Section 35

Yet xx. at laft came in withgreate boft,
And made both Black and White to flytheCoft.
Written bj T» Charnock at tbeendofScotvs de Bufone.
HEre in Gods name take thy reft, Quietly in thy warmc neft , For fo Cbarnecke thinks it beft, Ty 11 the Sune hathe runne Weft , Seaven tymes6oo. and 16. juft, Then this C£j?Wawake thou mufti
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Written at the end of RIP LYE'S Camalena.
ABoivte 653. I dare be bold, This Chyldttiall put on a Crownc of Gold $ Or at 6 $6. at the mofte, This C by Id {hall rule the rofte.
OTher Frdgments pattered in the waft places of an Old Manufcrifty written with T. Charnocfc's own Hand.
WEworkc this Workc of wonder, By Wayght, Meafurc and Number. gtiothTHOMAS CHARNOCK.
WHen he is full Black then take fomc payne, To wafli him 7.ty mes in the water of J ourdayne.
CHARNOCK.
[Ro the tymc that he be Black and Ded, Wafh him 7 tymes, or he be pcrfeft Red,
Nd when he is full Black then take fame payne, Towaflihymy.tyraesin the water of Jourdayne.7
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ANdwhen you fee hym perfeft Redd, Then take a ftone and knock him on the hedd. Idejl.
ANd when this Woman is brought a bed, Take the Chyld and knock hym on the hedd.
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PErfe&Whytcwill not be accomplished, UntiUithatb by ne twelve tymes circulated,
Id eft. Six tymes Black, and vi. tymes Whyte.
BEtwixttrue BIack,and true Why te5 Wyll appearcmany Gollcrs tofyght.
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BEtwixt Purgatory and Paradyfe, /*p ^
The Raigne-bows Callers will arife, r * • v->»
BEtwixt Black and Why te fartayne, y X* C# The Pckokcs fcthcrs wyll appeare plainCi
LOokc you conceive my words aright, And markc well this Which I have fedcj For Black is Ferment unto the Whyte, And Whyte fhalbeFermknt unto the Rede:
WhtihlMvcrfawtilll had whjtthtrts ttponmjhttf.
T.Q1574*
The soj/eare of my age.
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In feme Copies I haye found thefe Verfes placed before Pearcc the Black Monk,
upon the E L I X I R.
AN and Woman God hath wrought, And full mykie fruite forth they brought, So multiplyeth the workcs of our heaven And yet come they but of one thing. (King Now quod Martin what may that be ? Theflithe of the Yearth fo fay we: Yearth it was, fomc Men would fay nay , And yet was it nether cleane yearth fand ne clay. But the feces of yearth it was of Colour grey, Which then turned to yearth as it on yearth lay. The Water turned to bludc to make man ftronge, The Ayrc and Fire was mcdled thcare amongc. How be Ay re and Fire quod Martin* Through the workcs of our Lord quod Martin* For the brightnes of the holy Ghoft is the Airc> And the lightnes that gafc lyfeisFyrc* Whcarc haft thowe goe too Scollc to learne all this ? For that thou fayeft is right true I wifle 5 Andlfuppofe it in thic thought, That with iiii. Spirits it muft be wrought. Nay your Spirits are too wilde quotb ^Martin againe, Therefore I will not medic with them ccrtaine: I will have a Spirit made by kindc naturally, That will abide with every body kindly 5 Such a Spirit could I macke quod Martini And yet men would hold y t but in vcyne.
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And yet of all workcs it is the beft,
Left of Coft and moft fureft :
For if it ftiould faile then were we done all,
And therefore for the moft parfiteft worke we it call$
It is fo rich when it is wrought,
Though all the world were turned to nought :
As mennye rich bodyes agayn make would he,
As ever were or ever fhould be.
Take Earth of Earth, Earths Brother, &c.
I" have feene an oldQoppy ofthefaid wr^ o/Pearce the Black Monk, to the end
of which thefe following Verfes werejojned.
NOW of this Matter derke and nothing clere, An Expoficion I doe mack here; Wherein. I charge y oufecre to be, That frencf ne foe doe yt fc5 Erthhyd within the bodies center is moft fine, Water of Wood MflTcll of Wine, For by the moyfter of the Grape, Thisccntrall Earth who can it take j It and Sercion do our Maiftry make , Foritfliall become kMercuriall, And after that Effentiall. But now beware that you not faile, For then you loofe your grcate travaile, Whan you have drawne owte of the Gut% All the CWercttry that wyll come, Underftand that Lycowres three Inthat Jyfmwjf conteyned be 5
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The firft is the Watur of ly fe Ardent, By Bath departed that is moft lent 5 It burneth as Aquavite by live, And is called our Mercury attra&ive, Wherewith is made Earth Chriftallinc, Out of all Collours Metallyne: I fpeke no more thereof as yet , For in this worke we necde not it; Then runneth a Water after thilke, Litle in quantity white as mylkc 5 Whych ys fpcrme or nature of our Stone ', That is carneftly fought of many one : For of Man, Bcfte, and every thynge, Spermc is there begynyng, Therefore we our Mercury do it call. Whych ys found here and there and over all. For wythout yt ys nothyng ly vyng, Wherefore yt ys in every thyng : Aswellinthyngsmoft precioufe, As in thyngs moft vyle and odious 5 Of yt they have there firft nature, Thys moyfter to you as now is clere, Thys ys the Mercury that we call Vigctablc, Minerall and Animall : OurQuickfilverand our lac Virginia Our Water permanent forfooth yt ys5 Wyththys Water Mercuriall, We wafch the fylth Originall Of our Erth tyll yt be whyte, LykeaGummthat fioweth lytc, By dry fyre after that fchalecume Oyle whercwyth we make red Gumm .• ^ Wych ys our Tin&ure and our Sulfur vive5 The foule of Smrnt the Goldc of lifer
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Our Tin&ure and our airy Gould, Wych before was never fo plaincly tould 5 God graunt that I do no difpteafure To hym in fulfillyng your defirc.
Now Elements be divided every one, Wyth thy s Oyle make red your Stonts O wre Gumms two then have fchall ye, Wythout the wych no Elixir may be. They go the Body and the Spirits betwixt, Wythowte the wych our Stm cannot be fixe, And makyth of hym in a lytle fpace, Two Elixirs by Gods Grace .• Whereby arc trewly altcrarc, All Metalline Bodies into a better ftate, Wyth Sol and Lum equall to be, Tohclpc us in our neceflitie. Now thanked be God moft gracious, Wych hath this Secret lent to us, Hys grace thcrcwyth to us he leave, To our Soulcs helth us for to raeve.
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This following Fragment in fime copies J have found placed at the end of the
aforegoing Expeftion of Pearce the Black Monke. In others, immediately before
With Hk and with Hxcy Sec
and bearing thit Tytie,
A CONCLUSION.
TAkc Wyndc and Water, white and greene> And thereof draw a Ue Virgine 5 Where fome it call a water cleere* The which water hath no Pccre 5 And then make your Fier ftronger, When the white fume doth appeare 5 Chaungc your Receiver and continue longer : And then (hall you fee come a Fire, Red as blood and full of Yrc. gupddicitur menftruum fietens 3 &folfhikfcfh$rHm*, In am fit neflra difftlutio, & congelatio. SMimatio, attra&io, & etiamflxatif, Mt Sulphur is n$3rirfvefolim tmtih
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With hie and with h*c thus may ye do, As Husbandand Wife togcathcr them wed5 Put them in a chamber both two , And fhet faft the dore when they be abed. The woman is both wanton and wilde, With her husband (he cannot reft, Till flie have conceived a Child 5 Of all his kin he ihall be beft. He is a Childe of the Elements Both byjpather and by Mother, si None fo worthy in prefencc , Not pcrfed Sol his owne Brother. Sol and Luna owe unto him obedience, And all that him necdes they to him bring, Saturne doth to him obefance, Howbcit he is next of his kinne : There is neither Emperour or Kinge, But ofhis prefence they would be glad, If he from them were one ycare wanting 5 In their hearts they would be full fad. In riches he exceedeth all other, The Elements in him are fo even , Luna is his Sifter, and Sol is his Brother, His Father dwelleth among the planets feaven. Nulla virtus mineralibtts where ihall we him feeke, Sit tibifrincipium principle Counccll we muft it keq>c Reperitur nbifo localis by way in every ftreete.
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(tAn other Qonclufion*
FIrft Calcine and after Putrefie, Diflblvc, diftill, fublime, difcend and fix With Aquavit* oftymes wafh and dry ; And make a marriage of Body & Soul theSpirit betwixtt Which thus together naturally if ye cannot mix, Then fliall the Body utterly dye in the flix. Bleeding and changing Collours as ye fhallfce, In bus and nuhi he fhall uprife and defcend 5 Firft up to the Moonc and after up to the Sun, Oncly fhipped within a litle glafen Tunnc- When he commeth thether,then is all theMaiftry wonne, About which Journey great goods ye fliall not fpend, And ye (hall be Glad that ever it was begun 5 Patiently if ye lift, to your worke to attend. Who fo fhall our Pearle and our Ruby make, Our Principle let him not for fake, For at the beginning if his Principle be trcw, And that he can by craft fo him balkc ; Trewly at the end his Worke (hall him not re w.
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Here is a bodi of a Bodi, And a Soule and a Spry te, Wyth two Bodycs muft be knete.
There ben two Erthys as I the telle, And two Waters wyth hem do dwellc % The ton ys Why te the tother is Red, To quick the Bodies that ben ded.
And oon Fyrc in Nature y hydd, Arid oon Ay re with hem that doth the^dcde* And all hyt commeth out of onn kyndc, Marke thys well Man and beare yt yn mynde.
1 Ake Mercury from Mercury which is his wyfe, — For Mercury wife to Mercury maketh greate ftryfe i But Mercury s wyfes Wyfc, To Mercury maketh no ftryfe,
AND thou wed OMercury to Mercury with her wy fe, Then fhall Mercury and uuercury be merry with-
(outen ftryfe: For Mercuries Wyft'to Mercury maketh greate ftryfe, But Mercuries wy fe s wyfc to Mercury maketh no ftryf.
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ARidle to you I will propofe, Of a Comon thing which raoft men knowes, Which now in the Earth very reefe doth grow, ,But is of fmall Price as all men fcnow^ And that without roote, ftalkc or feede, Wherewith of his kinde another to brecde : Yet of that nature, that it cannot ccafe, If you plant it by pceces it felfe to increafe , Right heavy by kinde, yet forced to fly, Starke nought in the purfe, yet good in the Eye, This fomething is nothing which fcemcth full ftrange, Having tafted the fire which maketh the change: And hath many Collours yet fhewethbut one, This is the materiall of our S To N E.
I Asked Philofophy how I fliould Have of her the thing I would, She anfwered me when I was able, To make the Water malliable, Or elfe the way if I could findc, To mefure out a yard of Winde > Then ihalt thou have thyne owne defire, When thou canft weigh an ounce of Fire.* Unleffe that thou canft doe thefc three , Content thy felfe, thou get'ft not rac.
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LEt the old man drinkc wine till he piffe: The meanes to the bleft Stone is : And in that menftrous water drowne, The radiant brightnes of the Moone* Then caft the Sun into her lapp, That both may perifh at aclapp. Soefhall you have your full defire, When you revive them both by Fire.
IF ye wolle to hys Medycyn aplye, Make furft hevy, hard, hotte and drye : Nefjthe, lyght, cold and wete, Put ham togeder and make ham mete, Thus may ye fpettd mor thann the King, Yf ye have conny ng of fuchc a thy nge .
IF thou the Fixid can diffblve, And that Diffblv'd doeft caufe to fly, That Flying then to Fixing bring, £
Then maift thou live moft happily.
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DISCOURSES,
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Some part of the preceding VVorke.
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Rom the firft word of this Trocmc, and the Initiall letters o£ the /*x following Chapters (difcovered by AcromonofiUa- biques and SiUabiquetAcrofliques) we may colled the Au» tbors Name and place of Refidence : For thofe Utters , (together with the fir/f line oi the feventh Chapter) fpeak thus,
Comas j&otfonoftttifetoj
3t parfet Rafter ?e mats i)tmt205toc.
Such like Fancies were the refuits of the wifdome and humility of the Aunci- cntl! kilo fopbers, (who when they intended not an abfolute concealement of Per fons, Names, Miseries, &c.) were wont to hide them by Tranjpoftions, Acroftiques,Ifogrmm*tiques3Sympboniaques, and the tyke, (which the Search- ing Sens oiArte might poffibly unridle, but) with defigne to continue them to others, as concealed things 5 And that upon the Queftion no other An- fwer mould be returnedjthen the like of the (a) Angelas to tftanoah. \HU name (a\ w* 1 ^~ vpm Teli, to wit, admirable and fecrtt."] j g.
In imitation of wbome, tis probable our Author (not fo much affeAkg the vanity of a Name as to afiift the lovers of Wifdome) thus modefily and in- gemoufly unvailes himfelfe ; Although to the generality of the world he meant to paffe mfytome, as appeares by his owne words :
(b) f 0 $ t^at 3 DeOi* Hot XDojifcty fame, (b) Nort.Ordi-
10 at pear gooD pwpcr s ttn&no&jne ftaU be mp name. »*//. pag. 6.
(c) John Pitts from Iohn Bale, and (d) he from Robert Record, relates, that (c) VeiUufir. &is tbomss Norton, was Alcbymifta fuo tempore peritifiimus, and much more Ar.gl.Script. curious in the Studies otPbilofopby then others, yet they pane fome undecent pag. 666. and abafiVc Gwfnret upon him, wkb reference to this iw»e «ni frivolous (d) J) c Script.
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Science, as they areple^'d to tcarme it, (and a better opinion I find not they had even of the Hermetic^ learning it felfe.) Indeed, every one that is educa- ted a Scboller, is not borne to aff.ft or be happv in every Art, Tome love one, -.;• fome another but few tAll, And this arifeth from the various Ivfluenctt of
the Stzrrs, which beget fundry Inclinations and e/lffsftions in Men,' according to the different Confiitutions and Temperatures of their bodies 5 fo thit com-- monly what either a man docs not affeSt, otfyim^htdefpifes or cendemnes, yet feldome with any (hew otRcafon. But it is no good Conclufion for Blinde men to affirme the Sun has no light, becaufe they were never fo happy as to fee it. For though thy felfe (faith Conmatb) art ignorant of a Matter, 'tis not de- nied to others to know the fame. However, our ^Author was fo happy as to e) Ori.p.|$. become a OHtfier of this Science very early : which he learned in (e) forty dayes. anoV when he was
0 Or din. p. 88. (f) g> eantlp of t%z age of t&entp t i$t grates,
He earneftly moved his Mafter (who is generally thought to be Ripley) to communicate the Red Medicine to him, which after fome tyme (finding him capable of it) he accordingly did.
Much more might be faid in Honour of this Author, but I refer the Reader t© the Ordinall it felfe, which will abundantly fatisfie.
Befides this worke (which is called both by Pitts and Bale, Ephomtn AUby ram, but by himfelfe
, „ .. „ (g) garnet) of 3Mfcfm£jfte iDrfcteail,
g; ottam. p^e CreSe mftt, t^e tantat & perpstttatt)
pag-9- He wrote another Booke Ve tranfmutatione Metallorum 5 and to thefe
h) Pa
0 In the time of Hen 8. there flouriihed Nyne Brothers of the family of the
NorwwandallKwg^oneofthem (Viz.; Sir Samp fon Norton, Mafter o£ fl Iftver's fan ^^rdmnce t0 the{aid K'«& ^an G/jfaof greate Hrawr,and not ufualiy con- Mr. fo. 52/ ' ^ d b"C,ut°n ^en VttJ«w"BfO [y« burjf > °- dm, whofe r«m£c was adorned with feverall Hermetic^ Hieroglipbicall paint- ings, which have lately periflit by the Ignorant \eale of thofe that understood them not.
The Epitaph this. aOf t?o&r petite ptty for tfa j&oufecf &tr Sampfon Norton *iuug^t,iate#aSeref W Ordinance of S»am, toi&) ftfog Henry tfce 8*§ atlO f ov tfa jg)Ottie Of £>ame Elizabyth &£$ fcm§F.
B%cl; ^it Sampfon t)ccc(Tfl> tye epgfet& sag of ^rbr«arv one tijoutano ft* fctwovea a«o feUatee a.
Pag. 1 i.l.7- Cijat tro #ans for better nefot footfe,
Change mp amtfiigfor&reDe of dSoogcittfe*
DeuMeffe Afcrwii was truly fenfible of the highjnjuries done toltarued men through the ErroxtcusTranfcripthns of their &%/3and had mated in the unimaginable misfortune which thereby befell the then Students in yVlofopbj, for he lived in thofe tymes that could not afford him the ufe of arty other
Bookes
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Bookes fare oiidy Manufcripts (priming having not ierved an Apprentithip to k)The6rftjPmi- Engjhnd(k) when he wrote this Oridinatt)8c in that regard he layes this weighty ting-Freffe was charge upon unfaithfull ttrifo vho negligently ot wilfully alter their Cc/y, fetup in Wefi- whereby the warieft Studennxe encombred mthdwbts&nd mifled,or plunged min. Abbey by into unhappy Errorf. ] Symmlflip,