Section 10

THe ThirdConwdfc to manic full derke, To ordeync Inftruments according tothc Wcrkc: As cverie Chapter hath divers intents, Soe hath it divers Inftmment$>
Both
Ordinalu 9?
Both in Matter and alfo in Shape, Ghap.9t
In Concord that nothing may mis-happ:
As workes of Divifion and Seperation
Have fmall Veffells for their Operation-
But Veffells broade for numeration,
And fome deale broad for Circulation ;
But longe Veffells for Precipitation 5
Both fhort and long ferve Sublimation:
Narrowe Veffells and foure inches higlt_
Serve Corre&ion moft properly*
Of Veffells, fome be made of Leade,
And fome of Clay both quick and deade-
Dead Clay is called fuch a thinge
As hath fuffcred greate roaftmgc 5
Such mcdled in powder with good raw Oaye,'
Will Fier abide and nor goe away-,
But manie Claies woll ieape in Fier,
Such for Veffells doe not defire.
Other Veffells be made of Stone,
For Fier fufficient but few or none?
Amonge Workemen as yet is foundc
In any Country of English grounde,
Which of Water nothing drinke fliall,
And yet abide drie Fier withall,
Such Stones large for our intente,
Were a precious Inftrument^
All other Veffells be made of Giaffc,
That fpirituall matters ihould not out-paffe;
Of Afties of Feme in this Lond cveri-eachone
Be made, but els- where be of Stone :
Of our Glaffes the better kinde.
The morning ftuffe ye {hall it finde,
WHch was A(hes the night before,
Standing in Heate all night and more,
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The harder ftuffe is called Freton, Of clipping of other Glaffes it comet Tin&ure with anealing of Glafiers
Will not perfe him as thei reherfe. . - ■'
By this Do&rine chufe or rcfufe,
Take which you woll unto your ufe^
But for figures of VefTells kinde,
Everie Man followeth his owneminde.
The beft fafhioa is ye maie be fure,
She that beft concordech with Vcffcll of Nature*
And figure that beft Concordeth with quantity^
And with all Gircumftances, to matter beft is fhe>
And this fheweth well Alberts Magnus,
In his Boke Be Mimralibus.
Hereof a Secreate difclofed was,
By my good MaBer, to more and lefle,
Saying, Si Beus non dediffet nobis v as
Nihil dedijj'ety and that i^ Glade,
IKftruments needefull there be more, As be Furnaces ordeyned therefore. Oide Men imagined for this Arte A fpeciall Furnace for everie parte, Everie- each divifing after -his owne thought | - But manie Furnaces-of them be naught; Some were too broade and feme too longe* Manie of them did Nature wronge : Therefore tome Furnaces maie be well ufed, But mame of them muft be refufed, For theie were made but by advice Of them which feemed, and were not wife r The moft Commendable Faihion of them all; In this Boke portraied finde ye fhall. One Furnace by me is found of newe,
Such
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Such as Olde Men never knewe, Cbap.6.
Whofe fecreate Power with ftudy fought,
And with greate Coft was dearely bought 5.
In him.wifbe at one tymc w/ought,
Threefcore Warkes, and co& right nought,
More than it fhulde for one Warke or twainc,
Therefore profitable it is certaine 5 .
Threefcore degrees divers yemaiegett,
For threefcore warkes, and eyerie-ech of divers Hcate>-
Within that Furnace, to ferve your defire,
And all rhei ferved with one litle Fier,
Which of a Foote fquare onlie flialbe,
Yet everie-ech of the threefcore as greate fpace as he:
Manie purpofesye maie thereby fulfill,
For here you fhall have Heate after your will.
Of this Inftrument all Men maie not be fure,
Therefore it is not formed in Pi&ure.
Another Furnace woll ferve threefcore
Glafles trewly, and yet farr more,,
Everie-ech of them, ftanding in like Heate,
As by the Pi&ure, Do&rine ye maie gett :
Another Furnace for this operation, JBy me was found by Imagination,
Notably ferving for Seperation
Of dividents, and for Altification,; And for Dis-jundion called Divifion, And for Correction called Ablution, Yt woll for fome things ferve Deficcation, . Yt fervethfull well for Preparation 5 Soe for fix things it fcrvcth well, And yet for all at once as I can tell: This is a new thinge which fhall not be Set out in Pi&ure for all men to fee 5 Another Furnace, in Picture be fhall*,
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"* Made for Magnetic whereof bould Men had doubte, To tuch with hands a poorc lynine Cloute, Which in the midle thereof unbrenned ftoode, For fearc of flames breWng fierce and woode$ Which futtill Furnace I devifed alfoe, In which I found manie wonders moe Than is convenient at this fcafon to tell, Whofe graduation is doubtfull and cafuell : Wherein tJMdgnetlA^ matter of greate cofte, Muft quickly beferved orfuddainly be lofte; Of whole graduation if you woll not miffc Confider your Stoples, and lerne well this, The more is the Stopie the lefTe is the Heate, By manifould Stoples Degrees ye maie gett; Whoe knoweth the power, the working and kindc, Of everie Furnace, he maie well trewth finde, And he which thereof dwelleth in Ignorance, All his Warke faleth uponChaunce: Noe man is furc to have his intent, Without full concord of Arte with Inftrument. Manie more Inftruments occupied ye fhall fe, Than in this Chapter now rehearfed be, Which ye muft ordeyne by good or fad advice And prove them before hand oft if ye be wife.
THe fourth Concord is full notable Bctweene this Arte and Placer ConvenMe* Some Places muft needes be evermore dry, Clofe from . Aic'r, nowaies Windy-, Some muft be darke and dimme of fight3 In which Sun-beames none maie light-, But for fome Places the trewth fo is, Thei cannot have 109 much brightnes ;
Some
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Some Places muft necdes be Moift and Cold Chap.6.
For fome workes as Au&ors toulde 5
But in our Warkes in everie place,
Winde will hurt in everie C^fe :
Therefore for everie Warke in feafon,
Ye muft ordaine Places by reafon.
Fhilofophers faid by their engine,
How it fliulde be wrought within locks Nyne:
Kjiftrologm faid it was a grace,
To finde a Chofen Working Place-
For manie things woll wonderous doe
In fome Places and elfewhere not foe,
But contrarie wonders be of one thinge
In contrarie Countries wrought without leafing $
Whereof none other caufe maie appeare,
But only contrarie places of the Sphere :
Whereto Places contrarie of the groundc,
To them Concordaunt and Obedient be found*
Hereof great Evidence and wit tnes full cleerc,
In the Magnets Stone openly doth appeare-,
Whofe North pointe draweth toward his Countrie,
Which under the Southe ftarr driveth Needles awaye5
Wherefore wife Men which for this Arte fought,
Found fome Places concordant, fome Places nought*
Trewly fuch Places where Lechery is ufed
Muft for this Arte be utterly refufed.
THe fift Concordls knownewellofc7*r&f, {Werks. Betwcene the Sphere of Heaven and ouxSuttiM toothing in Erth hath more Simplicitie, Than th'elements of our Stone woll be, Wherefore thci being in warke of Generation, Have moft Obedience to Conftcllation: WJicreof Concord moft kindly and convenient
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Chap. 6. Is a dire&^nd firie Jfcendent,
Being figne common for this Operation,
For the multitude of their Iteration :
Fortune your AfcendentjH\xh his Lord alfo,
Keeping th' afped o$ Shrew es thernfro5
And if thei muft let, or needely infeft,
Caufe them to looke with a Trine afped.
For the White warke makefortuna ethe Afaw,"
For the Lord of the Fourth houfe likewiie be it done*
.'For.- that is Thefaurum abfeonditum of olde Clerks 5
Soe of the Sixt houfe for servants of the Wcrksj
Save all them well from greate impediments,
As it is in Pi&urc, or like the fame intenrs.
Unleffc then your Nativity '.pretend infection,
In contrariety to this Eledion,
The venue of the Mover of the Orbe is formal!,
The vertue of theEi^ht Sphere is here Inftrumeniall,
With her Signes and Figures and parts afpe&ualJ,
The Planets vertue is proper and fpeciall,
The vertue of the Elements is here material!.
The vertue infufed rcfulteth of them all:
The firft is like to a workman* Minde,
The fecond like his Hand ye fliall finde.
The third is like a good Inftrument,
The, remnant like a Thing wrought to your intent. :
Make all the Premifes with other well accord,
Then fliall your merrits make you a greate'Lord.
In this wife the Elixir of- whom ye make mention,
Is ingendercd, a thing of a fecond intention.
Truft not in Geomantiethat fuperftitious Arte,
For God made Reafon which there is fet aparte.
Truft not to all Afirologers^ I faie whie,
For that Arte is as fecreat as Alk'tnty.
That other is difproved and plainely forbod,
By
Or d in alu ior
By holy Safotls of the Church of God. Chap.6,
Truft not, ne love not Negromapcy,
For it is a property of the Devill to lye.
Truft to this DBifrwe^ki herein your defircs* And now lerne tlic Regiment of your Eers*
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Chap.y,
Chap. VII.
parfct Mafter ye tiiaie him call trowc, Which knoweth his Hcates high and lowc# Nothing maie let more your defires, Than ignorance of Heates of your Fiers* Of manic Au&ors written ye maie fee,
Totum confifiit in ignis regimine :
Wherefore in all Chapters you muft fo proceed,
That Heate worke not more ne leffe than it need;
Wherein manic of Gebars Ceokes
Deceived were, though thei be wife in Bokes.
Such Heate wherewith Pigg or Goofe is Scalded,
In this i^frte Decocftion it is called 5
For Minerall meanes ferveth fuch heate,
And to make our Letharge to give fweate.
Such Heate as dryeth lawne Karcheefes fayre,
In thirty operations ferveth for our Ayre 5
But for DiVifiajis you muft ufe fuch heate,
As Cookes make when they roaft grofle Meate 5
The fame Heate with a circular Fier,
For Separation of Dividents wc defire;
But for Circulation of Elements,
Ignis candens ob ferveth our intents;
Which Fier muft ever be Cocquall
In every minute, and yet perpetuall :
For it mate never abate ne increafe,
And yet the Fier maie never ceafe.
Study y>ty^Mwd looke about
Such a t:v \. Iwlic to finde out.
And in tfiat Fier no moifture maie be,'
Which Hand maie f eele or Eye maie fec^
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Chap. j. Ignis humidta an other Fier alfoe
Is, and yet it fecmeth ofpfitum in adjefifti Such Hcate difscvcrcth at certaine .tydes Matters .cleving to Vefleljs fides. Manie moe: things that Meztc maie wynn, It maketh oft thick Matters to be thynn. A Philof&pber, miftely fpake of this Heate, And faide, the. higheft degree thereof to get Shall caufe. and gender fuch Siccirie, As of dric heate fhall be in the Firft degree,.. Another Fier is Fireot Dificcation, For matters which be imbibed with Hume&ation* An other Fier' is Fier of Confer varion,„ For all drie things of his operatioa; For MAgmU is Fier of effufion, Full of perills and full of illufion, Not onely peril] which to the Warkemaie fall, But fuch alfoe which the Mafter hurte fhall 5 Againft which once received is noe boore, Ordaine therefore to fetch breath from your.fo.otc- Provide for Mouth, Eyes, Eares, and Nofc,, For ic is.worfe than ten times the P.ofe. Men hereby hath found paines fore, Becaufe they had not this warning, before* Ignis corrodens ferveth in this Arte, Element a prop in qua. wifely to departe. By one point of exceffe all your Warke is ffient,-. And one point too little is inefficient 5 Who can be fure to finde his trewc degree, - Magijler m Agnus in igne thall he be. It is the harder to know trewly his mighty There is no triall for it but our Eye fight: Therefore all men failein his prefence, Where Heate is lerned with coft of Experience*
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Of this Heate in fpeciall Jkaxagoras faid thus, chap. j.
Nemo frimo fronte reperitnr difcretus.
Another is Heate of mighty Coa&ion,
For Mineralls that be of hard Liquefa&ion :
This Heate cannot be too ffbnge,
Be he continued never fo longe.
Another is Heate of Calcination
For fowle Mettalls for their Preparation ?
Which maie not brenti, ne doe them melte.
For -fo all thei maie foone be fpilte.
The twelfte is Heate for to Sublime
All rhe Spirits of the Mine.
The laft Heate of theis goeth for all,.
When to Projection our
Ufe maketh Mafterie, there is noe more to fayne.
But he that faileth muft needs begin againe.
Now have I tought you everie thing by name,
As Men teach other the way to Wdfingham^
Of every Village, Water, Bridge, and Hill,
Whereby wife Men their Journey maie fulfill:
Soe maie a Clerke by this Do&rinc findc
This Science well if he be cleere of minde5
All other maie finde himfelfe hereby a foolc
To deale therewith, which litle can of Schooled
For this is the end of all worldly Cunninge 5
Where to attaine can neither Pope ne King
By their Honours, ne by their great Councell,
But only by Vertue and Grace as Auftors tell*
This precious Stone will not be found ne wrought
But he be right devotely fought.
The Au&orsforenamed with this Boke of mke,
Shewerh of Alkimy all the Dodirinc,
If ye compleate their Sentences all,
Not by Opinion, but after this Ordinal! \
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Is nothing fit tvronge,nor one point left out. The dayes were when that this Do&rine and ground Had pleafed me more than a Thoufand pound- Three Hundred pounds was not for my defire, As would have byne this Chapter of the Fier. A Why foe noble a Scyence, as all Men this Arte call5 Is here fct out in Bnglijh blunt and rude, Fdr this is foe made to teach a Multitude Of rude people which delcn with this Werkcs, Ten Thoufand Logmen againft ten able Clerks t Whereby yearely greate Riches in this Londe Is lewdly loft3 as Wifemen umlcrftondcj And manic men of Everie degree Yearely be brought to great Povcrtee. Cease Laymen, cease, be not in follie ever; Lewdnes to leave is better late than never- All that hath plcafure in this Bojcc to rcade, Pray formy Soule,andfer all both "Quick and dcade.- In this yearc erf" Chrift One thoufand fourc Hundred
(feaventyandfeaven, This Warke was begun, Honour to Cod in Heaven*
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A moft excellent, learned, and worthy worke, written by Sir (jeorge Ttjpley, Chanon of 'Bridlington in Torfy* Jhire, Conteining twelve
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HEre begynneth The Compound tf Alckymie, Made by a Chanon of Bridlington, After his learning in Italy At Yxnwg for tyme he there did wonne : In which be declared openly The fccrets both of Sunne and Moone^ How they their kinde to multiplye. In one body togeder muft wonne.
Which Chanon Sk George i?//»/^ highr5 Exempt from Clauftrall obfervance, For whom pray ye both day and night , Sith he did labour you to advance.. He turned darknes into light, Intending to helpc you to happy chaunce, Gyving Counfell that ye live right, Doeing to God no difpleafaunce.
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UNTO King Edward the fourth*
O Honorable Lord, and moft vittoryous Knyght, With Grace and Fortune abundantly endewed, The favegard 'of 'England ,&■ maynteyner of right; That God you loveth indeede he hath well Jhewed : Wherefore I truft thys Lond Jhalbe renewed With foy and Riches, with Charyty and Reace^ So that old ranckors underfirewed, Tempefluous troubles and wretchednes Jhall ce$fe>
And now fyth I fee by tokens right evident, That God you guydeth, and that ye be vertnous, Hating fjnne, and fuch as be infolent, How that alfo Man/laughter to you is odious, Upon the Indygent alfo that ye be piteous, Greate ruth it were if ye jhould not lyve longe : Tor of your great fortune ye bt .not prefumptucus, Nor vengeable of mynde to wreke every wrong. .
Theis confidered, with others, in your mo fl noble Ejlate^ Like as God knoweth, and people doe witnejje beare, So entyrely me meveth, that 1 mufi algate Recorde the fame, and therein be no flatterer : And that not onely} but alfo to write here, And to your Highnes humbly for toprefent Great Secretts which I in fane Country es did lere, And which by grace to me moft unworthy are lent.
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Once to your Lordfhip fuch things I did promife, What tyme ye did command to fend unto me 5 i^And [wee that I wrote in full fecret wife, Unt$ your Grace from tfie Univerfitie Of Lovayne, when G& fortuned me by Grace to fee * Greater fecretts and moch more profyte, Which onely to you I wyll difclofed to be : That is to [ay the great Elixirs both Red and White.
lor like it you to trnfl that trewlie I have found The perfect waje of moft fecrete Alchimy, Which 1 wyS never trewlj for Merke ne for Voundt Make common but to you, and that conditionally That to your [elfe ye pall keepe it full fecretly* And onely it ufe as may be to Gods pleafnre^ Bis in tyme comming, of God 1 fhould abye I or my difcovering of his fecrete treafurt.
Therefore advife you mil wyth good delyberation% lor of this Secrete [hall know none other Creature But onely you, as I make faithfuH Proteflation , For all the tyme that I here in lyfe endure : Whereto I wyll your Lord/hip me to enfure, To my defyre in ihys bj othe to agree, Leafi 1 fhould to me the wrath of God procure^ Tor my revealing his great e gift and previtie.