THE

ORK
GE B'ER,
, ....,::~\'.i:..p . Q. J ,~ :; .

. : ~;;:-'~...::

The Moll: Famous

RABIAN PRINe
AND

P Ii !LOS 0 PHE R,
, OF THE
I NVESTIGATION
.
.
AND

PERFECTION
.
.
OF

The

Stone,

L OND O N ,
Primed fOr Wi{/""" Cqcptr ar the Ptli",,, ill
L illi. Bri,.;... MDCLXXXVI.


"J;' :{I" .
.

.'

,,

.~

THE

\ Genc;raI' CO N TEN T

. '-

TRA NSLATOR

. . ,'

-~,.1 Ten feveral Di'lJi/io1JS.

W: .0Jul Ii"

.TO THE

fiE ~~Crtig:uion or fearcb ofchings corrupt

ing afld.pcrfeding Metallick Bodies, ror{h~
Stone oftiic PhllofOphers.
Pill' I
II. The Summ ofPcrfedion, or the way to make
the Perfea Magifiery by Art.
p. 11
II I. A Confur,uian of the RC3fons of thoR:: ' Men
which deny this Art, imitating Nature. p. H
IV. Of the Natural Principles of Mcrallick
.
and theif effciliaccorrlingto the opiniol15 of bcxb
Anciem and Modem PhilolOphcrs.
p. 6i
\1'. or the Artificial Principles of this Art. po 8;
VI. or the knowledge and way of Perfedion 01

- 1.

T"'

this Art which depends on the knowledge of the

Nature of Spiri[S and Bodies, &<.
p. 14i

\i" 11.

or the Neccffity ortbe Perfedion ortbe. Me.

dicine perfelting all imperfc(tBodies.

p. / 71
\rIll. orchc Pl'obacionsof Perfediom.
p. 116
IX. Of the I m'enriao of the Perfedion from tbe
property of things from which the Medicine is
cX[r-"llcd.
,.1)9
X. Lartly his Book of Furnaces and the fCveral Re!timcnn of the work, with a Recapitulation 0
the hu thor's Expcrim.nr:s,
>- , . 17'

:- 9

:;-1

REA D E R~

He E,ninrncyand Wm/' of Ih i' Alltbor

,hi. W ~ IiLftic.i~tly Ulmmcnd

l1im, \:.fo in hi$ Il'"rin!',(" astheprer~[
Boot d~~rly flLcws . ured 00 T<lJltokti~,
Ci~"mlfJ<:~li"'t, or fiuidea Amb.tt." ; but
(like a Jtood M410, intendin/C to inform. not to
min the Mi1lliJ of his Difiplt,) fofLlCCiD.9:l y fpelks
0( all ni"l" as is rard y feen in any other mum.
The Est4, why he Writ in his Ti_, was as himf;lf declares, not only ro T' ....b and DirrEhbc I,,!~
"i_, but allOt<> DMR and E~rwtu the fallacious
&jcti,tiMl of Sophij!m, whom he: pronou~
Cotr/tJ; c..ying . he J},ouJd be ucurk.:1 allO , did he
not difcover dw:ir F.""ds. For a Jike End was I inciled, by ~ worthy F,itndofmine. !O thisT, .."fl..I i ... ; thai ,he WOJU(S of 10 Ancient andVet=a.ble an A"t'- (coml'rifill./C fo many ~nd various moll:
~fiL! P"!",~".,.. ) m'Sht 001'.' at length be .rublilhoo in the E~.,;"j/tn~gu~ ; t~ ~nJl: at thi~ very
/)4.1 fo mar,y PtI"jM, publ ick.ly e~poIin/C their Cb, m:-
c~1 Prr,.mmom (as they eal! 111tm) which, if fu(h
as theY arc pre(e",cd '0 be, or bill in fome compett n, mc;afure correrpon.d~t 10 Ih e Ihcdou. Titlts,
with which they are infigni~ed, woUld rathcrcom~ their ",,,6.." th.an need ro be commendnI.
by them. For Cb,...iflry i, a trL.le and ful Art, and"
(when handled by prudem A"'fl, ) I'ro(h=l;~ and ful " . frilt. . .
A ,
.
Bt.t
no Af#/

IJ

" .
~ )1 .:' "'~i! 'tit It, &:,m..u fo u,jJ,

.. ' 0"" .>II/'J II'tjfols t,iw ,bI

,.,.ujl font/.

Ami ( which is "more to be bewail,",l ) M", that

b-IVe~dy Ccm the Fill &t.nmt{ Cbptuft?
Of' .Ii n1ofl: are but TJ , in thu moll: nKdWy
Uoc...l\h much ah.!fttl) Sei.",.; account rnemfdves
~cit"'ly accompl ilhN , if c.~fiJm,enou~ toboan
"ncr t~ J{.tt of Mlflol i yea , ITI!ll'e than ,oad
M.':Ifir. in Ihn Art d~re 10 do. For every conrci.
nIlte\k M.vo, tlCttcilhl in cbj.".;ftry, ftts Cap Co
-r.b 10 by his 11- ' upon his M 'M,Ih; and YEt
'q e...'h 11001 to do wllu CHdhecan, withou,bJowin/!: "'DM"'~', He t/tat doth othawife, may ~ry
w ell be (urpttl:ed: for ( according to the ufu~ 1 P.....
wrb ) Om Wi ... '"'" ... BvJb; and c,-ery well ~r.
fumw<1 W.,.~ C<.lINne'nds the W...4v dE~. It it
rc:wrded of lho, ramOoJs P.i_m A,~-'In. that be,
havin.s fini lhed ~ny eminent Pi". , did always tx('0(0: I t to ~ick VIt". Wore he dur/!: commend
II (at a pcrli.,,,, W. tt ) to him for whom he miule
1!1e I:!m~. His EMin ,his, "-$ H'fi"'-" amply re late,
w as dial be mi/l.\II, fCOll' lho:
of olhffS
heJd,imlCl(pfa.i(al,or dirpr~ilM; and. l~ beable
(pnHlrndy conje-.'hIting bY wh.,1 he heard) 10 cor=.'l:
and amend his own FJ>'HI". If Pby/i<i. ". of our
T,m~ did, in irnic,"ion of Apr''', npo(cth~i r W.......

"""" h.

Jo;~,', and would upon juft ~nd unde"C~"fom , Wie.1Vour to amend their ETrtr. ;

for ,he [ante

ni>bl..:
rheir fo frcqut"D1 P"H.". would be highly cornmo",hhle ; bo.,: 'Iii olhcrwi(e. Yct: Chiri,y fOrb;(!s"
me to impute this to Av.uice, Fr~J , or A",t.;"...
(Vi"' aliIcmill..lblc in . n ;>.!"', t tpially inPhyJi-

d.", )

bnt Ulher ~o olher lef5 injuTiou' C""fo" as

a:iJ w.utt of cert~ i" F. ,~i"w . in amend-

't.-.,.""
,
hr. which, lbis &ol;.rrur pro'e vUy (CO'iceable :

~e-

caufe

The Contents.
l.

the l1J'l-'tpigatioll

01'

Starch of

pairm.

Ptr~

..

F 77.. j"l,l

pn{rOj"l

""J mrJt!" 1I1 Me-:

ralhck BOdie.
Cha p. I . Page 3'
Oftlu Srone .j Philofophers, &r. l., r:
OJ'111 j''lsbripiJfI Preparation 1 .. /fJ 4'
I t.ti~CJeanfing
3' 6.
P,., .. ,;"g "lid AftJiIT/Ujag Bodies, ja GrtltJ'u
4 9

s. :n,

N.n-wttJfof~"'hu ... ;
f/!!.lfo iNfluon, dlfni, ....... &JlIlIII:

6. 14.
,. If
1&

a.

IlleR conclude, Cubrcribingmy fdf(u I ahv2)'$

ddl~to~) yourr~ FrieDel.
'

M"l1d. " 18, F_ ....1

HtI.fo.M ,1.

~ iN

New-market;. Wap:-

Ric631'd R nftll.

,. '

pillg, MM ,hr Dock.

... ..'.-

J,!.} 17:,

'.

11 , 18.'
20.

A4

II. Of

II
Of the Sum of Ptr/rf1ictl, Or of th
Pnfrl1 Magiflrry. TheFirll: Bod.
The

!'rtf'"'

d~'iding ~hi5

B"t

''''''/.

into F
P. " 1

Part I .

0ftIHDNij, ,, 'I I mpcdi~ts

Of t~ J.p,J.___nJufrJ,;/Wor'r...

t . If
fr'I!"~ ' .

. -I ,IN BOdy ., llu Artificer

1. 2
Of I"'t~",r,.tl In", tin Pan 'f ,I., Anin, Sou

3 11
Of Extn-wlmpedimc:nu, hi""ui"t. fbi Wor

..f ,,,., 4ft

'
4.
Parr, f'~~~~.l

J1trC,"!I,y.,!' .f tin Fup

OJ..allficatlons .J ,i, Artificer
Part

1!
t

r. 10-

1.

OE tb,tr,uRearonafJ M~ft",,"tU.i.; An
n.., ;1"( ,.JfiJII, &c. "'Ift Art u. ,,,,,3'1
J.

Nature;...IlDiffc:rencies.f Properries
Allion.
.
2 ; 39

11ft'

.f

:.t'C' ''f_ldiu'j ,I., Reafons'f Men!"""

~jl Art
.
3 41.

.'

-J)""",' Opinions. .f '''-I' "IH f"Pf liu An.,.

.

Of tin Reafo"s'f Men . " JiM!. th! An f"",['J. i

~u lr~u~

"

' 5, p.

The Contents.

,1"

01'1.: Rtlfonuf Men Jr"J;""

Art /.,,,r,J
ill Arfnick
6, fJ'
Of II.I Rearo~s.f Men Je~Ji.g'J.. Art {ltp,~,J
Al1ten1'iwe, &c.
7 54'

Of ,1" Rearons1 Men tIt.,i"$tlot Art/."./ol

i"Spiritlf';' x'.....ilhBQd,es , &c. ~. U .
Of ,I" R~arOf\s -t Me~ "'t"Ji,,! ,he Art /""./,.1

Wh,te Lead.r Tin, t!N.

9 51
Of the Rea(onuf Men de"",,! ,h, Art [.pp.fol. ,
ill Black Lead, . r Saturn
10.
Offl" R~(O!1"f Men Je",~,,! " , Art/"" ofe4.
j.th: MllUon.! IuTJB()(hel, &t. J I. \Sq.
Of R~ro~ 1 " Men .u"J'~J fbe Art /lIff.[,1I
i ll Ibe M,xtion of h4r'" Bod,c" &,. J:t.
Of II.: Rea(on!,f Men 4t11,i"l tht Art
ill ElI'uadion.f ,/., Soul,
' I_ 6a.
Of ,h. Rearons of Men tI,i,,!,1u An-/l" M'
i . Glaru.JGmu, uc.
'4' 6:t.
Of ,he J.tearon~ If Men tit"},,,! tin Art I II,,-f,J
ill il/"'.iI. M,nerals,Vegeta61e1, &,. ,I f + 63
Part. J.
F llu Na tural PriDCipl~'f Metallick J3o.:
dic5,.curti'--t'ftIu0p1nIOm, &t. " ,
Ofth. Natural Principles .f Metals, .c"rii,,[,"
,h,OpiniOlH! JI{~dtn Phi lofophCT!,&'. l. U .
7 1u DivHion" ,.hA' Art" hI fp,1t!II.f Su1llhur.
j.

r,.

,I.,

6,.

/.".!,.

Annick,
Of Sulphur
Of Arfilick

6r.

All'" Argentviv~

(!Tt.

3~69.

4...

f . ?a.
Of Arge-ntvive"r Me-truty
6.
Il.l EKefu if ,h, Principles,! Nalur.e, ~ itb

Of

23.

'"

Content!.
-,
7.,
"
l . 7f.

:W, Met:;lllick Bodies

"

Of Sol, u'Gold

Of Luna ... Si,lver

9 77
78.

Of Sarmn,.r Ltad

,f e,."J.,i.! Mercury. C t.

Of Filufon, Il j" Caute, &e.

0[ Ccration, .Itd III C,aufe

16. 119:.
17 1}6 .
18, '39.

1 0.

Of J upiter. " Tin

Of. Venus, f, Copper
Of Mars, .r ~?n

II. 79.'
11. 80.

lit.

13. 8 1,

Part. i .
thl O il-ilion .f Things t,ltf'~lc..t., . ilh
, Inli~ uation .f Perfedion, &,. I . 8 J.
Of SublimatIon. ItbJ i'.'l/utl
2 . 86.
JY"~' Sublimation is , ..J _/ I hl Dt:rm .f
FIre. &e.
. 88.
Of t bt Feces.f Metallick Bodiei to " Jjttl If
Spirits ,i. ,bti, Subli mation, rh.
4. 9 r.
Of e"'""'l ,he_Fire ilt Sublimation,
r. 93.
0{ E, ffrl ;<H ilt t I" ~,"I;IJ'( Feces MUit,
D i/p.pliu .f I I" Furnace , &t. ' 6. 95 .
Of .~, Mlllu r d F,,,,.,bt Sublimltory ;, I f
~! ",
U '

7 9'
_
u"'l~atlC?n
'f
Mercury,.
,
Argentv.
8.
10 1.
Of'
Of Sublimallon'f Marchalite
9. 105'
Of , bt Verrel/.,I. 6I;III;I/: Marchafite 1 0 106
O/SublimatiOll'f Magnefia.lltiTuc.
Of Ocfcenr~, .~tiH '''''' .f,.,ifji-g '" Pallils

O.r:

I': 110:,

.ft." . .

Tbe Content '

'

la. 1120.

OfOI ( .a tll:~n ,'~1 Caures.& K inds ,&~..13 . u4'

Of C~lci nallon -I BodICl uJ Sptrlt! : itt

Cautbi ! &,.
1 + 110.
Of SoJU tlon~..J "" Caule
Ir. 116.
Of Coagulauon o.t i" Clures i 4iwrJ If",,"
of

The Prtflll' dividing the B'~tinto Three , .,rs:

Part

I.

p.

1.1.

,hi,

HAI'''' K .."JtJ" .f Perfeltion .J

Art drpt.J, _.Ih~ K.~'PrltJ!."f'he Nature

T,/ Spirits,

.~"'Bo(\Le, . f!;(.

I . I .p.

0/ ,htN.,.ruf Sulphur t/. Arfnick 1. 14J~

0 f ,he N AI.Tt,JMercury,orAr?;entv. 3 '4f
Of ," NAlIl".f Marchalite, &t. 4 '48
O/ II.tN.,t.,I.fSoI,trGold
5. l ro
O!
N.,,,,, '! Luna, ... Silver 6. 15 J.
Of tI.l N.,.n.f Mars IT Iron. A /ff tin ErfeltSff Sull'huT ""JMi;fcury, ". 7 I f+
Of '''1 N.'.TII! Venus IT Copper
8. 157
Of tht NAt.To/Tupiter, .rTin
9 , 6a.
Of thl N "t.rl.f Saturn, " Lead
10. 166.
Part 1.

,I.,

T HAgentvive,
. t .f lVI', ;.,pt 1'O. ~ody, .lttl .1{'.1.
th, MedICIne - .ft ,"tiff ",
., rr....!.lJ.. vito flit

ffT,ht Rtd

/.r, ~h. Wh Ite,

tho ",,"
I . 17 "

.n.r.

Tbc COl( cnts~

Of,hl Solar Medicine -f, hl 'l1irAOrd, 20. 2.1)

Part 3'
H I DiviCIOI'I 'f "I"t' f<fI.~s

T Of Cinerilium ff.' Bodies r.fl/I,

. .'.I~.

it . "'tT,II"
Of ,1n Tryal .! ' hI Cineritium (,rCupel) h.RI
I

",

2 . 217.

is " 6H''''p.,,rd..L,,"J.!.d
). :2 1 0 .
Of Ctmenr , If? [#1111 &!din/.fl.i. ,t _r,
"d "ln rs l.1i
4. 212 .
Of ,In Enmen .f Ctment . In" it is I I j,t
p. /I"dullllld umiftlJ
f. 22.4 '
Of IRniliofl
6. 216.
Of Furion, ,rMehing.
7. U.,.
Of riot Ellpofilion 'I Bodie. Wlr ' h V3fOUU
.f A"". Thin g.
8. 219'
Of rh, Elui nltion.[ Elodiel Fin-h 9.2)1 :
Of rhtAdmixlion -f B.r~j,.,( Sulphur 10. 232;.
Of Calcination ""d RedulHon
It , ,,'H.
O[ ,he '''F~Su~cepli on .f Argentvive
A Recapltu lauon If ,10, whoJ. Arc
13;
wh", Ordc:r rI" Au,ho r hAlh .j{.rwJ j" ,r...,i"t
_[,I.,r"/,,iti
J1' 2J7.
I V.
it

1l'}13f.

or the Invention ofVel'ity. or l'e~feCtion.

O Ftht fix Propmiea .f T hings fm" .,hklt
t lx Medicincjux/T"atd
I . 23 9.
Cf 'ht fi"u Ptoperties ./ Ihl Medici ne 2. ~4r .
Of tlJl Dt'lJifi'" .f fhl Book int, /Q1Ir Paruclel

,. ' 43
Th,

The Contents.

The Contents.

The Firft Particle. '

V.
O f nmtour, &c. with a R tCll,'-If/laft'..
~n of th e Au,horr Exp"immtr:

0" tIN Preparacioluf A{j.iJlt Minerals4:

The"Second Particle.
Of thr Mundification, ~r Cl' AMfi"t
OftlH Preparation . r Sulphur

Of tin Preparation.f Arfnick

Of th, Prepara(ion " Argrntvive

Of f IJI Preparation'f M3rchafite
Of tI.l Prepara tion .f T Ulia, &t.

24f.

~f Spirits

S :149
6. l.ro.
7. lp.

8. 151

9.} H
10.

The Third Particle.

11." Bodies 'lIlht"., prtpami

Of f hr PreparatiOl1'f Saturn
Of fbr Prrparation .f Jupiter
0/ fltt Preparation./ Mars
0f'fht Preparation.f Venus

Jl.

,.

3f.,.

11.t
, \2H

'i8
If }1,.

The Fourth Panicle.

Of Medicines
Of IYh,jf,Medicinesf" Jupitrr . &t.

16. 360.
17. 36 (.
0[ S.lArMec:!icinesfr J upiter, th. 18 . 36J .
0fWhjttM ed ici ne~ !~rVenus, &,. 19. 364'
Rt4M~dicines f ,' Venus and Maru o. 26r.
Of" Medicine.t! fir, 7b;r4 Order.!., fhl White
1[. ::.66.

Or

Of A

~f/'"Medicii"leff' h, TMrdOrde r:u.

368.

Of S'/lffiw Waters,/mib""Aliv: O}'ls 13. l 69.

,-he Prrf,lCf, dividing the B(,.in!o Three P"rtl,

p. 37 1
Part. r.

OF tin caleinatory FUrnace

.

Of,1n SublimatOry Fu rnace

Of Ih. DiftilJaroryFurhace
0{ tin Drfcenfory
0/ lin Meiring Fllrnace
Of IN Diffolving Furnace
Of Ih~ Fixatory Furnace,.r Athanor
Part. 2.

I. 27 3
l . l7 ...

~:}17r.
~:}176.

7 271

OF' hI Preparation .f Mt4tiJ, Mi neral Spirit!

.
8. 178.
Or ,1., Calcina tion of Jupit. lind Saturn 9 379.

,bt Calc,inal.ion 'f Ve ~ul"M~Mars I O.}:;r.SO.

Of ihtCalcmallOll.f M ,JiI, Minerals I I .
q-IbtAblutionuf Calxes, r!n '
u.i: 81
Of,b,lncerationif Ca l xt~, &e.
1].5"1.
Of l in Rrdultion .fCalxcs
14. 281 .
Of,h, Solutions .f8odiel prepared,'3't., f l83.

OJ

Part

3.

Or ,h. Way ~f Perfelti ng. 4furJinl t. fht n;r4

Order
16.386.
Of tin Rr gimcn .!Jupiter ,U4 Saturn 17: 38S..

Of

. The Conrentf~
0{ tk Reg.imen .f V~nus""{SatUfn 18. ~891
Of ,ht Regimen ., Mars
1 9 .}
,
ill ,IN R.cgimeruf Luna .
2 0. 290.
Of ,dtor Regima! " "Mercury
21. 291.
Of ,Iu Fermenr .fLuna {.,.,., White
292.
Of tIu FermenrfSolf.nIIl Red
23.l
..
Of Ferment .(Ferment.p.,. Men.:ury li..ra9 J.
.A .Recapitufation
'IM ElIpuifIKnts .f I't

,u.

-t

~ 5. :i9f '

Author
0( MercurialSporu

Of tin

Cirrination

ff'

2.6. 299.
Colouring .f Luna
27 300.

..

G E B E Ri
Tbe mojl Experimced Arabian
Prince and Philofopher,
O F

T H E

InveJligation or Search
OF

PERFECTION.
The PREFA C E of the AU. ,
THO R , Shewing the ReaCons 'why he writ (his B 0 O 'K.

continned {wd frt'lumt

.
Labour, arlt! srtat
'lot without mOjl profrriou! thoughts, 8cc. n:p0fo
to ,our 't!itw, the lnvefrigat ion
tnojlllo/Jit Science, that llit [d.
Poillmlls Hl!ly the hlttr alld more
h tmd"f1~" by ,)'011; and that
tlllderflood, ftarchul into , anti
Ihry may the more tafily and reaE

GEBE~.

D
,

..

"

i lly

. .

"

...

C HAP.
ttl

bf

"J'

end"g,

Thit'z"l 1!uf!l1illg and Corrupting

Mttal icl. Bodin.

t ailu,,:
out "y.

.
, feeing this StjmE;
Irears of t he ll"ptr[tfl B.t/iti
o f MinrA/s, and tcacheth how

thing/
writtm
Mnul.
(ompofrd
.
Boole, which
t be PerfeCtion
which,
"","

apptlyNtt itt

1.

toptrfctl: {Item I we in the firft

place confider "" Thi"ls, viz.
and PtrfdJi~.. About thefe nro

00' ""''';00 is occupied. and of them we.

purpore to trtat. We compore this B,,1t C'L

Wt hflVt

n:pllllttrd ,ollr Science h{ort (ompo{tJ,

with this Comment o( lm'cftigatioo',

which we Iltrpald., ft-'rir for that NIt! ..
. therefore by rlJ,ht. this ,,,ujl pruult
. Ihat, (UUfg 0.>' thu 8001:. 1 am to malt
E1UJlliIY aDout flu Thing Perfeding.

C HAP.

Tbj"ls pnftD;nt, ,and (~IT."Ptj"g ( according,ill

we have found by expertence) becaufe Con.,.
traries fet ncar each other, arc the morema;,;
nifen.
.
.
Tke '11i_" which perfell:s in Afi._tT,,", is the
fubftance o f Arr tllWivt and SMf,lRtr propor' ionably commiX[, by long and f em~rate decoaion in the Bowels of clean, infplffare, and
fired Ett.rrh (with con[ervarion of i t$ R ..dictll
if_iN' 1 nor corrupting ) and brough!: to a
fotid fuiibie Su bftance, with due Ignition; and
reodred Malleable. By the Dtfi~lj," of this
N.'Mrt perfd linr;, wc may morc eafily come
to t he Knowledge of t he 'Thill! corrupting .
And thi s is that w hich is to be IInderfiood in
a cont rary Senfco, vi:... t he pure !H&ftllHU o f
B z
SHfphllt.

( ; )

What {haIl be (as is hereafter menripned )

fiJlliciently prepared, will be fit to make t hc
~biu or great Rl4 Elixir with.

'M

Corrupdng
rare and
porous Subftance I
withOtlt
. C Ji A P. II.
due Ignition. or no
nOt fufficient~.
Iy Malleable.
The firft Definition I find intruded in thefe 0/ I h~ S'o,u of Phjlofoph~~s. that it
is on~ only. for th~ WhJt~. anti [(It'
two Boo:lier, "iz.. in S. l and L according
to the PerfeCtion of each: but the lecond in
th~ Rul. and from what Things it is
thefe four, 'fIj%.. ti LA". C~PP'" and Jr,.,
~xlra[/~dr ..dlld of th~ PoJjliJi/ity
according to t he Imperfell:ion of each. And
and Way oj Ptrjd lirnt.
becauCe thefe Imperfelt Bodies are not reducible to Si'J and Pnjrli... unlefs the conE find Modem Anina to defcribe to
.rary be operated in them I that is, the Manius one only StQII'. both fortheWbit.
left be made Occult, and the Occult be made
and for theR,4 I which we grant to be tru~ :
Manfdl:: which Operation. or Conrrariarion.
for in every Elixir. that is prepared. Wb,rl
is made by Preparation, therefore they mult
or Re4 there i. no other Thing th an .Arbe preparc:t.l. Supc:rAuitia in them remoy~.
a t1d what is wanti ng Cupp/ied J and fo the . l'llWjll~ and S"p""r. or which. one cannOt
aCt nor be, without t he other: Therefore
koown Perfellion infem:d in them. But Perit i. caUed. by Pltit.{.,hm. ooc St'lff' a lfelt Bodies need not t his preparadon I yet
though it is extrat\ed (rom many BodICS C;W
t hey netd (ueb Prq>aration. :u that, by"'hll:h
Things. For it would be a foohfh and vam
t herr Parts may be more Subtiliated, and they
t hing t~ th i n~ to. e~traa: the fam~ from a
reduced from their C"I".liry to a fixed 5,;"
Thing m which It 15 not, as fome mfatuated
'it.~. The in tendon of which is, orthem
Men have p:)nccited I for it never was the
to mue a Spiritual fixed Body, that is, mud,
Intention of Pbi,.",lHrs,. yet they rpeak mamore attenuated and fubtiliared than it wa,
ny things hy fimifit,ude. And becaufe all ~to
beful-e. Of nil t hefe Preparations (accor~
,.mdt. Bodies arc compounded of .Arltlll~C
ding to our bn/rftilDiu) we {hall fufficientSII/"DIIT. pure or impure, by accident,
ty treat in thei r proper Place in this Book.
, .
B l
",d.
Wfun

(6)
~nd

( 7 )
by gentle Fire:

not innate in their tiff!:

.~#;..

fore, by COflvcnient

C.r,ilU th~ C"gd."

(or

I.

Day and Night in Moderate fire, !l;Od keep

to uke

it for ufe.

QIiAl

C/,."fr"l If

"
forc, 'the
cnd of

Slllt-Al/c....li is fo cleanfed as C.mml"-SAl,,

and it is S.!,.m PilTi. Flrlt it is ground.
and then t he whole diffolved in C.".m~" w.ttl" hot: afte rward FUtred, G.ong~led, and
Calcined with moderate Fire.

Sflpqfl.i,!, and

fell: BodI(3_ But !~'i:

cording to

For experience
p f adinE. 'Vi%..

{w,ft,., St/.ti."

Ck.rtji"t..f S.t,..(Jtlll. .

'~,'~~;

IU;,,, and

SJt~.All4li.

!y declare ~
S~ l' lIN
M 4gifttTJ For thefe are
rrrp"f4t j,..
~

'",I"

Firrt it is ground, and then p~eded witli

helpful ill :u with CDmtmm S.!!.

,f tbr

Clt."f'''! of S,tf.r"!~,,jAc.
Grind it lirn with the PTtfttT ..ti, . of C_':
~,,,-SAlt c1eanfed I then let It be fu~limed ill
CHAP, lII.
an high Bod, and HtAd, until it all afcend
pure. Afterward dilfolve it upon a 'p0rpbi"
OfThillgr hdpillg th~ Prt'pa,.ati"H and HI the open A ir, if you wOlll~ .of It make
Df fJuiy Ckallji"g. .

W.'tr i Of keep the S.bli".": 1 fufhclently pure.

~ings .hdping Preparation, are thefe,'C>i'('"
all kmds of Silk, AIJQ",I, At"''''tllts i
... Ifo (Jf.ji, B.rA)[, and what are of rhi, N ..UIYe, and moll ftJarp Y i. '!..r and Fir', ... .

(:Itll-Ji"l

'f C. ", ...,

tJ

Silk,

. P>rn~ ~"'t is dea~~ thus: Fjrft bum

IT.!

illid call

It

combull:

;i~C!!vtd ! Ii!~ft'

the

Into

hot

m...,y (0

~q'.!.!",. ~J:ich

be

congeal

'r

Ch AnJi"! If .rbtr sAlu.

There are divers other ki nds of S,.,]t found,
which are Prepared 1nd Cleanfed. as abov~ i.
f~id.

'

CltA".GlI(. ,f AH,INt.
Firft o f RICh-AB,,., M any T hings may be.
Prepared by it, without its Cleanfing i yet
if ma y be Cieallfed thus: PUt it in an Al,,,,B ..
/_"

,.

( 9)

(8 )
i.

whole
t his An.

Of GIII{I QI/ B~""'tt

GlII/l and B. r/lttf, if made in a due man;
~. need nOt Preparation.
%r Cltllllfillg .f ""ft follY! Yjllft"rt!.
kind roever, acute and
. by Stl~iliati on I and ~~

<X;;.;;;

'. on a Pnphiry-Sr."" in
'" in WAItT, wllich may be thence
fO relCrYed clean.

Cl!aft"1. .f 1-''''111 AU.IIf'.

1-111 Ah is Prepared aI the
bUt in thil An: it' il of greater venue.
are found yet many other Afl~"", all

'<u' , or

, IS Meliorated by Dlffil-

Of the Cle'a.nfing' and puriIViP,& .qF

the afordMd. we have now fufllclently
with which the Impc:rfel\: Bodie. ma,
. Purified, Melio rated, and Subti-:
alway. duly Mediating.

.re Prepared and Cleanfed a. above

Cltafillt

.,

-f Alr_lIll.
Yi-

C II A P.

IV,.

O! Prtpar"ation and Mtlioratio.

din

I1J

of B0-

GnuraJ.

HEY

T 'h'

:Cltll.jillg'f e'fPtTII1,
~ e",",!1 or Vitri.l, is Cleanled as Black
'Alr~ I yet Black At'II",,"t hath greater

EllnhJJIl/1 than the Green. There are diven

A I r _ " and they are found of diven e.~III', which are all Cleanfed aa the afordaid.

in chem, and
in them an

and very
and Fllfi.".

fujICrfluous in

Of

(""",,

'J
, .

'0 )

found to be in them. by ou r Exp'ritlKt. aM

.certain and ingenioUs I~Jlftitlf/i,". li nd be.
.cautc mete SlIpt1lMi, ;" have accer. to there
P,/lirt accidentally, and not radically I and
t he
of ..,t" idt"tAl, is pqffible,
therefore it beh9ves Ut , with ..,trIp , ;. , Fiu.
by t he aforcfa)d cleanfcd Th ing~. 10 remove
all .~uw(loou .ACCUltIf// , the Oflly Radical
S~M=C of ,.4r: ',""i" , and Stdfh., remaining. Thi. js tnt intire P"-'I#TIf/i.", and perfelt D'1""'",jlt, Qf Impedcalh'i t!. The Alllir41i.", PMri/i,.ti,,, and S. i tilw;.. of there
(the pure Subflancc remai ning) are efrelled. many way', according u t he 1,%"

s."u,.,;..

re-:

qUIres.

Therefore. the way of Prep3 ri ng and Purifying in G~era l. is this: Firlt, With F i n
ProptJI tional. the whole Superfluous and Corrupt H .",i.."" in their Eirena: mull: be elevared I alfo their fubtil and bu rn ing Superfl uity
removed : and this byC"lt;illllli,.. Afterward,
t he who le Corrupt Sub fiance o f Iheir Supc:r~
tluous burning NII_ i4il) and Blttel:..
rernain~
ing in their ell/X, mufl be corroded with
tbofe aforefaid CJeanted, Corrofive. Acute,
or Harth Things, until the C. t% be White
or Red (o r coloured according to Ihe Na~ure and Property of the Bot1J) and d ea n
and p ure from all Su~rtlui ty or Corruption.
There C.JXt, muft be C eanfed with thefe
eRr,!"" , by G rinding, Imbibing and Wathing. Afterwa rd, the who le unclean E.rthi_
. ~rflf

"'f,

II )

d Combull:i ble and Groll F".I,fJei

;~lt taken away, and depofited with !he
aforfaid Cleanfed or PUTC ~ hmg~. n?t havmg
M~lliel:.. F.fiul I t~y bemg commlx.ed, and
well ground togelhtt with the aforefald C.J~.
depurated in the aforcfaid ma nner.. For the~
in the F.fi~" or RtM;,,, of [he C..Ix,
retain with themfdres the afo rel3..d C? .
and Unclea n IIrrhi f l, the B.~, remaUlJllg
pure, Clcanfed from all <;orruptmg Superflu~
Ity and this by Dt{u"di"l'
. ..
T~e way of MtU~7"till! ~n? S""fr/ult,.~ ...t..h~
re Subftance of Ihefe. IS In Genc~1 ... ,.!.
~rft this Purged and Reduced B, agatn
Calcined wit h Fi" I and this by t~~ 1{"~.rr
rn;, helps aforcfaid : and then,:W 1I uc F 0
t hefe as arc S,t.,iVl it muft be dl lTo:lved. or
this Will,.,.. is our Jtu,. and A'l", . r"wbftf
t'"l'11j.." and SMlphlll' of SuIphllT. ~ . ~
from
s , i,itM. St4" and SU~tl HI.~ ~r
.Attenuated; which may be Me ~O~t
.~
comforting t he ltmt"f.1 Vi.rfM n m , t, ""..'t
Other prepared Things, t hat are of t~e kl~d
Or its own Kind I and by augmenting t e
(;8/0Mr. Eix;DN. Wli:br. P.r" !.' F_jiD., andf~
other Things which appemun t o a per
tUxi,. And t his is the way (by u.s only fo~~d
Out) o h he Prtp.m!fi~n. D cpM r. m .,. S~"~'ll"'_
I- i'" and M t limltjD" of M in". l RD4" J III Ge~1.. Now we pafs to the Specialor Part.icufar
Preparation of every lm perfelt B,J}t wI~h all
its Methocb, as aBo of the Perfett M,,,tr,,l
p.i.ill. ~n d ~It of 7.pj!l~
CHAP.
_J.

j;

:r.

t::d

the

.z

., )

( '3 )

~-~~~~-

C HAP.
Of thr PnparatiDrl

~.

of .Tit{

ill

do this time after time. until by the acuJ:..

of theS.1u. ,AU.,lIr. a ndYi,,~!oIIT, its "hole
B1M/t'lltfS, andV,,,lt 1I4i, thall be
corroded and done away. Thilbe
add G1II{s beaten roP~ ..d<T. rotheR:

and when

lhall have imparted

wi th fufficit"nc Fir,
a
with an holt in it.
within anOther I and the pure and
will dcfct nd . the whole earthty
i
and

with
'od]
pet'~

and whitt
the C""
and

'J-

,
. itii" be
Corrupting SNtph.r.
and confume:; every Fugitive and
Subftance : then often well walh it
aforefaid, 'Vi.t.. with C,_",-5..Jl
and .if,.... and with Puri6ed and Harfh
JUllIT. and dry it at the s.., or in the Air

arid then again Grmd, and Wafb, and Dry

.",

in a FJlTUU of
until the whole
S",lt if need be.
~~';"" for it il what

w,

( '4 )

( '5 )

we leek fOr the Whitt. Thefe may fuffice to . lixi,. Thefeof the t he P,,,,,rAli4,, of
Ijlokcn of the P''P4TAli#fT.".
may fuffice.

C HA P. ,V I.

Of

th~

_.

C HAP. V I I.

Of

PrrptJroliMi qSarurn.

E.-J iSlhul prepared.

SAl.,. ;

Set it"in a like FIfr

",",Of e.k'IUII'''. liirting it while i

flux, as roo did the Ti., until it be conVert '
toa moll linc P."Ikr, Sift this, and again ret i
in the Fir , of its C.I,ilUU;'''. as aforefaid unt"
1~ Fugitive and Inflamable Subltance b; jI.
lirhed. Aftef'fard. take out your red ~
wl lich imbibe and !1;rind often J with Cp
SlI/rdeanCed . and ,Atr.."., purified. and v
Yi.'l .... 'For the R,.you mufl: ufe thek
at you d id fQf ;theWbiU. with C...... ,s,cu
An... t oo 1'i.,I,"' : :Mfa asof r... '
(aid, your Matter murt be often imbibed,drytd
and gf"OlJ nd. um il by benefit 'of t he aforefaid
this fa id unclearinefs be totally r emoved: t h~
mi lt Gl"pwidntltfe aforefaid. and as }'OU did
"ith the
blufc . he pure B~J ' 10' defcend
that. d~fc~dillg jJ may be red4eed. Again.
CiIl~:," It Wlt h:.pure S~.,,,, ...i""(as of '''Pitd
.. fald) and.,~ ~"ubnly grind and diffdl:vc it
by the ,,:ay aforelaid. Fort hat .is the IV,
A~IIIl"rv~ and SJdpJnn. proportlonal/}' made.
which wc ufe in Compofitlon of the RIA .~'

h:arlh
l_nw"s

r..

VE.1I1 or C'n". is this way prepartd:

Make a LA] ofC,_", S"k well cleanM

in a c,IItjhl,. and upon that put. a piec;eof
C,!p" PIAlt , and over that a L II, o f 5.11 . "and
then mort o f the PJ~.I; an<:! fo continually.
unti l the Yilfd be f\I11 : which being COVeted
and firmly fured, place in a FHrntUfofC. k;_

(arone day N.tI~,.I; then take it OUt

and feparate and fcrape off what {hall be e.t, ;.td I and agaiR C"I,;,,, the PI.,,. with NtIII
541" as before. repeating theC.. ki,wi.",fooften, as until all the Pltftn fhall be confumed
~ c()( rod~ by the benefit of the SAlt a~
Firt : fonhe S..ncorrodes thefllperfl\lou, '~"'if) and Com bufiibte S.lpb.r~;tJ. and' t he
Fir. elevates the Fug lti vc and InOamableSu'bftance'With due PropmjMl. Grind t his 'cak!intd .matrt r to amoftJubti le P,.,JIT, and wa~
tt With ViIHfM" I untl lrhe W"tlT.~ 'fi,?,h It
~ ftOiTl B1M;I(,.t/s, AJ1O(her tIme ~mblbe is
\lmh ne w ~A.ll and Y;"'l""':' and ~n~, ;;m&'
arter Contnnon (or Grmdmg) put It m a CI/J
!i"i.g F.'II4(', inan openP"tffrlj and Jet itlland

lixir. .

th~ - Prlparlltirm' of Venus.

.,i""

the~

( 17 )

..

C H A P. -I X.

if

Of the Preparation
Grinding,

Then .cllpofe it
Hrr/,-blll. to
is, there fUbri Ie
ding dean S.I~.iAli; if fleed
[he whole be made W,mr. H ,,,,,;,.
which we name the W. ler
with. which [he Elixir is
Thete of the Prtp44f;ffJ of

C HAP.

VI I /,

Of tht Prtparatt'olJ "I Mars.

~
dryed, grind and
and then
i
lIor r_ is raid.
this s.!,ttu,. . 't'ic., The
wonderfuUy augmenting the

Y.........

JUtir. Thefe may fuffice to

h'lt'r,,!i#. of '.ptrJr4 B,Jitl!

Sol :

""d not p,.rp",...tiOlI,

in reJ3ti~
on to their
! rrfdti,,;, be-lng perfett i
may be more fubtiliatcd,. ;J.,!d at-:
adhibit Ihis Pr.~,.r4I i';1 to them:"
G. ld beartn imo thin Pl"us,
I and C,.mm, .. ,s.dr very well
Lay (ipon Lay in a V.fel
I fet into a FllrtM" and
'~""'IC
until th e
I
I
the SIl". afterwa rd grir.'d
its weigb t of d eanfed S"I-'r~
it to be dirre' cd. until the
of CDmm, ,, s"IA and Arinto a tnoft clea r W..I.r;
t he
for the Red EI,!>:i'"
the (fue IJ.dJ made spir'tll.d.

C HAP.

Of

X.

t h~ Pr~para ti()n()f

Luna.

1JI/4 or S,tlltt, is (ubti liatcd andattenuatctf

and r cduccl ro Slim.,,/,,!. in manner as:
e

above"
\

....

~ '~.---------,...-------

( IS

( 19 )

above is raid of S , l. T herefore in all allJl

very pari:. o f ' he W.rl, i:!6 the fame in in Sd'
, ili",;,., as l'ouditl with theGd. And thilW.
, " of I...... difro lved , is the Fll7lttM' fo r t
Whitt EIi",ir. made .S, :rir...J.
.

. . ..

by PrtP"".I"" at otl(e, in a very {hart

as a few DIIJtI and H ."Yt ; bu t in re(pelt of other
PblJiciu" and al!o in
refpe[l: of t he Of"''';''' or N"r"" , the Vn-j,!
of Ihe w"t is (ooner terminated Ihis way.
WhCtKe the. Phil'f'plur failh, I I it" II-I nli,ju
r~.,,,jri".! 41'''lfp~'f I i ". ;. W herefore I tell
you, you mun patiently fuftain lA
becaufe t he work wi ll be long ; and indeed 1',_
j1i""riu is from the D nJilt part: Therefore let
him that ha th not p",ime, de fift f~om the W.rkJ
fo r credulity wi![ hinder him making overmuch.
halle. And every N.t,m.1 AlIi,n hath it, determi nate "f"'fNr~ and 7'i",t, in which it is terminated . viz... ina greater or lelfcr I"pace. For
t his w"l T hree 'llrinlJ :Ircnecdr~ty. namely.
P4ti'IJr;r, LA'l,b'f Ti. t, and Aptll.p of I~J1r
i o f which we fpeak to the -AyriPCIY, in
t ~e S",. .f tht Prrftai '~ 'f ."y Af."ift IYJ, in
d Ivers Cb.1PI"" whcrelll he may tind [hem ,
if he be lilfficiem[y 'killed in our JV.y~. 111
whic h, by mall ifelt and open [no! we concl ude, t hat our SI'Mis.noother than a FauJlt
(or fruitful) S pirit ",.d L jf/i"" W.'", which we
have named Dr]"'""r, by Natural t>roponion
d eanfed, \!nd unit ed with nl ch V"iM, t ha t they
can never be abfen teach from o ther. T o which
t wo muft alfo be added a third, for abbreviating
Jhe W~r~ i that !, a ~rfe(t e d; allenuared.

'T".,.

M."'"

.,r,

C H A,P. .. X L

OJ tht ?roptnits of Ib~ Gmltt r Elixir

,. J\ j.,E have now ftlffici~ritly determioa.t
V V t h~ PYtfM.ti,,,2.nd S,,61i/i"rju o(l<'l"
fd t B~.i.1 ' t hat every D ifcrcet O,""" y nta)
be enllb)ed to attain his J.tr"tj~". T he refl
Itt him attend to the Py.,rrtiu and W"l'of-AO'
' . . of .the C'.p.pli.. o f the GmdrY Elixir :
Forwe endeavour to make one 5.6/ .nu , yet
compoundl and compofed of many I fl::j per
m anmtly i'lxed . that b<:ing PUt upon t~e Firt
the F,r,cannOI inJure ; and that it may be mix
cd " ilh .lIltu/r in Ft.I"', a nd flo" with them
and enter with t hat which in t hem i, c..f an in
greffible S"6/",.,,, and be permixed with Ihat,
whic h in t hem is ora pt"rmixable sJl6P""cr; anI)
beconfblidated with that, which in t hem is 0
a confolidate 5.,h/""etl and be fixed with t hat,
w hich in them is of a fixable S,,6ftll"ct ; And
not be burned by thofe Thi,,!.s which bu rn not
GdJ and SJ/V" I and take al',a y Cuf. /jhlt "
:uld W,itbrJ with due It.,,#i.lI.
Yet ),ou llIuft no t think Q.}I [Jus can be elfelt

'"
,

~d

. ,.ts

( 20 )

Tlu Flilogu~ tJlld Coltd"jion of Ihr

Hncfore from !hc a~\'e .prcmifed, d.le
TbillJ,1 are mamfeft H1 which t he Vm?

T
of theWQrt, ",s nigh

and we ha\'c confidered

Thill' s perfeCting this W'r~ by our truc b,u~ftj
lAli'-;" with certain EXP.'TiflfU, whereby we a re
affllmi, That a ll the W(l1'J, are truc, ,,,hich are
now "(by us only) written in our "..1".'1/, according as we found by Experiment and R eiff ... related in t he fame: But" thofe 7iJi"l l
whit:h by O:.lf, %,..,.j:7l:r we have oeerated,
f~n wit h our EJls ,
and handled with our
H""Js, We have writ in t he SM._ o f the Perf ,ll;""f 0", M,,!/ft",_ T herefore, let the SIfArtifirrr Iluaiouny pcrufe Our B'#~I, co lleCting Our difj)('rfcd J'IlI/1i#IJ ' ~ which We
havedefcribtd in di\'(1's I,laccs, -that We mil;ht
not expofe il to Malignant and 19no~n t .U fll ;
and let him prove his e.f/tR , even umo
X".wlrd.l' , Studying and Experi~l en ting wj,h
t he ''!P.ur:.{ ' ,,[mimi L"j,4Nr, 111Ihecome to
::In imi re Underrtandinj!; of the whole. Let Ihe
,Ar,ijirtr exercife himfdf. and find OUt t his
IIOW ( in great /.ntt .J "fOr'o Ced
J r/lrjlil."tiu, by QDr Cnjid.r.ltiu; and alf') i:CqUire a plenary KI11:) i :d.,;" o f the Vt ri'} oflhe
Jlerfe[lill~ ll ~d corru ptll11t M.~lttr and hr",.
for ' we in OUT J~i!.,, ' ifll. hue confKlered
t he
I

"(I"

IV",,,

( 21 )
MAtttr and F,r", of Perfell: B,rliu (from
R"d.ix of their e.m miXliu. umo their
to be pure wit hou t any fuperWe have alfo, in a conthe SHIJP""" of B,JiIl
t :,:~,,!perfelt. to beone every where,
:r, . and SIt/phllf I which are/u",
krore their e"nmixri." : An by
through Our olvn Ex" ,;!,
imperfea ]J,dJlI,
and t hat Ihisgave
F.rm: For when We

found them
or PltTi'J ,lhan
not prepared. By
came to the petfett
S"fII&I, which We
in O ur Bul:.!. T here:jnd you will find
;;h.~,i; S,itlftr,
i We haye .abbrevi:;
out o f the ]Jui:J of the A/fCi",ts.
7.b~ tNa

if

C
, . 3

this JIJ1Itfligatio1l,

O EBER.

('3 )

()

, .. , IVrir j"l aftois Our

of them

G E B E R;
The Famous Arabian
and Philofopher,
of

t h~

that in
Art il
with

Slim of

<pERFECTION,
OR, OF THE

'1'E'l{FECT

'cr,
is vcr}' rcnO[ a true

Two

And he,
;;;,;;, Principia. and all
.;,; , yet hath not acquired
and Pr,pcjtlllJ ofthis Art; hath
a more n ue Accefs 10 the Pri",ipln of Ihil
4rt. t han he who is ignorant in ~is IIntnl'.'''
of the MtthQa of his WQrl:.. and is but a hr.
I

T he FirO: Book.

'lDt P REF AC E, TouchiNg

Vt!(Yloj"$ this ART -a.,
thattJnftt 01

SeJP L

Ur .whole.SeitfU't or

-5.

ChJ"'ijIry,

which;
"Jt~ a d ivers C' '''pi14ti,lI. OUt of the
BN!.! of the A.eulltl We have a ir
breviated in our Y,I:''''II' We here
r~uce into on.eslI",. And what in ~thcr BH~.
~,.pttcn by p.s
IS,diminifhed,
that We
..
,
, have. fuffi-

~Iendy

tie remote from t he EII/fallct Or Art. But he

who knows the PrincipilJ o f all.TIling/. and the
C<l. II['1 of M i,m,,,ls, and the IVA} of Gt'm ....
, j", i which confifts , according [0 the J"tnt~
, jill of N Afltr t . is indeed but a vtty linle
fhorror the C pitM"wlt of the lV.r.ti with- ,
OUt 1\'hich our Sti,IK' cannOt be ~fea: be"":
Caure A rt cannot imitate NIIII#H In all w.rQ,
,

~.

.,.

.-

,"!.I t

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but imitatu her as exalUy as it ctu:
fore moil:- dea r $.". We difcovtr a &o'tt

That .ArriftrtTl crre in this.

dtftre to imitate N .u-rt in

evident to Wife M I ., t hat

are void of 7rllth .
intend to DifCO'-lr(e of NArllTlt.l .
,;,.,;';' Rcccrding to the
and in t hat Part We treat of the
and 1I1i~rj~" of them each
i, ..C lY~rj.~ of N4l1ru, and of
according 10 the Opjllivll o f An~.

I.'lll,i,,,

;;",h,,'; very o fte n j

acqui re the " "" , _,
in them you may
your OlVn lIf""i ,,?d
know how to efcape El'rfr
may be able to -imitate N lIlllr,
of your

W.,t-

will demonllrate the Prill,j":

are according to the /"t.It,i.. o f

Qur WITA.:.. i in 1'Ihich We are able 10 imi.,.
NAtll" , and the way of mixing and altetoN.'llr., wi th its Cftl , rq
to the /tltllt of OUf IV.,*.,

Tlu ZJh'ijion of th.is

Four
Parts..
,

F~jl

Book

F/,jf.

We i~tend briefly ( 0 fetdown all/. 1:''';_1111 by which t he Artijit rr is impeded in his

that he cannot reach to
th e true Ell": Alfo, in thi.P,m, we will fpeak"
of tliec,IJitj."t. of the Opt'IIt" ofthi. ,A,t,
, ., Sit"'''', ; We wHl difpute againfl: th e 11.1/~.
and S.phiftrri. who. by reafonof their
own II "n.lt1 and rhttki!fllllU{s in their St""th
a:rter th'e M tlf.ylt-"1. and thePr.[idrll'10f this
:A~'. da mn 't he .Art it fd f . and contend [hat
tt hath no bring. or is not. But in this part
We ICt dow.1I all thcir Rt.['-",. and afterward
r,?~ ~~i~entl)' ~nf~ l e the fame I fo tha~i~t

W,'*.

,11.'

FirO: Part of th is Firll: Book, trcat,

of the Impediments which hinder
the Anifis f rom attaining to the true
End o f this Art.
C H A P, 1.

TIlt '])i'Vijiof! ~f Imprdimtnts.

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and LAkin" . YetWc
'~:'~~
'M",,;f,LJ 1 viz.. Par d y t l
of
',Anifl, and pardy from
.
the
tA" of the Artifiur, it is alfu manifold I
Iher the Ort.q is weak , or wholly
.And it is manifold from the
S."l, either becaufe the
97,... ( having not hing of Rtflit.th. o r RliI{ i
it Celf) u theS~NI of a M.dinfaru3rc MAlI I
bct:aufc it is FIVIf4jl;,,u
I
t he C. /tIrlfT'/ of F,rMs,
from one 7bi. ,( kno ....able. to its oppofit.
from one Will to its oppofir likcwile.

C H A

O!

p~

thr Im}rJimntls oj'

tht P ,lr/ of thr Boily

fl.

of (b,

( '7 )
And if the,B..t'Jof

C HAP.

II J.

tlu Imp~djl1wJts frem tht part

tIn Artijls Sout.

of

in which we
declared the

B~
;;;~ .~~r":the
,
'ha<
' he

WE
this

IMptJi1ll,.t,:;~:~\J
Ct..pur.

ner. and more

tOOte Imprdimlllts
Therefore We ( Oly, i
Or!./J, e._pltAt . he cannOt
t o t he C, ml':Al",.;tIl of this
t han if he were Bli_ O f
bec:1ute he is not helped

py meditltion of which. as

N.'Nrl , I the properties of

her A Di.lI, cannotfind the true ~x of this
mon precious Stilllft. M there are many who

have a Iliff Nul:,., void of 11I!., i,] in every

perfcrutation. and ... ho can fcarcely under--:
liand C~"''''DII Sputh, and likewife with diffin,le"
Itarn -_.
w""k! vulgarly Common. BefKies
r~1
h.

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( '9 )

there, we alro find

eafily opinionating every
t hey believe they have fOllnd
, ..jlMc" deviacing
and remcte from
their
man)'

nnnot

.;~ihe
Col'

who is ignorant, or neJ;ligent in the

o f S(itllct, attain ('amy

C HAP.

fuddenly belieye a Thing arod i

~ithout allY Ground at
of ! t.ffo". J
, .t,'le ar(~r "pr, al\Other T hing .. and tl6
WIfe beheve anOther, and will
,
there arc fl> changeablc,thar they
;'Iccompnfrl the lean of t hat they i
rather leave it defc:<tiv('. There are
Others, who can not tee any Truth i
,.,...1 n,." ~/I! no more than Bt.ft'i as'
were Witlr/s, M .d.IIf,1I and Child"" ,
are Otll~r.. a1[0 who contemn the Sri/ II"
~ hink it ijOt to be; whom in like mannc~
Sru", contemns, and repels them
E.J of this molt prt'ciOU5 lY'rl
afC Soim-, who arc sl,ctltl , loving
w ho do affirm rhi. to be an admirable ,,,;"';: ,. ~;;;;

;[1

hut are a re

';~ ". .';'~:~

h4
it, and according to
to the E%prrit.ct o f
rhro:Jgh Cove[Quliler, of
~h is Our $ti"'Hc9m~snO~tQthefil'

IV.

Impttfimn. rs hilldr/lIg
(if tl:is Art.

s."l mova ble, from

0,11$;.,,1. and from WilJ to mOl i
who have a

CUrf,tI.

it ~

.,

n ue I "rtllli, ,.
are al /O, !>elides

T4illt~

[0

"

(h~

/:.=

tWO Hr.,,!., rt d uud all

rerarding t he E~J o f th is
....""om R..Jmsl Pr;ndpf..J
"'
of the ArriJi clT of
. T he rerore, it con ~
to ced ::re the l",~
, and 11ar~n~
,vhich. this
fee fome
/ in t h t. 1V<r{ .
follolVlY~rv ; in
not P""t#;'it.
LUlItlr e irel. , t hat
.
and AOioM of
with extre-am
:, ' ,~a D iljlCnfa rion of
I:'
IlOft/.one or neg,.

:lre ma(l Y
Cu,,,,.. /If,'n.
I
:llld $DficifIlJ:S
this W~TJJ. occupyin g thml1t h'e: whc lly

~
tn

( ~o )
in 5tciLtr lJJIfilUfs I from whom this our p
ciOliS S'"IKI withdraws her (clr.
Now, from the prcmifed H wis, >cis (uP.:
endy manifcft wha t are the I"p:ti,,,,,,,,s
dring M'II from t his .Art.

v.

C HAP.

Tlu COllc/ujiOtl of this Firfl Part, c

lai"i"g th~ Qiaj,ficatiolls of Ihf
tifiar.
Herefore. from whilt is abovcfaid,
conclude, that the Arrifiur of thi. W,
ought to be well skilled and ~etl: in (,
Srill/us o f N JI'I#TAI PhU;j,p,,", :
ufe, ho
much M II1'7 fcenr he hath arxl. althou
he be endOwed with a nan;rally prof,
Wi' ~nd !hfiTl in this Artifiu, yet he can
attalO hiS E"d. unlers he hath by L r" .
acquired Z!",".r.l PhilifipbJ. For the defi
of t hat which IS not acquired by N lltllrtll J
~l1Jlli'J. mult: be fupplied by L t'' ''''n!. The

( ~1 )
10 which he ,...ill be ignorant how ~o appt1
a RtflmiJ , if he rely only upon his LtIfF''';''! :
/b likewife, he may rrmedy ~, i! Ern ," in die
p,;"r, from his Kn o-"' Iedg acquired by
, Ill LlArnillg, which by Jlld"Pry o nly he cannot avoid; beClufe drl is helped by 'IJ!.'";'~.
and b m IJilil, by .Arl likewife
Alfo it 'leccffary for him ro be of a con':
flant Will in his
t ha t he may not pre
fume to attempt thia now, and tha t anOl her
time: ~caufe our A " oonlilts not, l10r is
pftded in a Muldt ude of 'Thi,,! ,. For t here

N.,.-

#,.

is

W.,....

;,0;,.; ~~fi~s~~~ ~~~~";~i~~~h~~~t;:yA::=

Iraneous Thill!.. nor remove we ought I ex-,

cept that in l ' rtp4MliM we take away Suprr-.

JIM;';.,.

Alfo he mutt be d i li~ent in the IVn~, per':

lifting to t he fi na l eM/",.".",i." the reof, l hat
be leave nOt off abruptly . bee-auf;: he C'aIl
acquire llcoi lher Kncwledge nor profit from
a dimin iJhed W, rtl but Ihall rather rea p D ,
[f1'.';''' ' 3!)d D.vnm.Jt. It is alfo expedien t
he (houl! know the P"i"ci1"'1 and Princi pa l
R.di;rti
this .A,t. which arc elfemial to
l orc the A rtifiur mult: be helped by moft d
the w,r.t.: Occaufe, he t hat is ignorant or the
StArch. and NAu""IIIIt4.ftTJ. For, hy rea(c B'l.illllin!,s, cannOt find the End . . And we thew
of his L ' IlTm.g only , how much ibever
all lhofe P,j"tip/'I in a D lfcourfe comS"NI&' he barn acquired. unlefi; he be
pleaf, and rufficie~tly ckar a':ld mani fe [~ r.o
~I~ by N41.r..J , ,,J,,ftry. he "m not: bC . wire Mcn. according fO tllCO eXIgency of , hiS
"ued t~ fo precIOUS a BUll/itt. By h i' J our .Arl. It is likclti!e ex pedient, (he Amft
fhould be t{'mperat e and nolV to .An!" , k aft
he mutt amend his '!!.'Ifl'. i!). t he poi
h

of

roo

-fltJ.

"

he fiiddenly

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( through the forCe

of Rlflt )

ij;(lil and deftroy his w~,.tt begun.

l ikc:wife alfo . he rim:! ke<-p ris MOllt!>
and nof I'(cfumpruoufi}' diftrih.!l -~ i, vainly,

lealt he hd!!pen not to find t he Ay! _ :llld Ix:

left in lJfiJtr}, and in t he Dt'ttr.r.~" 'f Po1.Iaf] i

or at lcafr, when ( by

hi~

;,..- ;:I!:cnt
Ii;.: E " ,J of

Endea\'our) he is come l1t'ar ' I )

his M4!.ift"}. his M QII::r be:n;; ~, i! ;1' <".-.;

he

he forced to leave the End ( m :h'.-,;,-:;: Mdn

:1S he is) uncomplCl!~ed ; f'"Jr tho- ~ ., whoi".
t he B tglil/dlll prodiga lly wa.fte d ,nt whole
Trt4tirc, ' when thq' draw li lgh to the End,
hJ\'en<'lt wherclv ith to l abour. Wh ence fuel!:

Men are twofoldly o"envhelmed with Grief;

!.i;t.. . becaufe tbey fi,cllt their MM~J in Thing~

unprofit:lok, and becaufe they IOle thc molt

noble S(;tII:t which they were in quell: of.

S'phijfiul end of h~ lV".~, but be inUlit .

the true Co;"plr"'mr~r. onIV _; ".becaufe?U'"
. referved in the-D'ti'M W,II of Gpa, and
; , ;" to, or with-held from, whom ~ewill i
is GMi~Ml, Sliblimr, and full or-aU 111and G~ , dJl41. Alld perhaps, for the I ~u
of yOlir Sop~jfli,,,1 W..,*., he deni eS
A rt, and lamentably t brults you inBrP .th 'of En-Dr, and from your Erinto perperual l"frl,CU! and M1trJ: behe is mo rt mifera ble and unhappy,
I ;;";;h~~ (after t he' E"d of his Wo':*., an-d
) G OD d~nies t ~e ligh~ of TrHrh.
flich a Man IS conlh{Uted In perpetud
~fet with all Mis/mlllft and I,,/tliC~,,!./,.ti~", 1~, an~ D~/jg~'t

and conlumes hiS Life In

Likcv.'ife , t he A r[
in his WDrk,., lhould
his Mmd, all S;! "I th l t
' Dr"a;on, and to fe:lrchout

For you need not to (:on{ume your GH'dr,

feeing you nl:ly rome to th e (:oinpleatmeilt
of -th e M"6 ~''hrJ for a (mall pri(:(', if you be
not ignor'-.!.IIt of the [rindplu o f Art, and
rightly iJnderltand what we have dedared to'
;;~ the Things "~'"
io'Ou; " Therefol'C', if you wall:e your M~1J?,;
Alt ;
ilOt min'ding our AdmonitimlS, pl3in and manifell:. written in this Little Book, inveil!;h not approach to o ur Art.
tlOt againll: Us i but im pure what you Cuffer
t o you r own I.~1JQ,..nc: and Pr.:!MMptiOIt, Fot
t his Selmer agr~s not well with a M"" poor
lind indigent, but is rather inimical and ad~
ve rfe to him.
D
Not fhould ' he Arlift endeavour to find

.h,

for an 4"_~'
of thefe

lbouJd.

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Fi"i i~ .'

"

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,

( 35 )

( 34 ) .

-.

pOlin;; it to be. For Some. limply affirming

-~--"--:-~ this
An not: to be, S'pb ij1:,.o, fi rcllglhen
their Art "WIII!, I ~U5: They fay, there are di.
Tbe SCc~nd Part of this Firll

in ~'hic:h are related the Rcafons

. 'Men denying this Art; which
terwardconfured.

-.
-

Aving already in one s_

lie liN t comprited all the

.
of this w'"t. and given you a
licitn,! for the .dJlNrt"'~ of Ihill .
now expedient, ,according to

of our Pltrpo/"

fi"'

to difpute

and 't1fdlUU M,II, Firlf.

their RIII/'." according aa "'I.

would do from the Btl"";":_

enervate all thafe RU(f1u fo. as
evident to the IVi/t, t hat they
thing of
tb i" .h,..

ro."

r...

c; a

A P. I.

Thr tr ftt R r40lls of Ura

il:g Ihis A rt.

jimJl:I

"THere arc di\'crs who deny ard

, hi. Art. Some limply, odiCTs

ftinlt Spifl and p i7,rji,i, '. o~ T hillt ', bccaufc

the P"f"tiD"' , In eo:nmll't(on ?f.
tach With mher, are dIVers and dlltma:. For
an .Aft is divers in S./lCitl from a M ..n I becaufe, in his C""p-fir;Q" , he had a more divers i'r'pmi,n of Il __ t!. So a\fo it i. in
.U other Dj"'"jititl of 11i. 1J, Iherefore in
M"ttrJ/, Wherefore the Pr./"ni,n o f Tbings
M ilJ(dl, ( by which is atulrcd t he F. r", and
ftr/tE1j", of .the n i"., ) being unknown, how
can we know both tlie M'IJ(/tn" and to form
what is to be mixed l Bur ,ve arc ignorant
of the true P"'p.rtim o f th e E/t". ~ntJ 01 the
Sf J. and LlIlIA, therefore we mult be ignorant
ho w 10 fo rm them .
. In like manner, they ~Iro m herwife araue;
condemning o ur .M;,g;p"J' For fa}' they, alt.hou gh you fhould knol,. t he Pr3Frr>", of
EI"n nltJ, yet the way of mixi ng them together you know nm; becaufe N"tllr: Procreues thefe in em/trn:, in M inrJ, ana in hidden
pl..~tJ j therefore, feeing you knolv nOt the
:"'!'! (or M .t hJ4) of th eI r .!,.fixti.n, yOll are
al fo ignorant hOlY to m.ake them. In li ke.
fort, again the y argue: Althougb you fhotl ld
duly know (liis, yet in the AE1i", .of M ilJ(t."i
you undee n-dnd not hOlv to' equalize t h~ A , tnt 1/c";, by medi"alion of which t he Th iPg
11 fa pt"rfefted. Ear N"tllr; hath a certain'

i,,,,,,,,J

D"

!l!!.tI." irj

.-

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. ( 36 ) .

!lulI'it! of

liw, by which flie brin,gs Me':

to a Br""g.. the mcaCure of which you

know not. Evcn fo alfo you know not the
D 'llT.." C., of the A !nt Cufts . of N"'IJffI;
without which, Nel"" cannot truly pc'rfe(l;
her
Therefore , thefe bdr.'g unKoo .... n;
t he whole .Urthld of performing this Art,
will be unknown like-wife.
Furth, they bring \'ou R.'[fII and Exp' .
~ir"cr, This Scir",: (far they ) ha th been fo
looj!; fought by wife M :., tha t if it W"C
pofli ble to attai n to it anY' way, t hey would
a t houfand timcs, b(fore now, have been M ..ftm of it. LikcwifC ello, fccin!!; Phil.f'piu:,
fcem to ttcat of it in their Vdlln,." yCt In
t hem we find no Trllto: 'cis mani fd~ and
probable enough by t his, t hat this S,j~.CI is
not. So like-w ife, m all\, P,hlc'I and K'''gl of
t his lV~rld, having infiniter'r..rHrl,andabu~ ~
dance. of Ph./,!,pOO" ha \'edetlred to amlln
. t o t his StU/I(" yet could nev~r (each .to. the
of this moft prC'(.'iout Art. ThiS IS a
fufficient Art._ !":,, ~ha r ~he Art i&~rh'oloui
in its probation. Llkewlfe, evC'n In weak.
Mixti,1I1 of lp:ci~., we cannOt follow N.tIlT: ,
For we kn01'll' not how (0 form an
"Ab, and mhC'r like T hings" the Mj~'. '1/1 of
....1Uch are \'eak and mam feft (as It wC're )
to th e sf"f~'. ,herefore alro, We mult needs
be m uch more ignorant, how 10 form the
./'.fu,iJI/ of M rrAl., which is molt Itrang ;
and which is al(o wholly hid from our St.!"
,
and
lifts

/I",."

F,.i,

and Expnullm. The Sit. of which is the

difficu lty of Rtf~J"t'.1I1 of EI' '''rnts from
them .
50 alfo , We fee no Ox~ transformed into
nor anyone Sprri fJ trnnfmutcd in.
a
10 allOth"", 0(" by any Clher Arrifiu fo redt!.
d. The!C'fort', reei~g MadJ differ in Ihem(dve~, can you tr ansform one into anOther,
according 10 its Sp tekJ, or of filch a Spoti' ,
make fueh a S, tell. r T his feems to us filffi ciendy ab furd, and remole from the Ym"
of N.III,Al P'i~i/,ltI, For, N4tllTt perftlts
M rtAl, in l rhou(anc! 1',.; hut ho w CJn you,
in )'our A rtifir: ofT,.."!mH,,,,, i,l/, live a thouflmd years, reting \"ou are fcardy able to extend your Life to an riundred' Yet; if to
this, it be thus anfwCfC'd , What N Iltllft ca nllOt
perfelt in a \'ery long fpace of rime, thac
we compleat in ;l Olon fvace by our ..Art;fin: For A rt can in many Thi"f,J fi,pplr the
Dtjrl1 o f NMllfI, We f;lY again, That this
al(o is impoffible, tfptcia lly in MuAl,; feeing tlley are molt fubtil FlOIm whiclJ need
temperate D"Hlic", that the proper H_i.u_
fJ in th em mar, acmrding to E'I,ul,t], be
bt/,if~'t (or Tbi'k..~~.) and not fly from
them, and leave t ho fe Bf Jitl deprh'cd. o f all
H"",iJ,? , by which they Teceive C,,,,.ji,,,.
.or C'-;r~JT~" and Exu"ji.". Therefore, if
you "Hf hv your .Artif" abb reviate the Time
of Dt,~EfiQII of N~t"", in Mmtr./J and Aft,,,Uiel:. BerliN 1 you mult needs do t h.is by Ex.,
D3
cell

a,.t,

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( 38 )

ecr, of !1t4t; 1hich which "ill not a~e

qua tc .. but ra ther d im pare and deftroy the
Iltur.itliV. di{[olving it from 'their B,lUs. FOt'
r,mp""m ~rct only is Spifl"arive of H ilii ry.
~nd PerFell:i:-rcof Mix,;.". nor 1I,.r exceeding.
. So hkcl'I' lfe, t~e Btill,t altd .1'trfeEli... are
we;, from the S,,,.,.,, liS the fiTft Pn'fi,juts,
moving the NIl~l4rt of {}tlltr.,i." and ~. rr"p.
'''''. t? ~he Bm'l and not Btill/. qf Sp"jlS,
~Ut (his

dOIl~ fuddenly, and

an ir'iftanr,
when one 0\' ITlOfC 5' '';/, by their Motions
come I() II determinate Site in the EirmtUIIt llr'
by which the Brj"t of Pn/(Dj.,. is gin-n: [OJ
~vcry One thing acquires to it rdr II Bri"l.
In a mOfic-ll r, from ~ ccn ain Sitt of the Stcrs.
15

In

And tllerc is not only one Sitt . but many

and divers each from other. as the EfflOs '
~h~m are dh'crs. And We cannm kllOw the
D'fJ!rji'J and DiftiaEli... of thefe each from 0t her ; beC1iufe to Us they are unknElwn and
infinite. How then will 1'ou fupply the D
leE! in your w"ot... being ignorant of t
DlfI"f !J ~f Sirrr of the St~rs, according to
t he MOllon of them l And admit you did
k now the cerrain Sit; of one o r more SUri
by ' ~hich l'lr!li,1I is given to Metlli y
you could not perfea your ' lV.rot.. acrordm
~o: l'oiJ r bl~t1It. For t~~re is no Prtf,"M j,
01 any lY.rk, for recelVtng For. by ATtijCt
!n an In!tant, but fucceffive . . Therefore F
ca~ l)Ot be given to t he lY"t. ~he PTl,.. r.t;.
~!ng , not made in an 11,jtl.lII.
.
.

,-

:Pk

..

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"

Li kewife a[Co, in Thi ngs ' N :ttluilf. th il i.

the Or"'", 'fIiz.. tha.! i r i5 eal"ier to deftroy them
Ihan make them. But ....e can fcarcdydeftroy
Glli, how m en can We prcfume to Fabricate
the fame!
Therefore, by tcafo n of t hefe Sopbijfitl.t
lil4/U/, and, others lefl apparent th~n rhere~
Ihey conceit t he y can den roy IhlS D;'fI;'"
;4". All thefe are the Perfwafions of S.""jim, limply denying die A rt 0 be. But
the Rl.f... of lhafe who deny Art from
,.fti,,,. I. will fe l down in the S.!fl'l"IIU, 10,ether I\'lth the Riflll4li.lUofr hem. Yet hente
We pars to the R1f.t4l" " of trn, Ruf , here
] ,fowl: fira premifing our true 1111'''#''', In
order to the C;oMt1,.t,.,,,t of t he W.rk,

S"p-

- - -- - - - --- - -- -...:'- -

C H AP, I L

That it is tlOt j OfftIJ'" nor ollght to !Jt

foppo(rd. thilt A rt can imitatr Na~
furr i" "It 7Jif{n-uuu ofProftrtiU
of A c1ion. Ailll (rrtai" In(lrltE1Jo1l1
t (Juching t hr Princilla of Mtfal.r.
,

T Herefore We(al'. the Prj":;p/lJ, about which

imploy. her A flH"S, are of a moll:
bard and molt ftrong Co.,.jitj,,. : and they
&tlph," and Arl~"'i'fll, :u fome PIJ,'I.[,_

N.I""

vc

, 0... -

phrr!.

pbirt fay.

of a

and men
they are
"molt difficult
but t his is,
Jpijf..ti~n (or '
-atld /1Ia.t4t im
.tJ.uJ";II: ) of the,m
with other,
ib Cudi wife TrnIde, that tlleY may fulfer
<i';'fi~" "and xln{j.., by Malleable
"and not be brOkCf1. . By t his, no
is 'meant, than that in C~'f1UitU:ti", of
each wit h other, their VI"., HI/Midll} is
fcn cd by Succeffi l'c DtCf(li u in t he
"Jflerefore molt ' Dear s.., \Ve give" you
m ;;:T41 R.lt. lI.~%.. t hat b'!,W.,i.n o f any
..u/,,! cann~ be made, unkB tifft,
the !fltmid"J be m ~de an
of
PIIr'S moftfuhtil; and aUb i
JlJiJjt]. eonfervation of Ihc larll more
(if the H iiiin C Mix , ; '''""
and a true M i;rti of ~h' "
t hat the HI/mid;,! .
Ipe Drp"i', and t he
and bot h be'come
neal in it. Pttrll,

'T.

fofr, and clltC'nfive

~?t

done, unlefs by
vlfccus Hllmitli'J . and
t hrough their -Ieaft part!.
become 'he fame with the
Dr, with the H".iJ.. Arid
fftc}J a fubti/ r.plJIT . is
but " very kifurely . and
TI<lff. - and that t herefoce, ,;;.~

I ". .

" of the Prilltiplu of N.rJITI:

the fUpt'rfluous H ill;,!
fuddenly be made (feeing
not from.he Dr!. by rea
which they have)
I
would be refolved
an,\ fo the whole vaniRl into
have each with Other.
a mlnife[t EXI"immt in Sll~
for when til them i ~ made
the H.,.i. is
nor ,the Dr} from
i
a ll the l'Arfl
01 their
their whole S"hftA."aInds . or
I
M i.-ctn, is dilfolved.
Therelo re
fuccdIive diurornal and equal
14 fill., .. of the fubrile fumOll$ H.;"i~t1. is
the CAJI(' of the ,,,,'pjl f.:riu of "((fills : B,ut
this bofpilfatio .. We c.mnOt alfo make after this
mann er I t herefore in this We cannot follo,,"
N Il",rr . for We cannot imitate NAI. " in all
of Pr.p:rt ~t of .Alli,.. Wherefore
" is no t to follow NAl 1fT, in t he
nor in the P"'pm;uofmixableE, nor in the manner of mixing the~
with other I nor in t he tquat ion of infpi(fa~ing (or t hickning) I/u, : a ll thefe
71.illj:t being to Us impoffible and wholly unknown. Therefore it nOI" remains, that We
(~t :l.bout refuting the afore-mentioned R{lIr",u
". .
of

'.

( 4' ) .
Dot:

an E,.,.,r in their Mitt., . and thence judge ,

that none have: found it
Further, irthey phanranially a'lu~ . affirm_
ing our l"'f/lt~'J. t hat we cannOt Imllate NA-

CHAP.

teeing any to poffeti t hit &itlfu. conceive

Ill.

,p, e\'cn

In weak

Mqriu/. as in t he Mi;di ..

A fOIl/xtatio1l uf t6~ R ra(01fs of Mr, of an .AI, or Ox, I thcrc:fc.re nOt in the (!:roog:
We an(wer. derelting t heir manifold Ern1'.
jilfljlY JrllJillg Art.

If they fay

We kuow not the P"~p"'"'If

. Dr.tVI, ' nd way of M il'i.:o f them each
~tth other, alfo che Equarion of
infpilfa.
tt,og M ttfil/ : and many other c..fll and confequcm A ,,;tiull o f the Afll,1IJ of Nlltlf,..,
We gra nt t he fame. Yet. by -realOn of this the;
do not ener~ateOur DI"'me Sei,lftl . bea.u(c
they are 1l1"J I We are nather wiUingDora_
ble to know, any more than they can rCild!
ro Our w....t., But We aD""ume to Our felvts
~r P,;uipk. and aootm:r M,t". of G...
!'". ... of M ttMI. in which We at e able to
follow N ,l"",.
.
If they fay Pbiltfopbm and Pri.ul of th i.
W.rU. ~ave defired this S~itlf&t and could
n~ lind It , We anfwer, Tbry lit. For fomo
P.r'_~1 ( COOl/gil few J and efpeciall y the' Alf'
"nil. and w:-lt
found in Our Ti.t , have
(~ .. .mamfe!l) by their I.upr" found OUt
~?ts &~."t j but would never by IV.,.. o r w,.;#
tIl dlfcover t he fame to. fuch M ,., btcaule
~)' are unworthy of I t . Therefore '11H]
no<

H,.,

M,.

that there is no necc:l1iry , from their Way of

arguing, for Us to grant th at our Art is not I

becaufe they fir engthen th ei r E r,Qr and Ph4ll-

,.pt .rro~ aLiI:..'> 0: from a GrfAttr to a ~.

in which IS not connuned NtttJFtJ . bUt C."tlll1.'.~r I as in many t hings. This afro we !hew,by
anOther way, demonftrali ng, that they allign
1'10 apparent Sj",jfjtl"l, between a weak C, .;;t;-

tUNof Animlls. and the firm and firong c of M i"mul. For in A"j"",ls, and other
Living'1bi"! ,, in which the C'."fiti,,, is weak.
there is nor a pcrficicnt Pr,,.rti.,,, nor Mif';"
Uuof Pr.p~rlju , nor !lli/otl of M i/,i6ltl,nor
a C~Wlmixli.", which follows from the Attion and PaffionofdlOfe Things each with ocher.
which is from the Ag~regation of "thofe fint
~.tlitjtll but there is (according to the Opj.
"j~" of M.",) a S~lIj, which is from the Ow,!!

,.rti",

RtetjJts of N.III,.t , as from a .!R.!!ill'rjJ,llt:t, or

from the firft M .1Hr. And of this alto we fpeak,

according to t he O,i"i'lI of many I and know

not che SIn'II chereof. Therefore . we cannot

perform fuch Ti}ings as thefe. although in them
IS a weak Mix~;." j b(c;aufe we know not ho",

Hl

toinfuCt the pfffdlivt I which is t he $'11/.

lK-nce it fol,lo",. tha t the Dcfcd in us,
!'c cannot compound 01' makeanOxt, Of a
III not from the Piff'
,
def({t of Infu flQlt
knOW" hOlT to make a ",ea k a nd
C' .p'jit"'''' fo we a[fo know how to
Arong and more firong I imitating the
and C."".' of N"'IIr, according to ou r
I n M,t"I~ is Iclfer f trf.{fi than in
and the Pnf.b/f of t hem confifts

'"' C'~P'! ;';'" '.h~"

)
argue, ThatSpte;.,;!
. ',ewe IIgain fay, Tli t!
a.
than to

j~e ~

naruralJ)'.:t nd
A rrijiH, 10 be (ur n~d inro a Flft,
dilfers from it h Sf~tots I and a eJlr.
to be rurfled Into B s; ~II'
; and a D,l. fttan r, ltd. inrolV"_1 J
the pu[ref' ~ ion ofEbuUirion . Ye t wedo ro<X
i bur N4,/r., to wllom we adm illifier ,
the ("me. Li k ewi r~ alfo, we alrer nOt M,bnt N"t"" I for whom, acordill!:; (0
th at J,("mr , for lhe by her
I yet \V ~ a re her Admj"'flrllt"I', '
by anorhrr R eafon (hul :lrJ:UC .
thei r
S.PbijlitIlUOfi"i""~
ill t houb fllbof

mo"

" afC indued

ignoble ' "[,lli", 'IIiz. . I h~t which is ira m

t he W"Jof Mix,;,,,. Therefore , be-Ilce ' ,isev;~ent. th at Ihe Si",i!illitic of l h!e /Y/('I is not
good : for lYe are not igno rant how (0 fo rm
an OXo', Ot a G Mf, in refpelt o rt he C'.p.ft, ...
butof the P"f~ivt Em .., Eecaufe pufia,,~
in an OX" or in a G..., . is mor~ nobk and more
pc'CU!r,thap the PaI,Bifll contlmng in a M~t"l.
Bo,

r'4rs

~~~~~;~,~~,: t hore Pr,"~jp:.I .

Ie
perfelts thefe in 1\
r,... rs . o r iJi mar t or fewe r, or iri

moment, their Prrffi," de termines iiOf:

We cannot imir-J.le N"fHT: in her Pri..
I
alrcadl' in the proxedent N,ILffidemh r <\hbre\'iareo . ' cfcoomp l ~n t 5p.t,h, in' the
.

SlI j)jrqH:lIt
.'

( 47 )
ti,~

a Blillg from aD,,, . o r Other PUHCfiabk:

,
We do not Immediately confl<kuhe
StMI , but Ihe D'ffHf,j'lIs of lbc
and
C,uif" (bd'1dcs

m
thoug~

mitate
fi ci~ntly

thereof..' Forwhcn Wefcea W"",d~uced

i
proved

From ,fum a

know.N_s lo
into a /JIm:, according to' N ....

T herefore the "'"~,:

w.~ confe fs ra

Iy

for NIf'III"' fi nds out ,a ;3ifl convenient

fdr, although unknown by Us
"If theV fay Ptrf,fli.H i,l gi ven in an
and Our Prtl"'r"ri, ,, is,not made in an

~e.

. And if t~ey fay from -the Sit, of

more S''''''. P,r!,[fi is given to
yvhich 5itl We
not. To this

: And hence IX>nciude, l"hatOur M,,ca5lnot ,be complca u:d by .Artifiu ;

the Arl isnot : We fay t hci rHI...t..
and void of Hu...,,' Rtitfu. . and

Wchav c."~"e

like to Bt.fls l han M

~d;;' Co~ ;py""if" , having

that which -is rela ted.

no

'Therefore rhis w ay of arguing ( All Afi r..s,

Tho. '", a G,ttr) fignifics as much as

. And that for this RtA/." , Although
be not made in .an /I,fttltJr, <yeuhat
nOt , bm th at t he "Fum or P-lr/rit" .
given. in an h ft411t to th e MMr6T
; ror Prtp,m#j~" ,s not p".!tDin.but
to receive the " I"_
on"!,:;, , . If they fay I h;l t it is e:llia to
N4tlntU 7bi"';I.than IQ make Ihem by
and that lye can fcarcely deftroy
[hence conclude il t o be impoffible
We ar,fwer. TI)i1.t 10 ~y
u>g

( 49 )
. Ou r -Stfvtl to "tbe Rl~'nof M(Jr'deny~
Art, from 71ti,,! , given i and their

i ng they """

'We are compelled

made: For ~e i n~ it .
di fficultly made ; . but is
it may be made (of
this 11._4'11. til%..
it muft

""'f,

..d
hence

.;;;;w,

C H AP.

Opini01lJ
the Art to h.

Dr

I V.

thDJe who (ttptoft

of it
bccaufe they know not ,:,,~
at cordir'j g to -tlie c..,
t hey hal'c by Try ,I
. C' .p_ji,i,,, , bu t
',::~~
have not tr}'ed. 11
pc-elenred to you, and refuted, the
of S#phiflm.
'
, Therefore no.,.. 'cis cxpedi('Jlt
accordingtoOu r Pr.",i! " pars
t hat are to be determined.
[ . ", of M i ll c;lenying
given, or on 5""4il;.,,,.
amine<!. We h3Ii ,then come to
thole Thi,,!s, which are Priilcipl~1
"",i~" o f NII''''' I the EjJ'"'' of whi,:h
!hall more ftiffiaendv dikourfc of in
following: Bilt ta.fter that D <tlr",i ~", ifll,
fiJall al fo fVCak"o f thofe
, . tha t
Pr j"dpill or OU t M ""ifttry..
;. ,"'~" ;,
the F.r/. We m~ke an uni"Or(a l
folio ....
r~;~;,~
t he Pri.,iFlo.
In
"',.,

in,g a

with adi verre

fi od

'om,

.11
ill,

Err"

For thty
E

( so )
hinclthcm after theirlH.,h
~f"Jftj/. ...r;,,, rather;
I
If I Correa not the .Err", o f tho('c
teach Inc Tr.,h
Stu~t
Tnie Art rath~
: For: this
needs not a
felt.

and

C HAP.

V.

OJ Ihr R ra{qlls of Mi n dn:;<illg ,hr A rt

fo!pOftd in Sulphur.
Some fuppofing to fi nd this .Art in SIIpb",,;
imploy rhcif whole L:\bo!:r in 5"'1 1-,111', :a:d
being igrlOlanr of the Per/fa'in o f the Prtp.._
tht}, k aye the Prt!<4,. ti' ll it Cdf un
Compleat; for (pey concei t rhat CJ'A"jilig and
PlITifjia! o~l~ will be a Prrp.,.,i,.of Prr/rOi_
n . Bllt thlsisdooe by S.~/, ,,,,u ,, the refore
brought to their "" tllli". , as they t hin k; bet1llfe they jtldge t haI SML",.., .... only inS..<Il b", is the PtiftDi" , o r lu 1't" """'"II; and
like wife in it ~ c."",". "i~ Jlr[.Kl;.. . they

".".1$,

to others of
and M.ot;IUF.., and
.
.
And of tflo(C' who fay
Jlft, fome will have it in u "tI

vcry of the other .slJit,: fo

GI4i . fo me in G' . I\ others in th e

of &.1;"
lbme

In

.A1l~,.t~, NdTn . and B,r~tt I

kmd of Y Ct,ctA6IU: And

one of
is advent
according co
to thefe , he
i
advcrfe to t he Art. And for
tinddrhcr of lhefe S<flJ yoidof

'o,<ho
;.'
co
;,;,.~

are ind uced to the like l"~"" ''' ' Therefore

coming to Prlljtll..... " hlch II ..... ith I ,If,.th" of
A/urAli~", the y fee th at to be burned and va-..
nifh. and not lo0lt to abide in B~Jltl . and
IIlofe B.JitJ to be left more unclea n than tl ley'
were before Pr.j,8 i .>.of their M ,m,,. npon
them. ~ow feein~ th.i. Dt ll"/'" in the C.m~
tlt Atflftflt o f their w, ,{,and tha t in a IOSi:;: ti me,
whereas before they concl uded in thei r M Il/dr.
that this Seinm w as to be fow d in SIt/,b",.
OfIly I but now ha" ing not the rc:;n found
it. they a rgue it i. irapofrlb/e to find it in a n

other '!hi.! ; wher("fofC". heine no t found in

E

;t

thi s

,,"

- ,

- ~.,--------

'

( S')

this or that. they conclude 'tis no where to

be found.

C HAP.

V l.

ThrCo1lfutatiollof tht }ytet'tllt Rrafo",.

Of th~ R t'tlFons of. Mtn t/rNywg th~ Art

fupp ifrd IU Arlmck, mid Ihu". Rtfutll~
thefe We briefly anfwer and fay, that in

To

this they underftand litlle,al1d are leB Wire I

bccaufc they fu ppofe 5. 1,1"#1' only to lie the
. M.u" of Our SWfr. If this their 5",,.fiti,.
wefC true , et in the way of Prt,.,.ru lllhty
are deceived ; becaufc they conceit' S.&li-..,j.
~JI 10 be fufficient : For Ihey arc l i k~ to
a
who from his lirll N.tivi,!. unto Ole
.Al" is {but up wi thin an H,.!, , nouhink
ing the LAtitHd~ of the W"lam be extended be-

yond the lAlil .u.or his H llif, . or beyond

what he can "iUi his El'S fcc in t he H, . ft.

So they, havi ng not imployed t heir

/.AIJ~.,.

in
many SIIJlU. could nOt dil'tcrn from "hieb
Our M :Jid. t fhoold be eJlN.lted . and from
which not; from which alfo abftaining, they
might Cpare an abundant Lor/mlTof their H AUl.
Therefore. what LU,,.T would be perfell.ive,
or nOt perfell:ive. Ihey are deferved ly igno-

But why was Iheir W~,~defe(tivel We

far, becaufe t hey kft t he burning PT,pt TIJ
and Fli!bl in t he 5"lphll, I both "hich do nor
only not perrell:. but alCo diffipate and dCo.
rant.

It01l.

Ut Others judging thisS"'I: muft neutrariIy be found in the fame , and in its Cr m.Ar{"Mc.. a nd more profoundly intent on
the C."!lInH" .uf'pl of thje 1V~'l , do not ' only
by a S"hl,m/Cr". d eanfl: the burning 5"/p~'(it!
bo t alfo endeavour rorernove t he Ttt'r4" ,i'1'
leaving the F/i!h, (o~ ",IA,ilit}) , in .it. ,There
in like manner, ' ~omlng to p'#Jrll"JII .. fi nd a
Dtlllfi." in it; becaure their M td.,illtadheru
.not ftably in tOOfe ycry BIIJit!, but (uccoffiveIy, and by li.u Ie and liule va~i!heth ,leav i ng fuch
a B.'....ill l t l forme r c.llJirlll~. HCl1ce thefe
alfo, l!:Indemning .Art, argue.lik.e the former J
and to t hem We anfwer, as We did to the
Firp, affirmi ng the .Art. arid that We .kno"
it to be, becaurc We have feep and ro.u.ched
the Ydi'J thereof;

B
,m,

itror

E3

CHAP.

CI:1A1\

( s+J
C' HAP.

V I I.

TDt Rtafo1l.! 4 }.1m dfUyin~ Art

foil iN Sutpoor, Argentvlv e
- Magneria, Marcbafite, (J"~
niac. Wf.,Ib..-t htir R-: tjMtdtlOIl.

0 "'"

in the

th eir
i
thefe alfo argue and condemn
Ar, ,
as others, fuppoling it in SMith., i an~ ~o
tbefe We anft"cr. as [0 thofe fuppoJing II In

s"l,b.r,

;,

H~,!&

~ence .

..

cannot

T.fterdOrc they a lQ) al'll!e,

and to I ~' We an(wn-, as 10 t he
pu,.lfe t hey left: thetrW. rlimperfeQ, -~~.''k"~
Jng how to compleat it. For the 1"I.'Us I
~ch is I h~ ;VJ(i~1f Pey/dliu, . th. knew
tliu.

-nor'how to~rch OUt. "- 1 11 all allte; s;orirdike"ife. iube tlunuray

of - PrrpIrTAl~;' . .:cept t hat In A'!.flftVi f/t and
T.I;,.'" W e I:afN~l{CU~ fromgreatet LM~,",
than R."mj, ,, ofl heir .dtlMflU II I forthe(ehave
not an aduftible and in fl~mable S;,{,JumitJ .
bu"[ ooly Y, u,i!;,}_ But M"""ji,,'s, and M... ~
&b.Jitu, have every kind of S" 'Fb1rrrifJ ( M ..... eb.ji,r more. a nd MII! lII tfril lcis) yet a ll have
]-'light -or ""cIA/ilir" A rp lflv ivl more, and S~/
ItrJlJM' 4C 1((5 J but SlIIlp'lIr yct Ids chan ICS
~

-. . .

C HA P.

0"., tl r:

V I I I.

Tbl R tafollS of Mm . dlflyblg tht A ,t

filppofo d ii, Spirifs . to bl fix~d 10lt hl r witb B odilS; fwd tlwr RI-

f,

f/tat lfJf!.

T Here are Ochen 31fo ~ndeavouri ng to Ii.

Spirits in B.4iu, witllOut any Other PTe- .,
udent Pnp"rA,j ,,, : but D l f.l/iu perplexlnll:
them, ha th on them likewife Drought SA b,!,
and Dl!p",.uicn J and ther ar~ cOJ!lpcllcd
thence to believe, t hat t hlS S,u"," II IlQ{ J
oonliquem ly to argue againft it .. . F!?,
a eA"" of Dijlllfrtlfltcr and ["tmul,'J In
in the Flljiol> of B~Jiu. rhey lofe
which cannot adhe re to the
fame
' but flie from the A!ptril]

E4

of

('1'7 )

( 56)

,..hat i or. may be operated ",jlh it;'

the follo wing Dtfiei""'J of Ihtir
(heir 0"" R"Jb-r[..

of the Fir" the B.a.'"

in : &aurc they cannot
. (he F i, ,', y;,lu(~. by
"hich lJ nOt removed from

Dtl_fi'" fometime. ha pptm.

~hoft ~,i,jtl. a.Ji'1 do alfo

..

-""

C HA P, I X,

whe:n the not fi:l (:d . .

here to S ,Ji,s in their
11.

_ if'

~ftn dUfyiflt tht 4,t ru,~

tlie S,,~ of the Y , leti/, overcome.
In BOllia. (lnd ]irfl ill white
ot"the FiJlrli, Whence alfo they I'k,.
'tb,lt iI, .Tin or jUlliter, 8114
as the firll:, argue. and we to them r
thrir DmJlltdJion,
a. to Ihe firn. anfwcr. l'hcreforethi, '''-.
'whoUy to their Rtprl4ch.
'
pofire the Ar: in B~tiitJ. but when
5'111 of Lum,j~!. if yOll -would
it ~Ir. they are
B, Jitl , then (We fay) if it be
i
Llllti. 11; ::". the 1..i1liti ~
e/fell: fhi. bv 'any' M <ttfff. it
pure in W6iu>I ,ft) 10 be much
be dpne by S, iritll but it is not
approrim:lte to t he NAlIlTt of
t here sli,;" not fixed lhould
; the Liv ii4 i. indeed nmch ap. here to BOIIi'JI far 'thej" fty away. '
S.! . bu t to LII.Aliule I and the
t hem
Nor can the lC Spi,its"
to LIlli", but lil tle co 511. ThereIi,xed,
have ' ''!Tifs, whtTl
fome of t hefe MIll conttitin~ 7illor?_'which How. not. And
I (":"'o~ ~ much li ke to L.,.. or Sil"V!, (rli fin B. tlilJ
__::1 in

w.,..

r~O'~

,
,

'"... no .....

To t heiC.
able .
Ii
~Olyi therefore

. " .j.

as it can
in ifsC.tx, which Ihey
to rtpuC'("t ~ollid 1J9l" ;

~,

therefore,

"
,

( 5@ )

therefore judged it impoffible to

.And fome 0{ thefe could "::~h~;
from it. and found the ~~

,r.,;,;,,;;;;,;

foftneli. and talie li'l'l</"m,.

Thcrefore they believed" i
and fo were induced
;", the Art of hardning it.
our, Butfomcof

away
and affirmed
and Di vi ne Art TO be frivolaul .
thefe Men We anfwcr, with Our

anfwcr.

C HAP.

X.

R M(ons ofMm tbtl),jHg tht Artfopl,,(ta IN B/tJ,llead or Saturn.

fame Drillft, ,, they allb find in Black
only that It
,
i
reduced
a

S"',m,

to

the C,_ixti...
exceedingly dtttive. . ;;;;;;
Pup"'Ar;,,, thereof .m uch is I
S&'III&' can be found in none,
after tWO Rt~ajllu from irs
;
no furt hC:f 1I" ,d. .. _", but rather
81{rlkfi, than it had at firft ; and-in
f:ifturtfit s likcwife, t ht y fee it,not a"
Therefore ,den they , thinking .in

tt

( 60 )
it 10 firtd what is more nigh and better
it not I they are compelled to believe
~uc that the Sej,,"~ is no other. than a
hf.,,; and therefore: they offend. as
fOrmer.

C HAP.

J 1.

( 61 )
CHAP.

XII.

of MIl iU!J'ing Iht A rt .f/I?

in the Mixtwl oj H II'd eDther
and oJ Ptrjrfl B odltS ':L'irb

T}( Rtnf'JIS of Mill Jttl'Yiwg rlu AJ't

.. ,1 11ft! mlfJr /lfi:aioll of H!lrd

intimately and profoundly

,
.tbOught and been percould lind OUt 11.
of caufing

'rDith . Hartl, on" of Soft

to Pcrfdtion
be

I and that
tran(mu~d each il1lo

firm tranfmutation.
,
find OUt the Affi nit y and 5i
both by 1I1td"i. ". and by
of Fir: , arrenuati nf; the
as
and MA'I , and ili rpHradng the
as is r*pirtr, and its like. t\nd lOme
believing t hey could compleat this
were dduded in t he Co mof
Hard BQJ:u, with the SoI1:,
onc mad e the other alto_
or tire the Soft was not llt
the Hard in no wife
by
Soft.
not fir.dir. g
C~L"':D jt.'"

to be,

c.ellY till:

CH A P.

..

( 6, )

( 6~ )

C HAP.

XIII.

Thr R tafons of /11m d"I)'ing

fuppoful , iH Extr(l{/ioH0/
Dr m thr R rgimml oj Rrf.

BUT Others,
profoundly

with ElItrad:ion
Extralted S.. I 1 othtr
.
j
the Exprritllu of l hofe M u co Id I;Qt
to that. but they were deludtd in Ihrir
tlJUiu , and accordi nglv iudged the .Art
poffible t o be found OUt, And
dcavouring ro llerlell: Ewts by

were deluded in thei r Opi. itB, ~caufe

knew not how t 0 3Wl.m to that. And
cordingly think the Art not to be.
we anrw&-. as t he tifft.

R ifHt alio1l.

.
..
..

C HAP.

X V.

Tht R M(iJ1JS of /11m J,,;yiltg :ht .Art (IfI _

poft d In },fi tldlt Mittmd< , or Vtgc_

t alks,' or in

thf

Commi:aiofl of (lilY

otht r Thiflgs.

: C HAP. XI V.
Tlu Rrq{oru of Mt" dt"y urt tht Art
.pofra, in Clap aId Gtms, and
HEY who polite
T"Gt.~.
have found)

a'.1

and G/.p j be=: .

caufe, wha l hath "no t I"j rt{,_ alters D()(. BUI
ind~, ntidler G14, nor Gtm, have l "1.rq"
tha"efore alter nOl. And when theyendea_
yoorro to unite t he Gf.[, with t hem ("hich
i1 diffi cult to be done) they miffed of their
p.'t,i' l beca ufe t hey made thei r IJQJit& a lfo )0
6"'11: and by Trafon of this, they concluded
this E",,' 10 fall upon the whole Art, aod
10 argue that it is flO(' To whom we anf....er. they operated not in due M.uu,. there.
lOrcundulyd erermining, they cannot but condemn th is Art acconiing to their o wn Er-.

be made in B,j,'II, by

this Art in
that Aft(Tat;'IJ "'~

are Others, filppofi ng Ihe Art to he

in S.~fll :lI1d

Ai/DillS,

Nitr" aod

who' m ay indeed in there m a ke Trl'we judg) not find it in them.

a lthough t hey lhou!d, by thei r
fome fma ll Vrj/l,y o f T ranfDiifolvillg, Coaguia ti ng.aod
Coact ing l'

,'

'

( (4)

Co:itlirigi yet chat doth not enervate

.A11. which is borh necclfary
k,~~,;;~;
Nc:,errhekfs, it is poffible, that in a!1
Things tPey may find fome AUmu;Df/.; bin

..

,;

,,

t hal is very remote, and exceeding Laboriousl

and in all other Gm~i". Thi"gl, it is proved
t o be more Laborioui"to ruch suppif"l.
Therefore they, who porfelt th is Art in all
"Igtt~ltl,do indeedderermine what is poffible,
bur not TO them, who fhall lirft fail in th eir
Labour, before the W'r~ laboured can pollibly be perfeded. Wherefore , if fuch Men
find not the Art by their Labours, it mult noc
be argued, that the Art carinot by any Labours be found 0111. All the before-mendonedErr.l1/~'.J Ptrf~'$J determined onc M41UT of thei rs-to be the only MIlmT, and fup.
pored th ere was no Q,her M"tur befidts
t hat ; and thefe now do indeed condemn all
rhc ,othl'r.
'
. ,
fiut. the~e are ma~r Others. and rh<;lfe almoll: mfinlte, I'I-ho 19113ranrly, alld Without
Jo.nowled:;. make a Compofirion of all, of 01
fome of [hefe Things, in a dil'erfe Proportion; and their Err~r is extended even to 111'0

t imes throu(!,h
t h ro'J~h Dimi""ri.,.: ~et in
is poffible-. And VI" ~ , without

( (5 )
of wml$, refolve to infi!1: upon there
we bridty treat of the Vniwhich they will be ab le evi'" _Infilli~J o f their Errcrl;'
at t hi$ time, we mult
Prilltiplu according to
~;;;";O;~;i~w;e oftold
you before) and by ,
,,,
them.

T hird Part of this FifO: Book; Of

Prindptes, and theirEfThd-.

C H AP.

I.

.th ~ N :trirrlt P,-itmpltJ of Mr frtli(~

RadirJ. lI({ol-dillS tlJ tb t Opt1llQl1 of
.
th o ""';N' ~ t' .
,

of. . . .

. ....

now fignifie toyou, that (according

to th c ' Ofi~io'; of the Alln'tnt:, who
our Sdr , Itllrnous of Ar,) NllturA l
""ipl" j~ the W. rk. or Nlltuft are, F.,.,it
and"
ty"Ater, which is alfo named
,
We grail!, and thus define
is white in Decuir., and

fide, in the JI{.:g}ft" l

,"'-'~i; 'Y.,~; b",,either
in M ..niftflc, of eilher fide-,.
The refore . in a brier,
'F
and-

...

( 66 )

..

and alfo a fimply compleat t ~nd

Speech. We declare the GUlT . . . . .
o f GUlTllti.. of
thefe. Yet
fo fa r

SIIlphIlT likewife altered and changed into

utb. Whence they fal', thac in the /11',,,,;_
i"of Nlltit;-f , the !,-iJl'ft, was other, than a
(crcent Spirit, and fhgitive Spirit. And the Rea-

fon, that moved them hereumo. was this, '11; 1("

bec.o.vIC, in the Sill,lIr Jl.ri~ts; or in the M i lltl
other M t',us. r~ey found not any thing
that il ArgmrtJi'll! in it. N.f.rl, or any thing
that is SlIlpl,., likewifci but they found each
b{ them (eparated in its proper Mi.,. in iri
own N.t.rt. And they alfo affirm thi, for anher Rrll{u. viz, buaufe there is no minfition (as they fay) from CumtT} to C. "h-A,. unltfs by a M iJJJ, Dif"jiti.,,< Therefore.
lCcing it fei is, they are compelled to coJ:lfe~
and belie\'e t hat ther~ i5 no Tran lition (or
Pamn g) from the SOftnefa of Argtllt'lJitlt, r9
the hardnefs of any M rtlli. unlefs by a
Pif"jitilll , which is between ,the . HardneB and Softner, of them. But In the
/IIj.,J t h~ find not an y t hing, in which mi.
M .JJI, Dif"ji,i." mly be (alved I t herefore
they are compelled henee to believe, that Arlmltlitli and S"lph"" in their NII,,,re, are not:
the Pr,,,tiplts aCcOrdi ng tothe /"tmlio/l of NAhut another T hing, wh ich ~ollows frOfI( . .
the Alleruian of their !"'III,J/I the Rut of
NIIt",t, into an EtatJ., !,,J,I!A~", And this
is the w"). by w hich each of them is tUrned
into an EArthy N ",.,m I and from thm nvp"
i .rd" N.:tll>"ts. a molt t hin Film, is refolved,
by IIret muldplfed in the Bfl'f"//iof tbe

of

Exile.,}
.' Eff'~',
,i"i of car-un .A.",.r

C HAP.

I I.

O!

IIJr N.ltflr(/IPrincip/~s of
. lltcorJif!g 10 tbt O}H/JIHI
Pbilofcthtys ;, and of

....

BUeothers fAy otherwife I

. " in" itl N.t.rt was nor the ..

,.Irc-red . and convertcd inlo

ItS

t.r,:

F.",,",

:I

and

,.

.-,..

. ( '68 )

and thl' tJ~,li~lct~' F"., is the

M ftlcI,.
This E t , wh(n it

C HAP.

ItI' 0 1

H,,,

{h all " ~

t C"mptrate
qf th,',~,.;"
to the N At.r, o f a
it rtteive,; a certain Fix",i ,
ward the IV..," ( Ho" inR through the
,I, of the Mi."~. and S".II!.i' ji'l
ditrolve., and is uniformly united
a nal Dral
firm V"i,,..
,,~,
thus raid, That

I I 1.

Vi", ijiofJ (if 'U.:hat at-~ to ,,~ fiolnr.

tOllchwg t~( T'!ru PrincipiIS, ~ i z .
Sulphur, Ar(~ mck. _alld Argentvlve.

or

C HAP.

..

OJ Sulphur.
.,

THcfore we fuy, t ha t S" lph.r is a falneil

... -

I V.

CH A

of the EItr,b, by temperate D ,c,O;,. in

Jhc M ilu Qf fhe EArtb th!cklJ.ed, \ln til it be
.. - - '
F J
hardfled

"

(.7 )

commir and unite it amicably with. B. oliu.

hardned al)d made dry I and when it is hard,: ~"!_
'of the artAltft &,rtfl of Nm.",
nM, -if is called S.Jpbllr. Indeed SIIlp"" ha!~ ... aile way .o f p"/taloll " for there arc maan H''''l"''.' and molt ftrong C~"'PD{otiu,
to one Elfla . .and o-:,e ~,.ltHt. And
and is of an V"if" '" SIl~ftAIIU in it. natural
~.'" Boc] is cakmcd With It, und~ubtpartS, becaufe it is H'''''l.'IU. I. Thrre~orc.
receives weight I yea, Cf!ptr from !t afits 0' Url()( n.ken from ir, as fi"oqlorhe r thtngi
t he Effi!.ju of Sd. Alfo Mrn." IS afhaving OJI by DiPiU.,.... Wher(forc th~1 C;,~.,,,! with it, and by Sublimation ~mes
"ho ftrive to calcine it, nor loling any thlRg ~
or C'".~6 ..... ) Laftl}" All B.adotl. ~x_
of the S."fltlIJct of that with which it fhoulri
and 711!"", arc ealily calcined wl.th
be cured. do labour in vain I becau~ it canbut Sti mali diffiruldy. And Ar!.tIJ"!'tJl
1l0t be calcintd, uDId's by great/llliMfIr1. and
not coagulated wilh it into at/J '?" S,iv~ r
"i~h loB of much of t he S.&ft. .t therett
which ii profit) ~y a me,ln Artifice, as
For of an hundred P"",", you thall fcarce"
f.l.luatc Ph,I'['phrr, have thoug~t. And
id'etvc three
you r telf after . ';'~~
we fay, that whatlbcver B.JIe$ ~ave
Li'kewife, it cannot be fixed;
,,~;" ,.,
they arc more ealily c.dcmed
talcined i yet it may be mixed, and
than thofe which ha ve much.
in rome meafure retarded, and its
moll H i!." GOD, it illuminate.
repfeiTed I and bring commixt'd, may ",o~
. becaufe it is LS1.hr, All,.", . and
e~dily be calcincl. Therefore, he who
,
AIIO. It il mo!t difficultlydi[o.lved,
deavOori to extrad: our W.rk. from
beclufe it hath not fa lfugin~s. but o.legmous
preparing it by it felf, he thaI! not.,
l.nl, which are not eafily dl~olYed 1n[(~w.
l1i. end J becaufc it muO: be
Itt. But !'"hat are ealily, o r difficultly dlffolMr,;... and without that
"ed illto W.ur, we thall plainly en?Ugh d~
1VoqId tic prolonged even to Dt[p"" ,i .
monftrate in the Cb.pttr of S,I"II",. It ~I
with its Cpur a Ti"a.r~ is made, '"'
indeed fublimed, becaufe it il Sfirir. A.nd !f
gives eompleat W'i~bt to every of t he
ii be mixed with YOIIII, and ullltcd to Ir,. It
and. c1eanfeth and tlluftrafes them :
becomes a wonderfu l Vi. itt C.I .,. With
perfeCted with our M~ifttry, without
alro it may be miscd. and of 1~em
It perform. none of there th ing', but
i& made by Deooaio~ a Ct/rftiMl and Dd,t.bri-orrupu and blacken.. Therefore ure
fill CoJ' lIr: Yet, let no M an t hin k that SlIll.h.,
r,itho\.lt thi ~ ~[j'lrJ.
:
~n by it relf compleat t he W~,~ of .d{~
l .A!r~ ~ wliO. In Prt/~rlll..lo" knows
.
.
~ 1
for
_ ..
. .

to

I;,,;,,

Mm",.,

,.,....

..

1m,.

for it would be no lefs t han V""it} to

t his, as "c fh all vCTy fuffi ciently prove i
followi ng. Blit let theGrfji and LMti4 be
frn. Thefe: may (uffice to be fpoken of -

C HAP,Y,

O!

Y I.

Of Argent vi\'c, or Mercury.

C HAP.

'

'~Mr.

"

Arfenick.

Rf,rHHli'IJt, which alfo is called MlTlJl,j

oy the 4,"it~ rs, is a viR-ous W"," i n

the Bmds of thc IiWh , by molt ternperUt H lAt united, in a tmal V,,;I/f through ils
kali parts, ""jlh the fubftance of white fubtile
EArlh. um il the H"".iJ be comempcred by the
D? and the Dry by t he H.mill, equally.
Therefore it ~fily runl upon a plain S"p.rida, by reaCon of itS WA'....' H II.iJi,,; but
it adheres DO[, a\!hough it hath a vifcous HII'::
.,....', . by rcaCon of the Dry"qs o f that which
con tcmperatc:s it, and permits it not to adhere.
It is alfo (as fbmeflly) the M AItII' of Mt'If{J

wilh S"'ph"r. And it calily adheres tothr~e Mi

-.rfJ.l' , 1111.. to SlfrNrll, and '1N/ittT, and S,I.
but to LN"A more difficultly. To YmIII more
difficultly than f O lJalf ; ~ t to AI." in no
"jr~, unlefs by AY1ifiu.
T her~for~ hence
you may coiled: J1 \'ery great S :(rtt. For it
IS amicable, and pleafmg to M !tl'/', and t he
Mil/iN'" of con;oy ninl; Tillfbm'j and nOlhing
is fu bmergtd in .Af!.nl.rv'W, unJeIl it be Sd.
Yet '1"liur and S./I.". , LIIIIA and VtllN" are
dilfolved by it, and mixed j and without if,
nor:e of the M tJ.l, can be gilded. It is fii:: ~
cd, and I t is a p"O/m of KraPlf. pf m~a
. ;
~x ubrrltnt

( 74 )

( 7~

",f,Bu.,

nu~t
and fulgid S;~::::
then It recede. nor from .he 'u
til it is in itS Offn Nature', Y~t it
M,.ic;", in iu N .mlrr I but it can
like"ire help in the CtI{,.

of any EJtfT."wlI Thill!: And

GOD, they alter each Qlber, and IU'e
and they perrea 'each other, and are

and one only by it Celf is perfcltcd

the help of aDOther;

,
C IJ A P.

Of

VII.

Efftf/~

of ,h, Priltciplu
Nattu"t I whICh m't Metallick Bodies.

tlu

C HAP.

.of

V II l.

Sol, or Gold.

WECh"pur.
havq.lrc:\dy given lPu, in a Guur.'
the S.m of the l"wujo" of
M.t./s I and here we now int end to make a
fpeeial D"t.,..,;." of each one. And firO: or
~fiJ. We fa}'. i!,IJ is a M et.lhe/t B~. Cimru,

, hl,
ed in

this l.:.ul becomes not

~,/d.

.. burnt

the M ixt"", and

the
mean whi le Rands
!he TryA1. So li"-ewile, in inltancing thcOthtr
~t fallJ ~ccording 'rq the Coolmon
Bur:
accordmg to our M~JjfhrJ> t he Ptif,!l helps
I

C,,,.,,,.

~~

1.,,,,,0 I

a~d

JiJ!ff]. by It (elf IS

.. ,

the I"W,/,Et, in our M.

PcrfeB:cit. without the Ad.

{Iliniftraljoq

ponderous. mute, flligid. eq ually dlgefted in

the /J.Q",t/s of th e t.r/h. and very long wafhcd With Mi.".l W.t"" J under the H _ n:
extenfible. fufible, and furtaining t he Tryal
of tlt~ ,c.prl, and elml.t. According t o thil
~linltlon. you may conclude, that nothing
.. ~rueGHd. unlefs it hath all the c."fll and
Dijll'llleiu of the Definicion of G~lJ. Yet.
" hatfocver Mtt.l is radi cally Citrine and
~.
'
...
mg. to E1".I' tJ, and deanfeth, it makes
GdJ o f every kind of Met.I,. Therefore we
confider by lite w".t ot NAI",,_ anddif~rn;
,~at Copp" may be changed into G,IJ by .A,tift,,: F!?r we tee in C'PP" M illtl, ace rtain
W.y!: which flows OIlt. and car ries wi th it
.
thio

( 76 )
or C.~, which (by a
and. big com inued Courfe) it
d eanfclh. But after fueh W.O'Ilr ceafeth
flow

we 60d thefe thin Sc.leJ with the

rhln

S~.lu

SA"a.

in
time 10 be
t he H rAt
I and
t he purcft G,ld is
t hefe S,.lel were
the WoIIur, but were
of the 51111, in the ,,,;

brought to
NMllr:, as fs r as we can, we likclI'ifc
yet in this we cannot folluw N.tllrt.
Alfo G.ld is
MIt.tll the moll
and it i, c"he
t ingeth aM

Oiled and
M lIli,.,,:

;11 r,"lh,
,~,.

of Rea'H!t I becaufe
every B"';. h is
without profit, a~d
and conferving the
I broke n with

"d

YtlllfJ I

P'ttll? i

/.Au than 1,,/.itrr,

- more
S"'.'II : 1

M aTI. And this OntOr the $tcrtrJ

.Likcwife Spirits are commixed wilh i
jt fu:t'd, but nOt without
great
., ~i~h co!1;~ nct t~ an An

( 77 )
CHAP.

I X.

Of Luna, or Silver.
premlfed the Ch.pltr of 5./, We
come now to fjlCak of LII.. , by a common name ca lled S,/u" . T herefore, We fal'l
si",ti is a Mtrtll/id:. B.&, Whi ~e with pure
Whitenefl:, Clean, Hard, Sou ndin g, very du~
rable in the C"p:I, enen fiblc under Ihe Ht<#< ~
. ", and fllfible. And it is Ihe r,IIattrl 01
IYbiw,r/s. and ha rdens Till by Arrifu, and
converts it to it felf ; and it is mixed wit h 5.1,
and breaks not i but in I.he E.I:,n "i" ..
it pc"T-:f~I'ere5 not wi thout Arrifiu . He who knol\'.
how more to filbti li:\le it, and afte r fubtilia:.
lion to infpi!fl tc and fix it a flOcia ted "';th
G,U; it remains wi th it in Ihe 7<
11. and wiN
in I!O wifr- forfake iT. Being PUt o ver Ihe fume
of a"~I.1! e: Things, as .o f Yin:g ..,. S. /,.r".,,.;~c, ~c;
it will he of a woncetful Cd_P H" C.I,III'. An~
it is a noble Bfd" but l'f:lntS of the: NJ,iliIJ
Qf G.1d i a r.d its AllIm . i ~ found determ inate: but it often ~ath a M llJtr. conruR:d.
",jlh ot ~.er B.aitr and t hat S dwr is not It
noble. It is like;"ife d l/folvoo, and calcir.~ d
')'ll h great LII"~"r, and no l'r~jir.
_

,i,,,

CHAP,

="',

C HAP.

x.

Of saturn; or Lead.

OF LUiJ. we li kewife treat,

and fuy, LUM

is a M lt,,"lid:. BU" livid ; earthy, """

derou. , mute, partaking of a little Wbitlllt/i
"jth much paICl\efi. refufi ng IheCi.r;rj.", and
eafily in all il' dimenflOllI wilh frmn
C'.,rtJF~1I tn ill{if k , and readily fufible, wiln.
OUt
Yee: fome foolilh Men conceit
and flay. that Ltlfd in it. own N4IMre i, much
approximated to Gdd, Bur becaule they an

C H A P.

c,_w.

'1'""""'

~iff'-~t:Cked, and void of all RlA{~", they can-

not conceive ot the Trltlb of Things mol

. fubrile. as il i.s in it fd f, but judg of t hem
accord ing to
And becaufe t hey fre it
ponderous, and muu", and not ro putrifie
they belie-Ie it t o be much nigh in Pr~p":
!J to S, ll Put t his is "holly erroneous, U
~ the' followi ng lhaJi be by us manifeftl,
proved at large. Alfo L ttfJ hath much of
an E"rt, sHbft",m, therefore it is walhed
and by a LA"..""", t urned into Till. Hence
ia manifeft t hat Ti .. is more affimilated 10 dll:
!nflO, ~...t is in like manner burnt, and
made M"ti,,_. and it is ptl t over t he
fnrr' of Y"""l"', and m:tde Cr,.,'s, And d.
though it is not much approximate t o pff"

S,,,,,,

i;

v.,

"Qj",

X!.

Of Jupiter, or Tin.

1":
,,!.

Herefore, not omitting to difcoutfe of

pi,tr, We fignifie to t he s~"s, o f L,"r..
Ihat
i s a Mail l/i,*- B~" wh l ~c, not p~lre.
livid, and fo unding litt.le. ,partakmg of little
Enlbin fs i pofreffing In ITS R" : Hnpmifl.
5-ftaif, and fwifl:ndS o f LiIJ . 'flffl", " Ithout
It."i1;';, and not abiding t he
or C~
.ufOt but Eztenfible un<ier the H_",tr, There(ore' 1.pitrr, among BI . i" di~inilhed ffOm
is in the RAJix of It,S Nature of
Affinity to the mo;e Perrea, tilt.. to sri and
Lit".; more to LIt.II. but lets tC! S~/. as ~a ll
be clearl y dccla,red in the ful lo:nm;!:.
beca ufe it receIVes much wh,tt.if~ fro~ ' he
RMlix o f iIS G,."",;, ),I . t herefore It 'lh1t~
1111 B i" nOI While I yee: its vice it, t hat, It
breaks every Bdl, bu t S lItltrll, and moft Pl;lte
"I, And J"P"tr . dheres much to S.l ind
, ~ ..". and therefore doth not n flly recede

r."

e"" I,

Plr,:[('.",

1"/"".

.... ,

from

( 8' )

( 80 ) ;
&Om t!\em,

are ucufed by it, from the L abou r ~fI n

i
(or Hardning) and Ignition of if..
take it, befae 211 OIh~ Imperfelt
in t he L tlftr and AfllU lt lV.r~, hilt nOt
Crt. ' ,r. Yet th is hath a v;" beyond
,vi%.. that it eaf:ly w:lxeth L ivid, and
Infe[tion from fha rp' and a cute
; and to C"ra.licalc tha I, is not an ealie,
profou nd Art.

bf Ex ..... (or Trylll of Cllp,l. J

In the M4tJfltrJ of this' Ar', it receive. a

r..n.u of R,J.t(I. and that !hines in it w;th
inellimable BrfLbt,;tfl. It ishatdned and c1ean_.
(rd more ealily than
And he who
kIlO'" hOw td take away its Y;r, of break-

Sou""".

ing, will fuddtnly reap the fruit 0 '( his Laliour wirh joy. For it agree, with S. I and
L."", and will never be fepar.oHed from them.

C H A

r.

X I I.

.,

Or Venus; or Copper.

u it

O or

intended D ifcour/e nOlv is of V(".ti

the Dtd.r.ti." d Mil'!, and the whol<;

is from the W.r~ of N4
,. "a frftt.Ni'~ B,".!, very li vid ,
red, pertaking of l'I'~;tclttf!,. not pure,
I!.";' ;"'" fulibl~ with no fight furlO!!.
H_"..., c:xtenlible, a nd founding
MATS is hard to be handled, by
of the In.pulNcl of its fuflOll, which
made to H'olY by a Afi tIici" , changNiU,.n. is conjorned to S GJ and L,."".
feparated by Ex~",.r", wi.thour great
but ifprepa rcd, LI LSconroyne-d, ~nd

e.pp:r. It is a M :tdirl:. B.Ii], livid,

partaking of

a dusky

RttJ"rfi ignible (or

fullaining 1t.1t.iri. lJ) futi blc; eJftcnfible unde r the

H ..."ur, but refuli;'lg the C.ptl, and C'",fll'.
l'herefore Ymll. ( as i~ declared) in the prO-:
fundity of iu Subibllce, pretends to the C. I .IIJ' and "Eff:1,i, 'o ( G.ld, and it is hamme red
being heat rl hot, 35 Sd1Jrrand G~IJ 'is.
Ther.efore. hence you may lea rn a SI(rd:
it is the M idi"", of S~j and
and
ieatily cornes 'ro convert its N tU III"t ro either I
'and it is o f good e,,"'"ft..., and of little
l ,aoour. ' It agree. very well with T"ti", which
cirrini:l:eth (or Colours) ic ,,.ith good YdIownell l and hence you mly reap profit; For

tor

C HAP. XIH.
Of Mars, or Jron .

z."".,

w,

',l:f."~~~~:;:b)Y
aliY A rrijiu, ;(the ~aturc:
.
be r,ot c halll!:.cd by It, the

' I

of the M.:n bcing removed ..

of kJ"t[s eali1r.
. And when it j,
t
nor doth it change

, h6

~.,

...,

-- ,

",

-. -

'

( 8, )

( 83 )

o f t he C~",,,,ixti~., but augm

here i~ 3. true Dif"ttif' rlefcri bed the N,,"~
it in .!L1l ,i,! .
,.1 ,-"'"',1tt of thote Bft/its, which arc accordmg to tte J. lllll j," of N"IIf' I and have
T hefore, aOlon g all B,dirJ, Jllpi,tr is
like"ife in fevera l Ch.pttrs truly expounded
fjllend idl y and more dearly, more brigtu
what We determined o f t hofe B. d.,t l and
and more perfdUy transformed infO a S.1.
t hat, according to the Opjllilll of tide Men
Or
B'1l. But the W.r./:. o f it is ofl
Labour, though ealie to be handled. N
"ho could di!cern t he
Things
N .lltu l and according to our Own Judg,.
to 7",i1(r is Vtnll S chofen, o f more di .
ment alfo, who attained to the Know ledg
I iludhng , but of !honer Lahou r t ha n l llfitn
t~ereof by incert1.nr Labou~. But now, accorNext after Vt~UJ, SalllTn hath a dimi m
dmg as We promifed. it is expedient to fi tpply
PrrfrUIM in TrAnrm/ttiltidll, is ealie to be ha,
the dcfclt of this .Art in terring down a Uthe
led, but of molt t(diol1s labour. Yet M..,.,
Pri"tiflts of this ~'dAJ.,fttTJ,in the laft Part of chis
among all the Bodin, is of lean- PtrflElin'
our Flrft B'9k,l and to dernonArate the Ptrf..-lljTr.:ltrlltlll.t if/l, to be handled mon- diffiC'll
,. we have f~n, "... ith its C"I", according
and of excetdin~ long Labour. Therel1
to t he ;r;it..CI"] therroi'.
whatfoever, B,di" are more remole Ii
livifrndi ofLiquefaltion,t l1ey are found of
,
difficult h:lnd ling in t he WITt of Tr../"",I" t '
O f th is kind are V t.wi and Ma" I but w
The Fourth Part of th is Fira Book,touch_
more, more ; and what are mon remote,
ing the Artificioi Principles o f t h is Art.
Alfo thofe 8,<1;'1 which part:l~(eofgrt'a lerL.j'"
u:jj and l 'ifclhllJ oflhe EATrh,2 re Jikewilt (,
to be of gre:lter Labou r, and lefs PITIIO'
C HAP. 1.
But \"had(;K~\'er D;v~ rFt.:t of P(f'ltCEi'.1 11'
n~ t'])i,,:,ijiOlJ oj ThillgJ to li t fichNof
a lillie before deter mined by Us, are found '
zn t hIS Part, wall (//1 l1.',/irmafioll of
che Arl'pe, of the Leffir, or jUl(iJ/Jt W~rt I r
Pt'id fio1J to Dr trtattd of hl tht
in t he Gwtur II'cr./:. all BQd;(t ore of one PlI
St>COJJJ B oo/:.
FDi"" but not all of one h:llulli ng or la
Ie rem~ins l'~ to b~ kno wn , \\hat F.-,j
ami Diffin,!,! of b .nd linO!, and wha t Br . ' THere .are two Things that are to be de~
rcnnined , ""'.t.. the PrilfCiplu of this M,zand l.~ ,:, 0: L:!xmr, :l~e fO:lI\d radica lly'
t he N ,lI';lrc of &:1. Tht-refore have \I" &ifttr" and the Ptr/,Di", of the fame. The
G ~
I'f'lIt?ltJ
tllC Qll. Nr

LIt.",

De","

of

(84 )

l'ri.&jplu of Ihis Art a~ the W.." o,r Mr'h~dl

o f ils 01".';"" to whlc~ the ~r'ift appli es
hinifrlf III the W.r~ of Ihls MAlA'"} . T here
V~'I are indeed divers in themrtlvN. Forone
IV.". is S.hli ,i.", and DrfullJi' " another;
and Diftill41i is alfo one IV'"]. C"lcilWi ..
anOlher. S,II,/;"f anothn-, an~ C"'f,II/~rl'1f another: but the (evcnth
11 Fix.ltml, and
-t h e eighth C"Ali.. . Of all ~hich We pur
pofe to give fingular D "Ltrr.'mfJ.
. Prrf,{1;,,, confilts of t hofe 'I?""!." ~nd fr"?m
the C'II'ft.t. ,.u illu ofthofe by which It, IS amllned and from t he CQnjidmati, ,, of thing. herpin; . and from the ell/fialr.fli.,. of tha t t hin g
whi~h
and
by wh,ich it IS

IV",

knolTn,

Wa!

In

p~

{.Oi,tlornot.
by which We come to t he C."'plt . lm ~'"
. the lY'r~ , is the C'''IiJmCliu of tile S/l~ft""e.
m anifelt and ofmanifdl: C./~ II7r, a nd of t he
lY(;~ht i~ el'err o f t hofe B, ,Ji,, to be ch3ngl'd,
and o f thafe .di~J that are nm changrd fro~
t he R.ai", of their NolI,.rt, lYithout.lha t.Ar,.,flu I a nd the C."jiJ,rolti. ,. of t.hofe II kewlfC', In
the RA Ji", of the.r Nlmm, with the .Arfifi~t i
and the C"'f"' r",'''' o f the Pri""p!" of B.am ,
accord ;ng to thei r I r~ff1'MJ~ (X~II!r, an~ M~
. iftft i and acrordi n~ to ~hCIT N ,:fllrt w1tho~t
.Arllfiel, and Iik e~lfe With .Arriftu. For, .'f.
B.J.j: I, and their [rillc.plu, be not kn o wn .'n
Ihe . Pr./~ Ml/d a~d MAlliJ~ft o~their N4tllrt, with
.Ani/tr, and Without, w hat IS (uperfluous. and
what

.wflat is d imi ni lbed in them cannot be known I

"noJ our not knowing thefe w()(Jld of neceffity hin<lC'r us from ever attaining to rhe Prr{,Eli.,. of their Tr~ tllti'rI .
The .G uf d' rllliu afThlnSJ helping P'r/ttJit., is the C. /lfJr,.ti. o f the N .:t/ITtl ofthofeo
Things, w hich we fee adhere to B,dittwith_
a lit .Artific"
Dnd to mak8 mutation. And
tllefe are A{Ilr,hAftu, !./lfglltPA, Tllti., .Anti_
. '11" and LApil LIIuli (or t he LIIurt StUt.)
And the Conriderarion of thafe, which with out ad.ber~y clC"anfe ,B,tliu, and they are
S4lt, and AI,m/, N itrtt and B'rlU~t, and which
are of thtir N.lllrt: and the Confidera rion
of Pjlriji'lIliQII, cleanling by i1 like NIft.r. ,
. But the Confidera.tion o f the T hing tha t per~
fC'lts , is the Confideration o f CIH.fll" the pure
S.6P"NU of .Ar!,t"r''':v~; and it IS the Mllt/ ,r,
wl: ic h from the MAH.r of that too ~ bC"ginning,
and of that wa. cre2ted. Thi s MA".r is nOt
.Aritlltt.li-", in its NAlHrt, no r in its who le
S.6j1AII:' , but it is part of it: nor is it now,
hut when the
is made. For that iIIufira tt'S
from .AdMPi,,,, which is a fign i .
of P"/,1j,,,.

St.",

Th:':~C~~;,';l:(lderatiOn o f '~~~
"

whether the

of

C"I,ill/Cti' II, and

.. G 3

(87 )

( 86 )
ttllitlivt. AI,' which, with the former, we thai!

C."'ts.

~ foll OWing ~edarr. wilh Iheir

and
~Jlh eafie Expm'lfcu i by which YOli may rnamfeftly know, t hat ou r D1C1"~f~1 have nO( erred. ,And thefe E:f/fri/lnllt J will be well knOWn
t o y Oll,

.C HAP. II.
Of Su61imatioH, why

ltn.Jtllttil.

Herefore, profecuting our purpo& , We

fpeak of ~."'im,ni.". The CAlff' of the
l _tlltl,1I of wh ich, Ivas, becauR: our Allc'jforr
could not, nor can W t:, nor {hall t hey w ho
C?me a~[er Us,_ find an y thing rha t can be un lt ~ wuh BIJtiiu, but Spir,,, only, or any
T hmg. thatcancootain in it R:/f rhe N ..,.,.tof'
B' i and ~Fj~jt; and We fee tht:fe, caft upon
B. II ('."'lt hou t MuQd,ation, 01" cleant'ing of
them) either not to give perft:ft: C~l,ltrt or
totally ~o corrupt, bum, blacken, and d~fi/e,
And t his , a~rding to th e Diverfity of
t he fame SpmtJ, ~or fa me arc burning, as
S .lphm: and A rft1ll'1c.. , and Jl-f."d1lljitt; and
the:(i: Indeed tO,lally corrupt, Otht't'S burn
.!IOt,. as evcry kmd o f T.l i"i yet thefe giye
Impc:rft:ft: C'[~IIrI,tlnd rhal lllC)'do fora twofold
ClIII{t. One IS, becaufe l he adu llive unll:uofi' y of S.tphllr .( of the propt:"y of which it
is)

i$} which is eafi!y infhmed, and by Inflanu-=

lion b!ackned, and codCt.luenrly blucken., is
lICIt removed o r ta ken away from (hem. But
the other C'Uj!, is E.rlbi ~ {fs , which likewife is
DOt feparated from t hem. For in t hefe,
in which a per rell: Coif'" iSl1o tgi v(n, Ear/ h._tfs is a C",.!, making it livid . Allb AJ,./Iion
ml Ycreate <I. livid CO/lIIr .
Therefore, We were ccnflrair.cd to dC illlfC
thefe from their burning VllfiIl4ir). and from
. (~e E. "", S"ptTf.llifJ . whier. t hey :lit have.
AnJ Ihis We could dTelt b}' noM.:!i/hry, but
by S,.Mi",If,i", only. ):or, ,... hell (he Fiuclen lCI, it alway,elt\,au:, the mare fubtile para I
therefore it ft ira not t lte more Gta(s. Hence it
is manifeA:, rha t spirit lare cI~a!1f...~i from their
E..rtb'Ntfr by SH6iiNJ.<fiu ; which T ur.fHit:]
impeded r,,[.rrft, and alfo ~a\'e an impu re
CtJ,.r. B li t being fllblimtd, as E:cpm t1/tc
ttl fufficiem h' manneft to your Slghl, they
ue freed [rem' that 1mp.ritl' For l'oLi fee
lhem morc ij;lcooid, and m::.rc pervioLl!, and
mare ~fil )' to cmn and per,(:u:ue the DOIJiIJ of 8~dirt , a lld not to imprers a foul C~/~lIr, as
before, Alfo that AJiffti~" may be taken away by SHHimlltiu, iSl1lanirt ft by E~p!rim:lIt:
lOr A rf.i,k.,., wh ich !;cfofe its S.blimAtiu was
tvil, and pralle to ArhftiDIJ , aftcr il5 S.blimflIi fuffers not it fdf 10 be inllame;i, hu t only
rtCedes without ".fot"'li.~ I and the6me l'oU
may find in S.'ph .." , if YOII will make Tn 'a!.
And becaufe, in no Olher Things, than in Sfi-

G ..

r,I1,

(89 )

. ( 88 )

he hath a "tcrmty to find out the

" i~;' of ' XUla" v;%,.. the P' .p,mlll

r"tI , We faw 'Adhrm'1 t o B. Jiu with

We could have no o ther Cft (Q

,i,,,,

rufcd from them , ' but were necdfari lr

ftra ined to prepare t he fame . for ,h,,;,
cation. which is made by 5"61i",,,i, II,
fore' the re IVai a necell'J ry CalIf' o f
o f this SlIbli",Ati,1I1 th e whole OrJowhi,c h We purpore to declare, without

M.1f.fittfti~"

with commix liof

; becaufe Commixtion with
F"a, corHlrehends t he Gr.fs P"'fS , and

,hem dc prdfed in the bottom of the

" m,;~;~': nor fi:ffe ring th em to afcend.
{!
alio it is necdrar)" that t he Ani-

,i,,,,

Ihoo l>.! a ppl)' to his S.blimatj~1I a th reefold

of F iu: One Fropon iomuc in (\Ich
that
it may afCend only the A lu'fld.
more
and more L ,,,,'d j' um il by

""fI'1I.
C H A

r.

ilL

he

fee, that they are deanfed

Fte.Jtllc].

lJlha,t SIIb!il1! fltio,t is , (lnd of Iht

grt(s of Fil't ~,. it Ip Ut oftrptr!.

The other D,-

that wha t is of the pure EjJam of

remaini n;; in the FI W, may be fublimtd

.! , '~
furce of Firt , "';%'. with ' i. nirio
Bm~m of t he Yt!tl, and of t he Ftttl
VVHerefore We fal'. 5,wli",.tin is the
ItvAti.n of a dry Thing by F" ,. i ;~ '~i ~ which'"Tllily bt feen with the EJI. The
adherency to itl VeffeJ. But S"J,li. Ati. ,. i
Fir: is, tha t untO the S.' iIdiverfiy made. accordi ng to t he Drurrf ?
I the Flett . a moft weak Fin
Spi, itl to be fublimed. For t he S"blim.,i,,,
fa t ha t fc:\rcd }' any t hing
lo me is made with 'lrong I"";,i.,,, of
,~~; bu t t hat o nly which is the
with
'
and of fame w ith a
molt I i
:ht rcof, and which in Oll t
heat of F ir: ,
when
W~r~
of
value I beC<lufe it is a thing, by '
phllT are to
"b' tdiAfi~1I of ~hich , AJ~!iDJ; is nIad e in 5,:1-,

'"''

necdf3 rily
they hav irig their
conjoYfleG with t he
pAJln,would arctnd
yea. blackned and f0';'i~
!he Awjtn' l1.1ay rtflCrate , h" ","

, arl.

Therefore, the whole l~ttlll i.' . of 5"61,,,...is, (hat t he E'Ulhi. cfs of t he 5abli",.11
bting t emovt'd hy a due admini:lration o f
'iTt, and likewire t he moft fublile and fumotls
part o~ it, which bri ngs Ad,.!i,II, wi th Clr-

,iI.

r"p""'.'..

.._-------

~.

( 90 )

( 9' )

r-,ti.., being ~art aW'a~', ~o Us may be left

t hat Ptiln. whIch oonli/is In E'I"JI/,t!. which
make. limpl!': fuflOfl upon the Fir" and wi th~
OUt allY A~ft"" flring from the Fiu: ,,'itl)_

C HAP. I V.

OUt, I"fl-'"ti." thereof. That what 'js mon

fubule ., AJ"jliV/ is proved by moll c\'ident
tht Fu rs of Metallick Bodies, to lit
A'j,1I1,WIfI. For Fir, convert! ro its own N,,_
I1ddt d to Spn-its HI t!J{i,. $lliJ/imatj.
'~r:. c!cry of thofe t hing" which is of affitioll; IIlId of tlu 05(Wfity lind Q!!aJlItY, toltl .he~ufe it is of aAiniry locverya _
II"., of tht m.
.
, ~uft, ble Thmg. a~ to the rublile adultible. it
IS o f greater affinity I and yet more of affi ni_
u T rhe Pr.".t;." of the AJ",j"ijlr.t;,,,.of
t y to what ,il more {ubfile: therefore alto
F"u , with their l'''pmlfl', jr, that ruc h
~ft o f affinny to w hat is molt filbd le. LikeWife, the fame is proved by EXftri,,,u be- /tlMrtr be choren, witli which t he Spi r' fJ to be
aufe s"lpWrr or Arftnidt not fhbhmed i~ moll Cublimed may belt agree, and w~ erewith they
r .... ifdy j n flam~ I butO,r the tlVo, Slllph~r tllore may the more prOfoundly be mu,:ed: becaue
calily" Yet ( lther, ~mg lithlimed , is nOt d i- that M.m", wi th which they are more uniTelll)' I~flame<!. but flIes away. and is eXlcnu_ ted, is more pment in Rlttlljifll of the Flett
:I.ted Without mflamation I yet. wi th a prece- IX Spirifl to be fublimed, than thatl with
dent F"p,., By there therefore if is mani~ " hich they are not fo uni ted. The p"~.rj,,,
fell that our Dift,,,r[t is mon tr ~.
. of IlIif, i. rational c:nough, and manifeft. But
Ihe P"~41j~., that the Alililli'll of Fuu ii

if

necdfary, is, becaufe S"fph"" or Aif,.ict ta

be fublimed, if the y be not conjoyned witli
the Flm of fome fixed Thing, would
cerrari!y afcend with their whole 5"b'.11",
not cleallied. And they, who are exercifed
'in s"b!;'""li,", do by xptritllCl know, We fuy
true. Alro Ihe hlS,"i, ,,, that the Alimi1lijfr..I;,. of fuch F U ll il ne_effary (lVith whidi
Things to be rubUrned may agrtt, and be uniled i m imat~~) is, becauf". if the F"u be
IlOt perrnitte with the m through thei r leal!:
parts,

ne-

CH1P.

( 9'

( 93 )

then the Came

out any
~hole

S. ,p."cr,

B me muft likewife happen. things

from Frtu, wil h which they are not
H e lh u hath
known Ihis,
to be rrue
bccau(e
fubli med

or

aWo poffible to make S.6Ji.."ii,.

[hem of a great ~.Nli'.J I bccaufc: 5..
o f t hings 10 be fubhmnl , from the
('afil )' made by Sf/Md,/J of the: SAl,,bppc:ns nOt in OIller Things.

(he Pr~p.'tjo 'fl d F IUJ is, that i[ be eto Ihe ~lU$t j:, of T hinp,s t o be fi lbliIt I I

"d. For in this, ev~n a rude Ar'iftClrC3nerr. But an A rtij of mean skill ma y put
half

wei gin of T hings to be fub-"

and that will be fuffici ent for him if
w,rt: becaure' [0
I tl"

;;;:;,;,": nocto err in his

is well txercifed and el'~t. Ihe leaft

F,us is filfficient. For the IeCs the
of fo much the more and
the S"&/'",,"I mull: nttds
I
J according tOlhe Subfh altiFlm, a Subfl:rnll ion of J'irt propertithereunto be made. Baufe in a (mall
a (mall Firt {erves fOf PiT/.m,lf , in
a !?rrar J tln d in a gre:ncr !L1lA",i,,,
F ir, is requi red.

C HAP.
Grn:~nliJig

thr Firt

V.
ill

S,:h!imati cff.

T becaure Fir: is not a T hing which can

~_"bc melfurc;d, therefore it h1PP(IlS, t ha t
rn is o ftcncororoitted in it, wh(n Ihe Op...-

!'.t!.'!:

(9, )

( 94)

rAt', is not: well . killedJ at

t he Divtrft'l of F""","I/ , ~,~

burned. as of PrI{d/, and the
well joyning) o ( them : about
ellpedient thc Artift lhould be i
1011. Wherefor.e we give you a
R.l~: Firll:. it is expedient to remove, :.c
Ihing! to be fuhlimed. t he !Y" ttri".!s
with a very email F.r, I
I
-if any thing afceoci by "
-cc
lI ing Ihis F i rl mu ll not
t hc molt: fubrile part may
F i,,) be fcpe rarcd, and put afide,
thc C..[, of .Ad_fti.II, But when Ii
nothing thall afcend ( which you may
by putting a little Cm ~ "-II',il into the
on the tOp of the A II. b,ei{.) augment
Fi" under it : and of how great vigour
Fi" fhould be, t he Cfll" - Il':I ~ wililhew.
if linle of t he Sublimate come forth
o r it be clean i it argues your fire is
therefore mull be eneaita: but if
unclean, then it is tOO grear,
made lefs. Therefore . when rou
SIt{,fi1f1iU t t o come fort h with the
and much, t he
of
th en fo und.

his
necdflry
TO

of his Firt in the " 'hole Srs~lill""i'1J_ And by

this means he will lind OU t the R:Opecti,. of
the Fir" withou t any Fcllcq.
Yet the way of Ff(~1 is be tter, "il.. to
raft e SCAles of Ir, ,,. Of" C'f P" cakinl'"d_ And
thefe indeed, by reafon o f the Pri vatio n of
evil }{mn'diIJ , d oeafily im bibe Sulpbur, o r A rf. left. and unite them with themfelves. But the
Al'trhodofthis,the I'" ell experienced only know.

C HAP.

VI.

OJ El"rors tthou! t ht Q lIf1t:tiry cf Feccs .

ad th: ZJi(pnji.iot! if tbe Furnacc m

Flbtimi'~{ Sltlpll'J r ,md Arfnick, n ~(o

cf /1I:iJd":g I/): Furnace , dTld ofchco-

ji;;g Woods.
Herefore it is clpedient We {hauld rt;lti fie
t.he [n:1:menr of the .Arriji"" in all n i1J!.r,
",herem he may happ:n to E rrt th l"Oi.lgh It,r" .II1(e , in
o f t hefe t WO spir,,,_
In o rder to w hich We firfr fay , tha t if he pll t
ill many F e,,! . a'nd dOlh nOt propon ionally
augment rhe 'Flre , oolhinl!; o f the ;t/.,ler to
he /"Mi"" d ,-,i ll a '~e!:d_ t .t how he (hould
~ now thaI, is already filffickmly declared..
lind if he put in a fina l! .!!.t!.C/;1",0f Fu u . cr
nOlle o f the: C.l.,- .)f BUI" . theil ( if I:e fi nd
nOt hi~ fT~l';'1 inof Fiu ) wbat i ; f >!tfimr4wirl

$"61,,,,.,;,,,

a!~en::l

( 97 )

( 96 )

,.",i,,, .

and determinate
af~n~ wi~h its whole S.'ftA~t: Of knowing with t he true Prtp..
Uft'titIlU. Therefore. if you would elevate
t his hke".fc I fhcI'I'ed, a fufficknt way.
Soin like manner , by rea-fan of the FIIT- 1 great 1fl"..IIl"lof /.t..U" to be S.bli1lUA.
firll be provided wit h a S.b1i",Al"] of fueh a
/liftt h~ may happen to E"rt. Fora great F.,.
u gIVes a great Hu t of Pi,.~ , and a fmall e"."'J ' tha t it may con tain ,'our MAlttr to
F.,/lAu (mall; If the IV.~JI for F."" and YUt. be eleva ted the height of one hand5 breadth
h~/ll. for .Air. be alth proporriOI'!:lt~. T here- above the iJ,i~q"., To this. fit your
fore If he pur a great ~"Mti" o f MaUt ' to be fa, uthe fi/.Jtl (orS"6/j".",,ry) mayberefublimed in a fma ll F'Ir1'''u, he fh:l.ll llot be able cti,ed into it. with t he diltancc of tWO Fj,,t o p:i,e fufficiem F". of EI ,v,ui..; : a:;d if a lffJ round about the IV,,//' , or fides of the
w hich being made, to it alfo make
final!, !!(Y""'''J in a ji!;rC'1t F.,utl, he tviJI c~
ten Y,IIlb.ltJ in one Fr.,."i. ", equa lly dinanr,
I cr~lna~e the S.bli,..uu" by t' rcdsof He.:,
Soltkewlc, a thick F.r/U(~ ~iVh " oond~nr:lIe that t here may be o ne E111..II'Jof Fin t o all
and ftrong Fir~ ; but a thin EIII,,,,,t: a rare and 7RtJ thereof, T hen fet a B4r of Ir, ,, intn the
weak Fir.: in ho th which he m~y li kewife F.,..u tranfverfc, and fafh,ed a t each end to
E." " So al(o, .a ,.',mulct witf'l large YentllD/tI , Ihe fides of the F" 'II"It j whi ch B"r muft be
gives both a d ear and firon\!: F iTt J but with diftam from the B,d~ m of th" FIII'''''Ct , as fur
narrow and final! Y""b./u a weak Fir, SO as to t he Exlt.p ... ofone H ..nJ wilh its 'Th.",b.
if rhe di llanc.;: of fpa ce. ~llVeen the F.~"4(r and about the thie knefs of O!ie Fi.!.rr above.
ii, mult: r-ce S"Ui_.ry be finnly placed j and
a~d Yelffl fet In, be l:irge. t he FMU" t~n
iadored round about to the f otr"..tr, which the
g, v~sagrcat F;n; but jl finlll, a !cr,.
InaH
following DI[CT;prjIMdemonftrates, But then
w hich the A,/iff rna)' excdingiy Errt,
confider .... hether ,our
can well and
T herefort', t he Rdl ,jif"li' '' of thefe Er'~"
freely difebarge it felf of thl" F"_prier, and
IS. .' t hat the Artift build hi s Flm",,, , aerorIhe FI.mt can freely paf5 through t h!'!' whole
dlllg t o the l "m,,'''' of fitch a Fi,e as he
FllrnMt, in th!'!' Cir elli, of the Ai.d.l i if fa ,
fhould have, 1".1., Tilick, wi th free ;t~th'ltl
it is well proportionate I if not, it is not fa,
and with agooddillan ce of the Y~ld from th~
Then you mult open its y ,,,t/NlrJ , 3nd if by
fide. of the F",,,,,,t, if he ineeod to have a:
Ihal means it be mended, it is well indd:
"reat Fiu: butif a mC3 n F.,t in all t hefe
if not, thcn it mult ncceffarily be altered j be
7"'1i,,/,I he .mufr find a m("~n
i andh
Clufe thc dilt:a nce of the y,1fo1 from the fKies
a weak F.n, the fame
in them. All
of the Fotrll.lct, is [00 fmall, Therefore pare
t hefe P";f'rl.'~"', We wiU teach you to find ,

F.,,,..,,

f.,,,,,, ;

F",,,,,,,

r",;rti,n
1',:,"'11"

with

01\

,... ..'" .

-, ....

. ".-------~-----~
~

( 98 )
off

the tides of the W"U" and tn large the cW

ftan~, and then try iT. And (0 con tinue reittl
rating (if need be) the tnlarging o,f theYtllt>
htlts, and pa ri ng the SUits , unt il.! can fr.
Iy quit it (eli o f the S- .t, and the Fill"" be
L",i,J round about the AI..ul, and the Smut.
very frc~l)', pars out by the P'tllll,
This is an E"'Ptf"i//lt7lt (ufficient for, a!lJ
.!@.!!"7Iri,! to be S,./,/i", :J) o f the 11I~"'~'~11 rl
M "gllit.tU o f t he F.rlt,,(t , and of D" ."7Ij tile
Y III,h,l:t the reof , and o f the Dift""u ot the
Y'ffd from the WollIsof the fame. ,But ~ he In.
",mti." of Tbj'~nlfs o f t he E.rnllu LS (Lf you
intend a great Firl ) that th e fame be ~ua l ro
t he extenfion o f Olle hands breadth, With its
Th"mh j but if a mooerate Fiu be intended,
t hen tilcTii,It"ifs mull: be to one ha nds breadtllj
a nd if a Jdrer Fiu, it muft be formed [ 0 the
71,jek,.7IoftIV0 Fi"l. l rl ,
Likewifc Pr:.p ;rmil,is to be taken from ~V...,olr,
for (olid IYn,{, give a Il:rong Firt, fponglous 2
weak, and Dry W.CAs give a great Firl , nnd
foon terminab le. Gra n IQ, J 'J?;ive a litt le and
long lafting Fir:, and Solid WuJ, !ikC'~ife a
:very du rl ble "'irt I btH Sp~II1J. IV'Dal a Em e~.
lily termina ble. Therefore With Conflder-m
on of the Di/f,;n't of t he AIHad, and o f the
M ,.,!"ilflJf;llld S~".II"(flof th e V<urh/~' , and
ThIC':'.'II[l llnd TbIfJ~(fIOf th e EHr;l.'cr . and D,
'V:rJiI1 of
premifed, t he Diwrft , j{1 of
;\11 F r~1 come to be found OUt, Wilh their
tr ue E~:p:ritl'lf:. Bm f,om the ~reater or leikt
.
CI,!.."

/V.,J,

Cll{lIu of the y"" f,,III, or of theD" , .of the

FII,""u.- by which thcw.M't arc PUt in , and
by rhe .AdJil... and S.6ft,lII1i", of them, the

r..,

dererminatefpace of
of D.'MU,lIqf the
Fir, comes [Q be fbund OUt , tilL So that (as
b, a dete rminate SUI"n) it is known how lOll,
rhe Fin of each, in hsdegree, can.durein E"wi,), This /In/tft.!.., ;o. is very profitable
and neceffary for yal I becaufe by it you will
be eafed of mu ch of your L.lm4,. Therefore
exercife your felf therein. and in all Things by
Us here now lately mentioned ; for he who
exerciCe t h himfelf h~rei n. learns I but he that
doth not fo . learns nor,

C H AP.

V J r.

bf what Matter, ana in what Form I h~

Verret A [ude[ ( or Sublimatory) is to
br maat'.

BUt the [,,'mti,n of th e Y tU'rl AIIIA,I is ,

t hat
that it be madeof thi ck GIII{I; for other
'M.Utr is not fufficient, un lefs it be thick ;
and ofli ke S"bfl."t;t 'll'ith GI"fs. Secaufc GI.I[I
only, ar.d it51iltc (wanting P. m) is able to
retain S,irirs from F/;f,h'r, and (hat rhe y be
/lOt ex terminated by the Fir'l but no other
M."f' is fit: bccaufe through the P' TlI of
them the Sp;';', arc &raduall, dimlniJbed, and
H ~
vanilh

(
(

vanilb.

1 00 )

Nor arc MelAl, ferviceable in thit

C"!!" becaute
(by !"taCon of their "_~, '
.i'l and Convenience) ~netrate them, ::.
are united thac" jt h ; wherefore
t hrough them t hey vanilb. as is
proved . by what are determined by Us.
~t is fouoonecdfarily, and by EK't(i,,,~t.
t his We have raidis nut . Therefore We
no~ by any Tbi".{ cxcuiCd, from taki ng
in the
of the AINUI. In order

s"""

C.",,.!,,.,,,

Which, .
Let a round
with a Rat round

71il De!""" .".

i,luarJ, to ",
.tuI:rft..li.

GLtf,
,
; and

caule a
be made ,

'rh;;

the w,dl of the C' PlCh.,

Ci~
QlIlT ofthefaid C. lICb.;
t ha t in
t he W. II of t he CnUT may frccly
prdfure. But the H t ji hr of. this
th e Girdlt ) mult be accordmg to the
of t he H tilbt of the Willi of the : " .
ti tde more o r Id S. This being done,
CWtrl ( or H w b) be made equal to the
[II" o f this Concavity of the two W. IIJ:"'d,
length of both CftJm mu1\" be equal ...
one
and t he F;l ll"of t hem
lIil.. P"._U.I ; in t he fupcrior part
. C"':TI, uroeq ua l H, ltl, one in Ihe "!"
anOther in the Other . thould

S,/I"

lo r )

"roo H illS F,AtbtTmay commodioufiy be PUt

as a litt le aft cr " ill be more clearl y CJ[T hCTCforc t he b ,tt/.,i", o f Ibis P'tJfol
'w~" i~ . that its Cwmar be moved at the

of t he ArtoJl . and that t he l "IIOllTC

be 11IJ,."i#." fotha t t hrough it <IYi lhLtt' ill~) no

E!,rt{l mil!,hc be made for

But he thar can better contrive
may fo do . notwi rhftanding our

this We ha\'c a (p eeial /tIWtti'H, 'tI;%,,:

interior Ollchtt, wit h in Sider,
half way with in its CWtT. For
Pr,per'} of F"'''I t o A[ulld~
by this We find t he Spir iu no t
CU/II.P" ' III Ind by reaRm
excels t he other W"JtJ, w hich by
~;.' i~.
i
And by (fral of
We have given a
t he I"r u t" ,. is ,
emptied , lea lt part of what is
1I.!!, it} elevated being
a~ai n to the B~I U"', and fo t he
Ji.i.l, by t his reite ration ,
Likewife, anot her /lINn/ i is.
/".d, up in the for m of Pfwder nigh t he Holt
of t he H w/. of the A /lldtl, be always kept
apart. from t ha t w hich is found to have arce nded fured and dOlCe in (ma ll '"'P" parous and d ear at t he B~t",n thereof. wi th adherencYfo tb~S'Ml of rhe Vtfftlj bccaufe thi,
.
H 3
.
is

( 10 3 )
beaten , and every kind
thefe it is deanfed
other Thill!" haljng affi ni,t}'. with it
!
be B,dlt, of Perf,m,fJ) It IS rath-:r

10'

from
,jIM) i

C H 'A P.

VIII.

with BI.fCI:.." ~fs. Therefore ItS

S'&".ati", is ben er nlade by rhore Thi"l.l .
"hiclt : c~~ not wi th it ; burir lVould hebetICt I by Tb;IIgs, wi th which i ~dorh agr~e , if
they had nOt S" fp'J/lreirJ' Wherefore, rlus SubIi.ti". is better madefi"om Cd...: t h~n from all
becaufe t ha t agrees little with

OJ th~ Su6tim:ltioll of Mercury allti Argentvive.

.

I OW We IYill determine

the whole

,ri.,. of s" Mi.,.ui'lI of Ar.telltv;"".

ur.,lll compleared. when its 7 ,ruft,itJ
highly purified . and its A'I.#ftry wholly re.

moved. For We areexcufed from the labour

ofrC'moving irs'A dpj1i,It, bccaufe it hath no~"
Therefo re We fay, that the JIt~t~;'J of fe.
perating its fuperfluous E .crtlt , .... is to mil: it
with ThilJ I wherewit h it ha th not affinity ,
aoc! often to reiterate the S.fIli1Pf.Ari" , ofi[ from
them. Of [hil kind, is T"II:., and t he C,,/x
of Eu.:Jhtlts. 3ndof whju M ..,j,I,. L ike"'-Ife

becaufe all filch Thi,,:., ha ve ~ 5. 1which. afcending with it in S. !JI:"",

it. And this you fi nd Hue bY'
becaufe, w hen YOIl fublime it
uAd, yOIl find it ( afur Subli1H:t -

aIro

filf}trfluous .d-

(
SluW in its If-kitl"if"

( 10

",I ,

dead) to the Siu, of

reiterate its
caufe part o f it

and can ne~u by any

para ted from them. O r
it I as tha ll exprdly be
fO,Uowing: And Whtfl you
reIterate S_jli,.,,,t i,,, of the
t hat it

of

Being

5)

,
C H AP.

IX.

Of SI/!JIimotio. of Marchafit e.
the film of the 'n""';'" or S.....
of

We

ATl.ItIt1JlfIl.

being w ffi c ient-

to the S.61;lIU,I,,, two ways.

the OIher
it hath a

Eirt.

,;;;;;,
Cd.II". and be porous. than you ha ve
fublimrd it, if nor . nor. Thr-rrfore in
PrrPfT",i of it made by S.Mi",,,,,,. be
neglt~~nt, bccaufe filch as il~ Mill/Jill,,,,
~Ie'n fi.nip {hall .be . luch
IIlprojed:lonof lt
'
Jiu, and upon it!
here note . th at S'HII~
Clthers Ulld; fome Opprr
Which happened to them , I
~f Prrp"r..
fometimes
tlmN o f S. lph"r.
it. Butifrou (ball
a nd pt'rf, it: this
perfed r..ft.r, of
li nOt.
. .

,i.",

and that is .
'Vi!,., One
pure in
nuure i
other
mortified.
the fecond
firli is profitabk, as
I a5
and moden!cly prepared
this laft t
ba.":;r,';~;b;',.it W
e are ('rculM from the former
~.
and the labour ofmonifying it.
intire W"'J of sMj/i",.,;,. o f this SlIb':
that it be ground to P,,,d" . and Fu t
I
an A IIIIM, and its SltlphNT S" hliwnd
'l'ithou r [ g H/f jU' i always . and that very oftt11, removing what is 5Mb/imtd, for the aforeraid RI4~"; and afterward augmenting the force
of Fi rr , untO l i."i"", of the AI"M'. And
the firft S"M,,,,,,,i,,, of ,M.rebAJitt mull be
made in a y,Jf.1of S.~li",,,' i'lJ, and fo long
COfllinuro . as un til Ih~ S"{pb.r be feparared;
the Pr~rfJ being fuccdlivdl'. and orderly conti nurd . unti l it .
is IlUni(eft,
that lVf\at W3li
'
.
11\

( 1.6 )
in it of Sillpl..", be all paired o ur.

t<" ''''

be proved by thefe mamfelt E:CfHri"' ~NIJ .

lvhen its wholeS"phllr !hall be elevated .
will fee the Cd' lIr thereof changed into
JVbU'~ . milt with a very dear, pte'lfant,
C~l(ftill' C~/~lIr : Al fo you ....iII other wife prove
thi becaufe whac !hall be of t he N iU"" d
S.'phllr will bum and give a Fl.".:. aJ Sill.
phllr. Bllt w hat !hall be fecond ly SJl~/j",!J,
afttttha tSJI~li ...
will neither beinfb.med,
nor !hew any P'#pm~1 of SlIlphllr, but OfAr. I
ltllP~i'" mortified in th e R,i,rr.ctiu of .r.~Ii:

iU' ,

C HAP.
tlJ ~

X.

Vtffrl. in ehicb

rightly lit Su6limui.

THerefore We collelt t hat. by irs
S"lIli",.ui,,, . w hich is thus: A
Ii
and "eli co{led E u tb,II YtJfd. muil: be made
f O t he length of half the St. tJlf' of a M_,
but in breadth Dj.",ttrj~.lIJ' no more thall
that the H""J. rna,' commodiounyenter. T he
BItt~". of this rrjf", (which mlltt be made fa,
as irmay befepararedandcon;oyned) rnllft bC
made after the fimilitude of a plain D!fo or
very deep i 'Ui:t... from the fuperior
to the BQU,-", the depth of one ]/1UIiJ
length,
. . ,.

r'"",I."
Erifi.'!

Altm&ttl:.. fc.t upon t he 5.",i., P.rt:

fo placed in a

F.,."". of which the pro-

is to give a Arong Firr, 'tIir.. of F.ji, .

or CQPP('f, which in the S.,m of our

",411'

Of

( 10 7 )
with itl F illJ.trI. And from that 1'1"(1;
I B.lI.". to the H ,.J. . the Vtltl
acc\1 Tatdy Gl"t.t. within , witli
.
.
And upon the H t.u
an ,AI_j,cl:., with
}' OT i fuch a Vlfftl That ,
T herefore the Bm muft
with in Vtffil, with \'cry firm
/.MtlllS I and the Mn,h4 tl
upon (or within ) that B,II._; and

we {hall declare t he D jfH7Jit il{

We fuR:ciently defcribe (Q
you muA furround
anH..p orJU_t of
middle, propCInioof the Vtfftll that the

;;;~.ro the
may
within it. Then lute
lllllEbru in the Cire.i, of the Ve1fd and
Fu,,,au, k aft the Fir, paffing out there,

hindrance to the adherency of your s.&leaving only four (mall Wi"dltW/, or

may be opened and Ih ut in . the
or H.,p aforefaid, throup;h which
may be pUt in round about the SIJU of
Like"ife fou r other holes milA:
; ,.,"".:d:"~i,them. and between t heir SplUti.
"
". '
C~.LI I and fix o r eight
to the M agnitude.

of.

_ v

( r 08 )

of t he litlleFjlll!IT, which muli:

mat by them the F:" may
it fc lf from F1.riu. Ut
in the ,111/110-/11" 0 the F_AU,
(lid H"p.
But that F",uer is of great Illlli,i,n,
S"l!l or which are to the height of two
"tJ J and in the midll whereof is a
GrA" or wl",1
full
holes dace
the F/UIJ.tu
,
of thece holes mull be
bove, but wider or more
AJbn or Culr may t he
t hem I and the G,.." be left continually "!~
for the .more frcc Rrctpri,. of the .Ajr.
the free and ample admiffion of the
t hrough the I.[ITH, H Mts. is one C"Mf'
1.~ .iljf1l by the F",uet. Thereforebc
fed therein, and rou will find OUt the
But t he C,,"[, of fo great
is, thar a grt'at part of it
be extended beyond the Firl, and
t hat the F."m of the S"hlill".tI
may find a Plolrl of coo/ing, and
a nd not fi nd a way o f Fu!,.br, and
minated. This he well knolVS, who
lime"({ in (horr S.bJi",.r.flls, wherein
nothing of the S.hli",.u; becaure by
of the SlHrlltt[s of his Ylfft!, the Fi" ,,9..ual in heat througi! the whole of the
Therdol"e, t~C M.tllT to be fublimed.

r 09 )

. FJit b!.
vltn-

'" ftop,
l
not GLt,wh
would
Yirrifit..,jf1l J and thar melting, both
";~ it relf, and M.tt" to be rubIi ~
n
alfo be melred, and tumN into
the Prrpm, of GL.fr is to'ovcrand convert them to it fell:
and their CAM/er,
Fi" be continutd
be atrured by in-

':::;;:1

Ii
The
in
of E."h well burne"({
in the C'nd, reaching

thereof, and anfwering to th e

the linle Filtl" ) nigh the A/.ft"
the s.I.li",., i.,. IS made. And if
adhere to the hole,
. btl[ if nor, rhen t he

( II [ )
( lib )
t nded; By thi. fame Exercile, in all Thin Jlced the adjunttion of fomething elfe to e=
fevate them lathers not. But there is onefpe":
~o be fublimed. you may be alfured of the I
cial COlljim"tion, h~' EXpn'illJeI found good
of your lV'r~

in the 5M6/i1lJA/;on of B~d;u ; and that is. that

no great ~JlmitJ of the B~d] to be [N6iiwml,
be at once put intO the Balum of the V~jfd J
C HAP. X I.
becaufe a great abundance of Milt!" impedes
SIl6/'t1IAtim. Alfo the ~atm,.of the 5u6limlltary
Or th~ Suotimation of Magneiia
{boold be flat, not concave I thavthe [)~
Tutia : A!(o of lmptlf r[f B odin,
equally and thinly fpread upon the B~II#'" i
of thr. Addition of Matter t/,vati may equally and much be d evatc:d in all

fl'

rhmt.

its P4'lJ.

BalUn needing the AdmixtioH of M llttn's e-'

THe Inttnt;" , of t he S'* f,li",.t;m of M"tlf. Jevacing, are VlIJ/lt and Mllrs, by reafon of
, ft. anct Tllt;A, is the fame with t he IIf'" dle f]ownefs of their FlljiOll , Therefore V~MM
of the laft Silblimatioll of Moly(h.ftt . F Deeds rliltia, and Mm .Ar[IJid<.i and with
all thefe cannot be fublimed without 11.',itj". meR: they are-eafily elevated, bccaufe they
Therefore they aJl have one Il1ttlltiQlI, wid mortly agree with them. Wherefore after
~he Came Callf. s, ;lnd the fame Expt y;etlcu l 2M CQjiJtratj~II of them, let SI/hli",,,,ion hemade
that ~ath one GmtTai Order. Becaufe it n~ as in Tilt.". and in things like toit inS,..61I1".....
celTartly hap~l, that whatfoever are {ubJi. ti,,, I and let their SIl~li",lItjo" be difpofed in
med with 1f,"itilnJ, mull be fublimed withoo ihe fame Ora" . with its C",..Jet and EJtptri:

,j,,,

they have enough,

yea, tOO much Few; the fign of which if
th~ difficulty of their Sub/j"Wjoll,
Likewife all ,Bodi., diminilbed from Pnfto
DiDII, arc fublimed in the fame Ortkr and no
difference of diverfiry is, u'n lefs tha: in BIJi,S the Firl of SNhlimlltion muff be more veo
he~ent, than i~ M 4t" 'ji4, M4rclujiu, and
TNt,,,. And fa hkewlfe, Badsu in their 5116~i!'"~' arc not diverfified. eXCeFt that forne
F Ull

J for

In, themfelves

~fI.

CHAP,'

n, ",

,,~ .

, .- -

~'

( "' y '
C HAP.

X If.

bein~

invented for
t o We will now dewith .its bflr.IN'"

O! Dercenlion. and Ihl way of Purifying

~

Paflills.

In order to

THe/IIwlli"lof S.'/i".Aji,. ,

CIIII/u.

withall thei-

~';;;',

".

mo""
the

'-;d i, aDd

PO Ill '

being already declared. it reequally cu

mains thal We now fhew [he way of D t[fit..
or p,i.,ol
jill, ';'ith ils
and determinate and
complea t Or.IY likewirc. For there
made in the likenefs of
t hreefold C_f,of ila J"w.,iu. One
1 ~;YI' ell fined to it;
IY
moft be made of
M'"'"~!i.:ii';:cl~"'~Cd
which is called a .
, ,;.~'l ,ackinf; in
Fin. Then pOt
.
,
which
you
w(.oUld have to de
Flip" i
.
'Of,
,
upon round Rta: made of like. E. ,,/,
hath admitted Flllxi"l_
as
may be more nigh th'
weak B,Jiu rna y by it be
Y'lfd. Then coverint
';'11;'". after R,a.t1i,.
luting the lMlla"", ret it withi,
"""hen We attempt
and blOw it until the who!
their e.lxlI. We cannot
inTO a fuhjacent Y rffil. Y(
M.Utr be or difficult fllji''') i
::~io,,~
.
. a Tril, plain. o r of linal
of t he

which it may eamy defcend,

great ~""t;IJ of it woul':' yani~ by
. the Hflla of the Dif~tll/"J ; when
Wherefore it IT3 necdra rlly dCV1(cd
. For by this B,Ji" arepu rificd.
part 10 fOOn as reduced . might be
better purifiro hy P..j1il1" which
Ihc Fir" And Ihis is done by , J>.
. is the fame wit h the " ay
t'].
The third C of the IMvuti
the Dt/wl/",. Therefore by it
was the Dlp.rln;." of
from that: For it holda the
I
Err"

e.-r."

when any

mo'

in that

whole

tron:

r,

. ( "4 ) ,

Flenor BMiu. as a Dif",l/ny and

W..,

chcrefore We dec lare t he

orit.
B.d" of whichthe /."ati, . is tO~ '

aM that We

~uce

arc by

,tt'!

by
E I''fuI ;' ,

Cb,.,,;,.'

to mo1\: fine

or into a C.cl.. (which il

rea) a~d mix with it rome
,which the Inrl.,it"
then We. make the
Ihat, .
but not
kno W' to be

Fi'iltl'

""d

MuJjf'Atiu.
.., may the betttt and
it t rarurorm~d
there
"ijlrlUj, "

more

'give you a D lfm p iu of

XIII.

Of Diftillation ,~nd its Caufcs, nllli

Th, rr i::"'IJs of tht Jramt , viz . 6.1
lembeck. 6.1 a Defcenfory . l2t1d
filter.
Hertfort , fol1o'l'l'ing Our
vtnient We fhould fpeak
with its C-/" I Dij1ilt.J i.. is an

r tffd.

of , hat D ijlill.ujf1l, which

a~ utOu5 Y"""",s in t hdr

focYet of

rend red
and to
ltd from PII,rt[dJin. But the

,
-C HAP.

OJl of

And

intO the .Aiu.i,d:... is the

Wlu r PII" wit hout Ellfrth.
which is , t hat
bave no F m.tr"9.
' 'P,W.trr.was the
cltan M "luilUJ

I.ai,j,,,,
110

('~.'

F,u s afirr i

M ,JiejHtI and
and corrupt~l.

Bllt The

~;." "", which is made by D,

of (,') 1 pure- in irs
. 0 ' cannot be,
,,,.~;
And ruch an,
C~l."r which is
'~:'''~ migh.t be had I for

c.r1t.,

~tD'.ft.il"'i-

...

( 117 )
mol\: Cerene WAfn' ., the wholeR'...
""~ rrnlaining in the B,m", or the
",as
Now
fli(/111:'.."
,...hkh i.

this M.gift"J. We mtln nethe determinate

.

;,...",or

:E..,httl P..,
W.-JITjnill

ro ditpotM ,

A lt",l:d:.
be brought
.
by Afbu, is prr(ormed with
aodmorc acu te Fir'l but
is made
W.-.:,,:,,. with a -mild and equal
For IY~'I
admnl not- the ..,I,lli'}Of II.,.jri. tI. at
T herefore . by t ha t DijliU.,i ,

e.I'IITI, and
..;,', are
to be

of that which is made by

; ~:"~ ftrong
miml-P.." be rakon

E.,.",",.

like to the a.fOfllS"fI/;"uti,,,, with the fume

SitUs of "the Fllr",",. and
upon the B.tl of which

mull be PUt to the thicknelS

and upon the .Aflm theYllfll
ret, and covered round about

''':h~~:~:~,:,
almoftas high as to the N(t~
II
This bein[ done, put in the
Aod

par.nro the . OJI

(h,1.[ from a moll rtd OJI

which you intend {hall be DiftdJ,J.

rhe YIJfd with its .AI,.,*...
which mull: inclofe the N td:. of
J,

th.O

.-

,
'( 118 )

the infttior C""",,jr, even up

C...." :Joft he Ah.m.. , leaft
D ijliUtll fhould fli:; a.-ay ;
ffltfirmly "'loh irs Ct",.. ;, .
(o it,untilit brginmD:jilll. But
and ita e."".'ir. mult be barh of
the. Frl" muil be illCfeafed ;,:;.
. E.xig',,? afthc DiJ1iIl4tj~" ,
i
by urging t he Firt . that all whiCh

;;;;j,;';"
<0

ani and

or over it : for its

' DiPI~J ia DipiNrdol[

.' T he D ifp,{jrii"ofrhe ferond I",,,;..,0

!lilUr'" which is made b)' W.rt ..
. !his to in the r,fftl an8 Alt",~"l:..:
In this . Tlit.. Thiilt in this . mutt
h~.~.~or Br.(sP , and that fil ted tothe
~ _,.i,t raid. Afl:erwards , upon ' h'
muff be laid a

II.,.

,,,,jit may not:

o r li ke

covered

'h'

!11anv (malt

..

,t he SIIrt,
' their weight
like MillIN'.
and
:and firmly and fteddi ly hdd them -d;;~
Upon the Blttf'" of rhe p.", that
moved. Ot' raifed by the 1?'o U" I
flirring be the Cuift of
the
1>fJh'lIlIi of the M41trr to

which it
I

!:1/UT to
it It be not

which

as yet ftrene ,
put into the euch. aR~in. ';,;;;;:;:,
until it be Di{1ill~d man felene.
But aUthe1 .Oper." QIIJ. w~ i ch are calie. need
110 great PrQ~.';QII J therefore I am wilting t~
pall that over in S;ltIJ~t. This is the Ot/cripof all the PrffilJ ofevery O iftiliA'; ... here
fX>W colllpleated by UJ.

,if.

iI

.
'--~
-.",-.-.~.

.-

.'

( !to)

(m)

of that fofldiry .

the

con..:
WI_

occult S.IpIntr~;tJ

- - _ _ _._ - - - - - - -_ _ _ CColkd within the entjury of the

of ..1'1'-;"" is defended from .A'-"ftju:
C H A P. I V.
therefore it was ncedfary to reparaee the
Continuity thereof, thu the Fi" frttlycome.
Of Calc:inat~on. as wtll of Bodies as of ing to every of itl I~lft PArts, mig;ht . butn
Spirit~. with its Cau(es and Methods. the SMlpl1lmi,! from It, and the C'!"tJM'tl of
.A'llJI/'V~' in the B.dJ; not defend I~. . .
Like1'l'I{e
the canmon Intent10n In I~.
Fter the N~i1Itjt" of Dij1illatu., We
prcx:ecd to Difeourfe of c..kiuti, .. it Ot,.r.r;;. of the E.rthillt{/: For, it ~
~~u" is the P,,}wr;tJl;.. of a fi;lIl by bind. that B,Jju are d eanCed by renera
FIr' , through p,irJllli,.or the H_jJjtJ con- wi C","i/Uli..andR,J.Di./I I as We {haU {be"

fblldating the PArll. TheC<lMj', of the I trII,M_

,it" ?f it is, that ~he aduQive. corrupting and
deli,h~g. S"ph,,,.,irJ , m:ilY be abolifhed by Fir"
Yet IIII d!verfified, aceord~ng lOlhe Diver-lity '?f 7bi"ls to be Calcined. For B" lUlI are
Calcined. and Spi,itl are Calcined. yea, c>
ther rm"lsalfo extran~us from the natu red
~tlefel yet ~ ith adiverfe 1""",;,. And frt..
mg tltere are imperfed; BtilU, of two kindl!
~~. Hard. as Yt"~ and 41"". and Soit. asl-pitt, ~nd SAl..,,, : all which are Calcined: then:
It'a. a neceffity of Cal~ining them ,,(jth a di,-er. /lIt,lItil,., v;%'. General and Special. They
are. all .Calcined 'with one general 1,,'f1ftiu I
which \S~ that their ~rrupting an~ defil in&
lalpl.lITtltJ may be abohfhed hy Fi". For fo
e.-ery- aduftive. s.J!''''~i'J. which coold not
be remo.-ed Without c;.lti...ti,a, is burnt a_
way from every thing whatlOever. And be~4fb t~ B,dj it ftlf ~ IOlid '. ali \;Iy ~!bn

. .

inthe following.
Special C.ki".ti,. is of fort B,din, anti
...ith theO:: twO /PI,uti.,., . that Ibroogh it
thete may be an /tlll1lli.1I of budning and
6ring I which is atlained to by an Il/Ijtj~*'
of C.l,iu,i,,,upon them I of which
it II eJ:~i ent We fboukt Difcourfc. in the
folkwing rrt.,if" For We lind that they
art: rnanifdlly haroned by thatl"l'''.;'J
But the CuI!, of the l .-wllt;'/fof the CC~,.
ciurj, ,, of Spirits, is, that they may the berm be fixed and be the more eamy diffolvcd
intO W4Iff: Becaufe every kind of Thing.
Calcined is more filed than the not Cal
cined and of eafier Slt"rio and becaufo.
the P~rtsof the C.u,i"AtI ~e fubti liated by
fir" are moreeaflly mixed with W ..ur~. a(ld
turned intO W.cttr. And this you will find fo_.
to be , if you be experienced. The Okiuti::
'19f otller 7lj"j/ . is fubfervi.ent w the ~xi"!.

1.,,,,iI.,,,

1'*1 .

( ro, -) "
ItIKJ of the P",.,.,;'1I of Spjrin and
of which p.,." n,ui,.
(hall
morc
large in the following.

or fuch at thefe , is not or

Therefore the way or
.11 is diverfe, by fe-aron o f the D;~~
things to be calcined. Fo~ /J,Jiu are
wife calcined, ~han SF;";u, or orhe:r Thilll"
And 8. d,u dl verfe each from other
Jikewile" divcrlly calcined. f o r (o[r
have one G,lIlT,,1 way. according to the
" . , ... of Cdei".,i,". ~iL. tha t both
calcintd by Fir, only I and by ~h'
SlIlt prepared or not prepared,
T herefore, the firll: C"killu""
[
i. thus prepared: You mufr have a V'let
IN" or E""h, formed after the fimili tude
it p, ,.,j,,f."" the rtru{ture of wh ich mull
ycry firm, and fitted to the F"rllA"of
;w;.., in fuch wile, that under it the
may be caft in and blowed. Thefe being
ordered, you mull: cart in Lr.J or Ti,. imo
your Y lJfol, which mult be firmly fer upon a
"fi'ifttt o f
or on three St~,,- C'I_II, and
likewife filrel y fallned to t he WAI16 of
FM.Acr. with t hree or four Sww fet in
between the F",,,,,u-jiJu and t he y,Jfo/,
it may not be mrred, T he Fi r, o f t he
F.r..-e, mull be t he fame with theF.,.. of the
,of great It";,i," , of which mention is
made above, and fhall more fully be ded a
in the f'~'.i'J' rherefo~e in that F~

I,,,,.

r.,...
fed

1lAf!

,,

I( "3 )

kindle Fi,., uoritt yOUt II'tJfoI of S.li,

.~j , fufficitnt for F.j.n o f The Bid} to
be calci ned, And when t he Bg'; fhall. by
beat of Firt, conr ratl: a BI,,,I:.. sl:j,. upon it,
, ather that off from it by a Sf &: , or other
Il1ft,..m~lIt of /,., 11 or Su.~ that 1\'il,' not
ptrmit it lelf 10 IX' b(,rm to t he hftOW' of
the C~Jx, r hi. drawlr,g off, or t aking o~
the SJcin. mull: fo Iollg be continued. a. until
the whole B.a] be run e~ted to P. wiltr. . ~r
it be SAt..... a greate r Fir' mu~ be admm l
nred until t he C. lx be changrd IOta a e.l.,
molt' yellow o r red, If it be
it muft
like ..... i!i: be expoftd 1lIld ~onti llUed in the F~"',
unti l the CAlx bechanged IOto compleat Whltt-

It

,.pit".

. tfS,

y ... t in th is We woold have th e .Arlifiur to

be well advifed that SAt.,.. is eafily reduced
from its edx / but
mort difficultly.
.Therefore, let him Ix- careful, tha t he ~ I,lOt
in expoling g.,'.nII, after its firft Pulveriza tio n
to (CIa great.it Fire. and 10 reduce Ihe C.lx
into Bfa), before it isperfelled . ~or he nuds
Tempn-ance of ~irl. and that lelCurely au&mented by degrees, 1'I1tll C.~,j~n , unli l it be
'colltirmed in its C./~I pro\' lflg not fo eafil,Y
reducible. that a grtarrr Fir, may be. ad~t~
niftred to it . for comrle:u 1y perfelltng ItS
CAlx, L ikewife. he mull: be careful, that he
err noc in
by reaf~ of iu difficult
Rra"Ebu i la, t hat"htn he Intends to r~ u?C
CAlx, he .find it not reduced '. but In Its
former
, ' ,,,

'.pi,"

Z.pim,

t"

(I~+

(OilikX condition. or tumed 1nto GL.f11 and

thence he condudc its Rth(1i impofflhe.
For We tay. if a great Fir. be not admilli_
flied. in the huaH. of
it rcduceth
and if a
Fir, be adminiftrcd.
it doth not
it thall be
but .
convened

r.

not,

And

one; yCt divCTfe

of the difficulty
,
it is this, either of thefe B.Jits :-,<''''~
;-:: Pl.m, mull: be heat red hoc,
For, bf rearm of the
E Arthj1llft In them,
they have of aduftive
they are eamy this way
;
And that therefOfe is, becaufe by rea,..
~ery
of much ElfYlhi,..fs. mixt with the Sub-Blves
lrhence
I
~, of .Ar/..""tJifll , the due continuatico
IS difturbed. T herefore Pm!i!J
mull hal\:en to reduce
force of a violent Fi,,:
through which the S.l,~ reduced. Therefore let i
paffing
and the Fj" .~,.
and he "ill come to the
Means hat'ing
it, burn and ethe fame. Whence it comes t o pa1S,
P ltrts arc made more rare, and through
of the RAT;!' converted ii1to
Expn-i,,,u 0 thi. is manifclt"
often
of C.pptr czpofed to It ,,"t j..,
mixed by
over the
by mixtion of the s.lt
a S"lphIlTt,., Fl.",.., and caufc pulverithe, be
into . .Afon And afterward,
&..JII in their S.p:rfi,jtl. And that
by the fame way of Pnfdli,., the C,dxII of
is, becaute from the P.r" more nigh.
them Ire perfeaed, with their CtlljiUrIl,i"". a more eafie combult:ion of SlIlrhlfr mult: ne-.
Jut in this allh there is difference in the Cd- cdrarily be made.
But the FIrI. of the F."r""cr of this Cllte'
tf!!!!~!!! Qfthefe tWO 6.,utl! For

!""

ktu., ";:.

may

1U,),~

\,

.I

(,,6 )

( "7 )

"Millll, 'is the fame with the

Pn/IOillll of Sllltf~~ is compleated wi th fub":
tile WArm, and efpecL.ally the acute, and (harp,
M'"' of DijtilJiriMl, ooly that
and (aline W4t~s... h~Y i ng no Few; as iii Di:'
One great hole left in
eo,,?
it may f~e it (elf from FM ....firies. And
JliBe'!' Pilltg"', S. Jt!rt GY"p~l, Fum of very
great (harpJ.1c.fs, P,meg,YAllttI, and the like of
$itt of T hings to be calcined, " l ull be i
'
midft of theFMrifACl. that the Fir, may h'" . thefe difti Ucd. '
. The C'Cl~ft or'the l nltnti,n of this, lVas the
ttCc, ~ccers to,
abou t. But
Yijftl muft be
made in the " rn" S-btiU.,illll of- thofe Things, which ~ei(hei'
have F"fiDn nor Ingr/fi ; by which was loll: the
',r,jlll ,' r or
great VtilitJ of bxed S,;ril/, and 'of tho~
Things w hich are o f theLr N.tHr.e, For every
Thing which is rliltolved, mufi: ,necd rarily
ha'fe the NAtHr: of SAlt, Of of AfiDm, or of
their like. And the Nature of them is. that
they give F,.jiDII before their Y;trififJltiD~
Therefore Spiritl dilfo!ved w.it! Ji~ewire gi\'~
like F"fiDII. And {ina: they in their own N.~
'.rt, agree with B Ddiu, and each ..... ith other.
bjiD~ being acquired, they mufi: by that ne~
uq-:trily penetrate Q_dits. and ' ~,enetrating
FI'!,ht ,
tranCmute the fame., But they neither pene(unlcli
and what
of Spj'rits ) fly not.
trate, nor tran(mure, without Our MtlJ.iftlrJ.,
which is this, 11'1... that after S~lll!irn niH CD~ ,.
~g,,{tlIju of the Bod}. to it be ~dminiftted
Come one of the Spirits purifie'~. ' not fixed ;
C HAP. XV.
and that (0 often f'ublimed from 'i t, as- uneil
it remain with it, and give ro it more (wifr
Of Solution, and iu Coufr.
, FMjiJIf, and COl![crve'the fame in rHji~1I from
Yi",p(AtiM. For the'Nature of Sp,rit I is, not
to be vi trified, alld to pre(erve 'the M iz tMn
N0~ W.CintC'lld to r~:lk C!(S,llIli,1I.
IlItI," 15 t he ' Redu~bon of a
(rom VilrpfAfiDIS , 'as long as they are in it.
mtoWattr. Therefore, We fay,
Therefore the Spirit, which more retains the
Nature

( 128)
Narure or Sp.,nl, more

hi.,..
Bur a Spirif
{aves than a sp;r ir
IOIved: therefore

a"" ,

ing fLlCh a Spirit with the B~.

t heft ~ult. good Fllfi,. , and I-:rtfl,

on it as before,
the Driftel
not hing expire i then : the
, oo'1'ed in Str ." int9' a Pn
35
the ,IV"! of D,fti~j.. by
appomted i and .fu:fl'l'ard

tin
;~d;, it, u n~iI the W.." r boy! for
aD hour. T his bein~ done, the Sf/.ri~. mufl;
be {llt rro, and. kCJ.ll apa rt. But the nOt dif
ilIud. again calcmed, and,3l!aln in the fame
dilrolrcd j unril hy rc~ating the lathe w hole be diffolved.

C HA P.

X V I.

Coag~lation . fwd irs ClIIj(J. ,md of

dlVt r f( 'W'!."! oj COtigu/!1tI Hg Mereu-: ry ; Iwd of dlf{U/vtd.'-ft!rlhcill t'"S.
.

. is the Rui . [fiQ II of a Thing v a Solii S"bjl ll.Nct, by p" v"ri." of

But there i$ a ' t wo fold CAlfj'

,.

H . t D_! to
't erwards by

diO"olvcd murt. be

the nOl:
calcined, and after
C.JfjNlJ'~

one is ', the I "JJI,.,il;!'; o r

tllt-Ofher C.-1' CJI.i. ...
M uJifi"" dilfdlfed,

,=,
m;"d .r _
1\
f(lre

13 0 )
fore it is di,erfified, lIIccording 10 the M~Is.;
pllchy of thing. to be coogu.'ated. F?," Ait,_iv, need. one CugllltU'u, ,bul ~lIrolVed
(

anolhrr. Yet Ihere 15 a Iwofcij

'C."!."iAfi of Art. t1IitJt. One. by waibi ..
away, ;u "whole illna,~e H_Ui" from it: rhe
olber, by 11I{pilf.'~. ( o r Ihickn;n~ ) of its
H_.Jtlit}, untillt be hardn1. Yel It .1 a mol
diffi~1 and laboriow W. rk to rongt al it, CVtll
...ith -thc: profoundncfs of ,kar lighted Iu.
J,.,. Tht'ref"ore We will dubre thowholt I.
/"."'} of ill Cut.II/,u i",.
,Some thought the
of it.
l",i,. "at. lo.kup it. long in a temperate Fm:
l'I:~ when they fup~ they had coagulattil
iI, after remov:!.1 of LI from the Fir" found [iii:
fame to ftcw, as before. By which they wen:
Mttliti/ftl

l/fg,,,,,it,

C.A:.

driven [0 amaumct-and wonder, ftrenuoull1

arguing,thatthi! was nOt poffib1e to be elfelted:
But Others, from N."mlll frinciplu, fuppoling
tpat every HII,.iJir, mull: nttdfarily by heal d
Fin be: con ven ed into D'1,~{I, mdeavourri
wilh ,.jfillM]tJJfPtif""tr~'"t to conrinue the C...
/trf""i.. .of it in Firf I and by this C ,i.....
they at lall: came to this, vh.. that fome
or thefe M :,. con,,=~ rted it into a Whjrt.. $tfJl(,
Others into a R,iL aod others intO a Cj,~i.
or yellow St"", 1hich neither had -/.11, nor
'~/ : and the c.~, or thefe Divtrfirj" they
ooli~ not judg of, rherefo.r e call: it
Other! endeavoured to coagulate it
M.W:li~/. and this Ihey effed:ed not I but

_.

( 13 1 )
10 them I either becau~
not, or l:ecaufe it was in:"or their C,.!"J..,io,. wu
in
.., BltiJ. And the C.-r,
;-.~ j'"'"/'1 of thae T hings, they knew
Otben;l, compounding .Artijti.J M.Jicoagulated it in fr9).a,.,. I bu t their
.
Wall nOt profitable. be:caufe they
to an imperfeCt: Bill,: and the
like"i~ roold not lee. Theree.pedient We fhould decla re the C..thde Things , that the Artifietr may
to Ihe M.l,ifr"l of its C,..wit.
as " a rready fuffide nd, decla5..,.,,,, of A '"I.nwitJI is uniwherefore It is nor pomble, in fhort
or time, by keeping ir in a confiantly
to remove the
.pry there100 much hane was the c."f,
tir(t Err,r. And being of .. fubtile S"J,it re:dc. from the Fiu; therefore
Firtisthc C-J"t ofthe En',r or tho(e
","whom it flies. It is eafil,. mixed
SIIlphlll', Ar/.iet. and M.trt6.rfitr, by
;;;.; of Community in;heir....ror.t.. rt. There-
it appears to be coagulated by them I noc
the f - of a BM], but of A'lf1lt"itl6
with
For (hefe. bting fugiri
retain It in the rontcft of Fir:, until it
to the N"' .. re of a B.,: bu t
ImprdfLOn of Firl. they fly with
that is the C.llft of the Err". of
K ~
thorc

A,

Le_

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- " .'

,.

--------------

..

CI, t
!'

thofe who fo c:oar,ulatc. Like"ife,

'I/.\<: hath much H iJ;/l united [0
which cannot p6{fU>l.y be feparated
unlefl by Vio lence of Fir: warily
with Confervation o f
it in its 01'1'0
And t hey, by
[his its own
u far as it can
away the
Jill o f Ar.{f"/Vi.,,..
for M rtllllicIt F.ji." I
it cannot be melted. And t his
of their Err" . who coagulate it."';~';;;:
nOt fufible.

In I;ke
P;Irl S

"'~~;"

~:Ht'fJifie

hath more, olhert leis,

move by Arrifiec is impoffible,
feein~ it is t he prope rty of .r.Je-~Iir,
gt1ttfl'1I~, to create' a red or clIrmeC,l "
cording to its Meafure) t he ablatioo,
moval of 1M! being made, the
A 'IW"IIi"llt is by f i'J to give
I f . T his i. therd'o re dIe" CIIII{:
rl eiy o f C.JQ",.: eFler it5 Cu",,!.ui,.
51.,,:. Likewi Te it hath the. E:"hinifi
p:'Nf milt with ir, by which aft its
mutt nt'cc([;!ri ly be illfected . ,~
t he c ...ft of t he E',r" o f thafe, :
Ih it into a perfelt B, J,.
pens. from ~he Di"lllTp, o f
.
".
115 C, ..:."lllllfl,. that dlverfe . B..wJ "are
attd in ils C,"{."1./i.., and from 'the
Iy or Ihat likewife, wha t is t()J be

,i,.,

( IH )
Fo r, if either the M tJieillt, o r tha r, have
fired, the B~J created of it
foft.
if fixed , d:e B:J,
i Whitt, wh ile ;
be remitS
RtJ , the
r
;i'~i" and if E,trlh, '.
nor, not fo. Alfo

h.; CfrateS a livid B' d] ;

as in it lits, nOf. And t he pure
,;;.~ of it creata a pure B, J" the not pu~,
.. f~
Alfo tte fame Diverlity dOth in like manner
bl ppen in .A'!r~",wra l o.,e, wlthouttheC,m. il</i, .. o f S
.I,b." by Teafon of the D iv trfity of MNIIJjji"qi~II, and PrtpATiltilltJ of it
in M tJi,;lIu. Thereiorc an l!Iufion happer,s
from the part o f t he Diverfity of the MtJi~
alltl l fa t hat fometimes in the Cq",.!,,,f,,ti. .. o f
K, it is made Lt.ti, fometimes 7iIl, lometimes
C'IPtr, and fomelimel I r.. : which ha ppens
by reafon of I"'p.,it,. And fo:netimes G. ld
or SilfI:f is made thence , which muft nreds
proceed from PlI'I'itl, with Conliderationofthe

,.

C~IITJ,

BfI',

'

" 8ut A'gtlllflitJ~ is coagn lated by {he frequent

h,dpit.r;, of it wilh violence to the forcible H ut of !"lrong Fiff, For t he AfptrifJ
of Fin eafily rrmova it A,,,,ptl' And Ihl"
" orkisbclldone by a YtJfiI o f a great lengTh,
in tl\.e fides of ".hieh it may lind place tocetol.
~d adhere, and (by rea(on o f the kng lhor.
j{ J
the

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the r'f" ) to abilk. and not

can be llgain .precipitated to the
of the (ame I which mull always
bot, with great It."iti : and the (arne
n,lt"'i be ~tinutd. till it be

,", of it to be made. that is firm and 1labut fugitive 200 of much /./,li... Which
~.~~ happens, by reafon of the flight or
l : I but. the othtt, from
C. m",ixti,"

It is alfo coagulated with

Fi,t, _',~~,

and"

'J

by

will
i
i ollring.
d are our compleat 1/ttINt;,.
cording a.5 We ha,'c found by
fay, that t he ,/Ua/i,illtof i
nearly adheres 10 it i .
fore IU flight is
with i
OUt its leaft parrs. Thertfore there is,,';,,;~
celliry of colleding that from Things

of its own Na,.r,

li nd L;,.'I,,-li.n molteafie,
&nil thin as
I and 1I.11b be fixed ag,ainft
the violence of Fir/. For this wilt coagulate
ii, and convert the fame eithtt into a S,LI"

or LAr

l'{.rllre.

. Thus we have fhewed. you the Pnprr,it, of

the M :J:cin:, by which you mly attain to it ~
and this we have determined in a vcr, proper S""h. Therefore Itl.ldioufiy ellcrcile your
!elf thereabOnt, and you will find it. But that

you may not blame Us,

if We had not
n~nt to if, or agreeing with
fame.
fufficiendy fpollen thereof, We fay, that thi.
this kind are all B.J.u, and
'A;' M,AKi,l is e:urUted from M t,,,fliri( B~JitJ
themfelvcr, with their Slilph.r, or .AiflJit~
prepared: likewife from S.lphllr alone, or .Arfbecaufe We fee not any of the
';flt prepared I and it may be extraltro from'
in its NIII.,t to !lgulacc it, but it to
Bu'ts only. But from .Argulviw alone i.t Is
from them, of how great ~':;~ "~~ ~,~
more eafily, and more nearly, and mote pcrthey bel We have therefore
d.
no 81~adheres to it in its inmoft parts.
fed.ly found I becaufe N~t.r~ more amicably
b-e, that Mrr/i,j/U muA: nted. be of
mWraccrh iu proper n."I'U, and in it mO!"o
wbrile S_jl41ICl. and more liquid E"ji ,
rtjoyceth, than in an e.c,raneous N4'"".
And in it iI facility ofExlrMliu of the S" bjf""" .
M nJI themrdy~ are. Alro, by ~,iri",
maining in their Nlllllfh We fcc not a
wr~ feeing it almady hath a S~jQ{,
aJ

"~.

I' ~

(u.t

"~

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~36

tile .;n ..-Ia. Bilt the W"l' of acquiring thi'

A!edi~iil' are by SlIht;"'''tj~". as is by us fufli.
',endy declared. And th e way of fixing it,
is likewife fhewed in in Chapur, But rhe wa,'
of coag ulating Things ditTo[v~, is by a GI.t[1
pla.ced in Ajhu up to irs Nul:.. and tem pe_
rate .Ejr~ adminilired rhereu n~o. unt il t hcir
A'fIl~fttJ vanifh.

H AP.

X V II.

OJ Fixation, md its Caufes , fwd II{

-tht tfl'Nrfo '1.:/11)'S of f:>.-i1'S llodlu all~
Spin! s.
.
JX.iti~1I is th e conTenient difpofing a EM

F -l'thu Tiling, toa bide and fultain the Fir/.

The C".r. of th e bl'VllI1i~" of th is Fix"I;~II,iI,

that every Tinlllllr(, and eVery Attrr.tti~lI , may
be perpetuated in the Thing altered , and not
changed. Bm it alfo is diverfitied according
~o the Diverfiry of Things to be fix ed I which
-are certain B.dies dimi nilhed from Ptrf.a;,.,
as S~"rll', T"pirer, M"'/, and Y."NJ: and ac'
cordlllg to t he D ive rfi ,y of SpiritJ alfo, which
are SIII/phNr and A rj"icl:. in o ne ]Jtg rtr, and
~"i'"I'f1itJ~ 'in another i but M"rchAjitl, M 4{,"
iii!!", '.TII"", and the like of thefe , in the
th ird. " - ".
,
Therefore t hefe lJ~JitJ di mini rhed from Plr

" ,

,.

' fdi,.

( 137 )

feU"" , an! fixe,d by t heir C,,/c;,mim; becaufe

thereby they are freed from' t he i~ y./.tile and

rorrupring S" /phNreit). And thiS We have:
Utfflciently . declared in the ChaF:~r of C"k j
utiM. But Sulphur and A>1~j'l:. are fix~
11'1'0 ways, 'IIi~. bv Reiteration of their s_6Jj"..ct;~" in the 1'4fol.All!'ltl, un til t hey remain
6xed, Ther.e fore, accordin~ to t hi> , the Inttwjioll of ha!\ening the Fix~ti~1l of them, is,
that the /nvtflti.n of repeating a- manifold
S~h{j"'Ari~" in a '{hart time, be obferved therein; whi ch Rriltraliu is made by (woA1Nd(/I,
with (hei r tWO H : ..dt or CQvtrt. in the fol,.
Iowil'1g Order, t hat you may nevetctafe from
lhe W'rk,. of S"b/,m.ui~", unt il you have fi xed t hem. The re-fore, fa foon as they have
afcer.dcd in on.e Veffrl, put them into the Other;
and fo do continually, neve r fuffering' them
long to abide adhering to the fides of ei_
the r Prlf.l . bUt conftantly , kee p them in the
El,va/;M of Fire , unlil the Elrv.'i~,. of th em
ecafeth, For, the- fooner you can multiply
Ihe man ifold Repetit ions of S"hlim.tion, t he
more fwifdy and bener will you abbrc,,;stb
the time of iu Fix.tiu. For this C"Nje , there:
was a fecond way of Fixi~" found out,
which is by preci pi tating of it fublimcd.into
If." thar..ir may conlb.ntly ab ide t herein;
unli t';t be find. And this is done by a long
GI.cfs Vrffil, t he Em,,., of which (made of
, ~-'rth, norof GI Is, becaufc that wou ld crack)
muft be artificially conne-xed with good uti"l' _
. and

'1

I,,

,i

,~8

( '39 )

aJtd the afcC!iidm,; MtII'tr.

the SuUs 0( the Y~J1t1. "lth a
or .r,. t hrull: dO" n to the
f'", and t his PfWifit.' ;'1I tC!pc:lted
whole be lixed.

" ay of
il the

C H AP. X VIII.
OJ Ceration . alld Jt l Caufe.

C E,..,i~.

is the mollification of an hard

furJble unto ui"tf. a;,,,. Hepce

mani telt, t hl ! the C.lift o f the /,",'111;'. of
n'.g~ not

t hin

,;;;,; them.
by this I
way of
.A'l 'llNlfl" hat h not
C.'' ' ' ' rM,j,.
10-, in thi, MnJ.J , they neetI

pare H,4.' than 4rJ.,lIIfir,,,.

ttIey afC dlverfilied. becaufe

Je..ared higher . by

i
t han -ArgNlt1lNt I and alfo becaufe they
fi xed in longer lime than it. Therefore '~'"
require a longer V,/tl fIX' their FjJf4i.,.
Jlrl.,,,trJjlll.

The Fh'IItj,. of M.nb.j" .

is , t hat after the firft:

r.,i...

d'iilria Iiniih1!d

We reiterate their

a ITil y

t urn ing

rr main.

Ix: fited. The

il i.f
tbi

W:tS . , '.1'11 the M.u,rr which had not:

I.~ r"t into tilt /I~JJ for .AIm",;,,. . by reafon

or Prj'll4fi. ,. ofies Liq~'f4[j" " , might be molli~

lied (0 as [0 How, and lave IngreCs I [here~ore

bme Ihought C".i.1I wa s to be made w ith
V'f. ;" o,lsand lV.mrs: bu t thai is erroneous,
l l'ld Wholly re mme from Ihe Pr;,.,ipl,s of this
NtUllr..l M4f,ift. rJ . aru:l reproved by the qlanifell: YVvrk.! o f NoIIlI'. , Fo r We find not in
thofe M ., ,,Uil:1t,. B,t/itl, Ihat Nl!tllr, hath pofieed an HII.,iJi,! fOOll fI'rm iml ble ; but ralher
bng d urable, (or thent.>ceffityof thei r Fllfi
and M,llifoJUw" I bca.ufe, if fhe had ~r.fi ted
in them an HII",iJi'J foon te rmina ble . it l'o'O\lld
necefrarily follo w,that Ihe B,diumuft be tota lly
dtprived9f it , in onconly Jg llitj~/J. Whencc
alfo it would foUow, that every B~Jj could n~

thtt be hammered nOf melu:d,afrer one 1,,";'#4"

Wherefore .im ilaling t ht!lY.rk.! of NtUlIlIas much a! We can. We mufi nectffarily rol..'
10" her w4l in C,,"till~, S~e C"lItt1 i~ .the
RMill; 9f fLlflbie 7hill!,J I with an Illtm,J;,tf, ,
whlclf

~ already given.

('4 0

"hich i, above all H ...;Ji,;ts . able to fuRain

the HIIIl of F j" : merCrOfC it 'is nccelfarily
expedient for Us a1fa. to cerate with like
H _i".itJ : But this en-.,ivt H iJitl is no
thing better. more poffibly. and more near.
ty found, than in thefe . ttir.. in s.LpLIW, and
in Ar["id:... nearl y I but more nearly in Ar.
IRIVivt. Therefore We fee not the Hl/lIPiJi"
of thefe to leave their E ..,,;,. by rcaron Oflhi:
'ftrong Union. which they have in the IV" -lol
the Alix,;,,, of NA,.rl. But in all OIher Thill!.1
haYing H.",iJi']. by Exp" i,.u you will fi na,

that the fame is

~parared

in Rtf,'.ti,,, from

t heir E"rlb, S""P""tI; alld after Stp<w"tj"

Ihereqf. t'hat they a re d~pri~cd or all JIll",;.
'/;11' Yee: in theS,irit. aforefaid, ids nOJ fo.
Therefore, there is noother 7billl , by which
We ml f be cllcufed from t aking t hem in t he

lY" l of

Ctrlft i ' lI.

way of C(f'.t, j~ . _by

The
them is. tha t the
suli..
of them be fa often multipliM upon the 7ii"X 10 be C(f'.md, umil remaining
with their H ltMidil} in it . they gh'c Rood
Yet this cannot be d fetted, before
the perfett c1eanfing of them, from every
corrupting 7ij"l" But it feem~ better to me,
Ibat the OJ" of there {honld be firl1: fixed, by
0;1 of rn'Ar, and every Cmll i,lI, competent
and nece{[ary for Ihis A n , be rp.ajit" with them.
.'

.,j,,,

Fit;;,...

Tht

tNti of tlu

FII'JI B ook of G E BE R

, of tbe Sum of Pt!I'fcQiori I

, lle, felt Mlgillery. "

9f'

of th.(.

The Scc~nd Book

Of t br Ssm

of

'P E R FE.c T 10 :A(.

O R OF TH E

'PBR.Fi:.W MAqiSTER..Y.
The AUTHOR'S PREFACE,
Dividing this Second Book mD

Three Pares .

..

Ihat may lup and mor~ ntarly 6~ ~!(~

trattrd. for tht ~ntir~ PeHeClion oJ tht
Imperfect. - All. il IS lil:.rltJifo a Con~
fideration of tht Artifices ~ 6)' 'W~ich Jflt
"'tD lnow. whtth~r tht Perfection bt
~mJltat. (# not. T.lurtfor~ t-ht{t Thru
Ilting tltlivtr,J; tht wbolt Knowledge
of Perfed-ion wi t} 6t dd'crilltd, a((ol"-:
tlltI, to IlkE:xigency of'Uur Art.

or

The Fidl: Part of this second Book,

the Know/tigt of Things j whereby
the poffibili.ty ,:1nd way. of P t rfrE/io,.
rna y be underftood.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. . . .,.

( '43 )

("40 )

, c. -,

r _ __ _ _ _ _ _

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norifie the

Pri"eipieJ

of

What

BQ4'eJ' v;t.:

they are accord'lni to ttleir cltrifn. and ",hat

GNdor Eoil they contain in themfdve., But
'ifrcrward We wll! {hew the N4tll"IJ of all
thofe BQ4iu. with all their Prop",ies . vir..,
What aretheC4Mjrl of t~e CQ'rNfti o~ them J
proving the fame by their E,'I:,rri",m. -_
j

"

C HAP,

I I.

Of th~ Naturr aJ Sulphur " ,Id, Arfrtick. '

Herefore firft-. inferring t he N,ullf , of
. , Spirits. which are the Pr'N'ipJuo~. thof~
,;JIIS; We fay, that SIII,hM' and' ArjNI'~ are
1 FIt/N ejs of the Eltrtb, as abov,e is declared I

the Exp"i,,,&<- and maoifeft PY. ilttj u or"hich

JOl1 may gather. from its eafie'

1+ -.';,,,,

CHAP.

all([ the eafie Llt/lliflllti", t hereofb}' . H~4t, For

nothing is inflamed . but \Vh'at is oieaginoul.

I.

mdtl eafily by H t4 . ~nlefs it hath'tt'

11mt ,ht Knowledge oj Perfea-ion,.o/ IiNAlllr,
thereof, Therefore ~MlpJv,r. and it.
this Art. arptnds olltht Knowledge: C""P"'. have an i n fl ~mable 5MbJfAI1Ct , and
. D! tht Nature ofSpirit~ alii Bodi~.t:(. ",thy FUllimq. the Cit-Ie ~f the.iT e'" "pti"''
Ill, But they have a perfcltmg middle e""r.

IKlUwkJ/"

,t is not pofnbie to know the 1iAr.MtAti"-'

_ ofB.Jlu. or Of Arl,"ltv' flt. unleB the

of the Nltttm of t,hem accordin&

io their hllix". be welhmprdfed in t~
of the A:fiip. Therefore We will Rrll '

,Mi."
""'7-'

"

..

nOti6e

and that. Ett.r1'7"'p in it'

iuhe Cit"', of CQr,/lplil", _ bec.a ufe It neither
ijath Ell;' ;'. nor lhl. r:[s : a~d the I~Ult
Wft4tu:l likewife l becaute, It neither ftands
, i;:.. between [hi.

0, FiTt, nor makes to nand. Qniil beqluf~

,-

front

,,

( i4f)

(rom ev~i. kiUd of -it, it yie'Jas i/"&~"1..

Therefore -tlici r middle 5.11,,'"' is the Cuf,

of PatIU;,,, in them: becaure by its e",'bJ
[s it is not hinCIrro froio .I,;..":,, . which is
~feCted by good Fajita ; ana by rhe S./'t j/i7,
ot it . its, ' ''''''lfiui is not.e-J.lily remov~ r<i
FJ'l.ht. YC't " the M iJJ/. s_jl:u.h of t hem is
not the C._!, of P'r[,ElJ'. of B,liiu . or ci
.A'l,iIJ",v, . unites it be fixed. Whith btio,
nOt fixed. although its l",p'1!ulI is not camy
removed. yet it is not (jab! y ' perpetuated.
He nce it i. manifeft" that tte A rtifl muft nccdfarily div ide the M iJJ], S.;'{lAII" th ereor.'
Bur.rofllc ha ... c thoughtit impom ble to divill"
.ill,e . r~me ;,
~afon of irs ~!"dng Atjx~i~ .
~d mde~ '. ~!il!f oppofCli thclr own mamf1

( 145')
fro m the above prttnilhl f it is
ta not of the Y"itl of

thereof. AndWe1i.rie
. ~he KlNwl"ll' of the

poffible to come to
But in Ar/,..
becaufC
by the A Ui.. of
parts Of it arc re, many
t herefore the ..tfr:ijiu o r its SqJ4TAti. eafic. Yet that is the r."Q'1rr of Whitt"t/t,
SIII,hNr of Rttillt/t. T herefo re it is need-that great Collri", fhoold be ufCd in the
of SN'Ih",.
It IS

't.

Pr:..

~~

F",

C H AP.

J I1i

there is a neceffit y
;;;,,,; Fo r it hath C fa
.~;.,
E.rth) S,;bj1lU1,t i
.,
. without J.fl"_i~".
I
nave any
but what
For
fee it to
and not 01 WhittABC! We JikelVifC:
the Sf.,i. and F,E.rtJ, ro be fepa:rated from it w ith eaA r'ift't , by a LffI.i",. t he AlrtiHJ of

whicb

,-,

( '4 6 )

( '47 )

:~. tha t Arl "" tJiv, is the P,,[.O j'll' and

of AJMjii, which il the the Viti

which We wiD Otew. But becaufe We are

a twafold P"ita;."
and to perfc:ll: .

chat to

mon

it a
IllffJ of !U
Cft'a tC a L"~'

to remove its
make the whole

and to !<pfare
for Mt.wi., ;

10 be burned . " d ~? d'

and not to Hie it Cdf j and 3.lfo
Therefore We prove that 10 be a
by many E;rpffitNuJ.

For

more .nearly to adhere

to be morc l;elo ved by t he
it is GdJ. andafret that Siturr.
Wherefore . hence it fo llows,
"hi, is more friendly to ill own N AIll":
We fee other B,~tI nOt to have Ib
iml,it} 10 it. and therefore We in .
fi nd them lefs to pa rtake of t he N"/lrt
of. And whatfoever B,.{iu We fee
defend fronl AibtJIi." . t hofe
poWefs morc the NII1/1r: of it.

of p"ttai",.
.
But the Second DttmOr M.""J'rj~ti, is ~or
its Cut.1I1Aii,.. And the YJafhl.ng awax o f It I
EPtbj"i{' for one D'J only, 15 fuffiCient fur
it. The M~th,J of "hkh WajhilJ,t' is rhi. :
Take an E." htll Dijh I 'and into It put your
Arl' Il'lIW' upon \Tllich pour only fo much
rJ
11;ong Vill,!., I or any other like
n;" as will be fufflcient to cover it. Then
ih~ Difoover a gentle Fiu, chat the whole
lilly be warm . and not tc;'O pot I and fil r it
concinually wlI h yout F'IJJ.t1'1 .on the B.tt~ '!'
ci the Dijh, that the .11''1.'':111'''' may be dlTided in the likenefs of a fubtile white Pt.,
Ur. until the whole Vi,,:!"r be eva porated .
ind the M .Te" r} revived. After you ree the
rr"l"r to come off feculent and bla~k caft:
that away I and Yralh t he Mm" ,] ~'lth frefh
r..,tM 1 repealing this W4hi"J., untIl you fte
the C./~II' of ill Emhill:j'r to be perfelUy
cbangro into a clear ClI ." min with a
ca1eftine C/... " which is a fign
Therc:fOl'C: when it comes
it the: Me"','" of Ct.'f'.';",
be: 0",: ..1111,. into as,
or Llmifirt according as the: M ti&,nt
" ,.
I t he: N.,rllli.Il of which We:
i the: folloYring. From what is oow
IIltntionc:d , ' cis manifrll: I that
is'
IIQt Ptr/flti1ldn irs N,.r /trr ; butthat IS, w hlc~
L 1I
IS

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Ii

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: and to have a manifcft

A[J~l1ich ~ak~ t~e ..Arlijl
that It cOl).taln1 In III RAti>x

is product'd of it by Our
likewife i. it in S.lthllrand itl
fore in the-Ie it is not poffible
low' NAIMr' , but by O u r Nt".r,,1

. ..

C HAP. IV.

OJ tb~ N .lttl'f'rO/ M:1rchafite i Magnerll,

dNJTutia.

M ArI_
I and this
by manife/t P"jllli,,.. For the
rhe M'ixt i.1I 00_piu r and I'm., ad- ,
the Silk' oftfie F"f,tI, or F"""~II
m,
. in thofe MttAlI . makes
it. And ",hat a M ltAflid:..
without the .AJ.x,i,. of
the fame t hi s l i~cwire clfdu not_
' ' '. feeing this F/fnJl is of wh#, BHlill.
cannot eit,i"',or efl,II' B,tIi" . bUt
For C# ri" i,] or Ttllnlluji. il no 0- t han a :determinate 1','p.,rj~" of whir.
RId. Therefore it . by reafon of iu S"b(i.rt'!QtC penetrates the Pr./_Ni/i" of the
: and confcquently more alters> than
~o; . B04, ; and mor~ adheres in the EXA, fmall.Arr!i.ce . as is nolV declared tQ
Whe refore, what B. J.iu focvcr are
by the Vtrt/fl of ..Art/II/viti!, or of S"l-:or of the like of there . mutt neeeibrily
: !Jaufe thcCe only communicate ill
thofe B,J.jtr,
L J '
CHA~!

Ut there is a nectfTily We fhould alfo trot

ofQ[ hcr Sriri". tlj~ M,:r'lMfiu , M,S'

1U{i~, and 1""114. ma king great /1IIptJliu i
/J, lI. T herefore, w ha t they an: .... ith thci
Pn/w;'.,. We Ihalllhew ill the prcl-mt Chap.
M A" IMfi" hath in its CrlAI" . a tWO fold S"
jllflKt . ",il.. o~ Ar$ tIIl"-"t"t mordfied and app.toac.~mg

to F,x,.,.,n, and of lJUrning Sldpb.;

1 ha t ~t hath SNfph,"I~IJ. We fi nd by manifcl!

EXflTm,cr : for when It 1$ S"j,[i"mi a manifet
~urning fulphureous S,,6PIII'(r pro~eeds (rom

andeht' ~"'ph ..r:jt.Jof it is likew ife foom

Wltho~t~II"I,m'fi.lI'. For ifir be p ut imo the
F',r" It IS no (ooner red hOI, but It is inflan;al
~I!h a Slilphll~NIU rIA#Jt. and B"r1ll. AUb, it
IS fenfi bly ma mfdtcd . t ha t it hath the S__
jlA"~t of A,!.,n,vitll; for it gil'c, to I'r..
. the Wbiu"l!iof pure Silver, as alfo ( 0 A'lllft~.'l-t I and We fce it, in its ~ /l'bliJtIA~~" to yield.
I t,'

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CHAP.

(
'5'
)
it il neither dimini(hed nor inflamed.

V.

Of tht NatMrt if Sol, or Gold.

N0w
of
clare

firft of s#r,
of all the other
their
expc,dlent. with

t hat is dir(.:ernro by fight.

acqul r~ by Exptril1mlt.

. S',l ll creatcd of themoft

Arl tlu"i"", aiJd of molt
.
of a fmall SJ,lftAMt of S.lf.&.... d can
~ure .Rl~. fixed. clear and
~ I tl own NIU",t ,
'that
caufe there happetll a
t hat Stll, h",. the Citri";';!
GNti ,!,uft needs have a M:e
rome IS more imcnre other I
That G,/J is of the ~oft
.Arl.""";"t is moll: evident
." j'fl' eafily retain. it. For'
not any
that is not
And that It l'iath the ~I"'; ';;;d

~~!:.;;;&J~~:

'0'''[.,

m anifcll:

And
it i. rin~ing S"'ph.,..is ma ni feft by tfiil,flu...
mlxt with .Art""'"'" it transforms
a Rr. e.l.," i and being fublimcd
Ikong ' t."iti,. from Bult" fo that the
o f them afcends. with that it ere..
moil: r.Il.-gp C.Jur. Therefore, 'tis ap~;;,; I when its S"&ft.,,,, is pure, it crenorpure,an impure.
But he who requires a fiRO of the
,,,,.. of itt Tefln,"ifj, wants his Sf.!' ; be-.
Therefore the molt fubti le SlfbP""" of Ar. brought to Fjxlllri.", and the purity
fame, and the molt fubt ile Mlllnrr of
fixed and not burning. is the whole
MAlltT of G,/J.. But in it is found a
of A'1.''':-;'vI, th::n of S"/.d'!'!ntl';Vt hath greater'I...
it. For' mls caufe, whatfocver B~
you would alter, alter them accordi ng
ro this Ext"'pl.,,; thar you may deduce t hem
to tbe E,,,,d jt} thereof. The way to eWell:
"hieh, We have now given, For G~Uhaving
rubtile and fixed PAm, thofe 'Ar" could in
ilS Creation be much oonden1'e<l : and this was
lbe CAlif' of its great WI;:" , But, by great
Dml1i,,, made by ,NAU"', a leifilrely and gra.
duate Rtf,fllli", of it was made, together
" ith gOqd J-t,i/flU"", and its ultimate Mjxri,., that it might melt in the Fiu ,
from the fore-goinR 'tis evident, that a large
~

~l irJ

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C HAP.

V I.

Of I h~ 1'!atllrt of Luna, ,or Si lv er~

.Hereforc, Oris now clear from the precedem, that if clean. fixed, red, and clear
SJdphMr fall upon the pure SII6p."n o f A'l ,"ttoW' {being it (droot excdlin.s:. butoffmall
~""tjfJl and excelied ) of it IS created pure
allJ. But if th e SlI'phlir be clean, fiKed, wh ite
and clear, which falls upon the .Sdpnr:, of
Arl'll/viv" pure SO/IIII' IS made, If In ~II'"
it cKceed not: ,u thi. hath ;fP.,.i'1fbort
of the PMi,} of G.IJ, and a more grofs III_
[PiJlI1iu than G.ld hath. The Sit,. of which,
is, that its Pans are fI()I: lQoondenft'd, asthat
it can be equal in Weight to G.ttl; nor hath
it fo fi:tM a s,,"ft,ne, as tha t: t he S it." of
this is, its D i"';"lIli." in Fir,. and the s.J.
of it; which is neither fixed, nor inoombJltiblc, is th e Cult of that Dj1lfi""tj~". But
it is not impoffi ble, or improbable, ~o give
Judg ment of th e fame, a. fiKed and not fiK'"
fd, in refpe{t: of one B'i], or another. For
MII,'S S"lphllr,;,!, comparC!d wit h the sillphll_
" i'l of 5.1, is not fixed and burning; but in
rcfpca of the S"lphn o f othtr .B,t6u. it is
~;ted, and not burning.
'.
.
CHAp:

:-" may not

~;

HYing, in the Nature

ing. and not in : the Nature
bold pan of tOe fiylng, and part

,it,

pr in ~rE . hoJd the Nature of $lIlpbttr.

pan. not, or be all clean. or half unckan l
or be of much o r li ttle !l.!!.u:i'l: of modi.
excelling in the M jxtllTc, or of little ~_
e~ lIed in it I or neither overcoming.
nor ~vcrcome I or whi tt', or red, or berwetQ
both. Therefore, from all thefe Dnltrftits,

ti"

there Was a necemlY [hil t di\'cr(c BoJjcl, and

the. li ke of thefe, fhOl.lld be crea't ed in NAill",
AI,' whic~ DjVlrjitjrs We intend lolpcak cf

,wlfh

mam~eJt f,,{uuiDIJ.!.

CHAP,
.

"

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., - " "

"

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( 'H)

C H .., p,

V IL

Of t h~ Nztu.'r oj Mars. or Iron. A lfo

of thr Effrl1.t of Sulphur (lII d Mer_
cury ; aNd of thr Caufu ,oj Corruj ti.
0,. m"' ~Pnfrfl l o".

u~

if fixed earthy SII/phll' be oommirt

With fixed earthy Arf,rnrtli't.l" and both
t hefe be noc pure, but o f a livid Whitf",!I,
t he ~lI4JIU'itJof i.he SliP"."'! of wh ich, is 5111~Itr highly fixed, of thefe Ir:1I is made: be':lufe t he S"P'''''? of fi xed S.lp"ltr prohibitl F.fi.lI. T herefore, hence 'cis manifeft,
t hat SIII,h.,. by t he work o f Fix.tiu, more
f\'t'irtl~' dellroys the eafinefs o f L;'1I1~f.ai",
t han ArJ l llrtlittl. But We fee SIII,hllr nOt fil ed, fooner to melt t han .A'l.l ll","U. By thefc
j , manifefted the c;..f~ of Swifmel! and SIo,,nefs of F..fi in every
For wha t hath
more o f fixed Slslpbll,. more nowly admits of
Fllf#lt.}~an what partakes of burning S"pb'!',
which more eafily and rooner flows: and
t his is dearly enough a lready declared by Us.
But. that the filed S.lph ..r makes .110" cr FliP'
'11, IS evident by t h is~ lIi%.. t ha t it j, never flz
ed, unlefs it be calcined . and no c;.kitlAlI
gives F"fi",: t herefore in all Things it mutt
jmpede the fame. Tha ~ it i$ nOt fixed, un-

}JI",.

lt~

.r

.' ..______________________c'_'_'.c'______-''-"'

'"

lei. it be calcined. is manifell: by the 'Exp"j.,., of him. who ...oula have fixed the fame
not calcined: becaufe he always found it to
fly. un lil it was t umtd into E.rth, the Similitude of which is o r the Nat ure o f (.Ix.
Yet t his happens not in Arl.fllt1lWfi !:>ecaure t hat mav be fi xed, without being IUmed in(Q E.r~. and likewife fixed with Con,enlOn of it into EM/h. For by hanning to
ita Fu.... rj'''. which is made by Pru"pil.r;~II.
it ii fixed. and turned into E.rth. Alfo. by
the fucceffive SHbfim./;~ 1I of it often repeated,
it i. fixed jikewife. and not c hanRed into
En rh. but give. AfttJli," E.f-,., T his is ma o
nifell: 0, and proved by Him. who hath ex.perienced both Fix.ui'lIl t hereof, evrn tOthe
Confummation o f the IV.,.~ I by haRy Pnci_
!it.,,,,,, and a lfo by the 110w, with continually
repeated SublimAtiu/, For he faw, and found
it fo, as he faw it written by Us. And this
the refore is, becaufe it hath a vifcious and
denR: Subftance: t he 5i.(11 of which is , t he
9~i.Jjtlg of it. by imbibition and mixtion.
WIt h Other Thing.. For V,!e'f? is manifeftIy perceived in it, by, t he much adherency
Ihereof. Th:tt it hath a denfe SII"ftAllce. he
!hat hath but one e}'e may manifeftly fee by
Its afpea:. and by payling the immenle weight
therror. For it. whilrt it is in its o"n Na!\Ire , excels G.M in weight I and it is o f a
moft ftrong C_mp~ftiu, asi.declared. Therefore, hence it is manifelt, t hat it may be fixed
. '
without

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"ithoot Conrumption of' its HII~jJiiJ; ~~

YrithOut Convtrfion of it Into .,-,., f or,by
rearon of the good adherency of Parts./. ,and
the fortitude of ;t~ Mix/iflf, if the pans or,lt ~
in any wire infpilfue by F jrt. It pnmlts ~t
fHf no furthtt 10 be corrupted, nor fulfen It
{el f ! by the ingre{. of a furious F1an:e into 19
10 I)e elevated into F"a .: be~re It, ad mi ts

rarefallion of it fe lf, h1' r"fon of ,uDenflty, and " ant of ,do};'/f; ~h i~h is made by
combuRiblc S.lpb. rrir" which It hath not.
JlOt

T herefore, by wh:u is mentioned, is found

(with an indubitare I"" :.,i,,,) the wor.det(ul dou ble'
o f tlVO ~n-tfl, 'tIi>:.. one, the
Clfll!., ofc.r,,,,'il/l of every of the Mllld, by

X,."

F ir'l one of which is the i IfC!lIji' " of a. bum:ing s"lphllrtitJ in the profundIty of 1 ~(,lr SM.
1IOKI, diminilhing ~hem b\' IlIft':'!'''t''''' an~

F."".

extermi nating alfo 111[0

wl ~h ~xr ream
eonrumpiion. whatfuever .A'II"t"lV~ ~n rhe~
is of g?Od !'iXAtifll. But the oth~ls a mult iplica uon upon them o f :1Il exttt!or !I"".~
penetrating, and refolving them w ~ th It felf
Itl[O . .F....Iw. of how g reat f 'ixAriD" foeve~ th~t
in them is, A thi rd CtfJift o f C" '.p'i'" I'
rarefa{tiOIl o f them by C.ki,,.,ioll, for the n
t he EI",,,,: , or Fi". can penetr~tc into. and
exterminate them. Theref.)re , If a ll
of CH7Hptio" conc~ r. fuch B,tIl" ~ull needs
be exceedingly Corrupted; But If not al,l,
t he fwiftnefs of C" '.pti,,, of every ,Blli, '!
umined. accordi ng to the Rt".ijfi, ,, o f them.
"
'
,
The

C ',7 )

The f~cond K inJ is Gm blt{i. wh ich by it

iscon j

fjdered in BHlitt. For teeing A'l~~'IIiv for

00 c.~ru of Ext"",;".,,,,, permItS it felf to
be divided into partl in its Compofitio n ( becaufe it either with itS whole Subllance recedes from the Fir' , or wit h i ~ whole re-:
mains permanent in it) in it is necdfarilyobferved a Cuff of 'trf,Si,,,. , Thc~forc praifed be the glorious and blelfed .10/,/1 Hit.
GOD. who c reated it. and, gll. vc to Ille fame
a s,,&jl.1IU, and IheJr' prrtlr, of a SII~ft.~'.
"'hleh are give.n to none of Ihe Thmgs 11\
NIII.,: t o poffefs j that t hil biftDin might
befound in it , by a certain Art!f". as We ~av~
found rhtrci n with near poreney, For Ir II
that which overco.mts Firt . a!;d by Fin i.
not overcome I but in it amicably relb, re:
~ycing

therein.

CHA P.

Of thr Nat1lrt

VIII.

of Ve nlis,

or Copper.

Heretore. remming toourpllrpofe, We

W
fay" that if the S"/pil., be unclean.
C.llrt, grOll, and
fixed. as to its grea ter part ..
,, ,

~ur ~
to irs lelfer pan not fixed, red, and ~ !Yldj I II

relation (Q t he whole. not overcomm g, nor

overcome I and t his fall uptlll grors A,t /1ft~'IIr, C~pptr mull necrffarily be created tliere.
of.

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( 1;8 )
or. The Probadon of all thek iii
I
thingl given from: the Nature of them.
when C' PftT is expo('cd to 1/,'ut;'II, you may
di recrn a S.lph,""IIJ Ft."" to arife from ir
which is a SI! II of S.lph.r no t fi ed. And t~
lof., of the ~4,fti'J of it by Exb"l"tiu .
t~rough th~ frequent Co",bjlifll thereof, fig:
mtiel that It hath fixed S.lph.,. For from
t hat il .caufed the Rowndi o f iu F.ji.,., and
J.~r"'''. (or H. r""4'') o f its SuftAIK.
which are Sit,tI. o f the M ultitUde of itl
5.Ip/JtI,. And t ha t t here is S.lph., red and
undeaD, conjoyncd lVith unclean .Ar! (fftfJ;W
i. kn own by S"if~ I therefore it needs no othe:
PT~b~i'lI. T herefore, by EXpn'i",tllt. you may
attam to the who le 5" '1'(1.
For you fee every T hing, by the Allion of
H,., changed imo E."h, with eafe to be dif(oIl'cd, and reduced to the N. t.,. of Will"
This happensby R'.cf,1I of t he S,J" ilillli,1I of
t he . pa~ts ,by Firt. Th~re(ore a T hing more
fubule III IU proper NIIl. ", reduced to this
EA"h] NIIl,m, is more fubti liated t hereby I
beca ufe it is more ditTo h'ed I fo that whar
are o f.a molt fu btile N"".r., arc m~1l; and
bell: dltTolved and fubtili ated. Hence the
C_!, of the C.,r.,,;.,. and J..r.n;~11 of t hefe
tWO Brll;ts! ~.~ of IIIA" and Y'IIUI, is appar ent: for It 1$ by Sltlphltr of much 1l..lUUil1
fixed I and by not fi red S. lph." of fmall
~".'i'J in YIII,", but of k lre !i..lUff;', in
M Arl. Therefore. when the fixed S.Ip'.'
cornel

fiIcd

romes

~~ F iit",;'

by H,,,, of Fir., iu parts

lI'e fubrillated I but tbat part, which is in the
.Ap,ir" of
of its SubAance, is diffol,ed, The Sit, of which is the EIf"Ji' ;", o f
thefe tWO B~dj" to the V"pD.r of Villtl,'"!
for by that, t he A/llm'IIDJit] of their S.Ip"",
(created in it by fubtiliat ive H w) fiowereth in t he Supcrfie~s of them. And if you
put thefe two Bftij~& iofO a s.,litu Li.,.~r, many pans o f t hem are eafily diffolved by n.lAnd if )'00 look into the M i. ,r.,
of thefe tWO, you will fi nd a manifdt s.J.,"", o f .AhI1lJi..jif), to diA i!! di tTolved from
them, and in them to adhere : which .A1 ..iU.!!l, by th e S.iiMI W"n-'If,!t, and eaue SDlMliDIf. is changed into W.llr. For nOlhing
11 found W,.t<ry and eafily foluble, except AIand what is of it. N Il,.rl .
But the BI41i{.t/. ~ either of thefe tWO Z,i;tt, created by Fir,. is by rearon of the SMI
ph, not fixed, which is concluded in t hem:.
much indeed in YUill. but little in M Art, and
it approaeheth nigh to t he NAlllrl of fixed
S.lphllr, . Therefore. ' t is not poffible, t hat fuch
an Impreffion lhould be eafily removed from
MIIr" Hence it is now evident, t hat F.;
il made from SMJpbr no t fi xed, a.nd alfo '.$" is helped thereby I but FNji.1I is no t made
from fixed S"lph.r, being rather impeded. by
the fa~. There is 00 neffi lYlo th ink, that
Flljiu is nOt made, and that F.Ji'" is impeded
~y fixed Art.."wivt. This he know. to be
certa inly

s,wj,,.

i i ,...
u""

( 160)
cetta,inly true, "'ho, by no.Aii of FIlJi' 1I a:Al1d
make SlIlphn to 1\01'1', aftef it. Fj.:.t!i," : but
having fiXed A rt" .",iTt" by frequently repea t.
ing the SdlUri.,j,/J t hereof, found it apt to'
admit good F-ftoll .
.
Hence therefore it is manlfelt, t hat thore

BtJi" are of greater

'"f,{lilll, which con~

fain more o f At:~" lflj'lll j but what con.

t ain Ielil. CJ ( leIS Pnitaj,., Therefore nudy
in all your
d iat A'l.tlllvrot may
ellcel in the C''''_;~rl;'.' And if you can ~t
felt: by Arl.tllhlivl only. you "ill be .the
&.rdu r OUt of a moO: precious P"/,Oi,1I1
and of the P",dJi,,, o f t hat , wh ich o vercome.
the W" l of N"ltru. For you may d eanfe
it mon inwardly, to which M I!" Jiji,.ti NI(~
'"" cannot reach. But t he Prd 4li," 01 t his;
"j;{., tha t tho fe B.Jit l, ",hieh COllrain a greatet
Jt~lfllti" Or A'I.' lIlflitJ" are ofgreatct p"/dJ... .
is their ealie R,up'i.. of Arl.tlltfli'f/!. For We fee'
B.u, of Pnf~". amicalily to tmbraee ;tr

w..,.tr .

i ' llttJ jfU.

T herefore from t he pree\ent DifwlTf. "til

evident. tha t in &. a;u there i. a twofoldS'I"J
phllTli'J : One indeed included in the Pr;!__
JIf} of .Art ,.,viv,. in the beginning of t heir
M ix,i,. I btlt the other is fupet"Venient. O ne
of which i. removed wi lli ' .~IIJ'. but thea-rilercann()l: be pombly ta ken a.".ay by any.Ar.
' ifk, perfor<ned by Fi,". to which OUt 0P"'.
can congmo ufly and profitably come I it
being fo firmly and radi cally united therein.

,
carry up . t he .l!~.
yOll may elevate

a L6Uiiif~,. wiib C"M-

as We itave .tQld~
it oTits ottri 1I~
is iIIli!n.
-

,i.,.

And: .

-(
;6, .")
I.

...,
'

.", .

C HAP.

. ,

cralhing
it hath.

IX.

;;;" ; its
me lted in Fir,
the Fjr~ of itt F"I"'. with.it
remain part of t he Arg'IItvwt , which
lives this $trifiD , to the Ltd, and turns it in-.
But on the oontraq ' }'OU may conider t hat allb, by et c: M III.ti,. of Ti. into
Lt..J : For by a manifold Rcpetitjon of its
C",j....ti"'. ,and the Adminiltration of Fi"
(()Ilvenienc for its Rtlillffi'JII. it is turned intO
10 T ill.

wl: but dj>ecially, when bv fubftratl:ion

01 ill St.,i. it is calcined with great Firt.

Touching the D iverCities of thefe Subftan-.
CCI yOIl , may be afcenaintd, by the K np"w-.

!edg of Co.nfervation of them in proper 1,,-

M ix/lIT,
is proved

. ~ciOll of it

bach, and

}'t C it

C"'x, in

Fir,

!links not. That there i

" .".,.n, and in the Meafurc of Fire di" irJing

them : to which we: have attained ,,, jlh 'Inlanee of LAN/I' , and have feen ".ilh certain
A1furance, that We judged - of the Trllib by
.Ihe fame. But feeing it is "elpc<iienr, We
Ibould inform you what [hat is, which re-

mains afcer thr remOTal from lHpifn', of thefe

M1

IWq,

..

( 16f )
than the fame.in l.I.f'/. And
i '
the eafie 1,,_

l~jtl'

,tt.!...,j? I

the
itJlftlilt' OV" I'C'OfneJ. The fign of
ZAjufi of'"mf, of A"lnhliu, in ie.
into it. Therefore, if ilf it
titJ of Ar;(t'At<iJiv"
(
u. Nature) would not
Wherefore it adhere. ~~~~
moft fubti le '''In/MiIJ I, r
roo of the paucity of Ar,(t"wiflt
C._irt;fII. And this is evident,
adhem to M.rJ mon difficultly, but
. . more eafily I becauCe that hath a
abundance of Mtr~. than MIII'I.
of thiS, is the C'afie F.p of one, but
dlflicult F-Ji.. of the other.
But the Fjxj~.
two.

1i!

tnaiJ!in"

Jet

I t IS

noc

me Pff ' ;,. of this, I

. B.", I and after ec/ciUJ" .,_ rhe
~ the fame to moft thong Fir'.
Dj':.liji'" i. not made, but the whole
afcend.: yet morc purified. Therefore
fee the burning SIUpII/If' in fill to be ' "

i
ip it fele

our

StU~C',

""ould Re 'the Tr.r.

let then) ftudy ,the lWtJtjIi of all thcCb' Thi"", with diligence or

until by the r~e they find OUt the

of 1!fI#" and
of Spi,uf.

~._CCfrain (noc:

I,",Qlii'"

"'I.

this our

(ufficient-

tat"l,

M,

CIW',

"

'

t,.1$6 )

67 )
of- greater I ..!xr;tr. i ~ i~s .,p;;.,;,~(,,;

NiII"", than m1i". musN,d"rl. ;;

t hat the ~.lItil' of ils c..."Io" ffjlli;

CHAP,

x,

Of Ihr N(it~rr
. .. oj. Sdturn. or. Lead.
.

is morc adht li.c to the s"Ht.flfcl: or'

in it . t han in Trll; ; ~ mallifefi by.
That t he (aid ~A",jry is not (ere- but it is 'of a
the Iikeo! 'lYhkh
l;~w'~ha t is in the Bm ... r

Cit"',,,,:

:11

fi~nofooe orlthtfc
. h .l.tl'l none" or~:

of Comb(;niblc SlIlpbllr irf

'much coniorntd in the
.
to t he R.Jix of its
afi"llrro by the: Db",
~."' ;'1 1 and ~
that Oh .r ol S"J-

from
and t hat i
more eaf\ly, tban
much E.~thj1Uf, . For
E. rthillt/I. 'oC 'more
of lers ERthi-4i of CC:
I
Iy.. And beaufe its P,,,/1I41 is not
i
as In lilliUP'. by repeated C,,/CiIM/i,11I
"

by
I
th::t
approaching (0 the N . "1rI
burning SlIlph"" . is uniformly
in
S'&[tnn of Art /tlN.. Therefore ,
when the F_ o f it afcends , iemuR: neccl'fa=tily afccnd wi th t he S"/ph"r IlOt burning. -Of
the Pnp"? oj which it is. 'lii%._ to CT~le
Citri" il)_

. -," '.:

_ But t hat_ th7 J1.!!.m.itl of S"'I!h"" not burning

I. greatCf 10 It, t hanm Till", 15 affirmed by. Us
molt truly i bn:;u{e We fee the whole 0 1_""
of it to be changed into Cilri." but o f r __
mtq Whitl, in ,heir C.ki"tlti~u , Therefore
- M4
Ifl

16, )
ea61y and more fubril, utcndt"
than
more eahly than 'Y,.....
YIII"" dian M"rs; .
more fubtily thaD
1,,~ftr; but ~" lln,ore fur tily than LIII,.. Thpelore, " t il mani..fcft ~ tlll t the CIII.f~ of (IIJl::d
(or Hllln/",":S. IS fixer .AU Uf<I!ltft. or
'SllifhNr~ B~ t t r!.: C;:"rcof S.rl.,ff is oj>pOlit~
The CAIII , or r'lI/i is n,.or<Jld . 'lI! L t.~ .
not fi~e<! . and .A,.( .ct",jfJ . cf whatfoever 'kind
it h . SlIlpli", not foXed is necciTarily II c-ffol
f llji "rith~!~ lL"iJ' . And }'ou m.ani.feftly
fee the EX'j~trlt/;t, of thl' . bl' " '1,0",. of
Ar!. :fl ';F1;J p.;" llfficuldy fufible . for it

,,, b

{DOI"e

s.-m i s.,.,..

i_.

,iI'

r'lIft~,.. ~?j th ol1 t !g1liri~

makes !!.::m or eaf:e

And the C !, of e;;,lic FtIj", islLkcwife.Art.'*'-

Ciltt/t of.F11ft ' f' "dt ll /s. ,,;';' .' il

bed .... '! t llHl:Vf. ' The refore the C.if: of J~
o!' every .,1'''_.is fixed SlIlphIW:, .

,,;'.11 : bu t th".:

i1''';tlll'

From wh t is now lllenu'lncC. you may ooI~

leful vu y ~I't.lt Stern: N;;nlely . That fteing
'B. J/ju of greatG!!: Ptff,aita 'H~ fou nd (Q c:onlaiD the grea le~ ~".t;'1 of 4 rlu t?itI" ...

"rI&i,", n olding more

Of the ~1l1!tilJ o f .A!l11lt1l11lI, mutt fr.eed.
be more approximate to the Ptrl,a. There-fore it alfo fOUOlVI . that B.4iIJo( much s.t.
" P lit]. are , .(lju 0(muchC,,,,,ptiM. Where-:,
~" di l.liniiherl from

fOre frQrfl tHe abovealleacJ1.:ed , it is no" e-

. idel'lt, 'that '''l..im h moll:ly apprOllimated

JO the P",IEt ,: .I:eing ir precipifateS more of
,ai'., but SM",.leCi ; a~ ":,,n. yet .~
. " ~I
of that I on which Ptrf t{&

~., . lean ,
..

""

: L'

; "".

'.

'

ri."""".

""rr"'1,

t;.cp. mIl.

( ' 70

-,

And othenvifc they differ in thtm;

ic!l'eJ. u to M tJi(iJU. ~mple3 tjng and fuP"'
plyin~ t he Dif,a. and perfelUy attenuating
Ihe fVlffirudeof B.&IID t hei r Prt[.IIIl.' J, and
t:Overinzthe Clu uli/Up ohhe fame. undcn
s.5f1AIof fplend cm Br(r,l:llu/I .. For the molt:
~rreaivc of M ct/jrir is V'/JIII i. but M .. rs lefs i
~.!jt:qet le(\; and
lcall:of all. From
t hefe t herefore, by the Tnl1h- tclling S'''''bof
LtriHllr. accord!ng to the DWtrfilJ of B, a.",
dh'crs M tai"/UI ar.e found OUt, by l'r tpArAti4 ..
For the hard B~dj . that can endure igllitiu,
req4ires one MulirilJI I but the foft that abide'not f! "i, ..., anOther. Thatone maybe
mollified , and attenuated in i~. "",["JUl;'!
and in its SIJ~ft.IK' equalized; but the o che:
ltard~ aod it. occult P'"'I in!piffarcd,
Therefore it conettns Us 'lOW, ro paIS from
thefe to M rJki/Ul. with manifcft EA-pn-i'lUtl,
fctring down die C-/u of dive rs M ttiiciws I
'and what thC'y lcal'e dimi nifhed. and what
~they deduce to compleatment.

5,.,.,,,

Tho

- ,

T he Second Part of this Second Book, or

M t dICI1fU in "general . andof the necc:lfityof P I',pE1Jo1l of the MtdlCi1l~
eerfecting all imperfect Bediu; and
trom what Thing it may beft , and
more nearly be exttaCled.

C HAP.

J.

That of t'lln:.>' imptrft{1 Body. ilnd alfo

cf Argenrvive. thl' Med icine mrifl 'I(~

ctffm!J Dl'twofdd.

O,U fol' thl'

White, Imd tht oIhnfor tht Red .. "tt
th,it WI' art I'XNtJai fro m Ihl'fo . 6.1
DIU onl;' mojlp"jtll Medicine.
VIZ.

W Eprove,

( '7' )

that Spirits are more a"ffimilated

ro B~Jj'J than any othuThi~t in N,.
tllrr, by this. vi:.. Becaufe they are mOf~
united. and more Iriendly to BuLin. than all
other Thillt', Therefore\ We accordingly affirm. that thefe Alur",j,~s of Buitl, in the
tirft I llfltlltiGIl . arc their true Muu,i"" And
We have excrcifed OJr felves in ever., kind of
l "f,Qlli'}. t hat thereby We might transfor m
every of theimperfclt B,Jstl, with firmM..
!~j,",

,
"

,
, '!,
,,
,'
,l

( 17l )

".iftI,

.
( 173 )
.1'*' ti..the imperr~
SII4Iiti is fOUfld ~ twofold

LII".

in~ a pcrfc4
a!]d Sf",..
Wherefore. We find that MlI{j~;1H ror- th~

multnettlPrity be !=feared l)i1lm, acroo:linC

to the divers /I,WII;'" of 8~~1 to be altered.

And Croce Mtt.Js to bcalt,e~ are ofa twofold
iI#.," .J,t."ltfJ~ coagulable in Pnfdl;"

lind';

.. , and B.di" dim.iniibedfrom Pnfttli,"; and

thetelgain manifold, Ibme bring bard, fuftailJoi
in, 1,.-.;,;.". but others toft not abiding the
f.une (tbe h~rd are Miff' dDd Y~""" the foft
L;~ and 1111#") the MI,,"&i/# perfeCtive

mutt li~cwite l?einanifoJd n~cdbrily. For aJ..

though

AlMI and- ~t,. be of one

thev dilfer in a

~ertain I~cial

kind.

P"f"" :

ret

the

one being not fulible t b4t the otherfufible.

Therefore Mm il r:rfe4cd wi~b one -M~

~j1H,

I.nd Y.","

another: and indeed

the nrft i. totally l!ndean. but the iother
With

hot. Alfa this partakes ofacertain dull Whitt~I. but that Of ~thif' and Gr".",p: "bieh
lIo'likewi(C imp9Ce a ne~~mcy of DnmhJ iq
the M~Jitj"t,
AltoM Wu of th~ oth~r kind, ~jr... ~~
litlf I and
teeing they no leli differ I
'00 necdrarily need a divenMr4;tjlU likewile',
for this, "j%..
is dean J but that not.

s...,.".

'II/Ii,"

And indeed all [!lefeare rendred mqrt;l1lutable.

po.... made l..'!".,-, man SllArBtJi'H th~efore
the MtJi,j,., of each of thelD mull be twofold.
One Cj"'ilJl~ changiQg into a Ci"i,., SdM B~ I
~e Other' w.Bilt, ch~nging Ijkewire ' illto a
~( ':'JtC~~, I~o/ ~'P,ncp ~ py~

'"

j,hlttr, f.li~

SQI.; and LtniA'l the Mllkj/U,

perfeain~ all ~".{j~I, will i!1 t~e S..m he Eight,

SO aUa Ai-"fnlfllfll IS perfdled mto a S~r and

~~ Bed;; il:l:refon:: of the Neill''-"f aitc:ring
there is a rwofold Dijftr&1''', Wherefore
~he M,d"i1ltl, which We hn'c invented.j
t heir r_talir" for t he cotl).pleat Alrtr...
IiI.of every Imptrfe8 B~J' wid be 7i-.,
Btlt We were defirous; with conftalit and
continued
and the indu{h"Y,of great
1.a.g,iIIljQ1I. to be excufed from the L"'~/lir of
ihele ten M rJ"j"", by the benefit of one on.!.
/y Mrtliiillr I and with Our long and very la- ,
borOUI Sra,eh, We found, and with cer't ain u-:
,";lilet. made one M~Jifjnr, by which tbe hard
1!"lU formed, the foft fj " ~J haJ:dned',tbe fugi..;.
uve fixed,. and the foulllluftrated with !plell"
dar ineffable, and beyond NAt,"r, NevcI'thelefs 'tis here ex~ed,ient we thould pa"nicubTly fpeak of ali t,lefe MrJiciru,S. with theil",
their C__fts, and the manifeft ExptJ'i'lIets or
their 1',~/".tiO/Js, Therefore ilrft We ....iII dedare the SWill of the ten Mtllitjilu. and ae.:.'
cording!y of all BQtUu, (hel"! of .Atl.,,,tilWt{
and laMy proceed to tIle M~Ji&illl of the M-'
r.iJltr) perfe4ing,all Bit/iII, yet with the p,t':,
f.IITAIJ~" imperfd.1: JjotUU netl:!. And lean We
Ihould be carped at bv the ElI'vlollS, as deli'"tring an infufficient TrlAti/t of .Art, We Iirft'
of all here prefent a DrdArAlwII of the p'1A.
r~~lIt of all the imperfelt Wits, affign~~;

1..,".':,

..

.. ." " . .. . "... ', . . - .... .

'

- ''' ' ~""'I

.

(174 )

C..r"

of the Neceffity of their I"vI. iby .whi ch: (in our Artipce) t hey ~~
rendred apt to receive the: M !IIJ,;., of P('f_
f ,8 i.., in.. every Dt/,ffe of whitnorf' and Rt~.
1Il{1 and to be pei-felted by the fame. Btl!
aTt~r thefe thall be . added a fufficitnt and
eon&ruous .NArY.:i.* of all"th e M ,t/i,iMI be"!
row-mentioned.
the

"IS

" .

,:

ThaI tTltry
.

HAP.. Ii .

t h~ im'trf~{f Bolin

Dtlghl t d h(ttlt lIs pUl/bar PrrpiJi

r ,ttjo1t.

"FR om".what We have already difcourred. 'til

apparen t t ha t what N~*re left s"pnfi.,." or D ljiriut in every of t ?ofe lJ,k"
that are im perfell: . hath been m part dtd ared; but here We in te~d in a more fiLffia.
cnt Dif""rf' to complea t w hat We above

omitted reiati llg hereuntO; Ther~fore , fince

it h a p~s , t.hacthemma?le BtJ<tsof imfHf-

twofold kmd. VI~. 5./1 and

. tJ,,;I/I (or burnable by Firt ) as s.r.rtl and
l'1i"'1 andH.,.tI, and not F*jiIJlt . or F';jlt with / tI"it;'" . as M.rJ and VtJIHII the
firll indeed'" not F"ji.I,; but the other F"ft~
w ith iriri.*: N . tll'ft hath tal!ght us, n~
farily Info rmi ng, that accorchng to the 1);.

fllli,,, are of.

', ,,,,fIJor their E/lIml , in the RAtiJrOf t~i'I'

NIllIIr~ .

divert h,p.rlll;."'. according _t,o

their lira:","]. mutt be arlminiltr~ to them.
t here are twO .B.Ju,of l ...'rtfraj~/I. o f one
ki nd . that need lO be tranlformed, "i:.. LlJ.,
"hieh is called BI.,,~ , and by A~' S.'lIr,,; and
Cralhing LltUi . whith is called w"'!" , and
in t~e St/U.n,Ct o f Art .. lltp;" r I w hich ~rom

'the Innate

. ..... .'c.

( ;75)

3.

"nl"

Rut

of thelr

N It/ llrl, arc dIVers

th~ P~~fu1fdjt.J o f t~dr

each from Other, i,n

occult Pett , ,and Il kc:wl fe III their MIA,,;ftft.
For SAlimi is cloudy, livid, ronderom, and
black. withou t S' riJ~r (orC~.foi"n torally
mute; bUtl_pit.r wh,te . a lillie I,vld, .J~l1t

crathing .much. and

of~odcrate Stl:lld,. l'le!~ ~

j ng & '!htllt{t. T he D ijfm ilCtl of which '"

their rnf"l~" , wi th their ne(drary Cllllfn ,
(e intend to ibew you with manifeft E:q:rU*UI.
.
From which CAlIf' l of I" jff"''fHIU, accordinr;
to mo re and IcB. the ' 1"I'cll ' difpofed A'ftijf"
.roJldb the Ord:r of f r (ptlr,.,j"". We I he~c .
.fore, according 10 Orkr, ' fi,rft declare "the

.' rrp.. rafi~mof

B~ditl l

11l1t" ::f' rrward qr .-1'-

trIJtvi1Je c03g ulable. Ye r hr~ o f one kw l,

vi::... O f S~fttl'fq and aft.ertll1s , of the other.
And accordingly, the F',P~ytllj."ofS":Nfil3nd
,1.pit!"r I of tile firft ki nd o f 11 .:1;.'1. h~1I be'dcfcri he 1 tif!l j anelwar,l, t he P'' p."dtfltcf
"the od:cr .ha ll fullo. au:oTlJ ing to tht! r .Iie-terminate OnJlr. For in the I" 'puali d of B.~rt. nOlhipg of S/If:,-jllli,) is 10 t.e rcmc:'l"e\1
.

1YOt1\.

!,

,.

.,..-. .
liany

-._.

-. ~~~~--.-

,.oftry.

........,

( '?7 )

it being of the firlt (HJrf' :

the other may be removed wi th a little
The firft: indeed ~nu impoffible to be
,
,
becaufe in t he P'i~"kl of tilt
.
' "
" , ,,
of B~JitJ o f t his kmd. t he a,.
'"-,
were
uno a rrue Ell"". and
CHAP. III.
~.;.; <
. Therefore. feeing it
, .
. "
, . . '"
to remove the tru e EffilU:t of
Tbat fb~ V tfit1 of.. imptrftll Metlls
.
Thill!. it Rlf relIuglit to h f"lllitJ 6y Medicine; 111/
IS
I
to feper ~to thefs
,hi;,.
Supert)llity Tet1101ml /Jj Ptcp&J.
t hem.
.
'. .,
ntlOD.
fO'!le PbiUfo, bm have
the A rt rIOr pofh ble to be attained to
.
~nd We~ and indeed mha Stn,lxrs
in:iDiroid
fha,' be
thiS StUltet . tn Our time . have come to
to the E/u t' of
afid. of 1_;;r,;
IkewiJe', aCQrding to t he [hlm of theit _ :",Vf $ llUt. 1Ij(., Thac Welikewi(e. coo14
.
Prtpq,.ri iIIuftrace
manifold JllpnxiMuis. to P"filli41f i or 1.. :t : lVay of
With
o f thei r B~j!.h1 11111
t:f::~'. from it. ~!'~re. lintt of thin,.
were tOtally mfeded.
CClrfupting in their P'f{/i"'tJ i t here tI
By reafOfL of this, We
one 7li*'1 advenicm frlU:JJ. the ilmat::: RMix ~
as wd l as they. l'I"ere driven 10 4t heir
i and that is t he Bllrt/ij"t/1 of.
and for a long (pace o f ri me lay
SIJf"'"" "1 and the 1_I_ritf o f t h~ Eifrlh of
Art.,,,,,,t1H, comnlixed Wi ll; !he d l.cnlial N~
_ .~ "of D'lin-lIt" '" Yet remfn,.
and being perplexed with
~1IJ"'of tbem. in rh~ B ~~ ; ~.'Jinlof the:ir CrtA- ,
of inftni te TIIOIIJhtl an4
~j,. I and an, other 7"hiilg ~uperveni("nt' arrd
We ronfldercd BGd.t1 diminifhed
the firff MiD,',. of them il1ft;rriug Crrr."i'.i
_00 thii "" Ii bti... ning SIJ.p"J.'~itlof the 6rft
"'"", t o be foul in the Pn/'P'4if]
and nothingfulgid ()(pu r~,.
kind. ~ 'th~ l_p.riI, the rc~()f. :l.n~ a r~
to
found in t hem I becaulC jt
drt"llflifir l thmlorc the~ ,a'1l
them ~rdi ng to Nil/II". FPJ"
the 7li1l,(s ~pti!lg .i ~e Stibjllll'lof P",:".
lO und man,,,.f . whichisfllX i"
/rOJ of a"'m and
O ne ot t hdb
~fPg OOlhmg ~f ftTJtll.it! II
it 0 impoOible 10 rtJDQ"Ye,' by thi.il/~

. " .......,<,>......' .. ......,,..

~

"

PI"'.';;'.
5.ct"'..

acihlbiiect

9.,,,,,

$-I",or

1.,;,".

..

01

<'.

"

. . . .. "ooOd
r ."....:

( 17 8 )

( 179 )

found in them, therefore necefi"arily

t ne fame nOthing
remains
fClUl1d. in S ' pmui,.
ill.t h"nn, .andin the
Whcefore. by this
be diminilhed in them, which
be cornpleatcd, by M ..tttr cOfll'enjent
ie,. and oomplcating the DifcEl.
- 'D i",i".ti,. in them ii , t he PiIIHc;t}
f.'''WifJl , a~ . not right SP!O'AlillJof tile
The~rore e''''pltAt.,," in them will be
tiplie4';'11 of Ar!,llUflifil . good
and prrmancnt Fix;,,,. Butthis is
by a M,Jlti.,crtau:d of that.
;f.'" t. when deduced inro
l ,,,",i'lll I by the benefit
i
. Spl,tltU'I' . hides 3!1d coven their
Qrawl forth thei r Spl:""' ,. and conl'cru
"-me imo. Brj!.'JtIU/'. And when Ar/,'''ttJittt,
prepared IOtO a M ,ditifl,. is cleanrcd
.Art i(iCI , rluced co a moft pure .

tf

C H AP.
t be Prepllr(ltioM
Jupiter.

.M.,,:,.

of

I V.
Saturn

mId

SA/II,,, and 1I1pj", are prepared, with maniPrtpAr.uj~1I1 ,

according t6 t he necce' ''''' ...1p".. xiMuulI to I'tifrai~" ;

a oommon and (pecial way o f F...,
T he C, ,,,m,,, is by mmifold Drt rtt;
.. i"" to Plrftaj~ lI. Fo r, there is
. ...1",.xi';'lIt"". 'IIi;l.. Br,,l.tllllfi'
S./,ftA"~t clean. A lecond is "H ",J.
;,~;; ;It.,,jt!~ " Of i"u f"Ji~". Ami a third,
by removal of its fllgicive " il/'Therc."fore they are cleanftd and made
t hreefoldy ; rither by t ~ing$ mu::dior by t he way of C,,(ciuriu and R.N i
I"it,u ;

fold

hrigfu SUft u I and proJclkd

dlminilbed from Ptr/ em", . it
I
and hy itl Fixl'" perrell: the'm.
ei""" We will ded areinits due I
NOIT from the
lQw" t hat a
of
\ViII lie necdf:ory ; one indred by che
which fq>eraces Ihe foul s~ft""(t
M ixt.,." 1 btl( the mher t.V a M~J'(i," ,-;;hidl
may co';'et' it with IheSpl,lId.rofits
~nd iIIuflrating adorn the lame.

happen. , that ~othing fuperfluous;

dlmi nilhed. is (ouud in the PnBit/in I and if it bc:.e%pedjent, rh.u
i S"p"1u,~,., Ihould ahfo lutdy be re"" I that. fupervenient from the maniof irs N"tlfft . muft needfarily be
raken away, and removed, ... it h divers
.
l which in the lollo wi ng Eif, ..rf.
fit to declare: fi rft fpeaking of 1"PiS Atlffll, and afterward, ofthe.ochc."T.
to Or41r.

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( 1.8 0 )

i. m._, nr by S .l..ti... So

r d,i,

th~'

arc clcanfrt tWO "'1\,' I

i nfO C~ /.~ , or In the Nllt. "
duceJ into C.J1C (hey arc purified in
Il(' f I either by S.drs . or by .AIlQm~t. Of
61"[1' and the way is thus: When the

11 bttaufe t he F;" dent~ and conti,""';.

tTery fugili,e SII5P,-"u: and {he Carr.e F.r,
fitcWife. in the '''''y of R:4l1fJ'''' ' ch idrs

:~:S;:"i~P~'~'~':t~
. withmentio
its r np,rliclI.
. of
We E;>r:b
hal'e made
n o f in

(J ntitllle<! Of ,1c IlIfJcjl igAI i

\'I'hic h accordin g to (;rJ.-r
For in tho. t , We writ

i~ ''<Ilcined, t hen upon its

(earched

according
of O ur 01"0 Mlld l but hrt"C .
[un ard har.dle<l. We hne
determined. accordini; ro the

IV-u rr of .AU"." or of Sldll,

I\'i:h it, and it rC'<i uc(.d ( 0
tOft Ihis 1l11.: ft fO often be
t hefe Z,Ji!s . 3! until rhc-y

compleatly d~n.
/'''"1, and G14 1,

ft

or
a
';:;;
hI
For fe-eing S.lts ;;~
with anothe r

arc ckanCed l-y

Another wa)' of

S~l"ti."

of whic h We
RuiIlEU,,,of

[han IIJ.i., I
ti'om them. and rct~in with
E.rrb, S..bjf"lIt: . the Pllri,)

only left.

OUt .

from them.

puri ~'ing

t hus .:

Let thefe

tlO

B,Jiu be very

and wilh ,there FiJi"l "

Gl"" mired , and then

this u.&...~ ~pe~lted

well deanfed. Allb I
LIl'lM ". ' ''' with
We ha ve given.

[ofc

A,d

" .'" o f

c\eanfed . by
and R,J.a, ~.

( is, )

.C HAP.

Of

th~

v.

PrrptJratioll of Venus.

He~erore,

o.-k

imitating the'
of. the prto-'
mired . We declare: the Pf't'!,.,u iolu
~ B,JjtJlikewife. But lirlt: of Y "illl. aftef'-l '
~d ~f M.~J.

r..,1If 15

or.

The way or r~c l'rtp" rAl Ooff of.

mamfold. One way

IS'

by EltvMt.".

btIt: another is C<'lmpleiHed withbut Elnllf,i. ". '

the way by Ek"AtifIJ ii, t bat 'U<ti. be taken ..

~ith :-vhich Vt~HI. we!' a~ree5. , and t hllt 'it bei

I/Ilcm.oufl y. Untted wnnlt. Then it mila -be
pitt inin Vtld of SlIbli",I(lid .c:o be fublimedi
.,.d by a mOil. excelling dcgt et .of Fiyr itt

lPorc fubtilc part d ented I which will bo

bundof.molt bright ,splt. Mr. Or it may be
mtxed With S/llplm~. andthe!l.elevated b it..
IIQw mentioned way a Elttl~tio", SLIt 'fYi.'Ihll
OUt S,.'li.4i<1/J"ir is prepared, either,hy clcal'l"'
'"8: 7hj"!,h in its C.I.e. or" in its S,Jll at

N 1 .

o
,

, ..

,,

,
I

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by' T",;" + Slfl,; and A/hI/ill, or by a L.ir;4-"

.,lttar Arl'lItfJivt. the ...... yof which We
haye , inn ; Of eire by C.u,i_ ;'1t and Rr41Jj..
'It of that; which is diffo lvro illto the NAt."
of /Jt4, I or (as We raid) it is deanfed by I
bnt_nn of A'l.,-f_rvt. aI all other B ..",
diminiilied from Pnfta"" are.

C HAP.

V I.

OJ tb~ Pr.-p :,ralicn of M.m.

..

He Prt!.u,;~.,or Mill', are likewj rt mart-

. fbkt. . For tbme afe compleated by S4

T
Ii.lllli,,,

I and fome without 15./'/;_i'"

That which is mad e by Sd li.,n" ., is with
Aif.Kl, and thac in t his manner : We elldeaYour to unite with it .Arfltit~ not fixed ; as
profoundly as We can; that In Elij,.it rna,
fu~

timed in a p~Ytff:l of S"iJi",.zitlt,

And
this Prr,,,,,"i,., amoog all other. i. fOUll!
tHe ben: and molt: perrell:. There is alfo ano,her _P"'p.,.tiU, ofMAT/, by A,{",elfublimcd
often times from it, un ti l lOme ~"tjtJ 01'
the Arf,u,*..it felf. remain. For if this be re
duced, it wiD flOW' Oll t white; clean, fufiblt,
ftd well prepared. There is likewife a third
...ay 'of
of t he f"me, by E"ji_d
it with Lwl and T.,;., , For from Ihefe. it
lIow. clean and "hite.
. \., But

P",Ift.,i,.

tetm no t to have fpoke,,.

fufficiefltly. having before prom ifro We would

dermninarely fpea~ of the 1".; nlj~"1 M .JZ,fi,.1;", of R n a B~J<tJ, and of the /""Mr,,IIO,

(or Ilnu"i,._) of the S,/t, by wa)' or

C4id
t~eforc W'! mull not o mit that,
bur ~iII firlt fpe~ k of the S~jt, and af~rward
of the H. rJ. T he w ay i~ thus : A'!Ylv~,
' ''''r it:lted rr.uA be difrohed . a nd t he Q Itinet: B ~J, ( w hich }'Ou hal' e intention to
huden ) diIrotved likewifC'. BOth thrfe: 5,/#;"" muIt be mill' ro rogerhC'r, and the 011cined B. J, mixed .with thC'n:
frt'<\uC'n.t!lIIIiibiri'IIJ, &c, con{,nu:.l1y grlT'dmg, Imbtbrng.
ca icininp;, and reducinr , un til it be made l1a rd
and fufi ble with 11..j, j~lI . T he ver y fame mal'
t lfo complc:l.I ly be elli:lted. with .t he ClIli;r of
I\#Jitl, and Tilt ;.. and M4nIuFtr . calcined;
diffiJi ved, and imbibrd, And inoeed , the more
dean t h.e fe are , fo mLlch t he more perfcftly.
do they diange.
'
, Even fo, ha rd B.Jin are mad e foft: willl
like '''/,1".;/1 I th e way is t hb: They mull be
mn;ol' ncd iilnd fublirned ofl:en ....ith .Ar["irl .
and afte r fllblima rlon of t he Arj :;eft affarro
(or cakiI1ecl.") wi th Iheir due Fr~,mi'" or.
fj" I (he meafure or w hich We have dedaml. in our 8f.,ft of E",,,,,m, And lamy. they
are rrouted with t he fOITe of Iheir projkr
1ir, (m'e mionro in its place ) u ntil in Fllft
they Will" IOrt, according to the E irj.<'II? of
the hardnef. of th e B,J,. Ar.d indeed all
Ihe le

.,i."j

br

melt-with the fame . But afterward it is

But ~ ure We

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thefe ,.41''''''';0''' arc of the fun OrtUr. "'ith~
OUt which our M4t,#t1] is not perfeBed. .

CHAP.

C HAP.
Of the M,mdJjicatioll

THerefore, 'ri.

V II.

(If Argentvive.

necclTary compleatly to
_ , dec lare the ":I""J,fir4liDIJ of Arg'"I'11iw.
nOl'l'

1.1l .order to- which . We ray. Argr"''IIi<ur iI

c:.kanfed two vvay, J either by SHblifll4lilnl, of

whicli We {hewed the way already; or by a

LA-lIImm'l, of which the way is this; POjlI
.d'rguNJiw )nt9 an E,m/n" or Stlllt Dijh, and
lIJ\On it. IlPUf "as much
all is fufficient to
cover it. Then fet it over a gentle Fiu, and
ftc it h~at: fo far, as you may well hold yom
~~~rt In It, ~nd not"more. :this being done.
aIr ',t about with your Fill!.rr/, unti l it be divj~
d~ mto moA" ffnall particles, in the limilitllde
of~."'h I -.nd:C9ntimlc ftirriJ'liir, until aU
the. Vi"!".,- you put in be. wholly ' confumedl
Tf!~n walli ~lje EMlfhitif' remaining:with YJ.t

Vi"'g.'

.!ty".and call: that away: repeating the (amo

~allllng (oofrc;n. ;a5 umi l rhe...-'''ill.J[I,of th~

4(.,.,.'1 be .changed i[lto a molt:. perfell: CIJl~

Ifftj/J( ,C~I~" ,. ,which is a fign it is perfedl,
~~~. ,fr:qIJJ thefe, We mull no" pals tQ

;~;'(ih";/J".

.,

f~'

.,

.' . .

'

,:

; _..

. '

.-

CHAP.

VIII.

That fivr' th]fnt'11t Proprrtirs oj Prrfr..

fI'011 nrcrffiiri/y (oll/filtltr a ",oj! prr-:
Jrfl Mrdtcin r : wht'11cr it mily br
((J1Ijtflurrd. from what Things th#
MediwJt ,H, to 6r tl1Mr.
.

E. firfroffer ~n V>lj'l;'tI'f~ ~if'~-'"ft.touch':

109 M UVCl>ltI, with Ihelr CAH/tS, and
manifefi Exper.men. We rheref?reaffirm. th!l.~
unkfsevery Thing.fupcrfluous(el'hcr by ,MliJ,
g Nlor by the way of P'lpllrll,j.'"~bt rake~ away'
i .om imperfell: Bqdil'; that IS to (lty. t((rOm
them be not removed every fuperfiuous -Sid-,
'~IlrtiIJ. and every unclean Ellrl hi/J~fl. t.h~y.
cannot be purified, v;r., (0, .as .that In ~.f!"I.
tbey be !10t fqlllrat cd fr~, ~he. C~,!,mt;..-lI~N .
after pro)c(tion of rher M/iIi,!>I' !Ihtrlng.dlct:rh
W,p.en,' you , ha.~ e J6u~. chi.s, _,QU have fo~n d
onc of the fiv e P;lftrt~cltlor: Pff[4!'OIi. Llkcwife, if t he Mtai,int do nOf il!l!ft'rare and .alter in[Q a ~Vh;;t or Cirri"i Cor.Ii, (accordmg
tQ . ~hat your)l1t~nt is) w'~ichinrers . a frle~.
d~nt liflg/?tr'i/i..,.<llld p!e~rant :~:~~d'fJ. B~J'tl ,
diminHhcd from ,P trJr[1,DII ,ar~ .!l0t ~er.fe(te;d
in'an intire. Ccmp!Mfmmf. . MOT~'ver, 1~ tOlt.
you .. ive not LU>llIr ,or'Sc!.lr F"fc>l,detcrmtna~c
. ,

1>

Iy.

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,
,

,
~

"

!y, the 1!'''!S not al~ble in C,.,lt-UIII,lUj

bccaufe It abides not In the 1'".16; but is altogether Iepa-rated. and rec~es from the C
ixru.. But thi", more amply determined
- by U', is demonltratcd in the following. in
the C~tT of 'Ciur;ti... Fourthly. if the
Mt4<;i., be not p(jpt'tlIatcd lffith firm ..1/rmui,. of l.,,<jfi.. , rhe MIlt41olll' of it s\'aHs
not, becaufe It is not pe rmanenr, but the /".
.,..tJ/i vanirheth. Lanly. Irit give not IYti;.(hrs
of P",tOi,,,, it changeth not with a firm and
trqe Compleatmcnt of NII'lIye, in which no
fraud .may be admitted through the ErT" of
C.,.,J./il]. For t he IYt'i:lK of N.u.rl is onear
the figns of PnitOiu.
. Thtrefore; fttin~ the Diff'erencies of P_
fiQj", are Jive. it IS manifdt. -thn thC'{e is a
nec~f!ity. the M~Jitiw ~f ou.r M4gift'2 !boold
ex.hlb~t ~hefe DIff'aenCles I ~ P'-ita,... By
thll, It IS apparent, from what Things OUT
AI.J,,;., Ihoold. be extl'aaed. For it mull: be
preJl'ilrr<! of thore Thin g~. which nearly ad
JOyned to BHIi!I. readily alter, and ami ca~
~Ie ad"ere to t~ernintheirprofundity. Where-fore:, We, fea rtHing into all other Thing~, by '
ollr /I"'.t}1i&.l~;' found "C?t, any other Thing
more friend!}' to the Narures of B,Jitl than
..d'Xtllt~t, ~_re~~ by this our W'Y~\ We '
clearly d,(ccr~ it to be the true MtJiti,,, of'
Altty."" in" ~."'plt~"It.t. with a true arid
~ modentely peculiar Arrtr~",..

CH AP.

189

C HAP.

)
I X.

uf Pr rp<'tltiDtfJ t~

/It tUlhi/l~tfd tD t~
M r dJdtfr , fh,lt It m iry QcqlJJrr tht "~t

Vlf[rrtncju

oj" PrOjrr1ftS.

ow it wnain!, that Wedeterminarely

' " deferibe the s.bjf."rt thereof, and the
Dilferendes of the r'~ptt"r;tI of the S.bjf.!l'"
And feeing We fou~d It not to c~ange,. Without the Adminiftrauon of Alt:1Il/U" of 1[~N...
We alfo found th3t it ought nrcelfarily
be prepared; becau(e it ~nnot be mixni
ill t he profundity of /JHl'(I, ,!It~t the M~
II.J o f irs Pnpllr.:Uu II. Which 15.. that tOe
SIIbjf.,.n of it be made ruch. as It may be
petmixed ill the profundity, eyCIl. to the pr0fundity of t he BrnJ, alterable, WUhOUl S""'rlll;'" for ever. But t his ca nnot be dfefled,
unltfs it be very much fubti li:ltdl. with cerlain and determinate p'tfM,..ri~" m~nti~ed in
the Chllpttr of S,.bli"",rio". Llkewlfe~ Its/_
cannot be permanent, unlefs It be fil:M I nor can it iIIuftrate, unleB j[~ mo~ fplen~
did s"bjfll.,e be enraB:ed from It, With the
1~lt"'rJ of its M'f~, and IV.., ?f Cpma,if. , by congruous Fi ll. Alfo thl5 ljf{J:cuu
(':innot have pttfelt F.r,.,N, unlcfl grear Cti, . be ufed in its Fi:"MUII . th:lt it ICly foftt"
"!\.

I.",

to

,'11".

!I

(' 19 )

19 1 )

un hard B~dieJ. and harden the fo[('; For it

is only fllch, when a fufficiency of i~ HR. itli" is prefervcd , proportionate to the Exi_
C HAP. X.
[,.111&1 of that F1tIfi~1J which is fought.
'
. Therefore, by the fore-going, 'rise\'idenr.
that ruch a P1'lp4r ..riM fhould be adminiftred OJ th~ 7Jjffermeits of Mtdicj'1Irf~ viz.
th,l1 (ome au if t be firp Or-drr_
to it, as by whiCh , of it may be created a
Jome oj the freond. flnd others oj the
!Uo(t. (ulgenr and purely clean 5,,6ft4"", Then
mull: be fixed, but with "cry gfC" t C411ri~h.. the. .Artjpur mull: be fo well.skilled
in the Adminillration of Firt , i,n the tV"! of

It

.11.

thJrd.

"

Herefore it is evident, t hat SdtifitJ is ne~

its Fix"'''f", that he may only fo far remove
celTarily required, as well in t he Prep.r.the H,.",idit1. as thall be fufficient for com- M1J of BoJiu, as in the Wa, of perfc:lting Ihe
pleating perrett FllftOIl. !-he way of effeCt- MeJ.'tj1Jt by the Arti6as of t he lV~r~' bttauCe
.ing this, is th us: If you would by this M edi of how much the greate r lYt jghr BDtiju robe
cilll mollifie l1~~frs hard of FIlJi~n. in the be- tranfmuted are, of fo much and greater perf;inning of irs C,:,qu.fJ. a gentle Fir, mull fettion t hey are fouad in our Illvtft(lIti03
be adhlbited. For gentle Fm is C~nf,.",.uj'lll by Art. Wherefore. o ur Difc'lIrf. of Mt~
of HNmiJiry. and PtrftEli'll8 of F"PDIf. Butif rfltJ will be reRdred profitable, if We declare
you would hav_e it harden foft B~tijn . its the D,jf.rllfCitJ of aU M'''~j"t/. In o rder to
F ir4 muJt be vehement. J:or filCh Fire is C, ...
which'
We.
fa". there is necdfarily. a thue/".pto'l"of Hllmidj?, and hindringF"jiDn. And fold Dijfo mJct of M . Jjti1JtJ. O ne IS of the
indeed, it is expedIent for every wdl minded - firft Orti.r. another of the fecond, and an.Artificer, to conftder all thefe RNln. A1fo, other o t the third.
there is a nece!Ti ty of many other CDnfititA. Medici/i. of the 6rft OrMr. I call every
,.tiDns of rhe WtiJ hr, with their C"N/es, and
Prtparatio~ ,?f A1int , ,,jJ, w hich 'pfoj~lted upon
congruous Qrdw. For the CollI(e of great BUits dimtnlfited frol1\. p.rf"a'D", Iffiprelfeth
Wti~ht is the Subtilety of the SII6j!A1JCl of
.Ai'rrDtjM : which infers nOt a fuffici ent Com~,
B,Jill, and Vllif~miJJ in t he Ejfmu. And
pteatmcnt, but the altered Boti) happens to
by this, th ~ parts of them may be fo conden- be changed and corruptc-d, w; tht he (Q~a l
fate, as nothing can come betl'l"eeh; and- the Evaporation of the l"'prtjfioll of lhe M id".'".
D~nrJ.tion of P4m is the encfeafe of w.,g-hr,
thereof; As is every S"bJimllljD1J dcalba uve
or
and [he Perfdt iOI! thereof.
CHAr.

,
i

I
I,,

(I].I~ )
of Y~I1IM, or M ..YI, which rrceivts not F;~
.-ti~lI. And o f this kind is el'ery .ddJjt4I/Jt lll

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_--,'"'C
' _.c.'-'__--'________
:,;,

,\

. .

of the C~/6I1r of Sid, and LIlIt4 or of Vu.

. ' , ,t
-,
'
commixed, and fet iii a fMrlr,"' 'or CnMlIt..ti_
C H A
X I.
"'.. as Z,,,i4r., an~ the Ij ke. FOl" thii changet~ ~ tht Mrdl(in~ of ;htfi'fI Ordt r,' Qui!.,
With a MI#..t..,~ not durablO!', bur rathCTdimi_ VJ
nifhing it [elf by x{,,,/'m, ..
~ati"g Venus~'
A Mfd~j/U of the [ecClIld OrL-r, Icall eve_
ry Fnp.OTIlliQII, which, when it is projelted
Ccording to Qur Promire. We intend .to.
upon BDa'iudiminifhed from Perfeaion, altcl"$
declare the D ifferenciesof all M,Ji,i,w
them, to fome Diff.,'Tt"r: o f Co.,.,,/:,.,me,;t, aI- tJ a determinate OrJ,r ( feeing there is one
loge,lhe r ka~in~ the Other Di/f.:r't"citJ of Cw_ MrJ;';"1 of B,diu, and another or .Art,td"'PI""; as IS [he C,,/cjll"/' of B.din by ,w" aM of B~"iti, one is of the firJt Qrtlrr~
whic~ all. rha.r is fugitive is bllrn: away. 'And iIIOrhet Of the ferond, and another of the
of thl$ klild IS a M.Ji~i"c co.lOOflOg LII~A per- third i and fo of .Art,lnl'lli'lll Iikewife) firft;of
,>etuaUy Yt.llow, or pt"rpemally dC'albatin!t me tiff\: I tht:ri of the feoond I and laJUy, of the
~.nw, lealllDg o:her DiffrrclIOitJ of CQrr.llptw.
mird Orall'. And We win in a compleat fpeech.
1Il the-rn.
ux:I congruOus Oratt-, firA: fpeak of the MrA Mt~ 'ci"~ o~ the third .Ord:r I call ellff)' "ilk of BQditi; but afterWard of .Artltlt'llWl.
l'rtpu.du., w hIch, when lt comel to B~di:J
TherefOre; tOl1ching the M t Jkint or B,din;

,J,f'

'A

with its projedion, takes away all CftTrNp~

ti~lI, and pc:rfelh them with the D'lfirmn of
all C'''pbmn:nt. But Ihis ,s One only. And
therefore, by it, ,We are t:xcufed from the
L-.Ibours of tht: 111'1111/"'" of ten .li:dici":r of
tht: fecond OrJ:r.
Tht:refu re the Ifn:l of the firJt Ortkr i5
INlled th e L:jfir,; the Worl of the Cecond,
t he M,Jdil l but of rhe third , the Gr'l4t:r
Wo,.~ And this DII""'; of aU J.1..<~i1m is

Ot'the firft Ord,r, We fay, mere is one of hard

Wit, another of die foft. Of hard B,iJi,J,
ooe is of V,ti';;, another of M ..rl; another of
/JIll.. T hat of V,"ill and MArS is the pure
lkJ;.,jf" of their S""J1I1"~t ; but L,,1l", the ,
WijiClttif" of it, With Citr;"i" of a pleafing
~1Jt1it{s. For RN"i}'A,io1l with apparent
Brllimuf; is Jiot gillen to VlIIm and Mlln, by
MtJ.inll" of the lirlt Od tr; ~caufe they be~ totally unclean, are umpt to receive thi
fplenclor of R,J".fs, before they have been
prepated with a Ir".r".,i,,, inducing, Brj,ght~
'''/i;
0
T herefore .

w{fi.-I~nt.

CH
A?,
,
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,

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,
,

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( 19, )

Therefore We will firft fpeak of all the Dulllgi.lI of the firA: OrtUr. Otherwife :
:M,tlichm of Vtrll", and afterward of M'"It A'I' IllVi'Vt in its pro per N"t. ft , il fa often
which are comprift q, in the firll
(lib imed from A't,llIttIjv, precipitated, until
is one M ,JirilU whi r.i~~ V'.III.
in it the fame is fixed , .and admits good F."'Vt , and an(,ther by .8i1~ "It..
.
i" , This f,ufed M"Utr is proje{ted upon the
t he M ,tli,i;:~ dealbaring it il
51111ft"1I&' of Y,."" and that is peculiarly.
whitened. Othen'fife L"." , and L itJ..r/';r,
firA: Arl/"rvrell precipitated
are dilfolved apart, and the S41Mriu. conjoyncalcined V'"111 difroh'ed likel'l"ife.
S, u,li, ,,, arro mixtdin one, and
td I and with them ihe IMllp.lNc, of Ymill deon the BouI, of YellIlI. aftN" they
llbated. Blit indeed, V,,,'" is better whitened,
lated. ThIS M ttlicinl whi tens and
if .Argt"I'Uj'U~ be per~tuat ed in all the M u/j-.
Y'.IIl. Again ot herwi re: Argt"tlli" ,
tiM.
It is whitened by Ar[",",1t. fllblimrod, thus:
and the
Ih.rJ, ir} arc difrolved I'
.", JOyned together; then a
the C"I,i".tt Qf 11',11", iI taken, and upon that
is repeated the S.6/i."t,",. of .Ar[.jdt..., until
BtJ" which is intended to
dilfolved likewife, and thar
it remain therewith, ,and whiten it. Bur ir
roo be not well skilled in the ways of 5til_
with the
t hen ~
liINui,,,, .Ar[",-, It. will not perfevere in it with
gether :
any .AlUrAli,,,. Therefore, after t he firft D ttTtI of SM6/'.I11;"'. fecondarily Itpcat the
"!'ife ,
lVorl . after the fame manner, as we laught
often
wi th it, with
in the SM6/imlft i," of M ""h. (iu. Alro 11"0'
is otherw ire W/',"u .ta: for if }'04 projelt ArfM id"" il very
"4. fublimed upon L."., and then [ he whole
di(iilled Yi"~l..r.
it may
rn ixed in the prOfundity thereo(;
~pon Y' "/U , it dealbates tha t peculiatiy. Or
fim mix L ith.rgir), 01' burn t L Ulll dHI'olved,
afrated ( or modmtcly calcined)
with L un., ana upon thefe cart: ,Ar[lIi,k,. and
frd h Arl.,IIwiv, is in like m!~,:;::; a
proje{t t he whole upon YUill , and fa it will
from it, and the remaining!,bi bed, and {llOderately calcined
be WJ.ltllltd, And t hi5 i. a good D r.lMsi.,(
And thi, Worlt. il fa often
of the fir n OrtUr. Or, upon L ith." i" alone
dilI'olved and reduced, projelt' .Arr. " /t fublia laf$e .LlUlIli'J of the
med , and the whole of this upon Yella. in
it with compleat J!..itj~,,~

8,"'"

,
.

a a

flux :

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flux: {Of it whitens the fiune with a turious
Mpea.
Or let LII.. and 11,11/1$ be coriunixed. and
upon them pro}ea either of thefe above dealbadve M tJ.',""s: For z."... is more friend_
Iy ro Arf"j'it. (han to anyone of the BMiu,
and therefore takes away FrAili.. from it:
but SAtN'" ftcondarily, and therefore We mix
it with them; Bur otherwj(e. We melt Ar/~ut
(ublimed, that it may be all in a lump\ which
being broken, We projelt piece arter piece
upon
We command it lO be projt'lted in piecet, rather than in
I ~caufe
P .....,,"" is more calily inflamed, than a lum~1
and therefore more ('amy vanilbeth. than It,
and is confumed before it can f2 11 fiery hoi:
upon the BHi"
In like manner the RttiJu{s Is taken away
from Y"urs, and it i. whitened with r",i&
B ut becaure the DtdSAti,. or T.ti. fufficetll
110r, t herefore it Ollly gives a Cit,i., ef/, .
Yet every Cirri,,41i IS of affinity to We j" .tfi.
The way o f this is thus: every kind of T.,rj.
i, calcined and diffolved, and Y~"., likewire I
then both thefe S~/.tjul are con;oyned, and
with them the S_p."ce of V,,,., i. citrinated.
If you be well skilled in working with Tllti. ,
)'ou ",iIIli"nd p_rofit. But it is whitened Willt
Af"r,h"!,, fublimed . as with S.hli",1fI1 A':
gtN"'rt:~, and t he way is the fame.

V',"'II.

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C HAP.

X fl.

O} Mtllici"u drlllllfllittg Mars.

T remains noW', that We declare the D rAI, i'''1 of M.TI , by M tll;rj"u IJroper to
it l which are, as (Q ils Eft"", of the liTft
Or.,r, according to which it hath not right
F.Ji~.. Therefore 'tis expedient We lhould
dealbate it with a M ldir;", making it (Q floW";
[very dealbative M ,dig/U of
and M.rT'
"e1'(if~ . is with its prt'paration of the fame
Orbr. But ~he fperial fufive of it. is Ar{.:e~ of every kind. Therefore. with which
mer it is dealbated and fuled, it is mnvealent it fhould be oon}ofned. and wa(hed "ith
Arlo'''"'"'', until a ll il:l I"""';'J be removed.
and it be Whitt, and tufibfe, or dfe let it be
ltd hOt with vehement It";,;",, and upon i~
4rf"klt projeCl:ed I and when it lhaU be in
~lIlt , calt a ~ .ritJ of
thereOn. For
" hen that is united with it, it is not feparaled there-from by any eafie Artiftft .
Or elfe, let MIl" be calcint:d. and all its
~1t.SI' .dJllmi",ftt.Jl Inferring C'rr.,, ~f.J. wafhed from it, by Ihe way of 5./"/i,,, now me...
cloned. Bur afterward , caufe c1eanfed A1IIU-(, to be fublimed from it, and reiterato
$at S,.W"""-if,, m,lnY ti"1es, uncil f9f11C parr
.
..
.
OJ

1',,,,.,

L.".

or

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( 198 )
pf the:Arfll;d.. be lited therewi th; Then with
a
of LithlfTf irJ mi1l', imbi~, grilKl;
and moderately calCine , feveral timea I and
~aftly red uce it ,,-ith the Fire We t;aught in
the R,4,.Qi,,, of 1*piur from its ClIlx. Fat
from this it will go forth "hite, dean and
rulible. Or ?nly with fubli'med Ar{"jtit. ia
us C"'>t. let It be reductd. and it will flo"
OUt ",hire. clea n, and fufible. But 'tit elpedime the AniJi'tT fhould here obttrve the
fame Cuti, . We Rue aboTe of y,It.IIS in
~d(~tion of S.~/i"':"ti'" Ar/"itlt (fi;ing
I~ fel~ IQ I"t ~ profundIty) from it. MD, is
h ~e"lfe whnened by MAnhlljiu and r", ...
wllh the fame I"J'II,i,] and IlIhfJirJ We han
declared. Yet the DtIlUlUi... oi alAlljilll. rl
t hefe i. not fufficienr.

S.f.,i,,,

or

(:HAP .

Of

Xlif.

Mttlicir.~~ citnnatillg (0,. (OIOll,.jlli'J

Luna.

Herefore profecuting the Ordrr of fhe

. Prt_ifn, We with ctrtainveri ty declare
the Muli"", (citrinating the SII~fl.II" of lA" ) in 't he Order of the firft kind. Thll
'Mldi,i", is t hat which adhe re. to t he fame
in !t.i profundity. and adhering colours, either
~Y ~tl p~er l{IUNI'e. or by the Artil " <:t
"';, ...
' thu

this MIlf,ifl~ T herefore, We declare that

MI,u,ilU, whIch, arifing from its own rOOt,
adherr.s to it. But there are Aytiftw, by
"hich We make a Thing of every kind 10
adhere, with firm IlJ!n(s. Yet thiB M(dI,ilt'
We extralt either from S"lfh"r, Of from Aror from a Coml1}I1I'rion of both: by
1.11, more diminifhedly, but by A'f,ml"'Jiw
mere perfelllV_ Alfo this M,lli,ill, l! made ,
of cen3,in Miur.l 'Fbi"'" which are not of
this kind ') as is V.'ri,' "and e'F,".', which
a1ro is called G".. of e~pptT. and SI,kill]
(or DiflIlLui.. ) of the fame. Therefore fir ft:
We will mention all the IIflJ lHtis of MI~j"tI.
which arife from Arf,t1I' "fI;"fI: I then, tbore that
are from S"I,6"" or from a Comminion of
both i and lillly that Medi,i,". which is from
the G_ of C-PPtT, or the li ke.
The Mrtbtod of that. which is made by.A, ,,,",iVI , is thi.: Take Ar{t lUflj"fl: precipitate, vir... monified and fixed b y Pr"ifi,,"j~,,,
then PUt it in a F",1Ut: of great
af';
tertne mlnnerofC~lIftrflAtjM of C , t~, which
We have already taught, until it be red al
Vf.r. But if it be not red, take a part of
Arl.tllHJjfJt not mortified, and with SIlJ,h~r reiterate the Sllbli",.tj~ thereof. Yet t he S.Iph., muft be deanfed from all Impurity, and
,the Art,tllWj"llt like"ife. And after r ou have
twenty times repeated the S.~/i".,j." of it
u~ the PrtC'piw" dilfolve th3.t with the
diffolving lbarpnefs Of Wilms, and again cala
cine

r::;i-ur,

X"i,,,,

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,r.

I'

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it be

( 201 )
t hat hath not its .r'm. T hen Co ope;
you may give it ["grlls into the LtI. T here Prtf'lfu are Cufficiently deyou, if you be a true SI"'Jur
W~rl , as We have deCcribe4
t hings of thi. kind pro.
to adhere to
is certain) (hat t~{1:
-and (hence it is, that
"m.. There MI".,jll"~
;~!' here inferred. are all of tho:
Yet there may be manifold other
there M IJici/tu , fil. lving the Elfl""
.''''~
. the Y.ridJ of MdimU.
.Argellntj'IJl is not in rh i.
it i~, nOt a M ldici.l alteronly Difftfl lm, but altOCD.plelmlWlt. Other, hav~
MIJi~i/JIl. yet one of there
happens, 'lJj,.. either t hey are
to create t he M lJic'/Jtofthe ramc
Things. or of T hings having t he Came N",,,,, f
or dlb they compound l M lJi,i.l, which wi th
iu AUtflflUlf is equivalent to t hat; whi4-h it
~ not, and which neither confers to the ell"",
nor to the P4tfl of the CII"", unti l the M ;"
'". in the -Cublime Mt6ill of N",,,:" reft~
W1corrupt.

LIllI".

LIIIIII

is alfo rJlbi~. but iu

difficul r, and iJpmenfly ' labolikewifc citrinattd with a S. M.", but the ntteffity of this w.,~
u.s firft to calcine it, and then 10
which is al'! ' ab!Jndance of Labour. Af.
!~~rd We adminifter it with the fame Prfo
plfTArio1l, and the fame Pr.jdfj, ", pouring it
UIIA

upon

tnt SIl~ftA1l':

of VI"".

And yet thence

it,. -

r eCules nqt a fplendid bright C. /QIIr. btu duD

J!.nd Jivid,

~ith

a mOrlirero.u.

Cjl~I...

. But t/le way of C9lou~ng l~. wh ich

IS

made

py PJtri4(, 9r c6jp,."u.is thus: . Be of either

Ofthcm a cem,in ~A/ltjry.andfubli~ asmuch

~hereof. as can pe fu blimed . until with great
expreffionof Finic befublimed.Afi:er rhisagai.n
fllplimc this 5.&/jl1Utr with fin appropriate to
i!. ~hat of ir part af~er part may be fixed, u~

greater part is fixed.- But afterward,

',' it muf!: ~ warily calcined. that a greater Fire
til

~ .

ItS

may.. be !dn'!iniftred ror its Ptf!,lIull. This

~g dOl1~ . it ~, di.flb!ved into a moll; RIJ
..
"
.
. Warn'.

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C H A P. XI V.

Of t.h: 7J;ff~m'u
JUliUS

of tht

of ':{'ropr;'tiu (If

IUONd

Ordrr.

N 0'.". it il time We lhould paIS on to

/&"m of the fe,and Orlitr, with a

~.",f,
'lt lU)'.

I Cuf6cienr

their

' . there is fomewhat impermutable, which

in thdr Ru~. and which cannot be
by MrJ;t;/fl of the fccond (muT ;
torally feme... es thae
not called M.J~;"t of

Ora"_

things
way of C.le.
"0< inn ate aboli{hthe refore, there

a Mr." i",

".,itlK' .
B,Jill
not

'h'

colgulable into a
ulJijd:... or Sd.., and "'"~

,"

OrJtriuhat. whid!
-

one only
Yn
there are
cyery of the
a volat ile
( by both
induced) and its
Mftji",,, i. made
can indeed
remove OIle of them. or covering it
! he fllmc I only leaving all othtr C_/tl
I"'/.rifdl.i."~ Therefore, forafmuch as in

"(wifmcfl

a nnOt be taken away by t he

.A,,;Peel of this W
,rt . nor t he
innate
in the R.Jix of their Prinei,/u removed I the
invent ion o f a M .Jici", necdl'arU-v happenro.
chat in projdtion could infpiffate the T,~.il'

1.,IIT'i',

of them, and infpiffuing harden the fame

to a SlIffi,jell'J of (~ "jli'" with their Li'llitjA-

rlllfiu j and li kewife in hard B~iljn, attenuate their SpiJIit.dt . and attenuating deduce
them to fufficient Vtl ilJ of Lj'l.tf.ai~", with
t~eir own property of It"iri,,,, and ~ma
tlllg adorn the Cl.w""t!t of B'~l/ of cuher
Xi.J I and transform the one into Whju. and
l.he other into RId, moR perfdt!
This

,,

-,

i!
:i

.~
,

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( 20f )
Thi. MtJie,'", is not diverfified from a M';
( 20 ~ )
I/ici., of the third
!lnrd's by t he 1._
f9fc We alfu, nOt chan,ln!. but imlof leITer P"cpu.,j,.. And that it is
Nlfilm. in what WITts It is pemble ror
not dm~;tfified from it fclr, is manifclt . in tbe
(0 follow heT I do li ltc'l'fife atrume Ar!.,JIJ Pr'J',(lj,,, of diverfc B-liu, and its ;(C'''~
in the Mlil.iP"l orlhil w.,..t:.. for a M ,,~ of p jPMlfIl1 hut i,! t he way ,of P"'IIT~'
. , of each ldnd of p''i,m,., tlj~. /..II"..,.
only. Fqr the M ,Ji,i/U infpiJTlltinl the uxI s.ur. as well of impcrrelt: B,t/jfl, as of
T,n;; ~r foft: 8' ''"'1, n~$ one illduftry 01 ArtttmlWt C'''I."tAbh. But f:ina. according
J'rrpn/lt"" I bur, attenuating the S,ijJit,d, ID "hac We a60ve-mcntiooed, We haverald.
hard Il,Ji". another. Thefe indeed need the !bat there iI a twofold Di/f,m.~, of .J,f, J;,j., J

Ftf'u.;."

Or"".

f"iog

'If!'

MIt~-! of .c,lfjIfJllf'W' Fir,; but thore, the Meof B,/lju, but the other of -ArguIlIillt truly
A~ {,:umft:r:ltIon of CUftnlMi, ,. of their H~. coagulable t We are hence induced to give a'

crrrain NIlrr.tj~,. of ;&Jill fir(t, and afternrdl of Aq/,wuifJr.

,
The M4Itrr, f er f" of this M ,me;", of eve.i
If kind, is one only I and it is what is &.1C II A P. XV.
rtady fufficitndy knowlL Thtrefore take tnat
IlJd if you would WOtt according lothe L-Of II Mfliki1U Lu~r altJ 5QJar, for illf: II Orb, We promifhl 10 th ew, learn to be
puftll Bot/its.
apen in O,"41i"$' and prepare ThAt . wirh.
die known IY."'IJ o f this M"I,iftlt]. The innow i ~tend. to tOmpleat our V.i tention of "hlch is, t hat you Ihould divide
""rfd Dift..,!, of the Mllli"'" of Ihi, die pure S"bft",,,, from it, and fix pare therere~ Or""., with a certain and true deter- rll but leave a part for CITIl,i,,!, I and fo pr()mmatlOll. And firft We will delCribe the 141- Cttding through the whole MlIj,ijI"1! until
~ M,"'.,;/Us of :t1! imperfelt' B~di", with Ihe )'On compleat its delifCd F"fiDn, If 1t fud ..
Dijft't/"'" Of thei r. frrpA'41ifIlJ: afi:erW'ard dellly flow in hard B~Jitt, it is perfdt l but
th.e S.I,.", vm~ their propcr.D1{ITtMill like-- ia foil: B.Jiu, the contrary. FOf this M ,a;
wIre. We have already proved in our Dif- n... projctted uJXIn any of the impafc<l: B....
'~lIl'f' th~t SIIl,b", is CHrMptrvt or every kind "t, changeth it into a perfed LilN'
of 'rtf'qu. But Art'III't1W, is ptr{tllIvt in if the known P'tf"'41 ~u have betn firf!: adt he "',,(sor Pi."!.",t, with oomplC1\t !!-tti_"" hibi u:d to Ihis M,Mi", I but if not, it !c-aVt5
~erdO(C !he flame dirrrinilhed, yet inone only differrnce
of
11J1J;,).

WE

B.d,.

,
,.."

,,

( ,06 )
of

P"/,D ..,,; i~perfefui

as rnu<:h 3.1 dtpcndt

the A'-h';?AtU. of the Or,," of a Mt..

tWi~ of this kind. But a.ccordin,ro the thW
Orid, a ('emlin due Adminiftrarlon not preceding, it perfdb in Pr,jtOi.. onl)'.
'
A S.16r Mt~iM, ( of rhi. fecond OrJn.) Cl
every of the imperfe!t: B-Ji.,. is the (am:
~.uu'" a~ paftici~tes !lt: rh~ fame 8'1.;-'
~f h iP"'."''''', Yet In thlS It differs, 'tIit.. d1&
In the greater- Subtiliation of PAm, by pr0per WAI' of .Dittf1i~II. and in the Commixl.ion o f fubrilc SlIlpb.,. (wi'th t he R'g;'JUII Ii
Prtp.rrriltiu adminiffred) with addi tion of tbe
~tlr 'loW' known. T he RtJim' tI of it is
OIl

the Fix",;,. of PUr( Stdphllr, and the 5,/;";'

.thereof, 3.1 is known. For wilh rhi. die
M Ill",'," it t inged, and with it projelted IIjIon every of the B, JitJ diminilhed from ,,,.
f,a;.., it compleates the fame in a S#IIW C_
flr"!- tlll. a. much as depends on the Pr?~
rAt... o f a Mtditi. t o f th is iecond Oriltr the kn~~ ~nd ~rail1 Adminift ration of d.e
B--!r d,mllllfhed preceding. Alro the fame
pro)cltcd upon L I#I., perfelli it much in a
peculiar S~/.r rompleatment.
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~I

C HAP.
,

x V I.

Of tht Mtdic;,u Coagt/Jalillg A rgntt.

"IJ1'Vt.

Coording 10 the OrJ,r of the p.",.;/",

,
it concerns us, for Compleatm('nrofthe
W.rk, to proceed to t he N"rr./;,II of t he
t>irJje;lIe coagulatin g Arg'"/";"". Therefore
We fay it is taken, from fuch M "mr,. u the
M.ctl n' of it felf is, tJ;.t,. according as is fpecified in many Ch"Plrrl of Ihis W'r~ And
that is, bccaufe Art 'lUtJNl, fee ing it IS eafiIy fugitive, wi thout any
may fud.,.
tlmly adhne to it, in I ts profundity, and be
amjoyncd wilh it through its lea rt ~$, and
~~ewilb infpi ffate , and conf('T'I"e It in Fire
bY its own F~IU;'.; unt il it be better able
10 fultain the force of F ir'. confuminr; ils
H"",jJjtJ; and convert it , by the benefit or
,this in a M,ml Bt, into true S.lP'/c. and u .liflelt. accordin g to that, for which the Me:
.~,Uu, wal prepart"d.
.
But .feeing We fi nd not any Thillg more
to agree with it, Ihan n.". I'fhich is or its
own Nature I th('Tefore, by reaRm 0 ' this
We judged. t hat with that Ihe M,,ij,j/U thereof might bccompJeatcd I and We endeavou red by /If,m";'J 10 make the F Onlf of the

'+"'.ti'lf.

'"

MtJi,;~

1,
.1

- - - -_.

- . ---.
-.-----~
.-.-- ---~~

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,....--- - ---- -

( 2 09 )

MrJj,jll' agreeable to die fame; That is to

fay, it mull: be prepared, in the MuhHl and

W"J now mentioned, with theinftanceoflOllg

continued L"/Iq",, I by whitti all the rubfile,
and moll: pure SMfflAII" of It may be. rendered perfelUy whit, in Lilli", bu t imenfly Cilrill
in s./. Yet this eannot be coiripleattd fo, as
t o create a CjtT'lIt C,l,,,,, with:rut the Mj~

#,.or a Thing ringing it, which is of its owo

N .t/tr.. But. with this molt pure S,,6jl..tt
of Ar,.'1IIV;1U the Midi,;'" is perfdted, by
t he lllg,,,,,i,,u of t he W~r~ of this Mlfgij1tf'],
which moll: nearly adheres to .ArgtlllV'f.lt, aoH
is molt eafily fiul[ed. and coagulates it. For
it converts it into a true s.lifi'~. and L.lJiftd.,
wi th preparation of that always 'precedin,.

The grand ~'flj," is, from what Thmgl

t his slIbft"lIu of .Argtl,tvi'llt may beft be el:
traBed. To Which, We anfwering fay, It
mult: be taken from thofe Things, in "'.hieb
it is. But, according to Nat.re, it is as 'well
in B,diu , as in Ar~entvitJ~ it felf, feeing theY
are found
be of one Nature. In B,din
rtK)L'edifficuldy, in Arl.elltvjvt more ni gh, ~
OOt more pertealy. Therefore. of what Iullil
foever the M,lliei,.. it to be, the MtJ,-,,,., d
th e precious SI'''t mult be as well fought in
B~Jiu. as in the $_IIP<llJH of .A"l'1IrvjVt.

to

CHAP.

C H A P. X V I I.

HIY'<V ltlgrt{s is procurtd i1J

~ Arflfici ,

MuljCl:~its

' ,' .

Ut, becaufe it happens, that a M(fli~.;'tt

is fom~ tirhes nuxed. fometimes . nOt ;
therefore We. will declare t he Wa, of
mixlo'g, ,,,ii(., ~ow every Thing, qr ,e ach p.;~Iiar M :Jieill; not entring .., t:r(iy molt prOilundly acquire !lIlrlli into a B~JJ' The W~,
i&; :by Dij[_INt jon <?f th~t w/:Iich ~ntel'S' and by
P,iIJII1j'lI of that wlilch enths not? an~b'y
t ,mmixf ioll of both S,I.tiMs, ..for It ma:kts
k ery Thing to be ini'irclTive, pf ~hat klnd
b;ver it be, that is (broug,h ,its leaft patti
cOIijoyned wit h it. Yetttiis i ~ oompleated ,by
S.lilti'lI- an'l FIlJiin. iii (hin~s M t fufible, IS
ttmple:ted Sy the llime ; tlierero're, th'ey 3~
1.lle more apc to lJave IltgrdfL-ahd co ~It~r.
This is the Call/" why Wecakme fome t hmgs,
which are not of tht Ndllft oft hcfe, vii(., that
fbey may ' the better be diifoived I and they
ate dilfolved . that B~4iel may the better receive IlIJpr:ffiDIi from thern; and from~ffil
Jikewife, by thefe, be prepared an.d cteatifcd.
Or We give IlIgrtJt to the!e . whiCh. are npt
~fniu:ed to enter by i caron of thei r Spi{fi,!IUit; with manifold rei teration of t he ~'"tli
,.
p
mlf"~"

f4 -

,',

.'

,
i,;
,

Ii

~,

,
i

III.,;,,,;
t'j~

(>t o' )
of

of

Or with
0( tha t
Yet . a
Things t
:::o~;.,
folved,
you ~
and a ltered, by thefe I and the lhings

dilfolved. which you would have both .;;;;;;

to alter. Neverthelef., Stwi4" "
made 0 1 all P..",. but of fome i
that B~, not anothtt, ;;;;

or

..:..._---..

..

time. For by thu

intO thi., or that
I

..

en
.
../0. P.

Of tht ,MuJici"u
; - ~;, :Gtnir(iJ;

of

XVIII.

tht third ' Ori(~

Herefore now We proceed to the

_
'::' : ~i",!
the thifd ~~! Of [hi. ~,;;~

O!:

( HI )
there b a twofold M,J,citl~, {;Iii: S.J1fr and
UlJAr. Yet in EI~.u:, it is one, and in one
Will of aB:lng i aod therefore by '!'I ~ A~r

1"/,

whoCe WritiJr.r;s We have read, It .I t called

Ow'III! M.,tJ;ew. NtvcrthdeB there Isan additament o ra CilrilU c .I. R, made oflhe molt
clean SdPlflfC' of Fi:n4 SlIlpbll1', which conllimles the DifftrtlKI betw een ttl ls and. that,
vir.. the u /Utr and SfiAr MIIK;/U f fhil containing that C.u.r in it k if, but the Other
This Orm is called the third Ortin o f
the greater W.r~, as.xt (hat? ~ufC srea,re,r
S~lI&jt] of I""-flrJ II requllul In the ..lb.,.
.ijtr41if" t hereof, aoo in the preparation o f
its Pn(,Ui ; aUo it needs longer labour for
eompfeatment o f t he Y"it! of Ihe fame.
Therefore the M,Ji,i,,~ of t his OrJtr i. noe
diverfe in E!.lKt from the Mllli,;", of the Co-

cond Orb, unlc:B by Ihe moll: (uhlile Dq,rr"

of Pr'p"rArjuln Cr.Afi,tlof it, and by the long
continued l "flAII" of L,JQllr. All thefe Dt1,m We intend to declare whh com pleat~
ment of Spucb, and exaltly thew Ih7 W"'J of
l'rrpiIW,u;'tr, with its e".!tJ and mamfel\ EIfpmclfees J and the many Dt! ru J alfo of WiII1'
of P'rp",4tj,"Ohhis third Order. For the s,r"",
Medjein needs Olle W"'J, in compleat Pnp"'"',
'MUff of ,igllleffu; but the LlmAr anmher:
The firft indeed, wi th t he AJmi"ijlr.tif/l of
S'"fhlt~ tinging it; but the fecond, not

CHAP

( 21) )

( 112.)

Eq,h ' through itl leaft panicles. T his bring

..

CHAP.

0/

th~ LUHar

XIX.

Mttliei1u of

Ih~

third

Ordrr.
lrlt, We will declare the way of Adrru ni
ftration of the
M,.v,i." which it

F
t hus:

L.,.,
Po: the kIlO,," St,., of it,

arid by the
. W"} o f S'pD"Ati,. divide iis moll: pure S.~
flAIICt, and keep it apaTr. Then fix (orne of
thar P"rt, wh ich is maftpu re, leavihg theRt.
';'.1j"tI.,. And whe n it fhall be tixed, di/folv(
wh:l.t is foluble of itl bu t what is nOt fa luble, put to be calcine~ I and again dilfoive
the CtlkilUlt, untit again what i .folu b1c of
it be ,altogclhe r difl'oIved. Continue rhis Pnufl, until the greater '.lI.!!lI.ri,! be dilfolved.

'rhen .mix all the S.bitiuJ together, and coagub.t'ethem. This being dOlle, gently colt.
ing, keep the Co.!.,t." in a r''''p:.Tlltt Fir"

until greater F j" may commodioufly be ad

nii nifired for irs F,r!,Eli... TI1 erefo~e reit~

rate all therl? Orlers of P'r!iIf.dj~n upon It
foo r t ime., and hltty " calcine it by its own

mly: for fo adminiftri ng you have fuffici- .

e ndy governed the moft precious .Emh of
t he St t. T he n by the fubt ile WIlJ o f 1. !tlflli'J> conic;-n a ~1I1/ljt} o f Ihe pan atlQ\"e r efencd, witb p;! rt of t his prepa red

E llrlh,

done with I .".t" . of Elwllt;'1/, fub lime it

by the a forefaid way o f S.~/i. .tif", until die
fixed with t he nOt fixed be totallyele\'ated.
Which if you fee nor, ~gain add a ~IUII';"
of the not filled Pllrt unti l enough be added
for EIMI,"i~1I thereof. ' T herefore, when.i tfl1 al!
be once a ll e!evated, repeat its. .S."~mllli'
unti l by repetition of this 0fH!lIIlfll. It.be.tqtally fi xed. When it /hall be fixed .agam Imbibe it wit h ~"If'it, aft er lbJ.." tl of I ~.e
not fixed, by Ihe lY"J to you knowp, l!n rll
the whole Ihall aRain be elevated. T hen .-agai n fix iT, unt il it have eafie ~~ft.", W.lt~
ill I>.;' ;,n. For t his is the M .Ji",,,, whIch
tran' tonns every BD4] diminilhed from. Ptiftili,II, lind every Art.t>ltf.li"t of w hat kind JQ ~
erer, into a men pe rfca L.II"r B , .

C HAP. X X.
Of the Sul;;r Mrlici,u
Order.

of

the third

THE Prrp"rtl';' ., of this S . /1Il' M rJic;,lt, i~

made .. it h Ihe ACJ>'llIJOt.t of S.lpbtdnot
burnin!,:, by
of FixlI,i,. , a~ Cllhi"I~
perfclU y adminiflrcd with fubu le hkfl,'7 .
and by mlnifold repetitioll of S, I"t;,. , unn!
it be rondred Cklln. For by the ~~elt ~dr 3
m mlftratlOIl

IV.,

,,

'.

,~

( 215 )

( '"f)

minillTarion of thefe preceding, it. ' dea nling Reiteration of t~~ GHht{1 of. A _i.ij1T"!i,. :
by S'!&Ii.",i,. will be COOlpkated. The W9 DpOn thil M ,tlSroIt, may with Induftnoo
olthIlAJJir_IIl, is thus :
"Jlriltf' be fo fur available, as to cnable it .
Reitmte dw: SIISJi_.,;,. of the not fired 10 change A'!.f1IWtu, into an infinite true~..
pa~ of tbe Sr'''', with dli. raid S.J,htu, in- Jifict and LQi.ji,~, and not need any dung
gcmoufly ccn,ioyning them. until they be firft ~ than itt MJziflicllli,".
e!eYI~ed together. and then filled
lU roa_
N~w let the Hil.' GO D of N.t,",. blefbide In the HI': of Fir, without afcenflOl1. fed and glorious, be prailCd, who hath reThe oftner fhis OriJq of troptcaring the mled to 1h the Striu of al! M,Jk i"". with .
Ex-s"...,. lhaU be fepe3tec!, ihe morc will the rptrl(,"' of them, which by the g~
the Ex",,",,'"] of this McJj",, be multipli. neB of his /I,J1;[..tulII, and by our own med, and the moreies G~winifs augmented and ccffant 11'~N', We have Ctarchcd out i a!ld
tJ:tc .A'!"U~"!'''" of [he p"fdUQII th~reo( have (een with our 1'" and handled ~Irh
hJghly multLplu:d alfo. We will here indeed
Qur H."fit, the C'_flt"""tnt thereof" (ought
in a brier, ~plear. and knofl'rl S/ur/' ( t~ ' in our M "!.ijf"1' But ir W~ have concealed
flop the envlOU. C'C.flt'fI of the Impious) mi. let 0(){ the 3,. d
wonder. For
declare the whole Compleannolt of thiS /Ii.,.
We'have: notconccaled it from him, but have
tift"]1 which thus rake:
. delivered it in fuch a Spm", . as it muft .ne-;
. T~ Inttntion of it b, that by way of S"J.. cctTarity be hid from (fie: eVil, and un}Uft.
J;_"., Ihe S",uaDd irsAJditalUIIl lr02y mort and the unwife cannot difoern it. Th~fore.
perreEtly be clean red; and accordin Kly by
s.. of D,o",", fearch ye, and ye Will find
the W.g of Ingenuity. the fugitive flIed in
this mort excellent G;'f of GO D rcfCfYcd for
them. Afterward, t he FiJwi made P"'.llIIiu,
you only. Ye 51,,, or P,II}. Wici(.~t//! and
and. the Yollllil, again fixed. And in chi. Or.
tfJiI M""IU'I'/, fly far away from thIS ScmJCt i
4"
compleattd the moll PrUiOll1 Au""",,,
becaufc it is inimicli and ad,"~r(e to you, .
whic ~ is above every S ecret of the s,~"rt~
and will precipit you into the mlCtrable St"t~
of thlt W~lI, and is a TrtiCJ.." ineftimable.
of P'tlcrt1; For this Gift of GOD is abfa--'
D:o you dltpofe your (elf by ExerciR: [Q ie, lutely, by the l.J.g.'111 of D~j"t l'TfT./iJ,:r,cc
WIth very great {..flAIl,' of L c/M ..., and with
hid rrom fOu, and denyed you for eyer.
condrnpnce .of i~R: M,Ji tlllio" . For by
Thererore. having inqui red .into th~ W"JI
chefe . you Will t\nd. It, but without them not.
or all M,l&j.t., We, te;:Utlng our lnt~ndAnd !nd~, in Prt!.#"tif~ of the Sr, ,", the
cd PIIfP[' mut\: par.
to tbore Thm~5,
,
p
whidL
Reiteration

,
"

.,

ro,

Lt.mr,.,

I'

217

which We intend (according to pro-:"

to declare with the . known C4llft~ of

..
" ,.
The Third and Lan Part of this Second
Of the
Probations of Perfc. Book:
.
'
,
ebon.
".
.

C HAP. I.
. . Tlu

7Ji'lJjji~" ,

of w h:11 follow!.

Q t-fitting manif<;(t Experiences. of whieh

We make no mention. feeing they ar,"'
~oQwn aoCi. Certain to all. '\liz.. of the Wt~!.';.
c~,., and EXllllfiuuooer the H ,". "hu;:h
:il.re difcCTned; without any
of I..t.~
m.~ ~e rjch W..'i"t{s m3kc f'1~ by the E;r,.
I(rml&" of .drtpetTI, ';'hethf;:l P"jt8UII of
# A../it,i"ijrlfl" of' thLs Art. ~ a Cf.,ltAt~
IfI$ with Y"itl' inferrin~ the fame ; " hiro
ar~ C;~triti.", or 'the Tift. ciU~d
C.prl)
(:~,,~.~ It./lit" '" Flljiu, :.'p4,',;,,, oyer acme
r:~."". I'ni.u;,. of B.,,,i/ll. "'5.1pl"" by Mixri~,,; E.xtill/li. .. R,eiterationof C:1f/(i..ttu" and
Rill,ia ..", and the earre or diffip,\lt: s.(t'/ti,.

SA,.",

f!J-.-:frlutlli'llt . .Therefore

We lft,all fi rft (~k

_oJ t.bert a~mg to OrJn j and afterward.
~C;c:J?ii1g the (arne
p~ to other
thing~
,,

Or""",

C HAP. II.
Cineritium, wh.J flnu Bodin lJoid~ .
in H, bllt oth!I's "Qt .
,
come fidl: to fpeak of C;//njti ;
with all iu manifelt C"lI{u, and of the
its CQn/((1;u. The S Q1"T and Utl/"t:
is only permament in the Try'" o f
. TherelOre fea.rching OUt the true
of I h~ s.t.pilncr o f thefe Ptrft6
likewife the CII.M[e, of the Ci llewill make 'fry.u, ",hich of the im/J4Jn, more, and which kfi abide in'
of t hii
Yet by Us is"
SteTlt of thefe
of theiT S"'fl~.
firft R.J;r wai .
and the pureft
,

it

,;;;,10" .

af-

F.p..

whadbever n.,Jiu
Crom Pn-!em.",
more of "':".
they lera abide in
}t;1Mtrll buCl
lers, 11lOI"Ci. Becaufe thefe do inmore adhere, by rcafon of the fubtilety
of

h,;;

I
i

( "S )

( "9 )

~I

,.i9.

of their PMII, c1ore!y perttlilring and uolting ilKer ~lWItit, of EArlbi""" and of great~
them. So likewife, B'~'tl that are of grelltand Of a more fubtile S-'jf,ae,ot: It.
er TIUitJI or on Jhe contrary, of greater cberefore it is more fafe in the MiJrt ....
SpiJfo..u, than than: "hich confift: in Ptrf, dian S..,,,,..and Y""*i becaufe it more.&e!muft necelfarily be altogether repented bert. in the P"/tnuJitJ thereof. And thu II
(rom the C~. .izti,.. For being oat of the the Cuf., why a larger .!.!"? of the, perfame Flip, the,dilrc they are feparated. rea B.tIj is abfumcd, tcfore 1",itfT COIlJOYIl-:
And indeed. BUill, "hich partake of a Idrct cd (:an be feparatM from l he C..,.;",i...
I .Jt!#1ItitJ of
.
are more eafily fepa_ Yet Y' II. give. FI4j~. with IS"ir;,,, i butbehIed from
' caure itl Fllft is flower. thin of .. perrea
...,. therefore it is fcparated from the C_-:
Fzfiu. yet more no" ly than 54..", by ream of the /1."#.,. of its (ufibie S"Sft."u: But
becaufe it contains lee. of the ~lIIltl or
M/../lW",', and i.s of greater Arllli_t{I, and
the B,Jj". by the Arrii" ri a lToe thick ~M"ftA"', therefore it is mor~

1&".

,.

~'H. ,

.;;i'~;'; it indures leaft in the C,. ea61y fc:paratc:d from the Mjxt~q", than l.,it~ J
yea,
and vanifheth bea,ufe l"P;I,r more adheres In the PrifMMitJ

Buu.

moft (~ily.
cfiminl(hed from
and recedes, by

than Y'U/.
.
Mns hath not F.p , and therefore i. not
permixed I ,"hieh happens, by reafon of D __
~.tH. of H"",iJil]. But if it e~ance that
It is permixtd by Pt.w.t",! "of F.r~ I ~~.
dra .... every
bec:aufe it hath not H_IIUry, by Imbibing
kif from the
the H"IIIiJ,,"rr of SI t or Lit"", it is united
thil, the greater
i:hercuQtO through it. leaft pans: therefore,
is prd"erved from
although it hath mudi EMt., il:nd Iinlc:ArEirtof the Ex_, ~
t ntflit/" and wantl
yet It can by no
Bight Arup" be fepa-rated from t hem. There
Try.l of u..cit isleJi burnt, , ..,"'''''
purified.
fore by t~is the Iwjl1, of the Arrijr:" is
.But ~ufe the sPft."u of 1_,;," con~ tlilated. unto the true Rtaifi~JIt;'_ of every
tam. more of Art.tlfHlitlt. and p:anakes oft "'~J. if he riglttly know the Effi'~ of T.IIl.
-Idf
"
.
which

'h'

F"",

(Ul)

(no)

which We h~ve writ. But if he! phantalliq~

Iy I.mderft<ln.d, h,; knoW$ nothing of (heT,.,
~I!!O( .T.,erc 3re two if"''' of '"{to;..
abiding thlt Try..J, 'IIi%.. S.l and u,u by ~
Ibn of t~eir .~ C ..,.pri4l1, which rd'ul~
hW' [herr good MiKti. . and the pure
jNII:f of th~.
.

S.

C HAP. ' I II.

- .
rJ. !-!AtI, and, blow with. a ~,Ime of. firong
~r!... Wh.lft ymrtte It agItated With the
i1oaon of fi rong C,,".Jf"., It II !lOt pure.
Therefore wa~r, until all rhe L ,.,J be .exhaled.

I.

"

. IMf be vamthed, and yet the M<x1Oll ccaiC

1)1', it is nO[ pure. ' Therefore again aft LtNi
~ it, and blow al before, until the Lt,c.l
Iarlifh . If it do not yct reft, ~t the caft~ in of more L :" ' and Llowing upon it,
Wllil it be !till, or q uiet, and yOli fee it clean

IIId d ear in it!! S'IIp"ficia, Thi. being (een,

Of th! Trylll oj thr Cineritium, (Dr ~n the c,.n, and, ' diffipate the- Fir. , and
U,Po1l the SIIT/." thereof:
Cupel) how it is t o h compollI,i. lllen pour
for you will fino it pcrfcltly examined. If
. nl, an IIIt ll.

.
r!Jil~OU are 'blbwing this E;UIlUII, you caft
ii 6l.. " the BgJ, w\l1 be: the beuC'l' and more
N0"~ W,e fpeak of theW~, of making if, ,urc!1
ly purified; bC'ealife that takes away the
whIch II thus: Take fifted 4j1oll, or Ca, ~r i~J, and fepatiUes them. Yet infteador
or Pnri" of the B' "ts of A"i",Al, burnt or Q?" 5 ..1, B.rlVt, or a little A lUM, may be
a CI_':.:t;" of all, or of fome of them I ~. trlI: in. In like manner t his E1o_rll of 0ften the{C wlth w"u'. and make t he M ' XI.,t lIlritillm rna, be: madein a C, .,ijk or E ..rtb,

w.,,...

jrm and folld ,wjth your hand. and in themidft '( ttI,e, Fin roundabout it be blowC'd, ~nd tlpon
yf it, wrooghrimo a rOlll\d ftatith LInttof, make ~ '5111-. allO of the C,,,,i~t, 'thit the B...
a round a~ f{OOOtb
and , u~ 1M
".'~ :be examined nil.y the !boner flow, and
bauOlll of It Itrcw a fmall ~_j" cfelar. ft ptrMed. .

!)eaten to ~:",J,r. Then .permit it tObed~,~

!hffe being fuffici~tly declared. We now
ed, When Qj'y:, pqt that M r'''' into ~ HIl.,
",to the Er..",m of Ctml1rt, with its CAN-'
"'!M/, thereof, whieh yw intend tQ 't ry
du. E:.:AIIU,,; and put C ./, of fi" llpon if " ind', manifeft and kllO"n E:.:ptrltllUI.
fpd then 'Yi~" B,I1.I 'I" bl~ llpon the S"rf-~
of the ErallWUlbie By , until it lip_I.. Up.,
9IJ. which bein; iI\ f\la 'call PM'( afm .part
or ."
CHAP. '

H.ll,,,":,,,.

b,

,
,I

..

,,

C HAP.

Of. Ceaunt.

( 20 3)
of thefe now mentioned Bui ll j therefore ie
ill !boner and more ealily illflamm, than all
the faid JjDJi" , and by inl'lamarion it il more
f"!Viftly burnt. bttaufe it hath SIII,hllr,;" more
~rly amjoynm. am more filed tnan 111-

IV.

'tL.~ fomt Bot/in fofiai. Ill".

M-r, is not burnt by it fdf, but by AiFor when it is mba! wilh BUi,l d
by
have raid, thn rome B.,Ji" more, ao! much HlIlISiJi". it imbibe. that
.
Ot~~ ~. are burncd by the C"'t;"" mafon of its o"n W_ of the famel and
, ..lofF,u, 'till.. they which contain a gl'Qlft lherefore being conjoyned. it is neither in~_fjt, 0.( burning S.lpil"r,morc, butlhlJ flamed nor burned, if the a.JiIl, wilh which
tbat contain IdS, Id), Therefore, feeing U it is V.-itt., be neitha- inftamable. nor comba t~ a ,lda .!t.,..-!'1,of Sldphlll', tnan odIC!' buftibk. But if combuftibJe BtJi" be mid
M llAilid.. BUill, It 1.1 not (in the midft cf .with it, it nece1farily happens (accardi.ni ta
M i"",,,l B,Jill) burnt by 11l}tula4l;'d lhe NtU1II'1 ef their C,IIS'"ijlil,,) that M., u
FIT,. And ~ nclt to 8#/, partake. oil bumtand inflamed. Therefore, feeing ctriu.
Iefl _~,,/UjtJ of
than t he other Iilr u conftitutcd of inflamahle Thill', the neCefB~/. yet:, ~ dian 5.l. Thert'fore" BCC'Q. rary Cuff of In: 1II1It.';,. iJ manirdl: l and it
ding to t!p It can lef. bear the ' l "iti,. Ii watt that all combumble nilllL Jmi~ht be bum~

It mll".t,

mltl olh,rs kfr.

w.r.

WE

H_U."".

'.

a1!

8M"I.."

Ittfl,.r;ct~" Cot a long fpace of time, dW

SIt J. and" by conljl1cnce leli bear Things
~rmng by ~ Ilke
but Ph/MIler. dw

confift. of more s"lph.., and

of gfeater Eltrthi.tji. than L""" , Iherefo:e C11i
It I

becaufc

N."m,

It

lef. bear the l"fUa ....:;." of Fi". '1-pj",

le(s alfothan S.J ~r L.".. becaufc it partikeaol
grnt~r 8.lpll.'''7 and E"rtbil.,{,. than cilbct
uhhem I yet it I' lell burnr by 1".f/'f'I1IS1ftiIt,
than YI." but more Ihan S.l and Unu.
in irs C~..tx'i" by NtUlIr' holds
mOf~ of ~~J,~i/ll{l :tnd SIlI,h,!!I!~'1 tban any
<i

ed. And fince there isone only BfoC] in~

ftible, that alone, or what i. prepared according to the Nature of that, il kept fafe i~ CI~
Yet (ome abide more, otherJ leli, in
C,lffllll: But which abide more, and wl;lich
tefs, are known with melr (aid C.. T~4ie
lOre lAllA abideaCllIJflllmore, but M." .le(~
y""uI lers than Mil", and YIIII," ltft than p.tiur ~ but S~~. le~ of aiJ!
:'

.,llt.

r",

5.1,."

CHAP~

_..

.,

:n,
""" I.fI

juJ - and burnt in t he c.~M""l i~".

v.

ExiJIIU* " c.j Cement, h~ "it

Ii ((J11ip(Ju1Jd~J a"d our(lful.

petfelt: if not, they will be wholly corrup--

C HAP.

,~;

",

Some export P'W(I of M<f.J to CAki.",i,.,

lI'ithour a cornpofitionor Ct"OIf1t, and they are
II

fU:rificii in like manner, if the Btti, be of PtT{tDi,. ., if not, the y are totally confumed.

Yet in this laft EX"",III t hey need a Iong~r

tpace o f time, that arc thus purified by the
only inflamation of F,rt, th,!n th!'JIC ,hat are
mmincd by the Judgment o f CtM,.,.
And feeing the N ..t"" of L II,," differs not
much from t he N4t"rt (J f S~/, therefore by a
ctTuin necc[.Iry way of Adm."ifI' A,j'lI, it rdiS
"ith ,it in the Try .t of C."Ullt. And there Js

II)

SrplUAlilJJ of B, ditl each from olher, In

there two kindl 0 1 Try"', unkfs that beocca-:

ioned by feafon of the DitJrrfi'J o f C""p'jirill.
ri their SIl{,flAIIUI .. becaufe thence re(ult. Diof Ell, " /1 , and S,ij/if"J, and RlUity.
W:hich are indttd the c."ft, or S'FArAti." i
btcauCC: , by rcafon of the ti rong C. ,." p r;u
ri. fome, their SIIhft.,," is not corruprro by
t!lc: S~"fl."u o f the EXlT."mu B,(J,. ftting a'
Mixri,,, of them could nor be mJde through
their leall: pans. T herefo~e~ in filch a CQ,n-.
;;,ini,,,, they mull: nece nanly be feparated
~ch rrom other, ",ithoot the total C.YT~p,j.n
or the Efftll&, o f them.. Whcre~on~:, the ~n:
rleat A4m;II;Jlr Atiu of lfTlpfd t B'~il/, 1$ dli:emed, when rhey arc by 1,,1.''''';'' or Prr;"Atju found to be of tile fame F"p,,,, 11.,,;tii., and SdiJirl'
CHAP.

"'it]

,
C HAP. V I.

,,

Of 19"itiotl.
T rem:ains now t hat We (Teat of I,,,;,it..
Hav ing ~c:clar'ed. ~hat B-,,~ of greatdl
Ptrf,Oi.lI, w.thdetermmate 'l--tll., are (ooal
10 rtttive the Firr, before F.ft#. of rhni;ll
therefore 1\"( here fal'. if our .Ai. bero~
OUt the compleat .A/fYrAt~. of them, t hern
a IlCa' ffity 10 bring rueh B,att to thci~ F...
.And before theft 8ooiitlof Ptr{'O,... be
rufed, to lee tllnn 2dmit l~ .jlj.,,; w.l h mfl:amation of a pleafing CtkJl"" e,l,.,.. anc:'lhis,

ft,..

bero"re their Ip;' ;'" comes

t~

the

~1'tII(i

C HAP.

VII.

of Fi", which the EJI can In no WIfe di[cern.

Of Flljion, (h' Mdfj"g.
Thc!cfore. ' ds manifeft-, that the J.lC:rftd ft."
"jrj'lIohhern is (before Fllft,.) ":'th mtenIc [tt. the N a.rration of F-Ji, We Oaall ruffi __
R, rJ"ifl, and not with Whiutlt{l .w.hlC:h t~
aendy ?rrcourfe. according to theEx,,-,..
cannot behold. For if the admlmnr~ . J If aU BodI" by the cerrain ',."iti,,, of them.
be melted, before thc}, are red hot "".ch Fm, fhctcrore We fay, that F~
. "" "tViri) 'glli,iu,i,
thcy arc nOt in C, mplr.mmlt, And If they
onIY..Arg"",tlll?f Pn- to,,".' yet.n.o r ",j~h
be made Fi,,,. hot with labour. and ftrong Eztry kind of 'gllll" ",
t wlCh
In
pr(/fr'" of Fir" their Adt.i.ipr.,i,,, ,iJ not
ich. the B~'" waxeth not altogether Whi't I
true: and this indeed. if it happen In f~c
Wrth 't."nU", in which is not made a dull
B,Jin, . Becaufe, the r~me iJ only fou.nd III
efs of Fi". and in which the 81i] is
U-,. For ' t."j6lt BI. ' u do not ca6ly In the<
ruddenly melted, or flows not immedi _

,/,,,,,j,,,

way of Prrp4Tj(riu. admit ',.,ir" . I nor ruJi~

,,,Ilk;,,,. F when a B,t? flow.

B,!iitl, . ,after
very fmall preITure of a "'eak Pir,.
0..2
eithef

..

'

( " 9 )

( ;,s )

the third, of hard R,Jiul as is pro ved bYR.II!,,,,

and ExptT',ru:,. He thar delirn tofearch ou t the
ejlher without it.il;'., Of with a plid Il i7tto D <.{TtI o f aUthefe
riUI, that he may com.11 , a
of this Prtpe.,". mufi "ccils, be plea! all fulibll.' B,.Jits, let hi m ron flder o fthe
I 8M] o f I-ptr(ta~,,:
one, of t he 111\- tuffickncy coml l ~t for the 1',,[.Oi,. o f FIlpcrfed Bt.tifl, 111 dlmlO1llicd ,Ar,/fir"
j ... , lind t>y conride rinjt . recollelt t he diJfe And if a 8 ....I 'afl er Fllft be not fulfertd renee of I'll' ,he ligns of the D,t'n~ of Fllfiu,
prefendy 10 cool, and its 1/.",.,j." be fudden and fo indeffi he ",ill fi nd I OlherlVi fe 11Ot.
Iy turned altogether intO BI"d:.",! anu by This is offered to l'OU for an Ex' '''pl"" in
reafon of thaI . Iofeth its
btf(AC it all manners of Ex_i.Id;," by us de rmined,
~axtt h hard it is not a
in C~",pI,.t. and to be determined. And t his may fllffice 10
IIm,' of wh~t kind roe'lcr it be. ISm. Ihil it be fpoken of Ellfi, ..:
t o ~ imputed ' to !"ofmcfs, al1~ that it is one
of the kinds o f imperfd t B. d,rI.
And if the l/..~j,. of a B before f.jC HA P. V 1J I.
"I the reof be made wit h laborious and VIOlent )tI"1f.... or fil'Oflg Firt ', and ' ""jlh " Of th~ EXl ojirirJH {If Bolin otm' Ih~

s..i,

r: ...

rome

,
"

Ir.";,i.,,
Bla,

,>

R., of liri!h'.t{. incft imablc, altogether w~

V"lours of Ilr utr TiJ;W&l.
and ihinin g I it is not a BlJ, of PIT/,O ,
but a
of Hq"p altcrtd. Alfo, if af THmfore, proli!cuting o ur intended [:ift er F.f thereof, and when take," from the .
,~.,jt, We now dcclare the Ex~fri' ''?f
Fi" . It be ruddenly hardned. t hat !t ,flOW.~I S.J", ~ver the VAp.llfI
A'IIt, 'Th .gl , " .c..
t he fu l R~nt It ,i the reof remaulI ng , II II of T'niMp tharp, Sdi." and Sow".. We fee
not a B,d} o f LlllI4r or S, I.r ptrfta"N,
&.ii' s of Prrf:lIiu., expofedover 'he VApo.rf

8,.,

or

.... hat ki nd and prepa~tion I'Oever the Bod} ad- ' of the faid A,.u Thingl, ei the r liltle or nom; n; (tre<1 Was , but comes under the N."m
Ih,n!! at all to flower, o r 10 ernie a molt
t he D.'( .r,,'ilt of M.rs.
.
. plufam Cd,fl i..t E/~I. But Ihe pllrdt Gold
T he, efore, by the abovef~ ld ttl ty
f1ow rerhnor. Yet LlllIIf, or S.l, nOf l'urr , Wo
den T, t ha t in fulible B,diu, by t he EXI"'.".
find fO flower, when upofed over the VII.p'MS
of them mw be found a threefold 11"''''' of A ,"u Thi n~~. and to yield a mo f! l,leabefore Li,".f.n;,. of their
"ir... ~ ~t C&jb.t FI. ,; yet tha t of Solis !!lOft-de, .Ii"-; the Othe" RrJand Chffl 'illd the ~ ' li,hlful than that of L ..". We theTefOl:I1
molt Whitt, !bining w ith a RAJ. The~ft'l
, .
Q3
by
(oftB.JitlJ the fand, ofpcrfeCt B, J;IIJ

s..p.",m.

,,
,

( '3 )

by rctiOn 01' 1M, imitating NIIn. do in

like manner crenc Cd.., ... C _ in pre_
pared BHfU" which eN.,.. i. pcrrelted by the
a tbuf~ of JhS6If11/nu. a.I i. fidli ciendydc_

dared by lU in the pt"eadcnr.

Thererore, whadbcver prqlllrcd BNin Ihlll
be fct over the r""~1 of ..A~.t.l'hin{t and
Ilot cuatc .. Cd'''''''pJeafllnt 0.10_, thcyc~
ill: no t in the tota l eompleauncnt of rr't",..,.... There . rc lOme s.Ji'" whieh in the
"'_. o
Thiny, flo ....er In their S ..
with a du ll red, or dull <ii trinc c...
1 , min "'ith C ..ulfJU/" ofthi, kind i. M_.,
Some ftower with adult Cru,."<{,, miJft with
a turbid Cdl}1,... C.lo,"1 of thi . kind ;. y~

,"fi#'"

s.u..

Some Ilr. fouDd to yidd II. dull Whiu,

and of rhi . kind i. S.uIWL And I'Omcaciear
Wji, ... of "hich kind 1.,o"r is. ThcrefoFe.
the moftpttfeltS....l flowers Jet,n. or nothing
at a ll, and if it yield any Fl." it ;. in II; Ion(
Il>ace or time. J\.nd ipdced. among B~,
wanting thccompl.ea nDeQrof PlT'{tOu II" ./".r
""',

mofttlowly Rowrerh itl O _ _.I'.}'_ Thence..! by

the ~x_. of thi. M"l;ft~?, We conlidcr
, . ,...,-, in the w....t,. o f the GUIUn'
mo.t
nearly"ppro" i m.tetop....r~B ..... Aod by .hll
$.0<. __ it may t>eknown, in ..,hat k ind ofr.~

Or"''''

,"-~ .., ( he e.J.,C.~.I~11 if you rigtllly COIITlder the Ortlwcl' t heft: Thin"'l ....... ich ... cha ...o
declared in this C""'f'iUJ" but "JI'OU knownoc
thi., tmP'ItC ~h~fto ~h~ fonyofy~r own RAjII-

"",.

CH hF.

( ' 3' )
C HAP.

IX.

Or th~ Extinl1ioN of B odin Fir~_hol.

no~ fp eak imi rely of the E ...",.,. of
W E:>:,i
..ll",. : of ... hieh there i.
man i _
II.

fOld EXl!...i~,", whereby it is kno ..,", whe.her

!he M .;ift"Y' c:onfilt in p'n'f~ai or nor.
t'hcRforc firn ir .he &J" .gmtro (or hcat
/Od. ho t) 'be cn;ngul(bed;n L!,,-~, :lOd the
u...... yield not: II IYhit~ C?'h"~, and ~hc S...
,... a B~ilh' Citr' . ' , bu t e~anged. mto an
All.,. C.I._ I the .AIUT. , i ... IS nOt. ~n. COm_

pkarment of rhi. M"l ifi"Y:

.A nd. It H1 repeating it. I pi,i.. and Xt ll.(I, , In the '"!'.._

UTI Or s.til or A IU_ s, by. wh~rfoever kHl.d
r;I Adrniniftruion crea r.cd,. It Vleld a. s,." ..
r;I affinity to Bt-.t,..'f'.1n It' s"pfi&
"" or
li n the ><Ii"Oi of n mS,.lph_" and fr?H'
!he E .....itt!li." ... ;(~ onen r~pcated 1[, ,,"
it vani{h. or infell: It fe lf with a roul 8/....t,.../I. o r by compu lfLQO Oflhe H."'..~ .. brea~
II: I<: lr 10 piece,~ the A.~tifi~. o f" . he; w ....t,. IS
fall acious. Or if" it . wJ<h C~_'"'M''' of [he
Mi,.,,," o f" s"u",..."i"'k . Y~r~l":..r.. and
1Io],.V,.i_ , or of 7loi"!, hke In N.'''r~ . be
apol<:d to (he F iu. and aftCT t he I ' .. ' ... .
Ind E".i"ltM" of it ( .... he,hcr L.,ur o r S.I....)
it tOlally 10k ill proper C~/~.r. o r acate a
$ ..,.1 It i . m anifcll:. , hat the B.,y doth y et;

remain ip S.fhiflidr.. C<rT,.prto..

Q.....

Yet We gIve
~' C !tl

.. -...

,. ~ .

....

-.~ ----------~-~

(
'3'
)
rOll one certain Gtllmel R,J"

and thu u

well in thefe prefenr, as in t he """'11, follo~; n g; if 2mon~ the diife reneies o f P~t
DII!, {he .alte-red
I'hall change aily thing
lIS Wtl!bt, o r v/,III', t he .Anip.hath
rl p;h tly. bllt pha ntallically proceeded in his
W, r,t: which is a Th ing not profitable, but

a.,/,

o.r

denru~'ti ve

not

ramer.

C HAP.
OJ th~ Admixtion

X,

of 6urnitlg

SUlphN~.

L Ikewife,

by t he Mix/i , ,, o f S.lpb.r is pro. ved. Whether the AI.::,;ftt? conM in p"_

f~{/"" , or nOt. For by OUf ' ptritnu We fi nd,
tha t S.lph., commixed lVilh B. di./, burns fome
m o re; Others Itfs: and by our .Anip" We
have difce rned, tha t fo me retire from its' combullion, and fome ' nar. Ant! hence m ay be
noted t he dilfc:rence between thore Betdiu, di.
m ini l'hed fro~ PnfcO;, ,., prepa red. in a Scp/,i_
fli(. 1 rompleatm enr, n er~fore, among all
B,djn, of. whatfoever.kind , We find &1 not to
be burned by SlIlpbllr. The next to t his !eall:
burned, is f.p,r" J then LII".. I and af[e~ thac
S",II7'" I bu t Ycollumo reeafily, t han all t here j
a nd .\terJ, by reafon o f the O/~.!.i", ofs./, ,,,,.,, is mort tafily burned. Hence ' lis oble rvable , t ha t that B'4, is more burnt,
w hieh is [elS nigh to the Nature of the p~

f d l,

..

..

Alfo

( 'n )

Al(o-hy the DitI"pr, of c,,1' 1Ir1, after eom."

bUllion of BU.", it may be known, in what
kind {he alfe red BetJ}> from ti'!:: R.tIi", of it'
O"n N.tlrn, confdl:51 becaufe, aftu t he
~.....;~iil" o f S~/pbllr , S,l gives an intente
Cityi,." or clear Rt. c;.IQlIr I l.lI,.., a black
miX! with Cltjli"t l 1.pirer, a black e fl,.,
mixt w ith a fmall T",tIlJ" of Rcd1..fs I S.f., 1f .a dun bl~ck . mix t with much Rd.,.,!l,
and a liv id e,f,,"; Y""u, fro m the _C , ,,,...i,, _
ti,,. o f SlIlph"." yields a black miI~ ..... ith li'id,
if m'h 'h t\ ):nbuttion of S"/ph. , hat~ precedcrl ; but if ii Itie combuftion wac prc-cxillcn t,
it Ihc ws a mo lt d ean and pleafll.nt ",01" c,,I,.r; hut M~~. in el'cry kind of combultion,
crea'es a moll: bl .ek du ll efl r
Likewifc in B,dit, ;1 ohferved a Dif.ltrfitJ ,
arrer thei r ' R,J" itin from tl.e eombufiion of
S.lph.r. Some do indtecl return ; but olheN,
by the eJ:preffion of Fir" with t he S.lfblll'
rteede from t he R .k[I,#1I, either tOtally, o r
[he greater o.t!amity of Ihem : fom e into &Jill of t l:eir olVn
I others return, from
the com buftioo , infO B.diIJ other' th an of
t heir-o''''n N iu.yt. S.I and L."" ret urn, frol1l
the combu ft: ion of S. lpbllr. imothe N.fflTI Of
their prope r B'09; but f. pm r and .Stlt,"11 re';'
cede. f llpiur rtcede! totally . o r Its greHer
pl rl ; S.crxr1l not lo:all\' ; yet fom~ti '!l(5 a
greater, fO"1letimes a lelfer part .of It, IS de'
nrol' ed. T he D ifmi" of t hd'e IS, by rearon
of the N .fJl"fl o f Th,ll!' a nd BuijtJ, ;mc;\ by
..
-,
rea-

N.r."

( ' 3; )

('34 )
rt.:lfon of the diIFaclit Adminillration of them

in the w.r4, of P''P.,-..,;Ua.

1.,;:"

For it happelll,

that
i. deftriwcd. by the fudden force
of FII, in RtMtlj'''1 but both 1",i,,, and S..,
,'"" are prtfened by fuccertive and gentle
hJtJli... Yet the Rt4lll1 of them rathtt
tend, to the Narure Of an alien, Ihan of the
f"'OPCr' 8~. That is to fay, the R,Ulli,. of
,/.,it" is convened into clear
but
or S,""rll, into a dull coloured .A"'i"'~"" as

-Il.,i_.,;

I'

which great care i. to be raken) how

the MlldtiplKitJ of thafe 0,,_
be rtirerated upon them. ACthe CAkiuti.. , and
c.:,_
of altered M allis
:;.~
any Thing in tOOr
.{;
is
be fuppofed,
followed hit:
h;b ru~~, your felC "- ,
them.

We have found by proper EXPl'f'il1l&t. Vtll/lt

is di minithed, in.t he /"'P'J!i'/J of Firtof R"
aa~.; and this hapPenS more to M IlTI, than

~ajit

in Its RIa-au,. is ponderou.,

of a dull Cirrilll C,14"" and foir, partaking of BI.!...ufl, with A_g_'IIlIflHII of thc
wn..c:.w of itt
Therefore. by thefe,
be fbund OUt the N A,,", of all &Jill. that
to

y,_.

C HAP.

Ptll/4l

undeniably manifdl: to )'ou'. that

containing the
~"'"r.t, of
,."
and B ft/;'l of P tauli. Where. is to be fuppofed, t 3:t tOOft
more nigh to P",tOu. , Vfhlch more a~
imbibe A,!t"tflrrlt. The fi$n of thiS
eafle SII/,t,'U" of A~tlltv"'t byaS~
Of uur &41 of PltOu". For thg

';::,:
",

and Rta"aml We arc now to

Therefore We fay, that B.difl are

ipeak.
found to be of PtrftDuli. in the Reittrarion
of C.Jriuti.1I and RtQQUlI, by their differencies of GHit,r{I. if they Iofe nothing of
cheip e,I'IIIT, 1Y,'!:h" ~lU/IlirJ' or Br.'J,IKIII/1 1

or

if a
'M'"''

B.",
~lttted do no~ eafily
into
SIl6ft"llrt,
muO:
ItS

It

femote: from the Compleat-:

Of ",the ,Ex~"'m of the. Reiteration of CIII.

t,,,,",,,,

gre:tft

BMit.'

Ire altered.

C HAP. Xl.
Of Calcination. and Reduction.

Sufuption DJ Argentvive.

ma,

s..,.

XII.

C HAP.

X III.
A RecapituJarion of thl whoJ~ Art;-
handled the~"it~tloft.he CIIJI/u
HAving
of the fuffickncy of thi. M.liJtry, ac-

rootioa

( ,,6 )
cording fO "the.fxitt"? ofoor propofed Dif-

" -16, it remains,

tha t We{hou]d noW' in one

Ch"ptrT come to the Compleatmcnr of

.
whole Dit"''' Wart. and brieflr ij>.raking. cont rad t he difperfed AI"l.ift"J into ooe ,rll""
In general H llCh. T~refore We fay, tlte
S.", of t he whole
of the IY"~ i,
flO other, than that the SI'," (kno ..... n in l~
Cb.prfTI) lho uld be takrfl, and wit h inftancc
of L.h.llr, S"&limltri,,, of the ~rfi D : . ..u, repeated upon it: for by this it' will be clranfa!. from corn!pting I.p.,it]. And the ' " _
ftO;." of SII!I,
i~. I he Sllh,i' j.ujtr, of the
Sw., by it, until it can come to the ultimate
~lri.y of Sff ~riltt,. and Jafily be made "r,f,"il,.
This being done , by t he yy", of I'j".,;," il
mufi be find. umil it ca n rell in Ihc"A/prri9' of Fir:. Hr rein conlin. [he M .if_..rof thc
:ire,..J D~ruof Pup"".';'. ' T he St,., is likewife admlnillred in the third , wh ich con{j (b in the ultimate Complcarmem o f r,,4rll' ;'",; and that is this.: You muft make the

J"ft.,i."

.n"'''

oow fixed S"",:, by the ways of S.61i...,;

"...IAtil, . and rhe1'.f41il, fixed I and the fiz,J,
Piff,lv:tI; and the Uifol vrtl again Y"tlliJr, and
t he Y,I..,ilf 1'.~3in F iJwJ, until it flow and alt('l ' , into S.liftd:.. and LlfJltp,l, with certailt

Cohlplearmtnt.
.
From the Reitera tion of FrtpAr4ti.1 o f thit
t hird /)'1.' ". refulrs t~ e MII/"pl"tU',. ohlle
Gmv.:fiof Af,trA,i".of the Mtds'i,," There(0" from th~ D.j:mjiry pfthe W~rl repejltcd
lIpon the Swir, in irs D:grtt~, refu lta the Di-

"

11"/'1

C HA P. X lV.
WDitt OrJry tht A/lthur h,uh ohforvtll
i n trratitlg of thr <1fr)1"~Flld.
u T . that the [lI"IIj'IH may nCt. calu1T'niat~
U$, W~ declare, t hat We ~ave not ~rea[;t;
C""d of our S:u"" with a Cc.nIIl:IU~ fe rl~ . of
Dife ift, but have difperfed It In d l v~~b ..pIf It had
ur,. "~nd this was done ; _..Ibccaufe,

, .
, .
been delivered in a contillll~ SmrJ a :>prtf . the juft M ..", as wd~ as hlln t.hat 15 C'lil.
misht have ufurped It ~nw.onl:tl ly. T herefore We have concealed It In placC5; wrycrc.
We more openly fpeak; yet n:)t und er an
..."il."''". but in a plain dlfCO)lrfc ~o I h~
ift. and indeed Woe have defcrlbed It In
way of fpeaking, 9S is agrecabl~ to
t he Wi' of the M<fo Hi!.', blelT"~, fublim~~
andG{.ri' Ni Gra, and our own M i"J. who wnt
the fame, as it hawened to be ~11~~ ,
or ,..'3S infufed by t he Gr4" of . hiS dlVln.e
G~..l"41, w ho give! it to. and Withhold. It
from whom he wiD_
,
I here-

Ar".

fuCh a

.,

( .~s )

Thtrefat, Itt not the .I,. of ~~j.!. de.:I

( >~9 )

..

G E B E. R;

tpair: for if he fCek it, he may tind the famt::

wilh the 11N'1 il"'i4. oC the Mit;'" of lUI

"..,er NM'ItrI, not of D.lIri.. BttauQ-, he
cbat (een by the g()(ldnd'i of h~ ,.J"p"
the fame f but he. woo Cecb the
Bme followinK
ally. wil/very flowI, attain to rhi. moll peciou. Art. For We
pubJilhed this .Art found by Us only. for
our (elve. only. not for othen. although it

.H'"

be molt true, and'altOgether certain. There_

fore, We invite to this 4rt the ITftMIltOl1ly,
and (by 1-1.",.iti" raulht by Us) expote to
chern the way of flWtjfit,Mi,.. for We writ
,*",n the fame being found, together with
tbe
of iu J/f'fJnlti4., and the 1_[,tWlit itl
Of Mnlt.JJ, for none, but our te/ves, Wherebe let the well-minded Arrific" nettife
flimtelr by thafe Prtcrt". which Wehavede_
l.ered I and. he will gread, rejoyce when he
h;r.th found the Gift of the M,ff H~/'

Tht

Thefe may fuffice to be fpoken, tOuctiUlg the

Dir,_iflif. of this fublime .Art.

Tlu ?S'''' of tb~ J't(o,!d B od of Geber,

OJ th~ Sum of P~ifdlic.lfJ or of th~
'P.tif~1 Magijln'J.
.

GEBER.

A,r~bian

'Prince and 'Phil%pher;

His

Bf~.

OJ tht

INVENTION of Vt:RJTY,
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CHAP.

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OJ tbt fix Proptr,iu of Tbi"gs, jr{llfl

which tbt Mu!ici"t is txtrallul.

E have in our PU,,_, C9Il(ider~;

not only by . the SU,c' p,.pt1't",
of NIl,,,,,,1 P,;,,~ipf", but aifo by
.
proper Expt,i,II" . ~ the tru,,"
certain llW,/fil"tiu orour lt111t~t.'''''' (hattho('c:
Thin s, (11ml .... hich our Mlilimll IS ex.uaa~
ed.
,in
of
~ititl. m mrnfmutlng
t/1ey
have in' themCelves an E."h moft . fihu~tlle an4
~uftible allQFthtt Iir~
Itt O1'i :l

~ave

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themfel~es (he~e
8_,.1"1.~''''
.,.

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propel

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rroper rad,rcal H_i. i fJ. and :I'pt fbr filing:

Sutil}. they hue an, A i,., and F il'] H ".
. iJ;IJo Ib un iform ly conjoyned to 'hil t .,,6,
t hat if one be- vo lalife , lb is the rtfKlue I
a nd the ftme H'';'''1 abides the Fi',., beyond aU 1! u/i'~/, tven 10 the oompl0:"31
Termination of itl OWn b{"jfMif", accord ing
to the butiJoU] of irs Complenment. with

, "ilullo,,? -,( inreparable from

t~e

ne~ed I~ it) wit~t EvapOration_

1m. an-

71",&,. The
H i." l is filClt,
, in <1.11

lJif,.jifJ .. of Ihelr Naru~ 1

t hat by the ~n(fit
differencie. of it.
C'OIllemper.l{e. the
Con\'mlOn o f one i,;'!~ ,
ally and eq uall \,. wi th ft;ch an
Bu . of C' ''1'.IIil, o f infepar:abilitl'. t hat after thl" D'f. '" of fi n:il f "'7 .f..,,,ti it gins
g ood E'.fi.lf_ .
,
F .llr/hI" This O/I"' i"l i. of fo great purity o f EjJ~"co. and 'fo Artificiall y c1eanfed from
(Veryc~ll!bufti t-k. or bu rnin~ T hing, thaI iI
burns no! \111 JJoJio . with which it is conjoyntd through rhtir iC.t1t parts I but prefe'rvl.
t hem ' fr(;II11" ~lllbufi !on. ', Fi(lhl.1; It hath' a
'JlIIflll" m It fe lf fll clear and fr .lende9, white
or red, clean and incombuAi ble. ftable and:
filed, rhat. rhe F
C'Qnnbr, prt.vai I againlt it
to change I~ . nor fu lphurrous adultive, or a'
tute corrodmg I/o.ttl, corrupt and defile the.
fame, ~iJ<~hI" The ""hole C ,.d, ioce.
h ted wuh IfS finaJ CompJeatmenr. is of fo
grrat

i t eat .
after-

;,
like
I
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Ami
to i~5

own Ii

C.-r~ii..~j'lf alainft
in Ihat very
reducing a,t/ill to

H,,,.,.

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i
confidtred, _W~; find .by O ur
Iheral Pt,!!,.,;.j of Thing.
in ou,r StUt , and
o f M"tt".
Cl'''' ~'fl of Pi ri".

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t

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for

immedi_a~rJy

aftt!' PI"p,.ti ,

FJ~Atid

i.

necelTary. and opportune. _

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. The feventh PTlpt,.". is r."o.r" giving a
tpkndid and P'ffect C~J r,_Whiff, or inlenfly
Cit,;IU, and ~ifittllu., pr ~/ijt," jut of B~
Jill to be trapfmured l ~urc. arr(f FixM;'.,
a fplendid. r,.Eb,t. and
linging an0ther B.".!. or a r.JI.,r colourinl the M'!l.:
tit convenil*' ,010 InlC Silv~ . or G. 1i with "
.n its ttTl~ill; ~qd known differenCes) 1$ a~
fOluli!.Iy nea[a~y.
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illto

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, ' haye .difputed_
to the
or.Art,
aga.inft Mr.,den:,ing.d"J
,

Ccordint

Exigency

W~

and have , dircourfed of ,N./II ...1 prjIK"pitl-;

which are according to the Itlu",j,f( of JI
/.r" in the Pn,,,.,in of M",.f,) and o f B,'"
Iii,s and their p,~t.tj,,,,, and
J

P"f.,.,i,.,

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ari Jaftly of the M~tii,j,JtI. and x.tmf.iltA,i , of the fame B.t/its nanfmuted. "hether
the Complearment of them Ibnd. in !rrf'~
fli.1J I all which hath been done by Us, mour
B...t intituled, Th. $11", 'I p'rflal~lJ. ,; 'f t/II
Pirf,a M.gift"J. Arxi there We have T/TIUen
Ibe W..., of the /trtltlllju,O[ Art, and our.1'R :i
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tt~io.J W,rk,!, "'hich We haver~,' and touched: ~lIt he re, iQ.,this B~ol:., We ,will tfeat ~r
th e Ilft/tII/joll of Pdfdtiu, and In a ipcClal
manner declare thofe Tb ;JlgJ, which are nccdfary in this our M"l jft~IJ"i -' a-na . ~he WAJ
of Prqllrrjllg the faine; I'ieh rhdr:,'II'cIgh.t and
mcafure, and Pf,6.4t"1$ certain" nElt COIl,leltlltit'"
"
-" Ou,r !wwlf i,,. is to divide this ' little B~'~
Itlro Four PAl'1i,tn i and in t heFiHt fufficiendy
to treat of M iJJJe Mi"trolls, and their Pre:.
1.n:4tj'lIl i . thar the.y~~y be a~! ly difpofed in
the XI1A!f,U of Spmtl, and Im~rf~ B~
.litH in the Secqnd, of the MlI"dific.f '~tU d
Spirju, and intlrt Pr:,.,rA,j'IIS of the fame:
in the Third. of the dh'erfc _Pttp.,lfliJI,u or
imperfect B.riils'; aa"Ording to the E":i!,t~'J
of the C,mpbmrmn of the IV"".!:.: and in the
Fourth of alt Ahdi';IIu efpecially, for tranf-

The Fidl: Particle.

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C HAP.

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.
Om"'~ II SAl, is cilfoh'ed in d ear F~.tJf4;"
lV....tt>", and diftilled through a Filft>", and
afterwards cong<"ared in an, E . . rrh!" PIJfd, or
in a Vrjf:1 of L~Ati, or other Met4/. S..11Prrer is dilfo!ved in F~lItJ, ..i'1 lV..:tt>", diftilled
th rough a Filtt>", and congeal<"d in a V.Jfll
of G/4{t. rhat it may there be cryftalizcl.
S.llt,-nitr: is fo prepar<"d, fJjz, . it is diAolverlin
dear F~lIl1r.j1J W.ttr , filtred, t!J:c_ S.It-Gm.
Is diffo rved, & (. as before, and collg~!ed in
forming every..:B~i9 into s,l and' I,u, ..." with an Ellrthm -t.l..:z,td Peifel. True Silk AIIt"'i
:P,"~t!l"'1J; lI'tiiht, and 1/-f1 .[lIrl, 'accordmg to is made of Z,(.A (or S.a" ) diffolved, fi ltred.
(he Exii ltJq of Neceffi[)' for Comp!eatmnn and the S,I. ti,. bayred aw<ty to one third
part, and then the SJr, in a ih.ort time [et'Of ~he 1V~r'1.
lies to the 8 ftu m in Cr,ft.1t I and fo it is
, .. ,'. ,
prepared. Some do alfo m~ke S41t-Afl:....Ii.
" ,"
rhus ~ They rake Ji6. S. of AfilJ of HtllmrA/t, and li6. t . of ~,clJj", ~. and by b;l}'ling

in W..:Hr they make a Li;tivillm, which they

fil ter and congeal; this labour they reiterate

" ,
Th, once, and it is preparccl. S.lamm~"jll' is made
, ":: :
Qf five parts of M.1-u Vri"e, and one part
R3
or
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or his Sw.,

one pan of C III S"I" and

half a parr o f the Set' of WHdI, t helC being
.ooylal together into Confllmption of t he H/lo
_Jul, from the remainder fublime a true and
"profitable S'-....;",: Ihis again ditro lve in-

t o S.,M, and (u!llime it from 'C,_...s.u

once; then it is prepared. S4lt o f T.,.,.". il
fIlade of the calcined EmJ of Wi., diftillcd,
the T.w'1fr being dHfolvtd frOm them , and
!X'n.gea l~ : fa it is prepare1. S.lt ofVrilN
IS likeft'.(e ma~ie" of t!;e calcmed Em s of V 1'; U diltilled. and t his is again dilTolved in in '
own Weur, alKi conr;ealed. fa it IS prepared I
.and is of great E.~IM"".J and
Many ,men diyerfly n eat o f the Prlp.,..,j.
,., of s.tll J but We, by our l .v,,,ri,,,, 'have
found, t hat thefe Pro!.""",;"" of . $.fIll an:
more fhon, more fubulc, and more pro fira:bit for our purport J feeing frOm all Thi ng'
Jfuly cakined, S"ll$ are extracted by St/"ti.
'., "bleh by the above-alJeadged IV..., muft
l:leprepared. Therefore it fufficeth llJlopall
t hem by, thefe being more ufdu!' GIAffJ or
Rh-A h . hath a two-fold way of Pup"
'''.: one for walhing calcined B,Jifl, and the
otherforfubliming Spirirs. Afttrche,tirft W.J,
it is thus pr~red: Diffolve it in clt'ar f ....
ui. W."r, d,ftiU it through a F'*", and borl
it 10 a third pan: this 1n-t put in, GI.u4
D!fkl, and it will fettle round about the SiAl
of the Y lftlt. and in the Bllt. . : fa } 'OU "ill
bave prepared C,?fr.lli." AI,,,,,, Tho itrond

it

i~

eJfpedient to

or the Prtis a Thing

a !ldfar.y .
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if '
of '

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Rf ....
P,tp.,-.uior. ,.t han
held in a moderate

i'~';:; it is certain, that dl verfe Thin&,

Us are extra8:ed liall imp.
which nero PNplW"' .... and aro
-.c. C4': and t hcfC are. lira ( ,_
- L ,* whieh is thus prepared,
wa!bed in difti lled
purged
it. more groll parts j anJ
out thence as M ilt., . muft:
the Std, and it i. prepartd.
';i-:';~'~; o f ~Jb IYhitt,
and
_,,;_,t_he fame ma nner : For they
diftilled Vrill'l and pre

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Yi,u".,.

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pared as Ctrij;; thtn they' are fit for ure. '

Ptr~t.TUn is diJJOlvt'd in dift.lled Yi"1.~' and

The 5ond Pa rtid c-.

rub'ficd. being exalUy con,ea1ed With molt

gcode B,At of F il'6
and fit for
fblved. in
FUm: this

and then it il prepared

ertel,s of In" il dif.
and darified
I

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V,

OJ thr /II,lrJdl.fic(fIJ OH! . ot' Ch,mfilg (;}

Sp ritJ.

N dll~ firft P.,.ticJ. We fi lfficient ly n eated

of thore thing. , which ( in our certa in I ,,
'Vtllti,.) fttmcd unto U.s nrctlfary for the
Prtparation of "pi r ill and Bulin . Here We
I1()W intend t o inlarge our D'f".r[., touching the SltilimAtj,,,, or Prtp .., ..,i4" of Spi, i"
of ever)' SP lf ilt, accordiP'l g to t he Jm/j" tn~
9 of t he Coml'le:,lIme nc o f our AI.l iJt".J'
But do nOt \'OU deVi a te from this D .Dmu

may ufe "thrm

and in thii isa profound
calcined, dilTolttd,

ground to powder,
l.Ju,.MIi (or the LA
and when ground 10
i
. The St,.
often (.Irinis ground

COtIgealed.

c,_,,

Ci r mull: be
once
SAIr, and fa it is prepared. T'.ti4 is dilfolved
in dlftillcd Y ! ,", baving been firft t11lcincd.

of our 1.",1./;,.. w hich, in ['ro found Af:,{"

Ii , and in W.,~ . We fee very nccd rl ry
for UI. and moll: nain. Hue We fcarch
OUt t he IVt'lbl" a nd the lilC'ci al Way ofl lrcpari ng and fubliming t hem, with Jrl!rrittru
alloget her certain : and firn beRin wn h the
PrlpM.,i,. or S.lph~r, and its C:~"'!:" ; and
(0 of ot hers in their Or.tr,

and (0 it is well prepared.

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.dry, and grind j r .ro a fine P'WMr. whiehput

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Of Ih~

V r.

P rtjflrOliolJ oj Sulphur.

GRind d ear a~ gummofe StdphM"';'/Ii to

~ ,a. molt (ublde PffFd:r. which boy l in a
lfSx;9JM'" made of AOtes of HUrI/,If!, and

~i'~/i~', gathering from off Ihe rupe~tich~!

Its oleaginous Combufiibiliry, unljJ it be difcuned 10 ~ clear. Thil being done, fiir
t he whole With a nick, and th en warily take
off diU, which paR'eth OUt with the LixifJi.
leaving .lhc more groG partS in the botrorn. Pt rmLt t hat xl 1'. O to cool a little
and upon it
fourth part of its o,,~
./t..JIA1ftit, of
I Yiuf,ilr, aDd then "ill
the whole (lIddenl)' be congealed as M HIr.,
Remove as much of Ihe clear uxi'lli _ as
you can I hUt dry t he reftdue with gen tle
F in, .and keep it.
In admin ifir1tion of the FUll, obferve this

M ,rbotJ. For every one pound of rhi. prep~red

SNip".', rake of S&"ul of I,.,,, well cal-

C!ned to rinefS, lill. J . of R"b-J1Il alfO

well calcined, Ij~. 1 . and of C.",,,,, , .S,,lt pre[J ared, ha lf a pouAd. Incorporate all t hefe
~cI !. by grinding t()~.eth.er vr it~ Y,""l,,!r, Ihat
the ",hole may be IKIUld w hich rfien boyl

ltirririg ir, umil it be all 'very black. The~

,

with. a large Clt/tT. and let

Jhe .C. "..,. of the Altttl:. ~v.e a large and
treat z~/U (or Gir4k ) for eonferva rion or
the Spirit. d evated .. th .AlluM it lelf muft
'be of' lhe height ~f one FHt and half, (bat
.Ihe lI~.t may no t touch the
of (he
AlmUl'k. This being done, filblime as We
taught you in our .Btl~ , Of ,I" SII'" ,f P.rfroj,,,, & c. But gather wha t (ba ll be den!e
( or d ofe comp<llt ) in the Z,ntl a nd ca.lt away the light pulverizable FIlS, which afcendl
above it, and adheres- to the fidel of the AIt-ftd,: fo r it iscomooftibJe, defiled, and defili ng. Keep the denfe AI.lttr fublimt"d, by
it letf, in a Phi.l, and coa it upon Ajht. fo
bnt. a5 until ils combuftive JlllwiJiry be gr.r.dually cxrmninatt"d. Then preferve it clean I
ror it is perfed ly clcanfed.
iq tO an A III4:l

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Of

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th~ PY~!m'ation

I\

of Arfnick.

Fter iu e4",pttT .Arr"i'~ is beaten to PI>I1IJtr. it muft be boyJed in v.;".t"r, and

all iu combuftible FIIIAlf. e:rtrat'ted, and it
then dryed. T hen Re. o f e'ft". calcined.
U. I . or .A/U". cakincd ~ a pound, and o(
C,.JJ ,.-S.1r prepar~d as much as of [he AL-

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(tr t )
/1-. M ~x thefe with yOU,f .Aiflf:~.tprepartd.
'~nd havmg ~round a ll well together, mo
~en the Mixtp, with diftilled n'"J.~ { th~t
It m~.J ~ liquid ) and boyl the lame, :u

C HAP.

IX.

you did In S.lpbttr J and then fublime it in

an, AI.till (withou t an : AJ;"u:d:.) of 'the
Of t PI Ty(paratioll of Marchafite.
hel~ht of Ol;t F~~t.
Ga ther what afl"etldl
... hlte, dmfio, d ear, and lucid and keep it
Mt4Tfh.jirt ground to TrwJ.r.r, a fin ~
~ufc it is J~fficien!ll' prepa~for the ,!,'r~ SPread
en lhicknefs 01'~ Ihe B,u,,, of a large
" WI, and condl: rhe. S.lpinlr firft with gen
tie F,rt. WhC'n thllt i. afcendl , take off the
C HA P. V J I r.
H.t. d ( or Al.....rttJ and having arph~ an
other., au gment t he Fjrli then. thJ" " hich .
Of tht p,t}. IY:Jl i on bf Argcnt.viv=.
obtains the P!1f&t of Arl uw:vt,. afcends, al
StllJlinl~ ~r..lnlf1!vt thus: it or it H . j.
~ Ylm~ ~bi ned , Ii . ij. Of RQcb-.AII,.
calc med, u,.j. ofC~,.mQII S.t/, lib. IS. andof

S.Jb Plt rr one fou rth p1fr.

II\C~rpoiJre

We hav e (lilly defcr ibed in our Slim

But

.f P

(raj, .

aU

together, and fuMime : arid g:lthtr the whit.

D .""" , and Pllld:r'II; , which Ihall be found
abou t the Sid!1 of rhe: Y'ffi' and keep it a.
'!Ie. have 3ppointed of other Things.
1f, m rhe hdl: Sllb/",w i~ " }'ou Ih,d l find it
t urbid. or unclean ( which ffi l y happen, by
,.e~r~ o~ )'O'.Jr OW.ll Negligence) llgJin rubl'fIle It With the fame FUrl. and refervCl it fot
",fe.

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P,:t/.J1"IJ/i()n of T uti3. 6:.
C H AP.

OJ tht

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nU T putverilmt TuiiAi into an A /lld,I, and

).,1[. wi th the Adminiftration of great I!,.,,;.iu
.fublime it, and it i. prepared.
"
.,: .SM ~l/iM is fUblimt'd from C.-.mmu S.dr,
.. 21 in the Prui, of SAlin We have decJaw
to'1' ou.
" Art'''tv;'''! is prrpared moft ted . ,huJ.:
, 1\:. of Mrr' '''J. lib. j. of
rubified , l,,".ij.

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andSMI-ptttr, lib.;. Monifie t be AI.."",,'] with.

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there, and then fublime it from RH__ ,Alt-.

and S.ls-Pntr. in equal wc:ighu. ThiJ it' ~

great Stcrtt of our JlIVl,ri',,~ which lJrKXto
be omined. .
.
But tnc Conflderation of F'fU is tobeobrened in Wli.4li of S;'lphlll', and ilsC
1'": for S.lph", fublirned from the Cdx of

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,

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Of Ih~

X If.

Prr;nrdlJ On

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of Sarurr..

s,.t~r.~ fll~l{i 9i~h C' '''''' If-s"ft pre_

e,p," is ~rc whitened, thi!n ,,!\cn rublj~ C Alcine
pared. fhrrmg It COfltlllualty with an 1m,

from the "c lllx or I,... ., The like is to lie

judged d Aifllid:.. : for ir ja fublimed morcrCd
from Ir . ... . Thefe may 9.lrh be fubl imCd frOm
Pitr . l.and ,All_ calcin~ 'and permiled wilh
C""""'-S-", and Stllt-PH"_ ' Thus hue We
(ulficiendy tffIlted of the'Af'lJii'.J, hOt mea
l'ttpMAtmw or Spirits.
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The Third Particle of tbis Book.

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Spllt"I". until it be turneq ro Afiu. CoR it

,fOr onc ,D"J namra l, and let it be a littlefl:~y-~t. but not much: then compleatly 1Vafh
It With. ,sift" W.ttT j aftcnvard calcine it tor
three D"p. until it be red within and withOUt. l~y~ ""~k! ha!C it be prepamt rot .
the WiJU, Imbibe It ,wh the W.ntr of "hite '
~If~_, and r~uce ii: with 0,1 of rA"", or
Itt ',lIlr. But If lOr the Rt.i. imbibe it with
Wdtr

?f C'l'Kllt of l ..~.

a!KI of

YmuCUfft

lforefald i and reduce It WIth S.lt of TtJI1T.r

as before. -Rcilcn.1C Ihis Labour, as atka
as thaU be needful.
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to h }Ylparttl.
, . ,Bodin ought
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OURT h"~
Prtt'.'"tlf"
.:
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....!.~ out
.
"IIQTe,uu,.... ' prepared';" R, as
Plmpleatmcnt of the
.by Ihemf~lycs;-' withoot
intend 10 fhcw I and
tAti .. of mem for
"'Ot

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Of th~ PrfJ.tirflti(J" of Jupiter

CMeine

111,;ln- as S.tllT~. and whiten itS

Ctdx (of three Dill', as in Sott.,.. We raid.

But lee }'OU err not iA it. RrJ.Di,.: bccaufc:
Ihat

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!lilt is difficult; udds it

( '17. )

be

made In rhfir
1-'",..." , wh,a rC'duc e b.y Ciarr;,; , . or Ct it0 l Ihtp 'ris dl){1( with ~rr.
.
RnO" ]'bu, 0 "5: ..,,1.:.1 of tni50ur A,t. Ihu
We have plmarily dc-rcribN in this B.,1t rhe
Pr,p",";';" or Rti"a!lt, Ffu, : fot"lhiiw hole
S tilt it praCtical, compiled with cerrain /ltfl:_
jfi!..,i." Btlt b O!!r Slim #/ '(if,Ui.. We oIJ..
~hved ~JlO!he r , fly le morc philofophicaJ, Ihu
bc'ing 7 1.",j(. I,- Wr, here 11H.rir..lI, detCri
hl:d the IVho! ~
but in thil, that il mur.
Iy P,.[1;,,,". We have fet down' the Pr.xw ci
ihe r.urie Compltarl)'.
,
. BIU that the .Arrijt may nOt c rr, leI him
}O)'II that
' ~ hich I:e ,wou lJ redu(', in
~ml pan " with. Ihat iry' which h~ woukl
tn;lke RtJ.R i,., and co-unile thedividt'd C.Jx.
fet in Ti.bm. there is al'l()l.:.tll:Zt C"'fJtrIU;"
, .. For the M .m(T ting,ing mutt be mulli
J. 1~ed upon the Mat' to be tinged. until the
XJlIIT: appta r . which you !hall confKltr in
t he
or M r" ,i.t"
..
. .
Afteryou !hal! have reduced t htfe two Lr.il,
and . found thrir C.l,,,r, $pl",4f11r, and aU:Othr r thing. attOfding to your olvn IYtfo, per~
haps they wil l )yallt 11"il;, . i th r tefort , 'bat
rou may attain you r lntenttmion in that
:lifo, btgin Ih\!S'l Dilfolvt: r.li~ caJcined l and
7i. calcined I mi. borh S.l.fu." and ,,ith that
!yoUtT imbibe the CAlx of'li.~. time after time..
unt'! the C.lJt hath 1mbibtd an tighth part of
theT
~'ilJ i then r~ ucc it into.I>'." and yon
.

.
I
.11

';"<O~: have It",;j,., and that well in~

~r
reiterate tht fame Labour; unacq uired, .
.
O~.~ al l Wlftn't d iil"olurivt o f
in tht E of this B..-li
thtfe a~in!po it. own
not . that We, hne dt-

AT':

J!,d,.

S,.,.

.'

ITI

,
,~

X'JI, roo may open t he

.Ar~." "" and without

nevtr be c~lIed to the

of o ur

B.n,

.
"
Ddtroy without

kind of Rlfr;t t ;".

. al).d you Ihall rompleat your !y!r-twitb

CHAP;

-----------------------,

C H AP.

X I V.

p Repare M n r d',us: G ri~d OI1C pound eX

t he FiliflJ,1 thereof I wit h half a pound
of .Ar[.jeit Ibblimed, Imbibe t he M ix''''
y,ixture with the WAle, of S./t- Ptttr, and
S.ft- Alk,.]i , reiteratinj!: thi~ Imbibi ~ ion t hri ce,
t hen m ake it flow wnh ,violent Fort, al'l;d you
will have your Irlll \'I'~I.t(. Re~a t t hIS
bour , until it flo" fliftiCtcntiy, with peculw

f:a.

Dt.Jb.ulf",

C H AP. XV.
Of

HE

th~

P rtparatio1l oj Venus.

PIt'I."';'" of FHI is twofo ld, one reit

.
t he wh,tt, and the othe r for the R,d.
For the Wb j" it is thus: C.I,;II, J1"rfIH1 With
Fin only a.s We /hewed in our $ "", 'f , ,,.
f,Qi,..
V,,,,,, thus calcined, .grind, ~ .II&.
of it with four O m of .Arj",e/c. fublL~td ,
.md imbibe t he M ixtllT' t hree Of fOUf tunes
wifh d lt W. t" of Lith,"!.;,." and reduce the
whole with .SAltl
t' lI'. and OJI of r"'''I
.
a nd

it.

you "wit find the B,t? of P"1I111 White

and fplendid; fit for m:eiving it. M ,,Jj"III:
. For the Rtil. the l r"..,,,t;,,, o r it is thu$ :
Grmd one pound o h he Filill!.s or
with
-lbur ouncesor S"lpb,., I Of C, _ _r P/>Cttl of
-C,pP" with S"/fb.~, and to calcine I and walli
the Ccki""ti With the W>Ct" of s,ut and. A I14"" a nd then (with Thing. reducing J reduce into a d ean BuI] apt ro r the R ,'{ n,,".
ElIrt.
T here is a l(o a thi rd Prtp"'''lj~1I C'l f it~ C..l, i lll it with F ;u on ly, and then di lfo lve a.part
thereof, and li kewi fe dilfolve al much rifT., ... ca lcinedl JOTn both S.I.t;U/, agd wit h
the fame imbibe the rema ining' pa rr or the
C. IJC o r Y ,I/UM fou r o r five timel. O r you
may ma ke thit ,,,,;iJjt j.,, wi lh Tilt ... alone
diffolved i provided that more o f the T.,i.
( than ha lf or the C.J:,r is ) be imbibed in the
raid C./JC. This being done, reduce wi th Things
reducing, and you " ill have the B ., o f 11',..
..., clean and fplendid I which with a li ttle.
'lIelp may be broug ht to an higher Si.tt t if
be a t.rue S rdl'l' of the Trll' ;'.
T here is likewiCe a foU'rth Pup.r.'ifn' there ~
of, and that is t hus ; o r it, by it re lfcaJcined ,
j mean wi th F irton ly, yo u may mUe an Intenfe Gru lllU(s, which is ca lled the Fl,1 of
C.PP"' D ilfoh'c Ihis Grllllll'ft WiTh dill:i Jled
and then congeal it I aftC'T"ard, with
. Things redncing reduce the C' ''! .'/.'''. whic,h
"'~n reduced will be apt ror many Thmg~ . If
S J,
yOU!

11',,,,.,

Of th~ p ",pll,.IlJioll of Mars:

inc:!.

( ' 59 )

,
.

.rou

ii,

P,.,t"'.

( .60)
Your. ['Wt}fil",j,;, in like w"*, giVtli by \h,

hath noc been taio rernir., For We compofed this BH.... . t~at it, might ,be I.,r~."
to Our Slim .f " ",,Oi , or In the abr~
of that be a finar c~lJ,fi". of the ",..It,
fur the' Compleatment of either Mt~j*l.
BecauiC here We pofit the the P,."Oitt l".'
Uti", but there the TIH.'J of our Spnlfi., ... ,
ditpOred of in a "',ay more Gt"n-.J, with ma~

.,

nifdt Drinonfi:ratlortJ,

.
T~r foprth Particle of this

Book.

, .
C HAP.

XV I.

Of Mulitintt.
A" Ccording to the Dr"," of the Prcmife., ~e
will (in thi. our fourth P'lrIiflt ) agam
prallically (peak of the J:V~J o~ Iltf1tfl~'tIlt;,.,
compounding every Mu/i" "r, Vl~. Wh,ff and
RId, acoordi'ng to the Nlfllm and Pr.ptrtJ f!r

to

be tranfmuted. or of M m lll'f ~t
(elr, with all 'itl pertincncics occultand manlfe!!:. And thi., in the S,m/J, or ThjrtiO,h.
the lJ'4,

For t his our B"~, beingi~ R:1f inr,ituled, C?f 1/11

11I1I:I";3" 'f Yn';fJ. COll t31 r:S nothm~ that 1550
phiftical. Wherefore We wilt begm [0 rpc~
lirft of Whirr /~irl.
CHAP;

,6,

",

.,
C

HA

P.

X V J I.
Jupit~r,

0/ Wh!u Nulicillu for

atui

&atufrl.

1-,;1tr

White M~tii,j,!, (or

prepared:
Pi of moll pure L.II", lib, J . of Liv;",
M",'"1, lib. B. Amalgamate thefe toget her.
then wath the A-uJ,,,,,,1I with diftil(ed Pipt1/". and C ",.IJ-54ft prepared. until it 3009uire a C~kJljIJt or LD.ItT, Cd,lfT'. Which being done, extral't as much of the Mer, ,", as
you can, by itrongly exprcfJing the M<xr.r,'
through a thick Cr.uh. Then add of S .
1.;_ . Mm"r, double the Weight of YOUI!
!.II"., and gri!ld them well t9g~her. aftet:ward
the M ;:mm in a Phi.l firmly:
clofed for 'one Dill and Nit bt-, then take OUt
the Mlllf'~' grind It. a ag~in C.Q the tame I
then break the y .f{t{. and feparare that whicl\
is fubJimecl from the ill/tTI."r RII(difo P,Il1Mr.
Bu~ ta~e heed of giving tOO great F if" for
thit woUld caufc t he whole to flow into one
\>1~cJo; il(A{s. Put tne P,wtUr upon a P,rphtani adjoyl.l to. it twO partS of
.._i", prepared, an~ one part Of M m,,?
i'ublimcd, grind all very well together. and
imbibe t he MiXflll'I ,.,ith the w.t!':' of S.It-:
.A.1LJj. or the W"'tT of .r4lt- Pt~t'! (if YOIl

coa

ry .r"".,
,,'"

,
,

A.-.

_.

S,

fin<\

"( "

( 06~J

( 060 )

findnorZ,u",orz,J...) and cei'linl,t the WAIn off by Dift'iU.tiu three or

'" SA/r-Al(Jlfj when imbibed, put it (0 be bur tuner, congeal, and incerate with .Arr-

. made of Z,U.

diftilkd with gentle. Fir,

by which ExtraCt the whole

WA'tT. fo that .what remains in th e Bit.

t may be u melted P;,d: Ihen rtvert
the (ame W"'" ' upon it 1 and this do
thrice. rep..""ating the (ame labour.
This
being dOlle, rake put the MAturo grind it upon a Sl,M, and dry it vtry well. AftCfward
imbibe it with rt:ified or dryt<:! OJl of Elm
or with o,Jof s../t-.A1t.1i, or Pmr, orr.,..
t IfT. unti l it flow with ingrtB , and projca
one parr upon five of Ti. prepared. and it
will be 1..u perfea in the (econd Orriff,
without Err".
~roallOEher M,.p,i., upon llipirrr. I\c. Talk
calcmed and .grind it .... ith al much as it relr
is of S.le_IIiAc, and fublimc it three or four
times i and diffolve into WAtt", wherewith imbibe 1..114 calcined. ( as you did in the lirft '
M tiitij'",) fo often, a. until it hath drunk in
as niuch as it. 0'11'0 IVt~(hl iS I and give in- .
grefs to it with rhe OJ/s afore fa id, and projcil:

one pa.rr upon ten'P"rt, of J.,i,tr prepared,and

you wl!1 fee your
compleatlyanfwered.
A third M tJi&;", of JII,iltr il made with
one part of Lilli. dilfolved in its own W.",
( \Ii;:., of the StilliciJ, or C'Pf.r, and 5./
P"tr) as in the Elld IS declared i with which
mull: be adjoynM nvo pans or T.ft dilfolvtd
or of Tilt;. calcined and diJTolvcd: then re
ceiving-

I""",

..

i,t lublimed,

until it flow and have ingrcB.

Of this projed one part upon eight .paru of
,.pittr prepared~ If you would pro}Ca thefe
M.Ji&il.s upon SAlImI prepared fot the Whiu,
diminilb
in itt three DillS, and do as
you did in JII,#tr.

S.'.,,,

C HAP.

XVIII.

,
,
,

Of SoJar Mulicirus for Jupiter tlII4 Saturq.

H E firft S.1Ar /If.Ait,,,. is thus made;
GalciDe S~J. amalgamating firft with
Jitl'&II']. and as in LII~A exprefs the M tnll-:
ry through a CIMth : t hen grind it with twieo
10 much as it fd Cis of C.",nnll-S.t, prepared,
and fet me whole over a gentle Fir. , that the
remaining M trCKtf rnay recede. Extra{t the
S"lt with fweer W.r,.r, and dry the C.r/x, from
which fublime as much of S/d"mm~,.i.:. reverting the fublimed S.rlt upon it rour times I
then dilfo!ve it in the W"ttr of Vi"M, and
P.ttr and lAm~/Uus A[j~,., as is taught in the
end ~f [hiS Book. Llkewife dilfolve C,.,tlll
made of IrQ" by Ca"irwio,. , .Of e'fP" cal'::
tined R.d. Joyn thell: u~rCl'l In equal pam,
draw off the WA~" by D ,pmAlifll, and rever:t
.,
S <I
\~

,
('~5

(.6f)

it

upon it (ou~ times. Laftly. Dry theM;,,'

fir; and imbibe it with 0]1 of "',qt., -re8ifi:
c:d (as in the end of Ihi. B..
untilitflO'l'l
al IP....:. 'and tinge four parts jntO GrlJ

.u

.'

om~lI.

,-

. The fecond i.s made witb s~l dilTQh'ed (;u

in the: firft) and a like quantity of Grm",.p

made of C.fPlT calcined, and dilTolved. be-.
ing both mixed, and inceratc:d I by diftilling
all~ reiterating.- and in {lit end inceraring-wirh
SlIlpbitr prepared, until it flow as w.:c, and
tinge eight partS of SA'.,;' fplePdidly.
The third is made of G,/J dilTolved. lind

'SlIlphlirdiffolvcd. and of the aforefaid i;m;,~

"if. dilTolved, and there min and prepared
( a~ jn the feeond) and Jaftly incerated wi th
the 0]1 . of H..irt ' prepared,' or pf EU', for
die way i. onc, and olle part of thr. tall,

upon ten of $.t.,lI. Theft MtJici~, may

alfo be proje(l:ed upon llipiur prepared for
~hc. Red! , and fo it will be a molt fplendid
perfeverlllg MAtttT~ as the finefl: w~rk.; accor.
ding to its Dtt rtt. - For there lIttJl~i,", alter
in thc fecond OrJp-, as W e' faid.
'

of the Mtd~jll:S of there for the WJ,itt; 'R:::

pf Silw, 'as above cllcined, one part. and
grind the fame with tWO pam of Aiflfjd:.pre-- '
pared, and one pan of MtTCIf>J precipitate,
and imbib.! the whole with w..t ... of SAlt-paer
!-it!.A',},} , and Amm""AC, in equ&1parts, un ..
til it 'hath drunk in il$ own Wtighr o( that W..~tI' J' then drya/ld incerate with Whitt OJ'I. as
ill others youhavedone. until it flow. and
on e part fall upon four of 1',/l1li or MIIN pre~
~~.
.
A fe!=ond M tdic,"t is made of LtI"A calcined,
and as 'much of ?"pirtT calcined anddilTolved J
mil, dry', and i!lceratewi~h40u~le their quan.:tityof Ar[lIi,,,, fublimed, until the Midi,;"
flows well.
.
A Third ismadeof WmAcalcined,asabove;
aOOof AT[IIU-~ and S,..lph,..r fubli med and grOUDd.
,!ith it. and the~ fubli~ wit~ a like quan-r
my of S AlAmml/If"".' 'rhls S,..blimAh." repeat
thrice. and then proje(t onellan upon fir of
there B.diu prepared.
.
.

C HAP.

.'.

'

.'

Of Rid MldicilJlS for

QfW,hitr Jrltdici.u for Venus anaM:ars.

N
"; "
'~

'#If

apd

:M~r/t

a!l'iftrft'f{e (hail rpeals;

.. , '

Qf

,,

!
I

,
,
i

XX
Venus

and

Mars'

M~di,j,!e is thus .made... ~ of T.,i".

AS~IAT
Ii,.
Calclnc and dllT'olve
t he W.utT,
I.

OW We tom~ to the M.'/;,j"" or vi-

It In

of Pitri,J and PntT; then,with [hat W"terim~

bibe thl; c ..!;; of S,l, tha~ if may drink in
,
double
,

'.
"

I.

( ~66 )

( , 67 )

double itl own Writafme BI"Iie W,",tT: Ar,,,ward bydiftillatloo receive t ile WM..,. from
it. and revert it upon the C./x fou r time&.
. ..arI:ly incerate with the 01 of H . iu. a f ar
B.U~G41l.

and

Ytl'Jif.T~tf' prq>ared,

and it

will be excellent, pure and laudable. But do

youdireltyour H 411JJ according raour
oc.nc:rwue you SIMa, in vain I and in you;
H,.rtreceive our lilt,.,';." (crpreffed in our
V.lll_ts (forro doing you will dffcem. that

$"1'.i,

we have made a true (carch.

C HAP. XXI.
OJ a M ttficiIH of tbt thi,d OritT,
t ht White.
H Ence We aJCend to the degree of the third.
Ort/lr, FirJl We will n eat o f the UIUIT

ft!rtlkilU. as well for perfelling imF.fd!: B, """ as for Coagulating Mrmn'J It (elf into
~rueL,a,,!,,. Therefore diffolve LII ... calcined,
In (o]utlve W~UT, as before, which being
done '. colt it in ;f. .P hiJ wi th a long N eck .
t he orlficc of which murt be left un!topt . for
QlIe day only, unti l a t hi rd part or the WAIn'
~ conf~ed. This being clted:ed, fet it with
It. Verrelm a cold place , and t hen it converts
to fmall rufible SUIU' , . li ke CqftUJ. This is
S i~~(1' reduced to our Af~"'I#? fixtdand fu-:
libleJ

or which Rtrour Ounce.; of Whitt

6 Ounce. , and of S.Jplnrr.
M';';,';;i;',together, well
'-J

,a nd.A".".~,.;...:.

,
, ..;,
aPh;,d with a long
keeping t he fame in H tAt for a Wit*. .
t ha t time the M Att" will be hard as
This take OUt. and again i llCCTaiC the
lime. and within three days you will
"" .' '."" OJl in
When the r ,fftl il cold
and
"hat '
find therein.
II
and tlolving as
Again, Take a!
as
Mur" . and joyn
fa me with this EtTa ." and do as bdorc. .
md confequently a third and rourth time.
":,:d;;oing, you will find a M tI&i1u , which
gl
and excellent in G~,J."ifl : for one
fall5 upon ten of every
or
';,;,;;,;; and converts it imo true L1I1I4.
S."',and confJderately r uminate
have taught in our S ,.f P(1', arid )'ou will attain to higher 7ii.g"
our purpore was not in one only y,lJ,"'t
10 deJTlOllftrale all Thillg. ; but that B,. t,
Ihould de-clarelJlfi:.,. and expound tbefame.

B,..,.

CHA P.

- ...

....J.,..,---

,.

"---~---

.68

,.

.-~--~

C HAP.

C HAP. 1'1(11.

X X II L

t?! a Solar Med!cin~ {)!th~ Thil''' Order.

Of Solutiv~ Wattl'! aftJ b:ttrati11t Oy/s.

He $, 1... Ah'i,i,,~ is of Sfl ditrolvcd and

pn:paredaftcnhe manl\Cf of LII...,",.
~IUU to whi ch you mull add of S.IflMr
d.trolved three P,rm, and of .Ar/, A:. one pan:
(~ in the ~d it Ihewed) through all n.~.(1
doing, U; I.n t~e /:M'!tl'( Ch.,~t'(. al\d it will
be a .MtJj,.'!..~ tmgl~ every "8GtI; , and Mt'(,~ It !elf, m~o true 5d. or better, ' acco\,::
dmg rothe way now Ihcwed.
'
.
Read and peru!e our 5M_I 'f P'r/tlli", '
and you wiI.1 find the M"h,J of the ~~,~
.~ Pre:t'crlbed " by " hich you may tinge to
.f you poO"etS a Ihup and gpQd wit
a~d ~ ~ mo,'?<I thi.$; way and that tray "it~
the d.~~ ambig,uoul s..,i.t. of I!b~'pbrrl.
F()!' they all tend to the one Pnf,ai.. by
4s fufficieritly .defcribed to Y9\;!, You 'may
make Ttpl, If .you be ~ble ; if not forbear J
brC9.~fe you WIll fullam IA/. and rcap
rlOlhmg but L.P!illl/t.

O" .f D.tfri.,. !earch oUt ;':P"'1IIttJt,

and teafe ClOt I becaufe in them you may
find F,,,u a Thouf'and..fold. For We writ this
'H.t!l"ly (or you. which We are willing to

I'!..",

=~eanith ceft1lin WlUm and

OJIs , 'IIcry

. ary in Our M.t.ift"J; With thefe We

OIall !X>f\dude our B..A:. of the [tJ1It" ti." of

And firft We thall begin with Out
Djff,l.t'1I, W4tt" , of which We made M t. ri." in Our S~".~ If Ptrft8,~", when We
,fpea.k of Di/,h",'.tJ with the A' .'1J of PYIU~" ,
Flrft HI: of Y"ltntl of C,P'M', Ii. 1. of ~lt_
.1 "". /J,. 6. and of , ,., ,, .AU, . one fourth
,Part I extra[t the"lUll' with Rim"f, of Ihe
Alt..luA:. (for it il vcry Sd,,'~:) and ufe it in
.f:Qe before aUeadged Ch.p'"'. This i. alfo made
Dl!och more aCUle , if in it l'ou lltall diffolve a
fourtlil part of S..I __Dll i.f ; becaufe that diffolvelGoiJ, 5"lph"" andSil1lI...
Our other I'JJilf{'fhj,., C".,ive yr.,". is
thit : I\( 0,1 diftilkd from the Whitll of 1..(1,
grind it wilh half fo much or s"l'-ptr", and
of 5.o1".....iM, equal parts. and it will be
Yery good. Or mix it ':fllh s"lt-.Af"f] . and
diftill al befor~. M.d the mOl"f you reilcrate
(his

",rlm",.

1,
,

i
)

"

-~~ .~-

. ~

.".

.... ~

---

...

. - - . - ---~-

0 )
(
'7
rhebenerit inct'ratts.

thi. L,.HIIT,
Or, con ..
pyo the aforefaid 0,/, with 0]1 of Totn ...
a nd thence diltill a Yn"." Incentive 0,1,

ARt . J,"tJ'Miv,Ojl is thus made: Po: O](or

the T,I*.! of EU', or of H._a/_II.;", to
which adjoyn :u milch of S.t-"" "i ..c. and
d iB:itl rhe M<J:' "" I repeat t his D i/lillAti,.
three times,and it will bea molt ud I.urlltiw
OJ'
.. .
of V mlilrtt{l is made, when V tJ'tlilrltf'
is dlffolved in W.u ,r of $.ct.",.,,,,il/t. and
when with the rame oongea.!erl, tilt 0]1 of Ell!
is mi xed, the M ix,..., dilWled, and the DJ..

0.1

( '7' )
G E B Ii R;
Tlu

F.J1IIOfU

Arabian

Prince and P hi/oJopher,'

Hi, lJOOK. Of

FURNACES

' JiIIl/ri'" th rice repeated. Fo~ tboperati ng,yoI!

_ ill have theOJJ of YtrJi/.rtr[. apt and profitable fo r Incerating.
OJlof G.JJ is made . by clI':tralting an OJI

The PRE F AC E, dividing this

B a a K into Three Pam.

from 0,11, as from H,uw/IM B "i" J t hroUgh

a ll 'nj-tJ. doinga. in the. Ot her.
I do fKX fay, thar thefe can gil'c a M iwrlll
R.J.u/ H iJiJ,. as We proved in S~,h.ranci
..Arf";'~ but t hey prererv~ t he T ..Olfrl from
C &.ftitll, until It enters. and afterw ard they
flie in augmentation of the Fin, as is eue:.
where dtclar~d by Us. Whatloever Arrjjf
fhalJ perfellly and ftudioufl y operate. :ieee,...:.
ding to Our 8.c,illls comai~ in this Out- ~~ I
he, afrer C' '''pltAlllUllt of his W'r~ , will: find,
t hat We have truly Sunktl. And in rhil;
OurS..~i. terminated, which is intimltd, Of

VV

,1" Iftlf." / Y'tril] , P"i,Ui

THE EN,]).

~.-----"..,;
. "" ,

.<

E hav~ WfjitkrUJ with II

C01ljidtrfltlon not phdtllafli el That in 0,17' Ji'olu1IItS

W~ h(l'lI~ ampJy tr~~lId of th~ who/~ Alt.

Yet 'hili W~ may '101 6~ 06"ox;01l1 to

tht' Ct"rUr~ of Int Envious. fl't ha.'v~
Writ this Book of Furnac es, In .?hJ ~b
Wt fklll drJi'lJlr Ibt Mm!~(I' Pracbce. '~
Prepar.ations 60th of Sp lntS (11Id of Bodies ; thlll Artificers may fbt "ltttt' nt-:
rai" to Iht Compltalmt", of , bt Work.
ThtTtf01'~ . It ti1lg fbt 14/timat~ Conftd eration c01lfifls ", tb~ K'IVO.vlrtlg~ of
Things

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Things m~e nigh . and in the way of

'Jjllt ai 'tht E'llil alJd toWardl iii; cior/~
Operating; alti Things mJ)' lu eXb'aE!.., tf. this Book, WI! will flt i9flJ* a 1ti:Ca.~
dfrom Things. 6,Y the RegimeriofFire .. pitulatioii Df 'all Ovr Experiinirits, ' .4y
a"aji- as much as 11'( caNNot attain to w.hich Wraltainl!d tD 'hI! Knowledge of
l!Jis, ,mkfs by Jt'parating Superfluities thnVerity.
from.llit 4rjirt'dSubjeCl:, vi~:. The Com.ufllin/Jtlts, and TrrrtflrUllu of Sul~
phur. tllft/illg tvny Body . hmcl il is,
,!Jat We inttnd Firjl to Irt ,!1 of aJl /h~ The Firll: Part of this BO'ok i Of thr
VVayes of Operating; as nam")'; what
U'ayn of Oprratillg.
the Furnace is. with its Inftrume.iits,
which hl,lthrtfptB to nmy Thing to he ---'-,--~-- '
"' . '. ,
preptirtd, t'Vt''' fJnto Co"'/'hatmtnt of the
"V"ork . with the RegImen of Fire apCHAP. ' I.
IrOjriatt to it; and what VelTels fl!l
Of Ihr Cakill:Hory Furnace.
Ji.r for the pmpo{t, t/)."1 the A;tift rna.J
with the"! comptrat hIS Oper:l~on. SeE.tth.eC.ki/lllt.ry'PlirMe ,be ~ad'e Iquar~i ,
condl,. TPt wIg fl ew . 'lI.:hat Things art'
IIi length four fpot , arid three foot mI.
til 6tprtpard; that he m'!J De (lek, if
. lirtaddi" aiw:l Itt the ihickriefl; of ~h~:
Things Simple or Commixt, to g~ntrau
W.lh be half a CoOt. after t his manner: ,LAllA"
Spl, or L.una ", ii;itb {Ptt!tldo.ut . Thirdt;,
III, M ...., . or other'ni;,gs tO~: calc:ined,~
Wt WIll dutart tbDft Th:ngs, which lIluft be PUt into l);jh~i Of P.~I qf In?ft ,l'tl"Oll_S
-May ~t ptrftntJwitb Altcr,ative~, d"~ a.]. ruch as of which cf"llCi61u at"C m;lde_
whICh art ,"ilurally altt!ruJ witb Total mar chey may ,~fift i.n the AJpn-jry of !'ire.:
C':H~pleatment... a"d th~ way of P7r:.- even' ta the total C~".~"ft,. " of t/l-e Tbi"g .t~
be calcined. CAlcilUtiu is ["he Tf,.(lIil of a
~IXiO S wIth Ilut Proportion, a"d wIth
" g. be not )'0lI weary of C..l,jlUti~--,,; but
MediCines ~ I~ /eng timt prtparrd th~rt~ 1/,j
lI:udy what We havefilid in Our Y'~.mits. For
"111111h

Imp!r{tU B.din are deanfed by C."i...,i,njamf

L
r

But

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Or thi

-,-' Of Ih~ Sdlimatory Furnace.

Sllillitlw~'J FItt'II_, be made afL:Stter rhe manner,
a.. is before compleatl,

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III.

CZJ~{I,nalory FUrnace.

' . He l)ijliliAi"", F.",...u ;5,i~ fame wi th the

T
SltS/'mAt..., : But F", mul} be ad,m inifirro

S.",,,,,,r

F,,,,,.

In S.sJ.....,i..o(

,,

Sill",,,.,. tl\c eftit!' oCtile

too:

Baufe in the
of the S.M...",.. the
S~~... a1Cen<b rM?t unler. with force
Fi",
eyctna ' l.,;ti,1I bl.ene A/udtl. and If the
~;;'-hll" bC ntlt rcr.incdi n the CU~4Vit} above,
(.erng it eafily ' fto~.', it will defccnd again,
by the Sjdtl or th~ Y~jJ~t, to the :very Bff"~,
and fO nothing. WItt be foWld filblJmed l a. It
in'awn lothe Ex}".,_ .:
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or

,.,!

SMJi.uJ,? murt be made with a great and

lal'lc C,,".~jl, .... ithin. after the manuer cI
an Jlu.,s,d:.. wi thout a N t/I: for othemift
rhe whole S./'/jllWt may defcend to the B".
,. .... of the YtA';~~ through
gr~at Hut,

.ctOrdi~ , to

t he E:r;;t /l:7 of Thing' to be Di.

pilkJ. The way of mj1-, llill( , 'i!oSlYe ll ,o r M j:;;
taugllt. in Our
p""ai,1I. louchin,l *"111,. al ,of Y'I.'tUJU. Wehave fufficlemly
,;
the S.Mi...,,,,, of SpiriTS; according to thll dercribedin Our,S.... Plrfllli~ ".
fOUf

C HAP;

I V:

.OJ th~ .V -rfctnfol:J Furnace..

THe; D~[Ct1t{..., FItr'.~" i1 made as bef&i

ddcnbcd and it ISwonderfully ufeful [0
lis. and, to ~hc Mrlu rs or Mti~/s by em,,;.
.,' '';aoo'''''''tl. For aU"CiI.!clned. Com.
buft DiffOlved',' and Coag~hited B. Jit.,l, liN:
re-du,'Cd, bY th iS Fmll'" ill'fo, Ii S.lid - M..jl.
Yea. C'.tTlti , and C",wm' , and T,fts, or
CrtkiUu. intO which Silt'" is often M l luJ.
arc put into this Fltfr;4ft . for recouring lhe

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CHAP, M,t.l imbibed.

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CHAP. VB;

v.

Of thl! Fixatory Furnace , or Athanor.

Of tht FU[DT..1, or Nt/tiftg Ftlrn ace.

THe Fllfn, F"rw:, iI; that. in which all B~

ware eaflIy melttd by rhemfclveJ; I and

it is a F~' much in ule among M t hm

of Mn..Js for Coi ning M .." : alth ,Api"',./,_ is meltrd in thefe FI, rem. and linged
with Tillfilll o r CJ...i..,-iJ I as il known to
the experienced.

He FiJrel'" ",,"". mull: be made after

t he manner of meFlUNl,or C.ki_; ./111 a in it -mult: be ret a deep PMI' lull of

fifl:ed AJMs. But t he Y,ltl, with the M "rtn'

fir.it firmly fealed. mull

~ftor (he Aflxl, 10 (hat

to be fixed . being

1.jIrt,m, in' which Other 11fjI,.",tllll arc

Artp , jlflf] retained . t hat they F ..1l not: thefe
are the V.Jf.II, in which every Dijffillfi i.
- made. And rhi. is the En'''' of the F"1,,,"I,
~ . V1J1tII.
.

be placed in \h~
t he thi~kne~ of the AiMs underneath I alld
above ~n the Cimut _o f the YII (!. may ~
anfwm ng. to the thickne~ of four ,i'!t"'1
or accordmg to t~a~, 1'fhich voo dtflre 10
fix : became i~ fixing one. a greale r Fi" is
required, (h~ in fixing another.
By Ihis
F.",,~', ~n4 by this
the
fb.lI~
fo,-~! attaIned to t he W. rtof the M.,ifltr) J
which I M ,,, truly ~bj/4"phil.i.S I is "J<nown
to be fufficiently d ~mon{trl1ted In O ur lJu ltj J
and by thofe efpecially I who arc true
S.MChrr,of
This is the Pi!.l(t. of the A lb.nr. Yet if
. any alit can, marc ingenioufiy invent the
like, . let not OL1f !Wllll;'" retard him from
fo domg.

CHAP.

The

CHAP.VI.
Of fhl! SollJtory. or7J/jfolviHgFurn;ce.

THe Di!,hltlrJ.

DiI'/f);"1.

F.,,,,",.

Is
made "']th a PAl fullofW.r :r. with I ,,.

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r,d!,.

A,d,,,,

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Yirui.,..

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The Second ~art ' (!f this Book, Of Thit'g:

to h prtparttl.
,
C HAP. V I (L

of tht

Prrlaratiol1! of M:tldh~M11~

raJSpirits~ ,

and AUQm e~.

nir~ing diem oller 'I r;ri, 'until iM

whole ~ ' ~ackned' I' and a~atn ' , imbibe'n~
dry., Jbrnng as. before I and
.
... ~" \
do this the third time: thenfij/).. ':- O"WJiitt
lime the * AZ'},II_, and it is Mlllt, r,
"profitable.
,.
, -_. - --S"'phNr boiled in a Li.~wi".. and dryed i.
fublimed witli ' t he fame F,ctJ" as .A'rf.i{~
~cept thit. i~ftead of .the 'Fi/jllli of''Jk,,.'!I,
Inro the afoteflUd Y'ifolls Jl'It F..b"!sof,M.tr1f
or the ~lIkl t\1ereof beaten to p'.,...u,.."f."',.
.,iIi," i! fubli.med fepm C'_~II Silk, ttr: T~'
~i.la!id MII.chAft. are itblimelf , aiil _ded~
In Our S_""f 'i p"f~j#", ,Put S,dui' .41~_" B~r..."ts, and Vi'r;'iI. are pteP!l.rcd
lU We have Mficic:ntly Writ in Our .&,tof
IWII,"'j'41~II,
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N this Ch"lur 1l'l'ilI declare the P"rplr~~

,i"l1 of ~'itl, and firft pf Mew,?:
,yhich it you, would pc:rfeCl:ly fublime. yO\!
mutt add to every pound - pf it r'wo pounds
and an half of CQ"._" S.lr, ", . and h<llf a
pound of ~./.t.;l'.ej er:. . Morti6e .r,he 1I1,reM?
wholly. gn ndlng all together wl[h V,,,e,t.,,,,
,CHAP, ' JX.
un!i1 nothing ()f the M ert_q apptar living
in the M,x/.r; I and fublimc it, 3$ rou know.:
~caure it is pro/iTable.
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o/,thC' C~!ci"afif}1I ,!(j~pi.ttr mid S3t'l.!h1.
... . .. , ,
-,
, ' R.d M'rcI~rj is thul fubl1ined. 'Vi~ , Oot ;..

'

of "it

is mi~ecl. and pe; fe{tIy wtIl

ground wgetller. with cine p?un~ of S..h4
p'r."" and ,one pound of YitrM. and from
diem it is_,rublimC'<i Rla and SpiuJHi. But
'..Arf"ic!t.. is fut)linied ' thus .'fJi~. From (Ill"
pound of the FIU.g~ of Ytlllll, half a pound.
of C,mmoll 5111(, and one quarterof a pound
.Of Altom calcined. Firft mortifie thefe with
pOund

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ft, t."ell1"hicened J then keep tlle' farne for ufO:
~ .. S"f..Iff. i.1 calcined after the BJni:: maMer as
1'!1"" i but 'it, C~ muf!: bctubi6cd,' u M'"
p""';. ',ott tQ kept. .
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PI:,~~ Ct!~/'''''!ti'Dn 1" Venus.an" ~a.rs:

~ElN!'f' Jt ~hUs' cal.cined: In. ,thl;: afor:efaid.

X,,\ ~.. g, /I put enherthe Fd,'l' of C,fP".

CI'"k1iyicielr,' or whh :.Arf.i,~ JlUlverited.

Or oMth s.lfh.. ," bdng anointed. with C, ...
.... 0,', ' and 10 it i"aJoinCd in three or four
b;;". with ~ ftrontl. F;'6. - ~rike what it
taldned, that.lt .may tall oft' from the Pl,m,
which again caltiix:: alfo. when the Ccki..l,
is Deaten " re-calcineit, until it be very weU
rilbified, and fo keep ii:. '. ,:"
#1fJ'1 being -filed is caJcined jn the aforeD.id ' piu "'. until 'til very well rubjfied ,

m
t,c:~
'~Mr impalMble. ~i~l)out
iOOdi. AixI. it i. called C'HIII ~u.
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Thi"g', with Firl moderate or ftrong j

"din& [Q the E1IIiglMJ of Thing. TO becakintd

a. i, evident in Our ll"~. Of

,b,

I"",ft~.

Ii,." ,~ Prrfdl MAli/it!!, bul all Blli," are

calcmed. as.in OurT'jf"",ntl,
.

CH A P. XII.
Of tht A!JIlItions of tht Ca/xlS of C:om.
611ft BoditS.

THe AS....'i,,, of all 1l,Jj" combuft and calcined. i, thus made: Firftyou murt have

large E.rth,iJ r.ff,t. full of hot (\eet

W<lttf". Wi th t his wafh any C.J~ of a liM,
calcined. flirring if often, t ha t all the s.k
and .A1I~1II may be dilfolnd I 't hm when ic
bath lerled. c'tacuatcthc W ..tlr warily. thac
none of the IlI J,_pars out with lhe !At;',..
Put the CAkj/Ult again intO Hot W'". and
repeat the LM.,", 11 1 before, until it be perc
realy well walhed I then keep it.
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P. X. I 1(.

tbt "l "uraJifJIs of Calxes fl.)ajJu~

.

I Nttrll,j"u of CAlx,~ 1'(afbed. ar~ thus made,

Dry the "aOi<fc.k I afu;Tward, dilfolv~
io dillillcd
L&. ;a. Qf
s.Jt.
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RICh AfI_, -SMr am'" t ' of each twoOun":

ces. With thil WAfn imbibe Four Ounce3 of
t hea '0--'
, ...al'd wau,e
~ d "d d,y-C
QI
IfIX, un ,',
L

But its F,,,ZlIefJ innate in the /lciiJt of il'lGt';'

~II''''''''. mull: be palliated (or iIIurtrat~)
with a M<Jic'"'' the greater part
f of wh.ert
.
co!),t..in! in it fe!fthe ~bftanceo A"gllll~''''.
according to the E,,'f.' ''? of .An, as IS by
Us often demonftratcd in Our S_",. Qf Ptf' ...

it hath drunk in all the raid WoO'''''. then

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h h
~ uti
rylt. an rdcrve t C-Idllle ",r c.

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C HAP.
.

XIV.

Of th~ Rttll4f1ion of Calxes;n/o a Solid

Mars.

"."

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R J.ailM.Or : that

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C HAP. X"',

t,

"allied and !ocmlted

Of thr Solutions

of

.Bodi~s py~arrt/,

at/Jot ,Cfrtah~ ConJunlbons

,t

,hnn.

Cdx,- n -.thusmade: Wa.(hthe'lnrated with urfai9 Proportion. t~at tht~

C.JxWith .diftillcd 1.)rilH, antil you haveclf~
m,ry apprar with .UtU t Y Bnghtne[~
t'raCted aIL me
and All_tl, with t ho
a/u,. tlidr Reduchon.
.
Pi/,hof the calcined B_dj, which, being dry_
cd, imbi bc:wilh O)IOfTlITur~ inwhichdif~
OJit' are twofoldlr redl!~ to ~",~8i.".
falve 10 one pd.Ind of th e OJI, Two Ounces
either by [he way or l'~rp'"'~t,",J. and
of S.U<Ufl.Q""~ . and One OUnce of S.lt.:.
by C~",mi;(tw,, 'or PtT/ell B~ditl with the 1m;-:
tt':., But -of "the CJx ;there mull: be Four p""n;
or by M.Ji(;~ t prepa red for the pufPound i and fuch I","j"iti~n mull: be made a t
pofr. But here We thall declare . why die
feveral times , -drying 'and imbibing. Then
'"ftlt perfeCts the bHp.rf.1 i and ~I ro" l~a~
' alily dry it, artd caufe it 19 deCcend in a great
the I"'p"ftn is redw.ccd to I't,-/.O". With.
D r/w(.". ahd reduce into ;i 'Colid Mo!{s. the
PrtpAr~t;.", by Us generally demonftrated :
.Qf4J..purged_lrom ~mttu~ipl~ SIC!fh~ti$J._~
' and thefe I'repMAtiMJ in this ChApur vte
by VIrtue ortht- F,n 'calcmmg > and from
purpofc fufficicn tly, and in a more fpcctal
f<>.':I' 'Tn'tt/1r;ri'.l. , \'ihich in. R(,J.[li. " retain
manner to tre;at of.
. .
t'l'uh lhemf:'~~~ ,r~e . Ftc'!1"Wlo~ the EAT!!I
Fir!l: We dL-dare. that ~h e B~dJ e1~m:ed
~,~ P~-,~!1g.pW1fi~ ~ ~d?ltall.p".,
( as is aforefaid) by ~hc way o( C"'''~~ri;rm_ll . ,,!lTd! h'a'd orct"l!'iS rok'ln'ltS"
", -,
But

s.u,

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and 11th!;, muft eidlrt be filed, or di':
l'~ infO Rnall Gr.'IUI. at is known : For ted , at We faid, afler R.J"Di,ff. yoo ~iIJ find
Ifter F , it i. by us poured OUt upon T.~u a noble BUJ. unOO the afore-mentioned Ir,...
bored (..II of fmall Ihlll, oyer cold W.u"'1 ,or'"s.
the W..tr being fhongly Ilirred "hile t his is
The R'f /_ ' ff. of Sn.,. is compJeatcd. it
dQing. Thil i. Our way of Gr.uwmf,' Thia being r repartd and diffolved , "ilb a third
Gra.!." B.Jj dilfolvc in Our D iff,{.'t'fI' W.. pan o itsrtd Ems:,,' alfo dllTolvtd ; w~idi
ttt. which iI made of S.Jt' pntr and Y uriol, being prepared. a. before . 1'0u will rejol'ce
as to t he one half thereof; Of diffolve Fi- to fi nd it fo rair a B' df.
6':, of the rame 8.01, into a Limpid W..ur I
We, more fpecially handling the ~t.';"'.
then add to it of rr""., prepared. to a third of Y''''. have declmd, l hat you o ught
~t't of its own weight : Extraa the WAll>' I feven rimes, or ofintT, 10 rlifielr , wt m
aiw:I. re,en it I this do feven rime.. After it ptepared and di ff"olvrd I diffi.lling off the lYotjs reduced intO Du,. prove it by its XIfWfn, ItT, and reve rting thnn thereon , each time.
a n4 you will f('joyce In thi.. that you !:lave Which being coagulate, thence make a molt:
p eraled.
noble "Grm'lU!r with s..J""',u diffoIn d in
But becaule We have treated of thcper- dillilled Villl r . ThaI Gmif, rubifie in a
fe(t:
of
We Y'/dof~,~, and a~ain dilrolve it J to which
will no" gi ve the fpedal. t rue . and certain S.J.,i,. adjoyn a t hird part of prepared and
~"t:J of every
and bcgining firft with diffQlved LIIII III afte rw ard e~trall:ing and f"eHf' t:r , . We f~}', Mter l'ou have prepa1'(d verring Ihe Wllrt, of F ' ntHIIl feven times.
and rtrluc it, dllfoll'c the fame iu Then reduce this into B,d" and you wiU
he A i.i" of W.t\'f'l. and to nine parrs oC re joyce.
fhi.s (ditl"olved a, We f~id) adjoyn one part
The R'I.;'1n1 of M.." i$ &Sof Y,,, but by
of T..Lt calcined and dilIOtved. , mixing the reafon of it. very guat }-',./,,,{,, you can
clear W.ctm. 'This W,lttT re{tjfie by Alus- e:rpt'lt no good from it.
I'f~ . !even ti.~es . eurR~ing and fe.verlin; :
'The Rtl,Urltll of u ... is thu'l Diffolve and
After the laft R.m/i'ctHff.1S ma~ gue to It coagulare it f~vef! limes, DC" ~t leaA: four
of-the W":tT of S..ll-, !rtT, imbibing and dry- timcs. And to It dlffolved , adJOyn the filed
illg and rt4~ it innacleaJl 8"'-'. filftain- rubifying W"tT1 . whkh We ha,'e declared.
ing I {"irin I alld tile CilJiri,,,.. For if you and yOIl will find the B. d, aptly S,/IIT : for it
CQIliOyn 4r":,IIl"llir,t. precipitateciand diffol- agrees wirh s,J, and remain. quietly with it.
'led, In thi Ylg,. admirably wC'1I PUllted and
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dilrol vC'd

A"-'.''''.''. 1.,"ldi '''''' .

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ditrolved. rna, be a great help to you ; be:

aufe a moil dean. tinging, and lUted s.t.

, .., may be e:mafled from it, And I tell
you. that Mm"IJr] purified and fixed, hath

p<;l'fcr to palliate (or iIIuRratc) the F'/lbufl

or h.,,,ftU B''''' 'I and fixed &.lpbllT cr~
trac!ed pure from 8"&" to colour them with
Spk.4t". Hence you may collelt a II.reat S,.
.wt.. Tbat M"c..,,} and S.Jph",. may
be extraaed . M "ell from imperf('& S,iIi" .
''duely prepared. as from the perrea. For
purified S,irifJ, and midd le M i __AU. 2ft lin
lid" aDd very peculiar . for deducing the

n.,.

W"lro ''''ftiJi, ..

The T hird Parr, O{ lJctlus t o lu ItrftOuJ I and of Alttfa/lvf MullCmn.

C HAP.

Of th~ way oj p"fit1i"g aucrtll1:g

the Third Order.
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tfeared of ali the

ways of pn-feiting I"'prrj.ll 8''1, ill

t he Secood Ori.T, We mult /lOW pars on to
the B. .. u,of the Third Or"lr. Butwhatthe
MrJi,iltrs.arc, and of "hat kind , both of the

fecon"

It?; where we have wilh a competent and

u ue Dt",..j1rllt;;., thewed. that Our Swu is

procreated of t he s"jP..Nct of Art",.1iiflt :

and this We did fuflieiem ly, as in a fpula_
tive 71u~rit..J B~.t Therefore We intend here
manifell:ly to unlock the C/./"nor .A". 'and
it"i. thus: You mull: lI:udy to fefolve Uti .. ;
or S.l, into illo"'n Dry
which the
r"ltoO' call M",.'1 : and this fo, as a DIU
.it.A" Pr'JUrti, . (orthe s.L/uj1/. Yr..ur) may
contain only a part of the penea B.Jj. For
if with gentle Fi". you ..... ell govern tlu,-Fe .
you will find (in the (pace of forty .)1)'
th!lt B.a, converted into meer-YY4ttr, And'
t he fiin of its perfea D'ldllt'III. is BLrdl.!,,/i
"ppearing on ,tl S""'fi'i'l.
'
But if you endeavour to peTfea both
the Whitt, and t he Rul, dilfotve each of the
F~tllt, by it (e lf. and keep it. This if Out
Arltwwitl. Utraaed from A'l'lltfll1l., ..... hich
We intend for EmIIl.t, But the
to be
fermented.; We eXlraa , in the ufual man
ner, from imperfeD: B.d.", And ofthi. We'
g ive you a general R"I'1 which i., that the
Whit'
is extrall:ed from l"pi,",' and S.
j but the Rt" from Y ..... and S.t., ... Yet
tfery B."J mult be dill"ol.ved. by it fdf in tht'

nr..t.,..

W.,..v.

,.p.

X V I.

H Avi ng ~bovc fullidem ly

Or...,.
if plainlyenouR,hde';
ZHt of the ,trfdt M<lt '-

fecOo1d. and third

monftn.ted ill O ur

III'.

'.ft,

Ftnfln".

CHAP

(088 )
C HAP.

X V II.

OJ Iht Rrgi1llrn of Jupitclt ani Saturn.

B Ecaufe We inttnd in thii Ch.pm to de":

T.,iZtT

monrtratc the Rtfi.,,,, of

and 8..
We firft fignifie. that thii Cb.pttri.for
the W.6iu. and the way il thus: R- lilt, r .
of molt titan r ... and melt it, to "'hleh being in F11IX. add {wdYe pounds of ",ell cleantb;I M~.". ltiTTing the whole, that they
may be mI xed. This M ilrt/lu pUt imo a ,jUtl,
ba\'ing a NJ:.. of a foot in length, which
,bi'/ place in an ,Atb.,"". and likcwHe a
IIOIher I'ltitll with 5.01""'_ fa prepared I admi-

'",./1,

nin ting a gemle F I r< to them for a w..,t In

which time yoo will have a
diffolvN .
fit ro be ~men_{ed with the YYbit~ Frr.,."
aOI'ding to the Pr.,.,ti whkhWclhal1
bere following {heW'. Let there be rour parrs
of the 1.pter
three parts of s..r-,
a~ one,part Of,the YYui!, F'l'WOnlt. Th~.
being dlfrolved. as We [aId, muD: be rn1.~ed'
th rough their leart pam. and fet in rllrrtf ..Q~ . (aftcr thc manncr of Our Di/f~.tjfli
Of modcrate Fir,) for !hcn D A1J: thinimc'
ellpired, let them be takcn OIlt, "'cli miJcd,
Ind their l1lOfe liquid PIfNI e.prdred through'
a C/f/h. Whu remain' thick. put into a
well tealed GI.[s, lfhich place in thc .Ath.. n r.

".If,

,."m .

..

t<>thct:eofi

to . my, S'"""i

..._., ...

--._ - j -.
,~_~-'' J.
' ~',' ,c
, _~-,_,~~

'

....

____,~,

C HAP. XVIII.
' .

.-.'

'.of thr R rg(mtuJ Venus 'a"J

,~-,

Satln"ti..

".

OF 'the Pllftr of P,1I111

let there

be thr~

pounds, of S.t",.. two, and or 'FffIlUfit one. Of thelb perfealy dilfoJvcd. make
C42eAJixriq---mrou~h their !eaft P..,t, . mit1t
keep in H,III. as In thc Wbi,; i, taid. EJrtr;u!
the Will". __and wi)at remain! in Ihe Chtb pUt into ;I' '!eH fealed GI.[I, for three W"./
,;Ihm ' tai!-~ II OUt. and render to it a third
P"!t of its own rel"erved H,''''tr,. and CQlt..
In thc prcccden~Clultr:r.r..allc;l .thi$ do thrice.

*'

BUf

(
'9'
)
Of Ymlt

;", (

"
;

",

..
CH "'P,
,

'

'j -I

'

take fill; ~;
dilfolved~ li&. 4, (If
diffolvc:d ,l;b. I. Coojoyn the W.rm,
for .fc:v.en..D.oJ1With gentle F i N in a
as in MAYs. with their whole
""I
augment the Fi,~ leifilrely for
I'evenDA" . and let it be as Firl o f S ~
..." ,,~...
But for other {even DATs give it
fomewhat more ltrollg I t hat tbe ,.,.ho!.e
may be "fixed with il. Thil P' W4" re ~
in a frna1I. ~."rjIJ: and int retain with it
',." of;the MlYCIIT] (wbich you will eartly
if, you kno .... how to 'calcine) it is
bot if flO( , again" put it to be
it ' be fufficienliy fix:r . TbiJ mult:
with 'Rl4 reduCIng . 'Ibi"l' I Ind
find yOuf uu,.icoloureiJ. uanfwhich higblyeneerri. For.
well St.., in OUf PO' /'I. you will
' Our : C. -F4erMi, ,, I upon' what S.b~
SUlfehrr ought to gfo~nd his

: ..

XIJC.: , ,

"'n:

OftIJt ' Rtgi"'~H 'fMa~,

. "

,oj.

rre.tt
...

' .

..

1!CI!1',

'.:".,~ ...

. ' , "' 1)
;

-,-------------------------------'

' .' .

. ,j

" ', '

"

,~

C HAP. X Xl .

OJ tht Rtglmrn of Mercury

,
In the
, and ,thence make an
.A,"VirA.

( '9' )

"A,.lHIiu, For the full" w. ., the P",,"'" "

."5: or Mtn",.,y 48 ounCCl, ors.ll ounce
'J. 1...4 I ounce, of YUill I ounce. and 0
:;.UII' " I Ounce. Mdt thefe B.JjIl; firft Ihe:
h nNJand LII''''I fecondly, the &1, thirdly.
~ "'Nrll.
Take all OUt of the Fir,. having
r:''!lted them jn a large Crllci6/, . and your
Mtm,? in n::adlndl made hot in another I
... ~d when the.raid MII.dt begin to ' harden,
pOti~ . in : the Mtn"A'J] leifllrelY . ftirring the
!'vId:t..., '''ith: a Stul, ~tting ' it again 011.
-:bC' Firl,- and. taking jt off, ' .until they be all
amaIg a mat~ _
" ilh the whole Mp-e*']. . This
:,1,..//.";', put 10 be , diffol'M for kvCII
]).'111, eitratt the W.... ,tr "idi a. CI.th. make
rhe R'fi'--!/volalilc:, adminifir.i:.ngFirl of J1.~
..'tilll, Thi&again imbibe .with iU'whole YYil..
:" , and PUt.it to be gc:ne~ted I land again
.,,) be dr:yed 'for forty D;'jil.,;) and ' you 1YiI1
;::ld a 5t." f . which plit to'. be fUI. and
" ou "ill .have a SUI" a ugltlentable to l.pllit}.
-; hc:rd"ore keep this B..l:... even from thy
..... n Sfll; becaufe it eJl"pounds all 'liilJl',
' ~ hich We have Written in divers BHll.
:

,
.'

,,
i

( '9~'>

am! this w. . '" boil~ a"ay to a

third parr. and ~at expofed to th~ Air. or
~t in 8. M. or In DII"!. ror certam D ....,~,.
For th::n it will be01 orL ...... , and Fm.mlf.
which keep for theW/,itt.

. " . 'iw WAt".

,--

C HAP. XXIII.
. O>f'h~ hrmn:t 'f Sol. for lh~ Rni.

He FlfWr.r of S.lis made, 'l'l"hen GtIJ is

T diffolved

in irlovrn WM". and decoded

and prepared according to (he afore(aid Ch..t::.
f, r of the Ferm,,.,. of Untf. For (0, it WIll
be the Ftrmtllt of S, I, for the R~d, whicll
ket!p

C HAP. X X I V.

Of Fwmtlll D[ Fn'mm t upon Mercu~

ry. as WtJl for lbtTrl;~u. lJ.I for tht
Red.

THe C.mp,litilJl of Our M IJi&ilt; which!,

C HAP. XXII.
called Fm.'." f FmfU"t .p'" M IT'",.,." IS
... madefof the Whitt, afterthislll3lU1C!": Tak~
'~ thr F~rm~lIt of Luna, for Ih~ Whitt. the FlYWt. , LII...... which is i~s 0," . and
. add to it tWIce fa much or Ar{.u:l tllblrmed
. r HeFm-~.., of z.,...... for t he VPbitr il made, and dill"o.Ived in
I the n to both there
when us. is diffolved in its 9'1'1"n c.,..,..
- - . V1
add

'.

o:f

w"",

ft..

- - ---'

( '95 J

(294 )

add of MimI'' } clitrol'i'ed, as much as of the of the c-~d.ct;tltMuliti" of ' Mt,t"Mrf; you
Ar{"idc.: MIx the Wum. and (et t hem 0- will .fi.nd. lif Rill"",";',, COlf the; :W"o\ and by
,vet'" a Fi" for one D., to be inCO(JlOnllred S"~,.u,,t._ thereof. that one P",t ti ngeth inAfterward ,: elIt~a the W.ct" ~Y Ak"'I"~ ; finite PArt. of M imi? into moft high
and revert I t J this do fift een runts ,J lb in- more noble than any natUral G.14.
. cerating a~ it "ill be fluid, at fufiblcw......

Then ~dd to It as mUI;~ P'irji" W ...... melted,

'"
commiX them, and.proje{t the Mi}#,IrI upon
Mt~"'? wa(hed I according as (hall (ecrn ex_
C H AP. XXV.
pedient ~o you' , for that reCalved il augrnenrc:d In vertueand weight.
A RtcapitJlJat,"DtJ ~r
. tbt Expcriinentfj
.. ..
Blit if (ni. fin.mt -f 'Fir"w" be'made for
of tbt A1;Ithor.
t he Rtl/: Dif(olve sJ In ino..-n w.ctt1' (aU
the C,."jiti,., oftbofc W./O'I, and of other
Or as much as 1 intended in this Y,IJIifU
n i,,!I. are fufficicndy treated of in O ur B.t.t,
to drdare al l dubious no'", I will
Of,f, ,(Iwl.ti.la.j' PnftDi wht::refore We
conclude my B~ with all the true Exptrihave here omitted them) loonepart oft hat
_ ' , which have been proved ll!ld tr>yed
dilr~lved, add twO partS of s.lph",
-by me; ' By there rrue D!nr.cti."" the nnI"
difrolved In the fame W ..tIT t~erher with it
SlImh" may perceive the YtrifJ. or F4'J
and three pam of M ImI'] diff'o lved. LenD
ofdiversSopruflic'a.1 R:,iPII, and 10 not fpend
rhcte be tru ly diffolved imo molt clear WA.
histimc unprofirably.' I and likewife difcet"
t w . which being mi:u cod: for onc DA,
'What i.
in t~a: Rtuipr'r-of faue 0,".
.t hat they may ~ fermented; then e:mad
,m~ ~ firft of Spor.", tm(y. and afuf'lt"ard$
~he W.ct,r fifte-~'" times , coaeh rime fe-vening
confequentiy of others, ':11 lVeU of Btltii'l.
~ r. I"ur.ct, ..... Lth 'j'ellow v,rr.i", w..x. that
al of"SpifjtJ, witli [hei~ M,th,," Wc, ~nteixl
IS , with halE iti weight of 0'l ot Bl" J or
10 fpeak . . But. thia
II d~vldedln~itiJo
OJlof Ba l '.: 'theri projeC!: upon Crude M';'cIIp",,,: .Flflt W~ de~l~fc the E~,"j~:J. of
FJ, aCC'Ofd,""a! (hal l fcem ellpediem fO
thc Alll:lttltl proved by Us .: . Secondly;, the
you.
.
~if~.ct;'1U of them all . . Yet. as WC'-havc
Here note, that if you perrea this Md.ibegun. We muft firll: intill u~ thafe wtrolr
, illt, according tOthe MrtlHJ We have taught
.-hieh are _
o f !!,hi~-1i!
.
(in the Third OrJer. of OUr s..,f Pnftll;'lI)
A
, .
.
.
of

s.r;

Ci.,b/

acid.

C'_II"

V.

( 29~ )

A good DI.JjIU;'If I\( of R,Al, ,,, ~ i. of

'.IIrl""uiw fublimed. J 3. It of
waned. J J . gri nd and incorporate" and put
~bcm in a phiAIwith a Nut of a f(XX in
length , and it$ orifice to wide, as lwoFingm
may ~nter : let it ~ l\lted and fet oyer a
Fir, . covered with a Club, Firlt make a
gende r;u for a quarrel or an hour. afterward augmen t the Fir, underneath. and
r ound about. until the E",uCI be very hoc:
!ri1h !t ,,!ti. When all is ~d. break tllc
Ytfftl, and takc OO t what you find Mtt",liiul
lind make. of ~his ~ r;reat ~--itJ. For I
"ill 00" fhew you the way, now rhi'
M i4;"t may be profitably mtified.

r"".

An Arrifi"',,,1 D,.JS.,j.,. Upon Till ..... (uf).:

Iimr one part of , fublimate M"'IffJ, and

11'1'0 parra of .A'r[lIIiirolfublimed. !Jocii it fhall

~a\'e I"MtP. Thi, clearly. and very fpeci-

Oufly

wnl t e nsy't./ill'.

Another DtAl/t#j,,,, Imbibe three pam of

M ntaryfuhlimrd .

a~

t"o

~ruor

Arf_i,l

fublimed. .ith itk",] ddrolved. u ~li l

t hey becom~ C;ight ,patu. To thefe. eighud;Ofn o lher eight pans Qf .Ar/.ief:. fublimed I
,rind rflem tOgether.. and flux them with

.'

OJl ofT.q-l.r, lind yoU will whiten prtpared

Yu. , a't pleafure. , .
Alfo another , Grind MI1.I/iu .Ar/~.
"tIfith IS mIlCh of tbe C. IJt of I .. ,'!, and
imbibe the: Mj~.r. " jlh the W#tT..of SJ:"f~"~~ ' ;ana dry .ansI grind; af[~ward
- .
dilTolvc

( 097 )

dillOlvc s,Ji of' T"fI"t_ in the W.ur of S.1t~

fd".'" wh'h ..,hich 'hl imbibe the: ' Mrtliciu.

. drY~, R.epear ~. th~joe. incenting af14

(trying, arxt you W)U rejoyce forthu, which
We .have now related.
Another of Ours, Imbibe
calcined;

'
_
pi,"
fb often with M tt.J/j,..

walhed and dryed,

,.Ar/tli":., with half fo much of fublimed
M.,.eltJ] , as until idiot", aod enters
for !t whitens the fa me (if firfi prepared)
fplendidly.
AlIb, .. port T.., .... ca.lcined, dill"oIved and
coogulated. fub/ime white.Ar[.i4 (fo thato!"
the .A1.it:k be three patti. but of the T....i.4;
one part) reiterating the S.JJiwuti," upon it
four times; for it hath ingrefs, with them.
,adjoyn hair as much as t!le whole ii, of
S.'!illMl, Mwu!']1 grinding and inccrating
fOW" t imes with the
of SiCl_. .,...,.
r<lfJ, "!d Tttrt.,.. of each alike. With this,
"IleA coagu!4t~. cement Fepared Pum of
V ..... and me)t. and you will have a very

y,..,

w.,"

beautirul 1li,t
Alfo Anothe r, Grirxt V~ Pllcined' and
incerated! to this add .Arr..,jfo\.cublimed, and
h;lIf a par~ of Mm;_? fublimed l with which.
being well ground alld mixed. ad.ioyn a little
of the It'Attlof AM,."'....,. inceratlng upotl
a.M"fIf, j aftrrward dry and fublime. Reyen the .s:dli~, llpon Ihe Frw, a~ain
im ~bing . aod fO;do thrice: the fourth mne
ifT!'?ibe wi~h ~he tV.rrr qf Pt!". and fubli~

. ..

wha~

,
I

'( 298 )
"h'at .can\ SC.:rubJiO'lell; :;'Reiettate thi. :r-.
I...,. wttir 'ti: reniain ' fluid in- the )"'_.

Thi:,. in .t!~tf' prepared. will be refpl~ri4ent

with B'iz/,i/iifJ.
' ,
.
.
AIIP .. tJpon ~he prepared C~Lt of
fb often fubliJ)'lc $_Ii.,iIIt, .Ar/';t~. aJ " until
lOme ' ~tt Of' the A r[,.;'tre.nlain wi rl) it in'
me A/p"" '] of Fiu , That . imbibed with
rlt~ W4t". or P''''' . and Jaftly inccrated with
rile ""MIT er LIlIIA J and M m,,? prttipitate.

(299 )
",.yet. 'Yd: We have Written more'
?li.!, tOUching thc Dt..t~.,u.or V~. .

1",,..,

lind io [!\e. c.od .,i.t h OJ! of TfJ't.r rettjfied.

\lntil j[ flows t " wonderfully ', whitens :V, /l1I4
and enters' the feeond "cmu". if you have

....j(ely walked in the 'Y,J/?Jot- thil Ar', For

1 have eJfewliere filid.: that if you obtain an1 partor M trt,,? precipftated. in theM'x''''''; you "ill walk more fplcndidly; cfpe-~aJJy. it,tbe )Yiit, F~/It. ditrol,ed wilh
t be MITt . ,] " ditroll'ed . aftcr a cmain Fin.fNII orit . be adjoyned by the Mt4i.. of
/M'rrllllih, you "m find. i that you 'hnc
walked nigh the wiy it felf.
BUl" ,be:caufe We have pl'Oved. that 7_1.it"; ho"'~c( prep~red. in the whoienrft
OrJ", il tOtayy unprofitable, what M."ifttTJ
fi)ef,e'r 11' fol k)~i:d in "its Prtplfr.!~. I ,.Ub
a"nd ~lTi I ih'erer<;>re. in Our
~f ,riftSi.,: VVe _aiflgned to it a .~''''rill'
Qf the Third OrJn. I becaufe [her,e , It IS moft
excellently adorned, 'is-Is often prayed in
Our (laid SOl ~
and We ha.ve
now proved aiid aperlmced At !.o,. in6nlt~

S"'.,.

S_

'"it!li,.,

way"

C H AP.
~trC"l1'iat

XX V I.

S"JoTtS.

N0w
1 begin t6 fpeak or M!r'Nri.-l Pl./~
- - or ( sf ms) make a ell",,,t of Lith.',i';
of Silver , and S.d: A1II..'d , of z,~ ( or
5.44) put the
fjrft into a ~'N';~{lthe
Thid:'!ltf, of ' one Fi,,! " , upon that put a
Gl.i , of the .A",.It.UI.ui,. of
and
z.... arid pUt on the remainder of the C~
_Ill' that the Gu" may be in the midft of
the CtIfRlIt. Drjt Lute. and. fet the C,,,,i_
ill in a gentle Finfar haIfa D." l.eifure.l,
augmeriting the Fir , I and fo continue 11:$
leifurdy
from the Evening. untp
che Dawning o f the Day, whh moderate
I gllit;, . at laft. ,. Then take it OUt. prove it
'by C'IU,iri.", and it will be z.... in weight.
and' -SllJ'tii'l and much better' in FiJf",i" ,.
Alfo. .Awutg;_" L .... wi th M ert..., 'to which adjoyn i l much of S.ullJ'tI, as
t here is of the LttIU. Put it intofuch a e ' Ne;Ilf, as that Ih!"("e rourthr of it may"be rinp-ty. pour _00 it 0,1 of Stdp~"', and cod it,
UntO C'w{_p,iI. or the 0,1: after"aru k~
" it for twO H um in a moderate Fin, and

C,_.t

MIfflI',.

1.,,,,.[,.

there

( 300

, ~e "ill be, Zeyer,ted a ~'11U ~/..:I:.. with

a lLule hJA'f~. -rh~ Stt., prq'c by C~

" , _ . and you will find your iM.. augmtflted in W/~bt . S,.Ji'J. and. F~M;'"'
AtlO another. worthy to be thought on ;

(irind lJIu amalgamated with MlTt *"]. with

twice (0 much MIt.JJj,,~ .Arfoirl:...l to which
adjoyn a tcn-fold fr'P~,.,j of .A-.dl ""'tU, J
Y,./IU. fli t", of UII. ( I fuppofc Y" " , ) and
.Aif~~. Gri rd the whole and till", and re- ,
'cluee jnlO ~,." and it
be 1"dl with )'OU.

.-

lhall

...,----..

"

--~-------------------

C -H A P.

.PI thr "Citrjl!41 i

XXVII.
or C()~u.r;'fg

httall the W.ntrby DijhnMi,.; and ~'I"t.rc

it I do this ten times.
In the end coagllbl.e . ahd. reduce into ' J!ftl] i and you ~ iII
feJOYccfbl' this / lIVtIUUII. _- .

;.

~ ..,'

,,..>,

Otlierwife " Di ff"olve Zl" iirr and our C,,'MI prepared 'with the SlfU'",II,i,,, of M"~ .
umil it wax RIA; adjoyn' at much
S.& ,.iM: , and fublimei r thrice from that
C",III, " hich dilkllve, T he C,m.. and ZJ. ilfr mu A: be C<jllal, to " hich adjoyn as
much of .c..... ditrC>1ved as there is o f bmh.
Do al you did in the precedent, inCCTItiug
a nd reducing: for it IS ealic,

''"1.

Alfo .

We will !hew yOll another way

of

more C"olfle I Rc of CrKIII and Z,.i.r difrolvC"d,

H A'ing guided
t? the K_l,Ju 0(
.
thofc D,AlS...., wuh the AhI,Jirry .

of each a like ....a1llit} , adJOyn to them

as much GilA dillOlved. Incale as before,
i n t he EIOJ coagulate. and give 10 thee...,.un a fOllrth part of itl 9:wn weight of the
OJl of smf mr I and prO/ell: upon fo much
and It will be a r.1IiI.rt with a Ci,ri.,

0 1l ,

. : Luna,

roo

come ~ (peak of the Cjrr' 1I4Ii u q l

~z.".1C more (pecially. than We did in Our
S.-.f PtrftfJ.... D ilfCillve Our Pbil('peirt
_We

nQW

Zl''''fl'. deduced from

( 30 1

y~.

prepared, in

theW",," of tile Dj/dlll'" of l,M". I to which

adjoyn half fo much , at it (elf is . of M f r<IFJ rubificd by Sd/i_jp. and in fome
' . ~t ~ed. and d!lTo lved I to there . add at
much of {"If dJlfolved. as the Z ]. i.". it
f~lf is: from w~ich. ferm,enred foroneday.

eltratt

u .. .

JlJpta.
Qrherwife and beft, Make a WIf"r of O ut
Zll1ill"f. and of Ou r faid Cr"lIs. and im bibe the C. Loc" or S.I and Lllilif (eq ua l
pa n s ) therewith . until they have drunk in
t heir own "'eight o rit. In the end.lnccrate wit h
of .A_Wilt . and ']>"", and ret he
duce mto a noble !..If.

0'

IIICo,

. ....

"

" EO W

('~O,

" AIIb';Suhlimc .A_jiUA~ ~ OUr CrtiJPo.

""" to which thcn adjoyn. ~., ana Zr
iii.... fiam "hich 'wtll commixcd fubfimc the
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