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whoso_o will_v lasting_a and_o eternal_a fame_n deserve_v learn_v thou_o the_o lion_n green_a to_o tame_v etc._n etc._n green_n the_o lyon_n green_n this_o horrid_a beast_n which_o we_o our_o lion_n call_v have_v many_o other_o name_n that_o noman_n shall_v the_o truth_n perceive_v unless_o that_o god_n direct_v and_o on_o his_o darken_a mind_n a_o light_n reflect_v etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v because_o of_o the_o transcendent_a force_n it_o have_v and_o for_o the_o rawness_n of_o its_o source_n call_v why_o so_o call_v of_o which_o the_o like_a be_v not_o where_o to_o be_v see_v that_o it_o of_o they_o be_v name_v the_o lion_n green_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v a_o substance_n of_o a_o metallin_n '_o race_n nature_n it_o be_v nature_n if_o you_o the_o matter_n view_n whoselowr_a face_n a_o sophister_n will_v at_o first_o sight_n so_o scare_v etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o o_o strange_a a_o wonder_n to_o relate_v naked_a diana_n naked_a at_o this_o same_o spring_n naked_a diana_n sit_v etc._n etc._n yet_o further_o for_o to_o answer_v your_o desire_n 51._o 51._o i_o say_v this_o subject_n never_o feel_v the_o fire_n of_o sulphur_n metalline_a but_o be_v more_o crude_a sulphur_n want_v metalline_a sulphur_n than_o any_o mineral_n etc._n etc._n and_o its_o component_n be_v a_o mercury_n sulphur_n the_o dry_a sulphur_n most_o pure_a though_o tender_a with_o a_o sulphur_n dry_a incarcerate_v which_o do_v the_o flux_n restrain_v etc._n etc._n and_o hinder_v the_o sweet_a communion_n of_o mixture_n hinder_v mixture_n this_o virgin_n lead_v and_o her_o dear_a sister_n etc._n etc._n which_o will_v otherwise_o warm_v a_o bath_n for_o sol_n etc._n etc._n know_v then_o the_o subject_a which_o the_o sure_a base_a 52._o pag._n 52._o of_o all_o our_o secret_n be_v and_o it_o un_fw-we case_n &c_n &c_n it_o be_v our_o stone_n it_o be_v saturn_n child_n its_o constitution_n be_v cold_a it_o must_v therefore_o child_n satur_n child_n be_v mix_v with_o another_o sulphur_n find_v in_o 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the_o artist_n be_v already_o bear_v and_o now_o glorious_a thing_n be_v declare_v of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n from_o which_o he_o again_o fall_v into_o his_o complaint_n against_o evil_a mind_a man_n and_o profess_v his_o aversion_n to_o avarice_n in_o these_o word_n i_o disdain_v i_o loathe_v and_o deserve_o detest_v this_o idolize_v of_o gold_n and_o silver_n by_o which_o the_o world_n celebrate_v her_o price_n pomp_n and_o vanity_n ah_o filthy_a evil_n ah_o vain_a nothingness_n believe_v you_o that_o i_o conceal_v these_o thing_n out_o of_o envy_n no_o very_o for_o i_o profess_v i_o grieve_v from_o my_o heart_n that_o we_o be_v drive_v as_o it_o be_v like_o vagabond_n from_o the_o face_n of_o the_o lord_n throughout_o the_o whole_a earth_n but_o what_o need_v many_o word_n that_o thing_n that_o we_o have_v see_v teach_v and_o handle_v which_o we_o have_v possess_v and_o know_v these_o we_o do_v declare_v be_v move_v with_o mere_a compassion_n towards_o the_o studious_a and_o 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viam_fw-la domini_fw-la regiam_fw-la et_fw-la utinam_fw-la quilibet_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la terrarum_fw-la orbe_fw-la ingeniosus_fw-la artem_fw-la hanc_fw-la calleret_fw-la tum_fw-la copiosissimè_fw-la abundante_fw-la auro_fw-la argento_fw-la gemmisque_fw-la nullus_fw-la haec_fw-la magnifaceret_fw-la nisi_fw-la quatenus_fw-la scientiam_fw-la continerent_fw-la tunc_fw-la tandem_fw-la virtus_fw-la nuda_fw-la ob_fw-la svi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la naturam_fw-la amabilem_fw-la in_o honore_fw-la haberetur_fw-la thus_o we_o have_v hear_v some_o of_o those_o great_a trouble_n with_o which_o this_o honest_a heart_a adeptist_n be_v surround_v and_o which_o believe_v i_o be_v sufficient_a to_o deter_v any_o serious_a man_n from_o appear_v public_a in_o this_o matter_n do_v thing_n remain_v now_o in_o the_o same_o posture_n in_o which_o he_o leave_v they_o but_o to_o our_o great_a satisfaction_n the_o scene_n be_v alter_v the_o palace_n gate_n be_v lay_v open_a and_o those_o that_o be_v heretofore_o 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the_o four_o element_n and_o their_o act_n he_o descend_v unto_o the_o three_o principle_n of_o thing_n in_o which_o treatise_n lat._n pag._n 166._o engl._n 120._o he_o say_v conclusiuè_fw-fr dicimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n to_o conclude_v therefore_o we_o say_v that_o this_o art_n be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n alone_o which_o be_v know_v he_o must_v also_o be_v pray_v to_o that_o he_o will_v give_v his_o blessing_n to_o the_o art_n for_o without_o this_o divine_a blessing_n it_o will_v be_v of_o no_o use_n and_o unprofitable_a which_o we_o ourselves_o have_v have_v experience_n of_o see_v we_o have_v by_o reason_n of_o this_o art_n undergo_v great_a danger_n yea_o we_o have_v have_v more_o mischief_n and_o misfortune_n by_o it_o than_o advantage_n but_o there_o be_v a_o time_n when_o man_n be_v wise_a too_o late_o then_o he_o proceed_v to_o show_v how_o he_o be_v protect_v by_o divine_a providence_n in_o his_o misfortune_n and_o how_o shameful_o his_o enemy_n perish_v for_o i_o have_v 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sell_v and_o that_o vice_n do_v excel_v virtue_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o the_o preface_n to_o his_o treatise_n of_o sulphur_n he_o also_o seem_v to_o foretell_v that_o the_o dawn_n of_o the_o happy_a day_n of_o the_o adept_n be_v at_o hand_n pag._n 112._o lat._n 78._o engl._n he_o tell_v we_o those_o time_n be_v now_o past_a when_o fidelity_n among_o friend_n flourish_v and_o this_o art_n be_v communicate_v by_o word_n of_o mouth_n but_o now_o it_o be_v not_o say_v he_o obtain_v but_o by_o the_o inspiration_n of_o the_o most_o high_a god_n alone_o etc._n etc._n pag._n 79._o now_o those_o time_n be_v come_v in_o which_o many_o secret_n of_o nature_n shall_v be_v reveal_v now_o that_o four_o monarchy_n of_o the_o north_n be_v about_o to_o begin_v now_o the_o time_n be_v at_o hand_n the_o mother_n of_o science_n will_v come_v great_a thing_n shall_v be_v discover_v than_o have_v be_v do_v in_o these_o three_o last_o past_a monarchy_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o the_o very_a preface_n to_o 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the_o one_a 2d_o 3d._n four_o 5_o and_o 6_o etc._n etc._n aeyrenaeus_n sufficient_o confirm_v the_o same_o in_o his_o treatise_n de_fw-fr metallorum_fw-la transmutatione_n pag._n 12_o etc._n etc._n inter_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la levis_fw-la momenti_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la semen_fw-mi sit_fw-la cujusque_fw-la rei_fw-la semen_fw-mi habentis_fw-la perfectio_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la semen_fw-mi non_fw-la habet_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la toto_fw-la imperfectum_fw-la pag._n 27._o materia_fw-la proinde_fw-la unum_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la metallorum_fw-la nempe_fw-la mercurius_n qui_fw-la proprie_fw-la tend_v it_o add_v solemn_a lunamve_fw-la procreandum_fw-la etc._n etc._n quòd_fw-la superfluitates_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la metallicae_fw-la quòd_fw-la faeces_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la pag._n 28_o 29_o quod_fw-la faeces_fw-la sunt_fw-la seperabiles_fw-la suarum_fw-la seperatio_fw-la ante_fw-la coagulationem_fw-la est_fw-la metalli_fw-la perfectio_fw-la 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may_v easy_o be_v digest_v into_o silver_n and_o gold_n and_o then_o also_o and_o not_o till_o then_o be_v this_o say_v verify_v esttamen_fw-la unum_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o there_o be_v in_o the_o metalick_a kingdom_n one_o thing_n of_o a_o miraculous_a original_a in_o which_o our_o sol_n be_v near_o than_o in_o common_a sol_fw-la and_o luna_fw-la if_o you_o seek_v it_o in_o the_o hour_n of_o its_o nativity_n etc._n etc._n introit_n apart_a pag._n 51._o which_o will_v melt_v in_o our_o mercury_n as_o will_v ice_n in_o warm_a water_n and_o yet_o it_o have_v resemblance_n with_o gold_n the_o same_o thing_n may_v be_v find_v by_o digestion_n in_o our_o mercury_n for_o the_o spaee_n of_o a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o day_n etc._n etc._n see_v secret_n reveal_v pag._n 75._o for_o this_o mercury_n so_o digest_v into_o sol_n and_o luna_fw-la will_v again_o easy_o be_v dissolve_v in_o that_o mercury_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v form_v whereas_o to_o dissolve_v common_a gold_n by_o prepare_a 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second_o and_o three_o order_n these_o three_o conjunction_n be_v also_o call_v 1._o conjunction_n diptative_a 2._o conjunction_n triptative_a 3._o conjunction_n tetraptive_a of_o which_o more_o hereafter_o the_o philosophical_a maxim_n be_v man_n from_o man_n beast_n from_o beast_n and_o metal_n from_o metal_n etc._n etc._n dastin_n dream_n theat_n chem._n britt_n pag._n 259._o a_o man_n of_o nature_n engender_v but_o a_o man_n and_o every_o beast_n engender_v his_o semblable_a and_o as_o philosopher_n rehearse_v well_o can_v diana_z and_o venus_n in_o marriage_n be_v not_o able_a a_o horse_n with_o a_o swine_n join_v not_o in_o a_o stable_a for_o where_o be_v make_v unlikely_a geniture_n what_o follow_v but_o thing_n abominable_a which_o be_v to_o say_v monstrum_fw-la in_o nature_n pierce_v the_o black_a monk_n upon_o the_o elixir_n theat_v chem._n britt_n pag._n 271._o all_o salt_n and_o sulpher_n far_o and_o never_o i._o interdite_n hem_v alle_fw-mi in_o fere_n awl_n corosive_a water_n blood_n and_o hair_n pyss_n horn_n worm_n and_o saudiver_n alum_n atriment_n also_o i_o suspend_v rasalger_n and_o arsenic_n i_o defend_v calx_fw-la vive_fw-la and_o calx_fw-la mort_fw-fr his_o brother_n i_o suspend_v they_o both_o one_o and_o other_o for_o of_o all_o thing_n i_o will_v no_o more_o but_o four_o element_n in_o general_n i_o say_v so_o sun_n and_o moon_n earth_n and_o water_n element_n four_o element_n and_o here_o y'_v all_o that_o man_n of_o clatter_n nothing_o be_v often_o say_v by_o the_o philosopher_n than_o that_o their_o stone_n be_v make_v of_o the_o four_o element_n and_o ripley_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o king_n edward_n the_o iv_o theat_n chem._n britt_n pag._n 111._o say_v thus_o viz._n in_o the_o say_a book_n the_o philosopher_n speak_v also_o therein_o if_o it_o please_v your_o highness_n for_o to_o read_v of_o divers_a sulphur_n but_o especial_o of_o two_o and_o of_o two_o mercurye_n join_v to_o they_o indeed_o whereby_o he_o do_v true_a understander_n lead_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o principle_n which_o be_v true_a both_o red_a most_o pure_a and_o white_a as_o i_o have_v speed_n which_o be_v nevertheless_o find_fw-mi but_o of_o right_a few_o etc._n etc._n this_o i_o know_v also_o have_v another_o exposition_n of_o which_o hereafter_o theat_v chem._n britt_n 152._o numb_a 19_o ripley_v compound_v speak_v thus_o and_o be_v thou_o wise_a in_o chese_v of_o thy_o water_n medyll_v with_o no_o salt_n sulphur_n nor_o mean_n mineral_n for_o whatsoever_o any_o water_n to_o thou_o do_v clatter_n our_o sulphur_n and_o mercury_n be_v only_o in_o metal_n which_o oyly_v and_o water_n some_o man_n call_v fowlys_n and_o bird_n with_o other_o name_n many_o one_o because_o that_o folys_n shall_v never_o know_v our_o stone_n sandivog_n pag._n 5._o if_o thou_o do_v purpose_n to_o make_v a_o metal_n out_o of_o herb_n thou_o shall_v labour_v in_o pain_n as_o also_o thou_o shall_v not_o bring_v forth_o wood_n out_o of_o a_o dog_n or_o any_o other_o beast_n aeyr_n phil._n the_o metal_n metamor_n pag._n 46._o qui_fw-la vero_fw-la ex_fw-la herbis_fw-la &_o istjusmodi_fw-la rebus_fw-la mercurium_fw-la educere_fw-la tentant_fw-la sunt_fw-la minerva_fw-la crassissimae_fw-la atque_fw-la ingenij_fw-la nequissimi_fw-la aeyr_n phil._n in_o his_o ripley_n revive_v pag._n 160._o 161._o etc._n etc._n some_o will_v say_v of_o my_o book_n that_o i_o have_v write_v very_o envious_o and_o misterious_o he_o call_v the_o matter_n gold_n and_o mercury_n but_o that_o be_v but_o allusive_o but_o he_o mean_v eggshell_n calcine_v or_o vitriol_n or_o man_n blood_n or_o dew_n or_o rain_v water_n or_o salt_n peter_n or_o nitre_n or_o tartar_n or_o this_o or_o that_o thing_n etc._n etc._n gross_a sot_n thus_o to_o think_v that_o what_o i_o without_o any_o equivocation_n call_v gold_n and_o mercury_n they_o shall_v make_v to_o allude_v to_o such_o trifle_n o_o fool_n and_o blind_a think_v you_o to_o gather_v grape_n of_o thorn_n or_o figgs_n of_o thisle_n 162._o page_n 162._o if_o gold_n and_o silver_n be_v your_o intention_n to_o produce_v in_o what_o will_v you_o find_v they_o in_o egg_n or_o blood_n in_o salt_n or_o such_o thing_n what_o a_o madness_n be_v this_o etc._n etc._n but_o enough_o of_o these_o caution_n though_o much_o more_o may_v be_v say_v from_o many_o other_o author_n and_o if_o any_o raise_v a_o objection_n or_o put_v the_o question_n why_o this_o great_a universal_a medicine_n be_v only_o to_o be_v prepare_v from_o metal_n they_o shall_v find_v it_o answer_v in_o another_o place_n sandivog_n pag._n 79._o if_o thou_o will_v imitate_v nature_n let_v i_o persuade_v thou_o to_o abide_v in_o the_o simple_a way_n of_o nature_n and_o thou_o shall_v sin_v all_o good_a thing_n simplicitas_fw-la veritatis_fw-la sigillum_fw-la the_o composition_n of_o the_o four_o element_n compound_v how_o the_o element_n be_v compound_v or_o principle_n now_o to_o our_o purpose_n aeyrenaeus_n philalethes_n natu_fw-la anglus_fw-la cosmopolita_n a_o true_a adeptist_n and_o the_o last_o and_o best_a interpreter_n of_o all_o the_o ancient_a philosopher_n in_o his_o little_a book_n call_v introitus_fw-la apertus_fw-la etc._n etc._n show_v that_o this_o work_n tend_v 3._o chap._n 1._o pag._n 2._o 3._o to_o digest_v gold_n to_o the_o high_a purity_n and_o subtle_a fixity_n to_o which_o by_o nature_n and_o art_n it_o may_v be_v bring_v say_z their_o gold_n be_v twofold_a viz._n ripe_a gold_n and_o crude_a gold_n male_a and_o female_a sulphur_n and_o mercury_n that_o the_o whole_a secret_n consist_v in_o the_o mercury_n without_o which_o the_o work_n of_o alchemy_n will_v be_v in_o vain_a and_o in_o chap._n 2._o concern_v the_o principle_n of_o which_o this_o mercury_n be_v compound_v he_o say_v sciant_fw-la itaque_fw-la aquam_fw-la 4._o pag._n 4._o nostram_fw-la componi_fw-la ex_fw-la multis_fw-la etc._n etc._n let_v the_o operator_n therefore_o know_v that_o our_o water_n be_v compound_v of_o many_o 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the_o secret_n of_o the_o secres_fw-la pard_n also_o there_o be_v a_o disciple_n of_o plato_n that_o on_o a_o time_n say_v his_o master_n to_o as_o his_o book_n senior_n wool_n bear_v wytnesse_n and_o this_o be_v his_o demand_n in_o sothfastnesse_n tellme_v the_o name_n of_o the_o privy_a stone_n and_o plato_n answer_v unto_o he_o anon_o take_v the_o stone_n that_o tytano_n man_n name_v 275._o of_o titan_n magnafia_n take_v the_o cler_n light_n the_o red_a gum_n that_o be_v so_o bright_a etc._n etc._n theat_v chem._n britt_n pag._n 275._o which_o be_v that_o quoth_v he_o magnatia_n be_v the_o same_o say_a plato_n you_o sir_n and_o be_v it_o thus_o this_o be_v ignotum_fw-la per_fw-la ignotius_fw-la what_o be_v magnatia_n good_a sir_n i_o you_o pray_v it_o be_v a_o water_n that_o be_v make_v i_o say_v of_o element_n four_a quod_fw-la plato_n tell_v i_o the_o rock_n good_a sir_n quoth_v he_o tho_o of_o that_o water_n if_o it_o be_v your_o will_n nay_o nay_o quoth_v plato_n certain_a that_o i_o will_v the_o philosopher_n be_v you_o swear_v eâ—hone_v that_o they_o shall_v discover_v it_o unto_o none_o ne_o in_o no_o book_n it_o write_v in_o no_o maneâ—e_n for_o unto_o christ_n it_o be_v so_o lief_a and_o dear_a that_o he_o wool_fw-mi not_o that_o it_o discover_v be_v but_o where_o it_o like_v to_o his_o deite_n man_n to_o inspire_v and_o eke_o for_o to_o desende_v when_o that_o he_o like_v to_o this_o be_v his_o end_n thus_o you_o see_v how_o the_o ancient_a philopher_n be_v swear_v not_o to_o discover_v their_o rock_n of_o clear_a water_n and_o that_o this_o work_n be_v the_o high_a piece_n of_o philosophy_n in_o nature_n this_o water_n be_v make_v of_o the_o four_o element_n say_v plato_n so_o be_v the_o join_n of_o the_o two_o first_o principle_n say_v to_o be_v the_o mix_n of_o the_o four_o element_n the_o one_o be_v hot_a and_o dry_a the_o other_o cold_a and_o moist_a this_o water_n be_v also_o call_v aqua_fw-la divina_fw-la aqua_fw-la benedicta_fw-la 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may_v easy_o find_v out_o the_o man._n he_o also_o call_v this_o matter_n be_v purge_v luna_fw-la so_o soon_o say_v he_o as_o mercury_n perceive_v the_o power_n of_o god_n sol_n it_o be_v no_o long_o mercury_n but_o luna_n that_o this_o mercury_n be_v whole_o change_v and_o turn_v about_o so_o that_o be_v inward_a be_v draw_v outward_a but_o no_o part_n separate_v from_o another_o etc._n etc._n but_o what_o need_v many_o word_n you_o have_v the_o thing_n before_o so_o sufficient_o describe_v that_o i_o may_v say_v he_o that_o can_v thereby_o easy_o name_v it_o savour_v nothing_o at_o all_o of_o ingenuity_n this_o soul_n say_v my_o master_n as_o it_o be_v draw_v from_o the_o saturnia_fw-la solid_a and_o dry_a be_v call_v our_o air_n or_o rather_o the_o chameleon_n which_o be_v a_o airy_a body_n but_o indeed_o it_o have_v a_o hundred_o other_o name_n this_o say_v he_o be_v true_a sulphur_n which_o be_v imbibe_v by_o the_o mercuriality_n of_o saturnia_n and_o note_n it_o with_o the_o 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aqua_fw-la simplex_fw-la balneum_fw-la coelum_fw-la humiditas_fw-la ignis_fw-la humidus_fw-la ignis_fw-la contra_fw-la naturam_fw-la liquor_n vegetabilis_fw-la crudus_fw-la luna_fw-la mater_fw-la materia_fw-la lunaria_n mercurius_fw-la crudus_fw-la mercurius_fw-la dissolvens_fw-la ministerium_fw-la primum_fw-la quinta_fw-la essentia_fw-la spiritus_fw-la crudus_fw-la spiritus_fw-la cocti_fw-la sepulchurum_fw-la sperma_fw-la mercurii_n stomachus_fw-la struthionis_fw-la vas_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la visitatio_fw-la occultorum_fw-la &_o argentum_fw-la vivum_fw-la crudum_fw-la à _fw-la minera_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la extractum_fw-la pag._n 48._o after_o some_o alteration_n of_o it_o aqua_fw-la divina_fw-la aqua_fw-la mundi_fw-la aqua_fw-la venenosa_fw-la aqua_fw-la auri_fw-la aquila_fw-la caput_fw-la corvi_n fimus_fw-la equinus_fw-la flos_fw-la aeris_fw-la fumus_fw-la igneus_fw-la humidum_fw-la igneum_fw-la igneum_fw-la venenum_fw-la ignis_fw-la innaturalis_fw-la leo_fw-la viridis_fw-la lutum_fw-la magisterii_fw-la magnesia_n nigra_fw-la nigrum_fw-la nigrius_fw-la nigro_n nummus_fw-la oleum_fw-la saturni_n plumbum_fw-la nigrum_fw-la pulvis_fw-la niger_n putrefactio_fw-la res_fw-la vilis_fw-la ros_fw-fr coelestibus_fw-la sigillum_fw-la hermetis_fw-la spiritus_fw-la foetens_fw-la sputum_fw-la lunae_fw-la terr_v a_o nigra_fw-la vapour_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o book_n call_v palladium_n spagyricum_n be_v hundred_o of_o name_n yet_o i_o approve_v not_o his_o cunning._n second_o as_o to_o the_o male_a or_o fire_n pag._n 57_o adam_n anima_fw-la aries_n anrum_fw-la vivum_fw-la corpus_fw-la rubeum_fw-la ferrum_fw-la forma_fw-la frater_fw-la gumma_fw-la rubea_fw-la ignis_fw-la naturae_fw-la lapis_fw-la rubeus_fw-la lytargyrium_n rubeum_fw-la lux_fw-la mane_fw-la mars_n magnesia_n rubea_fw-la oleum_fw-la martis_n oleum_fw-la incombustibile_fw-la pater_fw-la pars_fw-la una_fw-la rex_fw-la rubedo_n sal_fw-la rubeum_fw-la sericon_fw-la sol_fw-la sulphur_n rubeum_fw-la sulphur_n vivum_fw-la terra_fw-la rubea_fw-la vitriolum_fw-la rubeum_fw-la de_fw-fr predictorum_fw-la duorum_fw-la conjunctione_n pag._n 22._o aqua_fw-la secunda_fw-la arcanum_fw-la argentum_fw-la nostra_fw-la aqua_fw-la nostra_fw-la vivum_fw-la chaos_n corpus_fw-la confusum_fw-la cuprum_fw-la ae_z nostrum_fw-la ae_z philosophorum_fw-la fumus_fw-la aquosus_fw-la ignis_fw-la alienus_fw-la lapis_fw-la mineralis_fw-la lapis_fw-la unus_fw-la lapis_fw-la in_o capitulis_fw-la notus_fw-la laton_n materia_fw-la una_fw-la massa_fw-la consusa_fw-la minera_fw-la nostra_fw-la menstruum_fw-la secundam_fw-la ouum_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la radix_fw-la una_fw-la res_fw-la una_fw-la &_o res_fw-la vilis_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 38._o ae_z album_fw-la argentum_fw-la vivum_fw-la animatum_fw-la arsenicum_fw-la aurum_fw-la aurum_fw-la album_fw-la corpus_fw-la album_fw-la eva_n fundamentum_fw-la artis_fw-la gumma_fw-la alba_fw-la hermophroditus_n lac_n virgin_n lapis_fw-la unus_fw-la luna_fw-la plena_fw-la magnesia_n materia_fw-la una_fw-la metallorum_fw-la mercurius_n occidens_fw-la plumbum_fw-la album_fw-la radix_fw-la artis_fw-la sal_fw-la alchali_n sapo_fw-la sapientum_fw-la soror_fw-la sperma_fw-la metallorum_fw-la stannum_fw-la sulphur_n album_fw-la terra_fw-la fructuosa_fw-la vitrum_fw-la vrina_n puerorum_fw-la vultur_n with_o many_o other_o and_o which_o be_v sometime_o indifferent_o apply_v to_o either_o of_o the_o addition_n of_o the_o three_o principle_n or_o earth_n you_o observe_v before_o that_o it_o be_v say_v the_o former_a matter_n be_v unite_v and_o revive_v dove_n diana_n dove_n into_o a_o mineral_n water_n by_o the_o mediation_n of_o diana_n dove_n be_v the_o sharp_a spirit_n that_o in_o the_o water_n move_v the_o body_n to_o putrefy_v this_o be_v the_o same_o with_o what_o aeyrenaeus_n write_v in_o his_o introitus_fw-la apertus_fw-la in_o several_a part_n thereof_o pag._n 5._o disce_fw-la igitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n learn_v therefore_o who_o be_v the_o companion_n of_o cadmus_n and_o what_o be_v that_o serpent_n who_o devour_v they_o what_o be_v that_o hollow_a oak_n to_o which_o cadmus_n fasten_v the_o serpent_n learn_v what_o the_o dove_n of_o diana_n 9_o pag._n 9_o be_v which_o overcome_v the_o lion_n by_o asswage_v he_o i_o say_v the_o green_a lion_n which_o indeed_o be_v the_o babylonian_a dragon_n kill_v all_o thing_n with_o his_o poison_n at_o length_n learn_v to_o know_v the_o caducean_n rod_n of_o mercury_n with_o which_o he_o work_v
accompany_v with_o a_o rawness_n and_o inconstancy_n in_o the_o fire_n the_o impure_a carry_v away_o the_o pure_a pag._n 44._o that_o the_o matter_n of_o sol_fw-mi and_o matter_n our_o work_n be_v to_o advance_v the_o light_n in_o the_o matter_n luna_n be_v earthly_a but_o our_o work_n be_v to_o advance_v the_o light_n in_o the_o matter_n to_o a_o millenary_a virtue_n that_o it_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v swallow_v up_o of_o the_o form_n and_o pag._n 164._o i_o grant_v and_o know_v that_o all_o thing_n original_o owe_v all_o their_o principle_n material_a unto_o water_n and_o all_o their_o formal_a unto_o light_n etc._n etc._n so_o then_o the_o matter_n reside_v in_o water_n the_o inform_v in_o light_n and_o the_o determination_n of_o the_o form_n which_o be_v as_o i_o may_v say_v the_o form_n formality_n be_v in_o the_o will_n of_o the_o creator_n first_o impress_v or_o seal_v in_o the_o word_n fiat_fw-la and_o ratify_v in_o his_o command_n producat_fw-la unumquodque_fw-la juxta_fw-la speciem_fw-la svam_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o mixture_n can_v be_v make_v but_o in_o the_o same_o genus_fw-la or_o species_n and_o sometime_o disproportion_n hinder_v mixture_n pag._n 260._o the_o most_o noble_a fire_n be_v fire_n to_o multiply_v the_o natural_a fire_n natural_a which_o be_v that_o which_o we_o seek_v to_o have_v multiply_v and_o that_o be_v the_o sulphur_n of_o gold_n or_o rather_o its_o very_a tincture_n it_o be_v that_o which_o we_o seek_v for_o and_o we_o use_v mercury_n for_o sol_n his_o sake_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 264._o the_o seed_n of_o gold_n be_v a_o fiery_a form_n of_o light_n which_o nothing_o in_o the_o world_n want_v and_o therefore_o it_o will_v be_v a_o great_a anomalum_fw-la if_o it_o shall_v be_v only_o definite_a in_o metal_n the_o choice_n of_o all_o sublimary_a body_n pag._n 26_o 27._o upon_o the_o exposition_n of_o sir_n g._n r._n epistle_n speak_v of_o the_o internal_a fire_n he_o tell_v we_o all_o our_o work_n then_o be_v only_o to_o multiply_v this_o fire_n so_o long_o until_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o sulphur_n be_v augment_v again_o this_o fire_n be_v a_o invisible_a spirit_n and_o that_o god_n only_o govern_v this_o way_n of_o internal_a fire_n man_n be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o progress_n thereof_o only_o by_o reason_n behold_v its_o operation_n etc._n etc._n from_o all_o which_o it_o plain_o appear_v that_o this_o art_n tend_v to_o the_o multiplication_n of_o the_o fire_n of_o nature_n which_o be_v a_o fiery_a form_n of_o light_n a_o invisible_a spirit_n etc._n etc._n now_o it_o be_v grant_v on_o all_o hand_n that_o this_o multiplication_n be_v make_v by_o reiteration_n of_o the_o work_n whereby_o both_o quality_n and_o quantity_n may_v be_v great_o augment_v for_o the_o virtue_n of_o it_o at_o the_o first_o be_v nothing_o in_o respect_n to_o what_o it_o may_v be_v advance_v to_o this_o art_n of_o multiplication_n etc._n etc._n be_v now_o teach_v by_o many_o book_n though_o the_o ancient_a philosopher_n will_v scarce_o discover_v it_o to_o a_o brother_n as_o it_o be_v somewhere_o say_v of_o count_n trevisan_n as_o i_o remember_v that_o one_o who_o know_v both_o the_o matter_n and_o work_n of_o the_o stone_n follow_v he_o about_o ten_o year_n to_o request_v he_o to_o teach_v he_o the_o manner_n of_o multiply_v which_o he_o will_v not_o grant_v because_o the_o other_o have_v the_o same_o book_n as_o himself_o have_v yet_o there_o be_v different_a way_n of_o it_o both_o by_o cibation_n fermentation_n and_o projection_n of_o which_o sir_n george_n ripley_n have_v treat_v in_o his_o last_o six_o gate_n which_o the_o famous_a aeyrenaeus_n also_o expound_v and_o doubtless_o there_o be_v a_o great_a love_n and_o good_a will_n manifest_v by_o he_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o ingenious_a but_o we_o be_v not_o like_a to_o be_v any_o better_a for_o his_o good_a intent_n malice_n or_o self-conceitedness_a have_v deprive_v we_o of_o they_o for_o there_o be_v a_o advertisement_n in_o the_o book_n of_o ripley_n revive_v after_o pag_n 44._o which_o tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v aeyrenaeus_n his_o own_o desire_n to_o benefit_v the_o world_n by_o his_o labour_n and_o that_o he_o give_v his_o consent_n to_o mr._n starkey_n for_o the_o deed._n mr._n starkeys_n deed._n print_n his_o piece_n as_o appear_v in_o his_o preface_n to_o the_o marrow_n of_o alchemy_n and_o that_o great_a pity_n it_o be_v that_o mr._n starkey_n do_v separate_v this_o author_n commentary_n upon_o sir_n george_n ripley_n twelve_o gate_n which_o he_o do_v say_v the_o book_n as_o i_o be_v inform_v by_o one_o unto_o whm_n he_o give_v the_o very_a book_n from_o which_o he_o confess_v he_o have_v cut_v the_o least_o six_o gate_n the_o person_n demand_v the_o reason_n whereof_o he_o cut_v they_o asunder_o he_o answer_v that_o the_o world_n be_v unworthy_a of_o they_o which_o nevertheless_o he_o promise_v to_o give_v that_o person_n a_o transcript_n of_o but_o do_v not_o which_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o they_o can_v yet_o be_v find_v the_o loss_n of_o which_o be_v very_o much_o lament_v etc._n etc._n well_o since_o it_o can_v no_o better_o be_v let_v we_o see_v what_o mr._n starkey_n have_v leave_v the_o world_n to_o requite_v we_o for_o this_o great_a loss_n i_o find_v george_n starkey_n nature_n explication_n and_o helmont_n vindication_n etc._n etc._n 8._o lond._n 1658._o his_o marrow_n of_o chemical_a physic_n alkahest_n of_o the_o liquor_n alkahest_n or_o make_v chemical_a medicine_n 12._o lond_n 1661._o his_o pyrotechny_n assert_v and_o illustrate_v late_o reprint_v 1696._o it_o be_v dedicate_v to_o robert_n boyle_n esquire_n the_o two_o first_o i_o have_v not_o read_v the_o latter_a i_o have_v by_o i_o wherein_o he_o will_v have_v we_o understand_v he_o know_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o liquor_n alchahest_n which_o can_v divide_v the_o principle_n of_o all_o thing_n in_o pa._n 18._o he_o promise_v among_o other_o to_o discover_v its_o matter_n and_o manner_n of_o make_v which_o say_v he_o i_o presume_v to_o a_o son_n of_o art_n will_v be_v account_v a_o rich_a legacy_n in_o chap._n xiii_o pag._n 35._o he_o come_v to_o the_o matter_n and_o manner_n but_o i_o think_v very_o few_o will_v understand_v either_o of_o they_o from_o his_o word_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o it_o take_v its_o original_a from_o a_o loathsome_a subject_n from_o a_o matter_n in_o all_o the_o world_n most_o corruptible_a impure_a and_o mutual_a that_o it_o be_v from_o a_o body_n of_o two_o distinct_a nature_n and_o that_o the_o mean_n of_o its_o production_n be_v by_o reiterated_a solution_n and_o a_o intervening_a coagulation_n and_o thus_o be_v the_o subject_a bring_v to_o the_o most_o subtle_a atom_n of_o which_o in_o nature_n it_o be_v capable_a this_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o his_o discovery_n but_o we_o have_v another_o book_n of_o the_o liquor_n alchahest_n by_o j._n a._n pyrophilus_n 1675._o dedicate_v to_o r._n boyle_n esq_n which_o he_o say_v he_o partly_o publish_v in_o justness_n to_o the_o dead_a who_o he_o say_v be_v abold_a champion_n of_o pyrotechny_n but_o die_v in_o 1666._o and_o that_o this_o tract_n be_v posthume_n it_o thereby_o also_o appear_v to_o be_v mr._n starkey_n tract_n wherein_o he_o say_v the_o matter_n be_v vile_a and_o cost_v nothing_o every_o man_n have_v it_o the_o poor_a as_o well_o as_o the_o rich_a that_o adam_n carry_v it_o with_o he_o out_o of_o paradise_n and_o about_o pag._n 20._o give_v some_o receipt_n of_o it_o and_o that_o it_o be_v the_o product_n of_o man_n urine_n this_o indeed_o be_v ingenuous_a and_o profitable_a to_o the_o world_n for_o this_o liquor_n alchahest_n as_o be_v say_v can_v reduce_v all_o thing_n to_o its_o first_o principle_n and_o separate_v the_o good_a from_o the_o bad_a yet_o mix_v entire_o with_o none_o always_o to_o be_v entire_o separate_v from_o they_o in_o virtue_n and_o quantity_n whereby_o excellent_a medicine_n may_v be_v prepare_v the_o knowledge_n of_o this_o liquor_n he_o say_v he_o gather_v from_o helmont_n and_o paracelsus_n pag._n 2_o and_o 3._o the_o knowledge_n and_o preparation_n of_o it_o he_o say_v be_v the_o work_n of_o most_o abstruse_a philosophy_n the_o hope_n and_o crown_n of_o the_o adepti_fw-la and_o in_o his_o pyrotechny_n assert_v pag._n 26_o 27._o he_o say_v it_o be_v the_o noble_a and_o most_o eminent_a of_o all_o key_n more_o universal_a in_o its_o operation_n than_o the_o particular_a mercury_n of_o the_o philosopher_n which_o be_v but_o a_o particular_a thing_n applicable_a to_o its_o own_o kind_a and_o that_o in_o reference_n to_o a_o generative_a multiplication_n of_o species_n whereas_o this_o liquor_n act_v universal_o and_o without_o limitation_n on_o all_o subject_n in_o the_o whole_a world_n which_o it_o destroy_v as_o to_o their_o vita_fw-la ultima_fw-la and_o perfect_o reduce_v their_o first_o matter_n in_o which_o their_o eminent_a
pleasure_n 20._o that_o god_n have_v a_o rule_v hand_n herein_o and_o the_o son_n of_o art_n have_v their_o commission_n give_v they_o as_o to_o write_v and_o teach_v etc._n etc._n that_o he_o write_v only_o to_o the_o deserve_n that_o his_o book_n be_v but_o as_o way-mark_n and_o he_o do_v what_o he_o may_v to_o shut_v out_o the_o unworthy_a yet_o so_o plain_o he_o say_v have_v he_o write_v that_o as_o many_o as_o god_n have_v appoint_v to_o this_o mastery_n shall_v certain_o understand_v and_o have_v cause_n to_o thank_v he_o for_o his_o faithfulness_n etc._n etc._n 21._o our_o book_n say_v he_o be_v for_o those_o who_o have_v be_v or_o intend_v to_o be_v conversant_a about_o the_o search_n of_o nature_n we_o hint_n the_o way_n prayer_n to_o god_n and_o patience_n persist_v in_o the_o use_n of_o mean_n must_v open_v these_o door_n let_v therefore_o profound_a meditation_n accompany_v with_o the_o blessing_n of_o god_n furnace_n coal_n glass_n and_o indefatigable_a pain_n be_v thy_o interpreter_n and_o let_v they_o serve_v for_o commentary_n upon_o our_o write_n so_o i_o do_v so_o i_o advise_v thou_o and_o the_o blessi_n of_o god_n attend_v all_o studious_a virtuous_a searcher_n in_o this_o way_n in_o his_o tract_n of_o the_o transmutation_n of_o metal_n pag._n 14._o he_o tell_v we_o that_o even_o the_o most_o expert_a in_o this_o art_n be_v very_o obscure_a if_o not_o envious_a as_o geber_n arnold_n and_o lul_n etc._n etc._n from_o hence_o be_v the_o labyrinth_n from_o hence_o also_o that_o odious_a name_n of_o the_o art_n etc._n etc._n but_o he_o advise_v to_o a_o firm_a resolution_n etc._n etc._n in_o pag._n 15._o he_o say_v iter_fw-la secretum_fw-la esse_fw-la oportet_fw-la ut_fw-la nulli_fw-la suus_fw-la labour_n inotescat_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o give_v several_a good_a reason_n 16._o he_o advise_v the_o searcher_n of_o this_o art_n to_o be_v diligent_a private_a and_o retire_a unless_o he_o can_v have_v a_o faithful_a companion_n one_o and_o no_o more_o 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