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JOHANNES
SEGERVS
WEIDENFELD
Gent.
JOHANNES
SEGERVS
WEIDENFELD
JOHANNES
SEGERVS
WEIDENFELD
JOHANNES
SEGERVS
WEIDENFELD
Spirit
of
Wine
Animals
,
Vegetables
2. Oper. Miner . Cap. 3. Pag. 420. Vol. 3. Theatr. Chym.
I discours'd you plainly , using no Allegories ; should I tell you of Selbach , Kalcabria , Manessi , and of a red Matter , or of the Sky-coloured Muerach , Illabar , and Calfaria , or the like , you would not easily apprehend me ; but I have opened you the way , and removed every Obstacle , that you may not err .
Will
.
Bonny
Tho.
Howkins
Adepts
;
Paracelsus
Philosophical
Chymy
Essences
,
Magisteries
,
Astrums
,
Arcanums
,
less
Medicines
Lully
,
Basilius
Paracelsian
Menstruums
Philosophical
,
Medicinal
,
Alchymical
Chymical
Spirits
Natural
Philosophy
Vulgar
Chymistry
For
who
of
you
intending
to
build
a
Tower
,
will
not
first
sit
down
,
and
compute
the
Charge
,
whether
he
has
wherewith
to
finish
it
,
lest
having
laid
the
Foundation
,
and
not
being
able
to
perfect
it
,
all
that
beheld
it
,
should
begin
to
deride
him
,
saying
,
That
man
began
to
build
,
and
could
not
finish
the
Building
,
Most
miserable
and
unhappy
is
he
,
whom
,
after
the
end
of
his
work
,
God
denies
to
see
the
Truth
,
for
he
ends
his
Life
in
Error
;
who
being
constituted
in
perpetual
labour
,
and
surrounded
with
all
manner
of
Misfortune
and
Infelicity
,
loseth
all
the
Comfort
and
Joy
of
this
World
,
and
spends
his
Life
in
Sorrow
,
without
any
benefit
or
reward
,
very
Truth
indefatigable
Students
absolute
necessity
several
Vses
Doves
,
Forest
,
Fountain
,
Milk
,
Aqua
vitoe
,
Touch
me
not
Inscius Actaeon vidit sine veste Dianam , Praeda suis canibus non minus ille fuit . Actaeon , hunting in the Woods alone , When he the naked Goddess saw unknown , He ( for who could her Fury stay ? ) Was to her Fury and his Dogs a Prey .
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Is
not
this
our
Art
Artesius
,
cabalistical
,
and
full
of
Mysteries
?
And
you
Fool
believe
we
teach
the
Secrets
of
Secrets
openly
,
and
understand
our
Words
according
to
the
Letter
;
be
assured
(
I
am
not
envious
as
others
)
he
that
takes
the
Philosophers
Sayings
according
to
the
common
sence
and
signification
,
has
already
lost
the
Clew
of
and
wanders
up
and
down
the
Labyrinth
,
and
it
would
be
of
the
same
benefit
to
him
,
as
if
he
had
thrown
his
Money
into
the
Sea
.
I
would
have
the
candid
Reader
know
,
that
my
Writings
admit
not
so
much
a
verbal
construction
,
but
such
rather
as
Nature
requireth
,
lest
afterwards
he
should
have
Cause
to
bewail
the
expence
of
time
,
pains
and
cost
in
vain
,
Speculum
,
An
intention
according
to
the
Letter
nothing
avails
,
and
to
operate
according
to
the
intention
of
the
Letters
,
is
the
dissipation
of
Riches
.
For
,
Geber
,
Where
we
spoke
most
openly
we
conceal'd
the
Art
,
speaking
to
an
Artist
not
Aenigmatically
,
but
in
a
plain
series
of
Discourse
.
Roger
Bacon
When
I
swear
I
say
true
,
believe
it
a
lie
,
that
is
,
as
to
the
Letter
,
and
therefore
when
I
tell
you
of
lib
de
Arte
Chymica
All
that
I
say
is
false
,
therefore
nothing
I
say
is
true
;
wherefore
I
pray
,
believe
me
not
;
but
when
I
say
true
,
take
it
to
be
false
;
and
if
this
,
the
contrary
:
So
that
which
is
false
will
be
turned
into
true
,
and
that
which
is
true
,
into
false
:
I
tell
you
these
things
,
that
you
may
beware
of
things
that
are
to
be
avoided
,
and
believe
things
credible
,
in
writing
properly
,
I
write
not
,
And
though
I
say
,
Take
this
and
this
,
believe
me
not
,
operate
according
to
the
Blood
,
that
is
,
the
Vnderstanding
,
and
so
of
all
;
leave
off
Experiments
;
apprehend
my
meaning
,
and
you
will
find
,
believe
me
being
already
a
lighted
Candle
,
Philosophical
Wine
Nature
,
Matter
Philosophical
Wine
Dionysius
Zacharias
,
Pag.
Th.
Chym.
Before
I
left
the
Colledge
of
Arts
,
I
entred
into
familiarity
and
friendship
with
many
other
Scholars
;
they
had
divers
Books
of
Chymical
Receipts
,
which
being
lent
me
,
I
transcribed
with
very
great
diligence
,
my
private
Master
,
who
had
also
a
long
time
before
began
to
labour
in
this
Art
,
consenting
;
so
that
before
I
went
away
,
I
had
gathered
a
very
large
Book
of
such
Receipts
,
I
went
presently
with
my
Master
to
the
Place
where
I
was
to
study
Law
,
began
to
turn
over
my
Writings
;
whereof
some
contained
Projections
of
One
upon
Ten
,
others
upon
Twenty
,
Thirty
;
a
Third
,
a
half
part
;
for
the
Red
of
eighteen
Carrachs
,
twenty
,
into
Gold
of
Crowns
,
Ducats
,
and
of
the
highest
colour
that
could
be
;
One
was
to
endure
Melting
,
another
the
Touch-stone
,
another
all
Tryals
:
Of
the
White
likewise
,
one
was
to
be
of
Ten
penny
,
another
of
Eleven
,
another
Sterling
Silver
,
coming
white
out
of
the
Fire
,
another
white
from
the
Touch
:
In
short
,
I
thought
if
I
were
able
to
perform
the
least
of
those
things
greater
felicity
could
not
happen
to
me
in
this
world
.
Especially
when
I
read
the
Inscriptions
of
great
Persons
before
such
Receipts
;
one
of
the
Queen
of
another
of
the
Cardinal
of
and
infinite
others
,
that
by
such
Disguises
and
Titles
,
Credit
might
be
given
by
unwary
men
.
If
I
had
had
at
first
,
all
the
Books
,
which
I
afterwards
procured
,
doubtless
I
should
have
sooner
attained
to
the
Art
,
but
I
read
nothing
but
false
Receipts
,
and
erroneous
Books
;
besides
I
happened
to
confer
with
none
but
the
most
perverse
Thieves
,
wicked
Men
,
and
Impostors
.
To
withdraw
the
true
Speculators
of
this
Art
from
common
Errors
into
the
right
Way
,
that
they
may
not
waste
their
Wealth
,
and
lose
their
Labours
,
Name
and
Reputation
,
insisting
upon
the
false
Receipts
of
Books
,
as
those
of
and
other
Seducers
will
first
declare
my
own
Errors
,
Infinite
is
the
number
of
them
,
whom
to
write
is
needless
;
and
there
is
great
plenty
of
Books
written
upon
this
Subject
under
Metaphorical
Words
and
Figures
,
so
as
not
to
be
easily
understood
by
any
but
the
Sons
of
Art
;
the
reading
of
which
,
leads
men
out
of
the
right
way
,
rather
than
directs
to
the
Work
;
in
the
number
of
which
,
are
For
knowing
this
Flammel
,
in
his
Hieroglyphicks
perfected
the
Magistery
easily
;
for
having
learnt
the
Preparation
of
the
first
Agent
,
following
my
Book
according
to
the
Letter
,
could
not
err
if
Then
following
my
Book
from
word
to
word
,
I
made
Projection
.
Wine
,
Lunary
,
Vegetable
Mercury
,
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
Vegetable
Sal
Harmoniack
,
Philosophical
Vinegar
,
So
be
it
Tho.
Howkins
TO
exempt
from
being
exposed
Naked
to
the
Petulant
Lust
of
Vnsatiable
Men
,
as
also
to
the
Scorns
and
Contempt
of
the
Ignorant
,
as
a
Common
Prostitute
;
the
have
taken
care
not
only
to
cloath
,
but
cover
her
almost
with
several
sorts
of
Garments
:
To
this
kind
of
Apparel
,
Antiquity
has
been
pleased
,
yet
not
properly
enough
,
to
refer
an
of
the
Procreation
of
Man
,
deduced
from
the
Analogy
of
Seed
anciently
received
,
however
ill
applied
to
the
First
,
They
reckon
If
therefore
no
Coition
,
no
Conception
;
without
Conception
,
no
Impregnation
;
without
which
no
Birth
can
be
premised
.
Which
Disposition
the
Ancient
himself
confesseth
to
have
been
derived
to
him
from
Antiquity
.
whom
they
call
Father
of
the
in
his
hath
described
to
us
the
Father
,
Mother
,
and
Nurse
of
the
No
wonder
therefore
,
that
such
an
Ancient
and
Easie
Doctrine
as
this
,
should
have
found
so
easie
an
access
to
Posterity
:
it
would
be
besides
the
Intention
and
Scope
to
offer
those
things
,
which
might
be
inferred
by
us
against
this
Analogy
of
Seed
:
Here
let
it
suffice
to
remember
only
,
that
the
greater
part
,
as
also
the
more
ancient
comparing
the
Chymical
Magistery
to
the
Generation
of
Man
,
did
under
the
Notion
of
this
call
their
Dissolvents
but
the
Things
which
were
to
be
Dissolved
,
(
of
Minerals
and
Metals
(
Dissolvent
(
Metals
Sulphur
of
Nature
Philosophers
Mercury
Philosophers
Stone
(
Philosophers
Stone
Lib.
de
Essentia
(
Colour
(
Colour
Lib.
Essent
Part
Lib.
de
Essent
and
other
later
the
Disciples
of
had
this
Analogy
of
Seed
from
him
,
being
doubtless
the
most
Learned
of
the
Chymical
Philosophers
.
speaks
in
his
Third
Book
de
Quintessentia
,
in
the
Chapter
beginning
,
Coelum
&
Mercurius
noster
the
first
Distinction
in
the
Chapter
,
which
beginneth
,
Proeterea
est
principium
movendi
,
scilicet
,
corpus
sive
forma
:
And
a
little
after
,
speakidg
of
the
aforesaid
living
Heaven
,
he
saith
,
(
his
living
Heaven
,
or
Dissolvent
)
(
Gold
and
Silver
in
Capite
de
figura
Quintoe
Essentioe
:
(
Lully
The
same
Author
in
the
Continuation
of
his
Doctrine
,
saith
,
(
Gold
and
Silver
The
same
thing
at
the
end
of
the
said
Chapter
he
speaks
afresh
:
Parisinus
in
Lib.
Elucidarii
,
pag.
Th.
Chym.
having
the
same
Master
as
expounds
this
Doctrine
more
briefly
,
thus
Ripl
.
Lib.
de
Merc.
Phil.
saith
Espanietus
Arcan
.
Herm.
Sol
Arcan
.
Herm.
Phil.
Conjugio junget stabili , propriamque dicabit .
Sol
,
Sect.
Arcan
.
Herm.
Phil.
saith
Sendivogius
In
the
Dialogue
of
Mercury
Now
here
we
in
this
Book
intend
to
treat
of
this
Feminine
Seed
,
or
dissolving
Waters
of
the
Great
indeed
,
yea
vast
is
the
Treasure
of
our
Chymy
;
but
altogether
inaccessible
by
those
that
have
not
the
Keys
thereof
;
without
which
the
themselves
could
neither
dissolve
nor
coagulate
Bodies
.
is
the
Advice
of
Dionysius
Zacharias
,
pag.
Th.
Chym.
suoe
Epistoloe
saith
Parisinus
in
Eluc
.
pag.
Th.
Chym.
For
without
these
Menstruums
things
heterogeneous
can
never
be
perfectly
mixed
.
Coral
,
though
never
so
finely
pulverized
,
cannot
be
mixed
with
the
purest
Powder
of
Pearls
:
Yea
Gold
mixeth
not
with
Silver
(
much
less
with
Bodies
less
perfect
)
though
both
be
melted
together
;
the
Particles
of
each
do
indeed
touch
one
another
in
their
extream
parts
,
being
in
a
mass
or
heap
consisting
of
things
heterogeneous
,
yet
they
are
and
do
remain
all
distinct
,
unblemished
and
unaltered
in
their
Figures
and
Properties
,
no
otherwise
than
as
a
heap
composed
of
Barley
and
Oats
:
But
in
the
more
secret
Chymy
there
is
no
Body
,
no
heterogeneity
,
but
what
hath
its
own
peculiar
Menstruum
,
and
with
which
as
being
homogeneous
to
it
,
it
runs
into
one
Concrete
,
rejoycing
in
the
inseparable
Properties
of
either
.
So
long
therefore
as
you
intend
to
joyn
Metals
with
Metals
,
dry
things
with
dry
,
without
the
Menstruums
of
so
long
(
to
use
the
Phrase
of
do
you
presume
to
joyn
males
together
,
which
is
a
thing
wicked
and
contrary
to
Nature
.
Hearken
therefore
to
Th.
Chym.
Perswading
you
Metals
are
not
only
the
matter
,
but
are
also
call'd
by
the
form
of
the
Stone
;
yet
without
these
Menstruums
they
signifie
nothing
.
saith
he
(
Metals
(
Menstruum
or
Dissolvent
,
Lib.
Ess
(
Menstruum
(
Menstruum
(
Dissolvent
Ibid.
In
the
Book
de
Medicinis
secretis
,
pag.
he
goes
on
saith
he
But
you
know
,
what
mean
the
Menstruums
of
you
know
,
I
say
,
they
are
the
highest
secrets
of
the
more
secret
Chymy
,
much
more
secret
than
the
Menstruums
of
Women
;
that
the
same
also
were
never
acquired
but
by
the
extream
Pains
and
ingenuity
of
an
most
cautiously
described
,
and
recommended
to
us
principally
as
the
Keys
of
the
Art
:
You
easily
believe
Mag.
Nat.
pag.
Christopher
Parisinus
Elucid
.
pag.
Th.
Chym.
Wherefore
I
think
it
enough
to
declare
to
you
in
short
,
that
these
which
hitherto
you
have
with
so
much
study
,
to
little
purpose
sought
in
the
Theoretical
Books
of
are
now
offered
to
you
,
being
found
by
me
,
in
Practical
Books
,
no
longer
shrowded
with
Obscurity
,
but
disrobed
,
and
exposed
naked
to
the
sight
and
understanding
of
all
men
:
But
you
have
no
cause
to
fear
the
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
which
you
perceive
in
any
it
being
familiar
and
most
gentle
,
because
Philosophical
.
Nor
have
you
need
of
many
Conjurations
,
to
make
it
appear
to
you
;
for
in
all
Pages
of
the
Theoretical
Books
of
it
offers
it self
willingly
and
expects
you
,
provided
you
pray
to
God
,
that
he
would
graciously
vouchsafe
to
open
your
Eyes
;
for
without
his
permission
or
special
appointment
,
it
dares
not
manifest
it self
to
you
.
By
the
of
the
understand
not
therefore
yours
,
though
they
be
most
secret
to
you
,
because
I
fear
they
are
yet
but
vulgar
,
which
dissolving
a
dry
Body
,
are
transmuted
with
it
into
a
Salt
or
Vitriol
,
not
with
a
true
,
but
seeming
coalition
and
mixture
,
which
a
searching
Fire
easily
discovereth
,
presently
separating
these
same
heterogeneous
substances
again
:
On
the
contrary
,
the
unctious
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
does
by
its
Vnctuosity
mollifie
a
dry
Body
,
and
transmute
it
not
into
a
Salt
or
Vitriol
,
but
into
an
Oyl
:
It
easily
joyns
things
heterogeneous
by
its
own
equal
temperament
,
and
is
by
its
homogeneity
easily
joyned
with
things
homogeneous
to
it
,
by
which
also
it
is
augmented
,
according
to
that
of
of
his
Epistles
L.
de
Alchym
.
pag.
Th.
Chym.
This
Spirit
of
Phylosophical
Wine
may
be
united
to
all
things
,
and
is
able
to
unite
all
things
inseparably
.
in
Eluc
.
p.
Th.
Chym.
Of
which
if
I
mistake
not
,
thus
expresseth
:
You
will
sooner
joyn
the
Sun
and
Moon
in
the
Heavens
,
than
Gold
and
Silver
in
the
Earth
without
our
But
you
that
have
hitherto
desired
one
only
universal
,
immortal
,
indestructible
I
mean
,
the
Liquor
that
undeclinable
word
,
instead
of
one
,
whereof
you
never
yet
knew
the
Name
,
Matter
,
Preparation
and
Vse
,
behold
!
I
offer
a
great
many
kinds
of
universal
in
their
Descriptions
more
clear
,
in
Virtues
equivalent
,
if
not
better
than
this
your
What
others
have
either
obscurely
,
or
impertinently
said
and
written
of
this
Liquor
we
little
regard
,
as
Opinions
and
Conjectures
.
By
the
of
the
we
intend
not
all
manner
of
Dissolvents
,
prepared
without
the
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
,
and
only
corroding
,
but
not
in
the
least
altering
the
more
minute
Particles
of
Bodies
:
Nor
do
we
understand
an
immortal
Liquor
,
not
permanent
with
things
dissolved
in
it
:
But
by
we
mean
a
volatile
Liquor
made
several
ways
of
the
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
and
divers
things
,
not
only
separating
Bodies
,
but
also
continuing
with
them
,
and
altering
them
with
the
addition
of
it self
,
so
as
to
be
no
more
two
,
nor
again
,
what
they
were
before
.
For
out
of
this
Dissolution
(
the
solemn
Wedlock
,
inseparable
Vnion
and
Combination
of
Body
and
Menstruum
)
emergeth
a
new
Being
,
containing
the
unblemished
Properties
of
the
thing
dissolved
,
and
the
thing
dissolving
,
not
at
all
separable
by
Art
or
Nature
.
I
have
distinguished
into
Vegetable
and
Minerals
,
not
as
if
the
Vegetables
were
made
of
Vegetables
only
,
and
the
Mineral
of
Minerals
,
but
every
that
hath
not
manifest
acidity
,
acting
without
ebullition
and
motion
,
is
called
Vegetable
,
though
it
be
made
of
meer
Animals
or
Minerals
by
the
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
.
On
the
contrary
,
a
becomes
Mineral
,
so
soon
as
manifest
acidity
is
mixed
either
with
the
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
,
or
a
Vegetable
Menstruum
;
for
by
adding
the
acidity
,
it
now
dissolves
Bodies
with
violence
and
effervescence
.
I
have
subdivided
both
kinds
into
Simple
and
Compound
,
but
not
as
if
the
Simple
consisted
of
fewer
Ingredients
,
but
because
they
are
of
more
simple
or
less
virtue
.
Simple
Menstruums
tinge
Bodies
dissolved
in
them
less
,
but
the
Compounded
more
.
Aqua
ardens
Aqua
ardens
Vegetable
Mercury
Aqua
ardens
(
Metals
THE
twenty
four
following
Kinds
of
will
prove
,
that
amongst
the
of
the
no
one
is
made
without
the
or
Spirit
of
for
it
is
the
foundation
,
beginning
and
end
of
them
all
:
Yea
it
is
according
to
the
various
and
distinct
degrees
of
its
strength
,
sometimes
the
least
,
sometimes
the
greatest
of
all
the
It
is
the
least
and
weakest
,
when
it
doth
by
its
simple
Vnctuosity
dissolve
only
the
unctuous
or
oyly
parts
of
Vegetables
,
but
either
reject
or
leave
untouched
the
Remainder
being
less
oyly
and
heterogeneous
to
it self
:
it
becomes
the
strongest
when
we
temper
its
Vnctuosity
with
Arids
,
(
that
is
,
dry
things
,
not
Oyly
)
for
so
it
is
made
homogeneous
to
things
dry-oyly
,
and
to
things
meerly
dry
.
In
respect
of
which
Homogeneity
,
the
Menstruums
of
the
differ
from
the
common
,
because
they
do
by
reason
of
the
said
Homogeneity
,
remain
with
the
things
dissolved
inseparably
;
yea
,
are
augmented
by
them
,
but
not
with
the
least
saturation
,
transmuted
and
melted
into
a
third
substance
,
and
so
cannot
part
without
the
diminution
or
destruction
of
their
former
Virtues
.
The
permanent
Homogeneity
of
Menstruums
with
things
to
be
dissolved
,
is
the
reason
why
Essences
are
made
with
simple
Vegetable
Menstruums
,
but
Magisteries
with
the
same
compounded
,
and
so
these
operate
more
strongly
,
those
more
weakly
.
This
is
it
,
to
comprehend
all
in
a
word
,
which
shews
us
the
various
kinds
of
Menstruums
distinct
one
from
another
in
so
many
several
degrees
,
now
to
be
described
and
illustrated
by
our
Annotations
.
But
that
you
may
more
easily
understand
the
following
Receipts
and
me
also
,
I
thought
it
necessary
to
preadmonish
some
certain
things
concerning
the
Nature
and
Property
of
this
lest
you
should
judge
amiss
of
a
thing
not
sufficiently
understood
.
First
,
You
are
not
to
take
the
Spirit
of
common
Wine
,
though
never
so
much
rectified
,
for
the
Philosophical
Spirit
of
Wine
;
for
so
the
following
Receipts
of
all
Menstruums
would
be
erroneous
and
seducing
.
Aqua
vitoe
Aqua
vitoe
Th.
Chym.
admonisheth
us
of
the
same
thing
,
who
saith
,
(
this
Fiery
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
)
suoe
Medul.
Phil.
(
saith
he
a
little
lower
)
Black
blacker
than
Black
(
Common
Guido
Montanor
Raymund
,
Arnold
O tortas adeo mentes ! assuetaque falli Artificum vario rerum per inania ductu Pectora ! cum duris quid mollia vina metallis ? Apta epulis , atque apta bibi suavissima vina ? Hic tamen expressam proelis torquentibus uvam Accipit , & phialae postrema in parte reponit , Cujus in extremo rostrum connectitur ore , &c.
Thus
facetiously
sings
the
Poet
and
Adept
That
you
take
not
any
Oyl
,
though
an
hundred
times
rectified
,
instead
of
the
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
;
for
all
oyly
matters
,
whether
distilled
or
expressed
,
natural
or
artificial
,
alone
,
but
much
more
mixt
with
other
things
,
as
&c.
do
by
distilling
,
digesting
,
in
Bath
,
Dung
,
Vapor
,
become
thick
,
pitchy
,
yea
,
at
length
dry
,
insipid
,
black
as
a
Coal
,
and
sometimes
like
a
Tyle
,
capable
of
being
made
red
hot
;
which
is
a
manifest
sign
,
that
they
want
rather
a
Dissolvent
,
than
are
themselves
Dissolvents
.
It
is
necessary
to
observe
that
the
Spirit
of
appears
in
two
forms
,
either
like
an
Oyl
swimming
upon
all
Liquors
,
or
like
the
Spirit
of
(
to
the
Nature
of
which
it
comes
sometimes
nearer
,
and
therefore
doth
from
the
Analogy
borrow
its
Name
)
not
swimming
upon
watry
Liquors
,
but
mixible
with
them
and
its
own
Phlegm
;
yet
separable
by
simple
Distillation
,
it
easily
by
this
means
leaving
its
Phlegms
behind
it
;
but
if
being
rectified
,
and
kindled
,
it
burns
wholly
away
,
it
affords
us
the
common
sign
of
perfect
rectification
of
the
common
Spirit
,
but
however
,
they
are
not
two
,
but
one
only
Spirit
,
differing
in
degree
of
purity
and
subtilty
.
Which
to
prove
,
is
not
necessary
,
examples
being
obvious
to
us
in
almost
every
Description
of
the
Lastly
,
Distinction
must
be
made
between
the
first
and
second
Spirit
of
Father
and
Son
.
The
first
doth
in
its
preparation
require
the
most
secret
,
difficult
and
dangerous
work
of
all
true
Chymistry
.
The
second
is
easily
made
with
the
former
Spirit
according
to
the
Rule
of
perfect
Chymistry
:
Differ
they
do
in
Order
,
not
in
Nature
;
they
are
both
of
one
Virtue
,
though
of
different
preparation
:
for
this
,
as
hath
been
lately
said
,
is
of
a
more
easie
,
that
of
a
mor
difficult
preparation
.
Essences
they
are
both
,
the
former
artificial
,
the
other
natural
,
in
Medecines
therefore
unequal
,
though
alike
in
Chymistry
,
as
but
they
are
easily
distinguished
one
from
the
other
by
their
Epithets
.
hath
these
more
general
Names
in
the
Latine
Tongue
,
&c.
Examples
of
which
you
will
have
in
these
and
the
like
Receipts
:
in
Descript.
Auri
Diaphoret
.
Lib.
de
male
curatis
Essence
of
Wine
in
Descript.
Essentioe
silicum
,
cap.
de
Morbis
Tartar
.
pag.
Alcool
of
Wine
in
Tinct
,
Croci
Solis
,
lib.
de
proeparat
.
pag
,
Alcool
of
Wine
saith
Paracelsus
Vinum
ardens
But
as
to
this
,
you
will
have
many
more
Examples
,
especially
in
the
following
Book
of
Medecines
.
Spirit
of
hath
its
Sirnames
annexed
to
these
more
general
Names
,
indicating
the
radix
of
its
Original
,
of
which
the
following
Receipts
may
be
for
Examples
.
Alcool
of
Wine
in
descript.
Balsami
Solis
,
pag.
Chyr
.
major
Essence
of
Wine
in
descript.
Tincturoe
Mumioe
,
cap.
de
Vita
long
.
pag.
Essence
of
Wine
Chyr
.
major
.
In
these
and
the
like
Receipts
he
does
by
the
drawn
from
the
&c.
mean
the
second
Spirit
of
or
the
Essence
of
those
things
made
with
the
former
Spirit
,
which
also
is
proved
out
of
the
fifth
Chapter
of
the
third
Book
of
long
Life
,
pag.
calls
the
Essences
of
Herbs
the
made
from
this
or
that
Herb
:
(
he
saith
(
with
the
first
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
)
Elixir
of
Life
(
Essence
of
Balm
Raymund
(
intending
to
follow
him
according
to
the
Letter
,
understanding
Wine
red
or
white
)
This
twofold
,
the
first
as
well
as
second
Spirit
of
Wine
may
be
made
not
only
out
of
the
Vegetable
,
but
the
Animal
Kingdom
also
:
So
is
it
read
of
the
and
Phlegm
of
the
Wine
of
Vrine
,
in
the
Experiment
of
and
in
Paramiro
Aqua
vitoe
,
Lapis
Philosophorum
,
Arcanum
,
Balsamum
,
Aurum
potabile
,
So
also
hath
he
a
description
of
the
Liquor
of
Flesh
,
pag.
&c.
Here
by
Liquor
,
he
means
the
Wine
of
Flesh
,
which
is
proved
by
himself
;
saying
In
which
words
,
the
Liquor
and
Wine
of
are
synonimous
.
So
in
Lib.
By
the
And
cap.
and
lib.
By
the
And
cap.
By
the
The
Wines
or
Essences
of
them
all
ought
to
be
understood
.
Though
neither
the
first
nor
second
Spirit
can
be
produced
out
of
the
dry
Kingdom
of
Minerals
(
there
are
indeed
some
purely
Oyly
,
as
which
are
reputed
Members
of
this
Kingdom
,
the
Oleosity
of
which
notwithstanding
differs
so
little
from
the
Vnctuosity
of
Vegetables
and
Animals
,
that
scarce
deserve
to
be
called
Subjects
thereof
)
yet
for
the
same
reason
that
the
Essences
and
Liquors
of
Vegetables
are
called
Wines
,
is
an
Essence
of
the
Mineral
Kingdom
,
sometimes
also
called
the
Liquor
and
Wine
of
Minerals
;
so
the
Liquor
or
Essence
of
Vitriol
or
Copper
is
called
de
Vita
longa
,
pag.
Being
now
instructed
by
the
light
of
these
Premises
,
let
us
come
nearer
to
the
Spirit
of
Wine
of
which
we
shall
find
like
an
Oyl
swimming
upon
its
Phlegms
,
deduced
not
from
the
Common
,
but
Philosophical
by
Circulation
:
But
all
other
Essences
being
made
by
the
belp
of
some
certain
Essence
,
this
first
Essence
of
Wine
alone
must
by
its
own
virtues
emerge
its
self
out
of
its
own
foeculencies
and
impurities
:
In
this
respect
the
making
of
(
red
or
white
)
renders
the
work
of
all
the
most
secret
Chymistry
most
difficult
and
abstruse
;
of
which
we
shall
by
the
Blessing
of
God
)
clearly
and
truly
treat
in
a
particular
Book
;
namely
,
our
Fifth
.
Our
purpose
at
present
is
to
prosecute
the
Vse
of
this
Wine
in
the
making
of
where
we
find
the
first
and
weakest
of
all
which
,
being
by
circulation
alone
reduced
into
an
Oyl
,
is
made
much
more
excellent
than
before
.
's
Receipt
is
clear
enough
;
yet
however
we
thought
it
advisable
to
confirm
at
least
,
if
not
illustrate
it
with
the
Receipts
of
other
Adepts
.
a
Scholar
of
had
so
great
an
esteem
for
the
first
Distinction
of
his
Master's
Book
of
that
he
made
it
his
own
with
a
little
alteration
:
He
hath
described
the
Spirit
of
after
this
manner
Aqua
ardens
Aqua
ardens
Aqua
ardens
Aqua
ardens
Aqua
ardens
Aqua
ardens
Aqua
ardens
Aqua
ardens
Lutum
Sapientioe
Aqua
ardens
Aqua
ardens
Paracelsus
extracts
his
Essence
of
not
out
of
but
out
of
it self
:
Thus
which
is
the
Spirit
of
Wine
,
Guido used the following Method , little differing from the Paracelsian .
That
the
Wine
,
Red
or
White
,
is
not
Common
,
but
Philosophical
,
and
that
is
the
only
thing
that
is
obscure
in
these
four
Books
;
to
be
understood
not
according
to
the
Letter
,
but
by
Analogy
:
but
of
a
are
the
proper
Names
of
it
.
That
the
doth
in
some
things
agree
with
the
Properties
of
namely
,
it
goes
before
its
Phlegm
in
distillation
:
it
is
rectified
as
the
from
its
Phlegm
.
Lastly
,
being
rectified
,
it
is
known
by
burning
Linnen
,
Sugar
,
That
this
doth
by
Circulation
dayly
lose
its
moisture
and
sharpness
;
and
is
at
length
converted
into
a
swimming
Oyl
,
the
Essence
and
Spirit
of
But
who
ever
reduced
by
bare
Circulation
into
an
Oyl
?
Who
,
I
say
,
hath
by
continual
Circulation
brought
that
Oyl
to
Driness
;
so
as
to
be
sublimeable
as
a
volatile
Salt
,
and
that
not
but
by
a
strong
Fire
,
as
affirms
himself
to
have
experienced
,
in
the
Description
of
his
Vegetable
Stone
?
Of
which
lower
in
the
Third
Book
.
That
the
may
be
divers
ways
made
out
of
That
not
only
the
Time
,
but
also
the
Scent
,
Colour
,
of
the
are
varied
according
to
the
variety
of
Method
:
The
Essence
of
is
like
Heaven
,
that
is
,
of
a
Sky-colour
;
the
Oyl
of
is
green
That
it
hath
not
a
Scent
so
fragrant
,
unless
it
hath
a
Body
(
especially
a
Metallick
or
Mineral
)
dissolved
in
it
.
That
this
Heaven
,
the
first
of
all
is
also
a
Medecine
;
and
is
called
the
to
a
long
Life
That
it
is
called
Heaven
for
several
Reasons
by
Because
it
works
Contraries
,
like
Heaven
.
Because
like
Heaven
it
receives
the
Forms
of
all
Things
.
(
the
Macrocosmical
Heaven
(
of
Philosophical
Wine
&c.
Distinct
Lib.
Essentioe
Because
like
Heaven
it
moveth
all
things
from
power
to
act
.
(
our
Heaven
(
the
Sulphur
of
Nature
,
or
Philosophers
Mercury
)
(
the
Tincture
)
Distinct.
de
quarto
principio
Libri
Essentioe
Because
like
Heaven
,
it
is
incorruptible
.
Aqua
vitoe
Elucid
.
Testam
Because
it
is
of
the
colour
and
clarity
of
Heaven
.
Lib.
Essentioe
This
Essence
for
the
following
Reasons
Aqua
ardens
,
Anima
Spiritus
Vini
Aqua
Vitoe
Lib.
Essentioe
Lastly
,
That
many
Receipts
more
obscure
,
and
otherwise
intelligible
by
no
man
,
are
by
these
illustrated
.
Lunaria
Coelica
Vegetable
Mercury
Apium
sylvestre
,
Squilla
,
Solatrum
,
Carduus
,
Oliandrum
,
Piper
nigrum
,
Euphorbium
,
Viticella
Balneo
Marioe
THE
Vnctuous
Spirit
of
attracts
none
but
the
Vnctious
natural
Essences
of
Vegetables
,
as
we
shall
observe
below
in
the
Book
of
Medecines
.
Essences
being
thus
extracted
,
as
also
all
other
Oyly
things
,
crude
or
expressed
,
and
all
distilled
of
both
Kingdoms
,
Animal
and
Vegetable
,
this
Spirit
of
Wine
doth
by
simple
digestion
divide
into
two
distinct
parts
,
two
Oyls
or
Fats
,
whereof
one
is
the
Essence
of
the
thing
,
the
other
the
Body
:
The
Essence
so
made
we
named
the
Both
Essences
,
this
by
Division
,
and
that
by
Extraction
prepared
,
are
by
longer
digestion
made
one
with
the
aforesaid
Spirit
of
Wine
.
For
those
things
which
are
of
one
and
the
same
purity
,
and
of
a
symbolical
Nature
,
are
easily
mix'd
together
,
and
that
inseparably
,
and
so
an
Essence
made
by
an
Essence
,
is
joyned
to
that
Essence
.
And
if
we
protract
Digestion
further
,
one
of
the
Fats
,
namely
,
the
Body
less
Oyly
,
and
therefore
left
hitherto
,
is
at
length
received
also
into
a
symbolical
Nature
,
by
reason
of
which
mixtion
,
not
only
is
the
Spirit
multiplied
,
but
also
made
fitter
for
the
Dissolutions
of
dry
things
,
because
the
Particles
of
this
Body
less
Oyly
incline
to
dryness
;
concerning
which
way
we
treat
in
this
Receipt
,
in
the
Prescription
of
which
,
the
Oyl
drawn
out
of
Oyly
Vegetables
,
is
by
distillation
together
with
the
Spirit
of
circulated
into
a
Magistery
(
or
double
Essence
,
Natural
and
Artificial
;
of
which
,
lower
in
its
place
)
by
which
the
Spirit
of
Wine
is
multiplied
,
and
made
more
homogeneous
to
dry
Bodies
.
There
is
the
same
but
a
little
otherwise
described
in
his
Natural
Magick
.
pag.
Apium
Sylvestre
Anima
Transmutationis
,
in
the
Chapter
which
begins
,
First
you
must
know
,
which
ought
to
be
drawn
from
the
Death
of
Wine
by
the
Office
of
an
Alembick
,
acuated
with
the
said
Vegetables
,
and
at
length
circulated
,
is
the
Spirit
of
which
is
by
these
degrees
so
exalted
,
as
to
be
by
deservedly
called
the
Matter
of
all
the
Stones
of
the
Philosophers
,
and
vertuous
Stones
(
that
is
,
Precious
Stones
)
which
also
is
called
deduced
from
Wine
red
or
white
.
The
Matter
of
which
this
is
made
,
is
called
Wine
in
the
former
Receipt
:
the
must
be
extracted
from
the
Death
of
Wine
:
But
in
the
latter
it
is
called
To
these
two
adds
a
third
synonimous
,
pag.
Test
.
novissimi
Nigrum
nigrius
Nigro
.
By
which
synonimous
Terms
none
but
a
Fool
can
understand
for
the
common
Spirit
herefrom
distilled
,
is
altogether
insufficient
to
perform
such
and
so
great
things
;
yea
,
all
the
of
the
more
secret
Chymy
,
which
we
are
solicitous
to
describe
,
would
be
prostituted
to
all
men
,
were
this
one
only
Word
literally
understood
:
by
Wine
therefore
is
meant
a
Philosophical
Secret
hidden
from
all
the
unexpert
.
that
is
,
we
must
rectifie
so
often
till
it
become
most
pure
,
without
the
Foeces
and
Phlegm
of
Wine
,
which
is
by
called
the
Death
of
the
Spirit
.
(
saith
he
in
Apertorio
The
Method
of
Rectification
omitted
in
the
former
Receipt
,
is
described
in
the
latter
,
as
also
in
This
Rectification
of
understood
not
,
as
appears
by
the
Sixth
of
his
Epistles
,
Brux
.
Where
thus
(
my
Companion
a
Disciple
of
will
correct
who
learnt
of
to
rectifie
his
Spirit
of
after
this
manner
Chaos
,
our
Vegetable
in
which
the
four
Elements
are
found
confused
,
pag.
Vol.
sext
.
Theat.
Chym.
Balneo
,
pag.
Celestial
ardent
Spirit
,
pag.
in
Elucid
.
pag.
Theatri
Chym.
Which
way
notwithstanding
of
rectification
so
exactly
to
observe
,
there
seems
to
me
to
be
no
necessity
;
rectification
of
the
Spirit
being
good
enough
,
which
way
soever
done
,
either
with
fewer
or
more
cohobations
,
provided
it
be
separated
from
the
impurities
of
the
Wine
,
(
saith
Lully
that
is
,
as
elsewhere
more
clearly
,
till
a
Linnen
Cloth
moistned
with
this
Spirit
,
and
kindled
,
be
wholly
consumed
.
This
rectified
Spirit
is
in
distilling
,
sharpned
with
the
oyly
Vegetables
nominated
in
the
Receipt
,
the
Oyls
of
which
,
being
nearest
to
it
,
it
easily
carrieth
with
it
,
and
is
impregnated
with
the
same
,
and
acuated
by
the
aridity
contained
in
them
:
Yet
are
we
not
obliged
to
use
these
Vegetables
only
,
and
no
other
,
or
is
it
necessary
to
mix
all
of
them
together
,
as
if
one
or
two
would
not
suffice
.
The
Oyl
of
any
Vegetable
,
or
drawn
out
of
a
Vegetable
with
the
help
of
the
Spirit
of
or
already
made
,
and
added
to
the
Spirit
of
will
here
satisfie
us
.
I
will
give
one
form
or
other
in
confirmation
of
this
kind
of
of
which
sort
is
Alcool
of
Wine
The
following
Vse
besides
the
exsiccated
,
testifies
,
that
this
Water
is
made
with
the
Spirit
of
is
Vinum
Essatum
or
Essentificatum
,
or
Spi●it
of
impregnated
with
the
Essences
of
the
Oyly
Ingredients
,
with
which
dissolves
Gold
and
Precious
Stones
into
a
most
noble
Oyl
or
Elixir
,
which
he
says
is
a
Secret
against
the
superfluity
of
Womens
The
Description
of
this
Water
being
clear
,
requires
no
other
Light
:
I
will
therefore
propose
another
Receipt
more
obscure
.
The
Spices
are
these
From
the
Dose
it self
of
this
Prescription
,
it
is
manifest
that
the
operation
is
meerly
for
if
by
he
would
have
understood
the
it
would
be
altogether
ridiculous
to
give
only
five
grains
for
a
Dose
.
We
meet
with
many
more
of
this
kind
,
which
little
differing
from
the
pristine
Nature
of
the
Spirit
of
were
less
observed
by
some
a
Noble
doth
not
very
much
commend
this
acuation
of
the
Spirit
of
(
saith
he
(
the
aforesaid
Spirit
(
Vegetable
(
Vnctuosity
Parisinus
in
Elucidario
,
pag.
Theat.
Chym.
For
this
reason
,
following
the
same
Master
as
believed
these
things
to
be
covered
with
a
Mantle
of
Philosophy
;
for
so
he
writes
in
his
Medulla
Philosophioe
.
Raymund
Piper
nigrum
,
Euphorbium
,
Pyrethrum
,
Anacardus
,
Squilla
,
Solatrum
,
Apium
Sylvestre
,
Ripley
,
pag.
Medul.
Philos
did
by
the
resoluble
produced
into
act
by
the
resolutive
(
that
is
,
the
Spirit
of
mean
a
certain
Mercurial
Water
;
of
the
Preparation
of
which
lower
:
where
likewise
it
will
appear
that
by
the
aforesaid
Vegetables
intended
running
yet
nevertheless
his
following
proves
,
that
these
Vegetables
have
been
sometimes
also
taken
by
him
literally
.
Black
Pepper
,
Euphorbium
,
Pyrethrum
,
Anacardus
,
Grains
of
Paradise
,
It
is
here
manifest
that
took
these
because
,
Circulation
being
finished
,
he
distilled
only
one
half
of
the
Spirit
,
as
the
most
subtil
part
of
the
in
which
case
that
Metal
though
dissolved
,
would
remain
in
the
bottom
.
But
whereas
acuates
the
Spirit
by
distilling
,
and
then
circulates
does
this
by
circulating
,
and
after
that
distils
.
To
this
he
sometimes
adds
Oyls
,
or
Essences
either
of
as
followeth
Argent
vive
(
Oyl
or
Essence
Argent
vive
&c.
But
that
which
begets
the
greater
scruple
,
is
the
Paraphrase
of
himself
upon
this
place
saith
he
Argent
vive
(
Veget.
Portulaca
marina
,
Apium
,
Squilla
,
(
saith
he
Wherefore
you
might
say
,
it
follows
,
that
this
Receipt
of
the
Metallick
Soul
hath
not
at
all
been
described
,
so
as
to
be
understood
according
to
the
Literal
Sense
;
but
I
have
my
Answer
ready
,
namely
,
that
acuated
the
Spirit
of
Wine
with
crude
Vegetables
also
,
it
is
easily
proved
by
the
third
Distinction
of
his
Book
of
Essence
,
in
alledged
by
him
,
where
he
rehearseth
the
nearest
Individuals
,
acuating
the
Spirit
of
as
are
Why
he
chose
these
,
not
others
,
and
these
only
,
it
is
not
my
business
to
answer
:
that
which
we
learn
from
thence
,
is
,
that
he
commended
two
of
those
Individuals
to
us
before
the
rest
,
of
which
thus
(
Vegetable
He
prefers
not
for
the
sake
of
the
but
the
made
from
thence
,
and
that
he
resolves
as
the
best
of
and
circulates
it
being
purified
with
the
Spirit
of
according
to
the
Doctrine
prescribed
in
the
and
in
other
places
.
The
may
be
supplied
with
the
and
the
rest
of
the
Individuals
named
by
with
which
the
did
also
sometimes
acuate
their
Spirit
of
Wine
,
as
shall
be
declared
below
in
tht
Fifth
Kind
of
But
these
things
make
also
against
the
Literal
sense
of
our
Receipt
,
and
do
prove
that
the
Salts
of
the
not
the
crude
themselves
were
taken
in
the
Receipt
.
But
though
he
made
choice
of
because
of
the
strongest
to
be
from
thence
prepared
,
yet
did
he
not
for
the
same
reason
intimate
,
that
Celandine
,
the
Flowers
of
Rosemary
,
Herb
Mercury
,
red
Lilly
,
and
mans
Blood
were
better
than
the
rest
,
because
with
these
he
proceeds
another
way
;
for
he
separates
the
Elements
from
them
with
the
Spirit
of
from
which
he
takes
only
the
Fire
or
Oyl
,
which
he
circulates
with
the
Spirit
,
and
so
acuates
it
,
as
is
clearly
enough
evident
But
because
surpasseth
not
only
its
own
collateral
Individuals
,
but
also
the
it self
(
for
he
saith
that
the
Spirit
of
Wine
in
hath
one
,
but
in
two
free
Operations
)
and
therefore
attributes
his
peculiar
process
to
namely
,
by
distilling
the
whole
Comb
,
the
together
with
the
Wax
,
with
the
Spirit
of
through
an
Alembick
.
Now
between
both
processes
of
and
the
rest
of
the
Individuals
our
Receipt
keeps
a
middle
station
.
If
be
volatilized
as
to
the
whole
substance
,
it
becomes
thereby
a
Magistery
,
which
being
joyn'd
to
the
Spirit
of
yields
us
a
of
the
Third
kind
.
But
the
Fires
or
Oyls
of
Celandine
,
of
the
Flowers
of
Rosemary
,
common
white
and
red
Wine
,
are
by
separation
of
the
Elements
made
with
the
Spirit
of
Essences
,
which
being
added
to
the
said
Spirit
of
Wine
,
do
not
alter
,
but
multiply
it
rather
,
because
an
Essence
is
added
to
an
Essence
,
that
is
,
the
second
to
the
first
Spirit
of
But
if
Celandine
,
the
Flowers
of
Rosemary
,
as
also
the
Vegetables
of
our
Receipt
be
distilled
with
the
Spirit
of
it
does
extract
and
elevate
all
their
Vnctuosity
with
it self
,
rejecting
the
aridity
of
them
,
being
more
simple
,
subtil
,
volatile
,
and
less
loaded
with
dry
Particles
,
than
the
Vnctuosity
of
crude
Honey
;
and
so
by
being
circulated
with
the
Spirit
of
it
is
made
indeed
a
Magistery
,
yet
more
inclining
to
the
nature
of
an
Essence
,
and
therefore
less
dry
,
and
less
altering
the
Spirit
of
Wine
,
than
that
of
and
so
being
now
deservedly
united
with
the
aforesaid
Spirit
,
it
makes
a
different
from
the
of
the
Third
Kind
.
So
the
Literal
Sense
of
our
Receipt
does
hitherto
stand
unmoved
.
But
not
to
derogate
from
the
Authority
of
the
Author
,
and
his
own
Commentator
it
is
necessary
to
suppose
,
that
,
the
Spirit
of
being
distilled
upon
the
aforesaid
Vegetables
,
he
did
sometimes
out
of
the
remainder
prepare
an
by
calcination
,
and
acuate
his
Spirit
with
it
,
and
so
make
a
of
the
Fifth
Kind
the
Matter
of
the
of
Vegetable
Mercury
or
Soul
of
Metals
,
is
not
nor
that
the
Spirit
of
this
Wine
is
the
Common
,
but
Philosophical
That
a
of
this
kind
is
the
unctuous
Spirit
of
acuated
,
that
is
,
tempered
with
the
common
Vnctuosity
of
Vegetable
Oyls
.
Mix
,
digest
,
and
distil
any
common
distilled
Oyl
with
the
Spirit
of
and
you
will
obtain
a
of
the
Second
Kind
much
sooner
;
yea
,
you
will
make
the
same
in
a
moment
,
if
you
mix
the
Essence
(
Spirit
)
of
with
the
Magistery
of
an
oyly
Vegetable
.
That
one
oyly
Vegetable
(
Saffron
or
Macis
)
of
so
many
,
is
sufficient
for
the
acuation
of
the
Spirit
of
nor
yet
will
you
err
,
if
you
take
which
Spirit
of
made
with
this
Spirit
of
Wine
,
will
be
a
of
this
kind
That
these
are
Medecines
That
these
made
out
of
meer
Vegetables
,
are
properly
called
tho'
some
which
we
call
compounded
,
are
by
reason
of
the
addition
of
Metals
or
Minerals
,
sometimes
by
the
in
the
Experiment
,
calls
his
made
of
Gold
and
Silver
,
the
true
Mineral
But
we
distinguish
them
from
the
Mineral
because
they
are
corrosive
,
being
prepared
with
the
acidity
of
Mi●eral
Salts
.
But
these
are
most
sweet
,
without
any
Corrosive
,
and
do
kindly
dissolve
things
that
are
to
be
dissolved
.
That
a
is
call'd
the
Soul
of
Metals
.
is
diversly
taken
among
the
First
,
For
perfect
Metal
,
Gold
or
Silver
.
So
in
Flore
Florum
Secondly
,
For
Metals
,
and
other
things
,
volatilized
with
a
calls
Gold
and
Silver
volatilized
in
the
preparation
of
his
or
animated
Spirit
saith
he
,
the
So
the
Tinctures
of
Gold
and
Silver
volatilized
by
a
as
also
of
imperfect
Metals
,
are
by
him
called
Souls
.
So
in
the
Experiment
he
hath
the
in
the
Experiment
,
the
Yea
separating
the
Elements
from
all
things
,
he
calls
the
tinged
distilled
Liquors
because
by
them
is
the
dead
,
dry
and
fixed
Earth
again
revivified
,
volatilized
,
and
reduced
into
a
See
the
Revivification
of
the
Salt
of
by
its
own
Water
,
in
the
Volatization
of
it
given
in
the
Thirdly
,
For
themselves
.
For
are
the
Souls
of
Metals
,
by
which
the
Metals
,
otherwise
dead
,
are
animated
and
revivified
:
so
of
this
our
Comp.
Anim.
Transm
saith
he
Vegetable
Menstruum
And
in
Elucid
.
Testam
.
pag.
Aqua
vitoe
So
also
in
Libro
Mercurii
,
pag.
Aqua
Vitoe
Fourthly
,
For
the
Vnctuosity
as
well
of
the
Metal
as
Of
both
saith
Medulloe
Phil.
(
of
our
Work
.
(
Gold
(
Menstruum
That
this
is
called
Vegetable
Mercury
,
produced
from
red
or
white
Wine
.
The
Adepts
have
many
Mercuries
.
is
,
Common
Argent
vive
,
running
or
sublimed
.
is
,
The
running
Mercury
of
Bodies
,
extracted
out
of
Metals
by
the
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
.
is
,
Any
Salt
especially
fixed
with
the
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
.
calcines
Celandine
,
and
from
thence
extracts
a
Salt
;
of
which
thus
(
Celandine
.
(
Lixivia's
(
Philosophical
He
calls
Tartar
calcined
,
and
impregnated
with
the
Vegetable
by
being
four
times
distilled
,
then
resolved
and
coagulated
by
the
Name
of
Mercury
.
saith
he
Sometimes
the
Salt
,
or
in
the
separation
of
the
Elements
,
called
exanimated
Earth
,
he
calls
Mercury
.
So
in
The
inanimated
Earth
of
Vrine
,
dissolved
in
Water
,
filtred
and
coagulated
,
he
calls
Mercury
:
saith
he
Argent
vive
Mercury
,
is
either
Vegetable
or
Animal
;
of
which
saith
in
Pupilla
,
pag.
(
Mineral
the
red
and
green
Lyon
)
Lully
Distinct
Libri
Essentioe
in
Figuris
&
Tabulis
Individuorum
,
describes
the
Vegetables
and
Animals
,
in
which
are
found
these
Mercuries
most
readily
.
saith
he
saith
Lully
,
Libro
Mercuriorum
,
pag.
in
the
pag.
of
his
Concordance
,
thus
expresseth
The
Spirit
of
in
Exp.
calls
Vegetable
Mercury
saith
he
(
Honey
Salts
he
prepares
out
of
Portulaca
,
Apium
,
Squilla
,
&c.
saith
he
is
,
The
it self
;
for
our
present
is
called
Vegetable
Mercury
,
produced
from
white
or
red
Wine
.
is
,
The
animated
Spirit
or
Air
of
every
Body
,
in
the
separation
of
the
Elements
,
which
Mercury
being
a
Fire
or
Oyl
,
is
called
Sulphur
in
almost
all
Receipts
.
Vegetable
,
Animal
or
Mineral
,
the
Sulphur
of
Nature
,
which
is
also
called
our
Mercury
,
Mercury
Sublimate
,
and
Philosophers
Mercury
.
Necessary
it
is
we
should
observe
these
things
in
the
following
Descriptions
of
except
we
would
some
times
confound
the
things
themselves
with
the
Names
.
(
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
that
is
,
the
Substance
of
New
Honey
,
pag.
Balneo
Marioe
.
pag.
Fire
of
Ashes
,
pag.
the
said
made
of
Honey
into
the
Quintessence
in
its
Perfection
,
drawn
from
excellent
Wine
,
which
is
the
Form
of
the
Vniversal
Body
reduced
into
B
,
and
B
into
C
,
and
then
Circulation
to
be
made
.
This
Quintessence
is
Vegetable
,
because
,
all
the
rest
of
the
sharp
Waters
destroying
Metals
,
this
alone
doth
by
its
Virtue
vegetate
,
augment
and
multiply
them
.
Wherefore
this
Water
is
the
Mystery
of
Art
,
because
it
is
Burning
,
Calcines
,
and
dissolves
Bodies
,
if
it
be
perfectly
rectified
,
pag.
THe
antecedent
acuition
of
the
Spirit
of
with
Oyly
Vegetables
,
did
not
so
well
please
and
therefore
instead
thereof
he
substituted
this
,
which
he
found
better
than
the
other
.
(
saith
he
(
the
Coelestial
and
Ardent
Spirit
)
Alphabetum
apertoriale
Raymund
Lully
Theat.
Chym.
doth
by
these
Words
make
us
more
assured
,
that
the
Spirit
of
hath
no
power
of
dissolving
any
but
Oyly
things
,
because
it
is
Oyl
it self
;
but
in
order
to
dissolve
dry
things
also
,
it
is
necessary
for
it
to
be
acuated
,
that
is
,
so
tempered
,
as
to
be
made
homogeneous
also
to
dry
things
,
and
so
dissolve
them
,
which
to
be
a
Work
difficult
and
tedious
,
his
own
Experience
proveth
;
out
of
many
acuators
therefore
of
the
Adepts
,
he
chooseth
Hony
before
the
rest
,
whose
principal
acuating
faculty
,
he
calls
the
great
Mystery
and
Treasure
of
the
Art
.
For
according
to
the
Spirit
of
in
Honey
hath
two
free
Operations
,
that
is
,
this
Vnctious
Spirit
is
easily
Vnited
to
the
Vnctuosity
of
Honey
,
and
by
the
same
means
also
easily
tempered
with
the
aridity
of
Honey
.
In
a
Word
,
there
are
other
indeed
,
yea
all
the
following
stronger
than
this
,
but
none
more
easie
to
be
prepared
,
and
better
for
a
young
Beginner
.
made
the
same
after
this
manner
TAke
of
and
put
into
this
Vegetable
Humidity
a
third
part
of
a
Honey-Comb
,
with
all
its
Substance
,
Wax
,
and
Honey
together
,
ferment
,
or
digest
it
in
a
gentle
heat
for
three
Hours
,
and
the
longer
it
stands
,
the
better
it
is
:
then
let
it
be
Distilled
in
Balneo
,
and
repeat
the
Distillation
and
Fermentation
nine
times
,
renewing
the
Comb
every
second
Distillation
.
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
The
most
High
Creator
created
three
Mines
;
among
Minerals
,
one
,
and
that
is
of
among
Vegetables
,
the
Wine
;
among
Animals
,
the
Bee
,
Amongst
all
Minerals
,
Vegetables
,
and
Animals
,
fixed
Gold
is
chosen
for
the
making
of
Medicines
;
and
above
all
the
Virtues
among
Vegetables
and
Animals
,
are
the
Virtues
of
the
Juice
,
or
Broth
of
and
the
Fly
of
which
makes
Honey
Alphabetum
apertoriale
Wine
,
&c.
Philosophical
Wine
Caput
Mortuum
prepared
this
Spirit
of
Tartar
after
this
manner
:
That
the
Spirit
of
hath
in
dry
things
no
dissolving
faculty
without
acuition
.
That
this
acuition
is
the
Mystery
of
the
Art
,
being
difficult
and
tedious
.
That
it
is
best
made
with
crude
Honey
,
white
Sugar-candy
,
and
Manna
purified
.
That
such
as
these
are
somewhat
hard
to
be
made
with
crude
Tartar
.
by
the
by
the
meant
not
common
which
if
a
Man
try
an
experiment
with
the
Spirit
of
common
Wine
,
he
will
by
his
own
Experience
find
the
Truth
of
the
Matter
confirmed
.
of
this
Kind
are
the
Magistery
of
Honey
,
Manna
,
Sugar
,
crude
Tartar
,
mix'd
with
Spirit
of
they
are
made
extempore
,
thus
:
Take
of
the
Essence
of
and
the
Magistery
of
Hony
or
Sugar
,
equal
parts
of
each
,
mix
.
That
these
are
Medicaments
That
not
only
the
Spirit
of
but
also
the
themselves
have
been
Circulated
,
by
reason
of
which
Circulation
the
are
called
and
though
it
be
not
always
expresly
declared
in
Receipts
,
that
they
should
be
Circulated
,
yet
it
ought
to
be
understood
in
all
:
for
this
Circulation
is
the
Purification
and
Melioration
of
the
S
s.
Aqua
Vitoe
Aqua
Vitoe
Sal
Armoniack
Sal
Armoniack
(
Powder
(
Philosophical
HItherto
of
things
Oyly
acuating
the
Spirit
of
now
follow
those
things
which
are
less
Oyly
,
Volatile
Salts
,
which
though
they
seem
not
to
be
Oyly
,
yet
that
they
are
so
is
easily
demonstrated
by
the
following
preparations
of
Salts
Harmoniack
,
whose
Earths
,
otherwise
most
fixed
and
flowing
like
Wax
,
are
by
the
Vnctuosity
alone
of
the
made
Volatile
,
but
this
will
not
now
be
our
inquiry
:
It
sufficeth
us
to
use
crude
and
common
Salt
of
Vrine
,
Blood
for
the
acuition
of
the
Spirit
of
which
Salts
do
by
their
aridity
alter
their
Vnctuosity
of
this
Spirit
,
more
than
the
aforesaid
Oyly
Matters
,
and
consequently
make
the
Vegetable
stronger
.
The
same
Receipt
hath
as
also
in
of
the
aforesaid
Book
sublimes
crude
several
times
upon
Salt
fused
,
to
be
acuated
by
the
acidity
of
this
Salt
,
and
then
the
better
dissolved
by
the
Spirit
of
with
an
equal
proportion
of
Salt
.
the
Chymist
perfected
this
sublimation
after
this
manner
,
pag.
Theat.
Chym.
Sal
Armoniack
Sal
Gemme
common
Salt
being
thus
sublimed
,
is
impregnated
with
the
Spirit
of
Wine
,
(
not
common
,
for
then
would
the
process
not
succeed
,
but
and
then
dissolved
For
the
Vnctuosity
of
this
Spirit
cannot
dissolve
the
substance
of
being
heterogeneous
to
it
,
but
successively
,
and
by
slow
degrees
.
Wherefore
this
dissolution
will
better
succeed
according
to
the
Method
of
saith
he
,
Sal
Armoniack
Lotium
,
(
Philosophical
Wine
made
of
Vrine
)
Aqua
Vitoe
(
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
Antenotorium
(
Blind
Alembick
is
easily
dissolved
in
the
Phlegm
of
and
so
is
by
this
means
sooner
joyned
with
the
Vnctuous
Spirit
of
than
if
it
were
immediately
cast
into
this
Spirit
.
That
knew
also
this
Method
,
and
sometimes
made
use
of
it
,
appears
by
the
following
Sal
Armoniack
Crude
Wine
(
Philosophical
Sal
Armoniack
.
The
therefore
being
dissolved
either
in
the
Phlegm
of
(
that
is
,
Aqua
ardens
not
rectify'd
)
or
it self
,
Cristallized
,
and
resolved
is
either
by
it self
,
or
with
the
addition
of
new
Spirit
of
Wine
,
Distilled
into
a
Water
of
This
Kind
of
is
made
not
of
only
,
but
also
of
the
rest
of
the
Volatile
Salts
,
thus
:
Aqua
Vitoe
(
Philosophical
)
Aqua
Vitoe
Aqua
Vitoe
sometimes
sublimed
this
Offa
or
Pap
of
Vrine
,
in
the
Ninth
Experiment
following
,
thus
:
saith
he
(
Philosophical
)
Aqua
Vitoe
in
his
M.
S.
S.
mei
,
doth
by
this
Salt
of
Vrine
acuate
his
C.
or
Spirit
of
which
being
acuated
,
he
then
Circulates
by
the
way
used
,
and
before
described
in
the
Circulation
of
his
hath
also
sometimes
used
the
Volatile
Salt
of
Blood
,
for
the
making
of
these
as
in
his
twelfth
experiment
(
Salts
Aqua
Ardens
Sal
Armoniack
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Sal
Armoniack
Sal
Armoniack
Philosophical
Menstruum
Trismosinus
Philosophical
Wine
saith
he
,
the
Wise
Men
called
by
almost
innumerable
Names
,
the
which
converts
Gold
into
a
Spirit
;
this
is
Albertus
in
suo
Composito
de
Compositis
,
pag.
939.
Volum
4.
Theat.
Chym.
Behold
,
this
is
the
by
which
Bodies
are
resolved
into
the
first
Matter
.
Menstruums
Trismosinus
Balsamum
Samech
Lib.
10.
Arch.
Arcanum
Salis
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Aqua
Vitoe
Aqua
Vitoe
(
Cucurbit
(
Volatile
Salt
of
Tartar
Aqua
Vitoe
Antenotorium
(
Blind
Alembick
Aqua
Vitoe
Aqua
Vitoe
(
Gold
and
Silver
(
a
Circulatory
AS
to
the
facility
of
preparation
,
the
is
better
than
the
rest
of
the
but
this
of
hath
preference
among
simple
Vegetable
for
it
is
the
compounded
of
fix'd
and
the
Vnctuous
Spirit
of
are
not
easily
joyned
with
the
Spirit
of
but
when
they
are
throughly
mix'd
together
,
they
are
easily
sublimed
into
the
chief
Instruments
of
the
more
secret
Chymy
.
having
prescribed
several
Acuators
of
the
Spirit
of
speaks
at
length
of
acuating
this
Spirit
with
these
Salts
Philosophically
Volatilized
:
saith
he
Sal
Armoniack
Sal
Armoniack
De
intentione
Alchimistarum
De
Salibus
Armoniac
Partus
Veroe
Terroe
In
which
Receipt
of
we
have
the
Volatile
Salt
of
given
us
freely
,
hitherto
sought
in
vain
,
with
very
great
pains
and
cost
,
of
which
the
Theoretical
Philosophers
have
in
their
Theories
exhibited
nothing
but
what
is
most
obscure
.
saith
Sendivogius
Sal
Armoniack
Philosophical
Mercury
Send
.
in
Epilogo
Tract
.
pag.
Now
,
out
of
his
second
Experiment
alledged
,
we
have
the
following
Description
of
or
Volatile
Salt
of
Aqua
Vitoe
in
the
Spirit
of
not
yet
rectify'd
Aqua
Vitoe
Antenotorium
(
Blind
Alembick
Aqua
Vitoe
Aqua
Vitoe
(
Phlegm
and
unprofitable
Earth
Aqua
Vitoe
,
or
Spirit
of
Sal
Armoniack
Aqua
Vitoe
Aqua
Vitoe
Spirit
of
Spirit
of
Wine
impregnated
with
the
Essence
of
Caput
Mortuum
Aqua
Vitoe
(
of
Tartar
(
Sublimatory
Lutum
Sapientioe
(
the
Vegetable
Sulphur
of
Nature
)
(
Vegetable
(
dry
Sal
Armoniack
(
Vegetable
This
Volatilization
of
the
Salt
of
is
sufficiently
tedious
,
yet
easie
and
clear
,
according
to
the
tenour
of
the
Receipt
.
In
the
following
kind
of
we
shall
have
divers
examples
of
making
such
wherefore
we
will
thither
reserve
those
things
which
are
to
be
admonished
about
this
way
of
making
the
Volatile
Salt
of
mixeth
three
pounds
of
this
Volatile
Salt
with
four
of
the
Spirit
of
successively
by
various
distillations
,
and
reduceth
the
mixture
by
circulating
sixty
Days
into
the
Vegetable
Heaven
.
But
here
we
are
to
be
advised
,
that
the
in
its
own
dry
Form
is
a
Vegetable
and
so
according
to
the
prescribed
method
of
the
Receipt
,
it
is
not
always
necessary
to
reduce
that
into
a
liquid
substance
;
for
that
and
the
made
from
thence
are
therein
different
;
because
in
the
making
of
Heaven
,
the
Vnctuosity
of
the
Spirit
of
being
superadded
,
and
now
prevalent
,
hath
absorbed
and
dissolved
the
aridity
of
the
but
this
being
this
way
too
much
diluted
in
a
greater
quantity
of
that
loseth
much
of
it
strength
,
and
becomes
less
fit
for
the
dissolutions
of
d●y
Bodies
:
But
now
if
the
volatile
Salt
of
be
a
in
a
dry
form
,
some
have
unadvisedly
said
it
serves
instead
of
a
which
notwithstanding
is
rightly
and
very
well
said
,
if
a
corrosive
which
we
call
Mineral
,
be
understood
,
whose
place
the
volatile
Salt
of
may
upon
several
occasions
supply
Now
as
this
reduced
into
a
liquid
substance
by
the
Spirit
of
makes
our
Vegetable
Heaven
;
so
being
dissolved
with
the
Spirit
of
common
Wine
it
makes
the
Spirit
of
Wine
of
dissolved
with
Vinegar
,
our
Vinegar
dissolved
with
Aquafortis
,
the
Philosophers
and
so
of
many
others
.
At
present
the
aforesaid
Spirit
of
hath
its
place
(
common
Aqua
Vitoe
Aqua
Vitoe
Aqua
Vitoe
Aqua
Vitoe
Balneo
Marioe
Aqua
Vitoe
This
is
that
Spirit
of
Wine
which
used
in
several
places
,
especially
in
his
Conclusions
,
where
by
the
Spirit
of
Wine
he
reduceth
as
well
Metallick
as
Mineral
Bodies
into
Oyl
:
Whosoever
hath
imagined
to
himself
another
Spirit
instead
thereof
,
must
have
a
care
lest
he
prove
the
truth
of
this
saying
to
his
own
detriment
:
There
is
yet
indeed
another
description
of
that
Spirit
of
Wine
which
notwithstanding
differs
not
from
the
former
,
except
that
in
the
former
description
it
was
read
the
Volatile
Salt
of
but
here
it
is
read
perfectly
sublimed
;
but
that
they
are
is
even
now
manifest
by
the
Receipt
of
For
whatsoever
Salt
,
either
fix'd
or
volatile
,
is
joyned
with
the
Spirit
of
and
sublimed
,
is
called
our
Volatile
Salt
,
our
Sulphur
of
Nature
,
and
our
sublimed
Mercury
,
which
may
be
used
promiscuously
as
Salt
Philosophically
sublimed
;
for
both
those
Salts
(
of
were
by
made
perhaps
out
of
one
and
the
same
matter
:
But
this
his
is
not
so
strong
as
the
though
prepared
out
of
the
same
Salt
of
just
as
that
:
For
diminisheth
the
virtue
of
this
Salt
,
by
adding
the
Spirit
of
common
Wine
:
accomplisheth
the
same
work
,
but
with
the
Spirit
of
sometimes
also
made
his
stronger
than
the
by
separating
the
Spirit
of
common
Wine
from
the
which
indeed
he
performed
two
ways
:
First
,
by
kindling
the
in
a
Copper
Vessel
design'd
for
this
use
,
to
burn
away
the
Spirit
of
common
Wine
,
but
leave
the
by
it self
,
reduced
into
a
liquid
substance
.
The
way
is
this
.
Aqua
Vitoe
In
the
Addition
or
Appendix
of
manual
operations
,
described
this
Spirit
thus
rather
Wine
to
be
burned
,
made
of
the
and
Spirit
of
Common
Wine
He
impregnates
with
the
described
in
from
which
he
distills
a
yet
stronger
,
called
saith
he
made
of
and
Spirit
of
Common
Wine
Spiritus
Gehenneus
Basilius
in
Repet
.
Lapidis
,
in
Cap.
de
Calce
viva
.
saith
he
Tartar
(
Alkali
(
Philosophical
If
Spirit
of
Wine
,
acuated
with
Vegetable
be
kindled
,
the
Spirit
of
common
Wine
is
burned
,
but
the
being
incombustible
,
ascends
in
the
Form
of
a
Liquor
,
and
is
called
the
Fiery
Spirit
of
Wine
of
but
the
same
Spirit
of
Wine
joyned
with
the
being
absorbed
by
the
and
then
distilled
into
it self
,
and
then
kindled
,
the
Spirit
of
common
Wine
is
indeed
consumed
by
the
Flame
as
before
,
but
the
Spirit
of
the
or
rather
the
Vegetable
ascends
not
as
before
,
but
remains
in
the
bottom
of
the
Glass
because
more
digested
,
and
made
more
fixed
:
But
for
the
greater
elucidation
of
these
Spirits
,
we
thought
good
to
add
another
Description
of
the
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Tartar
Mineral
Sulphur
The
Spirit
of
Wine
made
of
Philosophical
promised
to
give
in
his
method
of
making
will
confirm
all
the
aforesaid
for
those
are
made
of
or
the
Volatile
Salt
of
being
divers
ways
prepared
;
but
this
Spirit
of
is
acuated
with
the
Salt
of
not
indeed
the
common
but
that
being
reduced
together
with
the
Spirit
of
into
a
liquid
substance
:
for
we
are
to
be
admonished
that
it
is
not
always
necessary
to
make
the
and
the
rest
of
the
of
this
kind
,
with
the
Salt
of
as
being
Philosophically
Volatilized
,
but
that
sometimes
also
the
same
may
be
made
of
the
Salt
of
without
the
sublimation
or
reduction
of
it
into
the
Vegetable
Sulphur
of
Nature
,
by
cohobating
only
the
Spirit
of
upon
Salt
of
till
it
ascend
by
distillation
in
the
Form
of
a
Milky
Liquor
.
It
is
thus
done
,
described
in
Numb.
This
truly
is
a
most
Noble
so
as
for
its
excellency
to
deserve
a
higher
Place
than
this
among
the
Simple
Vegetable
whereas
it
ought
to
have
been
more
rightly
transferred
to
the
seventh
Kind
of
but
it
very
much
at
present
Illustrating
the
and
so
of
greater
utility
here
than
there
,
we
will
not
remove
it
from
hence
,
yet
will
we
add
some
examples
more
clear
of
such
sort
of
Thus
it
is
done
(
Philosophical
)
Wine
Aqua
Vitoe
is
the
same
,
as
to
the
Ingredients
and
Virtue
,
with
the
Vegetable
Heaven
of
but
it
must
be
Circulated
like
that
Heaven
,
in
order
to
lose
its
milky
and
duskish
Colour
,
and
acquire
the
diaphaneity
and
clearness
of
this
.
This
Receipt
hath
also
which
it
is
convenient
to
compare
with
this
,
especially
he
varying
somewhat
in
Circumstances
,
by
dissolving
impregnated
with
the
Spirit
of
before
the
distillation
of
it
(
Philosophical
)
Aqua
Ardens
Aqua
Ardens
Aqua
Ardens
There
is
yet
another
way
of
preparing
this
Vegetable
Heaven
,
not
by
sublimation
of
the
Alcali
,
nor
cohobation
,
but
simple
Circulation
,
namely
by
digesting
the
Alcali
of
in
the
Spirit
of
till
it
swims
upon
the
Spirit
of
Wine
like
an
Ovl.
It
is
thus
done
,
(
crude
Tartar
(
that
is
,
in
a
Glass-Makers
Furnace
)
(
Tartar
now
calcined
Arboris
Philosophical
(
into
dissolution
per
deliquium
)
Non
reputes
me
by
Circulation
like
the
Essence
or
Spirit
of
Wine
of
Non
proetermittam
(
by
the
separation
of
the
Elements
,
of
which
not
in
this
place
.
)
sometimes
used
the
Salt
of
depurated
instead
of
the
Oyl
of
as
in
the
First
Experiment
saith
be
the
Salt
of
of
this
kind
may
be
divers
ways
made
not
only
out
of
the
but
other
fix'd
may
be
also
taken
instead
of
that
,
as
proves
the
following
Aqua
Vitoe
(
Cucurbit
Aqua
Vitoe
Antenotorium
,
(
blind
Head
The
preparation
of
the
Salt
of
Celandine
is
in
the
The
fixed
Salt
of
Man's
Blood
is
thus
prepared
in
the
Eleventh
Experiment
.
teacheth
the
preparation
of
the
Salt
of
Honey
,
after
this
manner
:
(
the
acid
Water
of
Honey
)
To
these
Salts
requisite
for
this
I
will
add
the
fifth
Experiment
,
which
teacheth
to
prepare
&c.
with
all
which
you
may
acuate
the
Vegetable
Mercury
drawn
from
Wine
,
either
joyntly
or
severally
.
This
sort
of
is
made
not
only
out
of
the
of
Vegetables
,
but
also
out
of
Mineral
Salts
,
such
as
common
Salt
,
&c.
Thus
it
is
made
.
Sal
Gemmoe
(
Philosophical
)
Wine
The
same
described
in
his
Mercury
;
(
which
is
the
fourth
Treatise
which
Description
we
thought
good
to
compare
with
this
,
that
they
may
illustrate
one
another
.
saith
he
,
Sal
Gemmoe
(
mix
the
Salt
,
and
squeeze
it
with
a
little
of
the
Juice
,
with
a
wooden
spoon
,
in
a
wooden
Vessel
;
being
dissolved
,
strain
it
through
a
sleeve
,
and
set
it
apart
;
add
again
a
little
of
the
Juice
,
and
repeat
till
all
the
Salt
be
dissolved
)
made
of
Sea-salt
,
or
made
choice
of
before
the
rest
of
the
simple
as
the
best
,
because
according
to
his
Doctrine
,
it
is
the
Matrix
or
Center
of
Metals
and
Minerals
.
saith
he
In
a
German
Manuscript
these
Words
are
thus
read
,
That
is
,
every
Fruit
ought
to
dye
in
the
same
Matrix
in
which
it
obtains
its
Life
,
we
will
explain
by
its
Branches
;
whereof
the
In
the
first
process
he
dissolves
Sea-salt
,
or
in
water
mix'd
with
the
Juice
of
putrefies
,
and
with
a
stronger
Fire
distils
;
but
the
(
the
remaining
Salt
rather
)
he
dissolves
on
a
Marble
In
the
second
Receipt
he
dissolves
being
first
five
or
six
times
melted
in
an
equal
quantity
of
the
Juice
of
made
hot
,
then
coagulates
,
putrefies
,
and
distils
like
common
the
remaining
Salt
reduced
into
Powder
,
being
as
yet
hot
,
he
dissolves
in
a
moist
place
.
Sometimes
he
does
without
this
stinking
Juice
of
more
compendiously
prepare
that
Oyl
of
Salt
and
that
is
,
from
Salt
calcined
with
(
Distillation
by
the
Salt
of
Vrine
intended
is
easily
proved
by
what
follows
.
(
saith
he
Sal
Nitre
Sal
Niter
.
ibidem
.
But
the
same
Receipt
,
Puts
it
out
of
all
doubt
,
being
thus
described
.
Sal
Nitre
In
the
first
process
he
takes
the
Oyl
of
Salt
and
cohobates
it
so
oft
with
the
Spirit
of
till
the
Salt
remains
at
the
bottom
in
a
form
of
an
Oyl
,
and
no
Phlegm
ascends
;
but
if
instead
of
the
Spirit
of
be
taken
,
as
for
example
;
the
which
we
treat
now
of
,
being
already
prepared
,
or
Salt
circulated
,
there
is
no
necessity
for
the
Salt
to
be
dissolved
but
is
with
less
pains
reduced
into
an
saith
he
made
of
Salt
,
the
water
of
Salt
circulated
,
(
the
of
Salt
,
the
which
is
now
in
hand
The
place
alleadged
is
in
Lib.
Archid.
de
Elixeriis
pag.
(
circulated
Archid.
pag.
This
way
of
making
the
Essence
of
Salt
with
the
is
much
better
,
and
more
exquisite
than
that
former
preparation
performed
by
the
Spirit
of
affirms
the
former
method
to
be
more
useful
,
and
more
expeditious
than
the
latter
;
which
is
to
be
understood
of
the
use
of
both
,
not
the
preparation
:
For
the
Essence
of
Salt
is
both
sooner
and
better
prepared
with
some
than
with
the
simple
Spirit
of
from
which
Essence
of
Salt
which
way
soever
made
,
is
prepared
the
of
Salt
;
which
reason
will
have
more
commodious
,
and
more
expeditious
,
in
extracting
the
Essences
of
things
,
than
the
Oyl
of
Salt
,
not
yet
so
graduated
.
In
the
second
Process
,
commands
,
indeed
,
the
Oyl
of
Salt
made
to
be
putrefy'd
;
but
as
to
the
means
of
putrefaction
,
whether
with
the
Spirit
of
or
some
simple
makes
no
mention
,
without
which
notwithstanding
the
Salt
would
not
ascend
in
the
Alembick
,
and
if
it
were
distilled
,
yet
would
it
be
of
no
use
in
extracting
Essences
:
He
putrify'd
therefore
the
Oyl
of
Salt
for
some
time
with
the
Spirit
of
then
being
putrifyed
,
distil
〈◊〉
with
a
stronger
Fire
,
the
residue
of
the
Salt
he
again
dissolv'd
on
a
Marble
,
and
being
dissolved
,
putrify'd
and
distill'd
it
with
new
Spirit
of
or
some
Simple
Vegetable
so
often
,
till
he
had
distill'd
the
whole
into
Spiritual
Water
of
Salt
.
The
third
Branch
consists
in
the
Reduction
of
the
Essence
of
Salt
into
the
of
the
same
;
for
the
Natural
(
that
is
,
Essence
of
Salt
,
doth
by
being
cohobated
sometimes
with
the
Spirit
of
ascend
together
with
it
,
becomes
sweet
,
and
is
transmuted
into
the
of
Salt
,
or
Artificial
Essence
,
of
which
more
in
the
Common
Salt
therefore
distilled
with
the
Spirit
of
through
an
Alembick
,
is
the
&c.
It
is
called
by
reason
of
the
Circulation
or
Digestion
of
the
Essence
of
Salt
for
a
Month
with
the
Spirit
of
or
which
is
more
probable
,
because
of
the
common
Circulation
of
all
the
Vegetable
for
the
space
of
Days
,
after
the
was
already
made
,
so
that
this
Circulation
,
though
omitted
in
our
Receipt
,
must
be
understood
in
these
It
is
not
therefore
called
as
if
common
Salt
had
less
Virtues
in
dissolving
,
than
the
other
Salts
,
but
because
it
hath
those
only
,
and
not
the
quality
of
tinging
superadded
,
as
the
greater
after
the
same
manner
as
Salt
is
made
a
may
also
be
made
a
saith
Paracelsus
Arch.
Cap.
Lastly
,
As
the
saline
Essence
of
Salt
loseth
its
saltness
,
and
becomes
sweet
by
being
digested
and
cohobated
in
the
Spirit
of
so
the
Common
Spirit
of
Salt
well
mixed
and
digested
with
the
Spirit
of
Wine
,
becomes
a
sweet
It
is
thus
done
(
the
Description
of
which
we
lately
had
in
the
precedent
Pages
)
But
though
this
may
deserve
its
Praises
,
yet
it
can
scarce
be
reckoned
amongst
of
this
Kind
,
where
we
discourse
not
of
acid
Spirits
,
but
fixed
Salts
;
it
must
therefore
be
considered
as
an
Appendix
of
the
circulated
Salt
:
to
the
Illustratino
of
which
it
will
not
a
little
conduce
.
Aqua
ardens
Aqua
ardens
Aqua
ardens
Sal
Armoniack
Philosophical
Wine
Common
Wine
Sal
Armoniack
Philosophical
Wine
Aqua
ardens
Sal
Armoniack
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Sal
Armoniack
Sal
Armoniacks
So
have
you
saith
the
formal
Harmoniack
mixtion
of
all
the
Elements
;
wherefore
wonder
not
,
if
we
call
it
for
so
it
is
called
,
because
of
its
exalted
and
sublimed
property
the
pure
and
first
Matter
of
Nature
,
Sal
Harmoniacks
,
Philosophical
Vegetable
Mercuries
,
Sulphurs
of
Nature
Salt
,
Nitre
,
Vitriol
,
Aqua
fortis
,
Philosophical
Wine
Chaos
(
Vegetable
Mercury
,
the
Philosophers
Wine
)
(
ardent
(
Phlegm
(
the
animated
Spirit
(
ardens
(
animated
Spirit
Sal
Armoniack
(
Sal
Armoniack
(
ardens
Fire
depurated
Heaven
,
Menstrual
Blood
,
Vrine
sublimed
,
Menstruum
,
our
Water
of
Sulphur
,
our
Blessed
Stone
,
Philosophical
Wine
Aqua
ardens
(
a
pitchy
mass
(
ardens
(
ardens
,
or
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
)
(
Salt
Vegetable
Sulphur
,
Sal
Armoniack
Sulphur
of
Nature
Vegetable
Sulphur
(
Aqua
ardens
rectifyed
to
the
highest
)
Aqua
ardens
Simple
Menstruum
Both
Receipts
agree
in
all
things
,
except
that
calcines
the
dead
Earth
,
and
by
dissolving
in
common
Water
and
calcining
,
purifies
it
not
so
:
this
Earth
notwithstanding
seeming
by
this
way
of
putrifying
to
be
made
fitter
for
the
Reception
of
its
Spirit
;
The
Receipts
consist
of
these
two
parts
,
the
preparation
of
the
Vegetable
and
the
Reduction
of
the
same
Salt
into
a
liquid
Substance
or
The
preparation
of
the
is
effected
by
two
Operations
:
In
the
first
,
the
Soul
is
extracted
out
of
the
Body
by
Virtue
of
the
Spirit
,
to
exanimate
and
fix
the
Earth
,
and
make
it
melt
like
Wax
on
a
red
hot
Plate
:
In
the
second
,
the
Soul
is
stored
to
this
fixed
Earth
by
times
,
and
this
variously
,
to
make
it
Volatile
:
In
both
Receipts
as
well
of
the
animated
Spirit
is
restored
to
the
Earth
so
exanimated
,
in
an
eighth
,
seventh
,
sixth
,
fifth
,
and
fourth
part
of
its
weight
,
till
it
wholly
evaporates
upon
a
fiery
hot
Plate
;
this
method
of
impregnating
,
or
revivifying
the
Dead
Body
will
be
confirmed
and
illustrated
by
the
in
the
distillation
of
(
Phlegm
(
ardent
(
animated
(
he
goes
on
cap.
L.
)
(
in
respect
of
the
Earth
)
Sal
Armoniack
(
Gold
and
Silver
This
Volatilization
of
the
fixed
Earth
the
performed
other
ways
also
,
not
always
observing
the
order
of
the
aforesaid
weights
of
the
animated
Spirit
,
in
the
resuscitation
or
impregnation
of
the
dead
Body
:
For
sometimes
they
imbibed
this
exanimated
Earth
with
an
eighth
part
of
its
animated
Spirit
so
oft
,
till
it
became
animated
again
,
and
was
made
Volatile
.
Thus
made
his
Sometimes
they
impregnated
the
Earth
from
the
beginning
to
the
compleat
saturity
of
it
,
with
a
fourth
part
of
the
animated
Spirit
,
thus
:
(
Aqua
ardens
mix'd
with
Phlegm
)
(
Pitch
(
ill
and
well
rectify'd
Sometimes
they
impregnated
this
Earth
without
observing
any
weight
,
as
thus
:
Aqua
ardens
(
Vegetable
,
or
Aqua
ardens
)
(
distil
Aqua
ardens
(
elsewhere
called
Soul
Aqua
ardens
(
Soul
)
Aqua
ardens
(
Soul
Aqua
ardens
(
Soul
Aqua
ardens
Vegetable
Menstruum
may
also
be
made
the
same
way
as
Vegetable
thus
is
made
(
the
Soul
as
Pitch
(
Volatile
(
Spirit
.
(
Pitch
and
Spirit
(
Spirit
(
Pitch
(
animated
This
Receipt
being
less
clear
,
in
making
no
mention
of
the
Spirit
of
and
yet
of
no
worth
without
it
;
I
will
therefore
add
his
sixth
Experiment
of
the
rational
Animal
,
where
thus
:
Aqua
Vitoe
,
(
Philosophical
(
Cucurbit
(
Spirit
(
Chymical
Lute
Sal
Armoniack
Animal
Sulphur
Animal
Mercury
Argent
vive
To
this
exanimated
Earth
restore
the
animated
Spirit
by
various
imbibitions
,
according
to
the
ways
described
in
the
preparations
of
Vegetable
saith
Lully
But
the
ways
of
making
these
Salts
being
very
tedious
,
we
will
for
a
conclusion
add
way
of
abbreviation
(
of
Nature
(
after
the
Phlegm
is
drawn
off
)
(
distilled
out
of
the
Ritch
)
(
superfluous
,
insipid
,
and
to
be
cast
away
)
(
of
the
aforesaid
Phlegm
or
Liquor
)
in
his
way
of
making
Vegetable
declares
the
Oyl
extracted
out
of
the
Pitch
of
to
be
superfluous
and
inconsonant
saith
he
and
a
little
after
himself
has
in
some
Experiments
before
declared
,
that
Oyl
,
as
also
the
Phlegm
of
this
Wine
to
be
of
no
Virtue
in
the
present
Work
:
nevertheless
in
this
accurtation
of
he
not
only
useth
the
said
Oyl
,
and
indeed
(
which
you
may
wonder
at
)
for
the
abbreviation
,
of
a
most
tedious
labour
,
but
also
affirms
that
thus
prepared
,
is
of
the
same
Virtue
with
the
rest
.
Sometimes
he
used
also
the
Water
or
animated
Spirit
,
together
with
the
Oyl
,
for
present
abbreviation
,
thus
:
(
aforesaid
Hitherto
of
the
various
preparations
of
Vegetable
We
will
now
proceed
to
the
other
part
of
the
namely
,
the
several
ways
of
reducing
these
Salts
into
a
liquid
substance
.
The
did
for
the
most
part
distil
through
an
Alembick
one
part
of
Vegetable
with
three
parts
of
the
to
which
Liquor
they
added
again
one
part
of
the
aforesaid
Salt
,
and
distill'd
,
and
that
they
repeated
three
,
and
sometimes
four
times
,
to
make
the
weight
of
the
Salt
and
Water
equal
;
for
the
greater
the
quantity
of
the
same
Salt
,
the
stronger
is
the
quality
of
the
then
lastly
they
circulated
the
thereby
to
make
it
more
pure
and
excellent
:
But
though
this
Method
was
more
in
use
among
the
yet
either
their
curiosity
or
sedulity
found
out
also
other
ways
;
so
instead
of
the
wherewith
they
prepared
the
Vegetable
as
well
as
the
they
sometimes
took
circulated
,
or
the
Heaven
,
or
Essence
of
described
in
It
is
thus
done
in
the
Form
of
an
Oyl
,
see
the
Heaven
,
or
Essence
of
As
these
are
made
either
weaker
or
stronger
according
to
the
variety
of
weight
,
so
also
are
they
more
or
less
pure
,
by
longer
,
or
shorter
,
or
altogether
neglected
circulation
,
for
some
there
are
of
this
kind
,
which
the
circulated
not
:
For
an
Example
take
the
following
.
Spiritus
ardens
dissolv'd
in
(
one
part
of
the
Salt
to
six
of
the
Spirit
)
makes
the
present
but
the
following
is
prepared
from
Spiritus
ardens
made
sometimes
not
of
Vegetables
but
by
the
way
following
Sometimes
they
prepared
these
by
cohobation
alone
,
without
any
imbibition
:
For
Example
.
Aqua
ardens
(
if
first
kindled
(
rectify
Aqua
ardens
Aqua
ardens
Wind
carryed
him
in
its
Belly
:
(
called
above
Vegetable
Aqua
Vitoe
The
same
in
his
Book
and
the
Author
of
the
Appendix
of
the
third
Volume
of
differ
not
from
the
aforesaid
made
of
but
only
in
preparation
;
in
those
the
whole
Earth
of
the
is
by
its
own
Spirit
reduced
into
a
liquid
substance
,
with
which
is
performed
the
same
Work
,
but
after
another
manner
:
Hitherto
ought
to
be
referred
the
made
thus
(
Philosophical
)
Wine
(
the
same
reduceth
his
with
some
difficulty
into
a
liquid
substance
:
but
distils
the
Salt
of
by
four
cohobations
into
the
same
the
cause
of
abbreviation
is
to
be
sought
in
the
preparation
of
that
Salt
,
which
is
two-fold
,
common
or
secret
;
of
the
common
,
saith
&c.
Of
the
secret
way
of
making
this
Salt
,
saith
This
latter
way
of
making
the
Salt
of
Wine
,
is
not
only
the
multiplication
,
and
addition
as
well
of
the
quantity
,
as
quality
of
it
,
but
moreover
is
also
the
volatilization
of
it
:
It
is
no
wonder
therefore
,
that
the
Salt
,
whose
half
part
was
Spirit
of
should
so
easily
ascend
with
the
same
Spirit
;
yet
is
it
to
be
well
observ'd
,
lest
we
temper
the
aridity
of
the
Salt
of
Wine
too
much
,
with
too
great
an
addition
of
Vnctuosity
,
and
instead
of
a
of
this
Kind
,
make
a
weaker
of
the
second
Kind
.
What
has
been
declared
of
Vegetable
is
also
to
be
understood
of
animal
for
an
Example
we
will
instance
.
(
Philosophical
Aqua
ardens
Chap.
B.
(
Spirit
(
Spirit
(
or
Spirit
(
Terrestial
Foeces
(
a
Cucurbit
(
if
you
will
Chap.
D.
D.
That
those
things
which
were
noted
in
the
fifth
precedent
Kind
,
may
hitherto
also
be
referred
,
the
of
this
Kind
differing
only
in
matter
from
the
antecedent
,
these
were
made
of
only
,
those
of
the
fixed
Salts
of
divers
things
,
but
as
to
the
way
of
subliming
,
or
the
way
of
making
Vegetable
they
both
agree
in
all
things
.
That
these
are
called
Sulphurs
of
Nature
.
In
the
preparation
of
there
is
an
Earth
found
,
which
is
called
existent
in
the
Vegetable
Mercury
,
coagulating
its
own
Mercury
;
for
the
sake
of
which
Earth
,
they
called
every
other
exanimated
and
fixed
Earth
,
but
the
animated
Spirit
&c.
)
they
termed
Mercury
,
to
be
coagulated
by
this
Sulphur
,
but
both
of
them
being
reduced
into
one
Body
,
and
sublimed
,
they
call'd
Sulphur
of
Nature
,
These
Salts
are
call'd
Sulphurs
of
Nature
,
to
distinguish
them
from
Sulphur
against
Nature
,
that
is
,
of
every
Acid.
saith
Ripley
&c.
Med.
Phil.
pag.
Menstruum
Sericonis
Viatic
.
pag.
but
of
these
in
another
place
,
namely
,
the
fifth
Book
.
That
these
Salts
are
to
be
used
presently
after
the
sublimation
of
them
.
That
Philosophical
though
never
better
rectify'd
,
yet
contains
in
it
some
certain
superfluous
moisture
,
which
it
expells
,
either
by
being
circulated
by
it self
,
as
in
the
preparation
of
Heaven
,
or
imbibed
in
things
fixed
;
as
in
the
ways
of
making
the
said
Salts
.
That
a
made
of
Heaven
,
with
the
Essence
or
Oyl
of
is
no
stronger
than
the
rest
,
as
to
the
preparation
of
the
though
it
may
be
sooner
made
with
this
Oyl
,
than
simple
but
as
the
already
made
is
mixed
,
and
again
circulated
not
with
the
thin
Philosophical
Water
,
but
with
the
Oyl
or
That
the
divers
ways
of
subliming
these
Salts
do
most
clearly
discover
to
us
as
well
the
Nature
of
that
Spirit
of
Wine
,
as
of
these
and
moreover
commends
the
incomparable
Experience
of
in
these
things
tho'
extracted
out
of
the
Vrine
,
and
other
parts
of
Man
,
are
nevertheless
not
properly
so
called
,
so
long
as
the
matter
of
that
Spirit
of
was
Vegetable
,
and
only
acuated
with
an
animal
thing
:
yea
the
very
Spirit
of
made
also
out
of
the
animal
Kingdom
,
as
also
acuated
,
would
notwithstanding
differ
not
from
the
simple
Vegetable
in
the
properties
of
dissolving
,
because
it
would
together
with
the
said
simple
Vegetable
very
much
vary
from
the
tinging
faculty
of
the
compounded
Vegetable
from
which
it
ought
to
be
distinguished
;
whereas
otherwise
it
might
be
ranked
among
the
Vegetable
(
Philosophical
)
Wine
(
the
same
(
other
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Menstruum
(
Circulatum
minus
,
described
in
Numb
.
Sal
Armoniack
(
common
Sal
Armoniack
Sal
Armoniack
reduced
into
a
liquid
substance
by
the
Spirit
of
is
a
of
the
fourth
Kind
,
but
the
same
Salt
distill'd
with
the
is
made
not
a
simple
,
but
compound
and
the
better
for
adding
so
great
a
quantity
of
new
in
the
third
Kind
of
acuates
the
Spirit
of
with
crude
Honey
,
by
which
way
it
is
made
a
simple
of
that
Kind
,
but
if
mixed
with
its
fixed
and
distilled
through
an
Alembick
,
't
is
made
a
compound
(
Phlegm
(
Spirit
(
the
Receiver
being
now
changed
)
(
Spirit
(
Spirit
Cap.
tertium
significatum
per
D.
D.
in
Cap.
F.
Chapter
signified
by
these
two
Letters
,
D.
D.
of
Honey
,
or
the
described
in
the
third
Kind
,
Numb
.
the
ardent
Spirit
for
a
of
the
Fifth
Kind
of
Honey
,
or
of
the
Third
Kind
ardent
,
but
because
a
of
the
fifth
,
and
not
of
this
Kind
,
would
be
made
by
this
Spirit
,
therefore
is
C
,
being
acuated
with
Honey
,
or
the
mellifluous
Heaven
of
of
the
third
Kind
to
be
taken
in
this
place
,
the
Coelum
mellifluum
of
Menstruum
,
(
if
made
of
the
ardent
Spirit
,
and
Salt
of
Honey
,
but
a
compound
,
if
prepared
with
the
and
Salt
of
Honey
Philosophical
Wine
(
Philosophical
)
Wine
THe
Kind
immediately
antecedent
is
indeed
computed
in
the
number
of
the
greater
or
Vegetable
compounded
,
because
the
of
that
Kind
do
in
the
power
of
dissolving
excell
the
other
Simple
but
not
in
Tincture
,
which
that
as
well
as
those
do
want
;
but
we
will
now
offer
those
which
shall
be
better
;
they
will
not
only
dissolve
,
but
in
dissolving
moreover
tinge
the
things
dissolved
in
them
,
and
so
make
them
better
;
they
will
not
only
extract
the
Essences
of
things
,
but
transmute
whole
Bodies
into
Magisteries
:
Amongst
these
,
the
Vegetable
Mercurial
Waters
,
made
of
common
and
simple
Vegetable
have
priority
;
for
many
of
the
being
so
taught
by
Experience
,
have
called
common
the
open
Metal
,
for
it
is
sooner
dissolved
than
the
other
Metals
,
and
does
by
its
aridity
more
temper
the
unctuosity
of
the
Spirit
of
than
the
individuals
hitherto
used
in
the
antecedent
Kinds
of
As
concerning
this
matter
,
hear
the
Philosophers
,
and
above
the
rest
the
great
Prince
,
without
question
,
of
all
the
who
saith
open
Metal
Paracelsus
his
made
of
common
Salt
Arch.
Cap.
(
he
goes
on
Metal
Mercury
.
Lib.
Arch.
pag.
Mercury
vive
open
Metal
.
Libro
de
rebus
naturalibus
,
pag.
Mercury
vive
open
,
as
Argent
vive
is
open
agrees
with
Argent
vive
Lib.
de
rebus
natural
.
&
supernat
.
Cap.
affirms
the
same
saying
:
Argent
vive
Cap.
pag.
Volum
.
sexti
Theat.
Chym.
saith
Sendivogius
Argent
vive
lib.
de
Sulphure
.
Of
the
antient
Philosophers
I
will
add
who
in
Lib.
Rosarii
,
saith
Argent
vive
Argent
vive
Argent
vive
Among
the
Metals
there
is
none
that
sooner
mixeth
with
the
Spirit
of
and
is
more
easily
altered
,
than
wherefore
the
esteemed
it
as
an
open
Metal
;
all
other
Metals
and
Mineral
Bodies
are
with
very
great
difficulty
dissolved
by
the
Spirit
of
but
being
once
counited
with
this
Spirit
,
they
are
as
well
as
Mercury
,
converted
into
a
third
substance
,
never
to
be
divided
into
their
constitutives
,
that
is
,
Metal
and
Spirit
;
This
open
Metal
they
made
more
open
sometimes
by
the
acidity
of
Salts
;
so
did
sometimes
sublime
common
Mercury
for
his
Hell
Fire
:
yet
principal
care
must
be
taken
,
that
such
as
these
made
of
Mercury
sublimate
,
be
by
being
dulcify'd
with
longer
than
ordinary
circulation
,
or
repeated
cohobations
,
freed
from
all
the
acidity
of
the
Salts
;
but
this
operation
being
full
of
danger
,
yea
contrary
to
the
Rule
of
Vegetable
which
excludes
every
Acid
whatsoever
,
we
have
therefore
thought
good
to
advise
young
Beginners
to
use
crude
Mercury
,
as
safer
than
sublimate
.
Instead
of
these
we
will
therefore
commend
the
made
of
crude
in
the
Fifth
Kind
in
Numb
.
in
infinitum
Elsewhere
instead
of
Tartar
fired
(
that
is
,
the
Spirit
of
dryed
in
the
Salt
of
or
Vegetable
made
of
the
Salt
of
but
not
yet
sublimed
sometimes
used
some
simple
Vegetable
with
which
he
made
the
exalted
Water
of
Mercury
,
as
followeth
.
Aqua
ardens
Pepper
,
Squilla
,
Pyrethrum
,
Euphorbium
,
Solatrum
,
Anacardus
,
Paradise
,
Staphis-agria
Lac
Virginis
,
Aqua
roris
Maii
,
and
Aqua
Mercurii
.
we
have
proved
before
by
to
be
Synonimous
:
the
fortification
or
acuition
of
that
Water
or
Spirit
,
with
Pepper
,
Squilla
,
we
taught
in
the
second
Kind
.
Mercury
,
though
an
open
Metal
,
is
yet
hard
enough
to
be
dissolv'd
in
the
aforesaid
of
the
second
Kind
,
but
the
stronger
the
simple
Vegetable
are
,
the
sooner
also
is
it
dissolved
;
an
Example
you
will
have
in
the
following
Glorious
Water
of
where
Mercury
is
in
the
space
of
six
days
dissolved
in
the
by
a
of
the
sixth
Kind
Argent
vive
Menstruum
(
above
described
〈◊〉
the
Sixth
Kind
in
Numb
.
Argent
vive
of
Coelum
Vinosum
,
in
Numb
.
(
circulated
rather
Menstruum
(
the
Vegetable
Heaven
described
in
the
Fifth
Kind
in
Numb
.
The
Receipt
of
this
is
plain
,
yet
must
we
declare
what
he
means
by
the
Mercurial
Water
extracted
by
the
Magistery
of
three
Vessels
,
the
Description
of
which
we
read
thus
Mercury
vive
(
Philosophical
)
Aqua
Vitoe
(
three
Aludells
lutum
sapientioe
first
Experiment
(
Salt
of
impregnated
with
the
Spirit
of
first
Experiment
first
Experiment
(
now
prepared
He
revivisies
Mercury
sublimate
,
to
be
purged
after
the
common
way
,
by
the
Oyl
of
Tartar
,
and
quick
Lime
;
being
now
purged
,
to
digests
it
in
that
is
,
Philosophical
;
for
common
Spirit
of
Wine
would
be
here
of
no
effect
,
wherein
this
digestion
with
Philos●phical
much
of
the
permanent
unctu●sity
sticks
to
the
altering
it
exceedingly
;
then
he
puts
it
into
divers
Aludels
,
joyned
together
,
and
to
the
Receiver
,
and
made
red
hot
,
in
order
to
be
converted
into
a
Mercurial
Water
:
The
way
of
distilling
by
Vessels
red
hot
,
I
find
in
many
places
to
have
been
much
in
use
among
the
but
whether
they
contrived
this
way
for
the
abbreviating
,
or
more
exquisite
way
of
operating
,
or
for
what
other
cause
,
I
know
not
.
distils
not
Mercury
,
but
Gold
often
extinguished
in
the
Philosophical
through
a
hot
Vessel
into
a
red
Liquor
.
Aurum
fulminans
,
saith
he
the
Vegetable
made
of
the
Salt
of
Tartar
If
the
Gold
being
divers
times
extinguished
in
the
Spirit
of
is
made
soft
and
fat
,
why
might
not
this
be
also
done
in
common
Mercury
,
digested
according
to
the
Receipt
,
in
the
same
Spirit
of
Wine
?
But
suppose
propos'd
it
only
to
himself
,
to
reduce
into
a
common
acid
Liquor
,
yet
does
he
out
of
this
,
with
the
addition
of
the
Salt
of
Tartar
of
the
first
Experiment
,
make
a
Vegetable
of
the
Fifth
Kind
,
with
which
he
dissolves
common
and
reduceth
it
into
a
Mercurial
Water
:
then
he
dissolves
common
Mercury
by
this
Mercurial
Water
,
and
draws
it
off
so
,
as
to
remain
in
the
Form
of
an
Oyl
;
which
Oyl
of
Mercury
being
dissolved
in
the
Vegetable
Heaven
,
he
circulates
,
and
being
circulated
,
calls
it
the
incalcinated
If
instead
of
the
Oyl
of
Mercury
you
take
crude
Mercury
reduced
into
the
true
first
matter
of
Mercury
,
and
acuate
the
Vegetable
Heaven
with
this
Mercurial
you
will
make
the
same
,
yea
a
much
better
incalcinated
The
way
of
making
the
Sulphur
of
Nature
of
common
is
this
following
second
Experiment
lutum
sapientioe
Sal
Armoniack
Here
he
dissolves
Mercury
with
calcined
upon
an
Iron
Plate
with
which
he
cohobates
the
Vegetable
Salt
of
the
Salt
of
Tartar
impregnated
with
the
Spirit
of
or
sublimed
into
a
Vegetable
in
equal
weight
(
yet
by
degrees
)
through
an
Alembick
;
(
instead
of
this
may
be
taken
the
Vegetable
Heaven
of
with
this
he
dissolves
common
and
reduceth
it
into
a
white
Oyl
,
out
of
which
Oyl
he
draws
the
animated
Spirit
,
repeating
the
Work
,
till
the
Earth
of
the
Mercury
remains
black
,
fixed
,
and
without
fume
on
a
hot
Plate
:
This
exanimated
and
reverberated
Earth
he
revivifies
,
by
imbibing
it
with
a
fourth
part
of
the
animated
Spirit
seven
times
rectify'd
,
till
it
becomes
white
and
volatile
,
which
then
he
sublimes
into
a
Mercurial
the
making
of
which
differs
not
from
the
antecedent
Descriptions
of
the
but
if
it
be
mixed
with
four
parts
of
's
Vegetable
Heaven
,
that
which
is
call'd
the
incalcinated
is
made
from
thence
,
and
so
much
the
stronger
,
as
that
is
stronger
than
the
Oyl
of
Mercury
,
but
if
this
first
matter
of
Mercury
be
circulated
according
to
its
time
,
you
will
make
a
deserving
the
Name
of
prepares
the
incalcinated
not
from
common
Mercury
,
but
the
Mercury
of
Metals
,
described
in
the
Seventh
Kind
in
Numb
.
or
Numb.
He
elsewhere
describes
the
Oyl
of
the
Mercury
of
Metals
thus
:
Sol
(
a
Description
of
which
we
shall
have
lower
in
the
third
Book
(
Gold
sublimed
,
of
the
preparation
of
which
in
its
place
in
the
second
Book
)
But
besides
Mercury
,
that
open
Metal
,
of
this
Kind
may
be
also
made
of
the
other
Metals
,
though
more
compact
,
an
Example
of
which
we
have
in
the
in
Numb.
second
Experiment
(
Salt
of
Tartar
sublimed
,
or
Vegetable
made
of
the
Salt
of
Tartar
(
that
is
Vegetable
He
extracts
not
the
whole
Silver
,
but
the
more
Volatile
part
of
it
,
(
called
in
the
ways
of
making
animated
Spirit
)
by
the
of
three
Vessels
already
described
in
Numb
.
with
the
Description
of
it
there
declared
,
you
may
explain
those
things
which
are
more
obscure
in
the
present
Receipt
.
He
sometimes
joyns
the
animated
Spirit
of
and
the
animated
Spirit
of
together
,
and
by
circulation
reduceth
them
into
an
admirable
after
this
manner
described
before
in
Numb.
Menstruum
(
of
the
three
individuals
)
(
the
animated
Spirit
(
the
Soul
being
more
viscous
)
Mother
,
Male
Female
,
Man
Animal
,
Vegetable
Aqua
Vitoe
made
this
(
which
he
otherwise
calls
the
greater
Mercury
,
or
compounded
by
this
method
(
in
which
the
Calcinations
of
Metals
are
after
the
common
way
described
)
acuated
with
Honey
,
or
the
described
in
Numb.
(
Dissolution
(
Philosophical
)
Wine
Sal
Armoniack
(
the
distilled
Airs
or
Essences
)
(
in
the
way
of
making
the
mineral
or
Metallick
of
Gold
and
Silver
)
.
Raymund
Lully
Book
of
Quintessence
That
these
are
stronger
than
all
the
antecedent
,
as
being
acuated
with
better
arids
,
or
dry
things
,
and
therefore
do
not
extract
the
Essences
,
but
dissolve
the
whole
Body
into
a
Magistery
.
That
these
are
the
Magisteries
of
Metals
and
Minerals
,
and
therefore
Medecines
.
That
they
are
made
many
several
ways
now
known
to
us
.
That
the
of
Metals
are
made
the
same
ways
as
Vegetable
That
every
one
of
them
is
properly
called
Philosophers
Mercury
,
or
Mercury
of
the
Mercury
of
Gold
,
Silver
,
Iron
,
sublimed
;
the
Mercury
of
Antimony
,
common
Sulphur
,
sublimed
,
because
like
common
Mercury
sublimed
,
it
is
most
easily
resuscitated
by
hot
Water
or
Vinegar
,
into
the
running
Mercury
of
Gold
,
Silver
,
Iron
,
Antimony
,
as
we
shall
be
better
assured
by
Examples
of
the
following
Books
.
That
simple
Vegetable
do
as
being
permanent
Waters
,
continue
also
with
things
Metallick
,
and
stick
most
perfectly
to
them
,
not
for
Medicines
only
,
but
also
for
the
making
of
precious
Stones
,
yea
Tinctures
,
as
well
particular
as
universal
:
As
to
the
simple
Vegetable
extract
the
Essences
of
Vegetables
,
and
the
same
compounded
,
that
they
do
make
Magisteries
for
a
Medicinal
use
,
we
shall
easily
agree
;
but
for
the
unctuous
,
and
most
inflamable
Spirit
of
made
of
combustible
Vegetables
and
Animals
,
to
be
a
constitutive
to
any
Chymical
Tincture
,
seems
to
be
an
assertion
altogether
Paradoxical
;
for
which
cause
are
we
to
be
admonished
that
the
rejected
every
Combustible
Vegetable
and
Animal
,
as
a
thing
useless
for
their
Tinctures
,
but
never
despised
the
purify'd
Elements
of
Vegetables
and
Animals
,
made
incombustible
,
or
acquiring
incombustibility
in
the
process
it self
,
though
they
have
declared
them
to
be
(
without
the
ferment
of
the
Stone
)
insufficient
,
as
also
Metals
alone
without
these
being
therefore
mix'd
with
Metals
,
they
make
Tinctures
as
well
particular
as
universal
for
Metals
,
Witness
portar
.
portu
Elixir
,
he
proceeds
whereof
he
recites
four
,
Argent
vive
,
Sulphur
,
Arsenick
,
Sal
Armoniack
,
)
and
Metallick
Bodies
,
Roger
Bacon
Elixir
.
Mid.
Phil.
Chym.
Cap.
saith
he
further
Argent
vive
Secrets
of
Secrets
Pupilla
Alchym
.
Pag.
It
appertains
not
to
this
place
to
prove
these
things
by
more
Examples
,
it
is
enough
to
have
instanced
these
few
by
way
of
anticipation
,
the
following
Books
treating
more
copiously
of
this
Truth
.
That
the
Name
is
the
proper
and
common
Name
of
Mercurial
for
most
of
the
do
affirm
Mercury
to
be
of
a
most
hot
,
yea
Fiery
Nature
:
some
few
deny
,
accounting
it
the
coldest
Metal
.
Amongst
the
Affirmers
was
the
great
Archid.
magic
Coelum
Phil.
Sect.
de
calore
merc
.
pag.
(
Fluxion
of
Argent
vive
Coelum
Phil.
can
..
taught
the
same
,
saying
&c.
Currus
triumph
.
Antimonii
,
Pag.
And
Sendivogius
Dialog.
Mercurii
Pag.
Theat.
Chym.
did
by
the
most
hot
things
of
acuating
the
Vegetable
without
the
Virtue
of
which
things
,
it
would
not
be
able
to
dissolve
Metals
,
but
in
a
long
time
)
understand
Mercury
:
saith
he
(
of
things
most
hot
Medul.
Phil
,
Pag.
Zaiboth
(
Mercuries
(
Mineral
(
Symbolical
Nature
Raymund
,
in
Compendio
Art
.
Transm
.
ad
Regem
Robertum
:
Argent
vive
Argent
vive
,
Viatic
.
pag.
Mercurial
Waters
are
called
by
reason
of
this
Fiery
Nature
of
the
corrosive
Specifick
was
because
of
the
Mercurial
Water
call'd
by
Libro
.
de
Specif
.
Pag.
prepared
from
Mercury
,
he
calls
a
living
Fire
,
most
extream
Fire
,
and
coelestial
Fire
.
saith
he
(
the
Arcanum
Lapidis
,
or
Antimonii
)
(
common
Mercury
Archid.
Cap.
Amongst
the
Deniers
,
who
judge
Mercury
to
be
of
a
cold
Nature
,
is
first
illustrious
for
Learning
as
well
as
Linage
,
saying
:
&c.
Lib.
Alchym
.
Pag.
Theat.
Chym.
Argent
vive
Epist.
ad
Thomam
,
Pag.
Argent
vive
(
Argent
vive
(
humane
About
the
end
of
his
Epistle
to
But
be
it
what
it
will
,
it
consists
not
with
our
Prudence
to
adhere
to
any
Opinions
,
of
what
Authority
soever
,
but
to
Truth
alone
;
in
which
respect
we
say
is
neither
cold
,
nor
hot
,
yet
that
being
of
easier
dissolution
than
the
rest
of
the
Metals
,
it
is
most
fit
for
this
kind
of
and
that
the
Mercurial
Waters
prepared
from
it
,
may
by
Chymical
Liberty
be
called
though
besides
these
Waters
the
call
also
other
of
which
sort
is
the
in
the
Fifth
Kind
:
But
the
following
Arguments
taken
out
of
the
Text
it self
do
prove
,
that
's
Master
,
was
as
to
his
reducing
of
into
the
first
Matter
or
Essence
,
not
sufficiently
understood
,
and
misobserved
by
for
common
boyling
Water
divided
the
of
his
into
four
Principal
Works
;
which
are
,
as
appears
by
the
of
the
aforesaid
Of
the
first
Work
,
namely
,
the
of
the
in
the
(
Gold
or
Silver
Argent
vive
Argent
vive
Argent
vive
&c.
This
sublimation
or
depuration
of
Mercury
he
describes
in
the
(
Way
Vitrum
(
Vitriol
formerly
so
called
)
Argent
vive
If
we
respect
the
sound
of
the
Words
,
in
his
long
Argumentation
corrected
deservedly
,
but
if
the
Sense
of
the
Words
,
here
is
nothing
deserving
Correction
:
the
Name
of
is
the
chief
and
almost
only
thing
concealed
by
in
the
whole
Practice
of
his
Book
,
which
had
he
manifested
,
he
would
have
prostituted
all
the
more
secret
Chymy
;
but
that
he
meant
not
common
boyling
Water
,
is
proved
by
the
following
considerations
.
Gold
or
Silver
must
be
dissolved
into
or
the
first
matter
,
first
Being
,
Essence
,
not
common
,
but
Philosophically
prepared
:
Nothing
reduceth
Gold
into
a
first
Matter
,
but
a
first
Matter
;
as
here
the
first
Matter
of
common
Mercury
,
clean
Mercury
,
or
the
Mercury
of
Mercury
.
The
have
a
Rule
Therefore
as
Mercury
prepares
Mercury
;
an
Essence
an
Essence
;
a
Magistery
a
Magistery
;
so
the
Philosophers
Mercury
,
or
the
cannot
be
prepared
but
by
the
Philosophers
Mercury
,
or
some
Essence
;
wherefore
by
in
this
Receipt
,
we
understand
the
Essence
of
Mercury
,
but
not
in
the
least
common
boyling
Water
.
or
the
first
Matter
of
Mercury
,
made
of
sublimed
by
cannot
be
running
Mercury
,
because
it
is
in
the
Form
of
a
Liquor
:
First
,
The
dissolution
of
Gold
made
with
this
clean
Mercury
is
to
be
filtred
.
meaning
the
Metal
dissolved
in
the
goes
through
In
the
Dissolution
of
Gold
,
the
Tincture
only
is
extracted
,
the
Body
being
left
.
saith
he
Mercury
,
or
the
first
Matter
of
Gold
prepared
with
clean
Mercury
,
is
also
liquid
.
Chap.
(
Gold
or
Silver
No
wonder
therefore
if
Mercury
prepared
by
be
called
Water
saith
he
Argent
vive
.
Cap.
Because
it
extracts
an
Oyl
from
every
thing
.
saith
he
&c.
Cap.
This
Process
of
is
ordinary
,
and
call'd
by
the
which
cannot
be
done
without
either
a
Vegetable
or
Mineral
among
the
is
the
usual
Name
of
&c.
Codicil
.
cap.
(
force
,
effervescence
,
or
corrosion
)
Morienus
:
Saying
fervens
,
Synonima's
of
one
(
white
,
Bendegid
,
Johannes
Mehungus
Lib.
Alchym
Vol.
Theat
It
is
by
the
blackness
of
the
dissolution
proved
,
that
was
a
simple
Vegetable
saith
he
These
things
we
are
willing
to
say
,
not
impeaching
the
Reverence
and
Honour
of
but
we
contemplate
and
defend
the
Truth
and
Experiment
of
made
of
Salt
,
or
the
Water
of
Salt
circulated
described
above
in
Numb
.
(
Philosophical
Wine
(
by
distillation
(
the
dry
Tincture
or
Crocus
of
Mercury
)
THere
is
a
great
difference
between
this
and
the
precedent
Kind
,
though
they
both
treat
of
Mercurial
Waters
:
The
antecedent
were
made
of
crude
Mercury
:
This
is
indeed
made
of
Mercury
,
but
first
fixed
:
The
precedent
were
most
clear
;
these
greater
are
indeed
most
clear
,
but
also
most
red
,
and
so
much
better
in
their
Tinctures
than
the
precedent
.
The
Receipt
we
will
consider
as
divided
into
its
parts
,
in
the
first
of
which
so
often
,
till
it
be
made
like
fixed
Cristal
,
that
is
,
like
mineral
or
common
Cristal
,
clear
and
transparent
:
As
this
part
is
common
,
so
it
less
needs
explaining
.
In
his
Book
,
he
takes
only
Mineral
Gold
or
Antimony
for
the
same
Work
,
which
Bodies
notwithstanding
are
more
bound
up
than
the
open
Metal
,
Mercury
;
and
for
this
reason
it
may
seem
to
be
fit
enough
for
dissolution
in
without
sublimation
:
For
the
illustration
of
the
Receipt
,
we
will
add
the
Description
of
the
said
Book
.
(
lenificated
In
the
second
part
,
he
dissolves
Mercury
being
so
sublimed
,
in
Synonima's
of
putrifies
or
digests
,
precipitates
with
new
filters
,
and
lastly
reduceth
it
into
Cristals
,
or
Philosophical
Vitriol
.
In
the
Receipt
of
he
adds
the
weights
of
things
:
saith
he
Sometimes
he
dissolves
Bodies
by
some
mineral
which
he
draws
off
two
or
three
times
from
them
,
and
sweetens
them
again
by
taking
away
all
the
acidity
so
far
as
he
is
able
with
common
Water
:
Thus
he
dissolves
common
Sulphur
in
the
strongest
to
be
described
in
the
eighteenth
Kind
)
cohobates
three
times
into
a
black
Matter
,
which
he
sweetens
with
distilled
Water
,
For
it
is
much
at
one
,
whether
Gold
or
Antimony
be
dissolved
by
the
only
,
and
reduced
into
a
Philosophical
Vitriol
;
or
whether
for
the
abbreviation
of
time
,
be
in
the
sublimation
of
it
first
impregnated
with
the
acidity
of
Salts
,
and
so
made
more
open
for
the
Work
,
and
then
mixed
with
the
purified
by
digestion
and
precipitation
,
and
lastly
reduced
into
a
Philosophical
Vitriol
;
or
whether
to
make
the
time
yet
shorter
,
Sulphur
be
mixed
with
a
mineral
that
is
,
an
acid
,
and
the
mixed
together
,
and
then
freed
from
the
acid
,
so
as
with
the
to
be
made
the
same
Philosophical
Vitriol
;
for
which
way
soever
Philosophical
Vitriol
is
made
,
it
comes
to
one
and
the
same
effect
:
but
of
these
Vitriols
hereafter
in
the
Receipts
of
mineral
In
the
third
part
,
he
sublimes
the
Stones
or
Cristals
of
the
Mercury
in
a
close
Reverberatory
(
that
is
,
a
Philosophical
Egg
)
always
turning
it
up
,
till
the
Vitriol
of
the
Mercury
is
at
length
fixed
into
a
most
red
Precipitate
.
This
part
the
Sublimations
of
Sulphur
and
Antimony
in
a
close
Reverberatory
will
illustrate
.
The
strongest
being
often
drawn
off
from
the
Sulphur
,
the
remaining
matter
being
made
thereby
black
,
and
then
sweetned
,
he
reverberates
,
that
is
,
sublimes
in
a
close
Reverberatory
,
and
being
sublimed
,
turns
up
the
close
Reverberatory
,
or
Philosophical
Egg
so
oft
,
and
continually
till
it
comes
to
a
redness
,
saith
he
(
sublimate
(
precipitate
(
observe
Chyr
.
majoris
.
hus
:
into
Philosophical
Vitriol
with
the
by
the
way
of
Mercury
in
the
or
again
into
a
black
and
sweetned
matter
by
the
way
of
Sulphur
,
(
continually
turning
up
the
Reverberatory
,
till
the
matter
will
be
no
more
sublimed
)
The
Antimony
being
thus
fixed
by
sublimation
,
he
extracts
the
tincture
,
by
the
Spirit
of
which
tincture
he
calls
the
most
Noble
,
most
Precious
,
and
only
not
Divine
Essence
of
In
the
fourth
part
he
dissolves
Mercury
being
precipitated
,
and
extracted
by
the
Spirit
of
and
digests
with
new
Spirit
of
and
cohobates
,
till
it
ascends
through
the
Alembick
into
the
or
Essence
of
Mercury
,
Mercury
Circulated
,
the
prepared
from
Mercury
Antimony
,
Sulphur
,
yea
Gold
,
Silver
,
and
all
the
other
Metals
,
being
dissolved
in
some
simple
Vegetable
then
reverberated
,
or
by
sublimation
fixed
,
dissolved
and
distill'd
into
a
liquid
substance
,
are
Antimony
,
Sulphur
,
Gold
,
Silver
,
Circulated
,
or
the
made
of
Mercury
,
Antimony
,
Sulphur
,
That
these
are
called
because
they
were
by
the
ancient
Philosophers
Circulated
for
the
space
of
thirty
or
forty
,
sometimes
sixty
Days
.
That
these
are
called
the
greater
to
be
distinguished
from
the
less
being
less
excellent
,
the
greater
having
greater
strength
,
and
communicating
tincture
to
things
that
are
dissolved
in
them
.
That
these
are
the
of
Metals
and
Minerals
,
and
amongst
things
Volatile
nothing
can
be
more
excellent
than
they
,
they
being
exalted
from
a
fixed
Essence
or
into
a
much
more
Noble
Essence
,
called
an
That
these
That
these
ore
most
red
He
extracts
the
tincture
of
out
of
Antimony
reverberated
to
a
Purple
or
Violet
Colour
;
but
makes
the
Soul
of
Metals
out
of
Sulphur
reverberated
,
of
which
thus
:
(
Philosophical
)
Wine
If
Mercury
,
Antimony
,
and
Sulphur
fixed
by
reverberation
,
and
the
Spirit
of
drawn
off
,
be
red
,
and
diaphanous
as
a
Ruby
,
it
follows
that
the
same
Bodies
,
volatilized
with
the
Spirit
of
do
become
more
red
.
From
hence
we
observe
,
that
the
are
of
divers
Colours
,
sometimes
white
,
milky
and
opake
;
sometimes
most
clear
,
sometimes
again
most
red
and
most
transparent
;
so
that
the
Arguments
of
denying
the
diaphaneity
of
may
be
easily
resolved
saith
he
Azoth
(
he
goes
on
Spirit
of
Life
(
animated
Spirit
Ejusd.
Epist
Argent
vive
disputed
only
against
every
Mercurial
Water
not
permanent
,
made
diaphanous
with
or
any
other
vulgar
and
not
also
against
the
most
clear
Mercurial
Water
of
then
the
Arguments
aforesaid
had
been
of
great
strength
;
but
now
the
objections
against
the
limpidity
of
as
well
of
this
as
other
are
of
no
validity
.
The
same
Earth
,
which
being
less
than
well
dissolved
,
is
the
cause
of
opacity
in
the
very
same
exactly
dissolved
is
the
cause
of
limpidity
with
inspissating
and
coagulating
the
Water
,
as
well
,
if
not
better
,
than
if
it
had
been
less
dissolved
.
The
diaphaneity
of
is
defended
by
and
most
of
the
proclaims
his
to
be
clear
,
bright
,
and
resplendent
as
the
Stars
of
Heaven
.
In
Test
.
novis
.
pag.
Of
which
very
thus
,
in
Appendice
Elucidarii
,
pag.
Theat.
Chym.
Argent
vive
described
by
the
three
hot
Vessels
before
in
Numb
.
(
Drachms
Argent
vive
Philosophical
Wine
Sal
Armoniack
You
must
know
my
Son
!
that
in
the
Truth
and
Faith
of
God
,
no
Sulphur
of
Nature
of
any
Metal
can
be
sublimed
without
this
Water
of
common
Tenth
Kind
(
Philosophical
Aqua
ardens
rectifyed
Argent
vive
Argent
vive
,
(
Vegetable
and
Mineral
)
Sal
(
Harmoniack
,
or
Sulphur
Naturoe
of
Pearls
)
Menstruum
.
As
Silver
is
joyned
to
the
Mercurial
made
by
the
three
Fire-hot
Vessels
,
for
the
which
may
be
so
call'd
,
because
it
was
reveal'd
to
so
this
for
Pearls
is
made
of
the
of
Pearls
,
and
the
Mercurial
Menstruum
,
or
Glorious
Water
of
Mercury
,
which
if
they
be
Circulated
together
a
convenient
time
,
you
will
make
thereof
a
in
the
Neopolitan
Menstruum
(
described
before
in
Numb
.
(
of
Gold
and
Silver
(
Metals
(
Oyls
now
drawn
from
the
Oyls
(
of
Gold
and
Silver
,
left
in
distillation
)
(
remaining
Earth
(
in
the
form
of
an
Earth
.
)
Menstruum
(
not
acid
,
but
made
of
Minerals
,
as
Mercury
,
Gold
,
and
Silver
,
)
Hereto
ought
to
be
referred
the
which
is
called
by
TAke
of
Natural
Cinabar
,
or
Oar
of
Mercury
,
and
of
the
best
Oar
of
Gold
equal
parts
,
to
which
being
pulverized
and
mixed
,
pour
the
Oyl
of
Mercury
made
of
Mercury
sublimed
,
and
putrifyed
Philosophical
Wine
digest
them
for
a
Month
,
and
you
will
have
a
Celestial
rather
than
Terrestrial
extraction
,
draw
off
the
extraction
in
Balneo
,
and
the
Phlegm
being
taken
away
,
in
the
bottom
will
remain
a
ponderous
Oyl
,
dissolving
all
Metals
in
a
moment
;
to
which
add
of
the
Spirit
of
Basilius
)
three
parts
,
Circulate
in
a
Pellican
to
a
Blood
redness
,
and
incomparable
sweetness
;
being
Circulated
,
pour
it
upon
Tartar
calcined
to
whiteness
,
and
distil
the
Spirit
of
Mercury
with
a
strong
Fire
,
the
Spirit
of
Wine
remaining
with
the
Tartar
.
de
particularibus
de
rebus
nat.
&
supernat
.
Argent
vive
Circulatum
majus
(
described
before
in
Numb
.
Of reducing common Mercury into the first Matter or Middle Substance .
Argent
vive
(
Philosophical
Aqua
Vitoe
rectify'd
Mercury
vive
Aqua
ardens
(
if
not
yet
cold
Menstruum
(
the
Animal
described
in
Numb.
or
Vegetable
in
Numb.
but
here
above
he
order'd
him
to
take
Vegetable
Water
rectify'd
,
that
is
,
Menstruum
,
(
Circulatum
majus
,
described
in
Numb
.
last
Chapter
of
his
Book
,
nam'd
Arnold
de
Villa
nova
Sal
Armoniack
Sal
Armoniack
Arnold
de
villa
nova
Libro
Mercuriorum
(
the
Mercurial
or
Glorious
Water
of
common
described
before
in
Numb.
distil
the
from
the
Silver
through
an
Alembick
Argent
vive
(
filtre
the
dissolution
of
the
Lead
)
draw
off
the
in
Balneo
(
the
dissolved
Lead
(
that
which
remains
in
the
Filtre
must
be
cast
away
)
(
through
a
Filtre
(
dissolution
(
the
residue
,
or
Tin
dissolved
)
Lunaria
(
the
simple
Vegetable
and
Silver
(
now
prepared
from
Iron
(
to
wit
Lead
(
Copper
(
Tin
(
Iron
(
Gold
.
(
in
Alchymical
Tinctures
(
in
the
making
of
Pretious
Stones
)
(
in
the
preparing
of
Medicines
.
)
(
in
the
third
Book
of
this
Volume
)
(
making
Pretious
(
aforesaid
(
this
two-fold
way
of
preparing
)
(
of
Metallick
Waters
(
being
first
filtred
,
and
distilled
from
its
remainder
)
(
now
distilled
(
the
remaining
Metal
,
which
the
Water
had
left
in
distillation
)
Limus
deserti
(
or
Metals
(
Take
the
Caput
mortuum
from
the
distillation
of
every
or
the
third
Foeces
,
for
the
first
remaining
in
the
Filtre
were
cast
away
,
from
the
second
the
was
distilled
;
now
the
Foeces
of
the
are
those
which
he
here
calls
the
second
(
Waters
of
Metals
Argent
vive
Limus
desertus
,
Quintessence
Mineral
Mercury
Etherial
Water
Limus
desertus
Terrestrial
Water
.
In
Compendio
Animae
transm
.
pag.
208.
Volum
.
4.
Theat.
Chym.
Take
of
common
Mercury
one
Ounce
,
and
dissolve
it
in
the
dissolving
Water
in
the
digestion
of
I.
distil
through
a
Filtre
,
regard
not
the
Faeces
,
but
keep
the
second
after
distilling
through
an
Alembick
The
Water
of
is
thus
made
:
Take
one
Ounce
of
the
purest
Silver
,
dissolve
it
in
what
quantity
of
the
dissolving
Water
you
please
,
distil
through
a
Filtre
,
and
cast
away
the
first
Faeces
,
then
distil
through
an
Alembick
in
the
digestion
of
H.
and
keep
the
second
Faeces
,
you
must
keep
the
second
Faeces
of
all
the
Waters
in
their
own
Vessels
,
every
one
by
it self
.
Moreover
he
divides
not
the
distilled
Waters
into
equal
parts
,
as
but
draws
off
the
dissolutions
of
Metals
by
distilling
one
half
for
the
Terrestrial
Water
,
and
distils
the
other
half
for
the
Etherial
Water
.
You
must
indeed
,
be
cautious
in
resolving
the
because
you
are
to
make
two
Waters
or
parts
of
every
distilling
one
half
of
the
which
you
must
keep
apart
,
because
the
Terrestrial
Water
is
made
of
that
first
part
,
and
you
must
likewise
distil
the
other
part
,
which
the
Aerial
Water
is
made
of
,
which
is
hung
in
the
Air
as
aforesaid
,
for
a
Year
,
Lapidario
,
Cap.
9.
&
sequentibus
.
That
the
Etherial
Waters
are
the
Essences
of
Metals
,
exposed
to
the
influences
of
the
Heavens
for
a
Year
.
That
the
Terrestrial
Waters
are
the
Bodies
of
Essences
,
dissolved
in
their
own
and
Buried
for
a
Year
That
the
Essences
of
not
only
Metals
,
but
the
whole
Mineral
Kingdoms
do
by
such
a
method
yield
Etherial
and
Terrestrial
Waters
.
That
these
Waters
acquire
their
principal
Virtues
by
being
impregnated
with
the
Stars
of
Heaven
.
held
divers
Opinions
concerning
the
Influences
of
the
Heavens
.
Some
would
have
the
Situations
,
Aspects
,
and
determinate
Times
of
the
Planets
to
be
highly
necessary
to
this
Work
,
but
others
thought
the
contrary
:
Amongst
the
Affirmers
let
us
hear
who
thus
in
the
Sixth
Chapter
of
his
Ordinal
.
THe Fifth Concord is known well of Clerks , Between the Sphere of Heaven , and our subtil Werks ; Nothing in Earth hath more simplicity , Than th' Elements of our Stone will be : Wherefore they being in Work of Generation , Have most Obedience to Constellation . Whereof Concord most kindly and convenient , Is a direct and fiery Ascendent ; Being Sign common for this Operation , For multitude of their Iteration : Fortune your Ascendent with his Lord also , Keeping th' Aspect of Shrews them fro ; And if they must let , or needly infect , Cause them to look with a Trine Aspect . For the white Work may Fortunate the Moon , For the Lord of the fourth House likewise be it done ; For that is Thesaurum absconditum of Old Clerks , So of the Sixth House for Servants of the Werks : Save all them well from great Impediments , As it is in Picture , or like the same Intents . Unless then your Nativity pretend Infection , In contrariety to this Election , The Virtue of the mover of the Orb is formal , The Virtue of the Eighth Sphere is here Instrumental : With her Signs and Figures , and parts aspectual , The Planets Virtue is proper and special . The Virtue of the Elements is here material , The Virtue infused resulteth of them all : The first is like to a Work-man's Mind , The second like his Hand ye shall find ; The third is like a good Instrument , The remnant like a thing wrought to your Intent : Make all the Premises with other well accord , Then shall your Merits make you a great Lord .
Amongst
the
Denyers
is
&c.
Lib.
Essen
.
dist.
saith
Paracelsus
Coelum
.
Phil.
Pag.
saith
Geber
Summa
perfect
.
Lib.
Petrus
Bonus
of
Ferraria
hath
the
same
Opinion
of
Influences
.
saith
he
Rasis
in
and
adds
Margar.
pretiosa
,
Pag.
Th.
Chym.
the
Philosophers
Mercury
made
of
described
in
Num.
Argent
vive
the
Philosophers
Mercury
prepared
from
Silver
,
or
the
(
he
means
that
which
ascends
as
yet
moist
before
the
sublimation
of
the
Matter
from
these
two
parts
left
)
otherwise
the
Elemented
of
Gold
(
of
the
Sulphur
of
Gold
)
desert
Limes
made
of
the
Earth
of
(
that
is
of
Gold
and
Silver
)
of
Nature
,
or
our
Sulphur
or
Matter
,
or
Vegetable
and
Metallick
Earth
in
one
Kind
united
,
Argent
vive
desert
Limes
(
and
Mineral
)
Earth
or
Sulphur
,
which
you
united
in
one
Kind
,
Earth
of
Sulphur
in
one
Kind
united
,
the
Earth
united
to
its
kind
not
one
Ounce
:
And
of
the
Air
of
the
Sulphur
of
one
Drachm
desert
Limes
(
Fire
(
not
twenty
(
Sulphur
Etherial
desert
Limes
Vegetable
Earth
,
united
and
sublimed
together
(
prepared
above
)
(
with
the
distilled
Element
of
Fire
)
desert
Limes
,
(
of
Gold
)
(
in
one
kind
united
(
of
the
Sulphur
desert
Limes
lunificated
(
not
)
vaporized
.
(
Limes
Limes
(
above
mentioned
,
Terrestrial
desert
)
(
of
the
Sulphur
(
of
Sol
Limes
(
above
declared
,
Etherial
desert
,
)
Luna
(
and
one
Drachm
of
the
Air
of
the
Sulphur
of
(
Terrestrial
desert
)
Limes
(
neither
distilled
through
an
Alembick
,
nor
circulated
)
(
by
meerly
mixing
the
Earth
(
united
in
its
Kind
)
(
take
also
the
Terrestrial
desert
Limes
lunificated
,
not
vaporized
)
the
Earth
of
Sulphur
united
(
of
the
Sulphur
(
of
the
Sulphur
Limes
of
the
Earth
,
and
the
Limes
of
the
Fire
,
Elemented
,
in
which
were
dissolved
the
Air
and
Fire
of
the
Sulphur
of
Gold
,
and
gently
drawn
off
,
that
is
,
three
parts
only
from
five
of
it
(
not
that
,
which
is
also
called
the
Philosophers
Oyntment
,
made
of
the
Earth
united
in
one
Kind
,
but
that
which
was
call'd
the
Vapour
of
the
Elements
)
Luna
(
and
that
wherewith
you
separated
the
Elements
of
the
Sulphur
of
Luna
(
and
the
or
Vegetable
Luna
(
the
first
,
or
first
Air
)
(
of
the
Sulphur
of
Nature
)
(
of
Sol.
(
Menstruum
Philosophical
Wine
Sulphur
of
Nature
,
Sal
Harmoniack
,
Terrestrial
Waters
Sal
Harmoniack
Philosophical
Mercury
Lully
,
Limes
for
Alchymical
Tinctures
ought
to
be
of
a
purer
Nature
,
than
those
which
are
for
Pretious
Stones
.
Sulphurs
Naturae
Sulphurs
Naturae
Philosophical
Wine
Petre
,
Pit-Coals
Philosophical
Wine
(
as
sometime
the
Custom
is
)
Aqua
Vitoe
Fiery
Water
unctuous
Spirit
Philosophical
Wine
Oyly
,
Dry-oyly
,
Oyly-dry
purely
Dry
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Aqua
ardens
Philosophical
Grapes
Philosophical
Wine
Green
Lyon
,
Adrop
Green
Lyon
Green
Lyon
Green
Lyon
Green
Lyon
Philosophical
Adrop
(
which
is
in
the
sixth
Volume
of
and
inscribed
to
an
Guido
de
monte
,
but
differs
not
from
the
Books
of
the
present
and
the
the
greatest
part
of
which
is
ascribed
to
the
Famous
Archbishop
of
is
altogether
the
same
as
to
the
Sense
,
though
these
Words
run
better
in
the
Translation
thus
:
Theat.
Chym.
Which
is
confirmed
with
the
Process
or
Receipt
of
the
were
thus
(
thickned
or
Gumn'd
Clavis
aureoe
portoe
Philosophers
Sol
Aqua
ardens
Green
Lyon
differs
from
the
precedent
,
for
asmuch
as
in
this
,
the
is
dissolved
in
Vinegar
,
but
in
that
,
it
is
all
distilled
alive
,
but
they
are
both
clearly
enough
described
in
themselves
;
yet
the
Matter
of
the
remaining
more
obscure
,
and
less
intelligible
to
the
Reader
,
we
have
found
out
four
Reasons
in
why
it
is
called
saith
he
Green
Lyon
Tract
.
de
.
Adrop
.
Phil.
Pag.
Volum
.
sexti
Theat.
Chym.
and
else
where
:
Green
Lyon
Green
Lyon
.
Medulla
Phil.
Pag.
Green
Lyon
Gold
vive
Tract
.
de
Adrop
.
Pag.
Gold
vive
Tract
.
Adrop
.
Pag.
Green
Lyon
Green
Lyon
(
Vitriol
Medulla
Philos.
Pag.
These
things
spoken
of
the
are
also
to
be
understood
of
being
a
Synonymous
term
of
the
same
Matter
:
saith
Ripley
,
Adrop
Green
Lyon
.
Now
as
to
he
declared
as
followeth
saith
he
(
common
Gold
,
the
Spirit
or
Blood
of
the
Solary
Water
,
Arsenick
(
the
Air
which
lies
in
the
Water
,
it
ought
to
be
read
according
to
the
Doctrine
of
separating
the
Elements
)
drawn
from
or
the
Argent
vive
(
most
,
is
ill
read
)
Concord
.
Lully
&
Guidon
.
Pag.
He
goes
on
Discoursing
of
the
same
(
white
(
Menstruum
(
at
the
beginning
of
the
Work
)
(
namely
,
for
the
inceration
of
the
Vegetable
Stone
)
(
Tinctures
Medul.
Phil.
Chym.
pag.
hath
here
recited
various
Synonima's
of
this
We
for
a
time
will
follow
the
by
the
way
of
as
we
are
directed
by
in
these
very
Words
(
those
fixed
Bodies
Argent
vive
Argent
vive
&c.
Pupilla
,
Pag.
(
common
)
Saturn
(
Philosoph
.
)
Saturn
Phil.
Cap.
Green
Lyon
portar
.
Pag.
(
Planets
Green
Lyon
White
of
an
Egg
Aqua
Vitoe
,
May-Dew
Phil.
Cap.
The
method
of
extracting
the
Blood
of
the
out
of
is
this
that
followeth
Mineral
Antimony
Red
Lyon
Virgins
Milk
Argent
vive
The
like
hath
in
his
Azoquean
Vitriol
Aqua
ardens
,
Aqua
vitoe
stinking
Menstruum
The
same
is
had
in
the
Balneo
Marioe
Green
Lyon
Dragons
Blood
Green
Lyon
(
ardent
Spirit
,
containing
a
little
white
Oyl
at
the
top
)
Aqua
ardens
Aqua
ardens
Aqua
(
ardens
Aqua
ardens
Aqua
ardens
Aqua
ardens
is
made
of
the
same
Matter
as
the
precedent
&c.
are
Synonima's
of
one
and
the
same
Matter
:
This
Matter
being
dissolved
in
distill'd
Vinegar
,
and
again
inspissated
into
a
Gum
,
in
taste
like
Alum
,
is
by
in
the
Description
of
the
antecedent
in
Numb.
Lully
in
practica
Testamenti
makes
a
he
meant
the
said
or
common
which
as
he
says
elsewhere
Argent
vive
saith
he
,
Pag.
of
the
said
practica
Argent
vive
&c.
By
he
intended
common
Niter
saith
he
Salt
Peter
(
acid
Argent
vive
(
acid
he
understood
Gum
made
of
the
saith
he
Azoquean
Vitriol
Argent
vive
he
calls
the
purer
mediums
saith
he
(
Phil
)
Argent
vive
Argent
vive
(
Phil.
)
Argent
vive
Argent
vive
Green
Azoquean
Vitriols
With
the
other
of
these
the
stony
Nature
we
have
no
business
at
present
;
but
being
solicitous
of
or
the
it
will
be
worth
while
to
consult
himself
:
Of
which
the
Philosopher
,
saith
he
Azoquean
Lyon
(
Azoquean
)
Vitriol
Argent
vive
Argent
vive
,
he
meant
not
the
Vulgar
but
Philosophical
Argent
vive
,
the
natural
Root
as
well
of
Metals
as
Minerals
.
saith
he
Lib.
Mercuriorum
,
which
the
following
Synonyma's
of
this
Mercury
,
namely
,
do
also
testifie
in
Cap.
Theor.
Test
.
pag.
Th.
Chym.
Argent
vive
,
or
Green
Lyon
,
must
be
purged
from
its
Superfluities
,
before
the
or
the
can
be
made
of
it
saith
he
Argent
vive
Argent
vive
&c.
Cap.
Theor.
Test
.
pag.
Th.
Chym.
volatile
not
yet
fixed
,
or
matter
of
a
(
distil
(
the
Stone
Theor.
Test
.
pag.
(
Sulphur
and
Argent
vive
(
Argent
vive
(
Putrifaction
Argent
vive
As
to
this
Purification
of
Argent
vive
,
or
the
Green
Lyon
,
(
the
corrosive
Spirit
of
common
Vitriol
)
(
the
acidity
of
Vitriol
(
Vegetable
Mercury
,
or
Green
Lyon
)
Argent
vive
,
pag.
Pupilloe
Alchym
Argent
vive
,
or
the
Green
Lyon
,
is
purified
by
common
Vitriol
,
as
thus
:
Argent
vive
(
Spirit
of
Vitriol
&c.
Cap.
Theor.
Test.
Th.
Chym.
Argent
vive
Theor.
Test
.
pag.
of
the
same
Volume
(
the
Matter
of
the
Menstruum
)
Argent
vive
undeclinable
Word
Theor.
Test
.
Pag.
These
Sayings
comprehends
in
short
,
thus
saith
he
Green
Lyon
Green
Lyon
Green
Lyon
(
Vitriol
Aqua
fortis
(
Spirit
of
Vitriol
)
&c.
Pag.
Medulla
Phil.
&c.
being
purifyed
with
Vitriol
,
must
be
further
matured
or
calcined
into
a
red
Colour
,
that
is
,
Vitriolated
Theor.
Test
Azoth
Vitreus
(
Mercury
Vitriolated
,
or
Azoquean
Vitriol
)
Argent
vive
(
of
common
Vitriol
(
Azoth
Vitriolated
Theor.
Testam
.
Pag.
Theat.
Chym.
And
a
little
after
:
Argent
vive
In
the
same
place
Argent
vive
Argent
vive
Argent
vive
not
common
Metals
,
but
airy
,
being
in
or
the
(
against
Nature
&c.
Cap.
Theor.
Test
.
Pag.
Th.
Chym.
Out
of
this
only
,
the
sometimes
distilled
their
for
Example
,
the
first
of
this
Kind
in
Numb
.
Sometimes
they
dissolved
this
in
distilled
Vinegar
,
which
being
drawn
off
,
they
reduced
it
into
Gum
out
of
which
they
then
distilled
the
stinking
in
Numb
Sometimes
they
dissolved
Gum
first
,
and
then
distilled
it
.
saith
Ripley
Saturn
,
(
Philosophical
(
a
Week
(
in
the
distillation
King
of
Fire
Philos.
Pag.
Of
this
Work
made
mention
of
the
same
Book
saith
Ripley
Gold
vive
potable
Gold
Adrop
.
Phil.
Pag.
Theat.
Chym.
they
called
because
of
their
white
and
opake
Colour
.
White
Fume
,
saith
Ripley
Lac
Virginis
Virgins
Milk
.
Out
of
the
red
Fume
or
red
Tincture
,
otherwise
call'd
the
Blood
of
the
did
by
rectification
alone
prepare
two
Mercuries
,
namely
,
red
and
white
:
saith
Ripley
the
Blood
of
the
&c.
Adr.
Phil.
p.
Theat.
Chy.
made
a
two-fold
Mercury
thus
Roger
Bacon
J.
Fryer
Raymund
Jeffery
Green
Lyon
Balneo
Marioe
(
after
due
putrefaction
Balneo
Marioe
(
distilled
(
with
the
Phlegm
of
distill'd
Vinegar
)
Balneo
Marioe
(
dissolution
of
the
Foeces
(
filtred
Balneo
Marioe
The
Blood
of
the
being
Fifteen
Days
putrify'd
cohobated
Seven
times
by
Balneo
,
into
a
clear
and
ponderous
Water
,
which
he
call'd
the
Philosophers
Mercury
;
out
of
the
Foeces
left
in
the
rectifications
of
this
Mercury
,
dissolved
in
distilled
Vinegar
,
he
made
a
new
Gum
,
out
of
which
he
then
distilled
a
Golden
Liquor
,
or
ruddy
Oyl
,
which
after
the
Seventh
rectification
he
would
have
be
the
Philosophers
Air
,
or
Sulphur
well
depurated
,
clear
and
bright
:
But
used
two
ways
in
rectifying
the
stinking
or
Green
Lyon
,
for
either
he
divided
the
fresh
Blood
of
the
Green
Lyon
into
two
parts
,
distilling
only
one
half
;
the
distilled
part
he
called
,
&c.
The
other
remaining
part
he
calls
the
&c.
as
it
may
be
seen
in
his
Book
called
in
the
place
before
alleadged
;
or
putrify'd
the
whole
Menstruum
,
the
Blood
together
with
the
white
Fume
the
space
of
Fourteen
Days
,
which
after
that
he
divided
into
three
Substances
,
a
burning
Water
,
a
Water
thick
and
white
,
and
an
Oyl
,
of
which
at
length
he
made
a
which
is
described
by
and
by
above
in
Numb.
in
his
Concerning
these
three
Substances
of
the
stinking
Menstruum
,
hath
these
following
Sayings
,
in
his
Book
named
where
thus
Some
great
Mystery
of
Art
is
here
discovered
by
for
the
revealing
of
which
he
fears
the
displeasure
of
not
only
the
but
of
and
others
have
indeed
plainly
enough
declared
to
their
Disciples
,
though
perhaps
it
may
not
appear
to
us
being
less
instructed
in
the
matter
,
what
our
Green
Lyon
is
,
what
common
Mercury
more
common
to
us
than
common
Argent
vive
,
what
the
Azoquean
Vitriol
is
,
and
the
Menstruum
made
thereof
;
but
affirms
that
no
man
ever
spoke
so
plainly
of
the
present
Secret
.
The
have
indeed
in
their
Practicks
described
the
use
of
(
Philosophical
)
Wine
without
any
veyl
of
Philosophy
;
and
amongst
them
with
some
others
have
attained
to
the
knowledge
of
the
same
,
but
(
to
use
expression
in
Wherefore
they
being
silent
the
first
,
and
indeed
the
only
man
of
all
,
declares
to
us
,
that
the
Key
of
all
the
more
secret
Chymy
lyes
in
the
Milk
and
Blood
of
the
that
is
,
that
the
or
the
parts
of
it
being
fourteen
Days
digested
gently
,
is
the
and
other
Nor
was
he
satisfied
in
declaring
this
freely
to
us
,
but
adds
Strength
and
Light
to
his
Words
,
in
making
a
described
by
and
by
us
in
Numb.
of
the
said
stinking
and
corrosive
by
which
one
only
example
he
was
pleased
to
teach
us
,
that
all
may
be
made
of
the
said
is
made
by
divers
Cohobations
upon
its
own
We
may
if
we
please
proceed
by
another
way
or
method
:
Distil
the
being
fourteen
Days
digested
,
and
first
will
ascend
the
then
the
and
in
the
bottom
will
remain
a
thick
as
melted
Pitch
,
which
are
the
Constitutive
Principles
of
all
Let
us
therefore
desist
from
further
pursuit
of
the
said
which
we
have
pursued
through
the
through
the
way
of
even
to
the
This
most
pleasant
place
is
allowed
the
Disciples
of
this
Art
,
to
recreate
themselves
here
,
after
so
much
Pains
and
Sweat
,
dangers
of
Fortune
and
Life
,
excercising
the
work
of
Women
,
and
the
sports
of
Children
,
being
content
with
the
most
of
the
and
eating
the
of
which
being
purified
,
is
the
most
secret
Secret
,
of
all
the
more
secret
as
being
the
the
Nectar
of
the
Ancients
,
and
their
only
desire
,
the
peculiar
refreshment
of
the
Adopted
Sons
;
but
the
Heart-breaking
,
and
Stumbling-block
of
the
Scornful
and
Ignorant
.
But
before
we
depart
hence
,
I
will
present
you
with
another
Dish
,
and
that
not
unsavory
,
which
is
,
that
the
otherwise
the
extracted
out
of
the
is
by
of
the
so
carefully
sought
for
:
For
are
to
the
Synonyma's
of
the
same
thing
:
For
thus
Consequently
therefore
or
the
of
the
For
the
same
Lyon
is
called
sometimes
Green
(
in
his
Youthful
Estate
)
sometimes
red
(
in
his
more
grown
Estate
)
and
therefore
the
Blood
is
sometimes
said
to
be
of
the
sometimes
of
the
in
the
described
in
Numb.
But
let
us
hear
Green
Lyon
Green
Lyon
(
the
moisture
drawn
off
(
or
Balneo
Hitherto
we
have
had
the
stinking
Menstruums
made
of
only
,
yet
sometimes
the
have
added
common
Vitriol
to
it
,
thus
.
(
blood
of
the
Lyon
Sometimes
instead
of
common
Vitriol
,
they
added
common
Nitre
to
the
in
Practica
Testamenti
made
his
which
destroys
and
confounds
all
that
is
of
the
Nature
and
Being
of
common
of
the
same
Volume
The
like
in
his
which
is
called
(
of
Azoquean
Vitriol
(
of
Salt
Peter
and
Niter
)
(
twenty
The
same
is
described
in
Clavicula
under
this
Title
I
do
not
understand
by
what
Error
Cinabar
has
crept
in
among
the
other
Ingredients
of
this
for
it
is
a
constitutive
not
of
this
,
but
of
the
following
for
the
dissolving
of
the
Philosophers
Stone
;
especially
himself
,
in
speaking
of
the
extracting
of
Mercury
from
a
perfect
Body
,
having
made
no
mention
of
Cinabar
,
whereas
notwithstanding
in
the
same
place
he
gave
a
Description
of
this
in
these
few
Words
,
saying
:
Sometimes
they
added
common
Vitriol
to
the
Azoquean
Vitriol
and
Nitre
:
It
is
thus
done
.
(
Azoquean
Vitriol
(
common
(
is
congealed
and
elevated
That
the
of
this
kind
,
being
made
of
the
very
matter
of
are
the
first
of
all
other
either
Mineral
or
Vegetable
That
the
and
the
of
the
called
by
of
the
are
terms
synonymous
;
and
that
the
of
the
and
the
otherwise
by
of
the
are
likewise
Synonyma's
That
the
acid
Mineral
are
by
digestion
or
further
elaboration
,
transmuted
either
into
a
simple
Vegetable
or
into
the
Heaven
or
Spirit
of
That
these
are
to
be
distilled
with
very
great
caution
,
by
reason
of
the
excessive
effervescence
of
the
or
rather
which
is
in
this
caused
by
the
are
the
dissolved
in
an
so
that
having
acquired
this
Spirit
,
you
may
make
them
by
simple
dissolution
That
the
even
now
prepared
,
are
presently
to
be
used
,
lest
they
perish
.
are
by
dissolving
Bodies
coagulated
That
Metallick
Bodies
are
by
these
reduced
into
running
That
these
are
called
because
of
their
stinking
By
the
smell
alone
we
easily
distinguish
these
from
those
fragrant
Thus
the
unsavoury
smell
of
the
it self
proves
that
used
the
Stinking
Calid
,
by
way
of
Question
,
Morienus
answereth
Geber
also
acknowledgeth
himself
to
have
operated
with
a
mineral
Summoe
perfect
saith
he
Stinking
Spirit
Water
Vive
And
in
another
Place
at
the
end
of
his
Book
he
goes
on
Stinking
Spirit
living
Water
the
Name
of
the
Matter
of
these
signifies
the
Philosophers
Saturn
,
or
Lead
.
saith
Ripley
Philosophical
Lead
Medul.
Phil.
Chym.
in
Speculo
Alchym
Theatr.
Chym.
Roman
Gold
by
an
Dono
G
vini
Sulphur
aqueum
Some
of
the
write
not
by
which
Name
they
have
been
pleas'd
to
signifie
the
Matter
of
these
to
be
as
it
were
the
Gate
of
all
the
most
secret
Chymy
:
for
by
the
inversion
of
the
Letters
is
read
a
Gate
:
Thus
(
saith
he
Sal
Gemmoe
Radix
,
Atrop
seems
to
incline
,
who
has
been
pleased
to
call
every
alteration
of
the
or
Matter
of
the
of
this
Kind
,
the
first
or
Gate
of
the
Work
;
thus
he
call'd
the
dissolution
of
the
Matter
the
first
Gate
.
saith
he
Argent
vives
First
Gate
Recfage
(
that
is
,
Anagrammatically
but
by
he
means
The.
Test
.
pag.
Theat.
Chym.
or
our
Pract.
Test
.
pag.
of
the
same
Volume
.
When
the
Matter
in
the
Resolution
of
it
appears
black
,
this
Blackness
(
for
which
some
have
call'd
it
Lead
)
he
would
have
to
be
a
sign
of
the
saith
he
Argent
vives
the
first
Gate
Theor.
Test
.
pag.
Th.
Chym.
Lastly
,
He
calls
the
Destillation
of
this
Matter
the
Argent
vives
the
first
Gate
&c.
Cap.
Theor.
Test
.
pag.
of
the
same
Volume
Being
perswaded
by
these
and
the
like
Quotations
,
I
may
affirm
,
that
is
to
be
written
rather
than
because
besides
the
Blackness
or
Philosophical
Lead
,
signifies
the
beginning
or
of
the
Work
.
That
in
the
Adeptical
Chymy
are
many
to
be
necessarily
distinguished
one
from
another
.
By
the
first
the
meant
the
Coelestial
Sun
,
governing
the
whole
World
.
The
second
is
more
common
to
us
than
common
The
third
is
called
dissolved
into
a
Green
Colour
The
fourth
is
A
fifth
is
the
Stinking
otherwise
called
the
Blood
of
the
A
sixth
is
the
of
Fools
The
seventh
is
extraordinary
,
namely
,
common
Mercury
sublimed
.
That
there
are
also
many
The
first
is
common
Lead
,
the
impurest
of
Metals
,
and
consequently
the
most
remote
of
all
in
our
Art
;
which
to
prove
by
the
Sentiments
of
the
is
a
thing
superfluous
,
finding
almost
every
where
amongst
the
a
solemn
caution
for
us
to
beware
of
this
devourer
of
Metals
and
Minerals
,
saith
Ripley
,
(
to
bring
one
Witness
for
all
)
(
Philosophical
)
Saturn
&c.
Cap.
Philorcii
.
pag.
The
second
is
whereof
before
A
third
is
the
first
Colour
or
blackness
of
the
first
Work
;
of
which
lower
.
The
fourth
is
Copper
,
the
first
of
Metals
;
of
which
saith
he
(
the
universal
)
Mercury
Basilius
,
Libro
de
rebus
nat.
&
supernat
.
Cap.
saith
Paracelsus
Philos.
de
Element
Aquoe
,
pag.
And
a
little
after
he
saith
,
The
Vitriol
of
being
the
first
of
all
things
added
or
joyned
to
the
in
the
making
of
is
called
by
saith
he
(
the
Vegetable
)
Mercury
first
Male
Codicil
.
cap.
So
in
many
places
of
his
he
means
by
his
in
these
especially
:
The
of
our
of
the
of
the
of
the
of
the
The
Female
(
Venus
)
is
in
this
case
the
and
is
not
so
hot
as
the
true
(
second
)
mentioneth
in
the
making
of
his
saith
he
first
Male
the
better
to
express
the
Masculine
Nature
of
calls
it
a
Noun
of
the
Masculine
Gender
,
as
saith
he
first
Metal
(
this
he
means
the
residue
left
in
the
extraction
of
first
Metal
(
Metallus
primus
De
Vita
longa
As
the
the
first
Metal
in
the
Masculine
Gender
,
so
also
they
changed
a
Noun
of
the
Masculine
Gender
,
into
a
Noun
of
the
Feminine
Gender
,
to
signifie
not
common
Lead
,
but
being
a
Feminine
Noun
,
of
Copper
.
saith
Ripley
Sometimes
to
describe
by
not
only
but
also
the
Philosophical
preparation
of
that
is
,
to
be
performed
by
a
they
made
it
a
Vegetable
or
Herb
,
that
so
they
might
distinguish
that
which
was
,
from
that
which
was
not
prepared
;
Thus
in
his
Philosophers
Mercury
Philosophical
Mercury
This
Place
is
thus
read
in
Theat.
Chym.
method
of
making
of
Salt
,
the
dissolving
described
above
in
Numb.
WE
take
notice
that
the
of
the
antecedent
Kind
are
made
of
the
unctuous
Matter
of
purged
,
dissolved
,
and
volatilized
with
an
acid
;
in
the
present
we
shall
observe
the
contrary
,
namely
,
that
the
acid
or
saline
made
with
the
unctuous
Spirit
of
of
this
fourteenth
Kind
in
the
prescribed
Receipt
reduced
Salts
by
cohobation
alone
,
with
the
Water
of
Salt
circulated
into
a
liquid
substance
or
Oyl
,
but
the
Oyl
made
of
common
Salt
,
by
the
method
aforesaid
,
he
commends
before
the
rest
to
his
Disciples
,
for
the
extractions
of
Metallick
Bodies
.
saith
he
Alchymia
(
and
in
Libris
Chyrurgicis
.
)
Manuale
de
Lap.
Phil.
pag.
It
will
therefore
be
worth
while
to
explain
the
way
of
making
this
more
clearly
to
you
:
First
for
the
illustration
of
the
Receipt
we
will
propose
the
Description
of
the
alleadged
by
the
Author
himself
,
in
the
eighth
Book
of
his
Archidoxes
,
which
in
the
of
Salt
we
read
thus
By
comparing
the
Receipts
it
appears
,
that
Sea-Salt
newly
made
is
not
to
be
understood
by
new
Salt
,
but
the
same
exquisitely
purifyed
:
Then
it
is
clear
,
that
the
weight
of
the
Water
of
the
circulated
Salt
omitted
in
the
Receipt
of
the
tenth
Book
,
ought
to
be
so
determined
,
as
to
be
six
times
more
than
the
weight
of
the
Salt
:
Moreover
,
the
time
and
place
of
putrefaction
omitted
in
the
former
process
are
described
in
the
other
,
that
is
,
to
be
digested
a
Month
in
Horse-Dung
:
Besides
it
is
from
the
Receipts
observed
,
that
all
the
Salt
is
not
converted
into
Oyl
,
the
Body
of
the
Salt
being
drawn
as
a
Phlegm
from
the
Lastly
,
that
the
Oyls
of
Vitriol
and
Tartar
may
be
also
made
by
the
same
method
.
The
Receipts
being
thus
compared
,
are
not
only
without
all
obscurity
,
but
do
by
the
exuberance
of
their
Light
give
Light
also
to
other
Processes
,
being
otherwise
less
intelligible
.
So
this
as
the
of
Salt
explains
that
more
obscure
Description
of
the
given
in
(
sublime
(
through
a
Filter
.
(
not
by
it self
,
but
as
the
Disciples
of
the
Art
ought
to
understand
and
know
,
with
the
Water
of
Salt
circulated
)
(
the
Body
of
the
Salt
by
the
way
of
a
Phlegm
)
(
with
new
dissolving
Water
(
like
an
Oyl
This
Process
being
thus
enlightned
by
the
rayes
of
the
antecedent
,
reflects
no
small
Light
upon
the
said
Receipts
,
namely
,
that
scarce
two
Ounces
are
acquired
from
one
Pound
of
the
Salts
.
Paracelsus
has
described
the
in
these
Words
This
Description
is
most
obscure
,
but
made
clearer
by
those
aforesaid
.
The
meaning
of
is
this
:
He
putrefies
the
Salts
,
and
cohobates
them
so
often
with
their
own
Liquors
or
Waters
,
that
is
,
with
their
own
common
Salt
with
common
Salt
circulated
;
Nitre
with
Nitre
circulated
;
Vitriol
with
the
Water
of
Vitriol
circulated
;
Alume
with
the
Water
of
Alume
circulated
,
the
dissolving
Water
of
Alume
,
the
of
Alume
till
they
remain
at
the
bottom
in
the
form
of
an
Oyl
,
which
Oyl
being
either
acid
or
saline
,
easily
makes
an
effervescence
with
the
unctuous
Spirit
of
or
its
own
and
in
this
heat
le
ts
fall
some
of
its
impurities
,
and
so
becomes
purer
,
which
thing
is
confirmed
by
the
Description
it self
of
the
Water
of
Salt
circulated
,
where
he
putrefies
Salt
,
being
melted
and
resolved
with
the
Spirit
of
cohobates
,
and
draws
it
to
an
Oleity
:
saith
he
(
Philosophical
)
Wine
Moreover
,
this
as
a
makes
his
Process
in
intelligible
,
which
otherwise
could
not
be
understood
.
TAke
Salt
without
any
addition
of
Art
being
most
white
by
Nature
it self
which
must
be
divers
times
melted
,
then
being
reduced
into
a
most
fine
Powder
mixt
with
the
Juice
of
stir
them
together
;
after
resolution
distil
,
distil
the
distillation
with
an
equal
quantity
of
the
Juice
of
five
times
more
:
In
this
Water
are
Plates
of
being
purged
by
easily
resolved
into
Powder
;
this
Powder
being
thus
prepared
must
be
washed
with
sweet
Water
distilled
,
till
it
hath
no
taste
of
Salt
,
for
the
Salt
not
entring
into
the
substance
of
it
,
is
easily
washed
away
.
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Viride Salis of Basilius . In supplemento Libri de conclusion .
(
Philosophical
)
Wine
in
his
Receipts
appointed
the
calcination
of
Salt
to
be
done
by
the
fusion
of
it
;
but
in
this
Process
prohibits
this
liquefaction
of
Salt
,
wherefore
we
conclude
it
to
be
little
essential
in
the
said
depuration
of
Salt
,
nor
do
we
think
it
so
necessary
,
for
the
Salt
being
resolved
to
be
distilled
,
thereby
to
be
made
a
fusible
Salt
having
taught
how
to
make
the
same
Oyl
out
of
fused
Salt
,
which
Oyl
himself
,
besides
in
many
places
affirms
to
be
of
a
Green
Colour
.
Thus
we
read
of
the
Green
Oyl
of
Salt
:
Of
the
Greens
of
Salt
Arcanums
,
less
Circulatums
,
or
Simple
Vegetable
Menstruums
Stinking
Menstruums
Let
us
to
practise
upon
the
of
a
Body
duly
calcined
:
The
Body
therefore
being
prepared
,
pour
upon
it
so
much
of
this
compounded
water
(
in
70.
)
as
to
cover
it
half
an
inch
,
and
it
will
presently
boil
upon
the
of
the
Body
without
any
external
heat
,
dissolving
the
Body
,
and
elevating
it
in
the
form
of
Ice
,
together
with
the
exficcation
of
it self
,
which
must
be
taken
away
by
the
hand
of
the
Operator
:
And
the
remaining
being
well
dried
again
by
Fire
,
put
so
much
water
to
them
as
before
,
and
proceed
in
all
things
as
before
,
continuing
the
same
way
of
operating
,
till
all
the
be
well
dissolved
:
which
substance
being
well
dissolved
,
neatly
separated
,
and
pulverized
,
must
be
put
into
a
good
quantity
of
the
rectify'd
water
of
the
Fire
of
Nature
that
in
that
Vessel
well
stopp'd
it
may
by
the
administration
of
external
heat
,
together
with
the
excitation
of
internal
heat
,
be
dissolved
into
an
Oyl
,
which
will
soon
be
done
,
When
the
63.
)
is
poured
upon
the
aforesaid
it
begins
to
boyl
up
;
and
if
the
Vessel
be
well
stopp'd
,
it
will
not
leave
working
,
though
no
external
Fire
be
administred
to
it
,
till
it
be
dried
into
the
wherefore
you
must
not
put
a
greater
quantity
of
it
than
just
to
cover
the
171.
For
in
this
Operation
the
less
of
the
Spirit
,
and
the
more
of
the
Body
is
put
,
the
better
and
sooner
will
be
the
dissolution
,
which
is
made
by
the
congelation
of
the
Water
.
You
must
have
a
care
therefore
,
as
it
is
said
in
the
that
the
Belly
be
not
too
moist
,
because
then
the
Matter
would
not
receive
driness
:
And
this
way
must
be
observed
,
till
all
the
water
be
dried
up
.
pag.
161.
Adeptical
Chymy
Aqua
ardens
Philosophical
Wine
Aqua
ardens
Philosophical
Wine
Lib.
2.
De
Astris
&
Arcanis
,
Lib.
3.
Philosophical
Tinctures
Simple
Vegetable
Menstruums
Compounded
Vegetable
Menstruums
Vegetable
Menstruums
Vegetable
Menstruums
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Menstruums
.
Many
several
ways
12.
are
found
,
whereby
the
Quintessence
may
be
extracted
,
by
Sublimation
,
Calcination
,
by
by
Corrosives
,
by
Sweet
,
by
Sowr
,
It
may
be
done
which
way
you
please
:
Where
this
is
withal
to
be
observed
,
that
every
thing
added
by
way
of
mixture
,
to
the
Quintessence
,
for
the
necessity
of
extraction
,
must
be
again
taken
away
,
and
so
the
Quintessence
remain
alone
,
not
mix'd
,
or
polluted
with
any
other
Matters
:
For
the
Quintessence
cannot
be
extracted
from
Metals
,
especially
Gold
,
which
cannot
be
subdued
by
it self
alone
;
but
some
fit
Corrosive
must
be
made
Use
of
,
which
may
afterwards
be
separated
from
it
again
;
so
Salt
in
water
,
is
drawn
again
from
the
water
left
void
of
Salt
:
Whereas
notwithstanding
it
must
be
considered
,
that
every
Corrosive
is
not
fit
for
this
purpose
,
because
they
cannot
all
be
separated
:
For
if
Vitriol
or
Alume
be
mix'd
with
water
,
neither
can
be
separated
from
it
again
without
detriment
or
corruption
,
but
will
leave
some
sharpness
behind
them
,
because
they
are
both
watry
;
and
two
likes
concur
together
,
which
ought
not
to
be
in
this
place
:
Wherefore
it
is
to
be
advised
,
not
to
put
watry
to
watry
,
or
oyley
to
oyley
,
nor
resiny
to
resiny
,
but
a
thing
contrary
must
separate
the
Quintessence
,
and
extract
it
,
as
waters
extract
the
Quintessences
of
things
oleaginous
,
and
the
oleaginous
the
Quintessences
of
watry
things
,
as
we
may
learn
by
the
Quintessences
of
Herbs
:
The
Corrosives
therefore
are
to
be
separated
again
after
the
separation
and
extraction
of
the
Quintessence
,
which
may
easily
be
done
;
for
oyl
and
water
are
separated
with
ease
;
but
oyl
cannot
be
drawn
from
oyl
,
nor
water
likewise
from
water
without
mixing
,
which
being
lest
,
would
indeed
infer
very
great
detriment
to
the
Quintessence
:
For
a
Quintessence
ought
to
be
clear
and
pure
without
any
mixture
,
so
as
to
have
an
uniform
substance
,
by
virtue
whereof
to
penetrate
the
whole
Body
.
Adepts
;
The
Dissolution
of
the
Body
is
the
Coagulation
of
the
Spirit
or
and
on
the
contrary
Philosophical
Wine
mineral
Menstruums
mineral
Essences
Vegetable
Menstruums
mineral
Menstruums
two
Colours
oleaginous
Essences
corrosive
Menstruums
watry
Essences
Vegetable
Menstruums
We
are
Men
the
red
or
white
of
Essence
of
Wine
Essence
of
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
TAke
of
the
Spirit
of
Wine
three
Pounds
,
of
one
Pound
,
distil
the
Spirits
of
the
into
the
aforesaid
digest
eight
Days
(
Vinegarwine
,
a
single
undeclinable
Word
)
(
common
Vinegar
(
that
is
,
Philosophical
.
)
saith
he
in
Libro
Clavium
(
in
Repetitione
)
Capite
de
Wein
Essig
.
Azot
(
Vinegar
then
into
our
the
first
Matter
of
the
Stone
,
Philosophers
Mercury
,
Spirit
of
Mercury
made
of
Vitriol
,
saith
he
,
Libro
de
Conclusionibus
,
Sect.
Though
therefore
a
may
be
made
of
common
or
distilled
Vinegar
,
and
the
Spirit
of
as
also
sufficient
and
qualified
for
the
dissolutions
of
some
Bodies
,
yet
being
less
sharp
,
especially
in
the
Alchymical
use
of
Metals
and
Minerals
,
instead
therefore
of
Vinegar
the
the
sooner
to
finish
their
Operations
.
saith
Isaacus
Hollandus
(
Menstruums
Oper.
min.
pag.
Theat.
Chym.
Vinegar
mix'd
with
the
Spirit
of
which
their
posterity
observing
and
considering
,
quickned
their
Wits
,
and
found
out
Oper.
min.
pag
To
make
the
present
Kind
of
dissolved
this
Spirit
of
not
in
Vinegar
and
only
,
but
in
any
acid
Spirit
not
tinging
,
as
of
Salt
,
Sulphur
,
It
is
thus
prepared
TAke
of
the
Spirit
of
Salt
accurately
dephlegmed
one
part
,
of
the
best
Spirit
of
without
any
Phlegm
,
or
of
the
Sulphur
of
Wine
half
a
part
,
the
Vessels
being
luted
,
distil
with
a
strong
Fire
,
so
as
that
nothing
remains
.
Philosophical
Wine
Menstruum
(
in
Numb.
great
(
in
Numb.
Sal
Gemmoe
To
make
these
stronger
,
they
sometimes
separated
or
drew
off
the
Acid
from
the
that
the
Spirit
of
might
remain
in
the
form
of
Oyl
or
Ice
,
thus
:
Aqua
Vitoe
(
Aqua
ardens
is
clear
,
and
therefore
requires
not
our
Explanation
.
But
it
is
described
by
an
Anonymous
in
That
the
dissolved
in
an
acid
Spirit
,
is
a
our
Vinegar
,
distilled
Vinegar
,
Vinegar
mixed
with
the
That
the
of
the
same
is
with
very
great
ebullition
dissolved
in
an
and
therefore
you
ought
to
be
exceeding
careful
lest
you
pour
too
much
of
the
upon
the
For
it
would
be
more
safe
to
distil
the
upon
the
mix'd
with
the
may
be
taken
instead
of
Vinegar
mix'd
with
the
mix'd
with
the
&c.
in
Chymical
Works
especially
That
the
more
these
are
abstracted
from
the
Acid
debilitated
in
dissolution
,
the
stronger
they
are
made
.
That
the
also
corrosive
There
are
some
,
not
only
common
ignorant
Operators
,
but
also
,
who
not
knowing
the
Preparation
and
Vse
of
these
have
written
against
these
corrosive
saith
Bernhard
Aqua
fortisses
Aqua
fortisses
&c.
Epist.
ad
Thom.
de
Bononia
,
pag.
saith
Sendivogius
Aqua
fortisses
&c.
Tract.
Th.
Chym.
Some do by Art corroding Waters make , In which Metalline Species they calcine ; But then the Liquor doth the Earth forsake , Nor by mans Skill together they will combine : This way to Fools we leave , for nothing fit , But for to wast ones Thrist , beware of it .
These
and
the
like
Expressions
they
reflect
against
our
whereas
they
were
written
by
the
Philosophers
against
saith
Lully
Common
Aqua
fortisses
&c.
Comp.
Anim.
Transm
.
pag.
Th.
Chym.
a
faithful
Disciple
of
explains
his
Meaning
thus
Aqua
fortisses
Philosophical
Aqua
fortisses
Aqua
fortisses
Elucid
.
pag.
Th.
Chym.
But
it
would
be
meerly
superfluous
for
us
,
either
by
Authorities
or
Arguments
to
illustrate
that
which
the
themselves
will
demonstrate
Salt
(
the
Menstruum
described
in
Numb
.
(
Common
)
Sal
Armoniack
Philosophical
Wine
Volatile
Salts
fixed
Salts
Practical
Chymy
Sal
Armoniack
Philosophical
Menstruum
,
Cap.
6.
de
Rebus
nat.
&
supernat
.
Sal
Armoniack
Sal
Harmoniack
Philosophical
Wine
Sal
Armoniack
Philosophical
Wine
Sal
Armoniack
Sal
Armoniack
Roman
Vitriol
Sal
Armoniack
Sal
Armoniack
Sal
Armoniack
Sal
Armoniack
Sal
Armoniack
Philosophical
Wine
(
Philosophical
)
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Alcali
Salts
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Eating
Water
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
a
Salis
Nitri
Spiritu
a
Sale
communi
,
Von
gemeinen
Saltz
:
mix'd
with
the
Spirit
of
Wine
,
74.
)
whereto
add
of
the
Oyl
of
Tartar
half
a
Pound
,
distil
the
Spirit
,
throw
away
the
Phlegm
,
and
dissolve
the
remaining
Earth
or
Salt
in
the
Spirit
.
Caput
Mortuum
(
Philosophical
)
Wine
Common
Salt
Sal
Armoniack
calcined
Tartar
The
like
Water
almost
hath
but
that
he
distils
his
through
an
Alembick
;
the
Description
of
which
followeth
.
Sal
Armoniack
(
Philosophical
lutum
sapientioe
Venetian
Earth
Running
Mercury
Antimony
.
The
same
Water
we
find
also
,
pag.
of
his
have
sometimes
used
some
crude
Oyley
Matter
instead
of
the
in
making
these
volatilized
four
Salts
into
a
of
this
Kind
with
Wax
dissolved
in
(
Salts
,
as
lower
Lac
Veterum
Philosophical
Milk
Flying
Eagle
Philosophers
Milk
Philosophers
Borax
Volatile
Eagle
Flying
Eagle
(
de
putrefactione
quatuor
Salium
Sal
Niter
,
Sal
Gemmoe
,
common
Salt
,
Pot-Ashes
,
In
the
first
place
,
let
us
admonish
you
to
beware
of
this
and
such
like
for
a
Mystery
lies
in
these
Receipts
,
which
to
observe
is
necessary
,
lest
you
begin
to
doubt
the
Truth
of
them
after
many
most
dangerous
Experiments
tried
in
vain
:
for
you
Beginners
let
this
suffice
;
that
it
is
impossible
for
Wax
,
or
any
other
oyley
Matter
to
supply
the
place
of
the
There
would
be
no
need
of
this
in
the
whole
Art
,
if
crude
oyley
things
could
perform
the
same
as
this
most
pure
and
most
unctuous
Liquor
.
No
man
but
he
that
is
expert
in
the
Method
of
preparing
the
can
make
these
whereas
all
the
rest
may
be
made
by
any
Ideot
,
if
he
hath
but
the
given
him
.
The
do
in
these
Receipts
both
prepare
and
acuate
this
no
wonder
therefore
that
they
either
wholly
omitted
the
Mystery
,
or
not
sufficiently
express'd
it
in
their
Compositions
;
for
which
reason
also
these
do
appertain
to
the
preparation
of
the
rather
than
as
all
the
rest
to
the
Vse
of
this
or
compositions
of
these
nor
should
I
have
remembred
them
here
,
had
they
not
been
detrimental
to
many
men
;
and
that
to
my
own
knowledge
.
The
Name
is
given
Salt-Cellar
,
not
that
Salt
is
to
be
contained
in
this
Vessel
,
as
or
Candlestick
is
so
called
,
because
Candles
are
set
in
it
,
but
rather
because
the
of
some
Metals
,
or
some
is
either
to
be
reserved
,
or
made
in
this
is
by
Man
.
Philosophor
.
pag.
signifying
a
Concerning
this
in
Lilio
Benedicto
,
pag.
Th.
Chym.
Thus
In
the
same
place
he
calls
this
the
Medium
of
joyning
Tinctures
,
the
middle
between
two
Extreams
,
between
hard
and
soft
,
between
Luna
and
the
Spirit
,
between
the
Body
and
Spirit
:
As
the
Menstrual
Blood
is
the
Medium
between
the
Sperm
of
the
Male
and
Female
,
so
this
our
he
calls
thundring
Salt
,
illuminating
Stone
,
and
fatness
of
the
Eagle
,
pag.
Sal
Alembrot
,
the
Stone
Bore
and
fatness
of
the
Eagle
,
pag.
Tincar
,
Borax
is
by
made
of
these
Niter
,
Sal
gemme
,
common
Salt
,
and
Alcali
.
used
these
four
following
in
his
reduction
of
Metals
into
Mercury
:
Common
Salt
,
Alcali
,
Sal
armoniac
,
and
Salt
of
Tartar
,
pag.
Thes.
Chym.
took
the
same
Salts
as
for
his
The
Affinity
which
I
observe
between
the
Salts
of
Gemme
and
Common
,
I
perceive
also
between
the
Salt
of
Tartar
,
and
Alcali
of
but
the
foundation
of
the
Receipt
is
not
grounded
upon
these
four
Salts
.
was
sometimes
satisfied
with
Niter
and
common
Salt
fused
and
resolved
together
Nor
does
the
Mystery
of
the
Receipt
lie
in
the
Wax
,
in
the
room
of
which
if
you
chose
any
oyley
thing
else
,
you
will
not
err
.
Instead
of
the
same
,
he
sometimes
used
Linseed-Oyl
in
the
Water
of
the
sixth
gradation
;
but
of
this
hereafter
.
simple
Vegetable
Menstruums
Vegetable
Menstruum
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Common
Argent
vive
Philosophical
Mercuryes
Common
Mercury
sublimate
running
Argent
vive
Sal
Harmoniack
Sal
Harmoniack
BEsides
the
there
is
a
under
the
Name
of
which
is
comprehended
the
the
root
of
all
being
concentrated
,
dried
in
an
Arid
,
and
sublimed
into
an
admirable
Salt
.
This
present
Kind
treats
of
this
Salt
,
not
common
dissolved
in
common
Acids
,
not
tinging
.
We
have
also
made
indeed
before
of
by
the
help
of
or
an
Acid
mix'd
with
the
but
the
of
this
Kind
are
stronger
than
they
,
the
being
sublimed
into
a
is
made
better
,
as
being
acuated
either
with
an
or
some
fixed
and
for
this
reason
being
dissolved
in
an
it
yields
also
a
more
noble
in
our
Receipt
mixeth
with
so
much
of
for
the
to
be
by
subsequent
distillation
dissolved
in
the
Mineral
Acid
of
but
because
this
way
of
dissolving
,
is
by
reason
of
the
sudden
ebullition
of
the
oyley
and
acid
,
too
dangerous
,
he
durst
not
therefore
lute
the
Receiver
close
to
the
Beak
,
but
the
like
effervescence
appearing
in
the
distillation
,
of
we
must
prove
,
that
by
meant
not
the
which
we
prove
first
by
the
Vse
of
the
Of
which
saith
(
by
distilling
&c.
pag.
of
the
same
Volume
.
Then
he
goes
on
,
Cap.
(
the
subliming
Vessel
of
the
same
Volume
Gold
dissolved
in
this
and
once
or
twice
cohobated
,
then
washed
with
common
Water
,
becomes
so
volatile
,
as
to
ascend
with
a
very
small
heat
into
a
most
poysonous
Sublimate
;
if
any
man
does
the
same
by
as
easie
a
Method
with
common
made
of
we
declare
he
needs
not
of
this
Kind
;
but
that
is
insufficient
for
such
a
purpose
,
even
the
Novices
of
vulgar
Chymistry
have
long
since
experienced
.
Besides
the
Vse
of
this
the
Encomiums
of
which
agree
not
in
the
least
with
the
Common
of
the
same
Name
,
do
prove
the
excellency
of
this
saith
he
which
before
in
cap.
he
called
or
dry
Water
Aristotle
saith
Hermes
saith
Menstrual
Matter
.
Danthynus
saith
Dry
Water
Oper.
Min.
pag.
Theat.
Chym.
hath
described
the
same
Water
thus
Salt
Peter
Sol
,
&c.
This
Water
calls
the
of
which
thus
,
in
the
elucidation
of
the
second
Key
:
Kings
Bath
Salt
Peter
Sal
Harmoniack
(
the
more
secret
)
Chymy
,
is
described
also
by
Salt
Peter
Sal
Armoniack
(
with
a
Pipe
as
well
as
used
the
not
common
for
his
Bath
,
the
Vse
of
the
same
doth
also
prove
.
In
the
same
place
:
This
unctious
Bath
reduceth
Gold
and
all
other
Metals
into
Oyls
,
because
it
is
made
of
the
Oyly
Spirit
of
concentrated
,
and
dryed
in
some
Vegetable
Alcali
;
and
Spirit
of
Nitre
,
whereas
on
the
contrary
or
common
cannot
transmute
Metals
beyond
its
saline
Nature
,
for
that
Oleity
which
it
hath
not
,
it
cannot
give
.
for
want
of
a
Retort
with
a
Pipe
,
perhaps
not
being
at
that
time
known
,
sustained
no
small
loss
of
Spirits
in
distilling
this
did
by
help
of
the
said
Retort
endeavour
to
repair
,
though
that
also
not
without
some
difficulty
.
The
later
observing
the
difficulty
of
distilling
,
and
the
loss
of
Spirits
made
it
better
,
who
by
a
plain
but
better
method
dissolved
the
Vegetable
in
Spirit
of
Nitre
or
without
any
loss
,
danger
,
or
delay
.
Aqua
fortis
Sal
Armoniack
neither
by
meant
the
common
,
is
also
demonstrated
by
the
use
of
the
which
he
thus
describes
Whoever
dissolved
Metals
promiscuously
with
common
both
Silver
and
Gold
into
an
Oyl
,
either
purple
or
lazurine
?
Not
to
say
any
thing
of
the
reduction
of
all
Metals
into
two
Fats
red
and
white
,
the
Essence
thereof
,
and
the
Dead
Body
.
It
is
therefore
clear
from
the
effect
that
for
his
most
strong
In
making
this
adds
the
weight
of
the
(
Philosophical
)
Sal
Harmoniack
sometimes
dissolved
Metals
in
comm●●
and
to
the
solution
added
Thus
he
volatalized
Silver
,
being
dissolved
in
with
the
aforesaid
Salt
.
Sal
Harmoniack
Sometimes
he
volatilized
Gold
and
Silver
together
with
this
Sal
Harmoniack
made
his
by
dissolving
Vegetable
in
the
acid
Water
of
Mercury
sublimate
.
(
Cucurbit
Volatile
Salt
of
Tartar
,
declared
in
Numb
.
(
the
acid
Water
now
distilled
from
Mercury
sublimate
)
Sal
Harmoniack
Aqua
regisses
Aqua
ardens
Aqua
ardens
THis
Difference
you
may
observe
between
the
Simple
and
Compounded
Mineral
The
Simple
dissolve
only
,
but
the
Compounded
do
both
dissolve
and
tinge
things
dissolved
;
for
they
are
in
a
wonderful
manner
exalted
by
things
tinging
,
and
made
many
degrees
better
,
so
as
to
have
enough
to
serve
themselves
,
and
others
also
,
and
therefore
may
deservedly
be
called
graduated
,
as
well
as
graduatory
Waters
.
Hitherto
we
have
treated
of
the
Simple
;
In
Nineteenth
Kind
,
we
are
to
consider
them
as
Compounded
,
of
two
Spirits
,
Oyley
and
Acid
tinging
,
as
in
the
prescribed
Receipt
of
the
mix'd
together
,
and
intimately
joyned
by
two
or
three
distillations
.
The
Preparation
is
most
easie
,
in
which
notwithstanding
it
will
not
be
impertinent
to
take
notice
of
this
one
thing
;
that
both
must
be
without
Phlegm
,
and
exquisitely
rectified
according
to
the
Advice
of
the
following
Anonymus
.
Argent
vive
Argent
vive
Vitriol
,
&c.
Anonym
.
de
Principiis
Natur.
&
Arte
Alchym
.
pag.
Syntagm
.
Hermon
.
Rhenani
Not
only
the
rectified
Spirit
of
but
every
Acid
Spirit
is
here
effectual
,
provided
it
be
tinging
,
and
mixed
with
the
thereby
to
be
made
a
of
the
same
Kind
.
'T
is
thus
made
:
Common
Mercury
(
Philosophical
)
Wine
This
Composition
,
though
given
by
as
a
not
as
a
yet
is
by
in
Libro
de
Gradationibus
,
described
as
such
.
Mercury
Sublimate
thought
it
not
always
necessary
to
admonish
his
Disciples
of
the
as
an
addition
in
his
Compositions
,
yet
nevertheless
ought
I
to
declare
to
you
the
necessary
addition
of
this
in
this
that
you
may
not
err
;
for
without
it
,
it
would
be
of
no
consequence
,
but
rather
a
dammage
to
you
in
the
more
secret
Chymy
:
made
sometimes
of
this
Kind
,
not
with
the
but
the
of
it
,
namely
,
some
Sulphur
vive
Linseed
Oyl
commonly
called
the
by
a
peculiar
and
Philosophical
manual
Operation
,
appertaining
to
the
making
of
the
Sulphur
vive
Sal
Niter
,
Vitriol
,
Alume
(
Ingredients
of
Mars
,
Cinabar
,
(
to
increase
the
Tincture
of
the
(
einem
halben
vierling
,
that
is
,
a
fourth
part
of
half
a
pound
,
or
two
ounces
)
(
not
Oyl
,
but
Oyls
,
because
they
are
two
,
White
and
Red
)
(
the
Red
from
the
White
)
sometimes
made
this
by
it self
,
without
other
tinging
things
for
the
graduating
of
pretious
Stones
as
well
as
Metals
.
saith
he
,
pag.
Lib.
de
Sulph
Linseed
Oyl
(
of
Sulphur
the
fourth
Book
concerning
the
Vse
of
this
Oyl
in
the
Gradutions
of
Pretious
Stones
Yet
not
being
satisfyed
with
the
strength
of
this
Oyl
in
this
twelfth
gradation
,
he
was
willing
to
exalt
it
yet
higher
with
other
tinging
things
,
as
by
which
meant
not
Common
but
Philosophical
Medicines
.
saith
he
,
Lib.
Archid.
de
Essentiis
,
pag.
(
common
(
true
)
Crocus
Mars
,
(
which
is
sometimes
in
a
dry
form
under
the
Name
of
an
Essence
,
and
called
the
in
the
second
Book
of
Medicines
.
That
common
Spirit
of
Vitriol
,
Butter
of
Antimony
,
Arsenick
,
Tin
,
mix'd
with
the
Spirit
of
are
Philosophical
Spirit
of
Vitriol
,
Philosophical
Butter
of
Antimony
,
That
the
Menstruums
of
this
Kind
,
are
the
same
with
the
Menstruums
of
the
Fifteenth
Kind
;
but
with
this
difference
,
namely
,
in
that
,
Philosophical
Vinegar
not
tinging
is
prepared
,
but
in
this
,
Philosophical
Vinegar
tinging
;
because
these
are
made
of
the
Acid
Spirits
of
things
tinging
,
that
is
but
those
of
the
Acid
Spirits
of
things
not
tinging
,
that
is
Vegetable
Salts
,
and
some
Minerals
,
whose
dry
part
was
neither
Metal
,
nor
any
coloured
Body
.
That
these
Menstruums
are
not
only
dissolving
Waters
,
but
also
gradatory
,
because
prepared
with
things
tinging
.
That
these
Menstruums
are
the
Essences
of
things
tinging
,
or
Magisteries
dissolved
in
an
Acid
,
and
consequently
Medicines
.
That
these
may
be
also
made
of
crude
Oyls
;
provided
a
Man
knows
the
way
of
preparing
the
Spirit
of
That
the
same
two
Oyls
of
Sulphur
(
whereof
the
Red
is
an
Essence
,
after
the
way
of
that
is
,
the
best
)
which
elsewhere
prepares
with
the
most
strong
described
before
in
Numb.
are
here
made
by
the
same
Author
,
of
a
crude
oyly
matter
.
as
such
,
and
crude
,
are
not
Ingredients
in
Philosophical
Works
,
but
as
they
are
made
incombustible
,
and
reduced
into
a
Metallick
Nature
.
saith
the
Author
of
(
Three
Kingdoms
Vegetable
,
Animal
Mineral
Essence
or
the
Author
of
in
his
Th.
Chym.
Mineral
Spirit
Mineral
Spirit
Vegetable
Spirit
Animal
Spirit
Vegetable
Spirit
(
not
common
&c.
The
same
Author
of
this
first
matter
in
his
Rusticus
.
pag.
of
the
said
Volume
,
thus
:
That
both
Spirits
ought
to
be
warily
mixed
,
because
of
the
danger
of
overmuch
effervescence
.
That
these
are
by
digestion
made
sweet
,
and
called
the
sweet
Spirit
of
Vitriol
,
sweet
Butter
of
Antimony
.
That
the
Spirit
of
is
sometimes
not
expressed
in
the
Receipts
of
but
it
appears
by
collateral
places
,
and
necessity
requires
it
to
be
understood
.
(
Philosophical
Mineral
Menstruums
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
The
same
way
is
a
red
sweet
Oyl
tinging
Saturn
into
Gold
,
to
be
distilled
out
of
Sugar
or
Vitriol
of
in
the
following
Argent
vive
(
the
Menstruum
described
in
Numb.
18.
)
3.
De
Sulphuribus
Martis
&
Veneris
,
3.
De
Vitriolo
Martis
4.
De
Vitriolo
Veneris
Mineral
Menstruums
Philosophical
Wine
Vegetable
Menstruum
Philosophical
Wine
Secret
Chymy
Philosophical
Wine
The
Description
of
Vitriol
is
to
be
directed
to
it
is
an
excellent
Remedy
:
In
it
is
good
for
many
other
things
;
but
the
Art
of
consists
in
the
preparation
of
For
the
Crude
is
not
such
,
but
like
Wood
,
out
of
which
any
thing
may
be
carved
.
200.
At
first
the
Spirit
of
Vitriol
being
obtained
,
the
custom
was
to
graduate
it
to
the
highest
,
wherewith
being
exalted
,
they
cured
the
Epilepsie
,
whether
new
or
old
,
in
Men
and
Women
,
of
what
condition
soever
,
But
let
us
return
to
the
beginning
,
how
the
Spirit
of
Vitriol
was
found
;
First
they
distilled
the
moist
Spirit
of
Vitriol
by
it self
from
the
Colcothar
,
then
they
extended
its
degree
by
distilling
and
circulating
it
alone
to
the
highest
,
as
the
process
teacheth
:
Thus
the
Water
began
to
be
used
for
several
Diseases
,
as
well
Internal
as
External
,
as
also
for
the
Falling
Sickness
;
so
a
wonderful
Cure
was
performed
:
But
those
that
came
after
were
much
more
diligent
in
the
extraction
;
for
they
took
the
corrected
as
before
,
and
distill'd
it
with
the
Colcothar
eight
or
ten
times
with
a
most
strong
Fire
;
so
the
dry
Spirits
were
mixed
with
the
moist
:
They
urged
the
work
so
long
,
continually
and
without
intermission
extracting
,
till
the
dry
Spirits
were
over
;
then
they
graduated
both
Spirits
,
the
moist
as
well
as
the
dry
,
in
a
Phial
together
their
own
time
:
This
Medicine
they
found
to
be
of
much
greater
operation
against
Diseases
,
that
they
confounded
all
the
Humorists
in
general
:
Yet
is
there
some
correction
by
Artists
added
by
for
better
penetration
sake
,
but
of
no
higher
degree
:
But
I
will
communicate
to
you
my
process
,
which
I
commend
to
all
Physitians
,
especially
for
the
Epilepsie
,
which
hath
the
only
cure
in
Vitriol
;
wherefore
even
the
Charity
of
our
Neighbour
,
requires
us
to
appoint
the
more
diligent
care
in
that
Disease
:
Now
my
Process
is
for
the
to
be
imbibed
by
the
Vitriol
,
and
then
distilled
,
as
I
said
,
from
the
dry
and
moist
Spirits
,
But
you
must
further
know
,
that
the
aforesaid
Receipts
of
making
the
moist
Spirit
of
Vitriol
cannot
be
more
clearly
described
;
for
an
Artist
is
required
to
understand
it
;
those
sordid
Boylers
do
not
in
the
least
understand
a
thing
of
so
great
moment
.
You
must
expect
sufficient
information
of
all
things
,
from
Artists
so
also
to
be
more
instructed
by
the
same
in
the
way
of
correcting
the
White
Spirit
Expelled
Spirit
Spirit
,
Soul
Philosophical
Gold
(
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
Cinabar
the
Adepts
sometimes
added
to
the
Roman
Vitriol
Caput
Mortuum
The
same
in
Magia
Naturali
instead
of
the
he
takes
new
Species
in
every
Rectification
.
(
Aqua
Vitae
or
Ardens
made
of
Philosophical
Wine
)
(
Vitae
the
Vegetable
or
rather
or
the
(
Mineral
Menstruum
Aqua
Ardens
(
five
times
after
the
fifth
Rectification
of
the
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
)
(
all
the
Phlegme
(
evaporated
Aqua
Ardens
he
sometimes
added
thus
he
made
this
,
call'd
Roman
Vitriol
(
Cucurbit
(
Alembick
(
Alembick
Besides
the
Ingredients
of
Aqua
Fortis
and
Cinabar
,
he
sometimes
adds
also
Tartar
calcined
thus
,
(
Vitriol
calcin'd
the
common
way
)
Aqua
Fortises
Isaacus
Hollandus
to
augment
the
strength
of
these
did
rather
add
some
tinging
Minerals
to
the
Vitriol
,
than
the
Acidity
of
Niter
and
Alume
.
Thus
he
prepared
a
Roman
Vitriol
Lapis
Haematites
,
Crocus
Martis
,
Cinabar
,
Aes
ustum
,
Mineral
Antimony
,
Caput
Mortuum
The
following
being
like
this
,
proves
it
to
be
of
a
sanguine
colour
.
Mineral
Antimony
,
Aes
ustum
,
Crocus
Martis
,
Cinabar
,
To
these
two
we
will
add
also
a
third
of
this
sort
Roman
Vitriol
,
Cinabar
Crocus
Martis
,
Lapis
Haematites
,
Aes
ustum
,
Verdegreece
,
Mineral
Antimony
(
Philosophical
Vinegar
Caput
Mortuum
And
as
these
were
for
Red
Tinctures
,
so
also
he
made
some
for
White
Tinctures
,
thus
,
Roch
Alume
,
Lapis
Calaminaris
Roach
Alume
,
Lapis
Calaminaris
,
Calx
Caput
Mortuum
Many
such
as
these
we
meet
with
in
several
places
of
in
the
Descriptions
of
which
,
tho
the
Addition
of
be
not
always
express'd
,
yet
that
it
is
to
be
understood
in
all
of
them
,
is
evident
by
the
former
Receipts
of
Dissolving
Waters
:
The
following
may
be
Examples
,
in
the
first
place
that
which
is
called
Mars
,
Antimony
Red
Arsenick
Roman
Vitriol
Sal
Armoniack
White
Water
White
Spirit
Sal
Armoniack
Red
Spirit
(
of
Sal
Armoniack
(
the
White
Water
(
dry
(
or
Sal
Armoniack
Caput
Mortuum
(
or
Menstruum
(
to
Digest
White
Metals
Roman
Vitriol
Cinabar
,
Verdegrese
,
Cerusse
Crocus
Martis
,
Lapis
haematites
(
five
Pounds
Sal
armoniack
but
we
have
already
declar'd
it
in
Numb
.
Aqua
fortis
(
before
distilled
(
the
Fire
Caput
Mortuum
(
in
Balneo
The
Method
of
making
such
Shining
is
better
perceived
by
the
following
Water
.
Caput
Mortuum
Caput
Mortuum
in
Balneo
in
Balneo
(
Philosophical
are
little
different
,
yea
almost
the
same
with
the
former
of
as
to
the
Ingredients
as
well
as
Method
of
preparation
,
but
the
addition
of
the
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
which
prescribed
in
those
Dissolving
Waters
,
must
of
necessity
be
understood
in
these
his
for
without
this
Spirit
all
these
Waters
would
be
common
,
of
no
Vertue
and
Vse
.
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Hungarian
Vitriol
Philosophical
Wine
Roman
Vitriol
Philosophers
Stone
(
Common
the
common
way
Philosophical
Vinegar
in
Numb.
Red
Tincture
(
graduated
Philosophical
Stone
(
Natural
Red
Oil
IN
the
were
either
by
the
Spirit
of
or
by
some
converted
into
compounded
In
the
dissolved
in
are
more
easily
distilled
together
with
the
into
compounded
Mineral
But
the
present
Kind
volatilizeth
the
said
Bodies
,
not
by
the
Spirit
of
that
the
may
be
thereby
made
sooner
,
easier
,
and
of
a
higher
Kind
.
In
the
last
Kind
we
distilled
natural
being
macerated
in
the
Spirit
of
or
,
which
is
much
more
conducible
,
dissolved
in
the
same
Spirit
,
and
reduced
into
graduated
into
a
For
the
natural
acidity
of
for
the
corrosion
of
was
in
the
composition
of
it
able
and
strong
enough
to
dissolve
the
Spirit
of
in
the
making
of
the
said
but
here
in
Artificial
the
matter
is
otherwise
;
for
the
dry
Bodies
of
Metals
co-operating
in
their
Dissolutions
do
debilitate
the
acid
,
and
therefore
containing
this
debilitated
acidity
,
are
scarce
fit
either
for
the
dissolution
of
the
Spirit
of
or
the
constitution
of
the
present
Wherefore
the
being
made
with
a
common
acid
,
do
by
virtue
of
the
Spirit
of
yield
sweet
Oils
,
or
not
at
all
acid
or
mineral
;
for
that
weak
acid
remaining
in
the
Vitriolification
of
those
soft
Metals
,
is
wholly
transmuted
in
the
dissolution
of
the
Spirit
of
as
also
in
the
very
Distillation
of
it self
,
so
that
being
artificially
made
of
Copper
and
Iron
by
acids
,
is
distilled
not
by
the
Spirit
of
into
a
of
the
present
Kind
;
but
need
not
only
these
Mineral
or
Stronger
but
to
be
likewise
volatilized
by
the
same
,
and
reduced
into
Basilius
in
Conclusionibus
suis
.
Sect.
de
Vitriolis
.
Cap.
de
Vitriolo
Solis
&
Lunae
:
reduced
Gold
Silver
into
Volatile
Vitriol
saith
he
(
Niter
(
Vegetable
Sal
harmoniack
Clavium
,
this
Vitriol
of
Sol
is
more
exactly
thus
described
:
saith
he
Kings
Bath
or
Menstruum
described
above
in
Numb
.
(
the
Menstruum
Guido
made
the
Volatile
Vitriol
of
Gold
out
of
Gold
sublimed
:
The
Gold
he
sublimed
thus
:
the
Menstruum
described
in
Numb.
in
Balneo
(
Common
Thesaur
.
Chym.
With
Gold
thus
sublimed
he
prepared
the
graduated
by
the
following
Method
(
mix'd
with
the
Spirit
of
Wine
)
in
Balneo
in
Balneo
Vitriol
.
Pag.
Thesaur
.
Chym.
The
same
way
also
he
prepared
the
Graduated
as
also
of
he
calcin'd
onely
,
and
reduc'd
them
with
the
aforesaid
Vinegar
into
Graduated
out
of
all
which
of
this
Kind
be
distilled
,
as
his
Spirit
of
distilled
the
Spirit
of
out
of
the
Graduated
Saturn
(
Ceruse
(
Philosophical
in
Balneo
in
Balneo
in
Balneo
in
Balneo
(
Vinegar
mix'd
with
the
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
)
in
Balneo
Metals
sometimes
are
not
reduced
into
graduated
but
by
repeated
Cohobation
made
of
this
Kind
Thus
Argent
Vive
Vinegar
mix'd
with
the
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
described
before
in
Numb
.
in
Balneo
Sometimes
instead
of
Philosophical
Vinegar
he
used
the
strongest
described
in
Numb.
Roman
Vitriol
,
Sal
Niter
(
Vegetable
)
Sal
armoniack
prepared
the
same
Roman
Vitriol
Mars
,
&c.
(
Vegetable
)
Sal
armoniack
Sal
armoniack
(
Philosophical
Aqua
Regis
Roman
Vitriol
Aqua
Vitae
,
Virgins
Milk
,
most
sharp
Vinegar
,
Philosophers
Vinegar
,
Virgins
Milk
made
this
Water
by
the
following
Method
.
(
Vegetable
)
Sal
armoniack
Sal
armoniack
the
Menstruum
described
in
Numb.
made
his
and
the
Mercury
Vive
in
Balneo
Mercurial
Water
followed
his
Master
in
the
way
of
making
the
as
followeth
(
in
my
opinion
two
or
four
ought
to
be
read
)
the
Stinking
Menstruum
is
the
strongest
Water
in
the
World
,
Pag.
The
same
ways
as
the
are
made
,
may
also
be
made
of
this
Kind
out
of
the
other
Metals
,
thus
.
described
in
Numb.
Thus
also
prepares
the
Water
of
Mineral
Water
(
described
in
Numb
.
(
Sixth
made
a
sometimes
with
the
Sal
armoniack
(
Philosophical
)
Vinegar
Vinegar
,
Luna
Sal
armoniack
Sal
armoniack
(
till
you
see
it
sublimes
not
)
Sal
armoniack
Sal
armoniack
Sal
armoniack
(
commonly
called
Caput
Mortuum
Sal
armoniack
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Vinegar
Mercurial
Menstruums
Amalgamations
.
You
must
know
Isaacus
,
That
this
is
the
best
Solution
,
that
ever
was
found
in
the
World
,
for
herein
is
no
error
of
Proportion
and
Weight
.
For
Nature
errs
not
.
For
when
is
dissolved
,
it
dissolves
other
Metals
also
,
as
is
rightly
taught
in
other
places
.
Nor
will
it
dissolve
more
than
it
is
able
,
nor
will
it
receive
more
of
a
Body
into
it
,
than
its
Nature
can
bear
.
For
whatsoever
has
no
need
of
it
,
it
cannot
dissolve
.
And
it
is
the
best
that
can
be
found
.
2.
Argent
Vive
Mercurial
Menstruum
Philosophical
Vinegar
Philosophical
Wine
Stone
,
which
God
gives
us
freely
.
Stone
which
God
gives
us
freely
(
the
Vitriol
of
Venus
)
(
Philosophical
in
Balneo
in
Balneo
(
above
distilled
in
Balneo
Vitriol
graduated
Philosophical
Vinegar
Salt
circulated
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Vinegar
Mineral
Menstruum
Phiosophical
Vinegar
Philosophical
Vinegar
Roman
Vitriol
in
Balneo
in
Balneo
The
way
of
making
of
this
Menstruum
,
we
will
consider
in
its
several
Branches
.
The
first
is
concerning
the
choice
of
which
Reason
requires
as
well
as
the
antecedent
Receipt
to
be
graduated
,
that
is
,
dissolved
either
in
the
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
,
or
Philosophical
Vinegar
,
and
Cristallized
,
for
the
Calcination
of
common
Vitriol
,
dissolved
in
common
Water
,
and
purified
,
in
a
close
Vessel
to
a
most
red
colour
,
is
altogether
Impossible
,
and
of
no
Efficacy
neither
;
for
nothing
but
the
common
Acid
or
common
Spirit
of
Vitriol
is
extracted
out
of
common
Vitriol
,
be
it
never
so
well
purified
and
calcined
:
Vitriol
therefore
well
Purged
in
common
Water
,
is
to
be
chosen
according
to
the
present
Receipt
,
but
after
that
,
according
to
the
antecedent
well
dissolved
in
Philosophical
Vinegar
,
that
it
may
be
thereby
made
graduated
Vitriol
,
and
the
fit
Matter
of
this
Menstruum
.
The
second
Branch
treats
of
the
calcination
or
fixation
of
this
graduated
into
redness
:
Corncerning
which
,
the
former
process
was
too
obscure
,
but
the
present
or
later
clear
enough
:
This
Calcination
is
the
true
and
Philosophical
way
of
fixing
this
and
that
chiefly
,
because
citrinity
and
redness
follow
blackness
and
whiteness
,
the
true
signs
of
volatilization
as
well
as
fixation
,
of
which
said
nothing
in
both
the
Receipts
,
yet
other
Adepts
have
mentioned
these
Colours
in
the
fixing
of
Vitriol
.
Ripley
,
Cap.
(
the
Green
Lyon
of
Fools
,
or
common
Vitriol
graduated
)
Vitriol
Rubificated
But
here
riseth
some
doubt
,
in
that
the
Red
Colour
of
this
Calcined
seems
to
be
by
himself
called
not
in
the
least
fixed
saith
he
Alembick
,
Cap.
disperse
this
Cloud
,
you
must
know
,
the
meaning
of
is
,
that
calcined
,
or
by
what
way
soever
reduced
into
redness
,
remains
red
,
but
not
also
fixed
●●ause
it
must
be
dissolved
in
and
Distilled
through
an
For
we
find
the
like
,
if
not
the
same
Phrase
,
concerning
the
redness
and
fixity
of
the
which
will
easily
remove
the
aforesaid
doubt
:
saith
he
Philosophers
Stone
Philosophers
Stone
Philosophers
Stone
Oper.
Miner
.
Pag.
Th.
Chym.
As
to
the
Permanence
of
the
red
colour
in
the
Philosophers
Stone
,
he
declares
the
following
Notions
:
saith
he
&c.
Cap.
Oper.
Min.
Pag.
of
the
same
Volume
being
perhaps
perswaded
of
an
unalterable
constancy
of
redness
observed
in
the
Multiplication
of
the
Stone
of
higher
Degree
or
Kind
,
concludes
the
Philosophers
Stone
to
be
altogether
and
absolutely
immutable
:
which
Opinion
to
defend
in
every
part
,
he
has
sooner
ventured
to
deny
the
volatilization
it self
of
the
Stone
,
than
give
way
to
the
a
…
ing
of
fixity
in
Multiplication
:
saith
he
Yea
,
he
has
chosen
rather
to
prevert
his
own
Senses
(
for
he
himself
hath
in
the
same
place
taught
how
to
volatilize
the
Philosophers
Stone
,
with
some
shining
Menstruum
)
and
the
Sense
of
the
Word
Fix
(
tho
upon
this
Term
depends
one
half
of
all
the
Operations
in
the
more
secret
Chymy
)
than
relinquish
this
fallacy
derived
from
a
Paralogism
.
saith
he
Chapters
of
the
same
Book
What
we
have
against
this
Opinion
,
we
will
reserve
for
the
Third
Book
;
in
the
mean
time
it
will
be
requisite
for
you
to
observe
this
one
thing
:
That
the
Matter
of
Calcined
Vitriol
,
as
also
of
the
Philosophers
Stone
,
multiplied
,
remains
for
everred
,
but
not
fixed
,
because
either
of
them
may
be
volatilized
with
But
let
them
be
how
they
will
,
the
Vitriol
of
Saturn
fixed
the
same
way
by
the
same
Author
,
will
prove
that
the
graduated
Vitriol
of
Venus
,
calcined
to
redness
in
a
close
Vessel
is
fixed
.
saith
he
(
Sugar
of
Saturn
made
not
with
common
Distilled
Vinegar
,
but
Philosophical
)
Tripos
Arcanorum
Menstruum
described
in
Numb.
Besides
this
,
there
is
indeed
another
way
also
of
calcining
which
is
done
in
an
open
Vessel
;
thus
graduated
Verdigrese
is
calcined
to
redness
before
the
Distillation
of
it
,
in
the
preparation
of
the
Spirit
of
as
we
have
observed
in
the
precedent
Kind
,
but
this
belongs
not
to
this
place
,
for
the
remains
volatile
,
not
fixed
,
which
way
of
Calcining
was
invented
meerly
for
the
seperation
of
the
The
third
Branch
consists
in
a
new
dissolution
of
this
fixed
for
which
Reason
this
is
volatilized
again
,
and
made
fit
for
Distillation
,
in
the
former
Receipt
,
this
Solution
is
wholly
omitted
,
but
more
exactly
described
in
the
The
fourth
Branch
is
the
single
,
and
frequent
Distillation
in
the
several
ways
of
making
all
these
yet
this
excepted
,
that
out
of
this
and
again
ascends
not
but
of
a
(
because
more
Mature
)
before
the
Red
Oyl
;
and
lastly
,
the
appears
also
,
being
extracted
out
of
the
These
words
following
do
prove
,
that
the
same
may
be
also
made
of
any
other
Oper.
Min.
Pag.
of
the
same
Volume
saith
he
,
Cap.
of
the
same
Work
Philosophical
Vinegar
Caput
Mortuum
Antimony
(
and
all
other
Minerals
.
)
Here
I
would
advise
you
to
take
Notice
of
the
difference
between
the
Oyls
of
and
other
bodies
;
the
like
Oyl
is
produced
from
all
Metals
as
from
yet
with
this
difference
,
that
in
the
Distillation
of
its
Oyl
,
leaves
an
Earth
or
Salt
behind
it
,
wherewith
the
Spirit
and
Oyl
of
it
are
fixed
into
the
but
Metals
and
the
rest
of
the
Minerals
not
so
,
they
totally
ascending
into
Spirit
and
Oyl
,
no
remaining
,
whereby
to
be
fixed
into
the
Stone
:
therefore
is
that
alone
,
which
hath
all
things
in
it
,
relating
to
the
Perfection
of
it self
,
whereas
the
Oyls
and
Spirits
of
the
rest
are
forced
to
borrow
fixed
bodies
elsewhere
for
their
fixations
.
saith
he
Philosophers
Stone
own
Earth
or
Salt
he
goes
on
of
the
same
Work
.
wholly
ascend
into
Oyl
,
he
brings
in
the
following
Chapter
,
namely
the
which
we
will
name
Mercury
(
the
sublimed
in
the
immediately
antecedent
in
is
in
all
things
clear
,
except
the
first
Branch
of
it
,
wherein
is
omitted
the
necessary
Dissolution
of
before
the
Calcination
of
it
into
redness
or
fixation
.
The
first
of
this
Kind
is
imperfect
,
not
indeed
in
this
,
but
in
another
Branch
,
insomuch
as
it
is
not
therein
declared
,
that
must
after
the
Calcination
of
it
,
be
again
Dissolved
in
In
this
present
third
,
Tho
it
be
said
,
that
it
ought
to
be
made
according
to
the
rule
of
the
precedent
there
is
no
mention
at
all
made
of
yet
without
it
can
neither
be
fixed
into
redness
,
nor
when
fixed
,
be
again
Volatalized
or
Distilled
.
The
Receipts
therefore
must
be
compared
as
often
as
the
Adepts
have
either
through
too
much
fear
or
envy
left
us
them
imperfect
:
It
is
enough
,
if
by
comparing
them
together
,
we
can
pick
out
their
meaning
or
intention
,
being
not
fully
enough
expressed
in
every
circumstance
,
the
terms
being
either
too
obscure
,
or
altogether
omitted
.
Bodies
in
this
Kind
are
to
be
fixed
,
and
then
volatilized
by
in
the
Ninth
Kind
,
are
first
fixed
,
and
then
distilled
in
the
greater
by
vegetable
This
light
borrow'd
from
the
said
Ninth
Kind
,
will
dispel
all
the
Obscurities
and
Doubts
of
this
Kind
.
therefore
purged
with
common
Water
by
Solutions
and
Coagulations
,
must
first
be
graduated
,
that
is
several
times
dissolved
in
and
coagulated
according
to
the
Receipt
in
is
dissolved
in
the
Water
of
Salt
,
circulated
in
the
being
graduated
in
a
close
Vessel
,
must
be
fixed
into
a
most
red
Powder
,
and
being
fixed
,
then
dissolved
and
coagulated
in
that
it
may
again
become
volatile
,
as
being
fixed
in
its
own
is
again
made
volatile
by
virtue
of
the
Spirit
of
At
last
the
is
to
be
Distilled
into
its
Spirits
.
Now
by
knowing
the
method
,
it
is
manifest
that
the
mystery
of
the
Receipts
consists
in
the
but
to
remove
all
scruple
from
these
most
excellent
we
will
prove
by
the
very
words
of
himself
,
that
he
meant
not
a
common
but
saith
he
(
Metals
(
in
sufficient
quantity
(
the
Metal
and
Vinegar
(
Work
Oper.
Miner
.
Pag.
Theat.
Chym.
saith
he
elsewhere
(
Philosophers
(
of
Philosophical
Vinegar
(
Philosophical
Oper.
Min.
Pag.
Th.
Chym.
That
Vinegar
,
which
is
a
thousand
times
more
subtil
than
the
or
Spirit
of
The
Spirits
of
which
makes
the
a
thousand
times
more
Subtil
:
That
is
of
one
Nature
with
it
;
and
fixeth
every
thing
it
is
mixed
with
;
you
your selves
will
say
is
no
common
but
another
of
more
excellent
quality
.
moreover
dissolves
and
coagulates
the
Stone
in
this
Vinegar
,
so
oft
,
till
it
is
converted
into
Oyl
,
which
will
be
no
more
congealed
.
With
the
same
Vinegar
also
he
made
fat
,
and
transmuted
them
into
Oyls
,
thus
he
dissolved
and
coagulated
Gold
so
often
continually
in
New
Vinegar
,
till
an
Oyl
was
made
thereof
as
red
as
blood
,
as
Sometimes
also
he
did
with
the
same
Vinegar
reduce
Gold
to
the
consistence
of
an
excellent
White
Oyl
,
out
of
which
he
then
distilled
a
White
Spirit
,
and
a
Red
Oyl
apart
,
and
not
immixible
together
,
so
subtil
,
as
that
he
advised
the
Artist
to
have
a
care
,
lest
these
Oyls
should
condense
again
by
too
much
Rectification
,
for
then
being
forced
with
too
strong
a
Fire
,
the
greatest
part
of
them
would
by
reason
of
their
great
Subtility
penetrate
the
Glass
,
and
so
be
lost
.
Who
can
expect
such
and
so
great
things
from
Common
Vinegar
?
The
same
Vinegar
,
that
dissolved
the
fix'd
Metal
Gold
,
and
divided
it
into
Spirit
and
Oyl
,
the
Constitutives
of
the
Stone
out
of
alone
;
the
same
also
is
required
to
dissolve
fixed
and
distil
it
into
Spirit
and
Oyl
,
the
constitutives
of
the
Stone
out
of
alone
,
of
the
making
of
which
in
the
Third
Book
of
That
this
Oyl
of
shews
light
by
night
,
affirms
who
hath
described
the
said
Oyl
thus
.
Hungarian
Vitriol
This
Receipt
of
agrees
almost
in
all
things
with
his
Description
of
the
made
of
so
that
it
seems
to
me
to
be
borrowed
of
especially
because
the
same
phrase
of
of
the
volatile
redness
of
Calcined
is
retained
:
Those
things
therefore
,
which
were
observed
before
upon
the
do
also
hereto
relate
;
but
we
added
this
,
because
does
more
assure
us
,
that
this
Oyl
shines
in
darkness
,
concerning
which
quality
of
his
was
silent
of
this
Kind
this
way
Mercurial
Waters
the
milk
and
blood
of
the
Mercury
(
of
the
said
Philosophical
Vinegar
Mineral
Menstruum
(
of
the
Stinking
Menstruum
Caput
Mortuum
a
Philosophical
Calx
,
made
of
the
Mineral
Menstruum
of
Lac
Virginis
(
in
the
Description
of
the
Lac
Virginis
Lac
Virginis
An
Example
of
making
the
altered
Earth
of
and
the
way
of
fixing
the
said
Earth
he
hath
given
in
(
common
Colcothar
Lac
Virginis
(
the
White
fume
of
the
this
graduated
made
not
indeed
of
the
Spirit
of
but
the
Philosophical
Egg
(
calcine
Lastly
,
For
a
conclusion
,
we
will
add
the
made
of
which
being
most
clear
in
the
graduation
,
fixation
,
and
volatilization
of
it
,
will
help
to
illustrate
those
things
which
have
perhaps
remained
more
obscure
in
the
antecedent
,
and
make
the
Receipts
in
this
Kind
more
clear
.
Spanish
Sulphur
(
Philosophical
(
aforesaid
Woodden
Spatula
Roman
Vitriol
(
of
what
Description
soever
in
the
Twentieth
Kind
)
(
being
fixed
(
of
the
aforesaid
Dissolving
Water
for
the
red
)
THat
these
Menstruums
,
made
of
the
graduated
fixed
in
a
close
Vessel
,
have
the
like
place
amongst
as
the
greater
have
amongst
the
vegetable
Dissolve
the
aforesaid
in
any
Acid
Spirit
,
and
you
will
presently
make
of
this
Kind
That
these
are
Medicines
,
call'd
dissolved
in
an
Acid.
That
the
has
some
certain
peculiar
Priviledges
above
the
rest
.
Because
in
the
Distillations
of
these
it
hath
a
Fixed
Body
,
besides
a
Soul
and
Spirit
,
whereby
the
two
aforesaid
must
be
fixed
into
the
Stone
;
but
all
the
other
Metals
and
Minerals
being
reduced
into
graduated
have
no
Fixed
Bodies
,
and
are
divided
into
two
parts
only
,
Spirit
and
Soul
;
but
because
the
Adepts
found
it
necessary
to
borrow
some
Fixed
Body
elsewhere
for
the
fixing
of
these
,
they
therefore
more
than
often
affirmed
the
possibility
of
making
the
Stone
out
of
alone
,
without
any
Addition
,
thus
have
we
heard
in
the
antecedent
Receipts
saying
Philosophers
Stone
(
its
(
or
Body
But
who
observes
not
here
these
Words
,
to
be
meant
of
any
Foreign
Matter
,
and
are
so
to
be
understood
with
some
certain
restriction
?
For
this
most
red
Oyl
of
shining
by
night
,
and
which
must
be
fixed
with
its
Salt
into
the
cannot
in
the
least
be
produced
from
alone
,
and
that
crude
,
being
not
graduated
with
Moreover
as
the
like
Oyl
being
distilled
from
Gold
,
and
fixin
the
purified
,
but
not
volatalized
part
of
it
,
is
called
by
the
Stone
of
alone
;
whereas
notwithstanding
,
he
used
his
to
the
making
of
it
;
so
the
Stone
may
be
said
to
be
made
out
of
Vitriol
though
the
same
Vinegar
was
used
in
the
preparation
of
it
.
It
is
manifest
by
the
Kinds
of
almost
all
that
no
Acid
(
that
is
,
dry
and
incombustible
Matter
)
can
be
reduced
into
Oyl
,
without
an
because
it
must
receive
this
unctiosity
from
the
Vnctions
Spirit
of
Because
it
is
of
mean
value
,
and
so
by
the
Adepts
call'd
the
saith
Isaacus
(
Gold
or
Silver
Oper.
Mineral
.
Pag.
Th.
Chym.
The
same
thing
is
affirmed
by
(
graduated
Philosophers
Stone
he
goes
on
Because
it
is
our
Gold
full
of
the
Tincture
of
common
Gold
.
Stillicidium
Veneris
(
or
common
Vitriol
)
Roman
Gold
Noble
Tincture
Medulla
Philos
Vitriol
,
he
goes
on
Stillicidium
Cupri
(
or
droppings
of
Copper
)
English
Monk
(
of
the
Sun
and
the
rest
of
the
Stars
)
Vitriol
.
Pag.
to
shew
the
Golden
Nature
in
common
to
his
Disciple
,
resolved
to
prove
it
by
an
Experiment
,
in
Theat.
Chym.
where
thus
by
the
way
of
Dialogue
.
Disciple
,
Argent
vive
(
Menstruum
Philosophers
Brass
Aes
ustum
(
common
to
be
Sold
in
Shops
)
Duenech
(
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
)
(
cohobating
and
calcining
(
melting
this
being
impregnated
with
the
aforesaid
Oyl
into
a
(
of
Kermes
Elucidation
of
the
Because
it
is
Gold
opened
,
not
yet
fused
,
and
so
of
easier
preparation
.
Theat.
Chym.
saith
Ripley
Mercury
(
Vegetable
Menstruum
(
Vitriol
calcined
(
Vegetable
Roman
Vitriol
That
the
Adepts
in
the
more
secret
Chymy
meant
four
things
chiefly
by
the
The
Matter
of
the
of
which
God
willing
,
in
the
whatsoever
,
made
with
the
Examples
enough
you
will
find
in
the
Receipts
of
produced
to
you
Every
Matter
of
the
so
Gold
and
Silver
are
in
many
places
called
but
by
the
Isaacus
meant
for
the
for
the
Oper.
Miner
.
Pag.
He
hath
besides
these
two
other
Stones
also
made
of
both
graduated
,
of
which
see
the
Six
former
Chapters
,
Oper.
Miner
.
But
of
these
in
their
proper
places
.
Every
Alchymical
Tincture
,
tho
not
in
the
form
of
a
made
of
are
indeed
better
than
the
rest
in
point
of
Tinging
but
not
Dissolving
.
(
Philosophical
Mineral
Menstruum
Metallick
Bodies
Mars
:
Now
I
have
taught
you
how
to
extract
a
clear
out
of
and
to
distil
its
Red
Oyl
;
this
Oyl
dissolves
and
being
yet
once
distilled
strongly
by
a
Retort
,
you
will
have
a
Noble
Tinging
Oyl
,
or
Salt
of
which
is
a
Subject
that
pays
Tribute
to
the
King
,
and
enricheth
him
.
This
Oyl
dissolves
the
Purple
Spiritual
Gold
,
and
brings
it
over
the
Helm
,
(
Philosophical
,
or
Vinegar
mix'd
with
the
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
)
(
Philosophical
Philosophers
Mercury
Philosophers
Sulphur
Red
Lyon
Caput
Mortuum
(
Philosophical
(
of
Venus
and
Mars
Mercury
,
Sulphur
This
Spirit
of
Mercury
has
been
to
my
knowledge
,
detrimental
to
many
unwary
men
,
seeking
after
it
either
too
inconsiderately
,
or
arrogantly
,
which
to
prevent
for
the
future
,
I
will
somewhat
more
clearly
manifest
the
Nature
,
Qualities
,
and
Original
of
it
.
Common
Verdegrese
reduced
into
by
Vinegar
,
then
three
times
dissolved
in
common
Water
,
and
coagulated
,
must
be
calcined
to
redness
in
an
open
Vessel
,
that
the
superfluous
may
be
drawn
away
,
and
made
fitter
for
the
ensuing
Distillation
.
But
whoever
calcined
purified
,
in
call'd
the
flowers
of
to
redness
,
without
the
diminution
of
its
Virtues
?
Who
I
say
has
distil'd
a
most
Red
Oyl
out
of
this
calcined
Powder
?
therefore
must
be
dissolved
not
in
common
,
but
in
order
to
be
not
only
purified
,
but
reduced
also
into
graduated
to
the
highest
.
In
the
distils
the
same
Red
Oyl
of
ponderous
as
Lead
or
Gold
,
thick
as
Blood
,
and
of
a
fiery
quality
;
that
is
,
of
extream
acidity
,
out
of
being
highly
graduated
,
that
is
,
either
macerated
,
or
throughly
dissolved
in
the
Spirit
of
In
the
Kind
,
We
took
Notice
,
that
the
same
being
purified
with
common
Vinegar
,
was
reduced
into
a
graduated
not
indeed
by
the
Spirit
of
alone
,
but
with
the
juice
of
Sowre
Grapes
,
that
is
,
mix'd
with
common
Vinegar
,
or
some
other
stronger
Acid
,
and
then
distilled
into
the
Oyl
of
If
Metals
,
Minerals
,
and
all
other
Acids
dissolved
in
acids
,
and
reduced
into
be
so
graduated
with
the
Spirit
of
that
the
desired
Oyls
may
be
drawn
from
them
,
the
reason
why
alone
made
of
should
be
deprived
of
the
said
Priviledge
,
cannot
easily
be
apprehended
:
It
matters
not
whether
be
graduated
according
to
the
method
given
in
or
according
to
the
prescription
of
the
present
Receipt
,
for
the
same
Spirit
and
Oyl
is
produced
either
way
.
Now
this
Oyl
of
being
made
,
and
diluted
in
common
Water
,
Iron
is
reduced
into
graduated
which
must
like
the
be
also
calcined
into
a
Red
Colour
,
and
then
distilled
tnto
a
White
Spirit
and
Red
Oyl
.
The
Method
of
this
Process
is
,
(
that
is
graduated
(
Philosophical
(
Tincture
or
Essence
But
of
these
below
,
The
being
graduated
and
calcined
into
a
in
our
Receipt
,
is
without
the
extraction
of
its
Soul
distilled
into
the
the
true
Oyl
of
next
fore-going
in
Out
of
which
,
to
make
the
present
Spirit
of
the
Salt
must
be
extracted
out
of
the
which
Salt
being
mix'd
with
the
Oyl
of
and
distil'd
together
through
an
is
call'd
the
first
Matter
of
sometimes
used
the
Salt
and
Sulphur
of
instead
of
the
said
Salt
extracted
out
of
the
of
Sol
Mercury
(
the
Oyl
of
For
the
Spirit
of
dissolved
in
and
cristallized
into
graduated
and
with
gentle
calcination
,
reduced
it
into
the
true
Crocus
,
or
Red
Powder
of
But
the
Iron
he
dissolved
in
the
Oyl
of
distilled
out
of
the
said
cristallized
and
calcined
into
the
For
the
present
he
requireth
Gold
dissolved
in
described
in
and
reduced
into
a
volatile
graduated
which
then
being
dissolved
in
Distil'd
Water
,
he
precipitates
with
three
times
as
much
of
out
of
the
but
the
amalgame
from
thence
produced
,
he
gently
calcines
under
a
Tyle
,
into
a
as
to
the
making
of
which
here
only
by
the
by
,
but
in
the
following
second
and
third
Books
,
we
shall
treat
more
fully
of
it
.
The
way
of
making
the
Salt
of
he
has
thus
in
the
Essence
extracted
out
of
the
Sol
,
with
the
sweet
Spirit
of
Salt
described
in
(
Philosophical
Concerning
this
Water
of
Honey
in
Curra
triumphali
Antimonii
The
same
affirms
Archid.
Pag.
and
elsewhere
,
Cap.
de
Morbis
Tartar
.
Pag.
The
way
of
making
this
Water
,
is
not
indeed
in
the
Writings
,
which
we
have
either
of
yet
easily
will
a
diligent
Disciple
learn
the
same
,
by
the
Principles
of
his
Art
,
for
either
the
must
be
dissolved
in
distilled
Vinegar
,
or
some
stronger
acid
,
or
crude
Honey
cohobated
in
that
is
,
common
,
mix'd
with
the
Spirit
of
and
the
Process
will
be
shorter
and
better
.
But
this
Salt
of
Gold
may
be
also
made
without
the
said
Water
of
Honey
,
provided
the
be
so
corrosive
as
to
dissolve
the
remaining
Body
of
the
Gold
,
thus
in
he
reverberates
the
of
Gold
,
the
space
of
three
days
,
then
calcines
it
with
an
equal
weight
of
the
Salt
of
which
he
washeth
off
with
Distilled
Water
,
and
extracts
the
Salt
out
of
the
dried
with
Vinegar
,
which
drawing
off
the
Vinegar
,
he
clarifies
with
the
Spirit
of
Wine
,
that
is
,
he
dissolves
,
filters
,
draws
off
,
and
cristallizeth
it
into
the
true
In
another
place
,
he
extracts
the
by
the
of
Vniversal
as
in
where
he
affirms
,
that
the
cannot
be
coagulated
or
fixed
without
this
and
that
he
hath
taught
the
way
of
making
it
in
the
fourth
Key
.
By
the
Oyl
of
he
means
the
Oyl
of
not
yet
reduced
into
the
of
Vniversal
or
acuated
with
its
own
and
the
more
fixed
part
indeed
of
this
which
he
calls
the
not
the
more
volatile
part
,
which
is
call'd
the
With
this
he
dissolves
the
and
converts
it
into
potable
Gold
.
Yet
sometimes
he
would
have
us
take
the
same
Oyl
of
for
the
Oyl
of
described
in
he
reduceth
the
white
Body
of
the
King
(
Gold
,
left
in
the
extraction
of
the
which
is
the
second
Principle
in
order
;
and
the
a
little
before
call'd
the
White
Spirit
of
into
pure
and
malleable
Gold
,
as
it
was
before
,
not
in
the
least
defective
in
colour
and
virtue
.
Sometimes
he
acuates
the
Spirit
of
Vniversal
with
the
of
other
Luna
(
of
which
in
the
for
here
we
use
it
not
.
(
Philosophical
(
rectified
He
sometimes
acuated
this
Spirit
without
only
thus
This
Spirit
of
he
fermented
not
onely
with
the
Sulphurs
of
the
perfect
Bodies
,
but
sometimes
added
to
them
withal
the
Sulphur
of
some
imperfect
Metal
,
as
Besides
the
Sulphur
of
he
sometimes
added
also
the
Sulphur
of
Sometimes
he
fermented
this
Spirit
after
an
unusual
way
,
namely
,
without
the
Sulphur
of
any
perfect
Metal
,
but
meer
imperfect
onely
,
thus
:
Tho
these
may
well
deserve
the
first
place
among
the
Dissolvents
of
the
yet
some
of
the
not
much
inferiour
to
them
not
onely
the
better
to
dissolve
Bodies
,
but
tinge
them
also
deeper
,
made
his
of
Tinging
and
common
but
being
satiated
with
the
Tinctures
(
Souls
,
Sulphurs
,
of
Tinging
Things
.
Thus
made
he
the
Argent
Vive
Aes
ustum
,
Crocus
Mars
,
Crocus
Lapis
Haematites
Roman
Vitriol
Aes
ustum
,
Cinabar
,
Crocus
Mars
,
Venus
,
Lapis
Haematites
,
Antimony
,
Roman
Vitriol
(
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
Argent
Vive
he
sometimes
added
also
sublimed
for
the
red
,
thus
:
Roman
Vitriol
Lapis
Haematites
,
Crocus
Venus
,
Cinabar
,
Aes
ustum
,
Mineral
Antimony
,
(
Spirit
of
Philosophical
Wine
Caput
Mortuum
Philosophers
Water
The
Preparation
of
Sulphur
Sulphur
Vivum
(
Philosophical
the
graduated
Alchymical
Secret
Sulphur
.
The
Preparation
of
Roman
Vitriol
(
by
which
the
Adepts
do
more
than
often
mean
that
which
is
graduated
)
The
Preparation
of
Roman
Vitriol
Tho
these
are
not
so
much
esteemed
,
as
those
before
of
as
to
the
Excellency
of
Preparation
,
yet
are
they
of
no
less
but
the
same
Virtue
with
those
,
as
to
the
quality
of
tinging
,
for
they
are
made
of
the
same
&c.
as
the
compounded
were
made
of
acuates
the
same
not
indeed
already
made
,
but
to
be
made
in
the
preparation
of
the
thus
with
the
acuated
with
he
makes
the
Essence
of
which
being
mix'd
with
the
said
becomes
a
of
this
Kind
,
and
is
called
.
(
God
,
(
extended
with
a
Hammer
Chapter
of
Vessels
alleadged
by
us
before
,
in
in
the
Preparation
of
the
said
(
the
Dissolution
of
the
Silver
)
(
decant
(
the
other
part
of
Silver
to
be
distilled
into
a
Menstruum
)
(
which
is
so
called
because
of
the
property
of
its
operation
)
our
Mercurial
or
Vegetable
Sal
armoniack
see
the
Menstruum
below
in
(
remaining
in
the
bottom
Dissolved
Limus
(
and
distilled
(
to
be
circulated
the
composition
,
or
compounded
Water
of
of
the
same
Volume
The
same
way
sometimes
he
prepares
the
of
Gold
with
the
by
addition
of
which
,
he
makes
the
same
more
acute
,
that
is
more
noble
.
Luna
(
described
in
Numb.
the
sixth
,
but
produced
by
us
in
20th
and
21th
Mineral
Menstruums
in
infinitum
Universal
Mercury
Mercury
duplicated
Sect.
1.
Cap.
de
Sulphure
Mercurii
,
Sect.
2.
de
Vitriolo
Phil.
Sect.
2.
Cap.
4.
de
Vitriolo
Veneris
.
the
Sulphur
Venus
duplicated
.
Sect.
1.
Cap.
3.
de
dulph
.
Martis
&
Veneris
.
Soul
of
as
in
Particul
.
Veneris
duplicated
Mercury
is
Sol
,
Luna
Philosophers
Mercuries
Third
Book
Universal
Mercury
Universal
Mercury
the
Metallick
Soul
of
described
in
described
in
Philosophical
Wine
Mineral
Menstruums
Philosophical
Wine
Mineral
Menstruums
Stinking
Menstruum
(
described
in
Philosophical
,
described
in
Tartar
(
in
(
of
the
ebullition
The
same
but
of
different
weight
he
made
elsewhere
,
he
added
half
a
part
of
the
to
one
part
of
the
in
the
antecedent
,
but
in
the
following
he
takes
more
of
the
Stinking
Menstruum
mix'd
vegetable
and
mineral
with
the
described
in
Sulphur
(
properly
the
volatile
Salt
of
Tartar
)
Argent
Vive
Aqua
Vitae
(
requisite
for
this
Work
)
(
Philosophical
the
Menstruum
in
the
Green
Lyon
of
Sal
harmoniack
Sometimes
they
mixed
instead
of
the
Stinking
Menstrumm
in
As
they
added
to
simple
so
also
to
the
same
compounded
.
(
God
described
in
mixed
these
the
first
Matter
of
made
out
of
or
Spirit
of
described
in
the
Menstruum
described
made
the
following
mix'd
for
the
(
Antimony
Mercury
,
(
not
of
as
it
is
ill
read
in
the
described
in
Salt
circulated
in
Vi●riol
(
the
described
in
the
mix'd
Antimony
(
the
Regulus
of
Antimony
.
)
Mineral
Menstruums
My
Friends
has
superfluity
of
Menstruums
Philosophical
Wine
Secret
Chymy
Paracel●us
,
Lully
Orders
,
Degrees
,
Matters
,
Methods
Dissolving
,
Tinging
,
Multiplying
Secret
Chymy
Philosophical
Wine
unctuous
Spirit
Red
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Common
Spirit
,
Common
Vinegar
Common
Sal
Armoniack
Philosophical
Wine
Secret
Chymy
Secret
Chymy
Philosophical
Wine
simple
Vegetable
Menstruums
Compounded
Vegetable
Menstruums
Simple
Mineral
Menstruums
Menstrual
Matter
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Philosophical
Wine
Secret
Chymy
Vegetable
Menstruums
Vegetable
Menstruums
Vegetable
Menstruums
Mineral
Menstruums
Philosophical
Wine
Mineral
Menstruums
Aqua
fortisses
Mineral
Menstruums
Vegetable
Menstruums
Philosophical
Wine
Vegetable
Menstruums
Philosophical
Wine
The
dissolution
of
the
Body
is
the
coagulation
of
the
Spirit
,
and
so
on
the
contrary
,
Secret
Chymy
Philosophical
Wine
Two
and
Twentieth
Kinds
Sal
Harmoniacks
Philosophical
Wine
Mineral
Menstruums
Menstruums
,
Medicines
,
Alchymical
Tinctures
,
Pretious
Stones
Simple
Vegetable
Menstruum
Vegetable
Menstruums
Compounded
Vegetable
Menstruum
Philosophical
Wine
first
Kind
second
Kind
third
Kind
Sal
Harmoniack
fifth
Kind
Simple
Vegetable
Menstruums
Compounded
Vegetable
Menstruums
eighth
Kind
tenth
Kind
Mineral
Menstruums
Common
Menstruums
Vegetable
Menstruums
Mineral
Menstruums
Simple
Menstruums
RIPLEY , Cap. 13. Philorcii .
Without these Waters we do little Good in this Art ; but he that hath these Waters , will without all doubt compleat the Art .
CLavis
Horologiae
Art
of
Dyalling
John
Holwell
Cabalistical
Dialogue
F.
M.
Van-Helmont
Astronomy
,
Surveying
,
Navigation
John
Holwell
Marrow
of
Measuring
Glazing
,
Painting
,
Plaistering
,
Masonry
,
Joyners
,
Carpenters
,
Brick-layers
Work
Venterus
Mandey
Royal
Catholick
English
School
Tobias
Ellis
Paradoxal
Discourses
F.
M.
Van-Helmont
Narrow
Path
of
Divine
Truth
viz.
Purgation
,
Illumination
F.
M.
Van
Helmont
Artless
Midnight
Thoughts
William
Mather