art to imitate nature Secondly it worketh by it selfe but not first because first it engendreth some vnperfect mettall of the same beginninges in his mine and lastly conuerteth it into gold in which point art followeth nature it selfe in that of vnperfect mettalles it maketh gold as nature it selfe doth Hereby it is euident something to be made of something two manner of waies mediatly and immediatly For according to Arist lib 9. Meta. There may be many matters of one thing as mediat and immediat albeit at the last the mediat matter must bee reduced into the immediat for otherwise of diuerse matters diuers thinges would rise Therfore because art taketh both the mediat immediat matter which nature doth reduceth the mediat at the last to the immediat as nature also doth hath one and the selfe same agent which shall spoile the quicksiluer and at last transforme it and the end of art and nature is all one that is by the vniting of this forme with his matter at last to ingender gold there is no doubt but that art imitating nature it selfe in all pointes can make an vnperfect mettall a perfect as nature it selfe doth make as we haue aforesaid Wherefore the causes being all one of necessitie they also must be one and bring forth the like effectes Neither do I thinke them to be excused which seeke the subiect of the Chymick Philosophers in the vegitalles Their lahour is in vaine for there can be no generation but by the neerest conuenient and immediates Others haue bestowed their labors vpon animall thinges specially in an egge because the Chimick Philosophers moued with a certaine similitude of egges called their worke the egge and said that the egge euen as the Elixir doth conteine 4 elements whose shell they called the earth the thinne skinne the aire the white water and the yelke fier So also the same Philosophers by a darke speech said their stone was one in three and three in one because it conteineth in it a bodie that standeth a soule that gâ—ueth life and a spirit that staineth They which vnderstand not these darke speeches perswaded themselues that an egge was the Philosophers stone because it conteined three in one the shell the yelke and the water and therefore at last concluded the egge to be the onely matter sought for by the Chimâ—stes being no lesse deceaued then other not considering this matter not to be fit to draw out mettall out of For a man begetteth a man a beast a beast But because good Auâ—ertus hath tried this with his losse as I hard which decocting egges philosophically consumed some hundred of crownes therefore he quarrelleth with the art as though it had deceiued him but vndeserued when he himselfe rather erred for art is not bound to maintaine his fault For kinde ought to be ioyned with kinde and like with like and euery blossom to answere to his seede as we said afore And there be some which seek the matter of their Elixir not in vegitals or animalls but in thinges vnder the earth and neerer For they say that art doth immitate nature and therefore thinke to labor vpon those first matters wherupon nature wrought and decoct quicksiluer and sulphur which they heare to bee the next matter of mettalles But sillie men they loose both their cost and labour For the Philosophers quicksiluer is not that common neither also the common sulphur as I said For is there any man which can attaine the intent of nature in due proportion and measure no man truely Moreouer quicksiluer if you set it but to a verie litle â—ier it vaporeth away being mixed is seperated sulphur also not hardly when notwithstanding the coniunction of both these is necessarie euen to the end of digestion in the generation of mettalles so are they deceaued as many as seeke the stone in marchasites tuty antimony arâ—â—ick orpment when as it is either altogether an inseperable sulphur yet ought to be seperat at lest as wee haue said or because it is seperat with a small fier all the Philosophers writings sufficiently declare that it can not bee the Philosophers subiect They also erre which think to take gold for the man and siluer for the woman which two they amalgame for we may vse the words of the art with common mercurie of three make one which they decoct chyminically sublyme and out of it at last drawe the spirit which afterward they goe about to fix For they depart from the philosophers writinges which confesse all with one mouth that the agent is ioyned and proportionat by nature in the mines with his owne matter and they say that it is but one thing wherein are the foure elementes well proportioned that there is the â—ixer the â—ixed the stayner and the stained white and red male and female compound together It is therefore as wee said before a certaine third nature common and altered of diuerse mixture and digestion of sulphur and quicksiluer in which is a mineral power to ingender a mixt thing which to do so perpetuallie worke and suffer betweene themselues vntill they be translaved from the forme of vnperfect bodies first begotten the agent not being yet seperat from his matter into an other forme and at last come by continuall digostion and purifications to the last true perfect forme which is the forme of golde in which is the last tearme of motion where also the agent is vâ—terly seperate from his matter Many seeâ—e what this is few finde it or if they do finde it they know not the preparations and intentions of the philosophers whose medecine is also draweÌ„ out of those things by art in which it dwelleth potentially by nature and in which the perfection of the first matter and all mettalles are found This matter after they haue founde it first they thinke meete to be calcined and purged from all his filths restoring his hâ—aâ—e and preseruing his naturall moisture for in the Chimicke calcination there ought to be no diminution of the body but rather multiplication Then they reduce the calcined matter by making thin his groines into a certaine liquid substance as into his first matter which they call minerall water which doth not wet the handes then is it made one in kinde but not so in number whose father they call the sunne the moone the mother and mercury the mediator the bodie is altered from his proper forme but a new is induced immediatly for there is nothing founde in the nature of thinges spoiled of all forme That done out of that so dissolued they seperat the four elements and deuide them into two partes into the ascendenter spirituall and into the inferiour or earthly which twoo partes yet are of one nature for the inferiour is the leaueÌ„ fixing it and the superior part is the soule quickning the whole matter Notwithstanding their diuision is necessarie that they all might be the easilier changd amongest themselues
and therewith part by passing into water wax blacke and the water by passing into airie wax white and the aire beâ— turned into fier The separation of elements made they make a coniunction of water earth with aire and fire keeping a proportion that euery element may be dispersed with other giue vnto the male 3. partes of his water and vnto the women ix parts then euery like reioyceth with his like for the desire of the ioyning specially of the materiall sulphureouse forme These thus ioyned they putrify it in a moist heate lest by hot fier the mercurie should be seperat or carried vp on high through his spirituall nature that by this corruption the matter might be changed and the elementes naturally deuided that regeneration may followe for there is nothing borne or groweth nor without life but first things putrifaction is made After putrefaction they come to coagulation and with the same most temperat heate continually altering the matter as well inwardly as outwardly they do worke vntill all the matter be white like vnto pearles then is there a true fixing and congealing of the shining spirites with the bodies The Chimick philosophers call this the white thorne and white sulphur incombustible which neuer departeth from the fier Finally they proceede vnto Cibation that is to the making thicke of the thinne and making subtile the grosse mingling his water with the ashes and his milke with the foliat earth but moderatly that so the whitenes and rednes goodnes quantitie and vertue of it may increase and grow and by decocting and decocting againe the matter might be nourished Then they sublyme the matter but not with common sublimation and so purge it from all vncleannes lifting vp the bodie and making it spirituall and the spirit corporal fixed by taking away the sulphureous saltnes that it may all be white and easily be molten Hauing finished the sublimation they leuen the water by ioyning the spirit with his whitened earth or calce as with his ferment or incorporating the soule with the bodie For the spirituall accidentes cannot shew their permanent qualities except they be ioyned with fixed bodies as with his leuen which bringeth vnro him his aptnes to his nature colour and sauour by the mutuall and common impression of the bodie and spirit without the which the worke can not bee finished as paste cannot be leuened without leuen But for the greater nobilitie of the matter they thinke it must be exalted by increasing the spirit and sublyming making subtil the earth by naturall rectifying of all the elements and the true circulation and graduation of them vntill they be brought to a perfect â—mbrasing Then they increase the force of their Salamander by reiterating their solutions and coagulations and with new leuen in force and quantitie and that into infinite Last they make proiection of one waight vpon many vppon the vnperfect according to the perfection of the medecine for by how much the more it is made subtill and stained so much the more abundantlie it worketh and so following nature they make perfect vnperfect mettalles and turn them into the sunne moone of their proper matter purified and made subtile by art and then fixed by decoction and digested vntill it come to a white and after into a red colour and is made againe flying and againe fixed vntill it haue his entrance and staâ—ne perfectly they ma e their medecine and their powder which they call the philosoph rs stone And that by sundry workes â—iuers thinges many vessels and many furnaces as by that is aforesaid the vnskilfull of art peraduenture will iudge when as vnto the true Philosopher in all this great worke there is but one worke one way one thing one vessell one onely fier and furnace as all do confesse All these things would I note by the way whereby I might ouerthrow maister Aubertus opinion touching the philosophers stone for it is lawfull for any mâ—n by iâ—sting to vtter his follie in thinges vnknowen and that I might demonstrat that not the bare forme of gold or siluer drawen from his substance as hee thinketh is not the matter of the philosophers medecine But saith he I care not of what matter the stone bee compounded Notwithstanding because it is not a naturall substance it cannot put on a naturalâ— forme but onely artificiall and deceitfull I could here appeale to the witnesse of many notable men but I thinke it better to deale by reason Therefore I say that mettalles truely altered are knoweÌ„ to be perfect not by the forme theâ— had afore or that is put in for that were impossible but by the accidents properties and passions which follow the formes Therefore if in mettall altered all those thinges are found in euery examination that are in the true mettall truely it is to be iudged they haue not a counterfect form but the true forme of mineral gold and siluer For that which worketh the worke of the â—iâ— is the â—iâ— as the philosopher writeth 4. Meteor and so contrarie Further more we haue shewed the Philosophers stone to be naturall by reason of his making and that by meanes of the naturall agent that is fier with his naturall colour sent and forme which are accidentall formes following his determinat substantiall forme art ministring matter vnto it For art is ioyned with nature for the beginning of art is nature it selfe as the philosopher writeth 2. phisic â—y which reason art may be called natural his workes naturall his formes are called naturall in two sortes that is when nature prepareth matter for it selfe and afterward induceth forme as in man and stone or when art doth minister and prepare matter for it selfe yet not with the last prepation with nature notwithstanding doth dispose and prepare euen to the end and doth induce a forme vpon it as is to be seene in the making of ceruse and red lead Neither is it any new thing that art in many points followeth nature and that many naturall thinges are made by art which Arist affirmeth 4 Metaph. spheaking of colchota and calchant For nature saith hee in the mines of Atraments engendreth Atraments and he sheweth the manner of the making And a little after hee saith the two atraments may be made and compounded by art for art being the follower of nature as he writeth 2. Metaph. by taking the substance of Iron or copper whereof naturally they are made ministring it vnto nature with often dissolutions distillations and coagulations doth so perfectly and ingeniously make them that they haue the same properties and operations actiue passiue that the two mineral attraments haue The like is seene in making of salt There is some minerall salt founde as in Polonia other some is made as in France yet hauing the same properties and passions as the minerall by which reason it may be called verie naturall and his forme also naturall and verie perfect
are not sharpe for al sharpe thinges as it is knowen to Physicians are verie hote of which Phisicians make two sortes The one sorte may be eaten the other vnapt to be eaten These haue a certaine sweete although obscure qualitie mixed The other are deadly if we beleue Galen or at the least being laid vpon the skin do quickle raise a blister And those truelie are to be called sharpe when they are not mingled with strange qualities whose proper terme and ende is to burne as it is the qualitie of sower things to cleanse of sweete to nourish And that the ashes of Crabbes worke not that effect Galens wordes doe shewe where hee disputeth of the differences of bitter and sharpe taste for the sharpe saith he hath certaine moisture mingled with it but the bitter he confesseth to haue a hotte and drie qualitie and saith they are like as a man may well compare them vnto ashes By which reason you should better haue saide that the ashes of the eies of crabbes are rather bitter then sharp whose moisture being consumed and vapored away by hear they are made drith and ashes whereby they get not ◠sharpe but a bitter qualitie and although an earthlie substance yet thinne by how much the bodie is made more subtile taking his qualitie of the fire as before wee shewed out of Galen and of necessity is made hot and drye and therefore bitter to clense breake asunder and cut grosse and viscose humors as no doubt ashes and nitre doth as Galen teacheth whom at an other time you may better cōsult withall least you appeare plainly ignorant of your first principles But because I see some thinges must be pardoned you go to I willingly grant you that the calce of crabbes is sharpe but that with his sharpnes it doth increase the quartane I vtterly deny For I pray you good Sir is not Mustard Peper and Garlike so far forth granted vnto him that is sicke of the quartane by all the learned Greekes Arabians and of Paul Aegineta himselfe that they are also prescribed them for a diet And the Diatrion Pipereon or that they call Diospoliticon are they not reckoned amongest the remedies for the quartane neither is it besides the purpose to shew the words of the famous Phisition Hollerius vppon this point where he writeth of the diet of the sicke of the quartane As touching the diet saith he at the beginning of a mean matter by spaces frō the beginning to the force of the disease you may vse sharpe thinges as mustard and salt meates and after the force of the fitte the vse of them is necessarie towards the end he addeth Therefore are salt meates commended because salt doth extenuat and driue away the excrementes dryeth them vp gathereth strength and comforteth By this I thinke you and all other do sufficiently perceiue how greatly you are deceaued in contemning our remedy taken out of the true doctrine of the learned But because you know not the other simples which are put into this medecine or at the least passe them ouer with silence beholde I will gratify you and shew you the composition It taketh the roote of Aron or Cockow-pintell prepared also the rootes of common Acorus and Pimpinella prepared and dried the eies of the Crabbe calcyned of which for one dose there is vsed not halfe a scruple with semē nastortij suger a mixture is made of all The dose is one spoonful in the morning for to comfort the weake stomacke to put away all obstructions of the bowels and hardnes of the splene an excellent medicine often proued and at this day in vse with most learned Phisitions I thinke there is no Doctor wil say this to be so absurd hurtfull for the quartane You should therefore if you reproue Paracelsus medicines haue chosen some other more speciall thinges wherein you might haue exercised the greatnes of your witte and proued your cunning For these thinges although you enuiously call them Theophrasticall are both agreeable to reason and to bee allowed of euery learned Phisition But peraduenture you will say these thinges haue not beene knowen to the diuine Hippocrates nor vnto Galen and therefore you will cōclude that they are to be reiected but that is onely by your owne iudgement and not by any reason wee do not despise their excellent knowledge and diuine learning neither violate their lawdable memory when as we say they were the first that florished in Phisicke yet therewithall we affirme that they had not tried all kinde of medecines or knew the properties of them all Life is short saith Hippocrates this art which is occupied about this perillous practise is ouer long Neither was Galen ashamed to confesse where he writeth of Hydrargyrū or quickesiluer 9. of simp cap. 19. that he had neuer made any tryall neither that it would kill if it were eaten neither if it were applyed outwardly nor is it to bee thought that Theophrastus was the first and onely inuenter of so many remedies the knowledge whereof he himselfe confesseth in his bookes he attained by the conference of diuerse learned Philosophers and Phisitions both Egyptians and Arabians amongest whom for learning sake he remayned certaine yeares captiue from whom at the length he brought away so many faire prises of remedies all which are takē partly out of the true oiles drawne of spices herbes fruites flowers and seedes and thessence of all laxatiues whereof one drop will profit more then so many drammes and ounces which also that they may worke by their whole substance may bee sowed and cast vpon their proper salt which in many may be done as in other the earth is to bee cast away as vtterly dead and contrary to purgation Also of diuers rosins gummes and other kindes of vegetables are drawen many faire and very profitable preparations as also of diuers partes of sundrie beastes of which rightly prepared are made many verie holsome medicines as by the true preparations of Mumia onely knowen vnto the Paracelsians is made a most laudable medecine in all pestilent infections Of the oile and salt of a mans scull not buried for the epilepsye of the oile of honie and wax for the tophy of greases and other preparations the better to mollify and dissolue So also of Muske Ciuet Castoreum the Vnicornes horne Iuorie the horne and bone of the Hart of a Stagge and infinite other thinges are made many extractions for the paines of the hart and such like Of all which the Chimicall art hath taught the true preparations which you do condemne For the Paracelsian remedies are not onely taken out of the metalliyne bodies perles and pretious stones as many foolishly thinke and perswade the whole world neither are they sharpe and violent as the ignorant and vnskilfull prattle but most sweete and familier to our nature which through the excellencie of the spirites they often preserue quicken and clense from all impurities onlie
were yong againe There are diuers and sundrie preparations made thereof which here I do omit for breuity sake Of Siluer Cap. 2. SIluer which amongest all other metalles obtaineth the second degree of perfection is also temperat and doth some way emoulate the qualities of gold which Phisitions do minister against the same diseases especially against frensies and all melancholy greefes and to comfort the braine It is put into the Electuary of peatles laeticia Galeni aurea alexandrina and almost in all Antidotes wherein gold is vsed Neither is it otherwise prepared then after the manner of gold only that it is brought into thinne leaues and filinges But the spagerickes out of siluer itselfe draw an oile wherof 2 or 3 drops are giuen with water of Betony flowers sage or balme against the falling sicknes and all diseases of the braine as wee haue shewed and it is thus prepared Then Calcine fine coppell siluer with the oile of salt so often that it can not be brought into his body againe and thenwash the calx or powder vntill it bee sweet and reuerberate it out of the which thou shalt draw forth his proper salt in balneo then circulate it with the spirit of wine 15. daies in a pellicane to his perfect graduation the menstrue being seperated in balneo there remaineth in the bottom the oile of Lune fixed which is the best medecine for the aforesaid purposes Of Jron Cap. 3. THe ancient phisitions vsed Iron especially the scalles of steele to drye and a stringe and for that cause they quenched steele oftentimes in water whereby the water did gather a vehement force of drying which being dronke did cure the splene and the wine also wherein it is quenched doth helpe the chollike and disenterie is good for those that are troubled with choller and to strengthen weake stomackes as Aegneta and Actius haue learnedly written for Aâ—tius in his 14. booke reporteth that the scalles of steele brought into powder is giueÌ„ by it selfe vnto those that haue the splene especially to countriemen and such as are strong which kind of remedie is much vsed now a daies amongest Phisicions for the curing of the same diseases yet many of them condemne our mettalline remedies and conclude that they are to bee reiected as most venemous notwithstanding the ancient Phisitions haue drawen many inwarde medicines out of mettalles wherewith they helped many diseases as it may be seene Who then will disalow their due preparations and extractions of their quintessences Concerning Iron as it is not without byting so by spagyricall preparation it looseth his corrosiue qualities because there is a certaine sub till substance drawne out of it or els it is brought into oile which may be ministred inwardly with more safetee and with great profite against the same diseases because it may be suffered of the naturall heate and it wil also worke kindly vpon the bodie This Galen also doth testify in his 9. boke of the properties of simple medicines 42. chap. where he speaketh of the scalles of brasse all scalles saith he doe drie verie sore but they differ among themselues for some drie more some lesse because some are of a more grosse and some of a more thinne essence afterward he addeth but all flakes or scalles are strongly byting wherby it is euident that the matter of their substance is not thin but rather grosse for amongest those thinges which haue that quallitye that which is the thinnest is least byting The Spagyrikes therefore do draw out of Iron but especially of steele a most subtill substance which also with the fier of reuerberation they make thinner and thereof prepare crocus martis out of the which afterward they draw their oile which is a most excellent and no byting medicine against the Diarrheam lienteria Disenteria flux of the liuer a notable medicine for the stomacke and against all issues of bloud as well inward as outward if it be mixed with conserue of Roses or Comferie being prepared and confected after this manner Rec. the filinges of steele wash it often with salt water then afterwarde with fresh water then put thereon sharpe vineger that it may be couered foure fingers high let it staÌ„d certaine daies in the sunne powring on fresh viniger oftentimes that the filings may be made subtill This ye shall reuerberate a whole day in an open vessall vntil it be brought into a fine light red powder by the force of fire the which you may vse Then with his sharpe menstrue or the spirit of wine well prepared you may drawe easily forth his spirite whereof ye may make his oile whereof one drop is giuen in a conuenient decoction or mingled with some astringeÌ„t conserue to the vses afore said In this manner also is a lawdable medecine made out of Iron Calcine the filinges of Iron in a violent fire with the flower of sulphur vntill all the filings be come red and till the stinking earth be vanished away reuerberat this the space of a whole day and it will come to a very fine purple powder the which as I say before may be kept for your vse Balsamum martis VPon the filinges of Iron often washed with salt water powre sharpe vineger that it may bee couered four fingers aboue your filinges set it vpon warme ashes eight daies euery day stirring the matter and seperat the vineger which will be coloured red and powring on new vineger againe And that so long till the vineger be no more coloured red which being taken away take the powder that remained in the bottom and sub lime it with a like portion of sal armoniake the same sublimate yee shall returne againe so often vpon his feeces and sublime againe vntill they appear of the colour of a Rubie then cast all into scalding water that the salt may dissolue which done by and by put on cold water the feeces of Mars wil remaine in the botom like the calxe of gold powre away the water and power on fresh that the balme may bee made sweat In the aforesaid order you may make crocus veneris and balsamum veneris Of Coper Cap. 4. THe Phisitions doe vse copper diuersly prepared in their plasters and vnguentes for chi urgerie viz. For Emplastrum Apostolicum Nicolai Alexandrim and Viride aeris Emplastrum diuinum Nicolai Praepositi unguenium Apostolorum Auicenae and Egyptiacum Mesue All which do clense vehemently but not without some biting for they are sharpe out of the which notwithstanding by often washinges before they be mingled the sharpenes is taken away and they be made in manner of Epulotica medicines most apt to clense roâ—ten and hollow vlcers The Châ—micall phisitions prepare out of the said coper other medicines against the same diseases and to cure all eating hollow and rotten vlcers much more excellent which will worke without any byting or paine Calcine therefore your copper after the common manerthen out of
hot and moist bodies where the liuer sendeth forth certaine vapours like fat scabbes and viscous flegme and such like it helpeth all weeping woundes and vlcers in few dayes Being mixed with oile of turpentine annointed it cureth conuulciones and resolutions being mixed with oile of camomill it dissolueth tumors and suppresseth burnings scaldings 3. or 4. graines being dronke helpeth the chollicke being mixed with oile of roses it cooleth and dryeth meruellously all heates scabbes and itch c. Of Quickesiluer Chap. 6. THe Phisitions in times past haue made sundrie experimentes of quicksiluer but Galen doth plainly confesse that hee neuer made any tryall of it either by ministring it inwardly or outwardly Paulus Aegineta writeth this of Mercury in his 7 booke Many haue giuen to drinke Mercury burned to ashes mingled with other spices to those that haue had the chollike and paine in the bowels latter Phisitions doe vse crude Mercury to kill the wormes in children as Mathiolus reporteth in the 5. of his commentaries vpon Diosâ—crides out of brassauola Many vse crude Mercury to cure the poxe and make thereof pilles which they call De barberossa the discription whereof Rondelecius a learned man my maister hath shewed in his boke de morbo gallico In outward diseases many do onely vse precipitate prepared with Aqua fortis which is good to heal al maligne vlcers especially of the pox and that without paine if it bee well prepared With this remedie my father A man of godly memorie and one that deserued well of all men for his phisicke did vse to take away the flesh of the necke of the blather whereof when hee had shewed me the true preparation I vsed it often with most happie successe both to cure that disease as also the vlcer of the blather whereof Steph. caretonus an Appoticary famous both for learning and experience was an eye witnes For a certaine noble man frend to vs both which had bin sicke three yeares of a perilous vlcer in the necke of his bladder by meanes of a fowle Gonorrhoea vnperfectly cured At the last after long vse of Guaicum whereof they say diet is made and many remedies so often reiterated taken and cast in and all those by the counsaile of the learned Phisition Doctor Isandon this onely remedie put in by a waxe candell or smal â—ent within fifteen daies he was fully cured Thus much by the way of digressioÌ„ but to returne to Mercurie these before named are almost all the remedies which are made thereof sauing that it is also put in ointments And many diseases otherwise vncurable haue enforced Phisitions euen without the counsail of Galen to search out these properties wherof at the length experience the mistris of all thinges hath made them certaine For the truth which consisteth in reason ought to be manifested vnto the sence and experience is not perceaued but by the sence as Galen testifyeth in his 6. book De sanitate tuenda It is necessarie saith hee that those thinges which are to be thought vpon be considered by reason and afterward certifyed by experience to the intent that reason by experience may be confirmed And in the second of the same booke hee writeth thus the force of reason sheweth the strength of the experiment Who could otherwise prooue that the Cyaneum and Armenie stones do helpe melancholy affections Persely to hurt women with childe and to doe no good against the fallyng sicknesse That Harmodactiles could purge flegme out of the ioyntes that Lapis Iudaicus and Lyncis shoulde breake the stone that pearles should strengthen the hart or that Napellus is so deadly a poison saue onely that by the practise and working of the foresaid thinges it had bin proued by diuers experiences In like maner by experience it is found out that Mercury is a fit remedie to cure many infirmities As for example Doctor Ioubertus a learned man lately tried it to be a most excellent remedie to cure the woundes made with shot who thereof coÌ„poseth his Triapharmacum Neither is it to bee maruelled when as with slender preparations it becommeth so forcible if with far better it attaineth the highest degree of perfection amongest medicines to cure many and those otherwise vncurable diseases as well inward as outward This excellent preparation of Mercury is hard and difficult and not onely vnknowen vnto manie Phisitions and Poticariesoâ—f one sort but verie few of the spagerikes haue truely attained thereunto For Mercurie is a flying spirit hauing a certaine arsenicall aire verie hurtfull to the bodie whereof at length being clensed and fixed are made so excellent medicines those so holsome for it is the propertie of euery perfect spirit to quicken the bodie that it seemeth not credible except vnto such as are cunning and experienced I wish hartely and desire earnestlye least my iudgement may seeme different from reason that the learned would consider the nature of these three Mercuries the common Mercurye the Mercury sublimate and Mercury precipitate I knowe that there is not any man except he be altogether ignorant but he will affirme that the sublimate Mercurie is more venemous then either the crude which some doe minister in pilles inwardly to kill wormes as is aforesaid or the precipitate whereof Paulus Aegineta seemeth to speake where he intrcateth of Mercurie brought into ashes which in time past was geuen for the collike which is made thus or at least with sulphur And many men at this day without any other preparation than with bare and simple washinges do giue Mercurie precipitate to cure the pox as Matheolus witnesseth neither do we perceiue although it purge vpwarde and downeward that it doth hurt like vnto the sublimat whereof halfe a scruple will kill a man If this which is true be graÌ„ted that mercurie sublimat is stronger poison theÌ„ the crude or prâ—ecipate how commeth it to passe I pray you that sublimation the only purifying which al philosophers do vse I meane this spirit exalted should get such malignitie venemous force Some will answeare peraduenture our Auberius that this doth not come by sublimation by which it is certaine all thinges are purifyed but by carying with it a certaine subtil sharpnes from the things that are mingled with it Let vs then examine this of one pound of crude mercury another pound of crude vitrioll and as much common salt not armonicke as Matheolus thinketh mingled altogether at a soft fire and ground on a stone or morter that it might be well incorporated and brought into a pouder and put in to a subliming glasse giuing fier thereto by degrees for the space of 40. howers is made your mercurie by sublimate If then he draw venemous quallity from the things it is mingled withall of necessitie it must be from salt and vitrioll But that common salt and vitrioll do not hurt as poison Infinite numbers doe daily prooue the same which eate salt in their meates and drincke vitrioll water in their baths And
passe amongest others an especial remedie and experiment often proued against the stone in the raines which is prepared in this order In March there are found in the Maw of an oxe certaine little stones which if they be taken with white wine dissolueth the stone Also in the moneth of May in the bladder of the gall of a bull is found a certaine stone which if it bee put in white wine it changeth it to a yellow colour like safron changing the tast but litle if the sicke drinke euerie day of this wine daily powring on freshe vntill the stone be consumed by these meanes it is manifest by experience that the stone is diminished and at length consumed Many other medecines are prepared of the partes of animalles which are not of themselues to be disallowed of many ignorant neither their preparations reiected because they are vnknowen vnto them all which they may easily attaine vnto in time if so be they will not condemne at the first sight that which they know not and thinke them so impossible to themselues which are not able to conceaue such great thinges which yet by searching and diligent labour of hand not without great maruell and profit to the sicke are proued most true and certaine to a true phisitian The Spagyricall preparation of Medicines taken out of Vegitables and first of wine Chapter 1. TAke the purest and strongest wine ye can get distil it in a gourd of glasse with a narrow mouth ouer the which ye shal paste a paper the which being drye annoint it with oile of sweete almondes then set on the head and receauer and distill it in Balneo and the spirit wil flye through the oily paper the which yee shall circulat and keepe in a cold place close stopped whose vertues are infinite for the health of mans bodie the spirit being taken away yee shall boile the feces vntill it come thicke like a sirop set it in a moist seller the which in short time wil congeale into hard stones or salt which is called of some lapilli vini the which ye shal kepe in a dry place to your vse that is to dissolue gold therewith the which thou maist do in this order First calcine thy gold into an impalpable powder that it caÌ„not be brought to gold again theÌ„ take therof â„¥ ss lapilloruÌ„ vini prepared as afore â„¥ i. fs Alcooli viniq s digest theÌ„ together 14. daies then distil it there wil come forth a water of a golden colour then powre on more spirit of wine prepared as afore digest it againe and distill it as aforesaid and this ye shall doe vntill the spirit of the gold be drawen forth Vinum alcalisatum TAke those feces that remained after the spirit is taken away and calcine them white then with his proper fleme ye shall draw away his salt the which is called sal vini of the which take â„¥ si spiritus vini â„¥ 2. digest it in Balneo 20. daies then distil it vntil it be drie in the bottom then put on more spirit and digest it as afore and this ye shall doe vntill the salt be distilled ouer the helme and then it is prepared The preparation of tartar and first of spiritus tartari vel liquor fecularum vini TAke white tartar lib. 4. distil it in maner of aquafortis vntil all the spirits become forth the which ye shall seperate in Balneo from the oile then take that oile which remained in the bottom and rectify it in sand and thou shalt haue a most precious oile or balme thou shalt note that the first liquor seperated in Balneo is called liquor fecularuÌ„ vini or spiritus tartari which would be rectified froÌ„ the colcothar 3. or 4. times to take away his stinking smell the oile which ye rectifyed is called oleum fecularum vini siue mumia fecularum vini the which is most profitable in curing of running and corroding vlcers and sores which goe creeping vpon the flesh and especiallie those that come ex lue venerea being dâ—onke in wine it breaketh the grauell in the raines bladder and expelleth it by vrine certaine drops being dronke with the decoction of frogges is conuenient for the pthisick It preuenteth the infection of the plague if yee annoint the â—ostrelles therewith It drieth and consumeth ficus in ano in short time without any paine Furthermore Ê’ 1. of the spirit of tartar being dronke with the water of fumetorie or hirundinaria or such like is conuenient for pustulas gallicas exanthemata erisipelas the dropsie water betweene the skinne and the flesh menstrual fluxe and all obstructions of those partes as the iaunders It taketh away the leprosie in the beginning ye shall note that ye may augment his force meruellously in this order Ye shal mixe it with Aqua theriacalis which is made thus Take perfect good theriakle â„¥ 5. redde mirra â„¥ 2. Safrone â„¥ ss the spirite of wine â„¥ 10. mixe them in a glasse and set it to digest 6 or 7. daies then distill it in Balneo Sometimes they put into this water Ê’ 2. of Campher especiallie when it is vsed in whot burning agewes and inflamations and then it is called Aquae theriacalis camphorata As for example Take Spiritus vitriolli 1. ounce Liquoris fecularum vini correcti 3. ounces Aquae theriacalis 5. ounces mixe them and digest them in Balneo 40. daies then giue thereof 1. dram with good strong wine or other conuenient liquor bothe for the aforesaid effectes and also to cure and preuent infinite other diseases for this composition hath a singuler percing qualitie aboue many others yee shall note that the liquor of Lignum vite may be vsed in the same order and so it will worke his effect with more speede Sal tartari TAke those feces that remained of the Tartar at the first distillation and calcine them vntill they be white then dissolue it in faire water distilled beeing warme filter and congeale it and in the bottome ye shall finde a white salte which laied in a moyst place will turne into oile the which taketh away spottes in the face or any other partes also it clenseth vlcers if ye mixe 1. dram with 1. ounce of the spirit of wine this oile maketh the haire faire and yellowe yee shall note that if this salte be often calcined and congeled it will become Christaline and is of great force against diuers infirmities as hereafter God willing shall be taught The liquor of Honie Cap. 2. THat which diuers men call the oile of H onie is not a vnctuous oile like vnto other oiles but rather a certaine element the which is neither oile nor water although it bee cleere this is not much vsed in chirurgerie by cause it is not conuenient in sores but rather a thing appertaining to phisicke because it comforteth the stomacke strengtheneth the spirites and extinguisheth all feuers it helpeth the collicke It
be compared to balme 4 or 5. drops being drunke preuenteth the resolution of the Sinewes the falling sickenes and other diseases of the braine it preserueth the body from poison and pestilent aires it comâ—orteth a weake cold stomacke staieth vomiting it purgeth the raines breaketh grauell and prouoketh vrine and is profitable against the dropsie and water betweene the skinne and the flesh it killeth wormes to conclude it comforteth all weake members by his piercing vertue it helpeth conuulsiones and shakings and paines in the necke comming of a Catar if ye annointe the partes therewith it easeth the paines of the sciatica in the hippes the gout and the collicke and all malign vlcers being annointed therewith Oile of Baie berries OVt of lb. 1. of Baies there is not drawne aboue ℈ 2. of oile by distillation the which is most profitable against Collicum iliacum sciaticam passionem Oile of Iuie berries THis oile is distilled as the oile of Iuniper berries but some doo take the berries wood gum and all together and distil it by descention out of the which there will come foorth a thicke blacke oile that is profitable against colde diseases of the iointes it prouoketh the Flux Menstruall expelleth the stone and purgeth vlcers Oiles of sweete smelling thinges are thus prepared BEate them grosely then infuse theÌ„ in faire distilled water as afore is said and distil them with a refrigeratorie Oile of Cinamom THis reuiueth the naturall spirits marueilously it disperseth the euil humors in the stomack it openeth obstructions and is profitable against all cold diseases it preserueth from putrefaction it cureth woundes and vlcers as the naturall balme doth it causeth faire deliuerie of child birth it is a most precious remedie for those that lie speechlesse if ye put 3. or 4. drops into their mouth either by it selfe or mingled with cinamom water it helpeth concoction the lyke vertue the water hath but it must be vsed in greater quaÌ„tity This oile is of such a piercing nature that it pierceth thorough the whole bodie and finally it is a present remedie for a woman that soundeth in her trauaile if she drinke 3. or 4. droppes The Oile or essence of Safrone TAke drie Safron and drawe awaie his tincture with the spirit of wine vntill the feces remaine white the which ye shall calcine according to arte and circulate them in Balneo with the said meÌ„strua afterward let it settle vapor away the said Menstrua in Balneo and the essence of Safron will remaine in the bottome the which is excellent to comforte the spirites for if ye mixe a droppe or two with brothe or some conuenient liquor it restoreth and strengtheneth the weake spirites marueilouslie but especiallye the hart with infinite other vertues which wee omitte tyll another time Oile of Mace THis oile is of a hot facultie and therefore it is commodiouslie vsed in the Collicke comming of a cold cause or of a Catar descending from the heade it comforteth the hart belly and Matrix It is also good against trembling of the hart the obstructions of the bladder and Matrix it helpeth the strangurie and all diseases hauing their original of colde It strengtheneth the stomacke and wombe being vsed in wine or broth or made in losenges Oile of Cloues THis oile is very profitable for the bellie hart and liuer and hath all the qualities of naturall balme it healeth all fresh woundes and punctures it strengtheneth the hart and head and helpeth the megrim it purgeth melancholie bloud it sharpeneth the sight comforteth the stomacke causeth digestion and maketh a sweete breath it helpeth the collicke and all the paines in the bellie comming of colde if ye drink two or three drops in wine or eate losenges made with the same oile Oile of Pepper THis oile hath much more vertue then the Pepper it selfe in piercing and specially in the windie collicke other weake partes filled with fleame it staieth the shaking of the feuer tertain if ye take three or foure droppes with sirope of quinces two houres afore the fitte prouided that the bodie be first well purged and let bloud as occasion shal serue ye shal note this oile is onely the ayrie parte seperated from the other elementes Oile of Nutmegges THis oile being drunke with coÌ„uenient liquors bringeth downe the menstruall fluxe and also the quicke and deade fruite and therefore women with childe shall not vse this oile vntill such time as they be in trauell and then it causeth faire deliuerie without any danger it is profitable against all paines of the heade comming of colde it causeth a sweete breath and warmeth and strengtheneth a cold stomacke and consumeth superfluous humors of the same it dispearseth winde and appeaseth the collicke is profitable for the affects of the bladder it helpeth inward woundes beeing drunke with some conuenient wound drinke it helpeth colde diseases of the sinewes and swellinge of the Spleene two or three droppes being taken in broth Oiles of Woodes are thus prepared TAke Lignum vite rasped in powder and put it into a glasse or stone pot close stopped and set it in Balneo or warme dunge certaine daies to digest then distill it with a gentle fire Per descensum and there will come foorth a liquor called of the chimistes Mercurie then increase the fire and there will come foorth an oile which is called the sulfure the which must bee purged by arte from his stincking smel then take the ashes of the woode and drawe foorth his salt with Fumetorie water the which ye shall calcine dissolue and congele diuers times vntill it be as white as snow the which salte by a workeman may be brought Cristalline Of the Mercury or first liquor is giuen one spoonful or more with 2. ounces of Fumetorie water against all vicious humours in the body and driueth them out by sweate with the oile or sulfure ye shall cure the vlcers or other greefes after the bodie is well purged with the salt the which is done in this order Take of the salte Ê’ i. good theriakle â„¥ ss mixe them and giue thereof Ê’ ss more or lesse according to the discretion of the phisicion and the strength of the partie in this order must thou draw forth the Mercurie sulfur salt of all maner of woods there are diuers other orders to giue this Mercurie or liquor whereof some are written in the chapter where wee intreat of spiritus tartars Oile of Iuniper wood THis oile is profitable for members that are weakened through cold it strengtheneth the raines and matrix and helpeth conception it cureth maligne vlcers wounds and swageth paine it taketh away the fit of a quartane feuer especiallie being annointed from the nauell downeward Oile of the wood of Ashe THis oile doth cure the colde gout and cicatriceth raw places it dissolueth the white morphew and maketh it blacke it cureth those that
and worketh healthfully but these men will say that in the time of Hypocrates their bodies were more stronger or else Heleborus in those countries had no malitious qualities for simples according to their seuerall regions and places haue seuerall qualities neither stirreth vp such fearfull passions as in our countrey to which purpose Messue speaketh this of Eleborus the white because it is troublesome to the bodies of this our time let it be shunned as it were a strangling poison and hee addeth but the vertue of the black is tollerable euen vnto our time although also verie hardlie I thinke onely by this opinion many Phisitions to be so feared that being content with the reading of some writers alone they condemne thinges they know not and whereof they haue no experience without any reason disalowing medicins which is altogether an absurditie and vnfitly for a Phisition at the length they will answere that both the Greekes and Arabian Phisitions did vse those violent medicines because they wanted the lighter as Rhabarb Cassia Manna and such like which may bee safely giuen and with more profit But oh what great praise they get by these medecines in the curing of many diseases Do not these men know out of Hypocrates that to extreame diseases extreame medicines must bee applied and that some times the excrements mingled with bloud in the vains must be drawen out not from the onely concauitie of the partes but from the whole bodie and from the partes farthest of yea and the braine it selfe sometimes and the whole head the instruments of the sences and the sinewes and the rest of the intrailes must bee purged of many affectes which when those sleight medicines can not doe we must take the stronger as Eleborus Niger chiefly Although I knowe that at this day many notable Phisitions both in Germany and Italie doe vse the white with good successe out of the which if the essence be taken as we haue taught it may be giuen with meruellous profit of the sicke and praise of the Phisition to daily diseases and to such as the superfluities are broken out in the vttermost partes as the leprosie Impetigo for therein is a great and peculier power of essence in that to bring foorth whatsoeuer is mingled with the bloud that doth corrupt it It is also giuen to such as haue the quartaine dropsie and are Melancholike and to many other diseases as wee haue declared because it doth purge gently without any trouble or vomiting the excremeÌ„t of the whole bodie Of Turpetum Hermodactilis Thymelea Chamelea Esula and other milkie purgations MAke Mesues Turbyth into powder and choose that which is whitest and gummy and reasonable newe then put it into a glasse with a long necke and put thereon the spirit of wine that it may be couered foure fingers then lute it with Hermes seale and set it in Balneo two or three daies that the menstrua may draw forth all the essence then powre out that menstrua put on fresh and do so still vntill all the substance or tincture be drawen out then circulate all the menstrua together that it may come to the highest perfection of degree then seperat thy menstrua and in the bottom will remaine thy essence the which will bee more perfecter if then in the correction of it yee adde for euery â„¥ i. of essence oile of nutmegges and Ginger ana scrup 1. For with this his operation is so altered with a certaine meruellous propertie that it worketh without lothsomnes perturbations and purgeth the ioyntes and those farthest places from slime and thicke fleame whereas else it would onely drawe the thinne matter and that very slouthfully The dose of this essence is 1 scru with red wine or some decoction pectorall It helpeth against the Hedâ—opes and all phlegmatick diseases THe essence is drawen out of the white chosen root of Hermodactilis of Aegineta after the same maner as out of Eleborus Not the root of Cholchicus ephemeris of the apothecaries which Dioscorides Galen and Paulus affirme to be poison This draweth grosse slimie steam especially from the ioynts and therefore it helpeth much Arthrites Yet it must bee corrected with the oile of comin and cloues least with his windie humour it hurt the stomacke and prouoke lothsomnes in it it is giuen either by it selfe or with some conuenient decoction The dose is 1. scru either more or lesse according to the strength of the patient The rootes of Esulae Thymelee and Chameleae seu Meserij serapionis and Thapsiâ—e succus which draw forth partly fleame partly choller yet not without byting because they be all sharpe and fiery and verie dangerous for they excoriat the bowels breake the mouthes of the vaines the which are prepared in the same manner that Eleborus is and their extraction is giuen without danger if it be mixed with the extractioÌ„ of Myrabolanâ— against the Hydropsie and to purge sharpe humors out of the iointes themselues The dose is about 1. scrup with â„¥ 1. of the oile of sweet almondes In the same maner yee may draw the essence out of the graines of Lathiridis being beateÌ„ vnto the which to correct it ye shall put oile of Masticke and oile of Nutmegges Of wilde Cucumbers Ebulo sambuco and Squilla THe rootes of wild cucumbers must be gathered in May and then stamped and their iuice taken forth the which must be filtred verie cleare vpon which powre the spirit of wine santalatum optime praeparatum then set all in Balneo 3. or 4. daies and what is pure powre of and put on more spirit of wine vntill their remaine no more feces then circulat all together for certaine daies vntill a higher degree the which being done seperat thy menstrua in Balneo and congeale thy essence with a soft fire in sande vntill it be thicke vnto which ad for euery â„¥ i. of essence 1. sâ—r of oile of câ—namoÌ„ ℈ ss of the essence of safroÌ„ This medicin doth purge sharpe humors mightyly by which reason it helpeth the Hidropsie the iaundies and all obstructions of the liuer and spleene If 1. halfe scru or more according to the strength of the patient bee giuen with white wine in the morning fasting Out of the iuice of wilde cucumbers being gathered in Autumne when they are ripe is made a noble medicine if it be rightly prepared to purge cholerick and sharpe excrements This medicine the Greekes call Elaterium whose preparations Dioscorides sheweth in his fourth booke of symples But if it be thus prepared it is more effectuall and with lesse danger or hurt The iuice must be gently pressed out theÌ„ distilled by a filter vntill it be cleare then put it into a glasse with a long necke with as much of the spirit of wine and let them digest in Balneo certaine dayes vntill it is seperated from his feces then seperat the menstrua with a soft fire
Mirabolanes 60 Mali mortui R 32 57 Manna 53 Mechoicam ibid. Melancholia R 22 23 27 32 56 Menses mouentes 36 Menstrum quid 55 Mellancholy purged fol 27 57. Mynts hys oyle 41. Mirrhae his oyle 46 Mastike idem Mace his oyle 44 N Napellus 26 Nutmegs theyr oyle fol 44 O Obstructions taken away 31 37 38 Opium not corrected is perrilous howe it should be amended fol 36 Oyle of sulphur hys sublimation and balsamum 30 31 Oyle of siluer 23. Oyles that swage paines fol 37 Oleum inceratium 30 Oleum macrobi 49 Sal euisdem ibidem Oyle of sweet smelling things 43 Oyles of seedes theyr preparation 42 Oleum salis nitri 52 Oleum salis 51 P Panaricio R 37 Ptisick R 34 Pillule de barberossa fol 26 Pissa spaltus 34 Plates of leade theyr essence the oyle his Sugar or salt 25 Preparations of stones and gems 32 Precious stones as they are commonly vsed doth profite little 32 The preparations of gums and rosens 45 Perles theyr essence 33 Punctures R 37 The preparation of oyles out of woods folio 44 The true preparation of oyles which are commonly vsed in Apothicaries shops to bee applyed outwardly 47 Puluis coÌ„duceues opthalmia 50 Pepper his oyle 44 Percellie seede hys oyle 42 Peniryall 40 The Spagericall preparation of medicens taken out of Vegitables 38 The preparation of Spiritus tartary 38 The extraction of lyquors out of plants flowers seedes and rootes 39 Purging medicines of 3. orders 54. theyr preparations 55 60 Poysoned thinges R. 30 31 34 35s 53. Q Quicksiluer neuer made tryall of by Galen 27 R. Rebisola paracelfi 51 Reuiuing of the body 22 32 56 Read leade 28 Rednes in the face 37 Rhabarb his extraction 60 Refreshing the spyrits R. 43 Rosmary flowers hys oyle 41 S Saffron his essence 43 Sinewes R. 36 Sagapenum his extract 60 Sarcocolla hys extract Ibidem Scamoniae hys extract 59 Silla his extract 58 Seoa his extract 60 Stopping of fluxes 46 Such are to be put in purging medicynes which do eyther take away theyr venome or doe very much weaken them 55 Sage his oyle 40 Sweete Margerum his oyle Ibidem Sal Tartary 39 SucciuuÌ„ or Amber 45 Of Saltes purging by the cough 48 Salt of Saint Iohns worte Ibidem Sal polipodi Ibidem Of saltes purging by vrine 49 Salt of wormwood 49 Salt of gentiane 49 Salt of gratiola 49 Salt of Anonidis 49 Salt of Radish 49 Salt of broome 46 Salt of Beane stalks 49 Salt of Iuniper 49 Of Saltes purging by the wombe 49 Salt of Mugworte 49 Salt of Balme Ibidem Salt of Celendine 49 Of Saltes purging by sweate ibidem Salt of lignum vite 49 Salt of Scabiowes 49 Of Saltes swaging paines ibidem Sal Macrobi oleum eiusdem Ibidem Sal sanguinis humani 50 Sal perigrinorum 50 An addition to the same salt to preserue health 50 Salgeme 51 Sal nyter 52 Sal Petrae fusibilis 52 Stone in the gaule of a Bull. 37 Stone in the mawe of an Oxe Ibidem Swaging paines 34 36 Sharpnes how it may be drawn out of spirites 30 Shaking of the members 36 Salt of goates blood 32 Stinging of Scorpions Ibidem Sandaraca 30 Sublimation doth purifie all thinges 28 Spotes in the face taken away 38 Sigillum lemni essentia 33 Splene R. 23 31 T Thyrst slaked 31 Turpeti mineralis discriptio 26 Tooth-ach 31 That the preparations of Mercury are hard and difficult thinges to be done 27 The olde Phisitions tooke many inward medicynes out of mettals 23 Things strengthning the stomacke 22 33 46 Turpeti extractum 57 That the extractions of essences wil yeeld no congeled matter in the Bulke of the body 55 That the graynes of Spurge though they be whole purge forcible 54 55 That the medicynes which are of thyn subtyll partes are the most excellent 63 That some medecynes are fitter then other some for the purging of humors 53 That the venom or malingnyte of medicynes is taken away by theyr true perparation 56 That al the menstures of the Spagerickes are not hot 55. And although they were hot yet they hurt no thing in theyr extractions 56 TurpeÌ„tinehys oyle 45 Time hys oyle 40 V Of wine 38 Vinum alcalisatum 38 Worme wood oyle 41 Viscawes and thycke humors expelled 27 Vitriolum Colâ—othâ—r 〈◊〉 Oleum Sal spiriâ—â—s 31 Vipers prepared 35 Vnicornes horne 36 Water of earth wormes 37 The woolfe 30 Wounds R 30 〈◊〉 Wormes killed 27 36 Vaynes opened 60 Coroded 58 Vomyting stayed 46 Venamous medicynes R. 53 Wilde Radysh 54 FINIS Plin. lib. 20 nat hist cap. 18. Plin. lib. naâ— hist 6. cap. 71. Cap. 11. De simpl med facult cap. 30. lib. 7. De simpl med facul lib. 2. cap. 17. De simpl med facul cap. 18. Simpl. 11. cap. 51 Simpl. 4. cap. 18. Lib. de febribus Aphor. 1. Agric. lib. 8. de natura fossil 3. Meteor cap. 6. Lib. natu hist 33. cap. 3. Lib nat hist 33. cap. 6. 3 met cap. vltimo Lib 5. de ortu causis subâ—er Hist lib. 33 cap. 4. Hist lib. 33. cap. 6. Philosophici lapidis operationes Calcinatio 1 Solutio 2 Element separatio 3 Coniunctio 4 Putrefactio 5 Coagulatio 6 Cibatio 7 Sublimatio 8 Formeutatio 9 Exaltatio 10 Augmentatio 11 Proiectio 12. vide plin lib. natural histor 33. cap. 4. qui ex auri pigmento aurum perfectioni factuÌ„ fuisse scribit De auâ—â— tinctura auri De argento Do ferro Aeginet lib. 7. Act. li. 10. cap. 11. lib. 14. cap. 24. Balsamum martis De Aere De Plumbo Gal. 9. simp Balsamum saturni Lib. 9. simp cap. 59. simp ca. 60. lib. 5. â—urpeti mineralis descriptio Aqua fixatoria pro â—urpeto De arsenico simpl 5. cap. 71. Lib. 9. simp cap. 53. De sulphure Galen 9. Siâ—pli cap. 36. Aegin li. 7. De vitriolo Galen 9. Simpli Agineta 〈◊〉 7. De antimonio Galen 9. Simp. cap. 26. lib. 5. Cap. 107. Tinctura corallorum Essentia margaritarum De triplicimumia De his consule strab Auicennam serapio Cap. 304. Praeparatio mumiae siccae Praep arati mummiae liquidae Praeparatio â—nummie reoâ—ntis Tinctura mummiae De cranâ—â— humane Essentiae cranij humani Galen lib. de theriaca ad pisonem Aegi. li. 7. De cornibus Moscho zibetta castoreo De pingusnum exungiarum praeparattonibus ac oleis De vina Vinum alcalisatum Preparatio tartari Sal tartari Oleum mellu Herbarum esseutiae Olea floril Oleum thymi Ol. Maâ—oranae Ole Saluia Ole menthâ— Ole Hisopi ole aâ—sinthi Ole Anthos ole seminuÌ„ oleum Anisi ole feniculi oleum cimini oleum Carui Oleum Aneti oleum Peâ—roselini oleum rutae ole fructuuÌ„ radicuÌ„ Oleum Iuniperi oleuÌ„ è baccis lauri oleum è baccis hederae ole Aromatum oleum cinamomi Essentia croci oleum Macis oleum cariophilorum oleum piperis oleum nucis muschatae oleum guaics Oleum ex lignis iuniperis Oleum e lignis fraxini Oleum terebinthinae Oleum resine pine Oleum succini Oleum â—â—sticis Oleum ex Mirrha Oleum ex Galbano Oleum ouorum Oleorum officinariorum vera prâ—parandi methodus pro topicis Oleum rosâ—rum Of artificiall saltes Obseruations Sal Hipericonis sal polipodij sal chamoâ—hillae sal abâ—inihij sal geÌ„tiane sal gratiolae sal anonidiâ— sal raphani sal geniste sal stipitum fabarum sal Iuniperi sal arthemisiae sal melissae sal chelidoâ—iâ— sal ligni guaici sal scabiosae Olei macrobij sal eiusdem sal sanguinu humane puluis ex sâ—libus sal peregrinorum Additiâ— Balsamum vrinae Rebisola Puluis conducens opthalmis suffusionibus alijsquâ—â—gritudinibus oculoriâ— externis Aqua ad suffusioneÌ„ Common sals Sal geÌ„mae Oleum salis Sal nitri Oleum saliâ— nitri Sal petre fusibiliâ— Colirium contra maculas 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 discutiens Lib de purgans med facult Lib quos purg conue quibus quo nodos Libro de purg medicam fac Chap. 6. Lib. 3. Capit 5. med facult Chap. 24. Lib quos purg conue erâ— Cap. 6. Cap. 11. lib â— simp Lib quos purg dec caet cap 8. Lib. 7. Simp med 7. Simp. 1. caq. 12. Lib quos purg caet cap. 8. Lib. 7. cap. 4. Extractio sine essentia Eleborie Lib. 7. cap. 4. Aph. 16. lib 4. Lib. 2. cap. 20 Extractum turpeti Extractio Hermodactilorum Diosâ—or 45. cap. 79. Gal. simp 6. Paul lib. 7. Extractio Lactarioâ—uÌ„ Extractum rad cucu agrestis Elaterium Extractum squillae Extractum scammoniae Lib 1. a lim Lib. 7. simp Lib. 3. cap. 80. Extractum Euforbij Extractum opoponax sar sagap c. Extractum colocynthidis Ex Rabâ— â—actum â—es â—actum â—rici