book 1. The Rofte Crucian Crown. 25

CHAP. VII.

I Elixir. 2 Conjun&ion, 5 Separation, 4 the
Stone. 5 Fer mentation. oThc Earthly Spi-
rit oyl^ Blood of the Lamke. 8 DijiilU-
tion. 9 RefoUition, 10 ?HtrJfacijon.
1 1 Solution. 12 Vitrioll. 1 3 Calcination
\^ Copper.

^ he fir ft Chjpter of the Elixir
of Copper

Any have fought out the way of the

ij<f/>7er^/ ftone \\\ TJitrioUcr green Cop-

crigii

the Mctallick body of Coffer, Although I am
not ignorant how to draw an oyi out o^ Rom^m
vitrioll of a more Avect (meii and deJigbtrall
taftetben any baifoojeifthe Tindure be taken
out of the calcined vitricll in fpirit of wine, yet
the Philofophers will is, and Goaimand that i:
ido conlift of a Metallick vertue wherewith
the tranrmucaion of raettalls is to be effeded.
Therefore they fay it is to be made of boJies
and not of fpirics as of vitrioll fulphur as well
and the like, Whence I find it written in the

Philofophers

26 The Rofie Crucian Crown, Book I .

Philolbpliers Tnrbn^tii in the 6rft Excrciration :
Bucthe Pliilofophcrsftoneis a mctallick matter
converting the fubftances and forms of imper-
f<dincttalls,and it is concluded b)^ all the Phi-
lofopher* that the converfion \s not made ex^
cept by its like, therefore it is neccifary that the
Philofophcrsftonebe made of a raccallick matter,
5^et if any be made of fpirits yet it would be
better and much more rbilofophical and more
near to a raetall ck nature to be made of bodies
then of fpirits: but if by Art the body (liould
be turned into a fpirit then tbe, fame body
would be both body and fpirit, and not to be
doub'cdbut the ftonc might be made of fuch a
body or fpirit. bu: Ictus return to our purpoiV;
It being granted chat this our vicrtoll is fuch a
body according to which P^iracdfus tcflifycth
in his AMrom Philofoph^rpim \}.(\(ttz this Atmgu-^
ra orfvcret of the Ancient Philofoplveri.

. OcCHltum Laptdem Veram }i\eiic'inAm*

Out of the firft letter of every word of chi?
A^nigara is gathered rids word VITRIOlUM
by whi.hia meant that thereof the ftone or me-
dicine mfvbc Tnadc.

Thercfoie ?,r-^cf/f>^; faith, the inward parts
of th. fcHith are to be vifited ; not onely the
Earth wi tL : h ritrioll, but the Jnvvard parts
ofchc Larch, he racaneth the fwcctncfs and red-
nefs, becaufe there lieth hid in the inward parts
of vitriol! a fubciil noble and fragrant juice and
pure oylc, ' ' And

Book J. ihc'RoJie Crucian Crow^i. 27

And this is efpeciaJly to be noted tlie producti-
on of this Copper into vitrioll is not to be done
neither by calcination of the fire nor dillilla^
tio:^ of the matcer,left it be deprived of its green -
ncfte which being ioit it wants both power and
firenoth.

Paraceljus fpeaks not one word of the prepa-
ration of this vitriol by whcfe lilencc many davc
erred, therefore 1 determined to leave him here
a little and to profecute and loliow the cr.-^.r ot
the Table wherefore I begin with the c:iicina-
tion ofthcmetali. And note that this calcina-
tion of Copper is made that it may be turned
into vitrioll and not the calcination of vicricll
made of copper.

Take therefore as much copper as you pleafe
and didolve. Calcination it in ^cjtui, fort is to a
fa r green water, th(n fet \t 3 ^^f^^^Sv^io difgcll
till the m^trer be clear which pour out into
a 'limbeck sn^n Baineo diavy away the corra-
five water (cTthat the matter remain dry lor
then it iscaitir.ed. *

Then upon every 3 pound of th:s calcined
matter pour a gallon of dilhlled Vinegar z\i<i
lute ic up in a glafs, %'^A fet it in baineo 2I-
inoft boy ling the fpace of 7 days, when it is cold
put into a limbeck 10 diftill away all the vnegar
in baineo, and fn the bottom of the Almnbeck
you (hali have your vitrioH very <^eil congeal-
ed far fairer then P.omain vitrioll which is cor-
poreal and cDctallick vicrioll.

Which Vicrioil I do not diffolvc in rair-
water like the P^^r^celfians^ but rather with
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2 8 Th Kofie Crucian Crovp??. Book V

LacVirginis as b/cforc is taught in the forincr
Chapters or in Raymunds Calcination water,
and ifcerits diflblutionand perfcdldige(lioa,thaL
is to fay 1 5 days I put it into a limbeck andbalneo
draw •ff the Lac ^/^r^/«&r, which bein^' done yoa
ftiall tind an oylie water green and clear upon
which pourthe fpiritof wine and after i: hath
been digefted 7 days and the fpiric cf ivine di-
ftiUed away in balneo you (hall find your green
water perfedly reftified made 'pure fubtileanJ
fpirituil, and ?.pt for putrifa(^ion, for if it be
not well diifolved and rarifi..'d it will not pu-
trifle.

But now that I may join with Paracelfptf
sn the manner of putrifadion I return to him
and fay with him comnianding to difgert in'a
warm heat in a gbfs well ciofcd the (pace of
fomemonechs, and fo long till diverfe colours
appear and be at length red whicti (hewcth the
termination of itj putrifadion-

But yet m this proccfs this rcdnefs is not
fufficiently fixed, but is to be more fully purged
from its fecf sin this manner.

Refolveic or rcdifie it in dillil'ed vinegar,
till ttie vinegar be coloured then filler it from its
feces. This is its true Tin(^ture and belt re-
folution andredification out of which a bleffed
oyl is to be drawn.

This Tindure b:ing thus refolved snd reflified,
is to be put into a body with a limbeck and in
balneo diftil the vinegar gently away.

Then