Section 16

iq». In whyxh proces , thou may clerly fey
From anextreame how to another thou may not go* , But byamene, fytluhey in qualyte contraryofe be • And rcfon wyll forfoth that hyt be fo, As hetc into cold wyth other contraryofe mo:
Wythout theyr menys as moyft to hete and cold/ Examples fuffycyent afore thys have I tolda ,
Thus
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m Thus have I tawght the how for to make.
Of all thy Elements a parfyt Cyrculacyo^
And at thy Fygure example for to take ;
How thou {halt make thys forefayd Ex&lucyon^
And of thy Medc'yn in the Elements trew graduacyon: Tyll hyt be brought to a quynaryte temperat, And then thou haft conqueryd the Tenth Gate.
O E M.UL T I P L I C A T 1 O N.
7/^ eleventh (jate.
Xi %J[tlltyplyc4cyof3 now to declare I procede,
J.VJL Whych ys by Phylojopherh in thys wyfe dyfynyd^ Augmentacyon yt ys of that Blixer indede, Ingoodnes, in quantyte, both for Whyt and Rede, Multyplycacyw ys therfore as they have feyd : (degrc3 That thyng that doth Augment the Medcyns in ech In Color, in Odor, in Venue, and alfo in Quantyteo
2. And why thou may thy Medcyn raulteply, Infynytly the caufe forfoth ys thys. For y t ys Fyer whych tyned wyll never dye : Dwcllyng wyth the as Fyer doth in houfys, Of whych one fparke may make more Fycrs I wys • As musk in Pygments, and other fpycys mo, Invertue multyplycth and our Medcyn ryghtfo. Bb 3 So
iBi "Of Multiplication.
3* So he ysryche the whych Fyer hath les or more, Becaufe he may fo gretly Multcply 5 And ryght (o ryche ys he whych any parte hath in ftore Of our Elixers whych be augmentable infynytly : One way yf thou dyffblve our Powciers dry, And oft tymes of them make Congelacyon, Of hytingoodnesthoumakyft then Augtnentacyon.
4» The fecond way both in goodnes and in quantyte, Hyt Multyplycth by Iterat Fermentation, As in that Chapter I fliowyd playnly unto the. By dy vers manners of naturall Opcracyon, And alfo in the Chapter of our Cybaqon :
Where thou may know how thou fhak Multcply Thy Medycyn wyth Mercury Infynytly*
5. But and thou bothe wyll Loofe and alfo Ferment, Both more in quantyte and better wyll hyt be 5 And in fuch wyfe thou may that fo augment. That in thy Glas ft wyll grow lyke a Tre,
The Tre of Hermes namyd, feemly to fe.-
Of whych one Pepyn a thowfand wyll Maltyply, Yf thou can make thy Projeccyon wyttyly.
6, And lyke as Saffron when yt ys pulveryzate, By lyttyll and lyttyll yf hyt in Lycour be Temperyd, and then wyth mykyll more Lycour dylate • Tyngyth much more of Lycour in quantyte, /fe Than beyng hole in hys owne grofe nature : fo (hall thou
That our Elixers the more they be raacfe thyn, The farther in Tyn&urc fothfaftly wyll rennc.
Kepc
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7." Kcpc in thy Fyer therfore both cvyn and morow, Fro houfe to houfe that thou nede not to rennc Amongc thy Neyghbors, thy Fyer to fech or boroiv, The more thou kepyft the more good fhall thou wyn, Multyplyyng ey more and morcthy Glas wythin: By fedyng wyth UWercury to thy lyvys end, So fhall thou have more than thou nedyft to ipend.
pK Thys mater ys playne, I wyll no more
Wryte now therof, lac Refon the guyde $
Be never the bolder toSyn therfore,.
Butferve thy God the better at echtyde 5 "
And whylls that thou fhall in thys lyfe abyde, Bere thys in mynde, forget not I the pray, As thou fhaltapere before thy God atdomys day.
9: Hys ownc gret Gyfts thefore and hys Trefure, Dyfpofe thou vertuofcly, helpyngthe poore at nede5 That in thys World to the thou may procure Mercy and Grace with Hevenly blys to mede, And pray devoutly to God that he the lede In at thys eleventh Gate as he can beft, Sonc after then thou fhak end thy conqueft.
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Of P RO j EC T ION.
The twelfth Gate.
INProjeccyon hyt fhalbe'provydyf our pra&ifebeprofy- Of wch yt bchovy th me the fecrets here to meve-, (table Therfore yf thy Tyn&ure be fure and not vaiyable, By a ly ttyll of thy Medcyn thus fhall thou preve Wy th Mettall or wyth Mercury as Pyche y t wyll cleve : And Tynft in Pro\eccyon all Fyers to abyde, Andfone yt wyll enter and fpred hym fullwyde.
But many for Ignorans doth mar that they made, " When on Mettalls unclenfyd Projeccyonthcy make, For be caufe of corrupcyon theyr Tyn&ures muft vade ; Whych they wold not awcy fyrft fro the Bodys take3 Whych after Projeccyw be bryttyl, bloe, and blacke : That thy Tyn&ure thcrfore may evermore laft, Uppon Ferment thy Medcyn loke fyrft that thou cafh
Then brottyl wyll thy Ferment as any glas be, Uppon Bodys clenfyd and made very pure, Caft thy brottyll fubftance and forie ihall thou fe, That they flialbe curyofely coleryd wyth Tyn&ure, Whych at all aifays for ever fhall endure :
But at the Pfalmys of the Sawter example thou take Profytable Prejeccyon parfytly to make.
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V On Fundament* caft fyrft thys Pfalme Nunc Dimittis, Uppon Verba mea then caft Fundaments bly ve 5 Thdh'Ferka mea uppon Dilg am, confevc mc wy th thy wy tts ; And Dlligam on ^dttende yf thou lyft to thryvc : Thus make thou Projeccyom thre fowre or fy vc ,
Tyll the Tyn&ure of thy Medcyn begyn to decrefe, And then yt-ys tyme of Projeccjm to cefc.
5# By thys myfty talkyng I mene nothyng ells, But that thou muft caft fyrft the leflc on the more, Increfyng ever the Number as wyfc men the tells, And kepe thou thys Secrett to thy felfe in ftore, Be covetuofc of connyng y t ys no burden fore : For who that joy neth not the Eljxers wy th Bodys made dene, He wot not what fykcrly Prqeccyon doth mene.
& Ten yf thon Multyply fyrft into ten, One hundreth, that number wyll makefykerly$ Yf one hundreth into an hundreth be Multyplycd then, Ten thoufand ys that number counte hyt wyttyly, Then into as much more ten thoufand multyply :
That ys a thoufand thoufand, whych multyplyeth Iwys, Into as much more as a hundred myllyons ys.
7# That hundred myllyons beyng multyplyed lykewys, Into ten thoufand myllyons, that ys for to fey, Makyth fo grctc a number I wote not whatytys, Thy number in Pr$]eccyon thus Multyply alwey : , Now Chyld of thy curtefy for me thou pray 5
Syth that I have told the our fecretts all and fome, To whych I befcehc God by Grace thou may com.
Cc Now
i$6 Of TrojeBion.
8/ Nowthow haft conqueryd the twelve Gates, ' And all the Caftell thou holdyftat wyll, Kepe thy Secretts in ftore unto thy fel?c 5 And thccomaundementsofGod lookc thou fulfull : In fyer conteinuc thy glas ftyll,
And Multeply thy Mcdcyns ay more and more, For wyfe men done fey Bmyrnefore.
Thencioftbe Tmhe (jates.
U HDD ! ' ■
The Re capitulation,
i. TJOr to bryng f fays fretys to afynall end, -T Anc| brevcly -here for Dylygently lokc thou3 and to thy Fygure attend: Whych doth in hyt conteync thefe iiecrccs grete & fmall, And yf thou conceve both Theorycall and Pra&ycall : By Fygures, and by Colors, and by Scrypturc plaync, Whych^vyttelyconfevydthfoumayft not work in vayn.
2 » Confyder fyrft the Latytude of thy Precyous Stone y Bcgynnyng in the fyrft fyde notyd in the Weft, Where the Red Man and ihtWhyte Woman be made 6nty Spowfyd wy th the Spry ts of ly f e to ly ve in love and reft* Erth and Wattr equaly proportyond that ys beft* And one of the Erth ys good and of the Spryts thre, Whych twelve to fowre alio pf the Erth may be.
Three
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Thre of the Wyfe and one of the Man then muft thou take3 And the leffe of the §pryts there be in thys dyfponfation, The rather thy Calcjnatjon for certeyne lhall thou make, Then forth into the Noith procedeby obfcuratyon5 Of the Red Man and hys Whjte Wjfe callyd Eclyffation : Lofyng them and alteryng betyxt Wynter and Vcre, Into Water turnyngErth darkeand nothyng clerc.
4. Fro thens by colors many one into the Eft affends, There ihaU the Mone be full apperyng by day lyght 5 Then ys fhe paflTyd her Purgatory and courfe at an end \ There ys theupryfyngaf the Son apperyng vvhyt andbryght, There ys Somcr after Vere> and day after nyght : (Ayrc?
Than Erth and Water whych were fo black be turnyd into Than clouds of darknes be overblowy n & all aperyth faire.
5. And lyke as the Weft begynnyng was of the Pra&yfej AndtheNorth the parfyt menc of profound Alteratyon3 So the Eft after them the begynnyng of Speculacyon ys* (tion But of thy s courfe up in the Sowth the Son maky th Confuma- Ther be thy Elements into Fy re turnyd by Cyrculacyon:
Then to wyn to thy defyre thou needft not be in dowte, FortheWhele oi ovx Phylofephy thou haft turnyd abowte.
6* But yet ageyae turne abowte two tymys thy Whele, In whych be comprehendyd all the Secretts of our Fhylofofhy^ In Chapters 1 2 made playne to the if thou coafeve them wellj And all the Secretts by and by of our lower Aflo&omye, How thou Calcin thy Bodys,parfit3diffoIve,dcvide & putrefie: Wy th parfyt knowledge of all the polys whych in our Hevyn Shynyng with colors incxply cable never were gayer fene. iben
Cc 2 And
88 cB^capitulation.
7. And thys oneSecrctt conclufyonal know thou wy thoutcn fayle, Our, Red Man tey net h not ty 11 he teyny d be $
Therforeyf thou lyft thy telfc by thy craft to avayle, The Akytudeofthy Bodys hydc &(howoue theyrprofundyte In every of thy Materyalls dyftroyyng the fyrftqualytc: Andfecundary qualy tcs more gloryofe repare in them anon And in oneGlas wyth one governauncc4 Naturs turnc into one,
8. Pale, and Black, wyth fake Citryne, unparfyt Whytc & Red, Pekoks fethers in color gay, the Raynbow whych /hall overgoe The Spottyd Panther wyth the Lyon grccnc,thcCrowysbyil
Thefe ihall appere before the parfy t Why te, & many other moe Colors, and after the parfy t Why t,Grey, and fake Citrine alfo : And after all thys lhall appere the blod Red invaryablc, Then haft thou a Medcyn of the thyrd order of hys owne
a *ru n. j j t ,. , (kyndeMultyplycablc.
o. I how muft devyde thy Eltxer whyte into partyes two, After thou rubify and into daffy s let hyra be don, If thou wylt have the Blixers both for Son and Monedofo* Wyth Mercury then hem Multeply unto gret quantytc fone: Yf thow at the begynnyng had not as much as wold into afpone : Yet moght thou them fo Multeply both the Whytc & Red That yf thou levyd a thoufand yerc they fliold the ftond iii
I0# Have thou recourfe to thy Whcle I councell the unto, And ftody ty 11 thou undcrftond eche Chapter by and by, Medyll with no fake Fantefys,Multeplycrs, let them go^ (phje Which wyll the flatter & falcely fey they are connyng in Pbjkfl Do as I byd the and then dyflblvc thefe forefcyd Baccs wyttcly • And turne hy m into parfy t Oylys with our trew water ardent! By Cyrculacion that moft be don accordyng to our cntent.
Thefe
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^capitulation. 1 8
i x. Thcfe Oylys wyll fyx crude Mercury and convert Bodys all, Into parfyc Wand Lme when thou fhalt make Frojeccyon, That Oylyfh fubftance pure and fyx Raymond Lnlly dyd call Hys Bafylyske, of whych he made never fo plaync deteccyon, Pray for me to God that I may be of hys clcccyon: And that he wyll for one of hys on DomysDay mckene, And graunt me in hys blys to reygne for ever wyth hym, A men.
Gloria tibi Domine.
An Admonition^ therein the Author
decUreth bis Erronieus experiments*
AFter all thys I wyll thou underftonde, For thy favegarde what I have done, Many Experymcnts I have had in hond* As I found wrytcn for Son and Monc, Whych I wyll tell the rehcrfyng fone :
Begynnyngwyth Vermylion whychprovyd nought And Mercury fublymyd whych I derc bought.
I made Solucyons full many a one, Of Spyrytts, Ferments, Saltf^Ycrne and Steele 5 Wenyng fo to make the Phylofpphers Stone : But fynally I loft cche dele,
After my Boks yet wrought I well 5 ,
Whych evermore untrew I provyd, That made me oft full fore agrevyd*
Ccj Waters
Err onions
3. Waters corrofyve and waters Ardent, With which I wrought in divers wyfc, Many onel made but all was fhent-, Eggs fliells I calcenyd twife or thryfe, Oylys fro Calcys 1 made up ryfe 5
And every Element fro other I did twyne3 But profyt found I rygru none therein.
4. Alfo I wrought in Sulphur and in Vitriall, Whych folys doe call the Grene Lyon,
In Arfenike, in Orpement, fowle mot them ...fall 5 In debili prmipio was mynelnccpcyon : Therefore was frawde in fyne the Conclufyon 5
And I blew my thryft at the'Cole,
My Clothys were bawdy, my Stomache was never hole,
%* Sal Armonyake and Sandever, Sal Alkaly, fal Alembrokc, fal Attinckarr, Sal Tarter, fal Comyn, falGeme moft clcrc5 Sal Peter, fal Sodc, of thefe beware 5 Fro the odor of Quyckfylver kepe the fare: Medyll not wy th Mercury precipitate, Nether wyth imparfyt Bodys rubyfycate.
&• I provyd Uryns, Eggs, Here, and Blod, The Scalys of Ycrn whych Smethys do of fmyte, Ms lift, and Crokefer whych dyd me never good: The fowle of Saturne and alfo Marchafyte, Lythage and Antemony not worth a rnyte : Of whych gey Tyntures I made to fhew, Both Red and Whyte whych v^re untrew.
Oyle
Experiments. 19 l
7. Oyle of Lune and water wyth labour grett3 I made Calcynyng yt with Talc precipytate, And by hyc felfc with vyolent hctt Gryndyng with Vynegar tyll I was fatygate : And alfo with a quantyte of Spyccs acuate-,
Uppon a Marble whych ftode me ofr in coft,
And Oyles with' Corrofyves I made-, but all was loft.
8. Many Amalgame dyd I make, Wenyng to fix thefe to grett avayle, And thereto Sulphur dyd I take-,
Tarrer Egges whyts, and the Oyle of the Snayle,
But eyerof my purpofe dyd I fayle :
For what for the more and what for the lefle, Evermore fome thy ng wantyng there was.
h Wyne, Myllte Oyles, and Runnett, The Slyme oflStcrrs that falleth to the grownde, Cclydony and Seeundyncs wyth many moe yett, In thefe I pra&yfyd as in my books I found 3 I wan ryght nought, but loft many a pownde 5
Of Mercury and Mettalls I. made Chryftall ftones, Wenyng that hyt had ben a worke for thenonys.
)• Thus I roftyd and boy lyd as one of Gtbers Cooks, And ofttymes my wynnyng in the Asks 1 fought^ For I was dyfcevyd wyth many fake Books Wherby untrue thus truly I wrought : But all fuch Experyments avaylyd mc nought 5 But brought me in danger and in combraunce* By lofte of my goods and other grevauncc.
for
ipi Emmons
ii* For the love of our Lady fuchlewdncs efchue, Medyll wyth no falfhood whych never prcvyd well $ Aflay when thow wylt and thow fhalt fynde me trcuc 5 Wynn flialt thou nought but lofe every dele, Pence in thy Pauwkner fewc (halt thou feelc :
In fmokes and ftnells thow lhalt have myckle wo, That unnethc for fyknes on Erth Sialt tnow go.
ii. I never faw true workc treuly but one, Of whych in thys trctys the trewth I have told. Stody only therfore to make our Stone : For therby may thow wyn both Sylver and Gold, Uppon my wrytynge therfore to ground the Be bold: So flialt thow Tofe nought yf God be thy gyde, Truft to my Dodlrync and therby abydc.
.13 Remember how Man ys moft noble Creature, j In crrhs Compofycyon that ever God wrought,
In whom are the fowre Elements proportyonyd by natoret A naturall Mercuryalytc whych coft ryght nought, | Out of hys myncr by Arte yt muft be brought?
For our Mettalls be nought ells but myners too, Of our Soon and our Moone, wyfc Rejmond fcyd fo.
14. The clerenes of the iMoone and of the Stone, bryght, Into thefe two Myners defendyth fecretly, Howbey t the clcernes be hyd fro thy fyght : By craft thou fhalt make ytt to appcre openly, Thys hyd Stone, thys one thyng therfore putrcfyc:
Wafli hym wyth hys owne broth tyllwhytehebecoom, Then Ferment hym wyttely, nowenere ys allandfoom.
>*VK Now
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Now to God Almyghty I thee Recommend, Whych graunte the by Grace to knowc thys one thing, For now ys thys Treaty* brought to an end : And God of hys Mercy to hys blyflc us bryng, . Santfus, Sanftus, Santfur, where Angellsdo fyng: Prayfyng without ccafynge hys gloriofe Magcftye, Whych he in hys Kyngdome graunte us for to fee*
A N. DoM, 14,71.
Explicit AlchimU TrAttatus FhilofopbU, Cu)us Rypla George, Canonicus^ AuUor erat$ OWillt, quadringentis feptuaginta unofc Amis qui fcriptus cempofitufq-, fait.
KyiuUcri letter prdbeprtcc^ quafo Iuv&men, Itti purgarnen leve pefi vitam nt fit Amen*
Englijhed.
Thus hecre the Tra6t of \Akhimj doth end, Whych (Tract) was by George Ripley Chanonpen'd-, It was Compofed, Wrirt, and Sign'd his owne, In Anno twice Seav'n hundred feav'nty one: Reader ! Affift him, make it thy defire, That after Lyfe he may have gentle Fire.
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SAPIENTIAE
How that in thys Boke beginneth to rede, (fpede.*
Keepe well thys Councell the better fchalt thow