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A76069	Basilius Valentinus, monk, of the Order of St. Bennet: his last will and testament Which being alone, he hid under a table of marble, behinde the high-altar of the Cathedral Church, in the Imperial City of Erford: leaving it there to be found by him, whom Gods providence should make worthy of it. Wherein, he sufficiently, declares the wayes he wrought to obtain the philosophers stone: which he taught unto his fellow collegians, so that they all attained the said philosophers stone, whereby not onely the leprous bodies of the impure, and inferior metals are reduced unto the pure and perfect body of gold and silver, but also all manner of diseases whatsoever are cured in the bodies of unhealthfull men, and kept thereby in perfect health unto the prolonging of their lives. A work long expected.	Basilius Valentinus.	1658 (1658)	Wing B1016; ESTC R231639	202,436	343

●nto us all a blessed resurrection Amen This high and mighty example having its foundation ●ot in humane thoughts wit or pride or in an ungrounded ●ating but in the great Creatour's true word which he ●ath revealed unto us through his servant and holy Prophet Moses doth inform you what you ought to do further with our new begotten Creature that you may get a perfect ●●rth without any defect to the praise of the Highest the ●ather of lights and mercy from whom we receive all per●ect gifts which he graciously bestoweth on his Children ●or which we are not able to return sufficient thanks unto ●im Now if you will proceed well in your work then joyn ●he new body with his Soul which you formerly drew ●●om that the compound in its vertue be compleat and ●here be apparent in the end a plusquam perfection of it ●hen is begotten the Red King of all glorie in a fiery sub●tance and highly clarified body exalted above all powers ●pon earth from thence ariseth the golden fountain he that thinketh of it is renewed in all his Members and there is rised wholly a new life for the which God be praised for ever more The augmentation of this huge treasure together with the fermentation thereof for the transmutation of Metalls doubtlesse you have taken notice of exactly afore where I wrote of Gold how it must be handled and what direction I have given you thereunto the same you must observe for here is all one processe from the middle to the end the beginning onely asketh alteration by reason of the two distinct matters for the which God be praised whom we beseech to give us his grace and blessing that we may make good use of this treasure and after this life we may enter into the heavenly Kingdom The love to my Neighbour hath moved me to write of these things which in my long experience I found to be true following the steps of bountifull nature which made me a Sooth-sayer in natural things and I am assured that if these my writings are made publick after my death and my other books sharing in the same fortune that they must undergo many censures For some will extreamly condem● me delivering me unto Satan because I have written so plainly Others there will be which will quite overthrow my writings crying out to be Lies Superstition and Diabolical works the like censure other illuminated men before me have undergone which they feel to this day for men are so incredulous in these points that so mighty an operation should be found against all manner of infirmities besides the transmutation of Metals in so despicable a mat●er over which the Iron Man with his espoused Wife Venus ●ogether with the deep glittering Sol is and must have the ●redominancie and with incredible profit it should by ●rt ●e brought to such perfection The Art being great and ●he matter so contemptible it procureth the more doubt ●nd unbelief these unbelieving men I let understand one●y this notable example whereby the eyes of those that ●re going unto Emaus shall be opened and thereby shall ●●owledge that I have written no untruth but disclosed 〈◊〉 a truth very plainly And note that the ancient Phi●●phers endeavoured to describe the preparation of the ●●e under a notion of distilling of wine and the spirit ●●eof which in their work are almost like one to an●er For I they taught out of the best wine to make a ●it without any strange phlegme which to this day ●●ng vulgar Artists must be and is called the right and ●e mystical spirit of wine whereas it may soon be proved ●r this supposed spirit of wine containeth much invisible ●midity or phlegme in an insensible manner which is ●hing else but its vegetable Mercury for the fiery spirit wine is the true fire and soul of the wine Every Sulphur ●●taineth secretly its original and principal Mercury Ve●ables in their kinde the Animals in their kinde and 〈◊〉 Minerals also after their kinde 2. They taught how ●s spirit of wine must be separated in two distinct parts ●mely this spirit of wine be poured upon white calcined ●●ar and be drawn over in a gentle distillation In this ●●illation is separated the secret and true spirit of wine ●m his Vegetable Mercury as I faithfully informed you 〈◊〉 my Manuals From the remainng earth they taught a ●t be drawn to be added to the rectified spirit whereby 〈◊〉 is fortified and strengthned in his substance and at last ●e Philosopher stone should be generated It is mightily ●ainst Gods ordinance that a Vegetable should produce 〈◊〉 Animal or an Animal produce a Mineral By way of ●parable the practice part is held forth under the notion 〈◊〉 this preparation Now as they taught of the wine so in ●●e manner also through a short way our Gold can be pre●red not the usual and common Gold and may be dis●lved divided separated and brought into its first prin●ple But you must note that this dissolution and separation ●as never described plainly by any of the ancient Philoso●hers which lived before me and knew the Magisterium ●hy I do it the love to my Neighbour hath moved me thereunto which I bear from the Center of my heart to those which overcome this mystery without falshood 〈◊〉 mingling vices with a faithfull heart in a sincere kn●●ledge and real piety In the first place be inform'd 〈◊〉 our Gold so much spoken of hitherto must never be ●●ken for such Gold by any of our Disciples which hath b● melted and fully digested by nature for herein such ●rour is committed that men dilapidate all what they h●● and loose both the beginning and end of all their wo●●● Although not onely from Gold but from other Metals 〈◊〉 this Clenodium and Jewel may be had in the prepara●●●● of it particulariter much profit and advantage may be ●●ten in that which concerneth mans health as hath be formerly told however without the spirit of Mercury 〈◊〉 Universal of the World to be gotten meerly from the b●● of Sol is impossible and will be impossible unlesse Creatour of all things produce another ordinance to cha●● and alter his Creature after his own will But as that impossible so it is impossible also to deal against G●● Creature in that kinde as to finde out that wholesom p●●fit which to your longing desire you expect You m●● believe it for a truth as Christ himself is that the Philo●●pher's stone would not be so strange rare and unkno●● a thing it would be common to Kings and Potentates 〈◊〉 God would permit to be made of Gold alone and the th●● Jewels of infinite fixed vertues hid therein could be 〈◊〉 out of it My intent is not in this present Treatise to use any p●●lixity in writing those that are not quite blinde and ha●● their eyes open have enough already to attain unto 〈◊〉 knowledge and command both his minde and hands ●o to passe by the weightiest and esteem high