compose the like Waters and Syrups of Annise and Caraway seeds But there are many whose Natures so Antipathize with Wine that both smell and tast â—hereof is offensive to them Such persons may make the above said Syrups as followeth â„ž Cinam pulveriz â„¥ iij vel iiij aqu commun. q.s. Set them in some cold place the space of three or four Dayes then distill it Then take of that distild water lb j. Sugar lb. ss. Fiat Syrrup s.a. This retains the fragant Odour of Cinamon and this for the Summer is more proper to which you may adde an ounce or two of rose-Rose-water Gentlemen you are too modest Because my Cook to follow Court Fashion sends in his Dishes in Duplicates every man expects that I should make the Discovery This Lady-like nicety had almost let a good Dish here scape for the serving men 'T is a meat which you have already tasted of the difference is only in the dressing the which is rare and exquisite Take the above mentioned Spirits seperated from the first Cinamon Syrupe adde to it â„¥ iij or iiij of gross beaten Cinamon then being exquisitely stop'd set in a cold place untill the water have the perfect Tincture of the Cinamon the which you shall separate and to every â„¥ x. adde â„¥ iij or 4. of Sugar Then in Balneo separate those Spirits from the Tincture and you have the best sort of Cinamon Water together with an admirable Syrup If you will make one yet more excellent 't is but adding fresh Cinamon to these last rectified Spirits proceeding as before and reiterating this Operation three or four times so that the last will render you an Essence of Cinamon whose Vertues will repay your Labour with Interest We have in our Spagiricall Kitchin certain Stomatticall Balsams whose descriptions I must here forbear as Frutta nova and not yet for every mans Table Such as are Balsamum Iunip Balsamum Nuc. mosc Bals Cinamom Balsam Rosmar c. These as they are rare and Princely so are they Singular in Corroborating both the Stomack and the rest of the Vitall Parts either Intrinsicall or Extrinsically applyed And for such over-nice and delicate Persons which either through Coyness will not or through Weakners cannot receive any Internall remedy let them morning and evening Externally annoint the Stomack with this Hermeticall Balsam â„ž Butyr Gelsomini â„¥ j. Essent Rosmar ℈ ss. Essent Cinamom Essent Nuc. mosc an. ℈ .j. Essent Masticis Ê’j Moschi Ambrae an. g. iiij Zibet g. ij Cum Cero virgin decies in aq Rosar lavat. q.s. fiat Balsam s.a. That no man may complain for want of Bread to his Meat you shall tast of our Spaâ—iricall Biscuit which I recommend to all weak and moist Stomacks especially to those who after some Chronicall Disease cannot digest ordinary Bread Take lb. j. of the purest Wheat-flower of the best refined Sugar â„¥ xvj Fresh Eggs numb. xij The Cream of Almonds extracted with the best Rosewater â„¥ iiij Essence of Annise Cinamon and Nutmeggs an. ℈ j. more or less according to the humor of your Palate Spirit of Roses q.s. mix them according to Art and thereof make your Biscuits There are many other sorts of Biscuits which every good Wife knows how to prepare as Regalâ— Biscuit Sâ—anish Biscuit French Biscuit Lorain Biscuit Italian Biscuit c. Therefore as too Vulgar for our Table I omit them Yet if any one desire a Tast let them call to our Cook Now presuming upon the Phlegme of your Cold Distempers I will call in for a Dish or two to refocillate our younger and more Sulphureous Stomacks whose extra vagant disorders hath brought the Stomack so far in Choler with the Microcosme that he refuseth to supply it with his expected Nourishment This Quarrell must not grow too hot but t is necessary a speedy reconciliation be made before the Stomack grow too Obstinate in his Humor In this Case I know no better Aparater thaâ— our Panchymagogon let him bring him up to the Court of Conscience there he will be so qualified that you may turn him to any conditions of Peace When you have him at this Advantage injoyn him for Penance every morning to take three drops of the Spirits of Sulphur or Vitriol with as many of the Spirit of Roses mixt with a glass of Spring Water edulcorated with the Essence of Sugar Or this â„ž Sal. Christalli ℈ ss. Spir. Vitrioli gut iij Spir. Rosar gut 5. Essent Sacch q.s. Aq. fontan distillat â„¥ iiij Misce Before meat half an hour or an hour let him use this â„ž Rob. de Ribes Rob. de Berber an. â„¥ j. Spir. 🜠g. iij Salis perlar ℈ .j. Misce After Meals this â„ž Conser. Corneol Diacydon simp. an. â„¥ ij Salis coralor Ê’j Spir. Salis gut vj Spir. Rosar gut x. Misce You which are thus distemperd I desire you to entertain Appetite with Patience until the Third Course enter where you may pick out Variety of Hepaticall Dishes proper to your Indisposition In the mean time if any Insolent Stomack-Worms quarrel for a breakfast before their Master be served you shall do wel to cut off their allowance and then turn them out of your Doors with a Powder â„ž Corn Cer. praep. Coral rub praep. an. ℈ j. Aquilae Celestis ℈ j.ss Verm terrest prae Cinamom an. ℈ .j. Scammon cum 🜠praep. Ê’j Misce Dos ℈ .j. The Furyes of Appetite being laid now your Patience may dispence with a little Idle Table Talk to renovate the dull'd edge of your Apetites that they may be the livelier at the Second encounter THE SECOND COURSE CEPHALICALL HEre Dogmaticall Discipline bids me be more Compendious and collect my Method unto Heads But we are Travellers and must not be limitted We are now landed on the Coast of the Cephalick Peninsula a place whose Fame elevates it above all other parts of the World and where both Tongue and Eyes of all Men sleep in Admiration Here that great Monarck of the Microcosme hath his residence Who is an Emperiall King and full of Divinity his Head being alwayes Crown'd as a Type of his absolute and peaceable reign even to the Worlds end That his more Celestiall Thoughts may not be interrupted with State Affairs he hath resigned the government of his Microcosme which he hath divided into three Monarchies unto three of his ablest Subjects Spiritus Vitalis Spiritus Animalis and Spiritus Naturalis To Spiritus Animalis he hath given the Cephalick Peninsula placing him neer unto himself as his Wisest Counseller for which consideration he hath made him likewise {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Lord Secretary To Spiritus Vitalis and Spiritus Naturalis he hath resigned the Government of Terra firma an equall Division being made the one taking the Cardiacall the other the Hepaticall Parts Spiritus Vitalis likewise being his Lord Treasurer and Spiritus Naturalis Lord of the Cinque-Ports Other Information of this King the Soul I dare not
Elixir which is the Stomacks proper Balsamum â„ž Cinamomi Zedoariae Cardamom Maceris an. â„¥ j. Garyophyl Nuc. Mosch. Cubeb an. â„¥ j. ss. Galanoae Ê’iij Piper long Ê’vj Garyoph hortens Ros. Rub. Flor. Buglos Flor. Menthae Rom. an. M. j. Folior Menth Rom. Absinthii an. M. ss. Bruse them small in a Mortar and adde thereto ten ounces of the Crum of white Bread Put all into a Glass Cucurbita and powre thereto of the best Sack as much as they can drink with two fingers depth advantage close your Glass according to art then give it 8. dayes Fermentation which done adjoyn this Emulsion â„ž Amygd dulc. excort lb. ss. Aqu. Rosar Buglos an. lb. ij Sacchar albis â„¥ iij Fiat emulsio Then destill all in Balneo secund. attem The Dose is two spoonfulls an hour before and after meat Here follows an other more excellent â„ž Spir. Vini cum Spirito Sem. Anisii animato lb.j. Theriacae â„¥ j. Confect Alcher â„¥ ss. Specier Diarrhod Ab. Zinzib Maceris Cinamom an.Ê’j. Cort. Citri Ê’iij The Ginger Mace Cinamon and Citron-peeles being all grosly beaten mix all together and in Balneo by a gentle heat extract the Tincture To which you shall adde these Tinctur Succini Tinctur Corallor an. ℈ j. Tinctur Auri. Essent Perlar. an. gut xx Spir. Menthar Spir. Faenic Spir. Melissae an. â„¥ ss. Spir. Rosar â„¥ j. Essentiae Sacci â„¥ ij Tinctur Croci gut xij Who please may proceed farther in this Preparation by separating the Spirits from the first Theriacall Tincture in Balneo vaporoso which Spirits being Sublimated he shall find at the bottom of his Cucuâ—bita an Extract or coagulated Tincture admirable in Corroborating the Principle Parts specially the Heart and Stomack and far surpassing the Common Theriaca against all pestilential and infectious Aer Then to those Spirits thus separated from their Tinctures you may adde the other forementioned Tinctures And who ever can attain to this believe me he enjoyes a Treasure worthy of a Princes Cabinet whose vertues are so infinite that they would lose themselves in Expression It asswageth all inward dolours of the Stomack Heart Liver Bowels c. And that on an Instant 'T is a Panacaea in all Pestilentiall Fevers both Prophylactick and Therapeutick It corroborates all the Vitall Parts and renovates the Oyl of Ages decaying Lamp To conclude it recalls a departing Soul by rendring the Annuall Tribute which weak Natures exhausted Treasury could no longer disburse Hippocras and Artificiall Aromaticall Wines are much in use with us in England not without Cause since they have a peculiar Efficacy in repairing Cold weak and decaying Stomacks That those therefore which honour my Feast may at all hours and on any occasion prepare a Quart of Hippocras for their Friends in an Instant I will favour them with this insuing Hippocraticall Extract â„ž Cinamom â„¥ ij vel iij Garyophyl â„¥ ss. Zinzib Macropip Cardamom Gran. Parad. Galaneae an. Ê’ij Nuc. Mosch. Ê’j.ss Being all grosly powdred put them into a Glass Violl and powre thereon of the Spir. of Wine to the eminence of 4. fingers Stop your Glass close and set it in Balneo or in Summer in the Sun for the Space of three or four Dayes untill the Spirits have rob'd the Aromaticks of their Tinctures this done separate it from the Faeces and reserve it for your use When any of you therefore desire a Cup of Hippocras mix but Ê’ ss. of this Tincture with a Pint or more of Sack adding what Quantity of Sugar you please or which is better the Essence of Sugar and your desire is answered a Glass of which with a Toast before meat gives no small Check to a cold distemper Here likewise I present a Tast of Spagiricall Claâ—et to your weak Stomacks by the often use of which neither Crudities or Ventosities shall impaire your Digestion â„ž Cinamom â„¥ ij Maceris â„¥ ss. Dactyllor num 20. Myccbal num 4. Uvar. passul â„¥ v. vel 6. Sem. Anisi Coriand prae an. â„¥ j. Faenicul â„¥ ss. With the Spirits of Wine and Canary Sack of each lb iij being mixt set them in some cool Cellar to ferment the space of four or five Dayes Of this you may take one or two spoonfulls in a morning If I mistake not I heard some of you call for a glass of Wormwood Wine I have none ready prepared but here is a little Violl of the Spirits of Wormwood with which who please to make a Triall and put â—ut some few drops in a glass of ordinary white Wine he shall find his desire satisfied with a Cup of exquisite Wormwood Wine far more effectuall then any Galenicall maceratiâ—n or Infusion And that your defect may be supplied when this small quantity shall be exhausted I â—ere lend you the receit whereby you may â—ereafter furnish your self and pleasure a friend â„ž Summitat Absint q.s. affunde aq com s.q. stent in digestione per dies aliquot potest quid ad fermentandum adjici Destilletur per Vesicam exibit aquam oleum quippiam continens Oleum per Seperatorium separetur Aqua tota Cucurbitae vitreae indatur atque in Balneo semel atque iterum rectificetur saltem pars spirituosior absirahatur quae odorem saporem Absinthit retinet This hath a singlar Vertue in corroboraâ—ing both Stomack and Liver it resists putriâ—action and deopilates obstructions and is a â—pecifical Preservative against all Stomattical â—nd Intestinall Vermine Spirit of Mints is â—ikewise an excellent and peculiar prophylactick of a Weak and cold Stomack some few drops thereof put into a Cup of Sacâ— with a Toast adjoyning a drop of the Essence of Cinamon and taken an hour before meat To think to please every Mans Palate may well inlarge the List of Impossibilities yet Despair shall not interrupt my Carving and where one Dish likes not variety shall presently bring in another So that at length â—â— presume the major part shall satisfie the variability of Fancy and give Appetite a Delight in the Stomacks preservation Who then please may tast of this Spagiricall Stomaticall Syrupe which in delicacy and Vertue excelleth all your ordinary Cinamon-Waters â„ž Cinam gros mod pulv â„¥ iiij Vini Hispamâ— lb. ij Let them infuse in Balneo three dayes then separate the Tincture from his Faeces and adding thereto lbâ— ss. of pure white Sugar put all into a Glass Cucurbita and with a boiling Balneo distill it untill it remain at the Bottom in consistence of a Syrup So in one Operation you injoy both a Syrup and an excellent Cinamon Water both of which for Corroborating a Weak Stomack and expelling Melancholy from a pensive Heart may take possessiâ—n among your Secrets But to make it more perfect in place of Sack you shall use Spir. of Wine In the same manner you shall make Syrup of Nutmegs the which is a little more Speâ—ificall for the Stomack For windiness of the Stomack and Bowels you may
Diet and prescrib you this Opthalmick water and this is for such as prefer their ease before their Eyes who rather than suffer a little smart will sooner be at the charge of some well Tutor'd Mungrell to follow his Dogged Humor â„ž Euphrag Chelidon an. M.ij. Card. Ben. Betonec an. M.j. Rutae P.j. Salviae Fenic an. M.j. Enul camp Rad. Valerian an. â„¥ j. Faenic Sem. Anisi Coriand praep. Siler mont an. â„¥ ss. Bac. Iunip â„¥ j. Ros. alb Flor. Rosmarin Calondul Lavend. Staeched an. P.j. Nuc. Mosch. Zinzib Cardamom Macropip Calam. arom Cinamum an.Ê’j. Infuse all in lb. iiij of the Spir. of Wine animated with the Spirits of Sage for the space of four Days in Balneo from whence accordâ—ng to art you shall extract the Spirits and Tincture from the Faeces by Calcination Solution Filtration and coagulation you shall resuscitate the Soul of those Vegetables with which you are to Animate the Spirits and Phlegma Which Phlegma dissolving therein {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} li with a little crocus metallorum makes an excellent externall Opthalmick water The Spirits are to be inhibited the quantity of a Spoonfull or but half The coagulated Tincture ℈ ss. vel ℈ j. ss. Who will prie far into other mens matters though he smart for it let him use this Externall Opthalmicall Water â„ž Suc Chelidon Euphrag an. lb. ss. Lact. Caprin lb. j. Zinzib Maceris an. â„¥ j. Aloes â„¥ ss. Vitriol alb. â„¥ iij Give all four Dayes Infusion and then distill them in Balneo To this distilled water take little peeces of Tutia heat them red hot in a new Iron spoon and extinguish them in this water with nine Repetitions leaving your Tutia at the last extinction in the water and so reserve it for your use A blind man may see the Vertues of this water a drop thereof being often put into his Eys It cures all Opthalmies Gumms salt Tears Pearles c. In your first Stomaticall Course I told you of a new Hermeticall method in curing Diseases which I have often practiz'd on Infants and extream feeble Patients only by externall remedies without any Internall praesidio Whereby I will undertake and maintain that any Disease either Acute Chronical or Astralis where no Malignity praedominates may be perfectly and with far less expence to Nature eradicated And that all exteriour affects as Ulcers Wounds c. may be brought to an exact sanation without any locall application but meerly by a Magneticall Sympathy This Opinion I know will be better than a Gig to our modern Methodists to provoke Laughter But let them beware in their Laughter they revive not the Example of Zâ—uxis that famous Painter who imitating the Deformity of an Old Tripefac'd Beldam whose arch'd Chin supported the fall of her Nose and the want of teeth gave her Tongue Liberty to drown her mumping Eloquence with dribling Oratory every Eye likewise being so retir'd that their Gravity eclypsed all suspect of Lightness When he had finish'd this Master-peece and wrought it so neer to the Life that Art had almost lost her Interest in it he was so overcome with the extravagancy of his Pensills perfection that bursting into a violent Laughter he let out his soul to animate his Pourtraict Thus perchance the Extravagancy of our Art mixt with perfection may draw some of them to a Violent Laughter But I fear t will be Sardinian Faith if they laugh I must do as Fools do and laugh for Company Yet with a more hearty laughter as was of that of Chrysippus when he saw an Ass forsake sweet Grass and fall to Thistles Apply who will Here Purpose bringing me upon it to make this new Art more Speculative and my Opinion more apparent I will give you an Ocular Instance In all Opthalmies where a Plethora doth indicate evacuation we have an Hermeticall Opthalmick water whereof three drops put into the Eye hath these three Properties First per {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} it causeth a Universall Revulsion of the humor peccant which flows to the part affected Secondly by a repulsion it resists the flux of humors Lastly per {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} it makes an insensible discussion of those humors already compacted and coagulated in the Eye Now they will not only laugh but conclude I am Mad to say that the dropping water in the Eyes can purge per {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} If this seeme so strange to them perchance I may shortly present them with a Monster yet no {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} whose smell only shall excite Intestinâ—ll evacuations To shew that I am not in choller therefore with Methodicall Obstinacy which Jeeres at Truth to blinde their Ignorance â— will drink to them in a Cup of our Hermeticall Claret â„ž Caryoph Nuc. Mosch. Mâ—ceris an. â„¥ j. ss. Zinzib Cardamom an. â„¥ ss. Coriand praep. Anisi Faenicul an. Ê’iij Diptamni Zedoariae rad Angel an. Ê’ij Flor. Rosmarin Bugloss an. P.ij. Tabel arom ros. â„¥ j. Sacchar alb. lb. j. All grosly beaten put them into a glass vessell with lbiiij or five of the best Wine of Candia or good Canary set them the space of two or three dayes in Balneo tepido Then pass it two or three times through a Hippocras Bag Which done mix therewith of the Spirits of Roses essentiated with Musk and Amber then put it up into Vessells for your use One or two spoonfulls taken of this in a morning corroborates all the Animall Vitall and Naturall Faculties Hence it conduceth to all Cephalicall affects as also to all Cardialgiae Lipothimiae Sincopi c. 'T is excellent in all weakness Crudityes and ventosities of the Stomack It corroborates the Liver and Spleen and cures all Cachexies Hypochondriacall Melanchollies and Hystericall Passions It preserves from the Pestilence Worms and all sorts of putrifactions I must not here omit the recreating of your Sences by some externall perfumes accept therefore of these Pomanders â„ž Styrac calam Landan an. Ê’j.ss BenzoesÊ’j Garyoph Macis Lig. Aloes Flor. Lavend. an. ℈ ss. Moschi Ambrae an. g. iiij Gum Tragac. in aq Ros. dissolut q.s. Terebint parum In a hot Mortar make them up into a Pomander according to art If that please not make use of this â„ž LadaniÊ’ij Styrac cal Ê’j.ss Benzoes Thuris Succin alb. Lig. Aloes Ros. rub Lig. Cypres Cinamom Garyophil an. ℈ .ij. Ambrae Moschi an. g.v. With Gum Tragacanth dissolved in Spir. of Roses q.s. make them up into small Trochisks one of which cast upon the Coals fills your Chamber with a gratefull Odour Or this â„ž Thuris Lig. Aloes Styr Cal. an. â„¥ ss. Styr liq Ê’vj Laudan â„¥ j. ss. Ambrae Moschi an. g. vij Carbonum Tiliae vel Salicis â„¥ j. Tragacant â„¥ ss. Your Gum dissolved in Spirit of Roses with a little S. of W. make them up into little Roles like small Candles Or use this Water â„ž Aq. Rosar
lb iij Vin. malvat. lb. ss. Flor. Lavend. Spicae an. â„¥ ij Cort. Citri â„¥ ss. Rad. IreosÊ’ij Cinamom Nuc. Mosch. Styr calam an. Ê’ss After ten Dayes infusion distill them putting in the Nose of your Alembick Musk and Amber an. ℈ j. This water you may mix with common Water for your Hands or face Or put some of it in a perfuming pot the Vapour whereof will recreate your Sences with a delightfull Aer If none of those perfumes please you I must call for my Hermeticall Cabinet where I think to finde a Balsam shall please you all in despite of your Noses â„ž Butyr Gelsom â„¥ ss. Essent flor Citri Essent Cort. Citri Ess. Cinamom Ol. Nuc. Mosch. Essent Rosar an. ℈ ss. Flor. Benzoin ℈ .j. Essent Moschi Essent Ambrae Essent Zibettae an. ℈ ss. These in some small mortar sine calore you shall mix well together and then reserve it in some silver box to your use With this you may rub your Gloves Handkerchief or any thing else about you When the Barber elevates your Mustachoes this wilâ— be of singular use making your Whiskers stand up most sweetly In time of Pestilence it will be very serviceable and where it layes hold it will a long time stick to your Coat Here since I have taken you by the Nose I must hold you a little longer for I have a Secret to reveal to you but it will trouble your Brains and therefore I doubt you will take it in snuff Yet as it concerns the Health both of your Soul and Body I am bound in conscience to reveal it make good use of it therefore for my sake and I le promise you every one shall pray for you Pulvis sternutatorius â„ž Sem. nigel Helleb alb. an. ℈ .j. Majoranae Rosmarin Salviae an. Ê’ss Moschi g. iij Fiat pulvis s.a. These and such like neesing powders are never to be used but fasting for you know fasting and praying go always together This following is safer and better but you will be the less praid for â„ž Pyrethri ℈ ss. Helleb nig Ê’j Nasturt Ê’ss Fiat pulvis Tye it in a peece of fine Cloath and steep it in Rose water and by smelling to it it gently provokes sternutation Here I have another Dish for some body which perchance little dreams of it â„ž Quatuor sem. frig. maj an. â„¥ ij Sem. Papav. alb. lb. ss. Lactucae â„¥ iiij Hyoschyam â„¥ ij Flor. Nymph Violarum Rosar rub Papav. rhead an. p.iiij. Flor. Sambuci SuÌ„mitat Rutae an. P.ij. Macis Nuc. Moschat Benzoini an. Ê’vj All grosly beaten infuse them four dayes in Aqua rosar Lactucae Nenupharis Papav. rheadis an. lb. ij Then strein it with a strong expression to which you shall adde Requies Nich. â„¥ ss. Croci orient Mumiae an. Ê’iij Camphorae Castorei an.Ê’j. Being well mixt distill them according to Art The Dose is â„¥ ij at your wonted hour of rest This spoils all your Watches Silenceth your Clocks and makes you lose more time then you think of The best property it hath is it makes a man forget all wrongs All that is bad in it is this that who ever takes of it he will be no more good for any thing a long time after This is far safer and of better effect than any of the Vulgar Narcoticks and it emulates our Hermeticall Laudanum mitigating all Internal dolours Inflammations Inquietudiâ—i c. Gentlemen I did let your Noses go a little too soon here is a bloudy Action put in against them which may cost some of you your Lives I should be very sorry to see any of my Guest throw away themselves by their own weakness Believe me t is to be pittyed and I would spend part of my best Bloud to save them Whensoever therefore Prodigious drops of Bloud shall fall from the upper Region of the Microcosme knock at our Hermeticall Cabinets Door for there you shall finde a Sympaticall Powder which increaseth both in Quantity and Quality every time you make use of it One Dragm of which is sufficient for an Army 'T is to be preserv'd in some little box in your Pocket and when your Nose bleeds let but a drop or two fall on this Powder then put up the Box presently from the Aer and you shall find your Bloud stop miraculously And thus it Cures all Fluxes of Bloud either of Man or Woman without any other helps And this I have here Inserted to adde a Nerve to the Truth of our former Opinion Here when I call to minde the Malice of Ignorance I could play the Montinbanco and draw Teeth But from whom not from my Guess but from the Jawes of those {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} whose Canine and rabid Envy like that of Timonus the Athenian Man-hater quod nihil ingratius animo concipiat quam erga Homines benevolum ac beneficum Deum se habere eosque prosperè ac feliciter prospiciat degere runs snarling and biting at every Man Nay Nature her self cannot pass them But because she is {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} and favours Man with the use of her Secrets they hourly labour to discredit her and ruin her Reputation with their Malignant Calumnies But she is so well armed with her Panacaeae and Truths Arcani that in vain with Aesops Dog they do but bark at the Moon While I was Student in Padoua upon many particular occasions I have often tasted of that bitter Galenicall Envy against Hermeticall discipline Amongst which this was one Walking one day in the Garden of Simples with one of the Professours of that Academy in Physick and none of the Simplest neither we gathered our Discourse out of our Mothers Aperne where I by chance taking up the Herb Heliotropium whose name discovers his Solar Sympathy it gave me occasion to sublimate the Terrestriety of our Discourse into Celestiall Influences where rising from the bare and Elementary Vertues of Herbs an other Vegetables we flew up at last unto their Occult Qualities where I made sure account to have adorn'd the naked Wings of my Quaesiti with the choisest Feathers of this Old Asclepians Answers I entred him upon the Signatures of Vegetables and Mineralls telling him how many miraculous Cures I had seen from Sympatical Remedies to the great Amazement of the Ignorant and to the greater Elogie of Hermetick whose enucleating Curiosity had thus stole into Natures most secret Mysteries The good Man was so suddenly cholerick to hear me attribute any Truth or belief to Sympaticall Physick that he had no leasure to answer me with Patience but calling me Paracelsian he began very Galenically to rail in Method against our Hermetick Discipline telling me that if I had ever read Galen or Hippocrates I should Impart little Honour to any of our Chymiatri or Impyricall Charletaines who contemning rationall Method apply themselves wholly to Venimous Mineralls Magick Spells and Diabolicall Characters Our Art in that University being prohibited I