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of_o the_o imaginarist_n and_o have_v teach_v that_o the_o art_n be_v to_o be_v make_v of_o ☉_o and_o ☿_o we_o have_v show_v that_o ☉_o be_v gold_n without_o all_o uncertainty_n and_o doubtfulness_n not_o metaphorical_o but_o in_o a_o true_a philosophical_a sense_n to_o be_v understand_v also_o our_o ☿_o we_o have_v declare_v to_o be_v true_a argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr or_o quicksilver_n without_o any_o ambiguity_n of_o acceptation_n the_o latter_a we_o have_v tell_v you_o must_v be_v make_v by_o art_n and_o be_v a_o key_n to_o the_o former_a we_o have_v add_v such_o clear_a and_o apparent_a reason_n that_o except_o you_o be_v blind_a at_o the_o sun_n you_o can_v but_o perceive_v we_o have_v protest_v and_o do_v again_o profess_v that_o we_o do_v not_o declare_v these_o thing_n from_o the_o faith_n we_o give_v to_o the_o write_n of_o other_o man_n the_o thing_n we_o faithful_o declare_v be_v what_o we_o have_v both_o see_v and_o know_v we_o have_v make_v and_o do_v possess_v the_o stone_n the_o great_a elixir_n nor_o very_o will_v we_o envy_v thou_o the_o knowledge_n thereof_o but_o we_o wish_v that_o thou_o may_v learn_v they_o from_o these_o write_n we_o have_v likewise_o declare_v that_o the_o preparation_n of_o the_o true_a philosophical_a ☿_o be_v difficult_a the_o main_a knot_n lie_v in_o find_v diana_n dove_n which_o be_v fold_v in_o the_o everlasting_a arm_n of_o ♀_o which_o no_o eye_n but_o a_o true_a philosopher_n ever_o see_v this_o one_o skill_n perform_v the_o mastery_n of_o theory_n ennoble_v a_o philosopher_n and_o unfold_v to_o the_o knower_n of_o it_o all_o our_o secret_n this_o be_v the_o gourdian_a knot_n which_o will_v be_v a_o knot_n for_o ever_o to_o a_o â—yro_fw-la in_o this_o art_n except_o the_o finger_n of_o god_n direct_v yea_o so_o difficult_a that_o there_o need_v the_o peculiar_a grace_n of_o god_n if_o any_o one_o will_v attain_v the_o exact_a knowledge_n thereof_o for_o my_o part_n i_o have_v deliver_v such_o thing_n concern_v the_o make_n thereof_o as_o none_o before_o i_o ever_o do_v more_o i_o can_v do_v unless_o i_o shall_v give_v the_o very_o receipt_n which_o i_o have_v also_o do_v only_o i_o have_v not_o those_o thing_n call_v by_o their_o proper_a name_n it_o now_o remain_v that_o we_o describe_v the_o use_n and_o practice_n by_o which_o thou_o may_v easy_o discern_v the_o goodness_n or_o defect_n of_o thy_o ☿_o that_o be_v know_v thou_o may_v alter_v and_o mend_v it_o as_o thou_o will_v have_v therefore_o animate_v ☿_o and_z gold_n there_o remain_v a_o accidental_a purgation_n as_o well_o of_o the_o ☿_o as_o the_o gold_n second_o dispensation_n or_o marriage_n three_o rection_n or_o governance_n chap._n 15._o of_o the_o accidental_a purgation_n of_o gold_n and_o mercury_n perfect_a gold_n be_v find_v in_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o earth_n whereupon_o it_o be_v sometime_o find_v in_o little_a piece_n or_o in_o sand_n if_o thou_o can_v have_v this_o sincere_a it_o be_v pure_a enough_o but_o if_o not_o then_o 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body_n like_o a_o crow_n bill_n afterward_o melt_v it_o with_o a_o fire_n of_o fuse_v and_o file_v it_o then_o it_o be_v prepare_v but_o ☿_o need_v a_o internal_a and_o a_o essential_a purgation_n which_o be_v a_o addition_n of_o a_o true_a ðŸœ_n orderly_a and_o by_o degree_n according_a to_o the_o number_n of_o the_o eagle_n then_o be_v it_o radical_o purge_v this_o ðŸœ_n be_v no_o other_o than_o our_o gold_n which_o if_o you_o know_v to_o separate_v without_o violence_n and_o then_o to_o exalt_v each_o a_o part_n and_o after_o to_o reconsume_v they_o thou_o shall_v betwixt_o they_o have_v a_o conception_n which_o will_v give_v thou_o a_o infant_n more_o noble_a than_o any_o sublunary_a thing_n whatsoever_o this_o work_n diana_n know_v to_o perform_v if_o she_o
hedge_v with_o infinite_a brier_n and_o we_o have_v make_v a_o vow_n unto_o god_n and_o equity_n that_o we_o will_v never_o in_o naked_a word_n declare_v each_o regimen_n for_o i_o can_v assure_v you_o upon_o my_o credit_n that_o i_o have_v in_o other_o thing_n discover_v the_o truth_n plain_o take_v then_o that_o ☿_o which_z i_o have_v describe_v and_o unite_v with_o sol_n to_o which_o it_o be_v most_o friendly_a and_o in_o seven_o month_n in_o our_o true_a regimen_n of_o heat_n thou_o shall_v for_o certain_a see_v all_o which_o thou_o desire_v or_o in_o nine_o month_n or_o ten_o at_o the_o most_o but_o our_o ☽_o in_o its_o full_a thou_o shall_v see_v in_o five_o month_n and_o these_o be_v the_o true_a period_n of_o this_o ðŸœ_n out_o of_o which_o by_o reiterate_v decoction_n thou_o shall_v have_v our_o stone_n and_o permanent_a tincture_n through_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n to_o who_o be_v all_o glory_n and_o honour_n for_o ever_o chap._n 20._o of_o the_o appear_a of_o blackness_n in_o the_o work_n of_o sol_n and_o luna_fw-la if_o thou_o shall_v work_v in_o sol_n or_o ☽_o to_o our_o ðŸœ_n in_o they_o consider_v if_o you_o see_v this_o matter_n like_o to_o paste_v and_o to_o boil_v like_a unto_o water_n or_o rather_o like_a to_o melt_a pitch_n for_o our_o sol_fw-mi and_o ☿_o have_v a_o emblematical_a type_n in_o sol_n vulgar_a join_v with_o and_o decoct_v in_o our_o ☿_o when_o thou_o have_v kindle_v thy_o furnace_n wait_v for_o the_o space_n of_o 20_o day_n and_o night_n in_o which_o time_n thou_o shall_v observe_v divers_a colour_n and_o about_o the_o end_n of_o the_o four_o week_n if_o the_o fire_n be_v continual_a thou_o shall_v see_v a_o most_o amiable_a greenness_n which_o will_v be_v see_v for_o about_o ten_o day_n less_o or_o more_o then_o rejoice_v for_o without_o doubt_n in_o a_o short_a time_n thou_o shall_v see_v it_o like_v unto_o a_o coal_n in_o blackness_n and_o all_o the_o member_n of_o thy_o compound_v shall_v be_v turn_v into_o atom_n for_o the_o operation_n be_v no_o other_o than_o a_o resolution_n of_o the_o fix_v in_o that_o which_o be_v not_o fix_v that_o afterward_o both_o be_v join_v together_o may_v make_v one_o matter_n partly_o spiritual_a and_o partly_o corporal_a therefore_o say_v the_o philosopher_n take_v corascene_a dog_n and_o bitch_n of_o armenia_n join_v they_o together_o and_o they_o shall_v beget_v thou_o a_o son_n of_o the_o colour_n of_o the_o heaven_n for_o these_o nature_n in_o a_o short_a decoction_n shall_v be_v turn_v into_o a_o broth_n like_v unto_o the_o foam_n of_o the_o sea_n or_o like_o a_o thick_a cloud_n which_o shall_v be_v tincture_v with_o a_o livid_n colour_n and_o once_o more_o i_o may_v assure_v thou_o that_o i_o have_v not_o hide_v any_o thing_n save_v only_o the_o regimen_n and_o this_o if_o thou_o be_v wise_a thou_o shall_v easy_o collect_v from_o my_o line_n suppose_v then_o that_o thou_o will_v learn_v the_o regimen_n take_v the_o stone_n which_o i_o have_v tell_v you_o of_o before_o and_o govern_v it_o as_o you_o know_v how_o and_o there_o shall_v follow_v these_o notable_a thing_n first_o as_o soon_o as_o our_o stone_n shall_v feel_v the_o fire_n it_o shall_v flow_v its_o ðŸœ_n and_o its_o ☿_o together_o upon_o the_o fire_n like_o to_o wax_v and_o the_o ðŸœ_n shall_v be_v burn_v and_o the_o colour_n shall_v change_v day_n by_o day_n but_o the_o ☿_o be_v incombustible_a only_o it_o shall_v be_v affect_v with_o the_o colour_n of_o the_o ðŸœ_n for_o a_o time_n but_o it_o can_v be_v radical_o affect_v therefore_o it_o will_v wash_v letton_n clean_a from_o all_o its_o filth_n reiterate_v the_o heaven_n upon_o the_o earth_n so_o long_o and_o so_o often_o until_o the_o earth_n receive_v a_o spiritual_a and_o heavenly_a nature_n o_o bless_a nature_n which_o do_v that_o which_o be_v impossible_a for_o man_n to_o do_v therefore_o when_o in_o thy_o glass_n thou_o shall_v see_v thy_o nature_n to_o be_v mingle_v like_o unto_o a_o coagulate_v and_o burn_v blood_n know_v that_o 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then_o be_v make_v our_o chaos_n out_o of_o which_o at_o the_o command_n of_o god_n shall_v proceed_v all_o the_o miracle_n of_o the_o world_n in_o their_o order_n chap._n 21._o of_o the_o burn_a of_o the_o flower_n and_o how_o to_o prevent_v it_o the_o burn_a of_o the_o flower_n be_v a_o error_n of_o fatal_a consequence_n yet_o soon_o commit_v before_o the_o nature_n which_o be_v tender_a and_o extract_v from_o their_o profundity_n they_o be_v oftentimes_o burn_v this_o error_n be_v chief_o to_o be_v heed_v after_o the_o three_o week_n for_o in_o the_o begin_n there_o be_v so_o much_o moisture_n that_o if_o the_o work_n be_v govern_v by_o a_o strong_a fire_n than_o be_v convenient_a it_o be_v brittle_a will_v not_o bear_v the_o abundance_n of_o wind_n but_o will_v sudden_o fly_v in_o piece_n unless_o the_o glass_n be_v too_o large_a and_o then_o sure_a the_o vapour_n will_v be_v so_o out_o of_o measure_n disperse_v that_o they_o will_v hardly_o return_v again_o to_o their_o body_n at_o least_o not_o so_o much_o as_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o refreshment_n of_o the_o stone_n but_o so_o soon_o as_o the_o earth_n shall_v begin_v to_o retain_v part_n of_o its_o water_n than_o the_o vapour_n decrease_v the_o fire_n may_v be_v strengthen_v without_o danger_n of_o the_o vessel_n but_o the_o work_n will_v nevertheless_o be_v destroy_v and_o will_v have_v a_o colour_n of_o a_o wild_a poppy_n and_o the_o whole_a compound_v will_n at_o length_n become_v a_o dry_a and_o unprofitable_a powder_n of_o a_o half_a red_a colour_n thou_o shall_v conclude_v from_o this_o sign_n that_o thy_o fire_n have_v be_v too_o strong_a so_o strong_a to_o wit_n as_o to_o hinder_v true_a conjunction_n for_o know_v that_o our_o work_n do_v require_v a_o true_a change_n of_o nature_n which_o can_v be_v until_o a_o entire_a union_n of_o both_o principle_n be_v make_v but_o they_o can_v be_v unite_v but_o in_o the_o form_n of_o water_n for_o body_n may_v be_v confound_v or_o blend_v together_o but_o can_v be_v unite_v nor_o yet_o can_v any_o body_n with_o a_o spirit_n be_v unite_v per_fw-la minima_fw-la but_o spirit_n with_o spirit_n may_v well_o be_v unite_v therefore_o our_o operation_n must_v become_v homogeneal_a metallick_n water_n the_o way_n to_o which_o solution_n be_v our_o forego_n true_a calcination_n which_o therefore_o be_v not_o a_o exsiccation_n proper_o but_o a_o kind_n grind_v of_o water_n as_o earth_n in_o atom_n which_o when_o they_o become_v more_o subtle_a than_o the_o exigency_n of_o the_o earth_n require_v earth_n be_v then_o actual_o transmute_v into_o and_o do_v receive_v the_o form_n of_o ferment_n of_o water_n but_o if_o the_o fire_n be_v too_o vehement_a this_o spiritual_a nature_n be_v strike_v
imagine_v then_o expect_v a_o sudden_a end_n within_o three_o day_n thou_o shall_v see_v for_o thy_o matter_n shall_v convert_v itself_o into_o grain_n and_o as_o fine_a as_o the_o atom_n of_o the_o ☉_o and_o the_o colour_n will_v be_v the_o high_a red_a imaginable_a which_o for_o its_o transcendent_a redness_n will_v show_v blackish_a like_a unto_o the_o sound_a blood_n when_o it_o be_v congeal_v although_o thou_o may_v not_o believe_v that_o any_o such_o thing_n can_v be_v a_o exact_a parallel_n of_o our_o elixir_n for_o it_o be_v a_o marvellous_a creature_n not_o have_v its_o compare_n in_o the_o whole_a universe_n nor_o any_o thing_n exact_o like_o it_o chap._n 31._o the_o fermentation_n of_o the_o stone_n remember_v now_o that_o thou_o have_v get_v our_o ðŸœ_n red_a and_o incombustible_a which_o can_v by_o no_o fire_n be_v promote_v further_o of_o itself_o and_o be_v very_o wary_a which_o i_o shall_v have_v tell_v you_o in_o the_o former_a chapter_n have_v i_o not_o forget_v it_o that_o in_o the_o regimen_n of_o the_o citrine_n sun_n before_o this_o supernatural_a ☉_o be_v bear_v which_o be_v adorn_v with_o a_o true_a tyrian_a colour_n lest_o i_o say_v thou_o then_o vitrifie_v thy_o matter_n with_o too_o great_a fire_n for_o so_o it_o will_v be_v after_o insoluble_a and_o by_o consequence_n can_v be_v coagulate_v into_o these_o glorious_a atom_n red_a of_o the_o red_a be_v wary_a then_o that_o thou_o destroy_v not_o so_o great_a a_o treasure_n and_o yet_o do_v not_o think_v that_o thy_o labour_n here_o have_v a_o end_n but_o proceed_v further_o that_o out_o of_o this_o ðŸœ_n by_o reiterate_v solution_n and_o coagulation_n thou_o may_v have_v our_o elixir_n take_v then_o of_o most_o fine_a gold_n three_o part_n and_o of_o this_o ðŸœ_n one_o part_n thou_o may_v take_v four_o part_n of_o ☉_o and_o a_o five_o part_n of_o our_o ðŸœ_n but_o the_o aforesaid_a proportion_n be_v better_a melt_v the_o ☉_o in_o a_o clean_a crucible_n and_o when_o it_o be_v melt_v put_v thy_o ðŸœ_n into_o it_o but_o very_o wary_o lest_o you_o lose_v it_o by_o the_o smoke_n of_o the_o coal_n let_v they_o flow_v together_o then_o put_v they_o forth_o into_o a_o ingot_n and_o thou_o shall_v have_v a_o mass_n which_o may_v be_v pulverize_v of_o a_o most_o glorious_a red_a colour_n but_o hardly_o transparent_a then_o take_v of_o this_o mass_n exact_o pulverize_v one_o part_n of_o thy_o sophical_a ☿_o two_o part_n mix_v they_o well_o put_v they_o in_o a_o glass_n which_o seal_n and_o govern_v it_o as_o before_o two_o month_n in_o which_o time_n thou_o shall_v see_v all_o the_o foresay_a regimens_n pass_n in_o their_o order_n this_o be_v true_a fermentation_n which_o thou_o may_v if_o thou_o will_v reiterate_v chap._n 32._o the_o imbibition_n of_o the_o stone_n i_o know_v that_o many_o author_n do_v take_v fermentation_n in_o this_o work_n for_o the_o internal_a invisible_a agent_n which_o they_o call_v ferment_n by_o who_o virtue_n the_o fugitive_n and_o subtle_a spirit_n without_o lay_v on_o of_o hand_n be_v of_o their_o own_o accord_n thicken_v and_o our_o forementioned_a way_n of_o fermentation_n they_o call_v cibation_n with_o bread_n and_o milk_n so_o ripley_n but_o i_o not_o use_v to_o cite_v other_o author_n nor_o yet_o to_o swear_v to_o their_o word_n in_o a_o thing_n which_o i_o myself_o know_v as_o well_o as_o they_o have_v follow_v my_o own_o judgement_n in_o my_o write_n there_o be_v then_o another_o operation_n by_o which_o our_o stone_n be_v increase_v in_o weight_n more_o than_o virtue_n take_v of_o thy_o ðŸœ_n white_a or_o red_a and_o to_o three_o part_n of_o the_o ðŸœ_n add_v a_o four_o part_n of_o the_o water_n and_o after_o a_o little_a blackness_n in_o six_o or_o seven_o day_n decoction_n thy_o water_n new_o add_v shall_v be_v increase_v or_o thicken_v like_v unto_o thy_o ðŸœ_n then_o add_v another_o four_o part_n not_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o whole_a compound_v which_o be_v now_o increase_v a_o four_o part_n by_o the_o first_o imbibition_n but_o in_o reference_n to_o thy_o first_o ðŸœ_n as_o thou_o take_v it_o at_o first_o which_o be_v dry_v add_v another_o four_o part_n and_o let_v it_o be_v congeal_v with_o a_o convenient_a fire_n then_o put_v to_o it_o two_o part_n of_o the_o water_n in_o reference_n to_o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o ðŸœ_n which_o thou_o take_v at_o first_o before_o the_o first_o imbibition_n and_o in_o this_o proportion_n imbibe_n and_o congeal_v three_o other_o time_n at_o last_o add_v five_o part_n of_o water_n in_o the_o seven_o imbibition_n still_o remember_v to_o reckon_v the_o water_n in_o reference_n to_o the_o ðŸœ_n as_o it_o be_v take_v at_o first_o seal_v thy_o vessel_n and_o in_o a_o fire_n like_o to_o the_o former_a make_v thy_o compound_v pass_v through_o all_o the_o foresay_a regimen_n which_o will_v be_v do_v in_o one_o month_n and_o then_o thou_o have_v the_o true_a stone_n of_o the_o three_o order_n of_o which_o one_o part_n will_v fall_v on_o a_o thousand_o and_o teyn_v perfect_o chap._n 33._o the_o multiplication_n of_o the_o stone_n to_o this_o be_v require_v no_o labour_n save_v only_o that_o thou_o take_v the_o stone_n be_v perfect_a and_o join_v it_o with_o three_o part_n or_o at_o the_o most_o with_o four_o part_n of_o ☿_o of_o our_o first_o work_n and_o govern_v it_o with_o a_o due_a fire_n in_o a_o vessel_n well_o close_v so_o shall_v all_o the_o regimens_n pass_n with_o infinite_a pleasure_n and_o thou_o shall_v have_v the_o whole_a increase_v a_o thousand_o fold_n beyond_o what_o it_o be_v before_o the_o multiplication_n of_o it_o and_o if_o thou_o shall_v reiterate_v this_o work_n again_o in_o three_o day_n thou_o shall_v run_v through_o all_o the_o regimen_n and_o thy_o medicine_n shall_v be_v exalt_v to_o another_o millinery_a virtue_n of_o tincture_n and_o if_o thou_o yet_o shall_v reiterate_v the_o work_n it_o will_v be_v perfect_v in_o a_o natural_a day_n and_o all_o the_o regimen_n and_o colour_n shall_v pass_v which_o will_v be_v do_v afterward_o with_o another_o reiteration_n in_o one_o hour_n nor_o shall_v thou_o at_o last_o be_v able_a to_o find_v the_o extent_n of_o the_o virtue_n of_o thy_o stone_n it_o shall_v be_v so_o great_a that_o it_o shall_v pass_v thy_o ingenuity_n to_o reckon_v it_o if_o that_o thou_o proceed_v in_o the_o work_n of_o reiterate_v multiplication_n now_o remember_v to_o render_v immortal_a thanks_o to_o god_n for_o thou_o now_o have_v the_o whole_a treasure_n of_o nature_n in_o thy_o possession_n chap._n 34._o of_o the_o manner_n of_o projection_n take_v of_o thy_o stone_n perfect_v as_o be_v say_v white_a or_o red_a according_a to_o the_o equality_n of_o the_o medicine_n take_v of_o either_o ☉_o or_o ☽_o four_z part_n melt_v they_o in_o a_o clean_a crucible_n then_o put_v in_o of_o thy_o stone_n white_z or_o red_a as_o the_o metal_n that_o be_v melt_v be_v in_o quality_n and_o be_v well_o mix_v together_o in_o fusion_n pour_v they_o into_o a_o ingot_n and_o thou_o shall_v have_v a_o mass_n which_o be_v brittle_a take_v of_o this_o mass_n one_o part_n and_o ☿_o well_o wash_v ten_o part_n heat_v the_o ☿_o till_o it_o begin_v to_o crack_v then_o throw_v upon_o it_o this_o mixture_n which_o in_o the_o twinkle_n of_o a_o eye_n will_v pierce_v it_o increase_v thy_o fire_n till_o it_o be_v melt_v and_o all_o will_v be_v a_o medicine_n of_o inferior_a virtue_n take_v then_o of_o this_o and_o cast_v one_o part_n upon_o any_o metal_n purge_v and_o melt_v to_o wit_n as_o much_o as_o it_o can_v teyn_fw-mi and_o thou_o shall_v have_v most_o pure_a ☉_o or_o ☽_o pure_a than_o which_o nature_n can_v give_v but_o it_o be_v better_a to_o make_v projection_n gradual_o until_o projection_n cease_v for_o so_o it_o will_v extend_v far_o for_o when_o so_o little_o be_v project_v on_o so_o much_o unless_o projection_n be_v make_v on_o ☿_o the_fw-mi be_v a_o notable_a loss_n of_o the_o medicine_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o scorias_fw-la which_o do_v adhere_v to_o impure_a metal_n by_o how_o much_o than_o the_o metal_n be_v better_o purge_v before_o projection_n by_o so_o much_o more_o will_v the_o matter_n succeed_v chap._n 35._o of_o the_o many_o use_v of_o this_o medicine_n he_o who_o have_v once_o by_o the_o blessing_n of_o god_n perfect_o attain_v this_o art_n i_o know_v not_o what_o in_o the_o world_n he_o can_v wish_v but_o that_o he_o may_v be_v free_a from_o all_o snare_n of_o wicked_a man_n so_o as_o to_o serve_v god_n without_o distraction_n but_o it_o will_v be_v a_o vain_a thing_n by_o outward_a pomp_n to_o seek_v for_o vulgar_a applause_n such_o trifle_n be_v not_o esteem_v by_o those_o who_o have_v this_o art_n nay_o rather_o they_o despise_v they_o he_o therefore_o who_o god_n have_v bless_v with_o