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A10786	The compound of alchymy. Or The ancient hidden art of archemie conteining the right & perfectest meanes to make the philosophers stone, aurum potabile, with other excellent experiments. Diuided into twelue gates. First written by the learned and rare philosopher of our nation George Ripley, sometime Chanon of Bridlington in Yorkeshyre: & dedicated to K. Edvvard the 4. Whereunto is adioyned his epistle to the King, his vision, his wheele, & other his workes, neuer before published: with certaine briefe additions of other notable writers concerning the same. Set foorth by Raph Rabbards Gentleman, studious and expert in archemicall artes.	Ripley, George, d. 1490?; Rabbards, Ralph.	1591 (1591)	STC 21057; ESTC S115988	44,455	116

offer here to the view of the learned and haue presumed the publishing hereof chiefly for the benefite of my Countrey men and especially to satisfie the often importunate request of many my learned good friēds not doubting but that the skilfull wil yeelde me my due howsoeuer the ignorant shal esteeme therof which if I shall finde to be accepted according to my good meaning I shall therby be further encouraged to imparte some other rare experiments of Distillations and Fire-workes of great seruice not hitherto committed in writing or put in practise by any of our nation although of late some meere toies haue beene highly admired and extraordinarily rewarded The charge whereof will be found vtterly lost when perfect tryall shall be made of their slender vse and force To conclude If this my good intent shalbe answerable to your expectations I haue obteined the fulnes of my desires Yours in the furtherance of Science Raph Rabbards Thomas Newtonus Cestreshyrius ALchymicae indagaus arcana Georgius artis Chremata Riplaeus rari miranda reliquit Ingenij monumenta sui quae nulla vetustas Exedet aut putri poterit sepelire veterno Illotis nemo manibus mysteria tanta Tractet at Hermeticam veneretur 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hanc Plato diuinus foedus vocat aurea Naso Vellera a vigili mala aurea septa dracone Laudibus hanc multis celebrant Mirandula Lullus Geber Auicenna Hippocrates Morienus Aquinas Duns Scotus Arnaldus Vincentius Oldradus Hermes Plinius Albertus Ficinus Cuba Valescus Eustathius Suidas Maro Zosimus Haly Baconus Rhasis Aristoteles Rosinus Petrus ipse Aponensis Complurésque alij cuncti almae huic grata Sophiae Munera persoluant linguisque animisque benigni Thomas Newton J.D. gent in praise of the Author and his Worke. LOe here a Worke conteining rare effects Repleate with ripest frutes of Ripleys toyle Whose mellowed sauour studious mindes directs T'attaine the skill that may enrich their soile And though his Booke be carped at by Zoile Yet doth the same comprize such depth of Art As makes his fame eternizd by desart The learned will no doubt delight therein And their delight will draw them on to skill Admit the simple force it not a pin So much the more the wise embrace it will Who seekes by Arte to clymbe vp Honors hill To such perteynes this precious Stone diuine For pease are fitter farre than Pearle for Swine Tam Arte quam Marte P. Bales Gent. in commendation of the Author and his twelue gates Orderly set down in the 12. last verses GRaunt to me Muses nine thou most sacred Apollo That in a vaine of a lofty verse I may be reporter Of the renowmed skil to y e world by Ripley reuealed Which in a Book tituled by the name of Alchymie compoūd He to the King Edward of England fourth fro the cōquest Writt in a verse pithily with his hād very worthily pēned Twelue chapiters did he write by the first to Calcine he teacheth And by the next readily priuie Dissolution handleth To Seperate Eliments very plaine by the third he declareth And by the fourth as in mariage Coniunction ordreth To Putrifie most kindly the seede by the 5. he pronounceth And by the sixt chapiter true Congelation vttereth Thē followeth by the seauēth how must be Cibation vsed But by the next chapiter duely Sublimation offered Ninthly the way measured for Fermentation aptly And by the tenth rightly there is Exaltation holden Infinite in number shewen how to Multiplie leauenthly Lastly the work very fitly by cleanly Proiection endeth Statuto bono statuto The Summe of this VVorke learnedly reduced into these few Verses by the diuine Poet Palingenius HVnc iuuenem Archadium infidum nimiúmque fugacem Prendite immersum Stygijs occidite Lymphis Post Hyales gremio impositum Deus excipiat quem Lemnia terrae colit sublatumque in cruce figat Tunc sepelite vtero in calido dissoluite putrem Cuius stillantes artus de corpore nostro Spiritus egrediens penetrabit ordine miro Paulatim extinctum nigris reuocabit ab vmbris Aurata indutum clamyde argentóque nitentem Proijcite hunc demum in prunas renouabitur alter Vt Phoenix quae tanget perfecta relinquet Corpora naturae ●eges foedera vincens Mutabit specijs paupertatémque fugabit S.E.K. concerning the Philosophers Stone written to his especiall good friend G.S. Gent. THe heauenlie Cope hath in him natures fower Two hidden but the rest to sight appeare Wherein the Spermes of all the bodies lower Most secret are yet spring forth once a yeare And as the earth with water Authors are So of his part is drines end of care No flood so great as that which floweth still No thing more fixt than Earth digested thrise No winde so fresh as when it serueth will No profit more then keepe in and be wise No better hap than drie vp aïre to dust For then thou maist leaue of and sleepe thy lust Yet will I warne thee least thou chaunce to faile Sublime thine earth with stinking water erst Then in a place where Phoebus onely tayle Is seene at midday see thou mingle best For nothing shineth that doth want his light Nor doubleth beames vnlesse it first be bright Let no man lead vnlesse he knowe the way That wise men teach or Adro● leadeth in Whereof the fi●st is large and easiest pray The other hard and meane but to begin For surely these and no one more is found Wherein Apollo will his harp strings sound Example learne of GOD that plaste the Skies Reflecting vertues from and t'euerie poynt In which the moouer wherein all things lies Doth hold the vertues all of euerie ioynt And therefore Essence fift may well be said Conteining all and yet himselfe a maid Remember also how the Gods began And by discent who was to each the Syre Then learne their liues and kingdomes if thou can Their manners eke with all their whole attire Which if thou doe and knowe to what effect The learned Sophies will thee not reiect If this my Doctrine bend not with thy braine Then say I nothing though I sayd too much Of truth tis good will mooued me not gaine To write these lines yet write I not to such As catch at crabs when better frutes appeare And want to chuse at fittest time of yeare Thou maist my friend say What is this for lore I aunswere Such as auncient Phisicke taught And though thou red a thousand bookes before Yet in respect of this they teach thee naught Thou maist likewise be blinde and call me foole Yet shall these Rules for euer praise their Schoole Sr. E.K. The Vision of Sir George Ripley Chanon of Bridlington WHen busie at my booke I was vpon a certaine night This Vision here exprest appear'd vnto my dimmed sight A toade full rudde I saw did drinke the iuice of grapes so fast Till ouercharged with the broath his bowells all to brast And after that from poysoned bulke he cast his

also to euery creature Thine handy-work therefore vouchsafe to defend That we no time in liuing here mispend With troth here graunt vs our liuing so to winne That into no danger of sinfulnes we rinne And forasumch as we haue for thy sake Renounced our wills the world and fleshly lust As thine owne professors vs to thee take Sith in thee onely dependeth all our trust We can no further to thee incline we must Thy secret treasure vouchsafe vnto vs Shew vs thy secrets and to vs be bounteous And amongst others which be profest to thee I me present as one with humble submission Thy seruant beseeching that I may bee And true in liuing according to my profession In order Chanon Reguler of Bridlington Beseeching thee Lord thou wilt me spare To thy true seruants thy secrets to declare In the beginning when thou mad'st all of nought A globous matter and darke vnder confusion By him the beginning marueilously was wrought Conteyning naturally all things without diuision Of which in six dayes he made cleere distinction As Genesis apertly doth record Then heauen and earth were perfected by his word So through his will and power out of one mas Confused was made each thing that being is But afore in glory as maker he was Now is and shall be without end I wis And purified soules vp to his blis Shall come a principle this may be one For the declaring of our precious stone For as of one masse was made all thing Right so in our practize must it be All our secreats of one Image must spring As in Philosophers bookes whoso list to see Our stone is called the lesse world one and three Magnesa also of sulphure and Mercurie Proportionate by nature most perfectlie But many one marueileth and maruaile may And museth on such a marueilous thing What is our stone sith Philosophers say To such as euer be it in seeking For foules and fisshes to vs doth it bring Euery man it hath and it is in euery place In thee in me and in each thing time and space To this I answere that Mercurie it is I wis But not the common called quicksiluer by name But Mercurie without which nothing being is All Philosophers record and truely saine the same But simple searchers putteth them in blame Saying they hid it but they be blame worthy Which be no Clearkes and meddle with Philosophy But though it Mercurie be yet wisely vnderstand Wherein it is and where thou shalt it seech Else I counsell thee take not this work in hand For Philosophers flatter fooles with fayre speech But listen to me for truly I will thee teach Which is this Mercurie most profitable Being to thee nothing deceiueable It is more neere in some things than in some Therefore take heede what I to thee write For if knowledge to thee neuer come Therefore yet shalt thou me not twite For I will truely now thee excite To vnderstand well Mercuries three The keyes which of this science bee Raymond his menstrues doth them call Without which truly no trueth is done But two of them be superficiall The third essentiall of Sunne and Moone Their properties I will declare right soone And Mercurie of mettalls essentiall Is the principle of our stone materiall In Sunne and Moone our Menstrue is not seene It appeareth not but by effect to sight That is the stone of which we meene Who so our writings conceiueth aright It is a soule a substance bright Of Sunne and Moone a subtill influence Whereby the earth receiueth resplendence For what is Sunne and Moone sayth Auicen But earth which is pure white and red Take from it the said cleerenes and then That earth will stand but in little stead The whole compound is called our lead The qualitie of clearenes from Sun and Moone dooth come These are our menstrues both all and some Bodies with the first we calcine naturally Perfect but none which been vncleene Except one which is vsually Named by Philosophers the Lyon greene He is the meane the Sunne and Moone betweene Of winning tincture with perfectnes As Geber thereunto beareth witnes With the second which is an humiditie Vegitable reuiuing that earst was dead Both principles materials must loosed be And formalls els stand they little in stead These menstrews therefore know I thee reed Without the which neither true calcination Done may be not true dissolution With the third humiditie most permanent Incombustible and vnctuous in his nature Hermes tree vnto ashes is brent It is our naturall fire most sure Our Mercurie our Sulphur our tincture pure Our soule our stone borne vp with winde In the earth ingendred beare this in minde This stone also tell thee I dare Is the vapour of mettalls potentiall How thou shalt get it thou must beware For inuisible truely is this menstruall Howbeit with the second water philosophicall By separation of Elements it may appeare To sight in forme of water cleare If this menstrue by labour exuberate With it may be made Sulphur of nature If it be well and kindly acuate And circulate into a spirit pure Then to dissolue thou must be sure Thy base with it in diuers wise As thou shalt know by thy practise That poynt therefore in his due place I will declare with other moe If God will graunt me grace and space And me preserue in life from woe As I thee teach looke thou doe so And for the first ground principall Vnderstand thy waters menstruall And when thou hast made Calcination Encreasing not wasting moysture radicall Vntill thy base by oft subtilation Will lightly flowe as wax vpon mettall Then loose it with thy vegetable menstruall Till thou haue oyle thereof in colour bright Then is that menstrue visible to sight And oyle is drawne out in colour of golde Or like thereto out of fine red lead Which Raymond sayd when he was olde Much more than golde would stand in stead For when he was for age nigh dead He made thereof Aurum potabile Which him reuiued as men might see For so together may they be circulate That is the base oyle and the vegetable menstruall So that it be by labour exuberate And made by craft a stone celestiall Of nature so firie that we it call Our Bazeliske or our Cockatrice Our great Elixer most of price Which as the sight of Bazeliske his obiect Killeth so sleyeth it crude Mercurie When thereupon he is proiect In twinckle of an eye most sodainly That Mercurie then teineth permanently All bodies to Sunne and Moone perfect Thus guide thy base both red and white Aurum potabile thus is made Of golde not commonly calcinate But of our tincture that will not fade Out of our base drawn with the menstrue circulate But naturall calcination must algate Be made ere thy golde dissolued may bee That principle first therefore I will teach thee But into chapters this Treatise I will diuide In number twelue with due recapitulation Superfluous rehearsalls Ile lay aside