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Contaimng,
The greateft Treasure in
CHYMISTRY,
Never yet fo plainly Difcovered,
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T O T H E
Right Honourable
THE
Lord Lucas,
BARON of Sbenfield
in ESSEX.
My Honoured Lord,
T is not my Accjuain-
tance with your
LorJfhips Perforty ^
that mal\es me pre-
fume to involve your Lordfhips
Patronage of this [mall y but
worthy Treatife of great Lear-
ning • for I never had the ho-
nour of ten words, with or
from your Lordjhip ^ though It-
A 3 ving
TheEpiftlc Dedicatory^
^ing formerly where your Lord-
Jhip did frequent, and being a
Neighbour in our Touthful
Tears 3' hut your Lordftoips
own Worth and Learning, So-
hriety and Prudence, with 0-
ther Accomplifhments tal^en no-
tice of in Puhlic^in your ten-
der Tears, andfame Eminent
Difcourfes of deep Myferies y
your Lordfhip had with a mojl
Learned Frenchmanwor-
thy FriendJatyour return from
Oxfordj in the late Rebellious
Times y related or intimated
unto me to illufirate your Lord*
(hips erfeBions (being about
( The Epiftle Dedicatory^
)fl the fame time this Author at^
ijj tained to the faid Arts) makfs
hjj me not doubt but by a fympa-
5/j)i thetic\ virtue^ th.is Englifli
Sd. rare Thcenix of Learning in
\\d. bis Tonih ^ topHI rather dratp
nnd., your AffeBionSj than need any
liu. Intermediations for your Lord'
ml Countenance-^ he being
probably yet living, though
J ferchance unblown to your
Lordfhip to be the fame ^ by
reafon of his ah fence and Tra-
vets, which he Writes of, and
his defired pbfcurity, 1 confefs
my Lord y I was perfwadedto
g Dedicate it tofome worthyPer-
k fo"
TheEpiftlc Dedicatory/
Jon of Honour; but having had
fufiaent experience of my fen?
Friends in my long Troubles,I
rather prefumed herein upon the
glory of your Honour and Vir-
tues, than any of my own Ac-
quaintance. Now, my Lord, I
mufl crave your pardon that fo
obfcure a perfon as my felf,
(hould offer Jo worthy a Prejent
to your Honour, but therefore I
have ufed the befi lawful Poli-
cy,though a little unmannerly,to
conceal my felf, but only to re-
main.
My Lord,
Your Lordihips moft Devoted,
Sept. I J. and Humble Servant, *
w.c.
Publishers^EPISTLE
TO THE
ENGLISH Reader.
%eader,
HAving injoyed the benefit of
this moft excellent and rarely
Learned Amnymon in an Englilh
Manufci iptjtnany years before the
Publication in Latitthy the worthy
and learned John Latiginf,probably
written from the Authors Copy,or
very little corrupted, wherein this
Author waspleafed to reveal him-
felf to be born an Englijhman^ na-
ming himfclf Eyreneus FhilaUtha
Cofmopolita, and to have accompli-
(hed thismiraculousTreafureathis
Age of Twenty three Years, 164^.
And confideringalfo, with worthy
Lmgiur^ the Authors good inten-
tion to promote the welfare of all
men, I could not negled my duty
longer
The Tuhlifiers Epiftle,
longer to make his own Country-
men happy thereby, many of
whofe Capacities reach not unto
the Latin Tongue, whofe necefll-
ties and good intentions neverthe-
lefs may be fitted to receive the
faid good things, and the mifery
of the Times requiring the fame,
if it (hall picafe God to give his
Bleffing in this our Englifh fliell of
Learning : I muft teftifie with
Langius, that I have hardly ever
read any Author more full and
clear in all Operations of this Art:
And (which is more to be admi-
red and honoured} in regard he
appears to be fo candid and free
from Envy at thofe Years, being
(as I may fay) but a Child , but
a true Child of Art as well as of
Nature; nay, I may be confident
a true Child of God , who alfo
after
k
^ The Fudli/herf Epilile,
! after Chrifts Example (our great
Mafter and Do£i:or) may be pla-
ced amongft the graveft Learned
Do£l:ors: Artejins thought it a
great Argument of his extreme
old Age, after a thoufand years to
become free from envy ^ but this
Author hath accompliflied the
fame, by Grace, in a few years;
which demonftrates him to have
his grey hairs in his wifdom. I
(hall fay little more of him , and
indeed little needs be faid , but
what you may find in effeft by
reading this Divine Author, or
is taken up and faid already by
that worthy Latigius^ whofe Lear-
ned Epifile and Dedication I have
Tranflated, and hereunto adjoyn-
ed, that this Work might be
the more complete, wherein thou
mayefijwith more eafe than Jafon^
purdiafc
The fuhlifhers Epijile^
purchafe the Golden Fleece, and
find An Open Entrance to the Shut-
falace of the Kin^, with an AI-
chahefiical Salt or Key , ufeful in
Chymiftry': But let me advife thee
of one thingj 5 when thou comeft
to the poffeffion of the fame, that
thou glut not thy felf with the
pleafures of thisWorId,and forget
God or thy Neighbour, left with
Mid^thou turn thy covetous Eyes
into longer or larger Ears, and fo
by enjoying, or rather mifemploy-
ing,the prefent things, lofe thy fu-
ture happincfs of and in the King-
dom of Heaven ; Which advice
as it is the very Command of God,
fo it comes from
Tfiy Well-wifhing F r i e n d ^
and true Lover of Art and Nature,
Aug. 9. '
1568,' whole Creation of God,
IF. C.
I'he Epiflle Dedicatory of John Lan-
gius, FuhU(her of tbk Author in
^ Latin.
btii
ifefuli To the moft Prudent and
moft Excellent Man^ the
come LordGABRIELVoGTIUS,
Heir of Elherfdorfe, &•€,
dfoij Privy Gounfellor of the
Icftffl moft Serene and Power-
ful Elcdor of Saxony y
and Warden of his Coin
and Metallick Affairs; as
Kiiif alfo Secretary of his Ex-
advic chequer:
fohn Lfmgitu wilhcs much Happincfs.
My Lord and fingular Patron,
FOrafmuch as your Honour hath
been pleafed to fuffer the € audi'
dais of Nature to have fome place
mth
\C.
The Epiftle Dedicatory
nfithyou, and lately have embraced
me ^though nnrvortly) with fingular
humanity \ I come to Offer this exaSl
Utile Work^ of the true Art of Chy-
miftry to your Honour : I confeft
truly it is another Mans, hut give
me leave herein to help my own weaJ^
nefs ^ being guilty to my felf that [
could not he able to afford any worthy
matter, from my own fiore, fit for
your accomplijl/d Mind', and ihey
have need to borrow goods that are
Jhert at home', yet I hope you will
not defpife it, feeing that many have
ejfered to the gods thofe things which
are not their own, but are tal^en from
the Sabean Harvefl ejpecially whilfi
this Excellent Boo^ feems to be
brought forth out of the favourable
Bofom of Naturi, from a deer and
good intentionand therefore it could
not be, nor indeed ought to be, but
of John Languish
mft acceptable to yon, vpbonh Nature
long ftnce entitled amongli her inti-
mate Friends. Tour Houfe hath
hitherto been (like Pernafllis and
Helicon J open to all the Lowers and
Friends of the Mufcs and of the
Graces, and therefore let it be open
to this of ours, which is not at aU
ragged, as if it crept out of the
Trophonian Den to beg an Alms,
but truly hath a decent Habit, an o-
pen and clear Face and tranjplendent
Gown , coming towards you from
the retired'Ji Clofet of Chymiftry
to call upon your Honour, where-
fore admit it benignly for if yon
entertain it rightly, I doubt not but
(like a grateful Cueji) it will return
you rare Gifts. I pray God you may
Iwe many many years to your own
comfort and yours , Natures and out
publicl{^ hopes,
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THE
Preface of John Langius
TO THE
READER,
Benevolent Render,
HAving not long fince obtained
this little Book, which I here
Publifli, from a moft excellent
knowing Man of thefe Matters,
it pleafed me fo much, that I pre-
fently confulted to impart it for
thy profit j and this drove me to
it,that this genuine Author feemed
almoft to be the onlvPofibfibr and
J
Worker, in our Age, of the F hy-
fical Tinflure, and to have Com-
pofed his Work to that very end,
that he might be known to be an
Adeptijl when it fhould come
forth, and that the Wanderers
in this Art might be reduced to
a the
the Freface of Johq LangiusJ
the right path j and then withal
the candour and perfpicuity of
the Writing, as k were a continu-
ed Style ot Sendifvogius -y whofe
footfteps this Author doth every
where clofely follow , yea fome-
limes excel, but alwaies indeed
doth excellently explain without
making it his aim at all: Where-
fore I was confident that if I
fhould divulge it, both the afore-
faid worthy intention of the Au-
thor would be fatisfied, and a
clear light kindled in the dark
night of Errours to very many,
who until this very day either by
dolorous Labour, or prefumptu-
ous Learning, or continual in-
ceflant Sighs (although alas! now
and then their hopes do fail them)
do hunt after the great Elixir of
the Philofopheis. Eor although
within
The Preface of John Langius.
within thefe few years feme num-
hers have ambitiouily endevoured
® to obtain the Title of True Phi-
ivkiofophy, and prefumed under the
vizard of a falfe name to inftru£]:,
'°®or rather to diftraft and make
®^^"mad all the World with phanta-
itk ftick Books; nay have draWn
fome ignorant Men, and thofe not
t if obfcure ones, upon the ftage, not
afoi without the laughter of the more
leii difcreet and learned i yet never-
afll thclefs the fharper witted,and fuch
(ii as have converfed (as the P roverb
laiiigoes) more familiarly with dead
erl Philofophers, prefently found out
up^ their hooks and baitsjfo that flwrt-
I ii ly after thofe fruitful promifers,
noi who fwel'd with fuch great words,
leii became forfaken of their Admi-
tiro rers (like the Afs who was ftripc
)ijgl of the Lions skin ) and being
tiff ' Ifft
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left to themfelves, have alwaies
born their fliot amongfi: falfe Coi-
nets,and paid the utmoft rarthing.
But this Author , whicli we now
dedicate to the common good,
as he hath the Byle and thrid
of the ingenious FhiloiOphers,
and obferves it every where , yea
as he every way breaths the pri-
mordial and ancient Chyrmfiry^ and
fiiowes himfelf abundantly by
his own figqs ^ fo I hope it will
come to pafs, this Sun being rifen,
that the falfe Stampers will at
length quite be difpelled and va-
nifh like the tog and fmoire.
Truly who, or what kind of per-
fon, was Author of this fwect
Muft-like Work,I know no more
than he who is moft ignorant 5
nor (fince he himfelf would con-
ccal his name } do I think fit to
enquire
^ The Preface of John Langms.
enquire fo far to get his difplca-
* fure 5 neverthelefs it ir clear e-
nough he is beloved of God like
another Daniel^ and is a Man of
moft hearty truedefires, if he ftill
be living j and one who at that
Age attained to the Medicinal ,
Chymical and Phyfical Arcana s
1* of the P hilofophers, in which ma-
ny others hardly attain the leafi:
J)'tittle, and that but veryfuperfi-
y cially : Certainly it will be a very
hard matter to find any one who
like to him hath gathered this
if! Art out of Books at fo tender an
Age; Thomas ISorton profefTeth
lie* he had the knowledge of the
w
Pt White Tindure at Twenty eight
ke years of Age and Hehiontius re-
Hi lates how Theophrajius Paracelfsis,
ao! at the fame Age received the
con Gold-making Medicine j fo D/o-
itit a 3 jvfjufy
m
T
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nyfiHS, Xach^rias , and perchance
feme few other Young-men, are
reported to have attained it : But
thcfc had it from other mens help
and tutering, which is not fo
much to bewondrcdat, when as
therein their capable wit is only
to be commended: But to pick
out the Rofes from the moft tnor-
ny Bufhes of Writings, and to
make the true Elixir of Philo-
fophers by his own Induftry5with-
out any Tutor, and at Twenty
three years of Age *, this per-
chance hath been granted to none,
or (as is faid)to moft few hitherto.
Who will gainfay but that in a
particular manner God hath pour-
cd down this occult Science into
fuch a wit through the open win-
dows of Heaven, when as I be-
lieve millions that have followed
the
18. theVrefaciof ^ohvi)uZVigms,
lut the fame ftudy, and run that ftage
11,1 to their old Age, have fweat at the
fame for fifty, fixty years, more or
a}/, lefs, with all the toiling labours
not could be thought upon. Therefore
k let us the more refpeft this highly
m enlightened Author, in regard that
3 j! he being(as'twere3fo largel y over,
hi whelmed by Almighty God with
ind fuch great and unufual Bleflings,
plii hath not done like the CithariflAf-
pendinf^ who ufed to fing and play
privately to himfelf; But what he
j p had learned without envy , he
j,Q[ would as benignly communicate
[jf,. without envy. How envy hath
jj prevailed with many others in
pQj their fetting forth thefe fccret Ar-
.jjj canas, and how therewith they
have hedged their Writings (as
^ with a Partition-Wall) round a-
, bout, needs not here to be remem-
a 4 bred,
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bred , every Chymica! Searcher
can tcftifie the fame. The Off-
fpring of former Philofophers
lieJd it rather to be for their com-
mendation thus to delude their
Pofterity, and they triumphed
under envy with Chymerical Jug-
lings , jiift as we read in the Eufe-
bean Greel^ Writings of Scaligtr^
That Democrates Ahderites^ had
obfcurely w/itcen of Gold, Silver,
Stones and Porphyr *, the like
didalfo Mary an Hoebrean wiCe wo-
man *, who were taught by Ofia-
nes how they fhould cover the
Art with many witty Riddles, but
withal not to write without envy.
But our Author, being taught in a
better School, hath fequeftred the
Chymical Art from all vulgar er-
rours j and the Sophifms being
thrown out, and the curious
dreams
X
The Preface of John Langius.
dreams of the Conceited hifled
away , hath fo candidly, clearly
and perfpicucufly defcribed his
own Matters, that youihallnot
tli; find fo many things more clearly
'pk fet forth by any one, as Alethea
iju; (or the truth her felfjwill juftifie :
•bj Yea, if thofe things which
tlip Kant ( an iEnglifh woman) by in-
f li ward Revelation promifed concer-
Siljf ning the making of Gold ( that it
lii would become vulgar or common
h in the year 1661.) come to pafs
I'OJl within an hundred years after,
f tl then I doubt not at all but it hath
, h taken fome beginning from this,
enr Hechufeth to foUow Sendivogins
(in his footifeps, yet both with a bet-
dtf ter order and far more exa£l: di-
jrfi fi:in£i^ions j be it fo though, that
)eiD: he taught more obfcurely concer-
rio!f ning the true fubje6i: of Philofo-
phers
The 'Preface of John Langiiis.
bred , every Chymical Searcher
can tcftifie the fame. The Off-
fpring of former Philofophers
heJd it rather to be for their com-
mcndation thus to delude their
Pofterity, and they triumphed
under envy with Chymerical Jug-
lings , Juft as we read in the Eufe-
bean Greeh^ Writings of Scaliger^
That Democrates Ahderites^ had
obfcurely wjitten of Gold, Silver,
Stones and Porphyr , the like
didalfo Mary an Hdchreanwi^e wo-
man who were taught by Ofla*
nes how they fliould cover the
Art with many witty Riddles, but
withal not to write without envy.
But our Author, being taught in a
better School, hath fequeflred the
Chymical Art from all vulgar er-
rours j and the Sophifms being
thrown out, and the curious
dreams
The Preface of John Langius.
dreams of the Conceited hifled
away , hath fo candidly, clearly
and perfpicuoiifly defcribed his
own Matters, that you (hall not
tli: find fo many things more clearly
'pfe fet forth by any one, as Alethea
Ijui (or the truth her felf^will jiiftifie :
b Yea, if thofe things which M^ry
% Kant ( an \Englt(h woman) by in-
f I ward Revelation promifed concer-
Sil?: ning the making of Gold ( that it
li would become vulgar or common
kf in the year i66i.) cometopafs
I'OJt within an hundred years after,
r tl then I doubt not at all but it hath
, h. taken fome beginning from this,
enf Hechufeth to follow Sendivogins
ifio his footfi:eps, yet both with a bet-
(jtf ter order and far more exa£i di-
jrfi ftindiions j be it fb though, that
)eii]; he taught more obfcurely concer-
riflif ning the true fubje6i: of Philofo-
fjDi phers
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phcrs than Sendif/o^ius(l fay more
obfcure to the fight of young Be-
ginncrs, who may perchance draw
it more eafily from Sendi<vogius )
yet neverthelefs he that fcarches
more curioufly and without pre-
conception of his opinion, fiiall
affuredly find a greater light from
him than from Sendi'vogms j but
in the refi: Sendi<vogius dditQs not
place himfelf before him, nor any
other, cither of the old or of the
following Ages: Oh 1 how far are
the Rivers yierrha and Siloam from
one another ? How much difpa-
rity is between thefe and other
Writings, which hitherto ende-
voured to hinder the blindfolded
World from her precipice and ru-
ine > Yet I would it had pleafed
this moft worth Author, to have
committed to the publique Prefs
his
The Preface of John Langius.
his noble and poliflit writings him-
felf (for I hear he hath alfo writ-
ten a Dialogue concerning the
?'*') watry Fire, or Liquor Alk^heji)
then I could not doubt but we
(hould have all more corre^i and
perfeft. Now, although I have
im been moft diligent and careful,
j Ik yet (as it often falls out in fuch
' matters or cafes) becaufe I was to
12"; ufe a Manufcript,not fo very exad,
I dare not affirm that all things
ftrifily agree with the words of
the Author for oftentimes ,
[fpi where the fenfe was manifeftly
tbfi difficult, it was made plain by the
ndt' alteration or change of a fmall
letter , neverthelefs we have been
fU' fludioufly wary, that wherefoevec
fed any firm fenfe might be gathered,
ave there we would not rafiily alter it.
ef) We hartily wifii, and humbly pray
to ' (if
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(if the Divine Author be yet
living) That either he himfelf
would commit his Writings cor-
reded and prepared according to
his mind to be printed : Or if he
defign to make ufe of our fervice,
That he will pleafe to convey to
our hands the true Manufcript (af-
tcr any manner he think fit) and
we (hall eftecm, or repute it for a
great Honour to have our things
well correded for our love to the
Publick Good,having no other aim
at all.
Kind Reader, do thou interpret ail
this to the beft conftrudion, confidering
that if the{e(iike (bme Patrimonial Trea-"
fures,had travailed longer under the com-
munication of private Copies,'perhaps in
a little time either many more Faults and
Enormities ( by blanks, or blind Letters,
or wearing ) had flipt in, or elle the true
fenfeit felf had by little and little been
utterly
The Preface of John Langius.'
utterly fpoyledj which to how many
Treatifesof fingular Note it hath hapoed
untOj is not needful here to enlarge. I
will fay no more, for I do not here at-
tempt to write a Commentary : Thefe
things I have touched for my own fake
only,leaft either the Author himfelf might
fufpeft I would alfo undertake the fame
againft his Book, which of old, the true
Sun (fo called ) prefumed againft Sen-
clivogius: or elfe any others perchance
might cenfure me ( as the whole World
is now full of Bufie-bodies, } However
it be, in this I would do a kindnels to the
Lo'i e^-s of f"/.ywf/ry,and fatisfie the de-
ftres of many. If I (hall fee this hath
been acceptable, perhaps more may fcl- .
low: But if otherwife (yet 1 avoid to
prclage ) God blcfs the Benevolent Rea-
der, and farewell.
Hamburgh, December 9.
in the year 1660.
The
The Authors Preface^
I Being an Adept Anony mon, and
Lover of Learning, and a Philo-
foph er y I decreed to write this little
freatife of Medicinal^ Chymical and
Thyfical Arcana's, in the year of the
Redemption of the World, 1645. but
in the three and twentieth year of my
Age, that I might pay my duty to
the Sons of Art, and might lend my
hand to bring them out of thelaby-
rinth of Errours, wherein they are
intangled, and that it jnight appear
to the Adeptifts that I am a brother
and equal to them, and that thofe f ?-
duced by the deceits of Sophifters,
might fafely return, fee and embrace
the true Light: I do alf1 further
prefage , That not a few will be en-
lightened by ihefe my Labours ', they
are no Fables but real Experiments ,
which
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which I hafve feen, made^ and do
hjnow, which an Adeptift will eafily
,aij gather by thefe L,inef» Where"
hilt fore as 1 write thefe things for the
M good of my neighbour ^ let it be e-
mJ nough, that I profefs there is none
tl)! that e<ver writ in thx Art fo clearly j
hm and that many a time in writing I
(aid aftde my pen , hecaufe I was ra-
\jtj ther willing to han/e concealed the
(fuj Truth under the Mas\ of Envy ,
hut Cod compelled me to write^ whom
g I could not refiji, who alone h^ows the
hearty to whom only he Glory for ever*
Hence I undoubtedly gather, many
I'l, will become Blefed in this laji Age
of the World with this Arcanum,
by reafon I have written faithfully \
nor have I willingly left any thing
doubtful for ayoung Beginner^ which
is not perfeBly fatisfed. Alfo I
' k^ow many wbo) with me^ do enjoy
this
J
The Authors Preface.
this Arcanum , afjd am perfwaded
there are many more whof ? tten> fa-
w 'tliarity fhortly (as 1 may fay) I
Jhall be daily acquainted with' Let
the holy Will of God do what it plea-
feth; I confefs my felf unworthy by
whom fuch things fhould be offered;
yet inthefe matters I adore the holy
if ill of God , to whom all created
things are bound to be fnbjeSed ^ for
which caufe only he did create them,
and being created^ pref '.vz/es them.
Reader,
THe true Manufcript Copy, which John Lan.
oiui in his Pretace doth fo mucn thirfi: after,
is here Publilhed for thy benefit; in which thou
wilt find conliderabie enlargements and explanati-
ons,> wherein the Tranllation is deficient,
aswitnefleth Chaf. ij. &c.
(«)
SECRETS Reveal-d:
O R,
An Open Entrance
TO THE
SHLITT PALACE
of the King:
GHAP. i.
Of the neceffity of the S ophicl{p. for
the Worh^ of the Elixir.
Holbever defires to enjoy
7m the fecret Golden-Fleece ^
let him know, That our
Gold-making P o w d e r
(which we call our stone)
is only Gold digefted unto the higheft de-
B gree
2 Secrets Reveal'd.
gree of purity and fubtile fixity, whereto
it may be brought, by Nature and a difi
creet Artift 5 which Gold thus eflenfifica-
ted, is called Our Gold (and no more vul-
gar) and is the period of the perfeftion
of Nature and Art. I could cite all the
Philolbphers that write of this Thingjbut
I need no witnelTes, becaufe my fclf being
an Adeptiji, do write more clearly than
any heretofore. Let any one believe me
that will, and difprove it that can, carp
he that will 5 this is the reward it (hall
certainly receivcjto be an high Ignorance.
I confels the fi.btile Wits do fancy many
whimfies, but he that is diligent (hall find
the truth in the fimple way of Nature.
Let Cold therefore be the One True fole
Principle of Gold-making 5 btit our Gold
is twofold which we require to our work,
Mature and Fix, the yellow Latten^
whofe Heart or Centre is a pure Fire, and
therefore it defends tlie body in the Fire,
in which it receives depuration 5 but no-
thing of it gives way to its tyranny, or
fufiers by it. This doth in our Work rup-»
ply the place of the Male, therefore it is
joyned to our white and more crude Gold
as Feminine Sperme 5 into which it feftds
forth
Secrets Revealed, 5
forth its Sperme, and at length both do
couple with an infoluble band 5 fo it be-
comes our Hermaphrodite , being migh-
ty in both Sexes. Therefore corporal
Gold is dead before it be conjoined with
his Bride 3 with whom the coagulating
which in © is outwards, is turned in-
Wards, fo the altitude is hid,and the pro-
fundity is manifefted 5 fo the Fix is, in
t^ime, made volatile, that it may after-
wards pofleft (by way of Inheritance) a
moft noble State, in which it may obtain
an excellent powerful fixity. It is evi-
dent therefore that the whole Secret con-
fifts in 5, of which, a Philofopher faith.
There is in 5 whatever the Wijeman fiekp 3
concerning which Geber faith, Praifedbe
the Mojl High J who hath created our 2 and
hath given it a nature overcoming aU things.
For verily if that Were notjthe Alchyn^jls
might boaft as they will, but their Work
of Akhymy would be vain. 'Tis likewifo
evident it is not the vulgar 2 but the So-
^ick 3 becaufe ever^ vulgar 2 is a Male
mat is corporealjfpecificate and dead; but
ours is fpiritual, feminine, living and vi-
vifying. Attend therefore to thofe things
that I ifhall fpeakof 2, foras thePhilo-
B 3 fopher
^ Secrets Reveal'd,
Ibphcr faith, Our 2 is the Salt of the Wife-
men, without which, whofoever ope-
rates, is like an Archer that (hoots with-
out a Bow-ftring, and yet it is no where
to be found upon the Earth 5 but our 6 is
formed by us, not by creation, but by ex-
tracing him out of thofe things in which
he is 5 Nature co-operating in a wonder-
ful manner, by a witty Art.
CHAP. 2.
Of the Vr 'wciples comfojing the S So-
phicai.
T He Intention of feme Operators in
this Art, is this, They purge 2 diver-
fly 5 for by the adjoyning of Salt^ they
(ublime it, fomc do vivific it from vari-
ous.Fa:re/3 others only perfe: andfo by
thefe repeated Operations they think to
make the 5 of the Philolophers. They
erre becaufc they do not operate in Na-
ture , for (he amends things only in their
own nature. Let them therefore know
that our Water is compounded of many
things, but yet they are 'but one thing,
made of divers created lubftances of one
ef-
Secrets Revealed. 5
\Vj efTencejthat is to fay. There is requifite in
J55 our Water 3 firft of all.Fire, fecondlyjthe
Liquor of the Vegetable Saturnia'^t^inA-
1;^ lyjthe bond of 2: The Fire is of a Mine-
)ijj, ral Sulphur, and yet is not properly Mine-
l'; ral nor Metalline, but a middle betwixt a
Mineral and a Metal, and neither of them
partaking of both, a Chaos or Spirit 3 be-
caufe our Fiery Dragon (who overcomes
all things) is notwithftanding penetrated
— by the odour of the Vegetable
whole blood concretes or grows toge-
ther withthe juyce of Saturnia^ into one
wonderful body 3 yet it is not a body,be-
caufe it is all Volatile 3 nor a Spirit, be-
((J, caule in the Fire it refembles a Molten
'jjp Metal. It is therefore in very deed a Cha-
jfj os^ which is related to all Metals as a Mo-
ther 3 for out of it I know how to extratS:
all things, even © and B without the tran-
Imuting Elixir; the which thing wholb-
jj. ever doth alio l^e, may be able to teftifie
^ it. This is called, our our
our^, our A/agnet J our Chalybs ot
, , Steel 3 but yet in divers refpefts, becaufe
our Matter undergoes various ftates be-
^ fore that the Kingly Diadem be brought
5 or caft forth out of the /llcnjirnjtns of our
B 3 Harlot ;
6 Secrets Revealed.
Harlot. Therefore learn to know, who
the Companions of Cadmus are, and
what th2LtSerpent is which devoured then],
what the hollow Oak^ is which Cadmus
faftened the serpentand through
unto^ Learn what Dianas Doves are,
which do vanquifli the Lion by aflwaging
him; I Cay the Green Lww^which is in ve-
ry deed the Babylonian Dragon^ killing all
things with his Poyfon: Then at length
learn to know the Caducean Rod of Mer-^
cury^ with which he workethWonders,
and what the Nymphs are , which he in-
fedls by Incantation, if thou defireftto
enjoy thy wilh.
CHAP. 3.
Of the Chalybs of the Sophifts.
THe Wile Magi have delivered many
things of their to Pofterity,
nor is it a flight thing they have attribu-
ted thereto 3 and therefore the contenti-
on amongft vulgar Alchymi(ts is great, as
touching what is to be underftood by the
name of Chalybs. Several men have given
feveral interpretations of this thing. The
Author
Secrets Revealed. 7
' ^ Author of the New Light hath writ there-
j'ji^ of candidly^ but oblcurely. For my part,
that I may not (out of envy) conceal any
I thing from the Inquirers of this Art , I
■ will fincerely defcribe it. Our Chalybs is
■ the true Key of our Work 3 without
which the Fire of the Lamp could not
in I
be, by any Art, kindled , it is the Miner a
5 of Gold, a Spirit^ very pure beyond o-
3 thers 5 it is an infernal Fire, lecret in its
J kind, moft highly volatile 5 the Miracle
, ® of the World, a Syfteme of the fuperior
! I virtues in the inferiors , and therefore
the Omnipotent hath marked it with that
notable Sign, whofe Nativity is declared
__ in the Eaft. The Wiferaen law it in the
Eaft and were amazed, prelently knew
that a moft Serene King was born into the
iiSi World. Thou when thou beholdeft his
Star, follow him even to his Cradle, there
"i''' (halt thou fee a fair Infant by removing
•® the defilements, honour the Kingly Child,
"i' open the Treafury, offer the gift of Gold,
lb at length (after death) he will give
^ thee his Flelh and Blood, the higheft Me-
dicine in the three Monarchies of the
if® Earth.
B 4 : CHAP. 4.
8
Secrets Revealed,
CHAP. 4.
Of the Magnet of the Sophifis,
EVen as Steel is drawn to the Load'
'fione^znd the Magnet doth of its own
accord convert it felf to the cbalybs^<e.vtr\
fo the Magnet of the Sofhi draweth their
Chalybs 3 therefore I have taught that the
Chaljbs IS the Minera of Gold : In like
manner our Magnet is the true Minera of
our chalybs. Furthermore, I declare that
our Magnet hath an occult Centre aboun-
ding with Salt, which Salt, is the Menjini'
tim in the Sphere of the Moon, which
knows how to calcine SqI^ this Centre
doth convert it lelf to the Pole with an
Archetick. Appetite, in which the virtue
of the chalybs is exalted into Degrees.
In the Pole is the Heart of 2, which is a
true Fire (in which is the reft and quiet
of his Lord) failing through this great
Sea, that it may arrive to both the Indies^
and diretft itscourfe by theafpedfof the
North-Sar, which our Magnet will caufe
to appear to thee. The Wifeman will
rcjoyce, but the Fool will difefteem thefe
things,
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things, nor will he learn Wifdom, even
though he behold the Central Pole turned
outwards, marked with the notable Sign
of the Omnipotent. They are fo ftiff-
necked that though they fee even Signs
and Miracles, yet will they not lay ahde
their Sophiftications, nor enter into the
l ight Path.
CHAP. 5.
The Chaos of the Sophi.
LEt the Son of the Philofophers hear-
ken to the Sophi unanimoufly con-
cludingjthat this Work is to be likened to
the Creation of the Univerfe. Therefore,
In the Beginning God Created the Heaven
and the Earth, and the Earth voas void
and etnpfy, and DarJ{f.'cfs were npon the
face of the Deep 5 and the Spirit of the
Lord was carried vpon the face of the
Waters, cmd Cod faid , Let there be
Light , and there was Light. Thcfe words
are fufficient for a Son of Art, for the
Heaven ought to be conjoyned with the
Earth upon the bed of Friendfhip and
Love ; fo fhall he honourably Reign all
his
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his Life. The Earth is an heavy body,
the Matrix of Minerals, becaufe it keeps
them occultly in it lelf, although it brings
to light Trees and Animals. It is the Hea-
ven wherein the great Lights together
with the Stars are rowled about, and it
lendeth down its virtues through the Air,
unto inferior things 5 but in the Begin-
ning all being confounded together, made
a Chaos. Behold, I have holily opened to
them the truth , for our chaos is as 'twere
a Mineral Earth in refpeft of its own co-
agulation 3 and yet notwithftanding it is
indeed volatile Air, whithin which the
Heaven of the Philofophers is,in its Cen-
tre 3 which Centre is truly Aftral,fhining
upon the Earth with its Beams, even to
the very faperfides. And what great one
is this that is fo wile, as to gather from
thefe things, that a new King is born more
powerful than all the reft, a Redeemer of
his Brethren from original Defilements ?
for 'twas expedient that he died to be ex-
alted aloft, that he might give his Flefti
and Blood for the Life of the World.
Good God ! How wovderfnl are theje thy
Workj .<? ' ris thy doing atsd it fiems miracu-
bus in our eyes. Father 1 thankjhee^ that
thou
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)(jy thou hajl hidden thefe things from the
tpw and revealed them to Babes.
II
aai;
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CHAP. 6.
The Air of the Sophifts.
egiii 'T^He wide Circuit or Firmament, cal-
mad X. ied, ia the Holy Writj^ir, is like-
d; wile called our Chaos, and yet not with-
twer out a great Secret 5 becaule as the Firma-
n a, mental Air,\s the leparator of the Waters,
giti even fo is our-^zr. Our Work is there-
litjf fore verily a Syftem of the greaterWorld 5
Ce becaufe as the Waters under the Firma-
tiig ment are to be feenand do appear to us,
who live upon the Earth, but the liiperior
f02 Waters do flie our fight, becaufe they are
lb far diftant from us: even fo is it in our
Microcofm, the Waters are the Minerals,
without the Centre thefe appear , but
Pfj) thole that are'.incloled within, do Ihun our
gj. fight, and yet really and truly are. Thele
]j|, are thofe Waters, that the Author of the
Nero Light fpeaks of, viz. Which are, and
do not appear, untill the Artift plealeth.
Therefore even as the Air diltinguifhetb
between the Waters, fo doth our Air pro-
IH
hibit
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hibit all manner of ingreft of the ex-
tracentrical waters unto the waters that
are in the Centre j for fiiouid they
but enter in and be mixed, then would
they prefently clofe together with an
indifloluble union 5 therefore I fay,
that the external vapours and burning
^ doth ftiffly adhere to our chaos,
whole tyranny it being not able to re-
fift, the pure flies away from the Fire in
the form of a dry powder. If thou knew-
eft how to water this dry earth with a wa-
ter of its own kind, thou wilt loo fen the
pores of the earth , and this outward
Thief with the workers of Malice will
be. caft out of doors, and the water
vi7iil be purged (by the addition of a
true Sulphur) from Leprous Defilements,
and from fuperfluous Hydropical Moi-
fture, and thou (halt have in thy power
the Fountain of Count Trevifan , whofe
waters are properly dedicated to Diaua
the Virgin. This Thief is evil, armed
with arfenical Maligfiitie, whom the
winged Youngfter doth abhor and flie
from ; and although the central water be
his Bride, yet the Youngfter dares not
utter his moft ardent Love towards her,
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iC d*" •
becaufe of the fhares of the Thief, whofe
tricks are almoft inavoidable. In this,
let Diana be propitious unto thee, who
^1' knows how to tame the wild Bcafts,whofe
J r' two Doves fliall temperate the malignity
' of the Air with their feathers, then the
Iff" Youth enters eafily in, through the pores,
'prefently fhaking the waters above, and
P ftirrs up a rude and rubifli Cloud 5 do '
thou bring in the water over him even to
® the brightnels of the Moon , and fothe
darknefs which was upon the face of the
1^11: ^wiW be dilcufled by the Spirit which
moves it lelf in the waters: thus by the
Command of God Light fhall appear,
■ ® feparate the Light from the Darknefs the
feventhtimc, and then this 5^'/'^/c4.Crea-
ting of thy 5 (hall be complete, and the
feventh day fhall be to thee a Sabbath of
Rett 5 from which time', even to a Years
ivlift Revolution, muft you expeft the Gene-
ration of the Son of the fupcrnatural
f® Sun 5 who will come into the World at
the end of the Ages, that he may free his
I i Brethren from al Defilements,
erlii
SDK
ifs.
be CHAP. 7.
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CHAP. 7.
Of the firji Operation of the Prepara-
tion of the Sophick Mercury, by
the Flying Eagles.
BRother, You are to know,that our ex-
aft knowledge of the Eagles of the
PhilofopherSj is conceived and judged to
be the firft degree of perfeftion 3 for to
know it, there is required a quick inge-
nuity. For do not believe that this Science
comes to any of us by chance or a cafual
imaginationjas the common ignorant pec-
pie do ftupidly believe^but we have fwea-
ted much and a long time, we have paffed
many nights without fleep, we have un-
dergone much labour and fweat, that we
might obtain the truth 3 and therefore,
O ftudious Beginner ? Know of certain-
ty, without labour and fweat thou wilt
accomplifh nothing (" viz..) in the firlt
Work, although in the fecond. Nature a-
lone performs the Work without any ira-
pofition of hands, only ufing a moderate
external Fire. Underftand therefore(Bro-
ther) thefayingsof the when they
write, That their Eagks are to be brought
to
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to devour the Lion:, the whichEdg/ex,
" how much the (paringer the number is, ^ ^
fb much the greater wreftling and a ilow
t. vidliory, but the work is moft excellently
ij perfefted in the leventh or ninth number.
The 5 Sophical^ namely, is the Bird of
which is Ibmetimes called a
fbmetimes a 5 one while this thing, \ . ».
j another while that, but wherever the V ^
" Magi (peak of their Eagles^ they fpeak in
^ the plural number, and they affign their
number from three to ten: yet they are
^ not to be underftood thus as if they would
^ have lb many weights or parts of the wa- ,
,F ter to one of the earth, but you muft in-
terpret their fayings to be meant of the
intrinfecal weight,that is to fay, you muft ',
take the water fo oftentimes acuated or
fharpened, as they number Eagles 5 which
acuation is made by fublimation, and
therefore every fublimation of the 5 of r
Philolbphers let be one Eagle , and the \/C Ij
feventh will fo exalt the 2, that it will be- ^
come a moft convenient Bath for
King. Therefore that thou mayeft have ^
this knot well unfolded,attend diligently.
Let there be taken of our Fiery Dragon^
which hides the Magical Chalyhs in his
own
•I*,'*
h-h
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own belly, four parts, of our Magmt nine
parts, mix them together with a torrid
. Vulcan or great Fire, in the form of a Mi-
neral water, upon which there will fwira
a fcum, which is to be caft away, remove
the fbell and take the kernel, purge it
the third time with Fire and Salt, which
will eafily be done if Saturn fhall have
beheld himfelf in the Looking-glafs of
Afarsy thence is made the Cham£leon or
our chaos in which all Arcana's lies hid
virtually, but not afiually. This is the
Hcr/fi/tphroditical Infant, which even from
his very firfi: Infancy hath been infefted
the biting of the Corajcene Mad Dog,
whereby he is befotted and diftraded by
a perpetual Hydrophohj or fear of the wa-
ter 5 yca,though the water be nearer him
than any natural thing, yet he abhors it
and flies it. O Fates! But yet there are
in the Wood of Diana two Doves which
can aflwage his frantick Madnefs, if ap-
plyed by the Art of the Nymph S 5 then
leaft he fliould again relapfe into a Hydro-
phehy^ diown him in the waters, and let
him perifh therein 5 which waters the
blackilh Mad Dog being impatient of,
will afcend (fuffoeated) to almoft the
Juper^
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fiiperficies of the waters, then do thou
banifti him with a fhower and fl:ripes,and * ^
drive him far away , fothe darknefi will(iff,'
dilappear. The Moon fhining in her Full, ^ ^
fupply the Feathers,and the Eagle will flic ^ ^
away,and leave the dead Doves of Dia»a 3
which except they (hall be dead at the ^ '
firfl: receiving, they cannot be profitable.
Repeat this feven times, then, at length, ^
haft thou obtained Reft 3 unlels that tho\jd*f~y
muft make a bare Deco<ftion, which isa^^'^V'
moft pleafing Reft; A EoysPlay, anda
Womans Work.
I
C HAP. 8.
Of the labour and tediotifnefs of the
fir ft Preparation.
SOme ignorant Chymifts do Dream,
That the whole Work from the begin-
ning to the end, is a meet Recreation, full
of plealantneft 3 but the Labour theyfet
afide, without the bounds of this Art.
But let them fafely enjoy their own Opi-
nion, in a Work which they have imagi-
ned to be fo eafie 3 certainly they will
reap but an empty Harveft, from their
C idle
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idle Operation. For we know, that next
the Divine Benedidlion, and a good Root
. Foundation to work on. Labour, In-
^ _ duftry and Diligence obtains the chiefeft
^ place 5 nor verily is it a Labour fo eafie,
^'^that it may be called a Play or Refrelh-
,^ment of the Mind , that will give us the
'r thing we fo earneftly defire ; but rather
as Hermes (aith , Heither the Life vor La'
hour is to hejpared^ elfe that which the
Wifeman fortold in his Parables, will not
be verified, That the defire of thefloth-
ful will dejiroy him. Nor is it any wonder,
■ that fo many men, dealing with Alchymy^
are reduced to poverty ; for they fhun
Labour, and fpare Coft; But we, who
have known thefe things, and wrought
them, have certainly found 5 that no
Labour is more tedious than our firft
Preparation. Therefore Morievus doth
' ferioufly exhort the King concerning this
thing, laying, " Mod of the Wifemen
" complained of the tedioufnefs of this
" Work ^ nor would I that you fhould un-
" derftand thefe things figuratively, for
" as much as I do not now confider of the
things as'they appear in the beginning
" of the fupernatural Work : but as we
at
cc,
x
cc
tc
»)ll
lieii
lei':
fc
Hit:
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at firft find thetHa to render the matter
fit for Work j as feith the Poet,
This is the Labour '^ and this is the Work^'^
and again,
One Labour concerns the Golden Fleecej&c.
Another is the great burden to be (ujiained
about the rude weight or matter^ 8cc.
"Therdlbre that noble Author of the
Hermetick^ Secrets , names this firft La-
Firft, there are in our
hour Herculean.
"Principles or firft beginning,
" Superfluities, which can never be re-
" duced unto purity (for our Work) and
" therefore it is expedient to purge them
out throughly, which will beimpoffi
<c
cc
" ble to be done without tiie Theory of ✓ , -
our Secrets .. in which we.teach
cc
true manner with which the Kingly Di-
adem is to be feparated, or thruft
of the Menjlruum of the Harlot
cc
Which manner being known , there is
yet required the greater Labour; yea ft
great, that, as faith the Phiiofopher, many
have left the Art lame as it were, bccaufe
of the terrible Evils or Labour; yet
deny not but a Woman may undergo the^<^
Labour of the Art, yet fb, as that (he
propofes not Playes amongft her Labours.
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20 Secrets Revealed.
But the Mercury once prepared, then is
the reft obtained, which is far more de-
firabJe than any Labour, as faith the Phi-'» nr
iofbpher. *
!
C H AP. 9.
^ Fcr/«e cf our Mercmy upon
^ ^ all the Metals.
OUr Merctiry is that Serpevt which
devoured the Companions of Cad-
mus
nor IS It a wonder, becaufe it had
firft devoured Cad/nus himlelf, who was
ftronger than all the reft: yet at length
Cadr^rus (hall pierce this Serpent through,
after he hath coagulated him with the
vertue of his own Sulphnr. Therefore
know, that this our 2 doth bear rule over
all Metalline Bodies, and diflblves them
into their neareftmatter Mercurial., by
.(eparating their Sulphurs 3 and know,
that the Mercury oi one, two, or three
Eagles .y commandeth T?, V and $ ; and it
rules over the d from three to re?-
kV . , *• ven<, then it rules over the o even to ten
pagks. Furthermore I make known unto
you, that our Mercury is nearer to the
firft
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, firfl: £«/ of Metals than any other Mercu-
ry, 1 herefore it radically enters the Me-
fp.^talline Bodies, and manifefterh their hid-
^ *den profundities;
CHAP. ic.
Of the Sulphur rphich is in the So-
phical Mercury.
THis above all things is a wonder, that
in our Mercury^ there is not only an
aftual, but alfo an aftive $ , and yet nut-
withfianding it retaineth all the proporti-
ons and the form of Mercury 5 therefore
'tis neceflary, that a form be introduced
thereinjby our preparation j which form,
is a Metalline ; which is
ere Fire that putrifiestheC<7w/>(7y?t»w, or dif^
I'f" poled e>. Thisjfd/)hf/re(7f<s Fire, is the Ipi-
^5''' ritual Seed which our Virgin (but yetne-
verthelefs fhe remains undefiled ) hath
contracted 5 becaufe an incorrupted Vir-
ginity can admit a fpiritual Love, ac-
cording to the Author of the Hermctick,
/M Secrets , and according to Experience it
toi felf. By reafon of this snlfhnr it is an
0 Hermaphrodite, becaufc the lame $ doth
ot C 5 appa-
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I
apparently include at the lame time, and
by the fame degree of Digeftion, as ^ell
an aftivc as paflive Principle ^ for if i^ be
joyned with o, it foftens, melts, and iflif-
fblves him by a temperate heat, futable
to the neceflity of the Compofition, and
doth (by the fame fire ) coagulate him-
felf, and gives in his coagulation o, ac-
cording to the pleafure of the Operator,
Hapily this will feem incredible unto thee,
but 'tis true (viz,) That 2 being homo-
geneal, pure and clean, being by our Ar-
tifice impregnated, doth (by the appli-
cation of a convenient heat only) coagu-
himfelf ( after the ihanner ) of Cream
of Milk, there being (as it were) a fub-
tile earth fwimming upon the waters; but
being joyned witho, it isnot only not
coagulated, but the compound fhall dai-
ly be feen to be fbfter and fofter, even
till the Bodies being almofl: diflblved, the
Spirits fhall begin to be coagulated in a
mofl black colour, and a moft ftinking o-
dour. 'Tis therefore manifefl:. That this
fpiritual Metalline Sulphur^ is the firft that
turns the wheel, and rolls the Axis into a
corapafs or circuit.This ^ is in truth a vo-
JatilcO, not as yet fufficiently digefted,
but
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but pure enough 5 therefore it pafleth
into G by a bare digeftion : but if it be
joyned to o already pcrfeft, it is not
then coagulated, but it diflblves the cot-
poral Gold , and reniains with it (being
diflolved) under one form, although be-
fore the perfeftunioiijdeath mult necefla-
rily precede, that fo they may be united
after their death, not Cmply in a perfect
unity, but in a Millenary more than per-
fedt perfedtion.
CHAP. II.
Of the Invention of the perfeSl Ma-
giftcry.
THe Wile Men heretofore (as many of
them as obtained this Art without the
help of Books) were led to the attain-
ment thereof 00 this wile (by the permif-
lion of Cod) For I cannot perfwade my
felf it came to any of them by immcdi-
ate Revelation, unlqls Solomon had it fo 5
which I am rather willing to leave to
the Judge,than determine thereof. . And
yet though he Ihoiild have had it, wh^
hindrcth but he might have got it by
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(earchjWhereas he requefted only wifdom,
which God did beftow upon him in fuch
manner that he therwith poflcfs'd alljboth
Wealth and Peace ? And therefore he un-
riptjas it were, and fearcht out the nature
of the Plants and Herbsjfrom theCedar of
Lebanon even to the Hyflbp on the Wail 5
and what man that is well in his wits, will
deny but that he likewife knew the nature
of the Minerals ? the knowledge of
which being altogether as plealantor pro-
fitable? But to the purpofe. We fay that
h may very likely be believed, That the
firfl Adeptiji that injoyed this Magrjiery
(amongft whom was Hermes) who had no
plenty of Books in thofe days) did not
at firft feek after a more than perfcft per-
fed'ion; but only a fimple exaltation of
l^he imperfed: Metals to a regal condition:
and when they perceived that all Metal-
lick Bodies, were of Mercurial
nal, and that 2 was both as to its weight
and homogeneity mofi: like unto Cold,
which is the perfedtefl: of Metals, they
therefore endevoured to digeft it to the
maturity of Cold, but they could not
effect it by any fire. Therefore they con-
fidered with thenifelves, tdiat there was
requifite
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requifite, befides the external heat, an in-
ternal one , if they will accomplilh their
intentions.This heat therefore they fought
after in moft things. Firft of all, they
diftlJled out of the lefler Minerals moft
exceeding hot waters, and with them
they corroded the $ 5 but they could not
by any Art accomplilh it this way , fo as
to caufe the 5 to change or alter his in-
trinlccal proportions: for becaufe all the
corrolive waters were only external A-
gents, after the manner of fire, though
Ibmewhat different. But thefc Me»jirit-
fir/is (as they call'd themj did not abide
with the diiiolved body, being by that
fame realbn confirmed, they rejeded all
Salts, one Salt only excepted which is the ,
firft Ens of Salts, the which difldlves aTTy^^^^ —
Metals, and by the fame work coagu- ^
lates 2 ; but this is not done but by a vio^t
lent way , and therefore that kind of
gent is again feparatcd entire, both in
weight and vertue, from the things it ir
put to. Wherefore the Wifemen did at
length know and confider that in 2 the
watery crudities,and the e^vth\y Jaces^did
hinder it from being digefted , which be-
ing fixed in the roots thereof, cannot be
rooted
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rooted out, but by turning the whole
compound in and out. They knew, I
lay, that 5 if it could but put off thefe
things, it would prefently become F/>3
for it hath in it felf a fermental Sulphur,
of which, even the fmaliefi: grain would
be fufticient to coagulate the whole Mer'
curial Body , if only the and Cru*
dities could be removed. This thing
therefore they attempted to bring to pafi
by various purging it, but in vain 3 foraf-
much as the forelaid Work requires both
mortitication and regeneration, for which
there is need of an Agent.Then at length
they knew that 5 was deftinated (in the
boWels of the earth) to have been a Me-
tal, to which intent it retained a daily
motion, as long as the fitnels of the place,
and other externality well difpofed, did
remain 3 but thefc being by accident cor-
rupted, this immature Child or Offspring
died of its own accord ; fo that it is be-
held as a certain thing deprived of moti-
on and life. But now an immediate re-
greli from privation to habit or form is
impoflible, that is to fay, there is a paf-
live ^ in $ which ought to be aftive 3 lb
that it is needful to introduce into it ano-
ther
jT
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thcr life of the fame nature in the intro-
ducing of which it ftirs up the hidden
life of 2, ft) life receives lifcj then at
length it is fundamentally transformed or
changed , and the defilements are volun-
tarily caft away from the Centre, as we
have abundantly enough written in the
preceding Chapters. This Life is in the
Mctallick sulphur alone, which the Wile-
men fought for in j, and in fuch like fub-
ftanceSjbut in vain. Then they took the
offspring of Satnrn in hand, and they
found he was the SijJajjx or tyer of
Gold 5 and whereas therefore it hath the
power of leparating the Faces from ripe
Gold , they thence became confident (by
an argument drawn from the lower to
the lefs) that it would do fo in 2; but
they proved that this alio had its ownde-
filemcnts, and they remembred the old
Proverb 3 Be thou clean that dcfireji'tv
cleanje another 5 therefore they endevour- ^ x
ing to purge it, found it altogether*'**^.'
\
impofiible , becaufe it had no Metalline
Sftiphnr inn ^ though it abounded with
the molt purged Salt of Nature. When ^
therefore they oblerved a little Snlphnr * ..
in 2, and that only pailive, they found .. ,
♦ k - now
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28 Secrets Revealed,
bfc/LJO now in thi« Child of T? no adual but
y only potential ^ and therefore it entred in
friendlhip with a burning Arfenical Sul-
^ phur, and fooiifli as it is, it cannot fub-
fift in a coagulated form without this
Sulphur -y and yet notwithftanding it is fo
ftupid, that it had rather dwell with the
Enemy, by whom it is fo exceeding
ftreightly imprilbned, and commit Forni-
cation, than renounce him and appear un->
der a Mercurial form. Therefore they
Ibught further for an afiive ^ , and that
moft throughly, and at length the laid
■Magi Ibught it, and found it hidden in the
oufe of Aries, This ^ is moft greedi-
received by the fon of T? 5 which Me-
tallick matter is moft pure, moft tender^
and moft near to the firft Metallick Ens ,
void of all adual Sulphuryet in pow-
er or capacity to receive a It doth
therefore draw this to it felf like a A/ag-
^ M vet 5 and fwallows it up in its own belly ,
hides it, and the Omnipotent, that
^ might moft highly adorn this Work ,
^Thath imprinted his Royal Seal thereon.
' Then forthwith thefe Magi rejoyced when
^^t/r^hey beheld the ^ , not only found, but
'/O prepared : Then thev endevoured
to
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to purge 5 therewith, but the fuccefs was
not anfwerable i becauie there was as
yet an Arfenical Malignity comraixt with
this ^ thus fwallowed up in the Child
of ]j ; the which evil though now it was
but little, in refpeft of the abundance
which it had in its own Mineral nature,
yet it withftood and hindred all entrance.
Therefore they aflaied to conternperate
this malignity of the Air by the Doves of'
Diana^ and then the event was anfwera-'"
ble to their defires, then commixed they
Life with Life, and moiftened the dry by
the moift, and acuated the paffive by the
a(Sive, and vivified the Dead by the Li-
ving ; fo the heaven became clouded o-
ver for a time, which after large fhowers
became clear again. Thus came out an
Hermapbroditical 5, him therefore they
put in the fire 3 and they coagulated him
in time , yet not very long time 5 and in
his coagulation they found moftpureo
and » : Then returning to themfelves
they confidered that this depurated 5, not
as yet coagulated, was not as yet a Metal,
but volatile enoughand they (aw that
in its diftillation it left nothing remaining
in the bottom , therefore they termed it,
their
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their unripe o, and their living t, they
alfo confidered that being that, out of
which the true firft £«/ of Gold was (and
being as yet volatiI)what fliould it be but
the ground wherein o being fown, would
be encreafed in his virtue ^therefore they
pv put 0 in the fatne, and (to their admirati-
V ^\on) the fire became therein volatile^ the
hardfoft, the coagulated diflblved,Na-
ture her felf being amazed thereat.
' Therefore they Married thefe two toge-
thetj and fhut them in a glafs, and placed
them at the fire, and governed the Work
a long time as Nature required ; fo the
\dvified became dead , and the dead li-
ving, the body putrified, and rofe a glo-
rious Spirit; and the foul is at laft refol-
ved into a Quinteflence, the highefl:
Medicine for Animals, Metals, and Vege-
tals.
CHAP. 12.
Of the manner of making the perfeSi
Magiftery in general.
T T \ T E ought to give immortal
\ V thanks to God , becaule he
hath
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hath fhevved thefe Secrets of Nature to
us, which be hath hidden from the eyes
of moft men. Thofe things therefore
which are freely given to us by that
great Giver, we will lay open freely and
faithfully to other lludious men. Know
ji therefore. That the greateft fecret of our
J Operation, is no other thing than a echo-
bationof the Natures of one thing above
the other , until the moft digefted virtue
be extrafted out of the digefted (body)
)lacc Crude one. But there is hereto
^ requifite, firft, an exaft preparation and
r , fitnefs of the things that enter into the
dt i fecondly, a good difpofing of ex-
, ternal things, thirdly, things being thus
; prepared, there is required a good Regi-
," T^en^ fourthly , a fore-knowledge of the
" appearances in the Work is required, that
your procedure therein be not blindfold 5
fifthly. Patience, that the Work be not
haftened, or head-longly governed. Of
all which we will fpeak in order, as much
, „ as one Brother to another.
iral
be
lib
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CHAP. 13.
Of the Ufe of a ripe ^ , in the
Work of the Elixir.
"T T\fE have fpokenof the neceffi-
V V ty of the 5 jand have delivered
many fecrets of 5, which ( before me)
were barren enough to the World 5 be-
caufe almoft all Chymical Books do a-^
bound either with obfcure Mnigmas^ or
jfbphiftical Operations, or with a heap of
rough and uncouth words. I have not
done lbs refigning my will in this thing to
the Divine Pleafure, who Cin this laft
period of the World J fcems to me to
be about the opening of thele Treafuresr
Therefore I do no more fear that the Art
will be difefteemcd, far be it from me,
this cannot be a for true Wildom will de-
t
fend it felf in external Honour. I could
wifh. That Gold and Silver would at laft
be of as mean in efteem as Dirt, which
hath been hitherto the great Idol adored
by the whole World \ then we who know
thefethings ftiould not need fo ftudioufly
to hide our lelves; For we judge our
felves
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felves to have received ( as it were) the
Curfeit felf of Caiff^ for which we weep
andfigh, that is to fay. We are driven, as
in It 'twere,from theFace of theLord,and from
the pleafant Society which we heretofore
had with our Friends, without fear. But
necei now we are tofled up and down, and as
i^veri it were befet with Furies j nor can we
DICE felvesfafe, in any one place
ridji) long, We oftentimes take up Complaints
5 do and the Lamentations of Cain unto the
Lord, Behold rvhojoever JJjallfind me^fimll
[jjjj, kill me. We Travel through many Nati-
ijfjg ons, juft like Vagabjonds, and dare not
take upon us the Care of a Family, nei-
ther do we poflefs any certain Habitati-
P J,, on. And although we poflefs all things,
yet can we ufe but a few. What there-
(1,^: fore are we happy in, excepting fpecula-
g tion only, wherein we meet with great fa-
ijd tisfadlionof the Mind? Many do believe:
(that are ftrangers to the Art) that if
they fhould enjoy it, they would do fuch
and fuch things 3 fo alfb even we did for-
merly believe, but being grown rnore
wary, by the hazard we have run, we
have chofen a more fecret Method. For
whofoever hath once efcaped the emi-
tiff °
• t .V: ;
I 'Im
.! F'
!L '; I-
I
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nent perils of his Life, he will (believe
me) become more wife for the time to
come. 'Tis a Proverb, Batchelors IVives
and Maids Children are well cloathed or
nouriJJjed. I have found the World pla-
ced in a moft wicked pofture, fo that
there is fcarce a Man found, whatfoever
Face he bears of Honefl:y,and howfoever
he feems to heed publick things, That
doth not propound unto himlelf, forae
private, bale, and unworthy end. Nor
is any mortal Man able to effed any thing
alone, no not in the works of Mercy,
except he would tun the hazard of his
Head; which my felf have of late expe-
rienced, in fome ftrange or forreign pla-
ces, where I have adminiftred the Me-
dicine to fome ready to dye , diftrefled
and affiided with the miferies of the
Body ; and they having recovered mira-
culoufly, there hath prefently been a ru-
mour fpread of the Elixir of the Wife-
men , inlbmuch that once I have been
forced to flie by night, with exceeding
great troubles, having changed my gar-
ments, fliaved my head, put on other
hair, and altered my name, elle I had
fallen into the hands of wicked Men,that
lay
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lay in wait for me ( meerly for fufpiti-
on only accompanied with the moft gree-
dy thirft after Gold.} I could reckon up
many fuch like things, which will feem ri-
diculous to fome; for they'll fay, Did £
but know thefe and thefe things, I would
do otherwife than fo : But yet let them
know, that it is a tedious thing for inge-
nious Men to have converfc with blockifh
Men. And as for thofe that are ingeni-
ouSjthey are fubtile,crafty,quick-fighted 5
and fome of them have as many eyes as
-^r^/ss 5 fome are curio as , fome are Ma-
chiavilians^th.2A fearch into the life, man-
nets, and aftions of Men, moft throughly,
from whom to hide our felf is very difli-
cult, efpecially if there is any familiar
knowledge (or converfo.) If any one
doth think thus of hirafelf, viz. That he
would do fo and fo (were he a PoflelTor
of the StoTse ) I would willingly lay unto
him thus (viz.) Thou art perchance a
familiar acquaintance of an Adeptifi,
he would prefently co.nGder with himfelf 5
and lay, This is impojjible ^ for'tis great
chance but 1 fhould 07iceJee it 5 and by myfu"
miliar converfi with him^ it could not be but
that I fjould fwell it out. Thou that ima-
D 3 gineft
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ginefl: thefe things of thyfelf, Thinkeft
thou that others do not abound with as
much quick-fightednejS as thy felf^ who
would be able to difcern thee? For'tis
expedient to have converfe with forne,
ehe thou (halt Teem to be another quick
Diogenes. But if thou a((bciate thy felf
with the Vulgar, this is unworthy , but if
thou (halt contraft familiarity with Wife-
men, it behoves thee to be moft highly
wary, lead fome of them dilcernthee,
with the fame facility as thou believed
thy felf capabJe of finding out,as 'twere,
another Adeptiji ■ ( thou being ignorant
of the known Secret) If only thou wert
able to have a familiar confortfhip with
him, thou wilt not (b readily di(cern That
an opinion, being but a conceited one,
is without great inconvenience, even a
flight conjedfurc diall be fufficient to
procure a lying in wait for thee, for
the Iniquity of Men is fo great, that we
have often known fome Men to have
been drangled with a Halter, yet not-
vvithdanding were drangers to the Art.
Twas fufficient that (bme defperate Men
had heard a report of fuchanArt, the
knowledge of which fuch once bore the
name
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name to have. It would be too tedious to
reckon up all things, which we our felves
itii' made tryal of, we have feen and
heard concerning this thing. Moreover
tlifoE: concerning this prefent Age of the
CToiE ^orld, rather more than in any former
X one. Who is it that pretends not to ^/-
■ c/j^^aj/ Inlbmuch, that thou flialt hardly
itiiWi foot, except thou defireft
to be betraid. If thou doft but do any
^ thing lecretly, this warinels of thine, will
ftir in (bme a zeal of throughly (earch-
vlipr • O J .
ingtheeout, even to the bottom. Theyl
? tattle of counterfeiting Money, and
v^'hat not } But then if thou art a little o-
pen, and Ibme unwonted things done by
thee, whether in Medicine or Alchymy,
® ' If thou (houldft have a great weight of
" Gold or Silver, and wouldft fell it, any
. one would admire readily, from whence
fo great a quantity of the fineltCold and
pareft Silver Ihould be brought, whereas
luchGold is Icarcely brought from any
^place , lave only Citiny or Barbary, and
that in the falhion of moll fmall land:
but now thine being more noble than
that, and in a mafiie form, will not want
h® a moft notable rumour. For Buyers are
D 3 ■ not
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not fo ftupid, although they fhould (like
Children) play with thee, apd fay, Onr
eyes are Jhut^ come we will not fee 5 but if
thou doft come, they will even fee, even
but out of one corner of thy eye, fo
much as is fufficient to bring upon thee
the grcateft Mifery. For Silver is by
our Art produced fo fine, that no fuch is
brought from any place, That which is
brought out of Spain is the beft, it doth
fomewhat excel in goodnefs even Englif)
Jierling, and that in form of plain Money,
which is tranfportcd by Theft, the Lawes
of the Nations prohibiting it. If there-
fore thou fhalt fell a quantity of pure Sil-
ver, thou haft even already betrayed thy
folf: But if thou adulterateft it (being not
a Coldlmith) thou runneft the hazard of
thy Head, according to the Laws of Eng-
land, Holland, and almoft of all Nations,
by which'tis provided, That every De-
terioration or allaying of Gold and Silver
(though according to the Goldfmiths Ba-
lance) yet if it be not done by a profef
led and licenced MctallonrgiU, it will be
accounted a Capital Crime. We have
known the time that when we would
have fold fo much pure Silver, as was
of
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of fix hundred Pound value(in a forreign
Gauntry) being cloathed like Merchants
(for we durft not adulterate it, becaufe
almoft all Countries hath its ftanding
Balance of the goodnefs of Silver and
Gold, which the Goldfmiths do eafily
know in the Mafs; that fhould we pretend
it was brought from hence or thenccjthey
would prefently diftinguifh by their
Trobe or Tryal, and apprehend the feller)
they prefently laid unto us that brought
it, ibis Silver is made by Art. We deman-
ded the realbn of their faying lb. They
replied only thus, The Silver that comes
out of England , Spain, &c. roe are vot
now to learfi how to know it, but this is not.
any of thefe kjnds: which when we
heard, we privily withdrew, and left
both the Silver and the price of it, never
more demandable. Moreover if thou
fhouldft fain a great quantity of Gold
brought from ellewhere, but efpecially
of Silver, this thing cannot be lb private,
but a rumour will be Ipread thereof,
the Ship-Mafter will fay. Such a quantity
of Silver was never brought by me^ nor can
7t come into the Ship^ and every body be
thereof ignorant 3 and when others (hall
D 4 hear
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hear thereof, that were wont to buy it,
they'J laugh and fay, R'hat } Is it a likely
things that this Man can get juch a Mafs of
Cold and Silver^ and put it into his Ship ,
there beingpsch firickt Lavoes that forbid it ^
and fo jirickt a charge to prevent it .<? Thus
prefently 'twill be blazed abroad, not in
one Region only , but in the bordering
Countries. We being taught by thefe
dangers, have determined to lye hid, and
wiir communicate the Art to thee who
dreameft of fuch things, that fo we may
fee what publick good thou wilt enter-
prife, when thou (halt have obtained it.
We therefore (ay, as heretofore I taught
that 5 was neceiiary in the Work , and
have delivered fuch things concerning
5, which no former Age ever delivered 3
fo alfo I now on the other hand lay open
xhe Sulphur^ which will be delired, with-
out which 5 will never receive a pro-
fitable congelation for the fupernatural
Work. Ssilphur doth (in this Work)
fupply the place of the Male , and who-
foever undertakes the Tranfmutation- Art
without it, all his attempts will be in
vain 3 for all the Wifemen affirm. That
there can be no Tinfture made without
its
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Hit its Latten , which Latten is Gold , with*
itiliV out any double fpeaking. Hence the no-
ilHijif t)le Sendiuogius laith, 'The Fool (believe
me() will not find our Stone, no not in
Uii' Gold 5 hut the IVifeman will find it in the
Tl Dung 3 That is to fay^ In Gold (which is
Ij not; the © of the Sophi) the tinfture of Gold-
itderi: nefs lies hid. This though it be a mdfl:
bnk digefted body, yet is it incriidated and
bid,! made raw, in one only thing, wz-. Our
lee r Mercury, and receiveth from 5 the mul-
wen tiplication of its own Seed , not fo much
Itoitf in weight as in vertue. And although
ikdi very many of the Sophijls^do fecm fo-
,Uf philtically to deny this thing, yet verily
4, i; fo it js as I have faid , that is to fay. They
Kf® tell us that common Gold is dead, but
iVerc that theirs is alive , fo in likemannera
jycf? grain of Wheat is dead, that is,the ger-
Ijffl'c, minating activity therein lies fupprefl,
a yif and would eternally remain fo, ihould it
natm be kept in a dry ambient Air : but let it
be but caft into earth, and it prefently
j,r))} receives a fermental life, it fvellsup, is
mollified and buddeth. Even fo is the cafe
[^ji with our Gold 5 it is dead, that is, its
jjjj vivifying vertue is fealed under abodily
,j,0 fhell, as 'tis with the Grain, although dif-
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fcrently, according to the great diffe-
rence betwixt a Vegetable Grain and
Metallick Gold. But even as a Grain re-
mains perpetually unchanged in a dry
Air 5 is deftroyed in the fire, and vivified
in the water only, even fo Gold, that is
uncorruptible in every Element, durable
even through every Age, is reducible
in our water only , and is then living and
ours. Even as Wheat fbwn in the ground
doth change its name, and is called the
Husbandman's Seed-corn,either for Bread
or other ufes, as well as for Seed ; even
fb it is with Gold, as long as it is in the
form of a King, a Veffel or Mony, 'tis the
vulgar Gold, but as concerning its being
caft into our water, 'tis Philoibphical 5
In the former refpeft it is called Dead,
becaule it would renjain unchanged even
to the Worlds end 3 in the latter refpedi
it is laid to be living, becaufe it is fo po-
tentially; which power is capable of be-
ing brought into Art in a few dales, but
then Gold will be no longer Gold, but
the Chaos of the Sophi ^ therefore well
may Philofop'ners fay, That their philo-
fbphical Gold differeth from the vulgar
Gold, Which difference confifteth in
the
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the Compofition. For even as that Man
iinm: is laid to be dead, which hath already rer
JtaiDit ceived the lentence of Death 5 fo is Gold
1 a in ftid to be alive when it is mixed in fuch a
vivita Compofition, and put upon fuch a fire
, tkii in which it will neceflarily receive a ger-
(Jural; minative life, in a fhort time ; yea, 'twill
duciti demonffrate the aftions of a life begin-
ningjand that within a few daies. There-
igTMi fore the fame Sophi that fay their Gold is
ilJedll living, do bid thee (the Searcher of Art)
irBre to revive the dead, the which if thou
1: evt knoweft to do, and to prepare the Agent,
iskth and rightly to mix the Gold , it will
loon become living; in which vivifica-
ttsljei: tion thy living McTjjiruum will dye.
foptic; Therefore the Magi command thee to re-
(Oca. vive the dead, and to kill the living;
;(1 ei; They do (at the firft entrance call their
fefjit water living, and fay that the death of
IjfJjp;. one principle, with the death of another,
joflif hath one and the fame period. Thence
jj; 'tis evident,That their Gold is to be taken
jji,- dead and their water living; and by
compounding thefe together, the feed-
jjjij, Gold, will (by a fhort decoction) vivihc
or quicken, and the live S? wHI be killed,
that is, the fpirit will be coagvilated with
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the diffolved bodie , and both of them
putrifie together, in the form of dirt or
mud , until all the members of the Com-
pofition are rent or difperled into Atoms 5
Here therefore is the naturality of our
Jllagijierji. The Miftery which we fo much
hide, is to prepare the 5, truly lb called,
the which cannot be found upon the earth
ready prepared to our handstand that for
lingular realbns known to the Adeptrjis.
In the 2 we neatly amalgamate pure Gold,
purged to the higheft degree of purity,
and filed or beaten, and being (hut in the
glafs we daily boyl it , the Gold is diflbl-
ved by the vertue of our Water, and
returneth to its neareft matter , in which
the included life of the Gold becomes
free, and takes the life of the diflbl-
ving 2, which (in refpedf of the Gold)
k the fame as good earth in refpedl: of the
-Grain of Wheat. In this 2 therefore,
the Gold being diflblved, doth putrifie,
and muff be neceflarily fo by the necefii-
ty of Nature ^ therefore after the pu-
trefadficn of death, there rifeth the new
Body, of the fame Efience with the for-
met Body, and of a more noble fubflance,
which takes on it the degrees of vir-
tuality,
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tuality 3 proportionable to the difference
between the four qualities of the Ele-
ments. This is the reafbn of our Work)
this is our whole Philofophy. We have
faid therefore. That there is nothing irt
our Work fecret but? only, the Magi-
leeari which, is rightly to prepare it,
and extraft the hidden o it contains, and
. to Marry it in a jufl proportion with
Gold , and to govern it with the fire,
as the ? requireth, becaufe Gold doth
^1"'! not of it (elf fear the fire 3 and as far
forth as 'tis united with the 2 , fo far doth
' it render it able to abide the fire. There"^^
h ® fore this is the Labour and Work, to ac-
commodate the regiment of the heat, to^
the capacity of 2 his abiding it 3 but he
[ that hath not rightly prepared his 2^ an^
fhould joyn Gold therewith, his Gold
is yet the Gold of the Vulgar , becaul^
'tis joyned with fucha foolifli Agent, in
which it remaineth as much unchanged^"
ecelli ^5 jp jj. J been kept in the Cheft : nor
P will it lay off its own bodily nature by
any Regiment of the Fire whatloever,
jdo'' ^here an Agent is not alive within. Our
W 2 living and quickning foul, and
therefore our Gold is Spermatical 3 as
il'ty., , Wheat
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Wheat fown is Seed-corn, when as the
iarrie Wheat would fin the BarnJ remain
Bread-corn only, and dead , and though
it were buried in a pot under the earth
fas the Weji-Ifsdfans are wont to hide
tlieir Fruit or Corn in pits in the earth ,
fenced againd the accefs of waterj yetj
unlefi it be met withal by the moiftva-
pour of the earth,'tis dead, and abides
vvithout fruit, and is plainly remote from
Vegetation. I know there are many which
will carp at this Dodrine, and lay. That
he affirms it Gold of the Vulgar^ and
Tunning 5 is the material Subjeft of the
S to fie : But we know the contrary. Go
" TO therefore ye Philofophers, examine
your Purfes, although you know fuch
"things, have ye the Stone ^ Verily, as for
~niy ielf, 1 do not podels it by theft, but
"i)y the gift of my God. I have it, I have
"l^iade it, and daily have it in my power,
"Tiave often form'd it with my own hands,
and I write the things I know ; But I
write not to you. Therefore deal with
your Rain-waters,^/^j-waters,your Salts,
tattle of your Sperme^ that it is more po-
tent than the Devil himfeif, ilander and^
revile me.. Believe'ye that this your evif
Ipeaking
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J js^ /peaking will /adden me ? I /ay that Gold
)rm!; only and 5 are our Materials, and I know
Itlioii; what 1 write, and the fearcher of all
hearts knoweth that I write the truth 3
to t; nor is there any cau/e to aceufe me of eh-
eait vy , becaufe I write with an unterrified
;rjr; Quill, in an unheard-of ftyle, to the ho-
aoKtf noiir of God, to the profitable ule of
my Neighbours , and contempt of the
otefe World and its Riches 3 hecsiDfe Hellas the
y),! Artift is already born, and now glorious
things are declared of the City of God.
jf, jj I dare affirm that I do po/Te/s more Ri-
ches than the whole known World is
jy ( worth 3 but cannot make ufe thereof,
becaufe of fnares of Knaves. I difdain, I
,1^ j, loath,and defervedly deteft this Idolizing
of Gold and Silver, by the price where-
'jTj |j of the pomp and vanities of the World
, ['jy- are celebrated. Ah filthy Evil! Ah vain
' Nothingnefs ! Believe ye that I conceal
thefe things out of envy? NoveriJy, for
gijj I proteft to thee I grieve from the very
bottom of my Soul, that we are driven
as it were like Vagabonds from the Face
^ of the Lord throughout the earth. But
what need many words, That thing that
„jj we have feen,taught and wrought, which
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we have, which we pofleft and know J
thefe do wc declare, being moved with
meer compaffion toward the ftudious,
and witi^ Indignation of Gold and Sil-
ver, and of pretious Stones 5 not as they
are Creatures of God, far be it from us,
for in that refpedt we honour them, and
think them worthy efteem: But the peo-
pie of IJrael adores them as well as the
World 3 therefore let it be. ground to
powder , like the Brazen Serpent. I do
hope and expeft, that within a few years.
Money will be like drofs; and that prop
of the Antichrijtian Beasi will be dalht
in pieces. The People are mad, the Na-
tions rave, an unprofitable Wight is fet
in the place of God. Thefe things will
accompany our fb long expeiTtcd and fb
fuddenly approching Redemption, when
the New-Jer/iJale/s/ fhall abound with
Gold, in the (treets, and the Gate there-
of fhall be made of entire Stones, and
moft pretious. ones 5 and the Tree of
Life, in the mid ft of P ar a dtjCy {hall give
Leaves for the healing of the Nations..
I know, I know thefe my Writings will
be to moft Men like the pureft Gold, and
Gold and Silver will (through thefe my
Writings}
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^ Wrltings)become as vile as dirt.Believeme
ye YoungmeUjbelieve me ye Fathers, be-
nditt! caule the time is at the dore;I do not write
thefc things out of a vain Conception, but
tastir I fee them in the Spirit.When we Adcptijis
f/OK fliall return from the four Corners of the
3! EarthjUor (hall we fear any Snares that are
Mpe laid againft our Lives , but we ftiall give
Hast! thanks unto the Lord our God. My heart
30ik1: murmureth things unheard-of, my Spirit
t. I: beats in my bread: for the good of all
pyei Ifrael. Thele things I fend before into the
latpr world, like a Preacher, that I may not be
fill buried unprofitably in the World; Let
kN my Book therefore be the fore-runner of
kh- Elias^ which may prepare the Kingly way
B^iir of the Lord. I would to God that eve-
im ry ingenious Man, in the whole earth, un-
wt: derftood this Science^ then no body
K would efteem hereof (Gold, Silver, and
tte Gems being fo exceedent abundant) but
fo far forth only as it conteined know-
;e (I ledge ; Then at length Vertue, naked as
Jgin it is, would be had in great honour,meer-
tioDi ly for its own amiable nature. I know
sift many rhat poliels the true knowledge
sji thereof, all of whom have vowed a mod .
fecret filence , but as for my felf I am of
i(,c) E another
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another judgement, becaule of the hope
I •have in my God 5 therefore I* wrote
this Book, which none of my Adept Ere"
thren (with whom I daily converfc )
knew of. For God gave reft unto my fbuJ,
by a moft firm faith 5 and I do undoub-
tedly believe, that I (hall (by this way)
ferve the Lord my Creditor, and the
World my Neighbour, and chiefly
by this ufing I fay of my Talent. And I
know that none'can improve his Talent
to fo great Ufury, for I forefee that (hap-
ly) fome hundreds will be illuminated by
thefe my Writings 5 therefore I confulted'
not with flf (h and blood, I fought not af-
ter the confent of my Brethren in writing
hereof. God grant that it be to the glo-
ry of his Name, that I may attain the
end I expcd:. Then as many Adeptijls
that knew me, will rejoyce that I have
publilhed thefe things.
CHAP. 14.
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m ■ ' ^
btfe
nvffl CHAP. 14.
njfe Of the reqniftte CircttwjiaKces inge-
QttiK neralj belonging to this WorJ{^
liSK
iDcl [ 7^"\ 7"^ fequeftred the Chymi-
l]ljrj V V cal Art from all the vulgar er-
k rours 3 and of the vanquilhed Sophifms^
15111; and the curious Dreams of the Imagina^
at(k 5 ^nd have taught, That the Art
jittJ; is to be made of © and 5. We have (hew-
gulu ed that O is Gold (without all uncertain-
mil ty and doubtfulnefs) not Metaphoricallyj
but in a true Philofophical fenfe to be un-
derdood 5 alfo our 2 we have declared
to be tfue Fizie or Quick-filver 5
without any ambiguity of acceptation j
(]|yj The latter we have told you muft be made
by Art, and be a key to the former. We
have added fuch clear and apparent rea-
fens, that except you be blind at the Sun,
you cannot but perceive. We have pto-
—' tefted, and do again profels, That we
do not declare thefe things from the
faith we give to the Writings of other
Men, the things we faithfully declare,
are what we have both feen and known.
E 2 We
lu,'
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We have madCjand do pofiefs the Stone ^
ion
jan^
Purg
koi
the great Elixrr, nor verily will we en
vy thee the knowledge thereof, but we
wifli that thou mayell learn them from
thefe Writings. We have likewife de-
claredj That the Preparation of thetrue
Philofophical 2 is dithcult, the main knot ]—
lying in finding Diana i Doves^ which are ^
folded in the everlafting Arms of /ir
which no Eyes but a true Philofopher '
ever law. This one skill performs the
Maftery of 'iheory ^ cnobles a Philolb- PE
ff it, it
'canft
bi
orb)
pher 5 and unfolds to the knower of
all our Secrets. This is the Courdian
Knot 3 which will be a knot for ever,
to 2. Tyro in this Art, except the Finger
of God direft , yea difficult, that
there needs the peculiar grace of God,
if any one would attain the exafl: know-
ledge thereof. For my part, 1 have dev
livered fuch things concerning the ma-
king thereof, as none before me ever
did; more I cannot do,unlels 1 Ihould give'
the (very) Receipt, which I have alfo
done, only I have not thofe things called
by their proper names. It now remains Ibm
that wedefcribe the ule and practice, by jtie:
wiiich thou maycfl: eafily difcern the
good-
mail
fWC
Iftb
the
iti
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goodneft or defedr of thy 5, that being
jSloii known, thou mayeft alter and mend it as
bee thou wilt. Having therefore animated
,biu 5and Gold, there remains an accidental
lemfe Purgation as well of the $ as the Gold ,
ewifci lecondly Dilpenlation or Marriage, third-
tliK. ly Rediion or Governance.
laiDk —
ikhf CHAP. 15.
Of the accidental Fnrgation af Cold
£ Mercury.
' PHb "p Erfedi Gold is found in the bowels of
JL the earth, whereupon 'tis fometimes
Gowi found in little pieces,or in lands 5 if thou
foi e*; canft have this fincere, it is pure enough, ^
(.liefc but if not, then purge it with Antimony,
or by the or Royal Cement,
of G or by boyling with ^qua fortis^ the Gold
being firft granulated. Our Gold is
l]Ove made by Nature perfeft to our hands,
f|]j: which I have found and ufed , but hard-
0,0 fi, lythe Hundred thoulandth Artiftknows
it , except he hath exquilite Ikill inthe
the Mineral Kingdom , but befides this
it is in a lubftance obvious to all Men,
but then it is mixt with many fiiperflui-
c ties -J we do therefore make it pals
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through many Tryals and Mixtures till
all the feculency be removed, and the
pure remain, which is then not without
all Heterogeneities yet we melt it not,
for fo the tender foul is lofl:^ aoid becomes
as dead as Gold vulgar, but wafhitin
the water, in which all but our matter is
confomed, then is our body like a Crows
bill 5 afterward melt it with a fire of fu^
fing, and file it, then 'tis Prepared : But
$ needs an internal and an effential Purga-
tion , which is an addition of a true ^ ,
orderly and by degrees, according to
the number of the Eagles , then is it ra-
dically purged. This ^ is no other than
our Gold , which if you know to fopa-
rate without violence, and then to exalt
each a part, and after to rcconfume them,
thou flialt betwixt them have a concep-
tion, which will give thee an Infant more
noble than any fublunary thing whatfo-
' ever. This Work Diana know to per-
form, if fhe be firft infolded in the invio-
lablearms of Vemts. Pray the high God
to reveal this Myftery to thee, which my
former Chapters have difclofed to a word;
and where that Secret is couched, there
is not a word or ftop fuperfiuous or de-
feduui.p.
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feftuom. But farther , It alfo,requires
an accidental Purgation or Mundification
to wafh off the external defilements that
are caft out of the Centre; but this is
not lb abfolutely necefiary , but yet this
Labour haftens the Work, and therefore
is convenient. Take therefore thy 5,
which thou haft prepared by a convenb^^* ^
ent number of Eagles, and fublime itj^^
thrice .from common Salq and the ScoriT_yJf
of Mars ^ grinding them together witnf^A^/^
Vinegar and a little Sal Arfuoniac until" C 0
the 5 difappear ; then dry it and diftilt"
it by a glals-Retort, by a fire gradually
encreafed, even until the whole 2 alcendT"
Repeat this three times (or oftner) after£^
wards boyl the 2 in the Spirit of Vinegar
an hour long, in a Cucwhit^qr a glafi with
a broad bottom and a narrow neck, Ibme-
times ftrongly fiiaking it, then decant
or pour off the Vinegar, and waftiofF
the Ibwriflmeft with Fountain-water,
poured on again and again; then dry up
the 5, and thou wilt wonder at its bright-
nefs. Thou mayeft wafh it with Urine,or
Vinegar and Salt, and lb fpare the fubli-
mafion, but then diftill it at leaft four
times without addition, after thou haft
E 4 per-
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perfcdcd all the Eagles or wafliings, wa-
(hing the Chaljbeate or Steel, Retort eve-
ry time with afhes and water, thenboyi
it in diftilled Vineagar for half a day,
ftirring it ftrongly fometimes, and pour
off the blackilh Vineagar, and pour on
new J then wafli it with warm water
' ^^^thou mayeft free the Spirit of the Vine-
•- fi'om blacknefi, by rediftilling it,
^ %^nd kwill be vertuous as before ; )
\> •^^*tWll this is for the removing the external
^uncleannels,which doth not adhere to the
^Centre, and yet 'tis little more obftinate
in the fiiperficies than you are aware of 5
"which you (hall thus perceive: Take
^this 5 prepared with his Eagles^ viz. ieven
or nine, andit withmoft pu-
rified Gold , let the Jmalgama be made
in a mod: clear paper, and thou (halt
fee that the Amalgama will defile the pa-
per with a dulkjfh blacknefs 5 but yet
this Eaces or defilement thou mayeft pre-
vent by the forefaid diftillation, boyling
and agitation, or ftirring it 5 which Pre-
paration doth very much promote or ha-
ften the Work.
CHAP.
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CHAP. 16.
Of the Amalgamation of the ? and
Gold ^ and of the due rveight of
both.
THefe being rightly prepared. Take
of purged and luminated Gold, or
Gold fubtily filed, one part, of 5 two
parts, put it in an heated Marble Mor-
tar, that is to fay, heated with boyling
water (out of which being taken it dryes
prefently, and holds the heat a long time)
grind it with an Ivory Peftle , or Glafs,
Stone or Iron (but this laft is not fb good)
or Box, but the Stone or Glafs peftle is
beft (I am wont to ufe a white Coralline
peftle) grind it I fay flrongly, until it be
made impalpable, grind it with as much
diligence as Painters are wont to grind
their Colours, then fee the confiflence or
temperature of it, if it be plyable like
butterjthen it is not too hot nor yet cold 5
but yet fb that the Amatgama being de-
dined (or bowed of one fide) doth not
permit the 5 to run, likeanhydropical
inter-
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intercutal water , the confiffcence there-
of is good 3 but if not, add as much of
the water as is fufficient to make it of
this confiftency. This is the Rule for
Mixture, thatitbemoft readily plyable
and moft foft 5 and yet can be made up
like round pellots, like as Butter may
(which though it yields to the eafieft
touch of the finger, yet may be made up
into balls by a Wafhing-woman.)Obferve
the alledged Example, as being the moft
exaft Example 5 becaufcjas Butter,though
it be turned of one fide , yet it doth nqt
pour out, or let go any thing from it felf
that is more liquid than the whole Mafs
is. In like manner is our mixture, be-
caufeof the intrinfical nature of 2, Will
this fign be given either in a double or in
a treble proportion of the 5 to the Body,
or alio in the threefold of the Body to
to the fourfold of the Spirit, or in a
double to treble; and according to the
nature of the 5, or difference, the Amal-
gama will be fofter or harder 5 yet be
alwaies mindful that it come together in-
pellots, and thofe pellots too being laid
by, do ib concreate or hold together,that
the 2 doth not appear more lively in.the
bet tern
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bottom than in the top. For Note that if
it be permitted to reft quiet, the AKjafga-
hardens of its own accord. The con-
fiftency thereof, is to be judged in the
agitation or ftirring it 3 and if then it be
plyable like Butter, and fufferethitftlf
to be made up into balls, and thefe pellots
being put in clean paper are of an equal ol- Cj/Tin ^
liquidity, the proportion is good: _
being done. Take the Spirit of Vinegar / /.
and diftblve in it a third part of its own
weight of Sal Armo7iuu\ and put there-
on o and 5, ^oxxs\q.x\^ amalgamated ^ put
it in a gla(s with a Jong neck, and let it
boy! for a quarter of an hour , with a
ftrong Ebullition 3 then take the mixture
out of the glals, feparate the liquor, heat
the Mortarjand grind it ftrongly as above,
and very diligently 3 then wafli off all
the blacknefs with warm water, put it
in again in the former liquor, and boyi
it again in the fame glars 3 then again
grind it ftrongly, and wafli it. Repeat
this Labour until thou canft not get off
any more colour of blacknc/s from the
Amalgatna, by any Labour 3 then the A-
vtalgama will be white, like the pureft Sil-
vcr, and nioft polite, garni{h'd with a
won-
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wonderful brightnefs. Obferve even yet
the temperature of it, and beware it be
exquifitely right, according to the Rules
above-given, if it be not, make it fb, and
proceed as above. This is a tedious La-
bour, yet (halt thou fee (by the figns ap-
pearing in the Work) thy Labour rccom-
penfed 3 then boyl it in a pure water,
pouring it off and repeating it, until all
the faltnefs and Acrimony be vanilhed 3
then pour out the water and dry the A-
malgama^ which will foon be done; But
that thou may eft be more fecure (becaufe
too much water will deftroy the Work,
and break the veflel how big foever it be)
yy^^^f^ir it or work it upon a clean paper, with
' " the top of a knife, from place to place,
untill it be dryed exceeding well, then
proceed as I fliall teach thee.
CHAP.
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CHAP. 17.
Of the Preparation, Form^ Matter,
and Cloftng the Vejfel.
THou (halt have an oval or round
glafs 3 fo big as to hold at the moit
(in its fphcre or belly) an Ounce of di-
(Hlled water 3 and not left than this if
poffibly thou canft, but get it as near
the meafure as poihbly thou canft j let
the glaft have a neck of the height of one
palmj or hand-breadth, or Ipan 3 let it be
clear and thick, the thicker the better, (b
it be clear and clean, to dilcover the adi-
ons which are within it 5 let it not at all be
thicker in one place than in another; The
proportion of matter to this glaft, let it
be half an Ounce of Cold, with an
Ounce of S, which is two to one, and
if thou add three to one of the yet
the whole Compound vVill be left than
two Ounces, and this proportion is ex-
quilite: Moreover , unleft the glaft be
ftrong it will not hold in the fire 5 the
winds which are in the veflel in th. for-
ming of our Exshrjo , which will eafily
- break
52 Secrets Revealed.
break a (light veflel. Let the glafs be
lealed at the top, with, (b great caution,
that there be not the leafi: hole or chinck,
elfe the work would be deftroyed.So you
fee that our Work as to our Principles, is
coftlier than the price of threeF/tfn'»j-,yea
in the making of the water , the price of
what enters into a pound will hardly ex-
ceed a brace of Crowns. There wants I
confefs fome Inftruments, but they are
not deer, and if you had my diftilling
Inftrument, you may eafily excufe the
ufeof brittle glalles ; yet there are Ibme
Dotiiors who dreams. That the price of
one Imperial or Crown will fuffice for
the whole Work, to whom I havea rea-
dy anfwer to return, that is. That I by
that perceive, that they fpeak without a-
ny Bafis of Experiment. For there are
in the Work other things that are preti-
ous and require charge. But they will
urge out of rhe Philofophers , Tliat all
which may be bought for a great price,
will be found a falfe Principle in our
Work. To whom I may anfwer. And
what is our Work } Namely, to make
the Stove, d'hat indeed is our finall work,
but our main Maftcr-piece is, To find a
/ ' moidure
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u . > moiftureor humidity, in which the o vviJI
J . ^ melt 3 as Ice in warm water; This is our
Work to find , for this many feek, even
1J ■ to wearinels, to attain this 2 of o, others
for the 5 of the 5 : but all in vain.
For in this our Work, whatlbever is fold
deer will prove deceitful. Verily I fay,
pnceci Xhat of the material Principle of our
' Water, as much may be bought for the
ffiil price of one Floren^ as will prepare or
vivifie two whole pounds of ourg, it
'"''f may become true Philofophical 2 fo much
y*", fought. Out of this we make a Sal,
fffcK vvhich by that time it is perfeft, is hardly
mofr fQ iittle chargeable to the Artift, as if he
ace Kit bought it at the price of the moft
/csK jfjuQ o 3 for it is indeed as good in all o-
3//o) tijcr eiilaycs,and far more excellent in our
oat a Work. Moreover, we need Glafles,
fcarc Coals, Earthcn-veflels, a Furnace, Iron-
preti- veflels and Inftruments, vvhich are not
V will to be provided for nothing 5 away then
It al! Yvith thefo Sophijiers, their vile pratling ,
impudent lyes, by vvhich they feduce ma-
ny. Without our perfed body, our ofi-
And fpring of Venus and Diana (which is.^^
naie pure Gold) there can never be any tin-
4 cture perraaoent. So then, it is, in refpeft ^
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of its nativity, very vile on one hand,
immature and volatile, on the other
hand, perfeft, pretious and fixt 3 whiclf
jpecies of the Body and the Spirit is o
and p, Gold and Argemt Vive.
CHAP. 18.
Of the Philofophical Furnace or
Athauor.
OF 2 we have fpoken, its Preparati-
on 3 Proportion and Vertue 5 of
alfo, its neceffity and ufe in our Work^
\vhich how they are to be Prepared, I
have fliewed 5 how to be mixed, I have
taught: of the vefTel alfo, in which they
are to be fealed, I have difoovered
much : which are all to belinderftood
with a grain of fait, elfe if you proceed
too literally, you may happen to erre of-
tentimes^ the which the unufual can
doe; For we have fo mingled our Phi-
lofophical fubtleties with unufual can-
dor, that unlefs you fmell out many Afe-
I taphors in our foregoing Chapters, your
Harveft will hardly prove better than
^ lols of Time, Cofts and Pains 5 as for
L ■^ \Exam-
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Example: Where we, without any ambi-
, ' guity, told you that one of our PrincH
pies was 5, the other © ^ one common-
ly vendible, theother tobemadeby our
Art; If you know not the latter, you
know not the fubjeft of our Secrets, and
may inflead of it, work in Sol vulgar 5
yet midake me not, for our o is in all ex-
yf! )r amens good Gold , and thetefore it's
vendible, that is, it may be (if reduced
to a Metal) (bid without any fcruple:
eparaii But our Gold is not to be bought for mo-
tuejfi ney , though you would give a Crown
or Kingdom for it, for it is the gift of
rneijl God, for our Gold is not to be had made
i, lb: to our hand (at lead not commonly.) But
'ychtki before it comes to be our o, it ftands in
were need of our Art, yet thou mayeft in o
erftood audi) vulgaralfofeekour-Ji?/and find it,
iroceed if thou fcek aright. So then our Gold
erreof' is the next matter to our stone^ and o and
al an 5 vulgar are near matters, but other
ir Pb Metals are the remote matter, and thofe
il cao- things which are not Metalline are mod
nfjlli- remote, that is alien from it. I fny felf
Sjyoor have fought it in o and 5 vulgar and found
irtlwi! it, yet it is a far eafier work out of our
3S&I Matter to make the sto^e , than to ab-
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ftrafit our true Matter out of any vulgar
Metal 5 for our Gold nAChaos^ whole
foul is not put to flight by the fire 3^ but
Gold vulgar is a body, whofe Ibul is re-
tired into a ftrong hold, that it may there
be defended from the violence of the
lirejtherefore faith the PhiloibpherSjThat
the Fire of Vulcan is the artificial death
of the Metals, and as many as have fuf-
fered fufion have in it loft their Life. If
thou canft apply it wittily, both to thy
imperfeft body, and to thy Fiery Dragon,
thou needeft no other Key to all our Se-
crets 5 for if thou wilt feek our g in a
middle fubftance, between perfeftion and
imperfeftion, thou mayeft find it: Alfo
loofe the body of common which is
an Herculean Work,and it's called the firft
Preparation, by which the Incantation
is Icofcd, by which its|bodv was bound
from performing the part of a Male. If
thou goeft in our former way, thou nee-
deft a moft benign fire from the begin-
ning to the end, but if thou entreft the
latter way, thou muft imploy the help of
Fiery Vulcan^ fuch as we ule in multi^lica-
tion, when corporal o or vulgar D is ad-
ded to our Elixir for a Ferment. This
I
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I fear will prove a Labyrinth to thee, ex-
cept dilcretiori help thee out of it.
Yet in either, one progrefs or other, ^
thou art in need of an equal and conti^(
tiual heat, whether thou workeft in o vul-
gar, or in our o only. Know alfb. That
thy 5 in both Works, although it be one
radically, yet it's far different in its Pre-/
Saration. Alfb thy Stom without Gold
lall be fboner perfefted, by two or three
Moneths, than our firft Matter fhall be
made to appear out of either o or 2 vul-
gar 5 and the Elixir of the one will be
at the hrfl degree of perfeftion , of a
greater vertue by far than in the other at
the third Rotation of the wheel.
Moreover, if thou work with our So!^
thou muft make Cibation, Imbibition and
Fermentation, by which its force will-be
made in a manner infinite 5 but in the o-
ther Work thou muft firft illuminate it,
and nicerate it, as the great Rofary tea-
cheth abundantly : Laftly, If thou work
in our Gold, thou mayeii calcine, putre-
fie and purifie , with a moft benign fire of
Nature within, helped from without witfi
a Bath, as if it were of Dung or Dew 3
but if thou Work in o vulgar, thou muft
F 2 firft
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firft fublime and boyl this Compound
till fit to be united with Virgins Milk.
^ Yet be it as it will, thou canft never
^ A^o any thing without fire: It was not
y then in vain, that the Truth-telling Her-
\ Y z»ej-, next to the Father ©, and Mother c,
, ^ , reckons the fire as the third or governour
^ 'of the whole. But this is to be under-
ftood of the truly fccret Furnace, which
a vulgar eye never faw.
There is alfb another Furnace, which
is called Our common Furnace , which is
either of Brick or Potters Loam, or of
Iron or Copper plates well luted within 5
this Furnace we call an Athanor, whole
form, that beft pleafeth me, is a Tower
with a Neft. Let the Tower be about
two Foot high or more, and nine Inches
broad within the plates, or a common
Ipan 5 about two Inches broad below of
each fide, and fo about feven Inches high,
or eight at the moft 5 that where the fire
is, may be thicker of Clay than at top,
but of a fmooth alcent, fomewhat taper-
ing; next to the bottom or foundation,
let there be an alh-hole three or four fin-
gets high, or a little more, and a grate
and ftone fitthd to it 5 a little above the
grate
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grate about an Inch high, let there be two
holes which may give vent into a Neft,
which muft be clofe joyned at the fide,
the holes let them be about an Inchdia-
meter, and the Neft capable to receive
three or four Egg-glaftes, and not too
large, let the Neft and the Tower be ve-
ry free from cracks, and let the Neft
have no fcope downwards below the dilh,
but that the fire may come immediately
under the pdatter, and fo forth at two,
three, or four holes, and let the Neft
have a cover with a window in it, where
a glafi about a Foot high may ftand, or
elfe the top of it let out at a hole above 5
and being thus ordered, fet your Furnace
in a lightfome place, and the Coals are
to be put in at the top, firft live ones and
then others, and the top to be (hut from
all Air with a cover, and lifted alhes in
the joynts of it. In fuch a Furnace you
may do the Work, from the beginning
to the end.
But if you be curious,you may find o-
ther, and other waies of adminiftring a
due Regimen of Fire. Let then, for a
general Rule, fuch an be made,
in which,without motion of the glafs, you
T 3 - may
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may give what degree of heat you will,
from a feverilh heat to a foft reverbering
or dark red, and in its higheft degree,
let it laft at Icaft ten hours or eight,
without recruiting with Coals, for left
time is tcylfom to the Workman 5 then
haft thou the firft gate open.
Thou raayeft, when thou haft the
Stone^ make the fore-mentioned Furnace
portable (as I my felf have) for it is
eafily portable, and the Operations are
not fo tedious, but very ftiort, and fo
need no great Furnace, which would
be worfe to carry about, and more trou-
ble than the rifing a little fooner than or-
dinary, to recruit a (mail Furnace with
Coals for about a Weekes time , or two
or three at the moft, in the time of Mul-
tiplication.
CHAP.
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CHAP.
Of the Trogrefs of the Worl^ in the
frft Forty Dayes.
HAving prepared our Sol and our j,
(hut them in our VefTels and govern
them with our Fire, and within Forty
Dayes thou (halt fee thy whole matter '
turned into a (hadow or Atomes, without
any vifible mover or motion, or with-
out any heat perceptible to the touch ,
(ave only that it is hot.
But if you be yet ignorant both of
our Sun and of our meddle not in
this our Work, for expence only will be
thy 1 otj and no gain nor profit.
But if only thou want the full dilcove-
ry of our Sun^ having throughly attain-
ed the skill of our 2, and knoweft how
to fit it to the perfeft body, which is a
great Myfterie. ^
Then take of O vulgar well purified J
one part, and of our 5 firfl: illuminated ^
three parts, joyn them as was before
taught, and fet them to the Fire, giving '
a heat in which it may boyl and Ivveat ^
F 4 let
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^ let it be circulated day and night with-
out ceafing, for the (pace of ninety
dayes and nights, and thou fhalt fee in
that fpace, that thy 5 will have divided
and reconjoyned all the elements of thy
Gold 5 boyi it then other fifty dayes^and
thou flialt fee in this Operation thy 0 vul-
gar turned into ouro, vvhicj^is^Medi-
oi the firft order: ITius doth it be-
^^^/-come our true ^ , but it is not yet a tey-
Tinfture. Truft me, many Philo-
have wrought this way, and at-
tained the Truth, yet it isa raoft tedious
way, and it>s for the Grandees of the
Earth. Moreover when thou haft got
this ^,^do not think that thou haft the
Sione^ but only its true Matter, which
in an imperfeft thing thou mayeft fcek,
and find it in a week, with our eafie, but
. rare way, which God hath referved for
,his poor pontemned and abjeft Saints:
Of this thing I have now determined to
write much, although in the beginning
of this Book, I decreed to bury this in
^ r filence 5 for here lies the knot on which
the grand Sophifui of all the Adepti is
built : Some wrife conccining oands
vulgar, and cliey write tiuej and again
otjicrs
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others deny o and 5 vulgar, and they al-
fo fay true. I being now moved with
Charity, will now reach forth my hand ,
and therein I dare appeal to all the Adepti
that ever wrote,and tax them all with En-
vy, yeajand I my felf that had relblved to
tread in that lame path of Envy, but that
God did inforce me beyond what I inten-
ded, to whom be everlafting Praife. I lay
then that each way is true, for it is but
one way in the end, but not in the begin*
ning 5 for our whole Secret is in our 5,
and in our O 5 our 2 is our way, and with-
out it nothing is done 5 our o alio is not
© vulgar, yet in o vulgar is our o, elle
how could Metals be homogeneal} If
then thou know how to illuminate our 5
as it ought to be, thou maycft for want
of our o joyn with Gold vulgar, but
yet know that the acuation of the 2 ought
to be different for the one, and for the
other, and in a true Regifsien of them, in
an hundred and fifty dayes, thou lhalt
have our o, for our © naturally comes
out of our 2' If Q vulgar be by
our 2 divided into its Elements, and after-
wards joyned , all the mixture, by the
help pf the fire, will become our ©,
which
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which then being joyned with that
which we prepared, and call our Virgins
Milk, by reiterate decoftion it will give
all the figns which the Philofophers have
defcribed, in fuch a fire as they have
^^.^-'-Wi^ritten of in their Books.
But now if you (hall in your DecoQi-
on of o vulgar (though it be raoft pure)
ufe that lame 5 which is ufed in our o
(though both flow from one root in ge-
neral) and apply that Regimen of heat,
which the Wifemen in their Books have
applyed to our Stone , thou art without
all doubt in an erroneous way, and that
is the great Labyrinth in which almoft all
young Praftitioners are entangled, for
there is fcarce one Philolbpher who in his
Writings doth not touch both wayes 3
which is indeed but one way fundamen-
tally, only one is more dire<3: to the Mark
than the other:They then that do write of
o vulgar,as we Ibmetimes in this Treatife j
fo alio Artephius^ Flammel and Ripley
many others 5 W^e are not otherwife to
be underftood, but that our Philofophical
o is to be made out of O vulgar and our
2, which then by reiterate Liquefadion,
will give a ^ and Argent Vroe, fixt
and
liiewi
'VJUgljl
'■ bis
-7of
\
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lat jjod iacombuftible, and whofe Tinfture
abide all Tryalsj alfo in this fenfe,
igupur Stone is in every Metal or Mineral,
Etikitforafmuch as o vulgar may beextraded
;y li;put of them, and out of that © our 0
nay be made, as being nearer in it than
lecflc^ny Metal. So then our Stone is in all
ilpMetalSj but in our O and d nearer than in
jujany other. Therefore3 laith Flammel^
jfiujTomc wrought it in V , fome inh 5 but I
f liewrought it in Sol^md there I found it.Yet
jsjijthere is in the Metallick Kingdom one
j,j[lj)thing of a miraculous Original, in which
j^tjjOur Sol is nearer to be fought than in Sol
(5o[j and D vulgar, if it be fought in the hour
; of its Nativity 5 which melts in our 5
Jjjjj-Iike Ice in warm water, and yet it hath
P^a refemblance with Cold; This is not to
ljug be found in the manifeftation of Sol vul-
,Hjj,!gar, but by revealing that which is hid-
jjfjjden in ourg, the fame thing may be
found by Digeftion in our 5 for the fpace
^^,j|,of an hundred and fifty dayes. This is
Ijjj our Gold, fought the fartheft way about,
which is not yet of fo great a vertue as
that which Nature hath made and left to
our hands, yet turning the wheel thrice,
c, each comes to one end, yet with this
h" 1 • /IT'
, difference.
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differencej What thou findefl: in the one
in (even monthsj thou muft wait for in
the latter the fpace of a year and a half, the
or it may be two years. I am acquainted W
with both wayes, and commend the |iie b
firft to all ingenious men, but in ray De- Ithen
fcriptions I have moft touched thehar-tueli
deft way, left 1 ftiould draw on my headpo^
the Anathema of all Philofophers 5 know pt,'
then, that this is the only difficulty, in Woi
reading the books of thoie that are moft :iD5.1
candid , that all, one as well as the other, iSfi
do vary the Regimen, and when they jilts
write of one Work they fet down the fee/
Regimen of another, in which fnare I slack
was entangled my felf at firft, and it was 'A
long before I could get free out of this .ag(
Net. ilk
Know then that the Fire in our Work (Ctk
is moft agreeable to Nature, if thou un- kit
derftand our Work aright 3 but if thou :k(
work in 6*0/vulgar, that properly is not k
our Work, and yet it leads direcftly in-
to our Work in its determined time 3 but'
in it thou needeft a ftrong and long de- :ki
cociion, and a proportionable time ; then uk
mayeft thou go on the fecond Operation be
with our moft benign Fire, with our ,;as
Tower
f>- yj
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^'"Tower and Athanor, which I chiefly com- ^/o
^^toend.
If then the Work in vulgar before 0
1%) procure the Marriage of Diana^ Verus
"C'in the beginning of the Efpoulals of thy
'"'25 then put them into the Nell:, and in
'ita due heat of Fire thou ftialt fee an em-
If blem of the great Work 3 to wit. Black,
^■tWhite, Citrine and Red, then reiterate
ftiithis Work with 2, which we call our
3/t:Virgins Milk, and fet it in a heat of Sal-
Vinmm Roris at the highcft , let it be a heat
ta of alhes mixed with fand^ then thou
klhalt fee not only the black but the black-
ikeft black, and all blacknels 3 fo alio both
UK! the white and the red completej and this
M;vvith a gentle procefs 3 for in the fire and
the wind God was not, but in the flill
I IVoicc he fpcke unto Elias.
tliot. Therefore if thou knowefl the art of it,
tifcextraft our Sol out of our 2, thenfhali
Ij.' tby Secrets fpring all out of one Image,
# which, truft me, is more perfeff than any
](;. Worldly perfection, according to the Phi-
01^; lofopher 3 If, faith he, thou know how
-rtomake the Work out of 2 alone, thou
f/jj'flialt be Mafter of amoftpretious Work,
tin In this Work are no fupcrnuities, but the
fm - whole
ftanc
tljct
tab
thiii
tpiiicl
dccoi
imi
Tti
U
jifli
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whole (by the Living Cod) will be tur- J
ned into purity, becaufe the aftion is *
only in one thing. ®
But if thou lhalt proceed in our Work
with Sol vulgar, then the aftion and paf-
lion is a twofold fubllance, and only the
middle fubftance of both is taken, and
the Faces rejefted j if you do but medi-
tate well on what I have told, in few
words 5 you have a key to Open all the
appearing Contradiftions which are a-
mongft the Philolbphers*,therefore Ripleji
teacheth to turn the wheel round thriccj
in his Chapter of Calcination , to which
Relations his threefold Doftrine of Pro- T '
portions agreeth, wherein he is very
myftical, and thofe three different pro- . "ij
portions agree to three feveralWorks 5
one Work is mofl: fecret and purely na-i'r
tural, which is with our 5 and our Sol^W.
to which Work belong all the figns de- '
fcribed by the Philolbphers. This Work
is done neither by fire nor by handsj but :
only by internal heat, and the external
is only expelling cold and overcoming
its Symptomes.
The other Work is in S<?/vulgar, pur-
ged with our 2 , this operation is done
with
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11[^ with a ftrong fire, and in a long time, in
which both are decoft^d by the mediati-
on of Venus , fo long until the pure fub-
oul ftance of each be fublimed, which is
t^ic true juyce of Utnaria, this is to be
(j(ji takeoj and the faces are to be rejefted 5
this is not yet our Stone^ but our true ^ ;
which then is to be decoded again with
^our 2 3 which is its own blood, by which
dccodion it becomes a Stone, penetra-
2' tive and feigning.
^ Thirdly and Laftly, There is a mixt
ijjjr Work, where o vulgar is mixt with our
2 in a dueproportion, and a Ferment of
f! our ^ is added as much as is fufficient 5
then are fulfilled all the Miracles of the
World, and the becomes able to
furnilh the Poffeflbr both with Riches
and Health; Seek then our ^ with all
thy might, which, believe me, thou fhalt
f find in our 2,
■ If Fates thee call.
Otherwife chufe Sol vulgar , and work
on it v/ith a due proportion of heat, and
out of it (in time) thou fhalt prepare our
Sol and Lnna; but it's a way hedged with
infinite briars, and we have made a Vow
H unto God and Equity, that we would ne-
b-d: ver
t
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ver, in naked words, declare each RegU
men-^iox I can allure yoUjUpon my .credit,
that I have in other things dilcovered the
truth plainly. Take then that 5 which I
have defcribed, and unite with Sol to
which 'tis mofi: friendly, and in leven
monethSjin our true Rtgifnen of heatjthou
fhalt for certain fee all which thou deff-
reft,or in nine moneths,or ten at the moft;
but our 3 in its full thou lhalt fee in five
moneths; * And thele are the true periods
of this ^, out of which, by reiterate
deco(ftion, thou ihalt have our Stone and
permanent Tinftures, through the grace
of God,to whom be all glory and honour
for ever.
jiiveri
'laltl
MC;
iiaft
;oalii
C H A P. 20.
Of the a^pearitjg of Black^efs in the
If ork^of Sol and Luna.
IF thou ihalt v^-'ork in Sol or ® to our
in them cotifider if you fee this matter
like to pafte,and to boyl like unto water,
or rather like to melted pitchy for our
Sol and 5 have an emblematical Type in
Sol vulgar 5 joyned with,, and decoded
■ iot Si
Djnd
artlj
Ilie«
iffi
Ml'
jlSoD
"iefel
.'m
- ft!i(
■il
' ace
Ml'
,se«
liill
m
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irt our j.'When thou haft kindled thy Fur-
di: nace, wait for the fpace of so dayes and
nights, in which time thou ftialt obferve
4: divers colours, and about the end of the
•Sfi;. fourth week, if the fire be continual,thou
fei; ftialt fee a moft amiable greennefs, which
r/iia will be feen for about ten dayes, left or
oii^ more, then re joy ce, for without doubt
in a ftort time thou ftalt fee it like unto a
in:?; coal in blackneft, and all the members of
m thy Compound ftall be turned into
tttai; we/, for the Operation is no other than
k;;;: a Refolution of the fixt in that which is
not fixt, that afterwards both being
m: joyned together, may make one matter,
partly fpiritual, and partly corporal:
Therefore faith the Philolbpher, Take
. Corajcene Dog and Bitch of Armenia^ joyn
them together, and they ftall beget thee
a Son of the colour of the heavA; for,
theft Natures, in a ftort decoftion, ftall
be turned into a broth, like unto the foam
of the Sea, or like a thick cloud, which,
ftall be tinftured with a livid colour5 and
once more I may aflure thee, that I have
not hidden any thing lave only the Regi-
men , and this, if thou art wift, thou
ftait eafily collect from my Lines: Sup-
G poling
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pofing then that thou wilt learn the Regh tlieS
men. • 'ijofit
Take the Stone which I have told you 'jfe fi
of before ^ and govern it as you know Uved
how, and there fhall follow thefe notable ^wpo
things firft, as foon as our Stone (hall |in tli
feel the firCjit fhall'flovv(its ^ and its $ to- F
gether) upon the fire like to wax, and 'jntht
the ^ fhall be burned, and the colour Ifrequ
fhall change day by day ^ but the 5 is in- theji
combuffible, only it fhall beaffeded with .
the colours of the ^ for a time, but it aeik
cannot be radically affefted, therefore . fc St
it will wafh LettoK clean from all its filth 5
reiterate the heaven upon the earth, fo jb
long and fo often, until the earth receive eald
a fpiritual and heavenly nature ; O blefi
led Nature, which doth that which is im- j,
pofiible for Man to do.'Therefore whenhi
thy gli^ thou fhalt lee thy Natures to be be
mingled like unto a coagulated and burnt
blood , know that then the Female is jty
embraced by the Male ; Therefore after
the firft ftirringup of the Matter,.expeft .b
that in 17 dayes thy two Natures fhall
be turned into a bloody or fatted Broth, ^ ^
which (hall be turned round together,
like unto a thick Cloud, or the fcum of
the
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the Sea, as is before faid 5 and the colour
of it will be exceeding oblcure^ then
be fure that the Kingly Child is Concei-
ved, and from that time thou (halt fee
vapours, green, blew, black and yellow,
in the Air or Fire, and at the fides of
the Veflel. Thefe are thole Winds, which
in the forming of our Embrpn are very
frequent,which are to be kept warily,lell
they fly out, and the Work be deftroyed 5
beware alio of the Odour, left it happen
to exhale at any chink; for the vertue of
the Stone would thereby get a moft 00-
table detriment 3 therefore the Philolb-
pher commands to keep the Veflel dole
lealed, and beware that you do not break
off abruptly from the Work 5 neither o-
pen nor move the Veflel, nor yet inter"
mit the Operation not an hour, but con-
tinue the Decodion till you lee the moi-
fture begin to fail, which will be in about
thirty dayes; then rejoice, and reft aflii-
red that thou art in the right way. At-
tend the Work vigilantly, for in about
two weeks from the time, thou (halt fee
the whole earth dry and notably black,
then is the death of thy Compound at
hand, the Winds are ceafed, and all are
G 2 at
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reft and quietnefs. This is the fatal Ec-
clipfe of the Sun and of the Moon, when
no light fhall fhine upon the Earth, and
the Sea (hall vanifh, then is made our
chaos 5 out of which, at the command of
God, ftiall proceed all the Miracles of the
World in their orders.
CHAP. 21.
Of the Burning of the Florpers, and
how topre'Z/ent it.
THe burning of the Flowers isancr-
rour of fatal confequence, yet foon
committed before the Natures which are
tender and extraded from their profun-
dity, they are oftentimes burnt, this
errour is chiefly to be heeded after the
three weeks ^ for in the beginning there
is (b muchmoifture, that if the Work be
governed by a ftronger fire than is cor>
venient, it being brittle will not bear the
abundance of winds, but will fuddenly
fly in pieces, unleft the glafs be too large,
and then fure the vapours will be fo out
of meafure dirperled,that they will hard-
ly return again to their body, at leaft
net
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not fo much as is neceflary for the re-
freftiment of the Stone. But fo foon as
the earth fhall begin to retain part of its
water, then the vapours decreafing, the
fire may be ftrengthened without danger
of the Veflel 5 but the Work will never-
thelefs be deftroyed, and will have a
colour of a wild Poppie, and the whole
Compound will at length become a dry
and unprofitable powder, of a half red
colour; Thou lhalt conclude from this
fign, that thy fire hath been too ftrong,
lb ftrong, to wit, as to hinder true con-
jundiion, for know, that our Work doth
require a true change of Natures, which
cannot be until an entire union of both
Principles be made 5 but they cannot be
united but ih the form of water, for
bodies may be confounded or blended
together, but cannot be united, nor yet
can any body with a fpiric be united per
minima 5 but Ipirits v/ith fpirits may well
be united, therefore our Operations
rouft become Horaogeneal Metallick Wa-
ter the way to which Solution is our
foregoing true Calcination, which there-
fore is not an exficcation properly, but a
kind grind of water, as earth in Atomes 5
G 3 which
86 Secrets Revealed.
which when they become more fubtle
than the exigencies of the earth requires,
earth is then aftually tranffnuted intOjand
doth receive the form of Ferment of
water, bur if the fire be too vehement,
this fpiritual Nature being ftruck as with
a fatal ftroke, our aftive will become
paffive, of fpiritual corporal, even a red
unprofitable precipitate, for in a due
heat the colour will be as black as that
of the Crow, which though it be dark
yet its moft defirable; yet there isalfo
a blackneft which will appear in the be-
ginning of the true Work, and that very
remarkable, but this is ever accompany-
ed with a due proportion of moifture,
and fhcweth that heaven and earth have
been in conjunftion, between which the
fire of Nature is conceived 5 by which
rednefs all the concave of the glafs will
feem as it were gilt over with Gold, but
this colour is not durable long, but in a
fhort fpace will be changed into a green-
nefs, then in a very ffiort time expeft
blacknefs, and if thou wilt be patient,
thou for certain lhalt fee thy defire ac-
compliftied , at lead make How, but fure
- progrefs. Let not thy heat be over ftrong,
and
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^ and yet ftrong enough, and between
Salia and Charibdis lail like unto a skilful
Pilot, fo fhalt thou attain the wealth of
® either Z/^d/a 5 (bmetimes thou (halt lee as
®®f it were little Iflands floating, and flioo-
iW ting out as it were litttle fprigs and buds,
'c® which will be changeable in colours,
which foon will be melted and others will
sic arife in the ftead of them; for the earth
lili as it Were inclining to a Vegetation, is
cii* alwaies fending forth Ibme new thing of
iii other s Ibmetimes thy fancy will be that
thou feeft in thy glafs Birds or Beafts, or
trffl creeping things , and thou fhalt each
day behold colours mofi: beautiful to
ii fight, which though they are pleafant
)k to the eye,are not of along continuance,
itk all is in the keeping of a due heat with-
iliict out any intermiflion; So fliall all thefe
swi plealant colours in the fpace of fifty
I k dayes end in a colour moft black, and a
'ioi powder difcontinuous,which if thoufeefi:
e® not, blame either thy 5 or thy Regimen ,
[pcfl or the difpofition of the Matter , unleft
iflit; thou either haft moved or medled with
: ac- the glafs, which may either protrad or
fe ■ finally deftroy the Work.
lai 4 CHAP.
88
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I
CH A P. 22. : Jlaioi
"the Regimen of Saturn, what it /
and whence it is denominated.
AS many of the Wife men as have
wrote of this Mafter-piece of Phi-
lofophy, have all fpoken of the Regimen
of hjwhichmany (underftanding wrong)
have turned afide unto divers errors,
and deceived themfelves with their own
opinion, fome being thus led with a great
deal of confidence, although with very
little advantage: But know that ouri^
is more noble than any Gold, it's the
Limus in which the foul of our Gold is
joyned with its that after they may
produce Adam and Eve his wife , there-
fore that which is the higheft (hall fo hum-
ble it felf as to become the loweft, then
exped that he will redeem all his Bre-
thren by his blood. The fepulchre in
which our King is buried is named h in
our Work, and its the Key of the Work
of Tranfmutation ^ O happy is he that
may behold this flow Planet! Pray to
Godj my Brother, that he would vouch-
lafe
■X.
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• •
ftfe to you his blefling 5 for its not of
him that willeth ^ nor of him runneth,
but on the Father of Lights alone, this
iti'., Blefling dependeth.
I. L_
k CHAP. 23.
Eft Of the <varioHs Regimens of ihif
'F fVork,'
17®'
nofu T3E certainly confident ftudious Son of
m. JjArtj whoever thou art, that nothing
ifc is hidden in this Work, lave only, the Re-
' ITT gimen, of which , that of the Philolb-
0111: pher may be verified. Whoever is Ma-
itse' fter of that Science, Princes and Gran-
SjIiI: dees of the Earth fhall honour him. I
m aflure you, upon the word of an honeft
Man, that if this one Secret were but
openly difcovered, Fools themlelves
tfc would deride the Art; for that being
k- known, nothing remains, but the Work
ret of Women and the play of Children,and
jfr that is Decoftion ; So that not without
^'cr! - caufe did the Wife men hide this Secret
tb with all their might. And reft allured
If [5 that we have done the lame, whateTcr we
have feemed to fpeak concerning the de-
iaft. grce
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gree of heat 5 yet becaufe I did promife i J®
candor in this Treatife, fomething at the fc]'
leaft is to be done, that I may not deceive Ithis
the ingenious of their hope and pains: wai
Know then, that out Regimen^ from the :able<
beginning to the end, is only lineal, and /tot
that is to decod and todigeft, and yet
this one Regimen in it felf comprehends "i/igc
many others, which the envious have
concealed, by giving them divers names, fwhoi
and defcribing as lb many feveral Opera- Jut Ik
tions: We , to perform the candor we ijilof
promiled, will make a far more perfpicu-^ sldm
ous manifeftation. So thatjReaderjWho- i oi
ever thou art (if ingenious) thou ftialt tee
find caufe to acknowledge our candidneft
in this to be more than ordinary. ^, lliidi
CHAP. 04- , IZ
Of the frft Kegimen of the Wor\-i Jtei
which is of Mercarv. f*
ANd in the 6rft place we fhall treat mfefi
of the Regimen of 2, which is a fe- iiefec
cret hitherto not dilcovered by any Phi- iikli!
lofophers 5 for they verily do begin their
Work at the fecond Regimen^ and do giye i',, w
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)iiiik a young Praftitioner no light in the ma-
ftery ot the capital ligns of blacknefs,
in this pointjthat good Marquils of Treve-
P®: Jo was filentjOoble Bernard^who in his Pa-
®i!t rabies laith/^^That the King,when he came
'Ij K " to the Fountain,leaving all ftrangers be-
I'f Ji " hind himjCnters the Bath aloncjcloathed
tW " in golden Robes, which he puts off and
ih gives to T? his firlt Chamberlain, from
®-V whom he receiveth a black Velvet Suit.
Offfi But he fheweth not how long the inter-
vail of time is, before he plucks Of his
golden Garment, and therefore he paf-
feth over in filence the firft and moft in-
M tiicnte Regj/s/eu^ which is perhaps forty
liifc or fifty dayes ere it be fully complete, in
which time the poor Praffitioner is left
to uncertain Experiments i from the ap-
pearing of blackneft until the very end
of the Work, the fights that do appear
are fufficient to refrefii the Artift, but in
this fpace to wander without a guide or
direftion, for the fpace of fifty dayes, E
confefs is tedious ; I lay then. That from
the fecond kindling of the fire, even until
-pij blacknels, all the interval of time is the
idg Regimen Ki? our?, even of our Sophical
?, which all that time doth work alone,
1, hiif
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his Gompanion being dead at firft, and
fo remains a great fpace^ and this Secret
before me no man ever yet difcovered :
Therefore when thy Matters are joyned,
which arc our o and our 2, do not think,
as feme Alchymijis vainly imagine , that
the fetting of the Sun will follow fud-
denly, no verily jWe waited a long and te-
dious while before a reconciliation was
made betwixt the water and the fire, and
this the envious have in a fliort fpeech
myftically comprehended, when they in
the firft beginning of their Work, called
their Matter ife/'w, that is, made of two
fubftances, according to the Poet,
Res ReUs eft Una conjunElay .feci eft tamen una
SolvlmryUt pnma fint aut Sol ant Spermata Luna.
Rcbis are tvco things joynd^yet is but one
Diffolvd^ that Sol or Lune be Sperm alone.
For know of an undoubted truth, that
though our 2 devour the o, yet it doth
not fo as Chymical Phantafiickj dream ,
for although the o joyn with our 2, yet a
year after you iliall feparate each from
the other in its own nature, unlefs you
decoft
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decod them together iii a convenient de-
gree of fire, otherwife they will not be
altered , he who will affirm the contrary,
is no Philofopher; They who wander in
Errours Path, do dream that it is a matter
of very light concernment to diflblve the
perfed bodies in our $, in fo much, that
according to their imaginations. Gold in
this will be devoured in the twinkling
of an eye 3 not well underftanding the
place of Bernard Irevifan^ in his Parable
concerning his Golden Book irrecovera-
bly drowned in his Fountain. But how
hard a Work it is to diflblve Bodies, they
can witnels who have taken pains in this
diffblution 3 I my felf, who have been
oft taught this Leflbn by ocular teftimo-
ny,can be a witnels, that it is a moft inge-
nious thing to govern the fire, even after
the matter is prepared, fuch a fire as may
diflblve the Bodies as they ought to be
diflblved,without burning their tindures.
Attend then to my DodrinrTake the Bo-
dy which I have fliewed youjand put it in-
to the water of our Sea,and decod it con-
tinually with a due heat of fire,that both
Dews and Clouds may afcend, and drops
may defcend, both night and day,without
inter-
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intermiffion ^ and know, that in this Cir-
culation the 5 doth arife in its former na-
tnre^ and leaves the body bqieath its for-
mernature, lb long until after a long time
the body begin to retain part of its foul/o
by degrees both begin to partake each of
other, but becaufe the whole water doth
not afcend by fublimation, part of it re-
mains below in the bottom of the vefld,
therefore is the body boyled in the water
that remains beneathjand by its means it is
lifted, and the drops which are continual-
ly- running down do perforate the mafle
marveloufly, and by continual Circulati-
on the water is made more fubtle, and
doth fweetly extraft the Ibul of the ^
lb by the mediation of the Ibul theljiirit
is reconciled with the body, and an uni-
on of both is made at the utmoft within
lifty dayes, and this Operation is called
the Reg/men of $, becaufe the 5 is circu-
lated above, and in it the body of the
St/f7 is boyled beneath, and the body is
in his work paffive^ until the colours
fhall appear, which i^illbea little about
the twentieth day in a good and continual
ebullition 5 which colours are afterwards
incrcafcd, multiplyed and varied , until
all
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all be at laft completed in black of the
blackeft moft black, which the fiftieth
day will give thee,
(If Fates thee call.)
CHAP. 25.
Of the fecond Regimen of the
IVork^j which is of Saturn.
HAving run through the Regimen
2 3 which is to ftrip the King of his
golden Robes, to aflault the Lion with di-
vers conflidsjto weary him, and at length
to kill him j the next Regimen that ap-
ears is that of hj for it is the will of God
that the Work, when once it's begun,
Ihould be carried on even unto the end,
and the law of thoieOperations is,that the
ending of one, is the entrance of ano-
ther 5 the period of one, the beginning
of another; Nor doth the Regimen of
2 Iboner pais away, but his iucceilbr
comes in, who is the next higher in fuc-
ceffion 5 the Lion dying, the Crow \sm-
gendred ; This Regimen lineal in re-
ipeft of the colour, for there is but one
only colour, and that is the blackeft
black.
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' blacky but neither fumes, nor winds, nor
any lymbole of Life,onIy the Compound,
will at fome fcafons appear dry, other-
whiles boyling like to melted Fitch : O
(ad fight, the Image of eternal Death!
But withal a moft pleaiant Meflenger to
the Artift, for the blacknels isnotordi-
nafy intenie ,■ lb that it Ihines again for
blacknefs; and when thoii feeft thy Mat-
ter fwelling beneath, like unto a Parte,
rejoyce, for know, that within this therO
is Ihut a quickening fpirit, which in its
appointed rime , will reftore Life from
the Almighty and thele Carkales. Be
thou only careful of the fire, which thou
murt be fare to govern with a found
judgement, and I fwear unto thee upon
the Faith of anhoneftMau, thatif thou
urge thy Fire, fo as to make ought to fub-
lime, in the dayesof this Regrme^ ^ thou
wilt deftroy the Work irrecoverably 5
be content then, with good Trevifan^ to
be detained in prilbn forty dayes and
nights, and fuffer the tender Nature to
remain below in the bottom, which is the
Neft of their Conception 5 knowing for
certain then, that when the period of
time is expired, which the Almighty
' hath
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hath appointed, the fpirit will arife glo-
riousjand glorifie its bodyit will afcend,
I fay 3 and be circulated fweetly, and
without violence, and from the Centre
it fhall afcend unto the Heavens , and
again from the Heavens it fhall defcend
torn to the Centre, and it (hall receive the
laiifor vertue of that which is above, and thac
)]h which is beneath,
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GH AP. 26.
Of the Regimen of Jupiter.
AFter black h, vkicceeds, whoisof
divers colours 5 for after the pu-
erefaftion and corruption which is made
in the bottom of the veflel, through the
command of God thou (halt again fee
change the colours, and a circulating fub-
limation. This Regimen is not durable,
for it continues not more than three
weeks fpace 5 in which time, all colours
imaginable in the World will be to be
feen, of which, no certain account can
polliblybe rendred. Inthele dayes the
Ihowres (hall bemultiplyedcontinually,
and at the lafl:, after all thefe things moft
beautiful to behold, there ftiall (hew it
felf awhiteneftat the fides of theveflH,
like unto rays or hairs, then rejoyce, for
now thou art hapily run through the Ae-
gimen of V. The greateft caution in
this Regimen is, left when the Chickens
of the Crtfzv have left their Neft, they re-
turn to it again 5 alfo, left you draw out
the water too immoderately, Co the
earth
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earth beneath want it, and be left dry
and unj[<'ofitable in the bottom 5 laftly,
left thou watereft thy earth fo intempe-
rately as to fufibcate it, which errour
thou (halt help by the good Regimen of
External Fire.
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CHAP. 27.
f
Of the Regimen of Luna/ j"
After the finifhing of- Jupiter's Ae-
gi^seu 5 about the clofing of the
I fourth moneth, the fign of the Moon f
Crefcent fliall appear unto thee 5 and ®
know 3 that the whole Regimen of 2^ is
imployed about thewafhingof Letton^ ^
the wafhing Spirit is very white in its na-
turc, but the body which is to be wafhed
is very black, in the paOage whereof to
'VvhitCjall the middle colours fhall be leen 5
after which, all will become white, not
in a day, but gradually it fhall arilefrom
white to the whiteft of all 3 and know,
that in this Operation, there fhall be'
a feafon in which all (hall appear like to J®)
liquid Argent Vive^ and this is called, The
fealingof the Mother in the belly of her
own Infant which fhe brought forth 3 and if®
in this Regimen there fhall alio appear w
fome beautiful colours, but momentary
and foon vanifhing, and more of kin to
white than unto black, as the colours in
the Regimen of 3^ contrariwife participa-
ted
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ted more of blackneis than wliitenefs,
alfo'ipoWj that in three weeks the Regi-
men 6f d will he compleft, f)Ut before
its perfediop tlie Cojnpound fha': cl^ange
in a thoufinti formes 5 for when the
fumes begin w ceale, before;it be Wholly
congealed, it will melt and grow hard
again an hundred times in a day s fbme-
times it will appear like to the eyes of a
Fifli. fometimes like to a purefilver Tree
fliining with branches and leaves; in a
word, about this l^afon the hourly mar-
Vels that fhall appe-ar, fliall overwhelm
the fight, and at the lafr thou fbalt have
moft pure fparkling grains like unto
tenses of the Sun, more glorious than
which humane eyes never law. Let us
give immortal thanks to pur God, who
hath brought the Work to this, perfedfi-
on, for it's the true perfeCi: Tinfture to
the White, yet only of the firft order ,
and therefore but of fmall virtue , in
comparifon of that admirable force which
it will attain by leiterate Preparation.
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CHAP. 28. " kti
Of th Regimen fff Venus.
ABove all things this is moft wonder- 9 ^ vi
fuljthat our Stone being now whol- Sfool'
ly perfedj and able to give a perfect Tin-
cture 5 (hoiild of hk own accord again
abafe himfclf, and become again volatile fell,
without any laying on of hands; But if yk
you take the white ftone out of the vef-
felj the fame being put again into a new
veflelj after it is once cold, can never be Wi
brought into a new Operation, a de- it alt
raonftrative reafonof which, neither we : twe
nor any of the ancient Philofophers are tHaa
able to render, only it's done by the will lie ci
of Gcjd 5 at Icaft here be very wary of aiH
your fire, for this is the Law of the Stone ml
when it is perfed, that it muft be fufible : w 0
Therefore if you give too great a heat, io |
the Matter will be vitrified, and melting atly
will adhere to the fides of the veffel, nor autio
canft thou then go on any farther with rf}.
the Work. And this is the vitrifying of the totli
Matter fo often warned of by the Philo-
fophers, which oft happens to them ieu
which
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which are unwary both before and after
the White Work is, even ended, to wit,
after the middle of the Regimen of l),until
the feventh or tenth day of the Rule
of 2 ; Therefore let thy fire beincrealed
but a very little, fo that the Compound
may not vitrifie, that is, to be melted paf-
lively like to glafs 5 but with a bounteous
fire, it may of its own accord melt, and
fwell, and by the command of God it
(hall be endued with a fpirit, that fhall
flie aloft, and the ftone to flie with it; It
fhall thus give thee new colours, the
green at firft, which is of 5, which fhall
laft a long time lefs or more for the fpace
of twenty dayes 5 expeft after this Ce-
tule and Livid^ and about the end of the
Rule of ? pale and obfcure purple, be
heedful in thfs Work that thou do not
provoke the fpirit too urgently, for being
now more corporal than formerly, if it
do flie to the top of the veflel, it will
hardly return of its own accord 5 which
caution is alfo to be obferved in the Rule
of D. When once thou feeft the fpirits
to thicken, then handle them fweetly and
without violence, left if thou makefl:
them to afcend to the top, that which is
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in the bottom be either burnt or vitrifie'dj
to the deftrudion of the Work, when
then thou leeft greennefs, know that in
at is the virtue Germinative contained.
Beware then that this greennels turn not
into a filthy blacknefs with immoderate
heat, but govern thy fire prudently j fo
after forty dayes thou (halt fee this Regi'
men at an end.
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105
GHAP.09. J
Of the Regimen ^ Mars.'
I K Fter the Rule of 9 is ended, whole
jC^colour was chiefly Vert or Green ,
and a little Red of an oblcure<PurpjiE;,
and fometimes Livid 5 in which time the
Philolbphical Tree did flourifh with
Boughs and with difcoloured Leaves and
Branches, next fucceeds the Reign of
^3 which (hews a little Yellow , mixed
with Luteous Brownnefs; thefcare the
chief colours, but tranfitory ones of the
Rain-Bow and Peacocks-tail, it (hews
moft glorioufly, this is a dry ftate of the
Compound, in which the Compound will
appear at times in ftrange Figures, the
Hyacinth and high Orange colour in thele
dayes will be feen frequently. Now the
Mother being fealed in her Infants Belly
fwells and is purified, but becaufe of
the prefent great purity of the Com-
pound, no putridnefs can have place in
this Regimen , but Ibme oblcure colours
play their part as the chief Aftors in this
StonCjand feme middle colours do pals 6c
come,
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come, plcafant to be hold: Now know ^
that this is the laft Tillage of our Virgin
Earth, that in it the P^ruit of the Sun
might be fet and maturated 5 therefore
continue a good heat, and thou (halt fee
for certain about thirty dayes off this
Regimen a Gitrine colour (hall appear,
which (liall in two weeks offer its firft ap-
pearing Tinfture, all with a true Citrine'
colour.
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CHAP. 30.
Of the Regimen of Sol.
NOw art thou drawing near to the
end of thy Work, and haft almoft
p-i made an end of this bufineft 5 now all
appears like unto pure Gold and the Vir-
gins Milkj with which thou imbibeft this
Matter, is now very Citrine ; Now to
God, the Giver of all Good , you muft
render immortal Thanks, who hath,
brought this Work on lb far 5 and beg
earneftly of him, that thy Counfel nfiay
hereafter be fo governed, that thou may-
eft not endevour to haften thy Work now h
it is fo near perfeftion, fo as to lofe all:
Confider that thou haft waited now a-
bout feven moneths, and it would be a
mad thing to annihilate all in one hour 5
therefore be thou very wary , yea, fo
much the more by hov7 much thou art
nearer to perfeftion. But if you do pro-
ceed warily in this Regimen^ thou (halt
meet with thefe notable things, firft,thou
(halt obferve a certain Citrine fweat to
ftand upon the Body, and after that Ci-
trine
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trine vapours, then (hall thy .Body be- ierfe
low be tinftured of a Violet colour
with an obfciu-e Purple intermixt; after
the fourteen or fifteen dayes expectation ^ ca
in this Regimen of the o, thou (halt fee f(
the greatefl: part of thy Matter humid,
and although it be very ponderous, yet a. DO
it will alcend in the Belly of the Wind ^
at length, about the twenty fixth day of
this Regimen^ it will begin to dry, and
then it will liquefie and recongeal, and
will grow liquid again an hundred times
in a day, until at the laft it begin to
'turn into grains, and fometimes it will
will feem as if it were all dhcontinuous
in grain, and then again it will grow in-
to one Maft again, and thus will it put
on innumerable forms in one day 5 and
this will continue for the fpace of about
two weeks, at the lali:, by the will of
God, a light fhali be fent upon thy Mat-
tcr, which thou canfl; not imagine 5 then
expeCl: a fudden end, within three dayes
thou flialt fee , for thy Matter fhall con-
vert it felf into grains, and as fine as
the Monies of the o, and the colour
will be the higheft Red imaginable,
which for its tranfcendent redncfs will
(hew
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fiiew blackifli, like unto the foundeft
blood when it is congealed, although
thou mayeft not believe that any iiich
1^; thing can be an exaft parallel of our E-
Jilffikl;! ijxir ^ for it is a marvellous Creature,
|CrliijEi£ jjot having its compare in the whole Uni-
verle, nor any thing exaftly like it.
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CHAP. 31.
Tbe Fermentatioa of the Stone,
REmember now that thoo haft got our ^
$ red and incombuftible, which can y,
by no fire be promoted further of it ftjf,
and be very wary, which I ftiould have J J*
told you in the former Chapter had I
not forgot it, that in the Regimen of the
Citrine Sun, before this fupernaturalo
be born,which is adorned with a true Ti- 7'^
rian colour, left, I (ay, thou then vitrifie
thy Matter with too great fire, for fo
it would be after inlbluble, and by con-
fequence cannot be coagulated into thefe
glorious Atomes, Red of the Reddeft.
Be wary then that thou deftroy notfo
great a Treafure, and yet do not think
that thy Labour here hath an end, but
proceed further, that out of this ^, by
reiterate folution and coagulation, thou
may eft have our Elixir : Take then of
moft fine Gold three parts, and of this ^
one partjthou mayeft take four parts of Q
and a fifth part of our ^ , but the afore-
faid proportion is better melt the © in
a
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a clean Crucible, and when 'tis melted
put thy ^ into it, but very warily, left
you lofe it by the linoke of the coals,
let them flow together, then putth^
forth into an Ingot, and thou (halt have
a Mais, which may be pulverifed, of a
moft glorious Red colour, but hardly
tranfparent 5 then take of this Mafi ex-
aftly pulverifed one part, of thySophi-
ca] 2 two parts, mix them well, put them
in a glals, which feal, and govern it as
before two moneths, in which time thou
Ihalt fee all the forelaid Regimens pals in
their order. This is true Fermentation,
which thou mayeft, if thou wilt,reiterate.
CHAP
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Secrifi'Revealed.
CHAP. 32.
p[hs Imbibition of the Stone.
Know that many Anthers do take
Fermentation in this Work for the in-
t^rhal inyifible Agent, which they call
Ferment, bfy whofe virtue the fugitive
andfabtlle Spnit, without laying on of
hands, are of their own accord thicken-
ed 5 and ourfcrrementiorjed way of Fer^
mentation they call Cibation with Bread
and Milk, fo 5 but I (not ufing to
cite other Authors^ nor yet to fwear to
their words in a thing which I my felf
know as well as they ) have followed my
own judgement in my Writings. There
is then another Operation, by which
our Stone is increafed in weight more
than virtue ; Take of thy ^ , white or
red, and to three parts of the ^ add a
fourth' part of the water, and after a
little blacknels, in fix or feven dayes de-
coftion, thy water newly added (hall be
increafed or thickened, like unto thy
^ 5~then add another fourth part, not in
relpefl: of the whole Compound, which
is
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is now increafed a fourth part by the firft
Imbibition j but in reference to thy firft
^ as thou tookeft it at firft, which being
dryed add another fourth part, and Jet
it be congealed with a convenient fire,
then put to it two parts of the water in
reference to the three parts of the ^
which thou tookeft at firft , before the
firft Imbibition, and in this proportion,
imbibe and congeal three other times,
at laft add five parts of water in the fe-
venth Imbibition, ftill remembering to
reckon the water in reference to the ^
as it was taken at firft , feal thy Veflel,
and in a fire like to the former make thy
Compound pals through all the forelaid
Regimens^ which will be done in one
moneth,and then thou haft the true Stone
of the third order 3 of which one part
will fall on a thouland,and teyn perfeftly.
I CHAP.
Secrets Reveafecl.
CHAP. 53.
The Mnltiplicatiofi of the Stone.
TO this is required no labour, fave
only that thou take the Stone , be-
ing pcrfef}", and }oyn it with three parts,
or at the mod with four parts of 2 of
pur fird' Work ^ ^and govern it with a
due fire, in a Veilel well doled , fo fhall
all the iiegimens pafs with infinite plea-
lure , and thou (halt have the whole
increafed a thoufand fold beyond what
it was before the Multiplication of it^and
if thou (halt reiterate this Work again,
in three dayeS thou lhalt run through
all the Regimens , and thy Aledicine lhall
be exalted to another millinary virtus
of Tinfture 5 and if thou yet lhalt re-
iterate the Work, it will be perfeided in
a natural day, and all the Regimens and
Colours fliali pals, which will be done
afterwards with another reiteration in
one hour, nor (halt thouatlad be abia
to find the extent of the virtue of thy
Stone, it Qrall be fo great that it lhall
pals thy Ingenuity to reckon it, if that
thou
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hou proceed in the Work of reiterate
Vlultiplication : Now remember toren-
der immortal Thanks to God, for thou ,
now haft the whole Trealiire of Nature
in thy pofleffion.
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115 Secrets Revealed,
CHAP. 34.
Of the wamer of FrojeBion.
TAke of thy Stone perfefted as is
laidj white or red, according to the
equality of the Medicine 5 take of ei-
ther o or 1) four parts 5 melt them in a
clean Crucible 3 then put in of thy Stone,
white or red , as the Metal that is melted
is in quality , and being well mixed to-
gether in fufion , pour them into an
Ingot 5 and thou (halt have a Mais which
is brittle j take of thisMafs one part,
a nd 5 well Walked ten parts, heat the 2
tiJI it begin to crack, then throw upon
ft this Mixture,which in the twincklingof
an eye will pierce it j increale thy fire
till it be melted , and all will be aMedi-
cine of inferior virtue , take then of
this, and calt one part upon any Metal,
purged and melted, to wit, as much as it
can teyn,and thou lhalt have moll pure o
or J) , purer than which Nature cannot
give. But it is better to make Projedi-
on gradually, until Projeftion ceale ; for
lb it will extend farther 5 for when lb
little
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little is proiedted on fo much, unlefs Pro-
jedtion be made on 2, there is a notable
lols of the Medicine, by reafon of the
Scorias which do adhere to impure Me-
tals, by how much then the Metals are
better purged before Projediion, by fo
much more will the Matter fucceed.
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CHAP. 55.
Of ihe many Ufes of this Medicine.
E who hath onccj by the Bleffing of
Cod,'perfectly attained this Art, I
know not what in the World he can wilh,
but that he may be free from all fnares
of wicked men, fo as to ferve God
without diftradtion. But it would be a
vain thing, by outward pomp to fcek for ,
vulgar applaufe, fuch trifles are not
cfteemed by thole who have this Art,
^ay rather they defpife them ; He there-
whom God hath blelfed with this
Talent, hath this field of Content, which
Far exceeds popular admiration , firft,
if he lliould live a thouiand Years, and
every day provide for a thouiand men ,
he could not want, for he may increafc
his Stone at his pleafure, both in weight
and virtue, fo that, if a man would ,
one man that is an y^depiiji^ might tran-
fmute into perfedl: Gold and Silver all
the imperfedt Metals that are in the
whole World 5 lecondiy, lie may by this
Art make precious Stones and Gems,
fuch
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fiich as cannot be paralelled in NatuiCjfor
goodneftand greatnefs.
Thirdly and Laftly , he hath a Modi-
cine Univer/al, both for prolonging
Life, and Curing of all Dileafes , fo that
one true Jdeptijt can eafily Cure_ all the
i fick People jn the World, I mean his
Medicine is fufiicient.
I
I Now to the King Eternal, Immortal
' and fole Almighty , beeverlafting Praife,
t for thefe hisunrpeakable Gifts, and un-
I valuable Trcafures.
I Whok)ever enjoyeth this Talent, let
! him be fure to employ it to the glory of
! God 3 and the good of his Neighbours,
left he be found ungrateful to God his
Creditor, who hath bleflcd him with fb
I great a Talent, and fo be in the laft day
found guilty of mifproving of it, and
fo condemned.
This Work was begun in the Year,
1645. and ended by me, who have
made and do profefs thefe Secrets, yet
I 4 defire
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defire not applaufe, but to be help-
ful to a fincere Searcher of this Secret
Art; to whom I fubfcribe my felf a
Friend and Brother,
jEyrefidCHs Philaletba,
NatH Angluf,
Hahitatione Cofmopolita,
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The Content?.
CHAP. I.
/^F the mcejfity of the Sophie^
^^Mercury for the Work^of the
Elixir. pagei.
CHAP. 2.
Of the Principles Compofing the Mcr-
cury Sopbical. pag. 4.
CHAP. 3.
Of the Chalybs of the Sophifts. p.^.
CHAP. 4.
Of the Magnet of the Sophifts.pa.8r
CHAP. 5.
the Chaos of the Sophi. pag.
CHAP. 6.
7he Air of the Sophi. pag. 11.
CHAP. 7-
Of the frfi Operation^ of the Pre'
paration of the Sophical 2 by the
FlyingEdigUs, pag. 14.
CHAP.
The Contents.
CHAP. 8.
Of the labour and tedioufnefs of the
jirfl Preparation. pag. 17.
CHAR 9.
Of the zfiriue of our Metcuty upon
all the Metals. pag. 20.
CHAP. 10.
Of the Sulphur which is in the So-
phica!Mercury. pag. 21.
GH AP. II.
Of the Inifention of the perfeB Ma-
giftcry. pag. 23.
CHAP. 12.
Of the manner of the perfeSl Migi-
ftcry mgeneral. pag. 36.
CHAP. 13.
Of the Ufe of the ripe ^ in the
Worh^ of the Elixir. pag, 32.
* ' C H A P. 14.
Of the rcqiiifite Circttmftances inge-
neral
The Contents.
tieralbelonging to this lforJ{. p.$ '•
CHAP. 15
Of the accidental Purgation of Gold.
pag- 5 3-
CHAP. 16.
Of the Amalgamation of the Mer-
cury and Goldy and of the due
raeight of both. P^g* 57*
CHAP. 17.
Of the PreparationyForniyMatter and -
, Clofwgof the Vejfel. pag. 6f.
CHAP. 18.
Of the Philofophical Furnace or A-
tlianor. pag. 64.
CHAP. 19.
Of the Frogrefs of the IForh^ in the
firji Forty Dayes.. * pag. 71.
CHAP. 20.
Of the appearing of Blackncfs in the
IVorh^of 0 and 5. pag. So.
CHAP.
The Contents.
CHAP. 21.
Of the burning of the Flowers and
bow to prevent it. pag. 84.
CHAP. 22.
'Fhe Regimen of Saturn, what it is,
and whence it is denominated^
pag. 88.
CHAP. 23.
Of the various Regimens of this
. Worf{. pag. 89.
CHAP. 24.
Of the frft Regimen of the Werh^,
which is of Mercury, pag. 90.
CHAP. 25.
Of the fecond Regimen of the Wor\
which is of Saturn. 95'
CHAP. 26.
Of the Kegimen of Jupiter, pag. 98.
CHAP. 27
Of the Regimen of Luna.pag. 100^
CHAP.
The Contents.
GHAP. 28.
Of the Regimen 0/Venus, pag.i o a*
CHAP. 29.
Of the Regimen of Mars, pag.105.
CHAP. 30.
Of the Regimen <?/Sol. pag. 107.
CHAP. 31.
'The Fermentation of the Stone.
pag. 11 o.
CHAP. 32.
The Imbibition of the Stowe^pag. n 2.
CHAP. 33.
The Multiplication of the S tone.
pag. 114.
CHAP. 34.
Of the manner of FrojeBion. p.i
CHAP. 35.
Of the many Dfes of this Medicine'
pag. 118.
Ai'dflf ffKpieti xsScoTro/BTrito'f,
Sive Introitus Apcnus fic Corrige;
PAge 2, line lo, after mature add^«rr, I: 27, a'^ter Geld add
tvhichu eur fecond & more crude, p.5,1.1, after reqkijftezdi
te the matting of our water, for it is our fiery Dragon, p. i o, 1.10.
after have, add fincertlj or. p. 15.1. after ©of rr, add which are
found flying without wings in the Groves of the Nymph Venus. I.
#. afterpre/ently, reatl jhaihs the Poled waters above, hut net
frightned with the flenches. 1. 10, after thou, read [halt thenpoure
down [howers upon him. p. 15.1.16, after weight, add of tht
Mercury, p. id.l. 14, after/iV/f, read hour of itsNativity. p.it.-
1. id. afteradd no. l2^i.dcle r/)f, and after add Cit/rdi
p.iy.l.7.add, TVone from the known top brings a golden skinfkc.
But how great a labour and burden's in ;
Wither grojs lump^ which you mu[l undergo ■,
And the rude weight, which they that wrought it know.
p, 19,1' firfl read for. p. ao. 1. i. after Mercury, add
which Bernard Trevifan calls bis fountain, p.ia.l. S.after© add.
1. ij. oftcT impregnate, odd with an Internal Sulphur. 1,14.
iUct convenient, tdd External. 1 ly, foi Sulphur, tcad Mercury.
p. i6. 1.14. after an, read inward, p. a?- '• 13, for tyer, read
tryer. p. 30,1. 8, for fire, read fixt. p.41.1. i. afteradd
or <es. p. 42,1. 23 for Art, read All. p. 48.1.11. for Braryn Ser-
pent, read Golden Calf. p. 52.1. 21. for thereof, rcud-ofthis water,
p. 54.1.18. for reconfume, teudreconjoyn, p. 59,1.1, after farther,
add bepdes the ejj'ential purgation of Mercury, 1. 2. after Mundifi.^
cation, add which through the operation of our true Sulphur,
of read from, after C enter, add to the fuperficiej, p 57,1. d,for
Luminated,. read Laminated, p. 6j, 1. it, ahet [pan add or ten
inches, 1.20, toTlejs than, read yufi. p. 67,1.12, fOr Mercury,
read Luna, 1. 22, for nicerate read incerate, p. 68, 1.13, before
eitheT,add our flow Henry, p. 73,!. 2o,foT acuation read prepara»
tion, p. 77,1. 3, the read thou, 1. 4, after Diana, add Dame,
p. 78.1.27, dele purged with , p. 80,1.12. after Sulphur, add
or theft Sulphurs. 1. 20, after foadd find. p. 83,1.6. dele or/frrj
p.84,1. 20, for it, read the veffel. p. 85. 1. 28. /ts read and^
p. 86.1 4. dele (/"/ermtBt. \, i^.for BlackjiefsteadRednefs.
1.10. dele it were p. 92.1. 21. after doth add it. p.94.1. 3. after
heniatb add in. p. 9$. 1.2t. higher read Heir. p. 96, 1. 14.
And read to. p. ^8.1.8. tht, read of. p. ie6. h 8. offer read,
hiftii. 1. ft for ti^HTt read tinge.
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