THE

ORK , ....,::~\'.i:..p . Q. J ,~ :; . . : ~;;:-'~...::

GE B'ER, 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" .
. .' .~
\ Genc;raI' CO N TEN T
. '- -
. . ,'
-~,.1 Ten feveral Di'lJi/io1JS.
W: .0Jul Ii"
- 1. T"'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.
II I. A Confur,uian of the RC3fons of thoR:: ' Men
which deny this Art, imitating Nature. p. H
p. 11
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
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
,,
THE
TRA NSLATOR
.TO THE
.
REA D E R~
He E,ninrncyand Wm/' of Ih i' Alltbor ~
T no Af#/ ,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 IJ
(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 him-
f;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 in-
ciled, 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 .rub-
lilhoo 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 compe-
tt 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
 ,

" .
~ )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,bJow-
in/!: "'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: """" h.
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.......
for ,he [ante Jo;~,', and would upon juft ~nd unde-
ni>bl..: "C~"fom , Wie.1Vour to amend their ETrtr. ;
rheir fo frcqut"D1 P"H.". would be highly corn-
mo",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

,
't.-.,."" , a:iJ w.utt of cert~ i" F. ,~i"w . in amend-
hr. which, lbis &ol;.rrur pro'e vUy (CO'iceable : ~e-
caufe
 The Contents.
l.

the l1J'l-'tpigatioll 01' Starch of Ptr~

pairm. ..

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
- N.n-wttJfof~"'hu ... ;
s. :n,
f/!!.lfo iNfluon, dlfni, ....... &JlIlIII:
6. 14.
,. If
IlleR conclude, Cubrcribingmy fdf(u I ahv2)'$ a. 1&
ddl~to~) yourr~ FrieDel. '

Ric631'd R nftll.
J,!.} 17:,
M"l1d. " 18, F_ ....1
HtI.fo.M ,1. ~ iN
New-market;. Wap:-
. ,. ' 11 , 18.'
20.
pillg, MM ,hr Dock.
... ..'.- A4 II. Of
'.

-
,
 ,
The Contents.
01'1.: Rtlfonuf Men Jr"J;"" ,1"
Art /.,,,r,J
II ill Arfnick 6, fJ'
Of II.I Rearo~s.f Men Je~Ji.g'J.. Art {ltp,~,J
Of the Sum of Ptr/rf1ictl, Or of th Al1ten1'iwe, &c. 7 54'
Pnfrl1 Magiflrry. TheFirll: Bod. Of ,1" Rearons1 Men tIt.,i"$tlot Art/."./ol
i"Spiritlf';' x'.....ilhBQd,es , &c. ~. U .
The !'rtf'"' I d~'iding ~hi5 B"t into F Of ,I" R~arOf\s -t Me~ "'t"Ji,,! ,he Art /""./,.1
''''''/. P. " 1 j. Wh,te Lead.r Tin, t!N. 9 51
Of the Rea(onuf Men de"",,! ,h, Art [.pp.fol. ,
0ftIHDNij, ,, 'I I mpcdi~ts
Part I .
t . If
ill Black Lead, . r Saturn 10. r,.
Offl" R~(O!1"f Men Je",~,,! " , Art/"" ofe4.
Of t~ J.p,J.___nJufrJ,;/Wor'r... fr'I!"~ ' . j.th: MllUon.! IuTJB()(hel, &t. J I. \Sq.
. -I ,IN BOdy ., llu Artificer 1. 2 ,I.,
Of R~ro~ 1 " Men .u"J'~J fbe Art /lIff.[,1I
Of I"'t~",r,.tl In", tin Pan 'f ,I., Anin, Sou 6,.
3 11
Of Extn-wlmpedimc:nu, hi""ui"t. fbi Wor
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.
..f ,,,., 4ft . ' 4. 1! Of ,h. Rearons of Men tI,i,,!,1u An-/l" M'
J1trC,"!I,y.,!' .f tin Fup Parr, f'~~~~.l t i . Glaru.JGmu, uc. '4' 6:t.
OJ..allficatlons .J ,i, Artificer r. 10- Of ,he J.tearon~ If Men tit"},,,! tin Art I II,,-f,J
Part 1. ill il/"'.iI. M,nerals,Vegeta61e1, &,. ,I f + 63

OE tb,tr,uRearonafJ M~ft",,"tU.i.; An Part. J.

F llu Na tural PriDCipl~'f Metallick J3o.:
n.., ;1"( ,.JfiJII, &c. "'Ift Art u. ,,,,,3'1 J.
O dic5,.curti'--t'ftIu0p1nIOm, &t. " , 6r.
. 11ft' Nature;...IlDiffc:rencies.f Properries Ofth. Natural Principles .f Metals, .c"rii,,[,"
.f Allion. . 2 ; 39 ,h,OpiniOlH! JI{~dtn Phi lofophCT!,&'. l. U .
:.t'C' ''f_ldiu'j ,I., Reafons'f Men!""" 7 1u DivHion" ,.hA' Art" hI fp,1t!II.f Su1llhur.
~jl Art

.'
. 3 41. All'" Argentviv~ . 3~69.

, .
-J)""",' Opinions. .f '''-I' "IH f"Pf liu An.,.
.
Of tin Reafo"s'f Men . " JiM!. th! An f"",['J. i
t
Annick,
Of Sulphur
Of Arfilick
Of Arge-ntvive"r Me-truty
(!Tt.
4...
f . ?a.
6. 23.
~u lr~u~ " ' 5, p. Of Il.l EKefu if ,h, Principles,! Nalur.e, ~ itb
,
'"

 Content!. Tbe Content '

-,
:W, Met:;lllick Bodies
Of Sol, u'Gold
" "
7.,
l . 7f. ,f e,."J.,i.! Mercury. C t. 16. 119:.
17 1}6 .
Of Filufon, Il j" Caute, &e.
Of Luna ... Si,lver 9 77 0[ Ccration, .Itd III C,aufe 18, '39.
Of Sarmn,.r Ltad 1 0. 78.
Of J upiter. " Tin II. 79.' lit.
Of. Venus, f, Copper 11. 80.
Of Mars, .r ~?n 13. 8 1,
Part. i .
O.r: thl O il-ilion .f Things t,ltf'~lc..t., . ilh
The Prtflll' dividing the B'~tinto Three , .,rs:
, Inli~ uation .f Perfedion, &,. I . 8 J.
Of SublimatIon. ItbJ i'.'l/utl 2 . 86.
p. 1.1.
Part I.
JY"~' Sublimation is , ..J _/ I hl Dt:rm .f
FIre. &e. . 88. HAI'''' K .."JtJ" .f Perfeltion .J ,hi,
Of t bt Feces.f Metallick Bodiei to " Jjttl If
Spirits ,i. ,bti, Subli mation, rh. 4. 9 r.
T,/ Spirits,
Art drpt.J, _.Ih~ K.~'PrltJ!."f'he Nature
.~"'Bo(\Le, . f!;(. I . I .p.
Of e"'""'l ,he_Fire ilt Sublimation, r. 93. 0/ ,htN.,.ruf Sulphur t/. Arfnick 1. 14J~
0{ E, ffrl ;<H ilt t I" ~,"I;IJ'( Feces MUit, 0 f ,he N AI.Tt,JMercury,orAr?;entv. 3 '4f
D i/p.pliu .f I I" Furnace , &t. ' 6. 95 . Of ," NAlIl".f Marchalite, &t. 4 '48
Of .~, Mlllu r d F,,,,.,bt Sublimltory ;, I f O/ II.tN.,t.,I.fSoI,trGold 5. l ro
~! ",
7 9'
O! ,I.,N.,,,,, '! Luna, ... Silver 6. 15 J.
_
Of'
U '
u"'l~atlC?n 'f Mercury,. , Argentv. 8. 10 1. Of tI.l N.,.n.f Mars IT Iron. A /ff tin Er-
Of Sublimallon'f Marchalite 9. 105' feltSff Sull'huT ""JMi;fcury, ". 7 I f+
Of , bt Verrel/.,I. 6I;III;I/: Marchafite 1 0 106 Of '''1 N.'.TII! Venus IT Copper 8. 157
O/SublimatiOll'f Magnefia.lltiTuc. I': 110:, Of tht NAt.To/Tupiter, .rTin 9 , 6a.
Of Ocfcenr~, .~tiH '''''' .f,.,ifji-g '" Pallils Of thl N "t.rl.f Saturn, " Lead 10. 166.

.ft." . . ' la. 1120.

OfOI ( .a tll:~n ,'~1 Caures.& K inds ,&~..13 . u4'
Part 1.
Of C~lci nallon -I BodICl uJ Sptrlt! : itt . t .f lVI', ;.,pt 1'O. ~ody, .lttl .1{'.1.
T HAgentvive,
Cautbi ! &,. 1 + 110. th, MedICIne - .ft ,"tiff ",
Of SoJU tlon~..J "" Caule Ir. 116. ., rr....!.lJ.. vito flit /.r, ~h. Wh Ite, tho ",,"
Of Coagulauon o.t i" Clures i 4iwrJ If",," ffT,ht Rtd I . 17 "
of
- .n.r.
 Tbc COl( cnts~

Of,hl Solar Medicine -f, hl 'l1irAOrd, 20. 2.1)
Part 3'

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

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

it . "'tT,II" 2 . 217.
Of ,1n Tryal .! ' hI Cineritium (,rCupel) h.RI
it 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;
1l'}13f.
wh", Ordc:r rI" Au,ho r hAlh .j{.rwJ j" ,r...,i"t
_[,I.,r"/,,iti J1' 2J7.
I V.

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.
0" tIN Preparacioluf A{j.iJlt Minerals4: 24f.
O f nmtour, &c. with a R tCll,'-If/laft'..
The"Second Particle. ~n of th e Au,horr Exp"immtr:
Of thr Mundification, ~r Cl' AMfi"t ~f Spirits ,-he Prrf,lCf, dividing the B(,.in!o Three P"rtl,
S :149 p. 37 1
OftlH Preparation . r Sulphur 6. l.ro. Part. r.
Of tin Preparation.f Arfnick
Of th, Prepara(ion " Argrntvive
7. lp.
8. 151
OF tin caleinatory FUrnace I. 27 3
. Of,1n SublimatOry Fu rnace
Of f IJI Preparation'f M3rchafite 9.} H Of Ih. DiftilJaroryFurhace
l . l7 ...
Of tI.l Prepara tion .f T Ulia, &t. 10. I 0{ tin Drfcenfory ~:}17r.
0/ lin Meiring Fllrnace
The Third Particle.
Of IN Diffolving Furnace ~:}176.
11." Bodies 'lIlht"., prtpami Jl. 3f.,. Of Ih~ Fixatory Furnace,.r Athanor 7 271
Of f hr PreparatiOl1'f Saturn
Of fbr Prrparation .f Jupiter ,.
11.t
, \2H Part. 2.
0/ fltt Preparation./ Mars
0f'fht Preparation.f Venus 'i-
If }1,.
8 OF' hI Preparation .f Mt4tiJ, Mi neral Spirit!
. 8. 178.
The Fourth Panicle. Or ,1., Calcina tion of Jupit. lind Saturn 9 379.
OJ ,bt Calc,inal.ion 'f Ve ~ul"M~Mars I O.}:;r.SO.
Of Medicines 16. 360. Of ihtCalcmallOll.f M ,JiI, Minerals I I .
Of IYh,jf,Medicinesf" Jupitrr . &t. 17. 36 (. q-IbtAblutionuf Calxes, r!n ' u.i: 81
0[ S.lArMec:!icinesfr J upiter, th. 18 . 36J . Of,b,lncerationif Ca l xt~, &e. 1].5"1.
0fWhjttM ed ici ne~ !~rVenus, &,. 19. 364'
Of l in Rrdultion .fCalxcs 14. 281 .
OrRt4M~dicines f ,' Venus and Maru o. 26r. Of,h, Solutions .f8odiel prepared,'3't., f l83.
Of" Medicine.t! fir, 7b;r4 Order.!., fhl White
1[. ::.66. Part 3.
Of A ~f/'"Medicii"leff' h, TMrdOrde r:u. 368. Or ,h. Way ~f Perfelti ng. 4furJinl t. fht n;r4
Of S'/lffiw Waters,/mib""Aliv: O}'ls 13. l 69. Order 16.386.
Of tin Rr gimcn .!Jupiter ,U4 Saturn 17: 38S..
v Of


. The Conrentf~ ( I )
0{ tk Reg.imen .f V~nus""{SatUfn 18. ~891
..
Of ,ht Regimen ., Mars 1 9 .} , G E B E Ri ,
ill ,IN R.cgimeruf Luna . 2 0. 290.
Of ,dtor Regima! " "Mercury 21. 291. Tbe mojl Experimced Arabian
Of ,Iu Fermenr .fLuna {.,.,., White 292. ,u. Prince and Philofopher,
Of tIu FermenrfSolf.nIIl Red 23.l ..
Of Ferment .(Ferment.p.,. Men.:ury li..ra9 J. O F T H E
.A .Recapitufation -t
'IM ElIpuifIKnts .f I't
Author ~ 5. :i9f ' InveJligation or Search
0( MercurialSporu 2.6. 299.
Of tin Cirrination ff' Colouring .f Luna OF
27 300. PERFECTION.

The PREFA C E of the AU. , "

THO R , Shewing the ReaCons '-

, . why he writ (his B 0 O 'K.
E . continned {wd frt'lumt
. Labour, arlt! srtat
GEBE~. 'lot without mOjl pro-
frriou! 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 rea-
D i lly ,
,
.. . . " ...


C HAP. 1.
ttl "J' bf Thit'z"l 1!uf!l1illg and Corrupting
end"g, Mttal icl. Bodin.
t ailu,,:
.
out "y. , feeing this StjmE;
thing/ Irears of t he ll"ptr[tfl B.t/iti
writtm o f MinrA/s, and tcacheth how
Mnul. toptrfctl: {Item I we in the firft
(ompofrd . place confider "" Thi"ls, viz.
Boole, which and PtrfdJi~.. About thefe nro
t be PerfeCtion 00' ""''';00 is occupied. and of them we.
purpore to trtat. We compore this B,,1t C'L
which, ""," 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 de-
coaion in the Bowels of clean, infplffare, and
apptlyNtt itt Wt hflVt fired Ett.rrh (with con[ervarion of i t$ R ..dictll
n:pllllttrd ,ollr Science h{ort (ompo{tJ, if_iN' 1 nor corrupting ) and brough!: to a
with this Comment o( lm'cftigatioo', fotid fuiibie Su bftance, with due Ignition; and
which we Iltrpald., ft-'rir for that NIt! .. reodred Malleable. By the Dtfi~lj," of this
. therefore by rlJ,ht. this ,,,ujl pruult N.'Mrt perfd linr;, wc may morc eafily come
to t he Knowledge of t he 'Thill! corrupting .
. Ihat, (UUfg 0.>' thu 8001:. 1 am to malt And thi s is that w hich is to be IInderfiood in
E1UJlliIY aDout flu Thing Perfeding. a cont rary Senfco, vi:... t he pure !H&ftllHU o f
C HAP. 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
due Ignition. or no nOt fufficient~. . C Ji A P. II.
Iy Malleable.
The firft Definition I find intruded in thefe 0/ I h~ S'o,u of Phjlofoph~~s. that it
two Boo:lier, "iz.. in S. l and L according is on~ only. for th~ WhJt~. anti [(It'
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 redu-
cible to Si'J and Pnjrli... unlefs the con-
E find Modem Anina to defcribe to
.rary be operated in them I that is, the Mani-
left be made Occult, and the Occult be made W us one only StQII'. both fortheWbit.
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 .Ar-
be 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 Per-
, it i. caUed. by Pltit.{.,hm. ooc St'lff' a l-
felt 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 ma-
more 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 fufficient-
ty treat in thei r proper Place in this Book. SII/"DIIT. pure or impure, by accident,
, . B l ",d.
Wfun
, ,
 ,
(6) ( 7 )
~nd not innate in their tiff!: by gentle Fire: C.r,ilU th~ C"gd." (or I.
fore, by COflvcnient .~#;.. Day and Night in Moderate fire, !l;Od keep
to uke it for ufe.
QIiAl
,
forc, 'the
"
cnd of C/,."fr"l If SJt~.All4li.

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

fell: BodI(3_ But !~'i: and it is S.!,.m PilTi. Flrlt it is ground.
cording to and then t he whole diffolved in C.".m~" w.-
For experience ttl" hot: afte rward FUtred, G.ong~led, and
p f adinE. 'Vi%.. Calcined with moderate Fire.
{w,ft,., St/.ti." Ck.rtji"t..f S.t,..(Jtlll. .
IU;,,, and '~,'~~;
!y declare ~ S~ l' lIN ,f tbr Firrt it is ground, and then p~eded witli
M 4gifttTJ For thefe are
rrrp"f4t j,.. ~
'",I" helpful ill :u with CDmtmm S.!!.
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.
Ch AnJi"! If .rbtr sAlu.
T ~ings .hdping Preparation, are thefe,'C>i'('"
all kmds of Silk, AIJQ",I, At"''''tllts i There are divers other ki nds of S,.,]t found,
... Ifo (Jf.ji, B.rA)[, and what are of rhi, N ..- which are Prepared 1nd Cleanfed. as abov~ i.
UIYe, and moll ftJarp Y i. '!..r and Fir', ... . f~id. ' .
(:Itll-Ji"l 'f C. ", ..., tJ Silk, CltA".GlI(. ,f AH,INt.
. P>rn~ ~"'t is dea~~ thus: Fjrft bum Firft o f RICh-AB,,., M any T hings may be.
IT.! illid call It combull: Into hot m...,y (0 be Prepared by it, without its Cleanfing i yet
;i~C!!vtd ! Ii!~ft' the ~q'.!.!",. ~J:ich congeal if ma y be Cieallfed thus: PUt it in an Al,,,,-
'r B .. /_"
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(8 ) ( 9) .,
whole
i. t his An.
Of GIII{I QI/ B~""'tt
<X;;.;;; GlII/l and B. r/lttf, if made in a due man;
'. on a Pnphiry-Sr."" in ~. need nOt Preparation.
'" in WAItT, wllich may be thence
,
fO relCrYed clean.
Cl!aft"1. .f 1-''''111 AU.IIf'.
%r Cltllllfillg .f ""ft follY! Yjllft"rt!.
kind roever, acute and
. by Stl~iliati on I and ~~
1-111 Ah is Prepared aI the '<u' , or , IS Meliorated by Dlffil-
bUt in thil An: it' il of greater venue. Of the Cle'a.nfing' and puriIViP,& .qF
are found yet many other Afl~"", all the afordMd. we have now fufllclently
.re Prepared and Cleanfed a. above with which the Impc:rfel\: Bodie. ma,
Cltafillt -f Alr_lIll. . Purified, Melio rated, and Subti-: ,
alway. duly Mediating.

Yi-
C II A P. IV,.
O! Prtpar"ation and Mtlioratio. of B0-
din I1J GnuraJ.

HEY
:Cltll.jillg'f e'fPtTII1,
T 'h'
~ 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 in chem, and
A I r _ " and they are found of diven e.- in them an
~III', which are all Cleanfed aa the afordaid. and very
and Fllfi.".
fujICrfluous in ,

(""",,
Of
 ,
'J
, .
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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 s."u,.,;.. 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., remain-
ing. Thi. js tnt intire P"-'I#TIf/i.", and per-
felt D'1""'",jlt, Qf Impedcalh'i t!. The All-
lir41i.", PMri/i,.ti,,, and S. i tilw;.. of there
, (the pure Subflancc remai ning) are efrell-
ed. many way', according u t he 1,%"
qUIres.
re-:
Therefore. the way of Prep3 ri ng and Pu-
rifying in G~era l. is this: Firlt, With F i n
ProptJI tional. the whole Superfluous and Cor-
rupt H .",i.."" in their Eirena: mull: be eleva-
red 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~
"'f,
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 Wath-
ing. Afterwa rd, the who le unclean E.rthi_
. ~rflf
( II )
_J. d Combull:i ble and Groll F".I,fJei
;~lt taken away, and depofited with !he
j;
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? .
:r.
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. ~ . ~
t::d
from the s , i,itM. St4" and SU~tl HI.~ ~r
.z
.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.
 ( ., ) ( '3 )
do this time after time. until by the acuJ:..
~-~~~~--
of theS.1u. ,AU.,lIr. a ndYi,,~!oIIT, its "hole
C HAP. ~. B1M/t'lltfS, andV,,,lt 1I4i, thall be
corroded and done away. Thilbe
Of thr PnparatiDrl of .Tit{ ill 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 with
'od]
and 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
in a FJlTUU of
and .if,.... and with Puri6ed and Harfh until the whole
JUllIT. and dry it at the s.., or in the Air
S",lt if need be.
arid then again Grmd, and Wafb, and Dry ~~';"" for it il what
.", w,

( '4 )
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~ PrrptJroliMi qSarurn.
L E.-J iSlhul prepared. 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
h:arlh Yi.'l .... 'For the R,.you mufl: ufe thek
at you d id fQf ;theWbiU. with C...... ,s,cu
l_nw"s 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~
"ith the r..
mi lt Gl"pwidntltfe aforefaid. and as }'OU did
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 .~'
lixir. .
.
( '5 )
SAl.,. ;
_.
C HAP. V I I.
Of th~ - Prlparlltirm' of Venus.
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;_
.,i""
(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.",foof- ,
ten, 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'b-
ftance'With due PropmjMl. Grind t his 'cak!i-
ntd .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
- . the~
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.. C H A P. -I X.

Of the Preparation if Sol :

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
'~""'IC
C HAP. VI I /,
Of tht Prtparatt'olJ "I Mars.
""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
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 Ar-
into a tnoft clea r W..I.r;
t he for the Red EI,!>:i'"
the (fue IJ.dJ made spir'tll.d.

~ .
dryed, grind and
Y......... and then
lIor r_ is raid.
i

C HAP. X.
Of t h~ Pr~para ti()n()f Luna.
this s.!,ttu,. . 't'ic., The
wonderfuUy augmenting the
1JI/4 or S,tlltt, is (ubti liatcd andattenuatctf
JUtir. Thefe may fuffice to and r cduccl ro Slim.,,/,,!. in manner as:
h'lt'r,,!i#. of '.ptrJr4 B,Jitl! e above"

\
.... ~ '~.---------,...-------
( IS J ( 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. . of Ihe w"t is (ooner terminated Ihis way.
. . . ..
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 by PrtP"".I"" at otl(e, in a very {hart
'T".,. as a few DIIJtI and H ."Yt ; bu t in re-
(pelt of other M."'" PblJiciu" and al!o in
refpe[l: of t he Of"''';''' or N"r"" , the Vn-j,!
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 .,r, be-
caufe 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, deter-
mi nate "f"'fNr~ and 7'i",t, in which it is ter-
minated . 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
. ,.ts 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 con-
cl 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.
 ( 21 )
( 20 ) 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 fuper-
We have alfo, in a con-
Tlu Flilogu~ tJlld Coltd"jion of Ihr the SHIJP""" of B,JiIl
Hncfore from !hc a~\'e .prcmifed, d.le
t :,:~,,!perfelt. to beone every where,
T TbillJ,1 are mamfeft H1 which t he Vm?
of theWQrt, ",s nigh and we ha\'c confidered
:r, . and SIt/phllf I which are/u",
krore their e"nmixri." : An by
I through Our olvn Ex" ,;!,
Thill' s perfeCting this W'r~ by our truc b,u~ftj imperfea ]J,dJlI,
lAli'-;" with certain EXP.'TiflfU, whereby we a re and t hat Ihisgave
affllmi, That a ll the W(l1'J, are truc, ,,,hich are F.rm: For when We
now "(by us only) written in our "..1".'1/, ac-
cording as we found by Experiment and R eif-
f ... related in t he fame: But" thofe 7iJi"l l
whit:h by O:.lf, %,..,.j:7l:r we have oeerated, found them
f~n wit h our EJls , and handled with our or PltTi'J ,lhan
H""Js, We have writ in t he SM._ o f the Per- not prepared. By
f ,ll;""f 0", M,,!/ft",_ T herefore, let the SIf- came to the petfett
"(I" Artifirrr Iluaiouny pcrufe Our B'#~I, co l-
leCting Our difj)('rfcd J'IlI/1i#IJ ' ~ which We
S"fII&I, which We
in O ur Bul:.!. T here-
havedefcribtd in di\'(1's I,laccs, -that We mil;ht :jnd you will find
not expofe il to Malignant and 19no~n t .U fll ; ;;h.~,i; S,itlftr, i We haye .abbrevi:;
and let him prove his e.f/tR , even umo out o f the ]Jui:J of the A/fCi",ts.
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 7.b~ tNa if this JIJ1Itfligatio1l,
IIOW ( in great /.ntt .J "fOr'o Ced IV",,,
,Ar,ijirtr exercife himfdf. and find OUt t his

jlil."tiu, by QDr Cnjid.r.ltiu; and alf') i:C-

J r/lr-

qUire a plenary KI11:) i :d.,;" o f the Vt ri'} oflhe C

, . 3
O EBER.
Jlerfe[lill~ ll ~d corru ptll11t M.~lttr and hr",.
for ' we in OUT J~i!.,, ' ifll. hue confKlered
t he

,

() ('3 )
, .. , IVrir j"l aftois Our
G E B E R; of them

The Famous Arabian

and Philofopher,
that in
of t h~ Slim of Art il
with
<pERFECTION,
OR, OF THE
'1'E'l{FECT 'cr,
is vcr}' rc-
Two nO[ a true
I IAnd he,
;;;,;;, Principia. and all
T he FirO: Book. .;,; , yet hath not acquired
and Pr,pcjtlllJ ofthis Art; hath
a more n ue Accefs 10 the Pri",ipln of Ihil
'lDt P REF AC E, TouchiNg 4rt. t han he who is ignorant in ~is IIntnl'.'''
Vt!(Yloj"$ this ART -a., of the MtthQa of his WQrl:.. and is but a hr.
thattJnftt 01 SeJP L -5. tie remote from t he EII/fallct Or Art. But he
who knows the PrincipilJ o f all.TIling/. and the
Ur .whole.SeitfU't or ChJ"'ijIry, which; C<l. II['1 of M i,m,,,ls, and the IVA} of Gt'm ....

O "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~.
, 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"":
~,.pttcn by p.s
..
IS,diminifhed,
, .
that We
, have. fuffi-
~Iendy
,
Caure A rt cannot imitate NIIII#H In all w.rQ,
~. ~ .,. _ .- ,"!.I t

 (24 ) (,~ )
but imitatu her as exalUy as it ctu: evident to Wife M I ., t hat
fore moil:- dea r $.". We difcovtr a &o'tt are void of 7rllth .
That .ArriftrtTl crre in this. intend to DifCO'-lr(e of NArllTlt.l .
dtftre to imitate N .u-rt in ,;,.,;';' Rcccrding to the I.'lll,i,,,
and in t hat Part We treat of the
and 1I1i~rj~" of them each
;;",h,,'; very o fte n j i, ..C lY~rj.~ of N4l1ru, and of
acqui re the " "" , _, according 10 the Opjllivll o f An~.
in them you may
your OlVn lIf""i ,,?d will demonllrate the Prill,j":
know how to efcape El'rfr are according to the /"t.It,i.. o f
may be able to -imitate N lIlllr, Qur WITA.:.. i in 1'Ihich We are able 10 imi.,.
of your W.,t- . NAtll" , and the way of mixing and alte-
toN.'llr., wi th its Cftl , rq
to the /tltllt of OUf IV.,*.,

Tlu ZJh'ijion of th.is F~jl Book

Four
, Parts.. FirO: Part of th is Firll: Book, trcat,
F/,jf. We i~tend briefly ( 0 fetdown all/.- of the Impediments which hinder
the Anifis f rom attaining to the true
1:''';_1111 by which t he Artijit rr is im-
peded in his W,'*. that he cannot reach to
th e true Ell": Alfo, in thi.P,m, we will fpeak"
End o f this Art.
of tliec,IJitj."t. of the Opt'IIt" ofthi. ,A,t,
, ., Sit"'''', ; We wHl difpute againfl: th e 11.1/~.
,11.' and S.phiftrri. who. by reafonof their C H A P, 1.
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 TIlt '])i'Vijiof! ~f Imprdimtnts.
: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
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 ' ( ,6 ) ( '7 )
and LAkin" . YetWc '~:'~~ And if the,B..t'Jof
'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. C HAP. II J.
from one Will to its oppofir likcwile.
, tlu Imp~djl1wJts frem tht part of
tIn Artijls Sout.
C H A p~ fl. in which we
declared the
;;;~ .~~r":the B~
O! thr Im}rJimntls oj' , 'ha<
tht P ,lr/ of thr Boily of (b, ' he
WE
this IMptJi1ll,.t,:;~:~\J
Ct..pur.
ner. and more
tOOte Imprdimlllts N.'Nrl , I the properties of
Therefore We ( Oly, i her A Di.lI, cannotfind the true ~x of this
Or!./J, e._pltAt . he cannOt mon precious Stilllft. M there are many who
t o t he C, ml':Al",.;tIl of this have a Iliff Nul:,., void of 11I!., i,] in every
t han if he were Bli_ O f perfcrutation. and ... ho can fcarcely under--:
bec:1ute he is not helped liand C~"''''DII Sputh, and likewife with diffi-
py meditltion of which. as n,le"
r~1
w""k! vulgarly Common. BefKies
Itarn -_. h.
[ e.""
 ( ,8 .) ;
there, we alro find
( '9 )
eafily opinionating every .;~ihe who is ignorant, or neJ;ligent in the
t hey believe they have fOllnd Col' o f S(itllct, attain ('amy [0 it ~
, ..jlMc" deviacing
and remcte from
.,
their man)' C HAP. IV.
nnnot n ue I "rtllli, ,.
T4illt~ are al /O, !>elides Impttfimn. rs hilldr/lIg (h~
who have a s."l mova ble, from (if tl:is Art.
0,11$;.,,1. and from WilJ to mOl i
fuddenly belieye a Thing arod i
~ithout allY Ground at ;[1of ! t.ffo". J tWO Hr.,,!., rt d uud all /:.=
, .t,'le ar(~r "pr, al\Other T hing .. and tl6 rerarding t he E~J o f th is
WIfe beheve anOther, and will , ....""om R..Jmsl Pr;ndpf..J
there arc fl> changeablc,thar they "' of the ArriJi clT of
;'Iccompnfrl the lean of t hat they i . T he rerore, it con ~
rather leave it defc:<tiv('. There are to ced ::re the l",~
Others, who can not tee any Truth i , and 11ar~n~
,.,...1 n,." ~/I! no more than Bt.ft'i as' ,vhich. this
were Witlr/s, M .d.IIf,1I and Child"" , fee fome
are Otll~r.. a1[0 who contemn the Sri/ II" / in t h t. 1V<r{ .
~ hink it ijOt to be; whom in like mannc~ follolV-
Sru", contemns, and repels them lY~rv ; in
E.J of this molt prt'ciOU5 lY'rl not P""t#;'it.
afC Soim-, who arc sl,ctltl , loving LUlItlr e irel. , t hat
w ho do affirm rhi. to be an admirable ,,,;"';: ,. ~;;;; . and AOioM of
';~ ". .';'~:~ with extre-am
hut are a re " :, ' ,~a D iljlCnfa rion of
CUrf,tI. h4
it, and according to I:' IlOft/.one or neg,.
to the E%prrit.ct o f :lre ma(l Y
rhro:Jgh Cove[Quliler, of Cu,,,,.. /If,'n.
~h is Our $ti"'Hc9m~snO~tQthefil' 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.
.
C HAP. v.
Tlu COllc/ujiOtl of this Firfl Part, c
lai"i"g th~ Qiaj,ficatiolls of Ihf
tifiar.
Herefore. from whilt is abovcfaid,
T 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
l orc the A rtifiur mult: be helped by moft d
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
S"NI&' he barn acquired. unlefi; he be
~I~ by N41.r..J , ,,J,,ftry. he "m not: bC . wire Mcn. according fO tllCO eXIgency of , hiS
, ( ~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 N.,.-
, Ill LlArnillg, which by Jlld"Pry o nly he can-
not avoid; beClufe drl is helped by 'IJ!.'";'~.
#,. and b m IJilil, by .Arl likewife
is
Alfo it 'leccffary for him ro be of a con':
flant Will in his W.,.... 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
;,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 ofthis .A,t. which arc elfemial to
the w,r.t.: Occaufe, he t hat is ignorant or the
roo all lhofe P,j"tip/'I in a D lfcourfe com-
pleaf, and rufficie~tly ckar a':ld mani fe [~ r.o

-fltJ.
"ued t~ fo precIOUS a BUll/itt. By h i' J our .Arl. It is likclti!e ex pedient, (he Amft
he mutt amend his '!!.'Ifl'. i!). t he poi fhould be t{'mperat e and nolV to .An!" , k aft
h

. "

he fiiddenly
(' 3
( 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 Po-
1.Iaf] i or at lcafr, when ( by hi~ ;,..- ;:I!:cnt
Endea\'our) he is come l1t'ar ' I ) Ii;.: E " ,J of
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.
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'
io'Ou; " Therefol'C', if you wall:e your M~1J?,;
;;~ the Things "~'"
ilOt min'ding our AdmonitimlS, pl3in and ma-
nifell:. 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.
Not fhould ' he Arlift endeavour to find
.h,
------ . - Fi"i i~ .'
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 111-
and G~ , dJl41. Alld perhaps, for the I ~u
of yOlir Sop~jfli,,,1 W..,*., he deni eS
A rt, and lamentably t brults you in-
BrP .th 'of En-Dr, and from your Er-
into perperual l"frl,CU! and M1trJ: be-
he 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,,/tli-
C~,,!./,.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 an 4"_~'
Alt ; of thefe
lbouJd.
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( 34 ) . ( 35 )
pOlin;; it to be. For Some. limply affirming
, -~--"--:-~ this An not: to be, S'pb ij1:,.o, fi rcllglhen
Tbe SCc~nd Part of this Firll their Art "WIII!, I ~U5: They fay, there are di.
in ~'hic:h are related the Rcafons ftinlt Spifl and p i7,rji,i, '. o~ T hillt ', bccaufc
. 'Men denying this Art; which the P"f"tiD"' , In eo:nmll't(on ?f.
tach With mher, are dIVers and dlltma:. For
i,,,,,,,,J
terwardconfured. an .Aft is divers in S./lCitl from a M ..n I be-
-. caufe, in his C""p-fir;Q" , he had a more di-
vers i'r'pmi,n of Il __ t!. So a\fo it i. in
.U other Dj"'"jititl of 11i. 1J, Iherefore in
- . Aving already in one s_
- M"ttrJ/, Wherefore the Pr./"ni,n o f Tbings
H
. lie liN t comprited all the
of this w'"t. and given you a
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
licitn,! for the .dJlNrt"'~ of Ihill . what is to be mixed l Bur ,ve arc ignorant
now expedient, ,according to of the true P"'p.rtim o f th e E/t". ~ntJ 01 the
of our Pltrpo/" to difpute Sf J. and LlIlIA, therefore we mult be ignorant
fi"' and 't1fdlUU M,II, Firlf. ho w 10 fo rm them .
their RIII/'." according aa "'I. . In like manner, they ~Iro m herwife araue; ,
would do from the Btl"";":_ condemning o ur .M;,g;p"J' For fa}' they, al-
enervate all thafe RU(f1u fo. as
evident to the IVi/t, t hat they
thing of r...
tb i" .h,..
ro." t.hou gh you fhould knol,. t he Pr3Frr>", of
EI"n nltJ, yet the way of mixi ng them toge-
ther you know nm; becaufe N"tllr: Procre-
ues thefe in em/trn:, in M inrJ, ana in hidden
pl..~tJ j therefore, feeing you knolv nOt the
c; a A P. I. :"'!'! (or M .t hJ4) of th eI r .!,.fixti.n, yOll are
al fo ignorant hOlY to m.ake them. In li ke.
Thr tr ftt R r40lls of Ura jimJl:I fort, again the y argue: Althougb you fhotl ld
il:g Ihis A rt. duly know (liis, yet in the AE1i", .of M ilJ(t."i
you undee n-dnd not hOlv to' equalize t h~ A -
"THere arc di\'crs who deny ard , tnt 1/c";, by medi"alion of which t he Th iPg
, hi. Art. Some limply, odiCTs 11 fa pt"rfefted. Ear N"tllr; hath a certain'
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.-

. ( 36 ) .
!lulI'it! of liw, by which flie brin,gs Me':
lifts 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 /I",." 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
F,.i, 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
.
( 37 )
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
aa,.t, nor anyone Sprri fJ trnnfmutcd in.
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 thou-
flmd years, reting \"ou are fcardy able to ex-
tend 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,; fee-
ing 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

( 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,
In
15
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.
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 0-
t 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 t (Juching t hr Princilla of Mtfal.r.
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
..
,
" ,
(~9
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 S"p-
,.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,
- - -- - - - --- - -- -...:'- -
. 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 Herefore We(al'. the Prj":;p/lJ, about which
N.I""
imploy. her A flH"S, are of a moll:
bard and molt ftrong Co.,.jitj,,. : and they
vc
'
, 0... -
&tlph," and Arl~"'i'fll, :u fome PIJ,'I.[,_
phrr!.
pbirt fay. of a " of the Prilltiplu of N.rJITI:
and men they are the fUpt'rfluous H ill;,!
"molt difficult but t his is, fuddenly be made (feeing
Jpijf..ti~n (or ' -atld /1Ia.t4t im not from.he Dr!. by rea
.tJ.uJ";II: ) of the,m with other, which they have)
ib Cudi wife TrnIde, that tlleY may fulfer I would be refolved
<i';'fi~" "and xln{j.., by Malleable an,\ fo the whole vaniRl into
"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 have each with Other.
fcn cd by Succeffi l'c DtCf(li u in t he a mlnife[t EXI"immt in Sll~
"Jflerefore molt ' Dear s.., \Ve give" you for when til them i ~ made
m ;;:T41 R.lt. lI.~%.. t hat b'!,W.,i.n o f any the H.,.i. is
..u/,,! cann~ be made, unkB tifft, nor ,the Dr} from
the !fltmid"J be m ~de an of i a ll the l'Arfl
PIIr'S moftfuhtil; and aUb i 01 their their whole S"hftA."a-
JlJiJjt]. eonfervation of Ihc larll more Inds . or I M i.-ctn, is dilfolved.
(if the H iiiin C Mix , ; '''"" Therelo re fuccdIive diurornal and equal
and a true M i;rti of ~h' " 14 fill., .. of the fubrile fumOll$ H.;"i~t1. is
t hat the HI/mid;,! . the CAJI(' of the ,,,,'pjl f.:riu of "((fills : B,ut
Ipe Drp"i', and t he this bofpilfatio .. We c.mnOt alfo make after this
'T. and bot h be'come mann er I t herefore in this We cannot follo,,"
neal in it. Pttrll, N Il",rr . for We cannot imitate NAI. " in all
fofr, and clltC'nfive of Pr.p:rt ~t of .Alli,.. Wherefore
~?t done, unlefs by " is no t to follow NAl 1fT, in t he
vlfccus Hllmitli'J . and nor in the P"'pm;uofmixableE-
t hrough their -Ieaft part!. , nor in the manner of mixing the~
become 'he fame with the with other I nor in t he tquat ion of in-
Dr, with the H".iJ.. Arid fpi(fa~ing (or t hickning) I/u, : a ll thefe
fftc}J a fubti/ r.plJIT . is 71.illj:t being to Us impoffible and wholly un-
but " very kifurely . and known. Therefore it nOI" remains, that We
TI<lff. - and that t herefoce, ,;;.~ (~t :l.bout refuting the afore-mentioned R{lIr",u
I ". . . . - ". . of
,
'.

 ( 4' ) .
Dot: teeing any to poffeti t hit &itlfu. conceive
an E,.,.,r in their Mitt., . and thence judge ,
that none have: found it
Further, irthey phanranially a'lu~ . affirm_
CHAP. Ill. ing our l"'f/lt~'J. t hat we cannOt Imllate NA-
,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:
jilfljlY JrllJillg Art. We an(wer. derelting t heir manifold Ern1'.
that there is no necc:l1iry , from their Way of
If they fay We kuow not the P"~p"'"'If arguing, for Us to grant th at our Art is not I
becaufe they fir engthen th ei r E r,Qr and Ph4ll-
. Dr.tVI, ' nd way of M il'i.:o f them each
~tth other, alfo che Equarion of H,., infpilfa. ,.pt .rro~ aLiI:..'> 0: from a GrfAttr to a ~.
tt,og M ttfil/ : and many other c..fll and con- in which IS not connuned NtttJFtJ . bUt C."tlll-
fequcm A ,,;tiull o f the Afll,1IJ of Nlltlf,.., 1.'.~r I as in many t hings. This afro we !hew,by
We gra nt t he fame. Yet. by -realOn of this the; anOther way, demonftrali ng, that they allign
do not ener~ateOur DI"'me Sei,lftl . bea.u(c 1'10 apparent Sj",jfjtl"l, between a weak C, .;;t;-
tUNof Animlls. and the firm and firong 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
,.rti", of M i"mul. For in A"j"",ls, and other
Living'1bi"! ,, in which the C'."fiti,,, is weak.
~r P,;uipk. and aootm:r M,t". of G... there is nor a pcrficicnt Pr,,.rti.,,, nor Mif';"
!'". ... of M ttMI. in which We at e able to Uuof Pr.p~rlju , nor !lli/otl of M i/,i6ltl,nor
follow N ,l"",. . a C~Wlmixli.", which follows from the Atti-
If they fay Pbiltfopbm and Pri.ul of th i. on and PaffionofdlOfe Things each with ocher.
W.rU. ~ave defired this S~itlf&t and could which is from the Ag~regation of "thofe fint
n~ lind It , We anfwer, Tbry lit. For fomo ~.tlitjtll but there is (according to the Opj.
P.r'_~1 ( COOl/gil few J and efpeciall y the' Alf' "j~" of M.",) a S~lIj, which is from the Ow,!!
"nil. and w:-ltM,. found in Our Ti.t , have RtetjJts of N.III,.t , as from a .!R.!!ill'rjJ,llt:t, or
(~ .. .mamfe!l) by their I.upr" found OUt from the firft M .1Hr. And of this alto we fpeak,
~?ts &~."t j but would never by IV.,.. o r w,.;# according to t he O,i"i'lI of many I and know
tIl dlfcover t he fame to. fuch M ,., btcaule not che SIn'II chereof. Therefore . we cannot
~)' are unworthy of I t . Therefore '11H] perform fuch Ti}ings as thefe. although in them
no< 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' , . ',ewe IIgain fay, Tli t!
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~"
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,
)
argue, ThatSpte;.,;!
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
r'4rs I
~~~~~;~,~~,: 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 . ' cfc-
oomp l ~n t 5p.t,h, in' the
. SlI j)jrqH:lIt
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( 47 )
ti,~ thereof..' Forwhcn Wefcea W"",d~uced
a Blillg from aD,,, . o r Other PUHCfiabk:
, We do not Immediately confl<kuhe
m StMI , but Ihe D'ffHf,j'lIs of lbc
thoug~ and C,uif" (bd'1dcs
mitate i From ,fum a
fi ci~ntly proved know.N_s lo
T herefore the "'"~,:
into a /JIm:, according to' N ....
w.~ confe fs ra for NIf'III"' fi nds out ,a ;3ifl convenient
Iy ~e. fdr, although unknown by Us
. And if t~ey fay from -the Sit, of "If theV fay Ptrf,fli.H i,l gi ven in an
more S''''''. P,r!,[fi is given to and Our Prtl"'r"ri, ,, is,not made in an
yvhich 5itl We not. To this : And hence IX>nciude, l"hatOur M,,-
Wchav c."~"e ca5lnot ,be complca u:d by .Artifiu ;
the Arl isnot : We fay t hci rHI...t..
and void of Hu...,,' Rtitfu. . and
like to Bt.fls l han M i
~d;;' Co~ ;py""if" , having no
I that which -is rela ted.
'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~
i ng they """ Art, from 71ti,,! , given i and their
'We are compelled .;;;;w,
made: For ~e i n~ it .
di fficultly made ; . but is
it may be made (of
this 11._4'11. til%.. C H AP. I V.
""'f, it muft
..d Opini01lJ Dr thDJe who (ttptoft
hence the Art to h.
of it
bccaufe they know not ,:,,~ fi od with adi verre
at cordir'j g to -tlie c.., 'om,
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 .11
of S#phiflm. ' ill,
, 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 Err"
in,g a
folio ....
t he Pri.,iFlo.
r~;~;,~
In "',.,
For thty
E

,
 ( so )
hinclthcm after theirlH.,h
and
~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 C HAP. V.
needs not a
felt. 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.._
".".1$, 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; be-
to others of t1llfe they jtldge t haI SML",.., .... only inS..<I-
and M.ot;IUF.., and l b", is the PtiftDi" , o r lu 1't" """'"II; and
. . And of tflo(C' who fay like wife in it ~ c."",". "i~ Jlr[.Kl;.. . they
Jlft, fome will have it in u "tI are ind uced to the like l"~"" ''' ' Therefore
vcry of the other .slJit,: fo i coming to Prlljtll..... " hlch II ..... ith I ,If,.th" of
GI4i . fo me in G' . I\ others in th e A/urAli~", the y fee th at to be burned and va-..
of &.1;" .A1l~,.t~, NdTn . and B,r~tt I nifh. and not lo0lt to abide in B~Jltl . and
lbme In kmd of Y Ct,ctA6IU: And IIlofe B.JitJ to be left more unclea n than tl ley'
one of is advent 'o,<ho were before Pr.j,8 i .>.of their M ,m,,. npon
according co ;.' them. ~ow feein~ th.i. Dt ll"/'" in the C.m~
to thefe , he i co tlt Atflftflt o f their w, ,{,and tha t in a IOSi:;: ti me,
advcrfe to t he Art. And for ;,;,.~ whereas before they concl uded in thei r M Il/dr.
tinddrhcr of lhefe S<flJ yoidof 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.
ThrCo1lfutatiollof tht }ytet'tllt Rrafo",.
Of th~ R t'tlFons of. Mtn t/rNywg th~ Art
To thefe We briefly anfwer and fay, that in fupp ifrd IU Arlmck, mid Ihu". Rtfutll~
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-
rant. 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.
itror
CHAP.
,
C HAP. V l.
It01l.
Ut Others judging thisS"'I: muft neutrari-
B
,m,
Iy 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 (uccoffive-
Iy, 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;
E3 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 "'"
;,
H~,!& .. . C HA P.
~ence . cannot
tliu. 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
-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~/
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,
-
V I I I.
Tbl R tafollS of Mm . dlflyblg tht A ,t
filppofo d ii, Spirifs . to bl fix~d 10-
lt 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

ItrJlJM' 4C 1((5 J but SlIIlp'lIr yct Ids chan ICS fame ' but flie from the A!ptril]
~ -. . . 0"., tl r:
E4 , of


( 56)
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 -""
11.whe:n the not fi:l (:d . .
here to S ,Ji,s in their
tlie S,,~ of the Y , leti/, overcome.
ot"the FiJlrli, Whence alfo they I'k,.
as the firll:, argue. and we to them r
a. to Ihe firn. anfwcr. l'hcreforethi, '''-.
'whoUy to their Rtprl4ch. '
5'111 of Lum,j~!. if yOll -would
B, Jitl , then (We fay) if it be
e/fell: fhi. bv 'any' M <ttfff. it
be dpne by S, iritll but it is not
t here sli,;" not fixed lhould
. here to BOIIi'JI far 'thej" fty away. '
t hem Nor can the lC Spi,its"
Ii,xed, have ' ''!Tifs, whtTl
'which How. not. And
in B. tlilJ
('1'7 )
..
,..hat i or. may be operated ",jlh it;'
the follo wing Dtfiei""'J of Ihtir
(heir 0"" R"Jb-r[..
,
C HA P, I X,
_ if'
~ftn dUfyiflt tht 4,t ru,~
In BOllia. (lnd ]irfl ill white
'tb,lt iI, .Tin or jUlliter, 8114
thrir DmJlltdJion,
pofire the Ar: in B~tiitJ. but when
w.,..
it ~Ir. they are
i Llllti. 11; ::". the 1..i1liti ~
pure in W6iu>I ,ft) 10 be much
approrim:lte to t he NAlIlTt of
; the Liv ii4 i. indeed nmch ap-
S.! . bu t to LII.Aliule I and the
to LIlli", but lil tle co 511. There-
fome of t hefe MIll conttitin~ 7illor?_-
I (":"'o~ ~ much li ke to L.,.. or Sil"V!, (rli f-
__::1 in
r~O'~

,
,

'"... no .....
To t heiC.
able . Ii
i as it can
in ifsC.tx, which Ihey
~Olyi therefore to rtpuC'("t ~ollid 1J9l" ;
. " .j. ~, . therefore,
"
,
 ( 5@ )

therefore judged it impoffible to

.And fome 0{ thefe could "::~h~; away
from it. and found the ~~ and affirmed
,r.,;,;,,;;;;,;
foftneli. and talie li'l'l</"m,.
Thcrefore they believed" i
and Di vi ne Art TO be frivolaul .
thefe Men We anfwcr, with Our
and fo were induced anfwcr.
;", the Art of hardning it.
our, Butfomcof
C HAP. X.
R M(ons ofMm tbtl),jHg tht Artfop-
l,,(ta IN B/tJ,llead or Saturn.
,
fame Drillft, ,, they allb find in Black
S"',m, only that It
, i reduced to
a

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 ) ( 61 )
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 CHAP. XII.
fOrmer.
of MIl iU!J'ing Iht A rt .f/I?
in the Mixtwl oj H II'd eDther
C HAP. J 1.
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
'rDith . Hartl, on" of Soft , .tbOught and been per-
could lind OUt 11. of caufing

to Pcrfdtion I and that

be 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 m-
of 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.'" c.ellY till:
. to be,
CH A P.


 ..
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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.
( 6~ )
be made in B,j,'II, by 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 an-
f....er. they operated not in due M.uu,. there.
lOrcundulyd erermining, they cannot but con-
demn th is Art acconiing to their o wn Er-.
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
otht r Thiflgs.
thf Commi:aiofl of (lilY

: C HAP. XI V.
are Others, filppofi ng Ihe Art to he
Tlu Rrq{oru of Mt" dt"y urt tht Art in S.~fll :lI1d Ai/DillS, Nitr" aod
.

.pofra, in Clap aId Gtms, and who' m ay indeed in there m a ke Trl'-
R ifHt alio1l. we judg) not find it in them.
a lthough t hey lhou!d, by thei r
T"Gt.~.
HEY who polite
have found)
this Art in
that Aft(Tat;'IJ "'~
fome fma ll Vrj/l,y o f T ranf-
Diifolvillg, Coaguia ti ng.aod
Coact ing l'

.
..
..
 ,' '

( (4)
Co:itlirigi yet chat doth not enervate
( (5 )
.A11. which is borh necclfary k,~~,;;~; of wml$, refolve to infi!1: upon there
Nc:,errhekfs, it is poffible, that in a!1 we bridty treat of the Vni-
Things tPey may find fome AUmu;Df/.; bin which they will be ab le evi-
t hal is very remote, and exceeding Laboriousl '" _Infilli~J o f their Errcrl;'
and in all other Gm~i". Thi"gl, it is proved at t hi$ time, we mult
t o be more Laborioui"to ruch suppif"l. Prilltiplu according to
Therefore they, who porfelt th is Art in all ~;;;";O;~;i~w;e oftold you before) and by ,
"Igtt~ltl,do indeedderermine what is poffible, ,,, them.
bur not TO them, who fhall lirft fail in th eir
Labour, before the W'r~ laboured can polli-
bly be perfeded. Wherefore , if fuch Men T hird Part of this FifO: Book; Of
find not the Art by their Labours, it mult noc
be argued, that the Art carinot by any La- Prindptes, and theirEfThd-.
bours be found 0111. All the before-mend-
onedErr.l1/~'.J Ptrf~'$J determined onc M41-
UT of thei rs-to be the only MIlmT, and fup.
,
pored th ere was no Q,her M"tur befidts C H AP. I.
t hat ; and thefe now do indeed condemn all .th ~ N :trirrlt P,-itmpltJ of Mr frtli(~
rhc ,othl'r. ' . ,
, , fiut. the~e are ma~r Others. and rh<;lfe al- RadirJ. lI({ol-dillS tlJ tb t Opt1llQl1 of
moll: mfinlte, I'I-ho 19113ranrly, alld Without th o ""';N' ~ t' .
, of. . . . . .... .
Jo.nowled:;. make a Compofirion of all, of 01 ,

fome of [hefe Things, in a dil'erfe Proporti- now fignifie toyou, that (according
on; and their Err~r is extended even to 111- to th c ' Ofi~io'; of the Alln'tnt:, who
, . '0 our Sdr , Itllrnous of Ar,) NllturA l
""ipl" j~ the W. rk. or Nlltuft are, F.,.,it a ...
and" ty"Ater, which is alfo named
, We grail!, and thus define
.. t imes throu(!,h is white in Decuir., and
,; t h ro'J~h Dimi""ri.,.: ~et in
is poffible-. And VI" ~ , without ,"'-'~i; 'Y.,~; b",,either fide, in the JI{.:g}ft" l
in M ..niftflc, of eilher fide-,.
,, The refore . in a brier,
'F and-
.
( 66 ) ..

and alfo a fimply compleat t ~nd SIIlphIlT likewife altered and changed into
Speech. We declare the GUlT . . . . . utb. Whence they fal', thac in the /11',,,,;_
o f GUlTllti.. of thefe. Yet i"of Nlltit;-f , the !,-iJl'ft, was other, than a
(crcent Spirit, and fhgitive Spirit. And the Rea-
fo fa r
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
of 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 an-
her Rrll{u. viz, buaufe there is no min-
fition (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 . Hard-
Exile.,} .' Eff'~', neB and Softner, of them. But In the
,i"i of car-un .A.",.r /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 Ar-
C HAP. I I. lmltlitli and S"lph"" in their NII,,,re, are not:
the Pr,,,tiplts aCcOrdi ng tothe /"tmlio/l of NA-
O! IIJr N.ltflr(/IPrincip/~s of t.r,: hut another T hing, wh ich ~ollows frOfI( . .
. lltcorJif!g 10 tbt O}H/JIHI the Alleruian of their !"'III,J/I the Rut of
Pbilofcthtys ;, and of NIIt",t, into an EtatJ., !,,J,I!A~", And this
.... is the w"). by w hich each of them is tUrned
BUeothers fAy otherwife I into an EArthy N ",.,m I and from thm nvp"
i .rd" N.:tll>"ts. a molt t hin Film, is refolved,
. " in" itl N.t.rt was nor the ..
,.Irc-red . and convertcd inlo ItS by IIret muldplfed in the Bfl'f"//iof tbe F.",,",
F :I and
 .-,.-

. . ( '68 )
and thl' tJ~,li~lct~' F"., is the
M ftlcI,.
ItI' 0 1 C HAP. I I 1.

This E t , wh(n it {h all " ~

t C"mptrate H,,,
qf th,',~,.;" Vi", ijiofJ (if 'U.:hat at-~ to ,,~ fiolnr.
to the N At.r, o f a tOllchwg t~( T'!ru PrincipiIS, ~ i z .
it rtteive,; a certain Fix",i ,
ward the IV..," ( Ho" inR through the Sulphur, Ar(~ mck. _alld Argentvlve.
,I, of the Mi."~. and S".II!.i' ji'l
ditrolve., and is uniformly united
a nal Dral firm V"i,,.. ,,~,
thus raid, That
or

C HAP. I V.
OJ Sulphur.
.. ., THcfore we fuy, t ha t S" lph.r is a falneil
of the EItr,b, by temperate D ,c,O;,. in
.

... - CH A Jhc M ilu Qf fhe EArtb th!cklJ.ed, \ln til it be
.. - - ' F J hardfled
,.
 . (.7 )
hardned al)d made dry I and when it is hard,: ~"!_
"
commir and unite it amicably with. B. oliu.
'of the artAltft &,rtfl of Nm.",
nM, -if is called S.Jpbllr. Indeed SIIlp"" ha!~ ... aile way .o f p"/taloll " for there arc ma-
an 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~ubt-
partS, becaufe it is H'''''l.'IU. I. Thrre~orc. receives weight I yea, Cf!ptr from !t af-
its 0' Url()( n.ken from ir, as fi"oqlorhe r thtngi t he Effi!.ju of Sd. Alfo Mrn." IS af-
having 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 can- but 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 to
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 I;,,;,,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 dlffol-
Mr,;... 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 Mm",., 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.br-
i-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. :
l .A!r~ ~ wliO. In Prt/~rlll..lo" knows
~n by it relf compleat t he W~,~ of .d{~ 1m,.
,.,....
_ .. .. . . . . ~ 1 for

 ,
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 C HAP. Y I.
frn. Thefe: may (uffice to be fpoken of -
'~Mr. ' Of Argent vi\'c, or Mercury.
\
Rf,rHHli'IJt, which alfo is called MlTlJl,j
A oy the 4,"it~ rs, is a viR-ous W"," i n
, C HAP,Y, the Bmds of thc IiWh , by molt ternpe-
rUt H lAt united, in a tmal V,,;I/f through ils
O! Arfenick. 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.r-
ida, 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~ )
nu~t ",f,Bu.,
and fulgid S;~::::
then It recede. nor from .he 'u
of any EJtfT."wlI Thill!: And
GOD, they alter each Qlber, and IU'e
til it is in itS Offn Nature', Y~t it
and they perrea 'each other, and are
M,.ic;", in iu N .mlrr I but it can and one only by it Celf is perfcltcd
like"ire help in the CtI{,.
the help of aDOther;
,
C IJ A P. VII. . C HAP. V II l.
Of tlu Efftf/~
of ,h, Priltciplu .of Sol, or Gold.
Nattu"t I whICh m't Metallick Bodies.
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,
ponderous. mute, flligid. eq ually dlgefted in
the /J.Q",t/s of th e t.r/h. and very long wafh-
cd 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
, hl, .. ~rueGHd. unlefs it hath all the c."fll and
ed in this l.:.ul becomes not Dijll'llleiu of the Definicion of G~lJ. Yet.
~,/d. . the M ixt"", and " hatfocver Mtt.l is radi cally Citrine and
.. burnt Ithe mean whi le Rands ~.
... '
mg. to E1".I' tJ, and deanfeth, it makes
!he TryA1. So li"-ewile, in inltancing thcOthtr
~t fallJ ~ccording 'rq the Coolmon C,,,.,,,.
Bur:
GdJ o f every kind of Met.I,. Therefore we
confider by lite w".t ot NAI",,_ anddif~rn;
accordmg to our M~JjfhrJ> t he Ptif,!l helps ,~at Copp" may be changed into G,IJ by .A,-
~~ 1.,,,,,0 I a~d the I"W,/,Et, in our M. tift,,: F!?r we tee in C'PP" M illtl, ace rtain
JiJ!ff]. by It (elf IS PcrfeB:cit. without the Ad- W.y!: which flows OIlt. and car ries wi th it
~ .. , . {Iliniftraljoq . thio
 ( 76 )
rhln S~.lu
or C.~, which (by a ( 77 )
and. big com inued Courfe) it
d eanfclh. But after fueh W.O'Ilr ceafeth
flow
we 60d thefe thin Sc.leJ with the
SA"a. in time 10 be

CHAP. I X.
t he H rAt I and
t he purcft G,ld is Of Luna, or Silver.
t hefe S,.lel were
the WoIIur, but were premlfed the Ch.pltr of 5./, We
of the 51111, in the ,,,; come now to fjlCak of LII.. , by a com-
brought to mon name ca lled S,/u" . T herefore, We fal'l
NMllr:, as fs r as we can, we likclI'ifc si",ti is a Mtrtll/id:. B.&, Whi ~e with pure
yet in this we cannot folluw N.tllrt. Whitenefl:, Clean, Hard, Sou ndin g, very du~
Alfo G.ld is MIt.tll the moll rable in the C"p:I, enen fiblc under Ihe Ht<#< ~
and it i, c"he of Rea'H!t I becaufe . ", and fllfible. And it is Ihe r,IIattrl 01
t ingeth aM every B"';. h is IYbiw,r/s. and ha rdens Till by Arrifu, and
Oiled and without profit, a~d converts it to it felf ; and it is mixed wit h 5.1,
M lIli,.,,:
;11 r,"lh,
and conferving the
I broke n with
and breaks not i but in I.he E.I:,n "i" .. ,i,,, it pc"T-:-
f~I'ere5 not wi thout Arrifiu . He who knol\'.
,~,. "d 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
YtlllfJ I P'ttll? i - more of a"~I.1! e: Things, as .o f Yin:g ..,. S. /,.r".,,.;~c, ~c;
/.Au than 1,,/.itrr, S"'.'II : 1 it will he of a woncetful Cd_P H" C.I,III'. An~
M aTI. And this OntOr the $tcrtrJ it is a noble Bfd" but l'f:lntS of the: NJ,iliIJ
.Likcwife Spirits are commixed wilh i Qf G.1d i a r.d its AllIm . i ~ found determ i-
jt fu:t'd, but nOt without great nate: but it often ~ath a M llJtr. conruR:d.
., ~i~h co!1;~ nct t~ an An ",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. _

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
c,_w. eafily in all il' dimenflOllI wilh frmn
C'.,rtJF~1I tn ill{if k , and readily fufible, wiln.
OUt '1'""""' Yee: fome foolilh Men conceit
and flay. that Ltlfd in it. own N4IMre i, much
approximated to Gdd, Bur becaule they an
~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 S,,,,,, 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 i;
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 v.,
fnrr' of Y"""l"', and m:tde Cr,.,'s, And d.
though it is not much approximate t o pff"
"Qj",
C H A P. X!.
Of Jupiter, or Tin.
T Herefore, not omitting to difcoutfe of 1":
,,!.
pi,tr, We fignifie to t he s~"s, o f L,"r..
Ihat r." 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 e"" I, or C~
.ufOt but Eztenfible un<ier the H_",tr, There-
(ore' 1.pitrr, among BI . i" di~inilhed ffOm
Plr,:[('.", 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;!:. 1"/"".
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
.... , from
 ( 80 ) ;
&Om t!\em, 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 Sou""".
And he who
kIlO'" hOw td take away its Y;r, of break-
ing, will fuddtnly reap the fruit 0 '( his La-
liour 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
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:
tor it is the M idi"", of S~j and z."".,
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 Yd-
Iownell l and hence you mly reap profit; For
w,
( 8' )
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.
C HAP. XIH.
Of Mars, or Jron .
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" , chang-
NiU,.n. is conjorned to S GJ and L,."".
feparated by Ex~",.r", wi.thour great
but ifprepa rcd, LI LSconroyne-d, ~nd
',l:f."~~~~:;:b)Y
' I .
aliY A rrijiu, ;(the ~aturc:
be r,ot c halll!:.cd by It, the
. of the M.:n bcing removed ..
of kJ"t[s eali1r.
. And when it j,
t nor doth it change
, h6
 ~., ...,
",
, '
-- , . -. -
( 8, )
tllC Qll. Nr o f t he C~",,,,ixti~., but augm
it in .!L1l ,i,! .
T hefore, aOlon g all B,dirJ, Jllpi,tr is
fjllend idl y and more dearly, more brigtu
and more perfdUy transformed infO a S.1.
Or LIt.", B'1l. But the W.r./:. o f it is ofl
Labour, though ealie to be handled. N
to 7",i1(r is Vtnll S chofen, o f more di .
I iludhng , but of !honer Lahou r t ha n l llfitn
Next after Vt~UJ, SalllTn hath a dimi m
PrrfrUIM in TrAnrm/ttiltidll, is ealie to be ha,
led, but of molt t(diol1s labour. Yet M..,.,
among all the Bodin, is of lean- PtrflElin'
Tr.:ltrlltlll.t if/l, to be handled mon- diffiC'll
and of excetdin~ long Labour. Therel1
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
more, more ; and what are mon remote,
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'
But \"had(;K~\'er D;v~ rFt.:t of P(f'ltCEi'.1 11'
a lillie before deter mined by Us, are found '
che Arl'pe, of the Leffir, or jUl(iJ/Jt W~rt I r
in t he Gwtur II'cr./:. all BQd;(t ore of one PlI
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~
and 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
I
( 83 )
here i~ 3. true Dif"ttif' rlefcri bed the N,,"~
,.1 ,-"'"',1tt of thote Bft/its, which arc ac-
cordmg to tte J. lllll j," of N"IIf' I and have
like"ife in fevera l Ch.pttrs truly expounded
what We determined o f t hofe B. d.,t l and
t hat, according to the Opjllilll of tide Men
"ho could di!cern t he De"," Things of
N .lltu l and according to our Own Judg,.
ment alfo, who attained to the Know ledg
t~ereof by incert1.nr Labou~. But now, accor-
dmg as We promifed. it is expedient to fi tpply
the dcfclt of this .Art in terring down a Uthe
Pri"tiflts of this ~'dAJ.,fttTJ,in the laft Part of chis
our Flrft B'9k,l and to dernonArate the Ptrf..-llj-
,. we have f~n, "... ith its C"I", according
to t he ;r;it..CI"] therroi'.
,
The Fourth Part of th is Fira Book,touch_
ing the Artificioi Principles o f t h is Art.
C HAP. 1.
n~ t'])i,,:,ijiOlJ oj ThillgJ to li t fichNof
zn t hIS Part, wall (//1 l1.',/irmafioll of
Pt'id fio1J to Dr trtattd of hl tht
St>COJJJ B oo/:.
rcnnined , ""'.t.. the PrilfCiplu of this M,z-
G ~ I'f'lIt?ltJ
 (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 an-
other: but the (evcnth IV", 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 amlln-
ed and from t he CQnjidmati, ,, of thing. herp-
in; . and from the ell/fialr.fli.,. of tha t t hin g
whi~h and by wh,ich it IS
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 neceffi-
ty 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/ttJi-
t., is the C. /lfJr,.ti. o f the N .:t/ITtl ofthofeo
Things, w hich we fee adhere to B,dittwith_
Dnd to mak8 mutation. And
a lit .Artific"
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 St.", is made. For that iIIufira tt'S
from .AdMPi,,,, which is a fign i .
of P"/,1j,,,.
Th:':~C~~;,';l:(lderatiOn o f '~~~
" whether the
of
C"I,ill/Cti' II, and ,
.. G 3

( 86 )
ttllitlivt. AI,' which, with the former, we thai!
~ foll OWing ~edarr. wilh Iheir C."'ts.
~Jlh eafie Expm'lfcu i by which YOli may rna-
and
mfeftly know, t hat ou r D1C1"~f~1 have nO( er-
red. ,And thefe E:f/fri/lnllt J will be well knOWn
t o y Oll,
.C HAP. II.
. (~e E. "", S"ptTf.llifJ . whier. t hey :lit have.
Of Su61imatioH, why ltn.Jtllttil.
T 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 u-
n 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)
,
(87 )
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
AnJ Ihis We could dTelt b}' noM.:!i/hry, but
by S,.Mi",If,i", only. ):or, ,... hell (he Fiucle-
n 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 DOIJi-
IJ of 8~dirt , a lld not to imprers a foul C~/~lIr, as
before, Alfo that AJiffti~" may be taken a-
way 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.blimfl-
Ii 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,
 . ( 88 )
r"tI , We faw 'Adhrm'1 t o B. Jiu with
,i,,,, We could have no o ther Cft (Q
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
,i,,,, o f this SlIbli",Ati,1I1 th e whole OrJo-
whi,c h We purpore to declare, without
""fI'1I.
C H A r. ilL
lJlha,t SIIb!il1! fltio,t is , (lnd of Iht
grt(s of Fil't ~,. it Ip Ut oftrptr!.
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
diverfiy made. accordi ng to t he Drurrf ?
Spi, itl to be fublimed. For t he S"blim.,i,,,
lo me is made with 'lrong I"";,i.,,, of
with ' and of fame w ith a
heat of F ir: , when
phllT are to
necdf3 rily
they hav irig their
conjoYfleG with t he
pAJln,would arctnd
yea. blackned and f0';'i~
!he Awjtn' l1.1ay rtflCrate , h" ","
(89 ) ,
he hath a "tcrmty to find out the
" i~;' of ' XUla" v;%,.. the P' .p,mlll
M.1f.fittfti~"
with commix li-
of ; 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-
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
he fee, that they are deanfed
Fte.Jtllc]. 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
Fir: is, tha t untO the S.' iI-
I the Flett . a moft weak Fin
fa t ha t fc:\rcd }' any t hing
molt I i ;
,~~; bu t t hat o nly which is the
:ht rcof, and which in Oll t
W~r~ of value I beC<lufe it is a thing, by '
,
"b' tdiAfi~1I of ~hich , AJ~!iDJ; is nIad e in 5,:1-,
, arl.
Therefore, the whole l~ttlll i.' . of 5"61,,,...-
,iI.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-
r"p""'.'..
 ~. .._-------
( 90 )
r-,ti.., being ~art aW'a~', ~o Us may be left
( 9' )
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
A'j,1I1,WIfI. For Fir, convert! ro its own N,,_
if tht Fu rs of Metallick Bodies, to lit
I1ddt d to Spn-its HI t!J{i,. $lliJ/imatj.
'~r:. c!cry of thofe t hing" which is of affi-
tioll; IIlId of tlu 05(Wfity lind Q!!a-
JlItY, toltl .he~ufe it is of aAiniry locverya _
, ~uft, ble Thmg. a~ to the rublile adultible. it II"., of tht m. .
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
~ft o f affinny to w hat is molt filbd le. Like- B F"u , with their l'''pmlfl', jr, that ruc h
Wife, 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 uni-
Telll)' 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
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 ne-
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
CH1P. Things to be rubUrned may agrtt, and be uni-
led i m imat~~) is, becauf". if the F"u be
I IlOt perrnitte with the m through thei r leal!:
parts,

 ( 9' ( 93 )
then the Came ,
It I I aWo poffible to make S.6Ji.."ii,.
out any [hem of a great ~.Nli'.J I bccaufc: 5.. I
~hole S. ,p."cr, o f t hings 10 be fubhmnl , from the
B me muft likewife happen. things ('afil )' made by Sf/Md,/J of the: SAl,,-
bppc:ns nOt in OIller Things.
I
from Frtu, wil h which they are not
H e lh u hath known Ihis, (he Pr~p.'tjo 'fl d F IUJ is, that i[ be e-
to be rrue bccau(e to Ihe ~lU$t j:, of T hinp,s t o be fi lbli-
fubli med "d. For in this, ev~n a rude Ar'iftClrC3n-
or err. But an A rtij of mean skill ma y put
half wei gin of T hings to be fub-"
I tl"
and that will be fuffici ent for him if
;;;:;,;,": nocto err in his w,rt: becaure' [0
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 alti-
Flm, a Subfl:rnll ion of J'irt properti-
thereunto 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. V.
Grn:~nliJig thr Firt 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!.'!:
 ( 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 Al'trhodofthis,the I'" ell experienced only know.
-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.
TOhis
necdflry
(9, )
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
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 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 $"61,,,,.,;,,, 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
a!~en::l
 ( 96 ) ( 97 )
af~n~ wi~h its whole S.'ftA~t: Of knowing with t he true Prtp.. ,.",i,,, . and determinate
t his hke".fc I fhcI'I'ed, a fufficknt way. Uft'titIlU. Therefore. if you would elevate
Soin like manner , by rea-fan of the FIIT- 1 great 1fl"..IIl"lof /.t..U" to be S.bli1lUA.
/liftt h~ may happen to E"rt. Fora great F.,. firll be provided wit h a S.b1i",Al"] of fueh a
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 F.,,,..,,
fore If he pur a great ~"Mti" o f MaUt ' to be fa, uthe fi/.Jtl (orS"6/j".",,ry) maybere-
fublimed 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
final!, !!(Y""'''J in a ji!;rC'1t F.,utl, he tviJI c~ f.,,,,,, ; w hich being made, to it alfo make
I cr~lna~e the S.bli,..uu" by t' rcdsof He.:, ten Y,IIlb.ltJ in one Fr.,."i. ", equa lly dinanr,
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.
a~d Yelffl fet In, be l:irge. t he FMU" t~n ii, mult: r-ce S"Ui_.ry be finnly placed j and
g, v~sagrcat F;n; but jl finlll, a !cr,. InaH iadored round about to the f otr"..tr, which the
w hich the A,/iff rna)' excdingiy Errt, following DI[CT;prjIMdemonftrates, But then
T herefort', t he Rdl ,jif"li' '' of thefe Er'~" confider .... hether ,our F",,,,,,, can well and
IS. .' t hat the Artift build hi s Flm",,, , aeror- freely difebarge it felf of thl" F"_prier, and
dlllg t o the l "m,,'''' of fitch a Fi,e as he Ihe FI.mt can freely paf5 through t h!'!' whole
fhould have, 1".1., Tilick, wi th free ;t~th'ltl FllrnMt, in th!'!' Cir elli, of the Ai.d.l i if fa ,
and with agooddillan ce of the Y~ld from th~ it is well proportionate I if not, it is not fa,
fide. of the F",,,,,,t, if he ineeod to have a: Then you mult open its y ,,,t/NlrJ , 3nd if by
"reat Fiu: butif a mC3 n F.,t in all t hefe Ihal means it be mended, it is well indd:
7"'1i,,/,I he .mufr find a m("~nr",;rti,n i andh if not, thcn it mult ncceffarily be altered j be
a weak F.n, the fame 1',:,"'11" in them. All Clufe thc dilt:a nce of the y,1fo1 from the fKies
of the Fotrll.lct, is [00 fmall, Therefore pare
t hefe P";f'rl.'~"', We wiU teach you to find ,
with H 01\
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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 /V.,J, 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,!.."
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
dererminatefpace of r.., 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
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vanilb. Nor arc MelAl, ferviceable in thit
C"!!" becaute s""" (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 C.",,.!,,.,,,
of the AINUI. In order
Which, .
Let a round
with a Rat round
71il De!""" .". ,
GLtf,
i,luarJ, to ", ; and
.tuI:rft..li. caule a
be made ,
the w,dl of the C' PlCh., 'rh;;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 ...
oneS,/I" 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
( 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 lh-
Ltt' 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 a-
rce nded fured and dOlCe in (ma ll '"'P" pa-
rous and d ear at t he B~t",n thereof. wi th ad-
herencYfo tb~S'Ml of rhe Vtfftlj bccaufe thi,
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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
becaufe all filch Thi,,:., ha ve ~ 5. 1-
which. afcending with it in S. !JI:"",
it. And this you fi nd Hue bY'
becaufe, w hen YOIl fublime it
from uAd, yOIl find it ( afur Subli1H:t -
,jIM) i 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 hebet-
ICt I by Tb;IIgs, wi th which i ~dorh agr~e , if
they had nOt S" fp'J/lreirJ' Wherefore, rlus Sub-
Ii.ti". is better madefi"om Cd...: t h~n from all
C H 'A P. VIII. becaufe t ha t agrees little with
.
OJ th~ Su6tim:ltioll of Mercury allti Ar- filf}trfluous .d-
gentvive. .

I OW We IYill determine
N 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
, aIro

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SluW in its If-kitl"if" ",I ,
dead) to the Siu, of ,
reiterate its
caufe part o f it C H AP. IX.
and can ne~u by any
para ted from them. O r Of SI/!JIimotio. of Marchafit e.
of it I as tha ll exprdly be
fO,Uowing: And Whtfl you the film of the 'n""';'" or S.....
reIterate S_jli,.,,,t i,,, of the of ATl.ItIt1JlfIl. being w ffi c ient-
t hat it We to the S.61;lIU,I,,, -
Being two ways.
Eirt. the OIher
and that is . it hath a
'Vi!,., One pure in
nuure i other mortified.
,;;;;;, firli is profitabk, as the fecond
Cd.II". and be porous. than you ha ve I a5 and mode-
fublimrd it, if nor . nor. Thr-rrfore in n!cly prepared this laft t
PrrPfT",i of it made by S.Mi",,,,,,. be ba.":;r,';~;b;',.it W e are ('rculM from the former
neglt~~nt, bccaufe filch as il~ Mill/Jill,,,, ~. and the labour ofmonifying it.
~Ie'n fi.nip {hall .be . luch intire W"'J of sMj/i",.,;,. o f this SlIb':
IIlprojed:lonof lt ' that it be ground to P,,,d" . and Fu t
Jiu, and upon it! I an A IIIIM, and its SltlphNT S" hliwnd
here note . th at S'HII~ 'l'ithou r [ g H/f jU' i always . and that very of-
Clthers Ulld; fome Opprr tt11, removing what is 5Mb/imtd, for the afore-
Which happened to them , I raid RI4~"; and afterward augmenting the force
~f Prrp"r.. ,i.", fometimes of Fi rr , untO l i."i"", of the AI"M'. And
the firft S"M,,,,,,,i,,, of ,M.rebAJitt mull be
tlmN o f S. lph"r.
it. Butifrou (ball made in a y,Jf.1of S.~li",,,' i'lJ, and fo long
a nd pt'rf, it: this COfllinuro . as un til Ih~ S"{pb.r be feparared;
perfed r..ft.r, of the Pr~rfJ being fuccdlivdl'. and orderly con-
li nOt. . . ti nurd . unti l it . is IlUni(eft,
'
that lVf\at W3li
.
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in it of Sillpl..", be all paired o ur. t<" '''' with itl F illJ.trI. And from that 1'1"(1;
be proved by thefe mamfelt E:CfHri"' ~NIJ . I B.lI.". to the H ,.J. . the Vtltl
lvhen its wholeS"phllr !hall be elevated . acc\1 Tatdy Gl"t.t. within , witli
will fee the Cd' lIr thereof changed into . . And upon the H t.u
JVbU'~ . milt with a very dear, pte'lfant, an ,AI_j,cl:., with
C~l(ftill' C~/~lIr : Al fo you ....iII other wife prove }' OT i fuch a Vlfftl That ,
thi becaufe whac !hall be of t he N iU"" d T herefore the Bm muft
S.'phllr will bum and give a Fl.".:. aJ Sill. with in Vtffil, with \'cry firm
phllr. Bllt w hat !hall be fecond ly SJl~/j",!J, /.MtlllS I and the Mn,h4 tl
iU' ,
afttttha tSJI~li ... will neither beinfb.med, upon (or within ) that B,II._; and
nor !hew any P'#pm~1 of SlIlphllr, but OfAr. I Altm&ttl:.. fc.t upon t he 5.",i., P.rt:
ltllP~i'" mortified in th e R,i,rr.ctiu of .r.~Ii: fo placed in a F.,."". of which the pro-
",411'
, is to give a Arong Firr, 'tIir.. of F.ji, .
or CQPP('f, which in the S.,m of our
we {hall declare t he D jfH7Jit il{
We fuR:ciently defcribe (Q
C HAP. X. you muA furround
anH..p orJU_t of
Of tlJ ~ Vtffrl. in ehicb middle, propCInio-
rightly lit Su6limui. ;;;~.ro the of the Vtfftll that the
may within it. Then lute
THerefore We collelt t hat. by irs lllllEbru in the Cire.i, of the Ve1fd and
S"lIli",.ui,,, . w hich is thus: A Ii Fu,,,au, k aft the Fir, paffing out there,
and "eli co{led E u tb,II YtJfd. muil: be made hindrance to the adherency of your s.&-
f O t he length of half the St. tJlf' of a M_, leaving only four (mall Wi"dltW/, or
but in breadth Dj.",ttrj~.lIJ' no more thall may be opened and Ih ut in . the
that the H""J. rna,' commodiounyenter. T he or H.,p aforefaid, throup;h which
BItt~". of this rrjf", (which mlltt be made fa, may be pUt in round about the SIJU of
as irmay befepararedandcon;oyned) rnllft bC Like"ife fou r other holes milA:
made after the fimilitude of a plain D!fo or ; ,.,"".:d:"~i,them. and between t heir SplUti.
r'"",I." very deep i 'Ui:t... from the fuperior " ". ' C~.LI I and fix o r eight
Erifi.'! to the BQU,-", the depth of one ]/1UIiJ to the M agnitude.
length,
. . ,. of.

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of t he litlleFjlll!IT, which muli: ( r 09 )
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 . FJit b!.
bove, but wider or more vltn-
AJbn or Culr may t he '" ftop,
t hem I and the G,.." be left continually "!~ l not GLt-
for the .more frcc Rrctpri,. of the .Ajr. ,wh would
the free and ample admiffion of the Yirrifit..,jf1l J and thar melting, both
t hrough the I.[ITH, H Mts. is one C"Mf' ";~ it relf, and M.tt" to be rubIi ~
1.~ .iljf1l by the F",uet. Thereforebc n alfo be melred, and tumN into
fed therein, and rou will find OUt the the Prrpm, of GL.fr is to'ovcr-
But t he C,,"[, of fo great and convert them to it fell:
is, thar a grt'at part of it and their CAM/er,
be extended beyond the Firl, and Fi" be continutd
t hat the F."m of the S"hlill".tI be atrured by in-
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
Ii
The ':::;;:1
in
of E."h well burne"({
I

lime"({ in (horr S.bJi",.r.flls, wherein in the C'nd, reaching

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.
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


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t nded; By thi. fame Exercile, in all Thin Jlced the adjunttion of fomething elfe to e=
~o be fublimed. you may be alfured of the I fevate them lathers not. But there is onefpe":
of your lV'r~ cial COlljim"tion, h~' EXpn'illJeI found good
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
Or th~ Suotimation of Magneiia fl'
SIl6/'t1IAtim. Alfo the ~atm,.of the 5u6limlltary
{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
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
,j,,,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: ,
F Ull J for In, themfelves
they have enough, ~fI.
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 BI-
Ji,S the Firl of SNhlimlltion muff be more veo CHAP,'
he~ent, than i~ M 4t" 'ji4, M4rclujiu, and
TNt,,,. And fa hkewlfe, Badsu in their 5116-
~i!'"~' arc not diverfified. eXCeFt that forne
n, ",

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C HAP. X If. bein~ invented for

t o We will now de-
O! Dercenlion. and Ihl way of Purifying with .its bflr.IN'"
~ Paflills. In order to
THe/IIwlli"lof S.'/i".Aji,. , withall thei- ~';;;',
". PO Ill '
mo""
'-;d i, aDdthe -
. CIIII/u.being already declared. it re- equally cu
mains thal We now fhew [he way of D t[fit.. or p,i.,ol
jill, ';'ith ils e.-r."and determinate and
mo'
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;
when any M'"'"~!i.:ii';:cl~"'~Cd
in that IY moft be made of
which is called a . , ,;.~'l ,ackinf; in Fin. Then pOt
Flip" i . . , which you w(.oUld have to de
'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(
whole ::~io,,~ M.Utr be or difficult fllji''') i
. . 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
tron: Ihc Fir" And Ihis is done by , J>.
r,
The third C of the IMvuti
. is the fame wit h the " ay
t']. the Dt/wl/",. Therefore by it
was the Dlp.rln;." of from that: For it holda the
I Err"
 . ( "4 ) , .
Flenor BMiu. as a Dif",l/ny and arc by
chcrefore We dec lare t he W..,
orit.
B.d" of whichthe /."ati, . is tO~ '
,tt'! by
E I''fuI ;' ,
aM that We
Fi'iltl'
~uce to mo1\: fine
or into a C.cl.. (which il
Cb,.,,;,.'
OJl of
rea) a~d mix with it rome
,which the Inrl.,it"
then We. make the
Ihat, .
but not
kno W' to be
MuJjf'Atiu. ""d focYet of ,
.., may the betttt and
it t rarurorm~d there
rend redmore
and to
ltd from PII,rt[dJin. But the
"ijlrlUj, " of , hat D ijlill.ujf1l, which
,

intO the .Aiu.i,d:... is the
Wlu r PII" wit hout Ellfrth.
'give you a D lfm p iu of which is , t hat
bave no F m.tr"9.
' 'P,W.trr.was the
cltan M "luilUJ
-C HAP. XIII. I.ai,j,,,, ('~.'

110 F,u s afirr i
Of Diftillation ,~nd its Caufcs, nllli M ,JiejHtI and
Th, rr i::"'IJs of tht Jramt , viz . 6.1 and corrupt~l. Bllt The
lembeck. 6.1 a Defcenfory . l2t1d ~;." "", which is made by D,
filter. of (,') 1 pure- in irs
. 0 ' cannot be,
Hertfort , fol1o'l'l'ing Our
T vtnient We fhould fpeak
with its C-/" I Dij1ilt.J i.. is an
,,,.~; And ruch an,
C~l."r which is
'~:'''~ migh.t be had I for
a~ utOu5 Y"""",s in t hdr r tffd. And c.r1t., ~tD'.ft.il"'i-
...
 ( 117 )
mol\: Cerene WAfn' ., the wholeR'...
""~ rrnlaining in the B,m", or the
",as
Now this M.gift"J. We mtln ne-
fli(/111:'.." the determinate .
,...hkh i.
;,...",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 ; ~:"~ ftrong
of that which is made by
miml-P.." be rakon
E.,.",",. like to the a.fOfll-
S"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~~:~:~,:,
II
almoftas high as to the N(t~
This bein[ done, put in the
Aod which you intend {hall be DiftdJ,J.
par.nro the . OJI rhe YIJfd with its .AI,.,*...
(h,1.[ from a moll rtd OJI 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 ; ;;;;j,;';"
ffltfirmly "'loh irs Ct",.. ;, .
(o it,untilit brginmD:jilll. But
and ita e."".'ir. mult be barh of
the. Frl" muil be illCfeafed ;,:;. <0
. E.xig',,? afthc DiJ1iIl4tj~" , i ani and
by urging t he Firt . that all whiCh 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
which it
m
covered
'h'
!:1/UT to
it It be not
I

as yet ftrene ,
which
i
!11anv (malt
,t he SIIrt,
put into the euch. aR~in. ';,;;;;:;:,
until it be Di{1ill~d man felene.
iI
' their weight But aUthe1 .Oper." QIIJ. w~ i ch are calie. need ,
like MillIN'. and 110 great PrQ~.';QII J therefore I am wilting t~
.. :and firmly and fteddi ly hdd them -d;;~ pall that over in S;ltIJ~t. This is the Ot/crip-
Upon the Blttf'" of rhe p.", that
moved. Ot' raifed by the 1?'o U" I
,if. of all the PrffilJ ofevery O iftiliA'; ... here
fX>W colllpleated by UJ.


flirring be the Cuift of the
1>fJh'lIlIi of the M41trr to

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

( !to) (m)
of that fofldiry . the con..:
occult S.IpIntr~;tJ
- - _ _ _._ - - - - - - -_ _ _ CColkd within the entjury of the WI_
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~. . .
Fter the N~i1Itjt" of Dij1illatu., We Like1'l'I{e the canmon Intent10n In I~.
A 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_ inthe following.
,it" ?f it is, that ~he aduQive. corrupting and Special C.ki".ti,. is of fort B,din, anti
deli,h~g. S"ph,,,.,irJ , m:ilY be abolifhed by Fir" ...ith theO:: twO /PI,uti.,., . that Ibroogh it
Yet IIII d!verfified, aceord~ng lOlhe Diver-- thete may be an /tlll1lli.1I of budning and
lity '?f 7bi"ls to be Calcined. For B" lUlI are 6ring I which is atlained to by an Il/Ijtj~*'
Calcined. and Spi,itl are Calcined. yea, c> 1.,,,,iI.,,,of C.l,iu,i,,,upon them I of which
ther rm"lsalfo extran~us from the natu red it II eJ:~i ent We fboukt Difcourfc. in the
~tlefel yet ~ ith adiverfe 1""",;,. And frt.. folkwing rrt.,if" For We lind that they
mg tltere are imperfed; BtilU, of two kindl! art: rnanifdlly haroned by thatl"l'''.;'J
~~. Hard. as Yt"~ and 41"". and Soit. asl-- But the CuI!, of the l .-wllt;'/fof the CC~,.
pitt, ~nd SAl..,,, : all which are Calcined: then: ciurj, ,, of Spirits, is, that they may the ber-
It'a. a neceffity of Cal~ining them ,,(jth a di- m be fixed and be the more eamy diffolvcd
,-er. /lIt,lItil,., v;%'. General and Special. They intO W4Iff: Becaufe every kind of Thing.
are. all .Calcined 'with one general 1,,'f1ftiu I Calcined is more filed than the not Cal
which \S~ that their ~rrupting an~ defil in& cined and of eafier Slt"rio and becaufo.
, lalpl.lITtltJ may be abohfhed hy Fi". For fo the P~rtsof the C.u,i"AtI ~e fubti liated by
e.-ery- aduftive. s.J!''''~i'J. which coold not fir" are moreeaflly mixed with W ..ur~. a(ld
be remo.-ed Without c;.lti...ti,a, is burnt a_ turned intO W.cttr. And this you will find fo_.
way from every thing whatlOever. And be- to be , if you be experienced. The Okiuti::
~4fb t~ B,dj it ftlf ~ IOlid '. ali \;Iy ~!bn '19f otller 7lj"j/ . is fubfervi.ent w the ~xi"!.
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"" [ unti l the CAlx bechanged IOto compleat Whltt-
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
I,,,,.
"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
r.,... ,of great It";,i," , of which mention is
made above, and fhall more fully be ded a
fed in the f'~'.i'J' rherefo~e in that F~
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
It 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 ,.pit". it muft
like ..... i!i: be expoftd 1lIld ~onti llUed in the F~"',
. 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 '.pi," 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 Z.pim, by reaf~ of iu difficult
Rra"Ebu i la, t hat"htn he Intends to r~ u?C
t" CAlx, he .find it not reduced '. but In Its
, ' ,,, former
 (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 r.
it rcduceth
not, and if a Fir, be adminiftrcd.
it doth not it thall be
but . convened one; yCt divCTfe
And 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 ;
~ery And that therefOfe is, becaufe by rea,..
Blves of much ElfYlhi,..fs. mixt with the Sub--
lrhence I ~, of .Ar/..""tJifll , the due continuatico
mull hal\:en to reduce IS difturbed. T herefore Pm!i!J
force of a violent Fi,,: through which the S.l,~ -
reduced. Therefore let i paffing may and the Fj" .~,.
and he "ill come to the !""
Means hat'ing it, burn and e-
the fame. Whence it comes t o pa1S,
P ltrts arc made more rare, and through
of the RAT;!' converted ii1to ,
often Expn-i,,,u 0 thi. is manifclt"
mixed by of C.pptr czpofed to It ,,"t j..,
over the by mixtion of the s.lt a S"lphIlTt,., Fl.",.., and caufc pulveri-
the, 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. .I
tf!!!!~!!! Qfthefe tWO 6.,utl! For ktu., ";:. But the FIrI. of the F."r""cr of this Cllte'
1U,),~

 (,,6 ) ( "7 )
"Millll, 'is the fame with the Pn/IOillll of Sllltf~~ is compleated wi th fub":
M'"' of DijtilJiriMl, ooly that tile WArm, and efpecL.ally the acute, and (harp,
One great hole left in eo,,? and (aline W4t~s... h~Y i ng no Few; as iii Di:'
it may f~e it (elf from FM ....firies. And JliBe'!' Pilltg"', S. Jt!rt GY"p~l, Fum of very
$itt of T hings to be calcined, " l ull be i great (harpJ.1c.fs, P,meg,YAllttI, and the like of
midft of theFMrifACl. that the Fir, may h'" . thefe difti Ucd. ' '
ttCc, ~ccers to, abou t. But . The C'Cl~ft or'the l nltnti,n of this, lVas the
Yijftl muft be made in the " rn" S-btiU.,illll of- thofe Things, which ~ei(hei'
',r,jlll ,' r or have F"fiDn nor Ingr/fi ; by which was loll: the
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~
FI'!,ht , uq-:trily penetrate Q_dits. and ' ~,enetrating
(unlcli and what tranCmute the fame., But they neither pene-
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
Of Solution, and iu Coufr.
a
it remain with it, and give ro it more (wifr
, FMjiJIf, and COl![crve'the fame in rHji~1I from
Yi",p(AtiM. For the'Nature of Sp,rit I is, not
N0~ W.CintC'lld to r~:lk C!(S,llIli,1I. to be vi trified, alld to pre(erve 'the M iz tMn
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 i
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 la-
the 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'
one is ', the I "JJI,.,il;!'; o r
H . t D_! to tllt-Ofher C.-1' CJI.i. ...
, 't erwards by the nOl: M uJifi"" dilfdlfed,
diO"olvcd murt. be calcined, and after
C.JfjNlJ'~ 1\
,=, m;"d .r _
f(lre
,

 ( 13 0 )
fore it is di,erfified, lIIccording 10 the M~Is.;
pllchy of thing. to be coogu.'ated. F?," Ai-
t,_iv, need. one CugllltU'u, ,bul ~lIrolVed
Mttliti/ftl 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 l/fg,,,,,it,
of it. C.A:.
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:
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.Ji-
coagulated 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. There-
e.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, decla-
5..,.,,,, of A '"I.nwitJI is uni-
wherefore It is nor pomble, in fhort
to remove the A,
or time, by keeping ir in a confiantly
.pry there-
100 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 Le_ 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
 , ~, ,. - " .' --------------
..
CI, t ) Fo r, if either the M tJieillt, o r tha r, have
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
And t hey, by
it in its 01'1'0
[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
,i,., 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
( IH )
fired, the B~J created of it
foft. if fixed , d:e B:J,
i Whitt, wh ile ;
be remitS
,.
RtJ , the BfI',
;i'~i" and if E,trlh, '.
r
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 tr-
fity 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, '
" 8ut A'gtlllflitJ~ is coagn lated by {he frequent
h,dpit.r;, of it wilh violence to the for-
cible 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
 ( '34 )
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
It is alfo coagulated with
. Fi,t, _',~~,
and"
'J
by
will
i ollring. i ii, and convert the fame eithtt into a S,LI"
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
n~nt to if, or agreeing with fame.
this kind are all B.J.u, and
"~. becaufe We fee not any of the
in its NIII.,t to !lgulacc it, but it to
from them, of how great ~':;~ "~~ ~,~
they bel We have therefore d.
no 81~adheres to it in its inmoft parts.
b-e, that Mrr/i,j/U muA: nted. be of
wbrile S_jl41ICl. and more liquid E"ji ,
-
,
M nJI themrdy~ are. Alro, by ~,iri",
maining in their Nlllllfh We fcc not a
( I )
,", of it to be made. that is firm and 1la-
but fugitive 200 of much /./,li... Which
~.~~ happens, by reafon of the flight or
l : I but. the othtt, from
, C. m",ixti,"
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
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, pro-
per S""h. Therefore Itl.ldioufiy ellcrcile your
!elf thereabOnt, and you will find it. But that
you may not blame Us, aJif We had not
fufficiendy fpollen thereof, We fay, that thi.
'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 .Arf-
';flt prepared I and it may be extraltro from'
Bu'ts only. But from .Argulviw alone i.t Is
more eafily, and more nearly, and mote pcr-
fed.ly found I becaufe N~t.r~ more amicably
mWraccrh iu proper n."I'U, and in it mO!"o
rtjoyceth, than in an e.c,raneous N4'"".
And in it iI facility ofExlrMliu of the S" bjf""" .
wr~ feeing it almady hath a S~jQ{,
I' ~
(u.t
"~
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, ,
( ~36 ) ( 137 )
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.
C 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. . ed t hem. The re-fore, fa foon as they have
F -l'thu Tiling, toa bide and fultain the Fir/.
JX.iti~1I is th e conTenient difpofing a EM
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. " - - ". , , ~-'rth, norof GI Is, becaufc that wou ld crack)
Therefore t hefe lJ~JitJ di mini rhed from Plr
" , . ,. ' fdi,.
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_6-
Jj"..ct;~" in the 1'4fol.All!'ltl, un til t hey remain
6xed, Ther.e fore, accordin~ to t hi> , the In-
ttwjioll 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 there-
in; 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 x-
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
'1
El,va/;M of Fire , unlil the Elrv.'i~,. of th em
j
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
I,,
,
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
,i
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
muft be artificially conne-xed with good uti"l' _
. - - and
 ( ,~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 C H AP. X VIII.
whole be lixed.
" ay of il the OJ Ceration . alld Jt l Caufe.
C E,..,i~. is the mollification of an hard
n'.g~ not furJble unto ui"tf. a;,,,. Hepce
t hin il i.f
mani telt, t hl ! the C.lift o f the /,",'111;'. of
,;;;,; them. tbi W:tS . , '.1'11 the M.u,rr which had not:
by this I way of I.~ r"t into tilt /I~JJ for .AIm",;,,. . by reafon
.A'l 'llNlfl" hat h not C.'' ' ' ' rM,j,. or Prj'll4fi. ,. ofies Liq~'f4[j" " , might be molli~
10-, in thi, MnJ.J , they neetI lied (0 as [0 How, and lave IngreCs I [here~ore
pare H,4.' than 4rJ.,lIIfir,,,. . bme Ihought C".i.1I wa s to be made w ith ,
ttIey afC dlverfilied. becaufe V'f. ;" o,lsand lV.mrs: bu t thai is erroneous,
Je..ared higher . by i l l'ld Wholly re mme from Ihe Pr;,.,ipl,s of this
t han -ArgNlt1lNt I and alfo becaufe they NtUllr..l M4f,ift. rJ . aru:l reproved by the qla-
fi xed in longer lime than it. Therefore '~'" nifell: YVvrk.! o f NoIIlI'. , Fo r We find not in
require a longer V,/tl fIX' their FjJf4i.,. thofe M ., ,,Uil:1t,. B,t/itl, Ihat Nl!tllr, hath po-
Jlrl.,,,trJjlll. fieed an HII.,iJi,! fOOll fI'rm iml ble ; but ralher
The Fh'IItj,. of M.nb.j" . bng d urable, (or thent.>ceffityof thei r Fllfi
r.,i... is , t hat after the firft: and M,llifoJUw" I bca.ufe, if fhe had ~r.fi ted
d'iilria Iiniih1!d a ITil y in them an HII",iJi'J foon te rmina ble . it l'o'O\lld
We reiterate their . necefrarily follo w,that Ihe B,diumuft be tota lly
t urn ing dtprived9f it , in onconly Jg llitj~/J. Whencc
rr main. alfo it would foUow, that every B~Jj could n~
Ix: fited. The thtt be hammered nOf melu:d,afrer one 1,,";'#4"
~ already given. Wherefore .im ilaling t ht!lY.rk.! of NtUlIlI-
as 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

 ('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 The Scc~nd Book
thing better. more poffibly. and more near.
ty found, than in thefe . ttir.. in s.LpLIW, and Of t br Ssm of
in Ar["id:... nearl y I but more nearly in Ar.
IRIVivt. Therefore We fee not the Hl/lIPiJi" 'P E R FE.c T 10 :A(.
of thefe to leave their E ..,,;,. by rcaron Oflhi: ,
O R OF TH E
'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,
'PBR.Fi:.W MAqiSTER..Y.
that the fame is ~parared in Rtf,'.ti,,, from
t heir E"rlb, S""P""tI; alld after Stp<w"tj" The AUTHOR'S PREFACE,
Ihereqf. t'hat they a re d~pri~cd or all JIll",;.
'/;11' Yee: in theS,irit. aforefaid, ids nOJ fo. Dividing this Second Book mD
Therefore, there is noother 7billl , by which ..
We ml f be cllcufed from t aking t hem in t he Three Pares .
lY" l of Ctrlft i ' lI.
The way of C(f'.t, j~ . _by
them is. tha t the
suli.. .,j,,,
of them be fa often multipliM up-
on the 7ii"X 10 be C(f'.md, umil remaining
with their H ltMidil} in it . they gh'c Rood
Fit;;,...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.
.'
Tht tNti of tlu FII'JI B ook of G E BE R
, of tbe Sum of Pt!I'fcQiori I 9f' of th.(.
, lle, felt Mlgillery. "
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Ihat may lup and mor~ ntarly 6~ ~!(~ norifie the Pri"eipieJ of BQ4'eJ' v;t.: What
trattrd. for tht ~ntir~ PeHeClion oJ tht they are accord'lni to ttleir cltrifn. and ",hat
Imperfect. - All. il IS lil:.rltJifo a Con~ GNdor Eoil they contain in themfdve., But
'ifrcrward We wll! {hew the N4tll"IJ of all
fideration of tht Artifices ~ 6)' 'W~ich Jflt thofe BQ4iu. with all their Prop",ies . vir..,
"'tD lnow. whtth~r tht Perfection bt What aretheC4Mjrl of t~e CQ'rNfti o~ them J
~mJltat. (# not. T.lurtfor~ t-ht{t Thru proving the fame by their E,'I:,rri",m. -_
Ilting tltlivtr,J; tht wbolt Knowledge " j
of Perfed-ion wi t} 6t dd'crilltd, a((ol"-:
tlltI, to IlkE:xigency of'Uur Art.
C HAP, I I.
Of th~ Naturr aJ Sulphur " ,Id, Arfrtick. ' ,,
The Fidl: Part of this second Book, or Herefore firft-. inferring t he N,ullf , of
the Know/tigt of Things j whereby
the poffibili.ty ,:1nd way. of P t rfrE/io,. T . , Spirits. which are the Pr'N'ipJuo~. thof~
,;JIIS; We fay, that SIII,hM' and' ArjNI'~ are
rna y be underftood. 1 FIt/N ejs of the Eltrtb, as abov,e is declared I
,
, c. -, , the Exp"i,,,&<- and maoifeft PY. ilttj u or"hich I
JOl1 may gather. from its eafie' 1+ -.';,,,,
all([ the eafie Llt/lliflllti", t hereofb}' . H~4t, For
CHAP. I. nothing is inflamed . but \Vh'at is oieaginoul.
11mt ,ht Knowledge oj Perfea-ion,.o/ IiNAlllr, mdtl eafily by H t4 . ~nlefs it hath'tt'
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&
, i;:.. between [hi. 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
io their hllix". be welhmprdfed in t~ Wft4tu:l likewife l becaute, It neither ftands
,Mi."of the A:fiip. Therefore We will Rrll '
""'7-' " .. - - nOti6e
0, FiTt, nor makes to nand. Qniil beqluf~
,- front
,

 ( i4f) ( 145')
(rom ev~i. kiUd of -it, it yie'Jas i/"&~"1.. fro m the above prttnilhl f it is
Therefore -tlici r middle 5.11,,'"' is the Cuf, - ta not of the Y"itl of
of PatIU;,,, in them: becaure by its e",'bJ a thereof. AndWe1i.rie
[s it is not hinCIrro froio .I,;..":,, . which is . ~he KlNwl"ll' of the
~feCted by good Fajita ; ana by rhe S./'t j/i7, It IS poffible to come to
ot it . its, ' ''''''lfiui is not.e-J.lily remov~ r<i But in Ar/,..'t. becaufC
FJ'l.ht. YC't " the M iJJ/. s_jl:u.h of t hem is by the A Ui.. of
, not the C._!, of P'r[,ElJ'. of B,liiu . or ci , many parts Of it arc re-
.A'l,iIJ",v, . unites it be fixed. Whith btio, t herefore the ..tfr:ijiu o r its SqJ4TAti-
nOt fixed. although its l",p'1!ulI is not camy . eafic. Yet that is the r."Q'1rr of Whitt"t/t,
removed. yet it is not (jab! y ' perpetuated. SIII,hNr of Rttillt/t. T herefo re it is need--
He nce it i. manifeft" that tte A rtifl muft nc- that great Collri", fhoold be ufCd in the
cdfarily div ide the M iJJ], S.;'{lAII" th ereor.' of SN'Ih",.
Bur.rofllc ha ... c thoughtit impom ble to divill"
Pr:..
.ill,e . r~me ;, ~afon of irs ~!"dng Atjx~i~ .
~d mde~ '. ~!il!f oppofCli thclr own mamf1
~~ - . C H AP. J I1i
F",

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 Whitt-
ABC! We JikelVifC: the Sf.,i. and F,-
E.rtJ, ro be fepa:rated from it w ith ea-
A r'ift't , by a LffI.i",. t he AlrtiHJ of
L whicb

 ,-,

( '4 6 ) ( '47 )
which We wiD Otew. But becaufe We are :~. tha t Arl "" tJiv, is the P,,[.O j'll' and
chat to a twafold P"ita;." of AJMjii, which il the the Viti
and to perfc:ll: . 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 mon 11;ong Vill,!., I or any other like
it a n;" as will be fufflcient to cover it. Then
IllffJ of !U ih~ Difoover a gentle Fiu, chat the whole
Cft'a tC a L"~' lilly be warm . and not tc;'O pot I and fil r it
to remove its concinually wlI h yout F'IJJ.t1'1 .on the B.tt~ '!'
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.
,
,
Ii
ci the Dijh, that the .11''1.'':111'''' may be dl-
Tided 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
I
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 A,:,.",,,il/,.is'
IIQt Ptr/flti1ldn irs N,.r /trr ; butthat IS, w hlc~
L 1I IS

- - ' ,
 ;~ . .. -.- ' .
( '49 )
( '4 8 ) : and to have a manifcft
is product'd of it by Our A[J~l1ich ~ak~ t~e ..Arlijl
likewife i. it in S.lthllrand itl that It cOl).taln1 In III RAti>x
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.
Ut there is a nectfTily We fhould alfo trot
B 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 ap-
p.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
I t,' 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.
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 1
~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,
i
CHA~! I
L J '

I

 ( '50 J
CHAP. V.
Of tht NatMrt if Sol, or Gold.
N0w of
clare
firft of s#r,
of all the other
expc,dlent. with their
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 ,
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 '0'''[., that is not
And that It l'iath the ~I"'; ';;;d
m anifcll:
,
,
( '5' )
it il neither dimini(hed nor inflamed. 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 cre-
norpure,an impure.
But he who requires a fiRO of the
,,,,.. of itt Tefln,"ifj, wants his Sf.!' ; be-.
t hat is dir(.:ernro by fight.
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
'that
~~!:.;;;&J~~:
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
. ~ t ~l irJ

:-" may not i and clear, which falls upon the .Sdpnr:, of
~; HYing, in the Nature
ing. and not in : the Nature
bold pan of tOe fiylng, and part
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 ~_
ti" e~ lIed in it I or neither overcoming.
nor ~vcrcome I or whi tt', or red, or berwetQ
both. Therefore, from all thefe Dnltrftits,
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,
. '. .
"
(';3)
C HAP. V I.
Of I h~ 1'!atllrt of Luna, ,or Si lv er~
.Hereforc, Oris now clear from the prece-
T dem, that if clean. fixed, red, and clear
SJdphMr fall upon the pure SII6p."n o f A'l ,"t-
toW' {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
Arl'll/viv" pure SO/IIII' IS made, If In ~II'"
,it, 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.
,hII, of it; which is neither fixed, nor inoom-
bJltiblc, 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:
 .... ' " .-' ., - " " "
( '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~
B 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 prohi-
bitl 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 }JI",. 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
I gives F"fi",: t herefore in all Things it mutt
jmpede the fame. Tha ~ it i$ nOt fixed, un-
lt~
.
. .r
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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 Simi-
litude of which is o r the Nat ure o f (.Ix.
Yet t his happens not in Arl.fllt1lWfi !:>e-
caure t hat mav be fi xed, without being IUm-
ed 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
I
9~i.Jjtlg of it. by imbibition and mixtion.
WIt h Other Thing.. For V,!e'f? is manifeft-
i
Iy perceived in it, by, t he much adherency
Ihereof. Th:tt it hath a denfe SII"ftAllce. he j
!hat hath but one e}'e may manifeftly fee by
I
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. There-
fore, 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
JlOt rarefallion of it fe lf, h1' r"fon of ,uDen-
flty, and " ant of ,do};'/f; ~h i~h is made by
combuRiblc S.lpb. rrir" which It hath not.
T herefore, by wh:u is mentioned, is found
(with an indubitare I"" :.,i,,,) the wor.det-
(ul dou ble' X,." o f tlVO ~n-tfl, 'tIi>:.. one, the
Clfll!., ofc.r,,,,'il/l of every of the Mllld, by
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~
extermi nating alfo 111[0 F."". wl ~h ~xr ream
eonrumpiion. whatfuever .A'II"t"lV~ ~n rhe~
is of g?Od !'iXAtifll. But the oth~ls a mul-
t 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 W Heretore. remming toourpllrpofe, We
exterminate them. Theref.)re , If a ll C.llrt, grOll, and
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 ( be-
caufe it either with itS whole Subllance re-
cedes from the Fir' , or wit h i ~ whole re-:
mains permanent in it) in it is necdfarilyob-
ferved a Cuff of 'trf,Si,,,. , Thc~forc prai-
fed 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. VIII.
Of thr Nat1lrt of Ve nlis, or Copper.
fay" that if the S"/pil., be unclean.
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 romes
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 fiIcd
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 appa-
r 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
( 15 9 ) .
~~ F iit",;'by H,,,, of Fir., iu parts
lI'e fubrillated I but tbat part, which is in the
.Ap,ir" of s,wj,,. 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"", I
(created in it by fubtiliat ive H w) fiower-
eth in t he Supcrfie~s of them. And if you
put thefe two Bftij~& iofO a s.,litu Li.,.~r, ma-
ny pans o f t hem are eafily diffolved by n.l-
i i ,... And 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 ..i-
U.!!l, by th e S.iiMI W"n-'If,!t, and eaue SD-
lMliDIf. is changed into W.llr. For nOlhing
11 found W,.t<ry and eafily foluble, except AI-
u"" and 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
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( 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 w..,.tr . 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
i ' llttJ jfU. .
,
T herefore from t he pree\ent DifwlTf. "til carry up . t he .l!~.
evident. tha t in &. a;u there i. a twofoldS'I"J
yOll may elevate
phllTli'J : One indeed included in the Pr;!__ a L6Uiiif~,. wiib C"M- .
JIf} of .Art ,.,viv,. in the beginning of t heir
as We itave .tQld~
M ix,i,. I btlt the other is fupet"Venient. O ne it oTits ottri 1I~
of which i. removed wi lli ' .~IIJ'. but thea-- is iIIli!n. -
rilercann()l: be pombly ta ken a.".ay by any.Ar.
' ifk, perfor<ned by Fi,". to which OUt 0P"'.
,i.,. can congmo ufly and profitably come I it
being fo firmly and radi cally united therein.
And: .

-(
I.
;6, .")
...,
' , . ,

,
cralhing
.", . it hath.
. , C HAP. 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-.
10 T ill. But on the oontraq ' }'OU may con-
ider 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
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,,-
" .".,.n, and in the Meafurc of Fire di" irJing
them : to which we: have attained ,,, jlh 'In-
lanee of LAN/I' , and have feen ".ilh certain
A1furance, that We judged - of the Trllib by
M ix/lIT, .Ihe fame. But feeing it is "elpc<iienr, We
is proved Ibould inform you what [hat is, which re-
. ~ciOll of it C"'x, in Fir, mains afcer thr remOTal from lHpifn', of thefe
bach, and }'t C it !links not. That there i _ M1 IWq,
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than the fame.in l.I.f'/. And
i ' the eafie 1,,_

l~jtl' I
,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
1i! 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 i
. . more eafily I becauCe that hath a ip it fele
abundance of Mtr~. than MIII'I.
of thiS, is the C'afie F.p of one, but ""ould Re 'the Tr.r.
dlflicult F-Ji.. of the other. our StU~C',
let then) ftudy ,the lWtJtjIi-
But the Fjxj~. two. of all thcCb' Thi"", with diligence or
tnaiJ!in" until by the r~e they find OUt the
Jet I t IS noc of 1!fI#" and of Spi,uf.
me Pff ' ;,. of this, I ~._CCfrain (noc: I,",Qlii'"
. 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
tat"l,
this our
"'I.
(ufficient-

fee the burning SIUpII/If' in fill to be ' " M, CIW',

,
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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;
is morc adht li.c to the s"Ht.flfcl: or'
CHAP, x, in it . t han in Trll; ; ~ mallifefi by.
That t he (aid ~A",jry is not (ere- -
Of Ihr N(it~rr
. .. oj. Sdturn. or. Lead.
. but it is 'of a Cit"',,,,:
the Iikeo! 'lYhkh
l;~w'~ha t is in the Bm ... r
: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-

by I th::t
approaching (0 the N . "1rI
burning SlIlph"" . is uniformly
in S'&[tnn of Art /tlN.. Therefore ,
from when the F_ o f it afcends , iemuR: neccl'fa=-
and t hat i tily afccnd wi th t he S"/ph"r IlOt burning. -Of
more eaf\ly, tban the Pnp"? oj which it is. 'lii%._ to CT~le
much E.~thj1Uf, . For Citri" il)_ - . -," '.:
E. rthillt/I. 'oC 'more _ But t hat_ th7 J1.!!.m.itl of S"'I!h"" not burning I
of lers ERthi-4i of CC: I. greatCf 10 It, t hanm Till", 15 affirmed by. Us
molt truly i bn:;u{e We fee the whole 0 1_""
I of it to be changed into Cilri." but o f r __
Iy.. And beaufe its P,,,/1I41 is not
as In lilliUP'. by repeated C,,/CiIM/i,11I
" .i mtq Whitl, in ,heir C.ki"tlti~u , Therefore

- - M4 Ifl
 16, )
,,, b ea61y and more fubril, utcndt"
i_.
{DOI"e
than s.-m i s.,.,.. more eahly than 'Y,.....
YIII"" dian M"rs; . more fubtily thaD
1,,~ftr; but ~" lln,ore fur tily than LIII,.. Thpe-
lore, " t il mani..fcft ~ tlll t the CIII.f~ of (IIJl::d
,iI' (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
makes !!.::m or eaf:e r'lIft~,.. ~?j th ol1 t !g1liri~
And the C !, of e;;,lic FtIj", islLkcwife.Art.'*'-
,,;'.11 : bu t th".:Ciltt/t of.F11ft ' f' "dt ll /s. ,,;';' .' il
bed .... '! t llHl:Vf. ' The refore the C.if: of J~
i1''';tlll' o!' every .,1'''_.is fixed SlIlphIW:, .
, 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:on-
laiD the grea le~ ~".t;'1 of 4 rlu t?itI" ...
~" di l.liniiherl from "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-:,
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

~., . lean ,
,ai'., but SM",.leCi ; a~ ":,,n. yet .~
. " ~I
.. ""
of that I on which Ptrf t{&
: L' , ; "". '.
' ri."""".
""rr"'1,

,

( ' 70 l ( '7' )
t;.cp. mIl. 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 5,.,.,,,
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 a-
bide'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.
W Eprove,
Tho
tirft I llfltlltiGIl . arc their true Muu,i"" And
-,
- ,
T he Second Part of this Second Book, or
M t dICI1fU in "general . andof the ne-
cc: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'
VIZ.
White, Imd tht oIhnfor tht Red .. "tt
,"
th,it WI' art I'XNtJai fro m Ihl'fo . 6.1 ,
DIU onl;' mojlp"jtll Medicine.
, '!,
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 ,'
,l
other Thillt', Therefore\ We accordingly af-
firm. that thefe Alur",j,~s of Buitl, in the
,
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.. i
!~j,",
 ( 17l )
".iftI,
in~ a pcrfc4 LII".
a!]d Sf",..
Wherefore. We find that MlI{j~;1H ror- th~
.1'*' ti..the imperr~
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
lind';iI#.," .J,t."ltfJ~ coagulable in Pnfdl;"
.. , 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 kind.
thev dilfer in a ~ertain I~cial P"f"" :
one being not fulible t b4t the otherfufible.
Therefore Mm il r:rfe4cd wi~b one -M~
~j1H, I.nd Y."," another: and indeed
With
the nrft i. totally l!ndean. but the iother
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 s...,.".
teeing they no leli differ I
'00 necdrarily need a divenMr4;tjlU likewile',
for this, "j%.. 'II/Ii,"
is dean J but that not.
o 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~
'"
. ( 173 )
SII4Iiti is fOUfld ~ twofold
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 1..,".':, and the indu{h"Y,of great
ret 1.a.g,iIIljQ1I. to be excufed from the L"'~/lir of
the 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"nicu-
bTly 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 de-
dare 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~~;
 .. ." " . .. . "... ', . . - .... . ' - ''' ' ~""'I
.
(174 )
the C..r" of the Neceffity of their I"vI. i-
"IS by .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.
. ..... .'c. . each from Other, i,n
HAP.. Ii .
" . ,:
ThaI tTltry 4 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 dt-
d 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-
fllli,,, are of. twofold kmd. VI~. 5./1 and
3.
. 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);.
"nl"
t
( ;75)
', ,,,,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
I
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 Rut of thelr N It/ llrl, arc dIVers
th~ P~~fu1fdjt.J o f t~dr
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\.
 .,..-. . -._. -. ~~~~--.- ~ ........,

( '?7 )
liany ,.oftry. 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,.
CHAP. III. '"-,
were uno a rrue Ell"". and
, . . " , . . '" ~.;.; < . Therefore. feeing it
to remove the tru e EffilU:t of
Tbat fb~ V tfit1 of.. imptrftll Metlls . Thill!. it Rlf re-
lIuglit 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
in:iDiroidPI"'.';;'. fha,' be acihlbiiect ~nd We~ and indeed mha Stn,lxrs
A to the E/u t' of5.ct"'.. afid. of 1_;;r,;
.
thiS StUltet . tn Our time . have come to
IkewiJe', aCQrding to t he [hlm of theit _ :",Vf $ llUt. 1Ij(., Thac Welikewi(e. coo14
manifold JllpnxiMuis. to P"filli41f i or 1.. :t : lVay of . Prtpq,.ri iIIuftrace
t:f::~'. from it. ~!'~re. lintt of thin,. With o f thei r B~j!.h1 11111
CClrfupting in their P'f{/i"'tJ i t here tI were tOtally mfeded.
one 7li*'1 advenicm frlU:JJ. the ilmat::: RMix ~ By reafOfL of this, We
t heir9.,,,,, i and that is t he Bllrt/ij"t/1 of. as wd l as they. l'I"ere driven 10 4-
SIJf"'"" "1 and the 1_I_ritf o f t h~ Eifrlh of and for a long (pace o f ri me lay
Art.,,,,,,t1H, comnlixed Wi ll; !he d l.cnlial N~ _ .~ "of D'lin-lIt" '" Yet remfn-
~1IJ"'of tbem. in rh~ B ~~ ; ~.'Jinlof the:ir CrtA- , ,. and being perplexed with
~j,. I and an, other 7"hiilg ~uperveni("nt' arrd of inftni te TIIOIIJhtl an4
the firff MiD,',. of them il1ft;rriug Crrr."i'.i We ronfldercd BGd.t1 diminifhed
_00 thii "" Ii bti... ning SIJ.p"J.'~itlof the 6rft "'"", t o be foul in the Pn/'P'4if]
kind. ~ 'th~ l_p.riI, the rc~()f. :l.n~ a r~ and nothingfulgid ()(pu r~,.
$-I",or drt"llflifir l thmlorc the~ ,a'1l to found in t hem I becaulC jt
the 7li1l,(s ~pti!lg .i ~e Stibjllll'lof P",:". them ~rdi ng to Nil/II". FPJ"
/rOJ of a"'m and 1.,;,". O ne ot t hdb lO und man,,,.f . whichisfllX i"
it 0 impoOible 10 rtJDQ"Ye,' by thi.il/~
.. 01 <'.
~fPg OOlhmg ~f ftTJtll.it! II
" . . . .. "ooOd
N r ."....:
-
 ( 17 8 )
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,
SA/II,,, and 1I1pj", are prepared, with mani-
prepared IOtO a M ,ditifl,. is cleanrcd
.Art i(iCI , rluced co a moft pure .
hrigfu SUft u I and proJclkd
dlminilbed from Ptr/ em", . it
and hy itl Fixl'" perrell: the'm.
I a oommon and (pecial way o f F...,
I 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.,,:,.
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.
,
tf
( 179 )
happen. , that ~othing fuperfluous;
dlmi nilhed. is (ouud in the Pn-
Bit/in I and if it bc:.e%pedjent, rh.u
i S"p"1u,~,., Ihould ahfo lutdy be re-
"" I that. fupervenient from the mani-
of 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"Pi-
S Atlffll, and afterward, ofthe.ochc."T.
to Or41r.
C H AP. I V.
t be Prepllr(ltioM of Saturn mId
Jupiter.
fold PrtpAr.uj~1I1 , according t6 t he necce- 1
' ''''' ...1p".. xiMuulI to I'tifrai~" ;
T he C, ,,,m,,, is by mmifold Drt rtt;
I
.. i"" to Plrftaj~ lI. Fo r, there is
. ...1",.xi';'lIt"". 'IIi;l.. Br,,l.tllllfi'
i
"
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
I
t hreefoldy ; rither by t ~ing$ mu::di-
or by t he way of C,,(ciuriu and R.-
N i I"it,u ;
 ( 181 )
( 1.8 0 ) 11 bttaufe t he F;" dent~ and conti,""';.
tTery fugili,e SII5P,-"u: and {he Carr.e F.r,
i. m._, nr by S .l..ti... So r d,i,
fitcWife. in the '''''y of R:4l1fJ'''' ' ch idrs
th~' arc clcanfrt tWO "'1\,' I

~
i nfO C~ /.~ , or In the Nllt. " :~:S;:"i~P~'~'~':t~
. of We E;>r:b . withmentio
hal'e made its r np,rliclI.
n o f in
duceJ into C.J1C (hey arc purified in (J ntitllle<! Of ,1c IlIfJcjl igAI i
Il(' f I either by S.drs . or by .AIlQm~t. Of \'I'hic h accordin g to (;rJ.-r
61"[1' and the way is thus: When the For in tho. t , We writ
i~ ''<Ilcined, t hen upon its (earched according
OUt .
IV-u rr of .AU"." or of Sldll, or of O ur 01"0 Mlld l but hrt"C .
I\'i:h it, and it rC'<i uc(.d ( 0 a [un ard har.dle<l. We hne
tOft Ihis 1l11.: ft fO often be ';:;; determined. accordini; ro the
t hefe Z,Ji!s . 3! until rhc-y hI
compleatly d~n. For fe-eing S.lts ;;~ arc ckanCed l-y S~l"ti."
/'''"1, and G14 1, with anothe r of whic h We
ft
[han IIJ.i., I RuiIlEU,,,of
ti'om them. and rct~in with from them.
E.rrb, S..bjf"lIt: . the Pllri,)
only left. Another wa)' of 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 [ofc
LIl'lM ". ' ''' with A,d
We ha ve given.
c\eanfed . by " .'" o f
and R,J.a, ~.

o
 ( is, )

.C HAP. v.
Of th~ PrrptJratioll of Venus.

r He~erore,
imitating the' o.-k
of. the prto-'
mired . We declare: the Pf't'!,.,u iolu
~ B,JjtJlikewife. But lirlt: of Y "illl. aftef'-l '
or.
~d ~f M.~J.
r..,1If 15
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
I
,
.,.d by a mOil. excelling dcgt et .of Fiyr itt
lPorc fubtilc part d ented I which will bo I
bundof.molt bright ,splt. Mr. Or it may be
mtxed With S/llplm~. andthe!l.elevated b it.. I
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 . , ..
1
__~I
o
,

 <. 1.84 )
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.
of the H. rJ. T he w ay i~ thus : A'!Ylv~,
. tinet: B ~J, ( w hich }'Ou hal' e intention to
C HAP. V I.
OJ tb~ Pr.-p :,ralicn of M.m.
.. . .
He Prt!.u,;~.,or Mill', are likewj rt mart-
T . fbkt. . For tbme afe compleated by S4
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 elldea-
Your to unite with it .Arfltit~ not fixed ; as
profoundly as We can; that In Elij,.it rna,
melt-with the fame . But afterward it is 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 P",Ift.,i,.
of t he f"me, by E"ji_d
it with Lwl and T.,;., , For from Ihefe. it
lIow. clean and "hite. . \., But
But ~ ure We 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 .,i."j t~eforc W'! mull not o mit that,
bur ~iII firlt fpe~ k of the S~jt, and af~rward
' ''''r it:lted rr.uA be difrohed . a nd t he Q I-
huden ) diIrotved likewifC'. BOth thrfe: 5,-
/#;"" muIt be mill' ro rogerhC'r, and the 011-
cined B. J, mixed .with thC'n: br frt'<\uC'n.t!lIII-
iibiri'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 deda-
ml. 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
 ( .86 )
thefe ,.41''''''';0''' arc of the fun OrtUr. "'ith~
OUt which our M4t,#t1] is not perfeBed. .
C HAP.
Of the M,mdJjicatioll
V II.
(If Argentvive.
THerefore, 'ri. necclTary compleatly to
nOl'l'
_ , dec lare the ":I""J,fir4liDIJ of Arg'"I'11iw.
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 Vi"'g.'
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
.!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.
,
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
i
((J1Ijtflurrd. from what Things th#
MediwJt ,H, to 6r tl1Mr. .
W 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-, i
;;
'~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. Llkc-
wife, if t he Mtai,int do nOf il!l!ft'rare and .al-
ter 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. l
you .. ive not LU>llIr ,or'Sc!.lr F"fc>l,detcrmtna~c
I,,
. , 1> Iy.
 ( 188 )
!y, the 1!'''!S not al~ble in C,.,lt-UIII,lUj
bccaufe It abides not In the 1'".16; but is al-
together 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
I
Dilferendes of the r'~ptt"r;tI of the S.bjf.!l'"
And feeing We fou~d It not to c~ange,. With-
out the Adminiftrauon of Alt:1Il/U" of 1[~N...
I.", We alfo found th3t it ought nrcelfarily
to 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 pr0-
fundity 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 cer-
!I
lain and determinate p'tfM,..ri~" m~nti~ed in
I
the Chllpttr of S,.bli"",rio". Llkewlfe~ Its/_
,'11". cannot be permanent, unlefs It be fil:- 1
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,i-
I
f. , by congruous Fi ll. Alfo thl5 ljf{J:cuu
(':innot have pttfelt F.r,.,N, unlcfl grear C-
ti, . be ufed in its Fi:"MUII . th:lt it ICly fof-
tt"
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_
[,.111&1 of that F1tIfi~1J which is fought. ' C HAP. X.
. Therefore, by the fore-going, 'rise\'idenr.
that ruch a P1'lp4r ..riM fhould be adminiftred OJ th~ 7Jjffermeits of Mtdicj'1Irf~ viz.
to it, as by whiCh , of it may be created a th,l1 (ome au if t be firp Or-drr_
!Uo(t. (ulgenr and purely clean 5,,6ft4"", Then Jome oj the freond. flnd others oj the
It mull: be fixed, but with "cry gfC" t C411ri- thJrd. "
.11. ~h.. the. .Artjpur mull: be fo well.skilled
in the Adminillration of Firt , i,n the tV"! of Herefore it is evident, t hat SdtifitJ is ne~
its Fix"'''f", that he may only fo far remove T 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 per-
f;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 CDnfitit- A. 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~, ,
i

B,Jill, and Vllif~miJJ in t he Ejfmu. And pteatmcnt, but the altered Boti) happens to i
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
and [he Perfdt iOI! thereof. CHAr. or

(I].I~ ) ( 193 ) ,\
of Y~I1IM, or M ..YI, which rrceivts not F;~ ' _.c.'-'__--'________
_--,'"'C
.-ti~lI. And o f this kind is el'ery .ddJjt4I/Jt lll :,;, . .
of the C~/6I1r of Sid, and LIlIt4 or of Vu. . ' , ,t -, '
commixed, and fet iii a fMrlr,"' 'or CnMlIt..ti_ C H A ,J,f'
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
upon BDa'iudiminifhed from Perfeaion, altcl"$
'A
Ccording to Qur Promire. We intend .to.
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 :j
,
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 Mr-
A 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;
with its projedion, takes away all CftTrNp~ Ot'the firft Ord,r, We fay, mere is one of hard
ti~lI, and pc:rfelh them with the D'lfirmn of Wit, another of die foft. Of hard B,iJi,J, ,
all C'''pbmn:nt. But Ihis ,s One only. And ooe is of V,ti';;, another of M ..rl; another of ,
therefore, by it, ,We are t:xcufed from the /JIll.. T hat of V,"ill and MArS is the pure
L-.Ibours of tht: 111'1111/"'" of ten .li:dici":r of lkJ;.,jf" of their S""J1I1"~t ; but L,,1l", the , I
tht: fecond OrJ:r. I
WijiClttif" of it, With Citr;"i" of a pleafing
Tht:refu re the Ifn:l of the firJt Ortkr i5
INlled th e L:jfir,; the Worl of the Cecond,
~1Jt1it{s. For RN"i}'A,io1l with apparent .j"
! t he M,Jdil l but of rhe third , the Gr'l4t:r
Brllimuf; is Jiot gillen to VlIIm and Mlln, by
MtJ.inll" of the lirlt Od tr; ~caufe they be- i:
,
,,
,

Wo,.~ And this DII""'; of aU J.1..<~i1m is ~ totally unclean, are umpt to receive thi ",
w{fi.-I~nt. fplenclor of R,J".fs, before they have been
I CH A?,
prepated with a Ir".r".,i,,, inducing, Brj,ght~
'''/i; 0 T herefore . .: '!

I,, ,
~
, '.
J
 .. ....
' ~ . ~'. - , . ''''
I
( 194 )
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
is one M ,JirilU whi r.i~~ V'.III.
"'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
firA: Arl/"rvrell precipitated
calcined V'"111 difroh'ed likel'l"ife.
S, u,li, ,,, arro mixtdin one, and
on the BouI, of YellIlI. aftN" they
lated. ThIS M ttlicinl whi tens and
Y'.IIl. Again ot herwi re: Argt"tlli" ,
Ih.rJ, ir} arc difrolved I' and the
.", JOyned together; then a
BtJ" which is intended to
dilfolved likewife, and thar
with the t hen ~
gether :
8,"'"
"!'ife ,
often
wi th it, with
M id"" il very
di(iilled Yi"~l..r. it may
rn ixed in the prOfundity thereo(;
afrated ( or modmtcly calcined)
frd h Arl.,IIwiv, is in like m!~,:;::; a
from it, and the remaining!,-
bi bed, and {llOderately calcined
And thi, Worlt. il fa often
a laf$e .LlUlIli'J of the
it with compleat J!..itj~,,~
, a a
.
( 19, )
(lib imed from A't,llIttIjv, precipitated, until
in it the fame is fixed , .and admits good F.-
51111ft"1I&' of Y,."" and that is peculiarly.
whitened. Othen'fife L"." , and L itJ..r/';r,
are dilfolved apart, and the S41Mriu. conjoyn-
td I and with them ihe IMllp.lNc, of Ymill de-
llbated. Blit indeed, V,,,'" is better whitened,
if .Argt"I'Uj'U~ be per~tuat ed in all the M u/j-.
tiM.
It is whitened by Ar[",",1t. fllblimrod, thus:
the C"I,i".tt Qf 11',11", iI taken, and upon that
is repeated the S.6/i."t,",. of .Ar[.jdt..., until
it remain therewith, ,and whiten it. Bur ir
roo be not well skilled in the ways of 5til_
liINui,,,, .Ar[",-, It. will not perfevere in it with
any .AlUrAli,,,. Therefore, after t he firft D t-
tTtI of SM6/'.I11;"'. fecondarily Itpcat the
lVorl . after the fame manner, as we laught
in the SM6/imlft i," of M ""h. (iu. Alro 11"0'
is otherw ire W/',"u .ta: for if }'04 projelt Arf-
"4. fublimed upon L."., and then [ he whole
~pon Y' "/U , it dealbates tha t peculiatiy. Or
fim mix L ith.rgir), 01' burn t L Ulll dHI'olved,
with L un., ana upon thefe cart: ,Ar[lIi,k,. and
proje{t t he whole upon YUill , and fa it will
be WJ.ltllltd, And t hi5 i. a good D r.lMsi.,(
of the fir n OrtUr. Or, upon L ith." i" alone
dilI'olved and reduced, projelt' .Arr. " /t fubli-
med , and the whole of this upon Yella. in
flux :

( 19 6 )
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 de-
albadve 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 V',"'II. We command it lO be projt-
'lted in piecet, rather than in P,..,,'" 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.
OtAP.
,f ..
( 197 )
i , '.
C HAP. X fl.
O} Mtllici"u drlllllfllittg Mars.
T remains noW', that We declare the D rAI-
I , 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";
1',,,,.,
[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 mnve-
alent 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 L.". thereOn. For
" hen that is united with it, it is not fepa-
raled 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. wafh-
ed from it, by Ihe way of 5./"/i,,, now me...
cloned. Bur afterward , caufe c1eanfed A1-
IIU-(, to be fublimed from it, and reiterato
$at S,.W"""-if,, m,lnY ti"1es, uncil f9f11C parr ,
. .. . OJ or
,
,
;
 _. - '.
( 198 )
pf the:Arfll;d.. be lited therewi th; Then with
a S.f.,i,,, 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 elpe-
dime 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
or
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.
(:HAP . Xlif.
Of Mttlicir.~~ citnnatillg (0,. (OIOll,.jlli'J
Luna.
T 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
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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 Ar-
r::;i-ur, or 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: precipi-
tate, vir... monified and fixed b y Pr"ifi,,"j~,,,
then PUt it in a F",1Ut: of great X"i,,,, 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 re-
iterate the Sllbli",.tj~ thereof. Yet t he S.I-
ph., muft be deanfed from all Impurity, and
, ,
,
,r.
,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 I'
diffolving lbarpnefs Of Wilms, and again cal- i
a '* cine 'I
I
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it be
LIIIIII is alfo rJlbi~. but iu
difficul r, and iJpmenfly ' labo-
UIIA likewifc 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
upon tnt SIl~ftA1l': of VI"". And yet thence
r eCules nqt a fplendid bright C. /QIIr. btu duD
J!.nd Jivid, ~ith a mOrlirero.u.
. But t/le way of C9lou~ng l~. wh ich
it,. -
Cjl~I...
IS
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~
( 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 de-
you, if you be a true SI"'Jur
"!
W~rl , as We have deCcribe4
t hings of thi. kind pro.
to adhere to LIllI".
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 alter-
only Difftfl lm, but altO-
CD.plelmlWlt. Other, hav~
MIJi~i/JIl. yet one of there
made
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.
til greater part is fixed.- But afterward,
ItS
',' it muf!: ~ warily calcined. that a greater Fire
may.. be !dn'!iniftred ror its Ptf!,lIull. This
~g dOl1~ . it ~, di.flb!ved into a moll; RIJ CHAP~
.. " . . Warn'.
- ..
 ( l Ol ) ( ,O~. -)
' . there is fomewhat impermutable, which
in thdr Ru~. and which cannot be
C H A P. XI V. by MrJ;t;/fl of the fccond (muT ;
torally feme... es thae
Of t.h: 7J;ff~m'u of ':{'ropr;'tiu (If not called M.J~;"t of
. Ora"_
JUliUS of tht IUONd Ordrr.
things
way of C.le.
N 0'.". it il time We lhould paIS on to "0< inn ate aboli{h-
/&"m of the fe,and Orlitr, with a the refore, there
~.",f, I Cuf6cienr . their a Mr." i",
'lt lU)'.
".,itlK' .
B,Jill
not

'h'
colgulable into a
ulJijd:... or Sd.., and "'"~ "(wifmcfl
a nnOt be taken away by t he .A,-
1.,IIT'i',
one only
-
Yn
,"
OrJtriuhat. whid! ,;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.
there are
cyery of the chat in projdtion could infpiffate the T,~.il' ,,
a volat ile of them, and infpiffuing harden the fame
to a SlIffi,jell'J of (~ "jli'" with their Li'llitjA- ;
( by both
induced) and its
rlllfiu j and li kewife in hard B~iljn, attenu- -,
ate their SpiJIit.dt . and attenuating deduce
Mftji",,, i. made can indeed
remove OIle of them. or covering it
! he fllmc I only leaving all othtr C_/tl
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
i!
I"'/.rifdl.i."~ Therefore, forafmuch as in Xi.J I and transform the one into Whju. and
l.he other into RId, moR perfdt! This
:i
.~
,
 r------------------ .
( 20f )
Thi. MtJie,'", is not diverfified from a M'; ( 20 ~ )
I/ici., of the third
Ftf'u.;."
Or"". !lnrd's by t he 1._
of leITer P"cpu.,j,.. And that it is
f9fc We alfu, nOt chan,ln!. but iml-
f"iog
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"..,.
'If!' 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
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'
11J1J;,). crrrain NIlrr.tj~,. of ;&Jill fir(t, and after-
nrdl 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 &.1-
C II A P. XV. rtady fufficitndy knowlL Thtrefore take tnat I
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 in- ,
WE now 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 there-
re~ 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
I ~ 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!: ad-
B.d,. ,.."
t 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 ,,
 ( ,06 )
of P"/,D ..,,; i~perfefui as rnu<:h 3.1 dtpcndt
OIl 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 pre-
ceding, 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 pr0-
per WAI' of .Dittf1i~II. and in the Commix-
l.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
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 IIjI-
on 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. ' .liflelt. accordin g to that, for which the Me:
,
CHAP;
I '"
(- ' 7 )
,,;-_ _ _ _ _ _ _________ _
~I
. C HAP.
, x V I.
Of tht Mtdic;,u Coagt/Jalillg A rgntt.
"IJ1'Vt.
Coording 10 the OrJ,r of the p.",.;/",
A , 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 fpe-
cified in many Ch"Plrrl of Ihis W'r~ And
that is, bccaufe Art 'lUtJNl, fee ing it IS eafi-
Iy fugitive, wi thout any '+"'.ti'lf. 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 -
.~,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 there-
of might bccompJeatcd I and We endeavou r-
ed by /If,m";'J 10 make the F Onlf of the
l
MtJi,;~
1,
.1
 - - - -_. - . ---.-.-----~.-.-- ---~~
( :08 J ( 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. render-
ed 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 to 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
I th e precious SI'''t mult be as well fought in
B~Jiu. as in the $_IIP<llJH of .A"l'1IrvjVt.
I Jikewife, by thefe, be prepared an.d cteatifcd.
I CHAP.
,....--- - ---- -
,
C H A P. X V I I.
HIY'<V ltlgrt{s is procurtd i1J MuljCl:~its
~ Arflfici , ' ,' .
Ut, becaufe it happens, that a M(fli~.;'tt
B is fom~ tirhes nuxed. fometimes . nOt ;
therefore We. will declare t he Wa, of f4 -
mixlo'g, ,,,ii(., ~ow every Thing, qr ,e ach p.;-
~Iiar M :Jieill; not entring .., t:r(iy molt prO-
ilundly 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 re-
ceive IlIJpr:ffiDIi from thern; and from~ffil ,',
Or We give IlIgrtJt to the!e . whiCh. are npt
.'
,
i,;
,
~fniu:ed to enter by i caron of thei r Spi{fi-
,!IUit; with manifold rei teration of t he ~'"tli
,. p mlf"~"
Ii
~,
,
i
 (>t o' ) ( HI )
III.,;,,,; of there b a twofold M,J,citl~, {;Iii: S.J1fr and
t'j~ of UlJAr. Yet in EI~.u:, it is one, and in one
Or with Will of aB:lng i aod therefore by '!'I ~ A~r
0( tha t 1"/, whoCe WritiJr.r;s We have read, It .I t called
Yet . a Ow'III! M.,tJ;ew. NtvcrthdeB there Isan ad-
Things t :::o~;., ditament o ra CilrilU c .I. R, made oflhe molt
folved, you ~ clean SdPlflfC' of Fi:n4 SlIlpbll1', which con-
and a ltered, by thefe I and the lhings llimles the DifftrtlKI betw een ttl ls and. that,
dilfolved. which you would have both .;;;;;; vir.. the u /Utr and SfiAr MIIK;/U f fhil con-
to alter. Neverthelef., Stwi4" " taining that C.u.r in it k if, but the Other
made 0 1 all P..",. but of fome i This Orm is called the third Ortin o f
or
that B~, not anothtt, ;;;;
time. For by thu
the greater W.r~, as.xt (hat? ~ufC srea,re,r
S~lI&jt] of I""-flrJ II requllul In the ..lb.,.
intO thi., or that .ijtr41if" t hereof, aoo in the preparation o f
I 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 Dt-
1,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\ EIf-
.

en
. ../0. P. XVIII. pmclfees J and the many Dt! ru J alfo of WiII1'
of P'rp",4tj,"Ohhis third Order. For the s,r"",
Of tht ,MuJici"u of tht third ' Ori(~ Medjein needs Olle W"'J, in compleat Pnp"'"',
'MUff of ,igllleffu; but the LlmAr anmher:
; - ~;, :Gtnir(iJ; The firft indeed, wi th t he AJmi"ijlr.tif/l of i
S'"fhlt~ tinging it; but the fecond, not
Herefore now We proceed to the
_T
'::' : ~i",! the thifd ~~! Of [hi. ~,;;~
O!:
- CHAP
,



( 112.)
..
CHAP. XIX.
0/ th~ LUHar Mttliei1u of Ih~ third
Ordrr.
lrlt, We will declare the way of Adrru ni
F
t hus:
ftration of the L.,.,M,.v,i." which it
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 lu-
ble, 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 Pn-
ufl, until the greater '.lI.!!lI.ri,! be dilfolved.
'rhen .mix all the S.bitiuJ together, and co-
agub.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 a-
tlQ\"e r efencd, witb p;! rt of t his prepa red
~ E llrlh,
( 21) )
Eq,h ' through itl leaft panicles. T his bring
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.tq-
tally fi xed. When it /hall be fixed .agam Im-
bibe 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. Ptift-
ili,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 of the third
Order.
THE Prrp"rtl';' ., of this S . /1Il' M rJic;,lt, i~
made .. it h Ihe ACJ>'llIJOt.t of S.lpbtdnot
burnin!,:, by IV.,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 ~d-
r 3 m mlftratlOIl
J
,~
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,
, 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 ro, lU roa_ N~w let the Hil.' GO D of N.t,",. blef-
bide In the HI': of Fir, without afcenflOl1. fed and glorious, be prailCd, who hath re-
The 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 m-
ed, 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 Lt.mr,., wonder. For
declare the whole Compleannolt of thiS /Ii.,.
tift"]1 which thus rake:
We'have: notconccaled it from him, but have
. 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" I' 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~nd-
And !nd~, in Prt!.#"tif~ of the Sr, ,", the cd PIIfP[' mut\: par. to tbore Thm~5,
Reiteration , p whidL

i
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which We intend (according to pro-:"
to declare with the . known C4llft~ of
.
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. ..
The Third and Lan Part of this Second
C HAP. II.
. Book:
. ' Of the
, Probations of Perfc-
ebon. ".
Cineritium, wh.J flnu Bodin lJoid~ .
in H, bllt oth!I's "Qt . ,

C HAP. I. come fidl: to fpeak of C;//njti ;

. . 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 SA,.", 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 a C.prl)
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 lle-
will 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

I
(:~,,~.~ It./lit" '" Flljiu, :.'p4,',;,,, oyer acme , af-
r:~."". I'ni.u;,. of B.,,,i/ll. "'5.1pl"" by Mix- it F.p..
ri~,,; E.xtill/li. .. R,eiterationof C:1f/(i..ttu" and ,;;;,10" . whadbever n.,Jiu
Rill,ia ..", and the earre or diffip,\lt: s.(t'/ti,. Crom Pn-!em.", more of "':". I
f!J-.-:frlutlli'llt . .Therefore
We lft,all fi rft (~k they lera abide in }t;1Mtrll buCl i
_oJ t.bert a~mg to OrJn j and afterward. h,;; lers, 11lOI"Ci. Becaufe thefe do in-
~C;c:J?ii1g the (arne
,, -
Or""",
p~ to other
thing~
more adhere, by rcafon of the fubtilety
of
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,.i9. ~I
of their PMII, c1ore!y perttlilring and uolting ilKer ~lWItit, of EArlbi""" and of great~
them. So likewife, B'~'tl that are of grellt- and 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!-
1&". 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, per-
fame 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 butbe-
,.

hIed from ' caure itl Fllft is flower. thin of .. perrea I

...,. therefore it is fcparated from the C_-:
Fzfiu. yet more no" ly than 54..", by rea-
m 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~
.;;i'~;'; it indures leaft in the C,. ea61y fc:paratc:d from the Mjxt~q", than l.,it~ J
~'H. , yea, and vanifheth bea,ufe l"P;I,r more adheres In the PrifMMitJ
moft (~ily. Buu.than Y'U/. .
cfiminl(hed from Mns hath not F.p , and therefore i. not
and recedes, by permixed I ,"hieh happens, by reafon of D __
'h' ~.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:Ar-
Eirtof the Ex_, ~ t ntflit/" and wantl F"",
yet It can by no

Try.l of u..cit isleJi burnt, , ..,"''''' Bight Arup" be fepa-rated from t hem. There
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

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(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. :
(Ul) ,
- .
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. I.
Therefore wa~r, until all rhe L ,.,J be .exhaled.
. 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,
C HAP. ' I II. 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
Cupel) how it is t o h compollI,i. lllen pour w.,,...
U,Po1l the SIIT/." thereof: ,
. nl, an IIIt ll. . for you will fino it pcrfcltly examined. If
r!Jil~OU are 'blbwing this E;UIlUII, you caft ,I
N0"~ W,e fpeak of theW~, of making if, ,urc!1 ii 6l.. " the BgJ, w\l1 be: the beuC'l' and more
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 0-
ften the{C wlth w"u'. and make t he M ' XI.,t lIlritillm rna, be: madein a C, .,ijk or E ..rtb,
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 H.ll,,,":,,,. 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., I

"'!M/, thereof, whieh yw intend tQ 't ry b, ",to the Er..",m of Ctml1rt, with its CAN-'
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. '
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( 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
C HAP. IV. f"!Viftly burnt. bttaufe it hath SIII,hllr,;" more
~rly amjoynm. am more filed tnan 111-
Of. Ceaunt.
It mll".t,
'tL.~ fomt Bot/in fofiai. Ill".
mltl olh,rs kfr. M-r, is not burnt by it fdf, but by Ai-
w.r.For when it is mba! wilh BUi,l d
,
WE have raid, thn rome B.,Ji" more, ao! much HlIlISiJi". it imbibe. that H_U."".
by
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 com-
ba 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
a1! 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 neCef-
8M"I.."
B~/. 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~
Ittfl,.r;ct~" Cot a long fpace of time, dW ed. And fince there isone only BfoC] in~ ,
SIt J. and" by conljl1cnce leli bear Things ftible, that alone, or what i. prepared accor-
~rmng by ~ Ilke N."m,
but Ph/MIler. dw ding to the Nature of that, il kept fafe i~ CI~
It I becaufc confift. of more s"lph.., and
It .,llt. Yet (ome abide more, otherJ leli, in
of gfeater Eltrthi.tji. than L""" , Iherefo:e C11i C,lffllll: But which abide more, and wl;lich
lef. bear the l"fUa ....:;." of Fi". '1-pj", r",
tefs, are known with melr (aid C.. T~4ie
le(s alfothan S.J ~r L.".. becaufc it partikeaol lOre lAllA abideaCllIJflllmore, but M." .le(~
grnt~r 8.lpll.'''7 and E"rtbil.,{,. than cilbct y""uI lers than Mil", and YIIII," ltft than p.-
uhhem I yet it I' lell burnr by 1".f/'f'I1IS1ftiIt,
than YI." but more Ihan S.l and Unu.
tiur ~ but S~~. le~ of aiJ! :' .,
5.1,." in irs C~..tx'i" by NtUlIr' holds
mOf~ of ~~J,~i/ll{l :tnd SIlI,h,!!I!~'1 tban any
<i CHAP~

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",
( ,~; ) ,
petfelt: if not, they will be wholly corrup--
juJ - and burnt in t he c.~M""l i~".
C HAP. v. Some export P'W(I of M<f.J to CAki.",i,.,
lI'ithour a cornpofitionor Ct"OIf1t, and they are
:n, ExiJIIU* " c.j Cement, h~ "it II fU:rificii in like manner, if the Btti, be of PtT-
{tDi,. ., if not, the y are totally confumed.
""" I.fI Ii ((J11ip(Ju1Jd~J a"d our(lful.
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
I
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. Di-
"'it] of 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$ dl-

i:emed, when rhey arc by 1,,1.''''';'' or Prr-
;"Atju found to be of tile fame F"p,,,, 11.,,;ti-
i., and SdiJirl'
CHAP.
 ,
C HAP. V I.
Of 19"itiotl. ,,
I
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...
ft,.. .And before theft 8ooiitlof Ptr{'O,... be I
rufed, to lee tllnn 2dmit l~ .jlj.,,; w.l h mfl:a-
mation of a pleafing CtkJl"" e,l,.,.. anc:'lhis,
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 Ez-
pr(/fr'" of Fir" their Adt.i.ipr.,i,,, ,iJ not
try kind of 'gllll" ", t wlCh ,/,,,,,j,,,
In
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 _
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

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,
( ;,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
.11 , a s..i,
r: ...
riUI, that he may com-
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~,,: rome one, of t he 111\- tuffickncy coml l ~t for the 1',,[.Oi,. o f FIl-
pcrfed 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 Ir.";,i.,, btf(AC it all manners of Ex_i.Id;," by us de rmined,
~axtt h hard it is not a Bla, 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.j-
C HA P. V 1J I. ,
"I the reof be made wit h laborious and VIO-
lent )tI"1f.... or fil'Oflg Firt ', and ' ""jlh " Of th~ EXl ojirirJH {If Bolin otm' Ih~
R., of liri!h'.t{. incft imablc, altogether w~
and ihinin g I it is not a BlJ, of PIT/,O ,
V"lours of Ilr utr TiJ;W&l.
,,
but a 8,., of Hq"p altcrtd. Alfo, if af THmfore, proli!cuting o ur intended [:if-
t 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 or
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
.... hat ki nd and prepa~tion I'Oever the Bod} ad- ' of the faid A,.u Thingl, ei the r liltle or no-
m; 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,lea-
before Li,".f.n;,. of their s..p.",m."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

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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 s.u.. Thiny, flo ....er In their S ..
,"fi#'" 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~
""', 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' Or"''''
mo.t
nearly"ppro" i m.tetop....r~B ..... Aod by .hll
$.0<. __ it may t>eknown, in ..,hat k ind ofr.~
,"-~ .., ( he e.J.,C.~.I~11 if you rigtllly COII-
Tlder 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-
"",. . $ ..,.1 It i . m anifcll:. , hat the B.,y doth y et;
CH hF.
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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 re-
peating 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
remain ip S.fhiflidr.. C<rT,.prto.. Yet We gIve
Q..... ~' C !tl
 .. -... - ,. ~ . -.~ ----------~-~ ....
( '3' ) 1
rOll one certain Gtllmel R,J" and thu u
well in thefe prefenr, as in t he """'11, fol-
lo~; n g; if 2mon~ the diife reneies o f P~t
DII!, {he .alte-red a.,/,I'hall change aily thing
o.r lIS Wtl!bt, o r v/,III', t he .Anip.hath not
rl p;h tly. bllt pha ntallically proceeded in his
W, r,t: which is a Th ing not profitable, but
denru~'ti ve ramer.
, f., 1f .a dun bl~ck . mix t with much Rd.,.,!l,
C HAP. X,
OJ th~ Admixtion 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' com-
bullion, 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 ob-
le 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.-
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~ preced-
crl ; 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 &-
N.r."
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-

 ('34 ) ( ' 3; )
rt.:lfon of the diIFaclit Adminillration of them which great care i. to be raken) how
in the w.r4, of P''P.,-..,;Ua. For it happelll, the MlldtiplKitJ of thafe 0,,_
that 1.,;:" i. deftriwcd. by the fudden force be rtirerated upon them. AC-
the CAkiuti.. , and
of FII, in RtMtlj'''1 but both 1",i,,, and S.., c.:,_ of altered M allis
,'"" are prtfened by fuccertive and gentle :;.~
hJtJli... Yet the Rt4lll1 of them rathtt .{; any Thing in tOOr
tend, to the Narure Of an alien, Ihan of the is be fuppofed,
f"'OPCr' 8~. That is to fay, the R,Ulli,. of followed hit:
,/.,it" is convened into clear -Il.,i_.,;
but h;b ru~~, your felC "- ,
I' or S,""rll, into a dull coloured .A"'i"'~"" as 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" C HAP. XII.
aa~.; and this hapPenS more to M IlTI, than ~ajit Sufuption DJ Argentvive.
to y,_. in Its RIa-au,. is ponderou.,
Ptll/4l
i undeniably manifdl: to )'ou'. that
of a dull Cirrilll C,14"" and foir, partak-
ing of BI.!...ufl, with A_g_'IIlIflHII of thc
wn..c:.w of itt s..,.
Therefore. by thefe, ma, ,."
containing the gre:tft ~"'"r.t, of
and B ft/;'l of P tauli. Where-
be fbund OUt the N A,,", of all &Jill. that . is to be fuppofed, t 3:t tOOft BMit.'
Ire altered. 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~
C HAP. Xl. Of uur &41 of PltOu". For thg

Of Calcination. and Reduction.

';::,:
",
if a
'M'"''
B.",
into
~lttted do no~ eafily
ItSSIl6ft"llrt,
It muO:
femote: from the Compleat-:
Of ",the ,Ex~"'m of the. Reiteration of CIII.
t,,,,",,,,
and Rta"aml We arc now to
ipeak. Therefore We fay, that B.difl are C HAP. X III.
found to be of PtrftDuli. in the Reittrarion
of C.Jriuti.1I and RtQQUlI, by their diffe- A RecapituJarion of thl whoJ~ Art;-
rencies of GHit,r{I. if they Iofe nothing of
HAving handled the~"it~tloft.he CIIJI/u
cheip e,I'IIIT, 1Y,'!:h" ~lU/IlirJ' or Br.'J,IKIII/1 1 of the fuffickncy of thi. M.liJtry, ac-
or - - rootioa

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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. con-
t 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 J"ft.,i."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, re-
peated upon it: for by this it' will be clran-
fa!. from corn!pting I.p.,it]. And the ' " _
ftO;." of SII!I, .n"'''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/prri-
9' of Fir:. Hr rein conlin. [he M .if_..rof thc
:ire,..J D~ruof Pup"".';'. ' T he St,., is like-
wife admlnillred in the third , wh ich con-
{j (b in the ultimate Complcarmem o f r,,4-
rll' ;'",; and that is this.: You muft make the
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 al-
t('l ' , into S.liftd:.. and LlfJltp,l, with certailt
Cohlplearmtnt. . fuCh a
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. I
u T . that the [lI"IIj'IH may nCt. calu1T'niat~
B 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 ..p-
ur,. "~nd this was done ; _..Ibccaufe,
If It had
, . , .
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 here-
fore 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~Ar".
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-
 ( .~s ) .. ( >~9 )

Thtrefat, Itt not the .I,. of ~~j.!. de.:I

tpair: for if he fCek it, he may tind the famt:: G E B E. R;
wilh the 11N'1 il"'i4. oC the Mit;'" of lUI Tht A,r~bian
"..,er NM'ItrI, not of D.lIri.. BttauQ-, he
cbat (een by the g()(ldnd'i of h~ ,.J"p" 'Prince and 'Phil%pher;
the fame f but he. woo Cecb the
Bme followinK .H'"ally. wil/very flow-
I, attain to rhi. moll peciou. Art. For We
His Bf~. OJ tht
pubJilhed this .Art found by Us only. for
our (elve. only. not for othen. although it
INVENTION of Vt:RJTY,
be molt true, and'altOgether certain. There_ OR,
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
ip E '1\ FEe T I 0 :71(,
,*",n the fame being found, together with
tbe w.., of iu J/f'fJnlti4., and the 1_[,tWlit itl
Of Mnlt.JJ, for none, but our te/ves, Where- CHAP. I.
be let the well-minded Arrific" nettife
flimtelr by thafe Prtcrt". which Wehavede_ OJ tbt fix Proptr,iu of Tbi"gs, jr{llfl
l.ered I and. he will gread, rejoyce when he which tbt Mu!ici"t is txtrallul.
h;r.th found the Gift of the M,ff H~/' a,., ,
Thefe may fuffice to be fpoken, tOuctiUlg the E have in our PU,,_, C9Il(ider~;
Dir,_iflif. of this fublime .Art.

Tlu ?S'''' of tb~ J't(o,!d B od of Geber,

W .
not only by . the SU,c' p,.pt1't",
of NIl,,,,,,1 P,;,,~ipf", but aifo by
proper Expt,i,II" . ~ the tru,,"
,

OJ th~ Sum of P~ifdlic.lfJ or of th~ certain llW,/fil"tiu orour lt111t~t.'''''' (hattho('c:
,.
'P.tif~1 Magijln'J.
:
. Thin s, (11ml .... hich our Mlilimll IS ex.uaa~
ed. ~ave ,in themfel~es (he~e
~ititl. m mrnfmutlng 8_,.1"1.~''''
.,. of
t/1ey
have in' themCelves an E."h moft . fihu~tlle an4
~uftible allQFthtt Iir~ "It ,

GEBER. . ~ .
Itt O1'i :l
propel
'
".

"
 i, "'!i', ' - ...,.... '" ,"" ,.. ._. -_.. - - .... ,.,.- - - - - - -- - - - -_ - - - - -_,---

( '4ci )
i t eat .
rroper rad,rcal H_i. i fJ. and :I'pt fbr filing:
Sutil}. they hue an, A i,., and F il'] H ". after-
. iJ;IJo Ib un iform ly conjoyned to 'hil t .,,6, ;,
t hat if one be- vo lalife , lb is the rtfKlue I like
a nd the ftme H'';'''1 abides the Fi',., be-
yond aU 1! u/i'~/, tven 10 the oompl0:"31 I
Termination of itl OWn b{"jfMif", accord ing Ami
to the butiJoU] of irs Complenment. with ;;;'" to i~5 own Ii
, "ilullo,,? -,( inreparable from t~e 1m. an- C.-r~ii..~j'lf alainft
ne~ed I~ it) wit~t EvapOration_ 71",&,. The in Ihat very H,,,.,.
lJif,.jifJ .. of Ihelr Naru~ 1 H i." l is filClt, reducing a,t/ill to
t hat by the ~n(fit , in <1.11
differencie. of it. , , ,

C'OIllemper.l{e. the
Con\'mlOn o f one i,;'!~ ,
t H AP. X V I.
ally and eq uall \,. wi th ft;ch an
Bu . of C' ''1'.IIil, o f infepar:abilitl'. t hat af-
ter thl" D'f. '" of fi n:il f "'7 .f..,,,ti it gins i
g ood E'.fi.lf_ . ,
F .llr/hI" This O/I"' i"l i. of fo great puri-
ty o f EjJ~"co. and 'fo Artificiall y c1eanfed from
confidtred, _W~; find .by O ur
Iheral Pt,!!,.,;.j of Thing.
j
,
(Veryc~ll!bufti t-k. or bu rnin~ T hing, thaI iI in ou,r StUt , and ,I
burns no! \111 JJoJio . with which it is conjoyn- 71,,11", o f M"tt". I
td through rhtir iC.t1t parts I but prefe'rvl.
t hem ' fr(;II11" ~lllbufi !on. ', Fi(lhl.1; It hath' a
Cl'''' ~'fl of Pi ri".
,.
"", 'JlIIflll" m It fe lf fll clear and fr .lende9, white "
or red, clean and incombuAi ble. ftable and:
filed, rhat. rhe F i,.,
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.
t
fame, ~iJ<~hI" The ""hole C ,.d, ioce.
h ted wuh IfS finaJ CompJeatmenr. is of fo-
grrat

,
"
I

(OH)
for immedi_a~rJy aftt!' PI"p,.ti , FJ~Atid i.
necelTary. and opportune. _ '
. 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 e,l,,,,,
linging an0-
ther 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. ,

-, :,.,,, ,-

. C 'HAP. IlL "

illto
. ' ..
'".A
, ' haye .difputed_
,

Ccordint
,

to the
,

or.Art,
Exigency
aga.inft Mr.,den:,ing.d"J
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,'" I
Iii,s and their p,~t.tj,,,,, and P"f.,.,i,.,
J (
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'~ ,I
fli.1J I all which hath been done by Us, mour
B...t intituled, Th. $11", 'I p'rflal~lJ. ,; 'f t/II
Pirf,a M.gift"J. Arxi there We have T/TIUen
i,
Ibe W..., of the /trtltlllju,O[ Art, and our.1'-
R :i 1-'"
l,i
,.
. '" -'--
:' . .
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( 144 )
tt~io.J W,rk,!, "'hich We haver~,' and touch-
ed: ~lIt he re, iQ.,this B~ol:., We ,will tfeat ~r
th e Ilft/tII/joll of Pdfdtiu, and In a ipcClal
manner declare thofe Tb ;JlgJ, which are nc-
cdfary in this our M"l jft~IJ"i -' a-na . ~he WAJ
of Prqllrrjllg the faine; I'ieh rhdr:,'II'cIgh.t and
mcafure, and Pf,6.4t"1$ certain" nElt COIl,leltll-
tit'" "
-" 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-
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
'Of ~he 1V~r'1.
, .. ,'. ,
" ,"
" , '
Th, once, and it is preparccl. S.lamm~"jll' is made
, ":: :
. '-,
'.
The Fidl: Particle.
,
C HAP. I V.
.
C
Om"'~ II SAl, is cilfoh'ed in d ear F~.tJf4;" I
lV....tt>", and diftilled through a Filft>", and I
afterwards cong<"ared in an, E . . rrh!" PIJfd, or ,,
in a Vrjf:1 of L~Ati, or other Met4/. S..11-
Prrer 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. I
S.llt,-nitr: is fo prepar<"d, fJjz, . it is diAolverlin
dear F~lIl1r.j1J W.ttr , filtred, t!J:c_ S.It-Gm.
I
Is diffo rved, & (. as before, and collg~!ed in
I
,
part, and then the SJr, in a ih.ort time [et-
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 Htllm-
rA/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
Qf five parts of M.1-u Vri"e, and one part
R3 or
 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, it i~ eJfpedient to or the Prt-
the T.w'1fr being dHfolvtd frOm them , and is a Thing
!X'n.gea l~ : fa it is prepare1. S.lt ofVrilN a !ldfar.y .
IS likeft'.(e ma~ie" of t!;e calcmed Em s of V - . if ' of '
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 Vrr.
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 . $.fIll an: i Rf ....
more fhon, more fubulc, and more pro fira:- P,tp.,-.uior. ,.t han
bit for our purport J feeing frOm all Thi ng' held in a moderate
Jfuly cakined, S"ll$ are extracted by St/"ti.
'., "bleh by the above-alJeadged IV..., muft i'~';:; it is certain, that dl verfe Thin&, ,
l:leprepared. Therefore it fufficeth llJlopall Us are extra8:ed liall imp. I
t hem by, thefe being more ufdu!' GIAffJ or which nero PNplW"' .... and aro I
Rh-A h . hath a two-fold way of Pup" -.c. C4': and t hcfC are. lira ( ,_
'''.: one for walhing calcined B,Jifl, and the - L ,* whieh is thus prepared, err_,'
otherforfubliming Spirirs. Afttrche,tirft W.J, wa!bed in difti lled Yi,u".,.
it is thus pr~red: Diffolve it in clt'ar f .... purged it. more groll parts j anJ
ui. W."r, d,ftiU it through a F'*", and borl flo". out thence as M ilt., . muft:
it 10 a third pan: this 1n-t put in, GI.u4 the Std, and it i. prepartd. ,
D!fkl, and it will fettle round about the SiAl
of the Y lftlt. and in the Bllt. . : fa } 'OU "ill
';i-:';~'~; o f ~Jb IYhitt, r.". and
_,,;_,t_he fame ma nner : For they
bave prepared C,?fr.lli." AI,,,,,, Tho itrond diftilled Vrill'l and pre
" . ' ,.: r ". w..q ~ 1 - !"''''
 ~ 14,8 ) , ,( 24 9 )
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 l and then it il prepared
and fit for ertel,s of In" il dif.
fblved. in and darified C HAP. V,
FUm: this I
OJ thr /II,lrJdl.fic(fIJ OH! . ot' Ch,mfilg (;}
you
('" ' Sp ritJ. ,
N dll~ firft P.,.ticJ. We fi lfficient ly n eated
I of thore thing. , which ( in our certa in I ,,
'Vtllti,.) fttmcd unto U.s nrctlfary for the

.
may ufe "thrm
Prtparation of "pi r ill and Bulin . Here We
I1()W intend t o inlarge our D'f".r[., touch-
ing the SltilimAtj,,,, or Prtp .., ..,i4" of Spi, i"
I
and in thii isa profound
calcined, dilTolttd,
ground to powder,
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
I
l.Ju,.MIi (or the LA
and when ground 10
i . The St,.
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
I
often (.Irin-
is ground
OUt t he IVt'lbl" a nd the lilC'ci al Way ofl lrc-
pari ng and fubliming t hem, with Jrl!rrittru
1I
COtIgealed. alloget her certain : and firn beRin wn h the ,,
Ci r mull: be once c,_,, PrlpM.,i,. or S.lph~r, and its C:~"'!:" ; and
SAIr, and fa it is prepared. T'.ti4 is dilfolved (0 of ot hers in their Or.tr,
in dlftillcd Y ! ,", baving been firft t11lcincd.
and (0 it is well prepared.

CHA P.
,
, ,
, ' - --
 ( '50 ) .
, .dry, and grind j r .ro a fine P'WMr. whiehput
C HAP. V r.
Of Ih~ 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 dif-
cuned 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 bot-
rorn. 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. pre-
p~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~
, < d'f
C'5.1 )
iq tO an A III4:l 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 z,.,of (he
AlmUl'k. This being done, filblime as We
taught you in our .Btl~ , Of ,I" SII'" ,f P.r-
froj,,,, & c. But gather wha t (ba ll be den!e
( or d ofe comp<llt ) in the Z,ntl a nd ca.lt a-
way the light pulverizable FIlS, which afcendl
above it, and adheres- to the fidel of the A-
i
<
It-ftd,: fo r it iscomooftibJe, defiled, and de-
fili 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
I
ror it is perfed ly clcanfed.
. ,
,,
. i
C H AP. V II.
I\
Of th~ PY~!m'ation of Arfnick. ,
Fter iu e4",pttT .Arr"i'~ is beaten to PI>I1I- I
A Jtr. 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-
I, .
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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
you did In S.lpbttr J and then fublime it in
C HAP. IX.
an, AI.till (withou t an : AJ;"u:d:.) of 'the
hel~ht of Ol;t F~~t. Ga ther what afl"etldl
Of t PI Ty(paratioll of Marchafite.
... hlte, dmfio, d ear, and lucid and keep it
~ufc it is J~fficien!ll' prepa~for the ,!,'r~ SPread Mt4Tfh.jirt ground to TrwJ.r.r, a fin ~
en lhicknefs 01'~ Ihe B,u,,, of a large

C HA P. V J I r.
" WI, and condl: rhe. S.lpinlr firft with gen
tie F,rt. WhC'n thllt i. afcendl , take off the
H.t. d ( or Al.....rttJ and having arph~ an
I,
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.
We hav e (lilly defcr ibed in our Slim .f P
~ Ylm~ ~bi ned , Ii . ij. Of RQcb-.AII,.
(raj, .
calc med, u,.j. ofC~,.mQII S.t/, lib. IS. andof
S.Jb Plt rr one fou rth p1fr. II\C~rpoiJre 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. OJ tht
C H AP. x.
P,:t/.J1"IJ/i()n of T uti3. 6:.

i
i
'!Ie. have 3ppointed of other Things. But .. t
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 rub-
nU T putverilmt TuiiAi into an A /lld,I, and
).,1[. wi th the Adminiftration of great I!,.,,;.iu ,

l'fIle It With the fame FUrl. and refervCl it fot .fublime it, and it i. prepared. "
.,: .SM ~l/iM is fUblimt'd from C.-.mmu S.dr,
",fe.
.. 21 in the Prui, of SAlin We have decJaw
i
to'1' ou.
J
" Art'''tv;'''! is prrpared moft ted . ,huJ.:
n"i.'
, 1\:. of Mrr' '''J. lib. j. of rubified , l,,".ij. j
andSMI-ptttr, lib.;. Monifie t be AI.."",,'] with.
CHAP. ....
"' " . . t he ,e,

"- .


( 'N'Y'
there, and then fublime it from RH__ ,Alt-.
( '55 )
,
and S.ls-Pntr. in equal wc:ighu. ThiJ it' ~
great Stcrtt of our JlIVl,ri',,~ which lJrKXto
,
be omined. . . C H A 1'. X If. "
But tnc Conflderation of F'fU is tobeob-
rened in Wli.4li of S;'lphlll', and ilsC
Of Ih~ Prr;nrdlJ On of Sarurr..

1'": for S.lph", fublirned from the Cdx of

e,p," is ~rc whitened, thi!n ,,!\cn rublj~ C Alcine s,.t~r.~ fll~l{i 9i~h C' '''''' If-s"ft pre_
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 Spllt"I". until it be turneq ro Afiu. CoR it
from Ir . ... . Thefe may 9.lrh be fubl imCd frOm ,fOr onc ,D"J namra l, and let it be a littlefl:-
Pitr . l.and ,All_ calcin~ 'and permiled wilh ~y-~t. but not much: then compleatly 1Vafh
C""""'-S-", and Stllt-PH"_ ' Thus hue We It With. ,sift" W.ttT j aftcnvard calcine it tor
three D"p. until it be red within and with-
(ulficiendy tffIlted of the'Af'lJii'.J, hOt mea
l'ttpMAtmw or Spirits. .
.j '.','
OUt. 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
The Third Particle of tbis Book. Itt ',lIlr. But If lOr the Rt.i. imbibe it with
Wdtr ?f C'l'Kllt of l ..~. a!KI of YmuCUfft
, - - - - 0 - ; ,, ~~-- lforefald i and reduce It WIth S.lt of TtJI1T.r
. ,C HAP. X I. as before. -Rcilcn.1C Ihis Labour, as atka
". . .. , as thaU be needful. .
HDW
, . ,Bodin ought
. .., '.
to h }Ylparttl.
. .,. ,

OURT h"~ C HA P. XII'.

.: -
Prtt'.'"tlf"
' ....!.~ out
.
"IIQTe,uu,...- Of th~ PrfJ.tirflti(J" of Jupiter
. ' prepared';" R, as
Plmpleatmcnt of the
.by Ihemf~lycs;-' withoot CMeine 111,;ln- as S.tllT~. and whiten itS
Ctdx (of three Dill', as in Sott.,.. We raid.
intend 10 fhcw I and But lee }'OU err not iA it. RrJ.Di,.: bccaufc:
tAti .. of mem for
"'Ot te<!o Ihat
 (.,6 ) ( '17. )
!lilt is difficult; udds it be made In rhfir ';"<O~: have It",;j,., and that well in~
1-'",..." , wh,a rC'duc e b.y Ciarr;,; , . or Ct- ~r reiterate tht fame Labour; un-
it0 l Ihtp 'ris dl){1( with ~rr. . acq uired, . .
RnO" ]'bu, 0 "5: ..,,1.:.1 of tni50ur A,t. Ihu O~.~ al l Wlftn't d iil"olurivt o f
We have plmarily dc-rcribN in this B.,1t rhe in tht E of this B..-li
Pr,p",";';" or Rti"a!lt, Ffu, : fot"lhiiw hole thtfe a~in!po it. own
S tilt it praCtical, compiled with cerrain /ltfl:_ not . that We, hne dt-
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! ~ AT': 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 J!,d,. ' ~ 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

t heS,.,.
XJlIIT: appta r . which you !hall confKltr in
or M r" ,i.t" .. . .
. ,~

X'JI, roo may open t he

Afteryou !hal! have reduced t htfe two Lr.il, of o ur.Ar~." "" and without
and . found thrir C.l,,,r, $pl",4f11r, and aU:O-
thr r thing. attOfding to your olvn IYtfo, per~
nevtr be c~lIed to the
kind of Rlfr;t t ;".
B.n,."
Ddtroy without
haps they wil l )yallt 11"il;, . i th r tefort , 'bat . al).d you Ihall rompleat your !y!r-twitb
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
.
.' . ITI CHAP;

C H AP. X I V.
Of th~ p ",pll,.IlJioll of Mars:
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 f:a.
.
bour , until it flo" fliftiCtcntiy, with peculw
Dt.Jb.ulf",
C H AP. XV.
-----------------------,
( ' 59 ) I
inc:!. 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 11',,,,., 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 I- ,
14"" a nd then (with Thing. reducing J re-
I
duce 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

Of th~ P rtparatio1l oj Venus. 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
T
.
HE PIt'I."';'" of FHI is twofo ld, one reit
t he wh,tt, and the othe r for the R,d.
.rou be a t.rue S rdl'l' of the Trll' ;'.
T here is likewiCe a foU'rth Pup.r.'ifn' there ~
For the Wb j" it is thus: C.I,;II, J1"rfIH1 With
of, and that is t hus ; o r it, by it re lfcaJcined ,
Fin only a.s We /hewed in our $ "", 'f , ,,. j mean wi th F irton ly, yo u may mUe an In- ii,
f,Qi,.. it.
V,,,,,, thus calcined, .grind, ~ .II&. tenfe Gru lllU(s, which is ca lled the Fl,1 of
of it with four O m of .Arj",e/c. fublL~td , C.PP"' D ilfoh'c Ihis Grllllll'ft WiTh dill:i Jled
.md imbibe t he M ixtllT' t hree Of fOUf tunes P,.,t"'. and then congeal it I aftC'T"ard, with
wifh d lt W. t" of Lith,"!.;,." and reduce the . Things redncing reduce the C' ''! .'/.'''. whic,h
whole with .SAltl.
t' lI'. and OJI of r"'''-
a nd
I "'~n reduced will be apt ror many Thmg~ . If

S J, yOU!


( .60)
Your. ['Wt}fil",j,;, in like w"*, giVtli by \h,
hath noc been taio rernir., For We compo-
fed 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
the lJ'4, to
be tranfmuted. or of M m lll'f ~t
(elr, with all 'itl pertincncics occultand manl-
fe!!:. And thi., in the S,m/J, or ThjrtiO,h.
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;
t
,
",
( ,6, ) ,
., .,
C HA P. X V J I.
0/ Wh!u Nulicillu for Jupit~r, atui
&atufrl. ,
White M~tii,j,!, (or 1-,;1tr ,
A 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 Pipt-
1/". and C ",.IJ-54ft prepared. until it 300-
9uire a C~kJljIJt or LD.ItT, Cd,lfT'. Which be- I
ing 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 coa 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,rpht-
ry .r""., ani adjoyl.l to. it twO partS of A.-.
.._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
,,'" _. S, fin<\

( 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 up-
on 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 im-
bibe 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 I""", 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-
..
!
( 06~J
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 S.'.,,,
in itt three DillS, and do as .
,
you did in JII,#tr.
,
,
C HAP. XVIII.
Of SoJar Mulicirus for Jupiter tlII4 Sa-
turq.
H E firft S.1Ar /If.Ait,,,. is thus made;
T 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.:. re-
verting 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 \~
 ,
(.6f) ('~5 )
it upon it (ou~ times. Laftly. Dry theM;,,' of the Mtd~jll:S of there for the WJ,itt; 'R:::
fir; and imbibe it with 0]1 of "',qt., -re8ifi: pf Silw, 'as above cllcined, one part. and
c:d (as in the end of Ihi. B.. untilitflO'l'l .u grind the fame with tWO pam of Aiflfjd:.pre-- '
al IP....:. 'and tinge four parts jntO GrlJ pared, and one pan of MtTCIf>J precipitate,
om~lI. .' ,- - . and imbib.! the whole with w..t ... of SAlt-paer
. The fecond i.s made witb s~l dilTQh'ed (;u !-it!.A',},} , and Amm""AC, in equ&1parts, un .. ,
in the: firft) and a like quantity of Grm",.p til it 'hath drunk in il$ own Wtighr o( that W..- ,
made of C.fPlT calcined, and dilTolved. be-. ~tI' J' then drya/ld incerate with Whitt OJ'I. as
ing both mixed, and inceratc:d I by diftilling ill others youhavedone. until it flow. and ,,
all~ reiterating.- and in {lit end inceraring-wirh on e part fall upon four of 1',/l1li or MIIN pre~
SlIlpbitr prepared, until it flow as w.:c, and ~~. .
tinge eight partS of SA'.,;' fplePdidly. A fe!=ond M tdic,"t is made of LtI"A calcined,
!
The third is made of G,/J dilTolved. lind and as 'much of ?"pirtT calcined anddilTolved J
'SlIlphlirdiffolvcd. and of the aforefaid i;m;,~ mil, dry', and i!lceratewi~h40u~le their quan.:-
"if. dilTolved, and there min and prepared tityof Ar[lIi,,,, fublimed, until the Midi,;" I
( a~ jn the feeond) and Jaftly incerated wi th flows well. .
the 0]1 . of H..irt ' prepared,' or pf EU', for A Third ismadeof WmAcalcined,asabove;
die way i. onc, and olle part of thr. tall, aOOof AT[IIU-~ and S,..lph,..r fubli med and grOUDd. ,
upon ten of $.t.,lI. Theft MtJici~, may
alfo be proje(l:ed upon llipiur prepared for
,!ith it. and the~ fubli~ wit~ a like quan-r
my of S AlAmml/If"".' 'rhls S,..blimAh." repeat ,
~hc. Red! , and fo it will be a molt fplendid thrice. and then proje(t onellan upon fir of
perfeverlllg MAtttT~ as the finefl: w~rk.; accor. there B.diu prepared. . . i
ding to its Dtt rtt. - For there lIttJl~i,", alter I
in thc fecond OrJp-, as W e' faid.
.
'
C HAP. XX
,

Of Rid MldicilJlS for Venus and Mars'
, - .'. ' .' .
QfW,hitr Jrltdici.u for Venus anaM:ars.
AS~IAT
Ii,.
M~di,j,!e is thus .made... ~ of T.,i".
Calclnc and dllT'olve
I. t he W.utT,
It In ,
N
"; "
'~
OW We tom~ to the M.'/;,j"" or vi-
'#If apd
,
:M~r/t
.. , '
a!l'iftrft'f{e (hail rpeals;
Qf
of Pitri,J and PntT; then,with [hat W"terim~
bibe thl; c ..!;; of S,l, tha~ if may drink in
, double
,
i
,
,
'.
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I.
 ~ ( ~66 ) ( , 67 )
double itl own Writafme BI"Iie W,",tT: Ar- or which Rtrour Ounce.; of Whitt
,,,ward bydiftillatloo receive t ile WM..,. from 6 Ounce. , and of S.Jplnrr.
it. and revert it upon the C./x fou r time&.
. ..arI:ly incerate with the 01 of H . iu. a f ar
M';';,';;i;',together, well
'-J ,a nd.A".".~,.;...:.
B.U~G41l. and Ytl'Jif.T~tf' prq>ared, and it , , ..;, aPh;,d with a long
will be excellent, pure and laudable. But do keeping t he fame in H tAt for a Wit*. .
youdireltyour H 411JJ according raour $"1'.i, t ha t time the M Att" will be hard as
oc.nc:rwue you SIMa, in vain I and in you; This take OUt. and again i llCCTaiC the
H,.rtreceive our lilt,.,';." (crpreffed in our lime. and within three days you will
V.lll_ts (forro doing you will dffcem. that "" .' '."" OJl in When the r ,fftl il cold
we have made a true (carch. and "hat ' find therein.
II and tlolving as
Again, Take a!
as Mur" . and joyn
C HAP. XXI. fa me with this EtTa ." and do as bdorc. .
md confequently a third and rourth time.
OJ a M ttficiIH of tbt thi,d OritT, ":,:d;;oing, you will find a M tI&i1u , which
t ht White.
H Ence We aJCend to the degree of the third.
gl
fall5 upon ten of every B,..,.
and excellent in G~,J."ifl : for one
';,;,;;,;; and converts it imo true L1I1I4.
or
Ort/lr, FirJl We will n eat o f the UIUIT S."',and confJderately r uminate
ft!rtlkilU. as well for perfelling imF.fd!: B, - have taught in our S ,.f P(1'-
""" as for Coagulating Mrmn'J It (elf into , arid )'ou will attain to higher 7ii.g"
~rueL,a,,!,,. Therefore diffolve LII ... calcined, our purpore was not in one only y,lJ,"'t
In (o]utlve W~UT, as before, which being 10 deJTlOllftrale all Thillg. ; but that B,. t,
done '. colt it in ;f. .P hiJ wi th a long N eck . Ihould de-clarelJlfi:.,. and expound tbefame.
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 CHA P.
to fmall rufible SUIU' , . li ke CqftUJ. This is
S i~~(1' reduced to our Af~"'I#? fixtdand fu-:
libleJ

"---~---
- ... ....J.,..,---
.68 ,.
C HAP. 1'1(11.
t?! a Solar Med!cin~ {)!th~ Thil''' Order.
He $, 1... Ah'i,i,,~ is of Sfl ditrolvcd and
T pn:paredaftcnhe manl\Cf of LII...,",.
~IUU to whi ch you mull add of S.IflMr
d.trolved three P,rm, and of .Ar/, A:. one pan:
(~ in the ~d it Ihewed) through all n.~.(1
doing, U; I.n t~e /:M'!tl'( Ch.,~t'(. al\d it will
be a .MtJj,.'!..~ tmgl~ every "8GtI; , and Mt'(-
,~ It !elf, m~o true 5d. or better, ' acco\,::
dmg rothe way now Ihcwed. ' .
Read and peru!e our 5M_I 'f P'r/tlli", '
and you wiI.1 find the M"h,J of the ~~,~
.~ Pre:t'crlbed " by " hich you may tinge to
I'!..", .f you poO"etS a Ihup and gpQd wit
a~d ~ ~ mo,'?<I thi.$; 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.
,.
.-~--~
C HAP. X X II L
Of Solutiv~ Wattl'! aftJ b:ttrati11t Oy/s.
O" .f D.tfri.,. !earch oUt ;':P"'1IIttJt,
S 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
=~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
",rlm",. And firft We thall begin with Out I
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 dif-
folvelGoiJ, 5"lph"" andSil1lI... 1,
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 i
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
,
"
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 -~~ .~- . ~ .". .... ~ --- ...
. - - . - ---~-
,

thi. L,.HIIT,
( '7 0 )
Or, con ..
rhebenerit inct'ratts.
( '7' )
pyo the aforefaid 0,/, with 0]1 of Totn ...
a nd thence diltill a Yn"." Incentive 0,1, G E B Ii R;
ARt . J,"tJ'Miv,Ojl is thus made: Po: O](or
the T,I*.! of EU', or of H._a/_II.;", to Tlu F.J1IIOfU Arabian
which adjoyn :u milch of S.t-"" "i ..c. and
d iB:itl rhe M<J:' "" I repeat t his D i/lillAti,. Prince and P hi/oJopher,'
three times,and it will bea molt ud I.urlltiw Hi, lJOOK. Of
OJ' .. .
0.1 of V mlilrtt{l is made, when V tJ'tlilrltf'
FURNACES
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..
' JiIIl/ri'" th rice repeated. Fo~ tboperati ng,yoI! The PRE F AC E, dividing this
_ ill have theOJJ of YtrJi/.rtr[. apt and pro-
fitable fo r Incerating. - B a a K into Three Pam.
OJlof G.JJ is made . by clI':tralting an OJI
from 0,11, as from H,uw/IM B "i" J t hroUgh E hav~ WfjitkrUJ with II
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
VV C01ljidtrfltlon not phdtlla-
fli el That in 0,17' Ji'olu1IItS
W~ h(l'lI~ ampJy tr~~lId of th~ who/~ Alt.
..Arf";'~ but t hey prererv~ t he T ..Olfrl from
C &.ftitll, until It enters. and afterw ard they
Yet 'hili W~ may '101 6~ 06"ox;01l1 to
flie in augmentation of the Fin, as is eue:. tht' Ct"rUr~ of Int Envious. fl't ha.'v~
where dtclar~d by Us. Whatloever Arrjjf Writ this Book of Furnac es, In .?hJ ~b
fhalJ perfellly and ftudioufl y operate. :ieee,...:. Wt fklll drJi'lJlr Ibt Mm!~(I' Pracbce. '~
ding to Our 8.c,illls comai~ in this Out- ~~ I Prepar.ations 60th of Sp lntS (11Id of Bo-
he, afrer C' '''pltAlllUllt of his W'r~ , will: find, dies ; thlll Artificers may fbt "ltttt' nt-:
t hat We have truly Sunktl. And in rhil; rai" to Iht Compltalmt", of , bt Work.
OurS..~i. terminated, which is intimltd, Of
ThtTtf01'~ . It ti1lg fbt 14/timat~ Con-
,1" Iftlf." / Y'tril] , P"i,Ui
ftd eration c01lfifls ", tb~ K'IVO.vlrtlg~ of
, THE EN,]). Things

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 ( '7' ) , ( '73) ,
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 ap- CHAP. ' I.

IrOjriatt to it; and what VelTels fl!l
Ji.r for the pmpo{t, t/)."1 the A;tift rna.J Of Ihr Cakill:Hory Furnace.
with the"! comptrat hIS Oper:l~on. Se-
condl,. TPt wIg fl ew . 'lI.:hat Things art' E.tth.eC.ki/lllt.ry'PlirMe ,be ~ad'e Iquar~i ,
til 6tprtpard; that he m'!J De (lek, if
Things Simple or Commixt, to g~ntrau
L IIi length four fpot , arid three foot mI.
. lirtaddi" aiw:l Itt the ihickriefl; of ~h~:
W.lh be half a CoOt. after t his manner: ,LAllA"
Spl, or L.una ", ii;itb {Ptt!tldo.ut . Thirdt;, r
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~
~IXiO S wIth Ilut Proportion, a"d wIth be calcined. CAlcilUtiu is ["he Tf,.(lIil of a
MediCines ~ I~ /eng timt prtparrd th~rt~ 1/,j " g. be not )'0lI weary of C..l,jlUti~--,,; but
lI:udy what We havefilid in Our Y'~.mits. For
"111111h Imp!r{tU B.din are deanfed by C."i...,i,njamf
But T by

,
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- - .. .
. .
.,. ?I ' GH ~ P. III.
. -
C H A .P. I 1. . Or thi CZJ~{I,nalory FUrnace.
,
-,-' Of Ih~ Sdlimatory Furnace. ' . He l)ijliliAi"", F.",...u ;5,i~ fame wi th the
T ,
SltS/'mAt..., : But F", mul} be ad,m inifirro
Sllillitlw~'J FItt'II_, be made af-
L:Stter rhe manner,
fOUf
a.. is before compleatl,
.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 S.",,,,,,r

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~ ".
F,,,,,. ,
,; . ,

In S.sJ.....,i..o( Sill",,,.,. tl\c eftit!' oCtile

SMJi.uJ,? murt be made with a great and
lal'lc C,,".~jl, .... ithin. after the manuer cI C HAP; I V:
,
an Jlu.,s,d:.. wi thout a N t/I: for othemift .OJ th~ .V -rfctnfol:J Furnace..

i
rhe whole S./'/jllWt may defcend to the B". I
,. .... of the YtA';~~ through too:
gr~at Hut,
Baufe in the of the S.M...",.. the
S~~... a1Cen<b rM?t unler. with force Fi", or
THe; D~[Ct1t{..., FItr'.~" i1 made as bef&i
ddcnbcd and it ISwonderfully ufeful [0 !1
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,
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:
,
I

re-du,'Cd, bY th iS Fmll'" ill'fo, Ii S.lid - M..jl. )

by the Sjdtl or th~ Y~jJ~t, to the :very Bff"~,
and fO nothing. WItt be foWld filblJmed l a. It Yea. C'.tTlti , and C",wm' , and T,fts, or I
in'awn lothe Ex}".,_ - CrtkiUu. intO which Silt'" is often M l luJ. I
.: . . , . arc put into this Fltfr;4ft . for recouring lhe
CHAP, M,t.l imbibed. I
, I

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, T CHM:

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( '77 )

CHAP. VB;
C HAP. 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.
CHAP.VI.
Of fhl! SollJtory. or7J/jfolviHgFurn;ce.
THe Di!,hltlrJ. (H' DiI'/f);"1. F.,,,,",.
Is
made "']th a PAl fullofW.r :r. with I ,,.
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. . fo domg.
T 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'
to be fixed . being fir.it firmly fealed. mull
be placed in \h~ ~ftor (he Aflxl, 10 (hat
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 IV., the A,d,,,, 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 r,d!,. '
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
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Yirui.,.. nir~ing diem oller 'I r;ri, 'until iM
, ' whole ~ ' ~ackned' I' and a~atn ' , imbibe'n~
dry., Jbrnng as. before I and . ... ~" \
The Second ~art ' (!f this Book, Of Thit'g: do this the third time: thenfij/).. ':- O"WJiitt
to h prtparttl. , lime the * AZ'},II_, and it is Mlllt, r, "-
profitable. ,. , -_. - ---
S"'phNr boiled in a Li.~wi".. and dryed i.
C HAP. V I (L fublimed witli ' t he fame F,ctJ" as .A'rf.i{~
~cept thit. i~ftead of .the 'Fi/jllli of''Jk,,.'!I,
of tht Prrlaratiol1! of M:tldh~M11~ Inro the afoteflUd Y'ifolls Jl'It F..b"!sof,M.tr1f
or the ~lIkl t\1ereof beaten to p'.,...u,.."f."',.
raJSpirits~ , and AUQm e~.
.,iIi," i! fubli.med fepm C'_~II Silk, ttr: T~'
~i.la!id MII.chAft. are itblimelf , aiil _ded~
N this Ch"lur 1l'l'ilI declare the P"rplr~~
I ,i"l1 of ~'itl, and firft pf Mew,?:
,yhich it you, would pc:rfeCl:ly fublime. yO\!
In Our S_""f 'i p"f~j#", ,Put S,dui' .41-
~_" B~r..."ts, and Vi'r;'iI. are pteP!l.rcd
mutt add to every pound - pf it r'wo pounds lU We have Mficic:ntly Writ in Our .&,tof
IWII,"'j'41~II,
~"Q ' . ', . .-
~
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.,,,,
un!i1 nothing ()f the M ert_q apptar living ,CHAP, ' JX.
in the M,x/.r; I and fublimc it, 3$ rou know.: "
o/,thC' C~!ci"afif}1I ,!(j~pi.ttr mid S3t'l.!h1.
~caure it is pro/iTable. . '
, ' R.d M'rcI~rj is thul fubl1ined. 'Vi~ , Oot ;.. ... . .. , ,' -, .......
pOund 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" I
pound of the FIU.g~ of Ytlllll, half a pound.
of C,mmoll 5111(, and one quarterof a pound ,
J'
.Of Altom calcined. Firft mortifie thefe with
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ft, t."ell1"hicened J then keep tlle' farne for ufO: Thi"g', with Firl moderate or ftrong j aCC'Or~
~ .. S"f..Iff. i.1 calcined after the BJni:: maMer as "din& [Q the E1IIiglMJ of Thing. TO becakintd J
1'!1"" i but 'it, C~ muf!: bctubi6cd,' u M'" a. i, evident in Our ll"~. Of ,b, I"",ft~.
p""';. ',ott tQ kept. . ". Ii,." ,~ Prrfdl MAli/it!!, bul all Blli," are
. .

calcmed. as.in OurT'jf"",ntl, .
. ..
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' .
"- '
. '" ' . . .. ._-
.. C IJ A P. )e;
PI:,~~ Ct!~/'''''!ti'Dn 1" Venus.an" ~a.rs: CH A P. XII.
Of tht A!JIlItions of tht Ca/xlS of C:om.
~ElN!'f' Jt ~hUs' cal.cined: In. ,thl;: afor:efaid.
X,,\ ~.. g, /I put enherthe Fd,'l' of C,fP". 611ft BoditS.
CI'"k1iyicielr,' or whh :.Arf.i,~ JlUlverited. THe AS....'i,,, of all 1l,Jj" combuft and cal-
Or oMth s.lfh.. ," bdng anointed. with C, ... cined. i, thus made: Firftyou murt have
.... 0,', ' and 10 it i"aJoinCd in three or four large E.rth,iJ r.ff,t. full of hot (\eet
b;;". with ~ ftrontl. F;'6. - ~rike what it W<lttf". Wi th t his wafh any C.J~ of a liM,
taldned, that.lt .may tall oft' from the Pl,m, calcined. flirring if often, t ha t all the s.k
which again caltiix:: alfo. when the Ccki..l, and .A1I~1II may be dilfolnd I 't hm when ic
is Deaten " re-calcineit, until it be very weU bath lerled. c'tacuatcthc W ..tlr warily. thac
rilbified, and fo keep ii:. '. ,- :" none of the IlI J,_pars out with lhe !At;',..
#1fJ'1 being -filed is caJcined jn the afore- Put the CAkj/Ult again intO Hot W'". and
D.id ' piu "'. until 'til very well rubjfied , repeat the LM.,", 11 1 before, until it be perc
m t,c:~ '~Mr impalMble. ~i~l)out
iOOdi. AixI. it i. called C'HIII ~u.
II.
.
realy well walhed I then keep it. .

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CH')' P. X. I 1(.

, OJ 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~
' Vi.,.
- -.
io dillillcd .. . . C,._. RI,.
L&. ;a. Qf s.Jt.
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RICh AfI_, -SMr am'" t ' of each twoOun": But its F,,,ZlIefJ innate in the /lciiJt of il'lGt';'
,' ces. With thil WAfn imbibe Four Ounce3 of ~II''''''''. mull: be palliated (or iIIurtrat~)
t hea '0--' ~ d "d d,y-C
, ...al'd wau,e QI IfIX, un ,',
L with a M<Jic'"'' the greater part f of wh.ert .
it hath drunk in all the raid WoO'''''. then co!),t..in! in it fe!fthe ~bftanceo A"gllll~''''.
d ' d h h ~ uti according to the E,,'f.' ''? of .An, as IS by
rylt. an rdcrve t C-Idllle ",r c. Us often demonftratcd in Our S_",. Qf Ptf' ...
[dI"
C HAP. XIV.
Of th~ Rttll4f1ion of Calxes;n/o a Solid C HAP. X"',
. Mars. ~ . ' . ,
"." ;L . t, - Of thr Solutions of .Bodi~s py~arrt/,
R J.ailM.Or : that "allied and !ocmlted 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 s.u, 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
of S.U<Ufl.Q""~ . and One OUnce of S.lt.:. B either by [he way or l'~rp'"'~t,",J. and
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 puf-
Pound i and fuch I","j"iti~n mull: be made a t
feveral times , -drying 'and imbibing. Then pofr. But here We thall declare . why die
' alily dry it, artd caufe it 19 deCcend in a great '"ftlt perfeCts the bHp.rf.1 i and ~I ro" l~a~
D r/w(.". ahd reduce into ;i 'Colid Mo!{s. the the I"'p"ftn is redw.ccd to I't,-/.O". With.
PrtpAr~t;.", by Us generally demonftrated :
.Qf4J..purged_lrom ~mttu~ipl~ SIC!fh~ti$J._~
by VIrtue ortht- F,n 'calcmmg > and from ' and thefe I'repMAtiMJ in this ChApur vte
f<>.':I' 'Tn'tt/1r;ri'.l. , \'ihich in. R(,J.[li. " retain purpofc fufficicn tly, and in a more fpcctal
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".,
rm_ll . ,,!lTd! h'a'd orct"l!'iS rok'ln'ltS"
", -,
Mj,,",,_'
But
( as is aforefaid) by ~hc way o( C"'''~~ri;- ,

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and 11th!;, muft eidlrt be filed, or di': ( , S5 )

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 lYot-
js 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: A"-'.''''.''. 1.,"ldi '''''' .
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 ,,01, : and bcgining firft with diffQlved LIIII III afte rw ard e~trall:ing and f"e-

f.,.t.. . ,
Hf' 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
dilrol vC'd

( ,86 ,
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
n.,.
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
W"lro ''''ftiJi, ..
The T hird Parr, O{ lJctlus t o lu Itr-
ftOuJ I and of Alttfa/lvf MullCmn.
C HAP. X V I.
Of th~ way oj p"fit1i"g aucrtll1:g
"'0
the Third Order. ' g ive you a general R"I'1 which i., that the
H Avi ng ~bovc fullidem ly
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"
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fecOo1d. and third
monftn.ted ill O ur
Or...,. if plainlyenouR,hde';
ZHt of the ,trfdt M<lt '-
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 nr..t.,.. 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 W.,..v.
the Whitt, and t he Rul, dilfotve each of the
F~tllt, by it (e lf. and keep it. This if Out
We intend for EmIIl.t, But the ,.p.
Arltwwitl. Utraaed from A'l'lltfll1l., ..... hich
fermented.; We eXlraa , in the ufual man
to be
ner, from imperfeD: B.d.", And ofthi. We'
Whit' '.ft, is extrall:ed from l"pi,",' and S.
III'. j but the Rt" from Y ..... and S.t., ... Yet
tfery B."J mult be dill"ol.ved. by it fdf in tht'
Ftnfln".
CHAP

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C HAP. X V II.
OJ Iht Rrgi1llrn of Jupitclt ani Saturn. ,

B Ecaufe We inttnd in thii Ch.pm to de":

monrtratc the Rtfi.,,,, of T.,iZtT and 8..
'",./1,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 be- t<>-
ing in F11IX. add {wdYe pounds of ",ell clean- thct:eofi
tb;I M~.". ltiTTing the whole, that they
to . my, S'"""i
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

--._ - j -. ....
IIOIher I'ltitll with 5.01""'_ fa prepared I admi-
,~_~-'-
' J.
' ~',-
' ,c
, _~-,_,~~ ____,~,
nin ting a gemle F I r< to them for a w..,t In
which time yoo will have a ".If,diffolvN . ' . .-.'
C HAP. XVIII.
- ,
fit ro be ~men_{ed with the YYbit~ Frr.,." '.of thr R rg(mtuJ Venus 'a"J Satln"ti..
aOI'ding to the Pr.,.,ti whkhWclhal1

,."m .
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 rllrrt-
f ..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.
,~-, ".
OF 'the Pllftr of P,1I111 let there be thr~
pounds, of S.t",.. two, and or 'Fff-
IlUfit 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.
V BUf
 take fill; ~;
( '9'
Of Ymlt
) 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
,
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CH "'P,
' 'j -I
XIJC.: , ,

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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
OftIJt ' Rtgi"'~H 'fMa~, -
"'n: may be "fixed with il. Thil P' W4" re ~
, in a frna1I. ~."rjIJ: and int retain with it
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,
',." 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. uanf-
,oj. which higblyeneerri. For.
well St.., in OUf PO' /'I. you will
' Our : C. -F4erMi, ,, I upon' what S.b~
SUlfehrr ought to gfo~nd his

rre.tt
.
1!CI!1',
.
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'.:".,~ ...
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C HAP. X Xl .
... . ' . .. .
. ' , "' 1)

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;

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- ,~ . OJ tht Rtglmrn of Mercury

,
In the
, and ,thence make an
.A,"VirA.
 .
( '9' ) . " . 'iw WAt".
( '9~'>
am! this w. . '" boil~ a"ay to a
"A,.lHIiu, For the full" w. ., the P",,"'" " third parr. and ~at expofed to th~ Air. or
."5: or Mtn",.,y 48 ounCCl, ors.ll ounce ~t in 8. M. or In DII"!. ror certam D ....,~,.
'J. 1...4 I ounce, of YUill I ounce. and 0 For th::n it will be01 orL ...... , and Fm.mlf.
:;.UII' " I Ounce. Mdt thefe B.JjIl; firft Ihe: which keep for theW/,itt.
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 C HAP. XXIII.
... ~d when the.raid MII.dt begin to ' harden, . O>f'h~ hrmn:t 'f Sol. for lh~ Rni.

pOti~ . in : the Mtn"A'J] leifllrelY . ftirring the
!'vId:t..., '''ith: a Stul, ~tting ' it again 011.
He FlfWr.r of S.lis made, 'l'l"hen GtIJ is
-: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
T diffolved in irlovrn WM". and decoded
and prepared according to (he afore(aid Ch..t::.
]).'111, eitratt the W.... ,tr "idi a. CI.th. make f, r of the Ferm,,.,. of Untf. For (0, it WIll
rhe R'fi'--!/volalilc:, adminifir.i:.ngFirl of J1.~ be the Ftrmtllt of S, I, for the R~d, whicll
..'tilll, Thi&again imbibe .with iU'whole YYil.. ket!p
:" , 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 C HAP. X X I V.
" ou "ill .have a SUI" a ugltlentable to l.pllit}.

-; hc:rd"ore keep this B..l:... even from thy Of Fwmtlll D[ Fn'mm t upon Mercu~
..... n Sfll; becaufe it eJl"pounds all 'liilJl', ry. as WtJl for lbtTrl;~u. lJ.I for tht
' ~ hich We have Written in divers BHll.
: ,-- 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
o:f

. 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 w"",
I the n to both there
,,
i when us. is diffolved in its 9'1'1"n c.,..,..
ft..
- - . V1 add

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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 in-
,
Afterward ,: elIt~a the W.ct" ~Y Ak"'I"~ ; finite PArt. of M imi? into moft high s.r;
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 aug-
rnenrc:d In vertueand weight. A RtcapitJlJat,"DtJ ~r
Blit if (ni. fin.mt -f 'Fir"w" be'made for . tbt Expcriinentfj
.. ..
t he Rtl/: Dif(olve sJ In ino..-n w.ctt1' (aU
of tbt A1;Ithor.
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,
Of,f, ,(Iwl.ti.la.j' PnftDi wht::refore We
have here omitted them) loonepart oft hat
F to drdare al l dubious no'", I will
conclude my B~ with all the true Exptri-
Ci.,b/ dilr~lved, add twO partS of s.lph", _ ' , which have been proved ll!ld tr>yed
-by me; ' By there rrue D!nr.cti."" the nnI"
difrolved In the fame W ..tIT t~erher with it
and three pam of M ImI'] diff'o lved. LenD SlImh" may perceive the YtrifJ. or F4'J
rhcte be tru ly diffolved imo molt clear WA. ofdiversSopruflic'a.1 R:,iPII, and 10 not fpend
t w . which being mi:u cod: for onc DA, histimc unprofirably.' I and likewife difcet"
.t hat they may ~ fermented; then e:mad 'What i. acid. in t~a: Rtuipr'r-of faue 0,".
,m~ ~ firft of Spor.", tm(y. and afuf'lt"ard$
, ~he W.ct,r fifte-~'" times , coaeh rime fe-vening
~ r. I"ur.ct, ..... Lth 'j'ellow v,rr.i", w..x. that confequentiy of others, ':11 lVeU of Btltii'l.
IS , with halE iti weight of 0'l ot Bl" J or al of"SpifjtJ, witli [hei~ M,th,," Wc, ~nteixl
OJlof Ba l '.: 'theri projeC!: upon Crude M';'cII- C'_II"
10 fpeak . . But. thia II d~vldedln~itiJo
FJ, aCC'Ofd,""a! (hal l fcem ellpediem fO p",,,: .Flflt W~ de~l~fc the E~,"j~:J. of
you. . thc Alll:lttltl proved by Us .: . Secondly;, the
~if~.ct;'1U of them all . . Yet. as WC'-havc
Here note, that if you perrea this Md.i-
, illt, according tOthe MrtlHJ We have taught begun. We muft firll: intill u~ thafe wtrolr
(in the Third OrJer. of OUr s..,f Pnftll;'lI)
, . . . of
.-hieh are _ o f !!,hi~-1i!
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A good DI.JjIU;'If I\( of R,Al, ,,, ~ i. of
'.IIrl""uiw fublimed. J 3. It of r"".
w-
aned. 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. after-
ward 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.
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. , . - of the It'Attlof AM,."'....,. inceratlng upotl
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
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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
walhed and dryed,
'_pi,"
calcined;
fb often with M tt.J/j,..
,.Ar/tli":., with half fo much of fublimed
M.,.eltJ] , as until idiot", aod enters
for !t whitens the fa me (if firfi prepared)
y,..,
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 w.," 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
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 ,
I
a.M"fIf, j aftrrward dry and fublime. Re-
yen 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~
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"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 1",,..,
fb often fubliJ)'lc $_Ii.,iIIt, .Ar/';t~. aJ " until
lOme ' ~tt Of' the A r[,.;'tre.nlain wi rl) it in'
me A/p"" '] of Fiu , That . imbibed with
rlt~ W4t". or P''''' . and Jaftly inccrated with
rile ""MIT er LIlIIA J and M m,,? prttipitate.
lind io [!\e. c.od .,i.t h OJ! of TfJ't.r rettjfied.
\lntil j[ flows t " wonderfully ', whitens :V, /l1I4
and enters' the feeond "cmu". if you have
....j(ely walked in the 'Y,J/?Jot- thil Ar', For
1 have eJfewliere filid.: that if you obtain a-
n1 partor M trt,,? precipftated. in theM'x-
''''''; you "ill walk more fplcndidly; cfpe--
~aJJy. it,tbe )Yiit, F~/It. ditrol,ed wilh
t be MITt . ,] " ditroll'ed . aftcr a cmain Fin-
.fNII orit . be adjoyned by the Mt4i.. of
/M'rrllllih, you "m find. i that you 'hnc
walked nigh the wiy it felf.
BUl" ,be:caufe We have pl'Oved. that 7_-
1.it"; ho"'~c( prep~red. in the whoienrft
OrJ", il tOtayy unprofitable, what M."ifttTJ
fi)ef,e'r 11' fol k)~i:d in "its Prtplfr.!~. I ,.Ub
S"'.,. a"nd ~lTi I ih'erer<;>re. in Our S_
~f ,riftSi.,: VVe _aiflgned to it a .~''''rill'
Qf the Third OrJn. I becaufe [her,e , It IS moft
excellently adorned, 'is-Is often prayed in
Our (laid SOl ~ '"it!li,., and We ha.ve
now proved aiid aperlmced At !.o,. in6nlt~
way"
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",.yet. 'Yd: We have Written more'
?li.!, tOUching thc Dt..t~.,u.or V~. .
C H AP. XX V I.
~trC"l1'iat S"JoTtS.
N0w 1 begin t6 fpeak or M!r'Nri.-l Pl./~
- - or ( sf ms) make a ell",,,t of Lith.',i';
of Silver , and S.d: A1II..'d , of z,~ ( or
5.44) put the C,_.t fjrft into a ~'N';~{lthe
Thid:'!ltf, of ' one Fi,,! " , upon that put a
Gl.i , of the .A",.It.UI.ui,. of MIfflI',. and
z.... arid pUt on the remainder of the C~
_Ill' that the Gu" may be in the midft of
the CtIfRlIt. Drjt Lute. and. fet the C,,,,i_
ill in a gentle Finfar haIfa D." l.eifure.l,
augmeriting the Fir , I and fo continue 11:$
leifurdy 1.,,,,.[,. 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
there
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, ~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.. aug-
mtflted 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 'MI prepared 'with the SlfU'",II,i,,, of M"~ .
Y,./IU. fli t", of UII. ( I fuppofc Y" " , ) and
.Aif~~. Gri rd the whole and till", and re- ,
'cluee jnlO ~,." and it lhallbe 1"dl with )'OU.
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C -H A P. XXVII.
.PI thr "Citrjl!41 i 0 1l , or C()~u.r;'fg of
. : Luna,
.
H A'ing guided roo
t? the K_l,Ju 0(
thofc D,AlS...., wuh the AhI,Jirry .
_We nQWcome ~ (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
Zl''''fl'. deduced from 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
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httall the W.ntrby DijhnMi,.; and ~'I"t.rc
it I do this ten times. In the end coagll-
bl.e . ahd. reduce into ' J!ftl] i and you ~ iII
feJOYccfbl' this / lIVtIUUII. _- .
;. ~ ..,' ,,..>,
Otlierwife " Di ff"olve Zl" iirr and our C,,-
''"1. 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,
Alfo . We will !hew yOll another way
more C"olfle I Rc of CrKIII and Z,.i.r difrolvC"d,
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
u .. . and It will be a r.1IiI.rt with a Ci,ri.,
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
t he 0' of .A_Wilt . and ']>"", and re-
duce mto a noble !..If.
IIICo,
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" . ....
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" AIIb';Suhlimc .A_jiUA~ ~ OUr CrtiJPo.
""" to which thcn adjoyn. ~., ana Zr
iii.... fiam "hich 'wtll commixcd fubfimc the
.A_."~ cxtla&ed' from . d ie : afotcfaid.
t"ice or t hrice: and in thc EIIJ dilfolve thc
'Whole . to whiCh add a third . part of Gild
- diftbtved. Inccratc as before, alld congeal ~
then pro)ctt: upon Stl and LIlli., fo that of

J,.r14 tfjete be :two pam 0' anel of Stl I one ERRATA'S,

ami it "Will be" goOd. .
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