Section 32

His third Vefture is Purple pure,
Like Sun-beames he ihineth bright and clere,
Of Red tin&ure then be you fure .•
By the vertuc he hath taken of our Fire.
My beloved Son I commande thee,
As thou wilt have my love and bleffing,
That thou to God kneele on thy knee,
Unto him give laude and thankeing «
For thcisguifts of grace geven unto thee,
To have trew knowledge of this worthy Scyencey
That many men feeke by land and fea,
And cannot finde it for any expence .•
I fliall (hew thee my Son here a hid S ccrer
Becaufe thou art vertuous in thy living,
0^
of Alchymijis. ^
Of me elfe (houldft thou never it wect,
And for thou art wife in thy Councell keeping,
And therefore I charge-thee on my blcffing,
Not to fhew it to any man living,
For it is the firft Principle of bur blefled Stone^
Through which our noble worke is releeved,
Note well that I (hew now to thee my Son ,
If Sulphur be abfent our worke is deprived,-
Our Sulphur my Son is Water and Fire,
Gonftraining the Body till it be dead,
Of hem thou haft never thy defire,
Till he 6e bloe as any Lead ,
After all this he doth revive,
That in his Veffell before was dead 5
I can no better in my reafon contrive,
Then to figure him to the greate God head.
For as there dyed no more then One, •'
Howbeit that there be perfons Three,
The Father, the Son.by might is one :
The holy Ghoft make our full Trinity :
AjGmilitudc like unto our Stone^
Iti him ben things three which be concluded all in one,
Our Sulphur is likened to the holy Ghoft,
For he is quick, called the Spirit of Sly fc, ,
In his working of might he is moft.
He raifeth our Body from death to ly fe,
Many (my Son) with him do rifc3
The holy Gofpcll therein is expert,
The number my reafon cannot contrive,
CMultum & quantum frntium adfert :
I liken our Sulphur to the AdamantStone,
That Steele drawesto him naturally,
So doth our Sulphur the woman,
When ihe from her husband would flye*
IJ
3% The Miflery
Sen. I mufe greatly (Father) and mcrvaile in minde,
Whereof this Stone is ingendered, And alfo of what manner of kinde, For I have traveled many a Country, In vallics low and on hills high. And fpurred therefore of foes and frcind, Yet could I never that Sulphur fee, Nor in any place wat I where him to finde.
Father. Son he is made of the Elements,
That God hath given both foule and lyfe, From Mettall he may never be abfent, For he rules both man and wife.
Son. Father I pray you for charity,
Where fliall I this Sulphur finde, For pcrfe&ly I know him npt by quality, Nor ret to fore know him by kinde.
In our Water Son keepc this in minde, For there he will appeare as whiteas fnow.
Gramarcy/Wfortome ye be full kinde, For through your teaching full well I it know, Now Father I pray you for charity, The while it is in your minde, To ken the red Sulphur that you will teach me, And then I truft your Do
Father. White and Red Son be both one in kinde,
Now haft thcuall thy defire, Keepe well this fecret and clofe it in thy minde, His tin&ure and growing is by vcrtue of our Fire, For in our Fire our Stone will grow, And there his riches he doth encreafe, And fo doth no Stone that I do know, That in the fire will put him in preafe 5 We liken him therefore unto the Sun, That to all Elements givctMighc.
Father* Sonl
Nevre
of dlchymijls. $$
Hever fith t he World was begun,
Was any but he of fo much might,
Were he never of fo high degree,
Saphir, Diamond or Emarald Stone,
The Turcas, or the rich Ruby,
Of all vcrtuous Stones fet ower alone,
The greatcft Carbuncle that is full of light,
May not with our stone Compaire,
For if they in the Fire fliould fight,
The Carbuncle of vcrtue fliould be full bare,
To deftroy our Stone > Son that will not be,
The Elements in him be fo equall 5
He is an Oy le incumbuftible,
And of all things moft imperiall.
In which Elements {Father) is our Sulphur in? Son.
Is he in all, or in any one £ j
In all ( Son he needes muft be, Father.
For Scpera? on of Elements make we none, Sulphur in Elements £0* we may not fee, By Nature in {hem he is fo privily mixed, In Elements he is a quality, O ur Stone will never clfe be perfc&ly fixed. Quality (£***) growdl alio in fire, Betwixc the White Stone and the Redd, For many Colours there will appere, While the cyme the Woman be dead.
Father m uft the Woman needes be dead f s$"* ■
Om Stone tik my Son will never be Redd 5 Father.
For whereas a Woman is in prefence. There is much moyfture and accidence, Wettiss and humours in her be , The which would drown'd our Quality^ Perceive wdl(Son) by Noahs flood , To much moyfture was never good. Lib' as quality is hid in quantity,
Eee So
j8d TheMiftery
So muft our Erth in Waters be,
The riches in him thou flialt findc,
After alteration of kinde,
HisOykinhim iscongelatc,
This makes our Body liqucfad.
Sulphur and Oyle all of one kinde,
Which makes our Stone rich and couloring^
I cannot tell thee son a richer thing,
Then he is in the Fire during,
The Fire to him may do no wrong,
Sulphur of Nature makes him fo ftrong.
How to make our Stone (Father) I would faine know* In foft heates my {Son) Elements will mecte, Haft not to faft whilft they be rawe, In the Vcffell iSon) the better thou flialt him keepe^ Rule well the Fire and and beware of the La we. Shut well the VefFell forgoing forth of the Spirit; Soe fliall you all things the better kcepe $ For how to get him againc it is ftrange to know, It is hard for fomc men to make Elements meetc* Keepe well this Secret Son and God daily praife, Put into thy VefFell Water cleare, And fetit in Fire full forty dayes. And then in the VcflTell blacknes will appear^ When that he is black he will change tytc, Many Colers in him then will appeare, from coulour to colour till it be white,; Then it is tyme Son to change the Fire, And melt the heat to your dcfire; And if you will have him White ftill, Then muft you your Medicine apply, A dry Fire put him till, Artda moyft Fire naturally, *
Till he be made fixed, for to take Mercury before his flight,
As
ofJlchymiJls* 387
As he is by nature privily mixed,
Of fufion then he ftialbe light,
And if you to his proportion take>
Fine Luna then will he make ,
So micle of piercing will he be,
Bothfluxible with penetrabilitie 5
And (Son) if thou wilt have thy Medicine Red,
In a dry Fire thou (halt him keepc,
Evcrftitlinone ftced,
That never y our Veflell come to wet.
So hard, fo heavy and fo peircing, «f#».
(F4*for)thisawonderous thing, So hot, fo moy ft, fo light, fo wet, This greatc Secret Father will I keepc, So white, fo red, fo profitable, Of all Stones mod incomparable.
He may do more then any King, Father,
He is fo rich Son in his working, Gould and Silver men would faine have, Poore and rich for it do crave, They that of it have moft aboundance, Of the people have moft obaifance, To fervc them both day and night, And in the feeld will for it fight, Therefore $M upon my bletfing, Kecpe fecretly this precious cunning, Of thy Councell make neither King nor Knight, If they knew they would fct it light For when they have what they will, God's curfewil come they faytheuntill, For had I wift and had I wend, That commcth evermore bchinde, Our Mercury my (Son) is white and thin, In our Veflell Aiming bright and cleere, Our Sulphur is in him within,
Eee* Bur-
$% The Miftery ofAtchymip.
Burning him more then our dry Fire, He fixes him more in one yeare , By his naturall working I underftand, Then dorh the Sonne by his dry Fire, In yeares a long thoufand. In fhort fpace. we may have done, When our Medicine thou wilt aflay* Thou maift make both Sol andLune. In leffe fpace then in one day.
Father is it Water m the well fpringing, Or is it Water in the river running? Other V$2Xtx(F£ther) can I not findc. er» Noe(Son) it is of another kinde,
Howbeit it is Water cleere, Our Sulphur in him is foe cle ving^ He may not be departed by any fire,' I tell thee 'the throath in this thing*
By no &cKFather) howmay that be?
Fire he is ever brenning, Our Sulphur is made of the Sun and fuch humi- Tha t in the Fire he is ever during. (dity
The tyme of our working would I knowy In what fpace might be made our Stone, By Come and by Frut [Son) thou maift it wel Once in a ycare it is afore thee done; (know* The Sun in the Zodiack about doth gonne, Through the twelve Signcs onct in a yeare, Soe long it is ete we can make our Stone:
Hafte not to faft but rule well thy fire, The virtue of our Stone few men Can tell, - The Elements in him be fo mighty, Aboundance of treafure in htm do^wcUf lor in riches all Stones exceeds he;
1!&JS. JU:
»
The Preface prefixt to Sir (jeo: %plejs MEW LLAV
Which he wote Ann. Dom... 14.76. and
Dedicated to Geo: Ncvell then ArcfhBifhop #/ Yorke.
JGHT noble Lord, and Prelate Deert, Vouchfafe of me thefe Verfes takf>
Whch Iprefent unto yon heere, That mention of the Stone doth makg, Of Wife men meetered for your fake.
For Which of you thm much I crave y Your gentle favour for to have.
5. Thh Stone divine of which I write, Is known* as One, and it u Three-, :-.
Which though it have his force and might 9 Of Triple nature fine be, Yet doe they MettaUs judge and trj.
rAnd called u of Wife men all,
The mighty Stone that Conquer {hall.
3. To learne the vertues of them noW)
By which you may if you them ufe,
Yourfelfe preferve and eke k?ow howe]
Old age to hide, and Youth outjhewe. rAnd *Brafe by them tranfmutedU,
4, Fined alfo and made full pure, AndAurifiedbeatthe laft.
Thefirftofthefelyouajfure,
Right hurtfuBtsfor Man to tafi9, ' For Life it wiH refolve andwaft, OfCorroJtves made corrupting all,
And named k the Mintrall
Se gj gig .
$9
3^o The Preface
$.8ut AnlmaU the fecoxd u, The third firfooth the Vegitable, To cure all things their venue is, In every caufe What foe befall, Jldankinde in health freferve they {halls Renew eth Tenth and keepeth itfound% As trew by proofe the fame is found,
6* And here I Will teach you ptdinet
How for to make their Mixtures pure : In order faire without difdaine. IwHltellyou no T)reame injure, 'Beleeve me While my life may dure* Lookp what with mouth to you I fay , CMy deedes (hall prove it tmealway.
7. Ten JhaSfome Figure my Meeter hide, Leafi the Arte with Wings ficuti fly aw*y%
And foe as vile abroad to (lide>
fVhofe fence, or Truth cannot decay , And without fraude I Will difrlay The matter plaine on every Jide% And true liktwife what foe betidei
8. ^Although ere this you have heard fay, Thatfuch at practice doth this Arte,
Their thrift in AJbesfeek* alway :
Anhkarne at length with heavy heart. Not more but lejfe to make their part, Yet be not you difmayed therefore^ Nefeare nor fhrinkefor it the more.
9. But trufl the words Which I jou teff, For truly I doe flatly fay,
I have bothfeene and knoWn it well% And wittneffe wiS the fame alWay, This the Marrow called is I fay, sA truer Text fnll well I wote, In *U this World fnde Jhallyou not.
10 The»
to Ripley s Medulla, Jpi
I o. Then as this Writing of our Wine,
Whereof I bringyou here a taffe • Whofe heavenly Water pure and fine,
Doth aH things Works withoutenWafie ,
To your de fire the bodyesfafl It doth dijfolve, make light and open With other things, not yett offpofyn.
1 1 . sAgainfi Qfaturp yet is it not,
But natural! a^may men trow, Which being cleanjedfrom his Ffiott,
There Phoebus fflendor (ball forth fiew*r
And caufe it fragrantly togroW j For how wore fragrant it (balbe, Soe much of Valor more ishee.
1 2. Tor Phoebus nature dothfurpaffet And body es pure i and eke the sky>
Jt doth bejhine both Come andQraffe^
The Sonn reneWethfrom on hye,
And caufeth things to fmctifie* *Doth mix, and fix, and naturetb, Drives plagues dtoay and nourijbeth.
I}. Abandoneth, drawethrand clenfeth the Air&y
Maketh dews fweete, floods and humors dry , Makethfofte, hard,/weete andfayre j
Andpurifieth T^atures perfectly ',
*By his Working incejfantly $ It maketh all things to grow I fay, Andchafeth Vgly things away,
14. In LaureU Tree, it is fuSgreene, In Gold it lodgeth glifiringly • It decktth Stones with brightnes (beene, Thejhinening bodyes are made thereby} But if you will more certeinly, ©/Phoebus vertue have k&owledging, Then Saturns Chyld mufi yjfue bring.
15 *
5pa The Preface to, e^«
15.0 Paftor me eke draft Water chtret
From buds ofVynes out of a Glaffet As red at blood as Gold it were ;
Which ftiU you give a Gummy Maffe,
Aspretiom as ever was. Thus without fraude made of en is by wyfe, The Arte Which you fbafl mt difpife.
\6. It multiply eth and make th alfi7 Gold Potable know this for treWt,
By it are things increafedfoe,
That health thereby you may renewe, To learnt thofe Seer eats doyly fete,
Which formally prolongweU may
Tour Life in joy fr $m day to day.
17. For although many hate this Arte, Tetit is precious over all;
Try and difcerm within your foe arte,
By all the Lejfons miflicall •
A Gift it is fattftM Which here is taught to you him bf Thatprovd it hath sAffuredlj .
1 8. This have I written for your fak^ t Net in vaineftilet but order plaine 9
This little Booke of himyou take, Which frankly doth beftowe his pain** To God commit tinge you againe. And all that doth Wifb WeM to thee* In anyplace wherefoever they bee.
19. If you unbroken long Would keepe> In per f eft healthy our Veffelftill;
Then for your Cannon looke you feeke, Remembring him that hath good will , By your ajfifiance to fulfil 1 1
And in fitch fort pur Works display ,
As found may to your lawd alway.
3?3
SHORT VVORKE
That bearetb theJ^ame of the aforefaid Author,
Sirq.%1 T LSX
Ake Heavy, Soft, Cold, and Drye - (ly ;
Clenfe him, and to Calx grind him fubti-
Diffblve him in Water of the Wood ,*
Ifthoucando any good
Thereof, take a Tin&ure And Earthy Calx good and pure. Of this maift thou have with thy travaile, Both Mercury, Water, and Oy le 5 Out of the Ayre with Flames great, Fire into the Earth doth Creepc 5 In this Workc if thou wilt winn, Take heed wherewith thou doft begin, And in what manner thou doft work, Forloofing thy way in the darke; And where, with what, and how, thy matter fhal I tell and Councell thee as my Frend : (end 5 Make Water of Earth, and Earth of Watery Then arc thou well onward in the matter.
Fff
394 A fhortWorfy of
For thou fhalt find hid in the myre,
Both Earth, Water, Ay re, and Fire :
I tell thee ray Brother, I will not flatter,
Of our Earth is made our Water :
The which is cleere white as Snow 5
And mates our Earth Calcine and growe.
Blacknefle firft to thee dothfliew,
As by thy praGifc thou fhalt know .•
DifTolve and Calcine oft, and oft 5 (brought.-
With Congelation till the Body to whitnes be
Make the Body fluxiblc, and flowing •
With the Earth,perfe&,and teyningv
Then after Ferment is oncedone5
Whither thou wilt with Sunneor Moone,
DifTolve him with the Water of life,.
Ycalled Mercury withouten ftrife :
Put the Soule with the Body, and Spirite
Together in one that they may tneetej
In his Dammcs belly till he wax great, -
With giving Drinke of his owne fweate .•
For the Milke of a Cow to a Child my brother
Is not fo fweete as the Milke of his Mother :
This Child that is fo marveiloufly wrought,
Unto his Heritage muft be brought :
His lively hood is fo worthy a thing.
Of abilitye to fpend with a King :
He that beareth all this in minde,
And underftandeththefe Parables all>
WithScperation he may finde,
Poore and Ric^ great and fmall 5
With our Sulphur we make our, Antimony, White and-
And thereof we make ourMcrcury quick,& dead. (Red;
This is a Mcttall that I fpcake of one of the feaven,
If thou be a Clerk read what I meaner
Them
George Rjpjey. ^
there is no Plannet of fix neither great nor fmall ,
But if he be put to them, he will Calcine them all.
Unto red blood he muft be brought 5
Elfeofhimthougetteft right nought:
Reach him then with the Wood Water,