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A82272	Fasciculus chemicus or Chymical collections. Expressing the ingress, progress, and egress, of the secret hermetick science, out of the choisest and most famous authors. Collected and digested in such an order, that it may prove to the advantage, not onely of beginners, but proficients of this high art, by none hitherto disposed in this method. Whereunto is added, the Arcanum or grand secret of hermetick philosophy. Both made English by James Hasolle, Esquire, qui est Mercuriophilus Anglicus.	Dee, Arthur, 1579-1651.; Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692.	1650 (1650)	Wing D810; Thomason E1325_1; ESTC R209088	90,355	320

Compound Bodies in the first Mixture or Composition of Elements that I may conceal the Occult cause of Motion and Conjunction the weight and proportion of every Element are utterly unknown That Secret of Secrets bestowed by God upon Nature in the Beginning she still retains in her own Power and shall so until the end of the World Perhaps lest Mortal Men if it had been made known to them elated by the insolence and pride of Devils should presume to Create which is proper to God onely who by the unspeakable Power of his Word hath endued Nature as his Minister with the Generation Propagation and Multiplication of all things For when he inspired in things Created the Generation of the World saying Encrease and Multiply he gave also a certain Springing or Budding that is Greenness or Strength whereby all things multiply themselves whence some more profoundly contemplating said That all things were green whereas to be green may be said to encrease and grow up together and that Greenness they called Nature Therefore it is not without cause that the prime Philosophers do so seek after and sacrifice to Nature when without her help Art in this knowledg performs nothing Nor any wonder if the most Learned English Monk Roger Bacon writ of the wonderful Power of Nature and the marvellous Secrets in Art Nor doth Parmenides less admire the Power of Nature in these words O that Heavenly Nature over-ruling and excelling the Natures of Truth and causing them to rejoyce This is that special and Spiritual Nature to whom God gave a Power above the violence of Fire and therefore let us magnifie it seeing that nothing is more Pretious Therefore Friendly Reader I recommend to thee and the Sons of Art this Lady of Honor without which we attain not or perfect any thing in this Art that so it may be your work and chief study to obtain her Friendship so as when an occasion serves ye may be found Judges not Jugglers of Nature and Art For which cause I have writ this little Tract viz. My Fasciculus Chemicus wherein I have given you the more abstruse Secrets of Nature chosen culled compacted and digested in no ordinary manner as being a renowned Speculum whose refulgent and reflecting Beams make known the unknown Secrets of Nature taking original from the Chaos proceeding to the Separation of Light from Darkness and by the Degree of Perfection Art handling it the Foot-path is manifested and chalked out whereby Nature is at last brought to more Perfection Which Book indeed although perhaps it may be looked upon by many as a thing of no value because it consists for the most part of the sayings of Philosophers digested onely in order yet is it no easie business when as David Lagneus witnesses of himself in his Epistle to his Harmonious Chymistry whilst he was Counsellor and Physitian to the most Christian King That he sweat with continual Labor for twenty two yeers until he had composed it may be such another little Tract As touching the Method of this Work it contains ten small Chapters and every Chapter follows the Order of the Work whence also a Mystery is revealed which for matter of dissembling or concealing things was never before set forth in this manner Other me● having ever put the Beginning ●● the End and the End at the Begining in such sort as witnesses Dynysius that it was impossible th● Divine Counsel so disposing it to finde all things orderly writ Som● Chapters also are noted not onel● with Titles scarce hitherto heard of ● but rare Things even the Secret● of the Art laid open which ● very many affirm ought not to ● published But in the end of ever● Chapter I have briefly comprized and expounded the extracted Marrow thereof Otherwise as Senio● saith If I did not expound som● thing out of them my Book should be the same with the Book of those Wise men and my words theirs and as if I had taken their words and used them for my own which were both unworthy and a disgrace to him that should do so But the Authors I have produced whosoever hath read them will not deny but that they are the Choicest the most Acute and Approved and that the things selected and culled from their Writings are such onely as must necessarily be known That so Art may be made known in things requisite and the frivolous omitted by which many have been seduced from the way of Truth whilest onely it behooves the Intelligent Reader to distinguish Truth from Falshood For the Truth is not otherwise hid in their Writings then Wheat amongst the Chaff the which with Labor and Toil I have found out and here presented Vnmasked and Naked to the Studious Readers for the Publike good Hoping that this my Labor will not onely be useful to the younger Proficients but even grateful to the Learned themselves And which I desire you may all of you fairly and freely accept of Farewel From my Study at Musco the Calends of March 1629. ARTHUR d ee Doctor of Physick His Chymicall Collections CHAP. I. Naturall Matter what it is and from whence IN truth the matter of Petrus Bonus which the Stone is made is onely one nor can this neighbouring Faculty bee found in any other thing And it is that which is most like to Gold it is also that of which it is begotten and it is Argent Vive alone pure without the commixtion of any other thing and it is obscured with infinite names and the manner of operating is onely one but it is diversly varied by the Philosophers therefore no wonder if the Art be difficult and the Artists greatly erre Neverthelesse Art begets Medicine from the same or altogether the like principles as Nature begets metalls Petrus Bonus page 120. The Vive Argent is compounded Arnoldus with Citrine Sulphur so that they are changed and become the same in one masse Lucide Red weighty of which two kindes are sufficient for the composition of the Elixir He therefore that desires to search into the secrets of this Art it is fit he know the first matter of Metalls lest he lose his labour Arnoldus lib. de Alchimia pag. 1. Art willing to follow Nature Petrus Bonus inquires out her end and findes these principles congealed by Nature into this middle Nature and not impure and endevours to digest and purifie such a Matter with the heat of Fire that from thence she might draw the form of Gold with which all imperfect metals are turned into Gold in as much as they are ordained by nature to this end Petrus Bonus p. 105. We say that the whole is but Lullius one thing which is varied into the number of three by its operations and in varying by one decoction is one thing of one single power and after this passing by degrees to information by another digestion it will be another thing which we call Argent Vive Earth Water

gnaw upon the fame labour and glory of the wise who can with patience hear blinde men as out of a Tripode judging of the Sun But it is greater glory to contemne the hurtlesse darts of bablers then to repell them Let them onely disdain the treasure of Nature and Art who cannot obtain it Nor is it my purpose to plead the doubtfull cause of an unfortunate Science and being condemned to take it into tuition Our guiltlesse Philosophy is no whit criminous and standing firm by the aid of eminentest Authors and fortified with the manifold experience of divers ages it remains safe enough from the fopperies of pratlers and the snarlings of envy However Charity hath incited me and the multitude of wanderers induced me taking pity on them to present my light that so they may escape the hazard of the night by help whereof they may not onely live out but also procure an enlargement both to their Life and fading Fortunes This small Treatise penn'd for your use ye Students of Hermetick Philosophy I present unto you that it may be dedicated to those for whose sake it was writ If any perhaps shall complain of me and summon me to appear as guilty of breach of silence for divulging secrets in an itching style ye have one guilty of too much respectfulnesse towards you confessing his fault sentence him if you please so that my crime may supply the place of a reward to you The offence will not bee displeasing unto you and the punishment I doubt not pleasant unto mee if I shall finde my self to have erred in this onely whereby you may put an end to erring for the future Hermetick Secrets CANON 1. GODS fear is the entrance Admonition into this Science It s end is good will towards our Neighbour the all-satisfying Crop is the rearing and endowing religious entertainment with certainty that whatsoever the Almighty freely bestoweth on us we may submissively offer again to him As also Countreys grievously oppressed may be relieved prisoners miserably captivated released and souls almost starved comforted 2. The light of this knowledge is the gift of God which by his freenesse he bestoweth upon whom he pleaseth Let none therefore set himself to the study hereof untill having cleared and purified his heart he devote himself wholly unto God and be emptied of all affection unto things impure 3. The Science of producing Natures grand Secret is a perfect knowledge of Nature universally and of Art concerning the Realm of Metals the practise whereof is conversant in finding the principles of Metals by Analysis and after they are made much more perfect to conjoyn them otherwise then before they have been that from thence may result a catholick Medicine most powerfull to perfect imperfect Metals and for restoring sick and decaied Bodies of what sort soever 4. Those that are in publick Honours and Offices or be always busied with private and necessary occupations let them not strive to attain unto the top of this Philosophy for it requireth the whole man and being found possesseth him and being possessed challengeth him from all long and serious imploiments esteeming all other things as strange unto him and of no value 5. Let him that is desirous of this Knowledge clear his minde from all evil motions especially pride which is abomination to Heaven and the gate of Hell let him be frequent in prayers and charitable have little to do with the world abstain from company keeping enjoy constant tranquillity that the Minde may be able to reason more freely in private and be higher lifted up for unlesse it be kindled with a beam of Divine Light it will not be able to penetrate the hidden mysteries of Truth 6. The Alchymists who have given their minds to their welnigh innumerable Sublimations Distillations Solutions Congealations to manifold Extraction of Spirits and Tinctures and other Operations more subtill then profitable and so have distracted them by variety of errors as so many tormentors will never be bent again by their own Genius to the plain way of Nature and light of Truth from whence their industrious subtilty hath declined them and by twinings and turnings as by the Lybian Quick-sands hath drowned their intangled Wits the onely hope of safety for them remaineth in finding out a faithfull Guide and Teacher that may make the clear Sun conspicuous unto them and vindicate their eies from darknesse 7. A studious Tyro of a quick wit constant minde inflamed with the study of Philosophy very skilfull in naturall Philosophy of a pure heart compleat in manners mightily devoted to God though ignorant of practicall Chymistry may with confidence enter into the high-way of Nature peruse the Books of best Philosophers let him seek out an ingenious and sedulous Companion for himself and not despair of obtaining his desire 8. Let a Student of this secret carefully beware of reading or keeping company with false Philosophers for nothing is more dangerous to a learner of any Science then the company of an unskilfull or deceitfull wit by which false principles are stamped for true whereby an honest and too credulous a minde is seasoned with bad Doctrine 9. Let a Lover of truth make use of a few Authors but of best note and experienced truth let him suspect things that are quickly understood especially in mystical Names and secret Operations for truth lies hid in obscurity nor doe Philosophers ever write more deceitfully then when plainly nor ever more truly then when obscurely 10. As for the Authors of chiefest note which have discoursed both acutely and truly of the secrets of Nature and hidden Philosophy Hermes and Morienus Romanus amongst the Ancients in my judgement are of the highest esteem amongst the Modern Count Trevisanus Raimundus Lullius is in greatest reverence with me for what that most acute Doctour hath omitted none almost hath spoken let him therefore peruse him yea let a Student often reade over his former Testament and Codicil and accept them as a Legacy of very great worth To these two Volumes let him adde both his Practicks out of which Works all things desirable may be collected especially the truth of Matter the degrees of Fire and the ordering of the Whole wherein the whole Work is finished and those things which our Ancestors too carefully laboured to keep secret The occult causes of things and the secret motions of nature are demonstrated more clearly and faithfully Concerning the first and mysticall Water of Philosophers he hath set down few things yet very pithy 11. As for that clear Water sought for by many found out by few yet obvious and profitable unto all which is the Base of the Philosophers Work a noble Polonian not more famous for his learning then subtilty of wit not named whose name notwithstanding a double Anagram hath betraied In his Novum lumen Chymicum Parabola and Aenigma as also in his Tract of Sulphur he hath spoken largely and freely enough yea he hath expressed all things