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although_o all_o metal_n and_o all_o thing_n have_v their_o offspring_n from_o this_o water_n yet_o nothing_o be_v so_o amicable_a unto_o it_o as_o gold_n because_o other_o thing_n have_v impurity_n but_o that_o gold_n have_v none_o which_o must_v be_v take_v with_o a_o grain_n of_o salt_n for_o there_o be_v no_o natural_a or_o common_a gold_n but_o it_o have_v some_o impurity_n and_o in_o what_o respect_n all_o metal_n and_o all_o thing_n have_v
and_o expert_a mineralist_n which_o we_o shall_v handle_v full_o and_o at_o large_a and_o for_o order_n sake_n we_o may_v consider_v first_o the_o matter_n of_o which_o they_o hold_v they_o be_v generate_v second_o the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o their_o generation_n three_o the_o manner_n how_o they_o be_v generate_v 1._o the_o ancient_a chemical_a philosopher_n hold_v that_o the_o matter_n out_o of_o which_o the_o metal_n be_v generate_v be_v sulphur_n and_o mercury_n but_o basilius_n valentinus_n paracelsus_n and_o the_o late_a chemist_n have_v add_v salt_n as_o a_o three_o which_o notwithstanding_o though_o they_o seem_v to_o make_v they_o three_o in_o number_n and_o property_n yet_o they_o intend_v but_o one_o homogeneous_a substance_n or_o essence_n and_o the_o most_o of_o they_o join_a salt_n with_o the_o sulphur_n so_o that_o in_o effect_n they_o hold_v but_o two_o and_o this_o sulphur_n and_o mercury_n they_o do_v not_o mean_a of_o those_o that_o be_v vulgar_a as_o the_o most_o of_o their_o adversary_n have_v too_o gross_o mistake_v and_o therefore_o it_o will_v be_v necessary_a in_o the_o first_o place_n to_o clear_v what_o they_o understand_v by_o sulphur_n and_o mercury_n and_o how_o those_o two_o be_v first_o generate_v 309_o 1._o their_o sulphur_n and_o mercury_n they_o various_o describe_v as_o sendivogius_n say_v prima_fw-la materia_fw-la metallorum_fw-la &_o principalis_fw-la est_fw-la humidum_fw-la aeris_fw-la caliditate_fw-la mixtum_fw-la hanc_fw-la philosophi_fw-la mercurium_fw-la nominarunt_fw-la qui_fw-la radiis_fw-la solis_fw-la &_o lunae_fw-la gubernatur_fw-la in_o mari_fw-fr philosophico_fw-la the_o first_o and_o principal_a matter_n of_o metal_n be_v the_o humidity_n of_o the_o air_n mix_v with_o calidity_n this_o the_o philosopher_n have_v name_v mercury_n which_o be_v govern_v with_o the_o ray_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n in_o the_o philosopher_n sea_n supr_n secunda_fw-la est_fw-la terrae_fw-la caliditas_fw-la sicca_fw-la quam_fw-la vocarunt_fw-la sulphur_n the_o second_o be_v the_o dry_a calidity_n of_o the_o earth_n which_o they_o have_v call_v sulphur_n and_o again_o he_o say_v quatuor_fw-la elementa_fw-la in_o prima_fw-la operatione_n naturae_fw-la stillant_fw-la per_fw-la archaeum_n naturae_fw-la in_o terrae_fw-la centrum_fw-la vaporem_fw-la aquae_fw-la ponderosum_fw-la 321._o qui_fw-la est_fw-la metallorum_fw-la semen_fw-mi &_o dicitur_fw-la mercurius_fw-la propter_fw-la ejus_fw-la fluxibilitatem_fw-la &_o uniuscujusque_fw-la rei_fw-la conjunctionem_fw-la non_fw-la propter_fw-la essentiam_fw-la assimilatur_fw-la sulphuri_fw-la propter_fw-la internum_fw-la calorem_fw-la &_o post_fw-la congelationem_fw-la est_fw-la humidum_fw-la radical_a the_o four_o element_n in_o the_o first_o operation_n of_o nature_n do_v distil_v by_o the_o archaeus_n or_o workman_n of_o nature_n into_o the_o centre_n of_o the_o earth_n a_o ponderous_a vapour_n of_o water_n which_o be_v the_o seed_n of_o metal_n and_o be_v call_v mercury_n because_o of_o its_o fluxibility_n and_o its_o conjunction_n with_o every_o thing_n not_o because_o of_o its_o essence_n it_o be_v liken_v to_o sulphur_n because_o of_o its_o internal_a heat_n and_o after_o congelation_n be_v the_o radical_a moisture_n trevisan_n define_v sulphur_n thus_o 767._o sulphur_n enim_fw-la aliud_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la purus_fw-la ignis_fw-la occultus_fw-la in_o mercurio_fw-la qui_fw-la longo_fw-la successu_fw-la temporis_fw-la excitatur_fw-la atque_fw-la movetur_fw-la motibus_fw-la corporum_fw-la coelestium_fw-la digeritque_fw-la frigiditatem_fw-la &_o humiditatem_fw-la in_o mercurio_fw-la pro_fw-la varietate_fw-la graduum_fw-la decoctionis_fw-la &_o alterationis_fw-la in_o diversas_fw-la formas_fw-la metallicas_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o sulphur_n be_v nothing_o else_o then_o pure_a fire_n hide_v in_o the_o mercury_n which_o in_o long_a continuance_n of_o time_n be_v excite_v and_o move_v by_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o celestial_a body_n and_o do_v digest_v the_o coldness_n and_o humidity_n in_o the_o mercury_n according_a to_o the_o variety_n of_o the_o degree_n of_o decoction_n and_o alteration_n into_o divers_a metallic_a form_n elsewhere_o he_o have_v call_v sulphur_n the_o masculine_a agent_n fire_n and_o air_n which_o in_o the_o metallic_a seed_n do_v maturate_a and_o digest_v the_o two_o feminine_a passives_n of_o earth_n and_o water_n because_o that_o heat_n be_v a_o intrinsic_a and_o essential_a part_n of_o the_o mercury_n itself_o to_o wit_n the_o two_o more_o active_a element_n in_o it_o that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o air_n and_o fire_n and_o again_o augl_n because_o sulphur_n be_v no_o other_o thing_n then_o the_o pure_a act_n of_o the_o air_n and_o fire_n make_v hot_a digest_v or_o decoct_v the_o earth_n and_o water_n proportionable_a to_o itself_o and_o homogeneous_a in_o the_o mercury_n and_o geber_n say_v it_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o light_n and_o tincture_n and_o other_o call_v it_o the_o most_o ripe_a part_n of_o the_o mercury_n and_o the_o ingenuous_a and_o candid_a nollius_n define_v it_o thus_o 308._o the_o sulphur_n with_o which_o argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr be_v impregnate_v be_v not_o the_o vulgar_a sulphur_n but_o fire_n place_v in_o the_o argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr by_o which_o it_o be_v excoct_v into_o a_o metal_n in_o the_o mine_n by_o the_o intervening_a of_o motion_n supr_n 2._o these_o two_o be_v not_o distinct_a as_o though_o mercury_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o sulphur_n another_o as_o extraneous_a body_n one_o to_o another_o for_o trevisan_n say_v sulphur_n be_v not_o something_o separate_v by_o itself_o without_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o mercury_n neither_o common_a sulphur_n otherwise_o the_o matter_n of_o metal_n shall_v not_o be_v homogeneous_a which_o be_v repugnant_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o all_o philosopher_n likewise_o morienus_n and_o aros_fw-la say_n our_o sulphur_n be_v not_o vulgar_a sulphur_n but_o six_o and_o not_o volatile_a of_o the_o nature_n of_o mercury_n and_o not_o of_o any_o other_o thing_n whatsoever_o supr_n and_o trevisan_n again_o say_v some_o person_n do_v judge_v amiss_o that_o in_o the_o procreation_n of_o metal_n some_o sulphureous_a matter_n do_v intervene_v but_o it_o be_v manifest_a on_o the_o contrary_a that_o sulphur_n be_v include_v in_o his_o mercury_n when_o nature_n do_v operate_v 3._o now_o for_o the_o generation_n of_o their_o mercury_n or_o viscous_a fatness_n they_o describe_v it_o thus_o aethereus_fw-la mundi_fw-la spiritus_fw-la 313._o quem_fw-la animam_fw-la appellitant_fw-la duo_fw-la elementa_fw-la aquam_fw-la &_o terram_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la committit_fw-la atque_fw-la ex_fw-la utrisque_fw-la conjunctis_fw-la spiritum_fw-la quendam_fw-la prolicit_fw-la unctuosum_fw-la eumque_fw-la in_o centrum_fw-la terrae_fw-la demittit_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la sursum_fw-la elevetur_fw-la &_o in_o matricem_fw-la deferatur_fw-la debitam_fw-la ac_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la in_o argentum_fw-la 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philosopher_n have_v call_v the_o mercury_n of_o philosopher_n it_o accommodate_v itself_o and_o be_v join_v to_o that_o fatness_n which_o afterward_o it_o sublime_v with_o itself_o and_o then_o it_o be_v make_v a_o unctuous_a thing_n the_o name_n of_o vapour_n be_v lose_v it_o receive_v the_o name_n of_o fatness_n now_o have_v describe_v their_o sulphur_n and_o mercury_n and_o how_o they_o be_v generate_v and_o how_o they_o differ_v only_o in_o property_n and_o not_o in_o homogeneal_a essence_n which_o they_o hold_v to_o be_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o generation_n of_o metal_n we_o shall_v more_o distinct_o handle_v it_o in_o order_n and_o from_o what_o be_v already_o say_v and_o to_o be_v show_v deduce_v their_o full_a meaning_n they_o make_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o mineral_n threefold_a 1._o the_o most_o remote_a matter_n which_o they_o call_v the_o first_o and_o this_o nollius_n do_v call_v the_o aethereal_a spirit_n which_o do_v commix_v the_o two_o element_n of_o water_n and_o 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note_v these_o thing_n 1._o that_o the_o sperm_n of_o metal_n to_o wit_n in_o its_o first_o production_n be_v not_o different_a from_o the_o sperm_n of_o other_o thing_n to_o wit_n a_o humid_a vapour_n 2._o this_o metallic_a seed_n be_v not_o like_o the_o animal_n and_o vegetable_a seed_n easy_o to_o be_v know_v or_o have_v for_o they_o say_v of_o it_o 319._o semen_n minerale_fw-mi vel_fw-la metallorum_fw-la create_v natura_fw-la in_o visceribus_fw-la terrae_fw-la propterea_fw-la non_fw-la creditur_fw-la tale_n semen_fw-mi esse_fw-la in_o rerum_fw-la natura_fw-la quia_fw-la invisibile_fw-la est_fw-la nature_n do_v create_v the_o mineral_n or_o metallic_a seed_n in_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o earth_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o seed_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o thing_n because_o it_o be_v invisible_a and_o again_o the_o mineral_n seed_n be_v know_v of_o the_o philosopher_n and_o last_o semen_n autem_fw-la metallorum_fw-la silij_fw-la tantum_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la noverunt_fw-la but_o the_o son_n of_o art_n have_v only_o know_v the_o seed_n of_o metal_n 3._o this_o metallic_a seed_n be_v but_o one_o and_o not_o divers_a 313._o for_o so_o he_o witness_v sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la opinentur_fw-la saturnum_n habero_fw-la aliud_fw-la seman_n aurum_fw-la quoque_fw-la aliud_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la consequenter_fw-la metalla_fw-la reliqua_fw-la sed_fw-la vana_fw-la sunt_fw-la ista_fw-la unicum_fw-la tantum_fw-la est_fw-la seman_n idem_fw-la in_o saturno_n quoth_v in_o auro_fw-la invenitur_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o luna_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o marie_n there_o be_v those_o that_o imagine_v that_o saturn_n have_v one_o sort_n of_o seed_n and_o gold_n another_o and_o so_o consequent_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o metal_n but_o these_o be_v vain_a there_o be_v only_o one_o seed_n the_o same_o in_o saturn_n that_o be_v find_v in_o gold_n the_o same_o in_o luna_n that_o be_v in_o mars_n 117._o and_o basilius_n valentinus_n far_o more_o full_o say_v thus_o 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