M. reury is well

iVrpc^ed of the ether Planets; lee the Names and Characters be en- graven upon the himen , foj that they may be finiilied in the fame hoiir.
Let it be applied when Mercptry v in th- firft Houfe of Heaven , the air being clear and fe- rene, (.for then it is much better) and in the hour of Mercury^ foc then he ruleth the firfl Houfe of Heaven ; but if it cannot be, refer it to zn hour of like nature , although the hotir of
1/^6 Paracelfus o/^
This Sigil is to be made of pure $, and to be melted, poured cue and made when the Sun enters Li^r^, which fomtimes happens on Sun- day the i 3 or 1 4 of Seftemher,^ according to the progrefs of the yeer : And this is to be noccdj That when Venm is the ruling Planet,or Referva- tor of the yeer, the Sigil will be of much more virtue,' efpecially if thofe wear it , who were born under the fame Planet ; and if it be. made and prepared for them. When $ is in the fign ttbra^ the Signes, Gharafters^and Words which you fee in the following Figure, are to be engra- ven in the Seal ; afterwards in the day and hour olV^nHSy in the firft or eighth hour, which V^snm governs J let it be applied.
It is an admirable Remedy againft all Be- wkchings of Women, which hinder the aft of generation/ and efpecially in thofe whom they tiates Iq brlef^ this Sigil is moft profit able and
excellent
Celejlial Medicines. 14,7
excellent againft all Makdies whatfoever 5 cfpc- cially all griefs of the Secret Members.
Scorpiff,
The Seal of Scorpio muft be made of pure Iron in the day and hour o^Marsy when the Sufj en» ttts Scorpio y which happens about the 12, i^, or 1 4 day of October : And in the fame hour let one fide of the Lamen be engraven with his Cha- railers. Afterwards, when the 5/^;^; is entered into Ariesy let the other fide be engraven. It may be applied at any time when you wilL
Scorpit
lOi
It is a moft excellent Remedy agalnft all Pd^^ fon and Difeafes thereby infe6^ed. It is excel- lent and admirable for Souldiers, Captains, and fuch as are in daily Controverfies : Alfo, if fuch an Animal as follows be made of pure Iron 5 when Mars is Lord of the ycer, and the Sun en- ters the firft dcgrecof5r 5 afterwards when L 4 ^^^'^
148 Paracelfus of
iMars is in his own Houfe in Anes^ let it be en- graven as follows. Then let it he applifed in the hour o^Mars : the Houfe wherein it is hangedjtc defendeth fafe from all Scorpions ; and all Ser- pents that are alive will flie out of it : it is a moil: excellent Remedy againft all venemous bi- tings: mightily help^th Souldiers in Fights: and is very good againft the Leprofie to be worpj and the Patient to drink potable Gold.
I.et it be engraven as this Figure,
Let there be affixed a Ring of pure Gold to the Tayle thereof, that it may be worn hanging about the Neck with the Head downwards. It is a certain Remedy to drive away all Flies from the Bed where it is hanged.
Sagittarj^
This Sigil is to be made in the hour of the a^/^«-fingrefs mioSagittary{yNhv± annually hap- pens on the 1 2 or I 3 day o^ November ) on the Hrft degree of the ingrefHon: l^i k be figned it? rhe hour of Jupiter^ md applied in rhe fame
hour,
Celejlial
hour, the Mor,^ encreaiing. This is the fecond Seal, that I knew after long fe^rch and enquiry ; and which, according to the Art that I profefs,! have often uied to the fhame and fcorn of my Adverlaries, that tiiey have ttood amazed like Affes, and diir(^ not open their mouchs. There muil be a filver Ring to hang it in, and ic muft be made of pure
Tyrn^, without Sa^ttarj.
addidon of any ether Metal; and lobe wore and kept very ckan : But it mull be left off in the time of Copula- tion, orelfe it lofech its virtue. We are again forced to com- plain of envious and perfidious men, who envy- ing that in o- thers , which they have not themfeiv?, leave nothing perfe 61; that it may the fecond time ap- pear in this
Book, that their (Irength and power is taken a- way, as above is done concerning the figne Ge-
i5o Paracelfus of
fmni ; By the Proceftation of the fame Au- thor, in this Chapter, when he faith, That this is the fecond Seal which he efteemed to be moft powerful in the Medicinal Art, The envious therefore labor in vain ; for whether they will or i30,fte will bring into light every thing that they have taken away out of the Books oiTheo^hra- fiiu Paracelfm. For that Author before his death did prudently inclofe thofe Books in divers pla- ces in Walls ; fo that if after his deathjthey were loft in one place, they might be preferved in a- nother, for good men ; left that if any fhould come to the envious hands of wicked men,^ ftiould be perpetually loft, or torn in pieces. Hereby they were preferved for us whole , thae in due time the lives of wicked men, loving no- thing but themfelveii,may appear out of darknefs,
Capricorn,
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virtm, sm
Now we come to treat of Samm and his pro- geny : this Seal is to be made of Gold ; for Lead bath no operation with other Metals.Thcre rauft
be
Celejlial (^fTidedicines. 151
be made a Ring of Copper; and together with the Seal, are both to be made in the hour when the Snn enters Capricorn , and is fartheft di^ant from us ; Let the Seal be engraven on the day and hour o^Saturny and when Saturn is in a good Alpe^ with fome other Planet. Ic mnft be ap- plied when the Moon is decreafing or diminiOied in light: but the hour o? the Afpeft^whether it be of the ^/^c« or any other Planer^ matters nor. This Seal may vulgarly be called the Sigil of Fa- vor. This Seal throughly heals the Itch or ScurflF in the Thighes : Our Piedeceffors could not by Art findc out the Cure of this Difeafe^accounting it uncureable ; when as this is the beft way to Cure it, withe ut any other meanso
j4qtiaryo
When the Sun enters aAqu^ry In the Month Oijammy^tt the Seal be made in the fame hour, of theie Metalsjbeing mixt and melted together s oiCold 5 fs. Lead 3 ii. of irof:, 3 i. Aad when
the
i5i Paracelfus o/^
the Planet Saturn is in the Ninth Houfe of Hea* i^en, let thefe Signes and Words be quickly en* graven one after another ; you ftiall nor apply it till thtSm is under the Earth, and in the hour cf Saturn • and then it is good, being han^^ed a- bout the Neck, againft Contraaureb^ coldDif- eafes, and Sinewes flirunk ? it i% very profitable to preferve the Memory , to get Favors amoDgft men^ and vory good againft all Poy fon, as may be proved by putting any venemous Spider upon the Sigil 5 it forthwith flieth away, and caiinoc poflibly remain upon it.
The Seal of Pi/2-^i is to be made in Februdry^ when the Snn enters ft[ces^ of thefollowim^
Metak« '°
ft of GoU^ irm^ Opferj Silver, of each 5ii. Of I3'^;^^|fs,
let them be ail melted together, and the Seal
formed
Celejlial (^^M^edicines. 155
formed and engraven the fame hour of the Snns ingrefs ; afterwards let it be applied when Jw pter is well placed in the eighth houfe of heaven, and in the day and hour of Jupiter^ This is an admirable inftrument to loofc and expel Choler, of which do grow many grievous Difeafes, as Contra6lures5thePallie,(hrinking of the Joyntj, Burnings, &c. againft which it gives wonderful help to men or women : it mitigateth the pain of the Gout, tikes away the Cramp, and ail Griefs proceeding from Fluxes.
This Seal ought to hang down low upon the Navel,
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Here foUowes fome more Com-- mon Secrets of 3\Qature^ of Paracelfus.
Aving found a Conjunftion of Sa- turn and Marsy take a piece of Iron, and frame a Moufe of l^ before the Gonjundion paffcth over: andiiithehourof Jupiter ^ engrave upon the Belly of the Moufe thefe wofds: ALBOMATATOX« Afterwards, when the Moon is in the p or i a d:egree of Cancer , on the right fide engrave m^i^^^Mt Afterwards, the Mqoh defcending, and is in the 9 or i o degree of the figne Tifces^ on the left fide engrave as followeth : ann^i^l V, and upon the Back thereof, from the beginning of the Back-bone unto the Taylc, engrave this word, with the Charafter as you fee IO+ NATURA SUA. Note that from the figne o^F'e- nm unto the Centre of the other Chara£ler, a Line is to be drawn over-thwart. Then prepare a Collary for this Moufe^ of pure Lead, ^ mtMoof^
increafing.
Celefiial Medicines. 155?
I increafing, on the day of Saturn^ and ftrii hour of the night, which is the hour of Samm ; and en- grave thereon thele Chara^S^crs, ILCort. 3. 2^* AB.Ea/^. This being thus perfoi'med, fit the Collary in the Conjun^lion of Satmn with Mars as abovefaidjand place ic about the Centre or middle of the Houfc, all kinds of Mice wil| flie away that are in the houfe % and if afterwards any Moufe come therein, he will not ftay there an hour. And if anyquick Moufe be bound with a thred to this Metallick Moufe, he will not live above an hour, but will die, andiwell, as if he had eaten Poyfon.
Of Sheep.
That We may not cnly have feme means to drive away and expel hurtful Creatures, but alfo thai we may preferve the profitable ; When Sheep are Corrupted with their Difeafes, make a Sheep of Mudd as followeth :
Take Muddy or Potters Qaj^ from three fever/il place Sy Muchabom the place where Jf off live » %/€lfoy take Sand of a runn'wg Water ahom that place where for the mofl part Sheep drmk^ heat them all together when the moon decreafes : and of this Clay ma^e the Image of a Sheep^ Hxder that hour wherein the Moonftiffirs her dimmmion: fuperfcrih thefe fol-^ lowing Signs with the Words here and there upon the Ir»Age.
EFERET.
If 6 Paracelfus of
.EFERET t HOGERET. f. J A G E R E L. ^viua n
Vy T ^C*^s7s f^, nwiQ ^^^J'a. Sanor> —^i^ .-4-«-o Panor.Tanor.
Set this Sheep in the Shedp-fold fprinkied over with Salt, and let ihe living Sheep lick it : And as many as lick it, or tafteof this Salt, fliall not be infe^Sicd, nor die with any Murrain or Rot of Sheep ; And thofe that are infecled, by licking thereof^ (hall be Cured.
The fame means may be prepared for Oxen, Kincjand Hogs ; and ether Anicnals ; every one being prepared according to their nature?, day, and time. Oxen and Kine have a Difeafe in their Blood, which caufeth the Murrain in them ; as Horfes fomtimes fuffer fudden death through a Difeafe in the Uv^U.Vov the Bloodjwrite upon an Egg new laid, i,
Ambrammomis ' I J[ V
Gorelis
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Z""^:^ Vortix j [— ^
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Open the Mouth of the Beaft, and break the Egg upon his Tongue, and force him to fwailow
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k,and ic will forthwith heal it ; but lee him not drink in twelve hours^aftcrwards.
The fame is to be given to a Horfe 2onely this
excepted , that in Ikad of this Word and Sign,
Amhammom^ , and the Grofs above, let there
be writ this Word ardSitn-, K^p--
Ofamilo'r7 J an d t h en le t h im i w a i low ic ; afterwards give h^m a meafure of ^\J " Q-'ts with Salt and Vbegtr^ and af- jT terwars he (liall be ciirccl in twelve
hours : but prekntly after he hath eaten the Oats 5 ride him an hour or two 5 that he ma/ fweac : then let him reft. Thefe are the fecrets of Nature, which are effected by times , oaves and hcurs;?ind without the obfeivation of thefej nothing can be cffededa
. Thefe Creatures do much infed Men^s \\o\^t% in Summer-time, and do corrupt andrucdfie meat : to drive them away, do thus;make a Cof- fin cffteel , and upon the Coffin engrave thefe signs which you fee in the Figure following;
^ And upon the C^ ffin , from the feparation ^ tfie faid Sfens ind Word?, let there be ensrav en three lines tending towards the Cufpt one in the new Moonj the fecond in the full Moon, and the,
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third in the new Moon again. ^fterwards,i!nder the Conjunction of T? and the D, write the w ords and %ns toUowing.
If you fix this upon the Wall of an Houfe, and draw a Circle round about it with Chalk, a- bout the compafs of a round Table , all Fiycs that are thereabouts will enter within the Cir- cle, and there remain, until you take the Steel a- way ; and then they wiii flie awayjvexingrtien as at firRp
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