Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	call_v	part_n	time_n	1,761	5	3.1267	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41373	The golden age, or, The reign of Saturn review'd tending to set forth a true and natural way to prepare and fix common mercury into silver and gold : intermix'd with a discourse vindicating and explaining that famous universal medicine of the ancients, vulgarly called the philosophers stone, built upon four natural principles / an essay written by Hortolanus, junr. ; preserved and published by R.G.	Hortolanus, junior.; R. G.	1698 (1698)	Wing G1011; ESTC R30416	83,091	240

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etc._n i_o doubt_v i_o whether_o w._n c._n esq_n know_v the_o philosophical_a venus_n and_o diana_n for_o they_o be_v both_o one_o as_o be_v plain_a by_o what_o follow_v and_o yet_o o_o strange_a a_o wonder_n to_o relate_v feast_n the_o learned_a sophy_n feast_n at_o this_o same_o spring_n naked_a diana_n sit_v etc._n etc._n aeyrenaeus_n in_o his_o treatise_n call_v vade_fw-la mecum_fw-la philosophicum_fw-la annex_v to_o his_o opus_fw-la tripartitum_fw-la pag._n 218._o say_v that_o signum_fw-la imperfectum_fw-la corpus_fw-la imperfectum_fw-la corporis_fw-la imperfecti_fw-la praeparati_fw-la est_fw-la candour_n egregius_fw-la instar_fw-la argenti_fw-la purissimi_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 219._o qua_fw-la propter_fw-la opus_fw-la hoc_fw-la regium_fw-la rex_fw-la summus_fw-la signavit_fw-la vilis_fw-la tamen_fw-la res_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la &_o pretiosissima_fw-la etc._n etc._n mille_fw-la ei_fw-la nomina_fw-la ab_fw-la antiquis_fw-la pariter_fw-la ac_fw-la modernis_fw-la sophis_fw-la imposita_fw-la leguntur_fw-la etc._n etc._n leo._n viridis_fw-la medium_n aqua_fw-la maris_fw-la acetum_fw-la acerrimum_fw-la ignis_fw-la secretus_fw-la saturnia_fw-la herba_fw-la in_o monte_fw-fr luna_n solis_fw-la nxor_fw-la femina_fw-la luna_fw-la luna_fw-la beyaque_fw-la appellatur_fw-la saturni_n deastrorum_fw-la senioris_fw-la proles_fw-la est_fw-la unde_fw-la venus_n à_fw-la venn_n venn_n quibusdam_fw-la nominatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n nemus_n porro_fw-la sibi_fw-la dicatum_fw-la habet_fw-la ideoque_fw-la venatricis_fw-la dianae_n diana_n diana_n nomen_fw-la accipit_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 213._o dico_fw-la tibi_fw-la bona_fw-la fide_fw-la quod_fw-la sola_fw-la nostra_fw-la luna_fw-la quae_fw-la solis_fw-la uxor_fw-la est_fw-la in_o opere_fw-la nomine_fw-la mutato_fw-la nos_fw-la deludat_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 215._o luna_fw-la nostra_fw-la quae_fw-la faemellae_fw-la vice_n habet_fw-la proles_fw-la est_fw-la saturnia_fw-la quae_fw-la cum_fw-la bellicoso_fw-la 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liberty_n to_o 25._o pag._n 25._o confound_v the_o philosopher_n work_n with_o that_o which_o be_v pure_o nature_n work_n that_o so_o you_o may_v keep_v the_o simple_a in_o ignorance_n concern_v your_o true_a vinegar_n which_o be_v unknown_a our_o labour_n be_v whole_o lose_v etc._n etc._n this_o be_v very_o fine_a indeed_o to_o what_o purpose_n have_v i_o and_o many_o more_o take_v so_o much_o pain_n and_o lay_v out_o so_o much_o money_n to_o buy_v your_o book_n and_o spend_v so_o much_o time_n in_o read_v they_o nay_o moreover_o run_v the_o hazard_n of_o crack_v my_o brain_n with_o think_v upon_o it_o and_o some_o say_v i_o have_v do_v it_o already_o and_o if_o it_o be_v so_o i_o will_v lay_v the_o whole_a blame_n upon_o you_o and_o master_n sendivogius_n etc._n etc._n nay_o i_o will_v not_o excuse_v prince_n geber_n himself_o that_o be_v so_o subtle_a in_o his_o sum_n of_o perfection_n aeyren._n be_v not_o so_o angry_a young_a man_n nor_o yet_o so_o hasty_a have_v you_o consider_v well_o what_o the_o philosopher_n write_v be_v you_o so_o fit_o qualify_v as_o sendivogius_n and_o the_o other_o direct_v and_o have_v you_o due_o observe_v their_o direction_n hort._n sir_n i_o humble_o beg_v your_o pardon_n i_o do_v not_o perceive_v you_o be_v so_o nigh_o at_o hand_n i_o ready_o acknowledge_v that_o this_o art_n can_v be_v fathom_v much_o less_o enjoy_v by_o all_o man_n i_o confess_v myself_o not_o to_o be_v so_o prepare_v and_o qualify_v as_o the_o matter_n require_v and_o be_o altogether_o unworthy_a of_o so_o great_a a_o gift_n and_o therefore_o i_o fear_v must_v now_o bid_v both_o it_o and_o you_o a_o long_a farewell_n good_a sir_n farewell_o aeyren._n but_o hold_v stay_v a_o little_a do_v not_o you_o say_v even_o now_o that_o i_o shall_v be_v unto_o you_o as_o a_o master_n be_v you_o not_o advise_v to_o abide_v in_o the_o simple_a way_n of_o nature_n to_o persist_v in_o the_o text_n and_o to_o wait_v with_o patience_n &_o c_o i_o be_o not_o willing_a you_o shall_v thus_o loose_v your_o labour_n as_o you_o call_v it_o though_o what_o you_o have_v take_v therein_o amount_v not_o to_o the_o ten_o part_n which_o some_o other_o far_a more_o deserve_v then_o yourself_o have_v do_v and_o yet_o never_o make_v such_o large_a exclamation_n if_o j._n be_v your_o master_n let_v i_o hear_v you_o now_o repeat_v the_o principle_n

elixir_n in_o its_o first_o perfection_n of_o a_o thousand_o fold_v which_o in_o the_o other_o will_v scarce_o be_v of_o a_o hundred_o fold_v virtue_n etc._n etc._n chap._n 19_o pag._n 51._o est_fw-la tamen_fw-la unum_fw-la &c_n est_fw-la tamen_fw-la unum_fw-la &c_n &c_n etc._n etc._n yet_o there_o be_v in_o the_o metallick_n kingdom_n one_o thing_n of_o a_o wonderful_a original_a in_o which_o our_o sol_n be_v near_a than_o in_o common_a sol_fw-la and_o luna_fw-la if_o thou_o seek_v it_o in_o the_o hour_n of_o its_o nativity_n which_o melt_v in_o our_o mercury_n as_o ice_n in_o warm_a water_n and_o yet_o after_o a_o sort_n it_o be_v like_a gold_n thou_o shall_v not_o find_v this_o immediate_o in_o common_a sol_fw-la but_o from_o it_o with_o our_o mercury_n in_o govern_v it_o by_o 150._o day_n thou_o may_v find_v this_o true_a and_o the_o same_o matter_n which_o be_v our_o gold_n seek_v the_o further_a way_n about_o nor_o yet_o of_o such_o virtue_n as_o that_o which_o nature_n have_v leave_v to_o our_o hand_n etc._n etc._n note_v the_o ingenious_a author_n former_o mention_v however_o he_o come_v short_a of_o the_o dove_n of_o diana_n be_v notwithstanding_o most_o excellent_a in_o his_o exposition_n upon_o this_o sentence_n est_fw-la tamen_fw-la unum_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o be_v well_o worth_a to_o be_v here_o insert_v disceptatio_fw-la de_fw-la lapide_fw-la physico_fw-la cap._n 1._o pag._n 9_o est_fw-la tamen_fw-la unum_fw-la in_o reguo_fw-la metallico_fw-la originis_fw-la mirae_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la nucleus_n mercurij_fw-la metallicus_fw-la albissimus_fw-la &_o purissimus_fw-la qui_fw-la propter_fw-la raritatem_fw-la artis_fw-la tam_fw-la eum_fw-la specuatiuè_fw-la inveniendi_fw-la quam_fw-la practice_n educendi_fw-la mirabilem_fw-la methodum_fw-la à_fw-la philaletha_n originis_fw-la mirae_fw-la appellatur_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la sol_fw-la noster_fw-la propinquius_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o sole_a &_o luna_fw-la vulgi_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la scilicet_fw-la nucleo_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la plus_fw-la ultra_fw-la defaecatissimo_fw-la sol_fw-la noster_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la aurum_fw-la vium_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la seu_fw-la sulphur_n artis_fw-la propinquius_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o sole_a &_o luna_fw-la vulgi_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la facilius_fw-la per_fw-la decoctionem_fw-la ex_fw-la illo_fw-la extrahitur_fw-la quam_fw-la ex_fw-la auro_fw-la vulgi_fw-la tam_fw-la propter_fw-la puritatem_fw-la quia_fw-la auro_fw-la &_o argento_fw-la purior_fw-la hic_fw-la nucleus_fw-la illud_fw-la homogeneitate_fw-la antecellit_fw-la nam_fw-la licet_fw-la aurum_fw-la quoad_fw-la 10._o pag._n 10._o perfectionem_fw-la metallicum_fw-la sit_fw-la sit_v purum_fw-la &_o perfectè_fw-la homogeneum_fw-la tamen_fw-la quoad_fw-la perfectionem_fw-la medicinalem_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la est_fw-la secundum_fw-la omnium_fw-la sophorum_fw-la authoritates_fw-la quas_fw-la hic_fw-la annectare_fw-la supersedeo_fw-la propter_fw-la brevitatem_fw-la citius_fw-la enim_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la quam_fw-la auro_fw-la adhuc_fw-la clauso_fw-la junctum_fw-la in_o solemn_a nostrum_fw-la idest_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la decoquitur_fw-la sieum_fw-la in_o hora_fw-la suae_fw-la nativitatis_fw-la quaeras_fw-la si_fw-mi eum_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la antedictum_fw-la solemn_a nostrum_fw-la in_fw-la hora_fw-la suae_fw-la nativitatis_fw-la quando_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ex_fw-la illo_fw-la uno_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la metallico_fw-la originis_fw-la mirae_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la mercurio_n homogeneo_fw-la per_fw-la competentem_fw-la ignis_fw-la decoctionem_fw-la natus_fw-la educitur_fw-la quaeras_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la accipies_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o mercurio_n nostro_fw-la liquescit_fw-la qui_fw-la scilicet_fw-la sol_fw-la noster_fw-la ex_fw-la mercurio_n natus_fw-la in_o mercurio_n nostro_fw-la nempè_fw-la unde_fw-la natus_fw-la iterum_fw-la impositus_fw-la liquescit_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la resolvitur_fw-la sicut_fw-la glacies_fw-la in_o aqua_fw-la tepida_fw-la quem_fw-la admodum_fw-la glacies_fw-la nil_fw-la nisi_fw-la mera_fw-fr aqua_fw-la concreta_fw-la est_fw-la ideò_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o pura_fw-la aqua_fw-la tepida_fw-la absque_fw-la rejectione_n ullius_fw-la superfluitatis_fw-la inseperabiliter_fw-la resolvitur_fw-la pari_fw-la modo_fw-la &_o ille_fw-la sol_fw-la sicut_fw-la glacies_fw-la ex_fw-la mercurio_n sophico_fw-la tanquam_fw-la aqua_fw-la svi_fw-la generis_fw-la solo_fw-la igne_fw-la concretus_fw-la &_o in_o hora_fw-la suae_fw-la nativitatis_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la coagulationis_fw-la acceptus_fw-la eodem_fw-la mercurio_n reimpositus_fw-la suaviter_fw-la resolvitur_fw-la tanquam_fw-la in_o aqua_fw-la tepida_fw-la idest_fw-la leni_fw-la calore_fw-la ad_fw-la hibito_fw-la pag._n 11._o ergo_fw-la illud_fw-la unum_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o far_o this_o ingenious_a gentleman_n now_o to_o return_v again_o to_o our_o countryman_n and_o master_n aeyrenaeus_n concern_v the_o several_a way_n of_o work_v in_o chap._n 19_o pag._n 48._o of_o his_o introitus_fw-la parato_fw-la mercurio_n nostro_fw-la etc._n etc._n have_v praxis_fw-la praxis_fw-la prepare_v our_o mercury_n and_o sol_n shut_v they_o in_o our_o vessel_n and_o govern_v they_o with_o our_o fire_n and_o within_o forty_o day_n thou_o shall_v see_v the_o whole_a matter_n turn_v into_o a_o shadow_n or_o atom_n without_o any_o visible_a mover_n or_o motion_n or_o without_o any_o heat_n perceptable_a to_o the_o touch_n save_v only_o that_o it_o be_v hot_a but_o if_o you_o be_v yet_o ignorant_a both_o of_o our_o sun_n and_o mercury_n meddle_v not_o in_o this_o work_n for_o expense_n only_o will_v be_v thy_o lot_n but_o if_o thou_o do_v not_o yet_o full_o know_v the_o mystery_n of_o our_o sun_n have_v attain_v the_o knowledge_n of_o our_o mercury_n then_o take_v of_o common_a sol_n well_o purge_v one_o part_n and_o of_o our_o mercury_n very_o clear_a three_o part_n join_v they_o as_o be_v say_v before_o and_o set_v they_o to_o the_o fire_n give_v a_o heat_n in_o which_o it_o may_v boil_v and_o sweat_n and_o his_o sweat_n may_v be_v circulate_v and_o this_o day_n and_o night_n for_o ninety_o day_n and_o night_n and_o thou_o shall_v see_v this_o mercury_n to_o have_v separate_v and_o again_o conjoin_v all_o the_o element_n of_o the_o common_a sol_fw-mi boil_v it_o afterward_o for_o other_o fifty_o day_n and_o thou_o shall_v see_v the_o common_a sol_fw-mi to_o be_v convert_v by_o our_o mercury_n into_o our_o solemnize_n which_o be_v a_o medicine_n of_o the_o first_o order_n this_o therefore_o be_v now_o our_o sol._n our_o salphur_n by_o common_a sol._n sulphur_n but_o do_v not_o yet_o teign_a and_o believe_v i_o many_o philosopher_n have_v wrought_v this_o way_n and_o attain_v the_o truth_n and_o yet_o it_o be_v a_o most_o tedious_a way_n and_o it_o be_v for_o the_o grandee_n of_o the_o earth_n when_o thou_o have_v get_v this_o sulphur_n do_v think_v that_o thou_o have_v the_o stone_n but_o its_o true_a matter_n which_o in_o a_o imperfect_a thing_n thou_o may_v seek_v and_o find_v it_o in_o a_o week_n this_o be_v our_o rare_a and_o easy_a way_n and_o this_o have_v god_n reserve_v for_o his_o poor_a contemn_a and_o abject_a saint_n etc._n etc._n pag_n 50._o dico_fw-la ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o say_v then_o that_o each_o way_n be_v true_a for_o it_o be_v but_o one_o way_n in_o the_o end_n but_o not_o in_o the_o beginning_n etc._n etc._n much_o more_o from_o he_o out_o of_o that_o little_a book_n may_v be_v gather_v whereby_o the_o heart_n of_o a_o honest_a and_o ingenious_a man_n will_v be_v apt_a to_o rejoice_v but_o we_o must_v consider_v he_o have_v tell_v we_o before_o that_o such_o plain_a passage_n as_o these_o the_o philosopher_n do_v many_o time_n use_v to_o deceive_v the_o simple_a and_o this_o he_o have_v say_v in_o his_o last_o 2._o rip_n rev._n pag._n 2._o book_n which_o he_o declare_v he_o intend_v as_o a_o key_n to_o his_o former_a write_n and_o further_o say_v all_o his_o other_o book_n together_o be_v nothing_o to_o this_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o contradiction_n which_o he_o have_v weave_v in_o they_o which_o in_o this_o he_o have_v not_o do_v in_o the_o least_o measure_n let_v we_o therefore_o resort_v to_o they_o and_o see_v if_o this_o our_o fuddain_a rejoice_v be_v build_v upon_o a_o good_a foundation_n lest_o we_o have_v cause_n to_o be_v sad_a too_o late_o in_o rep._n rev._n pag._n 23._o he_o have_v these_o word_n viz._n i_o know_v many_o pitiful_a sophister_n do_v dote_v on_o many_o stone_n vegetable_a animal_n and_o mineral_n and_o some_o to_o those_o add_v the_o fiery_a angelical_a paradaical_a stone_n which_o they_o call_v a_o wonder_n work_v essence_n and_o because_o the_o mark_v they_o aim_v at_o be_v so_o great_a the_o way_n also_o by_o which_o they_o will_v attain_v their_o scope_n they_o make_v also_o agreeable_a that_o be_v a_o double_a way_n one_o way_n they_o call_v via_fw-la humida_fw-la the_o other_o they_o call_v via_fw-la sicca_fw-la to_o use_v their_o language_n the_o latter_a way_n be_v the_o labyrinthian_a path_n which_o be_v fit_a only_a for_o the_o great_a one_o in_o the_o earth_n to_o tread_v in_o the_o other_o the_o daedalean_a path_n a_o easy_a way_n of_o small_a cost_n for_o the_o poor_a of_o the_o world_n to_o enterprise_v but_o this_o i_o know_v and_o can_v testify_v that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o way_n and_o but_o only_o one_o regimen_n no_o more_o colour_n than_o we_o and_o what_o we_o say_v or_o write_v

virtue_n be_v find_v by_o which_o mean_v those_o noble_a medicine_n may_v be_v prepare_v of_o which_o both_o helmont_n and_o paracelsus_n glory_n not_o without_o cause_n since_o by_o they_o may_v be_v cure_v all_o the_o infirmity_n incident_a to_o the_o body_n of_o man_n and_o so_o the_o life_n vindicate_v from_o the_o danger_n of_o disease_n which_o by_o any_o one_o of_o those_o great_a arcanas_fw-la be_v conquer_v and_o cut_v down_o as_o hay_o or_o grass_n with_o a_o scythe_n thus_o far_o he_o now_o let_v we_o hear_v what_o aeyrenaeus_n elixir_n medicine_n by_o liquor_n alkahe_v not_o to_o be_v compare_v to_o philopher_n grand_a elixir_n say_v to_o this_o liquor_n alchahest_n and_o the_o medicine_n prepare_v by_o mean_n thereof_o and_o that_o of_o the_o philosopher_n stone_n by_o their_o mercury_n in_o his_o exposion_n upon_o sir_n g._n r._n preface_n pag._n 78._o he_o say_v there_o be_v but_o one_o menstruum_fw-la that_o have_v the_o power_n to_o resolve_v both_o gold_n and_o all_o other_o body_n to_o their_o first_o matter_n which_o paracelsus_n name_v his_o alkahest_n ignis_fw-la gehemiae_n etc._n etc._n the_o medicine_n hereby_o make_v he_o allow_v to_o be_v excellent_a but_o not_o so_o as_o our_o great_a medicine_n nor_o can_v it_o touch_v or_o reach_v long_a life_n but_o the_o philosopher_n oil_n so_o 80._o pag._n 80._o call_v be_v the_o very_a tree_n of_o life_n not_o a_o vitæ_fw-la arbour_n vitæ_fw-la tincture_n extract_v by_o alchahest_n but_o by_o a_o universal_a change_n of_o the_o sickness_n of_o the_o metalline_a offspring_n into_o a_o true_a posture_n of_o health_n and_o be_v the_o most_o incomparable_a treasure_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n pag._n 208._o he_o say_v the_o liquor_n alchahe_o be_v a_o unprofitable_a way_n for_o our_o work_n pag._n 243._o he_o do_v again_o mention_v elixir_n virtue_n of_o the_o grand_a elixir_n this_o arbour_n aquavitae_fw-la and_o its_o virtue_n of_o penetrate_v even_o to_o our_o constitute_v principle_n which_o no_o other_o mineral_n medicine_n can_v do_v he_o further_o add_v though_o paracelsus_n glory_n much_o of_o his_o renovantia_fw-la &_o restaurantia_fw-la which_o we_o have_v know_v as_o be_v master_n of_o his_o secret_a alchahest_n of_o which_o if_o i_o live_v i_o will_v write_v a_o particular_a treatise_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o his_o haematina_n nor_o yet_o his_o arcana_fw-la chymica_fw-la vide._n collectanea_fw-la chymica_fw-la nor_o his_o elixiria_n nor_o his_o essentiae_fw-la nor_o any_o of_o his_o secret_n which_o be_v sure_o noble_a medicine_n that_o can_v reach_v the_o root_n of_o life_n which_o this_o can_v and_o will_v for_o it_o perform_v all_o only_o it_o can_v prevail_v against_o the_o appointment_n of_o god_n otherwise_o be_v it_o not_o for_o that_o decree_n it_o can_v real_o keep_v a_o man_n immortal_a for_o it_o renew_v youth_n retard_v age_n and_o restore_v to_o most_o exquisite_a and_o complete_a health_n increase_v strength_n wonderful_o pag._n 244._o yea_o it_o will_v not_o only_o renew_v hair_n to_o those_o who_o it_o be_v fall_v but_o it_o will_v change_v the_o hoary_a head_n into_o a_o youthful_a colour_n which_o will_v not_o grow_v hoary_a again_o for_o many_o year_n nor_o ever_o if_o the_o use_n of_o it_o be_v full_o know_v and_o it_o be_v use_v as_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v pag._n 279._o he_o mention_n the_o noble_a bruxilian_n who_o promise_a treatise_n when_o the_o world_n shall_v enjoy_v i_o suppose_v say_v he_o the_o profound_a piece_n of_o philosophy_n that_o ever_o be_v reveal_v to_o the_o world_n which_o i_o admire_v not_o continue_v he_o so_o much_o for_o his_o experiment_n of_o none_o of_o which_o i_o be_o ignorant_a nor_o paracelsus_n to_o boot_n many_o yea_o most_o of_o which_o be_v far_o hard_a tho_o soon_o wrought_v than_o the_o elixir_n and_o the_o alchahe_a be_v a_o hundred_o time_n more_o difficult_a etc._n etc._n yet_o he_o think_v for_o many_o reason_n and_o expression_n 247._o expression_n vide_fw-la pag._n 82._o 246_o 247._o 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of_o himself_o before_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o by_o virtue_n of_o this_o quintessence_n artephius_n testify_v that_o he_o live_v above_o a_o thousand_o year_n flammell_n also_o record_v of_o it_o that_o it_o triumph_v over_o all_o the_o misery_n of_o the_o world_n johannes_n the_o laznioro_n be_v more_o bold_a and_o say_v that_o if_o in_o the_o agony_n of_o death_n a_o man_n shall_v taste_v but_o a_o grain_n of_o it_o all_o the_o mortal_a pestilence_n will_v depart_v from_o he_o in_o pag._n 72._o he_o have_v these_o word_n and_o in_o this_o mercury_n thus_o circulate_v be_v doubtless_o the_o mystery_n of_o the_o never_o fade_a light_n which_o i_o have_v actual_o see_v but_o yet_o never_o make_v and_o pag._n 248._o speak_v of_o the_o tincture_n to_o be_v dissolve_v into_o a_o oil_n add_v yea_o and_o beyond_o this_o it_o may_v be_v exalt_v beyond_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n yea_o and_o of_o a_o tangible_a body_n to_o become_v a_o most_o radiant_a perpetual_a light_n which_o i_o have_v 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the_o first_o volume_n of_o theat_n chemicum_fw-la and_o in_o the_o first_o treatise_n write_v by_o robertus_fw-la vallensis_fw-la pag._n 1._o he_o take_v notice_n of_o some_o word_n or_o sentence_n from_o esdras_n solomon_n and_o david_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 2._o he_o produce_v the_o testimony_n of_o hermes_n b._n tho._n aquinas_n 3._o gulielus_n parisiensis_fw-la jo._n duns_n scotus_n doctor_n subtilis_fw-la vincentius_n monachus_n raymundus_n lullius_n chrysogonus_n polydorus_n vel_fw-la osiander_n 4._o joann_n andrea_n jurisperitus_fw-la oldradus_fw-la jurisperitus_fw-la 5._o avicenna_n jo._n dastimus_n theophrastus_n albertus_n 6._o aristot._n titelmannus_n 8._o panormitanus_fw-la jurisperitus_fw-la hypocrates_n abuhali_n 10._o rhazes_n haly._n dioscorides_n arnaldus_n 11._o bernardus_n come_v treverus_n marsilius_n 12._o alexander_n imperator_fw-la geber_n 13._o virgilius_n lib._n 6._o aeneidos_n suidas_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 14._o he_o show_v you_o many_o that_o write_v of_o this_o art_n in_o arabic_a many_o in_o greek_a many_o in_o latin_a many_o in_o french_a etc._n etc._n and_o pag._n 15._o he_o tell_v we_o veteres_n consueverunt_fw-la res_fw-la divinas_fw-la altas_fw-la et_fw-la sublime_n sub_fw-la velo_fw-la multorum_fw-la aenigmatum_fw-la et_fw-la fabularum_fw-la poeticarum_fw-la scribere_fw-la which_o certain_o be_v very_o true_a for_o till_o of_o late_a year_n little_a light_n therein_o have_v be_v hold_v forth_o to_o the_o world_n in_o pag._n 44._o of_o this_o volume_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la artis_fw-la alchemiae_n the_o lawfulness_n of_o the_o art_n be_v prove_v ex_fw-la sibylla_n 45._o from_o cardanus_n 46._o from_o thomas_n aquinas_n from_o snidas_n 47._o from_o pliny_n pag._n 48._o next_o he_o prove_v it_o from_o the_o answer_n of_o several_a learned_a lawyer_n or_o counsellor_n viz._n exit_fw-la oldrado_fw-it consil._n exit_fw-la panormit_fw-la exit_fw-la joan._n andr._n exit_fw-la andr._n iserninc_fw-la exit_fw-la baldo_n perusino_n exit_fw-la 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papa_n exit_fw-la joan_n de_fw-fr platea_n exit_fw-la hieronymo_n de_fw-la zanetinis_fw-la exit_fw-la thom._n arfoncini_n etc._n etc._n next_o follow_v a_o dialogue_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la et_fw-la praestantia_fw-la chemicorum_fw-la medicamentorum_fw-la next_o of_o the_o difficulty_n of_o the_o art_n pag._n 129._o all_o which_o and_o much_o more_o may_v be_v read_v in_o the_o six_o latin_a volume_n of_o theatrum_fw-la cheimcum_fw-la there_o be_v other_o witness_n viz._n daniel_n sennertus_n cornelius_n martinus_n a●tuerpianus_n conradus_n horneius_n marcellus_n palingenius_fw-la etc._n etc._n sendivogius_n tell_v we_o in_o many_o place_n of_o his_o book_n that_o the_o art_n be_v true_a but_o that_o the_o workman_n seldom_o be_v true_a that_o the_o art_n of_o chemistry_n have_v find_v out_o such_o subtlety_n that_o scarce_o great_a can_v be_v invent_v and_o differ_v as_o much_o from_o the_o art_n of_o the_o ancient_a philosopher_n as_o a_o clock-smith_n do_v from_o a_o blacksmith_n and_o that_o if_o hermes_n geber_n and_o lul_n be_v alive_a they_o will_v be_v account_v by_o our_o chemist_n for_o scholar_n rather_o than_o philosopher_n he_o advise_v often_o to_o abide_v in_o the_o simple_a way_n of_o nature_n and_o say_v that_o simplicity_n or_o plainness_n be_v the_o seal_n of_o truth_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o the_o treatise_n of_o sulphur_n he_o say_v nature_n be_v most_o plain_a and_o simple_a and_o delight_n in_o nothing_o so_o much_o as_o plainness_n that_o whatsoever_o in_o nature_n be_v more_o noble_a by_o so_o much_o also_o the_o more_o easy_a and_o plain_a it_o be_v because_o all_o truth_n be_v plain_a and_o simple_a mr._n norton_n in_o his_o ordinal_n call_v this_o art_n the_o subtle_a science_n of_o holy_a alchemy_n aeyrenaeus_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr metallorum_fw-la metamophosi_fw-la affirm_v that_o the_o art_n be_v true_a etc._n etc._n in_o his_o exposition_n upon_o sir_n g._n r_n preface_n pag._n 86._o he_o affirm_v that_o the_o art_n be_v so_o 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quod_fw-la autem_fw-la ignorat_fw-la lapidis_fw-la formam_fw-la referens_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la etiam_fw-la vel_fw-la ipso_fw-la tactu_fw-la in_o aurum_fw-la probatum_fw-la tingens_fw-la sive_fw-la ligneum_fw-la suerit_fw-la sive_fw-la lapideum_fw-la quod_fw-la pro_fw-la falsissimo_fw-la idque_fw-la merito_fw-la reputat_fw-la omni_fw-la itaque_fw-la arti_fw-la excepta_fw-la diabolica_fw-la impossibile_fw-it judicat_fw-la quare_fw-la audito_fw-la vel_fw-la chemistae_fw-la nomine_fw-la abhorrescit_fw-la statim_fw-la et_fw-la abominatur_fw-la nec_fw-la aliter_fw-la eum_fw-la quam_fw-la impium_fw-la stolidumque_fw-la suorum_fw-la bonorum_fw-la profusorem_fw-la existimat_fw-la falsâ_fw-la hac_fw-la et_fw-la confusa_fw-la lapidis_fw-la nostri_fw-la secretissimi_fw-la acceptione_n ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la nicitatus_fw-la ideo_fw-la rudiores_fw-la homines_fw-la jure_fw-la rudiores_fw-la homines_fw-la rudiores_fw-la civili_fw-la puniendos_fw-la esse_fw-la tale_n homines_fw-la superstitiosè_fw-la 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