Chapter 8

Section 8

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tel} it in a glafs with’ a long neck, and léetit
Mas} boyl for a’ quarter of an“hour , with'a

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be} trong Ebullition’s’ thet take the mixture
Wil} out of the glafs, feparate the liquor, heat
oid) the Mortar,and grind ic {trongly as'above,

adj. and very diligently}, then wath off ail

dy) the blacknefs with warm water , put it
in} in again in the former, liquor, and boyl
ott} it again in the fame glais; then again

| grind it ftrongly and wafh it. Repeat

vi} any more colour of blacknefs from the
glid| Avalgama, by any Labour, thenthe 4-
nit] awalganea will be white, like the pureft Sil-
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the temperature of it , and beware it be |
exquifitely right, according to the Rules
aboye-given;,if it be not, make it fo, and

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proceed asabove. This is atedious La-} »/
bour, yet fhalt thou fee (by the figns ap= |

pearing in the Work) thy Labour recoms pik
penfed; then boyl it 4n a. pure water, ek

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tt pouring it off. and repeating it, until all
the faltnef$ and Acrimony be vanifhed 5
Ahi then pour out the water and dry the 4-
4 maleama, which will foon be done: But
7 that thou mayeft be more fecure (becaufe
A too much. water will defltroy the Work,
i and break the veffel how big foever it be),
{tir it or work it upon a clean paper, with
the top of a knife, from place to place,
untill it be dryed exceeding well, then
proceed.as I fhall teach thee.

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Of rhe Preparation, Form, Matter; ae
and Clofing the Veffel. a

) How fhalt have an oval or round ,,
tats}. § glafs, fo big’ as to holdat the moft ’ Apa
ial] Gin its {phere or’ belly)-an Ounce of di-.- 5° ~
leds} {tilled water, and not lefS than this. if...” ao
it} poffibly thou canft, but get it as near cs «>. a
hit} the meafure as\ poflibly thou, cantt 5 lee ere |
cate} ‘the glafs have a neck of the height of one 7 ih
/otk,| palm, or hand-breadth, or fpan; let itbe
tbe)| elear and thick, the thicker the better, fo
with | it be clear and clean, to-difcoverthe acti-
lace, | ons which are within it s let it not at all be
lita) thicker in one place than insdnother : The
|proportion .of matter to this glais, let 1
\be half san Ounce of, Gold; with an

i} Ounce of +2, whigpg® two to. one Aen
| yet

Gf thou addithre¢“t oneof the
ithe whole Compound. will be lefs than i
two Ounces , and this :proportionis ex- a
guifite: Moreover , unlefs the glais, be a |
| ftrong it will: not hold in the fires. the

winds which are in the veflel inthe for- ©, |
ming of our Exbryo 4 which will ealily2 pone
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A “Sry tdeob brittle glafies » yet there ar

¥@h{tlier than the price of threeFlorens,yea |
**~ “Ga the making of ithe water , the priceiof

‘waeeeda brace of Crowns:

Be ‘motideer'’s and if you had :my diftilling

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break a flight veflel. Let the glafs be |"
fealed at the top, with fo great caution; |B:
that there be not the Jeaft hole or chinck, |!"
elfethe work would beideftroyed:Sd you |
fee that our Work as to our Principles, is

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~ what enters into a pound ‘will hardly éx- pit
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* One Incperial or Crown will fuffice for |
the whole Work: to: whom -havea rea- |
dy ‘anfwer: to ireturn,: that is, That I by
chat perceive; that they {peak without a+
ny Refs of kexperiments Por there are
in the Work other things'that are pretis |
ous and require charge.’ But they will

“urge out: of the Philofophers 5: That: all
which may be bought for a’ great price; JW

Work.: To whom .I. may aniwer, And

whatis our Work > Namely, to make|
"the Stove. Thav indeed isour finall work,
/ but our main: Malter-picceiis, To finda | dy
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sftoiftureor humidity, inwhich the o will ~s. i.

ig melt, as Ice in warm water. . This is our.

nf Work to.find , for this many feck, even |
yoy tO Wearinels 5 to attain thiss of ©, others |
«for the g of the >: bute all.in. vain. | ie

vel For inthis our Work, whatfoever is fold

<i) Which by. that time it is perfect, is hardly | *Pr, Ga J
ty} fo little chargeable to the Artift, ;agif he at
eat had bought it at the, price of the molt 5

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wilt] Wpting.of Verus and Diana (which 18° 0°.) fag
vais} Pure Gold) there can never be any tin-// ag 8 ae
fed Cure permanent. So then, 1t is,10 refpecty: oi cl a
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\ of its fativity, very vile on’ one hand 5 |
Immature and volatile; on’ the other qpuit
’ hand,: perfect, pretious and fixts which ples
Species of the Body and the Spirit 1s o |
-and’y, Gold and Argent Vive. HY

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Of ihe Philofopbical F urnace or i"
Athanor. ;

a F vo we have fpoken, its Preparati-/
4 X67 on, Proportion and’ Vertue ; of fy,
1 60.5.4) 4 alfonites neceflity and ufe in our Works #h
which how they are to be Prepared , 1x
“have fhewed 5 how to be mixed, ‘Thave }
“taught : of the veffel alfo, in which they |
are to. be fealed ; ‘I “have: ‘difcovered fit
much ¥ which are all to be underftood Jiu)

| witha‘grain of {alt ; elle if you proceed
- too literally, you may hippento erre of- Bit
\ tentimes'; [ehe which tae wauhaal ena)
| : For we have fo mingled ‘our Phi- pitt
lofophical fabtleties “with. unufbal can- Fin;
dor, that unlcfs you'fmell outmany 42-9 net

| ‘taphors in our foregoing Chapters, your piel
‘ Harvett will hardly prove better than fir)
~»\Jols of ‘Time, Cofts and Pains 5 as for
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hails] Examples’ Where we, without any ambi=|
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ly vendiblé, the other tobe made by our’)

Art? Tf you know not the Jatter, you! >:
know not the fabject of our Secrets, and << *
may inftead of it, work in Sol vulgar 3)
yet miftake me not, for our o is itvall ex-"
ne | 4zezs good Gold , and therefore it’s’’.
vendible, that is, itmay be (if reduced:
|to a Metal) fold without’ any feruple :”
wrt) But our Gold is not to be bought for mo-*
., f{fley , though you would give a Crown’!
Voj|Or Kingdom for it, for it ts the gift of |

guity, told you that one of our Princi<,~)! :

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«(,]/Gods-for our Gold is not to be had made =." =A
I wve/fo our hand (at leaft not commonly.) Bue <2: Pare!
jiny|before it comes to be our o, it ftandsin © +"

peed need: of our Art, yet thoi'mayeftine y

abe sy ice

ord WE thou-feck aright. So then our Gold 4.’ E

neo AS the next matter to our Stone, and O'and ”
e¢) vulgar are near matters, but other’
Mie Mictals are the remote matter, and thole’,

jan(things which are not Metalline aré moft
3 remote, that is alien from it. I my fell be
s Fol have fought it in @ and vulgar and found=
duit | Yee it is a far eafier work Out of our”

4g t0k Matter to make the Stowe , than to ab-
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fra ourtrue Matter out of any vulgar | | fear

old isa Chaos, whole} cept

ight by the fires but) a
xe Gold vulg body, whofe foul 1s rey thn
‘tired into a {trong hold, that it may theré | pyle

‘be defended from the violence of, the ft 0

‘ firestherefore {faith the Philofophers, That thy

‘the Fire of Vulcan is the artificial death y jd

fered fufion have init loft their Life. If H fll

F chins can{t apply it wittily, both to thy: Mone
_. . imperfect body, and to thy Fiery Dragon 5) iad:
De thou needeft. no other Key toall our Seay gy;
1. a)fid crets 5 for if thou wilt feek a © IN Bat th
=F imiddle fubftance, between perte tion Ai mete

» imperfection, thou mayelt find it : AMO} the}

_. *Joofe the body of common Sol, which 1s Me

| See ee Herculeatt Work,and it’s called the firlt thoy
=a 4) £4 “Preparation , by which the, {ncantatiom fer.

mics

tis loosed, by which it{body. was bound) jg.
s from performing the part of a Male. I | ther
“Fthou goeft in our former way, thou nee>) ia4),
F deft a molt. benign fire from the begine| ches
We 3 ning to the end ; but if thou entreft the nour
>... Blatter way, thou. muft mploy the helpof beand
bb tet i Fiery Vulcan, fuch as we ufe in multiplicas
™ tion ; when corporal o or vulgar 2. 1s ad-
. ded to our. Elixir for a Ferment. This! j,
dohwe Harris

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it |) cept difretion help thee out of it. og 4
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I} thou art in need of an equal and contiz?*' "> 7
tt) nual hear, whether thou workeft ino vul-> 4
ty F gar,orin out O only. Know alfo,: That) -° 9

thy & in both Works, although it be one’
| radically , yet it’s far different in its Pre- |
lit | :paration. “Alf thy Stoze with our Gold \

i) thall be fooner perfected, by two or three : i :
th} Moneths , than our firft’ Matter fhall be it

(i) made to appear out of either o or 3 vul- |
gars and the Elixir. of the one will be

me at the firft degree of perfection ,’ of a”
iY @reater vertue by far than in the other at »

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tit] Moreover, if thou work with our So, Vane |

fal) chou muft make Cibation, Imbibition and (€4:3a.
iid] Fermentation, by which its force will be (=~ a7, 5 7
ol} made in a manner infinite ; but intheo-, © 7 7

Rake ig Dem

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> Yet be it.as it will, thou cantt never
be _ then in vain, that the Truth-telling Her-
a | mes, next to the Father o, and Mother ¢,
* reckons the fire as the third or governour
. ae of the whole. . But this is to be under-
gy tt Mtood of .the truly fecree Furnace, which

ew 1S called Our common Furnace ,. which 1S
a either of Brick or Potters Loam, or of
Iron or Copper plates well luted within 5
this Furnace we call an Athaxor , whofe
form, that beft pleafeth me, isa ‘Fower
with a Neft.. Let the. Tower, be about
two Foot high or more, and nine Inches
broad within the plates, or a common
{pan ;.about two Inches broad. below of
each fide, and fo about {even Inches high,

Ai ~ oreight atthe moft; that where the fire

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but of a{mooth afcent, fomewhat taper-
ing; next to the bottom or foundations

; Pay gers high, or a little more, and a grate
he and itone freed to it; alittle above the

rel bs ‘firft fublime and boy! this Compound
_ “s2" till fit to be inited with Virgins Milk. |

ia 7 a vulgar eye never faw. “reeret ene, SOs
ve L. - There. is alfo another Furnace, which |

is, may be thicker of Clay than at top, +
let there be an ath-hole thrée or.four fine |

grate

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large; let the Neft and the Tower be ve-
Pry free from cracks, and let ‘the Neft
| have no {cope downwards below the difh,
| but that the fire may come immediately
under the platter, and fo forthat two,
| three; or four holes , and Jet the Neft
| have a cover with a window init, where
| a glafs about a Foot high may ftand, or
elfe the top of it let out at a hole above ;
| and being thus ordered, fet your Furnace
in a lightfome place’, and the Coals are
| tobe putin at the top, firft liveones and
then others, and the top to be fhut from
all Air with a cover, and fifted afhes in
the joynts of it. In fuch a Furnace you
‘may do the Work, from the beginning
| to the end, - 9 ee

P| But if you becurious,you may find o-
Mf) ther, and other waies of adminiftring a
Hl | due Regimen of Fire. Let then, fora
sae | general Rule, fuch an Athanpr be made,
ell in Which,without motion of the glafs, you
a EB 2: may

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may give what degree of heat you will,
from a feverifh heat to a foft reyerbering
or dark red , and in its higheft degree,
Jet it laft at leaft ten. hours or eight,
without recruiting with Coals, for lefs
time is toylfom to the Workman 5 then
haft thou the firft gate open. |

Thou mayeft, when thou haft the
Sione, make the fore-mentioned Furnace
portable (as I my {elf have ), for it, is
eafily portable, and the Operations are

not fo tedious, but very fhort, and fo

need no great Furnace 5 which would
be worfe to carry about, and more trou-
ble than the rifing a little fooner than or-
dinary, to recruit a {mall Furnace with
Coals for about a Weekes time , or two
er three at the moft, in the time of. Mul-
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