Book 3; The Ro(ie Crucian Crowa, 25

pbersj to reveal the Whole work , \z[\ I being en-
vious, (hould be the Author of error like them;
therefore I have added their works to my own
experiments and inventions > which are plainly"
and truely writ, that the Artilt need to read no
books but mine J for herein isalmoll all things
contained J which are found plainly, writ by the
PhilofOphers 5 and aifo thofe things which arc
found true by my own experience.

Now you have all things methodically in this
Arc without error 5 vVith which by 'the belpof
God^you may attain to the end.

Alcbymy revealeth and openeth unto us four o-
therfectets.

The firfl isj the compofition of Pearls 1 far
greater and fairer then natural ones j which can-
not be perfedly done without t^iC help of the
Elixir. ^-y^y^'^^

Thefecondis the manner of maj^ing precions
Stones of ignoble ones, by the fame Art which we
taught before in malleable Glaf?.

The third is the manner of making artificial
Carbunckles in imitation of natural ones, which
few or none bave fpoken of.

The fourth is the manner of making Mineral
Am'er, o( which Paracelf us hath onelywricin
his book of vexations of -Philofophers, and iiX-tb^
hi\ Edition of bis works in the fix of his Arehl"
^Joxes : but becaufe they cannot be made without
the help of the Elixirs > therefore they defcrve a
place amongft the Elixirs ; of the fourth, that is
to fay , of the vertue or rather the vice of ma-
king Amber, 1 fliall handleit coldly : 1 have re-
feryed the explanation of this iEnign^*iiJl the laft

place*

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Trie Rofie Crucian, Crown, Book 3

place, wherefore ic is laid, thac the Elixir iTper-
fe^d ia the Decimal number.

T

CHAP. VI.

The fi fib Table ^ of makwg of Pearls.

His Table oE making Pearls , confifteth of
thefe parts, thac is to fay,

Lac rlrglnu. A^^^^^^ '^^'^

1)ijfolved Pearls^
Qftickjfther, And
The ^hlte Elixir.

Take Lae VlrglmSi or Acemm Acerrimum> to
rnvch as you think fufiicienc for diffolving the
Pwrls , as in double proportion to the Pearls ;
as if there be three ounces of the Pearls , lee
dhere be (ix ounces of l,ac Viroinis ^ wherein
diffolve the Pearls , and let the GUIs in Balneo
tojdifgeft the fpace of a day , then pour out the
folution? anddilHil ic in Balneo , and in the bot-
tom of the Glafe you (hall find the thick Qyl^
the Pearls>vvhereuDto add fo much of your wEite
corporeal Elixir as fufficletb to make the matter
like palie, and put thereto equal^^ighc of the
Pgjrls^ of Quick-filver ; if chelnatterbe top
tliinj'put more powder of the Elixir j if it be too
thick, add more Lac Virglms or Qaick*alver, rill
it be like Liver 5 grind this mafs upon a lione till
it be brought to a fie chicknefs*

Then

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V Then make ic up in what form you plealcr
therefore ic is neceifary chat you have a pair o£
Brafs or Iron Moulds in readinefs (but it would be
better they were of Sil ver ) of what form yog
^[jll i and fill them' with this matter while iCis
fofc ; then peirce them through with a needle, or
fiich like thing, and put as many of chefem a
Glafs as you will ( but fird han^ them upon a
thred^ and ciofc well the G!afs> and bury ic with
the Pearls therein tvvo foot under the earth> and
let ic ftand there rhe fpace of iix months till they
be congealed v\iih txhe cold into a ftiining arid
clear fablhnce like natural Margarites. Thefe
Pearls made and compounded in this manner, are
no lefs then, natural ones, buft much greatec
and more excellent by reafon of the whiteE-
lixir, "

CHAP. VII.

The fixth Table of the Mapfierj of CoTh
\ hhnckles, ' - i

f^E now come to fpeak of Garbunckle?, which
have their birth or original in the pits, and
Golden Mines of the earth, of the fpirit of Gold
and MinerajSal^indurated and corporeal , being
decoded and difgeHed into the hardnefs of ftone
by the Archeus of Nature , as well by the heat
of the Climate, as by the great heat of the Snn ;
for they arife from the fpirit of the Minere of 5^

or

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or Gold under the earth, by whole influence they
fliine* as ahb from the hard Mineral Salt> by the
mixture of which they are hardned into the na-
ture of l^onej whence the Philofopher intend*
eth and cndeavoureth as near as he can to imitate
nature by Artj and to make and compound arti-
ficial Carbunckles above the earth j with the
fame materials which Nacurc formeth them of
under the earth ; therefore he ufeth the fame
principles > operating with thefpiric and foul of
;?(?/ undivided^ and the moR hard Salt of the earthy
whereof Vemce Glafs is made y which two are
the material Organs for Manuals : three things
are required > that is to fay) aClafs-makerj Fur-
nace* a flaming fire, and a Crucible,
. . We now come to the materials 3 which are
two, and are to be joyned together ; the firft gi«
veth the form, the ocker receiveth ic: that which
giveth the form is the fpirit and foul of Sol q:
g_old joyned together in ttie red^^ixir? andTs
the aoent ? as ic were the man ; thafwhich re-
ceiveth the form* is rh^jTajd^ft ^\z of the earch
contained in Glafs, and is the p;itient,' as it weie
rhe 'woman 5 the agent is the power of heaven
impregnating the earth , the patFent is the power
of the e?rthj retaining the imprelfion of the hea-
then.

Having thus demonQrated the Theory , we
now lay the foundation of the pra6lice , which
are two , whereof the firti is the preparation o£
the Elixir, the otherof the Glafs,

Therefore your red corporeal Elixir is tO be
diflblved^with the oyl or tind^ure of A^ars or
Iron, bea^uCe ic hath the greatell vertue above
^ all

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all other bodies J by whole Caeieiiial power the
Earthy that is to fay the glaffe ^ is brought to the
hardncflc of ftdne y and converted into a ftone ;
And fo the jE//j:'/V is pre_£ared for proje^lionjui-
onghflej but for the preparation o^ glarie there
IS no more required but that it be made of the
fame matter that /^<r«;V^' glaffe is made of; the
compofition of which if yon know not 5 Take as
much Fmg^-glafle as you pleafe,^ and we^ETF
cxa6tlyi ap6n which proiedt your^/^Ar/r .• when
you have fo done> pnt^ur glafle in the Crucible
CO jnek ; and when it is well molten rTEenTalTe
your Corpoteal redg/fAry jltfolved as before (ox.
lif you wi'lb undiftolved ) as much as fufficeth to
tingg^the y o^^y ,?!.?!fc* and put it tied up in a pa-
perintolche Crucible upon the niokcn gUffc i
liirringk 3 little with a rod \ and there lee it iUnd
the fpace of one hour : then take out the Cruci*-
blej and f onr the matter into an ingot j and it will
be malleable ^ but as hard as gla(re> and ftonelikc
eTtHe'light : and ydii may eitfier cut it like a
ftone i or work it with 1 hammer. This Car-
bunckle-ftorie or metal hath tSe property of a
Carbunckle in flbining and gli(iring above all na-
tural Carbuncles ; and if itwuchaToador^gV:
der, tbe^prefetuly^je} becanfeTt taketlTvirtue
JromtEe JE/Kr agairtft all poyfon : And if the
fickcarrie this Carbunckle about him, fo that
it doth touch the region of his heart > ic takes a-
way theCardiackpaiTions, and diminifheth the
ftrength of the difeafe.

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CHAR VI!L

The feventh -Table denoting the Cowifo futon of
Minerall Eleftrum or Amber 5 as well na-
tural! as Arttjiciall j and alfo ffeaketh of a
Bell made of Amber t*fed by Trice mi us.

H

Aving finifbed thefe two Secrets j we now
come to the Eh^mm : buc whether it is
to be reckoned amongft (tones, or amongil bo-
dies, ic may be doubted j becaufein the Wefl-ln^
dies it is found writ in the Spanifh Decads of the
vertue thereof ; it is affirmed to be the greateft
Antidote againlt all poyfon > and far more noble
then Gold : but if it be a metal 5 it muft neceffa-
rily be the chief and fupreme of all metali ; for
other metals have their original from Sulphurs
and Mercury , but this^metal conhikth of re\'eii
metals, and is the bell of all thofe wHTcfTgrow in
the Arch^as of the Earth. For where Gold is
taken for the mort noble of all metals by reafon
of its perfed digedion and colour, this hath a
greater degree of digeiiion and colour , having a,
higher colour, that is to fay, clear red, approach-'
iflg neerer to the true colour of the Sun. For as
Gold is the Sun of other metals, fo this EUcirum
is to Gold as the Heaven to the Sun, wherein Na-
ture as it were in Heave tf [lath created certain
Lts flVining with clear beams of a_Silveri(l) co-
lour, (lie wing pFaia tolhe eye thatit conTffteth
of red and white metals mixt in the highcft degree
ofdigeriion. " ;"