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A75271	Five treatises of the philosophers stone. Two of Alphonso King of Portugall, as it was written with his own hand, and taken out of his closset: translated out of the Portugez into English. One of John Sawtre a Monke, translated into English. Another written by Florianus Raudorff, a German philosopher, and translated out of the same language, into English. Also a treatise of the names of the philosophers stone, by William Gratacolle, translated into English. To which is added the Smaragdine Table. / By the paines and care of H.P.	Afonso V, King of Portugal, 1432-1481.; H. P.	1651 (1651)	Wing A2900; Thomason E654_5; ESTC R205924	41,579	80

you passe the forty dayes and more yet still keepe the water in a glasse bottle Change it from the receiving glasse into another and put it upon hot ashes and then thou shalt have or draw out a lighter element in weight called Ayre which you must subtily put into a bottle and stop the mouth of it very close with Hermes his seale and its necke also be carefull that you let not forth the aire Put in or to the glasse another receiver after having strongly luted it and make such a fire as that by his great heat the pot may distill this Element keep with carefulnesse for it is the Element of Fire and then thankes be to God in this worke thou hast separated the foure Elements After the division of this Chaos thou must now thinke of joyning them together againe for if thou meanest to joyne and make that world which was disunited the only matter which is in the bottome of the glasse must bee retayned or kept and softned by grinding and then the composition put into a glasse Let this glasse bee round bodied and long neckt which glasse or bottle you must fortifie by luting and set it upon the coales that it may have the force of the fire in such a maner that it may rise ten degrees Titans Wife of the beloved Bed and in this maner it wil be converted into a hard substance In another like glasse put this with a quarter of its weight of the reserved water and then stop the mouth of it well and put it in a brasse furnace or vessell and put it upon hot ashes and keepe such a fire to it as the matter may become dry as it was before This being done and the congealing and drying being past as I have said do the like again with its fourth or quarter part of that Royall water The infusion must be reitterated and the fourth time ended of doing the same work know that thou hast satisfied the drougth or drouth or thirst that this substance had after that water Hast thou not seen the earth when it wants raine how barren it shews no fruit to be seen but all looks like a fallow ground and every thing like to perish But if the rain falls to refresh it it makes it fruitfull for generation or increase and every seed that is sown in its proper time brings forth its fruit And continuing disperseth its watery power into all plants and trees and makes the fruit appeare on every bough even so goes this matter preparing the Ayre which you kept in the bottle you must give drink to five severall times the tenth part of its quantity at a time so that in all it must have halfe its own weight and alwayes at every time be dryed up Then on a Copper plate in a flaming fire try this matter if it will consume in smoake for you must presume it to be of the nature of the Ganimedes to flie up to Heaven but if it flies not upwards then it is not yet well done but you must give it more water and trye again whether or no it hath his true spirit Cause it to drink a quarter part of its weight that first it was of which will be the tenth part of the Aire and as you did it before so do it again then prove it upon the Copper Plate to trye if it will evaporate and smoake then turne againe to what you did before Then put the matter in sublimation and when you shall see it all rise up that which riseth not but remaineth in the bottome give it drink again according as is aforesayd prove it again upon the plate and so continually trye it till it riseth and then you shall be sure that in the bottome will remain a black earth like a dead body in the glasse As the Ganimedes went up to Heaven so thou shalt see this matter exalted It shall be demanded from the God of the earth by Jove from whom it was stolen it having been left with Demogorgon and shall be restored and if thou sublimate it oftentimes grinding it untill it come at last to be firme it will all remain in the bottome of the glasse To this matter there wants ingression because there wants the fourth Element therefore make this operation in a fire neither great nor little but when thou puttest it in its inflammation take the pot and be sure that not one drop or tittle of any foule thing comes to it before thou seest infusion If then thou seest it become like wax that it will rope then thou hast a vast great Treasure that thy estate shall be advanced to more than the riches of Midas 100. parts of Mercury put on the fire and when it begins to fume away then temper it with one of this matter and presume thou hast brought it to the perfect medicine And if another time thou dost the same worke one part of this applyed to 100 will turn likewise to the second medicine and one part of this is a great reward being applied to 100 parts of Mercury hot or any other mettal being melted making it becom Gold most high and sublime For which the Lord be praised FINIS The Booke of John Sawtre a Monke concerning the Philosophers Stone ALL things consisting of Naturall bodies aswell perfect as unperfect in the beginning of Creation were compounded and made of foure natures and those foure natures bee the foure Elements viz. Fire Aire Water and Earth the which God omnipotent did congelate mingle and married together in his masse of Poyse for in these foure Elements is the Privity hid of Philosophers and when their natures be comming and reducted together into one then they bee made another thing whereupon it appeareth that all things universall and variable bee of the foure Elements ingendred naturally and changed together whereupon Rasis sayth Simple generation and naturall permutation is the operation of the Elements but it is necessary that Elements be of one kinde and not divers for otherwise they have not action and passion together for as Aristotle sayth There is no true generation but of such as be convenient and agreeing amongst themselves Therefore doe not search that thing of nature that is not of nature or things not according to their nature for the Elder tree doeth not bring forth Peares nor the Thorne tree Pomegranats for we doe never gather grapes of Thornes or figges of Thistles for they offer no things but such as are like themselves nor doe they bring forth other fruit then their owne Therefore it is necessary that our medicine bee taken chiefly of such things as it consisteth in but there bee many men busying themselves and medling greatly and diversly therein that now a daies goe about to get the same medicine of dry stones and divers kinds of salts as of Sal alkali Sal. gem vitriol Sal-armoniack and allome cicory tutty attramentum saffron burnt brasse vitrioll Romane verdegris sulphur auripigmentum arsnick and

be done and put the fire to it as you did formerly till it bee congealed also and proceed so long in it till all the matter be congealed And know that Philosophers for the generallity have concealed the Congelation in their books and none of them as far as we can finde have disclosed it only Larikalix who hath composed it into many Chapters and produced it in the German tongue without any alteration which he revealed unto me without any reservation or deceit CHAP. 29. Calcination HAving treated of Congealation and Fixation now we come to the Calcination We take the known matter and put it into an Urinall and set a head upon it luting it well set it in the Oven of ashes make a continued great fire for a sennight then that which is not fix riseth into the Alimbeck which wee call Hermes his bird and that which remaines in the bottome of the glasse is like ashes or sifted earth called the Philosophers Earth out of which they make their foundation and out of it they make their increase or augmentation through heat and moystness this earth is composed of foure Elements but are not contrary one to another for their contrariety is changed or reduced to an agreement unto an uniforme nature then we take the moyst part reserve it apart to a further use which afterward must be put to it as you shall heare We take this earth or ashes which is a very fixed thing and put it into a strong earthen pot unto which we lute its lid and set it in a calcining Oven that the fire may beat on it above and below and that fire we continue for three dayes so that the pot is alwayes red hot we make of a stone a white calx and the things which are of water and earth-nature are of fire's nature for every calx is of a fires nature which is hot and dry CHAP. 30. Subtiliation of the foure Elements into the fifth essence VVEE have spoken of Calcination in which we have brought things to the highest subtility namely to fire's nature now we must further subtiliate the foure Elements we take a little quantity of this Calx viz. if we have 100 pounds we keep no more than the fourth part the other we set into dissolution with a good deale of fresh mercury even as we had done formerly and so follow from Chapter to Chapter from time to time as formerly hath been proceeded in CHAP 31. Changing Fire into Water NOw my dearest that you may change the fix into a volatile thing that is Fire into Water know that that which was of sire's nature is now become the nature of water and that which was fix is now become volatile and being made very subtile then we take 1. p. of this water and put it to the reserved Calx and we adde as much of the water unto that it go over it two or three fingers breadth over the Calx then we put fire under for three dayes long thus it congealeth sooner than at first for Calx is hot and dry and sucks in the humidity greedily this Congelation must be continued till it be quite congealed afterward we calcine it as formerly being quite calcined it is called the quintessence because it is of a more subtile nature than Fire and because of the transmutation formerly made CHAP. 32. The Philosophers Examples ALL this being done then our medicine is finish'd and nothing but the ingression is wanting that the matter may have an ingresse into imperfect mettalls Plato and many other Philosophers begun this worke againe with dissolving subliming or subtiliating congealing calcining as at first and that medicine which we call a ferment transmutes Mercury into its nature in which it is dissolved and sublimed Philophers say our medicine transmutes infinitely imperfect mettals and say that he which attaineth once to the perfection of it hath no more need of it to make any more but they speake it mystically in their expressions CHAP. 33. How our medicine transmuteth mettalls into Sol and Luna KNowing that our medicine converteth imperfect mettalls into Sol and Luna according to the nature and forme of the matter out of which it is made therefore know that wee now at second time say that this our medicine is of that nature that it transmuteth converts divideth asunder like fire and is of a more subtile nature than fire for it is of a nature of the quintessences as we sayd before therefore it converts Mercury into its nature seeing our medicine is of a converting nature as our body converts Mercury into its nature which is an imperfect body or mettall and the grossenesse of mettall it turneth into ashes or powder therefore our medicine is of a dividing separating nature as you see fire doth not turn all the world into its nature but only that which is of its nature and the rest it turneth to ashes CHAP. 34. Reason why a Spirit is made of a Body VVEE shewed by reall reason how a body is turned into a spirit and againe a spirit is turned into a body viz. out of a fixed this is made a volatile and of a volatile a fixed thing the earth is turned to water and aire and the aire into fire and the fire to an earth the earth into a fire and the fire is turned to aire and the aire is turned into water and the water is become an earth Now the earth which was of fire's nature is brought to the nature of quintessence Thus we have spoken of all the wayes of transmuting perform'd through heat and moystnesse and have made out of dry a moyst thing and out of the moyst a dry one otherwise natures which are of severall motions and of severall mansions could not be brought to one uniforme thing if one should bee turned in the others nature CHAP. 35. Accomplishment of Philosophers sayings WEE having brought the matter to the abovesayd points then have we done and wrought according to the Philosophers sayings when they say in their Books Rising from the Earth into Heaven and comming downe from Heaven into the Earth to that sense to make the body which is of earth into a spirit which is a subtile thing in his nature and then to reduce the spirit into a body which is a grosse low thing changing one Element into another as earth into water water into ayre ayre into fire then fire is turned into water and water into fire and that into a more subtile nature and quintessence Having thus done then are you come to the glory of the world be dutifull to God remember the poore CHAP. 36. Ingression TAke quicke Sulphur melt it in an earthen vessell well glazed being melted powr it forth into a Lie made of Calx vive and willow ashes let all these boyle in a kettle gently an oyle swimmeth on the top which take and keepe having enough of it we mingle it with sand distill it through the Alimbeck so long till it become

this Science to search except he know the beginning of true nature and her government which being known he needeth not many things but one thing nor doth it require great charges because the Stone is one the Medicine one the Vessell one the Government one and the disposition one c. And let this suffice from your faithfull unknowne friend H. P. The Smaragdine Table of Hermes Trismegistus of Alchymy The words of the Secrets of Hermes which were written in a Smaragdine Table and found betweene his hands in an obscure Vault wherein his body lay buried IT is true without leasing certaine and most true that which is beneath is like that which is above and that which is above is like that which is beneath to worke the Miracles of one thing and as all things have proceeded from one by the mediation of one so all things have sprung from this one thing by adaptation His Father is the Sun his Mother is the Moone the Winde bore it in her belly the Earth is his Nurse the Father of all the Telesme of this world is heere his force and power is perfect if it be turned into Earth Thou shalt seperate the Earth from the Fire the thin from the thick and that gently with great discretion It ascendeth from Earth into Heaven and againe it descendeth into the Earth and receiveth the power of the Superiours and Inferiours So shalt thou have the Glory of the whole World all obscurity therefore shall fly away from thee This is the mighty power of all power for it shall overcome every subtle thing and pierce through every sollid thing so was the World created Heere shall be marvellous adaptations whereof this is the meane therefore am I called Hermes Trismegistus or the thrice great Interpreter having three parts of the Philosophy of the whole World that which I have spoken of the operation of the Sun is finished Here endeth the Table of Hermes A Treatise written by Alphonso King of Portugall concerning the Philosophers Stone FAme brought to my knowledge that in the Land of Aegypt there lived a Learned man that foretold things to come hee judged by the Stars and the motions of the Heavens those things which Time was to bring forth which were by him before understood A desire of knowledge carried my affection my pen my tongue with great humility I prostrated the height of my Majesty such power hath passion upon man With intreaty and my speciall Letters unto him I sent for him by my Messengers promising him with a sound affection great reward both in goods and money The wise man answered mee with much curtesie I know you are a great King and that neither presents nor the Law of silver nor gold nor any thing of great value but meerly out of affection I will serve you for I doe not seek that which is too much for mee and therfore I seeke not after yours but you I sent the best of my Ships which being arrived at the port of Alexandria the Doctor Astrologer came aboard and was brought to mee curteous with love for having knowne his great worth by understanding the motions of the Sphears I alwayes held him in that esteeme and love which is due to a Learned man The Stone which is called the Philosophers he could make he taught it mee and wee made it together And afterwards I made it alone by which meanes my Riches increased much and seeing that I was able to doe such a thing and that divers wayes which alwayes produced the same thing I will propound unto you the most easie and therefore the most excellent and principall I had a Library of Books of the Workes of Men of many Nations but I in this businesse did esteeme neither the Caldeans neither the Arabians though a diligent people nor the Aegyptians Assyrians but those of the East which inhabite the Indies and the Saracens did my worke and so well that they have honoured our Westerne parts The present time makes mee to know a sound and true judgement because thou shouldst give credit or beliefe to it doe not conceive that I have lied in any point That which I look after is not to bury in oblivion the great worth that was in him my Master but I will not give such an Empire to any man but to him that is Learned Now to unriddle this mystery and to propose truthes in ciphers though they are obscure yet by them you may learne and shall find they are no vaine things and if thou commest to understand this great Mystery have it not in thy ordinary conversation but leave it in the same cipher of this impression if thou understandest how to explaine it This Matter by wise men is called by divers names and this matter which to the unwise seemes to bee something to them is nothing and its nature being equally moist and dry that it will not give one without another which is a singular thing to have two such different natures meet together in one The drie is there in a supreame degree the moist likewise calls for a supream Authority the hot and cold fight there together and are contayned there likewise in a supreame degree and from that equality comes the name of each of these severally according to the quality and though the moist be joyned with the dry yet each of them retaines its owne name Our Hermes tells us that it is Heaven and Earth but others call it Man and Wife and out of their mariage they make other Riddles which serve for a light to the infirme Globe and from thence are called by some Water or Earth others the cold which is inclosed in heat so much the wise may understand The ancient Chaos according to my judgement was knit together by the fowre Elements This composition is the like when the division comes to bee made the Heaven and the Earth comes to bee a fift Essence of all for this matter is of that kinde that it composeth all things In this matter are found united the four Elements in equall parts so that if one walk or move the others doe the like for by one the others are conducted so much are they equall in their duties one to another and where can you hope to find a better thing amongst all Animals then that which is so much approved by all wise men Take the Learned Philosophers Mercury and let it bee purged from its malignancy and foule quality for it cannot be too cleane and see that the weight be equall with twelve ounces of the sayd composition and then put it into a glasse bottle for no mettall else is fit for it And the forme of the glasse must be of the forme of the Sphere with a long neck and no thicker then can bee grasped with a large hand and the length of the necke not above a span and no wider then the Aegyptian seale may cover its mouth This you must put into an earthen pot