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drawing out chis water of Zaibech » doth not ap,
pear ouc of this, nor the way of making the heart
of Saturne> therefore the foreg ^ing direction in
he Holy Gmde will fliew them both.

Therefore I havejoyned two Tables* in onq
of which the fiiorter is the demonftration of the
redu6lion of the body of Saturne into his heart or
Salt, the oche: longer and greater^ is theextra-f
6tion ofthewacer Zabiethjandthe confummaiti-
on of the work of Saturne.

Having thus defcribed this work, I now come
to the explanationj and fay, that the Calcination
of the Body is twofold ; for the Calcination
thereof in the fhorrer work, for extracting the
heart of Saturne i is done on this wife by udqua
Fortis,

Take 8 or i o Ounces of Lead in Fih'ngs , and
diffolve it in Jqna Ferus in double proportion,
andforcified With Salt Armoniack in an Earthen
Veffel with a narrow neck , and fet in afhes till
it be totally dilTblved; and there will remain t
white matter in the bottom like Grains of white
Salt, which is a figure of perfect folution ; then
pour your matter that is diffolved in the water
into a body, and fet thereon a Limbeck , and in
Balneo draw away the corrolive water, till there
remain a dry fubftance in the bottom : and (b
you have the bodyconvertedwhite by Calcina-
tion with corroCive water, out of which the
heart of Saturne is to be drawn.

The way to wafh away and purge the corro-

five water from the body , pour warm vvater

upon the fubftance in a Limbeck , and pour it

ofcen off till ic have no fharpnefs at all upon the

A 4 tonguci

4 The Rope Crucian Crown. Book 5 ,

tongucand then your body is prepared for draw-
ing out the Sale.

When your matter is well drieda diffblve it a-
\t again in difiilled Vinegar^and diftill the Vine-
gar twice or thrice from it 3 and in the bottom
you {hall have a lucid clear and white (hining
Salt 5 which is then called the heart of Sa^
turne.

Now I come to the praftice of the other
greater work , that the verity of the ftone maybe
found 3 of which many have made mention in
their Books y as Rafmrndns 3 who calleth it the
Vegetable Mineral, and Animal Stone ; Cehr
faith there groweth aSaturnian Herb on the top
of a Hill or Mountain, whofe blood if it be ex-
tra6led3cureth all infirmities.

Riplejf writ a whole Bookj called his TraUlcAl
ComfendtHmy of- the pra(^ice of the Vegetable
Stone^ teaching the manner and form of opera-
tion ; but becaufe he neither fet down the folu-
tion plainly nor perfectly, he hath been the caufe
of much error 3 and hath not onely deceived me
but all thofe that followed himjuntill after a long
time I found a way to diflblve Saturne^ fo that it
could never after bydilhllationbe turned into
Lead again , which is the chiefeft and greatest fe-
cret of the Vegetable Stone.

But let us hear the words of ^^r^the Pro-
phetefsj and %}flfy taken from her : The Radix
of our matter is a clear and white body which pu-
trifieth not 3 but congealeth Mercnry or Quick-
filvetj with irs odor makes irs water like the run-
ning water of the two ZMeth (ails Zubech)and
fix it I'pon the fixed heart of SatHrne : which

words

Book. 3 . 7 he Kope Cyucim Crown. 5

words do moft aptly agree with che properties
of Lead ; for if any one be fmit or wounded
with a Bullets and the Bullet remain in the body*
it will never putrifie.

And alfo if Quick-filvcr be hanged in a Poc
over the fume of molten Lead> fo as the fume of
the Lead touch the QMick-filver > it will con-
geal it.

Thus far of the preparation of Lead, we now
come to its denomination , They bid us fix the
water Z<i/^^^A upon the fixed body of the heart
of Saturne ; now for the expofirion of the body,
for the name of Satttrnei Ripley calleth it Adrop
of which that is made which the Mafters call Se-
ricon ; the Water of Sericon they call their Men-
ftruum, the two Zabletbs joyned together in one
waters are the two Mercuries > that is to fay white
and red contained in one Menftruum » that is to
fay of the water and Oyle of the fixed body or
heart of Satume : Follow what I have written
concerning the imbibition of the earth> our ope-
ration is no otherwife then in the Practical Com-
pendium of ^/^/tf/.

JfaacM alfo writ a Treatife of Lead, he wor-
keth chiefly according to the doctrine of Mar/
the Prophetefs , and laboreth much to fix the
earth of SdtHrney and after to diffolve the body
in diftilled Vinegar ; that by the addition of cor-
roding and fliarp things > his red Oyl may be di-
fiilled, which he calleth the water ofParadice*
that he may imbibe his fixed earth therewith:
which way is much {liorter then ^z/?/^//, but the
rubification and fixation of the earth is long and
uncertain; wherefore I have both forfaken

Jfaacfts

7 he Rojie Cructun Crown.- book 3

Jfaactis and %ifleji in making the earch , in liead
of which 1 have giwn the fixed heart of Sa-
turriCiZS you may read in the Hoijr Guidg^

But chat the body may be prepared according
to this Table > and after my intention and the
defire of RlfUy , we both will that the Oyl or
Water of Paradice be drawn out of the Gum of
Sericon ( whofc fajher is Adrov) Serlcon i^ made
of Red-lead ; therefore icls firiV neceflary to
fliew ttie Way of making Minium of Leadj which
'X homos juc an Englijhm^nhii'ci defcribeA toge-
ther with the Compoficion of the Gum of Sen-
cony which Auihor 1 purpofe to follow, as being
the beft.

Take ten or twelve pound of Lead^ and melc ic
in a great Iron vefTeh as Plumbers ufe to do^ and
when it is molten>(iir it (iill with an Iron Spaxula
till the Lead be turned to powder, which powder
will be of a green colour ; when you fee it thus,
take it from the fire and let ic cool, and grind thac
powder rpon a Marble till ic be impalpable,
mQiikning the powder with \ little comm.on
Vinegari till it be like thick honey, which puc in-
to a broad Earthen Veffel, and fet it onaTre-
vetover a lent fire, to vapor away the Vinegar
and driethe powder , and it will be of a yellow
colour ; grind it again and do as before , till the
pDvvder be fo Red as Redrlead, which is called
Jldroj) : And thus is 54/;^r«g calcined into Red-
Jead or Minium.

'""TaTe a poiand of this Read -lead and diffolve ic
in a Gallon of Vinegar , 7n3^ (iir it with TTTick^
tluee or four times m^a day, and fo lee it iiand in
a cold place the Tpace of three days : then take

your

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your Earcftsn Vcflel and iec it in B^ineo twenty
four hours j then let ic cool and filter the liquor
three times ; and when it is clearj put it in a bo*
dy with a Limbeck thereupon* and dilHll the
Vinegar fo long as it will afcendj and in the bot-
tom the Gum of the Sericon will remain like
thick honey 3 which let apart, and diffolve more
new Lead as before for more Gumj till you have
ten or twelve pound thereof.

Now give^areful attention* for wa now come
to ths point and period of Rlfleys error > for if
you put four pound of this Sericon to diiHll in a
Limbeckj and from thence would draw a Men-
ftrnum j as ^//?/^y teacheth , perhaps you would
have fcarce one ounce of this Oyl » and fome
part of a black earth will remain in thebottom>
and molt pare of the Gum melted again into
Lead, by which you may know that the Sericon
is not well diffolved* nor as yec fufficiently pre-
paredj that a Chaos may be made thereof fit for
djftillation j becaufe it is not yet well dilTolved ;
therefore in Ifaacus there is found a way of re-
folving this Gum with diftilled Vinegar 3 acuated
with calcined Tartar and Salt-armoniack;Where-
fore, faith he> if thou be wifej refolve thy Gum ;
but I like not this acuation of the Vinegar, as I
may call it, Iratherchoofe to refolve the Seri-
con in Raymmd'^s cafcinative water , which is a
compounded water of the Vegetable Af^rr/^ry or
fire natural, with the fire againfi: nature, as^/p-
/f/ teiVifieth, and it is more verified by %4gmmd
in his Book of Mercuriisy where he teacheth how
todiffolve bodies with his calcinative water.

I will reveal unto you this water* which is al-

n^oft

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molt unknown : Note therefore > that the|fcge-
xMe, Mercury is the fpirit of Wine (inf^Tof
which we may fometimes ufe diftilled Vin^gar^
and that the fire againft Nature is acorrofive
water made of Vitriol and Salt-Peter.

Therefore take which you will , either fpirit
of Wine re6lified ( or Aqu^ Flta ) or diftilled
Vinegar four pound> and two pound of corro-
iive water? and mix them together.

In this watet thus compounded, refolvehalf a
pound of Gum of Sericon in a circulatory , and
fet it in Ealneo four or five days > and the Guru
will hz totally diffolved into the form of water or
Oyl of a duskifh red colour.

Then diftill away the water in Balneo , and
there will remain an Oyl in the bottom, which is
then the Chaos > out of which you may draw a
Menftruum containing two elements ; and this is
the true refolution of the Gum of Sericon, in
this water you may refolve fo much Gum as you
pleafe by reiteration.

Take two pound of this Chahodical fubftance,
and prepare it for diftillation in naked fire or
fand, and 15ft up the clear red Oyl, wherein both
the fpirit and foul doth fecretly lie hid , which
//^igggg^caljeth^the ^^at^LPf Piradire,which when
you have you may re Joyce , for you have gone
through all the grofs workj and come to the Phi-
lofophical work.

Therefore now proceed to conjunflion, and
joyn the white heart of Sdturr.e wi h the red
Oyh as it is found in the Rofary.

Candida fftcchElo jacet uxor mfta marito >
That i£ to fay, the red M^r^urj to the Sal:> if you
proceed to the red work. There-