Section 27

The fecond parte of the B © o k e.
SAturne in all, to this Arte hath moft refpecl, Of whom we draw a Quinteffence moft excellent, Unto ourMagifteryhimfelfe he doth connect, United in quallitie, and alfo made equipolent In ftrength and in vertue ; who lifts to be diligent , Shall finde that we feekean heavenly trefure And a precious Jewell that ever (hall endure,
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i.Jfipiter the gentle, endewed with Azure blew, Examiner by Juftice declareth true Judgement, Altering his Colours ever fre(h and new , In his occult Nature to this Arte is convenient ; To Philofophle is ferviceshle and aifo obedient, Joyned with Lunar] after his owne kinde, Conteyneth this Arte and ieaveth noshing behinde.
3. Mars that is Martial] in Citty and Towne, Fierce in BattailesfuII of debate and ftrife, A noble Warriour, and famous of renowrte, With fie andfword defendeth , his owne lyfe, He ftajneth with blood and flaiethwith a knife All fpirits and bodyes, his Arts be fo bold, The harts of all others he wyns to him with Gold.
4 The Sun moft glorious fhining with power potent, Above all other faire Planets feaven,
Shedding his light to them all indifferent, With his glorious Beanies and glittering flhine, He Jightneth the Earth and the Firmament of Heaven 1 Who can him diiTolve and draw out his QuintclTence, Unto ail other Planets he Hull give influence.
5 .Lady Venus of love the faire Goddefle With her Son Cupid apperteyneth to this Arte9 To the love of the With her Darts of love ftriketh him to the hearte, Joyned to his kcde of his Jubilance fhe taketh parte :
Her felfe fhe endu~th with excellent Tiflue, Her corrupt nature When (he doth renew,
6, Mercury this feeing begineth to be fugitive, With his rodd of Inchantment litle doth he prevail?, Taken often Prifoner himfelfe doth revive 5 Till he be fnared with the Dragons Tayle Then doth he on a hard Coate of Male ,
Soudred together with the Sunn and Moone, Then is he Mattered and his Inchantment done;
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The Moone that is called the leGfer Lunary, Wife unto Phoebus, Chining by Night, To others gives her Garments through her heaLtbLmary, And from the North to the South (hineth full bright, If you do for her looke (lie hydeth from your fight.
But by faire intreaty (he is won at the laft,
With Azat and Fire the whole Maftery thou haft.
S.TheMaifterythougetteft not yet of thefe Planets feaven, But by a fluffy meaning knowne only unto us ; Bring them firft to Hell,and afterwards to Heaven .• Betwixt lyfe and death then thou mud difculTe, Therefore I councell thee that thou worke thus.
IHJfohe and Seperate them, Sublime, Fix and Congede,
Then haft thou'alh- therefore doe as I thee tell.
o.D'iiToive not with Corrofive nor ufe Separacion With vehemence of Fire, as Multipliers doe ufe, Nor to the Glaffe topp make thou Sublimacion $ Such wayes inordinate Pbilofiphers refufe, Their fayings follow, and wifely them perufe :
Then (halt thou not thy felfe lewdly delude
In this goodly Scyencei Adiew, I thus conclude.
Incipit Theorica.
WEE intend now through grace divine In few words of Chaor for to write, Light from Darknes to caufe forth to (hine, Long before hidden as I (hall recite, In every thing unknowne it is requifite A Seacret to fearch out which is invifible, Materiall of our Maiftry, a fubftance infenfibks
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i. Becaufe I fhould not feeme Co inclofe
Long hidden feacrets unto me committed,
Of my Lord God. Therefore plainely of Chaos,
My purpofe (halbe thereof to be acquitted,
For dangerous burthens are not eafily lighted. In faith therfore I (hall my felfe endeavour, Lightly to difeharge me before God for ever.
3, Devotely rherefore unto thee O Lord I call. Send me thy Grace to make explicacion
Of Chw % For thou art opener of feacrets all t Which ever art ready to heare the Suplicacion Ofthymeeke Servants, which with hearty humiiiacion To thee do I apply : fend me now thy grace Of thy Secrets, to write in due order tyme and place.
4. C^aos is no more to fay, this is doubtles, (As0z//V/writeth in hlsAfetamorphofiri)
But a certaine rude fubftance,fmtigi/?*7i moles, Having divers Natures refting it within , Which with the Contrary we may it out twyne. By Pbilofipbers Arte, who fo the feat doth know The foure Elements from £feg# to out draw.
5rThis^was all things hath Dimenfions three,
Which well confidered (hall follow the effecl:,
That is Altitude, Latitude and Trofttnditie ,
By which three all the Water is direc"h
Unto thefe Dimenfions who hath no refpeft Shall never divide the C^os in his kinde, But after his labour (hall Snde fraud in the end.
d. Chaos is to us the Vine-tree white and red, Chaos is each Bead, Fifh and Fowle in his kinde,. \} *
Chaos is the Oare, and Mine of Tinn and Lead, Of Gold and Silver that we out finde, Iron and Copper which things do binde :
And hold our fights and wi tts unto them bound, The feacretehid in them which we ne understand*
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7«0ut of this mifty Chaos, the Philofophers expert, Doe a (ubftanee draw called a £l*inteflence. Craftily deviding the foure Elements by Art : With great Wifdome ftudy and Diligence, The which high Seacreat hath a divine Influence^
That is fupernaturall of Fooles thought impoflibfe,
An Oyle or fuch like called Incombuftible.
8.the Mayftery of this plainely to (hew thee, In forme heareafter I will it declare : Setting forth here the Philofophers Tree , Wherein now the whole Arte I (hall Compare: In this faire Tree Sixteene frutes are,
More precious then Gold in the Stomake to digeft ,
Put thy hand thereto and take of the beft.
9 .And left the fault imputed (hould be, In me,or nothers that of this Arte doth write. *
I fet before thee the true figure of the Tree, Wherein orderly the tArte I will recite • Underftand my Sentence that thou maift worke right ,
Confider that I faid that Chaos is all thing
That we begin of, the true way of working.
10. Put cafe thy Chaos be Animall,VegitalI or Mineral!, Let reafon guide thee to worke after the fame ; If thou workeft out of kinde,then loofeft thou all : For Nature with Nature rejoyceth and maketh true game, Worke Animall with his kind and keepe thee out of blame*
Vegetable and Minerall in their Order due,
Then (halt thou be counted a Philofopher true.
1 j. When thou haft found what it isindeede,
Then knoweft thoiuby forme by reafon it muft oe,
Search it wittily and draw from him his feede :
Then is there thy Altitude fuperficiall to fee,
The Latitude (hall appeare anon beleeve mc. When thou haft divided the Elements affunder, Then the Profundity araongft them lyeth hid under.
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1 2. Here is Materia Prima, and Corpm confufum, But not yet the Matter of which Philofipkrs doe create, Yet this one conteyneth the other in Somme :
For Forma, Materia and Corpm together are knit • With the Menftruall Water firft thou muft them frett :
That the Body firft be finely Calcinate,
After diflbived and purely evacuate,
13. Then is it the true Mercury of the Philosopher st Unto the Mayftery apt needefull and fcrviceable 5 More of this thing I needenot much rehear fe.- For this is all the Secret mod Commendable s Materia Prima it is called Multiplicable,
The which by Arte muft be exuberate,
Then it is the Matter of which MettaJIs were generate*
14. Sulphur of Nature and not that which is common, OfMettalls muft be made j if that thou wilt fpeede, Which will turne them to his kinde every each one •
His Tindure into them abroad he will fpread , It will fix Mercury common at thy neede.
And make him apt true Tin&ure to receive.
Worke as I have tould thee, and it (hall not thee deceive.
15. Then of Sun and iMoone make thou Oyie incombuftible, With Mercury vegetable or elfe with Lunarj,
Inferate therewith and make thy Sulphur fluxible To abide thy Fire and alfo thy CMercury Be fixt and flowing, then haft thou wrought truly. And fo haft thou made a Worke for the nonce, And gott a Stone more precious then all Stones.
v6, Fix it up now with perfeel Decoccion, And that with eafy heate, and not vehement , For feare of Induracion, and Vitrificat ion, Lenft thou loofe ail and thy labour mifpent : With Eight dayes and nights, this Stone isfufficient, The greate Elixir moft high of price, Which Raymond called his Btfliskezni Cocatrice*
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17. To this excellent worke greate Coftneedenot be, Many Glafies or Potts about it to breake, OneGlafle,one Furnace and no more of neceflicy, Who more doth fpil), his witts are but weake,
All this is ftiiled in a Limbeck with a Beake. As touching the Order of Diftillacion, And with a blinds head on the fame for Solucion.
18. In this thy Mercury taketh his true kinde, In this he is brought to Multiplication ;
In this made he his Sulphur, beare it well in minde, Tin&ure he hath herein, and inceracion, In this the Stone is brought to his perfect Creadon 5 In one Glafle,one Thing, one Fire and no mo, This Worke is Compleate. Dagkriam Deo.
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Incipit TraBica.
WE have fufficiently declared the Theorique, In words mifticall making declaration. Let us now proceeds plainely with the Trattique , Largely of the Matter to make explanacion: I will therefore that you marke well my Narration, As true Difciplesroy Do&rine to attend My Teftament, and laft wlU to you I do comend.
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2. Be you Holy therefore, Sober, Honeft;and Meeke; Love God and your Neighbour, to the Poore bee not unkind; Overcome Sathan, Gods Glory fee you feeke, My Son be gentle to all men, as a Frend ; Fatherles and Widdow have alwaies in thy minde, Innocente love as Brothers, the wicked do efchew, Let Flafehood and Flattery goe, leaft thou it rue.
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g.Devoutely fcrve God, call daily for his grace, Worthip him in Spirit with heart contrite and pure, In no wife let Sathan thy prayers deface : Looke thou be ftedfaft in faith and truft moft fure, Lay up treafare in heaven which ever (hall endure: In all Adverfity be gentle in thy heart Againft thy Foe ; fo (halt thou him convert.
4. Moft heartily therefore G Lord to thee I call^ Befeeching thee to ayde me with thy heavenly grace, Lovingly thy Spirit upon me downe let fall ; Overfhadd owing me that I at no tyme trefpas,
My Lord and my God grant me to purchafe
Full knowledge of thy Secrets, with thy mercy to wine, Intending thy truth this Practife I begin,
5. Liften thou my Son, and thine Eares incline. Delight have thou to learne this Pra&ife fage and true, Attend my faying, and nore well this Difcipline : Thefe Rules following do as it doth enfue,
This labour once begun thou muft it continue
Without tedious fluggardice, and flothfull wearines : So (halt thou thereby acquire to thee greate Riches.
6. In the name of God this Seacret to attaine, Joyne thow in one Body with a perfect unity:
Firft the red Man, and the white Woman thefe twaine : OneoftheMansfubftance, and of the Worn ans three, By Liquefaction joyned together muft they be : The which Conjunction is called Diptative, That thus iVmade betweeneMan and Wife;
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7. Then after that they be one Body made,
With the (harpe teeth of a Dragon finely, v •
Bring them to Dull, the next muft be had,
The true proporcion of that Duft truly,
In a true Ballance weighing them equally £
With three tymes as much of the fiery Dragon Mixing altogether, then haft thou well done.
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8. Thy Subftance thus together proportionate, Pat in a Bedd of Glafle with a bottome large and round, There in due tyme to dye, and be regenerate
Into a new Nature, three Natures into one bound,
Then be thou glad that ever thou it found. For this is the Jewell ftiali ftand thee moft in ftead, The Growne of Glory, and Diadem of thy head.
9. When thou haft thus mixt thy Matter as is faid, Stop well the Glafle that the Dragon goe not out 5 For he is fo fubtile that if he be overlayd
With Fire unnaturall, I put thee out of doubt,
For to efcape he will fearch all about ; Therefore with gentle Fire looke that thou keepe it in 9 So (hilt thou of him the whole Mayftery winne.
io.The whole Mayftery hereof duly to fulfill ,
Set thy Glafle and Matter upon thine Athenorj
Our Furnace called the Pbilofophers ^Dftngbittt
With a temperate heate working evermore •
Night and day continually have Fuell in (lore, Of Turfe, of Sawduft, or dry chopped fegges I That the heate be equipolent to the Hen upon herEggs.
11. Such heate continually lokethou doe not lack, Forty dayes long for their perfect union
In them is made ; For fir ft it turnes to Black, This Collour betokens the right Putrefaction, This is the begining of perfect Conception
Of your Infant into a new generation,
A moft pretious Jewell for our Confolation.
1 2. Forty dayes more the Matter fhall turne White , And cleere as Pearles 5 which is a declaration,
Of voiding away of his Cloudes darke night j This fteweth our Infants full organization, Our White Elixir moft cleere in his Creation.
From White into all Colours withe uten faile,
Like to the Rainebow or the Peacocks Tayle.
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1 3. So forth augment thy Fire continually, Under thy Matter esfily they muft l>e fedd, Till thefe Collours be gone ufe it wifely ,*
For foone after appeareth Yellow the mefTenger of the Redd,
When that is come then haft thou well fped, And haft brought forth a Stone of price, Which Raymund calls his Bajilisk*
14. Then ^odayes to take his whole Fixation, Let it ftand in heate ffioft temperate,
That in that tyme thou fpare thy Fermentation , To increafe him withall that he be not violate, Beware of Fire and Water, for that will it fuffocate. Take one to a hundred of this Gonfe&ion, And upon crude CMercurj make thou Projection.
1 5. One of thy Stone I meane upon an hundred fold, After the firft and fecond right Fermentation,
Of Mercury crude^ turneth it to fine GolKd} U
As fine,as good, and as naturall in ponderation,
The Stone is fo vehement in his penetrations, Fixt and Fuflble as the Gold-fmiths Souder is, Worke as I have faid, and thou canft not doe amifle,
i(5. Now give thankes to the blefTed Trinity, For the benefit of this precious Stone, That with his grace hath fo much lightned thee, Him for to know being three in one, Hold up thy hands to his heavenly Throne.
To his Majefty let us fing Ho/anna,
Altiffimo^Deo fit honor & gloria.
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3*5 The Conclufion.
OUr CMagiflery is Three, Two, and One .• The Animal!, Veg table WMinerall Stone. F r/i I fay w the name ofthe holy Trinity ^ Looke that thou ioyne in One \ Per fons Three. The Fixr. the V riablc and the Fugitive, T 11 they together tafi Death and Live. The f- fi » the D agon/*//, lh it fha/l th ft her waive both (lay and quell : The bun W Moont fhafi loofe their light, Jndin mourning Sable* ifyffflfili them d ghty jh'eefcore dayes long or h Iter i thereabout*: Thenfhall Phoebus appear e Jirfi out , W'thjlrange Ccl!our> tnalltht Firmament^ Then our T>oy is coming and at hand present : Then Qrent Phoebus in his hemifphere Tom full glorioujly (ball appear e : ^
Thm who can tvorke wifely Shall attune umo our Maiftery.
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SICB^ECD1VA%T> BELLE'S WORK E.
LL you that faine Vhiiofophers would be,
And night and day in Geber's kitchinbroyle, Wafting the chipps of ancient Hermes Treey Weening to turne them to a pretious Oyie, The more you worke the more you loofeand to you I fay,how learned foever you be, (fpoile.
Goe burne your Bookes and come and learne of me9
Although to my one Booke you have red tenrr, .
Thats not inough,for I have heard it faid, The greateft Glarkes ar not the wifeft men,
A Lion once a filly Moufe obeyd,
In my good will fo hold your felves appaid : And though I write not halfe fo fweete as Tulljy Yet (liali you finde I trace the ftepps of Lully.
Yt doth you good to thinke how your defire,; And feife-conceit doth warrantize vaine hope,
You fpare no coft, you want no coals for fier , You know the vertues of the Elitrope, You thinke your felves farr richer then the Pope.
What thinge hath being either high or low,
But their Materia prima you do know*
Elixir vita ; and the precious Stone%
You know as well as how to make an Apple ; Ipte come to the workinge then let you alone,
You know the coullers black brown bay and dapple, Controwle you once then you begin to fraple. Swearing and faying, what a fellow is this? Yet Hill you worke but ever worke amiffe.
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No no ,tr)y friends, it is not vauntinge words, Nor mighty oaths that gaines that facred skill;
It is obteined by grace and not by fwords ; Nor by greate reading, nor by long fitting ftill, Nor fond conceipt nor working all by will.