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Rare and unheard-of Medicines,

Menftruumsand Alkahefts; with the

True Secret of Volatilizing the fixt| Salt of

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TARTA

COLLECTED

And Experimented by the Honourable and truly Learned Sit. Kenelm Digby, Kt. Chancellour

to Her Majefty the Queen-Mother.

Hitherto kept Secret fince his Deceate, but now

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| RIGHTHONOURABLE, ROBERT, Lord Pafton, Baron of Pafton, Vicount and Earl of

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Tarmouth:

My Lord, T 2 not my intention, nor pp se my Tae I lent, to Celebrate thofe Excellent Virtues,

which fine fo eminently bright in your ‘Lords (hip: For they are Themes only fit to be treated on by the ftronget Pen, and their Native Worth and Refplendency are their own {ufficéent Panegyricks, Yet [uch % the Veneration I have for the Excellent Qualities and Endowments ofyour Noble Mind, and thofe Heroick inclinations, that move your Honour to make _fuch exath, diligent, and curious [earchinto all the Secrets | and Myfferies of Nature, and encourage all | others that Labour therem, that Icannot forbear being fo vain as to publifh my, refentments thereof to the World. Thefé Reafons, My Lord, together with the confideration ofyour inbr a Candour and Gener oft ity, encouraged me to the bolduc/s of committing thes ral Treatife to your Honours Patronage and Pro-

tettion :To whom I know it will be moré Az welcome,

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The Epiftle Dedicatory. welcome, as containing in it the Choice Obfervations, both in Phy fick and Chymiftry; of that Famous Man, and great Privy. Councellor of |Nature, Sir-Ky D. A Name, My Lord, that hath peculiar Charms. with.it, to recommend all that are under its gveat [hadow, to the value and confideration of all the diligent, the Learned, and the Honourabk: So

great a’ Perfon (may I alfume the vanity to fay fo) I had the Houour and Happinels for

feveral Years to Serve, beyond the Seas, ag well as ia Englandjandto attend on him more particularly in the Production of manyof bz sncomparable Experiments, and [o to continue ill hes dying day; when he left with me thofé Choice things contained in the little Treatife.

And fince I feas they. [uffer diminution of their Worth and Beauty, by pafiing through my mean Hands, and weak Mdanagery, F

thought I could raakeno better Atonement,

than. by recommending them to receive Re-

cruits and Reinforcements from the Splendour and Eminency of your Iluftrious Name. To

that end therefore I take the Boldnefs to. pro-

[trate them at your Honours Feet, where allo i all Framility lyes Your Honours Moft Obedient, and

Molt Devoted Servant, George Fartuzan.

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TO THE

|READER | | Courteous Reader, i ‘HIS ‘T'reatife. contains fome of the SS >=

Ghoiceft Collections of the Famous Sir Kenelm Digby -( {ome whereof have been wrought by his own hands, fome commumicated to him by Learned Men of all Nations) in praife.. whereof no more need be faid, but, that they are his; either of his production, or of his.approbation, _ I thall therefore, omitting other Artifices and Infinuations, only fauisfie the Reader with all the clearnefs and ingenuity 1 can, ,howI came by them; and thereby [ queftion nor, but { fhall very fucceflively recommend this Collection of sthem to all Ingenious Lovers of Art, whofe Ears the Fame of: the Worthy

Ns arte

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Author hath reached.

To this End { muft acquaint him, that I

had the Honour feveral years to wait upon

Sir Kenelm, and to.have feveral of his Ma) nufcripts in my Cuftody, more particularly | thi -s with (others: was committed. to my

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To the Peat Charge, when my Worthy Mafter intended a Journey to France for nis rieaitns faxe, and to fettle his Affairs there: And he had

Progrefled in his defigned Journey as far as Cittenburn, when a violent Diftemper forced him back again to hisown Houfe in Covent-- }

Garden; and in three days after his return,, left the Vencd Worldto lament the lofs ofi

fo great'a,Man.

“And here befides his in-- |

‘comparable felf, his Friends and Countrey’ joft alfo the benefit of his Famous Library he: had in France (which for want of his be--

ing, Naturalized) fell into the French Kings: hands, ‘who beftowed it upon a Gentleman,,

_and it was fold (as I was credibly informed )} } .” ‘for ten thoufand Crowns. “In which no doubt bs Manufcripts of his own, of very? great worth and nich value, and might haves} much obliged the World, had they fallen in-ro the ‘hands of Generous and Communica-. tive Men.

But it was my happinefs to have, amon fome other Manuferipts of his, the (ole Pro » priety of this Choice Manual, which con--} tains rare and profitable Becht. in | Philofo-:}

phy and Chymiftry , delivered with perfpicuity and’ plainnefS than is yet found in any Chymice! Book: Yea, that ahy underftanding Reader may

more} to bes}, fuch,, with}

great facility be conducted as with an AriadeneAaniy

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To tve Reader.

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| sean Line into the moft intricate and hither| to fatigating Arcana of Chymiltry. Here | arethetrue Menffruums and Alkahefts, and | that hitherto hidden Secret of Volatilizing the | fixed Sale of Tartar without any Heterogene | Subftance, being the true Vegetable Aden‘| “i “| '|

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and unheardffruum; with many other rare of Medieines, fome whereof fFhad'a mind to referve for my felf, and not to Publifh them during my Life, becaufe of | the great Experience, and the good Succefs Ihave had

with them in defperate cafes; but Inspiuns eff tacere, qua fi promuigata effent, multorum mifere decumbentium, in’ levamen extarent. ”YisImpious and unchriftian to for‘bear the Publication of thofe things, which being rendred Publick, will effectually redoundto the Advantage and Comfort of miferable Men. a

|| I have Tranflated moft of thefe Secrets tN) out of the Latine, French, German, and Ita-

| lian Tongues. And if Ihave committed any th) indecenciesagainft the Idiom of the English i) Speech) I hope the Candid Reader will forav"! give a Foreigner,

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As for any Ornaments

and Embellithments of Language, as the Work requires no fuch Painting, fo the Publifhers Foreign Stile and mean Talents are not able to aA iC. I kave no more to acquaint the Reader Aa. SS PSA TE ETET EN ESIEED

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To the Reader. with, but that thefe Secrets had been Com-: municated to him, long before, but that I’

have been moft part of my time fince my Excellent Mafters Deceafe, abroad: However, I hope they will be now kindly en: tertained. For it is the height of my Ambition to make the Memory of my incomparable Mafter. to. Live, who was my pri-

vate, and the Worlds. publick Benefactor,

which can no where do fo with fuch Advantage as in his Learned Works, for thereby being dead he yet fpeaksand inftruéts, And though ir be no addition to his Glorious Name, yet forthe Wit and {martnefs of the thing, and the Readers diverfion, I thall conclude here with that Elegant Epitaph made on him by the Ingenious Dr, F AY’ ar, which is as followeth.

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UPON ‘The Honourable and Truly Noble

|| Sir Kenelm Digby, K' Chancellour to Her

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Queen-Mother.

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this Tomb the Matchilefs Digby lees 5

Digby the Great, the Valiant, and the Wife :

This Ages Wonder for bis Noble Parts,

Skil?din Six Tongues, and Learn’ din all the Nn Ol aSR

Arts.

| Born on the Day He Dy'd, Th’ Eleventh of | _-June,

| And that Day Bravely Fought at Scandaroun;: \\ | Tas Rare, that oue and the fame Day {hould be

| His Day of Birth, ofDeath, and Victory. :

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A. | A Nimeation and Preparation of Common C.

Page 26.83,84, 8¢.

Aurum Potabile, from the Marchionefs de Bec k.

A. R. Philofophical.

“ig unheard-of Arcanum,

fin -Athercal Autum potabile.

177.

Lhe Arcanum of Flamel, Artehus, and Pon tanus, Ove. LTT. B.

Rite of & to extra the Tintlure of ©.

Lutter of & without Sublimate.

4A Work with Rutter of &.

4 Precious Balam.

ei

Alx of ©. ,

Cofmetick prepared out of y.

? i, ° pare Fee ikieTeretarereiasetcrat Seciect ncnieeres

Hehe leila Sabon mpeg

RS bleh epee: Sem

: Coppels

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The Index.

14.9.

Coppels bow to make.

5D

A Work upon Cinaver.

131.

173.

Cray-Fifbes to engender.

A great Corroborant and Sudorifick.

2.26.

‘Convulfion Fits to Cure.

221s Cancers to Cure. aris apfF Tartar AA Laxative and Emetick Creags of ed

pad

D. a ie E Danes Work, wrought by Sir K.

22.

D Monficur Dandte’s Work with ©, 3, and Sul-

- phur-vive tran{parent, with Obfervations Ce Preis _ thereupon.

21'25 A great Diaphoretick of & 216. me Decottion Sudorifick.

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Dropfieto Cure.

Deafnefs to Curesne has E.

~ Xtrattion of % of 8.

Elixir of ©, 8 & ®.

200, 201. 24.

26r. et

65.72.75-77-795 80,

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69.

705 Lixir y OC).

16.

Elixir Album. “ie ce Elixir Rubrum.

WAG. Elixir of Sulphur. e Pg Extraction of % of Yor hh. — 2.09.

Effence of Sulpkur.

Epilepfie Cured by Sir K.D.. at Frankfort. 4

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197, 198.

E lux

The Index.

H. od Lux or Loofenefs to Cure.

_ 257.

116.21. 26, 62. 6a) Monfiewr R’s. Fixation of 8 by the Salt of Fixation of ) into ©.

h.

To fix @ quarter part of S) into ©.

Mallus hs Proce/s to fix y.

102..

52.

62.

Fixationof h into ) with good Profit. 43 Fixation of 9 by the Salt of hh, by Captain Zeigler.

4.9.

Fixation of % of &.

44, 4.6, 4.7.

Fixation of Common Sulphur, and its Tincure, 192.

Fixation of 3 into

by the Salt of hed,

by Monjieur de R.

A great Febrifuge.

Riverius 4a Febrifuge.

102.

2.20..230. 216.

222.

A Furnace for many Ufes, &c.

138.

To burn holes in Glaffes.

36.

G

Gout to Cure.

260, 261.

The Eagles Gluten, or 3 of theWife. |

Apis Ignis.

L.

78.

24.2.

Laudanum Germanicum.

Liquor Mercurial with YL.

266.

2.2.9.

da hes Synopfis of Aphorifms.

lily.

Lauremberg’s Obfervation upon Angelus Sa-

The Lunar Pills againft the Dropfte. |

PEI VTs TeIMTer TaTa TTL

rpanipieta abadetebeiihs

. 199.

A Lunary:

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oreo rats Seinthte cnr ela leLL na feraegae feats Mediate lente iecereietg pened:

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A Lunary Emetick. ‘iLac Sulphuris. : M. \ i . ArAtthews his Work, || |

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Mercurial 7.

\LA Minera of ©.

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2.20; 214: 1g.

160%

4.2.

‘\Minera of 2 of & ad infinitum.

7 hue sbThe Menitruum Ccelicum Exuberatum. By 4) Dr. Clodius, 156.

MV Mercury of al. Metals.

16. 8r.

4 ITo make Metals ¥ egetate wiftbly.

I 20.

1 : (Concerning May Dew. ri6.

Wi 4 great Medicine.

228; \\ A rare Medicine for an Ague.

2LOF. ‘|, \detalline Menftruum, ny Aeea WA great Medicine, &c.

228. i ikeOniverf{al Medicine of © dil &&e. 167,

VL 6 Tale.

Onl of %.

Dyl of ©. |

‘An 4

Operation that

132) Ee. 12.6. pg Monfieur de Loberye

wrote fron Monfieur John’s: Mfouth. 12.2.

(An Oper ation with a Martial Regulus of de &

Go. blervations about Snyder’s Secret.

D7.

Dperation upon Saturn. o, b iDyt of Sulphur.

2.07. ; idn Operation with Spirit and Salt of Urine, ), and © Precipitate, wrought by Sir Kenelm’s Operator.

153. fA i)

‘The index.

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‘A Precious Oyl of &.

An Operation upon Jupiter.

Monfieur Van Outer’s Secret.

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An Operation upon Regulus of &, dy Mien lit

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fieur Toyfonnier.

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An Operation with © and & of bs wrought

by Monfiewr Chambulan,

if

and Heemooey 1

by him.

An Operation upon h, fent me by Mines coon bi Boucaud.

S77 Ff P.

Short and clear Defcription of the Phiid 1 Jofophers Stone.

1077 The Cobatsn of Kents Powder after SirK.D)} 1 Met hod.

12554 Jin Excellent Panacea. ~ | VIBE hy SirK.D's. Sympathetical Poseiders

Cornachinus his Medicinal Powder.

Plaifter of Lead:

Sean vent.

3

27008 bi

2.4.77.

Aas 8.

Q. of h, an1 Untverfal diffoll$8)

R..

AAReality upon ).

AA Reality frce Abbot Boucaud:

Ashik LOU} if;

HE Volatile: We of Tartar. en Te KD) Sir Saunier’s Work, wrought by

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The Index.

Snyder's Secret, as he himfelf gave it bo Sir K. D. 16.

Salt fusible.

59. 16.

The beft way to make Spirit of Urine. 236.

Sigillum Hermetis.

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Scrofula’s to Cure...

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The trae Sulphur of &.

sae ©:

Stone to Cure.

An Excellent Phyfical Salt.

205.

25Ae

A white Spirit of Sulphur to diffoive ) and g.

166, The beft and eafief? way of making a Spiritof Sal armoniack.

250.

The Metalline Stone of a§ Space Lunary. rgt.

An Excellent Sudorifich.

Sol and Luna out of 2.

Sulphur of ©.

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4A particular Spirit of Nitre, :

85.

T. Ne

5 4 Beeus of Mars.

Tincture of © by $. | y Letters or Herps to Cure, &e.. .~.

1 Linckure.of '). | Tranfmutation of & into a Regulte |< Lintlure of fixt Sulphur. ) LA Tintlure of the Fasia of &. |. Lhe true Tincture of Coral.

i Tinktore ofClap f

55.

64e 2.36.

65.

128, 192.

255.

Thid.

164

The Index.

V.

Olatilized y.

22.

Venus ito ).

The great Work out of Virgin Earth.

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dA Work Copied out of the Original of Mon-. fieur de \a Violette’s own hand, whereof*} he made great account.

12.

The Secret to Volatilize the fixt Salt of Tar= tar.

147. 152s. §

Monfieur Vignault bis Proce/s with © andih\y ®.

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A [ubtil Volatile vom Sulphur. aw

of Sag hh @, Oc...

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An Explication of the Characters which are ufed in this Book.

© Gold.

A. EY Aqua Forts.

y Silver.

3 Iron.

ALR. Agua Regus.

S.V. Spirit of Wine.

G Mercury. ‘ Fupicer.

2 vee

x, Sublimate. tt Precipitate. aaa Amalgama.

h Lead.

WY Water.

& Antimony.

Ls Fire,

% Sal armoniac.

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{SECRETS | How to fix » into © by % anid ® Precis |

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pitate.

Aving Written fo many Procefé

fes, and made fo many Trryals,

and heard fo many Difcourfes

ne of Learned Men upon this |Subject , I will give you an Account of art

yy | eafte Method that I have refolved upon for

|accomplifhing this Work. Naniely, ‘That | all umperfeét Metals and common § miay be tranfmuted into © by one and the fame Method; to tvit, by Maturation and Coétion; |and not by Generation ; for that which i

| generated, 1s no more that which it was bes | fore it was genetated: And that which is | B Corrupted;

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Corrupted,

is no more that which it was

before it was Corrupted.

But the bafer Metals, after they are tranfmuted: into ) or © are ftill Metals never-

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thelefs:as they-were before, and the tranfmutation of their kind is-done by changing their accidental form, not their fubftantial, the-perfeétion whereof~is Maturity ; for by Maturation the Metal is broughttoa higher | degree of perfection. | Now, imperfect Metals are Maturated by | external heat, which digefteth their crude | Humidity.; yea, © it felf may be further |, perfected,. and exalted. in colour,, as, when the Stone 1s made of it, it will communi-

cate this Maturity to imperfect Metals.

And Common §& is extracted out of Me-

tals three’ feveral “ways; namely, by Cementation ‘and Digeéftion; by Fermentation, and by Tincture, As'for Cementation,that

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coricefneth onely. the digeftion of } irtto@

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bur not'the? other t60 impet fect Metals) ‘nor ||") eithery which 19 crude,:and too much alies ||."

nated fronithe Maturity of ©.

By Cementation the humidity oF") is 4 broughe:'to ‘maturity. »There ate fvéral f* forts of Cementations, ‘namely "by Salis, Ale |%h loms,' 'Vittiols, ‘and: ‘Metalline-watets* But | often-times inftéad of divelitio'p chéy' burn | ph

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3 it; fo that this way of making © jis wich {more lofs:than ‘profi.

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But there is no better way than Sand

A red Precipitate, which Ihave learned by the |afore-mentioned Operaticns.

My Rico 4s fuch.

hw

Ake ij..0f >, make an Abegitea of at wath: Wdercuryoby' A. Fs. as jyou fy. wath this Amalgama very well.in fe-

2 HL etl waters, then prefsiourfo mu¢li,8,.that

there remain but Zuijuofat with the.p which “| maketh Sv}. vinsall.: sAddito.it Zvj.o£ good teed Precipitate, and grihd alljto an impal. }pable! Powder; which put. into» a ;Matrals, ‘band digeftiat with a gentle ‘heat; in: Sand, fo “|that the % do not Sublime, but that it'may 1 Galcine the y and leave: atin Powders for Vif you give-too great ahéat, at will reduce the ‘p into! a Body. :After three days Digeftion, take out your | v4||Powder, ‘and grind it as before, fo that if ithere be yet any quick @ it may be morti‘fed.

Digeft it again as before, and with

the fame degree of heat for three days more “|then take it out and grind it again, then ai iirlit-only for two days by four degrees of “Theat, which you muft change every two ilours; tothe end, that by the att degree of B 2 heat

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heat all the % and % Precipitate may

preci-

pitate the Powder of D, which will begim | to grow white.

Reiterate the addition of % and % Pre-cipitate in the fame quantity as before. Di--}| geft two days more by four degrees of heat}, as before, and the Powder will grow per--}; fetly white.

Then by the fame Operation reiterated itt} ..

will begin to be of a Citrine colour, anc}, ; i ot fixed.

And thus by reiterating the Digeftionss,} you may give it what degree of this coloust} , .

you pleafe; for the oftner you digeft ir witkhy the faid § and % Precipitate, being feparar},’ ted from it again by the laft degree of heart). the more the Powder will be of a Citrinee}® q Colour.

Then melt your Powder with Borax, ancd} ., you fhall have © at 24. Carrats, without,’ diminution of the firft weight of the ) whiclif,,.

will be rather increafed.

All may be aci4;

ani in the fpace of Oneand Twenty}.

7% days.

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| AWork with © and3 that Monfieur Dandre

helped to work in Piedmont, 7% great quantity: Given me by bim, June 1660,

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Onfieur Dandre faith,he wr ought thus

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Make carefully an Amalgamaot 2. 0f

“| © in Calx, with 7 or 8of Puntied §,» then HY | of Sand fothere be Zitinthe thGljoe To this ‘

ee

ay add 3}. of Sulphur-vive,

whichisseat 4and

| ranfparent In pieces, Cin taly, where he | wrought this) and griad allvery W ietogeim4 ther, "Cin this confifteth the main part.of: “| the Secret, for at every time you are to emM1ploy ues or four hours in grinding ) then put the matter into a Matr ae. and give 2 Ny gentle heat, the Glafs unftopped, ull the

ih moiture and {moak is exhaled out, Then jer the Fire go out, and when the Matrafs is

i cold, feal ir Hermetically, and{ if it to Subs cigBac. by degrees of F:re, tll all that will, be i Sublimed, which will be done in 20 or 24:

«9 hours.

Then the Vellelbeing cold, break

it}at, and take out the Matter, and grind all |together along time, both that which is |Sublimed, and that which is in the bottom,

|adding %2}. of new Sulphur-vive, then Subie in the fame Method as before ; repeat iithis. feven times at the leat, adding 231.

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Copper in Sand.

Some Obfervations about the [aid Monfieurr) (y, Dandre’s Work:

PEAHE t

Operation was made in an Athar}|

nor, With the Régitters atthe end, theep ps,

hole through which the heat was communi, cated, ‘was about the bignefS of a brith, theepis, platé which held the Sand was of Tron, “anicdy contained 32 Matraffes, ‘fixteen: on everyyf», fide: ‘The Tower was in the middle, where¥,,,; in the Goals funk down by degrees. ~Theyyik, did ‘not. mix the Powder with Wax, ‘nor anyyfy,, qLe hing elfe in projecting, but only wrapt uj in Paper, it did enter,” and difappear ‘amm

mediately without’ fmodking.

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trafs ought to have 2 third parts empty.

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The Amaleama was made thus: They

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“Ml took Zix, of & and heated it ina Grucible;

@) untilitbegun to fmoak,

then they fet it

iy

Ny upon hot Afhes, and caft therein 3}. of Du-

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‘MY cats cut in {mall pieces, and made hot in a

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| Crucible,then ftirred it until the © was fwal| lowed,up by the

8: Then, took it off, and

| let.it; coole .They: did not wath the {aid: | Amalgama: ‘They. ufed,common 3 on!

vil! mixeth with: Quick-lime,; and- then: Diftilled

}

| ina Retort, Tay : | | The, Sulphur was. tranfparent and- yel| low like Amber, in pieces,.and to be: had | at. Carmagnole,' Turin,; Cony,

Mondevic,

ini Saluce, Genes: It is ‘a-Sulphur-vive,. coft | four, fivey or fix. pence.a. pound... ‘The |Sand they ufed was. round River-fand,,atid

fit the Matrafs was never red in the Sand: They

4h tit never put'above 2Byeof © in/one Matrafs, nor

oy never, ,above:, 8x. of; Dat

every

th jection: 4 } il ( Hartman,).. Thefe Obfervations

Prowere

\ifconmumpcated to Sir Kenelm by Abbot Boumopcaud | but the Proce{s,svas owritten by Sir hafKenelm ‘himfelf. from Monfieur Dandre’s wi Mout 2,

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Monfiewr Van Outet’s Secret, Phyfician of Bruflels, 2th © and Buiter ef AntiMOBY -

rpake equal parts of & Mineral, and ¥

Sublimate, and a little Sal armoniac, make Butter thereof: Draw the Spirit from this Butter, which rectifie again. (Note, that this Butter, being expofed to thé Air, draws from the fame what it needeth in an hours time, and thereby is much increafed. } wi in quantity: ‘That which it draws is the hid-: } i den Food of the Life of Man, and ‘all the: } ir Beings in the World.

And this Butter is: } ti

the true Magnet which drawsit in its purity.)) } i Then put this Spirit into a Glafs Cucurbite,

of a convenient bignefs, fit a Head to it:

with Limbec and Receiver; lute well all the: } ly junctures, and put it thusto putrifie in Afhes: } for two Months, in which time the Matter: } will become as red as Blood, .and afterwards: } | very black, flicking to the fides of the Vef=!} fel like glutinous Soot,and the Ethereal Spi-

vit afcendeth and pafleth into the Recipient inform of a Spirit, andin Body of fufible»

Salt, whereof you mutt alfo draw the Spirit,, and feparate them by Diftillation with a veryr } 4 gentle fire, until you fee a red and fparkling: hreupon the Matter, which is a fign of its: , Maturity,, |

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Maturity, and that you have obtained the Philofophical 2, which is the true Univerfal Diffolvent, then let it cool. ‘What which refteth in the bottom of the Cucurbite, isthe Terra damnata.

Take Zvj. of this Aden/Pruum, and putit @

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upon 2}. of © in very thin plates,which will

fpeedily be diflolved, and they will unite intimately, as bemgof the fame Nature. You muft take great care that you lofe nothing of the Spirits; it muft be done in a Matrafs with a Glafs ftopper,exactly fitted ; and being well fealed and luted, digeft it with a Lamp

fire, with a very gentle heat in the begimning. After fifty days digeftion, you muft feed and imbibe your Matter with the faid Menftruum, whereof you muft have ftore,

forto multiply your Work. So foonas you have put in the faid Diffolvent, you muft ftop it again immediately, and ‘feal it as before, then digeft fifty days more, the heat a little increafed; which time being ex-

pired, you muft again feed your Matter

with the Virginal Milk a little more than the firfttime, continuing the cigeftion, the heat the Imbibition a little ftronger. * Reiterate

feven times, and your Matter will become

more vigorous, arid will be able to bear fronger Food from time to time, and to

bear ftronger’heat, which neverthelefs muft not

Chymical Secrets. not be haftened, but well governed; after

the Example of the Operation of the Rays

of the Sun in the Spring and Summer, for the Nourifhment.and Maturation: of: Vege-

tables. But you muft obferve, that,atthe two Jaft imbibitions, theremuft. be but 25 days diftance from the one to the other. inftead of\ 50 before. .At the five firft imbjbitions you fhall fee from time to time the wonderful effects of Nature, by the internal. vertue of. the Matter, and by all the Signs

written.in Flammel, La Tourbe, Le Rofaire, ot, Fubilation of the Soul,.and in all thofe

Authors that have poflefled this rare Know2 ledge, which will appear infallibly ; tothe

ptoportion whereof, you. muft increafe the fire, and that is left to the difcretion of the Operator. .You muft obferve, that..as the Matter multipliethin vertue and quantity.-at each umbibition, and always more and more, it might, become fo.fufible, that at/Jaft it might, penetrate the Gla(s;; fo that if you

judge convenient, you need not imbibe quit e feven times, that you/may run.no hazard;

for you may afterwards multiply, the, Pow-

der in ithe fame manner, and carry it adie finitum. And. to pettorm) all this, . there needeth no more than) about nine Months

time, and without much trouble or Cares,

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The Multiplication of the Poowder.

rp Ake 2}.of the Powder to Ziij. of ©, melt them -rogethet, and leave them. until all be reduced to-a Powder, which will be done

in three days at the molt; and thus you may carry) it ad infinitum, and that whichisimade thus, hath the fame veftue as the firlt.

The Projection.

a5 O Project upon % you muft heat: at ina <Cruaible; until it-caft a black. fnoak , # then caft one grain of the faid Powder upon sen or twelve Ouncesof 3... And projecting

uponother Metals, they mult be in fufion, and they,dvill- render in proportion, accord-

ing asthey aboundin}s

A confidenable Wonk with O.ana.®.

pak Zvi. of ©, mele. it. ina Crucible with

threé times as much Pitt-glafs,mix them wellitogetlier,! then: eafl-at/out, and -beat.rt into ‘as finall pieces as-yott;ean: ‘Take three times the weight of syour amiixture of igood Sublimate; which putiin,/the bottom of, a large Cucurbite, and upon that put the faid

mixture ;fet the Cucurbite in an|Barthen

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Pot, which put into an Iron Pot with Sand; fita head with a Limbeck and Receiver to

it, lute all well, and give a gentle heat at the beginning for two hours; then increafé the heat by degrees, at laft a very violent fire of reverberation, during eight hours; then let-it cool, and open the Veffel, and you fhall find your Tin-glafs in the Receiver in the form shCryftals, with the Sublimate, and the © will remain in the bottom of the Cucurbite, 1n the form of light dry Flowers, very fair to behold, and will be much opened and attenuated.

Diffolve this © ineight parts of 4. R. Di-

fill ic off; and put the fame quantity of new 4. R. upon it, and Diftillic off ‘as before. Repeat this three times, at the third time the © will be fo opened, that it will afcend with the water, and ftick to the fides of the head of the Alembick; fo the fame

will feem to be full of golden Stars.

Diflolve this © again in eight parts of A. R. Diffolve alfo by it felf twelve Marcs of § ind. F, Put thefe two diffolutions together,and Jet them ftand to fettle 2.4. hours,

the © and ¥ willbe precipitated indiftinguifhible, in the form of a black Spunge,

and will be effentially and radically U-

nited.

Diftill off the water to drynefs, you re nd

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Gnd at the bottom a gray Powder, which take out, and put it into a Matrafs, and

pour upon it good Oyl of Vitriol, fo much

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as may cover it the breadth of four fingers;

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Seal it hermetically, and digeft for twenty

ih)

days.

Then open the Matrafs, and let the

humidity exhale by a ftrong heat in Sand: Break the Glafs, and grind the Matter with a little Borax, then melt it, and you fhall | have at leaft eleven Marcs of © (a Marc ____

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is ten Ounces. )

Monfieur Carrier gave this Work to his Unele, Monfieur Ferrier, having had it

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f,om an intimate Friend of his, who had arrived to preat Wealth by it.

Hartman.)

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The faid Monfieuar Ferrier

did communicate this Procefs to Sir Kenelm

nl

js | at Paris, 1660. when he returned from Getm | many, at the time of the Kings Happy Re— | ftauration.

of the Original of MonA Work Copied out freur de \a Violette’s own Hand, whereof | he made great Account.

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Ake Ziiij. of the pureft and fineft 2, and Kyi}. Spamifh 2 purified with Salt and + Vinegar,make an Amalgama. Then take red Manium

and CES ftum of each

Ziiij.

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by Calcination, grind and mix thefe all well. together, and putthem intoa Retort coated,

and pour‘upon it one pound and a half of the following A. F. Take Vitriol two pound, which reduce to

one {6 by ‘Calcination, which put into a Retort, and pour upon it a good AF, made of Vitriol and Nitre, Diftill ir-s? 14, and. you {hall have an 4.:F: fit for this Work, ‘which having poured upon the faid

Matter, Diftill it off, and ict will Be very ponderous. Break the Retort ( being cold)

and you will find on the fides of it; and upon the Caput Mortunm, a very'red and ponderous Sublimate, which, take off. |

Take the half of the ‘Caput Mortuum , and as much of Bay Salt decrepitated, ‘reduce allto a fine Powder with the aid’ Sublimate, and-then put all into a new Retort, and pour upon it the Diftilled 4..F. DifHI it .as -before, and the faid 4. F: will come off very red, and the Sublimate'will' be more red, and more ponderous than before, ‘and will rife very high at this time. Keep this Water very, caretully, break the Retort, and

take, both the Feces and Sublimace;~ and re-

duce it to-Powder, and Sublime it by: it felf

without 4.-F. andthe Sulimate will mount but upon the furface of ‘thé Feces, “which feparate, and it ‘will“have acquired’ more

rednefs, s

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rednefs, and will be almoft fixed. Put this Sublimate into the faid 4. F. and it will diflolve it fpeedily : Diftill or evaporate the A. F. in Sand, and the Sublimate -will remain in the bottom like. adeep-red Oyl. Put into this Oyl Ziij. of the fixed Sulphur

of Vitriol, made according to Art; put it into a Matrafs with a fhort neck, and digeft in Sand, until all the moifture is exhaled.

Then take an Amalgama made with one part of © andtwo parts of ) Calcined with Salt, atid four parts of Spanifh 2° (wafhed with Salt and Vinegar;) then fqueeze out fo much’ ® 'as you can drom the Amaleama, then wafh and dry this Amalgama,and pour upon it by. little and little of the above-faid A. F, let it ftand half an hour, thgn pour on. more of the Water as before, and you will fee the Amalgama. diffolve vifibly, and will be reduced toa very red Powder.

Note, that once in half an hour you muft pour on fome of the faid Water, and all will be done’ in lefs than half a day. Digeft ir half a ‘day longer in Sand; then break the Veflel,’ take out this Precipitate, and,mele it witha’ little Borax, ‘and you fhall haveO at 2.4, Carats.

Note, that if you take équal parts of © and Yto your Amalzama,

you ‘thall have in-

creafe yet'fourty or fifty’ per Cert. more. |

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Snyder’s Secret, as he gave it me bimfelf thee P 22 of July, 1664.

"T Ake Nitre, eight parts, Sulphur four parts, and ‘T’artar two parts: Reduce: } all into a fine Powder, and mix them well. | Then melt one part.of pure © ‘and three: parts of purified Regulus of Antimony, ina: Crucible; then add to them three parts ot more of the faid Powder, let it ftand in the fire until you fee a light Skin upon it, then. pour itinto an Antimony-horn. ‘Take the Regulas in the bottom of the Horn, and_| melt it again, and caft more of the faid.

Powder upon it: Repeat this fo often until.

all the Regulus be confumed; diffolve all the

{cums of the faid Regulus, and make a laver thereof, which filter, and precipitate with

an Acid, which edulcorate; edulcorate alfo the Feces which remained in the filter, put

thefe things edulcorated together, with half |

the weight of Flowers of Sulphur, and cal-

cine them well: ‘Then draw the Salt from it

with diftilled Vinegar (which will be a gole

den Salt) draw as much of the faid Sale |

from it as you can.

‘Lake one part of this Salt, and two or three parts of good Butter of Antimony well rectified, mix them well in a Matra{s, one

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{| part filled, sindtheother two parts enapty : |. Seal it a metically,

and digeft it witha

gentle heat; it will grow black and putri| fie in the fpace of three days; continue the “| digeftion untilthe Powder be fixed. “| Zhe following Obfervations are from another | Lesarned Man, with whom Sir Kenelm did confer at has return from ee concerning the faid Snyders Work.

Who faith hia:

tte THis Dpbiatids may be abbreviated, in i) fermenting it with © as followeth : Make a Spirituous Regulas of &, as you know, which js precipitated Butter of Sand ®, adding to them Soap and Salt of Tar-

tar. x‘akeof this Spirituous Reg. three parts, and one pert of ©, melt them together, ind caft it by little and little into the Sulphurous Salt, Enixe, @& .totrws. folvetur,

ae a Nl nN

effunde, folve; filtra, precipita totam mate-

riam in Sulphur pulcherimu: m: Reverberate | this Seg with Howers of Sulph. or if } you will, diflolve it again, and Senile | draw. the Sale from this Sulphure with di-

ores Amt ma i ee = = =

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Eo fe Nase 5 add to this Salt or Golden Vitriol, three times its weight of Butter of | bs ieeft them together,

( donec-ceffent. co-

| ares eS.y You may multiply the Work in qua-

lity

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Chymical § ecrets. lity, in diflolving the Powder in Salt Enixe, and Precipitating often: And you may multiply it in quantity, in mixing it with new Butter of &, wherein you have diffolved the faid Salt, or Golden Vitriol.

Note, ‘That

this Work will be more excellent if it be

done with @ of &,'afid Spirituous Reg. — It may be alfo abbreviated in purifying very well the Butter of %. Note, That this Work is a Mineral water, which 1s coagulated by its own Sulphur. Note alfo, ‘That if you take the Golden Sulphur without Reg.

the work will be yet fhorter. Note, ‘That in the Multiplication, if the Powder only be diffolved in Butter of %, the Operation: will be fhorter.

A great Secret of the faid Mr.Snyder’s Powder.

PF

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\Iflolve ©: in Sal Enixe, and exalt itt with Sulphur of &, then caft in comum,, | tw in falem rubicundum; (fee that no Coals fall! in.) Keep the Salt fo long in the fire, thatt} : it remain fufible: Grind it, and let it melet]! ina Matrafs; adda grain or two of the2} te Powder, let all melt ina ftrong fire twelve: or twenty hours, and this Powder will bee} multiplyed; pour out, diffolve, and filter,,| put therein > and 8, they will be tranfmu-- } iy ted into fine &. ' Or,,|

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1g Or, Precipitate the Liquor with Saleinto a Golden Sulphur, which dige{t longer with

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vi

Butter of .

Or, preferve the Sulphqur,and

ferment it again with diflolved ©, as is faid,

ff Salt Dane

and in a Matrafs, that the

-owder may go ad infinitum.

Matthews hes Work

‘Ala Common Cinaber, 2x. Cryflals of F. Zij. Common.

& Precipte, made |

by y F. and reverberateduntil it be red, ra 3 Oyl of Vitriol zxv. |Firft, reduce the three hard In ehedive tsinto a motfine Powder; then grind iti upon a Marble ftone with a bie tle of the Oyl of Vitriol, adding the faid

Oy] by little and little, sale it become like Pap; which put into alow Cucurbite (taking care that it do not touch the fides of the rae Cucurbite, becaufe it would endan-

ger it to break ) and put upon it the reft of the ey of Virriol, and ftir the Matter well with a flick of Glafs ( which muft be mafly

and not hollow) that "llmay be well mixed together; digeft it witha gentle heat for eight days, ie that fothing: may go over through the Limbeck: Then diffill as much

as you can of the Oyl of Vitriol, and take the Matter out of theCsacarrbite, and grind itagain; put the diftilled Oyl upon it again, G 2

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and diftill as before, without digefting it; repeat this fourteen or fixteen times. At laft, diftill as much of the Oyl as poffibly you can; and that the remaining Matter may be thick, and conveniently handled,

put into it Zv. or vj. of filings of ». Then

melt twenty Ounces of », and project your Matter upon the fame (being in fufion) in fifteen or twenty parcels, {laying every time, _ before you project until that which you projected be well entred and incorporated with the ), and that it be very clear: After all

1s projected, leave it in good fufion for an

hour or two; then put itto Coppel, and afterwards to Separating 7, and you fhall have about 2j8. of pure ©.

The Cryftals of ¢ are made thus: Upon filings of o& put Oyl of Vitriol , then pour common VY upon it, and. the fi-

lings will diffolve; filter the diffolution, and evaporate the Liquor u/qye ad pelliculam; fet it in a cold place, and it will fhoot into

Cryftals, which require no further Purifica-

&LOLie ror

Dylof.

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filter and congeal its then Calcine it

gently, until it be white: "Fhen diftifl ic in:

Retorts 5. 4. forcing’ it very ftrongly at: laft. Dephiegm this Oyl in a low Cucurbite,

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bite,and that which remaineth in the Gucurb,

(which will be of a dark red) mult be paf-

i

|. fedthrough a filter of wool in a Glafs'Fun-

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‘wad Mel, and the wool wili imbibe the unctuofity 4] .0f the Oyl, which if it were not feparated

| from it, might hinder its Operation, |

Lo fix ) inta ©.

FTHE 1sth. of November, 1660. Mon~ fieur Fobn Commandaire told me, thar Signeor Lucca ( from whom he now came )

|

had taught him a fhorter, and eafier way of doing his work, thus: |.

Lake the Mother-liquor of Salt-petre,

Nb ME OS ce

| Cwhich is the falt 7 that remaineth atter as much.

is fhot into Nitre

as will fhoot )

and let it run once througha filter of wafhed Sand to purifie it; then evaporate it to dry| nels: Grind the remaining Sale very fine, ~ }and fet it ina Cellar, or other moift place to "| diffolve into 7 by the Air; filter that by a “| woollen Languette, coagulate, grind, difeen Ser cee ee ee dere

‘Wfolve, and filter ir. Repeat this feven or eight times, that all foulnefs may be fevered

* Wtom this fixed Salt of Salt-petre. ‘Then it ‘{willeafily give its pure Spirits, and not be“Hore. Put this into Retorts, not above half * Ja pound into each Retort; diftdl firft with sspmuets

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“very gentle A, increafing iby degrees, at .

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laft, flrong A, as when you difttil A. F’ T he diftillation will be performed in twenty four hours: Then dephlegm it carefully; when the drops come Acid, ceafe. In the mean time purifie the fixed Salt remaining after the diftillation, by grin ding it final, diffolving in Lae filtring, and congeal-

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ing. Repeat this twice or thrice; then put | one part of this fixed Salt to three ae ok

peg Juctet fot | apWiber

the Spirit, and to this Compolition puta. |

tenth saneof pure ©, and though it were: }, inan Ingor, it will diffolve it fireedily. Put: }; this into an Egg, and Sealit.Hermetically,,|

and digeft it, it wall pe and grow en--| urely Blacks then pats all the dae colours,,| during which time increafe the heat by de--} grees, and when it requireth ftrong heat, ufe:} .”

Goal

An Obfervation about Volatilifed y.

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Onfieur de Loberie,

and Monf. de la

/\ Noue w rrought the pap-rocefs upon’

y (which ts after thofe upon© ) that: isin’

.

the handgrif of Baf. Valent. which maketh the fourteenth Book of his Teft.. But infteadi} of a due Calx of ), they took one made with 4. F. (the ordinary made of Vitriol Mi

and Nitre) and Precipitated it with Salted

y (Salt diffolved in Common VY) and. for he

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the reft, did as the Procefs teacheth; which was Reported to me thus. Put upon this Calx of ) (they had Ziv.) (after it 1s well dulcified by often ablutions with fair v, till no Saltnefs or Spirits appear to remain) fo much frefh 4. F’. as to {wim four fingers breadth over the Calx of »: Diftill off the A. F. then cohobate again; do thus four times: At the laft diftillation give ftrong A, you will havea gray fubftance like Marcafite.

Beat it to Powder, and put dittilled

Vinegar upon it, to {wim four fingers over it; digeft two days, then boyl it three or four hours, after which, diftill away all the diftilled Vin. and there fhould have remained blew Cryftals, but they were white without tincture: So having failed in their expecta. tion, they would

reduce their ) back ina

body, therefore dulcified it well, with diftilled Vinegar and fair ‘7, and put it into a Cruc. to melt with a little Borax, anda little Nitre, anda thick fmoak flew away, and in the end there remained but 41. of ».

Confider, if this courfe, and, if need be, digefting longer (at laft) with diftilled Vinegar and Oyl of Tartar, *, and Salt of MY Urine, cc. Then diftilling with Tartar and Calx-vive, > mightnot make mg

& of ).

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with © os

Cre.

“Ake 2}.of ©, aaate it with Zix grind thisaaa, and wath it -wel put it into an earthen Pot with ; {hut it very clofe, which cover

a Funnel at the top: Put it tc

in Sand for twenty four hours, 2 ftron: ad eas for ty pass four sur the Mattter may

afcend

take out your Matter bottom where it and

daate i

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proceed all as before.

Repeat this

fix times, always with the fame &

by degrees will become-Earth, and will ft no mote to the bottom; you mi ieke ve in Sand every time twenty four hou

:

you grind it again; after thefixth time it ftrong A, fo that it may sdb aiden Sand 46r fourty eight hours, and it wine a red Powder, whic emultiply by mix with it its weight of 3, grinding and de 1c

oy 'S ‘

gefting it asbefore sandin threee times t1 vrenty four hours it willbe in Powderr; andif you will at EY: it ag rain, proceed

ar id

oround { ad nDid

wafhed

"

then

put it-into a Mat afs, which ftop only with Paper; then digevel it contin ailly, and the faid 2 will aicend and defcend: And when you feethat at laft itbecomes hard and heavy,

flicking to the neck of the Matrafs, put it town ane a Quill, aid a it will becenia a Tree, which will bered. .Note » Uhat your ® suaibeeel purified firft, and thenee limed with © and ), taking Zij. of to one’pound of esa it will be acl the

better, 203. of

and v

oy

ooner.done.* ¢ S06 the faid }

VV

On

Zi].

of

©

If you mix Powder, and revived d

from

Cindber, and animated: with ©, as‘is faid, and digeit it fourtyveight hours, you will do more in fifteen days,~ than otherwife in two A ree and the © will not flick to the ot: Yc ou muft continue the Toxe aid above, and, at the end

trong

A.

© will ferve for to animate

the &, and to melt it, and-reduce it into a Calx, for to adate it ‘ane animated9%, ta-

king 3). of © to four of &, gas

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Fixation of Y, wrought by Father Bening: |, de Baune, ad by him communicated tor}: We. EY he animated Common % for this Work, thus: Take Ziv. of: Common Sulphur, melt itt} inan Hiarehen Poringer, then caft into it byr

little and little Thy. of & ( purified with Sale: and Vinegar,and {queezed through Chambo-. leather ) ftir it continually ; then take it from the fire, and keep it ftirring untill it iss reduced toa black Powder, which: grind,and|

add to at. iby. of & in Powder, and {6(S. off Quick-lime alfo in Powder; mix all togee. ther, and put it into a coated Retort, of: } fuch a bignefs, that a third part may re-: mainempty. Dytllit, and let the Nofe of the Retort lye ina Poringer fullof vy, diftill by degrees of A, as you dd 4.F. the 2. will diftill into he V: Mix this & again with new Materials, and diftill as before.) | Repeat this Operation with the faid © feven' | times, every time with new Materials.

Take of this ° Ziv. aaate it with 3}. of

©; wath the aaa fo often, that the 7 come

from it clear, then dry it.” Put this a¢a into a Matraf, and digeft twenty four hours

in Afhes: Then take iit out,

and grind it IN

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in a Glafs -Morter, and add to it Zxx. of the {aid 3 ; grind them well together, then wafh it and dry it, and pur it intoa Retort, and 7 diftill over all the° in Sand.

Take vit. of this 8, tii it with 3}. ef

a light are -calx of ©; wafh this daz well with warm Y, then oeit, and put it

into a Matrats; Seal it Herme tically, and digeft it in Sand the {pace of twenty four hours: Then Srind it again with 4vit). more of %, and diceft as before. Repeat this Operation once more with Zviij. more of

%, fothat there be Zxxiv. of § to one of ©.

Put them intothree feveral Matrafles, which Seal Hermetically, and put them to a fupprefling heatin an Athanor, for the {pace of two Months: ‘Then. put alfinto a Retort, and diftill ic in Sand, with aheat of Suppreflion, fo that the A above be ftronger than'that below, and if any ofth 1e © remain in the bottom ot the Retort you mult wate it with twenty four Ba of $, and diftill ic as before, until all the © be diftilled over.

‘Repeat the fame as betore, untill the © hath taken in fixty ae e O, and if it taketh but twenty four of ¥, the © will be better, and fap 9 will be animaated.

Take 3}. of Calx of », and three or four of your 2 animated, aaate them together, wath the faid aaa witha warm ‘7, then divide it

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into. two parts. and put them into two} Ma HOES seal them Fermet. and digeft im), an Athanor with very7 gentle b eat for Fouttty/ or ‘Sty days,then inc reale the heat for fourty 5 or ity days more: ‘Chen continue the di-- bi J

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| alfo above, and that ftrenger than before: | And it ought to be always continued with| a fo‘ruption. After nine M, digeftion, \all the » willbe tranfmuted into ©, and be-

] ies that, you fhaylhave an augmentation } of a third part of© "| Note; That you pee not put above Zi}, l 1 of Matter into each Matrais.

:

The © which he ufed in this Operation, | was three times"purified by &. le told me fince, that the greater pro-

|partion of Reg. you put tothe », the better lyour work will fucceed, and you fhall have ithe more ©, and the fooner.

Hartman.)

The faid Father B.deB.was

ithe Apothecary in the Convent of theC Capuichins at Lyons : He was an able Chymift, and had been for fome ears ?

Operator with

ithe Chancellor oflFrance, in has Laboratery: : When I went from Paris to Italy, after Su jKenelm’s Dee ath, paling through Lyons, I “pyent to fee him ini phe Convent of the Cape- : 7

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“ hins, Where I had [ome Difeour‘le with him | kencerning thus wrnis he confirmed it to me, ‘pffuring me that he had done it, and that it ‘eral I know of pyas areal ivuth, and thatos |:

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‘A 7 which changes % as vedas Blood, whichi abideth the Fire.

MES, ce an A,F. of equal parts ot£ Vitriol and Nitre, which cohobate and difull three times upon its Caput Mort.

Take of this A. F. ij. 3j.0f &, and 31.

By

of Sulphur-vive ; put all into a Rotate lett B(: it ftand twelve hours, then diftill it, and cohobate fo often, tll you fee the © as red ass

Blood, which will be in five or fix times; then bring it intaa Powder, which imbibe with Oy! BF Roman Vitriol, dry and imbibe: f itthree times: ‘I’hen divide this Powder into §. eight parts; shit take Z).0f % f, which putt F »

to Eye when it boyle th, put into ita Ducat of ©, then put into it one of tl e eight parts. wre it off, -and you fhall have 4}. of fine ©. : | Hartman.)

Ths Proee!s was written 1% the French Tongue; at the bottom was writs en Probatum, the “ad. of July, 1058. The! Proce/s faith, 1¢ muft be done on Thur{day and

Friday, and at the Full of the ».

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Saunier’s Work, as I wrought it. |

Urifie © three times by &; then reduce

it into a fubtil Calx, by Calcining it

j

five times with Sulphur and 2: Then burn

S.V. upon this Calx, and reverberate it again, that allthe extraneous Spirits may be

driven away.

2. Sublim & feven times with Vitriol and

Salt, reviving it with filings of ¢ after every

mation.

3. Make an A. R. S.A. out of the fixed Salt, after the extraction of Salt-petre,which after fome days muft-be dephlegmed with @reat care, and rectified, fo that it have neither phlegm nor terreftrial feces.

Diffolve 2). of your © inas fmall a guantity of this 4. R. as you can, keeping the Veflel well Sealed (and therefore it ought to be large) ina very gentle heat in B. A4 where it muft be digefted (after the diffolution ) for fome days: ‘The diffolution being very clear, decant it from the white refidue.

Diffolve 2G. of fufible Salt in as finall a quantity of the faid_4. R. asyoucan ( which is not done fuddenly, but by digeftion )and being clear, mix thefe two diffolutions to-

gether, namely, that of the ©, and of the

Salt, 7 USES

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Salt, and if arly thing “tate tothe bottom, keep iit-in digettion with a gentle heat’ (the Vettel clofe flopped ) until all isi diflolved

and clear; then keep it in the fame digefli for fifteen days.. Then with a very heat abttrad the phlegm, untl a afcend ; nee ceafe, and put into the

23. of tl exmate before mea ned very fubtil| Pow ler) fhut the Vefi immediately, fore, until tel mate is folv ed.

Then ose again the diAfelution ;in ; do= ing of which you “ought to attend very diligently, left there come over fome part of | the © and ¥, which now eafily will be raifed with the 4..R. And this you may know, not only by the drops falling yel-

low, but alfo by trying with a white wool Jen-cloath, which the drops will {tain yellow if the © afcendeth.

Then Seal it Herme-

tically ,and digeft in Horfe-dung :|After: fix Months we opened the, Veflel,. and with a, gentle heat dliftilled off the Liquor, and the

remainingGolden Salt we »projested upon reftricted), and for-%}. of ©

we had fevem

Another Veflel, after twelve Months digeihion, réendred 3x,of © forone,pur in: And fo to two'and twenty for one.

_) L.donot remember all the time precifelyY> but I fhould thiandy, 31t would be better,. ie

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23 | fathcient digeftion in Horfe-dung; to. coagu| date the Matter in dry heat until all be com: | Pleatly fixed, and then multiply the Matter | by the fame Procefs, as you did with ©.

Th i

| . The fufible Salt .is rade thus: Diffolve

| Salt’ (firft well purified) in the faid 4. B. | dillill and cohobate until it is ‘fulible.

| » The reftriction of » you will find in'a | Book Publithed by ‘fobs Saunier, which he

| €alleth, the almoft fixation of », becaufe it | hath the weight and foutid of ©,

| © Hartman. ) .The Beoce/s was wroughtby | Sink. D. bimfelf, as the Title fheweth; it | das written i Latine ix hes own hand; and .| the words are bis oivn: | : | . Abbot Boucaud told me at Paris, that he ‘| knew Sir K. had wrought it. |

The Danes Work.

A | pa ae plats of 3 and 2? with Sule / phur.;. then grind them to fubtile | Powder, which boyl in VY, filter and evas | porate; a/que ad pelliculam, and put:it to “| Cryftallize ina cold place: ‘Then purifie

"| thefe Cryftals by diffolving' them inv, fil“>| tring and evapofating. |

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Make alfo-a Sulphur of the faid Metals,

‘

|by boyling Plats with Vitriol and Vin a 4 Keettle,and, the Sulph. will adhere tothe Plats, | 12) Purihe

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Purifie § firft by Dift. and then by boyl-

e

ing it inan Earthen Pot with Vitriol, Afhess | i and Powder'd glafs well mixed together, and | ly

te if

boyled until you fee the § appear upon the } {i Surface of the Matter: Then let it "cool, and grind all well together again, and boy} it as before. Repeat this three times: Uhen take of this § four parts, of the Sulph. of 3 and 2 ana one part, grind them well tos | fy

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gether until they be well incorporated ; then xm and grind again what is med-with that f {i

which remained in the bottom, and “snr as f §j;

before.

Repeat this feven times:“Thenis

the ¥ prepared for this Work.

pi}; ty

Diftill an Oyl f° a. out of the Vitriol of } jy joyned together, which will be: }jy and’ . | Blood-red. ; Make a light and Spungy Calx of ©, by | ty

Calciaing it four or five times with Sulphur | jy, and §. ‘Take of this Calx 2}. and of the 3 [fy prepared Ziv. Make an aaa, which gfind, |jj

very well; “then add of the Sulphur of &

fj,

and 2 ana 3(3, grind them’ well together’ |}»:

with the za@, then put it into a’ Matrafs of |jj, 4)! fuch a bignefs, that three fourth parts may

remain empty, ftop it fhghtly ‘with Paper, | »,. that fome moifture from the % may'‘exhale, J4) ‘4

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(which otherwife might hinder:the %ration

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of the.2) give A by degrees, firftin Afhes, |y: fp and thenin Sand, -but fo gentle, that the ¥

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may “never rife, but that ic may be always. in a difpofition to “m,Wwhich you may know by'a little Cloud upon the fides of the glafs,

{uch as appears when one breatheth upon a Looking-glafs.

Thend of the digeftion is, when you fee the Matter converted into a very red state and glittering, which endureth a very ftrong A. Then take it out ( being cold ) and grind it with four parts more of the faid:$;:and the fame quantity of the faid Sulph. as before; digeft as before, until all ey

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be-converted into a red state as before,’ ex-

cept that it will be of a darker colour :Grind this tate with. the Oyl of Vitriol beforementiohed until it be likea pap: Then put it into a Cucurbite, and digeft for fifteen i} days, then diftill it, and the Phlegm will ji] Come over; and the Matter remaining dry in a ee a

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| the bottom, you muft grind again with new |

it} Oyl, and proceed in all as before. Repeat '| this fo often, till the yl come off as harp inet | as 1¢ was put on; which is-a fign of Saturae

jf} ton: Then digeft this Matter in Sand until wy }all be refolved into a very red Oyl in api} pearance (which in a cold place will con-

jt geal into a hard and brittle Matter.) .Ac nnn jlaft give very ftrong A for three days, in yi |Which time the Matter will be entirely fixed, yo}except a {mall quantity, which will be ex| haled.

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Project this Matter upon ) in fulton:equal parts. Thus far reatheth my Experience; but the Dane told me, that if this: Matter were eatcniey again with new)? prepa-

red,. and in all things proceeded as before, taking this Matter tor the Foundation, in- ff ¢/

{tead ofthe © which’ you took at firft, ith Pho would become a Medicine, which in. Pro# J jy:

jection would converta great quantitysof Df

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jection. | Out of % Zx.of this: Matter, and:as much) y, Phad Axvii of. perfect ©. | fTertinbaina}) Dr. Aftell, a% Engiifh Phy(ician, fhewed me a Copy. of this Procelsy which Sir K. D. hadigiven. him, wha bad: affured him that be himjelf had wrought it,

| fy hy fy \i |w, |

and that it was true: And having: 3x. of he fixed Matter, he divided it into ten;parcels, hy

and having melted 2x. = of Ds he Projected the’ hy, faid parcels one after another upon the fame) }{i then left it-in fufion for three hours, then cafe Dine

it. in Ingot, which. having weighed, hé found’ }{y

the quantity of Qvabove “mentioned.

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Opus Magnum ex Virginea Terra.

me |

Ake teddith rich Virgin Earth in ‘V, ims pregnate it with ©,.), ferene and dew,

"| tillthe end of Atay: Then imbibe {prink| lingly with dew gathered in May, and dry || in ©, expoferall Nightto the ) and Air, fe| curing it from Rain, Still when it is dry, i | ambibe and turn. the Earth often. Continue this till mation.

The hot © ( efpecially | anothe Dog-days’)) will make a pure Sale eee

wc |

{hoot up,.:which mingle back into the Earth,

|by turning it all over. -Then diftill by grati)ih duated A as 4. F. forcing all the Spirits itis |overat laft; you muft give fourty hours A, /

wi} @xtream ‘at laft, Put all the Liquor and iii, Salt that cometh over, °to digeft and ‘tircu-

at \late a Month in fimo, ina great Ballon clofe i (fhut.

Then feperate the feveral fubftarices

‘wh out of this Chaos; firft,cometh an extream

wi tfubtl, ardent, AZ.thereal Spirit, then white hones with veins like S./% then Flegm. Thus /ifar in B. ina Cucurbite, then in a Retort:

Then white fumes, then red ones, and a ireddifh bréwn Salt remaineth in the bottom i yanda Volatile Salt will be med

about the

jneck of the Retort, as alfo to the head and fides of the Cucurbite, Then purifie every | Habftance by it felf; the fixed Sale by SoluD | |

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tions in the Flegm, Filtrations, and Congelations, till it be perfeét pure, clear, and caft no more Feces: The Volatile Salt by often Sublimations: ‘The firft Spirit by thrice diftilling, and the fixed white and red Spirit likewife, both together.

Now joyn all the three parts, beginning with the fixed Salt, whereof take three parts, and

9M

}# }# }¥ |fi } “« one of the fixed Spirit; digeft eight days, } # diftill! in Afhes, and the Liquor will come: | off like F legm. Imbibe with more fixed. j{ Spirit, and repeat this till all of it"be coague: }hi lated with the Salt. Then put one part’ of: fi this to three of the %, taking it all, and hu.. }

mect them with the Volatile Spirit. Digeft: |) eight days or longer, then diftill in a Cucure. }

bite; a {linking flegm will rife, anda pure: } Salt sm up, and af any Spirit diftill over,, jl keep it, putting it to the reft of the Spirit. }

"Theiiadd more of the fixed Salt toit which: } iw hath not med,

making it one third to the: fh

%, which humect with Spirit as before,.cir-, } ht culateandim, andthe ¥ will be increafed: |}Wn Do thus ti] all the fixed Salt be s:med. Cir-- }!

Paws the remaining Volatile Spirit with the: }hy :

_ ,

%, ull all the Spirit be conver téd into %,, bite

and nothing bur a {linking flegm come a--} way. Then «m this Salt by it felf,, tillite ph leave no Feces, and be moft white,

tranf--

parent, and pure, which will be in four of; five fimes.

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Take feven parts of this ¥, and one of pure © in leaf, Seal it. Hermetically, and

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The Matter will become a

green Y, like an Emerauld, with an Ori-

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leaving a few grains of brownith-

vie]| gray fliipuick Earth, I4 {

like ‘Fobacco-pipe

ii) Earth ) And after a while black like Ink, i"

is] @nd continue fo two and fourty days; when ‘ng! the blacknefs beginneth to wane, put it in di dry A inan Arhanor..

It will pafs the cos

yo dours, and-become a red Elixir, and is now

ef) belt Tor Health; but it will not have good yj angreffion into Metals, till irhave been mul-

jt) tiplyed four or five times with new *, taking

jr) LVeqy time after the firft, only three to one;

ye} and 14 will be done every time after the firtt a |ina fhorter fpace,

After every fixation of

{the multiplication, and the firlt alfo, give ijtitrong A for three days, anda black Earth if Wall feparate from the red Powder, lying jplike a Cake under it... Before, you Project y}upon inferiour Metals, ferment anew with }three parts of © to one of the Elixir, giving .ietthree hours of extream fufion, and all will Ibe red Powder,

vu). You may proceed in the fame manne. “for ».

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Note alfo, That when the Work of © is at’ the white, it will Praject upon Inferiour Metals, to make them hke », but in truth white ©, enduring all the tryals of O. It, you digeft in B. V. ten parts of Pearl| |" in Powder, with one of the perfect %, its} will becom@an Oriental Liquor, whereof a

few drops is admirable for Health: If you take four parts of fuch'%, and| } orind it well’ with pure red Coral in Powder: } 7 one part, and 4m, putting what rifeth up-on as much of frefh Coral, repeating thiss }1

four or five times, the # will be red hike ai} Ruby,

and an admirable Medicine.

All }mw

the Corals will diffolve in a Cellar.

If you grind one part of it with ten parts:

1] Ih

of green Venice Talc, and put diftilled dew } upon it, fix fingersover, and digeft'z fimzo,, |th

all the "Tale will. diffolve, and a fplendidi } w Oyl of rare effects fwim upon it. ‘ae ) Hartman.) Si Kenelm D. faid, that as} iy Perjon of Quality beyond the Sea ( whom hes} \ wamed) wrought this Procefs, and it bap} y pened at that time that his Wife was dangeroufly Sick, and like to dies {he was givem over asa dead Woman by the ableft Phy ficians: Upon that he opened the Veffel, and gavec} her one grain of the Elixir; whereupon fee}

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Recovered, and lived many Years after it im} \ | perfect Health. |

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This Procefs, and Saunier’s Work were together in a {mall bundle of Papers tied up togerber by it felf; upon the out-fide of it were written the following words, Perfumes, Curiofities, My great Arcane of this Note.

A Miniera of ©, wrought by a Perfon of Quality iw Champagne.

"J Ake Sulphur-vive T6. mele it in an * Earthen Poringer, then fqueeze into it

fj. of @ ; ftir it continually until the & appear no more in the Sulph.

Then let it

‘cool, and grind to Powder, which digeft in a Matrafs for two days with a {trong A. Then take it out, and grind it again’, add to it its double weight of filings of 3; mix ‘them well together, and put them in.a Retort, and diftill overall the % : Mix this 2

again with new Sulphur melted as before; digeft in a Matrafs as before for two days, inthe mean time grind the filing of & (that

you diftilled the © from) and wafh them well from all the foulnefs and blacknefs:

Then dry them and grind them again with

the Sulphur and ©, and diftill them ina Retort as before. Repeat this fo often, “till the filing of & come to be of .a yellow Golden colour, which will happen at the feventh

diftillation: Then take this $ and put it-in

42 Chymical Secrets. a Retort, and diftillonly 3}. of it, and witthh 1

the remaining Zviy. make an gaa with Z3. oot bu ©, digeft this ¢¢¢ in. an Athanor for nineeh’: Months, it will pafs all the due colours, ancdh w will become a AGiniera, as followeth, Teoh ke this Zix. of Matter put Zuj. of ¥ prepared! as before, and digeft, and in fix weeks youp

fhall have 3xij. ready to melt: And to thefe:}

Zxij. add Ziv. more of %, and digelt, andi fy

an fix weeks you fhall have Zxvj. of Mimiera..| \

Note, that you

mutt always ufe a9

pre--

pared, as was faid for the multiplication off};

the Afiniera: For if you fhould take crude: }\i;

and unprepared 3, you would have but Ant Bie ordinary ‘state after one or two multiplica-: } jy. tions.

Note, That the filing of o is tobe chan-

ged after three times, and new tobe taken,

which 1s to ferve alfo three times: After Which fix times, you muft joyn. both the

parcels of filing, and ufe them both at the

feventh time, and if the fign given you (of |) the yellow Golden colour) happen not at Ffw,

the feventh time, continue and repeat your

Operation, with all your filing, until it do appear. When your Miniera 1s compleated, it will be a deep-red Powder, very fhining, and at every time it is to become fuch: IF you multiply it with crude &, it will lofe its luftre aftertwice, and notincreafein fixed

Metal. |

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ra The firft time, you muft put into one a"Glafs no more than Zj. of ©, andSviij. of % ; But when the Miniera is made, you may \alh work even to fifty Ounces in one Glafs, ae pine always your due propor tion. nl

4 i i ql | |

Fixation of h into), with good Profit.

IME {

fj. of h, then put inZ(« of D,

Wh | and fome fcories of C, 2nd a little “red Arfenic; keep it in a ftrong A for three nil} or four boii or more. Then the Crucible

cuemons cold, break it, and take out the Mar| ter, and put it in a new oe which, mutt have a little hole in the bottom; put this |Crue in a windFurnace, and 1melt the Mat-

| ter again, putting under the Furnace a Ba| fon with VW to receive the Matter as i ei } eth and runneth through the Cruc. Take ie] this Matter and melt it again with the fame

| quantity of D,and new igories of G; keep | it in fufion as before. Reiterate this Operation ten or twelve times, until the h is

| very hard, being impregnated with ) ; then put it to Coppel with 5} of ) toevery ib. | of this Mixture. | Lhe goodnefs of the Operation confiitethin I) the fication of the © which ~ in the h by a

=

| the Sulphur of 3 > Therefere you muft keep the Matter a long time in fifi fon, that a rg ere

Sulphur

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Sulphur of 3 may att ftrongly ‘upon thee

‘To fix & of &, or the Common 2, 6 Revs Zi. of @in leaf, and Ziv, or v. off py!

2: Make an @4a, which put in aa Retort, and digeft it in Horfe-dung tor eightt fi days, then dittillinSand; giving flrong A\} atlafty and the © will go over with the % . and if any ofit remain in the bottona; adder } it withthe fame %', and digeft three or fourt | days, and then diftill as:betore, and all the: }

© wall go over with the 8; and you fhalll |

havea § well animated: Take Zi. of this 9, adate itowith Zit

of ©; grind the dda, and putit inva Mas: fh trafs halt luted ; digeft for eleven days by’ fli graduated A, and all will bea red Pows

der.

|

Take Ziij. of this: Powder,’ and project it

upon 4}. of © in fufionjand all will be tran pal

muted into ©,

Then take the remaining3of Powder,and

i

ddate wowith Zit. of the & animated ; dis gelt as before, and in nine.days your Powe »

der will be perfected as before. "Take thefe Ziv. of Powder, ‘and unite it with Zxij. of new © animated; digeft without ©,. and you will have a perpetual AMinieras part whereof

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isiwvhereok you may reduce to a ea! when you pleafe, by projecting it upon ©; and the other will ferve for a Ferment, which . vill never fail, being it felf all.©. | This % animated may be fixed without nilD5° by a gentle heat, ~being it felf a liquid ! or but to fhorten the Work, you may add

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A Reality upon 9. (pak ij of & in thin Plates, and 2}. of i

{mall Nails, put them in a Cruc. in 4

lu/@urnace, and when they are very red, caft in fome'Sulphur upon them at feveral times, J\}hae they may melt well; when they are like \Patte, calt: in fome &, “aad Tr it with an »weron- Rod ‘to make them well incorporate:

weave it in good fufion for five or fix hours, Hhirrin g it fometimes. Then take out the oyicrue.-andilet it cool; then -break it, and (ivou fhall find but a little Reg. at the bottom,

“but many yellow lutnps at the top, which {peat-to-Powder.

‘Then melt %ij. of fine ), ped projectSiij. of the Powder; ftir it with ha Tron Rod, keep it in fufion Kot eight or ken hours. Ther put it to Coppel, ‘and fe{parating Y, and you fhall have fine ©.

Hartman. ) Thi Procels # allo confirmed , beith 4 Probatum.

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Fixation of the 8 of & as Monfieur de lai Vw) Note

wrought it at Paris,

i

‘Ake & of and ©. ana 3.’ Oyl of Vie: tridl Zvj. Diftill to drynef; take what’

is “med, and joyn it’again to the Feces,and put the Oyl upon it again that diftilled over; diftill as before: Repeat this fo often, till nothing more sm, diftilling every time in anew Retort; at the twelfth or fifteenth diftillation, allthe Matter will remaim in a red Powder. | .

Take Sulphur-vive, and Afhes of Alicay ana equal parts, of which make a lixive

with common 7, filter and evaporate; and you fhall havea Sulphurious Sak: Take of this Salt and of the faid Powder ana gr. Vis 2 of & 3). filings of © 3ij. mix and grind

all well together, and put them into a Matr: with along neck; make a A about the mid: dle of the neck of the Matr. in an Tronpan

with-a hole in the middke-through which the neck of the Matr. may pafs; let this A be

{tronger than that below;

continue the A

for fix hours: ‘Then caft your fixed Matter into a Bath of ©.

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| ia{Preparation of the Powder, with which Claus | ‘dius de Montrouge, and Abbot Oberye at | Paris fixed 8 of &

al

th Ty melted Ziv. of Sulphur in an earthen |"

Poringer, then they iqueezed into it

a

«iftgrough a leather 2}. of © of & made of

4

il (Regulus of $,%, and 2 sxmate (the 2 of

ie 1 without hddition had been better, but-they

nad none) and whilft the one {queezed the

Ss

«1

2eintothe Sulphur, the other kept ftirring icontinually with an Iron Spatul fo long until ithe © did no more appear in the faid* Sul. iphur, and that all- was converted into ‘a jigrayifh Citrine Powder (the colour is vas ; Iniable, according as you ¢overn the A, fomeItumes it will be red like Cinaber. ) wt} Lo this Powder they took 3}. of © in » (Calx, andj. of the Sale that is found in (ithe Pots at the Glafs-Houfes, which Salt they » Wdiffolved, filtred, and congealed : They ‘4 tgrinded all well together, the Powder, the io, and this Salt: "Then they put all into a ! Retort, and put upon it xxiv. of good Oy] vt HOE Vitriol well rectified; tothiS Retort ( beung put in Sand) they adapted a large Glafsireceiver, the junctures boa well luted, and =

| i E

ithe lute dry,they diftilled by degrees of heat, _ at lat gave ftrong QO. It was ten or twelve |

hours

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hours before the Oylicameover.

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cold, they broke the Retort, and took outt the Matter which remained in, the .bottom,,} \, which they did put intoa new Retort, pour-+} ing upon it the Liquor’ with the flowers.off] Sulphur which werein the Recipient: Them} ,, joyning again the Receiver, and luting well,, |, and the lute being dry, they diftilled as bes} fore. ‘They teiterated this Operation twenty? } times, grinding every time the Matter, andi}. joyning it with the Laquor and: Flowers.

At the twenticth diftillation, the-fmalll}

quantity of Liquor that came over, was ale}, moft-all flegm ; then they.took out the Mat--

ter that remained in the Retort, and put it;

into a Viol, which they ftopped very clofe;, ) and kept it in a dry place, becaufe that fo: |”

foon as it felt the Air, it grew moift.

Wath this Powder they fixed the & .of &,

which being mixed with the Calx of ©, and

held in the hand, grew fo hot, that they were not able to hold it in their hands, no

| ° | |

more than a piece of Iron red-hot, as every -} \\ - one of them'made Experience, cafting it into a Bafon fullof.v, which they had ftanding by for that purpofe, They wrought the faid Fixation jin an

Iron barrel of a Gun, thus. They put about fixty .grains of the aforefaid % only .(bes

caufe they had nomére ) intothe faid Barrels ther

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‘ then they gave the A, firft above for two hours, and afterwards below for one hour, | keeping that abovealways f{tronger than that | below; then they heard the faid ¥% bepinto | roar, and make a noife int the Barrel; then | they caft into it a little more than one grain | of the fixative Powder, wrapt up in paper; “| and thert they contitiued the Z for feven or | eight hours, after which time they heard no | more noife at all; then they judged that the ‘| Work was done, “and let the A go out; and ") the Barrel being cold, they found about

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“ twenty grains of good ©, which etidured

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all the Trials of ©:

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This Relation

of Sir K.

i)| bimfelf, written inthe French Tongue.

| A Procefs to fix the Common % by the Salt 1° of thy wrought by Captain Ziegler at i Ments, and {ent me by. him. wD

pan; let it be red-hot,

Elt f in an Iron

then caft in mine Salt, ftir it until it ni an

| be reduced to Powder; fift this Powder finely, Ny and that which will not go through the fize, } muft be Calcined as before: Then edulcoil) rate this Powder with warm VY, and you | fhall have a Calx as white as Cerufe, which X} put into a Matrafs, and exctract the Salt out itilpo we with diftil ledVinegar f° a, after three Or b Sa

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it into. a Matrafs, and extract it with Sp. of V. as before. Repeat'this purification three

or four times, and you thal! have.a Salt of fr well prepared for this Work.

An A. F: tobe ufed in this Work,

To ~

Ake Salt Ziv. Nitre t6j. mix them well together with thij{s. of Powderof brickss,} |

put allin a Retort, and diftill by gradua- |}

/

ted A, forcing over the Spirit ftrongly at. | 4

lat: "The diftillation will be performed in | t fixteen or eighteen hours.

‘Fake © feven parts,

fine ) one part;

makean daa, which put into a Retort, and pour upon it fo much of the A. F.-asima cover ita large fingers breadth: Let it ftand

twenty four hours, then diftill ic in Sand 5

when it 1s cold, cohobate the diftilled A..F.

upon itugain, and diftill as before. Repeat this

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this three or four times; then break the Re

tort, being cold, and take out the @az; Which grind to a fine Powder, and pur it

| 1) ba} | | ye} |

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inan Iron pan, and bold it over a coal ee ftirring it continually with an Tron Rod; untilat be almoft red-hot; and that it be con® Yerted intoa red Powder, like ted mcate: Lake of this red Powder two parts, and of the aforefaid Saltof h one. part, reduce them f0a fine Powder, which put into a Matrafs; and digeft, ir in Sand for eight days: ‘Then

put it to.Coppel, and you thal! have half

your #4@-fixed into fine 9. bs Hart.When Sit K.D. was at Franckfort in

Germany, where he lived.ayear and halt, in the Year 1659. he went often from Franckfort to Ments (being four German Leagues || diftance) to Vifit the Prince Elector there: .| ‘ben he converfed alfo with this Captain Ziegler, who was a famous Chymilt:.. And When Sir K. returned to. Ewgland about the |

|

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time of the Kings happy Reltauration, the

faid Captain fent him this Procels written an the German Tongue, afluring him that he had done it: He faid, that the y which he got, -he put to feparating V, and he had fome ©out of it... He faid alfo, that

| | | | he thought this Salt of h would fix ¢ ,in@

| if the gaa were made with © inftead of y.

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A Work upon Cinaber, wrought by Monfieur Sauvage.

Ake Nitre and %, ana, which diflolve in Rain V; filter and evaporate to drynefs: Then grind this double Salt to fubtil Powder; take a large Crucible, in the

bottom whereof puta bed of Quick-lime in

Powder, upon that put a bed of this Salt, cover it with another bed of Quick-lime the

{ame quantity as before, taking two parts of Cover the Cruc.

Quick-lime to one of Salt.

with another,

without iuting them;

put

this in a Bakers Oven after the Bread 1s drawn, let it ftand as long as there is any heat in the Oven; when the Oven hath been

heated again, andthe Bread drawn, fet itin again; dothis three times: Then keep it in

aftrong A for fix hours, and being cold,

take it out, and put it into Y, and let it boyl in an earthen Pot eight or ten walms.

Then filter ix hot, and evaporate to a dry Salt, which putin a ftfong Bottle, and keep

it clofe {topped in a dry place: Then take

two parts of this Salt, and of Salt of hone

part, mix and diffolve them in diftilled Vi: negar.

Then take Cinaber,

pulverize it, and

make a Pafte thereof with the yolk of an

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Egg; of this Pafte make little Cakes in the

fhape of the heads of Horfe-fhoe-nails ; make them pretty thick,and put them in an earthen

Pot, pouring upon them of the aforefaid

diffolusion, {o much as may cover them the breadth of three or four fingers; boy! this together until it come to be like Honey :

Put more diftilled Vinegar upon the Cakes, and boyl it as before. Continue this for

three days;~ then wafh the Cakes in fair V7, and you will find them fomething Metal-

sf lized. Filter the VY, and evaporate to.a | Salt, which will ferve again for the fame

| ule, acing Salt of h.

Take of the fixed Salt without Salt of hy

| and of good Venice Cerule ana equal parts, » | gFind-and mix them well together; then put sy} @ bed thereof about the thicknefs of a Crown, ,}into an Iron Box, then put a bed of Plates |} 0£ ) upon that, and then the Powder again .;} Upon the y, the fame quantity as before;

, }Upon that put a bed of your lumps of Cina-

wi ber, then Powder, then Plates of », then tthe Powder again; and thus continue ftra-

.jufying until your Box be full, the Powder ; }being the firft and laft: Then put on the , \eover of the Box, which you mutt faften,

|

~ fand fecure it well with Iron hooks.

-Then

{you mult have another Box of Iron, made

:.¢big enough to contain the firft, and that there E 3

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fpace of a fingers breadth between, at the bottom, on the fides, and at the top 3

thé Boxes muft be fquare, and you muft

have two Tron hoops made in the fhape ofa

Crown with crankles ;put one of them into the bigger Box, turning the teeth ot crankles downwards, upon which fet the lefler Box5 put fome pieces of Iron on the fides, to keep the leffer Box at an equal diftance from the

fides of the bigger: ‘Then put on the other hoop upon the leffer Box, keep'it down with

fome heavy thing whilft you pour in fome melted f into the bigger Box, fo much as may cover the leffer Box a fingers breadth, Then put on the cover of the bigger Box, and faften it with Iron hoops and wedges to:

keep it clofe: "Then the Box being yet hot,, | “put itinto an Athanor where the & 1s kind-led, let the Regifters be fhut, fo that theres}

be but a very thoderate heat, fuch as where! }{ you may endtire your hand; continue the: | u firft degree for three days,

fo that all that:

&

while the h may be but melted, then increafe: § !

tle heat for three days more;. and fo in-creafing the heat every third day, continue: in all three weeks; the laft three days the A muft be very vehement, ‘“Then-let all cool,, and take out your ‘lumps, and reverberate} them with very gentle heat for twelve hours,, and they will be of a whitifh-gray colour.. * Then AUS

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Then melt h ina Cruc. and caftthefe lumps

into 1, digeft this Matter together for three days, then put it to.Coppel. Note, thar if

you caft this Mafs into melted , and digeft it three days before you Coppel it, you fhall have more profit than if you teft it without it.

digefting

Note alfo, that if you will continue your Work, you need not ufe any more Plates of ), but only the Cakes as they are, and before they are reverberated, ufing them inftead of the ), being pulverized, and they will be the more fixed, and the profit will prove very confiderable.

You mutt have of » and Cinaber ana3vj, and of the double Salt and Cerufe aza Ziv. Tincture of Mars.

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flings of & in A. F. made of

Vitriol, Nitre, Allom, and Cinaber; then pour upon this diffolution diftilled Vinegar, double the weight of the 4. F. fhake it well together, and digeft in B. for three days, then decant the clear, and filter ir; evaporate it gently: ‘Then grindit with two parts of % <mate, Sublime the.% from it four times ; then diflolve it again in diftilled Vinegar, and evaporate it gently; then diffolve it in diftilled Rain Y, and congeal it

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gently :Repeat this laft folution till itis not corrofive upon the Tongue; then in Ziv. of Rectified Spirit of Vitriol diffolve cA of this

Sulphur of &, and ij. of Sulphur of © made the fame way, except the firft folution of the ©, which muft be an _4.R. made of Salt, Nitre, and Vitriol; mix thefe two laft folutions together, and digeft iw fimo, then cc-

agulate it gently, diffolve again in Spiritof

Vitriol, and coagulate: Repeat this feven times, and if any feces remain at laft, leave them out. ‘Try this Medicine upon a hot Plate of p,ifitpenetrate and tinge it throughs ly without fmoking, it is a fign of its perfection; but if it fmoak, you mutt diffolve itagain, and gently coagulate. Then melt 8}. of ©, and caft upon it by little and little 3}. of this Medicine, and when all is entred and incorporated with the ©, caft it in In-

got, and you fhall have a Matter as brittle | as Glafs, and tranfparent like a dark Granade ftone, and fufible ash. Then melt

fine © and fine ) ana, and project of this Medicine upon it, and you hall have pure Pa : .

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To fix a quarter part of ) into ©. tt]

te | i} iil «| ui)

‘Ake filings of > Z}. daamate

i

it with

i

Ziv.of 9, put this 4¢4 in a Retort, and diftill off the &; take the » and re@@ammate it with the diftilled 3 ; diftill as before. Repeat this three or four times, and the » will bea Powder impalpable. ‘Take

| a

wi | % and Cinaber ana 25. % ssmate Z(3. grind

| and mix them well together with the ):

nf Then sme

it with gentle heat, mix what

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bottom, and Sublimeas before.

Then take

both Feces and s:mate and mix it with Sulphur of 2 and Crocus Martw, and of a Regulus made of 6, d, and 9, ana Zi. grind all together with a little %.

Then Sublime

it four times with gentleheat, adding every time a little %, becaufe it openeth the body. of ¢ and 9, and uniteth them with the 2.

Then grind all well together, and digeft it in the following v.. Take Nitre, Vitriol,

lh Ec lB Me aM a i

> >=

ana tb}. Sulphur, Verdigreafe, and Aurie pigmentum ana Ziv. Make an A. F. of

this, f. 2. Or take common A. F’. thy. diftill and cohobate it three or four times upon the faid Materials, giving ftrong A at laft: Then put your Powder into a Retort, and pour upon it fo much of the 4. F.asmay ) | cover

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it off with a gentle A, then cohobate and

diftill three or four times: Then put fair 7 into the Retort, and digeft for five or fix days in Sand; then evaporate to drynefs: Then take out this Matter and pulverize it, and weigh it. ‘Then melt as much has you have Powder, andcaft your Powder upon it by parcels, mele it with a ftrong A, then let it ftand in the A until the A go out of it felf; then take it out, and you will finda

Regulus in the Cruc.

which Coppel, and

then put the Dto feparating V, and you fhall have a fourth part of fine ©.

A Work with Butter of 4.

HE Work, which Monfieur Perduffin of Lyons communicated to P. 4 Dieudoné, is tomakea Butter of % with & Mineral, and § :mate, ana thy. OF this take Bij. and digeft it ina Matrafs fealed Hermetically inan Athanor, and it will putrifie, growing as black as pitch; then pafs the Colours: That.done, take one part of leaf ©, and three of this Powder ; grind them well together, and digeft'as before, it will become black as at firft, and pafs all the Colours, This proportion of © for ferment, you may divide into feveral parcels, for feveral times, {9 Leben avatars Mite

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IN) {4 each Revolution will be fhorter, when the

"\ whole dofe of © hath fermented the firft

l

"multiply in quantity and quality. The P. wrought the farft part, and had perfect pu| frefaction.

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An Excellent fufible Salt.

4

. Benin de Beaune maketh his fufible Salt

'| # thus: Decrepitate and Reverberate | Sale, then diffolve icin fair'7V, filter and Mt congeal.

Repeat all this Work four or five

| times: Being perfectly pure, diflolve it in | Spirit of Vinegar, filter and congeal; re| peat this with diftilled Vinegar once again:

| Then it is perfectly fundant.

|

Another fufible Salt.

i)

WeTfolve Salt in Rain V, filter and con-

ig} | wl! «| «| ww | wt) \|

ted, and that the Salt falls to the bottom, take it out with a wooden Spoon by little and little, until the V is exhaled: Grind this Salt Cbeing very dry). and reverberate at inan Earthen Veffel clofe luted; let the Veffel be red in the A, but the Salt muft not melt; fo foon as you fee the Veffel red, let itftand until the Aisgone out: Then grind it

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it and reverberate it as. before; diffolve and] |bats

congeal as before.

Repeat this until it is

perfectly fundant.

Note, that you muft

not decrepitate your Salt,

An Operation with a Martial Regulus of &; wrought by Monfieur Toyfonnier.

Ht made a yellow Martial Regulus thus : a & Ignife Ziv. of Nails in a Crucible, then put upon it Sviij. of good g, and give {trong 4 in a wind Furmace, to make all melt well, which to promote, ‘caft in fome Salt-petre, then caft it inan Horn, and

feparate the Feces fromthe Reg.

Ignifie ij,

of Nails more, and caft thereon the Feces

(this Work muft be done prefently ‘after the firft) adding Salt-petre to make all melt

well and clear: Then caftit ina Horn, and feparate the fcories from it, and wath it clean ;

it willbe firft white, but after a day or two will be yellow within as well as without,

Take of this Reg. and of D, ana 203,

melt them well together (he poured a little 2 in them when they were near ready to congeal, and ftirred with an Iron Rod, but the Mafs took in little above 3). of 3.) Beatit ro Powder, add to it eight or ten parts of 8, and grind exceedingly till they incorporate, (which required about twelve compleat hours,

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‘i'(hours, often heating the Matter and Inftru‘Mments.) Then fqueeze away fo much %, that there remain only fix parts; digeft it

ithree days in Sand by degrees, at laft, very jhot. Put the remaining Calx to Coppel }with four charges of h, adding a little trefh 'D to make it work better.

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Put the Mats,

\au depart, and you fhall have twenty fix iii Jor. of good ©. | Hartman.) The {aid Monfieur Toyfongeinier was Sir Kenelm’s Operator; he owas a eu\French-man, and avery able Chymift, Sir nit IK: brought him over with him from Paris, —

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Butter of & to Extra? the Tinéure of: ©.

i Ds nid

Butter of & fix weeks or two

Months, and then put it upon a well

yw jopened Calx of ©, and digeft it, and the \B. will extra the Tincture of ©, which i Idigeft, ee.

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To te Y into ©; given me by an Intimate i

a ly

Friend, who told me that he wrought it ws followeth, taking his hints ont ofLul--| ly’sExperiments.

id

E, made a Mercurial. 7, as he teacheth,,| by his Veffel with three Boulsin threee}

Furnaces (which Mercurial Y will returm)'p again into running & after a littledigeftion ))}|| and to this he put fome pure white Salt off h ‘Tartar, and fome.} state, that had bees} th, stated .by it felf with three or four Monthss}.,

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digeftion, and fome Calx of » exceedinglyy}) well opened, and very fubtil: This he di} ),:

gefted.a good while, and drew off the 75,} «i and cohobated feveral, times, after which he th ‘did put fome Tincture of & unto it, andi] {,, cegelted and cohobated anew; and in-thes} y, end he found almoftall the » converted.jinto) | ©, that endureth all Tryals, but ic-wasaa} little pale. Jz Lully you may find Diredi--| ons to'make all the things that were ufedini\y

this Work, The Salt of Tartar, was butt|\\ the fixed, reduced to its bighe/t purity; butt Ie. at fhould have been Volatilifed, and made to K

pafs over with the Mercurial VY, to acuate: ly

and animate it. He believeth the greatt| Work ws to be made with a Mercurial Vy, i animated with a Volatile Salt of Tartar, to), ferve:

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|ferve for a Menftruum or Alcaheft to diffolve

"| ©and). Weigh well what Lully faith of Wl) thefe things. | | Mallus des Procefs to fix y: Wrought by Mon: freur Ferrier, and given me by him, nly

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tun 4 hime an 4.

F. made of equal parts of

Vitriol and Nitre, pour of it upon Hl ui] Sulphur and %, ana (four parts of 4. F. \osif to one of Powder) diftill it off to drynefs, ail] and make Sublime what will. |Melt Ziv. of if D, caft upon it Z80f Sublimed Sale when i] the D isin good fufion: After it is centred

iq caftan Ingot, melt again, and project. new iil! Packet of Salt, doing all:as before: Do this il four times, fo {pending 31). of Salt upon Ziy: fof D. Then put it au depart.

To fix D by a Mercurial Water.

diil Mitr Mercurial Water by meansof an if] Earthen Retort that +hath a Pipe or ij Spout behind in the upper part, through i) which you caft in the ¥ when the Retort is wit] fed-hot. “Take of this 7 (well rectified Y i ten parts, and one of ‘a well rectified Oy! of ig) Vieriol; diftill them together, till they be 4 perfeRly united: Then take of this Aden | | fruum | ii

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64 Chymical Secrets. ftruum ten parts, and one of a well Calci ned ©; digeft them together in a. Matrafs (Sealed Hermetically ) until the © is well diffolved:. "Then take it out, and put the Matter into a low Cucurbite, and diftill un2 til the drops come Acid. Then let it cool, and put the Matter into a Matrafs,

Seal it

Hermetically, and digeft in an Athanor, until it be perfectly fixedinto a red Powder: Monfieur Bertault’s Tincture of © by Venus.

Take Sulphur and Borax, ama; melt them

together thtee times, grinding the mat-

ter every time; then melt © and @ ana; and ca{t upon them of the faid Compofition, until the 2 be reduced to as uffum; then caf | in Ingot, and beat it with a Hammer, to || caufe the ¢s uffum to {cale off from the ©.

Then melt this © again, and projec as before. Repeat this three times, and you fhall havea © asred as blood, and this Tin@turé

will hold the Teft:

Note, that when you beat your ©, if you fee thatthe 2s uffum do not all {cale off from the ©, you muft melt it again, and project more of your Compofition until it come all

off in {cales, and be all feparated fromthe ©; which it ought to doat every time.

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To fix > into ©.

[fill from § -:mate’a Spirit, wherein

diffolve an aaa of © and & into. a white Powder, which digeft in Afhes unul it be as red as. Cinaber. .Then diffolve.it in A. R. into.a red water, which reduce again to Powder, which project. upon ):;

Another Tinciure of D. Lye

Zi. of © inAnR. and Zij. of » inv. F. Precipitate them, and thea unitethem together, and diftill their

+cd :

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Spiritual. Effence, which, by degrees of heat fix into'a Blood-red Powder, which tingeth ) into ©.

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An Operation with © and ® of &: Wrought

., by Monfieur Chambulan, and given me by him.

[Ake thiij. of good Salt of ‘Tartar, Calcine it, fo*that ic be glowing hot -for twenty four hours, in a Pot clofe. luted; then diffolve it in flegm of Brandy, filter, and evaporate; Calcine it again as before,

Aiffolve and congeal as before.

Repeat all

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‘no more Feces in the filter: Then Calt¢ine

this Salt again for fix hours, and then pulverize it whilft it is yet hot, and put it in a large Cucurbite, and pour upon it by little and little of good Nants Brandy, fo much as may cover it the breadth of four fingers, cover it with a blind -head, or with another

Cucurbite, that may enter into it, hate well the junctures, and digeft in warm Sand for fix days; then put on a head with a Limbeck and a Recipient, and diftill over with a gentle heat all the 5.7% then let it cool,

and pour on frefh Brandy, digeft, and diffilk as before. Repeat this Operation ‘five or fix times, or fo often till your Salt of Tartar rérmain in the bottom like ared.and tranf=

parent Oyl, which will be very fiery and penetrating, reducing all Metals into run- | ning ©, being firft duly prepared; keep this | | Oy! clofe ftopped.

Then take fivity. of the Afhesof burned Vines, whereof make a ftrong Lixivinm with tbxx. of. fair 7, then in tbxij. of this

Lixivium , diflolve thy. of Salt of ‘Fartar, filter this diffolution, and digeft ‘it in’ Sand with a ftrong A for fome time; then caft into it Thy. of Regulus of %, that hath been

melted and purified fix or {even times’ with Tartar and Salt-petre, and then ‘reduced to a fubtul Powder: Make it boyd for fix hours, until Leontine ise Winskis.

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untilthe Lixévium be very red and ftinking

;

then let it fettle and cool, and decant the clear, and wath the Powder with fair V,

then dry it, and grind it upon.a

ftone, im-

bibing it with the red Oy] of Tartar beforementioned, until it belike a Pap, then dry it, and imbibe itagain, ahd grind as before.

Repeat this fo often till the Powder hath ta-

ken in, double its weight of the faid Oy] of Tartar: Then put this Matter in a-Body witha blind head, lute well all the jun&tures, and digeft im fimo for twenty days; then take it out, and you will find your Powder converted into running %, which wafh well with bot 7, then with Salt and-Vine-

gar, and then with fair 7, then fqueeze it through Chambo-leather.

‘Then take 3x.

of rhis § of &, and Bx. of Common: § that

hath been diftilled over in a Retort with Tartar and Quick-lime, and then wafhed with

Sale and Vinegar; tix.thefe two. Mercuries

together and {queeze them through a leather,

then put them in a Cucurbite, lute another

Cucurbite upon it, and: digelt iz famo for fifteen days, then put a head to it witha Limbeck, and diftill in Afhes, and all the

Common & will diftill over drop by drop <s V, andthe ¥ of & will remain in the botdom like a clear Oy], and will be of 1a fra-

grant fcent: Redtifie the ¥ in Afhes, and :

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the Oyl with a ftronger A in Sand, and:kéep theny by themfelves. "Then melt Zij. of ©, and 2}. of "py, then’caft in Ingot, and beat

it into'leaf, or reduce it into fine filings; and

make an aaa with 9, diftill this a¢a@ in a Retort until all the$-1s diftilled over; then put thisaz@ in a Matrafs, and potir upon it

zx. of the Mercurial Water before-mentioned: Digeft it, «and in a few hours all will be: diflolved... Put this diflolution: in ‘4 Retort, lute a Recipient to it, and having buted well the junctures, “difill in Sand, and-

allwill diftill over except a few black Feces; dephlegm it with a gentle heat in B/W. ‘di{tilling until nothing more come over. Take of that which remaineth in the bottom of

the Cucurbite Ziv. put it ina ftrong’Matrafs, and*put to it Zviij.of your Oyl of % of

5 Seal itwell, and digeft it witha’ Lam

4 in Afhes, and in fourty days all will be fixed into a red ftone; then take out the Ma-

trafs, and: put it’ tova' ftrong Avin-Sand'to Sublime it for twenty’ four hours} ‘and’ all

will'melt like an Oyl, which wilkgongeal in a cold’place intoa réd ftone.

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Ferment ation.

'T Ake Ziv. of this red ftone, pulverize it,

and {tratifie it with 3}. of © in leaf between two Crucibles well luted; put this to a Circulary A by degrees for fix hours, then coveritwith Coals, fo that it may melt

and unite well together: Project 33. of this Powder upon 3x. of boyling § (well puri-

fed) and all will be.converted into a Medicine, which will projeét upon great quan: tity of §, tranfmuting it into fine ©.

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Ake good Mineral &,. mortifie it with radicated Vinegar; then feparate its

Quinteflence with pure S. 7% With that

» |Quinteflence diffolve % duplicatumof &, that } both become an Oyl, which unite with a

|fubtil Calx of ©, and bring them to an in-

icombuftible Oy], which will cranfmute &

jinto. ©,

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Elixir ex © ey).

Iffolve O (well purified by $) in AR. then reduce it into a blood-red Oy]

with radicated Vinegar, and TartarifedS$.% Then with this Oyl imbibe a natural Sul-

phur of ), and fix them by graduated A.

This i is a high Proje toy upon ).

Elixir Album.

‘Ublime 8 three times from Vitriol and Salt-petre, then in hot Sand fix it fo, that

in ftron'g heat it may not rife, which may be pertor med in three weeks time: Then Calcine it ‘in a clofe Reverberatory A, and

it will be ready for folution.

‘Then tate the

Water which dittilled over in Sublining the

% sand diflolve iniralittle ¥,and & mate; with this folution mix Ealcined Vitriol to

the thicknefs of Honey, digeft 2 fimo one and twenty days: Then diftil by degrees a Nittle at a time (for it yieldeth a very fiery Spirit) let the Recipient be large. When alliis come over that will, rectihe it; then in this Spirit diflolve the aftire-faid fixed os fois the Menftruum prepared.

Then take a white Calx of ¥, pour upon it fo much of this Menftrunm as will cover

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| cover it, let ic ftand eight days as before | Repeat this till the Calx will takein no more | of the faid Menftruum, then let it ftand till ») | at become firft black, and then white, Sub-

ul | i {

| timing it felf above the Caput Mortuum, iy | from which carefully feparate the white, and | that is Sulphur nature Four, which put in|} t0.a little Matrafs and fix it, ( which may | alfo be done by frequent <:mation ) make | alfo Sulphur nature ) in the fame manner, ; and with the fame Menffruum, which dif| folvé into Oyl in B. with which imbibe the || Gid Sulphur nature Foves until it be fufible,

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1 and then it will tranfmute ¥ into ».

Elixir Rubrum.

| | op Ake Vitriol of @ well. purified by Solu|

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tions and Coagulations, unite it with

3 | Laquor of 2 sxmate and %, then diftill a |) trom it in Afhes;then having ftood (cold)

“| twenty four hours, diftill more 7 from it.

"| Repeat this until the remaining Matter be "| well braken; then joyn all the diftilled wa-

‘| fers to it again, and digeft it in fimo tor 40 "| days: Then -diftill its Spirit, with which | imbibe the remaining Earth; dry it with a ‘| gentle heat, then imbibe again, and dry as | before: Repeat this till. the Earth hath im-

| bibed all its 7, | |

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fhall have a Philofophical &, and what Sublimeth is the Sulphur, which keep ‘apart.

Repeat the imbibition and diftillation, till no:more Sulphur will afcend; with'this Sulphur imbibe half its weight of the %, put them*into a Matrafs, which Seal’ Hermeti-

callyyand fix themtogether ; and this Work mutt be repeated four times, every time with the fame proportion of the faid Philo(ophical &. ‘Then fix this Matter ina Vet fel Sealed Hermetically by degrees of A, and all the colours will appear one after’ano= ther, until it become white, and laftly, to an incombuftible red.

Take one part of this red Powder, caft ig upon ten parts of ‘Sublimed &, fet it to pu-

trifie for thirty days, and it will become Oyl, which being Proje&ted upon boyling | ® will tranfmute it into pure ©.

The faidired- Powder being infufed in

Wineiover Night, and idrank in the Morning; Cureth moft Difeafes in Mans Body.

The be(t way to Extra the % of 2.

Ublime Flowers of & after Glauber's way, In great quantity, in cafting the % in Powder upon kindled Coals in a. Furnace with many Pots one upon another, wherein the Flowers fettle. «The Flowers which are

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|black Soap. .Thofe in the middle, by black

| Soap and Salt of ‘Tartar: ‘Thofe that are in | the lowermoft Pots, by Soap only, with a | little Sale’of Tartar, not much, left it fhould | reduce the Flowers into Regulus.

The Furnace muft be round, and well

made every where, then fet a cover upon it like a Funnel, and the Pots upon that; then fill the Furnace with Coals, and let

them be well kindled before you caft in the %, that the Flowers may be pure and white;

then ‘caft in the $ through a hole, which mutt be on the fide of the cover: And thus

you fhall Sublime 16). of Flowers in an hour.

(See the firft Figure.)

The Procef3 teacheth’ to fet fifteen or fixteen Pots one upon another ; but J think five or fix may do as well.

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pee filings of h in A. F. one part,

and fair'7 two parts, Precipitate the Calx with Salt of ‘Tartar, then add crude Tartar to this Calx, and boyl them together along time; at laft, revive it with hot

V7, andyou hall have a fluidand running °.

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In the fame manner you may proceed with: d.

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To make a Minera of % of - Antimony, ad\} Infinitum. |

Ake of the % revived fromthe Flow-. }}! ers above-mentioned Zviij. Sublime it: }\ with Salt and Vitriol, according to Ait :: fy

Then take of this % Sublimate and & int pi. fine Powder, equal parts, mix them well to-: }) gether, and diftill a Butter thereof, giving; }j,

gentle fire for four hours, then diftill with a} }9,, {trong fire, and the % will diftill in great: Jy, quantity. Note, that when the Butter iss}, come over, before you increafe the: fire ta) i, drive over the %, you muft change the Re-.

Cipient, putting on another full of water: impregnated with %. Then take theCina-. ber and mix it with black Soap and a little: Salt of Tartar; then diftill, and you:thall have near the whole quantity in running 9.

‘That which remaineth in the bottomis thé

true Sulphur of &, of which make a Lixi-

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‘Another way to Extradl the 9 of Antimony

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Given me by Monfieur Car-

rp Ake Salt-petre of the firft boyling with-

ont refining it any more, and Vitriol ‘+ i'tland %, whereof make 4. R. after the Dutes way of making A. F. where they put an

(‘hundred pound of Matter into a large Iron

-“FPor with a large earthen head, to which

‘ihithey joyn a large ftone-receiver or a {tone mi Pitcher: The junctures all well luted with ft.alute made of Sand, Quick-lime, and Wa-

‘ter: They gave A by degrees, at laft very | ftrong ; the diftillation will be performed in

wi) twelve hours.

Then let all cool, and take

wil) Out the 4, R.

Note, that in diftilling this

du) 4, R. if your Recipient be not very large, i] te will be needful to’ keep wet Cloaths RA dopbled upon the Rec.

to abate and con-

:

wi denfe the violence of the Spirits.

st] “Then take $ Mineral in fine Powder, ‘ which put into large Jar-glafles, fuch as they ‘| keep thin Sweet-meats in, which are as large | gt the top as at the bottom: You mui{t have

| many of thefe Glafles, but put not too much |into one Glafs, pour a good quantity of the (| A. R. above-mentioned upon this $3 ftir

and fhake them well together by turning a

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the Glafs in your hands (feveral times cabyui

day) for ten, twelve, or fifteen days, keepo-f

ing, the Glaffes flightly covered. with cab wooden cover: Andif you put thefe Vefleldspis to digeft in fome gentle heat, it will be thee}

better.

“Bh; Note, that. the Secret confifteth in welll},

opening the body of the & by -the.4. R2.}yy\

And therefore when the time of the digeftiom hij

is ended, and that you fee the is diflolved,, bis or reduced into a white Calx at the bottom,, }

{tir ic well together, that the 4: R. which iss bi

at the top, may become as white as Mille., hy)

Then

pour oft this white Liquor

( which» }hy,

containeth in it the Atomes of the 8, whichi are very light, and are eafily raifed in the: A. R. and are well opened).and let it fettle,, until all the white Atomes are fettled to the: bottom, and that the 4.R. be clear at the: top, Which decant and put it back upon the é, where you poured it off, which was not diffolved ; ftir it and digeft it as before, then . decant the white Liquor as before. Repeat this antil you have reduced all the & into Atomes or white Liquor:1 Then put all

your white Liquors and diffolved & together with the 4. R.intoa Retort, and diftill frft all the 4.R. with a gentle heat, until you

fee the $ almoft dry, but not hard nor quite

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“in another large Ballon of Glafs with four

be five quarts of 7 impregnated with thy.

“Of %: “Diftill by graduated A for ‘eight “hours, then put fome coals about the Retort “upon the Sand; give at laft very vehement

above and below, for four hours more, at. laft, as vehement as poflibly may be, and ‘leu fhall fee the Rec.

filled with white

itiiijumes, which will revive into running & in (tie water in the Recipient, and part of thefe ilwhite fumes will become a thicker fubitance, “like melred hy and part like Aferitterias vite; but of what confiltence foever

] hey are, you may eafily revive them all inwie funniag &, by wafhing them in ‘warm iIewater. : ith) The: 9’ of } is made in the fame manner,

out in ‘greater quantity,

taking Oar of h

ite inftead’of 3 Mineral:

no To Extrad the © of 3, or of h.

Wrought

olin) federal times by Monfieur Van Outre,Phy-

wt) fictan of Bruffels. rl pate Antimony Mineral, det

th) in fubtil Powder,

(ora Calx of imbibe it with

(i bpirit of Salt until it be like Pap: Digeft tfeven or eight days, or longer; then ditill to drynefs: ‘Then change the Recipient, yo Putting on another filled with VY, impreg| nated. | wall }}

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you fhall have running, 2.

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the fame Foundation as that which Monfied Corton gave me, with an A.R. whichi ly hath doue often. | Butter of & without Sublimate, to Extraa hi 2 of &.

Ake & one part, Salt decrepitated ttm; parts, and Vitriol Calcined to whitenx

four parts; reduce ali into a fine Powdid mix them well together, and caft them || httle and little into a Retort red-hot throus;

a Spout in the upper Glauber teacheth ;, or tort luted, in anaked a Butter like unto that

part of the Retort,, #4; diftil] it in a GlaSiR4y, A, and you fhall hav y which is madeof Suif};,,

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\To Extrall the % of & with this Butter,

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Recipitate this Butter with warm V,then dry the Powder, and mix it with one jpart of black Soap, and two parts of Soot; : sokiftilin a Retort into a Recipient full of 7 impregnated with ¥, and you fhall have a jrunning ¥, which is the Sperma of 9 of | &. |

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h (Ou‘T* the Precipitated Powder‘ of the aoo fore-faid Butter of 3, anddry it ‘gently, AN ithen mix’ it with Ziv. of Tartar, and Zviij. fj t

| “Quick-lime, and ij of 3; ditt dhits shllof lh

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fe iin a Retort /°a.

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| ‘Note, that the Calx of »,° and that of iy bildmmay be Precipitated with Butter of *S, and

ai(@tben a running 8 may be diftifled from ithem.

To Extratt a 2 out of >.

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in the y, and the remaining Calx of ) iss

the running &, whichis tranfmuted into ©)| : by the Sal Enzxe.

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Another way to Extract the 2 of .&.

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TTAke thj. of 8 in fubtil Powder, boyli| *

itin a Lixivium made of Quick-lime:} |”

and Pot-Afhes,

let it boyl for two hours,,|

then let it fettle, and decant the clear;. them| put more Lixivium upon the 5, boyl it ass} +.’

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decanted Lixivium, when there Precipitatess} 4 no. more. Sulphur,» or. when it changes noo} *\ more. ..Then edulcorate well the refidue off} ‘0

the &, and dry it, then grind it with Zivy.} >

of Salt of Tartar, and as much of %; ancdj {it

Zvilj: of Vitriol ; put this, to Sublime with <aj lity

gentle 4 at firft, and at laft very ne in A for-feven or eight hours, and all will be Sublimed. |) Make this Sublimate,

and mix it withh

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equal weight of Quick-lime, diffill it in ca} bu Retort into a Recipient almoft full of VW} ‘ impregnated with %, and you fhallshavess running, 9 of %. Inthe fame mannef, you may, Extract the 3 of h, taking.Calx.o | h inftead of 3. we Seen

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“AAke Salt of Tartar,

ahd Powder of

Pebble-ftones; rhix thern well together, anid caft them upon burning Coals, andthere

will a(cend a Spirit, which mutt be received, which hath a Vertue to convert the Calx of Metals into riinning 8.

A great Secret, 3 of &, and other Metals, ad infinitum: Ake % of #, Sublime it with Salt and

Titriol in the ordinary manner, without Calcining thé Materials. Take of this

S mate, and

in Powder, ana;

diftill a

Butter thereof: Then take the Cinaber, and

th in the bot¢rind hgit with that which refte cae rom of the Retort, and diftill a & thereof,

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Let

which will ferve for the lite Work.

the Butter refolve in the Air into a Liquor upon.a Marble ftone, or upon Glafs in 4

mioift place, then pourof this Liquor upon 4 ina Cucurbite; -digeft in Sand for two days, then diftill it, and: there will: come over a red Oy! with the flegm, which is the Sulphur, or Y of 6, ora natural Oylef &: For if you leavethis Afenfraum with the Oyl in the open ie Air for two ori three tn

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hours, the Oyl will Precipitate tothe bot.

tom ina red Powder, which will burn like

¢ommon Sulphur. Mix this red Powder with two parts of Soot; and one of Soapy put itin a Retort, and diftill it, andat will

syevive into running §, which will diftill into the Rec, which muft-be almoft full of & mpregnated:with %.

In the fame manner you may alfo Extract © out of other Metals, mixing this Oy] with

their Calx, Soot andSoap. "Fhe faid vem frraurg will ferve again, putting it upon new

éy Extracting new Sulphur from the fame,

or red Oyl, which Preeipitateth into Sulphur, as was faid, or into running § by Revivification.

And in this manner you may

make a perpetual Minera of 3 of &, and of

other Metals; ad infinitum.

Note, that other Metals muft be in very fubtrl Calx well opened, that the faid Adens firuum may a& the better upon them:

Note,that if the Salt of the Earth be welf , Extracted, and reduced to a Salt Enixe y wonderfak Operations: may be done with it;

and'if you take of this Salt Enixe and ofWis

triol, and’ make a Sublimate thereof with of &, and then a Butterof this & «mate and & Mineral, and joyn this Butrer with y One part of the Lunary Butter, made as was raught,and with that male a diffolution of ©, you

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“| you will have an durum potabile, and ar

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univerfal: Medicine; and: without doubt.a Powder of Projection upon bafer Metals.

‘This Mattet is an admirable Chalybs or Magmet of the Spirit of the World, being expofed to the open Air for fome time, and then

'| putin a Veflel, .and Sealed Herimetically, and digefted for fourty days (or fifty) you ih} will fee fuch effects 5 a8 will promife a

‘| Jhappy fuccefS, and yet better, if you add m1 the Sulphur of © drawn with Regulus of 1 $+ But this requires the Conduct of an able ni Operator.

| Lo prepare the Common % 5;fo that it will it) baweall the Qualities and Properties of |B of &, and will: be as Powerful to Vo| datilize ©. if 9

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(| 0 ate eo thij. of & with Tb. of 4; | thus? Melt the % in-a’Crucible, then wi} take it off from the A, and being near ready |to congeal, pour the % upon it, and ftir ij] them well together witha flick, then caft it ij into fair Y. Then with thefe tbij. of aaa grind ibiij.of filings of oy and fbi. of 6’, itt) and all being well mixt, put it in a Retort,

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Another E cellent Preparation and Animas

tion of 2.

TT Ake. of Martial Regulus of°& %iij. anced} ; © 3}. melt them together, and make iq. , Régwlus; which pulverize, and then grined,,

it with common &.,then diftillitfeven timess{,_. and you fhall have a 3 very pure, and fig for any Operation:

Another way.

A Malgamate fb. of & with fh. of in a: Crucible;:and being cold, grined

witht 1b. of filings of cf. over:the & witha ftrong: A:

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Rind £owith 3, Quick-lime,and Tar tar, then ‘diftillit.

Another: . ;‘Ake } one part, Regulus of : two partss,)1 ie!

melt them together ; then reduce at.ina, *”

to very fine Powder, which grind ancdj adaate with %, then dittill feven times: ia Anot herr.

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Another.

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& with Sulphur in the form. of a

"8 Cinaber,..then. add Sale.of Tartar ‘and -Poap, to the confiftence of a Pafte, whereof Q “nake little Balls >

which

Hort.

-diftill in aRe~

| About a particular Spirit of Nitre.

e 1s. Not a. common Spirit of Nitre; but

JL. it-as a) Spirit, which.by many cohobati-

y"yns and. diftillations rendreth its own: Body {Volatile in ‘the form. of Snow, which melts i™nith the leaft heat, and iscongealed by cold ; ad-that isthat Acetum acerrimumwhich difplveth all Metals, and reduceth them to nei firft. Matter, and. perfe&t Metals being

Mlolved therein, will be coagulated, and Mbrfectly fixed, which will change othetimerfect ones into perfect by Projection. | Take.p and 2, 9.v. daate them togever, then mixthis ¢é¢é with half its weight

: & ssmate, then put.itin a Retort, and i"pur upon it.of our Acid Spirit, and the Matter being well diflolved therein, diftill

“hd. cohobate upon the. remaining Body |{6 Teen, till allthe Matter be converted into a

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Volatile Spirit, and nothing remain in th! bottom; that which doth-not afcend, muiif (#' ‘be made Volatile; Then

diffolve that Veo ik:

‘Jatile again in more of our Acid Spirit, amg vil diftil and cohobate fo often upon that whic ii

remaineth in the bottom until ‘all be fixéeg «i!

again, and this fixéd’ Matter render agatit Volatile, and the Volatile fx again, untty i it be tingent and penetrating, and be a iru) {ible Salt abidingin the A. You muft have the Spirit of Natural fr lo fible Salt, which is the Principle of all Ml tals; Vegetables, “and: Animals; “clijs Spisr§ 410) being purified and’ re-united with’ its Bocc

(alfo purified)renders its Body Volatile, arn} uniteth it felf unfeparably-with: it; and’ to¢ cometh a Volatile’ fufible Salt’ like’ Buttes

which congealeth being cold: "This Butttg (0) diffolveth all Metals,’ as warm’ V diffolvedd ) j Jce,andis the true Matter of the'gréat Wont} i;

td | and the Philofophical ©.

To prepare the Univerfal Spirit, whichi} ki, ; the Univerfal Sale, you muft’ purifie aid nix rectifie it well, andby its means, Volatilig () its fixt Body, (alfo' purified.) «For to, ree} & der 'the fixt Volatile, the quantity of the Wy} latile muft exceed the fixt;and alfo to fix 11

Volatile, the quantity of the fixt muft excee the Volatile; but the long digeftion fupphi tny the quantity of the fixt, becaufe that whiid |}j:

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87 | is naturally fixtis contained (although chanofge for the prefent) in the.Volatile: But the addition of © (whichit diffolveth, and ifuniteth it felf radically with ) fhortneth the iftimeyand haftens the fxation: And then toren,poralit from Volatile fxt by along digeftion; 4 when: it is Volatile, ic will pafs over ina

i] Retort like Oyl, which will congeal, being eal id abi and melt with heat; ’tis the Sperma of |Metals. For to fix it the better and the See ee 7s oe ee

uli fooner, you mutt add’, and digett. |

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id cee and Ablution are one and the | fame thing,’ for by Calcination the Boiq dy is divided into {mall parts; by putre| faction it is corrupted, and when it is diftil| led, it is reduced into its firft Matter, and re4 Maineth diflolved. ij Congelationis a Fixation, Re-union, or

4 Coagulation of the Volatile and diffolved Body.

:

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tioms, are comtaincd Ablurion, ‘Re and Fixation: ~

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fifty or fixty quarts, of Vinegars, } itl

and betore you diltill the Vinegar-yout } i

miuit, evaporate a fourth part of. ity, whicky f ie,

is, nothing but flegm;.and tor torender.thiss }pu diltilled Vinegar more! diffolving,» it fhouldi hi be diftilled'once or twice from Lees. : Take tbx1j,. or xv. of good Englifhy Lies } ii

thargy of Silver, reduce it into'fine. Row-}

der, and put it into Matrafles .of - three ort four quarts a piece,

put {6}. intoveach Ma--

si

trafs; then pour upon the Powder fo much ot the diftilled Vinegar; as may. cover.irthe: breadth of fix Inche,s; then put them. in df geftion,..with the fecond degree! of A :for two days, fhaking the Matra(s three. orfourr } jis

‘umes.a day, jn:which ume the. ditilled Vie:

negar will be of a yellow colour, and very?

tweet...

Phen decant. this diftilled Vinegar mr pots 44 oe at f

then put in all

the decanted Vinegar sand fil-

ter itjand diftill in feveral Cucurbites with an gentle heat three parts of. the diltilled Vine» Par,

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ily) hoursthe greater part of ic-will be congeal| ed intoradubltance like Ice; it will fufiice af | you diftillat off toa Syrup: ‘Then upon this

| Syrup pour. new dittilled Vinegar, about | the fame. quantity as before, digeft twelve | hours; then diftill off about the quantity | youpuron: Patnew: diftilled Vinegar upong

wi) the-refidue,’

fomewhat

‘more than the Arf?

| time, digeft and diftill-as betote.

‘Then

sii] Pour uponait about half the quantity of thee | daid diltilled Vinegar that you put on before;

| digeftiand diftill as before» Repeat this.diJk] geltionefor-twelve hours, and diftillation ‘fo | efteny:tilk-you find: that, the diftilled Vine-

| gar come off. in the beginning of the diftil| lation fodtrong as itn was before, which isa | fign of a perfet attactionof the univerfal

| diflolvent-made by.the' diftilled Vinegar. | .

Thea'put your Gums which remained in

1 - the Cucurbites intocane-or feveral large Ma-

owe) trafles, which {toprand Tute well, that no-

4 thingamaycexhale; them put to digeft in B.

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when: the» Matter cometh to’ be black, and that, itacquireth as qt were a {inking {cent,

which isa fign of its Mortification, by which jt oughtto, acquire:a new ite, -and aSpirt-

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Cerufe into feveral parts, which put into fe-veral Retorts, which you may do by catifing’

the Matter to melt with fome gentle heat,and! | then pouring it hot into the Retorts, for it!

eafily congealeth by cold; and if, any of itt |

congeal about the necks of the Retorts,make: } { gees and run down; ‘the Retorts mutt be: |

of fuch a bignefs, that at leaft four’ parts of them may remain empty. Then diftill off! | all theflegm with a very gentle heatin Sand, |

and: fo: foon: as you perceive -any Fumes or: Vapouts, ceafe, and fet all cool ; then change: the Recipient, putting:on ‘a large'one, and| having well luted ir, and theilute dry,give the: & by degrees, -at latt very ftrong and vehe::

ment,» until yow fee no: more Files come :

| | | } | ,

over, but that anoOylior Gumi as red ag

Blood: diftill over.

ing an the Retorts

"Fake the feces:vemain-

«(which will look like

black Afhes ). andiextraét:the Salt»out of '| them with diftilled Vinegar, ‘as youdid with | the Lithargy, which: Salt will sbe:dn long | |

Rocks like Rock-Salt-petre ; «and: this “Salt

will-be more fubtilthan the fir |Diftill this Salen’ a Retort,» putting what diftilleth ‘to

the firfbLiquor;) outiof) the feces: extra

again the Salt, of »which diftill alfothe Spinit.in a Retort. Procéed thus until the res maining earth, or Caput Mortuuni giveth mo more Salt. Then take all your Spirits,

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and mix them togetlier, and put it ima large

and high ‘Cucurbite, “which cover with a double paper Oyléd and dryed; tye it well about the neck of the Cucurbite with a packthread, then put on the head, and lute ‘well the junctures, put on a pretty large Rect pient, with a narrow and a fhort neck; die ftil in B. vapor, and the’ Athereal Spirit will pafs over through the ‘paper, and the flegm

‘avill flay behind,’ “becaufe' it cannot pafs through the Oyled paper; and if your Spi fit be not fubtil enough, you may rectifie it ‘once or twice with new Oyled paper; then keep it in a Veffel clofé Ropped ina, cold place: ‘Then'take off the Oyled paper, and diftilithe reft of thé Liquor to the confiftence of a réd Syrup; put the Cucurbite with the Syrup in‘a-Cellar, and in two days-time there will’ be many little Cryftals very white,

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which feparate, and wafh them in the flegm, and they will be white and pure: ‘Then put the flegm to that which remained in the Cu-

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curbite; and diftill to aSysup, which putin a Cellar to Cryftallize' as before: Cleanfe and wath the Cryftals to’ whiten them, then put them together upon white paper to dry thern for two days in the fhadow ;"then put them in a Cucurbite narrow and fomewhat high, and pour upon them of the aforementioned Aithereal Spitit, fomuch asmay i cover

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cover it the breadth of three or four fingers digeft twenty four hours, then diftill ia BlAZ All the.Spirit will come over, andin.the-bot-

tom, will remain; a, clear, and, tranfparent

Gum, upon, which’ pour,again the diftilled Spirit 5digelt and difill as before... Repeat this cohobation and. diftillation four, times, at the, fourth ume: the faid Gum will diftil{

overin the form,of an Oylas white-asfnow, {wimming upon the Spirit: This Oyhis the true .and only. diflolvent of .©,. feparate, it fromthe Spirit by a Funnel. And.thus you fall have the Philofophical Menftruum, the

Vegetable, and Mineral Salt, Aurora Diane; and the-true Philofophical $, and the precious.\73,-diflolving the two, Luminaries into a Phytical diffolurion,: with which »you may prepare, Medicines both for Healch, and-for Projection to tranftaute Metals, .which. will be.both fhort and eatie, as followeth, ’ Disynot enough to.have the Aden/trunm or Philofophical V,, for at. ferveth only for an Agent or a. means to, excite. the Vegerative quality which. 1s. hidden and buryedyin

the occulr Secrets. of,. the Metalline ‘Nature.

And.it doth not fufhceonly to know. that. © maketh @, and ),.); bur it cannot -ren= der them apparent,,.except the {aid Bodies be

firft:difcontinued, ‘that 1s. to fay, that this Metalline form be reduced. into fubtil parts

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| attenuated, for to be afterwards opened and

jy | ®educed into Calx, of which this Adenfru| wm ealily draweth the fixt grain or Spema, | the Principle of Vegetation.

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|

, | © Prepare then a flight, fpungy,well opened, »» | amdattenuated Calx of ©, which put in a

|fall Cucurbite,. and. pour upon it {o much

| of theafore-mentioned white Oy1 as will co| ver it a fingers breadth ; digeft two or three

|| days with a gentle heat, then diftill over all | the Oy], then pour the Spirit upon the Calx:

|| ‘Then*pour upon*this Matter four or five |times as much of the above-mentioned Spi| vit; digett twenty: four hours, and the Spirit ‘| will be tinéted of ‘a pure red colour, ‘more | red than ‘any Ruby, which decant, ‘and dry

| the remaining Matter, and pour upon it'the | fame Oy], and digeft twenty four hours, and , | at will be very red. “Repeat this fo long till

‘| your © will yield no more tin@ure.

»Then

| Circulate all your Tincturesin a Pelican for | thirty days, and then feparate the clear from

| an Hypoftace which will be at the bottom, | and you fhall have the true Asrum potabile, " |) which will be of an admirable vertue, ta| king three or four'drops of it at a time ina | | little Sack, or other:firt vehicle. | « Buvfor the Work, you mult feparate the | |Spirit: by diftiliation in’ Balneo, until the

i} | Tin@ure remain in the bottom in confitt: ence

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94 Chymical Secrets, ence of an Oyl, upon. which cohobate the Spirit, and diftill.as before: Repeat this feven or eight times, atid the faid ‘Tincture will remain like an Oy] that will congeal.no

more, which is the Philofophical Aurum potabile, having a Vegetative vertue, being fown in its own Earth, which is the Calx of ©, prepared as fhall be taught hereafter.

The Philofophical Aqua Regis.

Ake, Nitre and ¥, ana Ziij. reduce them to fine Powder each by it felf, then mix them well together, and put itin a Ree” tort of three or four quarts, and diftill im Sand into a very large Recipient, thejunctures well luted with paper, and pafte made:

| | ie | }tiy of Flower and 7; forif you fhould take a |hi ftronger Lute, all would break: Give the [hl

a

Ly by degrees, until you fee white fumes in |th the Recipient in half; an hours time all will jn

come over ;then let it cool, and you will find ||Suj in the Recipient about 2j(3. and about the ' ji;

neck of the Retort:a Sublimed Salt, which |)\ proceeds from the #, which will nordiflolve | }x exceptin hot 7; theRetort being cold, take \ji) out the Caput Mortuum as well as you can, Hh and the Retort being found, put in frefh |

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ite |this 7 in Afhes in an Alembick witha gentle is] heat to feparate the Hegm from it, ‘which tue} Wall be infipid; then diftill the reft ina Res || tort, and keep it for ufe.

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i 2t.into thin Plates, cut them fmall, and put

i¢jthem in a Crucible and ignifie them: Put \Zvj. of & in another Crucible, heat it until iit begin to fmoak, then take it from the a;

4] |

and pour it upon the ©, ftir it well toge-

jther with a ftick until it be well aaamated, selthen caft this éaa into a Marble Mortar ; wig@rind it well, pouring on fair 7 to wath it nil all its blacknefs and foulnefs; then ii) fqueeze out fo much ¥ of this ada as you yjean: ‘Phen grind this daa with equal weight |

ni Of prepared Salt ; put it in a Retort,and di \,,ittil over all the § in Sand into a Recipient

sthalf fullof 7: The & being all over, ins ,fereafe the Q for four hours, fo that the bot yom of the Retort may be always red in the \qiSand; then: let all cool, take out the Re: fort and pour hot V into it, and let it ftand ., fo for an hour, and the V will diflolve the jpalt; pour it out, and pour more hot 7 upfit on the Matter; do thus three or four times? g Phen pour ‘out ‘the © with the V7 into a «gPOringer, which will be avery fubril Pow: 4Her; dry it gently, and put it in a Matraf5, iand pour pon it-of the above-mentioned | Aa. Ki

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96 AcR: abourZvj. {top the Marrafs'wath Cot: || ton only,and put it to digelt in hot Afkes,andi }ij sna few hours it will all be diffolved into at } Liquor of an Orange colour, leaving fome: |

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{olution pour of the 2 which ‘you drew OffET by diftillation about twice the quanuty off | the. ©; digeft it for two or three days, cr {00} if long until. the © be all diffolved, and: thes} ,, V.-be clear like Rock V7, and the © be'mm|,, the form of a light Spunge in pieces, fwim+} ;,, ming in the 73 feparate the VY, and wafln} ,. the © with Sale VY filtred, then wath it 1m}, fair J fo often till it be well edulcorated,,} then dry this Powder of ©, andutuas pre--} 9) pared: For to attenuate it further, and tao} p, render it mote Spungeous, mix it. with} y,

double its weight of Sublinied ¥, grind themal y well together, and put them: in a fmall Cus} » ,

curbite with its Head, and Sublime in Sancd}

allthe ¥. Then giind this ¥ again witkh} the © and Sublime it once more, fo will thee ,., ©

be well attenuated

and opened,

ancilj,

fit to be joyned with the Vegetable Saltt]

Then put this Powder of © into a Poringert| of ftone-ware, not glazed, and pour upori}; it fome good Oyl of Tartary dry, at gently}.

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and pour-more Oy]. upon the Powder, anc

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dyy it as before: Repeat this till. you havr@

employed. Ziv. of Oyl of Tartar to. 3}. onl Q)y° \ : i }

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‘\’neck, ftop it clofe, and put it in an fron

“Por in Sand, then cover the Pot with any ‘| other Por, and give A of reverberation, fo | tharthe © may be redin the Matrafs, ‘but “not melt; continue the A in that degree for "| 48 hours. |Theh take out the Matrafs, and | wath the Matter with hot 7 tll the © be

!8) well edulcorated, then dry it, and imbibe it

“again with frefh Oy] of Tartar; reverberate W' gt as before for 4.8 hours. Repeat this Work

| ewice more, and you fhall have a very light and Spungy Calx of ©.

eee Senee” Cane ieee Fee Son

Hartman:) Note, That injfead of this Calx of "©, youmay take one prepared, by Calcining it with flowers of Sulphuryas Sir

Kenelm Digby prepared it for Saumier’s Work, which fee in its place.

Then imbibe it once with Oyl of Tartar, and proceed in all as before. — Having reduced the © into an Oyl,’ it will be neceflary to have an‘Earth of its own ‘nature, to make it grow, and produce the Fruit which we expect of ‘it.

Now'this Calx of !© fhall ferve for an nit) ——)

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wl Earth to receive this Seed.

But fince that

«i! im all Bodies there are three things, to Wit, i the Soul, the Spirit, and the Body; that ili which hath a Body, cannot receive the Soul,

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then be neceflary to reduce the © into a.Spirit, which 1s done by reducing it into 3, its: firft and.neareft Matter; which:to performy, proceed thus:

Take 23. of © well purified by. 2, ree.

duce 1tinto thin Plates, cut them fmall, andi put them in a Matrafs, pour upon them ZV jaf” of; our Philofophical: 7, keep itun digeftiom i

tll the.© be all diffolved, then.diftill offi} i the. 75, which cohobate again, and diftill ass} {! before... Repeat this. three or four timesy, } then diftill off abour)three parts.of the wy,} |’ expofe the reft with the Veflel to.the opem} | Aur, ‘and the ©. will congeal into Cryftals,, which put in a Glafs Bottle, and ftop it ves is

ryoclofe, and keep them in‘a dry placeuntil] | !

they be dry; thengrind them with twice. age} much # Sublimed, with Salt; put. this: intap a large Matrafs, and pour. upon: it-by dropss} i!

of good Oyl of ‘Tartar, the double quan} tity of the ©, or until tt be of the confit. ence of thin Muftard; then Seal it Hermeti« cally, and. keep.it in. digeftion with a gentle} heat for two and fourty days, during which} ! time the Matter wilh putrife and fmell very’ | ° firong, and you fhall:{ee all the Colours apse} pear fucceflively ;take.a little of it and wafh) |

wt well. with warny Y feveral times, then bemg: dfy,. put, fome of it upon.a thin Plate red-hot, and if ic melt without {moaking, it hk

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and well

hit ds'a fignethat, it is, all’: Mercurial,

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| prepared 5 -butif it fmoak, you mult keep } it an digeftion until that fign appearerly:

| "Then wath and edulcorate it well from. all | Saltnefs, and dry it very cently 5 then mux | at with feven parts of prepared Salt, pur at 4] in. a Cucurbite, which putin Sand, and give

‘ ) i he

vig) @ gentle fre for twelve or fourteen -hours, wt then inereafethe fre, and continue that de-

w).1 gree as long;,.continue the Sublimation un| til all the Philofophical.Calx be Sublimed:

| Lhe gather carefully,,with a feather this | Sublimate, and put rina Glafs Mortar with

ud Warm Vy, grinding itwith-a Glafé Peftle for

| an hour or two, then let it fettle, and pour | off the V, put on frefh hot V, and grind x

il until’ the Matter come’ to be of the confift| ence of .Muftard ; them add good White| wine Vinegar, and, grindit until all be cons

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Compo 140%.

, i ea G, of your Calx of © prepared

and attenuated, as wasfaid, putit ina

: | Glafs Mortar,{and pour upon it 4ai}. of the 1 Solary: 5 the & willfirddenly {wallow up its | Body,:4s one:-drop of Y% mixeth it felf with | another? then fqueeze out fo much ¥ of this

dda, thatthere remain but about two parts W

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of § with the ©... Put this gaa in'a Philow.

fophical Egg, arid pour upon it by little anda) jaye

little of your Oyl of © before-mentioned,,},.. hold it over a gentle A, and ftir the Matterr he!

with an Iron Rod, that all may well: mixx Cir and incorporate, pouring on fo much of the: i) faid Oy], that it be of the confiftence of thim lee Muftard, and then: you thall fuddenly {ces}, marvellous things, ‘when the Soul of the ins

faid © (which is its Oyl) entreth into the: th Body of the ©, by means of the Spirit, which: a is the Solary 9, and that by means of ‘the: &

faid Soul, the Spirit uniteth with its Body.,,|/),, of three being made one; ftop: the Veffel! i {peedily, becaufe of the fumes,. The Body '},,

of the © which was dead before, being by: this only and admirable means animatéd,dignified, and ‘filled with. a Vegetative Life; will thereby acquire an inward Power of

}, pi, |) |. ,

Multiplication, as well as the Sperms'and |, Seeds of all Animals and Vegetables, and | be made fit to grow and’ produce F rult, fy):

(being fowed in a fitEarth )which it could |,

not do before, becaufe of thar default. The

Veflel being Sealed Hermetically, put it in Afhes in a brafs Veffel in the fhape of halfa boul; digeft it with aLamp A. As for the

time, and the colours, mark what Trevefan

faith of it; forat the end of fourty days you fhall {ee.the blackhef$: Continue the firh degree

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“degree of heat to whitenefs, which wil ,,, /ePpeat within four Months: ‘Then augmentl

4; Hae Q, and continue until it come to be of _. 2 Citrine colour, and then there will be no more danger.

Increafe the 4 to the fourth

“Megree, and continue that, till your King ta-

‘eth his Robe, and that the Matter fuffer A ignition without {moaki

| tt | Hartman.) bss Prong. cefs was fent to Sir NIK. D.. én a Letter from Paris, by Abbot BouMaud, with, the following words.

Sir, iT have fent you here inclofed. a great Work

‘902 hy which Monfieur de Rouviere bath it Di) vvers me;

tt cometh from a Man who har

ang Oyung been carried away, and kep t clofe in a le laftle, made at laft his efcape , and was con-

Wi wetted to the Duke LD? Elboeuf,

and Mon-

Ne ur de Rouviere found the fai d Procefs unwither bas Boulter.

e faid Abbot fent to Sir K. D. alfo the iti | following Proce/s, which he faith he had it|from an intimate Friend, who affured him ig! |that it was a Reality. bat

augue

the [Ake of a very good Oar of h that was an |” never wet, of inftead of it, takea true sj! ad natural Mineral Lithargy, not ArufiHt al; pulverize itand grind itupona Marble

igt: pne with diftilled 7 feveral times diftilled: : i 9 Put oe

are Bree

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Put your Oar of fh, or Lithargy iN ONE COP fy

more Cucutbites, and pour upon it of thhfy aforefaid diftilled 7, or diftilled Dew, ~:!

much as may cover it the breadth of, feveeg or eight fingers, cover it with a blind head} ,, and lute well all the junctures, and digee for fourty days witha gentle heat, fhakirnp the Veflel often; when you perceive that tii 4, Menftruum is coloured, decant the cleaag | and put on frefh V, or take’ new Oar

Lithargy and extract as before; _filrer tilf Menftruum and diftill it with a very geniy

heat. ©"Take this’ Salt of f and put it in Matrafs, digeff ic with a Lamp A with ‘{f fmall wicks, and ‘it: will diffolve of it. fee} and there will -fertle to the bottom fome tig purity or feces; break the Matrafs (bei cold) andtakethe pure part and putitarn another Matrafs, diffolve it by digeftion at firft, feparate the pure from the impuag Repeat fo often til rhis Sale Teave no moop impurity: ’"Then keep it carefally, until ye imploy it in the following Work.

Take of this Salt ten parts, and one py of © Mineral that hath not been meltu put'them together in a Matrafs, Seal it Ai

metically, ‘and digeft with a very geri heat, and there will loofen it felf from Saltof h fome' Spirits,

which by fallly

down again will diffolyv¢ the © by little’ <a » bh

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little; and there will (eparate it felf yet fome feces which are not ufeful for this Work, which you muft feparate: “Fake whats

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clear and tranfparent, and put it in.a Philo-

Aase

fophical Egg, Seal it Hermetically, and dis geft it with a Lamp & with a gentle heat’,

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fing the heat, ce. The faid Abbot faid, that this svus all he could have, or know of this 3 Work hitherto.

en ee a

The faid Abbot fent alfo the following Pro-

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cefs in a Letter from Paris.

Meee

de R’s. Operation, by which

he Gxeth 8 into » with the Salt of Saturn andy, is thus. He taketh one part of

— —

y,. and three parts of &, whereof he maketh an déa, which he putteth ina Matrafs, and “putteth upon ° it Saccharum Safuyni (made the common way) about. a fingers breadth over the aaa; thenhe Sealéth the Veftel, and digefteth it witha Lamp

ee nee tn <> aaa

eee

A with gentle heat, increafing the heat by degrees, it pafleth through all the colours ; nnd of oné Marc of ), and three Marcs,o}

6 there remained Zxij. of hxed

Matter thet

fuffered fufion and the Teft.

He (aith, that there fhould have remaine one Mare of the © fixed, but the Operation th A rs

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was not well wrought.

In another Letter-\\

e faith, that there remained Zitj. or. iv. of §(i Y fixed into), which endured [ufion and the: } | Teft. |

An Operation upon Jupiter.

Ifill a MdenfPruum out of Vitriol and| D %, with which make Sulphar natura: Fovis: Make alfo with the fame Menftrunm Sulphur nat. ), which diffolve into Oyl, and

with it infere Sulphur Fovis ad fufibilita

tem, and then project upon Fupiter.

Dunjfton thus: Having taken our white Earth, you may putrifieit by it felf, or with

the Caix of ‘other Metals, and chan ge Its co-

lour into a new white or red: Then fer ment

it with the Oyl of © orp, ec.

*

Riply (in his Viaticum) thus: Calcine # into a moft fubtil Calx (for in it the re is

pure 2, not brought to its full perfec tion by

Nature) which is cafily hardened with the | Oyl

of ». Do your Work therefore with Tin

Cuntil youare Rich) becaufe fo the Wor k 1s eafily donc, and at {mall charge, | Lullius (in his Magia Naturals’). tha s: Make Sulphur natura (without which nothing canbe done) and thus of any Met Cwhich he direéteth to do ina very ted al ious

way)

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way ) then.incere ic with Oyl of Ferment (as in his Pract. Brev.or Sermocinal.) unul

it be fluid; then is it a perfect Medicament.

© & Dex ¥, 3 here of the filings of % thy. Salt-petre {bj. mix them, feparate the Spirit ffom | the Anima by combuition, Subliming it in

fo many Pots as you know: Diflolve the Caput Mortuum (which will be fixtas a -ftone, fo that you may {trike A out-of it by collifion) with %, that there’‘may be a Re-

sili) gulus madeof it, which pour.out and make «@)

into Reds, and cement them with ftore. of Calx-vive on a Circulary A, then Coppel

| them with Lead , and add to them fine », what then remaineth upon.the Coppel. as good, and you will have confiderable gain by it, and by the feparation of 4..F. you will have three parts of ), and one of ©:

But when. you melt: your Caput Mortuum of 4 with & into a Regulus, as before, when you have Precipitated them with Tartar, or mixed them, then put .your Regulus’ to Coppel, and init you will find ©: See that you'do not caft away the Scorte, for you

will find Silver amongft it; Coppel it therefore by it {elf with the follow® ae : ing &

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ing Powder, fo you will find », which fepa-.

rate with A. F. (the Powder make thus.} Take Chelamus (Bay Salt) melt,-diffolve,

hitre, and coagulate it; meltit again, and! do this Work thrice: Then caft in this

Salt into the aforefaid Scoria (from which you feparated the Regulus) after you have: pit’ ic to Coppel, fo your Work will be: done and accomplifhed: fpeedily, and with, great fruit and profitin the applying the hire.

te

Hartman.)

‘The Famous Tachenius Re-- }

lates ({peaking of the malignity of Arfenich )})\ that there are fome who can burn pure Tint} * into Powder, which cannot again be reducedl) -

into Tin by Vulgar Art, as other Metals; yet! | with Arfenick tt 2 made Scoria, part of which by a fingular Skill becometh pure ). Sigitz. | mund Wan, @ Citizen in Voiland, knew and practifed thes Art of Separation, to hase) oreat benefit ;for in the Year 14.64, be Buildedl}

and Endowed a great Hofpital there, which, | \ as Gafpar Brufchius Relates, 7 at this day: to be feen, with the Epitaph of the aforefaidl Citizen.

:

Now, that ) may be got out of Tin with} Arfenick, Clavious proves in his Apology am| gainfte Exaftus Second Vol. "Theatr Chym, Fol,’ 39.

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A Worthy Gentleman lately related to me,

that he knew one, whotold him, that out of

1b. of Block-Tin be got fo much © ae he fold

f

for 3s. 6d.

A hort and clear Defcription of the great P hi-

lofophick Stone.

The firft Operation.

Ake Salt prepared, Nitre, and Roman Vitriol, ana tbij. beat them into a {mall

Powder, mix them, and put them into a Pot upon a flow fire, and moving them, caufe

them to melt, that they may be dryed a little. .Then take & taken out of the Mineral, tbj. which being put into a Linnen Cloath, fqueeze it and pour it upon the hot : Matter,moving it witha Rod,until the Adercy is hid in the, Matter ; incorporate the Mars well when it. is cooled,

in a Marble

Mortar; then dry it allin a Pot very flowly, until it be fo dry, that a Sword held over

the Pat, receive no moifture from it; then put it into a Sublimatory,and Sublime it firft twelve hours, aftefwards increafe the fie, that all the Mercury may be well Sublimed,

of white as fnow: So the & lacking nothing

its weight, will be affociated with the nvi-

fblé “Sulphur of Vitrio!, and purged from

the

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108 Chymical Secrets, the Earth and its blacknef3; and if you will Experiment that Conjunétion, you may {eparate Sulphur of Vitriol from % thus: Take diftilled Vinegar, 9. v. quench burning Iron feveral times in it, let your Stblimate ftand therein all. Night, afterwards pafs it three times through’a filtre, then fet it upon a flow fire; fo a black feum will fwim above the Vinegar, which take-off ;. then evapo-

rate all the Vinegar with a flow fire, fo you

will have an Excellent Sulphur of Vitrigl, and the § will remain by it felf in the bor-

tom.

The Second Operation.

Ts teacheth to Extract the Quinteflence from this ¥ Sublimate thus: Make 4. as follows; ‘Take Salt-petre and Vitriol, ana 1bj. beat them, then mix them together and diftill them with a flow fire in a glazen AJembick on Afhes for eighteen hours, fo that

nothing more can diftill( but lute all { well, that nothing exhale ;) after the above-faid 18 hours increafe the fire by degrees, that the

Water may be diftilled, and then continue

the fame degree of heat until it begin to ceafe to diftill, and fo proceed by degrees, until nothing more can come from it: Let the Veffels cool of themfélves ; ' and Seal the REST i Mk D ae 2a ny) ‘

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10g

| Recipient with gummed Wax; and when | you have put your Sublimate, being well | beat, in a ftrong Matrafs, pour upon it of | this Water to the height of one or two fin|gers breadth, and immediately obturate it

| i nt | .) | iM

‘

it) Well: Set the Matrafs in Afhes on a flow fra

iw for the fpace of twenty four hours; and if |it_be ‘not then diffolved, if you pour Bvij. wy | OF Water uponit, add of % well beaten 3}. i |Of More; clofe it up prefently, and {et it up| On Afhes, fo it will be diffolved: It is‘a ver | great Secret.

it

"Fhen abftraé all the Water,

» |(the jun@ures of the Veftel being carefully

|flopped ) by diftillation on a flow fire of Coals, even to drynefs: Afterwards taking

Loff the Cap, cover it ftraight with a glazen | Operculum, lute it, and when you have in-

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|creafed the fire, the Quinteflence of Mercury and Vitriol will afcend at the fides of

)

po Veffel; at laft make'the fire yet ftronger, ithat all the Quinteflence may be well Sub-

llimed, which, when the Veffel is cooled,

. {keep carefully :Beat the black feces, and (Sublime it once more, if perhaps any of the (Quinteflence remain ftillamongtt it, fo you fhall have purged the Mercury, and imbibed imore of the Spirits of Vitriolexifting in AF. . (Then diflolve and Sublime the Matter , cthat is Sublimed) twice more after the _ fame manner, that no impurity may be lefe

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Ieft-iniit, fo it will be whiter than Snow, The Third Operation.

Fat. this Matter,

and put it into. am

Earthen Urinal well glazed. within,,},, which cover. with an,Harthen glazed headi} liketo.a Pargdi,

that they may be exactly} ,,

joyned.together 5lutethe junctures welljandl i. digeft it eight days or more in an At hanovr} .. on aflow fire of Coals; .for otherwife it couldd} \y not. be diffolved into, Water.

The Fourth Operation.

WUT.

your Matter fo diffolved into.a;Max-}

trafs, clofe it, and diflolve itn, 4.Bi » into Water with.a:continual flow. heats; Dis} } fill. this Water in.a little Alembick on Afhess} with a flow fre of a lamp,

and Warer oil}

Paradife. will be diftilled,.. Cof which alonee} ;,

the ftone may be made by the Methodjattent defcribed,) one drop of which poured upon} ,

a Plate of any red-hot Metal will,throughlyy}* whiten: it within and without; (Note, thang ). the-like.may, be done with the Lugary,antaded} ,

of, » and, 4 if. they-be poured_on, a; Plate oni | ¢..).. After the water is diftilled, fome faqers will remain, which contain..in them, Earth), |

Aur, and Fire, which yeu may thus,feparateg ona

ph i ote Gs: sTsitistete Tasunatt invaahabne. dudsteioamccteiccn ob aed bspenm nmr ke SRS CRy Siegeehd SOI MMMM

| |

:

C hy Sec I1i mi k r ets ca "| one fromanother: l Beat thofe . faeces, and di

|gelt them: in an Athgwor, as you did the

| Quinteffence before, afterwards diffolyethem

| the fame. way in 44.8.

At laft diftill with

| avery-ftrong hrein AZ, By by an Ale mbick,

|| a white Oyl, which is called Air, «which

“| when it ceafeth to drop any more, take of “) the Recipient, and clofe well the nofe of the “| Alembick, and fo let it cool of it felf: Then

WW! fer the Alembick with’ a’ new Recipient on i") Afhes, and draw off the-red Oyl- (which ‘is

| Called fre) with a ftrong fire. | the Earth that remains:

Caft away

The Fifth Operation, ) F you would make a ‘Stone of Paradife.

| B along, or Virgins Milk, you need nor

As”\" feparate the Elements ; but if you have de|

"| paratéd them, do thus: Take of ‘or red | Oyl part j. of Aw, orvwhite Oy! parts iv: i") and of Virgins Malk parts viij. Pur them Al |

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cll’! together ina Matrafs witha fhore and nar-

i row Neck; »in two. other Matrafles: putiof yi] Virgins Mille, qg. v.. Seal: them all Hermeti-

(tl cally; and fo put them in an Athawsor ona eo flow, fire,of fmall coals burnt ull they have tell

| ceafed from Haming, and fo let them ftand

i) tall by feveral colours they attain a perfect yl] White: "Fhen (if you will have the Stone : white) |

| ] | |

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white) you may take out one Matrafs,leaving the ather two (if you Operate with three at once:) Then increafe the fire fenfibly,, | _ becaufe your Work cannot eafily be marred, , | ©

and fo proceed by degrees, until the Matter is perfectly red.

The Sixth Operation S: Projection.

“"T’ake an hundred parts of?

% purged the common way, heat-them: }. in aCrucible, andiadd to them part j. off fy! the white or red ftone,

and the whole: }\

willbe a Medicine. ‘Then take of this Me-. dicine part j: and: Project it upon another: } hundred parts of %, moving it witha Rod,, and afterwards melting it.» Further, Proje&: of this, part j. in an hundred parts, and the: whole will be © or ), according as the: | ftonesis which you took: If you will Pro--

ject. upon other Metals, .melt them, or do them into thin Plates, and on them when:

they are very hot Project part j.. upon an: hundred , and fet the Plates in the A°forr}

fome time. If youwould augment the ver--} tue of the Stone 7 infinitum, diflolve it as: }| often as you pleafe in B. 14. and coagulate: } it flowly in Athes; let. fupiter and Saturn: | be melted. ¥

ithe P ite rotth 4 armes, |

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| I the Magiftery of an Athanor, which Build thus: Take. of Magifterial Lute, | Potters Earth, Horfesdung, Paper carmi| mated, Hairs cut,make them all into a Pafte |with Sale water and Vinegar, and with that |Paite build your Furnace; make a round |Wall four fingers breadth’ in height, with |Chimneys, fet upon that Wall an Iron Plate which hath four Supporters, «by which it may {tay upon the Wall, leave fome diftance jbetween the interior fides of the Wall and

ithe exterior of the Plate; that the heat may afcend by it; them raifé the Wall tothe heightof five Inches: Then make an earthen €ap, which on the one fide muft havea Window and convenient: Door, by which you may feel the heat, putting in your hand tit, (which heat muft be fo moderate and niet, that you may endure to hold your mp in the: Athanor as long as you pleafe;:)

the Cap muft be carefully luted within and

without, and: fet upon the Furnace and ag-

glutinated with Clay: Afterwards, when he Furnace is. fufficiently dryed, fet upon it Glafs Goblets, and fet your Matrafles 1upn them: Mind well all. thefe things, and confider the Figures cutin the Page over I

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againft this. Now, by the holes that are | \, made betwixt the Plate and the Wall, you: | ;, may increafe or diminifh the heat at your’ } pleafure.. But note, that upon the Goblets, above the Fripus and the Plate, you may’ fet.an earthen Trencher, and fet thereon ant } ;,

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Egg, which cover »with another ‘Frencher,, |

fo that thefe two Frenchers joyned together: } may be lifted up intheAir, and the Egg not: | +: touch the fides of the Frenchers.

A Note from one that wrought the Stone.

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Have had certairi notice of one that made: the Philofophers: ftone with Leaf-goldi},.

anda clear ¥7,. that looked like Rock ¥v, butt fi ,

{melled ftrong. He who wrought it for him» (that is, attended the Lamp} faid, hee had made his Liquor. thrice before. it would!

diffolvethe ©. The laft diffolved it by lit: tle and little, it became a yellow Aureal Li: quor; then thickened by, little:and little, ate} , length becamea black thick. broath,. in thee} end like melted Pitch: then changed feverai! colours, every one: fparkling lke. Orient] precious Stones, and {parks like fire or Stars rofe in the Glafs (which was a large Egg Sealed Hermetically} then fell down agaim It was digefted im Afhes. made of old Barkk

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Lauremberg’s Obfervations upon Angelus Sala has Synopfis of Aphorifms, 1624. in | Quarto, pag. 4.

E faith thus: I did fo prepare fluid ¥,

that without the mixture of any thing whatfoever. imaginable, without any dil folving Menftruum, ic did acquire the form of a moft pure and tranfparent Liquor ; nei| ther hitherto hath it loft this liquid form, but

| is fo liquid,

that you would-imagine

had been brought from a Fountain,

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and

which you will more admire, being tafted, it is void of all acrimony, and meerly infipid ; (Tadd alfo this) that fome Months ago I reduced Enghjh % into a fluid and moift Liquor, without the leaft.addition of Menftvuam, which humidity it not only continually keepeth entirely to this day, but (fo far as 1 can fee) will never lofe it. ( Afterwards in the fame page,he faith,) I confefs ingenttoufly, that not long ago, I had the happinefs. of feeing at a Friends; and feeling fuch‘an unfactitious Liquor (/quovem amor ) whereby leaves of Gold and > ty

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fluid Liquor, without any noife or the leaft

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~ which the Life of Animals becomes no Life; li, and there is no Body under the Sun in that |;‘

\ thtee-fold Kingdom that is deftitute of it ~ Thad rather fearch tts Medicinal Power with filent fpeculation, than weary People with tedious and fruitlefs Difcourfes.

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FAY Dew is the true Minera of the diffolvent.. dwg. This Liquor: is fuch, that if it be gathered at a certain Seafon, two Ufes, ec. One, thathereby you may infufe Gold in a Liquor of its proper

Seed, when you begin firtt to diffolve it,e>c.

Cofmop. But this 7 is faid to be the Aven-

féruum of the World: Speaking of the Element of V7, the Menferuum of the World is tripartite, Gc. the more pure refolved into

Aur. There isin the Air an Occult Nourifhrent of Life, which we call Dew in the Night, and in the day-time 7,rarefied, whofe invifible congealed Spirit is of more value than the whole Earth, Idem. The principal Matter of Metals isthe Humidity of the

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“pt ® and & Mineral, by the addition of the “ Bolary. Ferment thus: Diftil the Volatile ™ Cry ftals or Butter from ¥ z:mate and &, equ al * parts: Or diftill, or diffolve common % in “Wd. F, Precipitate with Salt-water, and you

““thall have a very white Calx, which dry, * }ad joyn it with as much of Calx of 44, and

"hill the Volatile Cryftals thereof.

Thefe

i pryftals are the Magnet, by means of whi ch

ne Univerfal form, or Spirit of the World ill |attracted ; which {pecifieth and determineth i |LIE in. this matter, by refolution in the it tir nV, 0, & m. Put this Liquor in a * fucurbite, and digeft for thirty days with a N fery gentle heat with a Lamp, to the end, ith pat there may be a Natural diftillation made t the attracted Spirit, which will begin ‘to

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come over invifibly the firft ot fecond day,, |ste with the Idea of that which it draws, to wit,,) 7 the & and of %, or witha univerfal Minerall} tn

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of fifty days; let not the heat exceed that obi} i ones hand.

This Ethereal 7 is the V7 obi} (iy

Paradife, or the Mineral afrum of Flamel’9 yi two Dragons, the one 1s Volatile (which 11g 4 % ) and the other Rampant, which 1s tha Rel , which do not fuffer to be touched nor st

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racked, until their Venemous fcum (that:

to fay, the Butter) have produced the Spo} | fi

nit of the Mercurial-wind, and the fcum « ) {inn

che Red Sea.

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this Sea or Butter cometh to be very red, witth |

a gentle heat of a Laryp A in Afhes; am}

this is Flamel’s Red Sea. .This Aithereal'Y penetrates all Metalline Bodies, (being Lig J niimated and made red-hot )and tingeth ther 4 into >. ‘Two drops of this 7 being diflc ved in Ziv. of Spirit of Wine, maketh'aV ginal Milk, whereof the Dole isa fpoontt: ny

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the Charaéter which is imprinted into: it, the word Fiat, and all aftral Diféates, as

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Cceleftial v which doth not wet ones hands after its preparation; tis the § of 9, the vy or Centre of the Heart of 9, and the trueextent of %, but it requires more Work,

Take this 7 (you muft have a pretty great quantity of it, and therefore you mult have ten, fifteen, or twenty pound of Volatile Cryftals)) and put it in a Cucurbite, and

with a very gentle heat of a Lamp diftill off all the waterifh moiftnefs, which by carelef-

nef$ it might have contracted from the Air: There will remain in the bottomaGum, a Syrup,’a vifcous 7, a Radical Mineral moifture, which is the Eagles gluten above-mentioned, which did fly the fpace of fifty days contifually ; by means of this gentle heat, the Gluten flies no more, but is the fying Crapant and Zacair’s Mercurial 7, whichis congealed by cold, and liquified by heat.

The Authors before mentioned have digefted this Gluten per fe in a Matrafs Hermetically

Sealed, without the addition of a Solary Ferment; but afterwards they have been forced to ferment the Powder which they made of

it. For to fhorten the Work, take feven parts, or nine or ten, or more of this Glu-

ten, unto which by heat joyn one part of © in leaf, ot Sulphur of © prepared by the Salt Enixe (which is.beft) and digeft in an Athanor , or in Flamel’s Furnace (which is 1 4 RTE

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very ealie) until all che Matter have pafled

through all the due colours, and come to be

ef a purple Citrine colour; then have you

the Metalline Sale, the moft high ‘Tinéture,

a Treacle made of Venom, a mot Excellent

Medicine made of the greateft Pojfon. ‘This

Medicine is multiplyed. in quantity by new

addition of the afore-mentioned Gluten ; in

quality, by diffolving iz humido intoa. Lis quor, and purifying by digeftion, and then by, fxation; Experience will teach other things far better. "This Method, although 1 differs much fromhat of the greateft Phi-

lofophers, as Lully, Trevefan, Cofmopolite , &c. (and being bur, particular in comparifon of that high Generaliffima_).neverthelet it feems to be Lniverfal in regard of Metals enG Minerals. Note, that you may alfo extract a white and red Oy] of that which re-

mains, as was {aid before, and make a new aurifique ftone thereof, which thofe Authors

have not undesftuody or if they have under:

flood: it, they have not fpoken of it. .Note alfo, that this Mineral 7 of Paradife, is the Philofophers live @, and the 9:o0f the Wife,

but not the Generaliffima:

And this, 7 will

ferve againft all Maladies, for it-drives them out, according to the intention and inclination of Natures (06 7 ~ ys

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To prepare a Ferment or Sulphur of ©.

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Ake an daa of ©or y, and §; grind this aaa, then {queeze it through a

‘iy| Leather, the Globe remainin g inthe Leather, wy) you muft grind again, and then put it in a_ yn! Poringer, covered with another Poringer, ili} and lute them well together; then put them | to a gentle A for half an hour: Then gtind it again, and digeft it between the two PorUt

tingers as before. Repeat this fo often till the © or ) be in Powder impalpable; then ili)|INCorporate this Powder with trefh §, grind themrogether, and digeft. witha gentle A, oid fo that little or notling may Sublime, and ui any thing Sublime, putt again to that

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| Which remains in the bottom. Repeat this || laft Operation (adding new %, grind and digeft as before) fo often, till the whole |

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Body of © or » be converted into running ®, and that all may be fqueezed through

| the Leather: Then put this § animated into

.\| a Porringer, which cover, and digeft with a ii, | gentle heat, fo that nothing Sublime; conti

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|-nuethe digeftion-fo long,until you fee a thin

skin {wimming upon the Matter, which take

off carefully Cit will be of the colour of © } or )’) put the Matter upon the A again, ‘in| creafe the -heat a little, taking off the thia skin

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you fhall have the Sulphur of © or p.

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An Operation that Monfieur de P Oberye wrote from Monfreur John’s Mouth. ’

Ake

the Mother-liquor of Salt-petre,, | |

let it run cold through wafhed 'Sand;, | | then filter it by Languetes, then through |

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gray paper: Then evaporate with very gen-: } |

tle heat, putting down the skins as they rife: | | upon the Liquor; the remaining Salt being: | dry, grind it, and put it to refolve into Li--| quor ina Cellar, then filter and evaporate: |

Repeat this purification five ort}

as before.

{ix times, or fo oftén, till it leave no more: | feces in the filter. If you take tbx. of thiss|

Liquor, you fhall have bur thi. Zviij. of pu--|

ried Salt: OF this thij. Zvisj. you fhall have: | x, of Spirit, by diftilling it perfe in Re-.| ’

torts in Sand; you muft put but {6(3. of thiss |

Salt into each Retorr; deflegm it in B. Take: | the Caput Mortuum, and grind it, and dif} folye it in a Cellar; filter, and congeal, re--|

peating thistwo or three times: Then being? | very dry, joyn Ziij. of ic with Zj.of the

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reCtied Spirit; digeft and circulate eight days with gentle heat in Athes, and all will be a ¥ of the colour of Amber,»

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ter of an hour: Decant the diffolution when it is clear; one drop thereof taken in alittle broath,is a great Corroborant.

Put © revived from Cinaber into the diffolution of ©, and it will become like a Gum, decant the clear, and put the % todry, and it will become hard; mele it between

two beds of Calcined Egg-fhells in a Crucible, and you fhall have good ©.

Venus into ): Sent me by Monfieur de Beaulieu. wAke fixt Arfenick Zvi. fixt Nitre Biv. Oyl of ‘Tartar prepared, as fhall be taught hereafter, 3x1}. % fixt, Zxv. Let

them all refolve into Liquors in a moilt place

every one by it felf; then take thefe Liquors

and mix them together, and filter them, then put to them Ziij. of Oyl of 8, and 4vit}.

of » (prepared and diflolved in the Liquor of fixt ¥ and fixe Sulphur) mix all well together, and put it in a Matrafs, and digelt in fimo for fourty days, changing the dung every eight days; “Then decant the clear, and the feces remaining in the bottom, diffolve in the Liquor of fixt #, and put it to

the reft of your Liquors; filter 1 three or four eae a

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with agentle Q in B. AL (not boyling ) diftill to drynefs, and you fhall have a whi te

Matter like a ftone, and clear like a Pearl: And to know whether it be perfected, puta

little of it upon.a red-hot Plate of Copper,

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and if. it. melt like Wax, and penetrate through the Plate without fmoaking, leavin g

the faid Plate white where it hath toy ched, it 1s a fign of an entire perfection; but if

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you find that it isnot yer fafible, and tha t it fmork yet, grind it upon a ftone wit h a pint of Y diftilled trom whites of Eggs, and diftilled three times upon Thy. of Quick-lim e, — | grind it with the faid V, until it be of the

confiltence of Pap; then purto it four times

its weight of Liquor of fixt ¥ ; digeft in fo for eight days only, then congeal it as before, fo ts it perfect. Project 2}, of this Matter upon tby. of prepared 9, and fometime after caft a little piece of Wax intoir, at three or four times; then cover the Gru cible, and leave itin fufion for fome hours, The Multiplication.

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Dyers Zvitj..of this Matter in thy . of the V of whites of Eggs, then add Ziv. of Liquor. of fixt Arlenick, digel iz jimo for fifteen days; then diftill and cop-

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IZ5 |geal it as before, fo is ir multiplyed. If you is] Feiterate this Multiphication feveral times, »)|the Matter will remain in a Liquor, which » | wall project upon great quantity of Venzs, To fix the % for thes Work:

Ake tbj. of % in finall pieces about the | bignefs of a Wall-nut; make a Pafte | with Quick-lime and whites of Eggs, with |

' |which endew the faid pieces of %, let them , |dry, then ftratifie them in a Crucible with

|Powder of Quick-lime, let the beds of the | |Quick-lime be about a fingers thick; then jput the Crucible to a Circulary A, which jmereafe and approach once ‘in a quarter’ of ian-hour, at laft, cover it with Coals, and let _ uit ftand fo for half an hour: Then take our tthe ¥ (the Crucible being cold) and-wipe loff the Powder of Quick-lime, then diffolyve the % in fair V, filter and congeak it; dif-

folve it in a Cellar into an Oyl, which keep

for ufe.

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To fix the Arfenich.

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ble with another that hatha little hole in the: } bottom, lute them, and fet themin a Cir: f

culary 4, the 4 being half a foots diftance: q from the Crucible; increafe and approach ts,, f two inche the A once in half an hour abou and when you perceive no more {moak come: f

from the Matter through the little hole, putt} the D clofe to the Crucible, and at laft co--f ver it with Coals, and keep it fo coveredif® for twelve hours, then let it cool, and grindi} . it, then diffolve it ina Cellar, and keep thes} x Liquor in a Glafs clofe itopped:

To fix the Sulphur for this Work.

rake Zv. of Quick-lime, flacken it in fixep)’ quarts of far V,

and having ftoodlp.

twenty four hours, filter it, and put it in za Kettle; then take Zviij. of flowers of Sull-} phur, tye it up in a Linnen Bag, whiclhg

hang in the water in the Kettle, make it boy/f |

for an hour, and you fhall have a Sulphusq | incombuftible.

Oyl of &.

‘Take Ziv. of Sublimate in fine Powdetty

putitin a Crucible, and pour upon iia 8 * thy. of fine % melted, ftir it well togethert §

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-} Plate in a Cellar, and you fhall have an Oy] or Liquor.

To prepare the 2 for thas Work. . 'TAke Arfenick one part, decrepitated Sale 7

two parts, pulverize and mix them to-

i gether; then ftratifie with this Powder fome | thin Plates of '2, cement them for two days, | then put them to a {trong A for fix hours; i then wafh thefe Plates from the Salts, and | beat themto Powder, wafh the Powder with

|Vinegar, and then with V two orthreetimes ;

) then with Soap make a Pafte thereof, which

j put ina Crucible,

that hath a hole in the

, 2 bottom, put this Crucible in another Cruci« “| ble, and fo melt down the Powder of 9, and “| it will run through the hole into the other “| Crucible, and you thall have a very white i 5 and- well prepared for Projection.

To prepare the Salt of Tartar for thes Work. i

i ‘TAs equal parts of "Fartar and Quick: | lime, powder them,and mix them well ) together, put this ina Pot, cover it clofe, ') and put it in a Potters Oven when he burns ™ his Pots; then make a Lixivium of it with

i*}A Rain : Y, which filter and evaporate to dry-

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nefs, mix this Salt again with the fame quari-tity of Quick-lime, and Calcine it in:a Pot~}

ters Oven as before. Repeat this five or fix: times; then diffolve this Salt in diftilled Vi-negar, diftill and cohobate fo often, till itt} * will no more congeal into a. Salt, but thar itt } | remain like melted Wax in the bottom,whichi pour out, and keep it for Ufe. To prepare the » for this Work.

Iffolve Zviij. of » in 3viij. of Spirit off } { | Nitre, then. Precipitate with Sale Vy, }i the Powder of » being fettled, and the V' clear, decant; then edulcorate the Powderr }ty and dry it, then diflolve it again in Spirit off } p

Nitre as before; Precipitate, Edulcorate, andi }i dry the p as before. Repeat once, more, three: times.in all, then put it ina Matrafs, and! digeft it cight days in Sand. So is it prepa-. red, and fit to be further prepared, and dif= folved in the Oyl of fixt %, and fixt Sul-. phur.

' Tran{mutation of 3 into a Regulus.

PReapies Butter. of & with warm 7

once, without further edulcoration; dry: it gently, then add a fourth part of 3, and of lack Soap, and Salt of ‘Tartar, of each as much

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129 we) huch as needeth to make a Pafte, whereof tik) take little-Bullets, which put in a Retort

vit) Well luted;

diftill in a naked

4, with a

ilk) ftrong fudden A, and the Matter being meltit} ed,

you fhall have a Regulus as white as p,

at! Which mufte’be melted three or four times to Hii! Have it finerand whiter.

Calx of ©.

A,

AOcfieur Le Febore fhewed me a very ¥ 4 fabtul and Spungy Calx of ©, hehad made thus: Purifie © to its greateft height,

beat it very thin, and cut it into fimall pieces,

heat one part of them in a Crucible, and fix parts of cleanfed 8 in another: Makean éa¢ an due manner, ftirring a while with an Iron Rod, then throw it into cold V; fqueeze | Out‘as much 8 as you can through Chambo-| leather: 'Tothe remaining Globe putdouble it] asmuch fowers of Sulphur, grindthem well i] together: Puc this mixture into a capacious | Coucible, and gently burn away the Sul| phur, and evaporate the , reverberating | the Calx three or four hours after all is gone

|away. Repeat all this Work twenty or (| tharty times; then reverberate it under a i} Muffle withfo gentle heat, that it melt nor,

(df the longer the better: ‘Then burn S.V. three \y) of four times from it: Quere, OF “aaa. |

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the Calx long with pure Virgin Honey,then diffolving it in a large’quantity-of pure dis {tilled warm V7, and letting it ftand warm till all the Calx be fettled to the ‘bottom: Alfo of grinding the Calx with purified Sale of ‘Tartar, then reverberating the Mafsjand laftly, diffolving the’Salts.in warm V, and letting the Calx fettle, as with the Honey:

I think it will bea very fubtil Calx, to dif folve the © in.A.R. of Nitre and %; then Precipitating it with Spirit of Urine, or with a Marinated V7, made by diffolving the fixed Salt of Urine in purediftilled Rain or Spring} water.

A pretty Curiofity, To make Metals Vegetater } 08 uD wifibly.

Alcine white and tranfparent’River Peb~ }

bles, extinguifh’ them in ‘V7 ‘to: have aa f ity Calxthereof, which reduce into fubtil Pow- } i

der with equal: parts “of Tartar and: Nitret } ip ¢(fulminated*together ) taking double quan--} | tity of this fafible Salt: Diffolve this Mate} th, ter upon a Marble ‘ftone or Glafs in’ a" moiftl} il; place, and you fhall have a Liquor, which} i filter: Take about ij. of this: Liquor, putt) th,

if ina Viol, and put into it about’3ij.. Con} b;

lefs)) .of the Calx of any Metal, diflolvecd) );

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| Calcined with common Salt into an Alkali, ii] being {pread: upon Barren ground, fatneth

| it, and maketh it fruitfal, caufing Vegetables it} to grow, by contracting the Acid of the Air | and its Volatile Salt.

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foe. is tobe obferved firtt, that to do this Operation well, you muft do it:at the wi] Increaferof the y, and in the fign of Cancer, | WT

iyi AF poflible, or at leaft in any other Aquatick ial ign: : |

vol. Lhen take a parcel of the {aid Crayiw. fifhes, taken in Brooks or {mall Rivers, being ilall alive; divide them into two parts, put 4) One part.thereof into’an earthen Pot ‘not hi | glazed; coveritwith‘its cover, or. with ano4

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be reduced to Powder in a Marble Mortar: Then take the other part, (being alfo all. | alive) and boyl them in River V7, like un-- }\y tothat wherein they were taken, then pour off the 7, which being cold, putt in at} y wooden Veffel, or of Earth, and intoaboutt f ( a pail fullof this V, put about half a hand= }jy fulof the Powder of the aforefaid*Calcined }jy Cray-fithes, ftir it well together with a ftick,, } then let it fland to fettle, without fliering itt} ), at all, and within:a few days you Shall fee} j,) as it were

many Atoms appear in the V,,} ();

which arethe breeding Cray-fifhes, movingg} |,

in the V; when you.fee them as big as-zap j, {mall button, you muft feed them with Bult) ,,, locks blood, cafting alittle thereof into thee} },, Y, from time to time, which in time, willl},

make them grow of their natural bignefss.

You mutt obferve, that before you put thee}, VY into the Veflel, you :muft firft put fomes ,,,

Sand into it, fo much that the bottom of iit},

may be covered about a fingers breadth.

To make Oyl of Tale.

ies one part of Venice Talc, and -tweo parts of pure Nitre, both in fubtili Powder,

put them im a Wind-Furnace tey

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hours: hen take qut the Crucible, and ae : tho

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“\. the Matter to fubtil Powder, and wath it My perfectly well with fair V7, till you have “| brought away all the Saltnefs of it; then dry | the ‘Fale well, and Calcine ir again with

‘two parts of new Nitre, all as you did be‘| fore, and. dulcifie the Sale from it. Repeat

iit) thefe Calcinations,

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Calcined, and in exceeding. fubtil Then put it into a flrong Glafs

| Bottle, half full, and ftop it clofe, and

fet it in.a great quantity of Ice or Snow, that iM the extream cold may penetrate into it (for A therein confifteth the Secret) but the Ice or |Snow muft not actually touch the Bottle, but iti} at muft be fet ina Box of Wicker, fit for it, itl made like a Cage, that it be all open between 4

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which is Excel-

ji lente for the Face and Skin, and will make

, |Scarlet white, being dipped in it. |

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upon it: Cement for twenty four hours, then open the Crucible;

and if you find the >

well Calcined, it is enough; if not, ftratifie it with frefh Sal gemma, and Cement as before: Then edulcorate the ) with warm

VY ; then grind it into a fubtil Powder, pour upon this Powder a well rectified S.V. diget until the S.V. is tincted blew; then decant, and put on frefh $.V.

Repeat this

until you have extracted all the Tincture outof the ».

Vheneva porate the S.V. with

avery gentle heat Cor rather diftillit eently)) p and there will remain in the bottom’of the» Cucurbite a Matter like Pomatum: Putup-

on this Porsatum a Spirit of Wine rectified! upon Salt of ‘Tartar, and after a little di~‘

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geftion, diftill of the S. V.. in a’ Retort, andl f | part of the Tincture will come over with the S.V. and will leave the Pomatam whiter! than it was before. Repeat this Worl with new S.V. (Tartarized) fo often, tll the S. VY. bring over no more Tincture, andi] that the Pomatum remain in the 1!

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Another way to make Oyl of Tale. ry Educe Talc of Venice into exceeding AX fubul Powder, mingle Zi}. thereof with Zi: of pure tealirii lver,grind them'exceedingly well| together, to incorporate them “per fectly well: Then reverberate. them: for

fifteen or twenty cays, after which grind them again very fubully, and put them into a Matrafs of Glafs, and fet it in fimofor thirty or fourty days, changing the cung every fix or eight days, that the heat may be always ina good degree: You fhall fnd a pure clear Oyl, which will blanch Pearls, the Face and Skin in other parts, and do all the things that are faid of Oyl of ‘Talc.

Another way to make Oy! of Tale.

Ake of Venice Talc in great pieces, as much as you pleate, make it red-hor in the A, then quench 1it by cefling it into Oy] of ‘Tartar; fire at again, and pe guifh it

as before. ; Do thus two or three times, and

it will, be throughly Calcined, fo that you may crumble it into {mall Powder with your fingers; beat it in a Mortar, and pafs it through a. fine fearfe of Silk; what pafleth

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again: It will be perfectly Calcined by extinctions in fair 7, but then it will require

ten or twelve Ignitions and extinétions.

Take your fubtil Calx of Tale (which will be perfectly white) made either way, and put to it fome diftilled Vinegar to fwim

two or three fingers breadth over it, and put

it to digeft in very gentle heat eight or ten: days, and you fhall fee a beautiful Oyl o¢ Cream fwim at the top of the Liquor, skim it off, and dry it with gentle A, and it will bea faline fubfiance, which put into a Blad-

der, and hang it in a Well near the 7, but

not to touch it, and in afew days it will tefolve into a pure Oyl, which is Excellent for the Face. Or, with long remaining in a moult place, without putting it into diftil led Vinegar, this Calx will refolve into Oyl:

Try to extinguifh the Tale in dew, &c. (Be

fure that in all this Work you touch nothin g with Iron. ) ¥ To burn holes in-Glafs.

Hen Mr. Gore would makea hole ia the belly of a Retort or Matra; or

Receiver of Glafs, he did thus: Have fome

Cotton-yarn well Sulphured, lay it round

like a Snake upon the Gla&, filling as much {pace as;you would have the capacity of. the hole,

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| hole, make a Circle of Tin, or the like, to | keep it in (but be fure there be not the leaft | moi fture upon the Glafg, nor that it be very | cold, for then it will brea k)

| ton on fire witha burning Coal fet the Cot| and fo let it burn On, putting laid upon it, | compaté the burning yarn (witup within its | af it chance to ftretch, or fwell ha Bodkin ) wider than it

| Should, make your heat and burning gentle it) and

moderate at firft, tha may increafe || itby degrees, by crumblintg you Sulphur in Pow| der upon

the burning Matter, if you fin d it | needeth,

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When it hath burned a while, try gently | by touching it with a little fick of Wood, | Whether the piece of Gla under the

burn| ing Cotton will fall in or out , burt prefs not |

too hard, for fear of cracking ‘that which (he fhould be whole; for when ji is enough, it y }will fall in with the leaft tou ch, and leave 4 jcompleat hole without any cracks in the iGlafs bef

ides. If you touch the lwith any moifture, you not onl heated glafg y make that lwhich you would have feparated i Mall in, but you will crack and away to {plit what wou would have remain {olid.

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‘A Defcription of, a moft convenient and very

ufeful Furnace, which will not only. ferve

for many Operations, as Melting; ‘Calcaning, Vitrifying, Reverberating, Diftillings

But alfo for Subliming, Digefting, ec.

Coppelling, im fmsall and. great quantity , and that with the greate/t facility that

can be; fo that neither Coals nor Alhes can fall into the Coppel, neither can the heat of

the L. incommodate you by refiecing im your Face and Eyes.

The Fabrick of this Furnace, with its Structure fee in the next ligure.

At Explanation of thw Figure.

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WS the whole Fabrick, which may bee}

Built Cof good Bricks ) about twa foot four inches in length; one foot fix ins ches in breadth; and, about two foot, four | inches high.

B. Isthe fire place, which muft be round: of the beft and hardeft Bricks (ic. may alt be made of a fire ftone) it muft}be eighil

inches deep, and eight inches diameter 5 aj) the bottom of it you may lay either’ a clofi¢, grate, or a thick Iron Plate full of holes. ptacle of the bla: C. Is the Ath-hole &6 Rececepta or wind iffuing from 1 the Bellows,which mu ,

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be very clofé,and the ftopper fit the ‘mouth of it exactly,to fhut very clofe, fo thatthe wind may

find no vent any where out but up-

wards through the grate; this hole nee be but four inches deep, from the grate deth down to the bottom; the Afhes mutt be tak en of it from time to time, that they may out not {tuff up the place.

D. Is the Coppelling-place, which may be about feven or eight inches in length ,an fix inches wide, and about four or fiv d e inches deep, £. Is the gap, through which the fame reverberates trom‘the Furnace into the Coppelling-place, it is about four inches wide, about two or three deep, and’two inc hes in length. #, , is the Pip[e or Chimne y9 which draw.

ing of it, when it is covered, as it muf t be

Ff. Is a hollow place under the Coppelling-place, which may ferve to put Coa ls in. sadly ° [. Is an Iron Hoop about an inch high, fuch as the Refiners ufe to make Coppels | you may have them of what bignef$ in, you pleate ;

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To ufe this Furnace, you mult have a

air of. Smiths Bellows, of a midling, fize;

which

(if there be not room in your La-

boratory to fix then below) you may fix above ground, and fo they wilk not incumber your Operatory below; and for the conducting of the Wind,. you may have a |

fquare Pipe of W ood, made likean Organpipe, to come down from the nofe of the Bellows through the Wall of the Furnace into the Afth-hole ; amd to the pearch

you may tye a piece of Rope with a wooden handle at the end, to pull by im blowing the faid Bellows.

In ‘all the Operations I do in this Furnace (even when I Coppel) I ufe nothing but fmall Sinder fromthe Glafs-Houfe, which are not fo heady as Charcoal.

Directions bow to Coppel im thes Furnace; and fir(t, bow to make a Coppel.

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an the middle, that at may hold the Matter jyou mean to Coppel without running over; make it very {mooth, then fet it into the

\Coppelling-place, and raife it with any fifted |Afhes, or witha piece of a fire-ftone, fo that ithe top of it may be level with the lower part of the gap. ‘Then cover the Coppel-

iling-place with two bricks, (I ufetwo bricks, ibecaufe I can lift up one of them to put the (Metal into the Coppel, and leaving the other

ibrick, the Coppel is not all uncovered, «as it

jwould be if it were covered with one whole iftene.}) -Thenhaving kindled the A in'the (Furnace, cover it as before, and blow the (Bellows, and the flame finding no way out, as forced and driven into the Coppellingiplace, where it reverberates upon the Copipel, which when you {ee that it 1s wellnealed, lift up one end of the hithermoft brick, and

iput inthe h, the quantity wheveof muft be iproportioned. according to the impurity of ithe Matter youmean toCoppel; if it -be'Sterding ), you mutt take four parts of tone lof >; if it beany other mixture of impure Metal, youmutt take five, fix, or feven parts jof hto one of the Metal, according to the

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impurity of it: Govern the A fo, that thedfit Coppel may always work and flow, and youu: may leave a little fpace between the tweofiis bricks, through which you may: look inteopis: the Coppel to fee how it worketh,and if youufpai fee that it requires more flame than the Simgina( ders; or Charcoal will afford, you may puigix)i into the Furnace around thick piece of wood] fi; but you muft obferve, that when the Copypivy

pelling-place 1s come to be red-hot all ovetrfiini

and the bricks alfo that cover it, the Coppechhii:/

will then work with a very gentle A, fo thaathy | then you muft blow but gently; for if theme you fhould give {trong A, the Matter inting Coppel would boyl too faft, and would {pati ter about: , Inftead: of ah Iron Hoop, many times ule but an earthen Porringer,tomakea Cop

pel; filling up the Coppelling-place with any Afhesround about'the Coppel, and fiad thaat

it doth altogether as well, only thatitferve but:for once.

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pel, orneal the Coppel, you may make Re gulasyif you have’ occafion, or «melt. amy other’Metal at the fame time. This Fut macé doth far exceed any ordinary Wind furnace;*for I can at any time:make a pant} cel of: Regulzs, or melt any Metal before thig 4s;would kindle invan ordinary) Wind-furr nace,’ and that with much lefs charge.’ Ii that

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‘ais Furnace you may diftill with a luted ‘iiietort in a naked A, by leaving two little itoles in the Wall of it to put two {mall Iron (iidpars in, to fet the Retort upon; you may al‘jis diftill in it, in Sand, both in a Retort and ‘iia a Cucurbite, by putting an Iron Pot into jithe Furnace with Sand, and laying fome

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A Real and, True. way to Volatilize the Salt of Tartar ,.and Corporifie S pirit o Wine, as it wes wrought by a Noble Per-

fon beyond Sea, aud by him Communicated unto me.

E. took but thy. of ‘Tartar well Calcined, and diflolved it in the Air, free | | from the Sun, then filtred, and congealed

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148 congealed, and calcined as before.

He re-

eated this ten times, then diffolved it in diftilled Vinegar (he ufed Spani{h and French Vinegar;) the whole Secret Cas he faith.)

confifteth in well ‘diftilling of the Vinegar, which mult be done in B. AZ. but it mult be fo gentle, that you may receive the flegm by it felf; and as foon as you perceive that the drops come Acid, change the Recipient, putting on another, and then diftill the Spirit with a ftronger fire, fo that you may tell eight or nine between every drop: Conti-

nue diftilling until. it, become like ‘aSyrup,

then change the Recipient agai, and diftll with a ftronger fire until it begin to {mell of the fire, and that it be almoft dry. Rectifie this laft and ftrongeft part by it felf, and

put “it to the weaker part, (kéeping the flegar by it {elf for-aiiother ule) and rectifie it together fo often’ until there remain

not the leaft fpot at the bottom 6f ‘the Glafs after the diftillations, which muft Be'todrynef every time, and every time in a Clean Retort: ‘This is nota ftrong’/Spirit of Vinesar,nor needs it bé, bar this will dothe' Work.

Then take 2vij. of viniy. of your Salrof Tartar, “and ‘diffolve it meas much ‘of ‘the faid Spitit, or mire, cas will diffolve it; let it ftand, and ir will fettle fome black feces; thea filter it, and’ corgeal, and calcine'itas before,

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before, but not with fo ftrong a fire; it mutt

be (carce red-hot, and one hour will fuffice;

grind it while it is hot, and diflolye it again in new diftilled Vinegar as before, Jet: the feces fettle, then filter ir, congeal and calcine again asbefore. Repeat this, till it leaye no feces behind, which willbe in Seven or

Eight times, if you have wrought well ; then when it is very dry,take 3}. of it to make a tryal, put it into a clean Glafs body, and

pour upon it fo much high rectified Spirit of Wine, as will not only moiften it, but that it be very thin; let it ftand thus twenty

four hours clofe Ropped.in a very gentle heat, thatit may be but. Blood-warm; then diftill with a gentle fire. If the Spirit ftays, and the flegm come away, then proceed with the whole parcel; bur if not, you muftcontinue the diffolution in diftilled Vinegar,

Filtration, Coagulation,

and Calcination,

as before, until you find (by trying) that

the Spiric ftayeth with the Salt, which it will do in a few times: Then proceed with the reft of the parcel in the fame manner as you did with the Ounce; continue the imbibition and diftillation with Spirit of Wine fo often,

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than will diflolve it ; fhake them well together, and it will inftantly diffolve all the beft and fineft part of the Salt of ‘Tartar, and leave the courfe part of it, for that will not {o eafily difflolve. Pour tf the diffolution, and filter it, then put it intoa Cucurbi te, and diftill off the flegm off the Vinegar, or the weak Spirit of Wine, and then will the

dry Spirit, or Agua Sicca af{cend like the purelt Ifickles dry that ever you faw; and this is the true Volatile Salt of T aitar, and Spirit of Wine, im forma Sal, and is the

Vegetable Adenftrnum, which will diffolve leaf © into an ’ Oylith Subftance in a very gentle heat.

The Tartar which remaineth in the bottom of this Sublimation you mult pur to that which was left. undiffolved by the flegm

of Vinegar, or weak Spirit of Wine, and proceed to "fix more Spirit of Wine upon

that, being firft Calcined, but not fo long, nor with fo {trong a fire as formerly; and then diflolve it once in the Air, and it will leave more feces at this time than at any time

before ; then filter and congeal, and diffolve it 1n dittilled Vinegar as banere:

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altered in its Nature; then proceed with it as before, imbibing with 5S. And. thus you may fix as much S. V. as you pleafe, and Sublime as many pure and clear Cryftals as you pleafe.

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Sugar; but when it is feparated, as abovefaid, the ‘Vartar will be of its old Nature, but fit to be impregnated again with much lefs trouble.

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AB ftilled Rainv, and being fettled, flters and congealeth, then Calcineth it for fix or eight hours, fo that it be only glowing hor, and no more: Then Powder it, aiitl diffolve it, filter, congeal, and revesheriis as before; and this he doth fixteen or eighteen times, until the Tartar fettle little

or nofeces. ‘Then: take four or eight Ounces of it Cor what you pleafe) and put it into a Cucurbite, and pour upon it the beit recti-

ARcc NE Amn a a

fied Sparit of Wine, fo much, .that it may be well moiftened, Seuii pion toctannover it, Then he digefteth ;itin B. M. fora day,:and

ARNE pb Peg

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|g |i!

it is dry, be puts the Spirit of Wine back

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again upon it, and diftilleth as before; and jt this he doth fo often (twelve or fourteen — flu times ) and then it will hold the Spirit of Wine, and the flegm will come away: ‘This he doth with new Spirit of Wine; and when he indjeth that apretty quantity 13-0ongealed {7 withithe Tartar, he grinds it4 (being very

|i:

Awe) and mixeth it with three parts of good Bo!pew wee

and puts it into a Retort,

and diftillech a Spirit from it by degrees of fire,forcing it ftron gly at laft,and it will bea yellow Spirit, which he defleometh once, and then diffolveth his Calx of ©.in this

pat |i fliiii [ftom

Menftruum, which by digettion extracts all |cial the. Tincture of ©, and leaveth the Body’ }tw\ white, tinging Mele of a pure red) OF falc this m3 giveth two or three drops in a-hittle |}tie:

Sack, whichdoth Miracles (ashe faith.)

He maketh bis red Calx of © thus:

Ifolve fne © palt through Antimony | | in dR. then put water into it, and }iey then caftia 9, and all will become like'a |W ed

Hepar; theawafh the

éand grind it with . tii

three times as much prepared Salt, and “di-. pny, filit ina Retort; thea ah agake the Calx, ,|hi and |

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«land grind 2}. of it with three of Cinaber, \jand then reverberate it by degrees gently :

a

( This he doth twice a day, and repeateth it i jeleven or twelve times, and it will be a moft ‘ Hiab red Calx, like Scarlet in colour. in

ih i i ||

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Elixir ex vino & Sole.

Ake the beft Odoriferous Rhenifh-wine five Gallons, feparate its Spirit and : i Salt, rectifie the one, and purifie the other; «then acuatethe Spirit with another prepaafed

ht

(Sale, and at laft joyn it to its own pure Cry. {Palline Salt; then is ita true Aqua vite ».|Philofoporum. This mutt diffolve a well ce Calx of ©,* and by a continued ‘circulation unite with it; then by Sublimajtion be fixt together, and leuftly, by Solution

“fan Coagulation idebiitt incombuflible Oy],

| Which is a. great Medicine.

Monfieur ‘Toy fonnier wrought thus:

| :

Ake frefh Urine of young Boys,

fill

one Pot with itjand evaporate it away, ; inext Morning put on frefh, and evaporate; | do thus three or four days, then evaporate

toa Honey, and that you feel a Ponticitte ifmoak fioks it, then ceafe, and put your | Honey imto an earthen Veflel, and expofe it to

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to Celifie in the Air, As foonas it is cold,, hijy,i it will be hard, but the Air will refolve it =: hij

Make thus what quantity of Honey yout iy: pleafe: Celifie them four days, then haves fy:

Tae ae Eas per

UE nea Ai | { | |

another earthen Pot, covered with a rever-: by fed one that hath a hole in the bottom, faftem furs: thereon a neck of a Cucurbite of Gla, ten te or twelve inches long, upon whic a Retort,, h

with the bottom out for a head, to which fy, faften a great ballon. He did put fifteen}, : pound of Honey into his Pot, and with aa hw, gentle fre firft diftilled off the Spirit and Vor}...

Jatile Salt; thefe he put upon new Honey,, jj, nt

‘

toy

and in Balneo diftilled a purer Spirit and Vo~ ! '

yh )

hPane

latile Salt; (the flegm that followed, if put ; upon new Honey, will become pure Spirit and Salt) draw the fixed Salt out of all the: hy, '

be *

:

}

}

Prien Mm bl:

2

Caput Mortuums ; put Zxij. of the Spirit up~ 4 onasmuch pure Spiritof Wine, and it will coagulate it all into a perfect dry Salt: Min- | tr

|

for

gle thefe Zxxiv. of Volatile Salt with Zyj. of Saltof Wine, Ziij. of Volatile Salt of Urine,, and Ziv. ot % Precipitate, and put them in--| | \ to a Body with Head, Limbeck, and Re—| ty

{

hd

|

|

{ mM

ceiver, and Sublime with gentle heat: Partt}

LE

mM ti

hr i

cometh over in Spirit, and part rifethin Sale. } Take 3xiv. of Salt, and vij. of Spirit, andi fy |

3(3. of Calx of ), and diftill with exceed-- }y ”

ing gentle heat in a Body and Head with ar}»

~Recuiver,

a liquid Spirit will come over,,}; andi |

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thd a white Salt Sublime into the head: Put

“il back upon the Cake of ), and diftill as lefore. He hath. now repeated this Work ‘even times; at the firft, the Spirit and Salt ‘there ten days rifing from the ), but after-

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\lithards feven or eight: The junctures were ‘ih perfe@ly fhut, yet above half of the VoThe Salt of Shttle Matter was vanifhed.

Vine was made thus: (Spanifh Wine gave ‘one, but French did pretty ftore.) After "fou have drawn off the Spirit and the flegm, vaporate the refidue (very gently) u/que litt pelliculam, then fet in a cold place, and

i

te

(ln fifteen days there were many Cryftals in ft; wath thefe with the flegm of the Wine, from the blacknefs and foulnefs that 1s upon lithem.

The % Precipitate Was made thus:

miMDiffolve Ziv. of & in Bx. of A. F. made of iltwo parts of Vitriol, and one of Nitre. Extend the folution, by pouringa great quani"kity Ceight or ten Pints) of fair V upon

Init; then pour upon it a Lixivrum made of atithe fixed Salt of Wineand fairy. He made (Mihis Lixevium of Ziv. of fixed Salt, and but hiiione of the & Precipitate ; wherefore he poured yilfupon the Liquor that he poured off from the a

1i{Precipitate about half a pint of the Spirit of t\Wine, and then the & Precipitated all down. vit!Take both the Prectpitates, and wafh them ie ae a as

aids

la little from the Spirits of the A. F. Hartman. ) Bae:

Conse

ae SERN

ge eae

Tepe ee Wren eae ale at Pt dee tae geal pe alee

il

,

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Hartman.) Ths Relation zs of. Sir'| It was done by his Operator Monfieur Toh.

f |

fonnier,

i” bis Operatory

in the Piazza\}

Covent-Garden. |my

§ Coelicum Exuberatum, Menft Thediffolv e ruum @, and all Metals, and carry sha F

He th

over the Helm.

Wrought by Dr. Clodiug|,

and by hin Communicated unto me.

ad

UT

:

|

ft

th. of perfectly rectifed Spirit

¢:

Urine to fbiy. of a perfectly rectifache

Spirit of Wine, and it will coagulate ir caf‘ to a drop into a firm Salt ; Sublime and dif! fill this, and about [6(3. will Sublime up iif

a molt pure active.dry Salr, and about tw" {poonfuls will come over in a fiery Liguoog!*" and the reft will be a ftinking flat Hegm reef") maining in the Cucurbite.” Add Spirit cof" al es

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r'

Fo

Wine to your two fpoonfuls of Liquor, i much as tomake it up Toy. put this ro yous 16{3. of dry Sublimed Salt, and all wall bog a Coagulum, which diftill and Sublime z before, and you fhall have about two {poom#' fulls and a balf of fiery Liquor, and aboupt'd 31}. more than beforeof Sublimed Salt, anad in the bottom will remain a ftinking flegm@itty as before. He repeated this rwelve. timess}

{till with frefh Spirit of Wine, and eversyf hi time the quantity of the fiery Spirit-in creafett pi

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Has

i

fascth Sacinay: fill fome little addition 4

A drySalt from the Spirit of Win1¢ ) till at i|ngth

all the dry Salt come over in liquid

bry ap

which he calleth AMenftraum

sy,elsome 5 then ic will diffolve ©, and all Me

ls, and carry them over the: Helm with it,

‘hf

cidMis

poured upon Salt of ‘Tartar, will pre-

My diffolve ir, and carry it over the helm bait: You sol alfo multiply it as much } you will with pure Salt or Spwit of rine.

Li add % to it, dothus. Take % well

hhrified Git Spunifh) fhaking and wafhing “pl with Spirit of Wine or diftilled Vine

“argtilliit yield no more blacknefs, will ferve

:

“utMf other, Sublime it fernerimés to pere

la purity. Then he-put tbv. of at into'a jetort, joyning a large {toneReceiver, and ave ftrong fudden- A. Repeat this till you Lie Mercurial 3 enough, which will be “hiite infipid: Put this V7 upon purifed runing Sand digeft them together thirty days, all willbe a vifcous Mucillaginous Matter: “hiltill off the flegm,: and you fhalPhave an

wieFemaiting;put upon this Oyl your fiery pitit of ‘Urine, and Spirirof Wine ‘(twelve ésfepéated,asis mentioned ) andthe Spiat will tefolve the Oyl; then diltiil them

“Wer together, und youhave the Menftraum \q

ty

pi fi lieu Exuberation, ai

a

Vo -aavte

PREC

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of § with §, you mutft pulverize the Rego} met . , bus gvolly, as Bay-Salt; then ftrew it gentt}y)y:

Ee

upon the § in a Matrafs, and digeft three :dy\ty

four days; then grind together, and it wvl (ein aaate.

“Vhus you may do with ) and Reehyin,

He found difficulty in doing it with 2 aarp Reg. but. after digeftion, he let it ftandijy; little while with Vand Salt upon it, and. |iy aaated of itfelf with the §. If you dige eight days, the blacknefs you wafh away: Miter a Combuttible Sulphur, like Powder of Coz: He maketh Mercurial 7 thus: Put. ftore quick dry Sand upon % in a Cucurbite, ar diftillit an very gentle fire, and moft wy

!

thit {| 4

+1

Mus

eae

et

i

==

come over in 7: Put this 7 upon new? and digeft, and it will bring it into an Oj fubftance ;_mingle this with your Coagulw

of Spirit of Wine, and Spirit 6f Urine (8 Lulhes ezght Experiments) and make an 4 »y.0

ea a1 acnene Abadia seeteata dic “Ain naae elie deier ieee,

kabeft of thefe, which will be perfe& whed \,, itis éaated with ©. ‘Then proceed as Lis) {n. teacheth. p The faid Dr. Clodias told me alfo; that tli},

oe

great Secret of Purifying all Salts and V4 ,,,

ag oe my

i

triol; ce. confifteth in the. purifying ‘ttf, Menftruum (i.e.7) for if the 7 have feceet in which you diffolve them, it. rather. itd ,

Be

creafeth their foulnefs.

He doth thus:

a

Set Equinox Rain 7 (pure Dew. weed ;, better) to putrifie in Glafs Veflels, flightt!} \,° 7 covere:

is

ike bopen teeeanenan

pracy

TOE SeSSTTERRE EORPTT ET Se aEpe nes ye

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15g

iludeqvered (only to keep things from falling ‘(thin )in ‘a Cellar;in fix weeks the putrefaction Will be finifhed, and all the feces fallen to the bottom; filter it, fet the clear to putrifie ‘ii Magain, which will require longer ume than iit tbefore: If you put fome quick dry Sand in wit, it will help the putrefaction much the .fooner, drawing down the foulnefs toit. In

ithis purified V7 diffolve your Salt, Vitriol, ay iSale of Urine, Gc. And you muft have a OL Wi Gallon of this water to 2): of Salt; for fuch lied dilating’ of the Salt maketh the Menftruum uy

‘

Wy

.

‘ae nq

lighter than the feces,, and therefore they fall

wit down. Mark the end of Iaac Hollands Pron iti'|cefs upon Vitriol, where he diretteth diffolvWl ang it in fair 7 diftilled off then filter and ul congeal, and this you may repeat two or vie(} three times: ‘Then take nine parts of this w/t pure Salt, and put to them one part of pure ind Spirit of Wine, digeft them together for si feven or eight days, then diftill off the Li| quor very gently, and about fourteen or fif- | (ul) teen patts will come off in infipid flegm,and only one part, ora little more will remain with the Salt in a dry fubftance. Repeat this nine times with frefh Spirit of Wine, tall i¢if you have employed as much Spirit of Wine . | as you wrought upon Salt, which will be ;w ancreafed {carce one part: Putit then ro Sub-

jh! time, and every whit of it will rife in a pure if

Sublimate,

Veopeted> bedi Geka gs ROE Or AES Veale

by Ris Bde bape . 908

id Wh P| wee | |

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Sublimate, excepting a {mall parcel of feces »

that will remain in the bottom: s .

Fi

"You mayy} . .

multiply this Sublimate as muchas you, willl,

,

by addition of Spirit of Wine to it; thera} * diftilling away the Liquor, for the ¥ oftheek Spirit of Wine will adhere to the pure Salit}

ina pure Saline form, andthe reft will comee}; away in an infipid flegm. But in the end,,| |

this Salt will be apt to come over in an Oilyy} Liquor, and fometimes after that, in foram} “

of Salt again: Bur he cannot yet penetrate

into the Gaufes of thefe Bodies coming overt fometimes liquid, fometimes dry. -Incorpo--

rate fome of this Salt with pure Spirit. off

Wine, and it will diffolve ©, and all Me-.} L/ tals. i f

Lo:prepare a moft, Excellent: Medicine. with \ vs

this Mercurial Water, proceed. thus:

pe of the afore-faid Mercurial 7,and\ |hh of Spirit of Wine dittilled three. timess |lit

upon Honey, and then. rectified upon Salt: }

|

of "Tartar, of each equal parts; diftil chenay } tix} together, until they be, well united: Then }iil |

en ye

fi

to fix parts.of this Menfiruum put, one parts: } jt» of a Spungy Calx of 6, digeft them toges jb

ther, until the © is totally diflolved, -except. |ly

a little white Barth, which will remain an |hy the bottom. Then diftill in a Retort an | Sand, |

Chymical Secrets. | ‘36x Sand, and cohobate fo often, until the @

come over into the Receiver.

—-

Then fepa-

rateit, by diftilling ina Cucurbite, and there walk remain a red'Oyl like a Ruby in the bottom; whereof one drop in fome fit Vehicle, ‘is admirable for Health. Thx di(folution of © hath a moft Odoriferous’ (cent, better than Amber and Mask:

The Lunary 7 of Paradifé, or the Caleftial Eagle ofthe Lunar Sphere, which is Lule lys true Spiritual Lunavy.

Bie

y in A,F-and precipicate it with

Spirit of Salt,, dry the Calx, and mix

at with equal parts of Calx of %, andthence diftil the volatil Cryftals or butter (0a. Ex pofe'this butter to the Air to refolve into liquor, that by.that meansit may makea Dentifique attraction of the Spirit of the World, which fpecifieth iwfelf by this Magnet: Put

=_——— = =eae :ee is ta EE na i alc COTE ea ae atau iea aa.

the clean liquor into a:Cucurbite,

>Centre veer

and di-

cit with ai Lamp 4 for 15 days, at the end of whichtimethere will diflil over an AZthe= rial liquor, which isthe Lunary ;with which you may work Miracles in Phyfick, efpecially mall difeafes of the head and brain ;the dofess

BEN sae alien Sec!

0 | the fame with the former, mixing it with a fit

Vehicle; Note, that it turneth all liquors into | ilk, andis fometimes Emetich. For tran M mutation,

Cet

G lees eesti.

Aa eA CO Ee

Se CaaS CRUL CELT IE

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162 mutation, deflegm this V as before and you fhall have the Metalline Gluten ; which being digefted per fe, will become a white Powder of projection ; and afterwards a red one: But it willbebetter to adda tenth part of leaf’ J. © or. of the Sulphur of © made by the Sal! | Enix: Itis multiplyed by new addition of the Lunary or Gluten. Note, that this liquor is: } the Sommet of the Lunary: For the Volatil. | Cryftals of )arethe fimple Lunary; but this: f

Ceeleftial V7 is the Spiritual Lunary, or the: }**! higheft point of the Metalline Salts: Note,, j°" that you may draw the red and white Oyl| }*™ of what remaineth, and proceed as before.

Water of Paradife of Saturn, « Caleftial Eagk.

6r Fupiters Tr

[folve fh in common Z. F. andit will! precipitate into a Potential §; dry atyand! | mix it in great quantity with equal parts of!

Calx of 1 or with §: Draw the Volatul Crys ftals or butter from this, which refolve in the Air: Put the liquor into a Glafs Cucurbite, ,.| with its head and recipient, digeft with a: }

gentle lamp 4 the fpace of .15:days; nothing will come over by diftillation, but on-, ly the liquor will Maturate, and become red,

and afterwards within twenty, ‘thirty, or fourty days the Idea of h wall rifeinvifibly, and

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| and diftil intothe Recipient, which is the 7. | of Paradife. {\{| _Tats V7 cureth all Saturnian Maladies, and (| Melancholy, being mixt with 8. V. You may iy) Zev at in all Inflammations both inward and \ outward: The Dofeis equal with the former:

|

To ufe it for Metals, put this 7 of Paras

.tdife into-a {tall Cucurbite and deflegm it ¢ with a Lamp A and there will remain the ,|{Saturnean Gluten, the Philofophers Gum; “for % of the wife, A Lot, dc. Digeft per (e, ior add atenth part of © This Gum isthe

jtrue Metalline radical Moifture: ! | |

Cee

ol,

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eae yOTee

PEGE,

Poca or) ze ROhMETBi ANTEene CEURS eeBeECU y ahaRSee ae

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About Vitrum Antimoni, and the Tincture of it.

—

fgOnfieur Borel told me,

that he had

VY i obferved thisin making the ‘Tincture

of & (by diftilled Vinegar upon the Glafs.of | 3) hat when he went to dulcifie the Salt that:|

remaineth, in the ‘Tinéture after the diftilted| i Vinegar is evaporated away (as Baf, Vals: is teacheth ) he could never perceive that thez}, , °o, eyaporating carried: away the remaining? |¢ Salt.of the Vinegar, .but, {till when, the Y: ba was gone, and left the Powder dry,. it wass| as Git-as ever.hefiax e, and: was of a brown}!q gray colour. But this hgi@bferved, that af ter four or five times difiolving mV andi} evaporatmg, the illineture Pr oP alcai down very red, and the Salteof the diftilled}} Vinegar rem: ae diffolvedin the 7, fo thatt} been poured off the 7, and dryed thez} * Powder; which then-was exceeding red; andi}

perfectly dulcified: But after thus feverings} of the Salt from it, S,Y% would not touchs| hn upon it, and extract it any further: Perad--} venture a Tartarized S. V. will do;it.

He alfo told me, that in making the M4: i

trum Antimonit for unis Work, the Ma ‘ty to have it certain and Eonftant confifteth inn

this; ‘hat after you have Caldined your ae

tt

bi

o0] HS ee “a

4

.

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by long and gentle evaporation and ftirring,

fo that it fmoak no more;

and when you

have put it in the Crucible to mele into Glafs, you muft put to it a little piece of

a Coal to burn with the %, and fet the Sul-

phur of it on fire, Which will make a little Regulus fall down to the bottom, and the Glafs will be pure clear and red, whereas if

fo Coal fall or be put in, it will be black and muddy: And that which maketh this

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Work of Vitrifying the

prove uncertain,

is, that fometimes fome Coals fall into. the Crucible (as one gives great heat ) without the Artiftstaking notice, and then the Work

Nl aa

proveth weil, but if no wooden Coals fall

in, the Glafs proveth not as it fhould.

Monfieur /e Fevre told me, that when he makes the Tincture of Vitrum Antimoniut, he obférves, as Monfieur Bore? faith, that if the extract of ic made by diftilled Vine-

gar be perfectly dulcified from all falrne(s,

the S.V, will not touch upon it; and if it be put upon it in ‘dry Powder, containing the Salt’of the diftilled Vinegar with the Tincture of the 4, it will draw with the

Tincture fome nocuous Spirits from the Salt; thereforé he doth thus: Evaporate fair 7

from it two or three times, thelafttime leave

wi at very moult; then put S. 7 upon ir, ‘andit \

(ta

A} Mg

wl vir

y

will’ prefently impregnate it felf with the Tincture.

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A white Spirit of Sulphur to diffolve y and

9 5. given me by Monficur Bugneau.

6

se the black Spirit of Sulphur, made per Campanam, put it into a Glafs Re-

tort well luted (for fear of breaking) all but a patch at the top as, big as a Crown-piece, that you may thereby fee (holding a Candle near it) inwhat {tate the Liquor,therein con-

tained, is: Diftill in Sand, till all the Hlegm is

gome over, and that it begin to drop very fharp,which happens to him after Zvj. or vij, are come over,of fhj.of Spirit put at firft into the Retort. By this time you fhall fee a lit-

tle % Sublime up to the difcovered place of

the Retort,

anda brown Circle of earthy

fubftance {wimming upon the Liquor about the fides of it joyning tothe Glafs: You muftnow give the A fo quick, that the Liquor

boyl a little, and prefently you thall fee it

turn all white, and the brown Corona of Earth become white: Then let the fire die, and when the Retort is cold, pour out the Spirit, which will look like Rock v, and will leave fome dregs behind; you will have about Zix. of this Spirit, put it upon Riv. of Yin leaf, and diftill it gently off, and after

a while you thall fee your ) quite diffolved inta

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into clear Liquor; let it cool, andthe y will become a Cake of .Cryftal, and fome Liquor will fwim over it; pour off this Liquor, and put 21. of frefh y to it (which now may be in {mall grenailles) and it-will diffolve this as the former, and become a Cryftal by cold: The Liquor that you thea pour off will diffolve 21}. more of freth y, doing as befere. Now the Liquor that remaineth. after this third folution of y, will

diffolve Zij. of running % into a Cryftalline fubftance as-the former.

This Spirit of Sulphur thus rectified, be-

ing ufed inwardly (before it is ufed with » ) is much ftronger than when it is black, at the

firft drawing, and is much gratefuller to the tafte, being mingled with 7 or other Vehicle.

An Univeral Medicine, from © and 3, &c.

"TL Ake of the § prepared, as fhall be taught hereafter; 2}. of the Tin@ure of ©, afterwards fet down, 3}. mix them well tce gether.in a Glafs Mortar, then put them into a fmall Matrafs, and digcft them with a

Lamp 4 with one wick only for ten days; then digett for ten days more withtwo wicks, then with three, and laftly, with four wicks, M 4.

which

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which makes fourty days digeftion in all, at’ the end of which you fhall have a red Powder as red asa Ruby.

This Powder # an Univer{al Medicine for the greateft and Chronick Difeafes: It Cures

the Gout,Drop/ic,Palfie, French-Pox, Plague, Leprofie, the Evil, Small-pox, and Meafles.

Its vilible Operation is by Stools, by Urine, and by Sweat: The Dole is from gr. iij. ta iv. or Vv. in Conferve of Borrage or Vio-

lets.

To prepare the} for this Work. fave gravelled Athes, (or inftead there-

of you may take the Afhes of dryed

and burnt Lees of Wine) and of Quick-

lime, of each equal parts, boyl them toge=,

gether in V7, and make a Lixivium, which filter.

Take Zitj. or iv. of ® vite,

into a Matrafs,

put it

and pour upon it of the

aforefaid Lixivium, {o much as may cover it the breadth of four fingers; digeft with

the fecond degree of heat, for three’or four | days, the Lixivium will extract the 'TittGure of the 9 wite; then decant, and'put on frelh Lixivium, and digeft. — Repeat this, ull you have extraéted all the Tinétare of your 2 vite, andthe Powder be well attenuated: Then mix this Powder with equal weight

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| weight of Sublimed*, ‘incorporate: them

| well together with double as much of Oyl of

Tartar, then fet it to putrifie 7 fimo for thirty days, changing the Dung every fxth or feventh day. ‘hen put your Matter ina Marble Mortar, and grind it well, adding a little warm (7 to it; “then add a little more water, but'a little Horeer than the firft, and grind it well; then let it fettle, and decant the V, and put on frefh warm V, and grind as before, then fet it fettle, and’ decant the water; and put Vinegar upon it inftead of

Y, and grind it, and you will fee in a {hort time the Powder converted into running &.

Note, that if you Sublime Regulus of 3% with four times as much %, it wall Sublime with it in very red flowers; out of which in the fame manner you may extract’§.

To prepare be Tincture of © for this Work.

Ake fine© in thin Plates, diffolve it in A.R. then pour into the diffolution

fome &, and a fourth part of 4. F. keep it in digeftion untill the © is all diflolved; the diffolution of ©, which was of an Orange.

colour before, will now be white and clear, and the © will Precipicate to the bottom in

avery fubtil and fpungy Calx; decant the :

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clear, and edulcorate the Powder ar ©, ti!

it besfreed from all Acrimony, then dry it.

Then take fine Pumice-ftone, and make it red-hot in a Crucible, then extinguifh 11i in Vinegar 5 reiterate thej‘Boone and ot tinctions five or fix times, then reduce it int

fubtil Powder, which ipnifie again for hall} jt’ a quarter of an hour, then make.at as fibril Pl

as you can. Then put a bed of this Pow. der into a Crucible, abouta fingers breadth

jji}:

upon that put a Bed of your Powder of © .

Continue thus ftratifying until all the Powe der of © bein, then cover the Crucible ee with another, se) lute them well togethers} Wt and put it into a Glafs Oven where they pre= tit pare their Matter, fo that the Crucible may; Mi

be always red during twenty four hours,'andi #

\y ("

that the Matter in the Crucible may not melt: sy Then take out the Matter out of theCrucible, and pulverize it; then put tthis Powders} Win

ina Matrafs, and pour upon it of the fol-,| lik

lowing difolvent, fo much as may cover it! three fingers breadth, digeft it in Afhes for

24,days, within a few hours you will fee the:

rd

diffoiuti on Tincted of an Orange colour ; after four days di san decant the Tinéture,, \f and pour on more“of the diffolvent, digeft as;| \V| before. Repeat this till you have extracted Dopds

all the ‘Tin¢cture of your Powder; then filter‘ }2 all your Extracts, and evaporate with agen +} ih, tle

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‘dtle A to drynefs, and you will have a yel-

Hy

ufew Powder of an Orange-colour; put this

iq

win Powder into a Matrafz, and pour upon it a : i S. V. prepared as fhall be taught hereafter; digeft it, and in two days the S. V.. will be cn Tinéted as red as Blood, which decant, and

j put on frefhS.7 digelt and decant.

|

Re-

\j|peat this fo often till you have extracted all

»| the Tin@ture out of the Powder: Then di| Rill off the Tin@ed S. V. in B. with a gen‘aftle heat to drynefs; and thus is the ‘Tinéture | of © prepared for this Work, to be ufed sid) With the faid 2 of &, asis faid above.

| Note, That if you digeft and circulate :this Tincture 77 fimo before you diftill the S.V, from it, and then diftill and cohobate | two or three: times, and abftracting half the i S.V. from it, you will have a kind of an vy] Aurum potabile, which is a very great Cor| roborant in the greateft weakne(s ; The flDofe is five or fix drops in any convenient Vehicle.

|

The Diffolvent.

Elt Salein a Crucible, then take ff.

thereof and pulverize it; mix this | Powder with foij. of Honey, boy! them to} gether in an Iron Kettle to the confiftence of a Suppolitory ;j then caft this Matter upon a {mooth

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{mooth ftone, and being cold, pulverize itt] and put it into a Retort; pour wpon it diftillecd Vinegar rectihed, tbiy. Digelt for twentyy

}

four hours, then diftill in Sand by praduatecd} ,, j

O, giving ftrong A at laft for fix hours.) p1i

that the Retort may bered; then let it Mane’ to cool the {pace of twelve hours: ‘Then did} | ?

|

fill this Vinegar in a Cucurbite’ in Afhes,,} ), feparating the flegm, re¢ctifie it three or fourr} a

times more, and it will be white and clear;.} |, before it was yellow.

To prepare the Spirit of Wine, fit for this)” Tintiure of ©.

era

Alke Salt of Tartar well purified by fe--}

veral Diffolutions, Filtrations, aad Coagulations, and then teduced to Powder,

one LF

giv. which put into a Retort, and pout up F on it Iby. of rectified Spirit of Wine, ler ite} |)

ftand fo twenty four hours, then diftill only; + Ty. of it in Afhes, and you fhall have anex-} " cellent Spiritof Wine, fit to draw Tin&ures.. |

In the fame

manner

you may extract thes! My

Tincture of Coral, putting the Corals whole: | i

with the Pumice-ftone,

which

by us dry--}'

nefs will extract the ‘Tin&ure of the Corals,, leaving them as white as Statch:

In the fame manner you ‘may alfo extract! } ‘w

the Tincture of », which will be blew,

Ser’ |

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Ser Kenelm D.) This Procefs was given

Sind £0 Adomfieur Vito,

Phyjfician of Burges, by

| Monfiewr. Mayo, Sicur-de Vancours.

‘This

\,.|Monfeur Mayowas a great Friend and Con!fident of Monfieur dela Violette, who gave

| bim thas Operation, and they made it toge= \ ther. »He faid,that this:was the [olideft- and ‘| bet thing that’ Monfieur.de la Violette had. | He gave this to Monfieur Vrto. in acknon| dedpment: of a very great good turn hé had | doné him, and after Monfieur Vito bad re2 fujeeto receaue of hima Prefent ofgreat Va | due. | A great Corroborant and Sudorifich,wrought

by Monfiewr Du Clofs, Phyfician at Paris: given me by him the 16th. of Auguft, 1660. | ,

|

Hflolve: © by means of Salt, Nitre, and

| 4 Allom,' oe. after Zwelfer’s manner ; | then evaporate away ‘the 7, and put §.V.

il] upon the remaining Powder, and it will go i) allintoa Tin&ure,or rather all the ©will dif Vl folve in the §. 7. leaving the Salts, moft of | whichiwill Precipitate in the S.V. Then he | Precipitateth the © with Oyl of Tartar, and | wafheth and dryeth it, then reverberateth it, andit is in a deep red Powder; and this he called: Crocus Sols: (But it is not fo, almofbalk the © remaineth f&ll in the folution (which

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(which is yellow) and Oyl of Tartar willl not Precipitate it, fo that it is rather the Salts: that remained inthe S.V. anda little mingled! with them:) But take Spirit of Honey (the:

i

1 }” },

Vinegry Spirit) two parts, and one part of * f S.Y. and pour thisupon the folution, andall |! the © will Precipitate like a green Mud; pour off the Liquor, and put fair 7 to the Precipitation, and fome %; and fo you may have all your ©, which when ‘it is dry, will bea deep-red Powder, but if you reverberate it, and daate it with 3, and grind it with Sulphur, and then burn and reverbe: Yate it, it will all fly away: And this is his beft way of Calcining and opening ©.

Upon this Calx of © he putteth his AZenfiruum, and in twenty four hours it will Tind it felf as red as blood, which if you digeft long, an Oyl will fwim upon it; he evaporateth the AZen/truum till it be thic k, and digelts that with a Lamp Furnace.

His Menftruum is thus made:

Cpe pure S.. and pure Spirit of Uri ne,

ana, put themtogether, and diftill off the S$... with very gentle heat, there will remain a flegmatick Liquor in the bottom: Cohobate the §. upon it till there remain oaly per

fect flegm in the bottom, and tha r

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all the Spirits and Volatile Salt of the Urine be in the S. VY. Thisis a great diffolvent and Alkaheft; but it will be ftronger if you work it again with new Spirit of Urine, and fo you may make it as ftrong as you will: But this hath not: the Properties of Helmont’s pretended Alkaheft, to come off from the Body it hath diffolved; as {trong as you put it on, for it leaveth much of the Saline Spirits with the opened Body, if you diftill ic off: He found fome running’ ¥ in the filters after he had diflolved the © only as far as Awelfer teacheth; which folution opencth it exceedingly, and rendereth it apt to Mercurialization ; but heufeth moft the following Calx of ©: Make an aaa of © and 3

==> 2. as a A st cca =J

—

—

ARR em A EE Aa ik

in due manner,which grind well with Flow-

ers,of Sulphur, and fer it upon Coals, and fo make a Calx of © (ut arts eff:) ReaEN AEN i ee

peat this Calcination two or three times,then take the Calx of ©, and grind it exceeding

well with twice as much pure decrepitated Salt; putthefeintoaCrucible, which cover well, and fet it to Cement or Reverberate during fix hours (or more) in a Furnace it; |where the heat may be increafed by degrees, fo that in due time the Crucible become red. ntatieencenntntiah ncaien — a

‘| Continue fo a pretty time, but have a care

li the Salt mele not: When it is cold, take out ithe Matter,.and grind it well, and pour hot :

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YZ upon it, to diffolve all the Salt, and filtett} it off, and pour on more VY), doingfo till youn} ’ (a

have Abvorde all the Salt from the © Casalfoo|

|

a white Earthy fubftance,thar will {wim up=} ! on the Y) then dry the ©, which grindi} again with double its quantity of preparedi Salt, (the fame Salt. will ferve again whem} the Vis diftilled from. it) and Cement it,,} and work all as before, talang care alwaysy,| that the © fettle well to the bottom after yout] have ftirred it in the 'V.. Repeat this fix,,|° hi or eight times: (the more the better ))} till the © come to be,all a gray or. whitee}

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Powder:

Be

v

Thea Gement it with double itss} *

quantity of pure Salt of ‘Tartar, in the fame

:

mgnner as you did, with’ Salt, and do always allasibefore. Repeat this two, three, or four times ,'dulcifying it every tume very welll} from the Salt: ‘Thea put upon it -¢being? | very dry.) the Menftruumot S.Vo and Spis+}

—_

i

rit of Urine, mentioned before, and-it; willl! be Tincted Blood-red im: twenty four hourss:}” Pour off that, and put on more, till you have drawn out all the Tincture, which di--|One

a,

ilk12a

oR

it become a Gum,

{

"Be a

.

Cucurbite with veryg echtla A; =

of which he putteth 2

inte. a--Pint of Sack and, giveth a fhoinag ful fora Dofe: Itisa mighty Corroborant,, as alfoaSudorifick; where Nature a it, It will make one! fweat twenty lfour: hours.

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The manner of making his Menftruumy

‘ly ya iu ull ° 4 jj

48, ‘to: put the two Spirits into a long Cucurbite with a narrow mouth, on which he puta Head, fitting it.in the Orifice, but ‘Wery-large in the Body of it, and fo- diftillethoff his S.1% and cohobateth it; upon the fame/Spirit of Urine, tll the Volatile Sale

4 be drawn out of it, or upon new, as you 4 fee occafion. | Quere;, OF ici this Adenffruum upon ne: Spungy ¢ gray Calx of ©, made after Vaglk, dykes way.

The Metalline Aireal 7, or the Athereal Aurum potabile, which » a very great Medicine for the Gout: It w the true Here

mapbroditich Bath, ae |

Iffolve:y in A. F. then -Precipitate it

es A with Spirit of Salt} then edulcorate Ni the Powder and dry at, then mix it:with its

i weight of 6 (or Calx of #) diftill a tranf"| patent Butter thereof: ‘Take of his Butter ‘fone party: Mix it with as much of Calx of \© (made by diffolving © im Spirit of Salt)

Aaiget them together, until they be reduced i into a Liquor: Diftill this Liquor inva Re. torr, the Spirit of Salt will come over firif,

fl itand then will follow a red Butter, which is phe great Chalybs , which vadelves into a | N .

Liquor i

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1738 Liguor in ‘the Air; put this Liquor into a Cucurbite, joyn a Head and Receiver to it, and then digeft with :a~Lamp A for fifteen: } days, then an AXthereal Liquor will begin: } to come over in an invifible form, which will diftill into the Recipient :.Deflegm thiss }

Liquor until you come to the Eagles Metal— | line Gluten; which is digefted (either per fe or with ©) into a true Phyfical ftone’: When itis in an Aithereal Liquor .you mayy |

take two drops of it in fome Cordial Spi--| rit.

The Eagles Gluten, or 3 of the Wife, or Metalline Menftraums with which and Lion: Blood is made the Metalline Stone.

HE Gluten is of divers forts: The firf!} is ‘altogether Minéral, ‘and is drawr' from % and é: If you joyn Sulphur of %

with this Gluten; you may make a Medici nal Stone of it.. The Second is Metallicke viz. Saturneal, Lunary, and Aureal. The third is partly Mineral, and iparthy. MetaliJ line; as for Example, when 6ne draws Fuaguor (which doth not wet) from § of | (that is to fay, from its repercuted Calx

and $, which is the Magnet of the»Spirit the World;

know.

then draw the Gluten as’ yo

‘The Gluten is Mineral and Metail lint

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line, andi fufficient to make the Phyfica!

Stone of it, both Mineral and Metalline.

Note, that if you digett per fe, whiat fore of Gluten foever, you may make the Phyfical Stone’ of ity But for to fhorten ‘the Work, you may add..@; for all Metalline

or Mineral. Gluten contains 'in it {elf its internal Sulphur, which may be ‘coagulated and fxedinto a true’; A&therial Paraces.

But it is better to add this Solary Ferment, as fhall be faid hereafter...

Wonderful things

may be: performed ( both in Phyfick, and in ‘Dranfmuration of Metals) with any fore of Gluten, either Mineral.or Metalliné. The

V of Paradife differs ‘not from the Gluten, except that it containeth fome parts more liquid, and as yet, fuil-of flegm, as fhall be fhewed.

Water of Paradife.or of theHermetick Eagle, whereof are made unbeard-of Medicines, Dds fists and J Powders ofi Projection.

"THE, Vv of Paradife isa ceatain fiery or #ethereal Y drawn from Ceelettial Bodies, chiefly from © and », without the mixture of any waterifh flegm ; fo that, what as attracted.1s the Univerfal Spirit, the Ir-

forming form. of the Elements, that of the World, Influence of the Stats, Soul of the N 2 World, lie cocessncnmaniier lice Se

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World, the vital Nutriment, Jatent in the Air. ‘This 7 is -moft potent to drive: out all Difeafes, it being altogether Aftral, and needeth not betaken by Drams, Scruples, or Grains, but the twentieth part‘of a Grain

is fufficient for a Dofe; yea, almoft the Vapour only of this Gluten fufhceth, as you fhall fee: Itis attra€ted by feveral things, or (to {peak plain) there are feveral things which attract it fromthe Stars; firft, by Sendivogius his Magnet, or Chalybs;. but it requires a longer time to have this Gluten,

or this Philofophical v7, which’is all, to all

univerfal ; for it requireth feven Months to prepare this Univerfal Menj/truum, after you have the ‘Salt of Nature; which is a thing indeterminate, and requireth a Metallick Ferment, fpecifick, for to {pecifie and determinate it. ‘This moft Noble way is clearly and neatly fhewn by the Author: But there are other’ways, which are fhorter, by which this Spirit of the World is attracted by feveral Magnets, whereof fhall be fpoken hereafter. Note, that the Phyfical Stone

may be made of all forts of waters of Pa-

radife; for it 1s the Philofophical '$ which is

fufhcient for himfelf and for thee; for it contains in it felf a pure Sulphur, which

may be congealed into.a Panacea: But for to fhortenthe Work,the Solar or Lunar Fer-

4

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18a ment 1s added, to the end that this Gluten, or fiery Y may be fooner congealed and fixed: So that, befides this. Generalifima way, or this Univerfal Stone of the Philofophers, there are five other Stones; to wit, firft, the {imple Mineral, made of 3 per fe, or with @and &, with the Sulphur of The Second is the {imple Metalline ftone, made with ) only, with ¥, or with © and Solar Fer-

ment. ‘Thirdly, there.is a Stone which is partly Metallick, and partly Mineral, made

of &, ¥, and ©, whereof Artefins, Flamel, Pontanus, Zaichair, and-others have written. Fourthly, There isa: Vegetable. Stone, Fifthly, ‘The Animal Stone... We fhall treat

of'all thefe Stones, under the name of the 7 of Paradife,or the Hermetick Eagle, or Virgins Milk.

Water of Paradife of Common.%, or Hermes his Eagle, of the Terreftrial and Caleftial ®.

!

i Hpiime % three or four times with Sale, \_? Nitre, and Vitriol; then diffolve it in A. F. and digeft, then by diftillarions and cohobations, unite the Salts Armoniac of the 4. F. to which (tohave it more Powerful) you may put an eighth part of ¥: Diftill and cohobate fo often, till the § comes

ee

ta

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and

joyn its Head and Re-

di gett with very gentle A with

a Lamp.. Nothing will come over during fifteen days, but afterwards, there will come over an Alihereal Liquor, which is the V of

Paradife :‘Two drops of this V put into Ziv. of S. Y. is an excellent Medicine againft the Pox, for itis the Planet %. The Dofe is one fpoonful. ~“'The 'Phyfical Stone-is made of this Virginal, or Aftral Milk, to wit,diftill its flegm, in a {mall Cucurbitc, with the fame Lamp A, and the Gfuten or Mineral Gum: will remain inthe bottom; of which by

digeftion is made the Phyfical or Medicinal Stone. But note, that if you add ©, the Operation 1s fooner accomplifhed.

Note

alfo, ‘that if. you caft one drop of this V of Paradife upon a thin Plate of 9, or of 3,

it will penetrate and whiten it through and through, before it is fermented with ©.

Note alfo,that that which remaineth after the difhillation, will ferve alfo. “If you would then makea Stone, different fromthat which is made with the Virginal Milk only, proceed thus: After you have diftilled the 7 of Paradife, diftill over with a gentle A in Afhes

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183 Afhes.what remaineth, and you fhall have a white Oyl; then force over the remaining part ina Retort, and you fhall have a red Oyl; caft away the remaining feces.

‘Take

one, patt of the red Oyl, and four parts of the White Oyl, and eight parts of the V of Paradife, put them into a Matrafs, and di-

geft them in an Athanor until all the colours appear one after another, and that the Glu-

ten be fixed into white: If then you augment the A, it will become a red Medicine, of which you may make Projection thus: Take an hundred.-parts of &, heatitina Crucible, and caft upon it one part of this fixt Medicine, and ‘all will be a Medicine; whereof caftone part upon another hundred parts, of 9, flirring it with a fick; then melt them together. Caft one part of this Medicine

upon an hundred

parts

of

9,

aud all will be converted into. ) or ©, acIn-this manner, cording to the Vincture.

all Metals and Minerals may be reduced in- ~ to Tinctures. by their VY of Paradife, ec.

Note, That this Work may be done alfo with & diffolved in A. F. and Precipitated with Spirit of Salt; the

Calx dryed: and

united with Calx of 2% and &, and thence the Volatile Cryftals, or Butter extracted,

wherewith you may proceed as was faid: N 4

Or,

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Or, you may make aifo a.7 of Paradife

made with 2 per deliquium.

The Antimonial 7 of Paradife, or the Hers metick Celeftial Eagle with tove Heads:

Xtract a Burter from equal parts of

_2 and 9 Sublimate: Diffolve this Butter inthe Air in Y, 6, .and 1; put the Liquor

into a Glafs Cucurbite with its Head'and Re-

Bae .4

cipient, lute well ail the junétures excite the:drcheuswhich is in him, by a very gentle heat in Afhes, bya Lamp A, which will

maturate the Matter in the fpace of fifteen

or twenty days: "Then drive up its Rays into the Head, which will be {een corporal

in the Recipient in the form of. a clear Vv.

This Y is all fiery, and isthe Coeleftial Eagle with two Heads. »Put it into a Cucurbite,,and deflegm it with the fame Lamp

‘\, and there will remain in the bottom of

the Cucurbite thé Mineral Gluten, or the vifcous: 7, which doth not wet ones hands, You may prepare Medicines of this Cocleftial

fethereal 7 thus: Put two drops of it into .

Biv. of S.V. it will turn as. white as Milk.

This Medicine Cureth the Dropfie, the Epi -

lepfie, Madnefi, &c. The Dole is from 31}. to 5{8. Now, if you would have the Pow cer of Projeétion, you muft digeft the Gluten

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185 ten per fe,as' was faid; or (whichis better ) | | add a tenth part of © in leaf, and digeft, or |draw the red and white Oyl, and proceed as in Ein the tormer Procefs, and you ‘fhall havea aica ecm aab

| | Medicine both for Man, and for Metals.

i |Water of Paradife of Venus and Mars, or 2 | and3 Captivated, whence cometh Cupid, or the Solar Panacea. >.

Lthough thefe Metals cannot take: the Mercurial 7, nor give Volatile Cry|flals, as‘), #4, and # do, “pecaute they are | very Mercurial, and the fornter almoft all |Sulphurous, nevertheleG you may do it thus: iDiffolve @ and & (each by ir felf)* in

st i AAN RR a A

ithe Salt Androgine,

which hath but little

|Sulphur, to the end, that it may diffolve i more eafily: Then make a Lixtvium, which |Precipitate with your: Liquor of h; dry the (| Precipitated Calx, and fprinkle it with a |good deal of Spiritof Salt; then mix it with 13, and diftill Volatile Cryftals thereof; with |which proceed as before. The V of Para~ te: is made of 2 only, and 1s called V, or

9his aftrum.

| IrCures the Pox, Gout, cc. ‘The Gluten » | of thefe Metals 1s. digefted either per fe, or ’ |with a Solar Ferment, as before, inta a Pa. |mace, Mpich isa wonder ful Medicine, “ | wil

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Cure

Maladies

in

Men

and Meed,

tals.

The thrice Noble Water of Paradife, or Apoll} ‘ lo. Medens. :

[ftill the fiery and Volatile Cry tals frome ..

D Sof p, with Calx of Fupiter, whicttt t keep. Dhiflolve © in Spirit of Salt, whictif,

joyn with equal parts of your Cryftals; diif,

get, and then diftill, the Spirit of Salt willf come over immediately firft, then will foblf, low the red Cryftals : Expofe this Terreftria

©. to the Coeleftial, that it may fatishe iif, felf with its Solary Rays, and then diflolyrg it felf into a Liquor, which will be a Magy | net and an Amaranth fEthereal and immorr4.

tal.

Put this Solary and Lunary, Liquong,

into a Glafs Cucurbite, and diftill with i.

Lamp 4 this Noble, Metalline, Radical

mdifture, thofe invifible Rays of the ©, on. this V of Paradife, during fourty or fifty.

days. This V is Y of Nature, an Excel/4 lent Attractive, and its Power is ineffablee) | This J drives out all Maladies, and coms. forts Nature, and i a Royal Medicine 3 foi "tes the aftrum of the®, or a@® betoveen thic

Terreftrial and Caleftial ©. OF thisis A pollih furens;, for its Rays, or its Vkilleth 9.) which they convert into true ©, @eal(o al { other]

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In this Liquor you may dif-

i

Holve © if you will, but it will not be ne-

\ceffary ;for whem itis freed of its flegm, the

WSolary Gluten remains, which you may di-

yeelt per fe, until it acquire a purple colour. a Tincture. The |'Fhus © is exalted to make

ll SF of Paradife is the Atthereal Aurum pota-

ON bile. “diffolvé two drops thereof in Ziv. of Ml S-V the Dofe is 3ij. ‘This isthe V of Na4 ture, which is multplyed ad imfimitum by i new addition of the Gluten, @c. Note, That when this Panacea is fixed, it is the Panacea of Panacea’s, which Cureth Mala| dies, both in Men and Metals.

Note, That this V7 of Paradife converts

Le = “<=

all Metals into ©, if you digelt their Plates inthe fame; yea, one drop: thereof penetrates a Plate of y, and tranfmuteth it into moft fine ©. There isalfo made another 4pollo Mede®s which is joyned with Sprrituous

SS Fe ee EO

Regulus of &, to wit, the Flowers reduced,

mmeitiacseales asians

or fiery Regulus, and conjoyned in the Sulphurous Sal Enixe, and both Precipitated into an Aureal Antimonial Panacea. But

this Panacea is not comparable to the other. | Apollo furens is the fame V of Paradifé, the 4 which are the invifible Solary Rays,by which wil the Volatility of ¥ is killed, and ts converted i) into ©; and the fame it is with the Solary Sees SS =.

Fae ee ST Besar

ill 7: fi

Apollo Moriens is the Eclipfe of the © in TETAS Se ahd 48

AE

ie A

;

fetieien tes Satna

RAee ee en

rey

oy

Ee

Fe

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Pri

fee

158 Chymical Secrets. inthe above-mentioned fiery and. A‘theresa}y, Menjfirumms: Forin all forts of Adenftrunpmln

xt putrihes, groweth black, and maturatechy) in, the {pace of fifteen days: But after rhauth,, it refufcitates before the Judge Apollo refufccitt, BANS.

An unheard-of Arcanum,or new and unheare: "

of Lunary, wherewith ws made theElixirry

or Metalline Stowe.

Pye’ what quantity of ) you pleaf(d,.

4an_the Sal Androgine; in four hourss},; time half your ) will be diffolved into a veryy}y red. Salt,. pour it into a veflel of Copper.) then make a Lixiviumy. which filter, reduce}, into. a body what remaineth with h, ancd)y re-diffolve it in new Sal Androgine as ber-y fore. »Reiterate this, till all your » goo, through the filter with the Lixivium, andi}. you will be fure to have a ) altogether Spi--}

rituous and Volatile, which you.will find to)} be trueto your lofs, if you Precipitate it with: }, an Acid Liquor, and reduce it with h; forr|, it will all fy away at the Coppel; the fame: },’ will happen if it be attracted by Plates off |i: 2. Thefe two effects haye happened to me byi\,

inadvertence.

%

Note, ‘That this Spirituous ) is a Poten-: |

tial and. Spirituous ©, as you will find, iff |

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189 you rejoyn it with its body at the Coppel: Where is nothing ‘to fay to that. “Note, T hat the corporal ) which is added, retains “hil what is of the Nature of ©, which reners iti afterward in the (éparating V7. There-

a take all thefe filrred Solutions { which are te if the Lavers be made with Odor of Metals) and Precipitate them totallyinvi.fo a Lunary Sulphur of a Golden‘colour,

: indding a fufhicient quantity of thar’ which Precipitates it: That which Precipitates it js of our invention, add is of the Saturjian

“uice, which fwims upon the § of Ryavhen i its Solution is repercuted by the Sale vi Dry

"his Lunary Golden Précipitate gently, ‘and

Minix it with ana of Calx of 2%, made’ per je

iil the 7.3-6r if youswill, you may. draw ‘he Butter or fiery Cryftals with ana of 8; —

Mhe Cryftals are refolved per fein ‘the?Air, ‘And with this unheard-of “Magnet are’ Mirae

Mraloufly attracted the Influences of the’ Stars, iitpr the 7 of Nature. ‘This is chiefly’done il the belly of V3; that ts to fay, in the

iW Month: of "Apvil and May.

Note here a

very great Secret, which 1s, that'there i6:no

mance attracted by this Magnet, but ottely e pure Nutriment of Life, or the hery ¥iait Viand which 1s hidden in the centre of

he Airs which you'will find true, if you Te i fome wategifh part into this Liquor ; for

z 4

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you fhall fee that it. will not mix with.it any wife, but will fwim upon it.in-an-hesh) rogene form,as Milk :You mutt further fepp rate this Liquor,which is the fimple Lunatr} » in which '©.1s eafily. diffolved :For from tilt | corporat Lunary you mult have a Spiritvyf J and unheard-of Lunary.Put then this Liquag | ina Glafs Cucurbite with its Head and Reed

|

pient, and digeft in Afhes with a very gem | heat by.a Lamp. the {pace of one. Philovlf phical Month.

Nothing will diftill owg during the firft fifteen days, or more; butt} will. become a red Sea, and the-Matter wih maturate, and after that, you fhall {ee thi

by tlus gentle heat the Metalline Soul wi, mount invilibly upon the’ wings .of ttl

Wind, or the Spirit of the World, and wig

fall into the Recipient in the form of Teau

§

which are the ‘Tears of Diana. This I quor is. much more precious than puré <Q)

and, of very great vertue.

Continue tt}

diffolution, whilt the Archenus of Nath) chafeth it, which as done in fifteen days: } } the fartheft. In this Operation is done,whht »

Hermes faith, thou. fhalt feparate, the, fubbg

4

from the Spirit gently, and with great dee} ; terity. “This diftillation is altogether Ni}, tural, and is perfected by the only Archach

of Nature.

Ths Liquor a the Spiritual LL

nary, which contains in it felf Body, Spir

ain

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19% and Soul; "tis the 7 of Paradife, the Lunar Sphere, the Metalline Fountain, and the Univer fal. Metalline Menftruum. — It ts @ moft certain‘ anti-epileptick. and Cephalick :

If one or two drops of it are mixt with Ziv. of S.V. all will become like Milk: Fort isall A5 which changes the moift Element of the S.V. as being contrary to it, ‘or at eaft not-connatural. i To make the Metalline Stone per fe of thi Spiritual Lunary.

’W

Ake'this Liquor, and put it into a {mall

Glafs Gucurbite 3 leave it uncovered, evaporate it in Afhes'wrhagentle Lamp A, to*the end, that if there! be any moiiture

from the Air, it may exhalé, and there will remain in the bottom of the Cucurbite the ‘Metalline Gum, ‘the Lunary Gluten, ‘the Azet, &e. which will liquife at the leaft heat, as Butter, ‘and will:congeal by cold.

Put this Gum into:'a Matrafs,

which Seal

Hermetically, and digelt: per fe, it will be‘come black, andrafter white, and then it ‘is the white Stone; sthen-by increafing the A, it will’becomeé of “aCitrine colour, and sted,

without a Solary Ferment: And the King is made of. the Qaeen,:or the immerfion of ) mtora Solary "Fincture. But for to fhorten the Work, add unto:thisGluten’a tenth part OF

ele y ES ESSotawan ge oreo yh takes

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hee

of © in leaf, or Sulphur of © made)Spirnf ,;

ee

tual by the Sulphurous Sa/ Enixe, and diif \,

met |

tt oy)

geft as was faid: The augmentation of thiif Stoneisby addition.of new. Metalline Glutem} ,.,

ip a) mii. |

Note, That this Spiritual Lunary tingeth (3 into true ), if-you digeft ic therein; alfo i¢ Plate of 2 is perforated by putting one drops) jy,

||

\

of this 7 upon it. .Note alfo, "That. wherm you have diftilled the Lunary, that» whicty;, remaineth is an eternal Magnet. ‘To thaaj effect, refolve itagain inthe Air, and mam y, age it by a Lamp as before. -Then’ diftill) , an /Ethereal Liquor, which is yet impregz)) ‘ nated with a Lunary Soul, and diftilleth ina to. the Recipient,» and:then goeth anew inted a Gluten: And this is done: ad tufimitdealisn

ae fle :

)

Note alfo, That that which remains, may. bed! | diftilled, and you fhall have fir, a whited , Lunary Oyl (which is the Philofopherss: Oyl of ‘Talc; for. the true Oyl of Talc iss, the Lunary coagulated per fe, and fixed in-., to a white Stone, which is fixt and foft.))}, Secondly, you fhall have the red Oyl byiy

augmenting the A. If you will make thee » Stone of thefe Matters, ‘take of the ‘red Oy! iis, one part, and of the white Oy! four parts,,} ' |

and eight parts of the Lunary reduced into}, Gluten: Put this into a Matrafs, and digefft} until all be fixed into white, and after byy}). continuing become red. This Medicines), ought

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| : ought not to be Fermented; for itis the true “4 Metalline Soul , ‘reduced intola Tincture.

This’ laft digeftion muft be in an Athaner

| ‘with a-Charcoal A. Hartman.)

Thefe Waters of Paradife and \ Glutens, &c. were given to SirK. ( about | eight or nine Months before he died ) by a ' French Gentleman, a great Scholar. |

IN Monfieur Barkly’s fixation of Common Sul" <“phur, and the Tincture thereof, which es ‘| -° an Excellent Medicine in all affects of rhe 2 Breaft and Lungs.

Ake Flowers of Sulphur, or Sulphur pulverized very fubtil; put it into a sini! Matrafs, and pour upon it fo much Spirit 8] of Sulphur pet Campanam, as may cover it (| the breadth of three fingers. Lute the Ma-

i trafswell, and put itin:digeftion for fifteen oi] daysy or three weeks, or fo long until the i Flowers of Sulphur come to be very black: Then diftill off all the Spirit of peng to drynefs; break the Matrafs, and take out the Sulphur,

which pulverize again, and

ii] put it into another Matrafs, and pour upon

gd at the Spirit of Sulphur vox diftilled off, and iff diftill as beforetodrynefs. Repeat this twice

jut] more, which maketh three cohobations’ e | O all

shsecesanatetasitg wethaSRE

NAS

gabe Se ee

at)

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all without the firft diftillation. .Thentakig your black and fixt Sulphur, and reduce iif to a very fubtul Powder, and putiit to reed verberate ina Glafs Oven the {pace of fortnight or three weeks, it will change it blacknefs into white, and after yellow, anid at laft come to be of a reddifh brown coloun} The Tincture of this red fixt Sulphur, <ij extracted with Spirit of Salt well rectified.

-» He made thus his Spirit of Salt for thiss} Take Salt tbj. diffolve it in five quarts coh fair V7, and filter it; put itinto.a Cucurbiteeh and pour upon it by little and little thy. cof good Oyl of Vitriol, and joyn the Headam@

|

; , ;

Recipient ;when it is all in, it will begiiql { prefently to diftill over‘cold: Set at in Sancd}

and with moderate heat ‘drive over as muccll |

as will rife, which rectifie from the flegmm|

There will remain inthe bottom of the Cw}. curbitea wonderful Salt, that is ‘exceedinigl ; fufible.

j

After he had extracted the Tincture, Hig , diftilled away all the Spirit of Salt, till che Tincture was dry: Of this he gave thre grains'for ‘a Dofe, and found it aigreat Diss phoretick, but it was fomewhat rough ani , fharp inthe Stomach: W hereupon she dul} , cified it by feveral ablutions'in fair 7; thea gave the fame Dofe, and it wrought exces lently ‘well -in all Golds 6f the Breaft -annd ungs, Hartman..}

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19¢ Hartman.) This Relation 7s of Sir K,

oe

Digby.

:

The Counte/s of Kents Powder, as it was pre-

pared by Sir Kenelm Digby’s Order in bis

5 Operatory.

J

‘Ake Ziv.of the black ends of the fhares of

Crabs,the Sun beingin the Sign of Cancer, Crabs-eyes, fine Pearls and Corals pre+ pared, of each 2}. yellow Amber Z§. Roots of Contrayerva, Virginian Snake-root, ana 3vj. Oriental Bexoar 3iij. of the Bones that are found in the hearts of Stags Div. Reduce all into a fubtil Powder; moiften the Crabs Claws and Crabs-eyes, and the Powders of Pearls and Corals with a little juice of Lemons, to make them ferment a little:

Then the next day mix all well together,

adding 3}. of Tindture of Saffron, and pour

upon the Mafs (when you incorporate it) three or four fpoonfuls of Spirit of Honey, or inftead thereof you may take Jelly of Hartshorn, and Jelly of the Skins of Vipers dryed inthe fhadow. ‘Then add to this Compofi-

tion 2}. of Trochi{que of Vipers; grind it all

well together to make it well incorporate : Then make it up into Balls, and lec them dry, and keep them for Ufe.

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This Powder is a moft Excellent Remedy in all Epidemical Diftempers, all Malignant, Spotted, and Purple Fevers; to drive out the: | Small-pox and Meafles. ~It 1 Sudorifick,and! refifts all Corruption, and ws admirable in a Surfeit. It drives the Venom fromthe heart and hinders the Vapours to fly up into the Head and Brain. It drives out by tranfprration all bad Humours, corroborates and! firengthens Nature, The Dole is from fix to twenty, or twenty five grains. “In-an ex-

tremity of the Plague, one may‘take from thirty to fourty grains.

Hartman.) SK. D. bed thas Powder always ready by him in has Clofets and Tre~ member that many Perfons of Quality fent to

him for fome of it when any of their Childven had thé Smail-pox or Meaflés;' and never any did mifcarry of all thofethat took it. [ts alfo Excellent againft the biting of Mad

Dogs, ftenging of Vipers, and other Venemozs Beafts.

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Avery Efficacious Remedy againft the Epilepfie, or F alling-Sickne(s, wherewith Sir

Kenelm Digby Cured a Miniffers Son,

named Mr. Lichtenttein, at Francfort iz

Germany, ithe Year 1659. to which I was an Eye-Witnels.

Ake of the Skull of a Man that died of a violent Death, of the parings ofnails

of Man, ana 4ij.

Reduce this to a fibtil

Powder, and grind it upon a Marble {tone ; then take Polypody of the Oak very dry,

34. Mifletoe of the Oak,

gathered in the

Wain of the Moon, 2(3, Mifletoe of the Hafle-tree, Mifltoe of the Tile-tree, of each

$1). Piony-root 28.

Reduce all intoafub-

well together over the incorporate together: fire, and make it up about a Dram apiece;

fire that they may well Then take it from the into little Tablets of whereof give one in

til Powder: Then take 3vj. of Sugar, boyl it to the confiftence of Rofe-Sugar; then mix all the Powders with it, and ftir them

1H

| :the

Morning falting, and two or three hours

after Dinner, and another two hours after

Supper: Continue this whilft the Tablets aft.

O

“Another 7

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Another for the fame.

Sif Kenelm Digby Relates, that in the: Year 1663. the Lady Warwick toldl| him, that a Daughter of her Husbands elder: f .

Brother had

ea

the Falling-Sicknefs

in the:}

Extremity, fo that fhe fell like ar},

og feven or eight times a day without anyr}™ motion. ‘They had put her into the handss} ©

of the ableft Phyfitians in England, who im} effect could do her no good.

A Gentleman,,} **

one of their Neighbours, undertook to Cure: } * her, ‘and performed the Cure thus: Takes}

™

true Milletoe of the Oak, the Leaves, thee} ®!

Berries, and allthe tender Branches; dry itty’ gently in an Oven after the Bread 1s drawn 33} “

then reduce it to a fine Powder, of whicm}” give as much as will lye upon a fhilling forr} ™ one of ripe years; for middle aged, a fix--}" pence, fora Child, a groat: Give it Morn} "" angs and Evenings in Cowflip-water three days before, and three days after the Full of! the Moon. Repeat this Remedy for fomee} “

Months together. ‘This Cured alfomy Lorca] Herberts Son, and many other Perfons off} Quality. The beft time to gather the Mifle--} toe of the Oak, is in the Month of Septem}

® ” " *

ber,when it bears Berries, andin the Waningg} of the Moon.

*

Thi

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| The Preparation of the Slver Pills again(t the Dropfie, as they were prepared by Sir Kenelm Digby’s Order in his Operatory.

14 Sa

|

oe

refined » 2}. diffolve it in Ziij. of

the belt Spirit of Nitre ina Matra&,

,| then evaporate away all the Spirit of Nitre if 0 drynefs in a low Cucurbite, or in fome

“| other fitVeflel; then diffolve the matter in

| afufficient quantityof Rofe-water, filter the | diffolution through gray Paper, and evapo| fate it again to the confiftence of a dry Sale | as before. Then take 4ij. of fine Salt-petre, | diffolve it in Rofe-water, filter the diffolu_| ton, and evaporate it in a large wide Veffel

“il @f Glafs, to the confiftence of a Salt. Then | mix the ) and this Sale together, and put

| them in a large Glaf3, pouring upon them

| fo much Rofe-water as will diffolve them in| toa greenifh Liquor: Then evaporate it in | Sand tothe confiftence of a white Salt ; then

| take it out of the Sand, and being quite

| cold, put it into a Glafs or Marble Mortar, |. and put to it 3ij.offine Wheat-flower ;grind "| them well together, then add fo much Rofe-

| water as will make it a Mafs fit for Pills:

| Then make it upinto Pills of the bignefs of "| Peafe, put them tetween two Papers, and ler O 4

Ste cnaece say ey Wan een ay eave SNPS RG a a ar ns Bec Diet ietiahyaEu alge Opts, eee ue MUEeU EETTE yea

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let them dry in the fhadow, and they will be:

of a Purple colour; kéep them in a-woodem} } Box.

|

Directions for the Ufe of thefe Silver Pills.

"7 ‘Hey area Specifick againft the Dropfie,, fs the Patient is to take one of them arth:

fix or feven of the Clock in the Morning; taking fome Broath about two hours after it with eight or ten drops of Spirit of Salt in tt it. ‘Their Operation is by Stools, and byy fy Urine; you muft continue it until the Curecf be perfected. Note, That if the Patientci be weak, he mutt take the Pill but oncé im fi two days, and in all Broaths and Drink, hee,

ought to take fome Dofe of Spirit of Sale,

as 1s faid above. ~If there be need of Sweate- $é 7

ing; you mutt ufe fome drt Stoves, and give By him always of the following Salts: ‘Take: }| Salt of Urine, Salcof Worm-wood, ana Sife, Bp

add half a Scruple of Oyl of Amber, andi}

as much of Spirit of Urine, with 51. of fine

Sugar; mix all well together ina Glafs-or:.

Stone Mortar, whereof give Div. for a Dofe

in half a Glafs of White-wine when the Patient 1s. Sweating in the dry Stove, and not: in a Bath of Water: And every third day you mutit repeat this Remedy, and he will be Cured

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Cured within three days. The evacuation is by abundance of Sweat and Urine.

Hartman.) I cannot omit to relate bere Story, which I have of‘tem beard Sir Kenelm ‘Digby tell concerning a Famous Cure of a defperate Dropjie, done tby Dr. Farrar upon an eminent Lord, who was

OVEr-EF 0 ui

with the Dreopfie, bw Belly and Stomach [ovelledto a Prod gious bigness and was given over by the a Hef eeDB) A y fie CLAS P:

nade

the oOLANG ALF, 0

SMD Seth wet LYCUV BOLE, vetween

2 ff

the

Ce DLT 7

ae

Lord

i

My EX annih

the Dottor, who was to have five hundred pounds. for the Cure: But when the Lord was Cured, he would give the Doctor no more than ay oe hundred pounds, faving, thaat fiUe

hundred pening: was too much money,y,ana hie all the cle lients he ufed could not frandbi im twei nty fillings.

‘The Remedies were thus: Having brit well purged the Patient

with fome fit Pur ge (as of Fallap, Manna, Sena) to carry away watry Heaties, he gave him the following Broth. A moderate Broth was made of Mutton, Chickens, and

Capon, or Hen, but not Vieal; the Broth was not trong of the Meat, nor too we but fuch as the Patient might drink all the day; for he was to drink no other Liquor ; they made but about a pottle of Brothata time, for it would not keep: And for this aK

ee

quantity they took a Gallon of Water, into which

pees

tsees Gidea E Poie an [egy pen nae tH at oratory et

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which the Doctor put above a handful off;

A

Garlick, and Rofemary, Penyroyal, Thyme,,|\y;

Sweet-marjoram,Fennel-roots, Parfley-roots,, | mi

as alfo Currans, and a fufficient quantity off|, Salt. And after fome days taking the Broth, | they put into every draught of the Broth iy, (the Patient took) above a fpoonful ofthe: Pe, crude juice of Garlick, flamped and preffedi| out. But if you cannot bear always too}, drink this Broth, then ufethe following De~| cottion: Take Sar/aparilla 3xij. China-rootss} \,: 3

{ lan

ath

4 he

Sabine tT eeOTe Se eee Fs Tet

emia ws Baw de SOPs veh =

By. Saffafras 3iij. Cut all thele very finall,,|

rv]

. Bin 7&8

and pour upon them Spring-water, to three: it. fingers breadth above the Ingredients, andi},

let them infufe ever a foft fire the {pace off}

four hours; then throw away this Water, and ftamp the Ingredients in a Stone Mortar a —

‘i

it

with a wooden Peftle: Then pour upon them |

ten quarts of Fountain-water, and boy! it ini | 4 a Vellel clofe ftopped, till four quarts of it a 4 4

be confumed: OF this Decoétion let the Pa-

f

tient drink, without any other drink but the Garlick Broth.

Another Drink.

Ake all the aforefaid Ingredients, in the -&. fame manner prepared and ftamped: Then take a clean Veflel, and All it with

Beer, then put the Ingredientsin a bag, ana hang

ji)

vil |

ul)

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hatio it inthe Beer ; 4}. of the Ingredients is fufficient for a quatt of Beer. Either of thefé Drinks 1s only in cafe the Patient canfot beat the ufé of the Garlick Broth, which alone will difpatch the Cure much the fooner; and this courfe of the Garlick Broth is

for all ObftruCtions, and fuperfluity of Cold,

raw Humours, clogging the Brain, or any other part, as Well as for the Dropfic. To ftrengthen and fecure the Liver, ufe the fol-

towing Electuary.

‘Take of Powder of Turmerick a fafiicient quantity, make an

Electuary of it with Sugar, and to every Ounce of it add three drops of Oyl of An-

nifeed, made by diftillation ; and if you put

a little Amber-greafe to it, it will be the more ftrengthening. Take of this EleCtuary two or three times a day the quantity of a Hafle-nut; take not above 2}. in a day.

Befides this, to ftrengthen the Stomach, ufe the following Stomacher: ‘Take Wormwood, Marjoram, Rofemary, Rue, ava one

handful; Cloves, Cinamon, Mace, ava 3}. bruifée thefe Spices, and mix them with the

Herbs; of thefe make a Stomacher, and apply it: And you may likewife anoint your Stomach, and region of the Liver with Oyl

of Nutmegs and Oylof Rofes.

I heard Sir K. D. fay, that after twelve or thirteen days, the Patient begun to Pifs in

oveat

thy

oN

Ae

tetaieu

getdate ae

kin tye

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tinued thediet till he was perfectly Cured.

Another Experimented Remedy for the Drop: fie, where by feveral Perfous Cured, as I have been affured.

have beu): |

F Ake the Root of Heath, {crape off the

firft Bark, which throw away, then pee i

off the next rind, and fill a Glafs or a Bow a tle with 1t loofely, then fill it up with Whites wine, and let it ftand to infule over Night and the next Morning drink half a pint oni Wine; and fo continue until you arecp Cured.

S Another Excellent Remedy againft the Dropjie.

"Ty Al <e Spiritual Oyl of Salt, mix with it fo much flowers of Sulphur, that it become like Pap, which diftill in a Retort int} Sand, and you fhall have a Liquor as white as Milk, which is Excellent again{ft the Dropfie.

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nl The Copy of a Letter nn Abbot Boucaud ‘ : from Paris to Sir K. D. wherein he relates

in what manner he Cured himfelf of tbe

ei| Stone, and of @Quartan Ague.

STR,

i

not tell you that I have been Sick,

t

Cand that I am fo ftill) to Exeufe my

i.lf for having fo long deferred'an Anfwer |un

to your fit vw Letters, ¢c.

It 1s true*

jneverthelefs,. for I have laboured under divers Diftempers but aamong the reft, [ have

vadbeenill of theStone, and have had alQuar:

tan Ague: I believe you will not be forry

“V0 hear how I Cured my felf of both with-

jout the help of any Phyfician.

For the

‘YSton2¢ [ took twelve grains of the Salt made lof the Stones which were taken out of Men; il diffolved the faid Salt in a little water, and ithen I put all into a Glafs of sie cle land drank it off, and walked about my _IChamber near two hours at the end where:lof | lhada great need bis ake water, and I

Wwoided . (with violMbcaiola large Glafs full “lof Gravel, which was fo grofs, and fo rug-

|

d, that it caufed me to wid: ead a Pickol f da; the fame thing happened to me three |; mM nage and every time I voided Blood; which é e€ too ri

ide

io }? (e

that I fl fhould 1}have

ken lefs

tal ay

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of the faid Salt; yet I took it but once, b» I felt a great pain and heavinefs in my Rei}! and Kidneys. ‘The faid Stones were Calcd ned in a Potters Oven, and after they wee Caicined, I,extracted the Salt out of thez with diftilled Rain-water: The feces I Cza cined again, and extracted the Salt as beforrg which I repeated fo often, till the faid Stomd | yielded no more Salt. Note, That to malig ©

this Salt for a Man, you muft take the ftom¢ ‘taken out of Men, and fora Woman, thonf Si that are taken out of Women.

And thn

was the firft Cure performed. | As for the Quartan Ague, without havim§ « been Purged, or let Blood, atthe fourth iff ti I took a Glafs-full of the water of greect « Wall-nuts, which I had diftilled in their laaf t

Seafon: I took it as foon as I perceived ath} leaft fymptom of the Fits approaching’s; | wentito Bed, and caufed my felf to be weeb covered, and flept, and had.no Fir at aif

id fi ti }

that time, nor ever after.

The Water I diftilled thus: I took greee Wall-nuts and beat them in a ftone Mortaag 4} then ina Cucurbite in B. 4. I diftilled thi y;

water from them, which I cohobated twiid J, upon frefh Wall-nuts.

Then having Cash

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cined the three Marcs or Caput Mortuumit 1

I extracted the Salt out of the Athes; thf } Salt I put into the diftilled water. I chug c

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Sir, to work,

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the midit thereof lay a piece of Brick, upon which fe¢ an Earthen Poringer full of Sulphur grofly beaten; then put fair water into your Pan, but not fo much as to touch thefaid Poringer: ‘Then kindlethe Sulphur, and cover it witha Bell, fothatthe Belltouch

the water, and that the fumes may not come out, but may condenfe and run down into elie which afterwards muft be fepararee the water, ted in B. with a moderate heat. To fet the Sulphur on fire, you may put into it a {quare or round piece of Iron made red-hot in the fire.

Hartman.) In my Opinion, if the Bell ae Ts ara bat ee oa.

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touch the Water, and that it hath no hole at - the top, fo that the Sulphur have no Air, it will not burn 51 gudge the beft way to be thus:

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a hole at the top, which {hould not Wi t hee

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Water nor the Pan, but it fhould be fu{pendedl in [uch manner, Ade ‘there’ be fome diftance: between the brim of the Bell and the fides off} \, the Pan. |

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AM told by..one who hath done. it, that} when you go to Sublime’ Flowers. of|

Sulphur, if you give:very gentle and mo-- fim. derate fire, and: be very attentive; there willl || come over firft, before.any Flowers Sublime,, | a little very Volatile, but altogether infipid!},

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Water, which he faith, will diffelve ©: Iti}” is much more Volatile than any S.V Ai Glafs full of it will prefently vanifh away, iff J you hold the Glafs

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hand, by the warmth of it. | >.

Hartman. ) Ths Relation zs of Sir K. If you would fave this Water, you mutt: | have a Glafs head upon your laft Sublimings. “

pot, ora Lee wherein you Sublime your: }; Flowers

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‘| Flowers of Sulphur, and inftead of a Veffel without a bottom, as that for the Flowers

of Antitnony,

you muft have one with a

bottom, and without a hole on the fide

‘4

to put in-your Sulphur, and then two Aludels befides the faid Veflel, and the Glafshead will be fufficient for fubliming the 1 Flowers of Sulphur. iit) By means of the Glafs-head you fave alfo | the Vinegar of § in fubliming the Flowers, | which I have done feveral times; but I ufed | not above three Aludels one upon another, 1 befides the Glafs-head. ea =

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Ejffence of Sulphur for the ¥

| (An Excellent

Breaft, and for the Lungs.

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Ake Sulphur one part, brown Sugar: candy two parts; pulverize them, and

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| mix them well together, then put it into a “ Retort of fuch a bignefs,’ that two third | parts thereof may remain empty. ‘Ther i diftill in fand, giving very gentle fire at i firft; you will have a whitifh Liquor,which | | u keep for ufe. | Hartman.) The was given me by a Phy) |fician at Paris, who told me, that aCatarrb | falling upon bis Lungs, which obftrutted hes Lungs,caufing in him a great Fever, he Cured i, s

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or fourty drops of it in fome Broth. He teldl\i\ me allo,that it was of great effect in Afthma, ,| Phrhifick, old and imveterated Coughs, &c.

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An Excellent Elixir of Sulphur.

pace Juice of Licorife, Confection of!

Alkermes, Roots of Elecampane, anaz| 3vj. Alipta mofcata Siv. Myrrh, Saffron,,|

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mix them together, and add cecihed S. Von}

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fo much as to make it into a Pafte ; then putt}; it into a SuEgaR try Veflel, and pour upon it fo much Spirit of Sulphur, as may Covert} jj it the breadth of four fingers :Digeftitfourty; 7

Tea vpn Fishnet ~te ffs~ ated eno ase va ee tae

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days, then decant the TinGture, and pour upon the remaining Matter frefh S. V. to extraét another. Tincture.

Then mix thefei|

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tio Tinctures together, and keep them forth be a,

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This TinQure is a very great Pectoral, I, and a Precious Remedy in all affects of the a Breaft and Lungs. It is Excellent aga infty} }, Catarrhs, old aad inveterate Coughs, thee} }, Phthifick,Afthma? s31t cherifhes indecomforts I the Heart, and is good again{t fainting andl

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{wooning Fits, preferves tort Putre ae 5, |

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|pharmack ; and, as the Author faith, preferves le Health, prolongs Life, and keepsback gray ‘Hairs, by ftrengthening Natural heat..+ Ic is to be taken in fome Pectoral water or Syjtup; the Dofe is, fo much as renders the Vee

Whicle of a grateful acidity: Lac S$ulphures.

a |rp Ake of Sulphur in Powder on part, and of Quick-lime two parts, mix them,

a

iwi and put them into an Iron Pot, and pout thereon a good quantity of fair water, let | it boyl until three parts of the water be conever.

) fumed, and that the Liquor be as red as wt Blood by the diffolution of the Sulphur;

“then ftrain it whilft it is hot, and let the «fj Mtrained Liquor ftand to cool: ‘Then Preciaj pitate with Vinegar, then let it fettle, and

4 having poured off the clear, edulcorate the sony

(4) refidue ten or twelve times with warm wa} ter, the laft time with Rofe-water ; then dry es

it gently, and keep it for Ufe. [t isa true Remedy in all affects of the Breaft and Lungs; it is given with great fuc

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cefs to thofe that are troubled with Catarrhs, Rheum in the Head, Afthma,; Phthifick, Coughs, &e. It promotes expectoration ; 1

hinders the defluxion to the Joynts, it prevents and difperfes the windinefs of the Stro;

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the Spirit of Lignum Caffiz,or Cinnamon ; taking it twice a day, in the Morning fafting, and at Night.

.

You may make a very good Spirit of Lig--}) num Cafie thus, which is a much finer Spirit than that of Cinnamon, and much bet-- }4 ter for this ufe. Take Lignum Caffe Ziv..},. bruife it well, then pour upon it three quarts: |...

of Malaga Sack, ftop the Veffel clofe, and! }j,.

Jet it ftand to digeft for three or four days,, }) then diftill it ina Limbeck, or in a Glafsi}.

Cucurbite, diftilling it off all together, as: }y, long as it cometh with vigour, and you fhall i have about three pints and a half of very:

good Spirit: ‘Thus I make it. But if you };

will have it richer of the Wood, put this: |,

Liquor upon frefh Cafia, and digeft and\}-

diftili as before.

{trong as youdefire.

Repeat this till it be asi fis

You may if you pleafe: }y

feparate the runnings fo as to have fome of | fuch ftrength as you with,

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A great Diaphoretick

of Antimony.

fA Ake good Antimony Mineral in fubtil Bawder {5}. mix it‘with BG. of § Sub-

jlimate; put this mixture prefently ipto a |Retort, leave the Retort for fome time un-

; |flopped before you diftill it, forthen you (fheill have more Butter than f you, diftillit ‘ti prefently. hen diftill a Butter from it ac-

Ԥ cording to Artt, giving {trong fire at laft,fo i that the bottom of the Retort may be redthot ; part of it will come over in Butter, Stand parcwill Sublime in Cinaber , very hard;

‘}if you leave this Butter for fome time expoHfed tothe Air before you rectifie at, you fhall ithave more Liquor thanif yoou diftall i preently ; reétifie this Butter, then melt it a}gain, and pourit into a clean Retort, and 2D

pour upon it by litt le and little good Spiriit eb tof Mitre, continue pouring on the Spirit of i

an [Nitre until the Ebullition ceafeth :Then di-

MHftill ic with a gentle fire in Sand, giving iftrong fire at laft, fo that the Barkan of the (Retort may be redehot; then let it cool, break

ithe Retort, andtake out yout Matter, which twill be very fpungy, and of a yellowith co-

cg peg

| Hour ; pulverize and edulcorate it feveral itimes with warm water, then dry it gently ; tev erberate it for an eae between two C TU |

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Chymical Secrets. bles well luted together: Then grind it as gain to a fubtil Powder, which put into an Harthen Poringer, and pour upon it rectified S. VY. that will burn all away; fire it, and whilft it burneth, ftir it continually with

a filver fpoon ; the S.. being burned away,

the Powder will remain dry; grind this Powder again, and mix it with 3vij. of Antimony Diaphoretick that hath been Calcined three times with Nitre, grind them well together, and put them into a Retort, and pour upon them 411) (8. of good Spirit of Nitre; 25° put the Retort in Sand, and let it ftand thus;

four and twenty hours; then diftill with a gentle fire to drynefs: Break the Retort, and| take out the Matter, which grind and edul-: corate with Carduzs-ovater warmed, then: {pread it upon gray Paper, and let it dry of it feif: "I’hen grind it to an impalpable Powe der, which put into a Poringer, and pour’ upon it S.V, fo much as may cover it a fingers breadth; let it ftand thus for five or fix hours, then firethe S. 7. upon it, and ftir it continually with a filver fpoon whilft it burneth, then grind it again, and put it into a Viol, ftop it clofe, and keep it for Ufe.

The manner of ufing this Medicine is

thus:

Take fifteen grains of it for three

Mornings together, mixing with it fome Conferveg

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iConferves or Sweatmeats, and take it upon

ithe point of a Knife, then drink a GlafsHfull of the Sudorifick Deco€tion after it warm.

. Phen take twenty grains for three Mornings #more; then fifteen grains again for three » (Mornings more. Itis an Excellent Remedy _}to Cure the Gout, Dropfie, Palfie, the Ve-

jnereal Difeafe, the Evil, Leprofie; it puri-

iifieth the whole Mafs of Blood, and is.good yin all Scorbutick Diftempers.

Note, ‘That

jbefore. you ufe this Medicine, you mutt pre-

jpare the Body before with fome fit Purge,

‘taccording to the Conftitution of the Patient. | Thofe that are careful to preferve their Health, and to keep it in good ftate, may

|

" |take this Powder in the Spring, at the fal-

“dling of the Leaf, having firft Purged once lor twice; then take the Powder with the Su|dorifick Deco¢tion for Nine days together, las was faid, mixing the Powder witha dram

N\ of Confection of Alkermes.

It powerfully

") efifteth all Corruption, dryeth up all fuper) fuous moifture in the Body, and 1s a true “'y| concretive of Blood. || }

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The Sudorifich Decoétioy,

T Ake Lignum Guaiacum Siv. Salfaparilla, Saffafras, ana 2}, infufe them in threes} ¢! quarts of Fountain-water for twenty fourc}d! hours; then let it boyl gently for threes} yi hours.

A mofe Excellent Medicine againft all forts of Agues and Fevers, &c.

Ake of the Starr’d Martial Regulus off} Antimony fbj. Mercury Precipitate tbj(8.

pulverize and mix them well together, the put them in a Retort, and diftill in Sand ass bis

you do Butter of &; then rectifie this Oyll fi

or Butter once or twice, calling away the:f Feces: Then put it into a new Retort, and pour upon it Spirit of Metheglin; diftill and! cohobate four or five times to make the Oyl!

{weet, then pour S.V. upon it, and abftra&

it to the confiftence of an Oyl.

This w a:

Precious Remedy for the Cure of many Dif-

cafes: It a of great Power and Efficacy to

Cure all forts of Agues, Quotidians, Tertians, and chiefly Quartans. It Operates by a gentle Vomit in fome Perfons, and in others it gently Purges without Viomiting, and in fome

f gently Operates both ways: It hath vertue

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| to eradicate totally both Root and Seed of the | Diffemper.

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The Dofe w from fix to twelve —

\drops, im fome fit Vehicle. | Note, That having feparated the Spirit iis} Of Metheglin, if you acuate it with Spiric or of Vitriol, itisa great Diaphoretick, tar beii) yond all others.

Dofe is trom half to one

| whole fooonful in fome fit Vehicle.

A Precious Oy! of Antimony.

/my'Ake Antimony Calcined, as for making

ce stot a ateste

the Glafs of %, bij. Zxij. Sugar Thy. i #0) Mix them well together, and put them ina

in) Retort: Diftill in fand, firft, will come a s| flegm, and afterwards a pure dark-red Oyl,

which keep for Ufe. This is an admirable Remedy againft the Stone and Gravel, the Dropfie, Epilepfie, Afthma, Quartan Agues, and all forts of Fevers, the Plague, and all Malignant Fevers, and Epidemical Diftempers, and Leprofie; and being outwardly applyed, it cureth, healeth, and dryeth up all inveterate

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Wounds and Ulcers. The Dofe is four drops

jn Wine twice a day.

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Ake Lees of Wine,

which you may? }p,

have of the Wine-Coopers when they’ }p

have prefled them out, break them into) bie

{mall pieces, let them dry, then burn then, fa

to Afhes : T'ake of thefe Afhes, of Quicke- | lime, and Nitre, aa; make a Lixivinm| thereof with warm water, then filter it: .

Then take Cinaber of Antimony, which is; },

found in the neck of the Retort when one: mm maketh the Butter of Antimony; pulverize: fi, ut, and boyl it in the afore-faid Lixivinna | for the {pace of four hours; pour off the

Lixivium from the Quick-filver into another: Veflel, which lean on the fide, that the red

Sulphur may fettle; then edulcorate it with hot water, and dry it gently; fo have you the true Sulphur of Antimony. 'T'ake of

this Sulphur, and of Regulus of Antimony,

ana 5}. Oyl of Sulphur per Campanam, or . rectified Oyl of Vitriol Ziij. Mix all well

together, and put it into a {mall Retort, di-

gelt it in Horfe-dung, or if you will, in {ome other gentle heat for eight or ten days.

Then

diftill it, and cohobate the diftilled

Liquor upon the mark three or four times then increafé the fire to the highett degree, which

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lwhich continue for twelve hours, to force “ball over, and the Matter will be fixt; then tbreak the Retort, and take out the Matter,

and edulcorate it with

Iwhich pulverize,

i /Rofe-water; then dry it gentiy upon a gray

“Paper, then reverberate it for four or five

‘Nhours.

Then take 3}. of this Powder, and

kof Salt of red Coral ij. grind them weil Ui together to a very fubtil Powder. im) "This is an Univerfal Medicine to Purifie “tthe whole Mafs of Blood, and to root out i'M] fuch Diftempers ‘as proceed from the coril) ruption thereof, and are Curable by {weat.

“It Cureth all ftubborn, Malign, and Chro-

|nick Difeafes: It Cureth the Venereal Dif

| eafe, the moft inveterate; the Leprofie, the

d| Evil, the Scurvy, the Plague, and ail Episil] demical Difeafes. ‘The Dofe 1s from ten ta | thirty grains. | The Order of ufing this Medicine is thus: at] Firft, Purge the Patient once or twice with ) |fit Purges, then reft three days, then Purge

w%| agai;

then begin with ten grains of the

el] Powder, which continue for three times,mix | the Powder with fome fit Conferve, and

give it upon the point of a Knife, in the

Morning in his Bed, drinking a Glafs-full

of aSudorifick decoction after it, made hot; let him keep his Bed for an hour or two,then let him be rubbed with warm Clothes, and

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the fweat being quite over, let him rife, ancd)

eat of good wholefom Food, forbearing too} eat of Salt Meats,» Salt-fifh, Saller, Milk: Butter, or ‘Cheefe, or raw Fruit. Thempi” for three Mornings more give him twentyy}* grains, and then thirty grains for threec}™" Mornings more ;then come again to twentyy |”

grains for three Mornings more.

4 great Febri uUge.

"T Ake Mineral Antimony very clean, that

~

hath never been melted, vj. and as

much Salt-petre, pulverize them finely, and| |

mix them well together; then put them into: |

a {trong Crucible, which cover with another Crucible that hath a little hole in the bottom as big asia Pea: Then put this Crucible into your Furnace, and let the fire kindle of it felf, whtich increafe by degrees, the Matter will fulminate; when you fee that no more

{moak cometh out of the little hole of the Crucible, take it out of the fire, and take out the Matter that remained in the Crucible, which pulverize very finely. Then take

three Ducats of Gold, and fix times as much

in weight of the afore-faid Powder; melt the Powder firft ina Crucible, ‘then put into it one of the Ducats, firring it until it be

melted, then put in another Ducat; and fo

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424 Acontinue until you have put inall your Du\cats one after another: When all is melted ifand well incorporated, let it ftand in good

\ffution for half an hour, then take it out, and i ilet it cool: Then naa the Crucible, and take out the Matter,which pulverize fubtily,

| qfend mix it with equal weight of & Sublimate, jalfo in fine Powder; putthem into a re is ill luted, put it into2 a Furnace, and fita )Recipient to it full of Water, i that the inofe of the Retort may enter intothe water; jleave the janCtures unluted: Givea gentle

Mee firft, which augment by degrees; part | lof the Matter will diftill into the W ater, but ‘the greateft part thereof will ftick to the

}neck of the Retort, which you may draw jout with an Iron oak into a bafon full of VWater: When Ae fee that nothing more

: eth over by the laft degree of fre, letit (cool; then break the Retort, and take out tall ihe Matter that is Su biked about the

ineck of thepie R and put it intothe Wa| iter in the Recipien as alfo that in the Bafon ; let the Water ‘Gand to fet a6 e, then de-

‘Iccant it, andkeepit.

It 1s Excellent to Cure

lall forts of old and inveterate Ulcers, Oc.

“'VPour frefh hot water upon the refidue, and |having fhaken it well together, let it fettle;

“qthen decant, and puton more Water. Reipeat thefe folutions feven or eight times; |

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then feparate the 8 fromit with a Quill, aricd

put the Powder into frefh hot-water ; let iuth di -ftand thus until the next day, then repeant the Edulcorations as before; which continued

for fix days, then edulcorate the laft timee}]: with cold Water; then dry the faid Powderr”! and keep it for ules ‘The Dofe is one or tweop!wi grains for Children; and fot Perfons off! riper Years, from four to fix or feven, acepfi

cording to their ftrength and Conftitution,,} iw, putting the Powder over-night to infufe inajenn two or three Ounces of White-wine; thee}piid next Morning {train the Wine, and let theepin

Patient drink it, and half an hour after hee} {dl may drink fome warm

Broth or Poffer: feb)!

may alfo be given in fubftance. It Operategspitu by a gentle Vomit, and by Stools. It hathbifally been Experimented, and found very ftces}ml, cefsful and effectual in the Cure of all Inter-s}t: mittent Fevers, and inthe Gout, as alfo inn}l

the Venereal Difeafe: Out of the Capusihiys Mortuum you may reduce the greateft parti of the Gold.

|

Thisisa Mercurius Vite of a fingular pres paration; it is not white like the commong,| but of a brownifh gray colour. It appears by this to have fome of the % in it, that whertt}y), you rub Gold or Copper with the Powder, itt} will make it white, which common Mercu#444ai\, | tius vitae wil) not do.

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Another great Febrifuge, which x {aid to wil) Se Riverius bes Febrifuge. i [Ake ©, diffolve it in 4.R. and Glas of 77> Antimony, diflolved in A. F. ana ZG. rit wafhed and purified ij. diffolve it in_AF. » Then mix the three diflolutions together,and

(put them into a Cucurbite, and diftill in jt'Sand, and cohobate the diftilled Liquor

ieleven times upon the remaining Matter , which are twelve diftillations; then pour upon the remaining Matter reftified S. V7 «\@Cohobate and abftract it fix times from the ) Matter; then take it out and grind it, and @that it may be the better fixed, Calcine it in ‘ja Crucible in a Circulary fire, until it be almoft glowing-hot. The Dofé of this Powwader is gr. vj. with gr. xij. of Scammony + , @Lec the Patient take it in the Morning, the -day before the Fir. ; Another Febrifuge.

[Ake

Cinaber of Antimony 3}. common

Salt decrepitated 3.

,aand mix them together;

pulverize them,

put them into a

WGlafs Cucurbite, and pour upon them Oyl

pF Sulphur Zi}. digeft it for two days in a moderate heat in Athes; then augment He fire

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duce it into Powder, which mix with 2Ziif. of Flowers of Sulphur ;put this into an earthen Poringer, which put upon burning» coals§ let it kindle, and ftir it continually with aa Tron Spatula; until all the Flowers of Sulphur be burned away: ‘Then pour upon the remaining Matter fo much S. /. as may cover it the breadth of two fingers, then burn way the S. V. then reduce it to Powder,and keep it for Ufe This Powder is much reconimended to Cure allfortsof Agues and Inter mituing FFevers, giving it halt an hour before theFit,

from ten to fifteen or twentygrains, in fome Syrup or Cordial-water, taking fome Broth two hours after it ; but the Patient fhould be

Purged firft, and let Blood before the ufe of this Powder; and if the firft and fecond dofe do not carry away the Fit, it muft be repeated a third time.

Another Febrifuge, which a thought to be Bivinstus 1 true Febrifuge. a |eee of Mercury

dulcs twelve times

Sublimed 23(3.. Adercurius

vite core

rected as foll oweth, 2(3. mix them together, ‘The correction of Mercurius vite is thus: Take

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| Takeof % wit, putit into a {mall Cucur‘| bite, fet it in Sand in a moderate heat, let it ii} ftand until it begin to grow red; then pour itt) upon it rectified Spirit of Wine, which ab-

iw,} ftraét, and. pour on frefh S.V. Repeat this iil] three time’, and you fhall have a 9 wite ‘| ue] ii} wii!

which will not Operate upwards, but only downwards. This % vita isto be ufed for delicate Perfons, but for ftrong and robuft Perfons you may ufe the Common §

wd ete, : ! | This Powder finding the Humours difit} pofed, will Operate both upwards and downet wards if you employ the Common § vita; i but if you employ the Corrected, as-was ne ('faid, it will Operate only downwards. And

has this Febrifuge contains in it a reafonable ‘wl Dofe of § vita, the 3 dulcw thus prepared,

working for his part upon the bad Humours, d¢and ferving alfo for a Corrective to the & \kwite, one ought to expect good effects of hat.

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came to my hand.

A Certain and Experimented Remedyto Curee\ | the Convulfion Fits in little Childress ass}:

alfo for the Epilepfie, the Cholick, “and forr)

the Spleen, &c.!

"'

Ake Verdigreafé,

5.

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and diftifl%a:Spiret],

thereof, which rectifie once by it felf; |

and‘it will leave’ fome feces and’ Metallines} terreftreity behind? ‘Then take one'part off}; this Spirit, and three ‘parts of ‘fair water, put | it upon Lithargy finely fearfed,’as much ass}, it will diffolve : Deflegm “it in Balveo, andi}, then diftill it in Sand, and there will comes}; ‘ over a pure and powerful Spirit without Acri--} mony; it will tafte'a little fweetifh, ‘asin thes} *

makmg of SacharumSaturni.

ye fie a

,

Itis Excellent for the’Convulfion of little}, Children, being' given im fome fit Vehicle,,}) a ‘drop or two for Sucking Infants: but too} Men you may give ten or twenty drops.

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Sigillum Hermetis, Or, a great and Experi"| mented. Medicine, which hath done great “|.

5

Effects inthe Cure of all farts of Agues and Fevers, Jt was given to Sir Kenelm

Digby by an able Phyfician, who had done

Wonderful Cures with it.

| pela ) 3vj. diffolve it in the beft A. F.

“al

youcan get; ufingno moreA. F. than |is neceflary for the’ Solution (which will be | about 2). zc. two partstoone) when you /| fee that it isall perfectly diffolved (without

ha ;

fire) caft into the Matraf3 an aad, made

mn ¢after the ordinary manner of Gold{miths) uy

| of 3j. of pure @, and Zij. of &; you will ‘| prefently fee a pelages conturbationis made:

"ll Tet the Matrafs ftand ftill upon a Table, or )in fome corner, till you find the Matter at | that pafs as you defire: you will fee many

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beautiful colours appear. After fourty days | iit} ftanding, you will fee a kind of roughnefs iit*| appear upon the fuperficies of the 9, which i wall daily grow and fprout out more. In | twenty days more (fixty in all) it will be i} fhot out into little {pears or needles and twigs.

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its! When you fee that it groweth or fhooteth

(0) out no more, pour off all the Liquor, and the Mercurial Matter will foon dry of it felf. | ‘Then with fome little pieces of Glafs oe i

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229 off thefe Excrefcencies or Needles from the Mafs, ( whereof you may have about 3}. ort | more) and grind them ta Powder, whichi } will be very white.

Of this Powder give twenty four grains,, or more (according to the Complexion ) imJt a Cherry, or yolk of an Egg, in the Morn-ing very early, or at Night going to Bed,orc} «; rather after the firft fleep at three or four im the Morning, and in this laft cafe fleep afterr} , it. Itis feven or eight hours before it ufethn} ; to work.

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Sometimes the firft Dofe will not work att}

all,otherwife than by ftrengthening, and them the Author giveth a fecond Dofe two or threee} ,,

days after, which will work either by Stoobl y or Vomit, or Sweat, as Nature fhall require,,}),

and in due proportion.

It Cureth Quartans and other Agues, ancl};

worketh admirably in all defperate Difeafess, He ufeth to take it once a Month himfelft}, When there is no peccant Humour in thee}), Body, it worketh not by evacuation, buucf; ftrengtheneth. .The % inclofeth and fhut:-},

teth up the Metals, like a Rofe of Ferichos}), from whence he calleth it Szgilum Hermetzai})

The part of the Needles next the Mata}, ° worketh rougher than the ends. Outof thee},

Mafs you may draw moft of the Gold andi},

Silver, with lofs of about an eighth part a tnec

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| the firft, and lefS proportion of the laft. “| He thinks this to be a Philofophical %, and !) to be ufeful in the great Work.

A Mercurial Liquor with Jupiter.

Ake thy. of Fupiter, melt it in a Crucible, then pour into it tbj. of % re| 4) vived from Cinaber, and made hot, make | an aaa of it, which wafh with warm water, i wherein you have diffolved a little Salt ;wath

*M) x¢ fo often, till you have wathed away all the | Blacknefs of it, and the 44 will be as white

i as f{tiow: Then dry it, and grind it in a itit) Marble or Stone Mortar with tb1j. of Cor-

it} rofive Sublimate; then fpread it upona large

ww dif of Glafs, which fet fhelving in a CeltWlar, putting fomething under it to receive

the Liquor that will run from it, you will i find at laft the Salts refolved intoa Liquor,

fin which will be alfothe 9, which will be reili vived; feparate the Liquor from the $, and

lt keep the § for another ufe: Put the Liquor itinto a Cucurbite, and evaporate the fuperilo fluous moifture of it in B. M. with a gentle iilitheat: ‘Then digeft it for fifteen days morein wikthe fame B. with a very gentle heat; then it pour this Liquor intoa Retort, which putin jifSand, and fit a Recipient to it; then diftill \witby graduated fire, giving ftrong fire at Jatt i

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This Liquor is much efteemed to Cure

the Cancer, Wolf, Fiftulaes, and all forts

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of old, inveterate, Malign, and gnawing Ulcers, being applyed outwardly.

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Monfieur C. his Lunary Emetick and Fez brifuge, &c.

fl

flolve » in.A.F.

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then Precipitate it }

with Spirit of Salt, then dry the

fy;

Calx.

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Take of this'Calx, and of &, aga, diftill. | j. it as a Butter of &, you fhall have a Butter white and tranfparent, which will diffolve ©. If you will make an Emetick of this Butter, Precipitate one part of it with fair water, then edulcorate with Blood-warm || water, and you will have an Emetick Re- || medy, which will Purge. ir Cures all forts of Aguesand Fevers, and

1s a Catholicum for ill Humours.. The Dofe | is lromone grain to three, in fome fit thing | in the Morning fafting. It muft be given | with great Caution.

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To. makea:moft Excellent. Sudorifick.. of. the aforefatd Butter,that wik Curethe Leprofie, and the Venereal Difeafe, proceed thus.: Ake the other part of this Butter, and put it.imto a Retort, and, pour upon it. Spirit.of Nitce ;,duftill and.cohobate three

| or four. times; then edulcorate it. with fair water, and dry it; then burn Spirit of Wine wt} upon at, and you fhallhave.a Sudorifick, #4 which willdo admirable effets, taking from eight grains to fixteen, in'the Morning in Bed ; drink fome fit decoction after it: And after the Sweating, the Patient mutt be rubbed with warm Clothes all over his whole ‘ul Body, obferving a reafonable Diet,

apd

ufing fome fit Purge before, An Oyl of ©, wherewith Monfiew Beheur, a Famous Chirurgeon at Paris, Cured Cancers; all old Ulcers, Cankers, and Venereat Sores, KG.

‘Ake Spirit of Salt two parts, Spiritof Nitre one part; inthis diflolve as much

© as it will diffolve: Diltill,off very genily

the Liquor in B. 14. until the ©.remawy in

a Cryftalline Guny or Sale;. then let at refolye to, Liquor in the-Air by tfelfs "Then | diftall QA

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Giftill again, and refolve. Repeat this till!

4t congeal no more in the Cucurbite, but re--|! main a deep-red Liquor, like an Oyl. The: manner of ufing this Oyl is thus: Dip aa}!

Straw or a Feather in it, and touch all roundi | about the borders of the Sore with it.

With this he Cured a very Malignant fil:

: leo Ulcer ina Leg (that had been there Shove: i LORE three Years)in the {pace of ten days; andi f tin alfo a Cancer ina Womans Cheek in fifteen

days {pace, that other Chirurgeons (with-. out hope of Cure) had given over. Withi this he alfo Cured a Woman (that had feven-teen Cankers in her private parts, that hadi been fo fome Years, and without hope oft }Su

Cure) in fifteen days.

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Doétor Havervelt his Remedy, wherewith he: | Cured the Evil or Scrofulaes, Cancers, and! } Old Ulcers. | *y

Ake Dantzick Vitriol,

Calcine it till igs 4

be yellow, then grind it with Salt or} ts Salt-petre, the ordinary proportion: With: } hy this Sublime 3, which Sublime once again by it felf; then take only the Cryftalline part of it, whereof take 3}. grind it to a fubtil Powder in a Glaf$ Mortar, with a Glafs Peftle;. put this Powder into a large Glafs-bottle, and pour upon it a quart of | en Fountain-

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wi(Fountain-water, ftop the Bottle clofe, and inlet ic ftand thus for fome days, fhaking it lihoften : Then being well fettled and ffood

ihywithout fhaking at leaft twenty tour hours, ‘ftpour off the clear, and filter it. Then take tone fpoonful of this Liquor, which put into nitva Vial, and pour into it two f{poonfuls of ‘welfair Fountain-water: Shake the Vial well, withen pour it out into a Glafs, and let the

iafPatient drink it in the Morning fafting; let

vikthim keep himfelf very warm, and ftir and J walk as much as he can; butlet him neither brent Cat nor drink till two hours after the Medi-

It will Operate by wiheine hath Operated. wit Stools, and by a gentle Vomit. The next |Morning, if the Patient find himfelf ftrong enough, let him take the faid Medicine ji} again, if not, he may reft a day or two bealt Ween. | With this Remedy the Author above+mentioned Cured all forts of Scrofula’s, whe: ; ther openor fhut; the Cancet or Wolf, whe-

id ther in the Breaft, or any other part of the “| Body; as alfo all forts of Puftula’s and Old | it Ulcers and Wounds.

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The faid Dottor Communicated thi Re“| f | medy to Sir KD.

Another

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NAIR Kenelm relates, that Dr. Farrar atc}

fured him, he. had perfectly. Cured 22 | moft contumacious,: foul, inveterate Evill} (feveral times touched by the King, andi} wrought upon by the beft Chirurgeons, andi be given over as defperate) by the following: } means : | | Take Garden-Snails, .that have white orr} gray. Houfes upon them, beat, them in a p Mortar with a little Parfley, into the con-. ‘ fiftence of .a.Plaifter, which apply to. the: B= Sore or Sores, and change it every twenty; Fe four hours.

This is alfo good to take away the raging’ | pain of the Gout.

A moft Excellent Phyfical Salt, .as: it wash prepared in Sir Kenelm’s Laboratory. :

7 Ake Nitre, Sulphur, ana tpj..Camphire: | Zij. mingle them weli together, and caft

them by little and little into an earthen Cu-

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curbite.red-hote,

which fhut clofe imme-

diately with a jult flopper of Brick that clofeth it firmly; the Cucurbite muf have

two.arms, unto which are faftened two Bal-

lons of Glafs (as you fee by the Sas laeore the

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239 ithe next page) each Ballon containing about two quarts of. Spirit of Urine (to the quantity of Ingredients here named) which battracts untoit the Spirits, which will afcend

band pafs’ by the two Arms’ on each fide: (When.all is cold, take out the fxt Matter that remaineth in‘the Cucurbite, and grind it fall, and diffolve it in fimple ouue of jUrine, ahidbeing filtred and congealed, difIfolve it in the Acid Spirit of Urine chat was jin the Ballons, and hath the Spirit of Sul|phur, Nitre, and Camphire in it: Diftiland jcohobate this Cina Glafs Cucurbite) tll the | Sale have retained in it all the Spirits that |were in the Urine. “This Salt will be very

| grateful, and not tafte or fmell avall of the

: Camphire, nor is Saturnine, ot Anti-vene-

) veal inits effect. —It is very efficacious in all | Fevers, either fimple or Malignant any ways, |or Spotted : In the Small-Pox or Meatfles, in.

la tthe Proerefs of them,’ from before their

coming out, till the end; fe

and preferveth

|iteHeart from hot and putrid Vapours and

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The beft way to make the Spirit of Urine s*”

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thus:

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[= T the Urine fland eight or ten dayss|IAip in which time it will putrifie and fers! : ment; then diftill very gently, and thaty

rit

which cometh firft is the Spirit.

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you will know by tafting a drop) then ceafe:| ae

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forallthat is good is come over. “Thus you =“ fhall have near half your quantity of Urinee| i in good Spirit, |

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beft 4. F. pour upon the Solution a quart of fair water, in which is diffolved two handfuls of Salt, and then filtred; this will Precipitate the 3 to the bottom in a white |Mit Calx.

When it is well fettled, pour off the |

clear water, which keep for Ufe. Pour the | remaining milky thick fubftance upon tj. | of Hogs-greafe melted in an earthen Pot; |

the greafe muft be very hot when you pour | in the diffolved 5; but take the Pot from | the

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Nh the fire:when you pour the § to it, and ftir jit well all the while you ate pouring it in; jand when it is all in, fet the Pot upon the .j{ fire again to boil the greafe, till all the moivid fture-of the Mercursal Subftance and Solu‘4 tion is evaporated away, but be fure you flir iJ it all the while, as alfo after youtake it from vai the fire (which you muft do as foon as the

_.¢{ moifture 4s.gone) till the greafe is cold and

valHardened. i... Thewway of ufing this Oyntment and Wa}ter, toCure all forts of Tetters, Herps, or |any Scabby Itches, or Inflamed red Faces or | Nofes, is thus:

Firft, if the Evil be very great, Purge and

'} let Blood ftrongly ;then begin with the Wa|ter, rub the Tetters, and all about it with | Linnen dipped in the Water made as hot as | you can endure it ; and when you have rub* | bed and bathed it well, .lay upon it Com"| preffes wetted in the water. Do thus twice a “| day for two or three days, or. more, till you c

y ja

| fee it hath drawn out the Salt Humour abuitte

*"| dantly, andthat the part is much inflamed, “| and very fore, and hath little holes or Ulcers

i) eaten in it. Prefently after the firft wath “| Gng it will grow very fore and Inflamed; “\) therefore you muft not afterwards rub it fo ) hard as at firft, but very gently. Some 1 Sores will require that you ufe the Water five | of

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we yh Ry Labs

or threé days.’ “When’ you judge'that thes }) Water hath drawn’ out fufficiently’ thé vio=- |™! lent Matter, then anoint with the ereafe as; )“

hot.'as ‘you-can endure ‘it, and lay oh it a: Plaifter of the fame Oyritment; binding it: }\"

Hi

on. |This Oyntment'will prefently affwage:

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the pain,’ arid take'away the Inflammiation.

Drefs it with it twice or thrice'a day. Much:

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Matter will run from the Sore, as from an) | Mi

ot |

Ulcer; ‘and by little and little it will ‘heal up: } Andthat which is wonderful-is, thatAvhereag || 4

one-would think that {uch deep holes’as the pia Water will have eaten, fhould have {cars; |

there will not appear the leaft mark‘of them, |"

but a fine new tender Natural skin'willcome

over it all.

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wherewith Wonderful

‘Cures have been performed to my know ledge.

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"T Ake Bezoar Mineral well prepared; and Antimony Diaphoretick alfo well pre-

pared, ana %j. grind them together toa fub:

til Powder,

and‘ put them into a fmull Re-

tort; and pour upon theni Ziv. of good Spe vitOFNitre; diftillin Sand witha moderate hr€'to drynefS, \thén’ cohobate and diftil! twice, which are three. diftillations in all with the

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| the Spirit of Nitre upon the Matter. Then .) pour frefh Spirit of Nitre upon it, and diunit {ill and cohobate as before. Repeat this a 4.8 third:'time ‘with frefh Spirit of Nitre, the I fame, quantity as before, which are nine di-

illHtillations (in all) with Zxij. of Spirit cf 2 | Nitre? Then break ‘the Retort, and take “|out the Matter, which grind to Powder, ij.and edulcoratei it well with warm Carduis| water 5then dry it gently, and put it into ia Potitiger, and burn rectified S. V2 upon } it, flirting it all the while the S.”. burns ‘h| eth, witha Silver fpoon; untill the S.7. be

Pv | burned all away, ‘and the Powder remain inf Gry.” "hen pour frefh S./. upon it, and | fire st ds before: Repeat this a third time, “4 then’ grind the Powder, and keep it‘in a | Vial clofe ftopped.

"Fhis Powder Cureth the Venereal Difeafe |the mioft inveterate, with all its Symptoms

"| and atrendencies without exception, and re-

| floreth foft ftrength and vigour, as Experi44 ence teftifieth,.. It Cureth all Rheumatifms, "| the Leprofie, all interior and exterior Ulcers; | it purihiech the whole Mats of Blood, and |

wonderfully fortifieth Nature, ce.

“The way of fing this Powder to Cure | the above-mentioned Hieares is thus: | Kiel, Purge with fome fit-gentle Purga-

WT tive Potion; ‘then, if the Difeafe requireth,

you

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you may let Blood the next day, then two) days after that repeat the Purge, and two

days after you may begin with the Powder ;:

taking gr. viij. of it. for five Mornings to-- |

gether, the Powder being mixt with a little:

Conferve of Rofes, let the Patient take itt}.

upon the point of a Knife in the Morning: }|

in his Bed, and drink after it immediately a: Glafs-full of the following Deco¢tion as hot: |

as hecan drink it; let him keep his Bed, and! | he will be in a gentle breathing Sweat for ani | hour; which being paft, let him be rubbed| }| with warm Clothes, his Legs, Thighs,Arms, ,} ; Shoulders, and the Back ; then let him keep) } ;

his Bed for an hour longer, to fee if he will! }; {weat any more: The {weat being quite over, he may rife, and go about his bufinef,

as at other times.

After thofe five days the: } ;

Dofe of the Powder muft be increafed, taking twelve grains of it for other fve Mornings; and then you muft come again to,},

eight grains for five Mornings more. When | , you begin with the twelve grains after the | ; firft five Dofes, you muft.drink a little more

of the Sudorifick Decoétion than before, and taking the Powder then in a little Confection of Alkermes. You may alfo increafé

the Dofe of the Powder by degrees (as Six

K.D. obferves) taking (for example) gr.x. the fixth day, and gr. xij. the other three day$

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and fo come again to gr. viij. the eleventh

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day. One may take gr.xx. of it at one time without inconveniency.

The firft Purge the Author giveth, is a Decoction of C Succor y and Tamarinds, with infufion of two Drams of Sewa, and being ftrained , diffolveth-in it 3}. of Syrup of Peach-flowers.

“The Second is the fame, adding only of Confe&ion of Hamech; ot of Confection of Citron; or you may ipéteafe a little thé Dofe of Sena; and of thé Syiup, if one is not willing to take any thing where there

18 Scammony in. "The Sudorifick Decoction vil] the Author maketh ufe of with this Powder, |

qu) 36 thus:

Take Sarfaparilla 21}. China-root 3}. Saf| ait] fafras 23. Santal Citrine 3. and a little iv) Licorife if you will, and a littl Cinnamon Mie for to aromatife it; let all be infufed with j0{ three quarts of water for twelve hours in (iw? warm Sand; then let it boy! boy! gently until a i third part is confumed, then ftrain it.

Note, That if you put a little Salt of jg Tartar into the water when you put the InSwit @redients in, it will extract the Vertue and wht Tinétute out of them much the better; as talfo in making any Purgative Deco¢tion, if gutyou infufe them over-night witha little Sale uit Tartar put in the water, and then boyling |

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; only two or three walms the next’ Morning, it will be much more effectual,

Lapis ignis, for the renovation of Mankind, by the three Principles of Nature, Salt, Sulphur, and Mercury.

"P Ake & Mineral, pulverize it, and Cal-

“cine it in a clofe Reverberatory, with {ufficient, but moderate heat, fo thatit mele not, intwenty four hours it will be Calcined, and willbeagray Powder.

‘Take ofthis &

Calcined, and of raw § Mineral, ana 6}. melt them together in a Crucible ; when they are well melted and incorporated, pour it out into a Copper or Brafs Kettle, and it will be Glafs of &, which needeth not to be

clear.

It you did not add the § Mineral,

the Caicined § would not melt. Pulverize this Glafs, and grind it upona Marble ftone tilit be an impalpable Powder, which put into.a Vial, and pour upon it diftilled Vinegar alcalifed with its fixt Salt, digeftin Sand;

when you fee the diftilled Vinegar coloured of a Golden colour, decant the clear, and put frefh diftilled Vinegar upon the Glafs,

and digeft as before.

Repeat this till yout

have extracted all the ‘Tincture out of the Glafs: Then filter the Tincted diftilled Vinegar, and put it intoa Retort; diftill with a gentle

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a gentle fire in Sand until you fee there remain a Liquor like a deep-red Oyl in the botrom of the Retort, and that you fee fome dropsappear in the neck of the Retort,which

) as a fign that all the diftilled Vinegar is come

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upon this Oyl ‘Yartarifed S. V-

) digeit and circulate for three or four days, or | more: Then draw off the S. gently in B: ) and as foon as you fee any red drops appear, 7 change the Recipient, putting en another ; »}) then diftill over all theremaining red Oy! te aoe

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drynefs. “This Oyl will be very red, ai very precious, anid is the true Oyl and Sulphur of Antimon Ys which is aworiderful Medicine againftthe Plague, and all Difeafes.

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To make the Salt of Antimony.

@NAlcine $ ina Glafs Oven; or in a Ret. verberatory, until it be perfectly white; without arty addition; then fprinkle it with fprinkle and § Dew, and dry it in the Sun;

dry it feven or eight times, then grind it to Powder: "Fake of this Powder three parts, and one of Powder of Charéoal; mix them together, and put them into a Crucible, which fet ina Wind-furnace, and give re

by degrees,at lait ftrong fire to make all melt

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falltothe bottom; break the Crucible being cold, and feparate the Salt, which you will find between the Regulws and the Scories.

So foon as you perceive-that the Matter is melted, you muft be quick in making the Regulus, and take the Crucible out as foon as you can, for fear the Salt fhould evaporate in the fire.

To make the % of & for thes Work.

Alcine % in a clofe Reverberatory until it be gray, then Sublime it in an Earthen Veflel; grind again what is Sublimed, and Sublime it as before.

Repeat

this Operation three times, or until you fee the 6 Sublimed hard and ponderous, where-

in isinclofed all the % of &.

Compofition of the faid Salt, Sulphur, and Mercury.

Ake of the faid Salt 27. diffolve it in as much of the Oylas will diffolve it, and as much as the faid Salt will imbibe, fo that it be like an Oyntment or Pafte; digeft i fimo equino for ten days: ‘Then take it out, and add 2) (8. of the faid % of 8; and being well mixt and incorporated together, put it

to digeft as before, untilit be converted into a red

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|| Powder w thus: _|. dake gr. iv. of this Powder ina little Ca| nary Sack in the Morning fafting in your | Bed, it will caule a gentle breathing fweat | for three days together, during which time | you muft keep your Bed; your Chamber | muft be very warm and clofe, you may eat }and drink moderately of good wholfome | Food. ‘The three days being paft, you may rife, and wall about your Chamber, taking i good nourifhing Food, abftaining from all

_} Labours in Body and Mind; and. thus you -, (will renew Hair and Skin, and will be ftrong ‘pand vigorous.

It will not be needful to ufe this Remed y “Vbut once in fourty Years; but you may ufe of apps es iyae 5 Li 4 | ithe faid Oyl, taking three drops of it: ina

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(Prefervation of your Health.

Thu Oy! may

‘\be given in all Dif-empers with great fuccefs,

This ws from Abbot Boucaud.

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tabile, which fhe much efteemeth, i PrtAke Calx of ©, and Regulus of &, ana

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armoniack, ana%j. Mix all well together, and put them into a large Retort, and diftill in Sand with a graduate fire for fix hours ; let the bottom of the Retort be red-hot at laft for half an hour. You fhall have an Aureal Liquor, whereof two or three drops taken m a little Canary,

or other conve-

nient Liquor, isa great Cordial and Refto-

rative.

Hartman.)

The faid Marchionefs told meat Paris ( where fhe fhewedmethz Aurum potabile, awd gave me the Receipt of it ) that when at any time {he found her {elf indifpofed, fhe prefently took two or three drops of it,and immediately {he felt her [elf ftrengthened and chearful, &c.

The Baron de Roche fhewed me alfo the Receipt of it at Paris, who alfo made great eftecm of it, telling me, that he efteemed it to be one of the bet Aurum potabile’s that could be made, and that it was a Sovereign

Cordial and Reftorative.

You may reduce two third parts of the © ‘out of the Caput Mortuum, its TinCture only, and the fubtileft part of it cometh

over by the diftillation,

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Cornachinus bes Medicinal Powder, as it was Prepared by Sir K. Digby’s Order in his Laboratory.

"T Ake Regulus of &, and of pure Salt-

petre, ava Ziv. mingle them well together in fubtil Powder, and caft them into a red-het Crucible, and make them burn by

cafting in a fiery Coal, which repeat as often as it confumeth; for without that the Saltpetre will nor burn, there being no more Sulphur in the & to fet it on fre.

Keep it

thus in fufion in a reverberating heat for at leaft an hour, ftirring the Matter often with an Iron Rod; then let it cool. This muft not be edulcorated as common § Dia-

phoretick, but the fixed Salt of Salt-petre

muft remain with it, and mul{t by no means

be feparated from the &, for in that Sir K.

fays, confilteth the Vertue againft Fevers.

Of this we gave with the Scammony and Cream of Tartar, ava or.x. diminifhing and increafing the Dofe according to Age and ftrength.

Hartman.) Sir K. recommended thes to me as avery good Purge, telling me, that I might make ufe of i whenfoever I had ocenlion.

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The beft way to make the Regulus of %, is, to: put firft into the Crucible the Saltpetre and ‘Tartar, and when they are well melted, put in the 4, and proceed in the reft in the ufual manner:

Thus you fhall

fhall have fix or feven pound, or more, of every pound of Antimony. . Likewife to make a Martial Regulus, putthe & firft in-

to the Crucible; ; and when it is in perfect fufion, then putin the AZars.

A Laxative and Emetick Cream of Tartar.

“Ake Glafs of , and Cream of ‘Tartar, ana 2)(3. grind them to a fubtil Pow-

der, then mix them together; put this into a Matrafs, and pour upon it bij. of Rofematy-water; digeft it for fome days, fhaking it fometimes : then filter it, and evaporate todrynefs, and you fhall haye a Salt, which grind to Powder » and keep it in a

Gla& clofe ftopped. It is a fafe and gentle Vomit, and Operates alfo by Stools. The Dofe is from gr. j. to v. or vj. in a little Sack,

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Another moft Excellent Laxative and Emerm Cream of Tartar.

rp Ake 3Ziv. of Cream of Tartar, grind it to a fubtil Powder,

which put into a

Matrafs, and pour upon it fo much Spirit of Sal armoniac as may cover it the breadth of two fingers; ftop it clofe, and fet it in a Cellar tor twenty four hours, then pour it into an Earthen Pot glazed, and put into it Zi.of Glafs of & in fubtil Powder; fet this

penn a Furnace in Sand (or upon a gentle

| Coal-fire) and pour into it a fuflicient quan| tity of fair water; ae

| hours,

let it cool fix or eight

ftill pouring 10 more

water as if con-

>| fumeth: At laft, evaporate until it come to | havea thin lightskin on the top; then fet | itin aCellar, and it will fhoot into Cryftals, 4,

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This is a moft Excellent Medicine, and one of the belt Emeticks that can be pre-

ared. ‘The Dofe is from gr. j. to vj. for Children; and for Aged Perfons, ffrom gr. x. to xv. in a litile Sack.

The beft and eafieft way to make a moft | fubtil and penetrant Spirit of Sal armoniac, | (as it was made in Sir Kenelm’s Laboratory, | and asI make it now ) is thus:

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Take Quick-lime grofly beaten,

put a

bed of it about two fingers thick into the

bottom of a Cucurbite;

then diffolve t6j.

of Sal armoniac in as much water as will! }/ diffolve it: Pour of this diffolution upon fwi

the Quick-lime (having firft placed the Cu-.

curbite in the Furnace in Sand) fo much as may diffolve it well, and fwim half a fingers breadth over it. Then be as quick as:

you can in fitting on the Head and Reci-. }wi’

pient (for it will immediately begin to diftill without fire ) lute all the junctures well and diftill with a gentle fire, keeping the: f) fubtil Spirit by it felf, which cometh firft.. | yx If any flegm fhould come over with the fe-. | cond Spirit, reCtifie it in Balneo.

This Spirit 1s not only good forbenumbed heads to [mell to,but allo to take inwardly,for it # a ao

moft Excellent Remedy: It opens all Obfiructions, it ws Sudorifick and Diuretick.

"Ts very good in Fevers, ef(pecially the Putvid, in Palfies, Epilepfies, Hyfterical Fits,

and the Plague, refifting all Corruption, im.

Lethargy, and ftupification of the Spirits.

The Dofe 1 from eight to thirty drops. It alfo affswages the pain of the Gout, being mixt

with S.V. or Brandy, and Linnen Clothes dipt init, and laid upon the parts afflicted.

Hartman.) Iw diftilling of this Spirit this way, Ihave obferved feveral inconveniences; “4 the

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bat will be apt to inesby the fudden heat of iethe Quick-lime, caufed by pouring on the dif‘wll folutzon of the % (and an earthen Cucurbite

snpavill imbibe it. ) Secondly, bythe fame Reafon:you lofe a great part of the fubtileft Spi-

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Read andIReelpient,, ana | having well lutedall the3uncl uresSPahieh wet

wih Pladders, or Pate andPaber, I pour in the

7 diffolution of & by a Fiennel rhrourd the Spout;

Mtthen J eloje the Spout, and diffi with a pei : |

When the difillation 8 OVET, Sale outate Caput Mortuum, avd make the Cu-

it Matic clean, and wipe it dry, that it m a | mot riBEipa minnie

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The Volatile Salt of Tartar, as I have ofter made it, which is an Excellent Re. medy.

"P Ake Lees of Wine, (which you may}, have from the Wine-Coopers when they: have prefled them out for making of Vinegar) break them in fmall pieces, and let:}. them dry; then being very hard and dry,, },

bruife them grofly, and fill an Earthen Re-

tort with it, or a Glafs one coated ; diftill in naked fire, fitting any Recipient to it to receive only a four flegm, which will come over firft; as foon as you feeany white fumes come over, (among which cometh the Vo-

latile Salt.) change the Recipient, putting on another pretty large; lute the junctures

well with Pafte and Paper, then increafe the

fire by degrees, until you fee the Recipient filled with white fumes; continue the fire

in that degree, untill thofe white Vapours diminifh, and that the Recipient beginneth to grow cold: ‘Then augment the fire tothe

higheft degree, to force all over at laf; when nothing more cometh over, ceafe. The diftillation will be performed in three or four hours; you willhave a whitith Liquor,which

contained in it the Volatile Salt, and part thereof will ftick tothe fides of the Recipient, . and

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252 ,) and a reddifh foetide Oy] will fwim upon the

.,| Liquor. Pour out ali the Liquor that is in | the Recipient, then pour a little warm water jan the Recipient, and fhake it to get our all ithe Volatile Salt: Separate the Oyl from the | Liquor by a Glafs funnel ; then filter the Liiquor, to free it from all Oylinef§: Put this |Liquor into a Matrafs with a long Neck, to

|which fit a Head and a fmall Recipient; diVill in Sand with a very gentle heat, and the

»! Volatil Salt will afcend into the Head as white

‘tas fnow ;when you fee that a pretty quantity “his Sublimed, take off the Head, and ftop the “}mouth of the Matrafs,if you have not ano-

", tther Head to put on; be as quick as you can “}to gather the Volatile Salt that isin the head,

Mand put it into a Vial, which ftop very dlofe “ywith a Glafs ftopper, for it is very apt to reib Wolve into Faquor when it taketh Air: ‘Thea

“qput the Head on again,and continue the Sub“dhimation until there Sublime no more Salt; (i ieather this laft Sale, and put it to the reft:

“J Then puton the Head again, and augment

0 tthe fire a little, and you fhall have a fiery

i (Liquor, which is the Volatile Spirit of Tarol kar, and is alfo the Volatile Salt, mixt with

i Wome flegm, which makes it come over in a \Fiquid form. i)

"This Salt 1s much efteemed and recom-

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by Urine. It isthe beft of all common Re™| medies againft Hyfterical Fits and Vapours,, }

{melling to it, and taking it inwardly.

It

is Excellent again{t the Palfie, Apoplexy,,} Epileptie, oc. againft Quartan and Tertiani } |

Agues. It opens all Obftructions, and pro—}! vokesthe Terms. “Fhe Volatile Spirit hath: i the {ame Vertue asthe Sale; it is good foralll | Obitructions, particularly of the Spleen, andi}! keeps the Body open; it is far beyond the: }!

common Spirtt of Tartar in Vertue. The: }" Dofe 1s from eight to twenty of thirty dropss } *’ in fome fit Vehicle.

A Phyfital Salt.

Ake Nitreand Oy] of Sulphur, ana fbf. |!

flegm of Vitriol 168. pulverize the: }4 Nitre and put it into a Retort, and pour upon

it the Oy! of Sulphur and flegm of Vitriol;|| diftill in Sand; and you fhall have a very food Spirit of Nitre, anda pure white Sale will remain in the bottom of the Retort. This Salt is much efteemed in Fevers, and to

quench thirft, being taken in Juleps, Prifans, or Poffets; ‘The Dofé is thirty or fourry erains:

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vm| A Precious Tinéture of the Flowers of '

Antunony.

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the dark-red Flowers of %, digeft

a and circulate them with rectified Spijt of Vitriol; when they are fufhciently }

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dfepon which pour S.V. digeft and extract a , 1 incture f.a. which abftract againto the conHiftence of an Oyl. Ths Tindture fortifieth and «ly CDerifheth the Heart & Vital Spirits, ferength‘'teneth the Stomach, is good againft Agnes and i\Fevers, Hyfterical Fits, Hypochondriac Melancholy: It Cures the faundies, opens Ob\feructions, provokes the Terms. It a good |a

, \again|t the Gout, Scurvy, and Dropfie, Itch

jand Scabs:

It puvifieth the Blood > and

_ Werengthens Nature. Dofe from gr.j. to ii}. jor iv. given ina fit Vehicle. "|

An Excellent and true Tinure of Coral.

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Ake good red Coral

Ziv. grind is

| to fubul Powder, which mingle with ‘iv. of Sal armoniac that hath been three tumes Sublimed from decrepitated Salt. Pur this mixture into a {mall Cucurbite, which (fet in a Sand Furnace; fit a Head and Recii

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give a gentle fire at firft, which augment by degreees. ‘There will come over firft,< {mall quantity of a Urinous Volatile Spirit. afterthat, you fhall fee the Flowers afcencd} ; and ftick to the Head, andupper part ofthe Cucurbite. ‘Thefe Flowers will be tinged with divers colours,

as red, green,b blew,

very pleafant to behold, they contain in them the true ‘Tincture of Coral; for the body of the Coral which rembinerty: in the bottom ,,ft..) will be as white as fnow; continue a moderate fire until no more Flowers afcend:

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Operation will be performed in a few hours.

Then gather diligently all thefe Flowers, and put them in a Matrafs, and pour upon them rectified SV: to the heighth of four fin--|

gers; digeft fome.days in B: the S: V, will extract a pure red Tincture out of the Flowers, Sich will remain white in the bottom ; filter this Tincture; and abftra@ from it three

fourth parts of the S.V. anda deep- &

red ‘Tincture will remain in the bottom , which is the true Tincture of Coral.

This ‘Tincture is a Sovereign Re medy to ftrengthen the Stomach and Bowels. Ir puihe the Blood by Sweat and Urine. — It opens Obftructions, is Excellent in all forts

of Fluxes, Ore. Dotfe from fix to “sek y four drops, in fome convenient Vehicl

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257 | "The way to Sublime the Flowers of Saé “| armoniac for this work, is thus: "| ~ ‘Take common Salt decrepitated and Sal “| @rmoniac, axa tb). pulverize and min“4 gle them together, and put them in a Cu“| curbite, and Sublime in Sand with a”gentle

; fire at firft, which augment by degrees ; the “) Plowers will afcend into the Head like Meal:

| Continue the fire for five or fix hours; then Mi Het all cool, and gather the Flowers, which Ww) mix with new Salt, and Sublime as before: “! Repeat this three times:

"An Excellent Extratt of Mars, for Diarrhza’s and Fluxes:

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| ‘'T Ake filings of Steel (which you may buy ‘~~ at the Needle-makers) Ziv. putthem in «ti/ well-glazed Pipkin, and pour thereon a quart "t@F good deep-red Wine, (that which is ufed to colour White-wine ) let it boy] until about iiithree parts of the Wine be confumed, ftiriting often with an Iron Spatula. ‘Then ftrain

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, WWenteries, Diarrbe’as, old Hepatical Fluxes, Sand fuch like Difeafes; you may give an {Ounce of it in Broth fafting, for fome

Mornings together. This I have fufficiently |

pxperienced with happy ficcefs.

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Sir Kenelm Digby’s Remedy for the fame; gs it was prepared by hws Order, and mucho} uled,

paAke Rye-flower, and make a Pafte there"of with Juice of Elder-berries; then bake hard Biskets thereof, which pulTEYIZGS, Ba

and make a Pafte again with, the Juice o!

Elder-berries as before: Repeat this three times.

Then reduce it to Powder.

Theeh:'

Dofe 1s one Dram.

Sir Kenelm Digby, -b Excellent Player oj Lead.

“ye Ake of the beft Oyl. Olive fbi i. Ziv. white:

lead, red Minium, ana ii grind then

to Powder, and putthem with the Oy]! intc a large glazed Pot, or Pipkin, with Zxij. 0 Venice Soap fhred {mall, which put upon:

gentle Coal-fire, and ftir it well with an Irom Spatula for an hour; then increafe the fir a little, which continue until the Liquor b of the veclalicenteesan Oyl: Then.drop fom of it upon a board, andif at flicks, or that i cleave. to your fingers, *tis a fign that it iif boyled enough; then roll It, Up, ‘and keep1 for Ufe,

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| This Plaifter being applyed to the Sto mach, is good for the weaknefs.and 1indigeIition iaecor, and caufeth a good Appetite.

Being applyed to the Belly, it C cureth the (Colick; and being applyed to the Back, it ““Wtrengthens the Reinss,.Gureth the Bloody“flux, the Gonorrhea, and tempers the exMhreffive |heat of the Liver. i) Te Cureth all Contufions and Bruifes, Swel“lings and Inflammatiens. It maturates and

idraws all forts of Apoftumes, Wolls, and MPuftles, and Cures them, wittoae!Lancing

ror Incifion.

Being applyed to the Head, it

f Mirenothens the Eye-fight

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Piles, @c.

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to. the Belly of a Woman, it pravokes tl "Terms, and difpofeth her for Concep fie | «i

Dr, Stephen’s Plaifter for the Gout.

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3} Ake. Virgins-wax {bij}. Hogs-greafeZB

O; 1 of Cala % ea Mu tton-Suet Zi). al Plantain and Rofe-water, ava 3i}. Lavender-

5 water 31}. Dr agon-water, and Water of Bor-

wlhage, ana (3. two Nutmegs, two Cloves,

‘anda little Mace,bea t into Powder; mix them <4 all well together, ad et it boyl with 2 sae!

i derate Geaunto ‘he confiftence of an Oynt-

ment; wherewith anoint the part grieved as

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hot as you can endure it, and dip Linnem} ;,, Clothes in it, and apply them. |

A very good Oyntment for the Gout ;and thee| running Gout, Aches, Numbnefs, and paim| in the “Foynts, &c. i A Res the tender Branches of Dwarf iim

Elder, inthe Month of March, whem| they fprout out of the ground from the root;,| and are not above a finger long, three hand--} fuls; ftamp them in a ftone Mortar, theraj |: mix them with tbj. of Hogs-greafe; putt,” this into a Pipkin, and let it flew upora}, a gentle fire for two of three hours.

This was Communicated unto me by al

worthy Gentleman, whom uch efteemed ity} becaufe he found great benefit by it in thee}, Gout: It taketh away the raging pain there--}.°

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of, giveth eafé, and ftrengthens the partes}: afflicted. q In the running Gout, Numbnefs, andi}}*" raging pain in the Joynts, I have had mucky} Experience of the Vertue of this Oyntment,,} ~" after many Remedies ufed in vain; the partss} grieved muft be anointed with it as hot ass can be endured, and chafed in before aa} fire.

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“| A Certain and Infallible Remedy to prevent

and Cure the Fits of the Gont,

W Knew a Gentleman in Germany, who al| .& ways Cured and prevented his Fits of | the Gout ( whenfoever he perceived the leat | fymptom of its approaching) by the fol: | lowing Remedy: Hecaufed a good quantity of the Herb | | Mullein Verbafcum in Latin) to be gathered ; every Summer when it was in its Flower , | which is in Fume, it beareth many yellow “| Flowers upon alang ftraight ftalk with large ) leaves at the bottom,which are hoary. Then | he took a good quantity of this Herb, and i

cutit {mall, the Stalk, Flowers, and Leaves,

‘4 and caufed it to be boyled in a pail-full of ‘| Forge-water out of a Smith’s trough,where|ithe quenches and cooleth his Irons; when Nt y

| this was boyled fufficiently, then there was

|| put into it a large piece of Chalk in Powder. | |

| In this Water he bathed his Feet, Leggs, and Knees, as ene hot as he could endure it, in a | ;: i) a Tub, continuing until the Water grew { icly,

, 1° rtft ‘cold. ry‘Then a hole was digged in the ground

(“in his Garden, wherein this Water was put

it with the Ingredients, and then covered with Earth.

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never had any pain, lamenefs, or fwelling at: | all, to which I was an Eye-witnefS. And | heard him fay, that if he did not ufe this Re-- | medy,he would have very fhrewd and rack--

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Juice al of Rue, ana 3ij. black Hellebore Ds. jh

solloquintida $(3. Oyl of Exeter 31}. Boyll [81

this till the Juice be confumed ; then ftrain

it, and add two drops of Oyl of Annifeed,, | Oy! of Origanum one drop. Pour a drop ori }it two of this Oyl into the Ear, and lye uponi|

your Bed with that Ear upwards that your} tr; intend to drop into, lye flill for a quarter off | an hour after; then drop into the other, iff| it require. Itis to be continued a Month,, | or two or three, as you find benefit. When} ti

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A moft Precious Balfam of great Vertue’ rT

Ake Turpentine tbij. Lignum Aloes 2G) i

Mattick, Cloves, Galingal, Cinnamon,,}: Zedoar, Nutmegs, Cubebs, Olibanum, anai f

2}. Roots of Mafter-wort, of Angelica, amas} |!

Z(3. Figs cut {mall fix in number, Gum T'ra-gacanth 21. Bruife all the Ingredients, andif

mix them well together, then put them into

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a Glafs Retort, and having warmed the Tur--

pentine to makeitrun, pour it upon the In-. gredients, and diftill in Sand: Separate the

Balfam from a little flegm that will come overs} with it.

1. I’his Balfam isa very great preferver off { the Health of Mankind,taking every Morning three or four drops of it in.a little Beer ort} | Wine; it ftrengthens the Stomach, andi}; caufeth a good Digeftion, and a good Ap--

petite.

2. It ftrengthens the Brain and Memory.. } ¢ 3- It is good againft Deafnels, pouring; } two or three drops every day into the Ear, and {topping the Ear with alittle black-wool,, | moiftened with a little of this Balfam.

4. It helpeth Rheumatick Eyes, takes away the heat and pain thereof,and ftrengthens

the Sight,

with.

anointing the Eye-lids there-

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s. It Cureth all forts of Scabs, Itches, and

tw | Scall’d Heads, be they never fo bad. f, 6. It Cures Fiftulaes, the Cancer, Wol es and all other gnawing Difeafes; and Cur all forts of Wounds, whether old or new.

7. IrCures the Gonorrhea, the Whites in

Women, and ftrengthens the Reins.

8. It is good againft the Biting of a Mad

ts, Dog, Vipers, and other Venemous Beaf d; being both inwardly and outwardly applye gue. and is a great Prefervative againft the Pla g. It, is very good againft the Cramp, ts, Numbnefs, aking, and pain in the Joyn comcontraction and weaknefs of the Nerves teftiing froma cold Caufe, as Experience | fieth.

ftinking ro. It fweetens an unfavoury of ed in Breath, and fuffers no Worms to bre

the Stomach and Bowels. be 11. It.is faid, that if a dead Corps Embalmed

with it, ic will never

rot nor

that is confume, nor any Linnen about it that for a imbibed with this Balfam: And

and tryal, one fhould take a piece of Flefh, it warm it well againft the fire, then rub l wel over

with this Balfam,

and let it be

or imbibed with it, rubbing it with it three l four times. ‘Then lay it away, and it wil may be yemain found and frefh, fo that it | eaten a twelve Month after.

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Laudanum Germanicum: Being a fingulay

Preparation of Matthew’s, or Dr. Starky’s

Pills.

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Thought I could not better finith this: }|

& Book, than with: the Receipt .of 'thefe moft Excellent Pills, with the true way of

Preparing them, which far exceeds thecommon: The Receipt is thus: Take Opium tj. diffolve it in’ diftilled Vinegar, then filter and evaporate to the confiftence of a Mafs for Pills: Themtake black Hellebore ‘thj.’ reduce it to a fabtil

Powder, which put intoa Mat ‘afs, and pean upon it fo much diftilled Vinegar as will co-

ver it the breadth of four fingers; digeft for two days, then evaporate with-a gentle heat | to the confiftence of Pills. Then take of” the Corrector fbj. Oylof Amber that hath been reCtified with fair water, 217. Lico rife

dryed and reduced to fubtil Powder; Safiron dryed and pulverized, 168.1

bj

into a large Mortar (well warmed by putting Coals kindled into it) incorporate them well together by ftrongly beating and mixing them, adding by little and littl e

you incorporate them) of the Oyl of

Tur

pentine that hath ftood upon the Corrector,

and is of a red colour, Zu. TinSure of An-

timony

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timony Ziv. Oyl of Annifeed, of Juniperberries, of Saflafras, Oyl of Vitriol, Spirit

of Harts-horn, ana Zij. Gum Arabick dif-

folved in diftilled Vinegar, 23. and if you

fee that the Compofition is too fliff, adda little more of the faid Oyl of Turpentine, and of the Tincture of Antimony: ‘Then put it up in a Gally-pot, and tye itup clofe with a Bladder and Leather.

‘The Compofition of thefe Pills 1s of a very fine confiftence, and not fo crumb ly as the common, but commodious to handle, and make up in Pills like unto warm Wax. The Dofe is two fmall Pills about the bignefs of

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aif ordinary Peafe, or one Pillabout the big-

nef of a gray Peafe fwelled, taking them

at Night.

Thefe Pills are approved of, and are pre{cribed, and ufed by the beft Phyficians, mn Confiimptions, and in other Cafes. { thought to have referved the Preparation of them to my felf, and not to have

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Publifhed it; but thinking that i 1s unchri-

ftian to keep any thing from the Publick good, my Confcience would not permit ime.

The Preparation of the Corrector differs

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not from that of Starky’s; but becaufe this Book may come to the Hands of fome Perfons which do not know it, I thought good to infert it here,

Take \

268 Chymical Secrets, ‘Take pure Salt-petre, and White-wined .

or Rhenifh-wine Tartar,

ana equal partes}

pulverize them, and fearfe them, and mii‘. them well together: Then take a large Crug cible, and fet itin your Furnace, and beingof » red-hot, caft in fome of your mixture byyf.

little and little with an Iron Ladle, and whern} the fulmination is over, caftin more, whicth}

continue till you have put in all your mix}. ture; then let it flow in the Crucible, givings rong heat.

Then pour it out, and when the Crucibles}

is cold, fcrape’ off all the Sale that ftickethy to the fides of it.Diffolvethis Salt in boyling-

water. Make hikewife a Lixivium of Quic k-.

lime and Water, which being fettled, pourit

off: Take of this Lixtvium the fame quantity with that of the Salt of ‘Tartar ;mix and filter them, then evaporate to a Salt, which will be pure, clear and white like Cryftal ; grind it to Powder, and put it into a ftrong large Veflel, and pour upon it immediately fo much Oyl of Turpentine as may cover it the breadth of ‘four or five fingers; ftir it

well together, then cover it loofely, only to

keep things from falling in, and that the Air may come to it; let it ftand thus, ftirring it three or four timesa day with a wooden Spa-

tula, and as you fee the Salt imbibeth the

Oyl, add {till more Oyl, until the Salt hath taken

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269 (4 taken in and abforbed three times its weight

.4-of Oyl, or that it will take in no more, and »f,4 4s ike a Soap, and the Oyl that {wimmeth

.. upon it is of a red Colour.

|| The Tinéture of Antimony is made thes, according to Bafil Valentine.

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| Py\Ake equal parts of Salt of ‘Tartar and q

3, melt them together in a Crucible,

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| keep them in fufion for half an hour, then | pour it out, and whilft it is hot reduce it to | Powder, which put into a Matrafs, and pour } upon it of the belt rectified Spirit of Wine | fo much as may cover it the breadth of three | fingers, fet the Matrafs in warm Sand, that | the S. V may boyl a little, and you fhall “| have a very red ‘Tincture, which decant, and keep for Ufe. This Tinéture is recommended to open all Obftructions, of all the Principal parts, as. Liver, Spleen, Lungs, Womb, Reins,

ie Ate st:

and Bladder ; it provokes the Terms, Cureth

the Yellow Jaundife,Green-Sicknefs, Scurvy,

Dropfie, Afthma, Pleurifie, Melancholy , Ellcers inward and outward, Scabs, Itch, Pox,

Small-Pox and Meafles. or UC RN te Oe Na ep

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The Preparation of Sir Kenelm Digby’s Sym=)© pathetical Powder,as ove prepared it every) Year in his Laboratory, and as I prepare: at now, 1 only thus:

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Ake what quantity you pleafe of good!

Englifh Vitriol, diffolve it in warm wa--}!

ter, but ufe no more water than will diffolve:

it, leaving fome of the impureft part at the: bottom undiflolved: Then filter the diffo-, lution, and evaporate it until you fee a thin

skin upon it, then put it ina cool place, and let it {tand without ftirring it for two or three days, covering it loofely only,to keep things from fallingin. It will fhoot into fair, green, and large Cryftals,which take out,and {pread them abroad in alarge flat earthen Dith, and expofe them tothe heat of the Sun inthe

Dog days, turning them often, and the Sun will Calcine them white ;when you fee them

all white without, beat them grofly, and ex-

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from Raia ; when they are weil Calcined; tpowder them finely, and expofe this Powider again to the Sun, turning and flirring it ‘toften. Continue this until it be reduced to iy ja white Powder, which put up in a Glafs,

land tye it up clofe, and keep it in a dry place. |

As for the Vertues of this Powder,

I will

jeponly fay, that Lies feen great Experience

fof it in my time, in ftanching of defperate bleeding at the Nofe... 2. In “fanching the “Blood of a Wound.

3. In Curing with iti jany green Wound

ere there is no fra-

ture of Bones ) without any Plaifer or _ }Oyntment,i in a few days |. A Girl about twelve Years of3% Age bleedhding defperately at the Nofe for two orthrée ‘days together, her Mc otheaf bib ufed .

) the means fhe could devife (in vain) cat ito me, telling me, that fhe hat heard I béd

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I gave her fomec of the Powder, and

"| bid her puta

little of it in three or ig

"| {poonfuls of fair wa iter, and to bath herN ") ftrils with ic with a clean Linnen rag , purtin ing | it upinto the Noftrils, which fhe did. and her

| bleeding flopped imi mediately; the next day

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it again, it did ftanch it, and fhe never bled again afterwards.

I {poke with a Fartious Chirurgeon,named Mr. Smith, in the City of Augufta in Germany, Who told me, that he had a great re-

fpect for Sir K. D. Books, and that he made

his Sympathetical Powder every Year,and did all his Chiefeft Cures with it in green wounds, with much greater eafe to the Patient than if he had ufed Oyntments or Plaifters.

If the Reader defires:to know more of the

Effects of this Powder, and the Reafon of it,

f refer himto the Reading of Sir K. Dighy’s ‘Treatife of Curing of Wounds by way of Sympathy, where he will find entire fatisfaction and full information of the Reafons of its effects.

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