{"collection":"Alchemy","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/archive_org_fivetreatisesofp00pinn/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/archive_org_fivetreatisesofp00pinn","id":"archive_org_fivetreatisesofp00pinn","license":null,"rights_basis":"archive_org_open:pre_1929_us_pd_heuristic:year=1651","source":"archive_org","source_url":"https://archive.org/details/fivetreatisesofp00pinn","summary":"\"^'V: \n\n\n^'' \n\n\nDigitized by the Internet Archive \n\nin 2010 with funding from \n\nResearch Library, The Getty Research Institute \n\n\nhttp://www.archive.org/details/fivetreatisesofpOOpinn \n\n\nFIVE TF-Mjoohl^. \u00bb TREATISES \n\nOP THE \n\nPhilofophers Stone^ \n\nTwo of dAlphonfoKmgo^ Tortugall^ as \n\nit was wrirrcn with his own hand, and taken \n\ncut of his CIojGTct: Tranflatcd out of the Por- \n\ntugucz into Englifh. One of John Samre a ^onkcy tranflatcd \u2026","tags":["Alchemy"],"text":"I \n\n\n\"^'V: \n\n\n^'' \n\n\nDigitized by the Internet Archive \n\nin 2010 with funding from \n\nResearch Library, The Getty Research Institute \n\n\nhttp://www.archive.org/details/fivetreatisesofpOOpinn \n\n\nFIVE TF-Mjoohl^. \n\n\u00bb TREATISES \n\nOP THE \n\nPhilofophers Stone^ \n\nTwo of dAlphonfoKmgo^ Tortugall^ as \n\nit was wrirrcn with his own hand, and taken \n\ncut of his CIojGTct: Tranflatcd out of the Por- \n\ntugucz into Englifh. \n\nOne of John Samre a ^onkcy tranflatcd into Englirti. \n\nAnother written by Florianui Rauelorff, a German Phi- \nJofopher, and tranflatcd out of the fame Language, \ninto Engrifli. \n\nAlfo aTreatife of the names of the Philofophers Stone, \nby mlliam Gratacol/e^ tranflatcd into Englifh. \n\nTo which is added the Smaragdine Table. \nBy the Paines and Care of H. T. \n\n\nL O N D Q \"K^ \n\nPrinted by Thomas Harper , and arc to be fold by John \nCoUins^m Little BrittamynQat'thQ Church door, 1652. \n\n\nTo the %ight Honaurable^ the Earle of \nPembroke and Montgomery, \n\nRight Honourable :- \n\nHough in thefc laft ages Vice hath \nbccne efteem>sd above Ver- \ntue, and men have made it their \nbufinefle to advance their for- \ntunes by wicked means 3 yet if \nwe looke backe to former ages, \nand the timto^ Hermes Trif me- \ngijlu4 3 who is faid to be MofeSy \nand fo called from his being hid amongft the Reeds \nin the waters^ and as he was called Hermes TrifmegifiuSy \nhe ftiles himfelfe the thrice great Interpreter , as ha- \nving three parts of the Philofophy of the whole \nworld ( as may appeare in his Smaragdinc Table fol- \nlowing \u2022 out of vvhich all modernc Philofophers \ngrounded their difcourfes , andbookes:) thushee \nmight ftile himfelfcj being allowed familiarity with \nhis Creator. From him likewife we had our firft Re- \ncord for the Creation of the world > and all things- \n\nA 2 there- ' \n\n\nThe S '^-^^^^ liC^'iBYj. \ntherein : we jfhall findc, and oe fatisfied in judgemcnr, \nthat true honour proceeded , and was at firil derived \nfrona Vertuc ^ and what man yet evlr livcd^ who was \naccounted or eftcemed fo Virtuous, Wife, Good, and \nRich, as thofc who had the true knowledge of Natu- \nrall Philofophy , and her fecrct operations , which \nfrom age to age, for many ages, was by wordoi mouth \ndelivered by one toanochc:r,wherby many Shcpheards, \nHeardfmen, Husbandmen , and others of like quality \n(by Gods efpeciall favour) became great Princes, Go- \nvernours, and Rulers over the people upon Earth, be- \ning thereby enabled to advance themfdvcs to what \nRiches and treaiiire they pleafed, Cas will appears by \nthe enfuing Treaiifc'S J witliout robbing or taxing the \npeople of their Countries under their Government \nm any lort^ who alfo by their Phyficall Medicine con- \ntinued length of dayes, yourh, and ftrcngth ; by which \nmeans thole old men mentioned in the Old Tefta- \nment, with manyoth^r Philofophers , were not only \nfo'long preferved from the Grave, but alfo thereby \nwrought many miracles, to the wonder of the world : \nas well they might , having the power and difpofe of \nthe greateft Treafure, andhigheft Secret that ever \nAlmighty God revealed to mortall man. And being \nfully fatisfied of your Honours moft Noble and Inge- \nnous inclination and love to the ftudy of this moft \nDivine and Myftc rious Art, which can proceed from \nHO other then a right Noble and Vertuous difpofttion, \nand by a Divine inftinft : Nor is a man of any other \ntemper fit for the ftudy or knowledge thereof. And \nconhdering of a pcrfon of Honour , fit for the prefen- \ntation of thcfc Treatifes, well weighing your Honours \n\ninclination^ \n\n\nThe Eptfile Dedicatory. \ninclination, vcrtuous Difpv^fuion, and mature Judge- \nment 5 holding my felfe obliged to be fervic^able to \nmy power, to all faithful! ftudents in this moft facred \nArc, have fixed upon your Honour, as moft worthy of \nthe prtfentation not only of thefemy prefcnt enaea- \nvoursjbuca fooffuchothers as I (hall crc long pro- \nduce concerning either thi^ or any other fubjeft ^ not \ndefiring Pacronage, as is ufuall, ( confidering the Pcr- \nfons by whom tbefii Trcatifes were firft written ) but \nf)nly Your Honours Noble acceptance effomeanea \nprefent , from the hand of him that heartily wiflieth \nYour Honour all felicity, both corporall and fpirituall, \ntcmporall and perpetuall 5 and in that wifh, I reft, \n\n(My Lord) \n\nTour Honours \n\nmofifaithfullfer^ant^ \n\n\nH, R \n\n\nA3 To \n\n\nTo the Reader. \n\n'^^ Ermcs, the Father of Phflofophers/mefi plain* \nji| hrf' ^^y ^^^^ ^'^^^ vprit ) dijcoruered thf \n^'^ matter of the Pbilofophers Stone^ tut not the \nmanner of compleatment thereof-^ and as \nhefauhy he came to the knowledge thereof iy \nthe mercy an^ favour of the great Creator of \nHeaven and Earthy mthout the dire^ion^ inftruBion^ or in- \nformation of any mortaU man ^ andwrit thereof t o poflerity^ \nfearing damnation if he fhould not have done the fame 3 [mce \nwhich time many hundred Philofophers have written of the \nfame Science^ ( irhichis the higheft andgreatejl fecret that e- \nver Mwighty God revealed ta mortaUman ^ ) but jo ohfcurely^ \nthat it is imp60le for any man to attain to this high dnd \nmyfteriou6 Art^ except he be Pioujly and Religiou/ly inclined^ \nand'refolvedto Itve aferiom and private Itfe^ free from all o- \nther employment or hufinejfe in the world: and fuch a man \nnithout ciduht^ hy the mercy and favour of jilmighty God^and \nmth the help of the fe following Authours^with lome others of \nthe teft ofthefe latter times ^and the Hieroglyphicks now cut- \nting and comming forth in Print by the Printer hereof^ living \n/\u00bb Little- Brittaine, London, never heretofore publifJied ^ \nwhich make a full and clear demonflration to thejons of wife- \ndome of the whole worke of the Philofophers Stone^fvom the be- \nginning to the endings and giveth a clearer light to theun- \nderfianding of the Reader^ than all tke books in the world ; fo \nthat by the help ofthefe^' and fuch like Books^ with the Hiero- \nglyphicks , thts Art doubtlefjemay be attained unto with \nten times more eafe^ and leffe difficulty than other wife. Thefe \n\nonly \n\n\nTo the Rcaden \n\nonly I have give/ithe a Ufieof^ untill the others comefmh^ \nnphich mllfpeedily ke ejjeBei/. And note this^ that fcarce one \nof the ancient Philofophers ever vpr it fully of this mile Science^ \nhut matfoever one leaves out^ may he found in another (if you \nread many of the left Authours.) I have been a Student jn \nthis Art many y ear s^ and heingfatisfiedofthe truth thereof^ \n(having ft udied many of the Left Aut hours) ^ thought ft for \nthe good and benefit of the faithfuU Students of this Art ^ to \ncaufe thefe to be publifhed , being by fome of7ny beft friends \nthereunto very much urged ; and becaufe the Students of this \nArt fhould not be deceived by falfe Phikfophers^ andvcorkeas \nthey do uponfalfe matters ; its Salts^ Alomes^ ritriels^ Met- \ntals ^ Minerals^ and the like: let them confider the vpords \nof Geo: Ripleyj an Englifh Monke^ n^bo faith : yet the mat- \nter of this worke^ 4ccordingto all the ancient Philvfophers^ is \none only thing , containing in it felfe all necefjartes to the \naccompUfhtng of its own perfeBion. \n\nAnd Henricus Cornelius Agrippa in thefecond Bcok \nofhts Occult Philofophy^in the 4, Chap.faith^there u one things \nby God created^ thefubjeB of all mnderfulnefje^ Mch is in \nearthy and in heaven ; it is aBually^ amwall^ vegetal le^ and \nminer all^ jonnd every ^here^ known byjewy ly none expreffed \nin 'hts proper name^ but covered in numbers^ ftg^Yes^ and rid- \ndles ^ without which neither Alchymy^ nor naiurali Maf/iek \ncan attaine their perfeB end. \n\nAnd in the Kofa^y oj^he PhilofopherSy it is written : but I \nadvife that no man intrude hirrfelfimo this Science to fearch^ \nexcept he know ihe beginning of true nature^andher ooverrir \nmeut^ nhich being knoii/i^ he needeth not many thinqs^ but \nOne thing ; nor ddth it requtre .^e at charge s^ bccaufe.tbe \nSione is mey the Medtci''^.e one^ thep^efjeli.one^ the Govern* \nmeat oney and the d/fpcfttion one^ &c. And let tits fufficey \nfromyour faubjull unknowjfefnendy H. P. \n\n\nThe Smaragdine Table o{ Hermes Trifmegitkw^ \nofAlchyray. \n\nThe mrdyoftbe Secrets 0/ Hermes, vphich mre written in a \nSmAYiigdine Tahle^ and found hetweene hu hands tn an \notfcure Vault ^wherein hu tody lay buried, \n\nIT is true without leafing , ccrtaine and moft true, \nthat which is beneath is like that which is above, \nand that which is above is like that which is be- \nneath \u2022 to worke the Miracles of one thing, and as all \nthings have proceededfrom one, by the mediation of \none ; fo all things have fprung from this one thing by \nadaptation. His Father is the Sun ,\" hisJMother is the \nMoone, the Winde boie it in her belly, the Earth is \nhis Nurfe, the Father of all theTelefmc Qf this world \nis heere- his force and power is perfe(Si:, if it be turned \ninto Earth. Thou (halt feperate the Earth from the \nFire , the thia from the thick, and that gently with \ngreat difcretion : It afcendethfrom Earth into Heaven, \nand againe it defcendeth into the Earth,and receiveth \nthe power of the Superiours and Inferiours: So fhalt \nthou have the Glory of the whole World , all obfcu- \nrity therefore Ihall fly away from thee. This is the \nmighty power of all power, for it fball overcome eve- \nry fubtle thing, and pierce through every foUid thing, \nfo was the VVorld created. Hcere fhall be marvellous \nadaptations, whereof this is the mcane. \u2022 therefore am \nI called Hermes Trifme^i^uiyOr the thrice great Inter- \npreter 'y having three parts of the Pnilofophy of the \nwhole World: that which I have fpokcn of the opera- \ntion of the Sun is finiihed. \n\nHere endeth the lahle o/Hermcs. \n\n\nA Treatife written hy Alphonfo King of PortugaSy \nconcerning the Philofophers Stone. \n\nAme brought to tuy know- \nledge 3 that in the Land \nof Agypt , there lived a \nLearned man that fore- \ntold things to come; hee \njudged by the Stars, and \nthe motions of the Hea- \nvens^ thofe things which \nTime was to bring forth \nwhich were by him before underftood. \n\nA defire of knowledge carried my affeftion, \nmy pen, my tongue ; with greathumility Lpro- \nftrated the height of my Majeilyj'fuch power \nhath paffion upon man ; With intreaty and my \nfpeciail Letters unto him, I fent for him by my \nMefTengers^promifinghim with a found affefti- \non^ great reward both in goods and money/ \n\nThe wife man anfwered mee with much \ncurtcfie : I know you are a great King, and that \nneither prefcnts, nor the Law of filver nor gold, \nnor any thing of great value, but mecrly out of \nafteaion I will fcrve you : for,! doe not feek that \nwhich is too much for mee, and thtrforc I feekc \nnot after yours, but you. \n\nI fent the beft of my Ships, which being, ar- \n\nB rived \n\n\nz A Treatife of Alphonfo K. of Fortugal^ \n\nrived at the port of Alexandria ^ the Doftor A- \nftrologer came aboard, and was brought to mee, \ncurteous with love, for having knownc his great \nworth by underftanding the motions of the \nSphears, I alwayes held him in that cftceme and \nlove which is due to a Learned man. \n\nThe Scone which is called the Philofophers \nhe could make, he taught it mee, and wee made \nit together : And afterwards I made it alone, by \nwhich meanes my Riches increafed much ^ and \nfeeing that I was ablero doe fuch a thing, and- \ntliat divers wayes , which alwayes produced the \nfame thing, I will propound unto you the moft \neafic, and therefore the moft excellent and prin- \ncipal!. \n\nI had a Library of Books of the Workes of \nMen of many Nations, but I in this bufineffe did \ncftecme neither the Caldeans, neither the Ara- \nbians,(though a diligent people) nor the iEgypti- \nans, Affyrians, but thofc of the Eaft, which mha- \nbitc the Indies , and the Saracens did my worke, \nand fo well ; that they have honoured our We- \nfterne parts. \n\nTJie prcfent time makes mee to know a \nfound and true judgement : bccaufc thou fhouWft \ngive credit or belicfc to it, doe not conceive that \n1 have lied in any point. That which 1 look after, \nis not to bury in oblivion the great worth that \nwas in him my Mafter r but I will not give fuch \nan Empire to 'any man but to him that is Lcar- \nn?d. \nNow to unriddle this myftery and to propole \n\ntruths \n\n\neonctfning ih PbiUfojhm StdMil \ntruthes in ciphers 5 though they are obfcure * yet by \nthem you may karne, ^nd (hall find they are no vaine \nthings 5 and if thou commeft to underftand this great \nMyftery, have it not in thy ordinary converfation, but \nleave it in the fame cipher of this impreffion , if tkou \nundcrftandeft how to explaine it. \n\nThis Matter by wife men is called by divers names : \nand this matter which to the unwife feemesr to bee \nfomething, to them is nothing, and its nature being e- \nqually moift and dry that it will aot give one without \nanother; which is a fingular thing to have two fuch \ndifferent natures meet together in one^ The drie is \nthere in a fjprcame degree , the moift likcwife calls \nfor a fupream Authority : the hot and cold fight there \ntogether , and are conrayned there likcwife in a fu- \n.prcame degree ; and from thai equality, comes the \nname of each of thefc feveraUy according to the qua- \nlity : \u00abnd though the moift be joyned with the dry^yec \neach of them retaincs its owae name. \n\nOur Hermes tells us that it is Heaven and Earth, \nbut others call it Man and Wife, and out of their ma- \nnage they make other Riddles, which fervc for a light \nto the infirme Globe, and from thence are called by \nfeme. Water or Earthpthers the cold which is inclo- \nfcd in heat, fo much the wife may underftand. \n\nThe ancient Chaos, according to my judgement, \nwas knit together by the fovvre Elements : This com- \npofition is the like , when the divifion comes to bee \nmade, the Heaven and the Eartii comes to bee a ftft \nEflfence of all, for this matter is of that kinde, that it \ncompofeth all things.. In this matter arc found united \nthe four Elements inequall parts,fo that if one walk \n\nB 2 or \n\n\n4 ' A Tre/itife of Alphonfo K. ofPortuojd^ \nor movCj the others dpe the like, for by one the others \naFC conduiled^ (o much arc they eqaall in their duties \none to another, and where can you hope to find a bet- \nter thing amongft all Animals, then that which is fo. \nmuch approved by all wife men ? \n\nTake the Learned Philofophers Mercury, and kt \nit bee purged from it^ malignancy^and foule quality, \nfor it cannot be too cleane 3 and fee that the weight \nbe equall with twelve ounces of the fayd compofition, \nand then put it into a glaffc bottle, for no mettall c!fe \nis fit for it. And the fonlip of the glafle muft be of the \nforme of the Sphere, with a long neck, and no thick- \ncrthen can bee grafped with a large hand , and the \nlength of the necke not above a fpan , and no wider, \nthen the ^Egyptian fealc may cover its mouth. This \nyou muft put into an earthen pot, furrounded about \nwith hot aflies , and bee fure with a carefull hand to* \nflop up the bottle. And then you muft have an ^rtifi- \nciall Furnace made of Clay, fo broad and round as \nthat you aiay fadome at the tliickeft place. You muft' \nnot put the pot in the bottome of the Furnace, but \nhang it or fet it in the middle, upon two irons, which \nmuft lie Diameter wife, or acroile , and the earthen \npot muft {land upon the very centre and crofTe of the \ntwo irons , that the fire may come alike to it in all \nparts, and then with coalcs make a foft fire , but let \nnot your patience bee troubled to keepe it alwayes a- \nlike. The fire muft not come within a foot of the pot, \nand the furnace luted up clofe about the pot, that fo \nthe foft fire may keepe it alwayes working , and bee \nnot troubled to keepe the fire ftill alike , for if it bee \nthe fame at laft as at firft, thou haft done the worke \nof an able man, . Two \n\n\nconcerningthe Phil.ofophers Stone, 5 \n\nTwo changes the Mooncmuft pafle by thofc Ani- \nmals, which maketh amonthj or the Sun that degree \nwhich is called Sextile, without raiae, for the workc \nrequires drought : and then you fhall fee a patcrne of- \nthe worke 3^ of which you muft bee very carefullfor \nunmarrying of it from his firft matter which is all one. \nThat which time works helped by the Sun and other \ninfluences, when taking leave of the Earth, and ha- \nving drawne out the moiftnes that runnes in its veins, \nit is fo pleafcd with it, that it converts into fulphur \nthat part which was moyft before 5 fo that all is feene \nas mother Nature placed it. \n\nThis is the part of the Earth , Sulphur , Woman, \nhot and dry 5 for when it makes its firft change or \ntrucke, that part is wanting which encompaffed the \nhumidity ^ as Penelope made warrein the abfenceof \nUhjjes in Italy, fo this Widow fo pale and wan, hopes . \nfor the rcturne of her banillicd Husband. Byequall \nweights , as firft with Art mixt with Mercury, very \npure, with this mixture you may worke fecurety in a ^ \nglaffe made by the hands of a good Workman,fbr the \nfirft and the laft muft be one or like ; but if poffibly \nthou canft, the firft venter is the trueft, \n. Doc the following Worke in fuch maner, that you \nkeepe the fame fire that you did beibre, which- will be \nfutficient, and be fijre your fire gives no flame, an j be \nfare alfo to watch it nights and dayes ; and ifyou take \nthat paine, you fhall bee fure to finde an excellent re- \nward. TJiou i'halt fee the worke in its blackneffe, and \nthat being changed, as it was firft borne, whkh is not \nyet the thing that mother Namrc gave in her firft de- \ngree, but (hall turneto bee fo. liquid and pure that it \n\nB ^ \u2022 ihair \n\n\n6 A Treatlfe 0/ Alphonfo J^. of poriugd^ \n\niliall be like to Inke, fodiftinft fhall bee the forme of \nthis creature from its firft being. \n\nHalt thou not feen the Prifon which the Silkworm \nmakes for it felfe, where it dies ? and out of that car- \ncafe dead in the Net ic felfe made, in which no corr-ii- \nption can come, but rifeth againein a forme diftirkJt \nfrom its firft being, then i$ brought fonh and paints it \nfelfe, with wingB in a more ugly (hape : So our work \nbegins to live with a new fpirit, and new fubftance, \nfrom whence muft bee continued the pcrfcverance of \nthe body, that fo bloud may bee gotten in it. Doe not \nyou then think of making a greater fire, for by that \nmeanes the bloud and body will bee dcftroycd. Then \nfhall you fee the moft excellent point of this Divine \nworke ; open the bottle and it will feeme to bee rui- \nneda for there will come from it a very ftinking fmell. \nIn this degree is certainly the greateft labour oi this \nwork : for if it bee continued with the fame heat, it \nwil certainly come to the higheft degree of perfedion. \nAfter this colour is paft, you fhall lee many more dif- \nferent in their likenelTe and appearance : the Argos, \nand the Iris in their fplendor, that the following of \nthe liquid humour will caufe to bee of divers colours, \nuntill it comes at laft to t certaine whitericfle , then \naugment a little the heat. \n\nFriend, bee not weary of your wotke, and let it not \ntrouble your patience, tor this is the firft point of get- \nting your inheritance. When the Stone is come to the \nwhitencffe, it is then fixt, and can never bedifunitcd, \nthough it jfhould burnc 100. yeares, (ot the union is \nperfect. Keepc, as I have told you, the fire in one de- \ngree, that it may come to fuch a whiteneffe, as to bee \n\nlike \n\n\nconcerning the Philofophff s Sto/i\\ 7 \n\nlike the pureft fnow, which is called the filver Elixir. \nBut in regard that Gold is more pietious in clteemc^ \nlet it alone in tbc bottle with the fame firCj untill the \nStone is come from its white into a Citron colour: \nthen increafethc fire another degree , and thou fhalt \nattaine to a pure red. All being rayfed up will (hew \nyour worke tobe fecure : the body of this being taken \nup, will be hard andlighfj and in it you may take no- \ntice of the body oi Dia^ham^ and the colour of a Ru- \nbie, as in my owne hands my fdfe bath feene it ; for \nwhich the great God is by me prayfed. Then put this \ninto an earthen veffell ^. covered with a cover of the \nfame^ likeadifli, and this fo well joined or luted to- \ngether, of the bigneffe to hold thr^tbegada^^ accord- \ning to the bigneffe of the Stone ^ and put it on a hot \nfire of flaming wood there to boile. Hcerc the Stone \nwill calcine in 10. dayesof theSun, or Sundayes, &:c. \nand being taken- out of that pot, it will be an impal- \npable and Divine powder. The firfi fubftance which \ndoth good to all, from whence it hath no quality in \nhis Quinteffence, but is applied to all, and hath power \nto do all,and vcrybeing ot the thing that is applied to. \nl^nte^ from the beginning crfNaturall caufes : it is nei- \nther Gold, nor Silver, nor other Mincrall, nor fubjeft \nto the forme of any Vegetable, but hath a difpofition \nto doe good to all. If it be applied to Gold, from it, \nit takes firmneirc,as to convert other things into that \nMettall. Forif toman, by famous workes, it gites \nhim health, what can bee efleemed more pretious? \nUnder this impalpable Gold, it happens that there is \nfound a bright Earth, but very blacke and gliftcring, \nwhich is not the befl however, for that which is very \n\nred, \n\n\n-8 A Treatifc of Alphonfo JC.of Portugal^ \n\nrcJ, is tiKC and ftablc, though it be mixc with all cotn- \npotitionsj and fo nriakes no iitgreflion ^ but his vertucs \narc very admirable. But with cquall weight thou muft \nunite it with its firftprincipallmatter, very pure, and \njoyne or mixc them together very carefully ^ if you \nwould have it be brought to live : and then, as I told \nyou before, let it come to the moderate heat as at the \nhrft, and in the like glaffe as I prcfcribed before, very \nclofe (Tiut : and as t^ou didft with the fire at the firft, \nlb muft xhou doe it nowj and in very (hort time thou \nfhalt fee it become blacke^ and of the other colours \nfpbken of before, untill it comes to bee red, and will \nprelently turne into a ftone. Tiiis have I feenc done \nm a fhort time ; and hce that knowes it not , let him \nkr ow that he walks blindfold. \n\n1 have told you the work in plaine words, and how \nI did it, and faw it wrought, fo I did it, and had the \nreward : and it is no fallacy , feeing that I am a wit- \nneffe to it, for which I prayfe and blcfle God , which \ngave me iiitficient of knowledge, fcience, riches, ho- \nnour, and ftate, which let me never forget. \n\nIf thou wouldft have a divifion of this into' loo. \nparts , and fo .ad infimtum^ it muft bee done before it \nhath firmentacion or hardneire,and then your workc \n.will be ccrtaine. Take an earthen veffell covered,and \nin It put your quickfilver, and when it begins to runne \nover, drop in your Elixir, othcrwife you cannot keep \nit for running over. Of Gold one part being purged \nby Aquafortis with foure of quicklilver wafht , and \nfoure of what is fpoken of before, joyned with great \nArt, with one of your Elixir , and put it apart in a \ncrooked gkflb or retort, and let it feele a fire of coals \n\nten \n\n\nconcerning the philofophrrs Stcne. p \n\nten dayes together^ until! they be all mixed together. \nAnd it you will make a further progreflion^ put into \nan earthen pot loo. graines of quick hlver, and put it \nover a flaming fire ^ and when the quickfilvcr begins \nto fmoake and flie away in fume ^ caft in one part of \nyour Elixir, and then cover ir. Then let it coole , and \nit (liall prove a very foveraignc medicine : loc.parts of \nquickfilvcr, according to the fineneffe of it, this lliall \nconvert into Gold. But if youdefireto make experi- \nence and fee the operation upon lead, you faajl there \nfind it as well : neither doth it ftay there, for its^ingref- \nfion retains thatfaculty to turne all mettais into Gold: \nto every thing ic is to be applied, and it converts eve- \nry thing into a Well compicdioned nature , lialfc a \ngraine of this taken into the mouth makes the party \nftrong \u2022 the weak and feeble, it makes fo lufty, that \nno man was ever more healthy, and time which is \npretious to all, brings thofe that take it, found to their \nGraves. \n\nThe ieji ofBejis invites from hi^fupreame dn^ellinapUce^ \nthe mofl unfortunate ofall^ joynin^^ together tivo extreameSy \nafter which mjloall fee him in hfSgreateft dignity and M.-t- \njefly^ ivhich now is mofl diflant from it : fay nothing till iJjou \nfeefl the wat^r produce th/tt which if afterward twined into \nfire 'j but if thou feefl that play , then hide not what elfe thou \nknowefl^ for it is worth full eight hundred yeeres ; for hein'f \ncome to that paffe^ then thoufljaU know the worth of it. then \nfhall he accomplifht the fata/ltimetofee my ire^ifure and my \nfelfe^ and my [elfe rnclofed or containe my fife :I fjali not Ic \nohfcured^ and thou fJjaU remaine with my gifl thatjnthi.S' \ndarknes thou fhalt fee fuch a light nkere a jvorld fhalliee re- \nprefented, c The \n\n\nto rhet. freitife of Alphcmfo K. of Portugaly \n\n\nThe fecond Treatise of Alphonfo King \u00a9/ Portugal^ \ncQHcermng the mkfefhers Stone. \n\nHe paft worke of the moft pure \n{lone 5 is fo infinice in multiply- \ning 5 that it is never weary to \ngive J and to give more , fuch a \nlikencfle hath it to its workman- \nfhip. But if you would know a- \nnother way to feperate the foure \nElementSjknow that this follow- \ning Treatifc underftood, will teach you to do it with \nmore brevity and fecurity. \n\nTwo ounces of gold well refined with one \u00a9f filver, \nvery fine and pure , melted in clay^ and this mixture \nbeing filed very fmall , and with purged Mercury \nground untill it be well incorporated one into another. \nThen put fuch a quantity of common fait fo well mix- \ned, as that the body may be well conglutinatcd. \n\nTake a glaffe bottle, fubtill^ to mix thefe, fo that \nno unclean thing may come to it (though never fo lit- \ntle) and then upn a fmall fire fo workc it, as that tho \nMercury may confume or vanifti in its own fume. \nThen you may prefumc the Gold will r emaine being it \nbody that will endure the fervency of the fire, \n\nWafh the matter of this mixture in pufc fountainc \nwater , fo that after many wafhings , the wat^^WM \nremainemany times clean, and rctaine itsfwectncile \n\no \n\n\nconcerning the philofofhers Stone,* 1 1 \n\noftaftc: then weigh the matter that remain?^ and if \nvou find it heavier than it was at firft, grind it againc \nwith Salt enough ^ and put it to the fire againe as be- \nfore. \n\nThus I tell youj you muft doe your workc, and in a \nvery foft fire : and when it conies to bee of its firft \nweighty that which then remaincs ^ will bee a matter \nfpungeous and fubtle, and fo well difpofed and prepa- \nred^ that you may ufc it in any Phyficke. \n\nAnd now you muft make a preparation with fub- \nlimed Mercury, Copperas, and Salt well wafht : for \nour Phyfick and reall conjun\u00a3tion gives it afterwards \nhis life, grinding it with Salt very fmall. Then in a \nglaffe Bottle which hath his receiver, put it to make \nhis diftillation. \n\nBut know that within the receiving glafle you muft \npHt water, and place the bottle in a ftrong furnace,and \nmake a fire of coales under it , and letting it feeth or \nboyle Ibftly, and it will turn quick, or living, and be \nmuchfubjed to corruption, and with this, workefe- \ncurely and be nat weary. \n\nNine of thefe with three of the firft compofition^ \njoyned and well mixed, and ground together : and all \nthefe and the other put into a round glaffe, that hath \na neck ol a fpan or palme long, and then ftop the \nmouth very clofc, for which purpofe the mouth muft \nnot be made wide but narrow. \n\nThus I tell you the glaffe muft be, and of a bigneffc \nto hold the quantity of three hegadcU^ and according to \nthe roundnelfe of it, (o have a place fitted to put it in \nthe fire, that thejce the matter may be well joyned ot \nmaflht together^ then will the tinfture be made. \n\nC 2- Forty \n\n\n1 1 The 5 .Tfyatife of Alphonfo K.of Portugal:, \n\nForty hegadaS:, then fbalt thou fee the Eaft adorned \nwith the beamcs of the funnc, when this worke fhall \nbe accomplillied according to defire , to change the \nprcfcnt glade into another, which ferves for the recei- \nver of a Stillj which being clofc luted with lutum fapi- \nentU^ en hot water, which it muft not touch. \n. The Fire muft no*t bee of any great heat but mode- \nrate, that it may worke its effcd, diftilling its water \nin a pcrfea manner, and then doe the fame worke o- \nveratraine ^ joinc the matter with great wifcdome, \nwith'this his diftilled Water, joine Mercury, of an e- \nquall weight with the firft matter. \n\nNote my words which I will tell thee , that now \nthou {halt come to putrifie it, and after forty dayes put \nit into the Still, keeping the fame order as before, for \nthe glaffe and the fire , take this diftilled water, and. \nin the place where it falls , put in an equall weight of \nthe firft matter as aforcfayd. \n\nDoe this worke as at the firft, for it muft be thrice \nreiterated from time to time, receiving the water that \nthe fire will give to the very laft. Think not the time \nlight, and though you paffe the forty dayes and more, \nyetftill keep: the water in a glaflfe bottle. \n\nChange It from the receiving iglaffe into another, \nand put it upon hot afhes , and theti thou fhalt have, \nor draw out a lighter element in weight, called Ayre, \nwhich you muft fubtily put into a bottle, and ftop the \nmouth of it very clofe with Hermes his feale , and its \nnecke alfo ^ be carefull that you let not forth the aire. \nPut in or to the glaflfe another receiver after , ( ha- \nving ftrongly luted it) and make fuch a fire as that by \nhisgre^t heat the pot may diftill j this Element keep \n\nwith \n\n\nconcerning the Fhilofophers Stone, i j \n\nwith carcfulncffe , for it is the Element of Firc^ and \nthen, thankes be to God, in this worke thou haftfepa- \nrated the foure Elements. \n\nAfter the divifion of this Chaos , thou muft now \nthinkeof joyning them together againe : for if thou \nmeaneft to joyne and make that .world which was \ndifunited, the only matter which is in the bottome of \nthe glaffe muft bee retayned or kept and foftned by \ngrinciing, and then thecompofition putintoa glaffe. \n\nLet this glaffe bee round bodied, and long neckt ; \n\"which glaffe or bottle you muft fortifie by luting, and \nfet it upon thecoales, that it may have the force of the \nfire, in fuch a mancr that it may rife ten degrees Ti- \ntans Wife of the beloved Bed ; and in this maner it \nwilbe converted into a hard fubftance. \n\nIn another like glaffe put this with a quarter of its \nweiglit of the referved water, and then flop the mouth \nof it well, and put it in a braffe furnace or veffell, and \nput it upon hot aflics, and keepe fuch a frre to itjas the \nmatter may become dry as it was before. \n\nThis being done, and the congealing and drying \nbeing paft, aslhavefaid, do the like again, with its \nfourth 0r quarter part of that Royall water. The in- \nfufion muft be reitterated, and the fourth rime ended \nof doing the fame work, know that thou haft fatisfied \nthe drougth, or drouth, or thirft that this fubftance \nhad after that water. \n\nHaft thou not feen the earth when it wants raine, \nhow barren it fhews > no fruit to be feen, but all looks \nlike a fallow ground , and every thing like to perifh. \nBut if the rain falls to refrelTi it , it makes it fruitfull \nfor generation, or increafe, and every feed that is fown \n\nC 3, in \n\n\n14 Thf 2.7y'eatife of Alphonfo R\\ ofFortugal^ \nin its proper time brings forth its trLU^ \n\nAnd continuing difpcrlech its watery power \ninto all plants and trees, and makes the iruit appeare \non every bough : even fo goes this matter preparing \u2022 \nthe Ayre which you kept in the bottle , you muft give \ndrink to five feverall times, the tenth part of its quan- \ntity at a time, fo that in all it muft. have halfe its own \nweight, and al wayes at every time be dryed up. \n\nThen on a Copper plate in a flaming fire try this \nmatter, ifit will confumein fmoake \u2022 for you muft \npreiume it to be of the nature of the Ganimedes to fiie \nup to Heaven, but if it flies not upwards, then it is not \nyet well done , but you muft give it more water , and \ntrye again whether or no it hath his true fpirit.^ \n\nCaufe it to drink a quarter part of its weight that \nfirftit wasof,which will be the tenth part of the Aire, \nand as you did it before, fo do it again : then prove it \nupon the Copper Plate , to trye if *it will evaporate \nand fmoake : then turne againe to what you did be- \nfore. \n\nThen put the matter in fublimation, and when you \nfhall fee it all rife up : that which rifeth not, but rc- \nmaineth in the bottome, give it drink again according \nas is afotcfayd ; prove it again upon the plate, and fo \ncontinually trye it till it rifeth ^ and then you fhall be \nfure that in the bottome will remain a black earth like \na dead body in the glaffe. \n\nAs the Ganimedes went up to Heaven, fo thou \nfhalt fee this matter exalted. It (hall be demanded \nfrom the God of the earth, by JoX/f, from whom it \nwas ftolen, it having been left with Demogorfjoa , and \n(hall be rcftored, and if thou fublimate it , oitentimes \n\ngrinding \n\n\nccnceming th^ \"Phi/ofophers Stone. 1 5 \n\ngrinding it untill it come at laft to be firme, it will all \nremain m the boccome of the glafle. \n\nTo this matter there wants ingreffion, becaufc there \nwants the fourth Element , therefore make this ope- \nration in a fire neither great nor little, but when thou \nputteft it in its inflammation take the pot, and be furc \nthat not one drop or tittle of any foule thing comes to \nit before thou fccft infufion. \n\nIf then thou feeft it become like wax that it will \nrope, then thou haft a vaft great Treafure, that \nthyeftate fhall be advanced to more than the riches \noi Midas. 1 00. parts of Mercury put on the fire, and \nwhen it begins to fumeaway, then temper it with one \nof this matter , and prcfumc thou haft brought it to \nthcperfed medicine. \n\nAnd if another time thou doft the fame worke,one \npart of this applycd to 100 will turn likcwife to the \nfccond medicine, and ont part of this is a great reward, \nbeing applied to loo parts of Mercury hot , or any o- \nthcr mcttal being mclted,making it becom Gold moft \nhigh and fublime : For which the Lord be praifcd. \n\n\nFINIS. \n\n\n17 \n\n\nTheBookeof John Sawtre a Monke^c^neermngthc \nPhilofophers Scone^ \n\nXL things confifting of Naturall \nbodies , afwell perfea as unper- \nfcd, in the beginning of Creati- \non were compounded and made \nof foure natures, andthofefoure \nnatures bee the foure Elements, \nviz. Fire, Aire, Water^and Eartl^ \nthe which God omnipotent did \ncongelate, mingle, and married together in his mafic \nof Poyfe : for in thefe foure Elements is the Privity \nhid of Philofophcrs ; and when their namresbecom- \nmingand reduced together into one, then they bee \nmade another thing : whereupon it appeareth that all \nthings univerfall and variable bee of the foure Ele- \nments , ingendred naturally and changed together : \nwhereupon Rafis fayth , Simple generation and natu- \nrall permutation is the operation of the Elcments,but \nit is neceffary that Elements be of one kindc and not \ndivers : for othcrwife they have not adionand paffion \ntogether : for as ^r/^or/^ fayth, There is no true ge- \nneration, but of fuch as be convenient and agreeing a- \nmongft themfelves. Therefore doe not fearch that \nthing of nature, that is not. of nature, or things not ac- \ncording to their lature y for the Elder tree doeth not \nbring forth Peares, nor the Thorne tree Pomegranats, \n^ D for \n\n\ni8 The Bo6ke of John Savvtre ^ Monh^ \n\nfor wc doe never gather grapes of Thorncs, or figgcs \nof Thiftles; for they offer'no things but fuchas are like \nthcmfelves ^ nor doe they bring forth other fruit then \ntheir owne. Therefore it is neceffary that our medi- \ndne bee taken chiefly of fuch things as it confilVeth \nin ^ but there bee .many men bulyiiig themfclvcs and \nmedling greatly and diverfly therein, that ndw a daies- \ngoe about to get the fame medicine of dry ftoncsjaiid \ndivers kinds of falts , as of S4 alkali j sM.gem. vn.iolj \nSAl-arntoniack^SindizWomt^ cicory, tutty, attramentum, \nfaffron, burnt brade, vitriol! Romane, verdegris, ful- \nphur, auripigmentum^arfnick, and fuch other untruit- \nfull matters, whereas neither falts nor alloms^doe goc \ninto, or be compounded in our worke \u2022 but the Piiilo- \nfophers named it falts and allomes in fteadof the Ele- \nments as rheophrafifisisLith. Butifthoudcfire to make \nthe Elixir wilely and perfeftly , then learne to know \nthe Minerall Roots, and make of them thy worke : \nfor as Geter fayth , thou fhalt not findc the terme or \nend of the thing in the vcines of the earth ^ for fulphur \nand mercury which be the roots minerall , andnatu- \nrall principles, that Nature doth make the foundati- \non of her operations once , as in the mineralls and \nchambers of the Earth, be water, vifcous, and a ftin- \nking fpirit running by the Tcines and bowells of the \nEarth, and of them doth fpring a fume, which is the \nmother of allmettalls, joyned by a moid temperate \nheat,aicending and verbera ting againc upon his upper \nEarth, untill that by tem.pcrate d'ecodlion in the term \nof looo. years is made a ccrcainc naturall fixation, as \nmore plainly it doth #ppeare , andfo is made mettall^ \nas appeareth in the bookes o^Geber : Evenfo of Sol, \n\n(which \n\n\n(tncerning th< Thilofophfri Stone. 19 \n\nf which is our Sulphiir reduced into Nlercury,by Mcr- \nSiv IS made abater, thicke, an^l mixed^AVuh Ins \n\nor?fir Ea&,by' temperate dccoaton, and from it ri- \nFeXfnSSeveinsof this proper Earth,^\u00ab. of \n\nhimfelfc, which afterward is changed into a water, \nmoftfubtle, which is called Jinima, S'^muit, &Tm- \n3^ ,chat5,Se Soule,the Spirit, andTindure: and \nwhen the fame water isreduccd upon the Earth from \nwSce it came, and fprinkled upon his owjie vanes, \nkcommcthintoa certaine fixation, and ismadcthe \nFuScompleat : and fo Art doth worke inaihort \nS the whof man, more then Nature doth work \nin Tooo. yeares. But yet wee doe not make metta 1, \nbut Nature doth make it : we doe not change mettals, \nbut Nature doth change themvbut we be Natures hel- \npe s or Miniftcrs. wWupon Me^mTuriaPh^ \nUarumM^K That although our ^tone being perfc- \nftWeatcd in the Earth, doth naturally contayne m \nhSc tinaure,yet by himfelfe, he hath no motion \no movKo be Elixir, unkflb thereto hee bee moved \nhv Art Therefore let us choofc the namrall and next \nSineralMccording to the words of ^nM..for Na- \nTe hath procreatelaUmeulique bodies of a fume \ns.,1nhur and Mercury : wherein thou {halt findcno \nIhSofopSr LgreVing 5 therfore it behoveth thee \nTo know tSc principles of'this Art. and the princ.pall \nRoSereof s for hee that doth not know the ri^h \nbSnnUl-haU neverfinde the right end thereof : Tor \nSS in the beginning of bis Booke Hce^that \nknowcth nor our besinningfn himfelte, is t arrc from \nSttaynTng or ulderftanding of this Science : for \n\u00a3c S n!t the true Root orgrgind wherc^n^e \n\n\nto The Booke tf John Sawtrc d Monk, \n\nfhould rayfe this Art, or Sci^cc, or W orke : alfo in \nanother place he fayth 5 It behoveth that our Art be \nfound out by a naturall wit, and a fubtile foule, fear- \nching forth the naturall principles and true foundati- \non?. But although that a man may know his princi- \nples, yet neverthelclfe he cannot in this follow Nature \nin al things, as Gel?er teRifieth. Sonne, of this Art of \nAlchymy, we doe open to thee a great fecrct ^ Many \nArtincert in this Art doe greatly errc, which do think \nto toUow Nature in all properties and differences. \n\u25a0. Therefore thefe things thus (hortlypaffed over, as \nis aforcfayd, let us come to that part of the worke ar- \ntificial! J many men doc write of the Stone, named the \nPhilofophcrs Stone, but how, or of what it is made, \nno Philofopher did plainly and openly name , for in \nthefe points divers men taught divers things : whereas \nthe truth doth confift in one thing onely ; but without \ndoubt and without all errour, we fay that this Stone \n(which is the root of our Art and privity , or hidden \nfecret of God : and whereof many wife men did treat, \nwho did of it make, and did knit many knots, and fo \ndeceived many men in making them thereby fooles) \nis none other thine but man and woman^ Sol & hum, \nhot and cold. Sulphur and Mercury : and heere fticke \ndowr e your fbke , flaying only and leaving: to fcarch \nfurther for any other ftone, or foolifhly to confumc \nthy money, and to bring to thy foule heavy though ts^ \n\u00a9r fadneffe : for what thdu foweft thou fhalt reape. \nAnd forafmuch as this Stone is divided into two parts, \nwe will fpeake a little of thefirft part Sol 5 and note, \nthat without k, our worke cannot be done, as I well \n.proveby authority of learned Philofophcrs. For Ari- \n' fiotle \n\n\nconcerning the Thilofopheri St$ne. 2 1 \n\n^otle fayth ^of all things in this world, 5^/ is moft \u2022 and \nIt is thefirment of white and red^ without which it is' \nnot done. Alfo 7ifyw^5 fayth. There is no true tinfture' \nbut of our Braffe, that fs to fay sd : for all Sol is brafs, \nbut all braflcis not 5o/;foall Sol is Sulphur, but con- \ntrary, for in it is nothing of the corruption of Sulphur, \nbut when it is made wfiite in the worke, then it wor- \nketh the operation of white Sulphur, congealing and \nconverting Mercury into Sol, of the colour named O \n^//\u00a9^inLatine, therefore u(e alwayes the nobler \nmember, thatisto jfay Sol 5 for it is the kinde of \nkipdes 5 and forme 6f formes ; fcjr'' it is thefirft and \nlaft inmettals, and it isamongft them in their natures, \nas the Sun isamongft the Stars-, but it dothconcerne \nthee to underftand well how to choofe in what noble \nmember waterUm vel rem homgeniarn amhorum rhiindi \niMmintim : that is a thing df that kiridte which isaWn- \ndred to both the lights in the world, that is to fay Sol: \nfor Sol is hom'ogeneam ^ and the (pirit hid and covered \nin that iioble member, without which the work is not \ndpne. Vy^ercfore Rafis fayth. Doe not colourit iintill \nhis hid fpirit be drawne out, and made all fpirituall ; \nand therefore worke thou nothing but that which is \nvery light, and of the moft pure 50/5 which doth illu- \nminate and lighten all lights, and cafteth away all \ndarkneflfe of the night by his^povvcr, viz. the fuperflu- \nity of Mercury and other imperfeft bodies, when that \nit is caftupon them; wherefore G^^^r faith in the \nChapter of the Quintcffence and Projedion of the \nStoiie ; thisSulpher, lightning and eafting forth his \nbeames, and (hinrng abfbad of his moft cleare fub- \nftance, doth irradiate and giveth light not only intfee \n\nD 3 day \n\n\n\u20222 2 The Piooke ^/ J ohn S tv/ttca Mo?ike^ \n\nday, butalfo Ib the darkneffe whcrnpon Pandulfhmin \nturhii philofoi^wrf^iyi^h^n-iy Brethren know yc that there \nis no body more precious or purer thsin Sol : for as the \nRubie hath m it felfe tlie effed of all precious ftones, \nfo Sol hath in it felfe the vcrtue of all uoncs and Met- \ntals du^tibl^ y for it containeth in it fclfc all mettals, \nand cgjoure^h and quickeneth them , when he is \nmoil noble of them and of allbodies, and the head and \nthe beft of them ; and confider this one poynt more, \nthat Sol is equall in the qualities and parts of it , and \nit is of a complcac nature ot the fourc Elements, with- \nout, any exccffe ordcfc^ftj.for by nature it hath part of \nhcac, and part of coldneflb; part of dryneUe, and \np^rt of humidity i for it is not corrupted ^ nor corrupt \ntible, by the Ayre, nor by ^he Water, nor by the infc- \ni^ion of the Earth , or by the force or violence of the \nFire.j yet it moyikcnetH, redifieth, and adorncth it, \nbeqaufc his coniplexion is, temperate, and his nature \ndirG(ft)and equall : therefore that Stone is befl of all \nftoncs, that is moft concpftand neareft , or moft akin \nto the fire. \n\nThe fccond part of our Stone is called Mercury, the \nwhich is himfelfe, and of the Philofophers is called a \nStone 5 and yet is no Stone : Whereupon a certainc \nwife man, whereas he fpeaketh of it^ faith , this is a \nStone, and yet no Stone, without which, nature doth \nnever worke any thing, which both doth, and drink- \ncch up the worke, and'^of it doth appeare every colour, \nwhole name is Mercury or Argent vive. Whereupon \nRac\u00ab faith of it, a worke may be created fo , that the \nfame worke may overcome all Natures j it is friend- \nly to all Mcttlcsjand thcmeanc to joync tin6hires,for \n\nin \n\n\n\u20acomrHmg the \"Thilof&phers Stene^ ^5 \n\nin it felfe it teccivcth that which is of its nature, and \ndoth vomit forth agalne that which is ftrangc, or enc- \nmy to its natiirc, f o^ it is-an antfortne fubftance in all \nhis part. Th^-M^e-tlii^ Stone is naiHed of the Philo- \nfophers Mim^raUi%gto1>kYaHd Animallj andalfoar- \ntinciaHjit iscalkJ-Mineral),btcaufcit is mgendredin \nthe Mine, and is nfiother ot ail Mettks, or elfe it is cal- \nled mineral! 5 becaofe that vvht-n there is projcdion \nmade upon it, it is t-irncd intoMettfo^^and it is called \nVegitablc, for of the Juice of thre-e Hearbs mixed toge- \nther in equall proportions , that they ftand in a moift \nfire forty dayes, there will be growne forth thereof a \nStone of the fame colour and vejtue of th^ mineral!, \nfor the Hearbs be Mercury, PUr>eelane, called Portuldca \n^armay which yecldeth Milke, and Celendine, it is \nalfo called animall or vitall, becaufe of himfelfe, with- \nout any other thing put into it, his Elements beingfe- \nperatednd'nitoiogetheit4n equall' weight, and thcji \nfct in a'ftrdngglalfeHVithahttleholetotakeayreat \nintheaforefayd hre, wifhin three moncths there will \nengender horrible Wormes , whereof every one will \nflay one another, untill that one onely will rcmaine, \nwhich if the Maftei: feed 'Wifely, it will grow and waoc \nto the bi|neffe of a Toad, whofe forme is terrible, and \nthis Bcaft isbyhihi felfe Elixir upon Saturne and Ju- \npiter^ or it is called animall, becaufe it is made of a \nthing that hath life, that is to fay man: For in old \nHedges' it is-found of the putrifaftion of mans dunr3 \nand ordinately heated wift a fubtife Vcffcll of Glaffe, \nand therefore the Philofophers fayd our Stor^ is \nfound in every man, and that of the vi'left thing, and of \na moft vile price :' Wherefore p^V^^^or.^^ faith ^ this \n\nStone \n\n\n24 The Bdoke of John Sawcre a Mpnlt-Cy \n\nStone is animalljbecaiife it is ap* to bring forth Child- \nren ; alfo he faith it is caft in Dunghils, and therefore \nit is vile and nejededin the eyes ot the ignorant man. \nAlfo in the BOok^ whiich is called Speculum AlchymUy \nit is fayd, this Stone is caft away in the ftreet , and i^ \nfound in dunghill^ thq which cQptaineth in it feife^U \nthefoure Elements , and ruleth them : and this Stone \nis artificiallj for by mans wit^ it is knit together ^ for \nccrtaine men make {ylerciaryoif Lead in this maner : \nthey melt Saturncfixojf feven times ^ and every time \nthey draw it with. Sal armoniacke diffolved-^ after- \nwards they take ot that Saturne three pounds, and of \n,Vitriol one pound, aodl^f Borax halfe a pound , and \nthen they do.minglealtpge.ther, and put it underneath \nthe Philofophers fire , by forty naturali dayes> and \nthen it is made Mercury, ^nd there is no difference be- \ntwceneit and naturali Mercury , but that it doth not \ngoe into our wprjiC, as naturali Mercury doth. \n\nKnow thou the clean froqi the;unclcan,for nothing \ngivcth that which it hath not j br the clean is of one \ndfcnce voyd ot alterations : the unclean thing is divers, \nand of contrary parts, and of a light or eafie corrupti- \non, therefore put in thy workc no ftrange thing, nor \nlet any thing goe into our Stone ( cyic^pt fuch as is \nfprung from it ) neyther in part nor yet in the whole 5 \nfor if any ftrange thing be put into it, it will by and by \ncorrupt, nor will that be made thereof which is expc- \nAed. Therefore purge the yellow body by theadufti- \nonof the fire, and then thou fhalt findc it purged ^ and \nafter that thou haft it well purged,beat it moft ftrong- \niy, and utterly, and make it into thin plates, and after \nbeat thcrainto leaves, the thiimeft that cao bee poffi- \n^^ ble, \n\n\nconcerning thi philofo^hers Stone^ 25 \n\nble, as Gold-beaters doc, and then fo keep them t but \nthe white liquor hath more fupcrfluities, which muft \nof neceflity be removed^ for they bee faiculenxifZ of the \nEarth, which is the impediment of melting , and hu- \nmidity fugitive 5 which is the impediment of fixa- \ntion. \n\nThe earthineile feculentinc is taken away thus; put \nic into a nuortar of marble or wood, and adde to it as \nmuch common cleane dry fait, and a little vineger, \nand ftirre them ftrongly about, and rub it very ftrong- \nly with a peftle of wood wifely, that there doe appear \nnothing of the liquor, and that all the fait be all black, \nthen wafhall the matter with cleane hot vvater,untill \nthe fait bee refolved into water , and then powre the \nfame foule water away, and then put it to the liquor \nof fait and vineger, as thou didft before j and doe this \noftentimes \\ untiil the liquor bee made as cleane and \nfhining as glafle, or of the colour of Heaven. And laft. \nof all put ic into a thickelinnen cloth, twice or thrice \ndoubled, and then ftrainc it forth twice or thrice into \na thi.kc veflell of glafle, untiil it bee dry; the propor- \ntion of the parts is fuch , for there bee twenty foure \nhoures in a naturall day, to which adde one, and then \nthere be twenty five, this is wifedome : for 6^f ^er faith \nin his fourth Booke, and fixth Chapter, Study in thy \nworke to overcome. the quickfilvrr in thy commixti- \non. Alfo >Rj.75 fayth, Bodies be of a great perRftion ; \nwherefore more quickfilver is neceflary : and he faith, \nthat vvife men hide nothing but the weight and quan- \ntities, and this we may know becaufe none doe agree \nwith other in weight, Ihercfore there is a great er- \nror ; for although'the medicine be well prcparare and \n\nE well \n\n\na 6 ^he BoBke of John Sawtre a Monke^ \n\nwell mingled together, unleffe that there bceqilianti- \nties^ thou haft dellroyed all, as to the verity and finall \ncomplement, and that (lialt thou fee in the triall , for \nwhen that the body tranfmuted, bee put into cincrari- \non, there it will be conlumed late or ibone, according \nas little or much it is changed into cquahty of the \nproportions by right, according to rcafon it will ne- \nver be corrupted : therefore no man canpaffe through \nit , unleffe that hee bee a wife man , th^t doeth all \nthings according toreafon,and trucfubtilety, and na- \ntural wit. \n\nEuclides being a wife man , counfclled us that we \nftiould worke but in Sol and Mercury, which joy\u00bbed \nrogecher doth make the Philofophers Stone 5 where- \nupon Rafis faith , white and red do proceed of one \nRoote, no body of any other kinde comming between \nor meddling of the kind of Sol \u2022 yet it being matter \nand forme abfcnt , all the effect is deprived, quoniam \nex TKAterta df forma fit gtneratio vera.:^ that is to fay, \nvery true generation is made of forme and matter, \ntherefore it behooveth thee to know , that no Stone, \nor precious ftonc , nor any other thing befides this \nStone is convenient, nor yet doth agree to this worke ; \nbut thou hadft need to labor about thefolution of the \nyellow body , reducing it to his firft matter : where- \nfore Rafn faith,we truly do diffolvc Gold, that it may \nbe reduced into his firjft natur-e, that is to fay, Mercu- \nry : and when that they be brufed afunder, then they \nha^e in themfelves tin(Surc abiding : wherefore Kaf^s \nin the flowers of SocYAUs^dX\\h ^ make the marriage, \nbetween the Red husband and the White wife , and \nthou (halt have the maftery. Alfo ^fr/^v^ faith ia his \nBooke: C^n- \n\n\ncbncefning the ^hilbfophers Stene, % 7- \n\nCandida fi rabe9 mulierjic mixta mart to \nMi)X ampleBuntur comfkBaj^ concipiuntur \n*TeY [e jolvu/iturj per [e quoj^ conficiumur^ \nEtduo quif'ueranty unum (^uafixorporefiunt. \nAnd truly our difiblution is no other thing ^ bur \nthat the body be turned againe into nioiftnciTc , and \nhis quickfilver into his osvne nature be removed a- \ngaine. Therefore unleflo our braflc be broken and \ncrufhed afunder 3 and ruled by himfclfe untill it be \ndrawn from his thicknes^ and that it be turned into a \nthinTpirit , this labour is in vaine; whereupon it is \nfayd in the Booke called Speculum Alchymi Philofophorum faith , he that hath \nwifely brought forth the venome out of Sol and his \nfhaddow, without which no colouring venome is \ningcndred,and he that gocth about by any manner of \n\\vayes to make colouring venome without this , he \nlofeth his labour ^ and enjoyeth nothing but for- \nrow for all his hopes. \n\nThe VeffcU ot our Stone is one wherein all the \nxnaftery is fulfilled, and it is a Cucurbit or Gourd \nwith a Limbeck round above and beneath , plaine, \nwithout any fcapolis, not too high, whofc bottomc be \nround after thcfailiion ofanEgge , or of an urinal), \nwith plaine fides , that it being made thin it may af- \ncend and defcend moft freely and eafilyj and let the \nVeffeil be of fuch quantity, that the fourth part there- \nof may containe all the matter : and note that it is not \nof any other mettle but Glaife, ckane, which is a bo- \ndy \n\n\nconcerning the ThiUfophers Stone, zp \n\ndy full of light and fhining every thing through it^and \nlacking poorcs, iTiewing alfo the colours in tlie worke \nappearing, whereby the ff)iritspafling may fuccclTive- \nly yanifh away; it muft alibbe made right convenitnt \nand meet, wifely , that nothing may enter in by it ; \nwhereupon L\u00bbc^ faith, let the Veflell be fliut ftro'ngly \nwith Lutum fapienti^ , that nothing may pafTe forth, \nnor enter into it , for if his dew fhould palfe forth, or \nfome other ftrange humour fhould enter in , all the \nworke fhould thereby lofe his effcft : and although it \nis fayd by the Philofophcrs very often , put it into his \nVeffell and iTiut it ftrongly , yet fufficeth but once to \nput it in and {hut it, and in that thou haft fulfilled all \nthe maftery for that, that is morejis doncofcvill: \nWhereupon Rafis faith , kcepe it continually, wifely, \nfhut and fet it about with dew, ever taking heed that \nthis dew doe not paffe forth into a Fume : alfo in Spe- \nculum Alchy mi ce^\\ii% fayd,the Philofophers Stone muft \nremaineclofeiliut inhisVcflelluntill it hath drunke \nup his humidity ^ and that it be nourished perfedly \nwith the heate of the fire, till it be made white : Alfo \nit is fayd in the Booke called Beneloquiuwy even as there \nbe in a oaturall Eg|e three things {viz.) the Shell, the \nWhite , the Yolke ; even fo there be in the Philofo- \nphers Stone three things; f'u/^i.J the Veflell,theGla(fe, \nfor the Egge fhell , the white liquor for the White of \nthe Egge, and the yellow body for the Yolke of the \nEgge J aad there becomes a Bird of the yellow and \nwhite of the Egge, by a little heate of the Mother, the \nEgge-fhell ftiU remaining whole untill the Chicken \ndoc come forth ^ even fo by every manner of wife in \nthe Philofophers Stone , is made of the yellow body, \n\nE 3 ' and \n\n\nJO 7he Booke of John isLWttQ a Modr^ \n\nand white Liquor by mediation of a temperate heat of \nthe mother the earthly fubftance Hrrmes bird , the \ntcffell ft ill remaining whole, and never opened untill \nhis full perfedion 5 keep therefore the veflell diligent- \nly ^nd wifely clofed with LutumfapieKtiee Thitofopho- \nrurr?^ that the ipirit do not pafle forth. Alfo RajiS faith, \nkeep the veffels with his tiolh and clofures, that thou \nmayeft be able and ftrong in the keeping of his fpint : \nalfo in another place, fhut thy vcflUl diligently I and \ndoe not in any fort make haft , nor ceafc from thy \nworke ^ alfo take heed that the humiditic do not pal's \nout of the vcffell, and thy worke thereby perifii ; for \nSocrates faith, bruife them in moft ftrong vinegerj and \nfeeth it vntill that it be thick , and take heed that thy \nvineger do not turne into a fume and perifli or vanifh. \n\nof the Fires. \n\nTHe Philofophers in their Books have chiefly put \ntwo fires , a dry, and amoyft^ for the dry fire, \nthey call it the common fire, of any manner of thing \ncombnftible that will burnc : but the moift fire they \ncall the hot, venter Equinm-, which may beEngliflied, \nthe Horfe belly ^ but rather it isHorle dung, wherein \nremainir^moyftnefsjthcre doth remainc hcat,and the \nmoyftnefle once confumed, it ceafeth to be hot , and \nthis heat doth remain but in a little quantity , or but \nfive or fix dayes , but this heat may be kept a longer \ncime^by fprinkling him with urine and fait oftentimes^ \nfor of this fire ?ithagor^%s faith , the fire of the belly of \na Horfe hath property not to deftroy Oyle , but to \naugment it, by ceafoa of his humidity, whereas other \n\nfires \n\n\nfomerning the Phihfophers Stcne, ? i \n\nfires doc deftroy it for their heat, Alfo Seniw faith, \ndig up a grave and lay the Wife with her husband in \nthe paunch or belly of a Horfe , or rather inHorfe \ndungj ufitill they be freely with their good wills mar- \nried and conjoyned together. AKo ^Iphidanus fsiith:, \nhide thy medicine in a moyfthorfe dung, which is the \nwife mans fire, for the fire of this dung is hot and \nmoyft, and obfcure, having within it hum Sity , and a \nholy light, and therefore there is none like to this in \nall the world, but only the natiu-all fire of a hot mans \nbody 5 that is in health, and this is the fecret caufe of \nthettrifeofthe Sea, and not fully combuft bloudof \nman , and the bloud of the red wine is curfire^ the \nKegimcnt of our fires isfuch, that the medicine to \nwhite muft beput into the moyft fire , untill the full \ncompliment of whitcneffe, and that the heat muft \nbe lent and continuall from the beginning , untill the \ncolour of whitcneffe appearing in the veffcll , for the \nlent fire is the confervation of humidity ^ whereupon \nPandolphw faith. Brethren, know that the body is dif- \nfolved with the fpirit whereunto it is mixed,by a moft \nlent decoaion,andfo the body is thereby made fpiri- \ntu^l with the fpirit : Alfo Aftdvu)(akh,' the lent fire \ndoth fend forth the fpints of life, the exceffive fire \ndoth not make equall the Elements , but rather it \nwaftcch tbc humidity and deflroyech all things: \ntherefore Rafis faith in his high worke, take heed in \nthy fublimation and liquefaaion , left chat when you \nfet your fire on fire , tbc water alfo do afcend to the \ntop ofthe veflfell, for if it be fo , then it being cold it \nWill ftick there, and fo thou canft not make thy Sul- \nphur, nor open thy Elements , becaufe it is ncceffary \n\ntha: \n\n\n3 2 The Booke tf John Sawtrc a Monk^ \n\nthat every one of them in their fphericall, or fpirituail \nmotion be very often thruft dovvnc and lift up/or on- \nly the temperate fire is infpicive and perfeflive of mic- \ntion: Therefore ^o/-^//;/:;;/? faith J a lent fire which is \ncalled a clearc fire, is the greattft caufe of true opera- \ntion in the Elements. Alio Rafis faith , it is our light \nfirCj as m an Egge that is nourifhcd, imtill the body be \nderived, and the tindure drawne forth, for by light \ndccOvilion the fire congealcth the water , and draweth \nforth the humidity of the corruptive part, and the corn- \nbuftion ofdrineflcis prevented, . Alfo all the benefit \nof this worke is in the tcmperacenefTe of the fire ; \ntherefore alvvayes take heed of a greater fire, that \nthou come not before thy time to (blution , for that \nbringeth to defperation : wherforc Rafis faith , take \nheed of the intention of the fire , for if it be fet on fire \nbefore the time, then it is made Red before the due \ntime, which doth not profit , and that he may fhew \nthee the time of decOiSbion, He. faith, the folution of \nthe body, and the congelation of the fpirit muft needs \nbe made with light decoSion of the fire ^ and with \nmoyft putrifaftion in forty daies. Alfo heare Hortula/ins \nfayingjknow ye that in mingling them together, it bc- \nhooveth you to mingle the crude, quick, finccre, and \nright Elements together upon a loft fire , and to take \nheed of the intention of the fire , untill the Elements \nbe joyncd together. Bonellui iaith alfo, by a temperate \nheat the body is made fweet and convenient. \n\nBe of a coni\\ant minde in thy work, and do not la- \nbour in or upon divers matters or things, proving \nfometimes this matter , and fometimcs another ^ tor \nixi the multitudeor divcrfity of things thy Art confiils \n\nnor,. \n\n\nconcermng the philofophers Stone, 33 \n\nnot, nor is finiihcd^ for there is but one fubjed.or me- \ndicine, one veflcll, one regiment , and one difpofition \nthereof, for all the mattery doth begin in one man- \nner of faihion, and endcth in one manner of mantion; \nyet the Philofophers did put many works and crafts \nthereof for the honour and hiding, and prolonging of \nthis Art : as to fceth, to mingle together, toroft, \ntofublime, to grind, to break, orbeat affunder, to \ncongeale, to adiquate, or make even in quality, to pu- \ntrific, to make white, to make red ; of which things \nyet there is but one Regiment, which is but to decodt \nonely. Therefore cruili it a{lundcr,and feeth ilill that \nthou be not weary : alfo R.ifis faith, feeth without in- \ntermiffion. Do not haft or ceafe at any time from thy- \nworke, nor go about to pra\u00a3i:ife or ufe the fophifticall \nbounds of thy works , but onely intend to the com- \npliment of this workc : alfo Rafis faith, it is moft furc \nfor ihee to apply thy workc diligently , nor do thou \nleave off thy worke, being as it were a tree cut downe \nfrom the bowes , be thou therefore ftedfaft , and of a \nlongcontinuallminde and will in the Regiment. Shut \nmoil clofe thy veffell, and ceafe at no tmie, for there \nis no generation of things but by a continuall motion, \nexcluiion of ayre , and heat temperate. Study and \nmarke alfo, when that you are in your worke, all the \nfignes that fhall appeare in every decoftion , and re- \nmember them, for they be neceffary for the workman, \nto the compliment and fulfilling oi this workc,for it is \nnecejTary to continue the worke, and moderate the \nfire J therefore all thefe things dlfpofed asaforefaid, \nput the veffell with the medicine in the moyft fire fo, \nthat halfe the velleil be in the fire and the other halfe \n\nF without. \n\n\nj4 Sf^fc^ Bo&ke of John S awt re a Monhy \n\nwithour, to this went, tb^t every xia^y it may be loo- \nked upon 5 and within forty daycs the ovcrparc ^ of \noutfidc ot the mcdianCjfhalla} pcarb\"a:k like Tarr, \nand that is a figne, that the yellow body is truly turhcd \ninto Mercury : therefore ^d/^fftf< faith, where thatyoii \ndo fee blacknefs appeare to that water, know ye that \nnow the body is liquefied : aod that truly is the fame \nthat Rafis faith , the difpofition of our Stone is one, \nthat it be put in his veffell , and that it be throughly \nfodden , umill all do rile and af^end dilTolved. Alfo \nin another place, continue upon him a temperate lear, \nuntill that it be diffolved into water impalpable , and \nthat all the tindure do go forth into blacknefs, which \nis a figne of folution. \n\nAlfo Lucjs fayth , When thou feeft blackncs inure \n\nto that water in all things, then know that the body is \n\nliquefied ^ for the Philolbphers doe call this blacknes \n\nthe firft mariage , for that the man is joyned to the \n\nwojnan, and it is a figneof a pcrfe\u00a3t medicine and \n\nmixtion, but all the tin^ure is not drawnc forth all at \n\nonce, but it gocth forth by little ai d little every day \n\nuntill that in a long time it be compleat and finillied ; \n\nand that, that is dilfolved doth ever goe up to the top- \n\nward,aJthough that which is remayning beneath bee \n\nthe more: whereupon Avicen fayth, that which is \n\nfpirituall doth afcend up into the Veffell, and that \n\nwhich is thicke and grofle , rcmayneth in the Veffell \n\nbeneath : but this blacknes is named by the Philofo- \n\nphers with many and fundry names -, as the fire, the \n\nfoule, the clouds, the erowes head, oy]e,tinaurc,red- \n\nneffe,or ihadow, Sol, braffe, blacklead, black water, \n\niiilphur , and by many other names : and that the \n\nblacknes \n\n\nconcerning the ^hikfofhers Stone. j j \n\nblacknes doth conjoyne together the fpirit to the bo-^ \ndy: wherefore ^oJm\u00abj faycH, by the continuance of \nthe fire in the Regiment to the number of forty dayes, \nboth fhallbe made a water pcrmaiicnt, the blacknefle \nbeing covered ^ which fayd blacknefll^, it ic beegover- \nned as it ought to be^ it doth not ftay away above for- \nty dayes of the colour of blackncrti\\ Alio Py hugorai \nfaythjas lon^ as the ocfcurc blacknefle doth appcarc, \nthe woman doth rule, which is the fir 11 ftrcngth of our \nftonc ^ for unlefTe that it be blacky it cannot be white \nnor red. Ah'b A'S'cen in the Chapter of Humors faith, \nheat ic moiftneffe doth firft make bla.knelfe, and his \nmoiftnefic enduretii untill the fuperHuity thereof bee \nremovedjard then it becommcth white. Alfo in pur \nworks, firft they be made black e, fecondly vvhite, and \nthirdly by a greater intention andcompofitionof fire, \nit behovcth to be made yellow: whereupon iris writ- \nten in the Booke called Mulufarj , in the fixth Chap- \nter in the firft detedion, which is called putrifadion \nivhen our Stone is made black , that is^to fay black \nearthy by the drawing forth of his moifthefle, wherein \nthe whitcnefle is hid , and when the fame whiteneflc \nis revcrfed upon his blacknefle , andis fixed with his \ncanh by eafie tofting , then is made the white ^ in \nwhich whif enefle the rednefle is hid \u25a0} ^nd when it i$ \nwell fodden , by augrAerttation of the fire the fame \nearth is thenturned into rednefle, as after it fhali be \ntaught. \n\nNowagainelet usreturnetoourblack Ston0, be- \ning ftrongly clo(pd in his Veflell, let- it ftand therefore \n\"continually in the raoiftfire untill that the whitc^ co- \nlour doe appearelike unto the manner of moft white \n\nF ^ Salt, \n\n\n3 6 The Booke of John S a wtre a Monke^ \n\nSaltj and this colour according to the Philofophers, is \ncalled Sal Armoniack^ >vithouc which nothing can be \nmade^oris profitable in our work: And lb the intcnfivc \nwhitencsappcaringjthcpcrfcd): mariage & copulation \nindiffoluble of the Stone is madcrchen is that oi Hermes \nfully fulfilled, faying. That which is above, is as that \nwhich is beneath is. That which is above is to obtainc \nMiracles of one thing : But VithagorM faith^ when that \nyou do fee whitencs comming above, then be you furc \nthat redncffe is hid in that whitenefle ;but before that \nthe white doe appeare^ many colours fhall appeare. \n\nTherefore Diademes faith,fe\u20acth the man and vapour \ntogether, untill that both of them be congelate into \ndryneffc^ for unleffe that itbemadc dry, divers co- \nlours will not appeare , for it is ever black, as leng as \nmoyftncffe doth rule, and then it fendeth forth divers \ncolours \u2022 for in divers manners 5 and at divers times, \nit will be moved from colour to colour , untill it come \nto a firme whitene0e : Alfo Zenon faith, all kinde of \ncolours will flppearein it untill the black humidity \nbe dryed up; but of fuch colours take you no great \ncare for they be no true colours^ for it fhall very often \ntimes be citrine, and very often times redneffe will ap- \npease, and often times it will be dry , and alfo liquid \n.. before whitenefle , but the Spirit will never be fixed \nwith the body, but with white colour, ^fiavui fayth, \nbetwecne the blackneffc and the white , there fhall \nappeare all colours, even as many as can be named or \ntnought of : from diverfity of which colours, divers \nmen gave it divers names, and almoft innumerable \nnames : forfomedid it on purpofc to* onceale and ob- \njure the Art, and iome did it of envie : but in the \n\nCliaptcr \n\n\nconurning the Thilofophers Stone. \u2022 3 7 \n\nChapter of the appearing of divers coloiws in the me- \ndicine^ there is a defioition of his blacknes : for wher- \nas the blacknes and the wliitc be extreme colours, and \nall other colours be meanc colour^^ therefore as often \nfoevcr as any thing of the blacknes doth defccnd 5 fo \noften another colour and another doth appeare, untill \nit be an cxtreame whiteneffe : But for delcending,and \nafcending Hermes faith, it afcends from the Earth up \nCO Heaven , and defcends againe from the Heaven to \nthe Earth and receiveth the Uiperiour ftrtngth^and the \ninferiour ftrength. And note, that if there appeare \nbetween the black and the white any yellow colour, \ncare not for them^ for they do not continue , nor are \npermanent , but they are flippery and paffing away ; \nlor there can be no permanent nor perfed Red, except \nthat go before it. Rofarm faith, no man can come from \nthe firlt to the third, but by the fecond ; for it appea- \nreth that the white is to be looked for in the fecond, \nwhen thai it is the compliment of all the worke , for \nafterwards it will never be varied into any other true \npermanent colour but Red. \n\nNow we have the white, therefore now it behoo- \nveth thee to make Red , for the white medicine and \nthe red do not differ between themfelves in any effence, \nbutonely inthispoynt, that the red medicine hath \nneed of a greater fubtiliation, a longer digeftion , and \na hotter hrc in his Regiment: And thcref ore foraf- \nmuchastheendof the operation of the white is the \nbeginning of the operation of the Red : andforafmuch \nas that which is the compliment of the one, is the \nbeginning of the other : therefore unlefs that thou do \nfirft make vvhitc the medicine, thou canft never make \n\nF 3 true \n\n\n^^8 The Bookeof]ohn Sslv/ztq a Monke^ \n\ntrue red. But now how it fhall be made Red , we \nwill tell thee fhorcly. Firft the medicine to the Red \nmuft be put into our moyftfire, untill the white co- \nlour appearc^asis aforcfaid : afterwards, kc the veflell \nbe drawn out of the fire and put it in a pot of fifred \nafhes, and warme water haUe full y and let ycnr vcf- \nfell ofglaflTe with the medicine in the afhes unto the \nmidft 3 and under the earthen pot makr a dry tem- \nperate fire and continual!, but the heat of this dry fire \nmuft be greater by double at the leaft^ than was the \nheat of the moyft fire , and by thebc.icfit of this fire \nthe white medicine fhall receive Rc\\i tindturej ttuly \nthou canft not errc if thou wilt continue the drye fire : \nwhereupon Ro{arm faith , with a dry fire, and a dry \ncalcination roft the dry untill that icbe made like Cy- \nnaber. VVhereto from thenceforth put nothing, nei- \nther Oykj or vineger, or ary thing whatfoever it be, \nuntill it be rofted to a conipUment of Rcdncs ; and of \na truth 5 the mere Redder that the medicine is made, \nthe more ftronger it is, and of more power , and that \nis more rofted will be more Redder , and that which \nis moft rofted is moft precious, therefore with a dry \nfire,burne it without fcare, untill that it be ck fed moft \nredly : whereupon a Philofopher faith , in continu- \ning the Red, feeth the whiteuntill that it be cloathed \nin purple, and beauty ; but fome have it ; continue \nthe Red and the white untill it be cloathed in purple \nclcathing : do not ceafe, although the Red do a little \nflack to appeare, for the fire being augmented , as I \nfayd before, after white of the firft colours appeareth \na n>ean Red when among thcfe colours fhall appeare \na yellow, but his colour is not continuing, for after \n\nthat \n\n\nconcerntngtbf Fkilojophers Ston\\ ^q \n\nthat it bcpcrfohorum , be- \ntween white colour ar J Red, there appeareth only \nbut one colour, ^7^. Citrine, which is vellow , but it \nvariethmoreorleire: alio Maria (siith.^ when thou \nhaft true white, thou then afterwards flialt have a \nfalfe yellow, and afterwards a perfcd Red : And then \nthou iliait have the glory of the clearenejle of all the \nWorld. \n\nThe fir ft manner of Multiplication of otrr \nMedicine, \n\nELixir is multiplyed by two manner of wayes -that \nIS to fay, by lolution of heat , and by folution of \ndrying: by lolution of heat is thus. Take the medi- \ncine and put it into the veffell of glaffe , and bury it in \nour moyft fire fevcn dayes or more , untill that the \nMedicine be diffolved into water without any trou- \nbloufncfle appearing in it. But the folution of dryino- \nis that that lliall take the vcflell ofglafTe with the me^ \ndidne, and iiang it inabrafspot ( having a ftraight \nmoucik) m boyling, and let the mouth be clofe, that by \nthe vapour of the Doyling vapour afcending, the medi- \ncine may be diffolved. And note , that the fame boy^ \nling water muft ri\u20act touch the veffcU of glafle with \nthe medicine,. by the Ipace of three fingers : and this \nfolution is made flrongly in one day, or two, or thrce^ ' \nAfter that tiit^ mediv^ine is made and diflfolved , t^ke \nit from the fire to coole, to fix, to congeale, to harden \nor dry, and fo let it bee very often diffolved, for the \n\noTtner \n\n\n40 The Booh of John Sawtrc a Monk^ \n\nofcner it be rcfolvcd y fo much the more pcrfcd it is y \nwhereupon B^neHm faith ^ when that our brafle is tur- \nned, aud very of centimes reitterate 3 it is made better \nthen it was before, and fuch a folution is a fubtiliation \nof the medicine^and his vcrcuous fublimation ; where- \nupon the oftner it is fublimate or fubtiliatcd, fo much \nohner it getteth a greater Virtue, and a greater tin- \ndture, and coloureth more abundantly , and the more \nit fhail make perfe6t and convert, and tume the more; \nwhereupon in the fourth folution it fhall get fo much \nvirtue and tindure , that one part fliall be able upon \n1000. of Mercury cleanfed, that it fhall convert it in- \nto Gold or Silver, better then that which is taken out \nof the Mines of the Earth : Whereupon Rajh fairh, \nthe multiplication of thisgoodneffedependeth whole- \nly on the often reitteration of the fublimations. \nand fixation of the perfeft medicine , for the oftner \nthat the order of this compliment be reitterated, fo \nmuch more doth incrcafe the nourifhment thereof, \nand the vcrtue andftrength thereot is augmented : for \nthe oftner then was wont that thou fhaltfublmiate \nanddiflolve the perfed medicine, fo much the more \noftner thou flialt win and gaine at every time to caft \none upon looo, asifat firft itfallupon looo. chcfe- \ncond time it will convert loooo.the third time it will \nbe caft upon,and convert loocoo.and the fourth time \nupon loooooo. the fift time upon an infinite : For \nMerodtu faith, know ye for certainty, that how much \nthe more and oftner our Stone is diffolved , fo much \nthe more is the fpirit and body conjoyncd together, \nand of this for every time the tindure is multiplyed. \nThe fecond way of multiplication is aoother way ; \n\nthe \n\n\n. eoHcerning the ^Ththfopheri Stbnel ^| \n\nthe medicine is multiplyed by fermentation , for the \nferment to white is pure Silver, and the firment to red \nis pure Gold; therefore caft one -part of the medi- \ncine upon ten parts, or twenty of the firment, and all \nfuch (hall be medicine ^ and put it upon the fire in a \nVeffell of GlaflTe, and fhut it well, fo that no ayre may \nenter nor paffe forth , and let itbediffolvedor fubli- \nmated fo often as thou wilt; and as thou doeft the \nfirft medicine , and one part of the fecond medicine \nfhall receive as much as one part of the firft medi- \ncine. Whereupon Rajis faith , now have we fully \nmade our medicine, hot and cold, dry and moift , e- \ncjually temperate, whereof whatfocver we doe put to \nit (hall be of the fame complexion that it is put to ; \ntheretore conjoyne or marry him that he may brincr, \nforth fruit like unto himfelfe : But yet doenotcon- \njoyne or marry it w^thany other thing to convert it, \nbut with it that it was in the beginning; whereupon \nit is written in Speci^luw, this fpirituall earth which is \nthe Elixir,muft be firfVin hisowne body, from whence \nit was taken at the beginning of his folution, that is to \nmarry his earth, and it being fo redified and purified \nby hisfoule to conjoyne it by conjunction of his body, \nfrom whence it had its beginning; alfo it is fayd in \nthe Bookc called Gemma fdutaru J the white Worke \nhath need of a white firmentation ; whereby when \nhe is white with his white firmentation,and when he \nis made red in his red firment , for then that white \neahh is firment of firment, for when it is joyned to \nLuna , all is firment to calt upon Mercury,. and upon \nevery body being unperfed mettleto make it Luna : \nAnd with the red thereof muft be joyned Sol ; and \n\nG that \n\n\n4? The Bcde of John Sawtre a Monke^ \n\nthat is medicine upon Mercury v^ and Luna to make it \nSol. Alfo Raps faith, it bchooverh that he be mingled \nwith wite and red quick filvcr of his kindc, and tliat it \nbe contained and krpt that it fly not away \u2022 where- \nfore we bid that quukfilver be mingled with quick- \nfilver 5 untili that one cleare water be made of two \nquicklilvtrs, a-^d not to make three mixtures untili e* \nvery one of them be diffolved into water j but in their \nconjun>flion put a little of the Vv orke upon much of \nthe body, as upon foure, and in a certainc time it will \nbe made in the nature of powder , which is of red or \nwhue cUi^ur^and this powder is Elixir compltate. \nAnd truely the Elixir mult be ot a limple powder; \nzXo Egidim (iiih 1025 Stones of folurion, put lolution, \nji d LO folution deficcationj and put all to the fire, and \nkccpe the fume, and take heed that nothing flye from \nit 5 tarry and dwell nigh the Veffell , and behold atid \nobferve^the marvellous working, how it (hall be re- \nmoved from colour to colour in lefle then an houre of \na day, uncill that it commeth to the markc or prick, \nor butt of whitcncjOTcor redncflfcjtor it will fooncmelc \nin the fire, and come all into the Ayrc \u2022 for when the \nfume doth fill the fire, it will enter into the body, and \nthe fpirit will then be pulled together , and the body \nwill then be fixed, cleare white or red : Then divide \nthe fire, fuffering it tocoole, and be cold : For and if \noncof'thefe doc tall upon 1000, or Mercury, or any o- \nther body, it turaeth itintothebcft Gold or Silver, \naccording as his firment is prepared ; wherefore it \ndoth appcare, that he whodothnotcongealequick- \nfilver that will fuffer the fire , and joyne it to pure Sil- \nver, hedtfircth no right way to the vvhite worke ^and \n\n\nj Florianus Raudorfr, \n\nCHAP. i^. \n\nfvhat is Bijjolution I \n\nIS the turning of a dry thing into a wet oite; and yott \n-* muft know, that dilloiudon bclongcth oncly unto bo- \ndies, as to 4^6/ and Luna^ which fcrvc for our Art : for \na fpirit needs not to^be dilfolvcd, being a liquid thing \nof it felfe , but mettails are groffe and dry , and of a \ngrofTe nature \u2022 therefore they mufl be made more fub- \ntile 5 the reafons why they muft be fubtillized, \nCHAT. 15. \n\nTHc firft isj our medicine muft needs be fubtile, and \nmettails cannot bee made lubtilc unlefle through \ndiffolution, being reduced into a water , and afccnd \nthrough the Alimbeck , to be turned to water and \nfpirit, as you (hall heare. When it is come to that, \nthat all is afcended, and nothing ftayd behind : and \nthe feces are referved for a further ufe,as you fhal hear \nhereafter, \n\nC H A P. 16. \nT' He fecond reafon : the body and fpirit muft be \n^ made indivitible, and be one \u2022 for no grofle thing \nmingleth with the fpirit, unlcfll^ the groffe matter bee \nreduced to a fubtilicy , as into Argent vive ; then the \none cmbraceth the other infeparaoly. Vor if Argent \nvive pcrceivcth a thing like to ic fclfe,rhen it rejoyceth, \nand tlie diffolved body \u00ab^ mbraceth the fpirir, and fuffoors \nhim not to fly away , and makcth it durable for the \nfire, and the fpirit rejoyceth, bc.aufe he hath found \nhis fellow : therefore the cme muft be like the other, \nand are of one nature^ \u20ac U A P. \n\n\ncon^rmng the fhihfophers Stanel jj \n\nCHAP. 17. \n\nOfD/Jjolutionj hojp t$ inaL :t, \n\n\u2022^ 7\"ir TE E take leave of ^JanJ/.^;?/?, thinly \n%/ \\/ beaten, very pure, which vvc put into a \n\u25bc \u25bc good deale ot Mercury, which is made \n\npure alfo: then wc put one ai'tcr the other into Mer- \ncury, in a pot, ia a heat not too hot, that the Mercury \nfume not 5 when wee fee that no groffe tjiing is in ir, \nand is tuelted or ftreameth together,thenyou wrought \nwell : but if there dc any feces, or fettlement, then you \nmuft adv^e more Mercury to it, and doe as you did for- \nmerly : and this is the firft figne of diflblution, that \nall bee ftieamy. \n\nC H ji P. 18. \n\nThe Prefecution of this Matter, \n\nIT ^yr T'E E take all the matter thus difTolved, \n\\/ \\/ andfet in Bal/ieoMma j continue the \n\u25bc \u25bc fire for a fennight , then let it coole : \n\ntake the matter, prcflc it through a cloth, or skin ; if \nall goeth through, then it is well 5 if not, begin againe \nin the veflcil with mere Mercury , fo long till ic bee \ndiffolved : the dilf iiucion in Summer is better then in \nWinter , yet it niartcrs not much, \nC H A P. 1^. \nCEparation, is a diviuing of a thing into its mem- \n**^bers, and a fcparacionof the pure from the impure ; \nwe take our dilloivcd ida ttcr, and put it into the fmal- \n\nH3 Icr \n\n\n5^4 tA Treat/fe o/FIorianus Raudorff, \n\nler veffcll^ which ftands in the cucurbite, fcttheA- \nlimbccke upon, well luted , a^nd fet it in a(hes ^ wee \nmake a continued fire for a fennight, one part of the \nfpirit fublimeth , which wee call the fpirit or water, \nand is the fubtilert part 5 the other part which is not \nyet fiibcile, fticketh about the cucurbite, andfome of \nit is fallen to the bottome, which we call the ayre^and \nthis part we take warme and moyft, and the third \npart rcmayning in the inner vellcU 5 is yet a grofler \nmatter, which ilayeth in the bottome ^ each ot thefe \nparts we put .into a vcfTcll apart , but the third matter \nwee put more Mercury to , and proceed as formerly, \nand alwayeseach re fervcd apart, and thus you muft \nproceed : in the inner vcffell nothing rcmayneth but \na black powder, which we call the black earth^which \nis the dregs of the mettalls, which arc anobftrudlion, \nwhy mettalls cannot bee united with the fpirit ^ this \npowder is of no ufe. \n\nS H ^ P. 20. \n\nAllegation ^ or proofe. \n\nY O U may, whereas you have feparated the fowrc \n^ Elements, from the mettalls, or divided them,and \nwhat is the fire then , which is one of the fowre Ele- \nments alio ? \n\nC H j4 P. 21. \n\nA Nfwcr: Vv'efay, that fire and ayre is of one na- \n\n^^ture, which are come open together, and mixed \n\ntogether J and the one is turned to the other : but it \n\nwere hard to beundcrftood^ if you fhould not bee in- \n\nflru(fted. \n\n\ncoKctrningthe Philofopkrs Sione. 21 \n\nftruaed that the dividing of the Elements is brought \nfo\"hat7that they have their naturall operation, as in \n,he whole, fo in the p^rts.^^ ... \n\n^ )i 7E E call that ayrc , which reniayned in the \n\nVVbigger veffell,becaufe it is more hot then moift, \n\nu or dS the fame you muft underftand alfo of the \n\n'1 ' Flcmms if they be not fought in particular, \n^li^^^^nTor^operly b'ee underftood , but are U-it \n\n'^ Hence p/.fo faith,we turned the raoyft into a ficcjty, \nanSdrythingwemademoyft, and turned thebo- \n\ndyintowaterandairc.^^_^^_ \n\nir T V 7 E E fay, that fublimation is arifing from be- \nV Vl3wupward,as wee fee the vapors which fall \non the g ound^and in the water , are exhaled againe \nZ the ieat of the fun, and the groffe matter liethftiU \nhe ow as wee have fayd at the changing of the Ele- \nven I- tSe matter muft be fubtiliated, which iv \nSbtle enough , all which muft bee doae through \nreatantmScs,'namcly chrough fire and water. \n\nC U AV. 24- \n\npnfecuuofi of the m^iW' \n\nKNOW that we muft take. the thing, which remai- \n?Tn -he greater veffcU, and put the fame to \n\nother ftemSr^^^^^^^^^ \n\nSm ttnwc fe t ir^Bdneum M.rU for three dais, \n\n^formeri -Lwemeationnotth. quantity of 1^^^^^ \n\n\nfS A Treatffe of Floriaiius Raudorff, \n\ncitry, only vvc leave it to your difcretion , as much as \nyou have need, that you may make it iuntU ^ and it \nbe cleare like a fpirir : and note, that you take not too \nni^ch ot the Mercury, that it be not a lea : then we fee \nitagaine mtofubliming, as you did formerly , dot it \nfo often, till you have brought it all through the A- \nlimbccke, then it is very fubriie, and one thing, cleare, \npure, and fufible : then we put it againe into the inner \nveflTcll, and let it goeoncc more through the Alim- \nbeck, and fee whether any ihing be left behind, to the \nfame more Mercury mulf be added, till it become all \none thing, and yeelds no more fedimcnt, and be fepa- \nrated from all its impurity and luperfluity^. \n\nCHAP. 25. \n\nDeclaration. \n\nI Tell yoU; that we have tnade out of two, viz, of bo- \ndy and fpirit, oneonely thing, as a fpirit , which is \nlight, and the body is heavy, the fpirit quickly and \neafily flyeth upwards -y but our worke is, that the bo- \ndy, which was fixed is now become volatile, and rifeth \nupward, the which is againft his nature: Thus wee \nhave made a fpirit out of the body , and a body out of \nthe fpirit, one onely thing. \n\nC H A r. 'i'6. \nOffixationy a\u00bbdCengedation. \n\nHAving made a fpirit out of the body , which is a \ntkune voiadle : now is it rcquifite to be made fix, \n\nholding \n\n\ncomeYning the Philofophers Stonf. 5.^ \n\n* holding in the fire : for wc turned the fpirie into a \nbody5^7\u25a0;^;. we turned the dry into a moyftnefs, and the \nmoyftnefs. into a drynefs : now we muft make it a \nthing fix'd : and againe to turne the fpirit into a body, \nand that which formerly rofe up, to ftay below : and \nthus have we done according to the fayings of Philofo^ \nphers, reducing each Element into its contrary , then \nyou will finde what you feek after : namely,make the \nliquid thing dry, and the dry thing to be liquid, out of \na hx a volatile\", and the volatile to bee fix : and this \ncan be done only through Congelation \u2022 therefore we \nwill turne the fpirit into a body. i \n\nCHAP. 27. \n\nCoagulation^ and Fixation. \n\nHOw is it done? we take a little of the ferment, \nwhich is madeof our mcdicince, be it either Luna \n'or ^0/; and take but alittlc: as if you have ibo ib, of the \nmedicine, take but 10 It. of the ferment, which muft \nbe foliated 5 and this ferment weamaigamizc with \nthe matter which you had before prepared, the fame \nwe put intoa glaflc VioU with a long neck , and fct it \nin a pot of afhes : all which being^ fee in the fit place : \nthen to the above faid ferment 2 or 3 fi\u00abgcrSj of the \nfpirit, which is gone through the Alimbeck, then wee \nput a goodfire to it for three dayes, then the diffolved \nbody'findeth its like, then they embrace one another, \neach keepcth to its like : then the groffr ferment hol- \ndechwith the fubtile ferment 5 actradtcth the fame, \nwill not let it ^oe , and the diffolved bodv ^ which is \n\ni now \n\n\n5* A Tr^tfff (?/Florianus R audorff, \n\nnow lubtile, kecpcth tlie.fpirit 5. fqr.tbey ate of an e- \nquall lubtilty 5^ like qnc to anot;her ^ are become one \n\u2022thing^and the fire never may fep^iratc them- thcrfore is \nit requiiite through this nicans to make the one like \nthe other, and thus the firmenc , a biding place of the \nlubtilebody, and the iubtile body a ftaying place for \nthe fpirit, chat it naay not flye away : then^we make \nfire for a lennight, more or lef), yet fo long till we fct: \nthat our matter is congealed. iHe time of this conge- \nlation is eiiher prolonged orihortened , according to \nthe ve [felis or Ovens condition, and of the fires cither \ncontinuance, or difcontinuing. \n\nCHAP. 28. \n\nA further freceeding in this matter. \n\n^MT TT V\" y Hen you fee that this matter is coagu- \n%/ \\/ Jated , . then put of the abovefayd mat- \nT \u25bc ter fo much to it^tiiat it be two or three \n\nfingers high over ir, as you know how it muft bcdone, \nand put the fire to it as ycu did formerly, till it bee \ncongealed alfo , and proceed fo long in'it till all the \nmatter be congealed. And know that Philofophers \nfor the generallity have concealed the Congelation in \ntheir bookstand none of them (as far as we can findcj \nhave difcloledit,onlyLtfr/W/x, who hath compofed it \ninto many Chapters, and produced it in the German \ntongue, without any alteration , which he revealed, \nuato me without any rcfcrvation or deceit, \n\nChaf.. \n\n\ncmceming the Thihfoj^hers Skne^, 5^ \n\nCHA?. 19. \n\nCalcination. \n\nrjl Aving treated of Congealationjand Fixation, now \n\u25a0*^ vvc come to the Calcination. We rake the known \nmatter, ana puc it inco an Urinall, and fet a head upon \nit, luting it well , fet it in the Ovenof afhcs, make a \ncontinued great fire for a fennighr, then that which is \nnot fix rift th into che Alimbcck , which wee call \nHumes his bird , and that which remaincs in the hot- \ntome of che glalTe^ is like afhes,or fifted earth, called \nthe Philofophers Earth , out of which they make \ntheir foundation , and out of it they make their \nincreafe or augmentation , through heat and moyft- \nnefs: this earth is compofcd of foure Elements , but \narc not contrary one to another, for their contrariety \nis changed or reduced to an agreement unto an uni- \nforme nature : then we take the moyft part , rcfervc \nit apart to a further ufc, which afterward muft \nbe put to k^ as you {hall heare. We take this earth \nor afhes, which is a very fixed thing, and put it into a \nftrong earthen pot,unto which wc lute its lidjand fet it \nin a calcining Oven, that the fire may beat on it above \nand below, and that fire wc continue for three daycs, \n(9 that the pot is al waves red hot, we make of a iVonc \na white calx, and the things which are of water and \ncarth-nature,are of fire's nature^ for every calx is of \na fires nature, which is hot and dry. \n\nI^ Chap. \n\n\nS^ A Treatifc ef Florianus RaudorflF, \n\nCHAP. Q^o. \n\nSuhtiliation of the four e Element Shinto the fifth efjence. \n\n^ \"^\"^ \"T^EE have fpoken of Calcination ^ in, \n\\/ \\/ which we have brought things to the \n\u25bc T highcftfubtility, namely, to hre's na- \n\nture : now we muft further fubtiliate the foure Ele- \nments : we take a little quantity of this Calx^X//^. if \nwe have loo pounds, we keep no more than the fourrh \npart, the other we fet into diflblution , with a good \ndeale of frefh mercury, even as we had done formerly, \nand fo follow from Chapter to Chapter- from time \nto time, as formerly hath been proceeded in, \n\nC H A F II. \n\nchanging Fire i/ft$ water. \n\nI^Ow my deareft, that you may change the fix into \n\u2022**^a volatile thing, that is Fire into Water \u2022 know \nthat that which was of fire's nature , is now become \nthe nature of water, and that which was fix is now \nbecome volatile, and being made very fubtile ^ then \nwe take i. p. of this water , and put it to the referved \nCalx, and we addeasmuch of the water unto, that it \ngo over It two or three fingers breadth over the Calx, \nthen we put fire under for three daycs long , thus it \ncongealech fooner than at firft \u2022 for Calx is hot and \ndry, and fucks in the humidity greedily ; this Conge- \nlation muft be continued till it be quite congealed : \n\nafterward \n\n\nconcerning the Thilofophers Stone. 6^ \n\nafterward wc calcine it as formerly j being quite cal- \ncined 3 it is called the quinteCTence ^ bccaufe it is of a \nmore fubtile nature than Fire^and becaufe of the tranf- \nmuration formerly made.- \n\nCHAT. 12. \n\nThe \"Thilofophers ExAmfles, \n\nAh L this being done^ then our medicine is finifh'd, \nand nothifig but the ingreffion is wanting , that \nthe matter may have an ingreffe into imperfed met- \ntalis. \n\nTlate^ and many other Philofophers , begun this \nworkeagaine with dilfolving^fubliming , orTubtilia- \ntingj congealing5calcining5as at firft, and that medicine \nwhich wc call a ferment, tranfmutes Mercury into its \nnature, in which it is diffplvcd and fublimed ; Philo- \nphers fay , our medicine tranfmutes infinitely imper- \nkSt raettals ^ and fay that he which attainetn once to \ntheperfeftionofit, hath no more need of it , to make \nany more; but they fpeakeit myftically in their ex- \npreflions, \n\na HAT. 33. \n\nHow our medicine tranfmuteth ntettatis into. \n5ol and Luna. \n\nTZ\" Nowing that our medicine converteth imperfeft^ \n^\u2022^mettalls into Sol and Luna^ according to the nature \nand forme of the matter , out of which it is made 5 \n\nI 3 therefore \n\n\n6a e/^ Treatffe o/Florianus RMdortf, \n\ntherefore know, that wee now ac fecondtime fay^ \nthat this oijr medicine is of chat nature , tliat it tranf- \nmutcth, converts, dividethai'u'idci like ^re, and is of a \nmore fubtilc nature than fire, for it is of a na urc of the \nquinteflences, as we (ayd before , therefore it converts \nMercury into its nature ,, feeing our mcuicinc is of a \nconverting nature, as our body converts M'. rcury into \nits nature, whicli is an impcrfcd body or m^ itail, and \nthe groffenelle of mettall it turneth into afhes or pow- \nder; therefore our medicine is of a dividing 5 fep^a- \nting nature, as you fee firc^ doth not turn aU the world \ninto its nature, but only that which is ot its nature,and \nthe reft it turneth to afhes. \n\nC H ui P, 34. \n\nReafon vphy a Spine is made $fa Sody^ \n\nT )\\ 7E E fliewed by reall reafon , how a body is \n^ ^ turned ince a fpirit , and againe a fpirit is tur- \nned into a body, liz. out ofa fixed this is made a vo- \nlatile, and of a volatile a fixed thing ^ the earth is tur- \nned to water and aire, and the aire into fire , and the \nfire to an earth, the earth into a fire, and the fire is tur- \nned to aire, and the aire is turned into water , and the \nwater is become an earth. Now the earth which was \nof fire's nature, is brought to the nature of quinteflfence. \nThus we have fpokcn of all the waycs of tranfmuting, \nperformed through heat and moyftneffe, and have \nmade out ot dry, a moyft thing , and out of the moyft \na dry one ; otherwifc natures , which are ot fevcrall \nmotionsjand of feverall manfions,could not be brought \n\nto \n\n\nconcerning the fliilofophers Stone, i^ \n\nX.0 one unifcrmc thing, if one ihouldbee turned in th# \nothers narure. \n\nCHAT. 35. \n\nAccomplishment of Thllofofhers fayings^ \n\nWE E having brought the matter to the above- \nfayd points, then have we done, and wrought \naccording to the Philofophers layings, when they lay \nin their Books : Riling fro n the Earth into Heaven, \nand comming downe from Heaven into the Earth ; \nto that fenfe, to make the body which is of earth, into \na fpirit, which is a ikbcile thing in his nature,and then \nto reduce the fpirit into a boJy , which is a groflfe \nlow thing , changing one Element into another, as \nearth into water, wacer into ay re, ayrcmto fire; cncn \nfire is turned into water, and water into fire, and thag \ninto a more fubtile nature and quintcffcnce. Having \nthus done, then are you come to the glory of the \nworld ; be dutifuU to God, remember the poorc. \n\nCHAP. 16, lugreffien. \n\nTAkequicke Sulphur, melcitin an earthen veflTdl, \nwell glazed,being melted, powr it forth into a Lie \nmade of CaU vive, and willow afhes : let all ttiefe \nboyle in a kettle genciy, an oylefwimmeth on the top, \nwhich take and keepe, having enough of it, we min- \ngle it with land y ditlili it through ttie Alimjeck, fo \nlong till it become incombuilible : with this oylc wee \nimbioe our meuiciiie, which will bee like foap , then \nwec^ diilill by the Aumjeck , and receive the fumes \n\nwhich \n\n\n46 A Treatffe of Florianus Raudorff, \n\nwhich come over, and put it on againe three or four^ \ntimes , if it hath not enough , then put more of this \nOylc to it 5 being thus imbibed , then put fire under, \nthat the humors maycomeaway, and the medicine \nbe firme and fufible on the body of the glaile. Then \nvvc take Avis Hermetis , which we rcferv'd formerly, \nand put it to it by degrees, till all be made fix. \n\nCHAP. 37. \n\nLamDfo. \n\nA Ccording to Avicen^ it is impolTible to convert \n-^ mettals, unlefTe they be reduced to their firft mat- \nter. But by Arts help they are converted into other \nmettall : we know, that Artifts do like Phyfitians, \npurging firft the corrupted matter, which is obftruftivc \nto mans health, then Cordials are miniftred , which \nreftore health : fo good Artifts muft proceed in like \nmanner by converting of mettals : firft Mercury and \nSulphur in metals are purged,whereby they ftrengthen \nthe heavenly elem^'ntall parts in them , according to \ntheir dcfircd preparation of metals : then nature vvor- \nketh further and not Art, but inftruraentally helpeth, \nand then is feen that ilie really maketh Sol and Lu/ia. \nFor as the heavenly elementall vermes workein nam- \nrall veirels,evcn fo do the Artificial), being made uni- \nforme, and as nature worketh through the heat of \nfire and ftars, the fame Art effedeth by fire, if tempe- \nrate and not exccflive , for themoving yertue in the \nmatter ; for the heavenly vertue in it, mingled at firft, \ninchnable to this or that, is furthered by' Art j hea- \nvenly \n\n\nemetrning the Fhilefophers StmK > 6 s \n\nvcnly vermes ar^'ieommunkativet\u00a9- their fubjeAs 3 as \nis feen in naturall created things, chiefly in things ge- \nnerated by putrcfaftion, where the allrall influences \nare apparent, according to the matters , capacity, Ar- \ntifts do imitate herein , dcft^ying one forme to beget \nanother 5 and his proceedings are bcft^'when they arc \naccording unto nature : as by purging the Sulphur by \ndigefting, fubliming, and purging Mercury vive, by an \ncxaft mixture with-the aiettals ftiatter, ^nd thus out \nof their vettues every mettak forme is t)roduced^ . \n\nThevertueoFthe converting Element muiVfce pre- \ndominant, and the parts of it muft appeare in the EIc- \nnient converted : and being thus mingled with the Eh \nlemcntated thing , then that Element will:have thif \nHi^tte'r; which \u00a3^e hanElenicm:, andhath^thciv^r- \nnt^^olF'th^ otiiet vert Elcmcftt.^ Thi^ is ihat gr^j^t \nmyftery in this Art. \u2022 \n\n\n7. L. :...>:>> ^ virj..':> \n\n\n-^r --n cv- I iAn,'^:ii6\\il:i;'l :; \n\n\n, ril^e^names of the^philofofhers Stone ^ CeUeBediy n ^ \n\nOld, Sol, Sun,Braffe of PhrIofophers,the \nbody of MaghejSa, a pure body, clean, \nferment^of EHxir, MafcAiline, Argcaat \nvive 'fixt. Sulphur i^omb^ffible, iul- \nJP*^\"^ red, fixed, ;th\u20ac riibine ftone, ky- \niT ir V''^^ ^^'^^ ^'man,^rt'cn\u20ac vitriol], burnt \nbraifle, red'cirth: the water that is diftilledfrom \n\nK thefc \n\n\nthtfc^>ingS3! is Mmcd <2^ th^ Ph^le^^^r^fjfie x^xk. of \n\nthe Dcagon, a |>uj;e wiii4 ^^yf% )U^j %h^^^^^ the \n\nhouiis, the afternoone ligh^ virgins mil kc , fal armo- \n\nnukk, fal nitct?3,fh^ wind ot.ilie^ftliya whitef^mejred \n\nwater of fulfthuf^ t^tm> fft^p}^j,,Yva;rcr^ jiic whitq \n\ncompoundyftttikingrwflkry^ith^JilfW t^c dead \n\nbloud, Argcnc vive, a -Gucurbitc with his Alimbeck, \n\ntl'iev\u00a3(iyi<)fi;cbt PhiloCopMecs J a high man with a \n\n' S^Ucr^ thcbdl^iofAman inihc^midft ^ hvs ii;,^if ,c:nd \n\nit is caUcd.ti^ fobt^rQrtte^ 0f >Qi} tl>^ yvd^Idi Tecr, \n\nor earth is calcined^ Toftedj. conge^lcd^ diftillcd> or \n\nmade ftill and quiet : the {haddow of the Sun, a dead \n\ntody, a:ctowniG Qvierconming a .doud, t;he bark jof \n\nthe SeayMiagnefia, ;Hiick :,' aPragon .which eatpth \n\niiisrayit,;ithc dregsio&the belly ^^^jjjrth fo^iidon the \n\ndiinghiH putirified , or in hotfejujig, or info^'firc^ \n\nSulphur, Mercury, fcc\u00a9ndly injiujrnber, and one in \n\nelfencc, name,in name, a ftonc, body,fpiTit,and foule ; \n\nit is called earth , fire , aire, all things , becaufe he \n\ncontaines in him foui;p.Rlcm^nt5 5 it is called a manor \n\nbeaft, that hath foule, life, body, and fpirit , and yet \n\nfome Philofophers do not thinke the matter to have a \n\nfoule^ : . \n\nBut as it is,a fton^^, iris dOalledtbe ^yarer of Sulphur, \nthcwaterof the world, thcfpittleofLunc, thcfhad- \ndow of the Sun^adcune^ Sol,Ekph3^> white Jayrc^ \neyes of filhes^ Beyi^, Sulphur^ vine (harpe , water, \n.milkt5yinegjcrjQ\u00a3'Jiff>:,|eacr$,JpymngAvatc \nlight of lights, aimnrfrelous Father, Father of Minc- \nr2s,a fruitfuUitrecv^livingipirit , a fugitive fervanr, \ncertore of the earth J venopic >. roofl ftrong vinegrr, \nwfaicegumme^cjv^tlafting water, a woman, a fcmi- \n\n\nnuie \n\n\nT' \n\n\nconrerTnngtheThilofophers Stom. 4j \n\niinr, a thing of vile price, Azot, menftruous, firazilj, \nin nature Azor, wa ter, the firft tnatter, the beginning \nof the world ; and mark this 5: that Argent vive^ Mer- \ncury, Azor, the full moone^ Hypoftafis, white lead, or \nred^ do all of them fignifie but one thing , our ftone, \nour braflfe, our water. Iron, Silver^ Lime, whiteneffc^ \nJupiter, Vermilion white, after divert times and de- \ngrees of opera tion. \n\nAnd note , that the Philoibpbers waftiing is to \nbring againe the whole foule into his body, wherefore \nyou ihay not'undefftand thereby , the common white \nwaftiing is convenient to be done with fineger ^ and \n' fait, and fuch like* . , . VI' :' \n\n. Alfo note;^ that when blacknefs doth appeare, tfieri \nit rj called difpenfation of the n^in and; woman be- \ntween them , ind that the body hath gotten a fpirir^ \nwhich i^ the tears of the vcrtMCs of the foulc upon'the \nbody, and the body doth revive the adion of thcfoulc \nand fpirit, and is made an Eagie and the meane ofna- \nitures. \u25a0'\"' t'^^^^^ --Xirhirr ,v^/^rr^ ^ .. \u25a0' \n\n- And nbte, that white earth, white Sulphur , white \nfiime, Auripigmentum Magnefia, acdEthell^ do fig- \nnifie ail one thing. \n\n^ Alfo the ftone is called Chaos, a Dragon,a Serpent, \na Toad^ the green Lion, the jquinteffence ^^ -our fton^ \nLunarc, Camelion , molt vild black >Jblacker tba-a \nblack , Virgins milke, radicall humidity j undiuons \nmoyfturc, liquor, feminall,Salarmoniack , our Sul- \nphur, Naptha,afoule,aBarrfisk, Adder, SecunJine, \nBloud, Spearne, Mctteline, haire, urine, poyfon, wa- \nter of wifettien, ntincrall Watcr,^^ Anthnpny^ (linking \nmenftrues, Leadof Philofophcrs, Sal, Mercury , our \n\nK % Gold, \n\n\nI \n\n\nit A Treatife 'cf Florianus Raudprff, \n\nGold, Lune; a fcird, our ghoft y dm ^alt ^ Alome, of \nSpaine, attramc^ntjdew.ot hcfivcnlyig^race, the,fHn)^ing \nfpirit, Boraix, Mercury corpordll, wine, dry watcr,^ wa- \nter mctelline, an Egge,old water, perminent. Hemes \nbird, the leffc world, Campher, wateroflife, Auri- \npigment, abodytynaper, andalmoft with other infi- \nnite names^^f pleafure*: * \n\nThe Secret of Secrets^ And Stone of Philofophen. \n\nF thou d^efireft ' to bee lb lucky , 4^ that^hou maycfl \nobtaine the ^ bleflSng offPhilolc^hers, as God doth \nlive for ever, fo let this verity live >yith thee. \n\nThe Philofophersdo very properly fay, ittarrieth \nin the (hell,and containeth in himfclf e both white and \nred, the one k called maiculiney the pther feminine, \nAnimall, Vegetable, and Minerall; there is no fucti o- \nther thing found in this world , that hath both power \naftive, and paflivc in it , and alfo hath within him a \nfubftance, dead, and quick, fpirit and foule, which tp \nthe ignorant^ the Philofophers do call it the moft vile \nthing, it holdcth in him the foure Elements y contai- \nned m his skirts where he is found, and commonly of \nall men, it may be bought for a fmall price, it doth aP \ntrend by it felfe, he waxeth black , he dcfcendeth'an4 \nyaxeth white^ increafeth and dccreafeth by hiipfelfe^ \nIt is a matter* which the earth bringeth forth ^ and \ndefcends from heaven, waxeth pale and red, is born, is \ndead,rifeth againe, and after liy^th for ever : by ma- \nny wayes it tomes to his end, but his proper d(pcoftion \nis npori a fire, foft, meane, ftrong, it is augmented un- \null they be fure it rcfteth quietly with y cd in the fire j \n\nthis \n\n\nioncerning the ^hitof@pher$ Stone^ e^ \n\nthis is according to the vow of all gpod Philofophcrs^. \n(called the Philofophcrs Stone) read and read agaioe^ \nand every thing more cleaire thou fhalt never find, and.* \nif hereby thou underftandelt not the roattcr, tnoa \n(halt never othcrwifc know it, \u00a9r learnc this Art, \n\nHermes faith, the Dragon is not dead , but with his \nBrother, and his fifler, not by one, but by both toge- \nther : note thefe things, three heads and one body, one \nnature, and one Minerall \u2022 and this is fufficient for \nthem which have any aptneffe of underflanding in this \nScience : the Dragon is not mortified nor'made flxcd^ \nbut with 5^(?/and Luna^ and by none ether, as faith Hor- \ntuUrm by mountaines in bodies, in the plaine of Mer- \ncury, and in thefe looke for it^ and this water is crea- \nted, and by concourfe of thefe two^ is c^c^d water per- \nmanent of Philofophcrs. .. ./ V. . / '\u2022 ' \u2022 \n\nOur fublimationis to fecth the bodies with golden \nwater, todiffolvc, to liquefie, and to fublime them j, \nOur calcination is toputrifie and digcftby foure days,, \nand to do no other wayes, wherefore many be decei- \nved in fublimation. \n\nThou mayeflknow that braflc which is the Philo- \nfophcrs Gold, is their Gold, and that is true, but thou \nhaft fearched forgreenneffe , thinking that braffe is \na Leprous body , which he hath for his greenncffe,, \nwherefore I fay unto thee, that all that Is perfeftin \nbralfe, is that greenneffe only that is in him, becaufe \nthat thatgreennelGfe (by ourmaftry) is turned Shortly \ninto gold, and of this thing we have experience, andif \nthou wilt prove it we will.givc thee a rule. \n\nTake therefore burnt braffe, and perfew^ly rubifiedj^ \nAnd breaks and imboyle him with drinke feavea \n\nK 3 times, \n\n\n^o tA Treiitife /Florianus Raudorff, \n\ntimes, as much as he is able to drinkc in all the waye$, \n\u00a9f rubifying and roafting him againe,aftcTward make \nhim to' diicend , and his grecne colour will be made \nred, as clcare graynes ^ and thou mayft know thatfo \nmuch fednefs vvil dcfcend with himythac it wil cinckt,i \nArgent Vive in (bnie p^rc with tha vcty colour of gold, \nand all this we approvcd,fojr it doth workc very grea^ \noperations ; yet thou canft not prepare the Stone by \nany meancs with any drinkc grecne and moift, which \nisfeenc to be borne Ih ottr Miiicrals^ O blcffcd grcat^ \nncflb ! which doth irtgender all things^ whereby thou \nmayft be informed that no vegetable or fruit in bud- \nding will appeare ^ except there be a greene colour ^ \nwherefore Philofophe'ts call it their bud, and likcwifc^ \nthey call it the water of purifying or putrifaftlOn^ ahd, \nthey fay the truth heerin 5 for with hi^ water he is pu- \nrified &waihed from his blackncfs, and made white, \nand afterwards he is lo made red, whereby thou mayft \nlearne to know that no true tindure is made, but ot \nour braffe ; feeth him therefore with his foule j till the \nfpirit be joyncd with his body, and be made one, and \nthou fhalt have thy defire. Wife men have fpoken of \nthis in many names, but know thou right well, that it \nis DUt one matter which doth fticke unto Argent vivc, \nand to bodies,and thou (halt have the true fignes \u2022, yet \nleft thou ftiouldeft be deceived hcerebv thou mayft \nknow what Argent vive is to ftick unto : Argent vive \ndoth ftick to the bodies, which is falfc 5 for they think \nchat they do underftand that Chapter of (>\u00a3^4r, of Ar- \ngent vive, wherein he faith^ when in fearching in o- \ntner things, he doth not find by our invention any mat- \nter to be more agreeable unto nature then Argent vive \n\nof \n\n\n\u20acQ\u00bbcemingthc Philofophers Sto^^\\ 71 \n\nof the bbdks 5 for th.i$ place i$ CObje uri4crftood of \nHr^nt vive Pi^ilofophicallj for that Argci^t vivc only \nftickech and tarriech in , and with the bodies : and the \nold Philofophers could find no other matter , nor can \nthofc which be Philofophers now invent any other \nmatter which will abide with the bodies, but Argent \nvivc of the Philofophers \u2022 for common Argent vive \ndoth not ftick to the bodies, but the bodies do ftick to \nthat Argent vive, and this is ccrtainc by experience; \nFor if the Argent vive common bejoyned with any bo- \ndies, th\u00ab Argent vive abides in his proper nature , or \nflies away , and doth not turhc the body into his pro- \nper nature, and therefore he doth not cleave unto the \nbodiesjand for this caufe many be deceived in working \nin common Argeot vive, fof our Stone, that is to fay. \nArgent vivc accidemaU which doth advance hi\u00abU\"elfe \nfar above Gold, and ^oth overcome it , a ijd he ihtk \nkiil,andhe doth quicken 5 for thou muft know that \nArgent vivc, father of all marvellous things of this our \nmallcry is congealed, and is both fpirit and body ; and \nthis is that Argent vive which Gfhrdid fpcake of^ the \nconfideration of a very matter which doch make per- \nfed^ is the confideration of a chofen pure fubftance of \nArgent vive, but chiefly out of whom the fubftance of \nArgent vive may be drawne out is to be inquired of : \nand we making anfwcr do fay, that in them in whom \nitib,out of c hem it miy be drawne^ therctorc Sonne, \nconfidcr w:l!, and f^e tforp -Ajhejicc that fubftance is, \nand take that and i^onc other : if thou defire to come \nto know!c Jge I fay unto thee , for love of Chrifl that- \nby no other means wc canitfindc ; now the Philofo- \nphers never might findeany othermattcr that would \n\ncontinue: \n\n\n7i A Treattfe 0/ Floriatius Raudotffi \n\ncontinue in the fire, but that only whiqh is unftuous^ \nperfed, and ineotnbuftible, and that naatter , when, it \nis orcpaf ed as it Gught , will turiie all bodes Miner all \nwnich it touchcth tightly unco mc^ pcrfcd Sol com- \npleat and above all bodies Lune. \n\nSeeth firft with wind, and afterwards without \nWinde , until! thou haft drawne out of thy fubjeft pr \nmatter the venomc (which is called the foulc j ) that \n16 it which thou fcekcft , called the everlafting aquor \nvita for alldifeafes , the whole maftery ijs in the ya-, \nipou jdvicev. \n\nLet the body be put in a fire kindled for forty dayes \nby elenaentall neat j then in that decoftion of forty \ndayes, the body will rejoycc with the foulc , and the \nfoulc will rejoyce with tne body and fpirit, and the \n(pirit will rejoyce with the body and foule , and thfey \narc made immortall and pcrpctuaU ^without fepara- \ntion. \n\n\nF I N I S. \n\n\n^^/'^7^","title":"Five treatises of the philosophers stone : two of Alphonso, king of Portugall, as it was written with his own hand, and taken out of his closset, translated out of the Portuguez into English : one of John Sawtre, a monke, translated into English : another written by Florianus Raudorff, a German philosopher, and translated out of the same language into English : also, A treatise of the names of the philosophers stone, by William Gratacolle, translated into English : to which is added, The smaragdine table","tradition":"Alchemy","translated_text":null,"word_count":22100}