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Keynes MS. 13, King's College Library, Cambridge University

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1 Hermetis Tabula Smaragdina

2 Hermetis septem capit.
3 Maria Prophetissa
5 Turba
4 Allegoriae sapientum seu distinctiones 29.
6 Allegoriae supra Turbam. & Visio Arislaei.
7 Lexicon Zohar
Morienus Romanus
Calidis Liber secretorum
Calidis Liber trium verborum
Avicenna de Alchimia
Declaratio lapidis physici
de conglutinatione Lapidis
Rosinus ad Euthiciam
ad Saratantam
Liber definitionum.

Consilium conjugii
Senioris Zadith Tabula Chymica
Rachaidibus de materia Lapidis

Hortulanus in Tabula Smaragdina

Merlini Allegoria
Rogerus Bacho de secretis operibus artis & naturae

Thomae Aquinatis Aurora consurgens

Arnaldi Semita Semitae, Rosarium, Novum lumen, Flos florum, Quaestiones

Lullii opera omnia.

Richardi correctio fatuorum
Clangor Buccinae
Scala Philosophorum Guidonis de Montanor. Idem de Arte Chymica
Ludus puerorum
 Artefius & Pontanus.
Flammel's Hieroglyphicks &
Ripley
Aristotel
Bernardus Trevisanus de Transmut. metal. & Epist.
Dionysius Zaccharius
Rosarium magnum
Rosarium abbreviatum in 5 tract.
Petrus Bonus Lombardus de Ferrara, ejus Margarita pretiosa
Sendivogius
D'Espagnet
John de Monte Snyders
Philalethes, ejus Introitus apertus, Medulla, De Transmutatione. Fons. Rubinus. In Ripl. Epist
Philadelphia
The chymicall wedding
Maierus
Minschyct.
Laurentius Ventura
Alanus
Basil Valentine.
Faber.
Augurellus.
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Lamsprig
Ferrarius Monachus
Aegidius de Vadis.
Grassaei Arca Arcanorum & Epistola
Mundanus & Dickinson
Instructio Patris ad filium de arbore solari
Christophorus Parisiensis Elucidarius
Colessonis Idea perfecta Philosophiae Hermeticae

2 Authores Vetustissimi. 1 Hermetis Tabula SmaragdinaSmaragnina 2 cum Hortulani commentario 1040. 3 Hermetis
Capitula septem. 4 Maria Prophetissa ad Aros 5 Allegoriae sapientum
seu Distinctiones 29. 6 Turba Philosophorum. 7 Allegoriae super librum Turbae.
8 Aenigmata Arislaei & Philosophorum in Turbam. 9 Exercitationes in Turbam 10 Synesius de lapide. 11 Extrada
ex Lexicon Zohar. 12 Morienus Romanus

3 Authores Arabes. 1 Calid, ejus Liber secretorum. 2 Ejus liber trium verborum.
3 Geber ejus Summa. 4 Ejus Liber de perfecto magisterio. 5 Ejus liber de furnacibus.
6 Avicenna 1020 De Alchimia 7 Declaratio Lapidis Physici 8 De conglutinatione Lapidis
9 Rosinus ad Euthiciam 10 ad Saratantam. 11 Liber Definitionum. 12 Hamuelis Tabula Chymica & Senior Zadith
in Tabulam Chymicam 13 14 Consilium conjugii. 15 Rachaidibus
de materia lapidis. Plato Chemicus.

Europei antiquiores

1 Merlini Allegoria. Alberti magni secretorum tractatus 1260 2 Rogerus Bacho de

secretis operibus artis & naturae & speculum Alchymiae, & Radix mundi. He flourished 1280 3 Thomae Aquinatis Aurora consurgens
1300. 4 Plato
5 Aristoteles. 6 Arnaldi Opera 1320. 7 Raymundi opera 1330. 8 Clangor Buccinae
9 Richardi Correctio fatuorum. 10 Rosarius magnus. 11 Ludus puerorum 12
Rosarium abbreviatum in quinque tractatibus. 13 Scala Philosophorum per Guidonem
de Montanor. 14 Guido de Montanor de Arte Chymica 1400. 15 Margarita pretiosa
Petri Boni Lombardi de Ferrara 1330. 17 Laurentius Ventura de Lapide
Philosophico. 16 Augurellus 1514. 18 Alanus 1430. 19 Ferrarius Monachus. 20 Lamsprig
Alanus. Joannes de Lasnioro, ejus arcanum philosoph 1448. Anonymus
Delphinas 1447. Nortonus 1477. Christophorus Parisiensis Aegidius de Vadis.
Dunstan 970. Venceslaus Levinus de Moravia, ejus Caelum Terrestre.

Ripley 1476. Flammel 1413. Artefius & Pontanus. Bernardus Trevisanus 1483
Zachary 1548. Majer 1610. Sendivogius 1590 D'Espagnet 1620. Basilius Valentinus
Minschyct 1638 Faber 1645 Grassaeus 1603 Christophorus Parisiensis
Snyders. 1645. Philaletha 1650 Philadelphia 1680. Mundanus apud Dickinsonum.
The Chymical Wedding.

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Authores magis utiles

Hermetis Tabula Smaragdina cum Hortulani commentario. Extracta

ex Lexicon Zohar. Morienus. Senior in Tabulam Hamuelis.
Margarita pretiosa 1330. Artefius & Pontanus. Abrahami & Flammeli Hieroglyphica. Flamelli
Summarium 1473. Scala 1400 Ripley 1476. Trevisanus 1483. Zachary
1548. Basilius. Sendivogius 1590. Grassaeus 1603.
Majer 1610 D'espagnet 1620. Minschyct 1638. Faber 1645. Snyders
1645. Philaletha 1650. Philadelphia 1680. Mundanus 1684.

Classis Prima
Authores antiquissimi.

1 Hermetis Tabula Smaragdina. 2 Hortulanus in hanc Tabulam

1050. 3 Hermetis capitula septem. 4 Maria Prophetissa ad Aros.
5 Allegoriae sapientum seu distinctiones 29 Mariae Salomonis Pythagorae DemocritiHerculis regis Belini Stephani etc. 6 Turba
Philosophorum
7 Allegoriae supra librum Turbae. 8 Aenigmata Arislaei & aliorum
veterum Philosophorum in Turbam. 9 Exercitationes in Turbam
10 Synesius de lapide. 11 Extracta ex Lexicon Zohar. 12 Morienus
Romanus 720

Classis secunda
Authores Arabici.

1 Calidis liber secretorum. 2 Ejus liber trium verborum. 4 Geberi

Summa. 3 Geber de perfecto magisterio. 5 Geber de fornacibus.
6 Avicenna de Alchimia 1020. 7 Ejus declaratio Lapidis Physici.
8 Idem de conglutinatione lapidis 9
10 Rosinus ad Euthiciam. 11 Rosinus ad Saratantam. 12 Ejus Liber
Definitionum. 13 Senior Zadith in Tabulam Hamuelis. 14 Ejus Consilium conjugii
15 Rachaidibus de materia Lapidis. 16 Plato Chemicus. 17 Rasis
18 Authoris ignoti Opusculum in Artis auriferae vol. 1. Micreris.

Classis tertia.

Rasis Cestrensis Liber luminum. Ejusdem Lumen Luminum. Merlini

Laudabile sanctum, seu tractatus duodecim aquarum. Merlini Allegoriae.
Alberti magni secretorum tractatus 1260. De octo capitulis. Alphonsus Rex Castellae Hispan & Legionis 1260, ejus libri duo de Lapide
Philosophico .
Rogerus Bacho (1280) de secretis operibus artis & naturae. Ejus
Speculum Alchymiae. Ejus radix mundi. Thomas Aquinas 1300, Ejus
Secreta Alchymiae & De arte Alchymiae Classis Quarta // Aurora
consurgens
Aristoteles chymicus. Arnaldi opera 1320. Raymundi opera 1330. Petri
Boni Lombardi de Ferrara 1330. Richardi correctio fatuorum.
Ludus puerorum Clangor Buccinae Rosarius magnus. Ferrarius Monachus. Tractatus quinque Rosarii abbreviati
quarum quintus, was writ by Daustin the author of the
Dream. Dumbelius Anglus 1386. Guido de Montanor (1400) De Arte Chymica. Ejus Scala
Philosophorum. // Classis quinta. Artefius & Pontanus & Hydropyrographum. Flammel 1413. Alanus 1430. Anonymus Delphinas
1447. Joannes
de Lasnioro, ejus arcanum philosophicum 1448. Lamsprig. Aegidius de vadis 1521
Ripley 1476. Norton 1477. Bernardus Trevisanus 1483. Christophorus Parisiensis
Hydropyrographum. Augurellus 1514. Zachary 1548. Edvardus Generosus. Basilius Valentinus Sendivogius 1590 Grassaeus
1603 Majer 1610. D'espagnet 1620.
Mynschyct 1638. Faber 1645. Snyders 1645. The Chymical Wedding 1645 Philaletha 1650. Philadelphia
1680. Mundanus 1684. Manna. A strange Letter communicated by Frederic
Duke of Holsatia & Sleswick 1656

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An Account of gold & Silver moneys coyned since Christmas
Gold moneys coyned

Feb. 14. — 450 lwt

March 5 — 58
23 — 55
April 16 — 53
May 6 — 104
Total — 720
which at 44 1/2 Guineas to the pound
weight & 21s 6 d to the Guinea amounts to 34443 li 0s. 0 d.

Silver moneys coyned

March 18 — 113 Lwt

23 — 240
31 — 960
Apr. 21 — 1568
May. 6 — 600
Total — 3481
which at 3 2s to the pound
weight amounts to 18791li. 2 s. 0 d. Of this there has been imported
t
out of pieces of eight about 621lw , out of old Plate & old hammered
t t t
money about 1037lw , & out of Lead Oar - 1822 lw . 7 oz. 6 dw . 1 gr

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Authores optimi

1 Hermetis Tabula Smaragdina cum Commentario Hortulani

Hermetis cap. 7
Turba & Allegoriae sapientum
Morienus
• Artefius & Pontanus & Lumen de tenebris
Raymundus Arnoldus, Christoph: Parisiensis. Mundanus Aurora consurg.
• Faber
• Mynschyct
• Mundanus
• Grassaeus
Instructio Patris ad fil. de Arb. Solari
Sendivogius his Novum Lumen Aenigma. tractates the sale ☿ & Letters
• Didier
• Lumen de tenebris
Basil valent
 Aurifontina Chym.
Philaletha
Trevisan & Zachary
Despagnet
• Aristotle
Christoph Paris
Margarita pret. Zachary. De Principiis naturae et artis.
Laurentius Ventura
Scala & Ripleys Gates.
Majer.
Senior.
Aurora consurg.
Ferrarius Monachus
De Principiis Naturae & Artis
The Hermetic Romance
• Flammel.

1 Tabula Smaragdina cum Comment Hortulani

Aristot Aurora Consurg. Laurentius Ventura Instructio Patris ad fil. Flammel
Mundanus Arnaldi Rosar. Raymundi Codicil. Christophorus Parisiensis.
Faber
Artefius. Pontanus. Lumen de Tenebris
Didier
Grasseus
Minschyct
Margarita pretiosa. Zachary. De principiis naturae et artis
Laurentius Ventura
Senior

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Anno XVIII Car II cap. 5.

An Act for encouraging of coynage.

Extract.

And it is hereby further enacted That no monies leviable & payable by this
Act shall be applied or converted to any use or uses whatsoever other then to
the defraying the charge or expense of the Mint or Mints & of the assaying,
melting down wast & coynage of Gold & Silver & the encouragement of
the bringing in of gold & silver into the said Mint or Mints to be coyned into
the current coyns of this kingdom etc.

And it is hereby further enacted that there shall not be issued out of the
Exchequer of the said monies in any one year for the fees & salaries of
the Officers of the Mint or Mints & towards the providing maintaining
& repairing of the Houses Offices & Buildings & other necessaries for assaying
melting down & coyning, above the summ of three thousand pounds sterling
money, & the overplus of the said monies so kept or to be kept as
aforesaid shall be imployed towards the expence wast & charge of assaying
melting & coynage & buying in of Gold & Silver to coyn & not otherwise.

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 / Hermes. Maria. Orpheus. Authores in Turba. Democritus. Aesch Mezareph. Abraham Judaeus
Michael Psellus 1061 Nicephorus Blemiada 1074 Morienus 700. Calid 700. Geber. Rasis 958. Avicenna 1020. Rachaidibus
Rosinus Averroes Senior Alphidius
Artephius. Alphonsus 1000 or 1270.

Merlinus 946 980. Hortulanus 1070. Anselm 1090 Albertus M 1250 1280. Robert Grostest 1240 1253. Thomas Aquinas
Alberti discipulus
1300. Lamsprig 1320 Arnaldus 1320. Raymundus Lullius 1330. Petrus Bonus
1330. Cremer Abbas Raymundi discipulus 1335 Richardus Anglicus 1350. Ludus puerorum 1360. Flammel 1382, 1414 Sir John
Gower 1390. Chaucer 1399. Guido de
Montanor 1400 Bacon 1264 1284 Gulielmus Parisiensis. Bachoni synchronus 1400. Christophorus Parisiensis 1400
Mehung 1410. Rosarium magnum 1430. Alanus de Insulis 1430. Liber Alze 1440. Joannes de Lasnioro 1448. Ripley
1471, 1490. Norton 1477. Laurentius Ventura 1480.
Trevisanus 1490. Isaac Hollandus 1490. Pontanus 1495 Augurellus 1516. Marsilius Ficinus 1518 Paracelsus 1530
Fernelius 1525. 1541. Ulstadius 1543. De la Bross 1545. Dionysius Zaccharius 1547.
Tauladan 1554. Charnock 1555, 1577. Edvardus Generosus 1562. Robertus Vallensis Sendivogius 1590
Grassaeus 1603. Maierus 1617, 1637. Minsicht 1622, 1638. Faber 1624, 1646.
D'espagnet 1630, Colesson 1630 Philaletha 1645. John de Monte Snyders 1650 Vitulus aureus 1666. Theodorus Mundanus
1684. S. Didierus
1689.

Hermetis Tabula Smaragdina et Capitula septem. Epistola Mariae. Orphei Fabula Argonautica
Turba Philosophorum. Allegoriae et Aenigmata Sapientum. Democritus de Arte sacra
cum Synesii et Pelagii comment. Coloniae 1574 in 16. Aesch Mezzareph. Morienus. Calid.
Geber. [Rasis] Avicenna. Rachaidibus. Rosinus. [Averroes] Senior.
[Alphidius] Alphonsus. Artephius.

Merlini carmina. Hortolanus in Tabula Smaragdina. Bacon Albertus M. Tho. Aquinas.

Lamsprig. Arnaldus Raymundus. Petri Boni Margarita pretiosa. Cremeri Testamenti
Richardi Correctio fatuorum. Ludus puerorum Sir John Gower. Flammel
Guidonis Scala Philos etc . Christophorus Parisiensis. Mehung. Rosarium
magnum. Alanus Liber Alze. Lasnioro. Ripley Norton Laurentius Ventura
Trevisan. Isaac Hollandus. Pontanus. Augurellus. Marsilius Ficinus de Arte
Chemica. Fernelius. Paracelsus Ulstadius. De la Bross. Dionysius Zacharius Tauladan
Charnock. Edw. Generosus. Robertus Vallensis. Sendivogius. Grassaeus. Maierus.
Minsicht. Faber. Despagnet. Colesson. Philaletha. Snyders. Vitulus aureus.
Mundanus. Didierus.

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Jeova sanctus unus.

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Desiderantur Henrici Kunrath Amphitheatrum aeternae sapientiae Hamburgi 1611 in fol.

Item Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum. Item de Athanore, igne Sophorum, Apocalypsi &
vel igni Magorum
Alphidius, ejus secreta artis Chemicae Lutetiae apud D. de Loberie.
Petrus Bonus Lomb. Ferr. de Secreto omnium secretorum Dei Dono Venetiis 1546 in <illeg.>
Le Desir Desiré au Tresor de Philosophy de Nich. Flammel en 8 avec divers auteurs
Traitez. Item Le grand esclarisment de Nich. Flamel in 8.
Vellus aureum Trismosini.
 Opuscula diversorum autorum Chemica. Francofurti 1614 in 8
Le Cabinet Chimiques
La Tourbe Françoise la Parolle delassée, Drebellius, L'ancienne Guerre des
Chevaliers, composent ensemble une volume imprime a Paris chez d'Houry

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Hermetis Tabula Smaragdina et capitula septem. Hortulanus 1070 in Herm. Tab. Maria ad Aros
Orphei Allegoriae. Authores in Turba. [Zoroaster Hystaspes Hostanes. Democritus
Anaxagoras, Olympiodorus. Michael Psellus. Heliodorus, Stephanus. Zosimus. Isaac. Blemidas.
Pelagius Africanus Synesius. Theophilus.] Aesch Mezareph. Abraham Judaeus. / Morienus.
Calid704. Hamech. Haly Chaldaeus. Thebit Chaldaeus. Geber Mahometi
nepos. Artephius. Rasis. Alphidius. Avicenna. Senior.
Rachaidebus. Rosinus. Veradianus. Kanides./ Merlinus. Bacon 1400. Albertus magnus1290
Thomas Aquinas 1330 Alberti discipulus. Arnoldus 1320. Raymundus 1330. Guido Monator Ripleo antiquor. Richardus
Anglus 1350 Raymundo forte antiquior, Arnoldo junior. Petrus Bonus de Ferrara 1330. Ripley 1471 1490.. Norton 1477 Flammel
1382, 14
Zaccharius 1547. Trevisanus scripsit 1453 vel tempore Caroli octavi 1490 citatur a Roberto Constantino 1555.. Joannes de Mehung
et Rosarium magnum 1420 Trevisano antiquores. Lamsprig 1320. Paracelsus tempore Caroli
et Leonis Papae 1520. Isaac Hollandus Paracelso paulo antiquior. Alanus de Insulis
Flander 1430. De la Bross 1545. Christophorus Parisiensis 4 Gulielmus Parisiensis
400 Grassaeus 1603. Charnock 1555, 1566, 1577. Sir John Gower 1390. Chaucer
1399. Richardus Arnoldo junior Rosario magno senior Majer 1617, 1620, 1637. Faber
1624 1646. S. Didierus 1689. Philaletha 1645. Minsicht 1622, 1638. Cremer Abbas Raymundi
discipulus 1335. Mehung Raymundo posterior Trevisano prior circa 1410. Sendivogius
Trevisano recentior. 1590, Despagnet Sendivogio recentior ut et Maieri
Emblematibus videlicet circa an 1630. Ulstadius 1543. Marsilius Ficinus Ulstadio antiquior
Theod. Mundanus 1684. Morienus a Castrensi latine redditus 1182
Laurentius Ventura Venetus Raymundo, Petro Bono Lilio, Castrensi, Rosario magno junior videlicet circa annum
1480. Gulielmus Parisiensis Bachoni synchronus 1400. Tauladan 1554. Augurellus
Tauladano antiquior videlicet 1516. Joannes de Lasnioro 1448. Ludovicus de Comitibus
1660. Ludus Puerorum 1360.

Incerti temporis scriptores. Instructio Patris ad filium de arbore solari

Pontani epistola. Aristoteles de Lap Phil. Clangor Buccinae.

NOTES

^ Note1 The following lines contain abbreviations for weights and measures as follows. Weight Measures include "lwt" = pound weight;
"oz" = ounce; "dwt" = pennyweight; "gr" = grain. Currency denominations include "li" = libra (i.e. pounds); "s" = shillings; "d" = pence.

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