Book I. ihe Rofu Crucian Crown 59

Enough hath been faid before of the purga-
tion or pucrificacion of Mercury. We wiU
now fpeak of the putrification of ( ead,

Mek your Lead in a CfHcible aod when it_
is imclce<nct it Aandjn the fire a quarter oi_^
an_boDr and put tfacrem£jittlcJaic_Aj^^
and lerit f^^nd a v;hile^ln~the_jfire and
fHr it with aa Iron fpatula till ail ihc fait
Armoniack^be gone away Jiijiixae then icrap.g
the skin awa"y out of the crufible^ that is tip-
on the lead, then let it {land to cool and it
will be much whiter and faker. And thasj^q
muft purifie your lead or tinoe^ before pro-
jeaicn , becaulc no other bodies ate \v fun-
ble and apt to melt wherefore every Ehiar
ought to be projeded upon quickfilver and
upoo Lead or Tionc for making or tranfmuting
of msttals.

But to the end the manner cf projedion
may be yet more plain 1 will fet down two
rules which muft be carefully obferved.

The firft whereof is that the f-rft meiicine
that is to fay the ftone be projcdcd upon
the ferment always three parts of the medi-
cine upon one of the fermjeqt and ontj^nx, qt
this upon 10 or 100 of pure molten gojdo and
one part of this medicine thus made upon
100 parts of animperfedbody,that is tofay,
of Mercury for medicine. The later is that you
muft always confider the fortitude and debili-
ty of your medicine for it is to be projeded
fo often upon quickfilvcr as it bringctb it in-
to a brittle medicine and when it h'kih then

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40 ihe Kofte Crucian Crorvn, book i.

Project one part thereof upon Lead or Tinnc
for making tranfmuration, according to the
order ind form of the Elixir.

Thete being remembred you may cafily con-
ceive the order of Augmentation in vertue and
quantity. I

fbefe Chapters being-ended the other three '
which follow are fee down in the next book,
becaufc. we havelpoken before of potable gold
andfilver ,itis therefore necefTary after we have
made an end of proje^^ion to let down another
table t.f the Elixir of iife in the next place,
^nd after ip'aK of it? vertue and power as
tvt find it among all the Antient and .modern
P- I opbers and fo make an end of the firfi:
Bcoko

FINIS,

liammegiikh Hampaaneah,

OR THE j

%)fie Crucian

CROWN

SET WITH

Seven Angels, 7 Planets, 7 Genii,
liSignes^ 1:1 Ideas, i6Figures5 and
their Occult Powers, upon the 7 Mettalls and
Miraculous' vertues in Medicines; with the
pcrfed full difcovery of the Pantarva and E//-
xirs of Mectalls prepsred to cure the Difeafed.

Whereunto is Added

Treforia^ Kegio LncJs^ and Tfonthon Books

much defired by the learned of the world,

Now Compleated and Communicated to aU

manner ofPeifons.

By John Hejdon Gent ^^ihovm^ A Servant of
God and Secretary of Nature.

London, Printed by P. L, for Samuel Speed, and
are to be fold at the Rain-hrv in Fleetftreet.
-1665.

To the truly honourablv and

excellently Accomplirhed the
moft Renowned,

John Lloyd Efcj.

Externall internall and cternall fdicity
be wiflied.

SIR.

Dedicate wy Books toyou^ and
your Noble brother hecanfe
vptfdoine and vertue cannot
he farted^ bat being my twd
guards offafty or preferving
Patrons to defend me from
envie and Malice^ I frefume to call yon
Governour of my Regio Lucis, and him
VroieBor of Elhavareuna, or the High Ircifi
of the Roiie Croi% and the Harmony of the
v/oridj ^6eTeinpleofWifdonic. 7/-^ Holy

Guidv,

The Epiftle Dedicatory.

Chnde^Ccwtain the power of Natural fcicnce^
and the woji ahfolute Confuf^wiatien there-
ofy and that which is the A&ive part of
Figures which by the help of the natnrall
vertuef ef Mettalls^ from a Mniuall and
€fportune application ef ihew^ brings forth
epperations even to Admiration ^ which
fciences the Rofie Crucians taught when
they came to worfl)ip onr Saviour Chriji
when he ivas born. The Frinces of all places
did fiudy thefe fciences^ as Hiarthas K/V/g
&f the CaldeanSj Jefpion Prince of th^
BrackmanSj Phroates ihe Indian Princ€ ^
Aftaphon D;/^e ^/ ^At' Giinnfophifts, Budda^
King of Babilonj Numa Poinpillius King
of the Komaris Zamoxides Ewperour of
Thrace^ Abbaris fr/r// of the Hiperborcan
JewcSj Hermes Trirmcgiil a King and Laiv^

gjdmmuM of^

Pjj^^PB^^^^rerfia, All the (e and many
""more were Lovers of thefe Pvoiie Crucian
Infallible Axjomata. and both writers and
matrons ef this Kind of Learning 5 as
Jofephus The Hebrew Hermes Eranthes
King of Arabia dy. And^jjj^io relates in
Alcibiadts that the fons of the Perlian Kings
were insirnScd in thefe fciences^ that they
might Learn to admin/Jicr^ and difirihnte
their Image . to the Common-wealth of tit
nrorld^ and the Common wealth to tt ^ and

The Epiitk Dedicatory.

Cicero fdith in his Books of Divination,
that there was none amongji the Terftans
did enjoy the Kingdome^ but he that had
Ji'rji Learned Vhilojofhy^ Rofie Crucians
Contemplate the powers of Naturally and
Ca^lejiial things^ and fearching curicujly
into their Simpathy doe produce incredible
powers in "Nature into Tnblique veivp^ fo
Coupling Inferiour TelefineSj Images^ Ga-
mahes and other things as Allurements te
the Gift of fnperiour Angels Planets
Geniij Idea's And figures and other things^
that by the Mutuall application of Angels
Planets and ftars to Genji and figures of
Geomancy npon Mattalls^ atife wonder-
full Miracles^ not fo much by Art as by
Nature^ to zrhich Art becomes an A jfijiant
^hileji it i^orkj thefe things eelSions being
made of hours when h.ngt\%and Planets
are ftrong^ figures and CharaSers rightly
engraven or c:ijl uppon prepared Spermatid^
pure Mettall clear and fing^ free from
any Mixture, and all fitted to the Angel
planet figne idea ^ figure of Geomancy
and theft tnuji he apply ed to tbeperfon of
the ^erent or Native ^ Jignified by the
Angel Vianet figne Genius idea and figure ^
Tphofijall then find theCcelefiiall andterre-
flriall povpersy unite tg kis deftre^and per-

forme

TheEpiftte Dedicatory.

forme incredible extraordinary things ^at cer
tain^ times Naturally and Rofie Crucians
{IS the mofi curious faarchtrs of JSlature,
making ufe $fthefe things that are prepared
hy Nature only ^ by appling fiery aUive
things to Earthly pajfive things^ produce
oftentimes effeBs before the time ordeintd
iy Nature ^ which the envious fcriblers
thinks arc Miracles and cry them down
^ Magicall with and in their under opinion
termed Diabolic all^which ineedare Naturall
TTorkj'^ the prevention only of the time
coming betwixt^ as if any one fjould pro-
duce Kofes ii the Month of ivhrch^and apple
trees Blow and bear fruit in December and
jRipe cherries'^ Grapes and Beans in January
or^kake parjly grow into perfeS plaiit within
few hours^ and caufe greater things thV%
thefe^ as Clouds^ rain^ Thunders^ and ani-
trails of divers kinds and raife the Dead^
Andfpot Horfes black^and white like Jlars
or any other colour^ and very many tranf
^mttatious of things thefe Books and Arts I
fuhmit (^you excelling in fugment and Can-
dour ) to your cenfure^ that if I have wrote
any thing which may end either to the con-
tumely of Nature^ offending God^or injury of
Religion^ you may condemn the errour-) but
thefcandall of Malicious perfons being dif

folved:s

TheEp iftle Dedicatory.

foived.yoH may defend the tradjti«K ef truth
And that you would do fi mththefe Booh
and my felf, that nothing may he Concealed
which may be frofitahle, and nothing ap-
proved of, which cannot but do hurt, by whick
meMs the Harmony of the World the
Temple of Wifdome, The Holy Guide
R-egio Lucis and Elhavarcuna,i&<i»zW faffed
j0Hr examination (^liiwdl as my other Pa-
irons >;*A approbation, may at Length bt
thought worthy to ceme forth with good fuc
tefs inpubbquezsmy othcrBooks, aad may
not be afraid to come under cenfure of
fofterity, hecaufc j wear the mofi Noble
title ef.

'''ac^^or" YourmoftafFeftionatc

'^*4' humble Servant and

truehonourer.

JOHN HEYDON.

48 BookIL

The Kodc Crueian

CR O WN

Set withAngelSj Planets and Mettalsc^;^

The Second Book.

CBAP. L

Of the bleffed ftoneofthe Philof -phers oi^
the Elixir of life ^ and alfo the way of
making malleable glafle.

I Elixir of life. 2 Gold dijfohed. g Silver
dijj'olved. ji^ Gold melted, ^melted Sil-
ver. 6Troje^ion of the red Medicine r
7 Trojevtion of the white Medicine,

fi^A/£.9Spcaking of fermentation
bids us to cake the fun a'ld his
fhadow by the Chadow he mean-
ech the moon becau(e in refped

of dignity lulbe ind power (he

is muca luore weak and iatenour then the (m