Book 1 1. 7he Rojie Crucian Crown, 5 5

3. Of the third, thac is to fay of tranfmuting
bafe and ignoble ftoues into precious gems, I will
not fpeakof in this place, bccaafe I bave rcferved
kfor anotb€rplace,thac is to fay ihe third Book.

r^fthefouithic is writ thac ic makech glafle
malleable by mixtore (thac is to lay of the powdec
of the white corporeai Elixir) when the glafs is
melted. Thus fat Atcrora Confm^eHs and Clan-

Now iFyou dcfirc to make pure and clear mal-
leable glafs learn this of rae, and beware of what
glafs you make your mettal for you muft not
take glafs of Flints, wherewith glafs of windows
are made but ftrch as your i^enke glafs is made of,
and thac is to be chofen out of the firfl mettal
of the glafs, which hath ftud molten in the fire,
in the glafs makers furnace the fpace of a night
^ then ic will be without fpots and pure therefore
taki? as much of the faid glafs out of the furnace
with your Ironrod, asyouhavea defire to con-
vert, and when ic is coU weigh ic, and melt ic
by it fclr in a poc, and when it is well molten
projed your white corporeal Elixir upon it and
ic will be converted into malleable meccal and
fie and apt glafs for all Goldsmiths operations.
And chus is glafs made malleable and prepared
foranyufe but if this were done with the red E-
lixiric would be much more during, for there is
nothing more pretious of which we will not now
/peak.

Therefore Son or or Reader whofoevcr ibou art

whorcadeftmy Books give crcdic toraeand bc-

Icive me, b^caufe all things thac you fliall find

G 4 writ

54 ^^^ Rofic Crucian Cron^n Book I f .

writ here are either the moft approved writings
and colledions of all writers or the Au-
thors own experiments. For I have tryed ma-
ny things and found many things true. I beleive
no naan liveth amongft Mortals that knoweth
more ways of prepartions which are concealed
by almoft all the PliHofophers*

For that which perfedrth the great work that
they hav^ all concealed which truely is thecrrouc
of all Artlfts. And this is all I would have you
todo. To calcine, diflbveand feperate the Ele-
ments after join them together putrifie them or
reduce them into fulphur ferment, projcd, Aug-
ment in vertue and quantity. This is onely the
workofthePhilofophers of which the<whole
Company of Philofophers have writ in a conti-
nuatecourfe«

7he End of the Second Book,

Hampaaneah HammeguUeh :

OR,
The Rofie Crucian

CROWN:

In which is fee down the

Angels of the Seven Planets >

and their Occult Power upon the
Seven Metals , and miraculous
Vertues in the Coslnm Terr^^e , or
firft matter of all things.

Whereunto is added,

\A perfedt full Discovery

OF THE
Tantarva , and Elixirs of Metals.

By EuGENIUS TheODIDACTUS. <D'Acwm®-,
A Servant of God^ and Secretary to Nature,

Vhi efl fcientia^ihi e(? invidia.

LONDON:

Printed for the Author, and are to be fold at the

KzmbovfmFketftreet. 1664.

To the Worthy, Learned, Noble, and
Valiant Colonel Samuel Safidys^iatQ Go-
vernor of his Majefties Garrifon in the
Famous City oifVorcefter^ and now one
of the Right Honorable Members of
ParliatnentjCb'*'-

\Our late ref^eBtto we have torn"
mandedmy Soul toferveyou : and
knowing you are afweU a Philofo*
fber and Learned ^ as aSoMier
that can command Armies of
Horfe and Foot into good order for H'ar'^ I there^
fore hum ily prefent this little Piece of Philofo*
fhy to your pleafure : As the Book is Art and
Nature UiHted to ferue you ^ [o the Epifile ma^
make you merry ^ iy th^ great power of Natural
things J for you know they not onely work upon
all things that are neer them hy their Vertue^hut
dfo he(ides this , they infufe into them a lik^
Power i through which hy the famtYertue the f
alfo work upon other things^ as in thel'Oad"
fto/^e 3 Mch ftone doth not onely draw Iron
Rings^ but alfo infufeth aVertut into the Rings
themfelveS) whereby they can do the fame : Af*
ter this manner it is^ that the common Harlots
and Villains ^grounded daily inholdnefs andim'-
pudence in Stage- P lay S:, tnfeB all that are neer
'A % them

The Epiflle Dedicatory,

themhy this property j whereby the JpeBors art
wade like them^ therefore they fay that tf any
one fh all put on the invpard Garments of a Stage-
fUyer-i or fball have about him that Looking-
glafs which they daily look into j he fhall become
ioldy Confident i Ignorant^ Impudtnt and Wan-
ton^ fo a Cloth that was about a deadCorpSy
makes him that carries it fad and melayicholy :
And if you pt*t a Green Lizard made llind^ to-
gether with Iron or Gold Rings into a Glafs Fef-
fel, futting under them fome earth 5 jhuttir,g
then the Ve(jel^ and when it appears that the
Lizard hath received his fight ? f\jall put them
out of the Glafsy that thofe Rings fhall help fore
tyes'y the fame may be done with Gold Rings :and
a tVeefely whofe eyes with any kind of prick are
put out 3 it is certain are reftored to fight agai^j 5
upon the fame account Rings are put for a cer-
tain time in the Neft of Sparrows or S wallows ^
which afterwards are ufedto procure Love and
Favor : Thefe olfervations and ten thoufand
morelmadetoferveyouy and they fhall tejttpey
you fhall know you have power to c ommandy

Your moft affedionate

humble fervant

Jo HN H £ YI>ON.