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Of S e parat ion/ The third (j ate*
SEparacyon, doth cch parte from other dcvyde, The fubtill fro the groce, fro the thyck the thyn » But Separacjon manuall look thou putafydc: For that pertaynyth to folys whych lyttyll good don But in our Separacjon nature doth not blyn : (wyn, Makyng dyvyfyon of qualytes Elementall Into the fyfth degree tyll they be 'turned. all.
Erth ysturnyd into Water black and bloe3 - And Water after into Ayre under very why te : Ayrc ys turned into Fyre, Elements there be no mo > Of thys ys made by crafte out Stone of grcte dclytc, But or thys Separacyon much more muft we wry te 5 And Separacjon ys callyd by P hylofop hers dyffynycy on Of the fayd Elements tetraptatyve dyiperfyon.
And of thys Separacyon I fynde a lyke fygure Thus fpoken by the Prophet yn the Pfalmody, God brought out of a Stone a fludof Water pure, And out of the hardyft Stone Oyle abundantly: Ryght foof our precyofe Stone yf thou be wytty , Oyle incombufteble and Water thou flialt draw, And thereabout thou nedy ft not at the Coles to blow.
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4. Do thys wyth hcte cfy and mefuryng
Fyrft wyth moyft Fyrey and after wyth the dry j V The flewme by Pacyence owt drawyng ; And after that thy other natures wyttyly, Dry up thyne Erth tyll hyt be thryfty :
By Calcenyng els thou laboryft all in vayne, And then make hyt drynke up hismoyfture agayne*
5. Separtopri th& mull thou ofte tymes make, Thy Matter dyvydyng into parts two 5
So that die Symple fro the grocc thou take Tyll Erth remayne benethe in color bloc, That Erth. ys fyx for to abyde all wo :
THk other parte ys Spyrytuall and fleyng, Mm rfaou muft turne hem all into one thyng.
6> Than Oyfc and Water wyth Water {hall dyftylt
And ttoswirviicr help receve menyng :
K£g£ wdB t%si tw» that thou not fpyll,
TH^ Wark fowc kdtof dew clofyng^
M2k* rhy Stdpell of glas meltyng
The top of thy Vefsle together wyth ytv Thm-Phylofopher-lykc ufyd ys hyt.
7. The Wkter wherwy th thou muft renew thy Stem Lookc thou dyftyll afore thou warke wyth hyt Oftentytnes by it felfe alone: And by thyfyght thou flialt well wytT Ifo feculent feces when hyt "ys quytt :
For fum men can wyth Satwne it mukeply^ And other Subftancs which wc defye.
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Dyftyll hyt therforc tyll hyt be clene,
And thyn lyke Water as hyt fhold be,
As Hevyn in Color bryght and fhyne ,
Kepyng both fygurc and pondcrofyte,
Therwith dyd Hermes moyfture hys Tre :
Wythyn hys Glas he made to grow upryght, Wyth Flowers dyfcoloryd bewtyofcly to fyghr.
Thys Water ys lyke to the venemous Tyre, Whcrewyth the myghty Tryacle ys wrought; For yt ys Poyfon raoft ftronge of yre 5 A ftronger Poyfon can none be thought: Att the Potecarys therfore oftyn yt ys bought: But no manfhall be by hyt intoxycate, After the tyme yt ys into Medycyne Elevate,-
For then as ys the Tryacall trew, Hyt ys of poyfons moft expulfyfe ^ And in hys working doth mervells fhewe, Prefervyng many from dcth to lyfe, Loke thou meng yt wyth no corrofyve :
But chefe hyt pure and quick rcnnyng,
Yf thou thereby wylt have wynnyng-
It ys a mervelofe thyng in kyndc, And Wythout hyt may nought be done 5 Therefore Hermes calleth hyt hys Wynde, For it ys up flying fro Sonn and Mone, And makyth our Stone flye wyth hyt Sone: Rcvyvyng the ded and gcvyng lyfe To Son and Mone3 Husband and Wyfc,
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12. Whych yf they were not by craft made quick, And ther fatnes wyth Water drawn out 5 And fo the thyn dyflevered from the'thyke, Thou ihould never bryng thys workc about: Yf thou wylt fpeed therefore wythout doubt, ■ Reyfe up thy Byrds out of theyre neft, And after agayne bryng them downe to reft.
1 j. Water wyth Water accord wyll and attend, And Spryt wyth Spryt, for they be of kyndc $ Whych after they be exalted make to dyflend, And foe thou (halt devy de that nature before dyd bynde, Mercury eflencyall turnyng into wynde .•
Wythout whych naturall and fubtyll Seperacyon7 May never be compleat profytable Generacyon.
14, Now to help thee in at thys Gate, The laft Secret I wyll tell to thee 5
Thy Water muft be feven tymes Sublymate,
Ells fhall no kyndly Dyffolucyon be,
Nor Putryfyyng fhall thou none fee.
Like lyquyd pytch nor colours appcryng, For lack of fyre wythin thy Glaffc workyng,
15. Fower Fyers there be whych you muft underftond, Naturall, Innaturall, againft Nature, alfoe Elementall whych doth bren the brond 5
Thefe fourc Fyres ufe we and no mo:
Fyre againft Nature muft doe thy bodyes wo 5
That ys our Br Agon as I thee tell,
Ferfely brennyng as Fyre of Hell.
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\6. Fyrc of Nature ys the thyrd Menftruall, That fyrc ys naturally in every thyng., But fyre occafionat we call Innaturall, And hetc of Askys and balnys for putrefying : Wythout thefe fyres thou may not bryng To Putrefaccyon for to be feperat, Thy matters togeather proportyonat.
*7* Therefore make fyrc thy Glafle wythin,
Whych brennyth the Bodyes more then fyre
Elfementall * yf thou wylt wyn
Oar Secret accordyng to thy defire,
Then (hall thy feeds both roote andfpyre, By help of fyrc Occafionate, That kyndly after they may be feperat.
l$' Of ' Seperacjon the Gate muft thus be wonc, That furthermore yet thou may procede, Toward the Gate of fecrct Conjunction, Into the Caftle whych wyll the Inner leade, Do after my Councell therefore yf thou wylt fpcde5
Wyth two ftrong locks thys Gate ys fliyt.
As consequently now thou fhalt wyt.
The end of the third Gate,
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Of Conjunction.
The fourth (fate.
i. A ^tcr ^ Chapter °f wturall Separation
**-*> By which the Elements of our £&w dy ffevcryd be The Chapter here followyth of fecret Conjunction^ Whych natures repugnant joyneth to perfyt Unyte, And fo them knyttyth that none from other may iflc$ Whan they by Pyre fhall be examynate, Socbe they together furely conjugate.
2. And therfore Phylofaphtrs jgevcth thys deffynycyon, Seyng thus Conjunction y$ nought ells
But of dylfeveryd qualytcs a Copulacyon 5 Or of Pryncypylls a coequacyon as other tells, • But fame wyth Mercury whych the Potecarys fells, Medleth Bodycs whych cannot dyvyde Ther matter, and therefore -they -ftep afyde.
3. For unto tyme the Sowle be Separate And clenfyd from hys orygynall Syn Wyth the Water and purely fpyrytualiyzafe : Thy trcw Conjunction may thou never begyn, Therfore the Soule fyrft fro the Body twyn :
Then of the corporall parte and of the fpyrytuall, The Soule Conjunction fliall caufe perpetuall.
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4. Of two Conjunctions Phylofophers don mentyon make, Groce when the Body with Mercury ys reincendat,
But let hy t pa(Te,and to the fecond tent thou take, Which as I fayd ys after Separation celebrat : In whych the partys be left whych left fo collygate 5 And fo promotyd unto moft perfyt temperance, Then never after may be among them Repugnance.
5, Thus caufyth Separation trcw Conjunction to be had Of Water, Ayrc, E:mh arid Fyre^
But that every Element may into other be lad,
And fo abyde for ever to thy defyre 5
Do as dpne Laborours with Clay and Mycr,
Temper them thyke, and make them not to thyn, For fo to up drying thou fhalt the rather wyn.
6h But manners there be of thys Conjunction three, The fyrft ys callyd by Phjlofophers Dyptative, Betwyxt the Agent and the Patyent which muft be Male and Female, Mercury and Sulphure vive 5 Matter and forme, thyn and thyke to thry ve.
Thys leffon wyll helpe thee wythout any dowtc, Our Conjunction trewly to bryng about.
7. The fecond manner ys called Tryptativc, Whych ys Conjunction made of thyngs three, Of Body, Sowle, and Spyrit tyll they not ftryve, Whych Trynite muft be brought to perfyt unyte, For as the Sowle to the Spyrit the bond muft be ; Ryght to the Body the Sowle to hym muft knyt, Out of thy myndc let not thys leffon Ayr.
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g# The thyrd manner and alfo the laft of all, Fowre Elements together whych joynyth to abyde, Tetraptative contendyPhyfofophers doth hyt call, And fpccyally Guydo de Montayno whofe fame goyth And therfore the moft laudable manner thys tyde,l wyde$ In our Conjunction four Elements muft be aggregar In dew proportion fyrft whych afonder were feparat!
9. Therefore ly ke as the Woman hath Vaynes fy fteene, The Man but five to the a& of her fecundyte, Requyryth in our Conjunction fyrft I mene, So-muft the Man our Sun have of hys water three 5 And (nine) hys Wyfe, whych three to hym muft be : Then lyke whych lyke wyll joy have for to dvvellr More of Conjunction me ncdyth not to tell.
10. Thys Chapter I will conclude right fone therefore, Groce Conjunction chargyng the to make but one, For feldomc have Strumpetts Chyldren of them I borer And fo thou ftialt never cum by our Stone, Wythout you fuffer the Woman to lygg alone $ That after fhe hath concey ved of the Man, The Matrycc of her be fliyt from all other than.
u# F°r fuch as addyth evermore crude to crude, Openyng theyr vcfTells, and lectyng ther matter kele : The fperme concevyd they noryfti not, but delude Themfelfes, and fpyllyth ther work every dele $ If thou therefore lyft for to do well,
Clofe up the Matryce and noryih the feed, ( fpede. Wythheat corny nuall and temperate if thou wilt
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And whan thy Vefllc hath ftond by Monyths five, AndClowds and Clypfys be paffed ech one 5 That lyght appcrcn incrcafe thy hete then bly vc, Tyll pryght and fhyneing in Whytneffe be thy Stone y Then may thou opyn thy Glaffe anone,
And fede thy Chyld whych ys then yborc Wyth mylkc and mete ay more and more.
*3- For now both moyft and dry be fo contemperate. That of the Water erthhath rccevyd impreffyon^ Whych never affunder after that may be feperate, And ryght foe Water to Erth hath given ingreflyon, That both together to dwell hath made protefTyon^ And Water of Erth hath purchafyd retentive, They fower be made one never more to ftrive.
*4« And in two thyngs all our entent doth hing, In dry and moyft whych be contrary ous two 5 In dry that hyt the moyft to fyxing bryng, In moyft that hyt gevc lyquyfaccion the Erth unto, That of them thus contemperate may forth go A temperament not fo thyk as the Body ys, Nother fo thyn as Water wythout rays.
15 • Lofyng and knyttyng therefore be Princypalls two Of thys hard Scjence^ and Poles moft pryncypall 5 How be hyt that other pryncyples be many mo, As fliyncyng fanells whych fliew I fhall: Proceed therefore unto another wall
Of thys ftrong Cattle of our wyfdomc, That Inner at the Fyft Gate thou may come.
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Of Putrefaction. The fift (fate.
U ^VJOw begynnyth the Chapter of Putrefaction, ±\ Wythout whyeh Pole no fede may multyply, Whych muft be done only by contynuall accyon J Of hete in the body, moyft, not manually, * For Bodies ells may not be al terat naturally : ( Whete Syth Chryft do it wytnes, wythowtthegrayne of Dye in the ground, encrefe may thou not gete.
*• And in lykewyfe wythout thy Matter do Putrefye, It may in no wyfe trcwly be alterate, /
Nor thyne Elements may be devyded kyndly 5 Nor thy Conjunction of them perfytly celcbrat : That thy labor therfore be not fruftrate,
The prcvyte of Putrefying well underftond,.
brewer thou take thys Warkc in bond.
ja And Putref accyon may thus defyned be,
After Phylofophers fayings it ys of Bodyes the ffcyng. And in our Compound a dy vyfyon of thyngs thre, The kyllyng Bodyes into corrupcyon forth ledyng, And after unto Regeneratyon them ablyng : For thyngs beyng in Erth wythowt dowtc Be engendryd of rotacyon of the Hevyns aboute.
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4. And therfore as I have feyd afore Theyn Elements eomyxt and wyfely coequat, Thou keepe intemperat heate, efehuyng evermore, That they by violent hete be never incynerat 5 To powder dry unprofytably Rubyfycate,
But into powder blacke as a Crowes byll Wyth hete of Balne, or ells of our Dounghyll.
5. To tyme that Nyghts be paft nynty, In moyfthete kepe them froeny thyng5 Sone after by blacknes thow flialt efpy That they draw faft to putrefying, Whych thow flialt after many colers bryng
To perfyt Whytenes wyth Pacyence efyly, And fo thy fedeinhys nature fhall multeply.
6. Make ech on other to hawfe and kyfle,*
And lykc as Chyldren to play them up and downe, And when ther flicrts be fylyd wyth pyfTe, * Then lat the Woman to wafh be bound, Whych oftyn for fayntnes wyll fall in a found : And dye at the laft wyth her Chyldren all, And go to Purgatory to purg ther fylth orygynall.
7. When they be there, by lyttyll and lyttyll encrefe Ther paynys by hete ay more and more,
The Fyre from them lat never cefe :
And fe thy Fornaee be apt therfore,
Whych wyfe men do call Athenor :
Confervyng hete requyryd moft temperately, By whych the Water doth kyndly putrefy.
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8. Of thys Pryncypull fpckyth Sapyent Guydo^
And feyth by rottyng dycth the Compound corporall, And then after Moryen and other mo 3 Upryfyth agayne Itegenerat, Sympill3and Spyrytuall, And were not hete and moyfture contynuall,
Sperme in the wombe myght have now abydyng, And fo ther fhold therof no frute upfpryng.
9. Therfore at the begynnyng oar Stonys thou take , And bery ech on wyth other wythin ther Grave*, Then equally a Marryage betwyxt them make
To ly together fix wekys^then lat them have Ther fede confevyd kyndly to noryih and fave^ From the ground of ther grave not ry fyng that while, Whych fecret poynt doth many on begyle.
xo. Thys tyme of Coneeptyon wythefyc heteabydc, The Blacknes ihowing flball tell the when they dye? For they together lykc lyquyd Pyche that tyde, Shall fwell and burbyll, fctyll, and Putrefye, Shyning Colors thcrin thou fhalt efpye :
Lyke to the Raynbow mervelofe unto fyght, The Water then begynnyth to dry upryghu
ik For in moyft Bodys herc noryfhyng temperate, Ingendryth Blacknes fyrft of all which ys Of kyndly Commyxyon to the tokyn aUygnatej And of trew Putrefying, remember thys, For then to alter perfytly thou may not myfft^ And thus by the Gate of Blacknes thou muft £um in To lyght of Paradyce in Whytenes yf thou wylt wyn.
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ii. F°r fyrft ^ ^on *n ^ys uPryfyn§ obfcuratc Shalbc, and paffe the Waters of Noyes flud On Erth, whych were a hundred dayes contynuate And fyfty, away or all thys Waters yode, Ry^ht fo our Waters as vvyfe men under ftode Shall patfc, that thou wyth Davyd may fay Abierunt in ficco fiumha : bare thys away.
13. Sone after that Noe plantyd hys Vyncyard,
Whych really florylhcd and brought forth Grapsanoni After whych fpace thou flialt not be aferd •. For in lykewyfe fhall follow the floryfhyng of our Stone: And fone uppon that thyrty dayes overgone , Thou (halt have Graps ryght as the Ruby red, Whych ys our Adrop, our Uljfer red and our Ltdu
14* For lyke as Sowles after paynys tranfytory
Be brought into paradyce where ever ys yoyfull lyfcv So fhall our Stone after hys darknes in Purgatory Be purged and joynyd in Elements wythoute ftryfe, Rejoyfc the whytcnesand bewty of hys wyfe:
And paffe fro the darknes of Purgatory to lyght Of paradyce, in Whytnes Eiyxer of grct myghr.
15. And that thou may the rather to Putrefaccyon wyn Thys Exampull thou take to the for a trevy conclufyon. For all the fecrett of Putrefaccyon reftyth therein •, The heart of Oke that hath of Water contynuall infufyon Wyll not fone putrefy, I tell the wythout delufyon: For though yt in Water ly a hundred yeres and more, Yet fhoid thou fynd it found as ever it was afore.
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\6. But and thou kcpe hyt fomtymc wetc,& fometymedry, As thow many ie in Tymber by ufuall experyment, By proffes of tyme that Okc (hall utterly Putrefy: And foe in lykewyfe accordyng to our entent, Sometyme our Tre muft wyth the Son be brent • And then wyth Water fone after we muft hyt kele, That by thys menes thou fhalt to rottyng bryng hyt
(.welc 1 7* For nowc in wete and nowc agayne in dry. Now in grcte hot and now agayne in cold To be, fhall caufe yt fone for to putrefy: And fo flialtthow bryng to rottyng thy Gold, Entrete thy Bodys therfore as I have thee told: And in thy Putrefying wyth hete be not fo fwyft, Left in the Askys thou ieke after thy thryfu
18. Therfore thy Water out of the Erth thow draw, And make the foule thcrwyth for to aflend $ Then downe agayne into the Erth hyt throw, That they oft tymes fo affend and deffend, From vyolent hete and foday ne cold defend Thy Glaffe,and make thy fyrefo temperat, That by the fydys thy Water be never vytryfycate.
ip, And be thou wyfc in chefing of thy Water, Medyll with no Salt, Sulphure, nor menc Minerall, For whatfoever any Water to the do clatter; Our Sulfhure and Mercury be only in Mettall, Which Oylys and Waters Com men call :