Book I. lf^^ Rf^fi^ Crucian Crown. 7

the firfl compofition of the Elixir to make

the fiyircwnm of Argentum or AKrHm potit-

bile projcd the Elixir or Medicine accordbg
to bis quality or property upon pure fjlver or
gold rooltcn, and then it is made brktle and fran-
gible and grind k to powder and take thereof
io much as you plcafc and diifoive it in d'ftiil-
cd vinegar (or rather in fpiric of wine) the
fpaccctnine days, then diililUway the vhiegcr
or fpirit of wine^ that which remaineth in the
bottomc \% the true Medicii^ Qniuteffcnce,
Elixir of life. Ferment of ferrSnts and incona-
buftible oyl converting mectails and Mans body
into perfe<fl health from ail dilealcs of ma-ns
body which proceed from Alcrcury and Luna,
And thus is the true potable fiiver madecure-
ing the f^irtijro^ Stneote^ SpUffy^ Mad»cfs.Phrer^
cy Lifrojie. &c. And this is the right way of
making the ftone oF Mercury alone ; but the
Elixir cannor be made without the Addition
of filver to the white, and of gold to the red

D 4 CHAP-

§ ihe Rofie Crucian Crov^n. Book 1

CHAP. II.

} tnna, 2 pure Silver. 5 Calcination.

4 6'oiution, 5 TutrefaBion, 6 7hc Sulphur.
' 7 The Liquor of the Sulphur. 8 IVhiie Fer-

mcnt.

ERMES faith, TheEIixir x$ nothing dfe
but Merci§y Sol and Z/:^;?.?, by Meycurj
nothing is undcrftood but the fulphur of
hature which is called the tcue v of the Phy-
lofophersj «nd that fulphur gotten by patri*
laAion by the conjundlon of the fpiric and
of the body of impcrf^d* bodyca or mettals.

By Sol is meant gold, by Lma filvcr^both ^
of them are to be joync.^ ro imperfed bodies,
thit is to fay, white fulphuu and red, whence
the fame Hermes in his 7 trcatifc oi Scliaith
there bappencth a conjiinftion q^^ two bodies
and it is neccffary in our Maitiry • And if one of
thcfe bodies onely were not in our fione it
would never by any means give any TmEiure^
Upon which Moncrius faith, F.or the Ferment
prcparcth the impcrfed body snd converteth
it to its own nature and there ii^ no Ferment
l)ut Sol snd Lu'nd^ that is, gold and filvcr- Of
which Kcjinm Soltvi^ Lu^a prepared (that is
ofay tbeir fulpfaurs) are the ferments of met-
tles in colour. See the Holy Gtiid,
' " Bu£

boo'i i. 1 he Rojie Crucian Crown 9

But this is m*de more evident by Rajmund
inhisApertory where he faith there is no fer-
ment except Sol and Luna^ for the Ferment of
the ftoncto white is fiiver and to the red gold,
as the Phylofophcrs do demonfxrate becaufe
without ferment there doch proceed neither gold
nor filver nor any thing eifc that isof its kiiid
or nature, therefore join the Ferment with its
fulphur that it miy beget its like? becaide the
Ferment draweththc fulphur to its own colour
snd nature alfo, and weight and iound becaufc
every like begetteth its like. Becaufe the Fer-
ment even as ^y /tingeth and changeth his ful-
phur into a permanent and piercing Medicine ,
Therefore the Phiiofophcr faith he that know-
etb how to tinge fulphur and Mercury with
^<7/and I./^>?^, fhtU attain to the greateft fecrec.
And for this rcalon ;: is neceffary. that Sol and
]Lur7a be the Tr^iCift>'e and Ferment there-
of. You may read in the Ho/j Gmde.

And fo alfo Ameldsis in his Rcfa-rj, There
is no bodv more noble or pure then Sol,
or his (haddow that is to fay ftlvcr without
which notingeing Mercury is generated. He
that endeavoureth to give colour without this
gold or (ilvcr gocth blindly to work like an
^(Te to a Harp, for gold givcth a golden and
filvcr an argcfltive colour tlicrefore he that
knoweth how to tinge v with Soi and 1 nnt
comethor leachehto the fccret which is called
white (ulphur, the bcft to filver which whenic
is made red, will be red fulphur to gold the beft.

Take

lO ihcRofic Crucian Crown, Book F^

Take pure LmA, that is to fay filver that is
fccft which is beaten i"to Icayeslin^ bring in
into calx with '^ And it fs then cajlgd yvatcr_fil-
vcr then Istheluna well prcparc31or*Taicina^
tlon. See the flQly (Juide. ' " ~.

When you have your filver thus prepared,
t]|ike4cr6 ounces thereof, and put it in double
proportions of Lac Vtrpni^ mixed with ecjusjl
quantity of corrafive water to diffoWc in an
c£^ge Rlafle. After it hath dirfolved lo much as
it can in the cold, fet in Balnco and there let
it ftand i> davcs till the whole' fubftaace of the
(Hver be djffolyed into » green water^ then lee
the Balneo cool and take it out, and put the
difTolution into the body and fet thereon a head
and diftillof the water from the matt^iLX£Cuin-
ing wEch 15 the (;>ylof the filver Calcined net
into a cak but a Liquor^ becauiethis Lad Tr*
jjitjjs if it be mixed or io ncd with common
Ae[tici i^nis or atone^ without it (as iculcafech
the Operator) is fo ftrong that the very Dia-
'^^^^^.^.^/ mond cannot rcfid it but is dilfolred ; Tbere^
3^ ■* fore this water is called the water of Hell and
'^ is the onely miracle of miracles of the World,
feecaufe it containeth fuch a fiery nature in it
feifand propriety of burning of all bodies into
Liquor whereas tbc Eiemcntall fire prevailcth no
further then to reduce mettalls into cilx or
' afhes. But to return from whence we digrcffcd
I now come to the third operation.

To the end therefore that this liquor or oyl
of filver may be more perfedly diliblved and
that all the imperfcftlon of aduftion may be

Hook 1 . 7he Kofie Cruciats Crorvr^,

il

taken aw«y, which by the Anricnrs is called the
corroberating of the kit humidity. Put this
Oylorliqaor into another e^^gc glafle like the
former power thereupon to nluchtpiric of wine,
above it 4 fini:nrs then clofe well the glafTc
and f^et it in balnco t'o digeft 7 or 10 dayes and
you (hall llnd the oyl or liquor turned into a
.thjn or rare water pyl; put this water into a
fjiil and m balrjeodraw away thefpiric of wine
tilll none ol the Ipirit of wine remain with the
filvcr diffolved. And thus have you ^'our fijver
propnrcd for putri/Adipn.

i h^ Liquor ot' tilver is potable but not the
QuinteJflence put this wster into a fie putri-
fyxng giaHc and feal it up and fet it to putrifie
in balnco till the titnc of putrif'a^ion W paTi:
which is about 150 days , and wben you fee
the firfi: (i^^n of putrifadion, which is called
the h^ad ot the CYovv cncrcafe your fire a
little till all colours be|^in to appear and you
fee ic begin to be white,

V/hcn you fee it white cncreafe your fire
yet more and it will rife up and ftick Co iht
lid^s of the glaJle mofi: tranfparent like the
eyes ol- riihcswRch is ^yulphur of Nature or
fait, or the pucrified body of the white lumi-
nary. Viz. Lm:a, which yet is not fo hard as
a body nor fo fofc as a fpirit but of a mean
hardnefs between a fpirir, and a body , and ?s
cailed-the Phylofopherj; yI^<?r^;i/7 and the Kay
and mean of joining TioCiUres.

But to come to the liqaor oi the white Lu-
oiinary, thiji faorfy being brought into Quinc-
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12 The Rofie Crucian Crown. Book ^*

cfTcnce is prepared for diffoIutioR like the ful-
phur of the imperfed body, but whereas that
is done by the vertuc of the white tindure
or Lac Vtrginis I rather do it by vcrtiie of the
fire ntturall which ia^the jpirit of wine and

after the drawing *w«y thereof it rcmaineth In
a Liquor.

Now tb« liqoor o^ -^^^^ difiblvcd is the
QuintefTcncc which thlin is' the liquor of the
white Luminary and the fole as Exir.adim faith
quickening the whole ftone without which it
is dead and will neither give form nor co-
lour.

Therefpre the fourth part of this liquor of
the white Luminary is to be Ipmed td^three
parts of the former Hquor of the loIpfturoT
V and after to be kept in a lent fireof Aflies
Well clofcd till it pafie through all colours and
at laft come to its former colour of whirencfs
and fo the flonc is fermented and turned into
the white Elixir.

The Refiduc of the forefaid diflblvcd ful-
phur keep diligently and therewith ferment
che white fulpher of other impcrfeft bodies
or ftoncs into Elixirs, which when they are
thrice diflblved and again congealed and re-
jiiain in a liquid fubftancc then they are called
incombuftiblc oyles and Elixirs of the third
order.

Aad thus the flonc is made of Salone.