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Cleidophorus MYSTAGOGUS

Trifertes Sagani

Or

Immortal Dissolvent

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Being a Brief but Candid Discourse of the Matter and Manner of Preparing the Liquor Alkahest of Helmont, the great Hilech of Paracelsus, the Sal Circulatum Minus of Ludo icus de Comitibus! or "ur #ier$ Spirit of the #our %lements&

'ogether (ith its )se in Preparing Magisteries, Arcanas, *uintessences, and other Secret Medicines ofthe Adepts from the Animal, +egetable or Mineral ingdoms

Trifertes Sagani

Or

Immortal Dissolvent

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Cleidophorus Mysta)o)us

Table of Contents

An *pistle to the Reader

Chapter + Concernin) the Mista,e of those -ho sou)ht this .i/uor in -ron) Sub0ects and by-ron) 1ays2

Chapter ++ Of the True Sub0ect Matter of this 3issol4ent

Chapter +++ The True 1ay and Manner of Preparin) the .i/uor Al,ahest

Chapter +5

The 3ifference bet-een this .i/uor and the Mercury of the Philosophers
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Chapter 5 The Use of the .i/uor Al,ahest" Circulatu Minus or Great 6ilech of 6el ont andParacelsus

An *pistle to the Reader

Various have been the Opinions (Courteous Reader) concerning the Basis and Foundation of this generalDissolvent, commonly no!n by the name of the "i#uor $l ahest% some imagining it to be &ercury

prepared% others, that 'tis in rine, Blood and the li e% !hich has been the reason of so many and difficultlabors made use of, and all in vain for that the "i#uor remains at this day as great a *ecret in the +orldas ever, and 'tis li e so to continue !hile Chemical authors Deliver the sub ect in such tropes and&etaphors, !hich horrible and -ne.tricable labyrinth the young /yros are so entangled in, that it must be

by more than an ordinary 0rovidence, that he can be disentangled and set free1

On this account it may be properly said, that these Chemical +riters had as good to have been silent% nay,it !ould have been better2 For then so many !ould not have engaged in a search, !here so little

li elihood of obtaining !as seen !hereby a great deal of 0recious /ime and &oney might have beensaved, and that 0erple.ity of mind !hich follo!s vain Chemical 0rocesses might have been prevented%for this Reason it is but ust in $uthors in all their discourses, tending to the instruction of others, to directto that *ub ect !hich is the true ob ect of that discourse% and though - must ac no!ledge that it is not fitto be delivered or disclosed so plainly, as that every 3og that may come to the 3oney 0ot, yet - say that itmaybe clothed !ith such a decent habit, as to preserve it abstruse enough, yet by this a certain andharmonious Concord to be seen% as for e.ample, the Ob ect of this discourse is the $l ahest1 &an and allcreatures have it, for there is no being in 4ature, that is rightly and genuinely dissolved, but !hat may

properly and truly be said to be done by this "i#uor, but particularly in man after a more evident mannerin all Chylifications !hatever, but in this $ct &an suc s the 5uintessence of all things so dissolved forhis o!n 4utrition and being /ransmuted into 3uman *pecies, the Recrements are cast off by the common

6munctories, far more gross and imperfect, than the *pecies themselves !ere in their first Reception,conse#uently they are of no fit ob ect to ground the discourse of so pure and -mmortal a dissolvent on% notindeed &an himself, though !e grant that it is plentiful in him, but it is that *alt or "ife in him !hichConcentrates all other *alts in his o!n 6ssence as a Catholic Fountain for all the Rivulets to be suppliedfrom1 *o that there is no ta ing of it from him but by a violent brea ing of the 7lass and a /ransplantingof the Fountain bac again to that -ne.haustible Ocean from !hence it first received its being1 /herefore,man cannot be the Ob ect of any discourse appertaining to demonstrate the *ub ect of this Dissolvent% forthe pure in him, as already said, cannot be obtained !ithout Death, !hich is abominable even to thin on%

but if it !ere obtained, it !ould not ans!er the end% for !hat is sufficient to dissolve in the Vegetable8ingdom is too !ea for the $nimal% and that !hich is strong enough in the $nimal is too !ea for the&inerals1 /herefore, see it in that and from that, !hich is the Fountain, that supplies all Creatures and

beings !ith it% for had it not a *ource, 4ature !ould soon cease, for as she e.hausts by the acts of &otionand $gitation of 0arts in 7eneration, so is she on the other hand -mmediately *upplied, not only in the7reat +orld, but also in every -ndividual 0art !here "ife is Receiving the same through the $ir, as thetrue Vehicle, conse#uently this Catholic Fountain is the Right ob ect to ground this discourse on, as thetrue *ub ect of the said dissolving "i#uor% this is a standing /ruth, it !as /ruth in the beginning, and !illremain so to the end of /ime1 /he Reason and 0hilosophy of it - can by &echanical Demonstration ma eclear to a person !orthy of such inspection therefore by all Clouds, Dar Veils and metaphors, -genuinely declare that the matter of this Dissolvent is one and the same in 6ssence !ith that &atter from!hence all the !ise $ncients obtained the niversal &edicine, one being the +or of $rt, the other

4ature1 One gentle, the other violent so that by the difference of Operation they are brought to differenteffects1

4o! therefore the *ub ect of this discourse being the "i#uor $l ahest, the Ob ect must be the niversal*pirit% for it is from this grand Fountain of 4ature that our Chaos doth proceed% therefore thrice happy ishe, that no!s those &agnets that attract and ma e a species of this general 7enus for he is assured that
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there is something more than 6lements in all Created Beings, even an -ncorruptible and 5uintessential*pirit, !hich is the very "ife of 6lements themselves% !hich being ta en appears in &ist, Vapor or+ater, even that out of !hich the $ncients say all things !ere 7enerated1 3o!ever, the right 8no!ledgeof this &atter is sufficiently abstruse, and the Operations thereof yet more abstruse% for - !ith manyothers no! by e.perience, that the &atter may be no!n and many do no! it, yet are !holly to see inthe matter and &odus of Operating thereon% and !hatever some Foppish and Conceited ones may thin ,vi91 that if they had the 8no!ledge of the true matter all difficulty is over% this may prove a grand

&ista e, for - have been -ntimately ac#uainted !ith some, that have had a true no!ledge of the matter,and have !rought thereon% yet to the day of their Death, have been to see of the &agistery1

/hese difficulties have been those sharp *tones that have hindered by "egal 0rogression in :; years travelto!ards the &ount 3elicon of $rt% so that my labor of Body has been e.cessive, and that of the mindmuch more1 - have passed through the drought and scorching heat of the Day, and also through the coldand chilling Frost of the 4ight through a multitude of !ants and difficulties even often to the 3a9ard of"ife itself1 3o!soever easy such, as aforesaid, may thin it - have had no other door to come in at, buthard labor and great 6.pense, for Coals and 7lasses have been my -nterpreters, and shall be so to everytrue *on of the $rt to the end of time1 For Conscience


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/hus having given you a short *cheme of the Rise, 0reparation and se of this "i#uor, - shall concludethis 0reface in Consideration of a 0erson rightly #ualified for the 0ossession hereof the first and mostnecessary 5ualifications is to be rightly -nformed in Religious things so as to no! 7od for themselvessavingly, by passing through the 3oly River of Regeneration, for to !al in the ne!ness of the *pirit,!hich Divine gift of the 3oly 7host enables every true Christian to !al !ith that Circumspection, as to

be acceptable in the sight of 7od, to such it is a sure 7uide and safe Conductor in this +orld to!ards thedesired 3aven of rest1 -t is also to them a mouth and +isdom, and that by !hich their /ongues are bridled

and the !hole &an sealed to the Day of his Redemption, giving an earnest of the 6ternal -nheritance, andafter!ards a full 0ossession, !hen our &ortal shall put on -mmortality% this being the Fountain, all othersthat are true, flo! as Rivulets from it, and so give a right 5ualification for the 8no!ledge of 4ature and

4atural things as also a Constancy of mind to !or upon the one thing alone, and an -ndustrious hand toeffect the same1 3ere a Blessing and *uccess may be hope for, and those -ncredible Re!ards for all suchas !ander in the Circumference, and have never been admitted to the Center of things% but to the Vigilanthidden things, even those hid from the foundation of the +orld, shall be revealed and that this may bethe 0ortion of every true laborer in $rt is the sincere Desire of him, !ho !ishes the 7eneral 0rosperity of&an ind every !ay1

Chapter + Concernin) the Mista,e of those -ho sou)ht this .i/uor in -ron) Sub0ects and by

-ron) 1ays2

-t is a *aying !orthy of Observation, that the -ndustrious 3and ma es Rich% so is it in all manner of/rades and Convers in the +orld% so it is in $rt% but this -ndustry must be upon a tight Foundation, and,set in the Chymical $rt, from a Fore no!ledge of $de#uate Causes% unto !hich it is impossible to attain!ithout !e are enlightened by that +isdom, !hich comes from above, as a Ray from the 3oly 3eavensand /hrone of the Divine 7lory% for it is she, that must Conduct us in all out "abors to ma e them$cceptable to the 7reat 7od% !ell therefore might the !ise &an esteem of her before Riches, and 0ri9es

nderstanding above the &erchandise of *ilver, 7old, and 0recious *tones, because she is the trueConductor to the !ays o 0eace and 0leasantness% nay even to that /ree of "ife, !here *ubstance is to be-nherited For that she opens the Door of 6ntrance to all &ysteries Divine and 4atural% and conse#uently!ithout her &en grope, as it !ere, in the dar , even as a Blind &an does at 4oon=day% for 4atureob says, that 7od by his *pirit has garnished the 3eavens, 3is 3and hasformed the croo ed *erpent% and though there is a *pirit in &an, yet it is the -nspiration of the $lmightythat gives nderstanding, !hence !e may readily Conceive, that 3uman Reason is too short toComprehend the Dignity of any true &ystery !ithout the $id of 7od


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!hich the -gnorant *earcher has not been a!are of, but hath gone to !or as confidently on &ercury forthe obtaining of the 0hilosophers, by several and various 0reparations, as endeavoring to brea its Body

by *pittle, &ay De!, Vinegar, and such li e soppish 0roceedings% also by *ublimation !ith *alts, andDistillation, and other such li e Operation, endeavoring to ma e it run per deli#1 to obtain an $iry and

niversal 4ature and radical dissolution, even that they call the &agnetic *alt, or Foliated 6arth, and&ercurial Chalybs% but all in vain% for that &ercury so prepared is still all one !ith common &ercury$nd so li e!ise is that, prepared by Regulus of $ntimony, *ilver, etc1, for Vulgar &ercury is unripe Fruit

fallen too soon from the /ree, therefore it must return to its First Fountain or Catholic "i#uor% for the0hilosophers introduce Fire, not +ater, into &ercury, to ma e her &edicinal, both in the 0articular, andalso in the 7eneral% by !hich it is brought to be forever irreducible to mercury1

$nother 6rror is in those, !ho see for this Dissolvent in De! and Rain +ater, not considering, that this!as designed only as 4ourishment for the Vegetable, having but such a 0ortion of the niversal Fire in it,as might serve to dissolve the *alt 4itre of the 6arth, and then the Vegetable *eed in order to a ne!0roduction% this Fire or dissolver being far remiss to that of $nimals, as that of $nimals is to &inerals,cannot be the 0hilosophers *ub ect of this Dissolvent, for "ife !ould be too short to e.tract it1

$nother 6rror is that many allo! the &atter to be niversal, but is dra!n by certain &agical magnets atselect times in the ?ear% but this is a grand 6rror, for the &atter is to be found 0lentifully at all *easons ofthe ?ear, especially in such places, as are mostly enriched by &ineral Fumes, and the manner of its$ttraction is rather for the 4ecessity of 3uman "ife, than any 0oint in $rt% so that the $rtist must not betoo curious in endeavoring to perform that !hich 4ature hath already done to his 3and1

$nother 6rror is in those that see for this Dissolvent by attracting the $ir !ith $l ani9ated *alts, as/artar, and not considering, that all $l ali9ed *alts do only attract a *aline $#uosity, !hich by oftenCohobations may be turned !holly into an 6lementary +ater, !hereas the true 0hilosopher (as alreadysaid) does by his magnets attract a Fire, may a Fiery *pirit stronger than any Fire in the +orld -t is true$l ali9ated *alts are noble *ub ects, and deservedly claim 0reeminence, being Contradistinct to all$cids, and therefore ma e a Dissolvent ne.t to the great "i#uor% but these can never be Volatili9ed!ithout the niversal &edium, or 0hilosophers< Diploma, together !ith 6ssential Oils and Vinous*pirits, and being so Volatili9ed, they become noble *pirits, yet do not!ithstanding spend their Virtue inDissolving Bodies, and Coagulate upon them into a *alt, retaining their Volatility% so that conse#uentlythose are e.cluded from being the *ub ect of this -mmortal Dissolvent1

$nother 6rror is in see ing for the &atter of this "i#uor in he $nimal 8ingdom, vi91 in &an% and indeeda greater in those, !ho assume to teach others, by their $ssertion, that it is there% but having alreadydetected such +riters (in the 0reface) and also clearly she!n, that from &an, the *ub ect &atter of this"i#uor can never be attained, although - no! that this my $ssertion does much th!art the generalreceived Opinion, that rine is the Basis, and that Van 3elmont, 0hilalethes, *tar ey, etc1, have in their

+ritings asserted the same, so that - do Contradict the /estimony of these +orthies -nstance 3elmont,!here he spea s of the dissolution of the *tone "udus, seems to assert that it is performed by a *econddra!n from rine $nd 0hilalethes, in his /reatise e.tant, has grounded the Basis of the -mmortalDissolvent on rine and Blood% and 7eorge *tar ey in his /reatise of this "i#uor seems to ground thesub ect thereof on rine% nay, an -ntimate $c#uaintance of his did affirm the very 0rocess to me, !hichhe made use of, vi91, the rine of sound &en, unfermented, !hich, as soon as it !as made, !as by6vaporation brought t a Consistence, in order to unite the t!o *alts, Volatile and Fi.ed, and so byDistillation and Cohobation till the !hole !as brought over, and then being digested and dephlegmed the$l ahest is prepared1 Dr1 Bacon !as, as - have been told, much of this Opinion% but all these are short of

nderstanding the /ruth of the *ub ect, or of the $uthors before mentioned% for it is easy to be collectedfrom 3elmont, 0hilalethes, etc1, that they never depended upon 3uman rine as the *ub ect of this

-mmortal Dissolvent for then they !ould not have directed you to the Chaos of the $ncients% as the true*ub ect, describing it Figuratively, and analogi9ing it !ith &an% because &an subsists by and from the

niversal *pirit, !hich is the true *ub ect of this Dissolvent !hich they for some secret Reasons !ouldnot be so Candid to deliver the li e has $lipili in his Boo entitled Centrum 4aturae Concentratum,


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!hich very /itle sho!s, that it is not &an there meant, but the niversal *pirit that being the very "ifeand Center of all Centers /herefore !ho ever shall assert, that &an is the Basis from !hence this "i#uoris obtained, let him be respected of 6nvy or -gnorance% because there is no *ub ect to be dra!n from &an,that !ill act on &inerals @;; or a thousand /imes, and retain the same Virtue, #uantity and #uality, as if ithad not acted at all /herefore - regard not such Fops or such others, that dote upon highly rectified *piritof rine, mi.ed !ith the true *pirit of +ine, until both Coagulate into a *alt, !hich is Distilled and*ublimed by the $ddition of fresh *pirit of +ine, until they come over in Form of a Fiery "i#uor /here

are others also that dote on the strong *pirit of rine united !ith the *pirit of Vinegar, and Distilled into a 4eutral *pirit but 6.perience the &istress of all true $rt sho!s that these are all greatly mista en, andmany others, too long here to 6numerate /herefore shall pass them by, and only insist on some fe!others that remain1

/hose are also mista en, that depend on $cid *pirits, as the *ub ect of the "i#uor, as 4itre, Vitriol,common *alt, *alt 7en, or the &other "i#uors of any of these, or any other *alts gro!ing in or e.tractedfrom the 6arth% for all of them, none e.cepted, !ill by Distillation yield an $cid *pirit, and our "i#uor

being no $cid, but Contradistinct thereunto, these of Course are all to be re ected, and ought so to be inthe se of the "i#uor !hen prepared others, that thin themselves more prudent dote much on the *piritof Verdigris, and more especially if it is First often dissolved in *pirit of Vinegar, and made transparently0ure, and then shot in *pirit of +ine and so Distilled, they then put as great a 0rice or Value on it, as inReason can be set upon the -mmortal Dissolvent itself% but this &enstruum being 0ublished by A!elfer,and long before by Basil Valentine, !hom - ta e to be the right and true $uthor of it, and being easy to be

prepared, it follo!s that the "i#uor $l ahest !ould be no uncommon or un no!n *ecret% but thatremaining still as the greatest of *ecrets, plainly demonstrates, that these are not the *ub ect, !hence thatis obtained1

/hey are also misled, !ho depend on &ineral *ulphurs, or the Vitriols of &etals or that of Venus,described by 0olemanus% because there


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or Blood, !hich being Distilled is the $l ahest, this sho!s their great -gnorance, for the same that is aBody is a *pirit, and the Blood is 3omogeneous !ith both the &ercury of the 0hilosophers and "i#uor$l ahest% for the mercury can never be prepared !ithout its $id, as being one of the three *prings% neithercan the *pirit of the Body subsist !ithout the Blood, as every true 0hilosopher does, !ith me, no!, andthat at this *tate there is no division to be admitted, !ithout a Death to the !hole Compound% for the!hole &atter in the 0roduction of each being diversely !rought on produces the different 6ffect% the oneis a &ercury 3omogeneous, the other a 0onderous *aline "i#uor and in the 0roduction of both there are

superfluous Oils separated, !hich though &edicinal, are not in the least 3omogeneous to either% !hichclearly 6vinces their -gnorance in the 0rocess of 4ature, !hich is to ma e Bodies *pirits, and *piritsBodies again, and that this &enstruous "i#uor or Blood is the "ife !hich is so!n in his o!n +omb of&ercury for the 6.altation of both% for there the 3eterogeneous Feces are cast off, and so it is #ualifiedand united !ith the *pirit in order to Redeem the Body% and so is a principal -ngredient of the *tone,!hen as the $l ahest is not -t !ould be too long to enumerate the vain and false Conceptions of &enconcerning this -mmortal "i#uor, and seeing these distinctions do better become that Chapter, !here thedifference sho!s bet!een the "i#uor $l ahest and &ercury of 0hilosophers, - shall omit spea ing of itany farther in this, and come to sho! the *ub ect of the Dissolvent in the ne.t Chapter, and so Concludethis1

Chapter ++ Of the True Sub0ect Matter of this 3issol4ent

-n the former Chapter, - have laid do!n the &ista es concerning the &atter of this -mmortal Dissolvent,!hich 3elmont describes in the +ord "ate., !hich properly imports a hidden *ource or Fountain, sohidden indeed, that he himself says, !hen this !as found Religion stood ama9ed, that he himself says,

!hen this !as found Religion stood ama9ed, and !ell may the Religious &an be so indeed, !hen theirDescriptions are so Occult% for from the +ord "ate., !hich in Vulgar Reception signified "i#uors, !hichmay be properly conceived to be $#ueous and *piritual, he presently comes to tell you, that the&asterpiece at !hich $rt is leveled, is to find out a Body% !hich may play !ith us in such a *ymphony orconsenting 3armony, by Reason of its e.#uisite 0urity, that no Corruptive 0rinciple can find in it any3eterogeneities by !hich to !or in it a Dissipation of 0arts% here he immediately calls it a Body% hence!e must for certain conclude that this *ource or Fountain, though li#uid, does contain a Body in it, or elseit !ould have been vain in him to have directed us to such a Body in it, or else it !ould have been vain inhim to have directed us to such a Body for the Ob ect, and that so circumspectly and diligently, as to findit by hard "abor and -ndustry, saying you must be careful, or sedulously -ndustrious about finding outsuch a Body, !hich by 6.amen and 0roof is very difficult to be found, because the +ords import, that

there is no such Body in all 4atural Beings, that does $ns!er !hat this great 0hilosopher describes ofhis, therefore !e must conclude, that these +ords also import $id% for that -ndustry is also recommended,!hich is as much as if he had said you must see for the hidden source or Fountain of 4ature, and

niversal *pirit, !hich $rt must form into a Body% but this *on of +isdom doubtless !as afraid to speaafter this plain blunt manner, as a /yro does, for fear of e.posing the *ecret too plain% but it is clear, thatthis !as the meaning, because nothing is so hidden in 4ature as the *ource of this niversal Fountain,and nothing in 4ature has 0o!er to reduce Bodies by *ymphony or consenting 3armony but !hat doesarise here from% for in these latter !ords he also described the nature and 5uality of the &atter to havet!o Faces% for that !ithout there had been a composition, the !ord 3armony needed not to have beenused% so that in these +ords abundance of &atter is couched in little room, every !ord being a full*entence% ho! lightly or slightly soever the Reader may pass them over -t is true *tar ey does verylearnedly stri e the &ar in his 6.position upon them, yet his Comment is so !isely Regulated as to be

ept as obscure, as the /e.t itself% by this means and method - find, that the Basis of this "i#uor !as bythis 0hilosopher designed to remain a *ecret to the end of time /herefore for the Benefit of the truedesires of $rt, - shall deliver the *ub ect &atter of this -mmortal "i#uor !ith much clearness and


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candidness, yet hope that my *tyle and +ords !ill be such, as to clothe it by such a &edium, as that itmay give "ight to the chosen *ons of +isdom, yet at the same time cast a &ist before the 6yes of the

n!orthy /his &ethod being agreeable to divine +isdom itself% for !e find, that !hat !as a "ight to the3osts to the Children of -srael, !as a Cloud of Dar ness of that of the 6gyptians1

/hese /hings being stated, - shall no! come to the Consideration and -llustration of that *ub ect &atterthey point forth, vi91, the hidden Fountain must be of a double 4ature, or !hat if - should say it must be a

Body of *alt appearing under t!o Faces, !hich being united ma es *ymphony or Consenting 3armony%the Reason of !hich is she!s% for then it is a "i#uor of that e.cellent 0urity, as to admit of no division of0arts% therefore as - said before, "abor couched in 3elmontudge of*ophistical $uthors, and the better to enable thee to !ithdra! thy &ind from their 6ntanglement, thatthou might build upon that sure Roc , !hich !ill remain in the *torm of /rials% this - have done inBo!els of "ove as !ell no!ing the great 7rief and /orture of &ind undergone in my un!earied *earchafter this *ecret, even !hen the true *ub ect &atter !as no!n% !hich said &atter is also the &atter of

the 7rand *ecret of the $ncients% but diversified into different 4atures by the different Operations, and sofar distinct the one from the other, and therefore he that is a Complete &aster of both, is properly styled$deptus Duplicatus1

/o the /ruth of this my $ffirmation, - have not only 6.perience, but also the Concurring /estimony ofthat reno!ned 0hilosopher "udovicus de Comitibus !ho says that the &atter of the "i#uor $l ahest and0hilosophers< mercury do both proceed from the same Chaos, but by different Operations are brought todifferent 6ffects% therefore before thou proceed to the 0reparation of this "i#uor, thou must learn tounderstand this general matter, &ass or rude Chaos, !hich is the *ource or Fountain of so many&ysteries% for this "i#uor does not only proceed from it, but also it is the +ellspring of the &ineral "ife,and !hile this +orld hath a being, !ill be an ine.haustible Fountain to all those &ysteries, so hiddenly

delivered by the $ncients% for once again - say, that not only the *tone, the great 6li.ir, but also thishidden Fire does proceed therefrom But here you must nderstand the first Chaos, before the0hilosophical &ercury is produced therefrom1


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/herefore a Body and not Bodies must be sought for, !hich being found is the Center of the niversal-nfluences Concentrated and the Blood of the said Body to be One in 6ssence !ith the Body, though itappears to *ight in a t!ofold diversity, yet distinct in 5uality or Completion, but agrees soFundamentally, !hich being nited by the hand of an $rtist !ill ma e the *ymphony or Consenting3armony before spo en of% for in this Case it may be said of it, as in another place is spo en o the&ercury of 0hilosophers, that !hich is above is as that !hich is beneath, and so Vice Versa% for that the6ssence and "ife of the Blood can


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/he &ista es and also the true &atter being sho!n, - shall no! come to sho! the true manner of the0reparation of this great Dissolvent !hich is very difficult% for as 0hilalethes in his 6.position onRipley


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But the manner of *olution and Coagulation is #uite different, the one is 4atural, as already said, theother $rtificial, and therefore very difficult, because it is not easily searched out, and that it may bevariously conceived of% but that !hich has been hitherto no!n and demonstrated by all true $rtists is*olution and Coagulation% !e shall a little consider the difference and manner of this *olution in boththese &agisteries1

/he Dissolution re#uisite in order to obtain the $l ahest is a dissolving of the Body into a *pirit that !ill

never Coagulate into a Body again, but the Dissolution in order to obtain the &ercury of the 0hilosophersis a Dissolution, !herein the 6ssence of the Body is so Congealed, as to become a Ferment to themercury, to Congeal the Body again% for as the +orthy /revisan says concerning the 0reparation of the&ercury of the 0hilosophers, the same matter must abide that the same Form may follo!, and thatnothing is to be added to it, nor ta en from it, but a *uperfluous 0hlegm and red 6arth% for !hen Bodiesare to be Renovated it must be done by things in ind% therefore /revisan ma es it a great 6rror to alter&ercury from its &etallic *pecies% !e may ground, that the 7reat +or is performed by the dissolutionof the Body and Congelation of the *pirit, but the !or of the Circulated *alt is a *olution into *econdary0rinciples, but not into 6lements% for nothing of 0rofit can be e.pected from thence, yet this *olutionought not to be into every distinct 0rinciple, but into one *aline "i#uor, 3omogenous and -mmortal1 3erethis Body of t!o faces, or that of old *aturn


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/he Body being found and thus purified, and its *pirit produced from the small -nvisible 0utrified $tomsof the same doth cause a Religious $stonishment% that from so dry a Body as the 6arth should proceed theCentral "ate. or the most hidden Rivulet of the great Ocean itself, nothing in the +orld being so pure itdespises to Contract +edloc !ith every specificated Form !hatsoever, and so its /ransmutation isimpossible, and indeed the oftener this niversal *pirit passes through the entrails of the 6lements, thegreater is its 0urity and the fitter for $ction% for on the other hand matter could not *ubsist, but by thecontinual additional Rays of its niversality% therefore, Reader, retain thy $musement for a time, and

thou shalt hear the 0hilosophical /rumpet calling thee to behold a !onderful rarity, even the -ndianBrahman


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obtain it from the Voluminous Circumlocutions of other +riters% !ho have so -ntermi.ed the 0reparationand entangled it !ith the 0hilosophical &ercury, that the $rtist stands in need of $riadne


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/hey differ in their Operation, as much as "ove and +rath% the one in "ove 0reserving, the other in+rath Destroying, "ife and &otion1

/his $uthor by his good leave spea s right in the Operation, but strains the *tring too far concerning thematter, and so cause errors on the other 3and, e#ual to those they !ould Reform, thereby ma ing many togrope for the Door of 6ntrance, or middle !ay, !hich leads directly to the 0ath of /ruth For be sure asthey proceed from one &atter, both niversal, there is something of $ssimilation in them% for as much as

they are both performed by !ay of *olution and Coagulation, both tedious and difficult in searching out%and the *ub ect &atter so far e.alted from its former state, as that it becomes a +or of +onder% and forcertain they must have something of li eness, or else those $rtists !ere very ignorant, !ho gave them oneDemonstration, calling them by the li e name, as Fiery +ater and +atery Fire, -mmortal and3omogeneous 6ssences, $l ahest, !hich is all 7host or *pirit, the first 6nd of *alts, and have attributed*upernatural Virtue to both% and from these and such li e niversal /erms and 4ames, 'tis very easy forthe *earcher to be deceived1

+herefore - shall no! come to give you a clear and general $ccount, !herein they agree, and !hereinthey disagree, and then sho! you the Reason, !hy they are thus described, and then give you the true and

proper signification of the !ord $l ahest, and !hy 3elmont gave the "i#uor this 4ame% for - have ta ensome pains after the -n#uiry thereof, so that - am able to render a *atisfactory Reason

First of all - shall -nstance in some particulars, !herein they agree First, the &ercury of the 0hilosophersand this Circulated *alt agrees, in that they are both niversal, one for the 7raduation and 6.altation of&etals, the other for Dissolving all Bodies *econdly, /hey agree in this, that as one preserved the *eedin order to &ultiplication by 7eneration, so the other preserves the Crasis and &edicinal Virtue of*pecies in order for healing% for in the Dissolution it admits of 4othing to fly a!ay in Fume /hirdly,/hey agree in this, the one is the 6mblem of &an


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may be reduced to their first Form in greater Virtue and Beauty, and of more Value to the &etallurgistand >e!eler, but the "i#uor $l ahest dissolves not only 7old, but also all the other &etals, by !ay ofDestruction, so that the 7enerative Virtue is defaced and !holly obliterated, and in this Reduction intotheir First &atter it gives a certain /estimony of their Diversity, as &etals into *ulphur and &ercury,*tones into a *aline "i#uor, and 0earls into a &il y >uice1 Fourthly, /hey disagree in this, the &ercury of0hilosophers at the end of its 0reparation !ill become fi.ed and 0ermanent abiding all the fiery /rial, inthe form of a Cal., yet as fusible as +a. 0enetrating &ercury, and other Volatile Bodies before their

Flight and fi.es them% !hereas the "i#uor $l ahest at its respective end of 0reparation is a 0onderous*aline "i#uor in the form of +ater, !hich !ill moisten the 3and and everything else, and as it is !holly*aline and Volatile it !ill not endure the Fire, but !ill remain in its form Distilling over in a *aline"i#uor being altogether -ncapable of Coagulation, and by that means dissolves all fi.ed Bodies!hatsoever, not into 6lements but into more simple 0arts1 Fifthly, their Difference consists in this,!hereas the &ercury of 0hilosophers is made by a remiss Fire of 7eneration, even the $erial "ife and"unar Fire being the medium in perfecting it by gentle Decoction from 0oint to 0oint, !hich Regimen ofthe Fire has been carefully hid by all $rtists, in that 'tis called the Vessel of nature, or &ercurial Vessel,0ondus 4aturae% +hereas the "i#uor $l ahest is made by the most violent Fire of separation, for the*pirit is by Violence not only Distilled from the 6arth in Fiery form% but that is nited to the Blood,!hich produces that 3ellish Fire that brings all -mperfect &etals to a greater -mperfectness, thoughnot!ithstanding it ma es them the more 0o!erful and 6fficacious for the e.pelling and rooting out ofDiseases and -nfirmities, for being brought to their first 6ns they dissolve and circulate !ith our >uices, as

being then thin and *pirituous, and so perform that in the curing Diseases, !hich in their hard and gross 4atures could never be e.pected from them1 *i.thly and "astly, /he 0hilosophers< &ercury and "i#uor$l ahest differ in this, the one may be brought to an niversal medicine, the other has no &edicinalVirtues in it For as 0hilalethes says, this &ercury the renovated or ne!born, may by the 0hilosopher bediversely handled% for he may ta e it from the Fire, ad Circulate and Cohobate this &ercury by a 0eculiarOperation, !hich is partly &echanical, till he have a most admirable, pure, subtle *pirit, in !hich he maydissolve pearls and all 7ems, and &ultiply them or his Red *tone, before it be united !ith a metal in0ro ection, for the ma ing of $urum 0otabile and in this mercury, thus Circulated, is doubtless the&ystery of the never fading "ight, !hich - have actually seen, but yet not 0ractically made1 -n a !ord,every one !ho hath this e.uberate &ercury hath indeed at Command the sub ect of +onders, !hich hemay employ himself in many !ays, both admirably and pleasantly1 $nd certainly, he that hath this, needsso -nformation from another% himself no! standing in the Center, he may easily vie! the Circumference,and then Operation !ill be, ne.t the *pirit of 7od the best 7uide *o that the &ercury of 0hilosophers,

being brought to fi.ity, may be made an niversal &edicine, but a &enstruum, !hich is a 0roper help or&edium to prepare &edicines by, and in itself still remains unchangeable, being as *tar ey says, endued!ith these #ualities% vi91 '/is a 0onderous "i#uor, being indeed all *alt, !ithout and +atery 0hlegm% it isall Volatile being !holly a *pirit, !ithout and Corporeity left in it, of no eminent Odor, for all things!hich send out a considerable odor, are for the most part of a very Volatile 4ature, or consist of many3eterogeneities1 -t is not therefore Volatile after the manner of *pirit of +ine, rine, or the li e, !hich

fly at the smallest degree of heat, but (li e unto a ponderous *pirit, !hich yields its 0helgm in the first place) this !hen it hath dissolved any Vegetable Concrete, and made it Volatile, !ill suffer the same by agentle heat of Balneum &aria, to be all separated from itself, etc1

From !hat has been here said, concerning the $greement and Disagreement of these t!o, - hope, thediligent -n#uirer after $rt !ill receive god satisfaction, and for the future be freed from those doubts and6rrors, !hich might before occasion much /rouble and 0erple.ity of mind /his !as the end - proposedto myself, throughout the !hole of my discourse% this therefore may suffice as to this 0oint% - shall no!

proceed to spea of the 0roper 4ames of this Dissolvent1

But by the !ay (reader) observe, that the -nvention of this "i#uor,, in these 0arts of the +orld is o!ing to

0aracelsus% thus 0hilalethes, and also adds, that among the &oors and $rabians, it hath been, and is at thisday, commonly no!n to the $cuter sort of Chymists, then conse#uently !e must depend, that 0aracelsusdid give the most significant and 0roper 4ames to it, and 'tis plain from 3elmont


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amongst other things, obtained the 8no!ledge of such a dissolving &enstruum, as 0aracelsus often!rites of% and seeing this "i#uor to contain an homogeneous 4ature, spiritually acting, and after almostinnumerable $ctions still remaining the same, *pirits being immortal) and this "i#uor proving so, hetherefore not improperly called it $l ahest% although, as - shall sho! by and by, this 4ame doth more

properly belong to the &ercury of 0hilosophers, and that, this !as the design of 0aracelsus in it% ho!ever, by the !ay, - shall e.amine the derivation or Root, of this +ord, !hich is from the Belgian or rather 3ighDutch "anguage% in 3olland or Flanders, !here Van 3elmont lived (7eest) is as much as to say in

6nglish (*pirit) and in the 7erman /ongue, 'tis much higher and 7uttural, being e.pressed ($lchahest)!hich signifies ($ll *pirits or all *piritual) !hich +ord ($lchahest) 0aracelsus ma es mention of in the/enth Boo of his $rchido.ies1 Chapter !here treating of the Virtue of the members, says that the"i#uor $lchahest, has a great po!er of Conserving and Comforting the "iver, and conse#uently of0reserving it from the Dropsy, and all such as arise from the defect of the "iver, and if the "iver isdissolved or bro en, it stands in the 0lace of a ne! "iver /he 0rocess thereof is this, it must be resolvedfrom its Coagulated state, and Coagulated again into a /ransmuted Form, as the 0rocess, of Coagulationand Dissolution /eaches1 /his 0assage is the only 0lace, !herein 0aracelsus has made use of this 4ame,it being not to be found else!here in all his +ritings, so that 'tis plain to us that 3elmont has borro!edthis 4ame from him, therefore !e must according to Reason and 6.perience consider, !hether 0aracelsusmeant this "i#uor or not% because the 0rocess set do!n, vi9t1 *olution and Coagulation are ali e andCommon, (as hath already been touched at), not only to 0reparation of both these but li e!ise to mostChymical &agisteries1

4o! the "iver is the Fountain of the Blood, and is the seat of "ife ne.t the heart, the Blood being there0repared for a further 6laboration and 0urification, in order to give the Body, its 4ourishment for the0roduction of *eed, and Conse#uently for the maintaining of "ife, etc1 $nd 'tis plain by e.perience% thatthis "i#uor !ill by greater length of time, dissolve all mi.t Beings by its $ctive, /hin, *pirituous0enetrative, Dissolving and 3omegeneous 4ature, in a 4atural degree of 3eat e#ual to that of the "iver,and separate them into their distinct *ubstances, suffering not any thing to fly a!ay in $ir or Fume% sothat to me here arises the difficulty to thin , ho! this should !or that different 6ffect, of healing andrestoring the "iver, and not rather dissolve it, as it does other mi.ed beings /he doubt is beyond myreason at present to give an $ns!er to, and - suppose !ill remain so forever for - do not so much as onceintend to do an 6.periment, to try its Virtues in this Case% having, besides !hat is already offered, t!o*ubstantial Reasons against it% the First is, that this "i#uor being difficult to be prepared, !ould be toocostly to be administered by !ay of &edicine% for a Reasonable 0ractice !ould soon diminish aconsiderable 5uantity, so that this great /reasure !ould in little time, be e.hausted and come to nothing,if given by !ay of &edicine, !hereas 'tis perpetual by !ay of &enstruum /he *econd is, that the0hilosophers give no direction for the 6.hibition of the +hite *tone in!ardly, but in 6pilepsies and0alsies, and other Diseases of the Brain, !hich is under the dominion of the &oon, much less its +hiteOil but for 6.ternals, as "eprosies, *cabs, Virulent lcers, Fistulas, Cancers, 4oli me /angere, etc1, andthe li e% ho! they should then dare to e.hibit a *pirit so $ctive and Fiery, yet much more Crude than

these, - no! not% neither indeed can - be made to believe, that ever 3elmont or any other of the $depts,did ever once so much as ma e use of it by !ay of &edicine, and Conse#uently could not be this "i#uor,!hich 0aracelsus meant, !here he spea s of the Cure of the "iver, but rather of the 7rand 6li.ir1

But 'tis abundantly more probable, that they served themselves there!ith in the 0reparations, of Drugsand all ind of species, in order to bring them to &agisteries, $rcana


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and conse#uently of all 6arthly and Corporal 5ualities% for if the 7rand 6li.ir !ere not *piritual it !ouldnever /ransmute% for by this *piritual $ct, it !or s three 6ffects, first 0enetration and Dilation% secondly

by Fermentation and Contraction% thirdly by the $cts of the t!o former, the combustible *ulphurs areseparated, the pure ones manifested !ith additional /incture and 0ermanency so 3elmont finding hisdissolving &enstruum *piritual might easily mista e the +ords of 0aracelsus, and call it $l ahest, andindeed the 4ame is no !ays -mproper, although not used for this "i#uor by 0aracelsus, unless 0aracelsus!as guilty of spea ing one thing and meaning another, as 3elmont himself sometimes is% as - can prove

from these follo!ing +ords1 /he "i#uor $lchahest (says he) Reduces all sensible and /angible bodiesinto their first matter, 0reserving the 0o!er of their *eed% !hich as you have all along heard it doth not%

but their &edicinal Virtue of his $lchahest, as 0aracelsus does of his1

From hence it may be clearly Conceived, !hat - have inserted in my former Doctrine, that the0hilosophers !ere many of them guilty of inter!eaving these secrets together, and calling them, by one

4ame, for 'tis clear, that 3elmont called this dissolving &enstruum the "i#uor $lchahest, yet says it preserves the seminal Virtue, !hen as 0aracelsus by this 0assage meant the 7rand 6li.ir% and the moreevident in this, in that he has given other names to this dissolving &enstruum, and those mostly used byhim are the great 3ilech and *al Circulatum% for these are generally to be traced through his +ritings, and'tis easy to be discerned, that he puts a great distinction bet!een this dissolving "i#uor and the &ercuryof 0hilosophers% for the "i#uor, he calls Circulatum &inus and &ercury of 0hilosophers Circulatum&a us as is plainly to be 0roved from the 0rocess given, !here he saith, thou must e.tract the first 6ns of&ercury by *pirit of +ine, and it !ill come over in a "i#uid substance !hich (says he) is called by the0hilosophers a most sharp &etalline $cetum, and by us in our $rchido.es Circulatum &a us1 $rchido."ib1 ;, Chapter 1

/his Distinction and 0rocess cannot be rightly understood by any, but an $deptus Duplicatus for to theobtaining of this *pirit of +ine the +or is one, and is 0erformed by the concurring help of an $ssistant%other!ise 't!ill be impossible to be obtained but being gotten, the difference Consists in the Forcible !ayof dissolving the Body and the 4atural by the *pirit of +ine, to e.tract the first 6ns of &ercury, in !hichthe Blood is united and Cleansed, and so brought to the gentle or Benignent Fire of 4ature, !hich is one!ith Central *alt 4itre and also the &agical *ol% for it unites to the Center !ith a !onderful Fermentive0o!er 4o! this *pirit of &ercury, or &ercurial Fire and Oil, is by $rtephius not improperly called theVinegar of the &ountains, and by 0aracelsus the most sharp &etalline $cetum% for it performs that !hichcommon Fire could never do, vi9t1 Dissolves the Body in 0reservation of the Form, and brings it to a*pirit, to be e.alted aloft in the $ir, !here Celestial 0urity, and the strengthening &ultiplicative Virtue is%that *pirit, !ill again return to and unite !ith the Body, !hich Circulation is continued till the niversal&ercury, has e.tracted the niversal *ulphur, and then is it truly and properly called the Circulatum&a us, or $lchahest, as thou pleaseth, the 4ame being proper to the 6li.ir itself, as may be plainlydiscerned from the foregoing 0assage of the same $uthor, !here he tells you, that !hen it has overcomeits "i e, it becomes a &edicine for the "iver, e.celling all other &edicines% and to!ards the end $dds,

Verily should the "iver itself be bro en or dissolved yet this stands in the place of the !hole "iver, noother!ise than of it had never been bro en or dissolved as aforehinted *o that the &edicine (from the$uthors o!n +ords), by !hich the "iver is cured is no other than &ercury 0repared, *ublimed, Vivifiedinto a ne! "ife% and having passed the gates of Death comes to be united into a t!ofold "ife, /errestrialand Celestial, and so becomes that &edicinal /incture, !hich is a true 6mblem of &an


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concerns the "ife of man 4o! this !ill manifest itself here a &edicine above all &edicines in order torestore firm *anity $nd that it may be yet more plainly conceived, that 0aracelsus spo e concerning the0hilosophers /incture, - !ill #uote the +ords of the famous $rabian 0rince 7eber in his th Boo ,Chapter 1 /here is a &edicine (says he) of a t!ofold 4ature of the third order, yet but one in 6ssenceand manner of !or ing (after!ards cunningly added) there is not!ithstanding an $ddition of a CitrineColored *ulphur, !hich is perfected by a most clean substance if fi.ed *ulphur Behold ho! its li e isovercome after the first 0reparation1 /his plainly sho!s that the li e, !hich is to be overcome, is the very

same, that 0aracelsus spo e of, as - have e.perimental Reason to believe /his from the /estimony ofDornaeus and "udovicus de Comitibus, is also confirmed to be that of the 7reat 6li.ir1

Concerning its *pirituality, - shall add a 0assage or t!o more for the greater Confirmation of !hat is heresaid Basil Valentine (in his "as +ill and /estament and $llegorical 6.pressions bet!een the 3oly/rinity and the 0hilosophers< *tone), Compares his &ercury to 7od the Father, as being a *piritual Body%and the 0hilosophers< *ulphur or 7old to 7od the *on, !ho is 7od and man, !hich *ulphur must dye andrise again for its Brothers< and *isters< sa e, being then a glorious Body, redeeming and /inging them to6ternal "ife and !hen these t!o come together saith he, they are called &ercury Duplicate% from !hence

proceeds our third *ubstance, !hich is our 7lorified and fi.ed *ol, the 0hilosophers *tone, or *piritual6ssence of the 0hilosophers, called the /riune *tone, proceeding from /!o, +ater and *pirit, $nimal andVegetable in the mercury and the &ineral living *ulphur of *ol, !hich are /hree, /!o, and yet but One1

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the Reader /he third is by such voluminous +ritings they have the more room and "iberty to Confoundtheir Operations, spea ing of one thing !here they ought to spea of another% by !hich 0reposterousmanner of +riting the *earcher can


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Common Fire, for !hat !ill remain there, as uncon#uerable, is by this "i#uor destroyed and $lteredradically and fundamentally% the &echanical 0ractice !ith it is thus1

"et this "i#uor or Fire be distilled from any &etal soft and -mperfect, and it doth at first or second timeleave them in a fusible *ubstance li e +a., of !hich the *ulphur or Rincture is dissolvable in the best*pirit of +ine, and from the residue (being ept three days in a vaporating heat) &ercury #uic andrunning may be separated, the same may be done in harder &etals, yea, in 0erfect metals, in a longer

time, by oftener reiterated Cohobations1

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"i#uor !ith the dissolved Body in a stronger heat, and distill over your "i#uor !ith the dissolved Body ina due fire, so !ill the Oiliness be !holly turned into a *aline *pirit, !hich in a distillation by Bath !illcome over in various Colors the Crasis separating itself from the 0hlegm (both by Color, /aste and *mell,as also by its /ime of Coming over the helm distinguishable) and your "i#uor left behind at bottom, asmuch in #uantity, and as 6ffectual in virtue, as before% as, for e.ample, /his +or does happily succeed!ith Balm, or any other vegetable !hich is better dry than 7reen) !hich being only &acerated somehours in a gentle !armth, you !ill see it so dissolved in such a !onderful manner, that you cannot

sufficiently admire the 6ffect% the $l ahest being separated from it (or brought over according to theformer direction) out of Balm you have a 4oble specific against the 7out, 3ypochondriac &elancholy,Claenture, and Deleria in Fevers out of Colcocynthida an e.cellent Febrifuge% and out of Cedar an 6nsfor long life For !hich ta e +ood Cedar G iii of the Dissolvent and an e#ual 0roportion and digest :hours, and it !ill be !holly dissolved in the Conservation of even the very same odor, he "i#uor beingseparated, it !ill freely dissolve in *pirit of +ine, or if you first dissolve them in *pirit of +ine, the"i#uor !ill dissolve !ith it% digest and dra! off the *pirit of +ine, and then you may distill off the$l ahest !ith the 6ssence of the Concrete, and separate the, as you have been directed Observe theDissolution of this for long "ife, must be in a gentle heat li e that of the *un in he *pring and after thatdigested in a li e heat till the Oyl and +ater be united into an 6ssential *alt - should advise allVegetables to be prepared in the li e nature, if you desire, to have their eminent Virtue, !ithout losingthose peculiar 6.cellencies, !hich depend on the Vita ltima of the Concrete, other!ise a speedier0reparation ma es the &edicine no less 6ffectual for Curing Diseases, though less po!erful as to long"ife, must be in a gentle heat li e that of the *un in the *pring and after that digested in a li e heat till theOil and +ater be united into an 6ssential *alt% - should advise all Vegetables to be prepared in the li e

4ature, if you desire, to have their 6minent Virtue, !ithout losing those peculiar 6.cellencies, !hichdepend on the Vita ltima of the Concrete, other!ise a speedier 0reparation ma es the medicine no less6ffectual for Curing Diseases, though less po!erful as to long "ife out of &yrrh, $loes and *affron, an6.cellent $ntihectical &edicine, as also against "ypothymies, Deli#uias, Convulsions, and 0alsies1 /husmuch for Vegetable, - shall no! give you a short *urvey of *tones, 0earl and Coral, and lastly of&inerals /hough - must confess by the !ay, that if your "i#uor does radically dissolve a charcoal, it is acertain sign, that it is true, as if it did dissolve 7old itself% for according to 3elmont, the +or succeeds!ell upon Charcoal% but 'tis admirable to see ho! the Operations !ill be changed and varied according tothe Degree of Fire, and diuturnity of digestion1

/a e of the *tone "udus, in *ubtle 0o!der, and of the Dissolvent 5V, digest : hours then distill, and't!ill be converted !holly into a *alt, !hich being Calcined !ill in a cold &oist $ir easily run per deli#1!hich !ill certainly Cure the *tone !ith all its $ttendants1

/a e of 0earl, !hat #uantity you please% and of the "i#uor, e#ual 0roportion, !hich being thereinimmersed, 't!ill dissolve into a &ucilage (a gentle &aceration of some hours preceding) Resolvable in*pirits of +ine1 /he same may be done on Crabs 6yes, but sooner '/is an e.cellent &edicine, for

comforting the heart, giving strength to the very &arro! and Bones Coral so dissolved is a &edicine thatrestores sense to those bereaved of it, Comforts the Brain, &emory and 3eart, e.pelling sadness and&elancholy, and ma ing a cheerful and healthy Constitution1

Observe !ith this "i#uor you must use no acid *pirit, or *alt, or Corrosive of !hatever sort1 For !hereversuch things are used, as &ediums !hether for &ercury, or any other, they must be !ell !ashed off andmade s!eet before the $l ahest is put on% therefore in *ulphur fine Flo!ers are the best Of these ta e!hat #uatity you please, of "i#uor 6#ual 0roportion Digest for the space of t!o days, and after!ardsCohobate t!ice or thrice1 /hey !ill come over the 3elm in form of a very Red Oil, separable from the"i#uor by a separating 7lass 6.cellent in the Consumption, Coughs, and the li e% 'tis not only a0reservative of &an


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s!eet /incture !hich is the &agistery of lead, and an 6.cellent &edicine for all burnings and-nflammations !hatsoever1

/a e of Flo!ers of $ntimony, sublimed !ith *al $rmoniac and dulcified, or of the $lcohol of $ntimony,!hich is better, one Ounce of the "i#uor $l ahest, three Ounces, oput them into a Retort, and digest si.hours, at furthest then still off the Dissolvent, and you !ill hve a true &edicine, !hich -nfallibly Curesthe Dropsie1

/a e of 0recipitate very !ell edulcorated, made after !hat manner you please, one ounce, of theDissolvent t!o Ounces, and having been digested : hours Distill, and you


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&aladies /hus also from "apis 3ematitis and *pelter may be had 4oble &edicaments, also from the*ulphur of $ntimony, and more especially from Common &ercury% for if you Cohobate the "i#uor solong till its body is brought over and proceeding all things as in the *ulphur of Venus, you have a&edicine that !ill effect !hatever can be desired by either 0atient of Doctor1

/hus having given you a short "andscape (as it !ere) of this "i#uor, - shall here pass it by at present, andConclude1

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