement fire, it prepared h a v in g for

ascend or in is

sublimer S p irit we ll of

so is

dissolve d

V in e g a r,

b e en

Calcin'd

and so it

a ls o

p re p a re d .

VfII. purpose, ye t

A l-so it are

is

certain, from

that

ma n y n e c e s s a ry Bodies, Ce ru s e ;

t h in g s which

for need thus it

our

extracted

Imperfect a s f irs t

a farther

preparation, in S pi rit

wh ic h

is

pr e p a r ed:

W ash it

o f V in e g a r,

a n d s e p a ra t e

f ro m

its is

more gross p r e pared.

parts;

and the !4ilk

coagulate

in

the

Sun, and it

rx.

spanish !{hite,

Tin,

Putty

and l'linium, are prepared after them in spirit of urine, and then

the same unnner, by dissolving filterating and coagulating

in the Sun as before.

x.

v e rd e g ri se

i s d i sso l ved

in spir it the soft for

of vinegar ,

and r ubified, fire; and

being gently then it

congeared, with

heat of a gentre the Work.

is prepared,

and made fit

xr.

c ro cu s Ivta rti s i s d i s sor ved

in spir it

of vinegar ,

and

filtred: C r o c u s fi t

This Red water being congeared, yierds fo r u se .

an excerlent

XII.

Aes Ustum t ot

Coppe r c a lc in rd , of Vinegar, of

is after

t o b e g ro u n d t o the So in

p o u de r ,

and washed with we taught Litharge again, in of the

Spirit

sane manner as like manner these things

preparation

Ceruse:

Gold and Silver: will be purer: this

You may also

dissolve

and they or

You may also is a profound

use them either Investigation.

dissolved

congealed;

XIIf.

Antimony to

is

Calcined ,

Dis s o lv e d , is

F ilt re d ,

Co n g e a le d ,

and ground

pouder,

and so it

prepared.

XIV. it is

Cinnabar well

must be sublimed for use.

from Common SaIt

once,

and so

prepared

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xv. after

The fixation the first

of llarchasite, sublimation reiterate to that of their which which

Magnesia them is

and Tutia.

you must away their returnof sub-

finished,

cast so often either proper

foeces; ing what tilI

and then subrimes they

sublimation, remains

berow -f

them, lim in g

be fixed,

must be done in

V essels.

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CHAPTER

XLII

OFTHE ALCHYI'IIE OFSATURN.

I. it To pr4tEftr it off S ift is the it, LEAD' in Set it wit h it it in in a Fornace of Calcination, f u ll of stirring and

w hile

Flux,

a n I ro n

S p a t u la

Ho le s ,

drawing pouder: its out

scum, till and set

be converted t h e F ire of

into

a most fine t ill Then take Conunon Salt wh ic h a re

Ca lc in a t io n ,

fugitive this

and inflamable imbibe, purified,

substance and grind it

be abolished: often with

Red Calx, V itriol

cle a n se d, the Salt, things

a n d mo s t s h a rp V in e g a r, the Red; but for the White,

to be used for

Common

Common Alum,

and Vinegar.

II.

Your matter benefit of

must be often the aforesaid

imbibed, things,

dryed, the

and ground, be

till

by the totally body to the

uncleanness

removed: descend,

Then mix Glass that descending

therewith,

and cause the

pure

(by means of

a vehement heat)

pure

body may be reduced.

IIf.

Calcine

it

again

with

pure grind water

SaI Armoniack and dissolve of Argent the it Vive

(as you do by the way and Sulphur of the

Jupiter) aforesaid,

and most subtily for this is the

proportionally R ed Elixir.

made, which

we use in

Composition

Iv.

Lead is of

a t'tetalick a little

Bo d y ,

liv id , wit h

e a rt h y ,

p o n d e ro u s ,

mu t e ,

pa r takin g

W h it e n e s s ,

mu c h p a le n e s s , in a ll

re f u s in g it s

the C i neritium,

and Ceme n t , e a s ily

e x t e n s ib le

d im e n sions, rgnition.

with Yet

small

c o mp re s s io n , that

a n d v e ry Lead in its

f u s ib le

wit h o u t is

some Men sdy, to Gold;

own Nature, not v o id

much approximated are in themselves,

these

judge to

of

things, b e in g

as they of

but

ac c o rd in g the

sense,

Reason, and not

conceiving

Truth.

V.

rt

has much of

an Earthy

substance, into Tin, p e rf e c t .

and therefore by which rt over is the not it it

is

washed, that

and by a Lavament converted Ti n is more assimilated made Minimum; it yet its is to

appears, b y c a rof per-

the

a ls o

cination Vinegar, fecti on , keeping which Si l ver it in

and by hanging And tho it

Vapour near in t o to

made ceruse.

is

by our A rt, weight in

we e a s ily

c o n v e rt but rt is

s irv e r,

not

transmutation,

acquiring arso the

a nen weight, Tryal of

obtains the

by our t'tagistry. as v re s h a ll

Cupel,

h e re a f t e r

s h e w.

vr . to

rt the

differs reduction

not

from T in ,

after that

re p e a t in g it

it s

c a lc in a t io n

thereof,

save,

has a more unclean and Argent to the vive,

substance the Vive. appears

commixed of being

a more grose

sulphur,

Sulphur rt

more burning Earthy it with than

and adhaesive Faecurency Argent Vive;

Argent which

has a greater of

than

Jupiter,

by washing it is

and more Faecurency and its first its

comea from calcination Ear thin ess: Jup iter , impurity

by washing easier

from Jupiter, than in is it its is Tin, not

performed

because of re c t if ie d of

and because it s

f o u rn e s s

a s in g re a t e r

by repeated in its

Calc in a t io n s , and in

a s ig n

principles,

own Nature.

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vr r .

rts

sulphur Colour,

is of the

not

s e p a ra t e d

f ro m it the

in lik e

f u me , b u t o f wh ic h it

is is

of rea

a Citr i ne maining

muc h Y e llo wn e s s , bottom, in it it, in which

berow at

shews that

has much of

Combustible is not

Sulphur

and because the a short of fixed of time, it

Odour of shews that and is

Sulphureity it

removed from to the the it to

approaches

Nature

Sulphur, Vive.

Uniformly when the whose

commixed with fume ascends, property is

substance

Argent the

Therefore not burning,

ascends with create Citrinity.

Sulphur

vrrr. than in

And that Tin, in

the

quantity for that

of its

its

not whole T in

burning colour

sulphur is

is

more

appears

changed into Wh e n c e t h e changed being the it causes

Citr i nity,

Calcination, in

but

of

in t o is

Wh it e :

cause appear why Jupiter into a hard Body than

Calcination the burning than

more easily Sulphureity one of

Saturn:

more easily of its

removed from Jupiter is it remove d ;

Saturn,

softness follows the

wh e n c e (b e in g but

Ca lc in e d )

neceshas

sar ily b o th

must be h a rd e n e d : softnes s s t ro n g ly Vive,

S a t u rn ,

b e c a u s e it v lz . easily mu c h

causes of Sulphur

c o n jo y n e d , it is not

burning

and much Argent

hardened.

IX. but

Bodies

having

much Argent A rg e n t

Vive, V iv e ,

have much of h a v e lit t le extended

Extension, E x t e n s io n . than than Saturn. Dlars. than

such as have little is

Thus Jupiter Saturn

more easily than than

and subtily

more easily

Venus. Jupiter.

Venus more easily

Luna more subtily Lu n a .

And Sol more subtily

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Cotrr.r.s.

htcr crur

sd.

lL

frJ,b

tI '*-l t*W xtvt-Ftrdt-'* -

F'd'.

St+t'r(*

x. or

The cause of fi xed S ulphur; Fusion Vive

rnduration but is of the

or

hardening

is

fixed is

Argent

vive, The

cause of

softness of

O p p o s it e . not fixed T h is

cau se of

also

t wo f o rd

t o wit ,

s u lp h u r not

f ix e d , is is to be and But

and Argent ne ce ssariry evident Fuse d , the the it in

what kind F u s io n

soever; wit h o u t

Sulphur rg n it io n .

a cause of Arsenick,

for

projected e a s ie

on Bodies wit h o u t fixed

difficult rg n it io n : vive.

makes them of Fusion of with

F u s io n , is

cause of

rgnition is fixed

Argent

Impediment

Fusion

Sulphur.

xr .

From hence it contain

appear s , the

T h a t s e e in g quantity more of

B o d ie s of

of

g re a t e s t Vive: must needs that

perfection,

greatest holding the

Argent vive,

Those rmperfect

Bodies to

Argent

be more approximate Bo d ie s of

perfect

whence it of

follows

much surphureity ,

a re B o d ie s

mu c h c o rru p t io n .

xr r .

From hence it seeing it

is

ev id e n t ,

that

J u p it e r

is

near

to but

the saturn the the a nd

p e r fect, le ss;

participa t e s

mo re o f of clear,

p e rf e c t io n , a l1 . that J u p it e r

Venus yet

less,

and Ma rs le a s t them, it is

And as to Venus is yet le s s ;

Medicines,

compleating

m ost perfective Satur n least of

of Medicine ; all.

Ma rs le s s ,

xr r r . of

Thus according are found

to

the

d iv e rs it y A hard but

of

B o d ie s , that

d iv e rs it y

Medicines

out:

Body, the

can endure that abides not in its

rgnition rgnition

requires another;

one Medicine; that

soft,

one may be softned

and attenuated

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pr o fun d ity, ha r d n e d,

and equalized and its occult

in p a rt s

it s

substancei

but

the

other

in s p is s a t e d .

XIV. chie fl y Fir st, n e ss,

There

are

three

degrees

which

the

Imperfect in o rd e r

Bodies, to p e rf e c t io n : o r De n s -

S aturn

and Jupiter

mu s t o b t a in ,

Cleanness, with Ignition fugitive

or B righ t n e s s : in fu s io n .

S e c o n d ly , T h ird 1 y ,

Ha rd n e s s r F ix a t io n ,

b y t a k in g

arday their

substance.

XV. fo ld

They are cleansed m anner:

(v L z .

S a t u rn

a n d J u p it e r)

in

a t h re e -

1. B y ltlundif y in g . First, By t h in g s

2 . B y Ca lc in a t io n p u rif y in g they or

a n d Re d u c t i o n : a re c le a n s e d into the

3 . By Solution. two ways, N atur e e ithe r Ca lcin r d of either B odies:

by reducing reducing

them into in t o a Ca I x ,

a Calxr they

a re p u rif ie d B o d y is or so often A lu ms , Salts,

by S altsr put

or A lumr o r G la s s : Calx , wa t e r it

Thus,

wh e n t h e or S a lt s ,

upon its it,

o f A lu ms r to

Gla ss mixed with r e iter a te tiII

and re d u c e look p u re ly

a B o d y , wh ic h F o r s e e in g of f u s io n

they

c le a n : k in d

a n d G1 ass, are therefore selves Ieft. the they

fused with are

another

than with Bodies

B o d ie s , thembeing only

separated substance,

from them, the purity

retaining of the

earthy

xVI. with th is

Or thus. Alums, so often

Let

Saturn

or

Jupiter and then t ill they

be filed, reduced b e we I I

and mix thereinto a body, and

Salts,

and Glass,

to be repea t e d by way of

c le a n s e d : Vive, of

They which

are also

cleansed

Lavement with

Argent

we have spoken before.

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xvr r . ci na ti on

The second way of and Reduction from a twoford

c le a n s in g

s a t u rn

a n d J u p it e r,

b y c ar -

wit h

s u f f ic ie n t

f ire ,

wh e re b y t h e y 1 . o n e in f lam because And earth,

ar e fr e ed ab le the

c o rru p t in g , e a rt h y

substance.

and fugitive. Fire elevates the

2. A n o t h e r

a n d f a e c u le n t ; fugitive

and consumes every sane fire, divides 1,

substance. of

by reduction with i ts

every 2,

substance

proportion:

S ee S e c t .

3. above.

>fffIl. So lu ti on which is

The third of their

way of

cleansing

Saturn

and Jupiter of that

by lik e wis e , makes

substan c e , from than that them;

a n d b y re d u c t io n for that solution of

dissolved

reduced

them more cIean, whatsoever, eq u iva lent.

any other

way or kind

preparation this is

except

by Sublimation,

to which

XIX. is

Induration,

or hardn in g in of t h e ir

of

t h e ir

soft thus.

substance. Wit h

T h is or

do n e with the

Ignition substance

F u s io n , V iv e r

S a t u rn

Jup iter Ar sen ick,

A rg e n t in t h e ir

o E S u lp h u r O r,

f ix e d , they of

or of mu s t b e llarcha-

must be mixed hard, and not for

p ro f u n d it y . thingsr

mixed with site, them,

fusible

rs the

Calx

and Tutia, and harden

thes e

a re u n it e d that they

wit h , flow not,

a n d e mb ra c e d b y till they are

them so,

red hot. pe r fecti ng

The same thing them, of which

is

also

compleated

by our Medicine

h e re a f t e r.

XX.

Fixation,

by removal in

of

t h e ir

f u g it iv e

substance. to their

T h is

is

done by calcination

a fire

proportional

substance:

r n or d er

to which,

1. A 11 t h e ir

c o rru p t in g

a d u s t iv e z.

substance e a rt h y

m u st be creansed superfluity and Reduced, Th is is

from them a s a f o re s a id . anay.

T h e n t h e ir

must be taken or compleatly

3. They must be dissolved a Lavement of Argent vive.

washed in

necessary

and pro f it a b le .

xxr. Acuity

saturn of

is

specialry

hardened it is

by a carcination e s p e c ia lly saturn

with

the rs al s o

sa1t,

and by Talk and Tutia. stirring it

d e a lb a t e d r with

by t'larchasite sar t till let it putrefied, it

calcine

fruxed wit h

common s p a t u la , and with

c o n t in u a lly it for not for

a n rro n

comes to A shes. be a little water, Fiery

De c o c t hot,

o n e Na t u ra l

day,

but it

much; then wash it 3 d a ie s t ilt it

p u r e clean both for it for within,

and Calc in e rf

b e Re d

and without. rmbibe Tartar it it t ot with it

you wourd have it of white if

to be prepared and reduce have it and of T hi s

the white, with the OyI of

r^rith water its Salt.

Alum,

But of

you would

Red, Imbibe

the water SaIt of

Crocus Martis, a s b e f o re :

Ver d ig r ise,

and reduce as often

wit h

T a rt a r

work Reiterate

as need requires.

XXII.

The Calcination

of

S a t u rn in

a n d J u p it e r. a Fornace,

Let

a g re a t Saturn

Test and

(or Calcining Jupiter into

Pan) be placed it, with being an Iron

and, put prepared,

as much conmon Salt in Flux, let fuII

and Roch

Alum Calcined: stir r e d r e d u ce d keeping is with

the Dtetal be continually of h o le s , t iI I the t h e wh o le b e F ire of a g a in , Jupiter

S patu la s if t ,

to A shes,

which

and set

t h e m in the

them continually or that of

Red Fire Jupiter is

Hot till rubified

Calx

whitened

as Minimum.

xxr r r . Satur n
f ied

The Regimen of putified three

t,welve mjxture the

s a t u rn

a n d J u p it e r

for

t h e wh it e . c le a n
that a Foot for ied

Take p u t imag be Length, Take 72

P ou n d , me T t o r a d d t o it
stjrting into with melt as a the Bolt-Head a gentTe and before add whole of Fire putif

or

litetcurg ?his

Pound, put Athanor Pound,

theg in

mixed.. which

pJ-ace in Jupitet in

a week. lttercurg In

puri f ied Pound, weeks with

one

doing time

a77 respects will have

wit,h

Saturn. fit to

this

you

a Paste Thus.

dissolved,

be Fermented

the

white

Ferment,

XXIV. Saturn being

Take two

of

the

White of the

Ferment Paste

one of

Pound,

of three

the

Paste

of ?hese in for

Pounds,

Jupitet

Pounds.and set

dissolved, (in

mix

thtough

theit Fire, out

-l,east pasts, Iike as in

puttefaction, seven daies: their

a moderate take them

djssoJ,ution) Strain ot

Then

we77 mixed through SeaI

and

Squeeze Mattet jt jt in has

more Liquid put for into the

parts

a CToth: jt we77 do

The thick up, and pTace ti77 its done, you

remaining, an Athanor

a GLass, time

aforesaid, Then for

which put twelve the

thrice, with

Imbibed into

a77 the

humidity. of Fixation it with

Vessef

Matter take find vlz. tium in it

a Fornace and our

dajes , which will

forth, which

reduce

things not

reducing,'so without this great the

that

Ancestors generating. Lead, and

found

Study, Cineri-

The Generated, or Cupel with

Prove will

upon the

you

find its

Body

perfect

Whiteness,

perpetually

generating

like.

XXV.

The Regimen of

Saturn (I

is

also

compleated, h is

if

being

pre-

pa r e d and dissolved,

s u p p o s e h e me a n s in

d is s o lu t iv e

water, of i ts

made of

Nitre

and vitriol) a ls o ;

it

be mixed with and then Reduce it rejoyce Dis t illin g to in

a third off

part th e and

Red Ferment dissolv e d and cohobating it by its is

water, prove

seven times.

a Body, the

Examen, and you wilt generated.

bountiful

Body which

xlvr. saturn.

white

Medicines the

for

saturn:

arso

solar work

Medicines are wholly in the

for or

Because the

lrledicines,

and the

altogether of Jupiter

samer &s for

Jupiter;

and that

chapter the matter,

vre have explicitely refer you thitherrsaying 43 se c t .

and largely

declared in

vte shall p r a ce -

no more thereof L7, 18, 19r

this f o rro wing .

see chapter

16,

20,2L.

- 30-

CH AP T ER

XL III

THE ALCHYI'IIE OFJUPITER.

I. To prepate JUp1TE R, P u t it in t o a f it V e s s e l, in a F o rthe off

nace of melted the

Calcination, Metal with

and make a good Fusion, an Iron Spatula futl stirring is in often, of

stirring

ho1es, the

drawing

Scum as it till

arises, the

and again quantity it it

Body, to

and thus

continuing This

whole

reduced

Pouder or Ashes. again t ill in the it s with well and it a g a in , acuity

Pouder sift, of Fire,

and replace stirrin g

the

Fornace

sa m e heat whole all its

for

2 4 h o u rs , is

accidental

and superfluous and corrupting cleansed, it in the this it s

humidity Sulphur.

abolished Then often

combustible srith

wash it

common Salt and dry it;

and Alum purified, S u n o r A ir, so long till G rin d

sh a r p V inegar, washing of th e

and drying S alts,

doing V ine g a r,

by the

A lums, is

wh o le h u mid it y , This done,

b la c k n e s s in fine

and uncleanness Pouder to Fire within whole Glass, perfect it,

taken the

away. whole

add Glass and with in its

impaste flow in

together, with

a sufficient bottom, set the the

make it

a Crucible the pure

a hole

anotherr Earthy Salts,

so will

and clean

Body descend, above with an equal not

and Faeculent and Alums; Argent pure

substance in which Vive,

remaining Body is

pure

and

proportion this

and White pure

Sulphur

burning.

Then Calcine till fectly a n d set it

Body with equal or

and clean being

Sal Armoniack; weII and per-

be in weight, Calcined, it in Grind

thereabout;

the whole well in

and long

upon a Porphyrie, or in a Gl a s s

the open A ir

a Co ld mo is t

p la c e i

Vesse l

in

a Fornace

of

S o lu t io n r

or the

in S a lt

Ho rs e _ Du n g , if need be. in

t ill

the water

wh o le be dissolved' ought

augm e n t in g for it is

T h is

to be esteemed,

what we seek for

the whole.

rr' l i ttl e

Tin,

is

a Metarrick

B o d y , wh it e , in it s

L iv id ,

not

p u re ,

and a

E arthiness, of

posse s s in g

Ro o t h a rs h n e s s , not abiding

s o f t n e ss , the

easiness cuper Jupiter Ra d ix of Luna, or

Liquefaction but

without

rgnition under the

cement,

extensibre diminished of af f in it y

Hanuner. is

Therefore in the

among Bodies its Nature to

from perfection, to sol and Luna,

b u t mo re t o

and less

S oI.

rrr.

Jupiter, its W hite. all

because it generation, but it it

re c e iv e s wh it e n s

mu c h wh it e n e s s a ll that s a t u rn other it

f ro m t h e wh ic h

R ad ix of are not br ittle Jupiter easily

B o d ie s

has a f a u 1 t , except sol

b re a k s

o r ma k e s s o r:

other

B odies,

a n d mo s t p u re

adheres receede

much to from

and Luna, the g iv e s

and therefore

does not

them in A rt ,

examen or Tryal it a T in c t u re b rig h t n e s s :

by the cuper. of rt Re d n e s s , is h a rd e n ed take his

Th e M a gistery tha t shines in

of it

this with

ine s t ima b re than wirl it

and cleansed awa y its vice

more easiry of Joyt breaking, because

saturn.

He who knows how to re a p t h e F ru it with sor of

s u d d e n ly

Labour with and will

agrees

so werl

and Luna,

never

be separated

from them.

rv.

r n ca rci n i n g

Tin,

a sur phur eous stink

ar ises,

fr om its is not

s u r p h u r n o t fi xe d ; fixed, fo r i ts

a n d tho it

gives no fr ame, yet it

n o t fl a mi ng

is by r eason of the gr eat abundan c y

of is

its

A rgent

viver

prs rv in g

f ro m c o mb u s t io n : Argent

so that

in T i n

a two-fold fi x ed,

Sulphur, sending with

and a two-fold a s t in k ; Ca lx in

Vive:

one Sulphur be-

le ss

forth the

the other the F ire

mo re f ix e d , not.

ca u se it

abides

a n d s t in k s

V.

Th ere is fixed,

also

a two-fold other

substance fixed:

of

A rg e n t it it

V iv e

in

it ,

one not in g

and the its

because but after is

makes a Crashh a s b e e n t h ric e f u g it ive

n o ise

before that

Calc in a t io n , ceases, away.

C a1 cin e d, Argent wa sh r t

Crashing flown V ive,

wh ic h This is

c a u s e d b y it s in

Vive with of it

being A rgent the

evident in

Lead being g e n t le f ir e ,

a n d t h e n me lt e d will remain with the

a v e ry Lead,

some part give to

Mercury stridor,

the

you will

this

c o n v e rt in g

L e a d in t o

T in .

VI.

On the

contrary

a1so , of

T in ma y b e c o n v e rt e d it s in t o it is Ca lc in a t io n , Lead; but

in t o

Lead: f it

For for

by a m anifold i ts r e d uction, of

repitition it its is

a n d a f ire e s p e c ia lly wit h a g re a t

turned

wh e n b y f ire .

sub tr action

S coria,

c a lc in ' d

VII.

Now after

the

remov a l Vive

of

these

t wo S u b s t a n c e s , you will of Lead: find

vLz. that it is

Sulphur, livid, than

and Argent and weighty

from Jupiter, yet

as Lead,

partaking than

greater

whiteneEs is the S ul -

Lead, of

and therefore fixation, Vive, the of but

more pure the not

In which

eq u a lity phur in

t wo c o mp o u n d in g t h in g s , the Vive, equality is of quantity,

v j-z .

and Argent

because

the

Commixtion,

Argent

super-eminent.

VIIf. quantity ea sily

Now if of

there

were n o t Vive than

in of

it s

p ro p e r

n a t u re

a g re a t e r would not

Argent to it:

Sulphur, re a s o n d if f ic u lt y Vive of it

Argent

Vive

adhere but

For wh ic h much gre a t e r of Argent

a d h e re s wit h t o Ma rs ,

d if f ic u l t y

to Ven us; of the of

with

b y re a s on the

small which, of the

quantity is the

contained the one,

therein;

sig n fu sio n

easie

f u s io n

a n d t h e d if f ic ul t

other.

IX.

But the

fixation to

of firm

these fixation,

two substances yet it is

remaining, not of the absolutely it s body, and

approaches fixe d , after fir e i

nigh is

which

evident the

fro m t h e c a lc in a t io n exposing is the same to

calcination, for by that,

most strong

division that than

n o t ma d e , b u t burning in Lead:

t h e wh o le p u rif ied , in Tin, is

from whence it more easily co r r u p ti ng the y

appears,

the that

Sulphur And that,

separated P roperties

because its t h e re fo r e

are n o t

ra d ic a l,

but a n d it s

a c c id e n t a l,

a re the more easily and fixation,

s e p a ra t e d ,

mu n d if ic a t io n ,

Induration,

the more speedy.

X.

An d because, in its

that

afte r

Ca lc in a t io n through in its out

a n d Re d u c t io n , the great force

we of fire;

found

fume a Citrinity, that it contained

we judged, By th e se an d th e

body much fixed the P rin c ip le s

Sulphur: of B o d ies ,

Operations P roperties

you ma y f in d of S p irit s .

Xr .

At

S ect. Chapterr

14,

15,

L6,

L'1, 18,

L9,

20, 2L,

22. of

the of Tin'

former

w have shewn the

farther

preparations

wh ich

because they here

are

s o p ra in ly

e x p re s s e d

t h e re ,

a re n e e dl e s s preby to '

to be repeated p a r a ti ons which Saturn. AIso , for its which

again.

Yet there

are other

special

are the is

f o llo win g ,

t o wit , which

b y c a lc in a t io n , happens not harden it s

substance Also,

more hardened, these in the

by A1urns, for of its it

properly f ire of

Jupiter.

by Conservation it loose

Ca lc in a t io n , and fraction to of Saturn.

by this

stridor in like

or Grashing,

bodies

likewise,

the which

manner happens not

XII.

Calcine with

Jupiter

(a s S a t u rn purified)

at

Sect.

2L of its

the

f o rme r for three for

Chapter

Common Salt Saturn: But unless then

and whiten not in its

Calx

days as in tha t is

see you err it it,

Reduction, b y Cit -

difficult or err,

b e ma d e in is done with

t h e F o rn a c e , ease.

teritiun may not parts

Cement; joyn that

But that in

you

that

Body which

you would

reduce,

equal

with

by which But in

you make the Tinctures

reduction, is

and co-unite consider-

the divided ation, matter for

CaIx:

there

another

the matter

tinging till the

must be multplied Tincture appear in

upon the the Body or

to be tinged,

Ittedicine.

XfII. color desirer thu s

After

you have found with

these other

two Leads, things

and found

their

and brightness, possibly they Dissolve

according then

to your you must

may yet T u t ia

want

lgnition;

proceed.

c a lc in e d , that water

a n d T in inbibe

c a lc in e d , the CaIx of

mix both Tin part fi nd time of it

Solutions, after the to time,

and with until then

the

CaIx has imbibed it into a Body, if not,

an eighth and you will re it e ra t e

Tutia,

reduce

have tgnition,

and that

good:

t h e s ame l a b o u r, d i s s o r u ti ve

ti l r

d ue r gnition

be acquir ed. w shall

Ar l water s shew

o f B o d i e s a nd spir itsr

her eafter

you every one of them according

to their

kind.

XIV.

With

Talckr

or llercuryr this

oE pure by calcining

Luna

(which

is

more you and in

profitabre) may acquire Jupiter, these with things

deduced to the

and dissotving, of saturn

compleat

rgnition

and hardness but very

incomparable without

brightness; is not

Speculations available.

practise,

xvto

To Grind, Destroy, to

to

Decoct, or

to

rn h u ma t e ,

to

c a lc in e , creanse

to

Fust, are

Restore with

Reduce, and to

Bodies, occurt

effectuarl rnclosures sit do wn at

works: of

these

Keys you may open the them,

our Arcanum, Repasts o f

and without s a t is f a c t io n s .

you shalr

never

the

xvr. of and fine

A white Luna the '

Medicine one Pound,

for

Jupiter

and .sarurn eight vinegat or

prepated. pound., and

Take

Living spiri

Mercutg t of

Amargamate,

wash

Amargama with i t acguires

common sart corout . exadd them firnrg the the great a

prepared Then

untiT as

a coelestia-1, as thick wieght mixture

Azure

extract the

much of

|lercurg a

gou can, Cloth. of the in

bg sttonglg Io thjs

pressing lletcurg wel7

mixture

through doubre decoct Decoct that But the

subrimate, then

Luna,

grind

together, fot and

the

a Bort-Head, then break from too

cTosed Pessel,, rnferior

24 hours: then

the

same again, js

separate Pouder.

shich take

Su.blimed giving

Redish

heed of

Fire, lltass. parts 7ined, with the

for Put of

that the

would poudet

cause upon

the

whore

to

frow stone,

into add of

one brack to it two sub-

a porphyrie and

sal

Armoniack a77 verg of sal

prepared, werr Arcati

one and IVitre,

part inbibe if

Mercutg the

gtind the hlatet t ot Fire Tike

togethet, or sai,

mixture get with

gou

cannot of f the

other

.9a-tt of the

pot-Ashes: watet, tirr

when

inbibeit, remalns

Distir in

a gentre js melted

whore

that

botton this

Pitchr Then

cohobate out rmbibe ot jt of the

the

same flatet, grind, jt

tepeating on a ogr

ilork and

thtice. drg ot ot it vetg with

take

tlatter, with sa-tt vith

stone, of of

welT:

again ovl or flow

rectifieil of

Eggst IVitret

sa-l

ArkaTi, untiT parts second

pot-Ashes

t ot project

Tartar, upon of five the

wirr Tin

rngtessand it wirl

one patt fect Luna

prepared, without

be pet-

Ordet,

Error.

xvrr. Take

Another Tark

white

Medicine and it grind three

for it

Jupiter with ot four as

and

saturn it

prepared. self of into in the

carcined,

much as times; (as as

SaJ, Ar moniack; water, fotmer) weight ptoject wilL be and so is, one aII

sublime

dissolve vou did its

therewith often and part fine as give

rmbibe: untiT ingress it

Luna has to jt of

carcined in the

drunk with Jupiter

much as

own and

OgIs

afotesaid, and it

upon Luna.

70 parts

prepared,

XVIII. Take and

Another Luna Vitriol)

White

lledicine in TaTck

for jts

Saturn

and Jupiter (made of dissolved

prepared. Nitte 7 pound..

7 pound to

dissoTved add

own vater and

which

caTcined

Disti

7 off

the with

water, Arsenick upon

cohobating sub-limed, of

3 or untiT Jupiter

4 it

times, fTow

congear and

and.

incerate project be a77 7

have rngress..

part

8 parts These

ptepared, you

and, , twill upon

fine

Luna.

three

Medicines

may project

saturn

prepared for

for

the lilhite,

but then the saturn

must be

prepared

the white, for

but then the saturn

must be prepared

and calcined

three days, by sect.

2L of the former chapter.

xrx. cine the as it

A solar soL,

Medicine

for flrst

Jupiter with

and. saturn as jt the in with

prepared. Luna, twice ovet

cat-

amaTgating through of

Metcurg, grind set

express so much a Exttact su.bljme

I'tercurg seTf fite, with

a cLoth,

then

common sart that the

pteparedi

whore

gentre the as salt

remaining drg

ltetcurg the carx,

mag receed. from which SaJ,t

sweet

watet,

much Sa-l, Armoniack, it also red: in A. F.

revetting made of

the

sublined , IVitre,

f out

t jmes,discar-

dissolve sorve cined Watet matter fote tinge js

vitriol

and. Alum; or draw coppet off

crocus jogn

Martis these

made bg caTcination, in equal pazts; four

Waters and with it Saturn

the drg the

bg distiTTation, and imbibe it untiT of

cohobate OC7 of

times.. rectified and

then (as

Tartar Wax t

heretowi77

taught) four patts

fTows or

as

bg projection Gold Obrizon.

Jupiter

into

XX. for and

Another the Red.

Solar It is

Medicine made of

for SoI

Saturn

and Jupiter SuTphur (as in

prepared dissolved, the ot Last of

djsso-tved, and ptepated OgI of Hair

Verdigrise and then

djssoJ,ved, incerated

mixt with

Sect).

ptepared;

Eggs, patts

(for of

both satutn

are or

one) Jupitez

one

part

of

thrs for

projects the red, these

upon and, it

ro wirL

prepared to jts

be most onlg

fine

Gord in

according the second

degree,

Medicjnes

altering

Order.

xxrr.

There is also another preparation

of Jupiter

by sect.

22.

of the former Chapter.

XXIII.

And in

Sect. for

23. of

the

former which

Chapter, generates Test,

you have the or produces a Body

Regimen of fine Luna, in

Jupiter

the white, tryed

such as being $lhiteness,

upon the

produces its

perfect

and perpetually

generating

life.

CHAPTER

XLIV

OFTHE ALCHEI'|Y OF['1ARS.

I. sar t TO prepare cleansed, MA RS Or I rO n . and Let in the jt Ca lc in e it a s p e n u s wit h p u re v in e E a r: g rin il in t o the common Being

b e wa s h e d wit h

wa sh e d, drg it it

su n , a n d wh e n d rie d , a n d p u t it for of 3 days. fixed

a n d in b ib e s a me F o rn a e e

e ti th new sart

and vin e g t a t , in Venus)

(as we shall this sorution,

direct vi-z. color

Esteem and value wond,erfurly

The water of the

sulphur,

augrnenting

the

Elixir.

rr.

The whole is

secret

of

I'tars is v e ry

from the liv id ,

work of a lit t re

Nature,

be-

cau se it

a Metarick not pure,

bodyf

Re d , p a rt ak i n g wit h much.

of Whiteness, violent fire

s u s t a in in g under the

I g n it io n ,

f u s ib le

extensive

Hanrner, and sounding

rrr. fusion; nature,

rt

is

hard if

to it

be managed by reason be made to to flow

of

its

impotency changing cannot if be

of its

which is

by a ltedicine that it

so conjoyned

SoI and Luna, great Industry:

separated it the is

by exarnen without and cannot fixation only but not

but

prepared, if

conjoyned, of that

be separated be not

by any Artifice, the it is

nature

changed by it, Therefore of

defileeasily And when colour

ment of

the Mars being of Redness; it is

removed. difficulty artredf

a Tincture it of is the

whiteness.

conjoyned, commixtion

nor does it in quantity.

change the

, but

aug.rnents it

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r v.

Amonq all

B odies

Ju p it e r

is

mo re s p le n d id ly , transmuted into is is of

mo re c le a r l y , a solar rong or

more brightry, Lunar though Body, easie

and more perfectly than other Bodies, but

the work

rabour,

to be handled: handling,

Next to Jupiter but of shorter

venus chosen, than Jupiter. perfectof most reast

of more difficult Next after ion in

labour

venus comes saturn, and is

which easie

has a diminished but of

Transmutation, rabour. is in

to be handled, the Bodies

tedious

Lastly,

I{ars among all

pe r fection, and of

transmu t a t io n , long labour.

mo s t d if f ic u t t

t o b e h a n d le d ,

exceeding

v.

And the more difficult they to of are in

any Bodies in the to in

are of work of

fusion,

the more

difficult the easier

handling the are yet a ll

Transmutation; and what in B o d ie s or the are

be fused, perfections t{orkst but

easier found in the of

be handled:

diversity le sse r r of

any particurar, wo rk a ll e a s ie

or middle

G re a t

o n e perfection,

not

a lik e

h a n d lin g

la b o u r .

VI. fixed

Hence it Earthy

appears, Sulphur, highly

that with fixed is

lvlars or fixed

Iron,

is

a commixture Vive of

of

earthy

Argent

a livid prohinders

whiteness, hibits fusion hastens cause of

the

Sulphur evident, Vive:

predominating, that But fixed Sulphur Vive:

which Sulphur not

fusion:

Whence it fixed

more than fusion

Argent

fixed, the

more than flow

unfixed fusion in

Argent every

By which seen.

speedy or

body is

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vrr.

what has more of of

a fixed

sulphur

is

harder

to

fuse, appears

than

what partakes because surphur C aIx g ives Sulphur,

a burning cannot

fugitive

surphur;

which

be fixed in

without a ll

carcination, it , vLz.

and no f lx t

fusion,

theref o re

t h in g s

must impede the

same.

vrrr.

The causes

of of

the

corruption

of

the l{etals in the

by fire, of

are, their

1. The inclusion substance, into

a burning

Sulphur

profundity

diminishing

them by Inflanunation, fixed Argent Vive was in

and exterminating them. 2. A Vehthem,

Fume, whatever the

emency of with it

Exterior into

flame,

penetrating,

and resolving matter the in

self

Fume, and the most fixed of the m b y c a lc in a t io n , them. Bodies not,

them. f ire ,

3 . The rarefaction penetrating causes of corrupted. the less into,

f la me o r

and exterminating concur, all those concur

Where all

these

Corruption

must be exceedingly are by so much

Where they corrupted.

they

fX. with

The causes of Argent Vive. will either its

the For

goodness of seeing

Bodies, Vive, parts substance remains

is for in

their

abounding

Argent into

no cause of composition from the in it; ) it

Extermination, (because it firer is

be divided with whole its

its flies

whole

or with

substance to

permanent P e rf e c t io n .

n e cessarily

concluded

be a cause of

X.

Therefore

Praised it, in

and Blessed and gave it the World a

be the most Glorious Substance

and High

God, who created which nothing

and Properties, besides; that this

else

does possess

perfection have found comes Fire, r ests,

might therein

be found with

in

it,

(by the For

help it

of is

Art) that in it

as we which over-

great cannot

power.

and by Fire

be overcome,

but

amicabry

and rejoyces

ther e in .

xr.

Irtars is

prepared

either

with

sublimation, to unit

or without it with in fusion

sub-

rimation, Arsenick it

with not

sublimation fixedr

we endeavour

ds profoundly same; but

as rre can, it is

that is

may melt vessel of

with of

the

aftemards the which

sublimed best

in

proper perfect Arsenick

subrimation,

the

and most by of will also

all

other

Preparations. sublimed rema in : f u s ib le , it with from F o r if it,

Mars is until t h is

also

prepared

oftentimes it serf

some quantity it

the Arsenick fr o w

b e re d u c e d , p re p a re d : for

out white,

clean, of

a n d we rl

Ma rs is

prepared it flows

by fusion clean

Lead and Tutia,

from these

and white.

xrr. tated

To rndurate

or

harden

soft

Bodies. calcin'd

Argent

vive

precipiyou have s o lu -

must be dissolved, to harden)

and the

Body (which mix b o t h these

a d e sign tions

dissolv e d

rik e wis e :

together,

and the

calcinrd

body mixed with grinding,

them by imbibing,

frequent calcining with w i th

imbibitions, and reducing,

etc.

continually it

until

be made hard

and fusible effected, c a lc in e d , the more

rgnition. the CaIx of

The very B odies,

same may also a n d T u t ia ,

be compleatly

a n d Ma rc h a s it e , these are,

dissolved, perfectly

and inbibed. do they change.

The more clean

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XIII. joyned of tion

To soften

hard B o d ie s , often with

a s Ma rs , Arsenick,

etc.

T h e y mu s t b e c o nsublimation d u e p ro p o rin our the

and sublimed

and after t h e ir

th e A rsenick, of fire, of their to

assated,

o r c a lc in e d

wit h

the measure of which Fornaces. proper the Last1y, fire, of until the

we shall

declare

Discourse force of

They must be reduced in fusion of they their

with

grow soft, Bodies. which our AIl

according these

degree are of

hardness

alterations is not

the

first

Order,without

M ag istery

perfected .

XIV.

I'tedicines

dealbating it, of th e

I'tars, F irs t

of

the

first is

Order. wh ic h of

That ma k e s e v e ry it is

wh ich dealbates it to flow:

O rd e r, of it is

that

The special whatsoever

f u s iv e it is

A rs e n ic k

ki nd :

B ut with it

deatbated

and fused, Argent Vive,

necessary aII else its let

be conjoyned

and washed with and it

until Or

impurity it

be removed, hot with

be whj.te and fusible. and upon it flux, united cast with a it,

be red

vehement ignition, shall be in is

Arsenick quantity is no t

projected; of

and when it for

Luna thereon; therefrom ,

when that

it

separated

b y a n y e a s ie

A rt if ic e .

XV.

Or thus:

Calcine

Mars, (inferring

and wash away from corruption) Argent Vive)

it

all

its sol-

soluble ution, Arsenick

Aluminosity but

by the way of then that set

now mentioned from

(with it, of

cleansed

be sublimed until

and reiterate the Arsenick mix , imb ib e ,

sublimation therewith. and it wi t h

many times, The n with m od e r a tely the Fire

some part of

be fixed g rin d ,

a solution calcine, we mentioned

L it h a rg e t ime s :

severa l in the

A n d la s t ly , of Jupiter

re d u c e

Reduction

from its

ca lxi

so wirl

it

come fo rt h

wh it e ,

c le a n

a n d f u s ib le .

xvr -

or,

only and it

with will

sublime d frow out

A rs e n ic k , wh it e ,

in c re a n in

it s

c a rx ,

re t

it

be But

r ed u ce d, here

a n d f u s ib le : the chapter of lt a rs

observe

the

caution

we shalr of the

give

of Venus,

concerning ( fi xi ng whitened it

the self after

reiteration in the its

subrimation f ro m it . lr{archasite

Arsenick, is rik e wis e

p ro f u n d it y )

same manner with

and Tutia.

xvrr. wit h t he it ion it wit h be a

To half wa te r

p re p a re a of pound Sa T t th e n

Ma rs . of

Gri nd

one

pound

of i nbi be

the

fi ri ngs the mi xture thi s fi rer so

thereof , wit h fnbibw i rl

A rs eni ck and it

sub-Zi med; S aI fl ow A l caTi , w i th ti l r a

Pe te r ma k e th i s

rei terati ng vi ol ent it fl _ow

th ri c e , w h i te : good

Repeat n rh j te n e s s .

so

Tong

suffi ci entl g,

xvrrr. silve r

The first carcined

white 7 pound,

Medicine A rs e n ic k

for

l4ars and venus. I pound,

and and

Take Me rc u rg
the

p re p a re d

precipitation whole in has with

7 pound, water parts, in its of (r sart

grind

them toget.her, Lithatge, is that

imbibe

Nj tre, there of in

sa-t

Atmoniack, tirr and and one it

equar drunk

suppose

mean Aqua Regis) water: untir Then drg, jt flow,

own weight ovr of (as

incerate patt fu77

with upon

white

others) or Venus

4 parts

Mats

prepared..

xrx.

The second white

J u p i t.e t w i th

Medicine
and

for
di ssol .

lrtars and venus.

ved, of ana: mi x, subl

Take Luna
drg, i med., and , un t il

c aT c ined, inc r eas e t he

calcined th e i r we77.

doubTe fT o w s

quanti tg

A rseni ck

M ed i c i n e

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XX.

The third

White

l.tedicine

for

!{ars and Venus.

Take Luna it, and

calcined, then

Arsenick with

and Sulphur a like thrice,

sublimed, of

and ground with

sublimed

quantity and then

Sal Armoniack.

This

sublimation pound of

repeat

project

I pound upon 4

lrlars or

Venus prepared.

XXI. Tuti a
v at et own of f

A Redr oE Solar 7 pound,

imbibe we i g h t t he of

Medicine ot
of

for

l{ars it
jt

and Venus. AF, then

in

Take wit h that

i ts d r aw

Calcine
C a Ix same fro m of be

d is s o lv e
S oIt that

in

th e th e v a te t OVI wi77

ma7 dri nk bg fout Gal L, be dj stj tj mes and sure

doubl e TLati on . LastTg,

water: i t, r

A fterw ards cohabati ng

s a me w i th and it

jnc er at e pat ed,

H a ri

ot

B u77s

V erdi gri se to pursue

ptethe

e xceTTent.

B ut

Operation labour in

according vain, in

to

our your

Directions, heart so will

otherwise our

you will Intentions from false-

and in

understand

(expressed hood.

our Volumes)

you know truth

XXII.

To Calcine

l{ars. until

Ma rs b e in g it is

f ile d , well

is

c a lc in e d

in

our

Calcinatory

Fornace,

very

rubified, And this

and beis called

comes a pouder Crocus I'tartis.

impalpable

without

grinding.

XXIII. of the

The Pasts and

Regimen of

of

l {ars. and

Take

of

the

Paste

of mix and its

Mars these

2 pound, without

Venus

Satutn' fot

ana j

pound, dags, half

Fetment, find the

decoct drg.

the Fix

mixtute it and put

seven to it

gou wi77 weight so of wi77

whole in a

add

Litharge Vou have

powder, llineraT

which

into verg

a Reductorg profitable if

Fotnace, you

substance

be wise.

CH A PT E R

XL V

OFTHE ALCHYI'1IE OFVENUS.

I. The Sreparatton with covet, of VENUS. Lag thin Copper tirr in p-lates the stratum

superstratum fuTL fot and fore, are ' which

common sa-lts firmrg it Lute, out, of

prepared,

vesseJ, be Fotnace carcined,, saLt the as be-

and carcine sctape p-Zates often the fire off with tirl

a tit js

24 hours: repeat the

Then take caLeination the For

what new arr

the so

tepeating consumed.

carcination the salt

prates humidity,

corrodes and the

superfluous elevates This till it

and combustible and to inflamable a most subtiT it ftee

sulphureity; substance pouder, from and and with

the

fugitive grind wilj more an open

due

proportion. with vinegat, imbibe

catx watet with in

wash it bTackness.

come ftom saJ,t and

Again, then it tiIT in

vinegat, i and dags

grind, ni ghts with done, :

and

carcine out , it the

again grind js i t

I/esse.l, f or and a77 half 7ong,

Take

subtirg from it an it a

wash it This of SaI

Vinegdtr drg jt

cleansed Add to to

uncleanness. its weight

,gun: it

Armoniack, Ihen expose

grinding it to js

Long, Air, ot

inpaTpabTe in

substance: to be

the

set

Horse-dung

dissolved: thus value with

To what eontinuing this which water, the

undissoJ,ved the whole

add be the to

new clean made watet. water infinity. of

,SaI Atmoniack; Esteem and

ti77 which

we call is tinged

fixed

Su1phur,

Elixir

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rr.

venus is

a t'tetarick to

Body,

riv id , f u s ib le ,

p e rt a k in g e x t e n s ib re rt

of

a dusky under the in the proand

r e d n e ss,

subject

igni t io n , the cupel of

Hammer, but fun d ity is of

refusing its

and cement. c o lo r

is

substance red hot,

the

and essence of and Gord is. rt

G o rd , is to

hammered being sor

as sirver

the

med,ium of either,

and Luna, of

and easily

converts and of

it

nature labour.

being

good conversion,

rittle

rrr.

rt

agrees

very

we ll

wit h

T u t ia ,

wh ic h

c it rin iz e s

it

with

a good yellow, l ab o u r to

from whence you may reap it, or ma k e it imperfect the greater.

profit:

hre need not t h e re f o re it is and be-

indurate

ig n it ib le , Bodies, yet

to be chosen before middle work, but not it

other in

in this

the

lesser

has a vice

yon d Jupiter, fr om sharp profound

that

eas ily

g ro ws liv id , wh ic h , is

a n d re c e iv e s not a n e a s ie ,

f o u ln e s s but a

things,

to

erra d ic a t e

Art.

rv.

copper

therefore gross, part,

is

uncrean

Argent rs t o re d , it s

vive,

mixed with p a rt ; in

sulbut

p h u r unclean, a s to to the is its

and f ix e d r no t f ix e d ,

g re a t e r

lesser not

a n d riv id , rts

re la t io n sulquantity is its evisub-

whole, evident

overcoming its

nor overcome. fume, rts

volatile of

phur

from

sulphurous

and loss fixt

by frequent dent from its

fluxing

and combustion. of is fusion,

sulphur of

slowness there

and induration red sulphur the

stance. with

And that Argent

an unclean is evident

joyned senses.

uncrean

vive,

even !o

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V. its of the

When the parts so r ution exposing are

fixed

S ulphur

c o me s t o but that is

f ix a t io n part which

by heat is in

of the

F ire , aptitude is

subtilized; its to its

of it of

substan c e the

d is s o rv e d ; of Vinegar, in its of

the

s ig n

o f wh ic h

vapours flow

which

makes the And being dissolved and easie and This

Aluminosity put into

surphur liquor,

superficies. it are easily wa t rin e s s , is it s

a saline this

many parts

b y Evulition; solution, ea sily is

A lumin o s it y water:

b y a s a lin e For nothing of

changed into except of the

watery, n a t u re .

soluble, also

Alu m,

a n d wh a t is Iron.

understand

body of

VI. Fire,

But the is

blackness of in

in the Mars)

either Sulphur and it

Venus or l'Iars, not fixed,

created

by the in natis from

by reason little

(much indeed nigh that but to the

Venus, ur e of helped, Sulphur art of

but fixed

approaches is e v id e n t , not fixed,

S ulphur.

H e n c e it

f u s io n hindred

and partly fixed. fusion

made by Sulphur he certainly make Sulphur Vive, it

This could

knew to to flow

be true, after its

who by no fixation: the

But having sublimation

fixed

Argent

by frequently apt to admit

repeating good fusion.

thereof,

found

VII.

Hence it which

is

evident

that

those A rg e n t

Bodies V iv e ,

are of those study

greater of in le s s e r all

per-

fecti on , perfection

contain contain

mo re o f lesser. to

which

Therefore in the

your And if

Works to make Argent you could perfect

Vive

exceed Vive

Conunixtion.

by Argent

only,

you would

have attained

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to

the

bighest

perfection,

even the

perfection

of

that it

which more

overcomes inwardly,

the Works of to which

Nature:

For you may cleanse nature cannot reach.

purification

VIII. greater tion, their

This

is

manifest; of Argent

for

that

those should

B o d ie s be of

wh ic h greater

c o n t a in perfecinto to

quantity arises

Vive,

from their

easie

reception of

of Argent perfection

Vive

substance:

and we see Bodies

amicably

embrace each other.

IX.

Out of what has been said there is a two-fold of Argent

it

is

also

apparent, One indeed

that

in

Bodies in the

sulphureity: Vive, in the

included their The one posFire,

profundity The other

begining

of

mixtion: of

supervenient

from other but or the

Accidents. other

them may be removed with be taken

labour;

cannot of the

sibly

array by any Artifice come, it is to

Operation

to which cally

we can profitably therein. aductible the fixed

being proved

so firmly

and radifor

united

And this sulphureity sulp h u re it y

by experiment; or

we see the b y fi r e,

be abolished not so.

destroyed

but

x.

Therefore

when we sdy, to the

Bodies the

are cleansed earthy

by Calcination, which not is

understand not united

that to

be meant of Radix of their to

substance, For it is

nature: or

possible u n ite d ,

b y Ar tr unless

oE force the

of

fire, of

c le a n s e Vive

s e p a ra t e

wh a t is

t'tedicine

Argent

has access.

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XI.

Now the

separation in the root

of of

an earthy n a t u re with is

substance u n it e d things the to

from

its

comis this:

p o u n d , which Either stance its it of is

a Me t a l, the

made by elevation, Vive, with

elevating

subof

Argent

and leaving them:

sulphureity, are Tutia

by reason and t'tar-

conveniency,

of which

nature of

chasite; quantity

because they of Argent

are Fumes, part than of

which

has a greater

Vive

Sulphur.

XIf. with their

The proof Bodies flight, in

of

this

you may see,

when you joyn tor

those

things in you

a strong carry

a n d s u d d e n f u s io n , Bodies with

these

S p irit s

up the them.

them;

and therefore

may elevate with holds Argent what

them with Viver is of

Or else,

by a Lavation said: casts

or Commixtion Vive alien or

rs we have already its own nature, but

For Argent out what is

for e ig n .

XIII. tion, Tutia

The preparation another be taken without (with

of

Venus.

It

is

ma n if o ld ;

o n e b y E le v a is, it that be subFire,

Elevation. which

The way by Elevation asrees) it into and that

Venus well Then put

ingeniously Iimation i ts

united

therewith:

a Vesse1 of degree be of of

to be sublimed; part Or, will it

and by a most exceeding b e e le v a t e d , wh ic h will

m o st subtil splendor.

mo s t

bright elevated

may be mixed with

Sulphur,

and then

by subiLimation.

XIV. thin g s Or, are.

B ut without in its

sublimat io n , in it s

it

is

p re p a re d

e it h e r

b y c le a n s i n g and Alums: Bodies

CaIx t et

B o d y : A s b y T u t ia , Viver BS aII other

S a lt s , imperfect

by a Lavament of

Argent

XV. viz. it is

The one

Ptepatation for the Take

r ot

Putgation and the

of other bg

venus , also for the onlg red; (as

js for

two-fold, the t{hite

White, Tenus

thus . fine and

calcin'd

fire

afotesaid) Grind water them of of Tatand to-

ground gether, Litharge, tat, f it

7 pound: inbibe reduce find its

Arsenjck the mixtute whole

su.b-Iined 3 or with

4 ouncesl. with

4 times Sa-t ffitre, Venus

and

the

and OgI and

and fot

gou wiIT receiving

the

Bodg of

white

spTendid,

I'tedicine.

XVI. pound, of

The Preparation Sulphur with SaIt

for

the gtind so

Red. them

Take

fiTings Or

of

penus

4 ounces,

together:

cement calcin,

PTates d. with reduce it

Coppet of

.SuJphur , and and clean AIum; and and fit

calcine.with

rrash the things

vater into

then for

reducing, of the

a bodg,

the

recept,ion

Red Tinct,ure.

XVII. on7g, patt inbibe

Another and of then

Preparation dissolve calcin'd; part a

for part

the

Red.

Calcine and

it

with

fire a

thereof, both the with (than

Tikewise and with

dissoTve the same

Tutia tfte

j ogn of

sol-utions, CaIx Tutia half of

remaining

Yenus aTone of the

4 or

5 times: ptobe

ot ,

gou mag make this vided inbibed ing, which you and with t,hat, mote in the of

rnbibition the Tutia

dissolved, CaIx is)

said

CaIx. the

fhis

done,

reduce clean to

with and

things

reduc-

gou wiTI a little studiously

have help

Bodg of

Venus

splendidi state, if

may be brought into the

an higher

have

penetrated

Truth.

XVII. s t or

Another with the

Preparation fite alone

for

the

Red.

of

Tenus intense

calcin'd gteatness,

per

Vou mag make an

ca77ed Spirit
r educ ing, B odg t it

FTos of

Cupri

veI and
th e

Veneris: then

DissoTve it;

this

greenness with
will

7n

Vinegar,
te d u c e fo r manv

conqeal
w hi ch

aftetwards
w hen teduced,

things bea

c o n g el ate,

W o rk s .

xr x.

I,Iedicines for of

dearbating Bodies, the

venus,

of

t h e f irs t for Argent of first,

o t d e r. Vive,

There is and of and and f irst of

one Medicine Bodiesi another thir d , O r de r r hard

and another Order;

one is of of the

first

another the of

the

second; second, of the

third: V ive. is is

and so likewise

A rgent

O f t h e Me d ic in e on e o f one of of

B o d ie s

w say there there

h a rd B o d ie s , Mars (of which in this

and one of in the

soft:

Bodies,

former

Chapter)

one for in

Venus, the

which

place;

and one for B o d ie s , of t h e re is

L u n a ( of which one for is the the Saturn, pure

nex t

Ch a p t e r. ) for their Jupiter.

Of soft That but

and another of

Venus and llars, of Luna

dealbation of it, is

substance; of

that

r u b ification rubification first

wit h not

c it rin it y

a p le a s in g

b rig h t n e s s , by Medicines are unapt fitted with

which of to the

given

to Mars and Venus, totally unclean, before There and another ma d e . F it s t , they is

Order: the

For being of

they are

receive

splendor inducing

redness,

a preparation whitening M ed icin e cip itated,

brightness. Vive, is thus

one Dledicine by Arsenick. A rg e n t V iv e The pre-

Venus by Argent of A rgent is V ive

dissolved;

t h e n c a lc in e d

v e n u s d is s o t y e d a t e c o a g u la t e d ,

-Z ik e ri s e . . t h eg are

Th e se soTutions
pt ojec t ed upon

ate mixed a n d a f t e t
th e Bodg of Y enus.

theg

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XX.

Another

way by Argent and the

Vive. solutions

Argent

Vive

and Litharge

are

dissolved Venus also mer,

a part, is

joyned solution which

together. joyned with

CaIx of the for-

dissolved, coagurated or thus. body, till

and that together, A quantity part

and then it. from its

projected vive with is

upon venus sublimed it, with and

whitens often

of Argent

thereof is it is vive matter which of is

remain very

compleat

ignition: spirit

and this of

mixture that it

often

imbibed

ground with in the

vinegar, then

may the assatedr is in

better

be mixed

profundity

thereof, fresh

or moderately like manner suband to be in the it,

calcined, Iimed from

and lastty it,

Argent

and the

remaining

again is

imbibed, so often reside of

moderately repeated, with fir st

calcined till

as before, quantity This

work

a large ignition.

Argent

Vive

compleat Order.

a good dealbation

XXI. often

Another sublimed fixed,

way thus.

Argent Vive

Vive

in

its

proper titl fused it.

nature in it,

is the pro-

so

from Argent and admits Body of mixt

precipitated, This

srme is jected

good fusion:

matter

upon the of

Venus peculiarly with a solution but all is

whitens of

Or thus. coagulated, if

A Solution

Luna,

Litharge, better

may be projected Argent Vive

upon Venus; in

indeed

whitened

be perpetrated

the Medicines.

XXII.

The whitening of

of

Venus with it , s u b ljme

Arsenick A rs e n ic k it ;

of

the

first

Order,

Take C alx ti7 7 jt

V enus, from

b q ma n g Re p e t it io n s , it gou be not well

zemains therewith

a n d wh it e n s

but

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skiTled seryere degtee the

in in of

the it

wags of without

sublimation, alteration: tepeat the

the

Arsenjck

wi77

not

perfirst as in

Thetefore, work jn 40 , and Ot, and so first cast wi77 the Sect. then fjrst these it

after

the

sublimation, of

same manner 2 - 70 . the mix whole Or

sub-l imation Arsenick it Lead,

ltlarchasi te . upon

Chap. Luna,

thus.

Ptoject Venus, butnt

sub-l imed jt

upon ot

dealbates dissolved the

pecuTiarTg. with upon Luna, Venusr of the

Litharget Arsenick,

upon

and project this js

whole

be whitened;

and

a good

dealbation

Order.

XXIII. r ed u ce d , in fl ux,

A nother project it

way thus. A tsenick the

Up o n L it h a rg e s u b lime d ,

a lo n e

d is s o T v e d

and

a n d t h e wh o le u p o n l/ e n u s Ot thus . ang of Let l/ e n u s a n d

whitens

s a me a d mit a b lg ,

Lu n a be commixed, and. upon t h e m p t o je c t cr i be d senick, dealbative than to lledicine s . any of it; the

the above dest o Ar takes

F o r L u n a is other Bodies,

mo re f rie n d ly and therefore

away fraction we mix it may be all after pouder, piece with in

from

and Saturn Also we melt being

secondarily, Arsenick brokenr in

and therefore sublimed, that Piece than than in a hot it

them.

a Lump, which

w project rather

upon Venus:

We do it is

pieces,

because the

pouder

more easily before

inflamed' it can fall

Lump, and so more easily upon the body.

Vanishes,

fiery

XIV. it is

In

like

manner, with

the

Redness is B u t T it ia wh ic h c a lc in e d is

taken

artay from Venus' not, a f f in it y

and

whitened only

Tutia: colou r; Tutia is

s u f f ic e s yet of

because it t o Wh i t e and the Calx

give s ne ss.

a Citrine of

A ny kind

a n d d is s o lv e d r

of the this

Ven us,

also:

These S olu t io n s citrin a t e d . find with profit. it

a re c o n jo y n e d , If y o u b e we ll

a n d wit h s k illrd

them, in sub-

Body of Work,

V enus is you will

Or thus. Argent

Take t'tarchasite Vive sublimed; the

limed, way is

and proceed the

as with

same, and it

whitens

weII.

ffV.

To make the

White

and the Rules of

Red Medicines Prescripts t o wh ic h ' t'tedicines

for

Venus. in

They Chap. 44

are exactly Sect. your

made by the

delivered I s h a ll for

19,20,2L,22. for the Operations the Bodies

afore g o in g , of of those both

h e re re f e r the White

both

and Red, in same.

l{ars

and Venus,

are one and the

XXVI. to

To Calcine either being

Venus. pet sr

Take or

FiTings

of

Copper, poudtedt calcine

and ot

put with

them

calci ne ,

with

Arsenick

Sulphur with fa77

anointed f ire.' (if

with

common og7, what js

3 or that again

4 dags it mag

a most from

strong

strike gou

calcin'd which it is

the beat it fot

Plates, fine, use.

use Plates) it, ti77

calcine.

The CaTx and keep

re-calcine

weLT rubified,

XXVII. Venus , of

The

Regiment of

of

t/enus

and

Saturn. of

Take of the

the

Paste

of

3 Pounds,

Saturn, dissolved, keep Watet, in

2 Pounds;

Fetment , 7 Pound: through in the jt the their js into to

these , perfectlg parts, Extract which the

make a commixtion heat, remains fhen as in

-|east said.

sufficient and what

white Put

Cloth,

a we77 seaTed

G-l,ass, fot

3 Weeks:

take

out,

and add

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jt

t hi td 23. jt s

p a tt

of

j ts

o wn w h i ch put v i th it

resetved W ork in do fts

w atet, thrj ce. proper teduci ng,

and

decoct jt and jt

bg has

C ha p. 42 i nbi b ed to a

S ec t . a77 be

a fo te g o i n g , W a te t, fi x e d , be

W hen V esseT

p to p e t When to

Fornace i nto

f ix ed. readg

thi ngs, and ti nged.

teduce

B odg,

re d u c e d

xxvrrr. decrare,

we more especiarry that you ought

handling

the

Regimen of venus, to rectifie

do it,

seven timesr distilling which

oE oftner off

when prepared hobating

and dissolved, each time, with

the Water,

and comake

thereon

being

coagulate, dissolved of

thence in l{ars, p a rt and cothis is

a most noble of Vinegar. a g a in

Greenness, That it,

sar Armoniack rubifie s o lu t io n afte:*rards 7 times. in

spirit and of

greenness to whic h Luna;

a Vessel a d jo y n

dissolve,

a t h ird

prepared hobating

and dissolved the water of

extracting Then reduce Ma rs ,

Ferment rejoy c e . of its

into as of from

a Bo d y, and you will Venus, but by reason

T h e Re g ime n o f foulnessr no great

good arises

ir .

XXIX.

Grind

Luna,

amalgamated (Quaere, adjogn Gri nd have a

with

tietcutg, Regulus of

with

twice

so

much

I{etaTTne intended?) gamated a Bodg t

Atsenick To which with so

l{hether a tenfoTd the pure

Arsenick of and

be not amaTinto

propottion and Metal. fix,

yenus reduce

ltletcurg: wi77 gou

whole, White

XXX. Argent grind

The

first

Dealbation

of

Venus . and haTf, into

Take Realgar Tartat

7 ounce, 7 ounce and '

Vive and

sublimed

3 Ounces put

calcin'd, a Foot

incorporate,

them

a BoTt

head,

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haTf it:

high, Iute it,

and

its

Orifice set fot it ovet

so a

widet Fire, of about coLd,

ds

two

Fingers with

mag go a CToth:

into First

and Fite

covered an hout,

make a gentTe the hot take Fjre with out

a quarter and tound

afterwards the the Fornace Vessel, this

augment be vecg and

und.etneath, lgnition; what gou

untjr bteak

when find

a17 is

MetalJ.ine;

rnd make of

a great

quantity.

XXXI. Mercurg sha77 Venus.

A Second subljmate, have

Dealbation, and two

Upon ?utia parts clearly of

sublime

one

patt

of untiT it

Arsenick

sub-l,imedt speciously

ingress.

This

and very

whitens

XXXII. Arsenick become Arsenjck OVL of pleasute.

A Third sublimed 8 Ounces:

Dealbation, 2 Ounees, to these grind I

Take

Dlercury with adjogn

subJ.jmare Litharge, other fTux I

3 ounces, tiTI Ounces theg of

dissolved Ounces,

sublimed, Tartar, and

them

togethet,

and

them with yenus at

therewith

gou mav whiten

prepared

XXXIII. mach of of tat, with

A Fourth the CaIx

Dealbation, of Luna, drg SaIt the and and and IVitre

Gtind imbibe grindr

r,tetaline the then

Arsenick, with

with the of

as llater Tat-

Mixture djsso-Lye

SaI Atmoniack, in the Water Ogf

and of

Sa-lt of

(some

suppose this

Spirit, thrice,

Nitte) in-

which

imbibe

Medicine: gou wi77

repeat rejogce.

cetating

and

drging,

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xxxrv.
Tnbibe jne

A Fifth
Jupit,er

Dealbation,
calcined, and harf venus, so

which is of our own rnvention.

and dtged t so often with untirl whitens met arit

washed

Arsenick, and

much tieEcurg (if first

subl, imate t ds prepared) it

fTows

enters

which,

speediTg.

xxxv.

A sixth

Dealbation.upon i{hite Tutia) has

Tutia

carcined, (so that the them the

d,issorved. Arseniek

and, be

coagurated, 3 parts four the to

subrime 7 of for is of the the it

Arsenick teiterating

subl, imation mix and harf as

upon

it

tirnes; whole

rngtess. su.bl, imate; of SaI

vtith

much as

Metcurg watet that

gtinding

incetating and thjs meLt, Tartar when So will t a'rrit .

4 times (Quere,

with

Armoniack, be Aq. Regis) of

IVi tre with

whether

mag not ptepated

coagulated, you have

cement a very

pTates Body.

Venus,

and

beautiful

XXXVI. c et at ed, I 4et c ur g T it t le c et at ing T im at e f our t h s ublim e r em ajns . be Res pl

S e v e n th adding to

D e a l b a ti o n . it w i th of Ats e ni ck whi ch Sa I a ftet a gaLn gl ater i ned:

Gri nd

penus, and

cal ci ned haTf a and not

and patt mi xed, A .R .) the

i nof add i nsubthe and it a

subl i med, bei ng w e77

s u .b -l i m a te ; of th e upon upon ti me what fl u i d endent W a te r a

gtound if

A rmoni ack dtg and

(Quer. suD l j me. w hi ch (S pi ri t thi s C oppet

ma rb L e ; Foeces, w i th be th e w i th subl

R eyert do ot Labour prepared, thrj ce.N i tre) ti II

th e inbibe can in

i nbi bi ng, of N i tre

rei terate ?hi s . in

b o tto m . b ri g h tn ess

w i II

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xxxvrr. so often senick the water of

An Eighth sublime temaine of Luna, Recti the where in ' if after

Dealbation. Arsenick

upon

the ti7l.

prepared some Fjre. part

catx of

of the

venus, Arwith with

subTimate, the of strongest tVitre )

with Nitte and fied,

jt

in

That g

inbibed

tlater of

(Spirit liletcurg until otdet, thax mixture,

and

lastl and in

incetated the end with

ptecipitate, it if if f7ows, gou

ogr

Tattar

wonderfurrg have operated ang will patt be with

nhetens tight. of mote the

venus, For r

and. enters have eJse

second said, the

gou obtain gout Wotk

Mercurg splendid: ltlercurg bg the traced

ptecipitated, especiaTTg dissoTved, medium of the high

the a

Tlhite certain bg

Ferment, fixation which

dissoTved of it, find

be added you

Inceration, wa7 it self.

gou wi77

have

Geber proved Ancients, the Own: ptoved

Author, Experiments..

here the

saith, first proved;

that 4 of the or

the them, Tattet rather

last being 4,

8 Sections

are

a77 of of the

Experiments Rect ificatjons of and bg his

bV him again of the he

Ptactices

Ancients, to

Expetiments true,

A77 which so.

affirms

be absoluteTg

hin

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CH AP T ER

XL V I

OFTHE ALCHYI'IIE OFLUNA,

r. The P teparatl.on to of LUNA . in rt the is s u b t iliz e d , attenuated rs hereafter T h e re f o re an d in in there Fer-

reduced

a spirituality I we shall part of

same mannerr c o n c e rn in g do the

Ch a p . 47 S ect. all, teach and every with

teach

So1.

the Work, work of

same as rire shall is the

Gold:

and this E lixir

Luna dissolved,

m en t for

the White

ma d e S p irit u a l.

fI. hard,

ft

is

a metalick very

B ody , wh it e , durable It is in the it in the

wh ic h cuper,

p u re wh it e n e s s extensible of whiteness,

c le a n, under the

founding,

Hanmner, and fusible. Tin with by Artifice, Sol, it

Tincture to the it

hardens mixed

and converts not, but

self;

and being it

breaks

examination,

perseveres

witho u t

A rtifice.

III. an d fix that it

He who knows how to it will associated remain it, or with with being

subtilize G o ld ,

it, b rin g s

and then it in t o

to

inspissate

such a State, no wise thingsr Els

So-Z in put

the

Test,

and be in sharp

separated Vinegar

from A. F.

over

the

fumes of will

Salarmoniack, It is a noble is

and it

be of wants but Silver

a wonderful of it is the Nobility has often not so L a b ou r ,

Caelestine of

Color:

Body, but

So1 , and its confused ft is

Mineta with

f o u n d d e t e rmin a t e ; Bodies, which

a Minera N ob le .

other

likewise

dis s o lv e d

a n d Ca lc in rd

wit h

g re a t

a n d no P rofit-

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r v. the the n falls silver, short

rf pure in

therefore substance like

clean, of

f ix e d ,

Re d a n d c re a r thereof wh it e is

s u lp h u r,

f a lr

upon

Argent Lf c le a n , of

vive,

made pure Gord; s u lp h u r ,

manner,

f ix e d ,

a n d c le a r is

upon the if of in the

substance quantity it

Argent

Vive, yet

there this

made pure

exceed not:

has a purity inspissation are not GoId, than so con-

purity sign it

of

Gold,

and a more gross is, that in its parts with

Gord hath; densedr so fixed in the

the

of which

rs that

can be equal as that; sulphur

weight is

nor has it diminution fixed nor

a substance Fire; and the is the

which of it, that

known by its is neither

which

incumbustible,

cause of

diminution.

V.

But

it

is

not

impossible fixed, of

or in

improbable the respect

to

give of the

Judgrment of an-

the

samer Ers fixed other: is not for fixed it is the

and not Sulphur

one Body to Sulphur Sulphur of of

Luna compared with but in respect of

Sol, other

and burnirg; fixed

the

bodies,

and not

burning.

VI. This color

The Citrinating is that which by its

of

Luna, to

b y me d ic in e s it in its

of

the

f irs t

O rd e r r

adheres proper

profondity,

and adding of this

either

Naturer

or by the Artifice that but l{edicine there to from which

Dlagistery. from which its

lfe declare own root,

therefore to it;

arising by ingress. Vive, from

adhers of

are Artifices firm

we make a thing

every

kind

adhere with Sulphurr

But Our t'tedicine or a commixture Vive

we extract of both:

either

or Argent but

from Sulphur This

less

perfectly; may also

Argent certain Vitr i ol,

more perfectly. things, which (w h ic h

Medicine of this

be made of as of

mineral

are not is c a lle d

kind;

and Copperas,

the Gum of

Co p p e r. )

vrr.

The method by Argent vive. a n d fi xe d

rgnition, it a be red part the be of

Take Argent vive put it

of )

precipitated, into a For of be sith and the dissub-

v L z . m orti fi e d
nace of great until take

by pr ecipitation,
(after as usif the ur, Vive mannet

consetvation But it and it

Ca-lces ) not ted,

(Cinabar. not

Argent

mortified,

Sulphur Argent limation so-lrze it ti77 the jt

reiterate vive of with be must it

sublimation from upon

theteof: all the and

The Sulphur Repeat then

creansed tjmes

imputitg: praecipitate, again calcin a part

twentg dissolving

vater, done.

and dissolve, of Luna, mix

Exuberallg and Luna But if in

Then dissoTve them, jt and

Solutjons, upon

coagulate fLux, Argent and Vive

project it

the with

coagulated a peculiat Red, thing petfection. the

mattet Citrinitg. aforesaid tinging

w777 colout be in its

ptecipitation of ang of its

Adninistration, it, is sufficient

without for the

commixtion compTeatment

VffI. o r io u s.

The Ivtethod by Sulphur, It is Citrinated it, with wit h

is

difficult, of

and immensly Ma rs , but

lab-

a s o lu t io n fix it

then you Labour,

must first then

calcine it

and then the

vrith

abundance of and the

administer

same preparation, Luna: a d u ll,

same not a

projection sple n d id C i tr in ity.

upon the bright

Body of bu t

But hence results a n d liv id , wit h

colour,

a mo rt if e ro u s

IX.

The Citrinating of them, untiT g.v. the

of

it

with sublime

VitrioT, as

ot

Copperas. as

Take of can be degree.

either

and fire

much thereof to the

subl,ined,

be increased

highest

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Then subljme aftet wards fot its part watiTg

this

sub-l imate, until that

with its

fit greatet

fire

r part

that

of

it

'

part After-

mag be fixed, calcine lt, This

be fixed.

a gEeatet dissoTve

fire jt

mag be into that

adninistred red

perfection: (which into has

done, and Luna.

a most gou last

llater, it are

no equal) Bodg of the first

so operate, These

may give Sections,

ingtess all

the of

three

lledicines

Order.

x. to

We thus adhere are to

seeing Luna, its

things

of

this

kind'

profoundly, is is, that

and amicably that Luna is of difof the

have considered, own Radix; It is also

(and it it

certain) that

these altered Argent

from

and thence to be noted,

by them. Vive, in if

Medicines one only

they to

alter a total

Luna with

more than

ference, fir st

order

Compleatment:

They are not

Order.

XI.

A Lunar Medicine for it perfecting self into it

of

the

t h ird

O rd e r f o t Bodiesr

t h e wh it e .

It

is

as well t{ercury ca Tcin e d,

dec oc t m us t t he be wat e t it

imperfect true jn
w i th fo t Ihen

EIS for thus

coagulating Take Luna then

w hi ch part pl ace, of

Luna: s o lu t iv e
a Tong

And is wa t e t
l V eck t onl g;

made.

dissolve
in T e ft be a Phial

(A q u a f o rt is r)
the unti l i nto Ori fi ce a of thi rd a col d

u n s to p t, consumed:

one put

i l ag

the

rzessel

to con vert reduced to

into

fusible

Crg s t a ls , fixed,

o r V it rio l.

T h is Take of

is

S ilv e r

our Mercury, White

and fusible.

t.his p re p ar e d

4 O un ces, of

A rseni c k

p re p a t e d

6 Ounees,

S u lp h u r

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2 ounces, Atmoniack; heat take wi77 and and for out, find take

mix put

altogether the mjxture the

weL7 grinding into mattet the a

them

with

t'/jtre

and the

Sa7

Bolt-heat, mag be hatd third

keeping as Pitch. in coLd, a

same in ?hjs gou it,

a Jleek r and it what as

that

again an OgI gou

incerate in flux: therein, This is

time , and yessel wi77 js be in

3 dags break

when the which the first joyn

find

Tump fixed, Take this of fer-

f Towing

itax.

degree. the

Again,

new Matter, ment, time.

as much as beforet and will

and

same with and is 10 of

and do as beforet Thus doingr in you

consequently, find for I a Medicine, part it falls into the

a third, which upon true

a fourth great any Keep other this

and excellent Bodyr Stone, and you or of

goodnessi and

Mercury, considerately attain

converts luminate higher

Luna.

and rdill

upon things.

things

we teach,

unto

XfI.
t he

A Lunar Medicine
k now n St.o n e of i t,

of
a nd

the
bg

third
w ag of

Order

for

the White.
di vi de j ts

Take

sepatati on,

most part, fixed, put again this

pure

substance is most what

and pure, is

keep

it

apart. the of it;

Then

fix

some of and is

that js

which

Teaving soluble again it

remainder, but what

when it soluble, untiT Continue Then done, fire,

dissolve to

not ,

be calcined what is

, and of

djsso-I, rze the be altogether quantitg coagulate jn jts a

calcinate dissolved.

solubTe untiT the

process

gteater and

be djssolved. them; thjs

mix

a77 the gentlg qreatet reitetate Tastlg,

soJ,ut,ions decocting, fire

togethet, keep fitlg Ordets bg jts the

coagulate added of for

temperate

untiT

mag be

perfection. upon thus it

Therefore 4 times; and you

a77 these calcine it

Preparation for

own wa7i

adrninistring

have Then

sufficiently subtiTg' with , not a then and

governed, ingeniouslg of this

the

most

precious a

Earth of

of the jts

the patt

Stone.

conjogn prepared

quantitg

reserved, Patticles with again added the the add for

part

Earth,

through untir if

reast fixed.

subrine

bg wav of

subrimation, which part, is of inbibe the sane again is and

the

fixed, quantitg

be who77g, of the not

elevated; fixed

gou

see not, be

unti I

enough

elevation until Being the not

theteof.

tthen it

a77 suDrimed, this it operation, with mannet, fix the it, true quantitg tiII

repeat it be after the

subrimation, fixed. of shal,7 easje

be repetition fixed, again after

whorTg guantitg whole have which into

fixed,

be again fusion with all and

sublimed, lgnition. imperfect perfect

then

untj 7 it t'ledicine Argent Vive

This Metals,

transmutes most fine

every

Luna.

XIII. tim e s, fixed find

The Regiment or at least

of

Luna.

Dissolve and to it

and Coagulate d is s o lv e d , declare, with

it

7 the

4 times ;

a d jo y n

Rubifying the

Waters,

which for

we shall it

and you will sor, and remains and disting-

body aptry with it.

solar, rn this, help

agrees

quietly solvedr ing' you,

venus admirable to you,

werl

purged

mEry be a great sulphur

because a most crean, from it.

and fixed that

may be extracted and fixed, of imperfect to tinge

And r tell palliate, or

Mercury the pure

purified

has power to Bodiesi them with

illustrate extracted

foulness

and fixed splendor.

Sulphur

from Bodies,

xrv-

Hence you may gather may be extracted For purified pecuriar for

a great as well spirits,

secret, from

vLz.

That Ftercury Bodiesr ts

and Sulphur from perfect: herp,

imperfect

and middre

!{inerars

are an

and very

deducing

the work to

perfection.

xv. noble

Anot,bet state. of

Reqiment Take Ferment fot

of

Luna.

?his

is

to

ted.uce it of l/enus the

xo a

mo;.e

Luna dissolved disso-Lyed with I

3 Pounils, pound, fire,

dissolved djssol,utions glass, as

4 Pounds, decoet in for other itars, other

con jogn in a

them with

7 dags, theit shole and it

gentTe

seared the fite

eratet; it get

then a

augment fire t in of that a

lejsurelg For waxet mag

7 dags, give it. with it it

7et fire

be as

subrimation. the whore

7 dags with

strongt teduce of the

be fixed it it

This it

pouder part

smalT

quantitg; (which js welr gou

and wirr

retains perceive not This you find put

serf

Metcurv, it jt js

easiTg .but if fixed. will

gou know again to

how to be f ixed, with

carcine). untir

indeed;

suf f icientlg so

must your

be reduced Luna,

red

reducing

Medicines, and fixed.

tinged,

transmuted,

xvr. ing

The Ferment Luna in its

of

Luna for

the white. water,

rt

is

made by dissorvthis or water set Luna,

own Corrosive part, it is

and then

boiling the Air, it

altay to in

a third in

to be exposed to daysi s o wilt Work.

B. M. or

Dung for

c e rt a in

be Oyl of

and Ferment,

which

keep for

the White

xvrr.
of the

The Ferment
Ferment Arsenick then to of

of

F'erments upon Mel^curg for

which and add ltaters then js jts Ogl; adil in to

the white.
it twice (euaer. as fire as

Take

Luna,

much of llater?) of dag the to

sub-l,imed, both mix these the

dissorved of r lqercurg st off

watet,

what

djssoJ,ved, the

much as for one

Atseniek:

them ovet the water

be incotpotated,

draw

bg an

Arembick,

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and

cohobate Wax.

fifteen Add the to

times; it as

so incerating, much Virgin-ltax tletcurg as and

it

wi77

be fluid commix

as them,

fusi.b-le

melted;

and ptoject meant

mixtute here?)

upon

washed, Vou see Weight.

(Quaere, fit: for

What is that

bg washing js

accotding in Virtue

resoJ,ved,

augmented

XVIII.

A Work mix

upon and

Luna and ltercurg. make a Cement: upon Lunat BaIT which upon Put put

Take Lithatge, the Cement fjrst the

SaIt into

of a

Pot-Ashes, CrucibTe mation the set of

an Inch Mercutg that

thick, and the in and the jt

a Ba77 of put the

AmaLgaof and augfrom lgnt and in tion it

which, the

remaindet Dtg, lute,

Cement, the

mag be in fire

middle: a dag,

CrucibTe the fite unto

a gentle so

half its the

Ieisurelg, increase, modetate

menting the at wiTI

continue of

Teisurelg dag, it and with bg

Evening -l,ast; be

dawning out, and

then

take

and prove surditg,

Cineritium,

Luna in

weight

mueh better

fixation.

XIX. add as

Another

Work. t

Amalgamate ds there part it js of it

Luna Luna;

with put

tttetcurg, it into

to such

which a on it OgI: there fhis

much Saturn that Sulphur, keep generated bg

CrucibTe OgI of

a fourth

ma7 be emptg: the a consumption moderate a TittLe find

Assuse of

and decoct it fot two

unto in

the and

Afterwards wilL Stone jn be

hours Stone, and

fire;

a bTack

with

Redness. gour

ptove

Cineritium., and

gou wi77

Luna augmented

Weight,

Sutditg,

Fixation.

XX. it

Another with twice

Work: so

Take

Luna

amalgamated Arsenick, to

with which

Metcurg

Gtind

much Metaline

a tenfold

-6 8 -

pr o p o r ti on of Venus,

of

amalgamated y e n u s ,

(v iz .

That

t h e A ma lg a ma t io n Luna

may be 10 times mixed, with

as much as the whole Amalgama of q u a n t it y in t o of A rs e n ic k )

an d M e rcury

t h e d u p le it

g rin d

the w hoLe and fix: a go o d augmentation.

Then re d u c e

a B o d g , a n d g o u wi7 7 f i n d

XXf. Dis s olv e f r om ( A qua ller c ur g

Of

th e our

C i tri n a ti o n Ph i T o s o p h i c k in

of

Lunar Zgni ar,

or

ti ngi ng is

i ts

B ody

yel l ow . deduc ed of Luna, js of and the d" g) the n good

(w hi ch of so and. i n of Luna the

verdi gti se)

Venus F o rti s )

p re p a re d , to which bg th e s e

the a d j ogn

w atet hai f

di ssol uti on as i ts sort

much

se-l ,f fi xed, as one 70

ru b i fi e d to

s u b l i mati on, add, is; as ftom rnuch w hi ch

some

dis s olv edi Z gniar ex t t ac t c oagulat e W or k .

di ssoJ,ved, for

(Ve rd i g ri s e ) th e w a te t bg

(fermented and and cohobate gou w i 77

d j s ti TTati on, i n to a bodg,

tj mes, it a

and

re d u c e

fi nd

XXIf. wit h

Or

th u s .D i s s o T v e s u b T i ma te and which

Zgni ar ti 77 i t Luna and i t

7 Ounce, wax red

and

out

Crocus add as

prepated much which

lt le tc u j rg ,

7 Ounce; that

S aJ , A t m o n i a c k , dis s olv e: in t he To fo rm e t,

s u D l j rn e add of

thtice

from

Crocus,

dissolved reduclng,

2 Ounces: and

Then do as find satjs-

i n c e ta ti n g

gou wi77

f ac t ion.

XXIII. as the

Or thus.

Take

of

Crocus

and as of

Zgniar

dissolved then

ana;

add to of

much So7 dissoTved, coaguTate add a

incetate fourth patt so

befote, its

coagulate; of the wi77 Ogl

weight, Luna,

Salt-peter; Tinctute of

and project a Citrine

upon aspect.

much of

and

be a

XXIV. Crocus , parts it; ,

Or thus. and imbibe I

Itlake a watet the unti 7 with into Calces theg the

of of have

our SoI

Zgniar, and

and of

of

our

said equal of and

Luna, in theit

each

thetewith incetate llass

drunk SaI

own weight and Nitre,

Then

OrJi of Bodg.

Armoniack,

teduce

the

a Noble

XXV. which the the as

Or thus. add Crocus

Sublime and

Sal

Atmoniaek from it

from well

our

greenness,

to subTime

Zgniar; tepeat a

which twice patt of

commixed,

Sal

Armoniack, to which

and add

oE thrice.

Then dissofve incerate Luna 2

whole, before

third

GoLd djssol,vedi 7 ounee,

and, congeal; mixed togethet,

then and

ptojeet it wi77

uPon soL be good.

Ounces,

Tbl'''''btbidqmO'|t

CH AP T ER

X L VII

OFTHE ALCHIMIE OFSOL.

r. to P erfect their B odies (as s o r is ) n e e d n o p re p a ra t io n , that they in re rat i o n

farther

perfection; w give

but

may be more subtilTake wit h set it c om -

ized

and attenuatedr fine soL,

you this

preparation. s u p e rs t ra t u m, c a rc in a t io n ;

L e a ves of

whic h ra g s t ra t u m a v e s s e -z o f we rr it , for

m on s a-l t we77 prepared , in in to a Fotnacet and caLc in e

3 d . a g s , u n t iL it
vi negar Then i ei t gri nd

t h e wh or e wa s h it

b e subtiTg
wit h ac id half s et it vlnegar sp i ri t? i ts to '

carcined:
(Q u a e r. ) and of d rg

Th e n t a k e
g thethet it in

g rin d
of

we rl,
r ot it

spi ri t the or sun.. puri f the is

some w el l

oth er w i th and

weight be and

p re p a red unti L

sa-l (bv i nto

A tmoni ack, hel p a of most the

dissoTved, sa7

w hol e

com-

m on , S a l t

A tm o n i ack)

teduced

creat

w at,e t. the true

This

is

the

pretio u s

f e rme n t

for

the

Re d E lix ir,

a nd

Body made spiritual.

rr. 9id,

Gord is equally

a metalick digested in

body, the

c it rin e , Bowels of under of

p o n d e ro u s , the the the Earth,

mu t e ,

f u l-

and very

Iong washed with fusible,

mineral

water; the tryar

Hamnrer extensible, cuper and cement.

and sustaining

rrr. tr u e

From this Gold,

definition it has a rl yet

you may conclude,

That

nothing of

is

unress of

t h e c a u s e s a n d Dif f e re n c e s wh a t e v e r Me t a l is ra d ic a lly it

the d efinition citr i ne ,

Gord: to

and brings

e q u a lit y ,

a n d c le a n s e s ,

ma k e s G o r d

of i nto

it;

from whence we discern, GoId by A rtifice. which which flows out,

that

Copper may be transmuted a c e rt a in of

F o r we s e e in Co p p e r I ' t in e s , a n d c a rrie s continued wit h course flowr time Scales it it t h in

w ater , Copper, ses:

s c a le s

by a long

washes and cleanthese thin with

But after with of

such water the dry Sand,

ceases to in

w find

scales, the heat

3 years

to be digested the purest

the

Sun; and rmong those we judge, that but of the

Gold is

found. by the the

Therefore help of the

those

Scales digested

were cleansed by the to heat Perof

the water, dryness

equally

Sun, in

Sand, and so brought

fecti on .

IV.

AIso

Gold is of

of

Met a ls because

t h e mo s t p re t io u s , it tinges

a n d it

is

the

Tincture Bod y. Medicine It is It

Redness, calcined

and transforms p ro f it ,

every a n d is a

is

an d d is s o lv e d and conserving

wit h o u t the

rejoycing,

Body in

Youthfulness. Odour of with it

most easily There is

broken not

with

llercury,

and by the

Lead. in their

any Body that than

in Act

more agrees but

substance

Luna and Jupiter; S a t u rn , is nearer I'tars, f ix e d , the of.

in weight, c o lo u r Venus: Jupiter, commixed g re a t shall

de a fne ss, But or indeed Saturn, it,

and putrescibilit y , Venus in then (viz. Potency

a n d in

Luna than Spirits but not

either

Saturn, S oI)

last1y

are also wit h o u t Artist

w i th

and b y it which

ingenuity never

and industry, to the

floathful

attain

knowledge

v.

Of the

Nature of

of

S o1. V ive,

It

is

c re a t e d

of

t h e mo s t s u b t il f ix e d n e s s ;

su b stance

A rgent

a n d o f mo s t a b s o lu t e

and of most small r ed n e ss, ing that that, fixed,

quantity

of

Sulphur,

clean,

and of

pure t in gof

clear,

a n d c h a n g e d f ro m it s

o wn n a t u re , in

And because there the Citrinity

happens a diversity or Yellowness of

colours

Sulphur,

GoId,

must needs

have a like

Density.

VI. is

That

Gold is

of

the most subtil Vive

substance easily is

of Argent it; its

Vive, for

most evident, Vive

because Argent not it any thing

retains not of

Argent Nature. th a t,

retains

which

own of

And that is manifest it self it

has the

clear,

and clean a n d Ra d ia n t

substance b rig h t n e s s , a ls o of in in a ll the the

by its not

s p le n d id o n ly in

m a n ifesting Nig h t. ing fo r

the

Da y , b u t

A nd that

has a f ix e d evident

substance,

v o id

b u rnFire,

Sulphureity, it is neither

is

by every nor

Operation

diminis h e d ,

in f la me d .

VII. mixt color: that

A nd that with Argent

it

is Vive,

tin g in g it

S u lp h u r

is the

ma n if e s t , same into

for

b e in g

transforms with strong

a Red so

And being the substance color; self.

sublimed of

Ignition them it is

from Bodiesr creates a

them ascends, it is

with

most Yellow the sence it

and that

yellow,

evident

even to

VIII. brought subtil

Therefore to

the most subtil and the

substance of the

of

Argent

Vive

Fixation, of

puritlz

same, and the most is the whole

matter

Sulphur, of Gold.

fixed

and not

burning,

Essen tial

matter

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IX. of

But

in

it

is

found

a greater Vive

quantity

of

Argent ingress alter

Vive into

than it.

Sulphur:

Therefore

Argent

has greater alter,

For this according equality parts the

cause, to this

whatsoever Exemplar, For its

body you would that

them the those

you may deduce them to a subtil and fixt

thereof. in its

Gold having

part, was

would cause of

Creation great

be much condensed; Now by great resolution and its

and this

weight.

decoction of it

made

by nature, together that it

a leisurely with

and gradual

was made,

good inspissation, melt in the fire.

ultimate

mixtion,

might

X. tity

From what has been said, of Argent is the Vive, is the

it

is

evident,

that

a large but

quan-

cause of

perfection; And uniformity

much of of subde-

Sulphur stance, cocti on is th e

cause of through

Corruption. mixtion, but A ls o is

which is

the

made by a natural of

cause of

perf e c t io n ;

d iv e rs it y I n d u ra t io n ,

substance a n d I n s p is s -

cause of which is

imperfect io n . made by a long but if the

ation,

and temperate of

decoction,

is

cause of perfection. Argent

perfection, Therefore diverse

contrary, shall

corruption duly fall

and imupon

Sulphur

not

Vive, to

Corruptions of a llr or h a lf it ,

must necessarily a s if of it it or it b e a ll,

be inferred, o r p a rt of

acco r ding it fixed,

the diversit y fixed;

or not all

o E p a rt u n c le a n r

a d u s t ib le ,

o r n ot lit t l e

ad u sti ble; in quantity,

clean, exceeding,

b e mu c h o r in proportion,

or being

diminished White divers or

neither both:

overcoming From aIl

nor overcome, Diversities,

Red, or between Bodies were generated

which

i n Na ture.

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XI.

A Solar of

t{edicine Sulphur,

of

the

Third

Order.

It

is

made by the and

Additament calcination fold

not

burning,

by way of administred, it

fixation,

prudently of

and perfectly until

and by maniclean: For

repetition perfect will

solution, of these

be rendered its cleansing the s a id

by the l i m ati on of th e

doing

things, Thus.

by subs u b l ima t ion S u lp h u r, e le v a t e d

of the

be compleat e d , part of

Re i t e t a t e t h js

not fixed

t h e S t o n e , wit h to
so t

con jo g ning
t oqet het ,

them according
and th e n fi x e d

A rt ,
as to

t i7 7
abi de

t h e g b e f irs t
in the heat

fir e ing

without the

ascension. shall

The

oftner

t h is the

O rd e r o f more will

c o mp le a t the

Exuberancy, of this

be repeated,

Exuberancy goodness thereof

ltedicine and the

by multiplied, augmentation of

and the more its the perfection

augmented, highly

multiplyed

also.

XII. the

The whole way of

compleatment the

of

the ltlagistery and its

is

thus.

By may most

sublimation, be cleansed, in

Stone

Additament Art, is

perfectly tive

and then by the them: And in which is this

Laws of order

the

fugi-

must be fixed

compleated secret of Disand you will of

the most pretious the Sciences self of

Arcanum, this World,

above every

and a Treasure to it, of with ltledition; great

inestimable. industry by these

pose your labor, find the it,

by exercise

and a continued and not the

Depth

for in

otherwise. of

And indeed, the

the

preparation

Stone,

reiteration

Goodness of

Administration be so far into h e lp an of any

upon this available, i nfi nite thing

Medicine, as to true

may with it to

industrious

wariness Vive the

enable

change Argent wit h o u t

S olisick, its

a n d L u n is ic k ,

more than

Multiplication.

XIII.

The most high

Go I d t h e ma k e r o f

aII

t h in g s , to us the of

b le s s e d series them, which

and, Glorious, and order through out; of

be praised;vitro all ltedicines,

has revealed vrith the

Experience Laborr

his

goodness,

and our

incessant our Eyes, of

w have searched with our if for such the we

which

we have seen with

and handled the Magistery.

Hands, even the whole have concealed we have not Languager unjust sea r ch, which

compleatment

But

any thing, it

ye Sons of from your

Learning

wonder not; in

concealed it

but

have delivered Men, and that

ers that

may be hid not fin d for

from evil

and ViIe

might

know it. t h is you.

But ye Sons of g if t

Doctrine, of God;

and you shall

mo s t e x c e lle n t Ye Sons of seeking to folly,

he has reserved

impiety Knowledge, you

and prophaneness, it into wiII the be Enimical State of

avoid

you the

after you, This

this

and destructive Contempt

and precipitate gift of God is hid

and lr{isery. the Divine

absolutely,

by the

Judgment of

providence,

from you and denyed you for

ever.

XIV.

A solar

t{edicine

of

the

third

Order.

It

is

made of in Ch a p .

Sol 46 .

d isso lved Sect.

and prepared

after

t h e ma n n e r o f

Luna,

11 aforegoing, of

to which

you must add of

Sulphur is

dissol-

ved 3 parts, through and it self all will into

Arsenick doingr

one part ds in tinging

(as afterwards the place

shewed) is directed; it

things

now cited

be a ltledicine true Sol, or

every

Body, to

and Mercury

better,

according direct,

the way now shewed. you will be

Read and peruse able not to tinge to

what we shall Infinity, sayings if

and thereby

you have understanding, of the Philosophers.

and erre

by the

anbiguous

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XV.

The Ferment of Gold,

So1 for into by the

the its

Red.

The Ferment

of

SoI is and 16.

made of decocted

dissolved

own Water in of

(Aqua Regis) Chap.

and prepared So will use.

directions Ferment

46. Sect. the

aforegoing: which

you have the

SoI for

Red,

keep for

XVI.
s olv e ( i. e. 2

The Ferment
So l Aqua jn i ts

of
own to

Ferments
w a te t th i s in th e

upon l{ercury
we shal l L

for

the

Red.

Dis-

(w hi ch GoTd same

hezeaftet ounce, w i th be add

teach) S uTphu r

Regis) dissolved

di ssol ved w atet Let w hi ch

ounc e s , 3 i n to

togethet a77 bei ng then these mi xt, dtaw w i th of

i t, truJ,g for W ater di s-

M et c ut g s olv ed one 75 dag , t im es ,

ounces, mo s t th e g ti me

also clear ma g

d isol ved. Water, be

decoct off the

th a t each Wax, Eggs:

Fermented

c o h o b ati ng. js w i th hal f up on i ts

Incerate W ei ght

Y e7Low OgI t ds of B Tood t see ot

v it gins O r lT of

th a t th e n

p ro j e c t

crude

l l etcurg

V ou

r e q u isjte. h te tea ch following, find that fine in

Here note, our third of the

tha t Ord e r,

if in

y o u p e rf e c t Ch a p . 4 7 , of

t h is

Me d ic in e r

it s etc

Sect.2L.22, t'tercury,

Congelative of

Medicine

you will thereof, into most

by Reiteration one part, and high will Gold,

the Work, infinite

and by Subtilization parts of Mercury

tinge

more Noble

than

any natural

GoId whatsoever.

17

CHAPTER

XLVIII

OFTHE ALCHYI'IIE OFMERCURY.

I. Atg ent V ivet the in which is a ls o c a lle d l{ e rc u rv , is a V is c o u s heat the

Water in United,

Bowels of

the

Earth,

by most temperate its until least the the parts,

a total of White the

Union through subtil Earth,

with

substance perated The r e fore of its

humid be contemhumid equally. b y re a s o n it has

with it

Dry,

and the

Dry $rith

easily

runs

u p o n a p la in but it adhers of it the not

S u p e rf ic e s , not, although of

watery

humidity,

a Vi scous

humidity,

by re a s o n

d ry n e s s , to adhere.

that

wh ic h

Contemperatesit,

and permits

II.

This

is

also

as some s d y , adher e s to to to

t h e ma t t e r t h re e

of

Me t a ls v iz ,

wit h S a t u rn , l/ e n u s but F or

Sulp h u r , Ju p iter

and easily and S o7, but

t ' lin e ra ls ,

Lu n a mo re d if f ic u lt ly , Lunai but to Ma?s in

and to no wise

more difficultly b y Ar ti fice. it is amicable

than

Hence you m a y c o lle c t and pleasing to the

a v e ry lletals, is

g re a t

S e c re t .

and the Medium of Argent Vive,

conjoyning u n le ss it

Tinctures; is S oI. by it,

and nothing Y et Ju p it e r, and mixed; It is

submerged in

a n d S a t u rn , and without and the and fulgid tiII in it it s is

Luna and Venus, it, can none of of Redand

are dissolved the metals

be gilded.

fixed,

Tincture splendor; in its

ness of most exuberant receeds na tur e . not B ut from the it is

perfection Commixtion,

own but it

not in

our Me d ic in e the Case.

Na t u re ,

may sometimes help

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III.

Of the with

S ublimation its

of

A rg e n t is

V iv e .

T h is p u rif ie d ,

Wo rk is

c o m-

ple a ted Aquosity it

Terrestre it y removed. Art

h ig h ly

a n d it s because Earth is

wholy

We remove it of separating it

not its

by adustion, superfluous Affinity, this kind

has noner

so the

to mix it to reiterate an d th e Glass for with

with

things, the

where with

has not of

and often is Talck,

sublimation E gg-shel} s , Pouder, cleansed;

from them. a n d Ca lx o f and every but

CaIx of

wh it e kind of

Ma rb le r Salt

E S a lso prepared, affinity

in most subtil it is

by these it,

by other of

things it

having is

(unless

they alt in

be bodies

perfection)

rather which you may it from

Corrupted, ascending find Ti n, to or

because with it

such things Sublimation,

have a Sulphureity, corruPt it. And this

be true Lead,

by Experience, it , its with after

because,

when you sublime in f e c t e d

you find

s u b lima t io n , is it better

wit h

blackness. things with fore which which this

Therefore agree not

Sublimation it; but

made by those by things Whereother Sulphur-

would

be better

it

does agree, is

Lf they better little

had not

Sulphureity' than from all

subtimation because that

from calx, with it,

things, eity.

agrees

and has not

IV.

But

the way of is

removing Calces,

its

superfluous it

aquosity, is

is,

that

when it it

mixed with

from which with

to be sublimed, until of Imbibition the must be so Vive

be well of

Gound and conunixt it appear,

them by Imbibition' the Wateriness which it; yet

nothing

and afterwards heat of Fire, with

removed by a most gentle Aquosity very of Argent Vive

receeding, the Fire of

receeds

Gentler

dS that

by it,

the whole

substance

Argent

asce n d not. -7 9 -

V.

Therefore

from the manifold and gentle Aflation, which is

reiteration its greater

of

Imbibition' is the

with abolSub-

Contrition, ished, Iimation Snow in sides without Feces, of the

Aquosity

residue

of

removed, is

by repeating most white,

often. its the the

And when you see it and to then adhere

excelling to the

whiteness, Vessell; feces,

(as it

were dead) its

again

reiterate of or part then it

Sublimation, fixed with the

because part by any Art fix it, it

adheres

and can never Or,

Ingenuity of it

be separated as we shall teach

from them. you; of

afterwards,

and when you have fixed part remaining, that

reiterate

Sublimation

the

may likewise

be fixed.

VI. it but

Being flow if

fixed, then add to the

reserv e

it ,

but

f irs t

p ro v e

it

u p o n F ire ;

if

weII, not,

you have ad.ministred it some small tiIl part

sufficient of Argent

Sublimation; Vive sublim'd for you

and reiterate if it

Sublimation

your Color, not

end be accomplished: and be porous, then prebecause

has a Lucid sublimed of it

and most white it; otherwise,

have well paration

therefore

in

the

made by Sublimation, sha ll be, the

be not

negligent, b e it s Bodies,

su ch as its projecting

cleansing of it

s u c h will imperfect

P e rf e c t io n ,

in

upon any of

and upon its

own Body unprepared.

VII.

Yet here

note,

that

some have by it Tini which

formed

rron'

some them a7one, it.

Lead, others thr o u g h

Coppet, in

and others the

happened to it

negligence

P re p a ra t io n ; it s

s o me t ime s o f

so m e times of

sulphur,

or o f

Co mp e e r A rs e n ic k ,

mix wit h

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But if this

yo u sh a l l it

b y su blim ing, w i rr

dir ectly

cr eanse and per fect r inctur e of whi te-

su b j e ct,

b e a fir m and per fect

n e s s , th e l i ke

o f w h i ch is not in being besides.

vr r r . reducing

of

the

coagulation body to of of

of

Me rc u ry .

c o a g u la t io n

is

the of vive,

a Liquid

a sorid

substance, r.

by privation A rg e n t

the h umidity: wh ich

and is

s e rv ic e .

F o t rn d u t a t in g 2. F o t f t e e in g

needs one kind

fro m th e i r

c o a g u ra t io n .
rthi ch

d is s o J ,v e d
A l^-

M edic jne s

w a t ri ness,

regui res

another.

gent w ho le it Art Fire,

vive

js

coagulated humidity which

two ways: fr o m it :

One by washing

away its ti r r the

innate

the other work.

b y rn s p is s a t io n , some thought in a temperate i.t, after

be hardned, of its

is

a laborious

Coagulation

was to keep it they

long

who when they of it from the

thought the Fire,

had coagulated it to flow

removal they

found

as before;

whence

judged

work

Impossible.

IX.

Others,

from natural

p rin c ip le s , by heat of

s u p p o s in g Fire

that

e v e ry into continue

humidity Dryness, the i t,

must necessarily indeavored of

be converted to

by constancy it in the

and perseverance, till some of

Conservation in to

Fire, in t o rngress;

them converted in t o a cj trinei also

a ,rhjte-stonei had Fusion

o t h e rs nor

a Re d ; o t h e rs for which

which cast it

neither a way.

cause they

x.

others it

endeavoured not it

to

coagulate

it for

lrith that,

Medicines, r.

but

effected coa g u r ated

and so hrere deluded 2. or e ls e it

They either extenuated.

not.

wa s in s e n s ib ry

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3 . Or the Coagulation o f which

things they

was not knew not.

in

the

form of

a body:

the

reason

XI.

Others

compounding Artificial but that was not Body,

lvledicines,

coagulated

it

in

projection; it into

profitable,

because they they

converted not

an imperfect The reason

the

cause of which these things

could

see. fit h is to

and causes of that the

therefore the

vre think of

declare,

Artificer

may come to

knowledg

Art.

XII. is no t

Now, as the possible Fire in to

substa n c e a short remove it s the first

of t ime ,

A rg e n t

v irz e is it

Un if o rm,

so it in a

b y k e e p in g

c o n s t a n t ly

co n ti nued \f,as the sta n ce , the

A q u o s it g T Error. F ire ;

so that of

t o o mu c h h a s t e a subtile F ire , subis

cause of it

And being t h e re f o re

receeds the

from t h e of

e x c e s s iv e flies.

cause of

Error

those

Flen, from whom it

XIII.

It

is of

easily

mixe d wit h their not

S u lp h u r, Natures: into the these u n t il

A rs e n ic k , therefore form of b e in g it

a n d t t a rc ha s i t e , it appears of

by reason

Community in by them,

to be Coagulated Ar g e n t r etain nature fly

a Bodg, but

virre mixed with it of in the Contest

Lead, for of F ire , the

f u g it iv e ,

c a n no t to Fire, the they

c a n a t t a in of the of

a Bodg; but it; and this

through is the

Impression the

with

cause of

Error

them who so

C oa g u late.

XIV. cannot warily

A lso

A rsent

vive

h a s mu c h h u mid it y from it, of but it

jo y n e d

to

it ,

wh ic h of Fire and

possibly adhibited,

be separated with

by Violence in its

conservation

own E'ire;

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they by augrmenting this take arday the humidity

for Iitetalick Fusion,

its

own Fire

as f a r

a s it

c a n b e a r, sufficient be l{elted' into a

of Argent Vive,
which being taken

leaving away it

no part cannot it

which is the cause of their St o n e n o t fu si b l e .

Error,

who coagulate

XV. ally which

In

like

manner, it;

Argent

virze has Sulphureous Vive has more,

parts

natur-

mixt to

with

yet

some Argent is with to of its

some less, it is the

remove by Artifice of Sulphur mixt

impossible. Argent vive,

Now seeing to the is create ablation to

property citrine being wh ite its of

a Red or of that a af t e r

Color llade, Color. the

(accordi.ng property is the

measure) Vive the

Argent

by Fire of

give

This into with

cause of

v a rie t y it its

Co lo rs ,

Coagulation Sulphur mixt

a Stone. it,

Likewise all the

has the

Earthiness must of

by which And this into

Coagulations the

necessarily those

by infected. it

cause of Body.

Error

who coagulate

an imperfect

XVI. of its

Therefore

it

happens that

from

the

diversity

of

the in

I'tedicines its what is to

Coagulation,

divers

bodies of

are Created that likewise, ot that,

Coagulation; be coagulated. phur if not

and from the For the if

Diversity the

either

tledicine, of it,

has a Sulbut

fixed, the

body created

must needs be soft: A ls o , if wh it e , from

fi xed

body must ne c e s s a rily Red, Red; and if B odg likewise if the

b e h a rd . Sulphur

White; or

and if

be remiss a n d if

white the

Re di the

mu s t b e re mis s ; not, not so.

E a rt h g , not

body must be imperfect;

Atso

every

fixed

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Sulphur lies, bo d y;

creates

a Livid

body;

but

the

fixedr of

ds much as in it creates

it

the the

Contrary: not pure,

and the not so.

pure

substance

a pure

XVfI. Atge n t of the

Also vive

the

srme diversity withou t of

doth

in

like

manner happen in S u lp h u r, of part b y rea s o n it in of the

alone,

t h e Co n u n ix t io n o f

diversity

P urj f ic a t lo n s an Illusion

a n d P t e p a ra t io n s happens from the sometimes T in , of in

Ivledicines. Diversity ti on of it, of

Therefore the it rron; is

Medicinesi made Le a d ,

so that

the

Coagula-

s o me t ime s

s o me t ime s c o p p e r , rmpuritg. And some-

sometimes times fr o m

which

happens by reason made thence, of

SiTver P uritg',

or rco-l,d is with

which the

must needs proceed

conside ra t io n

Co lo rs .

XVIII. itation Fi r e. and this the

But Atgent of it with

vive

is

Coagulated by the F ire

by the forceable

frequent heat of

precipstrong

Violence, of

For the A sperity Work is best it the

e a s ily

re mo v e s it s of to a great Coole to

A q u o s ix g , length, in

done by a Vessel may finde Length of place

sides

of which of

and Adhere, abide, and not of

and (by reascn f1 y the ti l l it

the Vessel) to the

can again

be p re c ip it a t e d stand very

F ie rg with

Bottoa Igit

same; which and the fixed.

must always

hot,

great till

nition: to tally

srme precipitation

be continued,

be

XIX. in the

It

is

also in the

Coagulated,

with

long wit h

and constant a v e ry lo n g

retention Ne c k , and the

Fire,

a Glass V e s s e ll, Orifice of the

round belIy,

Neck being

kept

open,

that

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humidity cine is of

may vanish for

thereby. it, which which

AIso

it

is

coagulated

by a t{editrledicine in its be-

convenient it, and is

we will

shew anon: adheres its least

which to it,

that,

most nearly throughly there in is

profundity; fore it

and is

conmixed

parts, of

can fly that,

away.

Therefore

a necessity it, or

collecting the

from things kind are all

convenient Bodies,

to also

agreeing and

with

same: Of this

Sulphur,

Arsenick.

xx.

But because lre see not it; but that it

any of flys

the

Bodies

in

its

nature soever no Medi-

to coagulate they agree

from them,

now neerly that that

togetheri to it in

we have therefore its inmost parts.

considered, Wherefore,

Body adheres cine

must needs be of than t{etals

a more subtil are.

substance, Also

and more liquid remaining be made,

fuEion in their

themselves w see not

by Spirits, of it to

naturer firm

a Coagulation fugitive, of of the the

which

is

and stable;

but

and of much infection. flight Adustible of the Spirits; but sub-

Which indeed the other of

happens by reason the conunixtion

from them.

and Earthy

stance

XXI. ever ily

Hence then thing be of the

it

is

manifestJ-y thereof is

evident, extracted

that that

from whatsomust necessarof its own and thin For a Eslar

Medicine

a most subtil to it;

and most pure and of

substance,

nature

adhereing

liquefaction the the

most easie, of fire. into

as water; this will

and also coagulate

be fixed it,

against

violence

and convert

same either

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or tunar

nature:

Studiously find

exercise

your self

upon what we have

spoken, and you will

the Mystery out.

XXII.

But that

you may not w sdy, that

blame usr this wit h

as if

we had not is extracted

sufficiently from preand

spoken thereofr M e taTtck pa r e d : it B odies

ltedicine t h e ir

themselve s , from S ulp h u r

9 u lp h u rr A rs e n ic k But from

o E A rs e n jc k p re p a re d ; Argent

Likewise

a lo n e t o t only.

may be extracted it is

from Bodies

vive

alone, found; and in is it

more easily,

and more nearly,

and more perfectly its proper nature, it

because nature it more rejoyces of hath this

more amicable than in of

embraceth

any extraneous the substance in Act.

nature; thereof,

and in seeing

a facility alread.y

extraction a substance

subtil

Now the Ers is it

wags sf by us But in Sand,

acquiring su fficiently the way of with

t4edicine, declared:

are by

sublimationr f ix in g is

A n d t h e wa y o f things until dissolved, their

f o llo ws .

Coagulating fire,

by a Glass vanish.

a temperate

aquosity

XXfII. wa y of unless thin subtil

?he waV of fixing that

fixing

A rg e ' n t v iv e ,

is

the

s a me wit h wa ie s if

the not, most the

S uTphur and A rs e n ic k Sulphur and Arsenick be not

and these

d if f e r their

cannot

be fixed

inflamable Artifice Vive

parts, of

separated by this

from them, with way of therefore Vive. (Sulphur slormess time In

dividing, this

ultimate

fixation. in this

But Argent method,

has not

consideration, heat than Argent

they

need a greater are diversified, higher because for

like

manner they

because these of their a longer

and Arsenick) than Argent in,

must be elevated Vive; and also

by reason they their require

to be fixd

and a longer

Vessel

fixation.

xxrv.

of

the

t{edicine

coagulating matter is, it

of self

Argent is

vive. (viz. Vive,

rt

is

taken

from such matterr before is declared) made to it, in

ds the and that fly, its

as we have (seeing it

because Argent any Inflamation,

easily to

without profundity,

) may suddenly with it, it in in susit

adhere its the tain

and be conjoyned inspissate, until its it

least fire the

parts, by its force

and likewise own fixation,

and conserve able to

be better humidity; true

of of

Fire, this, to

consuming in that

and convert Solisick and

by the

benefit

a moment, into for which

Lunisick,

according

the Medicine

was prepared.

XXV. then thisr

But That,

seeingr which

\l find is that of its with

not

any thing

more to therefore

agree with by reason might

it, of be

own nature, That,

w judged,

the Medicine

thereof

compleated; Fledicine

and we endeavoured to the

by Art

to make the That it

Form of

the in the

agreeable

same, viz. with

be prepared of long

method and way now mentioned, labour; by which all the subtil white

the

instance

continued of it, in

and most pure in Luna, but

substance

may be rendred So 1 .

perfectly

intensly

citrin

xxvr. Color, its Vive, nearly

Now this without

cannot the

be compleated, of this a Thing

so as to tinging

create it,

a citrine is of

mixtion

which

own nature. the

But with is

most pure by this and is it that into

substance our Art,

of Argent most and

Itledicine

perfected Vive,

which

adheres it, with

to Argent for it

most easily a true

fluxed, and

coagulates Lunisick,

converts of

Solisick

Preparation

always

preceeding.

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xxvr r . of Argent

The Grand guestio n Vive may best from is are those

js

, f ro m wh a t t h in g s To which it is:

t h is

substance It

be extracted? things in in

we Answer:

must be taken to Na ture, seeing they it

which

But according V iv e it more not more is to be, in self,

as weII found to

B o d ie s ,

a s in A rg e n t fn

be of

one Nature:

Bodies but

d ifficu Ttlgi perfectly. the l{edicine Bodiesr os in

in A rgent Therefore of this

V iv e of

mo re n ig h r

o E e a s ily ,

what kind

soever

the l{edicine

Pretious

Stone, of Argent

must be as well Vive.

sought

the

substance

XXVIII . that wise to its it

B ut as to may be done, with

the

F l. x in g o f being of it

A rg e n t turned

V L v e , y o u mu s t k n o w , into Earth, and like-

without

fixed

conversion which E arth. it is is

into

Earth.

For by hastening it is f ix e d

fixation, into

ma d e b y p re c ip it a t io n by the s u c c e s s iv e

an d turned it often

AIso fixed

s u DJ , ima t io n o f changed into to, and even

repeated, but gives

likewise, This both both

and not is

Earth, proved to the

Dletallick

fusion.

manifest

by him who has experienced Consununation and also of the flow, Work; with

fixations by the hasty

thereof,

precipitasublimations.

tion;

by the

continually

repeated

XXfX.

This

therefore the sign of

is

because it is the

has a viscous grinding For of it

and dense by Imbibiis ma n i f That it

substance, tio n , estly

which ot h e r by the he t h a t

and mixtion perceived in

with it,

t h in g s .

v is c o s it y thereof.

much adherency has but the

h a s a dense substance, see by its aspect,

o n e E y e , Rd y ma n if e s tl y Weight thereof.

and by posing

vast

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For while being it of

it

is

in

its

o wn Na t u re , Composition. consumption Earth.

it

e x c e e d s c o J . d in we ig h t , Whence it is manifest, that

a most strong without it into

may be fixed of

of

its

humidity,

and without

conversion

XXX.

For

by reason of it its

of

the if self

good adherency the parts of to it

of

parts,

and the inspissate nor it) to of which

strength by Fire, suffers it

mixtion; it

be any wise be corrupted; flame of into

permits self into

no farther of it

(by the

Ingress

a furious admits not

be elevated its is self,

fume; because of its

Rarefaction, Adultion, not.

by reason

density,

and want of which it

made by combustible

sulphureity,

hath

XXXI. eve tg of

Hence is of the

seen;

Fi rs t ,

T h e Ca u s e s o f wh ic h the is ,

t h e Co rru p t io n

of

ltleta-Ls bg f ire , sulphureity in

1 . F ro m t h e of their

f n c lu s io n substance, them also Vive, upon them with which is

a burning

profundity

diminishirg, into is in fume,

them by Inflamation, with extream consumption

and exterminating of whatever

Argent

them of of

good Fixation. flame, of

2. From a multiplication penetrating, fixation of and resolving soever, that

them, it in for self

an exterior into fume,

how great

them is. that the

3. From the flame or

Rarefaction does then if all

them by Calcination, into, and exconcur, not all, of

fire,

penetrate

terminate

them.

Therefore

Causes of

Corruption But if

such Bodies the the corruption

must needs be exceedingly is according remain. to the

corrupt:

number and proportion

Causes which

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XXXII. M eta7 . ation, ition, the firer

S econdly, For seeing permits (because or with it it

'The Ca u s e s o f that setf A rg e n t to

Goodness, V iv e , for into whole

a n d p u rit g n o Ca u s e s o f parts in its

of

e ac h

Extermincomposfrom is is it that

be divided with its

either its

substance in it)

receeds there it

whole in it

remains

permanent

necessarily which ca b ly

observed Fire,

a cause of is

perfection: not overcome,

For but

overcomes rests,

and by Fire t h e re in ,

ami-

rejoycing with

p o s s e s s in g Potency.

P e rf e c t io n ,

as we

have found,

an Approximate

XXXIIf. two ways,

of

the P utrl fac t io n by sublimation, by way of Vive into

o f A rg e n t of

V iv e .

It

is

c le a n s e d

either or

which

we have shewed the the way is Dish, it: and pour Set it

way already; this. upon it over hold with in alr

a Lavament, a Stoner

of which oE Earthen to

Put Argent

as much Vinegarr fire, in

:rs is it

sufficient heat so far,

cover

a gentle your your

and let it, it

as you may well it about Particles, until

Fingers Fingers

and no more. be divided

Then stir into

until of

most small stirring which it of it,

the

similitude

Powder;

and continue

the vinegar

be whotry with t ill

consumed: After vinegar, the

wash away the away: Repeating

Earthiness th is

remaining so often,

and cast

washing

E a rt h in e s s

the

Dt e rc u rg i s is a sign

changed into that it is

a most perfect throughly washed.

Coelestine

colour,

which

XXXIV. r e m o ving

Of the its

Nature

of

Argent for

Vive. it

There

is

a necessity c o rru p t io n , without

of vLz.

superfluities,

has causes of watriness

an Earthy tion. Yet

substance,

and an adustible it to

InflamaEarth

some have thought

have no superfluous

an d Uncleanness, to consist

but

that

is

v a in ,

and not

t ru e :

F o r we s e e i t v re s e e a l s o with

of much lividn e s s , Earth,

and not

o f wh it e n e s s ; from it,

a black e a sie

and Feculent

to be separated E rs a b o v e s a id . p e rf e c t io n ,

A rtifice, to

by 4 tia v a t io n r acquire

But because we v iz . 1. To make a pre-

a r e by that M ed icine. pa r e the

a t wo -f o ld it .

2. To petfect same by the

T h e re f o re of

we mu s t n e c e s s a rily p u rL f ic a t io n ; f or

deg re e s

a t wo -f o ld

two cleansing for the

of Meteutg, which

are necessary. shall be here

One by Sublimation by a 33

Medicine,

shewed: The other Sect.

Lavament for above.

coagulation,

which

we have shewed at

XXXV.

For

if to

we could cleanse , least it

ma k e a

Me d ic jn e o f foeculency a riv id watriness, and to i of which

it , of

then its in it

t h e re

is

necessity

from the it c re a t e fugitive

Earthiness p ro je c t io n ; make the whole the middle is to not fly it

by su Dl imation and also Medicine substance to

c o ro r lest

remove its in

fugitive thereof but

projection,

keep safe the

for Medicine to defend

Property and not

to be burned, se1 f, but

from combustion, is a p e rf e c t io n

to make fixed,

wh ic h

b y ma n if o ld to adhere next to to

Experiencesr. Argent it Vive,

For we see Argent and to

Vive

more nearly by the

be more beloved and a f t e r that

sa,me; but

GoId has place,

S iL v e r.

xxxvr. friendly so great them in

!{herefore to its

hence it own nature; tor less

forrows, but

that

Argent

vitre is not

more to have we find And we

we see other with of it; the

Bodies

conformity very deed,

oE unity to partake

and therefore nature thereof.

whatsoever

Bodies

yre see more to

defend

from

adustion,

those

judge to partake more of the nature of it; manifest, Adustion, that Argent Vive is the perfective

therefore

it

is from

and salvative

which is the Ultimate

of Perfection.

XXXVII.

The second degr e e o f A nd the wa s h in g sufficient declared, washed, will for dt it;

it s

p u rif ic a t io n , it s

is

for

it s one we

coa g u lation: day only is

a wa y o f

e a rt h in e s s , which

for

the method of 33.

washing

have largely so throughly tio n , and it

Sect.

aforegoing: the Medicine a s o l if ic k

Being of or

therefore Coagula-

project

upon it in t o

be coag u la t e d as the manifest, but that

L u n if ic k From what

substance, is ive now said, in its

according it is

lttedicine that matter it is

was prepared. Vive is is not

Argent is, in

perfectof it

nature;

which Sulphur to

produced

by our Art. Therefore our natural in

And so likewise, these Artifice. it is not

and Arsenick. nature, but by

possible

folIow

xffVfII. i ng the

It

is

also

undeniably of

manifest v iv e

that a re

bodies

containp e rf e c t i o n .

greatest it is

quantity to

A rg e n t that

B o d ie s o f

$lherefore to

be supposed,

those imbibe of

bodies Atgent

are more nigh vive.. The

perfection, of this is

which the

more amicable easie s u s c e p t io n

si gn or

A rg e n t

v iv e

by a Solar if a bodg

Lunat body of do not

Perfection. receive remote

For this Atgent from this

sErmereason, vive into its

altered it

easily

Substance, spoken of.

must needs be very

perfection

XXXIX. Vittiol

The ptepaEation Rubi fied, haTf two

of

Atgent

Vive.

Take of d,

it

one pound: one pound: aII

pounds:

Roch ATum Calcint fout white ounces: and

Common Salt, togethet and

a pound..

iVitre, the

fncorpotate

subljme.

Gather

Dense,

and ponder-

ous, it

which use. or

will

be found in

about the

the

side

of

the

Vessel, y o u s h a ll

and keep f in d e it it

fo r

Now, if

f irs t

S u b lima t io n , Carlesness) it

Turbid again,

Unclean the

(which may be thro

sublime

with

same Foeces,

and reserve

as before.

XL .

The Regiment of

Me t c u t g . well it

It

is

d o n e t wo wa y s .

I.

You

must Amalgamate it, 2. You must Distill of Wine.

of Lun a , th e a l -L go u t said

washed and purified and thence Take of

, ana

as under directed. or Spirit So7,

bodies

make an Aqua Vitae u e rc u rg

one the mel ted

The first
of Ve n u s , and th e in begin

way.
of

40 Ounces, of
mel t thi rdl in a these

,Saturn L u n a,

Ounce, S o7, then in in

f ir s t T ak e and t he

Venus out of

secondl g havi ng

g .S aturn.. Targe and C rucibLe, w he n

F i re ;

M e tc u rg M e ta T s th e it This th e F i re and

te a d i ness, to w i th u n ti l T harden, a

made

hot

anothet: the it l 4etcurg agai n

pouer t

Lei surlg, on the the dags, Fit e, whoTe

s t ir r ing and t ak i n g

m i x tu te o ff t

sti ck be be

stti ng a77

theg put a to

amaTgamated, fot resi due w i th to

w i th seven

M er c ur g. E x t r ac t giv ing wat et , f or t g so wi77

Ama T g a ma w i th

di ssoTved the

w a te r of put and have

C 7oth, Thi s

make agai n

V oLati l e, i ts be w hol e drged to In be for fi xed , Book

rq n i ti o n . it to gou a be wi77 Sto n e

i mbi be and agai n w hi ch

genetated, fi nde a

dags, Vou

S tone, to

put

augmentabl e

fnfi ni tg.

thi s

we have expounded Bo o ks.

all

things

which

we have written

in

divers

XLI. lime

The Sublimation it,

of

Mercury. every

If

you would it,

perfectly

subtwo

you must add to

pound of

conmon Salt mortify

pound and a half,

Salt-Peter

half

a pound:

the Mercury

-9 3 -

w ho lIy , of

grinding

it

all

together living is in

wit h

v in e g a r,

u n t il then

n o t h in g it

the Mercury

appear It

the mixture, p ro f it a b le .

sublime

a cco r ding

to A rt.

a t h in g

xlrrmix and

The

subrimation grind from

of it

Red Mercurg. with Red and vitrio|, splendid.

Take

one

pound of ana

it ,

and perfectTg subJ,ime jt

]Vitre ,

one pound,

them

xLrrr.

out

of

alr that

that our

has been said Stone is But to

it

appears out crosure

with of the

evident sub_ you

Demonstration, stance of Argent to

procreated the

vive:

unrock sol into

of Art, water,

must study which denary part of the

resolve call (of

Luna or Mercury: the

their is so,

own dry that

vulgar

And it

a duo_ onry fou one

proportion the these, perfect

solutive For (in if

water) with

may contain firer

body. find

gentle

welr

govern

you wirl into

the

space of sign

40 days) of its

ttre

body converted d isso lu tion is

mere water:

and the

perfect

blackness,

a p p e a rin g

o n it s

s u p e rf ic e s .

xlrv. and the

But

if

you endeavour

to

perfect the

both

works,

the white and vive,

Red, dissolve This is for the

each of our Argent Ferment.

ferments

by themserves, from Argent to

keep them. which

Vive

extracted paste

we intend in

But the

be fermented, bodies. And of

we extract this

usual

manner from Ru le ,

imperfect is ,

we give

you a general

wh ic h

That but

t h e t t h it e t h e Re d f ro m
bg i ts

Pa ste js
T enus s elf and in

extracted
.Sa tu rn : F e rm e n t.

from J u p it e r
Bu t e v etg B odg

a n d S a t u rn ;
must be

di ssorved

th e

XLV.

Sulphur

we have proved Vive

is is

corruptive perfective So we, not

of in

every

kind

of Na-

Perfection: ture, ti ng vive ki nd

But Argent

the Works of but

wi-th compleat Nature, in of the (in

Regiment.

changing,

imita-

Works p o s s ib le ) of viz. Ers of this both Argent

d o lik e wis e for

a s s u me A rg e n t of each of

Dlagistery

work, Lunar vive of truly

a Medicine

P erfection, Bodiesr a two-fold other it. of

a n d S o la r, coagulable.

a s we ll

rmperfect the r e but is

And seeing B o d ie s , here

diffe re n c e Vive

Me d ic in e s , coagulable,

one of

the

Argent

we shall

disco u rse

xlvr. only,

The matter already

per

sor

of

this

t{edicine

of

every

kind

is

one

sufficiently to

known. the that, of it,

Take therefore Order, the is, Iearn

that,

and if

you will in

work according and prepare The intention substance cerating; from

Lunar with

to be expert this divide leave a

Operating,

known ways of you should but

Magistery. the part till in pure of

which and fixt

That part

thereof, the it

and so proceeding its it is desired pe rf e c t ; fusion. but

through ff soft the the But

whole Magistry, flows contrary. Bodies,

you compleat ha r d B odies, Medicine into

suddently B o d ie s , the

in

For this

projected a perfect given to yet

upon any of Lunar Body, if

rmperfect

changes it

known preparations if not, of it leaves

have been first the it

this in

t'tedicine: one only

same diminished, perfects, of

difference

perfection of the

as much as depends on the Administration of this to kind. the But this third Order,

Order not

a Medicine

due Administration it perfects in

preceeding, only.

according

p r o je e tion

XLVII. imperfect

A Solar Bodies,

lledicine is the

(of

the

Second Order)

of

every

of of viz.

the the in

sErmematter, Yet parts, in

and participates this it differs, ways of the the

same Regirnent of the greater the

Preparation. of of

subtilization commixtion administred)

by proper (under of

digestion, of

and in

subtil with

Sulphur the addition

Regiment matter

Preparation known.

now

XLVIII. and the and with perfection;

The Regiment solution it

of

it

is

the

fixation this the

of

pure

Sulphur, is tinged, from as much

thereof:

For with of

the lledicine Bodies

projected it

upon every the of

diminished

compleats

same in the

a Solar

Complement, the

as depends certain the Solar

upon a Medicine of the

Second Order,

known and AIso

preparation

imperfect perfects

body preceeding.' it much, in

sErme projected compleatment.

upon Luna,

a peculiar

,t

-'j,d'

aItl-

CHA PTER

XLIX

THE INTRODUCTION TOTHISSECOND BOOK.

r. of Th ere are this two things to b e d e t e rmin e d , perfection of v iz . the the p rin c ip le s The prino p e ra t io n s , this Magistery:

l{agistery, of this A rt,

and the

same. of it s

cip le s

are t h e wa y s o r Me t h o d s , applys in himserf in

to which

the Artist

the work of AS, L.

The se ways are divers 2. De scension-

t h e ms e lv e s :

s u b l ima t io n 5 . s o ru t io n . wh ic h we s h a l 1

3. Distiila t io n . 7. Fixatio n , declare .

4 . c a lc in a t io n . B . c e ra t io n . A ll

6 . co a gulation. w i th

m uch plainness

rr.

The perfection of

consist s thin g s

1. of

those it

t h in g s , is

a n d f ro m t h e 2 . Fr o m

co n sid e r ation the of it

those of

b y wh ic h h e lp in g .

a t t a in e d .

con sideration the is thing which

thing s

3 . F ro m t h e

c o n s id e ra t ion b y wh ic h or not.

lastry the

p e rf e c t s . Magistery

4 . A n d f ro m t h a t was in perfection

known, whether

rrr. the

The consideration compreatment manifest, of the of

of

those is

t h in g s the

b y wh ic h we a t t a in of the

to subin are

the work,

consideration and of those

sta n ce every not

and of m a n if e s t to

c o ro rs , and of

t h e we ig h t Bodies that

Bodies

be changed, Radix of of their

changed,

from the

Nature, that the

without are

that

Artifice: in of the the or

and the R ad ix of

consideration their of Nature B odies,

those

likewise wit h as they Na t u re s ,

changd,

by A rt if ic e : acco rd in g to t h e ir

c o n s id e ra t io n

Pr in cip r es m an ifest; fice .

a re p ro f o u n d , wit h

o c c u rt r A rti -

and according

o r wit h o u t

-9 7 -

IV. the

For

if

Bodies

and their properties is

Principles, of their

be not Natures, and what not

known in both is with

profound

or manifest Artifice, in them,

and without or defective would of fection

what

superfluous, be known; from ever

wanting those,

cannot us,

and our attaining

knowing to the

necessity of their

hinder

per-

Transmutation.

v.

The consideration of the

of

things of

helping things,

perfection, which

is

the

conto

sideration Bodies

Nature

those

we see adhere And these

Lazul i .

rrrithout

Artifice,

and to make Mutation:

T u ti a, A nti mong, and Lapi s

are,
A nd

M at c has ite ,

Ma g n e s i a ,

the

consideration such are things of

of

those

which,

without Nit re ,

adherenCy,

cleanse , and of G la s s o f

Bod ie s; o the r all

S a-2, ts, rike

A 7 7 u ms,

B o ra x , V it E io I c o n s id e ra t io n n a t u re .

natu re r: cle a n s in g

And the

so rts,

and things

b y a lik e

VI.

But the

consideration of chusing which it

of the

the pure

t h in g

that

p e rf e c t s , of Argent that, is but

is vive:

the and

consideration it is the

substance substance This

Matter, which Nature, is it

from the

of

took not it

begin-

ning, vive of it:

and of in its nor

was created. nor in its

Matter

Argent is part

whore substance, Stone is

now, but

when the

made for is

that

illustrates ti on of

and conserves P erfection.

from Adulation,

which

a significa-

vr r .

Lastly,

The considera t io n by which arises it is

of

the

t h in g r

or

c e rt a in

T ry a l be in

and Examination, Per fecti on or not;

known, whether c o n s id e ra t io n

the

Magistery

f ro m t h e

of I.

The Cupel.

-9 8 -

2 . G ement. tb lytgs. 7, AII

3.

tgnition.

4.

E x p o s ! -n g 7 t

to

the

y a P o u rs o f A c i d

,5. E ntJnotian.

6 , . Co mt u lx t . io n a f 8.

S u lt rt h u r b -u rn in g B o d i e a . of Argent Causes VXve. frorn

Reduet-i,on after which with the

CaleLnatLon. foi:mer

sus,ceptlon vith tbeir

we declare,

ExperienceE,

by which

you may cetrtainly

know,

we have

Rot erted.-

-9 9 -

CH A PT E R

L.

OF SUBLIILATION, VESSELS, FURNACES.

I. Th e cause of Inven t io n (sinc e or both to of

the

of

S u b lima t io n , c a n p o s s ib ly s o me t h in g

wa s t o

u n it e with in

Bo d ie s with a Bod y but i ts se lf

spirits, a spirit.) nature (without

n o t h in g f in d

b e u n it e d c a n c o n t a in b e in g g iv e d e f ile , of the

that

the

B o d y a n d S p irit , f irs t p u rif ie d r) c o rru p t , to the

wh ic h e it h e r

cast not a nd

up o n b odies, p e r fect burn Sp ir it.

bein g

Colorsr

or else

to t a lly

b la c k e n ,

them,

and this

according

diversitie

same

II. wh o lly

For S ulphur, corrupt: Color,

A rsenick , Tutia (of

a n d lrla rc h a s it e , e v e ry k in d ) a d u s t iv e not b u rn s

a re b u rn in g s not, yet

and an is

g iv e s wh ic h

i m pe r fect e a sily

1. B ecaus e it s and blacken s is for

S u lp h u re it y ,

inflamed is

re mo v e d .

2 . B e c a u s e it s a Livid

Earthiness C olo r ,

not

separated;

Adustion

may create

and E arthiness

may f o rm it .

III. their

These things burning

therefere

$te are constrained

to

cleanse

from

Sulphuriety

or Unctuosity, but

and Earthy by

superfluity, for

and this when Fire p a r ts,

can be done by no Artifice elvevateg, behind it

Sublimation: the

makes ascend always the mo re G ro s s .

more subtile

leaving

IV.

Hence i r

is

manifest

that

S p irit s

a re c le a n s e d

f ro m t h e ir and

Earthiness

by Sublimation,

which

Earthiness

impeded Ingress,

gave an impure they are freed

or

diminished

Color:

from which

being

separated,

from their

Impurity, to

and are made more splendid, enter and penetrate T in c t u re . the

more pervious, de n sity of

and more easily with a p u re

bodies,

a n d p e rf e c t

V.

Adustion before not

is

also

taken

ayray by Sublimation; to adustion

for after

Arsenick Sublimation, the same in

which will

Sublimation but

was apt receeds

be Inflamed, in

without

Inflamationi no other things

you may find Spir itsr

Sulphur.

And because in

than

w saw an adhere n c y to make choice

t o B o d ie s wit h of them, and to

A lt e ra t io n , puri.fie

we w e r e

necessitated Sub lim ation.

them by

VI. with the with

S ublimation adherency diversity strong to of

then, its

is

the

E le v a t io n but is

of

a Dry t h in g

b y F ire , to

Vessel

done diversly for

according

Spirits

to be sublimed: with

some are Sublimed and some again with

Ignition, of Fire.

others

moderate,

a r e m iss

heat

VII.

Arsenick,

and S ulph u r, their

a re S u b lime d wit h parts

a re mis s mixt

F ire ; and

for

otherwise, conjoyned bla ck fin d

having with the

most subtil their

uniformly

Gross,

whole

substance

would

ascend

or burnt, out the of

without

a n y P u rif ic a t io n : of the F ire ,

t h e re f o re

y o u mu s t with

proportion the

and the that

P u rif ic a t io n , they

conmixtion de p r e st,

Feces or suffered

Gosser parts, to ascend.

may be kept

and not

-1 0 1 -

VIII.

In

S ublimation l.

a t h re e

f o ld

d e g re e o f

F ire

is

to be

observed. th e A1 tered, se e they degree Feces, Ignition which is,

Oner so proportioned, more pure, a n d L iv id fro m t h e ir is of with of the

Els to make to p a rt s , E a rt h ly t iI I

ascend only

y o u ma n if e s t ly 2 . A n o th e r in the with

are cleansed that what

f e c u le n c y .

pure

Essence remaining force of Fire, the

may be sublimed of the bottom

greater the Vessel,

vLz.

and of

Feces therein, is, a

you may see with which

your is to

Eye.

3. The other to of the it

degree

most weak Fire, th e that Feces, only

be given a n y t h in g

Sublimate

without but in which

so that which is

scarce ly the

ma y a s c e n d ,

most subtil for that it

part is

thereof, a thing

and which by help of

our work Adustion

is is

of

no value,

made in

Su1phurs.

IX.

The whole

intention being

t h e re f o re

of

S u b t ima t io n

is , of

That Fire. with

1. 2. And

The Earthiness the most subtil Corruption, con sisti ng w i th o u t thereof.

removed by a due proportion which brings

and fumous part, cast

Adustion pure

being in

awayr w may have the of or s imp le F u s io n

Substance, and

E quality,

u p o n t h e F ire , F ire r or

any A dustionr

f ly in g

f ro m t h e

I n f la ma t io n

X. for

No w that that Fire

that

which

is to

mo s t s u b t il its

is

a d u s t iv e , all those to

is

e v id e nt ,

converts affinity and every is of

own nature, it is of

things adus-

wh ich ti ble

are of thingi

to

it :

a f f in it y

e v e ry

thin g

t h e mo re s u b t il, t o wh a t is

t h e mo re a d u s t i b l e , mo s t s u b t le .

the r e for e

Fire

most a f f in it y

- 102-

XI. no t

The same is sublimed,

proved

by Experience; in f la me d , b e in g

for

Sulphur the

or Arsenick t wo , S u lp h u r

are most eas ily but eithe r

and of

the m o re easily: inflamed, yet vrith but fly

s u b lime d ,

a re n o t without

d ire c t ly rnflamation,

away,

and are extenuated

a preceeding

Fusion.

xII.

Now the is,

proof that

in

the

ad.ministration

of

Foeces, with

with the

their

proportion, Spirits to

such llatter may best for

be chosen, agree, that

which

be sublimed

and wherewith with in the which the

they they

may be are of

the more intimately

mixed: will to

lvlatter

or may be most united, the is Foeces of evid ent.

be more potent be sublimed;

retention of which

the lvlatter

reason

XIfI.

B ut the to

addition

of

F o e c e s is if they

n e c e s s a ry , be not

b e c a u s e S u lp h u r with the their

or Arsenick Fo e ce s of whole to

be sublimed, thing , cleansed, prov e d ,

conjoyned

some fixed not is

wo u ld n e c e s s a rily which thing Lf

a s c e n d wit h

substance this

we know by experience the Foeces be not then the same

be truth: with

because, least

permixed

them thro' they

their

parts, for their

happens as if a sce n d without

had not

Foeces,

whole

Essence will

any cleans in g .

XIV.

Experience

also

proves forraign they

this to

to be true, the nature in of

because when we Bodies, purified we subafter the c le a n s e d .

sublime lime the in

from a thing vainr so that but well,

are

found the

no wise

ascension: is

subliming and wit h

with

Cal-x of it is

any Body, p e rf e c t ly

su b lim a tion

f a c ilit y

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xv. or

The intention taken from the is

of

Foeces then of in lletals; other than Calxes

is,

that for in

they

be administred

calxes but

them the work of mo s t d if f ic u rt ; in f or their be

sub r im ation which stead; lo n g ,

easie, is

t h in g s

cause there for that

nothing the

can be instituted of Bodies, the

without

Labor will

tedious,

and most d if f ic u lt ,

a lmo s t

t o d e s p a ra t io n .

XVI. without

But

in

this

there the

is

some benefit, of Bodies,

for is of

what

is

sublimed quantity, wit h the

Foeceg or Foeces of B odies

Calces

greater

bu t with C alce s of

lesser: of lea s t

S o a ls o ,

wh a t is but

c a lc in e d of e a s ie s t

is

q u a n t it y ,

a n d mo s t

speedy Labor.

XVII. n a tur e that

However every to it, excuses

kind

of

Salt

prepared, the in

and things

of

tike for for

us f ro m u s in g

Foeces of

B o d ie s ,

with

them we make sublimation of things of to the be sublimed Salts,

a greater the

quantity; is other

separation

from

Foeces, in

easily things.

made by solution

which

happens not

XVIII. quantity err: care, greater according Fire fire Yet to

But the of if

proportion to

of

Foeces is,

that

it

be equal you cannot it

to

the

the matter the

be sublimed, half the

in which weight, the

easily with

Foeces be but

may serve

an experienced will to be the the

Man: For the of the For

less

Foeces are, provided,

the that the

Exuberation of

the

sublimate,

Subtraction thereto:

Foecesr in

ln abatement quantity, and in

of

be in serves

proportion for

a small

a small a greater

perfectiont fire is

in

a great,

a great;

quantity,

a greater

required.

XIX.

Now because fire it i s, th a t

is a thing e rror a s well

is in

which

cannot

be measured; in it, when the of For-

therefore Artist

often

committed to the

i s u n ski l fu l ,

respect

variety

n a c e s r E S Wo o d s a n d V e ss els t o b e u s e d ,

a n d t h e ir

d u e jo y n in g .

xx.

Therefore onry,

in

things with

to

be sublimedr finalr in Fire the

you must remove their which being this removed, Fire must

wateriness if not any thing

a very

ascend by it, that the

then

beginning, part

be increased,

most subtil a s id e ,

may (by this is the

most

w ea k fire) Adustion.

be separated,

and put

wh ic h

cause of

XXI. prove of fi r e

But when little by putting

or

nothing cotton the fire

shall weik

ascend into the

(which hole

you may in the top the of the

a little increase

the Aruder) should be,

un'der it;

and how strong 1 it t le

the Cotton with

We ik will it, or it

s h e w: F o r if be lcean, it

sublimate fire is

comes forth small,

shews your But if much

and therefore that it is too

must be encreased: great,

and unclean,

and must be diminished.

XXII.

When then

you find

your

sublimate

to

come forth of

with your

the Fire, of

Weik Clean, but if

and much, you have the the contrary: of

due proportion to the

unclean or

For according the F'ire to its sublimate in the

quantity to the

cleanness, Cotton, this

uncleanness

adhereing

must you order

your it

yrhole sublimation: without

by

means you may bring

due height

any error.

o5-

XXIII. of Ir on r

Y et the way of or of

Fo e c e s is

b e t t e r, indeed

vLz.

To take of

S c a le s the Pri-

Copper calcined : huniditity, them with know.

these

by reason

vation senicck, the

an Evil and Unite

do easily themselves;

imbibe

Sulphur

or Ar-

the method of which

experienced

only

XXIV. in the

It

is

fit

therefore, of erre these through

that

we s h o u ld

rig h t ly

in f o rm

you

sublimation you should in of

two Spirits lgnorance:

(Sulphur

and Arsenick) that if

Ieast

We say then, the Fire

you put nothing

many Foeces, the Matter to

and augrment not be sublimed will

proportionally,

ascend.

XXV.

If

you put

in

a small

quantity a f it

of

foecesr p ro p o rt io n

or

none of of F ire , by gives Fewe1 the

th e C aIx of matter reason will of

B odies,

and ha v e n o t its whole

ascend with the heat Fornace, of Fire;

substance:

So likewise Fornace if the

you may err: a s ma ll

For a greater a s ma ll,

a g r e a ter

F o rn a c e ,

and Ventholes

be proportionate.

XXVI. Forance, a small

If

you sublime you cannot

a great

quantity great

of

matter

in

a small If the a

make a fire a great of

enough for you will a thick

Elevation:

quantity

in

Forance, Again A thin

exterminate Fornace a rare

sublimation condensate fir e , in

by excess and strong which

heat.

gives

Fire:

Fornace' e rr.

and weak

both

you m a y e a s ily

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XXVIf.

So also, fire,

a Fornace with but with snall

large Vent-holes, Vent-holes,

gives a clear And

and strong if

a weak fire:

the distance the fire

of space between the Fornace and the Vessel be will be the greater, care, but if small, also err. the less;

large,

in alL which, without

you may easily

XXVIII. the

You must therefore of the Fire

build you would

your

Fornace vj.z.

according thick, with

to free

strength

have,

Vent-holes, Vessel, fire:

so as there of the

may be a good distance Fornace, in all if

between

the

and sides But if

you would have a great things teach you must you. find

a mean fire,

these

a mean proportion:

A11 which

we shall

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XXIX.

Tf you would first it

elevate

a great of your

quantity

of of

matter

to be

sublimed, city, of that

be provided may contain

a sublimatory matter bottom: to

such a capathe height

be sublimed, fit

ones hand breadth

above the or

To this

your

Forin t o or it, Sides

na ce r .so with of in lity the

as the A ludelr distance of which

S u b lima t o ry round

ma y b e re c e iv e d about the to it Walls,

two Fingers being

the

Fornace;

made, make also distant, that

ten Vent-holes,

one proportion, of the fire in

equally all

there

may be an equal-

pa rt s

t h e re o f .

XXX. which Bar let or

Then put fasten at

a Bar of

Iron

into the

the sides of

Fornace of the the

transverse, Forance, which a Span,

each end in from the an fnch

be distant About

bottom above it

Fornace

about

9 Inches: placed,

the

Sublimatory to the

must be

firmly

and inclosed

round about

Fornace.

XXXI. self of

Now, if the

your

Fornace

can well

and clearly

dischange

it

Fumosities, in not, the it

and the circuit is not it a lt e r the it

Flame can freely of so. is it , the Aludel, it

pass through is well

the whole

Fornace if

proportioned; Ve n t- ho les, no t,

Then you must open its me n d e d , a ll for is is we llr of if the

and if

by tha t

you must necessarily from the the sides of

t h e d is t a n c e too small: these

Vessel en la r g e till is it

Fornace it , of

Wherefore T ry a ls , flame

distance, quit

and t ry it self

c o n t in u in g the

can freely and clear.

smoak, and the

b r ig ht

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xxxrr. great

But as to the thickness fire, it

of the Fornace, if

you intend, a a moder-

ought to be about 5 or 6 Inches; a r esser flr e,

but if

a t e f i re , will

3 o r 4 rn ch e s; if

z or 3 r nches thic k

be su ffi ci e n t.

xxxrrr. durable

Then as to fire: lighter

the

Fewer,

sorid

wood gives

a strong

and dry

wood a weak fire, fire and short; of green arr

and soon ended; wood a smarl these things,

wood gives lasting. dive r sity

a great From the of Fires

and long the

consideration may e a s ily

be found out.

xxxrv. limatory after whole too

rn the

sublimation

of

sulphur,

the

cover

of

the

subwithin, the through the rgnition con-

must be made with manner of

a great with the

and rarge a Nose, of

concavity for the

the

an Arembick to the with

othenpise vessel,

sublimate heat,

may descend for not, And if seeing it that in

bottom the of

great

end of force

sublimation, fire, even to in the

sulphur of

ascends

unress the

the Aruder: above, sides

sulphur

be not it

retained wilr bottom,

cavity by the

e a s ily to

f lo ws , the

d e s c e n d a g a in and nothing wirl

of

the

vessel,

very

be found

sublimed.

xxxv. is no t

The Aludel sufficient,

is

to

be made of it

thick

Glass, and of lik e

for the to

other

matter

unless

b e t h ic k ,

lik e it ,

substance wa n t ing

w i th

G lass; is

because Glass to retain spirits

o n ly r spirits

o r wh a t is from frying

Pores,

able

a\ray: For through

Porous vessers,

the

would pass and vanish.

XffVI.

Nor are Metals of their

s e rv ic e a b le

in

t h is

case,

b e c a u s e S pi r i t s them, of your and are Aluder,

(by reason united let

Amity

and Sympathy) in the

penetrate

therewith:

Therefore concha, the

composition a flat

a round the

Glass t ot middle the of

be made with thereof,

round bottom;

and in

sides

a Zone t oE Girdle cause a round Wall the concha, falr so that without

surrounding

same; and above the from the of the

Girdle, of

to be made, equidistant in this space, the sides

sides cover

may freely

Pr essu re.

XXXVII. according or less.

But the to the

height height let

of of

this the

WalI wall

(above the of the

Girdle) little

must be more, to of

concha,

This

done, this

two Covers or of the

Heads be made equal the rength 9 Inches. superior eachr

the measure of the

concavity

two walls

two Covers must be equal, of one of them also

and each a Span, or Pyramidal, h o le s , in the

The Figure o f wh ich that

parts

covers,

must be t wo e q u a l may conveniently

o n e in in.

s o ma d e

a Hens Feather

be put

xxxvrrr.

The intention

of this

concha is,

That its

cover may be so

moved at preasure; that through it, But if

and that

the juncture

might be ingenious, the Spirits this vessel, might

though without you can better this

any luting, contrive

not pass.

you may

do eor notwithstanding

our description.

XXXIX. in ter io u r

Yet

in

this

we have a special with its s id e s ,

intention, enter

that h a lf

the

concha,

s h o u ld

wa y wit h i n

llD

its

cover,

for

seeing it

is the property

of Fumes to ascend,

not to descend, by this Arso that part

means they are kept from vanishing: should, be often emptied, lest

the Head of the Aluder sublirned

of what is

(being over much) should fall

down to

the bottom again.

xL.

Another near

intention the from hold that

is, of

that the

what ascends the to

up in

the

form of

pouder, kept

head of is found

ALudel,

be always fused and

apart,

which porous of

have aEcended at bottom that to well with it

dense in adherency have less hold of

srnall to of

lumpsi sides

and clear vessel; is

thereof, is

with

the

the

for found is

known to nigh to if the it This

Adustion,

than

what

ascend

the

Head: Now the and lucid, of the

subLimation and not subliming the burnt of

performed, inflanunation:

be found is the

clear

perfection it be not is so.

sulphur

and Arsenick: be repeated,

And if ti l l it

so found,

work must

so often

CH AP T ER

LI

OF l{AY OFPURIFYINC DESCENSION, AND THE BYPASTILS.

I. Th ere is is a three included fold in that Ca u s e o f that after it s in v e n t io n . wh ic h it is l. c a lle d , That when a

a n y m a tter Chymical through

V e s s e l, its

Descensory, the Holes

fusion, descentr

may descend assured, it

thereof,

by which

w are

has admitted

a fluxing.

If. after

2. That weak Bodies reduction from their at one time: should vanish

may be it Calces:

be preserved

from Combustion, weak wh o le sub-

from their Calcesr If lie

For when we reduce re d u c e a ll is t h e ir first

Bod ie s stance into

w c a n n o t that

then while by the

part,

which is

reduced a great it was

a body,

the whole force of

reduced, Firei

quantity

would

the

so that is

n e ce ssarily may fall

devised,

that

o n e p a rt through this

s o s o o n a s it descensory.

re d u c e d ,

from the

Fire,

IfI.

3 . That

the

Depuration be freed a Flux the

of

B o d ie s mig h t

b e s o e x c e lle n t ly thing: thing for which the is

performed,

as to in in

from every

extraneous every

body descends alien thereto,

clean,

and leaves thereof.

Concavity

IV. the the

Therefore form of sides of it it

as to

the

way or method thereofr bottom equally bottom:

w sdy,

that and the any

must be such as its without or roughness, of the

may be pointed, terminating And its cover in (if

aforesaid

Acuityr

point

be ne e dful) Dish ,

must be made in fitted to it ,

the

likeness

of a plain its

or flat Cover , m us t

and well

and the Vessel with not

be made of fi r e.

good firm

Earth,

easie to break or crack in the

V.

Then put

in

the matter

which

you would like Earth, bottom

have to

descend, as Then t he

upon round they

Rods or

Bars made of the top

and so placed, of the set Vessel. it in t o

may be more nigh the V essel,

than the in

co ve r in g fi r e,

and lu t in g it is

ju n c t u re ,

and blow it

until

FIux,

a n d t h e wh o le ma t t e r

de sce n d into

a subjacent

V e s s e l.

VI.

But,

if

the matter plain,

b e d if f ic u lt small the

f u s io n ,

it

ma y b e p u t it may

upon a Table easily in Flu x;

or of

Concavity, head of the

from which Descensory

descend by inclining for by this

when it

mean s B o d ie s

a re p u rif ie d .

VIf. of

B ut they Pu r ification

are yet is of

be t t e r the

p u rif ie d

b y P a s t ils , wit h of is

wh ic h met h o d p u rif y ing as a

s a me f o rc e , the foeces which

t h e wa y o f B o d ie s thus.

by de scension: Descensory

For it

hold s the

a s we ll

and better

way of

'VIIf. it, or

Take the file it,

body which or reduce t'tix it it

you intend in t o

to

cleanse, wh ic h Calx, is

and granulate yet is better, not to

a Ca lx ,

and more perfect: be melted,

with

some other body to flow.

which

and then

make the

IX.

By this

method,

ofte n

re p e a t e d ,

B o d ie s is

a re c le a n s e d , to p e rf e c t io n ;

b ut y et it

no t with

a perfect

Mundific a t io n ,
\\]

wh ic h

a p r o fi table the better

purifying,

that

B o d ie s

c a p a b le

of

p e rf e c t io n ,

hd y

and more perfectly

be transmuted.

X.

For there

is an Administration all

always to be before, which shall

and to in its

proceed such a Transmutation, proper place.

be declared

XI.

The Descensory useful For all are

Fornace to the

is

made, as before of lletals

described,

and is and

wonderfully Ce m e n ts . Bodies,

melting

by Cineritiums

Calcined, by this

Co mb u s t , Dissolved, Fornace in t o a s o lid

and Coagulated Ma s s , o r Me t a l .

reduced

XII.

Cineritiums Silver is the

also, often

a n d Ce me n t s , a n d T e s t s r melted, imbibed. are put into

o E Cru c ib le s , this Fornace, for

in which the

recovering

Dletals

CHAPTER

LII

OFDISTILI.ATION, CAUSES, KINDS, AND FORNACES.

I. Distillation vessel; fire. is the elevating of d iv e rs of Aqueous Vapours 1. a ls o E it h e r t wo -f o ld . in their f ire t ot

proper w i th o u t

and is

k in d s . is

wit h I.

Those mad e b y f ire 2. Descending

Ascending

by an Alembick.

by a Descensory.

II.

Th e Cause why Distillatio n of a liquid matter from

wa s in v e n t e d , its filth,

wa s t h e

p u rif iof

cation it

and conservation distilled

from putrefaction. of Distillation)

For we see things

(by what kinds to

soever

are made more pure,

and more easily

be preserved

from putrefaction.

III.

But the is

special the

cau s e o f of

Dis t illa t io n a pure Water,

by Ascent, without

or an Earth or

Alembick, Foecs; the for

separating so distilled such pure clean

water of

has no feculency: waterp wds for left might the

And the Imbibition

Cause of of of the

invention

Spirits, Water,

and of

Dledicines, or Spirits

by the

feculency

our Medicines,

be defiled

or currupted.

ttbe n lib,z.'3 z,

IV.

But the

cause of

the

I n v e n t io n , e x t ra c t in g

wh ic h it s

is

ma d e b y De s c e nt , p u re in their it s Na t u r e ; combusti-

o r a Descensory, because by Ascent, b le N ature.

was the

O y l,

OyIs are not

so easily

had in

V.

An d the

Distillation, for or

wh ic h t h is

is

ma d e wit h o u t to

f ire ,

or by

Fi l te r , (whether purities

was invented distilled, whatsoever.

cause sake,

c le a r

wa t e r Im-

not

distilled)

from all

manner of

VI. 2.

Distillation In Balneo, that

by A sce n t without

is

t wo -f o ld . it s

1.

In Ashesr or V e s s e l,

S an d . so dis-

Hay , o r Wo o l in or Vesica

p ro p e r

posed,

the

Cucurbitr

may not

be broken

before

th e Work is

finished.

VII.

Distillation

by A s h e s o r f ire : fire;

S a n d , is But that for

d o n e wit h b y B a ln e o ,

a g re a t e r, wit h a mi l d ,

str o n g e r, soft t or of

and more acute gentle and equal

Water admits

not

the Acuity

Ig n itionr

E ls A shes or

Sand do.

VIII. colours, by that

Therefore and the in

by that

Dis t illa t io n parts of

wh ic h the

is

ma d e in A s h e s , are elevated; color, arise. in but and So

more gross the to the parts

Earth

Balneo,

more subtil, of is simple

and without Water, only

more approaching that a more subtil

nature

separation in

made by distillation Sand.

Balneo,

than by a Distillation

Ashes or

-1 1 6 -

IX. th ick, is

Th is

is

evident;

for

O y l d is t ille d b e in g

by Ashes, in

is

g ro s s , the OyI

and foetid: into

B ut tha t its

re c t if ie d

B a ln e o ,

separated

Elemental

partsi

so that

from a most Red the whole

OyI,

you have another remaining in

most limpid, the bottom of

white,

and serene,

redness

the Vessel.

X. of

By this all the

Operation, Elements proceeds is of to

we come to every

the

determinate and of every that

separation which thing. Oyl of from But every

Vegetable; and of

Vegetables by that th in g

a Being,

like the

which

made by Descent, determina t e ly , the

we attain and of t h e ir of

Vegetable,

lik e ; every

and by liquid thing.

Filteration

we accomplish

clearness

XI. and

To f it t ed

D i s ti l to w i th Tike be

in th e th e

As h e s . F o rn a c e , same

Y ou Ti ke d i stance upon

must to

have the

strong

earthen Fotnace of the P an breadth

P an' of Sub-

aforesai d the sj des of

I im at ion, and A s hes alm os t ) s et , high and as wit h

from the

Fornace' si fted (Tengt h must t as be

Ve n t-h o 7 e s ; put to th e ro u n d neck of th e As h e s

bottom of one t ot

w hi ch

mu s t and

thi ckness , the w i th A l enbi ck.

Fi ngers

upon

R etott the

D i sti l Tatorg A shes o! , al mos

c o v e te d to th e

a b out th e

same

(R etortr

D i sti l l atory.)

XII. VesseT of tTrl But the

fhis with

doner jts

pot

in

the

mattet neck

to of

be distiTTed, which is to must

cover incTose 77ed

the the neck

ATembick, ot Tute Vesica, the

the

Cucurbit, Then

-l,est what

be distj the

shouf d

awag: the

j unctute, Retort must

and begin or Distj-l

DistiTTation: with and the the fire

vesica, Headt

Cucurbit, ot Recipient,

Tatorg, of Glass,

ATembick

be both

7-

must the

be of matter

strength, to be disti

accotding 77ed, is and

to to

the

exigencA,

ot

nature

of

be continued

r i 77 a77 that

shou]d

be distiTTed

come off.

XIII.

To distil

in

B a1n e o , is

lik e

the

f o rme r, or

in

a Cu c u rb i t pot must

and Alembick; fitte d

be Taid thickness with the

save that Fornacei

Hag or

you must have an Iron upon the bottom

Woo77, that the must or other

Brass

to

the

of
Tike

the pot
matter, be

wit h in ,
to the

a Bed of of

3 Inches,

Cucurbit be covered upon the

mag not tound which Cucurbit that it

broken;

and

same the as the upon and

Cucutbit of the

about, 7aV stjcks to the

almost

as hiqh eross, of bg Put and the the in disti

neck them keep

ATembick, , to and bg its be fu77, hoTd

and Pot,

stones it firm

bottom raised Last Lg,

steadgt moving which

be not down.

Wat,err Water 7 off

rrot be broken ti77 the the Pot

up and done,

kindTe

the

fire,

mattet.

XIV. with then t,hat

To Distil its the the Covet, Covet Liguor

by and

Descent. that on, put and

You must in fire which

have js to

a G-l,ass Descensotg, be DistiTTed, top, or ovet and it

Tuted

made on

the

mag descend.

XV.
an

To Distil
Eatthen, to put the

by Filtre.
Stonet ot the the Glass Disti

P u t rh e Li quot
Concha, TTationt even hang ovet to
undet The the the

to

be

D i sti TTed, set part of the another of the

int o

w hi ch l arget bottom

Tessel FiTter Tetinq

reeeive into

Liquot, part

C oncha, and ovet

nattoweE

si de

thereof,

the in

undet the

Vessel i

so

wiII

the

Liquot ceasing,

faIT to

down the

through dtop.

the

Filtet

Tower

VesseJ. ,

without

Last

Where

note,

That if

the Liquor

be not clear tiII it

enough the first it.

time'

it

must be so often

repeated,

is as you desire

)(vI.

The Distillatory

Fornace, is the sane with according

the sublimatory:

But Fire

must be administred

to the exigency of things now taught.

to be Distilled:

The way of doing which we have just

CHA PTER

L III

0F CALCINATI0N 0F BODIES nno SPIRITS, lr{ITH THEIR CAUSES & I'IETH0DS

I. Ca lcination is the br in g in g of its of a t h in g to Du s t b y F ire , the particles

through of the

an abstraction Body together.

humidity,

holding

II.

The cause of

the

inv e n t io n

t h e re o f ,

is ,

that

t h e A d u s t iv e , by Firet things a re c a l a d i-

corrupting and it to is

and defiling manifold, for other

sulphureity, to the

may be abolished diversity of the

according B odie s thin g s

b e calcined: as also intention.

a re c a lc in e d ; f o re ig n to

a n d s p irit s these, but

ci ne d ; ver s

wit h

III.

And seeing

there

ar e

imp e rf e c t

b o d ie s E ls S a t u rn

of

t wo k in d s ,

v iz , a ll them

Itar d as V enus and w hich w i th are calcined; a several

Mars, -a n d S o f t , there

a n d . f u p it e t ; c a lc in in g

wa s a n e c e s s it y vLz., G e n e ra l

of

intention,

a n d S p e c ia l.

IV. the ir

They are calcined corrupting for

with

one general s u lp h u re i s u lp h u re it g , is thereby

Intention,

when that

and def ilin g adust iv e

t y ma t b e a b o lis h e d wh ic h c o u ld not be

b y Fi r e:

every

removed without thing whatsoever.

Calcination,

abolished

from every

V. An d because the tha t solidity, of the the

body it s e lf intern a l sustanc e it

is

s o lid ,

a n d b y re a s o n c o n c e a le d is wit h in

of t he f ro m

s u lp h u re it g of A rg e n t

con ti nuity Adustion;

v iv e , to

defended the

therefore

was necessary

separate

Continuity

th e r e o f, m i gh t Ar g e n t

that the

the

Fire

c o min g f re e ly f ro m it , it .

to

e v e ry

it s

le a s t

parts, of

burn vive

sutphureit g not

and that

t h e Co n t in u it y

might

de f e n d

vr.

T h e co mmo ni n te n ti o n for it

also of CALCINATION, is the Depur ati on found that Bodies are cleansed by rehereafter show.

of the Earthiness; iterated Calcination

and Reduction as we shall

vII.

S pecial

Calcination that through which

is it is

of

sofr

B o d ie s ,

a n d wit h

these of

two

intentions, ening of

there

may be an intention by an Ignitious found true

Hardrepiti-on

and Fixing,

accomplished and this is

Calcination

upon them;

by Experience.

VIII. they

B ut why the may be the for not of

Calcina t io n fixed, kind

of

S p irit s

wa s in v e n t e d ,

is ,

that in-

better

and the more easily of thing Calcined solution: is

dissolved

to Water; than the

that

every

more fixed,

Calcined, the

and of

easier

and because the b y F ire , a re m o r e

Pa r ti cl es easily

Calcinat e d , Water,

mo re s u b t iliz e d into

mixed with

and turned

Water..

IX.

The Calcination of the

of

other

things, of Spirits

is

subservient and Bodies, in the

to of

the which but

Exigency

Preparation

Preparation th e se x. of

we shall of

speak more at

large

following:

are not

P erfectio n . is for d iv e rs , Bodies b y re a s o n of the d iv e rs i t y than are

The way of things or to

calcination be Calcined things. soft viz,

are otherwise

calcined

Sp ir its dive r sly to th e

other

A n d B o d ie s d iv e rs

f ro m e a c h o t h e r,

Calcined. intention,

B o d ie s h a v e o n e g e n e ra l T h a t b o t h ma y b e Ca lc in e d

wa y , a c c o rd i n g b y F ire o nl y ,

and by the

acuity

of

SaIt

prepared

or

unprepared.

xr . rron

T he first or Earth,

calcination formed like

b y F ire

is

thus:

Ha v e a v e s s e r ret be very

of

a porringEr to the

which of

strong that

and firm, it,

and fitted the

Fornace in

carcinationr

so

under

CoLes may be cast

and blowed.

XII. set of

Then cast

in

your of

Lead or or

rin

(the

vessel

being to in,

firmly the stiff walls bemove: the

uPon a Trivet the Fornace, the

rron 3 or

stone,

and fastened being thrust that it

with

4 stones

tween the

Fornace of the Great the

sides

and the

Vessel,

may not the

form

Fornace, rgnition,

must be the of which

sErme with

F,orm of

Fornace

of

we have spoken and shall

speak more in

following).

.adatRb_.icnrXu]'

- L22-

XIII. the

A nd the

fire

being

k in d le d , a s k in

s u f f ic ie n t will a ris e off

for

the

f u s io n

of

Bodg to be calcined, rake or together ,

o n t h e T o p , wh ic h a S lic e r o r o t he r

co n ti nually fit Iron

and take

wit h tiIl

Stone instrument, Pouder. the re

so long

the

whole body is

converted XIV. calx xv. If it

into

be S aturn,

mu s t b e a g re a t e r whiteness. is easily

f ire

t ill

the

be changed into Now understand

a compleat that saturn Ju p it e r not in

reduced

again

into

Bo d y from its be carefull Purverization Bod g , before of Fire, it

carx:but that to

wit h

mo s t d if f ic u rt y : T h e re f o re , s a t u ln after the it s carx fi r s t into a

you err too is great

e x p o s in g

a Fire

and so reduce

perfec t e d : leisurely

I n t h is

y o u mu s t u s e t e mp e ra n c e with not the great so easily last

and that till but of it

augmented by degrees in fire it s c a lx , a n d is

ca u ti on, reducible,

be conf irme d that the a gentle catx.

must be given

to

co m p leating

xvr . of i ts

Likewise difficult it

be careful reduction , reduced its

that

y o u e rr for that

not

in

J u p it e r, to

b y rea s o n it , Glass,

in t e n d in g s t illr or

re d u c e in t o

yo u find

not

but

a c a rx

t u rn e d

and so then

conclude

reduction

impossibte.

xvrr. d u cti on given, in to

Now we sry, that of ,tupiter, it it

if

a great

Fire

be not a n d if

given

in

the be

re-

re d u c e t h not,

not: but is ,

a g re a t

F ire

sometimes Glass: of the its which

reduces

possibly

may be converted in the provive

reason nature if

o f wh ic h ha s t h e kept

b e c a u s e J u p it e r substance flies of

fun d ity included:

f u g it iv e in the Fire

A rg e n t

long

a$ray; and leaves

t L]

the

Body deprived than

of

humidity, a g a in

so that in t o

it

is

found more apt Body.

vi tr ifi e,

be reduce d

a me t a lric

)fi/III. othe r that

For everything than a V itrifging

deprived F u s io n , to reduce it

of

its

proper

Humidity,

gives

no

whence it it will rdith not the

naturally

follows, of a

you must hasten Fire; for

speedy force

Violent

otherwise

b e re d u c e d .

xrx. is,

The calcination the quantity their after

of

these q u a n t it y

Bodies of

by the

Acuity

of

the cast with

salt, upon an they

s a lt

b e v e ry

often

them in rron

fusion, in

and permixed t ill

by much agitation of the

Rod, while into the

fusion ,

b y t h e mix t io n by the

s a rt , per-

be turned fecti on, a ti on s.

Ashes: Calces of

and afterwards

same way of wit h t h e ir

t h e m a re p e rf e c t e d ,

c o n s ide r -

xx-

But herein for

also

is the

a d if f e re n c e f irs t

in

t h e Ca lc e s c a lc in a t io n rini of

of is

these mo re the

two

Bod ie s: easily calx is

Lead, in into

wo rk o f

converted not

pouder

or Ashes than than that

and yet rin .

more easily is,

p e rf e c t e d th a t s a t u rn

T h e c a us e h u mid it y

o f w hich tha n xxlthe

diversity

h a s a mo re f ix e d

Jupiter. The Calcination former, by reason of to these of of venus and rrtars is the d if f ic u lt y into thin of

one, t h e ir

yet

divers

from

L iq u if ic a t io n . them red Earthithey b e in g are

I{ake either hot, ness, ea sily but not

Bodies for

plates, of their

heat

Merting: quantities into

by reason Adustive for

great sulphur,

and rarge thus

of c a rx . .

frying

reduced

t h e mu c h E a rt h in e s s

l2 t /

m ixe d with the said

the

substance V ive is

of

A rg e n t

v iv e ,

t h e d u e Co n t in u it y

of

A rgent

f ru s t ra t e d .

XXII. Sulphur to that it,

And thence passes Burns the parts into

comes their and the the

porosity, Fire

through

which

the

flying

away,

by that

means having comes to

access pass,

and Elevates

s;rme;

whence it and through

are made more rare, Ashes.

discontinuity

converted

XXIII. fgnition, Scales parts

This

is

manifest,

for

that

plates

of

Copper exposed to

yeild in their

a Sulphureous Superficies;

Flame, which is

and make pulverizable done, of because the from the must be made.

more nigh,

a more easy combustion

Sulphur

XXIV. The form of the form of the

this

Calcinatory

Fornace

is

the

same with that this from must be in must

Distillatory hole in the

Fornace, Crown of of things it to

save only, to free

have one great Fumosities:

itself

and the

place

be Calcined

,lbp'ate!. b-onrrcrr{.

t1-5

the midst of the Fornace, that

the fire

may have free access to such as

them round about, but the vessel must be of Earth, are Crucibles.

x)ff.

T h e ca re i n a ti o n

of

spitits. increase

you must give Fir e to them it, that they may not fry, Fire, and approach to and the

gradually, till

and leisurely

they be abre to sustain their vessel

the greatest

Fixation:

must be round, the last

every way closed,

Fornace the same with greater

mentioned.

But you need not use fright.

Labour than what is to prevent

their

xxvr. square

or in

thus, length

AB to Four

the

form of in

the

Fornace, three in

Let

it

be made Luna,venus Dishes or

feetrand

breadth

Feet I strong

and ltarsr

oE other clay,

things

must be carcined of which force

Pans made of that total they

such as that the the

crucibles of the

are made, to the

may endure of

strongest matter to

Fire,

combustion

be Calcined.

.oritRb

XXVII.

Calcination for of then the is

is

th e

? re a s u re Bodies into

of

the

T h in g ,

b e n o t we a r y and by rea-

therefore, duction gain: of

imperfect Calcinate

are cleansed

by it,

a solid

Body or l'lass of t'letal upon them, which is

our t'tedicine

projected

matter

Jo y and Rejoycing.

XXVIII. Ve sse l, stirring (with

The A blations full it which of pure, that

of

t h e Ca lc e s .

Ha v e a la rg e wit h t h is

E a rt h e n wa s h t h e catx

fre s h all

h o t Wa t e r, the SaIt

often, they

and Allom then into then being hot dry

may be dissolved settled, decant

have been Calcined) put the calx again

the Water gently: before, till it

Water and do as and keep it for

be perfectly

washed,

incineration.

XIX.

The IncineratTon jt SaI in Spirit

of of

CaTces Vinegar, in it

washed.

Take of

the

former

Ca1x, Roch of

dissolve Al1om, the

2 pounds this has water drank

Common SaIt, imbibe 4 ounces the said

Gem, ana drged drg it

2 ounces, Calx and t.i77 it

aforesaid then

jn

aTL

water,

keep

for

use.

XXX. fotmet have

The Reduction incinetated extracted Bodg, of alL which

of CaIx, the

CaLces wash it Salts

into with

a solid distj with

ttfass. 77ed the

Take

the ti77 of gou the Calx Sal do at make it a solid

Urine, filth of

and Alums, drged, in imbibe

CaTcined with Oyl

beinq

4 pounds of which

this

Tartar

7 pound, SaIt and

7 pound I ounce:

dissolve

Armoniack several, descend Itass t

2 ounces, times, through dtging

Peter

This drg reduce

rnbibition it, it and into

inbibing.Lastlg and

a great ftom

descensorg, its

being

putged

Combustible

SuTphureitg

bg Calcina-

tTI

tlon; purified

and from from to it

jts arr in

rerrestreitg accidentar jts Minera.

bg its rmputities

Reductiont and

so

have

gou it

defements,

which

happened

xxxr.

But its

inate

foulness,

which dwells

in the Root of its our t'tedicine,

Generation, the greater

must be obliterated part

or done away, with in it self

of which contains

the substance of requires.

Atgent vive according

as the necessity

of the Art

xxxrr. fection, tion, Weightr in

Again Lf they

you must note, in the reiteration of

that of their

Bodies their

are

found

to be of

per-

Calcination in

and Reducof color,

loose

nothing or

Goodness, great

respect is if to

Quantity

Lustre,

(of which of these

care

be taken

the manifold the

reiterations Calcination in their

OPerations) of of the

therefore Metals, it is to

by repeating they loose

and. Reduction differences persued

altered

anything

Goodness, Art.

be supposed

you have not

rightly

CHAPTER OFSOLUTION AND ITSCAUSE

I. Solution is the of reduction Solution acute of is

LIV

a dry

thing

into with

Water: subtile

and Waters no

every

perfection

compleated

such especially Fe ce sr of ds S pirits

as are of

and sharp of

and Saline, of

having a c id

V in e g a r, lik e

s o we r G ra p e s ,

Pears,

Pomegranates,

and the

d is t ille d .

II.

The case of which

this

Inv e n t io n , have Fusion of fixed

wa s t h e nor

s u b t iliz a t io n by which those

of

t ho s e

things the

neither

Ingress, and of which ot is

was lost which must lik e .

great

advantage Nature. have the

Spirits,

things

are of

their

F'or everything nat u re of s a lt

dissolved,

n e ce ssarily

A I u m, o r t h e ir

III. th e ir wise with they

And the nature vitrification; give Fusion:

of

t h e m is

that

they

g iv e

F u s io n will

b e f o re lik e agree

there f o re And since

S p irit s in

d is s o lv e d

they o t h e r,

their

own nature b e in g

Bodies,

and each wit h of

F u s io n penetrate

a c q u ire d , , and

must by that them,

neccessity

Bodies

penetrating

transmute

them.

IV.

But they

neither

penetrate That

nor

transmute S o lu t io n

without

our of

ttag istetg the not Body, fixed;

or A rt, there

vLz,

after it

a n d Co a g u la t io n the Spirits till

be added to to

some one of sublimed

purified, it re-

and then it,

be so often to it

from it, F u s io n ,

m ain s with se r ve s the

and gives Fusion

a mo re s wif t

and con-

same in

f ro m V it rif ic a t io n .

V. Fo r the

nature

of

S pirit s

is

not

t o b e v it rif ie d ,

but

to

v q r-l

preserve in i t:

the mixture Therefore defends the

from Vitrificationr spjrit

rs long

as they n a t u re

are of

wh ic h mo re re t a in s f ro m V it rif ic a t io n : than is a s p irjt . a necessity there

the

sp ir its , o n ly

or pres e rv e s

And a spirit p u rif ie d , of c a lci n e d , such

purified,

more pres e rv e s Therefore the body; and there for

and dissorved: a Spirit with

mingring good

from these F ix a t io n .

results

Fu sio n and rngress, VI. on ly

t ru e

Now we can demonstrate holding For the in Nature all of

by natural S a lt s , we find

operation,

that lik e , to

things a re dissolved must of

A 1 u ms , a n d t h e no other soever nature things

soluble: but them;

nature

therefore, be dissolved

what things by their

are dissolved, or property.

necessity

VII.

Y et since

we see all of all

t h in g s

t ru ly

c a lc in e d , and Solution; approach to

t o b e d is therefore the nature Ett-

solved,

by reiteration prove, that

Calcination Calcinates

we by that of Salts

and Alums, these

and must of

necessity

be themselves,

tended

with

properties.

VIII. b o ilin g is

The way of or hot

Solution th a t

is is ,

two fold: in

By hot of

Dung, and by both wh ic h t h er e

water;

B a ln e o ;

one intention

and one effect.

IX.

To dissolve

by Dung, is , upon which

That the

Ca lc in a t e S p irit

be put of

in

G l ass V essel, or th e like,

mu s t b e a f f u s e d we ig h t :

V in e g a r, t h e V e s s el and the and

double

its or

T h e n t h e mo u t h o f nothing

must be so closed, matter the with its

stopt, in

that hot

may go forth,

Vesse1 set

Dung to be dissolved,

Solution

afterwards

filterated.

X. But that and after peating filter .

which

is

not in the

yet like

dissolved,

must be again until

calcined, by rewhich also

Calcination, the labour,

manner dissolved, be dissolved

whole

as before

XI. The way of dissolving Put the Calcinate poured on it nothing in like

by boiling manner into

water is more speedy, thus: its Vessel, with Vinegar that

as before;

and the mouth being well buried in Straw,

closed, into

expire,

set the Vessel,

a pot full the fi r e,

o f w a te rr

e re i n D i sti l l a tion for

in Balneo, then kindling

make the water boil a n d f i l tra te .

an hour:

which done, decant the Solution

XII.

And that again till

which in

is

undissolved,

let

it

again

be calcined; Vfork so often

and then repeat,

the

srme manner dissolved; is finished.

which

the whole

XIII. pot

The Dissolutory, fuIl of water, with

or

dissolving

Fornace,

ig

mad.e with other

Iron that

Instrunents, they fall is

in which not:

Vessels the

are artificially Vessels in which

retained every

These are

Dissolution

made.

XIV.

Bodies

are

in

a two fold

way brought or

to

perfection, of

either

( 1) By the way of Bod ie s with the purpose. the

P repara t io n Inperfec t ,

(2 1 B y c o mmix t io n b y Me d ic in e s

p e rf e c t f or

i. e . ,

p re p a re d

XV. Now we say that (as a-fore thus; holes, is being over said)

the

Bodg cleansed

by the

way of

Calcination or Granulated of while small this

and Reduced, must either we pour it

be filed

meltedr cold

upon a Table-Board being well stirred

full

nater,

the water

do ing.

XVI. ( or

T he body thus AF., made of the water; of its it, filings then

granu la t e d , lvrtre of

we p u t

in t o as to

o u r Dis s o -Z v in g w a t e t o n e h a lt said t h e re o f AF. into to a third ot t into a ; or a

a n d v it rio l) the it

dissolve limpid part

srme body in of Ferment the

the

add to

prepared,

own weight: and repeat in its

Abstract this

water After

and revert, it is

cohobate

7 times.

reduced for

Bod g r proV it Treasure

E x a me n , a n d y o u will

re jo y c e

the

you have found.

XVII. of

A nd because we hav e t re a t e d B odies, Rule for we s h o u ld every Jupi t e t , aforegoing, you t h it h e r.

of

the

p e rf e c t you the but

a d min is t ra t i o n s p e c ia lrt ru e that being t h e ir Regidone

Im perfect

n o w g iv e

and certain a lr e a d y respective for

particular I la t s ,

body;

S aturn, Chapters refer

V e n u s a n d t ru n a , in of their

where we treat

m e n tr w shall

XVIII.l ,lercury away the illu str ate

also

putifie d of

a n d f ix e d , Bodies,

h a s p o we r t o and to

take

o ff

or

foulness them.

imperfect

brighten

them or to

A nd rixe d

s u lp h u r

e x t ra c t e d

f ro m b o d ie s ,

t)T

tinge Se cr e t, ftom

or

color vizl

them with

splendor.

Hence you may learn nag be exttacted ts ftom

a great as well

That MerCur y a n d S u lp h u r bodies also, for righ t lg ptepatedt

imperfect S pirits

t h e p e rf e c t . h e lp,

Pur ifi ed and very

an d mid d le bringing

t { in e ra ls ,

a re a g re a t perfection.

peculi,ar,

on the

Work to

XIX. salthe use

The Dissolving Nitre watet jt thaTf with a

Water

or

AF.

Take Cyprus a it foutth is verg

Vitriol patt,

Pound, off

a pound, red hot

Roch-Alum, heat, in fot

DistiTT and

solutive; ThiS

as we have acute.

before

senera-!,

pTaces

taught.

may be

made more

CHAPTER OFCOAGUI-ATION AND ITS CAUSES.

I. co a guTation is the Red u c t io n of the its of

LV

a t h in g

L iq u id for

to

a s o lid there is

substance, two-fold vive

by deprivation Causei one is

moisture; of

which

fnduration t re a t e d ,

Hardening Ch a p . 4 8 ,

of Atgent Sect. 8 , a d 23) .

( of which we have alre a d y

II. in

The way of Ashes up to it,

Coagulating its Neck,

t h in g s

d is s o lv e d , Fj.re,

is not

b y a G la s s p l a c e d too hot is put Vanished.

and an equal tiII

under

and to be continued

the whole Aquosity

III.

Now seeing in

it

is

not the to

p o s s ib le t h in g it s e lf

to

re mo v e t h e re ma in in g , corrupt

t ru e

Essence of it is

an y thing said for ib le to this to

nature,

t h e re f o re things

be impossible

separate

these

from them: not in possthis

cause some Philosophers be attained,

have thought

this

Art

and we , a n d in d e e d to t h is v e ry

o t h e r. s e a rc h e rs State of b e lie f .

Scie n ce

have been brought

IV.

By reason and for yt

of

thisr

w a s we ll space of to our time

as they, la-

we re d riv e n the

to

amazeDeswith w in the

ment,

a long returning

under

shade of perplexed

paration, the

selves,

and being

inunense trouble Bodies of them, is their

of

dispairing

thoughts

and meditationsr to be foul or clean

considered profundity found that in

diminished Nature, it

from Perefection, and nothing pure

to be fox

because not in

was not

in

them according be found there.

to Naturei

which

a thing

cannot

V.Seeing necessarily

then

nothing in

of the

perfection same nothing

is

found

in

them,

therefore to be

also,

superfluous

remains

found,

in

separation of their in it,

of

the

divers

substances by thisr

in

them,

and in

the

profundity

Nature, them,

therefore which

w found

somewhat by

to be d.iminished matter fit for

must necessarily the defect.

be compleated,

and repairing

VI. right

Dimunition Spissation

in

them is or

the

Paucity of the

of

Atgent

vive,

and not to compleat

Coagulation

same, therefore Argent vive:

them,

you must sufficiently or Coagulate; we shall

augrment the and lastly the next

Then rightly fixation.

Inspissate (of which

induce

a permanent

speak in

Chapter)

VII.

But this

is

performed forth

by a Medicine into being

created

of

that: vive,

And this by the their

Medicine benefit

when brought of its

from Argent it hides

brightness forth

and splendor, their Lucidity,

and covers the

Cloudiness, i nto

draws

and converts

same

Splendor,

B rightness

a n d G lo ry .

VfII.

F or which

A tgent

v iv e it

is is

p re p a re d reduced

in t o to

a Me d ic in e , a most pure wanting of

and and bright perfection,

cleansed Substance, will them:

by our Artificer which being or Medicine

projected them,

upon Bodies and by its in its

illustrate which

Tinge

fixing

povrer perfect and place.

we declare

due time

CH A PT E R
OFFIXATION AND ITS CAUSES.
I. to F'ixation abide is right disposing in the fire:

LVI

a Volatile

or Fugitive the

thing

and endure is, that in

The cause of and every and not

Invention may be

thereof

every the thing

Tincture, alteredm

Alteration vanish.

perpetuated

fI.

It

is

manifold are all

according the

to

the

diversity

of

things

to

be

fixed,

which

Bodies

diminished

from perfection, to t h e d ione

as Sa turn, ver sity degree, of

Jupitet, S pirits

Mars a n d , y e n u s , - a n d a c c o rd in g also, V ive wh ic h in in

a re s u -Z , p h u r a n d A rs e n ic k in A ls o lla rc h a s it e , T u t ia ,

and A rgent

a n o t h e r; the T h ird .

M ag n e sia,

and such like

III. fixed their

Therefore, by their volatile

those

bod ie s

d imin is h e d

f ro m p e rf e c t io n , they the are

a re from

Calcination, and corrupting declared in of time the

because thereby Sulphureity; Chapter of

freed

which

we have Also the

sufficiently manifold

Calcination.

repititions the

sublimation, of the Fixation.

more swiftty

and better

do abbreviate

IV.

For this is

cause there

was a second way of of it, until sublimed it into

fixation heat,

found out, that it

which

by precipitating abide

may constantly

therein

be fixed.

V. And this ( m ad e of artificially

is

done by a long not of Gl a s s ,

Glass Vessel, for that it

the wo u ld

bottom c ra c k ),

of

which

E arth,

mu s t b e matter

connexed with

good luting;

and the

ascending

when it of rron

adheres or stone

to

the

sides

of

the Vessel, the heat

must with at bottom, be fixed.

a spatula and this How sulto

be thrust until viv e , in

down to

precipitation phur, A tsenick,

repeated A rgent

the whole lla rc h a s it e , their

matter

I , I a g n e s ia a n d T u t ia r a r e chapters aforegoing.

be fixedr

ril have taught

proper

vr .

The Fixatorg of the

Fornace o r of

A t h a n o r.

rt

mu s t b e ma d e a f t e r it must be set to of

the a be the

nanner

Fornace of

calcination, But the Vessel,

and in with in

deep Pan fuIl fixed, Ashesr in the being so that

ashes.

the matter the middle

firmly the

seared, thickness the Vessel,

must be praced of the

Ashes underneath, four inches,

and above or acone,

compass of to that fire

may be about to in f ix : f ix in g

co r d in g a g r e a ter

which is

you d e s ire than

B e c a u s e in a n o t h e r.

f ix in g

require d

VII.

By this to

Fornace,

and this the

way the

Ancient which

philosophers to men truly

attained

the work of

Magistery; known,

Philosophizing

may be easily in these out yet of let

from what we have more than And by those especially you the inand

enough demonstrated who are figure vention, in g e n ious. real of if the

our Books. the Truth; not find this out

searchers Athanor,

we have given stop your

further

you can possibly

anything

more fit

c4nt+

37-

n e a r r y; to leave

but

more nearly Earth,

in

a rg e n t of

v iv e : the

wh o s e h u mid it y strong the union

we s ee n o t they have,

their nature

by reason

which

and which

has bestowed

upon them in

Work of

their

Mixture.

vr.

But

in

all that

other the

things same is

having separated

humidityr in

fou

rraf find

by ex-

perience, Earthy p r ive d

Resorution thereof, it that is

from their they not are deso that

substance; of all omit

and after

separation

humidity: taking

rn s p irit s them into

a f o re s a id , the Work of

so;

vre cannot

ceration.

VfI.

The way of upon in the it, perfect

Ceration thing give

by to

them

is

thusz

you

rnust

sub1ime with

them their

so often humiditg before

the

be Cerated, good of Fusjon.them

until But from

remaining this cannot

theg

be effected thing.

creansing

every

corrupting

VIII.

A nd it

seems better

t o me t h a t c e ra t io n ,

these f it

s h o u ld

b e f irs t in

fi x e d this

by og 7 of Art

Tartar,

and eve ry them.

a n d n e c e s s a ry

be made with

rX-

Our

PHILOSOPHIC CERATIVE WATER is the White of Eggs: and as Grind it it wirr

thus

made: half

Take

ovi

itistirtSaI it Nitre, with this ovl, oy}.

ed from and Sal SaI

with be

so much of good.or, Mix

Armoniack, and better Tartar,

ana, disttTT it

vetg

Alkoli, the of

before.

And the

more

you the

reiterate aforesaid

labour, with o,tr

rncinetates.or and thence Distir

, conjogn a white

rncinerative

x. ot

A Red rncinerative of Humane Hair, Repeat Red rncinera this tive to

ocL

is

thus adjogn

made: as three l3g

Take

ogt

of

yorks

of

Eggs,

which

much sal times,

Armoniack; and gou wil-l

mix and. have a

distiT: most

distiTTation OVI.

CHAPTER

LVII

OFCERATION AND ITSCAUSE.

I. not ce r a tion fusible, the into is the mollific a t io n Liquification: of it or s o f t e n in g is of a n d h a rd t h i n g that the

unto

whence it was, That

evident, which of

cause of ingress i ts

rnvention the

the matter

had not of

Body for might

Alteration

(by reason so as to

Privation

L iq uefaction)

be softenedr

f lo w,

and have ingress.

II.

Wherefore

some thought that is

Ingress

was to be made with remote by the

liquid

OyIs

and Waters, pals ati on s of this of

but

error,

and wholty and denied

from the manifest

PrinciOper-

Natural

I'tagistery,

Nature.

III.

For we find

not,

in soonr for

those or the

lle t a llic k

B o d ie s ,

that

Na t u re rather

has

placed on e o f fication: so o n to

and humidity long duration,

easy to

be taken of with

away, but F u s io n

n e c e s s it y

t h e ir

and Mollieasie, B od i e s or

For had they be removed, it

been replenished wo u ld n e c e s s a rily of it , in

an humidity that the

f o llo w,

wo u ld be totally none of the

deprived could

o n e o n ly be either

I g n it io n r

s o t h at

Bodies

afterwards

hammered or melted.

IV.

Therefore, Cerating.

imitating Nature which fire: like

the

operations in the

of

Naturer

w follow

her

wa y in with dure

C e ra t e s is

Ra d ix o f

f u s ib le

t h in g s , to ento

an humidity, th e heat of

above all it

humidities, is n e c e s s a ry

and able for

The re f o re humid it y .

u s a ls o

C er a te

with

the

V.

Bu t this

Cerative found

Hum id it y than in

is

in

n o t h in g v iz , in

b e t t e r, S u J p h u r,

mo re p o s s i b l y , a n d in e r s e n i c k ,

o r m or e nearly

these,

XI. of

ogr sal

of

verdigrise with

is

thus

made:

Dissotve

Verdigrise mix ocr thrice; rnciner of

jn

water and you

Armoniack, the mixtute'

the

sane

coagurated,, repeat

Egrgs, so shall

drstiT have

which fit

pjstiTTation and profitable

o9r

of

verdigrise,

for

ation.

xl r .

o gr of

Ga77i its doing

ma d e b y d is t illin g in a1l things

an oyl as in the

f ro m t h e former.

G al l r

Els

from human Hair;

xfIIm id ityr

I do not E ls in

say that sulptrur until in

these

oyls

can give but they

a Radical p re s e rv e

Mineral

Hu-

and A rs e n ic k , it enters,

the Tincture and after-

from combustion, wards they fly

or makes an rngress; of the fire.

the Augmentation

XIV. it, ace rt

After which is that

the you in

matter must which do

is in all

rncinerated, a Fusorg, are ot

it

may be necessary Fornace. by

to

melt Forn-

Merting

This

Bodies the this to use

easily

melted of

themselves: Also Tutia or

is

a Fotnace is as

mueh in melted is in

among

Melters and

Metars: with

Aurichajcum caTaminatis

Fornace, as have

tinged

known

such

made a Tryal.

CHAPTER

LVIII

THAT OUR MEDICINE IS TWO-F0LD, ONE FOR THE WHITE & oNE FoR THE RED. YET THAT l||EHAVE ONE ONLY I4EDICINE FOR BOTH, HHICH IS I,IOST PERFECT
r' we Demonstrate that thing Spirits are more assinuated for that to Bodies,

than any other

in nature;

they are more united, thingsi so that we

and more friendty affirm, are their that

to Bodies,

than all

other

these alterations

of Bodies in the first

rnvention,

true Medicines.

rr-

And as we have been exercised of imperfect Body, to Bodies, so vre find the with

in

alr

kinds,

in into

the

trans-

formation Lunar

firmutation the of

a perfect for to them must be trans-

and Solar

that

Medicine Bodies

be divers muted.

according

intention

the

rrrviz.

A nd since Argent Vive

Metars

to b e t ra n s mu t e d in Perfection,

a re o f

a t wo -f o rd

k ind ,

coagulable and these

and Bodies some being soft, not

diminished hardr sus-

from Perfection: taining it fgnitionr

again

manifold, others

ds Mars and Venusi the Medicine

enduring be

as Saturn

and Jupiter; manifold.

perfective

must also

ne ce ssarily

rv. in

And altho a certain fusible;

Mars and venus be of special property, the

one kind, one being

yet not

they

differ the

Fusibre,

other

therefore another:

Mars is The first

perfected indeed

with is

one Medicine, uncrean,

and Venus with

totally

- 141-

but the other

not:

the former has a Dull

whiteness;

the latter of a

t h a t o f R e d n e ss a n d Gre e nness: all Diversity in the l{edicine.

which for ce a necessity

V.

Also

the

soft

B odies,

S a t u rn

a n d J u p it e r, a Div e rs Clean; than

s e e in g Me d ic in e : and they

they the

le s s first

d iffe r , of

do necessarily indeed

req u ire the

a ls o latter

them is

Unclean,

are all there-

rendered fore

more Mutablel for

now made Lunar each of Lunar

Solar

Bodies;

the Medicine into

them must be two-fold: Body: and one Citrine,

One lilhite, changeing

changeing i nto

a White

a Citrine

S o1ar B ody .

VI.

Since

then

in

every

of

the

Imperfect

Bodies

is

found

a al l

tw o- fold Bod ie s,

Ftatter, will

S olar

and L u n a r;

t h e Me d ic in e s

p e rf e c t in g

be in

number E ig h t .

VII. Body; is

So also therefore

Argent of

Vive

is

perfected altering all

into or the

a Lunar perfecting

and Solar it, which there we

the

Medicine so that Compleat

a two-fold

difference: for the

Medicines of every

have invented, Body, will

alteration

imperfect

be in

number Ten.

VIIf. search of

However,

with

constant

and continued

Labor, to

and great the of Use One by

and invention, Ten Medicenes,

we have been desirous by the our Invention and very

exclude

these

and advantage Laborious

OnIy lvtedicine: certain

and with

long

search, the

Experience,

we have*found the soft

One Medicine, the

by which

hard was softned;

Body hardned;

fugitive

fixed,

and

the

Soul illustrated

with

S p le n d o r

o r B rig h t n e s s

in e f f a b le ,

and

beyond Nature.

rx.

Notwithstanding, speak of all

it

is these of

here

expedient, with

that their

we should causes, first the

parand then

ticurarry the evident

Medicines

experiences series of

their

probations. f itted

We will to to arl

declare Bodies, of tion

the then

the

Ten liledicines, and lastly all Bodies;

to Argent

vive,

proceed yet with

the Medicine the prepara-

the Irtagistery, imperfect

perfecting need.

Bodies

x.

And least

we shourd rreatise of all

be carped of the A rt ,

at

by the

Envious, of a lr

Els writing p re s e nt the they

an i nsufficient the preparation

we h e re

f irs t

imperfect

Bodies, (in

assigning

C au se s of

the necessity to receive

t h e re o f , the

b y wh ic h of

O u r a rt if ic e ) in every

are made apt degree of

Medicine

perfection, be perfected

Whiteness these

and Redness, of all of

and to

by the

sames

and after th e m se lves. a n d Ar gent C ha p . se ct-

a Narration

the lledicines s a t u rn , J u p it e r,

before Ma rs , 14.

mentioned, venus, ad 20.

The P reparatio n s vive here ment io n e d . 11. chap. Chap .

see chap. L2,

42. sect. L4.

43. S ect. L2, 13.

44. Sect. 33. 15,

13,

Ch a p . 4 5 . of the lg

48. s e c t . 44. s e c t . 6.

T h e p re p a ra t io n 16 , L7. Sect. chap.

M e d icin es, ad 23 .

see chap.

45. sect.

Chap.

46. S ect.

Ch a p . 4 8 .

33. etc.

xr left

Fr om what has been s a id , Superfluous or deficient

t t is in

e v id e n t , every of

that those

wh a t Na t u re Bodies that are

IrtS

i m pe r fect; the m utable soft

has been in B odies of

pa rt

d e c la re d :

a n d s in c e a re o f

it

happens that k in d , viz.

Imp e rf e c t io n ,

a t wo -f o ld

and Ignibler with but

ds Saturn

and Jupiter;

and hard the first

and not indeed not

fusible fusible, usr their That

rgnitionr the other to

Ers t{ars and venus, fusible the with

rgnition; of

Nature in

has taught Radix of Wants,

according divers

diversity

Essences to

the

Nature,

Preparations, to them.

according

their

must be ad.ministred

XIf. Lead,

There are two B odies which is Black r ot from the in the

of

I mp e rf e c t io n and Tin, Root of of

of

o n e k in d , is

vLz.

Saturn; innate

which

White t ot are divers partsr Ers

Jupiter;

which

their their

nature, hidden

each from other, well as in those

profundity are outward.

which

XIIf. str i do r Iittle bright: their

For S aturn

is

cloud y , totally

liv id , mu t e :

p o n d e ro u s , B u t J u p it e r sounding,

b la c k , is

wit h o u t a

or crashing, livid, Of the particular crashing

wh it e ,

much, a little of which

and somethj.ng spoken in

Differences Chapters

we have already

aforegoing.

XIV. lessr

From which tou

Causes of the

Differerice, order of the

according

to more and wherein of

must collect first,

Preparationst of Bodiesi of

we have shewed, Argent nothing or Vive of

The Preparation Now in is rather to the

afterwards Bodies, profound,

coagulable. Superfluity

preparation

be removed from their from their manifest

inward

Parts,

but

or outward.

-L 4 4 -

CHA PTER

LIX

MEDICINE, OFTHE TINCTURE, ELIXIR on STONE OFTHE PHILOSOPHERS, IN GENERAL.

7. The five different Propertjes constjtuting thjs Medicine.

I.

Unless

every

thing

superfluous from

be taken

avray, either vLz.

by super-

Medicine fluous

or preparation Sulphureity, sor

imperfect unclean

Bodies, Earthiness, be not t'ledicine one of

Every

and every as that in

they separated altering the five

cannot from them: dif-

be purified, the

Fusion of

they the

Commistion

after formed

projection this

when you have fer e n ce s of

you have found

perfection.

ff. alter

Also, into

if

the

l4edicin e

do not

illu s t ra t e , (according brightness,

a n d a lt e r

and

a White is)

or Citrine

Color

to what your and admirable

intention Lucidity; to the

inducing

a splendent

Bodies utmost.

diminished

from perfection

are not

perfected

III.

So also,

if

it

abide s

not

Lunar or it

S o la r not

F u s io n , in the

it

is

not

changed into but is

perfection;

because

abides

Tryal;

altogether

separated,

and receeds by the

from the

Commixtion; of which we

which sh a ll

you may more amply determine speak hereafter.

Cineritium,

IV.

If

likewise

the

Medicine the

be not of

perpetuated Tincture,

with

a firm is not

alteration, permanent

so that but

Impression in the Fire

and Finity

vanished

upon probation.

-1 4 5 -

V. tr u e

If

it

attains

not of

to

t h e we ig h t

of it

P e rf e c t io n , is not f irmly is

(h a v in g

the a

ponderosity

Luna a n d S o I , ) of Nature: for

changed to one of the of

perfect sig n s fection e xh ib it of

compleatment perfection. are five,

this

weight these that

S e e in g t h e re f o re there is a necessity in P ro je c t io n .

d if f e re n c e s our Medicine it is

per-

should

these

Differences this to

A ls o

e v id e n t

from hence, having hering versal we ll which

That

Medicine

must be prepared altering, But

from Things adUniso of

Affinity to

Bodies, their

readily

and amicably through this

them in

profundity: nothing

searching

Naturer a s A rgent the true

w have found V ive prepa re d , is

which to

can do all

a c c o rd in g the

o u r Dire c t io n s , Perfection.

t'tedicine

made to

highest

2.

T he

P re p a ra ti o n s d i ffe re n t

of

the

Medi ci ne,

that

jt

mag

gi ve

the

af or es aid

Pro p ertj es.

VI.

Now since

it

changes n o t , it ough t the

wit h o u t

the to

a lt e ra t io n b e p re p a re d , v|z.

of

it s it

Na tur e ,

therefore

n e c e s s a rily of it

that its the

may be mixed even in substance profundity

profundity that

Bodies,

That

may be made such, of the

may be mixed even in without separation for

Body alterable,

ever.

VII. with

But this certain

cannot

be done,

without

it

be very

much subtilized in

and determinate 3, 4,51 6,7.

sublimationsr a f o re g o in g : unless it

ls we have taught L ik e wis e it s I m-

C ha p .48. pression illu str ate, it

S ect. cannot

be permanent, its

be fixed,

nor can it from

unless to A rt,

mo s t s p le n d id with a f it f ire .

substance

b e e x t ra c t e d

according

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VIII. Ca u ti on

Nor can this be used in the soft. is

Medic in e its

h a v e p e rf e c t that it

F u s io n , ma y s o f t e n

u n le s s

g rea t

fix a t io n , And it

h a rd B o di e s ,

and harden of of its the

can only

do that, to

when a sufficiency the necessity

humidity Fusion

preserved,

proportionate

desired.

IX.

Whence it

is

evident,

that

it

should

have such a Preparation clean substance, such great f ire , a n d wa y o f and

as may make it fixed also; (in that for but

a most sulgent these things to the its

and purely

must be done with re g u la t io n Humidityr F u s io n . of the

C au ti on, fixing) l eft,

respect in

removing

so much may be still

compleat

and p e rf e c t

X.

If

by this in the

Medicine, beginning For a soft Fusion.

you would of fire it s is

soften

Bodies

hard

of f ire must and

Fusio n r

P re p a ra t io n , Conservative

a g e n t le of

b e a d h ibited: Pe r fective of

Humidity,

XI. w i th the

There is their subtilty

also

many o t h e r

Co n s id e ra t io n s T h is of Ca u s e o f

of

t h e We ig h t , we ig h t , in is , their

Causes and Or d e r. of the substance parts of

g re a t

Bodies,

and uniformity

Essence: nothing en cr e a se

By which

the

them may be so condensed, Density of Parts, is

that the

can come between. of weight, and t h e

And the

P e rf e c t io n

t h e re o f .

3.

T he

Si x

P ro p e ttj e s

of

thi ngs

from

w hi ch

the

Medi ci ne

js

ex t r ac t ed .

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XII.

First,

They have in altogether for

themselves fixed with

an Earth its

most subtil Radical

and

incombustible, Humidity,

own Proper

and apt

fixing.

XIII. formly the

Secondly, conjoyned

They have an airy to that Earth, that

and fiery if

Humidityr

so uniso is

one be Vo1atile' the of fire its

residue:

And this even to

sane Humidity the compleat

abides

beyond all own InspisEarth annexed

Humidities, sation, to it,

termination

without with

Evaporation,

inseparable

from the

a compleat

permanency.

XIV. th a t

Thirdly, b y help it of

The Disposition its

of

their in Earth a ll

Natural

Humidity of with

is it s

such,

own O le a g in it y the

d if f e re n c e s it,

Properties, an Unctuosity, bond of

contemperates and with

annexed to

such and final

such a Homogene and equal that after the

Union, of

inseparable it

Conjunction,

degree

Pr e p a r ation,

gives

a g o o d F u s io n .

XV. of

Fourthly, Essence, that their

The Oleanginous and so artificia lly it burns least not

Property, c le a n s e d with

is

of

so great

purity

f ro m a ll which it

Co mb u s t ib le is conjoyned

matter, through

any Bodies but

parts, S ect.

preserves

them from Combustion.

H er m e s. Chap. L2.

5 . a f o re g o in g .

XVf.

F'ifthly, Whiter the

It

has a Tincture ot fire Red, clean cannot or

in

it

self

so clear

and and Nor

splendid, fixed,

and incombustible, against Corroding it to

stable

that

prevail Sharp,

change it: Corrupt

can Sulphurous, and DefiLe the

Adustive, same.

Bodies,

,T8

XVIr .

S ixthly' is

The whole Co mp o s it u m, of so gre a t its S u b t ilt y

in c e ra t e d a n d T e n u it y it re ma in s

wit h of in

it s

f in a t

Co m p leatment, th a t after the

Ma t t e r,

end of like

De c o c t io n , and is the of

p ro je c t io n to

of most fusion the greatest it

water, of

profound

penetration,

perfection be; adhering the

Body to with of the

be Transmuted,

how Fixed unity or

so ever

thereto f o rc e of its

an inseparable s t ro n g e s t F ire ;

co n ju n ction, that very

against hour,

a n d in

by virtue

own Spirituality,

reducing

Bo d ie s

to V olatility.

4.

The Seven

Properties

of

the

Medicine

it

self.

XVIIf. Fu sti on ,

First,

Oleaginity, of

G iv in g

in

P ro je c t io n For the

Un iv e rs a l f irs t t h in g after of

and Diffusion of it the

t h e Ma t t e r; is is the

Pr oje ction

Tincture , wh ic h

s u d d e n a n d d u e Dif f u s io n a n d re n d e re d

the M edicine with a Mineral

serf,

p e rf e c t e d

V is c o us ,

Oleaginity.

XfX.

S econdly, flowing to the

Tenuity very

o f Ma t t e r, thin in of the it s

or

the

S p irit u a l lik e

s u b s t a n ce penefor that

th e r e o f, trating

F u s io n ,

Wa t e r,

Profundity Fusion,

the Body to rn g re s s io n

be Transmuted, t h e re o f is

in u n e d iatery

after

necessary.

xx. ture,

Thirdlyr and the

A ffinity, Body to

o r v ic in it y , be Transmuted, of its like; is

b e t we e n t h e giving because

E rix ir in

or Tinc-

adherency

obviation Ingress of

and Retention the Medicine,

immediately

after

Adherency

convenient

and necessary.

XXI.

Fourthly, the it, for

Radical P arts

H u mid it y ,

F ie ry ,

Co n g e a lin g ,

a n d Co n-

solid a ti ng Homogene to inseparably of the parts

retain e d , union

wit h of all

a d h e re n c e , its said

t o wh a t is Homogene parts, Consolidation necessary.

and the ever.

Because after Viscous

Adherency, is

by a Radical

numidity

XXII. in the

Fifthly, Fire, but

P urity not it is

an d Cle a rn e s s , burning: left to for the after

g iv in g

a ma n if e s t of

S p len d o r the

consolidation Fire to burn

purified

parts,

actual not

up or wherefore

consume all p u r ifi cation

extraneous is

Superfluities

consolidated:

necessary.

XXIII.

S ixthly,

A fixing giving

E a rt h ,

t e mp e ra t e ,

t h in ,

s u b t il, in the

f ix e d , solu-

and incombustible, tion of the the

permanency of to it;

Fixation,

Body adherring force of the

standing Fire: f o llo ws

and persevering for of immediately c o u rs e . after

against

strongest

Pu r ifi cation,

fixation

nec e s s a rily

XXIV.

Seventhly, Color

Tincture White t o t of

White

or

Red, giving Cit rin e , to v iz .

a splendid t h e L u n if ifor that

o r pe r fect cation after or

in t e n s ly the Bodies

Solification a pure tinging is

be transmuted; tinging another into

fixation

Tincture the

or Color to

Body; true

Or a Tincture, Si l ver or Gold,

Matter

be transmuted

absolut e ly

n e c e s s a ry .

150

CHAPTER

LX

OF THE THREE ORDERS OF THE MEDICINE.

7. Of Medicines of the first Order.

I.

Su b tilty

of of

the

matter

is

n e c e s s a rily the perfecting weight,

re q u ire d r of the to

d s we ll Medicine;

in

the

preparation because are, Art; all of

Bodiesr

Els in

how much the is

greater the

Bodies they

be transmuted to by of

so much greater for which reason which

perfection

are brought the to

we shall is three

here declare fold, according

differences three

ltledicines,

orders.

rr.

A irledicine which

of

the

first

order upon the

is

every

preparation Bodies,

of impresses Compleat-

Minerals,

projected

imperfect not

upon them an Alteration, ment; with yet the the total altered

but Body is of

induces thereby

a sufficient

changed and corrupted, and all its Impressions.

evanishing

the Medicine,

III.

Of this

kind receives

is

every not

Sublimation

dealbative this or of of kind,

of llars is

or

Venus which additament and Zyniar,

Fixation: of sol in

and of

every

of

the

color like

and Lunar a Fornace

Venus commixed,

and the

set

Cementation.

IV. ing it

This self

Order

changes with or

a mutation Evaporation. 15, 15,

not

durable, And of this

by diminishkind are 18,

by Exharation Chap.

the se L9 ,

described, 22,

44. S e c t .

L ' l-. 6, 7, the

Ch a p . 4 5 . 8,

Sect.

20 , 2L,

23. and C h a p . this first

46. Sect. is

9 . a f o re g o in g. work.

And the work of

order

carled

lesser

2.

Of

l tl e d i c i n e s

of

th e

s econd

Order.

v.

A Medicine being

of

the

second order, upon Bodies

r carl diminished of

every

preparation,

which alters leaving Bodies'

projected

from perfection, wholly of

them to other

some certain degrees all of that

degrees

perfection, the

Corruptionr is fugitive

irS is is

Calcination

bY which

burnt

away and Consumed.

VI. ally

And of yellow,

this or of

Order

are

the Medicines dealbating in t h e m.

Tinging Venus,

Luna perpetuother

perpetually Corruption

leaving

diffe r e n ces

VII. but of

Now seeing of Argent all declare of

the I'tedicine perfectly

of

Bodies

to

be cleansed w will

is

one; first

Vive

Coagulable for Bodies: Vive,

anotherr and then

the ltedicines the

afterwards into a true

the Medicine Solisick

sErmeArgent B od y .

coagulable

and Lunisick

VIII. perfect fection. of the

A t'tedicine imperfect But

of

the

second Order but with

is

that

which difference

does indeed of perin every

Bodies, there

one only

seeing

are many causes of rs in Saturn which a Volatile

Corruption

imperfect Argent

Bodiesr Vive

Sulphureity, must necessarily

fugitive

(by both

Corruption therefore

be inducedr) second Order, covering cau se s of it,

and its are adorn

Terrestreity:

t'tedicines them, all the

of or

this

such as can only the same, leaving

remove one of behind it,

other

Imperfection.

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Ix. is

Since innate

then to

in

Bodies, their Orde r:

there Radix, that

is

somewhat impermutable, cannot wh ic h be taken t o t a lly of the

which ahray

them in of this

and which t le d ic in e ,

b y a M edicine moves, that

re third

from Order.

the mixtion,

must be a Medicine

and Greater

An d because we find the S u p e rf lu it ie s o f t h in g s V o la t ile , to . be removed, by way of Calcination; and the Earthiness, not innate, X. abolished of by repeated of Reductions; of this therefore there was a necessity which might the soft

inventing palliate

a Medicine the to innate, the

second Order, the of hard, their

indeed Bodies,

soften

and harden Natures,

according but

perfection

and not or

Sop h isti c ally; Solisick, of

perfectl y B o d ie s .

c o n s t it u t e

a t ru e

L u n is ic k r

imperfect

XI.

Si nce

then of

it

is

manif e s t , cannot innate

that

in

B o d ie s

o n ly

Soft

the

hastiness of this

ltelting nor the

be taken impurity

away, by the Artifices in of the Radix of their

!{orki

principles essa r y,

be removedrthe which in projection them,

Invention mig h t to

this

lYledicine was nect h e ir of T e n u it y , with an d

I n s p is s a t e

Inspissating, th e ir Melting.

harden

a sufficiency

Ignition

XII.

S o also

in

hard

B od ie s ,

a t t e n u a t in g

t h e ir

S p is s it u d e ,

to

deduce them to with adorn their the

a sufficient of

Velocity, Ignition; of

Liquefaction and palliating

or Melting, them, to the

onn property Clowdiness White, the of other

Bodies into

either

kind,

transmuting

one into

Red most perfect.

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xr r r ' order,

This only

Medicine

is

d if f e re n c e d of

f ro m a Me d ic in e

of

the

third

by rmperfection rnspissa t in g of preparation

a lesser the T e n u it y

or meaner preparation. of soft B o d ie s r Fire: with in 19, r _

Bu t the Medlcine quires one kind the their L7, lg,

hrith hard

a consumptive Bodies, k in d another,

and that conser43. 2L,

Attenuating vati on Se ct. 22 ' of 16,

spissitude Humidity: L9, 20 , are

of

o f wh ic h 2I. in

a re t h o s e 44. Sect.

chap. 20,

a n d Ch a p .

aforegoing,

which

a me a n o r mid d re

o rd e r.

3.

Of

Medicines

of

th e

t hi ri l

Otder.

xr v.

This

is

every takes

prepara t io n , away all or si g n s

wh ic h wh e n it

is

p ro je c t e d them, is with one to

upon Bodies, a ll onry, the th e

corruption of of of

and perfects B u t t h is

differences

p e rf e c t io n . it, the

and therefore u se of the

by reason

we are not s e c o n d o rd e r.

obliged

ten Medicin e s

xvLunar,

of

this yt

order but

there

is

a t wo f o rd

Me d ic in e ,

vLz.

s o ra r

and

one i-n Essence,

and which

have but

one way in we

operating; ha ve r ead;

and therefore it is called

by our Ancestors, On e o n ly Me d ic in e .

whose writings

xvr-

However there

is

an addition of fixed

of

a citrine which

color,

made of the the

the most clean difference ye llo w, th a t

substance

Sulphur

constitutes other for

between the vLz. in the it Lunar self,

one for

the white, Me d ic in e , not.

and the the

and S o la r bu t the

la t t e r

c o n t a in i n g

C olor

other

xvr r work;

This

is

called

the

t h ird

o rd e rr care,

o r o rd e r prudence, and the the former; to

of

t h e c re a t e r is

and that in to

because greater

and rndustry preparation and also it

required thereof that the it

the Administration perfection, than Labor in

thereof, any of

for for

needs greater Purity.

and longer

time

compleat

highest

xvIII.

Therefore the

the Medicine Medicines of

of the

this

Order

is

not but

diverse only in to

in

Essence from r esp e ct of

second order,

Degrees, degree

as bein g of Purity, with

mo re s u b t iriz e d , Tincture, a long

a n d e x a lt e d in

much higher

and Fixity,

the making of Labour.

and preparation

thereof,

continued

course

xIX.

All

which of

degrees

in

their

proper

place

are declared Exactly,

with with by

sincerity its causes, it

speech,

and the way of verityi Perfection.

preparation

and manifest brought to

as also

the many degrees

which

is

xx. the with

For the solar the

Lunar

Medicine for the of

needs one way of perfect sulphur Sect. 43, preparation Tinging 11, L2, it: 13.

preparation: of of its

but

another,

Tincture, we have S e ct . 11,

Administration

which

ab u n d a n tly 11, 13 .

S poken Chap.46. S ec t .

Ch a p . 4 7 .

and Chap. 48.

4 4 . a f o re g o in g .

r55

CHAPTER INGRESSION HOl{ IS PROCURED.

I. Because it happens that therefore how every

LXI

a lledicine here

will

sometimes mix, the way of

and pernot

sometimes not, mixing, enteringr i.e.

vte shall thingr

declare

or each particular acquire Ingress into

Medicine a Body.

Rdy most profoundly

II.

The way is of for it it be, that

by dissolu t io n which Enters thing

of not,

that

wh ic h

E n t e rs ,

and by disSolu-

solution tions: soever

and by cormnixing both

makes every and to

to be Ingressive, through its least

of what kind parts.

be conjoyned

III.

Yet this

is

complea t e d same, in to

b y S u b lu t io n : things not

a n d F u s io n

is

a ls o,

accomplished whereby they

by the

otherwise and to

Fusible: transmute.

are more apt

have Ingress,

IV. of

This the

is

the of

cause why we Calcine these, to wit, that that

some things, they they

which

are not dis-

nature

may be the may the

better

solved: receive prepared

and they Impression

are dissolved, from themt

better by theee be

and from them likewise,

and cleansed.

V.

Or, We give of of

Ingress

to

these

which

are not

suffered

to

enter

b y r ea son Repetition

their the of

S pissit u d e , Sublimation, A rsenick , of the

o r T h ic k n e s s , of Spirits V iv e of not

wit h

a ma n if o ld upon

Inflamable f ix e d i

the m , to wit, manifold

a n d A rg e n t Solution

not

o r wit h Ingress.

Reiteration

that

which

has not

q6-

vr. viz'

yet this

is a good caution

concerning

theings

rmpermixabre,

That the Body be dissolved, by these:

changed and altered

which you would have to be and the things likewise Dissolved, and to arter.

which you would have both to enter

vrr'

Nevertheress

solution or that

cannot be made of all Body, not another,

partsr

some; with

but of

which this time.

bibed time after

must be im_

vrrr.

For by this

means it

has rngress onry into

this

necessarily; other Body.

or that, any

but this

does not necessariry

happen into

then must needs have rngress by these waysi by the benefit whereof, it depends on the nature of that, to have rngress (as we eaid before) and to Transmute with the Commixtion found out.

rx'

Every thing

is compreated our said number of Ten lrredicines, with a sufficient production of them, (in order to the Great lfork it self . )

x'

By this

precedent Discourse,

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CHA PTER OF THE CINERTTIUI'I.

f. The Solar and Lunar substance

LXII

is

only out

permanent the true

in

the

Tryal

by the of of the the

Cineritium: Substances Cineritium, do more,

Therefore of these

searching perfect

Differences the Causes

Bodies

and likewise of the in

rde shall and which

make tryal do less

which or

Imperfect the Examen

Bodies of th is

endure

abide

Magistery.

If.

But we have already in first the

sufficiently of their

declared substance, I ra s a la rg e of it it; c o u ld at

the

Secret That

of

these

two Bodies Ra d ixr Argent ti l , or

Profundity of

viz.

their

P rinciple purest

b e in g ,

q u a n t it y first

of

Vive,

and the

substance t ill

more SubF u s io n with

bu t

afterwards

Inspiss a t e ,

a d mit

Ign iti on .

III.

Therefore

whatsoever the

Bodies abide

diminished or endure it.

from Perfection, in this

have

more of

Earthiness,

less

Examen; but

what have less

Earthiness,

do more endure

IV. ti l ty

Because these of their

do indeed clos e ly are of than

more adhere, P e rmix in g greater those

by reason a n d Un it in g

of

the

SubSo

P arts, that

t h e m:

likewise, of greater

Bodies

Tenuity t ot are in

on the

contrary, must

Spissitude, be wholly

which

Perfection,

necessarily

separated

from the

Cormixtion.

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v.

For being

not

of

the

sErmeFusion, Bodies

they

are

for of

that

cause

sake separated: quantity said of

And indeed vive,

which

partake

a lesser from the

Argent

are more easily

separated

Commixtion.

vI.

r T is

evident but for

then, a small

that

s e e in g of

S a t u rn Argent

is

of

mu c h E a rt h in e s s , and of opposite an to a of is

and contains easie Tenuity

quantity

vive,

Liquefaction, of

which a ll in

are mostry B o d ie s ,

Cin e r iti ous the cineritum, separated

E xamen; theref o re it least

b y t h e A rt if ic e yea it

endures

the

comnixtion,

and vanishes

most speedily.

VII.

Seeing therefore by that

of it

a ll is is , the

imp e rf e c t more fit b e c a u s e it imperfect

B o d ie s , for the

it

mo s t g iv e s our f ligh t , self

way and receedsr M a g istery, and sooner

Examen of takes with its it s

and the draws

reason of

sooner Bodies

every

from the mixture.

vr r r . fect

A rso by reason Bodies is

of

t h is , for

t h e g re a t e r the strong

q u a n t it y

of

t h e pe r -

preserved of it the is

combustion,

or mighty by the

devouring tr yal of

force Lead,

Fire

of

the

Examen: and therefore p u rif ie d .

less

b u rn t ,

a n d mo re e a s ily

IX.

And because Vive, it it is

the

substance of

of

Jupiter,

consists of

more of Earthiness, substance; and Venus;

Argent whereby

and partakes of is greater more safe in

a lesser

quantity

purity, in

and of

a more subtil than Saturn

therefore because it

the Mixtion, profundity

more adheres

the

thereof.

qg-

x.

And for

this

cause a larger Jupiter conjoyned wit h

quantity

of

the

perfect

Body is

absumed, before m ixti on : Fusion is

can be separated I g n it io n ; but it

from the Com-

V enus gives slower of

Fusi o n a perfect yet

b e c a u s e it s is separated of

Body,

therefore than

from the th e

Commixtion, of its

more slowly Substance.

Saturn,

by reason

Ig nition

fusible

XI.

But because

it

contains

less

of

Argent

Vive,

and has more of it is more

Earthiness, easily

and a more thick from the the

Substance, than

therefore Jupiter,

separated in

Mixtion

because Jupiter

more adheres

profundity

than Venus.

XII. is

Dlars has not caused for

Fusion,

and therefore but then the if it

is

not

permixed, it

which is per-

want of

Humidity: Fire;

happens that it of has not SoI or

mixed with enough of u n ited

vehemency of its

because Humidity

Humidity Luna, it is

own, by imbibing in its leas t

thereto

p a rt s .

XIII.

Therefore, Fusion, B y this

Thor yt it

it

h a s mu c h E a rt h , can by no flight (i. e . of every of

a n d lit t le Artifice

A rg e n t

Vive,

and wants fr o m them. to the

be separated you come Per-

A rtific e

t h e Cin L rit iu m)

true

rectification

Body,

Lf you understand

fectly

what we have writ.

XIV.

There

are

two Bodies of

perfect, their

abiding

this

tryal, which them.

to wit, results

Sol and Luna, from their

by reason

good Composition, pure Substance of

good lrlixtion,

and the

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xv.

The way of Poudet ot

working of the them; with

this

Tryal

is

thus,

Take

sifted ot

Ashes

or

Calx t ot of ture it a77, firm into a

Bones of moisten gour Tump; it strep drg.

AninaTs with

CaTcined,

a Conmixtion nixit, work

some of and sorid

,latet, and in

and, make the the mjdst of

hands;

round the

flatish of to

make a tound

and smooth of

holTownessl beaten

and upon to Poudet,

bottom Lag

a sma-l7 quantitg

Glass

which

XVI. which then upon

lthen dr7, gou would blow which, a with

Put trg

gouE ot

Metal

into put

the Coals

Hollowness of Fire

thereof, it, and frows: and

ptove, upon

upon the of

BeTTows in

the cast

surface, patt after

tiLl part

Metar Lead,

being

flux, sttong

bTow with

fTame of

Ignition.

)ffII not that

WhiTst

Vou see

it

agitated tiTI lttotion upon a77

with the

a sttong Lead,

Concussion, when not

jt

js

pure; js

therefore gon of f , Lead vanlsh. dnd and then If

wait the again it

be Exbaled: not, jt is

get it, get ti77

ceases and rest, it

Vet

pute.'ca,st the mote Lead Leadt jt

blow

as before, the or

untiL in and of

do not upon it, in

tepeat be stjlT

casting quiet,

bTowing and

gou see

cLean

cTeat

jts

Supetfices.

XVIII. water if

?hjs upon

done, the Test,

take fot

avag

the

Coals, find r it

scatter

the

Fjre, proved:

and

put

gou wi77 thjs proof

throughlg in

and Bodies takes

while be

gou aEe bTowing the better

gou cast purifiedi

G-lass, because

the that

wi77

and more perfectTq and separates

awag the

Inpuritjes,

them.

xrx. rrttre like

orr

xnstead of 6rass t lou mag c.ast Jn saltr,

Borax, ot a

Alum: This Examen of tlre cinerrf,iun manner be made ln a crucible be btowed, of, Earth,

or restr, Eay i.n if the fire of round

about lt that

and upon the surface

also

the crucibre, and be per.f,ected.

the aodg to be provedr

rBB1r the sooner flow,

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CHA P TE R

LX I I I

OFCEI'IENTATION AND ITS CAUSES,

r. we now come to the Examen of res s cenentand whereas c a lc in a t io n s u lp h u r some bodies of f ire , i.e. more, a is of

a r e m ore, th e y which bu t they

and others contain

b u rn e d b y t h e q u a n t it y le s s : than of

a gre a t e r le s s ,

(b u rn in g ) s o rrh a s it

which

contain of

T h e re f o re

s e e in g

lesser not fi r e. (in

quantity

sulphur, of all

other Bodies)

t'tetarlick burnt

Bodies, by the

the midst

Mineral

force

II.

A nd seeing of than

Luna also, than

next the it

to

SoI, four

p a rt a k e s Bodies; bear the than

of yet

a le s s has more Ignition A nd but

quantity Sulphur of

Sulphur, Sol; Fire

other

therefore for less it, a lo n g bear

can less space of

strong

a violent

t ime ,

SoI can: nature,

by consequence, Ve n u s less and of vi ole n t than

things

burning c o n s is t s Luna,

by a like of

becau s e it than

mo re S u lp h u r

s t iI l, the

greater force

Earthiness of Fire.

and so can less

bear

III. greater is

Jupiter

also

less

than

SoI or Luna, than than

b e c a u s e it either but of

p a rt a k e s them; yet

of it

Sulphureity, burnt

and Earthiness, of Fire

less

by violence

Venus,

more than

SoI,

or Lu n a.

IV.

Saturn

in

its

Commixtion than

by nature, of

holds

more of

Earthi-

ness and Sulphureity,

either

these

before

named; and

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therefore

is more burnt,

by rnframation inflamed,

or viorence

of F,ire, and

i s s o o n e r, a n d mo re e a si ly because it has sulphureity

than all

the said Bodie s ; and more fixed

more nearly

conjoyned,

than Jupiter.

v.

Mars is

not

burnt of

by it

self

but it

by Accident, imbibes that

for

when it

is by

mixed with reason it is of

Bodies its

much humidity, of the

Hunidity,

ohtn want inflamed

same; and therefore if the Bodies

being with

conjoyned it is

neither or

nor burned,

which

joyned

united,

be neither

Inflamable

nor Combustible.

vI.

But

if

Combustible to

Bodies the nature

be mixed with of the

it,

it

necessarily that Mars is

happens burnt

(according

Combustion) Cement is its

and inflamed. things, that all

Seeing the

therefore,

that

made of is mani-

Inflamable fest, viz.

necessary

cause of things

Invention be burned.

Combustible

might

VII. aloner kept

And since or what safe in

there is

is

but

one only

body incombustible, to the nature of it, less,

that is are Jupiof

prepared

according abide

Cement.

But which

more, more,

and which but but

known with ter a II. yet

their

Causes.

Luna abides

Mars less, Saturn least

less,

and Venus less

than Jupiter,

VIII. pound flging grise, it

The way of of

Examination things, viz. Alumr

by Cement of which

is

thus. ate

you

must

com-

Inflamable

kind 5a-l

a77 blackening, Verdiof SuL-

penetrating Alumr ot

things, Plumous

VittioT, and a verg

Armoniack, quantitg

smalT

t6'l

phur , t hings : s aid, to

w i th A7 7 and

Humane which

U ri n e , a te upon wag

and

othet a

Ti ke P aste, of that

acute, w i th B odg

and the

penetrati ng uti ne gou aforei ntend

m a de th in of

i nto pTates

s p re a d bg th j s

w hi ch

ex am i n e

P robati on.

IX.

T he n

th e in

said an th e

p l a te s

must V esse.l , ;

be

Tai d so mag kept 3 dags, Fi re

upon as not

Grate to

of

l ton, one an access

inc Luded ot her , to t hem .

E a tth e n povet th e fo r

but

touch and in a thj s mel t.

th a t

of

the must

Fi re be of R ed

have in

ftee

equaT sttong

?hus Tessef p l a te s

whole th e

Fi re, but w i th but

E ar t hen T hat the

s pace kept

C auti on

'

mag be

hox,

not

x.
all

After

the

third if the

day,

you t{i}t

find

the

Plates if

cleansed not,

from

i mpurity,

B od y o f and burnt

t h e m wa s p e rf e c t t in the Calcination.

they will

be wholly

corrupted

XI.

Some expose P lates of

of

Dle t a l t o

Ca lc in a t io n , in

wit h o u t like

a if this that were the

Composition

Cement and they If not, they

are purified a re t o t a lly

manner,

Bo d y be perfect: kind they of

c o n s u me d : B u t in sPace of Fire) time' if (for they

Examen they

must have a longer only force of

are purified

by the heIP of

than

Examined by the

Cement.

XII. na tur e Tryal

And for of S ol,

that

the

nature of

of

Luna differs it re s t s of

not

much from the it in the

therefore

n e c e s s it y is of the

wit h

by Cement, and there in of these the two kinds of

no seParation Tryal' unless

Bodies

one from

another reason

that of

be caused by substances.

Diversity

Composition

their

tb5

XIII.

For

from thence or

re s u lt s

the

Div e rs it y which are strong

of

F u s io n , the

and causes of of some,

Thickness, Separation; their

Thinnessr or that, is not

Rarity, of

indeed

for

by reason corrupted

the

Composition of the

substance in

by the of

substance them,

Extra-

neous Body, their least

as much as a mixtion

cannot

be made through

parts.

XIV.

Therefore

in

such a conmrixture, other, perfecting of without of the

tiey total

must necessarily corruption Bodies found to is of

be their

separated Essences. when they

each from And the are

imperfect

discerned' the

by Ingenuity Ignition,

preparation

be of

same Fusion,

and Solidity.

I 6L

CHA P T E R
THE EXAI'IEN BY IGNITION.
I. Since Bodies are of greatest to receive design is

L XIV

Perfection, the is Fire to

with before find out

determinate fusion the of them;

Ignition, therefore alteration to th e ir

found if

we say, of

our there

compleat such Bodies

them,

a necessity

to bring

Fusion.

II.

And before

these with their

perfect

Bodies of

be Fusedr

w see them Celestine of Color, Fire,

ad.mit Ignition and this which before

Inf lamation Ignition in

a pleasing

comes to

the whiteness

by the

Eye can in

no wise

be discerned.

III. before which

r Tis

evident with

then,

that

t h e p e rf e c t Redness, for if with

I g n it io n

of

t h e m is

Fusion, the

intense behold; are

and not the

rrrith whiteness, Bodies stand be in per-

Eye cannot they

prepared they

Dlelted, fecti on .

before

red hot

Fire,

not

IV.

And if of

they Fire, if in it

be made Red Fire their preparation soft

hot is

with not

labor, true that

and great and perfect; the same is and

Violence this only

indeed found

happen in

Bodies,

for

Mars.

V. tion

Because Ignible admit Ignitioni

Bodies nor

do not

easily Bodies

in the

the way of right

preparawhich

Fusible perfect

F'usion,

we find

to be in

Bodies

according

to Nature.

vr.

rf

B o d i e s p re p a re d , celestine

in their their

r gnition, preparation

give not a.fr ame of is not compleat.

a preasing

coror,

vrr-

And if

any part

of the weight,

color,

Beauty,

rgnition

and or

the rike, force fore

be found diminished,

by reason of the Differencesr proceeded:

of the Preparation,

you have not rightry you find

thereand

you must search again tilr upon the right

out your Error, the Divine

chance to hit

way through

goodnegs.

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CHA PTER

LXV

THE DGT-IEN BYFUSION OR MELTING.

I. not Fusion with with Ignition kind of is the only but Argument with of Perfectionr in in the which which body is yet the

every not

Ignition, white; of

Ignition Ignition

Body waxeth is not not

altogether paleness t ot

and with

made a dull l{elted

Fire, not

and in which, immediately after

suddenly

flowes

Ignition.

II. Fire,

For when a body flows either without

with

the

very

small

force

of

a weak the

Ignitionr

or with

a pallid

Ignitioni body.

body thus

prepared,

must needs be still

an imperfect

III. coole, ness,

A nd if and its

a body after Ignition

F u s io n ,

b e not

suffered who1ly

presently into

to

be presently looseth

turned it s to

blackit be-

and by reason it be. is

thereof,

rg n it io n , p e rf e c t io n ,

b e f o re of

comes hard, forever kinds of it

not

a body brought is from its

wh a t k i n d o n e of the

Now this bodies.

softness,

a n d is

imperfect

IV. great

If

the

Ignition

of

a body before of a strong

Fusion Fire,

thereof and with

be made with a Ray of it is not

Labor,

and Violence Inestimable,

brightness a perfect

altogether

white

and shining, altered.

body,

but

a body of

hardness

V.

If

also

after

Fusion hardned,

thereof, that it

and when taken flows not, the

from the Fire, fulgent Ignition

ir

be presently

thereof fection,

yet but

renaining,

it

is the

not

a body of of the

Lunar

or

Solar of

perMars.

comes under

nature

differences

vr.

By what has been said, a three-fold

then,

it

is evident,

that

in bodies of and a

Fusible, their third

rgnition

may be found before

l{elting

Substances, vLz. one Pallid; most white, shining with

another Red and clear;

Rays.

VfI.

The first perfect

of

these bodiee,

is

an Ignition third of

of hard

soft

BodieE;

the proved

second of

the

bodiesr

Ele is

by Reason and Experience.

VIII. to

If

you would all for the

find

out

the

Degree of you must

all

these the

lgnitions,

compleat

Fusible the

bodiesr

learn

Compleat

sufficiency recollect, Fusion;

perfection of it all

of

Fusion; the Signs

and by considering, of the Degree of

difference

thg.s may you find

out,

otherwise

not.

170

CHAPTER

L X VI

Tl|EEXAHEN BYVAPORS OFACUTE THINGS.

I. Perfect Bodies exposed over the Vapors of acute things, are apt either little viz.

things at all

Sharp, Sowre, and Saline,

or nothing FIos.

to sl o w e rr o r to em it a most pleasant Celestine

II.

But SoI or over the

Gold flowers Vapors of

not: the

yet

SoI or

Luna not

pure, to

being

exposed Flo we r , that of

said

acute

things

we find FIos:

and to SoI is

yield

a mo s t d e le c t a b le than that

Ce le s t in e of Luna.

of which'

more delightful

III.

We then

(from

seeing Color

this) in of

imitating

Nature, which

do in manner Color is

produce perfected d e cla r e d.

a Celestine by the

prepared Argent

bodies,

goodness

Viver

ES we have formerly

IV. of

Whatever acute

prepared do not to

bodies

then,

being

put

over

the

Vapors they

things, yet

produce the total

a pleasant Perfection

Celestine of their

Color,

are not

brought

Preparation.

v.

There in with

are their

some bodies, Superfices, of this

which with kind

in

the

Examen of

Saline

things, Color

flower mixt

a dull is

Red, or dull

Citrine

Greenness:

I'lars.

VI. tine white, which

Some flower Colorr of

with this

a dull kind is is

Greenness, Venus. Saturn:

mixt

with found

a Turbid to yield White,

Celesa dull of

Some are

and of kind is

this

kind

And some a clear

Jupiter.

VII. Ieastr

Hence it

is evident

that

the most perfect it yields

Body flowers it is i n a the Gum-

o r n o th i n g a t a l l ;

and if

any Flos,

long space of time. mosity of Jupiter

And indeed among imperfect admits any Flowersi Jupiter

Bodies,

most slowly

whence by the

Exanen of this greater Order,

Magistery, more nearly

ure find

in the work of the

approxinate

to perfection.

VIII.

And by this

Tryal

or probation,

it

may be known, in what if you

kind of temperanent, rightly

the proposed Body does consist;

conceive the Order of these things

here declared.

CHA PTER

L X VII

THE EXMEN OFBODIES BYEXTINCTION RED FIRE-HOT.

I. the but into If the Body heat yeild not red Fire a white hot be extinguished and the the in Liquor, and

Lunar is

Color, Color,

So1ar a bright not,

Citrine'

changed into perfection

a Foreign of

Body is

transmuted

the

a perfect

Body.

II. of

And if Sa lts

in

repeating

its

Ignition k in d in

and Extinction of it s p re p a ra t io n , S u p e rs ic e s ;

in it

the Waters yeilds, if in

or A lums, of A ffinity of

by wh a t s o e v e r to in

a Scor ia, the often fould

B la c k n e s s Sulphurs, it vanishes of the

O r,

Extinction repeated Blackness, not

it

and from the or infects

Extinction itself into with

with a

Ignition or

by force

Hammer breaks

peices,

the Work is

perfect.

III.

Or,

if

it

with

Cem e n t a t io n or things

of of

t h e mix t u re like Nature,

of

S a l a rmon i a c k ,

Veridgrise, the Fire,

and Urine, and after So1ar, it the

be exposed to of it (whether ot makes a imperfection.

Ignition looses the

and Extinction its proPer

Lunar or Scoria, it

totally that

Colorr in

is

evident,

Body does remain

IV. that three the or

And this as well

we farther in these

give

Your as one certain

general

Rule, the

present if

Examensr oE Probations, among the differences of of ought

as in

Examens following; or

perfection, its not weight to do)

altered color

changed Body shall of perfection,

change any thing (and which it

from those

l'13

you have erred is a thing tage rather.

in your Work, and the alteration but destructive

or change made, and of disadvan-

of no goodr oE profit,

V.

There remains yet three

other

ways of Exaninationr

ds

appears by Chap. 49. Sect. immediately ters, follow,

7 aforegoing, Crich should here they are treated off in the Chapviz. The 5,

but that several,

under their

and respective Sulphur,

Titles,

Examen by Admixtion 7, and 8. Sect.

of burning

in Chap. 38. Sect.

The Exarnenby Calcination

and Reduction,

in Chap. 5; in and

32. The Examen by the easie susception 38. where the matter you.

of Argent Vive, at large,

Chap. 48. Sect. to which we refer

is explained

CHA P T E R

L X VIII

A RECAPITUI.ATION OFTHE I.IHOLE ART,

r. of Having this now handled the Experiences to it the and causes necessity, remains, this of the power and we

our lrlagistery, our proposed

according Discourse, the

order that

method of should Work; at

only of

once declare few words general

compleating the

whore Divine Magistery into

and in

contract

dispersed

one Sum, in

heads.

If.

We say then, of this

that

the

Sum of is

the

whole Art, than it s

and of that

the Stone, s ho u l d

Operations M ag istery, be taken, tion will of

whole Work, or Tin c t u re diligent degree

no other, in

the

E lixirr and with

(d e c la re d

Ch a p t e rs ) that for

Labour be repeated

and Industry, upon it:

Sublimait

the

first

by this

be cleansed

from corrupting

Impurity.

III. the of

And the

perfection until it

of

Sublimation,

is to

the the

Subtilization ultimate purity

of

Stone by it, Sub tilty,

can be brought

and lastly

be ma d e v o la t ile .

fV. until of

This it

being

done,

by the

way o f in the the

F ix a t io n , highest

it

mu s t b e f ix ed , or Force of

can dwell and herein

and remain consists

Violence the

Fire:

measure of

second degree

preparation.

v.

The stone is

likewise

prepared in the third compleating

degree, which

consists

in the Ultimate

of the workr or perfection stone, you

of the preparation,

which is this:

The now fixed volatile,

must make by the way of subrimation fixed.

and the volatite

VI.

T he fixed

you must a ls o and the or

d is s o lv e , again Solisick

and the

dissolved u n t il wit h it

again

make Volatile; flow si gn s and alter of

Vo1ati1e

make f ix e d , o r L u n is ic k

change into

a ll

the

perfection.

vrr. degree, of the

From the resurts lt{edicine

reiteration the in

of

the

preparations of the to virtue the

of

this

third

t"lultiplication goodness

and euantity perfection

and purity

highest

in ki nd.

VIII. the

From the stone, of E rixirr

diversity

then

of in of

the it s

Operations d e g re e s , goodness of

reiterated re s u rt s the

upon

or Tin c t u re ,

variety

the ltultiplication of the Medicine

the

the Alteration, to

and quantity th e ir kind.

for

Transmutation

according

IX.

So that

among the

lledicines,

some transmute a true

into

a true Body

Lunisick of the

Body of perfection

perfection, of the

and some into kind.

solisick

Solar

X.

And of

these

Medicines, is,

some transmute

an hundred-fold fold,

as

much as their

own weight

some two hundred

some three

hundred that

fold,

some a thousand it may easily or

fold,

and some to

in f in it y r

so is

from

hence

be known whether not.

t h e ma g is t e r y

brought

up to

perfection

xr. that of

Now that

the

Envious treated

may not of this

carumni.ate our it Art in with

us,

we decrare, series and this Therefore speak

we have not Discourse, that but

a continued chapters:

have dispersed men might it in its not

divers it

was done,

evir

usurp

unworthily: we indeed

we have conceared openly, and not

praces,

where yet in

under

an Aenigrma, but

a clear

and plain

Disco urse.

xr r . they

Therefore seek it,

ret they

not

the

sons of the verT

Do c t rin e

d e s p a ir,

for

if

may find wirr usr

same, tho' slowry

he who seeks it, to it this in most

following desirable spe a king

Books only, Art. as it As for

attain

we have described to the t h e will of

such a way of B re s s e d ,

submissive

t h e Mo s t Hig h ,

and Grorious ected, gives it

God, writing

same as it Grace of

chanced to be recorrDivine it Goodness, who Foolish

or was infused,

by the

his

to whom he pleases,

and withholds

from the

and Unworthy.

Here is the sum and the end of arr

G E B E R, s works.

F I

N I

S.