the_o glass_n be_v fair_a and_o clear_a cleave_v to_o the_o glass_n then_o turn_v i_o up_o the_o glass_n and_o there_o appear_v a_o thousand_o spark_n like_v very_o crude_a ☿_o bright_a and_o shine_a marvellous_a to_o sight_n which_o i_o pick_v out_o as_o subtle_o as_o i_o can_v and_o among_o they_o i_o find_v one_o that_o be_v black_a on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o bright_a as_o pearl_n on_o the_o other_o side_n and_o another_o like_o the_o colour_n of_o the_o rainbow_n and_o all_o the_o other_o be_v as_o bright_a as_o any_o thing_n may_v be_v so_o that_o i_o think_v they_o have_v be_v crude_a then_o put_v i_o a_o part_n of_o they_o in_o a_o strong_a fire_n and_o they_o never_o blemish_v but_o ever_o continue_v white_a than_o i_o will_v have_v quicken_v they_o with_o more_o quick_a water_n regm_n lullii_fw-la test._n cap._n 56._o aqua_fw-la viva_fw-la est_fw-la argentum_fw-la vivum_fw-la congelatum_fw-la in_o sulphur_n sicutâ—_n menstruale_v quod_fw-la congelatur_fw-la in_o substantiam_fw-la embrionis_n but_o they_o will_v never_o mingle_v neither_o join_v with_o they_o more_o together_o for_o the_o impediment_n be_v that_o these_o spark_n be_v corrupt_v among_o the_o ash_n in_o the_o dry_n and_o fix_v then_o i_o do_v melt_v they_o all_o together_o and_o never_o man_n see_v fair_a silver_n than_o that_o be_v then_o i_o think_v to_o prove_v a_o short_a way_n i_o take_v sol_n and_o our_o omogeneum_n sometime_o 6_o to_o 1_o another_o 1_o to_o 1._o and_o 4_o to_o 1_o and_o 3_o to_o 1._o and_o within_o 40_o day_n and_o less_o i_o have_v make_v calces_fw-la r._n lullius_n ex_fw-la metallorum_fw-la limis_fw-la vel_fw-la oleis_fw-la factis_fw-la de_fw-la corporibus_fw-la imperfectis_fw-la &_o in_o aquam_fw-la cristalinum_fw-la deductis_fw-la per_fw-la artem_fw-la fit_v aquavitae_a menstrum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la resolutivum_fw-la quo_fw-la terrae_fw-la oleorum_fw-la purificantur_fw-la a_o macula_fw-la originali_fw-la aliam_fw-la aquam_fw-la nolite_fw-la quaerere_fw-la quia_fw-la haec_fw-la aqua_fw-la trahit_fw-la animas_fw-la a_o corporibus_fw-la &_o facit_fw-la eas_fw-la visibiliter_fw-la apparere_fw-la si_fw-la scis_fw-la hanc_fw-la aquam_fw-la rectè_fw-la disponere_fw-la habes_fw-la totum_fw-la sed_fw-la difficulter_fw-la fit_a aqua_fw-la ista_fw-la &_o magno_fw-la ingenio_fw-la ex_fw-la luna_fw-la fit_a elixir_n cum_fw-la aqua_fw-la illa_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la sole_fw-la absque_fw-la putrefactione_fw-la non_fw-la sic_fw-la ex_fw-la aliis_fw-la corporibus_fw-la nisi_fw-la post_fw-la pâ—trefactionem_fw-la stude_n ergò_fw-la propter_fw-la istam_fw-la aquam_fw-la habendam_fw-la sine_fw-la qua_fw-la nihil_fw-la fit_a in_fw-la hac_fw-la arte._n chap_n 86._o hoc_fw-la argentum_fw-la vivum_fw-la cum_fw-la corpore_fw-la â—onjunctum_fw-la sunt_fw-la duo_fw-la spermata_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la facimus_fw-la â—asci_fw-la aquam-vivam_a quae_fw-la est_fw-la argentum_fw-la vivum_fw-la â—ostrum_fw-la &_o aquavitae_n quae_fw-la corpora_fw-la mortua_fw-la resuscitat_fw-la argentum_fw-la vivum_fw-la constructum_fw-la &_o congelatum_fw-la that_o omnem_fw-la calorem_fw-la quo_fw-la indigemus_fw-la fiat_fw-la ergo_fw-la oleum_fw-la de_fw-la ipso_fw-la cum_fw-la corrosiva_fw-la &_o abhinâ—_n trabatur_fw-la aqua_fw-la quae_fw-la dissolvit_fw-la omne_fw-la vel_fw-la cum_fw-la ipso_fw-la oleo_fw-la misceatur_fw-la oleum_fw-la fermenti_fw-la album_fw-la vel_fw-la rubrum_fw-la &_o putrefiat_fw-la totum_fw-la per_fw-la â—alneum_fw-la &_o fac_fw-la inde_fw-la elixir_n as_o red_a as_o the_o ruby_n and_o in_o likewise_o white_a calx_fw-la with_o luna_fw-la bright_a shine_a and_o as_o soft_a as_o silk_n which_o calx_fw-la i_o have_v examine_v and_o prove_v oft_o time_n after_o this_o manner_n i_o have_v put_v the_o calce_fw-la of_o luna_fw-la into_o one_o of_o our_o vegetable_a menstrue_n and_o after_o i_o have_v put_v he_o into_o a_o limbeck_n and_o have_v distil_v from_o the_o say_v calce_fw-la the_o say_a menstrue_n and_o the_o say_v calce_fw-la have_v be_v like_o a_o sponge_n spongeous_a and_o full_a of_o strange_a colour_n and_o shine_v white_a marvellous_a to_o see_v then_o have_v i_o take_v this_o substance_n and_o put_v it_o in_o a_o clean_a vessel_n and_o stop_v it_o fast_o and_o so_o have_v i_o sublime_v out_o all_o the_o spirit_n and_o the_o body_n remain_v beneath_o as_o soft_a as_o oil_n and_o impalpable_a that_o no_o man_n can_v express_v the_o subtilness_n thereof_o upon_o the_o which_o calce_fw-la i_o give_v my_o whole_a confidence_n for_o what_o learned_a man_n soever_o have_v see_v this_o calce_fw-la will_v very_o have_v know_v that_o it_o have_v be_v the_o very_a true_a and_o right_o calce_fw-la after_o the_o teach_n of_o wise_a philosopher_n for_o this_o body_n be_v open_a and_o subtilizate_a and_o his_o radical_a humidity_n save_v by_o his_o menstruum_fw-la faten_v and_o this_o calce_fw-la be_v apt_a to_o receive_v liquefaction_n and_o all_o other_o operation_n to_o it_o natural_o conserve_n now_o i_o perceive_v very_o and_o without_o doubt_n how_o they_o declare_v one_o thing_n which_o be_v true_a first_o of_o the_o put_n to_o of_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o water_n together_o in_o the_o philosopher_n egg_n which_o be_v liken_v to_o the_o masculine_a and_o the_o feminine_a the_o which_o shall_v bring_v and_o gender_v betwixt_o they_o the_o child_n of_o the_o fire_n which_o after_o shall_v never_o dread_v the_o fire_n for_o himself_o be_v the_o very_a fire_n natural_a and_o retrograde_a to_o water_n and_o earth_n again_o and_o after_o so_o nourish_v in_o the_o fire_n till_o he_o be_v perfect_a white_a call_v by_o his_o name_n magnesia_n magnesia_n est_fw-la aqua_fw-la composita_fw-la &_o congelata_fw-la quae_fw-la repugnat_fw-la igni_fw-la &_o postea_fw-la nunquam_fw-la dubitat_fw-la illum_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la eoque_fw-la ipsamet_fw-la est_fw-la ignis_fw-la &_o de_fw-la natura_fw-la ignis_fw-la fit_a &_o in_o igne_fw-la crevit_fw-la &_o suum_fw-la intinctum_fw-la fuit_fw-la ignis_fw-la reymund_n t._n t._n cap._n 63._o jo._n dastin_n magnesia_n sanè_fw-la est_fw-la aqua_fw-la composita_fw-la igni_fw-la repugnans_fw-la congelata_fw-la corpus_fw-la totum_fw-la redigens_fw-la in_o cinerem_fw-la note_v how_o here_o in_o this_o wonderful_a preparation_n be_v hide_v all_o that_o ever_o the_o wiseman_n hadâ—_n in_o the_o which_o be_v the_o menstruum_fw-la faeten_v or_o ignis_fw-la contra_fw-la naturam_fw-la it_o be_v the_o wonderful_a marvellous_a and_o secret_a life_n of_o the_o stone_n as_o by_o any_o practice_n i_o have_v see_v and_o approve_v for_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o first_o corruption_n it_o smelâ—eth_v like_o foul_a brass_n and_o after_o that_o he_o change_v from_o favour_n to_o favour_n and_o in_o colour_n â—range_a and_o at_o the_o last_o he_o be_v fragrant_a and_o sweet_a smell_v this_o i_o have_v true_o prove_v by_o the_o very_a expeâ—ience_n in_o make_v of_o my_o aforesaid_a calce_fw-la notwithstanding_o the_o preparation_n the_o 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its_o equal_a 6._o a._n if_o you_o know_v the_o one_o you_o may_v without_o difficulty_n know_v the_o other_o seek_v therefore_o for_o the_o god_n have_v make_v art_n the_o reward_n of_o industry_n 7._o q._n what_o be_v the_o next_o matter_n of_o the_o alkahest_n 8._o a._n i_o have_v tell_v you_o that_o it_o be_v a_o salt_n the_o fire_n surround_v the_o salt_n and_o the_o water_n swallow_v up_o the_o fire_n yet_o overcome_v it_o not_o so_o be_v make_v the_o philosopher_n fire_n of_o which_o they_o speak_v the_o vulgar_a bourn_n with_o fire_n we_o with_o water_n 9_o q._n which_o be_v the_o most_o noble_a salâ—_n 10._o a._n if_o you_o desire_v to_o learn_v this_o descend_v into_o yourself_o for_o you_o carry_v it_o about_o with_o you_o as_o well_o the_o salt_n as_o its_o vulcan_n if_o you_o be_v able_a to_o discern_v it_o 11._o q._n which_o be_v it_o tell_v i_o i_o pray_v you_o 12._o a._n man_n blood_n out_o of_o the_o body_n oâ—_n man_n urine_n for_o the_o urine_n be_v a_o excrement_n 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ab_fw-la eirenaeo_n philaletha_n amico_fw-la svo_fw-la filio_fw-la artis_fw-la jam_fw-la philosopho_fw-la per_fw-la interrogationes_fw-la ac_fw-la responsiones_fw-la communicatum_fw-la londini_fw-la sumptibus_fw-la gulielmi_n cooper_n ad_fw-la insigne_fw-la pelicani_n in_o vico_fw-la vulgò_fw-la dicto_fw-la little_a britain_n 1683._o arcanum_n liquoris_fw-la alkahest_n quaest._n 1._o quid_fw-la est_fw-la alkahest_n resp._n 2._o est_fw-fr universal_a menstruum_fw-la catholicum_fw-la vunius_fw-la verbi_fw-la ignis-aqua_a ens_fw-la â—implex_fw-la immortal_a penetrans_fw-la cuncta_fw-la resolvens_fw-la in_o primam_fw-la nempe_fw-la liquidam_fw-la svam_fw-la maâ—eriam_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la virtuti_fw-la nil_fw-la resistere_fw-la valeat_fw-la agitque_fw-la absque_fw-la reactione_fw-la patientis_fw-la nec_fw-la ab_fw-la ulâ—a_fw-la re_fw-la patitur_fw-la nisi_fw-la a_o solo_fw-la svo_fw-la compari_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la â—ub_fw-la jugum_n trahitur_fw-la alius_fw-la autem_fw-la res_fw-la quasvis_fw-la postquam_fw-la dissolvit_fw-la integer_fw-la in_o sua_fw-la pristina_fw-la natura_fw-la manet_fw-la tanâ—úmque_fw-la â—valet_fw-la millesima_fw-la actione_n tanquam_fw-la prima_fw-la 3._o q._n cujusnam_fw-la est_fw-la substantiae_fw-la 4._o r._n sal_fw-la circulatus_n est_fw-la nobilis_fw-la mira_fw-la arte_fw-la praeparatus_fw-la usquedum_fw-la voto_fw-la respondeat_fw-la sagacis_fw-la artificis_fw-la neutiquam_fw-la tamen_fw-la sal_fw-la corporalis_fw-la est_fw-la nuda_fw-la recollatione_fw-la liquidus_fw-la at_o salinus_fw-la spiritus_fw-la qui_fw-la calore_fw-la non_fw-la coagulatur_fw-la evaporatione_fw-la humidi_fw-la sed_fw-la uniformis_fw-la est_fw-la substantiae_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la levi_fw-la calore_fw-la volatilis_fw-la nec_fw-la quicquam_fw-la post_fw-la se_fw-la relinquens_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la acidus_fw-la est_fw-la spiritus_fw-la aut_fw-la alkalizatus_fw-la sed_fw-la salsus_fw-la 5._o q._n compar_fw-la ejus_fw-la quis_fw-la est_fw-la 6._o r._n si_fw-mi par_fw-fr novisti_fw-la compar_fw-la haud_fw-la difficulter_fw-la noveris_fw-la quaere_fw-la nam_fw-la vendidêre_fw-la dii_fw-la sudoribus_fw-la artes._n 7._o q._n exit_fw-la qua_fw-la materia_fw-la proximè_fw-la fit_a alkahest_n 8._o r._n salem_n esse_fw-la dixi_fw-la salem_n circumdedit_fw-la ignis_fw-la ignem_fw-la absorpsit_fw-la aqua_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la ei_fw-la praevalet_fw-la sic_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la ignis_fw-la philosophicus_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la dicitur_fw-la vulgus_fw-la cremat_fw-la per_fw-la ignem_fw-la nos_fw-la per_fw-la aquam_fw-la 9_o q._n sal_fw-la maximè_fw-la nobilis_fw-la quinam_fw-la 10._o r._n hoc_fw-la si_fw-la cupis_fw-la discere_fw-la descend_v in_o teipsum_fw-la nam_fw-la tecum_fw-la circumgeritur_fw-la tam_fw-la sal_fw-la quam_fw-la ejus_fw-la vulcanus_fw-la si_fw-la valeas_fw-la discernere_fw-la 11._o q._n quis_fw-la est_fw-la dic_fw-la sodes_fw-la 12._o r._n sanguis_fw-la humanus_fw-la extra_fw-la corpus_fw-la â—â—ve_v lotium_n 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per_fw-la fermenti_fw-la urinacei_fw-la odorem_fw-la permeâ—t_fw-la intimè_fw-la immutata_fw-la salsedine_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la salsum_fw-la sanguineum_fw-la sit_fw-la salsum_fw-la urinaceum_n sic_fw-la quod_fw-la praeter_fw-la salem_fw-la in_o vrina_n quicquid_fw-la contineâ—ur_fw-la phlegma_n est_fw-la inutile_fw-la 23._o q._n quomodo_fw-la patet_fw-la in_o lotio_fw-la phlegma_n copiosum_fw-la contineri_fw-la 24._o r._n hinc_fw-la puta_fw-la primò_fw-la quidem_fw-la ex_fw-la gustu_fw-la deinde_fw-la ex_fw-la pondere_fw-la tertiò_fw-la ex_fw-la virtute_fw-la 25._o q._n esto_fw-la tibi_fw-la mercurius_n 26._o r._n sal_fw-la urinae_fw-la totum_fw-la essentiale_fw-la proprium_fw-la lotio_fw-la continet_fw-la cujus_fw-la odor_n est_fw-la peracutus_fw-la gustus_fw-la pro_fw-la tractationis_fw-la varietate_fw-la varius_fw-la ut_fw-la videlicet_fw-la nonnunquam_fw-la quandoque_fw-la salsus_fw-la salsedine_fw-la urinacea_n 27._o q._n quid_fw-la de_fw-la pondere_fw-la observasti_fw-la 28._o r._n hoc_fw-la nimirum_fw-la quòd_fw-la urinae_fw-la tres_fw-la duplo_fw-la plus_fw-la unciae_fw-la ab_fw-la homine_fw-la sano_fw-la collectae_fw-la mediocriter_fw-la aquae_fw-la fontanae_fw-la circiter_fw-la grana_n 80_o praeponderare_fw-la unde_fw-la destillatum_fw-la esse_fw-la liquorem_fw-la eque_fw-la ponderantem_fw-la praedictae_fw-la aquae_fw-la vidi_fw-la unâ—e_fw-la constat_fw-la relictum_fw-la fere_n fuisse_fw-la salem_fw-la 29._o q._n quid_fw-la de_fw-la virtute_fw-la observasti_fw-la 30._o r._n congelatio_fw-la urinae_fw-la a_o frigore_fw-la indicio_fw-la possit_fw-la esse_fw-la quòd_fw-la phlegma_n insit_fw-la non_fw-la etenim_fw-la saâ—i_fw-la urinae_fw-la pauco_fw-la liquore_fw-la etiam_fw-la aqueo_fw-la madefacto_fw-la competit_fw-la congelatio_fw-la gelida_fw-la 31._o q._n at_o hujusmodi_fw-la phlegma_n ut_fw-la ut_fw-la exquisitissimè_fw-la destillatione_fw-la separetur_fw-la sapit_fw-la urinam_fw-la idque_fw-la tam_fw-la naribus_fw-la quam_fw-la lingua_fw-la judicatum_fw-la 32._o r._n fateor_fw-la quidem_fw-la gustu_fw-la tamen_fw-la paâ—ùm_fw-la deprehenditur_fw-la neutro_fw-la quoque_fw-la modo_fw-la plus_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o aqua_fw-la pura_fw-la a_o sale_n lotii_fw-la cohobata_fw-la perciperetur_fw-la 33._o q._n quid_fw-la docet_fw-la pyrotechnia_fw-la circa_fw-la urinam_fw-la 34._o r._n hoc_fw-la viz._n salem_n urinae_fw-la volatilem_fw-la reddere_fw-la 35._o q._n quid_fw-la tum_fw-la relinquitur_fw-la 36._o r._n faex_fw-la terrea_fw-la nigrican_n faetulenta_fw-la 37._o q._n spiritus_fw-la a_o totus_fw-la uniformis_fw-la 38._o r._n sic_fw-la quoad_fw-la visum_fw-la &_o odorem_fw-la pariter_fw-la &_o gustum_fw-la &_o tum_fw-la diversificatum_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la qualitatibus_fw-la planè_fw-la contrariis_fw-la 39_o q._n quibus_fw-la 40._o r._n ab_fw-la una_fw-la coagulatur_fw-la virtute_fw-la propria_fw-la â—nhabitante_n ab_fw-la altera_fw-la dissolvitur_fw-la puta_fw-la dueâ—ech_n 41._o q._n quid_fw-la praeterea_fw-la 42._o r._n in_o coagulatione_fw-la lotii_fw-la svi_fw-la spiritus_fw-la vini_fw-la deprehenditur_fw-la 43._o q._n estne_v talis_fw-la spiritus_fw-la in_o lotio_fw-la 44._o r._n est_fw-la sanè_fw-la reverà _fw-la inhabitans_fw-la quamvis_fw-la urinam_fw-la etiam_fw-la hominis_fw-la sanissimi_fw-la qui_fw-la arte_fw-la praeparari_fw-la valet_fw-la 45._o q._n cujusnam_fw-la est_fw-la hic_fw-la spiritus_fw-la efficaciae_fw-la 46._o r._n dolendae_fw-la sanè_fw-la &_o humano_fw-la generi_fw-la commiserandae_fw-la 47._o q._n quare_fw-la 48._o r._n hinc_fw-la duelech_n hostess_fw-la atrocissimus_fw-la suum_fw-la habet_fw-la ortum_fw-la 49._o q._n dabisne_n exemplum_fw-la huius_fw-la rei_fw-la 50._o r._n dabo_fw-la sumatur_fw-la lotium_n in_o eoque_fw-la dissolvetur_fw-la idonea_fw-la salispetrae_a quantitas_fw-la stet_fw-la per_fw-la mensem_fw-la postea_fw-la destilletur_fw-la &_o exibit_fw-la primò_fw-la spiritus_fw-la arden_n supra_fw-la linguam_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la esset_fw-la carbo_fw-la 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of_o salt_n alum_n and_o the_o like_a and_o paracelsus_n in_o his_o four_o book_n archidox_n of_o the_o quintessence_n a_o little_a after_o the_o beginning_n say_v thus_o it_o be_v difficult_a and_o scarce_o credible_a to_o extract_v a_o quintessence_n without_o a_o corrosive_n out_o of_o metal_n but_o especial_o out_o of_o gold_n which_o can_v be_v overcome_v but_o by_o a_o corrosive_n by_o which_o the_o quincessence_n and_o body_n be_v one_o separate_v from_o â—he_n other_o which_o corrosive_n may_v again_o be_v take_v from_o it_o and_o chap._n 3._o of_o long_a life_n tom._n 6._o book_n 3._o he_o thus_o speak_v resolve_v gold_n together_o with_o all_o the_o substance_n of_o gold_n by_o a_o corrosive_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o so_o long_o till_o it_o be_v make_v the_o same_o with_o the_o corrosive_n nor_o be_v you_o dismay_v because_o â—f_v this_o way_n of_o operation_n for_o a_o corrosive_n be_v commodious_a for_o gold_n if_o it_o be_v gold_n and_o without_o a_o corrosive_n it_o 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