Book 3 . The Rofie Crucian Crown. ^ i

the cUArnefs of the Moon and of the Sm fo bn^hti
Inthefe tvpo miner es defcendethf e ere tljf ;
HowbeitthecUarneffeishldfromthjrfightt
By craft thoHJhalt make it appear openly.
This h'Ufionei this one thingtherefore pmrifie^
Wafh him in his own Broth till white he iecomei
then ferment him mtt Hj* Lohere is all andfn7th

Opt ofthefe onely words there are twapoiats
obferved, whereunco the Author, (kereth : The
firft is , chat qjans hlood h^ piirjjTj^iitrefj^Amn^
that Sulphnr may be made thereoT^'he fecond
is> chat ic be fermented vifittily; Asif hefhould
fay > the Artirt (hould prepare it j that it may be
fit for ferjneHtatioH. Thus far of the Theory ;
Now we come to declare the pra6^ice out of Ri-
pley's medttlla.

Take Mans blood^drawn one of the Veine in
March,andof a Martial man the Author meaneth
(as I thmk)of a Cholerick complexion ; and when
the blood is drawn out of the vein 3 let it cool,
that the Green water may be drawn from it >
which is faltifh : for as long as that fajtifii water
remaineth with the blood a it will not let it pu-
trifiejbecaufe the water preferveth the blood from
putrifa<!ilion while it is in a mans body.

When it is thus prepared, put it in anEgge-
olafle well clDledjand fet it iTiBal»eo to puFrifiSa
fort^5y?BneIIe it will be black ; and fo goon
lill it be white. When you have your white Sul-
phur, divide it into twopatts 5 and keep one for
the white ftone , and rubifie the other for the rjej,
work/ And fo you have two mmeres , of vmch
icisfaidi

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^2 The Rojie Crucian Crown\ Book j .

Tor our meuh be nought elfe but oUr mineres two
Of San and tJH^on , wifelj Ray mond faidfo.

And fo to the end of the verfes , as before^
Yet here it is to be underftood » that the Philo-
fophers Sulphur is not mineral or metallick Sul-
phur, from which metalls grow under the Earth :
but it is a purified Sulphur drawn out of metalls
made by Art above the Earth : out of which and
the Mercury of the body the (ione arifeth. For
believe me,I had never writ any thing of this Artf
except I had feen the Sulphur of the Microcofm*
and the perfe6^ folution of other bodies and Sul-
phurs.

Now have you prepared your Sulphur out of
the minereof the M crocofm : If you be a Philo-
fopher , proceed to iheend > and conclude your
Work in the tenth number : If not > you are not
born to our Philofophy ^ therefore give the Sul-
phur Mercury y that the work may be compleat.

I believe there lieth not any Secret m the
Chymicall Art, which thou ha(^ not truly decla-
red and playnly taught. But to the end that thefa
things which we have fpoken may be more fure-
ly^ committed to memory, we will repeat the ge-
neral procefs of the parts as it is defcribcd in the
beginning of this third book. And becaufe there
is not one , but diverfe handling of the bodies,
therefore the Table is divided into three parts ;
the middle whereof difcribeth the procefs of im-
perfed^ bodies to the done ; the other two teach
the preparation of perfed miCtals foi fermen-
tation of the Ibne of impeifeS bodies.

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