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A05040	A reuelation of the secret spirit Declaring the most concealed secret of alchymie. Written first in Latine by an vnknowne author, but explained in Italian, by Iohn Baptista Lambye, Venetian. Lately translated into English, by R.N.E. gentleman.; Apocalypsis spiritus secreti. English. 1623	Agnello, Giovan Battista.; Napier, Robert.	1623 (1623)	STC 15184; ESTC S121240	33,169	93

permanent water is taken out of Light but the light maketh fire and the light shining and transparent becommeth like one straying seeking lodging but when light is conioyned vnto light it reioyceth because it came out of it and is conuerted vnto it c. And Albertus Magnus in the preface of his right path inuocating the Lord God praieth and beseecheth him in this manner Thence in the beginning of my speech I call for his helpe who is the fountaine aad spring of all good that hee through his pitty and bounty would vouchsafe to supply the smalnesse of my Science that by the grace of the Holy Spirit I may make manifest in my doctrine the light which shineth in darknesse And Raymund Lully in the seuenth chapter in the Theoricke of his Testament saith Therefore sonne I say vnto thee Take a Myne of the kinde spoken of in which are the two starred lights which cease not to shine vpon the earth and they are the Sunne and Moone who by their beames darken the fire And in the 20. Chapter We choose therefore two bodies the lights which doe fixe all that is not fixt And in the 48. Chapter Sonne when thou wilt worke and beginne our Mastry beware that thou worke not but vpon natures or matters lightsome and not vpon others whereof the lesser world is created And in the tenth Chapter of the Practise he saith Son it behoueth thee now to dissolue the light of the world or a part of it by the first regiment c. And in many other places hee speaketh which shall be omitted that I bee not too long And George Ripply in the Chapter of the sixt degree of his Gates saith Therefore our stone is that starred Sunne budding like the flowers of the Spring from whom proceedeth by alteration euery colour c. And for shortnesse sake I will put an end to this second Chapter with a conclusion of an vncertaine English Author saying For indeed to speake without fiction there is no other to be sought but a body of the body and a light of the light Which is as much worth as it were to say Separate the shadow from the beame that is from the Sunne his earthlinesse The third Chapter Wherin is proued that of necessity it behoueth to reduce the body to the first matter that it may be disposed for the separation of the Elements HItherto it is seene with the confirmation of all the Philosophers that it is one thing only out of the which is taken the secret Spirit and with the which is made the Philosophers stone and furthermore are shewed many pretty sentences of diuers Authors by the meanes whereof it shal be left to be iudged by the children of the truth what thing can be this sole thing or one thing Now in this Chapter shall be shewed by authority of many authors that it is necessary to dispose this thing or body that it may bee fit for the separation of the Elements which could not be done if first it were not reduced to the first matter for any body standing in his being hard solid and compact is not fit for the separation of the Elements much lesse for the metallicke transmutation Therefore it is need as is aboue said to reduce it to the first matter according to the speech of Aristotle in the fourth of the Meteors who saith Let the Artificers of Alchymy know that the kinds of metals cannot bee transmuted vnlesse they be reduced to the first matter but the reduction to the first matter is easie as Arnoldus de villa noua saith and Iohn of Vien in his mirrour of the Elements and so affirme all the other Philosophers And in the practise of Philosophers it is written In the name of God Amen and with his helpe let vs reduce first the bodies into no bodies vntill the natures be made thin because in the beginning the body is made a thin water that is Mercury c. And in the Rosary of the Sunne it is written Therefore euery body is an Element or composed of Elements but the generation of any compound of the foure Elements consisteth of simples Wherefore necessarily it behoueth that our stone be reduced to the first matter or spring of his sulphure Mercury that it might be diuided in the Elements otherwise it cannot be purified nor conioyned c. And Villa noua so saith For the first worke of the Philosophers is to dissolue the stone into his Mercury that it may bee reduced to his first matter And Raymund Lully in the seuenty fiue Chapter of the Theoricke of his Testament saith But this diuision cannot be made by the change of nature without losse of the property and the losse of the property cannot bee made except that nature which is in an hard masse and dry with all her parts bee turned in the likenesse of that first nature in which the age was first ordered by diuine power like vnto a confused forme in which all middle things were confused without the which nature could not accomplish her actions c. Agreeing with Hermes who saith All things were from one confused clod or masse confused by the meditation of one that is the creation of one omnipotent God and so all things were sprung frō this thing that is al metals are engendred of our stone that is quick-siluer as all things were sprung from this confused masse and purged with one fitting that is only by the command of God and his miracle So our stone is sprung and commeth out of a clayish masse that is Quick-siluer changed containing in it selfe the foure Elements which are Fire Aire Water and Earth that is heat moisture coldnesse and drinesse c. And in the Rosary of the Philosophers The reduction of the bodies to the first matter Quick-siluer is no other than the resolution of the congealed matter by which the locke is opened by the entring of one nature into another Whereupon the Philosophers said that the Sun is no other thing but ripe Quick-siluer And this proposition or sentence of Aristotle of the necessity of the reduction to the first matter being so famous I will not enlarge my selfe otherwise in alledging other Authors but only I will labour in the next Chapter to see if it be possible to know by the meanes of many authorities of diuers Philosophers what thing is this first matter The fourth Chapter Where it shall bee seene if it bee possible to know what thing is this first matter HAuing seene that the reduction to the first matter is necessary that the matter may bee fit for the separation of the Elements now it is to bee seene what thing is this first matter And it is aboue said that all Philosophers agreeing do affirme this sentence vse venerable nature Therefore in confirmation of this passage I will serue my selfe only with some of their sentences which shall seeme vnto me most to the purpose for the declaration of this matter Arnold de

deeper O the height of the wisdome of God because what all bodies haue thou hast enclosed in the power of one Spirit O ineffable glory O inestimable ioy shewne vnto mortall men because the corruptible things of nature by vertue of the Spirit are made better O secret of all Secrets health and remedy of all the last search of nature vnder the Heauen and the wonderfull conclusion of the ancient fathers and of the latter wise men and of all Philosophers the which the world and all the earth desireth O most wonderfull and much praise-worthy Spirit It is the purity in which all delights and riches are contained and also the fruitfulnesse of life Science the strength of Sciences giuing temporall ioy to those that know it O knowledge worthy to be desired and beloued aboue all things vnder the Moone by which nature is strengthened the hearts with the members reioyced flourishing youth preserued age remoued infirmitie destroyed and most pleasant health kept abundance of goods had and all that delighteth man plentifully purchased O spirituall substance commendable aboue all things O wonderfull power comfortable vnto all O superiour vertue in things inuincible Which albeit it hath appeared contemptible vnto the vnwise yet to those that know it it is to be beloued for praise glory and honour because it expelleth naturally all manner of death caused by humors O Treasure of Treasures O Secret of Secrets This is the infallible substance called and named of Auicen the soule of the world most pure most perfect and most powerfull Nothing vnder the Heauens so precious of hid nature and of wonderfull vertue operation and 〈◊〉 power Vnto which nothing is like amongst creatures which hath all the vertues of the bodies vnder the Heauen for out of it floweth waters of life hony and oile of euerlasting health and so with the rocke and hony hee hath filled them Therefore saith Morien who hath it possesseth all things and needeth no waies the helpe of others Blessed art thou O Lord God our father who gaue this knowledge and vnderstanding to the Prophets and Philosophers that so they haue hid it that the blind filled with worldly lust might not finde it and the well disposed by this haue praised thee Grant that it may bee discouered to none but to the louer of thee and to the desirer to doe good things by it Because who vnworthily discouereth or reuealeth the secret of this thing hee is the breaker of the heauenly seale and the hid reuelation so farre as in him lieth hee diminisheth the Maiesty of God and hee is neere vnto many mischiefes to follow him And therefore with a godly heart I ●●seech all you faithfull in Christ hauing this knowledge that you would not speak therof nor communicate to any but to the godly liuers and disposers of themselues vertuously long knowne and proued and that you praise God who hath giuen such a treasure vnto men This many doe seeke but few doe finde it for the defiled with vices or polluted are vnworthy to know such things Therefore it is not shewne but to the deuout because it is incomparable to all prices God being my witnesse I doe not lie in any thing albeit it appeare vnpossible vnto the foolish For none is was nor shall bee who hath so much searched the depth of nature Blessed bee the most high and Almighty God who hath created this Science and hath beene pleased to shew vnto the faithfull the knowledge thereof Amen So endeth this most worthy and most excellent worke the worke called the Reuelation of the secret Spirit in which all the secrets and mysteries of this world are hid c. But the Spirit a power is one maruellous and holy hauing for a gift the whole world for it containeth it in it selfe is shall be and was also a fift substance An Abridgement of the Preamble to the Exposition The parts of this Exposition teach First the matter whereof the Spirit of the Philosophers stone is extracted where is teached First the vnity of that thing in which this Spirit is found Chap. 1. Secondly the discerning of this one thing Cha. 2.4.8 Thirdly the preparation of the matter for the separation of the Elements Chap. 3. Secondly the foure apparitions of the formes or the manner of the separation of the foure Elements Chap. 7 Thirdly the coniunction and vnion of the Elements for to obtaine the fifth apparition Chap. 6. The Preamble to the Exposition of the secret SPIRIT IN the name of God then to beginne this busines I say that this Philosopher would haue shewed declared the wonderfull vertues and properties of that secret Spirit saying that it is such a thing that remoueth all corruption in these words But that there was one thing that could remoue all corruptions And after he saith that the said Philosophers painfully seeking that one thing amongst all things c. the which a little after he saith to be a glorious Spirit called Quintessence But hee telleth not out of what thing it may be taken vnlesse that he saith It is a substance most pure most precious and most subtill from an incorruptible body artificially extracted that no waies can be destroyed nor in any thing defiled with the Elements Agreeing with Iohn de Rupescissa who speaketh thus And I said that the most High created the quintessence which is extracted out of the body of nature created by God with humane Artifice c. Much lesse doth he shew the manner nor the mastry of being able to haue it except that in some place he toucheth a little and that vnder Metaphores and Figures therefore to declare this Text I will ground my selfe vpon three principall parts to the end that this most noble Spirit may bee found The first part shall bee vpon that body whereout of the said Spirit may be taken The second shall be where he saith How that Spirit corporally appeareth that it may bee the sooner found and knowne c. And because the Author followeth fiue apparitions continuing without making other distinction yet because the matter doth require it I will diuide it into two parts and for the second part shall bee taken the foure apparitions And for the third part that fifth apparition where he saith in the fifth and last Essence it appeareth in a glorified body c. In the first part shall be shewed that so as the Text saith this Spirit is one thing amongst all things that as yet the said Spirit or Quintessence is not found but in one only thing created by God according to the authority of all the Philosophers who haue written of this diuine Science who all doe affirme that there is nothing but one onely thing of the which and by the which and with the which the desired end is obtained And in the second shall be seene that the apparition of the said Spirit in foure corporall formes is no other thing but the separation of the foure Elements And in the third and

Villa noua in the first Chapter of his Rosary saith It is therefore manifest that the operation of the Medicine is the operation of nature and that the Medicine it selfe is the same nature for the Medicine it selfe only is composed of nature c. And Raymund Lully in the 72. chapter of the Theoricke of his Testament saith Our Mastry is by nature and with nature and of nature and is made by the meanes of nature And in the 76. Chapter Wherefore who will make any thing let him make it by nature and let him know the concordance of nature because without that neuer any thing can bee done Seeing that nothing of the world which is facible is beyond the limited bounds or waies of nature because by it and with it it is made and is to be made And in the 14. Chapter of the Practicke he saith Sonne if thou vnderstand this thou shalt vnderstand know how all things of the world are made by nature and how thou may make them to the respect of nature if thou can haue the aire which is caused by nature c. And in many other places hee maketh mention and the Rosary of the Philosophers saith Wherby first we make knowne that all workers beyond nature are deceiuers and that they worke in a thing vnfit And thereafter he saith In the Art of our mastry nothing is hid by the Philosophers except the secret of the Art which is not lawfull for any man to reueale which if it were done he should be cursed and should incurre the indignation of the Lord and should die of an Apoplexie Wherefore all errour in the Art ariseth of that that they take not the due matter therefore vse venerable nature because of it by it and in it our Art is engendred and in no other And therefore our mastry is a worke of nature and not of the workeman and so who knoweth not the beginning doth not obtaine the end and who knoweth not what hee seeketh shall not know what he shall find But because vpon this authority some may say that this Philosopher intendeth and speaketh of the true matter on which wee must lay the foundation I say that it is true but out of what matter it behoueth vs to take the same nature as yet hee maketh no mention which is inclosed in the centre of the same matter witnessing Raymund in his 7. Chap. of the Theoricke of the Testament Where he saith And wee haue said aboue that in the centre of the earth is the virgin earth and the true Element and that it is created by nature therefore nature is in the centre of euery thing c. As yet also more manifestly shall be shewed when it shall bee declared which followeth what thing is this nature Now hauing aboue shewed the necessity to reduce the body vnto the first matter and in this chapter proued that it behoueth to worke with nature so that it appeareth almost that this first matter is the selfe same nature by the meanes of the authorities aboue alledged of the Philosophers therefore for better declaration it is good to proceed from degree to degree First it is said the matter to bee one sole thing there after wee haue spoken of the reduction vnto the first matter and now it appeareth that this first matter is as said is the same nature It remaineth then to be seene what thing is this nature and it shal be the last conclusion about this passage I say that of diuers Philosophers it hath beene named with diuers and infinite names some doe call it Chaos some Hyle others the first Matter others a confused Masse Matter without Forme Confused Clodde others Mercurie alledging that speech of Hermes who saith In Mercurie is all which the Philosophers seeke c. and with many other infinite names as I haue aboue said the which would bee too much to desire to remember all But I my selfe am disposed leauing all other names to name it vnder the name of Salt in this my little treatise alledging for confirmation of my opinion a number of sentences of diuers Philosophers And first we shall begin with Geber who in his Testament speaketh of no other but of the salt of metals and sheweth that therewith is made the Elixir as he may see who would study it And the Rosary of the Philosophers saith The salt of metals is the Philosophers stone And a little further The ancient wise men because they spoke many things did conclude vpon salt which they call the sope of the wise and the little key which closeth and openeth and againe shutteth and no man openeth without which little key they say none in this age can attaine to the perfection of this science that is vnlesse he know to calcine salt after his preparation c. And after he saith Who hath not tasted the taste of salts shall neuer obtaine his wish And Gratianus saith Of euery thing may be made ashes and of that ashes may be made salt and of that salt is made water and of that is made Mercurie and of that Mercury through diuers operations is made Sol. And Auicen saith Sonne if thou wilt bee rich prepare salts vntill they be a pure water because salts are converted into a spirit by fire And Raymund in the seuenty two chapter of the practicke of his Testament saith And we say vnto thee that the said natures are nothing but sharp salts c. And there after But sonne we speake to thee with reuelation that thou remember of the salt which we haue told thee aboue with one part of his propertie because at no time must you vnderstand here of other salt vnlesse it be of metals which are resolued vnto it as by artifice you may see to the eie If therefore thou know how to sweeten this salt it will enter in the bodies as the true nature which will stand inwardlie and can transforme them from one kinde to another because seeing salts are the first nature of metals of a metallicke propertie by the friendship of that thing they are conioyned together Seeing salt is nothing but fire nor fire is but sulphure nor sulphure is but quicksiluer reduced into a stone after that it is the matter of a nature altered and changed from basenesse to nobility Heere clearely is verified and confirmed that passage aboue said That in the centre of the earth is the virgin earth c. and that nature is in the centre of euery thing c. And in many other places mention is made which for shortnesse sake shall be left out O what labours what sweats what troubles must be done What most thicke and most hard walls must be broken and passed and what ports and locks must bee opened before it can bee penetrated and entred into that centre where that blessed virgin earth is found otherwaies by the said Raymund called the earth of labour And truly the earth of labour it may be called because it is