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The ftoneisco be diffolved again wich tne fire* •
or Soul^^ififin6lure, and dried again until it
pierce an^flow ; then ic is to be fermented into
Mllxir with the 0)1 of the Luminary 5 andfo
you ha^ turned tne Philofophers wheel again>
which is <hen called the medicine of the third or-
der. Of the folution of this, Rifley hath writ rhefe
verfesj teaching the refolution of the white and
red ftone before it be tranfmuting Elixir^ calling
them his Bafesj faying,

: *I>9 as I hid thee^ then dtffolvc thefc forefaid

Bajh mttyj
jindtHrn thtm into fnfe^ O^ls with our true

tvaur Ardjm :
'By Clrcnlmin that mtifl be done , accord wj[ f

our Intent.
ThefeOyls mU fix crude Mercury , and convert

bodies all
Into ferfeU Sol and Luna when thou (halt t»ak,e

frojeUlen :
That OjlleSubftance pure and fixt Raymond

Luily did call
His Baftlhk , of which he never made fo flam

deteUlon.

By which verfes it plainly appeareth, hi^BafeS
were onely two Sulpnurs 3 or two ftones > which
in another place he called his Miner es : and thefc
mineres ought to be diffolved by his Ardent wa-
ter J by circulation of the Oyl or foul upon the
Sulphur, until it become a ftone : for in this place
betakes both the fpirit and the foul for the Ar-
dent water, willing that th^ fpirit and foul BeJ

admini-

4© The Rofie Cvuctau Croun, Book 3.

. idmimlired according co their tinging natures^
for the refolution of che proper Bafis. And thus
ha^vc you the vvor^BrOf tnis i^igma C5iphined of
the tenth number | which Teeing it is the end of
the Artj I have refcrved it till the end, - - j ■

It.nfow rcmainecli that we reveaj one fecret of
Tistfleji whid? was pever fpoken of by ally PhiT
fcifopherj that is to fay ^ the manner of making
theSujphur of Nature out of the Minercof the
kiicrocofm* which is mans b|oo4i of which he
writ the whole pra6lice in his book of the twelve
%^iy%\^^ mpii ctnefly irf {ii»<^^^0/(f4. wher^ he
teachetti its prepMtioiii and wpr^ mor^ l^lainly.
^^ b^ija^fiSfl {i^v;e ptoved if to be ttue>thiErt{bre
1 tell it more confi'dently , -becaute I defire to
l{«i(rite'np^bingof &;iy'pVvn faficy, biic that: V^hfth I
have firft proved. Hearken almoftibdlativerfes
I^Ui^-hfe writ^n.-i^ Tvpelvegdtei,* ' . .^..; C

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Of which In this Treat ife the truth J h^ve tpU :
St^dy ovety tt^ref^hrehovf to m^ke imr ft&nty '^:
For thereby may ft thiH win both Silver; And G^ld,
%^^ my vprttiyig therefore to ground thee.b/ bold,
80 fhultthou loofe noughts if God be thy guidg :
Trufi to my dollrmey and thereby abide,

f '"?• %emember that man Is mofl noble Creatura

Of Ear-thly eompofttio'^ that ever God rvreughr^

Inwhom Is the four element i proportioned by natttre%

A natural Mercurlalhy which cofteth right Koughn

Out of his mlvere by Art it Is brought :

For oHt^metalls be not^ght elfe but our mineres tv^ot

QfSHfk^KdMooHyiplfelyKt^^mndfaidfo.

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