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OR

IMMORTAL DISSOLVENT

BEING

A Brief but Candid Discourse of the Matter and Manner of

Preparing the Liquor Alkahest of Helmont, the great Hilech of

Paracelsus, the Sal Circulatum Minus of Ludovicus de

Comitibus: or our Fiery Spirit of the Four Elements.

TOGETHER

With its se in Preparing Magisteries! Arcana"s #uintessences!and other secret Medicines of the Adepts from the Animal!

$egitable or Mineral %ingdoms.

BY: Cleidophorus Mystagogus

&. Maccab. ch.'.(. '). to the &*+ The Fire o the Altar turned

into thick !ater"

2. Esdra. ch" 14.v. 39. And behold, he reached me a ull Cup, !hich

!as ull as it !ere !ith !ater, but the Colour !as like

Fire"

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EPISTLE

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$cean rom !hence it irst received its bein(" Thereore, man

cannot be the $b/ect o an+ discourse appertainin( to demonstrate

the Sub/ect o this *issolvent or the pure in him, as alread+

said, cannot be obtained !ithout *eath, !hich is abominable even

to think on but i it !ere obtained, it !ould not ans!er the end

or !hat is suicient to dissolve in the #e(etable in(dom is too

!eak or the Animal and that !hich is stron( enou(h in the Animalis too !eak or the Minerals" Thereore, seek it in that and rom

that, !hich is the Fountain, that suppl+es all Creatures and

bein(s !ith it or had it not a Source, 6ature !ould soon cease,

or as she e0hausteth b+ the Acts o Motion and A(itation o Parts

in 9eneration, so is she on the other hand 5mmediatel+ Suppl+ed,

not onl+ in the 9reat 1orld, but also in ever+ 5ndividual Part

!here Lie is: &eceivin( the same throu(h the Air, as the true

#ehicle, consequentl+ this Catholick Fountain is the &i(ht ob/ect

to (round this discourse on, as the true Sub/ect o the said

dissolvin( Liquor this is a standin( Truth, 2t!as Truth in the

be(innin(, and !ill remain so to the end o Time" The &eason andPhilosoph+ o it 5 can b+ Mechanical *emonstration make clear to a

person !orth+ o such inspection: thereore b+ all Clouds, dark

vails and Metaphors, 5 (enuinel+ declare that the matter o this

dissolvent is one and the same in essence !ith that matter rom

!hence all the !ise Antients obtained the .niversal Medicine one

bein( the 1ork o Art, the other 6ature" $ne (entle, the other

violent: so that b+ the dierence o $peration the+ are brou(ht

to dierent eects"

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6o! thereore the Sub/ect o this discourse bein( the Liquor

Alkahest, the ob/ect must be the .niversal spirit or -tis rom

this (rand ountain o nature that our chaos doth proceed

thereore thrice happ+ is he, that kno!s those ma(nets that

attract and make a species o this (eneral 9enus: or be assured

that there is somethin( more than elements in all created bein(s,even an incorruptible and quintessential spirit, !hich is the ver+

lie o elements themselves !hich bein( taken appears in mist,

vapor or !ater, even that out o !hich the Antients sa+ all thin(s

!ere (enerated, Ho!ever, the ri(ht kno!led(e o this matter is

suicientl+ abtruse, and the operations thereo +et more abtruse,

or 5 !ith man+ others kno! b+ e0perience, that the matter ma+ be

kno!n and man+ doe kno! it, +et are !holl+ to seek in the matter

and modus o operatin( thereon and !hatever some oppish and

conceited ones ma+ think, vi;" that i the+ had the kno!led(e o

the true matter all diicult+ is over this ma+ prove a (rand

mistake, or 5 have been intimatel+ acquainted !ith some, thathave had a true kno!led(e o the matter, and have !rou(ht thereon

+et to the da+ o their death, have been to seek o the ma(ister+"

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These diiculties have been those sharp stones that have

hindered m+ le(al pro(ression in t!ent+ +ears travel to!ards the

mount helicon o art so that m+ labor o bod+ has been e0cessive,

and that o the mind much more" 5 have passed throu(h the drou(ht

and scorchin( heat o the da+, and also throu(h the cold and

chillin( rosts o the ni(ht throu(h a multitude o !ants anddiiculties even oten to the ha;ard o lie itsel" Ho! eas+

soever such, as aoresaid, ma+ think it: 5 have had no other door

to come in at, but hard labour and (reat e0pense, or coals and

(lasses have been m+ interpreters, and shall be so to ever+ true

son o art to the end o time" So that or conscience

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=Circul" Minus= H16' leaves them in a salt o e0cellect virtue:

rom the latter 5 have observed it almost as s!eet as hone+, and a

po!erul speciick in the stone thereore b+ the help o this

liquor o ire a e! medicines bein( prepated !ill ans!er in

deplorable cases all that the patient can hope or and the true

ph+sician e0pected to perorm" For instance, terpentine, so

dissolved, or the stone ludus" 5nallibl+ cures the stone in thebladder amber and hellebore h+steric its, h+pochrondiack,

melanchol+ and madness" Cinamonm .nicorn-s horn and the liver o

an eel, or the speed+ deliver+ o !omen in childbirth the

sulphur o #enus is an .niversal 6epenthes, !ithout opium in all

diseases: the lill+ o antimon+ or dropsies and all a(ues the

ma(ister+ o (old or mali(nant

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Fevers Pestilential Palsies and pla(ues: as also the (loriied

sulphur o the metallus masculus, b+ Paracelsus called #inum #itae

and Membrorum 8ssentia, !hich also cures consumption, i0t Mercur+

or the arcanum coralinum and hori;ontal (old in leprosies, (out,

pals+, epileps+, cancers, !olves, scorbite, in(s evil, all sorts

o the venereal disease !ithout salivation or detainin( the

patient rom business -t!ould be too lon( to enumerate all those

medicines prepared b+ this ire or liquor thereore ket these

suice, and the re!ard that ma+ accre! here rom, because b+ this!a+ o practice, the ph+sitian ma+ /ustl+ and conscientiousl+ (ain

honor and riches and the patients be reed rom all those cruel

barbarities, !hich are the Adoequate parts o common practice as

i the pain and terror o death !ere not enou(h, but there must be

an additional cruelt+, vi;" o blisterin(, !hich to some ma+

e0ceed the ormer"

Thus havin( (iven +ou a short Scheme o the &ise, Prepara

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are true, ollo! as &ivulets rom it, and 2so (ive a ri(ht

7ualiication or the kno!led(e o nature and natural thin(s as

also a constanc+ o mind to !ork upon the one thin( alone, and an

industrious hand to eect the same" Here a blessin( and success

ma+ be hoped or, and those incredible re!ards or all such as

!ander in the circumerence, and have never been admitted to the

center o thin(s but

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to the vi(ilent hidden thin(s, even those hid rom the oundation

o the 1orld, shall be reveal-d: and that this ma+ be the portion

o ever+ true Laboror in Art is the sincere desires o him, !ho

!ishes the 9eneral Prosperit+ o Mankind ever+ !a+"

Cleidophorus M+sta(o(us

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TABLE OF

CONTENTS

C,AP-E /

Concerning the Mista0e of those 1ho ha(e sought this 2i3uor in

1rong Sub4ects and by 1rong 1ays.

C,AP-E //

5f the true Sub4ect matter of this Dissol(ent.

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-he true 1ay and manner of preparing the 2i3uor Al0ahest.

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-he Difference bet1een this 2i3uor and the Mercury of the

Philosophers.

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-he se of the 2i3uor Al0ahest! Circulatum Minus or 6reat ,ilech

of ,elmont and Paracelsus.

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TRIFERTES SAGANIOR

IMMORTAL DISSOLVENTCHAPTER I

CONCERNING THE MISTAKE OF THOSE WHO HAVE SOUGHT THIS

LIQUOR IN WRONG SUBJECTS AND BY WRONG WAYS,

/t is a Saying 1orthy of 5bser(ation! that the /ndustrious ,and

ma0es ich7 so is it in all manner of -rades and Con(ers in the

World7 so is it in Art7 but this /ndustry must be upon a tight

Foundation! and! in the Chymical Art! from a Fore80no1ledge of

Ade3uate Causes7 unto 1hich it is impossible to attain 1ithout 1e

are enlightened by that Wisdom! 1hich comes from abo(e! as a ay

from the ,oly ,ea(ens and -hrone of the Di(ine 6lory7 for 9tis

she! that must Conduct us in all our 2abours to ma0e themAcceptable to the 6reat 6od7 1ell therefore might the 1ise Man

esteem of her before iches! and Pri:e nderstanding abo(e the

Merchandise of Sil(er! 6old! and Precious Stones! because she is

the true Conductor to the 1ays of Peace and Pleasantness7 nay e(en

to that -ree of 2ife! 1here Substance is to be /nherited+ For that

she opens the Door of Entrance to all Mysteries Di(ine and

;atural7 and conse3uently 1ithout her Men grope! as it 1ere! in

the dar0! e(en as a Blind Man does at ;oon8day7 for ;ature 6od'>

/nspiration of the Almighty that gi(es nderstanding! 1hence 1e

may readily Concei(e! that ,uman eason is too short to Comprehend

the Dignity of any true Mystery 1ithout the Md of 6od

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/ntensions in the choice of a proper Sub4ect! but frames each to

himself a different Basis! and so ma0e an /nnumerable ;umber of

Errors concerning the same+ -his /mmaginary Matter! 1hich Phansy

only has gi(en Birth to! they defend 1ith all the eagerness

imaginable! concluding it to be the 6enuine 5ffspring of -ruth7

1hen! alas 9tis but a Bastard Brat of their o1n 1andring

/maginations and ungrounded -houghts! as in the Conclusion pro(estoo E(ident+ -his is an Absurdity so great! so common! that

amongst the many Pretenders! / ha(e ne(er met 1ith more than three

that ha(e escaped it+ ,o1 then can it possibly be e?pected! that

such should e(er Arri(e at the 1ished for ,a(en of est! 1hen

/gnorant both of the 1ay and means by 1hich they must come

thither7 for the Door of Entrance must not only be 0no1n! but also

the %ey 1hich opens the same! 1ithout 1hich they may ne(er e?pect

Admittance into ;ature

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Animals! as that of Animals is to Minerals! cannot be the

Philosophers Sub4ect of this Dissol(ent! for 2ife 1ould be too

short to e?tract it.

Another Error is that many allo1 the Matter to be ni(ersal!

but is dra1n by certain Magical Magnets at select times in the

ear7 but this is a grand Error! for the Matter is to be foundPlentifully at all Seasons of the ear! especially in such places!

as are mostly enriched by Mineral Fumes! and the manner of its

Attraction is rather for the ;ecessity of ,uman 2ife! than any

Point in Art7 so that the Artist must not be too curious in

endea(ouring to perform that 1hich ;ature hath already done to his

,and.

Another Error is in those that see0 for this Dissol(ent by

attracting the Air 1ith Al0ali:ated Salts! as -artar! and not

considering! that all Al0a:ated Salts do only attract a Saline

A3uosity! 1hich by often Cohobations may be turned 1holly into anElementary Water! 1hereas the true Philosopher as already said

does by his Magnets attract a Fire! nay a Fiery Spirit stronger

than any Fire in the World+ 9tis true Al0ali:ated Salts are noble

Sub4ects! and deser(edly claim Preheminency! being Contradistinct

to all Acids! and therefore ma0e a Dissol(ent ne?t to the great

2i3uor7 but these can ne(er be $olati:ed 1ithout the ni(ersal

Medium! or Philosophers Diploma! together 1ith Essential 5yls and

$inous Spirits! and being so $olatili:ed! they become noble

Spirits! yet do not1ithstanding spend their $irtue in Dissol(ing

Bodies! and Coagulate upon them into a Salt! retaining their

$olatility7 so that conse3uently these are e?cluded from being theSub4ect of this /mmortal Dissol(ent.

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Another Error is in see0ing for the Matter of this 2i3uor in

the Animal %ingdom! (i:! in Man7 and indeed a greater in those!

1ho assume to teach others! by their Assertions! that it is there7

but ha(ing already detected such Writers in the Preface and also

clearly she1n! that from Man! the Sub4ect Matter of this 2i3uor

can ne(er be attained! altho< / 0no1 that this my Assertion does

much th1art the general recei(ed 5pinion! that rine is the Basis!

and8that $an ,elmont!Philalethes! Star0ey and C. ha(e in their

Writings asserted the same! so that / do Contradict the -estimonyof these Worthies+ /nstance ,elmont! 1here he spea0s of the

dissolution of the Stone 2udus! seems to Assert that it is

performed by a Second dra1n. from rine+ and Philalethes! in his

-reatise e?tant! has grounded the basis of the /mmortal Dissol(ent

on rine and Blood7 and 6eorge Star0ey in his -reatise of this

2i3uor seems to ground the thereof on rine7 nay! an /ntimate

Ac3uaintance of his did affirm the (ery Process to me! 1hich he

made use of! (i: @ the rine of sound Men! unfermented! 1hich! as

soon as it 1as made! 1as by E(aporation brought to a Consistence!

in order to unite the t1o Salts! $olatile and Fi?ed! and so by

Distillation and Cohobation till the 1hole 1as brought o(er! andthen being digested and deulegmed the Al0ahest is prepared. Dr.

Bacon 1as! as / ha(e been told! much of this 5pinion7 but all

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these are short of nderstanding the -ruth of the Sub4ect! or of

the Authors before mentioned7 for it is easy to be collected from

,elmont! Philalethes and that they ne(er depended upon ,uman

rine as the Sub4ect of this /mmortal Dissol(entlor then they

1ould not ha(e directed you to the Chaos of the Ancients7 as the

true Sub4ect! describing it Figurati(ely! and Analogi:ing it 1ith

Man7 because Man Subsists by and from the ni(ersal Spirit! 1hichis the true Sub4ect of this Dissol(ent

1hich they for some secret easons 1ould not be so Candid to

deli(er+ the li0e has Alipili in his Boo0 /ntituled! Centrum

;aturas Concentratum! 1hich (ery -itle she1s! that it is not Man

there meant! but the ni(ersal Spirit that being the (ery 2ife and

Centre of all Centers+ -herefore 1ho e(er shall assert! that Man

is the Basis from 1hence this 2i3uor is obtained! let him be

respected of En(y or /gnorance7 because there is no Sub4ect to be

dra1n from Man! that 1ill act on Minerals fi(e hundred or a

thousand -imes! and retain the same $irtue! 3uantity and 3uality!

as if it had not acted at all+

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-herefore / regard not such Fops or such others! that dote upon

highly rectified Spirit of rine! mi?ed 1ith the true Spirit of

Wine! until both Coagulate into a Salt! 1hich is Distilled and

Sublimed by the Addition of fresh Spirit of Wine! until they come

o(er in Form of a Fiery 2i3uor+ -here are others also that dote onthe strong Spirit of rine united 1ith the Spirit of $inegar! and

Distilled into a ;eutral Spirit+ but E?perience the Mistress of

all true Art she1s that these are all greatly mista0en! and many

others! too long here to Enumerate+ -herefore shall pass them by!

and only /nsist on some fe1 others that remain.

-hose are also mista0en! that depend on Acid Spirits! as the

Sub4ect of this 2i3uor! as ;itre! $itriol! common Salt! Salt 6en!

or the Mother 2i3uors of any of these! or any other Salts gro1ing

in or e?tracted from the Earth7 for all of them! none e?cepted!

1ill by Distillation yield an Acid Spirit! and our 2i3uor being noAcid! but Contradistinct thereunto! these of Course are all to be

re4ected! and ought so to be in the se of the 2i3uor 1hen

prepared+ others! that thin0 themsel(es more prudent dote much on

the Spirit of $erdigrease! and more especially if it is First

often dissol(ed in Spirit of $inegar! and made transparently Pure!

and then shot in Spirit of Wine and so Distilled! they then put as

great a Price or $alue on it! as in eason can be set upon the

/mmortal Disaol(entits self7 but this Men 8truurn being Published

by G1elfer! and long before by ,3sil $alentine! 1hom / ta0e to be

the right and true Author of it! and being easy to be prepared! it

follo1s! that the 2i3uor A ' 0a he st 1ould be no uncommon or un80no1n Secret7 but that remaining still as the greatest of Secrets!

plainly demonstrates! that these are not the Sub4ect! 1hence that

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is obtained.

-hey are also misled! 1ho depend on Mineral Sulphers! or the

$itriols of Metals or that of $enus! described by PHlemHnus7

because there

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C,AP-E //

5F -,E -E SB=EC- MA--E 5F -,/S D/SS52$E;-

/n the former Chapter! / ha(e laid do1n the Mista0es concerning

the Matter of this /mmortal Dissol(ent! 1hich ,elmont Describes in

the Word 2ate?! 1hich properly /mports an hidden Source or

Fountain! so hidden indeed! that he himself says! 1hen this 1as

found eligion stood ama:ed! and 1ell may the eligious Man be so

indeed! 1hen their Descriptions are so 5ccult7 for from the Word

2ate?! 1hich in $ulgar eception signified 2i3uors! 1hich may be

properly concei(ed to be A3ueous and Spiritual! he presently comes

to tell you! that the Master8piece at 1hich Art is 2e(elled! is tofind out a Body7 1hich may play 1ith us in such a Symphony or

consenting ,armony! by eason of its e?3uisit Purity! that no

Corrupti(e Principle can find in it any ,eterogenities by 1hich to

1or0 in it a Dissipation of Parts7 here he immediately calls it a

Body7 hence 1e must for certain Conclude that this Source or

Fountain! tho< li3uid! does contain a Body in it! or else it 1ould

ha(e been (ain in him to ha(e directed us to such a Body for the

5b4ect! and that so Circumspectly and diligently! as to find it by

hard 2abour and /ndus 8try! saying you must be careful! or

sedulously /ndustrious about finding out such a Body! 1hich by

E?amen and Proof is (ery difficult to be found! because the Wordsimport! that there is no such Body in all ;atural Beings! that

does Ans1er 1hat this great Philosopher describes of his!

therefore 1e must Conclude! that these Words also import Art7 for

that /ndustry is also recommended! 1hich is as much as if he had

said you must see0 for the hidden Source or Fountain of ;ature!

and ni(ersal Spirit! 1hich Art must form into a Body7 but this

Son of Wisdom doubtless 1as afraid to spea0 after this plain blunt

manner! as a -yro does! for fear of e?posing the Secret too plain7

but 9tis clear! that this 1as the meaning! because nothing is so

hidden in ;ature as the Source of this ni(ersal Fountain! and

nothing in ;ature has Po1er to reduce Bodies by Symphony orconsenting

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,armony but 1hat does arise here from7 for in these latter Words

he also describes the ;ature and #uality of the Matter to ha(e t1o

Faces7 for that 1ithout there had been a Composition! the 1ord,armony needed not to ha(e been used7 so that in these Words

abundance of Matter is couched in little room! e(ery 1ord being a

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full Sentence7 ho1 lightly or slightly soe(er the eader may pass

them o(er+ 9-is true Star0ey does (ery 2earnedly stri0e the Mar0

in his E?position upon them! yet his Comment is so 1isely egu8

lated as to be 0ept as obscure! as the -e?t it self7 by this means

and method / find! that the Basis of this 2i3uor 1as by this

Philosopher designed to remain a Secret to the end of time+

-herefore or the Benefit of the true desires of Art! / shalldeli(er the Sub4ect Matter of this /mmortal 2i3uor 1ith much

clearness and Candidness! yet hope! that my Stile and Words 1ill

be such! as to cloath it by such a Medium! as that it may gi(e

2ight to the chosen Sons of Wisdom! yet at the same time cast a

Mist before the Eyes of the n1orthy+

-his Method being agreeable to di(ine Wisdom its self7 for 1e

find! that 1hat 1as a 2ight to the ,osts to the Children of

/srael! 1as a Cloud of Dar0ness of that of the Egyptians.

-hese -hings being Stated! / shall no1 come to theConsideration and lustration of that Sub4ect Matter they Point

forth! ( i :! the hidden Fountain must be of a double ;ature! or

1hat if / should say it must be a Body of Salt appearing under t1o

Faces! 1hich being united ma0es Symphony or Consenting ,armony7

the eason of 1hich is she1s7 for then it is a 2i3uor of that

e?cellent Purity! as to admit of no di(ision of Parts7 therefore

as / said before! 2abour couched in ,elmont"s Words+ -he Business

of ;ature in affording such an uni(ersal Fountain to the Artist!

that is the Basis of the said /mmortal 2i3uor7 and the Business of

Art is to 0no1 ho1 to ma0e it Corporal! and 1hen so Corporified to

contain t1o Faces! 1hich Faces Philalethes figures forth by rineand Blood7 the first Face is a Body! yet ne(ertheless may be

distilled into a Spirit! nay so ,omogeneous as not to lea(e one

6rain of fi?edness or Salt behind it! 1hich he describes to Distil

o(er in $eins li0e Spirit of Wine! and spea0ing (ery great of its

Acti(e #ualities in dissol(ing Bodies7 the #uery is put! 1hether

it is not the Al0ahest! the Ans1er is in the ;egati(e! saying! it

could not Subsist 1ithout Blood! and then presently comes to the

Affirmati(e concerning the Sub4ect8Matters of the Al0ahest!

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and says! it is Contained in Blood and rine7 these things may

grabble and amuse the -houghts of the n1ary concerning the

eallity and Possibility of these Assertions! yet ne(ertheless

they are as clear and Perspicuous to the Eye of the Wise! as the

Sun in his 2ustre upon the Meridien7 for the ni(ersal Spirit

being Concreted becomes a Mis t! $apor or Chaos! or rather an

nctious and $iscous Water! 1hich is the true Matter of all the

AncientPhilosophers! concerning 1hich ChaHasl ha(e 1ritten largely

in Mercury 9s Caduce and ha(e there she1n! that in its Womb is

contained the first Essence of all Forms! yet unspecificated! andso conse3uently it contains these t1o of rine and Blood 1hich

indeed are the rine and Blood of the great World! and not of Man7

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but more noble7 1hich my Eyes ha(e seen and my hands ha(e handled

made Corporal7 therefore / 1ould not ha(e you spend your time in

(ain! ga:ing on ,us0s or the outside Shell of things but Press for

the %ernel! or that e?cellent S1eetness 1hich is placed in the

Centre of Beings! 1hich can

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Dissol(es 8the ,ead or Blood7 and that these are the t1o

Principles spo0en of by Philalathes is (ery plain7 for in Pag. &I.

of his Secrets e(ealed! he calls it the first Ens of Salts!

saying the true Philosophers re4ected all Salts! one Salt only

e?cepted! 1hich is the first Ens of all Salts! 1hich dissol(es all

Metals! and by the same Wor0 Coagulates Mercury7 but this is not

done but by a $iolent 1ay and therefore that 0ind of Agent isagain separated both entirely in its 1eight and $ertue from the

thing it is put to+

And in his E?position upon ipley"s Epistle! spea0ing of the

Separation of the Sulphur from the Mercury of Bodies! he says!

9tis performed by the help of a 2i3uor dra1n from the first Ens of

Salts7 and ,elmont and Star0ey say as much calling it Ens Salium!

Summum Salium Felicissimum 1hich is

> '& >the (ery same! that / do here assert of it+ What shall / say! must

/ in e(ery 1ord -ransgress the Silence of Pythagoras 7 ;o+ Be

than0ful for this! for it had ne(er come to thy ,and! had / not

made a Solemn esolution in the time of my hard 2abours! S1eats

and Agony of Body and Spirit! that if e(er the Almighty Being

should bless me 1ith the %no1ledge of this 2i3uor! / 1ould then

deli(er it so Candid! as that my Writings should be a sure 2and8

mar0 to the undaunted Coaster in his /ntended $oyage to the ,a(en

of est7 1hich promise / ha(e here fully Accomplished in she1ing

the ni(ersal Source or Fountain! from 1hence this 2i3uor and the

great Eli?er doe arise! is one! so that more needs not to be saidas to this Point! therefore shall Conclude this Chapter.

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C,AP-E ///

-,E -E WA A;D MA;;E 5F PEPA/;6 -,E 2/#5 A2%A,ES-

-he Mista0es and also the true Matter being she1n! / shall no1

come to she1 the true manner of the Preparation of this great

Dissol(ent 1hich is (ery difficult7 for as Philalethes in his

E?position on ip leys 6ates! Pag. &K). says. the 2i3uor Al0ahest

is l times more difficult to Prepare than the great Eli?ir7 and

that upon good 6round has this 1orthy Author thus deli(ered it7

for the Eli?ir is a 1or0 of ;ature! and the Mercurial Po1er doth

Purge off the Dregs ;aturally! and it is called Eli?ir! so long as

it is Water! for as Count -re(isan says! A:oth is dra1n out of the

Eli?ir! as 5yl out of Water7 therefore as the Eli?ir is ;atural!the 2i3uor Al0ahest is Artificial! and as 2udo(icus de Comit!

says! (ery difficult to be searched into7 for it may be (ariously

thought of! being Artificial7 for the Sub4ect as it tends to

6eneration and Corruption in order to a more E?cellent Birth! is

then (ile and mutable! Proteus li0e puts on all Shapes7 and 1hat

1e search for must be pure and clear! and abo(e all things

/mmutable7 so that here is Chymical Faith re3uired to belie(e

before8hand and after sight 1ill Astonish eason to Contemplate

it! crying out 1ith an ,oly Admiration! 2ordN ho1 1onderfull art

thou in all thy Wor0s.

eadyN /f you 1ould Consider the 1or0 of Creation 9t1as the

(ery same7 for out of the rude Mass or Chaos 1as not only Produced

the most despicable 5b4ect 1e behold! but also the most 6lorious

Creature that e(er 1as Created! not only Paradise! but also the

-ranscendent 6lorious Angels! so that from this the difficulties

do arise! ho1 to proceed by Art in separation of this Chaos! as

also the due 1ay and manner of =oyning due Agents and Patients by

the separating of things ad4oyned! for 9tis not sufficient to

understand the A3ua $itae of the Wise! but you must also 0no1! ho1

to preser(e it from its Compeer or Water7 for being separated from

the strict -ye it had in the

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Elements! it 1ould rather pass o(er than come again to

Coagulation+ Again! 9tis easy to be destroyed! if you ta0e it

unripe! by the (iolent Fire of Separation+

-hese Difficulties did so Amuse and Pu::le me as to 0eep me

bac0 from the Possession of the said 2i3uor many ears! 1hich

%no1ledge / then (ained abundantly more than the Possession of

great -reasures7 but ho1e(er blessed be 6od / ha(e great eason to

say! that one Secret seldom disco(ers it self alone! for the

%no1ledge of one is a large step of Entrance into the other7 for

that in this Sub4ect both of them lye! in(isibly hidden! as it

1ere! under the strong folds of a Mine ra ' Ens !1hich the

/ndustrious hand must labour to ma0e Manifest7 1hich being

Effected! his time 1ill be little enough! to Comtemplate andAdmire at the sight of the 5peration its 1onderful Effects.

5bser(e! in the Manifestation 9tis reduced to the smallest

Attoms immaginable! through 1hich it arises to the Eminent Dignity

spo0en of7 for as ,elmont and Star0ey ha(e it! Ad minimos reductus

Atomos in ;atura possibiles! and c. dignius de Corpus non

reperiens cui ;uberet7 -his 2ate?! 1hich is $ile and Contemptible!

is ad(anced to the transcendent height of Purity and Perfection!

1hich Words! says the 2atter! are soon said! but not so soon

understood! and hardest of all to be done7 1hich is the eason of

the many difficulties mentioned in this Chapter! concerning itsPreparation.

9-is true! this 5peration is in fe1 Words taught by Parace8

lsus! 1here he says in his -reatise! De (iribus Membrorum Cap. de

,epate! the Process of the Al0ahest is t a Coagulatione sua

resol(atur! ac deinde Coaguletur in Formam transmutatum! sicut

Processus Coagulandi et esol(endi docet! Which short Process is

the greatest 2ight that acute Philosopher gi(es concerning this

Mistery7 no mar(el then if the Doctrine of its Preparation remains

so obscure in the World7 for Star0ey allo1s! that ,e'8mont

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the t1o 6rand Arcana

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stood ama:ed! the 2ate? being found! 1hich being reduced to the

smallest Attoms possible in ;ature despises the Wedloc0 of e(ery

Ferment! in (ain therefore is its -ransmutation sought for! not

finding a Body more 1orthy than its self 1hereunto it may be

4oyned. -he -hird disco(ers the Anomaly of this Production! in

these Words7 But the Art or 2abour of Philosophy hath brought

forth an Anomalous Product in ;ature! 1hich too0 its being 1ithoutMi?ture of any Ferment! di(ers or ,eterogeneous to its self and

the fourth contains a short Adumbration of the Process! the

Serpent bit himself! re(i(ed from the Poyson into a pure Essence!

o(er 1hich Death hath no Po1er. All 1hich to a Son of Wisdom /

ha(e 1ith much Candidness already e?plained7 but for the benefit

of -yro"s / shall no1 come to gi(e a farther illustration by 1ay

of Mecanic Demonstration.

/f Art 1ill from the 2ate? obtain a Body! it must be begun 1ith

Coagulation! and 1ith such Magnetical Earth! as Attracts the

Celestial aies and ni(ersal Spirit! and Concentrates them in theCentre! for that in the Centre the pure Parts of the Starry Fire

is digested! and in the Centre all the /nfluences meet! and from

the Centre does the li(ing Ferch proceed7 for 9tis the Central

Archaeus that Sublimes the Mineral $apour or those pure Spirits

that are of a dissol(ing ;ature7 this is the Body 1hich Art is

/ndustrious about and desirous to 0no1! e(en the Body of the

ni(ersal Salt and Sulphur of the great World7 for in the

Mecanical Demonstration from thence proceeds such a Spirit 1hich

in all ;ature has not its Compeer7 but before 9tis brought to that

,armony! as to admit of no Dissipation of parts! it must ha(e time

to maturate! and to form to its self some pure 6arments or aCompleat Coagulation! 1hich is done by Successi(e Animations! so

as to bring the Spirit of the Earth to permanency before it is

ta0en out of its ;est! and that is done by successi(e

etrogradations!

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or repeated Coagulations to bring this -rans(erse Wor0 of the

Earth the nearer to its purity! for then only it is! that it

admits no dissipation of Parts.

-he Body being found and thus purified! and its Spirit producedfrom the small /n(isible Putrified Attoms of the same doth cause a

eligious Astonishment7 that from so dry a Body as the Earth

should proceed the Central 2ate? or the most hidden i(ulet of the

great 5cean its self! nothing in the World being so pure it

despises to Contract Wedloc0 1ith e(ery specificated Form

1hatsoe(er! and so its -ransmutation is impossible! and indeed the

oftner this ni(ersal Spirit passes through the Entrals of the

Elements! the greater is its Purity and the fitter for Action7 for

on the other hand Matter could not Subsist! but by the continual

additional ays of its ni(ersality7 therefore! eader! etain thy

Amusement for a time! and thou shalt hear the Philosophical-rumpet calling thee to behold a 1onderful rarity! e(en the /ndian

Brachman"s Famous Water Wor0s! Contradistinct to all others! as it

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is a 1ell compacted Body of Fire burning in Water! and in full

2ustre and not e?tinguished7 for in the Decoction the Blood and

rine is Centrally one! but in the Coagulation they appear under

t1o Faces7 Philalethes says as much! spea0ing of the ne?t Matter

of the Al0ahest! says 9tis a Salt and the Fire surrounds the Salt!

and the Water s1allo1s up the Fire! and yet o(ercomes it not! and

so is made the Philosophers Fire! of 1hich they spea0! the $ulgarburn 1ith Fire! and 1e 1ith Water+ it being so transcendently pure

then scorns to be 4oyned 1ith any Compeer! so admits of no

Wedloc0.

,erein Consists the E?cellency of this 2i3uor that Art and

2abour conspire together to produce this Ens or being 1ithout any

mi?ture of any ferment Di(erse or ,eterogeneous to its self7 for

indeed its Composition is 1holly from ni(ersal Principles! or

$irgin Elements! and /n(isible ones too! for the Earth and the

Water of this Fountain is as /n(isible to the Eye of the $ulgar as

the Fire and Air! but being made Manifest to the Artist doConspire together to bring forth one Anomalous Birth7 therefore be

assured! from these Words this 6reat Philosopher 1ould point

forth! that this 2i3uor is not Compounded of t1o things of

different ;atures! for then it 1ould be Sub4ect to Death! but of

one thing alone e(en the most ni(ersal Salt of

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;ature! 1hich is di(ided into t1o! and returns to one again! soconse3uently is one in ;ature and Essence.

But no1 the Adumbration of the Process doth also she1 the

ni(ersality and ncompoundedness of this Ens! it is represented

by a Serpent biting himself and re(i(ing from the Poyson into a

pure Essence! o(er 1hich Death has no Po1er7 obser(e the Antient

Egyptians al1ays by a Serpent understood this ni(ersal Spirit7

because of the Subtilty of its Parts! and that Creature of all

others is the most Subtil! and therefore 1ell may it figure forth

by the holding its -ail in its Mouth ;atures Circulation from one

ni(ersal Element to another! till all the Elementary #ualitiesare unbanded! and the pure Essence of all e?tracted! 1hich mo(es

upon an /mmortal ,inge and therefore 1ill admit of no Dissipation

of Parts or E(aporation of Moisture7 for as it is ,omogene! 9tis

of an e3ual $olatility! and being the Celestial Fire made

-errestial by its o1n Po1er can

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6round against all 8opposing Enemies+ but fe1 are the %ings! 2ords

or ;obles! that ha(e been so happy to see the Battle fought by

this Anomalous Combatant! not only for the easons afore rendered!

but also for the tediousness of the Preparation! 1hich 1e shall

no1 come to spea0 of and so Conclude this Chapter.

As to the time of preparing this 2i3uor 9tis long and tedious!1hich ,elmont also Complains of! but Star0ey e?plains this to be

more upon the Account of the Stin0 in the first Preparation! than

of the tediousness or length of time7 for he 2imits it to a fe1

certain Days! 1hich / 0no1 is impossible to be Effected! unless he

begins to Calculate from the time that the Body is ripe and fit to

be bro0e by $iolence! and to be distilled o(er into a Spirit! then

to nite the Blood or other Face may be accomplished in his time+

But for my part / do comprehend from ,elmont 1hat E?perience

she1s! (i: that the time is long and tedious! and attended 1ith

many difficulties! 1hich ,elmont also

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0ne1! or else he 1ould not a Complained so much for the loss of

his Bottle7 Crying out! that / had remo(ed my ecei(er7 from

1hence 1e may readily Concei(e! that he suffered 2oss+2udo(icus de

Comitibus puts the #uestion beyond doubt concerning the

tediousness of the time 1here spea0s of the eduction and

etrogradation saying! it can

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use of all+ -herefore Paul"s Ad(ice 1as Sound and Candid! =udge

not ignorantly of things thou understandest not+ For indeed if 1e

loo0 upon the thing aright 9tis properly the Wor0 of 6od7 for as

-re(isan says concerning the E?altation of the Wor0 in the great

Eli?ir! 9tis done Christi 6ratia! /mporting that Man can

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Preparation! 1hich is chiefly and principally to be sought for at

the ,and of the Almighty7 these are Secrets 1hich belong

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to the Di(ine -reasury! and therefore the Aid or free lea(e of the

-riune Po1er must be implored! to open the Door of Entrance! 1hich

may other1ise for e(er remain shut to thee.

et / ha(e not been 1anting in these Sheets to Communicate my

E?perience! and Candidly to she1 the Preparation of this /mmortal

2i3uor! so far as 1as la1ful for me 1ithout e?posing it to the

,ands of debauched Persons and /mpostors! and he that can

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-,E D/FFEE;CE BE-WEE; -,/S 2/#5 A;D -,E

MEC 5F -,E P,/25S5P,ES

-he 2abour of the Candid and honest hearted is to untie those

difficult %nots! 1hich the en(ious ha(e al1ays been endea(ouring

to tye! and to bring the /ndustrious out of that 2abyrinth! 1here

they ha(e been entangled and be1ildered! so as to loose the ight

Path! and for this end / am 1illing to lend my ,and to conduct the

searcher through this Wood 1here many an honest hearted and

laborious Man / am 1ell satisfied ha(e lost their Way! as not

being able to distinguish the different Path of the 2i3uor

Al0ahest and Mercury of Philosophers! designing this Chapter as a

Plain and 0no1ing Pilot in this Case.

/ hope that nothing but /gnorance it self 1ill 3uestion the

$erity of 1hat / ha(e here deli(ered concerning the Foundation of

the Al0ahest and Mercury of Philosopher to be one! seeing / ha(e

on my side not only E?perience! but also the -estimony of 1orthy

Sons of Art! that they do both proceed from the first Chaos!

before Art hath underta0en to 1or0 upon it+ But here the

difference comes! one is prepared in a 1ay agreable to ;ature! the

other Artificial7 and conse3uently really di(ested from the

6enerati(e Po1er! being dra1n beyond the Predestination of its

;atural Seed7 the e?act E?ample of 1hich may be seen in a 6rain of

Wheat! 1hen 9tis so1n in its proper Matri?! in order toMultiplication by 6eneration7 or 1hen it is Artificially Prepared

and Fermented! and so dra1n into Spirit! in 1hich Wor0 the Seminal

and 6enerati(e $irtue is 1holly destroyed+ For here there is made

an Artificial Solution of the Seed not into Elements but Secundary

Principles7 and by this (iolent 1ay of Dissolution 9tis di(ested

of its Metallic Seed! and Conse3uently made unfit for the Act of

6eneration! as 1as she1ed 4ust no1 in the E?ample of the 6rain of

Wheat+ so by conse3uence must bring a consi8

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derable difference at their especti(e Ends.

et ne(ertheless both these as they arise from one ni(ersal

Fountain there may be some li0eness in them and for this eason

the Description does in some Sence resemble both the one and the

other! that fe1 ha(e been able to distinguish the true difference!

and the more by the shifting Speeches of Writers! 1ho confound theone 1ith the other! that so the Artist may be easily entangled!

because they ha(e not so much as differenced them in ;ame! ;ature

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or 5peration7 for $an ,elmont says! that the 2i3uor Al0ahest

dissol(es e(ery $isible and -angible Matter into the first Ens!

preser(ing its Po1er! 1hich Words preser(ing its Po1er is also

attributed to the. Mercury of Philosophers7 other Philosophers

say! 9tis a fiery Water! and 2ightsom! and -urba Philos. and

Senior say! our Water is a Fire! and stronger than any Fire for it

reduces the Body of 6old into a meer Spirit! 1hich the Common Firecould ne(er be able to do7 the li0e also says Artephius7 the (ery

same thing is by others attributed to the Al0ahest+ ,elmont says

that as there is but one Fire in the World! so there is but one

2i3uor in the World! no other parta0ing in #uality 1ith it7 and

6eber says! the most high hath gi(en us the %no1ledge of this

Water! 1hich lights the Candle gi(es 2ight to ,ouses and yields

abundance of iches+ /t 1ould be too tedious to enumerate the

Parallels of this 0ind concerning the Al0ahest and Mercury of

Philosopher+ so that 9tis (ery difficult for the uns0ilful and

un1ary to distinguish their true difference! 1hich is mostly to be

Comprehended from those Words! 1here 9tis said! the one is a 1or0of ;ature! the other of Art7 so are they different in appearance!

for as a late Author says! that / may pre(ent a Common Error! (i:!

the confounding our ;atural Dissol(ent 1ith our Circulated Salt or

Al0ahest some /gnorant Boasters 1ho neither 0no1 the one! nor the

other! ha(ing taught that they are both the same! / shall so far

she1 the Difference! that no -yro but may effectually distinguish

them in his -heory. %no1 therefore! and ;ote 1ell this short

distinction! there is no Affinity bet1een them either in Matter or

5peration+ -hey differ in Matter! as much as one Species doth from

another! the one being Metal lin the other Saline+ -hey differ in

their 5perations! as much as 2o(e and Wrath7 the one in 2o(ePreser(ing! the other in Wrath Destroying! 2ife and Motion.

-his Author by his good lea(e spea0s right in the 5peration!

but strains

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the String too far concerning the Matter! as too many eformers

do! and so cause Errors on the other ,and! e3ual to those they

1ould eform! thereby ma0ing many to grope for the Door of

Entrance! or middle 1ay! 1hich leads directly to the Path of-ruth+ For be sure as they proceed from one Matter! both

ni(ersal! there is something of Assimilation in them7 for as much

as they are both performed by 1ay of Solution and Coagulation!

both tedious and difficult in searching out7 and the Sub4ect

Matter so far e?alted from its former State! as that it becomes a

Wor0 of Wonder7 and for certain they must ha(e something of

li0eness! or else those Artists 1ere (ery /gnorant! 1ho ga(e them

one Denomination! calling them by the li0e ;ame! as Fiery Water

and Watry Fire! /mmortal and ,omogeneous Essences! A'0ahest! 1hich

is all 6host or Spirit! the first Ens of Salts! and ha(e attribu8

ted Supernatural $ertue to both7 and from these and such li0eni(ersal -erms and ;ames! 9tis (ery easy for the Searcher to be

decei(ed.

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Wherefore / shall no1 come to gi(e you a clear and general

Account! 1herein they agree! and 1herein they disagree! and then

she1 you the eason! 1hy they are thus described! then gi(e you

the true and proper signification of the 1ord Al0ahest! and 1hy

,elmont ga(e the 2i3uor this ;ame7 for / ha(e ta0en some pains

after the /n3uiry thereof! so that / am able to render aSatisfactory eason+

First of all / shall /nstance in some particulars! 1herein they

agree+

First! the Mercury of the Philosophers and this Circulated Salt

agrees! in that they are both ni(ersal! one for the 6raduation

and E?altation of Metals! the other for Dissol(ing all Bodies+

Secondly! -hey agree in this! that as one preser(ed the Seed in

order to Multiplication by 6eneration! so the other preser(es the

Crasia and Medicinal $ertue of Species in order to healing7 for in

the Dissolution it admits of ;othing to fly a1ay in Fume+-hirdly! -hey agree in this! the one is the Emblem of Man

paration! as to the Matter they both Proceed from the first Ens of

Salts! and as to the manner! 9tin by Solution and /nter(ening

Coagulation! till brought to an e?alted Perfection+ Si?thly and

2astly! -hey agree in that they are both made from the ni(ersal

Chaos! as also in the manner of their Composition7 for the Mercury

of the Philosophers is Compounded of Sulphur and Mercury7 but the

2i3uor Al0ahest of Salt and Fire and Blood7 and both brought to

such an /ndissoluble Bond of 2o(e and nity! as ne(er to be

separated either in 2o(e or Woe7 both ,omogeneous and /mmortal!

and both ni(ersal Dissol(ents+ ,a(ing she1n 1herein they agree! /shall no1 come to spea0 of that 1herein they disagree.

First! -hey differ in this! 1hereas the Wor0 of the

Philosophers Mercury is purely ;atural! so the Process of the

/mmortal Dissol(ent is meerly Artificial+ For as in this Wor0 the

Sulphur or 6old is e?alted to the highest Pitch and Degree of

Perfection so in the preparation of the great ,i lech of

Paracelsus! it is reduced from a ;atural to a Contranatural State.

Secondly! -hey disagree in this! 1here the Mercury of the

Philosophers is an ,omogeneous Metallic Ens Co8essential in all

its parts! true Mercury! of a middle Substance clear li0e pureSil(er! being bright Celestial and Shining! and not so Essential

to any thing as 6old! it being its ni(ersal Mother does radically

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congeal upon it7 therefore as -re(isan says! no Menstruum is

profitable in the Philosophic Wor0! but that 1hich dissol(es the

Body in a 6enerati(e 1ay! and then recongeals upon the Body

dissol(ed! so the Philosophers Solution of the Body is a

Congelation of the Spirit7 and upon this Account they ha(e

re4ected all those Solutions! as Sophistical! 1here the Dissol(ent

and Dissol(ed remain not Permanent together+

Whereas the Al0aheat or Sal Circulatumis a Saline 2i3uor!! and

therefore by Paracelsus sometimes called the 2i3uor of Salts and

doth Dissol(e Bodies! but remains not 1ith them! being as easy

separable from them! as the Spirit of Sulphuris from 5yl. -hirdly!

-here is a Disagreement bet1een the Mercury of the Philosophers

and 2i3uor Al0ahest in the manner of their 5peration and Action on

Bodies! for the Mercury dissol(es 6old and all Precious Stones and

Pearls by 1ay of 6eneration! and E?altation! for the 2ife and $er8

tue is Multiplied! and they may be reduced to their first Form in

greater $ertue and Beauty! and of more $alue to the Metallurgistand =e1eller! but the

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2i3uor Al0ahest dissol(es not only 6old! but also all the other

Metals! by 1ay of Destruction! so that the 6enerati(e $irtue is

defaced and 1holy obliterated! and in this eduction into their

first Matter it gi(es a certain -estimony of their Di(ersity! as

Metals into Sulphur and Mercury! Stones into a Saline 2i3uor! and

Pearles into a Mil0y =uice. Fourthly! -hey disagree in this! theMercury of Philosophers at the end of its Preparation 1ill become

fi?t and Permanent abiding all the fiery -ryals! in form of a

Cai?! yet as fusible as Wa? Penetrating. Mercury! and other

$olatile Bodies before their Flight and fi?es them7 1hereas the

2i3uor Al0ahest at its respecti(e end of Preparation is a

Ponderous Saline 2i3uor in form of Water! 1hich 1ill moysten the

,and and e(ery thing else! and as it is 1holy Saline and $olatile

9t1ill not endure the Fire! but 1ill remain in its form Distilling

o(er in a Saline 2i3uor being altogether /ncapable of Coagulation!

and by that means dissol(es all fi?t Bodies 1hatsoe(er! not into

Elements but into more simple Parts. Fifthly! -heir Differenceconsists in this! 1hereas the Mercury of Philosophers is made by a

remiss Fire of 6eneration! e(en the Aireal 2ife and 2unar Fire

being the Medium in perfecting it by gentle Decoction from Point

to Point! 1hich egimen of the Fire has been carefully bid by all

Artists! in that 9tis called the $essel of ;ature! or Mercurial

$essel! Pondus ;aturae7 Whereas the 2i3uor Al0ahest is made by the

most (iolent Fire of separation! for the Spirit is by $iolence not

only Distilled from the Earth in Fiery form7 but that is nited to

the Blood! 1hich produces that ,ellish Fire that brings all

/mperfect Metals to a greater /mperfectness! though not8

1ithstanding it ma0es them the more Po1erful and Efficacious forthe e?pelling and rooting out of Diseases and /nfirmities! for

being brought to their first Ens they dissol(e and circulate 1ith

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our =uyces! as being then thin and Spirituous! and so perform that

in the curing Diseases! 1hich in their hard and gross ;atures

could ne(er be e?pected from them. Si?thly and 2astly! -he

Philosophers Mercury and 2i3uor Al0ahest differ in this! the one

may be brought to an ni(ersal Medicine! the other has no

Medicinal $ertues in it+

For as Philalethes says! this Mercury thus reno(ate or ne1 born!

may by the Philosopher be di(ersly handled7 for he may ta0e it

from the Fire! and Circulate and Cohobate this Mercury by a

Peculiar 5peration! 1hich is partly Mechanical! till he ha(e a

most admirable! pure! subtil Spirit! in 1hich he

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may dissol(e Pearls and all 6ems! and Multiply them or his ed

Stone! before it be united 1ith a Metal in Pro4ection! for thema0ing of Aurum Potabile+ and in this Mercury! thus Circulated! is

doubtless the Mystery of the ne(er fading 2ight! 1hich / ha(e

actually seen! but yet not Practically made. /n a 1ord! e(ery one

1ho hath this e?uberate Mercury bath indeed at Command the sub4ect

of Wonders! 1hich he may imploy himself in many 1ays! both

admirably and pleasantly. And certainly! he that hath this! needs

no /nformation from another7 himself no1 standing in the Center!

he may easily (ie1 the Circumference! and then 5peration 1ill be!

ne?t the Spirit of 6od the best 6uide+ So that the Mercury of

Philosopher! being brought to fi?ity! may be made an ni(ersal

Medicine! for the Curing all Diseases! and eno(ating andestoring to outhful strength and $igour7 1hereas the 2i3uor

Al0ahest! be it ne(er so highly multiplied or E?alted! cannot

properly be said to be a Medicine! but a Menstruum! 1hich is a

Proper help or Medium to prepare Medicines by! and in it self

still remains unchangeable! being as Star0ey8 says! endued 1ith

these #ualities7 $i: 9-is a Ponderous 2i3uor! being indeed all

Salt! 1ithout any Watry Flegm7 it is all $olatile being 1holly a

Spirit! 1ithout any Corporeity left in it! of no eminent 5dour!

for all things 1hich send out an odour considerable! are for the

most part of a (ery $olatile ;ature! or consist of many

,eterogenities. /t is not therefore $olatile after the manner ofSpirit of Wine! rine! or the li0e! 1hich fly 1ith the smallest

degree of heat! but li0e unto a ponderous Spirit! 1hich yeilds

its Flegm in the first place this 1hen it bath dissol(ed any

$egetable Concrete! and made it $olatile! 1ill suffer the same by

a gentle heat of Balneum Maria! to be all separated from its self!

and c.

From 1hat has been here said! concerning the Agreement and

Disagreement of these t1o! / hope! the diligent /n3uirer after Art

1ill recei(e good satisfaction! and for the future be freed from

those doubts and Errors! 1hich might before occasion much -roubleand Perple?ity of mind+ -his 1as the end / proposed to my self!

throughout the 1hole of my discourse7 this therefore may suffice

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as to this Point7 / shall no1 proceed to spea0 of the Proper ;ames

of this Dissol(ent.

But by the 1ay eader obser(e! that the /n(ention of this

2i3uor! in these Parts of the World is o1ing to Paracelsus7 thus

Philalethes! and also

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adds! that among the Moors and Arabians! it bath been! and is at

this day! commonly 0no1n to the Acuter sort of Chymists! then

conse3uently 1e must depend! that Paracelsus did gi(e the most

significant and Proper ;ames to it! and 9tis plain from ,e lmonts

o1n Writings! that he diligently Studied and -raced his Wor0s! and

at length through 2abour came to understand them! and amongst

other things! obtained the %no1ledge of such a dissol(ing

Menstruum! as Paracelsus often 1rites of7 and seeing this 2i3uorto contain an homogeneous ;ature! spiritually acting! and after

almost innumerable Actions still remaining the same! Spirits

being immortal and this 2i3uor pro(ing so! be therefore not

improperly called it! Al0ahest7 although! as / shall she1 by and

by! this ;ame doth more properly belong t the Mercury of

Philosopher! and that! this 1as the design of Paracelsus in it7

ho1e(er by the 1ay! / shall e?amin the deri(ation or oot! of this

Word! 1hich is from the Belgic or rather ,igh Dutch. 2anguage7 in

,olland or Flanders! 1here $an ,elmont li(ed! 6eest is as much

as to say in English Spirit and in the 6erman -ongue! 9tis much

higher and 6uttural! being e?pressed Alchahest 1hich signifiesAll Spirits or all Spiritual+ 1hich Word Alcahest Paracelsus

ma0es mention of in the -enth Boo0 of his Archido?es. Chap. Jth.

1here treating of the $irtue of the Members! says that the 2i3uor

Alchahest! has a great po1er of Conser(ing and Comforting the

2i(er! and conse3uently of Preser(ing it from the Dropsie! and all

such as arise from the defect of the 2i(er! and if the 2i(er is

dissol(ed or bro0en! it stands in the Place of a ne1 2i(er+

-he Process thereof is this! it must be resol(ed from its

Coagulated state! and Coagulated again into a -ransmuted Form! as

the Process! of Coagulation and Dissolution -eaches. -his Passageis the only Place! 1herein Paracelsus has made use of this ;ame!

it being not to be found else1here in all his Writings! so that

9tis plain to us that Belmont has borro1ed this ;ame from him!

therefore 1e must according to eason and E?perience consider!

1hether Paracelsus meant this 2i3uor or not7 because the Process

set do1n! (i:t @ Solution and Coagulation is ali0e and Common! as

hath been already touched at! not only to the Preparation of both

these

but li0e1ise to most Chymical Magisteries.

;o1 the 2i(er is the Fountain of the Blood! and is the seat of

2ife ne?t

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the heart! the Blood being there Prepared for a further

Elaboration and Purification! in order tO gi(e the Body! its

;ourishment for the Production of Seed! and Conse3uently for the

maintaining of 2ife! and c. And 9tis plain by e?perience7 thatthis 2i3uor 1ill by greater length of time! dissol(e all mi?t

Beings by its Acti(e! -hin! Spirituous Penetrati(e! Dissol(ing and

,omogeneous ;ature! in a ;atural degree of ,eat e3ual to that of

the 2i(er! and separate them into their distinct Substances!

suffering not any thing to fly a1ay in Air or Fume7 so that to me

here arises the difficulty to thin0! ho1 this should 1or0 that

different Effect! of healing and restoring the 2i(er! and not

rather dissol(e it! as it does other mi?t beings+ -he doubt is

beyond my reason at present to gi(e an Ans1er to! and / suppose

1ill so remain for e(er! for / do not so much as once intend to an

E?periment! to try its $irtues in this Case7 ha(ing! besides 1hatis already offered! t1o Substantial easons against it7 the First

is! that this 2i3uor being difficult to be prepared! 1ould be too

costly to be administered by 1ay of Medicine7 for a easonable

Practise 1ould soon diminish a considerable #uantity! so that this

great -reasure 1ould in little time! be e?hausted and come to

nothing! if gi(en by 1ay of Medicine! 1hereas 9tis perpetual by

1ay of Menstruum+ -he Second is! that the Philosophers gi(e no

directions for the E?hibition of the White Stone in1ardly! but in

Epilepsies and Palsies ! and other Diseases of the Brain! 1hich is

under the dominion of the Moon! much less its White 5yl but for

E?ternals! as 2eprosies! Scabs! $irulent lcers! Fistulas.!Cancers! ;oli me -angere! etc! and the li0e7 ho1 they should then

dare to e?hibit a Spirit so Acti(e and Fiery! yet much more Crude

than these! / 0no1 not7 neither indeed can / be made to belie(e!

that e(er ,elmont or any other of the Adepts ! did e(er once so

much as ma0e use of it by 1ay of Medicine! and Conse3uently could

not be this 2i3uor ! 1hich Paracelsus meant! 1here he spea0s of

the Cure of the 2i(er! but rather of the 6rand Eli?er.

But 9tis abundantly more probable! that they ser(ed themsel(es

there1ith in the Preparations! of Drugs and all 0ind of species!

in order to bring them to Magisteries! Arcana * 8

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from the foregoing Words of Paracelsus! that his Al0ahest really

1as Medicinal7 for he e?pressly says! if the 2i(er 1ere bro0en or

destroyed! it 1ould be in place of a ne1 2i(er7 no1 from the

foregoing Considerations! this 2i3uor can *' 8

he has gi(en other ;ames to this dissol(ing Menstruum! and those

mostly used by him are the great ,ilech and Sal Circulatum7 for

these are generally to be traced through his Writings! and 9tis

easy to be discerned! that he puts a great distinction bet1een

this dissol(ing 2i3uor and the Mercury of Philosophers 7for the

2i3uor! he calls Circulatum Minus and Mercury of Philosophers

Circulatum Ma4us as is plainly to be Pro(ed from the Process

gi(en! 1here be saith! thou must e?tract the first

Ens of Mercury by Spirit of Wine! and it 1ill come o(er in a2i3uid substance 1hich says he is called by the Philosophers a

most sharp Metalline Ace turn! and by us in our Archido?es

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Circulatum Ma4us. Archido? 2ib '. Chapter the th.

-his Distinction and Process cannot be rightly understood by

any! but an Adeptus Duplicatus for to the obtaining of this Spirit

of Wine the Wor0 is one! and is Performed by the concurring help

of an Assistant7 other1ise tt1ill be impossible to be obtained but

being gotten! the difference Consists in the Forcible 1ay ofdissol(ing the Body and the ;atural by the Spirit of Wine! to

e?tract the first Ens of Mercury!! in 1hich the Blood is united

and Cleansed! and so brought to the gentle or Benignent Fire of

;ature! 1hich is one 1ith Central Salt ;itre and also the Magical

Sol7 for it unites to the Center 1ith a 1onderful Fermentati(e

Po1er+ ;o1 this Spirit of Mercury! or Mercurial Fire and 5yl! is

by Artephius not improperly called the $inegar of Mountains! and

by Paracelsus the most sharp Metalline Acetum7 for it performs

that 1hich common Fire could ne(er do! (i:t. dissol(es the Body in

Preser(ation of the Form! and brings it to a Spirit! to be e?alted

aloft in the Air! 1here Celestial Purity! and the strengtheningMultiplicati(e $ertue is7 that Spirit! 1ill again return to and

unite 1ith the Body! 1hich Circulation is continued till the

ni(ersal Mercury! has e?tracted the uni(ersal Sulphur! and then

is it truly and properly called the Circulatum Ma4us! or Alchahest

as thou pleaseth! the ;ame being proper to the Eli?er it self! as

may be plainly discerned from the foregoing Passage of the said

Author! 1here he tells you! that 1hen it has o(ercome its 2i0e! it

becomes a Medicine for the 2i(er! e?celling all other Medicines7

and to1ards the end Adds! $erily should the 2i(er it self be

bro0en or dissol(ed yet this stands in the place of the 1hole

2i(er! no other1ise

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than if it had ne(er been bro0en or dissol(ed as aforehinted+ So

that the Medicine from the Authors o1n Words! by 1hich the 2i(er

is cured is no other than Mercury Prepared! Sublimed! $i(ified

into a ne1 2ife7 and ha(ing passed the gates of Death comes to be

united into a t1ofold 2ife! -errestrial and Celestial! and sobecomes that Medicinal -incture! 1hich is a true Emblem of Man

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Purity in the three %ingdoms of ;ature! Animal! $egetable or

Mineral7 therefore may be properly said to be a Medicine for the

2i(er! this being a Member or Part7 1hich so much Concerns the

2ife of man+ ;o1 this 1ill manifest it self here a Medicine abo(e

all Medicines in order to restore firm Sanity+ And that it may be

yet more plainly concei(ed! that Paracelsus spo0e concerning the

Philosophers -incture.! / 1ill 3uote the Words of the famousArabian Prince 6eber in his th Boo0 Chap ten '. -here is a

Medicine says he of a t1ofold ;ature of the third order! yet but

one in Essence and manner of 1or0ing after1ards cunningly adding

there is not1ithstanding an Addition of a Citrine Coloured

Sulphur! 1hich is perfected by a most clean substance of fi?ed

Sulphur+ Behold ho1 its li0e is o(ercome after the first

Preparation -his plainly she1s that the li0e! 1hich is to be

o(ercome! is the (ery same! that Paracelsus spo0e of! as / ha(e

e?perimental eason to belie(e+ -his from the -estimony of Don8

naeus and 2udo(icus de Comitus! is also confirmed to be that of

the great Eli?er.

Concerning its Spirituality! / shall add a Passage or t1o more

for the greater Confirmation of 1hat is here said+ Basil

$alentine! in his last Will and -estament and Allegorical

E?pressions Page. *K. bet1een the ,oly -rinity and the

Philosophers Stone! Compares his Mercury to

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6od the Father! as being a Spiritual Body7 and the PhilosophersSulphur or 6old to 6od the Son! 1ho is 6od and Man! 1hich Sulphur

must dye and rise again for its Brothers and Sisters sa0e! being

then a glorious Body! redeeming and -inging them to Eternal 2ife+

and 1hen these t1o come together saith he! they are called Mercury

Duplicate7 from 1hence proceeds our third Substance! 1hich is our

6lorified and fi?ed Sol! the Philosophers Stone! or Spiritual

Essence of the Philosophers! called the -riune Stone! proceeding

from -1o! Water and Spirit! Animal and $egetable in the Mercury

and the Mineral li(ing Sulphur of Sol ! 1hich are -hree! -1o! and

yet but 5ne. ;o1 obser(e! this Authors Mercury Duplicate is the

same 2i0e! 1ith that of 6eber and Paracelsus! 1hich the Mercury1ill o(ercome! and then it becomes the Medicine or Alchahest

spo0en of.

-hus ha(ing gi(en you some Account and eason! of the ;ames

imposed by Authors on this 2i3uor! / shall no1 come to gi(e you

some eason for our Additional ;ame! (i:. -rifertes Sagani! 1hich

is as Proper a ;ame! for this 2i3uor! as any gi(en by the Adepts!

it being Spirits born in and Predominant o(er the fire! nay it

inhabits the fire! e(en that fire that hath Po1er to dissol(e the

four Elements and educe them to its o1n ;ature of ni(ersality.

;o1 this 2i3uor being thus Prepared is a Compleat %ey to theMedicinal Art! and doth open the -reasury of Medicines in the

three %ingdoms of ;ature! in a 1ay succedeanous to nothing but the

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great Eli?er.

But seeing the use of this 2i3uor is manifold and (arious and

1ill re3uire a 1hole Chapter! / shall omit spea0ing of it here and

refer you to the ne?t7 1here its (ertues are fully she1n7 and come

a little to consider the E?ercise of a laborious Searcher! 1hich

he meets 1ithal in his search+ -he first E?ercise is to come tothe 0no1ledge of a true Sub4ect Matter 1hich is (ery difficult+

for the Philosophers Words concerning /t are so obscure and

hidden! and the Matter /n(ol(ed in such -ropes and Metaphors !

that it re3uires a more than ordinary help to come to a right

understanding to dis 8tinguish rightly and truly and genuinly 1hat

the Matter is! 1hich beyond all Controle is candidly done in these

Sheets.

-he second Difficulty that the 2abourer meets 1ithal! is to

distinguish bet1een true Boo0s and those 1hich are false and

Sophistically Written! 1hich indeed is a 2abyrinth! e3ually asdifficult as the former concerning

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the Matter7 For a false Author is li0e a 1rong 6uide upon a

=ourney! for if in the beginning of the same! ,e goes but a fe1

steps in a 1rong Path! and then follo1s the same! may in the

Conclusion be led clear contrary to his designed end! and indeed

it is of greater Conse3uence in search! because there is fe1 or

none to be met 1ith in all our Course! that can direct to the

right 1ay+ ;o1 there is in Scripture a Curse pronounced on allthose! 1ho put the Blind out of his 1ay! 1hich Curse 1ill ta0e

hold on all those Sophistical Writers! /n that there is no

Blindness greater than the Spiritual Blindness! 1hether in things

;atural or Di(ine! and therefore 9tis a (ery great difficulty to

distinguish them asunder! 1hich being done the false are to be

shuned as much as the De(il himself! 1ho is the Author of all

/mposture.

A -hird Difficulty is after you distinguish Authors! to come to

some 0no1ledge and nderstanding of the true! concerning the Scope

and /ntention of their Writing! both as to -heory and Practice71hich indeed is a Difficulty surmounting the former! former for

these easons+ -he first is their Circumlacutions and large

Descriptions of things 1hen as indeed it may be comprehended in

little Compass7 the second is their Multiplicity of epetitions of

one and the same thing! only 1ith some (ariation of Words! only to

amuse the eader+ -he third is by such (oluminous Writings they

ha(e the more room and 2iberty to Confound their 5perations!

spea0ing of one thing 1here they ought to spea0 of another7 by

1hich Preposterous manner of Writing the Searcher can

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;ature! nor possible for Art to perform+ For 1hat is to be

gathered from the most concurring Writings of them all is! that

the Matter can *I >

or Money of your o1n to carry on your search and 2abours7 for

though you ha(e ne(er so much %no1ledge and ha(e o(ercome all the

other difficulties! yet 1ithout money to build Furnaces! buy6lasses and Con(enient (essels! and Coals! you can

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C,AP-E $

-,E SE 5F -,E 2/#5 A2%A,ES-! C/C2A-M M/;S

5 6EA- ,/2EC, 5F BE2M5;- A;D PAACE2SS.

/n this Chapter! / shall come to she1 you the se of the

Circulatum Minus! 2i3uor Alchahest! or Sal Circulatum of Belmont

and Paracelsus in dissol(ing ni(ersally all sublunary Concretes

into their first Matter! none e?cepted! for nothing opposes it!

but its Compeer or Water! and the Central heart! of Mercury7 the

one destroys! it! and the other remains untouched by its Acti(ity7

for all other Beings are so Essentially dissol(ed! as that they

may be brought o(er the ,elm! in their true Essences7 nay by

Cohobation they may be reduced to an Elementary Water7 thereforefor the good and Benefit of Man0ind! / could be heartily glad that

the e?cellency and itlity of this Menstruum! 1ere better 0no1n!

since ,elmont! Paracelsus and Star0ey! put such ;oble Encomiums on

it+ for as the first of these says! /n ;ature there is but one

Fire! 1hich is our consuming $ulcan! none other parta0ing in

$irtue and #uality 1ith it! all the true Adepti ha(e an undeniable

Proof of! 1hich indeed is far more po1erful than any Common Fire!

for 1hat 1ill remain there! as uncon3uerable! is by this 2i3uor

destroyed and Altered radically and fundamentally7 the Mechanical

Practise 1ith it is thus.

2et this 2i3uor or Fire be distilled from any Metal soft and

/mperfect! and it doth at first or second time lea(e them in a

fusible Substance li0e Wa?! of 1hich the Sulphur or -incture is

dissol(able in the best Spirit of Wine! and from the residue

being 0ept three days in a (aporating heat Mercury 3uic0 and

running may be separated! the same may be done in harder Metals!

yea! in Perfect Metals! in a longer time! by oftner reiterated

Cohobations.

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But this Fire being once distilled from Mercury $ulgar! it

lea(es it Coagulated and Fi?ed! so the it 1ill endure the -est of

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tryed 1hich is by putting them into a Pail or -ub of Water 1ithin

t1o /nches up to the mouth then blo1 your Breath! if there be any

Air hole! the Water 1ill bubble! then not fit for use7 -hese ser(e

for Digestion! Dissolution! and also Distillation! because you may1or0 them either standing upright! or lying do1n! as your occasion

shall re3uire7 being thus pro(ided 1ith $essels you may begin your

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to ha(e their Eminent $ertue! 1ithout losing those peculiar

E?cellencies! 1hich depend on the $ita ltima of the Concrete!

other1ise a speedier Preparation ma0es the Medicine no less

Effectual for Curing Diseases! though less po1erful as to long

2ife+ out of Myrrh! Aloes and Safron! an E?cellent Antihectical

Medicine! as also against 2ypothymy"s Deli3uia"s! Con(ulsions! and

Palsies @ -hus much for $egetables! / shall no1 gi(e you a shortSur(ey of Stones! Pearl and Coral! and lastly of Minerals+ -hough

/ must confess by the 1ay! that if your 2i3uor does radically

dissol(e a charcoal! it is as certain a sign! that it is true! as

if it did dissol(e 6old it self7 for according to Belmont! the

Wor0 succeeds 1ell upon Charcoal7 but 9tis admirable to see ho1

the 5perations 1ill be changed and (aried according to the Degree

of Fire! and diuturnity of digestion.

-a0e of the Stone 2udus! in Subtil Po1der! and of the

Dissol(ent ana! # $! digest t1enty four hours then distill! and

9t1ill be con(erted 1holly into a Salt! 1hich being Calcined 1illin a cold Moist Air easily run p. deli3+ 1hich 1ill certainly Cure

the Stone 1ith all its Attendants.

-a0e of Pearl! 1hat 3uantity you please7 and of the 2i3uor!

e3ual Proportion! 1hich being therein /mmerged! 9t1ill dissol(e

into a Mucilage a gentle Maceration of some hours preceding

esol(able in Spirits of Wine. -he same may be done on Crabs Eyes!

but sooner+ 9-is an e?cellent Medicine! for comforting the heart!

gi(ing strength to the (ery Marro1 and Bones+

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Coral so dissol(ed is a Medicine that restores sense to those

berea(ed of it! Comforts the Brain! Memory and ,eart! e?pelling

sadness and Melancholly! and ma0ing a chearful and healthy

Constitution.

5bser(e 1ith this 2i3uor you must use no acid Spirit! or Salt!

or Corrosi(e of 1hat sort soe(er. For 1here e(er such things are

used! as Mediums 1hether for Mercury! or any other! they must be1ell 1ashed off and made s1eet before the Al0ahest is put on7

therefore in Sulphur fine Flo1ers are the best+ 5f these ta0e 1hat

3uantity you please! of 2i3uor E3ual Proportion Digest for the

space of t1o days! and after1ards Cohobate t1ice or thrice! they

1ill come o(er the ,elm in form of a (ery ed 5yl! separable from

the 2i3uor by a separating 6lass+ E?cellent in the Consumption!

Coughs ! and the li0e7 us not only a Preser(ati(e of Man

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Magistery of 2ead! and an E?cellent Medicine for all burnings and

/nflammations 1hatsoe(er.

-a0e of the Flo1ers of Antimony! sublimed 1ith Sal Ammoniac0

and dulcified! or of the Alcohol of Antimony! 1hich is better! one

5unce of the 2i3uor Al0ahest! three 5unces! put them into a

etort! and digest si? hours! at furthest then still off theDissol(ent! and you 1ill ha(e a true Medicine! 1hich /nfallibly

Cures the Dropsie.

-a0e of Precipitate (ery 1ell edulcorated! made after 1hat

manner you please! one 5unce! of the Dissol(ent t1o 5unces! and

ha(ing been digested & hours Distil! and you

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rol! and Calcine it till it be thoroughly 1asted in the Fire 1hat

1ill 1ast7 then dulcifie the Colcothar 1ith distilled ain Water

and dry it (ery 1ell! to the $itriol thus prepared! add of the

Fire or 2i3uor ! e3ual Parts for it 1ill be dissol(ed easily and

Friendly! distil off your 2i3uor ! and pour it bac0 again7 and

thus Cohobate it at the least '& or 'I times! so 1ill all the Body

of the Colcothar be brought o(er the ,elm! in form of a 6reen2i3uor7 digest this same in the gentle heat of a Bath! for about a

Month and then distil it in a slo1 Fire! so 1ill the 1hole

Metalline substance of the $enus! come o(er! lea(ing the 2i3uor

belo1 in the etort! in its entire Pondus and $irtue+ -o this

2i3uor or Spirit put an e3ual 3uantity of Sal Armoniac0! dissol(ed

in as much Water as 1ill dissol(e it! so shall you separate the

6reen

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2i3uor from a White Sediment! 1hich White Sediment! 1ill gi(e a

White Metal! as fi?ed as Sil(er and 1ill abide the -est of Saturn!

but yet formally distinct from Sil(er 1hich thou if a

Philosopher shalt easily percei(e ho1e(er as good to a

Metalurgist as the best Sil(er7 the green 2i3uor dry up in a $iol

6lass! by e(aporating all the Moysture! for its the Sulphur of

$enuL mi?ed 1ith the Sal Armoniac0! by 1hich ;ote that it is

fi?ed so that it 1ill abide all Fire! this Sulphur e?tract 1ith

the most pure Spirit of Wine! 1hich 1ill dissol(e it! lea(ing the

Sal Armoniac07 distil a1ay then from it thus dissol(ed yourSpirit of Wine! and you ha(e left a (ery fragrant green 5yl of

$enus! 1hich is Sulphur Essensisicated! by these 5perations! as

s1eet to tast as the best ,oney! than 1hich ;ature hath not a more

So(eraign emedy for most not tosay all Diseases+ this is the

true ;epenthe of Philosophers! causing certain est! and ass1aging

all Paines! but e(er after sleep lea(ing the Party either sensibly

amended in more (iolent and diuturnal Diseases or 3uite 1ell in

the less rigid Maladies+ -hus also from 2apis ,ematitis and

Spelter may be had ;oble Medicaments! also from the Sulphur of

Antimony! and more especially from Common Mercury7 for if you

Cohobate the 2i3uor so long till its body is brought o(er and pro8ceed in all things as in the Sulphur of $enus! you ha(e a Medicine

that 1ill effect 1hate(er can be desired by either Patient or

Doctor!

-hus ha(ing gi(en you a short 2ands0ip as it 1ere of this

2i3uor! / shall here pass it by at present! and Conclude.

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