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the_o heal_n of_o the_o nation_n i_o know_v i_o know_v these_o my_o write_n will_v be_v to_o most_o man_n like_o the_o pure_a gold_n and_o gold_n and_o silver_n will_v through_o these_o my_o writing_n become_v as_o vile_a as_o dirt_n believe_v i_o you_o youngman_n believe_v i_o you_o father_n because_o the_o time_n be_v at_o the_o door_n i_o do_v not_o write_v these_o thing_n out_o of_o a_o vain_a conception_n but_o i_o see_v they_o in_o the_o spirit_n when_o we_o adeptist_n shall_v return_v from_o the_o four_o corner_n of_o the_o earth_n nor_o shall_v we_o fear_v any_o snare_n that_o be_v lay_v against_o our_o life_n but_o we_o shall_v give_v thanks_o unto_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n my_o heart_n murmure_v thing_n unheard-of_a my_o spirit_n beat_v in_o my_o breast_n for_o the_o good_a of_o all_o israel_n these_o thing_n i_o send_v before_o into_o the_o world_n like_o a_o preacher_n that_o i_o may_v not_o be_v bury_v unprofitable_o in_o the_o world_n let_v my_o book_n therefore_o be_v 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believe_v that_o i_o shall_v by_o this_o way_n serve_v the_o lord_n my_o creditor_n and_o the_o world_n my_o neighbour_n and_o chief_o israel_n by_o this_o use_n i_o say_v of_o my_o talon_n and_o i_o know_v that_o none_o can_v improve_v his_o talon_n to_o so_o great_a usury_n for_o i_o foresee_v that_o haply_o some_o hundred_o will_v be_v illuminate_v by_o these_o my_o write_n therefore_o i_o consult_v not_o with_o flesh_n and_o blood_n i_o seek_v not_o after_o the_o consent_n of_o my_o brethren_n in_o write_v hereof_o god_n grant_v that_o it_o be_v to_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o name_n that_o i_o may_v attain_v the_o end_n i_o expect_v then_o as_o many_o adeptist_n that_o know_v i_o will_v rejoice_v that_o i_o have_v publish_v these_o thing_n chap._n 14._o of_o the_o requisite_a circumstance_n in_o general_a belong_v to_o this_o work_n we_o have_v sequester_v the_o chemical_a art_n from_o all_o the_o vulgar_a error_n and_o of_o the_o vanquish_a sophism_n and_o the_o curious_a dream_n 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the_o great_a elixir_n nor_o very_o will_v we_o envy_v thou_o the_o knowledge_n thereof_o but_o we_o wish_v that_o thou_o may_v learn_v they_o from_o these_o write_n we_o have_v likewise_o declare_v that_o the_o preparation_n of_o the_o true_a philosophical_a ☿_o be_v difficult_a the_o main_a knot_n lie_v in_o find_v diana_n dove_n which_o be_v fold_v in_o the_o everlasting_a arm_n of_o ♀_o which_o no_o eye_n but_o a_o true_a philosopher_n ever_o see_v this_o one_o skill_n perform_v the_o mastery_n of_o theory_n ennoble_v a_o philosopher_n and_o unfold_v to_o the_o knower_n of_o it_o all_o our_o secret_n this_o be_v the_o gourdian_a knot_n which_o will_v be_v a_o knot_n for_o ever_o to_o a_o â—yro_fw-la in_o this_o art_n except_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n direct_v yea_o so_o difficult_a that_o there_o need_v the_o peculiar_a grace_n of_o god_n if_o any_o one_o will_v attain_v the_o exact_a knowledge_n thereof_o for_o my_o part_n i_o have_v deliver_v such_o thing_n concern_v the_o 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appoint_a time_n will_v restore_v life_n from_o the_o almighty_a and_o these_o carcase_n be_v thou_o only_o careful_a of_o the_o fire_n which_o thou_o must_v be_v sure_a to_o govern_v with_o a_o sound_a judgement_n and_o i_o swear_v unto_o thou_o upon_o the_o faith_n of_o a_o honest_a man_n that_o if_o thou_o urge_v thy_o fire_n so_o as_o to_o make_v aught_o to_o sublime_a in_o the_o day_n of_o this_o regimen_n thou_o will_v destroy_v the_o work_n irrecoverable_o be_v content_a then_o with_o good_a trevisan_n to_o be_v detain_v in_o prison_n forty_o day_n and_o night_n and_o suffer_v the_o tender_a nature_n to_o remain_v below_o in_o the_o bottom_n which_o be_v the_o nest_n of_o their_o conception_n know_v for_o certain_a then_o that_o when_o the_o period_n of_o time_n be_v expire_v which_o the_o almighty_a have_v appoint_v the_o spirit_n will_v arise_v glorious_a and_o glorify_v its_o body_n it_o will_v ascend_v i_o say_v and_o be_v circulate_v sweet_o and_o without_o violence_n and_o from_o the_o centre_n it_o shall_v ascend_v unto_o the_o heaven_n and_o again_o from_o the_o heaven_n it_o shall_v descend_v to_o the_o centre_n and_o it_o shall_v receive_v the_o virtue_n of_o that_o which_o be_v above_o and_o that_o which_o be_v beneath_o chap._n 26._o of_o the_o regimen_n of_o jupiter_n after_o black_a ♄_o ♃_o succeed_v who_o be_v of_o divers_a colour_n for_o after_o the_o putrefaction_n and_o corruption_n which_o be_v make_v in_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o vessel_n through_o the_o command_n of_o god_n thou_o shall_v again_o see_v change_v the_o colour_n and_o a_o circulate_v sublimation_n this_o regimen_n be_v not_o durable_a for_o it_o continue_v not_o more_o than_o three_o week_n space_n in_o which_o time_n all_o colour_n imaginable_a in_o the_o world_n will_v be_v to_o be_v see_v of_o which_o no_o certain_a account_n can_v possible_o be_v render_v in_o these_o day_n the_o shower_n shall_v be_v multiply_v continual_o and_o at_o the_o last_o after_o all_o these_o 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