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A76069	Basilius Valentinus, monk, of the Order of St. Bennet: his last will and testament Which being alone, he hid under a table of marble, behinde the high-altar of the Cathedral Church, in the Imperial City of Erford: leaving it there to be found by him, whom Gods providence should make worthy of it. Wherein, he sufficiently, declares the wayes he wrought to obtain the philosophers stone: which he taught unto his fellow collegians, so that they all attained the said philosophers stone, whereby not onely the leprous bodies of the impure, and inferior metals are reduced unto the pure and perfect body of gold and silver, but also all manner of diseases whatsoever are cured in the bodies of unhealthfull men, and kept thereby in perfect health unto the prolonging of their lives. A work long expected.	Basilius Valentinus.	1658 (1658)	Wing B1016; ESTC R231639	202,436	343

body put away the phlegme but keep care●●lly the spirit of Wine and spirit of Calx and note both ●●ese spirits are hardly separated because they embrace ●osely one another and being distilled they come over ●y●ntly Therefore take these mix'd and united spirits put them ●o a Jar-glasse kindle it the spirit of Wine burneth away 〈◊〉 spirit of Calx stayeth in the glasse keep it carefully ●●is is a great arcanum few of other spirits go beyond its ●●cacy if you know how to make good use of it It s quali●● may hardly be set down in any way of abridgement This spirit dissolveth Oculi Cancrorum the hardest Cry●● these three being driven over together and often iterated in that distilling three drops of that liquor being mi●●ed in warm Wine break and dissolve any Gravel and ●●e in mans body expelling their very roots not put●●g the patients to any pain This spirit of Calx at the beginning looks bluish being ●●tly rectified looks white transparent and cl●●r leaving 〈◊〉 feces behinde This spirit dissolveth the most fixed ●●wels and precious stones On the other side he fixeth all ●●ti●● spirits with his transcendent heat This spirit conquereth all manner of Podagrical Symp●●s be they never so nodose and tar●●rous dissolveth and ●●●els them radically To the omnipotent Trine God Father Son and Holy ●●ost be returned hearty thanks for all his benefits which 〈◊〉 hath bestowed on man and discovered those secrets I ●●ought on in his name To him be eternal praises ●men All that hath breath praise the Lord. Allelujah End of the fifth part BASILIUS VALENTINUS HIS TREATISE CONCERNING MICROCOSME OR The little World which is Mans body What it doth contain and of what it is composed what it doth comprehend and its end and issue A thing most necessarie and meet for the knowledge of such that love and embrace wisdom LONDON Printed Anno Domini MDCLVI BASILIUS VALENTINUS HIS TREATISE CONCERNING MICROCOSME THose that s●ek Art and have a desire to attain to wisdom are to note that the Highest upon my continued prayers hath granted unto me a Clergy-man to make known the many and great mysteries of nature among which mans body is one to be considered how that is govern'd in imitation unto Microcosme For it is ●●et that the lesser should imitate the greater and the smallest and meanest ought to be governed by the greatest and most potent Microcosme or the great World containeth three things as the most principal the rest which come from these are meerly accidentals In the first place is to be considered the matter and form of this World which matter is made form 〈◊〉 out of a non-shape or a nothing and the great Creator presently prescribed an order for this matter what government it should keep as soon as it came to a life or motion This matter and form is water and earth For at the Creation by a separation of the water from the earth there was finished the matter and form as two things belonging one to another from these all Animals and Vegetables have their beginning and other two things as aire and fire which belong one to another have wrought life therein The matter and form is earth the Salt in that earth the body even so is with mans body which is Microcosme The matter was n● perfect without the form these joyning into one by God ordinance the form being become quick came then to perfection the matter and form got life by motion aire w● the first causer of that motion and perfect maturity was ca●sed by a convenient heat moveably inclosed in the ai●e thu● the earth was brought to a fertility by the aire it was opened and became porous by motion for generation Th● earth being impregnated made her seed apparent by he aquosity then aire and heat in the neather and upper Regi●on of the Astrals caused that a Birth was brought forth th● blossoms were produced and the appointed fruit was ripened by concoction of heat Calcidity is a Sulphureous hot spirit w●ich like a Medicament exiccateth the superfluous grosse aquosity phlegmatick matter which in the generation at the beginning abounds too much in the earth before the aire could have a fellow dominion at the joyning with it carrying the same along in the superfluity of her birth The second principal part of Microcosme is inobility for the matter in it self was without life which by hea● was stirr'd up then the vital spirit became to be sensible which is in man a Sulphurous spirit kindling the body by a heat exiccateth the superfluity of the earth by the subtility of its substance and governeth the body in a constant motion For after the heat is gone then coldnesse gets the dominion the spirit of life being gone no sensiblenesse felt in the pulse and arteries and a dead body is found instead of life at the departing of the warm spirit of Sulphur rational men ought to take this mystery into consideration The two first Elements the matter and form being apparent and having gotten a mobility by the two last Elements by light Microcosme was not yet perfect the Creator allotted further an increase to the seed of the earth as well as he did to Vegetables and Animals God allowed unto earth an imagination for all sorts of seeds and to bring them forth after their several kindes Then the earth was impregnated by imagination which God allotted and the ●aith brought these seeds forth in Mans presence and the ●eat digested them to a maturity even till hi herto Matter and form of Microcosme being extant consisting of earth and water then the Creator caused a life into them ●y an inbreathed warm aire heating the cold earthly sub●tance giving a heat u● o life and mo●ion which was the ●oul which is the true Sulphur of Man spiritual in compre●ensible sensibly felt by its own operation All this being ●●nish'd ●●en God allowed an imagination unto good in the ●erfect understanding of Man that by his imagination he ●uld judge of all the beasts and impose on each a proper ●ame and by that imagination he learned to know his ●ife also that she had fl●sh and bones of his body Then ●in appea●ed perfect and that matter was made into a ●hape of a sensible body This form being made alive by ●he Soul had allowed further a sub●ile ●pirit unto imagi ●●ion and knowledge which is an invisible and in●●●pre●ensible form like a work master who frameth 〈◊〉 things ●n the minde which hath its habitation in the upper Re●ion of Microcosme according to his volatility and deser●eth the name of Mercurie of the invisible spirit of mans ●ody Form and matter is earthly the life sticketh in the ●otion and the knowledge of every understanding unto ●ood and bad standeth in the sharp speculation of Micro●●sme the overplus found besides these three nature ca●eth off as a Cadaver and is as a Monster which by the●●●hree is found to be a separation and a Cantit mort

Philosophers stone For God the Father is a spirit and yet maketh himself known under the notion of a man as he speaketh Genes 1. Chapter let us make man an image ●ike unto us Item this expression in his word speak of his mouth eyes hands and feet so Philosophers Mercury is held a spiritual body as Philosophers call him God the Father begetteth his onely Son JESUS CHRIST which is God and Man and is without sin neither needed he to die but he laid down his life freely and rose again for his brethren and sist●rs sake that they mi●ht live with him eternally without sin So is Sol or Gold without defect and is fix holds out gloriously all fiery examins but by reason of its imperfect and sick brethren and sisters it dieth and riseth gloriously redeemeth and tingeth them unto eternal life making them p●rfect unto good Gold The third person in the Trinity is God the Holy Ghost a comforter sent by our Lord Christ Jesus unto his believing Christians who strengthneth and comforteth them in Faith unto eternal life even so is the spirit of ma●erial Sol or of the body of Mercury when they come together ●hen is he called the double Mercurie these are two spirits God the Father and God the Holy Ghost but God the Son a glorified Man is even as our glorified and fix'd Sol or Philosphers stone since this La●is is called Trinus namely out of two waters or sp●●i●s of Mineral and of Vegetable and of the Animal of Sulphur of Sol These are the Two and Three and yet but one if you understand it not then you are not like to hit any Thus by way of a similitude I delineated unto thee sufficiently the Universal Pray to God for a blessing for without him you are not like to prosper at all The second TREATISE Of vulgar Sulphur Vitriol and Magnet The first Section Of Sulphurs Chap. I. Of Sulphur of Saturn 1. THere is extracted from calcined Saturn with distill'd Vinegar a Crystalline Salt which is distill'd with spirit of wine unto a red Oyl This Oyl cureth Melancholy fiery Pox old Ulcers and many other infirmities besides 2. This Oyl coagulateth and fixeth Mercury being first precipitated with Oyl of Vitriol for all powders and Medicaments which are to make Sol and Lune must be made fix holding in all fiery tryals 3. Out of this Oyl is made a glorious Tinctur if you take three parts of Mercury of Mars and one part of this red Oyl of Saturn joyning coagulating and fixing them this work may be accomplished in a moneths time or somewhat longer This Tincture may be augmented with Mercury of Mars usque in infinitum projecting one part of it upon three parts of Sol to make thereby an ingresse for the Tincture one part of this Tincture transmuteth thirty parts if so be it be well prepared of Mercurie and of Lune into good Sol. Remember thy Crea or and be mindfull of the poor then the Lord will be mindfu●l of thee also Chap. II. Of Sulphur of Jupiter 1. THere is made of Jupiter a minium the like is made of Saturn from thence is extracted and distill'd a red sweet Oyl this Oyl tingeth Saturn being first calcined with Salmiac into Sol. 2. The Limature of Jupiter being calcined with Calx vive for a day and the Calx being w●sh'd from it then you have a fix'd powder if you can reduce it again into a fluidnesse and drive it wi●h Sa●urn then you may get a reasonable part of good Lune and Sol whereby a needy Laborator may get sufficient livelyhood 3. There is a calcination made of Tin and L●ad with common S●l● but better is it if made with Salt of ●he c●put mort of Vitriol and Peter the Oyl of Vitriol being added unto Calx of Jupiter and Saturn and made one masse of it lu●e it well ●et it stand for eight dayes and nights in warm Sand and then to drive it one Centner of Lead affords in this manner six Mark and a half of fi●e Lune one Ma●k of such Lune yields one Ounce of Sol. This hath been my first piece to make Lune and Sol withall Note these six Mark and a half of Lune afford six Ounces and a half of Sol this Sol and Lune amounts to 208. Gildors or 20. pound and 16. shillings Chap. III. Of Sulphurs of Mars and Venus 1. TAke some pounds of Verdigreece extract its Tincture with distill'd Vinegar let it shoot then you have a glorious Vitriol out of which you may distil per retort a red Oyl This Oyl dissolveth Mars turning into a Vitriol which is reduced in a long time in a great fire unto a red Oyl then you have together Sulphur of Mars and Venus add somewhat of Sulphur of Sol coagulate and fix it then you have a Medicine which meliorateth Men and Metals 2. Lune is graduated with the Oyl and a good part of the Kings Crown is gotten 3. Two equal parts of laminated Sol and Lune melted together putrified in this Oyl for a day and a night turneth them into good Gold In this Oyl you will finde many strange affects and vertues Laus Deo Chap. IV. Of Sulphur of Sol. 1. I have formerly told how Gold is made spiritual unto the purple mantle Now if you are about to make aurum potabile then you may dissolve with the Oyl of Vitriol that spiritual Gold extract and draw it over with spirit of wine this is a Medicine which cureth many difficult diseases and is wonderfull in its efficacie 2. This Solar Sulphur tingeth prepared Calx of Lune into good Gold but you heard in my former expressions that the King hath onely an honourable Garment and must raise his Rents and subsidies from his subjects must be bathed in his buddying bloud and swear must be destroyed and gloriously renew'd then is he able to make his poor brethren and sisters to be Kings also and legitimate the●r bastards Antimony is a bastard of Saturn as much of Mercury and of Regulus it ha●h so much is it turned into Sol its due Dose of Tincture being first added thereunto Wismuth ●●r Marcasite is a bastard of Jupiter is turn'd to Sol also ●y means of a Tincture Oyl of Vitriol is a bastard of Ve●us it hath a Metalline Mercury as much it hath of it so much is it ting'd into Sol. 3. If you add the Solar Sulphur unto Sulphur of Vitriol Venus and Mars and you have fixed artificially then you have a Tincture for Men and Metals expelling all manner of diseases and this fix'd powder tingeth Particulariter Lune into Sol. Laus Deo Chap. V. Of Sulphur of Mercurie MErcury is a Mother of all Metals and is a spiritual body and a fugitive servant when he cometh into ●he fire then he flyeth into his Chaos But he that can ●●tch him he gets then the Sulphur of Mercury or wa●●r of Sulphur or aqua benedicta the Key of the Art which ●peneth

for our work For their Lepro●● is no help for furtherance of our work good things 〈◊〉 hindred in wayes that are unclean Wares out of Mynes 〈◊〉 worth their money but if sophisticated they are ma●● unfit being adulterated in their former and original op●●●●●n As Physicians cleanse and purge by means of Physick the ●●ard parts of the body expelling all impurities from ●●nce thus these bodies also must be purified from their ●urities that perfection may be operative in our birth 〈◊〉 masters require a pure undefiled body which must not 〈◊〉 mixed with any spot or strange matter For strange ●●itionals are a Leprosie to our Metals The Kings Crown ●●st be of pure Gold a chaste Bride must be married unto 〈◊〉 Therefore if you will work through or upon our bo●● then take the greedy gray Wolf which by reason of ●ame stands in subjection unto valorous Mars but ●●hing his descent he is a Childe of old Saturn found Valleys and Hills of the World is very hungry cast be●● him the Kings body let him feed upon it when he 〈◊〉 devoured the King then make a great fire cast the ●lfe into let him be quite burn'd then the King will be at liberty again This being done thrice then the Wolfe ●onquered by the Lyon finding no more on him to 〈◊〉 upon then is our body perfect for the beginning of 〈◊〉 work ●ote that this is the onely true way convenient to ●ge our bodies for the Lion is cleansed by the Wolves ●●d and the tincture of that bloud rejoyceth mightily ●he Lion's tincture because they are near kin one to ●ther When the Lion is satisfied then his spirit is and eyes cast proud rayes like the lustrous Sun his internal ●●nce is of great ability and good for all such things you ●●d to apply him unto and being brought into its due ●●ration then the sons of men are beholding unto him ●ch were loaden with the falling sicknesse and other dis●s the ten Lepers run after him and desire to drink of bloud of his Soul and all such that are diseased rejoyce ●●●ly in his spirit For he that drinketh of this golden ●●●ain feeleth himself throughly renewed in his Na●● all evil things are taken away the bloud is strength 〈◊〉 the heart receiveth strength and all the Members are 〈◊〉 full vigour it openeth all Pores and Nerves expelling their malignities that goodnesse may come into th● places My friend you must have good care that the Foun●● of life be kept from muddinesse no strange water must 〈◊〉 mingled with our Fountain else a miscreant will be broug● forth and a wholesom fish will be turn'd into a Serpe●● if by a Medium a Corrosity be joyned whereby our bo●● is broken then let that corrositivenesse be wash'd awa● because Corrosives are not to be used for internal disease● because acidities are rather destructive engendring diseas●● our Fountain must be without poison however poyson ●●pelleth poyson A Tree that bringeth no good fruit is cut off at t●● bulk better twigs are propp'd into which proppings u●●ted with the Tree then its Root bulk and twigs bri●● forth better fruits which are more ●holesome The King in the heavenly firmam●nt walketh through 〈◊〉 places but in the seventh he keeps his seat for there 〈◊〉 kingly Throne is hang'd with Golden pieces If you conceive aright what I do speak then with t●● Key you have opened the first Lock and you have driv●● back the bolt but if you cannot finde any light in the● then no glasse eyes will help thee nor any natural eyes w●● enable thee to finde out the last which you wanted at fi●● Further I will not speak of this Key as Lucius Papi●● taught and bid me The second Key IN Courts of great Potentates several sorts of drinks 〈◊〉 found and none like the other in smell taste and ●●lour because they are of several preparations however 〈◊〉 of them are drinkable because they are fitted for seve●● places and are necessary for the keeping of the Co●● When the Sun ejaculateth her rayes spreading th●● ●●der the Clouds then the vulgar speech is the Sun draw●●h water and it will rain which being done often that ●●at proves fertil To raise to an altitude a magnifick Palace several Arti●●ers and work-men must be imployed before that stru●●ure and the rooms thereof can be finished For where ●ones must be used there wood is of no use The dayly ebbing and flowing of the Sea out of an in●●●ed love which it receiveth from above out of the starry ●●aven is to that end that Countreys are enriched there●● at every return it bringeth great good unto Man●●de A Virgin which is to be espoused is set out gloriously 〈◊〉 several Garments dress't in the best manner that she ●●y please her Bridegroom And the band of love may 〈◊〉 the deeper root by a hearty looking one upon the ●●●her and the Bride joyning with the Bridegroom after 〈◊〉 usual manner these Garments are put off and the ●●de keeps onely that which at her Nativity she had re●●ed of the Creator Even so when our Bridegroom Apollo with his Bride 〈◊〉 is to be married several Garments must first be made 〈◊〉 them their heads and bodies must be well wash'd with ●●er which waters must be learn'd to be made by several ●●●●llings For these waters do differ very much some 〈◊〉 high some are poor according to the several uses they 〈◊〉 imployed unto which I intimated when I spoke of 〈◊〉 several sorts of drinks used in Princes Courts And 〈◊〉 when the humidity from the earth ascendeth and 〈◊〉 s●●ne is drawn up they conglomerate on high their ●●●derousnesse maketh them fall down thereby unto the ●●th is restored her lost humidity which refresheth the ●●ath giveth unto her a nourishment whereby the vege●●●les do spring up Therefore some waters in their pre●●ation must be often distilled the abstracts must be of●● restored to the earth must be drawn off again Even as Euripus doth often disgorge it self to a cer●● period The Kingly Palace being by several Artificers a wo●kmen raised and adorned and t●e glassy Sea hath ●●nished its course and the Palace is furnish'd with goo● then the King may safely enter into and keep there residence My friend no●e this very well that the Bridegroom w● his Bride must be naked espoused and therefore the O●● men●s prepared for their cloathing and necessary attires their hea●s and faces must be taken from them again 〈◊〉 must possesse the grave in the nakednesse as naked th● were born that their seed might not be destroyed by 〈◊〉 strange mixture At the closing of this I tell thee in good truth that the m● precious water of which the Bridegrooms Bath must be m●● must be of two contrary Fencers or contrary materials p●●pared very carefully and wisely For one Fencer must 〈◊〉 the other must be fitted for the fight the one must co●q●● the other For what availeth it unto the Eagle that she ke●● her

take one part of the best and finest Gold ca●● through Antimony laminate it very thinly as possibly 〈◊〉 may be beaten put these together in a Vessel or meltin● For at first let your fire be gentle for xij hours then let 〈◊〉 continually be in the melting for three dayes and night● then the purged Gold and Stone is turned into a meer Medicine of a subtile spiritual penetrating qualitie for without the ferment of Gold the Medicine or Stone cannot wel● make the tincture being too subtile and too penetrative 〈◊〉 but being fermented with its like then the made tinctur● hath gotten an ingresse to work into the other Then take one part of the prepared ferment to thousand parts o● melted Metal which you intend to tinge I tell you for 〈◊〉 certain truth all will be transmuted into perfect fix'd Gold● for the one body willingly embraceth the o her though it be not of the like yet joyneth with it by force and must be like unto it and like must be gotten of like He that maketh use of this means to him are revealed all fixations the porches at the ends have their issues no Creature comparable unto this subtility it is ALL in ALL according to its Natural descent containeth and possesseth all what may be found under the Sun O! beginning of the first beginning consider the end 〈◊〉 O! end of the last ends consider the beginning forget not to ●emember the middle in all fidelity God the Father 〈◊〉 and holy Ghost grant unto you things needfull for ●●r Spirit Soul and Body Of the first matter of the Philosophers Stone THere is found a stone which is not deer Out of it is drawn a flying fire Of which the stone it self is made Of whi●e and red togeth'r joyn'd It is a stone and not a stone In it Nature work'th alone Out of it springs a Fountain clearly Which drowns its fix'd Father fully His life and body is both devoured At last his Soul to him is restored To whom his flying Mother is become Like in his own Kingdom Himself also in quality and might Hath gotten a greater strength The Son in old age doth excel The Mother which is made volatil By Vulcans Art but first however By the Spirit must be born the Father Body Soul Spirit consist in two The whole businesse goeth too and fro Comes onely from one which is meerly A thing that fix● to flying matters sully They ●●e two and three and yee but one Con● ive of it right else you hit none Set Adam into a water Bath In which Venus her fellow hath Which the old Dragon hath prepared Wher'of his strength could not be ' stored Is nothing else saith one Philosophus But a duplicate Mercurius I say no more you heard its name Blest is he to whom it is well known Search into it spare no pains In the end you will finde the gain's FINIS A short way and ●EPETITION Of former Writings of BASILIUS VALENTINUS With an Elucidation thereof touching the Philosophers Stone Wherein is plainly demonstrated the true light unto Philosophie Whereunto are annexed real informations of the qualities and preparations of Mercury Antimony Vitriol-water common Sulphur unflak't Lime Arsenic Sal-peter Tartar Vinegar and Wine LONDON Printed Anno Domini MDCLVI be sure to finde the true way unto the sheep-fold I hav● written no more then I shall bear record unto and own a● the day of Resurrection This short way is faithfully shewed in the following instruction in a plain dealing expression waving an el●quen● stile I have told you formerly that all things are composed o● three viz. of Mercury Sulphur and Salt and it is so as 〈◊〉 told But note also that the Stone is made of one two three four and fi●e by the word five I mean the Quint-essence by the word four are understood the Elements by three are meant the principles by two is meant the double mercurial substance by one is meant the first principle of a● things which proceedeth from the word at the first Creation Fiat Let there be Some may hold these expressions to be very intricate as if there were no sense nor ground for it what hath bee● said for the clearing these doubts I will speak briefly o● Mercurie secondly of Sulphur thirdly of Salt for these a●● the principles of the matter of our Stone In the first place you must note that common Mercu●● doth not avail here but our Mercurie is made of the be●● of Metals by the spagyrick Art as pure subtile clear a● any Well-water of a Crystalline transparence without an● impurity make of it a water or incombustible Oyl fo● Mercuries first beginning was a water as all Philosopher bear record unto my saying in this Mercurial Oyl must be dissolved it 's own Mercury out of which that water wa● made this Mercury must be precipitated with it's own Oyl● then you have a double Mercurial essence Note I hold in my second Key that Gold after it is pu●●fied according to the Tenor of the second Key must be reduced into a special water and then reduced into a subtill Calx of which the fourth Key doth speak this Calx must b● driven over through the Helmet by a spirit of Salt and precipitated again and by reverberating must be brought to powder then it s own Sulphur may enter the better into its own being ●nd essence will be friend with it for these love extreamly one another thus you have two substances in one which is called the Philosophers Mercurie and is but one substance This is the first ferment Now followeth Sulphur to be spoken of FOr this Sulphur you must look in the like Metal that Metal must be purified destroyed in a reverberating fi●e extracted from its body not leaving any corrosivenesse in it of which I gave a hint in the third Key this Sulphur must afterwards be dissolv'd in its own bloud from which it self had a fixednesse intimated in the sixth Key after a due quantity which being done then you dissolved and fed the true Lion with the bloud of the green Lion For the fixed bloud of the red Lion is made of the unfixed bloud of the green Lion these are of one Nature the unfixed bloud maketh the fixed one to be volatile and the fixed one maketh the volatile to be fixed even as it was before its dissolution let it stand together in a gentle heat that all the Sulphur be dissolved then you have the second ferment feeding fixed Sulphur with an unfixed one all Philosophers agree with my saying the same is driven over with spirit of wine and is as red as bloud being called aurum potabile where no reduction to any body can be expected any more Now I declare also what the Philosophers Salt meaneth SAlt causeth fixation and volatility according 〈…〉 ●●lered and prepared For the spiri● ou of Salt ●●d ●artar if the same be drawn forth without additionals by means of dissolution and putrefaction maketh all

to insert it here in th●s treatise In Alchimy it is used to set Metals and Minerals into putrefaction It is used also for to extract their essences 〈◊〉 tinctures being fi●st prepared thereunto even as the spirit of wine is usual to extract the tinctures from vegetables In P●ysick it deserveth its praise also for it taketh the pure from impure and is a separator and taketh from the Miner●l M●dicaments their sharpnesse and corrosivenesse fixeth ●hat which is vola●ile and is a great defendant against poyson as I told you when I spoke of the Antimonial glasse Vinegar is used inwardly also and both men and beast are benefited thereby outwardly it is applied to hot inflammations and swellings for a cooler Spirit of wine and V●negar are of great use both in Alchimy and Physick both have their descent from the Urine are of one substance bu● differ in the quality by reason of putrefaction the Vinegar got there of the which I told you formerly I must acquaint you with one thing which is this tha● this is not the Philosophers V negar our Vinegar or acetum is another liquor namely a matter it self for the stone o● Philosophers is made out of Azot of Philosophers which must be prepared with ordinary dist●ll'd Azot with spirit o● wine a●d with other waters besides and must be reduced u●●● a certain order N●●e this for a memorandum if distill'd pure Vinega● be poured upon destroyed Saturn and is kept warm i● Marie's-Bath it loseth it's acidity altogether is as sweet as any Suggar then abstract two or three parts of that Vinegar set it in a Cellar then you will finde white transparent stones like unto Crystals these are an excellent cooler and healer of all adust and inflamed Symptoms If these Crystals are reduced into a red Oyl and poured upon Mercury precipitated by Venus and proceeded in further as it ought if that be hit rightly then neither Sol nor Lune will hinder thee from getting riches Of Wine THe true vegetable stone is found in Wine which is the noblest of all vegetables it containeth three sorts of of Salt three sorts of Mercury and three sorts of Sulphur The first Salt sticketh in the wood of the Vine which if burnt to ashes and a lixivium made of it to have it's salt drawn forth which must be coagulated This is the first Salt The second Salt is found in Tartar if that be incinerated then draw its Salt forth dissolve and coagulate it several times and let it be sufficiently clarified The third Salt is this when the wine is distill'd it leaveth feces behinde which are made to powder it 's Salt can be drawn out with warm water each of these Salts hath a special property in their Center they stand in a harmony because they descend from one root It hath three sorts of Mercury a●d three sorts of Sulphur The first Oyl is made of the stem the second Oyl is made out of crude Tartar the third is the Oyl of Wine There is a strange property in the spirit of Wine for without it there cannot be extracted any tr●e tincture of Sol nor can there be made without it any true aurum potabile but few men know how a true spirit of Wine is made much lesse can it's property be found out wholly Several wayes have been tried to draw and to get the spirit of Wine without sophistication as by several instruments and distillings with metalline Serpents and othe● strange inventions of Sponges Papers and the like Some caused a rectified aqua vitae be frozen in the greates● frost expecting the phlegme thereof should turn to Ice the spirit thereof to keep liquid but nothing was done to any purpose The true way for the getting of it I told you of a● the end of my Manuals for it must be subtile penetrating without any phlegme pure aerial and volatile so that aire in a magnetick quality may attract it therefore it had need to be kept close in it is o● a penetrating and effectual● operation and its use is several There are three which are the noblest Creatures in the world these three bear a wonderfull affection one to another Among Animals it is man our of whose Mume is made an Animal stone in which Microcosme is contained Among Minerals Gold is the noblest whose fixednesse is a sufficient testimony ol it 's noble off spring and kin●red Among Vegetables there lieth hid a Vegetable stone Man loveth Gold and Wine above all other Creatures which may be beheld with eyes Gold loveth man and Wine because it lets go its noblest part if spirit of Wine be put to it being made potable which giveth strength to man and prolongeth his life in health Wine beareth affection to man also and to Gold because it easily uniteth with the tincture of Sol expelleth melancholly and sadnesse refresheth and rejoyceth mans heart He that hath these three stones may boldly say that he hath the stones of the Universal much of it is talk'd and written but what eye hath seen it not one amongst many hundred of Millions These stones renew men and beasts cure Leprous Metals cause barrennesse to become fertile with a new birth humane reason is not able to comprehend it no● conceive of it If a rectified Aqua vitae be lighted then Mercury and ●●e Vegetable Sulphur separateth that Sulphur burns ●ight being a mee● fire the tender Mercury betakes him-●mself to his wings and flieth to his Chaos He that can shut up and catch this fiery spirit he may ●oast that he hath got●●● a g●eat victory in the Chymical ●●●le for this Vegetable fiery Sulphur is the onely Key to ●●aw the Sulphur from mineral and metalline bodies Thus I close my book the things contained therein are ●ot grounded on opinions as most Physicians rely on the ●uthors that such and such Herbs are cold and moist dry ●●d warm in the first second and third degree because ●hey heard their Authors affirm it themselves neither ●aw 〈◊〉 nor made tryal of it making meer collections from other ●ens writings patching up volumes The things I wrote ●f I know by a long experimental knowledge to be true ●his my experience I hope will take place and get the vi●tory as the Amazons did in their prudence The eternal heavenly spirit refresh our Souls that we may ●●lk in heavenly streets forsaking all false and erroneous by-wayes Amen FINIS ●ONCLUSIONS AND EXPERIMENTS OF BASILIUS VALENTINUS PREFACE I Basilius Valentinus write a short clause upon my former writings and this treatise is instead of a declaration thereof But my Son and Disciple you are to remember that you lift up your eyes to ●he Mountain of God and of the Philosophers from ●hence you expect a help namely Sulphur Vitriol ●nd Magnet of Philosophers must be a great help un●o you For Philosophers Sulphur Vitriol Magnet ●s coelestial from whence cometh ●hat Universal and Philosophick Lapis vulgar and ordinary Sulphur Vitriol and Magnet afford meerly