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FIVE
TF-Mjoohl^.
TREATISES
OP
THE
Philofophers
tone^
Two
of
dAlphonfoKmgo^
ortugall
s
it
was
wrirrcn
with
his
own
hand,
and
taken
cut
of
his
CIojGTct:
ranflatcd
out
of
the
Por-
tugucz
into
Englifh.
One
of
John
Samre
a
^onkcy
tranflatcd
nto
Englirti.
Another
written
by
Florianui
Rauelorff,
German
Phi-
Jofopher,
nd
tranflatcd
ut
of
the
fame
Language,
into
Engrifli.
Alfo
aTreatifeof
the
names
of
the
Philofophers
tone,
by
mlliam
Gratacol/e^
ranflatcdinto
Englifh.
To
which
is
added
the
Smaragdine
able.
By
the
Paines
and
Care
of
H.
T.
L
O
N
D
Q
K^
Printed
by
Thomas
Harper
and
arc to
be
fold
by
John
CoUins^m
Little
BrittamynQat'thQ
hurch
door,
1652.
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To the
%ight
Honaurable^
the
Earle
of
Pembroke
and
Montgomery,
Right
Honourable
:-
Hough
in
thefc
laft
ages
Vice
hath
bccne
efteem sd
above
Ver-
tue,
and
men
have
made
it
their
bufinefle
to
advance
their
for-unes
by
wicked
means
3
yet
if
we
looke backe
to
former
ages,
and
the
timto^
Hermes
Trif
me-
gijlu4
3
who
is
faid
to
be
MofeSy
and fo
called
from
his
being
hid
amongft
the Reeds
in the
waters^
and
as
he
was
called
Hermes
TrifmegifiuSy
he
ftiles
himfelfe
the
thrice
great
Interpreter
,
as
ha-ing
three
parts
of
the
Philofophy
of the
whole
world
(
as
may
appeare
in his
Smaragdinc
Table
fol-owing
out
of
vvhich
all modernc
Philofophers
grounded
their
difcourfes
,
andbookes:)
thushee
might
ftile
himfelfcj
being
allowed
familiarity
with
his
Creator.
From
him
likewife
we
had
our
firft
Re-ord
for
the
Creation
of
the
world
and
all
things-
A
2
there-
'
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The
S
'^-^^^^
liC^'iBYj.
therein
:
we
jfhall
indc,
nd
oe
fatisfied
n
judgemcnr,
that
true
honour
proceeded
and
was at
firil
derived
fronaVertuc
^
and
what
man
yet
evlr
livcd^
ho
was
accounted
or
eftcemed
fo
Virtuous,
ife,
Good,
and
Rich,
as
thofc
who
had the
true
knowledge
f
Natu-
rall
Philofophy
and
her
fecrct
operations
,
which
from
age
to
age,
for
many
ages,
was
by
wordoi mouth
delivered
by
one
toanochc:r,wherby
any
Shcpheards,
Heardfmen,
Husbandmen
,
and others
of
like
quality
(by
Gods
efpeciall
avour)
ecame
great
Princes,
o-
vernours,
and
Rulers
over
the
people
pon
Earth,
be-ng
thereby
nabled
to
advance themfdvcs
to
what
Riches
and
treaiiire
they
pleafed,
as
will
appears
by
the
enfuing
reaiifc'S
J
witliout
robbing
r
taxing
he
people
f
their
Countries
under
their
Government
m
any
lort^
ho
alfo
by
their
Phyficall
edicine
con-inued
length
f
dayes,
ourh,
nd
ftrcngth
by
which
means
thole
old
men
mentioned
in
the Old
Tefta-
ment,
with
manyoth^r
Philofophers
were
not
only
fo'long
referved
rom
the
Grave,
but
alfo
thereby
wrought
any
miracles,
o
the wonder
of
the world
:
as
well
they
might
having
he
power
and
difpofe
f
the
greateft
reafure,
andhigheft
ecret
that
ever
Almighty
od
revealed
to
mortall
man.
And
being
fully
atisfied
f
your
Honours
moft
Noble
and
Inge-
nous
inclinationand
love
to
the
ftudy
f
this
moft
Divine and
Myftc
ious
Art,
which
can
proceed
rom
HO
other
then
a
right
oble
and
Vertuous
difpoftti
and
by
a
Divine
inftinft
Nor
is
a
man
of
any
other
temper
fit
for the
ftudy
r
knowledge
hereof.
And
conhdering
f
a
pcrfon
f
Honour
,
fitfor
the
prefen
tation
of
thcfc
Treatifes,
ell
weighing
our
Honours
inclinati
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The
Eptfile
edicatory.
inclination,
crtuous
Difpv^fuion,
nd
mature
Judge-ent
5
holding
my
felfe
obliged
o
be
fervic^able
to
my
power,
to
allfaithful ftudents
in
this
moft
facred
Arc,
have
fixed
upon
your
Honour,
as
moft
worthy
of
the
prtfentation
ot
only
of
thefemy
prefcnt
naea-
voursjbuca
fooffuchothers
as
I
(hall
crc
long
pro-uce
concerning
ither
thi^
or
any
other
fubjeft
not
defiring
acronage,
s
is
ufuall,
confidering
he
Pcr-
fons
by
whom
tbefii
Trcatifes
were
firft
written
)
but
f)nly
our
Honours
Noble
acceptance
effomeanea
prefent
from
the hand
of
him that
heartily
iflieth
Your
Honour
all
felicity,
oth
corporall
nd
fpiritua
tcmporall
nd
perpetuall
and in
that
wifh,
I
reft,
(My Lord)
Tour
Honours
mofifaithfullfer^
H,
R
A3
To
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To
the
Reader.
'^^
Ermcs,
the
Father
of
Phflofophers/mefi
lain*
ji|
hrf'
^^y
^^^^
^'^^^
vprit
)
dijcoruered
hf
^'^
matter
of
the
Pbilofophers
tone^
tut
not
the
manner
of
compleatment
hereof-^
nd
as
hefauhy
e
came
to
the
knowledge
hereof
y
the
mercy
an^
favour
of
the
great
Creator
of
Heaven
and
Earthy
mthout
the
dire^ion^
nftruBion^
r
in-
formationf
any mortaU
man
^
andwrit
thereof
o
poflerit
fearing
amnation
if
he
fhould
ot
have
done
the
fame
3
[mce
which
time
many
hundred
Philofophers
ave
written
of
the
fame
Science^
irhichis
the
higheft
ndgreatejl
ecret
hat
e-
ver
Mwighty
God
revealed
ta
mortaUman
^
)
but
jo
ohfcurel
that
it
is
imp60le
for
any
man
to
attain
to
this
high
nd
myfteriou6
rt^
excepthe
be
Pioujly
nd
Religiou/ly
nclined^
and'refolvedto
tve
aferiom
and
private
tfe^
ree
from
all
o-
ther
employment
r
hufinejfe
n
the
world:
and
fuch
a man
nithout
ciduht^
y
the
mercy
and
favour
of
jilmighty
od^and
mth
the
help
of
the
fe
following
uthours^with
ome
others
of
the
teft
fthefe
atter
imes
^and
the
Hieroglyphicks
ow
cut-
ting
and
comming
forth
n Print
by
thePrinter
hereof^
iving
/
Little-
Brittaine,
ondon,
never heretofore
ublifJie
which
make
a
full
nd
clear
demonflration
o
thejons
f
wife-
dome
of
the
whole
worke
of
the
Philofophers
tone^fvom
he
be-innin
to
the
endings
nd
giveth
clearer
light
o
theun-
derfianding
f
the
Reader^
than all
tke
books
in
the
world
;
fo
that
by
the
help
ofthefe^'
nd
fuch
like
Books^
with the
Hiero-lyphicks
,
thts
Art
doubtlefjemay
e attained
unto
with
ten
times
more
eafe^
nd
leffe
ifficulty
han
other
wife.
Thefe
only
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To the
Rcaden
only
have
give/ithe
Ufieof^
ntill
the
others
comefmh^
nphich
mllfpeedily
e
ejjeBei/.
nd
note
this^
hat
fcarce
ne
of
the
ancient
Philofophers
ver
vpr
it
fully
f
this
mile
Science
hut
matfoever
ne
leaves
out^
may
he
found
n
another
(if
ou
read
many
of
the
left
uthours.)
have
been
a
Student
jn
thisArt
many y
ear
s^
and
heingfatisfiedofthe
ruth
thereof
(having
t
died
many
of
the
Left
ut
hours)
thought
tfor
the
good
nd
benefit
f
the
faithfuU
tudents
of
this
Art
^
to
caufehefe
o
be
publifhedbeingby
fome
of7ny
eft
riend
thereunto
very
much
urged
and
becaufe
he
Students
of
this
Art
fhould
ot
be
deceived
by
falfe
hikfophers^
ndvcorkeas
they
o
uponfalfe
atters
;
its
Salts^
lomes^
itriels^
et-
tals
^
Minerals^
and the
like:
let
them
confider
he
vpords
of
Geo:
Ripleyj
n
Englifh
onke^
n^bo
faith
yet
the
mat-er
of
this
worke^
ccordingto
ll
the
ancient
Philvfopher
s
one
onlyhingcontaining
n
it
felfe
ll
necefjartes
o
the
accompUfhtng
f
its
wn
perfeBion.
And Henricus
Cornelius
Agrippa
n
thefecond
cok
ofhts
ccult
Philofophy^in
he
4,
Chap.faith^there
one
things
by
God
created^
hefubjeB
f
all
mnderfulnefje^
ch
is
in
earthy
nd
in
heaven
;
itis
aBually^
mwall^
egetal
e^
nd
miner
all^
onnd
every
^here^
nown
byjewy
y
one
expreffe
in
'hts
proper
name^
but
covered
in
numbers^
tg^Yes^
nd
rid-les
^
without
which
neither
Alchymy^
or naiurali
Maf/iek
can
attaine
their
perfeB
nd.
And
in
the
Kofa^y
j^he
hilofopherSy
tis
written
but
I
advife
hat
o man
intrude
hirrfelfimo
his
Science
to
fearch^
except
he
know
ihe
beginning
f
true
nature^andher
overrir
meut^
nhich
being
noii/i^
e
needeth
not
many
thinqs^
ut
One
thing
nor
ddth
it
requtre
.^e
at
charge^
bccaufe.tb
Sione
is
mey
the
Medtci''^.e
one^
thep^efjeli.one^
he
Govern*
meat
oney
and
the
d/fpcfttion
ne^
c.
And
let
tits
fuffice
fromyour
aubjull
nknowjfefnendy
H. P.
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The
Smaragdine
able
o{
Hermes
Trifmegitkw^
ofAlchyray.
The
mrdyoftbe
ecrets
0/
Hermes,
vphich
mre
written
in
a
SmAYiigdine
ahle^
and
found
hetweene
hu hands
tn
an
otfcure
ault
^wherein
u
tody
ay
uried,
IT
s
true
without
leafing
ccrtaine
and
moft
true,
that
which
is
beneath
is
like
that
which
is
above,
and that which
is
above
is
likethat which
is
be-eath
to
worke the
Miracles
of
one
thing,
nd
as
all
things
ave
proceededfrom
ne,
by
the
mediation
of
one
;
fo
all
things
ave
fprung
rom
this
one
thing
y
adaptation.
is
Father
is
the
Sun
,
hisJMother
s
the
Moone,
the
Winde
boie
it
in
her
belly,
he
Earth
is
his
Nurfe,
the Father
of
all
theTelefmc
Qf
this
world
is
heere-
his
force
and
power
is
perfe(Si:,
f
it
be
turned
into
Earth.
Thou (halt
feperate
he
Earth
from
the
Fire
,
the
thia
from
the
thick,
and
that
gently
ith
great
difcretion
It
afcendethfrom
Earth
into
Heaven,
and
againe
tdefcendeth
into
the
Earth,and
eceiveth
the
power
of
the
Superiours
nd
Inferiours:
So
fhalt
thou
have
the
Glory
of the
whole
World
,
all
obfcu-
rity
therefore
Ihall
fly
away
from thee.
This
isthe
mighty
power
of
all
power,
for
it
fball
overcome
eve-y
fubtle
thing,
nd
pierce
hrough
very
foUid
thing,
fo
was
the
VVorld
created.
Hcere
fhallbe
marvellous
adaptations,
hereof
this
is
the
mcane.
therefore
am
I called
Hermes
Trifme^i^uiyOr
he
thrice
great
Inter-reter
'y
having
hree
parts
of
the
Pnilofophy
f
the
whole
World:
that
which
I
have
fpokcn
f the
opera-ion
of the
Sun
is
finiihed.
Here
endeth
thelahle
o/Hermcs.
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A
Treatife
ritten
hy
Alphonfo
King
ofPortugaSy
concerning
he
Philofophers
tone.
Ame
brought
o
tuy
know-edge
3
that
in
the
Land
of
Agypt
,
there
lived
a
Learned
man
that
fore-old
things
o
come;
hee
judged
by
the
Stars,
and
the
motions
of
the
Hea-
vens^
thofe
things
hich
Time
was
to
bring
forth
which
were
by
him
before
underftood.
A
defire
of
knowledge
arried
my
affeftion
my
pen,
my
tongue
;
with
greathumility
pro-
ftrated
the
height
of
my
Majeilyj'fuch
ower
hath
paffion
upon
man
;
With
intreaty
nd
my
fpeciail
etters
unto
him,
I
fent
for
him
by
my
MefTengers^promifinghim
ith
a
found
affefti-
on^
great
reward
both
in
goods
and
money/
The
wife
man
anfwered
mee
with
much
curtcfie
:
I
know
you
are
a
great
King,
and
that
neither
prefcnts,
or
the
Law
of
filver
nor
gold,
nor
any
thing
of
great
value,
but
mecrly
out
of
afteaion
I
will
fcrve you
:
for,
doe
not
feek
that
which
is
too
much
for
mee,
and
thtrforc
I
feekc
not
after
yours,
but
you.
I
fent
the
beft
of
my
Ships,
hich
being,
r-
B
rived
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z
A
Treatife
f
Alphonfo
.
of
Fortugal^
rived
at
the
port
of
Alexandria
^
the
Doftor
A-
ftrologer
ame
aboard,
nd
was
brought
o
mee,
curteous
with
love,
for
having
nownc
his
great
worth
by
underftanding
he motions
of
the
Sphears,
alwayes
eld
him
in
that
cftceme and
love
which
is
due
to
a
Learned
man.
The
Scone
which
is
called
the
Philofopher
he
could
make,
he
taught
t
mee,
and
wee
made
it
together
And afterwards
I
made
it
alone,
by
which
meanes
my
Riches
increafed
much
^
and
feeing
hat
I
was
ablero
doe
fuch
a
thing,
nd-
tliat
divers
wayes
,
which
alwayes
produced
he
fame
thing,
will
propound
nto
you
the
moft
eafic,
nd
therefore
the
moft
excellent
nd
prin-ipal
I
had
a
Library
f
Books
of
the
Workes
of
Men
of
many
Nations,
but
I
in
this
bufineffeid
cftecme
neither
the
Caldeans,
neither
the
Ara-
bians,(though
diligent
eople)
or
the
iEgypti
ans,
Affyrians,
ut
thofcof
the
Eaft,
hich
mha-
bitc
the
Indies
,
and
the
Saracens
did
my
worke,
and
fo
well
;
that
they
have
honoured
our
We-
fterne
parts.
TJie
prcfent
ime
makes
mee
to
know
a
found
and
true
judgement
bccaufc
thou
fhouWft
give
redit
or
belicfc
to
it,
doe
not
conceive
that
1
have
lied
in
any
point.
hat
which 1
look
after,
is
not
to
bury
in
oblivion
the
great
worth
that
was
in
him
my
Mafter
r
but
I
will
not
give
uch
an
Empire
o
'any
an
but
to
him
that
is
Lcar-
n?d.
Now
to
unriddle
this
myftery
nd
to
propole
truths
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eonctfning
h
PbiUfojhm
tdMil
truthes
n
ciphers
though
they
re
obfcure
yet
by
them
you
may
karne,
nd
(hall
find
they
re
no
vaine
things
and if
thou
commeft
to
underftandthis
great
Myftery,
ave
it
not
in
thy
ordinary
onverfation,
ut
leave
it
in
the
fame
cipher
f
this
impreffion
if
tkou
undcrftandeft
ow
to
explaine
t.
This
Matter
by
wife
men
is
called
by
divers
names
:
and
thismatter
which
to
the
unwife
feemesr
to
bee
fomething,
o
them
is
nothing,
nd
its
nature
being
-
qually
oift
and
dry
that
it
will
aot
give
ne
without
another;
hich
is
a
fingularhing
o
have
two
fuch
different
atures
meet
together
n
one^
The
drie
is
there
in
a
fjprcame
egree
the
moift
likcwife
calls
for
a
fupreamuthority
the
hot and
cold
fight
here
together
and
are
conrayned
here
likcwife
in
a
fu-
.prcame
degree
and
from
thai
equality,
omes
the
name
of
each
of
thefc
feveraUy
ccording
o
the
qua-ity
:
nd
though
he
moift
be
joyned
ith
the
dry^ye
each
of
them
retaincs
its
owae
name.
Our
Hermes
tells
s
that
it
is
Heaven
and
Earth,
but
others
call
it
Man
and
Wife,
and
out
of
their
ma-age
they
make
other
Riddles,
hich
fervc
for
a
light
to
the
infirme
Globe,
and
from
thence
are
called
by
feme.
Water
or
Earthpthers
he
cold
which
is
inclo-
fcd
in
heat,
fo
much
the
wife
may
underftand.
The
ancient
Chaos,
according
o
my
judgement
was
knit
together
y
thefovvre
Elements
:
This
com-
pofition
s
the
like
,
when
the
divifion
comes
to
bee
made,
the
Heaven
and
the
Eartii
comes
to
bee
a
ftft
Eflfence
f
all,
or
this
matter
is
of
that
kinde,
that
it
compofeth
ll
things..
n
this
matter
arc
found
united
the four
Elements
inequall
arts,fo
hat
if
one
walk
B
2
or
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Tre/itife
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Alphonfo
.
ofPortuojd^
or
movCj
the
others
dpe
the
like,
or
by
one
theothers
aFC
conduiled^
o
much
arc
they
eqaall
n
their
duties
one to
another,
nd where
can
you
hope
to
find
a
bet-er
thing
mongft
ll
Animals,
then
that
which
is
fo.
much
approved
y
all
wife
men
?
Take
the
Learned
Philofophers
ercury,
nd
kt
itbee
purged
rom
it^
malignancy^and
oule
quality,
for
it
cannot
be
too
cleane
3
and
fee
that
the
weight
be
equall
ith twelve
ounces
ofthe
faydcompofitio
and
then
put
it
into
a
glaffc
ottle,
or
no
mettall
c fe
is
fit
for it.
And
the
fonlip
f
the
glafle
uft
be
of
the
forme
of
the
Sphere,
ith
a
long
neck,
and
no
thick-
crthen
can
bee
grafped
ith
a
large
and
,
and
the
length
f
the
necke
not
above
a
fpan
and
no
wider,
then
the
^Egyptian
ealc
may
cover
its
mouth.
This
you
muft
put
into
an
earthen
pot,
furrounded
about
with
hot
aflies
,
and
bee
fure
with
a
carefull
hand
to*
flop
p
the
bottle.
And
then
you
muft
have
an
^rtifi
ciall
Furnace
made
of
Clay,
fo
broad
and
round
as
that
you
aiay
fadome
at
the
tliickeft
place.
ou muft'
not
put
the
pot
in
the
bottome
of the
Furnace,
but
hang
it
or
fet
it
in
the
middle,
upon
two
irons,
hich
muft
lie
Diameter
wife,
r
acroile
,
and
the
earthen
pot
muft
{land
upon
the
very
centre
and
crofTe
of
the
two
irons
,
that
the
fire
may
come
alike
to
it
in
all
parts,
and
then
with
coalcs
make
a
foft
fire
,
but
let
not
your
patience
ee
troubled
to
keepe
it
alwayes
-
like.
The
firemuft
not come
within
a
foot
of
the
pot,
and
the
furnace
luted
up
clofe
about
the
pot,
that
fo
the
foft
fire
may
keepe
t
alwayes
orking
and bee
not
troubled
to
keepe
he
fire
ftill
like
,
for
if
it
bee
the
fame
at
laft
as
at
firft,
hou haft
done
the
worke
of
an
able
man,
.
Two
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hil.ofophers
tone,
5
Two
changes
he
Mooncmuft
pafley
thofc
Ani-als,
which
maketh
amonthj
or
the
Sun
that
degree
which
is
called
Sextile,
ithout
raiae,
or
the workc
requires
rought
and
then
you
fhall
fee
a
patcrne
of-
the
worke
3^
of
which
you
muft
bee
very
carefullfor
unmarrying
f it
from
his
firft
atter
which
is
all
one.
That
which
time
works
helpedy
the
Sun
and
other
influences,
hen
taking
eave
of
the
Earth,
and
ha-ing
drawne
out
the moiftnes that
runnes
inits
veins,
it
is
fo
pleafcd
ith
it,
that
it
converts
into
fulphur
that
part
which
was
moyft
efore
5
fo
that all
is
feene
as
mother
Nature
placed
t.
This
is
the
part
of
the
Earth
,
Sulphur
Woman,
hot
and
dry
5
for
when itmakes
its
firft
change
r
trucke,
that
part
is
wanting
hich
encompaffed
he
humidity
as
Penelope
ade
warrein
the
abfenceof
Uhjjes
n
Italy,
o
this
Widow
fo
pale
nd
wan,
hopes
for
the
rcturne
of
her banillicd
Husband.
Byequall
weights
as
firft
with
Art
mixt
with
Mercury,
ery
pure,
with
this
mixture
you
may
worke
fecurety
n
a
^
glaffe
ade
by
the
hands of
a
good
Workman,fbr
the
firft
nd
the
laftmuft
be
one
or
like
;
but
if
poffibl
thou
canft,
he
firft
enter
is
the
trueft,
.
Doc
the
following
orke in
fuch
maner,
that
you
keepe
the
fame
fire
that
you
did
beibre,
hich-
will
be
futficient,
nd
be
fijre
your
fire
gives
o
flame,
n
j be
fare
alfo
to
watch
it
nights
nd
dayes
and
ifyou
ake
that
paine,
ou
fhallbee
fure
to
finde
an
excellent
re-ard.
TJiou
i'halt
ee
the
worke
in
its
blackneffe,
nd
that
being
hanged,
s
it
was
firft
borne,
hkh
is
not
yet
the
thing
hatmother
Namrc
gave
in
her
firft
e-ree,
but
(hall
turneto
bee
fo.
liquid
nd
pure
that
it
B
^
ihair
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^.
of
poriugd^
iliall
e like
to
Inke,
fodiftinft
hall
bee
the forme
of
this
creature
from
its
firft
being.
Halt thou
not
feenthe
Prifon
which
the
Silkworm
makes
forit
felfe,
here
it
dies
?
and
out
of
that
car-
cafe
dead
in
the
Net
ic
felfe
made,
in
which
no
corr-ii-
ption
an
come,
but
rifeth
againein
forme
diftirkJt
from
its
firft
being,
hen
i$
brought
onh
and
paints
t
felfe,
ith
wingB
n
a
more
ugly
(hape
So
our
work
begins
o
livewith
a
new
fpirit,
nd
new
fubftance
from
whence
muft
bee
continued
the
pcrfcveranc
f
the
body,
hat
fo
bloud
may
bee
gotten
in
it.
Doe
not
you
then
think
of
making
greater
fire,
or
by
that
meanes
the
bloud
and
body
will
bee
dcftroycd.
hen
fhall
you
fee
the
moft
excellent
point
f this
Divine
worke
;
open
thebottle
and
itwill
feeme
to
bee
rui-
neda
for
there
will
come
from
it
a
very
ftinking
mell.
In
this
degree
s
certainly
he
greateft
abour
oi
this
work
:
forif
itbee
continued
with
the
fame
heat,
it
wil
certainly
ome
to
the
higheft
egree
f
perfedion
After
this
colour
is
paft,
ou
fhall
lee
many
more
dif-erent
in
their
likenelTe
nd
appearance
:
the
Argos,
and
the
Irisin
their
fplendor,
hat
the
following
f
the
liquid
umour
will
caufe
to
bee
of
divers
colours,
untill
t
comes
at
laft
o
t
certaine
whitericfle
,
then
augment
a
little
heheat.
Friend,
ee
not
weary
of
your
wotke,
and
letit
not
trouble
your
patience,
or
thisis
the
firft
point
f
get-ing
your
inheritance.
hen
the
Stone
is
come
to
the
whitencffe,
t
is
then
fixt,
nd
can
never
bedifunitc
though
t
jfhould
urnc
100.
yeares,
(ot
the
union
is
perfect.
eepc,
s
I
have
told
you,
the
fire
in
one
de-ree,
that
it
may
come
to
fuch
a
whiteneffe,
s
to
bee
like
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concerning
he
Philofophff
Sto/i\
7
like
the
pureft
now,
which is
called
the
filver
lixir.
But
in
regard
hat
Gold
is
more
pietious
n
clteemc^
letitalone
in
tbc
bottle
with thefame
firCj
ntill
the
Stone
is
come
from its
white
into
a
Citron
colour:
then
increafethc
fire
another
degree
and
thou fhalt
attaine
o
a
pure
red.
All
being
ayfed
p
will(hew
your
worke
tobe
fecure
:
the
body
of
this
being
aken
up,
will
be
hard
andlighfj
nd
in
it
you
may
take
no-ice
of
the
body
oi
Dia^ham^
nd the
colourof
a
Ru-
bie,
s
in
my
owne
hands
my
fdfe
bath
feene
it
;
for
which
the
great
God
is
by
me
prayfed.
hen
put
this
into
an
earthen
veffell
^.
covered
with
a
cover
of
the
fame^
likeadifli,
nd
this
fo
well
joined
r
luted
to-
gether,
f the
bigneffe
o
hold
thr^tbegada^^
ccord-ng
to
the
bigneffe
fthe
Stone
^
and
put
it
on
a
hot
fire
of
flaming
ood
there
to
boile.
Hcerc
the
Stone
will
calcinein
10.
dayesofheSun,
r
Sundayes,
:c.
and
being
aken-
out
of
that
pot,
it
will
be
an
impal-able
and
Divine
powder.
The
firfi
ubftance
which
doth
good
to
all,
from whence
ithath
no
quality
n
his
Quinteffence,
ut
is
applied
o
all,
nd hath
power
to
do
all,and
crybeing
t
the
thing
hat
is
applied
o.
l^nte^
rom
the
beginning
rfNaturall
aufes
it
is
nei-her
Gold,
or
Silver,
or
other
Mincrall,
or
fubjeft
to
the
forme
of
any
Vegetable,
ut hath
a
difpofiti
to
doe
good
to
all.
If
it
be
applied
o
Gold,
from
it,
it
takes
firmneirc,as
o
convert
other
things
nto
that
Mettall.
Forif
toman,
by
famous
workes,
it
gites
him
health,
what
can
bee
efleemed
more
pretious
Under
this
impalpable
old,
it
happens
hat
there
is
found
a
bright
arth,
but
very
blacke
and
gliftcri
which
is
not
the
befl
however,
or
that
which
isvery
red,
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A
Treatifc
f
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C.of
ortugal^
rcJ,
is
tiKC
and
ftablc,
hough
t
be
mixc
with
all
cotn-
potitionsj
nd fo
nriakeso
iitgreflion
but
his
vertucs
arc
very
admirable.
But with
cqualleight
hou
muft
unite
it
with
its
firftprincipallmatter,
ery pure,
and
joyne
or
mixc
them
together
ery
carefully
if
you
would
have
it
be
brought
o
live
:
and
then,
s
I told
you
before,
et
it
come
to
the
moderate
heat
as
at
the
hrft,
nd
in
the
like
glaffe
s
I
prcfcribed
efore,
ery
clofe
(Tiut
:
and
as
t^ou
didft
with the
fire
t
the
firft,
lb
muft xhou
doe
it
nowj
and
in
very
(hort
time
thou
fhalt
fee
it
become
blacke^
and of the
other colours
fpbken
f
before,
ntill
it
comes to
bee
red,
and
will
prelently
urne
into
a
ftone.
Tiiis
have
I feenc
done
m
a
fhort
time
;
and
hce that
knowes
it
not
,
let
him
kr
ow
that
he
walks blindfold.
1
have
told
you
the
work
in
plaine
ords,
and how
I
did
it,
nd
faw
it
wrought,
o
I
did
it,
and had
the
reward
:
and
itis
no
fallacy
feeing
hat
I
am
a
wit-
neffe
o
it,
for
which
I
prayfe
nd
blcfle
God
,
which
gave
me
iiitficient
f
knowledge,
cience,iches,
o-our,
and
ftate,
hich
let
me
never
forget.
If thou
wouldft
have
a
divifion
of
this
into'
loo.
parts
,
and
fo .ad
infimtum^
t
muft
bee done
before
it
hath
firmentacion
or
hardneire,and
hen
your
workc
.will
e
ccrtaine.
Take
an
earthen
veffell
overed,and
in
It
put
your
quickfilver,
nd
when
it
begins
o
runne
over,
drop
in
your
Elixir,
thcrwife
you
cannot
keep
it
for
running
ver.
Of
Gold
one
part
being
purged
by
Aquafortis
ith
foure
of
quicklilver
afht
,
and
foure
of
what
is
fpoken
f
before,
oyned
ith
great
Art,
with
one
of
your
Elixir
,
and
put
it
apart
in
a
crooked
gkflb
r
retort,
and
let
it
feele
a
fireof
coals
ten
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he
philofophrrs
tcne.
p
ten
dayes
together^
ntil
they
e all
mixed
together
And
it
you
will
make
a
further
progreflion^
ut
into
an
earthen
pot
loo.
graines
f
quick
lver,
nd
put
it
over
a
flaming
ire
^
and
when
the
quickfilvcr
egins
to
fmoake
and
flie
away
in
fume
^
caft
in
one
part
of
your
Elixir,
nd
then
cover
ir.
Then
let
it
coole
,
and
it
(liall
prove
a
very
foveraignc
edicine
:
loc.parts
of
quickfilvcr,
ccording
o
the
fineneffe
f
it,
this
lliall
convert
into
Gold.
But
if
youdefireto
ake
experi-nce
and fee
the
operation
pon
lead,
you
faajl
here
find
it
as
well
:
neitherdoth
it
ftay
here,
or
its^ing
fion
retains
thatfaculty
o
turne
all
mettais
intoGold:
to
every
thing
c
is
to
be
applied,
nd
it
converts
eve-y
thing
nto
a
Well
compicdioned
ature
,
lialfc
graine
f
this taken into the mouth makes the
party
ftrong
the
weak
and
feeble,
t
makes
fo
lufty,
hat
no
man
was
ever more
healthy,
nd
time
which
is
pretious
o
all,
rings
hofe
that take
it,
ound
to
their
Graves.
The
iejifBejis
nvitesfrom
hi^fupreamen^ellinapUc
the
mofl
unfortunatefall^
oynin^^
ogether
ivo
extreameSy
after
hich
mjloall
ee
im
in
hfSgreateft
ignity
nd M.-t-
jefly^
vhich
ow
is
mofliflant
rom
it
:
fay
nothing
ill
iJjou
feefl
he
wat^r
produce
h/tt
which
if
afterward
twined
into
fire
j
but
if
thou
feefl
hat
play
then
hide
not
what
elfe
hou
knowefl^
or
it
is
worth
full
ight
undred
yeeres
;
for
hein'f
come
to
that
paffe^
hen
thoufljaU
now
the
worth
of
it.
then
fhall
e
accomplifht
he
fata/ltimetofee
y
ire^ifure
nd
my
felfe^
nd
my
[elfe
nclofed
r
containe
my
fife
I
fjali
ot
Ic
ohfcured^
nd
thou
fJjaU
emaine
with
my
gifl
hatjnthi.S'
darknes
thou
fhaltee
fuch
light
kere
a
jvorld
fhalliee
e-
prefented,
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reatisef
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/
Portugal^
cQHcermng
the
mkfefhers
tone.
He
paft
worke
of
the
moft
pure
{lone
5
is
fo
infinice
n
multiplyng
5
that
it
is
never
weary
to
give
and
to
give
ore
,
fuch
a
likencfle
ath
it
to
its
workman-
fhip.
ut
if
you
would
know
a-
nother
way
to
feperate
he
foure
ElementSjknow
hatthisfollow-ng
Treatifc
underftood,
ill
teach
you
to
do
itwith
more
brevity
nd
fecurity.
Two
ounces
of
gold
ell
refinedwith
one
f
filver
very
fine
and
pure
,
melted
in
clay^
nd
this
mixture
being
filed
very
fmall
,
and
with
purged
Mercury
ground
ntill
it
be
well
incorporated
ne
into
another.
Then
put
fuch
a
quantity
f
common
fait
fo
well mix-d,
as
that
the
body
may
be
well
conglutinatcd.
Take
a
glaffe
ottle,
ubtill^
o
mix
thefe,
o
that
no
unclean
thingay
come
to
it
(though
ever
fo
lit-le)
and
then
upn
a
fmall
fire
oworkc
it,
s
thattho
Mercury
may
confume
or
vanifti
in
its
own
fume.
Then
you
may
prefumc
heGold
will
r
emaine
being
t
body
that
willendure
the
fervency
f
the
fire,
Wafh the
matter
of
this
mixture
in
pufc
fountainc
water
,
fo
that
after
many
wafhings
the
wat^^WM
remainemany
imes
clean,
and rctaine
itsfwectncil
o
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concerning
he
philofofhers
tone,*
1
1
oftaftc:
then
weigh
the
matter
that
remain?^
and
if
vou
find
itheavier
than
it
was
at
firft,
rind
t
againc
with
Salt
enough
and
put
it
to
the fire
againe
s
be-ore.
Thus
I
tell
youj
you
muft
doe
your
workc,
and
in
a
very
foft
fire
:
and
when
it
conies
to
bee
of itsfirft
weighty
hat
which
then remaincs
^
will
bee
a
matter
fpungeous
nd
fubtle,
nd
fo
well
difpofed
nd
prepa-ed^
that
you
may
ufc
it
in
any
Phyficke.
And
now
you
muft
make
a
preparation
ith fub-
limed
Mercury,
Copperas,
nd
Salt
well wafht
:
for
our
Phyfick
nd
reall
conjun tion
ives
t
afterwards
his
life,
rinding
twith
Salt
very
fmall.
Then
in
a
glaffe
ottle
which
hath
his
receiver,
ut
it
to
make
his
diftillation.
But know
that
within
the
receiving
lafle
ou
muft
pHt
water,
and
place
he
bottle
in
a
ftrong
urnace,an
make
a
fire
of
coales under
it
,
and
letting
t
feeth
or
boyle
Ibftly,
nd
itwill
turn
quick,
r
living,
nd
be
muchfubjed
o
corruption,
nd
with
this,
orkefe-
curely
nd
be
nat
weary.
Nine
of
thefe
with
threeof
the
firft
compofitio
joyned
nd
well
mixed,
and
groundogether
and
all
thefe
and
the
other
put
into
a
round
glaffe,
hat
hath
a
neck ol
a
fpan
r
palme
long,
and
then
ftop
the
mouth
very
clofc,
orwhich
purpofe
he
mouth
muft
not
be
made
wide
but
narrow.
Thus
I
tell
you
the
glaffe
uft
be,
and of
a
bigneff
to
hold
the
quantity
f
three
hegadcU^
nd
according
o
the
roundnelfe
of
it,
(o
have
a
place
itted
to
put
it
in
the
fire,
hat
thejce
the
matter
may
be well
joyned
t
maflht
together^
hen
will
the
tinfture
be
made.
C
2-
Forty
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1
1
The
5
.Tfyatife
f
Alphonfo
.of
Portugal:,
Forty
hegadaS:,
hen
fbalt
thou
fee
the
Eaft
adorned
with
the beamcs
of the
funnc,
when
this
worke
fhall
be
accomplilliedccording
o
defire
,
to
change
he
prcfcnt
lade
nto
another,
hich
ferves
for
the
recei-er
of
a
Stillj
hich
being
clofc
luted
with
lutum
fapi-
entU^
en
hot
water,
which
itmuft
not
touch.
.
The
Fire
muft
no*t
ee of
any
great
heat
but
mode-ate,
that it
may
worke
its
effcd,
diftilling
ts
water
in
a
pcrfea
anner,
and
then
doe
the
fame
worke
o-
veratraine
^
joinc
the
matter
with
great
wifcdome,
with'this
is
diftilled
Water,
joine
Mercury,
f
an
e-
quall
eight
ith
the
firft
atter.
Note
my
words
which
I
will
tell
thee
,
that
now
thou
{halt
come
to
putrifie
t,
nd
after
forty
ayes
ut
itinto
the
Still,
eeping
he
fame
order
as
before,
or
the
glaffe
nd
the
fire
,
take
this
diftilled
ater,
and.
in
the
place
here
it
falls
,
put
in
an
equall
eight
f
the
firft
atter
as
aforcfayd.
Doe
this
worke
as
at
the
firft,
or
it
muft
be thrice
reiterated
rom time
to
time,
receiving
he
water
that
the
fire
will
give
o
the
very
laft.
Think
not
the time
light,
nd
though
ou
paffe
he
forty
ayes
nd
more,
yetftill
eep:
the
water
in
a
glaflfe
ottle.
Change
It
from
the
receivingglaffe
nto
another,
and
put
it
upon
hot
afhes
,
and
theti
thou
fhalt
have,
or
draw
out
a
lighter
lement
in
weight,
alled
Ayre,
which
you
muft
fubtily
ut
into a
bottle,
nd
ftop
the
mouth
of it
very
clofe
with
Hermes
his
feale
,
and
its
necke
alfo
^
be
carefull
that
you
let
not forth
the
aire.
Put
in
or
to
the
glaflfe
nother
receiver
after
,
(
ha-ing
ftrongly
uted
it)
and
make
fuch
a
fire
as
that
by
hisgre^t
eat
the
pot
may
diftill
j
this
Element
keep
with
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14
Thf
2.7y'eatife
f
Alphonfo
\
ofFortugal^
in
its
proper
time
brings
orth
its
trLU^
And
continuing
ifpcrlech
ts
watery
power
intoall
plants
nd
trees,
and makes the iruit
appeare
on
every
bough
even
fo
goes
this
matter
preparing
the
Ayre
which
you
kept
in
thebottle
,
you
muft
give
drink
to
five
feverall
times,
the
tenth
part
of its
quan-ity
at
a
time,
fo that
in
all
it
muft.
ave
halfe
its
own
weight,
nd
al
wayes
at
every
time
be
dryed
up.
Then
on a
Copperplate
n
a
flaming
iretry this
matter,
ifit
will
confumein
fmoake
for
you
muft
preiume
t
to
be
ofthe
nature
of
the
Ganimedes
to
fiie
up
to
Heaven,
but
if
it
flies
ot
upwards,
hen
it
is
not
yet
well
done
,
but
you
muft
give
t
more
water
,
and
trye
again
hether
or
no
it
hath
his
true
fpirit.^
Caufe
it
to
drink
a
quarter
part of
its
weight
that
firftit
asof,which
illbe
the
tenth
part
of the
Aire,
and
as
you
did
it
before,
o
do
it
again
then
prove
it
upon
the
Copper
Plate
,
to
trye
if
*it
will
evaporate
and
fmoake
:
then
turne
againe
o
what
you
did
be-ore.
Then
put
the
matter
in
fublimation,
nd when you
fhall
fee
it
all
rife
up
:
that
which
rifeth
not,
but
rc-
maineth
in
the
bottome,
give
it
drink
again
ccordin
as
is
afotcfayd
prove
it
again
pon
the
plate,
nd
fo
continually
rye
it
till
it
rifeth
^
and
then
you
fhall
be
fure
that
in the
bottome
will
remain
a
black earth
like
a
dead
body
in the
glaffe.
As
the
Ganimedes went
up
to
Heaven,
fo
thou
fhalt
fee
this
matter
exalted.
It
(hall
be
demanded
from
the
God
of
the
earth,
by
JoX/f,
rom
whom
it
was
ftolen,
t
having
een
left
with
Demogorfjoa
and
(hallbe
rcftored,
nd
if
thou
fublimate
it
,
oitentimes
grindin
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ccnceming
th^
Phi/ofophers
tone.
1
5
grinding
t
untill
it
come
at
laft
to
be
firme,
it
will
all
remain
m
the
boccome
of
the
glafle.
To this
matter
there
wants
ingreffion,
ecaufc
there
wants
the
fourth
Element
,
therefore
make
this
ope-ation
in
a
fire
neither
great
nor
little,
ut
when
thou
putteft
t
in
its
inflammation
take
the
pot,
and
be
furc
that
not
one
drop
or
tittle
of
any
foule
thing
comes
to
it
before
thou
fccft
infufion.
If then
thou
feeft
it
become
like
wax
that
it
will
rope,
then
thou
haft
a
vaft
great
Treafure,
that
thyeftate
fhall
be
advanced
to
more
than
the
riches
oi
Midas.
1
00.
parts
of
Mercury
put
on
the
fire,
and
when
it
begins
to
fumeaway,
then
temper
it
with
one
of
this
matter
,
and
prcfumc
thou
haft
brought
it
to
thcperfed
medicine.
And
if
another
time
thou
doft the
fame
worke,one
part
of
this
applycd
to
100
will
turn
likcwife
to
the
fccond
medicine,
and
ont
part
of
this
is
a
great
reward,
being
applied
o
loo
parts
of
Mercury
hot
,
or
any
o-
thcr
mcttal
being
mclted,making
it
becom
Gold
moft
high
and
fublime
:
For
which
the
Lord
be
praifcd.
FINIS.
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(tncerning
h
Thilofophfri
tone.
19
f
which
is
our
Sulphiir
educed
into
Nlercury,by
cr-
Siv
S
made
abater,
hicke,
an^l
ixed^AVuh
ns
or?fira ,by'
emperate
ccoaton,
and
from
it
ri-
FeXfnSSeveinsof
his
proper
Earth,^ .
of
himfelfc,
which
afterward
s
changed
nto
a
water,
moftfubtle,
which
is
called
Jinima,
S'^muit,
Tm-
3^
,chat5,Se
oule,the
pirit,
ndTindure:
and
when
the
fame
water
isreduccd
upon
the
Earth
from
wSce
t
came,
and
fprinkled
pon
his
owjie
vanes,
kcommcthintoa
certaine
fixation,
nd
ismadcthe
FuScompleat
and
fo
Art
doth
worke
inaihort
S
the
whof
man,
more
then
Nature
doth
work
in
Tooo.
eares.
But
yet
wee
doe
not
make
metta
1,
but
Nature
doth
make
it
:
we
doe
not
change
ettals,
but
Nature
doth
changethemvbut
e
be
Natures
hel-
pe
s
or
Miniftcrs.
wWupon
Me^mTuriaP
UarumM^K
That although
ur
^tone
being
perfc-
ftWeatcd
in
the
Earth,
doth
naturally
ontayne
m
hSc
tinaure,yet
y
himfelfe,
e
hath no
motion
o
movKo
e
Elixir,
nkflb
thereto
hee
bee
moved
hv
Art
Therefore
et
us
choofc
the
namrall
and
next
SineralMccording
o
the
words
of
^nM..for
a-
Te
hath
procreatelaUmeuli
odies
of
a
fume
s.,1nhur
and
Mercury
:
wherein
thou
{halt
findcno
IhSofopSr
greVing
therfore
t
behoveth
thee
To
now
tSc
rinciples
f'this
rt.
and
the
princ.p
RoSereof
for
hee
that doth
not
know the
ri^h
bSnnUl-haU
everfinde
he
right
nd
thereof
Tor
SS
in
the
beginning
f
bis
Booke
Hce^tha
knowcth
nor
our
besinningfn
imfelte,
s
t
arrc
from
SttaynTng
r
ulderftanding
f
thisScience
:
for
c
S
n t
he
true
Root
orgrgind
herc
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to
The
Booke
tf
John
Sawtrc
d
Monk,
fhould
rayfe
his
Art,
or
Sci^cc,
r
W
orke
:
alfo
in
another
place
e
fayth
It
behoveth
that
our
Art
be
found
out
by
a
naturall
wit,
and
a
fubtile
foule,
ear-
ching
orth
the
naturall
principles
nd
true
foundati-n?.
But
although
hat
a man
may
know
his
princi-les,
yet
neverthelclfe
e
cannot
in
this
follow
Nature
in
al
things,
s
Gel?er
teRifieth.
onne,
of this
Art
of
Alchymy,
e
doe
open
to
thee
a
great
fecrct
^
Many
Artincert
in
thisArt doe
greatly
rrc,
which
do
think
to
toUow
Nature
in
all
properties
nd
differences.
.
Therefore
thefe
things
hus
(hortlypaffed
ver,
as
is
aforcfayd,
et
us
come to
that
part
of the
worke
ar-ificial
J
many
men
doc
write
of
the
Stone,
named
the
Philofophcrs
tone,
but
how,
or
of
what
it
is
made,
no
Philofopher
id
plainly
nd
openly
ame
,
for
in
thefe
points
ivers
men
taught
ivers
things
whereas
the
truth
doth
confift
n
one
thing
nely
but
without
doubt
and
without
all
errour,
we
fay
that
this
Stone
(which
is
the
root
of
our
Art
and
privity
or
hidden
fecret
of
God
:
and
whereof
many
wife
men
did
treat,
who
did
of
it
make,
and
did
knit
many
knots,
and
fo
deceived
many
men
in
making
them
thereby
ooles)
is
none
other
thine
but
man
and
woman^
Sol
hum,
hot
and
cold.
Sulphur
nd
Mercury
and
heere
fticke
dowr
e
your
fbke
,
flaying
nly
and
leaving:
o
fcarch
further
for
any
other
ftone,
r
foolifhly
o
confumc
thy
money,
and
to
bring
o
thy
foule
heavy
though
s^
r
fadneffe
for
what
thdu
foweft
thou
fhalt
reape.
And
forafmuch
as
this
Stone
is
divided
into
two
parts,
we
will
fpeake
littlef
thefirft
part
Sol
5
and
note,
that
without
k,
our
worke
cannot
be
done,
as
I
well
.proveby
uthority
f
learned
Philofophcrs.
or
Ari-
'
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concerning
he
Thilofopheri
t$ne.
2
1
^otle
ayth
of
all
things
n
this
world,
5^/
is
moft
and
It
is
thefirment
of
white
and
red^
without
which
it
is'
not
done.
Alfo
7ifyw^5
fayth.
here
is
no
true
tinfture'
but
of
our
Braffe,
hat
fs
to
fay
d
:
for
all
Solis
brafs,
but all
braflcisot
5o/;foall
Sol
is
Sulphur,
ut
con-rary,
forinit
is
nothing
f
the
corruption
f
Sulphur,
but
when
it
is
made
wfiite
n
the
worke,
then
it
wor-
keth the
operation
f
white
Sulphur,
ongealing
nd
converting
ercury
into
Sol,
of the
colour
named
O
^// ^inLatine,
herefore
u(e
alwayes
he
nobler
member,
thatisto
jfay
ol
5
for
it
is
the
kinde
of
kipdes
and
forme
6f
formes
;
fcjr''
t
is
thefirft
nd
laft
inmettals,
nd
it
isamongft
hem
in
their
natures,
as
the
Sun
isamongft
he
Stars-,
ut it
dothconcerne
thee
to
underftand well how
to
choofe
in
what
noble
member
waterUm vel
rem
homgeniarn
mhorum
rhiindi
iMmintim
:
that
is
a
thing
f
that
kiridte
hich
isaWn-
dred
to
both
the
lights
n
the
world,
that
is
to
fay
Sol:
for
Sol
is
hom'ogeneam
and the
(pirit
id
and
covered
in
that
iioble
member,
without
which
the
work
is
not
dpne.
Vy^ercfore
afis
ayth.
oe
not
colourit iintill
his
hid
fpirit
e
drawne
out,
and
made
all
fpiritual
and
therefore
worke
thou
nothing
ut
that
which
is
very
light,
nd
of
the moft
pure
50/5
hich
doth
illu-inate
and
lighten
ll
lights,
nd
cafteth
away
all
darkneflfe
f
the
night
y
his^povvcr,
iz.
the
fuperflu
ity
f
Mercury
nd other
imperfeft
odies,
hen
that
it
is
caftupon
hem;
wherefore
G^^^r
faith
in
the
Chapter
f
the
Quintcffence
nd
Projedion
f
the
Stoiie
;
thisSulpher,
ightning
nd
eafting
orth his
beames,
and
(hinrng
bfbad
of his
moft
cleare
fub-
ftance,
oth
irradiate
and
giveth
ight
ot
only
intfee
D
3
day
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2
The
Piooke
/
J
ohn S
tv/ttca
Mo?ike^
day,
butalfoIb
the
darkneffe
whcrnpon
Pandulfhmin
turhii
philofoi^wrf^iyi^h^n-iy
rethren
know
yc
that
there
is
no
body
more
precious
r
purer
thsin
ol
:
for
as
the
Rubie
hath
m
it
felfe
tlie
effed
of
all
precious
tones,
fo
Sol
hath
in it
felfe
the
vcrtue
of
all
uoncs
and
Met-
tals
du^tibl^
for
it
containeth
in it
fclfc
all
mettals,
and
cgjoure^h
nd
quickeneth
hem
,
when
he
is
moil
noble
of
them
and
of
allbodies,
nd
the
head
and
the
beft
of
them
;
and
confider
this
one
poynt
more,
that
Sol
is
equall
nthe
qualities
nd
parts
of
it
,
and
it
is
of
a
complcac
ature
ot the
fourc
Elements,
ith-ut,
any
exccffe
ordcfc^ftj.for
y
nature
it
hath
part
of
hcac,
and
part
of
coldneflb;
art
of
dryneUe,
nd
p^rt
of
humidity
for
it
is
not
corrupted
nor
corrupt
tible,
y
the
Ayre,
or
by
^he
Water,
nor
by
the
infc-
i^ion
f
the
Earth
,
or
by
the
force
or
violence
of the
Fire.j
et
it
moyikcnetH,
edifieth,
nd
adorncth
it,
beqaufc
his
coniplexion
s,
temperate,
and
his
nature
dirG(ft)and
quall
therefore
hat
Stone
is
beflof
all
ftoncs,
hat
is
moft
concpftand
neareft
,
or
moft
akin
to
the
fire.
The
fccond
part
of
our
Stone
is
called
Mercury,
he
which
is
himfelfe,
nd of the
Philofophers
s
called
a
Stone
5
and
yet
is
no
Stone
:
Whereupon
a
certainc
wife
man,
whereas
he
fpeaketh
f
it^
aith
,
this
is
a
Stone,
and
yet
no
Stone,
without
which,
nature
doth
never
worke
any
thing,
hich both
doth,
and drink-
cch
up
the
worke,
and'^of
t
doth
appeare
every
colour,
whole
name
is
Mercury
or
Argent
ive.
Whereupon
Rac
faith
of
it,
worke
may
be
created
fo
,
that
the
fame
worke
may
overcome
allNatures
j
it is
friend-y
to
all
Mcttlcsjand
hcmeanc
to
joync
tin6hires,
in
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omrHmg
the
Thilof phers
tene^
^5
in
it
felfe
tteccivcth
that
which
is
of
its
nature,
and
doth
vomit
forth
agalne
hat
which
is
ftrangc,
r
enc-
my
to
itsnatiirc,f
o^
it
is-an
antfortnefubftance
n
all
his
part.
Th^-M^e-tlii^
tone
is
naiHed of
the
Philo-
fophers
Mim^raUi%gto1 kYaHd
nimallj
ndalfoar-
tinciaHjit
scalkJ-Mineral),btcaufcit
s
mgendredin
the
Mine,
and is
nfiother
ot
ail
Mettks,
or
elfe
it
is
cal-ed
mineral
5
becaofe
that
vvht-n
there
is
projcdion
made upon
it,
tis
t-irncdintoMettfo^^and
tis
called
Vegitablc,
or
of
the
Juice
f
thre-e
Hearbs
mixed
toge-her
in
equall
roportions
that
they
ftand
in
a
moift
fire
forty
ayes,
here
will
be
growne
forth
thereof
a
Stone of
the fame
colour
and
vejtue
of
th^
mineral ,
forthe
Hearbs
be
Mercury,
Ur eelane,
alled
Portuldca
^armay
which
yecldeth
ilke,
and
Celendine,
tis
alfo
called
animall
or
vitall,
ecaufe
of
himfelfe,
ith-ut
any
other
thing
ut
into
it,
his
Elements
beingfe-
peratednd'nitoiogetheit4n
quall'
eight,
nd
thcji
fct
in
a'ftrdngglalfeHVithahttlehol
intheaforefayd
re,
wifhin
three
moncths
there
will
engender
orrible
Wormes
,
whereof
every
one
will
flay
ne
another,
ntillthat
one
onely
will
rcmaine,
which
if
the
Maftei:
feed
'Wifely,
t
will
grow
and
waoc
to
the
bi|neffe
f
a
Toad,
whofe
forme
is
terrible,
nd
this
Bcaft
isbyhihi
elfe
Elixir
upon
Saturne
and
Ju-iter
or
it
is
called
animall,
ecaufe
it
is
made
of
a
thing
hat
hath
life,
hat
is
to
fay
an:
For
in
old
Hedges'
t
is-found
f
the
putrifaftion
f
mans
dunr3
and
ordinately
eated
wift
a
fubtife
cffcll
of
Glaffe,
and
therefore
the
Philofophers
ayd
our
Stor^ is
found
in
every
man,
and
that
of
the
vi'left
hing,
nd of
a
moft
vile
price
:'
Wherefore
p^V^^^or.^^
aith
^
this
Stone
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The
Bdoke
of
John
Sawcre
a
Mpnlt-Cy
Stone
is
animalljbecaiife
t
is
ap*
to
bring
orth
Child-en
;
alfo
he
faith
it
iscaft
in
Dunghils,
nd
therefore
it
isvile
and
nejededin
he
eyes
ot the
ignorant
man.
Alfo
in
the
BOok^
whiich
is
called
Speculum
lchymUy
it
is
fayd,
his
Stone
is
caft
away
in
the
ftreet
,
and
i^
found
in
dunghill^
hq
which
cQptaineth
n
it
feife^U
thefoure
Elements
,
and
ruleththem
:
and
this
Stone
is
artificiallj
or
by
mans
wit^
itis
knit
together
for
ccrtaine
men
make
{ylerciaryoif
ead
in this
maner
:
they
melt
Saturncfixojf
even times
^
and
every
time
they
draw
it
with.
Sal armoniacke
diffolved-^
fter-ards
they
take
ot
that
Saturne
three
pounds,
nd
of
,Vitriol
ne
pound,
odl^f
Borax
halfe
a
pound
and
then
they
do.minglealtpge.ther,
nd
put
it
underneath
the
Philofophers
ire
,
by
forty
aturali
dayes
and
then
itis
made
Mercury,
nd
there is
no
difference
be-
twceneit
and
naturali
Mercury
but
that
it
doth
not
goe
into
our
wprjiC,
s
naturali
Mercury
doth.
Know
thou
the
clean
froqi
the;unclcan,for
othing
givcth
hat
which
it
hath
not
j
br
the
clean
is
of
one
dfcnce
voyd
ot
alterations
the
unclean
thing
s
divers,
and
of
contrary
parts,
and
of
a
light
r
eafie
corruptin,
therefore
put
in
thy
workc
no
ftrangehing,
or
let
any
thing
goe
into
our
Stone
(
cyic^pt
uch
as
is
fprung
rom
it
)
neyther
n
part
nor
yet
in
the
whole
5
for
if
any
ftrange
hing
e
put
into
it,
twill
by
and
by
corrupt,
nor
willthat
be made
thereof
which
is
expc-
Aed.
Therefore
purge
the
yellow
ody
by
theadufti-
onof
the
fire,
nd
then
thou
fhalt
findc
it
purged
and
after
that
thou
haft
it
well
purged,beat
t
moft
ftrong-
iy,
nd
utterly,
nd
make
it
into
thin
plates,
nd
after
beat
thcrainto
leaves,
he
thiimeft
hat
cao
bee
poffi-
^^
ble,
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concerning
hi
philofo^hers
tone^
25
ble,
s
Gold-beaters
doc,
and
then
fo
keep
them
t
but
the
white
liquor
ath
more
fupcrfluities,
hich muft
of
neceflity
e
removed^
for
they
bee
faiculenxifZ
f
the
Earth,
which
is
the
impediment
f
melting
and
hu-idity
fugitive
which
is
the
impediment
f
fixa-ion.
The
earthineile
feculentinc
is
taken
away
thus;
ut
ic
into
a
nuortar
of
marble
or
wood,
and
adde
to
it
as
much
common
cleane
dry
fait,
and
a
little
vineger,
and
ftirrethem
ftrongly
bout,
and
rub it
very
ftrong-
ly
with
a
peftle
f
wood
wifely,
hat
there
doe
appear
nothing
f
the
liquor,
nd that allthe
fait
be
all
black,
then
wafhall
the
matter
with cleane
hot
vvater,unti
the fait
bee
refolved
into
water
,
and
then
powre
the
fame foulewater
away,
and then
put
itto the
liquor
of
fait
and
vineger,
s
thou
didft
before
j
and
doe
this
oftentimes
\
untiil
the
liquor
ee
made
as
cleane
and
fhining
s
glafle,
r
of
the
colour
of
Heaven.
And
laft.
of
all
put
ic
into
a
thickelinnen
cloth,
wice
or
thrice
doubled,
nd
then
f