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decent_o purify_v and_o reduce_v to_o perfection_n render_v it_o apt_a to_o perfect_v imperfect_a thing_n and_o a_o expert_a and_o industrious_a artist_n perpend_v these_o thing_n aright_o may_v easy_o institute_v admirable_a adaptation_n finis_fw-la libri_fw-la primi_fw-la a_o treatise_n of_o the_o philosopher_n true_a salt_n and_o secret_n and_o of_o the_o universal_a soul_n or_o spirit_n of_o the_o world_n book_n ii_o chap._n 1._o that_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o world_n assume_v a_o body_n and_o how_o it_o be_v incorporate_v we_o have_v i_o hope_v sufficient_o explicate_v in_o the_o former_a book_n that_o all_o thing_n be_v not_o only_o produce_v but_o also_o make_v corporeal_a by_o the_o universal_a spirit_n we_o now_o come_v to_o declare_v what_o kind_n of_o body_n this_o spirit_n assume_v and_o how_o itself_o both_o be_v and_o make_v all_o thing_n corporeal_a for_o that_o must_v needs_o be_v corporeal_a which_o make_v all_o other_o thing_n such_o see_v nothing_o can_v give_v 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touch_v which_o great_o hinder_v the_o light_n and_o splendour_n of_o nature_n which_o always_o desire_v purity_n and_o freedom_n from_o darkness_n as_o appear_v by_o that_o intense_a splendour_n in_o perfect_a body_n a_o token_n of_o their_o purity_n see_v other_o more_o immerge_v in_o impurity_n be_v more_o obscure_a as_o metal_n perfect_a and_o imperfect_a &_o precious_a stone_n demonstrate_v but_o if_o we_o will_v avoid_v long_a peregrination_n and_o according_a to_o the_o oracle_n advice_n terminate_v our_o curious_a journey_n in_o ourselves_o by_o seek_v out_o the_o cause_n of_o our_o disease_n we_o shall_v easy_o find_v they_o derive_v from_o those_o infect_a fume_n that_o obscure_v the_o light_n of_o our_o sanity_n and_o thence_o desume_v a_o manifest_a sign_n of_o what_o be_v wrought_v within_o we_o for_o a_o sound_a man_n because_o of_o the_o internal_a clarity_n of_o his_o natural_a disposition_n have_v a_o clear_a and_o lively_o colour_a aspect_n but_o a_o sick_a man_n 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earth_n be_v near_a and_o most_o vegetable_a in_o it_o therefore_o be_v this_o spirit_n generate_v and_o manifest_v more_o copious_o for_o the_o earth_n be_v a_o certain_a mark_n whereto_o all_o the_o influence_n ray_n and_o virtue_n of_o the_o superior_a body_n tend_v it_o be_v moreover_o the_o fundament_n and_o basis_n of_o the_o other_o element_n contain_v in_o itself_o the_o seed_n and_o seminal_a virtue_n of_o all_o thing_n for_o which_o cause_n it_o be_v right_o call_v the_o common_a mother_n of_o all_o animal_n vegetable_n and_o mineral_n it_o be_v therefore_o impregnate_v by_o the_o heaven_n and_o produce_v all_o thing_n out_o of_o its_o womb_n and_o though_o this_o spirit_n be_v expel_v wash_v away_o or_o separate_v from_o it_o by_o what_o way_n you_o please_v yet_o the_o earth_n thus_o void_a of_o spirit_n if_o leave_v a_o while_n in_o the_o air_n will_v again_o be_v impregnate_v by_o the_o celestial_a virtue_n and_o influence_n so_o as_o to_o produce_v some_o chystalline_a stone_n and_o lucent_a spark_n and_o by_o this_o mean_n the_o spirit_n which_o be_v take_v for_o separate_a will_v again_o regerminate_v in_o the_o earth_n impregnation_n then_o make_v by_o the_o action_n of_o the_o heaven_n and_o of_o the_o first_o quality_n do_v continual_o render_v her_o generative_a for_o out_o of_o her_o womb_n come_v all_o thing_n sublunary_a she_o produce_v all_o thing_n endue_v with_o life_n preserve_v nourish_v and_o at_o last_o resolve_v they_o into_o their_o own_o nature_n when_o she_o be_v agitate_a by_o these_o action_n she_o cause_v a_o twofold_a expiration_n one_o without_o she_o another_o within_o she_o which_o expiration_n egrede_v from_o this_o terrene_a spirit_n when_o move_v and_o calefy_v by_o the_o celestial_a heat_n the_o expiration_n elevate_v without_o or_o above_o the_o earth_n if_o it_o be_v humid_a cause_n and_o produce_v dew_n and_o frost_n if_o dry_a wind_n thunder_n and_o other_o dry_a aereal_a impression_n but_o the_o expiration_n include_v in_o the_o earth_n if_o it_o be_v humid_a generate_v liquable_v metal_n and_o mineral_n if_o dry_a stone_n and_o the_o like_a that_o be_v not_o liquable_v all_o thing_n vegetable_a proceed_v from_o and_o be_v nourish_v by_o this_o spirit_n whereof_o the_o earth_n be_v nurse_n for_o which_o cause_n the_o ancient_a poet_n call_v the_o earth_n the_o common_a mother_n and_o nurse_n of_o all_o creature_n chap._n 8._o that_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o world_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o perfection_n in_o all_o the_o universal_a spirit_n be_v the_o general_n genus_fw-la and_o common_a to_o every_o genus_fw-la for_o if_o we_o cast_v our_o eye_n into_o the_o inferior_a or_o elementary_a world_n we_o see_v it_o divide_v into_o three_o subalternals_n to_o wit_n animal_n vegetable_a and_o mineral_n kind_n and_o yet_o the_o same_o in_o all_o only_o operate_n diverse_o according_a to_o the_o diversity_n of_o its_o form_n and_o hence_o the_o infinite_a variety_n of_o creature_n arise_v for_o else_o there_o will_v be_v only_o one_o species_n in_o the_o universe_n but_o if_o we_o perpend_v the_o superior_a and_o celestial_a world_n we_o shall_v also_o find_v that_o the_o spirit_n be_v one_o equal_a in_o all_o and_o differ_v in_o nothing_o but_o purity_n and_o subtlety_n for_o the_o celestial_a spirit_n be_v procreate_v of_o its_o pure_a igneous_a substance_n and_o differ_v from_o terrene_a one_o in_o corporal_a grossness_n and_o the_o celestial_a globe_n and_o luminary_n be_v make_v of_o its_o middle_n and_o aereal_a substance_n it_o constitute_v therefore_o all_o thing_n because_o it_o have_v in_o it_o both_o the_o faculty_n of_o superior_a and_o inferior_a body_n and_o because_o it_o be_v of_o a_o exquisite_a temper_n for_o this_o body_n be_v in_o all_o the_o beginning_n and_o end_n of_o perfection_n and_o if_o it_o be_v destitute_v of_o its_o faculty_n it_o can_v never_o perfect_v any_o thing_n and_o here_o we_o understand_v simple_a and_o natural_a perfection_n and_o although_o it_o be_v perfect_a only_o according_a to_o the_o intent_n of_o nature_n contain_v in_o itself_o the_o rule_n line_n action_n and_o power_n of_o perfection_n yet_o it_o acquire_v virtue_n and_o faculty_n above_o the_o sphere_n of_o natural_a thing_n and_o can_v deduce_v thing_n from_o potency_n to_o act_v this_o spirit_n alter_v and_o penetrate_v all_o thing_n though_o never_o so_o gross_a mollify_v hard_a thing_n harden_v soft_a thing_n and_o augment_v nourish_v and_o conserves_n all_o thing_n this_o spirit_n also_o be_v in_o all_o body_n the_o author_n of_o generation_n and_o corruption_n have_v necessary_o a_o threefold_a operation_n for_o by_o its_o dryness_n it_o must_v enliven_v and_o by_o its_o coldness_n congeal_v and_o by_o its_o moisture_n congregate_v and_o unite_v for_o which_o it_o have_v a_o threefold_a name_n impose_v on_o it_o desume_v from_o the_o three_o kind_n of_o earth_n for_o they_o call_v it_o vitrify_v salsuginous_a and_o mercurial_a because_o of_o salt_n glass_n and_o mercury_n all_o thing_n be_v make_v though_o paracelsus_n reckon_v these_o principle_n otherwise_o to_o wit_n salt_n sulphur_n and_o mercury_n add_v glass_n as_o a_o four_o as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v all_o thing_n be_v make_v of_o these_o three_o first_o principle_n and_o reduce_v at_o last_o to_o the_o four_o as_o though_o neither_o nature_n nor_o art_n can_v produce_v any_o thing_n beyond_o glass_n but_o i_o shall_v prove_v my_o own_o sentence_n by_o example_n and_o reason_n the_o bone_n of_o animal_n be_v consolidate_v and_o harden_v by_o vitrification_n the_o flesh_n and_o nerve_n concrete_v by_o salt_n and_o unite_a and_o congregat_v into_o one_o mass_n by_o the_o mercurial_a humour_n in_o vegetable_n also_o the_o shell_n of_o almond_n pine-nut_n walnut_n and_o the_o like_a as_o also_o of_o oyster_n and_o snail_n in_o land_n and_o sea_n may_v be_v make_v by_o vitrification_n and_o the_o taste_n demonstrate_v that_o these_o body_n be_v saltish_a for_o nothing_o want_v salt_n but_o what_o be_v insipid_a yea_o those_o thing_n be_v very_o saltish_a whereof_o glass_n be_v make_v as_o fem_n kali_n and_o the_o like_a some_o may_v here_o object_v that_o it_o be_v not_o glass_n but_o salt_n that_o cause_v the_o induration_n of_o bone_n shell_n and_o the_o like_a which_o i_o have_v mention_v whereunto_o i_o answer_v that_o experience_n and_o reason_n speak_v the_o contrary_a for_o salt_n be_v resolve_v and_o melt_v by_o the_o least_o moisture_n of_o air_n or_o water_n but_o the_o bone_n and_o shell_n before_o mention_v resist_v liquefaction_n as_o they_o be_v more_o or_o less_o harden_v by_o this_o glass-making_a faculty_n for_o the_o ultimate_a confirmation_n of_o which_o my_o assertion_n i_o may_v adduce_v precious_a stone_n adamant_n and_o crystal_n which_o be_v nothing_o but_o glass_n elaborate_v to_o perfection_n in_o the_o furnace_n of_o nature_n and_o now_o that_o all_o thing_n be_v condense_v by_o mercury_n be_v so_o manifest_a that_o it_o need_v no_o other_o testimony_n but_o common_a experience_n mineral_n have_v enough_o of_o salt_n sulphur_n and_o mercury_n in_o they_o stone_n and_o such_o effoded_a thing_n as_o acquire_v not_o extension_n and_o fusion_n by_o the_o hammer_n and_o fire_n have_v some_o salt_n in_o they_o but_o this_o be_v superate_v by_o the_o adustion_n of_o corruptive_a sulphur_n which_o come_v upon_o their_o induration_n and_o vitrification_n metal_n and_o all_o ductile_a thing_n be_v concrete_v and_o condense_v by_o salt_n and_o mercury_n and_o so_o much_o harden_v by_o vitrification_n that_o they_o bid_v some_o resistance_n to_o the_o hammer_n which_o be_v indeed_o more_o or_o less_o according_a to_o their_o implication_n with_o more_o or_o less_o impurity_n and_o adust_a earth_n which_o come_v upon_o the_o coagulation_n of_o their_o mercury_n and_o thus_o we_o may_v affirm_v that_o all_o thing_n be_v make_v of_o the_o ternal_a number_n of_o glass_n salt_n and_o mercury_n or_o water_n