Chapter 10

Section 10

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men. , :
_ Take the Stone which I have told you

of before , and. govern it.as you know
how, and there thall follow thefe notable.
things 5, firft, as foon as our Stone fhall } j, ¢
feel the fire,it thall how(its and its yto~ | they
gether) upon the fire ‘liketo wax, and Pip \y
the 4 fhall'be burned, and the colour | freq
fhall change day by days but-the» is'in= | they
combuftible, only it fhall beaffected with | bey,
the colours of the 4 fora time, but it | ij.
cannot be radically afie&ted, therefore te §
sé will wath Leftor clean from alLits filth’s |e
reiterate the heaven upon-the earth, fo | sq
long and fo often, until the earth receive | /,|
a {piritual and heavenly nature: O blef-
{ed‘Nature; which ‘doth that which isim-
poflible for Man to do! Therefore when‘in
thy glafs thou fhalt fee thy Natures ‘to be
mingled like unto a coagulated and burnt
blood , know that then the Female is
émbraced by the Male : Therefore after
chert ftirring up of the Matter, expect
that in 17 dayes thy two Natures thall
be. turned into a bloody or fatted Broth;
__ Which “fhall be turned round together,
€\, like unto a thick Cloud; or the {cum of

the $
| of it
+ be ta
ved,
| vapdt

ore
feale
Off a
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mit th
tinue
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cee} dealed, and beware that you'd@pnot break 3
ble off abruptly from the Work 5:areither ox |! 2

et |
tobe
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alter |
pel
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ethth,| thents the death of thy Compound at \¢a:bec;
nt hand: the Windsare: céafed, and all are *: #*.

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the Sea, asis before faid; and the colour “

‘of it will be exceeding obfcure; then-

be fure that the Kingly Child is Concei«
ved, and from that’ time thou fhale fee
vapours, green, blew, black and yellow,
in the Air or Fire, and at the fides of

_ the Veflel. Thefe are thofe Winds, which™

in the forming of our Ewbryoz are very |
frequent,which are to be kept warily, left ©
they fly out, and the Work be deftroyed ; ,
bewarealfo-of the Odour, left ic happen |
to exhale at any chink for the vertue of |
the Stene would thereby get a moft no- 3,
table: detriment; therefore thé Philofo- ~
pher commandsto. keep the Veflel clofe -

pen nor move the Veflel,:nor yet interes “*"*

mit the Operation not an hour, but con |
tinue the: Decodtion till you feethe mo
fture begin to fail, which will bein about
thirty dayes; then rejoice, and reft-affu-
red that thou artin the right ways. At
‘tend the Work: vigilantly; for in about
two weeks from: the time, thou’ fhalt fee
the whole earth:dryand notably black,

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WHS Tad Ss y ‘ Be
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Fe ON LO AOE

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= Set pment pay MES

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3 A‘ 7 He burning of the Flowers isan er-

A © ab
oe Hs

oo Naelband quietnefs. This is the fatal Ec-
‘aw }y.22'clipfe of the Sunand of the Moon, when
', no light fhall fhine upon the Earth, and

the Sea fhall vanifh, then is made our

Chaos, out of which, at the command of.

God, fhall proceed all the Miracles of the

World in their orders.

Of ihe Burning of the Flowers, and

'* 3gommitted: before the Natures which are
raesgs enpo tender and extracted from their profun-
oe" dirty, they are oftentimes burnt; this
oh C0" errour 118 chiefly to be heeded after the .
S three weeks 5 for in the beginning there
36 much moifture, that if the Work be

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frefhrn
| the et
water
fire
of the
| thelel
| colour
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CHAP. 21.
how to prevent if.

rour of fatal confequence, yet foon ”

governed by a ftronger fire than 1s con-
venient, it being brittle will not bear the,
abtihdance of winds, but will fuddenly
fly inpieces, unlefs the glafs be too large;
and then fure the vapours willbe fo out
of meafure difperfed,that they will hard=

ly return again to: their body , at leaft
| not

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| not fo much as is neceffary for the re-
'} frefhment of the Stone. But fofoon as
| the earth fhall begin to retain part of its
water, then the vapours decreafing, the
firemay be ftrengthened without danger
| of the Veflel ; but the Work will never-
| thelefS be deftroyed, and will havea
} colour of a wild Poppie, and the wholes?"
Compound will at length becomea dry’... yarns,
| and. unprofitable powder, of a half red tyyr 4h |
) colour: Thou fhalt. conclude from this ye i. 2%
§ fign, that thy. fire hath been too ftrong 52 ¢ "9
f foftrong, to wit, as to hinder true con-"!-629, My
| jun@ion ; for know, that our Work doth
‘ requirea true change of Natures, which
| cannot be until an entire union of both
| Principles be made 5 but they cannot be
') united but in the form of water, for
| bodies. may be confounded or blended
| together, but cannot be united), nor yet
| can any body with a f{pirit be united per
| minima; but {pirits with {pirits may well —.
| be. united, therefore our Operations
| muft become Homogeneal Metallick Wa-
| ter 5 the way to which Solutiomis our .
| foregoing true Calcination , which there-
| fore is not an exficcation ‘properly, but a
kind. grind of water, as earth in-Atomesi;
G 2 which

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which when they become more fubtle
than the exigencies of the earth requires,
earth is then a@ually tranfmuted into,and
doth receive the forny of Ferment’ of
waters bur if the fire be:too vehement,

this: fpiritual Nature being ftrack as with’

a fatal ftroke; our attive | will become
paflive ; ‘of {piritual corporal, evena red

“unprofitable precipitate, | for in a‘due

heat the colour will’ be asblack as that
of the Crow, which though it bedark
yet it’s moft :defirable ; yet there ais.alio
a blacknefs. which ‘will appear im the be-
dinning of ‘the true Work, and that very
remarkable, but this is ever accompany-
ed with a due proportion‘of :moitture ;
and fheweth that heaven and earth have
been in conjunction , between’which the
fire-of ‘Nature is conceived; by which
rednefs all the concave of the glafs-will
feem as it were gilt over'with Gold, but

this colour is not durable long; but ina |

fhort {pace will be changed intoa green-
nefy, then in a very fhort time»expect

blacknefSsand if thow wilt be’ patient, |

thou fori certain fhale fee thy defire ‘ac-
complithed , atdeaft make flow, but fure
progréfs, Let not thy heat be over ftrong,
rte and

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Pilot.
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ik} and yet ftrong enough , and between
sf) Scilla and Charibdis {ail like unto a skilful
| Pilot; fo fhaltthou attain the wealth of
either India; fometimes thou fhalt {ee as
it were little Iflands floating, and fhoo-
| ting out as it were litttle fprigs and buds,
ef which will .be changeable. in colours ,
red), which {oon will be melted and others will
duel arife in the-ftead of them s for the earth
ut! aS It were inclining toa Vegetation, 13
uiky alwaies fending forth fome new thing or
doh other = fometimes. thy fancy will be that
bef) thou feeft in thy glafs Birds or Beatts, or
ay) creeping things, and thou fhalt each
ay: day, behold, colours moft beautiful to
ite, fight’,; which, though they are pleafant
hivef to the eye,are not of along continuance 5
iheh all.isin the keeping of a due heat with-
hich} Out any intermi{tion: So fhall all thefe
wil) pleafant’ colours. in the fpace_ of ' fifty
it} dayes end in a;colour mott black, anda
ina) powder difcontinuous,which if thou feeft
| mot, blame: either thy y or thy Regimen ,

| ox the difpofition of the, Matter , unlefs ..
ents | j ; : oS
ant, | thou either haft moved or medled with “”

qe-| the glafs, which may either protradt or
fit] finally deftroy the Work.

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CHAP» 22. Hit on
The Regimen of Saturn, what itis, |
and whence it is denominated.

§ many of the Wife men as have
uy \ wrote of this Mafter-piece of Phi- —
lofophy, have all fpoken of the Regzmen
of },which many (underftanding wrong)
have turned afide unto divers errors , -
and deceived themfelves with their own -
opinion ; fome being thus led witha great, fist
deal of confidence, although with very
little advantage: But know that our % |
fs more noble than any Gold, it’s the.
Limus’ in. which the foul of our Gold is
joyned with its 3, that after they may
produce Adaw: and Eve his wife 5 ‘there> ln
fore that which is the higheft fhall fo hum-
ble it felf as to become the loweft , then |
expect that he will redeem all his Bre- |
fthren by ‘his blood. “The’ fepulchre in |
~which*our King is buried is named ‘hin
* our Work, and its the Key of ‘the Work
of Tranfmutation ; O happy is he that |
‘may behold this flow Planet! Pray to.
God, my Brothe, that he would votch- |
, fafe |

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fafe to you his blefling 5 for, its not of
fim that willeth , nor of him funneth,
but on the Father of Lights alone , this

i, | Bleffing dependeth.

ave CHAP. ‘23.
hie OF the warions Regimens of this

ier | Work. Hh ial

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018 | E'certainly confident ftudious Son of

vin Art, whoever thou art, that nothing

eat | 2s hidden in this Work, faveonly the Re-

very) gimeen , Of which , that of the Philofo-,."2 ° er
it} pher. may be verified, Whoever is a gi A “ee
‘tte| Her of that Science, Princes and Gran-4253 a.
dis} dees of the Earth fhall honour him. Types: 8,

‘my | aflure you, upon the word of .an

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Man, that if this one Secret were be are

him. | openly difcovered , Fools themfelves
ial would deride the Ait3 for that bemg
sBre | known, nothing: remains , but the Work
en), Of Womenand the play of Children,and
fia), that is Decottion: So that not withour*.
york| -caufe did the Wife men hide this:‘Secret --
‘t| with all their, might. | And re{t-affured
a that we have done the fame, whatever we
oth have feemed to {peak concerning the de-
fife)” . oe

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gree of heat 5; yet becaufe I did promife hy
candorin this Treatife, fomething at the
leaft is to be done, that I may not deceive fj
the ingenious of their hope and pains:
{Know then, that our Regimen, from the’
. beginning to the end, is only lineal , and }
that is to.decod and to digeft, and yet Ft
, this one Regimex.in it {elf comprehends ffi
f-yhyettss’many others , which the envious have | hy
OF s,./°9ee¢ concealed, by giving them divers names , fyi
2 =, and. defcribing as fo many feveral Opera- |
“S tions: We, to perform the. candor we §yij
promifed,, will make a far more perf{picu- fh
ous manifeftation, So that,Reader,who- ij;
ever thou art Gif ingenious) thou fhalt Qhig
find caufe to acknowledge our candidnefs
in this:to be more than ordinary.

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CHAP, 24. |

Of the firft Regimen of the Work,
which is of ‘Mercury. |

| Nd in the firft place we: thall treat
ik Work Avs the Regimen of ¥ y- which 1s fe- |
£ tags cret hitherto wot difcovered by any Phi-
- lofophers for they verily do begin their
Work at the fecond Regimen, and do give |
a

ante ins:

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ou 1 young Praétitioner no light in the mia |
itttt|frery. of the ‘capital figns of blacknels 5;
‘tel in this point;that good Marquils of ‘Treve-
ain
tthe

lrables faith,“That the King, when he came,

ye] But he fheweth not how Jong the inter-
ot We) vail ‘of time’ is, before he’ plucks of his
pict} golden Garment , and therefore he pat
who {eth over in’ filence the firft and moft in-
flak) txicate Reginzex, which is perhaps forty
ilnc} or fifty dayes ere it be fully complete's in
| which time the poor’ Practitioner is left
‘to uncertain Experiments ; from the ap-
earing of blacknefs until the very end
| of the Work, :the fights that do appeat
are fufficient to refrefh the-Artift, but in
this {pace to wander without a guide or
ditection; for ‘the fpaceof fitty dayes, f
. confefs is tedious : Tfay then, That from
the fecond kindling of thé fire, even until

Dhie| blacknefyall the ‘interval of time ts the

hit} “Regier of our 8, even of Gut Sophical
. ° ° ns |

ave} % 5 which all thattime doth work alone’,

his

I< tothe Fountain,leaving all ftrangérs be-. |

[fo was filent,noble Bernard,who in his Pas...

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fubftances, according to the Poet,

Res Rebis eft bina conjuntta, fed eft tamen una
Solvitur,ut prima fist ant Sol aut Spermata Luva,

a: Wa NNT Ni te 2
ec ae SS Soy ~ ies
Be eR Ss ee ee Fa Bs
Ree a ee
“aa

‘For know of an undoubted truth, that

not fo.as Chymical Phastaffieks. dream ,

.. tor although the © joyn with our 3%, yeta
‘..» year after you fhall feparate each from
the other in its own nature; unlefs you.

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his Gompanion being dead at firft, and.
fo remains a great {paces and this Secret
before me no man ever yet difcovered :
Therefore when thy Matters are joyned,
which are our © and our ¥, do not think,
as fome Alchywzifts vainly imagine , that”.
the fetting of the Suz will follow fud-|" :
denly, no verily,we waited a long and tes |"
dious while before a reconciliation was |."
made betwixt the water and the fire 5 and.
this the envious have in a fhort {peech
myftically comprehended, whenthey in
the. firft beginning of their Work, called
their Matter Rebzs, that is; made of. twa

detot
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alteret
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Rebis are two things joyn’d, yet is but one
Diffolu'd, that Sol or Lune be Sperm alone,

though our § devour theo, yet it doth

(ie 4 | if, deco | ™
A eke h 8e eve ; Afar GlCO
& ex GF é : iyo Bu 2 : 4
é ee he reat “ f a ae pa eee Sys % é |

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