Book I. ihc Rojie Crnaan Cror^n. ^ 7

mcttalls. and is io voiatilg_in the fire or fieic
as words in the air. And therefore Mercury is
jikepcd to words upon which the fundaments
aretobeprojcoed,

; Verhsmea (vir Mercury ) fuper dtligdm te.

That is to fay npon other re etialls which have
moft affinity withquick-filver> and tsific of fafi-
on as Saturn aud y^piter that is to fay Lead and
Tir\3 which by this concord and love are eafily by
the penetration andamiablenefsof the medicine
converccd into medicine. And one part of this
medicine converteth orht:r parts of metttlls into
gold or filver according to the force and powec
oft^ie Elixir, which other mettdllsbecaufe they
are the fubftanccs of the former bodies whereof
the medkines were made. They are the atten-
dants of thofe medicines whcrdore the Philo-
fopher cf^ncmandeth that.

Diltjr-n) tehz projected upon aitcfidite that the
fccond medicine or this laft pro/cdcd upon met-
talcfpecia'.ly that whereof the medicine (thac
istofay thertone) was made^jl^ould turn that
mettall inro gold or filver according to the
proverty and quality of the medicine.

But to put an end to this pro jedion, take ic
according to the opinion of Amoldas gathered
J cut of the 31 Chapter who willeth to projed
one part of the F.ii^'fr upon too oi Msluj
purged sind all will be medicine upon ocLcr
ICO parts of Mercury purged and all will be
medicine, afterv/ard projcd one part of tftis

38 Jhe Rojie Cruchvt Cromt. Book I,

fenedicine hftcongeakd ugun 1 oc parts of v^t^r-
ctiry wafticd and all will be gOid or filver, 11^
allcryallsilccording as the El;xjf. i^ wiiice aoi
red Laftly thac I may briefly rehearlc ihe ab-
folucc manner of pro/tdion. Firlt the medicine
is t i b:^ proje^ed upon gold or filver molten, then
upon quickfilver purgcTfo long till it turns it into
jn 'iicine and laftly upon mettals raoit near, thac
^bey- may be converted into pure gold or filver
accordir.g to the properties and Vjaahties of the
medicine.

Beraufc we have fa id fometbing of the pro-
pinquity o? mccralls thac is to fay, that the E-
lixir \< X i be prf;j\ded upon that imperfefl bouy
out of which its Mrcnrj and (ulphur was firft
exrraded, t'lerefore it will not be onneLcflary
to /ec down one example that is to fay if the
medicine »- as made of Aicrcurj then it is J
to be pro;cded upon quid: fiVer for make- •
ing gold or filver bccaufe quick filver is a
near bcd^ to Mcrcury^ and lo of the reft.
Yet it IS CO be noted , thac all Elixirs may
and OL'ght to be projeded upon quicklil*
ver ^ bccauf? quickfiiver i? the Mother and
fperm^of all rrietcjls therefore quick filver
made and turned into medicine , is to be
proj^dcd upon a body , moft near to it ;
Which is Lt.sd or Tinne \ Upon which
the medicine is always to be projedtd ^
wherhirr whice or red for the makir.g and
tranrmiitlng of mercals, biiC bo:h the quick-
fi'vcr and lead are firft to 6e purged thac chcjt|
H)3y be purified and deprived ef d.eir filth.-