Chapter 7

Section 7

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“iy thefe things out of envy > Noverily, for ¢2-. a
f i Si acalahs “Waatea aay 4 ‘ i 4
ptf) 1 proteft tothee T grieve from the very ig 3 § 4

pith bottom of my Soul , that we are driver
wig) as it were like Vagabonds from the Face
| of the Lord throughout the earth. But
rai | what need many words, That thing that

rel] We have {een,taught and wrought, which “¢:¢

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we have, which we poflefs and know ; Jimi
thefe do we declare , being moved with ye!
meer compaflion toward-the ftudious ; } cai
and with Indignation of Gold and Sil- J thee
ver, and of pretious Stones's not as they } lit!
are Creatures of: God , far be it from us, | flr
for in that refpect we honour them, and } Lath
think them worthy efteem: But the peo- phy
ple of Irae! adores them_as well as the fila
Worlds therefore let it be ground to fmm
powder , like the BrazenSerpent. -Ido Peat
hope and expect, that within a few years, fijra!
Money will be like drofs 5 and that prop iva
of the Axtichrifizax Beasi will be dafhe Huwie

in pieces. The People are mad, the Na- finn
tions rave, an unprofitable Wight. 1s fet qti«.

in the place of God. Thefe things will if th
ac¢ompany our fo long expected and fo’ fiyin

- fuddenly approching Redemption, when Wat

the New+Ferufalem fhall -abound with Bhai
Gold in the ftreets:; and the Gate there- (Ben;
of {hall be. made of ‘entire Stones , and fh fy;
moft pretious oness and the Tree of Jap,
Life, in the midft of Paradife, thall give ths
Leaves for the healing ‘of the Nations; fh fy
Tknow, I know thefe my Writings will fmy

be to'moft Men like the pureft Gold, and file

Gold:and Silver will (through thefe my Hx,
| Writings) J

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Wi;| Writings)becomeas vile as dirt:Believéme \
mitt} ye’ Youngmen,believe me ye Fathers, be- |
caufe the timie 1s at the dore;i do not write ‘
thefe things out of a vain Conception, but |
they) I fee them in the Spink When we Adepii/ts
nus,| fhall return from the four Cornérs of the {
ad) Harth nor fhiall we fear any Snares that are |
peor} Jaid againtt our Lives; but we fhail give a
sthé} thanks unto the Lord our God. My heart a
dt?) murmureth things unheard-of 3 my Spirit ao
lo} beats in’ my breaft for the good of all
at| Zfrael, Thete things I {end before into the 4
po) world; like a Preacher, that I may notbe a
iit | buried vinprofitably in the: World: Let”
‘\e!| my Book therefore be the fote-runner of

i(tt| Eléas, which-may prepare the Kingly way «-.

wil OE the Lord. » Iwould to God that eve= 2 2:
a0 ry ingenious Man, inthe whole earth, un- = IM
inet derftood this Science § then no body ©: ms

wit| would efteem hereof (Gold, Silver, and

here? Gems being fo exceedent abundant) but

wt} fo far forth only as it conteined know-
ed\ledge : Then at length Vertue, naked as |
give |4t is, Would be had in great honour, meer- a
‘on; | ly for its own amiable nature. I know": ‘
swil|Many that pofiefs the true knowledge

| gat |thereof, all of whom have vowed a moit Zs.

feny \fecret filence ; ; but as for my felf lam of @:c0
08) | | me? another

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another judgement 5 becaufe of the hope
T have in my Gods therefore 1 wrote
this Book,’ which none of my Adept Bre-
thren Cwith whom I daily converfe_)
knew of, For God gave reft unto my foul,
by a moft firm faith ; and Ido uindoub-

“ tedly believe, that I fhall (by this way) |
ferve the Lord my Creditor and the |
World my Neighbour, and chiefly Jfrae/, |
by this ufing I fay of my Talent... Andl | y

know that none can improve his’‘Talent

to fo great Ufury, forl forefee that Chap-
ly) fome hundreds will be illuminated by

*thefemy Writings; therefore 1 confulted |

not with flefhand blood, I foughtnot af=

ry of his Name, that I may attain the
end 1 expects Then) as many Adeptifts
Hat. knew me; sill rejoyee that I have
publifhed thefe things.

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ie | i CHAP. 14,

ey of the requifite Circumftances in ge-

mh
neral, belonging to this Work. ue

VW EF have fequeftred the Chymi-
cal Art from all the vulgar er-
ws) yours, ‘and of the vanquifhed Sophifms,
ull) ané the curious Dreams of the Imagina- ce
lent rifts sand have taught, That the Art” 4
apt 4 isto be made of © and 8. We have fhew- - i)
a) ed that is Gold (without all uncertain- | 4
etl | tyand doubrfulnefs) not Metaphorically, |
ta] but in a true Philofophical fenfe tobeun- 4 4
a derftood 3 alfo our z we have declared’
io to! be ‘true Argent Vive. or Quick-filver , |
tit] without any ambiguity of acceptation’; .
ni) The latter we have told you muftbe made 4 ~
tae) Cy Art, and bea key tothe former. We,
| have added fach clear and apparent rea-
| fons, that except you be blind at the Sun,
| you cannot but perceive. We have pro-
| tefted,. and do again profes, That we ia.
‘| do not declare thefe things from. the :
| faith we give to the Writings of other
| Men; the things we faithfully declare,
|} are what we have both {een and known:
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M| .. ...»’Wehave made, and do poffefs the Stone, | pvt
the great Elixir 5 nor verily will we en- kno
vy thee the knowledge thereof, but we thou
with that thou mayelt learn them from | *
thefe Writings. We have likewife de- Pug
clared, That the Preparationof thetrue | #008
- Philofophical # is difficult, : the mainkmot | he
nas Doves, whichsare a

“folded in the everlafting Arms of 24.74

“0 Sswhich no. Eyes but a true Philofopker | OF

ever fiw.’ This: one: skill performs the | °

ee. Mattery of Theory, endbles a Philofo- | ¢

| eee pher’, and unfolds to the knower of it, | p
ie all’ our Secrets. » This is the Gourdian |i tl
iia Knot , which will be a knot for. ever, ‘| {oud
to a Tyo -in. this Art 5 except the Finger | cult

; of Gad direa., yea’ fo difficult ; that | but)

. there needs-the peculiarygrace of God, Jorby

Pe 8°56 any one would attain the exatknow= Jotby

ledge thereof... For my part, | have-de- being
7 livered fuch things cencerning ‘the sma- mide
‘s _,. king thereof, as none before me ever |b
did: more F cannot dojunlefs Ifhould give |!yth

es 8eyoe<the (very) Receipt, which Thave alfo It, «

1 US rene : :
rey sina Nt done; only Lhave not thofe things called: }te |
‘ekcnatig’ Al by their proper names. le now remains | tis;

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| goodnefS or defect of thy y3 that being = xe"
| known, thou mayeft alter and mend it as¥i01.!.35.)
| thou wilt. Having therefore animated * ?:~
gand Gold, there remains an accidental
.{| Purgation as well of the 3 as the Gold ,
| fecondly Difpenfation or Marriage, third-
_ ly Rection or Governance.

CHAP, 15.

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Of the accidental Purgation of Gold

and Mercury.

Erfecd Gold is found ‘in the bowels of
the earth, whereupon ‘tis fometimes ~

found in little pieces,or in fands ; if thou 3 7,
| canft have this fincere, it 1s pure enough ,
| but if not, then purge it with Antimony,
or by the Czveritium or Royal Cement ;

or by boyling with Aqua fortis, the Gold

it , except he hath exquifite fkill inthe
the Mineral Kingdom 3 but befides:this
it is in a fubftance obvious to all Meny
but then it is mixt with many:fuperflui-
ties; we do therefore make it paés
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pirat through many Tryals and Mixtures eid | fet

x a|l the feculency be removed , and the |} ane
pure remain, which is then not without | |

| er Heterogeneitie 5 yet we melt it'not 5 #}
me" for fo thetender foulis loft, and becomes | ™"

as dead as Gold vulgary but. waflricin jaa

the water ; in which’all:-but our matter js 4500

confumed, then is our body like a Crows: | wich

pill: afterward melt it witha fire of fu- | ft
: \fing, and -file it, then "tis Prepared: Bue 7M
MB 2 0/8 needsan internal and an eflential Purga-j
| tion, which isan addition of a true oe | A
orderly and by degrees , according to {ills

. ..e.the number of the Eagles , them is it ra-_
ee. dically purged. This is no other than |"
Ayes isos. four Gold, which if you know to fepa~ }*?

ee Fate without violence, and thenito exalt 7"
be 4 each a part, and after to reconfume thems 40
| 1 aaa ‘thou thalt betwixt them have a:concep- 740K

‘ tion,’ which will give thee an Infant more | Mie
ay _ noble than any: fublunary thing whatlo- |)
ee 2 2eS8 ever. This Work Diana know to per-| ine
eae form, if the be firft infolded inthe invio- | po
es, “Pe lable arms of Venus, Pray the high God | the
Mg tent, “toreveal thisMy{tery to thee, which my pits
py 2” former Chapters have difclofed to word 54 Yn

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fectuous. But farther , It alfo requires

an accidental Purgation or Mundification=

to wath off the external defilements tha¢
are caftiout of the Centre; but this is

not fo abfolutely neceflary , but-yet this -
Labour shaftens the Work, arid therefore s:
is convenient. Take therefore thy ¥ 5,+'-

which -thow: haft prepared by a conveni-'

# ent number of Eagles, and fublime it ».
thrice from common Salt and the Scorza |
of Afars, grinding them together with
| Vinegar and a little Sal Armoniae until

the ¥ difappear 3 then dry it and diftill
it by a glafs-Retort, by a fire gradually

engreafed; even until the whole % alcend. |
Repeat this three times Cor. oftner) atter-

wards boy! the.gin the Spirit of Vinegar
an hour long, ina Cucwrbit,or a glafs with

a broad bottom and a narrow neck, fome-.

times {trongly fhaking it; then decant
or pout off the Vinegar, and wath off
the fowrifhnefs with Fountain-water: ,

poured on again and again; then dry up |
the ¥, and thou wilt wonder at its bright-,,
nefs,. Thou mayeft wafhit with Urineor: cxPs""

Vinegar and Salt, and fo {pare the fubli-
mation, but then diftll it at lea{t four
times without addition, after thou halt
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= \ 4m perfected all the Eagles or wafhings , wa-
h i) Gis 2 Peter thing the Chalybeate or Steel ,, Retort eve-
A i eespad ry timewithafhes and water, then boy!

Pheh%62:it in diftilled Vineagar for half aday ,

. ftirring it ftrongly fometimes , and pour
off the blackith Vineagat,.and pour on
new; then wath it with warm water
(thou’ mayeft free the Spirit of the Vine-
acar from blacknefs, by rediftilling it;
and ‘twill be as vertuous as before: )
all this is for the removing the external
uncleannefs,which doth not adhere to the:
Centre, and yet “tislittle more obftinate
in the faperficies than you are aware of 5
which you fhall thus perceive: Take
this ¥ prepared with his Eagles, viz, feven —
or nine, and awalganeate it with molt pu-
tified Gold, let the Avalgama be made
in a moft clear paper, and thou: fhalt
{fee that the 4zzalgama will defile the pa-
per with a dufkifh blacknefs. but. yet

this Feces or defilement thou mayeft pre [jp
vent by the forefaid diftillation, boyling
andiagitation, or ftirring it 5. which Pre-
paration’doth very much promote or ha-

~ 9 dtenthe Work. | - | AS Sede oy

CHAP.

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CHAP. 16.

Of the Amalgamation of the & and
Gold , and of the due weight of
both. *

re) of purged and: Iiminated Gold, or :

ernal
othe

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imate

| parts, put itin an heated Marble Mor-

jake | prefently, and holds the heat a long time)”
ivy } grind it with an Ivory Peftle ,, or Glafs,
to | Stone-or Iron (but this laft is not fo good)
mde | or Boxy but the Stone’ or Glafs pettle is
fat | beft (1 ‘am wont to ufe a white Coralline
epr | peftle) grind it I fay ftrongly, until it be
ye | made!impalpabley grind it with as much
tpes| diligence as ‘Painters are wont to grind
ving | their Colours, then fee the confiftence or
he: | temperature of its if it beplyable like
ta | butter,then it is not too hot nor yet cold 5
but yet fo that the Awalgama being de-
clined (or bowed of one fide) doth not
permit the ¢ to run, like anhydropical
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it 'T Hefe being rightly prepared, Take ».). yy.
Gold fubtily filed , one part , of 8 two Ox.

tars that is to fay, heated with boyling *..;
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intercutal water; the confiltence there-
of isgood, but if not, add as muchof)
the water as is fufficient to make it of
this confiftency. This is the Rule for
Mixture , that it be moft readily plyable
and. moft: foft'; and yet can be. made up
like round pellots, like as Butter may
(which though it yields to the eafieft
touch of the finger, yet may be made up fii
into balls by a Wafhing-woman. )Obferve hein
the alledged Example, as being the mioft find
exact Example ; becaufe,as Butter,though |
it be turned of one fide , yet it doth not |
pour out, orlet go any thing fromyit felf
that is more liquid than the whole Mafs }}
is. In like manner is our mixture, be-
caufe of the intrinfical nature of ¥, Will
this fign be given either ina double or in
atreble proportion of the % to. the Body,
or alfo in the threefold of the Body to
to the fourfold of the, Spirit , or in a
double to. treble: and according to the
nature of they , or difference, the Avai- |),
gana will be fofter or harder; yet be
alwaies mindful that it come together in- fo, ,
pellots, and thofe pellots too being laid
by, do fo concreate or hold together,that
they doth not appear more lively in the
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bottom tharrin the top. ‘For'Note thatif

'wa hardens of. its ownaccord. The con-
fiftency thereof, is to be judged inthe
agitation or {tirring it; and if then-it be
Cupe plyable like Butter , and ‘{ufferethit felf
may} to’ be made up into balls; andthefe pellots
bbeing putin clean paper are of anequal

tp} liquidiey,:the proportion is'good. 'Fhig,
lave} being done, Take the Spirit of Vinegar" ~”

nol} and diflolve’in‘it a'third part of ‘its own
oh} weight of sal Armoniac, ‘and put there
unt} ono and %., formerly aalgamated , pat