Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	body_n	nature_n	soul_n	16,493	5	5.5392	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41373	The golden age, or, The reign of Saturn review'd tending to set forth a true and natural way to prepare and fix common mercury into silver and gold : intermix'd with a discourse vindicating and explaining that famous universal medicine of the ancients, vulgarly called the philosophers stone, built upon four natural principles / an essay written by Hortolanus, junr. ; preserved and published by R.G.	Hortolanus, junior.; R. G.	1698 (1698)	Wing G1011; ESTC R30416	83,091	240

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the_o one_a 2d_o 3d._n four_o 5_o and_o 6_o etc._n etc._n aeyrenaeus_n sufficient_o confirm_v the_o same_o in_o his_o treatise_n de_fw-fr metallorum_fw-la transmutatione_n pag._n 12_o etc._n etc._n inter_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la levis_fw-la momenti_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la semen_fw-mi sit_fw-la cujusque_fw-la rei_fw-la semen_fw-mi habentis_fw-la perfectio_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la semen_fw-mi non_fw-la habet_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la toto_fw-la imperfectum_fw-la pag._n 27._o materia_fw-la proinde_fw-la unum_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la metallorum_fw-la nempe_fw-la mercurius_n qui_fw-la proprie_fw-la tend_v it_o add_v solemn_a lunamve_fw-la procreandum_fw-la etc._n etc._n quòd_fw-la superfluitates_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la metallicae_fw-la quòd_fw-la faeces_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la pag._n 28_o 29_o quod_fw-la faeces_fw-la sunt_fw-la seperabiles_fw-la suarum_fw-la seperatio_fw-la ante_fw-la coagulationem_fw-la est_fw-la metalli_fw-la perfectio_fw-la 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only_o i_o shall_v set_v down_o one_o passage_n he_o cite_v out_o of_o doctor_n bacon_n pag._n 184._o wise_a man_n begin_v their_o work_n from_o the_o root_n and_o not_o from_o the_o branch_n choose_v as_o doctor_n bacon_n say_v to_o congeal_v the_o thing_n that_o nature_n begin_v she_o first_o operation_n about_o by_o proportionate_a mixion_n and_o union_n of_o a_o pure_a live_a mercury_n with_o a_o like_a quantity_n of_o sulphur_n into_o one_o mass_n oh_o holy_a word_n wherein_o this_o good_a anglican_n or_o rather_o angel_n clear_o depinge_v that_o one_o and_o true_a matter_n whereof_o all_o philosopher_n have_v write_v volume_n under_o divers_a figure_n and_o enigmaical_a fable_n not_o because_o they_o will_v malicious_o hide_v it_o but_o keep_v the_o privilege_n of_o this_o kingdom_n for_o learned_a and_o pious_a man_n who_o by_o continual_a study_n and_o laborious_a experience_n find_v and_o adorn_v it_o eugenius_n philalethes_n in_o his_o anima_fw-la form_n further_a 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which_o apply_v himself_o to_o the_o matter_n and_o actuate_v in_o every_o generation_n that_o there_o be_v also_o a_o passive_a intrinsecal_n where_o he_o be_v more_o immediate_o resident_a than_o in_o the_o rest_n and_o by_o mediation_n of_o which_o he_o communicate_v with_o the_o more_o gross_a material_a part_n for_o there_o be_v he_o say_v in_o nature_n a_o certain_a chain_n or_o subordinate_a propinquity_n of_o complexion_n between_o visibles_n and_o invisibles_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 9_o that_o every_o body_n in_o the_o world_n be_v subject_a to_o a_o certain_a species_n of_o motion_n

and_o foundation_n of_o this_o art_n hert._n sir_n i_o shall_v do_v it_o ready_o since_o you_o be_v please_v to_o require_v it_o this_o art_n consist_v in_o the_o metalline_a kingdom_n only_o in_o metal_n from_o metal_n and_o by_o metal_n it_o be_v build_v upon_o four_o metalline_a principle_n or_o element_n fire_n air_n earth_n and_o water_n that_o the_o two_o first_o join_v be_v radix_fw-la artis_fw-la and_o the_o true_a key_n that_o enough_o of_o they_o have_v be_v say_v already_o that_o we_o be_v now_o seek_v out_o the_o three_o principle_n of_o earth_n the_o dove_n of_o diana_n which_o reconcile_v the_o two_o first_o to_o the_o last_o that_o therefore_o they_o must_v be_v of_o a_o metalline_a nature_n and_o make_v the_o second_o work_n which_o may_v be_v call_v conjunction_n triptative_a etc._n etc._n aeyren._n now_o see_v if_o in_o my_o write_n i_o have_v not_o sufficient_o touch_v this_o principle_n of_o earth_n or_o the_o dove_n of_o diana_n hert._n sir_n i_o thank_v you_o for_o your_o seasonable_a advice_n and_o with_o your_o favour_n i_o will_v make_v a_o further_a search_n let_v i_o see_v vera_fw-la confectio_fw-la lapidis_fw-la philoso_n p._n 133._o nunc_fw-la ad_fw-la medicianam_fw-la secundi_fw-la ordinis_fw-la transeamus_fw-la ordinis_fw-la medecina_fw-la secundi_fw-la ordinis_fw-la quae_fw-la habet_fw-la inspirare_fw-la tingere_fw-la et_fw-la fermentare_fw-la primam_fw-la compositionem_fw-la unde_fw-la calidius_n philosophus_fw-la nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la vel_fw-la postea_fw-la poterit_fw-la tingere_fw-la terram_fw-la albam_fw-la foliatam_fw-la nisi_fw-la cum_fw-la auro_fw-la seminate_a aurum_fw-la vestrum_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la alba_fw-la foliata_fw-la seminate_a hoc_fw-la est_fw-la conjungite_fw-la vel_fw-la fermentate_n aurum_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la animam_fw-la vel_fw-la virtutem_fw-la tingentem_fw-la in_fw-la terra_fw-la alba_fw-la foliata_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la preparatione_fw-la debita_fw-la facta_fw-la alba_fw-la et_fw-la munda_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la sordes_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la it_o a_o preparata_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la idonea_fw-la ut_fw-la possit_fw-la svam_fw-la formam_fw-la vel_fw-la animam_fw-la recipere_fw-la ut_fw-la conjunctae_fw-la fiant_fw-la immortales_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 155._o atque_fw-la finalis_fw-la scopus_fw-la istius_fw-la medicinae_fw-la secundi_fw-la ordinis_fw-la est_fw-la reducere_fw-la lapidem_fw-la in_o terram_fw-la fixam_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la et_fw-la tingentem_fw-la pag._n 142._o accipe_fw-la sulphur_n album_fw-la et_fw-la ipsum_fw-la fige_fw-la luper_n corpus_fw-la suum_fw-la album_fw-la fixum_fw-la et_fw-la mundatum_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la supra_fw-la argentum_fw-la et_fw-la sulphur_n rubeum_fw-la supra_fw-la corpus_fw-la suum_fw-la rubeum_fw-la scil_n supra_fw-la aurum_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 150._o praeterea_fw-la ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la medicinam_fw-la secundi_fw-la ordinis_fw-la spectat_fw-la illud_fw-la hermetis_fw-la scitote_fw-la inquit_fw-la rumorum_fw-la inquisitores_fw-la et_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la silij_fw-la quod_fw-la vultur_n supra_fw-la montem_fw-la existens_fw-la in_o cacumine_fw-la voce_fw-la magna_fw-la clamat_fw-la inquiens_fw-la protige_v i_o et_fw-la ego_fw-la protegam_fw-la te_fw-la largire_fw-la mihi_fw-la jus_o meum_fw-la ut_fw-la te_fw-la adjuvem_fw-la sol_fw-la enim_fw-la meus_fw-la et_fw-la radii_fw-la mei_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o i_o luna_fw-la vero_fw-la mihi_fw-la propria_fw-la est_fw-la ac_fw-la lumen_fw-la meum_fw-la omne_fw-la lumen_fw-la superat_fw-la et_fw-la mea_fw-la bona_fw-la omnibus_fw-la bonis_fw-la sunt_fw-la sublimiora_fw-la i_o igitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n fons_n chemicae_fw-la philosophiae_fw-la pag._n 93._o sed_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la aquam_fw-la revertamur_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la crede_fw-la mihi_fw-la totum_fw-la secretum_fw-la consistit_fw-la quae_fw-la aqua_fw-la licet_fw-la sit_fw-la una_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la simplex_fw-la sed_fw-la composita_fw-la nempe_fw-la ex_fw-la vase_n et_fw-la igne_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la vinculum_fw-la vinculum_fw-la quibus_fw-la tertium_fw-la additur_fw-la nempe_fw-la vinculum_fw-la quum_fw-la igitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n introit_n apart_z p._n 4._o est_fw-la nempe_fw-la in_o aqua_fw-la nostra_fw-la requisitus_fw-la primò_fw-la ignis_fw-la secundo_fw-la liquor_n saturniae_fw-la vegetabilis_fw-la tertiò_fw-la mercurii_n vinculum_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o be_o not_o to_o learn_v that_o sometime_o and_o in_o some_o respect_v the_o first_o principle_n of_o fire_n be_v call_v vinculum_fw-la mercurii_n because_o it_o tend_v to_o the_o fix_v of_o it_o but_o the_o water_n be_v tie_v to_o the_o fire_n only_o by_o the_o three_o principle_n ripley_n revive_v pag._n 290._o the_o second_o manner_n be_v call_v triptative_a which_o be_v conjunction_n of_o thing_n three_o of_o body_n soul_n and_o spirit_n that_o they_o not_o strive_v which_o trinity_n thou_o must_v bring_v to_o unity_n for_o as_o the_o soul_n to_o the_o spirit_n the_o bond_n must_v be_v right_o so_o the_o body_n the_o soul_n to_o he_o must_v knit_v out_o of_o thy_o mind_n let_v not_o this_o lesson_n flit_v pag._n 292._o know_v that_o the_o soul_n do_v not_o ascend_v but_o it_o carry_v with_o it_o a_o fermental_a odour_n of_o the_o body_n by_o which_o it_o do_v so_o effectual_o affect_v the_o spirit_n that_o it_o begin_v to_o think_v of_o take_v a_o new_a impression_n and_o become_v daily_o by_o little_a and_o little_o more_o and_o more_o able_a to_o suffer_v fire_n and_o by_o consequence_n draw_v to_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o body_n observe_v this_o etc._n etc._n pag._n 307._o the_o next_o be_v to_o know_v our_o mercury_n which_o be_v not_o common_a but_o artificial_a draw_v from_o three_o head_n by_o the_o mediation_n of_o one_o thing_n which_o make_v the_o two_o which_o be_v dry_a and_o sulphureous_a to_o unite_v with_o one_o which_o be_v moist_a and_o mercurial_a brevis_fw-la manuductio_fw-la ad_fw-la rubin_n coelestem_fw-la pag._n 69._o causa_fw-la secunda_fw-la finalis_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la contrarias_fw-la qualitates_fw-la concilia●emus_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la conciliantur_fw-la qualitates_fw-la contrariae_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la medium_n pag._n 70._o medium_fw-la medium_fw-la medium_fw-la ergo_fw-la erit_fw-la utriusque_fw-la partïceps_fw-la utrique_fw-la accommodatum_fw-la vertendo_fw-la itaque_fw-la compositum_fw-la in_o terram_fw-la jam_fw-la concordant_a in_fw-la hoc_fw-la tertio_fw-la frigus_fw-la &_o calor_fw-la ut_fw-la cohabitare_fw-la possint_fw-la etc._n etc._n postea_fw-la vero_fw-la in_o aquam_fw-la dissolvendo_fw-la conciliantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n also_o in_o rip_n rev_n you_o speak_v to_o this_o purpose_n viz._n for_o certain_o the_o ferment_n ferment_n ferment_n which_o come_v between_o the_o compound_n body_n and_o the_o water_n cause_v a_o death_n and_o a_o regeneration_n etc._n etc._n also_o in_o another_o part_n of_o it_o thus_o now_o in_o the_o composition_n of_o these_o three_o first_o our_o common_a mercury_n and_o the_o two_o mercury_n common_a mercury_n principle_n of_o our_o compound_v there_o intercee_v the_o ferment_n etc._n etc._n out_o of_o which_o though_o it_o be_v a_o body_n proceed_v yet_o a_o specificated_a odour_n etc._n etc._n now_o sir_n i_o thank_v you_o for_o your_o encouragement_n since_o i_o have_v cause_n to_o rejoice_v aeyren._n how_o come_v you_o to_o lay_v any_o stress_n upon_o these_o word_n hort._n because_o sir_n you_o have_v express_o say_v it_o more_o than_o once_o or_o twice_o and_o a_o certain_a honest_a author_n speak_v to_o this_o purpose_n that_o after_o the_o join_n of_o the_o two_o first_o principle_n the_o mercury_n of_o the_o second_o may_v then_o be_v say_v to_o be_v dead_a and_o never_o more_o to_o be_v make_v live_v but_o by_o argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr which_o can_v be_v do_v without_o mixture_n but_o that_o it_o will_v not_o mingle_v itself_o with_o the_o common_a argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr because_o of_o the_o sulphur_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o there_o must_v be_v a_o medium_n that_o in_o medium_fw-la medium_fw-la the_o medium_n must_v be_v a_o specific_a seperative_a power_n to_o coagulate_v etc._n etc._n for_o common_a mercury_n have_v no_o specific_a therefore_o take_v etc._n etc._n this_o sir_n i_o think_v agree_v exact_o with_o your_o own_o word_n former_o cite_v aeyr_n it_o do_v so_o name_v your_o author_n therefore_o for_o certain_o he_o be_v one_o of_o the_o plain_a that_o ever_o write_v concern_v this_o principle_n hor._n he_o be_v no_o plain_o sir_n in_o this_o than_o in_o the_o rest_n but_o his_o book_n be_v of_o small_a account_n and_o i_o must_v beg_v your_o pardon_n sir_n because_o in_o your_o preface_n to_o ripley_n revive_v after_o you_o have_v tell_v we_o what_o light_n you_o receive_v from_o bernard_n trevisan_n you_o say_v next_o to_o he_o or_o rather_o before_o he_o in_o some_o respect_n be_v a_o author_n who_o you_o will_v not_o name_n etc._n etc._n so_o sir_n i_o follow_v your_o example_n and_o i_o know_v you_o can_v easy_o perceive_v the_o word_n be_v not_o of_o my_o own_o invention_n aeyr_n but_o how_o then_o have_v this_o your_o earth_n a_o relation_n to_o the_o dove_n of_o diana_n which_o be_v speak_v in_o the_o plural_a hor._n because_o of_o the_o quantity_n sir_n which_o be_v two_o to_o one_o aeyren._n have_v you_o see_v any_o receipt_n for_o it_o hort._n yes_o sir_n one_o of_o your_o own_o it_o be_v as_o follow_v arcanum_n arsenici_fw-la philosophici_fw-la 1._o accepi_fw-la draconis_fw-la ignei_fw-la partem_fw-la unam_fw-la

but_o yet_o they_o be_v but_o one_o thing_n make_v of_o divers_a create_v substance_n of_o one_o essence_n that_o be_v to_o say_v 1._o there_o be_v requisite_a in_o our_o water_n first_o of_o all_o fire_n requisit_n requisit_n 2._o second_o the_o liquor_n of_o the_o vegetable_a saturnia_n 3._o the_o bond_n of_o mercury_n and_o 4._o therefore_o fourthly_a by_o consequence_n the_o liquor_n of_o mercury_n and_o that_o which_o be_v common_a so_o it_o be_v not_o adulterate_v the_o first_o for_o my_o intent_n be_v the_o element_n of_o metaline_n fire_n the_o second_o of_o air_n the_o three_o of_o earth_n the_o four_o of_o water_n this_o will_v better_o appear_v in_o the_o 11_o chap._n pag._n 18._o de_fw-fr inventione_n perfecti_fw-la magisterij_fw-la where_o he_o tell_v you_o that_o the_o first_o inquirer_n into_o this_o magistery_n seek_v only_o how_o they_o may_v exalt_v imperfect_a metal_n to_o the_o nature_n of_o gold_n and_o perceive_v that_o all_o metallick_n body_n be_v of_o a_o 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occultum_fw-la &_o occultare_fw-la manifestum_fw-la quod_fw-la fit_a omne_fw-la intus_fw-la &_o extra_fw-la mundando_fw-la the_o fire_n say_v my_o master_n for_o so_o i_o 5._o of_o the_o fire_n introit_n apart_a pag._n 5._o will_v make_v bold_a to_o call_v that_o most_o learned_a and_o ingenuous_a author_n aeyrenaeus_n philalethes_n be_v of_o a_o mineral_n sulphur_n and_o yet_o be_v not_o proper_o mineral_n nor_o metalline_a but_o a_o middle_n betwixt_o a_o mineral_n and_o a_o metal_n and_o neither_o of_o they_o partake_v of_o both_o a_o chaos_n or_o spirit_n because_o chaos_n chaos_n our_o fiery_a dragon_n who_o overcome_v all_o thing_n be_v notwithstanding_o penetrate_v by_o the_o odour_n of_o the_o vegetable_a saturnia_n who_o blood_n concretes_n or_o grow_v together_o with_o the_o juice_n of_o saturnia_n saturnia_fw-la saturnia_fw-la into_o one_o wonderful_a body_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o a_o body_n because_o it_o be_v all_o volatile_a nor_o a_o spirit_n because_o in_o the_o fire_n it_o resemble_v a_o melt_a metal_n it_o be_v therefore_o in_o very_a deed_n a_o chaos_n which_o be_v relate_v to_o all_o metal_n as_o a_o mother_n etc._n etc._n here_o with_o the_o fire_n he_o take_v occasion_n ☜_o ☜_o to_o join_v the_o air_n which_o two_o make_v his_o chaos_n viz._n the_o fiery_a dragon_n and_o the_o liquor_n of_o the_o vegetable_a saturnia_n nevertheless_o i_o know_v that_o the_o fire_n be_v sometime_o call_v earth_n and_o sometime_o water_n so_o also_o be_v that_o of_o the_o air_n and_o earth_n but_o it_o be_v not_o proper_o our_o air_n till_o the_o two_o first_o be_v conjoin_v and_o purge_v this_o chaos_n be_v call_v our_o arsenic_n our_o air_n our_o luna_n our_o magnett_n our_o calyb_n or_o steel_n but_o yet_o in_o divers_a respect_n 5._o pag._n 5._o because_o our_o matter_n undergo_v various_a state_n before_o that_o the_o kingly_a diadem_n be_v bring_v or_o cast_v forth_o out_o of_o the_o menstruum_fw-la of_o our_o harlot_n note_v the_o first_o be_v call_v 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item_n opus_fw-la ejus_fw-la est_fw-la dissolvi_fw-la exaltari_fw-la mori_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la altum_fw-la ascendere_fw-la it_o be_v also_o call_v leo_n and_o servus_n rubeus_n corpus_n rubeus_n etc._n etc._n the_o second_o principle_n he_o also_o call_v water_n aqua_fw-la prima_fw-la ignis_fw-la corrodens_fw-la ignis_fw-la principle_n of_o the_o second_o principle_n contra_fw-la naturam_fw-la luna_fw-la magnes_fw-la mater_fw-la materia_fw-la etc._n etc._n sperma_fw-la mercurij_fw-la dissolventis_fw-la mercurin_n mercurius_n crudus_fw-la quinta_fw-la essentia_fw-la stomachus_fw-la struthionis_fw-la vas_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la &_o argentum_fw-la vivum_fw-la crudum_fw-la à_fw-la miner_n a_fw-fr simpliciter_fw-la extractum_fw-la etc._n etc._n norton_n call_v it_o titano_n &_o magnesia_n ripley_n call_v it_o venus_n and_o the_o green_a lyon_n we_o will_v consider_v these_o two_o the_o first_o under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o fiery_a dragon_n or_o 7._o introit_n apart_a peg_n 6._o &_o 7._o chalybs_fw-la which_o he_o say_v be_v the_o minera_n of_o gold_n the_o second_o he_o say_v be_v saturnia_n or_o magnet_n and_o be_v the_o true_a miner_n a_o of_o the_o chalybs_fw-la sumantur_fw-la draconis_fw-la nostri_fw-la ignei_fw-la etc._n etc._n let_v there_o be_v take_v of_o our_o fiery_a dragon_n 12._o praxis_fw-la page_n 12._o which_o hide_v the_o magical_a chalybs_fw-la in_o his_o own_o belly_n four_o part_n of_o our_o magnet_n nine_o part_n mix_v they_o together_o with_o a_o strong_a fire_n in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o mineral_n water_n upon_o which_o there_o will_v swim_v a_o scum_n which_o be_v to_o be_v cast_v away_o remove_v the_o shell_n and_o take_v the_o kernel_n purge_v it_o the_o three_o time_n with_o fire_n and_o salt_n which_o will_v easy_o be_v do_v if_o saturn_n shall_v behold_v himself_o in_o the_o looking-glass_n of_o mars_n thence_o be_v make_v the_o chamaeleon_n or_o our_o chaos_n in_o which_o all_o arcanas_fw-la lie_v hide_v virtual_o but_o not_o actual_o this_o chaos_n chaos_n be_v the_o hermaphroditical_a infant_n etc._n etc._n hermaphrodite_n hermaphrodite_n introit_n apart_a pag._n 6._o &_o 7._o de_fw-fr chalybe_n &_o magnete_n our_o chalybs_fw-la be_v

elixir_n theat_n they_o britt_n bring_v in_o mercury_n extol_v herself_o pag._n 272_o 273._o have_v these_o word_n viz._n i_o be_o mercury_n the_o mighty_a flower_n i_o be_o most_o worthy_a of_o honour_n etc._n etc._n i_o be_o both_o sun_n and_o moon_n i_o be_o sche_a that_o alle_fw-mi thing_n must_v do_v i_o have_v a_o daughter_n hight_v saturn_n that_o be_v my_o darling_n the_o wych_a be_v mother_n of_o all_o werk_n for_o in_o my_o daughter_n there_o byne_v hide_v four_o thing_n common_o i_o kydd_v a_o golden_a seed_n and_o a_o spearme_n rich_a and_o a_o silver_n seed_n now_o he_o lych_a and_o a_o mercury_n seed_n full_a bright_a and_o a_o sulphur_n seed_n that_o be_v right_a of_o my_o daughter_n wythowten_o dread_a be_v make_v flyxir_n white_a and_o red_a therefore_o of_o she_o draw_v a_o water_n cler_fw-mi the_o scyence_n if_o thou_o list_v to_o leer_v this_o water_n reduce_v every_o thing_n to_o tenderness_n and_o to_o fyx_v it_o burgen_v growyth_o and_o gyve_v fright_n and_o light_n ingression_n life_n and_o last_a in_o sight_n awl_n ryghteous_a werkes_n sooth_n to_o say_v it_o help_v and_o bring_v in_o a_o good_a way_n this_o be_v the_o water_n that_o be_v most_o worthy_a aqua_fw-la perfectissima_fw-la &_o flos_fw-la mundi_fw-la for_o alle_fw-mi werke_n this_o water_n makyth_v white_a reduce_a and_o schyne_v as_o sylver_n bright_a and_o of_o the_o oil_n great_a marvel_n there_o be_v for_o all_o thing_n it_o bring_v to_o redness_n as_o cytrine_n gold_n he_o be_v full_a high_a none_o be_v so_o red_a nor_o none_o be_v so_o worthy_a ripley_n in_o his_o work_n in_o theat_n chym._n and_o particular_o in_o his_o preface_n speak_v of_o their_o three_o mercury_n pag._n 125._o say_v thus_o body_n with_o the_o first_o we_o calime_v natural_o perfect_a but_o none_o which_o be_v unclean_a except_o one_o which_o usual_o named_fw-la by_o philosopher_n the_o lion_n greene_n he_o be_v the_o mean_a the_o soon_o and_o moon_n between_o of_o join_v tincture_n with_o perfytness_n as_o geber_n thereto_o beryth_v wytness_n etc._n etc._n now_o we_o be_v return_v back_o again_o to_o the_o work_n of_o geber_n of_o who_o writing_n i_o say_v my_o master_n aeyrenaeus_n be_v the_o best_a interpreter_n and_o do_v give_v the_o best_a account_n of_o all_o the_o name_n which_o to_o each_o of_o these_o two_o first_o principle_n may_v proper_o in_o any_o manner_n be_v apply_v and_o which_o be_v many_o as_o witness_v his_o enarratio_fw-la methodica_fw-la trium_fw-la gebri_fw-la medicinarum_fw-la yet_o because_o in_o his_o book_n call_v ripley_n revive_v which_o he_o say_v he_o intend_v as_o a_o key_n to_o all_o his_o formmer_n writing_n he_o have_v explain_v these_o two_o principle_n without_o britain_n pag._n 2._o print_a 1677._o by_o will._n cooper_n at_o the_o pelican_n in_o little_a britain_n any_o room_n for_o doubt_n or_o exception_n we_o will_v examine_v they_o to_o try_v if_o they_o be_v plain_a and_o easy_a and_o answer_v or_o rather_o confirm_v what_o be_v before_o recite_v in_o his_o exposition_n upon_o sir_n george_n ripleys_n epistle_n in_o pag._n 20._o of_o this_o book_n he_o write_v thus_o take_v then_o the_o most_o belove_a daughter_n of_o saturn_n who_o arm_n be_v a_o circle_n argent_fw-fr on_o it_o a_o sable_a cross_n on_o a_o black_a field_n which_o be_v the_o signal_n note_v of_o the_o great_a world_n espouse_v she_o to_o the_o most_o warlike_a god_n who_o dwell_v in_o the_o house_n of_o aries_n and_o thou_o shall_v find_v the_o salt_n of_o nature_n with_o this_o salt_n acuate_v thy_o water_n as_o thou_o best_o know_v and_o thou_o shall_v have_v the_o lunary_n bath_n in_o which_o the_o sun_n will_v be_v amend_v and_o in_o the_o same_o book_n in_o his_o exposition_n upon_o the_o praeface_n of_o sir_n george_n rip_o pag._n 7._o he_o say_v of_o the_o fire_n that_o it_o inhabit_v the_o fiery_a dragon_n and_o it_o yield_v its_o soul_n to_o the_o true_a saturnia_n and_o be_v embrace_v by_o it_o and_o both_o become_v one_o together_o bear_v the_o stamp_n of_o the_o most_o high_a even_o the_o oriental_a lucifer_n the_o son_n of_o the_o morning_n this_o soul_n be_v chalybs_fw-la magical_a volatile_a and_o chalybs_fw-la chalybs_fw-la very_o tender_a the_o true_a minera_n of_o sol_n out_o of_o which_o sol_n natural_o proceed_v which_o i_o myself_o know_v to_o be_v true_a and_o have_v speak_v of_o it_o in_o my_o little_a latin_a treatise_n call_v introitus_fw-la apertus_fw-la ad_fw-la occlusum_fw-la regis_fw-la palatium_fw-la this_o be_v true_a sulphur_n which_o be_v imbile_v sulphur_n true_a sulphur_n by_o the_o mercuriallity_n of_o saturnia_n and_o note_v it_o with_o the_o royal_a signet_n etc._n etc._n but_o to_o put_v the_o matter_n clear_a out_o of_o doubt_n and_o beyond_o any_o cause_n of_o objection_n let_v we_o view_v some_o of_o his_o philosophical_a verse_n which_o he_o call_v the_o learned_a sophy_n feast_n vide._n his_o exposition_n upon_o the_o preface_n of_o sir_n george_n ripley_n pag._n 49._o whoso_o will_v lasting_a and_o eternal_a fame_n deserve_v learn_v thou_o the_o lion_n green_a to_o tame_v etc._n etc._n green_n the_o lyon_n green_n this_o horrid_a beast_n which_o we_o our_o lion_n call_v have_v many_o other_o name_n that_o noman_n shall_v the_o truth_n perceive_v unless_o that_o god_n direct_v and_o on_o his_o darken_a mind_n a_o light_n reflect_v etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v because_o of_o the_o transcendent_a force_n it_o have_v and_o for_o the_o rawness_n of_o its_o source_n call_v why_o so_o call_v of_o which_o the_o like_a be_v not_o where_o to_o be_v see_v that_o it_o of_o they_o be_v name_v the_o lion_n green_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v a_o substance_n of_o a_o metallin_n '_o race_n nature_n it_o be_v nature_n if_o you_o the_o matter_n view_n whoselowr_a face_n a_o sophister_n will_v at_o first_o sight_n so_o scare_v etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o o_o strange_a a_o wonder_n to_o relate_v naked_a diana_n naked_a at_o this_o same_o spring_n naked_a diana_n sit_v etc._n etc._n yet_o further_o for_o to_o answer_v your_o desire_n 51._o 51._o i_o say_v this_o subject_n never_o feel_v the_o fire_n of_o sulphur_n metalline_a but_o be_v more_o crude_a sulphur_n want_v metalline_a sulphur_n than_o any_o mineral_n etc._n etc._n and_o its_o component_n be_v a_o mercury_n sulphur_n the_o dry_a sulphur_n most_o pure_a though_o tender_a with_o a_o sulphur_n dry_a incarcerate_v which_o do_v the_o flux_n restrain_v etc._n etc._n and_o hinder_v the_o sweet_a communion_n of_o mixture_n hinder_v mixture_n this_o virgin_n lead_v and_o her_o dear_a sister_n etc._n etc._n which_o will_v otherwise_o warm_v a_o bath_n for_o sol_n etc._n etc._n know_v then_o the_o subject_a which_o the_o sure_a base_a 52._o pag._n 52._o of_o all_o our_o secret_n be_v and_o it_o un_fw-we case_n &c_n &c_n it_o be_v our_o stone_n it_o be_v saturn_n child_n its_o constitution_n be_v cold_a it_o must_v therefore_o child_n satur_n child_n be_v mix_v with_o another_o sulphur_n find_v in_o the_o house_n of_o aries_n &c_n &c_n our_o subject_n it_o be_v no_o way_n malleable_a it_o be_v metalline_a and_o its_o colour_n sable_a etc._n it_o be_v colour_n sable_a etc._n etc._n with_o intermix_a argent_fw-fr which_o in_o vein_n the_o sable_a field_n with_o glitter_a branch_n stain_n etc._n etc._n this_o be_v sufficient_a to_o show_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o two_o first_o principle_n and_o the_o necessity_n of_o their_o conjunction_n and_o this_o differ_v not_o from_o what_o basil_n valentine_n write_v who_o teach_v to_o dissolve_v gold_n by_o a_o deep_a glitter_a mineral_n grow_v in_o the_o mine_n of_o saturn_n and_o be_v of_o the_o first_o matter_n of_o metal_n also_o in_o his_o treatise_n of_o natural_a and_o supernatural_a thing_n he_o say_v mars_n and_o venus_n can_v perform_v nothing_o to_o attain_v 2._o pag._n 38._o chap._n 2._o any_o thing_n with_o wealth_n without_o the_o lyon_n and_o say_v their_o melioration_n lie_v conceal_v in_o their_o signet_n star_n or_o magnet_n out_o of_o which_o all_o metal_n have_v themselves_o receive_v their_o gift_n then_o speak_v of_o the_o first_o matter_n 40._o pag._n 40._o from_o the_o centre_n he_o say_v it_o be_v compare_v to_o the_o middle_a world_n he_o further_o say_v it_o be_v a_o true_a water_n a_o soulish_a water_n the_o 41._o pag._n 41._o mother_n of_o all_o metal_n be_v heat_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o sulphur_n which_o by_o its_o digestion_n make_v the_o earthly_a body_n lively_a wherein_o the_o salt_n be_v evident_o find_v which_o preserve_v from_o putrefaction_n etc._n etc._n and_o in_o the_o three_o chapter_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o mercury_n pag._n 43._o he_o say_v all_o visible_a tangible_a thing_n be_v make_v of_o this_o spirit_n that_o it_o be_v a_o mere_a air_n fly_v a_o 44._o pag._n 44._o move_a wind_n but_o if_o it_o can_v be_v catch_v and_o make_v carporal_n it_o resolve_v into_o a_o body_n and_o

the_o secret_n of_o the_o secres_fw-la pard_n also_o there_o be_v a_o disciple_n of_o plato_n that_o on_o a_o time_n say_v his_o master_n to_o as_o his_o book_n senior_n wool_n bear_v wytnesse_n and_o this_o be_v his_o demand_n in_o sothfastnesse_n tellme_v the_o name_n of_o the_o privy_a stone_n and_o plato_n answer_v unto_o he_o anon_o take_v the_o stone_n that_o tytano_n man_n name_v 275._o of_o titan_n magnafia_n take_v the_o cler_n light_n the_o red_a gum_n that_o be_v so_o bright_a etc._n etc._n theat_v chem._n britt_n pag._n 275._o which_o be_v that_o quoth_v he_o magnatia_n be_v the_o same_o say_a plato_n you_o sir_n and_o be_v it_o thus_o this_o be_v ignotum_fw-la per_fw-la ignotius_fw-la what_o be_v magnatia_n good_a sir_n i_o you_o pray_v it_o be_v a_o water_n that_o be_v make_v i_o say_v of_o element_n four_a quod_fw-la plato_n tell_v i_o the_o rock_n good_a sir_n quoth_v he_o tho_o of_o that_o water_n if_o it_o be_v your_o will_n nay_o nay_o quoth_v plato_n certain_a that_o i_o will_v the_o philosopher_n be_v you_o swear_v e●hone_v that_o they_o shall_v discover_v it_o unto_o none_o ne_o in_o no_o book_n it_o write_v in_o no_o mane●e_n for_o unto_o christ_n it_o be_v so_o lief_a and_o dear_a that_o he_o wool_fw-mi not_o that_o it_o discover_v be_v but_o where_o it_o like_v to_o his_o deite_n man_n to_o inspire_v and_o eke_o for_o to_o desende_v when_o that_o he_o like_v to_o this_o be_v his_o end_n thus_o you_o see_v how_o the_o ancient_a philopher_n be_v swear_v not_o to_o discover_v their_o rock_n of_o clear_a water_n and_o that_o this_o work_n be_v the_o high_a piece_n of_o philosophy_n in_o nature_n this_o water_n be_v make_v of_o the_o four_o element_n say_v plato_n so_o be_v the_o join_n of_o the_o two_o first_o principle_n say_v to_o be_v the_o mix_n of_o the_o four_o element_n the_o one_o be_v hot_a and_o dry_a the_o other_o cold_a and_o moist_a this_o water_n be_v also_o call_v aqua_fw-la divina_fw-la aqua_fw-la benedicta_fw-la aqua_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n with_o many_o other_o name_n one_o author_n that_o shall_v be_v nameless_a speak_v of_o the_o conjunction_n of_o these_o two_o principle_n say_v it_o be_v a_o magistery_n and_o call_v the_o first_o the_o divine_a instrument_n and_o the_o second_o he_o call_v mercury_n and_o say_v that_o the_o addition_n of_o the_o instrument_n that_o be_v quintessence_n go_v through_o the_o mercury_n and_o remain_v with_o it_o and_o see_v that_o quintessence_n belong_v to_o life_n it_o change_v the_o mercury_n so_o that_o now_o mercury_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o life_n also_o and_o this_o operation_n be_v do_v very_o quick_o without_o any_o elemental_a work_v for_o as_o every_o workman_n adorn_v his_o work_n and_o give_v it_o his_o mark_n by_o the_o which_o the_o masterpiece_n be_v know_v so_o also_o god_n mark_v this_o his_o creation_n and_o give_v it_o the_o noble_a sign_n that_o be_v in_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n so_o now_o you_o have_v his_o word_n you_o may_v 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signet_n and_o be_v unite_v and_o revive_v into_o a_o mineral_n water_n by_o the_o mediation_n of_o diana_n dove_n it_o be_v the_o sharp_a spirit_n which_o in_o the_o water_n move_v the_o body_n to_o putrefy_v &c_n &c_n thus_o be_v make_v a_o medicine_n of_o the_o first_o order_n by_o calcination_n next_o we_o will_v proceed_v to_o the_o three_o principle_n of_o earth_n after_o we_o have_v observe_v a_o few_o of_o the_o name_n of_o these_o two_o principle_n first_o as_o they_o be_v apart_o and_o afterward_o as_o they_o be_v join_v beside_o such_o as_o you_o have_v hear_v before_o first_o of_o the_o air_n female_a or_o water_n of_o dissolve_v mercury_n aeyrenaes_n in_o his_o opus_fw-la tripartitum_fw-la or_o vera_fw-la confectio_fw-la lapidis_fw-la philosophici_fw-la in_o the_o division_n de_fw-fr principali_fw-la proprietate_fw-la mercurii_n dissolventis_fw-la pag._n 21._o among_o other_o set_v down_o these_o acetum_fw-la aqua_fw-la aqua_fw-la prima_fw-la aqua_fw-la artis_fw-la aqua_fw-la simplex_fw-la balneum_fw-la coelum_fw-la humiditas_fw-la ignis_fw-la humidus_fw-la ignis_fw-la contra_fw-la naturam_fw-la liquor_n vegetabilis_fw-la crudus_fw-la luna_fw-la mater_fw-la materia_fw-la lunaria_n mercurius_fw-la crudus_fw-la mercurius_fw-la dissolvens_fw-la ministerium_fw-la primum_fw-la quinta_fw-la essentia_fw-la spiritus_fw-la crudus_fw-la spiritus_fw-la cocti_fw-la sepulchurum_fw-la sperma_fw-la mercurii_n stomachus_fw-la struthionis_fw-la vas_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la visitatio_fw-la occultorum_fw-la &_o argentum_fw-la vivum_fw-la crudum_fw-la à_fw-la minera_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la extractum_fw-la pag._n 48._o after_o some_o alteration_n of_o it_o aqua_fw-la divina_fw-la aqua_fw-la mundi_fw-la aqua_fw-la venenosa_fw-la aqua_fw-la auri_fw-la aquila_fw-la caput_fw-la corvi_n fimus_fw-la equinus_fw-la flos_fw-la aeris_fw-la fumus_fw-la igneus_fw-la humidum_fw-la igneum_fw-la igneum_fw-la venenum_fw-la ignis_fw-la innaturalis_fw-la leo_fw-la viridis_fw-la lutum_fw-la magisterii_fw-la magnesia_n nigra_fw-la nigrum_fw-la nigrius_fw-la nigro_n nummus_fw-la oleum_fw-la saturni_n plumbum_fw-la nigrum_fw-la pulvis_fw-la niger_n putrefactio_fw-la res_fw-la vilis_fw-la ros_fw-fr coelestibus_fw-la sigillum_fw-la hermetis_fw-la spiritus_fw-la foetens_fw-la sputum_fw-la lunae_fw-la terr_v a_o nigra_fw-la vapour_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o book_n call_v palladium_n spagyricum_n be_v hundred_o of_o name_n yet_o i_o approve_v not_o his_o cunning._n second_o as_o to_o the_o male_a or_o fire_n pag._n 57_o adam_n anima_fw-la aries_n anrum_fw-la vivum_fw-la corpus_fw-la rubeum_fw-la ferrum_fw-la forma_fw-la frater_fw-la gumma_fw-la rubea_fw-la ignis_fw-la naturae_fw-la lapis_fw-la rubeus_fw-la lytargyrium_n rubeum_fw-la lux_fw-la mane_fw-la mars_n magnesia_n rubea_fw-la oleum_fw-la martis_n oleum_fw-la incombustibile_fw-la pater_fw-la pars_fw-la una_fw-la rex_fw-la rubedo_n sal_fw-la rubeum_fw-la sericon_fw-la sol_fw-la sulphur_n rubeum_fw-la sulphur_n vivum_fw-la terra_fw-la rubea_fw-la vitriolum_fw-la rubeum_fw-la de_fw-fr predictorum_fw-la duorum_fw-la conjunctione_n pag._n 22._o aqua_fw-la secunda_fw-la arcanum_fw-la argentum_fw-la nostra_fw-la aqua_fw-la nostra_fw-la vivum_fw-la chaos_n corpus_fw-la confusum_fw-la cuprum_fw-la ae_z nostrum_fw-la ae_z philosophorum_fw-la fumus_fw-la aquosus_fw-la ignis_fw-la alienus_fw-la lapis_fw-la mineralis_fw-la lapis_fw-la unus_fw-la lapis_fw-la in_o capitulis_fw-la notus_fw-la laton_n materia_fw-la una_fw-la massa_fw-la consusa_fw-la minera_fw-la nostra_fw-la menstruum_fw-la secundam_fw-la ouum_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la radix_fw-la una_fw-la res_fw-la una_fw-la &_o res_fw-la vilis_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 38._o ae_z album_fw-la argentum_fw-la vivum_fw-la animatum_fw-la arsenicum_fw-la aurum_fw-la aurum_fw-la album_fw-la corpus_fw-la album_fw-la eva_n fundamentum_fw-la artis_fw-la gumma_fw-la alba_fw-la hermophroditus_n lac_n virgin_n lapis_fw-la unus_fw-la luna_fw-la plena_fw-la magnesia_n materia_fw-la una_fw-la metallorum_fw-la mercurius_n occidens_fw-la plumbum_fw-la album_fw-la radix_fw-la artis_fw-la sal_fw-la alchali_n sapo_fw-la sapientum_fw-la soror_fw-la sperma_fw-la metallorum_fw-la stannum_fw-la sulphur_n album_fw-la terra_fw-la fructuosa_fw-la vitrum_fw-la vrina_n puerorum_fw-la vultur_n with_o many_o other_o and_o which_o be_v sometime_o indifferent_o apply_v to_o either_o of_o the_o addition_n of_o the_o three_o principle_n or_o earth_n you_o observe_v before_o that_o it_o be_v say_v the_o former_a matter_n be_v unite_v and_o revive_v dove_n diana_n dove_n into_o a_o mineral_n water_n by_o the_o mediation_n of_o diana_n dove_n be_v the_o sharp_a spirit_n that_o in_o the_o water_n move_v the_o body_n to_o putrefy_v this_o be_v the_o same_o with_o what_o aeyrenaeus_n write_v in_o his_o introitus_fw-la apertus_fw-la in_o several_a part_n thereof_o pag._n 5._o disce_fw-la igitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n learn_v therefore_o who_o be_v the_o companion_n of_o cadmus_n and_o what_o be_v that_o serpent_n who_o devour_v they_o what_o be_v that_o hollow_a oak_n to_o which_o cadmus_n fasten_v the_o serpent_n learn_v what_o the_o dove_n of_o diana_n 9_o pag._n 9_o be_v which_o overcome_v the_o lion_n by_o asswage_v he_o i_o say_v the_o green_a lion_n which_o indeed_o be_v the_o babylonian_a dragon_n kill_v all_o thing_n with_o his_o poison_n at_o length_n learn_v to_o know_v the_o caducean_n rod_n of_o mercury_n with_o which_o he_o work_v

sapientum_fw-la stultis_fw-la penitus_fw-la ignota_fw-la by_o hortulanus_fw-la mercurius_n noster_fw-la verus_fw-la extractus_fw-la ex_fw-la metallis_fw-la et_fw-la est_fw-la bene_fw-la lotus_fw-la et_fw-la digestus_fw-la et_fw-la juro_fw-la per_fw-la deum_fw-la quòd_fw-la nullus_fw-la alius_fw-la mercurius_n est_fw-la in_o via_fw-la universali_fw-la nisi_fw-la jam_fw-la declaratus_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la dependet_fw-la tota_fw-la philosophia_fw-la nostra_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 56._o that_o the_o great_a part_n of_o rub●um_fw-la gorpus_fw-la rub●um_fw-la wise_a man_n begin_v their_o discourse_n de_fw-fr corpore_fw-la rubeo_fw-la or_o sulphur_n rubeo_fw-la which_o have_v many_o name_n as_o adam_n aries_n mars_n with_o many_o other_o which_o i_o have_v speak_v of_o before_o pag._n 60._o corpora_fw-la imperfecta_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la media_fw-la media_fw-la media_fw-la quae_fw-la terminum_fw-la suae_fw-la perfectionis_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la etc._n etc._n 63._o corpora_fw-la imperfecta_fw-la medio_fw-la loco_fw-la se_fw-la habent_fw-la ad_fw-la mercurium_fw-la praeparatum_fw-la &_o mercurium_fw-la corporum_fw-la perfectorum_fw-la sed_fw-la praeparandi_fw-la ars_fw-la difficillima_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n corpora_fw-la imperfecta_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la luna_fw-la sunt_fw-la immatura_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la ipsis_fw-la immaturis_fw-la succurrendum_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la maturo_fw-la ut_fw-la maturentur_fw-la omne_fw-la corpus_fw-la imperfectum_fw-la ad_fw-la perfectionem_fw-la deducitur_fw-la reductione_n in_fw-la mercurium_fw-la postea_fw-la decoquendo_fw-la cum_fw-la sulphuribus_fw-la in_o igne_fw-la appropriato_fw-la etc._n etc._n 64._o imperfecta_fw-la reddere_fw-la perfecta_fw-la et_fw-la fixa_fw-la absque_fw-la perfectorum_fw-la corporum_fw-la spiritu_fw-la et_fw-la sulphur_n omnino_fw-la est_fw-la impossibile_fw-it unde_fw-la arsicamus_fw-la tinctura_fw-la tribuens_fw-la imperfectis_fw-la perfectionem_fw-la ex_fw-la solis_fw-la et_fw-la lunae_fw-la fonte_fw-la emanat_fw-la thing_fw-mi ergo_fw-la cum_fw-la corporibus_fw-la perfectis_fw-la scilicet_fw-la cum_fw-la auro_fw-la et_fw-la argento_n etc._n etc._n 65._o unde_fw-la arnoldus_fw-la qui_fw-la mercurium_fw-la cum_fw-la sole_fw-la et_fw-la luna_fw-la tingere_fw-la novit_fw-la ad_fw-la arcanum_n venit_fw-la quod_fw-la dicitur_fw-la elixir_n completum_fw-la haec_fw-la prima_fw-la medicinae_fw-la primi_fw-la ordinis_fw-la descriptio_fw-la licet_fw-la brevis_fw-la sit_fw-la multas_fw-la tamen_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la sententias_fw-la multaque_fw-la alia_fw-la intellectu_fw-la difficilia_fw-la aperit_fw-la et_fw-la etiam_fw-la ostendit_fw-la quid_fw-la ipsa_fw-la medicina_fw-la sit_fw-la à_fw-la quibus_fw-la incipit_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la finem_fw-la tendit_fw-la etc._n etc._n scias_n hoc_fw-la quia_fw-la est_fw-la magnum_fw-la secretum_fw-la 84._o pars_fw-la inferior_n est_fw-la terra_fw-la quae_fw-la ●●citur_fw-la nutrix_fw-la vel_fw-la fermentum_fw-la qu●●_n 〈◊〉_d lapidem_fw-la nutrit_fw-la et_fw-la ferment●●_n et_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d ●perior_a est_fw-la aqua_fw-la quae_fw-la dicitur_fw-la oleum_fw-la ungentum_fw-la vel_fw-la anima_fw-la quia_fw-la totum_fw-la lapidem_fw-la vivificat_fw-la et_fw-la reviviscere_fw-la facit_fw-la 85._o quae_fw-la fermentatio_fw-la est_fw-la ipius_fw-la lapidis_fw-la animatio_fw-la notetis_fw-la quod_fw-la inhumatio_fw-la in_o fimo_fw-la interposita_fw-la inter_fw-la imbibitione_n tollit_fw-la cumbustionem_fw-la et_fw-la perditam_fw-la restaurat_fw-la humiditatem_fw-la juvat_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la perfectae_fw-la ablutionis_fw-la signum_fw-la melius_fw-la perveniatur_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la signum_fw-la est_fw-la splendour_n et_fw-la cristallina_fw-la serenitas_fw-la absque_fw-la faecibus_fw-la nisi_fw-la fortè_fw-la albis_fw-la etc._n etc._n last_o vade_fw-la mecum_fw-la philosophicum_fw-la philalethus_n say_v to_o rhomaeus_n pag._n 217._o as_o follow_v phil._n rogo_fw-la saltem_fw-la ut_fw-la i_o breviter_fw-la exponentem_fw-la quomodo_fw-la sensum_fw-la tuum_fw-la intellexerim_fw-la audire_fw-la digneris_fw-la rho._n be_v moan_n pergo_fw-la paratus_fw-la tibi_fw-la adsum_fw-la phil._n sensum_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la dixisti_fw-la hunc_fw-la esse_fw-la concipio_fw-la nempe_fw-la pro_fw-la operis_fw-la radice_fw-la corpus_fw-la perfectum_fw-la album_fw-la rubeumve_fw-la capias_fw-la hoc_fw-la cum_fw-la corpore_fw-la imperfecto_fw-la pure_a tamen_fw-la a_o terrenis_fw-la superfluitatibus_fw-la purgato_fw-la pondere_fw-la justo_fw-la misceatur_fw-la cvi_fw-la tum_fw-la aquae_fw-la purae_fw-la mineralis_fw-la a_fw-la solis_fw-la lunaeve_fw-la montibus_fw-la defluae_fw-la sagax_fw-la proportio_fw-la addatur_fw-la arrige_fw-la aures_fw-la lector_fw-la nam_fw-la sermo_n hic_fw-la per_fw-la difficilis_fw-la est_fw-la calcinetur_fw-la in_fw-la operis_fw-la primo_fw-la limine_fw-la corpus_fw-la perfectum_fw-la per_fw-la imperfecti_fw-la connubium_fw-la sic_fw-la in_o ouum_fw-la physicum_fw-la exquisitissime_fw-la subministrato_fw-la ad_fw-la perfectum_fw-la usque_fw-la complementum_fw-la die_fw-la nocteque_fw-la jugiter_fw-la decoquantur_fw-la rho._n exact_v tenes_fw-fr rem_fw-la etc._n etc._n vide_fw-la ib._n pag._n 214_o 215._o ☞_o see_v sendivog_n his_o doctrine_n of_o the_o four_o element_n in_o his_o novum_n lumen_fw-la chemicum_fw-la one_o word_n or_o two_o concern_v the_o two_o great_a luminary_n or_o chief_a metal_n viz._n sol_n and_o luna_fw-la sun_n and_o moon_n gold_n and_o silver_n hermetick_n secret_n tell_v we_o luna_fw-la or_o silver_n be_v a_o male_a as_o well_o as_o sol_fw-mi or_o gold_n also_o in_o the_o breviary_n of_o alchemy_n aeyrenaeus_n teach_v that_o luna_n the_o body_n which_o be_v one_o of_o the_o seven_o be_v a_o male_a and_o a_o perfect_a body_n and_o fix_v only_o want_v a_o little_a digestion_n and_o therefore_o 15._o pag._n 15._o the_o red_a be_v hide_v under_o the_o visible_a white_a as_o white_a be_v hide_v under_o the_o visible_a red_a of_o of_o sol._n that_o artefius_n in_o all_o his_o book_n join_v the_o sun_n and_o moon_n the_o perfect_a body_n gold_n and_o silver_n for_o the_o work_n so_o do_v ripley_n and_o so_o all_o philosopher_n by_o which_o say_v he_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o either_o of_o the_o perfect_a metal_n or_o luminary_n with_o our_o aqua_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la will_v complete_a the_o wotk_n as_o arnold_n express_o say_v in_o his_o question_n and_o answer_n to_o boniface_n and_o jodocus_n greverus_n in_o his_o treatise_n confirm_v the_o same_o in_o these_o word_n ☞_o if_o so_o be_v say_v he_o thou_o be_v so_o poor_a that_o thou_o can_v not_o take_v gold_n than_o take_v so_o much_o silver_n yet_o gold_n be_v the_o better_a as_o be_v near_o of_o kin_n to_o our_o water_n and_o mercury_n etc._n etc._n he_o teach_v the_o same_o thing_n in_o his_o introitus_fw-la apertus_fw-la in_o several_a place_n this_o be_v chief_o mean_v by_o common_a luna_n that_o he_o who_o can_v prepare_v the_o mercury_n aright_o though_o he_o know_v not_o how_o to_o digest_v it_o into_o silver_n and_o gold_n may_v notwithstanding_o with_o common_a silver_n or_o gold_n separate_o or_o with_o a_o composition_n make_v of_o both_o perfect_a the_o great_a work_n but_o yet_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o difficult_a and_o tedious_a way_n for_o which_o there_o be_v little_a encouragement_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o wisdom_n to_o depart_v from_o our_o rare_a and_o easy_a way_n aeyrenaeus_n in_o his_o vade_fw-la mecum_fw-la philo._n put_v this_o question_n concern_v common_a luna_n and_o the_o luna_n of_o the_o philosopher_n phil._n anon_o igitur_fw-la luna_fw-la vulgo_fw-la not_o a_o quod_fw-la lunae_fw-la nomen_fw-la apud_fw-la philosophos_fw-la obtuinit_fw-la faemina_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la pro_fw-la solis_fw-la uxorehabenda_fw-la pag._n 216._o rho._n nihil_fw-la minis_fw-la argentum_fw-la vulgi_fw-la masculinum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la ut_fw-la mass_fw-es agit_fw-fr quare_fw-la in_o opere_fw-la lapidis_fw-la solis_fw-la defectu_fw-la adhiberi_fw-la possit_fw-la opusque_fw-la perficiet_fw-la illa_fw-la vero_fw-la luna_fw-la quae_fw-la faemina_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la pro_fw-la solis_fw-la uxore_fw-la in_fw-la magisterii_fw-la productione_fw-la adhibetur_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la corpus_fw-la at_o chaos_n merum_fw-la speritusque_fw-la mirabilis_fw-la quanquam_fw-la pro_fw-la corpore_fw-la etiam_fw-la possit_fw-la haberi_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la vivum_fw-la et_fw-la vivificans_fw-la qua_fw-la propter_fw-la apud_fw-la philosophos_fw-la media_fw-la substantia_fw-la appellatur_fw-la aquae_fw-la quip_n respectu_fw-la corpus_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la terrae_fw-la fixae_fw-la intuitu_fw-la spiritus_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n corporum_fw-la perfectorum_fw-la destructor_n est_fw-la saturni_n proles_fw-la unicum_fw-la et_fw-la maximum_fw-la in_o arte_fw-la tota_fw-la secretum_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 213._o corpus_fw-la et_fw-la duo_fw-la alia_fw-la principia_fw-la fugitiva_fw-la etc._n etc._n 212._o sine_fw-la mercurio_fw-la nil_fw-la fit_a in_fw-la opere_fw-la aqua_fw-la minerablis_fw-la dicitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o the_o brev._n of_o alchemy_n it_o be_v say_v corpus_n anima_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la the_o red_a man_n his_o white_a wife_n and_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n the_o red_a man_n be_v the_o perfect_a body_n the_o white_a wife_n be_v chaos_n or_o saturni_n proles_fw-la the_o spirit_n of_o life_n be_v mercury_n a_o further_a account_n of_o the_o great_a work_n it_o plain_o appear_v that_o this_o great_a work_n be_v ground_v upon_o the_o mercury_n and_o sulphur_n or_o gold_n of_o the_o philosopher_n and_o not_o common_a gold_n or_o sulphur_n from_o it_o unless_o we_o go_v far_o about_o or_o can_v perfect_v each_o work_n apart_o and_o know_v afterward_o how_o to_o reconjoyn_v they_o in_o a_o due_a proportion_n the_o weight_n or_o measure_n regimen_n and_o colour_n be_v sufficient_o describe_v by_o aeyrenaeus_n in_o his_o introitus_fw-la and_o ripley_n revive_v none_o reveal_v sie_z also_o secret_n reveal_v have_v do_v the_o like_a before_o he_o and_o probable_o none_o

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be_v create_v of_o true_a element_n not_o elementate_v but_o most_o pure_a temperate_a equal_o proportion_v in_o the_o high_a perfection_n that_o man_n be_v there_o create_v of_o the_o same_o incorrupted_a element_n that_o afterward_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o disobedience_n he_o be_v drive_v out_o of_o paradise_n into_o corruptible_a element_n and_o be_v force_v to_o receive_v nutriment_n from_o such_o corrupt_a elementated_a element_n and_o thereby_o decline_v by_o little_a and_o little_a into_o corruption_n until_o separation_n and_o death_n of_o the_o whole_a compound_v follow_v that_o the_o philosopher_n know_v that_o man_n be_v create_v of_o such_o element_n as_o be_v sound_a and_o pure_a and_o that_o this_o be_v a_o natural_a creation_n they_o begin_v to_o search_v further_o into_o it_o whether_o such_o uncorrupted_a element_n can_v be_v have_v or_o if_o they_o can_v be_v join_v together_o and_o infuse_v into_o any_o subject_a now_o 109._o pag._n 109._o to_o these_o the_o most_o 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tincture_n sendivog_n engl._n pag._n 28_o 29._o pag._n 37._o what_o prerogative_n shall_v all_o thing_n in_o this_o world_n have_v before_o metal_n why_o shall_v we_o undeserved_o exclude_v these_o alone_a from_o the_o universal_a benediction_n of_o the_o great_a creator_n for_o multiplication_n by_o deny_v they_o seed_n which_o holy_a writ_n affirm_v be_v put_v in_o and_o bestow_v on_o all_o create_a thing_n present_o after_o the_o world_n be_v make_v now_o if_o they_o have_v seed_n who_o be_v so_o sottish_a to_o think_v they_o can_v be_v multiply_v in_o their_o seed_n etc._n etc._n and_o pag._n 19_o let_v this_o be_v grant_v for_o a_o truth_n that_o nothing_o grow_v without_o seed_n for_o where_o there_o be_v no_o seed_n the_o thing_n be_v dead_a etc._n etc._n he_o further_o teach_v that_o the_o generation_n of_o the_o seed_n in_o metal_n be_v cause_v by_o a_o ponderous_a vapour_n of_o water_n call_v mercury_n for_o its_o fluxibility_n and_o liken_v to_o sulphur_n because_o of_o its_o heat_n and_o by_o congelation_n become_v to_o be_v the_o radical_a moisture_n that_o the_o seed_n be_v contain_v in_o the_o sperm_n that_o by_o the_o sperm_n the_o philosopher_n mean_v the_o second_o matter_n that_o the_o second_o matter_n be_v such_o which_o as_o soon_o as_o it_o be_v conceive_v can_v be_v change_v into_o another_o form_n that_o the_o second_o matter_n be_v to_o be_v take_v by_o the_o artist_n in_o which_o the_o seed_n invisible_o lie_v hide_v but_o that_o multiplication_n be_v not_o in_o the_o sperm_n but_o in_o the_o seed_n that_o from_o the_o variety_n of_o place_n proceed_v the_o variety_n of_o thing_n and_o that_o there_o be_v the_o same_o seed_n in_o saturn_n as_o in_o gold_n the_o same_o in_o silver_n as_o in_o iron_n the_o difference_n be_v from_o the_o purity_n of_o the_o place_n etc._n etc._n as_o you_o may_v read_v in_o treatise_n

accompany_v with_o a_o rawness_n and_o inconstancy_n in_o the_o fire_n the_o impure_a carry_v away_o the_o pure_a pag._n 44._o that_o the_o matter_n of_o sol_fw-mi and_o matter_n our_o work_n be_v to_o advance_v the_o light_n in_o the_o matter_n luna_n be_v earthly_a but_o our_o work_n be_v to_o advance_v the_o light_n in_o the_o matter_n to_o a_o millenary_a virtue_n that_o it_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v swallow_v up_o of_o the_o form_n and_o pag._n 164._o i_o grant_v and_o know_v that_o all_o thing_n original_o owe_v all_o their_o principle_n material_a unto_o water_n and_o all_o their_o formal_a unto_o light_n etc._n etc._n so_o then_o the_o matter_n reside_v in_o water_n the_o inform_v in_o light_n and_o the_o determination_n of_o the_o form_n which_o be_v as_o i_o may_v say_v the_o form_n formality_n be_v in_o the_o will_n of_o the_o creator_n first_o impress_v or_o seal_v in_o the_o word_n fiat_fw-la and_o ratify_v in_o his_o command_n producat_fw-la unumquodque_fw-la juxta_fw-la speciem_fw-la svam_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o mixture_n can_v be_v make_v but_o in_o the_o same_o genus_fw-la or_o species_n and_o sometime_o disproportion_n hinder_v mixture_n pag._n 260._o the_o most_o noble_a fire_n be_v fire_n to_o multiply_v the_o natural_a fire_n natural_a which_o be_v that_o which_o we_o seek_v to_o have_v multiply_v and_o that_o be_v the_o sulphur_n of_o gold_n or_o rather_o its_o very_a tincture_n it_o be_v that_o which_o we_o seek_v for_o and_o we_o use_v mercury_n for_o sol_n his_o sake_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 264._o the_o seed_n of_o gold_n be_v a_o fiery_a form_n of_o light_n which_o nothing_o in_o the_o world_n want_v and_o therefore_o it_o will_v be_v a_o great_a anomalum_fw-la if_o it_o shall_v be_v only_o definite_a in_o metal_n the_o choice_n of_o all_o sublimary_a body_n pag._n 26_o 27._o upon_o the_o exposition_n of_o sir_n g._n r._n epistle_n speak_v of_o the_o internal_a fire_n he_o tell_v we_o all_o our_o work_n then_o be_v only_o to_o multiply_v this_o fire_n so_o long_o until_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o sulphur_n be_v augment_v again_o this_o fire_n be_v a_o invisible_a spirit_n and_o that_o god_n only_o govern_v this_o way_n of_o internal_a fire_n man_n be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o progress_n thereof_o only_o by_o reason_n behold_v its_o operation_n etc._n etc._n from_o all_o which_o it_o plain_o appear_v that_o this_o art_n tend_v to_o the_o multiplication_n of_o the_o fire_n of_o nature_n which_o be_v a_o fiery_a form_n of_o light_n a_o invisible_a spirit_n etc._n etc._n now_o it_o be_v grant_v on_o all_o hand_n that_o this_o multiplication_n be_v make_v by_o reiteration_n of_o the_o work_n whereby_o both_o quality_n and_o quantity_n may_v be_v great_o augment_v for_o the_o virtue_n of_o it_o at_o the_o first_o be_v nothing_o in_o respect_n to_o what_o it_o may_v be_v advance_v to_o this_o art_n of_o multiplication_n etc._n etc._n be_v now_o teach_v by_o many_o book_n though_o the_o ancient_a philosopher_n will_v scarce_o 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revive_v after_o pag_n 44._o which_o tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v aeyrenaeus_n his_o own_o desire_n to_o benefit_v the_o world_n by_o his_o labour_n and_o that_o he_o give_v his_o consent_n to_o mr._n starkey_n for_o the_o deed._n mr._n starkeys_n deed._n print_n his_o piece_n as_o appear_v in_o his_o preface_n to_o the_o marrow_n of_o alchemy_n and_o that_o great_a pity_n it_o be_v that_o mr._n starkey_n do_v separate_v this_o author_n commentary_n upon_o sir_n george_n ripley_n twelve_o gate_n which_o he_o do_v say_v the_o book_n as_o i_o be_v inform_v by_o one_o unto_o whm_n he_o give_v the_o very_a book_n from_o which_o he_o confess_v he_o have_v cut_v the_o least_o six_o gate_n the_o person_n demand_v the_o reason_n whereof_o he_o cut_v they_o asunder_o he_o answer_v that_o the_o world_n be_v unworthy_a of_o they_o which_o nevertheless_o he_o promise_v to_o give_v that_o person_n a_o transcript_n of_o but_o do_v not_o which_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o they_o can_v yet_o be_v find_v the_o loss_n of_o which_o be_v very_o much_o lament_v etc._n etc._n well_o since_o it_o can_v no_o better_o be_v let_v we_o see_v what_o mr._n starkey_n have_v leave_v the_o world_n to_o requite_v we_o for_o this_o great_a loss_n i_o find_v george_n starkey_n nature_n explication_n and_o helmont_n vindication_n etc._n etc._n 8._o lond._n 1658._o his_o marrow_n of_o chemical_a physic_n alkahest_n of_o the_o liquor_n alkahest_n or_o make_v chemical_a medicine_n 12._o lond_n 1661._o his_o pyrotechny_n assert_v and_o illustrate_v late_o reprint_v 1696._o it_o be_v dedicate_v to_o robert_n boyle_n esquire_n the_o two_o first_o i_o have_v not_o read_v the_o latter_a i_o have_v by_o i_o wherein_o he_o will_v have_v we_o understand_v he_o know_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o liquor_n alchahest_n which_o can_v divide_v the_o principle_n of_o all_o thing_n in_o pa._n 18._o he_o promise_v among_o other_o to_o discover_v its_o matter_n and_o manner_n of_o make_v which_o say_v he_o i_o presume_v to_o a_o son_n of_o art_n will_v be_v account_v a_o rich_a legacy_n in_o chap._n xiii_o pag._n 35._o he_o come_v to_o the_o matter_n and_o manner_n but_o i_o think_v very_o few_o will_v understand_v either_o of_o they_o from_o his_o word_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o it_o take_v its_o original_a from_o a_o loathsome_a subject_n from_o a_o matter_n in_o all_o the_o world_n most_o corruptible_a impure_a and_o mutual_a that_o it_o be_v from_o a_o body_n of_o two_o distinct_a nature_n and_o that_o the_o mean_n of_o its_o production_n be_v by_o reiterated_a solution_n and_o a_o intervening_a coagulation_n and_o thus_o be_v the_o subject_a bring_v to_o the_o most_o subtle_a atom_n of_o which_o in_o nature_n it_o be_v capable_a this_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o his_o discovery_n but_o we_o have_v another_o book_n of_o the_o liquor_n alchahest_n by_o j._n a._n pyrophilus_n 1675._o dedicate_v to_o r._n boyle_n esq_n which_o he_o say_v he_o partly_o publish_v in_o justness_n to_o the_o dead_a who_o he_o 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