part may. Inasmuch therefore as chenu

triment, or aliment of life, may be called
the lifeor* man ; this nutriment extract d
out of Bread 8c Wine,& being by dige ion
exalted into the hig'heit purity of a nu-
tritive fubilance, and confeqiienrly be-
coming the life of man , being fo poten-
tially, may Metaphorically be called Ho*
unculuL

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64 the Holy Guide. LlB 5.

1 9. The procefs, which in part fnall be
fee down allegorically is thus; Take the1
beft Wheat, and the beft Wiiie, of each a
likequantity3put them into a gbfs^whtcl
you muft hermetically cLofe : then let
them putrine in horfe-dung three dayes,
or until the Wheat begin togerminate, or
to fp rout forth, which then muft be taken
forth and bruifed in a Morter , and be
prefled through a linnen cloth , and
there will come forth a white juice like
milk; you muftcaft away the feces : Lee
this juice be put into a giafs , which multi
not be above half full y flop itclofe, and]
fet it in horfe-dung as before,for the fpace1
of fifty dayes. If the heat be temperate,
and not exceeding the natural heat of a
man, the matter will be turned into a1
fpagyrical blood,and flefh,likean Embryo.
This is the principal,and next matter, out;
of which is generated a twofold fperm,i
viz. of the father and mother, generating1 «t
the Homuncitlus , without which there caa| to
be made no generation, whether humane^
or animal.

20. From the blood and flefh of this
Embryo lee the water be feparated in
'Balneo , and fhe air in afhes, and both be
jkeptby themfelvcs, Then to theieces
of the latter diliillation iec the water
the former? diftilhtion be added, both

which

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[which* muft fthe glafs being clofeftoptj
mtriiie in Balneo the fpaceof ten dayes^,
tfterthis diftil the water the fecond time,
If which is then the vehiculum of the firftj
(together with the fire, in afhes. then diftil
pff this water in a gentle Balnea , and in
;:he bottome remains the fire , which muft
be diftilled in allies. Keep both thefe a-
>art. And thus yon have the four Ele-
ments fe pa rated from the Chaos of the
"mbryo.

2 1 . The feculent earth is to be reverbe-
rated in a clofe veffel for the fpace of four
Hayes : In the interim diftil off the fourth,
l>art of the firft diftillation in Balnea , and
[:aft it away ; the other three parts diftil
afhes, and pour it upon the reverbera-
ted earth,and diftil it in a ftrong fire ; co-
liobateitfour times, and foyou (hall have
very clear water, which yon muft keep
»y it felf : Then pour the air on the fame
Mirth* and diftil it in a ftrong fire ; and
[here will come over a clear,fplendid,odo-
fiferous water, which muft be kept apart :
Softer this pour the fire upon the firft wa-
:r, and putrifie them together in Balneo
le fpaceof three dayes, then put them
:ito a Retort,and diftil them in fand,and
lere will come over a water tailing of
he fire *. let this water be diftilled in BaU
eo9 and what diftils off keep by it felf, as
S f 4 alfo

6 6 The Holy Guide. L » B. 5 .

alfowhat remains in the bottome 3 which
is the rire3keep by it felf. This laft diftilled
water pour again upon its earth , and let
them be macerated together in Balneo for
the fpaceof three dayes5 and then let all
the water be diftilled in fand , and let
what will arife befeparated in Balneo^ and
the rdluence remaining in the bottome
be referved with the former refidence.
Let the water be again poured upon the
e^arth, be a bft rafted 3 and feparatedas be-
fore, until nothing remain in the bot-
tome 3 which is not feparated in Balneo.
This being done3 let the water which was
laft feparated be mixed with thereiidue of
its fire, and be macerated in Balneo three
or fouf dayes,and all be diftilled in Balneo^
that can z^cend with that heat 3 and let
what remains he diftilled in afhes from the
fire 3 and what mall be elevated is aerial i
and what remains in the bottcme is fiery.
Thefetwo laft Liquors aire afcribed to the
two firft principles3the (ormer to Mercury, jtii{
and the latter to SuJphur, and are ac-|iiu
counted by it Crvcians>not aselenients^buev
their vital parts,being asit were the naturjtt
ral fpirits 2nd foul , which are in them bypa;
nature. Now both aretobe recYihedgandJI^
reflected into their centerwith a circular
inotionj that this Mercury may baprepa*
icd with its water, being kept clear , and

odoriferous,

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odoriferous , in the upper place, but the
Sulphur by it felf. Now it remains that
we look into the third principle ; let the
reverberated earth, being ground upon a
marble, imbibe its own water, which did
above remain after thelafl: feparation of
the Liquors made in Balneoy fo that this be
the fourth part of the weight of its earth*
and be congealed by the heat of afhes
into its earth, and let this be done fo oft,
the proportion bring obferved , until the
earth hath drunk up all its water. And
laftly , let this earth be fublimedinto a
white powder as white as fnow , the feces
being caft away. This earth being Cubit*
med and freed from its obfeurity , is the
true Chaos of the Elements; for it con-
tains thofethmgs occult, feeing it is the
fait of nature, in which they lye hid, be-
ing, as it were, reflected in their center.
bcA This is the third principle of ?aracelfmy
:0{B and the fait, which is the matrix, in which
[ciiim the two former fperms , viz. of the man
e m and woman, the parents of the Homuncu-
iMfohviz- of Mercury and Sulphur, are to
rM be put , and to be clofed up together in a
silI glazen womb, fealed with Herm?s (eals,
I for the true generation of the Hcmuucu-
lusy produced from the fpagyrical Em-
bryo ; and this is the tiomvnculus or great

Arcanum^

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68 The Holy Guide. Lib* 5.

Arcanum , otherwife called the nutritive
Medicament of Faracelfus.

22. This ttomunculus or nutritvive Me-
dicament, is of fuch vertue, that pre-
fendy after it is taken into the body, it
is turnetiinto blood and fpirits. If then
Difeafes prove mortal becaufe they de-
ftroy the fpirits , what mortal Difeafe
can withftand fuch a Medicine, that
doth fo foon repair , and fo ftrongly
fortifie the fpirits, as this Womunculus, be-
ing as the ovl to the flame, into which
it is immediately turned, thereby re-
newing the fame> By this Medicament
therefore, as Difeafes are overcome, and;
expelled , fo alfo youth is renewed, and
gray hairs prevented.

An artificial way to mafy Flejh.

23. Take of the crums of the beft
wheaten Bread as foon as it comes
forth out of the Oven , being very hot,
as much as you pleafc, put it into a
glaffe veflel, which you muft prefentljr
hermetically clofe. Then fet it in di-
geftion in a temperate Balneo , the fpace
of two months, and it wdl be turned into
a fibrous fiefh.

If any Artift pleafe to exalt it to a
(iigherperfe&ion, according to the Rules

of

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of Art , he may find out , how great
a nourifher and reftorative Wheat is 5
and what an excellent Medicine it may
make.

Note that there mud be no other moi-
ftu re put into the glafTe befides what is in
the bread it feif.

CHAP.

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CHAP. IV.

I . The way to raife a dead Bird to life. ' 2. Of
generating many Serpents of one^ Sec. 2 . To
fur? fie and refine Sugar. 4. To maty a
Vegetable grow and become more glorious
then any of its [pedes. 5 . To make a. Sal-
let grow in two or three hours . 6. To make
the Idea' of any plant appear in a glafs 3 as
if the very plant it felf were there. 7. Ta
make Fine- trees appeare in Turpentine.
S. To maty Harts-home appeare in a Glafs.
9. To make Golden Mountains to appear in
a glafs. 10. To make the world appeare in
a Glafs , 1 t . To maty four Elements ap-
peare in a Glafs 12. To make a perpetual
Motion in a Glafs. \^.To make a Luminous
water that fhdll dive light by night . 14. Of-
a room that (hall feem on fire^ if you enter
with a Candle. \^. To maty a powder that
by fp'ntin* upon it (hall be inflamed. 1 6 . To
maty a Loadjione draw a. Naile out of a-
foft.

The way to raife a dead bird to life^ arid for,
the generating many Serpents of one', loth
which are performed ly putrefaction.

-A

Bird is reftored to life thus, viz.
Take a Bird, put it alive into a

gcurd

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■gourd glafs, and feal it up hermetically,
Iburn ic to afhes in the third degree of
(fire, thenputnfie it in horfe dung into a
mucilaginous flegm, and fo by a continu-
ed digeftion that flegm muft be broughc •
to a further maturity ( being taken out,
and put into an oval vcffel of a juft big-
inefs to held \t) by an exaft digeftion,and
itfill fo become a renewed bird : which
faith Paracelfus is one of thegreateft won-
ders in Nature, and fhews the great ver-
tue of putrefaction.

2. Cut a Serpent into fmall piece?,
•which put into a gourd glafs which you
muft Hermetically feal up, then putrifie
them in horfe dung, and the whole Ser-
pent will become living again in the glafs,
in the form either of worms or fpawneof
fifties ; Now if thefe worms be in a fitting
manner brought out of pucrefa&.on ,.
and nouriftied ; many hundred serpents
will be bred out of one Serpent, whereof
every one will beas bigas the firft. And
as it isfaidofthe Serpernts fo alfo many
other living creatures may be raifed, and
reftored again.

To fur; fie and refine Sugar.

4. Make a ftrong Lixivium of Calx vive,
wherein diftblve as muchcourfe Sugar as

the

7 2 iht Holy Guide. Ll B. 5

the Lixivium will beare, then put in the

white of Eggs ( or 2. to every part of the

Liquor ) being beaten into an oil * ftir

them well together, and let them boy! a

little, and there will arife a feu mi which

muft be taken offas long as any will arife,

then poure all the Liquor through a great

Woilen cloth bag, and fo the feces will

remain behind in the bag, then boyl the

Liquor again fo long till fome drops of ic

being put upon a cold plate, Witt, when .

they be cold, be congealed as hard as fait., I

Then pour out the Liquor into pots, or

moulds made for that purpofe, having I

hole in the narrower end thereof, which

muft be flopped for one night after, and

after that night be opened, and there will

a moift fubftance drop forth which is

called Molofles, or Treakle ; then with

potters clay cover the ends of the pot,and

as that clay iinketh down by reafon of the

finking of the Sugar, fill them up with

more clay, repeating the doing thereof t if

the Sugar fhnnk no more. Then tajie in

out till it be hard, anddryed, then bind

it up in papers.

"Xo wakf a. vegetable grow and become more g!o*
mus then any ofitsfpecies.

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4« To reduce any vegetable into its

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Lib. 5. ibe Holy Guide. 73

tthrce firft principles, and then ioyn them
[together again being well purified, fsc put
the fame into a rich earth, and you (hall
lhave it produce a vegetable far more glo-
brious then any of its fpecies.

Note how to make fuch an efTencejlook
linto the firft book, and there you fhali
■fee the procefs thereof.

To make a flant grow in two or three boures.

5. Take the afhes of MoiTe,nK)iften them
Uith the juice ef an old dungil being firft
preiTed forth, and llreined,then dry them
[t little, and moiften them as before, do
his four or five times, put this mixture
being neither very dry, nor very moi(r3
jntofome earthen, or metalline veffell >
indin it fet the feeds of Lettice, Purflain
>r Parfly ( becaufe they will grow fooner
hen other Plants ) being firft impregna-
|ed with the eiTenceofa vegetable of its
mix fpecies, ( the procefs whereof you
jiall find Book 1 .page 52,33.^111 they be-
in to fprout forth, then 1 fay, put them
n the laid earth with that end upwards
1 hich fprouts forth ; Then put the veffel
tuoa gentle heat, and when it begins to
liy, moiften it with fome of thefaid juyce
fdung.

Thou

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Thou maieft by this meanes have a Sal-i
let grow whilcft flipper is making ready.

Ho make the Idea, of any ?Lnt appear in a
glafc as if the very flantitfeifwere there, j

6. Theprocefsof this thou maift fee3j
pag, 32. and therefore I need not here z\
gain repeat it, only remember that if you
put the flame of a candle to the bottom of
the glafs wheie the effencc is, by whicli
it may be made hot; you will fee that
thin fubftance which is like impalpable
allies or fait fend forth from the bottom
of the glafs the manifeft forme of a vege-
table, vegetating and growing by littW
and little, and putting on fo fully the
forme of ftalkes, leaves and flowers in fuchj
perfect and natural wife in apparent
(liew, that any one would believe verily
thefametobe naturally corporal, when
as in truth it is thefpiritual Idea, endued
with a fpiritual efTence : which ferveth!
for no other purpofe, but to be matched
with its fitting earth, that fo it may take
unto it felf a more folid body. This ma-!
dowed figure aflbon as the veffel is takeni
from the fire, returnes to its aflies againi
and vanifheth away, becoming a Chaos,
and confufed matter.

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To make Firre-trees appear in Turpentine.

. 7. Take as much Turpentine as you
>leafe, put it into a Retort, dift.il it by
legrees ; when all is diflilled eff* keep the
letort frill in a reafonable heat,that what
lumidity is ftil remaining msy be evapo-
ated^and it become dry : Then take this
)fffrom the lire and hold your hand to
he bottom of the Ptetort, and the Tur-
Dentine that is dried ( which is called Co-
pphonia^) will crack afunder in feverai
laces, and in thnfecrackesof chaps you
ball fee the perfect effigies or Fine-trees
,/hich will there continue many months.

0 make Hat ts- born Jeemingly to grow in a
glafs.

8. Take Harts-horn broken into (mail
ieces, and put them into a glafs RetorC
o bediftilled,ahd you (hall fee the glafs
obefeemingly full of horns, which will
Dntinue there fo long till the volatile fait
ome over. •

0 make golden mountains as it were appear e in
a gla%

<?. Take of Adders eggs half a pound3

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put then into a glafs Retort, dillil them
rgreesj when ali is dry, you (hall fee
she feces at the bottom turgid and pufFedlj
up, and (eem to be as it were golden
mountains, being very glorious to be-
hold. .

-
Tfl make the r.prefentation of the whole Worh
in a Glrfs.

10. Take of the pureft fait Nitre
much asyou pleafe, of Tin half fo muc
mix them together 9 and calcine th
hermetically, then put them into a Rl
tort, to which annex a glafs rcceiver,aij
lure them well together; let there I
leaves of gold put into the bottom there
of, then put fire to the Retort, until va
pours ari!e that will cleave to the gold
augment the. lire till no more fumes i
fcend, then take away the Receiver, aii(j
clofe it rjermetically, and make a lamj
lire under it, and you will fee prefeutei
in it the Sun , Moon, Stars , Fountains
Flowers, Trees, fruits, and indeed even
ail things, which is a glorious light to be
hold.

T0 makgfour "EtyntenU appear in a glafs

. I . Cubtle powder of Jet %r

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Ll B. 5. Ike Holy Guide, 77

ounce and half, ofthe oil of Tartar made
per Veliqi turn ( in which there is not one
drop of water befides what the Tartar ic
felf contracted )two ounces, which you
muft colour with a light green with Var-
degreafe, of the pureft Spirit of Wine
tinged with a light blew with Indico, two
mcesof the bett rectified Spirit of Tur-
mtine coloured with a light red, -with
adder two ounces. Put all thefe into a
lafs, and (hake them together*, and you
fhall fee the Jet which is heavy and black
Till to the bottomland repefeut the earth;
lext 3 the Oil of Tartar made green,
representing the element of water, falls :
pon thatfwims the blew fpirit of Wine
hich will not mix with the oil of Tartar;
nd represents the element of air : upper-
mod wil fwim the fubtle red oil of Turpen-
tine which reprefents the element of fire.

It is ftrange to fee how after fhaking all
rhefe together they will be diitmftiy .fc-
parated the one from the other. If it be
well done, as it is eafie enough to do, it is
1 moft glorious fight.

To rnnke x perpetual motion in aglafs.

12. Take feven ounces of QnickfHver5

as much Tin, grinde them well together

with fourteen ounces of Sublimate diflcU

T t 2 ved

jS 'i he Holy Guide. LiB.S.

ved in a cellar upon a Marble thefpace of
four days , and it will become like oil
Olive 5 which diftil in fand, and there
will lublimea dry fubftance*, then put the
water which diftills off back upon the
earth, in thebottome of the Still and dif-
folve what you can; filter it, and diftil
it again, and this do foure or five times,
and then that earth will be fofubtle, that
being put into a vial, the fubtle atonies
thereof will move up and down for e?
vet.

Note that the vial orglafsmuft be clofe
ft opt, and kept in a dry place

1o make a Luminous Water, that (ball give
light by night.

z

13. Takethe tailesofGlo-wormes,p
them into a gla-fs ftil, and diftil them in
BalneOy pour the faid water upon more
frefh tailes of Glo-wormes, do this four
or five times, and thou (halt have a mod
Luminous Water, by which thou maift
fee to read in the dark night.

Some fay this Water may be made of
the skins of Herrings •, and for ought I
know it may be probable enough : for I
have heard that a fliole of Herrings coni-
ming by a (hip in the night have given a
great light to all the fliip.

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Ir were worth the while to know the
true reafoa why Glo-wormes, and Her-
rings and fome other fuch like things
fhould be luminous in the night. '

To ma\e a vapour in a chamber , that he that en*
ters into it with a candle jhall thinkg the
room to be on fire.

14. DifTolve Camphirein rectified A-
iqua vit£3 and evaporate them in a very
elofe chamber where no air can get inland
lie that firft enters the chamber with a
Iighted^andle,will be much aftoniftiedifor
the chamber will feem to be full of fire,
very fubtle, but it will be of little qpntr
nuance.

You muft note that it is the combufti-
ble vapour, with which the chamber is
filled, that takes flame from the candle.

Divers fuch like experiments as this
jmaybedon*, by putting fuch a combufti-
ble vapour into a box, or cubboard or
fuch like, which will aflbon as any one
ihallopen them having a candle in his
hand3 take fire, and burnc.

To make a powder tba t by fritting upon frail be
inflamed.

15. Take a Load-ftone, powder it, and
T t 3 put

go Tke Holy Guide % LlB,5.

put it into a ilrong calcining pot, cover
it all over with a powder made of Calx
vive , and Colophonia , of each a like
quantity, put alfo fomc o£ this powder
der under it ', when the pot is ful, cover
it, and lute the clofures with potter*
earth, put them into a furnace , and
there letthemboyl, then take them out
and put them into another pot, and- fet
the m in the furnace again, and this doe
till they become a very white and dry
Calx. Take of this Calx one part, of falc
Nitre being very well purified four parts,
and as much Camphirr, Sulphur vrVundJ
the oil of Turpentine, and Tartar, grind'
all thefe to a tubtle powder and fearfei
them, and put them into a glafs veflelji
then put as much Spirit of wine well re&i-l,
fied as will cover them two fingers
breadth, thenclofethetu up and let the P
veflel in horledung three months, and ia 1
that. time they will alt tecome an uni-1
forme palte : evaporate all the humidity, I
imtill the whole malTe become a very dry I
(tone : then take it out and powder it,and I
keep it very dry.

Ifyou take a little of this powder and

'{pit upon jt, or pour fome water upon it,

ic will take fire prefently, fo that thou

maiit lie; tit a match, or aay fuch thing by

L'iB.5- The Holy GmJl>. 8 1

To fortifie a Load-ftone that it (hall be able to
draw a naile out of a piece of wood.

1 6. yakea Load-ftone,and heat ic very
hotincoales, but (o that it be not fired,
:hen pi efently quench it in the Oil of Cro-
ws Martis made of the beft Iteel, that it
nay inbibeasmuch as it can.

Thou (bait by this means make the
Load-ftone Co very ftrong and powerful,
that thou maiftpuli out nailes out of a
)iecc of wood with it, and dofuch won-
derful things with it that the common
oadflone can never do.

Now the reafon of this (as Tar-acelfm.
kith ) isbecaufe the Spirit of iron is the
ife ot the Load- ftone, and tins may be
xtra.&ed from, or increafed in the Load-
one.

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CHAP. V.

J. To ma\e Quickflver Malleable jn [even
houres. ?. To reduce gl 'a fs into its fir jl prin-
ciples, vfz / "and and jail. 2. To write ot
engrave upon an egge, or pebble > with wax
4. To waly Pearle. $.Mak? Arabian per-
fume.. 6. To make Ctrange Gyles and Liquors,
7. To makj Steel grow like a Tree. 8. Ti
welt any Mettelin the hand without burni
' cfit, 9. Secret observations. 10. To e
trait a white MUkje fuh fiance from the ra,
of the Moon.

To maf^e §)uic\ fiver Malleable in fe\
houres.

i« T^Akeof thebeft lead, and melt I
X and poureit into a hoIe,and wheni
it is almoft concealed make a hole in icJ
and prefently fill up the hole with quick-j
filver, and it will prefently be congela*!
ted into a friable fubftance-, tfaien beat it J
into a powder,and put it again into a hole
of frefh melted lead as "before 5 do this, I
£hree or four times, then boyl it being all J
in a piece in Linfeed oil the fpace of fix,
houres ? then take ic out and it will be-
come malleable.

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Note that after this, it may by being
melted over the (ire be reduced into
quick-filver again.

A thin plate of the faid Mercury laid
iipon an inveterate Ulcer takes away the
malignity of it in a great meafure, and
renders ic more cureable then before.

A plate of the faid Ylercury laid upon
tumours would be a great deal better re-
percufllve then plates of lead, which Chi-
i'urgaons ufe in fuch cafes.

The powder of the friable fubftance of
Mercury before it be boyledun the oil is
very good tobeftrewei upon old ulcers,
for it doth much correct the virulency of
them.

T0 reduce glafs into itsfirft frinciplesy\\z.fand
and fait.

2. Take bits or powder of Glafs as much
as you pleafe, as much of the fait which
Glafs men ufe in the making of Glafs :
melt thefe together in a ftrong fire : Then
diilblve all the melted mafs in warm wa-
ter, then pour off the water and you (hall
fee no Glafs,but only fandin the bottom,
which fand was that which was in thegiafs
before,

This

8 4 the Holy Guide, L l B * 5 .

This ceniures the vulgar opinion, viz
that the fufion ofGlafs is the laft fufion*
and beyond all reduction*

'Io write or engrave tipman eggeyor pebble^
with wax or greafe,

3. Make what letters or figures yoif
pleafewitu wax, or greafe, upon an eggs
orpebble,put them inco the ftrongeft Spin
lit of Vinegar, and there let theml^e tvvaJ
or three dayes, and you (hall fee every!
place abouj; the lettets or figures eaten oq
confumed away with the laid Spirit, bud
the place where the wax or greafe was,n ;tj
at all touched : the reafon whereof id
becanfc that the Spirit would not operate
upon the faid oleaginous matter.

To make artificial Pearles, as glorious as anj-
oriental.

4. Diffolve mother of Pearle in. Spirit
of vinegar, then precipitate it with Oil o£
Sufphur per Campanam ( and not with
Oil of Tartar, for that takes away the
fplendour of it ) which nddes a luftre ta
it : when it is thus precipitated, dry it,
and mix it with whites of eggs, and of
this mafs you may make Pcarles of what
beliefs or fafliionyou pleafe : before they

be

ilB^T The Holy Guide. 85

>e dryed you may make holes through
fhem, and when chey be dryed they will
AOt at all or very hardly be diCcerned
from true, and natural Pearles.

To makj a Mineral perfume.

«;. DifToIve Antimony, or Sulphur in the
Liquor or Oil of flints or pcbbles,orChry-
ftals,offand,coagulate thefolution into a
red mafs , pour thereon the fpirit of urine
smddigeft them till the fpirit be tingedy
then poure it off, and pour more on, till
all rhetin&urebe extracted, put all the
tinctures together , and evaporate the
Spirit of urine in Balneo,and there will re-
main a blood-red Liquor at the bottom,
upon which pour Spirit of wine, a^nd yoS
(hall extract a purer tinfrwre , which
fmellethlike garlick^digeu it three or four
weeks, and it will fmeli like balme; digeft
it longer, and it will fmel like Musk or
Ambergryfe.

Befides the fmell that it hath, it is an
excellent Sudorifick, and cures all difeafes
that require fweat3 as the plague, putrid
feaversj Lues venerea^ and fuchiike.

Ihe

86 The Holy Guide. Ll B.5.

The OH or Liquor of [and, flints, pebbles y or
Chry flails, for the aforefaid preparation, is
thus made.

6. Take of the beft fait of Tartat being
very well, by two or three diflblutioiis
and coagulations purified;, and powdered
in a hot mortar,one part,of flints, pebbles
or cryftals being powdered, or fmal fand
well wafhed,the fourth part, mingle them
well together^ put as much of this co'm-
pofition as will fill an eggefhel into a Cru-
cible fee in the earthen Furnace, ( ex-
piefTedpage 83. ( and made red hot, and
prefently there will come over a thick3and
white fpirit, this doe till you have e-
nough, tthen take out of the Crucible
vvhileft it is gtowing hot, and that which.
is in it is like traufpareut glafs, which
keep from the aire.

The Spirit may be rectified by fand in a
glafs Retort.

The Spirit is of excellent ufe in the
gout, ftone,ptifick, and indeed in all ob-
ftru&lons, provoketh fweat, and urine,
and cleanfeth theftomack, andbyconfe-
quence effectual in moft difeafes.

It being apply ed externally cleareth
the skin, and makes it look very faire.

Take that which remaines at the bot-

tome

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omc in the crucible, and beat it to pow-
ler, and lay it in a moift place, and (bit
liflblveth into a thick fat Oil: and this is
hat which is called the Oil of fan d, of
lints, pebles or chryftals.
This oil is of wonderful ufe in medicine,
.salfoin the preparation of all forts of
flineralls.

This oil beinctaken inwardly in fome
■ppropriated Liquor, diflblves tartarous
:oagufationsin the body, and fo opens
ill obftru&ions.

It precipitates metals and makes the
:alx thereof more weighty then oil of
Tartar doth.

It is of a golden nature : it extracts co-
lours from all metals, is fixed in all fires,
naketh fine Cryftals, and Borax, and ma-
cunrieth imperfect metals into gold.

If you put it into water, there will pre-
ipitate a moft fine white earth, of which
you may make as clear veflels as are
China-difhes.

Note that allfand, flints, and pebbles,
ven the whiteft, have in them a golden
iilphur, or tin&ure, and if a prepared
ead be for a time digefted in this oil,it wil
eem as it were gilded, becaufe of tiie geld
that will hang upon it, which may be
vvafhed away in water. Goldalfo is found
in fand and flints. &c. and if ) ou put gold
into this oil, it will become more ponde-
rous thereby. ?o

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Towakf Steele grow in aglajdike a tree,

7. Diffolve Steele in a rettiried Spirit
of bait, lb dial I you have a green and
fvveec folution , which fmels like brim-
ftone \ filter it, and abftraft all the moi-
frure m fund with a gentle heat, and there
will diftil over a Liquor as Tweet as rain-
water; for Steel by reafon of its Jdryneft
detaines the corofivenefs of the Spirit
of Salt, which remaineth in the bot-
tome like a biood red maffe, which is
as hot on the tongue as fire 5 difIolv<$
this red maffc , in oil of flints, or 01
fand, and you (hall fee it grow up in two
or three homes like a tree with a ftem
and branches ; prove this tree at the tefi-,
and it yeeldeth good gold, which this
tree hath drawn from the aforefaid oil of
fand, or flinty which hath a golden. ful-
phurin it.

To melt any nutaU in ones hand without burning I
of the hand,

8. Take a little calcining pot in your 1
hand, make in it a lane or comfe of the
powder ofany metal, then upon it lay a
lane of Sulphur, Siilt-pefer and Saw-duft, .

of

jLibT^ V/jtf Boly Guide. «9

of each a like quantity, mixed together,
put a coal ot fire ro it, and forthwith the
metal will be melted into a mais

Ijin objervation upon the beams of the Sun and
beat of the fire , h^v they adde weight to Mi-
nerals and Metalline bodies.

i . Take any Mineral Liquor and fet it
Sn an open veffel in the fun for a fpace,and
it will be augmented in quantity, and
weight. Bu.t fome will fay that this pro-
ceedeth from the air : to the which 1 an-
fweranddemand,whethertheair had not
this impregnation from the fiui , and
what the air hath in it felf that proceed-
ed not from the fun and liars.

2. put this liquor in a cold eel 1-ar, or
in a moift air, and youfhall find that it
increafeth nor in weight, as it doth in the
fun^ or in the fire ( which hath in this re-
fpt&fome anatogie with the Riti ) ! do
not fay but h;ip!y it might attract fome
little moifture vvnich is foon exhaled by
anv frail heat.

3% D;lTo!ve any fulplmrous and im-
pel feft metal 1 as Iron, Copper, or Zinke,
in AquafoYtis^ov any other acid fpirit, then
abftraft the Spirit from it, make it glow-
ing hot, yet not too hoc, tjiat the Spirit
nifly on*y vapour away, then weigh this

metalline

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metalline Calx, and fee it in a crucible]!
over the fire, but melt it not, only let itjl
darkly glow; letitftandfo three or four!
weeks, then ta*ke it off, and weigh it a-l
gain, and you (hall find it heavier then!
before.

4. Set any fulphurous metal, as Iron,!
or Copper, with ilxteei^or eighten part^l
of Lead on a teft made with afhes cf wood!
or bones in a probatory furnace : firftl
weigh the teft,copper and lead before you |
putthem intd the furnaces let the frond
copper fly away with the'lead, yet not
with too ftrong a hear, then take the teft
out, and weigh it, and<you (hall find it
( though the metals are gone ) when it
js cold to be heavier then it was when it
was put in o the furnace with the metals.;
The queftionis now whence this heavi-
nefs of all the aforefaid Minerals and me-
tals proceed , if that the heat of the'
fun and fire through the help of the ' Mi-
nerals and metals be not fixed into a pal-
pableMineral , and Metalline body .

5. Seta teft with lead, or copper in the
fun, and with a concave glafs unite the
bcames of trie fun, and let them fall on
the center of the metall,hold the concave
glafs in your hand , and Jet your teft
never be cold, and this will be as well
done in the fun, as in the fire. But this

concave

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■concave mutt be two foot in Diameter,
land not too hollow or deep, but about
■the eighteenth or twentieth part of the
Icircie,thatic may the better caft its beams
forth, and it muft be very well polifhed.

6. Calcine Antimony with a burning
jlafs j and you mall fee it fmoak, and
"ume, and be made dryer then before, yec
*eigh it and it will be heavier then be-
ore.

Khali take in, for the confirmation of *
11 this, a relation of Sir Kenelme Vtgbjl
oncerning the precipitating of the fun
tarns. I remember ( faith he) a rare ex-
el iment that a Nobleman or muchffin-
eri.y, and a lingular friend of mine,
Did me hehadfeen, which was, that by
leans ofglafTes made in a very particular
lannor, and -artificially placed one by
nother, he had feen theiun beame? ga-
iercd together, and precipitated down
tto a brownifh, or purplifh red powder,
here ( faith he ) could be no fallacy in
lis operation. For nothing whatsoever,
asin theglaf«D when they were placed,
vddifpofed foa this intent j and it muft
2. in the hot time of the yearjelfe the
& would not follow. And of this ma-
ttery he could gather fome dayes nee£
10 ounces in a day,and it was of a ftrong
latile vertue , and would imprefs its
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fpiritual quality into gold it felf ( the hea- ;i
vieft and moft fixed body \vc convert I
withal ) in a very fhort time.

I leave it now to the reader to judge!
whether the beams of the fun, and hea i
of the fire adde weight to Minerals, anal
Metals.

1o extrdft a white Milkje fubftance from th I
rates of the Moon.

Take a concave glafs and hold it ajl
gainft the Moon when (lie is at the full i%
a cleare evening, and let theraies there
of being united fall upon a fponge, am
the fponge wil be ful of a cold Milkie fub
fiance* which you may prefs out wit!
your hand, and gather more. De-La
Broffeis of opinion that thisfubftance is c
the fubftance of the Moon: but I cannc
affentto him in that, only this I fay, i
this experiment were well profecuted, t
might be the key to no fmall fecrcts.

CHAP

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CHAP. VI.

To condenfe aite in fummer. 1. How to
fix two volatile [alts. 3. Of a Rofie Cruci-
an Medicine, and itsufe and vertues. 4. A-
notber. 5. Of a Cordial TinUure, and its
vertues. 6' Another of excellent, vertue,
and its ufe. 7. To reduce dijiilled Tur-
pentine into its body agaiti, and of itsufe,
and vertues. 8. To mak$ the difiilled oyle
out of any her be or flower, or feed in an in*
ft ant without a Furnace. 9. To kpow what
Metal there is in any Ore. \ o. A petty obfer-
vati on upon the Melting of Copper and Tin
together, n. A r, mar able obfervation upon
the melting fait Armoniack^, and Calx vive
together. 12. A cheap powder likf unto au-
rum fulminans. 1 3 . Totnake an Antimo-
hial cup, and to caft divers figures of Anti-
mony.

'

condenfe the aire in the hent of fummer and
in the beat of the day, into water.

FILL an earthen yeffel unglazed*
made pointed downward, and fill
t with (how-water f which muft be kept
11 the year)in which is diffol ved as much
litre as the water would duToWe : Lee
Uu2 the

94 The Holy Guide. Lib.?

the veftel be clofe ftopt. Hold this vefle!
againft the fun, and the air will be fo cow
denfed by the coldnefs of the veifel thafj
it will drop down by thefides thereof.

Km two forts of volatile S 'alts will be fixed V
joyning them together,

7. Take a ftrong Lixivium made o
unflaked Lime, and evaporate it, anq
* whereas you would expeft to find a fait ajj
the bottome, there is none $for all the falji
in the Lixivium is vapoured away,and thid
more the Liquor is evaporated,the weakel
the Lixivium becomes , which is contrary
to ,other Lixiviums : Alfo if you tak« I
fpirit of Vinegar , and evaporate it, yoij
(kail find no falc at the bottome. Nov >j
if you take the clear Lixivium of Lime
and fpirit of Vinegar,of each a like quan J
tity,and mix them together, andevapo i
rate the humidity thereof, you (hall find]
good quantity of fait at the bottom]
which taftes partly hot, and partly acid. :

This fait being fet in a cold cellar on ;i j
marble ftone, and diflblved into an oil, i ?
as good as any Lac virginU , to clear anc
fmooth the face, and dry up any hot pu i
ftles in the skin , as alfo againft the Itch
and old Ulcers te dry them up*

.

LiB.S. Tie Holy Guide. 9 5

Zonttikg an Vnguentfhat a few gr ami thereof
being applied outwardly, will can ft vomiting
orloofenefS) as you flea fe,

3. Take Lafii inf emails^' mix therewith
ofdiftilled oyl of Tobacco as much as
will make an Ointment : Keep it in a dry
place.

If you would provoke vomiting, anoint
the pit of the ftomach with ^yc or fix
graines thereof, and the party will pre**
fently vomit, and as much,as with taking
of a vomit.

If you would provoke to loofenefs a-
noint *bout the navel therewith, and the
patient will presently fall into a loofe-
nefs.

Note that you muft give the patient
fome warm fuppings all the time this me-
dicine is working.

Note alfoa and that efpecially, that
you let not the ointment lye fo long as to
cauterize the part to which it is applyed.

1oma\eamedicinethdt half a graine thereof
being takgn every morning will kgep the body
foluble.

4. Takeofthediftilled oil of Tobacco,
of which let the effential fait of Tobacco

U113 imbibe

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'imbibe as much as it can Then with this J
compofition make fome Lozenges by acj-i a
ding fuch things as are fitting for fuch ail
forme of medicine : Note that you putjl
but fuch a quantity of this oily fait ashalfll
3 grain only may be in one Lozenge.

Oneofthefe Lozenges being taken e-j
very morning, or every other morning, J
keepeth the body folubie, and is good fof [J
them as are apt to be very coftivein thefrjj
bodies. ,

Note that you may put fome aromati-jj
cal ingredient into the Lozenges thafl
may qualitie the offenfive odour of thejj
oil, if there fhall beany.

%o maty a Cardial, fiomachicaly and purga?
five tinfture.

5. Make a tincture of Hiera picra with
Spirit of wine well rectified, and aromat i-
•zed with Cinnamon or Cloves.

Two or three fpoonfuls of thistinftnre
being taken in a morning twice in a week,
wonderfully helps thofe that have weak
and foul nomacks; it openeth obftru&i-
pns , and purgeth vifcolities of the fto-
mach and bowells, cureth all inveterate
headachy killed wormes, and indeed lea-
yeth no impurities in the body, and is
yery cordialjfor it exceedingly helps them

that

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>that arc troubled with foldings. There
is nothing offensive in this medicine but
the bitternefs thereof, which the other

(extraordinary vercues will more then
ballance.

Another.

6. Diffolve Scammony in Spirit of
Wine, evaporate the one nioity, then pre-
cipitate it by putting Rofe-water to it:
and it will become moft white; tor the
black and fetid matter will lye on the top
of the precipitated matter which you

imuft warn away with Rofe-water. Then
take that white gum being very well
waftied, and dry it ; if/ you pleafe you
may powder it, and fo ufe it; tor indeed
it hath neither fmell nor tad, and pur-
'geth without any offence, and may ^be
given to children or to any that diitait
phyfick, in their milk or broth , without
^anvdifcerningof'it; and indeed it dotn
spurge without any manner of gripings.
f was wont to make it up into pills with oU
of Cinamon or Cloves which gave^t a
gallant fmel, and of which I gave a fc?u-
pie which wrought moderately and with-
out any manner of gripings ; then diUolve
it again in Spirit of wine being aromati-
zed wich what fpices you pleafe, and tbis
keep. U*4 ?hl*

98 the Holy Guide. Li B. 5.

This tin&ureis fopleafant, fo gentle,
fo noble a purgative that there is fcarcj
the like in the world; for it purgeth with-
out any offence, is taken without any nan-:
feating, and purgeth all manner of hu-
mours, efpecially choler, and melancho-
ly, and is verv Cordial.

It may be given to thofe that abhor any
medicine, as to children,or thofe that arc
of a naufeous ftomach.

The dofe is from half a fpoonful to two
or three.

Noteitmuftbe taken of it felf; for if
it be put into any other Liquor, the Scam
mony will precipitate and fall to the bot-
tome.

After this manner you may. prepare
Jollap by extracting the gum thereforej
and then diffolving it in Spirit of wine.

By this meanes Jollap would not be fo
offenfive to the ftomach, as ufually it is;
for it is the gum that is purgative, and
the earthlieft that is fo naufeous.

Jollap being thus prepared is a moft ex-
cellent medicine againft all hydropick
difeafes; for it purgeth water away with-
out any naufeoufnefs or griping at all.

T*

L1B.5. The Holy Guide. f 99

Jc reduce dijtilled Turpentine into its body a-
gaine.

7. Take the oil of Turpentine, and the
Colophoni;* thereof ( which is that Tub-
Jtence which remaines in the boctome af-
ter diftillation ) which you muft beat to
powder. Mix thefe together and digeit
them, and you (hall have a Turpentine
of the fame confiftency as before, but of
a very fujptle nature.

Pills made of this Turpentine^ are of
excellent ufe inobftru&ionsof the breaftV,
kidneys and the like.

Jo makg tf3e dijlilled Oil out of any hearh, feed
f or flower in an inftant without any furnace.

8. You muft have a long pipe made of
tin, which muft have a bowle in the mid-
dle with a hole in it as big as you can put
your finger into it ; by which you mufl:
put your matter that you would have the
Oil of. Set this matter on fire with a can-
dle or coal of fire, then put one end of
the pipe into a bafon of fair water, and
blow at the other end,and the fmoak will
come into the water; and there will an oil
fwim upon the water, which you may fe-
parate with a tunnel .

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"to prove whatkjnd of met all there is in any
Ore> althoughyou have but a very few grains
thereof fo that as you cannot makg proof
thereof the ordinary way with lead.

9. Take twoorfoure graines f if you
have no greater quantity ) of any Ore
that you have, put to it half an ounce of
Veniceglafs, and melt them together in
a crucible, ( the crucible being covered )
and according to the tincture* that the
glafs rtceiveth from the Ore, fo may you
judge what kinde of metal there is in the
Ore; for if it be a copper Ore, then the
glafs will be tinged with a fea-green co-
lour. If copper and iron, a glafs-green; if
iron, a dark yellow; if tin^a pale yellow*
if (iiver, a whitifh yellow; ifgold, a fine
skie colour; if gold andUlver together^a
Smaragdine colour;if gold, (liver, copper*
and iron together^ an amethyft colour,

d pretty obfervation upon the melting of Copper
and Tin together.

10. Firft make two bullets of red cop-
per of the fame magnitu^ie,make alfo two
bullets of the pureft tin in the fame
mould, as the others were made : weigh
all fQiu bullets, and obferve the weight

well :

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LiB.5. The Half Guide. 101

well: then melt the copper bullets firfr,
upon them being melted put the two tin
bullets, aud melt them together , but
have a care that the tin fume not away.
Then cad this molten mixture in the
fame moulds as before, and it will fcarce
make threee bullets, bur yet they weigh
as heavy as they did before they were
melted together.

I fuppoie the copper condenfeth the
body of the tin, which before was very
porous, which condenfation rather addes
then dinainifheth the weight thereof.

A remar\abU obftrvathn upon the melting of
Salt Armoniack^ and Calx vive together.

ii. Take Salt armoniack , and Calx
yive, of each a like quantity, mix, and
melt them together. Note that Calx of it
felf will not melt in lefs then eight houres
-with the ftrongeft fire that can be made;
but being mixed with this fait melts in
( half an houre, and lefs, like a metal, with
an io different fire.

This mixture being thus melted be-
comes a hardftone, out of which you may
ftrike fire as out of a flint, which if you
diffblve again in water, you (hall have the
Salt armoniack in the fame quantity as
before, but fixed.

Note

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Note that hard things have their con-
gelation from Salt armoniack, as homes,
bones and fuch like ; for little fixed fait
can be extta&ed from them, only volatile
and armoniack.

An ounce of any of theft volatile Salts^
(as of homes, bones, amber and fuch
iike ) reduced into an acid Liquor by di-
filiation, condenfeth, and induratcth a
pound of Oily matter.

Aneafie and cheap powder like unto aurum
fulminans.

1 2. Take of fait Tartar one part, Salt-
peter three parts. Sulphur a third part,
grind thefe well together, and dry them.
A few graines of this powder being fired
will cive as great a clap as a musket when
itisdifcharged.

1o ntakg an Antimonial cnp) andtocaji divers,
figures of Antimony.

13. Take the beft crude antimony very
well powdered, Nitre, of each a pound,
of crude Tartar finely powdered two
pound, mix them well together, and put
them into a crucible, cover the crucible,
and melt them, andthe reguluswill fall
to the bottome, and be like a melted m

ta

L»B.5. The Holy Guide* 10?

tal, then pour it forth into a brafs mor-
tar, being firft fmeared over with Oil.
Or,
Take two parts of powdered Antimony,
alt and four parts of powder of crudeTartar*
: melt thefe as aforefaid.

This regulus you may ( when you have
made enough of it) melt again and caft
it into what moulds you pleafe ; you may
either make cups, or what pictures you
pleafe, and of what figures you pleafe.
You may carl it into formes of (hillings or
half-crownes, eitherof which ifyoupuc
it into two or three ounces of wine in an
earthen glazedveffel, or glafs, and infufe
in a moderate heat all night, you may
have a Liquor in the morning which will
caufe vomit: of which the dofe is from
two drams to two ounces and half.

Note that in the Wine you may put a
little Cinamon to correct and give a
more grateful relifhtoit.

It is the cuftometofill the Antimonial
cup with Wine,andto put as much Wine
round about betwixt that and the little
earthen cup where it ftands, and fo infufe
it all night, and then drink up all that
Wine : but I fear, that fo much Wine will
be toe much as being three or four oun-
ces when aswefeldom exceed the quan-
tity of two ounces of the infufiono* An-
timony. Thefe

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Thefe clips or pi&ures will laft for
ever, arid be as effeftual after a thou-
fand times infufion as at firft : and if
they be broken at any time, ( as eafify
they may , being as brittle as glafs) the/
may be call: again into what formes yoit
pleafe.

Note that he that cafis them muft be
skilful in making hisfpawde, aFalfoin
fcouring of them , and making them"
bright afterwards: for if they be care-
fully handled, they will look even as
bright as ill ver.

The R.ofie Crucians give this Kule for tbi
Gout : To be taken in this order,

the Pult/tfie.

1. •-■■^Ake of Manchet about three otifn
J[ ces,thecrum only, thin cut , let it
be boyled in Milk till it grow to a Pulp.
Add in the end a drachm and an half of
the powder of red Rofes, of Saffron teii
grains, of oyl of Rofes an ounce 5 let it
be fpread upon a Hnnen cloth, and ap-
ply ed Iuke-warm3and continued for three
hours fpace.

pi

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*7he Bath or Fomentation,

2. Take of Sage- leaves halfahandfuI,of
the root of Hemlock diced fix drachms,
of Briony roots half an ounce , of the
leaves of red Rofes twopugils j let thern
be boyledin a pottle of water, wherein
Steel hath been quenced , till the Liquor
come to a quart j after the (training put
in half an handful of Bay fait: Let it be
ufedwith fcarlet Cloth or fcarlet Wool
dipped in the Liquor hot, andfo renewed
fevenximes3all in the fpace of a quarter of
an hour, or little more.

The Plaifier.

3. Take Emflaiftrum Viacalcitm as muth
as is fufficient for the part you mean to
covtr ; let it be diflblved with Oyle of
Rofes in fuch a confidence as will ftick,
and fpread upon a piece of Holland, and
applied.

CHAP,

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CHAP. VII.