Book II. ihe Rofe Crucian Crovpfz. ^j

And the moon followeth the fun as a/hadotv
doth the body and is not illHminated except
by the light of the fun, we will firft fpeak of
the body, that is to fay of gold, and after come
to the (hadow of which gold it is written in
a book of Ghiniicall Art in this manner. The
Philofophers ftone is made of gold alone and
onely by nature and is more fublimc then
them , which the Philofophers affirme curcth
all infirmities. According to the opinion of
this Phiiofophcr I purpole tp begin with gold
alone and the medicine which is a new and
fole nature, and antient and found Qifintcf-
fencc.

But to the end this gold may be better and
more pure.it may be purged, two manner of
wayes that is to fay , by Antimony and by
diffolution in corrofive waters with which
copper plates are mixed as Geldfmiths ufc to
do which is called water gold.

When you have thus prepared your gold ,__L--
projgdojie part of your red medicine (or red an^
EJi^^ir^ upon lOO parts thereof when yournie- ^ ^
dicine is augmented in vertue and ail thac -^x/^
weight of molten gold will be converted into y^ ^
a' red brittle maffe wliich ^rind upcm a mar-
ble to^an impalpable, powder.

'Th^n digp^ethefe hundred parts or lo much
thereof as you plcafe in diftilled vineger or in
ipiricofwine, and fet it to difgeft in Balneo
tneTpIce'eFa day or two then diftili the^fpirjc
efjadoe from ic jn Balneo.a^nrTTliir'Bottome
will remain the fixed and pure oyl of the gold
, - u "' which"

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whicfi is then the true Aurum ^otabile^ and
fpiriti:al Elixir of lifo^f you would give to any
one of this powder pcelentiy before it' be con-
verted tooyi, warm a little wblccor Rhcn;(li
wine and difiblve in eiiEer oT them lo much
ofche red pov^der^ will tindare the fame inco
are^ coTour and the wine fo tin(ftuicd will be
J.HYtim }QiAhiley but i: v/ould be bctter>and more,
penetrating if k were dnduicd with the foie-
iaid oyl.

In like manner js t'.ic white medicine to be
projeded after the purification of the filvec
in a corrofive water as is before declared.

And fo the mcltcJ filver will be converted in-
to a brittle powder and white mafle which
likcwifc is to be di^Tolvei and turned into oyl
and thus the white Elixir of life is made and
potable filver curing and healing fo far as ic
is able humane difeales for it cannot be fuppoi- .^
cd that the Elixir q{ L-Ana hachfo great vcrtue |:
•<istbe Elixir of .y^/ha^h. J

.Whence the Author of the boo'c caird correEiio >
falnerum and Richard Anglici^is in his corredo-
ty. fay whereas among thT Vulgar and Tfti-
lofophers : God hath this report that being
in his fitd: difpofitiotijh'arc Tt cureth tB^ ^L^pro-
fyand many othcr^'crt'ucs, "this is^'TfoIH^^cepc .
i)y itscompleat difgeRionl^ecaufe tliecxceirehcy
of the fire ading in it confumeth all evil hu-
mours that are in fick bodies as well in hot as
cold caiifes, Bat fiivcrcan notdothis bfcaufeic
hath noc fo much fuperfluicy of fire and is noc
fo much difg^fted and decoded with itaturatlL

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