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therefore_o say_v our_o author_n if_o you_o give_v it_o too_o much_o it_o must_v have_v a_o vomit_n or_o it_o will_v be_v sick_a too_o long_o but_o the_o stone_n will_v never_o part_v with_o any_o mercury_n that_o be_v join_v to_o it_o in_o heat_n our_o sulphur_n then_o be_v a_o royal_a infant_n which_o do_v both_o hunger_n and_o thirst_n and_o if_o you_o can_v but_o be_v a_o nurse_n to_o it_o as_o you_o ought_v it_o will_v repay_v both_o your_o pain_n and_o cost_n leave_v not_o then_o where_o you_o shall_v begin_v but_o go_v on_o till_o you_o bring_v it_o to_o the_o three_o order_n which_o reymond_n call_v his_o oil_n and_o unguent_n and_o so_o our_o author_n likewise_o three_o property_n there_o be_v in_o which_o the_o white_a and_o red_a sulphur_n of_o the_o first_o order_n differ_v from_o those_o of_o the_o three_o order_n one_o flow_v as_o easy_o as_o any_o wax_n in_o heat_n or_o on_o a_o hot_a metal_n the_o other_o in_o a_o strong_a heat_n abide_v a_o powder_n the_o one_o be_v like_a to_o glass_n brittle_a ponderous_a and_o shine_a the_o other_o a_o powder_n like_o to_o atom_n the_o one_o enter_v mercury_n like_o a_o oil_n and_o coagulate_v it_o in_o a_o instant_n the_o other_o drink_v up_o mercury_n only_o as_o the_o calx_fw-la of_o a_o metal_n will_v do_v but_o will_v not_o retain_v it_o if_o the_o fire_n be_v increase_v strong_a nor_o turn_v it_o into_o metal_n but_o if_o the_o heat_n and_o proportion_n be_v both_o as_o they_o ought_v by_o a_o digestion_n of_o time_n it_o turn_v it_o into_o its_o own_o nature_n and_o so_o as_o ripley_n say_v true_o you_o may_v multiply_v both_o white_a and_o red_a with_o mercury_n that_o if_o at_o first_o you_o have_v not_o enough_o to_o fill_v a_o spoon_n yet_o in_o short_a time_n you_o may_v be_v store_v for_o your_o whole_a life_n be_v it_o ten_o time_n as_o long_o as_o it_o be_v like_a to_o be_v position_n x._o our_o stone_n must_v have_v a_o specification_n to_o metal_n before_o it_o will_v project_n our_o red_a man_n teyn_v not_o until_o he_o teyn_v be_v etc._n etc._n our_o red_a man_n or_o king_n must_v be_v teyn_v by_o ferment_n before_o it_o will_v thing_fw-mi imperfect_a metal_n the_o ferment_n be_v only_o sol_fw-mi and_o luna_fw-la the_o proportion_n a_o four_o part_n to_o the_o compound_v let_v the_o sulphur_n be_v and_o three_o part_n of_o sol_n or_o luna_n according_a as_o the_o sulphur_n be_v or_o four_o part_n sol_fw-mi and_o luna_fw-la and_o the_o sulphur_n a_o five_o part_n then_o with_o mercury_n digest_v and_o putrify_v your_o ferment_n and_o congeal_v it_o and_o again_o ferment_n it_o till_o it_o flow_v like_o wax_n or_o oil_n then_o will_v that_o oil_n fix_v mercury_n and_o turn_v any_o metal_n into_o perfection_n which_o you_o may_v then_o multiply_v at_o your_o pleasure_n or_o you_o may_v multiply_v it_o before_o fermentation_n then_o take_v the_o perfect_a stone_n for_o your_o body_n and_o mix_v he_o with_o the_o white_a wife_n in_o proportion_n as_o at_o first_o and_o 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