Section 28

But as I faid by grace it is obteined,
Seekc grace, therefore* let folly be refrained.
It is no coftly thing I you a (fare,
That doth beget Magnepa in hir kind. Yet is hir felfe by leprofie made pure :
Hir eyes be cleerer being firft made blind;
And he that can Earths faftnes once unbind, Shall quickly know that I the truth have tould, Of fweete Magnefia, Wife to pureft Gold.
Now what is meant by Man and Wife is this, Agent and Patient, yet not two but one,
Even as was Eva9 Adams Wife I wifle : Flefh of his Fldfh and Bone of his Bone, Such is the TJrionhood of our precious Stone*
As Adam flept untill his Wife was made,
Even fo our Stone, ther can no more be faid.
By this you fe how thus k came to pafle, ;
That firft was Man, and Woman then of him s
Thus Adam heere as firft and cheefeft wa?, And ftill remaineda Man of perfect limme, Then Man and Wife were joynd together trimme.
And each in love to other ftraight addreffed them,
And did increafe their kind whenGod had blefled them.
Even fo the Man our Stone is faid to fleepe, Untill fuch time his Wife be fully wrought;
Then heawakes,and joyfu'ly doth keepe
His new made Spoufe, which he fo dearely bought, And when to fuch perfection they be brought,
Rejoyce the beauty of fo faire a bride,
Whofe worth is more then halfe the world befide.
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Idoubteas yetycuhsrdly unj'erfhnd, What Mm or Wife doth truly fignifie,
And yet I know you beare your feivcs in hand* That out of doubt it Sulpbtr is and UMemry, And foyt is, but not the common certeinly;'
But^mwrjrefTentiallistrewlychetrew Wife,
That kiiles her fdfc to bring her Child to life
For fiift and formoft (he receaves the M3n, Her perefd love doth make her foone conceive : Then doth (he ftnvc with ail the force foe can, In fpite of Iove;of life h>rn to bereave, Which being dpne.then will ill- never leave, But labour kindly hke a Jovmg W fe, Untill againe flic him have brought to life.
Then he againe her kindnefle to requite, Upon her head doth fet a Crowi.c of glory,
And to her praife he Poems doth indite, Whofe Poems nuke each Poet write a ftory^ And that (he fl w him tnei (he is not lorry.
For he by vcitue of his 1 >ving W.fe,
Not only lives.butalfogivcth life.
But here I wifli you rightly understand, How heere he ra kes his Concubine his Wife,
WThich if you know not, do not take in hand, This worke which unto fooles is nothing rife, And looke you make attonenknt where is ftnfe.
Then (trip the Man into his (hirt of T>(h :w,
And her out of her irnock to ingendcr ylTue.
To tell you troath he wanteth for no Wives In Land, or Sea, in Water, Air, or Firt,
Without their deaths he waieth not their lives. Except they live he wants his cheif deiire, He bindes them prentice to the nghteltD er,
And when they once all Sorrowes have aaidden,
Then finde they Ioyes which from them raft wereiiidden.
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For then they finde the Joy of fweete encreafe, They bring forth Children beautifull to fight.
The which are able Prifnersto releafe; And to the darkefl: Bodyes give true light, Their hevenly Tinclure is of fuch great might.
Oh I he that can but light on fuch a treafure,
Who would not thinke his Joyes were ouc of meafure ?
Now by this queftion I (hall quickly know
If you can tell which is his Wife indeede : Is (he quick footed, faire faced yea or no,
Flying or fixed as you in Bookes do reade ?
Is (he to be (cd or elfe doth (he feede} Wherein doth /he joy, where's her habitation ? Heavenly or Earthly, or of a ftrange nacion f
What is (he poore .? or is (he of any wealth .* Bravely of her attyre, or meane in her apparrell ?
Or is (he fick f or is (he in perfect health .? Mild of her Nature ? or is (he given to quarrell ? Is (he a Glutton? or loves (he the Barrell ?
If any one of thefe you name her for to be,
You know not his Wife, nor never did her fee.
And that will I prove to you by good reafon,
That truly noe one of all thefe is ihe, This is a queftion to you that is geafon :
And yet fome parte of them all (he muft be,
Why then, fome parte is not all you may fee. Therefore the true Wife which I doe meane, Of all thefe Contraries is the Meane betweene.
As Meale and Water joyned both together, Is neither Meale nor Water now but Dow ;
Which being baked, is Dow nor Water neither ; Nor any more will each from other goe, The meane betweene is Wife, our Wife even fo :
And in this hidden point our feacret lyes,
It is enough, few words content the wife.
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Now by this fimile heere I do reveale, A mighty Seacret if you raarke it well ;
Call Mercury Water, imagine Sulphur Meale, What Meale I meane I hope the wife can tell : Bake them by craft, make them together dwell,
And in your working make not too much haft,
For W>fe (Tie is not while fhe is in Pafte.
This leflbn learn'd now give me leave to play, I (hall the fitter be to learne another,
My minde is turn'd cleane cam another way. I doe not love fweete fecret thoughts to (mother, It is a Child you know that makes a Mother,
Sith fo it is then muft we have a Childe,
Or elfe of Motherhood we are beguild.
What will you fay if I a wonder tell yon, And prove the Mother is Child and Mother too?
Do you not thinke I goe about to fell you A bargaine in /port, as fome are wont to do? Ift poffible the Mother, to weare her Infants flioe ?
In faith it is in our Thtlofophy,
As I will prove by reafon by and by.
Ripley doth bid you take it for no fcorne, With patience to attend the true Conjunction,
For faith he in the Aire our Child is borne, There he receiveth the holy Un&ion, Alfo with it a heavenly funclion-
For after death revivd againe to lyfe,
This all in all both Husband Child and Wife.
Whilft all is Earth Conception it is termed,
And Tutre faction ty me of lying in, Per feci Conjunction f by artes-men is affirmd)
The womansChilding where doth allloybeg* f - Who knowes not this , his witts are very thin.^ When {he is ftrong and {hineth faire and bright, She's tearm'd the Wife moft beautif nil to fight.
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Loe thus you fee that you are not beguil'd 5 For if you marke it I have proved by Reafon f
How both is one the Mother and the Child , Conception, Breeding, Childing, every feafon : I have declared to you without all Treafon,
Or any falfe ambiguous word at all •
And hewn you worke then finde it true you {hall.
This is that Mercury eflentiall truly,
Which is the principall of the Stone material!, And not thofe crude Amalgames began newly %
Thefe are but Mercuries fuperficiall,
This is that Menftrue of perfect tin&uriall ; This is moft truly thatOne thing, Out of the which all profitt mud fpringe.
If this content you not, abide difpleas'd for me,
For I have done. If Reafon take no place. What can be faid,but that there doubts will be,
Doe what one can, where folly wins the race.
Let it fuffice, this is the perfect Bafe, Which is the Stone that muft diflblved be. How that is done I will declare to thee.
This is the Stone that Ripley bidds you take, (For untill thus it be it is no Stone)
Be rul'd by me, my councell not forfake, And he commands, Let Crudities alone, If thou have grace to keep thee free from moan .
Then flick to this, let Phanfey not o'refway thee,
Let Reafon rule, for Phanfey will betray thee.
Take thou this Stone , this Wife, this £&W, this Alt, Which will be Gummous, crumbling, (ilken, foft :
Upon a Glaffe or Porphire beat it final 1, And as you grinde, with Mercury feede it oft, But not fo much that Mercury fwim aloft,
But equal! parts, nipt up their feed to fave$
Then each in other are buried within their grave.
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When thus and there you have it as is faid,
Worke in all points as Nature wrought at firft t
For Blacknes had thow needed not be afraid, It wilbe White, then art thou paft the worft* Except th ou breake thy Glafle and beaccurft ;
But if through Blacknes thou to Whitenes march,
Then will it be both White and foft as Starch.
This very place is cal'd by many names, As Imbibition^ FeedingtSublimation,
Clyming high Mountatnes, alfo (^hildrens (fames ; And rightly it is termed Exaltation, When all is nothing elfe but Circulation , Of the foure Elements whatfoere fooles clatter,
Which is done by heatc upon Forme and Matter.
Earth is the lowed Element of All Which Black, is exalted into Water,
Then no more Earth but Water wee it call • Although it fceme a black Earthy matter, And in black dud ail about will fcatter,
Yet when foe high as to Water it hath clym'd,
Then is it truly faid to be Subljm'd
When this black Mafle againe is become White, Both in and out like (now and Aiming faire,
Then this Child, this Wife, this Heaven fo bright, This Water Earth fublimed into Aire, When there it is it further will prepare
It feife into the Element of Fire,
Then give God thankes for granting thy defire.
This Black,this White, doe we call Seperation, Which is not roanuill but Elcmentall ;
Ic is no crude Mercuriall Sublimation, Bat Natures true worke confubftantiall, The White is called Conjunction naturall,
Secret and perfect Conjunction not groffe 5
Which bringeth profitt aH other lofle.
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When thrice yee have turned this Wheele about,
Feeding and working it as I havefaid, Then will it flow like Wax without doubt :
Giving a Tin&ure that will not vade.
Abiding all tryalls that can be made. If wifely Project you can and keepe free, Both profict and creditt to you it wilbe.
Your Medicine fixed and perfectly flowing,
White you muft thinke will Whitenes increafq. So Red begets Red as Seede in the fo wing
Begetteth his like or as kinde doth in Beafle,
And fire muft be the true maker of peace : For white or red Ferment your Medicine augmenteth, And perfeftly tinckteth and foone it relentettu
That is to fay, your Medicine ended,
If White melt downe Silver and thereon Project it, If Red melt downe Sol, for fo it is intended ;
Like unto like in no wife reject it,
And out of the pureft looke you elect it. Medicen one parte upon Ferment ten, That One on one Thoufand of Jupiter then;.
Your Jupiter {landing red hot on the fy re,
So foone as your Medicine upon ' him is caft, Prefently ftandeth fo hard as a Wyre ,
For then he is fixed and melteth by blaft,
And of ail your working thisis the laft, Then let it by Teft or ftrong water be tryde, The bed Gold or Silver no better (hall bide*
1 Mercuryarftde in a Crucible heated,
Prefently hardeneth lik Silver anealed 5 And in the high Throwne of Luna is feated ,
Silver or Gold as Medicine hath fealed : i
And thus our greate Secret I have reveled* Which divers have feene, and ray felfe have wrought,^ And dearely I prize it, yet give it for nought,
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SIR ED KELLEY
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THc heavenly Cope hath in him Natures fowcf > Two hidden; but the reft to fight appeare : Wherein the Spermes of all the Bodies lower 5 Moftfecrettare,ycttfpring forth once aycare, And as theEarth with Water, Authors are, So of his parte is Drines end of care.
No Flood foe greate as that which floweth ftilL Nothing more fixt than Earth digefted thnfc: No Winde fo frefh as when it ferveth will 5 No Profitt more, then keepc in, and be wife, No better happ, then dricup Aire to duft, For then thou maift leave of,and fleepe thy luft.
Yett will I warnc thee leaft thou chaunce to faile,
Subtype thine Earth with ftinkeing Water erft
Then in a place where Thoebus onely tayle
Is fecne att midday, fee thou mingle beft :
For nothing fhineth that doth want his light, Nor doubleth beames, unlcflTeit firft be bright.
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Lett no man leade, unleffe he know the way
That wife men teach, or Adrof leadeth in,
W hereof the firft is large and eafieft pray 5
The other hard, and racane but to begin.
Forfurelythcfcandno one more is found, Wherein Affile will his harp- firings found.
Example learne of GOD that plaftc the Skyes3 Refle&ing vertues from and t 'every poynt, In which the mover wherein all things lyes , Doth hold'the vertues all of every Joynt :
And therefore Effcmejift may well be faid,
Conteining all and yett himfelfe a Maid.
Remember alfo how the Gods began. And by Difccnt who was to each the Syre, Then learne their Lives and K ngdomes if you can, Their Manners eke, with all their whole Attire %
Which if thou doe, and know to what effe&j
The learned Sofhets will thee notrejeft,
If this my Do&rine bend not with thy braync, Then fay I nothing though I faid too much : Of truth tis good will moved me, not gaine, To write thefelynes: yett write I not tofuch
As catch at Crabs,when better fruits appeare,
And want to chufe at fitteft time of yeare.
Thou maift (my FreindJ fay, what is this for lore * I anfwerc, fuch asauncient Phyficke taught ♦• And though thou read a thoufand Bookcs before, Yett inrefpeft of this, they teach thee Naught :
Thou mayft likewife be blind, and call me Foole Yett fhall thefc Rules forever praife their Schoole. Xx 3 TESTA.
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THis Letter third and laft I mindc to make, At your requcft for very vcrtues fake 5 Your written panges, and methods fet afide, From that I byd, looke that you never Aide. Cut that in Three, whichNature hath madeOne, Then ftrcngthen hyt, even by it fclf alone, Wherewith then Cutte the poudred Sonne in twayne, By length of tymc, and heale the woondc againe. Thefelf fame Sunne twys yet more, ye muft wounde, Still with new Knives, of the fame kinde, and grounde 5 Our Monas trcwe thus ufe by natures Law, Both binde and lewfe, only with rypc and rawe, , Andaythanke God who only is our Guyde, All is ynugh, no more then at this Tyde.
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T He Heavens, the Earth, and all that in them is , Were in fix Dayes perf c&ed from Abiffe : FromOnc fprung foure-,from fourc afecondOne? This laft a Gritt $ that firft the Corner Stone. Without the Firft the Laft may not be had 5 Yet to the Firft the Laft is too too bad. When from the Earth the Heavens were feperatcd, Were not the Heavens with Earth firft cohobated Z And when the Heavens, and Earth and all were not 5 Were oncly Heavens create 5 and Earth f orgott ? No: Heavens, and Earth fprung all from one at firft .* Then who can fay or Heavens, or Earth is worft t? Is not the Earth the Mother of them all «r And what the Hcayens^but Earths cflentiall ? Although they have in tteaven no Earthly refidence, Yet in the Earth doth reft their Heavenly influence ; Were not the Earth, what were the other Three ? Were not the Heavens, what on the Earth could be? Thus as they came, fo (hall they pafle together 5 But unto Man not knowne from whence, or whither. And for the tyme of Earths Heaven purifying, Sisc thoufand yeares they live, and have their dying : Then all fhall reft cternall and divine, And by the Beauty of the Godhead fliine.
I fwearc there is noc other truth but this Ofthat great St$ne$ which many feefce and mifie.
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Ave you not heard yee Princes great,you Lords & Ladies all, Of the roiflup and heavy chaunce that now of late did fall?
A wofull Tale to tell
Who could exprefle it well : Oh that fome learned Poet had byne With me, to fe that I have fene ; Or elfe fome other Handing by, That well could write a Tragidy Of lafting fame and memory. For yet not fince this World began, Such cry, fach clamour as was than Heard never any earthly Man.
Experience that PrinceiTe greate,I faw her in her Throne Of glory, where her Majefty delightes to fitt upon ; And on her way ting by A blefled Company Of Virgins pure, that as I geffe,. Were Children to that great Goddefle s Their Princely port, their Coroly grace, Their pierles featured hands and face Did (hew them of moft Noble race : But of their prudent skiil to tell, In Artes where in they did excell, No earthly Tongue can do it well