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the_o true_a key_n of_o our_o work_n without_o which_o the_o fire_n of_o the_o lamp_n can_v not_o be_v by_o any_o art_n kindle_v it_o be_v the_o minera_n of_o gold_n a_o spirit_n very_o pure_a beyond_o other_o it_o be_v a_o infernal_a fire_n secret_n in_o its_o kind_n very_o volatile_a the_o wonder_n of_o the_o world_n a_o system_fw-la of_o the_o superior_a virtue_n in_o the_o 6._o page_n 6._o inferior_n and_o therefore_o the_o omnipotent_a have_v mark_v it_o with_o that_o notable_a sign_n who_o nativity_n be_v declare_v in_o the_o east_n cujus_fw-la nativitas_fw-la per_fw-la orientem_fw-la in_o horizonte_fw-la hemisphiaerij_fw-la svi_fw-la philosophicum_fw-la annuntiatur_fw-la pag._n 7._o cursum_fw-la dirigat_fw-la per_fw-la aspectum_fw-la astri_fw-la septentrionalis_n quod_fw-la astri_fw-la aspect_n astri_fw-la faciet_fw-la tibi_fw-la apparere_fw-la magnes_fw-la noster_fw-la pag._n 21._o quare_fw-la activum_fw-la sulphur_n ulterius_fw-la quaerentes_fw-la etc._n etc._n wherefore_o 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work_n here_o he_o single_o name_v they_o work_n the_o begin_n of_o our_o work_n both_o chalybs_fw-la yet_o sometime_o both_o join_v together_o be_v call_v calyb_n as_o before_o pag._n 47._o naturalis_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o natural_a dissolution_n be_v this_o that_o the_o pore_n of_o the_o body_n be_v open_v in_o our_o water_n whereby_o the_o seed_n that_o be_v digest_v may_v be_v send_v forth_o and_o put_v into_o its_o matrix_fw-la but_o our_o water_n be_v heavenly_a water_n not_o wet_v the_o hand_n not_o vulgar_a but_o almost_o rain_v water_n 48._o the_o body_n be_v gold_n which_o yield_v seed_n it_o be_v our_o luna_n not_o common_a silver_n which_o receive_v the_o seed_n of_o the_o gold_n etc._n etc._n this_o also_o allude_v to_o the_o great_a work_n pag._n 55._o faâ—â—igitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n cause_v therefore_o that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o operation_n in_o our_o earth_n that_o the_o central_a heat_n may_v change_v the_o water_n into_o air_n that_o it_o may_v go_v forth_o into_o the_o plain_n of_o the_o world_n and_o may_v scatter_v the_o residue_n as_o i_o say_v through_o the_o pore_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o then_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o air_n will_v be_v turn_v into_o water_n far_o more_o subtle_a than_o the_o water_n be_v and_o this_o be_v do_v thus_o if_o thou_o whilst_o give_v our_o old_a man_n gold_n and_o silver_n to_o swallow_v that_o he_o may_v consume_v 56._o pag_n 56._o they_o and_o that_o he_o at_o length_n die_v may_v be_v burn_v let_v his_o ash_n be_v scatter_v into_o water_n boyl_n it_o until_o it_o be_v enough_o and_o thou_o shall_v have_v a_o medicine_n to_o cure_v the_o leprosy_n pa._n 63._o res_fw-la est_fw-la vilis_fw-la &_o pretiosissima_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v a_o thing_n of_o little_a account_n yet_o most_o precious_a which_o be_v divers_a time_n describe_v i_o do_v now_o again_o repeat_v take_v x._o part_n of_o air_n of_o live_v gold_n or_o live_v air._n air._n silver_n i._o part_n put_v all_o these_o into_o thy_o vessel_n boil_v this_o air_n first_o until_o it_o be_v water_n and_o then_o no_o water_n if_o thou_o be_v ignorant_a of_o this_o and_o know_v not_o how_o to_o boyl_n air_n without_o all_o doubt_n thou_o shall_v err_v see_v this_o be_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o ancient_a philosopher_n for_o thou_o must_v take_v that_o dew_n the_o water_n of_o our_o dew_n which_o be_v and_o be_v not_o see_v until_o it_o be_v the_o artificer_n pleasure_n it_o be_v the_o water_n of_o our_o due_a out_o of_o which_o be_v extract_v the_o saltpetre_n of_o the_o philosopher_n by_o which_o philoso_n sal_fw-la petrae_fw-la philoso_n all_o thing_n grow_v and_o be_v nourish_v matrix_fw-la ejus_fw-la est_fw-la centrum_fw-la solis_fw-la vel_fw-la lunae_fw-la the_o matrix_fw-la of_o it_o be_v the_o centre_n of_o the_o sun_n or_o moon_n as_o well_o celestial_a as_o terestial_a and_o that_o i_o may_v tell_v more_o plain_o it_o be_v our_o magnet_n which_o before_o i_o chalybs_fw-la our_o magnet_n or_o chalybs_fw-la say_v be_v chalybs_fw-la the_o air_n generate_v the_o magnet_n and_o the_o magnet_n generate_v or_o cause_v our_o air_n to_o appear_v sanctè_fw-la tibi_fw-la veritatem_fw-la hic_fw-la manifestavi_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o be_v the_o sal_fw-la akali_fw-la which_o the_o philosopher_n have_v akali_fw-la sal_fw-la akali_fw-la name_v salt_n ammoniac_a and_o vegetable_a hide_v in_o the_o belly_n of_o magnesia_n operatio_fw-la ejus_fw-la magnesia_n magnesia_n talis_fw-la est_fw-la the_o operation_n of_o it_o be_v this_o that_o thou_o dissolve_v the_o congeal_a air_n in_o which_o thou_o shall_v dissolve_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o gold_n seal_v this_o up_o and_o work_v with_o our_o fire_n until_o the_o air_n be_v turn_v into_o powder_n and_o there_o appear_v the_o salt_n of_o the_o world_n be_v have_v divers_a colour_n etc._n etc._n and_o a_o little_a after_o pag._n 64._o propterea_fw-la satis_fw-la mihi_fw-la fuit_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o therefore_o suffice_v i_o to_o treat_v only_o of_o the_o first_o and_o second_o matter_n which_o be_v do_v clear_o etc._n etc._n in_o his_o eleven_o chapter_n concern_v the_o practice_n pag._n 48._o he_o say_v take_v of_o our_o earth_n through_o xi_o degree_n xi_o grain_n of_o our_o gold_n and_o not_o of_o the_o vulgar_a i._o grain_n of_o our_o luna_n and_o not_o of_o the_o vulgar_a two_o grain_n but_o be_v thou_o well_o advise_v that_o thou_o take_v not_o common_a gold_n and_o silver_n for_o these_o be_v dead_a take_v we_o which_o be_v live_v then_o put_v they_o into_o our_o fire_n and_o let_v there_o be_v make_v of_o they_o a_o dry_a liquor_n first_o the_o earth_n will_v be_v resolve_v into_o water_n which_o be_v call_v the_o mercury_n of_o philosopher_n and_o that_o water_n shall_v resolve_v those_o body_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n and_o shall_v consume_v they_o so_o that_o there_o shall_v remain_v but_o moisture_n radical_a moisture_n the_o ten_o part_n with_o one_o part_n and_o this_o shall_v be_v the_o metallick_n radical_a moisture_n etc._n etc._n and_o pag._n 65._o prepend_v diligenter_n weigh_v diligent_o what_o i_o have_v say_v before_o viz._n how_o the_o four_o element_n distil_v into_o into_o the_o centre_n of_o the_o earth_n a_o radical_a moisture_n and_o how_o the_o central_a sun_n of_o the_o earth_n by_o its_o motion_n bring_v it_o forth_o and_o sublime_v it_o to_o the_o superficies_n of_o the_o earth_n etc._n etc._n the_o same_o author_n in_o his_o philosophical_a riddle_n tell_v you_o that_o neptune_n show_v he_o two_o mine_n the_o one_o of_o gold_n the_o other_o of_o chalybs_fw-la page_n 77._o that_o saturn_n draw_v the_o water_n and_o put_v into_o it_o of_o the_o tree_n of_o the_o sun_n wherein_o it_o resolve_v like_o ice_n in_o warm_a water_n and_o this_o water_n be_v aqua_fw-la vitæ_fw-la that_o that_o water_n be_v the_o best_a which_o be_v draw_v by_o virtue_n of_o our_o chalybs_fw-la which_o be_v find_v in_o the_o belly_n of_o aries_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o
the_o secret_n of_o the_o secres_fw-la pard_n also_o there_o be_v a_o disciple_n of_o plato_n that_o on_o a_o time_n say_v his_o master_n to_o as_o his_o book_n senior_n wool_n bear_v wytnesse_n and_o this_o be_v his_o demand_n in_o sothfastnesse_n tellme_v the_o name_n of_o the_o privy_a stone_n and_o plato_n answer_v unto_o he_o anon_o take_v the_o stone_n that_o tytano_n man_n name_v 275._o of_o titan_n magnafia_n take_v the_o cler_n light_n the_o red_a gum_n that_o be_v so_o bright_a etc._n etc._n theat_v chem._n britt_n pag._n 275._o which_o be_v that_o quoth_v he_o magnatia_n be_v the_o same_o say_a plato_n you_o sir_n and_o be_v it_o thus_o this_o be_v ignotum_fw-la per_fw-la ignotius_fw-la what_o be_v magnatia_n good_a sir_n i_o you_o pray_v it_o be_v a_o water_n that_o be_v make_v i_o say_v of_o element_n four_a quod_fw-la plato_n tell_v i_o the_o rock_n good_a sir_n quoth_v he_o tho_o of_o that_o water_n if_o it_o be_v your_o will_n nay_o nay_o quoth_v plato_n certain_a that_o i_o will_v the_o philosopher_n be_v you_o swear_v eâ—hone_v that_o they_o shall_v discover_v it_o unto_o none_o ne_o in_o no_o book_n it_o write_v in_o no_o maneâ—e_n for_o unto_o christ_n it_o be_v so_o lief_a and_o dear_a that_o he_o wool_fw-mi not_o that_o it_o discover_v be_v but_o where_o it_o like_v to_o his_o deite_n man_n to_o inspire_v and_o eke_o for_o to_o desende_v when_o that_o he_o like_v to_o this_o be_v his_o end_n thus_o you_o see_v how_o the_o ancient_a philopher_n be_v swear_v not_o to_o discover_v their_o rock_n of_o clear_a water_n and_o that_o this_o work_n be_v the_o high_a piece_n of_o philosophy_n in_o nature_n this_o water_n be_v make_v of_o the_o four_o element_n say_v plato_n so_o be_v the_o join_n of_o the_o two_o first_o principle_n say_v to_o be_v the_o mix_n of_o the_o four_o element_n the_o one_o be_v hot_a and_o dry_a the_o other_o cold_a and_o moist_a this_o water_n be_v also_o call_v aqua_fw-la divina_fw-la aqua_fw-la benedicta_fw-la aqua_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n with_o many_o other_o name_n one_o author_n that_o shall_v be_v nameless_a speak_v of_o the_o conjunction_n of_o these_o two_o principle_n say_v it_o be_v a_o magistery_n and_o call_v the_o first_o the_o divine_a instrument_n and_o the_o second_o he_o call_v mercury_n and_o say_v that_o the_o addition_n of_o the_o instrument_n that_o be_v quintessence_n go_v through_o the_o mercury_n and_o remain_v with_o it_o and_o see_v that_o quintessence_n belong_v to_o life_n it_o change_v the_o mercury_n so_o that_o now_o mercury_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o life_n also_o and_o this_o operation_n be_v do_v very_o quick_o without_o any_o elemental_a work_v for_o as_o every_o workman_n adorn_v his_o work_n and_o give_v it_o his_o mark_n by_o the_o which_o the_o masterpiece_n be_v know_v so_o also_o god_n mark_v this_o his_o creation_n and_o give_v it_o the_o noble_a sign_n that_o be_v in_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n so_o now_o you_o have_v his_o word_n you_o may_v easy_o find_v out_o the_o man._n he_o also_o call_v this_o matter_n be_v purge_v luna_fw-la so_o soon_o say_v he_o as_o mercury_n perceive_v the_o power_n of_o god_n sol_n it_o be_v no_o long_o mercury_n but_o luna_n that_o this_o mercury_n be_v whole_o change_v and_o turn_v about_o so_o that_o be_v inward_a be_v draw_v outward_a but_o no_o part_n separate_v from_o another_o etc._n etc._n but_o what_o need_v many_o word_n you_o have_v the_o thing_n before_o so_o sufficient_o describe_v that_o i_o may_v say_v he_o that_o can_v thereby_o easy_o name_v it_o savour_v nothing_o at_o all_o of_o ingenuity_n this_o soul_n say_v my_o master_n as_o it_o be_v draw_v from_o the_o saturnia_fw-la solid_a and_o dry_a be_v call_v our_o air_n or_o rather_o the_o chameleon_n which_o be_v a_o airy_a body_n but_o indeed_o it_o have_v a_o hundred_o other_o name_n this_o say_v he_o be_v true_a sulphur_n which_o be_v imbibe_v by_o the_o mercuriality_n of_o saturnia_n and_o note_n it_o with_o the_o regal_a signet_n and_o be_v unite_v and_o revive_v into_o a_o mineral_n water_n by_o the_o mediation_n of_o diana_n dove_n it_o be_v the_o sharp_a spirit_n which_o in_o the_o water_n move_v the_o body_n to_o putrefy_v &c_n &c_n thus_o be_v make_v a_o medicine_n of_o the_o first_o order_n by_o calcination_n next_o we_o will_v proceed_v to_o the_o three_o principle_n of_o earth_n after_o we_o have_v observe_v a_o few_o of_o the_o name_n of_o these_o two_o principle_n first_o as_o they_o be_v apart_o and_o afterward_o as_o they_o be_v join_v beside_o such_o as_o you_o have_v hear_v before_o first_o of_o the_o air_n female_a or_o water_n of_o dissolve_v mercury_n aeyrenaes_n in_o his_o opus_fw-la tripartitum_fw-la or_o vera_fw-la confectio_fw-la lapidis_fw-la philosophici_fw-la in_o the_o division_n de_fw-fr principali_fw-la proprietate_fw-la mercurii_n dissolventis_fw-la pag._n 21._o among_o other_o set_v down_o these_o acetum_fw-la aqua_fw-la aqua_fw-la prima_fw-la aqua_fw-la artis_fw-la aqua_fw-la simplex_fw-la balneum_fw-la coelum_fw-la humiditas_fw-la ignis_fw-la humidus_fw-la ignis_fw-la contra_fw-la naturam_fw-la liquor_n vegetabilis_fw-la crudus_fw-la luna_fw-la mater_fw-la materia_fw-la lunaria_n mercurius_fw-la crudus_fw-la mercurius_fw-la dissolvens_fw-la ministerium_fw-la primum_fw-la quinta_fw-la essentia_fw-la spiritus_fw-la crudus_fw-la spiritus_fw-la cocti_fw-la sepulchurum_fw-la sperma_fw-la mercurii_n stomachus_fw-la struthionis_fw-la vas_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la visitatio_fw-la occultorum_fw-la &_o argentum_fw-la vivum_fw-la crudum_fw-la à _fw-la minera_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la extractum_fw-la pag._n 48._o after_o some_o alteration_n of_o it_o aqua_fw-la divina_fw-la aqua_fw-la mundi_fw-la aqua_fw-la venenosa_fw-la aqua_fw-la auri_fw-la aquila_fw-la caput_fw-la corvi_n fimus_fw-la equinus_fw-la flos_fw-la aeris_fw-la fumus_fw-la igneus_fw-la humidum_fw-la igneum_fw-la igneum_fw-la venenum_fw-la ignis_fw-la innaturalis_fw-la leo_fw-la viridis_fw-la lutum_fw-la magisterii_fw-la magnesia_n nigra_fw-la nigrum_fw-la nigrius_fw-la nigro_n nummus_fw-la oleum_fw-la saturni_n plumbum_fw-la nigrum_fw-la pulvis_fw-la niger_n putrefactio_fw-la res_fw-la vilis_fw-la ros_fw-fr coelestibus_fw-la sigillum_fw-la hermetis_fw-la spiritus_fw-la foetens_fw-la sputum_fw-la lunae_fw-la terr_v a_o nigra_fw-la vapour_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o book_n call_v palladium_n spagyricum_n be_v hundred_o of_o name_n yet_o i_o approve_v not_o his_o cunning._n second_o as_o to_o the_o male_a or_o fire_n pag._n 57_o adam_n anima_fw-la aries_n anrum_fw-la vivum_fw-la corpus_fw-la rubeum_fw-la ferrum_fw-la forma_fw-la frater_fw-la gumma_fw-la rubea_fw-la ignis_fw-la naturae_fw-la lapis_fw-la rubeus_fw-la lytargyrium_n rubeum_fw-la lux_fw-la mane_fw-la mars_n magnesia_n rubea_fw-la oleum_fw-la martis_n oleum_fw-la incombustibile_fw-la pater_fw-la pars_fw-la una_fw-la rex_fw-la rubedo_n sal_fw-la rubeum_fw-la sericon_fw-la sol_fw-la sulphur_n rubeum_fw-la sulphur_n vivum_fw-la terra_fw-la rubea_fw-la vitriolum_fw-la rubeum_fw-la de_fw-fr predictorum_fw-la duorum_fw-la conjunctione_n pag._n 22._o aqua_fw-la secunda_fw-la arcanum_fw-la argentum_fw-la nostra_fw-la aqua_fw-la nostra_fw-la vivum_fw-la chaos_n corpus_fw-la confusum_fw-la cuprum_fw-la ae_z nostrum_fw-la ae_z philosophorum_fw-la fumus_fw-la aquosus_fw-la ignis_fw-la alienus_fw-la lapis_fw-la mineralis_fw-la lapis_fw-la unus_fw-la lapis_fw-la in_o capitulis_fw-la notus_fw-la laton_n materia_fw-la una_fw-la massa_fw-la consusa_fw-la minera_fw-la nostra_fw-la menstruum_fw-la secundam_fw-la ouum_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la radix_fw-la una_fw-la res_fw-la una_fw-la &_o res_fw-la vilis_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 38._o ae_z album_fw-la argentum_fw-la vivum_fw-la animatum_fw-la arsenicum_fw-la aurum_fw-la aurum_fw-la album_fw-la corpus_fw-la album_fw-la eva_n fundamentum_fw-la artis_fw-la gumma_fw-la alba_fw-la hermophroditus_n lac_n virgin_n lapis_fw-la unus_fw-la luna_fw-la plena_fw-la magnesia_n materia_fw-la una_fw-la metallorum_fw-la mercurius_n occidens_fw-la plumbum_fw-la album_fw-la radix_fw-la artis_fw-la sal_fw-la alchali_n sapo_fw-la sapientum_fw-la soror_fw-la sperma_fw-la metallorum_fw-la stannum_fw-la sulphur_n album_fw-la terra_fw-la fructuosa_fw-la vitrum_fw-la vrina_n puerorum_fw-la vultur_n with_o many_o other_o and_o which_o be_v sometime_o indifferent_o apply_v to_o either_o of_o the_o addition_n of_o the_o three_o principle_n or_o earth_n you_o observe_v before_o that_o it_o be_v say_v the_o former_a matter_n be_v unite_v and_o revive_v dove_n diana_n dove_n into_o a_o mineral_n water_n by_o the_o mediation_n of_o diana_n dove_n be_v the_o sharp_a spirit_n that_o in_o the_o water_n move_v the_o body_n to_o putrefy_v this_o be_v the_o same_o with_o what_o aeyrenaeus_n write_v in_o his_o introitus_fw-la apertus_fw-la in_o several_a part_n thereof_o pag._n 5._o disce_fw-la igitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n learn_v therefore_o who_o be_v the_o companion_n of_o cadmus_n and_o what_o be_v that_o serpent_n who_o devour_v they_o what_o be_v that_o hollow_a oak_n to_o which_o cadmus_n fasten_v the_o serpent_n learn_v what_o the_o dove_n of_o diana_n 9_o pag._n 9_o be_v which_o overcome_v the_o lion_n by_o asswage_v he_o i_o say_v the_o green_a lion_n which_o indeed_o be_v the_o babylonian_a dragon_n kill_v all_o thing_n with_o his_o poison_n at_o length_n learn_v to_o know_v the_o caducean_n rod_n of_o mercury_n with_o which_o he_o work_v
otherwise_o be_v but_o to_o deceive_v the_o unwary_a for_o if_o every_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n ought_v to_o have_v its_o proper_a cause_n there_o can_v be_v any_o one_o end_n which_o be_v produce_v from_o two_o way_n of_o work_v on_o distinct_a principle_n therefore_o we_o protest_v and_o must_v again_o admonish_v the_o reader_n that_o in_o our_o former_a write_n we_o have_v conceal_v much_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o two_o way_n we_o have_v insinuate_v etc._n etc._n pag._n 31._o let_v none_o deceive_v you_o with_o tell_v you_o that_o our_o gold_n be_v not_o common_a but_o philosophical_a for_o common_a gold_n be_v dead_a which_o be_v true_a but_o as_o we_o order_v it_o there_o be_v make_v a_o quicken_a of_o it_o as_o a_o grain_n of_o corn_n in_o the_o earth_n be_v quicken_v 34._o choose_v your_o gold_n for_o this_o work_n pure_a and_o clean_a from_o any_o mixture_n etc._n etc._n if_o it_o be_v not_o so_o when_o you_o buy_v it_o make_v it_o so_o by_o purgation_n etc._n etc._n 35._o know_v now_o that_o whatever_o we_o say_v out_o of_o envy_n our_o way_n be_v none_o other_o and_o we_o protest_v and_o will_v protest_v that_o neither_o we_o nor_o any_o of_o the_o ancient_n know_v any_o other_o way_n for_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o our_o secret_n can_v be_v wrought_v by_o any_o other_o principle_n or_o any_o other_o disposition_n than_o this_o etc._n etc._n ☞_o proh_fw-la dolour_n how_o inconstant_a be_v the_o philosopher_n in_o many_o of_o their_o say_n what_o be_v become_v now_o of_o that_o rare_a and_o easy_a way_n reserve_v for_o the_o saint_n be_v there_o then_o no_o other_o way_n but_o this_o with_o common_a gold_n what_o then_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o all_o those_o solemn_a say_n in_o introitus_fw-la apertus_fw-la and_o particular_o this_o pag._n 54._o sin_n minus_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o otherwise_o in_o sol_n vulgar_a with_o a_o due_a heat_n and_o in_o due_a time_n thou_o shall_v prepare_v it_o but_o it_o be_v a_o way_n hedge_v with_o a_o thousand_o briar_n and_o we_o have_v make_v a_o vow_n to_o god_n and_o equity_n that_o we_o will_v never_o in_o naked_a word_n declare_v each_o regimen_n distinct_o well_o there_o must_v be_v something_o more_o in_o it_o sense_n reason_n and_o nature_n confirm_v the_o same_o for_o if_o our_o mercury_n be_v crude_a gold_n and_o will_v if_o sufficient_o accuate_v congeal_v itself_o which_o be_v not_o where_o deny_v what_o then_o must_v it_o be_v surely_n nothing_o else_o but_o our_o gold_n which_o be_v near_o relate_v to_o our_o water_n than_o any_o common_a gold_n but_o let_v i_o see_v what_o more_o say_v my_o master_n in_o his_o 19_o chap._n of_o introit_n pag._n 53._o ea_fw-la propter_fw-la si_fw-la artem_fw-la noris_fw-la etc._n etc._n therefore_o if_o thou_o know_v the_o art_n extract_v our_o solemnize_n out_o of_o our_o mercury_n than_o thou_o may_v perfect_v the_o work_n from_o one_o thing_n which_o believe_v i_o be_v more_o perfect_a than_o all_o worldly_a perfection_n according_a to_o the_o philosopher_n if_o say_v he_o thou_o know_v how_o to_o make_v the_o work_n out_o of_o mercury_n alone_o thou_o shall_v very_o be_v the_o finder_n out_o of_o a_o most_o precious_a work_n in_o this_o work_n there_o be_v no_o superfluity_n but_o the_o whole_a by_o the_o live_a god_n be_v turn_v into_o purity_n because_o the_o action_n be_v make_v only_o in_o one_o thing_n so_o this_o indeed_o be_v a_o very_a good_a reason_n and_o now_o my_o friend_n i_o begin_v to_o be_v a_o little_a comfort_v again_o and_o shall_v continue_v so_o be_v it_o not_o for_o this_o last_o book_n of_o ripley_n revive_v i_o shall_v therefore_o never_o be_v at_o rest_n till_o i_o have_v turn_v it_o all_o over_o let_v we_o see_v further_o perhaps_o we_o may_v find_v something_o to_o fix_v the_o matter_n but_o first_o of_o thy_o element_n make_v thou_o rotation_n 168._o pag._n 168._o and_o into_o water_n thy_o earth_n turn_v first_o of_o all_o then_o of_o thy_o water_n make_v air_n by_o levigation_n and_o air_n make_v fire_n then_o master_n i_o will_v thou_o call_v of_o all_o our_o secret_n great_a and_o small_a the_o wheel_n of_o element_n then_o have_v thou_o turn_v about_o true_o conceive_v our_o write_n without_o doubt_n take_v of_o thy_o clean_a mercury_n which_o be_v animate_v according_a to_o what_o i_o have_v faithful_o teach_v in_o my_o little_a latin_a apertus_fw-la latin_a introitus_fw-la apertus_fw-la treatise_n and_o mix_v it_o with_o thy_o body_n as_o there_o i_o tell_v you_o without_o ambiguity_n put_v it_o into_o a_o glass_n etc._n etc._n this_o now_o turn_v i_o back_o again_o to_o introitus_fw-la apertus_fw-la pag._n 53._o atsi_n etc._n etc._n but_o if_o thou_o shall_v proceed_v in_o the_o work_n of_o sol_n vulgar_a then_o both_o the_o action_n and_o passion_n be_v in_o a_o twofold_a matter_n and_o only_o the_o middle_a substance_n of_o both_o be_v take_v the_o faeces_fw-la be_v reject_v if_o thou_o do_v but_o well_o consider_v these_o thing_n which_o i_o have_v absolve_v in_o few_o word_n you_o have_v a_o key_n to_o open_v all_o the_o appear_a contradiction_n among_o the_o philosopher_n wherefore_o ripley_n in_o his_o chapter_n of_o calcination_n teach_v to_o turn_v the_o wheel_n round_o thrice_o where_o he_o express_o speak_v of_o the_o sol_fw-mi vulgar_a and_o be_v so_o to_o be_v understand_v in_o his_o doctrine_n of_o proportion_n he_o be_v very_o obscure_a because_o those_o three_o proportion_n do_v serve_v to_o three_o work_n one_o work_n be_v most_o secret_a and_o pure_o natural_a and_o be_v make_v in_o our_o mercury_n with_o our_o sol_n to_o which_o work_n belong_v all_o the_o sign_n describe_v by_o the_o philosopher_n way_n three_o way_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 54._o the_o other_o work_n be_v in_o sol_n purge_v with_o our_o mercury_n etc._n etc._n in_o which_o the_o true_a juice_n of_o lunaria_n be_v to_o be_v take_v and_o the_o faeces_fw-la to_o be_v reject_v three_o and_o last_o there_o be_v a_o mix_a work_n when_o gold_n vulgar_a be_v mix_v with_o our_o mercury_n etc._n etc._n ☞_o well_o now_o we_o find_v there_o be_v three_o way_n or_o work_n but_o i_o be_o altogether_o for_o the_o way_n pure_o natural_a let_v we_o therefore_o go_v on_o rip_n rev._n pag._n 366._o our_o principal_n know_v that_o it_o be_v but_o one_o and_o that_o be_v in_o metal_n even_o in_o those_o metal_n which_o you_o may_v buy_v common_o to_o wit_n the_o perfect_a of_o they_o but_o before_o you_o can_v command_v it_o out_o of_o they_o you_o must_v be_v a_o master_n and_o not_o a_o scholar_n namely_o as_o it_o be_v wise_o say_v in_o norton_n to_o know_v to_o destroy_v their_o whole_a composition_n that_o some_o of_o their_o component_n may_v help_v in_o conclusion_n but_o trust_v i_o this_o be_v not_o for_o a_o tyro_n nor_o for_o every_o one_o of_o we_o unless_o he_o have_v the_o secret_a from_o his_o own_o study_n and_o not_o by_o tradition_n from_o a_o master_n or_o guide_n know_v then_o that_o this_o fore_n recite_v way_n be_v true_a but_o 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upon_o my_o word_n for_o know_v that_o what_o i_o have_v only_o hint_v be_v far_o more_o than_o what_o i_o have_v discover_v and_o what_o i_o have_v declare_v to_o thy_o first_o apprehension_n most_o open_o have_v yet_o its_o lurk_a serpent_n under_o the_o green_a grass_n i_o mean_v some_o hide_a thing_n which_o thou_o ought_v to_o understand_v which_o thou_o be_v cocksure_a at_o first_o blush_n will_v neglect_v but_o yet_o it_o will_v bite_v thou_o by_o the_o heel_n when_o thou_o approach_v to_o practice_n and_o make_v thou_o begin_v again_o and_z it_o may_v be_v at_o last_o throw_v away_o all_o as_o a_o man_n desperate_a for_o know_v that_o this_o be_v a_o art_n very_o 370._o pag._n 370._o cabalistical_a and_o we_o do_v study_v expression_n such_o as_o we_o know_v will_v almost_o suit_v with_o every_o man_n fancy_n in_o one_o place_n or_o other_o but_o be_v sure_a to_o take_v this_o maxim_n from_o one_o who_o know_v best_a the_o sense_n of_o what_o he_o have_v write_v where_o we_o speak_v most_o plain_o there_o be_v most_o circumspect_a for_o we_o do_v not_o go_v about_o to_o betray_v the_o secret_n of_o nature_n especial_o then_o in_o those_o place_n which_o seem_v to_o give_v receipt_n so_o plain_a as_o you_o will_v desire_v suspect_v either_o a_o metaphor_n or_o else_o be_v sure_a that_o something_o or_o other_o be_v suppress_v which_o thou_o will_v hardly_o without_o inspiration_n ever_o find_v of_o thyself_o which_o in_o trial_n will_v make_v all_o thy_o confident_a knowledge_n vanish_v yet_o to_o a_o son_n of_o art_n we_o have_v write_v that_o which_o never_o heretofore_o be_v by_o any_o reveal_v ☞_o and_o to_o conclude_v all_o take_v these_o further_a word_n of_o my_o master_n aeyrenaeus_n now_o for_o a_o close_a of_o this_o most_o secret_a gate_n 371._o rip_n rev._n pag._n 371._o whereat_o few_o enter_v none_o but_o they_o who_o be_v by_o god_n grace_n favour_v it_o be_v not_o luck_n ne_o fate_n that_o in_o disclose_v this_o can_v claim_v a_o share_n it_o be_v a_o portion_n which_o be_v very_o rare_a bestow_v on_o those_o who_o the_o most_o high_a shall_v choose_v to_o such_o the_o truth_n i_o free_o shall_v declare_v nor_o ought_v through_o envy_n to_o they_o shall_v refuse_v nor_o with_o unwonted_a riddle_n shall_v their_o hope_n abuse_v of_o uncouth_a subject_n now_o shall_v be_v my_o song_n my_o mind_n intend_v high_a wonder_n to_o reveal_v which_o have_v lie_v hide_v heretofore_o full_o long_a each_o artist_n strive_v they_o how_o to_o conceal_v lest_o wretched_a caitiff_n shall_v their_o treasure_n steal_v nor_o villain_n shall_v their_o villainy_n maintain_v by_o this_o rare_a art_n which_o danger_n they_o to_o heal_v in_o horrid_a metaphor_n veil_v a_o art_n most_o plain_a lest_o each_o fool_n know_v it_o shall_v it_o when_o know_v disdain_n remember_v man_n how_o he_o produce_v be_v 372._o pag._n 372._o how_o form_v from_o a_o lump_n of_o abject_a clay_n from_o whence_o create_v he_o each_o thing_n do_v pass_v which_o next_o to_o angel_n ever_o see_v the_o day_n for_o god_n infuse_v in_o he_o so_o bright_a a_o ray_n of_o his_o own_o image_n which_o the_o body_n join_v do_v to_o it_o ennoble_v so_o that_o both_o portray_v their_o maker_n as_o though_o heaven_n with_o earth_n combine_v a_o little_a system_fw-la of_o the_o universe_n to_o find_v but_o yet_o though_o he_o of_o soul_n and_o body_n both_o be_v make_v and_o of_o the_o two_o the_o noble_a part_n the_o soul_n by_o far_o which_o for_o the_o most_o part_n do_v the_o subject_a nominate_v yet_o that_o same_o art_n that_o make_v so_o rare_a a_o piece_n do_v from_o the_o part_n less_o noble_a name_n the_o whole_a adam_z or_o dust_n wherein_o a_o mystery_n be_v couch_v who_o heart_n of_o life_n the_o centre_n to_o earth_n bowel_n must_v return_v the_o earth_n itself_o for_o man_n sake_n be_v curse_v right_o so_o our_o stone_n contain_v nature_n two_o 373._o 373._o one_o hide_a subtle_a soul_n heaven_n progeny_n the_o other_o gross_a compact_a terrene_a also_o earth_n product_n must_v to_o earth_n by_o destiny_n which_o when_o resolve_v be_v make_v a_o feculency_n to_o sight_n but_o the_o celestial_a part_n be_v still_o though_o overclouded_n most_o pure_a inward_o and_o shall_v at_o last_o most_o pearly_a drop_n distil_v which_o shall_v the_o barren_a earth_n with_o fruit_n in_o plenty_n fill_v thus_o all_o our_o secret_n from_o the_o earth_n do_v flow_v base_a our_o base_a it_o be_v earth_n which_o for_o our_o base_a at_o first_o we_o take_v our_o water_n also_o unto_o earth_n must_v go_v and_o both_o together_o must_v a_o lincus_n make_v which_o we_o with_o respite_n by_o our_o art_n must_v bake_v till_o all_o become_v a_o spirit_n glorify_v who_o firmness_n waste_v time_n shall_v never_o shake_v by_o perfect_a union_n they_o be_v so_o sure_o tie_v each_o element_n the_o other_o three_o within_o itself_o do_v hide_v take_v then_o that_o thing_n which_o gold_n we_o please_v to_o call_v 374._o 374._o but_o it_o be_v not_o gold_n yet_o gold_n it_o be_v in_o truth_n metalline_n it_o be_v yet_o from_o a_o mineral_n it_o flow_v which_o art_n by_o nature_n help_n renew'th_v and_o to_o a_o fool_n a_o uggly_a face_n it_o show_v yet_o to_o a_o son_n of_o art_n it_o lovely_a seem_v it_o be_v stellar_n white_a and_o tender_a in_o his_o youth_n and_o vile_a appear_v in_o many_o man_n esteem_v yea_o the_o most_o part_n of_o man_n it_o for_o a_o trifle_n deem_v from_o it_o be_v make_v a_o subject_a of_o great_a price_n show_v it_o the_o goldsmith_n and_o he_o will_v swear_v it_o be_v gold_n but_o look_v you_o sell_v it_o not_o if_o you_o be_v wise_a the_o basis_n it_o be_v of_o secret_n manifold_a secret_a the_o secret_a this_o for_o their_o secret_a main_a the_o sage_n hold_v the_o like_a be_v in_o gold_n dig_v from_o the_o mine_n but_o to_o procure_v it_o be_v scarce_o to_o be_v tell_v that_o you_o may_v understand_v though_o every_o line_n be_v plain_o write_v yet_o may_v your_o practice_n oft_o decline_v for_o it_o be_v a_o labour_n hardly_o to_o be_v bear_v so_o many_o trick_n and_o turn_n in_o it_o be_v 375._o 375._o and_o he_o that_o tri_v it_o be_v sure_o for_o lose_z unless_o a_o crafty_a master_n credit_v i_o for_o i_o have_v try_v both_o yet_o can_v not_o see_v how_o any_o in_o this_o way_n can_v be_v secure_a i_o therefore_o who_o have_v vow_v secrecy_n have_v write_v this_o way_n which_o we_o can_v scarce_o endure_v vow_n author_n vow_n for_o knowledge_n sake_n to_o try_v its_o ease_n will_v none_o allure_v our_o kingly_a road_n i_o also_o hint_v have_v hint_n the_o hint_n our_o way_n in_o which_o a_o fool_n can_v hardly_o err_v our_o secret_a way_n which_o much_o sad_a toil_n will_v save_v which_o be_v so_o easy_a that_o i_o may_v aver_v if_o thou_o shall_v see_v it_o thou_o will_v it_o prefer_v to_o any_o earthly_a pleasure_n yet_o beware_v that_o you_o mistake_v not_o for_o i_o do_v aver_v a_o mingle_a doctrine_n these_o line_n do_v declare_v for_o both_o way_n in_o this_o book_n 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heat_n begin_v and_o end_v this_o game_n but_o if_o thou_o can_v each_o work_n perform_v a_o part_n 377._o 377._o and_o know_v they_o afterward_o to_o reconcile_v then_o be_v thou_o master_n of_o a_o princely_a art_n the_o very_a success_n will_v thy_o hope_n beguile_v thou_o have_v all_o nature_n work_n rank_v on_o a_o file_n and_o all_o her_o treasure_n at_o command_n do_v keep_v on_o thou_o the_o fate_n shall_v never_o dare_v but_o smile_n no_o mystery_n be_v now_o for_o thou_o too_o deep_a thou_o be_v nature_n darling_n whether_o thou_o do_v wake_v or_o sleep_v pardon_v my_o plainness_n if_o the_o be_v thou_o know_v it_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o my_o untame_v desire_n to_o profit_v many_o and_o without_o a_o
and_o their_o fond_a follower_n not_o otherwise_o than_o mere_a foolosopher_n catch_v in_o a_o mousetrap_n this_o by_o way_n of_o remove_v the_o rubbish_n next_o we_o proceed_v to_o lay_v a_o sure_a foundation_n for_o the_o ingenious_a to_o build_v on_o this_o art_n i_o say_v and_o doubt_v not_o to_o art_n the_o foundation_n of_o this_o art_n make_v clear_o appear_v consist_v in_o the_o true_a knowledge_n of_o a_o metalline_a sulphur_n and_o mercury_n which_o be_v to_o be_v compound_v of_o four_o metalline_a principle_n or_o element_n viz._n metalline_a fire_n air_n earth_n and_o water_n all_o to_o be_v reduce_v into_o a_o quick_a run_v clear_a and_o splendid_a mercury_n in_o which_o mercury_n be_v contain_v the_o grand_a secret_n of_o the_o philosopher_n viz._n their_o sol_fw-mi and_o luna_fw-la for_o than_o they_o say_v est_z in_o mercurio_n quicquid_fw-la quaerunt_fw-la sapientes_fw-la all_o be_v in_o mercury_n that_o the_o wise_a man_n seek_v because_o this_o prepare_a mercury_n may_v easy_o be_v digest_v into_o silver_n and_o gold_n and_o then_o also_o and_o not_o till_o then_o be_v this_o say_v verify_v esttamen_fw-la unum_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o there_o be_v in_o the_o metalick_a kingdom_n one_o thing_n of_o a_o miraculous_a original_a in_o which_o our_o sol_n be_v near_o than_o in_o common_a sol_fw-la and_o luna_fw-la if_o you_o seek_v it_o in_o the_o hour_n of_o its_o nativity_n etc._n etc._n introit_n apart_a pag._n 51._o which_o will_v melt_v in_o our_o mercury_n as_o will_v ice_n in_o warm_a water_n and_o yet_o it_o have_v resemblance_n with_o gold_n the_o same_o thing_n may_v be_v find_v by_o digestion_n in_o our_o mercury_n for_o the_o spaee_n of_o a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o day_n etc._n etc._n see_v secret_n reveal_v pag._n 75._o for_o this_o mercury_n so_o digest_v into_o sol_n and_o luna_fw-la will_v again_o easy_o be_v dissolve_v in_o that_o mercury_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v form_v whereas_o to_o dissolve_v common_a gold_n by_o prepare_a 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second_o and_o three_o order_n these_o three_o conjunction_n be_v also_o call_v 1._o conjunction_n diptative_a 2._o conjunction_n triptative_a 3._o conjunction_n tetraptive_a of_o which_o more_o hereafter_o the_o philosophical_a maxim_n be_v man_n from_o man_n beast_n from_o beast_n and_o metal_n from_o metal_n etc._n etc._n dastin_n dream_n theat_n chem._n britt_n pag._n 259._o a_o man_n of_o nature_n engender_v but_o a_o man_n and_o every_o beast_n engender_v his_o semblable_a and_o as_o philosopher_n rehearse_v well_o can_v diana_z and_o venus_n in_o marriage_n be_v not_o able_a a_o horse_n with_o a_o swine_n join_v not_o in_o a_o stable_a for_o where_o be_v make_v unlikely_a geniture_n what_o follow_v but_o thing_n abominable_a which_o be_v to_o say_v monstrum_fw-la in_o nature_n pierce_v the_o black_a monk_n upon_o the_o elixir_n theat_v chem._n britt_n pag._n 271._o all_o salt_n and_o sulpher_n far_o and_o never_o i._o interdite_n hem_v alle_fw-mi in_o fere_n awl_n corosive_a water_n blood_n and_o hair_n pyss_n horn_n worm_n and_o saudiver_n alum_n atriment_n also_o i_o suspend_v rasalger_n and_o arsenic_n i_o defend_v calx_fw-la vive_fw-la and_o calx_fw-la mort_fw-fr his_o brother_n i_o suspend_v they_o both_o one_o and_o other_o for_o of_o all_o thing_n i_o will_v no_o more_o but_o four_o element_n in_o general_n i_o say_v so_o sun_n and_o moon_n earth_n and_o water_n element_n four_o element_n and_o here_o y'_v all_o that_o man_n of_o clatter_n nothing_o be_v often_o say_v by_o the_o philosopher_n than_o that_o their_o stone_n be_v make_v of_o the_o four_o element_n and_o ripley_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o king_n edward_n the_o iv_o theat_n chem._n britt_n pag._n 111._o say_v thus_o viz._n in_o the_o say_a book_n the_o philosopher_n speak_v also_o therein_o if_o it_o please_v your_o highness_n for_o to_o read_v of_o divers_a sulphur_n but_o especial_o of_o two_o and_o of_o two_o mercurye_n join_v to_o they_o indeed_o whereby_o he_o do_v true_a understander_n lead_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o principle_n which_o be_v true_a both_o red_a most_o pure_a and_o white_a as_o i_o have_v speed_n which_o be_v nevertheless_o find_fw-mi but_o of_o right_a few_o etc._n etc._n this_o i_o know_v also_o have_v another_o exposition_n of_o which_o hereafter_o theat_v chem._n britt_n 152._o numb_a 19_o ripley_v compound_v speak_v thus_o and_o be_v thou_o wise_a in_o chese_v of_o thy_o water_n medyll_v with_o no_o salt_n sulphur_n nor_o mean_n mineral_n for_o whatsoever_o any_o water_n to_o thou_o do_v clatter_n our_o sulphur_n and_o mercury_n be_v only_o in_o metal_n which_o oyly_v and_o water_n some_o man_n call_v fowlys_n and_o bird_n with_o other_o name_n many_o one_o because_o that_o folys_n shall_v never_o know_v our_o stone_n sandivog_n pag._n 5._o if_o thou_o do_v purpose_n to_o make_v a_o metal_n out_o of_o herb_n thou_o shall_v labour_v in_o pain_n as_o also_o thou_o shall_v not_o bring_v forth_o wood_n out_o of_o a_o dog_n or_o any_o other_o beast_n aeyr_n phil._n the_o metal_n metamor_n pag._n 46._o qui_fw-la vero_fw-la ex_fw-la herbis_fw-la &_o istjusmodi_fw-la rebus_fw-la mercurium_fw-la educere_fw-la tentant_fw-la sunt_fw-la minerva_fw-la crassissimae_fw-la atque_fw-la ingenij_fw-la nequissimi_fw-la aeyr_n phil._n in_o his_o ripley_n revive_v pag._n 160._o 161._o etc._n etc._n some_o will_v say_v of_o my_o book_n that_o i_o have_v write_v very_o envious_o and_o misterious_o he_o call_v the_o matter_n gold_n and_o mercury_n but_o that_o be_v but_o allusive_o but_o he_o mean_v eggshell_n calcine_v or_o vitriol_n or_o man_n blood_n or_o dew_n or_o rain_v water_n or_o salt_n peter_n or_o nitre_n or_o tartar_n or_o this_o or_o that_o thing_n etc._n etc._n gross_a sot_n thus_o to_o think_v that_o what_o i_o without_o any_o equivocation_n call_v gold_n and_o mercury_n they_o shall_v make_v to_o allude_v to_o such_o trifle_n o_o fool_n and_o blind_a think_v you_o to_o gather_v grape_n of_o thorn_n or_o figgs_n of_o thisle_n 162._o page_n 162._o if_o gold_n and_o silver_n be_v your_o intention_n to_o produce_v in_o what_o will_v you_o find_v they_o in_o egg_n or_o blood_n in_o salt_n or_o such_o thing_n what_o a_o madness_n be_v this_o etc._n etc._n but_o enough_o of_o these_o caution_n though_o much_o more_o may_v be_v say_v from_o many_o other_o author_n and_o if_o any_o raise_v a_o objection_n or_o put_v the_o question_n why_o this_o great_a universal_a medicine_n be_v only_o to_o be_v prepare_v from_o metal_n they_o shall_v find_v it_o answer_v in_o another_o place_n sandivog_n pag._n 79._o if_o thou_o will_v imitate_v nature_n let_v i_o persuade_v thou_o to_o abide_v in_o the_o simple_a way_n of_o nature_n and_o thou_o shall_v sin_v all_o good_a thing_n simplicitas_fw-la veritatis_fw-la sigillum_fw-la the_o composition_n of_o the_o four_o element_n compound_v how_o the_o element_n be_v compound_v or_o principle_n now_o to_o our_o purpose_n aeyrenaeus_n philalethes_n natu_fw-la anglus_fw-la cosmopolita_n a_o true_a adeptist_n and_o the_o last_o and_o best_a interpreter_n of_o all_o the_o ancient_a philosopher_n in_o his_o little_a book_n call_v introitus_fw-la apertus_fw-la etc._n etc._n show_v that_o this_o work_n tend_v 3._o chap._n 1._o pag._n 2._o 3._o to_o digest_v gold_n to_o the_o high_a purity_n and_o subtle_a fixity_n to_o which_o by_o nature_n and_o art_n it_o may_v be_v bring_v say_z their_o gold_n be_v twofold_a viz._n ripe_a gold_n and_o crude_a gold_n male_a and_o female_a sulphur_n and_o mercury_n that_o the_o whole_a secret_n consist_v in_o the_o mercury_n without_o which_o the_o work_n of_o alchemy_n will_v be_v in_o vain_a and_o in_o chap._n 2._o concern_v the_o principle_n of_o which_o this_o mercury_n be_v compound_v he_o say_v sciant_fw-la itaque_fw-la aquam_fw-la 4._o pag._n 4._o nostram_fw-la componi_fw-la ex_fw-la multis_fw-la etc._n etc._n let_v the_o operator_n therefore_o know_v that_o our_o water_n be_v compound_v of_o many_o thing_n
etc._n i_o doubt_v i_o whether_o w._n c._n esq_n know_v the_o philosophical_a venus_n and_o diana_n for_o they_o be_v both_o one_o as_o be_v plain_a by_o what_o follow_v and_o yet_o o_o strange_a a_o wonder_n to_o relate_v feast_n the_o learned_a sophy_n feast_n at_o this_o same_o spring_n naked_a diana_n sit_v etc._n etc._n aeyrenaeus_n in_o his_o treatise_n call_v vade_fw-la mecum_fw-la philosophicum_fw-la annex_v to_o his_o opus_fw-la tripartitum_fw-la pag._n 218._o say_v that_o signum_fw-la imperfectum_fw-la corpus_fw-la imperfectum_fw-la corporis_fw-la imperfecti_fw-la praeparati_fw-la est_fw-la candour_n egregius_fw-la instar_fw-la argenti_fw-la purissimi_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 219._o qua_fw-la propter_fw-la opus_fw-la hoc_fw-la regium_fw-la rex_fw-la summus_fw-la signavit_fw-la vilis_fw-la tamen_fw-la res_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la &_o pretiosissima_fw-la etc._n etc._n mille_fw-la ei_fw-la nomina_fw-la ab_fw-la antiquis_fw-la pariter_fw-la ac_fw-la modernis_fw-la sophis_fw-la imposita_fw-la leguntur_fw-la etc._n etc._n leo._n viridis_fw-la medium_n aqua_fw-la maris_fw-la acetum_fw-la acerrimum_fw-la ignis_fw-la secretus_fw-la saturnia_fw-la herba_fw-la in_o monte_fw-fr luna_n solis_fw-la nxor_fw-la femina_fw-la luna_fw-la luna_fw-la beyaque_fw-la appellatur_fw-la saturni_n deastrorum_fw-la senioris_fw-la proles_fw-la est_fw-la unde_fw-la venus_n à _fw-la venn_n venn_n quibusdam_fw-la nominatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n nemus_n porro_fw-la sibi_fw-la dicatum_fw-la habet_fw-la ideoque_fw-la venatricis_fw-la dianae_n diana_n diana_n nomen_fw-la accipit_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 213._o dico_fw-la tibi_fw-la bona_fw-la fide_fw-la quod_fw-la sola_fw-la nostra_fw-la luna_fw-la quae_fw-la solis_fw-la uxor_fw-la est_fw-la in_o opere_fw-la nomine_fw-la mutato_fw-la nos_fw-la deludat_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 215._o luna_fw-la nostra_fw-la quae_fw-la faemellae_fw-la vice_n habet_fw-la proles_fw-la est_fw-la saturnia_fw-la quae_fw-la cum_fw-la bellicoso_fw-la deo_fw-la affinitatem_fw-la conjugii_fw-la contraxit_fw-la ideoque_fw-la veneris_fw-la nomine_fw-la ab_fw-la invidis_fw-la venus_n venus_n voco_fw-la arsenicum_fw-la vero_fw-la dicitur_fw-la partim_fw-la quia_fw-la uti_fw-la cuprum_fw-la ab_fw-la arsenico_fw-la dealbatur_fw-la arsenicum_fw-la arsenicum_fw-la ita_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 221._o corpus_fw-la tamen_fw-la revera_fw-la hermaphroditicum_fw-la auri_fw-la respectu_fw-la argentive_a mercurin_n vivus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o aqua_fw-la fugitiva_fw-la mercurii_n vero_fw-la mineralis_fw-la collatione_fw-la terra_fw-la vera_fw-la apparet_fw-la terra_fw-la tamen_fw-la adamica_n b._n e._n chaos_n sive_fw-la limbus_fw-la nominari_fw-la meretur_fw-la etc._n etc._n chaos_n chaos_n well_o then_o w.c._n know_v not_o the_o dove_n of_o diana_n nor_o why_o so_o call_v hermetick_n secret_n in_o english_a p._n 172._o and_o though_o their_o write_n abound_v with_o ambiguous_a and_o equivocal_a word_n yet_o about_o none_o do_v they_o more_o 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aeyrenaeus_n have_v these_o word_n juvenis_fw-la alatus_fw-la est_fw-la mercurius_n chaos_n seu_fw-la infans_fw-la hermophroditus_n est_fw-la regulus_n stellatus_fw-la canis_fw-la corascenus_n rabidus_fw-la est_fw-la sulphur_n arsenicale_n columbae_fw-la dianae_n sunt_fw-la salia_fw-la aquila_n evolans_fw-la est_fw-la mercurius_n purissimus_fw-la homogenitate_fw-la unus_fw-la substanttâ_fw-la essentiali_fw-la duplicatus_fw-la propter_fw-la sulphur_n secum_fw-la ascendens_fw-la animatus_fw-la cum_fw-la quo_fw-la etc._n etc._n columbae_fw-la dianae_n sunt_fw-la salia_fw-la etc._n etc._n well_o then_o the_o dove_n of_o diana_n be_v salt_n it_o seem_v salt_n say_v he_o what_o salt_n nay_o who_o can_v tell_v he_o may_v as_o well_o have_v say_v nothing_o of_o they_o what_o shall_v we_o do_v now_o then_o why_o even_o go_v to_o aeyrenaeus_n himself_o and_o hear_v what_o he_o say_v of_o they_o ripley_n revive_v pag._n 24._o in_o this_o our_o work_n our_o diana_n be_v our_o body_n when_o it_o 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etc._n etc._n gentleman_n how_o do_v you_o like_o this_o be_v it_o not_o very_o plain_a i_o hope_v you_o be_v now_o thorough_o satisfy_v but_o stay_v methinks_v you_o look_v soomewhat_o angery_a than_o before_o all_o be_v not_o well_o i_o doubt_v let_v we_o read_v on_o then_o pag._n 25._o such_o passage_n as_o these_o we_o do_v oftentimes_o use_v when_o we_o speak_v of_o the_o preparation_n of_o our_o mercury_n and_o this_o we_o do_v to_o deceive_v the_o simple_a and_o and_o it_o be_v also_o for_o no_o other_o end_n that_o we_o confound_v our_o operation_n speak_v of_o one_o when_o we_o ought_v to_o speak_v of_o another_o for_o if_o this_o art_n be_v but_o plain_o set_v down_o our_o operation_n will_v be_v contemptible_a even_o to_o the_o foolish_a etc._n etc._n ho_o ho_o my_o master_n you_o intend_v then_o to_o deceive_v we_o simple_a one_o do_v you_o but_o hold_v we_o will_v not_o let_v you_o go_v so_o because_o your_o work_n be_v true_o natural_a you_o therefore_o take_v the_o 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well_o what_o the_o philosopher_n write_v be_v you_o so_o fit_o qualify_v as_o sendivogius_n and_o the_o other_o direct_v and_o have_v you_o due_o observe_v their_o direction_n hort._n sir_n i_o humble_o beg_v your_o pardon_n i_o do_v not_o perceive_v you_o be_v so_o nigh_o at_o hand_n i_o ready_o acknowledge_v that_o this_o art_n can_v be_v fathom_v much_o less_o enjoy_v by_o all_o man_n i_o confess_v myself_o not_o to_o be_v so_o prepare_v and_o qualify_v as_o the_o matter_n require_v and_o be_o altogether_o unworthy_a of_o so_o great_a a_o gift_n and_o therefore_o i_o fear_v must_v now_o bid_v both_o it_o and_o you_o a_o long_a farewell_n good_a sir_n farewell_o aeyren._n but_o hold_v stay_v a_o little_a do_v not_o you_o say_v even_o now_o that_o i_o shall_v be_v unto_o you_o as_o a_o master_n be_v you_o not_o advise_v to_o abide_v in_o the_o simple_a way_n of_o nature_n to_o persist_v in_o the_o text_n and_o to_o wait_v with_o patience_n &_o c_o i_o be_o not_o willing_a you_o 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and_o foundation_n of_o this_o art_n hert._n sir_n i_o shall_v do_v it_o ready_o since_o you_o be_v please_v to_o require_v it_o this_o art_n consist_v in_o the_o metalline_a kingdom_n only_o in_o metal_n from_o metal_n and_o by_o metal_n it_o be_v build_v upon_o four_o metalline_a principle_n or_o element_n fire_n air_n earth_n and_o water_n that_o the_o two_o first_o join_v be_v radix_fw-la artis_fw-la and_o the_o true_a key_n that_o enough_o of_o they_o have_v be_v say_v already_o that_o we_o be_v now_o seek_v out_o the_o three_o principle_n of_o earth_n the_o dove_n of_o diana_n which_o reconcile_v the_o two_o first_o to_o the_o last_o that_o therefore_o they_o must_v be_v of_o a_o metalline_a nature_n and_o make_v the_o second_o work_n which_o may_v be_v call_v conjunction_n triptative_a etc._n etc._n aeyren._n now_o see_v if_o in_o my_o write_n i_o have_v not_o sufficient_o touch_v this_o principle_n of_o earth_n or_o the_o dove_n of_o diana_n hert._n sir_n i_o thank_v you_o for_o your_o seasonable_a advice_n and_o with_o your_o favour_n i_o will_v make_v a_o further_a search_n let_v i_o see_v vera_fw-la confectio_fw-la lapidis_fw-la philoso_n p._n 133._o nunc_fw-la ad_fw-la medicianam_fw-la secundi_fw-la ordinis_fw-la transeamus_fw-la ordinis_fw-la medecina_fw-la secundi_fw-la ordinis_fw-la quae_fw-la habet_fw-la inspirare_fw-la tingere_fw-la et_fw-la fermentare_fw-la primam_fw-la compositionem_fw-la unde_fw-la calidius_n philosophus_fw-la nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la vel_fw-la postea_fw-la poterit_fw-la tingere_fw-la terram_fw-la albam_fw-la foliatam_fw-la nisi_fw-la cum_fw-la auro_fw-la seminate_a aurum_fw-la vestrum_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la alba_fw-la foliata_fw-la seminate_a hoc_fw-la est_fw-la conjungite_fw-la vel_fw-la fermentate_n aurum_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la animam_fw-la vel_fw-la virtutem_fw-la tingentem_fw-la in_fw-la terra_fw-la alba_fw-la foliata_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la preparatione_fw-la debita_fw-la facta_fw-la alba_fw-la et_fw-la munda_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la sordes_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la it_o a_o preparata_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la idonea_fw-la ut_fw-la possit_fw-la svam_fw-la formam_fw-la vel_fw-la animam_fw-la recipere_fw-la ut_fw-la conjunctae_fw-la fiant_fw-la immortales_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 155._o atque_fw-la finalis_fw-la scopus_fw-la istius_fw-la medicinae_fw-la secundi_fw-la ordinis_fw-la est_fw-la reducere_fw-la lapidem_fw-la in_o terram_fw-la fixam_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la et_fw-la tingentem_fw-la pag._n 142._o accipe_fw-la sulphur_n album_fw-la et_fw-la ipsum_fw-la fige_fw-la luper_n corpus_fw-la suum_fw-la album_fw-la fixum_fw-la et_fw-la mundatum_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la supra_fw-la argentum_fw-la et_fw-la sulphur_n rubeum_fw-la supra_fw-la corpus_fw-la suum_fw-la rubeum_fw-la scil_n supra_fw-la aurum_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 150._o praeterea_fw-la ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la medicinam_fw-la secundi_fw-la ordinis_fw-la spectat_fw-la illud_fw-la hermetis_fw-la scitote_fw-la inquit_fw-la rumorum_fw-la inquisitores_fw-la et_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la silij_fw-la quod_fw-la vultur_n supra_fw-la montem_fw-la existens_fw-la in_o cacumine_fw-la voce_fw-la magna_fw-la clamat_fw-la inquiens_fw-la protige_v i_o et_fw-la ego_fw-la protegam_fw-la te_fw-la largire_fw-la mihi_fw-la jus_o meum_fw-la ut_fw-la te_fw-la adjuvem_fw-la sol_fw-la enim_fw-la meus_fw-la et_fw-la radii_fw-la mei_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o i_o luna_fw-la vero_fw-la mihi_fw-la propria_fw-la est_fw-la ac_fw-la lumen_fw-la meum_fw-la omne_fw-la lumen_fw-la superat_fw-la et_fw-la mea_fw-la bona_fw-la omnibus_fw-la bonis_fw-la sunt_fw-la sublimiora_fw-la i_o igitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n fons_n chemicae_fw-la philosophiae_fw-la pag._n 93._o sed_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la aquam_fw-la revertamur_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la crede_fw-la mihi_fw-la totum_fw-la secretum_fw-la consistit_fw-la quae_fw-la aqua_fw-la licet_fw-la sit_fw-la una_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la simplex_fw-la sed_fw-la composita_fw-la nempe_fw-la ex_fw-la vase_n et_fw-la igne_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la vinculum_fw-la vinculum_fw-la quibus_fw-la tertium_fw-la additur_fw-la nempe_fw-la vinculum_fw-la quum_fw-la igitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n introit_n apart_z p._n 4._o est_fw-la nempe_fw-la in_o aqua_fw-la nostra_fw-la requisitus_fw-la primò_fw-la ignis_fw-la secundo_fw-la liquor_n saturniae_fw-la vegetabilis_fw-la tertiò_fw-la mercurii_n vinculum_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o be_o not_o to_o learn_v that_o sometime_o and_o in_o some_o respect_v the_o first_o principle_n of_o fire_n be_v call_v vinculum_fw-la mercurii_n because_o it_o tend_v to_o the_o fix_v of_o it_o but_o the_o water_n be_v tie_v to_o the_o fire_n only_o by_o the_o three_o principle_n ripley_n revive_v pag._n 290._o the_o second_o manner_n be_v call_v triptative_a which_o be_v conjunction_n of_o thing_n three_o of_o body_n soul_n and_o spirit_n that_o they_o not_o strive_v which_o trinity_n thou_o must_v bring_v to_o unity_n for_o as_o the_o soul_n to_o the_o spirit_n the_o bond_n must_v be_v right_o so_o the_o body_n the_o soul_n to_o he_o must_v knit_v out_o of_o thy_o mind_n let_v not_o this_o lesson_n flit_v pag._n 292._o know_v that_o the_o soul_n do_v not_o ascend_v but_o it_o carry_v with_o it_o a_o fermental_a odour_n of_o the_o body_n by_o which_o it_o do_v so_o effectual_o affect_v the_o spirit_n that_o it_o begin_v to_o think_v of_o take_v a_o new_a impression_n and_o become_v daily_o by_o little_a and_o little_o more_o and_o more_o able_a to_o suffer_v fire_n and_o by_o consequence_n draw_v to_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o body_n observe_v this_o etc._n etc._n pag._n 307._o the_o next_o be_v to_o know_v our_o mercury_n which_o be_v not_o common_a but_o artificial_a draw_v from_o three_o head_n by_o the_o mediation_n of_o one_o thing_n which_o make_v the_o two_o which_o be_v dry_a and_o sulphureous_a to_o unite_v with_o one_o which_o be_v moist_a and_o mercurial_a brevis_fw-la manuductio_fw-la ad_fw-la rubin_n coelestem_fw-la pag._n 69._o causa_fw-la secunda_fw-la finalis_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la contrarias_fw-la qualitates_fw-la conciliaâ—emus_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la conciliantur_fw-la qualitates_fw-la contrariae_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la medium_n pag._n 70._o medium_fw-la medium_fw-la medium_fw-la ergo_fw-la erit_fw-la utriusque_fw-la partïceps_fw-la utrique_fw-la accommodatum_fw-la vertendo_fw-la itaque_fw-la compositum_fw-la in_o terram_fw-la jam_fw-la concordant_a in_fw-la hoc_fw-la tertio_fw-la frigus_fw-la &_o calor_fw-la ut_fw-la cohabitare_fw-la possint_fw-la etc._n etc._n postea_fw-la vero_fw-la in_o aquam_fw-la dissolvendo_fw-la conciliantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n also_o in_o rip_n rev_n you_o speak_v to_o this_o purpose_n viz._n for_o certain_o the_o ferment_n ferment_n ferment_n which_o come_v between_o the_o compound_n body_n and_o the_o water_n cause_v a_o death_n and_o a_o regeneration_n etc._n etc._n also_o in_o another_o part_n of_o it_o thus_o now_o 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not_o name_n etc._n etc._n so_o sir_n i_o follow_v your_o example_n and_o i_o know_v you_o can_v easy_o perceive_v the_o word_n be_v not_o of_o my_o own_o invention_n aeyr_n but_o how_o then_o have_v this_o your_o earth_n a_o relation_n to_o the_o dove_n of_o diana_n which_o be_v speak_v in_o the_o plural_a hor._n because_o of_o the_o quantity_n sir_n which_o be_v two_o to_o one_o aeyren._n have_v you_o see_v any_o receipt_n for_o it_o hort._n yes_o sir_n one_o of_o your_o own_o it_o be_v as_o follow_v arcanum_n arsenici_fw-la philosophici_fw-la 1._o accepi_fw-la draconis_fw-la ignei_fw-la partem_fw-la unam_fw-la
et_fw-la 2._o corporis_fw-la magnetici_fw-la part_n dvas_fw-la praeparavi_fw-la simul_fw-la per_fw-la ignem_fw-la torridum_n et_fw-la quinta_fw-la praeparatione_fw-la factae_fw-la sunt_fw-la arsenici_fw-la very_fw-la circiter_fw-la unc_fw-la viij_o arcanum_n praeparandi_fw-la mercurium_fw-la cum_fw-la svo_fw-la arsenico_fw-la ad_fw-la faeces_fw-la amittendas_fw-la 3._o recipiebam_fw-la arsenici_fw-la optimi_fw-la partem_fw-la unam_fw-la feci_fw-la cum_fw-la dianae_n virgin_n partibus_fw-la duabus_fw-la connubium_fw-la incorpore_fw-la uno_fw-la minutim_fw-la trivi_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la hoc_fw-la praeparavi_fw-la mercurium_fw-la meum_fw-la elaborando_fw-la simul_fw-la omne_fw-la in_o calido_fw-la usque_fw-la dum_fw-la optime_fw-la incorporarentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n aeyren._n now_o i_o find_v you_o take_v receipt_n according_a to_o the_o letter_n not_o consider_v you_o say_v before_o that_o the_o fire_n and_o air_n join_v be_v call_v diana_n or_o arsenic_n etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o 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that_o it_o be_v easy_o beat_v to_o powder_n which_o i_o have_v also_o experimental_o find_v to_o be_v true_a aeyren._n have_v you_o observe_v any_o such_o word_n from_o i_o hort._n yes_o sir_n in_o the_o breviary_n of_o alchemy_n rip_v rev._n pag._n 10._o position_n the_o three_o you_o say_v three_o substance_n make_v only_o two_o nature_n earth_n and_o water_n earth_n and_o water_n equal_o proportion_v that_o be_v best_a here_o it_o be_v evident_a say_v you_o that_o three_o substance_n make_v up_o but_o two_o nature_n of_o earth_n and_o water_n the_o man_n and_o wife_n be_v both_o body_n or_o earth_n the_o one_o fix_v and_o ripe_a the_o other_o volatile_a and_o unripe_a and_o by_o mixture_n make_v a_o brittle_a black_a hermaphroditical_a body_n or_o earth_n call_v the_o philosopher_n lead_v etc._n etc._n so_o sir_n i_o observe_v you_o have_v more_o lead_n than_o one_o for_o you_o call_v the_o green_a lion_n your_o lead_n and_o in_o its_o preparation_n you_o speak_v of_o two_o substance_n and_o here_o you_o speak_v of_o three_o also_o you_o have_v your_o read-lead_a elsewhere_o name_v aeyren._n well_o this_o look_v something_o like_o it_o indeed_o but_o you_o know_v it_o be_v speak_v as_o to_o another_o purpose_n now_o proceed_v to_o your_o element_n of_o water_n and_o let_v we_o hear_v what_o you_o will_v make_v of_o they_o at_o the_o last_o the_o join_n of_o the_o four_o element_n hors._n i_o shall_v sir_n and_o first_o from_o your_o vera_fw-la confectio_fw-la lapidis_fw-la philosophici_fw-la pag._n 155._o medicina_fw-la tertii_fw-la ordinis_fw-la est_fw-la illa_fw-la praepaâ—atio_fw-la ordinis_fw-la medicina_fw-la tertii_fw-la ordinis_fw-la lapidis_fw-la quae_fw-la a_o philosophis_fw-la maximo_fw-la in_o pretio_fw-la habetur_fw-la et_fw-la voco_fw-la iteratio_fw-la sive_fw-la multiplicatio_fw-la unde_fw-la philosophus_fw-la totius_fw-la operis_fw-la summum_fw-la arcanum_fw-la est_fw-la dissolutio_fw-la physica_fw-la in_o mercurium_fw-la et_fw-la in_o primam_fw-la materiam_fw-la reductio_fw-la 156._o deinde_fw-la in_o aceto_fw-la nostro_fw-la coelestino_fw-la solve_v et_fw-la certe_fw-la solvetur_fw-la in_o aquam_fw-la clarissimam_fw-la et_fw-la quasi_fw-la fontanam_fw-la pag._n 157._o item_n notabis_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la dissolutione_n physica_fw-la debes_fw-la mittere_fw-la tres_fw-la res_fw-la rem_fw-la quae_fw-la humectat_fw-la quae_fw-la dividit_fw-la et_fw-la quae_fw-la lavet_fw-la etc._n etc._n 160._o tamen_fw-la soluta_fw-la non_fw-la bene_fw-la operatur_fw-la nisi_fw-la prius_fw-la figatur_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la fermento_fw-la 161._o ut_fw-la hanc_fw-la tertii_fw-la ordinis_fw-la medicinam_fw-la tibi_fw-la clariùs_fw-la explicem_fw-la sic_fw-la accipe_fw-la oportet_fw-la omnino_fw-la quòd_fw-la de_fw-la corpore_fw-la fiat_fw-la mercurius_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la fixum_fw-la fiat_fw-la volatile_a cum_fw-la volatili_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la mercurio_n mundo_fw-la etc._n etc._n brevis_fw-la manuduc_n pag._n 69._o postea_fw-la vera_fw-la in_o aquam_fw-la dissolvendo_fw-la conciliautur_fw-la etc._n etc._n next_o i_o will_v show_v you_o what_o mr._n norton_n say_v of_o the_o water_n or_o liquor_n and_o therein_o he_o do_v clear_o hint_n the_o three_o principle_n also_o in_o theat_n chem._n britt_n consider_v also_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o mean_a 81._o pag._n 81._o when_o it_o be_v in_o the_o three_o degree_n make_v clean_o the_o pure_a that_o your_o mean_n be_v the_o more_o perfection_n thereof_o you_o shall_v see_v the_o mean_n retain_v a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o virtue_n of_o this_o art_n for_o the_o principle_n may_v not_o give_v influence_n to_o the_o final_a end_n neither_o the_o refluence_n unto_o his_o principal_n without_o succour_n and_o aid_n of_o mean_n contain_v the_o extremity_n aforesaid_a etc._n etc._n liquor_n be_v a_o thing_n movable_a 78._o pag._n 78._o of_o fleet_a substance_n and_o unstable_a all_o such_o thing_n follow_v the_o moon_n more_o than_o stand_a kind_n do_v and_o that_o appear_v to_o a_o clerk_n in_o work_v of_o the_o white_a werke_n liquor_n washen_n and_o maken_v clean_a both_o extremity_n and_o the_o mean_a etc._n etc._n and_o pag._n 76_o 77_o 78._o speak_v of_o their_o several_a sort_n of_o liquor_n or_o water_n as_o aquam_fw-la ab_fw-la aere_fw-la stilla_fw-la roris_fw-la madidi_fw-la water_n of_o litharge_n and_o water_n of_o azot_n to_o make_v lac_n virgin_n aqua_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la quintessence_n aqua_fw-la vivificans_fw-la etc._n etc._n of_o another_o liquor_n wise_a man_n tell_v which_o be_v fresh_a than_o water_n of_o the_o well_o ibid._n ibid._n fresh_a liquor_n there_o be_v none_o in_o taste_n yet_o it_o will_v never_o consume_v ne_o waste_v though_o it_o be_v occupy_v ever_o more_o it_o will_v never_o be_v less_o in_o store_n which_o democrit_n name_v for_o his_o intent_n lux_fw-la umbra_fw-la carens_fw-la water_n most_o orient_a hermes_n say_v no_o liquor_n so_o necessary_a as_o be_v water_n of_o crude_a mercury_n mercury_n water_n of_o crude_a mercury_n for_o he_o shall_v stand_v say_v that_o noble_a clerk_n for_o the_o water_n within_o our_o werke_n now_o learn_v you_o which_o for_o this_o science_n have_v seek_v by_o all_o these_o liquor_n our_o stone_n must_v be_v wrought_v hermetick_n secret_n say_v that_o mercury_n leprosy_n infest_v the_o body_n be_v not_o of_o its_o root_n and_o substance_n but_o accidental_a and_o therefore_o separable_a from_o it_o fons_n chemicae_fw-la philoso_n pag._n 104._o mercurius_n enim_fw-la vulgi_fw-la est_fw-la aqua_fw-la sed_fw-la deest_fw-la ei_fw-la spiritus_fw-la et_fw-la vis_fw-la ignea_fw-la ad_fw-la urendum_fw-la supple_a si_fw-la potes_fw-la quod_fw-la deest_fw-la summo_fw-la cum_fw-la artisicio_fw-la tum_fw-la non_fw-la amplius_fw-la erit_fw-la mercurius_n vulgi_fw-la sed_fw-la similis_fw-la nostro_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la hoc_fw-la facere_fw-la non_fw-la possis_fw-la dimitte_n istum_fw-la mercurium_fw-la quia_fw-la nihil_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la praeter_fw-la damnum_fw-la expectare_fw-la possis_fw-la ecce_fw-la jam_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la testis_fw-la rem_fw-la totam_fw-la narravi_fw-la quam_fw-la si_fw-la prudens_fw-la fueris_fw-la ignorare_fw-la non_fw-la possis_fw-la etc._n etc._n introit_n apart_z pag._n 19_o quare_fw-la agnoverunt_fw-la tandem_fw-la etc._n etc._n wherefore_o the_o wise_a man_n do_v at_o length_n know_v that_o the_o watery_a crudity_n and_o the_o earthly_a faeces_fw-la do_v hinder_v it_o from_o be_v digest_v which_o be_v fix_v in_o the_o root_n thereof_o can_v otherwise_v than_o by_o inversion_n of_o the_o whole_a compound_v be_v root_v out_o they_o know_v i_o say_v that_o mercury_n if_o it_o can_v but_o put_v off_o those_o thing_n it_o will_v present_o become_v fix_v etc._n etc._n in_o our_o conjunction_n four_o element_n be_v aggregat_fw-la 146._o theat_v chem._n brit._n pag._n 146._o in_o due_a proportion_n first_o which_o asunder_o be_v separat_fw-la ripley_n rev._n draw_v a_o conclusion_n in_o these_o word_n our_o art_n therefore_o be_v to_o compound_v two_o principle_n one_o in_o which_o the_o salt_n and_o another_o in_o which_o the_o sulphur_n of_o nature_n do_v abound_v which_o be_v not_o yet_o perfect_a nor_o total_o imperfect_a and_o by_o consequence_n may_v therefore_o by_o our_o art_n be_v exchange_v or_o exalt_v which_o that_o which_o be_v total_o perfect_a can_v be_v and_o then_o by_o mercury_n common_a mercury_n common_a mercury_n to_o extract_v not_o the_o
pondus_fw-la but_o the_o celestial_a virtue_n out_o of_o the_o compound_v which_o virtue_n be_v fermental_a beget_v in_o the_o common_a mercury_n a_o offspring_n more_o noble_a than_o itself_o which_o be_v our_o true_a hermaphrodite_n which_o will_v congeal_v itself_o and_o dissolve_v the_o body_n etc._n etc._n of_o this_o celestial_a virtue_n he_o also_o speak_v thus_o but_o beyond_o the_o example_n or_o similitude_n give_v of_o a_o grain_n of_o corn_n it_o may_v be_v observe_v that_o the_o hide_a and_o spiritual_a virtue_n of_o this_o our_o body_n do_v purge_v and_o putrefy_v its_o matrix_fw-la of_o water_n purge_a purge_a in_o which_o it_o be_v sow_o that_o be_v it_o make_v it_o cast_v forth_o a_o great_a quantity_n of_o filthy_a earth_n and_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o hydropical_a saline_a moisture_n etc._n etc._n for_o say_v he_o this_o operation_n of_o we_o be_v make_v between_o male_a and_o female_a within_o virtue_n by_o a_o fermental_a virtue_n their_o own_o kind_n between_o which_o there_o be_v a_o ferment_n which_o affect_v that_o which_o no_o other_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n can_v do_v for_o fermental_a virtue_n be_v the_o wonder_n of_o the_o world_n and_o it_o be_v by_o it_o that_o water_n become_v herb_n etc._n etc._n then_o sir_n you_o close_v all_o in_o these_o word_n viz._n we_o conclude_v then_o that_o all_o operation_n for_o our_o mercury_n and_o our_o body_n according_a to_o our_o art_n be_v erroneous_a and_o will_v never_o produce_v our_o mystery_n although_o they_o be_v otherwise_o mercuries_n never_o so_o wonderful_o make_v etc._n etc._n aeyren._n what_o conjunction_n do_v you_o call_v this_o hort._n i_o call_v this_o conjunction_n tetraptive_a yet_o i_o perceive_v that_o at_o the_o first_o addition_n it_o rather_o go_v under_o the_o denomination_n of_o triptative_a or_o conjunction_n of_o three_o substance_n by_o virtue_n of_o a_o medium_fw-la because_o the_o medium_fw-la remain_v not_o entire_o with_o the_o other_o and_o that_o the_o terrapâ—ive_a conjunction_n be_v not_o proper_o consummate_v till_o perfect_a digestion_n this_o therefore_o may_v be_v proper_o call_v the_o make_n of_o a_o quadrangle_n and_o that_o of_o perfect_a digestion_n a_o reduce_v the_o quadrangle_n to_o a_o circle_n as_o you_o have_v it_o in_o the_o exposition_n upon_o sir_n g._n ripley_n four_o gate_n pag_n 292._o though_o i_o also_o perceive_v you_o allude_v to_o the_o same_o conjunction_n and_o other_o operation_n in_o the_o great_a work_n you_o also_o sir_n further_o teach_v that_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o medium_fw-la or_o dove_n of_o diana_n all_o these_o four_o principle_n or_o element_n will_v join_v and_o purge_v together_o which_o then_o must_v be_v purify_v into_o a_o bright_a clear_a water_n by_o several_a sublimation_n or_o eagle_n which_o may_v be_v do_v several_a way_n as_o your_o write_n sufficient_o direct_v also_o that_o these_o several_a sublimation_n be_v but_o so_o many_o cohobation_n of_o the_o sublime_a mercury_n upon_o the_o body_n of_o the_o composition_n yet_o that_o there_o require_v a_o due_a knowledge_n of_o the_o true_a number_n which_o may_v also_o be_v clear_o learn_v from_o your_o direction_n and_o therefore_o for_o brevity_n sake_n i_o shall_v not_o hear_v repeat_v they_o this_o be_v that_o hide_a moisture_n or_o humidity_n wherein_o gold_n will_v dissolve_v as_o ice_n do_v melt_v in_o warm_a water_n and_o be_v a_o mother_n unto_o gold_n as_o say_v sendivog_n eng._n pag._n 49._o i_o be_o also_o in_o the_o next_o place_n further_o to_o show_v that_o this_o purify_a mercury_n or_o water_n be_v not_o unlike_a to_o common_a phils_n the_o property_n of_o mercury_n phils_n mercury_n yet_o more_o splendid_a and_o clear_a but_o not_o diaphanous_a or_o limp_v as_o many_o have_v suppose_v and_o that_o upon_o this_o prepare_a mercury_n alone_o be_v found_v the_o grand_a secret_n of_o the_o philosopher_n stone_n alias_o gold-making_a powder_n alias_o transmute_v elixir_n which_o with_o your_o leave_n i_o will_v prove_v as_o follow_v first_o that_o it_o be_v not_o diaphanous_a or_o limpid_a tract_n de_fw-fr metal_n metamor_n pag._n 46._o quidam_fw-la diaphanum_fw-la hoc_fw-la nâ—enstruum_fw-la volunt_fw-la limpidumque_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la frustra_fw-la ripley_n revive_v pag._n 238._o the_o main_a matter_n be_v our_o water_n which_o water_n as_o say_v artephius_n be_v the_o vinegar_n of_o the_o mountain_n and_o it_o be_v the_o only_a instrument_n for_o our_o work_n this_o i_o say_v that_o it_o must_v first_o be_v cohobate_v in_o a_o very_a wonderful_a way_n for_o cohobation_n cohobation_n it_o be_v such_o a_o cohobation_n that_o have_v not_o its_o like_a in_o the_o world_n and_o for_o several_a time_n to_o a_o determinate_a number_n and_o after_o it_o may_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v distil_v distillation_n distillation_n per_fw-la se_fw-la with_o out_z addition_n again_o and_o again_o that_o thou_o may_v have_v the_o water_n clear_a from_o any_o exotical_a mixture_n pag._n 34._o because_o some_o atom_n of_o the_o body_n may_v be_v in_o it_o which_o be_v insensible_o leave_v in_o the_o preparation_n pag._n 241._o for_o this_o say_v the_o philosopher_n be_v thy_o first_o work_n to_o make_v clean_a thy_o mercury_n and_o then_o into_o clean_a mercury_n to_o put_v clean_a body_n for_o who_o can_v expect_v a_o pure_a generation_n from_o that_o which_o be_v uncle_n a_o the_o next_o property_n of_o thy_o water_n be_v that_o it_o must_v be_v thin_a even_o as_o thin_a as_o thinness_n thinness_n any_o other_o mercury_n for_o if_o the_o external_a proportion_n be_v corrupt_v it_o be_v a_o evident_a sign_n that_o the_o inward_a nature_n be_v confuse_v it_o must_v also_o be_v of_o a_o very_a bright_a colour_n brightness_n brightness_n even_o like_a to_o fine_a burnish_a silver_n as_o say_v artephius_n hence_o say_v a_o certain_a philosopher_n to_o sight_n it_o be_v like_a to_o a_o celestial_a body_n our_o water_n must_v not_o be_v reduce_v into_o diaphanous_a not_o limpid_a or_o diaphanous_a any_o limpid_a diaphanous_a liquor_n as_o some_o fond_o imagine_v and_o as_o i_o myself_o in_o my_o time_n of_o error_n do_v conceit_n but_o it_o must_v keep_v its_o mercurial_a from_o pure_a and_o incorrupted_a it_o be_v also_o very_o ponderous_a so_o ponderous_a that_o it_o be_v somewhat_o more_o weighty_a than_o any_o other_o mercury_n in_o the_o world_n by_o way_n of_o digression_n give_v i_o leave_v ☜_o ☜_o to_o tell_v you_o it_o be_v no_o small_a matter_n to_o be_v firm_o ground_v in_o your_o principle_n i_o have_v meet_v with_o a_o book_n publish_v by_o dr._n bolnest_n 1665._o who_o contend_v much_o for_o this_o common_a mercury_n prepare_v pag._n 104_o 105_o etc._n etc._n and_o think_v himself_o no_o small_a master_n therein_o but_o pag._n 104._o he_o think_v that_o mention_v by_o count_n trevisan_n be_v only_o a_o particular_a and_o that_o the_o say_a doctor_n drive_v at_o another_o method_n though_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n i_o have_v say_v he_o already_o declare_v my_o thought_n that_o the_o common_a mercury_n prepare_v and_o afterward_o dissolve_v into_o a_o clear_a milky_a crystalline_a and_o silvery_n liquor_n or_o water_n be_v the_o true_a menstrual_a or_o metalline_a dissolve_v mercury_n of_o philosopher_n and_o pag._n 116._o he_o add_v that_o we_o may_v undoubted_o conclude_v that_o that_o most_o famous_a and_o necessary_a menstrual_a or_o metalline_a dissolve_v mercury_n of_o philosopher_n for_o say_v he_o i_o mean_v not_o their_o congeal_a mercury_n be_v to_o be_v prepare_v out_o of_o the_o common_a mercury_n or_o quicksilver_n and_o in_o pag._n 122._o he_o say_v r._n lul_n direct_v to_o another_o more_o excellent_a and_o philosophical_a menstruum_fw-la etc._n etc._n without_o which_o the_o common_a or_o vulgar_a be_v not_o easy_o to_o be_v prepare_v and_o make_v philosophic_a but_o soon_o afterward_o he_o run_v into_o the_o old_a error_n that_o there_o be_v several_a mercury_n beside_o the_o universal_a as_o mineral_n vegetable_a and_o animal_n mercury_n sometime_o both_o join_v in_o one_o i_o mean_v say_v he_o the_o mineral_n and_o vegetable_a which_o produce_v that_o potent_a dissolvent_a or_o g._n vegetable_a of_o raymund_n lul_n which_o few_o yet_o have_v well_o understand_v or_o perceive_v etc._n etc._n but_o of_o these_o last_o mercury_n say_v he_o or_o menstruum_n i_o intend_v not_o at_o present_a to_o enlarge_v they_o be_v the_o gate_n into_o the_o great_a of_o chemical_a secret_n and_o at_o this_o fountain_n he_o leave_v the_o ingenious_a to_o draw_v and_o refresh_v himself_o with_o the_o heal_n and_o physical_a water_n etc._n etc._n now_o i_o shall_v think_v this_o doctor_n a_o envious_a adeptist_n but_o that_o he_o afterward_o request_v we_o not_o to_o interpret_v he_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o great_a elixir_n and_o pag._n 126._o he_o will_v not_o have_v any_o to_o imagine_v he_o to_o know_v more_o than_o he_o have_v deliver_v and_o so_o attempt_v in_o vain_a by_o subtlety_n of_o discourse_n a_o far_a discovery_n
from_o he_o and_o conclude_v thus_o let_v none_o therefore_o expect_v that_o from_o i_o that_o i_o own_v not_o myself_o master_n of_o he_o that_o do_v and_o fail_v of_o his_o expectation_n let_v he_o not_o hereafter_o blame_v i_o but_o himself_o etc._n etc._n thus_o our_o expectation_n end_v in_o a_o hush_n and_o come_v to_o nothing_o and_o thus_o we_o see_v how_o a_o building_n may_v soon_o fall_v for_o want_n of_o a_o true_a foundation_n and_o how_o great_o many_o have_v be_v delude_v by_o that_o subject_a of_o common_a mercury_n sometime_o whole_o approve_v other_o time_n altogether_o reject_v the_o same_o and_o sometime_o allow_v it_o only_o in_o part_n i_o have_v see_v a_o little_a book_n call_v chemical_a medecinal_a and_o chyrurgical_a address_n make_v to_o samuel_n hartlib_n esq_n 1655._o and_o in_o it_o a_o treatise_n name_v a_o caveat_n for_o alchemist_n the_o table_n of_o the_o book_n say_v it_o be_v gabriel_n platt_n caveat_n this_o man_n set_v out_o some_o of_o the_o cheat_n of_o sophistical_a multiplyer_n and_o impostor_n and_o in_o his_o first_o chap._n tell_v we_o that_o he_o be_v short_o to_o demonstrate_v before_o the_o high_a and_o honourable_a court_n of_o parliament_n in_o england_n that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n seasible_a as_o the_o philosopher_n stone_n or_o to_o speak_v more_o proper_o a_o art_n in_o the_o transmutation_n of_o metal_n etc._n etc._n but_o in_o the_o discovery_n of_o the_o four_o cheat_n he_o make_v a_o condition_n if_o say_v he_o i_o may_v have_v a_o laboratory_n like_v to_o that_o in_o the_o city_n of_o venice_n where_o they_o be_v sure_a of_o secrecy_n and_o to_o be_v provide_v for_o etc._n etc._n and_o towards_o the_o conclusion_n he_o cry_v out_o what_o shall_v i_o say_v more_o oh_o if_o any_o man_n either_o in_o england_n or_o beyond_o the_o sea_n shall_v trouble_v himself_o to_o write_v to_o i_o he_o shall_v be_v sure_a to_o have_v a_o answer_n if_o he_o come_v to_o i_o he_o shall_v be_v sure_a to_o lose_v his_o labour_n if_o he_o think_v to_o win_v i_o by_o reward_n though_o never_o so_o great_a he_o shall_v be_v sure_a to_o get_v nothing_o but_o a_o jeer_n etc._n etc._n and_o profess_v that_o he_o have_v not_o only_o find_v out_o the_o philosopher_n stone_n but_o also_o a_o true_a and_o infallible_a way_n to_o make_v england_n happy_a by_o it_o this_o man_n i_o say_v for_o all_o his_o great_a boast_v and_o some_o true_a philosophical_a caveat_n be_v mistake_v in_o common_a mercury_n for_o although_o he_o allow_v that_o without_o it_o this_o art_n can_v never_o have_v be_v find_v he_o notwithstanding_o add_v not_o that_o it_o can_v be_v make_v the_o philosophical_a dissolvent_a by_o any_o preparation_n whatsoever_o but_o without_o it_o the_o first_o dissolvent_a for_o there_o be_v three_o can_v be_v get_v for_o it_o only_o have_v the_o power_n to_o separate_v this_o mineral_n spirit_n from_o a_o crude_a mineral_n take_v from_o the_o mine_n which_o the_o fire_n have_v not_o touch_v and_o no_o other_o thing_n under_o heaven_n can_v do_v it_o else_o no_o more_o than_o any_o creature_n beside_o a_o bee_n can_v extract_v honey_n out_o of_o a_o flower_n by_o this_o i_o easy_o perceive_v he_o speak_v only_o by_o ghuess_n and_o i_o be_o afraid_a england_n be_v not_o one_o bit_n the_o happy_a for_o all_o his_o great_a cunning._n but_o to_o return_v to_o aeyrenaeus_n his_o mercury_n of_o which_o he_o further_o tell_v we_o that_o this_o be_v the_o only_a mercury_n and_o there_o be_v none_o in_o the_o whole_a world_n beside_o it_o which_o can_v do_v our_o work_n with_o this_o say_v he_o hermes_n do_v moisten_v his_o body_n and_o make_v it_o to_o rot_v and_o putrefy_v by_o mean_n of_o this_o water_n the_o body_n shall_v be_v bring_v to_o have_v a_o vegetative_a soul_n for_o it_o will_v shoot_v forth_o as_o with_o sprig_n and_o leave_n and_o branch_n and_o after_o it_o will_v resolve_v into_o powder_n like_o atom_n etc._n etc._n and_o pag._n 240._o that_o it_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o metal_n and_o therefore_o have_v power_n to_o reduce_v they_o by_o divide_v their_o principle_n of_o sulphur_n and_o mercury_n he_o further_o add_v but_o we_o count_v it_o a_o loss_n to_o employ_v our_o mercury_n to_o such_o sordid_a uses_n for_o we_o spoil_v the_o goodness_n of_o it_o thereby_o gold_n only_o be_v drown_v in_o it_o etc._n etc._n 242._o this_o water_n be_v by_o the_o philosopher_n venom_n mercury_n call_v venom_n call_v their_o venom_n and_o indeed_o it_o be_v a_o very_a strong_a poison_n to_o wit_n to_o the_o body_n of_o sol_n to_o which_o it_o be_v mix_v but_o what_o it_o be_v to_o the_o body_n of_o man_n i_o never_o world_n the_o high_a of_o all_o medicine_n in_o the_o world_n try_v myself_o nor_o give_v it_o to_o any_o other_o nor_o do_v i_o believe_v do_v any_o of_o they_o but_o as_o concern_v the_o medicine_n that_o be_v make_v by_o it_o and_o out_o of_o it_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o of_o all_o medicine_n in_o the_o world_n it_o be_v the_o high_a for_o it_o be_v the_o true_a arbour_n vitæ_fw-la which_o do_v answer_v the_o universal_a desire_n of_o they_o who_o have_v it_o in_o this_o kind_n for_o beside_o its_o virtue_n curative_fw-it which_o it_o have_v in_o a_o wonderful_a miraculous_a way_n it_o can_v penetrate_v even_o to_o our_o constitutive_a principle_n which_o no_o other_o mineral_n medicine_n can_v do_v etc._n etc._n of_o which_o more_o hereafter_o i_o observe_v before_o that_o this_o water_n be_v the_o only_a base_a of_o the_o grand_a arcanum_n of_o the_o philosopher_n because_o out_o of_o it_o by_o digestion_n they_o obtain_v a_o sulphur_n or_o gold_n far_o more_o excellent_a than_o any_o common_a gold_n for_o their_o great_a work_n in_o sendivog_n engl_n pag._n 144._o concern_v sulphur_n i_o find_v these_o word_n viz._n for_o the_o house_n of_o gold_n be_v mercury_n and_o the_o house_n of_o mercury_n be_v water_n but_o sulphur_n be_v that_o which_o coagulate_v mercury_n which_o sulphur_n indeed_o be_v most_o difficult_o prepare_v but_o more_o difficult_o find_v out_o for_o in_o the_o sulphur_n of_o the_o philosopher_n this_o secret_a consist_v which_o also_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o inward_a room_n of_o mercury_n of_o who_o preparation_n without_o which_o it_o be_v improfitable_a we_o shall_v discourse_n hereafter_o in_o the_o three_o principle_n of_o salt_n see_v here_o we_o treat_v of_o the_o virtue_n and_o original_a not_o praxis_fw-la of_o sulphur_n etc._n etc._n ☞_o i_o know_v not_o what_o to_o answer_v for_o this_o passage_n the_o translator_n say_v he_o have_v do_v it_o faithful_o from_o the_o latin_a into_o the_o english-tongue_n but_o i_o find_v nothing_o to_o this_o purpose_n in_o the_o latin_a print_v genevae_n mdc_o xxxviii_o however_o in_o pag._n 161._o i_o find_v these_o word_n considerando_fw-la quod_fw-la etc._n etc._n by_o consider_v that_o the_o mercury_n of_o the_o philosopher_n have_v in_o itself_o its_o own_o good_a sulphur_n more_o or_o less_o depurate_v and_o decoct_v by_o nature_n thou_o may_v perfect_v all_o thing_n out_o of_o mercury_n but_o if_o thou_o mercury_n all_o out_o of_o mercury_n shall_v know_v to_o add_v thy_o weight_n to_o the_o weight_n of_o nature_n to_o double_a mercury_n and_o triple_a sulphur_n it_o will_v quick_o be_v terminate_v in_o good_a than_o in_o better_a until_o into_o best_a of_o all_o etc._n etc._n 163._o common_a mercury_n by_o how_o much_o the_o more_o it_o be_v decoct_v the_o more_o fluxible_a it_o be_v our_o argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr by_o how_o much_o more_o it_o be_v decoct_v the_o more_o it_o be_v thicken_v by_o these_o circumstance_n therefore_o thou_o may_v consider_v how_o the_o common_a mercury_n differ_v from_o the_o mercury_n of_o the_o philosopher_n if_o thou_o do_v not_o yet_o understand_v do_v not_o expect_v it_o no_o mortal_a man_n will_v give_v you_o clear_a thing_n than_o we_o have_v here_o speak_v of_o but_o now_o of_o the_o virtue_n of_o it_o our_o argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr be_v of_o such_o virtue_n self_n mercury_n sufficient_a of_o self_n that_o it_o be_v of_o its_o self_n sufficient_a for_o thou_o and_o for_o itself_o without_o any_o addition_n of_o any_o extraneous_a thing_n it_o be_v dissolve_v and_o congeal_v by_o a_o natural_a decoction_n only_o but_o philosopher_n for_o etc._n but_o etc._n etc._n brevity_n sake_n add_v to_o it_o its_o own_o sulphur_n well_o digest_v and_o ripen_v and_o so_o they_o work_v etc._n etc._n ☞_o but_o not_o to_o build_v upon_o the_o authority_n of_o one_o philosopher_n in_o theat_n chem._n britt_n 380._o i_o read_v thus_o in_o four_o element_n be_v comprehend_v thing_n three_o animal_n vegetabill_n mineral_n must_v be_v of_o this_o our_o principle_n that_o we_o make_v our_o stone_n quality_n and_o quantity_n be_v unknown_a to_o many_o one_o etc._n etc._n out_o of_o one_o principle_n four_o
element_n thou_o shall_v draw_v 381._o pag._n 381._o thou_o shall_v need_v nothing_o else_o that_o needful_a be_v our_o principle_n in_o quality_n be_v so_o perfect_o mix_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o son_n and_o his_o quality_n so_o equal_o join_v so_o thorough_o fix_v as_o nothing_o so_o well_o mix_v may_v be_v son_n father_n i_o pray_v you_o for_o charity_n 384._o pag._n 384._o where_o shall_v i_o this_o sulphur_n find_v etc._n etc._n father_n in_o our_o own_o water_n son_n keep_v this_o in_o mind_n etc._n etc._n but_o to_o come_v near_a home_n to_o aeyrenaeus_n in_o his_o introitus_fw-la in_o the_o chapter_n of_o the_o invention_n of_o the_o perfect_a magistery_n he_o tell_v we_o after_o the_o join_n of_o the_o element_n that_o thus_o come_v out_o a_o prepape_v mercury_n prepape_v hermaphroditical_a mercury_n he_o therefore_o they_o put_v in_o the_o fire_n and_o they_o coagulate_v he_o for_o no_o long_a time_n and_o in_o his_o coagulation_n they_o find_v sol_n and_o luna_fw-la etc._n etc._n chap._n 10._o pag._n 16._o prae_fw-la cunclis_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o above_o all_o thing_n be_v a_o wonder_n that_o in_o our_o mercury_n there_o be_v not_o only_o a_o actual_a but_o also_o a_o active_a sulphur_n and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o it_o retain_v all_o the_o proportion_n and_o form_n of_o mercury_n etc._n etc._n by_o reason_n of_o this_o sulphur_n it_o be_v a_o hermaphrodite_n ante_fw-la our_o true_a hermaphrodite_n vi_fw-la ante_fw-la because_o it_o do_v apparent_o include_v at_o the_o same_o time_n and_o by_o the_o same_o degree_n of_o digestion_n as_o well_o a_o active_a as_o a_o passive_a principle_n for_o if_o it_o be_v join_v with_o sol_n it_o soften_v melt_v and_o dissolve_v he_o by_o a_o temperate_a heat_n suitable_a to_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o composition_n and_o do_v by_o the_o same_o fire_n coagulate_v himself_o and_o give_v in_o his_o coagulation_n sol_n and_o that_o according_a to_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o operator_n this_o perhaps_o will_v seem_v incredible_a etc._n pag._n 17._o do_v coagulate_v itself_o etc._n etc._n unto_o thou_o but_o its_o true_a to_o wit_n that_o homogeneal_a mercury_n pure_a and_o clean_a be_v by_o our_o artifice_n impregnate_v with_o a_o internal_a sulphur_n do_v by_o the_o application_n of_o a_o convenient_a heat_n only_o coagulate_v himself_o etc._n etc._n but_o if_o it_o be_v join_v to_o sol_n already_o perfect_a it_o be_v not_o so_o coagulate_v but_o it_o dissolve_v the_o corporal_a gold_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 45._o scias_n etc._n etc._n thou_o shall_v know_v that_o our_o mercury_n do_v of_o itself_o yield_v gold_n etc._n etc._n rip_n rev._n exposit._n upon_o sir_n g._n r._n preface_n pag._n 37._o and_o as_o the_o artist_n may_v govern_v this_o mercury_n it_o will_v digest_v the_o passive_a principle_n either_o into_o sol_n or_o luna_fw-la at_o the_o philosopher_n pleasure_n this_o be_v the_o stone_n of_o which_o we_o mean_v 41._o pag._n 41._o whoso_o our_o write_n conceive_v aright_o it_o be_v a_o soul_n and_o substance_n bright_a etc._n etc._n and_o very_o he_o that_o have_v well_o study_v our_o book_n shall_v understand_v that_o this_o general_a one_o mercury_n which_o we_o call_v azoth_o be_v indeed_o our_o stone_n which_o want_v only_a digestion_n etc._n etc._n but_o this_o i_o know_v be_v also_o otherwise_o expound_v pag._n 41._o our_o one_o image_n out_o of_o which_o spring_v white_a and_o red_a not_o bare_a sol_n and_o luna_fw-la as_o will_v spring_v out_o of_o our_o mercury_n which_o we_o prepare_v with_o our_o hand_n but_o &_o c_o 41_o 42._o for_o who_o can_v belive_o that_o sol_n in_o which_o the_o virtue_n be_v but_o unary_a i_o mean_v only_o sufficient_a for_o itself_o shall_v by_o the_o addition_n of_o our_o mercury_n which_o in_o reference_n to_o its_o material_a part_n be_v below_o the_o degree_n of_o sol_n and_o needs_o digestion_n and_o that_o only_a to_o mature_a it_o to_o the_o height_n of_o sol_n etc._n etc._n introit_n apart_z cap._n 19_o pag._n 54._o sulphur_n nostrum_fw-la etc._n etc._n seek_v then_o our_o sulphur_n withal_o thy_o might_n which_o believe_v i_o thou_o may_v find_v in_o our_o mercury_n if_o fate_n the_o call_v otherwise_o thou_o shall_v prepare_v it_o out_o of_o sol_fw-mi vulgar_a etc._n etc._n this_o be_v sufficient_a for_o our_o point_n ☞_o next_o we_o will_v proceed_v to_o the_o great_a work_n of_o the_o philosopher_n which_o also_o have_v its_o foundation_n upon_o sulphur_n and_o mercury_n and_o allude_v to_o all_o the_o conjunction_n as_o aforementioned_a wherein_o it_o will_v plain_o appear_v that_o the_o whole_a art_n be_v far_o more_o excellent_a and_o easy_a to_o be_v obtain_v from_o this_o prepare_a mercury_n and_o the_o sulphur_n or_o gold_n proceed_v from_o it_o than_o from_o such_o mercury_n and_o common_a gold_n and_o that_o herein_o lie_v the_o grand_a secret_n of_o the_o philosopher_n of_o the_o great_a work_n sendivog_n lat._n pag._n 161._o engl._n 117._o now_o we_o say_v that_o this_o art_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o element_n equal_o mix_v it_o be_v a_o natural_a equality_n of_o hot_a dry_v cold_a moist_a a_o join_v together_o of_o male_n and_o female_a which_o the_o same_o female_a beget_v i._n e._n a_o conjunction_n of_o fire_n and_o the_o radical_a moisttue_n of_o metal_n etc._n etc._n 119._o but_o philosopher_n for_o brevity_n sake_n add_v to_o it_o its_o own_o sulphur_n and_o so_o they_o work_v 122._o we_o say_v that_o argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr be_v the_o first_o matter_n of_o that_o work_n and_o true_o nothing_o else_o whatsoever_o be_v add_v to_o it_o arise_v from_o it_o etc._n etc._n pag._n 136._o speak_v of_o sulphur_n but_o do_v not_o thou_o despair_v in_o find_v of_o he_o sol._n our_o sulphur_n or_o sol._n out_o i_o tell_v the_o of_o a_o truth_n that_o he_o be_v in_o gold_n and_o silver_n most_o perfect_a but_o in_o argent_fw-fr vive_fw-fr most_o easy_a and_o in_o pag._n 140._o now_o we_o grant_v that_o unto_o the_o unworthy_a this_o art_n be_v nothing_o but_o to_o the_o lover_n of_o virtue_n and_o the_o true_a searcher_n and_o son_n of_o wisdom_n we_o do_v most_o high_o commend_v it_o and_o do_v affirm_v it_o not_o only_o to_o be_v true_a but_o altogether_o the_o true_a which_o sometime_o we_o have_v real_o make_v good_a before_o man_n worthy_a of_o such_o sight_n i_o say_v before_o man_n of_o high_a and_o low_a condition_n yet_o this_o medicine_n be_v not_o make_v by_o we_o but_o receive_v from_o a_o friend_n and_o yet_o most_o true_a for_o the_o find_v out_o of_o which_o we_o have_v sufficient_o instruct_v the_o searcher_n thereof_o etc._n etc._n but_o to_o return_v to_o aeyrenaeus_n second_o to_o none_o in_o explain_v this_o art_n introit_n chap._n 18._o pag._n 45._o sol_fw-la proinde_fw-la noster_fw-la etc._n etc._n our_o gold_n therefore_o be_v common_o vendable_a but_o not_o common_o to_o be_v buy_v because_o that_o it_o may_v become_v we_o there_o be_v need_n of_o our_o art_n pag._n 46._o thou_o may_v find_v our_o gold_n in_o gold_n or_o silver_n vulgar_a i_o myself_o have_v seek_v it_o in_o these_o and_o have_v find_v it_o but_o it_o be_v no_o easy_a labour_n the_o stone_n itself_o labour_n a_o hard_a labour_n may_v be_v easy_o make_v than_o than_o that_o thou_o may_v find_v the_o next_o matter_n in_o gold_n common_o buy_v wherefore_o our_o gold_n be_v the_o next_o matter_n of_o our_o stone_n the_o common_a gold_n be_v a_o near_a matter_n the_o rest_n of_o the_o metlas_n be_v remote_a and_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o metallick_n be_v most_o remote_a or_o rather_o estrange_v to_o it_o but_o if_o thou_o seek_v our_o gold_n in_o a_o middle_a matter_n between_o the_o perfect_a and_o imperfect_a seek_v it_o and_o thou_o may_v find_v it_o but_o otherwise_o loose_a the_o body_n of_o common_a gold_n which_o be_v call_v the_o first_o preparation_n by_o which_o the_o enchantment_n off_o the_o body_n be_v loose_v without_o which_o the_o work_n of_o the_o male_n can_v be_v perform_v if_o thou_o go_v in_o the_o former_a way_n thou_o way_n two_o way_n be_v bind_v to_o proceed_v with_o a_o most_o benign_a fire_n but_o if_o in_o the_o latter_a than_o thou_o must_v implore_v the_o help_n of_o a_o torrid_a vulcan_n such_o a_o fire_n ought_v to_o be_v administer_v as_o we_o use_v in_o multiplication_n when_o to_o perfect_v our_o elixir_n we_o ferment_n with_o common_a gold_n or_o silver_n this_o indeed_o will_v be_v a_o labyrinth_n unless_o thou_o know_v how_o to_o get_v thyself_o out_o yet_o in_o either_o progress_n thou_o be_v in_o need_n of_o a_o equal_a and_o continual_a heat_n whether_o thou_o work_v in_o common_a sol_fw-la or_o in_o we_o and_o thou_o heat_n requisite_a heat_n shall_v know_v that_o our_o sol_fw-mi will_v perfect_v the_o work_n two_o or_o three_o month_n soon_o than_o common_a gold_n and_o it_o will_v be_v a_o
virtue_n be_v find_v by_o which_o mean_v those_o noble_a medicine_n may_v be_v prepare_v of_o which_o both_o helmont_n and_o paracelsus_n glory_n not_o without_o cause_n since_o by_o they_o may_v be_v cure_v all_o the_o infirmity_n incident_a to_o the_o body_n of_o man_n and_o so_o the_o life_n vindicate_v from_o the_o danger_n of_o disease_n which_o by_o any_o one_o of_o those_o great_a arcanas_fw-la be_v conquer_v and_o cut_v down_o as_o hay_o or_o grass_n with_o a_o scythe_n thus_o far_o he_o now_o let_v we_o hear_v what_o aeyrenaeus_n elixir_n medicine_n by_o liquor_n alkahe_v not_o to_o be_v compare_v to_o philopher_n grand_a elixir_n say_v to_o this_o liquor_n alchahest_n and_o the_o medicine_n prepare_v by_o mean_n thereof_o and_o that_o of_o the_o philosopher_n stone_n by_o their_o mercury_n in_o his_o exposion_n upon_o sir_n g._n r._n preface_n pag._n 78._o he_o say_v there_o be_v but_o one_o menstruum_fw-la that_o have_v the_o power_n to_o resolve_v both_o gold_n and_o all_o other_o body_n to_o their_o first_o matter_n which_o paracelsus_n name_v his_o alkahest_n ignis_fw-la gehemiae_n etc._n etc._n the_o medicine_n hereby_o make_v he_o allow_v to_o be_v excellent_a but_o not_o so_o as_o our_o great_a medicine_n nor_o can_v it_o touch_v or_o reach_v long_a life_n but_o the_o philosopher_n oil_n so_o 80._o pag._n 80._o call_v be_v the_o very_a tree_n of_o life_n not_o a_o vitæ_fw-la arbour_n vitæ_fw-la tincture_n extract_v by_o alchahest_n but_o by_o a_o universal_a change_n of_o the_o sickness_n of_o the_o metalline_a offspring_n into_o a_o true_a posture_n of_o health_n and_o be_v the_o most_o incomparable_a treasure_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n pag._n 208._o he_o say_v the_o liquor_n alchahe_o be_v a_o unprofitable_a way_n for_o our_o work_n pag._n 243._o he_o do_v again_o mention_v elixir_n virtue_n of_o the_o grand_a elixir_n this_o arbour_n aquavitae_fw-la and_o its_o virtue_n of_o penetrate_v even_o to_o our_o constitute_v principle_n which_o no_o other_o mineral_n medicine_n can_v do_v he_o further_o add_v though_o paracelsus_n glory_n much_o of_o his_o renovantia_fw-la &_o restaurantia_fw-la which_o we_o have_v know_v as_o be_v master_n of_o his_o secret_a alchahest_n of_o which_o if_o i_o live_v i_o will_v write_v a_o particular_a treatise_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o his_o haematina_n nor_o yet_o his_o arcana_fw-la chymica_fw-la vide._n collectanea_fw-la chymica_fw-la nor_o his_o elixiria_n nor_o his_o essentiae_fw-la nor_o any_o of_o his_o secret_n which_o be_v sure_o noble_a medicine_n that_o can_v reach_v the_o root_n of_o life_n which_o this_o can_v and_o will_v for_o it_o perform_v all_o only_o it_o can_v prevail_v against_o the_o appointment_n of_o god_n otherwise_o be_v it_o not_o for_o that_o decree_n it_o can_v real_o keep_v a_o man_n immortal_a for_o it_o renew_v youth_n retard_v age_n and_o restore_v to_o most_o exquisite_a and_o complete_a health_n increase_v strength_n wonderful_o pag._n 244._o yea_o it_o will_v not_o only_o renew_v hair_n to_o those_o who_o it_o be_v fall_v but_o it_o will_v change_v the_o hoary_a head_n into_o a_o youthful_a colour_n which_o will_v not_o grow_v hoary_a again_o for_o many_o year_n nor_o ever_o if_o the_o use_n of_o it_o be_v full_o know_v and_o it_o be_v use_v as_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v pag._n 279._o he_o mention_n the_o noble_a bruxilian_n who_o promise_a treatise_n when_o the_o world_n shall_v enjoy_v i_o suppose_v say_v he_o the_o profound_a piece_n of_o philosophy_n that_o ever_o be_v reveal_v to_o the_o world_n which_o i_o admire_v not_o continue_v he_o so_o much_o for_o his_o experiment_n of_o none_o of_o which_o i_o be_o ignorant_a nor_o paracelsus_n to_o boot_n many_o yea_o most_o of_o which_o be_v far_o hard_a tho_o soon_o wrought_v than_o the_o elixir_n and_o the_o alchahe_a be_v a_o hundred_o time_n more_o difficult_a etc._n etc._n yet_o he_o think_v for_o many_o reason_n and_o expression_n 247._o expression_n vide_fw-la pag._n 82._o 246_o 247._o that_o this_o grand_a arcanum_n be_v not_o know_v to_o either_o of_o they_o otherwise_o that_o one_o of_o they_o be_v without_o flattery_n nature_n privy-councillor_n etc._n etc._n and_o say_v that_o he_o can_v as_o hearty_o desire_v his_o acquaintance_n as_o any_o man_n be_v in_o the_o world_n and_o will_v endeavour_v familiarity_n with_o he_o if_o fate_n prevent_v not_o etc._n etc._n you_o may_v read_v much_o more_o of_o this_o liquor_n alchahe_a in_o glauber_n book_n of_o furnace_n but_o more_o effectual_o in_o aeyrenaeus_n his_o dialogue_n of_o this_o liquor_n print_v in_o the_o book_n call_v collectanea_fw-la chymica_fw-la in_o pag._n 262_o 263._o glauber_n say_v though_o he_o dare_v never_o try_v the_o work_n of_o the_o philosopher_n stone_n be_v scare_v by_o other_o man_n loss_n therein_o and_o want_v time_n and_o place_n he_o be_v sufficient_o convince_v of_o the_o truth_n of_o such_o a_o medicine_n but_o to_o return_v to_o rip_v revive_v pag._n 86._o beside_o what_o he_o say_v of_o himself_o before_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o by_o virtue_n of_o this_o quintessence_n artephius_n testify_v that_o he_o live_v above_o a_o thousand_o year_n flammell_n also_o record_v of_o it_o that_o it_o triumph_v over_o all_o the_o misery_n of_o the_o world_n johannes_n the_o laznioro_n be_v more_o bold_a and_o say_v that_o if_o in_o the_o agony_n of_o death_n a_o man_n shall_v taste_v but_o a_o grain_n of_o it_o all_o the_o mortal_a pestilence_n will_v depart_v from_o he_o in_o pag._n 72._o he_o have_v these_o word_n and_o in_o this_o mercury_n thus_o circulate_v be_v doubtless_o the_o mystery_n of_o the_o never_o fade_a light_n which_o i_o have_v actual_o see_v but_o yet_o never_o make_v and_o pag._n 248._o speak_v of_o the_o tincture_n to_o be_v dissolve_v into_o a_o oil_n add_v yea_o and_o beyond_o this_o it_o may_v be_v exalt_v beyond_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n yea_o and_o of_o a_o tangible_a body_n to_o become_v a_o most_o radiant_a perpetual_a light_n which_o i_o have_v see_v though_o not_o myself_o actual_o make_v all_o this_o be_v do_v by_o the_o divine_a virtue_n of_o our_o water_n etc._n etc._n also_o mr._n ashmole_n in_o his_o prolegomena_n before_o theat_v chem._n britt_n tell_v we_o that_o he_o who_o shall_v have_v the_o happiness_n to_o meet_v with_o s._n dunstan_n work_n de_fw-fr occulta_fw-la philosophia_fw-la may_v therein_o read_v such_o story_n as_o will_v make_v he_o amaze_v to_o think_v what_o stupendous_a and_o immense_a thing_n be_v to_o be_v perform_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o philosopher_n mercury_n of_o which_o he_o there_o mention_n some_o part_n this_o shall_v suffice_v for_o the_o quality_n and_o virtue_n of_o the_o philosopher_n stone_n next_o we_o will_v see_v something_o concern_v the_o truth_n and_o plainness_n of_o the_o art_n also_o some_o of_o the_o philosopher_n direction_n to_o such_o as_o intend_v to_o set_v themselves_o about_o this_o great_a work_n first_o concern_v the_o truth_n and_o nature_n of_o this_o art_n in_o the_o first_o volume_n of_o theat_n chemicum_fw-la and_o in_o the_o first_o treatise_n write_v by_o robertus_fw-la vallensis_fw-la pag._n 1._o he_o take_v notice_n of_o some_o word_n or_o sentence_n from_o esdras_n solomon_n and_o david_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 2._o he_o produce_v the_o testimony_n of_o hermes_n b._n tho._n aquinas_n 3._o gulielus_n parisiensis_fw-la jo._n duns_n scotus_n doctor_n subtilis_fw-la vincentius_n monachus_n raymundus_n lullius_n chrysogonus_n polydorus_n vel_fw-la osiander_n 4._o joann_n andrea_n jurisperitus_fw-la oldradus_fw-la jurisperitus_fw-la 5._o avicenna_n jo._n dastimus_n theophrastus_n albertus_n 6._o aristot._n titelmannus_n 8._o panormitanus_fw-la jurisperitus_fw-la hypocrates_n abuhali_n 10._o rhazes_n haly._n dioscorides_n arnaldus_n 11._o bernardus_n come_v treverus_n marsilius_n 12._o alexander_n imperator_fw-la geber_n 13._o virgilius_n lib._n 6._o aeneidos_n suidas_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 14._o he_o show_v you_o many_o that_o write_v of_o this_o art_n in_o arabic_a many_o in_o greek_a many_o in_o latin_a many_o in_o french_a etc._n etc._n and_o pag._n 15._o he_o tell_v we_o veteres_n consueverunt_fw-la res_fw-la divinas_fw-la altas_fw-la et_fw-la sublime_n sub_fw-la velo_fw-la multorum_fw-la aenigmatum_fw-la et_fw-la fabularum_fw-la poeticarum_fw-la scribere_fw-la which_o certain_o be_v very_o true_a for_o till_o of_o late_a year_n little_a light_n therein_o have_v be_v hold_v forth_o to_o the_o world_n in_o pag._n 44._o of_o this_o volume_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la artis_fw-la alchemiae_n the_o lawfulness_n of_o the_o art_n be_v prove_v ex_fw-la sibylla_n 45._o from_o cardanus_n 46._o from_o thomas_n aquinas_n from_o snidas_n 47._o from_o pliny_n pag._n 48._o next_o he_o prove_v it_o from_o the_o answer_n of_o several_a learned_a lawyer_n or_o counsellor_n viz._n exit_fw-la oldrado_fw-it consil._n exit_fw-la panormit_fw-la exit_fw-la joan._n andr._n exit_fw-la andr._n iserninc_fw-la exit_fw-la baldo_n perusino_n exit_fw-la 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elixir_n theat_n they_o britt_n bring_v in_o mercury_n extol_v herself_o pag._n 272_o 273._o have_v these_o word_n viz._n i_o be_o mercury_n the_o mighty_a flower_n i_o be_o most_o worthy_a of_o honour_n etc._n etc._n i_o be_o both_o sun_n and_o moon_n i_o be_o sche_a that_o alle_fw-mi thing_n must_v do_v i_o have_v a_o daughter_n hight_v saturn_n that_o be_v my_o darling_n the_o wych_a be_v mother_n of_o all_o werk_n for_o in_o my_o daughter_n there_o byne_v hide_v four_o thing_n common_o i_o kydd_v a_o golden_a seed_n and_o a_o spearme_n rich_a and_o a_o silver_n seed_n now_o he_o lych_a and_o a_o mercury_n seed_n full_a bright_a and_o a_o sulphur_n seed_n that_o be_v right_a of_o my_o daughter_n wythowten_o dread_a be_v make_v flyxir_n white_a and_o red_a therefore_o of_o she_o draw_v a_o water_n cler_fw-mi the_o scyence_n if_o thou_o list_v to_o leer_v this_o water_n reduce_v every_o thing_n to_o tenderness_n and_o to_o fyx_v it_o burgen_v growyth_o and_o gyve_v fright_n and_o light_n ingression_n life_n and_o last_a in_o sight_n awl_n ryghteous_a werkes_n sooth_n to_o say_v it_o help_v and_o bring_v in_o a_o good_a way_n this_o be_v the_o water_n that_o be_v most_o worthy_a aqua_fw-la perfectissima_fw-la &_o flos_fw-la mundi_fw-la for_o alle_fw-mi werke_n this_o water_n makyth_v white_a reduce_a and_o schyne_v as_o sylver_n bright_a and_o of_o the_o oil_n great_a marvel_n there_o be_v for_o all_o thing_n it_o bring_v to_o redness_n as_o cytrine_n gold_n he_o be_v full_a high_a none_o be_v so_o red_a nor_o none_o be_v so_o worthy_a ripley_n in_o his_o work_n in_o theat_n chym._n and_o particular_o in_o his_o preface_n speak_v of_o their_o three_o mercury_n pag._n 125._o say_v thus_o body_n with_o the_o first_o we_o calime_v natural_o perfect_a but_o none_o which_o be_v unclean_a except_o one_o which_o usual_o named_fw-la by_o philosopher_n the_o lion_n greene_n he_o be_v the_o mean_a the_o soon_o and_o moon_n between_o of_o join_v tincture_n with_o 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whoso_o will_v lasting_a and_o eternal_a fame_n deserve_v learn_v thou_o the_o lion_n green_a to_o tame_v etc._n etc._n green_n the_o lyon_n green_n this_o horrid_a beast_n which_o we_o our_o lion_n call_v have_v many_o other_o name_n that_o noman_n shall_v the_o truth_n perceive_v unless_o that_o god_n direct_v and_o on_o his_o darken_a mind_n a_o light_n reflect_v etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v because_o of_o the_o transcendent_a force_n it_o have_v and_o for_o the_o rawness_n of_o its_o source_n call_v why_o so_o call_v of_o which_o the_o like_a be_v not_o where_o to_o be_v see_v that_o it_o of_o they_o be_v name_v the_o lion_n green_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v a_o substance_n of_o a_o metallin_n '_o race_n nature_n it_o be_v nature_n if_o you_o the_o matter_n view_n whoselowr_a face_n a_o sophister_n will_v at_o first_o sight_n so_o scare_v etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o o_o strange_a a_o wonder_n to_o relate_v naked_a diana_n naked_a at_o this_o same_o spring_n naked_a diana_n sit_v 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as_o appear_v by_o norton_n in_o his_o ordinal_n chap._n 4._o theat_v chem._n britt_n pag._n 45._o where_o he_o tell_v we_o of_o two_o kind_n in_o the_o ground_a matter_n their_o name_n he_o say_v be_v before_o viz._n magnetia_n &_o litharge_n magnesia_n litharge_n &_o magnesia_n these_o two_o principle_n he_o also_o call_v two_o stone_n in_o chap._n 3._o pag._n 41._o speak_v to_o tonsile_n he_o say_v many_o thing_n help_v to_o apt_a our_o stone_n but_o two_o be_v material_n yet_o our_o stone_n be_v one_o then_o he_o say_v they_o be_v as_o mother_n and_o child_n as_o male_a and_o female_a sister_n and_o brother_n as_o in_o pag._n 43._o and_o afterward_o thus_o in_o pag_n 41._o one_o of_o thes_n kind_n a_o stone_n you_o shall_v find_v for_o it_o abide_v fire_n as_o stone_n do_v by_o kind_n but_o it_o be_v no_o stone_n in_o touch_v ne_o in_o sight_n but_o a_o subtle_a earth_n brown_n roddy_n and_o not_o bright_a and_o when_o it_o be_v separate_v and_o bring_v to_o his_o appearage_n 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