my friend Aquilla how the enemies inflamed with enuy go about to oppresse the trueth but at the last will they nill they they shal be inforced to confesse that that cannot be denied But you may obiect vnto me He that speaketh all excludeth nothing For there be many worthy learned men maisters and professors of Physicke that do not deny or refuse this arte In the which number are those most excellent and singular masters and doctors Petrus Seuerynus Danus which hath written maruelous thinges of this Chimicall Arte that woorthy and godly man Michael Neander professor of humanitie Theodorus Zuingerus of Basill a man practised in this Arte and also Theodorus Brickmannus a physition of Cullein which both by word deed daily excelleth with most deepe iudgement in these matters whom I wilneuer ouerpasse with silence Hereafter foloweth three particular treatises the first of the sulpher of gold and other mettals then of stones and the extraction of Corall R. Purged and fine gold made in plates â„¥ j. the powder of pomise stone â„¥ iiij lay them Stratum Superstratum and reuerberate it with drie wood fiue dayes and nights together then take the powder and keepe it in a glasse Then melt the golde againe and make it in plates and lay it Stratum Superstratum as ye did afore and that ye must do vntill the gold haue lost his yellow colour after take al thy powders together and put it in a glasse with distilled vineger and there let it remaine vntil the vineger be coloured yellow then powre it forth and put in more and that thou shalt do so often vntill the vineger be no more coloured then vapour away the vineger and thou shalt find an inpalpable pouder in the bottome If thou beest wise looke where thou madest an end there beginne the like is of other mettalles But they are not to be reuerberated so long you shall haue of siluer a blewish colour ofyron a reddish colour of copper a darkish colour There is drawen out of Corall a red tincture All which things are to be corrected with the spirite of wine being often powred thereon there cannot be a shorter or profitabler way fouÌ„d out for this Iron plates for one time are of force but after the first Cimentacion they serue no more His tincture being rightly prepared is vsed in stead of gold If it be drawen out of the best steele it will fixe the mercurie of Saturne The second particular is of the maruellous preparation of the markasite of Lead tincting water or other licour into his red colour R. Salt common prepared vitrioll Romane of each i vi set them in a fire of calcination ten houres then take it foorth and beate it to powder then put it into a stone pot vnglased and giue it fire 15 houres according to Art then will distil forth both the oile and the spirit togither the which ye shal rectifie in a pelican then being rectified put thereunto the markasite of lead in powder being in a strong cucurbit vvell luted and then set it in ashes in a fornace vnder the which yee shall set a burning lampe for the space of a moneth and then the Markasite will dissolue into a red matter afterward take common founâ—aine water and powre thereon then set it to dissolue in a moist place or cellar and the floure of the Markasite will turne like to a red christall the which take to thy worke It purgeth the leprouse blood in plurisies the plague Contractures the lungs and liuer the quantity of one peece in greatnes doth serue to dissolue the same The third particular and the summe of the whole worke R. Album Albius Albo as much as ye wil Aqua Soluens vi times as much and set them in Balneo three dayes then take it forth filter it and drie it then againe dissolue it and that do three times being drie dissolue it by it self of the which solution take three partes olei permanentis incombustibile one part Aeris foure parts shut thy vessell and in that heate nourish it and in few dayes thou shalt haue a vniuersall medicine to expell all diseases Reioyce and giue praise vnto Iesus Christ. A Fragment out of the Theorickes of 〈◊〉 Iscaacus Hollandus AMongest all things that were created of God water was the first whereunto God ioined his proper earth and of earth whatsoeuer hath essence or life hath his originall Therefore there are two manifest elements that is water and earth in which the two other lie hidde the fire in the earth and the aire in the water and they are so knit together that they cannot be seperated Two of them are fixed as the earth and fire two are flying as water and aire Therefore euery element doth participate within other elements Moreouer in euery element are two other elements one decaying putrifying and combustible the other eternall and incorruptible as the heauen besides iu these natures lieth hid an other nature which is called by the name of stinking Pheces which hinder and take away the streÌ„gth of the rest so as they haue very litle force or none and thereby make the other elements stincking and subiect to putrifaction There is also two kindes of waters the one elementall the other of raine and riuer waters as there is also two kindes of earths one elementall cleare shining and white the other blacke stincking and combustible Like as also there be two fires one elementall and naturall the other stinking and combustible the like is also to be saide of the aire The base things are so mingled with the rest that by and by they corrupt al things so that nothing can continue long for they bring death and weaken all nature be it neuer so noble This is to be vnderstoode of all things both vegetall animall and minerall Therefore it is necessary by Art to seperate the elementall nature from the corruptible that the matter may be brought to a medicinall qualitie There bee three most subtill spirites in all things that is colour taste and smell these fly away inuisibly the Philosophers call them wilde spirits because they are not fixible yet the industrie of the artificer may fixe them They alwaies growe in the bodily substance vntill they come to perfection and end The herb therfore is to be taken when it is fully growen and take heed that you loose none of those three spirits as the ignorant vse to do with their putrifactions and separations of elements For none of those spirites consisteth of the three elementall elements but God hath adorned elements with those three spirits and of them the fire is animall the water aire elementall and no man but God can seperate them asunder But the water of the cloudes may be seperated from them Also all the pheces may be separated from them which are mingled with them which are the stinking and corruptible elements and the foure elementall elements may be brought to a christalline shining but these three elements fire
aire and earth are vnseperable My sonne knowe this that Mercurie is the first of all things for before time there was water and the spirit of the Lord rested vpon the water but what vvas that water the water of the cloudes or a moisture which might be powred out No but it was a drie dusty water God had ioyned his earth vnto it which is his sulphur and so the earth congealeth the water and thereof sprung the foure elements included in these two by the will of God Therefore Mercurie congealeth sulphure and sulphure Mercurie neither can one of these be without the other as also they cannot be without their salt which is the chiefest meane by whose help nature ingendreth and bringeth forth all vegetals minerals and animals Wherefore these three mercurie salt and sulphur can not be one without another for where the one is found there the other are found also neither is there any thing in nature wherein these three are not found and of these three whatsoeuer is in nature hath his originall and are so mingled with the foure elements that they make one body and the salt is drowned in the bottome of the elements for it is necessarie that the salt should keepe them vnited by his sharpenesse and dâ—inesse notwithstanding it is a flying spirit but because it sticketh in the botome of the mixture and is ouercome of the fatnes and combustible oile in which it is found as the yolke within the white of the egge and the combustible oile liueth of the earth with the â—alt and pheces and the salt is buried in the bottome of the pheces of the combustible oile and earth therefore it cannot flie away from the earth but by great force of fire These three spirites whereof we haue spoken are said first to be seperated from the mixture of the elements which is the soul of all things or their quintaessence which holdeth together the whole mixture of the elements for when the spirites are gone cut then the mixture is dissolued by it selfe and diuided neither is there neede of fire to expel the salt from the earth when the elements are separated from the pheces then is the salt also separated with it This salt is vnknowne to the ignoraunt Therefore salt is the meane betweene the grosse earthly partes and the three flying spirites resting in the naturall heat that is the taste moist smell and colour which three are the life soule and quintaessence of euery thing neither can these three spirits be one without the other as the Father the Sonne and the Holie-ghost are one yet three persons and one is not without the other The ignorant laugh neither vnderstand they these three spirits when as they are tied to the grosse earthly fixed partes and are made subtill and their salt is ioyned and mingled with them it must transforme them all together and fixe them into a cristalline bodie Diaphanes and red of colour whereof we wil speak hereafter he that knoweth not this salt shall neuer bring anie to passe in Art The philosophers call this salt a drie water and a liuely salt but the ignorant thought they meant mercurie but the Philosophers called the three spirites Mercurie and the earth Sulphur which the ignorant vnderstand not Either of them can not be without the other neither is there any thing in nature in which these three are not and they are so mixed with the foure elements that they make one body and mixture Whatsoeuer God hath created is in these three stones wherfore all may be reduced into a cristalline cleernesse by Art giuen by God vnto the Philosophers for in the latter days God wil seperate all the vncleane pheces and corruption that is in the elements and bring them to a cristalline cleerenesse and rednesse of a carbuncle Afterward there shall be no more corruption but they shall endure for euer Do you thinke that all thinges which God hath created in these lower partes should vtterly perish in the latter day No not the least haire of those things which God hath created no more then the incorruptible heauen but God by his will wil change all things and make them christalline and the foure elements shall be perfect simple and fixed in themselues and they shall be all a quintaessence Demonstration of these things may be made here on earth by Arte for whatsoeuer God hath created may be broght to a cristalline cleerenesse and the elements gathered together into a simple fixed substance which being doone no man can alter them neither the fire it selfe burne or change them but they shal continue perpetually as those things which haue attained eternitie The order to draw forth the Quintâ—essence of Sugar collected out of the vegitable and animall workes of Isacke Holander HEere will I shewe thee a great secret howe thou shalt drawe foorth the quintaessence of Sugar the which truely excelleth all vegitable workes by meane of his temperature like vnto the incorruptible heuen the which is neither hot colde nor dry but most temperate neuertheles compounded of the foure elements but they striue not one with another for if they are so ioyned together that they can neuer be separated one from an other but for euer remaine simple and fixt in vnitie But this heauen doth distribute and giue vnto the earth whatsoeuer is necessarie for it although that it selfe be neither hote nor colde moist nor dry the which like effects hath the quintaessence of sugar the which in it selfe hath the foure elements as gold hath as gold is pure so sugar is impure gold outwardly is hote and moist inwardly colde and drie and white sugar is the contrarie for it is outwardly colde and drie and inwardly hote and moist and red and fixed both outward and inward Neither is there any thing wanting but that the inward qualitie may be brought that his rednesse may appeere outwardly and that his pheses be seperated then is it prepared and shall not neede to be fixed for it is fixed alreadie and doth retaine with it selfe al outward and inward spirits and whatsoeuer is volatill it doth retaine Now what his kinde is I will tell thee and from whence he hath his originall that is euen out of the red but if thou wilt be further satisfied reade the three and thirty chapter of the generation of those things that grow in the seas and other waters where we write largely of the nature thereof Heere it shall be sufficient for vs to shewe the order how to prepare it and in what order it shoulde be vsed in medicine and also to other things where it may be applied His nature is to retaine or hold all flying spirites and to fixe them into a stone as shalbe shewed hereafter First ye shal vnderstand that ye cannot seperate the pheces except ye bring the inward parts outward that is to say that his inward darke golden colour do appeere the which when it is so di 〈…〉 d his rednesse is
in Balneo and doe as you did before let it bee cleared and put aside with the first water and put on again fresh water distilled and set it in Balneo as aforesaid and do this so often vntill the water be no more colored for then haue you the fire seperated from the earth but reserue the earth or Pheces vntill I tell you further what you shall do with it for there is yet a combustible oyle in it The fourth Chapter TAke the vessel wherin is the colored water and set it in Balneo with a Limbecke and receiuer well luted and distill al the water with a boyling Balneo let the matter be well dried and coole then take away the Alimbicke let the vessell remaine in Balneo and powre on the water againe vpon the matter and make a fire and set a dish vpon the mouth of the vessell and let it stande so in Balneo three daies euery day moouing it with a spattell of wood 3. or 4. times then let it coole and be taken out and strained Then take a cleane vessell and softly powre out that which is cleere into it and vpon the pheces straightwaies poure on fresh distilled water stirring it about with a woden ladle and let it stand to cleere one day the Pheces which remaine put vnto the first Pheces Then take a vessell and set it in a boyling Balneo vntil it be drie and reiterate this worke vntill there remaine no Pheces in the bottome of the vessell so shall you haue the pure Element of fire and the Element of the aire also must bee so often distilled vntill there remaine nothing in the bottome and in this sort you shall haue the pure Element Seperate then the water from the fire and let it drie so shall you haue a cleere shining matter like to Camphere keepe the fire well in a glasse and the aire with the water in another glassâ— well closed vntill you haue your earth prepared The fift Chapter TAke all the earth with the Pheces and drawe out the combustible oile by a discensorie that is with two vessels ioyned and luted together vntill the combustible oile do passe which is profitable for all colde diseases and other passions which were too long to rehearse if you desire not the combustible oile suffer it to flie away Then takâ— your earth and calcine it in a furnace of reuerberation gently vntill it be al white as snow then take a great earthen or stone vessel and put your white calcined earth into it and powre out a good quantitie of common water distilled and stirre it with a woodden ladle and set it three dayes in a boyling bath and couer it with a dish and stirre it euerie day ten or twelue times Let it coole and the vessel take out and let it cleere one whole day then take an other cleane vessel and softly poure out that which is cleer and vpon the pheces powre againe fresh distilled water and set it in Balâ—â—â— and doe as you did before Take it out againe and let it cleere one day and night and that which is vppermost cleere powre out to the first water Then put to fresh distilled water the third time vnto the pheces and set it in Balneo and doe as you did before and powre out the cleere the third time vnto the first water then cast away the pheces of the third water for they are of no valew Then take the vessell into which the water was put set it in Balneo with a lembecke and a receiuer and with a boyling Balneo drawe out the water vntill the matter bee made drie Let it coole take away the Limbecke and poure in the water againe vpon the earth or salt and set it one day in boyling Balneo Let it dissolue and cleere and take out that which is cleere And put in a little distilled water vpon the pheces and let it stand two or three houres in a warme bath take it out let it cleere by the space of one houre or two and powre out the vpper part to the first water and cast away the Pheces for there is nothing in them Let the vessel be set again in Balneo with the earth or salt and distill away the water vntill all be drie and do as afore reiterating the worke vntill that no pheces remaine in the bottome then draine away the water from the earth and you shal find a faire earthlike Cristall and so you shall haue pure elements The sixth Chapter TAke a great glasse that will beare the fire and put into it your earth and your fire and powre your aire vppon it and set it to distill in a furnace in potte or with sande or ashes with a Limbecke well luted hauing a hole in the vppermost knottie parte that a funnell may bee put in when there shall bee neede of infusion when as the humiditie that it hath receiued be halfe consumed then fortifie your fire by little and little increasing it vntil you see the water boyle and keepe the fire in that state still vntil it be consumed euen to a pinte Take away the fire let it coole take away your receauer and open the hole of the Limbeck and put in your glasse funnell and poure in all the distilled water in the recipient vppon the earth and stoppe the hole of the Limbeck and set the receauer vnto the necke thereof well luted and distill againe obserue the maner aforesaid of drawing and making infusion and doe thus tenne times The tenth distillation finished let all passe together for then the earth is made flying So the aire the water the fire and the earth will ascend together by the Limbeck and be brought into one substance which were in foure One together in nature and now simple as the incorruptible heauen yet are they not fixed but notwithstanding they are so coupled together betweene themselues that by no meanes they can bee seperated but will continue one simple bodie for euer euen as the christalline and vncorruptible heauen which notwithstanding is compounded of the foure elements What thinke you of this my sonne Can not this quintaessence helpe euerie disease that doth infect man through his most excellent temperature whether it be in heate cold moyst or drie for all are in it that he may distribute vnto euerie one that which is necessarie euen as the heauen when neede requireth giueth vnto the earth all things as coldnesse heate or moysture And yet is neither hote colde moist nor drie but of one simple essence and that indued with such a nature that is giueth vnto euerie thing that which is necessarie In like manner doth this quintaessence Therefore my sonne reioyce and giue the almightie God thankes which hath opened these things vnto the Philosophers The vii Chapter NOw my sonne if thou wilt bring this quintaessence yet to a greater perfection Take a great circulatory or Pellican that is a glasse that hath a great head like to
much vinegar or aqua vitae and distil it and againe powre on fresh vineger or aqua vitae draw it away againe vntiâ—l the Quintaessence doth ascend in a red golden colour as we haue shewed in many places how to distil those matters that are fixed by vineger or aqua vitâ— for when it is distilled by the Limbecke his vertues are angmented a thousand times wil work strange cures keep this as a secret for it is a gret mystery in nature Here beginneth a manuel or handy worke how the Quintaessence may be drawen out of honie NOw wil I open vnto you a great secret in the vegetall worke of honie to wit a maruellous nature for it is drawen out of the most noble pure part of the floures The nature of Bees is such that they draw out the best of euery thing as in the Animall worke is more at large described wherein there is taught how to extract the nature of al beasts and specially in the 84. Chapter Wherefore my sonne know this that al that God hath created good in the vpper part of the world are perfect and vncorruptible as the heauen but whatsoeuer in these lower partes whether it be in beasts fishes and all manner of sensible creatures hearbs or plants it is indued with a double nature that is to say perfect and vnperfect the perfect nature is called the Quintaessence the vnperfect the Pheces or dregges or the vene 〈…〉 ous or combustible oile Therefore you shall seperate the dregges and combustible oyle and then that which remaineth is perfect and is called the Quintaessence which will endure continually euen as the heauen neyther can it bee dissolued with fire or anie other thing For when God had created all things and looked vpon them they were all perfect good there was nothing lacking to any and therefore for loues sake I say vnto thee that God hath put a secret nature or influence in euery creature and that to euery nature of one sort or kind he hath giuen one common influence and to euery one of seuerall kindes their seuerall influence and vertue whether it be on Physicke or other secret workes which partly are found out by natural work manship And yet more things are vnknowen then are apparant to our senses what doe you not thinke that an herb that is appointed for one disease which it will cure doth not containe in it many more vertues then are knowen vnto vs Yes truely many more This also Iadde that if the pheces and combustible oile be taken away from this thing or herb which in all things is the poyson that should be taken away that brings death vnto vs and the elements should be purified and so burned together by Art that they shall passe together by a Limbecke and be ioyned together as it were coupled in marriage that it may roote out al manner of disease from euery thing be it herb or liuing thing or be drawen from his venome as in the 14. chapter of the Prologue of this book is declared and also in the Prologue of the Animall work whereas the manner of drawing the Quintaessence out of all venemous beasts birds wormes and flies is plainely declared that it may help all the griefes of man but that specially is drawen out of the blood of man and there is likewise declared that there is no neede of things without man or beast to help such as are infected For euerie creature containes in himselfe the remedy of his disease which remedy may be drawne without the hurt of man or beast that the disease may bee miraculously cured as is there most excellently taught in the theâ—ricke and in the practise Therefore I would write this that thou soone mightest vnderstand what maruellous force is in honie which is taken out of all floures and gathered into one masse which truely is indued with sundry vertues For if GOD hath giuen vnto other things the gift of healing what then is there not in honnie which is gathered out of so many floures and euery herb indued with his owne proper vertue Truely if it be brought to his height and excellencie it will worke maruellously Now consider what lieth hidden in this Quintaessence and esteeme it not lightly but keepe it secret as the most excellent thing of al the animal worke the which being obtained you shall neede no other medicines to put away al the accidents of the bodie The second Chapter NOw I will set in hand with the practise Take twelue quartes of the best virgin Hony and put it in a great earthen vessell with a Limbecke well luted and set it in Ealneo lute a recipient to the necke of it and distil that which will distil of it in your Balneo boyling My sonne knowe this that there is no common water in honie but onely Philosophicall and Elementall for the Element of aire doth first passe with the Element of fire in the which the aire is contained and the aire when it riseth resembleth the sauour of aqua vitae distilled and at the first can not be knowen from aqua vitae neither by sight neither sauour distill it vntill there wil no more arise Then leaue the vessell in Balneo fiue daies with a Limbecke and receiuer let it boyle night and day that the matter may be dried then let it coole and take it out and take away the receiuer and Limbecke and that which is in the receiuer powre into the vessell againe vpon the dâ—ie matter and set it in Balneo and couer the mouth of the vessel with a cleane dish well luted and let your Balneum be only luke warme My sonne vnderstand that it may thus bee done for it is good that the fire be drawen with his proper aire so as a maÌ„ would stay so long for it wold be of the greater force The auntient Philosophers wrought in this sort but the daunger is when the vessels shall bee opened lest the water flie away for it is as suâ—till as wine For euerie time the aire is to be drawn away and againe to be powred on making putrifaction in a warme Balneo but first it must be wel luted and a Limbecke being set on with a receiuer you must reiterate the worke vntill the fire rise like vnto red bloud There is another methode or rule of working found out in these our daies which is in this sort The third Chapter THey are thus drawne out and the matter dried as is aforesaide then take common water twise distilled in Balneo and powre on as much as is sufficient and set it in Balneo couer the mouth of the vessel but let not the Balneâ—â— boile and so let it stand three daies and three nights moouing it day and night with a spattle of wood let it coole be poured out and strained Then take a cleane vessell and poure out that which is cleere and powre vpon the pheces fresh distilled water as you did before set the vessell
a Limbeck and in the top of the head a hole by the which the matter may be powred in by a funnell Let the hole be stopped out of the head coÌ„meth forth ij arms bending round vnto the bellie by the which that which doth ascend vp may fall downe againe by those armes of glasse into the bellie of the Pelâ—â—cane This is the forme of the vessels that distill one into an other or Pellican Take then your quintaessence and put it in a Pellican in ashes but better in salt prepared and dried and make your fire like vnto the extreme heate in Sommer and the quintaessence wil rise lyke vnto a red oyle and fal downe againe by the armes of the Pellican and by often ascention the quintaessence wil waxe thicke that it wil tarie in the bottome and rise no more then fortifie the fire that it may ascend and descend againe Then keepe the fire in that heate vntill it ascend no more but rest in the bottom Then make your fire stronger that it may ascend descend againe and keepe the heate in the same degree vntill it rise no more Obserue this manner in augmenting your fire vntill the water be fixed and the glasse be red hotte foure and twentie houres together if the quintaessence doe not then ascend it is fixed and brought vnto his highest vertue take it out of the glasse being yet hotte for if it be cold it will waxe hard that you must breake the glasse For at the fire it doth waxe liquide and being set open in the ayre it doth congeale and pearceth euerie hard thing as oyle doth any drie leather and in colour is like vnto a rubine and through shining lyke a christal it giueth light in the darke sufficient to reade by What doest thou thinke of this my sonne are there not many strange bodies created of God Truely hee hath endued the Philosophers with no lesse giftes For they that can looke into the secrets of nature shall see it to be of an incredible operation for this is gathered by the Bees of the subtilest part of all plantes trees flowers and fruites and at that time when flowers breake out and trees budde It is worthily called the Philosophers stone for it is fixed and lyquable as waxe and as the minerall stone transmuteth the impure mettall so doth this alter diseases Heereby it doth appeare that this doth beare the bell amongst all vegetals Whereas it being yet in his grosenesse and vnpure it is but of smal value for any vse in Physick by what meane soeuer it be boyled or scummed but doeth alwayes retaine his nature For it consisteth of all the fruites of the earth plantes and trees Whereof one herbe is hotte another cold another drie another moist one astringent another laxatiue some corrosiue others venemous and so diuers herbes haue their diuers qualities Thirdly it commeth to passe if it helpe one disease by and by it hindreth an other For euerie thing worketh according to his propertie when as there is separation made in the body And of this separation it ingendreth bloud and other humors And they are lykened vnto gunnepouder which so long as it lyeth stil there commeth no hurt of it but if it be brought vnto the fire it straight vttereth his secret nature and is kindled with a venemous fire which cannot be quenched with water For the colde and drie hote and moist do striue amongst themselues a wind is stirred vp that breaketh al things that is neere vnto it The like happeneth vnto honie that when it commeth to the region of the liuer that it should be there seperated then it sheweth his nature to passe vp and swell with winde that it is no maruel if that through contention the veines of the liuer be broken as oftetimes it happeneth whereupon Apostomes are caused in diuers places and bringeth foorth such inflammations that the veines are easily broken Although manie do greatly commend hony but they are not the children of philosophie neither do they vnderstand the nature of it But when it is brought to a simple fixed as wine then is it the chiefest medicine amongst al the vegetables neither is the like vnto this found in al the world Giue God thankes and be liberall vnto the poore The dose of this is one graine and it must be taken euery morning with an empty stomacke likewise in the euening vntil the ende of the disease For euery disease will bee cured in shorte time euen after the same manner as the Minerall stone maketh his proiection vpon mettals Praise God and labour diligently The manner and order how to drawe the Quintaessence out of the hearbe called Rose solis NOw my sonne I will teach thee the greatest mystery or secret amongst all vegetable things whose force and strength hath beene kept secret amongst all the auntient workemen and they haue bound themselues one to another by oth that they should not vtter in their bookes or writings the strength of this herb which is caled Rose solis and in the Germane tongue Sindawe Whosoeuer therefore hath not the whole vegetable worke he cannot attaine to the strength of this hearb For in that worke is comprehended al the force of medicinall things And this worke of vegetables is not come to the handes but onely of the antient sworne artificers which were skilfull in the liberall artes But now my sonne I will open it vnto thee with ad 〈…〉 ration that thou shalt keepe this hidden knowledge secret First my sonne you must vnderstand that this hearb is the hearb of the sunne vppon the which the sunne spreades his beames and influences as he doth vpon gold in the veines of the mines And he powreth out his influences more vpon this hearb then vpon any other which is created of God as it is euidently knowen of the antient philosophers and this hearb doth so far surmount al other herbs which spring out of the earth as the sunne doeth all other planets in the heauen and hath greater force and power of influence then any other thing created of God in the firmament So this hearb doth excell al others in vertue and therefore this hearb is decked with another colour other leaues and stranger shape then all other hearbs And his nature is such that the hotter and dâ—ier the countrie is in the time of the yeare and the heat of the sunne and the more that the sunne doth heate and burne him this hearb is the more moist and filled with deaw insomuch that vpon one branch will hang aboue a thousand drops Make a triall and strike this herb with a slender twig that the drops which fal from it may fall into a large glasse vessell and you shall see the vessell filled with a maruelous dew and if the sunne be vehement hot those branches in short space that is within the space of halfe an houre will be more full of dew then before and if you strike the dew twentie times with a rod
yet will it againe be laden with drops it were enough if we did see no other myracle then from whence this dewie humour should rise which in so short space doth so aboundantly flowe from it and how much the more the burning sunne doth scorch vp the other herbes so much the more is this moist and filled with drops euen as though it had beene sprinkled ouer with water hereupon may we gather his maruelous qualities and iudge that there is some secret operation hidden in it if thou do keepe this water thus gathered in a glasse therewith thou shalt cure all the diseases of the eies whether they come of ru 〈…〉 es or of inflamation it helpeth moreouer all the paines and diseases of the heart it cooleth the liuer and stomacke that is inflamed doth mittigate all the paine of the head that commeth of heart and driueth away all dreames and fantasies it is good also to kil the canker the woolfe against the biting of venemous beastes against poyson dronke if it be taken by the mouth it helpeth also the pestilence it is good for many other diseases which were too long here to rehearse This herb hath the colour of the sunne for his colour is red darke diuided with yellowe lines and his shape is like a star and his proportion like a heauenly planet and consisteth of seauen branches in the vtter parte brode neare the ground narrow it is as though it were heauie of a tender substance outwardly hot and moist inwardly cold and drie The left side of it is cold and moist the right side hotte and drie and it is most temperate as gold Wherefore his elements cannot be seperated one from another as in other herbes but it may be purged from his pheces for his fixing letteth that the Elementes cannot be separated for the fire will ascend with the aire by the Balneum as wee will heereafter teach The earth may bee separated from his Pheces and the Pheces likewise from the fire and ayre although it hath not manie dregs Some latine writers call it Lingua auis or Birdes tongue some call it Solaria of the sunne of Lunaria is called the moone the Flemming cals it Sindow But the old Philosophers haue kept secret the qualities as yet for the maruelous effect it worketh And it is maruell saith Arnold de Villa nou◠that a man should die that eateth euery day some of it in his grose substance what will it then worke when it is brought vnto his finenesse and clensed from his pheces It hath this great vertue in it that if it be put into a glasse wherin there is poisō mingled with wine or any other cup that is poisoned straightwaies the glasse wil flie in peeces but if it be a stone pot of aleblaster or such like the wine wil so boile as though there were a violent fire vnder it al the wine wil run out vntil there be nothing left in the vessell also if any man carrie this herb about him happen on his enemies they shal haue no power to hurt but contrariwise to shew him all kinde of dutie Also if any man bee bewitched either in bodie or in his art that is in Cookerie Bruing or Baking or by any other meanes this herb caried about him makes him free from the witchcraft If it bee also tyed vppon the bellie of a woman with childe she shall straightwayes be deliuered although the childe were dead and rotten within as it hath beene oftentimes prooued by experience This herbe caryed about one or a little thereof euerie day eaten as long as it is vsed preserueth man from the falling sicknesse Moreouer if a man bee taken with the Apoplexie that his mouth bee drawen aside and his speech and senses taken from him they shall be all restored againe if the sicke drinke the iuice of this herbe strained as hath beene oftentimes prooued Moreouer if it be hanged about the neck of one that is possessed of a spirit so long as he carieth that about him hee shall be quiet as a Lambe and the power of the spirit shall be taken away Make a proofe and you shall finde it true The bleeding at the nose is by and by stayed if you hold that herbe in your mouth They that are wearied with trauell if they drinke the iuice thereof in wine they are by and by so refreshed as if they had not laboured or gone no iourney it doth comfort the synowes muscles tendons and all the whole nature Woundes are also cured therewith if it bee dronke tenne daies together in wine or ale if the wound be washed with the same drinke and bound vp with a cloth wette in the same The paine of the teeth is by and by apeased if that herbe bee laid vnto it All these things haue beene often prooued and found true If it will doe such things whilest it is yet hindered with his grosse matter what will it worke when it is brought to his perfection My son knowe this for a truth that there is no herbe that growes vppon the earth to be compared vnto this in strength and goodnes therefore take heede that you doe not neglect it but diligently remember and keepe the secret close from them that are not of the nature of our children and from the ignorant For if this herbe did not grow so plentifully and the properties thereof were knowne it woulde bee more esteemed then golde or pretious stones for the effects of the quintaessence are maruelous as heereafter shal appeare Nowe there remaineth that wee must teach howe to bring this hearbe to his highest degree and to his quintaessence First it is to be gathered the same hauing his course in his owne house that is in the lion and the moone behold him with a sinister quadrate aspect It is to be gathered whole with rootes leaues and flowers so that there be neither earth dirt nor other hearbes mingled withall Neither must it by any meane touch any water or be made moyst Therefore you must take heede that you gather it not in rainie wether or moyst wether but rather when the sunne doth shine hottest vpon it gather great store of it and stampe it well in a mortar of Marble and put it in a Cucurbite of stone with a head and receauer luted and set it in balneo and distill away al the water vntill it be so drie like pouder and there will rise together with the water of the color of most fine gold which onely happeneth in this herbe and in none other and when there remaineth no more liquor yet leaue the cucurbite for three or foure dayes in Balneo and boyle it night and day that all the moysture may be perfectly seperated and drawne away then let it coole and take away the receauer and stoppe it diligently then take off the head and take out the matter and beate it in a Marble morter into most fine pouder that it may passe through a
thicke siue put this pouder againe into an earthen cucurbite and poure on your water and aire and stirre it with a wodden ladle and couer the mouth of the cucurbite close with a tyle and set it in a warme bath by the space of nine dayes to putrifie euerie day stirring it with a wooden ladle foure or fiue times and couer the cucurbite againe with a tyle setting a weight of lead vpon it at the nine dayes ende take your vessell out of the Balneo and that which is in it straine it into an earthen vessell glased and straine it hard vntill the matter drie Then take this drie pouder and put into his cucurbite and couer it with a tyle and keepe it in a warme place vntil I teach you what you shal do with it The moist liquor which is drawen from it wil be red for the element of fire is there present with the aire the water put that liquor into a cucurbite of stone and put on a head and lute it wel and set it in Balneo with a receauer well luted and distill away all the water with the aire seuerally from the fire in a boyling bath vntill there will no more distill and the fire will passe away in the bottome then take away the vessell out of the bath stop it well vntill I teach thee what is further to be done Then take againe the stone cucurbite wherein your pouder is conteined which I bad you before to keepe and poure on the fire and the aire and stirre it wel with a woden ladle and set it in a warme bath nine dayes more and couer it with a tyle and stirre it foure or fiue times euerie day with a 〈…〉 adle as you did afore And when the nine dayes are past straine our that which is in the vessell and poure the liquor in a glased vessel the residue of the pouder put into another vessell as you did before and keepe it so long vntill I teach thee how to draw out the combustible oyle Then take againe the vessell wherein your fire is and mingle your liquor with it which you keepe in your glased vessell where your fire and aire is and set a head vpon the vessell wherein your matter is and lute it and set it in Balneo and set a receauer to the bill of the head then distill out the water and aire with a boyling bath vntill no more will distill and you shall haue in the receauer water and aire take them away and take the vessell out of Balneo and you shall find remaining in the bottome like thicke Turpentine and that is the element of fire mingled with many Pheces Now the fire is to be separated from the Pheces on this manner poure on your water and aire vpon that from whence you draw it and stirre it with a spoone and couer it with a tyle and let it settle foure dayes and the Pheces will fall into the bottome and poure out softly that that is cleare into a cleanâ— cucuâ—â—it that no pheses passe with all stop the vessel wherin the pheces are and set it by But that vessell that contemetâ— the water fire and aire set it in balneo with a head and reâ—â—auer fitted and well luted and distill the water and aire in that same degree And when it will distil no more take away the receauer Let the vessel coole and you shall find in the bottomâ— your fire which keepe in his vessell well stopped and pâ—ure in your water and aire againe vppon the pheces from whence you did draw themâ— and stirre them with a spoone and let it settle foure dayes then poure it out softly from his pheces into the vessell that holdeth your fire so that no pheces bee mingled withall couer your vessell wherin your pheces remaine and set it vp But your vessell wherein your water aire and fire is set againe in Bâ—lneo as I shewed you and distill away the water and aire for they two doe alwaies passe away together and the â—ire remaineth in the bottome Poure on the water and aire againe vpon the Pheces and stirre it with a spoone then let it settle foure dayes this is nowe the third repetition whereby you haue seperated the water and aire from the pheces and that which is cleare poure out into the vessell that holdeth youâ— fire Then put your Pheces vnto the first which I bad you keepe in the which your combustible oyle is For nowe yoâ— haue drawen your fire out of your Pheces therfore distil your water with the aire and when it will distill no more take away your vessell and you shall finde in the bottome the element of fire not yet pure but foule and full of dregges poure on therefore the water and aire againe and stirâ—e it well with a spoone or ladle couer it and let it stand and settle soure dayes then poure out that which is cleare into another cleane vessell and set aside the vessell wherein your pheces are But the vessell where in your fire water and oyle are set in Balneo to distill as long as it will diâ—â—â—ll then take it out and poure the liquor distilled into the vessell where your Pheces are and dooe as 〈◊〉 taught you to worke with the pheces vntill you haue your element of fire without any feculent or grosse substance When you haue distilled away the water and aâ—re from the fire and suffered it to settle foure dayes and that all bee cleare without any Pheces then shall you haue your pure fire Therefore put all your Pheces together vnto your first pheces where your combustible oyle is Afterward take a great cucurbite of glasse and put all your three elements into it and set it in ashes with a Limbecke and a receauer fitted and luted and kindle a gentle fire first in your furnace and increase it more and more vntill the fire and aire be passed and that your Limbeck begin to waxe red within Then make the heate of your fire moderate vntill all your element of fire be passed the head red like bloud and the water and aire shal swim vpon like oyle By this meanes these three elements shall be brought to their highest essence and be perfectly rectified Take away the receauer and stoppe it diligently vntill your earth be prepared and know that in the dust and pheces there remaineth yet a combustible oile which you may extract by a discensory if you will It is good against the colde gout for members benommed and siâ—owes too much mollified If thou be weary of this labor put this pouder or pheces into a reuerberatory that they may be mingled with a gentle fire vntill it be as white as snow which being done put it into a large cucurbite of stone oâ— pour on a great quantity of water twise distilled it is not material how much water you poure on and stiâ— it well with a wodden ladle or spoone siue or sixe times alwaies couer it diligently with a tyle
after foure daies suffer it to coole and let it stand foure daies settle then poure out the cleere from the pheces warily into another â—leane vessell and poure on fresh distilled water as afore stirre it with your spoone and keep it two daies in Balneo as before then suffer it to coole and settle and poure out the cleare from the Pheces and put it to the first water Doe this the third time and then cast away the Pheces for they are good for nothing All your waters that you haue drawen distill by Balueum or for the more speede by ashes that al the water may rise and that there remaine in the bottome a dustie matter poure on distilled water againe stirre it and keep it in balneo by the space of foure and twentie houres then let it coole and settle and poure out that which is cleare gentlie from the Pheces Poure on againe more common water vpon them and stirre it set it in balueo ten or twelue houres take it out let it settle poure the cleere vnto the first water and cast away the Pheces they are nothing worth Repeate this worke so often vntill there remaine no pheces after it hath set ed. Then shal you haue your earth rectified from all his pheces which you shall congele and drie that it may be like pouder or dust Then ioyne that with your other elements in the glasse and it wil straight resolue into his element for the element of water is there present Set them all together in a furnace vpon ashes put on a head with a receauer well luted the head must haue a hole in the top that with a funnel the liquor may be poured in alwaies stopped safely Make your fire in your furnas first gentle afterward greater vntil that that is fermented doe passe But all is not to be drawen out but about halfe a sextary of the liquor with the water that the matter may remain moist For if you should driue out all it would congele into an hard masse and breake the glasse in the furnace Then open the hole which is in the top of the head and with a funnell poure in that which is in the receauer But first it must be made warme lest by pouring in the colde liquor the glasse do breake but if you suffer the glasse to coole you may poure it in without any danger Repeate this inbibition ten or twenue times afterward distil out whatsoeuer wil be distilled so long as any thing wil passe by the necke of the Limbecke For after this tenth distillation the earth wil be no more congeled but will rest in the bottome like a red golden oyle Inbibe it againe pouring on the liquor and distilling it vntil al the elements passe together by the Limbecke and that nothing at all doe remaine in the bottome of the vessell Then giue thankes to God for his maruelons giftes which hee hath distributed vnto his Philosophers hath giuen them so great knowledge of things as they vttered in this worke which is altogether heauenly rather diuine then humane For it is a great maruel in this life that mans vnderstanding can bring these inferior things to so great perfection that they haue aâ—tained euen to the highest degree of vertue Truely it is the worke of the holy ghost which hath put it into the mindes of men For I do affirme that whoso hath this hearâ— so prepared that he may helpe all the iufirmities of mans body whether they be curable or vncurable except natural death which is ordained afore vnto euerie man of God Yea this dare I be bolde to say that if a man do vse daily the waight of one scruple of this quintaessence or the quintaessence of sugar and potable gold wherin pearls are dissolued or the quintaessence of Selandine That maÌ„ by Gods help shal not die before the day of the great judgement For the humors in mans body can by no meanes predominate one ouer another as in the thirtie six chapter of Uegetales is taught where is intreated of the quintaessence of al medicinall things and there it is shewed that by Gods help the life of man may be prolonged euen vntill that day void and free from all diseases sicknes And further that man may be preferued in the state he was in at thirtie yeeres of age and in the same strength and force of wit And vpon that do all the Philosophers agree that a man may continue in the same state as long as in an earthly paradise This is so plainely and at large shewed in that chapter that wil you nill you you shall bee enforced to conceiue it in your mind to beleeue it and to confesse it to be true Therefore it is not needefull to reason much of the force and qualities of this quintaessence but whatsoeuer disease maÌ„ be infected withal giue him to drinke with wine so much of this quintaessence as a nutte shell will hold in short space hee shal bee healed as it were miraculously according as the disease is violent or gentle But if you giue this quintaessence to drinke mixed with the quintaessence of â—â—gar with potable golde wherein pearles are dissolued and with the Quintaessence of Selandine within one day you shall cure all the diseases whatsoeuer they be Hereby it doth appeare that it is rather a diuine work then humane Therefore giue god the praise and take heed that you doe not vtter this secret For tyrants woulde by that mean prolong their liues that they might bring to passe their wicked purposes whereof both you and I shoulde be the occasion Therefore keepe it secret for it is one of the greatest secrets amongst all the vegetals whereunto no treasure may be compared Worke therefore and distribute liberally vnto the poore and God shall giue thee eternall felicitie Oft times great force lieth hid in bodies low Of booke in few lines not much but apt doth show Vertue increaseth by exercise The Spagericke Antidotarie of the preparation and making of medicines against Gunneshot taken out of the Chirâ—â—gerie of Iosephus Quirsitanus IT is an olde and true saying of the poer that there is nothing more imperious than an ignorant man which thinketh nothing well done but that he doth himself which thing as it may be seene in many other artes yet most specially in this which is called the Spagericke art For we see euery where certaine men I know not what they bee puffed vp with a certain barbarous and foolish pride which with great scorne inuey against those medicines which are drawen out of the metalline mines Which notwithstanding it is apparant were in vse and had in great estimatioÌ„ with the chiefe antient Physitions as we haue declared in that booke which we haue set forth of the Spagericke preparation of medicines And what I pray you is the cause of this anger or rather madnes but that as they themselues confesse they know not the preparation of them O happy
them groselie and put them in a glasse vessell powring thereto of white wine i. measure and a half macerate them in a soft heate ii daies The dose is one spoonefull in the morning and as much at night The force of this potion is so great that it cannot be sufficiently commended Take of the flowres of Uinca Peruinca Lilium Coâ—â—alium ana p. i. Galanga Zedoariae ana ii dams Mumia and Bole Armenia ana i. dram Sperma Ceâ—â— halfe a dram white wine i. measures digest and circulate them in Balneo 4. daies the dose is one spoonefull morning and euening A potion vulnerary where the bone is broken with gunshot Take of Aristolochi Sowbread Adders grasse both conferies Geranii ana M. i Sauin M. ss maces Zedoariae the eyes of Crabbes ana halfe a ounce Mumia Galingale the lesse ana i. dram and a halfe being cut smal and brused and the other things brought into a grose pouder boyle all in a double vessell foure houres with one measure of wine vse it morning and euening This medicine is much better then so manie splents wherewith many are tormented R. of flowres of Lilium Conualium Betonie ana p. i. Galingale Macis ana iii. drams Persicaâ—ia Selandine Vinca Peruinca Veronica Centauri ana M. â—s macerate themas before and referue them to your vse A potion for wounds of the breast Take of the 〈…〉 ice of Veruen Betonie Veronica ana ii ounces cinamon water i. pound macerate them Take of Bole armeniae half an ounce of both the Comferies ana M. i. Galingale ii drams temper them with wine as aforesaid reserue them to vse Diuers discriptions of â—otions may be made of the foresaid simples which I haue to the iudgement of the expert phisition notwithstaÌ„ding this one thing I wil adde that the vse of them hath many oportunities to cure wounds by gunshot as also the Canker and al maligne desperate and eating vlcers of al which the Phisition shal take very great profit if he prepare the potions with the essence of the vulnerarie simples spagetically extract as wee haue taught in another A briefe declaration of Spagericall medicines FOr as much as nowe remaineth to declare the Spagerick preparation of those simples which pertaine to the cure of wounds by gunne shot wee will vse the same method we haue before vsed whereby this our treatise may be the plainer Superantia sunt igitur Anodyna Oleum ouorum Oleum butyri Oleum refinae Ol. visci pomorum compos Oleum hyperisi simpl Olea omnium axung Detergentia Oleum myrrhae Oleum mastiches Oleum terebinthinae Oleum mellis Viscus centaurij Viscus vincoe petuincoe Viscus aristolochioe Sal foecum aceti Balsamus martis Crocus veneris Mercur. praecipitat vulgaris Mercur praecipit dulcific Oleum guaiaci Balsamus veneris Balsamus Saturni Balsamus tartari Sarcotica Balsamus hyperici Oleum thuris Oleum sarcocollae Ol mannae Viscus consolidae vtriusque Viscus cynoglossi Epulâ—tica Calx testarum ouorum Calx testarum limacum Bolus armena praeparata AlumeÌ„ adustum praepar Crocus Martis Creta vitrioli flaua Ol. salis tartari Ol. talci quae etiaÌ„ cicatrices decorant Repellentia sangui 〈…〉 cohibentia Ol. visci pomorum simplex Oleum Martis Crocus Veneris Colcothar simplex Colcothar dulcisicarum Bolus armena praeparata Calx testarum ouorum Calx testarum limacum Ad venena Butyrum arsenici fixum Praecipitatus dulcificatus Balsamus tartari Ol. Mercur. corporale Oleum antimonij Oleum sulphuris vitriolatuÌ„ Ad ambusta Oleum ouorum Oleum lardi Oleum butyri Aqua gammarorum Aqua spermatis ranarum Aqua florum papauer rubri Viscus rad hyoscyami Oleum Saturni eiusque Sal. Oleum Lithargyri Attrahentia Viscus aristolochiae Viscus corticis med tiliae Succinum praeparatum Magnes praeparatus Sunt rursus illorum simplicium singula quae singulis partibus vulneratis conducunt vt Ossibus corruptis Oleum myrrhae Oleum caryophyllorum Oleum tartari foetens Oleum vitrioli Oleum sulphuris simplex Oleum sulph vitriolatum Oleum antimonij Sulphur rubjcuÌ„dum antim Oleum salis Oleum Mercur sublimati Neruis vulneratis Oleum cerae Oleum iuneperi Oleum euphorbij Oleum ouorum Oleum terebinthinae Oleum sulphuris terebinth Carni putridae ac corrupta Sal fuliginis Sal vrinae Sal tartari Sal mellis Oleum frumenti Oleum mellis Oleum sulph acidunt Phlegma vitrioli acidum Phlegma aluminis acidum Balsamus Martis Balsamus Veneris Balsamus Mercurij Balsamus tartari But because regarde is alwaies to be had of the noble part in whose action the life doth consist there bee certaine medicines which being giuen can defend them Roborant enim Câ—rebrum Oleum succini Oleum saluiae Oleum caryophyllorum Spiritus vitrioli Cor. Aurum vitae Tinctura auri Essentia margaritarum Hepar Tinctura Bals. natural Tinctura corallorum Oleum Martis The Spagericall preparation of medicines before rehearsed THe dregges of wine or crude Tartar brought into pouder put into a Retort of glasse or earth with his recipient make fire by degrees as is doone to the making of strong water there will rise great plentie of white spirits which wil turne into water and thicke stinking oile separate the oyle by a funnel and keepe it to your vse But the salt of Tartar you shall draw out of the Pheces which they call the dead head which are left in the Retort Those you shall dissolue in warme water and after filter that which is dissolued twise or thrise coagulate it at the fire by vaporing away the water and the salt wil remaine in the bottome of the vessell which if you againe dissolue and coagulate diuerse times you shall purge it cleare like Cristall This Cristaline salt if you put it into a glasse and set it in a wine seller or other moist place within few dayes it wil resolue into a cleare oyle verie excellent to clense the spots and vlcers of the face Take crude Tartar ii pounde salt Peter Salt of Soote of the Pheces of vineger ana iiii ounces Calcis Vâ—uae vi ounces all broken verie small put into a vessel not glased but wel stopped Calcine it xii houres dissolue that is calcined in warme water distil it by filter after coagulate it and clenâ—e it againe repeating three times your calcinations dissolutions and coagulations then put all into a Limbecke and put on distilled vinegar that it be â—â—uered iiii fingers Distil the vinegar in balneo M. and there wil come forth a sweete liquor then poure on the vinegar againe to distill this do so long vntil it be no more sweete but sower as when you poured it on first and so rise in the Limbecke Then distill all in a strong fire by a Retort and there will come forth a hot oyle the commodities whereof can scarcely be declared After the same maner if you will you may distil al the salt of
another place Out of Saturne calcined is drawne a sweetish salt in balneo with distilled vinegar pouring it so often vpon the Pheces vntil it draw no more The menstrew euaporated the salt remaineth in the botome which by often dissolutions and coagulations is made Cristaline and afterward easily dissolued into oyle being set in a moist place But if you circulate this cristaline salt in a Pelicane with the alcool of wine 15. daies and after take away the menstrew by distillation put to new wine circulate it putting to a fit dose of cristaline salt of Tartar you shall make a Balme sweeter then sugar which will maruellously preuaile against all maligne vlcers and diseases of the eyes Decoct Antimonie made in pouder with a capital lie prepared of Tartar calcined and Sope ashes and quicke-lime the space of one houre then let it coole pouring vpoÌ„ it a litle Vinegar and there wil appeare a certaine rednes swimming vpon which you shal gather then againe let it boile for one houre or two againe let it coole and gather that which swimmeth vp Do this so often vntil there appeare no more rednes For it is the sulphure of antimonie which dried at a soft fire you shal keepe it to good vses Mingle Antimonie with Sugar and Alum and put all into a Retort of glasse make a soft fire for 4. or 5. houres afterward increase it and there will come out an oyle red like bloud It is also done with mercurie sublimate but great â—eede is to be taken lest any errour be committed in the degree of fire Boyle Sulphur prepared with oyle of Linseede with a verie soft fire and it will be like blood congealed Let the matter coole put it into a retort and giue it fire and there will distill out a verie red oyle of Sulphur It is also done if you mingle bran with your Sulphur and distill it Take of Sulphur Vinae P. i. with which mingle with a soft fire so much pure vâ—trioll molten that it may be one body Distill this by a discentorie and there will descend a red oyle into the receauer If i. pound of the flowre of sulphur be mixed with ii or iii. pound of oile of turpentine in a drie heate the flowres wil dissolue into a red oile Then the menstrew rightly artificially separate circulate the rubin of Sulphur with the Alcoll of wine eight dayes and you shal haue oyle of Sulphur that hath the qualities of the naturall Balme The sower oile of Sulphur is made by Sulphur by setting it on fire and hanging ouer it a bell or a large glasse head to 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 which 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 into that 〈…〉 Put Viâ—â—ioll beaâ—en into pouder into a Cucurbite giuing it a fire of the second degree and there wil issue a sower water which is called the â—leame of Vitrioll Take the Pheces which remaineth in the bottome of the vessell which is called Colcothar stampâ— that and if you mingle flyntes withall with a violent fire there will come out a red oyle It is also made with the simple Colcothar driuen out with a violent fire three daies space and there will come forth a verie hot oyle which is made sweete by circulation with spirit of wine Tartarizated But if the Colcothar bee dissolued in warme water and the rednesse in it separated and the water euaporated the Colcothar will remaine sweetish that which remaineth the rednesse being taken away is called Creta Uitrioli But if Vitrioll be drawne by the ninth a limbeck pouring on alwaies the liquor vpon the dead head and after circulating all by the space of eight dayes you shall haue the spirit of Vitrioll verie profitable for many things The â—leame of Allum is made like the fleame of Vitrioll But Allum is prepared if the â—leame be 5. times powred vpon the pheces out of which it was drawne and distilled last of all drie out all the fleame vntill it be drie Make brine of salt into which cast hot burning stones that they may be imbybed those stones so imbybed put into a retort giuing fire by degrees there wil come forth a very hot oyle of salt I said before that there was great force in Butyro Arseâ—ici fixo to cure al vâ—nâ—monâ— and maligne vlceâ—s it is made in this maner Mingle cristaline Arsenick first subblimed with onely colcothar which doth keepe backe his poyson with like waight of salt of Tartar and salt Peter put al into two glasses fixe it giuing fire the space of xxiiii hourâ—â— first very gentle then of the highest degree You shall finde the matter verie white fixed resembling the color of pearles which dissolue in war 〈…〉 water 〈…〉 may draw the A 〈…〉 ly from it And the pouder which â—emaineth imbybe with oile of Tartar or of Talcum which is better and drie it at the fire and do this thrise Againe dissolue the matter in warme water that you may take away his salt and there will remaine a very white pouder and fixed which will dissolue in a moyst place into a fat oyle which is 〈◊〉 like Butter Out of Talcum rightly and artificially calcined is drawne the spirit with distilled vinegar This is dissolued into a pretious oyle being set in a moist place Take of the iuice of Aristolochia Rotundae and Sauin ana iii. ounces Serpe 〈…〉 ii ounces spirit of 〈◊〉 i. pound circulate them first the space of xxiiii hou 〈…〉 then distil them of this water take i. pounde of elect Magnes made into pouder iiii ounces circulate them together distil away the water from the Phâ—ces 〈◊〉 this three times and by this meanes you shall obtaine the preparation of Mag 〈…〉 But because â—s wee haue saide the noblest 〈◊〉 are to be strengthened and the heart the principal â—â—gan of life must alwaie be defended these preparatio 〈…〉 following are to be vsed Take of Theâ—incae of Alex 〈…〉 〈◊〉 ounces and a halfe the best Mâ—rre i. ounce and a halfe Saffron ii drams the spirit of wine vi ounces mingle al these and in ashes with a very soft fire distill it circulate that which is distilled in Ba 〈…〉 o eight daies and then distill it againe The water hath a most excellent qualitie against the plague and all venemous things and doth maruellously strengthen the heart We haue she 〈…〉 ed the 〈…〉 〈…〉 ncture of gold Corals naturall Balme and the es 〈…〉 ence of Pâ—â—rle in the book which I wrote of preparation now resteth for 〈◊〉 to speake of the gold of life which 〈◊〉 â—hall knowe to be the most excellent and extreme 〈◊〉 in curing 〈…〉 do but consider 〈…〉 excellencie 〈…〉 Deuteron 22. 〈◊〉 Gal. simpl 10. cap. 18. 9 10 12 13. Act. Tetr 1. ser. 2. cap. 110. Aegin libr. 7. Dioscorid libr. 2. cap. 90. Marcel cap. 4. 26. Plin. libr. 28. 4. 15. Serap simpl 〈◊〉 453. 466. Another of 〈◊〉 discription Potions to be giuen other timer of the griefe A potion apt for poisoned wounds by Gunshot 〈◊〉 potion fâ—r the wounds of the heâ—d For wounds of the 〈…〉 macke Oleum Tartar◠〈◊〉 The Salto Tartar Oyle of Tartar The balme of Tartar Oyle of Vintgâ—â— Salt of Vinegar Salâ— and oyle of S 〈…〉 The preparation of Bâ—ls Arm 〈…〉 Oyles of spices 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 Oyle of wheatâ— The sâ—â—ple Balâ—e of Hipericon Bals 〈…〉 vised pomorum The compound bâ—lâ—e of hypâ—â—icon The 〈◊〉 balme of 〈◊〉 pomorum How the flime or â—uslege is drawen out of hearbs Another methode Salt of â—â—ine Oyle of Wax The water and oyle of honie The salt of hony Another oyle of hony more precious Oyle of butter 〈◊〉 larde â—yle of yâ—lks of Egges Water of 〈…〉 â—eses Water of the sperme of frogâ— â—alâ— of â—gsâ—elâ—â—nd sâ—â—iles The common Mercurie precipitate Mercurie precipiat fixi dâ—lciâ—ied most profitable for the â—â—re of 〈…〉 ds oile of Mercurie corpo 〈…〉 Oile of mercurie subblimed The balme of Mercurie 〈◊〉 martis Oyle of Mars â—roâ—us martiâ— The balme oile Crocus Viâ—rioâ—ium Venâ—â—is â—alt of saturn 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Balsamuâ— Saturni Sulphur of antimoni Oyle of antimonie oile of Sulphur oile of Sulph 〈…〉 vitriolate oile of Sulphur terebinthinaâ— Sowre oile of Sulphur The 〈◊〉 of V 〈…〉 ioll 〈◊〉 of Vitrioll Another 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 dulcifi 〈…〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 Spirit of Viâ—â—iâ—ll Tled 〈…〉 of al 〈…〉 and the preparation 〈◊〉 of salt 〈…〉 oile of 〈◊〉 The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Mag 〈…〉 Cordiall 〈…〉 The 〈◊〉 on of 〈◊〉 câ—ll 〈◊〉 〈◊〉