Book 3 . ^he Rofte CruaanCrmn. 35

;:^ — "ZZT^llxlr bv projeaion > in the fame xjl

"^V ^.^p Oiiirkrilver upon the molten

thofe two ounces of Qa\<^^l^^^^^ "t' .

^muft havTTn readinefs molten. AndJiB^ t

IZ ylr molten Gold into the Cmctbk, where

Jour fo«r whice melTls (land tt^oken. «nd pour «

upon theol ; then your Qopper ' »°^ W ot »

/our Iron , ftkring the whole mafle ««h a l^^cK.

ihac it may mix tose^he^ and « k ita ^^^

meldng heat '^e fpace of an hour td ^^^^^^^

QUt that is melted in the Crucible . an

well the weight of it 5 and accordm|^co he ^ a

neffeof your £^'>'>' ^-il^lH^^I^Ss^.
cine. And thus you halfiTTeated ?n^ comp u

ounce^TcoiffinTif^ffe^f?"^^
ISirro converted into medicine , " " °^]fe-
jtl.olEUar,.n,. and an Umverfal medicme

- ( or metal ) you projea it. It is alio in=
iedkine for mans body : for »1*°«8X ^ere
four of all the Kfe^^^ ^^ ^^-^.^Sw^aT.
united together ,- yet they may be '"^^ w

one medicine. I^oaM^lseilit^SHnti
riLaLVVme, and diftilUway the fame ip'-J^«
C 4

^o The Rofie Cruc'tan Crown, B X)k 3;

Bdkeo , and the Oyl of theniedicme or Elixir
remain in the bottome, as is taught in the fecond
book> you fhflU have the ^hiefelt medi^ifiw^ QHifej
and moft Noble Anrum fotMe, '^ \.i(l::\
'. Note chat if yoar Iron melc not^weli j ;then
d^olve your EMirum in the Oyl "or Tingurc

"Imbibedaiufficient quantity,

guc if you defife to make corporeal £/f^ri^iw>
^benyour medicine be^Inneth tp fail to convert
raetalls 4ny more into; medicine > then in like
manner proje<!^ your medicine upon your melted
metals or bodies , and ihey will be converted in-
£Q corporeal Si^^ftm metallick and malleable 5
of the venue of Which as 1 do endeavour to write
oothing J fo alfoof ics vice, or rather of the vici-
oufneffe of thofe that abufe it, I will touch a lic-
de fparingly. ;•

Par4ce/fMs writeth 3 that VlrjlU Hjjyanus and.
Trtthemlus made a Diabolical Bell ofthif Ar-
tlEciall EleUrtim , upon which when they would
xnvocate Spirits (which they called by a more de-
cent name of Imflltgencesyhoy writ the Character
of what Spirit they defired 5 and at the third ring
of the bell the Spirits obeyed their defires fo
Jong as they defired to talk withthem ; and when
they would talk no more, they hid the Charadter*
and by the reverfe ringing of the bell the Spirits
departed. He that willforfake God, and require
knowledge , aid and afllftance from the Devil >
let him fbare wit1i ^rbttcelly and with him de-
fcend to the Infernal Lake. But we that are true
Magicians, or rather Philofophers , confiding ia
pod the Pather>and the holy Trinity, approving
^ ^ — ' cf

Buok 3 . The Rafie Crucian Crorvn. 3 7

of Natural and lawful Magick or true P^hilofo-.
phy> but accounting the fupernatural altoge-
ther infamous and unlawful. And we require the
doftrine and wifdome of divine goodne(re> and
the holy Spirits to whom be honour and glory for
evermore. Amen*.

C H A P. Ik.

r

fhe.eigbtkTahleyUfhich expjaineth the meamng
0^ the Philofo'phers when the) [peak of the
^i- tenth Number therein the Elixir /5 fini^^
:t) ed: Andalfo \hevpeth the wonderfuU fecret
-^'ofthe 4^^irnal(idfie , out df George Riplyt
' mth two other Ojf his Vf^orkes,

fX/E now come to the Laft Chapter ol thi$
^^ Bookj wherein is declared what the Philo-
fophersinsan when they bid us finifli the works
in the tenth number : it is to be underftood thai;
as out of the Hyle or Chaos four are divided 5 fo
out of the Hyle or Chaos of metafe^ Becaufe
metals or boijies when they are^diffQlved intQ^lL>»
quoTj then they are contained in the firft or on^
number , which is the folution of the body > of
which by diflillationisjoadetwOj (That is to fay»
HgaveELap4.^£"bi the Mer^ftruum and Salt) that
which rem ainetlT in the bottome is the Earth or
Salti that which is diftilled over is the Afenfirfi-
«wand Heaven. And (o you have Ofse, two.

When the Menftrmm is feparated,it is divided
into Three* that is to fay, intoWater> Air> and

Fire:

38 The Rojie Crucian Cr own. Book 3.

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Fire : Yec it is te be noted j that the Air> which
is the firii part of the water containing an aery
diipofitiona although it be in the form of water,
yei-ic is reputed aer , by reafon of the ccmfimili-
tbdeof the quality; and after its perfe<ft rectifi-
cation , it is a tinging tJiiercHry^ and the white
Spirit of metals. In like manner is to be confi-
de red of the Oyl , which although it is not in the
form of fire> but a liquor; yet by reafon of its
Ardent heata it is called fire, and the Soul or red
tinging Mercury. And fo there is One j twoy
Three.

When there is a Conjunction of tbefe threej
that is to fay j the air and water with its Salt or
Earth J in putrefac^ionj thefe three are united in-
to one quinteffence i and are made -a n^w body ;
in which three are united in one Sulphur, which
Sulphur is the true Philofophers i^^frr^ry .• and
in' making this white Sulphur , you have once
t^^ned the Philofophers wheel.
'- -But that the work may be perfe3ed in the
tenth Number , if you adde the fire which is the
fourth Element , to thefe three concluded in the
forefaid unity^ and rubified ; then if thefe four
ift^ncw Conjunction be putrified in a lent fire
of afliesi then it is the ftone : for in this work ic
changeth colour's again , and is converted into a
red Hone : ahd by this means you have joyned
four into one, that is to fay 3 i. 2. 3. 4. make
ten : And fo the ftone is finifhed in the tenth
number, becaufe you have tuned tie Philofo-
phers wheel cwice> as Klfley witnefleth thus.

"Bm jftt fig^ln two tlmfs turn aboHt the vphe^.

The