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appoint_a time_n will_v restore_v life_n from_o the_o almighty_a and_o these_o carcase_n be_v thou_o only_o careful_a of_o the_o fire_n which_o thou_o must_v be_v sure_a to_o govern_v with_o a_o sound_a judgement_n and_o i_o swear_v unto_o thou_o upon_o the_o faith_n of_o a_o honest_a man_n that_o if_o thou_o urge_v thy_o fire_n so_o as_o to_o make_v aught_o to_o sublime_a in_o the_o day_n of_o this_o regimen_n thou_o will_v destroy_v the_o work_n irrecoverable_o be_v content_a then_o with_o good_a trevisan_n to_o be_v detain_v in_o prison_n forty_o day_n and_o night_n and_o suffer_v the_o tender_a nature_n to_o remain_v below_o in_o the_o bottom_n which_o be_v the_o nest_n of_o their_o conception_n know_v for_o certain_a then_o that_o when_o the_o period_n of_o time_n be_v expire_v which_o the_o almighty_a have_v appoint_v the_o spirit_n will_v arise_v glorious_a and_o glorify_v its_o body_n it_o will_v ascend_v i_o say_v and_o be_v circulate_v sweet_o and_o without_o violence_n and_o from_o the_o centre_n it_o shall_v ascend_v unto_o the_o heaven_n and_o again_o from_o the_o heaven_n it_o shall_v descend_v to_o the_o centre_n and_o it_o shall_v receive_v the_o virtue_n of_o that_o which_o be_v above_o and_o that_o which_o be_v beneath_o chap._n 26._o of_o the_o regimen_n of_o jupiter_n after_o black_a ♄_o ♃_o succeed_v who_o be_v of_o divers_a colour_n for_o after_o the_o putrefaction_n and_o corruption_n which_o be_v make_v in_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o vessel_n through_o the_o command_n of_o god_n thou_o shall_v again_o see_v change_v the_o colour_n and_o a_o circulate_v sublimation_n this_o regimen_n be_v not_o durable_a for_o it_o continue_v not_o more_o than_o three_o week_n space_n in_o which_o time_n all_o colour_n imaginable_a in_o the_o world_n will_v be_v to_o be_v see_v of_o which_o no_o certain_a account_n can_v possible_o be_v render_v in_o these_o day_n the_o shower_n shall_v be_v multiply_v continual_o and_o at_o the_o last_o after_o all_o these_o 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