EOPHRAST? PARACEL SUS % = Paracelfus HIS ARCHIDOXIS: Comprifed in TEN BCOKS, Difclofing the Genuine way of making Quintesonces, Arcanumns blagijieries, Elixirs 80. Together with his BOOK S Of RENOVATION & RESTAUR ATION. Of the TINCTURE of the Philofophers. UAL of the Philofopbical Medicinal Of the VIRTUES of the MEMBERS. E PRINCIPLES. Luely Porkniture ena H fully and a ie and & " eC Y con. ee ‘Philofopher aoe Phy} ion Aureol? ‘| Pablithed by, FH. Ox : a “ih Lonny Princed for ‘rego be fold by Themot pps Theophreftus Paracelfus Bom: ih Alma tined ey ted ieee thn oanl16e> aft of Hohkegheim. whe was Peat 4 Y 47% yeare of his age... i~ iii Hl EPISTLE. WA READER. Ans Suppofition is no pofitive determin { nationy it being uicapable of pree denting fusure Obfiruitionsy elfe br RE thity aiid the feveral Books of other Authors, promifed thee in my Epitle prefixed to the Aurora, &c. of Paracellius, and the Water-Stone of thewife men, had eve this time beenabroad 5 Accept of this at prefent = te rell, yea more then what I there promifed may fortly folor + ‘The enficing Books may ferve as Whet-lione to pharpen the edg of thy boneit Dew fires after a ferviceable underitanding. Imaginary Suppofitions willfail the Confident may in a day of Tryal. Te therefore that in reality aine at the good of mankind, be as Alive as youcan in the things which the Integrity of yur ininds perfwades you tutto, And thofe of you ‘that without the bafe Ends Aa §The EPISTLE. of Honor and Wealth, have defire to Prattife in Medicine, let metell you, That though our Author hath in many pluces written obfcurely, yet tine may vince 10 the conitant mind, that’ mich of Sable, beauty lies vailed wader thofe neceffiry ‘Masks. T world not impofeouebt upon thee, but Lovingly advice thee, not rafbly to conclude, that all fuch things as thou underjtand'tt not, are falfi ties: Let not the Calumnies that our Author is afperfed withal affrighten thee 5 for what man ever detetied the Fallacies and deftrudlive Cheats of imperious di(dainful men, but was thus reprowch~ eds und yet the bitterejt of bis Enemies mut ace Ruowl-dae the Cures be performed were very arenty yeas on fich as thensfelves durit not vifit. “Bt we will leave them as thry wrey Hurtful tothem(elvesy and Unprofitable to the Generation they live in? The Archidoxis difcovers the waking of Avea~ nums, Magifteries, Elixirs, Quinceffences, Tindkaves, Becy the Tenth Bok aevel bach een Envior prot till now of late, It being we Recapitnlapos ind Explenation af the Precedent Ning 5 both it and all the reit followiugsare choice Prearifes, and cap fpeuk, more For then [elves then Tam difpoted toda, ‘Thou mish not think that a bare Study will vender thee a Muicr of fich noe table things ag are therein contained 5 If thow difdains, to do asthe Author bath douc, thou batt se great reajn to expel any Benefit from bis La~ ours 5 The EPISTLE. bours s For Diligence and Patience .in Manual Operacions sift neceffarily be undergone by thee if thou wouldelt be bis Difciples but forget not mith all thy beart to mind him in the fir place, from whont vomy: good and perfel Gift defeends, Tam not forward to perfwade theeto thefe kinds Of Studies, unleQ thou hak a natural wellrooted Aff ion thereunto 5 for tis tobe feared thou mayele ‘Soon faint inn thy mind, and be very propenfe rajbly t0Gondemn the Juthor thau propofelt to thy fulf to follow, whemag the fole defect niay be on thy part 5 ‘Thou mut not therefore indifercetly determine with thy (elf t0 be aut Cxfar, ante nihil ; For amch tine mutt Pay and many Adventurous Cone bates mit jm undergo y ere Nature will admit sheeto beak her Council’: T deny not but the blef= fed God of Nature my reveale whae, and to whom pleafeth bint, sor fhall I fay, That itis ionpofi Ley no nor unlikely but that fuch as rightly Poait on bi, Sacred Marjeliyy muy receive far beyond what} mabgnieution of 3 For where « Sincere pre- bared heart ity there C if faitbfulneR be preferved) will a Meafuure futable to the Veffelbe Cin time) Lettomeds | ne thing more I maul advife thee 05 wd "tis thie s | Molt sf thofe many waufeal words which bere and there C but efpecially in the Books of Degrees \ thou wilt meet with, are Explained inthat Ghymical Didionary, at the Rude The New Light of Alchimy, &c. Sometimes thow ae wiltThe EPISTLE, ile meet with Expreffions that ave dubious, and Fate E wil aa pre thee thé right under= Standing of bis Lutention, till by ufe, and in times thou Bel Better cequainted sith Kim. WV batfo~ coer thon obtainelt by the great Merey of God in rove ithoneltly 5 for mans peace dath sot fomuch Pingit in knowing and baviug, asin doing all the (gord that lies within bis Sphere. And fofarewel. Thy Friend, A POSTSCRIPT, TO THE READER: He Triumphant Charriot of Antimony,’ feat together with the Stone of Fire, Written by Balil Valentine, is lately Printed at Oxford, and is tobe fold by Thomas Brewlter at the fign of the Three Biblesin Pauls-yard. Befides thofe other Books formerly promifed thee, and which are ready for the Preff, thou maylt foort= Jy expeé? Paracelfiis his Paramirum, entire, Nor will it be amiff to defire fvch as fall be pleafed torender any of kis Works in Engliih to give them us as whole as binfilf kath left thentgwithout a Culling out, and Colleéiing {ome in this place, fome in thae 5 for fear of omitting what may be dircétory to a right apprebending of thofe Secrets of Nature, which are 4 warily difperfed through» out the whole of bis Writings, The‘The moft material Evvata’s are to be Corregied as followeths Other literal ones, and fone mif~ pointings » may by a vory little Care be amended. . paga. ts. dele And, ie ranacuralt for fe. eye, be tu bid.dele (3 Ter.complesioussthat &e. p 47.1. 1.36 fceror. p2elig.r inaBe 27) pital, apart fafromafter this wan- merece. p.63.lag.Elety fet, {aS r fromone fede. P.S8.h2uuf0. p67. 31. délea flats p-37-118 r from whichyize. px7 4.1.22. unto. 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F weconfider our miferys moft dear Sons! and thae our abode isina grievous habitation, and obleute Gottage, fabjeet to hunger and roa very very many various accidents, with which we are onevery fide Overwhelmed, as it were, and vironed We find that we cannot atalllourifh, no, not feuee lives as long is we have imicated or fol= lowed the Medicine and Phyfick preferibed the Ancients 5 for we were often times alluiled with many bitter Calamities and Conditions, and detained of imprifoned with terrible,eruc! Chains, & all things daily become worfe & worfe unto us, and co exceeding-many ‘others thatare in an equal balance wich us, and gre our contemporaries,whiom the Ancients could not hitherto flit or help by their Books, no notin theleatt, We. forbear toreckon up in this place the various caufes of this evils Onely, we fay chus much, that nioff of our Doftors have gotten abundance of Riches by that way. of the Ancient Writers, bur have neither purchacedy or indeed deferved the finalleft portion of praife and B honourMMMM TTA HHH 2 The firlt Book of honour thereby, but have gotten fo much wealth by mere lyes3 The which when I confidered, | was w ing to compofe & fer down this work as my memorial, that fo we might attain t6 a more profperous & nobler pradife, wherein we fhall meee with fuch myfteries of fhature as are admirable, and more then ban be ever found ont. Lewill therefore be worshy our confidera- tion, how and in What manner the Are itfelte agrees with the myfteries of nature 5 againtt fuch as could nor jnuthe leaftarrive unto the Art hitherto. ‘The virtues of the myftery of Natere are impeaded or captivated as it were in their bodies, juft as aman thar kept in prifon, in bonds and fereers,whofe minde notwithflandingis free. For this myftery in its workss is like toa cereain fire in green wood, thae would fain, burn, bur eannor by reafon of the moyfture. ‘Since therefore the hindrance that impeads it, pro- ceceds from thofe things, 1¢ feems expedient, to have it Sceed theresfrom 5 which being free and at liberty, this Art of Separations may then be compared to the Are of the Apothecary, juftas the light may be compared co darkneffe, And this we do nor spsak of arrogantly,bur ‘on this account,becaufe thofe exceeding great wicked-, nnefles and contpofitions that are made in theApothieca: rics fhops, and _inftitured by Phyficians, do very much Eifpleate uss Aud therefore isnot eanfelelly that we Eup tems by che name of darknefiey and dens of eneves ‘and Inipoftours 5 for fuch onely, for the moft part, as have mony are undertook ro be cured by the ignorance men, whereas if eal have it not, then prefently even acthe firft dafh fhall they be pronounced found; Kor Theyyvie.thele Doftors,dre- db full well'know that all theit confaltations produce not any helpfubremedy. Whereas therefore, that it both is aud may defer- vedly be calted an ats which teachcth ehe my tte ot nature,as for exainple,to cure a concradtare by a Qui ceffence the Archidoxis, 3 feffence, and co heale that (in the fpace of four dayes, ‘Shieh woth asherwnieabidceven tral ea» CAR to bring awound ro the end of its cure in xxiv. hours, which could nor be accomplithed by bodies in fomany dayes, "And now we will ac lengrh cheerfully fer abour the feparation of the myfteries of Nacure,from the Impediments and Fetcers of their bodies, and this by experience, ‘Therefore frft of all ic is to be confidered, what is the mof profitable thing of all, and che meit exeellene for a man to carn. tis to know the myfeties of Na+ tucg by the which he nay exadtly confider whae Go and alfowhar man is, and how prevalent and ufefl the knowledge of them is, Both as to the heavenly Erernicy and Terrefirial infirmity. Our of which ewo,the know ledge of thectopy, Juice and Tpuch doth very excels ently fpring forth,” Moreover, the myflerics of Nature fonely ate the life of men 5 and fach myflerierare tobe tated & followedas may be known by, and obtained from God who isthe eternalGood. For albeit, that there arc tobe found certain admirable chingsin Medi- Cideatally.” ‘Thefeleinde of motsons have their ovighe Bis mi8 = The firkt Book, of nal thus, vig. the powerful Miftresfe Zitention is above my motion uacuraly vig. on chis wife. ‘The Intention orimagination kindleth the vegetative virewe,as fire kin~ les wood, Kc. as We have written in our Treatife pe- Culiarly of Iuagination. Now it is not able toaccom- pli ics operations more potently in any kinde of body Ehen in its own proper bodys in which it both isand Lives. Likewife in every body there is nothing more feafie tole kindled then the vegeeariveSoul,oveaute that She runs and walks by her felfrand ts difpoted hereuncos for even asa fire that is covered over and buried, doth, ‘as foon as ic is thade bare and hath an acceile of ayrey Burn up 3 even fo likewife dorh my phantafie apply and bend ic fel vo che fecing of any thing. I cannot direct my eyes with my hands whether 1 pleafe and would, Bue my: Imagination converts them to whatfoever it Tikes me to behold. Solfo isitas tomy journeying 5 for, if] have a delice of going any where, and do chus propofe to my fellaccording as (cemeth me good, then Yemy body direéted co this or thac place thus intended. by ine. And by how much the mote it fall have been, iniprinced in my Imagination and choughes, fo much the ipeedict do { rin So then its evident thar tma- ination is the mover of my courfe. Even after the fame manner isit, that medicine doth mundifie bodi in whom (sa fpiritualicy, from whence it comes Co pats that that motion is performed the more cally. Thirdly,” Is tobe underftood, the diftribution thar is made inthe body unto all the members , our of all fuch chings as are prefenced snto it either without or within. “In thac diftibution is made a mu- tation , whereby the chings are fo changed, that one pare feFves for the complesion of the heart another it is accommodated to the nature ofthe brain sand {> ikewife is it with the reft. Now, the body actrads nto itstelewo manner of wayes, ‘viz, internally and exter vid. fence of gold , and (earce took half a feruple thereof the wAvchidoxts, 9 externally Internally, it attraéts whatCocver is taken in by the mouth, Excermally, ic attraéteth che aic, earth, water and fire 5 Thus therefore is the bufinetfe tobe conflituted and defined, viz. Thofe things that are received inwardly are not fo neceflary to be writ- ten 5 for char they are to be known by the foundation ‘ofnature, (viz.thefe) which are di Shall Speak anon concerning the divifion, But out- ‘wardly you are to underftand it thus, thaethe body doth atiraét through che whole skin from the four ex= ternal elements, whatis meceffary for ie; which if Ie Mould wot do, the internal nurciment would Rot fuf- fice for a mans (uppore 3 and becaufe that moifture is fovery exiftent in the body by cuftome, the fame body ‘extradts it out of the Element water,and fo it comes 0 palle, chat as long as one fall fic or fland thereine hie nceds not any other quenching of his chirft,Now this proceeds not from the waters extinguifhing tie heat ab hheth firey but the internal heat arteaéts the ex- it were ta- Ken inwardlyshence tis chacthe Cows are able to abide n the Alps Withoue drink an wholeSumimer,for the air igasa drink co chem and fupplies the place and office thereof 5 The fame may he concluded of a8 to.a man, ‘Moreover thenature ofa man may be faftained alfo withont food, ifhe be fetor planted with his feet in the earth. 'So have we (eena man that lived fix moneths without food » and was fuftained onely by ‘or clod of earth upon his ftomack § dry, he now and then took a new feelle lod 5 heaffirmed chat during all chat ver hungry the caufe of which ching we few in the Hook ofthe appetite of Nace, So likewite have we feena man that fuflained hime felt for many years by ame by the quineee ine, ‘cach10 The firft Book of each day, Hence likewife or after this manner , have there been many others that Rave eaten nothing for ‘many years, viz. xx years,(uch I rememberl have feen in, muy time. ‘Some do attribute chis kind of living to the goodnefi and piety of the perfous, and (ome alfo im= pate ft co God, the which we donor in the leaft defire fay or judg of 3 yet however this thing is even na- tural for fadnefsy melancholy and fainting y or grief of the mind do take away both hunger and. thuifl s % that by theattrattion of thebodysto wie elit isable to faftain i for many years 5 for as much as food and drink are nor (0 ordained or appointed » as that we maft of neceffity cat. fleth or bread, and deink wine or water, but alfo we may fiftain our life with the air and. with, clods of earth 3 and we are co believe that whatfoever is ordained for food was made that we might try and ‘afte ity the which we thall declare ‘more at large in our book of the Aonarchy of Gods Albeit we grant thismuchy char beeaure of our labours and fuch Mikey we cannot want temporal and corporal food, and that for very many caules, and therefore food was ordained for this body, as medicine was againft difeafes 5, Now therefore as to the diftin¢tion of things which enter in- tothe body, obferveie thus, that they are diftibured throughout all che pares of the bady, no otherwil as i€ vinum ardens of burning fpirie. were poured waters thereby making it~ all of the fame odour, tecaufe it is defufed throughout the whole body shereofs Inlike manner if ink be put into wine , all, ‘of it will be rendred black thereby. Even thus is tein the body of man.che humidity and moifture of life doth wrefently defufe fuch, things asate received in, and that fooner and fpeedier then whar we have propoted unto youby thefe examples; bur asto theform that the fubftance ehus tor tranfmured intosthe nature of his contifteth onely in che members and the Archidoxis. " anddigeft ic into their ova Tikencffe, no otherwife then arwhen bread, itconveyed incoa man is made nanstlefhy andif into fh tiemade Gh, 8c. “Thusin Tike manner is {eto be underftood ofthe things that are taken iny they are tranfinated by the vires of the nature of the members, and become appropriated to the nacarcof the parts receiving thems’ The fame ts ikewife tobe underflood of medicines, viz, thie they are tranfinuced into the members according to the pro prictis of chem membertyfortheyececive their fleengel, ha vietacs from the proper fubftances ofthe medicines dccordng tofcrher se apo on cu the fue ot rofedifpertin thereof, according asthe qualiy of ee fedicine thule, afor examples if Tt be of aquine tellence » the trapfinatavon of it will be more flrong and potene burif it be agroffe medicine, fuch alfoie Femuingy even as.aa meget pidture thar hack is. OF Hament from te colours 1s Co falracsIeand deformity, the which colours ifmnoble, fuch alfo will the. pietare bes So therefore that we may colledt our expetiene ces in thole like things whieh we have met withall, nd may asic were, heap them up cozetkir for our por 2y and better remembrance, that fo we may have tem, inva redineife. whens wee need them 5 we wil wiite down thefe nine Booksbur as for the cently 1 will re- feeve that clofe in my brain: becaute of the ungrateful Teots bur yet nocwithflanding inthcfe 9 is enough declared ro our Sonss_and let no hody admire and. fomuch wonder ac the tesching of my Dottrine , for though itbecontrary tothe courferand methiods of the Ancients yee notwithftandingy itis moft frmty. founded upon experience which isthe miftcelte of alk things, and by which alfo ought all arcs to be proved. THE% THE Second and Third Book i OF THE ARCHIDOXIS i Of the Separation of the Elements. Efore we fet about the Declaration of the ‘Separation of Elements» there are fome things whieh we fhall explain (feeing chat of the Generation of thingsare norfo very confonane wich the q Separations of the Elements) for che better and clearer underftanding of rhae fame Separacion 5. for + every thing is broughe to its end and iffue, the { — conveniently,where a mature intelligent conGidera as cowhat the event will be, precedes s Kor vert thereby che pradtick becomes the clearer.” We there fore fay thae the four Elements exift rogethct in all things, out of Which dothatife to every one its Preds- Mtinated flare. Buc new by what means thofe four Elenients, fo mde tually contrary among themfelves, are able 10 agree and abide cogecher, without the deflrudtion of chem~ felves : youre to underflahd it thus, Whereas the anixion of the Elements is in and by predeftiastion, fo united and corroborated, the cafe flands thussthere is no Weight to be accounted in them , but the ruling Power of one of them is greater in things then wvothers | il power4 The fecond and third Book powerisy by which istobe underftood that in the die Fetiing ce difpoation and fermencof the predeftinatt= {ny “the lrongeft clement will hear ruleyand overcome and fubjedt the others.” By which means the other three clemente cannot in che leat attain theit perfe= ony bur are in rlarion to that pertedt elements the Hight 'or fay act in Wood eso the. fm tiers therefore ale they are not to be called slements,foras much as liey are not all of them perfechybur one one isforwhen ve fpeak tecefore ot the four elements wh Finally are mall shungey we ace noe to underftand ie {0 ecielyy that in hemi the four Elements ure perfects Etcthereis but one onely.finithed or accomplithed Jement in things che other Elements remaining ttyper= feet, by reafon of the vires and pufance of the chiet excellingclements henee it enmes to pate, Ghar hey fmt secord and confi ogetersbccaue etc Seno perfection m three of then, upon which account n by the contra: ‘Moreover chae an clement te yea ceaie i heretnes pret Mcinared, and therefore no corruption nor permiston Eanadhere co them, agwe mention fein the book. oF ‘Gencrations 3 wliereas therefore tere ie onely one cle- menc in every thing particutarly it iy needletie to ee for four elements fn thingey there being thee Of them not pofted in perfedhion biel and Snallystherer fore we mi underfland thae che four elements ate ail ehings, but nor four complexions atvaliyy the cate flands thos 3 fubflance rmatter conta the ele= ene water, and ten iets yenular or water lly there Bhnor in ie befides this ckiment, neither eatthy nor si Rorfires fikewife, therets moc in teany tenets of heat, ordrynettey for is hath no pecullat operation, bh the predeflination thereotia waters and fate one- Jy" clement of water, under which isnetther drynefic nor MMMM MIAMI of the Archidosiss 15 nnorheat, according to its affianced nature. But yee although all chefe chings are thus, yee notwithftand- ing the other three elements arein itsbut the creatures havenor theit rife out of thote three elements whict, ate not broughe forth as ir were perfedt,nor have they their begioning or help and affiftance froin them, but out af the predeftinated element which is united to, and impreffed in that ftock and kind, ‘And albeie,, thar this quares nor with the Common Philofophy, viz. chat theone predeflinated clement hhath of its.own nature the other three elements edhere~ Ingunto it fell yee morwithitanding itis tobebeliey- el, that che eleniene, and fubflance, or matter, are difizrenefrom each other. ‘The which is to be thus un- derftood. ‘The fubMance or matter isnot from that element which tingeth and elementateth the fubftances neither alfo are thefe elements from the fubftance, be they have an equal like agreement as the body and fol have.“ Burnow cach body, as for example, The body offoine growing thing hath its Complexion, and like- Wife itselement. Alehough the elemenc it (elf fs not vifible in the growing body,nor is ie tangible or demon= firable, and that for this reafon, becaule this element isby reafon of its fabrilty more flrong, and fabjedts tthe other elements of the growing body. “And yet all, of them are in the body, bue imperceptibly, like as when water is permixed with vinegar, it becomes like unto it s and although the vinegar fhall have changed allin the eflence thereof, yet nevertheleffe the Com- plexion of the water remains incarrupe 5 nor is it vi- hhegar, for hae caufe, bue is as mich water as afore: And although ic puts nor forch the virtues of water us afore; yet it doth nor therefore follow, but that it hath them fill, Now therefore, by thefe propofitions we are willing sodeclare by what way the Separations of theElements, areas, ‘Lhe Second and Third Book of Air, ixverv much wonderiity, ike as if the Air were tobe pacated irom the eflential Klement of the War tery it ta be dane by bos lings the which beginning foboy ese indy uctvith feparated feom the Water e moft lighe fubftance of the Wa" che Warer is leffened, fo much is tobe he nored hereyThat no Element wad-withoue alr, although any of wherefore wen c Air apare, fe- ing itis in che ost body 3 for ated fini thie bod¥they all perifhaas we Clearly corh inthe folio meg Pragick of Separations. In this place, lege are Kour wayes muft be confidered Chas wavy isin Watery bodies, that isy in Herbs, which Teve more of Water, than of any of the other Elements, ‘he Feesud asin fiery bodies 5 fueh are Woods, Rozin otty &e, which eontain in themfelves more ot 9 fubftancey than of dhe others... The “Third is midsifload of Bacrhy bedics,. fuch asa Clayes, and Barth 5 bue the Fourth isof Aietial thisis in all che other three, awe mentioned above. In Ike mance alfo. are there fo many Wayes eb dered of, asco the pure Ilcments, after die fame man= eta: tsluid aforeyot the Four fore-poing. Hence then is Ieeafic co be known what the Elee ments are, aud how £0 be feparated 5 amongtt whieh, the fepatarions of the Elements trom Mecals come firth, ta be confidered 0.3 in which Elements there are pecu ar Predeflinated vireues,whieh are lacking in the othet Klemenes, (alias, which are forced out-of the other Ele- iments) for although all the Elements are alike in the form, viz. intlear, Caldnefs, Moinure, and Drynek 5 yet notWithflanding che Drywette or Moittare,8e. the iteat There 91 canbe hed according to its proportion + confi- MEM ay the Arcbidoss 19 Hear and Coldnefle ate nor rhe fame Ja one thing.as ia area are Genin (ime ies Appropriativey but in ote ION specie by varione wayesaect this manne foe Hhagacin every Kind they ane each of them nate secordy R cualy and ettentiallyy for there's mo kind of the tttaents like to another in vues 5 iyiistafipare we'tecenccive conervuing the Seyara- ont of Afweaftey the which do bkewite difer from the adler inthe BraGhekand tlemenal Nocute 5 fOr + the Mladvor Lineager ig gofited ina peculiar Sepata- clon’ and matt be practted wichyin a cay 3a vows duswewil (peak of Gears and Stones, and de tnonttcate theit Elements, fue they appear not at all ike the others. Trurtherinaté, Sats ate of a peculiar and nioft excel- { lenenatures and of more properties. then see perceived tobe theahersS Tihkrctealte a diverte cflence in etsy witch have no manner of ayreemien with te .) Minerals themfelvess nor indeed caw they be alike, as fowhat belongsunta their nicare Likewtile, the pro= | perey of Wonds,-vults, Barksy and fueh-Like is fe 3 lars alfo the property of Ulefh, Drink, and all edible [| Focay"and'otchings wor gond and clean, buc evi and innpore, which are tobe feparared into biemens- “Theveare Two wayes ound to beso tia Separat which we mean. One whereof it, the Separation of 1 Sich Hlemene hues by it fellyivco a pectise Vettel 4 withont the corrupting, of fofing of its vires, che Air { excepred The ofner way i of the Separation of ehe { pore tom ehetmpuregin thclour Elements, sie alter Uthisimanner Acer @ ements are feparated Jigs thicone from the other, they. have as yer s profie Tibninee $ for wilt canferheré follows aver fepa ration of thofe fame Separated Klements; we will | cpeore deca erate ot then at Gx hie ca teliown inthe ft place, ehae the Quintehiiwce of j ‘igs f GaMT TTT TTD ‘The Second and Third Book of feparaced & extradted this way, becaute cies drawn ontof bodies, in the nawure scHtatieey ate nor fubjedted, hit are Tefe with Chermore iv i-uble co, cinge tite Elements, either Stronger ot Winker 3 Which is to be wnderftood this, F Suilaet donce ( beeate of this) perifh 2. when the Predeftinared Element, that iy the Goins ttoucey is extratied 5 for it is it felt Mkewile tcmencal and Separable, a: to the Elemental form bur not as eo the differing natures, as is evident fn the Difeous(e of the Quiatefence, By thefe like Separationsyall Eleniental infirmities may be cured.by one fimplecuiinceftencesviz.after th ner 5 Af thofe Predettinations fight againit thefe ties, as we fet down more largely in the Difeourte of Predeflinations, By thefe chings therfore thus fpoken,we have fufficicatly enough difelofed the beginning of the Separations, aud therefore let us now haften on toch’ Practick pare of thems the variety whereof is. Zen fold: Oneis of Metals, aSccond of Aarcafites, a Third ‘Of Stones, a Fourth of Oleaginous things, a Filth of Re- ins, a Sissi of Herbsy aSeventh of lefiy, an Eighth of Jurces, a Ninth of Vier fed things, andthe Tentivot Fie Things i And now, as to thofe Separations of the Ele- iments there are three wayes thereoh, One hy Dylllati« ‘ons, a Second by Calcinations, and the Thitcl by Sublime: tions 5 To this do belong all the exercifes, as the ap- plying of the hands eo the Fire, and Labouring, and o- ther neceflaries, which fhall be fet down in the follow. ing Separations, Fe the Archidoxis. ax Of the Separations of the Elevrents out of the Metals. i S touching the Separation of the Elements fror Aichi, Merchec eed tsasoneas {teeta nk Fee Firfl of all, make an Aqua ortia, this: Take Salinitre, Vitriol, and Allun, equal parts, th {which yon mot Dif ineoan “tq Ports "pour eiie Water again upon its feces and again Dini a Glafte. “Tn ehis Aqua Mortis clatific Silver, ‘and afers |wards diffolve therein Salarneniack : Having (o done, ‘Take a Metalyreduced into Leaves, and refolve ie there the fame water, then feparate B.M, pour icon again, tepeat this fo often nei there he'found an Oyl at che bottoniyviz. of © or Gold, iB fpadiceous or light red Colours of ya lazures of atarst ated, and very obfeure sof % awhite 3 of Th, alividy fram and leady 5. of Venus, an abfoluve green} and of 1a yellow colour. (, Buryeenorey that, nor all che Metals are thus re- Quced into an Oy! Bue fuich as have been afore prepare d= as for cxample, Afercurr is co be fublimed s Saturn fo be calcined 5 Venus to be tlorified, or reduced into res, tron co be Crocifiedy and rediced 10 a Crocus | qipiter be Reverberated 43for Soh and}, they will ‘atity tabu themtelves, heny when the Metals fall be on this wife re- iced into a liquid fubfiance, and thereby ditpoted 4 cs theme“The Second and Third Bock, of themfelves to a disjoyning of their Kiements, ft as she Mich thing canoe potlibly be done in a Meraltick Barute ) tor every iitag. 8 co be afore prepared for the ufe ‘unto and convenient i for, ‘Altcrwards ad to one parc of this Oyl two parts Siew Auuatortis » and being Well fhur iw rogether in Ghebeli slave, feege inficrfe dung fer a mienerhy then! efil ic witolly off hae ehve mat! its agrecable fer may be coanalace Sandee ag | Foraiewhnc afcends, wane £02" thow thale hte thar all che me ; hein dgtar in Gold, the \ \ Fevnaius ny Ac B bue the Ai tin all the other three and lenient of fure abides in the bottom 5 becante the Subilance snd cangible matter of Gold is coagulared by the fire, therefore re wid come together ina foblanci al matcer and fubflance. Tn Lune there wil} remain in the bottom, the Fle mene of Water, and ina Valny, the Blements of the Earth ard Hire for the Subftance andCorporalli whichmd ced isof a fix marie y and which cannot U elevated, is born and fprings from coldur fle anc Mure, In Afereury, che Fire remains in the hocrom,ani the Earth and Water are elevated up. tn Vent che: Fie allo remains, and Lorh, vig the Barth and the Wat ; abides ina B, In Saturnthe Element of Earth remaitt inthe bovwam, te Kire and Water are to be hab inaB in Jupiter y the Air remains ia the borten and the Fike, Water, and Barth are clevated thei Tis therefore to be obferved y thar che Air affords | body in 3 and in no other metral wharfoever » of th} hongh fome part doth alfo afcend ropetle’ remiaines, infeparably permise wich the other thre Elements, ycenocwithflanding that Air is not Corpo! t | i the atrcbidonis. 23 teal, butis adherent and concurrent with the others, and isinfeparable from them. ‘Furthermore, tis to benoted, char, that remainder, thaeis, che corporeal Element, which remained in the horton, att be reduced by a'B intoan Oyl,with frefh tAjus forts and fo this Klement will be perfeded, the Which chow hale keep (ofone Pare Thereft chou fhale Sepatate by aon this wifes Pur chem in Sand, and Urge them gently s. then firft of all, che Water will be Hevaced and will conte ferth 5 then'after that the Fire, for you will know by the Golour where thofe two rez the Elements, Earth and Water, fhoutd mained, then the Water will afcend fief, and afeer that cheFatth, | Bueif ie be the karth and Wire, then che Eareh is elevated firfl and the Fire afterward: Bucif che Water, Fite, and Barth thould be cogether, then the Water will aleend firll, the Fire next, and Laiof all the Karth, | “T mts may be fo ke pe in peculiae Clafler,each of hem according co ies nates = defor exampley in Sof, the Hoc and Dey, wishoue ay Other propertye Likewifs the Gold and Moift, and ce Eoldand Dey. The like is to be underftood of the o= thers. Bae yor niuft know thus mutch. That the Garros five mature of ch he extragtedyas we have deferibed icin fF the Quintcfinces Of the Separations of the of Marcafit ‘Aving afore fet down the Separations of the El ents ott of Metals, ie remains (hae we now pros alco thafe Separations Uiat may be made from Afar safitesy and they are tele : ca ents OM E ‘rake24 The Second and Third Buk of Take of any kind of Marcafite (as you pleate ) wh snarbignanel ce, orSrankees Seca ty otherkind, one pound of Sale Nice as much bear them rogetiice very finally and draw them out, ot dit them by an Alembick,withone a Gucurbite, by i them together, and keep whatfoever Liquor thall at cond» Butas for that whiell remains in the horton, grind it, and refolve it into a Water with Aqua fortis, | i wm Ele: ts frous fedteleta vue the Wareeyon gater'a aoreraad |. OF Me Seperstion of the Elements fi j the Archidesis. 25 feous and blewith coloured to filver or); then the more {, Common fort of fiones,to the other Metealss as Altefler | cof 5 Marble to Afars 5 Hint to 1;bue Dulech to %. Didi ic into an Osl, as was alorctaid of the M after the fame proceflesthall you Separate the Elements} Tikewifes for thus *tis tobe underflood, vig. the Gole LL Oyles, Woods, Roots, Seeds, Fruftes and den Mareatite, to be feparatcil like to Goldy the: fach like as have allawing’ nature and fit for ithlikero Silver, the ick like Uead, th igs are to he repuced Oleaginons s and the Se like Coppers the Talk like , the Cobolelike [ron,kic. in of them is two-fold, vig. of the Oleaginous Bo= ‘Thusmuch may (office for tle Separation of all kinds » and of the Pure Oy of Marcafics. The Separation of the Oleaginous bo~ Of the Separation of the Elements : dliesy is thus. rom Stones. ' from Stones 1: rPrake ehisttody, breaks grind or make. i fall by an Separation of the Elemente of Stenes and Tonthy and eyeity ie icin Hork-aung tell ie be AE Gensstone tins underftood § “ate a’Stome, *Wivuly putrifed » the whielt Moonen happens in one grind ir exceeding well to ponder, wherecoadd | holy then in auother. Alter that ie fhall be puercficd twice as much Sulphurvive, and being’all well wit | ect be put ina Cueurbiie, and let be pollred thereon togcthicr, pur chem into a luted Por in'an Athanorfor —_ fomuch common Aqua Ardenror burning wareryas may four hours, that the Sulphur way be wholly abinted 5: owrtop inthe breadth of four fingers y and lecbe de~ afeerwards, tet that which remains be waflie from the filled all that can afeend in Sand for all the Flements Srees and Sulphur. and be dried, This Stony Calx mult {| afeendy exeepe the Farthie fell, the which you fall alfothe pur inta Aiud fos: and be proceeded withal a& | ; now hy dhe colours ¢ but yet, the jus Ardens doth Hater of te Mcrae Therefore Stoncaarccom~ || ffl acend, after that the Ain shew the WWavery and dl to Metals; asthe clear Gams, chaeare not whitey ly the Fi Earth wi i ie bot BorGrownith are compared to Gold the white Core: tomy (ME FHGs andthe Earth will vemain in cl | Bue26 ‘we fecond ard third Book, But now a3 t0 pure Oyles , youn are to underfand that ied do not need puzrefactions , bucare tobe di filled afone without addition 5 then afterwards, the’ Elements ave tobe dy as wasfaid afore Of the ee the which are lkewife deflinguithable by their “Alter the fame manner mul you proceed with Kezins ofaliquid fubtanceras. Pith, Rezing Turpentine, Gains Sndfach Tike, Bur Gch Roziny asare Corporal, 3s ‘Sulphur is 5 chey muft fill be prepared on this wife, Of the Separation of the Elensents iw Corporal Kofins. Ake Sulphur moft Enely ground, boil wich twice ‘asmuch Linced Oy! athe which being, Bearen eo powder,and th pur ino Horf-ding co. ‘Then lee t be deflilled by an Atembick Fre’ the Aur and the Water do afcensd firihc m different and pallid Colours 5 then afterwards by the encrea of the Firealirele, the Fire doth afcend upwards, the Earth abides in the bottom. ‘The Colurs asthe Air yellow, the Water like to thi C can fcarce be diftinguithed from milk, Fire like burning Wubie » wich cranfpareney-and all the fignes of fre, but che Earth is altogether black and aduft and the four Elemcats being thus Separated, each Element is perfe¢t,in its own Elemencal Complex. fon, and without permixion,as is above gently npon a naked the eArehictow: Of the Separation of the Elements frou Herbs. 0 alfoin Heaths, she Element of water is of moft Giitine, wheniey ane cold Weartn s Duct ehey chew ehat” Element predeminatet, 80 rautitgod of chetites The Sepa- Mew ftheitlements sth. Take Sage, and beac tarimaifedhe’ leaves thereat” andatrerwards fect Ot rcinfton ga isla afores then efile by am Route belign nd the Klement ot fire will atcend ety S'Engetil the Colones amd she thicknelieof the Soe. thanqans eervarde icearth will acceed, Mibiome patel ie ew ite will remain the Botcon whe tohek fares indeed hss, eft ieVarer tn che oh dae and terwands ft teva Be then the Be We actiat Nikew le 19 ir co be a ofthe Wacet wil ft ateendahich i vty ee te, andis perceptible by the tatty, alter chat, the co- Tie Hlemene of. the fire afeendsfo long, afl he likewie alvered 5 chen at laftat a pare of the Earth is elevarea upsbu Yet the which being permixe with the Air, fs found in the hottom The ike isco beunderflood of Aerial and Watery Herb 4 of whieh carbs the Air a(cends Grft, After tharthe Waters and laf of all. follows the Fires dtcorsling co the procefs tet down of Sages of bucvety fice, >The Second and Third Book, of Of the Separation of the Flements from Flefily Baclics. |] [HE Separation of the Elemen's from Ftethly Bor H dies ‘and fuch as live with blood is to be this un- |} erflood, thac the Predaminanc Element in them i co || bepercelved more abundancly, and chiclly a the lait of Jb alls. ce she Principal Hlement in Eifhes is Watery in |! meflible, and fich as we wfually eats is Airy tecord~ ng to our difcourfe in the Treatife of the Generation of yin i | The Separation of the Elements from Fifoes is thus. Urrefic the Kithes moft exceedingly well, hen de- Ail chemby an hortbelly y and there will very inch Water afeend , repeat this Puirefatlion and De~ Aillation, and fo encreate it, uncil there will uo more water afcendythae which retains, deft afeerwards by Sand, then at {engeh the Fire afcends in. the form of Oyley but the earthabides in the bottom. “Thus th whole fubftance of the Fifhes is Separated into the ements 5 Here need not any confideration of their fat= neffe and warrow, but itis co be fuppofed, that cvery thing is Separated by purrefattion, and divided. into their Elements. In like manner isirto be inderQvod, ‘of Worms , excepeehar from them there comes noe nel the Archidor is. 29 onely Waters but more of firey wuleflé they be aqua- fous or watery Wormss as Serpencsin the defiiacion of which there are many things obvious and things more wonderfal then ean be fpokem after the amie manner is ito be underftoad of com testible Animals, ‘which do alfo peculiarly difclofe their Zlements by Se- poration, Of the Separation of Elements front Watcrifs Things. $ tothe Separatron of Juycy and Warery bodies, Prince tictenatdel itl bate schare ie f waterinefle , asUrine, Dung, Water, dre. f it very well, then will afcend + Airjand £arth cogether, but the fire abides in the bottom 5 "afterwards mix all together and deftil them againy and do thus the fourth id fourth deftitiation, the Water wi the Air and Kire,” bur the Zarch abides com. ‘ake then the Air and Fire in a peculiar Veffel,, the whichfecina cold place, and there will be Stria’s or Cryftals congealed, the which are the Zlement of Fire, though indeed ehey will be likewife congealed gle deflilling, bur yet in che cold the Congelat30 ‘The Second and Third Book, of Of the Scparation of the Elements from Water. Ske the watet boil, by an horfe bellyy or dung- hil, and che Barch it (elf will fercle inthe bee~ Yom, putrefic that which afeends , for its time, and let ie be deflilled, afterwards by a B. and the Water will afcend firft and che Fire afterwards. Dung for Exerements, Vitriol, Tartar, and fuach like jnyees, 5 Allum, Salts, and others of rir kind are tobe de flilled by ufhesin that heat, and o long, until they will no more afcend, and thae the Water and Air hav ended, and the arth aboad in the bottom,after by the fire, doth the fiery Element afcend. Tis tobe ‘obferved in this place, that albeie the four Elements are feparated, yee noewithftanding there do yet re tain In the Zarthsfone Occule Elements, as being fis asin che Caput martuum of Vieriol. the which younult fubline with Saf Armeniacks and fo will an Oyl proceed forth, in which the Water and che Fitearey and the Earth it ele remaines Subftancially Separate chem welt have afeended up, and the Water will afcend again, and che Fire will abide in the bottom, thusalfo is ie to Beunderftood of Tartar 5 and Salts," Now although there are many more Separations of liquors. yet We Shall make a Isrger declaration of them y where we fpeak of Tranfinueations 3 forit isto be obferved that there are more Elementsina Corrofive Earth, then in Affiess. Therefore the Separation is ro be made by Sublimation, as we fhall demonftrate elfewhere. The Archidozis. Of tbe Separation of the Elements from Glaffes, and fuch things as are Glafiy. iat which we have fer down afore concerning the rfutins of Marcaites. the functs ro De fee about Glakss, and fe prineipal to be confideredy'ure. that they be calcined. with asthe flones were 5 then afterwards wafhed Gilfolyed with Sae-Perer and -Aguafortisy Ke. atwe hive’ mentioned afores, Se. “Ehein B- ements ate likewife tobe known by the ealures, in cE them, nor ae they Mew themfelves roche fights and thus inch for theme Of the Separation of the Elements in fixe Bodies. "To tte Separation of cheElement: of fix thingssis made by fublimationsas weceach of Sales and Laqter:,DUB Jet winh chisdiffecence y that they are to be caleined Wich Saleuitreand co befublin.ed afterwards; And al= though thereate many other things nor fer down it Place, vecnevertheleffe tis tobe underfoody tae the Separations ofall Bodies are to be made y bs thefe the med ten ways, Moreover as to the Sepa ments,cisto be obferved chat exch parated again, vig, the Fire asfirey the Airasair, the Watetas watery the Facth as earth, avi followes Concerning their Peculiar Separations. op