Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	fear_n	lord_n	wisdom_n	5,389	5	6.9425	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60662	Medicina practica, or, Practical physick shewing the method of curing the most usual diseases happening to humane bodies ... : to which is added, the philosophick works of Hermes Trismegistus, Kalid Persicus, Geber Arabs, Artesius Longævus, Nicholas Flammel, Roger Bachon and George Ripley : all translated out of the best Latin editions into English ... : together with a singular comment upon the first book of Hermes, the most ancient of philosophers : the whole compleated in three books / by William Salmon ...	Salmon, William, 1644-1713.; Khālid ibn Yazīd al-Umawī, 7th cent.; Jābir ibn Ḥayyān.; Artephius. Liber secretus artis occultae. English.; Flamel, Nicolas, d. 1418. Figures hierogliphiques. English.; Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294. Speculum alchemiae. English.; Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294. Radix mundi. English.; Ripley, George, d. 1490? Medulla alchimiae. English.	1692 (1692)	Wing S434; ESTC R183203	439,154	1,009

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that_o i_o have_v yet_o find_v be_v dissolve_v in_o acid_a spirit_n of_o nitre_n whence_o i_o conceive_v that_o none_o can_v conclude_v that_o the_o coagulation_n of_o stone_n can_v proceed_v from_o a_o acid_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a from_o something_o opposite_a to_o it_o the_o virtue_n of_o generate_a stone_n say_v he_o lie_v in_o austere_a thing_n upon_o which_o account_n they_o give_v glutinosity_n and_o toughness_n to_o fluids_n to_o which_o if_o fix_v earthy_a and_o volatile_a saline_a part_n be_v join_v something_o not_o unlike_o the_o stone_n he_o shall_v have_v say_v by_o help_n of_o a_o petrifactive_a gass_n or_o spirit_n be_v generate_v now_o this_o coagulate_v austere_n be_v infringe_v by_o the_o sharp_a acid_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o nitre_n and_o therefore_o when_o the_o rudiment_n and_o beginning_n of_o a_o stone_n be_v lay_v we_o must_v beside_o volatile_a oily_a salt_n use_v thing_n that_o dissolve_v the_o stone_n among_o which_o we_o deserve_o ascrbe_v the_o first_o place_n to_o spirit_n of_o nitre_n see_v in_o it_o stone_n be_v so_o easy_o and_o so_o manifest_o dissolve_v and_o it_o may_v be_v give_v in_o beer_n ale_n wine-broth_n etc._n etc._n to_o make_v they_o a_o little_a sharp_a and_o so_o to_o be_v use_v for_o some_o considerable_a time_n xliv_o to_o this_o of_o silvius_n the_o learned_a decker_n make_v something_o of_o answer_n the_o spirit_n of_o nitre_n say_v he_o be_v put_v upon_o the_o stone_n powder_v and_o set_v upon_o a_o little_a fire_n dissolve_v it_o first_o it_o turn_v it_o into_o a_o tough_a and_o then_o into_o a_o watery_a matter_n but_o the_o mischef_n be_v the_o consequence_n in_o outward_a and_o inward_a mean_n be_v not_o the_o same_o or_o at_o least_o the_o spirit_n of_o nitre_n do_v not_o answer_v expectation_n and_o fr._n hoffman_n say_v you_o shall_v rather_o give_v thing_n which_o confist_n of_o a_o abstersive_a virtue_n from_o a_o volatile_a alcalie_a and_o acid_n that_o by_o their_o gentle_a sharpness_n do_v incide_n and_o cleanse_v the_o filth_n of_o the_o urinary_a passage_n as_o also_o by_o their_o sweet_a fragrancy_n affect_v of_o the_o reins_o do_v hinder_v the_o feculency_n of_o the_o ferment_n and_o so_o prevent_v all_o occasion_n of_o the_o stone_n xlv_o diuretic_n be_v of_o two_o kind_n the_o one_o aperitive_a the_o other_o incisive_a aperitive_a draw_v the_o matter_n to_o the_o kidney_n and_o therefore_o if_o these_o be_v affect_v be_v very_o suspicious_a because_o we_o draw_v the_o matter_n to_o the_o part_n affect_v but_o incisive_n carry_v not_o the_o matter_n to_o the_o kidney_n but_o only_o by_o incide_v subtilise_v and_o so_o the_o matter_n be_v make_v subtle_a pass_v the_o reins_o hence_o it_o be_v and_o i_o ever_o use_v it_o with_o success_n that_o if_o in_o the_o beginning_n i_o give_v spirit_n of_o vitriol_n to_o break_v the_o stone_n or_o cut_v the_o gross_a humour_n i_o quick_o see_v a_o happy_a issue_n and_o the_o spirit_n of_o vitriol_n though_o it_o be_v diuretic_n yet_o it_o only_o incides_fw-la upon_o which_o subtililation_n while_o the_o matter_n pass_v out_o the_o urine_n appear_v more_o copious_a and_o be_v true_o a_o diuretic_n by_o accident_n not_o that_o it_o carry_v aught_o to_o the_o reins_o but_o because_o the_o matter_n when_o it_o have_v no_o hindrance_n find_v a_o easy_a passage_n and_o that_o be_v attempt_v in_o vain_a after_o the_o three_o or_o four_o day_n which_o may_v be_v do_v the_o first_o without_o which_o the_o pain_n be_v prolong_v three_o or_o four_o day_n to_o the_o great_a damage_n of_o the_o patient_n for_o than_o we_o must_v stay_v for_o universal_a evacuation_n which_o in_o this_o case_n be_v not_o necessary_a in_o the_o beginning_n but_o may_v very_o well_o be_v do_v when_o the_o pain_n be_v over_o panarolus_n pent._n cap._n 3._o obs._n 41._o xlvi_o riverius_n advise_v that_o in_o the_o use_n of_o

now_o that_o water_n in_o or_o by_o which_o the_o blackness_n be_v wash_v away_o be_v the_o sweat_n or_o moisture_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o child_n urine_n i._n e._n the_o virgin_n water_n the_o thing_n which_o i_o tell_v you_o be_v sufficient_a for_o you_o to_o know_v v._o in_o like_a manner_n take_v the_o water_n of_o the_o water_n mercury_n of_o mercury_n and_o with_o it_o cleanse_v and_o purify_v the_o wind_n fume_v or_o vapour_n and_o abolish_v the_o blackness_n understand_v what_o this_o signify_v and_o rejoice_v therein_o vi_o also_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n take_v the_o blackness_n and_o conjoin_v it_o then_o have_v respect_n to_o the_o white_a and_o conjoin_v the_o red_a so_o will_v you_o go_v through_o the_o thing_n desire_v and_o come_v to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o work_n vii_o it_o be_v also_o to_o be_v note_v that_o it_o be_v the_o firestone_n which_o govern_v the_o matter_n or_o work_n by_o the_o good_a pleasure_n of_o god_n boyl_n it_o therefore_o with_o a_o gentle_a fire_n night_n and_o day_n lest_o the_o water_n shall_v be_v separate_v from_o it_o even_o till_o it_o become_v of_o a_o golden_a color_n understand_v well_o what_o i_o say_v viii_o that_o also_o which_o congeal_v do_v dissolve_v and_o that_o which_o do_v whiten_n do_v in_o like_a manner_n make_v red._n ix_o i_o have_v make_v plain_a to_o you_o the_o near_a way_n that_o you_o may_v be_v easy_a and_o satisfy_v understand_v therefore_o these_o thing_n and_o meditate_v upon_o they_o and_o you_o shall_v certain_o attain_v to_o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o work_n x._o it_o be_v also_o to_o be_v note_v that_o as_o sol_n be_v among_o the_o star_n so_o be_v gold_n among_o the_o other_o metalline_a body_n for_o as_o the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v join_v to_o the_o light_n and_o contain_v the_o fruit_n of_o this_o operation_n so_o in_o like_a manner_n gold_n meditate_v upon_o these_o word_n and_o by_o the_o permission_n of_o god_n you_o may_v find_v it_o out_o chap._n xvi_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o medicine_n and_o government_n of_o the_o metal_n i._o hermes_n moreover_o say_v he_o that_o outward_o take_v in_o this_o medicine_n it_o kill_v he_o but_o he_o that_o inward_o drink_v it_o in_o it_o make_v he_o to_o live_v and_o rejoice_v understand_v what_o this_o mean_n ii_o and_o as_o for_o this_o cause_n sake_n this_o water_n be_v say_v to_o be_v divine_a so_o it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o great_a poison_n and_o it_o be_v prefer_v before_o all_o other_o thing_n by_o so_o much_o as_o that_o without_o it_o nothing_o of_o the_o work_n can_v be_v do_v iii_o it_o be_v also_o call_v divine_a for_o that_o it_o can_v be_v mix_v or_o join_v with_o any_o filth_n or_o defile_a thing_n and_o this_o water_n of_o our_o stone_n purify_v and_o cleanse_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o metal_n and_o wash_v away_o their_o defoedation_n or_o defilement_n iu._n and_o as_o sol_fw-mi act_n upon_o body_n so_o also_o do_v this_o water_n upon_o the_o philosophic_a stone_n yea_o it_o penetate_n and_o sink_v through_o it_o and_o be_v constant_a fix_v and_o perfect_a v._o this_o indeed_o be_v see_v in_o sol_n but_o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o the_o work_n may_v be_v make_v through_o all_o the_o seven_o planet_n as_o first_o from_o saturn_n then_o from_o jupiter_n mars_n venus_n mercury_n and_o last_o from_o luna_n vi_o the_o first_o be_v the_o government_n of_o saturn_n to_o wit_n to_o cause_n sol_n to_o putrefy_v or_o bring_v the_o body_n to_o putrefaction_n which_o be_v do_v in_o the_o space_n of_o 40_o day_n and_o night_n the_o second_o be_v the_o government_n of_o jupiter_n which_o be_v to_o grind_v or_o break_v the_o matter_n and_o in_o 12_o day_n and_o night_n to_o imbue_n or_o moisten_v it_o which_o be_v call_v the_o regiment_n of_o tin_n vii_o the_o three_o be_v the_o government_n of_o mars_n which_o be_v to_o induce_v death_n or_o blackness_n or_o to_o separate_v the_o spirit_n from_o the_o body_n by_o which_o it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v change_v the_o four_o be_v the_o government_n of_o sol_n which_o be_v to_o work_v away_o the_o blackness_n and_o poison_n and_o be_v indeed_o to_o make_v it_o white_a viii_o the_o five_o be_v the_o government_n of_o venus_n which_o be_v to_o join_v the_o moist_a to_o the_o dry_a and_o the_o hot_a to_o the_o cold_a and_o to_o unite_v they_o together_o in_o one_o this_o be_v the_o dominion_n of_o brass_n or_o copper_n or_o the_o the_o make_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o a_o changeable_a yellow_n the_o six_o be_v the_o government_n of_o mercury_n which_o be_v to_o burn_v and_o be_v call_v the_o dominion_n of_o argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr ix_o the_o seven_o be_v the_o government_n of_o luna_n which_o be_v to_o decoct_v or_o boyl_n and_o make_v hot_a and_o so_o to_o perfect_v the_o matter_n with_o the_o fix_a citrine_n tincture_n in_o 25_o day_n and_o this_o be_v the_o dominion_n of_o silver_n see_v here_o i_o have_v go_v with_o you_o through_o the_o whole_a work_n take_v heed_n therefore_o lest_o you_o err_v chap._n xvii_o the_o difference_n of_o the_o ferment_n and_o quality_n of_o the_o spirit_n i._o and_o know_v that_o the_o white_a body_n be_v make_v with_o the_o whiteness_n and_o its_o ferment_n be_v that_o which_o you_o already_o know_v whiten_n therefore_o the_o body_n and_o understand_v what_o i_o say_v ii_o also_o in_o like_a manner_n you_o be_v to_o note_v that_o the_o stone_n seek_v after_o have_v not_o its_o like_a or_o equal_a in_o the_o whole_a earth_n it_o be_v both_o outward_o and_o inward_o of_o a_o citrine_n golden_a color_n but_o when_o it_o be_v alter_v or_o change_v it_o be_v make_v a_o body_n dark_a and_o black_a like_o burn_a coal_n iii_o now_o the_o colour_n of_o the_o spirit_n take_v from_o it_o be_v white_a and_o the_o substance_n thereof_o be_v liquid_a as_o water_n but_o the_o colour_n of_o the_o soul_n thereof_o be_v red._n iu._n but_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o spirit_n thereof_o be_v return_v to_o it_o again_o and_o it_o do_v live_v and_o rejoice_v and_o its_o light_n and_o 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corpus_fw-la quia_fw-la statim_fw-la spiritus_fw-la cum_fw-la anima_fw-la corporum_fw-la sursum_fw-la ascendit_fw-la in_o superiori_fw-la parte_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la perfectio_fw-la lapidis_fw-la &_o voco_fw-la sublimatio_fw-la vii_o haec_fw-la sublimatio_fw-la in_o quit_v florentius_n cathalanus_n fit_a per_fw-la res_fw-la accidas_fw-la spirituales_fw-la volatiles_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-la natura_fw-la sulphurea_fw-la &_o viscosa_fw-la quae_fw-la dissolvunt_fw-la &_o faciunt_fw-la elevari_fw-la corpora_fw-la in_o aeram_fw-la in_o spiritum_fw-la viii_o et_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la sublimatione_fw-la pars_fw-la quaedam_fw-la dictae_fw-la aquae_fw-la primae_fw-la ascendit_fw-la cum_fw-la corporibus_fw-la simul_fw-la se_fw-la jungendo_fw-la ascendo_fw-la &_o sublimando_fw-la in_o unam_fw-la mediam_fw-la substantiam_fw-la quae_fw-la tenet_fw-la de_fw-la natura_fw-la duorum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la corporum_fw-la &_o aquae_fw-la ix_o proinde_fw-la dicitur_fw-la corporale_fw-la &_o spiritual_fw-la compositum_fw-la corjufle_v cambar_n ethelia_n zandarith_n duenech_n bone_fw-la sed_fw-la proprie_fw-la tantum_fw-la nominatur_fw-la aqua_fw-la permanens_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la fugit_fw-la in_o igne_fw-la x._o perpetuò_fw-la adhaerens_fw-la corporibus_fw-la commixtis_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la soli_fw-la &_o lunae_fw-la illisque_fw-la communicans_fw-la tincturam_fw-la vivam_fw-la incombustibilem_fw-la ac_fw-la firmissimam_fw-la praecedenti_fw-la nobilicrum_fw-la &_o pretiosiorem_fw-la xi_o quia_fw-la potest_fw-la currere_fw-la debinc_fw-la haec_fw-la tinctura_fw-la sicut_fw-la oleum_fw-la omne_fw-la perforando_fw-la &_o penetrando_fw-la cum_fw-la fixione_fw-la mirabili_fw-la quoniam_fw-la haee_fw-la tinctura_fw-la est_fw-la spi_n ritus_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la est_fw-la anima_fw-la &_o anima_fw-la corpus_fw-la xii_o quia_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la operatione_n corpus_fw-la efficitur_fw-la spiritus_fw-la de_fw-la natura_fw-la subtilissima_fw-la &_o pariter_fw-la spiritus_fw-la incorporatur_fw-la &_o fit_a de_fw-fr natura_fw-la corporis_fw-la cum_fw-la corporibus_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la lapis_fw-la noster_fw-la 〈◊〉_d corpus_fw-la animam_fw-la &_o spiritum_fw-la xiii_o o_o natura_n quomodo_fw-la vertis_fw-la corpus_fw-la in_o spiritum_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la fieret_fw-la si_fw-la spiritus_fw-la non_fw-la incorporaretur_fw-la cum_fw-la corporibus_fw-la &_o corpora_fw-la cum_fw-la spiritu_fw-la fierent_fw-la volatilia_fw-la &_o postea_fw-la permanentia_fw-la fourteen_o transivit_fw-la igitur_fw-la unus_fw-la in_o alterum_fw-la &_o sese_fw-la inuicem_fw-la conversi_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la o_o sapientia_fw-la quomodo_fw-la facis_fw-la aurum_fw-la esse_fw-la volatile_a ac_fw-la fugitivum_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la naturaliter_fw-la fixissimum_fw-la esset_fw-la xv._n oportet_fw-la igitur_fw-la dissolvere_fw-la &_o liquefacere_fw-la corpora_fw-la ista_fw-la per_fw-la aquam_fw-la nostram_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la facere_fw-la aquam_fw-la 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one_o another_o and_o by_o the_o influence_n of_o wisdom_n be_v convert_v the_o one_o into_o the_o other_o o_o wisdom_n how_o thou_o make_v the_o most_o fix_a gold_n to_o be_v volatile_a and_o fugitive_n yea_o though_o by_o nature_n it_o be_v the_o most_o fix_a of_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n xv._n it_o be_v necessary_a there_o fore_a to_o dissolve_v and_o liquifie_v these_o body_n by_o our_o water_n and_o to_o make_v they_o a_o permanent_a or_o fix_a water_n a_o pure_a golden_a water_n leave_v in_o the_o bottom_n the_o gross_a earthy_a superfluous_a and_o dry_a matter_n xvi_o and_o in_o this_o sublime_a make_v thin_a and_o pure_a the_o fire_n ought_v to_o be_v gentle_a but_o if_o in_o this_o sublimation_n with_o a_o soft_a fire_n the_o body_n be_v not_o purify_v and_o the_o grof_n or_o earthy_a part_n thereof_o note_v this_o well_o be_v not_o separate_v from_o teh_a impurity_n of_o the_o dead_a you_o shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o perfect_v the_o work_n xvii_o for_o thou_o 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accidit_fw-la imprudentissimè_fw-la colliditur_fw-la quia_fw-la philosophi_fw-la saepissimè_fw-la centrarium_fw-la asserunt_fw-la vii_o nempe_fw-la nihil_fw-la removendum_fw-la praeter_fw-la humiditatem_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la nigredinem_fw-la quod_fw-la tamen_fw-la dicunt_fw-la ac_fw-la scribunt_fw-la tantum_fw-la ut_fw-la possint_fw-la decipere_fw-la incautos_fw-la qui_fw-la absque_fw-la magistro_fw-la aut_fw-la indefatigabili_fw-la lectura_fw-la &_o oratione_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la omnipotentem_fw-la aureum_fw-la hoc_fw-la vellus_fw-la avellere_fw-la cupiunt_fw-la viii_o notate_fw-la igitur_fw-la quod_fw-la separatio_fw-la diviso_fw-la &_o sublimatio_fw-la ista_fw-la absque_fw-la dubio_fw-la est_fw-la clavis_fw-la totius_fw-la operis_fw-la ix_o igitur_fw-la post_fw-la putrefactionem_fw-la &_o dissolutionem_fw-la horum_fw-la corporum_fw-la corpora_fw-la nostra_fw-la se_fw-la elevant_fw-la in_o altum_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la superficiem_fw-la aquae_fw-la dissolventis_fw-la in_fw-la colorem_fw-la albedinis_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la albedo_fw-la est_fw-la vita_fw-la x._o nam_n in_o illa_fw-la albedine_fw-la anima_fw-la antimonialis_fw-la &_o mercurialis_n infunditur_fw-la cum_fw-la spiritibus_fw-la solis_fw-la &_o lunae_fw-la nutu_fw-la naturae_fw-la quae_fw-la separat_fw-la subtle_a ab_fw-la spisso_fw-la &_o purum_fw-la ab_fw-la impuro_fw-la xi_o elevando_fw-la paulatim_fw-la partem_fw-la subtilem_fw-la corporis_fw-la à_fw-la suis_fw-la foecibus_fw-la donec_fw-la totum_fw-la purum_fw-la separetur_fw-la &_o elevetur_fw-la xii_o et_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la completur_fw-la nostra_fw-la sublimatio_fw-la philosophica_fw-la &_o naturalis_fw-la xiii_o et_fw-la cum_fw-la haec_fw-la albedine_fw-la infusa_fw-la est_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la anima_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la virtus_fw-la mineralis_fw-la quae_fw-la subtilior_fw-la est_fw-la igne_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la vera_fw-la quinta_fw-la essentia_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la quae_fw-la nasci_fw-la appetit_fw-la &_o sese_fw-la spoliare_fw-la à_fw-la grossis_fw-la foecibus_fw-la terrestribus_fw-la quae_fw-la illi_fw-la advenerant_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la menstrualis_fw-la &_o corruptionis_fw-la fourteen_o et_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la est_fw-la nostra_fw-la philosophica_fw-la sublimatio_fw-la non_fw-la in_o vulgari_fw-la iniquo_fw-la mercurio_n qui_fw-la nullas_fw-la habet_fw-la qualitates_fw-la simile_n illisquibus_fw-la ornatur_fw-la mercurius_n noster_fw-la extractus_fw-la à_fw-la cavernis_fw-la suis_fw-la vitriolicis_fw-la sed_fw-la redeamus_fw-la ad_fw-la sublimationem_fw-la i._o this_o compositum_fw-la then_o have_v its_o mundification_n or_o cleanse_n by_o our_o moist_a fire_n which_o as_o azinabam_fw-la say_v by_o dissolve_v and_o sublime_v that_o which_o be_v pure_a and_o white_a it_o cast_v forth_o or_o reject_v its_o foecis_fw-la or_o filth_n like_o a_o voluntary_a vomit_n ii_o for_o in_o such_o a_o dissolution_n and_o natural_a sublimation_n or_o lift_v up_o there_o be_v a_o loosen_a or_o untie_v of_o the_o element_n and_o a_o cleanse_n and_o separation_n of_o the_o pure_a from_o the_o impure_a iii_o so_o that_o the_o pure_a and_o white_a substance_n ascend_v upward_o and_o the_o impure_a and_o earthy_a remain_v fix_v in_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o water_n and_o the_o vessel_n iv._o this_o must_v be_v take_v away_o and_o remove_v because_o it_o be_v of_o no_o value_n take_v only_o the_o middle_n white_a substance_n flow_v and_o melt_v or_o dissolve_v reject_v the_o feculent_a earth_n which_o remain_v below_o in_o the_o bottom_n v._o these_o feces_n be_v separate_v partly_o by_o the_o water_n and_o be_v the_o dross_n and_o terra_fw-la damnata_fw-la which_o be_v of_o no_o value_n nor_o can_v do_v any_o such_o service_n as_o the_o clear_a white_a pure_a and_o clean_a matter_n which_o be_v whole_o and_o only_o to_o be_v take_v and_o make_v use_n of_o vi_o and_o against_o this_o capharean_a rock_n the_o ship_n and_o knowledge_n or_o art_n of_o the_o young_a philosopher_n be_v often_o 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menstruous_a womb_n and_o corrupt_a place_n of_o its_o original_n fourteen_o and_o in_o this_o be_v our_o philosophical_a sublimation_n not_o in_o the_o impure_a corrupt_a vulgar_a mercury_n which_o have_v no_o property_n or_o quality_n like_v to_o those_o with_o which_o our_o mercury_n draw_v from_o its_o vitriolic_a cavern_n be_v adorn_v but_o let_v we_o return_v to_o our_o sublimation_n chap._n xi_o of_o the_o soul_n which_o be_v extract_v by_o our_o water_n and_o make_v to_o ascend_v i._o certissimum_fw-la igitur_fw-la est_fw-la in_o arte_fw-la ista_fw-la quod_fw-la anima_fw-la haec_fw-la extracta_fw-la à_fw-la corporibus_fw-la elevari_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la appositionem_fw-la