Section 15

22. And thefe be turnyd by Hete fro thyng to thyng Wythin one Glas, and fo fro ftate to ftate,
Tyll tyme that Nature do them bryng Into one fubftancc of the Water regenerate, And fo the Spcrme wythin hys kynde ys alterate, Abyll in lykenes hys kynde for to Multeplye, As doth in kynde all other thyngs naturally.
23. In the tyme of thys feyde proceffe naturall, Whyle that the Spcrme confevyd ys growyng,
The fubftanceys nurryftied wyth hys owne Menftruall, Whych Water only out of the Erth dyd bryng, Whofe colour ys Greene in the fyrft fhowing, And for that tyme the Son hydyth hys lyght, Taking hys courfe thorow owte theNorth by nyght.
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24. The feyd Menftruc ys, ( I fay to the in councellj The blod of our GrtneLy Dame Vents* can the trewth of thys the tell , At thy begynnyng to councell and yf thou her call : Thys fecret ys hyd by Phylofepbers erete and fmall 5 Whych blode dravven owte of the feyd Lyon, For lac of Hete had not pcrfyt Dygeftyon/
25 • But thys blode our fecret Menftruall,
Wherewyth our Spcrmc ys nurryfhed temperatly. When it ys turnyd into the fecys Corporally And becom Whyte perfytly and very Dry, Congelyd and Fyxyd into hys owne body $
Then bruftyn blod to fyght yt may well feme, Of thys warkc namyd the rnjlke whyte Dyademe.
16. Underftondc now that our fyery Water thus acuatc,
Is called our Menftruall water, wherein
Our Erth ys lofyd and naturally Calccnat
By Congelacjon that they may never twyne :
YcttoCongele more water thou may not blyn Into thre parts of the acuate water {eyd afore, Wyth the 4th part of the Erth congelyd & no more.
ry. Unto that fubftance therefore fo congclar, The fowcrth part put of water Cryftallyo And make them then together to be Dyfponfat By Congelacyon into a myner metallyne, Whych lyke a fworde new flypyd then wyll fliyne, After the Blackncs whych f yrft wyll fhowe, The fowerth parte geve yt them of water new.
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28. M° Inbybycyws many muft we have yett; Gcve yc thefecond, and after the thyrd alfo, The feyd proportyon kepe well in thy wyt 5 Then to another the fowerth tyme loke thou go, The fyfth tyme and the fyxth, paflfe not there fro :
But put two parts at eche tyme of them three, And at the feventh tyme fyve parts lee there bee.
29. When thou haft made thus feven tymes lnbybycion> Ageync then muft thow turne thy Whele,
And Putrefy all that Matter wythowte addycyon: Fyrft Blackneflc abydyng yf thow wylt do well, Then into Whytcnes congele yt up eche dele, And by Rednes into the Sowth affend, Then haft thou brought thy Bafe unto an end.
30. Thus ys thy Water then devydyd in partyes two, Wyth the fyrft party the Bodys be Putryfycat, And to thync Inbybyciom the fecond part muft go, Wytb whych the Matter ys afterwards Pcnygrat, And fone uppon by efy Dececcyon Albyfycatc :
Then yt ys namyd by Phylofophers our Sterry Stone, Bryng that to Rednes, then ys ihcfyxth Gate woon.
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O F C I B A T I 0 N.
The feventh (jate.
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Ow of Cibac ion I turtle my pen to wryte, Syth yt muft here the feventh place occupye^ But in few words yt wylbe expedyte, Take tent therto,and undcrftond mc wyttyly5 Cibacien ys callyd a fedyng of our Matter dry
Wy th Mylke, and Mete, whych moderatly they do, Tyll yt be brought the thyrd order unto.
2. But geve yt not fo much that thou hyt glut, Beware of the Dropfy, and alfo ofNoyes Hoods By lyttyll and lyttyll therforc thou to hyt put Of Mete and Drynkc as ferny th to do hyt good, That watry humors not overgrow the blood: The Drynke therforc let hyt be mefuryd fo, That kyndly appetyte thou never quench therfro.
*; For yf yt drynkc to much, then muft yt have A Vomytc, ells wyll yt be fyk to long., Fro the Dropfy therfore thy Wombe thou fave , And fro the Flux, ells wyll hyt be wrong, Whych rather lat yt thyrft for drynke amonge : Then thou fhold geve yt overmuch at ons Whych muft in youth be dyattyd for the nons. A a And
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4" And yf thou dyatt hyt (as Nature doth rcquyrc) Modcratly tyll hyt be growen to age, Fro Cold hyt kepyng and nurry fliyng wyth moyft pyre* Than fliall yt grow and wax full of corrage, And do to thee both plefure and advauntage :
For he {hall make darke Bodys hole and bryght, Clenfyng theycr Lcprofenes thorow hys myght.
m-fc Thre tymes thus muftthou turnc about thyV^hde Abowte kepyng the rewle of the feyd Citacyw, And then as fone as yt the Fyre doth felc, Ly^e Wax yt wylbe redy unto Lyquacyon$ Tliys Chapter nedyth not longer protcftapon -.
For \imz told thee the dyatory moft contrenyent After thync Elements be made cquypolent.
6, And alfohowthou to Whytnes {halt bryng thy Gbld2 Moft lyke mtfygure *o the lenys of m hawthorn trc5 Callyd tMagnefya afo*e as I have told i And our Whjtt Sulfur wyihowtc conbuftebyllytc, Whyeh fro the Iyer away wyll never fle :
And thus the f&vtntb Gatt as thow defy red In the opfpryng of the Son ys conquery d.
Of Sublimation, The eight Gate.
i. tJEre of our SubUmuion a word or two, -EX I have to fpekc, whych the eyghth Gate ys Folys do Sublyme, but Sublymc thou not fo, For wc Sublymc not lyke as they do I wys5 To Sublyme trewly therforethou fhall not mys: If thou can make thy Bodys firft fpirituall, Ami then thy Spyryts as I have tought the corporall.
2m Som do Mercury from Vitrt&tt and&i/f fublyme, And other fpryts fro Scales of Yern or Steele, Fro Eggfhells calcynyd and quyk lyme, And on theyer manner Jhyt they Sublyme ryghtwell3 But fuch Sublymyng accordyth never adele To our cntcnt, for we Sublyme not fi>, To trewe Sublymyng therforc now wyll I go.
In Sublymtcyen fyrft beware of one thyng, That thou Sublymc not to the top of thy Veflcll, For without vyolence thou (halt ytnot downe bryng Agcyne, but there yt wyll abyde and dwell • So hyt rcjoyfyth wyth refrygcracion I the tell: Kepe hyt therfore wyth remperat hctc adowne Full forty dayes, tyll hyt wcx black abowen.
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4, For then the Sowk begynnyth for to com owte, Fro hys ownc vaynys •, for all that fubtyll ys, Wyll wyth the Spry ts affend withouten dowte: Bere in thy myndc therfore and thynkeon thys, How here eclypfyd byn chyBodys:
As they do Putrify Subiymyng more and more, " Into the Water tyll they be all up bore.
j# And thus ther venom when they have fpowtyd out Into the water, than Black yt doth appeare, And become fpirituall every dele withoute dowtc^ Subiymyng efyly on our manner Into the water which doth hym bere:
For in the Ay re one Chyld thus mufl: be bore Of the Water ageync as I have feyd before.
5# But when thefe to Subljmacym continual!.
Be Iaboryd fo,wyth hete both moyft and temperate, That all ys Whyte and purely made fpirituall 5 Than Hevyn uppon Erth muft be reitterate, Unto the Sowle wyth the Body be reincorporates That Erth becom all that afore was Hevyn, Whych wyll be done in Sublymacyom fevyn.
7. And Subljmacym we make for caufys thre, The fyrft caufe ys to make the Body Spiritually The fecond that the Spryt may Corporal! be, And becom. fyx wyth hyt and fubftancyall: The Thyrd caufe ys that fro hys fylth orygynall He may be elenfyd, and hys fatnys fulphuryofc Be mynyfhyd in hym whych ys infe&uofe.
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3. Then when they thus togeder depuryd be. They wyll Sublyme up whyter then Snow 5 That fyght wyUgrctly comfort the; For than anon parfytly (halt thou know Thy Sprytts (hall fo be adowne I throw: That thys Gate to the fhalbe unlockyd, Out of thys Gate many one be fhy t and mockyd.
O F F E R M E N T A T I O N.
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^Ihe ninth (jate.
TRew Fementacyon few Workers do underftond, That fcerect thcrfore I wyll expounde to the, I travelyd trewly thorow many a Lond : Or ever I myght fyndc any that cold tell by t me 5 Yet as God wolde, (evermore blcflcd he be,) At the laft I cum to knowledge therof parfyt, Take heede therfore, therof what I do wryte.
Fermentyng in dyvers mancrs ys don, By whych our Medcyns muft be perpetuate, Into a clerc Water, fom kfyth Son znd Money And wyth ther Medcyns maky th them to be Congelate 5 Whych in the Fycr what tyme they be examynate, May not abyde nor alter wyth Complement, For fuch Ferments ys not to our intent.
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3* But yet more kyndly forii other men dpn Fermentyng thcyer Medcynes in thys wyfe. In UHercury dyflfblvyng both Son zx\& Up wyth the Spryts tyll tymc wyll aryfe, Sublymyng them together twyfe or thryfe: Then Fermentacyon thcrof they make.
That ys a way, but yet we hyt forfake.
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4. Som other ther be whych hath more hap To touch the trothp in parte of Fermentyng ; They Amalgam th£r Bodys wyth CMercury lyke papp $ Then theruppon t|ier Medcyns relentyng,
Thcfc of our Seeretts have fom hentyng :
But not the trewth wyth parfyt Complement, Becaufc they nether Putrefy nor alter ther Ferment.
5. That poyntthcrforel wyll dyfclofe to thee, Looke how thou dydyft wyth thy unparfyt Body, And do fo wyth thy parfyt Bodys in every degrej Thatys to fey fyrft thou them Putrefyc
Her prymary qualytes deftroying utterly : For thys ys wholey to our ement, That fyrft thou alter before thou Ferment.
6. To thy Compound make Ferment the fowerth parte, Whych Ferments be only of Son and Money
If thou therfore be Mafter of thys Arte,
Thy Fermentation lat thys be done,
Fyx Water and Erth together fone :
And when the Medcyn as wax doth flowe, Than uppon CMalgms lokc thou hyt throw.
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7. And when all that together ys myxyd
Above thy GlafTe well clofyd make thy fyic,
And fo contcnew hyt tyll all be Fyxid,
And well Fermented todefyre-,
Than make Prejeccyon after thy pleafurc: For that ys Medcyn than cch dele parfyr, Thus muft you Ferment both Red and Whytc.
■ . 8. For lyke as flower of Whetc made into Paft, Requyrerh Ferment whych Lcven we call Of Bred that yt may have the kyndly taft, And becom Fode to Man and Woman raoft cordygll ; Ryght fo thy Medcyn Ferment thou fhall, That yt may taft wyth the Ferment pure, And all affays evermore endure.
h And underftondtftgtther be Ferments three, Two be of Eodys in nature dene, Whych muft be aJtryd as I have told thec$ The thyrd moft fecret of whych I mene, Ys the fyrft Errh to hys owne Water grene :
Ana therfore when the lyon doth thurft,
Make hym drynke tyll hys Belly burft.
10. Of thy s a Qyeftyon yflfliold meve, And aske of Workers what ys thys thyng, Anon therby I fholde them prevc- Yf they had knowledge of our Fementyng, For many man fpekyth wyth wondreng: Of Robjn BoJe, md of his Bm, Wbjch never (hot tberin I trow.
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ii# But Femcntdrion trew as I the tell
Ys of the Sowle wyth the Bodys incorporacyon, Reftoryng to hyt the kyndly fmell $ Wyth taft and color by natural! corifpyfacyon Of thyngs dyffeveryd, a dew redyntegracyon :
Wherby the Body of the Spryte taky th impreffion, That eyther other may hclpc to have ingreffion.
12* For lyke as the Bodys in ther compaccy on corporal! May not fliow out ther qualytes effc&ually Untyll the tyme that they becom fpyrituall : No more may Spryts abyde wyth the Bodys ftedfaftly, But they wyth them be fyrft confyxat proportionably : For then the Body techyth the Spry t to fuffer Fyer, And theSprytthe Body to endure to thydefyre.
13. Therforc thy Gold wyth Gold thou muft Ferment, Wyth hys ownc Water thyne Erth clentyd I mene Not ells to fay but Element wyth Element 5
The Spryts of Lyfc only goyng betweene, For lyke as an Adamandas thow haft fenc: Ycrn to hym draw, fo doth our Erth by kynde Draw downe to hym hys Sowle borne up wyth Wynd.
14. Wyth mynd therfore thy Sowle lede out and in, Meng Gold wyth Gold, that is to fay
Make Elements wyth Elements together ryn;
To tyme all Fyre they fuffer may,
For Erth ys Ferment wythouten nay
To Water, and Water the Erth unto 5 Our Fermcmacmn in thys wyfc muft be do.
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1 5.' Erth ys Gold, fo ys the Sowle alfo, Not Comyn but Owers thus Elcmcntate, And yet the Son therto muft go, That by our Whcle yt may be altcrate, For fo to Ferment yt muft be preparat : That hyt profoundly may joynyd be
Wy th other natures as I feyd to thee.
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i& And whatfocver I have here feyd of Gold, The fame of Sylver I wyll thou underftond, That thou them Putrefyc and alter as I have told • Ere thou thy Medcyn to Ferpient take in hond, Forfowth I cowde never fyntle hym wythin Bnghndi whych on thys wy fe to Ferment cowde me teche Wy thout errour, by praftyfe or by fpeche.
1 7- Now of thys Chapter me nedyth to trcte no more, Syth I intend prolixite toefchewj
Remember well my words thcrfore, Whych thou flialtpreve by pra&ystrew, And Son and lM one loke thou renew .• That they may hold of the fyfth nature, Then (hall theyr Tyn&urcs ever endure.
18- And yet a way there ys molt excellent, Belongyng unto another workyng,
A Water we make moft redolent :
All Bodys to Oyle wherwy th we bryng,
Wyth whych our Medcyn we make floyng i
AQuynteffens thys Water we call
In man, whych hely th Dy fefys all.
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19* But wytfa thy Bace after my Do&ryne prepcrat* Whych ys our Calx, thys muft be donj For when our Bodys be fo Calcenat, That Water wyll to Oyle dyflblvc them fone ; Make therforc Oyle of Sen and tJMone
Which ys Ferment moft fragrant for to fmcll, And fo the 9* gate ys Conquered of thys Caftclh
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OfExaltat ion. The tenth (jate.
PRocede we now to the Chapter of Exaltation, Of whych truly thou muft have knowledge pure, Pull ly ttyll yt ys dyffcrent from Subljmacyon, Yf thou concede hym ryght I thee enfurc: Herto accordyth the holy Scrypture : Chryfte feyng thus* Tf I exalted be, Then (hall I draw all tbyngs unto me*
Ower Medycyn yf wc Exalt ryght fo, Hyt fhall therby be Nobylyzate, That muft be done in manners two 5 Fro tyme the-partsbe dyfponfatc, . Whych muft be Crufyfyed and examynat : And then contumulate both Man andWyfe, And after revyvyd by the Spyryts of Lyfe.
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j# Than up to Hevyn they muft Exaltyd be, Thcr to be in Body and Sowlc gloryfycate 5 For thou muft bryng them to fuch fubtylyte , That they affend together to be intronyzate, In Clowds of clcrencffe, to Angells confociate :
Then fliall they draw as thou (halt (c
All other Bodys to thcr owne dygnytc.
4# Yf thou thcrforc thy Bodys wy 11 Exaltat,
' Fyrft wyth the Spryts of Lyfc thou them augment,
Tyll tyme thy Erth be well fubtylyatc,
By naturall rc&yfyyng of eche Element 5
Hym up cxaltyng into the Fyrmamcnt :
Than much more prefyofc (hall they be than Gold, Becaufe they of the Quynteflencc do hold.
$0 For when the Cold hath overcum the Hetc,
Then into Water the Ay re lhall turnyd be 5
And fo two contrarys together ihall mete,
Tyll ether wyth other ryght well agre,
So into Ayrc thy Water as I tell the 5
When Hete of Cold hath gott domynacyon, Shalbe convertyd by craft of CjrcuUcyon.
6. And of the Fycr then Ayer have thou fhall. By lofyng Putrefyyng and Sublymyng$ And Fyer thou haft of the Erth matcryall : Thyne Elements by craft thus dyfleveryng, Moft fpecyally the Erth well Calccnyng : And when they be eche on made pure, Then do they hold all of the fyfth nature.
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7'. On thys wy fc therforc make them to be Gyrculat,' fich unto other cxaltyng by and by, And in one Glasdo all thys furely fygylatc. Not wyth thy honds, but as I teche the naturally, Fycrinto Water thea turne fyrft hardely*
For Fyer ys in Ayer wych ys in Water exyftent, And rhys Converfyon accordyth to our entente
& Than ferthermore turne. on thy Whele, That into Erth thy Ayre convertyd be, Whych wylbe don alfo ryght well : For Ayre ys in- -Water bey ng in the Erth truftme> Then Water into Fyre contrary ofe in ther qualyte : ; \ Sone turne thou may, for Water in Erth ys, Whych y s in Fyer converfyon, true ys .thys*
9* Thy Whele ys now nygh turnyd abowte, Into Ayre. turne Erth, whych ys the proper neft Of other Elements ther ys no dowte, For Erth in Fyre ys, whych in Ayre takyth reft, • Thys Cjrculaey on thou begynmuftin the Weft:
Then forth into the Sowth tyll they exaltyd be, Procede dewly as in the Fygure I have towght the*