William Salmon - Practical Physick

Medici'na PraCtica,
O B,
C O N T A I NI xN G
The way of Curing the ni4>re Eminent and
Uf^jal bifrafcs happening to HUMANE
BODIES.
As all Sorts of
Aches and Pains, Hyflerick, Colicks.
Apopkxks. Apofiems.
Agues, ThrnfKs,
Bleedings. ^ninfies,
Flfixes^ Gripngs^ Wwd. Deafnejs,
ShortTjefs oj Breath, Huboes.
M^fcarriage, Cachexia,
Want of Appetite. Dijcafes of the Breaji.
Vfe of Ur;2hs Icjl Stone in the Reins.
CoilJck, or Belly- Ach. Stone in the Bladder*
VV hereunto is annexed.
I. The preparation of the Frx^cipiohcm of
Paracelpts. 2. The Key of Htlmont and Lullj,
3. The Opening of Sot and Luna
By WILLIAM SALMON,
Profciibr of Phyfick.
The Firit BOOK,

LONDON, Printed by fK Bonny, for T. Ho^knis in George-
l^jrd in Lomhard-Jfreet^ and /. Harris at the Harro7i^ in
the Pcuhrey, 1 692.
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Mdgiftri, ^fineDoftrina, DoAores: He [fared not the
ignorance^ or Lives of the Clergy, for which caufe with-
ill
cut doukit was, that hwas foilltreatedly-them.md

corn-
flamed, that not a Man in England, hefidei
Grofthcad,tfi
two or three more of hjs Acquaintance^ that
underfieod the
Hebrew f?r Greek Tongues.
iS, For the reafon therefore
of his Learning it was, that he
iwof Accufed ^f Witchcrafc, and upon Malicious Pretences
they took from htm his Books and Writings, lovg before
Tope
Nicholas ca^ him wto Fnfon for which cauje
,
he complaL
e^r^? P^;,^ Clement IV. his Friend,
faying. The Priefts
andFryars have kept meftarving in clofe
Prifon/nor
would they fuffer any one to comeat Eie.
Andfonje k^
mrantfeUows, that would have heen accounted
Learned Men
Tvhen they could not under and his
ft Books, condemned them Js
ôoks of the Black Axt:
17. Leland/^/>^, He wrote many Books,
but that it
âs as eafie to gather the fcattered
Leaves of the Sybils,
as to Colled but the
Titles of them: For which, aid
hi
&r^f "^';;'^y
f'^?'-^'^ ''^^P^P^' ^ndfome other
tterelies as they called ihem, he
mdhy the
wrs >^c//W(?/
Witchcraft
atd?oj>emcho\z,f.i^d, and kept cloje
Prifoner
''"'^^'f^Mon/omefay.he died for Grief, or with
Z f'frJ
ns hardUfage, which was m
the n^th. Tear his If Jge, in the
18. George Ripley v>as

Cannon of Bridlington, and
hur,fi,a ,nthe rear of Our Lord
1 470. and about th
Zh
Z '{id^'^rf^
ravelled
^^^;ômth : much about v>hich ti^Z
mto Italy,
and mmy other Foreign Camtrus
and
note A MeduUa Alchymi*
j and (em it as a Vrelcntt
;ngland, and wrote Jeveral other

Books^ as i. fo Epiftle to
ungE^WIV. 2. His Twelve Gates. ,. 1
Bre-
laryofAlchymie.or Recapitulation,
^'^gim* jet eome to our bands.
mth\evialoL
jcwraiotber
19. fA
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^
19. He was an Excellent Man^ profoundly learned in the
'Art of Alchy mie, and an ahfolute Mafier (without doubt) of
the Secret ; and it was the Opinion of a Learned Man in this
Study, that his Writincr^s are for
thefulmfs of them^ t$ he pre-
fered before any others that he had e'ver read or feen : 1 lear-
ned CI^J^ ^0
the Philofophers Magnet from one 5 the
fVlagical Chalybs from another; Dianas Doyqs from a
third the Philofophers Air, or Chamelion from ano-
h
ther J
the Preparation of their Menftruum from ano-
ther ; and the number of Eagles in another : But for the
true Matter, figns of the true Mr<7j7, and the Operati-I
on, I know nonQ (faith he) like Ripley, though Flammel
be Eminent, He Dyed Anno Dom. 1490.
10, TVe come now to the matter of the Book : /is to the
firfl Book^ we lay it is a Praîcal Difccurfe upon fome frinci-
fal Difeafes^ deduced from the Fountain of Experience it [elf:
Tvbereinwe have delivered a new Hypcthejis^ concerning the
Generation of Sand, Gravel and Stones Humane Bcdies^m
and now brought to light purely by Reafon^ and Mechanical
Operations : The thing as tt is noval^ it i s rational, and with-
out doubt is pojfible to be improved to many lingular advanta^
ges, if a PrudentMan has it under his confideration.
21. The Works of Hermes oj/^ Tranflated with what care
and circumfpeBion we cculd : The Firfi Book was in the Latin
Copy divided only into Seven Chapters we for more ccnveni-
ent reading have divided it into Thirteen^ to 7vhich^ asa Fonr-
tetntb, we added the Smaragdine Table. The Latin iiâs
harbwrom and WKouth^ fcarcely intelligible, and done out of
ther Languages, v^hen Learnmg was at its lojveftebb ; fo that
it mij eafily he believed^ a free, natural, and true Verfioii^
would have bee7% diffcult to be 7r,ade by the hefl of Scholars,

who had been unacquainted jifith Chyn-iicaX L,drning.
22, As it was one of the fir (I of 'Writings^ and wr,Qte in
the firfl of times, foits Method feems to be rude^ the Language^
cbfcure^ and the CortneSlion .of the Difcourfe not nacural h whej
ther it was d'^fi^^ned^ in refpscl to the fnhjcB matter ? or wa^ ^.j
Acciden-*
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iccidental^ as being written in the Infancy of the fVorJd^ ht'^
'ore knowledge of Logical method and reajcntng wâs

the m^
ented^ I (hîll lea've to ethers todetermwe-
2 5. This 1 am confident of^ it contains the fuhfiance of the
'hilofophick Learning^ the' root of the matter^, the true.
rocejs of the great Elixir, hut clouded -Tiîth I.vv^mix\csl
)ifcourfeSj ;
yet not [0 ahfolutely oh j cured ^ hut that in fome
laces he feems to unvail the truth ^ arid expofe the Secret ; of
ley who jeriotffly Contemplate the i2th and \ -^th Chafters^
'HI eafly ferceizfe. I have heard ffveraJ Greats and Learned
im [ay, that they recei-ved a greater light into the Phildfo-
liick Workj from thefe Difccurfes of Hermes {tho' feem-
gly rude and un'pcljhed) than
from all the Writings in the.
'Iridj how fpecicufiy foever they were compofed,

24. For this reajcn fake^ we a Comme7'it
ejjayed to write
wn his firjl Book, or, explicate the meaning of the Andent
iermes 5 i. From the y^nalogy of Principles,2. From the
itural reaftn of things, ^rom manifold Experiments,
5.
From the Uni'verfal Ccnfent, and Sentiments of the Phi-"!

{bphQTS heing compared So that ore cannot [ay ^ the Com^'
:
?}t is fo much we have deduced it hy a Ratio-

ours^ as that
il Argumentation cut of the many^ and Voluminom writings
the Ancients J and others ^ the moft Learned tn this Science*

2y Id.t.rmmed atfirfi an Fzplicatvn of the fecond Bwk
Hermes hut the work fwellmg fo hig^ my daily hupnefs
;
my Vrcfeflon^ and other manrfold Avocations have di^yerted .
î" indention what I have done : the firfi be acceptable

: If
d approved^ I flja II be contented, and itwillincourage meto
Cecond EJJay of this kind. Hovjever thts focond Book^ as it
(horter , jo it and tn many places^ may be its oyfn
is plainer^
mment. In ^hap. 18. Sed. i^. he Jpeaks plainly. Now
low (Jays he) that it is our VV ater which extr;id:s th@
dden Tindure ; behold rhe Example and underfland
if you have once brought the Body into Afhes, you
ve Operated rightly. In the Water and the Afhes is the
^th of the Myfiery,
B 26. The
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2^. The Book ofYiaWdyfeems t9 heofgre^t Anti(![uityj and
has many Excellent things in order to this great JVork^ yet needs, k
an Explanation^ and unlocking^ Tvhicb I bad attempted^ hut
meeting with a Kejyi^which was a Writing found in a Coffin^ '^
upon the Brefi of a Religious Mau ) which feemed to fit th^ ê
Wards of this Jôck, {as being a Frocefs derived from thefami Qp
Frinciples) I Jefified from my own thoughts^ and have given %

you that infiead of them, :
/
27, As to Geber, I am not ignorant, that was fomi\ l
it
Tears (ince fuhlijljed in Englifli h another hand^ who has wflj p.]
'ways anfwered my Intention^ neither as to the 7ran[lation^ <?^p:,

the method of the Work. As to the Tranflation it was verj ler
?nean, and in fome places falfe ^

for inflance, fee the Latin jnd
Copy Frinted at B^h\ J Anno i??^- pag. 76^. calce Ca- ;
pitis 29. at thefe words ^ Lunam Amalgamatam cum Mer \i
curio, &c, a7jd compare them with the /aid EngVifhTrsLnHzyiin

Frinted Anno 1678. page 300. and with our VerJioH ^^\
^tion,
in this work^ Chap. 47. Seft. 19- fi will you eafily fee thi y,]
difference. fej
2S. Js to the method of the lôrk, (tho it was Geber'^ ^^

Qbvn) we whcUy dijlike and decline it for feveral Reafom ^^^j
which we have gathered out of the Author, for in Chap, l; ((,(
^fhis Invefiigntton of Perfection, he fays, That all the wordi y^

are true^ wliich are now by us written in our Volumes
As found out by Experiment and Reafon ;but the thing
experimented which we have feen with our Eyes, anc
handled with our Hands, we have writ in our Sum o
-PerFeîon therefore lludioufly perufe our Books, anc
,
colled our difperfed Intention, which we have defcribe(

in divers places, that it might not be expofed to Malig
nanc and Ignorant M^n. So that he who would undtr[i am
him^ mufi make a ColIcBion of like things together^ withou
whiJ:^ the matter will never be underftood, or accompl>jhed
for which reafon^ I rather chofe to cowmen place him^ than
deliver him in his 6%'n order.
t^, Agai
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^'^
29. Again in the Preface ofhtt Sum of?tfftBio%hefajf^
'''"
\.nd what we have diminilhed in other Books, ^phave

! ifficiently made up in this Book, and fupplyedl^c de-
y jfts of them very briefly ; and what we ahfgonded in
' ^^
ne part, we have made up in another in this our Vo-
"'
ame, that the compleatment may be apparent to the
i'-' Vile \ fo that it aff ear seven from this^ that he -wrote nothing
^ the matter in any continued order. And in the fame place
^ e affirms. That he who in himfelf knows not Natural
'^'^
rinciples, isvery remote from our Art, becaufe he has
'"^
iota true root whereon to found his intention : And
/'f,
herefore, (^ fay she) labour ftudioufly in our Volumes^
^'^
nd ponder them often in your mind.
^^
30. And in the la(i Chapter of his Sum of VerfeElion, he
^^''
'AS thefe But that the Malicious may not Calum-
words.
^^
liate us, we declare. That we have not treated of this
'^ i)ur
Science with a continued Series of Difcourfe; but
âve difperfed it^ divers Chapters ; and this was done,
'^
jccauie if we had wrote it in a continued Series of Dif-

,
:ourle, the Evil Man, as well as the Good, would have

^^'
"inworthily ufurped it ; therefore we have concealed it

n Ibme places, and fpsak it more openly in others, not
'!
^'''inder an //>w^, but in plain Language. Let not

^'^
-herefore the Induftrious Artilt defpair, for if he leeks
'% t, he may find the fame, but he who follows Books on-
^"'
y, will very flowly attain the knowledge of this'moft
^0 Excellent Art.
^^ 31. In his Invention of Ferity^cap. 13. he fay f^
Par. 5.
:!5-<
Wonder not that we have difperled the fpecial things
k pertinent to this Operation in divers Volumes, feeing
f^"
we endeavour to hide our Art from Evil Men : And in
^' Par. 4. CsL^. 21, be farther fays ^ Confiderately ruminate
upon what we have taught in our S^ra of Perfe6lion, for
'our purpoie was not in one only Volume to demonllrate
all Book fhould declare Book, and ex-
things, but that
pound the fii.me-
B 2- A^tfv
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52. NoTP to manife{l^ that he tnated not ofthijfgs in a d't-
reB order ^ /e^Chap. 12. of the Irfvention of Verfettion, lub
C2l\cq, -where he has thefe Words ^ Our Stone is no other
than a Fruitful Spirit^ and Living Water,, which we;
have named the Dry Water Here he defifts^ and gives over
:
the Difcourfes and leaves it interrupted till he comes to the

fir1^ Chapter of the Third Part of the St4m ofPerfeclian^ where '\
be goes oh and continues the Difcourfe in theje words, W"e

now fignifie to you, that the Natural Principles in the-
Work of Nature, are a Fruitful Spirit, arid Living Wa-
ter, which we have aHo named die Dry Water ; andfo
continues the Difcourfe of it : Thefe two Places ^ or Difcourfes^
we have joyned^ or conneBed together in this our Tranjlation^
Lib.2. Cap. 57. Sel. 18. that you may fee the full of what be.
intends concerning it.
i;;. In his Sum of Perfeclicny Llb.2. Cap. 8. towards the^
end of the Chaper^ he [peaks of the Separation of an Earthy IK
Stihfiance from its comp'ormd', which in the root of Nature is

united to a Metal^ which is dens either by Elev Jticn^ or La- \ i
't^dtion :The wayof dnngit. he hr,:> not^ taught inthe placed-
ted : But in a great many Chapters difiant tn the fecond Part
ofthefaid(econdBookofthe Sum ofPcrJeBion^ of the Pre-
paration of Venus^ he orderly goes on and Explicates the Me-
i\
thod^ faying^ The way of the Preparation of Fenm is ma-

nifoldJ one is by Elevation^ another is without Elevati-
on; tire way by Elevation is. that Ti^nia be taken (with
which Fen/fs welL-^gf'ees) and that it be ingenioufly uni-
ted therewith. Thefe places in our Tranjlatton, Lib. 2 . Cap.
45". Seft. ii, 12^ ^h ^ ^4' 2^^ ^^'^^ laid together and
united.
54. Thefe are a tajle of the many /cores if not hundreds of

flac&s^ which in Gebar himflf are dtfig^ttdly interrupted ; by
Tuhich means the Myf cry and the Method of operating^
is hid^
and underfcanding of without a
ths Secret^ fo objcured^ that
great deal of Study, fcarch}ng^ comparing of places^ and lay"
ing the ending and beginnings of things together^ it would be
almofi
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jimofi impoffihle to apprehend 'mhat he intends ; for this rea^

m It ?i '>y tJ?at VJC ivent on^ not in an orderly and fuccin^.
ranjlanov^ ir^ft rather ccmpendioujly to comrôn place him ;
y which r.eans^ you, hatve all things relating to one fuhje^

r matter laid together^ and hroiight under one and the fame
ead^ -which in -the Authcr himfel^ arp j>c_ffihly difperfed afun^-
er into more than ten, fifteen^ or tvênty places of this Book,

.. Tbsfe things being fat d^ ive ha've only to inform you
mcerning this work^ that thts our compoftion^ ts really GQbQT
imfelf^ ivithoMt any aJdttion Tvhatfoeuer. Here is every fin-
le and individual procefs contained in t/oe whole hook ; nor
ny thing diminiflied which concerned the knowledge and pra-^
i.e of the Art 5 hut that we have ( for brevity fake ) left
me things out, ^tis true i as all hu Prefaces^ and prefatory

Jifcourfes^ contentions and difputes about the reality of thit
\rt J tautologies and (which was
often repetitions of things
^cfjjary in his interrupted method) which to have incerted^
! they would have been
of no ufe or profit, fo they would need'
fly have [welled this work to an unreafonabLi bulk^ where-
1 It would have been not only more chargable to the huyer^ hut
wre unpleafant and tedious to the Reader,

36, In Gebsr alfo there were many cuts or figures of Furna-
r, wbieh were holy o^nitted and left out in the afore menti-
ed Engl/fh Tranflation ; thefe to our work we have added

trloufly cut in Copper ; with quotations upon each figure or
irnace^ [Ijevîng to what Place ^ Book^ Chapter^ and Section
êy belo?tg,
37. Fhmmel7iê have alfo now tranfiated, and claufei
to and SeBions, to which we have added his fum-

Chapters
ary of Phdrfophy, which was never prented With him be-
re in any Language : Ja hu ivork we have alfo added his
îeroglyphicks n.atly cut in Copper^ with quotations alfo upx^n

ch Hierogljphick^ ^Hwwg to what Book, Chapter^ and Sc-
ion they have a reference^ or belong.
58. Artefius (whom we have named Longsvus^) we al-
ilaufed or compofed into Chapters and Seclions^ which it was
The P R E F ACE.
never divided into before in any Language ; and becaufe th^\
Author is a Rarity to he met with ^ we have withal added thm
Latin Verfion for the fakes offuch ingeniom Ferfons -who are ctf
rious in things of thU nature : Ne^t to Hermes^ he is the\
moft celebrated or famed Author^ of whom^ and which work^^

we have many things to fay^ hut that we are prevented by tht\
Epifile of the mofi excellent John Pontanus, prefixed before]
the Book, and to which we refer you.
"the firfi book
3;. of Roger Bachon,
called Radial
Mandij vê had in manufcript out of the Library of a learn
rnan^ and our particular friend^ a DoBer of Vhypck, wh$
A
/eta great value upon it^ and not undefervedly^ his Speculum
Alchymia^ is a travfiation out of that Cofy m the TheatrunJ
Chymicum, vol, 2. page 409. a difcourje fcarcely inferior ii
any thing extant^ and of great ejlimation among the Lear\
cd,
40. Riply we have puhlijhed from a Manufcript^ n
from the printed Ccpy, yet ve carefully compared it witi
that which was and fupplyed it out of that mi
printed,
feme thing which the written one wanted \ as on the contrary
our written Copy had feme things in it^ which the printed oaj
had not, as in particular, the firfi Chapter which is a Vn\ y
face to the Arch-bijh-fp 0/ York ; fo that by the help of bed i

together we have publifjed one co-fTipleat,
41. And to this 7Vork we aljo added the lafi Chapter, via
Chap. 75. Ub. 5. which is an ExtraB o/Ripleys Vhilofcphici^
Jxicws in the Theatrum Chymicum, Vol. 2. page iiî
In our 7i>ritten Copy, ( which without dt uht was Ancient \
there were feveral Annotations in the Margent, referring tofe

veral parts of th^work^ {the Additions of an unknown An,
thtr) Theft y becaufe they jeemed to he excellent, and very per
tinent to the Explication of our Author, we have injerted i\
[|^
the body of the Work^ in the very place where they are to h
ready puting them into SeBions^ and num bring them wit\
the reft 5 but to dfiinguijl) them from the Authors own work
we have caufed thm to be printed in a differing Char^Bcif
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2i;;>, V the Italick, and tvtry where included them between
'^ two Crochets,
42. Pfê have wrote an Afftndix to our firfi hock (f VraBi-
d Fhypck^ containing a Jhort fradical method for the Curecf
U Difeafes ; it u hut a fmall thing, not ahove fix or [even
leetsof Paper, and only defignd as an ahfiraB to helf th&
dtmory ; thk we had fuhlijhed now in this vjork^ had it not
veiled fo big; hut ftnce the magnitude of this has "prevented
\ we intend, for the henefit it may he to the fuhlick^ and the
nkes offuch as defire it^ to fuhltfi it alone by it felf^ with all
be fpeed that may be,
45. Thefe Things being [aid, lâll now give the Reader an
ii
iccount ( fince fever al have defixed it of me) of my Books ;
^hat are already publijloed, and what are now in hand in tht
^refs, to be made fublick as foon as may be, Jhofe already

'ubltfhed are the following Ten :
44. I. Synopfis Medicinac, the ficond Edition, with a

^Komfleat Anatomy in Odavo. 2. Pharmacopaeia LoncU-
'lenliSj or the new London Difpenfatory, fourth Edition, largt
Octavo. 5. DoronMedicum,cr a Supplement to that my Dif-

^penlatopy, large Oftavo. 4. Poiygraphice^ or the Art
f Drawing, Engraving, Etching, Liwning,Vamting JVaJli-

ng^ Varnipiing, ?erfurrang, 8cc. Ftfth Edition^ Urge Odavo.
5. Syil-emaMedicinaie, Or aCompIeat SyilcmofFhyfck^
Odavo. 6. Parate-
according to feveralViypoihQikSj large
remata, OrfckH Thyfical snd Chyrurgical Obferv^tions, con-
stainingabove 700 Cures of feveral Difeafes performed hy the
Author himfelf, large Oftavo. 7. Phylaxa Medicins, aCa-
hinet of choice Medicines , fo mary as are enough to ^bfclve the
whole fraB ice of Vhyfick in Two Varts :The firfi is already Prin-
ted the other u in hand with^ and will joon be piibli[hed, 8.
'
Horas Mathematics, the Soul ^/ Aftrology, containing that

Art in all its Parts, large Odavo. 9. Jatrica^ feu Praxis Me-
dendij ccntaining my Praîce, with feveral Ifundred of Ob-
fervations at large, in Quarto. 10 Medicina Prafticaj This
frefent PraîcafPhyfick^ t9 Vphich is added a Tcanfiatlon of the
Alchy-
The PREFACE.
Warh of Hermes, Kalkl, Geber, Artefius^ Fla-I
'Jlchywical \a
niel^Bachon^;?^ Ripley, in large Oftavo. I

I
4f Jhfe norp in Handy and to be fMiJhedwith vphatfpeedl

. t
fnayhe, an the following fonr. ii. Seplafium, the Englifh

Thyfitian, or Drugifts Shop opened^ contain ng the Naês^
Natures^ Kinds^ Qudities^ Gromhy Virtues^
^^fi^> and
Goodnefs (whether Adedicinal or Mechanical) of aH fort/
of Drugs fold in the Drug ft Shops ; together with the ma^\
i
hng^ frefaratkn^^ tiirifuationsy Fropertiesy and 'vaH'jtfi

^/Common-Salt, .bait Peter, Poc- Allies, Soap. Gun-
t7/ii
Powder^ and GhU a Lahiromwork^, and the firfi of;hi4
:
kind extant in the World, OAavc. 1 1 . Phi rm acopzeia

B iteana^ Tranfaêd into Engl;flj^ with a la^ge commem up-
on eviry Medicine^ fliewing the judgments and Opinions of
aU the mofi 'Learned Men^ pp n e^ch p^rticula^r Medicament'^,
in Oftavo. i:^. Officina Chymica, The Chymkal Shop
or Apothecaries Hdly fjewmg the Compoficnn \ Preparation;'

Virtue! 3 Ufe, Vo'es^ and Dargers cf ^li the things contained k
therein J Great Wjrk, and ccmpreh.nlwg the who'e
^rt rfChymfty^ 04 it ts new VraBifed,m Oclavo. 14.
Botonoiogia/ a cimpleat E?fglijh Herbal in 111. Bwks 5
or
contaimng> I. Evghflj Herbs and Vlants, II. Ertglijh Trees
ard -Shrubs, IIL xoticks^ or Oit LanMjh Drurj^ fo many
as We life in Ph)fi:L. The whole complesited with a Th h-
'and Curious Cuts, beirig the Icons or Figures of each Plant,
Together with J i. Ike various names in An:b ck, Greek,
Zarin_, and EngW^n. 2. The Defer ipticn. ;. 7 he Kinds cr
Species. The Differences, 5. 7he T!a:es of Growth.

^. 6.
Ihz Time of Flouring and Seeding. 7. Th Qualities. 8, )i
The Specijkat on, ^. The Prepararions, Galen'ck and Chy^

niick. o. The Virtues andvarious Wc'y> rf Ufittg^ in Polio.
)
46. Of thefe Four Lfi Bocks ^ the Seplaiiuni will be fnh'r %
lick^ :H two Qr three Months after the publication of this Fra^

veal Ph)fi:k. The Pharmacopaeia Biteana, is nearly k^lf
Trijsted ^l^ca'y. The Officlnia Chymica ^ is alfo tn a good
fm \y.rrdnefs. And the Botonology or Hahalis hafnlng with
all
1 DC JT IV E, 17 ri V^ jL-i
^ th^ fofflhU and Care that may he. Jhe Cuts a^t
VilUgfJtce
ie them done, hurt heingall prforwcd hut by
greatefi fart af
e HandJ it mak^s it jo much the longer And more ttdious.
47. In the mean time 1 cannot hut comflain of an ahufe put

on mehy c^ John Hell ier vpho pretends toFuhhJh ^nd 'Sell
^\y Family Pills, under my Name ^Kffigiesy And Skalîn mcfi
aces of this Kingdom^ without my Fri-viledge. Order ^ Al-
wance, or Confent^to my.great Prejudice and Damage. For
is made it my Eujinefs in party to make
Reafon, I ha'ue
me Impro'uements and Alterations of the Medicine^ for the
Jvantage thereof of which VxolW^T nor any Man dfe knoivs
\y thing, mither as to the Names ^ Numbers cr Natures^ nor
3 the Preparation^ Tarts-^ or proportion of any thing contained
êrein.
48 And hy Reafon ofthts Alteration ^ they neither Vomit^ mr

ake Sick, or (jrieve the Bowels in the leaH ; hut work more
mhly^ and pleafantly thcin formerly, and without any the leaft^
mger, hein^ fitted againfi the mofi Stubborn and ReheUicus
ijeafes, which fcarcely any other R emedy can cure or help. So
'at I modefily affirm, that one Box ofthcfe Pills^ th^fs impro^
ed and Advanced in Virtue and Goodnefs, are 7iôrth Five
'oxes, (for LknowTen) of thofe which HoHier or
all that
ny elje Make and Sell without my Ordtr or Ad-z'ice And .
om henceforth, they art only to he had ihm rightly Prepared

Y my own Hand^ at my Houfe in London^ or where elfe I
'all appoint.
49. The World is alfo defired to take Notice^ that the Ad-
ertifement iphich HoUier or fme of his Accomplices ^ have
tit at the end of one of my late VuhJijhed Book:, entitled. SeleO:
hyfical and Chyrurgical Obiervations Printed for Tho ,
las PaiTenger on London-Bridge (while I was ahfent in

he Weft-lndie^J ^ /? ^^/e unworthy^ and Malicious Lib el y
"êfignedly dofie to wrong me'^ for that I left large quantities
^ all forjs of my Medicines behind me with my Wtfe^ to he
'old in my abfeiice : nor did I ever give HoUier leave^^ Order
^
Divisions to do thifame^ much lejs to Fublijh that Malici-
0145
The P R E F A C E.
tus Advertifement, ^hieh now being returned to England,!
J ammceflitated in my own Defence^ hereto fgr.'tfie and declare
to the whole IVorld.
50. Laftly, As to the Great and Fhilofophick Work, it is
p$y Opinion and Belief, that there isfuch a thing in Nature %\
1 know the Matt ep of FaB to he true^ tho the way and man-
ner of doing it is as yet hidfrom me: Ihave heenEyewitnefs
effo much, as is ahle to convince any Man endued with JR^-j
[
tional Faculties ; that there is a of the Tranfmutati-
toffihility
en of Myalls ;
yet for all thefe things will not adzfife anf
Man Ignorant of the Tower of Nature ^ and the way of her
Operation, to attempt the work ; le/i: erring in the Foundation^
he jhould fuffer lofs, and hlame me> '
Without doubt it is tht\
Gift of God, and he that attains it, muB patiently iiâit thi
moving of the Waters \ when the defimated Angels moves the}
waters of the Tool, then is the time toimnnrgethc Leprot4s\
Metal^ and free it from all impurities,
I
Blew- Ball hy the Ditchfde near

Holborn- Bridge , London,
i O.Nov. 1601.
W.SALMOm
THE!
,
'.,,_ ._, '
THE
-ONTENTS O F T HE
FIRST BOOK.
Of FraBkal Thyfick
Page
Page
Chap. 12 Of aQ H)ftcrick Cho-
Of Aches of all
CHAP. forts.
I.
J lick $7
Of the Apo. Chap. 13 Of an Apodeme
Clwp* 2.
Chap Of the Thrufli
plcxy
8 Chap Of a Quiofey
Chap. 3 Of Agues
14 ciiap. 16. Of Dcafnefs
Chap. 4. Of Bleeding lOI
Chap. 17. Of Buboes
Chap. $. Of Fluxes, Gripmgs , lie
Chap. 18. Of the Cachexia
Wind ^ ^ ^J
Breath Chap. 19. Of the Scone in the
Chap. ^. Of Shortnefs of "8
Reins
\l
theBrc Chap. 20. Of the Stsoe m
the
Chap: 7. OfDifeaftsof
26 Bladder 1^3
Mifcar- Chap. 21. Frrfc/>io/ww, The Uai-
ChaD. 8. Of Abortion or verfai Medicine of Paracelfut
Chap! 9- Of want of Appetite 3^

OfthcLofsandUfcof The Key of Helmant and L//>
Cha?. 10. 17$
Limbs ^, ,. ^^ I The opcmDgof5a/and Lm^
Chau II. Of the
Qohck, or
Bcilysch 4
The
The C O N T E N T S-
The Contents of the Second BOO Kj

or^ Claris Alchyntic^.
L The Golden wor\ of Hermes Trifinegiftus. >'

^
-i^- Page Page'.
CHap. f. The Preface, Expli- Chap. Si The Philofophick Rid-

cating in pare, the er'tma dle laid down after a new Man-
Materia T79
Chap. ^. The firft EspofitioH of Chap. 9. The laft Aa, or Conclu.l
tlie Matter r84 fion of the Theory of the Phi-

Chap. 3. The Names and firft lofophers Tin dure 227 .
Operation Explicated 190 Cliap. 10 The Pradical part offi

Chap.' 4. A Continuarion of tnc the Philofophick Work 2^% '
Explication of die firft Opera* Chap. II, The Pradical part far-
tion 1^5 ther Explicated 240
Chap. 5 A Dialogue between
. Chap. 12. The Praxis ExempUfi^
Hermes and his Son ipp ed from the Nature of Leve^
Chap, 6. The feveral Operations and Fafte 241
by, nd VarioHS Mattet^s of Chap. I g. The Narwre of the Fer->i
which the Stone is Compo- ment fjrther Explicated 2 $2
ic^ 206 Chap. 14. The Smaragdine Table |i?
C^rap. 7. The Operations of Na- of ffermes 25 8
ture in the Ajua. Phitojophkay as
inaSeed 213
Th? Second Book of Hermes Trifmeg/JlufJl
Chap.h 5 *The Entrance into the Chap. 19, That rhe l)eginmng of :
Work, beginning with Argent this Work is in the'Blacknefs

Vive - iSB and Darknefs ; and of the Con-
Chap. 1 5. The Nature of the joyning the Body witn the Soul
Medicine, and Government of 2',6
the Metals 270 Chat>. 20. The Order of thePra-
Chap. 17. The Difference of the dical part Operation
of the
Ferments and Quality of the 278
Spirit 271 Chap. 21. The remaininging O-
Chip. 18, Of Argent Vive, Tin. fjerations, and Conclufion of
aure, Order of the Operation, this Work 28
and of the Fire 273
ir. The
The CONTENTS.
The Alchymick Secrets oiKalidPerficus.
.' rage Past
ip. 22. Of the Difficulties cf Chap. ô. Of the Commixion of
his Art 284 the Elements which were 5e
ip. 23. Of
the four Principal parated 202
Operations, Solution, Congela- Chap. 91. Of the Solution of ch^
;ion, Alhification, and Rubiii- Stone compounded, and Coa-
pacion 288 gulation of the 5cone Diffolvcd
ip. 24. Of the Lat rcr two Ope- 904
ations, lizj. Albificatioa and Chap. 32. That Our 5'tonc is buc
iubificatir n 291 One, and ofthe Nature thereof
iip.25. Ofthe Nature of things 905
ippertaining to this Work of Chap. 33. How to make the Stone
Jecodion, and its, Effefts 299 both Whire and Red 307
ip. 26. Of SubtilizationjSolu- Cliap. 54. Kalii's Secret of Se-
ion, Coagulation, and Corn- crets, or Stone of the Philofo-
mi xion 29$ phers Explicated 5510
ip. 27. Of Fixation ofthe Spi- Chap. 35. A farther Explication
it, Dfcodioa, Trituration, and of this Matter. 315
Aâfliiiig 2^7 Chap. 3d The Key which opens
ip. 28. Ofthe Fire fit for this the Myftery of i his Grand /ixir
Work 299
p. 29. Of the Separation of To make Amum Potabile
333
he Elements 300
IH. The Summ of Ceher Arabs.
ip. 57. An Introdudion into Chap. 43. Of the Alchymy of

he whole Work 335 Jupiter 3 59
ap. 98. Of the Alchymy of Chap. 44, Of the Alchymy of
Sulphur 340 Mars 365
3 p. 3 9* Of the Alchymy pi Cha>:.45. Of the Alchymy of
irfenkk. 349 Venu
ap. 40. Of the Alchymy of Chap. 46. Of the Alchymy of
he Marchafite 345 Luna
ap. 41. Of the Alchymy of" Chap. Of the Alchymy of
47.
yfagnefta^ lutin^ and other Mi- Sol 391
lerals
3^9 Chap. 4S. Of the Alchmy of
I p. 42. Of the Alchymy of Mercury
'
yaturn 352
Xlie
The CONTENTS.
The Second Book of Geber Arahs^ \
Page
Chap. 49. The Introduftion to both 44^
this Second Book. 41^ Chap. 59. Of the Medicine, Tini
Chap. 50. Of Sublimation, Vef- dure, EHxir or Stone of the
fels, Fornares 41$ Philofophers in General 445
Chap. î. Of Defcention, and Chap. 60, Of the three Orders 0;
Purifying by Paftils 424 the Medicine ,
^^^\L
Chap. 52. OfDiftilIation,Caufcs, Chap. 6\, HowIngrelTionispro
Kinds, and Fornaces 426 cured 4 $8
Chap. 5g. Of Calcination of Bo- Chap. 62, Of the C'merimm 4^0
dies and Spirits, Caufcs, Me* Chap. 55. Of Cementation and
thods 430 its Caufes 4^3
Chap. 54. Of Solution, and its Chap. 54. OftheExamenbylg
Caufes .
4;5 nition 4^<
Chap. ^$. OfCoagulationand its Chap. 5$. TheExamcnby fufioj
Caufes 440 or Melting 4^ %
Chap. yd. Of Fixation and its Chap. 66. The Examen by th ^^
Caufes 442 Vapors of Acute things 4<5 ^.
t-hap. 57. Of Ccration and its Chap. 67. The Examen by tl: jj^
Caufes 4^5 Extindion of Bodies Red He

Chap. 58. That our Medicine is
two fold, one for the White Chap. <5S. A Recapitulation
and one for the Red yet that.
the wheleArc 47*
we have one only Medicine for
The Contents of the Third BOOK.

J. T^he Secret Boo\ o/'Artefius Longaevuci
(J Flap: I. The Preface w the neral Water 447jJi

i Reader 435 Chap, . Of other Operations o|
f^ ifi
Chap. 2. The Epiflle of Johannes our Secret Mineral Water, anij fft
Fontann: ohht
Secret Fire 457 itsTindure 45* ^]
Chap. :? Of the
Compofirion of ^ Chap. 6, Of what fubftance Mq ^^
our Anrimonial Vinegar, or the tals are to Confift, in order td

Secret V/ater 444 this Work 45^
6hap. 4. Of the Operations of Chap. 7. OfthcWdndcrfulthingJ
eur Aatitnoniil Vinegar, or Mi- done by our Water, in altering
The eO'NTENTS
Page
ind chaogmg Bodies 45? ncular
^^2
ip. 8. Of the Affinity of oar Chap. \6. Of the Colors of our
Vater, and other wonderful Philofophick Tinfture or Stoiic
:hings done by it 4^ f
ip. 9. Of
Subfimation j or the Chap. 17. Of the Perfeft Bodies,
cparatingof the Pure froai the their Putrefaaion, Corruption,
mpure, by the Warcr 4^7 Digeftionand Jindure 498
ip. 10 Of the Separation of Chap. 18. 0( the Multiplication
'he Pure pans from the Impure of the Philofophick Tinfture
472 504
iip, II. Of
the Soul which is Chap. 19. Of Sublimation in par-
!:xtrafted by our Water, and ticular, and Separation of the
bade to Afcend 475 Pure from the Impure $08
iip. 12. OfDigeftion> andhow Chap. 20. Of Digcfl/on: Sublima-
iic Spirt is made thereby 480 tion and Separation of the Bo-
p. 15. Ofthc beginning of rhe dies, for the perfeftion of the
IVork, and a Summary of what
'
Work 512
s to be done 484 Chap. 21. Of the Secret Operati-
"'I
p. 14. Of
the Eafinefs and on of the Water and Spirit on
^ ;implicit\ of this Work, and of the Body 515
'j )ur Philofophick Fire 489 Chap. Z2. Of the Signs of the end
4; ip. I $. Of the three kinds of of the Work, and the perfed-ion
ires of the Philofophers in par- thereof yig
IL The Hieroglyphicks of FlammeL
p. 2g. The beginning of F/4;w- pretatfon of thefe Hierogly-

lels Book, which is the pe- phicks 557.
orawon of the whole 521 Chap. 28. ThePhilofophical In-
p. 1 4. The Explication of the terpretation according to Her-
licroglyphick Figures and of ; mes 540
he Book of Abraham the Jew Chap. 2^. Of the two Dragons of
01
$22 a Yellowifti, Blew, and Black
p. 25. Of his Pilgrimage into Color 546
pnin^ and meeting w/th a Jew- Chap. 30. Of the Man and Wo-
^r|Ti ?Tit{i, who in part inter- man cloathed in an Orange co-
reted the faid Book 527 lored Gown in a Field Azure
iJ p. 25. Of the Pro;e<aion which and BIcNY, witfa their ^Motto's
e and his Wife made upon
^^cury : and of the Hofpitals, Chap, 51, Of the Figure like
ihurchcs and Chappels which Paul the Apoftle m
a White
hcy Built 552 and Yellow Robe, with a Man
:; p. 27. The Theological Inter- Kneeling by his Feet, fn a Robe
of
The CONTENTS.
Page
of Orange Biack and White 558 the Apoflle, in a Robe Citriiu i
Chap. 32. Of the Green Field Red holding a Key i a WomaiT
with two Refufcitancs, two Men kneeling by his Feet in ar
and one Woman-all in White : Orange colored Robe j 7(
-
two Angels beneath, over whom Chap. 35. Of the DarkSViolc

is tlie Figure of our Lord and Field, in which is a Man of i
Saviour, judging the World, in red Purple colour, holding th^

a Robe Citrine White 564 Foot of* a Lyon, redasVermi
Chap. 53. Of the Field white and Hon, having Wings 57^
Blew, with the two Angels of Chap. 35. Fbmmers Summary !qj|
an Orange color 567 Philolbphy 57^

Chap. 34. Of the Figure like Feter
LI. Roger Batons Radix Mundi.

hap. 3 7. Of the Original of Me- pearing in every Operation 6o:\
tals, and principle of the Mine- Chap. 45. Of the Edudion of th(
ral work 5^5 Whitenefs out of the BlacL
Chap. 38. of Mercury, the fecond Matter 6 or
principle of the work 588 Chap. 4^. Of the way how
Chap. 39. Of the purification of Educe the red Tindure out d
Mctalls and Mercury, for the the Whi"e do;
work 59^ .
Chap. 47. Of the Muki plication
Chap. 4c. Of the conjundion of of Our Medicine by IhiToIud'
the Principles , for this great on ôj
work 592 Chap. 4S. Of the Mukiplicaciorf
Chap. 41. OfVeffcIs, Lute,Clc- of Our Medicine by FermeRti
fmg, and Times of the Philofc- tion 6u
phick work 395- Chap. 49. Ofthe Differences a
Chap. 42. Of the Philofophcrs the Medicine, and proporcioii
Fire, kinds of Government ufed in projedion 6v
thereof 507 Chap. 50. Of Projec'Hon, and how
Ch.ap. 4;. Of the ^nigmaV of it is performed upon the Metal
Philoiophers, their Deceptions, 6i\

pra?cautions, ff^c. 60c Chap. 51. Of the compleat- or per
- fcftion of the whole Work 6 \\
Chap. 44. Of the various Signs ap-
The Second Book oiKoger BacoUyCdWtdy

Speculum Alchymi^
Chap. 52. The entrance into this chap.- 53, Of the Natural prim
'
work and definiciori of the Art pies and Generation of Mei
621 and Minerals 622 Cha
lap
The CONTENTS,
-
. ' Page Page
Ip. $4. Of the neareft matter Veffcis and Fornaces 532
It of which the /zxfr is drawn Chap. 5S. Of
the colors Acciden*
f*in|
tal and Effencial appearing in
p. 5$. ncareft matter
Of the the work 655
i our Stone, yec more plainly Chap.. 9. Of the manner of Prc-
62J jeAion upon any of the Imper-;
!ip. 5^.the^ manner of
Of fed Metals 6^y,
Ve
orking, regulating, and con- Chap. 60, A fhqrt Recapitulation
inuing the Fire "^30 of the whole work 6^0
ip. 57. Of the Quality of the
TV. George Kipleys Medulla Alchymias.
p. 61. The Preface to the

Mercury 6i^
Arch-Bifhop oiTork^ Chap. d3. The fecorid of the for-
645
lap. 62. A farther Difcourfe of mer Elixirs, with Mercury and
.J,
the Philofophcrs Mercury 648 the Body Alchymick 572
*'^,
lap. 65. Of the Mineral Stone, Chap. 59, Of the Vegetable Stone
and Philofophick Fires d$2 61^
lap. 64. The manner of Elixi- Chap. 70. The remaining Procefs
ration with the Fjre againft Na- of the. Vegetable Stone 679
ture 6$i Chap. 71. Of Our Animal Stone
hap. 6$. The Praftice upon fhe 285
Calx of the Body difloived ^60 Chap. 72* The Referved Secrec
66, Another way of Elix- Explicated d8;
irating Gold by the Fire againfl Chap. 7g. Riplefs Philofophick
I,j.hap.
1;
Nature 66 c ^
Axioms cat of the Theatruni
|.;hap, 67. Two other Mineral Chymicvitil, iZy
,
/iwr/,or two other procefles of
ADVERTISEMEN'T^
Balfam de Chiiju^^^.^ ^ ,^
i.TT 15 an Excellent Balfam difFcring frort that of ^Fm/- -and Joluîj
JL but ro ways infer ioQr in Virtues and Excelicncy, as the fev^ral*

Experiments lately made of it by feveral Learned Phyficians in th| i^
curing of Difeafes, have given fufficient proof of; It is wirhout doubf \\

the moft precious of all natural Balfims, by reafon of irs great Virruetjj ^^';
and admirable Odour, excelling all othersj even thcimoft fragrant* w^ 1
2. It cafes all manner of Pains in any part of the Body, coming o| 1"^
Cold or Wind, chiefly pains of the Stomach, Indigeftion, and want o| <K'
Appetite, corroborating and ftrengthning of it after a wonderful man*|^^
ner. It cures all Ulcers of tiac Brcft and Lungs, Reins, Bladder ori'^^ or
Womb, inward bruifes, fpitting of Blood, and fuch like , helps fhort- rt^'f"
nefs of breath, CoughsXonfumprions,Wheefmgs,Hoarrnef5,Afthma
and other Difeafes of thfe parts.
'^. It is good againft the falling Sicknefs, Apoplexy, Convulfions,
'
Palfics, Lethargy, Tremblings, old Head-aehcs, Megrims, Vertigo's,

and othetcold andnioifl Difeafes of the Head, Brainy and Nerves, be-,
ing inwardly taken as after direded, and outwardly, anointed up0n||S!!
the part. It ftrengthens the Brain, helps the Memory, comforts th
Ndrves, and fortifies all the enfes both internal and external, bcy^;
any other natural Balfam. ; - ;
-
4. It kills Worms whether in old or young, cures Ruptures, altho'

of many years ftandingj dilTolvcs foft tones, and expells them, aS
1
alfo Sand, Gravel, or Slime, or any other thing which may obftrudt
the Urine, or ftop its paffagcs i fo that it is belieycd there is fcarcely
a better Remedy for that purpofe upon Earth for it gives eafc in the
*,
moft vehement pain, and being conftantly taken for fome time, per-
feds the Cure.
5. It eafes all Colick pains. Gripings, Wind in the Stomach or
Bowels, and perfecflly cures all Flijxes, bloody Fluxes, Excoriations,
and fuch other like Diflempers of the Guts. It cures deafnefs, pain
and noifc in the Ears to a wonder, a drop or two being pu: in, and
^f opt in with a little Cotton dipt in the fjmc.
provokes the Terms in Women, being taken from 2o to 40
It
.ôr morcin aglafsof W4iite-wine, ("as anon direacd^ Morning
Night for a Week together ; it is faia to curebarrcnneis, promote
;epcion, and caufe eafie delivery to Women in Travel, and in
a
: meafure prevents
or takes away thofe after-pains, being taken to
quantity aforenamed in a glafs ot Juniper- water.
It heals all manner of green
Wounds, rotten Uleers, Fiftula's, new
alfo pundures or. hurts
id running fores in any pact of the body, as
le Nerves and Tendons, Aches,
pains, lamencfs, weakncfs bfthe
bs or Joynts, being dropt into the wound or punfture, or other-

applied thereon with Linr, a Tent, or Leather, &c, and boun4
ahcf not ftirred in 24 hours, it commonly cures at 4 or $ times
tjlng, fometiraes at 2 or 9 times, and feraetimes at the firft dref-
1 , be the wound deep, contufed, or large.
It is an affured Remedy to cure tlie Palfie f
if not inveterate J
-nbling, Gout, or any weaknefs of the Nerves and Joynts coming

cold and moift caufe, by anointing the afflided parrs therewith,
taking of it inwardly, as fhall be immediately direftcd , for it does
[i5J|ly, and by degrees (as it were) carry off the morbifick
Caufe
matter almoil to a Miracle.
This m3rvellous Balfam opens all Obftrudions of the Liver and
.
en, being taken Morning and Evening for a Month together in a

s Syrup, or other convenient Vehicle; It is held for a great Trea
, and has many other fingular Vircues not here neceffary to be ni
Oii4J, left we fhould prejudice its worth and Excellency.
D. The way and mmtisr of tal(ing it. In Direafes of the Head, Brain,
Nerves, give it in Rofcmaryô^ Juniper. water, or in Canary : "For

Stone, and otber Difeafes of the Reins and Bladder, you may
a in Rhenifh-vvirie ; For the Colick and Difeafes of the Bowels, you
:
f give it in Juniper or Carda mum- water For Palfies and weakiicf-

.*
^3
Df the Nerves and Joynts, you miy give it in fome Antiparalitick
Be: Firfl grind or miK it with a little of the yolk of an Egg, to
n its body, and then mix it with Che Liqupr you wouH give it in
V I. If die fick catmot take it fo, it may be made up into Pills with
le fit Powder, a^ of Zedoary, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Bay-berries, Cu-

ts, Winter- cherries, or what the Phyfician fhall think more fit, and
ildcd i for by this means it will be caken without naufeating ; you

y' give the Balfam from half a Dram to two Drams, accorcfcng to Age
I Strength ; and it may be giv^n Morning and Night for a Month*
), or three together.
1 2. And it is certain that this Balfam
is one of the grcarefl fpeci-
ts in the cure of the Palfie, Scurvy and Gout that is, tranfcend-
all other Medicaments
i but it ought to be conflantly given in a
DofCj ancf with thofe Advantages that it may not loath the Sto-
inashi
mack 1 To taken, it performs raore than any other Balfam : It deanf
the whole body cf all Impurities, mundifies the whole mafs of Bldo.
heals all inward Bruifes, Wounds, Ulcers, oc Excoriations, whech<
in the Bpwels or Lungs, reftoring decayed Nature, and carrying c
all its Fasculcncies by Urine and Stool.
It is only Sold by the Author of this Work, athisHoufe at the Blu,
Ball by the Ditch-fide^ near Holbirn-bridge^ ; and at Mr. John Hunk
at the Harrow m the Foultry, London. Price 24 x. the Pound, or i<
the Ounce.
AT thefign of the Archtmcdes

6iâcle^ in Ludgate-ftreet , near th
and Spd
Wejt-end of St. Paurs, lives John Marfliall

who both turns and grinds^ makes and fell!
all forts of Glafs Inftrumcnts 5 ^.r, Perfpe
fiivc GlaflTes, TelefcopcSj MicrofcopeSj Ho^
roicopes, Sky-Op ticks, Reading Glaffes
from the fmallefi fi%e to oio Inches Diametre
Microfcopes according Jd> Mr. Leewenhoeck
Alfo Microfcopes of the faid MarfliallV e-
figningj ajingular Invention for the advaw
tage (T^ Light, the liJ^ of which were neven
yet done before. Alfo Speftacles for 4II Ages.
Criftal Prifins, Speaking Trumpets i and dh
other forts ofOptick Glaffes ( for brevity
fake ) not here named.
> iat,i i
n<)<
Errata fie Corrigenda,
")Age<5r. b.Iine 19. for Founds, read Ounces,

pag. ! 6 5. bj. 23. r. /êcezi^r h^lffull of Water,
:g. 191,^.1 16. (fjfflranie, r. ftrong.
:g. 19 1, b. I. 31. tor mrd, r. Work,^
ijig.201. a J. 22. T./houldnot hi.
;g. 209. b. 1. 4. for na/y, r. only, -: .
[g. 236. a. I. 6. for fire, Fi/orre.
g. 25?. b. 1. 23 ioT removed, r. renewed.

g. 267. b. 1. I. 15. for Coler^x. Color, Colors.
%. i^^.h.l.ÛT.HAsrcury.
g.-27 5.b.L 6. T. Matters.
g. 3[6. b. I. 9. r. impalpable.
g. 3 ! 6. b. 1. 3 g. r. fl'^cw/r in rffpe^ of the.
3 42. a. 1- 8. r. r^^^y î jyfars, by reafon of the Oleagmty of **^
Sd^
phur, which js mo(i eafiLy burnt. * / ^
;g. 352.1. 4. r. CHAP. XLII.
g. 39^b. J. I?, r. InimkaL
i'
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S A L M O N 'S
The Firft BOOK.
G H A P. L
Of A e HE S- of aU fern.
f. For art Achy proceeding of Cold in any

part of the Body.
II. For an Ach in the Joints^

rAke Oyl Olives
Venice Turpen- Take Palm Oyl, Turpen-
tine , ana two
tine ana one Ounce; Oyl.
Ounces; Oyl of of Wormwood, three Oiin-
mber four Ounces , Vola-
Armonieak
cesj Volatile Salt
c Salt of Amber fix two Ounces, melt, mix, and
'rachms; melt^ and mix
make a Balfam ; It is excel-
lem together for a Balfim, being anoitated with
lent,
id anoint the place well
all. Salmon^
re with , Morning and
vêning ; for eight or ten III. For Aches in the lower
parts of the Body,
lysj more or lefij as occa-
)n requires, ^dm^n. TafcePalmOyl^ Turpen>
B tine.
SALMON'S Lib,
tine,Oyl of Amber, and An- like quantity ; boyl thei

nifeeds, of each one Ounce, gently on a Fire, keeping:,
mx, melt, and make a fcum'd, till it grow clammj
Ballam* Salmon. and with this bathe well th
part, by rubbing it in , bel
IV, For an Ach in the Bones. fore a Fire, with a
warrl
Sfaadôrxring andEvenin^ I
tiê, anM two Gftnces; Oyl jjill jaylng a linnen Clot

6f Amber and*^^ Juniper Ber- upon it.
ries , of each two Ounces
and two Drachms i Cam- yil. for Ach in the Bones
phier two Ounces; meh, and the Gout.
ilifx , and make a Balfam.
Salmon. Take of the beft Aqu.'
Vitas , and Oyl of Amber
V. An afproved Searcloth for of each a like quantity, mij

all Aches* them well together, and a
iioint the part well with ;
Take Burgundy Pitch ,
warm Hand before the Fire"
ope pound ; Oyl Olive, fix
and bind on it a Linner
Ounces ; Wax, four Ounces
Cloth, Morning and Eve
white Frankincenfe , two
ning.
Ounces, powdered; melt
them in a Pipkin, ftirring
VIII. For the Joynt Ach^ am
all well together , and Boil
the Gouty moH Excellent^
to a Confiftency ; then pour
out all into a Bafon, or Pan Take the Juice of Sage
of Water 5 then anoint your Aqua Vitae, the Oyl of Bays
Hands with Butter, and Vinegar , Mufiard , and
make the Plafter , into an Oxes Gall , of each
Rolls. like quantity, put them all
together in a large Ox Blad
VL An Excellent Ointment der ; Tye it fail , and chaf
for the fame. it up and down with you
Take the Gall of an Ox. Hand, during one hour ancf

White-wine Vinegar, Palm half, then keep it for you
Oyl, Aqua Vita!, of each ? Ule, and anoint the griev'(
par
Chap. L piattitaip&pccfc
>art Morning and Evening. and a half ; Waters of Bug-
lo6 and Sage , of each an
';X. A Tmefs againfi all Ounce, mix them well to-
Aches in the Back , Hips , gether.
Sides, KneesJ or anjf part of
the Body. X. This Cured a M^n per-
fe^lfy when he was Lame

Take firft PH. Mifabile
over all his Body,
^ne ScruplCj to Puiê now
the Gall of an Hei-
Take
md then^ and take them in
a Man ; and the Gall
fer, for
Syrup of Roles; after Purg-
of a 5teer , for a Woman ;
iig, procure Sweat thus.
each a like quan-
Take Guaiacum , one Brandy, of
tity ; then bath it well upon
Ounce and a half, the Root
the Wrift, a litde before the
of Enulacampane , one
Fitcometh, and-let it lie till
Ounce; boy I them in a Pot-
tle of fmall Ale, till half
the Fit be gone.
be confumed , then drink

XT. Aches from a hot Caufei
thereof a quart in a Hot-
jhoufe, and Sweat often; Take Spring Water, two
l^hen in the Houfe, bathe Armoniack, Ni-
quarts ; Sal
all the Body with this O- tre, of each

four Ounces j
mix , diffolve , and keep it
leaginous Ballame.
,
Take Oyl of Amber, Oyl for Ule : Batho the part
of Turpentine, of Foxes, of with it; then anoint with
Excefter, and of Chamo- Oyl of Poppy Seed. Salmon.
mil, of each a like quantity,
and mix it well with
Xlh Another for the fame*
fome
Brandy. Take Camphire , two
And if (the Pains and Ounces; Spirit of Wine, a
Aches , fall out to be moft pint ; mix , and diffolve ,
painful in the Night (as ma- there with ; bathe the parts
ny times they do.) Afflided. Salmon.
Then at Night let him
take this Potion, 5yrup of XIII. Another for the fame.
Poppy, three Drachms; There is nothing better
Syrup of Betony,one drachm in the World, than to bathe
B 2 the
SALMON'S L lib.
the place afflided, two or one Ounce; Oyl of Am-

three times a day} which ber^ one Ounce mix them.
our Gutta Vita , mentioned If this increafes the Pain, it
in one Thaljxa^ lib. i . cbaf, 9. proceeds from an hot Caufe 5

feH. I. Salrnqn. Anoint then with this Rc
ceipt, Unguentum T&fulneimf^
XIV. ForanAch in the Shoul-
Oyl f Totfhs ,
tufo Onnces ;
fix Ounces ; in which Jiffohe

Take Bole Armoniack^ Camfhire two Ounces^ mx
Chalk , anil one Ounce J them for an Ointment, Salmon^]
Spanilli Oyl , one Ounce ;
Vinegar Drachms ; XVIII. For an Ach by 4 Fall,
fix
Camphir, half an Ounce or There is nothing better
better?; Saffron, 2 Drachms then that you anoint the
Mix, and apply it hot with place hurt with Balfam de
Tow twice a day. Salmon, Chili twice a day , rubbing
itwell inland keeping warm,
XV. An Ach from a Vehe- for that helps to difipate the
ment hot Caufe. Congregation of Humours,
**
Take Ck)mfry Roots
. frefli Salmon.
>i(
gathered , beat them , till
they are loft, or a perfed XIK. For an Old Ack

Cataplafm ; then fprcad up- I have Icarcely found ?\ny
on Leather, and lapply it ; thing more effedual, than,
Tis an excellent thing. well to anoint>for three
firft^ i
Salmon^ or four daies, with Balfamt

de Chili ; and then afterwards
XVI. Another againft Aches. to apply Balfamum Amicum
Take Balfam of Amben plaifter-wife, for a month
and anoint with it twice a together. See them in my

ay. How Balfam is
this fhylaxa, Salmon^
de , fee in our Thylaxa 5
lib, 2. now in the Prefi.
XX. Anothorfor this furfofe.
Make a Plaifter of Taca-

XVII. Another for the fame. mahaca, and apply it. Sal-'
Take Oylof Earch-worms won,
XXL Aihe>
Chap. I.
it a little Brandy ; and Morn-
%^l. Aehei from vehement ng and Evening anoint well

hot Caufes, before a Fire the Child's
Take Oyle of the Yelks of Arms, Sides, Thighs, Leggs,
Sggs one Ounce, diffolve in Knees,' Feet and Joynts, ba-

t Gamphire two Ounces; thing it well in,with a warm
md mix all with Oyl of Hand. Then give it fome
Earth Worms one Ounce; Syrnp of Rheubarb ( to
md anoint with it, Salmon, open the Obftrudions of the
Liver) and mingle it with
SXII. ToheaUnd ^rengthm Two Ounces of Mint- water,
Wak Limbs of Children^ mix it well, and give it
Mind thofe which cannot fi and the Child fafting. This
nor go, Mofi wonderful and will mightily ftrengthen the
excellent to cure the Rickets. Limbs, and make the Child
Take juices of Sage, fweet to ftand and go. Proi;at.
Marjoram^ Roferaary, Time^

Chamomile Hyfop, Fever-
XXin. For all Aches or Fains
^w. Lavender, Balm, Mint, in the Nervom Tarts ^ art-'

fing from a Cold Caufe^
Wormwood, Rue, Winter-
kvory, and Bays, of each
Contupons^ &C
Three Ounces ; put it in a There is nothing can take
iouble Glais, the which ftop away the Preheminence from
ivell, and pafte it all over Balfam de Chili ( which may
ivith Dough, and let it in an always be had at the Author's
Oven with Houlhold-Bread Houfe, at the Blew Balcony^
and when it is drawn, break by the Ditch-Jide^ near Hoi-
9fF all the Pafte, and if the bourn'Eridgej London* ) be-
uice be thick jbreak the Glafs, caufe of its amicable and pe-
md put it into a GallyrPot culiar Faculty in ftrength-
md when you ufe it, take ning the Nerves, and diffol
:he quantityof Two Spoon- ving or diffipating any inhe-
of it, and put to' it as
iilk rent Matter. I could give
nuch of the Marrow of an you (I believe) an Hundred
3x Leg, melt them together, of Cures of this
Hiftories,
tir them well, and add to kind, performed by this Me
dicin^^
SALMON'S Lib. I
dicinclhave cured with it an Evening, and apply feint dipt

Ach in the Hipôr the Sciatica. in it, over the part in th?
Anoint with it twice a dayât mean feafon. Salmon.
leaft, vizu Morning and
C H A P. I I-
Of tht Apoplexy.
L TÂkeofthebeftAqife-
JL vitXj well rectified III. ForanAfofkxy^ orotkr
from Phlegm, one Pint ; Oyl like Fits.
of Vitriol one Spoonful^ mix Take a large quantity of

them , and let him drink Earth-worms, gathered in,
thereof one Spoonful fir ft in the Mornings in May (when,
the Morning, and another they Generate : ) put them
laft at Night. into a Pail of Water for twen-
Then let him Sweat in a ty four Hours, that they may
Stove, twice a Week, and perfedly cleanfe themfelves
every time thereafter, bathe This done, take them out,
him with Balfam JeCbili.This and dry them carefully upon I
is Excellent* a Marble Tile, before a

clear Fire : being thoroughly
JL for the yoint-ach^ and dryed, keep them in a dry
Numhnefs after arv Afo- place for ufe. Wlien you
flexy. have Occafion to ufe them,
Take Six Spoonfuls of beat them into Powder, in
Dragon- water, diffolve in ic a large Brafi or Iron Mortar;
one drachm of Mithridate and of this Powder, take
drink the fame draught Spoonful at a time^ Morn
Three Mornings together ing and Evening, in a Gla
falling, and fweat Two of Wine, four days before,
Hours after ir; This Cures. and four days after, the Full,
and Change of the Moon ;
it
hap. n.
will perfectly Cure I
cured one of an Apo
ftely
Strong "Pttrging in an
exy therewith ; and I Afopkxy,

low feveral others^ cured Authors commend purge-
me Years fince. Salmon, ing, but it muft be with very
ftrong Medicines ; as Troches
h An Errbine againfi an Alhandal^ Scammeny with
Afofkxy^ in the Fit, Cafior^ or Pil. Cochie, one
I can propofe no better ounce, as RondeUtiw pre-
lan that of Deckers^ which fcribes : But in my Opinion,
tceeds all others ; and it is nothing is better than my
lus made. Take Turhitb P;7. taken from
Mirahiles,
iimralj one Ounce ;
fowder a fcruple, to half a drachm.
Liquorice , three ounces ^ See it in my Thilaxa Med.
lowers of Rofemary, fine ounce Lib. 2. Now in the Prefs. If
id a half^ mix into a mofifub- Purgatives do nothing, the
le Fowder. Of this Powder Patient commonly dies.
bu may
bloMi up^ from fix Salmon^
) ten or twelve grains at a
Emeticks to he
me, vi^, from three to ^"vq VI. Strong
gii/en,
r fix, up each Noftril : It
rings out of the Fit; and Celfm faith. Many things
fed in the Intervals prevents ougbty or may well he done in
I have proved it in two a dangerous Cafe^ which other-
r three feveral Perfbns.Dec)^ wife [hould be omitted. There-
/
(aith, multumque fituita fore, it is Lawful to give An-
ifcida educit cum juccejfu timoniates in a large dofe ; as
âfcrihitur hie Puhis in Afo- Aqua BenediBa, Vinum Anti-
\xiay Eplepjta Letbargo^ Ca moniale^ Infufion of Rtgulus^
tifque affetHhi'fs foforofus om- Sal Emeticum Mynpchti, and
ihtts, nee non quibufdam ca- fueh like: which evacuate
itis affeBibus recentihm^ (^ great quantities of Phlegm,
iveteratjs vertigine, gravedi and other Humours, not on-
&c. Exec. med. pag. 20. ly from the Stomach and
Salmon Bowels, but even from the
I
J
Brain it (elf. S0lmon.
B4 VII.
S AL MON S Lib. I
and Sftr. AntlaFihmaticus

VII. Alterative Remedies for direded in our Fhy
given as
the fame*
laxa,
Nothing is hottQT than our Salmon
Towers of Rofemary^ Amber
1
CHAP. III.
1
Of AG V E S. ^
I. A rare Secret to Cure all Agues Tvbatfve'ver,
TAke Venice Turpentine half a Pint an Hour before

|
half aii ounce 5 incor- the Fit Cometh; and be fure p
porate it with as much Cam- to Sweat him in his Bed up-
phire and Maftick beaten inon the taking of it.
to fine Powder^ as will make
it into a Plaifter ; then take IIL A
Plaifter againfi an
of it^ and fpread it on a piece Ague.
of Sheeps Leather.cut round, Take a piece of Leather
and lay it on the Stomach pricked full of Holes, fpread
and Navel pretty warm^ a it over with Venice-Turpent.
day before the Fit cometh, and on that fpread all over
Proht. Rue and Frankincenfe> bea-
ten into Powder, of each a
II. Againfi an Ague. quantity, then bind it
like
Take Poflet-drink, a pint to theWrift a little before
and half, put into it nine the Fit Cometh, and let it lie
heads of Carduus, boy lit 'till 'till the Fit begone.
half be wafted; to every
quarter of a Pint, put in a IV. Againfi a Tertian Ague^,]
quarter of a Spoonful of grofs Take ( at the coming oft
Pepper, ftir it well, and take the cold Fit) half a Pint of 1
ex-
laap. III.
fpreffed Juic of Ger- or Fountain Water^ ana^ oae

êr ; for Germander is Pint ; leeth them together
'ledby Phyficians , the with a Pound of Sugar.
urge of a Fever.
VII. Sleef to procure^ in an
Vi Againft all burning and Ague.
ftfiilential Fevers. If he wane Sleep, Take
Take of the Herb Fluellin Syrup of white Poppy, one
and infufe it t wen- ounce ; diftilled Water of
t finally
fourHours inWhiteWine^ Lettice ; Sal Prunella 1 5-.
en Diftil it, and drink of grains: mix them, and take
is Diftillaiion, with three^ it at Night, for Sleep cools
Drops of Oy 1 the Body, and prevent mo-
ur, five, or fix
Vitriol in every Draught, tion, and Motion is one of
hen Thirfty. This hath the principal Caules of
red Old and Young that heat.
ok it.
VIII. An Ague, with a fire
Mouth to HeaL
An Excellent Procefs to
Cure all Quotidian
^ Ter-
Mouth be fore, take
If the
tiane^ Pefiilentialand Burn- a handful of red Sage grofly
ing Fevers and Agues, cut, one handful: oi French
Barley beatenjRoach Allom,
Take Aloes three drachms, ana one ounce: Boyl all thefe
lyrth one drachm. Saffron together in a pint and a half
alf a drachm. Sugar three of Spring-water, then dulci-
rachms 5 beat them well to- ^Q it before it be cold with
other, then infufe them in Honey, and therewith wafti
pint of White-Wine over the Afouthj and gargle the
ight, and give it two feve- Throat.
il Mornings, half a pint at
time to purge with. IX. Againft a nevj Ague*

And for ordinary Drink, Take one drachm of pui
hen thirfty, ufe this. Take Tobacco in th^ Leaf, infufe
^hite-Wine-Vinegar, half a it all Night in half a pint of
ntj Rofe-water^ Conduit White- Wine^ then llrain it,
and
lO
SALMON'S Lib. .m
im
two once, as they lye in Bee
ad drink it, fafting
Hours after it This will
Some advife to give it as th
Fit is coming, others, as th
purge Phlegm and Choler
Fit is going off; fthe latte
throughly* "
way is beft, if the Sick

very weak. Salmon^
Take Water diftilledfrom

Wall-nuts, a Week or two XIII. Another Rimeiyfor ti
before Mid-Summer, and fame*

give of that Water one ounce If you give my Cath
and a half at a time, an cum ArgentetiTn to forty ,fift
Hour before the Fit. It fixty, or one hundred Dro
Cures. according as the Patient i
in Age and Strength, as 1
XL An ExcelUnt JuUf in all havedireded in my Vhylaxi

Fevers. Medicina^Lib. anc
I. Caf. 5.
Take Poppy-water, four
continue it for five or M
ounces of Prune-water, Juice times taking, it will go neai!
of Oranges, Syrup of Gil- to Cure any Ague whatfoj
ly-flowers two ounces^ a few ever; more efpecially, if af
drops of Spirit of Vitriol ter luch univerfal Purging
mix them, and let the Pati- you give either my Guttd
ent drink two or threelpoon- Vita^ or my Volatile Lauda-i
fiils at a tiiiie often. num, in fuch due Dole as in
my îd Phylaxa is prefcribed.
XII. A Sfecifick againFi all
about three Hours before
manner of Agues,
the coming of the Fit, fo ai
Take Quin-quina^ or Je- the Sick may be in a good
iuits Bark, two Drachms; Sweat, about the coming
fceac it into Powder, juft a- the cold Fit ; by this me
bout the time of ufing it ; In- ufed fivQ or fix times the
fufe it in a good Draught of gue goes off, and comes n
Claret^ or other Generous more. I fcarcc ever fail ol
Wine, for the fpace of two Curing an Ague by this me*
Hours; then give the Patient thod. Salmon. ''
both Liquor iind Powder at

XIVJ
ap. in. practical Pftrficfe. II
W, -Agues Cured hy another XVI. Agues (chiefly Quartans^

Me4tcine. Cured by the following Ar-
canum. Rolfinc. Lib.
[have Cured hundreds of f.
uesexadly by the former
Se(5t. 6. Cap- 12.
thod, exce|||C only that Take Leaf-golda drachm,
ead of the Catharticum digolve It in Aûa Regis
^
ynteum.l have ufed either Glafiof Antimony a drachm,
Tabula Emetica, or Vo- diffolve it in Atûa Fortis^
ing Lozenges J Or my Quick-filver fixDrachmt
um Emetkum\ and Ibme- diffolve it in A(â Fcriuz
;es feme other proper E- mix thefe Solutions together,
ticks and Catharticks al* and Diftil them by an A-
bately : But before either lembick, cohobating twelve
in-quina ^ or Ofiates be times ; at laft to the Powder
you would do like left in the bottom put Spirit
|en, if
you ought to pre- of Wine, which abftrad
Arciftj
le Univerlal Cleanfers. from it fix times; then Cal-
Imon, cine it upon a Tile, or in a
Hafcican Crucible, in a Cir-
f. A violent burning Fea- culary Fire; fo have you
ver^ with Vomiting and one of the bed Remedies for
'Bloody Flux.
an Ague, chiefly a Quar-
Where tlfc Difeafe has tane, yet commonly known.
pn long, the Patient Take of this Powder fix
lifted, and brought as it Grains, Scammony twelve
ire to Death's door, there Grains, mix for a Dofe,
nothing in the World bct- give it in the Morning the
than our Tuhis Antiftbri- day before the Fit, or in the
'is^ mentioned in Ph/iaxa Morning the fame day, if
idic. Lib. i.Caf./^^, You the Fit falls towards Night.
,iy give it drachm Salmon,
to half a
a drachm, in any conve-
;nt Vehiclev an Hour and XVII. Riverius his Agikv-
If before the coming of Frighter,
;Fit. Salmon, Take Flowers of AntimO'
ny,
ji S A L M ON*S Lilmjf:
ny, thrice fublimed with cold, burn off the beft Sp]loJfaI)
Sal Armoniack, and Dulci- of Wine from it. Dof

fied ; Perlucid Hyacinth, Gr. fix. ad twenty,
Glafs of Antimony, ana half Scammony from twelve
an Oance Aqua Fortis^ to twenty five, the day
:
(made of Nitre and Alum) fore the Fill or the fai

4 Dunces; Praecipitate the morning, if the Fit falls
iaid Antimony in the faid wards night. Salmon,
Water : Again, Take Quick-
fdver^ revived from Cinabar
XVIII. -4 mofi excellent Mi
cine againft aU forts of k
fi3f Ounces; Aqua Fortis,
ing Feavers.
/madeof Nitre^ Alum^ and
Vitriolfj q. s. in which dif- There i$ nothing better
folve and praecipitate the the World, that I know c|
Mercury: Take alio fine than my Febrifuge^ me:

Leaf-Gold one Ounce^ dif- oned in my Vbylaxa^ Lib A
folve it in Aqua Regia. All now in the Trefs, You m
thefe three Menttruums^ take about twenty Gra:
with their Praecipitates^ put to thirty, or thirty
into a well Luted Retort^ Grains, in a Glalsof
and with a gradual Fire di- Water, fweetned with
ftil to drynefs^ which re- gar, or in Wine well fwi
peat by Cohobation twelve comingned, jaft at the ji
times; then wafli the Pow- and you may grthe Heat,
der five times with fome another Dole about an H
Cordial Water, and dry it; after; and if the Heat
put to it of the beft Spirit of vehement, you may give
Wine a Quart^ and diftil third Dofe in like manndi
it from it, in a well Luted 'twill take off the Feaver s
Glafs Retort, Cohobating it were by Inchantmei

fix times; and the remaining This Courfe being taken fi
Powder put into a (Irong twoi three, or four retuni
Crucible, well Luted^which of the Fit, 'twill at lengtajj,
place in a Girculary Fire certainly vanilli% If the Kr
for three Hours ; remove it ver be Continent^ you ou
from the Fire, and bein^ CO. give it every Day 4 or^,
ap. Ill;
?, fes a Day, as before di- the Morning Fafting, in a

^'
ted, 'till the Ffeaver is fimple Extra^ of Aloes. S^/-
^^ oily taken off: 'Tisone mon,
'^
:he beft of Antifehriticks,
^). eak experimentally from XX. Another Remedy againfi
'^ erylyBclieve)aThoufand allfms offiubborn Agues^ '
)ofs; thegreateft of all

"'^
ich, was made upon my

Take of our Royal Pow-
n Pcrfon in the Wefi-In- der (m
Phylaxa^ Ltb. 1. Caf.
s^ when it was fuppofed 4^ SeB, 1. > from nfteeii
re was fcarcely an Hour Grains^ to thirty or thirty
wixt me and Death. Sal ftve^ and mix it with the
Pap of an i^pple, or a Itevy'd
Prune, or with a little Con-
L Agttes^ chiefly Quartans, ferve of Rofes, or a little
HTtd by our Aurum Vitae Syrup; and fo let the Sick
m uaibartick , in Phylaxa, take it carly^ the Day before
fa Jb. I. Chap. 41. Sed. i. die Fit, or the (ame Morn-
ing, if theFit comes towards
rho' I did -always know
Night, Drinking warm Pof-
^
Medicine to be a very
^
^d Antifehritkk^ yet my
let Drink, or Brodi, liberal-
ly after it ; it is a good things
^'
Experience thcreof/ince
;
% Writing of that Book,has

and fcarely ever fails. Sal-
'I ch more confirmed me mon,

^ 'the ufc of it; I have
^^
red many Quartans with XXI. ^ lediQus Quartan and
i^'
)f long continuance^when Tertian.
^ I
hopes of Cure were al-

er
ft paft, by a declivity in- I have oftentimes Cured
^^ other more dangerous Tedious Quartans and Ter-
n eafes. Dofe is from two tians, by giving half a Pint
'lins to twelve, accordmg of the Crude Juice of Ca-
'f\ge and Strength : Let momll, an Hour before the
'' :e given in a felus over coming of the Fit, and re-
!;ht, and a Purge
^ the next peating the fame Dofe for
y ; or it may be given in I
four or five Fits. Salm<fn.
XXIL
14 SALMON'S
For as the Matter lies in
XXII. kgoed Ohftrvation, veral places, fo chiefly? K
If in any Ague whatfo- the Mefentery, whence,
i
JJ
cver, when any Conco<aion lefs it be fetcht, the Q lilt
in.
(though not perfedj appears feldom fucceeds as it oij

in the Urine, then give a to do. If the Difeafe
L
Purge on the Ague Day, lo nifli not upon Purging;
as it may have done Work- always give my Vola
Ihg before the Fit comes Laudanum before the \
(viXi, four or five Hours be- Salmon.

fore the coming of the Fit)
you Ague will XXIII. Another method
will find the
kh
Quartans and long conti nioi
never return any more after
ed Agues.
the Fit, but will be quite
removed, as if done by In- Take Water half a P
Salt of Tartar 2 DracH
has been of- "*
chantation : It
ten tryed with anfwerable Oyl of Sulphur hall
Succefs. In Tertians, do it Drach.Sena three Drach! 'i
after the third or fourth Fit. Jalop inPowder oneDracl
In Quotidians, you may tar- Make an Infufion for 1 Tai
ry longer: In Quartans, Dofes; the next Day Pii fiO
fcarcely before the thirtieth alfo with; this. Take kSi <
Day. And in this cafe we lomelanos, Scamony in p '^

mayfly to Antimonial and der, of each alike,mix th A
Mercurial Medicines, efpe- Dole from half a Drachn ^t
cially if of long continuance. one Drachm. Salmon. ta
C HAP. IV. '.^
Of BLEEDING. illll!
rncrup
I. To fiop the Bleeding at the Nbfe. f^j^j
^'Ake Bole Armoniack, j der ; Aflies of an Old I ordii
ftamp it finely topow-jof each alike; mix tb t2

1
ti bp. IV. wmitai mumi^
^1 ri Wow up fome of it mix them together, and
^, th a Quill^ into the bleed- make an Ele<aaary,then take
; Noftril of the Patient, thereof Morning and Eve-
J it ftops prefently. Sal- ning on the point of a Knife>
n. as much as a Nutmeg at a
it
time. Salmon.
. Againfi JPiffing of Blood.
drake Sheeps Milk (high- V. A good Remedy againB
Bleeding at Nofd
l^-aifed herein above all)
fting four Ounces, mix I commend this Powder
th it a Drachm of fine 01 Heurnius, Take Seeds of
lie Armoniack in Powder, white Henbane, white Pop-
m 1 one or two Grains of py, and one Ounce; Blood-
J Volatile Laudanum^ dif- ftone, red Corral, ana two
ved, and fo give it. Sal Ounces,Gamphire two Scru-
ples, Terra Lemnia two
ha
Scruples; mix them. Dofg^
Againfi the Bloody-Flux^ half a Drachm, or two Scru-
ac
and Tijfing of Blood* ples Morning and Evening,

Irai
Take Conferve of Rofes with Conierve of red Rofe*

f? e Ounce, Crocus Martis If Opium in fine Powder,
e Scruple, Volatile Lau- feight Grains^ were âdddj
ffum two Grains,mix them 'twould be {6 much the bet-
inj)
nl illj then take it on the ten Salmon,

[cluiint of a Knife> in a
orning Fafting, anddofo VI. Another againfi Bleeding
ree feveral Mornings to- of a Wound,
Hftfcer, Salmon. If a Fu(s-Ball, tough and
foft,be cut into flices, and
AgainBjpitting of Blood. fqueezed hard in a Prels,
Take Maftick and Oli- thofe pieces applyed are fuf-
num, in Powder, two ficentlyable to ftop any
^ ruples of eachj Conierve Bleeding, efpecialiy if any
red Roles 2 Ounces,Dia- Stegnotick Powder be ftrew-
)rdium half an Ounce, ed on. So alfo the Fungus
J
Jutas Vit^ three Drachmsj growipg oil a Birch Tree,
the
,^ S ALM ON 'S Li!
fhe Powder of Agarick fac- Vitriol^ ana, mai^ each inkt

ing firft ftrewed on the Poitfder^ and mix them, %
place. Salmon, mon.
VIL Another for the fame. X,

The Powdern of Mans
Another thing for the
purpofe. A
Blood is almoft an Infallible I have often ftopt BI<^
Remedy, ftrewed upon the ing in moft parts of the j|
place ; or if it be in the dy, by the ufe and applici
Noftrils^ blow it up with a tion of Aqua Styptica, cfg
Quill/ of put up in a Nafale^ cially in Wounds made b^ J^; '
the Mouth being held full of Gut ; 'tis not ô ufeful ill itlii,
cold Water. Salmon. Hemorrhage at the Nol

but 'twill do the Feat, if w 311
Ym.A mofi effeSiual Remedy. Impetuous. Salmon: 1

I commend as one of the
greateft Secrets our Acjua XL Another for thefame7\ ,7*1
Regulata; ( lee it Phylaxa A

Tent made of the prd \m.
Med. Lib. I. Cap^ i. SeB. i,) Fungus ( at Sed. 6. aforegijj iras
being applyed by walhing ing) and put up the Noftri

the Part, and then laying to the place that Bleeds, wii
linncn Cloths often doubled (6 admirably flop the Bleei! M
over -the place; it clofes up ing, that it will ieem as I
the extremities of the Vef- itwas done by Witch-eraf

lels, and 'powerfully flops or Inchantment. Salmon, -i
the Bleeding. Salmon,

XII. A Remedy from Colcoth4\
IX. Where the Bleeding ts ex- The lUuftrious Trince l I
tream and dangerous. Orange was re-called from
Diffolve Salt of Vitriol in Fatal Bleeding only by tb
fair Water, and wafh the ufe of Colcothar^ or bun
place with it, then apply Vitriol. He every Day blc
Cloths doubled wet in the a vail quantity of Blood ti
Solutions or this Powder. a Wound which he had rtj
Tah fine Bok^ Sanguis Dra- ceivcd in his Jugular Vein

(onff, fowder ofQaHs^ Salt of and it could be llopt by n
Gthd
hap. IV P22ttical mp^t L
her R'emedy but by a with which fill the Woutic.\,
ent wrapt up in a jDi- and then bin^ it up, 'Salmcrl
.ftive, and 'good ftor^ of
e Powder of Cokothar^ XV. 'Bkeding'fioft hy Sprit o,
Vitriok
hich was tbruft into the
'cund. By this very means In Scorbutick Bleeding^
cured a Youth that had a Spirit of Vitriol mixt with
eat Wound and Bleeding any convenient acfueousVehi^
I
the Calf of his Leg : and cle, is of admirable
ul^. ft
ôpt the'Sll'Cding in ano- has alfo fceen found excel-
er, which had a Bleeding lent to flop a Hemorrhage
his Arm. SalmcTf, in Hyfterick Perfcns, anj
fuch as have been troubled.
IIL A Remsdy made oj with Quartans and Dropfies;
?ropl
Alum,
After cutting off of Limbs
rellm made little Tents of
and this it does by c<
attenuating k when ôa

i #
;ula-
ting a Blood too Flaiid. and
Sum, and thruit them as thick. Salmon,

as he could up into the
riiice of the Veffels, efpe- XVL Bleeding ât Nofe fiof
lily the greater ; and ia hy touching-
illied tlie Bulinefi with I. have oftentimes ftopt a
i2 application of many Bleeding at the Nofe by
knla and ^lUngent Po\v preffing outwardly.upon the
rs- And the Bleeding of Jugular Garotide Artery-
V'ein in the Arm^ which and done when m this has .
iuldrby no means be ftopt^ ny other Remedies ha\

did it only by applying' failed Salmon,
XVII A Medicine
V . Gdlens T&pkk ,again(t , Shefs BloOiL
Bhidifi'T'.
Take Shee OS Blood (0
Ts^Ki^ Aloes^Frankinceole, is as good, but.M'
iSlood
,ês Wooll_, ana^ all very Blood much better^ i
ely povvdred, which mix ,
nd powdred an Ouii..:
!he white of an Egg, j Crocus Mortis, red C
:i8 S A L MON '
S Lib.|
thar, of each half a Drachni; XVIII. Tojôp Bleeding cau^
mix them. It is a Medicine by Leeches,
that exceeds all Credit ; ap- Take a Bean, flit it
ply it, or ftrcw it upon two, take away the SI
Wounds. If Powder of a and lay it on a place wh<
dryed Toad, 2 Drachms,be a Leech hath drawn, tl
added, 'tis much better. Sal- Bleedeth too much, Oi
mon. not be eafily flopt, and
i
will ftop the Bleeding.
r^ ^
CHAP. V.
FtnxeSy Gripings^ Wind.
I. AgainB Wind and Grlfings in the Belly:
TAke of , the Roots of Volatile Laudanum 2 Grai?

Kneeholm , Elecam- make it into a Bolus,
pane, Annileeds and Fennel- be taken firft in he \'I(
feedshalf an Ounce of each; ing, or rather lail at Ni|

make them all into Powder, Salmon, ^
and mix them well together,
iwith half an Ounce ot Sugar, III. A vehement Diarrha^
and vAq every Morning of Flux fiopt, :^^
it as much as will lye on a iî^fr/sv faith, A R^k
Shilling, in Wine or PolTet- and Cholertck Plan iVas ta\
Diink, m the mtdH of Summer
a Cbokrick Diarrhea,
31. Againfi the Grifing in the
violenr, 'with extream Thii
Guts.
I (faith he) fre\crtbLd him.
Take Salt of Wormwood Prunellae tn his or dinary dy
lialf a Drachm, Androma- as ÎJo m Jukfs jf Lettlce^^
chus Treacle 2 Drachms, ViirJLm WatiVj^ to te fj
tl
hap. V. piactKalpDpficfe 19
brice a day^ and he recovered Glafs of Wine^ or Burnt
Almoft ia Brandy ; and it will do the
24 Hours,
miration of this^ I prefcrl- Cure in four or five Days.
\td, Sal .FrunelU half a ;:>;ie how ic is made in my
Drachm at a time^ four Phjlaxa Medic'tnê. Lib. r*-'
imes a day in Spring-water^^ -ap.' 13. Sect. I. Salmon,
veil flveetned with double

efined Sugar^ to one that
VI. A
'vehement Flux^ with
Vomiting*
3l& a Vomiting, and v^he-
iient Flux; and although If theStomach be fo weak,

le Flux had. continued 14 {hat things cannot be eafily
jays^ and the Patient had adminiftrcd by the Mouth,
bmetimes twenty or thirty then you nigil ufe Clyfters.
tools a day^ yet in the firll Take Poflet-drink^ or Mut-
lay (24 Hours ) the Flux ton Broth^ or Pecodion of
vas ftopt, and after the le- Sage a Pintj Spirit ot Wine
:Qnd Dofc the Vomiting i four Ounces^ Spiritus Ano"
ind in about four Days time dynns two or three Drachms,
he Patient was well^ his or half an Ounce; mix,
vVeaknefs only excepted. and let it be exhibited once,
nlmon. twice^ or thrice a day, as
need requires. Salmon,
W Another 'Bxmedy for a Flux,
.
'
VII. Another for the fame.

Take Madera, or Sherry-
jvine^ half a Pint^ Sal Vm- Take Canary four Oun-^,
jelU 'half a Drachm ; mix^ ces ;of our Gutte Vtta^ four*
'
jiffolve^ and give it three or ty, fifty, or fixcy Drops, as

bur times a Day.
I
This the 5ick is in Age and

/îll do^ though in a vehe- Strength ; mix, and give ic
ment burning Feavef. Sal- every Night going to Bed.
mon^ And if the Fkix be vehe-
ment, give alio this Clyfter,
V, A flux -ivith Poarp rnatUr. Take Decodion of Rofe-
Take forty or fifty Drops mary or Sage, a Pint, com-
Df our Spiritus An&djnus^tyvo mon Spirit of Wine, four
:>! riiree times a day in a five, or fix Ounces mix :
C z them
;
S A'L MON 'S Lib. I.
^hem, and exhibit it warm. to proceed in the ufe or the

Salmon* Landanmn to a Care, which
will (acceed to your good
yill. Fluxes Cured mth our liking. Salmon.
Volatile Laudanum,, in our
Phylaxa Medicinx/Lib. i. IX. Fluxes Cured vJith Vola-
Cap. jo.Sed:. t. tile Laudanum.
Take our Lauda-

Volatik
Take Decodioti of Rue,
Tium every Might going to Rofemary, or Sage^ ten
iBed, bînning firlt with a
Ounces; common S it of i
Grain or two^ and fb in-* Wine four or' five C inces; i
creafmg the Dofe gradually our Volatile Laudanum !
to five, fix, feven or eight tea or twelve Grains Dif-: ;
Grains, and in a fev/ Days (blve the Laudanum in the i
it will do the Cure: After Spirit, and mix it with the (
three or four times taking of Decoîion, and exhibit it

thisMedicine/twill be good warm once a day Clyltcr- \
Jto Purge with our Family wife ; it will cure in about ;
Pills (fiich as you Iiavefrom three or four days. Salmon, i
me, not thole of HoUkrs

X. Grifmg of the Guts^ and
making, for they are. not -vehement Flux,
made make them, nor
as I
does he know how to pre- Take Rhubarb, thin fii-
3)are the Aloes, and fome ced two Ounces, Annifeeds ;
other particulars of them, as bruifed one Ounce and halt.

they ought to be prepared J Gentian, Cinnamon^V /7^
I adviie to Purge, not firfl- half an Ounce, commoa
(becaule of vveaknefs) but Spirit of Wine a Quart: mix :
;after four or five Dofes of and m^ke a Tincture. Dcfe '
the Laudanum^ becaiife by from five Spoonfijis to cigiii, ;
that means the Sick will ga- twice or thrice a Day: '1 is i
ther Ibme Strength to en a Medicine without an c- ;
dure the Purging withal q'ual, and the bell thing in i
and this Purging is neccilary rhe World for Gripings in i
to cany oS' the offending Nurfes, Infants and little

Matter: And then you arc Children^ to whom ycu
mult I
; '
{'
ufii: to with our Fa-

*?irii-go
mily Piiiafjch as come

(
from my ov/n Handj not

XL A*}k4-/'^t Kerêdj agatnft thofe which iMlier fells)and
m^ '
Fluxes, then to take my Gutta Vit^^
which Sfirittts AnodynuSy or Vclatih
Take Catechu, is
choice in fine Powder, three Laudanum^ ( fuch as come

or four Citnces, common from my Hand) and after
Spirit of *V/Ino a Quart eight or ten Bofes, to Purge

white Sugar Candy in fine again with the Family Pills:
Pov/der three Ounces; mix But if the Strength of the
them ; pat not in the Sugar- Sick be too much weakned,
Candy^- 'till the Catechu and 5?ou muft not Purge firft^buc
Spirit has been ten D8ys in as we direded at Se^. 8. a-
Digefiion; then mix and foregoing. Salmon,
diifolve* Dofe from half a
XIII. Stuhhom Fluxes.
Sponi full to two or three^
Morning and Night. Sal- Take Angelm Mineralis^
mon. Grains ten or twelve. Pulp
of an Apple rofted^ as much
XII. Fluxes not to h ficpt as a Nutmeg; mix and give
rafhl}. it at Night going to Bed^
Celfm faith. To he Lcofefor
''
for eight or jj|n Nights; af-
a Da) is good for Ones Healthy ter Purge with an Infufioni
j
or for more^ fo there he no Fea- of Rheubarh. See the y^- j
[even
'ver^ arid it jlcp 'within
'
geltts in my Vhylaxa^ Lib. i^'
Vays^ for the Body is Vurged^ Cap. 42. ISed. 1. Jt takes a-'
and what "would bane done way all thole Impurities (oc
hurt is hencncislly Difchnrced \ Precipitates tiiem ) which
hut continuance u dango'cu:^ often Creates ilubborn Flu?:
forfcmetimes it caufes a gri- esi SalmcK,
ping and Feaziijr^ and confumes
the Strength, If therefore XIV. An . L. ^':'^:at^ fUx^ -0
the Strength be not too much

weakned, in order to iiop- nyeserate pianrh^-
.
Iping of a FluXj you ou^ht or .tlux,-" in a &Oibut!c*v

,
al SALMON'S Lib. I
I Habits ought not to be ftopt third part, as a thing that
with AftringentSj nor is it never fails, though the Flux
calily Cured ^with Anrfcor- be never ib Inveterate; Bees-
,
huticks. Salt of Vitriol is a wax given in fubftanc^s
good thing, for it makes re- good, but its Oyl, in a pro-
vulfion,, and evacuates upper Vehicle, of admtrahle
wards. You may gfve it ufe: Or this; Take Wax^
from one Drachm^, to half hojl it in a Lixfvium of Salt of
an Ounce^ in Poffet-Drink, Tartar, then take it out, melt
in the Morning Failing. it, and mix it Chymtcal
"with
TinBure of Antimony given to Oyl of Nutmegs, Dole twen-
fixty> eighty^ or one hun- ty Grains to half a Drachm,
dred DropSj, in Claret-\vine every ^ Night, Tindure of'
is good. So alfo our T/^r^ Oak-bark is a prevalent
Mart is well prepared, which thing; fo alfo Tindures of
is preferred before BalautHns,and Pomegranate
all otheri.
Salmon* Peels. Our Pulvis Bezoarti-
cf^s has cured leveral, who
XV. Several ether approved have been given over by

Remedies againft- Fluxes, many Phyiicians, which \t
Powder of unripe Mul- did by abforbing the Acid

'
berries is an approved thing, and Virulent Hujmour. Nor

and gratifies tlte Stomach. is our Tulvis Amifcbriticm
Powder of Maftick taken in any mean Remedy. Salm9n,
Con(erve of Roles, or juice
of Qi}inces, is an excellent XVI. To Cure an extraordi-
nary Flux of the Blood,
thing. Water thickned wkh
Powder of Acorns^ by Boy 1- Take Maflick in Powder
ing, has Cured an Invete- one drachm, 2 hard Yolks
rate Flux, univer falls pre- of Eggs, temper them with
mifed. Qiiiddony of Sloes^ good Rofe-Vinegar Or :
ripe or unripe, is an ap- Juice of Quinces, and give

proved Remedy. Riverim it to the Patient to cat lirft
commends Juices of fpotted ifi the Morning. By this
Arfmart and Houlleek, ana, Medicine alone, a Man was
'
niixt and boyled away to a Cured of this Diitemper,
who
;
.bap. V. ^laan'callp&pficft. *5
fhaHI/ho had daily 70. Stools a XVIII. A CljBer againfB
^'
.y, when all other means Tains, and Grtpings m the,
.lied. Bowels^ Dyjenterta.
1^;
Take Cows Milk^ one
tVII. Ag0iinfi Gripings and Pint; common Spirt of
Wind m the Guts, Winc^ four ounces ; Gum-^
Take Oyl of Anifeed.half Tragacanth, one drachm ;
.d. achm mixit with White
; the Yolks of three Eggs ;
>ugar, and in a Cup of Wine; Oyl of Rolesj two Ounces
Irink it falting it doth the make it Blood wa^m^ to the
Voik. diffolving of the Gum, and
fb put it up. Salmcno
CHAP. VL
Shortnefs ef Breath.
I. Againfi (h&rtnefs of Breath.
'
I
''
'
Ake of Saffron in Pow
one Scruple, of breath freely. Salmon.
der
*
Cheft, ^ will make you
Musk in Powder one Grain^ m. Agamjt jlwrtnefs of Breathy

give them in Wine; after with a Ccu^h.
take SfintHS Antiaftbmeticus Take the Roots of Vale-
in Wîne. rian and boyl them with
liquorice^ Raifins ftoned^,
II. Forthefsme, and Annifeeds^ and drink
Take Juniper Berries two of the Decoction often ; this
Ounces, boyl them well is fingular good againft the
in two Quarts of Water^ and faid Difeafes y for it openeth

drink of the DecoAion firli the Paflages, and caufeth
and laft^ and at other times. the Phlegm to be Ipit out
This helps all Difeafes of the eafily,
c 4 iv;
^:
S A L MON ^
S Lib. I
Powder, with a liitle Ho
IV. Shortnefs of Breath. ney, or the Pap of an Ap'h
Phyricians commonly lay^ But that the Cure m?
"luc the iliongeft Purges iafe, Emollients Clyit^
are moft proper in this Di- may be given afore-haifl,
ibalCj if the Matter be high- and halfa Pint of Aqua M
'v peccant and' inveterate iz after. Thefe Purges m
:rHim adviles even to Purge be givet^ every fourth or fi
nxh Coloquintida: Some de- Day. Salmon,

iie Aganck^ tho' a Pleg-
/lagoge^ becaule of its V. Shortnefs of Breath cm

Elater'mm by Vomiting,
'''eaknefs; is a
ôod Purge^ not onlyi'n a Experience ihevi^Sj Tli
Dropjey^ but alfo in an Afthma when a great quantity
and Orthopnaa^ for that they impa<5i:ed Matter lies in t
"are cauied by groft Matter; Lappets of the Lungs, eif
it may be given of it felf Qn ciaily if there bea'Sickne
proper Vehicle) to 'Hve_, at Stomach alfo;, that then
V r fix Grains ; in Compofi- fay^ Vomits are of. gre
tion you may 'give it thus. ufe, and ibmstimes the P
\
Take ScHmmony tzn Grains^ roxyim is t^k<cTi off vvich t
'
Gamhogi^c five Grains_j Ela- Remedy alone. Salt of i
ierium half a Grain ; all be- m^y be given^ from h

trial
'% in fine -Powder^ mix a Drachm^ to a Drachi
ism for a Poie> iftheSiCk Aqu^^ * Benedi^la^ from thi
i ftrong* Galen alfo ap- to tour Drachms; or o
. ot the mod: violent Ounce to an jOunce and
. ;,.. Take Mufiard-Jecd half, if to very ftrong Pe
''-e OufiQe^ common Salt half fons: Catharticum Ar My ^
-> Ounce y Elatcrlum ffteen genteum, given from one to""

. YiHnî ; grind them together two Drachms^ is one of th^
id 77! die Troches. .
(^ Gcilen belt of Remedies. Salmo?mt

'':.
eight iVcches ; io that
Troche you will have VI. Shortnef of Breathing Cu-
i'rimsoiElater^- red by reiterated Clyft&rs,
;c..i may give ic in Take Mutton-Broth eiplit .j
J ;
inces; Tiaaure of Coio fhur per Camf, given in

ithis half anOuhce ; In- peroral Drinks. Salmcn,
ioh of Crocus Metalio
11 ; Elt'dr Proprietacis, or
VIII A TeBoral Drinh
:h an Ounce ; mix^ and TakeRaifins of the Sun
it warm ; in this cafe ftoned^ Figs flit^ am. Li-
ytiQvs ought to be given quorice bruifed two Ounces,
final! quantky, leli: the Elecampane Roots bruifedj
fs too much diftended^ one Gunce^ Spring water a
ild prefs upon the Dia- Gallon; Boyl all to two
ragma^ and make the Pa- Q.uarts_, and ftrain it fgr ufe
ifiim more vehement and Dofe half a Pint three or'

; ^nd they ought
gerous four times a Day. Salmon,
o often to be repeated.
IX. of the ufe of Opiates.
has been long If Reft

IL For a vihement jhortnef wanting, and there be with-
of Breatk al a vehement Flux o^ Rheum
have often given with and Co^^h^ though the {lop-

eat Succefi, my Syrupts ping of the Catarrh, cannot
'fhriticus (lee it in -my fhy- be without fenfible dangei .,
Ma, Lib, I. Cap. 34. Se(5l:.i yet you niuil immediately

chat caufes the Matter give an Opiate^ fuch as-^y
ntained in the Cavity of Laudanum Volatile cuh^ Aloe
;
e Bread to be avoided with for otherwiie the Obifrudi-
e Urine through the Blad- on will fo increafe with the
;r^ the Urine for the mofl: : Catarrh^ that before you
ut being mueh^ thick? and are aware the Breath will be
oubled, by which the pec- ftopt^, which there is no
nt Humours are cs-rncd great fear of by giving the
)t only from the Breafi:, Opiates," for that all Opiates
id places of Reipiration, itop the Flux by no other
t alfo from the head Veins way than by thickning the
id other parts : I have done Matter^ whereby it*cannot
onders in this cafe by the fo eafii/ fiow to the part
nûous ufe of spirit f Sd tha Humour then being thus
thick.
2.6 SALMON'S um
thickned through the whole make them) once; ic
lettll
Man, and not flowing to a enve*
Day or two be benvef
the Bronchia of the Lungs as each ; and fo reir^ratini^ tl
formerly. It at length finds Courfe two or tli ce ti
a vent by other ways, and as you fee occafion. Sai^ffii^
that for the moft part Uy

XI. Shortnefs of breath in
Swe^t, Urine, or Stool, ei-
Wo7nan with ChUd.
ther of which ways you muft
endeavour to promote, ac Triilv^ becaufe I Taw A.
cording as yo.i lee rhedifpofi- peril of her Life was m

tion f the Body is inclina- fmail, by reafon of her be
ble. Salmon. ing with Child. I could nc
purfue the ulaal methods <
X. An Inveterate Jfihma, Cure, I took the f *]iow]

Cured an Invererate
I coLU-fe. I gave her my Vola
Afthma, that had been of ttk Liitdanum^ at Nigh

fifteen or fixteen Years going to Bed, and the Sp/n
ftanding, by giving my Ft tm Anua^hmat'ictts in all he
lulae Mirahtles twice, and Drink; and by this courts
then ray Family Fills, as they in about a Months time ili(|
are now prepared by me, was freed perfed:ly from hei
(not as Hollter pretends to Difeale, Salmon*
CHAP. VIL
Difeafes of the BreaB.
and boyl them together til
L ATuhefsfor a'Sore Breafi,be thick^ then put in Ho

it
Take new Milk and grate ney and Turpentine^ of eacl

white Bread into \t, two ounces white Lead fi) :
then take Mallows and red ounces; mix them, fpreac

Rofe Leaves, i handful of it on a Cloth and appl]
eachj then chop them finally it.
II. B
;
pjacticat PDyncfe. 27
!or # Ague in the Bresft. V. Againfi Pain and SwtU

ling eftbe Breads,
ike good Aqua-Yit^ ,and
;ed Oyl,and warm them If it proceeds from Cold
her on a Chafing- Difh taken, or from a Blow, Bath
.oles^ dip therein two the Place very well Morning
hs made fit for the and Evening, with P ewers of
!ls, and lay them there- Amber, for three, or four, or
hot as may be fufFered five Day s^ and the Pain and
ning and Evening. Swelling will go away. Sal-
mon,
To heal an Inflammation^

Ague^ in the Breafi. VI. For a Sore Breajl,
ake the Whites of two If the Sore be recent, it
, and Houfleek two may be Cured with our Bal-

Ifuls; let the Whites be famum Vulnerarium two Oun-
well beaten, then pound ces, Mercurius Dnlcis^ Levi-
-1 with the Houfleek^ and gated, half an Ounce; mix
handfuls of Barley them well, and apply it.5^/-
ilj and apply it very hot. mon^
To heal Ulcers in the Vll. For an Inveterate Ulcer

Breafi^ tho inveterate* in theBreafi,
ake Oyl of Sulphur and Take our Balfamum Ami,

'h them with it; then cum, two Ounces, Angelus
ly this following Oync- Mineralis, half an Ounce
It. Take Yelks of two mix, and apply it, dreffing
hree new laid Eggs^Tur- the Sore Morning and Eve-
tine_. Butter^ Honey of ning It will Cure it in a
;
es, Barley-Flower^ ana Short time. Salmon.

'an Ounce ; Grind them
n a leaden Mortar, and Vlll, For a Vainful Swelling
f^ them therewith till in the Breafi,
y be whole. Take our Balfam ofAmhery

and Anoint therewith Mor-
ning and Evening, and keep
the
25 SALMON'S
the part warm. If it proceeds
from Cold, or a Blow, ii^ XL Sorenefs of the Nif
cured.
Cures. Sahmn.^
Take Bees-wax i
IX; For hard Tumors of the Frefh Butter two Ou?
Brefi. Fenice Turpentine hal
Take Gum Ammoniacum^ Ounce; mix_, melt, anj
ftrained and made up into a noint with it ; it will .b
Plaifter, it cures them to a much the better, if you
Miracle; much more if it CO it two Drachms of O;
be made up' with Juice of Wax. Salmon.
Hemlock. Or you may ufe
Emflafirum de Ammoniaco^ XII. A Tumour of the B)
cum Cicuta ; it is a Remedy broken.
that hardly ever fails. 5^/-
Let the Patient Purg<
tnon, very day, or every of
day, with Elixir Fropriet*
X. A Cancerated Breafi not
according to their Screnji
h'oken,
and outwardly, let it
I Cured two Cancerated drell with this. T
( Brefts with the following. of oar Bdjamum Amu^
Take Diapalma fix Ounces^ four Ounces, Tuh^ ad
Oyl an Ounce; of our Her- cera two Ouxices ; mix ;
cules 3 Ounces; mix tliem apply it, and let it be d

over a gencle heat ; fpread at firff twice a Day^ aft
it upon fcft Leather or wards once a day. Salmi
Clothj and apply it. The
Cancers (that which was
XllhEor that 'which the I
oldeil) was not above fix
gar an Ague in
call
Months ftanding. Theaf- BnH^ viz. an Inflammat
fiduous ufe of this Medicine
eafed the Pain^ in five or fix Firft Purge with our
Daystime^ and in the Ipace mily Vdvcler^
then appl]
of four Months time, or Cataplafm of baked Turr
thereabouts, pertedly dif- for twenty four Hours;
iblved the Tumour. Salmon. ter bath^ it with our Ton
p. VIL
'Amher^ and in four or mifed, as Purging with;^c
i Days it will be well.S/?/- Family Vcwder^ c^c. Apply
outwardly our Balfamum
Amicum\ or if you pleaie
Another for an Inflam anoint with Balfamum de
mation of the Breafis, Chili, Morning and Evening.
^^Joiverfals being iirft pre Salmon,
'
CHLAP. VIII.
Of Abortion or Mi/carriage.
and the Woman be of a

ihortionmore Jangerens then weakly Conftitution ; for
'ti
a Timely Birih that healthy Women never
risnotonlj moredange- milcarry without eminent
rous^but more painful, by Danger.
Mon of the violent divul-
:'
of the ImmatureTcetHs ;
111
II. Bleeding hy the Womh, not
always ajign of Abortion.
Iience it is that many Dye,
d fuch as e(cape_, it is not This is evident, for that
.^thout Sym- feme Women have their
dangerous
^mes, vehement Pains^Fe- Terms all che time of their
i^rSj (^c. It is not unlike to going with Child; and I
^ripe Fruity which is diffi- have known fome that have
lly pulled off the Tree* had them from the third
was it full ripc^ it
iiereas Month to the laif ^ after they
Duld drpp of its own ac- had been Months,
ftopt 3
ird^ whether it was ripe or without danger; and there-
J
which is the true caule fore Midwifes ought to be
a mature or timely Birth. very difcreet in m.aking
he danger is the more if Judgment: For though a
ic Fxtm be in the fixth^ Woman- with Child may
ventb^ or ei^h'h Month^ void much Blood by the
Womb,
!50 S A L MON 'S LiH
Womb^ yet It may be no
Mifcarriage^ but either be IV. A Spirit to prevent t\
a natural Flux, as it is to hortion.
fome Wornen^ or only fore- Take Spirit of Wine a
fliew a Danger^ which ought
Gallon. Balauftians, Po;l
by proper Means, to be pre- granates Peels, Oak-ba^
vented. Therefore Mid- of each four Ounces, Opi
wifes ought diligently to two Ounces; mix, dilTc
examine the Matter exclu- the Opium, digefl all
to
ded, whether it be Blod ther, for fix oi; feven
orFlellij or Seed or F'astus^ da
fhen id^to it a Gallon
which by wajliing it in Wa
nveQiiIRs of fair Wat
ter will eafily be difccrned;
E)iffil m an Alembick
t
and Judgment may be made
draw off five Quarts of
accordingly,^ whether there
quor, which Dulcifie
m^
be an x\bortion or no. white Sugar, and keepl
uie. Dofefour or
"TIT. A Hijfory of a Woman fulls, two or
live Spoi
that Mifcarried. three timei

day. Salmon,
A Woman gon with
Child fourteen Weeks Mif^ V. ^7Jotber for the
carried; Fivft much Blood much ftrongtr.
came away, then the Mem Take of the former i
branes and I^^tus : Two days Hilled Spirit a Gallon, C
after the Woman fell into a techuy Cortex Peruvian;
high Feaver; due means both in Powder, of each
was ufed , and f ifficient fôund ; mix, digeil, ilia
Cleanfers ; but the Placenta^ mg it twice a day, for t
or After-burthen imck fo or twelve drtys, then ke
faft/hat it could by no means for ufe.
15 Dofe from
be removed the while
; all
ihe voided a filthy Cadave-
Spoocfull to two, or m
Morning and Evening;
rous ftiftking Mitcer, and will fgarely ever fail 5.
fometimes pieces of Flelli: mon.
on the tenth Day llie died.
VI.
.
ap* VUL
ume oîrth. Let it be laid
A Vcivdcrfor the fame. on the Belly, and on the
L.oyns on each fide,the Back-
Take Antimony Diapho-
ick Pearl, red Corral in
bone being left bare; and
Levigated every ten or twelve Days it
Po#|icr,,
iwder ofGrabs Eyes^ ana may be changed.
Scruples, Balaiiltians in-
wder. Nutmegs, ana fiv-j
:X. A 'STioft excellent mixture
for the fame.
ains; mix for a Dofe tp
given Morning and Eve- Take of our Gutta Vita
ig. Salfnon. one Ounce, ( fee it in our
Vhjlaxa^ Lib. i. Cap. 9. ) and
Anothtr Toivdtr for the our Tinciuraad Catarrhos^
fame* tour Ounces; mix them:
Take. Blood ftone, Kla- Dofe one Spoonfull^ every
:k, Glibanum, ana fifteen Night going to Bed, in a
^
-ains ; make alt into a lint GlafsofAle: Tho' there be
'^
wder. for one Do/e to evident figns of Abortion,
given Mo' ning and Eve- yet this will prevent it; I
ig in a Gials oi Tent. Sal- have proved it above a hun-
n. dred times with fuccefs. Sal-
mon, ] _
XL An EmfTafter for the

jame furfofe. X. A Flafter fi-om Riverius.
Take Blood- ftone in fine If the Child be not feve-

wder half an Ounce, Ma red ft"om thcCotyledous,ap>
eac
:k, Frankincenfe, Oliba. ply this. JcJze Olibanum in

''
m, of each an Ounce^ Su- Powder two Ounces ^t he Whites
ich^ Balauirians in Pow- of five Eggs'^ fiir them toge-
r, ana two Drachms,Gal ther over the Fire^ alwaj^ .
iiii
num tv/o Ounces, Pine keeping fiirring that they may

)fm. Venice Turpentine, not run to a Lump* adding
3u^h CO makâCerecloth, alfo a little Turpentine^ that
I
lich apply to her Belly, theymay not fiick too WHchp.

d continue the ufe of it Lay it upon Tow, and ap-
I the feventh Month^ or ply it to the Navel as hot as

;
-' SALMON'S Lib.
itcan be endured^^wice a
dsy^ Morning and Eve- XIII. Vrevention of J}.: ^tl
ningj for diree or four days A Woman who had m

in the mean Seafoft alfo let carried four or^ve tim
her wear an Eagle-ftone^ and difpaired ofHer ^
or a Stone ôund in the a Hve ChildÎ Cured ;
He.irt or Wonib of a Hind^ following Remedy.

under her Arm-pits.* Rheubarb four Ounce- Hi
it thin 5 Cai
j^.nnileeds,
XI. A Cataplefm ^ comfort ways bruifed, of each
the Womb. Drachms; out all into
Take Crumbs of Houf- large thin R||, with a flo
hold Breid two Pound, Ca- in it, and fo tie it up, /'/ii
momil Flowers a handfuii; ût in a Gallon of Ale in

Mjiftick^ Olibanumj of each Sione or Glals Bottle: afi
half an Ounce in Powder it has flood three o
Nutmegs, Cloves in Pow- days, drink of it: This f

der of each an Ounce^Rofe- drank of all the time of h
Vinegar two Ounces^ Tent going with Child^ and i
or Malmfey-wine a fuffici- vtênt her whole lim
cnt quantity : Boyl all over chcarfully and well : i hi
a gentle Fire, to the con-* prefcribed the fame to
fiftence of a Pultice ; put it ral other Women wi:
into a Bag or folded Cloth, fame Succefs. Scd77tcr,.
and apply it hot' to ,the bot-

tom of the Eelly. Xiy. Ai, Ohftrvation wo
7}Qtmz
XIL A Cataflafin to frevenl
t\
Confider ^.whether thij
Abortion, be a real Mifcar:iage or
Take of our Balfamum "VIZ,, whether die F^ttts]
Amiûm two Ounces^ of adually exClud^d^ or Ql
our New London Treacle fears of it ; If it be adl;
one Ounce ; mix them_,ard done^you niufr abdain
.
with Powder of Rue make! Aftringents, aiid thing:; p

*t"of a coniiRency; apply i| venting Aljouion, and d
\
warm to tiie Belly. Salmojif \ uie Forcers, Loofoerr^. ^

^
T
^hap. VIIL
conti-
:l3rcers, leftof the ftiould remain, and a
an3^
of Blood for iome
jflleinbranes, or after-Birth^ nual Flux
any part of k^ or other Months Ihould accompany
Ltid and putrid Matter it, the moft Excellent S;/-?///*^
ould be left behind, by has reftored the Tick by three
hieh the Woman would ounces of the following De-
rtainly Perilli. But if the co(5tion,tak6n twice or thrice
bild be not Dead, nor ex- a day. Take Bifiort-root^ three
;lled, but only a Danger, Ounces^ Marjoram^ Tennyroyal^

id the f(srus retreats, then ana, a handful^ Water
>u ought to ufe reftingents, White-'ivineyof each afufficknt
d things above direded, quantity : Strain^ and Sweet'
at Abortion may be pre- ten with Syrup of Mugwort a
nted, and the Child pre- Tenth part: Cinnamon-'Lfater
Ted Salmon* a Twentieth fart. By Virtue
of this, a piece of the Af-
V, A Medicine after Mifcar- ter-birth^ as big as ones Fift;
riage. was voided, and the Flux ot
If part of the After-birth Blood flopped and cured.
o5

CHAP- IX.
Want of Appetite.
want of Appetite pro- Humours. Take our Vulvts

IF ceeds from a cold
I
Argenteum I .grains, mix it

lufe, or cold Flegm affli- with the Pulp of a rofted
ng the Ventricle or Sto- Apple, and give it in the
ichj \wiil be neceffary to Morning falling ; drinking
re a proper Vomit, and warm Broth or Poffet-drink
id'
in fuch things as may heat after it. The third day re-
d corroborate it. peat the lameDofe.
11. A
Vomit evacuating IIL Then to warm, com-
Jgm,and cold and watery fort^ and reftore the Sto-
D machj
;
f^^ S AL M ON'S Lib.
ms'S.h. Take our TtnBura but alfo prevent Putrefadioi

Stomacbica , from half a and the Generation of tl:
Spoonful to a Spoonful in a like for the future.
tlraught of Ale or Wine, VI. For this purpofe S^/>
Morning, Noon^ andNight, of Vitriol is moft commende
a quarter of an Hour or by fome, and 'tis doubde
more before eating ; it does a good Medicine, but ougi
Wondersj and reftores the to be cautioufly ufed to di
Appetite^ tho loft for many Bodies, left it induces a Co
Months : I have proved it fiimption.
many Hundreds of times for VlL But in fuller and mc
thefe Twenty five or Twen- fter Bodies it is not only lal
ty fix Years together. SaU but very profitable , mo| I
?non. elpecially^ if the Anorexi

IV.Salt Meats are alfo good, or want of Appetite, pr
becaufethey iritateand pro- ceedsfrom Choler, Yelld
voke the languid Faculties of or Green, abounding in tl
the Stomach; Salts alio have Stomach.
an inciding and attenuating VIILIn this cafe I commei
Virtue: and next to thele my Spiritm Afcriens , ai
fuch things as have a volatile SjrufusDiafdfhuHis (lee th^

heat and iharpne6/as Af- in my Phylaxa Med. Lih.
Hard feed^ Onions^ Garlicky Cap 14. SecL i. and Lib,
Leeks, Shellots, &c Caf, 56. SeB. I, given t
V. When Flegm difaffeas firft to ;o. 40. Co or (5"
the Ventricle, that is, tough, or more Drops in a Glaft

thick, andvifcous, whereby Ale; the other in all ti
the Appetite feems to be al- drink the Sick drinks, to

inoft deftroyed, it will be Spoonful, more or leis,.
iieceflary that you ule Me they can Affed it, and
dicines of another Nature, take it aftidiouily for t<
'uizj. fuch as are acid, fliarp, Fifteen, or Tweny, day si
and cutting, for that thefe gether : they are Medecij
things not only feparate the that feldom fail of th
offending Matter hom the and are beyond
effeds, 1
Tunicles of the Stomach ,

Commendation, Sah
IX
:,
a3:hap.ix. PiatfiCaHP&pOcfc
IX. lalwavsadjuft the Me oufly given: The Stomach
[licaments for care accor- may be Anointed with Oyl
ing to the Caufo: where of Mace: or you may
ufe
(here isan exceeding Cold- this: TakeBaW^m of Am-
tiels of the Stomach, my ber one Ounce : common
YinBura jihftntbij is beyond Oyl, 1 dram: mix them.
fiompare, ib alio Elixir fro-
XII. If there be neither
^
\mtati6 fm Acido To thefe
:
Sicknefs,
nor weaknefi, nor
IhingSj add our Aqua Bezo- old Age prefent, and yet the
i U irUcaândTi?jcIura CoraUcrum Perfon complains that he
ilyli given in Wine. never
ômpofita^
comes to his Food
mi X. If the want of Appetite with
^
I
a 5tomach3 ^^ eats
[m reftored by taking Acids^ with an
?
Appetite ; the only
is a Sign that the Acid
e^p
i:
Hu- way to reftore fuch an

lour in the Stomach is Lan- one,
>fel|
is to let him faft till he is a
îni
luid, debileand weak but
hungry, for long want of
;
not.or ir rather is hurt by
'
Vidualsand emptinels infuch

It is a fign that it is
mini i too always breeds an
Appetite.
f, Lampantand VigoroQs,and
;
XIII. In Women,elpecially
ij^srefore Alcah'es as TmSure
eetli
luch as have Groft Bodies^
-Tartar^ Volatile Sal Armo-
,LiJ
want of Appetite is cured
i;i âck, or our Spirit, Anti-
fif not with Child) by pro-
1
\thmaticHs ought to be given

iven
per Emeticks and Cathar-
or nd other like Volatile Salts ticks. For the firft of
^'z/)ar Mineral in our
thefe
Glal 'byrm, I commend ouv
Cartharticum
Yatilis is of good ufe
all
in Argenteum^ given to a dram,
lis, (
|iis cafe, âlmen,
in a Glafs of Ale : For the lat-
kf) XL The lofs of Appetite, ter, cither
our Family Pills,
am hich arifes from decay
of or our Family Powder,
for
irength, or old Age,
is both of which may be taken
dayi
Idom or never cured,unlefs
2, or 5, or 4 times, with
'
proceed from a Cold
due intervals. Salmon.
ule, in which
oft cafe r^/^/7^ XIV\ If it happens in a Wo-
Îp'^^rs^rndSftritHouslihings
1
e proper, but things

man with Child, all or molt
SJ that of the Preceeding Courfes '
1 y toomuchmuftbecauti- \
muft be avoided, and other
D 3
Gour-
1^6 S AL MON *S Lib. I
Conrfes taken. The juices of and parts, their heat is quick

Ganges and Lemo^/ts with ly difcufled, and fo do nc
U'hite Sugar may be daily harm. Salmon.
taken for Ibme time : ib alio X Vl.If Sicknefs at Stomach
Canary made acid with juice and want of Appetite pro
of Limons: and if heat ceed from worms (as fome
alfo abounds ; a Decoîion of times it does ) Our TinBuVi
Taraerinds fweetned^ alone^ Ahfmthij ^ or Infufion o
Ox-mixt : k Syrup or Infufion Worm-wood, in Rhenill
of Rheubarb^ of good ufe. Wine, or Canary, is good
is
XV, Want
of Appetite in Salmon.
ConfiimptivePeopleisofdan- XVII. Gahns Antidotus The
^
gerous Confequence : Ibme fpfmia^ for want of Affe

commend as the beft thing tite. Take Smallage-feed
Elixir Trofrietatis given in xij. drams ;Myrrh, Anni
wine : it may be good for a feed. Opium, ana vj. drams
little Sealon, but long itmuft White-Pepper, v. drams
not be taken^ left it alio in- Parfly-feed, Long-pepper
duce the Confumption. The 5'picknard, CafiTia-Lignea
fceft thing which I have ana iv. drams ; Caftor, 5aj
found by my large experi- fron , Flowers of Junta
ence is Our TtnBwa Stoma- Odor at m^ ^?;^ iij. drams ; Ci
chics given to afpoonfulj 2. namon, ij. drams; Honey
or 3. times a day in a large pound make dn Eleduarj :
draught of new Milk : dofe the quantity of a

And Ha
altho the ingredients thereof zle-Nur, at Bed- time, inî
heat Violently, yet by reafon little Drink.
they are of thinSubftance
CHAl
; Chap. Xi Pjacticaip&pficfe. 37
CHAR X.
Lofs of the Z)fe of Limbs^
I. TN many people here in two or three days or more^

A England there a lofi is as they are in Age and
^^ of the uie of their Limbs^ ftrength.
l^ moil part caufed by
the III. After fiifficient purging
taking great Colds; and and cleanfing the Body, lee
'ifi
(bmecimes it is the effecb of the Patient Iweat well with
^'1 :he Palfie: the like may hap- new London-treacle^ for g.
^^* pen in
the IVefi Indies-', but or 4. times or oftner as you
Ai^hough In thofe hot Covin- lee occafion ; and be very
ries it is poflible to proceed cautious that the Sick takes
Torn fiich a Caufe, yet it is no Cold again and in the :
;p?a
)ftner,and more generally time of fweating. Frictions
Mmown to proeeed from the ought to be ufed to the help-
^1^ 3elly-Ach^ and that kind leis Limbjwith courfeCloths:
P|)f Belly- Ach, whick pro- that as by thQ Diapborefi ^ the
ceed from drynefi and Co- nervoas juice becomes depu-
tiveneJs of Body. rated and clean ; fo alio by
II. If it proceeds from tak- the rubbing the natural
ng of Cold, though Sudori- Spirits may be called back
icks are commonly ufed again.
'et they ought rather to be iV. After Sweating the
[fed after a Legitimate pur- weak Limbs are to be
;ing and clenfing the Body: bathed ahernatim with Vow^
3t the Sick lirit take our- ers of Amber and Vowcrs of
îlul^ Aitrables from a Scru- Juniper^ and in ftrong ro-
Hi'le to a dram. And repeat buft Bodies^ and where tha
le lame for 2. or three Skin is very thick, with Oyl
mes with due Intervalls be- of Amber pure and fimple^,
lyeen each Purging, as of for Ibme few dais 5 and
D 2 thea
; :
af ii X- ivi v^ IN 5
then afterwards with Towers Oyl of Rofewary and Anni-

ef Amber ^ &c. feeds^ of each an %unce : Fo-
V. If ir be caufcd from a k'tile Sal Armoniac in fine ^^,
Palfie; there ought to be tojvderhalf an ounce ; Valm ~
|
Lj
feme gentle Purging^ but Ojl half a 'pound ; mix them I

'
w':ih liich things as more for ufe : Rub it yvell in be- |
particularly carry off the fore a good Fire.

cold, glutinous, and claniy Vlll.In wardly ^let the Sick
Humour, which has de- t.ike every morning this :
volved upon the Nerves T'ake our new London Trea-
among which our V'lnum cle^ Volatile Sal Armoniaek^
Catharticum is none of the ana Fi'ue grains mix it with
; ,
meaneft : if it be a ftrong fulf of Figgs^ and give it

Man, and in the flower of an hour after the taking of i
his years.you may^with cau- it give this Take our Sfi- :
tion , give the former TiluU ritus Cofmetivus half an cunce^

Mirahiles ; if he complains Vowers of Rofemary half a
of a fulneft and heavinefs in drachm Sf'tritus Antiafimati-^ , i
^j;
his Stomach, give him One c^j Twenty Drops mix^ and
Two, or Three Dofes of our give it in a Glafs of Sack, or
Impetm Minerals, and you Ale ; and give the fame at
find a v/onder fiicceed.
ill all Night^continuing thiscotirfe
VI. But during all this^you for a month together.
muft fweat oftentimes^ and IX, But when it proceeds
powerfully by giving our from the dry Belly Ach_, as
Vinum Catharticum inwardly^ for the moft part it does in
and provoking the Sweat the Wefi-Indies^ this follow-
with Spirit of Wine^ m Hart- ing method is neceffary to
wans Chair^ if you have be purfued : Firli:^ Give the
iuch a one J tifing Fridions followingClyfter_,i?.Chicken
withal, as before dire6led. Broth a pint. Honey or Salt,
VII. Outwardly let J the half an ounce ;TmBura Au-
paralytlck Limbs be well a- rea One Ounce_, (or inftead
nointed. E
Morning and thereof, boil two ounces of
vening, Vvîth this following the Pulp of the bitter Gourd
Oyntmenr^ 7aks Cbjmical in the Broth) then exhibit
the
- ^
Ihap. X. IPiacticaipDpCcfe; ^9
le clear Liquor warm^ if it bathed with Towers of Amber
)mes away without any ap- Morning and Evening; or
rent eft'edj repeat it a- with Oyl of Turpentine two
in* ounces^ mixed with Hogs-lard,
,
X. Then purge with our Eight Ounces,
^plula MirahiUs^ two^ three^ XII. Laftly, In the lofi of
j>ur, or fix times, as need the ufe of Limbs, proceed-
liquires, with intervals be ing from what caufe foever,
? jvcen each Purge ; but for this followiflg Drink
muft be
^/^*
Dor People, who cannot conftantly uled and no o-
^;^'y
3 to the charge of thele ther, without which a per-
'^'^
ills, or if they be not to be fect: Cure cannot be ex-
'^^'^
adj ufe this; Take a large pec5ted : Take Juniper Berries
^8 entity
of Teach Leaves well hruifedy Seeds and all
T mfedj'viz,. about fQurtyh and- Four Ounces ; Fountain Water
ils^ Pulp of the hitter Gourd a Gallon ; boil all to Three
fx ounces boil all in a gal- Quarts or Fiê Tints : firain
it of Water to two Quarts^ out the clear ând put to it of
rain andfweeten with Sugar Sfirit of Wine Four Ounces ;
nd Honey : Dofe from half fweeten with White Sugar
according
pint to a pint, and drink it as your ordi-
3 Age and Strength : This nary Drink. This Dyet
uiê, at due intervals , is will feldom or never fail
3 be repeated three, four, the defired end, which is to
ive, or fix times, as you lee reftorc the Sick to the per-
leed. fed ufe of their Limbs, and
XLThis done the Bowels, without which it can fcarce-
\i
nd all the pained Parts and ly be done. Salmon.
ffîamed Limbs, are to be I
CHAR
40 SALMON'S Lit
CHAP. XL
Of the Cholic\ or Belly-ack
I npO Cure the Belly-ach diced four Ounces, Ann

* ma Child.T^kQ the feeds bruifed lOuice: T
beffi Brandy a Qiiart, Qdna them up in a IoqIc thin Ra|
mon, Cortex Winteranus^ with a Stone in it^ and pi
ana half an Ounce^ Anni- thedi into the Ale and Brar
fecds an Ounce and half, dy, and let the Sick cor
Rhsubarb very thin fliced^ cinually drink of it: I ha
or grofly bruifed, two Oun- ufed it in feveral Cures -|
ces; miXj, and in a gentle PatientSj and never foundl

heat of a Bath make a Tin- fail. Salmon.
<5lure. Dofe from two Spoon-
falls to eight,, alone by it III, For the Choltck^ M
lelt^ or fweetned with Su- comf anted with a Quart a%\V
gar ; but to Children give it Ague, Take Butter of An
fweetned with Sugar^ and timony redified from Regi
mixed with a little Ale It lus oi Mars^ 'ciil it is cloa;
:
is a thing not to be con- You may give of this fi'or

temned^ and which I have two drops to five, in ouljoi
proved alnioft a thoufand AcHit Bczoartka. Salmon.
J.
times. Salmon.
IV. For a Toclzj Cholick^ c
II. IP^here a continuhtg and the Belly -ach in Focky Hahi

long lafti?jg Belly-ach^ has been of Body. This is diiiicuk t
with a "vehement Flux^ I have be remedied^ and man;ltt
Cured it by the following times not without mud
Diet Drink. Take iUông trouble^ and i'ometimes dar.,
Ale a Gallon^ choice Bran- ger to the Sick ; this follow

dy a Pinc^ llheu^^-b thin ii)g is of wonderful ufe. TaA
Crua
iiap. XL p?actica^ Pfipficfe. 41
Citde Antimony^ Sal Armo- vehement^ in all the Drink
"twk, df each as mvch as you diey take. Salmen.
f ife ;
reduce thm into an
I palpable Towder , ;hen fu-^ ^' The Cholick^ with a vi-
I.
\me ; fo will you havered olentFlux of the Belly dovw-

divers : Take ofthefe Flowifs wards, and a vehement Ca-
>. ilj.adv']. Of white Free- tarrh upwards, I have Seve-
itate well edulcorated d Gr. ral times ften tliis preter-

Al|| ad S. Mix thewj and with natural Flux^ though it be
IJam de Peru, a fufficient not common: Once I re-
inK Entity, make a Ma[s for one member I had a Patient af*
'fe of ?ills, wonder
'Tis a Aided therewith,, and in a
Medicine^ and not e- mofl: deplorable
Condition:
ia|ugh to be praifed : But if Cured him by giving a I
Patient be Young or Spoonful J or Spoonful and

eak, you muft proportion half of my TinBura ad Ca-
ly leffen the Dole. You tarrhos, Morning and Eve-
ly give it in the Morning ning in a Glafs of Ale^ and
Itingj and let the Sick bein a Weeks time he was
i, lire of takicg Cold. Sal- perfedly well. See it in
my Thylaxa Med. Lib. 2.
i\ Cap. 9. Sed. I. Salmon.
h V. TheCholick, with az>e
Civ
^>ient Catarrh and Couzh. yiL One Purge faith, RoL
iiere the Griping of the fincius^ gi-ven with Judg^
incfwels is with Coftiveneis ment in the Cholick does thai;
Body^ which is for the alone, which ten Clyfters
)ft part accompanied with will fear cely reach^ ejpecially /k
Mfcreat Cough and Catarrh, the Cholick pain from Oh-
Hi i:re is no better Remedy firuBion of the Excrements a-
i^n Earth than our Spiri
cj'ii hove the value* It was ob-
Anticolicus j of which ferved when a Patient had
I
Ilia
I- Sick may
take half a thirty Clyfters given him
>j(!iDonful every Morning without any benetit^ chat a-
\ Evening^ in a Glafs of Inother Phylician gave him
a or Wine 5 and if it be an Ounce andhalf of Man
na
42 S A L M ON'S Uhl
na, with two Ounces of Oyl Tindure or Dccodion 1
of fweet Almonds^ in fat Pulp ofCoHoquintUa. I(
Chicken Broth^ and eaied (i
the Patient of his pain. We IX. where the Cholick p

in the Wefi-India^s in this -from a kind of Gk
fipeds
cafe^ where the Conftipa- Vhlegm^ weak Clyfters m

tion is greats give a Ihong not be given, made of O
Decodion of the bitter Btera, and the like ; the!

Gourdj or bitter Squafli chough in a gentle Choli(
made in Water, which ef- may do ibme good, yet on
fectually does the Cure iat a violent one, can do r

once, if given in the begin- thing, rather mifchief
ning of the Difeafe: Pulp of this cafe nothing left than
Colocynthis here will do Itrong Clytter made w
the lame. In the Wefi-Indta'^ our TtnBma Aurea (fee P
I
( where Peach-Trees are laxa^ Lib- 2. Cap. 5.) vfi
plentiful) the Difeafe is Cu- do any good. After tt
red by taking three or four Clyfter has been taken, ^\
times Syrup of Peaches ; or is come away, let the I
by taking a very ftrong De- tient be three or four tin
coction made of the bruifed Purged with our YiluU
Leaves of the Peach-Tree. rahtles ( fee Thylaxay \AHW
Salmon, Cap. S9') and he will be
perfectly Cured, that
Difeafe viîll no more r
V II Sometimes v.' hen Clj-
I. from that numerick Caii;
flers are given jhey come not a- Salmon. Ml
way^ hut almofi juôcate, by
jealbn of their alcenfion be X. In a vehement Chol\
ing ftopt by much Wind; with ObftrucHon of the Cour\
in this cafe if one, two, or I gave the following thirl
more Cly Iters do not come I. I Purged the Sick
away, you muft either put :vith my Pilulae Mirab|
up a very fharp Supofitory,or thrice. 2. I gave the folk
recall them with a (mall ing Powder. Take Lii
Clyfter made of a Itrong ] and Galls of Eeles.dry thini
10, XL Practical pfipficfe* 4?
iiiakethem into Powder, (a Clyfter ; it gives eafe al-
from one Drachm to moll: in an Inftant, and
>1 m
^ti white Wine. Salmon. brings away the morbifick
Caule or Matter after a
A Venereal Cholkh wonderful manner. Salmon,
:r5 z is no better Medicine
Earth, then to give e- XIV. Rondeletiuf faith that

day for a Week toge- Caftoreum and Eufhorhium
if it has been of long
[
are of good iile, if the pain
uance ) our Vinum be conftant and ftir not
leanum^2i Sack Glaft full from its place; yea, he e-
me, three or four times ftimates them not only as a
The way of making prefent, but as the ultimate
.
ie' in Thylaxa Med. Lib. i. Remedy : If you take ftx^

47. Seel. 1 5*. It is much eighty or ten Grains of Ca-
fid all the the Spicy and ftor in Wine, and drink a
iiacick Things in the little after it, it will quickly
Salmon, Cure: And five or fix Gr.
of En^horbium may be In-
L A Clyfter againfi the fufed^ and taken ( the clear
k. Take Decodion Infafion'i in the fame quan--
iniper Berries a Pint, tity and manner.
jus Aureus one Ounce,
Benediifla four Oun-

xei \)y\ of Olive two Oun- XV. If the fain he tn the
j;
dimix them ; works
this upper fart of the Belly ^ above
fmall time; but which the Navel^ Clyfters leldom
nirable, even before it do any good; for they ne-
^ClJs the pain ceafes, Sal- ver reach the Morbifick
or offending Matter
I
Ibmetimes, even
-
m 'Jr
thele
îclj
\^..Another Clyjlerfor the cafes, when the pain is very
)^|ifj
I
Take Decoction of violent, and the Humours
iJgjo
|5, made in Mutton- crude, Clyfters may be gi-
ji.gj iia Pint, Vinum Eme- ven, but they ought to be
iifive Ounces^ mix for imade of firong Attradlives,
,(lr]'
fuch
44 S AL M
fuch as the afore-mention-
ed.
XVI. 7b^ Cljfier has done
much good. Take
fat Broth
a Pint ; Aloes diffolved two
Drachms^, Turpentine one
Ounce and a half^ or two
Ounces: Truly it is a Me-
dicament not to be defpifed^
I remember once above (all accordij I
the reft of the times I uled done, when I came thi

it) I recovered a young La- I viewed my Patient,
dy even from the Jaws of appearance of Life coul
Death with it : The Sick difcerned, fo that I had
had been three daies and fmall encouragement to
three Nights tortured with however, being entr^
inceilant Pain : Clyfters of by her grieved Parent
nioft kinds had been given was perfwadcd y ever
by an Apothecary, by the their iatisfadion. The
Prefcript of a Phyfitian: pothecary was fent
moreover, there had been and gave me an accoui
given previous to thole, all that was done ; I d
Aromacick Bolus s,bicter De- not forbear blaming
codions^ and laftly Opiates, Phyfitians, for ading
but all in vain ; nor could prepoiterouQy, againlt
the Opiates do any good^ rules of Art, as to pref^
for that they conftipated the Opiates in a Cholick,
Bowels much more_, which a lirong conlHpation o(
were before collive^ and fo Bowels The Apothej
:
rendered the Difeale, to all could no waies take ^
appearance^ uncarable^ fo parr, but was of my

void of true Medical Senfe nion. But the bufinefs
pr Knowledge^ v.-ere thofe now, what was mod i
Men of great names^ which be done ; nothing couk
had been before concerned given by the Mouth,/
with her : In ihort^ they her Teeth feemed to
; ^ :
;hp. X. Practical p&pficfe.

4f
L immediately bethougfit was in perfed Eafe ; it came
le former Cly ftcr, which away from her, in about

prefently given, and in an hour and quarters time
an hour came away^ After which, I firft gently
many hardned Excj e- purged her with a Dofe of
its^ after which^ theSiclr my Family Fills ; then with
difcerned to breath : I two Dofes of my Pilula Mi-

J jgf^d the fame Clyfter to rahiles Cbut withal giving her
accop
idminidred again, and refpite to recover Strength)
!the Region of the Ah- after which flie conftantiy
en, to be bathed very took my Spiritus Anticelicus^
I with ToTifrs of Amber in all her Drink, and be-
aFlannel moiftned came perfectly well. Sal-
1 the fame, to be laid mon.
ien:t(
entc
over the afflicted Parts.
; Clyfter ftayed Two XViL A Cholick proceeding
urs and from Gravel, ohftruked in the
with the Sick,
n came away with more Reins ^ It was plainly per-
dned Excrements; after ceived to be an Obftrudion
"
ich (he opened her Eyes, of the Reins, becaule the
'.
ieemed to move her Sick could not make Water.
; and in about fix hours I prefcribed the laft of the
efpeak. The fir ft Clyfter aforc-going Clyfters, which

given about Ten in the was repeated three times,
irning, the fecond before once every day; and the
ven About Eight at Patient, by this means alone,
:
ht I prefcribed this, was perfedly cured: And

le Mutton Broth three quar- this might poffibly be per-
ofapnty Aqua BemdiBor formed by the Balfamick

e Ounces^ Venice Turpen- and Dturetick Particles of the
tivo Ounces^ Oylone Ounce^ Turpentine, being received

c and make a Clyfter, She into the Lacteal Veins,
ifefled fhe had great Eafe whereby it was niixed with
ore this was exhibited the Ladeal Juice, and fo
after ftie had received entred into the mafs of
5 laft, flie confefs'd flie Bloodj and was circulated
v/ith
S AL M O N'S til
with It ; whereby, of Oyl, oi of Oyl tl

altering only
itsCrafis, it opened the Ob- parts_, Turpentine one

|
ftruaions of the Paflages, have faved the Life ol
and fo provoked Urine; for Patient: For fince the C
alwaies after the Clyfters, lick is cauled by the Co
the Sick made a very being obll:ru(5led by pie
large quantity of Urine. of Matters above. Wine
This thing I have many the middle_, and a g fc
times experienced. Sd- quantity of hardned Exc
mon. ments below^ whereby L
XVIIIJw/^we Tatients the Wind can neither get I;
good-^ and nor down^ or get out: llL
hefi Clyflers do little
by I know not what hidden neceffary firft of all^to 0]|
caufe, the Pain, in a day the lower Paflages^ and
or two, or three, returns help the drynels of
again, as bad as ever, or Bowels^ which may be d(
worfe : thefe, by the fol-by Lenitive and EmoH
\owing fuffofitories^ have not Clyflers ; and if the ma(
only found prefent Eafe,but be tough and vifcous
the Cure has fucceeded, as fliarp,incidingand attrad
if it had been done by In ones^ fuch as we have
chantment. Take Honey One fore delcribed, which in
Ounce^ boiled to a thicknejs^ be lb long continued,
that it may he Tvrought with all the hardned Exc
ones Finger \ then add in ments are taken away : ^
Powder Sal Gem two Scruples^ mud Oyl be omitted, I
Troches Alhaudd half an caufe it mollifies and loot

Ounce, and with difiiUed Oyl much more than any
ef IVax^ ten drops, make and queous Body, and lea
form a Suppofitcrj, which let the Bowels in a bet
be put up in the Paroxyfm. temper. Salmon.
XIX. mether the Cholick XX. Fienus ad'vifes to r,
comes from Choler or Vitreous Narcoticks or Opiates with ?

Flegm, Jljarp and emollmt Cly- gers. And this may be go
fiers, are of excellent Ufe : And where the ConlHpation
fometimes Clyfters made not Great 5 for by this me^
:
:ip.xi. practical piipGcft 47

h fick has prefent eafe;
h tough ficgm or matter is XXIII. If the Excrements

be very muchhardened^Cly-
jrwards carried oiF^ and
ftcrs of pure Oil ought firft
vvind defcending into the
ôn, is difcuffed. In this to be given ; thenfiich as are
take this ; Take Extratl more ftiarp: For the Oil
n:fim Aloes one Scruple^Scam- firft diffolving the Excre-
ty in fine Powder
'
eight ments , they are the more
'ins ^ of our Volatile Lauda- eafily brought away by a
,|P
s
9
i
'ivith Aloes ^ five or fix Iharp.Clyfter , (uch as this
itns : Mix and make a Take Broth^ Oil Olive ^ of each
e ^ to he given at night. feven Ounces ; Elixir profneta-
oh::
inon. tis fine Acido one Ounce and
halfI mix tliem. 'Tis a thing

KF. Bartholinusy^^r^/^tf^ beyond Commendation, S
*^^
êrs of Tôbacco-Smoak are feafonably ufed.
|,
llent, and a prefent helf
^^'
sre is a Pipe made on pur XXIV. If the ChoUck proceeds
^^ 3 for this life but the
; of hiUious humours pvherehy the-
^""^
Dak may be blown up the Confiipation of the Bowels is
i"r^
3^by a common Tobac vehement ; one of the heft
pipCj which for the moft of fimple things^ is Syrup of
'
'^'^
t eifedually brings away Peach-blofliras three Oun-
A hardeft Excrements^ dlf- ces given at a time: Or this^
fes Wind^ and even clean take Extratl of fine Aloes ^
^y i:he Inteftines of cold glaf Calomelanos in fine Towder,
'A iHilegm ana one Scruple, Scammony
{even Grains > mix and make
^ XII.^ Eleûary to purge Pills for one Dole ; it lel-

i h in a ChoUck : Take of dom fails. Or^ Take pulp of
2 Hxs pulp of Raifins of the an Omce^ Calome-
Raifins half
, of each half an Ounce; lanos a quarter of
an Ounce j
;/ni |mmony in fine Powder mixfcraDofe: After which,
'i:i 'Ivc Grains^ Bezoar mi- drink an Infufion of Sena,
ibe il a Scruple: Mix them and Rheubarb, Iweetned
paa one Dole. Salmon. with Manna and Syrup of
Rofes^
:
SALMON'S Oil
Rofes. After the Purge has Dram, or a Dram and hlf,
done working, give eight or in like manner: Theyire

ten Ounces of Oil of fwcet eafie and fafe. Salmon.
Almonds ; and let the fick
repofe hirnfell^ Salmon. XXVIII InfomeConfiitUfnis
a Cholick, ipii
troubled with
XXV. and ftrong Liquors are trj
'SLondeletius tells us
he has cured feveral with a pernicious^ and always g le-

Clylter made of Decodion rate the matter caufing t jie
ofHedge-tnuftardj efpecial- pains: In thofe cafes dni.
ly being made with Wine ing of Water is the onlje-
You may Iweeten it with medy> and Fountain-wter
Honey. in which Sal Prunella '
a
Scruple to half a Pint) iijjif.
XXVI. Hercules Saxonia (blved^ and well 1 wee led

laithjl mufiingenuoujly confefs^ with Sugar ; and this ai
Iha've cured Jeveralm tne day ways certain in a bioui
'With this Medicine', Take CholiGk,efpec!ally ifaccnn

Diaphoenicon half anOunce. panied with a Feav^; ir
Species Hiera three Drams ; which cafes, asâlfo in ailn
mix for a Bolus. flamation c>f the Golon^M
Rem'^dy never fails.
XXVllJnfowe cafes êfpeci-

ally where Convulfions attend X aIX. This is alfo to he 7ki
a Cholick^ it is good to make 'That where there is occajit ;j
Revulfions by vomit; Some ufing mj uolatileLaudan.Qtu

prefcribe a Vomit by Leaves VitaJ new London Treael o:
of Afarahacca , and it is a any other of that kind^ ha
good one: But there is no they ought to be ufed viili
better Emetick for this pur- there is yet flrength Lri :
pofe, than our Vulvts Eme- they be ufed when the 'or
ticusfix our Cartharticum Ar- ces are wafted, and thtfici
genteum, iThe tirft may be conlumed, or near dcth
given from three Grains to they will not only do art
lix or eight in Broth or Pof- but alfo ha ften the Pat'-tit
fet drink ; the fecond to a deaths taking away Lifeiini
^ :
t hap. XL Practical p&plicfe. 49

'f:l:nfe together: given again, from fiii or
Nor ought
'^
ley to be given by any feven Ounces to a Pound.
''îieans, if the Pulfes be low,
When the Excrements are
nguid^ and weak : Yet if brought away, purge with
ley be at all ufed , they this: Take Sena an Ounce^
aght to be applied cxternal- Anifeeds bruijed a Dram and
/or only ufed in a Clyfter, half ^ Salt of Tartar one
a proper
I Vehicle ; and the Dram, Juice of Liquorice half
Softer being given^ the Tick a Dram^ Sfring-wattr a Tint ;
) lie on the pained fide. make an Infujton over a gentk
heat for twehe or ficteen hours
iin-w,
and (train it out for four Dofes.
'^\ YX^Mey an alfo moft ef This will effeftually cleanfe
'^^"^^Bual^ Umver-
if taken after the Bowels, and take away
'^^t/j, as proper and fitEme- all the Excrements, or re-
^^^^'cks.or Catharticks.orboth^ maining morbifick matter;

^,^"ich as we have before de- Or inftead thereof, you may
^^^^:ribed: And without thefe ufe our Tinûra Aurea^ from
javiti
reparatives, they ought not half an Ounce, to a whole
) in ai
tdecd to be taken. Sdmotiu Ounce at a time, till the
whole Caufe is removed.
XXXI. Authors faypyfters Salmon,
midfirfi he given y as of Oils
'A^lone-i from fix Ounces to a XXXllShculdthe Difeafeyet
[J
^ ,,^ and the
ound^ "which thefick is to keep return
wcj/k
, _. faint
._ Cholick ^
,
>MU night. If evacuation oi\ he violent^ thrrt is a neceffity

;rrflj,xcrements follow not that, of halving receurfe to Ofiates
len exhibit five Ounces of
kind,
You may give them from z
lUix Manna,di{rolv'd in Broth, to 4 or 6 grains of our Vo-
ig[h: F romatiz'd with Cinnamon
Laudanum^y after which
latile
lenthe r other Spices; for that by
give this : Take of our Spirit us
dt^s loftnels, moiftnefi, and Cofmeticus a ffoonfuly orffoon-
til delibtiky of parts, loolens and ful and half choice Canary fix
dolKsnetrates, and by foftnin^ fpoonfuls to eight

Îv
; mix them,
dliPatilKpels the Excrements. If to be given immediately
^'ay
li|s does not, Oil may be after; and the whole Region
E. of
so SALMON'S Lill
^he Abdomen is to be bathed you can ; put it into a log.
tsvith our Spritus Anodtnm : neck'd Matrafi , or la;e
And thele things are fo much Bok-head ; which feal tp
the better, if the Conftitu- hermetically, or othervfe

tionbehet: But if cold, the well clofeit fet it to dijift
,
morbiiick matter is made in Horfe-dung, or a Ss^-

thicker^ and the Difeafe be- heat of equal ftrength df
comes yet more ftubborn. forty days: Then open ic
Veflel, take out the mattr;

XXXIILj^/jW th Bowels or which will moft of it bee-
their Tunicles are thus affliBed duced into a flimy Liqu:;
'ivith a grofs^ tough ^ and cold ftrain out the thinner jit
matter .. heating things ought bypreffing: Digeftagaiiin
to heufed^ ji/hethcr they be Ca- a little Sand- heat, or rater
t bar tick , or Alterative only. in B. M. that there may li a

In this cafe you may purge refidence of the grofir
with this Take ofour Tintlu
: ^ parts; The thinner fepaite
ra Aureafrom half an Ounce by inclination , which ];r-.
to an ounce powers ofAnnifeeds fe6lly purifie by addinito,
half an ounce ; mix them with every quart of the Liqo
a Glais of White-wine or from half an Ounce t
Ale 5 for a Dole. An Al- whole Ounce of its own xt^
terative Eêc^ of Garlick is Salt; or for want ofthe iaie
an admirable thing ; for it as much Salt of Tartar ; i
exceedingly l:eats &

warms, gefl: again for forty d-
difcuflesWind profoundly, then feparate the pure fi u
and withal prevents the the impure , and keep he
breeding and increase of the Effence for ufe in a Ca6
cold flegmatick Humor. dole ftopt : It will keoa
^y.^\Yn[omaketheV.Qn- long time, and be as it vire
tiaAlliij or Effence of Garlicky incorruptible: Dole fmi

cffo great ufe m
this c^/e.Take half a Ipoonful to on or
a large quantity of Garlick, two fpoonfuls,or more, 'he
beat it well in a Marble Effences of Plants msdestf-

Mortar^ and reduce it to an ter this manner, will be
impalpable Pap as much as tranfparent, cither ofan p-
^
lid
:
;:hap.XL Practical P9!?ficft.

of a red Orien^ Medicament ttotenough to
\ lid green.or
Granatc.according to the be valued, Salmon,
j ;.l
Jiality
'.
and quantity of Salt,
;;;ilphur, and Mercury, pre- XXXVlThefe Effences thus
^j^Dminating in each Plant. drawn from the whole Plant,

or its farts, are. funfed and
exalted until they arrnê to the
^^"iXXV. To make theEffon- nature of their firft Beings

T| tia Apii/r EJJerjce of Stnal- which will eminently pol-
r- Ian, which is a fpecifick in fes all the central Virtues of
; for here Arc
their mixt
and Nature, in this Prepa-
^^^Take a great quantity of ration, have preferved* all
'^'?
ullage when in Flower, the leminal Powers with
^^*it it well as aforefaid ; di- whichit was endowed; and
,. in a long-neck'd Ma- thefe Effences contain in
"n(s for days clofe
forty themfehes all the efficacy
,'|l?fpt,in a Sand-heat; ftrain and Virtues of the Plants of
the thin by preffing: which they are made. The
^'f^.
'"
%eft again in a'very gentle addition of the Salt of the
^^^V-heat, or B. M. to Plant, not only adds to its
ôwni
ke a farther feparation virtue^but it alio caulesto fe-
^^J'
]>arate the thinner by in parate all the heterogeneous
''ation; which perfectly and flimy matter which did
by adding to each hinder the exaltation and
,-ifie
?'i: of Liquor from two perfedion of the Medicine,

^/%chms to half an Ounce and brings it to the higheft
'^\its own fixt Salt; or for clarity and purity imagi-
\v^%ofit, as much Salt of nable. If three or four Oun-
iî^Jltar ; of white Sugar be added

digeft again for forces
W^*^!days then feparate the to every Pint of the ElTence,
to^jly dear, and keep it it will not only help to its
0^p ftopt for ufe. Dofe confervation , but alio be

ts mi a fpoonful to two or more pleafant to the Pati-
-, ^^^.refpoonfuls, or more, in ent: And withal, if you put
,::cUB(lalsofWine. This is a a little^ Spirit of Wine , or
E 2 inlcead
, :
52 S A L M ON'S Lib.
inftead of the Sugar, five or It purges well, and cans
fix Ounces of our Syrupus off' the morbifick caufe t<i
Volatilis^ the Preparation will Miracle ; but it ought to
not be the worfe for it. Note taken three , four, or i
aifo, thefe Effences may be times , as the exigency i
given in Wine^Water^Broth, the Difeafe requires. Tis
or Decodionâs the fick beft isa.ipecifick in a Cholk
iikes. They reftore decayed beyond moft other thirs,
ilrength, and bring Nature and withal very fafe.5/fe J.
Jback again into its old path,

for the health and preferva- XXXVIII. Among Cani-
tion of the Body. Salmon, ofWi%}
natives ^r VifcuJJers
commend (from a very longri
XXXVII. The Ejfenct of largi Experience) our Powrj
Teach-leaves. of Annifeeds, Powers of <a-
Take Peach-Leaves (long raways of Juniper-berrSv
before the Fruit is Limons, Cloves, Nutm(;s,
ripe^ fo
many as by fuppofition you Rolemary,and the like, (it
may, have fix Quarts of juice of thefe the following Cn-
from; beat them well as be- f ofturn may be made 1 :
'
fore ; digeft all according to Powers cf cloves ^ Nutrrr/,^

the former method for forty ana one Ounce^ of Anntjils\
days: Strain out and digeft Qarraways^ ana an Ounce ?
again, fcparate the thinner half\ of Juniper y two Qm\ ^
part, and with itsown5alt, of Limons and Rojemary^ *
or Salt of Tartar, in the for- t7i/o Ounces and a half:

mer proportion ; by dige- all for the Ujes afere-ment^
ftion purifie and perted: the ed. Dofe half a fpoonf
Effence by another forty aGlafsofAleorWine.
days fpace of ti?ne. Laftly mon,
adding three or four Ounces
of white Sugar to every Pint XX\lX.Jhisisalfoceî
or Quart, keep it cloie ft opt from a very great Exjerk
for ule.Dofe from twolpoon- That as vehement Choi
Hils, to four, fix, or eight, are often caufed from a (J
according to age &
ftrcngth; cough, vilcous Phlegni; I
;
l}phap.XI. Practical p&pficfe. 5^;
been cured hy a DecoBion of

^.pg to the Stomach and
q[^{
juts, and Wind thence a- Guaiacumândits Bark, And
feveral Hiftories of Cures
faid Wind may be gradually performed by it are

extant
or
iifcuffed, by the affiduous but the moft eminent is that

jq
]
]fieof the laid ?ot elates or of a Bath-keeper of Vienna,
Ct^j'owers, butalfoby the ufe after he had been tortured
tll^jhereof, that vifcous Phlegm
wich a moft vehement Cho-
5^^jdhering to the Tunicles of lick for nine months , and
;ie Stomach and Guts, will ufed a great number of
(;îe by degrees incided, things to no purpole , his
fl^jprreded, aad removed. Difeafe ftill increafed upon
him J and by drinking of

Pol'
Spaw-viâters^ was ftill oxaf-
,jq(^J
XL. But though thefe Aro- perated. He was married
\i>^\fatick Potefiates are fo admi- to a young Wife, and fhe
I'j^ji^/p in the
f recited cafe^ and was alio affiided with tl^
';!^,j^fffwerfully rejtfi the Caufe;
fame Difeafe, and dead of
|;"(.(5t it is my
Opinion, That it : He feared the lame fate,
't exceeds my Spiritus and began to be convulled
"f^Dthing
'^^^fjiticolifus ^ being proficable in his whole Body ; lb that
i^J' all the intentions of the his Phyficians began to fear^

J^^jjure; for that it not only that the Difeafe was ct
'Jj^)rre<as both Phlegm and would be
tranflated to th^
^,|holer, and Wind Genus
difcufles nervoftim^ or nervous
;:''jhen bred^, but alfo hinders Stock, and fo caule a Pailie.
from breeding. It not on- Having ftopt his Convulfionj

difcufles Wind ^ or con- by other Medicines, he gave
,^'i:nfes it
J
but prevents its him Guaiacum Ifine^ accor-
"iw extention , or rarifica- ding to the Advice of -^w;^-
t >n again. I could produce tus L^fitanus^ Cent. cur, 52. to
.-,i./cral Hiftories of this Cure, caule him to fweat, which
;^rformed by this Medica- he did for five days , and

^^l^^nt aloxie. was perfedly cured : Germ.
SomeJ after all other Eph. An. 3. p. 487. This
rii>
"%media have faikd ^ h(fve Cholick thePbyfician judg'd
'
E:5 rob
^
. . : !
r4
S A L MON '
s Lib.
arofefrom phlegmatick Hu- troubled with an almoft 1-
mours J the Seminaries of vincible Colick; at lenji

"Wind, which being diffol- he defired my help; I oi^
ved by that diaphoretick gave him my Sprit us Ar -
Wine, were fpent by Sweat colicus^ two Drachms at a
Some Laxatives were alio time^ in a Glafs of Wi: j,
given between whiles. and made him fweat upi |
it; and by the ufingof-|

XLII.7 aChoUck proceeding bont two or three Oun'S
from a hot caufe , hot things thereof^ he was Cured.
whet herfor inward or outward
ufe, njiifi he avoided^ lefi an XLV. A Man,about fi:y
Inflammation h
caufe d'Xn this Years of Age, mightily cci"
cafe purging Waters, clari- plained to me of a grind ?
fied Whey with Sena, and pain in his Groin^ wh.,
Syrup of Violets.drank plen- always feized him juft it
til ally, are giv^n with good Night, and this had oi-m
fuccefs: and outwardly to tinued with him fbr'thiei

the Bowels, fVillis adviles to or four Months; the O
Fomentations of a Solution ftitution of the Bowels In
cf Nitre, or Sal-Armoniack, being as it fhod
this v^hile i
as in pains of the Gout ; and be, for,he was neit!:ri

fomctimes, as SeftaUus re Coftive nor Loofe; frr
ports, of fimplecold Water. whence I conceived it
be rather a Flatulency
XLIIL If theCholickbe rhe Mulcles of the Ahdon^,
caufed by hard Excrements, ihan in the Colen^ and f(it
bind ring the paiTage of the proved; for I caufed hn
reft of them, and of Wind, Morning, Noon, and Ni^ ti
Emollients niuft firft be u- to bathe the Part afflidd

Icd, and afterwards fharp with Towers of Amber ; id
tilings to irritate the faculty rhisalone in about a We
Sennertus. dme (without taking .-y
ching inwardly) cured hi*
XLlV.l had a Patient that
for Four Months had bsen XLVI. Ihavefeveral tii^s
cud
^
kap. XL -K P?^*^CaI PljpCcfe.

'*^
kred an Inveterate Colick, notprefently, byreafonthe
^^
fith lofs of the ufe
of Limbs, Opiate is mixt wich it, and
'^V giving Jurfethum
Mine- therefore I give it over
^''Hle, ib as to raife a Flux, Night, but it commonly
^\!ihich has fometimes laftcd works by the next day-
^'^venty Days, or more; for noon : yet this is very ob-
H\( this means the peccant fervable, That the Patient
?'i[atter lodged^ and as it does not feel himfclt as if
^yj^cre, rooted in the Ner- he had taken a Purge,
'^'ôus SyfteWy which could but liesvery quietly and
r)t be removed by other pleafantly all Night, the
'-^fi]ledicines, is taken away: Phyfick not difturbing him,
l}'ctbr the Mercurial Particles, griping him, nor making
;ni^/ difRifing themfelves every him Tick ; and when it does
*Hay, diffolve, divide and work, it is with a great
i'^ldffipate the morbifick Mat- deal of pleafantnefs, without
îcir, into almoft infenfible any pain at all 5 and by this
)"
tâll Particles, and at length filent way ( as it were ) of
e&thoUy expell them. And carrying off the Humour,
dijis 1 experienced in a mi- the Taroxyfm is many times
: ![i|rable Lame Patient,whom prefently at an end.
ndCured by means,even
this
'^hilc this prefent Book was XLVn. If the Pain, as I
] Wricing.- {aid before , be not in the
Bo welsjbut in the Mufcles of
;,;; LXVI. I am of opinion, the Ahdomen f from what
rd |ac Catharticks, mixt with caufe foever, it does not
i^j
[Opiates, are of good ufe: I fo much matter) it is fome-
\l.ve ufed this following, times cured by a Vejicatory
;ith a wonderful fucceft: applied upon the part, or a
;,., 'îfo ExtraEt of fine Aloes little below the Navel ; and
^^^^ctraH ofColocjntkis, of each done with very-
this is often
;g
yehe Grains ; Lmdanujn great fuccefs: Butyou mult
lifflatile Nofimm, fiê or fix by no means lay it upon the
Vains: mix them fer a Dofe, Navel ; left Convulfions or
is true, the Purge works Swooning follow, by reafoa
E 4 of
;
56 ALM ON'S . Lib.!

of the commerce of the um- 'XXlXAlexander BenediB
bilical Veffelsand the Heart. commends this: Take ZvT^j
For a man certainly dies, if fwo Ounces ; dtjfolve it in
the Skin be fiea'd off the fufficient sf Wat^

quantify
Navel^ though 'tis poflible With 'which mix as much O
lie might live, if he was and exhibit it by Clyfter^ of
fiea'd in any place befides due heatn they ia

This,
which is a note, worthy wonderfully draws out ti
obferving. thick Matter, and dry cor
pad Excrements. It m.-
XLVni. Authors fay^That be a good thing tor all that,
Mercury 'WsLtev , inwardly know , but I have had v
taken ^ radically cures the experience of it. This
Cholick: I have not had probable. That if it pr* ,
the experience of it_, but this ceeds from a hot Diflemp ;
I know; That being my of the Ftfcera^ or hteîmî

felf feized with a vehement this Medicine may do gooc \
Cholick, I drank about a but if from a Cold, it mi

quarter of a Pint of Wine, be infallibly naught. I
digefted a Month upon my

Hercules y and it cured me L. Speedwell^ is con
momentarily, or upon the mended by Crato^ as a Sp
Ipot: And fome years fmce cifick in the Cholick. i. I
rhat time, I have feveral drinking the Decodic i
times been troubled with thereof made with Win

that Difeafe , and in like with half a Drachm
manner applying my felf to Myrrhe. 2. By exhibitin
that fame Remedy, I have Clyfter-wife, a Decodic
always found the fame fac- thereof in Chicken-brot
ceis, to my very great fatis- He alfb fays. That wh(
fadioiat iHit the Philofophi- n other Remedies wou
cal Reafon of this thing, is doj he cut Root oi Mafit
'
not very eafie to be pene- wortJ put it into a Glafs

rrated into. Wine, and gave it to drir
every Day before Suppe,
'
which m^de the pain ce
t
:
!Psrca!P8?fick, y?
e:< This following Cly-

li. Lll. A Cholick proceed-
f
r 4'v has cured manyo- Take iag purely from taking Cold
Mdmjey, or Muskadtl^^ cr for I cured, by anointing the
c.?[fl(ff 'of them Malag^j ^r Ca- whole Region of the Ahdo-
fjrîry /x 0//êJ ; Oyl efNuts men. with Balfam of Amber,
V ijîr 0^*j; fc72;ers cf Junl-
ratK", tf^ of ^^ ^Z ^^<^^^ '^rw I LIII.This follo\ying roix-
\i{;^4nce md a half; mx, and ture being firfl: given in a
\
îhiP it hot. Inwardly, proper Vehicle , by the
\[Q^)\x may give by the Mouth Mouth, Secondly, well ba-
iif^w TMura Anticolica fiom thed three, four, or five
jÎM an Ounce to one Ounce times upon the whole Regi-
it
pjii
Wine : Or this Powder on of the Ahdomen, Thirdly^
[îâ^^kc Powder of the Tefticks Given lyfter-wife in a lit-
a;x a Hcrfe^ cr of Cafioreum tle Broth, I have oftentimes
32oA^
^^^^^ Annilêds in found to cure the Cholick
j.
^wder mix^ and
one Scruple : miraculoufly. Take Towers
\ye It in Wine or Broth : Or, of Caraways J cf Limonsy of
i.lf a Dram of the Powder Nutmegs^ of Cloves^ of F/r-
'
^^'theSpunge which grows tueSy of each a like quantity^
,
5^>on the wild Bryar. mix them ; to he ufed after the
manner aforefaid. Salmon,
CHAP. XII.
Of an Hyfteric\ Cholich^
.^)TN defcribing this Di- which has yet given extant,

Ik'M. feafe, and prefcribing me any fatisfadion The :
Gkl'; method
of Precepts for florid Difcourfes of fome
iod^t|e Cure
thereof, I cannot upon this Subjed, ieem to
rj?5>llow any Author, nor
have me rather an excurfive found
iincj.^)met with any thing
yet of Words and Noife, than
t! any
,
r8 S A LM O N^S
any thing of fubftantial is rather from Convulfio;^
Realbns ; and truly in Ibme or diftemper of the Mefe?'.
Ibrt^ are rather Deviations ry; for that I have knon
from the Truth, than either ieveral Men (though nots)
liluftrations of the nature of commonly as among V\i-
the Di(eafe, or found Do- men, becaufe not fo fubjf^
cuments in order to its cure. to luch PaffionsJ in an (
tream manner afflicSted w i

11. The very name of the luch as are commonly ;.
Diftemper imports the Na- counted Hyfterick Fits.
ture and Quality thereof-
it being a Pain excited from IV.If a Cholick be excitl
a diftemper or difturbance in Perfons not fubje6t to H-
of the Wombôr fome parts fterick Fits (and f^ch \;
adjacent to it ; in all my /hall call them, as oft as \;
Obfervations of Difeafes of have occafion to make i;
that part, there has feem'd of their name, becaule f
fomething to indicate acon- the vulgar acceptation ) t
fent of the Nerves of the cannot be an Hyfteri:

Mefentery^ if not fome Di- Cholick , but that of t
feafe adually refiding there- fimple kind, of wiiich \:
in \ and that v/hich induces have largely treated in t3
me fo much the more to former Chapter, and ther
this Opinion, is a vehement fore iliall fay nothing here
Cholick excited f as 'tis
thought) from that which V. But if in Perfons ft-
is vulgarly called a diftemper jed to Hyfterick Diftei*
of the Womb. pers, upon the exciting f
the Hyfterick Fit, a Ct-
IIIButiflllioulddefcend lick be induced, this is th
to the exad difcuffion of which we intend here, ail
Hyfterick Difeafes, I am apt whofe Symptoms, Caiilj
to think that in many of Prognofticks, and Indies-
thole cafes, where the ons of Cure, we deUgn i
Womb is fo much blamed^ this Chapter.

It is not concerned at all^ but
,
^Ciap.XIL Practical mm^^ 9
^ I
VI. It is eafily known by VILThc Nature of this! )i-
ht[5 difference afore-menti- is fuch,that it mak es
ftemper
hnoBied from an ordinary the Bowels fore, and all tlîe
I
Vdiolick^ yet there is a far- Region of the Abdomen is as
|%pr caufe^ than what fimp- if it were beaten with Stic ks;
UQljcaufes Hyfterick Fits, 'uiz, and if it continues long, fo
e^lliarp, phlegmatick, or that the Sick cannot get I le-
nlycîmmy Matter, lodged in medy, it fo enervates the
itue nervous foldings of the whole Body, that it not oa-
and Bowels: more ly takes away the Strength
i'efentery
exdcjer, the Sick for the moft in general, but in many (as
toIj|.rt complains of a vehe- in a certain Gentlewor nan,
cli iient pain at Stomach, for not long fincemy Patient J
hrime-time before hand it takes away the ufe oif the

aîth a weight and heavi- Limbs alfo; in feme the
aiile)|:ls; and many tim^s there Arms, in fome the Lcjgs, in
4 Coftivenels of Body others the Arm and Leg on
(ceding It; and if the one fide, and in otherfome
tient 1% plethoriqlc, oif fuii all th$ Limbs together; fo
Blood, there is lometimes that the Patieats are made
Nole ; or in wholly incapable of helping
bleeding at
:avy, melancholly, and themfelves. Now this diP
jtabpleafant Bodies, a Flux of ference proceeds from the
re Hemorrhoids* if theie ftrength of the Difeafe, and
onsit'ccede not, the Patient the matter caufing it, and
Dilfcmplains of Vertigo, or a the Plicatures, or Ramifica-
-m in Head, a dull tions of Nerves, hurt by the
the
lin or heavinels in one of lame* and in fome PerfonSp
iC fides, either right or the extremity of the Caufe

re, i and a dimnefs of Sight, is fo vehement,that it cades
ift,
Caj i'ithan unwillingnefs to ftir, foolifhnefs and al'ienation of

^hd move up and down, to Mind, with a llrong Me-
Jl'hich add, for the moft lancholly.^
lu't, a ladnefs and deje-
ednefi of Mind.and fome-
j
nes Fooliilinels. VlII Th^

;: ,
ô SAL M ON*S L.I
VIII.ThenereCauleappea- X. As to the Prog 5

*
red to belodg'd in th^Mufcles flicks, this we have to y^
of the Bowels and MefenUry^ That if the Difeafe hastjn
where fharp Salt^ joind with of long continuance, aninj
aia acid Phlegm jbeingdiffol- ancient People, it will bof
v<;dj and put into a fermen- difficult cure ; the older id
tation upon the hyfitrkk Pa- the longer the Difeafe as
ro:ufm^ caufes this vehement been, fo much the mre
pa in : For by realbn of the difficult. If the Limbs h ^c
Ccjlifion of the neurotick loft their ufe, very '^

'tis
Spiirits juftling one another dom that the Sick recov ,
in tlêir paffages,' and the a- If a Palfie be induced^ ,e

qid Sals pricking the moft Sick is incurable; fo if ^y
ieofible Fibres of the Nerves contFadion of the Ner^s,
with their withloôf the ufe of ay
vitriolick Parti-
cles, caufing a vehement an- Limb The fame alfo if le :
guifh; and the diftentioii of Patient is become fooli.j

the Nerves and mufculous or there be a very great al-
Paffages, where the laid a- nation of Mijid, more efj-
cid Juices are lodged, this al- cially if it be not recent, I
moit invincible Cholick is of long continu ance. Bu f

excited, which, Troteus-WkQ^ there be no lofs of the i;
is fo various in its appearan- of Limbs, or it only reiuis
ces, that we cannot here in by long intervals; if it ;
few words defcribe it. recent, & the Patient your,

and livel
ftrong, vigorous,
IX.The remote caufe is to Ifthcycancat freely, ail
be known ifrom the confide- flecp well , there is all t:
ration of the fix Non natu- polfible figns of recover;
rals, and other Accidents of and fo much the better at.
Nature intervening , the ealler if in a Woman n:
which we fliall here pafs o- with Child, or in a Boc
ver, and leave to the more not fcorbutick.
|
xquifite Confidsrarion of
philofophick Minds.
IX. Tl
Iiap. XII. Practical pjpficfe
convenient Vehicle, and in ^4
LJ! IXI. The Indicatlones Cw a proper Dofe ; all whlclv<
l^tiva are thefe: Obfiru- you may lee in my VhjlaxaM
^
Jlkons muft be opened, hy- Medicine.
^Jjiick Vapours or Fumes
,
ituft be quieted, the acid XIILButifitbeinacold
jJfSlts and Juices muft be al- habit of Body, then you will^,
f <sd^ the peccant or offen- find thefe following things A,
\%g Matter muft be evacu- good : Take Juice of Smal'7 ,
^^%d or removed: Andlaft-*" Iage twd Tound^Sugar as muchff^
'^^n-^ the parts weakned muft make it into a Syruf hy hoilingîs
1^^% corroborated and ftreng- which ftrain through Hiffo-^'*
,?^yiened^ and the fcorbutick crAtes\\\s Sleeve ; Dofe three
^^j* Saint (if any be) deftroyed, fpoonfuls every morning fa-
fling, and at night going to
\fk XII. In refpecft to opening bed- Or this : Take Juices

''o*Obftrudions, we muft of Fennel^ Germander^ Agri-
^^nfider whether the Con- mony^ Broekliwe, Watercrejfes^
p
^fflitution be hot or cold ; for znafour Ounces^Sugar twenty
'^4bcordingly different Medi- Mmm^^ make it into a Syrupy
^
^nfJnes mult be uled. Thofe 'which clarife with Whites of
^!'iings which open Obftru-
^W
îv^ it i" the lame
'
Îtions in hot Bodies, create
'-
manner and Dole with the
^^'^fiem in cold, &
e contrano, former: Or thefe Juices may
'if|if theretore,
by the exube- be mixt with new Ale, bot
yûi'fint lymptoms,you perceive led up with a little white Su-
li'i le Conftitution to
be hot, gar, and a Clove flit put
lefe following things arc fit into each Botde, and (o
"
^ be uled 3 ^viZi Sprits of drank. In this cafe alfo Tm-^

r^^ ulphur and Nitre , Spirit us iJura Martij given in clarified
nîfcrims ^ ^
Antiaftbmati- Juice of Flantin^ mixt with an
ntiKj Sfirttus Anticolicus Sal equal quantity
of Canary , is
Bo \itri
, Tartari nitratum , c^ of good ufc. Alfo Totefiates
<!itri P'itriolatHm, Sal Armo-
CaruiJJuniferi^ Litbcntriftici,
tacum Folatik^ Syrufus Isle- &Pulegii^may be daily given
hrltiais^ being given in a in all their drink.
XIV,To
^ .
6^ S AL M aN'S Libl.
Aloes one Scruple -^ Cafiorn

XIV. To quiet the irregu- PoTvder half a Scruple ^ of r
'
ifjlar and turbulent motion of Volatile Laudanum three r
the Spirit J and hyfterick four iGrains ; mix them , r
fumeSj thele following things one Dole, to be given ev(/

are fit to be done : Firft^ the night going to bed. Th'j
,i Stomachy and whole Region things thus ufed, will it
of the Ahdomn,zxQ to be ba- fail you expedations.
thed with Towers of Amber
or Tennyroyal^ or both^ and a 5 XV, The third intent! 1
hot Flannel dipt in the fame, of Cure, is, to fweeten the
laid over them. Secondly, cid Salts and Juices of thel
the Noftrils are to be often dy; for which purpofe the^
touched with Pofieâtes Cor- is certainly nothing mc;
7tu Ctrvi ; and the Sick powerful ând admirab,
ihould keep aBottle always than our Spritus Uni'verfai^
about them to Iwell to, or (which fee in our PhyLMea.
at leaft a Bottle of Volatile Lib, 2. cap, 22.) given twii'
Sal Armoniack^ mixt with a day, or as often as the Si
fome few drops of Oil ef drinks in all their Ale
Tennyroyal^ or Savin, More- Beer: Or inftead of th
over , our TinBura Myfierica Volatile Sal Armoniack^ ac
Should be at convenient tinges lixor eight Grains^ in i
given in a little Wine or Ale. their Liquor aforefaid. Son
/ Or this : 7ake TinBura Hy- poffiblymay prefcribePn
fierica one Ounce ^ Gutta Vita parations of Pearly Cora.
half an Ounce \ mix them
'^
of Amher^ Crabs Eyes^ &c. bi
which fixty drops may be thefe things ^though after
^ given at a time^ every night very longufing may do ibm
going to bed; andj if ex- good, yet ) being fixt A
tremity require it^ every calies, do not fo immediate
morning failing. But if the the Maft c
ly enter into
Sick be troubled with a co- Blood, and are therefore t
ftivenefs of Body, this fol- belaidafide^ where thee
lowing is of more excellent ther things can be had, foi
life ; 7ah of our ExtraB tf afmuch as this Difeafe poi
fcffe;
I
ijqmp. xn. pâctfcai P&pfiCfet ^3
the whole Ma{s of ter_, and draw it away even
-tf!f(|res
and Humours,and the from the

j,'i^>od moft remote
fîoly habit of the body. parts of the Body Or in- :
mil ftead of them, you may ul
;ni |SVL But more

effedually my Family Tills (thofe which
Jianfwer both the firft In- are made according to my
<fil|^:ationof Cure at Se^. 1 2. laft defignation, by which
:
id 1 5.
aforegoing, and this they are much improved in
:lrdprefent, this following their Virtuesand Goodnefs^
iret]t5>mporition is moft excel- which can be only had of
>Mt: Take Venice or Strashurgh me, and fiich as have them
^t^^^^pentine two Ounces, Angelis from my hand, not from
f.^^neralis^ Bezoartkum Mine- Hollier^ or his Accomplices,
,
j^tj, am make the for that he knows neither
enough to
^yrLjentine uf into fills Dole the Names, Number^ or Na-
:

'jf^
Dram, or a Dram and ture^ Preparation , or Pro-
;iiif; andinfome cafes two portion, of any thing con-
jj^tjams. It is a moft efFedu- tained in them, as they are
J
ujiiMedicament for the Pur- now prepared by me: So

!i,)'resintendedj and not e- that I modeftly affirm, one
;.gh to he valued ; and
1 Box of this Preparation is
(much the more efpecial- really worth three Boxes,
) if it be given in a Icor- for all that I know ten, 01
) ick habit of Body^ and any of thofe made and Ibid
A ere the Sick has loit the without my order or con-
1 of their Limbs. fent.; Thefe Family-Pills
may be given , three, four^
:VILThe fourth Indicati- five,or i\yi in numberâccor-
) is to evacuate the mor- ding to Age and Strength.
.) ck Gaule^ or peccant Hu- If the Patient cannot taks
^ 'Ur, which you may moft they may purge with
Pills,
npleatly accompliih with Vinum Catharticum^ ffee it
'r2^;Pilula Mirahiles, for they in my Thylaxa Medic, Lib. 2, ,
''^ytven from one Scruple to cap;44. j one of the moft ex- I
j'Jl^f
a Dram j wonderfully cellent things in the World, i
;.' jkry off the offending mat-
VIII. The
;
*4 S AL M O N'S Lill.
our Totefiates Vrr*.

as alfo
XVIIL The fifth and kft tum^ given to twenty ,or d'
Indication is Vital ^ or to ty, or forty drops in />,
ftrengthen and reftore the Outwardly you may bae
hurt and weakned parts, che Stomacbj Abdomen^ J
which is done both by Inter- Back, with the fame; ;d
nals and Externals : For In- now and then to comf t
ternals I propofe chiefly our the Bowels, give this G'-
TwBure ofKermes^ to be ex- ^QViTahe VeniceTurfentintM
hibited in a Glafs of Wine, Ounce ^ Telk of one Egg ; grl
or other convenient Vehi- them well together in a Mom
cle half a fpoonful at a time till they are well mixfy t
morning and night. To this add to them Chtcktn'Br^
purpofe ferves our TinBura choice Canary y of each hah
/ AntifttonupnBura Corallorum^ Vinty (four Aûa Bezoar-^

("which are no mean things J an Ounce ; mix , and exhib
given in the fame manner j warm, Salmon.
CHAR XIII.
OfanAFOSTEME.
IL If therefore painC
I. 4 N Abfcefs or Apo- any part of the Body , A
jCjl fteme, is an Aggre- there be a fufpicion tit
gation of Matter in a muf Matter is gathered there if
culous or flefliy part, with the Sick Iweats, or there lO
an intention to break out a natural Diaphorefs^ efpii*
the Precurfor of which , is ally about the Face, and ic
always Pain and inflamation; pain yet continue, you n)

And it is for the moft part certainly concludc,that ^^
known by tumour or fwel- ter is gathered togetheiii
ling of the part, with great the part, though the ColJ!
heat and continual pain. thereof be not changed ; i<
J
:
hap. xm.
!!"'tferefore in its dm feafon it pain, which was about three
y^Mi be opened, that the Inches, or more, below th^
"'.cjngregated Matter may be Knee, on the outfide of the
^^
Leg ; after opening of it^
the Child had immediately

^'^î iIII. I remember once I eafe ; and I took out of the
'^f?"|Jis fent for to a little Boy, Jpofieme^ of welj-digefted
out ten years of Age^ who Matter, about three q'.'arter^
play had hurt his Leg: of a Pint, at leverai times
fijpie Child Complained ve- And then I cured it after the
^^^mentlyând almoitalway s general method of healing
J'^'ittedoutj yet no great ap- Apoltemes. Salmon.
^"^rance of an Apofteme:
^'
^^lere was no outward dif- IV. 'Tis true, Guido ad-
^^^ôringjor inflammation, or to tarry till Naturd
vifes
'*
"lircely any appearance of caufesan Apodeme to breaks
pTumor ; but at length a becaufe he thinks that which
fall geiieral fwelling over is made by Nature, is' better
p whole Leg^ and the ve- than that which is done B}''
dnient pricking pain was Art: But by Experience I
ly in one particular part know otherwils^ and, with
jreof: I applied Matujâ- A'vicenna^ am fully of Opi-
es or Ripeners ^ which nion ^ That an Apofteme
,
idc the general Tumor which is broaght to ripened,

aini i>re apparent; but the pain ought immediately to be
ly, Lially continued
J and the opened, for that many evils
on blour of die Skin was the flow from Matter kept toa
ne as formerly^ or as that long in the Abfcels , and
licfi
tfeoithe other Leg , without fometimes uivert or (eize

wy protuberance, or place upon more noble Parts, in-
lotjinting out, where
ought it fedingthe Nerves and Muf
onrfbe open'd. When I thought cles, and ib me times corru.'^
iJtiÂ'as time to open it, 1 did pting the Bone, to the very
iti^/vkh an Incifion-knifeûp- great> if not irreparaDiedaa-
(;t the very place of the ger of the Sick.
; a ,
a SALMON'S Lib./
V. And for this Reafon VII. But befide thcf-

it is , That Buhî ( in the mer Reafbns,fora haftyo
Plagueôr^ Pefiilential Fever) ning of the Ablcefs, the
when they appear^ weha- following alfb conclude
ften their ripening with fo I* Where the heat of
much vehemency,and fome- part languid or weak,
is i i
times are forced to open the Sick wants fleep.
them before they are per- Where it is evident, thcris
fedly ripe, left the poifo- is a very great plenty of N t-
nous Matter fliould revert ter, which Nature caqiB

inwardly , and its malign difpofe of' 3. Whenil
Fumes, ftrike to the Hearty Matter is feated deep, th-?,
and fmice the vital Spirits. and wide at bottom. 4.Wi n
it is adjacent to a princil
VI. But again on the con- I
Member, which may h n
trary, too much hafte ought danger of being hurt or a>
not to be made to open an ded by the malign Fui
Apofteme , before it be thereof, y. If it be on)r
throughly ripe, (except in near the Joints, left the c"

malign Dileafes, as aforefaid, roding Humor , thus de;
and where the hazard of Incd., fliould feize uponjfj
Life, for that Caufe is very eat the Ligaments. 6. 1'^'
great, or a Mortification is be in a glandulous part,
beginning^) left a mortifica- caufe they are more fub
tion of the part (from the to putrefaction, and the u
Crudity of the Humour, not ting of them hurts but lie
yet turn'd into Tus) lliould 7Laftly, If it be upon Bo ;s,
enfue , or a violent Fever, Nerves, or Tendons, ajin

wich fometimes Convulfions Wbitloes and Fellons, wl:h
tor that fuch an untimely happen to the Nails and ]>
Operation. does indeed much gers ends, where for war oi
more excite the pain than leafbnable opening, the Ei<J
the Tumor it felf, and caules is many times putrified id
a new conflux of Humors, corrupted, to the Icig
fometimes of a Joint, fee-
tiiCi
::
Ciap. XIIL
tines of two. So Hippocra- the ccnpftency of a Pultife, It
' ; advifes , concerning an will bring it to maturation
- iofcefi upon the Verinaim : in a ftiort time.
\hen (faith he) any fuch

1'
Is Tumour fhall begin.cut
i brthwith_, while it is yet IX. But if you would have

^jitripe^ lert the fuppuration the Maturative much ftron-
!eep.fould reach to the Intefii- ger^ as in thofe cafes where
i\mm ReBum^ or Arfe Gut, Life is in imminent danger^
as in the Plague^ and other
HI. When therefore anln- malign, poilbnous^ andpu-
f mmation with pain is pre'
. trifaclive Diftempers, you
itj and that it appears^the
f muft add to the Compofiti-
îmor will apoftemate, it on_, Salt of Tartar^ ^'ître.
i neceflary to apply Suppu- Quicklime ^ Pouders ofGenti^
I to bring it to a com- an roots , Ranunculus , Vyre-
:Ives^
\ maturation or ripenefs
iiQ thrum flellehcreând Mufiard-
^ ch as this : T^ke Tulks of feed, with other things of
i-gs^ Honey ^ Oil Olive^ ana like kind , which you muft
t'o Onncesy Pulp of Figs^Rai- apply, and renew it every
f's^ ana three Ounces^ Mi- twelve hours.
i'idate four Ounces ^ Vouder
I Aron-Roots^ enough to bring X.The Abfcefs being now
tto the confifiency of a Vultije^ brought to ripenefs, or a ne-
' hich renew twice a day : ceffity of opening i c the
< r this^ which is ftronger next thing to be confi Jered,

'
minus ^ Ox Gall^
ikeBafilicGn is, the beft way of doing
. âck Hens dung^
Sope ^ foft that operation. It is done
la tii;o Ounces ; Onions^ Gar- either by a potential Cau-
k^ Leeks ^ ana an Ounce and tery, or an Acûal^ or the
tlf'y Mithridate^Gum-Ekm'i^ Knife.
\2ian Ounce \ Saffron half an
::
unce ; Touder of the Roots Xf. Celfus, lih\.{f. cap. 22]
Aron and Briony^ of the (aith> If the malady he deep.
eaves of Dittany and Rue^ It is to he confdered whether
la enough t9 mah it wto '
that place be nervot^s. or no;.

. t ^
If
^ :
^3 S AL MO N'S Lit). ',
If it he iv'ithoHt Nerves, tht apt to attend it: i.It corrocs

JBual Cautery , as a red-hot fometimes much deeper a!
Iron is to be chofe?t ; (becaufe farther about than isneedi
it ftrcngthens the parts it by reafon of its jfpreadir
touches; ) hut if Nerves he notwithftanding the def<
near^ the ABual Cautery^ or iative. 2. It is Ibmc hon,
Fire, ik not proper^ for that it before it perfedly does ta

is certainly ('according to operation; whichîftheF. [;
Hippoa-ates) an Enemy to the mor be maligant, will rt

Ivierves : In this cafe ,
you permit of it. 3. The Efd
ought to ufe the Incifion-knife does not prefently fall off,)i
cr Lane J, that if you would have ti
Matter brought forth pijj
XI L It remains then to be fently, you muft ule the J-
determined }h other cafes^ cifion-knife or Lancet, Ir
whether the potential Caute- all that ; nor is it polfible \
ry, or the Knife is beft ; or if avoid thefe Inconveniencii

each at fome times are beft,
which that beft is. We will XIIL Secondly^ As to t
connder, from Barbet , the Knife, it has thefe ineo- t

Conveniencies and Incon- veniencies; i. That rnci
venience of each : Firft^ As Patients are afraid of
to the potential Cautery^ it 2. That it is fuppofed
has thcfe Conveniencies in caule much pain; butt ttie:
it : r. That it does not affear is prevented by n;
fright a faint-hearted Pati- fpeaking of it; and the pa:
enr. 2. Nor does it caufe is of no great moment, b
very much pain, efpecially ing more in name^ than 1
if you ufe the famed Caute- power: yet it has the;
ry ol" thefe timcSj viz,. Dutch Conveniences witlâl. i . }|
Sccip mixed 7pith Quick- lime, the Knife, or Lancet, y/i,j

which cats deep enough may make the Apertion
to the I'lcili^ and much more long, and as deep, as y<.
gentle than the Hololerick pleaie, or the Apoften:
Cautery of Tardus \et^ : requires. 2. You ver}' quic
thck 'Inconveqicuces arcj ly conje at the Matte,

whei-
;;
:hap: xin. Poetical pijpficft. ^9

^hereby it is evacuated, one time : But for theaffwa-
id the Patient eafed. 3. The ging of the pain, you muli:
imaining Matter, not yet let out only Ibme part of it
igefted, will be more eafi- and afterwards make the

'
maturated J by external evacuation by degrees; bi-
pplicationSj with caufe that the remaining
aflifted
'^ fnternals. 4. concooied Vus helps to ri-
There will not
|e a long continued gleet-
j'
pen that which is yet unripe^
Shg (which often attends if any be ; as alfo to keep
|rumours^ or Apollems up- the natural heat of the parr,
In the Glandules ) being to cut, deterge, Mztn, and
'
fpened with Cathereticks. diffolve all the Reliques of

I'pr Apoftems behind the the Apoiicme, beyond the
jârSj in the Neck, Arm- power of any Topick Medi-
^^y.^xtSj and Groins^ arife from cinG whatfoever.
Bfbrdned Glandules, fiU'd
"^^^With preter-natural Hn- Xy. When all the Mat-
inpurs Thefe Glands are ter is evacuated at once, it
:
^fo
Covered with a proper Coat, often caufes a fainting or
'^^
vhich being hurt, a gleeting fwooning, from the excee-
the ding great lols of Spirits ; the
icceflarily follows; for
being broken or remaining undigelied Mat-
funicles
opened, the Glandule can ter oftentimes grows fo hard
leither prelervc it fclf, nor and fcirrhous , that the Af-
)ts Humour, but a gleeting fed becomes incurable, to
' viU continue fo long, 'till which Refolvents or Emol-
he hole in the Tunicle is lients are applied in vain
;ured, or the whole Kernel the fii'Il confuming vyhq,t is
s yanilhed and confumed. thin, leaving the remainder
hard like a Stone : chelatter,
':'^
XIV. The Apoftemebe- wanting ft rength and an at-
ng opened, you mud not tenuating force , to divide
let all the Matter (if it be the Matter into its liiialle.i^t
iiuch) out at once ; for Particles: Nor can this bs
:hcrc would be a too greac done by any thing but the
rpcnding of the Spirits ac ?m it felf, which is bath con-
F J
tiguoiii
SALMON'S Lib.. '(ly
^**guous and continuous^ with arifes cruel pains, and grc;

the remaining undigefted inflammation, both in t>
Humor^ being the neareft parts immediate, and fhdilj/":
efficient ^ and of the fame adjacent to the Cauftick,at*
J?
Species, and therefore only lb leave a large Efcharii r-
and alone able to cut, atte- which is not only long ^^^
nuate, and prepare the re- falling off, but the part I3
maining Matter.- barOj is flowly and with d
ficulty reftored;
XVL Therefore, asfbon
as the Skin grows fofc with XVIL Moreover,Tum
the Matter in it , the Apo- which keep the native G
fieme is to he opened, and, if lour of the Flefh and Ski S
the Patient be not fearful, and but flowly maturate, fi
with the Lancet or Knife, dom grow copped or ri
that fiich other proper Re- much ; (as in our Examp"
medy as Nature requires of ail Apofreme in the Le;
rnay be applied, left the pu- at SeB: 7, aforegoing ; j ar
rulent Matter ihould corrupt therefore you muft not wa
^J*
other parts or Veflels with- for a head before you ope ^^^'
af'i
in ; and the Incifion or A- It.
pertive ught to be fo large,
as the nature of the part, and XVlILIf you open an Ei^'
magnitude of the Apofteme pofieme near fome intern 1
require; Which if it be skil- Cavity^ as the Breaft^ (

fully done^ afflids both lefs Abdomen, you muft who
and a Ihorter time than a ly rejed Injedions mac
Cautery ; and immediately with a Syringe, left fori
alfo brings the defired help, part of it fhould enter int
without any prejudice to ei- the Cavity, where it migl
ther fide, the Skin being on- not only caufo grievoi
ly cut in a right line ; v/here- Symptoms, but alfo pro\
as aCaailick will (Tpight of the death of the Sick.
ail prevention) extend it felf
both lengthways Sc breadth- XIX. Apoftemsinthel 1
V;'ays; whence many times mundoiies. Throat, an

j
bshin 1
Practical pijpGclt. 7'
thind the Ears^ ought to for,to view it; it was a great
opened rather too foon^ and wonderful Tumor, and
t
t in to flay for a full ma- not without apparent ha-
t ation; not only becaufe zard and danger; yet it was
i Symptoms many times my Opinion it fhould be
Ixeed^ but Life it felf is opened, (for as the Proverb
l"}: Of which Fabricim is. While there is Ltfe^ there
i'ldanus gives you fome ex- may he hof"'^ the Patient
iiplesj which are worth confented to it, and I did
Dting. 'v: There was near two
Quarts of digefted Matter
gathered together; (for the
XX. A certain Woman in timeroufnels of the Phyfi-
City had an Apofteme
is cians and Chyrurgions had
a her left fide, near the kept too long from being
it
; eins of her Back, lb that opened) this Matter I eva-

hen ripe, it covered partly cuated by degrees; I took
e Side, partly the Back, out almoft a Pint at the firft,
id partly the Hip, being ( giving the Sick immedi-
ilarge as an ordinary Four- ately a Dram, or tv/o, oi
^nny-loaf This had been my Afi^ BeZjOartica
y to
velve or fourteen Weeks a fupport her Spirits,) and in
athering; leveral Phyfici- about five or fix Days time,
nsand Chyrurgions were the whole fubfiance of the
ricertained.and many things Pus was evacuated. And
/ere without any finding that it had made
done
refit to the Patient; nor no inroads into the cavity of
ideed could they all tell the Abdomen^ I foon clean-
^'hat the Difeale was. At fed the Ulcer, and in lefs
3ngth the Apofreme ap- than fix Weeks time left the
>arendy manifefted it felf; Patient perfedly well
hey were then confulted
:bout opening of it>but none
)f them was willing to do it, XXI. Hence it is to be
heyallfearing her immediate obferved. That though an
leath. At length I was feat Apofleme may Ibmetimes
F 4 happen
,
7^ S A L M
O N?S Lib.
happen to be in a dangerous alfo averrs that he had a
plade, and withal> through red a fuppurated Apoftemt
either the negled, tinieroaf-with crude Mercury, mix,,
of the with Diapalma Emplaftct
nefi, or unskilfclnefs
Artift, the Apertion has \A/hich difculfed the ftme It
been too long deferr'd^ he, I fay J in imitadon (| liot'
whereby apparent danger them, mixed a Dram of AM jniii
is ihiminent; yet the learn- curyj with an OuncG of Dit

ed Phyfician iliould pru- falma-, and applied it to th
dendy put on fo much faid fiippurated Tumon ai^
Courageâs to leave nodiing within four days he affirnj
iinatrempted towards the it was perfedly difculfec i
iiving of the Sick^ fo long He alio faith, that he di Mf
as there is Life, and the cafe
the fame thing again on th la;
6nly doubtful; H fame Daughter, who havin lii;'
an O edematous or Flegmatit
XXII. Some Authors fay. Tumor fuffurahd upon th
That" AbiceifGS \, or Apo- Region of her Loins
Itemes may be difculfed af- big as the palm of one B
ter they are fuppuraced; two Hand, it was difcuft withi
Exniaples of which Ri-veri- a few days by the lame Plai (fk:
Trs brings, Obfirvat.

47 5, fier.& But in order to thl
474, Where one Vomeret performance of this, it is re :
cured a f r^purated Apo- quired, i. That the fuppi:
'
jferne in his Daughter^ a- rated Matter be Imall i

bcu: Qv^'i years of Age. quandty. 2. That it b
The Apoftcme was ("faith thin 2nd ferous. '5. TnaBlN
lie) on die out-fide of her it be iiear the Sidn, anci nc
nether Jaw on the light- in any deep parc,4.That it b
_,
fide of her Face ^ and fap in a Ibtt-Ueihed, Itrong anr

pu rated. He ^ (from die youthful Body. 5'. That i
Aurb.ority of Gmdo ^ who alio be in the Summ.er fe^

laith. That (Lippuratcd Apo- Ion of the year.
it ernes are lb me times cured
by diicudion^ and from the XXTIT. Thefe ane gre^
;.xpcrimeiU of Parjeffs^yvho Authorities^ andfo muclî
.

' the
Cip. xiii. P?atfical mmK n
:ly may do upon their own done ^ for the Tumors not
ce, may torce a kind of bsing opened, their jjudg-
-A ef But a
Mind exercifed ments might deceive
:
'
*
them ;
'
V'h Reafon, and defirous and they may take that for
)iL ruth, can hardly enter- granted) which never was:
al them, befides the hazard A very admirable Example
u danger that may follow of this kind I could inftance,
[
il;r fuch an Operation; for of a pretty large Apoftemc

jvere think you muil that Cas it was thought) by feve-
or.^fs of Putrefadion go, if ral Phyficians and Chyrur-
e difcuftJ The whole gions, my felf being pre-fent

ftance of it cannot pafi there alfo: The Man had
h the pores of the been in much pain, but now
if any thing, only the was pretty eafie The Chy- ;
and watery part can rurgeons^ were for opening

The thick putrified of it, as judging it to be iiip-
:^
tter, if it dilTolves, muft purated; but: the Patient's

rert either into the Blood being eafie would not per-
d folid Subftance of the mit it; he only kept it cove-
I
wit 111, or both ; which can- red with a Diapalma Plafier^

but corrupt the Body, and in a Months time, the
:
d fill it full of ill Humors Tumor was dilcuft, and the

'inging from {uch a cor- Sick well. Now 1 am of
Jpt Seed of Diiealesjwhence Opinion, that here was no
lop
Jttars, Ringworms , Mor- fuppurated Apofteme. How-
ew^5cruf, Leprofie, King's ever, from the aforefaid Ob-

Scurvy, Pains, Aches, lervations of thole learned
il,
even an Army of Men, tbis may be noted:

|.menefs,
tendent Difeafes will pof- I. That a Mercurial Em
ly fucceed. So that if the plafler applied to feveral
JiiPng may be pollible , I forts of Tumors, may be ex-
j
rce think it prudent to ceeding ufeful, more efpe-

I
rempt fuch a Work. Nor câlly it they be not fuppu-

i
>es h yet appear by all rated. 2. That it is poffiblq

I
at thele Men have faid. the wifeif Artilt may be de-

at any luch thing has been ceived by J appearanccs m
Difeafes
I
;: ,
74 SALMON'S m
Difeajfesof this kind, where out preffing; and preffii
the infides of Things are not indeed is to be avoidi,s
feen into, though many Cbecaufe it many times d(
times they may judge right. hurt,) unlefs the Psps
Salmon. Matter be lodg'd inforae
mote place from the Orifi
5CXIV, Moreover, The
declenfion of the fihns are XXVI. In opening of
j
heedfully to be obferved in Apofteme upon the B

opening an Apoftemc, that tocks, you muft be care
you may not cut crofs them not to cut the great Nei
For^ as Rolfincim obferved^ which lies under , or laj
an ignorant Barber opening bare, left it be hurt by co
an Apolleme on the fore- for thereby it will leave
head, did it crofs- ways : 'Tis Thigh for ever after i (kH
true^ the Ulcer was cured numbed.

but the Patient v/as ever af-
ter deprived of the benefit XX VII.5>/x;i^ fîth.that
of his EyeSj except when he mong
all things which mc
y
pafted Qp his Eyebrows with or promote the excretion if
PUaers. Matter, antimonial Me
cines are raoft to be co
Ms
XXV. If pain feiza any rnended : For ffaith he^
^f
part of the Body^ and you have often obferved, i
fear that Matter isgathered they have a Virtue to ,c
there ; if the Sick fweats,and red all Evils brought on^
5K
the pain continue^ 'tis po- Body by Matter , and if.
fitively to be concluded; and hinder the produdioh
jhbugh the colour of the new : Becaufe Antimony
IP
part be not changed^ yet it not lejfs ferviceable to
muft be opened to let out purification of Man's VtoQ
the Matter ; which if it be than it is to that of Gc
but litde y it may well e- if it be rightfully prq*
hough , and without any red and adminlftred, /|
prejudice,run all out at once. timonium Diapboretkum^mil
which Is re*dy to run with- 1 efpecially Bcx,oi^
:|
li
;
xin. ^wrticaipspficfe. 7$
[lothe continual generati- ance Antmonlum Diafhore-
of Matter from corrupt ticum^ or JBezoar Mmerale^ or
31
.5]od; and any other alte- fome other moreeiFedual

2ve Medicine made of refined Medicine made of
\ imony , efpecially the Antimony , whofe Elixir j
B.fam, made according to Magiftery,Eflence,or Pow-
\ our of its Flowers.
:
Bal- ers, will perform things won-
a urn u^f hurts Anlfatum^ is derful, although they fee%n
good for the fame. incredible to moft, not on-
ly in curing this Difeafe^
yXVIII. And to this pur- which is dangerous and hard
^5 I commend my Ange- to be cured, but alfo other
iMimraliSy or my VthliZ like Diftempers which may
'3'
iylica ; if given according at any time feize the Fi-
he Directions in my Vhy-
-jj fcera.
Medicine ^ Lib. I. Cap.
!
6c f ;, For they not only XXX. Some Men com-

W p the Flux of Matter to mend tke Juice of Water-
:he part, hinder the ge-
''.^
of
Creffes, as alio the Juice
^^"
ration of new, but alfo Garden Crefles , drained ^
^ Ipofe the whole habit of and drank> for the fpeedy
^''
Body, and all Humors breaking of inward Apo-
'*reot to a healing tem- ftemes in the Body. This
is good: Take Muftard-
feed, grind it well with Wa-
toi
KXIX. beanin- ter ; then with a liifficienc
If there
2"
Ird Apofteme Natare quantity of Water, wafli out
,
ctw
'nmonly breaks it; yet the Virtue from it , which
ii^3
bgs proper for the fame Water fweeten with Ho-
t^
^ht to be given; for ney, and drink it,
sj 'lich Jpurpofe ibme cora-
dH md Anifated BalfamofSul- XXXI. To ripen alfo an

'fr: When it is broken and external Tumor, you may
i :ome an Ulcer ,it is clear- apply a Cataplafm made of
i and fully cured by taking Water- creffe^ and Garden-
W fqme time orcontinu- creffes beaten up with Hogs
Lard
; ^
TiZ S AL MO N '
S lil|
Lard: A Cataplalm al(o of dung^ Pidgeons dnng , 'ij
Jin
Goofe-dung freth and hot, one handful'^ Goofe-greafe t. it
or of Pidgeons or Hens Ounces 5 ivtth Fouder of Aw

dung will do the lame. Or Rootsy make a Cataplafm, i|
this Takt CreJJescut andhrui-l

: my Sjnopfis Medic. Lib.
fed welly Goofe-dung ^ H^ns cap. z\,fecl. 50^
Mil
i^l
CHAP. XIV-
r-
Of the rUKVSK

I. '
^
Is certain, That every ^
{calded^ and the Skin rut

I
"^ Thrujh has its rife off.
from a morhifick Acid j and Olil
that is the true Reafon they II. Thefirfi thing then

f
ti
are fo frequent in Children ; to be confdered in the Curt
And in Children ^ rather to abforh the acid Humor
than in thole of riper Age that with all the ffeed
and this is tirll caufed either may he F()r the fbrenel :
from ill Milk in the Nurfe^, the Mouth ^ though it a

fpolling the Stopiach of the bad enough J yet is not
Child , or from^ a natural which indicates the grea
Weaknefs of the part^ and danger ; inafmuch as ej
fharpnels of Humors there ; Humor may be carii

acid
which curdling the Milk, dowq into the Bowels^ d
breeds or encreafes the acid do the fame thing there. :t
Humor fomuch/till it comes leaft caule gripings, Ihp

to that acidity , as to cor- prickings of the Bowels, d
rode the Skin ; fo that the (ometimes a vehement Fl:,
Mouth and parts adjacent, if not a bloody Flux; whli
{ecm as if it was a part fcal- does not always go alo;,i
dedând in {bme^ as if it was but are many times atti-
1(1
^ ; :
Cap. xivi Practical pDpficfc ^7

:dd with dire Symptoms, as 1 therewith muft be expelled
;Cnvulfions/Fevers,aiidthe for otherwife it will lie both
li'.
in the Bowels and VeffelSj
11. It is alfo to he noted and there corrupt or grow
Tit where thts acid Matter fowre again ; and indeed ic
)r Spirit extravagantly fre- eafily reliinies its former
V is tn little ones^ by reafon of ttate.
i foftnefs and duBilenefs of

tfarts^ the Jaid acid fenetra- V. The acid is correBedwiti
';-, and through a thoufand Alcalies^ and fuch indeed arc
Hcacies acfcending up to the heffj which may hefi.andwith
tin, being volatilized by moft eafe and the lea ft danger^
infant-heat and fubtilty he gi'uen to Children: Such
he ftrikesupon
Spirits^ it I are impalpable Poudeis of
Ventricles of the Brain^ Crahs Eyes , Pearls^ Corral^
1 feizing as it were upon Salt of Tartar^ Lapis Hama-
Subftance of the Brain^ titis y Antimonium Diapho-
itaminating all the ani- reticum^Bezâr Minerale, Cin-
1 Spirits with its acidity^ nabar of Antimony J which
oi-thwith caufes an Epi- laft being levigated into (ub-
te: And this is the true til Powder^ is a moft abfo-
pi
iind ofthisDifeafe^which lute thing. Oujt of thefe
rcn
often and (b much af- things you may make the
ftsChildren J which might following Prefcriptions^ or
ily be prevented in the the like.
, dnning^ were but care
iely taken to deprefs the VI.- lake impalpable Pcti*
]iI
J, and fweeten the juve- der of Crabs Eyes ^ from cne

} Juices. Scruple to half an Ounce; Sy
rup of Poppies i7iô Drams ^
|iV . The next thing is, to mix for a Dofe. Or this :
d Excrements cr Mat-
the Jake Bezoarticym Minerak
contaminated with the acid: cne Scruple) Syrup (f Toppies
mult not only correct cr of Plantam ^ enough to ma-
abforb the acid Humor^ lax it for cne Dcfe. Or this
the Mat.^r affected Take Aniimmum Diaphore-
licitrig
7S SALMON'S Lillf
ticum ten Grains ^ Cinnabar of tivo or three Drams of Ca%^
Antimony one Scruple : All he" with two or three drop of
ing in fine Vender , let them of Annifeeds^ may be gi
be given in a little Milk. diffolved in Milk. Or t
Or this Jake Bezoar Mine- Take Sena from half a Di\
:
rale, Cinnahar of Antimony in to a Drams Liquorice bru\
hnfalfahle foucter^ .âna fifteen half a Dram Annifeeds d ,
Grains ; mix for a Dofe, And, Scruple hruifed ; iîfufe tw(}^ tfoi
fome of thefe things are to hours in a penile heat in

be taken Morning and Ounces.^ or better ^ of Wat
Night for four or five days. ftrain oUt and fwei ,
Thefe Dofes are for elder with Manna* Or this : JBitcai

Perfons; but if for ChiK Sena , Liquorice hruifed / ijiî
dren^ you muft diminilli the a Drath ; Annifeeds ^ Hjt
Dofe accordingly, Ex. Gr. ravpays , ana ten Grai;

Take Bszoar Minerale four infufe as htfore in Water i iîi
Grains^ Cinnahar of jdntimonj Ounces for twel'Oe

eight Grains ; mix for a Dofe, fi'rain and diffolve therein C
Or this ; Take Salt of Tartar fia extraBed from half a Dt ii|j
eight Grains^ Cinnahar of An-

a Dram, and give it
to
timony fix Grains 5 mix them. a Dofe. But if it be to

given to one of riper yc
VIL To carry off the morhi- you muft double, treble,
fick Matter^ the vulgar Phyfi- quadruple the Dole acc;
ians commonly furge Chil^ ding to Age and Strengt'
<lren "wkb Syrup of Ci-
chory with Rheubarb ; and VIII. Fat and oilyTti
it may do indifferent well : take off the edge of the a
But Purges which cool the but Opiates do it much beti\
Body are here to be chofen. For this purpofe you
Take Manna half an Ounce^ give from ten to fifteen or tv!\
Extra^ ofCaffa one Dram ; ty drop of my Guttle Vita^
mix for a Dofe : Or the Man- any thing the Child drirj,
Tia may be made into a Sy- at bed-time ; Ihavefoi
rup with Water , and the very prevalent It not

Ciiffia diffolved theraiii ; Or ly blunts the points of
Dap. xiV p?acticiii PBpOcfe. 79^
and dulls the edge of

Moi,
X. If an Epilep/ie or Con-
{harp Humor, but gives "vtilfion be frefent , or feared^
Wture reft and eafe , 'till you may give with it^ from
O^can recruitherfelf again 5 ten Grains to fifteen or tjventy^
^
Vlfo it puts a prefent flop of Cinnabar of Antimony,
.tj:he flux of the Humor to or from fix Grains to twelve
t fore or raw parts: Elder of the native Cinnabar levi"
Î'fons may take my Law |
guted into a very fubtil Pou-
ium Volatile^ from three to der, purging prefently after
l-iGrains^ beginning with with fbme of the things be-
^
i fmaller Dofe firft. They fore named.
:
(t cannot fwallow a Pill,
t-i
iy take teii or twelve Grains XL If the Child he taken
, ^'ny new London treacle^ with a vomiting withal^ it cer-
G i any ft Vehicle, Thefe tainly Jhews the foulnefs and
ngs thicken the fluid acid, of the Stomach ;
difJaffeBion
that it cannot approach and then you muft cleanfe
h that violence to the di- it with the nioft innocent
lied parts. Gilla Theophrafii^ or the Salt

of Vitriol^ given to fifteen or
[X. But whereas Opiates twenty Grains ; which has
'ngely difagree Hfith fotne this Property in it, hot only
fky my Tindura ad Ca- |
to cleanle the Ventricle of
rhos anfwers all the Inten- \
the fliarp and acid Humor
q both of fweetening and
lis caufing the Ihruflj^ but alfo
fing theflux of the [aid Hh- even to heal the places al-
w ; and it may be given ready raw. And in thofe
in to Children with a of ripe years, it is a moil ad
of fafety and iecuri-
rid mirable thing, if given from
from half a Dram to one two Scruples to a Dram^
crPtwo, in any proper Li- in Brorhj or fome liich-like.
re,
pr which the Child will
i.e. See it in my Phylaxa XII. Sylvius de le Bos,
m'îc^LikzXap, 9. Sxff,2, a mitallick or
faith, he frefers
mineral Sulphur fxt above all;
m comparifon of jvhigh, no-
thing
, ,
96 SALMON'S Lillc
thing (faith he) that I have affliBed parts; among whii
hitherto tried^ does fb kind- ^ elder Perfons may ufe tl
iy, certainly, fpecdily^ and Take white Vitriol , ôch
lafely reftrain thofe vicious lum one Scruple, Vlantam
efferveicencies : But w^hat Spring'Tvater four Ounc
thofe Sulphurs are, or how mix J diJJUve^ andjweeten n
'fin his fenfe) to be prepa-Sugar ^ for a Gargarifm, ]
red, he has no-where told Children, to whom it c
us. I am well latisfied, that not fo eafily be ufed, iii[j
the Sulphur of Antimony^ if have the juice of baked 7
.
well made, is a moft ad- neps to wafh withal, or fw J0[
mirable thing : But then it low down; or the juice 5if?ii
muft be given to Men, and Farfneps baked 'with M m

not to Infants. Truly, I Thefe things are Balfamj m
cannot tell whether it may their kind ; and befides th
fefely be given to Children healing Property, have a It
in aay Dole whatfoever, or culty of fvveetning and
no, efpecially as it is now king off the edge of the aq
made. There is a Sulphur
cf Antimony that I know_, XV. Moreover, you ma^
ivhich may be fo prepared, you pleafe, fweeten thefe Jiii
as it may be given to little -with Honey ^ or Syrup ofRoJ, ilj
ones without danger , but both "which fill contribute U

that is nowhere to be fold the healing of the fore and ri 8;ii
that I can tell of. mouth : And if the Ch ij j
enough
has difcretion
Xill. Among the rep; of ought to hold the fame UDi
the ordinary Kemedies Lac its mouth for fome tiin j|Ji(
Sulphuris ts .no mean thing And to thefe things you m

;
and it may be given to In- add Syrups of Violets Jujui

fants, as well as to elder Per- Liquorice ^Lettuce^ juice off
fons, with a very great ad- Jlane^ &c, for that they
vantage. blunt (as it were j the cO
of the Jliarp Humor
. XIV. Topicks mufi be alfo withal contribute to \A
iff^diQ the mouth, throat, and^ ling.
:
^:ap.XV.
and promotes the falling of
But that 'which ts the Thrufh ; you may ule it
CVT.
cbfewahle ami nmar- as the Turnep and Parfiiep-
(hut only for Terfons of Juice: Concerning both
years ^ is^ the ufe of Spirit which Juices, you are to note
îne^ or pure Brandy' this ; That they corred: the
that only held in the evil Ferment both in Sto-
uth^ (and Ibmetimes Gar- mach andfmall Guts^where-
) 1|1 withj for two or three by the acid effervefcency is
"^ lutes at a time^ and that hindredj
I
and the Difeafe
|r or five times a day^ and the fooner cured.
^' f'
1 fpit out^ certainly heals

cures the afflided parts XVm. While the I'hrufi
'^*i miracle. Acd though is ripenings to wit^ graduidlj,
ay (mart much at firli-^ falling from tht affli^td partj^^^
f^ls vehement but for a a new Cuticle grows under iP^
mil Aq^'v'iz,, for the firft two and covers the place ; and al^
iJ three times ufing of ic^ though thisfollo\ôf itsown
rwards it is eafierj and accoTdj by the Benefit of
i ijngth the parts are^ as it the Medicines now com-
/i ij plealed and mended, yet it will be pro-
refreflied
1 !ithe ufe thereof; and moted by Syrnf of Red Rofes^
'k ihc end it perfe<5tly heals Honey of Rofes^ and the like
; n : And this it does not Alfo Powder of fine Bek^ Ter^
( i)nly from its halfamkk ra Sigillata^ CrahEyes, 6cc.'
gli perty^ but alio as it is an mut with fair Water and-
an i'/;', and abforbs the acid Sugai',or Honey, and held
I le Ulcer, for fome time in the mouth>
): promote the healing.
|CVII. Sylvius ommends
Ik of an Eggy mixt with XIX, This is alfo chferr
tk Refe- water and Sugar : 'vahle^ That of in the curings
hat it draws to it the aeiai of other Ulcers^ Driers areufedi
\tour that the Sto-\fo on the contrary much fpitting
hurts
i^y a;d by degrees! good hen, as if the Patienc
fo
[irs the parts afte($ted;| was in a Flux ; for then it is
Q cured
:
82 SALMON'^ Lit;
tnircd with the more ipeed this: TAeHmen o^Rofe/h^

and eafe. In other Ulcers^ an 0:m7e, 0/t <f Fim<^l'
things that temper ihe ncV t/r iift : mix and râks, d.[',
Acrimonyând then dry a e n m'. nt. ^l^s,v;he fays^

X:fcd: In this, you nvu u-c ^^-
Inch i:l-^n.;s u nuy tem^^r

"
^n o!ucr young. ;
tê (aid AddJ^ but withal

XXI. Gccleriiu: aii}ij^ .
Thru^ in Children, tWMh

for a
XX. Mr^vscomff^^nds Galls Take RochAlum^ Sugar^ t
IfCiZhn .trU h .>\d in JVa'er
^
half an Ounce ; hcil in p]
Ttht 'haif(d Dec t!?on r^ a de in- tane water ; add juice efU
to (t thick Sp-u^ wiih Honey \ berries a Jufjicknt qu^nth
bvringruhhct' on the place, mi:c^ and vâjlj ihe tneutbtf
u'^
M
it is ôoci. Others commend mthit.^xv: River i.^fs fakh^t
n D* coiticn of Cinoisfe' oil Roots the heft and only Remet
:
"if ou may aSo^ it you pjeafe^ is, Sprit of Vitriol or Sulfb
uic .'he I eaves too. Be- A be no Inflamm;

(if there
coBion (f S-ivcry in Wine, is which in thofe that
on,) \
feiu to do it in two or three grown, may be ufed alof

davs. If it be niahgnantj Dip a little Cotton , boij
ItJcr cults Saxoniaj ufed Lixi- to the end of a flick, in
'Viptm cf Tartar y or Vitriol- and give the Sore a Ijl
Water , by which he con- touch; forfoafimple thi
quered them.yê/firft waflies is cured in a moment.
th;i part well^ then lays on
M
i H
GHA
lapjXV. J^âiticaipiji'acfe* 85
CHAP. XV.
Of a QVINSEr,
A an Tnflam
^û'tnfey is thereof; as alfo, four pair
\ matien of the Mulcles if Mufcks. The Larynx is
the yaws and Throat , che head, or upper pa,icof

ich hetng [welled^ do fiop che Wind- pipe, fuuatq in
I contraB the of the Neck, and that in the
ftajjages
'athtng and Su/ailo'win^ middle thereof, being, but
:
isInriimniation polfelTcs one in Number^ that there

h Tharjnx and Larynx: might be but one Voice, of
e Fharynx or Fatues^ is a roundifh Figure, that it
hinder and lower part might be hollow for the
^he Mouth, which can- Voices lake, which is ftrait
be feenûnlefs the Mouth in Youth, whereby the
opened wide^ and the Voice is ftirill, but largec
|rgue held down, being in elder Perfons, whereby
beginning of the Mouth the Voice is bigger, and

|:he by ibme more grols, and contain;?
Gullet, (and
that Reafon is feven pair of Mufcles^ five
called the
'oat;) Its iiibftance is Grtjles : Feins from the la-^
iiy^ performing its at- ternal Jugular; Arteries from
tive motion by jtrait the larger branch of the C<j-
J and its expulfive by rotides ^ or fleepy Arteries

I as are Orbicular ^ it con- and Nerves, from the Re-
s two Bones, the Os Hy- current Branch of the.P^r
and the Lambdoides: Fagum^ which help on. the
las alfo four Cartilages motion of the Mufcks\ as
'^
fomewKat great, long, alfo Membranes contiguous

round, in the Belly of with, and continued from
ps Hyoides^ and two lef- the Membranes of the
adjacenc to the Hprm
G 2 11,
4 S A L MO N'S Lib,
to, but ever without a F

II;I thought it ahfolutely ver.
necejfary to give a [mall De-
fcrlftion of the Varts^ which IV; 'Almofi all Atttk
this Difeafe fojpjjes) for that faj^ That it is always caul
their Anatomical Struelurc of Blood -^
and fome 3 That
being tinderftood^ the Di- is caufed of Blood mixt 'Wi
feafe is made (bmcthing the other Humours ; Bat Expei

more intelligible to the ence has taught us. That
Mind; wherein the danger is only a Flux of Humoi
of it lies, C which is always to the Parts, which fiini]

great) the extremity of the tliem with their Paffagtl
Torrnent, (almoft unex- puts the Life into peri
preffibkj) and fome Light is And this is eminently a

added to the ways and parent in fuch as are openej 4
means of Curing , which or where they break,
ought to be as fpeedy and Matter flowing forth, dl
hafty, as the DUeaie is dan- monfirating that it is oi
gerous and exquifitc. the produd of confludiil
Humours of divers kind '^L
III. A QutTtfey is alfo faid raifed for the mod pa '^
to he t'ivo-fold^ viz. either from Cold taken, whi( ;,^
Irm^ or Bayard: The True putting the laid Humours i t
'
is when the Mufclcs^ aoi to a Fermentation and Flu

'
'^
other parts of the Throat in a febritick habit of bod ^ ,,
^
and JawSj are not ooiy in- fend them up to the Throi
flamed and fwelled in- and parts thereabouts, efp SW;
wardly, but the outward cially if there be alfo a n u ,
parts of the Neck are fwel- tural weakxiels of tiiofe pai

"^ jj
""'
led outwardly alfo, wliich attending,

is always accompanied with
a Fever: The Baftard is on- Thyfuusns^ for the m

ly an outward Swelling of fart begin this Cure Wi
theThroatj Tumifyiiând Blood-httmg 5 and if
Inflamii^ the Mufcles there- Blood-letting be reafcnahle ai
of^ and parts adjacent there- necejfary to be dope^ it ottf
:
Cap. XV.
tdhe ône here\ becaule ,
ftDugh by that operation VII. But if the Tumor h

yr(i cannot empty the Mat- not 'very great y or while tht
:e congregated ,
yet ) by Sick can yet indifferently fivaU
quantity of lo-iify it is good to make other
ii wing a pretty
3 od away you will in Ibme Evacuations and the Sick *y
nilure empty the laid may now the better bear

>5:sof the fanguinous Hu- them, becaufe the great
pir appendent thereto, danger in this Difeafe pro-
probably take away the ceeds not lb much from the
linent danger and peril of weaknefs of the Body^ ai
ij which in this Difeafe is the opprefSon and hurt of
lufual By this means a fingular part. Now the
bvulfion being made, the Queftion is, Whether vhis
bx of Humours to the Evacuation ought to be by
affeded , is in fome Vomit, or by Stod^ or by
.fure ftopt. both.
1. For M in other Inflam- VIII. Somi are for Vomi^

[ ^,ons^ Blood %s let^ not in ting ^ others are agalnfi it^
f''
B of that Matter Tvbich for that^ as they faj^ it draws
^^jlready caufed an Apfieme the Humours fiill upwards to
'e farty hut for frefervati- the To which we
Throas,
fake ^ in reJpeB to the Anfwer^ That a Vomit on-
ter yet flowing^ and inly draws the Humors into
hg the Inflammation the Stomach , And does no-
ft
16 here they prefcribe thing more than expel them
hotomy in the beginning, by the Throat : Antl if the
the Inflammation, con- Humours from moft of the
lillyincreafaig (before adjacent parts congregate in
Remedies could be the Stomach, /*tisno mat-
:)nably applied) by the ter whether they be at-
inual afflux of Humors^ traded or lentj 'tis pofSble
u efent Suffocation fhould the Fauces^ and parts adja-
cent to them, may ia fome
maxxncr be emptied by this
G I kind
.
.
S6 SALMOISTS Lilll
kind of revulHon or deriva-
tion, (du'e 30a whether;} X, But E/uactitions
j
But this is CO ije c hfidercd Stocl. may much better Ji
that this kind of opera nor fafcr be performed'^ and thot h
ought to he only in luch as nany times Pu-ghig dis
eafiiy Vomit, and arj noc lot vvhollv do the Cure, it
naturally averle to it, and it for the mofl part ev^s

while yet the Pal ages are l(^ the Peril, which is the pr
wide^ as indifferently to Lc -ipal marter in tliis Cu,
the Matter pais through. }l ror that Nature it ielf wol
otherwife, you will caule a erform the work alonq
SulioCr tion inltead ofanE- HitFocadon did not previ
vacuation^ and kill the Pa it.
tient inilead of Curing.
XI. In this cafe it ma
IX. A'^'Cng many I dtmanded^
otheys^ that if Vurgm
're?9femher two J^tcial Examples n^c jjary^ What kmris of I
cf Cures of a Quinfeji-^ 'whub o-es thole ^re v^jich ouo-lt tk

I did by Vomaing. In the firft ujed in this caje : 1 o wh'b
it fo efedually evacuated I Anfwer; Such as -s
the Matter, that the Inflam- '>rong ar.d violent^ th. i
mation abated in miediarelv, iufficRn. derivation ma
and the lumoi dilappcared nia. e downwaids: Fo
and wholly went away you Purge J and it be)
without any orher operator.^ weaklv as not to deiive
or intension otCuê In tht viaucr, you do nothi
.
ther ^ by reafon ot thi. \ Oil are to remember

jfl.aiivng of the parts^ ano le danger ot Lite is
'
i
violence of Vomiting^ th (tut, SLwd therefore tha!
Tumor ( being come ic is neceliary by violci ,
ripencfs) b oke in the vei\ and foice to draw back le

a<^ of Vonidng, and the peccant Matifeir
Pat'ent had an immediate
relief; the remaining pan XII. In order to this.k
of the Cure being done af- ExtraB (?/Colocynthis {nM
ter the manner of a common With Water by long biyhimi\[
Ulcer.
W
(lip. XV. p?actfcaipepCcfe sy
J of moft note : You may and l fo carry all off by ftobl 5
f/eit from five Grains to But fuppofe fhould be

ic
^^êlve or fifteen, in ftrong otherviîle, it would yet put

Indies: It Purges admi- the Sick out of peril ; for if
Mî and carries off the were upwards, fo

its effeds
îiiorbifick Caufe to a won- as to caufe a Flux , it muft
'4.i\ Or this: Take of the needs open the mouths of

^^\j;d ExtraB eight Grains^ Ex- the falivatick VelTcls, and
^2^ ^f Aloef ( made with fo take away the Diieafe
4aterJ or.e Scrufle mix for that way, whicli is as ratio*,
'y
^Dcfe Ir diverts excellent- ,nal as can be propofed.

and derives the Blood-
,
the lower parts. Or this; XIV. I care not greatly if

)ih of the ExtraB cf Aloes I relatt a Hijiory cf this ktnd^
wijl'e Scruple^ of Colo cy nth is done by a Mountebank in thii
fîi *rht Grains^ of Turtfethum City I A young Man having
f iinerale four Grains'^ mix an exquifiteQiiin(ey,fent for-
ii\ r a Dofe. This ought to this Man ; who coming to
)i i given only to firong Bo- view him, and looking up^
i) ies, but where it may be on his Throat , and not
iiven, or does prevail^ ic
til knowing or apprehending
m oes wonders- what his Difeafe was ; but
F(^ miftaking in hisjudgmentj
k XIII. IfanyôuUOhjeSi, and thinking it to be thtfox,
:
!'.'{
hat by reafon cf the Turbith gave him a lufty Dofe of
i \4ineral y the Humors iVGuld Turbith Mineralîn a Dram of
t\ ow to the Throat the more, Mithridate This (the Hu- :
\)here
is they already are too mours being beforehand in
mchj and fo augment theDH Flux,and filling thofe parts)iii
tl
mafe; we anfvvêr. No. The fifteen or fixteen hours rime,

.risknefs of the Catharticks put him into a fevere Flux^
'
-ould make its whole Ef- and in lefs than twenty four
ids downwardSjWhile that, hours, put him out of the
y its melting Property, it peril of Death ; for he {pit
,
iiffolves the near or con- out the Caufe of the Difeafe,

,
oin*d Caufe of the Difeafe^ and fluxing twenty two or
- G 4 tw^ty
:
'88 SALMON'S Lib:

twenty three days_, was per- the Arm, becaufe they 1^
fedly cured without any it makes better Revulfu
more to do. Had he truly and caufes left weaknels.
known the Difeafe, it n?-uft
have been accounted a very XV J. In giving iniiârd ly

bold and rafli attempt, and medies^you ought to let therm
not, with lafety,, to be adin the form of a Totion^not ti
ventured ; but as as it fell Pill or Bolus ^ becaule of t:
out, it proved very fortu- difficulty of fwallowir<
nate and fuccesful ; for and if the Sick fhould be _
though the Sick had a great voked to vomiting, by vi
deal of trouble and pain,yet fbn of the force, the ft raj
lie did very well at laft. You êd Paffage, and folid m|
Icnow whit the Proverb is, ter of the Medicine ^
lêre is no Carmn will kill a might hazard ftrangling.
XVII. Ify OH bleed the

XV* Seeing t her efore ^t hat ycu may purge him
a tient^
înfey is a moft acute Difeafe^ day following^ (mt_ waiii

^thatfometimes it takesawaja for the Cotton of Hut
manin one day ^the great remedies becarife the Difeafe admits\
are to be ufed with mighty care no Truce'y) yea, if it be v(

^md diligence. Riverius advifes violent,you ought to pur
immediately to ietBloudând even the fame day. Syi
that to twenty, twenty four, ham faith with gentk
r thirty Ounces , hue by dicines^ (but it is like a gr^
degrees, on that fide moft many more of i hat Gem

iaf5i<êd : Saxonia and Rol- man's Miftakes ; ) I lay,
pmm advifes , to have it muft be with Ihong, ail^
don& under the congue.Zr^/- fuch as may divert powcj
'limm in a defparateQuin- fully downwards; (for til
iie opens the Jiûlar Veins. Experience has taught x\\

In thefe things , you muft and I have laved many Li\i
exercife your Realon. Some by it ; whereas had 1 irifif
wii'h gentle Things, my fij
are for bleeding in the Leg
ev lower parts', others for] Patients had been infallil
lofj
:
Cap. XV.
Id:.) To thefe Things you called Larjngotomy : It is fel-
nfy add emollient and ca- dom put in pra Aifc for fear
-tlrtickClyfters^ which ve- of Dilgrace_, if the Patient
?3much derive and pro- iliould die loon after th^
r te the Cure. Operation is ended. For if
in a dangerous Quinfey
| ^VIII. When the Afofteme where the Lungs are ob-
f'g()me to rifenefs^ it 'would be fl:ru(5ted with Humors, or
"^'^'l.that Nature would break the Fleura is afRided^ or

mlone 5 if not, to fave Life^ thofe Parts be any way in-
"^tiugbt to be cfened. Bar bet flamed in thefe cafes_, it is
!;:i6sus of aQuinfey which he for the moft part done in
%ed by opening the Apo- vain, and only gives occail-
ie,li.Tie: It was a Woman; on of Reproacli.
^- Tonfils were fo fweliedj
t flie could
jl
not iwallow XX. The Operation is thus
iMiW, but threw whatever performed: Put the Patient
flijjtook out at her Noftrils into a Cbair with his head
let her Bloody ufed Ca-
i;!i leaning back^ as much as he
i/fdafms and Gargarifms ; well can; let a Servant,ftand-
nm the fourth day as he was ing behind him^ take up the
;fehing the part with a Skin on each fide of the
r:^)be, law that the Abfcefs forepart of the Neck ; then
Us ripe: herefolved to treat letthe Artift cut the Skin
.\)[- fomewhat roughly; with- length way s^ with the Muf-
^[i)i: giving her an}/ warning, cles under it^ juft againll the
,::3t brake it with the ianie A^pira Arteria, not far from
,\f\)hQ y upon which^ when the pit of the Throaty and
, J: was cured^ ilie laugh'd, with a broad Lancet let him
o4i\ commended his Indu- make a Sedionj in the mid-
between the third
dle Ipace^
and fourth Cartilaginoua
;[i
-XIX. If the Af oft7716 he in Ring, taking diligent care
irf\bopes offudden breaking, to that the Cartilages them?-
]vl
^'e Life, ofening the Ibrcat felves be not hurt : And ha-
|i|y be attmjted '^ w\iiQ\i is vio^made ajiole^ he mull
put
90 S A L MO N'S Lit
put in a Silver Pipe^ not Gargarifms y in all fcm
over long, nor to touch the Quififeys^ contrary to the
\
back part of the Wind-Pipe, cffts of Hippocrates, :
for then it uôuld caufe con- frefcrihes Gargarifms aB

tinual coughing. By this hot : The former caufes <
way the Breath goes and tain and fpeedy (uffocat

comes to the Lungs, 'till the if the congregated Maji
Inflammation is either dif- be from Phlv'gm Vv^hich;
perfedj or comes to Suppu- fufes Repercu (lives : /
ration, and a paflage for Humours extravalated, {ms
breathing by the mouth be king in the Fkfh , wl
reftored^which ufually comes thick cannot flow ; tl
I
to pafs in three or four days. fore they are to be
Then the Pipemay be taken Fluxile with hot Remeti
away, and theWound cured If one taken witha Qîin
after theordinary way, do fiaich WalUm) in
which will quickly be hea- beginning of the Difel
kd. gargle with Spirit of 'A
all Inflammations will ofi
XXI. When the Apofteme in about three hours tin
comes to Suppurationj, that
iteither breaks of its own XXIII. There has bet i\
accord, or is opened by In- great noife made in the /f'ij

ftrumcnt, you m.ufi: take care about the life of a Sivallhi
that the Corruption fall not Nefiy hut the Virtue trul^
upon the Lung*^ , nor into in the Dung ivhich jsfcum
theStomacb/or fearof fome theNefi', And becauii^
other Difeale ; but it mult Dung is full of nitrous .^ rj
carefully be caft up at the 'tis poffible It may hav

mouth ; and then a Garga- fpecilick Virtue againfl
rifin of Hydromel, or Wine Difeafe; and though i
and Honey of Rofes, muil iliarp, yet it is v/ithal

be ufed to cleanfe the parts. cutient, and therefore r
be proper where tlie Dif

XXIL Galen, and his Se- ariles from thick Phlen.
Ufitors^ uje cold and afiringevt The Tindure of it raape
Dip.XV. p?acticaip!)pficfe^ 9X
nrde with Wine, or Spirit Jake 0^ our Antidote one Ounce^
otWine and Water , and Hens Dung, Turpentine, Saf-
s iargarifm made thereof fron ana one Dram
_,
mix *
De ufed tour, five, or lix rhem, and apjrJy it hot. Or

Ires a day liot. this Take a ruafted or haked
:
7 timef Ifit in halves ; moijfen

\ KXlV.Scultetus commends It well with Bal am of Am-
ib. highly in the beginning of and apt) them on hotb
ber^
It Quinfey whatfcever Take /ides the jaws warm. But

;
%ntan!i iVater three Ounces che old Remedy ^you know,

;
\p Wine Vinegar one Ounce 5 is Album Gracum, dried, pou-
ar two Drams 5 Saffron in deied, 2ind, mixed with Ho-

\Ucr hair a Dram ; mix ney ; to be applied as a Ca-
make a Gargarijm to tiplafni outwardly J anc^ to
pften ufed beimear the parts withal in-
waidiy.
jKXV. Platerus commends
Juice of Jree Ivy, fwal XXVII. Some affirm, that
'ed jlowly from three Drams, the Ajhes of an Owl^ burnt in
'Mfalf an Ounce ; for tliat it an earthen Pot^ ) kemg blown
tth digelis and repels. into the Throat , are a Jfeafick
\mertus iaith , that the againft a Qu'.nfie, fofrning it
of the mner
J^codion to admiration, and breaking of
iJid ofthe Hazle, orofthe it> Others commend, as a
rberry wood, is excellent : ;
great Secret^ this: Jake Ni-
alio a Decodion of Al- tre half an Ounce ; Cream of
'
flowers and Leaves.with Tartar one Ounce ; white Su-
fweetned with gar two Ounces ; make each
Ivs-Ears,
Rofesfor a Gar- into a fine Pcuder^ and mix
t)ney ot
|*ilm An Infufion of Mu: them ; which put upon the
:
Ird-feed in Wine, is alfo Part, leifurely to difTolve

2 approved thing. there; or make a Garga-
rifiii therewith , v/irh this
XXVI. Outwardly Things following Wa ter : Take Juice
ought to be applied to in- of H'ûjleek one Voimd^ Sal Ar-
<i 'c the ripening
j fuch as thjf \ mgnmk half an Ounce \ dif
folve
I
: ,
9* S A L MON 'S Libt

folve tar through brrnvn In Extremity the P^' .
Paper, ought to be fmeared
moiftened with it ("with
XXVIIL / commend this Rag^ alone ; or you nvf
following^ as a thing I have mix a fpoonfal of it wi,
had great Experience ef'. Take three/our ^five J or fix fpoc.
Wine half a Pint ; TlnBura fills of Wine^^'ând gan
Stomachic a a ffoonful ; mlx^ with it often warm^wss.f

andgive It for a draught. It or fix times a day. '1
diffipates the Inflammation^

and by its heat it difcuffes XXX.WhenaQuinfej
the Tumor at three or four in beginning_>the ocily thif
times ufing, provided it be and truly the beft of Rerr
ufed at the beginning: If dies^ iSj to take about
uled afterwards, it does ounce of our Sfiritm Cofn
goodj either difcuffing the tlcus , in a Glafi of Sac,
fwelling orhaftning the ma- this given two or thi
turation ; it is certainly one times, is indeed an adq
of the bell of Remedies in rable Remedy ; for it
thiskind ; but at firft , k only difcuffes or diffipa

feems tofet on fire the whole the Tumor , but it brir
Mouth and Throaty after- on a moft neceffary D
wards it is more moderate. phorefis, by which not or
the afflux of new Matter
XXlX.y^wo^^ number
the prevented , but the Difej
of the refi of the Things which and aU its Relicks perfed
l,t
I cannot enough commend, our ca(t off

SptrHus AntfMoUcm has place
CH A
=iijp.xvi. Fiartfcal pi)i?fic!t> 53
CHAP. XVL
OfD cafnefs.
^7"Ou ought toconfider of Hippocrates, Se6t. 4. Aph. \f
1 whether there be a ^S.you ought to evacuate hj
^ deafnels^ or a diffi- 'vomit
Iônr Difeafes ( as he
jr of hearing only : If faith in another place) are
eafnefs be perfed , fo to he d't[charged hy the fart
the Patient can hear no- next to them 5 and to he drawn
g^ no not the very beat-

out hy that fart that has a paf-
fDrums^ nor the noife fagi nearefi to them. In Li-
Cannon^the Tym- hro de Jff'eBihm, he advifes^,
unsôr
m, or Drumof the Ear^ That if fain arifes in the Ears,
be fuppofed to be bro- to wajh in much hot water,
'; and therefore the Di- and apply a fomentation to the
J to be incurable In Ears^ that the Phlegm may he
: I
Icafe you ought to at- attenuated^ and the fain eafed^

pt nothing ; for you but if it ceale not yet^ an
reap nothing but Dif- emetick Potion i> then beft
e: But if with much ga- to be uled.
I;,
hollowing, or making
jife^ the Patient can hear III. There are many kinds
,there is hopes, and you of Vomits prelcribed by

'
hopefully make a PhyficianSj as the Vinuni
* Benediclum, Vinum Antimo-
niak^Jqua BenediâRulandi^
[. If Deafnefs is and a great many more of
either
t nded ^ or begun , with that kind, which, without
*c ij it is either through a doubt , may be profitably
kiP Vapour, or Matter, given: But there is no Vo-
Inding the Part: In this mit, which I ever met with-
ji., according' to the Rule al, has out-done^ nay^fcarce-
'
94 S A L M ON'S U
ly equalled my
Cathartkum fuccefi, even in this c
Argtnteum , vvh'cb may be See th:i(c M-d^c n^s rj
given from two Scruples to Tj-flaxO' Med, L^b.^, C.^j)
a Dram, in a little Poiiet- 6\ ^ 61,
drinkôr Ale ; cm* in pi ice'
thereof, you may give from ! V. You ought alfo roc|
Vfour to fix Grains, of our Im fidcr, whet^vU' the P.^'.n

f,etm MweraliSy in a liti.e Deafnefi piocecds f on
Conferve or Syrup, takin'g; hot or cold caufs, tho'!
a large quantity of warm what proceeds only fr
Broth after it. thofe fimple Intenipe uu
|
feldom la'h Ion?,; yet

IV. Now this is to be un- ought to have iome re(|
dcrftood when the feat of to them , b::c.mie hot
the Phlegm and caule of dicines in a hot Tem|
,
the Pain is above ; but if it ment influence the Bod;

lies lower, or ^ omit tngdozs cold Medicines in a c;
no good J
cooling things Temperament chill it, ^4
maft be dropt in, and that fomake the Difeafe w<

adually cold, as Juke of
Tlantane^ Fumitcry^ and the VI. Though Opiates
like and a Potion or Pills accounted ill in a Ueafn
;
muft be given that purge yet if the Pain attendii

downwards; Our Vintim very acute or lliarp, tl
'
Cathartkum is here of excel- will be a neceffity to

lent ufe, if you give a Poti- penfe with the III , for
on but if the Sick loaths a
; Good that may enliie
Potion, and you dellre to this is an Obiervation \aH
lile Pills^ our Vilulx Mtrahtles^ thy of remarking , ,T|
are admirable, given f om though Opiates are

twenty Grains to half a (if nor to caufe deafnefi,;
Dram : If any thing can be to confirm or continue!!
'
laid to exceed them, it is thole ill efieds feldom
the Vilula Lunans^ given to much longer than the i-:
fix Grains; which I have king of the Medicine l]
ieveral times given with have known Ibme Pati^|
P5
omine^ being a who little
df afore- hand, upon libe- VIII. If the Pain and
^V taking of have Deafnefs proceeds fi'om a
Opiates^
their deafnefi feemingly cold Caufe,
.
you may inje(5b

^y much augmented, yet Juice of Onions into the
i:>n the giving over the Ear, or Goats or
Sheeps
if of the iame^ have had Urine. Or this; Take
Juice
hir Hearing return agaii;
of Onions three Onnces^ Sprit:
D latisfi(îon , and that of Wine o?2e Ounce '^
mix them^^
1the advantage of grea- and drop k inro the Ear, or
acutenefs ; whereby it injcdit with a Syringe. Or
ears that Op/ates do no chis:lake Boys Urine new-
|ntial injury to the Or- made two Ounces.^ Sprit of
is of Hearing. Wine on: Ounce , in which
(tx Grains ofCamfhire is dijfol-
ril. If any Matter runs 'vcd; mix
and injed it*
^
|n the Ear^ looking like Thefe are excellent Medi-
Matter of an Ulcer, you cines in a cold Caufe, and
be cautious how you feldom fail, at lead of giving
jRepellers, le(t the Mat- eafe.
i
ftrikes inward ^ or be
[en to the Brain; (there-
IX. But if a hot Caufe
pndangering an Apople- be prefent, though things
|or part of the Matter abfblutely cold may bo
ried and hardened in the given, yet hot things mull
tyofthe Ear, whereby '
be forborn ; and
pofitively
only
greater Dangers
things of an equal tempera-
,
enfue, but at leaft the
ture are to be adminiflred^
|.rd of an incurable
Deaf
fuch as thefe following : Take
And the fame ching is choice Canary
four Ounces j
underftood in a critical Sfirit
of Wine one Ounce ^
'^nation, or where the
Nitre in Touder two Drams;
êr is thick and
'
tough, mix, and drop it into the

.here be an
Apofteme Ear. Or this : Take Juice
of Plant ane two Ounces \Juice.
ofVurflant one Qunc^ Juice
;
3f
J
^^ SALMON'S Libl
of Lett 1fee half an Ounce ; Spi-
rit ofWme an Ounce and half XI. In a Deafnefs, accc h
\
fnlx them. Or lake
this: panied with vehement V\
Juice of Cucumbers two Oun- lb as the Patient can t e
ces ; Sprit of Wine one Ounce
\
no reft, it is good to c:y
mix them^ to bc dropt into off the Matter with prc;r
the Ear. Medicines. I com mo y
give in this cafe fbme D.^sj
X. If with the Deafnefs of my Family-Tills : Bu;

and Pain, there leems to be the Pain be extream indi
an ^'ô^txwzXAQn^Fa'ventinm then two or three Dole
his Cataplafm of roajled or my FtluliS Mirabiles^ an
baked Onions^ are ufual to be cording as occafion requj
apph'ed. Or you may ap- repeat the Dole h\Q o\
ply this : Take Fulp ofreafed times , for they infe
Onions ^ Mithridate ^ ana an melt and diffolve the \\
Ounce 5 Saffron in Powder one Iter caufing the Pain,
Scruple y Spirit of Wine Gut. make it fluid and movall
Thirty 5 mix^ and apply it hot and then carry it oi
to the Ear. If it proceeds ftool : But withal Tof
from a cold caufe ^ it will ought to be applied ij
warm and comfort the part, meanleafon^ todifpol^
and haften the Maturation Matter in Ibme meafui
of the Apoileme^ if any be: a Cure; fuch as this:
If it proceeds from a hot Mithridate^ or our Anti\
Caufe, it will open the pores one Ounce ; Balfam of
of the parts adjacent, and phur half a Dram ; mix^
caufe a difcuffion of the Pain, apply it.
and thin Matter offending.

Or you may apply this: XII. Ifthe Ear once
Talk Pulp of roafied or baked you muft promote the
Onions two Ounces our An- nifig of it, which ma;|
tidote half An Ounce ; Fowers done with Externals,
of Amber ftrtj drops j mix^ this manner: Take
suj^ apply it; Antidote one Ounce ; Bi
de Qkili tw9 Drams \
c ap. X vr, practical Pfipficft. 91
B '{amum Arthrmcum one ^ came to feven Grains
This :
Lim ; mtx, and afpljf it.

^
brought upon the Patient a
^
u may alfo injed this in- large Diafhcrefis, upon which

\ much
they had ibme eafe in a day pro-
t, which very
tes the Hearing: Take or two's timCj and in five or
tee Turpentine I Îf Afi Cw days perfed eaie ; but
fnce'yXelk of one Egg:, grind the Deafnefs feemed to be
w together in a Brajs Mor- greater : The Ear was wa-
i êry well ; then add new lked with Spirit of Wine
^7 ^'g^^ C)//;^cf; ; 5f/>/V of twice a day ; and in about

m^
^p n two Ounces'^ mix for an a Weeks time after the gi-
\^
'Bion. In the mean fea- ving over the Opiate, the
. let the Tick be well pur- Hearing perfectly returned,
'll
( I with our Vinum Cathar- which had been in a man-

r m, at leaft five or fix ner feven or eight
loft for
.
fes ; I have found it to be Months After all,
before.
p. pecifick in thiscafe^ and I purged the Patient with
^'^
js which an hundred
that two or three Dofes of Fa-
. ping greater Medicmes mil) 'Tills,
11 I not touch or come
XlVi I had a Patient a
m Woman about fifty years
,
of
^'^^
IlIIL I Age, who had been very
remember I had
^' 36 deaf for above a year, and
a Patient, a who had
'
at times very much afflided
kfiiels, accompanied with
' with Pains in her Ears : I
Vehement Pain, that or-
"" ^
ary Remedies, whether cured her in about i\x Weeks
"""
>ards, or Topicks would time,by continually droping
'
no good ; and all Eva into her Ears, four or hv^

tions by internal meansj times a day,our Gutta Vita
i
^!!5I^^^
augmented the Pain 5 and Ibmetimes like wife gi-
letlii
vas at length forced to ving her about fifty or fixty
sa Dole of my Volatile drops of it inwardly, in a
idanum ; the %k began GlafsofWine, at night go-
;h three Grates, and ining to bed*
afedj it gradually 'till it
Slij
H
;
^s S A L MO N'S Lib.[,
quantity of the acid Hum '^
XV. an Inflammation caufing the Pain , and c

If i-
be prefent, it may be aba- gulating the approxime

ted by putting into the Ear Juices, inducing the D
Vinegar , mixt or ground nefs, will be taken in a gr!
with Oil: And though VI- Mieafureaway; and tha'
W
reâr alone would put the done many times with ci
*Part ( efpecially nervous Blifter, which forty Pur|

Parts) to pain, by its Acri- and Vomits would not
mony yet iDixt
;,
or ground well acco'.ii^;iil}i; the S
with Oil 3 and in a fmall cefs of which, Chavlng oi
quantity, it becomes harm- tried this means,) I
'h
lefs, and eafes the Pain, al- not but commend to
laying the heat and fierce- Confideration of Artifts.
nefs of the bilious Mumor.
XVIII. Whatever M(
XVI. An ancient Gende- cines you put into the 1
woman, having a noiieand be fure they be warm, (
ringing in her Ears, and left fome great occafion

fometimes a little pain, was quire the contrary J but
cured by dropping into very hot ; becaufe the
them once or twice a day, tural temperature of the
our Acûa Bez/fartica ^ and is cold and dry : And be;
flopping them with Cot- you put no new Medi

ton dipt in the fame ; it dif- in, 'till they are cleat
fipated the flatulent Mat- from the filth of theforn

iq
ter offending, and comfor- The Sick ought to lie on
ted the weakned Nerves, contrary fide ; and the
dicament put in, ought
XVII. Where Deafnefs to exceed tour or five d
is joined with vehement at a time. The lels'unu
pain, and no Internals nor ous the Medicament h i
Topicks have yet been able much the better; for wsn
to do good, there is a necef- it is go^n into the L,
fity to apply Vificatories rinth ot Ear, it ccj
tfee
fot by this means a great not eafily out again: Th'

'
rrq
, ;;
Ciap. XVII. Piacticai pf)pficfe. 99

n)re fubtil and fpirituous ISIitre diJlohed in Jlrong Vins^
a! much to be preferred in gar^ and often dropped into

tU cafe, becaufa they do the Ears, quickly cures any
rlir Work, and then go a- ringing or noiie in them.
. wy in Vapor.
XXI. Galen îdYiihs Opium
XIX.Dropping in Things dilTolved to be put into the
10 the Ears may do but Ear and Paulm diffolves it
, ;
jinging ismuch better, in Milk for that purpofe:

) )vided it be done with a But thcfc may be dangerous.^
ilnftrument , and a
skil- I? an Opiate be required,
1 Hand You
ought not there is nothing better of
:
fyringe violendy, but lei- that kind, than our Guttle

I
lely ; left by fuch a vio Vita J or Spirit Amdjrms^ m

(,ce, the Tympanum fnould for by rcafon of 'the heat of
i broke , which would the Spirit, and other Things

ife an
: incurable Deaf- joined with the Opium^ the
iS. Moreover, you ought Opiatt can do no hurt
(be Very careful how you whereas othcrwife it might
i)ly Topicks, *till Univer- ftupifie, and much encreafe
]i are premifed , though the Deafnefs, and may de-
afiiux of the evil Humors iiroy the Indruments of
1
;
lirli abated.
: Hearing. However, Opiates
of any kind muil be given,
XX. The paffage of the if the Sick be in danger of
ir being very fenfible, you death by the Pain ; becaufe
^^^lift be careful that you the faving of the Life of a
i^^'^J
not fharp Things; yet Patient , is much greater
M illaus boldly attempted than the Hurt,i]iould it be a
^^f ufe of Unguent tim e^- total and perpetual Deaf-/

5
Isfi'
kiaeum'^ and he faith,that neG.
leot
brcwith he cured a fore
'M\ rthat ran with purulent XXII. If'tis certain there
theI fatter for the fpace of is an Apoiteme,iiuhors lay.
ifS,ht years. And ?etrm You may ulejuice of Crow-
hanms Fakridîth^ That foot, 'tis much commended
H z bu^
loo S A L M ON'S LiUjt
but 'tis Icarcely lafe^ becaule Gall J yuice of Onions ^xti*
Ws very hot snd corrofive. four Ounces ; Vinegar 7m^ ir.
If the Bone that is covered Ounces \ mix ^ and fut j^

wjth the thin Membrane^ over a Chafing-dijli ofg$oa
be comes carious after fuch Coals y and let the botling I
Si:ppuration^ you muft often be taken up the Ear^ thr
drop into the Ear Sfim of, a Funnel,
Wine mixt with Honey of
Rofes, Marcellm faith^That XXV. ADeafnefswJi
Co'ws Milk two Ounces mixt had been of many years i
with Honey one Ounce^ being tinuance^ I cured witH

dropt into the Ear^ and the Powers of Annifeedss dij
Ear ftopt prefently with ping them into the Eari ll
Wool or Cotton^ will won- piirg'd the Patient four ti|
derfully heal the Ulcer, with my Filula Mirab

yea^ though it were cance- and drew fe'ueral Bli/i
rous. both behind the Ears,
on other Places adja U
thereto. lot
XXIII. Crate's Medicine

for a Noife and Tingling of XXVI. A poor Man iofij
the Ears: Take bitter Al- Hearing , fas

lofl his 1 li
wonds blanched an Ounce ; thought by the Pox J fa h\
White Hellebore y Caftorcun?^ into an Empericks hand ikl
ana two Drams j Cofius one cured him by fluxing fc

Dram and half \ 'Rue two with the following M Ui
Scrufles ^ Euphorbium half a cine; Take Turbith Mif jjâ
Dramh boil all in afufficient eight Grains 'f

Mithridati bee
quantity of Water for an hour^ Dram i mix for a Dofe* ;
ouer a gentle Fire \ then firain^ raifed an effedual F

and drof of it warm into the which continued twetjf
Ear three or four times a fourDays ? after which n ;
daji Patient heard as well as (er i
he did in all his life. S(ie

"KXW.Sennertus advifes to may wonder at the Suctji
this: Take Ox-Gall ^ Goats becaufe that feme H

eii'^
:ip. xviL ig)?actteai i^ljpficfe. lOl
^hlly loft their Hea- mors fas it will be J if much

r.j or had it mightily deof it be ufed J coagulates or
fied bykind of Ope-
this thickens all the morbifick
,t)n. But this is not to be Matter contained in the
c dred at^ fincc that in part, whereby the Organs
.i,s Bodies fuch Sulphurs or Paflages are more firmly
ilmd, as are not only able obftrudred than before, and
xthe Mercury^ but alfo a perpetual Deafnefi (iic-
ondenfe or coagulate it, ceeds.
l:h mixt with the Hu-
C H A R XVIL
Of BVBOES.
5
4 \ ^^^^ IS a Swelling Purging and Vomiting , for
lJl of the Glandules, thofe Operations deftroy the

therin the Throat, A.rm- End of the Buho^ fince Na-
M or Groin; and they ture thruftsout the offending
^
fas
êed errher Matter by thole Emun(5to-
( r. ) fimply
oxjtt ^ the afflux of and the nature of Vo-

Humours ries,
jjliam ed by Cold, or fome o-

miting and Purging is to
'Matter; (z,) Or are draw from the Circumfe-
ijxing
^ iplicate with Poy fon and rence to the Centre, where-

\
^l
lom, as in the Plague or by the Bubo is hind red fr-om
il
îfSfcnce , and French Di- rifing, and coming to its

iD
'
perfedion: In all thefe Ca-
U fes Natures End in thrufting
J t I
If it be a/wp/e Bnho forth the Bubo ought to hz
^^^ i indeed let it arife from promoted, which is beft
^fy
[lit Gaufe foever, whether done by a fudorifick means,
\<le or comfUcate, ( if there inwardly given, and ftrong
imy hope of its breaking) Attra6livesand SuppuratiTcs
jjjij
muft wholly defift from mixed outwardly,

III Hj
m '.
102 S A.L MO N/S m

enaugh to mix it into ^.kx
III. In order to this end Bolus for a Dole.
you may give fome few Gr.
of our Laudanum Vdatlley IV". In the mean Sel ,
or our Gutta Vit^ ; or if for Topical Remedies ara

fome particular Realonis Ou- ô be omitted, fuch as^
ates arenot to be givehj the T'dkz.^Pulp of roafted Oil)
Diafborefs is to be -promoted Mithridate j Turpentine^

with Antimcnium Diafhcreti- ôap.foft flens Dunfr^ ofi
cum J or Bezoar Minerale ; or 'hatf'i:n Ounce ; Oyl 9f Ai\
with Ibme more powerful two Drams ^ Salt groum
Medicine^ as is Mercurius one Dfam\mixfor a CatapX
Sudorificusy or our, Angel O? tl-YS; Take Pulp of refi
MintYdiSy or Angdkk Vills'^' 'Garlicky "Balfam of Suh
or you may compoundJbrne- Turpentine^ Tolks of
thing after this manner: fidgec7is Dun^^ ana bai
Take ef cur N^tv London Ounce ; Oyl of Anntjeed-i
Treacle tiiêlveGrit^nSy BezoaP Drams ; mix for a Catafi
M'mera 'is .jhum.&tt'ms 5 .mix Or this: Take Pulp efii
fer a Dofi, Ot this:. Take Roots baked^ Balfam of\
if our. Antidote one' Scruple pmry [oft Soap J Pepper
'^^
Antimdnium
'
Diapbors*icum\ Powdery Turpentine^ ani
twenty five Gr'cms.'^ mix for an Ounce ; joft Soot fix
a Dofe, givîiig often 1 one '
Oyl of Scorpions two Dr

Ounce of oilr "
Aiqiiz Be- Oyl of Juniper-berries i
The Pa;t*ient is
z,oa/tica. to Dram ; ?nix for a Catapl\
be covered down warm in Thels arc to be applie(
his naked Bed _,- and he renivved every twelve h5
ought to S\êat, as long as
he can well endure it, or V. The general Ru k
'till Faintnefs
I after which That if the Buho is not k(
let him
cool gradually, or to be diiperft, then to
by degrees. Whw
i; Opiates mote the Suppuration;)
are wholly ufelefs^ give this: if it be Venomous, ch!
Take BeZjcarticum Minerale Peftilential, you oughcc
tne Scrtifle^ Jnice of Alkermes uie all your endeavour w
,
fr)ap. XVII Paacti'cal P&^ficfe* 103
i^'*'*^.w it out; for that, if it Tumors, for that Nature in

:ald revert, and the Poi- Ibme ngth of time can beft
: ftrike inwards, the Pa- digeft tixcm, whereas on the
3'^ k\t would be almoft infal- contrary, the hazard of an
^j?^ Bu- Incurable Ulcer may be run
^y loft And in other
: \
'.^^^35|:^ by unlealbnable and violent

not Venomous, if they
opening of it; but thefe
not brought out, it has
things ought to be confidered
.i;n obferved that after a
H/le time^ it happens that with greatjudgment andPru-

^>''Miew Bttho riles, either in dence, as the nature of the
:^'jiaii
fame, or fome other thing requires j for 'tis the
riCsttf t, poor Patient that muft pay
for all, who, if the Phyfici-
;0|iÎ. In a Venereal Buho^ an miftakes,pays no lels than
'J of i ere there is no danger of his Life.
iii2 wh,yoa ought to obferve
motions for if (he
res VIIL I cannot but con-
;
ufts forth the Buho power- fefs my diflent from the

you ought to promote Learned Syhim is k Boe ,
Suppuration ; but if it where he (aith. That Pelti-
es forth weakly, or looks lential Buhees fhould, if pof
as if it would break, 'tis fible, be difcuifed, other wife
:
Iible it may be carried be brought to Ripening and

fvdflif another way, more ad- Suppuration: We fay, on
mt itageous to the Patient. the contrary, that if poffible
they ought to be maturated
ipplieiÎI. Moreover, in the or broken, and only left to
fgue it felt, where Ibme- Nature, or be difcuffed
,eiyel
les Buboes will yield to no when there is not Matter

'
alRi limedies, they muft at laft enough to promote the Sup-

|
:^leftto Nature, elpecially puration. Maturation is

I
ithey create the Patient much more fafe in a Pefti-

le or no trouble in walk-
i
ience than difcuffion, and
i
J, nor much pain, nor en- indeed in all other caies, it
c nger Life. In this cafe it is is much better; however.
r t neceffary to open thofe Violence is not to be done,
againit
104 SALMON'S Lib.
^galnft the general tenden- or Incifion- knife, is to

cy of the morbifick Matter. preferred^
IX. The Cure (faith X. After the Buho is

he} I iine(
is to be performed by the
pened, ^PP^Y ^Îfamam Si r to
fame Medicines, wherewith phur^ Terehinthin<ztum , .\ ill

the Swellings of the Con- Anifatum^ with Unq;uent\ J(#
globated Glandules are ufu- Bafilicon^ or our Balfam \i&^
ally cured^ and always with Amicum , and Andromati \i

refpec^ to the Peftilential Treacle*^ for by this mft W
Poifon, for which caufe the Ulcer will he quid f^
fake treacle^ Mithridate^ and cleanled, and the more W
fuch like^ which are good curely and happily heak
for It, ought ever to be ad- more efpecially if you i IK
ded to other things ; To this ply a Diapomfholh ''
little
purpofe Diftilled Oil of or fome fuch like, to haflftin"

Harts-horn, Ox-horns , Rams- the Cicatrice,
horns, and Goats-horns^ and
other things which have a ^
XL The aforefaid Syk M
Volatile Oily Salt, may be difallows of Biiifering, Ctl It;
raixt with common Medi- he allows of Cupping a h

cines. obfervedj That
It is ScarrifyingJ from whi
ZJnguentum Martiatum, mlxt he faith, he could never %
-with Venice Treacle^ is ex- prehend what good cow
cellent to difcufsor dilperfe, be expeded On the a if
:
but that Diachylum cum Gum- trary the Skilful Barbet,

mi , promotes Suppuration. the firft clapt on Cupoi CI,
And unlets the violence of Peffilential Bubo ) a Vefitkk

the pain be urgent ^ you tory , akho'.:gh the Tun
ought not to promote Sca- be of no confiderable b
rification of the Bubo, As nefs, neglecting Cuppir
foon as the Bubo is Suppu- glaffes which he theref(
rated, the opening muft be rejeded^ becaufe they caf
haftened, either with a Pen- much pain J and increafe
knife^ or ibme breaking Me- Fever, draw out thegd
dicine; but the Pen-knife, Humors as well as the b
:h). XVII. Practical Plipficfe. 10^
icalter the whole Blood Ointment ^ to 'which add the
ioj: Within feven or Gums afore prepared^ with the
gi: hours, or fo long time Arjenical Vender ^ and Oil of
i neceflary for the Bli- Amber ^ which mix ivell hy

;ito rife well^ it is cut^ much [birring J then make it up
[cEmpIafirum Magneticum into Rolls ^ and keep it in
rpicale is applied,_whofe Bladders anointed with Oil of
mie certainly is fuch in Scorpions^ for ufe. This dif-
i:.:afe, more noble fers nothing in the number
that a
leicine not known^ as of Ingredients from that of
is
" >, appear to any one that Angelus Salas^ fave only he
I'moF; : ufe it. adds to the Compofition^
I
ilfta
[
waflied Earth of Vitriol one
ilyouIII. The making of the Ounce: That of Hofma-t's
i
^k îcal Magnet we have is thus made. Take Am-

|
jtolij ht in our Fharmacopîa moniacum^ Galbamtm ^ Saga-

^
iinenf Lik 4. Cap. 11. Wdx^ penum^Sina, three Ounces^

^4. to which 1 ftall
ana two Ounces Turpentine ,
i\\lfk you. But the Magnet and a half^ Arfenical Magnet

^&r of Hartman
riiig.[ which one Ounce and a half^ Roots
,
mi that which
I
Barhet ufedj of Aron half an Ounce ; dif~
mwl this following: Take fol've in difi died Vinegar^ heyl^
neêl^ Serapinum ^ Galhanum^ and make an Emplafter, This
lod (fnoniacum^ ana three Oun- latter may be ufed to Ru-
diffolnje in Vinegar of fticks and ftrong People ^
iUs q', through a but for the more delicate
/. exprefs
nn Cloth ^ and hy hoy ling ^ and tender ^ the former is
'
m them : Then take Wax^ the better.
Turpentine, zngt four Oun-
fonder of the Arfenical XIII. Barhet r^kh. That
?t three Ounces^ Oyl
of he has experienced thefe
two Ounces-^ mix the) good Qualities in the faid
er
m and Turpentine with a magnetick Emphder , that
Vh heat ^ remove it from if it be applied to a hard
\Fire^ and fiir it weU^ to Skin, it produces
not the
fg ii tj the confifiency of an leaft Efchar^ and in the mean
time
Io6 S A L MO N'S um
time draws out the malig- precedent Scarification*^
nant Humours, fo egregi- may be ufed without
ouflyj that a Buho^ as big as or with but a very litde \\
a large Wallnut/ is fome- if to the Anti-peftilei
times taken away in four or Flatter you add a little 'Ml\^
five Days times: But be- licon^ or Treackt \ \
^f
caule this does not always i
w
fucceed fo quickly, a Vefi- XIV. This Ointment m
catory is firlt to he appiiedj lowing excellently prom W
that the Humors may the the falling off of the Ei ifl),
Icioner be evacuated; and Take Honey ^ Goofe-gn tte
becaufe that in robuit Bo- Turpentine, Gum Elemi, ti

dies it will produce no Ef- ont Ounce; Soot fix Dn sta
char, a Blifter ought there Tolks of t7vo Eggs, Mithri ii

to be ufed, that not only the four Dr ami ^ Ojl of Scor^ itt
Cuticula J but lb me part of enough to make an Ointik i)il^
the Skin alfo maybe corro- If when the Scab is f^ i \\
ded firll. But in Children, the Tumor fee not eno

Ladies J and thin Skinn'd abated^ you may raile 2
People, it will make an Ef- Gond_, yea, a third with W
char, or raife a Scab of it laid Arlen
Magnetical tt
felfj without any Bliftering Ernplaiter', and then p
afore-hand; This Scab is ceed as before. LaftlyJ -
the true Seat of the Extra- up the Ulcer with Emfk h\
ded Poyfon^ wherefore it de miniopv Ibme other h U

is found pretty thick^ and ing and drying Plafter ; î
the Skin only Superficially
.
make not too much haft< Sjici
corroded ; Which is a thing heal it, left the poiforff

worthy to be confidered, Humor, not yet wholb:-
and may poflibly be the vacuated,fhould caufe eittr
reafon why it is Iboner fepa- a new Difeafe, or Death

rated than any ocher Scabs
railed by Art ; for in thirty^ XV. Buboes arifing fm
or thirty fix Hours it has a Venereal Caufe, have e
fallen off by the help only Pocky virulency affe(5tg
of a Spatula J without any the Spermatick Velle,
whet'f
ihb/xviL p?artical PopficR* 107
Irher the Frap'arantia, or its green Colour^ or Bhck-
>e/entia, through which nefsj or Infl3mmatton_, iiich
le malignity rifes, and in- as come from aduft Blood

through turn'd black, or Mekncho-
lutes it felf partly
le whole Mafs of Blood, ty:
joyned with malignan-
K partly into the parts ad- cy and putrefaction^ or vi-
'ving, and (b into the rulent Choler, there will
lindules themfelves infe- be danger oF a Gangrene
t ng them. If the Bubo and Mortification la this
:
5 ery, and like an Eryfipn- cafe you muil: defend the

i-m there is a ^Choierick places round about with Re-
^ :fe s if like an Oedema percuifives and Repellers^
Tumor, i
con joyned but not the Bubo it felf.
it is
M Phlegms if from
^'5fA Acrimony /rom Blood, XVIII. In a Buho, whe-
Oi ilood mixt with Phlegm, ther from T Iague or P<>;c, be-
M\ tied with a malign Spi ware of Bleeding, it is one
10: ea of the moft pernicious
:aii;
things can be done, for it
wJCVI. If there be no hopes hinders the rifing of the Tu-
Ât bringing the Tumor to mor, and in the Tlague ha-
tlicn 'puratinn, after due Pur llens Death in the Pox, it ,
ilv, gy you may apply Emfl dilTeminates the Malignity

ifiii ânis um Mcr curio ^ not- and Poyfbn through the
ihftanding all that' Barhet whole Mafs of Blood and
j
lalter
sâgainil it^ but if there Humours with a Vengeance.
|
j^\ii
ôpes of Maturation, it Eftfhan* Ferdinandiis , Hift.
poij
jl be then Imprudence, 17. faith , That he knew
^\^
-that it will caufe the Ye-
I feme who jnft upon the ap-
ûl'jj
in to revert inwards, to pearing of the Bubo, by let-
DelJ:
great danger of the Pa- ting of Blood and* Purging,
nt, as both Reafon and have fallen into a ftubborn
^jjglperience teach. Pox, if not incurable.
XVII. If the Bubo be XIX. If they are caufed

I
^, fxedtobeMalignantjfrom from thick, tough, and cold
io8 SALMON'S Li
Humours, they are ripened Buho did fcarcely ap

with a great deal of difficul-outwardly, the Groin ( i*
ty, and require a long time was hard , with very 1
of Cure, for Nature not be- paini for the violence
ing ftrong enough to drive the pain in the Hip hac
theMatter quickly outwards, it were, drowned it.* Imoi
it lies between the Teritona- length the B;/^^ was brol hdHi
ttm and the Mufcles, whence by help of a Cauftick,
it perpetually fends Vapours of which , in fix or fe Isfl
to the Liver, and fometimes days time, there ran ah .fci

cauies large Sinm\ and ma- ten pounds weight of \
ny other Symptoms, where- ter, after which, with gftj0
by the Mais of Blood is nii- difficulty, he was cured,
ferably Infededând fo fends
its Polutions to the outward XXT. This following
parts of the Flelli and Skin. been applied with SuoBdkI
to draw out the Poif iM
XX. kildant^. Cent- ^. Take Diachylon Comfoft iifel
Oh[, 6)-, gives a ftrange re- one Ounce and a half^ Mi

lation of- a Buho, A cer- date-^ roajied Garlicky ro,
tain Perfbn he ) had

( faith Onions^ ana two Ounces^
a Buho in his right Groin, three Ounces^ Galbanum
who deferred opening of it, Ammoniacum firained ^
'till the malignant Matter 'ven^ Mufiard-feed^ of
fell upon the fourth and an Ounccy Falm Oil, Oi
biggeit Nerve of all that Amber 3 ana half an O
moves the Hip \ upon which mix, and make a Cata^
there was violent and con- In a cold Bubo for Sup-
ftant pain in the Hip, at- ration this: Take LinJ^l-
tended with Convulfions, a meal two Poundy old Ci[t
continuad Feaver, &c, after one found, Jelly of Hogs In
which followed a Pining, q. s. mix^ boil them toget ^
Leannefs, and great Weak- and make a Flafier,
neis. Many things, both
inward and outward, were
tryedj but in vainj for the
XII
) ; :,
:bp. xvn. --19?acticaipi)i?ficfe* 109

Scabs,, Serpigines^ Herpes
XILIf there be any Cancerous Ulcers, affedion
01 of Suppuration ^ 'tis of the Perioftion , rotten-
j
jninly belt to induce it nefs of the Bones^ and an

i all means that may be,
1
hundred other affrightful
fnore grievous Symptoms Symptoms. I
V Difeafes fpring up i *tis

>rively againft the Prin-. XXIIL Guilielmm Fahri-
pjsof Art to diffolve itj !
am. Cent. 6. Ohf. 68. faith,
tNature has diipofed the |
That he had often found
ijter from the Blood and j
the benefit of a Veficatory
'^J^fi!
and whole Body^ to of Cantharides/ in a Pefti-
ir,
|
^Qirei e parts to be caft forth, lential Buh^ for it draws

I
Te the malignity and vi the Poifon to the out-parts

)wii]int Matter runs out, T2LkQfo7iêr Lev en one Ounce,
k ch otherwife being de- Cantharides finely foudred
12 Pd bd within by difcuffion, twenty^ Mithridate trvo Scru-
Cmj iepellers, the Matter re- pies I mix and make a Ca-
'Jis to the more noble taflafm'^ to be applied four
all, n s, infeds again the Inches round the Tumor. Alio,
mil,} )le Mais of Blood and in a maUgnant Buho^ you
nours; ('fo that the lat- may apply Diachylon cum
nd of this Man, is much Gummi J mixt with black
fethan his beginning ; Soap, whereby moft ftub-
tncecomes falling off of born Buhoes are Suppurated
lair,Nodes,Tophs,Gums, and if Hens Dung be added,
ainal Pains, Leprofies, it will be fo much the bet-
les^ fore Head, putrid ter.
CHAR
no SALMON'S Li W
CHAP. XVIII.
Of the Cachexia
I.
rH E Cachexia
very iame DiSâie
is the in part
cis
from Obftrua
3iy ^faid, in part fr<
^
which Phyfidans cal a Leu- DHcrî2^ or weaknefso
Uii
cofhlegmatiaj and
the fore-
is kibitance of the Blooc
runner^ or rache: the begin- declining in its Strengtl
ning of a Dropjiey and called not to have ability to <
by lome a whin Drofftei It its Scrum along with
is a Lazy Dilpofition and the Emulgent Arterie

Habit of Body, with Purfi- be evacuated in its ordi
nefi, uneafinefi of motion^ courfe by Urine.
lain
and fometimes fliortnefs of
Breath, with difficulty of III. It is caufed eithi
Breathing, coldnefs, foft- too frequent and long g
nels, and frnoothnefs of the of Hydragogues , whic
Skin, with other concurrent vehement drawing aw,
Symptomes arifing from the watry Humour
Obftrudions of the Liver, mightily weaken the
or Spleen, with the Mefera- iiance of the Blood, tl m\
icks and other Vifcera* is left fo thick, and its
mous parts fo con>pa

IT. It can never be faid to congelated, that the fol|
be incurable becaufe it is ing generated Serum cai

,
properly but the beginning eafilymix with it, to

of another Difeafe , and it of one Subftance or
leerns to be only a cold wa- fiftency, whereby in its
tery Juice, Jhed abroad un- lage through the Veins
der the whole Skin and lub- Arteries, lying in a icps'
ttaqce of theFiefti, arifiag ftate from the other pai
-
la. XVIII.
5 ilood, it foaks C as it
^
good uie: Take of cur An-
^r) through the Veffels, tidote^ Bezoar Minerale ^ ana
d iiakes the habit of the fifteen Grains ; mix and fnakz
d cold and watry: Or_, a Bolus, to be given at Niglit
.r ObftruBionSy as aforegoing to Bed , and let the
\ whereby the Blood be- Sick fweat gently upon it.
T5 not only vitiated, but This ought to be given every
Dhas time to let its fe day, or every other day, for
Imparts pafs through the four or five times, in which
r and Plicatares of the
i ipace I have never known it
i Is, to the Flelh and ex- fail to cure.
eBio i
habit of the Body.
V. In the other cafe, the
i[ify.Q
. That there is no P/e- chief bufineis is to open the
r
^fi]
in a. Cachexia is certain > appendent OhfiruBtons, and
\rter
aothing is more certain remove the Dtfcrafie of the
i-jof,
that there is a Cacochy- Blood. Many prelcribe
j^
wad therefore care muft Blood-letting in this, but in
ken not only to open my Opinion, that muft be
ideitl
fpi'^^^^t Obftrudions J
very pernicious, becaufe it
[JQji
alfo to depurate the ftill diminiilies the Strength
^^ 4 J and alter the habit of the Sick, which is alrea-

;jj.j,
> Subftance: If it pro dy too much weakned, and
^p,. ifrom taking too great exhaufts the Spirits now
,"^'j|!j lantity of Hydragogues^ wafted and flagging. In this
lood
tnuft give Strengthners, cafe bitter Herbs by many
h are partly Sudorifick^ are prefcribed, and the hit-
and
as well as to make the ter DecGclion has been found
d they may
ftronger, ot good ufe. Half a Pint
iPen the Pores of the of the Juice of Centory given
1^, as to caufe a trans Morning and Evening for a
of the fiiperflnous Week together, has cured
iceo S-
nidities which infeft the to a wonder,
3V1I1
through
\ and Skin
^^^^^ purpofe Vr.But becaufe the fquea-
aac',/^^
j^
pllowing mixture is of
. mifli Stomachs of feveral^
can^
^
Il2 SAL
cannot be prevailed with to
take liich bitter and naufe
ous Dofes ; and becaufe in
others the Obftrudions are
ib obdurate, that none of
thofe ordinary Remedies, illi:
nor yet any thing prepared

from Vegetables will do any
good, we muft have re-
courfe to Things that are
more powerful, and of ano-
ther Nature ^ which iliall dure of it with White-V t (o
have power to pierce to the by digefting the iff W

mod inward receffesof Na- Wine upon it for five
ture. Of this kind are mi- Weeks. And althoughWwn
neral Waters; butfuchefpe- fibly a Tindure m2p;,ci
cially asproceed from an made in much leflTer
Iron Mine, of which the yet the longer the Mi
Sick ought to drink liberal- Wine ftands upon the
ly, and tor fome Weeks, be- ter, (were it a year, or ni
caufe thofe Waters being the better it is : Take
repleat with zferrom Vitriol Rufi aforefaid^ eight (7/B,ij
both powerfully open, and White-Wine tvjo Quarts ;
alfo fweeten, which is one of five or ftK Weeks ^ as afm
the chief Intentions of Cure. then decant the Tmûre,
upon the Faeces fut mon,
VII. Now becaufe many repeating this Work fo
can neither fpare time to go moreTinûrevnll
till no
to the Wells, or by living Dofe from a fpoonfu

remote, cannot well com pals three or four. This
to get thither, we fhall here dure you may if you Aji^j,
prelcribe other Remedies, boil into a Syrup witlB |n,
which no Place can fail ot gar;

affording: Take Filings of
Jron^ white Tartar in Touder VIII. If you be ir ^^
ana ; make them into a JA4^ Country where Tarttti Ij]
Cap.XVlir. pâtffcal IpJ&fficfe. II
nt be gotten \ it may do^ Perfon in cure^ who had lb

Uyou only take Scales of vehement Pain in his Shoul-
[in from the Smith's An- der^ that he could noc lift
,'
., and put into Whire- his Hand to his Head : I
^"^
ne : The Wine alone fet a dozen Leeches to his
V in time,, being in a
1 warm Shoulder^ and he was cured
li^Rion, extrad a moft of his Pain at once: This
t'-iirablc Tindure for the method I have purfued (e-
u po(c aforeiaid ; and tru veral times with good fuc-
peither
r in appearance nor cefs. And Ibmetimes where
6ts v/ill it be much infe- Leeches could not be gotten,
to the former: Tah I have profitably applied
k' four Found
es of Iron 'y
Veficatories, which have a-
irk \UWine A Gallon mix^ ^^ bundamly anfwcred expe-
Ithouj y? warm, for two or three ctation Yet this is to beob-
:
lire m fths, or more, fi^^tn^ the ferved. That though tl-jey

1 lefer i once a day ; and keef it often are^ and may freely
the 1
4feupon the f^ces : Dofe enough be applied to the
on the none fpoonful to three Legs, yet it is ibmething
^,ori bur, in the Morning fa- dangerous to doit in a Dro-
; Ik I Now here is to be pfie, leil they lliould bring
cd, that the Sick ought an afflux of Humors upon
^Wlt/j ie in their warm Bed, the Part, fo great , as to
; or three hours after ta-
uitffj caufe a Gangrene ; which
Uhi ; of it ; or if up, to walk yet a prudent Phylician, ha-
{Ktww nd down, or u(e fbme ving this Caution, may eafily
(furi ji ingExercife^ for two or avoid.
^^^m e hours following.
fpooni X. In a Cachexia m Wo-
I Tli men,
'f . where there is a grât
If the Cachexy bc at-
.ed with vehement pAin^ Obilrudtion of the Term^,
îfyoii
nipwipy particular Part or you ought not to provoke

jb, bleeding wich Lee them, 'till you bave opened
]
is of admirable ufe: I Ob(lru6lioi>s ot' other Parti
^]^\ ember (once more efpe- cleared the paifages , snd
T2r<rny) I had a'cachea:ick prepared the Blood and Hu
I mori
^
114 SAL MO N*^ Li. I,
mors :For Nature difchar- way all his fwelling, witlm:

ges not the Blood by the any fenfible fluxing ; an he
Veins of the Womb , 'till became perfectly well. Jut
the Crudities be in a great one thing which was itv
meafcre confumed, and the remarkable in this Cirjj
Blood has recovered its in- was. That an old Pai"*
ward Heat, Lifej and Vi- the Spleen, which heaii
gor: And Crudities being been troubled withal fori
concoded, and the Oeco- twenty two or twenty feci

nomy of the Body reftoredj years, was totally and 3r-
what natural Evacuations fedly removed, and ri

werefuppreiTed^ will return of the Difeale went afi
of their own accord. by Urine.
XI. I once had a cache-

îcal Patient, who former- XIL Aconfirm'd Caû
ly had the Pox.but had been iswithout danger, and
well of that Difeafe fome be cured in ftiort timbr
years ; but fearing there Sudorificks only ; the Cil
dhould be yet fome Relicks principally proceeding oni
of it, defired Ijliould pro- a Debility of the Bloociiiilj
ceed in the Cure^ as if it had noble Parts, charged e hat
been the Pox ; nor could I with too great Aciditie d
prevail with the Man to adan aqueous Matter, wic^j
initofany other Cure: At is fent into the Habit
length I fumed him with Body : For this purj
the following Troches: Ish Tind:ure of the opd
artificial Cinnabar fix Draws'^ Crocus Mart is , or the C'
Mjrrh^ Awher^ Maftick^ Oli Martis it felf is profiUi]
hanum , Clo*vzs y Nutmegs given; ^nd GruUngius
ana half an Ounce ^Mercurim for this purpofe it cxce
Dulcis two Drains^ 'with other Remedies, becaiî
Sprit of Wine ; make thirty (lengthens fo power] lly
two Troches^ for eight Fumi- For internal Sudori:fe

gations, fumed him three ('which may alio abfbr th
I
or four times ^ and took a- Acid,) we commend ^^
:
iiiap. XVIII. ^
Practical J^fipacfe* 115
'' hmerciU from fix to fixt sen \
through their Pores ^ and
C , ow Angelfis Mineraljs from Plicatures into the flefliy
(i to twelve Grains 'y

Tilula Subftance of the Body.
^gelica from one to tivo
ûÛi ; or. a Dece5lion of XIV. IftheSickbe of a
atacum after the ufual chokrickhahit of Bodyîf they
^ynner, the Patient being fweat, (in a Stove, Chair, or
11 Stove or Bed. BagniOj) it oughr. to be~
with a gentle heat : If they
:CIII. Barht feith^ that be melancholly^ the heat mufl:
\ watery Matter is firft be greater but if pblegma- >
Face and J the heat muft be raoft

tiered
;: in the tick
lbs 5 and if the tumid intenle, that the Hutiiors

ts be preft with your may be melted and the _,
gerj that they are not fb preternatural Gelly diffol-

as in a true Dropfiej ved 5 without which, it can
that the caufe of it is never pais away by fweat
n the lymphatick Vef- And this is of ufe chiefly in,
being compreffed, bro- Virgins, where the Difeafe
\
, orfome other way proceeds from Grief, drin-

Bloi| ru<aed^ whereby the na- king cold Water, eating un-
1 Motion of the Lym- ripe Fruit, or other hetro-
iciditfishindred, aiad fc^thruft gene Things: But in hot
the flefhy and skinny Confti tut ions, and fuch as
m But all this we can-
Vs, have been ufed to eat and
ipuA concede unto nor do , drink hot Things, (whereby
Jie
loelieve that ever the Ru- the Liver is made exceeding
ortke
ie of the lymphatick hot and dry, and much
jTels were, or can be the Choler abounds in the firlt
ij
p
jj^ but
|ie this pcf- and
thereof fecond Region, viz^, iix
i
jitci
may be fbmetimes a the Veins of the Liver^j-
I*
Is
te ifcj the two great thin- Spleen, and Mefentery,and
^p of the Lymfha ^ and in the greater Veins and
I'
5qJ
weaknefs or laxnefs of Arteries,^ Baths are much
I
VelTels containing it^ more proper than Stoves^

reby it has- an emiffion aad fuch-like, beeaufe they;
pi
: I i moifterij
Mr> SALMON'S L..I
moiften j whereas a dry by ; but Lenitives ma be

fweat irritates the Atribi- given and repeated 'irii
Hous Humor. Strengthners between ; Jnd

(bmetimes firongtr P^m
XV. Being come out of provided there be p.ttj
the Bath^ you may anoint long intervals betweenanl
the Belly , Feet, Legs, and many times Corrobojteii
other fwoln Parts, with the of the Bowels be givî k
following Unguent : Take the interim, to fuppoiiaK
tcfs of EUIer , Dwarf-EUer^ refrore their tone. y
Do'ves-foot _,
mushed Cranes-
hill^ Muftard^ Rccket^ Camo- XVI r. Quercetanus om
mile ana twe Ounces > Falm- m.ends this Pouder ftfiii :
O it one Vcund \ hoil well^ firain fne Filings of Iron one ^

out hj preffing n then add di- Feculi Ari om Dram
(i tiled Oils of Amher^ Anni- fence of CQral^ Pearl, Toi\
Jeeds^ and Juniftr^ ana three Amebrgrije y ^n^halfa

Drsms 5 mix them^ to anoint Amher prepared , C;z|
withal J and inwardly give a ^na, four Scruples Sugif'Q(\ 'y
Dram or two, or more, of mix^ and make a Poudci,

our Aqua Bezôarticapr good is a good Thing foj
Ctnamcn-Water. and depraved Coloui
chexies in Men, Wmd
XV L Catharticks are ad- and Maids, whether m
judged .by molt to be of or old, the Body beir!;pi
evil confcquence, being gi- pared and purged folbi
ven to cache ftick Perfons, be- time before hand. Sm
caufe they hurt the Liver^ commends his Chalyî
and weaken the Ferment oJ Salt for the lame prpc
the Vifcera : This is true, \\ ScQ it in my Seplajiuni I

they be often or long given, X. Cap, i6,Sett, 13, fj
as we noted at Seci,'^. above, & Ltb,2. Cap,i^. SiSl',^'
for they deftroy the Pati-

ent, the Vifcâ and weakned XVIIL Or this:
Parts being extreamly hui t, Filings of Iron J fprink
and more weakened therc- mtb li'attrs of Hôr'^^

i.
ap.X\^ni. pâcticrt! PftpScft/ "7
^fi\^ or Scurvy-Grafs^ -where- it;or other wife walking and
'
Âeir Saltf have been d^pl- (lirrlng two hours after it.
^'î'^(,
leave them fo long till As often as you pour out
^^\iis cmverud to Ru^l or Cro- one Gk(s, you muft put in
fh'y of which take fixOunces*y another, 'till half the R/or
^ Hnt Hartshorn prepared^Ma- CrocHs (eems fpeac ; then
^^leries of Coral and Vearl^ you are co ceafe, and put in
^'%i one Dram and half\ Ci- no more. Oar TmHura ad
^ gi^^. Crjjfals of Tartar, ana Chlorofin is alfo of experien-
fiippoffDr^w; Suâr a fttffiaent ced \J(q,
- \ntity; mix, and make a
der: Dofe om Dram. XX. If the Patient finds
CM i; any pain in the Abdomen or
iiidei:iV^Senmrtifs Qommt^ds Belly, you ought to brthe
M,i^, Wine : Take Ftlin^s of the Part with Fo'mers of Am-
hî; three Ounces and half; bertwice a day; Or with this:
'jrl^fnîte ffim tv}o Quarts in- Take Falm-Oil four- Ounces ;
'^
iU\A them together in a Bolt- OllofAnnifeedshalfan Ounce ^

i, mi a Aionth in a warm mix^ and anoint with it. Or
;;5i{e; Jhiktng it three or four this: Take ? aim-Oil four
dmu a day : Dofe five or fix
Ounces ; Oil of fweet Fennel--
ir,^ foijaces theXlor- feed ^ of Oranges , ana two
at a tlme,in
CcWg taltiiig, and lying two Drams ; mix ^ and anoint
n,%hree hoiiri in Bed after with, as before.
kit. J
I 3 CHAP.
'
il8 S A L M ON'S Li I
CHAP. XIX.
Of the STQNE in the Reins,
jj A S this is a Difeafe as inthe Colick the Pal

JTJu with which many different , or in diffe
are afiiidedj fo is of as it PartSj afHicîng for the rl
hard and Cure^ for
difficult part the Colon; anci
which variety of Medica- the beginning the UriiH
ments are inftitutedp The of a troubled Subftance>i
caufeof which is this: That terwards more clear. h\
thofe things which^do fome
good,and cure them to boot_, IIL How Gravel (w
yet do others no good at is the Progenerator of
all and fome times make
_,
Stone) is bred/Jthere isj
them worfe 5 for which Rea- rious Opinions: Spig^
fon fake^ we fliall make it by his Difcourle, feei "
itour Bufinefs here to exa- believe it to be bred

mine variety of Authors^ Veins i for he faith,
and hear what they all fay. he has found the Bloc!
the Veins full of fmall 'i
II. It is a Difeafe like the vel s and if lb, it is nat

Colick ; but it is diftingui- for it to deicend with!
{hed from it^ becaule in the Subftance of the Bloodj
Stone J the pain continues the emulgent Arteries, tii
ilill one place ; and in the

in from thence with the Sunt
beginning the Urine is clear^ to the Reins and lad-
but afterwards of a troubled der.
Subftance ^ bringing forth
with it at length Gravel, IV. But by what Ariî
Stoncsândfuch-likej where- Gravel is generated^ is iP,i
k
Gap. XIX.
iir Queftion :
i I care not purej fine, and fbft Wheat-
^"atly if I relate to you a flour. This I did, 'ris pol^
iûlar Obfervation which an hundred times, and
fible,
Jiade whilft was in the

I always produced the fame
|:ft-J&j. InthofeCoun- Sand : From whence 1 de-
^,5^ for clearing of Ground^ duced thefe things i. That :
-
People commonly lay thofe Trees, (which in thole
I the Wood on heaps^ and Countries are moftly of a
n it :I did the like of mighty bignefs^ chiefly Pine,
od growing upon a very Oaks, Hickeries, and fuch-
-1 vidy piece of Land _,
the like> (Herbsj Plants, and the
rrk^ ij)ftance of the Earth (unlike,) growing upon liich
audf its
upper Cruft) being a fandy ground, have all their
I
fiUiiiii'e
white Sand. I had Nouriffiment and Subffance
france,iy white and foft Afhes^ from that Sand , whether
inferiour in fofcnefi to white, red, yellow, or of
Wheat-flour^ or
fineft what Colour foever. 2. That
^l/iiite Starch J in
which not by the of the
plaft ick Virtue
'
appearance of Gra- Plant, the Subftance of the
leaft
_ or Sand could be difcer- faid Sand is diflfolved , and

^jj^^l by any means. Of fitted for the Nouriftiment
'fe Aflies I had occa- of the fame Plant. 2 . That
1 to make a Lixi'vi- the faid Sand is difTolved in-

Ibmetimes by infufion to a moiftHumor,and it may
,
y^ fometimes for Expe- be refinous or glutinous, or

ion fake by boiling. The aqueous , confonant to the
j^j5[^:w.w being decanted, Nature of the fame Vege-
,^îjji:l the
Aflies caft away, I table \ the fame kind of
'gl,Q(j^l the curiofity to view; Sand which produces an
by an exad fcrutiny, Oak^ makes alfo a Vine^ Hie-
'terVi^
'i
nd them to be nothing kery^ A^ ^ or other Plant,
'
J g: pure white Sand, with- growing upon the fame:

',
'"
y- any of the fmall and For if they were not gene-
<: particles of Afhcs.which rated or produced of Sand,
...pore the elixiviating of Cthe Earth being fcarcely
i;ni, made them feel like any thing elfe, ten or twen-
I
4 ty
: 1
126 S A L M ONS LU
^y Foot deep, in thofe Pla- lour, and clammy, lu-
foft,
ces,) Of what other Matter cillaginous and rotten lib
can they he made ? 4. That (lance, ii>to a pure wit:
an Analjfts being made by Sand, no ways unlike toi^c
burning andelixiviation.the firft Subftance, or thai 01
whoIeSabftance of the Plant which they were primiijv

( in a manner^ refames its generated ; all which thig;
frima Materia.ov fir/t Matter' might clearly be di(cer<
ngain, converting its Body in many of them, accord
into Sand^ and not into any to the differing Degrees
other Principle. <r- That Times of Rotting or Pi|
the Extremity and Violence fyi ng, as Nature had h
of the Fire^ has not power feveral Years in perforn||
to deitroy the Uta of the that Work and Operat'd
prime Cauft; but it ilill Thofe which were prdw
retains the fame through all ced of white Sand, revewi'
Viclflitudes and Changes^ into white Sand again > t bfl
even of the ftrongeft Fire it of red Sand, into red S.id
felf.
f k
V. I made alfo another VI. Out of what has IJfi ii
Obfenâtion, of the fame laid, it clearly appears, jUi n

kind of TreeSj Herbs^ and Things by refblution ill ?:
Plants J growing upon the rally return into the M.terj

ftme kind of Land, from of which they were fir' r
rheir rotting: Great Pine- nerated-5 fo that acco: n.s,
Trees, four or tiv^ Foot in to theFood, and the Iiai

Diametre, 2nd others, being or Matter that Foodvaij
rotted upon the Ground, generated fiom, being daiiij
akhough the rotten Wood refblved in Maus Bod\ i)
at hdi become only light the Production of Ji:es

and chaffie^ then a Slime and Humors, Blood, Flelli,inc!|
Mud ;
yet that Slime or other Subltancesofthe Imcj
Mud,and Rottennels, gra- So true and faithful isthq
dually converted from that Work of G OD in th V\

'^.rown^ dark, or black Co- niverfe, that as He c?M
3i?.xix. practical
Sljiiy HImfelf, fo neither ny times make much Gra~
^^\ the Things He caufes velj yet poflibly it may fi-
P'^f^bQ produced, lofe their gnifie a Difpofition to that
^!êi: iJeas and Totetttialtties^ Difeafe : For if Gravel,
^4iiughthey never fo often which u(ed conftantly to
e
priinili.nge their Forms and ^/>- come away, is afterwards
^hK:htlirtvc<j^
J
but will after a fupprefled;, and Pain is felt,
' difawg race or cour(e of Vicif the Urine being clear and
ijaccoiijdes and Alterations^ re- thin, there is great danger
êgreaji to their firft Matter that theGravel may contrete
igorPiin. into a Stone; and when it
m\ is made again with Pain and
pertornf/IL And thus the firft Stranguary, it is a fign there
Operaiijdfe of the Stone is to be^ is a Stone generated.

ere pwight into farther^ than the
dj m^ in which
gcnera- it is IX Gravel which is bred
dniii, or the natural Spirits in the Veins, comes away
] red Sifeffing the fame ;ihough with the Urine, and is mixt
jo not deny what Rive with the Sediment; but
V (ays upon the point, what is bred in the Kidneys,
Mtbit that there may be a Ureters, and Bladder, pre-
)piarijrifadive Spirit , which (ently refides, as the Urine
in nty be aflift ing in that Ge- is made : Authors lay, it
(heMiation Both which con-

: proceeds from aduftion of
-retirfir-red, may be the Reafon the Humors; bred in the
.
2ccor|t fome People may be Liver and Veins, and IHcks
ji;|iep['ubled with this Diieafe, to the fides of the Pot, nor
.
Foodd fome not. does it fink to the bottom,
as that which comes from
j.[j(xljjirill. Gravel fiibfiding the Reins ; it alfo break$ by
of
j|[js not njceffarily indicate rubbing with ones Finger^,
pi,l'
Stone, but Ibmetimes and appears of a move faline
;of(|',ei=
material Caufe only Subftance, wliereas the other
i;ireot^ frbr multitudes of neicher yields to the Fingers
3p}e that are perpetually nor can it eafily bedillblved.

ii from theScone^ do ma This Gravel of 2l [aline Sub-
fiance,
122 SALM O N'S Lib
;
fiance^ isdiffolved in warm have (uch plenty of lar^

Urine, and appears not is alio as clear from e
whilftit is yet hot
but the Principle before-namedjit
;
Urine being cold, it coagu- SeB. 6, deduced from

lates and flicks to the fides two foregoing Obfervati
of the Chamber-pot, or U- at5e^.4,C^'5-forthatVi
rinal^ not much unlike Tar- generally delight and gr
tar in a Cask of Wim ^ or in fandy Ground^ and uj
which is diffolved in hot the fandy fides of Hills^ i
Water ; which cooling a- in many places upon n
gain, flicks to the fides of a Rocks themfelves , out
Vefl'eU fo that the very Na- whole Ible Subftance,
ture of this Gravel and Tar- only the Body of the Wi|
tar^ feem to be much a- but alio its Leaves
like., wholly made, d
Fruitj are ;
by the plaftick Virtue of le
X. And this poffibly may Plant formed s fo that lis

in a great meaiure proceed no wonder, for a Liq)r
from the lame Caufe, 'viz,. formedût of the Subfta:e
from drinking TVine.^f^Qchl of a Rock, oroutofStcss
and Gravely being refoM,
ly nev^ Winey not fufficiently
enough freed from its Tar- to revert into its firft P> :
tar^ the which is evident in ciples again, and wherki

all thofe Countries which can refide, or dwell,
abound with 3 and drink have a home^ to breed
iTiUch Wine , in which the Matter of wliich it is
Stone and Gout^ from thofe rated. And this your g
tartarom Concretions^ are ve- Claret - Drinkers^ fufficiei
ry familiar and common, with Gout^ or Sm,

afflidled
and Ibmetimes 7viti? I.
XT. Now why Wine can, by lad Experience,

ftiould {'by much drinking of for that J^fJ, or Claret Jm
it) caufe thofe Difeafes , is abounds with Tartar mi ,
apparent from its tauarom more than other Wi-ae d

or fetrefaBive quality > and as the very VelTeis coij
why Wtm Ihould breed or ning it fufficiently witnei
ip.xix. practical P6?acfe. n ?
Exhibition, remains to be
[IL You ought to avoid enquired into. They
are
uginginthe heightrofthe given in Liquids or in a
,
\ ^xyfm^ or till the pain is more folid Body : As alfo

^ ewhat aflWaged ; for either by the Mouthy or by
a ftrong Cathartick,
1 the Fundament, or by the
given whilft the Pain Urinary paffage.
ig
olent, will many times
r purge ar all; becaufe
Parts only mindful of XV.The Matter of which
Pain, feel not the Ca- they are made, is Oftum^ or
tick force at all s or at Things of like Nature with
twife they fo contrad it, as Purflane^ Lettife^ Night-
felves, as not any wife (hade , Stramonium^ As &c
(tfSft the Medicine. for Preparations made of
rtue" Opium ^thQvc are fearcely any
)4at|HiI. In remedies for the better than what we have
we are to confider, invented fjch as are, i Our ,
.
hat Things give eafe Gutta Vtta^ which may be

relief in the Paroxyfm, Drops
given from, twenty
hat Things open the to and in ex-
one hundred ,
ges, fo as to make way tremity to two hundred, or

the Water. 3. What a full fpoonful. 2 Ou r Spi- .
gs cleanfe the Parts of nt m Anodynus in like Dofe

and Gravel. 4. What and manner. 5. Our Anti-
ngs naturally or by ac- dot us from one Scruple to
nt dilTolve fandy and two Drams , or more. 4,
Concretions. 5'.What Our Theriaca Londimnjtsfrom,
of Purges are moftne- half a Scruple to two Scni-
y in this cafe. plesi, and in extremity of
Torture to one Dram. 5'.
IViThefirftofthefeis Our Volatile Laudanum from

Tjjr.ire by Opiates,and Things two Grains to fix or eightior
)f;r,'|*i to them > but their to ten or twelve, or more,if
ter and Compofition, gradually given, and in ex- j
lywiif^ way and manner of tremity. I remember once '
: '1
''
124 S A L M ON'S Lill.
I knew A Gentlewoman ,
The firft of thefe we ofth
which had about twen- times give to thofe who ^
Iain
ty days in extrcam Torture, turally difafTed Oplum^ d ;
and continually crying out all other kind of Opia
for Death y making in all for by reafbn of die A'

chat time little or no Water the Oflatlck is lb corred
She fent for a Dram o'tCruds that it never difaffeds ^
Ofiumj refolving upon a fa- Stomach , nor alters t$
\
tal eafe: She had it, and Tone, as the other prci
,
took it unknown to any a- rations of it do. The (;*t

bout her; She fell into a ated Elixir is a Stomat
Sleep for about twenty foar and of good ufe where
Hours, then waked in eafe, miting is prefent: }\
and freely and where there is a confti

plentifully
}
made Water; nor was on of the Bowels, my L*'

ihc
ever after troubled with any danum Volatiky with AViS,
more Varoxyfms. Though is of fingular ufe ; and
this fticceeded well , yet effects arc more than oi
fuch bold attempts are not nary, for that the Ak
practicable; I here only re- though joyncd with the.
corded this matter of Fad, atesy yet feem not to
for the Gentlemen of our any part of their Cathar
'
Art to contemplate the rea- force, and in fome Cot.i-

fon of the thing, and to cutions the Medicine w ks
j
confider how far a man more,than if the Aloes vrei

may warrantably goe in given alone.
extremity, or where the
cafe feems defperate. XVII. ATindurednmi
out of the Seeds of Str^'^\
XVL We have alfo other nium^ or out of the LeCij
|
'
preparations of Oj?i/<;?, which carefully dried, gives e-

we have found extraordina- fent eaie : So the infpilK
ry effiiling, as i. OarTltw- juice of the Leaves, gi'M
Bura OpH Sulpbiirata. 2. Oar from ten Grains to n-
:
Elixir Ofiat am. ;. And our Scruple, made up into h^

Ld'idanHm Volatile oum Aloe. form of a Pill or Bds.
: ,
Cap. XIX. ipjaftical Pfipficfe* I2J

Oto commends the Juice commended for People
oPurflane.being infpiifated troubled with the Stone, for
ai made into Pills, and chat it exceeds all forts of
l^ên to the quantity of a Milk in ferofity and fubrilty
)cor:ffam, does won
he fays If the Sick be Cottive, lec
it
iiitfeaC(rs. Sjrup of the Juice of it be fweetned with Manna,

ii^-tkc is alfo of good ufe^ for Manna has a peculiar
her jbiing given to three or four property, both of opening
TfcSjônfuls ; it may be thus the Urinary Paflages, and
?:o,^|lj:de. Take Jnice of Let- giving eafe_, whereby the
i'/ajr| two Toundj white Sugar Matter offending is the more
;-; mix J hoy I, clarife^
^much'y fit to be carried off. Au-
conli^ make a Syrup the Syrup
thors have commended Ca-
^'*jg made aitd cold ^ add mels Milk^ and not witiiouc
ytto Spirit of Wine a Quart, a /hew of lleafon, as being
[ is a thing not to be dc- good agalnft the Dropfie,
lifed. becaufe they Feed upon
Spurge^ Widdow-waily Ra-
XVlII. But if the Tor- nuncu/ffs^SLVid fuch like ftrong,
e be tolerable^ 'twill be fiery, and cathartick Herbs,
t
rich better to give fuch whereby their Milk acquires

c ngs as have an apperitive a Purgative Faculty, and
Vrtue and Power_, which the 5er? becomes deter five.
,,Jiy gently open or purge, But Ibme Authors will have
evacuate; becaule by all Milk to breed the Stone,
jiptyingi the parts will be- becaufe it is cafeous; but
^^jj;ê more lax^ and lb this is Error; For why
(5 eafier (ubmit to the o- fhould the foiid Subflance
^f^,,
i^j^, Jnlng Medicirc: This I of Milk breed the Stone

mmend as a thing fami- more than other fblid Sub-
r for both Intentions.Take Ihnces r Except there be a
l^^tice cr Deception cf Spesd^ real petriiadive propeity in
'
;
.53 r// eight Ounces, choice Man- it, which none ever j'ec ,
^> two Ounces^ mix f>T a could prove ; And truly in

^
;B'/e. /; ope?is and purges gittt^ this I think GaJen was whol- ^
'^'%
^Jl'f^ ^î^^ is likewiie ly in the wrong : I anV'.
clcarlj^
ti6 S A L M ON'S U
clearly of the contrary O- all the forts of Pepper ^ Cl.'gs^
pinion; for the curdy part Nutmegs y Fenneljeeds ^ Ca

of Milk is only Nutritiveând ways, Carotfeedsy &C. .
the greateft part of it dif- Emollients which do it
folves in the Stomach into a their foftning and

chylous Juice , C God Al- (lifpery ; fuch are Oil O
mighty Himfelf feeing it Mallows^ Marftimallo >'
the beft and moft innocent L^llies^ Spinage^ boiled
Mouriihment^ even for In-x nions^ Garlicky Leeks^ %^
fan'cs as loon as they are But the true, great ^ id;
Born ; And who dares to chief of all Openers is

doubt His Wifdom? ) whilll and the aperitive Prej
the oily and ferous parts of tions thereof, which do i
it cool J moiften , open ^ in a Day, which noi

cleanfe^ and make flippery the others will do
the Paffages. Month ; for which purj
I commend my Tinl
XlX. Now things are Martisy as one of the i\
faid to open^ rather in re- famous things in the W<
fped: to their emollient^ at- to which may be ac
tenuatingyand Mfcuffive Qua- TtnBura ad Chlorofin^ ai
than to their Diuretick^
lities^ proved thing for opei
becaule there are many the moft obdurate Obi
-things which powerfully o- clions.
pen ObftrudionSj that pro-
voke not Urine at all; a- XX. The Matter
mongft which are moft hit- prepared, the next thir 1$
ter Herbs and Plants, which to cleanfe the Veflels id

open by a Sfedfick Virtue ^ as Paffages of llime, filth, ut-
Centory,Wormwood,Hops!, ter, land, or gravel, wlch
Gentian^ Carduus^ Camo- does, or may obftrud be
niiland Carminatives ^^\\\q\\

: Paffages of the Urine; ^
do it by a difcujfive proper- this isproperly done wit!
ty^ fucb are Angelica, Sou-reticks ; of which kim
''^thernwood , Smal- Medicaments Authors

Parlly ^
lage^ Annifeed, Cuminfcedj mirably abound; We

:
Practical pljpficfe* ta?

Cap. XIX..
'V-iJ: here you all that cum two Ounces^ Spring-water
tell
upon that Sub- two Tound; infufe 'till the
'
'Sii been faid

^êl, but rather give you an Water is hiewijh, for tmnty
^ iiftrad of the choiceft and four^ or forty eight Hours ^
nft approved Experiments then decant for three Dofes.
,-'4that kind. Take of our Or Take Rajfingsof
thus:
'^^îfiûra Stomachica two Dra. the Wood two Ounces, Spring-
of Garlick one Dram^

^^fice watery White-wine^ ana 07ie
Uk^ff^ or Rbenijh-'wwe ^ Jix Pound; digefi for forty' eight
Pîktces'y mix for a Draught Hours^ then decant or jfrain
neri iijiive often proved it with ufe'^ for zhrCQ
out the clear for
"v P:id fiiccefi : Or this. Take Dofes. dr^thus; Take
of Onions fwo Ounces^
".-liflce Ratings of Lignum Nephriti-
t Doft of Hydropiper half an cum two Ounces y VVihter-
iGO %ce
J
White or Rhenijh- Cherries hruifed me Ounce ,
::;ipig eight Ounces; mix for a White- "or Rhenip Tifine two
'
ly la iught, I gave this to one Pound; mix ^.aigejr forty eight

lithe extremity, a Woman, Hours^ and jfrain out for ufe,
ihe'* t had not made ^Y^ter in
be J It or nine Days, it made XXII. dr ôamay draw

sftiî make Water, and gave forth the Tindur'e with our
oroj tealeinlefithananhour. Spirit m Univerfalis^ after this
ate ()!^6 Onions four Ounces ^
manner;' Take R^Jplngsof
fe them^ Annifeeds ^ Card- Lignufh iNephriticum twoVun'
's^ ana fwo Dram^^ huifed. ceSy Spirit us JJni'verJalis one
fe them all 'Night in White- Pound; digefi twenty four
lextti le; then fqueeze forth the Hours y fo Ml a fuhfiantial
Vei ''6ând let the Sick drink Tincture be drawn; decant
it is a fingular Experi- and fibre ; to thefiltred Liquor
ravel,
it. put Alchool of Spirit of Wine
one Found; digefi twenty four
KXI Stnnertus commends Hours more^ Jo will the Sulphur
mum Nephriticum , and of the Wood he drawn into the
\is Nephrtticus; and lb iVinCj which you may decant j^
fs Experience too: Take leaving the Spiritus Qniver-

îngs of Lignum Nephriti- falis at the hottom^with v^hich
you
128 SALMON'S L. I
you may perform the like the putting it on, ftie wjjd
again. Dole one Dram to have as fend ble eafe,andee-
twOj in any convenient Ve- dom of paflage as befor
hicle, as Waters of Onions,
Parfley or Hydropiper,
, XXIII. TralUanm,
Mead, White- or Rhenifh- 3. Cap. 59. faith, Thelj
wine, or the like. The La- Peony ( in Pouder) d,
yis Nephriticus is Icldom with honied Wine, is a
given inwardly^ if you do cellent thing againft ob]
it, give the levigated Pouder dion of Urine, caufed
from one Scruple to half a : Stone fo hard as not d
Dram, or two Scruples, in broken: But the Tiii(
Syrup, or other fit Liquor. drawn fromthe Herb,
But the ufual way of ufing our Spirit us Univerfaluy
the Stone is to wear it as a bove direded , and
^
Jewel, being tied to the with Spirit of Wine^ I raj
Wrift or Arm, or hung a- drunk with the laid hcie|
bout the Neck or Hip. I Wine , is much more h
once knew a Lady which dual : After the (amc
experimented the truth of ner ycu may make a.
this 5 as long as the Stone dure of Golden-Rod^
was tied to the brawn of her will be no left effedual
Arm flie had eafe, and that the Crude Herb
voided much Gravel con- been proved in this ca^
tinually upon making Wa- innumerable Perlbns,
ter ; but as foon as the Stone Carolffs Pifo faith) with]
was removed, the Gravel py liiccefs.
Itopt, and the pains retur-
ned ; and that flie might be XXIV. Zacutus Lujii
fure this was the efted of Praxis Lib, 2. Ohferv
the Stone, flie oftentimes faith, A Man fixty
laid by for experiment
it old of a cold Contritioi
fake, and the ftoppage and was cured of the Stor
pains in fome few Hours Purgations , made of,
would return upon the ta- which he took c)^,
pentinc
king.it off j and again, upon ways, and a daily ufeft ^
^
tap-Xix. p?a(tical
jôBion of Lignum Nefhri-^ the bignefi and fhape of
v<^; by which he voided Vetches. And with this
e Gravely and a Stone^ Remedy alone he was pre-
r was well for two Years ferved Yor the tuture; for
o^ther. His Difeafe afhe ufed every Morning ro
, sivards coming upon him take .half an Ounce of the
V&Oj Clyfters^ Ointments, Oyl, with iix drops of the
iV'tficntations.Plafieri^hle- faid Balfam, by which he
f|>my. Baths, were all voided gravelly Urine, and

^^^
[ in vain, his Urine be- lived many Years By this
:
1^/!! 'retained eighteen Days, Balfam^ Avenzoar faith he

u : ân to be afflided with cured a Scrivener^ who was
^^ Falling-Sicknefs by Fits, at Death's door with the
'^'^'^
the Sick was given over Stone: If you cannot get
'J^^^ lefperate; at length he the true Baliam, Zacutus ad-
'?[' : Ojl of fweet Almonds^ vifesto ufe inflead thereof
^^^^
\ drop of ISIatural Bal- StaBe^ which is the precious
"'"
: ( I fuppofe he means droppings of Myrrh_, and
'S fm of Peru\) it made comes out of the Eaf^-Indies,
^' ^ypid a clammy Humor alfb from Pent; which, With
^jJj>toolj and fmall Gravel he^ works rare effeds. la
t^"
'Jrifle; and continuing the fame Obfervation he
Hen
afe ofthe faid Remedy, faith J That he had many
^^l^ feded with Bl-ody U- times driren out great Stones
*5 :,'a Stone of the o/gtiefs diat were firmly fixed in
i)wi'
iDadg-ftone, of a purple the cavities of the Kidnies^
ir, long, round, rough, by the IVater difttlUd out or*
very hard, and now Green Tobacco^ which he
J
ig Water ver.y freely^ gave the Patient to drink.
ok a greater quantity
I'e
Oyl of fweet Almcnds XXV. Vl^terus^ m TJk 2,=
to three Ounces^ and the of his Ohjcrvaliens , tells us^

im to the (quantity
of half He cured one of the Srons
and in the fpace
tince, with this Julep : Take P^/-
n days he voided /ixt> litory- water ine Ounce, FennA.
Stonej aid^ and ot
1 iiâHr^ Bean-fifwer-wtit^r
^ J-t^.
130 S AL M O N ^S
lef of Rofes, ana half an tine two Ounces^ Hone
Ounce mix them ; giving the Ounccy Tolk of one Egg y^
'^
Patient to drink after a de- them in a Mortar togdt

co(ftion of Peafe^ Bean-jhales, ^till they are white \ thvi
Varfly Roots^ and Reftharrow- White Wine , Tellitory-wl
Roots. Another he cured Bean'flower'7vater ^ 2m
by giving i. A Clyfier, 2. Ounce and a half^ Sp\
A Narcotick. 3. Vellitory and Limons^ or Juice of c|
Turpentine-water^ ana half an one Ounce \ mix them:
Ounce^ by which the Stone one Ounce and a halfj
got into the Bladder, and Sick took alfb thefe
then into the Yard, and Take Cyprus Turpentiml
there ftopt; he fate in a an Ounc9y Sugar- candA
Bath, and a litde after pif- Drams* with Syrup of lA
fed it forth : And by the make Tills : Dofe one ]|
taking of this following Pou- at a time, drinking ai
der^twice a Week, a Spoon- decO(5i:ion of red Peqfel
ful at a time, a Patient of while his pain was gre
his voided many Stones,and gave him an Opiate,]
the continued ufe of it pre- Ibmetimes a cleanfin;
vented the pain. Take Li- fter of Jêy, Yolks of
quorice in Fouder half an Turpentine and Honey.
Ounce , dried Teach-kernelj term gave this to a Pj
cne OuncCy Anife and Fennel- thrice, which had his
feeds^ ana. two Ounces ^Winter ftopt: Take Turpentit
Cherries one Dram^ Gromwel- Drams y Tolks of Eggs\
feeds half a Dram , Crabs- Honey one Ounce ^ Wir
Eyes two Drams^ Sugar-Can- Ounces : By the ufe wl:|
dy one Ounce and a half^ make he avoided (0 many
a fine Fcuderi He drank af- that he wrote to him,
ter it a decoiftion of Peafe, torn Shirt came out ofbis\
Parfley, and Bean-fliales, derz Thus was he cl
with Butter, and a little and lived many Years
Salt. And in Lib. 5. of hts found; and with the!
faidy Ohferi/ations , he com- kind of Potion he cujj
mends this: Take Turpen^^ Fremh Minifter,who vi
Cip. XIX. Piartfcal pi)?0cfe<
-h Stone with the firft t'nued for eight or ten
Dfe. WeckSjit continuallybroughc
away Sand and large Gravel,
;XVI. I cured a Man and he was perfedly cured.
fir he had been twelve Salmon,
jirs troubled with the
t'le and Gravely with this XXVII. Barthotinm ttWs
i:ture: Take Venice cr us^ That he found no eafe
.;isburgh Turpentine four by any Diuretick, except
Ihces'y 0)1 of fwett Almonds Bean-rtiale-water , which
t}finccsy Honey two Drams ; brought away Gravel ; fo
and wix them vêll toge- that^ laith he^ more may be
it opened the Paflkges, attributed to it^ in bringing
lehim prefently pifs free^ away the Stone ^ than to
and brought away a Millepedes And^ faith he, :
t quantity of Sand and Egg-ihells are given with

iPi
1 Stones: He- took it fingular fucceft^ ( after the:
nlng and Evening, half Chickens are Hatched) ei-
uncCj or bette: at a ther \o break, or expel tî?
,, .1.., for three Months^ Stone^ this Lithontriptkk be-

\ king after it Arfmart- ing reckoned among Secrecv
P'a and was perfedly of this kind, for this pur-
to a
^, fo that for many pole Ltidovicffs Mercatrir
rs after he had not the commends the Flower and.
J?J
"Pain or Symptom. A- Seed of Star-Thifilc , as a
ler I cured with this: thing highly in r^queft^ for
e Strasburgh Turpentine and cleanfing the
purgiifg
life
Ounces^ Tolks Reins and Bladder; daily
of four
nuDjf
".^ grind them together in experience f faith he J iVili
crtar^ 'till they are v^hite
;
confirming it; giving two
t add 0)1
ofjweet Almonds Ounces of the diitiiled Wa
J<.
Ounces and mix them ter in the Morning Fafiing ;
'j
,Mt
^j'^nW/^: Dole^ an but ^n EJfence cf the v^hoL-
1^"^ j;ce Morning and Eve- Plant (as we have tanghc h:
'^^, drinking a Glafs of Chap, y Seel.
35^ and ;7, a-
d after. This he con- foregoing) is much better.
K 2 XKVliL
^ .
I52 SALMON'S L
mem againft Experi^
XXVIIJ. Jugeniusînhis yet it looks like a \:
Medicinal Epftles^ Lib. 12; potch of all together.
Ep. T, and 2, laith^ He has
cured near ^w hundred of XXIX. Crato, in Ci\
the Stone by this following faith. That he prefers
Syrup^ giving three Ounces Roots candied, or ftedp
at a time^ with fix Ounces White- wine > and Sj\
of the decodion of Eringo^ the Juicg ofSpeedwel I
for fifteen days together^ all ; though iîaith he)

five hours before Dinner, not Ignorant that th
Univerfals being premifed. of Brier and Refiharri
Take Saxifrage^ Knee-hollj much good when the
Er'wgo^ Lavage^ Kefiharro'iP^ is nianifeft. And f(
Anije^ Fennel^ i^^^fyy Grafs^ pain in the Kidneys

ana La If an Ounce, Hor/i- by the Stone^ there
RaJiJJ}Roets two Ounces, thing ('faith hej bett
Leaves of Betony^ Burner, a Decoîon of Speedul
Marfl}'Malkws^ Nettles^ Fen^ the Injpiffate Juice t
ny-rojal. Rocket^ Calamint^ But an Ejjence of thA
Knot-grafs^ Pellitcry of the crude, as we have di|
Wall ^ ana M, qu. Winter- in Chap. 5-. Se^^ \^
Cherries fivmty, Seheftens
fif-
much tranfcends the
teen, Seedsof Bapl^ Burdock,
Parfly^ Sefeli^ MiUet, ana XXX. Frefii Oyl of\
three Ounces, Bark of the nuts by expreffion^ gif
Bay 'Tree Rooty Liquerice, ana three Ounces at a time
three Drams , Water five day, for Ibme time, i|
Quartt 5 hojl ^till three Quarts mended as an ei
only remain
5
ftrain^ and with thing; and a certain I
Honey two Vcundy Sugar four cian attells. That l|

Pound ^ make a Syrupy and daily ule thereof he'
aromatize it with Cinnamon feveral Stones voided.]
nne Ou7tce, Nutmegs half an lame probably mk
Ounce. Pi'obably it may done with exprefed
ô goodj there is no Argu- fv:eet Almonds^ as all
: :
-T p. XIX. p?actfeal Pfipficfe. 'sî
xfTiffed Oyl ofVVall-mts,

Knore with ths expreffed XXXIT. Beverovicius de
.
.)i^fOrange^ Limon^ or C/- Calculoj Cap. 1 2. faith, Tiiat
n.Kernels, Outwardly al- when the ways are loofiied
> anoint with this fol- (I fuppofe he means with
^g
Oyl ^ it is of good Oily and Mucilaginous
Take Oyl of Scorf ions things,) nothing is more
}OHnces^ O/l of bitter Ai- effedual to remove the
rs one Ounce J Palm Oyl Stone, than &ne Dram of Sal
Oyl of Juniper-
)rams, , to be given in Prunella
k[W ^n Ounce mix Rhenifh-wine , warm, by

lâlf '^
yij" ^^^ anoint the region which Medicine alone (faith

Loyns therewith, he) I have often brought
and Evening. away the Stone of the Blad-
der from Children. Cr.ti'/-
^^nCI. With this follow- Ejî are of tenuious Parts and
y Lemedy I have done al- Diuretick; they break the
uj, Miracles in expelling Stone, and force it away by
^ Gravel and Stones,
*, UrinCj efpecially the Liquor
i,jjf both Reins and Blad- of them^ which prepared
Jg'( I
Take Baljamum Co- manner is
after this befl:
,.j,;
(or as we call \tCapi- Take Crabs -Eyes finely pou-
dred two
ii f^rOmces.YdksofEggs Ounces^ Ace turn Te-
Ôyl of fweet Almonds^ rebinthinatum four Ounces ;
ana three Ounces ^ Oyl fiopi and digefi for a Night in
\M^
;,,.
m*îpTf berries one Dram ; the next Day decant
hot Ajloss
all toggther tn a what IS clear ^ and pour on as
It i lira
^^^-
Mortar] 'till they are much more ^ repeating this
g l^/y
w/a:^^, and keep the work fo often 'till all the Pou*
m ^^^^ an/^-E)ofe/roni
Ounce, every IS to
fix der is
filter ate
diffol'ved
,
: Thefe Liquors
and evaporate to
^^j
drynefsy and the Salt will re-
îTlîfter it^/ir^^ Oimces of main at bottom which dijjolve
J
fence of Speedwell in a in a Cellar into Licju:/r^ "pzv

of Rhenilh'7i^me atid Sit- deliquium. Dole gut. ter^
Sal/mn; or twelve, in Horfe RadiGi
K 3
VImc
;
J?4 S A L MO N*S
Watcr^ or fbme fuch like. quantity^ fignifies bat liie ,
This Liquor is much more 1 am of Opinion the Jcti

efficacious than the Crabs- of Limons alone dcpurad,
Eyes in lubftance. without that fpecious
paration, or given in Mi(
fey- wine, as Guarinonim\
XXXUI. Quercetan his vifes,may be as good
Nephritick'Water is of great found by experience
account ; and it is thus made; Auaily to purge and ck|
Take Juke of Horfe-Radifh, the Reins^ and to give
cf LimonSy ana cne Pcund to niany^ and that wit
^nd a half Waters of Betony^ any harm to the Stotnj
Saxifrage^ IVtld Tan fey ^ Ver- elpecially if fheathed
njaln^ ana cne Tound^ Hydro- Honey or Sugar.
m4^ Malwfey^ ana two Vound^
*jfuniur~herrks three Ounces ^
Seeds cf Millet, great Bur XXXIV. Brannm
dock^ Nettles^ Omens ^ Anife^ Calcnlo commends the
Fenvel^ ana one Ounce and a lowing Syrup as an
half* of the four greater cold lent Remedy, leavii
Seeds , Alarpi-mallows , ana calculoLs Matter behi
x Drams ^ burnt Egg-fklls^ the Kidnies, if after!
Cinnarf?on, ana three Drams, ging, two Spoonfuls p.]
fJez-'cs two Drams 'y digefi all taken at a time in the
jcur or f'vs days in a gentle ning Falling: Take
Balnea *y then firain out^ and of Speedwell one FoundA
difttll in yjjljes. He fays thisof Ground Ivy fix Ounl
Water does wonders in the Turjlane three Ounees]
Stone^ and againfl fuppref- and make a Syrup wit
Tion of Urine : ney one Found and
Dofe from
two Drams to an Ounce. Both Helmont and Fahe\
He adds p Dram of two mend the Liquor
ibrts of Lithontriptick Spe- Birch-Tree , which
cies to the Compofitionjbut Birch-wine ^ as a R(
ihe linaLieis of the propor- that does not only
tion to she former ia-ge the Stone and Grav(
,
*?: XIX. m^dm pi)Pficfe. i?^
Ifcprevenfs the Bleeding

lejof. XXXVI. ^t'm, Sextus
Vlatomctis^ and isuarinonius,
XXV. Riverim faith, do all of them commend a
Jijhes of Egg'Jhells given Hare baked in an Oven^ ^tillit
i half a Dram one to is dry ^ then fondred:, (but

.Ti in White-wine^ pow- Vctcrius iaith the Afhes of a
"iewtty expels the Stone lod- Hare j given from o^ne to
andi in the palTages of the two Drams in Wine, is pro-
:oiii {q: So alfo, the Salt of iitable to expel the Stone^
^.at \-CoJs and Stalks^ of fome fay to diffolve it; as
eSto h half a Dram in alio to prevent its breeding
atlid :c-wine operates after for the future ; made into
niderful manner: Alfo Pillswith Turpentine^ it is
tr FitrpoUte given in the indeed of good u(e. The
Dofe. Sfirit of Salt is Pouder of Dcers-blood given
[fwJprailedj fome drops of to one Dram, is commended
Dds ti tog taken in the Mor- to expel the Stone^ as Hofe*
as an Fafting in Broth, or rus affirms. Motherwort ^ and
leavi \ other Liquor, as Wine, the fôQti of Vervain in Pou-
fbel Dftion of Eringo, &c, der, or the Effence of thofe
ilk commends this Potion Plants prepared as we have
iniili a little: Take Straw- taught in Chaf, 5". Se^. ; f
inrlif find Saxifrage-waters^ and
with ;7. and drank
lix Pwo Ounces^ White-winelWhhc-vAnQ^y or Meadj a
^0 ftwces^ Ojl of fweet Al- little warmed, are incredi-
'
Ôj
\s two Ounces^ Spirit of hie Pveniedies in removing
Q^ffj
one Dram
;/ mix for all things that hinder the
'^
^^, ^ Dofes^ to be given fix paffage of the Urine , as

\
rs one after another. Hofman and Marquardus lay.

Sal PrunelU, Cryftals
ioiiof-
'tar. Pouder of Ivy- XXXVII. For Medicines ^
fetiB''^
^" given Clyfter-wi(e, Font a-
Leî/f J of Crejfes^
.
i>artes eqaaês^ with fome nus com mends the DecotHon
J
^'M, ^^^P ^*^^^ Tills y of of Millet^ given to half a

^^^^ ^^^ Drawy every Pint; but, without doubts
Giiit''
îng Fafting. it
l^ 4
SALMON'S
,
Lilij
^t mjy be much more cffe- more ejfeûal , hecaufi

^{ld\ if half an Ounce of ûr- Salts do in Jome nteafurc d
Pntlm hz added to it^ being the Water to the parts afflil
^r(lground with the Yolk Ifalfo it he fweetned with
of an Egg, to open its bo- ney^ the Medicament wi
dy. [till the hitter, for that it
lefsdtfaffeB the Stom.uhît
XXXVIII. Zecchiui \n\\\s in fome People it will he IB^
Conitikations commends, do, Salmon,
yei, fays nothing is better
to bring away the Stone in XXXIX. Saxoniain
the Kidnies than warm Wa- (bribing fome familiar P)
ter, or Veal, or Mutton^ or for fuch as are troubled
Chicken-broth; hvQ or fix the Stone, mightily difc
Ounces being drunk pretty mends the ufe o^CaJJia^ '
warm Morning and Eve- ther for Prevention or

ning before Eating. Ai^d vulficn : Petrus Vigray^
the great heat of the Reins 7. Cap, 4. fays, ThatC
will hz taken away C which agrees very ill with
is the efficient caufe of the' that are troubled with
pains of the Stone returning) Stone Others fay that
:
if bo;vled Water, to the fia has increafed the Di{

quantity of feven or eight and that the heat of t
Ounces, be drank before always followed the tz
Meals twice a day, for no- of it. Fahritius Hildanui
thing renders the Kidnies fo us. That two Ounces ol
trQQ from Recrements, and fia being given one

io temperate: and their fiery continual Fever , it rj
heat is at length extinguifhed fuch a Flux of Urine,|
with the warm Water, fo for three days togeth(
they can never after
that made his Urine fo hot
breed the Stone If to what
: time, that he thought
cur Atithcr here fays ycu add ^ hot Wire had been d|
io each Draught half a Dram through his Yard.
of Salt ofTiartarjjr fHre Nitre
ir vjilLin my Opinion ^ht much
Slip. XIX. practical p&?nc!t. 137
\ the Medicine^ and that had
:L: To all this we an- any other Medicament been
wr, i: That very famous given at that time, adapted
l'ficiansno ways infe- , to the Diftemper with the
i(to the former, have higheft fcrutiny^ and Inge-
cftantly nkdCaJfla with nuity of the moft learned in
e/ goodfuccefe: Platerus our Profeffion, 'tis poffible
u^dy gave any thing in the lame EfTeds might have
Stone without it_, and enfued; fo thaf in Prudence
gave it mixt with
:n we ought to afcribe the
':nii nna: And the learned afore-enumerated Diladvan-
i:lia:|lr/, in his Annotations tages to the Habit of the
imn Barhet , gave it to a Body, and prevalency of
ilyditjoffixty years of Age fome acid Humor aboun-
Cii{m, a good fuccefs: I have ding at that time, rather
ion 01 tntimes given it both a- than to the Caffia^ or the
lipi ;, and mixt it with Tur- innocent ufe of any Medi-
Ttiat tine^ with a fingular Ad- cine whatfoever. Salmon.
with cage, never with the ill
i wii B^s above-named . a . If XLI. Crato prefers the
iythi enquire into the Nature fimpie Deco6fion of Speedvêl
[heDi le Medicine, we find it -with Sugar , before all the
atofl ic cooling, and without more famous and great Me-
i the t ! ftiarpnefs of Parts^ fo dicines inwardly given for
0m clean never think that the Stone: The ufe (faith
I'jnceii I Medicine can give that he) of a Clyfter made only
ri one ch its felf hasnot. 5. We of a Decodtion of Sfeedwel
jfjt ibt to confider the Na- with Sugar, will do more
UriiK
J of thofe Bodies on good than aay Medicine
Dm CaJJIa had fo ill an taken by the mouth; you
;ioli(Jr'<^ (as they fay; in the may put into the Decodion
jjQUgli!
le; and then probably fome of a Loin of Mut-
fat
jjjjD
imay perceive that thole ton or Veal, of a Rabbet or
jjjj^
|x)fed Efiec^s , rather a- Capon, that fo it may be
;from the pre valency of more fmooth and flippery,
morbifick Matter, than or for want of thefe you
may
ijS SALMON'S libut
may take feme ^crements of the Blood nr^
fre(K Butter,
The Sick often find more tend thither,and make \il:.
relief in the Cholick or ter to breed the Gravel ai-
Stone^ fiom a fimple Cly- Stone: This is the fear
fler of Milk and Sugar, boi (bme Artifts, though ca
led either with Speedwel or lefly enough where n^tl
Gammomil-flowers , that? the Meat nor Drink re<V
from Clyfters more richly ved, tends by relblution
and largely compounded of fiich a generationi nor a
hot Things, becaufe thev trifadive Spirit lodges
by difcuffing Pain, encreafc the Parts. However, Dl
Wind, whereby the Pain is reticks,for that they quid
augmented, which is only run to the Reins, and ca|
to be appeafed with Ano- along with them the F
dincs. crude and unconcoifti
thereby loading the
XLII. The DecoBion of already afflided, thoi
Teafe maie vîth Daucui they are not the Cauli
Seed Tarjley-Seid or fweet the Matter of the St
, ,
Fennel Seed ^ is a Medicine yet they are to be given

not to be defpifed, and ma- the more caution, le
ny, by taking it alone, have their violence, heaping
had a perfect Cure But as Matter , they the
;
Diureticks in the Cure of ftreighten thofe Parts wl

this Diieafe are neceffary to arc
already too m:h
get the Gravel and Stone ftreightned by the Body
out of the Reins; So for the petrifaîve Matter t
prevention ; and in time of lodged already. And tb
Health, we. muft abftain fore it is Prudence to
from the too much them a long time
ufe of
them, left while they pro Meat, or upon an er
voke Urine, by a conltant Stomach ; and if it ma]
ufe of them, they make o- done , after the Bodyl
pen the ways and paflages purged or cleanfed.
to the Kidneys, whereby all
the. crude Humors, and Re-
XLE
^ i
::ip. XIX.
by help of a petrifa(5bive
ILIIL com- Gafi or Spirit) is generated.
Varacelfus
ids .
Spirit of Salt and Now this coagulated Au^
,
pit of Juniper 5 as alfo fterc, is infiinged by the

pitandTindure of Nitre, iliarp Acid of the Sfirit of
and Antimony. WtUfs Nitre. And therefore when
311mends fereral Diurc- the Rudiments and begin-
cs whofe Bafib is a vola- nings of a Scone are laying,
[Salt; and feveral like- we muft , befides volatile
iodgjfe whofe Bafis is an alca oily Salts, ufe Things that
:îr,I e Salt Ibnie alfo whole diUolve the Stone, amongft
i
le) qii is is an acid Salt. Sjhim which,we defervedlyafc be

and( ; the Stone muft either the firft place to Spirit of
k \ Jiffolved, or expelled un- Nitre , feeing in it Stcnes
ux blved. For diffolving, are lb eafily
and fo mani-
{\r ipropofes Sprit of Nitre > and it may
feftly diffolved
, k ing ten or twelve Drops be given in Beer, Ale, Wine-
; Oi t in Deco(îon of Grafe- Broth, &c. to make them a
tl-,e Si Dt; All Stones ((ays hej little fharp , and fo to be
igkeii 1 1 have yet found, are uledfor Ibme confiderabb
n^k [clved in /?aV/ 5;j/>;V
^ time.
iCjpiiij re s whence I conceive,
the 1 1 none can conclude that XLIV. To this o^Syl^
'arts! :
coagulation of Stones the learned Decker
'vias ^
00 I t proceed from an acid, makes Ibmething of anlwen

leBod ', on the contrary^ from The Sfirit of Nitre (faith he)
laaer lething being put upon the Stone
oppofite to it.
yti & virtue of generating poudered, and fet upon a

^ctto fncs(Ciys he) lies in au- little Fire diflblves it : Firft
tinie
re Things, upon which it turns it into a tough, and
jn
iôunt they give Glutinofi-
8 then into a watery Matter 5
itcjand toughnefs to Fluids-, but the Mifchef is, the Con-
hich if (fixt) earthy and fequence in outward and
atile faline Parts be join- inward means is not the
fomeching not unlike the fame; or at leaft the Spirit
.
nc f he fliould have faid of Nitre does not anfwei"

, ;;
SALMON'S Lill
Expectation. And JFr. Hof- be Diuretick yet It c.y
man fays^yoa fhould rather incides; upon which Sui-
give Things which confift of lilation, while the Ma:rl
an abfterfive Virtue^ from pafles out,the Urineapp:
a volatile Alcalie and Acid^ more copious, and is tml
that by their gentle fharp- Diuretick by accident
nefs^ do incide and cleanfe that it carries ought to
the filth of the urinary Paf- Reins, but becaufe the \
lages, as alfo by their fweet ter, when it has no hin>i
fragrancy affeding of the ranee, finds an eafie paffi
Reins^ do hinder the fcu- And that is attempted
leney of the Ferment, and vain,after the third or foi
fo prevent all occafion of day, which may be df
the Stone. the firfl:; without wh| '^^
the Pain is prolonged tt

XLV. Diureticks are of or four Days, to the g^
two kinds ; the one Aperi- damage of the Patient
tive^the other Incifive: Ape- then we muft ftay for \ jp.
ritive draw the Matter to verfal Evacuation, whicl

the Kidnies ; and therefore this cafe is not necelFary
if thele be affedled; are ve- the beginning, but may
ry liiipicious ^ becaule we ry well be done, when
draw the Matter to the part Pain is over. Panan
afFcded Bat Inciiivei carry Pent, Cap. ^;Obfî.
:
not the Matter to the Kid-

%t
nies^ but only by Inciding, XLVr. Riveri-^s advi
Subtilize ; ^nd fo the Mat- That in the ufe of M<
kl
ter being made fabtil cinesthat break and ex
paffestpe Heins. Hence it the Stone, they ought
is (and I ever ufe it with to be uled once or t\
fijccefs) that if in the begin- anly , but oftner , 'till
ning I give Spirit of Vitriol obftrucêd PaiTages be op
to break the Stone, or cut ed. And whild- they aregiv
the grofs Humor, I quickly the Reins and Bladder oa
lee a happy Iffue. And the to be helped with Ba
Spirit of Vitriol, though it Fomentat ions,U n vlions j|
:
c4 XIX. practical Pfipccfe* 141

iit they may operate the a Bean^ and was reflored to
b:ter. Liquors alfo that perfed Health.
; of thin Parts, fuch as
ite and Rheniili-Wines XLVIIL Spirit ofTurpeff-
ft be given now and good Thing againft

tine is a
u\ with internal Emol- the Stone; but before it be

its, and Laxatives, and ufed, Lenitive Purgers fhould
ings flippery , to make precede, at leaft, before it
r!% Paffages cafie and open, be continually and daily
y^' i qualifie the Acrimony uled. It is a great Medi-
f? other Medicines. cine , and has a diiperfing

m ,
Power penetrating deep,

^ LVII.T0 a nephritickPer- purifying the Bowels, and
^^] i vomiting Blood, M^^/j healing them , diffolving
rtt not prefcribe Things coagulated or hardned Tar-
'
[t^s
5wce the Stone^left when tar, and expelling it by
itieatj I
Veflels are unftopt, they Urine:Yet in the ule ofTur-

avtoi
uld open wider, and by pentine it felf in fubftance,
>T iier vomiting of Blood, purging before-hand is not
'Mil
e ftiould be endangered needful, becaufe it has in
urn gave therefore caleined it felf a cathartick Virtue,
rtfhorn, for feveral days, efpecially if mixt with

I Broth, and fomen- Rheubarb in Pouder , as
refli
the Part with Camomil- Crato^ in Scholtzîm Confi 52.

iêrs, e^c. lb Bis vomiting advifes. It helps by its
i^îfed, and the Stone fell temperate heat, whereby it
loH khe Bladder, and after befriends the Parts deftinU
iî 'k in the neck of his to Concodion ; for which
(i4 Men Then he gave his Reafbnit is good for thofe
yyn-falt in Decodion that are troubled with the
Vlallows, fomented his Stone. You may (ee in A-
with mucilaginous
'ities mat us Lufnanus^ Cent, i. Oif-
ngs, and anointed the fer. 63. the Hiftory of a

with Oil of white
':
MonkjWho every Morning,
'2-Tree ; widiin fix hours Months, f^raliow-
for feveral
;,iftS voided a Stone as big as ed a piece of Jurpmttne as
big.
142 S AL M O N'S II
big as a Nut , and was Humors, after a moftvjjl^
lb
cured both of Stone and derfuland admirable nj]
Gout, whm. all other Me- ner, and after fuch a
dicines would do no good^ as 'tis poflible no other l|
dicine (except of the F.n..

XLIX; When the Stone ly of Turpentine, as all a;
is voided, though all danger tural Balfams are) uin

is over, yet you ought for Earth can do befides : H
two or three days following it momentarily enters toj
toufe AbfterfivesandCleah- the whofe Mafs of Bl(i[

lers, and Healers^ that the purifies it, fweetens it,
Reins may be perfedly diifolves all its Coaguli
cleanled and healed; for entring into its Siibfti
which purpofe, nothing can with whole and ei
its
be better than a Bolus of Body; where, by its

Turpentine, made after this lutive Power , it does
manner :Take Turpentine one which neither Spirit
Dram and half^ Rheuharhy Wine can do by its fubt
Nutmegs ^ Liquorice^ all in nor Spirit of Nitre, Vit
Poudery ana half a Dram ; or Sulphur can do by \
mix and make a Bolus: After Acidity, nor other vo

whiehj an Emulfion of fiveet Salts can do by their p ^
Almonds in Barley-water or trability; being indeed ^J

Broth, or Decodion of intruth, one of the mof
Peafe^ may be profitably folute Antifsorhuticks^
drank. phthijictih y Antifpaftnai
Antiarthriticks, Antepilep
^
L. How great a Medi- and Antinefhriticks y ye
cine Turpentine is, is not eafie this fday difcovered
to be declared, it being a World.
volatile Alcaly, mixt with
a frnall quantity of a volatile LI. So thatifaPhyf
Acid, but the Alcaly very knows rightly how to
much over-powering. It pare and ufe that alone
purifies and fweetens the dicine, he knows a 1
whole mafs of Blood and which will do more tl
Cap. xix. Piactical Plipficfe* U5
woleApothecary's ftiop as it is defign'd for v and
biide It is a Medica- without which, it will not
it :
1
jiitit which is a natural perfedly atifwer the defired
î:e of Chymiftry, be- End ; of which we may in
\M only a dilTolution of Ibme other place difcourfe
as
aid, rocks, or gravelly Bo more at large: This we'
\\k by the mighty Power could not (even for Piety
he plaftick Spirit of the fake) avoid the fpeaking of
nt,(which deftroys the here, confidering that feme
edent pctrifadive Spi- thoulands of times (in about
>fthe Matter of which twenty fix, or twenty feveti
was made, ^viz* Sand, years Pradife) we have
vel. Stones, Rocks, ^c.) made ufe of it with admi*
by a living Alembeck, rablelucceis.-
ivit, the Body of the
p, and all its Limbs, is LIII. If in the Stone in
fted,raifed, exalted,and the Reins, the Sick piffes
lized,purified and made much Blood, and often, the
le ; and laftly, impre- cafe is hazardous, becaufe
;cd with a mighty Spi- two oppofitc IntenticMis oc-
dob]'
in dired anti|^thy and cur ; and it is a difficult thing
. . pfition, and vaftly fupe- to find a Remedy in Art, to
(.j ftothepetrifadive Spi- perform oppofite Intentions
'.^ as being not only able or Operations, îz. to open
r^ o, but P.lfo undo that, and llop, diffolve and bind,
^jly :h the faid petrifadive break and coniolidate,at one
^V* [er can never do, or ac- and the (ame time In tfils*:
^f^ Iplifli again, cafe, you muft fet afide all

other Remedies, and ha:ve
overei|[i.
Nature has done fo recourfe to vitriolick Bath-
already, towards the waters, or Waters running,
'.6tion ojt this Medicine, from Iron Mines, for that
ittle remains to be done their Virtue is moft excel-
krt ;
yet ibmething it lent, there being no fafer
or better Remedy to be
0)i or fo univerfal an ufe. thought of; for fuch Waters
[olBOw
^_ expei
,
144 S A LM O N'S Li!
^xpel violently and effica- Spirit of Vitriol two Dram

cioufly and are therefore
, better'^ mix themfor ufe. T
Lithontriftick ; and yet C as artificial Waters may
being impregnated with taken from a Pint to I
Vitriol ) they eminently Quarts, or more; bui|

ftanch Bloodj ftrengthen all degrees^ and a little w'
the Vifcera^ and cool the Li- or made into Poffet-di
ver, Spleen^ and Reins. ufing moderate exercife;
farting , 'till the Watc
LIV. But becaufe every out of the Body:
one has not the liberty or purge by Urine clean!
Jij
conveniency ofgoingtothe Reins and Bladder ^
Wells at tuf^ridgCy or other Obftrudions of the U

Springs coming off of Iron take away iharpnefsoj
or vitriolick Mincs^ we fliall HumorSjCure inward
here fliewa Way of making ftrengthen the Stom
thofe Waters artificially, to Liver , Spleen , Mefei
perform the fame Intention^ and Womb , are prev
which is thus done : i. againft the Dropfie, Ci; '^^^
li
Take fair Sprin^'waUr fix xy , G reen-ficknefs, and
jQuarfs^ Salty Vitriol^ or Cry- vy, and cure the pifSi
lEi
fiats of Mars one Dram ; mix^ Blood.
diJJ'olve andfilter through brov/n
' Paper ^ fo have you a Water in LVi Experience has 4o
Virtue and EffeBs^ like that long time taught us
which runs off from the natu- ftrong Diurcticks mul
ral Iron- Mines. 2, Or thus: ufed with much cautioi
Take Sfring-'w at era Gallon jSal that they many timej
Armoniack one Draw^Scales of crcafe the Pain, fora .,
Iron one Ounce ; mix^ and di- Stone into narrow Paf ''^
gefi for fame days in a gentle excoriate the urinary

Sand-heat^ ^till the Water be- fels, and many times
gins to colour ; then filter and piffing of Blood, v
keep for ufe*

it 3. Or thus ; caufe often times Fain k
- Take Spring ovater a Gallon' Swoonings, Convulfior *'^
\ Spirit of Wine four Ounces pileplics^ and the like ^''

;
Cap. XlX. Practical Pfipficfc '4f

tli cafe Lenient, or EmoUi- Clyfter, orone of Milk and
3; Clyfters are of lingular Turpentine, with the Yolk
for by their difcuffive of an Eggi but he advifes
perty^ they melt or dif againft Salt being put in, be-
e the Humors, clear the caufe it is apt to make them
lary Palfages, making Hay long.
r for Urine and Gravel.
ertain Phyfician had ex- LVIT. Doldetis (out of
ence of this in his own IVedelius) prelcribes this fol-
Ibn^ who being in ex- lowing Opiate : Take Sper-

tn Torment, had eafe ma Crabs Eyes, ana otic
Cceti^
taking three Emollient Dram, Cinnabar of Antimony

,J^
p. Iters in one day , the one Scruple, Volatile Salt of
êl being loolhed, and Amber four Grains, Lauda-
I
'"^'.^.
thick vifcous Matter num Of latum half a Grain,
I
'^?^^
with it,being brought
;cd (but I think one Grain^ or two,
^^j f
with the Urine for fe- to be better ) Troches of Alka-
^^^
'
[ days together, that kengi , with Opium half a
^'f
ice-forth he never fell Scruple ; mix , and make a
J
?p li into any fuch pain. Vouder for four t>ofes* In the

Fit (faith he) when the pain
F. Emollient Clyfters isviolent, an Emulfion, or
be made of Mallows. fome Opiate will be good.
â-Roots , Millet , and
encek
ike ; but Faenugreek- LVIII. Out of the Fit
ghius
inferiour to none of C iaith the lame excellent
m
If alfo with the Cly- Manj we muft endeavour
iicaiiD
r'^^pgfffi^g J^falf an Ounce, to extirpate the Coagulator,
^ ^l
Ivnth the Yolk ofan Egg^ and withal, we muft always
un,
pfe^, it will be fo much
have regard to the Stomach,
>revalent and cfficaci- therefore Stomatick Medi-
;
mini!
Fontanus accounted the cines will be good lome i
^viinii
xiQQdi given to one fay there is nothing better,
d,or lefsjis an excellent either for the cure or pre-
and kept it as a fe- vention of the Stone than
Dolaus gives a Milk- this following Aminephri-
L tick
1^6 S A L M O N'^ Lifl
tick : Take Seeds of Anifejnr- Igave her a Vomit, whh
fljy Dilk Lea'ves of Saxifrage^ was Salt of fîtriol one Dr^ i;
ana half an Ounce^ Juice of a which gave her fix Vom

Tike , Crahs-Eyes , Seeds of and this I repeated for I
HippSy or wild Briar^ ana one days together, it made

Ou7Jce \ mixand make a great revulfion^ and hacF
^
Vender. Dole one Dram at wonderful an effedj thanj'

a time. The following Pills fourteen or twenty Ds
are alfo of good ufe Take (he was reftored to her j-[
:
Venice Turpentine dried a lit- fed Health; and thoi

tle at the Fire fiiô Drams^ through the extremity!
Spanifi Juice of Liquorice-, the pain fhe had Convuli
Touder of the fame^ ana half a Fits^ and many returns
Dram* mix-, and make Tills them in a day ; (fo that:
as hig as Peafi^ which roul in was given over for dea<
Vender of Millepedes. Dofe yet after the firlf Emei
Ih
one Dram and a h?lf at a Doie thofe Fits ceafed,
time Morning and Eve- her Pains wonderfully di
ning. nillied; the force of the
metick being over_, I tl
LIX. Some Phyficians adminifrred Antinephrit

commend a Yomit^ for pre- and Stcmaticks, fiich as ?
vention to expel the tarta- ers of Juniper^ Salt of Am
roiis Matter before it be de- Ens Veneris , my Tind
rived either to the Reins or J Stomachica, Syrup of
Bladder ; Ibme give it in the mons_j with fome ot
Fitj becaufe Nature feems thingsof like nature. /
to {hew the way by their withciit doubt Vomits C
reaching to Vomit. This I duce much to the Cure
fonnd true by Experience, there ba a real Stone_, oi
in a certain Lady^ a Patient ther obflruding Matter,
^k
of mine, who had lain Bed- by {training much, it h
rid fifteen or fixteen Weeks the expuifion of the Sd
of this Difeafe,* and though or Gravely as Ibmetime
many things were admini- does to the delivery
Ilredj UQthing dW good 'till Woniau in Travel^ by
^ ,
I p.,XIX. Plîtical IPfepfirtt. 147

i(-;nt commotion of the nanth y Garlick ^ Cloves-
Body^ and compref- Flouêrs of Elder^ Hops. S^<?^^
j of the \4afcles of the
IHe of Poppy J Gromwel ^ the
This method I have four great cold Seeds, Anile^
1
t;itaken with fuccefi^ Fennel^ Carrots^ fDaucus,)

icifometimes I have ex- Carraways ^ Barley , broad
k-ed (efpecially if the Cummin. Fm^j_, as Winter-
was (Irongj Vinum Be- Cherries ^ Straw -berries ^
um, or my Cathani- Figgs, rjuniper-beiries.Bay-
Argenteum , with good berries. Ivy-berries.) VF'oods^
(s; but I chofeto give as Hafle-wood^ Nephritick-
icks to fuch as were wood_, Guaiacum^ SalTafras,
d cafie to Vomit^ and Caffia Lignea, Cinnamon,,
itjhervvife. Salmon* Pine-chips. Balfaws ^ as
Turpentine; {vIt:^, the Lari-
t. BaYbet{^xKh he has cea^ Venice, Cyprefs and
;^J
jj,,
more by Alteratives^ Chio , Ballams of Gilead^
'
I
7! Narcotick Medicines^ Peru, Tolu^ and Ckili^ Cafi-

.by any others; Cly- VI \) Baifam of Sulphur ^
''^^f
^\ ihe alio faith are very fimple and compound^ with
''T ^r. And bccaufe in his Oyl ofAnnifeedSj orjuni-
per-berrieSj Whey, Tooth
"
iJ! as of a Boar^ Earth-woimSj
given us an ample
'^
^"^
Tartar , and all its com-
jogue of Antinefhritkh
'^^
*? not greatly if I trans- pounded Medicines. Salts ^
onie
^lem hither. Roots of as of Tartar, Bean-ftalks
harrow^ Eringo^ Grais^ Broom^ Po:-allies , Afii of
rlcOj Orricej Parfly^ Egg-ihellSj of Amber^Nitre,
Vofflis
(lieC:
ijlage ^ ) Drop-wort ^ Sal-armoniack. Baths, Crabs-
Sione,
i-mallows, ( Onions , Eyes. Waters diftilled out
:kj Leeks.) Leaves of oi the above-faid Herbs and
ws, Maiden-hair,Ger- Roots , C Mineral Waters
oi tk ;er, (Arfmart, Pellito- from Iron. Mines, Mineral
irnomil, ) Ground- Ivy, Waters artificially made.)
ê, Creffes, Saxifrage, Sfirit$ ofWmQ^ of Salt, of
ei,il, Golden-Rod, Scha:- [Sulphur, Vitriol, (Nitre,)
,
I4'5 SALMON'S
and of Tartar^ both Acid, danum Volatile cum
and {weetned with Spirit of Manna^ Honey, Meac
Wine ^ and of Ammonia- Metheglin^ RhenifK-
cum. Nephritick Tindure All thcfe latter Compcj
of Mynficht. Syrups of Al- you may fee in our Vh\
thcâ^ of white and wild Medisina^ Lib. i. and
Poppies^ Diacodinm^ Bi- mon*
zantinus. Biuretick Oxymel
of QLiercetan. ofiwect
Otis LXI. In a hot (I
AlmondSj Annifeeds, Am- and Conftitution ^ l\
ber ^ and Turpentine, (of gives this : Take Roots
Carraways^> Dill, Fennel, tbea one Ounce^ Liquorii
Juniper-berries. ) Nephritick Drams Mallow Leavt ^
AntidotQ of Quercetan, Mon- ij. Melon-feeds bali

tag7janas Ele6luary. Jaw- Ounce boyl tbem in ;
bone of a Pike. Oyiier- water in a Quart of fB
Aells calcined. To which lature d/Jfol've Syrup

we add alfo^ our Gutta Vi- Poppies two Ounces^ raw (I
/^, TinBura Martps^ SpriUts Eyes bruifed one Dram

Uni'verfalis^ Antifcerbuticz^ ,
tbem : Dofe two Ounce
AnticoUcm^ Anodpim^ Ape
or fonr times a Day Ol
riens ^ Cofmeticus , Voteftates Take Rofe-water^ Stn
*'
Bdccarum Juniferi^ Carî^ and Turflane-watert
Cri?}um Uttmavorum^ Litbon- Ounce , FropbylaBick-TX
triptk^^ Tulegn^ Cinnamon water ^ ana h\
Rofmarini ^
Succint , Terehhitbin^, Antfi Ounce raw Crabs-Eyes ^
Vtrtutum', Elixir de Sttlpbure^ one Scruple^ Laudanut

Troprietatfs cum Acido^ Opi~ turn two Grains^ Fell
atum^ Ciroulatum minus. Sy- b^ Syrupus de Alth
rupus CbalybeatHSj Diafulpbu- Ounce 5 mix tbem^ ancl
rus^ Ncpbriticus. Sal Mtra- be given by Spoonful]
hiky Vitriolatunm* Antidotm
noflra , Ibertaca Londimvfis LXIL In a cold
nofi. Laudanum Volatile no- and Conftitution
Pdnla Lunar es^ Mi- I Roots of Refi-barrow,\
m
ftrum,
'Ahilis mfirajêphr'itk^, Lau J
Saxijrage^ ana one Om]
|p.xix. practical pijpQcft. 149
i^ceihalf an Ounce, Goats ejp , and there will he a
Drams, Crahs-Eyes green TinBure, Dofc from
mW fix
,V.aH Nutmegs, Cinnamon, fix Drops to twehêor twen*
.4 lom Ounce, Saffron three ty_, in Wine or proper Wa*
{m^^^s. Cloves tvjo Drains, ter. Seeds of Violets are vc>
Turpentine one ry convenient^ becaule they
ml burgh
,^\d. Sprit of Mdmfey- purge and expel the Stone^
t
five Pound: the Ingredi- efpecially if they be ufed in
heing cut and hruifcd, dt an Emulfion, and is called
mrteen days, then difiil by Schroder the Nephrocafhar
M. Doje one Ouuce Fa- tick Emulfion; it is much
and twice or thrice a commended both by Crato
fides. Barbet alio faith and Hart an ^ and
_,
m is a good
Cochinele, .being taken thing againd fuppreffion of

^^^^^^ '^ Rhem\li-'wine Urine.-
:; mf
winlf^
Scruple, is a plealant
(^j/lfiveet Medicine^ and of LXIV. Spiritus Acetodr
^rrfpfficacy Mineralis : Take Tartar Vi-
triolate one Ounce, Julep of
Ull, Deckers advifes Rofes one Pound, Cinnamon-
"d^^j
^.Q^^
oUowing Ponder: Take water four Ounces ; mix them.
^ ( itrdfeed, Tartar Vitrio- Dofe two Ounces \ ^tis an
cî ^na one Dram and a half^ excellent thing: Or, Take
Tartar Vitriolate one Ounce,
i.îjl l,
of Broom, of Refi-har- Radijlj-watir one Pound, Juice
\of Pidgecns bung, ana of Limons two Ounces^ Syrup
J"^
{ r fram; mix, and make a of Corn-Poppies andde Alt hea ^
Dofe from one Scru- ana one Ounce, Crahs-Eyes two
'\m i'^'.
Pi
p half a Dram in Par- Drams mix them, Dofe -i
f\i, rater. TheTindureof two Ounces. Alfo, Spirit of

jJephritick Stone is aU'o J uniper -berries , affufed upon
^'^ good, but no where Rob
it is of and
Elder and Juniper^
[ibed but Moehius has
; digeftedj becomes ofa plea-
reparation-, Take P^ fant red Colourâ nd in Ta fte
' like Malmfey-vvine_, and is
i^^^ Ne^hritick Stone ^put
^''j^ verified Spirit of Salt^ truly a Medicine of gre^c
i(*i
L 2 erii*
a A 1. MU ^^
ISi S
^
efficacy. So alfo a Nephri- and a hdf^ Jcv^s-fionc

tick Liquor made of Nitjê ana cne
'prmtick-fione, .
and Sal Gem, calc'tnd and dif V ikes-Eyes 5 Millet-feeal

fohed "pQV deliquiunij is a two Scruples^ Crj/lals c\
Nephritick of fingular life. tar halfa Dram^Salt cf\
cne Scruple j mix^ andl
LXV. The Urinary Lau a Tender. Doie, froif
d^numof Michael: TsikcSpaA a. Dram one Draijto
nijh Juke of Liquorice dfjcl- 1 any appropriate WattJ
'ved in Winter cherry Jiât^r one
Ounce and a halff^ am f hire one LXVIL Forrefl^^
Vratn, Sîfhn 'our ScrufLes^ Decoction^ which ioi

Winter- cherries half an Ounce exceeds all other 1
Gum Tragacanth
Mafitck^ , Take Red Tares three
ana one Dran'i and a half^ Barley hull d twoVram
Laudanum Opiatum two of Marfrj Mallorfs^ M
Drarrs 5 mix them. It is much ana three Drams ; of t
commended for a peculiar greater cold Seeds ^ Si
Qiiality of provoking U- Dram , fat Figgs nin

rine^ opening Obftra^tions. hefens jeven^ Liquoric
and expelling the lame. ped fix Drams ^ fair W*
Michael iiis Nephritick Li- Found and a half ^
tjuor: Take Lynx-fivne ^
half be confumed^ thin
Jews-fione, Nffhntick-flor.e for an ^fczê?^. The
6png^ Crjftal ^ Crabs -Eyes ^ alft are elreemed.
ana ^. i^, diffolve them in ? aider of Millepedes
retlified Spirit of Salt^ fil- Eyes , Jiws-frcne , z
and dijlil to Dram^
Ire the Solinions^ Turpentine two \
f^
my
have ycu at bottom mix, and make Fills
d/ynefs'y Jo
a cfâguUted JSefhritick Li- from half a Dram
Dram every Mornii
(};ing. Deckers his A
LX
V I. yet better. Take
JR { Ifincim h is Li- is
thontripdck Pouder: Take water three Fcund^ red 1
Crabs-Ey::s prepared Goats- huiPd Barley, ana two

*i
^tocd prepared^ ana one Dram Liquorice bruifed^ J

tp. XIX. piBcti'caip&pficL
.; hrj}feJ^ ana 07ie Ounce, an Ounce, white Tcpfy-feed^
.Is cf Daticm y Violets^ one Ounce ^ with a fufijcienP
te Fopfies, Nettles^ Aid- qua7itity of Barley -water mak*
f, ana half an Ounce ^ fat ari Emulfion'^ to twenty four
r^s nine , Sehejêns [even ;

Ounces of which add Diaco-
to a Quart ;
ftrain^ and diufn^ Syrup of Corn Popples^
y^dve threin Syrups of Corn ana one Ounce ^ mix them.
-';W>/j of the five opening He alfo commends to all
tSy of Diac'îcUy ana G7;e the Spirit- of Sal Armoniackf,
. 'ce and a half^ Spirit of given in Rljcnlfl-i-wine ^ or !
^rm mlack Dram

one fome Diurctick Spirit or Wa-
m
. ,
-f j
them, Dofs fix Oun- ter, as a Speciftck Medicine,
twice or thrice a Day, not only ro prevent^ but to

pping into it at taking^ 2 cure the Stone, ( if britdej
:hree Drops of the Juni- or eafie to be broken ) Uni-
ated Ballam of Sulphur. verfals being given before-
hand.
m XVIII. The Cjme Dis-
commends this Mix- LXIX. Junken^ Mcdicm
: Take Tarfly-water Pars 2. Sed:. i* Cap. 18.
Onnces^ Fennel^ and Trea- prelcribes this : Take Straw-
vater^ ana one Ounce ^ berries fiejh gathered a Gallon^
it cf Vinegar half an JVtnter-cherries half a Pouna^
I The
'j Crahs-Ejes one Dram^ Horfe-Radijh Roots fcraped
tmti
of Juniper-berries fix two Pound, Daucus-feeds half
Vj Spirit of Nitre one a Pound, Juice of Birch^ or
-'pi
'
|p&. Laudanum Opiatum Birch-wine twenty four ?ound\

Grains^ Syrup of the fivs mix, and difttl in B, M, Dofe
f (or rather Syrup of frome one Ounce to three,
Poppies ^ ) one Ounce j with Syrup de Althaea half
them. If the fame be an Ounce^ fweet Spirit of
tj this Emulfion may Nitre ten or twelve Drops.
:,
Tii
given. Take HuWd Or thus : Take ripe Straw-
ey ( boiPd 'till it cracks ) berries four Pound^ (Winter-
];^f,
Ounces^ f-weet Almonds cherries tvw Pounds) Malaga-
'fif^ '
:ht^ Fiolet-fecds ana half win^ twa Founds Juniper-
L 4 nfsHl
I
i52 SN' s AL MO Li
âter. Water of Tarfly-rootsÛwo Drams, Extract
of .
^nsi two Pound, Ground-I^y quorice one Dram', Void

^
Oi^hite âx^
Saxifrage-roots, ana Salt of Amber half a Dr it
one Ounce Feach-kanels two mix, and make Tills. I
s
Ounces , from half a Dram to a S|

dtgeft in a Vejjel clofe
ftcft for a Month, then di- pie,
(til Dofe from a Spoonful
to four in the Morning Fa-
fting ; it is faid both to pre- LXX. Syrup made
ferve from, and cure the Juice of Tellitory of the
Stone. Again ; Take Crahs- with Ho?iey, is a SpecificJj
"Eyes, Sferma Cceti. ana half this Difeafe^ it opens all
a Scrufle ^ Volatile Salt of PaflageSj provokes Urj
Amber fix Grai7}s mix '^ for a and that without any ftrj
Dofe^ and to be often re- ing of tlie parts or pain^
peated. Or thus : Take expels Sand^ Gravely o

IVild - Bryar- Seeds half an ther Matter which obftr
Ounce y Crabs Eyes, fure Ni- Take of the PaiTages:
tre, ana cne Ounce ; mtx them,
Syruf four fpoonfuls, IV
Dofeone Dram. Or thus ; or RheniJJj-wine, a quart
Take Crabs Eyes one Scruple, a Tint ; mix for a Dofi,u ^^f
Volatile Salt Amber fix given Morning and
of
Grains, Laudanum Ofiatum ning.
one Grainy or two ; jnix them
for a Dofe. Again; Take ill'
Malaga-Wine one Quart. O- LXXL Where the ^

fium in pGuder, Salt of Tartar^ feafe isextream^ and
ana tjpo Ounces; mix, di- Sick has not made Wate: Or,
ge^ a Week, or longer, flttr^ many days, this folio h

and hep it for uje. Dofe one Liquor may be given.
Spoontul. This has been RhemJh~w\nQ, Malaga
11 'ed with good fucccfs. ana one Pound and a
'.Pake Cyprefc Turpentine one Omens and Garlick brn
Ownce, Balfam of Peru one ana twenty, Horfe radiflj
DraWj Fouder of Flurentine, hrmfed fcur Ou?ices, Jun
Orrice- Root s^ Crabs Eyes, ana h ernes ( hrinfed two Om #4
J>p.XX. P?acttcaiP8pncft. i^
alofVotaflief half an Ounce
;
three or four Spoonfuls {e-
7 digeftfour or frue days, veral times a day.
P decant the clear. Dofe
mi
CHAP; XX.
fid
^hk\
5peciS I
the STONE in the BLADDER
)j(es(j
JEfore we comeabio- Hedge-Sparrowmixt together.
;2ny|
lutely to the mat- Ijiurembergiuscured one of
jrpjjn
1 hand^ ic is neceflary a great Stone by the ufe of
.^ygj
, fcufs the Point, VVhe- Millepedes, A Jefuite at Rome
j^g the Stone in the Blad- cured a Printer's Son of the
^j(j
can be broken by Me- Stone with Millepedes rightly
ji
r,^,'
jj
teSj or not ? That it ^prepared. Tumanm in la^
] Jy,
be broken many Phy- tro. Lib. 4. Tag. 262 : faith^
jj/^
IS do and bring He broke a Stone, which
affirm^
2j^/
oof thereof their Ex- was defign'dro becut^ by
nces The reafon they giving a little Pouder of
:
srfor itiSj ThatMedi Cr;/?/W to drinkj orthedif-

may do it^ ading by foluble fubfiance thereof^T/si
tûity, acidity, afpe- Calcin'd in a Potter's For-
and their diuretick nace at leaft nine timeSj and
Or, that there is a quenched in >iettle-water,
tg Salt as well as a to be reduced to a Calx.then
J
fating One, which Vir- put intc 4 Cellar to meltf^r
[ire not to be denied to deliquit'm. Rhajts , Lib. 9.
[ij PlantSjMetals^ Stone5_, cured a Srone in
laith^ He
iHinerals. d^ti^s. Lib, the Blddder of long Handing
;lh ns how Philagrius with his Pills. Horatius An-
the Stone intheBlad genius, and his Father, with
jii/vich Goats-blood and a k3me others , cured ieveral
with
154 5 A li Â i^ r4 :>
with the fame Medicine. other like, might be cyl'

Johannes Vre'uotius laith, the fandy, gritty Concretl^,
Stone in the Bladder is bro- friable 5 and eafily brok ;
ken by a Plader of white whereas we fay 5 had

Onions boiled^ and applied Stone been great, and hW^.
^
to the bottom of the Belly. like a Flint5the Event wc d
Hippocrates^ Qakn^ A'vkmna^ not have iuceeedcd; ;.
Dtojcorides^ and others are can bring alfo theOpinio i{
of the lame Opinion. And Experience of many gj

j^
the Author of this S^2l02li Phyficians to the contr|

knew one who was appoin- Hartman is of Opinio;
ted to be cut of the Stone^ Stone in the Bladder,
by taking Diuieticks^ was be confirmed, and alii|P ^^^
perfectly cured of which ;,

come to fome magniti S^}'
^Horfe Raildifl) was chiefs was is fcarcdy cured by anj fj"
perfectly cured h fo that for ther way than by cuci 4'

more than twenty five years Barhet felth a cnm\% ^^'"i
fince, he has not been trou- Stone is leldom', a 1 ^^\

bled with it. And it is pot Stone can never be wa '^^^
fible that a thouftnd more i
away^ or cured by U '"
of thefe Examples may be cincs. Guarinonim faith,
\irged. fcarce ever any one faw f^
Stone broken by Medk ^ ^'
II. To all thefe Things I could name multitud^'"'^'
we anfwerj I . That all theie thers of this Opinion 5

Examples, and thoufands thefe may faffice. And
more of the like, can be no daily Experience , tol
Rule to conclude the thing h Grief, and the wreti
becaufe all the iame Things nels of miferable Pati
have been ufed with all care are as demonflrable an
and circumfpedion to o- refutable Arguments o;
thers, where the
(iiccels has Impoffibility of Cun
not been anfwerable. 2. Medicines without cut
That it is probable that the Though JVincleras^ in
Stones dijTolv'd by the afore- euriof.An, y6>0kfir, ! 02.
Ciid Medicainejtfs^ and liich he broke the Stone ir h
Blate
Eap.xx. p?acticai
:Bdderof ii Bo}^ 12 oldjand diclnes pafs many and: that
ught k away peace-meal if they carry-
:hey beftrong ,
this Medicine: Take fur= large quantities of Matter

Viokt^Seed half an Ounce from the whole Body to the
'>
ters of Straiijherriesy Rs[i- Bladder_, and do more hurt

row J
Winter-Cherries^ ana by their acrimony and te-
s, make an Emulfion ^ to nuity _,
in fcowring off the
ch add Goats Blood two Mucus ^ or flimj Mat-
Lenter^
d'^ Hog'Lice prepared one ter^ which ufually flicks to
Species Ltthontripics the Stone_, and ierves it for
\
a Dram h Spirit of Tvir- a Bed whereby the Stone > |l
me one Scruple 5 ynix them is made fharper and harder_,

:
e two ipoonfulfs often and diereby raifes more in-

H) which made it come tenfe pains than befoiê l
:
^y in pieces: Probably Eu: they he weak^ they

if
by
might be fiich a foft lofe their Virtue before
cni'
bling Stone as Barhet I
they come at the urinary
aks of. I have made trial Paifages and Bladder ,
V por three feveral times^,
'
whereby they do little or

^,
b
thc\Experiment fdccee^ no good at alL I fay, all

Inot ; poilibly the Stores thele things being ecu fide-
rhc be of a flinty Sub^ red, they Itill contirm me in
J J
^,\^{j,
[ice, and therefore the ray Opinion, That if a
êrimeut not to be defpi- Stone be large, and of a flin-
i,,j^^;^^
The lair I tried it up= ty or Marble-like hardnefs^,

without iuccefs, was cue or iubffance ,. there is no
\
he Stone 5 which being Cure for the Hime by
farted 5 weighed three Medicines, biit by the Hand
Dces, and lb me odd only of the Operator.
iinsj and was of a hard
marble4ike fu biiance. IV. Sometimes alfo we
aredeceivedj^nd think there
it
II. Moreover ^ when it is a Stone, vl^hen indeed
)be confidered, that the there is none ; as is recorded
ance of Place is far, and concerning a Noble- Man^
;
ways by which the Me- who after he had been tor^
mented
i56 S A L MON S'
lir
mented with pain and diffi- ill, (ashimfelf, and well
culty in making Water^ the thought, with the Ston^)
Thyjtcians and Chyrurgions He immediately came he e
doubted whether there was for London J and lent tor e
a Stone^ or no ; having ufed as foon as ever I came a i
Medicines to no purpofe^ his Company J I law D( hj

he was cut for the Stone,, as in his face ; he took mev'
is ufual^ and was eafed of his the hand, held me, enga dj
pain ; yet they found no my Company for that c
Stone^ but a fungous Flefli or 'till night > and
in the neck of the Bladder^ (as cnefenfible his End
w!iich by degrees was con- nearj told me^ he kne\i|
lumed by convenient Me- had not long to be here,
dicines. A
like Example to therefore pray'd me to
thisj c?.n relate of a Patient with him as long as 1
of mine, 'viz,, Mr. S not ved I could not deny
:
long fincc one of the Shreijf's Requeft of fo worthy

of the City of Lcndon ; who good a Man ; however m
having JDeen for (bme ter four or five hours il
Months troubled with Pain with him , he dilmifl:

and Obftrudion of Urine^ and prayed me 1 w(
with mod other fymptoms come to him the next (
of the Stone, it was belie- and fir with him i whic
ved not only by my felf, did ^\'Q or fix hours
but by fome others^ to be pray'd me I would not 1(
the Stone', He alfo for a long hinij for that it was the
timepiffed Blood, and made trouble he fhould put m^
bloody UrinCj which fome- yet being late, difmift \n
times I helpt him of, though again of his own accord
it often returned again. He gaging my Company ag
was a if rong , lufty ^ and Going to lee him the i
well lookcl Man, and lorall day, he was inlenfible^

that could be feen^ might knew me not, lying, aj
have lived many years. Be- luppofed by his great
ing at his Councry-Houfe^ ning in dreadful pain,
at T- ^ he was afrefli taken
, under the Agony of DeBlj^,
Cap. XX. p?actfcal Pfipficfe. IJ7
b the force of which Paro- bout this Gentleman,) to be
X !rn, he furrendred his vi- deceived ; and how eafie it
[Breath. He was imme- isfor us(notwithftanding all
jtely opened by our Knowledge, Skill, and
An excellent Chy- Experience^ to err and be
ionof thisCity^ nothing miftaken ; and when we
found amifs in his whole think we do for the better,
iy, on his
lave the Lungs even then , to do for the
fide grew to his Ribs; worfe? Though I muft con-
the Vifcera were found clude concerning this Per-
firm nor was there
h fbn, That if we had truly
StoTfe in either Reins or known what his malady had
me 'er: At 1 aft opening the
to been, it had been abfolute-
ng Itor , we found a Fungm ly impoflible for the moft
as
)[denj ôljfus of Flefli^ growing skilful Artift, or wifeft Phy-

worthy he bottom of the Bla^- fician, to have cured him or j
owevei and hanging down to faved his Life.

; ho'jn -Neck J being as near as
iiiiifi )uld guefs about fix In- V. Some are againft the
le 1 slong) and an Inch and of Laps Sponp^ Lyn-
ufing
ensxt ["Diameter^ which gave cts , cakind Egg-îells ^ and
niwhi )tal fuppreffion of Urine iiich-likejbecaule 'tis thought
hoiiij ime of Death: It was they may hurt the interme-
jUnot or Fungus which
^fojjfus diate Parts ; But this is not
:w]5tli iând almoft continually i<) ; for as Senmrtus urges,
IdpiitD! le him make bloody U- their Efficacy doesmuch de-
diH \ by which he
at length pend upon their faline Spi-
rijccon ' Ibmething emaciated \ rits which get into the
ymfi !
withal, it had begun, or Stone, and diflblve it into
:0 tiiv*
^ in part mortified^ where- Atoms, juft as Metals and
{jnfe
,n Death enfued. I re- Minerals are diflblved in
jyiiig^
this to ftie w how eafie
it j^qua-fortis \ and Coral,
i-'gjfji
w: theand wifeft Pearl, and the like, in Vim-
beft
^
(for there was ieveral gar For which Reafom the
:
ml, learned, and worthy ule of fuch Medicines are

fons, in Confultation a- not to be negle^êd,
1^8 S A L M O N'S Lib!
vent its future growth,

Vl.Univerfals having been in order to the expellin^l
premifed^ we muft come to it through the neck oF
the ufe of DiurctickSj what- Bladder and Urethra.

Ibever fome Phyficians have
iaid to the contrary; and VII. HoTAtim Aiigt
fiich Things are to be ufcd commends this^ asanexd
which may be able to cleanfe lent thing for this purpcl
and open the Reins, but to even to break the StoiJ,.
extend their force to the Take Millepdes frefare^Wr^^!

Bladder alfo; that fo (if the ounce 5 common Spirit of P^-
Stone is too big to be avoi- four Ounces ; Red C
ded of its own accord the Tesfe-Broth five found ;
i
h
.,]
natural way) it may be di- them for eight Dofes : O,

reded to the neck of the two of which , as yoi
Bladder, and fo be either need requires, may beta
iing
for^d 0Dt> or taken out by in a day. But the Potefi
the help of IniirumentSjand or Powers, made of thi
the Hand of a skilful Artifh as we have taught in the ii

'Tis truej that Ibme Phyfi- king the Cantharides (in kii
ans ('as Aw^nna for one) I. Cap. 2^. SeB, i. of*'.^'
forbid the ufe of Diureticks^ Vhylaxa Medicinê) wijl 'W(

by reafon they take away much more effe^lual tQ ""'k
the shnny Coat from off the fame purpofe ; and mi] ^^}\]
Stone^ thereby caufing more given from ten^ tot went

vehement pain ; yet if we thirty Drops, in a Glal
refped: the Cure, 'viz,, of Ale, Mead, or Wine,
expelling a Stone which is may alfo give the Fote(i
but finally (and pofTibly may LithoTJtriptic^^ in the p jflto;
come forth of its own ac- quoted for the fame inte
cord, by the help of Diu- on, and in the lame I
reticks , through the na- and manner; they are a
tural paffage , ) Diure- dicine not enough to bcjfnoft
ticks muft beufedând thole lued for this Difeafe
which are of the ftrongeft thefe Powers being of t
kind alfo J not only to pre- pricking, and volatile P
^^9
ijapen Obftrudions, and fo mnch as may over-tcp it
e all tartarous Matter^ ahfut four Ifjohis^ and this
^1 breeds the Stone and will extraB all the Tif^Bure
^y but alfo diiTolves a of Bloody lea'ving the Spirit
and porus Stone if behind^ which may lervc a-

and then brings it a- gain for the like occafion.
Or thus: Take reBiJied Spirit
oflSlitre eight Omtces ;
put it
[f. Goats Blood is faid into a large ^ wfll-glazed Ear-

Specifick againft the then vejjel 3 or into a large
being taken in fub- GlafsVefica ; put into it
f,
dried, and inpouder, Gradatim, Goats Blood dried
half a Dram to a eightOunces't fo will it difolvCy
Dram, in White or digep: twenty four hours^ and
ifli-Wine , or in our yoH will have a glorious red

Nephriticus, There Effence : Put to it twenty four
Jthing more than or- Ounces of the hefi rcBified Spy^
in it, as to this m.at- rit of Wine, by degrees ' mix
fmg generated of a welly digefi a Week^ then filter, ^
iken (romfiony^ rosky and keep it for Ufe clofe ftcpt^

tins^ and Herbs proper It is a volatile Acid^ joined
\this Difeafe: Befids, with a volatile Alcalie^ and
:bs the acid Juice,and fuch are the Spirit of
Iters the petrefa6tive Wine, and Effencc of the
in its Root ; But it Blood ; Dofe from ten^ to
I
much more powerful twenty, or thirty, or forty
I
prepare It Dropjj in any convenient
with our
TJni'verfalis , which L'quor. It opens all man-
[eight or twelve hours ner of Obftrud:ions in any
Ijfolve it, and extrad part of the Body, provokes
ice; this you may Urine powerfully^ and is an
half a Dram: But if admirable good thing againft
moftheunpleafant- the Difury and Ifchury^ viz,:
[ercof the Sick cannot where the Water comes Ical-
\fifftife upon this Ejfence jding, and by drops, or

r9Bifi^4 Spirit ffffjiê, j whcr? ^ is totally fuppreft.
1X
\ 160 SALMON'S
IX. I have found much X. This is a thing I
good in this following, for often experienced with
bringing away Sand^ Grawl^ fuccefi : Take of our S^
r any mucous Matter ob- Univerfalit two Found y
ftruding the Urine: Take fed Onions , eight Oi
Strasburg Turfentine two Oun- Parfey hruifed four Ot
ces ;Oleum Petroleum one digeft twenty four hours ^
Ounce Oleum Anifii^ Bacca- out hy prejfing ^ then p
'^
rum Juniperi ^ ana half an through a Filter ; Dofe m

Ounce ; Millepedes prepared^ half a fpoonfulj toa fj
Earth-worms prepared, pure ful^ or more^ in a Gla| iiit!
Salt of Tartar /volatile Sal-j^r Ale, Mead, Wine, 6r^

'
moniack ana three Dramsymix (ley, or Arfmart-wate

them I Dole from fix Drops thus : Take common S^
to twelve 5 or morei in a Wine a Quart ; hruifed'
Glals of Ale^Wineôr Mead. ons ^ Anifeeds , Varfii
Sometimes I prepared it cit\a.Jix Ounces ; mix^
thus: Take Strasburg Tur- three days ; ftrain, filte^
k.
pentine two Ounces^ Oleum keep it for Ufe Dole th :
Fetrclcum one Ounce 5 Oil of tour fpoonfuls in any fi_

Limons^ Caraways ^ fweet Fen hick.
nel'feedy ana half an Ounce
;
Crabs Ejes ^ Goats Blood pre- XI. Laurenhergius^B

pared^volatile Sal-jirmoniack^ us , and others , mi,
'volatile Salt of jimher, ana commend this, as a.
three Drams ; ftrong TmElure almoft infallible: Tal
of Thehian Opium ^ made with Salt of Tartar 0:
the befi rectified Spirit ofWme., Parjley-water a Quart j
an ounce and half7mx them
'^ d^JJolve, and filter it t
^
Dofe from ten Drops^ to three ti?nes through hro'ii ] T

'
twenty 3 thirty, or more, per^ that it may become

41,
according tc age and then put into it the fre,
ftrength in any proper Ve- ward Rind of Orange pe
It
hicle. much as to colour it of a i
colour^ (y'lzâbout two Ot
(4i
:
!J.xx. practical WMtl. i6i

'^\',h three
days^ decant the ^Jljes mix 'with an equal quan'
'
rrand keep it for Ufe : The tity of Sugar: Dofe two

,f is a fpoontull j or Drams in any convenient
r, Pint of Vehicle, as Spufrts Nefhriti-
in half a
sfe or Rhenilli-Wine^ or
cits mixt with a Glaft of ,
f^^K in which Muftard- White or Rhenifh-Wine

c or Horie-Radifh-root But Arnoldus de V'tlla nova
i;cn infufcd. took a Hare, andflCd the Belly
"With the skin^ Saxafrage^ Mil-
:îDol n commended Lap^
[I. This is let ^ Lapfs Lyncis y jTw-
:!,
,
toa
' tfne daic^y Lapis Spongia^ Cink-
for to expel the
^.[^ in the Bladder
J Take \foily and golden Rod^ and then
^'^>^
pedes frefared, Bedugar, ealein'd it\ of which he
''^'^^^3enge gaveafpoonfulin a Glafs of
of the Briar bufh.
KfHI
ffurple Wine every day
urfte Violets^ ana one it broke ,
Cfays hej and forced away

^''"j'J;' ^peeki Lithontripticê
yrams*j mix them, make the Stone in the Reins and

1^^
'
"'^ 'Mr\ Dofetwo Drams, Bladder
ri Ounces of a Diure-
^Y1
^^^^ I)eco(5tion^
mixt with XIV. I have often given
w^yiDrams of Spirit of Ju- this following Medicine
\ It was given at five with incredible fiiccefs: Take
le Morning for fome Scrasbu*'g Turpentine two Oun-
; and a little aftcr^ a ces \ Hercules n&Jler half an
quantity of reddilTi O'/nce-i Bez,oar MineraU, Crahs
ic came away
^ with EyeSy Millepedes prepared ^
ana
Is: 1\
of Fiflies,,
is like Scales q. mix J and make Tills :
f.
^h was the Coat or Cruft Dole two Drams twice a

(^lhed from a larger Stone \ day^ drinking after it the
''^m by the continual ufe following mixture Take :
'eof, the Sick was freed Rbeniflj-pfine Ounces ;eight

his Difeafe. Sjrupus Ncphriticm an Ounae;
Foteflates Lithontriptica fifteen
rm MI. This has been ap- Drops , mix for a Draught,
jved of: lake a Hare with This 1 liave alfo proved with
\g^ calcine it to Jjhes^ thefe good Succeis : fake Balfam
M
iâ S A L M ON ^S U
^Peru half a Dram] 0//j[ ipace h aI!owad to tab
ofNardand Mafikh ^ afia! the Stone in. However
ten Drop ; Oil of Juniper fix Operation is not withd
Drops ; Lapis Judaicus prepa- danger, bcfidcs the troi

red Crabs Eyes fifteen Grains : for if the Lips of the W(
J
mix^ and give it in Whitt or made in the Bladder, b<
Hhemfii-Wine^ or a DecoBion united to the Mufcb ol
of Millet. the Abdomen., an Exulia
tion of the Bladder folk S
XV. fome which both makes n
If by thefo, or
of the Medicines mentioned pain^ and creates an t
in th former Chapter^ the more incurable than 1
Sick receives no benefit, you Stone it (elf Roujfetm (

muft come to manual ope- mends cutting in the G
ration ; how that is to be elpecially for Children
performed, whether by the is approved by Hddantt.
AffarMm minor or major^wc larger Stones, which caj
have taught in cur Synopfis be brought to the Verini
n?
M.eAicina y Lib, 3* Cap, 16. It bein^ there taken
SeU, 7. c^ 8c to which we with Icfs pain and dang(
fiiall i-efer yoa. But there an Hemorrhage. The
IS another way of taking out ling of the Bladder ij
th^ Stone ^ which is thus: extraordinary , becaul
Ih Artifi puts bis Finger up has fle^y Fibres j by the b
tbt Anus, and mo'ves the Stone whereof, and the in
to thefore-fart of the Belly ^ and heat, the Wound is the n
then by a hole cut in the Muf- eafily cured.
cuius Rc<!tus, according to the
DuB of the Fibres y above the XVI. Some m]Q^ I
Os Pubis, he takes out the Catheter into th Bki \\\

Stme by the help of the Lapi- thinking thereby to b
diilium, or a pair &f Forcefr, the Stone/or tlrnt the
The Operation being per- dicincs are not altcrecin
formed this way_, a dripping their paffage, nor lofe ly
of the Urine need never be thing of their Virtue, a)
feared^ andbefides, a larger thole do which ar^ givej
II
; :
Ip. XXI.
Piartical P6?Ccfe* î
mouth, but reach the leum in which Lap^ 'L.yncts
e
ce immediately. I hav has been boiled and ftrained

'iCq bled Opiates with good forth, embrocating at the
o^tklift for giving eafe. If fame time with a Decoction
H, fciîquors be iharp, they of Mallows. He lays it
^îc tobsluch^ thatbrea- wonderfully breaks the
ni may not Stone in the Bladder* Or
the Stone.they
ii|the Bladder; as Waters you may injed with this
of the A(hes of Scor- Take a [mail \Jxvvium of
Parfley-roots^ Knee- Fot-y^jhes one Pound ^ crude
Crabs EyeSj Peliitory Opium two Drams mix^di^
i, -y
Wall, Pigeons dung, geft twenty fmr hours i theft

Baverm injeds Fetro- ^rîn out the Liquor for ufe.
^fiililrcfi
iHik
whichc CHAP. xxr.
Pi
; JJjecipioIl^^^ t VjcVni-jerfal Medicine of

PARACELSUS.
e. Tk-
'jdk i THat we have êntg- g^tlâ and is very fine and
,
bcai f matically delivered pure: In one pound you
by till
*
Deron Medicum^ Ub,i will not have above two,
ttie i 17. coHcerning the uni- three^ or four Ounces of the
idijtlie I Medicine of F^r^r^Z/î-, agmeraat.moO:.
Jafon of its exceeding II. This sniucfeQlsei:
Inefstothc World J we taken from its own îXit-
place unfold
In this ra, (being firfl: p0Ulire5;
ifl
nivhat we before delive- you ihail put into a Glaft
)ytol in obfcure terms, we Retort, with a Receiver ;

^[tli here explicate with all then vou lliall fquee> the
.
j0 ^jcerity imaginable. Cmfitfilfter through iea=
^r
Take of ths bell
lo(
i
t1)Cl*. If you cannoc get

X0 CfeRter, which iepa- this Hungarian ^llXttî
^^t fomits^Jineta: The auixWritiet^take g)pam%
5 brought from f^m- which is the next beft ^nd ,
1^4 SAL M O N 'S I.
fpC?e it through tt^tlftt ; and calls Tracifiolum

/everal times : If you cannot
muft be lep^ that it
get g)pan!aj Cluicfefliaer, dead from its own 9

tdke the piireft and belt you ra^ and that the 9^
can get J whofe Goodnefs
you may
lliall be ftill i mU
try, by evapora- after that the Pra'cipk
ting a little oi it away in a feparated from it ; a
filver-fpoonj if it fly s away the Corpus 99
_,
leaving a yellow or white 211131 is the P?eC

^pOt at bottom, it will 99inera; and tha
lerve but if
; it leaves a EkBum Minerale Imm
black or green pOt j it is is the êiturui3(
naught for this Work. nera^
III. Take thisfiElmCfefll^^
SlCr? (which is for our pur- V. Varacelfm faith]
pofej lU^lI) it ten or twelve when the atgCUt
times with S)alt or CJltte- lliall come to its loca
gar, and then tqiltm it nata^ that the 3tgCl

as many times through JLt^= QlDum fhall leave iti
tl)tV, that it may be pure cipiolum behind it, in

and clear^ and be freed from ofacaaBtilatenêi
all mixture of foulneft: and that the SCffCtlt'
ThelpimptiaUand pa- will go away alive^ a
nifl)SiUICfeflfteri are pure main a Mtrcurm Vivm
ofthemlelveSj and need not loca defiinata ^ when
be waftied. Mercury Vivt fliall le;
IV. Firft you are to fe- Semen ovTraclpolum is
paratG the ^CtCUrium and @)il&er. OlDi
CoagUlatlim 5 from the beft placCj by realbn
f^rrcurp (Biie, with- fixation and purity >
out any Corrofive; and after ÔlD, is ilWl %l
that the faid fpCltUrp Vrêcipdum lieth h
2Il= this
ie iliallbe alliJeftilland as the whole Art ot Cloy}}

clear as a Qimitt lOOfe- If a Chymifi knows nod
inff'^lafg; which iêr- to make or feparatj
curp coasulate, p^racdfas Vraciviolum from its
C
hi). XXI. practical p&pficfe.
tt0 2311)111^5 he will Pr^cipiolum : Take acgCUt

f the whole Art. 2Jli3E well purified ten partsi
This Tracifiolum is of our olU:, or out ilDei:
the
r whereof is made the one part, rnot the common
Ifhers Mercury ; that is^ OlO or %i{\)tt which
Ji it is reduced into its the Vulgar uib , but ours,
'^
^\'^\Vlatter , which is into a 'Viz,* ClU '-veil refined
^'^^)^kar^yater^ tranfparent through antmtOnPôrS)!}.
'^^
S tyftal ; it is then Hippe- aer refined with lettD)
hJ
Pll nd will eat and drink made into fine cat!CS;
^'l th vn Blood ^ and multi- make an auialgama of
rwk r felf with kpr Infinitum, both in a warm Glafs- Mor-
CUniilllthis Water will bring tar,
well; mixing them
e Metals, as then put this amaiffaitH
Gold and
r^ into their firli: Mat- into a Retort (as hereafter _,
Being thus prepared lliall be direded,j and put

fophically , ( without it on an earthen Capel ^ or
hing of a Corrofive ) an earthen Pan , with one
es Hydro fern J Vodagram^ part clear Sand^ and as
um Venereum^ and many much fifted Afhes ; and co-
Difeales. ver it with another earthen
I. The Philo(bphers Pan. land^DUL to itâ licde
his StrgentaiSe their Reces^f^mWmng
of >
; and the Vractftolum^ it; and then make a fire in

tar-y both make the your Furnace, and give in-
fophers Spiritum Vim different heat, diftilling the
"hfhicum which ?ara- (^êrqirp from our Oltl
,
calls now and then or S)ilSCC with an equal,

m Mercurii^ and Spiri- fire: Now and then take
the Pan from it; and when
'
êrcuriij his Sal Ar mo-
rn^ his Sal Miner ale his you fee the peiTUtp is
^
um Maria his Horje difiilled from the (SOltJ or

_,
, his Fire J with an hun- lHjCr? cover it again^ and

other Names to de- let the Fire go out The :
the Vulgar. next morning take the Re-

II. iToe froeefs. of the urt and Receiver ^ and if any
M 5
pare
166 SALMONS
part hang in the neck of the the earthen Pan again,
Ketort (as fome willj you let it (land till the next orl
Ihall wipe it off with a Fea- ning, and then take he|
ther, to the other ^Crciirp, Retort and Recipent agj
which is in the Receiver, from the Furnace, or oil
Ifyou will^ you may now the Sand , and and
and then hold a glowing your^ltraip again
Cole to the neck of the Re- a Feather out of the net!
tort, that the ^CtCUtp may the Retort to the other!
run to the other which is in CUrp, which is in th(
the Retort, When you have cifient, fcraping alio
feparated SêtCUtp, with your crooked 1]
the
then fcrape your tA^^ your iÔlD out of your]
(which will lie at the bottom tort. This done^
of the Retort) with a crooked IX. Put it again ii
Iron, and take it out^ and Glafs Mortar , ( whei
put it into a Glafi Mortar^ ierve, you (hall diftilfoj
pouderit fmall, and mix or the êrcutp Ofte
mingle it with, /. e. 3ttli!l- go from the iSolD, w|
gamnte it with your 9^ti- remains at the bottoi
Clirp againj by degrees, or the Retort, and that!
by little and little; and put êrCUrp may remain^
this amalffatHtl again into your laid 0l5)) and;*j
the Retort, lo fliall you find a der again very fine,
poudcr, that will not go into amalgamate again
the êmirpj do not caft SêitUrp with your (gj|
it away, but put it with the and by little and little,
iSnialgiima into the r^- before-mentioned, you
tort^ (or elie you will lofe find that the iÔlO
your Vracipiolum^) and di- SêtCUrp will not fo
flil it again as before, now mix togetiier, as they
and then taking the Pan at firft and iecond ti
from itj to iee if the 9^Zt' Then take it and piitîl
CUrp be almoft all gone gain into the Retort^ dij
oêr; and if it be, let the ling as afore (not cîi
fire go out^ and cover with any Pouder away^ wH
^
bk xxT. Piacticm Pfipficfe. 1^7

Hinay think toh^ faces way you muftcleanle or(e-
rhen you will lofe your parate the Vrcecipolum from
'aifiolum: ) Take your the 0Ol5 and gjêtattp, )
1^5 out of the Furnace^ or as follovveth.
)f the faid Capell.fcr^pQ have the
i XL- When you
ÔlO with your your êtCtltp will
croo- ilgn that
otfeiilron out of your /ê- hardly aUtalpniilte , or

ieottgf 3"^ y^^ ^^^^ ^"^ ^^^^ ^^^ î^^ y^"^ 0l5 5 or \
iiin ^^15 is much increa- that t1ie (Soltl will not en-
tl
\
if yo^ weigh it : The ter into the êtCUtpUhen

alfo
!
ooy in is^ the 013 is the pour on it the faireft Water,!
;of.,Q
net which hath attra- (diftilled Water is heft) three1
J
.the Treeclfiolum ; or , Fingers breadth above the j
Ij^j SOlB is the C^j^ where- iSbO!) or ILunaj and^fC-

(wlie
#f)ilorOpf}erS22{ine CUCP^ which waih together
let fall its r3r/-^r^ which in the Mortar with a Pedel
j
jjljjijj
Qjjj^
^tf/^ calls l^rîpioltsm, very well^ till the Water is
j
To (eparate the^Pr^- bhwifi) black 5 then it is a

W
.
\
^^.j
fi'om the i&ul!5+ 1
fign that the OlQ lets fall
nd ilî^^
^^^'^ which you its Cttttat^ or Fracifwlum .
^^^^
icraped out of the Ke- into the Water. Pour off
:
jj^
and pouder , it very this Water into a Glals; but
I in your Glafi Mortar^ be careful that not any of
\
611
which mingle your the erCUtl> goes off with

by degreesjor by it ; f for this ggemit}) will
Ctltp
vol:!
and (yourj^^t- no more mix with common

little,
ifc:
will hardly mix with fair Water, than Oil and
OlQ; the reafon is, Water will mix.j Put more
>OlO is full of the Fr^- frelh Water upon your OlO
r,c:i
lum^ and then it is time and ggerCUrp, and wafh
arate the Fracipiolum it again_, "'cill the Water is
hthe (Soil! and ^tP
blew again ; pour it off as
Pj which is a Womans aforefaid: Thus continue
;k; when her Cloths are waffling 'till your Water re-
,, Ihe waffles them from mains white Put this laft :
r foulnefs; The fame Water to the other Waters

M 4 ia
i68 SALMON'S im
in the Glafi^ and cover the with your ^CtCUtPj o|
1
Glafs very clofe, that not I without great trouble_,

any foulnefs may fall into the fame Water which iit
the Glafs. poured off from the P

XT I. The Fracipolum be- ftohtm upon your lÛt
in^ thus wafhed away, the Uia^ and wafli it again
asercutj) win again mml the Water is blewifh ,
mnmtt with the @OiO, as forefaid , which pour

Oil will diilblve Wax. Take and continue fb doing
the auialpma, dry it up- the Water is colourlels hi
on warm Allies very fofcly Sed.ii.) da'

with a Sponge^ or on Pa- XIV, Then take til
per, and by a little heat/ malgania again,and di im

that the ahialgaitâ may and repeat the fame \
be drVj which put again in- again (by Se^. 12.) 'till
to the Reton, and diftil it have the figns which ^ 8llLt
as aforefaid, f by Sed. 8. & again with the aforefaid

9. ) {o long 'fill OlB
the ter, (by Se^. 15.) and leon;
will harxiiy amaisamatc will find that your Vra lb

with the êiTEItp; then ohm will augment d; AjJoi
feparate the Pr^wipiolum^ as This diftillation and u b i:
aforefaidj ( by Sed. 10. &

vou ihall continue, \th
ing
the SgerCUr^ is freed ] kk
XIII. Now obferve, I the êtcunum coag Wi^
gave you a charge^ that you ttUtr, or Tracipelum. llf, I
ihould keep your Glafs clofe, XV. Obferve tha (oil

wherein you pur your blew- the Water grows leis, ill
ci\ V/ater, which will be add to it fas need requi 'M
clear, and a Ponder at bot- frelh Water. Now the tndi
i
torn. which is fome of the when the 90CtCUrp has h

Tracipiolum, The clear Wa- all its Sferm, or its Ta ill
terpour off ( Vvichout di- or Ccavtilum^ or VracifKî
iturbingit; as foon as you is. That that êrCUtp
can into another Glafs: Eternally auialffatt
Now when you fee that with the (Solo? fo that r
your ^tM will hardly mijC will always mix well t

t\
^-
XXI p?acttcal p&pCcfe. 1^9

And if yon fhould a Pouder ; put the Glafi on a
md times 9ttial0a- little warm Allies, that the
that (015 and Sgcr- Pouder may dry, which
'!Btlie
and as often diftil will look blewifh Yellow:
our
e from the other, yet Put this Pouder into a little
lit,
iuftiiiattialpmate Cucurbit Glafs, or Bolt-
or mix. And if you head^ and ^diftil off from k
poiid walli them a thou- the Water of Eggs^ five or
^0 doii
jtimes with frelh Wa- fix timeSj or fo long 'till the
oloorld ilie Water will be clear Pouder becomes Red, and
tot hIewilJj. As Jong as diftil off from it five or fix
"lliS, Sah or TractftolHm is in times Spirit of Wine^ fo is it
i;JD(if39Ci:CUtp, yoa cannot fitted for Medicine. Doft
Hame twoôr almoff three Grains.
W the' êrCUrp from
wtiicli
SoL it will be dif-
but XVII. To make th Water
h& amalgaitiate or of Eggs, Take a good quan-
to
iiithe one with the other s tity of Eggs^ boy them very
')'
1
h when you will have it hard^ take the Whites and

oiir
mi lix^ you muft wafh it, cut them very fmall_, and
id then it will simalga diftil them in an Alembick
)ntin'. Z well again. But when fer CtnereSj very foftly, 'till
5'"
the Sah^ or Pra:cipiolu?n you have got all the Water
I 11 tcârated from the from the Whites; then take
rcurp, it will amalga the Egg-ihellSjCalcine them,
:ve or illip after a thou- them into a Retort^ put
put
dift illations,, as afore upon them the former (that
dri And if it be wafh'd a is their own) Water, and
;
fand timeSj the Water diftil pr Arenam^ with a

iir?
always be clear. ftrong Fire j put this Water
i:>
VI. To prepare the Pras- upon Allies agairij and di-
h 3ium to a Medicitie^ Pour ftll it again : Thus continue
I
clear Waters from the it five or fix times h fo the

'
der which lies at the bot- Water will be fitted tor the
i in the Glals^ that no Vraciviohnt. ^
ter may be left on the XVIII. The Philofophers

Key,
SAL MO N'S U d
Key, which is tlie Sal ?r^ @il}t does decreafe in-
aphh, or S:>k of the S^Ct= decreafe of the ÔOtt/'
Urp Oapilate> You may incieafe in t\)Z Ml <
remember that I gave you Grain will purge very la

Inftru^lion^ that you fnould all Todagrd'sy Struma s^ 'j!
pour off the clear Water rial and hjdroflcal Hum]

irora the Tr^cif'wlum^ and with two Grains of
you fliould make dry the Vrcecipolum prepared
Fr^cifiohtm, and bring it in- XIX. To bring the Vl\
to a Medicinal red Vouder piolum mto its firfi Md
:
0\\, you jliould bring it in- or JlifferyWater: Takd

to Matter^ which fliall
Its fir
fi
the Salt p. I. of the P.
50 out.
bring all Mctrals^ principal- cifiolum^ p. 2. being dl

ly its own Body into its fir ft tirft dilTolve the Sali
Matter^ which cannot be warm Water ^ and

done without the Sal Vra- upon the Tracipiolum yll
cipoli'-y which is hidden in evaporate it away v
the VVater you pour off gently in warmAfhes^wi
from the Trâpiolum. That very gende fire, then is
fame VVater hltre through Vr^cipolum with its Oj
brown Paper^ and let the Sajt ^ put it into a little,
VVater to evaporate in a tort, nip up the neck of
round Glafs, very fofdy in Retort very clofe^ put it \i

Allies. V V hen the V V ater Balneum Vaprofum^ and
is evaporated away, you itftandfi|:aEeefe0ind'^
will find at tiie bottom of fcion, or to putrifie, anc|
the Gla(s a yellow whidlh will become a flimy Vâ
Salt^ wliich is Take
the Retort^ open
Sal Vr^clpoli^
and the Clavu neck, and lay the Retort
Vhilojofho-
r;f?,wherewith they do Ult- a Sand-furnace^ and coV
lOCb the l0Cfe of the Tra- it with an earthen Pan, i
cipolum^ which brings the ing to it a Receiver well
icime into its firfl: Matter. ted ; give fir it a flow fil
If you know not this Salt^ then a ihonger^ which co
you know nothing of the tinue till the Spirits be wJ
'true Cljpmiftr!?. This refblved into water. Fir
tl
' :
hi XXI. Piamcai Pfipucfc 171

; firits will come forth Take again of the aforefaid
yhite Clouds, or in CêrCUrp^ which is clear as
idk; and at laft in red a Venice Looking-Glafsj p. i.

ids or fraoak : give fire of the Spirit p. ij. put
iig till all the Spirits are th^m into a Bolt-head,
over in a clear white and fet it in a warm place^
3r : and when you have and the Mercury will mix
jisign^ take the Receiver with the Spirit and diffolve S
^"Jî thQ Retort:^ flopping then diftil again in a Retort
[aid Receiver very well in Sandj (ut jupra) and it
D-?
^.
j' iâx y that no Spirits will come over in form of
|fiy away; then let the Water; this continue ih
oftk
'go out. longj 'till all the one half
^|,^
^
\, The Matter which part of the bjlgljt ^^K-
"".
ins the Retort take
-in tUrp brought to a clear
is
^"
'
and put it into a Bolt- thin Water, which keep
'^'''
and Hop it well, and
I, very clofe flopped with
^^^^
in a warm place j then Wax. Take the Ponder
fie once the Spirits wjiich I ordered to be kept
;h are in the Receiver, in a Bok-headj and place ic
keep them carefully:

very deep in a land Ca^d^
alirA
7 oblerve this , you re- and give a (Irong Fire lor
iber , that when the twenty four Hours; then let
P"^'=
tCUri? hath loft its Pr^- the Fire go out, and take
'f^.*^' lum y that the fame the Bolt-head forth, and ftir
r\ mitp will be as bright the Pouder with a wooden
^^îcs Looking- glafs Stick, and put it upo;i the
''''îB
'"^yle of this brigl:^ ^tX^ half pare of the tlmiWtt^
_ one part ; of the Spirit curial CLpater, ciofnig the
fefaid two parts; put Glafs with Hermes Seal:
in into a Bolt head^ flop iliake it, and let ic Hand in
;ry clofe, and let it ftand digeinon in a warm place
little warmth^ and the for three or four days ; then
ItClirp will mix with pour oif this into another
Spirit'-, then diilil all Glais, and pour upon the
ugh a Retort in Sand. remainder of the Pouder
the
172 SALMON'S Li
the other half of the VVa-| into its fitfl Scatter., lif-
ter, fealing the Glafs again. you mufi: walli your 9Jljf;P
and letting it ftand ut fupra, carp with Salt and Vin M'
for three or four days ; then divers times, and at
put it to tl'ie former Wa- with VFater^ to wafh a^
ter , and Seal up the Glafs th^ Salt: Then mix
Hrrmeticallj , letting it iland 99ercurj| with cdx v
in Balmo Faporofo ti^ljt iindCalcrndTartar^ zni
)i1)>g(; after diftil it diroiigh Sea. 8. aforegoing; dill l^_
a RetorP, and any thing if in a Retort in a fand 1

remain in the Retort (which meet and fix to it a Ri
will be very little)pour upon "uer^ filfd alniofl: half ful
nil
k the Spir'a again, and di- Water, that the 9^tXt\
ftil it Viil all is come over. may fall into it and coa,
III
Now is the Salt with its late, which dry, and fque '^,
own Spirit^ and brought eight or ten times throt

into its ftrii: Matter, keep Leather s fo will your $P
J^
it well flopped. tWXV be well purged
XXI. This is the Wa- clcanfed from all its m
ter which the Tb'dofofhers and uncleannefs.
have îvea divers Names to, XXIII. Thisisthe^lJf
AS their Horfe-dung,Balneum at CP which you muft uf
Maria ^ and Calx ^îva^ and the multiplying your Spii i4
in Sum this is the Vb'ilofo- or aftriim secrcuri
pbers true Fire, without Take of this ^tXiWt
which no true work can be of the aftrum 5' i.
done in Chymiftr}^ Ctiriji p. ij. put th^m if a/

XXH. The Phllofopher to a Bolt-head, itop it clol
has brought forth this Sala- and let it ftand in a waJÎ
m,mder ^ which will never pface one Night; fo will til
wait in the Fire^ the longer 99erCtltp melt the g^WtJd m

the fr-onger : This aiatCt rit, or 9^txmm^ mnm
will increafe and multiply and turn into Water th(* -^
per Infinitum ; that is to lay, di(iil it through a Retoi

if all the Sea were 90eiXU= Thus may you do by r]
rP) it would turn the fame peating the ^ptllt wii

mm
;,;
hp. XXI. l^jnctical Pfipficfe. 1 7

êrCUtp^ as long as ; to a Glafs , and pur more
leaie 2Bater to the @Oltr and
XIV. This SHater^/// @f li)0r which yet remains
he Gold and Silver, and let it ftand again ei'gfjt BapS
orts of Stones^ and hr'ing in a warm place, and then
I it, through a
over Tvlth pour off thefe ffJIatCtS to
ntr^ Ajtrt, Gold and Silver thus the former fiHatCrg; lb
Dived, can never be fe- will the @Cl5 and ^mzt
a \% ited one from another : be diiTolved into Water
roita reafon is^ becaufe tf)CP
^ but there will remain fbmc
illlialt all other Mettah are of Foeces.
1
;e |( (ame Nature, and have XXVI. Take of both

;a!)(l( fnning from the fame thefe a quarter m^ttm
M BtCti there is nothing party and put them together
ê World but has its be- into a Bolt-head, fb as three
nes i
lyour fling from it. quarters may be empty;
pi^m KV. Medicina Univerfa- feal it Hermetically, digefl it
a]l ij
the Univerfal Medicine in an atfjattO? in a continu-
ke of your fin^ OlO in al warm heat_, comes
'till it
der , ( viz. the fame to a fixed tCU Stdtte or

ich did remain when POUOer. Before it be-
made the Tracifiolum) comes a ren POUaer, there
part -5
of your fillCfi will appear many Colours,
IfiCt two then Green, then
parts in fine as Black,
put each by it felf Tellow, lafHyEeC: When
jfer ;
p a Glafs pour upon it is very EeU, and a Pou-

,
the 9firum S]9ercu- der, take the Bolt head and

fo much as may over- bury it in a [and Capel very
them a Fingers breadth j deep, and give Fire by de-
each Glafs very clofe^ grees, and at lail a very
let them fând in a flrong Firc_. and it will melc
rm place for CIgljt 5cip05 like Wax Yet it fland one :
d the OlC and SiliiCr whole Week ; (^but the lon-

ill be almoft all diiTolved ger the better ; ) then take
omdXtX) pour off this ii outj and let it cooU af-
'ater, each by it felf inter break up your Glafs^ and
you
J74
you
S A L MO
tOttC Golden fix d Precipitate.
will find a Uft}
N'S W
or PDllBer, and ECU as the moll fine olti^tcj
Scarlet. that which remains o\i
XXVII. Now you may the working of the Fr\
remember that I bid you okm ^ dilTolve it in
keep three parts of your affrumsperairij.as
i^nia and felBer which as you will ? diilii it thr|^||
were diflblved into CHa- a Retort once or twice,i(i
ttt put both thefe fFaters your Gold will go ovl
'->
together into a Retort^ di- long with your V Vaterl

ftil them, and both the will never be feparated|
<0Hl and !iaer will g0 from another, for the]
over with the Ml^ttt both of one nature.
through the Retort^ with XXIX. Now tak<
which Water you fliall mul- Vracifiolum which is
tiply your Medicine. Now dry, (not that which is
take of your Medicine p. already into a Medici
5. in fine Pouder, and put into a little Glafsj
put it into a little Boh bcad^ curbit_, and put upon if
putting upon it, twice as mtn affrum êtii
much of your EKatEtg? as ril} and diltil from it
of 0ia and Ilaer; Seal or four times very flo^

it again, and digeft it in an but at laft very Itronl
AtJjaner^ 'till it comes to a fb will y our ^r^cifiolm
EetJ POtlBer j and then a tft! aitB nm ti
put it again into the Sand (as iome call k,) or POU]
Capell^ for to give Fixation,, XXX. The fame ma^
and that it may melt as done with 9^tVCUX^
Wax i (as at S^B. 26. ) thus gcd, it will fix the fam<
may you multiply yoiir Me- to a retr pouaet:.
dicine ad Infinitum'^ and the lame work may be' dl
Pouder will diffolve in any with UMt^ and
Liquor. your Pr^cipiolumi or
XXVIIL To make the ÛiCfefiiSeônlycleanid,
A^rum Horizontaky or Au- No man can find out alljit
mm Horizj077Pale , îz,. the Secrets which are hid in li^
::ip. XXT.
oleftphick Mtnftrmm, the firfl: ; and this do fo long
:> ALKAHESTof 'till the Gold will not Amal-

Îmmortal ParaCClfU0* gam a with the Mercury ; then
calcine the Gold again, and
^KET HEL-of extinguijh it in the former
Sftrit of Vinegar which
ipNT^WLULLY. work repeat
,
as before, fix or
iily*TÂke Quiclfih'er pu- feven times ^ and as your
^\jL Ounces, Sfirtt decays or waftes, add
rifisd fix
]
HGoId purified with An- to it frejh Sprit of Vinegar.
'^Hmy one Ounce 5 make All thele Operations you
''^HAmalgama; then diftil muft fo long continue, 'til!
''^^^^Mercury from the Gold: all the Semtn, Salt^ or Mer-
^ cury coagulate^ is extraded
i the fame Mercury again
'^^\\ the Go/^5 and thus out of the Quickfdver,

' Ainue 'till your Gdd will
'5 XXXIV. Take then /".//i
vmore Amalgama with Quickfiher^ and work in ail
r Mercnry^ but continue things as before, by Amalga-
.ate. gamating ^ Difiillhg , Caici^
XXII. Then take the flings and Extingtnfljing the m
,
grind itând put it in- faid Sfirit of Vwegar':> and-
clean Crucible, and continuing llill with other
ne it, 'till it be almoft frefi Quickfdver fo long, *till
lot, -and then quench you think you have enough

it
e beft rectified Sprit of from the Gold.

jr s when it is extin- XXXV. Then take this
. decant the Spirit Sfirit of Vinegar^ impregna-
UJie Gold'j- make the ted with the 71'hole Fj/ence
j^dry, heat it again, and of Gold^ evaporate it, or
tguifh in the former diftil very fofdy off, fo
it
ar^ which work repeat will the Ejjmtia jdirri lye at

rfeven times. the bottom like a yellow
XXllI, Then dry your Salt, which diffoke in fair
and Amalgama it a- Rain-water dilliiled; iiltre
with the former Mer- and evaporate again foftly,
*: and diftil again as at then put it into a fmall Re-
j
;
I?^
S A LM O N 'S L, I
tort in a Sand-heat^ with an it may hifi.

indifferent large Receiver *y XXXVII. Then le til
give Fire by degrees, and Fire go out, and cuttl

it will come over in a -white Glals with a Ring ; ik.
Spirit like Smoak, and Red the Cryftalline Matter.ik
like Saffron: Being refblved a Ring near the Nee c
into a red Liquor^ let the the Glafs, ^ pulverize m
Fire go out, and keep the grind it with its weig: o(
Effence for ule. It is one the Calx o^ fine Sol^ oiL-
of the greateft Medicines na^ as aforefaid i pafth:
under the Sun; three or afore-mentioned four
four Drops of it are able to grees in eight Hours,
extinguim any Sicknefi cu- hifling; open the GU
rable. before, and take the J
OPENING^/
T/;^ CrowHy which is the
Gold or Silver.
SOL and LUNA. XXXVIII. Thslj
XXXVI. TpAkeoftheRî Gold or Silver augmei
X Lyon twelvedigeftion, with a tv|
parts, pulverize it well, and part of fine Sol or Lun
grind it with one part of time, as often as you
the Calx o^ fine Gold or Stl- or till you have a fu
"ver: Put all into a fmall quantity of the fame:
Bolt-head , fet it in Sand of this Living Sol or
to the Neck, which Neck fmall quantity, digeft
muft be very well Luted Alliestill it changes C
give the firll degree of Fire VIZ..towards Kei or
tor a Week ; the next Week Earth: Take then th
the fecond degree; the or White Earthy Amalg
third Week the third de- it with Living Gold
gree ; and the fourth Week ver^ andC^/:x:; digeftâl
the fourth and laft degree, in a Glafs HermiticalljS^^
to a hifling, lb that if a drop led, till it comes to îpei
of Water fall upon the Sand fe6l Rednefs or Whitenif^\
LI1B%I TRIM$
FINIS
'
Giavis Alchymia^:
O R,
iERMES TK IS MEG IS TVS,

I KALID PEKSICVS,
*'.:
AND
;| GEBER ARABS;
Wll Tranflatcd out of the beft Latin Edi-
**^^
tions into Efiglifh^ and Claufed, for
the fakes of the Lovers of Leax^ninp'.
:
o
To which h Added^
. Singular Comment upon the Firfl Book of

- HER ME 5, the moft Ancient of Philolophers.
. iy WILLIAM SALMON,
!jjjj ProfeiTor of Phyfick-
"i
A
^
35t
The Second BOOK.
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LONDON,
How
Printed for J. Hants, znd T. kins ^ 1692.
179
\lermem Trifmegijii Tra&atm Aureus.
^ he Golden Work
of Hermes Trifmegijius^
Tranflated out of Hebrerv into Arabic\y
(then into Gree\^ afterwards into Latin j
and now done out oi Latin into Englijh^
Claufed, and largely Commented upon,
3y WILLIAM SALMON.
C H A p. I.
e Preface Explicating^ in part^ the Prima

Materia.
ITERMES: E-ve^ Salmon. There are three

ilHermes himfelf[aitb ^ things which are certainly
ve not in a very long Age^
moft neceflary to the at-
id to try Exfcrtments^ nor
tainment of this knowledge,
f I [pared any Laheur of 1. An Unwearied Study,
d: But I obtained the 2. A Continued Experience,
\vledge of this Art^ by the ^. And the Divine Blefling
ftj
ration of the Living God going along with ail. With-
, Ti/ho efleeming me his out theie^ it is not probable
\t mnt worthy^ dtd reveal any Man caa attain th
^ôpentheStcretjo me. knowledge of this Secret.
z N Iher
p>
i8o SALMON'S Lib.
There mufl be a diligent adorned with the fulnefs)!

Study^ and a ferioiis Medi- and knowledge abre
light
tation in the Soul^ concern- other Creatures, {hin.g
all
ing this thing : Sol among the St^;;

Then thcle like
things thus meditated on^ but after his Fall, that priie
muft, by experience^ be perfection was much eo
brought to ocular demon- fed, and he was drove ui
ftration > nor> if you mifs of the Garden, intoa VU
many times, muft you be dernefs among the Bcis
weary with trying. Laflly, which perilK ; yet not wh
you mufl: all along attend out a promife of Redau
tlie Blefling of God for his on, and remiffion of
alfiftance : 'Tis that Eternal Tranfgreffion, by one
Spirit of God Vv^hich goes nal Sacrifice, through
through, and pierces all diffluence and power
things, which generatesând whofe Spirit, Man is pu
preferves that which
geis to a poffibility of atta
nerated : His Spirit of heat a meafure of the true W
decofts, and coagulates that knowledge and
perfeft iih
which is thin, rarifies that derflanding even in tjis
which is too thick, warms life.
the cold up to
; and railes I
life that which has been

dead and buried I
III. Herrries.
had ne'ver
For my
difcoveredfff
^
thing of this matter^ nc---
II. Hermes. Whohasgi- sealed it to any one, hai
'uen to, or befiowed upon rati- the fear of the Judgmt
onal Creatures^ the power and Gody or the hazard
faculties of truly judgijtg and Damnation cfmy Soulfo
determining^ not forjaking any^ a Concealment fre-vailed
p as to give them an occafion me. It js a debt I am w m
to ceaje fc arching after the to ây to the Jufi ; as tb '(III
J'mb. ther of the Jufi has If

hefiowid it upcrt me*
îmi^n. 'I'is true, that
/Mm^h^^ôxQ the Fall wasj
I
hap. I. HERMES.
âs a Tray tor to the Majefly of
Salmon. That is, reveal- God^ norjhall thy Treafcn be

I. as that the Sons
them fo fcraven thee,
Art might underftand

xzm, not to the Profane IV. Hermes. Now un-
. id Unworthy, and Scof- ye Children of derftandj O
tai's: For the Oracle of Wifdom^ that the knowledge
mûth himfelf has long fince of the four Elements of the
b Blt{ld us. It is not fit to give Ancient Thilefofhers^ -was not
'Mt;Cbildrens Bread to Dogs* Corporally^ nor Imprudently
ldiai*3Ugh they may eat of the fcughtinto: Which are through
on ollunibs which fall from the patience to be attainedy accord-
on;[{[afters Table. Some Men mg to their kind{jvkich through
;:oj^li^: Scriptures of Truth have their own operation are hid.len

powstcmpared toDogs, yea, or ohfcured. You can do no-
^nis^lreedy Dogs, Wolves, thing^ except the matter be
latiAxes, d^c. Thefecanne- coT/ipounded^ becaufe it cannot
e trair come to fit at the Ta- be ferfeBedy unlefs firft the

and feed of the Divine \
'various Colours are throughly
)aft ; 'Tis a Tranfgreffi accom?flijhed.
c againft the Law ot Na-
t e, which is the Law of Salmon, Hermes now be-
C)d* which defer ves the gins to give a defcription of
[/ine Vengeance for a pa- the Great Work, which he j
rhment: And fuch indeed calls the knowledge of the

i: he revealiijg of forbidden Elements, but not of thoie
|
ts to liich to whom Elements which are fooliili-

iy do not belong. And ly difcourfed of in the Schools
:h Raimaftd Lully^ Thou of the Teripateticks : They
lA
h k refer ve and keep that Se- fpeak of an Element to be
\? which is proper only to Corpus Simplex^ but our
I to reveal^ and thou dojb Hermes faith. They are not
fy conceal thofe things^ to be underlfood Corpora-
ofe rezêlation belongs to hi^ liter, Ergo 'ffHvyLAitKî i^
nour ; etherwife thoufialt <jQ(piKcoi, i, e. Spiri:ualiter
ondmned in the Great day^ & Sapienter, that is, Spii j-
N 3
tually
SALMON'S Lib-a.
tually and Wifely. Thus The Body and the Soul or
the Principles of Art are the Salt and the Sulpir^
laid to be four Elements, cannot be united in tar
Earthy Water^ Air^ Fire^ as moft minute parts, widu
Hermes indigitates^but what the help of the Spirit wlich i
thefe are in a Spiritual fenfe, is Mercury. Luna andjjfl/l,

the Teripatetick lôws not, cannot procreate witiitE
which the lame Hermes in- the help o^ Mercury, wfc!
terprets in another place^ extrafts the Semen imm It:
the Soul, Spirit, and Body ; the Bodies, and in the *r
and which Paracelfm calls ter of the Earth, as its
Sak^ -Sulphur J atid Mercury. per Veffel, digefts and
Others make buttwo.asthe fe(3:s it. Therefore Mt
Agent and Vatient i Mafcu- does nothing, of its lelf,||
line and Feminine h Sulphur cept fometliing be adddt
"
and Mercury : Others but it by which it may be h

one only, 1.72^. The Aqua tified.
Thilofophica, There are ma-

ny other Names by which V. Hermes. Kmw\
this Matter is but that the Di'vifion 'whid
called,
the Subje6tj or Vrima mate- mads up en the water
ria, is one only ; becaufe it JLactent Philofophers^ it
is^ as it were, the Cardinal which feparates it^ or co
hinge upon which all the it into four other fuhfi.

reft turn, which the Philo
one into two^ and three ti
fophers explicate to be their the third part of which
Mercury^ which is the be- or ha^ tinclure^ to wt
ginning, the middle, and coaûlatino- humour or\
the end of the Work, and shive^ hut the jecond an
without which, whoever Waters are the Weights ( toi
labours, labours in vain ; Wife.

and yet it will do nothing
without it be compounded, Salmon, This WatI
becaule it cannot be perfebe divided, is the fara(
cted without its colours are the four Elements
throughly accompiiilied fpoken of, 'viz,, Thei
:
^
H E R M E S. iSj
olofofhica: This muft''Bfe" jfor that which he calls the
I ided into four parts, -t^te^ j
Humidity J the Southern Red-
[ e one part into two ; ad- ^ne/s^ Anima folts^ Seyre Ci-
g three parts to atre^; trinum^ Aurifigmsnt ^ the Vine

Ti whence arifes feven of the Fhilojophers, and their
. ts ; He divides the differ Wine, have no other fignifi-
- witblces of the Colors into cation/but- that the Aûa
) threes.that is^ into three Mercurii fhbuld be leven
J and three times diftilled, which after
Spirits ,
wthejt^^ which three Spirits the eighth Mlillation, the
e their rife from the one iCompofitum, by the force of
Tbilofofbica^ and are
':a the fire,, is conyefted into
lived into the iamq" a-, ;Afhe$, or a moit fcbtil pon-
der, which by reafbn of its
purity and perfection refills
lay beift Hermes. Take of the the fire : neither wonder
îty or moifture^ an ouftct that eight parts and three
^lalfi ounces are equivalent , for
of the Southern
nefs^ viz. Anima Soli's^ a
by the former Seft ion, the
tbpart, i. e. half an ounct^ one part is divided into two^ ,
kb^c Citrine Scyre in' Itki to each of them, there is

^ner half an ounce of An added three parts^ which
-'
h' It :
|
ment halfan ounce ^ which are the true and Philofo- i
'ight that is three ounces :

; phick Proportions, called by j
&imti^ underftand that the Vine Hermes^ the Weights of the

i\At fe îfe Men^ cr Tree of Wile.
\] Philofofhers is extracted er
vh forth in three, hut the VII. Hermes. Underftand
\i thereof is not perfeBed then the operation* TheDeco-
at length thirty he com- Bion doth diminifh the matter
id. hut the TinBure does augment
it : Becaufe Luna in i<^ days
^^jjlPj vhnoft. He Effays to is diminifl/ied \_in the Heavenly
^.jfi!<
icate the proportions of and in thethirdoperati$n [vi7,
^^r-^ Philofbphick Ingredi- after the ConjunBion "With
- ]li ,
under various Names J
Sol] it is augmented. This is
N 4 thin
?84 SALMON'S
then the he^ then follows the latteipar
inning ctnd the
end. of the Operation, by t;i
of which the Virtue!

Salmon, Here Hermes e- Power of the Stone is
ludicates the Philolbphick wonderful, brought til
Work by a moft familiar higheft perfeftion, andnii

Example of the Thafes of tiplied (as it Mêre) in
Luna 5 and fo it is^ the Mi- turn. In thefe few woi
neral Procefi in this Philo- Hermes^^XQ comprehe
fophick Work, exaftly an- the whole Work , ai
flvering to that Parallel in them it is plainly laid|
Heaven. Some divide the from the beginning tc
Operation of the Stone into end. In a word, it is HI
two'parts^ îx,. the former Husbandman Sowing
and the latter. The former Seed in the Ground,
Hg?';êj explicates by the no- muft firil: Die, be C<
tion of De^^î^w, which does ted and Putrefied, bef
diminiili the matter , dif- can be poffeft of anew]
folvcskj as itweredeftroys by which it niu^t arile
it ; but being thus Diflolv- yeild its Hundred Foil
ed and Corrupted ^ it is creafe the firft Life] :
through Regeneration (by firft Birth^ the firft B|

the Medium of perfedionj muft Die, and give pl<
reltored again. This done^ the fecond;
CHAP. IL
The Firji Expofition of the Matter.
TTERMES. Mold^ is quickly taken outj

Iha%>e Expcfcd to you Termanent or fixt ; âni
that vJhich was hidden y and may have it either in the..
the -ii'ork is hpth with JQii and or in the Sea,
'l'>r ycu- : that wh]ch is 7kithini

Sa\
).IL HERMES. i8)
lelf,jvhich is fpoken of the
;lmon. Thisfecret Work remaining Earth,
raends it felf to its Chil-
5 and the feries of the Salmon. Argent Vive is
iration demonftrate^that indeed the Frima Materia
.and Regenerating Spirit is of the Philoibphick Work,
'^|iin the Matter J but ad- but (fay the Philofophers)
stoit invifibly. InEle- beware that you ule not the
'
rary and Grols Bodies^ Vulgar Argent Vive ^ or

not manifeft , except Quick-Silver; for if you do,
be reduced into their you will be deceived. Our
Effential Nature orBe- Silver is not Vulgar^ for that
for Dead^ and unlit for Our
fo this Spirit of is
eneration which
;
you niuit have thitt
is the Work
of the Promife, the which is Living^ which is
I
len of thePhilofophers^ rightly Prepared by Art

"4i]iining the Glory of the for-the pcrfeftion of Nature,
wliV is brought forth to Oyr Mercury is Philofo-
v/ That which is Sown phick^ Fiery, Vital, Run-
^^)t quickned except it ning, which may be mixed
iy, it is Sown in Corrupt the other Metals^
with all
'
, it and feparated again from
Rifes in Incorrupti-
it is Sown in Di [honour, them. It is prepared in ths
Raifed in Glory. The innermoif Chamber^ there it is
is the Acûa Phtlofophica. Coagulated : Now/whec;
ch entring intp^ and Metals grow , there they
^ning thQTerraPhilofopbi muft be found : If you-
Itings forth the Gold hear- have found this Argent Vi-
'îêof^'the Philofophers ve, therefidenceof thePiii-
lofophick Earth, keep it fatc-
Hermes. Kee'f there- ly, for it IS wordiy : If ycu
flj I
ycur Argent Vz'vey vphich have brought your ArgeV'C
epared in the inner rnifi Vive to Aihes^ or Burrt it
her of the Eridegnomj by the Power of the Fire,
which it IS Coagulated you haê an incomparable:

hat is the Argent Vtve it Treafure a thing much ,
more
j
^
;
i86 S A L MO N'S Li
more
This
Pretious than Gold.
is which Gene-
that
rarates the Stone,, and it is
not in to profane Soul
dwells in a Body liibje
fin^ as the Wife Man afl.
t
Born of it, it is the whole And altho' Hermes has
Secret, which Converts all ken in thisBook many tl
the other Metarine Bodies concerning this moft r
into Sol and Luna^ making Arcanum^ and has over
Hard Softi and the Soft nothing , yet he has
Hard, putting Tincture and (poken lb plainly as
Fixity upon them. every profane andun
thy Perfon may u
111. Hermes. He there- ftand it, but has left]
fore that now hears my Words Myftery to be unfold
ht him [ear ch into âTjd inquire the Sons of Wildom,
from them ; it is not for the
jtffiificatton of the Work of any IV. Hermes. KnoTi^
E-vil Doer , hut to gi'ue to Children of Wii
fore ye
every good Man a Reward^ and ye feekers after the ^le
that I have laid Open or Dif- thereof^ that the Vulture
covered all things which vnre ing upm the Alountain^l
hid, relating to this Science cut with a great Voice
:
and Difclojed and made Tlain ing, 1 am the White o\

and Of en to you the great eft cf Blacky and the Telloiv
Secrets, even the Intelleciual White, and the Citrine
knowledo-, Tellow, and behold Ifpe^
very Truth,
Salmon, The Philofb-
phers ever Difcoiirle in Pa- Salmon, The Mountaii
i'ables and Figures h nor is it on which theVultureft^j^'^
lit that all things fhould be is a fit VeiTel placed in a]
Fcvealed to evêry Body Built Fornace, encomp!t|
the matter is to be enquired widi a Wall bf Fire ; aHoi
after, and diligently Searcht foot of which MountaHi}(y
into; without Labour and a watchful Dragon, wj
Pains, nothing is to be ob- full of Eyes, and can]
tained 5 but Wilclom enters before him and behind
hxll. HER M E S. 187
his Vigilant and Careful die. :;. Red which is the
taping the Entrance or end of the whole Work.
fê into the Mountain,
l:he unworthy lliould V. Hermes. New the chief
( nd to the height their- fr'mcifle of Art is the Crow_,
vhere is hid the Secret 7}jhich in the Blacknefs
of the
: cf the Philofophers : Nighty and Clearnefs of the
unpoflible for any to Day ^ flys without lyings,-
. here, unlefs the Dra- From the hitternefs exifiing tn
rbe laid a Sleep; Hoc the Throaty the Tinclure or
hie Tmzinz matter is taken But
Labor ejt ^ to find :
:Pie means how this is the Red gees fsrth ef its Body^
1; done, how this Beaft and a meer Water is taken
(be circumventedj that from its hack parts.
I uy obtain this fo defi-
h:i ; Treafure is the Work Salmon. The Vtdtwe and
^^ b Philolopher. Three the Cro7u^ are both but one
''rk ;s are commended
things but in differing States,
for
ik wrpole, firftGrudeAr- it is the Vtdture while it is
m%^ Vive made into Pills^ Aftive and devouring ; and
/itT Gilded with Gold. Se- the Crow when it lies in a
ek |., a Sulphur of Alars more paffive Nature. The
'iikti lAed with Sol. Third, Vulture is the Mercury of the
:;;r5K iwater of the Phiiofo- Philofophers prepared by
U\\% IS; Thefe things being help of Vulgar Argent Vi-
\y given, will ib lay ve: And the Cro-w is the
a Sleep, that Night and Infancy of the Work, where-
loiiKi you may continually in the iaid Philofbphick
I
Jrd Egrefs and Regreis. Mercury is United with its

f
icediJ % once entred^ and Af Solar Ferment. The black-

jncM! .ed the Mountain^ the nefs of the Night is the Pu-
fire;i
(re Ctow
iKcw trefaftion thereof, and the
or will
\^f^ the way where
Co- clearnefs of the Day, its Re-
the
appear, i. Black which fur redion into a Stare of
igoa,'
2 beginning of the Art. Purity. It flics ivitheut Wtf^gs^

jjjicj
^^ Vhite which is the mid- being Born or carried by

tho
188 S A L MO N'S
the fixt Nature ; and the bit- acquainted with the
temefs in the Throaty is the God; whichisamea!
Death of- the firfl Life, his Holy Spirit. He Jlsi
whence is Educed the Soul^ a Stone^ yet fays ^ it is a\
which is the Red and' Liv- for was it not a Spij
ing Tindure taken from the could not Penetrate!
Body : And the Water is the Tinge other Bodies
Vifcous Humidity , made ablblute Unity an<
of the Philofophers Argent jundion : Bodies an(
Vive^ which radically dif- tercannot do this^ thj
Iqlves all Metals, and redu- that they can do is
ces them into their firft Ens touch one another h
or Water ; and alfo reduces Superficies; for all
common Quick-Silver into Deady and no Deac
is
the lame^ by a Simple Im- can penetrate iiito tW

bibitiottj for ever. perty of another, bul
( at moft ) lie fide b|
VL Hermes. Underft and with it. And to
and accept of this gift of God^ the matter the more fl
'which is hidden from Ignorant to your underftandii

and Foolifij Men, This hidden compares it to an opeit
Secret ivhich is the Venerable for that this Spirit

Stom^ fpkniid in Color a fub- , Bodies ^ and is joyi
lime Spirit^ an Of en 'êa^ is them, even as Water ii
hidintheCavirns of the Metals: ed to Water^ or as tl"|
Behold I have expofed it to you Body thereof is joync
andgive thanks to the Almigh- its Aqueous parts. It '.
ty Godj who teaches you this den in the Caverns ofti

knowledge Ifyou be grateful^
: tals, that is^ if you fe|
he will return you the Tribute it any ching that
in
of your Lvve, Metalline, you llaml|
the Threlhold.
Salmon, and un-
Fools^ VI I. Hermes. M
learned, are excluded from put the matter into a
the knowledge of this My and make it to Boil A
il'erv, v:- Such as are un- Augments the Heat ofti
^. n. HERMES; 1^9
wi or Matter y nnd defiroys tion is naturally nrade in
-ynefi of the incomhufli- Calido Huwido^ in a moill
Jphur J contifiue Boilwg Heat ^ which flermes calls
j"'^'|e Radix may appear Ignem Humidum he : as if
^^''xtra^ the Rednefs and jliould fay the Fire two- is
ht farts, till ovly about fold, which you muft ule^

I remains. iz/ss. External and Internal.
?non. There are faid to He feems to make his Co-

ee Species of Decodi- ftion double, i. In the time
An external Fiery heat of Augmentation. 2. In
and is called Elix- the Ultimate perfec^lion or
fidoj
2. An external heati Maturityj and fo long this
hich is called Ajfation. Fire is to be continued . till
internal natural heat the Radix does appear, /'.
e,
imido , called by the the Seed of Metals. The

,s î'Tffeivîi^ i. e, M<i' fame method that Nature
...i, or the Ripening takes in Generating Herbs
111 tojerfeding heat. Now and Plants, Ilie takes in Ge-
of thefe it is^ that nerating MetalSj whole Seed
fpeaks of is the que- is extracted by tiie help of
The firft, and the Art, which Seed is only and
SpirkldifFer in this. The truly the Philofophers Mer-
is i(J| an external Fiery cury, in which all the Me-
The latter an In- tals are relblved into their
and in which
or as
I Natural Heat. In firft principles,
iiiojDl Ipinion both are to be is impreft the Charafter or
ted. The Natural Power of Tranfmutation.
,^15/ Înternal, is the Caule They all err who think to
fyoii tneration and without reduce Metals only into
^tlil the External Heat can Crude Mercury, and not
)'j llafthing : Hence we con- into their Radix, as Hermes
the Heat to be two- fpeaks, 'uiz,. into their Seeds,
^js.
]J
I. External to excite. which is the firll Matter
:ernalto perfed, both living in Metals : and from
:;jiH^ ought to be made thence Nature ever goes for-
'^Jwîô ' for all Genera- ward, never back-ward till
1
Ihe
i9o SAL M O N '
S I^^
{he comes to perfeftion. neither Hermes^ noraj

the other Philofophe
'
VIIT. Hermes. For this Envy or Grutch tht

Caufe(ake ^ the Philofophers knowledge of the ma)
are [aid to be Envious or Ob- the PiouSj Juftj andf
fcure, not for that they Grudg- Man, but only to thj
ed the thing to the honefi or fane and Wicked
jufi Man, to the Religious or did not think It fit j^;-^
fVtfe ; or to the Legitimate the Childrens Bread tcl .,
Sons of An ? hut to the Ig- for which Caufe-lafa

norant, the Fitious, the Dtf- always keep the Frim\
konefi : and left
le^ evil Perfons fhould teria Secret^
he made powerful to perpetrate Legacy to the Legtj
Jtnful things : Sons of Art; but the
forfuch a fault
the Thilofophersmult render ner and way of wor!
an account to God. Evil Men through all its varioi
are not iverthy of this IViJdom. rations^ they have fail
and plainly declared]
Salmon. It appears that lead lota^ or Tittle
CHAP. IIL
T^he TSlames a?id Firji Operation Explid
I TTERMES. Nowthis nfs : 'which notwiti

Matter Icall by the they fignifiedit to the U\
Name rf the Stone ; the Fe- Vrudent by cm only
minine of the Magnefia , which is the Stone of th\
the Hen, the White Spittle^ or or the Thilofophers StonX
Froth, the Volatile Milk, the

Incomhujttble Ajhes ; fo that it Salmon. There ad
might he hidden from thefim- ous Names, bywhi(
pie aftdun-wife, who want un- Philofbphers call \t, X^^
derfiandtng Jjonefiy ^ and good- Gold, Brafs of the Pi
, ,
fp.III. HE R M E a lyt
h s, y the pure Virgins Milk, Radical Hu-
Magfitfia
oy, clear Feimenc, Elixir, midity, UncStuous Moifture,
l:ulins , Fixt Argent Sperm , Sal Armoniack ^
^
Incombuftible SuW Hair , Urine , Antimony
I,, Red fixed Sulphur, Philofophers Lead, Salt, a
eRiijiflj Kibrick, Green Bird, Microcoftnus, Cinna-
;i ol,theGreennefs_, Red- ber, do ail (ignifie but one
1 burnt Braisj Red Earth, andthe fame thing.
sVater of Sulphur, A^na
l^-'y
j^,Spittle of i>^,Shad- IL Hermes, Confer^ve
pf th^ Sun , Eyes of therefore in this the Sea^ the
i,Sulphur, ftiarp Wine, Fp'y and the hâ^venly Bird,
Light (k Lights, Fa- even to the laB moifjent of its
'
Minerals, Fruitful Exit, But I deprecate 4^ _,
Living Spirit , Ve- wijh a Curfe from cur Bene-

)twoft*
m ^MftArange Vinegar, foBor^ the great and Living

oum , Evo-lafting God^ even to all the Sons cf
|5
,ji,55
eckra f* î^^ ^^^ > ^ ^^" the Thilofophers ^ to whom it
;^jij 'Man, Maiculine,Fe- fhall pleafe God to give of the

le, a Vile thing, Azot, Bountifulnefi of Lis Goodfiefs'^
- AaXicv^rimipumMun- if they fjall undervalue j or
dtherefore Argent Vive, divulge the Name and Vower
myÂzot^ Flenikifiam, thereof to any Foolifti or Igno-
?4|fS>, White Lead, Red rant Perfon^ or any Man unfit
1
l\i\i i> Water , the Crow, j/or the knowledge of this fecret^
Silver, Lime, Jupiter,
.1 iBion, Whitenefs. all Salmon. He teaches here,
, fibuton^J thmg. Our that in the matter of the
1
i, tmc sn diver times Stone, is to be Conlerved
^''''i degrees of Operation. the Flre^ and the
the i'ea,
fi i White Earth, White Heavenly Bird, to the Per-

'^'^^
or, Ethel, Auripig- feftion or Confummation
im^ Arfenick, Chaos, of the hy the Sea, Wor^
^"5^ agon, Serpent,- Toad. is underftood the Humidity
by*^ iLyen, Red-Lyon of the Mercury , for that
f,i i'iion^ Quimeifence 5 no Generation can be made
in
:
J92 SALMON
in adry^ but in a humid
matter. Therefore Mer- This not 3r'
Salmon,
^
cury is to be Conferved in a demonftrates the Getfic
Liquid form, tamenfui and Noble Spirit of oi
citrd
Corruftionem, but without its Hermes ; but alfb the
Putrefa6tion ; for that hard OHj which the parts
things or Bodiesâs Rajmund pofing this Magifterynaii
Lully faithj receive not the one to another ; for fai \ \
Heavenly Virtue, nor yeild e'uen in this FriendJJn^

to the heavenly Influences. Unity confifis the chief
A Seal puts not its Print up- of this Operation,
on a hard Stone, but upon
loft wax: fo our matter, by IV. Hermes. This
being made foft and Rarifi- concealed Stone of many
ed, is made fit to receive which is Born and
the influx of the fuperior forth in one Color^Myl
Bodies^ /. e. oiSol and Lma^ derfia?jd this and conceal
'
and is^ made to obey the

Government of the Sun, Salmon, By the
Bj the Fire and the Heavenly Colors, here is undei
Bird^ isunderftood the two- the Blacky White, andj
fold Fire^ the External and of which we have
the Internal ^ with both before: andtho'ther^
which it is to be conferved appear many other Cq
and nouriflied to the end oi the courfe'of the Opei
the Work. yet thofe three are the
of which
the one ,
III. Hermes. Whate^ver which

ever remai
for
any Man has given to me^ I the Never-fading Red!
have returned it again ; nor which, nothing can be|
have 1 been behind hand' with noble or perfed ;
any or dejiftedjo return an thou actaineft to be
J
equal kindnefs *^.even in this deptj a true Son of

Friendfinf and Unity confifis fure to hide and coned
the chief matter of this Ofera- as here thou art adni(
ticn. ed.
Cap. IV. HERMES
Merals, butalWiecureable
v. Hermes. in Humane Bodies:
By means of Difeafes
i (through the fermijfion of It gives alfo, not only Health
-4 Omnifetent) the greatefi< and long Life, but removes
'ui[e IS Cured and e^very Poverty and Want^ and the

'^
owpiftrefsÊ'vilândhun- attendant Evils of a narrow

thing may be Evaded : and pinching Fortune. It
through the help thereof is indeed the great preferva-
may come from târknefs to tive againfi: all the Aftlidi-
ht
;
from a Defert or Wtl- onSjSorrows and Miieries of
vefs to a Habit atton or Humane kind, of what Na-
\ ie ; and from Hraightnefs ture and quality foever. It
J neceffitJes^ to a large and is 'NeBar. and Ambrofia^ to
nile Fortune, all the Vital Powers.throug'a

the Efficacy of which, Na-
dmon. This Our Tin- ture is made able to con-
.;,.,e , Our Elixir ^ Cures tend, refift, and overcome
lofily all the Difeafes of all her. adverfaries.
CHAP. IV.
^v ^(tntimtation of the Explkation of the Firjl

Operation.
Ops
lire tin
ME
IEmyR Son S. Now\
, before all Salmon. This great Phi-
r, ladminifii thee to fear lolbpher well knew ^ that
in whom ts the Blejfing the onlyway to atra'n to
ted;
T undertakings j and the the Mydery, was to be ac-
Ito []{
^n^ and dffofing of every quainted with that Spirit
ulj
I
"whiehyou Segregate j fut which knew all things, yea
the deep things of God; ^nd
to be acquainted with tiuc
Spirit^ was to fear Gud^ for
O (g
194 SX/t\LMO N'S Lil
fo fays the Holy Spirit it felf.

The fear of the Lor J is the he- Salmon* He here Ipt
ginning of WifdoM^ and the to fuch as fear God, he

Knowledg of the Holy is under-
be depraved in their un
fcanding : And Handings, ( as all Pre
therefore oiu'
Hermes advifa us, -ahove all and Wicked Men are^
things to fearGod.m whom is the Ignorant (who ai
the Bleffing of this under- acquainted with the
taking. He {hall not Err^ Fountain of knowU
who becomes acquainted which is the Spirit of
with, and joyned to,, that Living God, as he hit"
Spirit which is the Foun- has inllrufted, C/^^p. i. c.
tain of all Knowledge and I. aforegoing ) nor tchc

:
WiRlom For being United

: Infipid of Judgment^ (j
with you are Centred
that_, has not Pondered norj
into the veiyRoot from tated upon thele tl
whence all Wifdom and You muft Enter with
Knowledg fpnng,and being Spirit andSoul into the^
Ingrafted into that Root, ter of Nature , and
the true underftanding will bshold how all thirty
grow up in you begun, continued, anc

you, and fill
even as the Soul is filled with fefted; but you mufti

Life. enter into that Uni\
is the F<
Spirit, which
IT. Hermes. Whatever 1 of all things, which pij
[peak or 7vrite, confider it^ and through, and dwells ii
reafon about it in your mind : Central Koot ; and bj
ladvife itot them "ivho are de- tering into that, it willl
fra'ved in thetr Reafon and as a Vehicle, carry yoii
UnderfiiTinding, nor the Igno- the fame Root, wher
rant^ or Infipid of Judgment, things are hidden, an
Lay hold of my Inftruîions^ veal to you the molt ab
and Meditate upon them'ând jo dite Myfieries , and 'evv'
fj ycur
Mind and Undeftand- you as in a Glals the vit'
inr [to ccncei've what I f^yf\ work, and all the O
as if yAi ycur \elfivere the Au- tion5 of Nature.i
thor of thefe things I write.

>,I\^. HERMES. i^)
expel it ^ and. put it aw,iy from
11. Hermes. Forte what it, ihat It may he made Li-'
^Mê js hot J if it jhaU be ving, and anfwer thee^ not by
lecold^ it jhall do no hurt Flying in the Regions above,

\njury to it ; fo in like butHruIy by forbearing to Flie,
71 '.ner, he to whom Reafon is
n me a guide fljut_,
Salmon. In this our Art
does
jo:nfi
Doer
himfelf, the of are two Principles which
^g ranee, lefi he jhould he fe- fpring from one Root, and
jwm^j deceived, which are the fubjeft of our
k\ Stone, viz. Argent Vive_,
ialmon. That and Sulphur, of which, the
Js^ if the
fiot litiand Mer- one is Volatile and fuperior,
Soul, or hot
înd Sulphur be made the other fixt and below^
no! 'e cold J by a Conjun(3:i- from the Conjundion cf
ivith the coldBody^ you which often repeated , is
i'fiot do a mifs, but pro- made the true and Philofo-
i rightly on in the Work: phical lijblimation and fix-
îhis you muft appre-J ation. And that is the fix-
|i by your Reafon, and ation when the Body re-
Nature of the thing. He ceives the Tinging Spirit,
/horn (faith he) Reafon and takes from it its Volati-
\]i
^die Spirit of knowledge, lity ; this is done by frequent
pcomea gaide, does ftiut Reiterations, fill a Calx of
himfdt the Door of perpetual duration is pro-
f)rance, . e. open to him- duced, and will remain for
te Door of knowledge, ever in the Fire ; But in the
ing into the Myfteries very beginning of this work
TV}
t!s Our Philofophick the fubftance of the Scone^
which in it (elf is moft fixed^
by a Spirit not fixed or Vo-
V, Hermes. Take (my latile, as Sea Water, acetur^,
9 the flying Bird, and radicatum^ and fuch like, is
find it Flying'^ then divide^ to be made Volatile. And
rate^ or cle^nfe it from its by this meansit will be more;
^^ which keep it in Death \
fit to becleanfed of irsFilrh,
O 2 or
196 SALMON urn
or Ruftj which in metals is I
a mod certain fign of Imper- VI. KermQs, Extra Bo;r*

fed-ion. the Sun Beamt the Jhija%
and the fordid Matter^ b)\
V. Hermes. If therefore "which makes the Clouds
jou Jhall deli'ver it out of its over it, and Corrupts it\
Imfri[onment , or Cage , or keeps I
it from the Ligl
Straights, then afterwards you caufe by its Torture at

fhall Order and Govern it^ ac- Fiery Heat^ or Rednefs
cording to the numher of days I Burned,
you J according to
(hall note to
Reafon j and then it fhall he Salmon. The ftiado^ al
a Companion to thee^ and by ways goes along withj

itJ thou (halt be made great Body, walking in the
and fo7verful, Now that a clearer
may appear through
Salmon. That is, the fix- Body, without any iha
ed Body is to be lifted up the Body muft be o\
by lublimation, and to be made thin, and diffolj
rfboften repeated, till the which is the Patient
Volatile is made fixedy or the Spirit or Sun-Be^
fixed with it : But this is not which are the Agentj
to be done4iafhly, or all at by whole
living Fire,
once, but by little and little^ er it is brought to a
and by degrees. Left by and the Corruptible
too great a hafte you break Burnt up and deftroy(
the Veflel, or come to fome made fit to be feparai
other hurt. God himfelf,
made all things in "Number^ VII. Hermes. Ta^
Weighty and Meafure'y that is^ Rednefs Corrupted "witl
in due and jult proportion^ Water ( which refembk\

as well in reipeft ofTtme as Matter ^holding the Firet
Matter, If you proceed live Coal ) from it : As '
wifely in this Care_, you will as you take thu Rednefs

receive the fulnefi of your rupted in Wattr, away,
expedations. it\ fo often yon hflve the
;; ^
Eip.IV. HERMES 197

'
leVurified, then 'will tt A[- the Body fixes the Spirit

kteitfelf, viz. become fix- the FojI conjoyned. Tinges
d TingedJ in -which ft a of its own Color^ whether
will reji for ever. it is White or Red.
That is Our VIII. Hermes. Return

(\iy vyhich is fown in the Coal^ being extinB in its
iiPhilofophick Eartfeîsto Ufe^ to the Water ^ in the thirty
s'orrupted or Putrefied days I note to thee^ fo will you
1 then to be Digefled, have a Crowned Ktng^ reding
kgulated , Sublimated ^ upon the Fountain or iVell, but

)(and Fixed. This drawing it from the Aur'iptg-
rated,
or Redneis is ment^ and wantivg the Hu-
l.nefia ,
I made pure by lepara- mour or Moifiure ISIcw have :
and. then it becomes I made the Hearts of the at-

myltiiPlvcd, Digefted, Coa- tentive^ who hope tn thee ^ glad
beoffcedj Sublimed^ Incera- and their Eyes beholding thscy

idillland Fixed^ andTing- in the hope tf that which thou
being firft lift up into
Patiem
Sun-fifliighert Heavens, and
Buried- again in the Salmon. The Life of tue

wholi
eft Coal is Fire, wjiich being
Earth, that there- I
it may arife.and in the removed from it' is Hke a

It [0 a
[itible
have a Habitationând Dead Body ; nor in a Coal
leilfoi
ixt for ever. The Wa- only, but in all other things,
the Spirit ; the B.ed- Fire that excices or ftirs
it is
is the Soul or Tindure comforts it, and up the Lile,

ihe Earth is Yea, the Ef-
the Body, conferves it :
\i M
the Spirit is the Life fence of Life is nothing elie
ic Soul, as the Body is than Pure, Naked, UnmJx-
flothing or Habitation ed Fire not that which is :
of: fo that the Body Corrupting andElemencaiy,

'"^,,il lubftance, fixed, dry, but that which is Subcil^
containing both the CcE]efl:ial5and Generaring
ip
: and the Soul. The all things. This^ in Merah
: Penetrates the Body ;
is the Afia Fhilojophica.OU-
O I
aginofa^
198 SALM GN'S Lit'r
^gimfa y ^ and Sulfhurea^ The Air which is Hotu
^n this the Earth is to be Moiftj participates wittl
railed up in the fpace of 50 Firewhich is Hot and r\
days which is a certain

, and confequently the
Number for an uncertain : with the Fire J becaufej
By the Crowned King, is Drinefs. The Earth i
ineant the pqrfeSiion of the only true and firft Ele

Tinfture. TheWellisthe of the Stone^ which ay
Fountain of the Phil'oib- Philofophical Calcinati
phers 5 inexhauftible and 11
; out to be Burnt up^
of which i: draws the Auri- edj afterwards to b(
pigment or eternal Tinfture^ folved in a Moift plai
but wanting indeed its moi- a Ponderous Water
itiire, or Running-Water^ by Sublimation is
which is for fo long time to more lubtil and con^
hi Digeftedand Boiled with into Fire. This Oyl
Fires; &c. mod ftrong Fire into .
or aRed Rubicund
IX. Hermes. Now the Thus the Dragon d
IFatcr was firfi in the dtr^ his own
Tail and t\;
then in the Earth : refiore thou licanwith her own

it thcn^ t6 the fuperior places^ nourilhes her Youn^
through its own meanders or The Blood of the R
f-'^JJhfres, mid {net foohjldy or this Red Spirit. N
indifcreetly) change er alter it : thing is joyfted tc
and then to the former Sprit withit^ but that whi
gathered in its Rfdfiefs^ you fore was feparated fi
jfjuji carefully and letfiirly joyn This Mixtion of th
it. ments is not Corpore
Spirituah not with
Salmon. Convert the E- done, but the work
Icments^ and you ihall have Metalline Archern or
whit you feek. The Earth which you ought >
which Cold and Drv ^

is know, and then yc
agrees with the Water in not long err from the
oiYZ qualicy, which is cold.
CB
,
HfV. HERMES, 199
C H A P. V.
Dialogue beirveen Hermes and his Sort.
E R M E S. Kmw \
it is Argent Vi've, hut not the
thou my Son , that [
Vulgar ^ that withcut which
of our 'Earth is Sulphury nothing that exifis^ is able to
\
ulfhur is Aurifignjent ^\ he. IfthereforCj thero be

^Âh:jOrColcethar^ of 7vhich\ v\ot\\mg un^Qv the Sun^ in
lVa:ei
pigment ^ S ulfhur s and which this Argent Vive is
_,
ion 15
like J fome are more île notj Our Hermes has no:
r.d coi
an than others^ in v^hich done abfurdly^ to call it by
a difference or diverjity, thefe Names ; tho' poflibly
may be fome one
hif kind alfo is the Fat of there
y fuhjlances ; to "wit, of thing, which may contain

, JV^J, Hoofs, andSul- more of it, thr.t which is
nin
itjelfl Ojl of PctQr, and more pure, alio generous,
,,^^M\rain or Marrow, which and more ripe or perfeftly
You l*^^M^^^^'
Of the fame digefted, than all the other
alfo IS the Cats or Lyons things befides. Authors lay^
I the
which is Sirezst
.',
'
The it is chicflly found in the
:
f the IVhite Bodies^ and Roots of Metals , which

two Oriental Roots are in the Air, and
ât of the
fft Suhhurs the Tops of the Mountains,
Fives, which
fugkt hold of^ and retain- It behoves you therefore, to
jnol
the Bodies.
i have a perfeft and folid
knowledge of this Argent
^'
'Imcn, i'All thefe are Vive, before you attempt
Ifa
Various Names, by any thing in this Art. Ar d

h the Philolbphers call diis is to be Communicated
one thing, and under only to the Faithful Difci-
Jm^'^ '^êy ^ôud it. But pies of this Science. Be
noil Acute Rifey faith diligent with your whole
4 mind, O
200 SALMON'S
rnlnd^ confider, think, ru- that you make choioj
minate^ voWs and revolve, the beft Sulphur for
medicate and reafon with Work. The Vulgar is^
your felf concerning it, and reign, for that it is deficj
thi'OQ^^h the Divine Affift- Blackens, and Corruptsi
sncCj you will certainly at- ving alfo a double fupeJ
tain to the knowledge there- ty J "viz,, an Inflamabieic
of. Itance, and an Earthly,
Thereforeculency.
11. mou. muft find out another,^
Hermes. I fay
that this Sid'pkur dees Tinge is a fimple Fire, and Li
:nd Fix ; and u contained and and is able to Revivified
held hy the ConjunBions of the Bodies , to bring the
Ttnclures, Fats alfo Tmge, the higheft perfection,
but withal they fly
away^ in to perfed them witli|
Body which ts contained,
the ultimate maturity.
which u a ConjunBion of Fu- Sulphur faith Aîcenna \
-gitivcs only with Sulphurs' and to be found upon Eard
-Ahmi7io^ Bodies y which alfo cept in the Bodies of 5c
contain and hold the Fugiti-ve Luna. In5(?/indeecd
'Matter. higheft of Perfeftioi
caufe it is moredigeft(
Salmon. He diflinguifiieth decoded ; when thei
bere between the true and the Tinciure is p
Philoibphick Tinfture, and with this Sulphurjdowl
^
tiie Fiftitious or Sophifticate. low, in the Bottom ofl
The true is made of a Fixt fcurity, it is carried Gl
and incombultible Sulphur, tim up to^ the higheft!
for whicliL Caufe alfo, the ry, with the greateft
Bodies ai^rendred and dor oi fpirituaiity , fcl
fixt
inccmbudible : any Body whatfoever l|

for every
Tranlmutation is made fub melted with the Fir|
. je6t to the natui e of the Tinges, and fo firmli
thing Traafmutingj and not he res to it, that it
of the thing to be Tranlmu- for ever be any more
ted I
it is needful there fcrej rated therefrom. Ei
|p.V.- . HERMES. 201
ôiifticateTinfture \lhich they make the Earth. 2.
s from the middle Albumen^ the White,*whieh
lade
îerals^ from burning Sul- is Water. 3. Tellicula /the
t'j Arfenical, Alumin- Skin^ which is Air. 4. Fi-

u and fuch like, are not tellfff^ the Yolk^ which is
b to defend either Bo- Fire. Some make only
i(,upon which they are three parts thereof i. Fi-
r efted, nor yet their own tellus^ the Sulphur. 2. Al-

lucrfubftahce from the bumen y the Mercury, g.
of Fire^
ic:nce but roge- Put amen , the Salt. Some
the Bodies they again will have the Tolk to
with
î"niway, and by the force iignifie Mars^ Sol^ and Venus-^
^tl ire Vanifli into Air. and the White^ Saturn, Jh-
Mercury, and Lunai
fiter.
^wii I. Hermes. The crder^ and the Shell] thQ Firmament,
It}-
bi , managmtnt and dif and Earth ^ or Combufiihle
!
vm int of the Matter fought Afloes : but to fpeak plainly,

nb the Thilofopbers^ k hut the Shell reprefents the Phi-
fy
ies^t
\in Our Egg. Now this lolophick Glafs ; wherein
Jideeo
^ Hevs Egg^ is in no wife the Skin, the White , th^
[
'W found, ~But lefifo much Tread, and the Tdk^ anfwer
idigfil he Divine Wifdom, as to the four Elements : Ftre
entk ^ a Hens Egg^ fitoulS t?e Air, fFater 2ind Earthy Or
ûifhed* we make rather the Jread, Tolk, and
;
h'iifjdo kion thereof^ a Cot^jpcfi- White ^' to the three pure

from the four Element i^ principles^ Salt,.Sulfkur^ and
arried ly fitted and comjaBed Mercury, or Spirit, Soul, and
iB^';that \s, Fixity ^tinBur,e^
grcati and 'Subfifiencf,
'MMfimon. The Defcripti

ife 'f thePhilofophick Egg IV. Hermes. Now in a
tliel irious,which thePhilo- Hens Egg, there is the great efi
lii ers divide into four help that may he, for herein u
to ii s, according to the num- a nearnefs of the Matters in
n of the four Elements, their Natures : a ffirttuality^
:or.i
f4we^ the Shell, which Uw^ gathering^ and joynivg
to-
,
22 S A L M ON*S Lill
together of the Elements^ pind #

the Earth which is Gold in its Salmon, This is a
Nature. Dialogue between the|
ther and the Son,
Salmon, The Ovum Thi- makes anfwec to his
lofofhorum^ or our Mercury concerning the Sul
has in it (elf whatever is ithat they are not 61
neceflary thereto: We
call or the fame kind, but
it Our Mercury becaufe fome are of a Heav(

it is reduced into one pure and fome are of an Ei
Homogene Body, where is Nature yet he corij ,
I. A Propinquity of Na- both to be Sulphurs

tures^ as Earth,' Water^ Air, the Heavenly is meai
and Fire; or Salt^ Sulphur^ Solar Sulphur ; and bj
and Mercury. 2. A Spiri- Earthly , the Sulphi'
tuality, which is the forma Luna, For Sol is a l|
tive faculty hidden Mafculine , hot fixt,

, the ,
Work-Mafter which brings and incombuitible

the Stone to perfection. 5. perfefts Luna ^ who IJ
A gathering together of the minine , Cold , Vol;
Elements, for that the Earth White, and Combuflj
is made Water, and Airland exalting her to his
Fire, by Sublimation, and Glory and Splendor.
they are made Earth again ;
which Earth is Gold in its VI. Hermes. The
inward principle or Nature. faith , Father , I thinl
Heart in the Superiors t\
V. Hermes. The Sen faith note Heaven ; in the Infa
'
to him^ the Sulphurs which are the Earth. To whom \

ecnvenient or fit for Our Work, mes fatth : It is not fo\
are they Cosieftial or J'crreflial^ Mafculme truly is the Ht\
Heav.enlj or Earthly ? I'o of the Femi7iine : a7id tl
whorn Hermes anfivers mmine : the Earth of the

[ome of them are Heavenly^ cuUne,
and Jem are from the Earth,
Salmo?h The Heav<|
,
;,
^p;V. HER M E S. 205

Vlafculineof the Earth defires to bejejned in Society
Earth the Feminine with its own kind.

is We fnd
le Heaven : Heaven or even in
Wi[dom it [elf^ that
hichispurej fixtj and equal things are joyned toge-
imbuftible Sulphur , is ther.
generating Seed ; and
^cury which is the Ma- Salmon, If by a Magical
Earth, is the Womb, Matrimony
the Heavens ,
'eminine and the Earth are Conjoyn-

principle re-
g the Seed, in which ed 5 neither feems jto be
Seed is keept, nouriflied, more worthy ; for as the
fted and brought to the Earth cannot Generate with-
or Perfection the Heavens, fo neither
: Even out
in which it obtains can the Heavenly Influences
;2i!fit. Blood, and Flefli multiply themfelves without
Fixity, Tindure, and the Earth But there is a :
ftance. The Earth or mean propofed, which he

hairy is the fubjecft or explicates in the following
ptacle of all the Ccele- Paragraph, which is the
Radiations. making the one equal with
the other , viz,, by bring-
;o
/II. Hermes. The Son ing forth anew Offfpring
hy Father, -which of thefe out of both, which Ihall ex-
tore cede So/ himfelf in perfefti-
worthy^ one than ano-
\ whetheris the Heaven on, becaufe it is more than
if^ he Earth ? The Father an ^perfect, and able to make
'm ^s Both want the help of\ the imperfeft Bodies or Me-
:
ik'i \another , hut a ;iê<//*/w tals perfeft, which So/ him-

;
ropfed by frecepts. But felf cannot do, and is ai ib
\bmfhalt [ay, that Wijdom able to make the mod ini
the JVifeA'Ln does Rule cr perfeft Bodies more than

nmand among Adan-
all perfeft by multiplying
,
d; to thfs Hermes : Ihe their Tinûre a thoufand

ifftrent cr ordinary things times more than what they
better with them^ becauje had Originally by Nature,
'
'W'''^
Mature delights , cr which is performed hy Tre-
cepts^
a 04 S A L MO N'S Lil
cefts, faith Hkrmes^ that is, which is the Perfe .
yy Art. And fince every confumraationof the ml

Nature Delights to be thefe are the three thingk
joyned with its own kind^ the two Principles , Si
you niuft be fure to joyn and Mercury : Or pol
Metalline Bodies only with by the three things fro\
Metalline Principles ^ for he may mean thl
two ,
Water joyned with Water rit. Soul, and Body; I e\
cannot be feparated^ no ty, TinftureândSubf

more.can Silver being joyn- from the two Prini
ed with Silver^ or Gold with Sulphur y and Mercury,
Gold, that is to fay, their in Conjunftlon: Oth(
Seed. terpret it thus ; by ti
things he means He<?v<
VIIJ. Hermes. The Son Earth , which canra
faith But what is the mean Conjoyncd without
among them ? To whom Her- diunij ( which is the]
mes anfv^rs To every thing no other wife than Soi
:
in Nature^ are three Body , which cannot be

there
things from two, i. 7he Be joyned in one Body wi]
ginning. 2. The Middle. ^.
the Spirit to Unite
iht End, viz. FtrH^ the fro- The Spirit then is the J
fitahle and necejfary Water, mate Mediator of th(

Secondly, the Fat or Oyl. and perfed Conjui
Thirdly^ the Fceces, or Earthy whether Natural orS|
which remains below. natural. By the Het
underftood the Soulj
Salmon, By the Beginnings the Earth the Body
;he means the Deundationof Spirit the Uniting P^
'the firft Principles, for the pies; thefe indeed ar
^rima Materia muft be pre- three things from the tw\
pared and made fit for the the two Principles, Si
Operation : tht Middle, and Mercury, the Spi\
which are the Operations of ing Latent in them
the Work from the Begin- But however. Our Bl
ning to the' End ; the End, lefthefliouldnot beui
E ). V. HER ME Si aoj'
o( J
them by a Medium, viz. the Air
has explicated
jnilf, "ifi^* or Water,which we alio call
^ke profit able
'g% the Fat 0)1, theFoeces the Spirit; for the Water
Irtk By the Water ^ is is nothing but the Air Co-
- 1 the Mercury ; by the agulated and the Air is the
t)r Oyl, the Sulphur Vital Spirit, runing through,
_,
VI by the Mediation of and peircing all beings, giv-

; nternal or Latent Sfi- ing Life and Gonfiftency to
,
ire United into one everything > the very Agent
d, and make the ^Pieces which Ties the Particles of
I'th. all Matter and Bodies toge-
ther, and without which

Hermes. But the every Body, and Metal
would fall to pieces , and
dwells in, ir Inhabits .
And
\kefe things. become nothing but Duft
his
are the darknefi and and Arties^ even the fmalleft
ffs in them \ and by of Atoms ^nd this Spirit :
Afitnds int9 the Air, is that which moves and fills

bis rifmg ) 'which is all thing?. It is the Philo-
ieaven : But -while 'the fophick Heaven^ which in
Favour remains its prime Refolution or pu-
fbey are not perpetual^ trefaftion , is wonderfully

^mt^ remaining or fixt defiled, fo that like the moft
itt away the Fume or Poifbnous Dragon or Ser-
Conja
from Water \ and pent,, it deftroys all things
the
iinefs from the Fat or it touches ; from whence it
\, and Death from the is laid to have its Houfe in
[he Sa and by Dijfolution, you Darknefs and Blacknefi v
ifsa Try umf hunt Gift, and to poffels Blacknefsând
Uniting at in and by which Clouds^ and defilemcntsând
'iffors Live Death it felf So long there- :
fore as the Heaven jhall be

ndpl -on. We have fpoken thus infeftedj it is impof-
(i'tWDncerning the Hea fible for it to return to its
ia
:bid the Earth.and their Priftine Nature, Simplicity,
:,
Oiii|fionial Conjundion^ Purity^ Fixity^ and Perma-
nency
^ d^
206 SALMON'S
ncncy. By the Dragon GlafiintoanAereal
then is fignified this Black porous fubftance: beir
Matter Afcending into Air^ DiiFolved by a frd
which is difficultly done^ by Ventilation of the
Realbn of its thick gluti- 5pirit^ it will be pej
nous and Ponderous Body^ purged, and recover
which would not tend up- manual Nature of Hi
wardSj unlefi it be firft re- which is the thing
iblved by Force and Power after.
of the Fire in a Phiiofophick
CHAP. VI.
The Se'vetal Operations hy^ and Variomi

ters ofy ti^hich the Stone is Compofei
I. TTERMES: Now between the Sulphur a

the temferate Fat or Mercury J which Fii
Sulphur -which the FirCy is have before declared
is
the Medium Middle Na- both Internal and Ex(

or
ture^ between the Fceces and The firft is Innate,
the Water , and the through Principles and Effentij
Searcher of the Water : The latter Elemental ancj
Fats are called Sulphurs^ for dental \ it is the t^ .
between Fire y Oj/L and Sul- Searcher of the Water

fhur^ there isfo little difference the ftirer up of Ir
that there is afropinquitj^ or Life and Efficacy ; f
neaxnefs't becauje as the Fire the Internal Fire ma
does Burn ,
jo aljo does the perly be called the S{
Sulfhur, the Matter, which.
the Particles of it t(
Sainton. He
here makes Change But the diS :
the Fire to be the Medium bet ween tliis Fire, or ^ jj

.VI. HER M E S. 207
'4\
|lyli ib Lifslefs Body : The Sul-
or Sulphur^ is
that we want fit phur of all the other Me-

toexpreft it_, but it tals are yet more remote.
k the Spirit to the Soul, And tho' they might ferve
are infeparafcle. But the end, yet it is with more
'^ÎJtobe underftood^ that labour, trouble, and diffi-
S phurs^ fuch only are culty.
e:hofen, which are the
I near in their princi- II. Hermes. All the Wif-
;ihe Sulphurs of Mine- dom of the World is compre-
e to be taken ; not hended within thjs^ Learning
f Vegetables or Ani- the Art is placed in thefe won-
md ot Minerals^ that ful hidden Elements ^ which it
is drawn from Mer- does obtain^ fiîJ^Jj or comfleat.

r Quick-Silver^ Gold It behoves him therefore j who
Iver, which is to be would be introduced into this
i and exalted by our hidden Wtfdom , to quit
M' Power or limfelffrom the Ujurpation of
Principle^
is without length, Vice , to be JuH and Good,
iilphm or thicknefs, ûiz, of a profound Reafsnând rea-
lich ffcreal, and yet com- dy at Hand to help Aiankind
ledareids all thofe proper- of a Serene and pleafing Coun-
andElit without form or tenance. Courteous in his Con-
Innare yet comprehending "uerfation to others^ and to
iEffei#its formlefs being, himfelf a Faithful Keeper of
nulai heft and moft exaft the Arcanums, being once re-
tk luties i this is the In- vealed to him,
xlii'-lfire of the Mineral
And of thel'e, the Salmon, The knowledge
of Mercury is yet of this nearefi Sulphur^ and
fire J De the moft noble.be- how to prepare and ufe it
led*''
t IS more in this work, is the Summ
at Liberty
wtiidiB^ to Ad
than the of the whole Art ; it begins,
,
s either of Sol or compleats, and finifties the

soU
vhich are Fixu and whole thing. But how this
up in a Dead or Sulphur is educed out of a
de.
SAL MO
;
203 N 'S'
determined Matter,, few Au- rit, to Ckanfe, and i^
thors hav& yet taught. The Light, how things
fig
Volatile muft be firft fixed^ contend one -yinth anotA
and the Wild Tamed>before made ColSriefs and free]

you can Operate rightly .elfe their defedations, or Si
you will never be able to Feulneffes, like as froî
hold the Matter^ to Operate nefs and Darknefs^ yoi
upon It ; the Dragon muft nothings nor can you
be then Madered and overs any thing,
come; being once Slain, you
muft endeavour to give it Salmon. This Mi
again a new Life^ by railing tion, is intended of
it up into a new tbrm,= and Life and form , v
reftowng to it a new Vola- which you can do
tility, to wit, the Life of in order to Generati
Sol and LH?fa which by a muft make Alive by

Conjandion and Legiti- and Cleanfe by firf

,
mate Digeltion, with and ling or bringing to P

in the Mercury of thePhi- ftion, and bring fort
lolbphers , gives to the by firft introducing
new generation, a new Bo- nefs. The^ two cc
dy, yet llich a one as is Spi^ Principles muft firf
ritual. Subtil , full of Life and contend one wit
and Power, and able to pe- ther, and a Fatial Wa
netrate into the moft inward be begun and carried
recefies of the moft fblid^ the Deftruftion of
and com pad Bodies , en- form and Life, befe
riching even Vulgar Sol fecond form and li
himfelf;, with a thouland appear ; and the
fold a greater Treafure than muft be firft made Co <^ :
he contained before. that it may be able

ceive the true Cole
III. Hermss. Aj^d this Tindure. In Order
km7V^ that except :fouknow the Philofophical Cal
Bow to Morttfie and induce^ on is 4 the beginning
Cemratien^ to Vivifie the Spy Work, then Diflb
1
ip. VI. HER M ES. 20p
the fublimed Matter our Philofbphick Tindure^
receive its determina- chat it is able to tranlmuteall
To mortifie is to Dii- the Mercury in the World
any thing into the into fine Gold ; and notHOly
;
3iples of which it is all fimple Quick-Silver, but
unded Therefore alfothe Mercury of all other

:
ior^ there is no Ge- Bodies as o^ Saturn, Jupiter^

without Corrupti Mars , Vemts and Luna _,
;
in this Putrefa^:!- which Power it exerts not
e beginning of our only in thofe Inferiour Bo-
, which none but dies, but is alfo able to
nitiated Sons of Do- tranfmute the whole Body
5 and Philofophy do of Gold into pure^TindurCcj
underftand. There and to exalt it to a thoufand
ibe a moft cloie Con- Degrees above v/hat Nature
m or Matrimony has determined it to be. _,
n the Superiors and

iors, between the V. Hermes. Vnierftanl
and the Body^ which alfo that our Stone is Ccnjoyyt^
de by Afcention and ed'with, and Comfofed of ma-
on , through the ny things, of Various Colours^
rof thelnvifible Life. and of Four Elements, which
it behoves us to Divide and
a:alW 'Hermes. Bat this you Cut in Vieces, and to Disjeynt

iQfli %$ow^ that this great them ; and partly to Mortifie ,
,011
Pttn is a Matter ef fo the Nature tn the fame^ which
o(
lie k Worth, that even Kings is in it.
ijiJd
ês fljall Venerate it
j
J jjjj
^ch Secrets, it beho'ves The Vafigiis
Salmon,
thingsare Salt / Sulphur^
IjjjI
itTW every frofane and and Mercury ; the Body -^
Soul and Spirit which Sp^j. \
rit is that which :joî>s

non. That is^ there IS the Soul and Body together,.
^^ VitalPower^Strength, In Mercury it lelf there jj'
zy and Virtue in this a Salt Sulphur and Spirit;-,
^ 5 J
I' ' The

,: , ; ,
210 SALMON'S im
The Salt of that Mercury is according to that Ternj
the Philofophick Earth , of Generations. In
which is to be Dryed or Salt there is aCorpor
Drained , Ploughed up , joyned whith a 5oul a
Manured and Cultivated Spirit, that is with a
and the Sulphur thereof is phur and Mercury fpiritj
the Internal Tinfture^which which are the Chains w|
Tranfmuces;but it is the Spi- tie all the Particles of
rit or living Principle which Body together. All

gives the Permanency or muft be Cut in Piece
Fixity, and without which parated and divided, i
all Bodies whatfoever would beginning of the W
fall to Daft and Alhes ; that which is done by joyi
is it which ties the Parti- of the three together
cles and Atoms of every is a Myftery which i|
thing together. In Sulphur, the true Philofophers

there is a Volatile Body, Sons of Doftrine can^
but a Fixing Spirit, and a derlland. You muft
Rubine Soul which tinges Body to Bodys Soul to
This Body in the Putrefa- and Spirit to Spirit,
dion is caft away, and only which means you will
the Spirit and Soul, which the feparation ; becau;
are without Parts, or Pro- Soul will joyn with
portion , without length yet the Soul of the one
breadth, or thicknefi, with- not joyn with the Bod;
out fubftance or corporeity the other, but feparat
are retained, and Conjoyn-
ed to the Mercury of the VI. Hermes. Anl
PhUofophers by the Medi- fafe the Water
to keep
um of Salt,in which Salt lies Ftre dwelling therein ,
the depth of the whole Se- does contain tts own W

cret. This Salt is Vegeta- drawn from the Four FJtfi
ble, Mineral and Animal, and thttr Wateri ; This -i
from whence the Philofo- Water in its form^ but
phers were wont to iay.that containing in a firong and Ij^j
their Stono was Threefold, Veffdy the A[cending04

VI. HERMEl 2ir
iht Spirits fijouU file away by the Fixing Oyl or Sul-
n the 'Bodies, for hy this phur. *
m$ lure they made 'Tinging,

?erinanent, or Fixed. VII. Hermes. O Bkjjed
Water in the form of Sea,
nrnm. That is the Mer which Element thou dijfohefi >
:xy and the Sulphur d wel- No7v it behoves us, with this
ii; in the Salt ; or the Spi- watery Soulj to pojfefs a SuU
i md the Soul dwelling in fhurous Formy and to mix or
h Body^which is our Stone. joyn the fame with our Vine"
%Fire ( feith he") contains gar.
Water drawn from the
Elements : That is^ the Salmon. Great is the
hur contains the Mer- Virtue and Power which
it drawn from itOrigi- dwells in the Acûa Thilofi-
! Fountains. 7his from whence it is cal-
is not phica^
in Form but Fire* Nor ed
For as com-rBlelled.
<5uick-Silver in form, mon Water, waihes away
"ulphur ; nor -Spirit in the Filth from things, and
butOylj orTindurCj cleanfes them outwardiy ;
ing the Clouds, and fb this our Elementated
beaBnidingWaterSjWhich are Water, not only DiffoWes
with dry c^nfiftency or Bo- Bodies , but alfo Waflies
I
he a flickingIto the fides of away and Cleanfes them in-

(he Be
iGlais, left they lliould wardly from all manner of
fepati
I away fublimation
in Defilemens and Impurities;
the Bodies ; by this and being joyned with the
ns^ being often iterated^ Philofophick Vinegar,brings
icaft three times,(but if it forth from them their in-
lix or feven times, combuftihle Sulphur, which
it is
jetter J the Spirit enters by proje&ion , tinges and
, and peirccs and pene- tranfmutes all imperfed:

i^
ssthe Bodv, in Order to Metals into moft pure fine
ixation : which at length Gold and Silver. ThisWa-*
trfeded which the high- ter is the Key of the Art,
r'f
Fixation and Tindure by which the Bodies ar&
P z oftenr
.
^12 S A L MO N'S
ottentimes to be opened ^that
is^ they are tp be Diflblved^ Vlll. Hermes. Fori
and by the (ame to be again by the Vower of the Wm
Coagulated ^ to be made
Ccmpojitum alfo is Dim
more you ha'ue the Key of the ^|
noble^ pure, and per-
fect: So that no Foot-fteps of ration ; then Death and
Death, Blacknefs^ Corru- nefs file aivayând Wifdo\
ption^ or Imperfedion may ceeds on to the Fmtjhing.
any more remain in them. Work.
The preparation of this Wa
ter known but to a few_,
is Salmon. ThisWatej
nor do many attain to it^ not Tear or Gnaw I
becauie the Well is Deep into Pieces and Bits,

out of which it is drawn^ Radically Diffolves m
nor do the Vulgar Chyniifts and reduces them into
underftand it. But what- Trima J\dateria^2iS they
ever you do J you can do in their Original GeiS
no great Matter without the on. Of this Nature arct.
help of Nature and tho': Fountains & Springs id
Aqua Fortis and Afiii Keîs garia^ which have a F^
and fuch-like, aVe uiefuU in of Tranfmuting what
their places, to diflblveand foever' is caft into the
Tear Bodies Atoms, to good Coper ; and
into
yet are they Alien, and far other Fountains, into \
from the true Jcûa Vhilofc- if any Wood be ca%
phica^ which has the Power it remains but ibme o
to enter into the infides oftime, by the Lapid/
Metals, whereas they, only Virtue of the Wates
divide them into many Sw- tranfmated througl
perhcies. And therefore lay vvhole fubffance intoS
the Phi!olb[>hers, the pre- which Memorable
paration of this Water is well known Powers
not to be Learned of Vla- Operations of Natu
ilers, but it mult be taught chefe particular thing;
by the Didates of Nature in Dart a demondratio

her filf: acieallaa Argument t<
.
VU. H E R M E S. 2I5
fr'one to the belief of perfed the lame. This

I:: Operatiofis and Operation indeed ^ or lim-
r'.*^fiiiutations intheMe- pie Co(5tion, is that which
''fe Kingdom. Ig7%is ^ opens the Door into the
..6 fay the Philolbphers Chambers of Life, making
: nough for the whole Putrefaction and Death, and
|
c^ : Learn therefore blacknefs , and darknels to

\
) Nature^ the prepara- vanifh and flie away. This

.. \oi this Az>othj or Wa- Water and this Fire, tho'
^^''W the Philofophers and fimple in their
: llmple,
i \\ Water being prepa- Operation , yet are they
does with a fimple hidjand known but to a few,
ation , through the for that they lead into the
)if Nature
J
gently boyl- mo(f reclufe and abfcondite
\ a foft Fire^ bring the reeeffes of Nature.
'
to 2 conclufion, and
avea
CHAP. VIL
Operations of Nature m the Aqua Phi

loiophica^ as in a Seed.
TER ME S. A^^^ the Bedies hold^ cr contain

1 knciif wy Son^ thM- them^ nor from them can they
l\\^
fiihfejhers chain uf [the ever he Jeparated.
sip,;; iCirJ "Uîth a firong thatn^
iî when thif 'nake i^ The Bodies be-
Salmon.
Ktend TvUb the fire : he- can be perfcs^Jy
fore they
the Sfints in the wapied united vyith the Spirk, and
J, 4fjtre to dii'ell therein^ joyned one to another in -
rejoyce there. In thefe iirong C^nfedAarion, nii..

^ttfîs^ they ,'uivifie the?n- tirit be purifi/d and wai>K'
4f'^ dwell thcreinj and with AZ,oth and Icf^r>

'}
if : ;
-^5
214 SALMON'S
the wa(King is that which altered^ and hj wonderfm
puts an end to the black- rations y tbgy are made
n^ls5 and the purification nenty or fixed^ as the }
is made and continued till fher faith.
the White Elixir is made

perfeftly white, and till the Salmon, The DoQ^j
red is made perfe^ly red ; of themfelves remain i\
being thus cleanled and pu- but the Inhabitants in tb
rified, the Spirit out of a are alive. the Now
natural propenfion is drawn of the Metals, ars the
to the Bodies h m
which micils of their Spirits;w]
being ardently inflamed, it when they are receive
iramediatelycommixes with the Bodies, their terr
'*
them, and they are con-, fubilance is by little anS '
joyned, with an indillolu- tie made thin, extend
ble con{un5lion, under the and Purified, and by tl
Chains of which they re- Vivifying Power the I

}m
rnain infeparable for ever. and Fire , hitherto \y
Now this conjunftion is not Dormant, is excited
made by chance, but from llirred up. F'or the I
the meer affinity which is which dwells in the Mei
between the Bodies and is laid as it were afleep,
for they both pro-
Spiri-r.. can ic exert its Power,
ceed from one fountain and fliewic felf, unlels theBo'
principle^ though of the be firft DiiTolved, Exalt
two; the fpint, by reaibn and turned into Spirit, (
it vivifies^ and holds the that the -Spirit does oi
Particles of the Bodies to- Vivilie ;) being ^ brought,

gether, is much th^ more this Degree of purity ^^|
noble, the more excellent, and at length
fpirituality,
and moil powerful Agent. perfeelion, by their
dant Virtue, they comnii
II.Hermes. Tkn the cate their tinging p:o
dead Ukments ars revi'ved^ to the other imperftft
iznd the Cowpofiium^ tr c em- dies, and Tranfmute th'
founded Bcdies are tinged and into a fixed and periTuwi
Subil;an
p. VIL H E RMES. 21 y
ance.This is the pro-

of our Medicine, into Salmon. He does not call
ch the Bodies are redu- the Matter of the Stone
i ; that at firft, one part (imply Water, but a fixed
;reof will tinge ten parts Watery form, which who^
imperfect body ;then fo is ignorant of^ knows no=
hondred.after a thoafand, thing of the principles of
ten thoufand, and fo this Science. This Foun-
:ely on. By which the tain (laith Bernard TreuifaTt)
cy of the Creators is a wonderful Fountain of
is moft appax'ently Virtue , above all other
tfirefcite ^ Multhli-
Fountains in the whole
;, World k is as clear as Sil-
encreafe and muki- ,
And by how much ver, and of a Celeftial Co-

oftner the Medicine is lor. It is the Formatcr of the
Ived, by lo much the Royal ElemeTjts'^ that is ( as
It encreafes in Virtue Berr,ard explicates it ) it
dPower^which otherwife draws to its lelf the King,
thout any more folutions, who after i ;o days^ it brings *
3uid remain in its llmple forth fplendid, lhining,and
hcli
\'^^^^^ State of perfed:ion> Clowned with a Royal Dia-
ere is a Celeftial and Di- dem , who afterwards A-
le Fountain kt Open ^ dorns his Brethren , they
lich no Man is able to being ^x\i Purified in the
aw dry nor can it be fame ;Tountain^ and freed
,
:pi:i
kolly exhaufted
, Hiould trom all their Internal Le-
e World endure to Eter- profis and impurities By :
1 Generations. this he means. Concord and

'
jj
Peace is produced, and a '!
îl. Hermes. G Beaut i- Stable Place of Rett, by '
h^nd Fermanent^ cr fixed which is prefigured. Tin- i
ater^ the Formatcr of the ftureand Fixation.

ojal Elements^ -mijo halving
tamed (with thy Enthren IV. Hermes. Our Stom
)md -iifiih a moderate Go- is a mofi pretiom thing, yet caji '
ir7^,ent)the Ttntlun ^ hfifi forth i4f07t the Du?ig??iL It zb

tii (I flace of Tcfi. l> vvji
4
'
2i6 SALM CN'S Li>l

pjoft dear and Valuahk^ yet Vegetables^ even Hm
Vileand the mojt Vtle ; [i. e. Plants^ and Trees ft ami
found among the moft Vile need thereof; it prefel
Chings. ] Becaufe it hehves all things from Corruptl
tfi to kill two Argent Vives and everylvdineral wid|
together ,, and yet to Value, 'Priz>e^ excepdon. But would
and Efieem them, viz. the know what it is 5 it is
Argent Vive of Auripgment^ Gold nor Silver, nor
and the Oriental Argent Vive nor. pretious Stones , 4
of Magnejia, are things of great
and therefore not to beji
Salmon. It is the mofi merated among thofe th|
fretious g becaufe it is the which are Vile and Ml
Fountain of all Treafures^ What is it then? It is
hpit cafi forth upon a Dunghil^ but not the Vulgar
becaufe it is found in the with which Foodj
Putrefadion of the Matters^ Drsft, altho' that ha|
which is filthy and ilinks of the Qualides of ttisj
like aDunghil; and ib tho' Stone, viz* that of Di|
it be moft dear being per- ving ; but it is Sal Pi
fefted, yet it is molt Vile, as Salt of the Rock, of]
be:ng found amongft the Piock I fay, by which
moft Vile things , in die ning Mercury is tranl]
midft of Corruption and te.d into \hz heft and r|
defilements. Our Stone is perfcft of Metals, anf
Gompofed of a double Ar- Flixtc into the moft haii
gent Vive : The lirft of daniant:butfev? will bel|
which Argent Vive's is Vile this, but fuch whom E)
*nd Abject^ and found in ricnce and true Philofbl
illplaces^ in the Dunghil, has taught, how it is fgl
m the High vvây, in Plains^ iJn all things^ and by^^
m Mountains afid in Vallies^ Artifice it may be extrajj
ind without which Man^ is out of them. This is
_
nor able to live one Moment which wirhout doubt

I
ofan hour for it cnllyeiB Anchor as iinuer a Veil,

>
|
-1! thi'^P^, both Ar'n.,.ic ^rv^ i

>'^ripigmcint' .^-
,
^11. HERMES 217

Atobe faid concern- inferior Worlds. perior ci
Argent Vive, that And the greater part of
lie and mofl: Vile, this Secret Arcanum lies ra-
lie. other which he calls ther in this precious Magne-
Argent Vive of [la^ than in the former Vile
is moft Valuable Argent Vive : of which
P|dous ; this is not tho the Phiiofophershave vas
nor
Vulgar Argent Vtve, rioufly hid it under Clouds
'|he Vulgar Magnefia. and Veils, we have here
^'this Argent Vive, he (aid enough.
the humidity of the
ire, which is the Ra- V' Hermes. O Nature
^
,
rlumldity of our Stone. thegreatefi^the Creator of Na-
agnefia, he underftands tures^ which makefv , contain-
otal Mixlon, or Com- e(t^ and feforatefi.Jsfatures in
^ y from which
a middk frindole I Our Stone this
a îty is excrafted, and comei with
Ught^ and -with
^^f^
Moifturc Vi called our Light it is Generated^
;i
a-ad
cii
B^.Vivei.Vv^hichHumi- then it Generates or brings
^"^
ik^s indeed run in the forth the^ Black Clouds or
liad in cbe lame does Darknefs which 7S the Mother
/e.the vv^hole Comfofi- of all things,
^nd alio congeal ic.
id ; It grow Black, makes Salmon,
Univerlal Na-^'
)W White , and alfo ture but one thing, which
is
it grow Red ^ and is^he very principle ot Mo-

wiiiiijj.end compleady per- tion and Reft, and which,
'A ; and it is that which as Htrmes faith, is the Crea-
ill in all, being a mo ft tor of Naru'-e , or the pro-
l^JTreaiure to fuch as ducer of all things. But
it.andpolTefsit.This God Almighty is the û-
?/z^ is the Power and pream Work Mafter, and
''"
of our Sroi-ie, whifib great Architeft of the whole
n Unlvcrial Magnet ,
World , who created and
V--<
all t igs to theirbrought forth this Univerfal
\
T ir
*''^-
the lu-!NaL-LM^\ *:hat according to
218 S A L MO N'S
fiisDetermination it might of the Earth By wft^ :
bring forth all other things ibme PhilofopherSv tJK;|

in a middle principle, which elfe is underftood
isthat of Generation^ by a Magnefia of Saturm^\
proper and fpecifick Power, Saturn by the Greel
ô if Grain becaftinto the led Chronos^ that is 7h\
Ground God Almighty by which all things are
his Initrument, Nature^ cau- ced , and the Magnejid
ies it to 5pringj and Grow ; which is the Mothers
but this Eduftion is in the Generatrix of our
middle principle, viz. the Work.
inward and latent Life^ and
energetick Spirit which ipe- VL Hermes. But
cificates it to its own right we Conjoyn the Cro
& particular form, bringing to eur Red Daughter
forth from Wheat, Wheat, a Gentle Fire, not j et ,i
and not Barly, Rye , Oats or hurtful, jhe dees
or Peale, &c. foif the Seed and will bring forth a

of Gold which is Light, be and excellent 'Son ->
Sown in a proper and fit does feed 7vith a lift

Earth, Meliorated and made and nouriês the f
lit for the purpofe. Nature er fixed Matter^ m
by Virtue of the energetick abide even the greate
5pirit or Light lodged in
.
the Seed of Gold , Ipecifi- Salmon, The Qu<

cates that produffion, and the Red Daughter
makes it bring forth Gold Philofbphers is Lma^
again, lo. loo. oraiooo. the Mctalick or.
ibid, according to the gocd- phick Luna , whid
:ne(s of the Earrh in which puts onrthe Mafculii y;,'"
'k is Sown : But before it is ture, by being Con

brought to perfed:ion, tlie to our Sol y our C|*
Xight muft be Eclipfed, the King, and fhe brioj
Seed muft Die, Corruption a oon, wljich the I
mult prevail, and Darkiicfs phcrs call their ^ ,
muft Over-ipread the Face This is won(]erful/Î

LVIL HERMES 21^
who before were
fes and Feeders^ are Salmon. Every thing
Nurfed which lives, lives by Vir-
the lame
iy but it is fo in this tue of its inward Fire or
Iftrk. It is nouriihed Heat ; and Sulphur contains
gentle Heat, (not in within it a hidden Fire ,
II
r way of Decdd:- which by the External Fire

erable to that of is excited and ftirred up ;
enly Fire or Sun. Life made manifeft begins
is fed 10 or 12 times to live, and that which be-
rs proper Food and fore v/ashid in the Sulphur,
which is the Mer- now exifts and is made
Bread and Water, by manifeft ; it is the bulinels
Cfi
lit grows, increafes, of the Fire , not only to
p brought to perfefti- Vivifie, but alfo to Depu-
^lendent in Glory rate , and Segregate the
^ tmoftlparklingFire. things which are Hetc-
fcii ion ought indeed to rogene^ till ( being fepara-
5)i ito Satiety, even fo ted) there appears at length
till it neither in the Fceces a moft pure
^limes j
fi<| nor Thirfh [any and Rubicund Tinfture of

fcrs
7, ffl^ten is it Tinged and the Color of Flefli newly

or ever. Killed and Bloody This :
is the Blood of the Green
rhj Hermes. But when Lyon, which the Philofo-

(
aoghi h forth the Fire upon phers fpeak of ; and it is

lijl* wves or mfoldings of faid to be Green, not for
i ||fr, the Boundary of any external Green Color,
or
I,
wt mes enter in aho^je it^ but from its Viridity or
:
\lai tid in the fame , and llrength of Life. The Tin-
;;ng
C 'tfied andfiinki ng I^lat:- dure Bloody Fielli
tis like
oiifi ']xtra8ied'^ tbtn he ts new Blood yet
Killed, or
%%i or changed^ avd hts flowing and moift, which
;h t'ti 2 hy the help of the Fire then is faid to have attained
Red as FUJI), [the Degree ot perfection,
i
And as Fleflx is nothing but
Bicod
22 S A L M ON'S till
Blood Coagulated, abound- right and perfeft but

ing with a fill vigorous and can endure the ftmi
perfed Spirit ; lb alfo Our Try al of that Element
Tinfture is nothing but the therefore by confeqt]
Coagulated Blood (which the Tindure is to be fol
Blood is the boundary or nourifhed by the Firel
fatisfadion of Heartsj even it comes to the heigl]
the Blood of the Green or Perfedion. And thi

Virefcent Lyn, valily re- Stone, ,which before^j
pleac with a Fountain of in its beginning/ lajl
Vital Spirits. Death, and was droil m
in the Sea or Waters
VIII. Herme?. But Our fur rounded with Darj
Son the begotten King, doth which was the CorrujI
t^ke hti TinBure from the Fire] of the Matter, is by
And Death ^ and the Seaând Power of the Fire, ij| lira
Varknefsfiy aivaj from ,

hitn. gentle Codion, affimtl
(o the Nature of the
Salmon. Now you and at length wholly^
if
know what this Tindure is^ ed into Fire, where it u
Our Hermes here tells you as in ks proper Matri
very plainly, that it is made Element, and in the
and remains Red by the only rejoyces and i&
help of the Fire ; and again^ lighted , till by ieng rt
Our Son the begotten King time it is converted ii
Sumtt Tmciuram exigm^<JiQV'\ QuinteiYence the true
take his Tindure from the lolbphick Tindure, aJJ
fire^ from whenc^J plainly Triumphs over Deathj
it is taken; the fire is tha: Sea, and Darknefi as]
ib'ong Fortitude^, or invin- ving really Conqij

cible Trreng:h, which brings t hem becoming a Mecl
;
fprch this I'inclurej or true for the Bodies both of I
V irid J cy cfth^J Z^c?;.Whatfo
ralsand Humane kij

ever rindure a v/ay from
fiies
the Fiie. is mature and

Irr. Hern les. Ih
imperiev:: nothing'can be s jro?7} the BaW^ \
IIVIL HERMES 221
ibo c^firves the tloles Cher 40 days, or other the
where they enter
f'afês, like Heat,and in that (pace
\niour Dead Son Li'ves. of time, the Dead 5on bv
Hng comes from the Fire^ little and little is revived and
Vjoyces 'ivith his IVtfe^ reftoredto life;but the Dra-

Ofen the hidden things ;
gon by the fame heat, be-
\\hfcured Virgins Milk. ing vehemendy over- born
is whollyConfumed andRe-
M'i
^, Dragon duced to nothing. Now
The
^ îfies the Earth the King feing the Heat of
,
\\ lis Black, blacker than the Sun to be too weak to

u! r Now 5erpents and Work
a Total deliverance
'
;
ins from the Poyfon of the Dra-
delight rather in
- under Ground, Holes gon , prepares a Bath for
Cc:J|Qks J and obfcure himfelfand his Son to wafii
than abroad in the in; in the mean time* the
Air and Light of the Virgins Milk- is brought to
and therefore they its Whitenefi, with which
the lliining Sun^ ^viz,. the Son is Copioufly Fed,
fftioiifi^t of the Fire. This and the hidden Tinfture is
n muft be incloled brought to light, and ad-
J effel, little and round, vanced to thfi height of its
.
tefcnded and Luted^ Glory.

tofe ftopped up, and
iJKpofed to the Heat X. Hermes, Now the

iftecBSun for one Philoio- Son Vivified; or made to Live],
Month, or fpace of is made a Warior of the Firt^
/s, in which time it is and fuperexcellent in his Tm-
rDefllpd, the parts being ûres hfor the Son has got the
'
Diffolved , by the Bleffing, having alfa the Rôt
ftink of which the of the matter in^him,
Son happens alfo to
led Both being there-
: Salmcn. The Father c^xi
lin and put into ano- ever Defert ..the Son, for
can Glalsj are put in the Son is of him and from
:at of the Sun for o- him , participating of hk
' ^ Lift
222 SALMONS ;, ,
Life and fubftance quered and overcon

: and is
like unto him in all horrible

things Monfter ;
and by this new Generation terrible Dragon, this

is made patient and ftrong, fonous Serpent, thisl^
able to endure the moft and profligating Spiri

vehement and lading firc^ Putrefaftion, Corru;
without the leaft Diminuti- and Darknefs, this ;
on or hurt, to its fubftance. invincible Death

The Son has got the Blefmg, brought forth a new
that is, the Tinfture and fpring to Life, Glorj
Fixity of parts. And the Perpetuity ; full of
Root of the Matter is in him, and Power, of Sulpb
that is, the Triwa Materia Tinfture, even the i
cheAarifick Seed, out of Rednefs, enjoying ij

which the Golden Tree of fixt (iibftance , alwa'
thePhilolbphers is laid to creafing ad infinitum^
Spring and Grow, bringing is the Reign and Don
forth much Fruit. of this new Birch, (Spani
with his Red Garrti
XL Hermes. Come ye Scarlet Color; I fay
Sons of Wifdom, and rejoyce h ving done all thi;,
he ye glad and exceeding joy- advifes us to rejoyc

ful together ;for Death has re- glad, yea exceeding jjittr
ceived its Confummation , and for this is the final
the Son does Reign, he is in- Care , and Troubk
"vefied vftth his Red Garment, Sorrow ; making RW m
and the Scarlet Color is fut en. a Treafure that can
be Confumed, Wafti
Salmon. Having Con- brought to an end.
c nm
VIII. HERMES; 223
G H A P. VIIL
d fhilofofhic\ Kiddle laid doxpn after a

new Manner.
i,iRMES. Now II. Hermes. My Sol, and
A VMnderftand that this my Beams are mofi inward^
iiifiout , nourijh and and fecretly in me: my own
and I will reward Luna al[o , ^ my Light^ ex-
tit to me minei that ceeding every Light \ and my
my orwn\ and I will good things are better than all
fly recommence you other good things.
indD Ml. It ought to be Salmon, That is , oar

irtli, sd and brought to Mercury contains inwardly
Gin tm with proper within its own Bowels the
[;ll f its own Nature, Aurifick Seed, but it is moft
n^ Fire and Azfith ; inward, even Centeral, fo
^joyc pint, and the Virgins that
it ieems to be hid from
eei OThe true Acfua fhi- the Vulgar Eye ; this fuh-
'\which gives it fubftance muft be turned the
Tra Tinfture and Fixity. infide outward, which can
logs lits own, and is like be done no ways but rsy
made out of the Putrefa^l-ion, that the folar
Ifte, which for ever Sulphur may be made to
lew rdslevens the whole appear. It contains alfo in

ifyou do this, you its felf Luna^ which is un-
p the Recomperxe ripe, untinged Gold ;
yctic
ird, the Fruits of is be the Light, as
faid to
ibour. Riches, and being the Seed from which
, and Glory ^ and the Philofophick Tree, the
ood thing, good things of our Scone do
proceed j the Aurora , the
Morning
|
224 SALMON'S
Morning of the Glorioi^
Day. .
'
IIII. Hermes. 2Vj
that which the VhtlX
lif. Hermes. I give largly have hidden and chfa
and reward the 7vritten with [even
'
pUntifully : I
underfianding with Jay and Alpha and Yda, fo\
Gladnefs ^with Delight, with two And Sol in like :
Rides and Honour and Glory follows the Book [of f j

\
And they that Jeek after me, I notwithfiandingj if

gi*uethem ofertunities.to Know willing, cr defire thatx
and Underji and^ and to fojjejs have the Dominion
Divine things, watch the motions ofI
joyn the Son to the
Salmon, TYCxsis Q,Tro[ofo- of the Water^ which
faia^ {hewing the liberali- ter 'Thts is a hidden
:
ty of the Donor, the Infi-

nite and imnienfe Treafures Salmon. Under tl
(as may in a fenle be laid j
it of f even Letters ffij
with which all the worthy the {^\'tx\ Planets,

Searchers after this wonder- \^\'^r\ Metals anlwil
full Myftery are Bleffed: them) Hermes has
the Rewards are Honour^, Secret-, and in the
and Glory, and Treafure^ ing words,asinan'
infinitly exceeding that of has lockt up the
Kings: The poficirors of Myftery, fo that it
which flight, and under- for any one pofids

value all temporal things, in give a true inter}
comparifon thereof, and Tho' by Al^ha and !j
defpife their uncertain, and probable he means

fading fatisfadions for that rit and the Soul, wU\
this can never be loft^ nor the two^ Mercury d

^^
ipent, never be I^xhaufted, phur, which is the
or confumed_, but remains ..I dion of Sol and
as a fountain alwa} s run- Mercury and a Sulpj
ning, an Eternal Spring [for ed and Incombuftifel
ever.
'
hy Sol fcUowmg m
4
lip. VIII. Her MES. 2 2)
i" Nam re ] is meant the ceived , and therefore he *
^
''\m\ Courfe of Genera adviies us to uf^ our Reafon;
\c , which is the fame not to take things according
I J in Metals as in
all o- CO the Naked found of the
K tilings. By
Daugh- Letter, but to confider the
the
r')f the
Water or Jufiter weight of the Matter^, the
leanc Mercury^ and by Power of the words^ and
'ocn, a Sulphur fixt and the attendant circumitances
( mbuftible ^ fuch as are to the lame ; vvhat he has ;
vandLwwrf in the Con- here moil fubtilly invefti-

: ^ A
T'ion of which Mercury gatedj you ought to con- *
n
i Sulphur lies the whole fider with a profound con- !
Thefe two when templation However, the

'
cjt. :
rjyned are but one Root of the matter he po-

i;: but there are two ficively and plainly tells you
al kinds of fixed Sul- is but one thing, which is
5, the One and the the Aqua Philofofhica,
excellent is Solar and
;
:
the other Inferior to
; VI. Hermes. But who is
Lunar , and White^ it that underfiands the jincert
: t)f which are made the inveftigation^ and inquires in-
ênt Ferments for the to the Reafon of this Matter ^
irs V/kite and Red. It is not made from Man^ nor
from any thing like, or akin

Hermes. Auditor un to him J nor from the Oy. or
''idJ let us then ufe our Bullock. If any Having Crea-
^n\ Confidetwhat Ihaije ture ccnjoyns with one
of ano-^
i m v>itb the wofi accurate ther Species y the thing is Neti'
'^Hgation^ and in the Con- tral indeed which ts brought
A]itive part \ha'ue demon- fortk.
rc:ni|^ to you. The -whole
\
\^r I know to b? hut 07ily Salfnon. Oar Tierifies has
given U5 the (incere invefti-
gacion of Matter, the true
|Ww. He which eafily and right realon of the Ope-
^ês, n:av eafily be dc- rarion,coafemaneous' to the
Q: I a^vs
226 b A L M O JN
^;
:
5
,
IJ
,
Laws of Nature , but in Not cut, or Wip a-Wi\thi

ibme things he has left us Rufi and Inlthinefs^ an I ^
in the Dark, at leaft to the traB thei r [uhjlance : I thtt

ufe and exercife of our therefore is better than 'ôf^
Reafon and Judgment. And my Brother^ being Cor.mu
tho' he does not ^xprefly
fay what the matter is ta- Salmon, This is c^q
ken from^ yet he plainly Allegorically^ becau{i't
tells you what it is not ta- as the Morning Staistlij
ken from ; you cannot ga- Harbinger or Forerui,
ther Grapes of Thorns^ the Sun Riling
nor Figs of Thiftles^ is a is Light there is Lii
Didate from the Oracle of Light being the Ve
Truth ; and fo Herwes tells the Life : There
you, a Metalline Body and thing in Rerum
Subftance cannot be talcefi which is not brougli^
from an Animal being Bur by the help of this Lii
:
Man brings forth Man, and viz,, by a Natural Cn.

Beaft, Beafrs ; the Ordina- tion : Metals are thu p;
tion of God in the Creati- duced \n their Mind; i
on of things remains invio- this Light is not f<

lable ; and if different 5^^- Metallick Bodies,
dtf/ofthe {^LmtGemts mix of their too great
together , a contamination and Terreftreity ; an
of both the Sfecies follows fore becaufe of the
this is plain to the ienfes neft of Venus, they
the fame thing happens al- gladly flick to her.
fo in Metals. moift Metal P'enus
is neither Copper no
VII. Hermes. Now Ve- is endued wirh Lucid
nus jaith, I beget the Light Splendor^ and with
nor IS the. Darkytefi of my Na- Virtue and Powe
H
ture ; ^nd tmlejs my Metal he which it melts Bodiei
drjed all Bodies would cleave it was with a Fire of
unto me ; hecaufe I jljould but it melts or liquifi
meh thrm I'lfûld^', AKo I not fimply^ but by i,j^
h). IX. HERMES. 227
e wafhes away their
^
Months, bring forth a Sort
iiand Corruptible mat- more Noble and Excellent

that is, extraflrs and than the Parents. This is
IS forth to light their the pretious Stone, a Pearl
ry and incorruptible of great price, the invalua-
; mce^ even their inward ble Treafure, which even
bidden Tinfture. What the Kings and Princes of the
he then ? Truly ifKe Earth, and the Great Ones
id her Bretker copptlate of this World feek after;
'sr, and at length, by but it is feid from their Eyes,
..raft ol Vulcan, are ta- being only the proper Inhe-
, held bound toge- ritance of the abjeft and
.^ybme invifible Pow- humble in Spirit, who
S^ric) in Chains ; ftie are the true Sons of WiP
)e impregnated, and dom.
a Revolution of ten
C H A Pc IX.
M^'^ /^^5 or Co7tchifmi of the Theory of

^'
the hilofofhic\Tm6iiire.
[#,ERMES. But Brethren, the other inferi-

King^ and Lord
the our Metalsj which all pof-
'
''imnator^ to the Wttnef the Kingdom in com-,
fefs
mon, the fuprearh power of
'PPJf RC.^, and Adorned with which refides in Sol aloiie;,
'^^^^ alDiademy lam cloath- for that he fbfhins himfelf
\m b theRoyal Garment,^ in the fire without hurt, &^[
'
^!! ^'^^Py andgladnefs of iron to the longeft period of
time. By the P>.oyalD'tadem
he means Fixity ; and hy
orlifji mon. By the King is the Royal Garment Tin&.urdy
biiitl t'Gold- and by his even th^ red Tinûh 6^ the"'
228 S A L MO N'S
Stone_, which Ferment or Ribftance being atter'atcd
as
Le'ven, Leavens all the infe- is made invifible, id
rior Metals^ and tranfmutes 'Spirit 3 and that whiiw.
them into its own Nature before hidden and in
and Property^ and this by is made to appear,
the help of our Mercury. is the Internal Soul a:|
ritjthat is^Tinfture a;
II. Hermes. And king ity^ which by Virtm

overcome hy Force ^ I made my Ferment is put upo
fuhfiance to lay and
hold of^ cury^ whereby the aii?
to reft within the Arms and or Obfcured Mattel G is
i?r^/j[i.e.theBodyorWomb] nerated^ which is d:cfi

of my Mother , and to lay ftance of our Stone, __,j,^
hold and faften upn her Sub- by a Door is Ope
Chambers of
'^'
fiance : mah77g thdt which is the
Vifihle to be Invifible^ and Treafures. ^^ r
the hidden Matter to appear :
for every thing which the Phi III. Hermes. Ur

lofophers have Vailed ir Ob- thefe Tvords^
^^^^^^"-^mm
Jcwedj is Generated by Us, ditate upon them, an
{after nothing elfe: j^^ .
Salm&n. That which is

'
the beginning is Gen^m:
thus overcome by Force is Nature^ whofe Bow
5c/; that isj it is diffolved wards are Fleshy 5
and its Body Opened^, and any thing elfe. U\

made and Unite words Meditate ; a\
to joyn
with Mercury^ which is the vphat is fuperfluous
SH
Womb in which the (olar Work.]
Seedis Sown^ vyhich is the
Mother thereof in which : Salmm, With

Womb being digeiied and hemency and Ea M
Ripened_, it lays hold of the does Hermes here
fubiiance ol Mercury, fail- tho' the whole My
ens upon iL^ and converts it in thefe words A :
into its own Nature-.ThusSi/ not in Vain does hebi

which before was Vifiolejcs derftand them ^ kee thii\
nil'''-
i
:
;ip.ix. HERMES. 229

nlitMte upon them ^ and to under Darknefs ; I have made
tare after mthing^l[e : You almofi all things plain to you*
not gather Grapes of
1 nor Figs of Thi-
rns, Salmon. By Botri he
[( As a Man Begets or means the two Atones, the
:
aerates a Man , and a White and the Telloiv or '->
::laBcaft, and as every Red , which are ^xtraded

rb.and Plant, and Tree out of the White and the
TodLjced from their Red Roots, viz,, out of the
iTêed; foin theMe- Sulphur of Nature. That
ie Kingdom , Metals which Whitens , the fame
bnly produced from alfo makes Red and tht ';
ine êeds or Roots, fame that Kills, the fame Aô

to a proper Womb, makes Alive ( Qui mtcui% :
(1 is the Philofbphick moritur^ mecum oritur.) But

mry^the Earth whence this is true, only of the great
draw their Nouriili- Work it felf and not of j-^
r.
^, and by which they any Branch thereof 5 in par-
*^" Encreafe , and pro- ticular Works and Ope-
IT,
**'Tbnto Perfe6:ion Ai] rations, you mult have par-

'i;'" 'things whatfoever are ticular Ferments ^ which
/^f and Fruitlefs. muft be taken from Lu-
jf
nn for the White , and
i''])^ . Hermes. T^rom thence from Sol for the Red, as
^ the Vhilofofher Botri js the Arabian Geher has at large
'; from the lellow cr Ci and Na-
plainly taught us.
fh i
Tifhich is extracted out of ture does only and alone
'd Root^ and from vo- conjoyn and leparate, and
'.Ife-y which if tt [JjaIIl;e all its Operations are fubtil
y thou hafi]ought it at and fpirituAl ; but if you
outhofWijdom^ it was will be Wile above Nature,
âined by thy Care or you fhall certainly Err and
^'iCM) '-^ ; Xcu need not ftudy an irreparable loft
te fufFer
D\^''^ or change it from the And having once brought ic
ndoO ft: See I have not Limi- to the fixed Rcdnefs ; there
',
'/ flr Qircumfcribed you is nothing beyond
^
that, in
Q^ 5 that
,
250 SALMON'S
that the Ultimate perfe- and convey the Sf it
is
ftioiij take the Mercury^ which)

where you mult
up your reft. not be brought to itj
by any other Vehicl
V. Hermes. Bum the the Fire, all the Hete^
Bedy of Laton or Brafs 'with or impure parts of 1
a 'very great Fire, and it "ivill cury are de(troyed|

gfve you Gratis 'what you de- piire left behind, ai
fire 5 it will Stain^ Dje, and faft by the Powcf
Tmg^ as much as you can wijh fixing Spirit, whicl
it J and that 7vlth Glory and wile without the ai
Excellency. And fee that you and help of that Spirii

make that which is Fugitivt have vanilhed alfo
and Volatile^ or flying away^ Volatile fubltance ic|
that it may not fy^ by the upon , changes 01
rneam of that which flies not, muteSj and fixes
brings over into itso\
Salmon, By the Body of perty. Jhts tho'
Laton or Brafs ^ and by that contains in it the higl
Tu^hich PS Fugitive^ he means ty., and its Body bei
the Philofophick and Vola- pencd, is the Sulp!
tile Mercury^ which by a Seed which muft
Sulphur fixed and incom- in the Philofophick!
buitible ( iiich as is taken Mercury, ( as we
from Luna and Sol)\s to be ten faidj that it m<
fi.xed in the Fire, {o as it Die, and refume a
may reil: and remain therein d}', a thouiand folc
tho' moft Vehement^ and in quantity than it^
Fufbry^ or in the ftrongeil which by the enf
reverberation, without the Power ot- the Em
leafl Diminution , Detri- Spirit will be made
iTênt, or Corruption. B ut fpring up and growj
the Mercury is fixed by the a Tree J of the lirft
Bprit of the Sulfhur^ not by tude, bearing Gold<
it6 Corporeity ; the Corpo pies, whofe Seed
real Particles only give form, and remain in its
:
5ip. IX. H E RMES. 231

and bring forth a new
. V, External ^ the latter being
3i(inity of Generations ufed only to excite the for^
roerpetual new Sublfance mer.
r3ody being made out of
] Subftance of the Mer- VII. Hermes. Andknov^
al Earth, by the Power ye that Our Ms, Brafs or La-
he tranfmuting or Ve-
1
ton, is Gold^ which ts the Art
citing Spirit and Soul. of the ^remanent or fixed Wa-
ter j and the Coloration of its
1. Hermes. And that TtnBure and Blacknefs , is
...<^cb refis or remains ufon a then turned or changed into

a:SD:[it|^'BW [is fixedj] and is Rednefs,
*
afirong Fire it felf: And
I which in the heat of a Salmon. That is ^ Our
l^ fx\^,pr hoy ling Fire if cor- Gold or Stone, or Tinfture
!?dj or deHrojedj or made isthe product of the perma-
/_,
9f Cambar. nent or iixed Water, by
which he means the Philo-
-almon, Ey Cam har al{o fophick Meicury impregna-
means the ielf fame things ted with the Spirit of the
our Volatile Mercu-
.vitj fixed and incombuftible Sul-
, li Corruptible State 5
in its phur. And by this you may
-i^jl rather the Corrubtible perceive he puts a difference
impure part thereof^ between the t^/ , Brafs or
ch maii be corrupted, L<??^j which is made by this
deihoyedj and made to
permanent Water, and the
^.way_, that that which is Corpus arts, or Body of com -
and will not fly, may

e moii Brafs. Now the Aqua \
I 'ear and remain > but the pr?nanens is that which con-
LU
itying Fire mud be tains in it felf the Tins^hires j
wn, in wliich the great or all Colors, Black only ex-

.jjret of the Operation lies j cepted, which is taken away i
i widiout which nothing from it, for that it is a fign

|i be done, v/hich Fire, of imperfedion and impii-
^ve have ibrmeriyfaid. ricy : By this Water alone ;
fills
D fold, ^,^tz, Internal and N/Iercury is turned or ciiang - !
a4 d '
232 S A L M ON '
S
ed into the true Red, that the Deftru9:ion of this
is, into the Tincture of Sol Birthand Life; conce
But to take away its Cor- which he aflures us,
ruption^ and to reduce it fpoken nothing but
5nto the incorruptible and Truth : Our Mercury
hxt Nature of 5c/, that muii: be undone.and unmad<
be done by Sol alone, and is, corrupted and delir^
iôt by any corruptible and and brought througl

Forreign Matter or Sub- trefadion into a pur
itance, for that Sol contains Limpid Water, that iti
in hinifeUthe Seeds of fixity be able to peirce the

^nd Tincture, which no c- line Bodies; frorn
ther Body in the World does State, by Conjan6lion*!r
befides. But to make Sol a pure, fixt, and incoj
do, or perform theite things, ilible Sulphur, and by
its Body muft be opened, tue of a fubtle, living]
prepared, and made fit for fixing Spirit, invifible^
this ptrpofe, by Virtue of out length, breadthjOr t|
tne Ama permanens. or Aqua neis, (which Spirit is
fjiu Ilea. PhilofbphickFire,) it
be renewed and regei
VIU. Hermes, I ccnfefs ted ; the Water is to be]
that through the help of God^ I ed up^ the fpiritaal is
have fp'okcn nsthing hut the made corporeal ; the

Truth : That vjhlch ts deflroy - to be made thick, the
edmufihe rcflored and renew latile to be made hxt J
cd^ and from thence Ccrrupti- the changeable CoiorsI
on is feen in the Matter to be duced to a Unity and
Renovated, and from thence manency, either Whit
the Rcno-vation appears : And Redj according to the
on both 6r either jUc^ it u the der and Rope of tlie
fgnofArt. ration ; one aiid the
Mercury does corrupt |
Salmon, He
has hitherto deftroy the Bodies,
been teaciiing you the tirli again exaltj pcrfjft ,
pait of the Work^ which i^ fix them ; Tlie Mattd
;
^..X. HERMES
ijJtone butone^ and one and the fame Mercury
is
I
ore nothing can be with
this the Artill does
r Alien from the Art^ Work, and with it he tran-

10 fetch ic from many facSls all the neceflary Ope-
I
5
Nature is not niend- rations of our Stone, being
1 made better, but by fit and proper for them all,
. ire of its own kind ;
viz.. for Putrefying, Diflil-
isgar makes Vinegar; ling. Coagulating, Morti-

Ai t begins with xMcr- fying, Vivifying, Subliming,
lame and Tinging, without which
and with tlie
ry it isIt feven Operations you

Finiilied. la-
id of Vrotem^ which_, bour wholly in vain. Till
Hg upon the
Earthy you have Putrefied the Mat-
the Nature of a Ser- ter, you have not made one
but being Immerfed flep in the true way ; but
iiter, it reprefents a that being done, you have
prefently taking to it aceomplilhed the firll fign
Zings , it afcends a of the Art^ as Hermes telti-
nd flies like a Bird ,* fies.
,;
irwirhftandingitisbut
nm
iitobe
id isi
CHAP. X.
k
'raSiical part of the Fhilofophic\Worh
vd "ERMES. My Son, Generated or brought to

that which is horn of light, wiiich had not its be-
W u the hegining of this ginning from blacknefs and
Cine' darknelSj ex noBe Orfhei, i.e.
from principles Invifible i
en. The Crow is the

concerning for fo ic is (aid
i(s and Darknefs of the Creation of the great
tter being Corrup- World. In the beginning
^ irf^w nothing was ever when God Crsated the Hea-
"vens
234 S A L M N'S
vens anithe lEarth^ fthe Earth third, Immixt, Incoi
Was empty a7id void^ and dark
and Invifible Seed,
Ttefs wa upon the Face of the the Crow, in the hi
Deep ; and God [aid, let there and darknefs of the Hfifii
he Light and it vjasfo : from is our Stone, the trubH^^
whence we may gather ^ brought forth, whtcl

that Darknefs was Prior to Our Hermesîs the bej
Ligh'f : And fo it is in this of this Art.
oar Philofophick Work h
and aitho* it is commonly II. Hermes. Seeê

thought that the darknefs or 1 have chjcured the\
Dark principle is taken for fpoken of to joUj hy a\
the true Seed of things, yet Circumlocution ; and ^lik
it is no iuch thing, but on- deprived J ou offeeing
ly certain Rudiments, or [bv givingyou too]
rather the Domicii where fight :] And i.Tk^dl
m the true Seeds of things 2,Th\: ijned^ :;. 7l>/arîo t;
dwell : Nor
the Spirit by
is 4???'/ Icnnfi, I have
it felf the Seed of thin; l
nor yet the Corporeal Pa:

tides by themfelves; bur a Salmon, He tell
certain portion of Spirit has not nakedly dei

ioyned with a fit proportion ted the whole thini
of Idoneous Matter con- but he has Indigita|
joyned with an Eternal Soul; Matter with what
which in the beginning of he could, Circtifnfcrih\
our Work is to be'Putrefied, a certain going al
and made blacknefs and Circumlocucionj wl
darknefs , that the whole Sons of Axi by thinj
Corporeal form may be Meditating upon,
made fpiritual ; and the length happily find
Seed which before was PhilOibphers fay, tl
Corporeal and Vifible, or a three leveral Birds,
Spirit joyned wirh a Soul from the Name of
s.nd a Body, may become they call Aves Uf
wholly fpiritual From this : which fly by Night î^^^
:'l
,^.- HERMES. 2;j
^ gs. The iirfl: is Corvm jTor^^ ^ J ohferve^
j
that the :
K>ow or Raven^ which times of the Earth are in the

j
ctits blacknefs is laid to Water ; which let he as long
J
beginning of the Art;
le as you fut thifame upon it*
K is of the Nature of the

'
-.entof the Earth. Ano- Salmon. Hitherto he-has
is the Swan^ and moft part^ delivered
is fo for the
/d from the Whitenefs the Art Theorically, now
le middle^ andanfwers he comes to the Pra(5i:ical
e Element of the Wa- pkrt, ordering the matter
r in which the Sivan is (before demonftrated in di-
yerfant. The third is vers manners} to be roafted,
1
<3(î^jWhich is the Oleum and to boil it in Hoiie-

I
Ithur Fhilojophorum ^^nd dung5 for a certain number

I
'ers to the Air, for that of days. There is a time

'
Îk;iongeft in the Air.and of digeftion_, which is the

l-Ii feft to the Sun. But prime, or hrft Affationj or
im Jrou may not be decei- Decoction, with a fire weak
)y NameSj thefe Birds, and (oft, like that of horfe-
ter to fo many
dung, which i6 fufficient for
Spirits_,
fie K iiher to one only

the firft degree of Digefti-
Spirit
U that threefold ap- OR This being done^ the
liyilei :
lance,
ilii or manifefta- Dragon will eat his own
Wing?, and kill rr deftroy
hai 1
himlelfj that is, th& matter
I. Hermes.
ffpi Roaflthem will begin in the Terra Phi-
for^^ then hoyl them in lojophica^ to be diffolved and
ivhkh p'oceeds from the corrupted. Then after the
"^S^^ Belly J fcr y^ 14^ cr 21 time of the lolution is ab-
that it may eat its own
; solved or corn pleated 5 the
Sy and kill or dtshoy it heat of the fire is by little
This dcne^ let it he jut and lircle to be augmented^
j|i etta Pannij and tn the and the matter to be deco-
fa Fornace^ "which dili ftcd in ^1 Philofophick For-
y lute and take care of^ nace or Ahanor^ with a
mm
of the Spirit may go continual fire. But the Vef-
fcl
^
: k
2S6 S A L M O N'S L
fel which muft hold the '
tains iecredy or hidde]
matter, mud
mint be exaftly its feif all the Colors <
the
fealed^ leftMineral World, which are noi ma-
the
Spirits^ (which have a moft nifeiled, unlefs it b( M
vehement and penetrating melted or diflblved.
i&tc^ fliould tranfpire ten therefore as it is
,
or go forth, and leave the in the fire, fb often

dead Body This may be color arifes from it
:
done with Lut.um Sapentia ^ thccoloursarevani

which you may prepare af- the whole matter is n
ter this manner. Take Glue to allies And in the :
dried into pov^der^ one ounce lofophick Arties is th
Barly flower two ounces^ green mx hidden, and out ol

Wood JJhes^ Salt, Calx Vi've, will it arile with glor
Sandy Crocus 7nartis^ or Caput fplendour ; at firft
mort, of Vitriol, SinSLcne ouncs^ like a Worm, which
all being in fine powder, let of time will be
cefs
them be mixed with juice of Bird, even the moft
Comfrey^ and Whites of Eggs^ ous Phxnix. By the
tothe'jufi confifiency of Lute thereof, he means the
with this the Months and But here he calls the
iunduresofthe Veflelsmuii: the Brain, Metaphoril
be ftopt and clofed, fo that for as the Brain is th
the leaft Spirit or Vapour of the moft pure and
may not go forth. Aniaiai Spirit, in an
mal; fothefe Aihesa
IV. Hermes. The mat place of the moii: Tub
ter then being melted or dif- neral, or Metallic
jclued and hurnt^ take the r.vA the matter in
brain thereof, and grind it in the faid Spirit is hidd
Tnofi- JJjarp Vinegar, or Chil '.-en the moft noble,
drens Urine, till tt be chjcured moft pretious Spirit o|
cr hid : this done , :t dses live whole greater World
in putrefaUion, the ?nofr [lurp Vinegaf
Childrens Urmc, lie
Salmcn, Oar Stone con- rhe Aciditv, or SpiJ

, ^
3ip.X. HER M E S. 257

ui:s of the Metals, or Me-I but this Acetum Radicatum,
al k bodies : And
by grind- for that it contains in it iclf
10 he Jjhes tbtrewithj he all things neceffary for this
ms diflblving them Work.
Kdn, which is the Phi-
>bhick way of fpeaking: V. Hermes. The Dark
r this diflblution muft be Clouds will be in it, before it
) ng, till it and
putrefies, is Ktird ; let thtm be eon'ver"
Kirft of the opera-
color ted into its own Body ; and
o'appears, which is hlack- this to be reiterated as Ihavi
which color muft defer ibed: Again let it be Kil-
appear: The Stone led as aforejaid^ and then it
become Black twice, does Live,
White^ and twice
J the caufe of which is Salmon. That is to fay,
sê only, for that the while the Matter is in Dif-
'adion is twice repeat- fblution and Putrefaftion ,
land therefore it is faid in Killing but not Killed^
fecond time to live in the Clouds like a Tempeft,
being will arifej which is an effer-
fifadion ; that is^
corrupted and putrefi- vefcsnce caufed from the

the fecond time it does concert of the contending
'4
^?%fie. Bj the Brain (asI principles, as is evident in
a is
kid) is underftood the all forts of Fermentations:

, or the moft fubtil Thele Clouds muft revert
:,n
a-al fubftance diffolved again^ and be converted in-
le Radicated Vinegar ot to thsir own Body ; and
10;
Philofophers ; if you this Work muft be fo ofcen
lid
j^ not the preparation or reiterated _,
till no more
III
tication of t]\\S'Radica' Clouds arifej viz.. till the
mgar, you know*no- Dragon is wholly Slain.
of the true Philofo- This done he muft be refto-
^ Menftruum, or diffol red to Life again, and made
^f.
; there is no other Acjua to liveând then killed againâs
-' , I
'
Metalica,3 A(]ua Vita\aforefaid^ and then it does live

K
r.',
'Uriahs Ac ua Lafidis^ as we have demonftratcd
'
in
2^8 S A L MON S II
in the Explication of the dare alfo to you the fig I
former .Paragraph,) e^ên in andrejoycing^ even th,

TutrefaSffon^ from which it which does fix its Bodyt:
muft at length ( by the or-
der and courfc of the Ope- Salmon. That is,
rations)be freed and brought dares the caufe of lii
to its Ultimate Perfeftion. deaths to be in the I
to wit in the natural I
VI. Hermes. In the Life whether Animal, V^ j
and Death thereof the Sprits ble, or Mineral. H( \
IVork : For as it U Killed hy knows how to . revive

takmg away of the Sprit ;
jo Minerals^zrA to purify
i le:
that being refiored^ ft is again I knows how to exerts

made Alive and rejoyces powers^ and is in the
therein:
_,
way to the greateft m

crets. 'TisthisSpiritj
Salmon, The Spirit is ed with its Philofc
u(ed both in the Killing of Earth, which has po^
it, and in the making of it fix both perfeft and
Alive again : but this is by feft bodieSj and to!
Ibme doubtfully under- them into the highel
ftoodj whether it be meant feftionof Silver and
of the innate or indwelling which he calls the fij
Spirit only, or of that Spirit joy and rejoycing.
joyned with another Metal-
lick Spirit, begaufe he ufes VIII. Hermes. No
Spirits in the Plural number: thin^ our Anceflors gii
Flowever this is certain,that only in F/gures and Jyf

as Death is induced by ta- they attained to the kno
king away the Spirit 5 fo of this Secret ; but be hoi
Life is retrieved^ by reiio- are dead : have riow
I
ring it again. the Riddle, I have de
ted the frop[ition fo mi
VIL Hermes. Butmning fired^ fo much airned at
to this J that which ye jeek by opened the Book [of
afiirmatim^ ycjljnlljee : / de- to the Skilful and
HERMES
,
J^?.X. ^35?
>tiha'Vi alfo a little conceakd

.,Uden Myfierj. IX. Hermes. Ihave hft
{which ought to be
the things
llmon. He declares^ put a fart) within their 0ii/n

I the ancient Philofo- bounds : I conjoyned the 'vari-
i\ delivered the Matter^ ous and divers figures and
cProcefs of the Philofb -
forms [of its appearance in
1 ; Tinfture in i^nigma's the operation] and I have
: Types & Shadows on- confederated or joyned together
hey left no footfteps of [yj'wh them] the Spirit. Re-
ue thing behind them^ ceive yoH this as the gift of
)M^hxt every one might God,
eiJipfat pleafure; there-
ntlliptin them our Hermes Salmon, The meaning of
'
receive nothing ; and which iSj that he has firft
Dfefles, Ch. i. SeB. i. feparated what ought to be
he obtained the kno'iv- feparated^ viz,, the pure
^^ this Art^ hy the inffi- from the impure, and the
of the Living God on-
^^
\ Spirit from the Body, which
Jud it was who did re-\ is the firfi: work in order to
Aind open the Secret r*? putrefadion^corruptioHjand
er
This Secret he has o- death. Then iecondly, he
in this Work, and has joyned again what
ft) plain, that the skil ought to be conjoyncd, to
hi,
d learned may under- wit, ri:ie various and divers
iit: 'Tis true, he has figures and forms, the Soul
folded every particu- with the Body, that it may
ut yet he has made again be enformed with
fo plain, that he who Tinfture and Subftancs
ad him with a Philo- Thirdly, he has confedera-
kmind,mav at length ted, or joyned together
find out the truth; v/ith themjthe Spirit, which
hitanding what he ties the Particles of the Bo-
'i4
vealed, he declares. dy and Tincture fo hrraly
rMi
:.( a little concealed the together, that chey ean ne-
'hi'
I Miftery. ver b feparated; and unites
thea*
L
240 SALMON'S II
thctii in a perpetual con- which 1 will endure

junction with a fixity , | ver.
CHAR XL
The PraSlical part farther Explicatet
I. TTERMES. It be- more valuable than

hoves you therefore to whole World befides,
pve thanks to God, who has
largely gi'vm {ôf hii bounty] IL Hermes. lam

to dl the Wi[e ; who delivers and tried with the fu
us out of the Snares and his Riches and Gi
Clutches of Misery and Tovtr- with his ^rohahle miraa
I humbly ^ray Godjhai
I live^ I may pafs the\
Salmon,For this inedi- Courfe of my life^ fo as^
mable Gift of God, it is attain him,

but gratitude to return him
the Tributes of Humility Salmon. When a
and Thankfgiving; to abate becomes Mafter oi tl
our felves before his Divine canum, he is then tri

Majefty,with all humbleneft proved indeed, how|
and fubmiffion ; who thus mid 11 of luch a ful
raifesyou out of the Dud Riches and Happii
to fit among Princes, ma- can humble himfetfl
king you to defpife the Glo- fmk in to the deel
ries of Crowns ^nd Scep- byfsof nothingnefs,
ters as infignificant Baubles^ ding himlelf ironi
and to reii wich infinite p;oodly things of th]
content in the meannefs ot [n diis humble Itatej
a delpicable Cottage, for only to be met wirf
that you carry within your che proud he beholc
Bieiis the true Treafure, oft) and in this
ip XL HERMES. 241
iiolj
|ifelf'denial^ in Earth and in the Heavens J

thismor-
ilation of the firfl life and itisinAd, Animal, Vege-
,ijh, a fecond is to be table, and Mineral, found
id, a being brought forth
)i
every where, known but by
I le love of God, the birth
a kw, and exprefled by its
F le new Man formed af proper Name by no Body,
he Image of the fecond fliadowed forth under Vari-
;i
Urfti a new Spirit, a new ous Figures and ^nigraaes.

joyned and United to This fixed Sulphur, the Phi-
'^JLife ofGod, which can lofbphers underftand to be
r PerilTi or Decay^ a nothing elfe, but the true
itain of Eternal De- Ballam of Nature , with
an inexhauftible which the Dead Bodies of
^^''1,iTe, infinitely exceed the Metals are imbibed, and
aat which we have all as it were throughly moift-
labile thus earneftly been ned, to preferve them per-
J J
^/
j
pg after, and purfiiing petually from Corruption.
The more any thing abounds
Hermes. Take then with this BaUam, the longer
thence the Fats or Sul- it iives , and is preferved
U Matterpvhich we take from]perifhing ; Frjom things
Tienl
Suets , Greafe , Hair^ therefore abounding with a
c:oi
'reafe^ Tragacanth^ and Balfam of this kind, is this
oifhich things are writ- Our Univerfal Medicine
the Books of the An- drawn; which (as well as
Mm for MetalsJ is made moft
eflfedual to conferve Hu-
m mm. By the Fats or mane Bodies in a State of
irous Matter under- Healthy and to root out all
the Sulphurs ot all forts of Difeafesj whether
sduced by the Alchy- accidental after the Birth,
Art, out of Natural or Hereditary by Propaga-
, of which Sulphurs, tion, reftoring the Sick to
ily is fixed, and in- their priftine Health and In-
iftible, and it is a tegrity. This Sulphur is not
which is both in the taken from Suets j Greafe,
R Hair,
.
, ^
242 S A L MO N'S Li
Hair, Verdigreafe^ Traga- this hidden Sulphur dj
canth, Bones &^- But un- in the Bodies, juft as FJ
der thefe and other the like a Coal, or Natural He
NameSj our Hermes by a a Humane Body , oil
Philofophick Liberty, has Vegetatjfiê Life inl
vailed the Verity from im- Spring time , in
pious and unworthy Men. Plants, and Trees,
in Procels of time, t1
IV. Hermes. Bia the^ them bring forth

Fats Tvhich contain the T'tnB- Leaves, Flowers
urespvhich coagulate the Fugi- length perfed Ripe
tive , and fet forth ôr adernthe Or like H|
and Seeds.
Sulphurs^ it behoves us inward parts oil
'io^ eoc- the
plicate their dijfofition fmore Earth, and Bowels
fully hereafter.] Mountains, where th(
fimple Bodies of thingi
Salmon. Here, in more lements are firfl: mix(
words, jy^r we J -explicates produce Metals, Mil

the Condition, or (îialities, Stones.d^'^. accord ingt]
and Properties, of the trae ieveral varieties and 1
Balfam of Nature, or Phi- So this our Sulphur o]
lofophick Sulphur. I. He ture contains in it iel
fays it contains the Ttnûres, true Tinftures, whi

i. It Coagulates Fugitive the revolution of tim^
Suhfiances. ^.-Jt exalts the plicates ; making ril
Tower of the Sulphurs^ hj unripe, purifying

fixing the Volatile, and ma- pure, fixing the Volatil
king Bright nkd- Shining the ennobling the Ignobl
thimrs 'ii>h'ich ivtre- Dark and Vile.
ohfcure, Thfe- Volatiles of
this kind; are nothing elle V. Hermes. A*
^
but all the inferior ssid im- veil the figure or form
perfect IvietalS' lyhich by all other Fats or Sti
'
'
'
thisBalfam or Sulphurj; are (which is the Hidden^,

tranfmuted incothe belt and ried Fat or Sulphur)
fineftSilverandGold Now ts feen in no diffofti
^ :
:ip.xr. HER M E S.
24J
i^j in its m Body^ as fire and that to perfection. This
lit in Trees and Stones Sulphur (faith Hermes) it b^
moft fuhtle Art
h.'ihythe hoves m to extraB without
annnuity it behoves us to Burning \ for in the
Mercu-
7 ^ without Burning, ry it is and
yet Volatile,
therefore by fubliming of it
Umn. ^. It unveils the more and more, it muft be
\. tor Form J difiinguijljing exalted, till at length it is
.e from all other Fat s ^Bal- fixt,but with great care and
V or Sulfhurs ; He calls induftry, left you err in the
.v:lJdenand Buried^ be- Degrees of the Fire ; which
j^j'l it is not Vulgarly if it be too great, it burns,
f iij but only to fuch as or breaks our Body or Vef-
adepts : And Buried^ fcl, (which in this place we
afe it lies Centnilly in call the Matter it felf, and
.^,__pdies of Sol, Luna^SLnd is the Domicile) in \^hich

^f^jas a thingBuriedin this Ccleitial and Aftral
wels of the Earth: It is Spirit and Sulphur dwells,
no diffofition, hut d'welh and fb makes it Vaniili and
Kand
, , li'b Fly away. Now ft is laid
Body, that is, "it is
T; fceptibleinanyoffhe to be Volatile, only in re-

"^Îj
m
Metals, becaufe fpeft to the Body which
mve not Bodies able holds it : in Svl and Luna^
|Jiti till by it they are it is abiolutely fixt ; but in
pure and fixt, where- Mercury this fame Sulphur

*ay become as its own feems to be Volatile; not
'i
s, and fo takes up its that it is Volatile in its own

ion and dwells in Nature, but is only con-
as Heat does in Trees tained in a Volatile Body,
Spring time, when which is Immature afid

ternal Heat of Sol, Weak^ and cannot hold it
r'ff up their internal or This Body therefore muft
Heat latent with-
îal be maturated and ftrength-
nfi, makes them bud, ned and made fixt, by Vir-
,
.'ing forth Leaves tue of this inherent Sulphur,
,
^'s, Fruits, and Seeds, being digefted and Decod-
R2 ed
;
:
244 SALMON'S Ul
m with an iJonens or fit] fum^ TntferfeBum (^
It.
Heat for ? certain Revolu- hum Fixum (^ PerfeiJu^hv

m
wonof time. this is laid to be in a .aan;
that isjtho' it muy haul;
VI. Hermes. And know Color and Weight of j
that the Heaûen is to htjoyn- and other propertiel

ed in a mean with the 'Earth : ir may be made muchf
But the igure is to he in a Spiritual J and Exc(
middle Nature^ between the and Efficacious, almcl
Heaven and the Earthy which finitely, exceeding d
thing is Our Water, tues and Excellencies!
Vulgar or Common
Salmon, Here he fpeaks and this by the heljl
of the Three parts of the middle Nature ^ f v^j
Stone. I. Heaven, which not fb Volatile as M^
is our prepared Gold. 2. nor {b Dead as
The mean or Medium of Goldjj which middl|
Conjuftion^ which is our ciple is Our Water.
Aîua Vhilofofhica, 5. The
Earth or which is
Fceces^ VII. Hermes.
Gold it felf Now wonder : the firfi place of allj^
not that Gold is here con- Water y v^hich goes fo

verted into Foeces and is , this Our Stone : The
efteemed more vile, than Gold: But the thin
the Heaven and the Water in a mean^ which
But this is not fpoken of noblt than the Water
Vulgar Gold, but or' that Foeces.
which is Philolbphick
which while it lies in Pu- Salmon, The thrj
trefadion , feenis to be a of the Stone are hei
vile thing ; now that it con- plainly expreft.
tains in it felf all Bodies, Water, which is
both perfed and imperfeft, cury. 2. Gold, wj

precious and vile ^ Gold Sulphur. %. The
and Lead, /. e. Vlumbum almoft Gold, whicl
Fhilofophicuntj Aurum Lepro- Salt, or Philofophici
lp.IX. HERMES: 245
rniis more worthy than three. Spirit, SouKand B^-
r the Water or the F^-

ti
dy,thefe three Vapor, Black-
/.by which Vulgar Gold nefs, and Death are laten^j
la by projeftion
be ting- which three are alfo one.
and made more than The Caput wortuum muft be
l
:ii;d. that preti- diflblved ; for except the

This is
:v;;isjStone , comparifon Body bediffolved, theiecan

in
/hich, Golditfelf, the be no Coagulation of the
pure Gold^ is elteem- Spirits : for the Solution of
: It as aUttleSandj and the impure and vaporous
r as Clay in refpeS: Body, induces and brings
;i3f. Gold in a forth more pure and No-
This
3 is Gold, in a middle ble Spirits, indued with a
nple, that is, Effenti^l mighty Strength and Pow-
in the Root of the er.
il And by means of this
:k Agent , which is Solution , a more perfcd
le poffibility of aug- mixtion is made as of Wa-
ritionorencreafe, even ter with Water, which can-
jry litde Plant which not be feparated > not like
I
;cies a great and migh- that of Sand with Sand,

'ee; now this third whole Su perficies only touch
le which he calls Gold one another, which is in-
j^ jjpeîw, is the very Soul deed no true mixdon. And
,^'fjjfl which makes

this our thus by making a diffoluti-.
bphick Plant to grow. on of the Metalline Princi-
it form and Beauty^ ple, that which is not Me-
aaking it become a talline , nor will diflblve,
n Tree of a vaft and' nor mix with the diflblved
infinite magnitude. Matter) (as the Vapor, the
Blacknefs , and the Death
\ I. Hermes. And in or Pucrefadion,) comes to
?7^l
m are the Va'pors^ the be feparated and removed^
r\l 'f^> whereby the Dead comes

and the Death,
and that which wa*
to Live)
A That is m one in Captivity and Chains
,jj Y^^'
^j.
Hijiubjefl: compofed of comes to be made free, de-
R J
iiêr-
246 S AL M CN'S
livered, and fet at Liberty. alfo but one thing y tc|
the Caput mortuum,

IX. Hermes.- is depurated and revivl
Ip hehoves
m theref<-
"
'
^^ dnê Diflblution only. All
rhafe or
mvajy and expel the Super- cept the BodyisDii
exigent Fume or Vapor^ from there can be no Coi
the Water I the Blacknejs from on of the Spirits, as w(
the Fat ; And the Death from (aid before. And the
th. '^cts.and this hy DiJJblu- if you would remov
~\
tion By which means we at- Fumes^ ^you muft d|

.
tain to ;he kr/m-'-':dge_ of the the FumouS) or imj

'
great ep^ 'Vh'dofophy \ and the Body, that it may mt]
juhlime Secret of all Secrets. the Ponderating Spirit}
Fat or Sulphur is
Salmon. In thefe three, from the blacknefs by]

that isj in the One, Com- fold Sublimations, bri
pofed of the three, lie thefe f ;i th the pure Philol
other three,, the FumCj the White and Red Fit
Blacknefs, and the Death, which are the Tii
that is^ the want of Ponde- And the Death is e:
rofity, of Tindure, and ot by the Mercuiial or-]
Fixity^ both which threes in lick Spirit, which giv|
their own principles, are Eternal fixity.
C H A P. XII.
The Praxis exemplified from the NatM

Leven and Pafte.
L TT E R M E S. Now I ter cannot alter ^ nor th^\
jn [even
there are Bodies^ I Corrupt^ nor Fire DeVi
of which y the fir ll is Gold, the hecaufe its Complexion i\
moft perfeB^ the King and the perate y or in a meani

liaidofthan: which the Ifa- Nature d,reU ^ reji m
;
i^.XIL HE R M E S. 247
Ut^ CqUj Moifiure^ or Dry- the <iy^s^ or EkBrum Mi-
\f
' nor is any thing that ts ner ale, whofe Compofition,
Supft-fiHOUS, comprehends in it lelf all
the Metals 5 according to
'dmon. The
feven Bo- this faying, Omne Aurum efi
,y:are the feven Metals, zydEsy fed non omm t/s eB

'tlb*ft of which is Gold, Aarum. This zys or Aurum
^ rthe moft perfea of is rightly compared to Sol^
^P ^: Now tho' it be all who by the Teftimony of
^"! l|x:an be, or is reqiiifite tp Hmnes next after God go- ,
^'^ m a Body truly perfed: verns ;he World, and Illu-
Îj'?
: fomething more than minates all things, both Ani-
T rfeft IS defigned by our mate and Inanimate , of
\!^, nfture : For Sol of hinv whom well SimgPalmgen'm^
^'"5
f cannot tinge nor melio
!,' j$, any other Body^ nor O Sol ^
qui temper a
^'^ pg it to his own perfe- mat as,
'^"^
tdi, therefore he is to be Et cum temporihusj auiceûid
'^^ ê moie than perfeft by gemratur m Orbe,
^'^^
ttueof this Philofophick
';^^'
tjfture ^ which opening And
as the Stars and all the
"'
Body, other Planets receive their
iliall exalt it a
Dfand fold beyond the Light and Virtues from the
|ree of its perfeftion, Sun, alfo do all the other b
jiking him able to tranf- fix Metals and Minerals re-
lite other Bodies into his ceive theirs from Our Gold,
'h fixity, and like- almoft in like manner by

form,
The
other fix Bodies the Emiffion of its Rays or
I
Silver,Tin,Copper,Tron^ Beams, which is indeed its
J
ad , and Quick Silver, tinging Sulphur, and mul-

tich lafr is alfo among the tiplying and fixing Spirit.
fmber of Spirits. Now
K\\ that is perfed in Our
;re is a difference between Sol is its Viridity , which
5 Common and Vulgar eternally gcneraces the

i>ld, and oar Gold , fay mulnplying Tiri6:dre, or
Pllilofophers , Ours is irerment or Our Qr one.
R 4 This
243 S A L MON 'S Lil
This the Elixir laith the ntofl Light and Splendid,
!S
Rofarjf^ the coaipleat Medi- as by the Fower of God^

cine^ the moft depurated Vegetable, and all the Fruii
and digefted Subftance, the Earth are ferfeSled h ji
more than perfeft^ and per- the fame Power^ theGola,\
fefting all other bodies whe [the Seed thereof] Wi
ther perfeft or imperfeft, contains all tbefe /even Bd
making thole that are per makes them tojpring to beri^
feft^ much more than pered^ and brought to perfe^^.
feft. This is the true Phi- and -without which this oiHi
lofophick Gold ( i, e. Gold can in no wife be performe

in a mean, or Gold after a
manner) more worth.y As Sol is ara<
Salmon,
,
more Noble^ and more Pre- and other Plai
the Stars jotlerl
tious than Vulgar Silver or and Vulgar Gold am( ill [I
Gold, oranyGem, orPre- the other Vulgar M(

tious Stone. Many have and Minerals ; fb alfo is
fought this zyris Viriditatem Gold f which is the true
m Vitriol \ and Copper or lofbphick Tinfture) am<
Vulgar Brafijbut they erred, the otherMetals orBodys
and were deceived^ follow- duced to a Spirituality
ing the literal Difcourfe of pure Tinfture: And as Soi
the Philofophers_, and not the Heavens is the Medi ml
eheir Senfe : For they ought that perfedsallSublunai Mm
not to have contemplated Inferior thingsby hisBealBil(i|fl
the Metals as they are Bo- Lights and Heat So
:
dies, but as they are redu- Our Sol, fthe true Seed]
ced into a moft Subtil, Spi- Gold^ and the Seminal Pc
rituouSj and Celeftial Sub- er of the Aurifick Princif
ftnt
ftance, ,
is alfo the Medium whil
makes all the other fe\
H. Hermes. Bodies not only perfeft, l|
Therefore the \
Thilofopbers bear t4f^ and mag- more than perfeft; that tl

nife themffl'ves in it, f^Jfiffg, thereby may perfeft otl
ihat fueo Gold in Bodies is quantities of their own
like the Sun among the Stars, yet lying in imperfe^tii
in. HERMES. 24P
granting Purity, Tin- nifeft Words, declared to
mi Fixation: All which be Gold : He now comes to
by Virtueof itsfub- demonftrate the neceflity
firit , and of Fermentation^ letting fome
Tindure ,
Therefore fay 'the of its Operations in Order.

bphers. Our Gold is The other Imperfefl: Bodies
^f^cflorporcalj butadepu- are the Meal or Dotigh5and
^cfubftance in the high- unleft they be Fermented

d;ree, and brought to with their proper Lcvcn,
f^ral, or Heavenly Na- which is Goldy they cannot
This is the Mr, Elixtr^ be brought into the proper-
;
Ftnentum, the true Tm- ty of the Leven or Gold :

end Spirit , tinging and but this Gold muft be made
irafili other Bodies^ and fpiritual and living, and the
which they cannot Bodies muft be Dijfolved,
i: llêd. Sublimed, and Putrefied,
before they can be mixed
stmj Hermes. And like as with the Ferment ; this be-
Dough is ing done, *viz,. being made
imfoffible to
irBodfwwr^^ Levened clean, fubtil, and fpiritual,
, or
Leven^ fo is it in this the Ferment or prepared Gold
ithout the "proper Fer is to be mixed therewith,
\l}Ufou can do nothing making up the Earth with the

HlUM \w fubliwe the Bodies^ Water, that is the Body with
fhisS^f^
them Jeparating the the Spirit. Now to bring
^ and uncleannefs from the Bodies into this State, to
ueS yfrom the F(]eces_, you be fit to be joyned with the
lw and mix them to Ferment^ you muft fublime
nidjll
;pn ptdfut in the Ferment them, purifte them, make

iin\
\up the Earth 02/ith a (eparation of the Feces,
then con joy n and mix ; all
which are neceflary in Or-
[.(jut
I5. Our
Hermes, a der to this Fermentation,
# fore has made men The Ferment to the prepared
Ferment, whrch he Body, is as the Soul to the
|lj Ûin, open and ma- Body, or as Le-ven to Fafie^
with-
29 S A L MON ' S
without which the Mafs ciples^'L';2:,.Mercury
i
could not be levened. phur, which our
Bodies come from^
IV. Hermes. And you
fore Hermes bids yotl
_^ mufi DecoB and Digefl: till
deritj and tells you
Ixir, the Ferment^ makes the
that there is no
alteration or change^ like as
Ferment J but from d
Le'uen does m Pafle. Adedi-
it ieif; and therefc
tat$ upon thtsând fee whether
Philojofhick Gold, wlj
the Ferment to this Compofi-
Ixir^ the Ferment
turrjj does make or change it
prepared from the
from its former Nature to ano-
phick Mercury and St
ther thin^. Confider alfo that
aficproportionjthat
there is no Leaven or Ferment
Vvôrk5_,it may purj^
hut from the PaHe it felf.
Old Le'ven with all il
Salmon, Now he teaches which are wncleannel
us the Art of Leûenmg ; of Tindure, and i
which ia to Decoft or Di- fixity^ and io bring i
g^f}^ till the Ferment makes I

regenerate matter^
gti alteration or change, like new fubiiance or
ks Leven does in Vafle. This according to the Ok
15 a high point of An, and buc according to thei
ought to be lerioufly conli- of the New, which isj
dered, even what the end purity in the height-
of the intention is^ which fture and the if rongej
is to produce or generate Now this Ftrmentt

Gold \ and therefore (as I fometimestobe two
laid above) Gold mufl be Fef^mentum Lapidk
your ferment. As Ls-ven ib which is from Gold A
to Vafie, fo is this Gold or mentum Lafidu An
Ferment to Our Mercury, which is from Sih
which is the prepared Body : is a weighty thing, ar|
And as Le'ven made

out chy to be ierioully
is
of the fame matter^ out of red of, and thcrtforj

which the 'Bajh is made io (cs us ?o meditate u)
:
this Gold qr Ferment is cept the PaHe does

made out of the fpjne prin the Virtues and Pd
^
î^p.XII. HER M E S. 2jr

pfhe Leven into it fdf, it the change or tranfmutation
caiot be Levened : If it of the black Mercury into
;, it beccunes, by a (uffi- a White body^ or Silver, g.
]^ Pigeftion, abfolutely Red , which is alfb the

feme thing with the tranfmutation of the White
both in its fubftance body, or Silver into a Red
properties^ and all other Tindure or Gold : fo that
"s. you may fee that this Fer-
'Hermes. Itis alf& to mentum not only Whitens
ted^ that the Ferment the Confeftion^ but alfo
Whiten the ConfeBion or keeps it from Burning, and
pofitum; and forbids or fo fixes the Tinfture that it
trs the Burning : It con- cainnot change, vanifli, or
^ holds ^ or fixes the Tin- fly away. By rejoycmg tie
hal ,, fo that cannot fly
it Bsdies, he means a rcpleni-
imM, ^T^d rejoyces the Bodies lliing them with a fixed Tin-
ani ffsdkes them mutually to fture, and a fixed fubftance,
obrij \
4nd to enter one into to wit, the IngreJJion of the
Ferment into them by Proje-
;eorl)
^mon. He fays here, ciion but becaufe the Fer^
:
thgOi I
the F^r;;;^ wf does Whi- ment not able to enter in-
is
0(0 ti [i;he Cofifeftion , con- to Dead Bodies, therefore
vtt PS which Ferment a they muft be rerif ved, and ^

'p^li[
doubt does arife, but
i:
made Alive by help of the
.AfODj jcafily foived Philofo- Aqua Medians, or Mediating
^^^ iilly thus. It is not Gold ^ Water, which is the Aeûa
it be firft Silver. Our Philofophica^v/hich dilToIves,
i[)t
)ijjf^5
|l|i 1 is the Tinfture , or fubcilizes and fpiritualizes,

^^ or Nourifher oP the them> which makes alio a
I
,g^
kj without which it Marriage or Conjunftion
iiever be done nor is between the faid Ftrment^
:
ide Silver, unlefs it be and the White Earth : And

Mercury : fo that our in every Fermentation you
ecms to appear with ought to take notice of the
ces; firft Black,which is Weight of every thing. If
'utretaiiion of the Mer- therefore you would Ferr
2. IVhite/ which is ment the White Foliated
Earth.
:
2,52 S A L M O N*S Lil
Earth, to the White Eh'xir, annuente) u perfermtdi

that it may
be projeftcd up- prfeBed, \,
on bodies diminifhed from Salmon. This Art of j
pefvxflion, you muft take 'veningox Fermentation i$\

of the White, or Imitated Earth which he calls the Key d
three farts : Of the referved Philofofhers ^ i. e. the
Aqua Vit tii/n parrs : Of the which opens the Door
Fermm' half fart Now if the Secrets and Myfterij
:
you wOi k for the White, your this whole Work

Ferment mufl be fo prepa- i^reat Virtue and Po\
red, that it may be made a this Work of Fermed
White Calxy fixt and fubtil that he is bold to call it 1
but if for the Red a moft pure the Key oif thePtiilofop]
Yellow or Citrine CaU ot that is the beginning,
Gold. die and end of the
both for the White ai
VJ. Hermes. And this Red ; to that by the
is the Key of the Thilofofhers^ er and Efficacy thereof
and the end of all their Works Bodies may be Renovs

And by this Science the Bodies and Exalted into a hii
are meliorated^ and refiored State of Perfeftion.
:
and the Work of the.n (Deo what they are by Nati
CHAP. xin.
T^he 'Nature of the Ferment farther Explict
I. TTERMES. But hy Salmon. Without d(|

XJL Negligence and an til an error may eafily be
Opinion of the matter, the Ope- mitted in the Work of |
rations way he Jpoiled and de- mentation, if you hav

ftroyed ; Mafs of Le- a fa (e Conception th(
as in a 1
avened Vafie Or Mdk turned or be ignorant of its Po!|

:
with Rennet for Cheefe ; and whereby you may roifip

Mmk among jYomaticks eiii
>:^p.XIII. HER M E S. 25;
and be fruftrate of ment corrupted,and brought
I
o' Expeftations , lofing] into a blackneft by Deaths

'OUT coft and time ; as but not fuch a blackneft,
m in the Levening of out of which it cannot be
; if ^ ou trouble the recovered ; but fo that in
of Meal and Water the Courfe of the Fermen-
ri, it will not be Le- tation, the Mafs of the Con-
If it lies too long, it fedion may pals through
;
overdone; fo In our the mutation or changes of

k, if you be too hafty, all the Colors. Now Heat
era will perform nothing working 'at the firft in hu-
)dli If too long, and with midity brings forth the
ilolBViolent a Fire, you will blacknefs ; but Heat work-^
ird the breaking of your ing in the drynefs, caufetli
fel, and by an over Vo- Whitenels,and in the White

ty, fruftrate the fixity theCitrinity and wonder-
rour Medicine ; ".The ful deep Rednels.Thefe Va-
therj ing of Cheife is Famous, rieties of Colors are caufed
Row imoft every Houfewife only by the FerrHent in a pro-
itell you how eafie it is per and fit heat, fo that the
(liOD, an or fpoil all, (how Corruption of one is the
Dy!yl ibever your Milk and Generation of another ; and
net may be,j if you be the Ferment becomes the
ilful in the Art : If the Ferment of the Ferment, as
:be too hot, or too cold, the Philofophers (peak. He
leRennet be too much who cannot tafte the Sapor
x) little, or the Coagu of Salt, will never attain
Ixfi
ies too lliort a time, or to this defired Ferment of
long, you may (poil Ferments J which is the Soul^
'
Cbeefe^ and mifs the even before Fermentation.

îon, or Goodnefi, If therefore this Ferment
be
:h therein you leek af
not well prepared, your
Thefe are Familiar ex- Magiftery will be nothing
'Ics, and need no farther worth : and know, that this
^.
-fidon. The Matter Fermenturn is taken only
(jyj
I jjfore is, firft by our Fer- from Sol and LUna^ that is,
from
^
254 S A L MO N'S Lilii
from Gold sitidand and IVopical ways of fA

Silver^
converts the other Bodies ing, he has been pleafi^
into its own Nature There- deliver himfelf through!
:
fore it behoves you to know whole Work. I fuppo hq

how to introduce thisF^rw^w? ufes the Similitude of 5:|
into Dead and imperfed Bo- nefs here in refpeft of
dys/that is/o make Ingrejjion) "ven ; for that Leven
becaufe it is" the Soul-y and Sweet,
this Soul gives to them Life
and Perfedion ; fo that to- in. Hermes. \And
gether with this living and the Kings Seal 'ive have t'A
perfeft Soul, they are made
the Clay, and in that 2Mp,
alive and perfeft, and one fut or placed the color of \
perfeft Body. "ven, which augments tbt'
vf them J who can aim
IT. Hermes. T^he certain fome meafure fee.
Color of the Golden matter for

the Red^ and the Nature By the E)
there- Salmon.
of is meant the Vil
not fweetnefs^ therefore of Seal is
them we make Sericum j Power, Charader, or

which is Ixir,[the Ferment:] fture of Gold, which'
and of them we make 'Enamel ges Lutuvn the Clay^ !
of which we have Written. is^ the Mercurial Mafi,
Earthy which is novi^

Salmm, Air ho' it does one thing, and a
not here iufficiently appear drawn out of the Fount
what our Author means by t the Wife, for whichi
Sw.etnefs and Sericum^ yet (on it is by fome called!
afterwards he {o explains \gillum Sapientum Alfo :
himielf that we may guefs \gillum Hermet^s- and

at it: and that it is the Go/- \lt4m Mercurii, This is
den Ferment for the Red ; the thing which many \\
adumbration whereof he fought after in vain,
gives us under the Mask of aouid never find,
Encauftum- or Enamel and the outward turned ini
'^
truly by Figures, Similitude, and the inward p

XIIL H E R M E a 25-;
that which 'ven does from the Pafie, or
)elovv raifed up^ and Tefi from the Ale or Beer
It wasabove^ laid which is made by it : For
'hich
w below ; the Superi- as clear, well-wrcught Jle,
;ai Inferiors^ the Hea- cannot change other Wort
is nd the Earth joyned into Ale^ nor Levened Vafie
;eer in one Globe or leven another Mais of
il; and digefted toge- Meal and Water, (till it is
jri one, till they pro- brought to the perfeftion
file heavenly color, the of Leven,j fo neither can
')f Sol, which Gold f which is the
gives vulgar
have Eyes to fee, the produft of Mercury and
i^fs of feeing a Foun Sulphur) tranfmute , or
baullible, an Eter- change any other body in-
king, the permanent to its own Purity, Tinfture,
lels Treaiure and Fixity. No : This is
only the work of our Stone,
IJIermes. Gcldthere- Elixir,Tinfture, the true
the mofi frctious Stone Philofophick Gold.
Spots ^ alfo temperate J
itber Fire J nor Alr^ V. Hermes. The Gold
|ftfr, nor Earthy is able of the Wt[e Men, botkd and
or dedroy, the uni~ well digefted^ with a fiery
^menty relitfying all Water makes Ixir.
ma middle or tempe
ill
'mfofition^ which ts of Salmon. The Gold is t3
k\
cr true Citrine co- be exquifuely boiled, as
"on
much as you pleafe with a
met
fiery water, and digefted:
m. Oar Hermes here fire is found no where
This
2S plainly, thatmore perfect, better, or
the
'phick Gold, is this more powerful than in Mi-
retious Stone, with- nerals and their Roots,
m nifh and incorrupti- which Roots the Philofo-
Hoi
id differs as n>uch phers lay, are in the Air :
Tilgar Gold, as Le- \ And the Gold is Spiritual

Gdd.
2^6 S A L MO N'S
Gold, not the body of vul- Weakneft, Volatility,
gar Gold unprepared. This Inrem^rature Our :
Aqiâ Igma, is nothing elfe, is of a moft ftrongancj

but the Mercury of the perate Compofition,
PhilofopherSj drawn from ing the infirmities
its Mineral Root. This proper iârents, and tii
Water is the Mother, which the Mercury of all

^||
does diffolve the Gold con- whatfoever, into the

ceived in its Belly, being and moll: pure fine
digefted and nouriftied By this is underftoc
there for forty Weeks, at Vital Roots of the
the end of whick digeltion, into which, if the
like as in the hour of a mans be reduced, they are
Nativity, the Soul [_ue. apt, or fit for a new
the Tinfture arifes] but not neration, lb that fror
firft nor quickly. In this fame you may ha\
point is all the hazard ; but of the
true Tinfturc
this being pad, there is no (bphers.
more peril, the danger is
wholly over. VIL Hermes.
work is frH made fri
VI. Hermes. For the Vegetable : Secondly fi\
Gold of the Wife Men
more Animal^ in a Hens
is
weighty or heavy than Lead^ which is the greatefi

which in a Temperate [or and the csnlianc) of ti
due] comfofition^ is the ferments. And Gold
ment of Ixir : and contrari- Earth ; of all whicl
wifey in a diftemperature [or make Sericum_, which
undue] Compofition; the di- Ferment y or Ixir.
fiemperarure, or hurt ef the

whole IVork or Matter. Salmon. He here (
the great Work int(
Salmon, Oar Gold, the parts, vixj, Vegetabj

Oflf-fpring of this great Animal, which is a
Work, is much heavier fophical fiftion: Bl

than Lead. becaufe of its true Work is but on(
^.XIII. HERMES
ng of an equal and tern- dies and makes them, with
itc mixtion of the Ele- k, to enter one into ano-
its, to a perfeft fixity. ther ^ and to be perfedly
Foundarion of this conjoynedj as Water with
k, is laid in the Earth Water J which cannot be
he Gold^ of which the feparated^, and is the end of
Elixir, or Ferment is the Work. Without this
%^ which is two fold, Ferment^ no Elixir can be
or Luna, For Sol.
2. made^ no more than VaBe
Ite Ferment of Sol is or Dcugh can be Levened
rffood the Seed of the without Leven, t'.nd. this
: and by that of Luna^ Elixir. \s the Ferment of Fer-
5ed of the Female of ments and the Coagulum of
:
there muH: be raade^ the Coagulum, For^ it not

jConjunffion. 2. A only Ferments the Inferior
tion. The Ferment and imperfeft Bodies, but
is from 5ol > as Lea alfo Gold it lelf ; making
adeofthe fubftance it from a ferfeB Body^ much
ffiread; and as a little more than ferfeB* It is the
Pa FermentSj or Lea- moft faithful Mother, which

at great quantity of by how much the oftner it
/at leaft 2fo times is impregnated, by fo much
^tity ;) lb like wife a the more it conceives and
ortion of this our brings forth , propagating
fcffices to nourilli and its OfF-Spring to an Infinity
the whole Stone. of Generations. It is the
Ferment, faith Avi- only Key which opens and
reduces the Matter to fhuts the Gates leading to
t Nature^ Color ^ Sa- the Kingdom of the Mine-
Fi9rw,redacing Pow- ral Treafure, the Goldeft
Ad. For it Whitens Mountain, the Gardens of
ifeftion^Muitipies it^ the Hefferides^ where all the
it Spiritual, Strength- Trees perpetually bear Gol-
makes it reflit the den [Fruit- Without this
lakes it contain the Key, it ii not poffible for
,te, that it fhall not any Man to attain to tha
^Yj opens the Bo perf eftion of this Art.
S CHAP-
;
2j8 SALMON'S
CHAP. XIV.
The Smaragdine Table of Hermes.
f. TTERMES. Thh is true, mains beneath ; and

XX
|
and far difiant from thefe two parts agr;

a hie 5 below ^ One.
Vfhatfoe'vcr is The inferior
is like that whichabove ; Earth, is called the
is
and that ivhich is above^ is or Ferment. The fup|

like that 7vhich is below : By part or Spirit, is calk
this are acquiredand ferfeBed SoulorLife, which
One Thing, ens the Stone, and n
the'Aiiracles of the
up The iirft muft
:
Salmon. That is to fay, iblved, and made

the truth of this our Art is like the Superior
confirmed by Experience ^ Superior muft be co^
wc know it to be truth by ted, and made Earth]
very matter of Fad \ and the Lower, that they^
notwichftanding all the So- be united, and becoi
phifmSj and Logomachia of Miracle of the one Tl
the Schools^ there is no Ar- then will it be eyi
gument can ftand againft demon iirated, that*
Experience. The Waters of foever is below, islil
the Catarafls of Heaven a- wliich is above, and|
hove, are like to the Waters crarywife Nor dol
below when the great differ one from anotbl
,
Fountain of the deep is bro- by Accident, as Corj

ken up; and the Waters be- bleand IncorruptbleJ
low, are like to tlie Warers and Impure, Hea\
above. There aie two parts Light, Clear and.
in our Stone^ a Superior Agent and Patient, ;^|
part that aicends up, and line and Femini
an Inferior part which re- ail which are Acci(
^
l.jaV. HERM E S. is'9
Hbances. Heaven or that I tains in it four Elements,

above is Incorrup
is Created by the determina-
where the pure Ele- tion of God. Here Hermes
âre made,
from a points forth the Univerfal
>|tible Medicine in imitation of the
matter eleva-
B|ted upj in the Con Worlds Creation ; which is
of which Firm a- performed by one Univer-^
the Body or Sub- lal Spin t5and fb by a Super-
,pi Luna is Gradua natural Experiment, points
fence it is apparent forth this Our Natural
ii$our Medicine muft Work. It is the Opinion
|)le Heaven it felf, in of many Philofophers that
y , Penetrativenefs. the Spirit of Natural things^-
rruptibility ; nor or the Spirit of Nature is
ar,G
work as the Ele- the Medium between the
Natural Bodies, Soul and the Body^ as be-
i<k.
asit were Dead^ ing that which makes the
te of any Power abfolute

and firm Con-
jandion. But the Opinion
of ibme is though the Spirit
:id
Ij^-mes. Jlfo^ as all may be faid to be the mora
JkS ê made from One, iubtile Subfiftance ; yet it
eoiii fie/p
(>f
One : So all can be no niore feparated
be' ire made from One from the Soul^ than Light
i, (b ConjunBion, from the Suii.
o^c,i !
That iSj as all things III. Hermes. The Father
Sof ade or came from thereof is the Sun^ and the
oni3J onfufed Chaos^ by Another thereof is the Moon :
:âi( >of One Omnipo- the Wind carries it in its Belly

;o(Ti2i Almighty Godj fo and the J^furfe thereof is the
^^Ha 'wone is born or Earth.
^ li fourth out of one
^^ [:d Mafs, by the Salmon. As living Crea-
fjTf, bne particular Mat- tures beget their Like or
^,j^
l^hing, whkh con- Kind, fo Gold generates
S i Gold
26o S A L MO N'S
Gold by the Virtue of Out tbe Life is the Soul, vj
Stone: The Sun is its Fa- quickens the whole Sl
ther, that is, Our Philolo- And therefore the V
phical or Living Gold. And Air, Life or Soul muftj
as in every natural Gene- ry the Stone, 'viz,.
ration, there muft be a fit forth Our Magiftery vj :
and convenient receptacle, being brought forthît]

with a certain likeneft of be nouriflied by its
kind to the Father ; ib like- which is the Earth; k
wife in this Our ArtifiGial Earth ('faith Hermes)
Generation, it is requifite Nurfs. The Wind Carl
that the Sun, or Our Living in its Belly by whi(
,
Gold, fliould have a fit and Univerfal,Inferior, an|

agreeable Receptacle or minine Seed is
Womb, for its Seed or Tin- through the Air, and|
cture ; and this is Our Phi- ed to the Univerfal
lofbphicai^ or Living Silver, rior and Mafculine
8. e.Mermry^which is the Mo- the Air or 5 is the V-
ther thereof. V/hat Sol and wherein the two S(
Luna are in the Heavens a- conjoyned. The Air]
bove, the lame areOurGold frc/m Fire and Wat(|
and Silver in Our Heavens the Heaven from Fii
below. The Univerfal Maf- Air. Under the Aj
culine Seid is on of Fire, is compi
the Sulphur
of Nature, ed the molt pure fu
the firft and
moft Potent caufe of all of the Earth, afcendinj
Generation: And if Sol Fire: and under the,
does Live, it is neceirary,as of Air the moft pui
Taracelfus faith, to live in itance of Water ;T1
fpme things, in its own or Womb of Nati
<!;/;?:,.
Radical Humidity, and moft pure Breath or! '
mofl pure and fmiple Air, idifed from all the

which contemperates the Elements, converte(||
heat thereof by its Humidi- V
olatility or Air, io{
ty. The Wind is the Air, is conceived by the Ji]
and the Air is the Life, and Luna, the Univei"
:;
t,p.XIV. HERMS 2^t

leSun, fpecificated alfo perfeft and intire : that Is,
he other Lights or Stars. if the Soul of the Stone f of
!^;^/will have three Ele- which we have Ipoken be-
two under the fore and which may be
lesof Sol and Luna^ called the Wind or Air,
rd under the Name which is alfo the Life, Vir-
mtus, the Wind. The tue. Power and Spirit) be
hf is the Nurfe of this converted into Earth, 'viz,,
jncf the Air, by whofe a fixt Subftance or Matter;
it is Nourilliedj lb that the whole Air^ Spirit^
Sueks the Mer- Life and Soul of the Stone
ise it
Milk, (that is the may be conjoyned to its

thick fubrtance of the Earthj which is its Nurfe,
lor Water remaining and be all turned into Fer-
''?|fi the Earth) by which rqent. As in making of
)ws and increaies to its Bread, a little Leaven Fer-
i^ncc and Perfeftion, ments and Tranfmutes, a
hild to the Stature great deal of Meal or Pafte
m trengthofa Man. fo alfo mufi: Our Stotae be
11^
Fermented, that it may be-
^ ^. Hermes. Tkis is the come Ferment to the Eter-
^^"^Wer er Fountain of all Per nal Multiplication thereof.
^ ^ ', and its Vower is Ter That which the Wind does
m\ fi4 Jntire, if it he chang- bear in its Belly muft be
P^ a Earth, converted into Earth, then
id '
.
is the Work compleated
^^^ hm. As he lliould which is done by * a long
if
BO'it (fiis
p Arcanum which I and Unwearied Decoftion .
jiei jl fliew you is the Ori- ('not by evaporating, but

i'^ and Fountain of all retaining the Spirits) till it
I
d^" Mims and Myfteries, becomes inipilTated, and in

\&^ :cret Treifure of the fuccefsoftime is dryed in-
con^'C EWorld. But it is not to a Ponder or Earth. But
ortei 'jht to its Perfedion the time will be long and
.is changed intoEarth; tedious, therefore you rnu(i:
\JiiiHt indeed is its Power attend it with Patience,
iCCOi
,
26z S A L MO N'S Lil
according to the Matter will have it^ that by

you work upon. Some Earth herCj he
mean;
things are remote from Per- Lees or Dreggs of the
fedion, other things more ter, which is to be
remote^ and others moil ted from th^ Fire, thj
remote^ whilft other thngs and the Water^ anci
are near to Perfsdion, o- whole Subftance oil
thers neerer^ and Ibme Stone, that it may be<
things neareft of all. He Pure^ and free froi
that knows not thefe things Putrefadion or Dj
before he begins his Work^ Matter: and this the:
may afterwards deplore his gyrick Philofophers
Error, with very great lois. the firft Operation ol
paration of the Mai
V. Hermes* Separate the Parts of their Srone.|
Earthfrom fhe Ftre, and the fome underftand hi
Subtile and Thin from the the Separation of thel
Grofs and Thick 5 but fru- Elements, and this^l
dently "with long Sufferance^ leisis the thing if it bil
GenUenejs and Tatience, and ken of a Spagyrickf
Wi[dom^ and Judgment. not Vulvar Separatioi
der the Appellation of
Salmon. Hetherto he has the two other are
only difcouried the Theo- I
ftood, 'u/ss. Air an<
ry, he now comes to fhew ter; for the Eire cl
you the PraO:ical pare want or fubfifl: withoi
fhewing firft the Purificati- nor is die Air withoui
on of the Matter of the ter; for Air is m:
Stone. You muft do it Water by the M^di
gendv^ by little and little^ of the Fire, by
notViolently^but Prudent- ic is forced to Afeei
ly and Wifely, after a Phi- wards. But as to the

loibphick manner : By Se- it partly Afcends ail
parating he means Djffolv- made Volatile, and

ing: for Diffolution is the iy remains fixed -b!
Separation of parts : Some By feparating thei

-
tp.
XIV. HER
MES. 2^5
the fire, fbme will edj others fas Metalls)
itj that he would Liquified or Melted. The
l^he Thick to be fepa- Temperate in its feveral
from theThin^not the Degrees, imitate or refem-
cm the Thick ^ be- bie Nature, and are ufed
tihe Earth is thicker for Putrefaîon, Digeftion,
tite Fire.Butby fepara- and Congelation, or Cir-
ihe fubtil from the culatorily to diflblve and
"r to be underdoodj fi}^. But Various are. thefe
tilizing of the Thick kinds of Fire, which are
and Spagyricallyto to be applyed according as
OQ Mat- the Subjev5t requires, and
that fubtilizsd
to /Ether or Spiritual the Prudence of the Ar-
i \\ ût this muft prudent tiit being continu-
directs,
which gentknefs^ al without interruption
ttff'erinfr. Patience 6cc. from begining to the End.
accordini? to the
KlthhJôf Art, but gently^ VI Hermes. 7if Afcends
with a gentle Heat from the Earth up to Heaven^
:g)nB(lingto Natural Ge- and Defcends again from the
parai fon. The Inftrument Heaven to the Earthy and re-
irjcniiture, and of the Spa- cei'ves the Towers and Efficacy
FirCj vu.hout which of the Superiors and Inferiors.
'ork cannot be done.
Fire is Salmon,
either Internal Here is to be
itetnal The obferved that though Our
Internal
witrtjper to the fubitance Stone be divided in the
atter, and Naturally fiiil: Operation into four
:hs
'' within it, which Piirts, which are the four
loft prudently fcir up Elements, yet as we have-
!^
)\^l#fîte. The External already la'd there is but

2r Violent, or Tem- :wo principal Parts* of it_,
id in four ieveral De- OnQ Vv^hich Afcends up-
ice**
liie Violent is that wards and is Volatile, and

vhich fome thin;^s are anochef" wliich remains be-
led.- others bi:Diim- low, and is fixed, which is
I
S 4 calhd
:
($4 SALMON'S
called Earth, and fermenr i e, the fuperiour ]i
wh ch Nouriilies and Fer- The matter generate!

ments the whole ^tone- ocj// imi Luna sSm
But of the unfixed or Vo- i. . tlie thick Terreanl
latile pare we niuli: have a iiance t -ercof isconyi
great qaantity^ that it may or relolved, into He,!
NoLiFilli the purified Mat- viz*, into a fubcile lubfil
ter of the Stone, till it like to Heaven : hef

be made to Afcend, is fu- monftrates the Spagj
blimed, and fubtilized lolution, by what IrJ
thcrt being thus fubtilized ment and A' tifice it is<
and made Volatilej it muft then he teaches the Fl
be incerated with the 'Oyl, on , It Decends agai
excraftcd from it in the firft the Earth , as if he
Operation^ which is called fay, after its fubftanj
the Water of the Stoneând diilolved and made
fo often Boyled by Subli- cend under the Obe(
raation^ till by Virtue of of the Internal Cell
the Fermentation of the Virtues or Powers,
Earth exalted with it ; the ing there the detert
whole Stone again does de- time of its Maturity,
fcend, from the Heaven to turns again, or def
the Earth, and remains fix- that is to fay, the SpJ
ed and lowing; (that is, made Corporeal,
that the Corporeal be made was before a Body on
Spiritual by Sublimation, from a Body, S()ir|
and the Spiritual be made which is nothing bii|
Corporeal by Defcenfion: Philolbphick Riddle.
Here is a Circulatory Di- Fixum Volatile^ ruf^^ ^
Itillation admirably declar- latile fixum^ totum h ^
ed, and the Conllruffion Magtjterium. And b}|
of a Spagyrical VelTel, to means it will obtaii
the Similitude of Nature. Virtues of the Sii^mcuA
it Afcends h'om the Earth, Inferiour Powers 5 i. ej
i. e. from the inferiour |:art Heavenly and Volatile:

of the veilcl : to Heaven, er, topciictracs, g
'
XIV. HERMES. z6s

|^6r multiply : andl Nefts, and under whole
lithly Power to givej ftiadow the Beafts of the
ihce^ Corporeity, and Field dwell.
VIII. Hermes. For the

Hermes. In this Work increafingoH or going
,
f
jou acquire to your elf in Strength^ adds Strength t9
]0ltb and Glory of the Strength^ forefialling and o^
\mWeiirld: Dnûe there- ver-t@pfmg all other Fortitudes
h 16m you aU Cloudinefs and lowers ; and it able to
will fer/f;, Darknefs and Subjugate and Conquer aU
mefs* things,, whether they be thin
and Subttl^ or thick and So"
fiM, Poffeffing this lid Bodies,
lubil thus you Salmon.
perfefted, There is no
de all and Companion of the Powers
the Wealth
leOBires of the World; fo of other Natural things, to
d you may live free the Power of the Stone, for
[
Care and Trouble, it is able to overcome and

!(leieiJDilcontent and Fears, maftcr all other Powers:
every Sicknefs and it can convert common
It is a Remedy Quick Silver into Congea-
Difeafes both of Bo- led fubftance, and Tranf-
1 Mind It ftrikes at
: niuteit into fine Gold or
ot of Infirmities; and Silver and it can Penetrate :
yes that which would and Peirce through all other

or undermine the hard foUd or compaft Bo-
and Profperity of dies, and ftrike them with
,^nll[umane Body. This a never fading Tinfture, fo
thisWealth, this firm and fixe,which the
ire, though it be but Power and Strength of the
^ a Grain of Muftard- Strongelt and molt Violent
1,1
yet it grows to be Fire can never conquer or

if
eateft of all Tiees, overcome. This is as much
lofe Branches th as if he ihould fay, it is the
of the Air make their compleatI Virtue of total
]W;
i Na-
^(,G SALMON'S li
Nature, the Power, Effica- Salmon. The Crl

cy and Potency of all things, of t lie World he brinj
and even fas it were) above Prior Example, or 1|
Nature, fo that it may not plification of the Wci

improperly be laid to be a Our Phiiofophick
Work Metaphyfical, for for as the World ws
that it feems to ad above ated, fo is Our Stent
or beyond Nature. It over' pofed. As in the be?!
comes or conquers all things^ i;hewhole World a?
that is, it makes all fiibtil thac is therein was a;
and thin Qaick- or confufed Mafs, b\
things (as
filverj thick and coagulates ter wards by the
them : and on the contra- Word, Power, or Sd
ry it Penetrates all thick and the Great Creator,
joltd things^ i. e. It makes paration was made,
every hard Metal whether lements were divide
Perfeft or Imperfe^l fas reftified, and the
Sol, Luna, Saturn, Jupiter^ fal World was pi
Mars and Venus) fubtile and brought forth
and thin, and brings them fuland Perfeft in
to the greatelt Perfeffion, Weight and Meafu
expelling iall the xVIalign alfo in this our woftcj
and Dark Spirits polFeffing parate the Elements,
them and giving to them we divide and reftij
Tindure and Fixity, by many fublimations,
its Subtility and Spiricualcy. lions, and precipK
whereby the perpeti
IX. Hermes. In this man- wonderful conjunftj
ner was the World made\ made, which is th|
and hence are the wondtrful duft of the prime ij
Conjunclions or Joynings to- and the root of thetl
gether of the Matter and Kingdom, in which
Parts thereof avd tht Mar- is produced inco Ad,|
vellous Effecls^ -when in thii
7vay it is done, hy which thefi; X, Hermes. And
IVonders.are Eff'eBcd^ Cîffc I am celled
i^.XlV. HERMES. 267
.,^:US, for that Ihave never fading Color. 3. Its
whdge or under(landing fievsr perifhing Body. It is
VMofophy of the three refembled to a grain of
deJcftheUni'verfe. My Wheat, which unlefe it
~rnne or Difcourfe^ which Dies, it brings forth no
: here deli'vered concern- Fruit ; but if it Die, and is
r
w Jolar Wcrk^ is com- Putrefied, paffing through
ajnd perfeB, Death and Putrefaftion or
Smon. Hermes Trifme- Diflolution, to Life and
. Wik fignifies the Thrice Heaven, there by perfect-
^ 5' Hermes^ for that he ing its Nature, it is infinite-
the knowledge of the ly profitable. What he has
le
:,o:i Principals of the Uni- delivered concerning this

\m ^/2S. Salt^ Sulphur^ Matter, 'viz.. of the three
,
niai 4eTcury^ anfwering to Colors, Black, White, and

idiv'j \dy^ Soul^ and Sfirit; Red 5 of the three Princi-
. c;l Vegetable, and ples, Salt^ Sulphur, and
at,
f^ of which
:'
he had
>/>Mercury ; of the three Sub-
ki rue Knowledge, he fillences. Body, Soul, and
am! the way how to fe- '^firit; of the three Q-
\themj and conjoyn perations,
][ii\
i
F&latiltzation ^
1 wcl 'Sgainj to make the TinBure, and Fixaticv; of
^nr;, >latile and the VoJa- the three States, Imper-
ndr^ Xtj to take away feftion, Anihilation, and
^rjoni, areSj and reftore bet VerfeBion^ he declares to
pteaa lain, which are be True
ail and Com pleat,
pcrpe
Ped in Our
Philofo- and that the Stone thus
^jjjii
iMercury which is Generated Cexifiing and
4, jj
(
/omb in which Our being in one only thing,
vjf, ^phick (which is the 'uiz,. thePhilofophick Mer-
'^^ Gold 15 Generated. cery) by a feries of Natu-
^^yj,fi i.id to be perfect, be- ral Operations, is Periedl:
|^..)3;
li. It contains all the and Incire, wanting no
bles. 2. From ics thing.
hihri Hermetis Frimi*

F J N 1 S.
16 SALMON'S
THE
SECOND BOOIl
O F
HERMES rÎSMEGlST^l
CHAP. XV.
"Jhe Enter ance into the Worh^ beginning

Argent Viz/e.
I.TJERMES thQ Wife feftcd by the Fire

XX laith, if you Con- Wife.
lerve a third part of your
Camels , [ ^viz,. of the III. And the Woi
fwtft or Volatile Matter^ or be performed by aS|

thai which mufi hear the Bur Water, in which th(
and Coniume the re- nels is wafhed awa^j
'then^']
maining two thirds, you by that Inftrumenj

have attained to the thing which the FoundatI
defired ; you have perfe- the Work is laid^
êd the Work. that time and momtl
11. Jn lixke planner you which the Clouds ap]
muft.be careful of your Ar-

gent Vive; for the black IV. Now that Waj
Matter does Whiten the or by which the blacj
riefli, and the Work is per- wallicdaway. is d
, XV. HER M E S. 2^

ioifture of the Sun, and from it jcventillit becomes
^4ii]rens Urine, [i. e. the of a Golden Color : Un-
^r^slVater,'] The thing derftand well what I fay.
iii I tell you is fufficienc

Du to know. VIII. That alfo which
Congeals, does Diffolve;
^,^ In like manner, take
and that which does Whi-
Uiiâter of the Water, ten, does in like manner
Mercury^ and make Red.
itiury of
and purifie
clitcleanle
Vind, Fume, or Va-
; IX. I have made plain to
r,ind Aboiiilitheblack- you the neareft way, that
s Undqrltand what this you may be eafieand fatisfi-
ies,andrejoyce therein. ed ; Underftand therefore
thefe things, and Meditate
Alfo in the feme man- upon them ; and you fliall
Jake the blacknefs and certainly attain to the per-
mim^^jTi it ; then have re- feftion of the Work.
6 the White, and Con-
iie Red ; fo will you X. It is alfo to be noted,
^c FilPHSh the thing defired, that as Sol is among the
iie to the end of the Stars ; fo is Gold among
the other Metalline Bodies:
For as the Light of the Sun,
theWi
juj I It is be no- isijoyned to the Lights, and
alfo to
^1^2,1
the Fire-Stone contains the Fruit of this
liat it is
'
.j^ I
Governs the Matter Operation ; fo in like man-
ner Gold Meditate upon :
fGod:Boyhtthere- thefe Words, and by the

\d
unth a gentle Fire, Permiflion of God you may-
and Day, left the find it out.
ndnM
ihould be feparated
CHWP-
270 S A LM O N'S Li
CHAP. XVL
The Nature of the Medicine^ and GoM!!]^

ment of the Metals.
1. TTERMES Moreover IV; And as Sol M

jlX faith^ he that out- on Bodies, fo alfb
. d(
wardly takes in Medi- Water upon the PI
this
cine, it Kills : but he phick 5tone : Yea it
him
that inwardly drinks it in^ tates and finks thil
it makes him to Live and it, and isconitant, i|
rejoyce. Underlland what and perfeft,

this means.
V. This indeed is U
11. And as for this caufe Sol ; but it is to be
fake, this Water is faid to flood that the Work
be Divine, fo it is laid to be made through all
be thegreateft Poyfon and ven Planets; as firf
:
it is preferred before all Saturn^ then from

other things^ by fo much as Mars^ Venus^ Mercnryl
that without it nothing of laflly from Luna,
the Work can be done.
VI. The firfr is
ÎII. It is Di-
alfo called vernment o^ Saturn ;t|
vine, for that it cannot be to caufe Sol to putrefij

mixed or joyned with any bring the Body to puj
filth or defiled thing and : fcion, wliich is done
thisWater of ourScone puri- fpace of 40 days andf
fies and cleanfes theNatures The fecond is the gel
of the Metals^ and waflies ment o^Juftter^ whicll
away their defcsdations or grind or break the
defilements. aad in 12 days and
to Imbue or moiftj
,
XVII. HER M 271 E S.
^called theRegiment of Brafi or Copper, [er th^

the making of the matter
of a
changeable Yellow.'] The fixth
The third is the go- is the government of Mrf-
nt of MarSy which ry ; which is to burn,
and is
f'uce Death or black- called the Dominion of Ar-
feparate the Spirit gent Vive.
Body, by v/hich it
)e changed. The IX. The feventh is the

[lithegovernment of government o'iLuna^ which
:h is to Work away is to Decoft or Boyl, and
[leknefs and Poyfon make Hot^ând fo to per-
iindeed to make it fect the matter, [with the
\
fixed Citrine Tin5iure] in 2 c
days : and this is the Do-
The fifth is the go- minion of Silver. -See here,
sedfltntof r<?wj, whichisgone with you.
I have
to DC
the moift to the^dry, through the whole V7ork \
j
b hot to the cold, and take heed therefore left ;
:e them together in you err. 1
is
as i'
li^ is the Dominion '
from
CHAP. XVIt
)ifference of the Ferments^ and Quality

of the Spirit.
:-:?'to
îsdofllND know that the 11. Alfo in like manner

White Body is made you are to note; that the
jWhitenefs; and its Stone fought after, has not
1;^ 4 'It is that which you its like or equal in the whole
\î^ know:Whitenthere- Earth. It is both outward-

,^520:
iBody, and under- ly and inwardly of a Citrine
ir
lEj
mat I fay. Golden Color j but when
^J^
S A L MU JN ^
if you be Ignorant
it is altered or changed,
it
Body dark and of true Knowledgi

is made a
like burnt Coals. will err in whatfoevj
black,
do, you will wholly
in. Now the Color of in Vain^ and your
the Spirit taken from it is will Perifh.
White , and the fubftance

thereof is Liquid as Water ; VIL So that thus
but the Color of the Soul king in your Operatliej
thereof is Red. blame prefently yd
ftruftors (the Philofi
IV. But the $pul and the and think that theJ
Spirit thereof is returned to erred^ or taught youij
it again, and it doth Live when it is only youj]
and Rejoyce, and its Light ranee, and none*
and Glory returns again; (landing of their woi
and you Ihall fee it over-
come and Triumph And ;Vm. This then
that which was even now and underftand d ,
,
Dead, ftiall have Conquered Dajîs the Nativity oi

i
Death, and then it fliall ing forth of the L\f^

Live, and arife from the the Nigk^ the Nat j
Dead, and Live as it were bringing forth of the]

for ever. nefs.
V. Happy and Bleffed IX. SoUKois M

therefore is he in whoie oftheDay; and ul
Power the difpofition of this Light o the Night;
Matter is^ who Kills and God Created to gov<l
makes Alive, and is Om- World.
nipotent over all for ever.
X. Bet Luna docs\
VL I therefore adviie her Light ot the
you, not to do any thing in Combuftion, and i$
this work, till you get an or enlarged therewit|

wnderftanding thereof: For I by fo much as fje i:
|^).XVIIL HE RMES. 27^-
e Light of the Sun, or or Walls Open therefore :
contain m
her^ of his the Paffages that the Dead
j by lb much does Spirit may go out^ and be

ft^'
laturc of Sol bear Rule caft forth from our Bodies:
the Nature of L;/4. then it will become beauti-
fulj which is only a Work
3[< If there fore you con- or undertaking of Wifdom^

lUte what I fay, and
tate upon my Words. XIII. Sow therefore [ O
m\\ find that I have God] thy Wifdom in our
in the Truth ; and you Hearts, and Root out the
inderftand the fignifi- corrupt Principles which
3, of all that I have lodge therein, and leads
and the demonftrati- us in the way of thy Saints,
the whole Matter.
'
by which our Spirits and
Souls may be Purified. Thou^
I. Know
then, that art Omnipotent, Lord O
spirit, enfolded or God Almighty, and caiift
is
iifcribed, within (as do whatever thou pleafefc

land,
e) its Marble Houfe
(hell
CHAP. XVIIL
irgefiiViê^ TinBure^ Order of the Ope^

Uw ration^ and of the Firet
W |^Heê is one thing ter what mmntrJJz.ifur, to

^^. which is to be won
Our Vermilion: doth
wic^
'^ at, what tinge Fefiem which is of a
'viz,, after
n'r Carmine^ to wit^ contrary Nature, and tinges
fNefira^ doth tinge or not Live or growing things.
Oi i'*
which- is of a
Silkj
0, ^' :
Narue, and tinges
.ry_ IL For it isinot Natural
libsf^ .Dead thing : and af- for any thing to tinge other-
274 5 A L MU N'S.
i
Li
1
fubftances, not agreeable to Head of the Crow fj
their Natures : If therefore without Wings, in the]

you put into your Corn poli- and black of the Night
tion. Red Gold^ you fhall in the appearance oil
find in the Tinfture a pure Day: from the Til
and perfect Red and if you the fixing Spirit
: :
put into White Gold i the irs Gall the Color

it
mofi: pailive Red will vanlfh Tinging Matter is

or go forth. There is no- from its Tail, the d^
thing indeed does nnge any tion, or drying of the
thing, but what is Confuni- ter ; from its Wings 1
lar CO, or like it felf. quid Water ; and frc|
Body the Rednefi.
in. And I teftifie to you
by the Living God; maker VLUnderflandthei
of Heaven and Earthy that ing of the words, for j
the Stone which I have de- by is underftood our

fcribed^ you have perma- rable Stone, and the
nent or fixed, nor are you or Vapour thereof wl
kept from it by the Earth exalted [ lifted up or
or the Sea ^ or any other msd] and the Sea
matter. cated 5 and a Light
IV. Keep then your con- VII. You are alfb t(

gealed Quick-Silver, many what Alums and Sail
parts of which are loft be- Â'hich flow from Boc
caufe of its ftibtilty. Alfo you put the Medicim
the Mountain in which is Matters of the Medicit
the Tabernacle which crys a juO: or true pro|
out ; I am thp Black of the you lliall not fear to
White, and the White of if you miftake the p|
the Black 1 ipeak the Truth tion, you muir add
;
indeed, and I lye not. minilli, according a|i

fee it tends to the ent
V. Now know, that the tion or performing c|
Root of the Matter is, the Work, left a Deluge:

Sp.xviir. HERMES. 275
>r; and overflow all^ burn not the Matter^ be"
^/ning the Regions^ and caufe if the Veflel breaks, it
-e:urning the Trees by will be with a mighty imp'
-loots. tits or force.
VII. And tho the Matter XI. And unlefs the Mat-
iknown, yet coniider teif of the Stone, prove ini-
; thingSj hoWj or after mical one to a nother.or con-
1 manner thefe two tend and fight with, and
js are diftinguilhed, ftrive todeftroy one ano
erfified, by their Va- rher, you fliall never attain
.-
look into the fweet- to the thing you feek after.
i f Sugar, which is one
Lof fweet Juice; and XXL If you mix your Calx
aitnakhe fweetnefs of Ho
with Auripigment, and not
ids, toiwhich is yet more in- in a mean or due propor-
oQoiir DF inward. tion, the Iplendor and glo-
iri tlie ry of the Operation will
%\m Except you make the not fucceed ; but if you in-
ia^^^ slpiritual and impai- terpofe a medium, the ef-
rs Sea you know not how to feft will immediatly follow.
iiglit ie Ixir.ov proceed on
Work ; nor how the XIIL Now know, that it
jealfor Volatile Matters or is our Water, which extracts
ariN pies, fight one againft the hidden Tinfture. Be-
ToniEfl *t\ and how they fail hold the Example and un-
yedidi ach in their turns^ to derftand it ; if you have
\(0 rone another, till ot once brought the Body into
-^.p] Dcing left, one, only Allies, you have operated
IS. rightly.
'3e careful alfo^ how XiV. Andthe blocd(which

xreafe your Fire (tho Is in the Philoibphick Wa-
.^jl-^j
tot to be very Imall cer) of the animated Body,
y^^^ ^^y "P ^he Wa- is the Ea rth of the Wife, to .
iW^ \
njjjji lid take heed that you wit^ the permanent or en-
during perfeftion. CH-^P..
: :
276 SALMON'S Lil
CHAP. XIX.
That the Beginning of this Wor\is iti

Blaclîefs and Darknefs: and of
pyning the Body rviîth the SohL
I. "^T O W it is that which

i\| dead, which you
is IV. From hence \i
ought to vivifie or make a- pears neceflary, that
live 5 and that which is fick, {hould have a Body pu
which ought to be cured ing Bodies ; and a V(
It is the White which is to fubliming Water. Our S
be rubified ; the Black which is a Veffel of
iters;
which IS to be purified ; and is made of Fire; ai
the Cold which is to be converted into the fad
if pt
made hot. gain.
Il.It is God himfelf who V. And if you

does create, and inipire or walk in the true way,
give life, and replenilTies muft perfue it in the cv
Nature- with his Power, or vifible Blacknefs
tint it might follow and (faith our Stone) it is
iilie
imitate his Wifdom, and which is hidden wi

ad as an Inftrument iubler- which does make me vi Slit
vient to him. and the fame thing m

makes me White,
II I. Iron is our Gold ; and me alfo Red. ^jr
Brafs or Copper i&our Tin-

criire^ Argent Vive is our VL Conceal this 1
Glory ; Tin is our Silver ; from Men, like asa^

JHicknefs is our Whitenefs; which is yet in thy M %
rnd the Whitnefs is our Red- which no Man underft
:
Cap. XIX. HE R M E S.' 277

JzA as the Fire, Light, or with the Stone ; then puting
Siht, which is in thine Eye: it into the Fire, folong till
I ill not tell it plainly to all its Stains and Defile-
ths thy felf, left by thy ments are taken away ; lee
wids thou conveyeft my itbe a gentle Fire for about
Bath to another^ to thine feven hours ipace ; thus will
yn damage : This is the you get that which will
;c^tionIgivethec. make you to live.
II Now know that X. I alfo tell you, that

, . h;our Work, made [_or
is its habitation or dwelling*
]"\kmnded'] of two Figures
place, is pofitcd in the
'dwuhfiances'] the one of Bowels of the Earth, for
Jwth wants the White without Earth it cannot be
-?K [Cer/e] and the other perfefted: Alfo, its habita-
JrlRedift Pvull Bowels
ICrocus'] tion is pofited in the
r .
1 Matters aifo nor without
arefearfed of the Fire,
Im ^^^ Sieves or Searfes, Fire can it be peifedcu,

ê of pure or clean which is the perfe(:lion of
is, and a molt bleffed our Art.
yon'
XI. Again, Except you
xewiji
II. Yoamix with the White the
are
'
alfo to
Intk
notice, that the Fire- Red, and prefently bring
mi ; of
the Philofophers or reduce the fame' into a
)Re)it!
wants Exten- perfed: Water, it will tinge
t after,
idto'
has quantity, nothing ; for it never tinges
but it
ihoves you therefore, any thing Red, but th^.t

m
i
m pport and nouriili it on which is White: and while

/ fide, and to continue the Work is now perfefting,
i
in the middk. add them to the light of rho
Sun^ and it will be com-
You muft alfo con- pleated Regimim Mar wo
^l!R* ^
I'^'^^wthe Body with the Soul, as we have already decLircd
tui^'lBpating and grinding it and by this conjundicn .1-

iWmi Sun, and imbuing it hove^ your Stone will ac-
T 5
SALM oN's m
attain to Its Beauty and Matter, binding the ij
Glory. tive in Fetters; and'

"liitens.expeUing thetj
XII. Thus have you a n^fo from Bodies;and
dry Fire which does tinge : Earth, alfo receivii
an' Air or Vapour, which Tinfture.
fixes and chains the Volatile
(;iliie(i
CHAP. XX.
Glue
The Order of the FraElical part of the

ration.
LTXrAfh your Mercttvy\ III. How Manifefl! k

yV withthe Water of Clear are the Words!
j
the Sea, till you have taken] Wife, yet fo as the

away from it all its Black- nal Life and Princi
neft, fo will you accomplifh ftill hidden i you u
your work to perfedion, in iiand them -^not per M
^hich rejoyce. by their Expreffions
II. If you underftand nil. Two Bodies ec ii^^'ir
how a Refurredion is ac taken from the Earth,}

comp lifiied, t. e. how the in the Oyl of the Dec
living \yrincifte or Sprit ] Matter, and in the M
comes forthfrom ô. dead the W^hite Volatile; K:.esr
\_Matte:i' or Suhfiance] how mighty and wonderl
that is made apparent which the powers and for< '^k

was hidden , and how thefe Bodies,which ar(
Strength is drawn forth ly bellowed upon
through Weaknefs ; you can- through this whole Sc
not be Ignorant how to which you lliall pofTef
compleat arid perfeft this therewith a long and
Work,: ring Life.
V.
; :
).XX. HE R M E S. % 279
upon Coals, till it is made,
"f)
A Take by force the or becomes of one only
*tjclntenfe Wifdom, from Color.
ice you muft draw
reofliKithe Eternal [perpetual IX. Then put the Ve-
'tî] Life of the Stone, nom, or Poyibn to it, lb
]|/our Stone is congealed^ much as is enough to bury
n its dulnefs
is vanifhed or cover it ; govern it now
you accomplifh the with a gentle Fire^ till your
nil
thereof roiigUt after. Matter is mortified or pu-

trefied ; which done, grind
J. Give therefore of it with White Water, and
'f(i Lite fufficienly to your manage it rightly;
ter^ and it will morti-
t [or bring it ta putre- X, For we bought two
WA i^] huf repleat your Black,. [Crows'] and
^^ and it fiiall make it we put them into a Farcpfi-
Wori!
a til
^
[Sprwgy Bud^ Grow, dem, or Crucible [or Cupel]
mat.\\
Prill
which we had by us, and
Eggs or Silver Gobbets came
Plant this Tree up- out,White as Salt, thefe we
6ur Stone^ that it may tinged with our Saffron .
11^ in danger of the vio of them we fold publickly

e of Winds, that the two hundred times, with
ile lufiuences or Bird which we have been made
eaven, may fall upon ,Ilich, and our Treafures.
and by virtue thereof, are multiplied, k
nrtfl
rand.es may bring forth
olati
wo
Fruit ; from thence XL And whofbever you
pom does arife. fliallimbue or fill with the
Powers thereof, ihould they
hlL Take this Volatile be hurt with the Poyfcn of
ll, cm off its Head with Vipers, or the Malignity oi
^ry Sword, then ftrip it they
Brafs or Verdigrife,
[its Feathers or Wings^ ihaU be in no danger ; for
lo its Joynts, and boil it that it quickens and revives
T 4 the
^
,^ô S A L MON 'S U\

the Dead, and
the Liv- certain Todagrkk^ andi
kills
ing It deilroysand reftores Podagriek defired tllaij
:
again ; it caMs down that I might go with him

\
which is elevated and lift whom the MelTenger

up, and elevates that which iwered^ fince thou hafJ
is abjefted and call down, Gout^ how canft thoij
and gives you a dominion with mCj for thou
ovei: the Heavens of the not walk.
Earth.
XV. To whom the
XIL Now you muft note, m\
dagrick anfwered
tbat there are two Stones or knoweft that in thQ Ro
the Wife, found in the this Mountain, there
Shores of the Rivers, in certain Tabernacle, b bilif
the Arms of the Mountiins ing me then thither, 1

in the Bowels of the Floods, there the burthen, fo and?
and in the back parts of the I be prefently freed orBrJtion

ICings Houfe, which by in- liveied from my Goutj filiid
llruition and prudent ma- jiieii
nagement may be brought XVI. Then faid

forth, Male and Female. m, thou art not abl
touch the foot thereof;
XIII. By thefe being con going back, ihe took ealf
joyned and made complex up and placed him in

fcr prfeBly united i fit o cm Tabernacle, the foot jnffjiic
ccTjJimiliiir juhlfance] you vvill which, the MeiTenger m

be made wiler [_yoH will fee he was not able to toi mitt(
the reafon of the Operation And waking from

J Dream, he law nothBidj'ji
c^nd the tnd- of the pfWk
BielTed God_, how great Behold the Similitude.
and how wonderful a thing
hdiis. ;-
. . .
-
XVn. Another alfo
in aDream, whereii
XIV. A certain Fhilofo- wasiaid^. if any one-tMi^c,
pher dreamed^ that the jhould fir down by the v
Kings Meflinger came to a <^nd ihould ask you, -^ itij,.
ijîXt. HERMES. 2Sr
3U would think tit to rate with his Mothier in the
s thing,would you middle of the Eart.h i then
He anfwered, 1 awaking, he fzw nothing.
not ; the other faid, Confider well th^^s fimili'
ftiouldlie or gene- tude.
CHAP. XXI.
\ematning Operations^ anc^ conchtfwn of

this whole Worh^
fT leading you to the

knowledge of Phy- IV. Then take this Vine-
f, and expofing the gar, and melt or ]:our if
ftrations thereof, in upon another Côrtex,
forth
!)Gff|[fophick Bark, or Superlices.A^f the
manner, we
make it the dirifion Sea, and put it into a Glafs
jckery of Women, VeRca, in which put fo
not of Children. much of your Vinep.ar, as
play
may over top it the Iheighth
Take alfo the frefh of Four Inches i thiis bury
Ihim r Rind, in the fame in warm Boriedung, for
he fo WJin which you ihall, Tljirty One L ^^ ^^^^7 3
fcn^ hother manner, ex Dales.
le(oi he matter or thing
b! in the place where it V. This time being pall,
rated and put it in- take the Veffcl forth, and
;
icurbit, and fublime you will find it now dif-

iolved, and turned into a
black and liinking Water ;
And that which is or more black and ftinking
fublimeu, leparatc than any thing in the whole
it is the Vinegar of; World,
iofophers, and their

C [/, e, their Salt.'] VI. Take
aSi SALMON'S
VI. Take then this very IXUnderftandnc
-thing it felfj and very gent* you goveri
lee that
w jit.
to
ly ele\ -âte it in its taberna- "oxk with Wiidoti

cle^ ti II all the moiilure is Prudence^ and n)^
confurr led^ lb as no more ioo much hafle.
will afc end, this fubliriied
Matter keep carefully for X.Then rake the Q 0
your u le. put half way into Id
put into the {m\^\
VII. Then take the Foe^ diffolved black W-teiJ
!
^^{^[^
ces, which remain in the you have fiibli.r.ect

bottom of the Cucurbit^ is to fay , nine parts it
and ke ep them, for they arc this whitned Auri for
the crown [aftd rejoyc'mg] tum, which you

of the Heart. Die then the from the Ethel i\vi
;
fameajid grind them, and Then
add there to frefh or new XL I fay^ that

Cortex of theSea, that is pened or decoded i^
fay. Mercury^ and grind tnent, is immediaee
them together, dr^'ing them iblved in the vVa
in a warm Sun. made
Water like to
can be fe
r,othing
VIII. And the Waters mankind, of a mc
from the fame firll (ublimed, tenfe, fixt, anff'
fink down to the bottom, Whitenefs, nor ail]
which diligently grind and more beautiful tdtl

dry, and put them in the which the Philofop
Cruci'Dle or Tefl: of Ethel, their Sal Vlrgims^ oi
and riiblim.e : and the Mat- Salt, 1
ter be"ing fublimed purely

VVhice^ as fine Salt, keep it I XIL Put thisintc
Cifely .,
for it is the Auripig- \ Veffel^ called a C
mentând Sulphur and Mag- cloie well thejoynti
rslla of the Philofopers. [.put upon a geritl'
m.aking it^ as itm

i
XXI. HER M E S.
28;
^ wo Coals at firft, and away
\
the Fire, orgo let it
Ming two others: and out^ and the next day (all
j
ito itj to fee how the things being cold) open the
afcends and defcends. mouth of }our Cucurbit,
and
and take forth the Matter,
^. I. When youfeethe which is of a iubftance,
I . Hjris.confumedj and white, fincere, and melted
^^
igmore will afcend, or dillblved.
;. which is elevated
efcend, know that XV. This is your Sub-
atter it felf is now co ftance fought after; and
y make therefore now you have comethrough
:
t intenfe and vehe to the end of your Work

;
ire^ for the fpace of manage it according to
hours of the day. your Reafon and Prudence,
(God affifl:ing)you may
['or
r- Then laftly^ take make of it what you pleafe.
nof
[iffll
CHAP.
!l3
S A L M O N'S
KALIDIS PERSI
SECKETA ALCEYMIM.
Written Originally in Hebrew, and Ti
ted thence into Arabick, and out of
bick into Latin : Non? faithfully rei
into EnglilTi,
Sj/WILLIAM SALMO
CHAP. XXII.
Of the Difficulties of this Art.
I. "T^ Hanks be given to this Worlds unlefi he

^ God^ the Creator uSj who is the begii
of all things,, who hath all things, and the
made us^ renewed us it taught
feif, his powci
uSj and given knowledge gcodnefs, it is, with
us
and .nnderftanding ; for ex- he over-ihadows hisj
cept lie iliould keep us, pre- pie.
ierve us,and dired us, we
jliould wander out of the II. He direfts an
right way, a: having no ftruds whom he p

Guide or Teacher: Nor and by his long-fuff
can we know ^ny thing in and tender Mercies, i
(ij.XXlI. K AL 1 D, :8
srback into the way of

gleoufnels. V. Know therefore, that
For he has
It lis "Angels Mufa^
[or Spirit'] my own Difciple,
o;he dark places, and (more valuable to me than
id plain the Ways^, and any other) having diligent-
SI ft lis loving kindnefs re- ly ftudied their Books, and

;f'hesfuchas love him. laboured much in the Work
l:
of this Magiffery,was miK:b
[ Know then my Bro- perplexed, not knowing the
:rthat this Magiftery of Natures of things belong-
'3cret Stone, and this ing thereto: Whereupon
lible Artj isa fecret of he humbly begged at my
;crets of God^ which Hands, my Explanation

h hidden with his own thereof^ and my Directions
5 2 ; not revealing it to therein.

out to fuch, who as
have deferv-
i;;aithfLilly VI. But I gave him no
ii who have known his other Anfwer, Than that
lefsj and Almighti- he inould read over the
Philofbphers Books, and
therein to feek that which,
If you would requeft he defired of me : Going his
iarthly thing at the way,he read above an hun-
;
of Godj the Secret dred Books, as he found, or

Magfftery is more to could gee them, the true
i
;
ired_, than any thing Books of the Secret of the

I
For the Wife Men, Great Philofophers ;

;
But
have perfected the by them he could not attain
I
dge thereof, have the knowledge of that Mi-

1
pen wholly plain, but (fery which he defircd, tho*

1
ng of it, have partly continually fludying it, for

Waled it, and partly re- the fpace of a Year, for
^1 it And in this very which reafon, he was as one
:
n I have found the af>oniilied, and much trou-

-- ;ding Philofophers to bled
in mind.
re in all their ib much
m Books. VII.
286 SALMON'S
Book I have Nam
VIL If then Mufa uiy Secrets of Alchymie^ f
Scholar, (who has deferved I have revealed in itl u
to be accounted among the ibever is neceflary
PhilolbphersJ has thus fail- knowledge of this L
ed in the knowledge of this in a Language befii 5(011
Miftery ; what may be lup matter, and to youii

poied from the Ignorant and underltanding,
^na Unlearned, who under
Hand not the Natures of X. I have taugl*
things , nor apprehend jMagilleries far greaiyji
whereof they confift ? better than the othe
fophers have done,o
VIII. Now when I faw number, The one
this in my moft dear and neral Elixir, anotb
chofen Dilciple , moved mal The other t :
with Piety and Love to Mineral Elixirs; tnsij
him^ by the Will alio and the one Mineral^ who]

Appointment of God, 1 cue is to waih, cle, prop
wrote this my 13ook near purifie thofe which t Ms

the time of my Death^ in the Bodies. And am
Which, tho' I have preter- tomakeGoldof^2S(7i
mitted many things which whofe Compolition <
the Philoiophers before me neration is accordin

have mentioned in their Natural Generation
Books ; yet have I handled Mines, or in the H Û{.
lome things which they Bowels of the Earth;
have concealed^ and could
not be prevailed withal to XT. And thefe foi ten
reveal or difcover. gideriesor Works, tW
loibphers have difc<|
IX. Yea, J have explica- of, in their Books
te.
ted, and laid open certain Compolition thereoi]
things, which they hid un- they are wanting in
der inigmatical and dark thing.^nor would the]
Expreffionsj and this my ly (hew the Operatk
Jan. K A. LID. 287
^le Books
: -And when will be fpoilcd, and you wil^
jice any one found it
not find that which you
-J>ct could he not feek after, nor ihall you
lirjijy. underftand it bring your Work to perfe-
hich nothing was dion.
rous to him.
XIV. For where the
[ I will therefore in cauie of Generation is v tranc-
V>rk declare it, toge- ing, or the root of the mat-
-^ v:h the way ^.nd man- ter, and heat it felf, your
s -ttv CO make itj but if labour will be lof}, and the

eotm d me, learn toun- Work come to nodiiiiga
lonc^
i Geomecricai pro- The lame alfo will happ^n^
one I, that fo you may if you miftakein the pro-
inoti] frame your Forna- portion or weight; fcr if
kii exceeding the mean, that be not right, to wit^the
irs; I ^jreatneis or fmal- proportion of the parts
/, wi yoa muil un- compounding, the msitter
Jill all
i,ck compounded miffing of its

i the proportion of
'lichi lie, and the form of
juft temperature will bs de-
iiflel
indaii fit for your ftroyed, and fo you fliall
ofii :
reap no fruit, the which I
3ira 1..; will fliew you by an Exam-
rf lAKoyoumuftcon- ple.
riio!i ii(hat is the ground
thiH lid begining of the XV. See you not that in
;Eirti iiy? which is as the Soap, Vwith which Cloaths
id Womb to the Ge are wafiit clean and white)
ii|iij<)f,Living Grea- that it has its virtue and pro-
*
ch are ihaped in perty by reaibn of the juft
b, and therein i e- proportion of its ingredi-
'iirFabrick.Tncreafe ents, whic;h fpread them-
urifliment. For if felves in leri gdi and breadth,
fta materia of our .d bscau le of whrigh they
ry is net corvtni- ^'XQ to ti le lame f^nd ; by
gedj tiie V/ork whivih it .-
appears, that the
Com-
288 S A L M ON'S
Compofitum was tru^'ly much, the virtue an
inadej and the power and |
. cacy of the Soa^p wo
efficacy which before lay deftroyed, nor woul
hid, f which is called Pro- ny ways anfwer th
pertyj is now brought to deiîred; for that th
light, which is the quality or effeft arifeth fro
of wafliing and clcanfing in juft proportion and r
a proper Laver ? of each Ingredient:

fame, youkTiuftunde
XVI. Butiliouldthein to happen in the
gredients have been put to- pofition of Oixr
gether without proportion^ ry. .
being either too little or too
CHAP. XXIII.
Of the four principal Operations^ Soli

Congelation^ Albifcation and Rubijicai
L "D Egining now tofpeak tities partakers togetl

of the Great IVork^ whiah, two are p
which they call Alchymie) I between themlelves;
fhall open the matter with- have the other two
out concealing ought, or rence between thei
keeping back any thing, And either of thefe
lave that which is not fit to quantities,has anothe
be declared We lay then, tity partaker with
:
that the great work con which is greater tha

tains four Operations, 'viz,. two.
to DilTolve, to Congeal to 3
make White, and to make III. I underRar

Red. theie quantities, th
of the Natures
tity
IJ. There are fc'ur quan- weight of the Meif-
). XXIII. KALID. 289
rt)h are in
order diffolving it to be like it lelf, for
1. id congealed^
wherein the Water was more thin
5iier addition^ nor dimi- than the Earth, And thus
itn have any place. But does the Soul work in the
e twOj 'viz,. Solution
and Body, and after the larrle
o gelation, are in one O- mann;2r is the Water thick-
trionj and make but one ened with the Earth.and be-
^'c(,and that before Com- comes like the Earth in
'ôn; but after Coaipo thicknefs, for the Earth
thofe Operations be, was more thick than the
I Water.
And this Solution and VI. Knowalfo, that be-

which we have tween the folution of the
slation
In of, are the folution Body, and the congelation
Body, and thecon- of the Spirit, there is no di-
\Qn of the Spirit, which ftance of time, nor diverfity
^have indeed but one of work, as though the one
[itionj for the Spirits ftiould be without the other;
congealed, except as there is no difference of
Wies be diffolved ; as time in the conjunftion of
[le Bodies are notdif- the Earth and Water, that
unlels the Spirit be the one
might be diftin-
Ittled. And when the from the other by
guillied
|l!d the Body are joyn- its operation. But they have
jether, each of them both one inftant, and one

Its Companion into fa(^ ; and one and the fame
m likcnds-and pro work performs both at once^

before Compofition.
I
is for Example. When VIJ. I fiy, before Com-
put to Earth, it
is h that iliould
pofiti'on, left
'to dillolve the Earth, read my Book, and' hear
'virtuej property, and the terms of Solution and
jrc, making it fofter Congelation, ilioiild fup-
It was. before^ brhig- pole ic to be the Compofi-
U tiou
290 SALMON'S
tion which the Phiiofophersj
treat ot, which would be X, Befmear the
*
grand Error both in Toyfon^ Jo jhall yoti oh\

|
Work and Judgment Be beginning of the Stone A

:
caule Compofition in riiis Oferation thereof. Agi

Work is a Conjunftion or upon thefirong Bodies
Marriage of the congealed folution^ till either of A

Spirit with the diffolved reduced to [ubtiltyMi^
Body, which Conjunftion you bring the Bodies
is made upon the fire. fubtilty that they rm
palpable^ you fhall m
VIII. For heat is its nou- that youfeek after,
riftimentj and the Soul for- you have not ground i
fakes not the Body, nei- feat the Work till tl
ther is it otherwile knit un- ficiently ground and
to it, than by the alteration til, fo (hall you have yd
of both from their own vir- With a thoufand fu|
tuesand properties, after the like, unintelligable^l
Gonverfion of their Na- to beunderftood,
tures and this is the (blu- a particular demor|i
:
tion and congelation which thereof.

the Philolbphers firft (peak
of. XL And in like!
have they fpoken
IX. Which neverthelefs Compofition which!
they have abfconded by (blution, and conjf
their iEnigmatical Dilcour- Thus. Our Compo)^
(es, with dark and obfcure not perfeB without Qt
Words, whereby they alie- and PutrefaBion,
nate and eitrange the minds Tou mufi diJJ'olvey
of their Followers, from parate^ conjoyn^ put^
underftanding the Truth: compound^ becaufe Cc\
whereof I will now give is the beginning and\
you the following Exam- of the thing, Thell
ples, who can underftail
out being taught?
iXXIV. KAL I D. 2PI
But 'tis true, that XIII. But when it is at-

ef'herebe acompound- tenuated and made fubtil,
,e Stone can never be and has cafte oif its thick-
uiit to light: There ilefs and grolsnels, and put
ft 2 a reparation of the^ on that thinnefs ,
has forfa-
tsof the Compound^ ken its Corporeity, and be-
ic feparation is in order come Spiritual then fhall i
H aconjundion. I tell, it be conjoyned with the

âin^ that the Spirit fubtil Spirits, and imbibe
-L't dwell with the Bo- them, fo that both ihall be-
f eiiterinto it, nor af come one and the fame
it, until the Body be i
thing, nor fliall they for
lubtil and thin as the ever be fevered, but beconT
like water mixt with water^
which no Man can fepa^
rare.
CHAP. XXIV.
y c latter two Operations ^ viz. Alhifcatiott
Ms and Rubification*
iwlii
nda Jpipofe that of two as we have wrought them,

Cn ilike quantities which you will have your defire,
,ki folution and congela and underftand Euclid his
(iîj he larger is the Soul, Line or Proportion,
eris the Body : Add
;;!,
Hards to the quantity II, Then take this quan-
^ttjd is the Soul,that quan tity, weigh it exaftly, and
9,H lichis in the Body, add to it as much
moillurs
,
Ii Hiall participate with as it will drink up, the
0m& weight of which
quantity in virtue we have
sgliffThâ working them not determined : Then
z U worfe
292 S A L M N ' S
work them as before, with d;es, to fubtilize thei
the; fame Operations of a to make them Whj
iirft imbibing and fublira- red, as I have faid ;Hii
ingic: This Operation is to compound them Mft
called Albificacion and bibing, and converMwi
,
they name it Tarit^ that is^ to the fame, Ihall mL\

Silver or White Lead. doubt perform theKlii
and attain to the peH/ii
III. When you have of the Magiftery^ cji
made this Compound 1 have Ipoken.
white, add to it fb much of
the Spirit, as will make half VI. Now to Mian
of the whole, and fet it to thcfe things.you miM(!:5:i
working, till it grows red, the Veflels for this pHoioi
and then it will be of the co- The one is an Am jjine
lour of Al-fulfuY \Cmnahar\ which the parts ar^den

which is very red, and the ted and cleanfed 5
Philofophers have likened the matter of the
it to Gold, whole effeds ry is depurated, ani
lead to that which the Phi- compleat and perfef
lofopher laid to his Scholar
VII. Everyone
Aludds mufl: have a]
IV. We call the Clay fit for them, whij
when it is white Tarit^ that have a fimilirude
is Silver : But when it is fit Work,
for the
red, we name it Temeynch^ and lome other
that Gold
is Whitenefs is
: phers, havenamedl
that which tinges Copper, things in their Bool|
and makes it Tarit And it ing the manner a?
:
is rednefs which tinges T'a- thereof.
rit^ i.e. Silver, and makes it
Temey?icb^ or Gold. VIIL Andhereii

lolbphers agree to\
V. He therefore that is their Writings h C(
;4xjible to diffolve thele Bo- the matter under

fei^XV, KA LID. 295
kny Books, but feting which are made plain In the
111 the neceflary Inftru- Books of Philofbphers.

5n for the faid
four O-
ra)ns. The X. I have therefore omit-
Inftruments
iefly two number^
in ted them in mine, only,
Ja Cucurbit with its touching at them ; and ere-,
jk; the other is a ated of thofe things which'
ide Aludel^ or iiibli- chey Gver-palTed with fi-
lence; which what they
are, by the fequel of the
There are al(b four Difcourfe, you will eafily
neceflary to but thefe things
thefe^ difcern ;
m lodies ,* Souls ^ not for the Igno-

Spirits ,
write I,
}rtii
and of theie four rant and Unlearned, but for
an
flie Mineral Work, the Wife and Prudent, that
tf^giftery confift, all they may know them.
i(lpi
b' CHAP. XXV.
Nature of Things appertaining to this
ork^ Of DecoBion^ and its Eff'eBs.
:
Now then that the II. But their Meciicmes

Philofophers have are near to Natures, as the
Oltl? them by divers Philofophers have taught
: Sometimes they call in their Books ; for that
lirfl fomctimes Nature comes nigh to Na-
Minerals,
m' fometimes Vege- ture, and Nature is^ like to
Is,
fometimes Natures, Nature, Nature is joy ned to

It they are things na- Nature, Nature is drowned
iliflB and others have cal- in Nature, Nature makes
t-m by other names at Nature white, and Nature
leaiures, or as they makes Nature red
i 'eft.
U TIL
^H SALMON'S nf^
up to ripenefs : This
III. And Corruption is in firft change or tranft
conjunction with Generati- tion.
on^ Generation is retained
with Generation, and Ge- VI. After this, Me;,
neration conquereth with other Creatures feedij
m
Generation. it; and Nature, by th]
that is innate in Man,
/'W> Now for the perfor- ges it again, int6
mance of thele things, the Blood, and Bones.
Philofophers have in their
Books taught us how to de- VII. Now like t(
coftj and how decodion is the Operation or

to be made in the matter of our Magiftery, tl i ^\
our Magiftery ; This is that v^hereof, (as the

which generates^ and chan- phersfay) is fuch,
ges them from their Sub- progrels and perfefti<
Itances and Colours, into fifts in the fire, whici
other Subftances and Co- caufe of its Lifeand
lours.
VIII. Nor is tl
V. If you err not in the thing which comes I
begining you may happily the Body and the^

attain the end : But you but the fire; nor isnw.
ought to confider the leed ny thing mingled Bui: io
of the Earth whereon we with, but the fire Bitfs
live, how the heat of the brings the MagifteiBtonaki

Sun workb in it, till the Seed perfeftion; this istlBkiiattI
is impregnated with its in- which have told ycfcioi:^

I
fluences and Virtues^ and I have both feen ^npsêitft
made to fpring^tillit grows
i!e;ore
ftivXXVL K A L I D. 295-
CHAP. XXVI.
tili%ation^ Solntion^ Coagulation^ and

Commixion of the Stone.
irJlTO W except you FirA and Water, Earth and

ODG. \ fubtilize the Body Air together, mixing the
tjccomes water, it will thick with the thin, and the
irrupt and putrefie, thin with the thick, fo as
noiJlMi it congeal the Fu- they may abide together,
when the fire and their Natures may be
Souls
it issthem; for the fire is changed the one into the
fud rhich by its force and other, and madclike^ and
tii (Congeals and unites one thing in the compound
which before were fim-
h\ i
pie.
In like manner the
jbphers commanded IV. Becaule that part
come
|blve the Bodies, to the which generates or fer-
,^{ tj
|iat the heat might en ments, beftows its virtue
jO their Bowels, orin- upon the fubtil and thin,
fparts : So we return which is the Air; for like
Ij ^ blve thele Bodies,and cleaves to its like, and is a
ai them after their (o- part of the Generation,
iWith that thing which from whence it receives
'toll
near to It, till all the power to move and alcend
mixed together by upwards.
fe3
and fit commixtion^
Sportional quantities, V. Cold has power over
uly conjoyned toge- the thick matter, becaufe it
has loft its heat, 3iji] the wa-
ter is gone out of it; and
I Wherefore we joyn the drinefs appe,: rs upon it,
U4 This
296 A L SMON '
h
This moifture departs by fiibtil part, (which
afcending up; and thefub- the Natures to afcend)^
til part of the Air has min- it has loft its Occicf
gled 11 felf with it, for that heat, and waxes cold.^
it is like unto it^ and of the the Natures are chal
fame nature. and become thick, anl
fcend to the center,
Vl. Nowwhen the thick the earthly Natures are!
body its hât and
has loll ed together, which"!
nioiilure, and that the cold fubtilized, and coi
and drynefs has power over in their generation,^
it ; and that their parts have imbibed in them.
mixed themfelveSj by being
fitft divided, and that there IX. And fo the mo|
is no moifture left to joyn joyncth together the
the parts divided^ the parts divided : But the Eai

withdraw themfelves. hours to dry up that I
fture, compaffing it
'
VII. And then the part and hindering it for
which is contrary to cold, out by means wl i
by reafon it has continued, that which before layl

and fenc its heat and deco- does now appear ; noj
Si'ion to the cold parts of the moifture be fepar
the Earth, having power o- but is held faft, and
ver them, and exercifing retained by drynefe.
fuch dominion over the
coldnels which was hidden X. In like manneij
in the faid thick Body ;
fee, that whaclbever
that, by virtu of its gene- the World, is held oi
rative power, changes the rained by or with its
thick cold Body, and makes trary^ as heat with^
it become fubtil and hot, and drynefs with moifj)
and then flrives to dry it thus when each of theri

lip again by its heat. befieged its Companioil
thin is mixed withW
VIIL But afterwards^the thick, and thole thing)
11,1
XXVII. K a; L I D. 297
rone fiibftattce, ^ 'uis:.. from one thing to ano-
!hoc and moift Soul, then
leir cold and dry Bo
reunited^ and made ^

XII. I have told you the
Trathj which I have k^^n^
and my own felf his done:
^Then it drives to dif And therefore I charge you
and liibtilize by its to change or convert the
and moifture, which Natures from their Subftan-
"^*Soul: andthe Body cesand Subtilties^ with heat
riio enclofej and re and moifture^ into their
he hot and moift Soul Subftances and Colours. If
I'cold and dry fub- you proceed aright in this
And man- Work, you muft not pafi
in this
-fir tl
t^heir Vir tues and Pro- che bounds I have let you in
's altered and changed this Book.
it fa
r- CHAP. XXVII.
ore
manner of Fixation of the Spirit^ Deco^

Bion^ trituratioUy and WaflAng.
\[6
Hen
mingled
the Body
with
re^ and that the heat
is tive^ lb
are
long as the Bodies
mixed with them, and
ftrive to refift the fire, its
fire meets therewith^ heat and flame^ and there-
laoifture is converted fore thefe parts can (carcely
[he Body^ and diffolves agree without a good and
lid then the Spirit can- continual Operation, and a
[Q forth, becaufe it is fteadfaft) permanent, and
loed with the Fire. natural heat.
Imf The Spirits are fugi-

III.
ajS S A L MO N'S
III. For the nature of the Vh You muft air

Soul is to afcend upwards, dcrdand, that Decci
where its and Contrition, CribationVS
Center is;
he that is nidilication, and Abl|i^,f
not able to joyn
tWoor more divers things with Sweet W3ter,are3pf
together, whofe Centers neceiTary, to the Sec t<
are divers^ knows nothing our Magiftery,
of this Work.
VII. And if you bt)t
IV. But this muft be done pains herein^ you
aftei theconêrfion of their cleanfe it purely ; fo
Natures, and change of mull clear it from its
their Subftanccs, and mat- nefs and darknefi, î
ter, from their natural Pro- appear in the Operati]
perties, which is difficult to
find out. VIII. And you mi

dlize the Body to the]
V. Whoever therefore eft point of Volatilit]
can convert or change the Subtility i and then]
Soul into the Body, and the therewith the Souls
Body into the Soul, and ved, and the Spirits c|
therewith mingle the fubtil fed, and lo digeft ai
and volatile Spirits, they cod, to the perfedij
fliall be able to tinge any the matter.
Body.
CH
E> .XXVITL K A L I D. ^99
CHAP. XXVIII.
Of the Fire jit for this Worl^
TOu
muft not be un- IV. In Hermes it is (aid,
L acquainted with the lam afraid^ Father, of the E-
nigth and proportion of nemy in my Houfe ; To
r jire, for the perfeftioHj whom he made Anfwer;
,'^l,bftrudion of our Stone Son J lake the Dog of Cora-
.tids thereupon : For fcene, and the Bitch of Ar-
faid. The fire gives profit menia, and joyn them toge-
^P^ which u ferfeB, but ther'^ fo (hall you have a Dog
$ hurt and defiruHion to of the colour of Heaven.
'i^'^mafhichu Corrupt,
V. Dip him once in the*
o'^l^ So that when Its quan- Water of the Sea ; fi) will he
1.
^ f'^'
or proportion fliall be become thy Friend^ and defend
ind convenient, your thee from thine Enemy, and
Spirii
k will thrice profper, fljall go along with thee^ and
go on as it ought to do help
thee, and defend thee
pipf it exceed the meafiire^ wherejoever thou goeft, 7wr
lall without meafure fhall he ever ferfake theee^ but
upt and deftroy it. abide with thee for ever,
[I. And VI. Now Hermes meant

for this caufe it
requifite, that the by the Dog and Bitch, fuch

Phi-
phers have inftituted Powers or Spirits as have
l^ral proofs of the power to preierve Bodies,
Itngth of their Fires ; that from the hurt, ftrength, or
tb/ might prevent and force of the Fire.
bi ler their burning, and
fhhurt of a violent heat.

VII.
i
"^r^n SALMON'S ti
(ophers, who have diC
VIL And thefe th'ng ed of this Magiftery
are Waters of Calces and mong whom, Ibme of t
Salt?, the Campofition^ have named

Sea w ^ ^
,
whereof to be foand in Virgins Milk, food of

IS
the Writings of the Philo- and the like.
CHAP. XXIX.
Of the Separatian of the Elements, i
L A Fterwards take this nafsbe gone, and itstl|

JLV. precious Stone nsfsbe vanlftied.
(which the Philolbpliers
have named, yet hidden FI. Then make
and concealed J put \r into a white, caufing thefupl
Cucurbit with its Alemhick^ ous moifhire to fly kl
and divide its Natures, 'viz,. f3r then it iTiall be chaj
the four Elements, the and become a white
Earthy Water^ Air, and wherein there is no dl\
Fire. darknefs, nor uncles
nor contrariety.
If. Thefe arc the Body
and Soul, the Spirit and IV, Afterwards reti
Tinfture: when you have back to the firil M
divided the Water from the which afcended fror
Earth, and the Air from and purifie them like
the Fire, 'keep each of them from uncleannefs, bl
by themfelvesj and take neis and contrariety.
that, which defcendf, to the
bottom of the Glafs, being V. And reiterate
the Farces, and walK it with Works upon them fo o|
a warm fire, till its black- till they be fubtilizedj I
Bp.XXK. KAL ID. 101
and made thirij which
^tj|n yoii have done^ ren- IX. Take it therefore,
3^ Jap thanks and acknow- and work it as the Philofo-
inents to the moft Gra- pher has told you in the
God. the Book, where he fpeaks
of it after this manner. 'Take
Know then that this the Stone and no Stone ôr that
^ I.
k is but onCj and it

^Juceth one Stone, into
'which ts not a Stcne^ neither
of the nature of aStcne ; it is
ihh Garib fnall not enter, a Stone whofe Mine is in the
.^ any it range or foreign top
$f the Mountains,
li;. The Philofopher
m, af with this^ and therc- X. By which the Philo-
r- proceeds a Medicine fopher underftandsAnimals,
jli gives perfcftion. or living Creatures; where-
di
upon he iaid. Sen, go to the
U. Nothing muft be Mountains of India, and t9
u.i;?
herewith, either its Caves^ and take thenct
irt or whole And this preciom Stones^ v^hich will
:
^js to be found at all welt in the water ^ when they

i; and in every place, are put into it,
^, Ifcout every Man ; the

." iihwhereof is yecdiffi- XT. This Water is that
pfo him that feeks it, which is taken from other
l^
1%
refoever he be. Mountains and hollow pla-
ces; they are Stones and no
This Stone is vile, Stones, but we call them
JII.
and (linking ; it cofts fo, for the referablance they
c,
TMjing i it muft be taken have to Scones.

"?,
fi it islbmewhat hea-
and is called the Ori- XII. And you muft know
of the World, becaufe that the Roots of their
s up, like things that Mines are in the Air^ and
hpiorth ; this is the mani- their Tops in the Earth; and
'Mtion and appearance of they make a noile when
'W^ them that leek truly they are taken out of their
aft it. pU-
#02 5 A
S ft L
JL MO
*^
iVl N'SO
JfVl Lib*''^'
places, and the noife is very wife they will quickly

t
K n
great. Make uie ol^ the m nilli away. 'i
"^
very luddenly, for other-'
jy;th
CHAP. XXX. tliel
.who
Of the Commixtion of the Elements wl
were feparated. iireed,
I. XT O W you muft be- be poured forth into th

gin to commix the which muft needs be^ Ikrel)^
Elements, which is the com- caufe the diflblved hptwlici

pafs of the whole Work when it is commixed Êti
there Cart be no commixti the Soulj is alfo comixi d, and
on without a Marriage and with every part theretj holdo:
putrefaftion. The Marriage 5iff'jre
is to mirigle the thin with III. And other thing

the thick : and VutrefaBion ter into other things,
is to roil:, grind, water or cording to their fimil; IFiiO
imbibe fo long, till all be and likeneft, and boti jrts; ar
mixt together and become changed into one aniPscditle

one, lb that there be no fame thing: For this Rasoft
diverfityinthem, nor lepa- the Soul muft partake :5,,itte
ration, as in water mixed the conveniency, pro]

with water. ty, durability, hare
corporeity and perm
11. Then will the thick cy, which the bodyl
ftrivc to retain the thin, and in its commixtion.
the Soul Ihall ftrive with k
the fire, and endeavour to IV. The like alfo of it
fufhin it, then fhall the Spi- happen to the fpirit ill
rit fuffer be fwal- ftate or condition ol

it felf to
lowed up by the Bodiesând Soul and Body : For i
KALID; ,05
ric commixt with the wa-
ter : The fire will not abide
by it until it be pure.
VII. And in like manner

does the Water naturally
fly from the Fire, of which
when the fire takes holdj it
does by little and little eva-
porate.
VIII. And thus is the

Body means to retain
the
i
Whereby itcomes*to the Water, and the Water
that when this Comfo- to retain the Oyl, that it
met with a bod}
'has might not burn and con-
ocoMved^ and that heat fume away, andtheOylto
\k tot hold of it, and that retain the Tincture ; which
ihoifture which was in is the abfbiute matter and
Shallowed up in the dif caufe^ to make ths colours

crtlii
tliii^ body, and has paffed appear in that^ wherein o-
[into its moil: in- therwife there would be

ml bft partSj] and united or neither light nor life.
9yned it felf with that
h was of the nature of IX. This then is the true
re_, it becomes infla- 'life and perfeftion of this
^> (ft
^^^ ^^^ ^^^ defends it great Work, even the work
^hit. of our Magiftery, which
ipc we feek after Be wife and;
[. Then when the fire underftand, fcarch dili-

djenflame it, it and through the
will I gently,
liffer the faid fire to goodnefi and permiflion of
J
hold of itj to wit J to God, you iliall find what
J.
etc it^ u totheSpi- you look for.

<r.
CHAP.
304 SALMON'S i
CHAP. xxxr.
Of the Solution of the Stone componndet

Coagulation of the Stone dijfohed.
I. 'Tp HE ^
t>liilofophers great as the fmall, an|
X take great pains in incorporate and joyrj
diffolving, that the Body \^11 together, tilltl
and Soul might the better converted and chanj
be incorporated and lanir dhe and the lame tl
ted : for all thofe things

which are together in Con- IV. When this is
trition, Aflation, and Ri- the fire takes as mucf

gation, have a certain affi- the Soul as it does fr(
nity and Alliance between Body, nor can it hi
themfelves. one more than thq]
neither more noj
II. So that the fire may which is a caufe of I
hurt or fpoil the weaker ftion.

principle in nature^ till it
be utterly deltroyed and V. For this reafo

vanilli away and then it necelTary, in teachi
,
turns it fclf alfb upon the compoficion of the J|
ftronger parts^ till it diverts to afford one place fj

the Body of the Soul^ and pounding the folutil
lb Ipoils all. fimple Bodies and. 3
becaufe Bodies dp noi|
But when they are
III. into but dp
Souls,
thus dilTolved and congeal- prevent and hinder
ed, they take one anothers from Sublimation J Ij
parts, ftriving in each others on. Retention, Coij
mutual defence, as well the tion, and the like Qjj
XXXI. KAtlD. 3or
^ xcept purification go
IX. And G'e^^r the Son of
Hajen hid ^ That all the OfS-
f. Now underftandj rations of this Magiftery are
,t)lution is done by one comprehended under thefe fix
'tifetvvo waysi either things, I. To make fiy^ =^.*

7^ trafting the inward fcefid^ cr fuhUme, 2, To
tj>f things unto -their melt or licjuifj, ;. To i72ce--
icies (an Example rate. 4. To muke vîte ^.

^6,Td
4 Ifof we have in Silver^ Marhle. y. To dijjohe:
ms cold and dry_, congeal.
igdiiiolvedj lb that
appear out-
'^rd parts X. To make fly,: Js'ld
"^Îkis hot and moid :
drive away and remove
blackhefs and foulncfs irom
Or elfe, to reduce the Spirit and Soul \ to nielc
^ "ft accidental moiiture is to make the Body liqnid:
had not before_, to To incerat:*, is properly to
to its own natural fubtilize the Body: To
^y ; by which means whiten, is to melt fpeedily
tare diffolved and To : diffolve^ is to feparatei
Bkewife called Sola" the parts : And to congeal,
is to miXj joynj and fix the
Body with the Soul already-

'^
^1' ^^^^ ^^ ^^ Congela- prepared.
^q Philofophers have
fl tea:
0^ ^ mgealin a Batb, with XI. Again^ To fly, or

Congrelation This, I afcendj appertains both to
:
i6 Sulphur Pnning in Body and Soul To meltj :
s a Red Hjacinth^ a to incerate, to whiten^ and^
d deadly Tcjfon^ the to dlflblve^ are accidents

the which there is no- belonging to the Body But :
tter^ a Lycn^ a Con- congelatioa, or fixation,

a Malefactor^ a cut- only belongs to^ and is liivj
['ordj a healing Anti- property of the Soul : Be
iicii' hicb cures all Inflrmi- wrfsj under (land ^ and learn.
Difeafes, X CriAP,;
Job S ALMON'S Lit
G H A P. XXXIL
IChat Our Stone k hut One^ and of the
ture thereof
LTTT HEN it was de- is no fecond thing or

manded of Ban- ter, that can rife up|
Vim a Greek Philolbpher, take its pla@e, or ill
whether a Stone may be fclf inftead thereof
made of a thing which bud- is no other Natures tl
eth ? Anfwcred, Yea, W2s. triumph over it.
the two firft Stones, to wit,
the Stone Akali^ and our IV.' Much heat is 1
Stone, which is the Work- ture thereof, but withj

manlliip and Life of him tain temperature : If I
who knows and under- faying, you come to

llandsit. it, you will reap
but if yet you remainfc te
IL But he that is Ignorant rant, you will lolcaljanitbc
of it, who has not made, labour.
nor knows how it is gene-
rated, it to be
liippofing V. It has many fi;
no or apprehends Properties and Virti

Stone,
not in his own mind^ all the curing the Infirmities
things which I have fpoken dies, and their acci
of it, and yet will attempt Dileafes,andprefcrves
tocompofeit, ipendsaway Subftances, fo that
fooliflily his precious time, appears not in thei
and lofeshis Money. Heterogenities, or
rieties : No pofSbi
III. Except he finds out the diffolution of
this precious Trcafure, he 1 mon.
finds indeed nothing, there
xxxirr. KALI D.* 3?7
It IS the 5/?f^,
or Soap IX. Conceive therefore
diesj yea, their Spirit its Virtue and Excellency
which when it is aright, confider its value
onlj
with them, dif- and Worth, and then begin
porate
Aem without any lo(s. to Work : How excellent-
ly (peaks a Learned Philo;^
This is the Life of fopher to this purpofe ?
ad, and their Re-
tt ; a Medicine X. God C faith he^ give^
ing Bodies, cleanfing thee net this Magifiery for thy
and puffing away fokCourage^Boldnefs^Strength^
irfiilSuperfluities. or Wtfdom^ without any la-
hour but th$H mttfi labour^
I
He that under- that God rrmy give, thee fuc-
m let him underftand, ce/s.Adore then God Al-
c that is ignorant, let mighty the Creator of all
re;I w ignorant ftill : For things, who'ispleafed thus
Creafure is not to be to favour thee,with fo great,
reif) t with Money, and and fo precious a Trea-
fOTi
pannot be bought, fo fure.
lot ^ can it be fold.
CHAP. XXXIIL
ây and Manner hovp to mah^ the Stone

both White and Red.
[FT'Hen you attempt turn fapientia^ and fet it in

iV to do this, take Horfe-dung, and tixing a
r precious Stone, and Receiver to it^ dilHl the
into a Cucurbit, co- matter into the Receiver,
S
I
It with an Alembick^ till all the water is come o-
^^ clofc well with Lu- ver, and the moiftuie dry-

X 2 ed
jqB s a l mO ^
ix litl^
cf\ up, and dryncfs prevail
over ic V. Which when
ihall fee, you fliall wl
JI. Then t^ke it out dry^ it,and put thereto hi
refcrving the vâter that is much by weight of th(
diftiiled for a future occafi- ter which you refe
on ; take, I fay, the dry clofe and lute your
body, that remained in the well with Lutum fafu
bottom of the Cucurbitând and put it again intc
frind it, and put it into a Horle-dung (which
'effel anfwerable in mag- and moift) to digeft,
nitude to the quantity of the mitting to renew the ll
Medicine. when it begins to cooll

the courfe of forty daj
Bury it in- as very hot expired.
III.
Horle-dung as you can get,

the Veffel being well luted VI. So will your J
with Lutum fapientia : And cine be congealed ii :_,.,.
in this manner let it digeft. like number of days, Um^ J
But when you perceive the fore it was diffolvediri iloogcrj
Dung to grow cold, get o-

ther frein Dung which is VII. Again, tafe mk
very hot, and put your weigh it juftly, and ac
VelFel therein to digeft as ing to its quantity, -adc % Jo,
before. of the relerved watei ipdj,
made before, grind i\

Mii\
lYc Thus fliall you do dy, andfubtilize it, aEjjjd; \
for the ipace of forty days, the water upon it,
renewing your Dung fo ofit again in hot Hor

ten as the occafion or rea- for a Week and half
fon of the Work fhall re days ; then take it ou
quire, and Medicine you ihall fee that the
the
jhall dilfolve of it fell, and has already drunk
become a thick White wa- Water.
ter.
XXXIII. K A L I D. 50P
Lead or Steel zô Dram?,
Afterwards grind it
III. melt it, and cafte thereon
and pat thereto the
1,
I Dram o^ Cinnabar^ to witj
(^lantity of your reof this our Medicine thus
d water as you did be- perfeded, and it ftiall fix
'îiry it in very hot the Lead or Steel that it
kêdung, and leave it lliail not fly the fire.
lefore ten days more,

iiiit out again^ and you XII. It fliall make it
tel&d that the Body has white, rnd cleanfe it froni
rtby drunk up the Wa all its drofs and blacknefs^
and convert it into a Tin-
dure perpetually abiding.

Then (as before)
itj putting thereto of XIII. Then take a Dram
Ifore Water, from thefe 250 Dramsând
referved
)ffiii|K)refaid quantity ^ and projeft it upon 2^0 Drams
in like manner in of Steel, or Copper, and it
Drle-dung, digefting it ihall whiten it, and convert
^s longer J then taking it into Silver, better thin
,th, and this do the that of the Mine 5 which i s
'time alio. the greateft and lafl: Work
of the White, which it per-,
fjiich done^ take it forms.
grind it^ and bu-
llHorfe- dung, till it XIV. 7o convert the [aid .
felved : Afterwards St one into Red. And if you

outj and reiterate it defire to coxwert thisMa-
more, for then the giftry inio Sol^ or Gold^
j|(j[y
Wlbe perfeO:, and take of this Medicine thus
jjjjii
!ork ended. perfected (ât 10. abdvej
the weight of one Dram,
^ Now when this is (after tlie manner of ths
Tp.ndyou have brought former Example, and put
iir matter to this great it into a -VeiTel, and bury
rftion, then take of it in Hoife dung for forty
,X 5 days,
m:
S A L MO N'.S Libl
days, till it be diffol-

ved. XVI. Then proceof
this Golden Work, as
, XV. Then give it the fore in the Silver, and ,isl)0
Water of the diflblved Bo- fliall have fine Gold,

dy to drink, firft as much pure Gold. Keep (my
m.
as amounts to half its weight, this mod fecret Book,i
afterwards bury it in hot taining the Secret of Se<|
lyiw
Horfedung, digefting it till refbrving it from Ignc
toils
It is diflblved, as afore- and Profane Hands,
faid. you obtain your
mca
Amm,
area
idwiti
CHAP. XXXIV, Thii
fiSionc
KalidV Secret of Secrets^ or Stone of the ^
lofopher^ Explicated. Uill,
Borecl
'F you would be fb II, It has power bo
beby
happy as to obtain ftive and Palfive in it,
m
Ml the
the Bleffing of the Philofo- has alio in it a fiibl

phersj as God doth live for dead and livings Spiri
ever, fo let this verity live Soul, which, among tl
;
Mterwi
with you. Now the Philo- norant, the Philofo
^rt.
Ibphers lay, it abides in the call the moft vile thin;
and contains in it felf contains in it ielf the
Shell,
both White and Red, the Elements which areil"'^'"^
one is called Mafculine, the in its Skirts, and may
other Feminine ; and they monly be bought f
are Animal, Vegetable, and fmall price.
Mineral, the like oi which
IlL It afcends by it
?'
lb
is not found in the V/orld
itwaxes black, it dcf
befides.
and waxes white, inci
:
i,p.XXXlV. KA LID. 511
1. decreafes of it felf : It
is neral This is fufficientfor :
which the Earth you if you have a dilpofiti-

ter
[igs forth, and defcends on to underftandthis Art.

Heaven^ grows pale
red, is born, dieth, rl- VII. The Dragen is not
jain, and afterwards mortified, nor made fixed,
rs for ever, but with Sol and Luna, and
by no other: In the Moun-
V. By many ways it is tains of Bodies, in the Plains
;ht to its end, but its of Mercury, look for it,
;r decoftion is upon a there this Water is created,
ifoft, mean, ftrong, by and by concourfe of thefe
jous degrees augmented, two, and is called by the
you are certain it is qui- Philofophers, their perma-
I
fixcd with the Red in nent or fixed Water.

ifire. This is the Phiio-
lrs Stone. Vm. Our Sublimation
is to decoft the Bodies with
Read, and ReadGolden Water, todiflblve,
a-
L fo will all and to fublime
things be- to liquifie,
te more clear to you : them: Our Calcination is
]if hereby you under- to purifie and digeft in four
p not the matter, you ways, and not otherwife,

[withheld by the Chains by which many have bQ^n
lorance^ for youftiall deceived in Sublimation.
sa* otherwife know or
[i this Art. IX. Know alio that our
Brafi, or Laften, is the Phi-
Herwes faith, 7he lofophers Gold, is the true
b is not killedJ hut by Gold : But you flrive to
mother and his Sifier ; not expel the Greennefi, think-
\'
of them alone ^ but by ing that our Latten,or Brafi,
together: Note thefe is a Leprous Body, becaufe
Hjs: There are three of that Greennefs, but I tell
iris, yet but one Body, you, that that Greennefs is
Nature, and one Mi- all that is perfeft therein,
X 4. and
312 SALM GN^S Liti
and all that is perfeft^ is in prepare the Stone bj

-jtbat Greennefi onlyj which means, with any grer
2s in cur Latten^ or Brafi. moift liquor,, which is^j
and brought forth inj
X. .For that Greennefs, Minerals;this bleffed mj
by our Magiftery is in a ve- power^ or virtue^ whid
ry littlb time tranfmuted in- nerates all things^ wil
to the molt fine Gold And : yet caule a vegetal^
of this thing we have expe- fpringing, budding f(o
rience-which you may try or fruitfulnefij unlels;
by the following Diredi- be aGieen color.
'
ons.
XIV. Wherefore th^
XL Take burnt^ or cal- loibphers call it their-
cined Brals^ and perfedly and their Water of

rubified: Grind it, andde- Ccition, or pLitrefa&iorf|
coft it with Water, feaven they fay truth hereii
times, as much every time with its water it is
ss it is able to drink, in ail edj and purified^ and
the vx-ays of Rubifying and ed from its black nel^^
Aflating it again, made White.
Xli. Then make it to di- XV. And aftervv/al
fcehd^ and its green color, is rtiadc the higheft;!

will be made Red^ and as Vv^hereby you nî.nyîi
clear as a Hyacinth; and ib and underlhind, tHi
much'rednefs will dcicend true Tinfture is ma(

with it^ that it will be able with our Brafs, or
to tinee Argent Viz'e^ in ten.
Ibmemeauue, with the ve-
ry color or Gold ; all which XVI. Decod it |i
we have done and perfe6b- fore with its Soul/ ti^BiJ.st"jJ'
ed, and is indeed a very Spirit be joyned witifcij^^^j
'
creatV/ork. Body, and be made Grip

^* fiiall you have your d<
XIII. Yet you cannot

xxxiv. K AL I n
nor can the Philofophers
L The Philofophers noWj invent any other mat-
)oken of this undar ter or thing, which will a-
Names, but know bide with the Bodies^ but
ly^ that ic is but one this Philofophick Argent
<which does cleave Vtve only.
'itfelf to Argent Vi-
to Bodies^ which XX. That common Ar^
have the true figns gênt Vive does not flick, or
w you rauit know cleave to the Bodies, is evi-
Vive will cleave^ dent by Experience, for if
ent
ly joyn and unice common Argent Vive be
nto. joyned to the Bodies, it a-
bides in it^ proper nature,
That the Argent or fiys away, not being a-
cleave, joyn^ or ble to tranfinute the Body
felf to Bodies is into its own nature and fub-
And they err who ftancCj and therefore does
at they underltand not cleave unto them.
ein Geber of Argent
fiers he (aith^ When XX l. For this caufe,
wivfr a??3cn; other many are deceived in work-
fm Jtjall not find by ing with the vulgar Quick-
X& iiition^ any matter to (ilver: For our Stone^ that
m.iT 'i'agreeahh to Nature, is to fay, our Argent Vive
c, li
l^nt Vive of the B^ iccldencalj does exalt it (elf
far above the mofl fine
Gcld^. and does overcome
Py Argent Vive in it, and kill it, and the
ce, is underftood make it alive again.
îve Philolophical h
s that Argent Vive XXII. And this Arzent
ich fticks coând is Vive^ is tlie Father of all the
Iand with the Eo- Wonderful things of this
he old Philofophers our Magiftery_, and is con-
id no other matter gealed^ and is both Spirit
ansi
314 S ALM O N'S
and Body This
: is the Ar- is rightly projeftedl
gent Vive which Geb&r Ipeaks into the moft pei
of, the confiderationof or the moft pure find
which is of moment, for but moft eafily, and
that it is the very matter all other Bodies LuA
which does make per-
fed. XXVI. Decoafiil
Wind or Air, and!
XXIII. It is a chofen wards without Wii
pure fubftance of Argent you have drawn fdl
Vive ; but out of what mat- Venom [or Virtue']^ lUy,
ter it is chiefly to be drawn^ called the Soul^ out Iliereai
is a thing to be enquired in- matter ; this is that
to. To which we fay, That you feek. the ev^ Were;
itcan only be drawn out of Aqua vita^ which q iWie<
that matter in which it is : Difeales. Now tlj
Confider therefore my Son^ Magiftery is in iorni
and fee from whence that pour. its Ilk
Subftance is, taking that and Horfc
nothing elfe By no other

: XXVII. Let the
Principle can you obtain bs put into a fire
this Magiftery. days, of Element#.|.j,. ,,
and in that decoftid ^^^\^,

XXIV. Nor could the days, the Body wii fthof
Philofophers ever find any with the Soul, and
other matter J which would will rejoyce with di
continually abide the fire^ and Spirit, and th(
but this only, which is of will rejoyce with tl

an Uncluous iiibftance^psr- and Soul, and they
feft and incombuftiblc. fixed together, aric
one with another, ii
XXV. And this matter, Life they will be m

when it is prepared as it petual imd immorti
pughr, tranfmute, or
will out leparation for t\
m
change all Bodies of a Me-
tallick (ubftance, which it
XXXV. KALID. 315
Wff^
CHAP. XXXV,
\ farther Explication of this matter.
ÛR Medicine is born of humane kind^ ac^s

'made of '3 things^ not the Man j it muft firft
aBody^ Soul, and be nouriflit and bred up till
There are two Bo- it comes to Maturity: So
lo wie Sol and Luna: is it with Metals alfo ; they
'infture^wherewith cannot fhew their power
Bodies are tinged and force, unlels they be
J and Lma tingeth firft reduced from their
1; Terreftreity to a Spirituali-
for nature brings
a Man^ ty, and nourifht and fed itt
Ihly its like,
L a Horfe, a Horfe, their Tinftures through
heat and humidity.
^c have named the IV. For the Spirit is of

(which ferve to this the fame matter and nature
which of fome are with our Medicine : Wc
Vmentj forasalit- fay our Medicines are of a
whole fiery naturej and much fub-
levens the
(a Luna and h- tiler, but of themfelvcs,
Sol^
ircury as their Meal they cannot be fubtilnor
kir Nature and Vir- fimple, but muft be matu-

rated, or ripened with fub-
til and penetrating things.
illWlf it be demanded,
and LunHy having
ol V. Earth of it felf is not
ted Tindrure^do not (ubtil, but may be made fo
tii;e imperfeia Metals ? through moift water, which
ger; AChild, tho' is diffolving, and makes an
in
3i6 S A L M ON'S IJ
ingrefs for Sol^ that it may tranfmutes Metals inij

penetrate the Earth_, and pie and pure fiibftam
with its heat make the Earth felf is, and attracts
fubtile and in this way the its (elf: But no Met!

;
Earth muft be fubtilized fo be tranfmuted by a]

long, till it be as fabtil as a the oth^r Spirits, Bi
Spirit^ which then is the burn it to Earth and.
Mercury, more dilTolving which Me^rgury it bd
than common water, ad impalpable, and thij
apt todiflblvethe faid Me- is called Argent Vive,
tals, and that through the
heat of iire.to penetrate and VIII. We take
fubtilize them. elfe to fubtilize Metl
make them penetratij
VI. There are feveral to tinge other
Spirits, Mercury, Sul- Some call it Argent
as
phur, Orpiment, Arienick, a Water, an Ac
Antimony, Nitre, Sal-ar- Poyfon, becaufeitd^
moniack, Tutia, Marchi- imperfeft Bodies,'
fits, &c, but Mercury is a them into feveral pi
better Spirit than all others forms 5 call* Medic
for being put into the fire made of two thing]
they are carried away, and of Body and Spirit
we know not what becomes this is tme, that all
of th:m : But Mercury^ as have bur one Root
it is mixhfiibtiler, clearer, riginal.
and penetrative, fo i: .is
joyned to the Metal?, and IX. But why cam

changed into tliem^whereas Medicine be made
the odiers burn and dcftroy compounded togethc
them, m.iking them more Anfwer It may be| .-
grols than they were be- of all thefe togethet

fore. they muft be redi
a -^^^^^vy-) vyhich
VII. Now Mercury is of be^clwclfk of che flw
luch a (iibtil nature, that it ofMan'slife: Tl
XXV K A L I D. .
j^
the next matter^ rounds and be lefs than the
are the two afore- outward VelTel: 6 or 7 In-
liogs, "viz. Body and ches high, called a con-
taining Cucurbit ; on which
you muft place an y^lem-
)me Philolbphers bick or Head^ through
Medicine is made which the Vapors may a-
things, and ibit is: icendj which muft be weH
MetalSj Vi^^d their lutedj with Lute made of
are the four Ele- Meal, fifted Allies, Whites
|i.
Others lay true alof Eggs, &c. OrofMeaJ,
mt Metals nmft be Calx Vive, aftaj. part tem-
into A>'gent Vive pered with Whites of Eggs,
:
[many Learned and which you muft immedi-

[en err^ and loofe ately ufe: Lute it fo well,
Wits in this path. that no Spirits may fly a-
ir of the matter of way; thsloftof which will
|>g)ur Medicine IS prejudice your Work ex-
lOr with which it is treamly? therefore be wa-
Now of the Vef- ry.
XIIL The Fornace or
'he VelTelought to Oven muft be round, 12 or
the Firmament^ 14 Inches high, and 6 or 7
^fe and encompafs Inches broad, and 3 or 4
)le Work : For our Inches- in thicknefs to keep
me is nothing elfc in the heat the better.
fcbange. of Elements
lip another, which is XIV, Our matter is ge-
|y the motion of the nerated through^ or by help
lent 5 for which rea- of the heat of the fire,
llnuft needs be round through the Vapour of the
lar. Water, and alfo of the Mer-

cnry, which muft be nou-
The other^ or le- riilied ; be wife and confi-
icffel^ muft alio be der, and meditate well up-
on the matter. XV*
'^
318 S AL M ON'S
tilized,and reduced intJ
XV. Now in order to gent Vivcy then the 01,.
this Work> there is i. Dif- braces the other infel
folution. 2. Separation.
3. bJy. For Argent Vive
Sublimation. 4. Fixation, ing with a thing like i]
or Congelation. 5". Calci- rejoyceth in it; an^/
nation. 6. Ingreffion. diffolved Body emlBilii'n!
the Spirit, and fuffers
XVL Dijfolution is the to fly away, making Btt
changing ot a dry thing in- endure the fire ; and mm
to a moift one, and belongs Joyces becaufe it has

only to Bodies, as to 5 J and an equal, viz,, one like , wel
Luna^ which lerve for our and of the lame nai

Art: For a Spirit needs not
to be diffolved, being a li- XIX. DiffolutioniJi
quid thing of it felf ; but done: Take Leaves!
Metals are grofs and dry, or Luna^ to which
and of a grofi nature, and good quantity of pj
therefore muft be fubtili- cury ;
putting in the Ij
zed. by little and little,
Veffel placed info

XVIL Firft, Becaufeun- heat, that the M<
lefs they be fubtilized may not fume: wh(
through diflblution, they diffolved, and the
cannot be reduced into wa- feems to be one Hot
ter, and made to afcend body, you have donej
through the Alembick, to If there be any fc
be converted into Spirit, matter undiffolved,]
whofe remaining foeces are more Mercury,till jdl
referved for a farther ufe. to be melted togeth(
Xvill. Secondly, Be- XX. Take the

caufe the Body and Spirit thus diffoked,fetiti^
muft be made indivifible for 7 days, then let i j
and one For no grofi mat- and ftrain all thrc
:
ter joyns or mixes with a Cloth or Skin ; if all

Spirit, unlefi it be firft fub- through, the difiolu
f XV. KAL I D. ;i^
fe<; if not^ you muft i nothing remain^
ceeding.till
n gain, and add more in the inner Veffel, but a

I
eu, fo long till all be black pouder, which we

j
bl'id. call the blacTc Ea;^^ and is

the dregs of MetJTsjand the
C5(. Separation isthedi- thing caufing the obftrudi-
,njof a thing into parts, on^ that the Metals cannot

from impure. We
be united with the Spirit*
diflolved matter, this black pouder is of no
it into the fmaller ufe.
rhich ftands in the
ite, well luting* to XXIII. Having thus fe-
ibick, and feting it parated the four Elements
k continuing the fire from the Metals, or divided
|/cek : One you may demand.
part of them,
it which What then is the fire,whicli
fublimes,
the Spirit or Water, is one of thefe four ? To
I
e fabtileft part; the which I Anfwer: That the

hich is not yet fub- Fire and the Air are of one
|
about the Cucur- nature, and are mixed to-

j
fome of it falls as gether, and changed the

m
j
o the bottom, which one intothe other ; and

|
and moift, this we the dividing of the Ele-

Ain And a third ments, they have their na-
laining in the bot- tural force and power, as in
the inner Veflel, the whole, fo in the parts.
|is yet grofferj may
f:d the Earth. XXIV. We call that Air
which remained
in the big-
ft. Each of thefe we
ger Veflel, becaufe it is
) a Veffel apart ; but more hot than moift, cold,
1
third we put more or dry : The fame under^
and proceed as ftand of the other Elements.
referving always Hence Plato faith, IVe turned
Hnciple or Element the moift into dry^ and the dry
y itfelf,andthuspr5 W6 made moifiând we turned
the
^29 S A L MON ^S \m
tife Body into lâter and fb often, til! you
Air. brought it through tbl
lembickând itbeverjfcit
XXV*. SuUimaiion is the tilj one united thing, ^j
alcending^from below up- pure^ and fufible
wands^ the fubtil matter a-
rifing, leaving the grofs mat- XXVII. Then weBaala
ter itill below, as he faid again into the inner
before in the changing of and let it go once
the Elements : Thus the through the AlembiMda
matter muft be fubtilized^ whether any thit
fee IJ.Wt
which is not fubtil enough^ behind ; which if

left ,
all which muft be done the lame we add mor^

through heat and moifture^, cury^ till it becomes'^
'L'/T^. through Fire and Wa- thing ; and leaves vsfy lOtO 1(5
ter* fcdiment^ and be fe]^

from all its Impuri^j
XXVI. You muft then Superfluity. I'ola
take the thing which re- ::; fl]is
mained in the greater Vel^ XXVlil. Thus hi tiiroL'gfi
fel, and put it to other frelh made out of two, ohi flic}]
ws
Mercury^ that it may be thing, out of
'VIZ,,
aBodi
well diffolved and fubtili- Spirit, one only
zed ; {qi it in B, M, for three rous iubftance, w.
felio
days as before. We men- Spirit and light ti
tion not the quantity of which before was
Mercury y but leave that to and fixed^ afccndir
your difcretion^ taking as wardSj is become Hg
much as you need^ that volatile^ and a mere
you may make it fufibie, Thus have we made \
and clear like a Spirit. But out of aEody,we niu

you muft not take coo much make a Body outpf
%{^
of the Aietcury^ left it be rit^ which is the onet
come a Sea ; then you mud
fet ic again to iubiime. as XXIX. Tixatm^ ^
formerly^ and do this Work Sfdailon^ is the maki

XXXV. KALID; ^ 52t
ig and matter long Neck, and fit it in
volatile
j
|ind able to endure the warm Allies : Then to the

md this is the chang- faid ferment, add the faid
rthe Spirit into a Bo- Spirit which 1
you drew
lê before turned the through the Alembickj fb
iand the Body, into much as may overtop ic the
rfi and a Spirit ; now height of 2 or
5 Inches j
ift turn the Spirit in- put to it a good fire for
5
ly, making that days, then will the diilolved
^-afcended to flay'be- Body find its Companion^
^"latis.we muft make and they will embrace each
gng fixed, according other, I
payings of the Philo

-, reducing each E- XXXI. Then the sro6
into its contrary^ ferment, laying hold of the
I
|1I what 3'ou feek fubtil ferment, attrads the
find
iviz,, making a hxt fame^ joyns it felf with it^
be volatile, and a and will not let it go and ,
fixe; this can only the diffolved Body,

which
[c through Congelati- is now fubtil, keeps the Spi-
which we turn the rit, for that they are of
e^
3to a Body. qual (ubtilty, and like one
to another; and are be-
But how is this come fo one and the
fame
j;
We take a little of thing, that the fire can ne-
lent, which is made ver be able to fepara:e them
fedicine bolt
Lmta any more.
[c:*as you have ic
if
of the Medicine, XXXII. By this means
febut (Ounce of the you come to
make cn^:
'h which mud befo- thing like another ; the fer-
land this ferment we ment becomes the abidinp^
bate with the miac- place of thd fubtil bcdy^
ph you had before and the fubtil body the ha-
[d, the (ame we put
bitation of the-Spfrit^ that
Glafs Vial with a it may not
H/ away.- TheJi
i Wit
322 S A L MON '
S Lib.
we make a Fire for a Week, afcends into the Alembel
more or lefs, till we lee the which we call Avis Hern
matter congealed: which tis that which remains
:
time is longer or fhorter^ the bottom of the Glafsj

according to the condition like Afhes or fifted Eail
of the VelTel, Furnaces, called, the Philofopn
and Fires you make ufe of. Earth, out of which til
make their Foundatli
^ XXXIII. When you fee and out of which
the Matter Coagulated^ put make their increafe or
of the abovefaid Matter or mentation, through
Spirit to it, to over top it and moifture.
two or three inches, which
digeft as before, till it be XXXV. This Eai
coagulated alio, and thus compofed of four Elei
proceed, till all the Matter but are not contrary ofl^
or be congealed. This
Spirit another, for their c(
Secret of the Congelation, rietyis changed to an aj
the Philolophers have con- ment, unto an hom(

fealed in their Books, none and uniform nature
of them that we know of we take the moiff part|j
having difcloled it; except referve it a part to a ts
only Larkalix^ who com- ufe. This Earth, or

pofed it in many Chapters ; (which is a very
and alio revealed it unto thing) we put into ^
me, without any Referva- If rong Earthen Pot or^
tiou or Deceipt. cibie, to which we li
Cover, and let it in a'
XXXIV. Calcinatmt. We cining f ornace, or Re
. take the known Matter, beratory, for 3 daySj
and put it into a Vefica, let- that it may be alwaj
ting a Head upon it, and hot: Thus we make'
luting it Well, put it into a Stone, a white Calx
a Sand Furnace, making a of things of an earthy'
continued great Fire for a watery nature, a fiepj
Week: then the Volatile; ture: For every Cal^cl
|Ciap.XXXV. K iV L I D. 325
iaiery nature^ which is hot at firftj for Ca!x is hot and
^ dry. dry, and drinks up the hu-
midity greedily.
-
XXXVI. We have
bmghc things to the na- xxxmi. Thiso^ê/i?
tieof fire ; we mufl now tion muft be continue^ till
fvther fubtllize the four E- all be quite congealed af-
,
kients? we take apart, a terwards you muft calcind

full quantity of this Calx^ it as formerly ; being quitd
1,. a fourth part : The o- calcined, it is called ths

tlr we fet todiffolve with quinteffence, becaufe it is
iôod quantity of frefli of a more fubtil nature thafi
rcury, even as we had fire, and becaufe of the
le formerly (in all the Tranfmutation formerly
ifles of the aforego- made. AH this being done[
Paragraphs ) and lb our Medicine is firiilliedjj
jd on from time to and nothing but IngreffionM
till it is wholly dip wanting, 'viz. that the mat^
ter may have an Ingrefi in-
to Imperfeft Metals,
;VII. Nov^ that you
change the fixtinto a XXXIX. P/^^^, andm-
itile^ that isj Fire into ny other Philolbphers, ber
îer^ know, that that gan this Work again, with?
;h was of the nature of dilTolving, fubliming, or
is now become the fubtilizing, congealing, ahcf
ire of Water; and the calcining, as at firft. Bat:
thereby is made vola- this our Medicine, which'
md very fubtil. Take we calia fsrment^tranfmutes
[lis water one part, put Mercury into its own na-
:he refer ved Calx iand nature, in which it isdif-
|to it as much of the folved and lublimed. They
as may over top the (ay alfb , our Medicine
'2; or
3 Inches, making tranfmutes infinitely im-
tinder it for ^ days perfeft Metals^ and that he'
5
[it congeals fooner than who attains once to che per-

Y2- i^
g24 S AL MON ' S Liljll.
fe(5lion of it, rtiall never how the Spirit is to be lim-

have any need to make ed into a Body, 'viz. ow
more, all which is Philofo the fixed is made volile^
phically to be underftood^ and the volatile fixed a^ in
as to the firft Original How the Earth is tuied
Work. into Water and Air,an( the
Air into Fire, and the ^re
XL. Seeing then that our into Earth again .-The the
Medicine tranfmutes im- Earth into Fire, and the
perfeft Metals into Sol and Fire into Air, and th Air
Luna, according to the na- into Water ; and thej
ture and form of the matter ter again into Earth,
Out of which it is made ; the Earth which wasc^'^
therefore we now a fe- nature of Fire, is br^
cond time fay^That this our to the nature of a qi
Medicine is of that nature, fence.
that it tranfmutes or chan-
ges, converts, divides aftin- XLII. Thus we
der like fire, and is of a taught the ways of tr.
morelubtil nature than fire, ting, performed th
biing of the nature of a heat and moifture
quintcffence as aforefaid^ ing cut of a dry a
converting Mercury ^which thing, antl out of a
is an imperfeft fubflance, dry one: other wife N
into Its own nature, turning whicli are of feveraj
the groflhefs of Metal into per ties, or Families,
Duft and Allies, as you fee not be brought to on
fire, which does not turn form thing, if i
all things into its nature,but iliould be turned into
that which is horaogcne thers nature.
with it, turning the hetero-
gene matter into Afhes. XLIIL And this
perfeftion of the
XLI. We have taught according to the ad
how a Body is to be chan the Philofopher; ,i
ged into a Spirit ; and again from the Earthint .- .
'and
nap. XXXV. KA LID. i;^
; d defcend from theHea^ more Oyl to it, if it be not
y 1 to the Earth ; to the imbibed enough,
lent to make tl-ie body
\ Earthy into a Spi-
lich is XLV. Being thus imbib-
I which is labtilj and then ed, put fireunder it, that
( reduce that Spirit into a the moiflure may V.mifti,
,
] idy again which is grofs, and the Medicine be fit and
tanging one Element in- fufible, as the body of Glaft.
j another^ as Earth into Then take the Avts Her-
^
ater^ Water into Air^ Air metis before referred, and
ioFire; and Fire again put it to it Gradatim, till it
ioWater^ and Water in- all becomes perfectly fixt.
tFire and that into a
:
pre (ubtil Nature and XLVI. Now according

(ntefcence. Thus have to Avicen^ it is not poffible
]aaccomplifhed the Trea- to convert or tranfmute
ieofthe whole World. Metals, unlefi they be re-
J '
duced to their firft Matter;

mil. hgreffiof). Take then by the help ofArt they
^phur Vive, Melt il in an are tranfinuted into ano-
rthen Veflel well glazed^ ther Metal. The Alchy-
put to it a ftrong Lye mift does like the Phyfiti-
1
deof Calx vlve and Pot an,who firft Purges off the
nes: Boyl gently toge- Corrupt or Morbifick Mat-
t/r,fo will an Oyl iwim ter, the Enemy to Mans
( the topj which take and Health, and then admini-

1-
p Having enough of it, fters a Cordial to reilore
:
I < it with Sand

J dlftij it the Vital Powers : So we
t ough an. Alembick or firft Purge the Mercury
f ôrt,
fo long till it be- and Sulphur in Metals, and
.
^ nes incombuiiible. With then ftrengthen the Hea-

f
Oyl we imbibe Our venly Elements in them,

i
^ :dicine, which will be according to their various

Preparations.
"'*jan Alembick, and coho-
c 3 or 4 timesj adding XLVIL This Nature
Y 3 work
Bi6 S A LMON'S Lii
works farther by the help XLIX, The AIgh

pf Art^ as her Inftrument; imitates the fame t
:and really makes the moft deftroying one form t b
pure and fine Sol and Lma get another, and his
:
for as the heavenly Elemen- rations are beft v^hen

tal Virtues work in natural are according to natiir
Vcffels ; even io do the ar- by purifying the Sull
Jtificialjbeing made uniform, by digefting, fubliming|
agreeable vi/ith nature ; and purging ArgenP Viue^ "\
as nature viôrks by ni'^:'n exaft mixtion, with a

of the heats of Fire ^nd ci talick matter; andthi
the Bodies.fo al(o Art work of their Principles, the
pth by a like temperate and of every Metal is pi
proportionate fire^ by the ced.
moving and living virtue in
$he matter. L. The power ai
tiiQ, of the convertini

XLVlII.For the heaven ment mufl: prevail, tl
ly virtue^ mixed viith it at parrs of it may appp^

firftj and inclinable to this the converted Elcmei
pr that is furthered by Art bein^ thus mixed wi
Heavenly Virtues are com- Elemenrated thir
municated to their Sub- that Element wiilhay(
|eftsj as it is in all natural nutter Which made,
things, chiefly in things ge- Element, and the vi
nerated by putrefaction, th'Z other converting!
where the Afiral Inrlnenccs raenc will be prodomi
are apparent according to aid remain; rhis isj
the capacity of the mat- great Arcanum of the
ten ilrt.
QW
k XXXVI. K A L I D. 327
CHAP. XXXVI.
Key which opens tht Myflery of this
Grand Elixir.
HI Sis the true Co- cret or Miftery by them:

r pyof a Writing But at length, through the
i in a Coffin upon the goodneis of God^, i have
ft of a Religious Man, found out one Tinfture,
Soldier making a Grave which is good3 triae, and
hnd^ to bury Ibmeflain abiolutely certain, and has
iers_, Anno 14 p. reftored to me my Credit
and Reputation.
\My Dear Brother^ if IV. Now knowing fas I
iiitend to follow or do) how much time you
i the Art of Alchymie, have loft J and what Wealth
"
'
Work in it^ let me give you have confumed, being
Warning, that you fol- touched with it,as a Friend;
'
'^
bot the literal prefcripts and in regard of our faith-
tpoUm nor Raymundm^ ful promiie to each other ia
^^''
Indeed of moft other our beginning, to partici-
^':^fophers,for in all their pate each of others For-
they have delivered tunes, I have thought it fit_,
ing but figuratively ; fo here to perfwade you, not
:j;iil!
Men not only looie to loofe your lelf any lon-
tinie^ but their Mo- ger in the Books of the
ilfo. Philofophers, but to put
you in the right way,\vhich
LI my felfhave ft ud- after long Wanderings I
in thefe Books for have found out, and now
5 than 30 Years, and at this prefent, I on my
CI r could find out the Se- Death-Bed bequeath you.
Y 4 V
32^S S A L M ON'S M tfl
V. I ad die you to take this Secret to any one,

nothing from it^ nor add let thisWriting be Bui
any thing but to do
foi
to it; with you, giving a confj
juft as I have let it down^ ed charge concerni:
of
and obiervethefe following fame to him 5'ou in:!
direL^ciorts,^ lb will you fuc- 9.Get a Servant that ma|

cecd and'^prpfper in the Trufty and Secret, )!
work. z% a good Spirit, to attend |

C
but never leave him

VJ. Firli/-' Never work 10. Lailly, when you
with a great Mkn, left your ended the Work, be J siâ?
J ife come into danger. 2. and Generous, Chari(
Let your Earthen Veffels to the Poor, publick S

be well made and flrong^ ted, and return your Jill
left youlofeyour Medicine. bute of Thanks to ad
g. Learn to know all your Great and moft MeiBi^h'^

Materials^ that you be not God, the Giver of all \
cheated with that which is Things. Pif ;k
ibphifticate and nothing

worth' 4. Let your Fire VlLTake mineral C iidofe
be neither llronger nor Silver three pounds fh

fofter_, but what is fit^ and neither of Lead nor eiw;il
juft as 1 have here dire(5led. and caufe an tarthen
f. Let the Bellows and all to be made, well bu

k\i J
the other Materials be your the hrit rime: glaze }i\[ i!
own. 6. Let no man come over except the bot rk\

where you Work, andfeem the which anoint with
Ignorant to all fuch as ihall Greafe, and it will t(
enquire any thing of you Glaze. This is done, kk

toacliing the Secret.7. Learn the Earth of the Qi-iick k 1
to knovv^ Metals well^ efpc- ver may fink to the bol kk

ciall
Y Gold and Silver ; and of the Pot,
which it ^^^p,
put them not into the Work not do, being glazed, kC.
tlliciiey be firft purified by become Earth again.

your own hands, as fine as
nifiy be. 8. Reveal nor
iaxvL K A L I D. 329
^he Pot muft be X. As for tfee Water

good foot long, of which does diftil out, put
jiion of an Urinal, it a fide, or caft it away,
Pipe in the midil of for it is nothing worth, be-
Fornace muft be caufe it is all Flegm. Set
^n purpofe, that the the Pot into the Fomace
ly
go in dofe to the again, and make it red hot;
'the Mouth of the put in the Quick Silver lute
j: Set on the Pot a well the Pipe,and do as you
eat Cap or Head, did the firft time, and do

Receiver J without this (o often^, untii the Mer-
of it, give it a good cury becomes no more
joals, till the Pot be black, which will be in
fire and very red ten or eleven times.
ê the fire out quick-
put in the Quick XL Then take it out, and
t the Pipe,, and then you fhall find the Mercury
much halt as you to be without Flegm, but
)p it clofe with Lute. joyned with Earth,, of
which two Qualities it muft
Then Quick
will the be freed, being Enemies to
ly the heatand force Nature h thus che Quicksil-
J
both Break and ver will remain pure, in co-
a part thereof you lor Cxleftial like to Azure,
|e in the Water, as it which you may know by
few drof)S ; and a
this fign, 'viz. Take a piece
ijiUilick the bot- of Iron, heat it red hot, and
to
[f the Pot in black quench it in this Mercury^
Now let the Pot and it will become foft and

fithin the Fornace, as white, like Luna.
i.en open it, and you
Ind the Qi.iick Silver Xll. Then put the Mer-
I which you cury into a Retort of Glafs,
Blackj
ikeout,and wnlTi ve- between two Cups, fo that
cl i\and the Pet
alfo. it touches neither bottom
nor
S A N'S LM O m
3;o
nor fides of the Cups^ and for it is Precious and
make a good fire under it, a Treafure.
and lay Embers on the top,
the better to keep the heat XV. Now rcft<
iln
of the and in Forty make the Soul^ which
fire >
hours the Mercury will perfeftion of the Re4
DiiJil into a llimy Water out which you can"
(hanging together) which make Sol nor Luna^.
more
will neither wet your fhall be Pure and ]
Handsjttor any other thing, With this Spirit yoi

iki
but Metals only. make things Apparei
Fair, yea, molt Tru
I pure
Xllf. This the true
is Perfect; all Philo
'Aqm Vitie of the Philofb- affirm that the Soul
t'jk i
phers; the true Spirit fo fubftance,whichfufta

i
many have fought for, and piêferves the Bcdy^
which has been defired of it Perfed as long as it ti
all Wife Men, which is cal-
led the Effence^ întejfence^ Our Body XVL
Towers^ Spirit^ Suhfiance, have a Soul^ ether'
Water ^ and Mixture of Mer- would neither mov!
eury^ and by many other work; for which
the like Names^ without you muft confider vk[
llrange things, and without derftand, that all Met

offence to any Man. compounded of k^\
and Sulphur, Mattd

XIV. Save well this pre- Form ; Mercury is th(| Ut
cious Liquor or Water, ob- terând Sulphur is the
fcured by all According to the p!
^Philofophers,
for without it you can 'do of* Mercury and Sul
no good of perfed Work fuch is the Influeni
:
Let all other things go, and allume. m

keep this only ; for ,any
one that ikt^s this Water, if XVIL Thus Sol
he i;!as any Praftice or gendred of moft pi
Knowledê^ wiilhold to ir^ Mercury, and a pi
Sull
we will reap Sol or Lum^
we muft u(e their Form or
SohI^ and not the Matter.
XXI. The Form or Sou!

is made by Gods help, after
this manner. You muft
II. Thence it is that make a good Sublimate^
iis more pure than that is feven times fublim-
sr five Metals^ which ed^ the laft time of the {c-
p^ of cleanfing ; be- ven you muft fiiblime it
infed, they need but with Cinnaber without Vi-
the pare Sulphur^ triol^ and it will be a cer-
kC help of Sol and tain Qiinteffence of the

Sulphuris the Form Sulphur of that Antimony,
and Luna^ and the
m Vletals ; their other XXII. When this isdone^
ije grols matters of take of the fineft Sol one
'and Mercury. Ounce, or of the fineft Lu-

na as much, file it very dnOj
feband-Men know or elle take leaf Gold or
imes more than we Silver ; then take of the a-
peyv/henthsy reap forelaid Sublimate four
prn growing on the Ounces; fublimethem to-
gather with the gether for the fpace of Six-
îc
indEars: The Straw teen hours ; then let it cool

Tsare the Matter^ againj and mix them all to-
'Corn or Grain is gether, and fiiblime again
mor Soul. Do this four times_, and the
fourth time J it will have a
Nov/ when they certain Rundie^, like nnto
IT Corn^ then they the Matter of the White
the Matter_, wWch Ro(c^ tranfparent and nioft
raw and the Chaff, clear as any Orient Pearlj
Pprn or Grai?}^ which weighing about five Ounces.
^rm or Soul: So if
XXIII
33^ S A L M O N'S
XXIIL The fublimate will weigh a quarter ok
will ftick to the brims and Ounce^ rather men

fidesof the Veffel, and in lels, lave that well
the bottom it will be like
good black Pitch, which is XXVL Take an ike:
the Corruption of Sol and half a foot highj am beat
Luna. of the firm bodj ik

Ounces; of the Sj
XXIV. Take the Run- Sulphur of Sol or !:ten
die aforeftid^ and diffolve a quarter of an ( fine5i
it in moft ftrong Spirit of and of the Spirit siisri
Vinegar^two or three times^ Ounces: Put all of (Oui
by puting it into an Uri- into the Urinal^ and

nal, and feting itits head or Cover, \
in B. ciiie,J
M. for the of
(pace Receiver well clofi
three daies^ every time Luted. Diftil the
pouring it into new Spirit from it, with a mo
of Vinegar J as at the firft^ Fire, and there will
till it be quite diffolved off the firft time,
:
Then diftill it by a filter, three Ounces.

and (avc that which re-
mains in the Pof ^ for it is XXVII. Put the \
r
good to whiten Brais. on again, without n
the Urinal, and difti
irih
XXV. That which paiT- gain, until no more oil;/)
ed the filter with the Vine- will diltil, which do

gar^ fet upon hot Afhes, times, and then everj
til
and evaporate the Moi- will he firm. Then
ftiire and Spirit ot Vinegar lame Urinal in Horfe
with a foft fire^ and fct it feven days, and by t %
intheSun^ and it will be- rue and fubtiky of th
come mod WbiteyWkc unto it will be converte(
White Starch ; or Red if water.
you work with Sol; which
are the Formpx Soul or Sid- XXVIIL Diftil 01
fhur oi Lund and Sol^ and this water, with ftri
LID. 3^3
Sal Nitre^ ana
pound: i
beat them together^ and
make thereof an AR : Then
take of the moft fine Sol
q. V. in thin leaves, and cut
into very fmall pieces,which
roul into very thin Rowls,
and put them into an Uri-
nalj orlikeGlafi, to which
put the AR, fo much as to
overtop it the depth of an
inch.
' XXXI. Then nip up the

Gla% and put it to putre-
fie in Sand, with a gende
heat, like that of the Sun,
X. Likewife melt for 3 or 4 days, in which
and Wax, ana one time it will come to diffolu-
to which put o ^the tion then break the Glais
;
Medicine i ounce: off at the Neck, and pour-

thefe upon Mercu- ing off* the AR. eafilv and
any other Metal Isifurely .leave the diliblved
d,andit willbe moft Sol in the bottom, and re-
or Luna^ to all peat this work with frefli
ts and Afiays. Thus AR.- 5 or 4 times, and keep
ended this procefs, the firft water, then put on
:h^ if you have any a Helme with Lute, and di-
J or judgment, and ftil off in Sand Being cold :
how to follow the break the Glafs, and take

you may finifli It. the Sol, and walh it 3 or 4
ipleat itinôdays. times in pure warm wa-
ter.
IX. An Appendix teach-
to make Aurum Fo-
llake Sal Armoniack, XXXII,
5 IT
SALMON'S
and let it ftand as
XXXII. When the 5(?/ is Do this as long as j
dean from the AR, take any Tinfture thereii
of it J and put it into the ^ Aurum Votabik,
like Glaffes^ with rectified
S. V. 2 or ; inchefs above XXXIII. But if|
it put it into putrefaftion would have the Tj

;
as before in Sand, Itoping alone^ diftil ojff the

the mouth thereof very ciolc with a very gende
for ; or 4 days ; then put you ftiall find the
the S. V. out^ which will be' at the bottom of the!
allblood red. If any thing which you may pro)
remains in the Glafs undil- on Luna,
folved^ put in more S. Va
^SUm
ah
GEER'5 FORNACBS
cap, jS^
r..
W:
GEBER'5 PORNACE,
geb:eii's FORKACi:s,
'ii.:l
n
GEBER's fornaces
Kxvn. G E B E R. 337
Gebri Jrabis Summa

\um oi GEBER ARABS,
Colleaed and Digeftcd,
ILLIAM SALMON,
Profeflbr of Phyfick.
i
^
CHAP. XXXVII.
IntroduEiion into the whole Wor\

ffeBion and Imfer- Imperfed: Minerals, is a
"eBim of Metalline commixtion of Argent Vi'vz
IS the Subjed of and Stilfhtir in due proper-
It difcourfe ; by a due and tempe-
and tion,
|*e we decodion in the bow-
treat of things rate
Ing and corrupting, els of clean, infpiirate^ and
!
royingj becaule op- fixed Earth,, joyncd with

I
near to each o- 'an incorruptible radical hu-

fet
re the more mani- midity, whereby it is

brought to a folid, fufible
fubftancej wirh a conveni-
Pmt which perfeds ent iiresand made maleable.
III.
sV
SALMON'S
III. But Imperfca Mi- V. But the perfect
nerals arc made of a com- as Sol and Luna^ nee
mixtion of pure Ardent Five of this preparation,
and Sulfhur^ without due a preparation thet
proportion, or a due de f javcj as may fubd"
codiohj in the bowels of parts, and reducq
unclean J not fully infpiffa' from a Corporalitj
tcd^ nor fixed Earthy joyn- fixed Spirituality ^ d
cd with a corrupting humi thence may be mac
dity, whereby are brought ed Spiritual Body, i
forth Metals of a porous to compleat the Gi

iubftance, and though fufi- :?îr, whether Whin^
ble^ not fufficiendy^ or lb
perfedly maleable as the o- VI. In both thel
thers, the White and Red
there is no other thii
IV. Under the firft defi- Argent Vive and Suit
nition J are concluded,Sol which one cannot
and Luna, each according be without the otl
CO their perfedion; Under would be a foolifli ai
the fecond Saturn, Jufner^ thing to think to m;
'Mars, and Venm, each ac- Great Elixir or Tjl
cording to their imperfed:i- from any thing, in
on : in which that which is it is not, this was nt
manifeft muft be hidden, intention of the i
or taken away, and that phers, though they
which is hidden, muft be many things by ftAii
made manifeft and brought
into operation, which is VII. And b(
done by preparing them, Mctalick Bodies ai
by which, their Superflui- pounded of Argent
ties will be removed, and Sulphur, pure, or
their defects, or huperfedi- by accident, and no!
on fuppiied, and the true in their firlt naturej
perfedion inlerted into fore by convenient
them.
E B Jb K. ^yf
culenty Comhufiihle,and very
grofs Earthinefsy impcdeing
Ingrefs and Fufwn : There-
fore it behoves us with arti-
ficial fire,by the help of
purified Salts and Vinegars^
JH,
For we have con- to remove iuperfluousr acci-
ftthe fubftance of Me- dents, that the only radical
Bodies, perfect and fubftance of Argent Fii/e and
|ect, to be but one Sulphur , may remain
ikrgent tîvc arid ShU which may indeed be done
which are pure and by various ways and me-
commix- thods, according as the /?-
before their
and by conlideration xir requires.
sxperience, w found
j]|l iorruptioH of Imper- X. The general way: of
faHdies to be by acci- preparation is this. i. With
;.but that being pre fire proportional, the whole

tiiîd cleanfed from all fuperfluous andCormpt humi-
; Superfluities , Cor- dity in its cfTence muft be e-
m, and fugitive \Jn levated : and the fubtiland
[iefs_, we
tound them bHYning SulfhurMty removed j
mer brightnefs, clear and this by Cakinatiem
and purity, than the 2. The whole Corruptjub-
ally perfect Metals not ftance of their fupeffluon^
T^, by which confi hurn'mg humidity and ^/<c4-

ion we attained to the remaining in xhxvx;dx^
nejs^
tionof this Science. mull be corroded withthd

following cleanfed Salts arid
, The
Imperfect Bo- Vioegars, till the Calx h6
laye accidentally Su- IVhite or faccording to kU
ms HumiJiticr^ and a the nature of the body)ahd
iHihk Sulphureity J with is made clean^ and pure
fHarjf Blacknefs in them from all Superfluityand
ornipting them ; to- Corruption: Thefe Cdxes
,r with 4^ Ur,fkan^ F^t* are cleanfed with the faid
^ Salts
3}8 SALMON'S Li
Salts and vinegars, by own kind, which, augt
grinding , imbibing and the Colour^ Fixion WA
waftiing. The, whole Vurity andFuftoHy witli
;.
mckan Earthinefs^ and Com- other things appertainii

huftible^grofs FacHlency^mv& the true Elixir.
be taken away with the
aforefaid things, not having XIL The Salts and \|
Metallick Fufion, by com- gars for this work are
mixing and grinding them prepared and cleanfed.
together with the aforefaid won Salt, and Salt Get
Cah , depurated in the alfo Sal Alcali, and S\
aforefaid manner : For 'vtr^ are cleanfed by
thefe in the Fufion or ing them J and then Ci
Redu<5lion of the Calx, will them into hot water M
remain with themfelves the Diflblved, which Soli
laid uncleanneft and grols being Fikred is to be
Earthinels , the Body re- gulated by a gentle
maining pure. then to be Calcined
Day and a Night in a]
XL Being thus cleanfed. derate fire , and fo

It is Meliorated thus. Firft, for ufe.
This Purged and Reduced
Body is again Calcined by XIIT, Sal ArmonidcX
Fire, with the Salts as afore- cleanfed by Grindii
,
faid. Secondly, Then with with a preparation of

fuch of thefe as are Solutive, mon Salt cleanfed, and
it mufl: be Diffolved. For i lubliming it in an higF
this Water is Our Stone, and dy and Head, till it aft
Argent Vive of Argent Vive, |

allpure ; then diflbln
SLndSulphnr of Sulphur, ab- in a Porphyrie in the
ftraded from the Spiritual j
Air, if you would ha
Ifeody, and fubtilized or at- m a water, or othei
tenuated ; which is Melio-
r keeping the fublimate
rated,by confirming the E- Glafi clofe ftopt for uf
kmental Virtues in it, with
cher prepared things of its XIV. Rock Alums
1,^ XXXVII; GEBE R. 339
\im , or other Ahurns.
and Borax are
Fire. Glajs
eanfed^ by putting pure, and need no prepara-
in an Akmhick^ and tion.
(Sing their whole Hu-
y^ which is of great XVII. Out of the Me-
!this Art. The Re- talline Bodies we compofe
maining in the Bot- the Great Elixir^ making
Piflbke on a Porphy One fobftance of many
'^ ria moift place^ or in yet fo permanently fixed^
fj and tlien again that the ftrongeft or great-
la , and keep it for eft force of Fire cannot
hurt it y or make it flie
b
will mix with
away, which
/. Vitriol of Metals in Flux, and flow
all kinds
\i
anfed, by diffolving ig with them^ and enter into
ire Vinegar, then Di- them J and be permixed
g and Coagulating, with the fixed fubftance
rft abftract its Humi- which
is in them, and be
over a gentle fire with that in them

: the fixed
Calcine^ and DiiTolve which, is incombuftible ;
lifiiumôv in theirown receiving no hurt by any
and Coagulate thing which Gold and Sil-
filtrej
m ^p,
'you pleafejthe water J ver cannot be hurt by.

keep it for ufe.
)IlOi'
XVIII. Hence we de-

^'l^.
VL Vinegarsof what fine Our Stone, to be age,-
or how acute and ne rating or Fruitful Spirit
foever, are cleanied and Living-water, which
|ibtilization ^ and their we name the Dry water^ by
^sand Effects are Me Natural proportion clean-
.ed by Diftillation. fed and United with fuch
Oil!
thefe Salts and Vi- Union, that its principles

rs, the imperfect Bo- can never be leparated one
to:
may be prepared, pu- from another; to which
l, meliorated and fob- two muft be added, a third,
d, by the help of the (for ftiortning the workj
z and Z
5'r- <'A L MO N 'S
and that Is om of the per- Airy , Watery, and .
fect Bodies attenuated, or fo that in Refolutioi

fubtilized. one of them can be
rated, but each with ai
XiX. The generating or every one is diffolvei
Fruitful Spirit J White in
is reafon of the ftrong _
Occulto^ and Red and Black which they have wid
on either fide, in the Magi- other in their (aid leal
ftery of this work but in : tides , the CompofitA
Manifefio ^ on iboth (ides made one folid, unl
tending to Rednefi. And fubftance^ the fame ii
becaufe the Earthy parts a re ture , Properties y an(
throughly and in their leaft other relpeds as tl
particles United with the Gold.
CHAP. XXXVIIL
Of the Alchymie of SulphUr.
I. Sulphur is a Fatnefi of fome meafure hindre
the Earthj thickened its Adudion repreiTedl

by a temperate Decodlon ,fb the more eafily
in the Mines of the Earth, ned.
utîl It be hardened and
rnade dry^ homogeneal ^ n. By Smphur aloC(
and of an Uniform fub- thing can be done
llance as to its parts. It work from it alone
cannot be Calcined, (with- be perre(9:ed, the Maj
out great indulby J) but with would be prolonged
much Ids of its liibrtance^ to defperation : but
nor can it be fixed unlefs it its Compere \Arfem\
be firft Calcined but it may the White, and
:
be niiKcd, and its tiight in for the Red] a Tif(

XXXVIIL G E B E R. 54r
'(.Jjjle, which gives com- with Oleaginous. It is eafi-
"^
eight to every of the ly fubfimed becaufe of its

.^s, cleanfes and cyalts Spirit
y but if it be mixed
*'^'"
: and it is perfected with fênw, and United to
. -ur Magiftery,wichoiit it, it makes a wonderful Vi^
^'^lit performs to us none olec Colour.
things^ but either
r 'ft^
'^'Sis or blackens. V. That Sulphur is a Fat^
nefi of the Earth appears
H m He who knows how from its eafie Liquefadronj
''^jftmmixand Unite it a- and Inflamability for no- ,
^)TOy with Bodies^ knows thing is inflamed but

^>i3fthe greateft Secrets what Oleaginous, or
is
aturcj and one way melts eafily by Heat, but

rfeAion : for there are what has fuch a Nature ;
"^
rways to that Elixir yet has it a perfeding mid-
indure. Whatfoever die Nature in it ; but this
isCalcin'd with it re- middle fubftance, is not the
; weight: Copfer from cauie of the perfediofi. of
(Simes the likenels of Bodies, ox of Argent Vive^
Mircury fiiblimed with unleisit be hxcd ; 'Tis true,
:comes Cmahar. All its not eafvly made to fly ,
'
IJeSj except Sd and Ju- [this he means doubtlefs of
"J, are eafily Calcm'd itsSpirit or Oyl ; j yet it is
itj but Sol moil diffi- not perfectly fixed from :
whence it is evident, that

Sulphur is not the whole
jf*. The lefs Humidity perfection of the Magiilery,
body has, the eafier it but only a part thereof.
âlcin*d with Sulphur \ it
Tninates every body^ be- VI. SulpJjur commixed
[k/\t is Light, ^/^w, or with Bodies, burns. Tome
and Tindure. It is more, others lefsi and ibme
cultly Diffclved^ be- refift its combultion, and
lie of its deficiency of fome noti by which may
fne parts, but abounding, be known the diifei cncc be-
Z 3 tween
;4i S AL M O N'S li
tween thofe Bodies which cin'd and reduced, n

are wanting in perfeaion> its greater part : Satm\
tho' prepared for the great fometimes a greater,
work. Sol is not eafily to times'a leffer partdef
be burned by Sulphur : The ed. But Saturn and
next to this is Jupiter^ then ter are both prefervecf
a right and gentle R(
on, yet they rather t
another Body than
from the Nature own , as Saturn into
TerfeB, Coloured[i^g^/^ of
ttmonj^ Jupiter into a t'l
VIL Ain> from what Ra Coloured [^Regulmoi

dix the imperfect Body pro timony. Venus is dimit
ceeded or was generated^ in tfie Impreffions of]
it appears from the diver- in her reduction^ but
fity of Colours after Com al ponderous, augm(
buftion Thus Luna obtains
; in weight foft , of
,
a black mixt with hzurciju- Citrine Colour^ partaki^

ftter, a black mixt with a lit- blacknefi ; And Ma
tle Rednefs : Saturn a dull more diminifhed ipl
black, with much Rednefs I m predion of the Fire^l
and a Livid Colour Venasj: Ventis ; by which thinj

a black with a Livid ; if it found out, the Natul
be much burnt ^ if but a all Bodies that are
little a pleafant Violet
red.
Mars^ a black dull Colour.
But if Sulphur be com mixt IX. The Preparatic7>
with Sol^ he obtains an In- Sulphur. I. Take the
tenfe Citrine Colour. Green Sulphur Five-, Gr.

to aftihtil Poucler, Boy I in
Vlir. Sol and Luna Cal- a Lixivium ofVot-AJhes'-nl

cin'd with Sulphur^ being ^tcklime^ gathering frontk
reduced , return into the Superficies tts Oylinefsy t tt
Nature of their own pro- appears to he clear* Stt-ht
per BodieSf Jufittr^ Cal- whole with a Sticky and *
TfjidiMl
G E B E R; >4 J
a fine Vcuder^ which fut into
an Aludel of a Foot and half
highy with a large Ciher't and
let the Cover of the Alemhick
have a broad Zene or Girdle,

for Confervation of the Sfirits
elevatedjhenfuhlime according
to Art: the light "Flos which
adheres to the fides of the Akw*
hick , caft away ^ for it is
comhttftihe^ defiledând defiling.

But the clofe , company sr
2. Take of this frepa denfe Matter fuhlimed in the
^%i;bite Sulfbar Scales ef Zone^ fut by it felf into a

'^
Calcin'*d to Ridnefs \ Phialy and DecoB it upon an

i'Alt^rn well Calcind^ ana Ajh Heat , fo long till its
found , Common Salt Combuftible Humidity be
\ared, Half a Pound In- exterminated^ then keep it in
orate all thefe 'well h a clean Vejftlfor ttfe : Note,
\tdmg them together with that Sulphur aLndArfenkk^fah-
tgar^ that the vfhole may limed from the Calx of
Uc[uid^ which then hoil^ Copper, are more whiten-
ringitiili it be all very led , than when fublimed
k: then dry and grind to from \the Calx of Iron,
m CHAP. XXXIX.
Of the Alchymie of Arfenicl^
A Rfenick, is alio a fat- (ubftanceând a fubtil matter

jljL nefi of the Earthy like to Sulphur; but it is diver-
is afore declared of Sul- fified from Sulphur in this,
lUr, having an infiamable viz,. That it is eafily made a
Z J Tin-,
H4 SALMON'S
Tincture of Whitenefs, but Chapter, at Sect ^.
of Rdnefs with great diffi- be underftood here. -
culty; whereas Sulphur is

eafily made a Tincture of IV. ^caufe in Atj
Rednefs, butofWhitenefs, the Radix of its Miners
moft difficultly. the action of Nature,]
many inflamable parts
II. Of Arfenich^ there is a refblved, therefore the
Citrin and a Red^ which of its reparation is ealie^j
are profitable in this art, being the Tincture!
but the other kinds not fo : Whitenefs, as Sulphur
Arfinick is fixed as Suiphur^, Rednels,
but the fublimation of ei-
ther is beft from the Calx v. To frefare ArJ^
of Metals : But neither Sul- Being beaten into fine
phur nor Arfenick^ are the der, it muft be boilc
perfective matter of this Vinegar, and all its
Workj they not being corn- (tible fatnefs extracted
pleat to perfection^ though Sulphur, Chap. 58.
they may be a help to per- Then take of the fn
fection^ as they may be u- ArferJck, Copper calcifrd^ I
fed. The beft kinds of one Fcufid : Alum caicl
Arfenick, ate the Sciffiie, common Salt prepared^

^heLucid^ andSc^ly,. Pcund :
half a
Hai
groufjd them v^gll tokt
III. This Mineral alfo meijhn the mixture
( like as Sulphur ) has a Sfirit of Vinegar^ that it
perfecting middle Nature in ht hquiJj and boil the f^
Ity which yet is not the as yoH did in the Sutpii
<Z3.\iiQ of the, perfection ot Then [uhlime it in an Ati
Bodies, or of Argent Vi've With an Akmhick^ &i
\
unlefs it be fixed > but be- heightb of one foot : 'wl
ing fixed^ this Spirit is an cejjds W-hite, denfe^ dled^

agent of the White Tin- Incid^ gather and keep it] !
cture : What we have faid fufficitntlj frepdred) fM

of Sulphur in th former ufeofthWork
Idcxix. g e b e r
p)r thus : Take.ofArfe- of either Veflel, but con-
if fared
h^ bailing ^filing ftantly keep them in the
oer^ ana one Pound, elevation ot lire, till they
ii Salty half aVound: Ca(e to fublimc.
:alcined four Ounces ;
hem exaBly with Spi- VIII. The fecond way4,

\Vinegar, then moifien This is by praecipitating it
f hf licjuid, and fiir fublimed into heat, that it

wa firt till the whole may conftantly abide there-
lened : Again, Imbihe it be fixed and
in, until :
yfiirnng ai bef^re^ done by a long glafs

do this is
bird time, thenfublime Veflclj the bottom of it

t direêd, (made of Earth not of
Glaft) becaufe that would
'^^Ml'To fix Arfenick and crack; muft be artificially
They are fixed joyncd with good luting^
-ays, viz,. I. By nia- and the afcending matter^
Snblimacions. 2. By when it adheres to the fides
'^''
(tationof them fubli- of the Veffel, muft with a
#lt;o heat, Ihe fir/l Spatula of Iron, or Stone,
i.c;i
Reiterate thetr Subh- be put down to the heat of
t in the VejJ'el Aludel^ the bottom, and this pre-^
rtmaip fixed. This cipitation repeated, till th#
on is made by two whole be fixed.
(,
with their two
or Covers in the IX. To fubliyne Arfenickn
g order* that you Take Arfenick^ filings of Ve-
lever ceafe from the nus ana one found^ Common
tof Sublimation, until Salt half a Found: Alum
'.tre fixedthem.There- Calcindfour Ounces^ mortifie
3 foon they have
as with Vinegar, fiirring over a,
led into one VelTel, fire till all he black : Again,
lem into the other Imbibe and dry., (lirring m he-
:*4c> continually, ne- fore , which repeat ag.^m ; then
tflfering thern long to fublrme. and it will bi profita-
adhering to the fides ble.
CHAP
34^ S A L MO N'S
CHAP. XL.
Of the Alchymie of the MarchafiteJi
I./T^HE Marchafitc is The firfl- fublimatioj

.
^ fublimed two ways^ be made in a Veflel
1. Without Ignition. 2. With
limation, and fo lot
Ignition^ bccaule has a nued, till the SulphiS
it
two-fold fubftancCjîss. One parated > the procef

pure Sulfhur, and Argent fucceffively and
Vive mortified. The
continued, until it ij
firft
is profitable as Sulphur
; the
feft that it has lol
fecond as Argent Vive mor- Sulphur.
tified, and moderately pre
pared. Therefore we take III. Which may be|
in this laft, becaule by it thus ; When its wl
we are exculed from the phur 111 all be fublimJ
former Argent Vive ^ and the will fee the colour I
febour of mortifying it. changed into a mc

WhitCj mixt with
II. The intire way of the clear, plealant^ anc
fiiblimation of Mineral
this ftine colour : Alfo yl
fs, by grinding it to ponder^ know it thus : Becail
and putting into znAludel^ has any Sulphur in i(
it
fubliraing Sulphur with- burn and flame lil

its
out Ignition i always and phur ; but what fhal

very often removing what condly fublimed aft|
is fublimed. Tbea .aug- fiiblimate, will neii
ment the force of jtfie fire inflamed , nor flid
into Ignition of the AludtU properties of SulpfHJ
G E B E R. 547
:/mt Five mortified, in
iteration of fublima- V. The top of the For-
n nace muft be fixed with a
flat Hoop, or Ring of Iron,
r You muft get a fo- having a hole in its middle,

,
ftrong, baked
well fitted tothe greatnefs of the
U^fipn Veirel, about three Veflel, that the Veflel may
'
jighj but in breadth ftand faft within it ; Then
CiHcally no more than lute the junctures in the cir-
[f^ rând may commodi- cuit of the VelTel and the
fejj
enter: The bottom Fornace, left the fire paf
(qL iVeffel, (which muft fing out there, fhould hin-
Sijrf
ye fo that it may be der the adhercncy of the
pjQjj
ited and conjoyned, fubliming flowers, leaving
2P(j
36 made after the form only four Cnall holes, which
ijijit
jbin wooden Diftij but may be opened or fhut in
^j5 1j
idcep, *viz,. from its the flat Ring or Hoopafore-
to the bottom about faidj through which Coals
lor eight Inches > from may be put in round about
^jÎj
lace^ or mo\êable bot the fides of the Fornace :
:;5\1
o the head, the Veflel Likewife four other holes
iiiblio
'be very thickly and muft be left under them_,
and between their fpaccs
L J
[the head of the Vef- for the putting in of Coals,
'^^jj}
ft be fitted an Alem- and fix or eight leflTer holes^
jj
iwith a wide Beak or proportionate to the mag-
^j
(ifo I
Joyn the bottom to nitude of ones little finger,
jjj
liddle, witli good te- which muft never be Ihut,
^^jj,
iis lute ("the Marcha- that thereby the fire may
^ j
eing within that bot- burn clear: Let thefe holes
[then fet on the Alem- be juft below the jundure
j^Jl
,and place it in a For- of the Fornace, with the
^^^^
,|j, i
where you may give (aid Iron Hoop,
j-ng fire, as for the fu-
j
jjlf Silver or Copper. VI. That Fornace is of

great heat, the fides of
which
348 S A LM ON 'S
which are to the height of Fire makes it rather
two Cublts_j and in the midft cend.
whereof is a Round, Gratc^
or Wheel filled full of very VIIL Now let youj|
many fmall holes clofe tobe continued under i
gether, (wide below or un- VefTel , till yott kno\

derneath, but fmall above, the whole matter is all
or in the fuperior partj)and ed into flowers, wl
ftrongly annexed to the may prove by puttingi
Fornace by luting, that the Rod of Earth well bl
Aflies or Coals may the with a Hole in its
more freely fall away from through a Hole in the ]{
them, and the faid Grate about the bignefs ofj
be continually open for the little Finger^ putting it
more free reception of the almoft to the middle,
air, which mightily aug- or nigh the matter
ments the heat of the fire. whence the fublimatc i|
ed ; and if any tl
VIL TheVeffelisofthe cends and adheres

aforefaid length , that the Hole in theR.od, the
Fumes afcending may find matter is not fubiime
a cool place and adhere to if not, the fublimatj
ttê fides? other wife was it ended.
fiiorc , the whole Velfels
would be almoft of aneqaal IX. That the Ma
hsat, whereby the fubli- confiftspf Sulphur
matc would fiv away, and gtnt Vive, it is fuflk
be loft. !t is^ alfo Glafed evident 5 for if it
well within, that the Fumes into the fire, it is no

may not peirce its Pores and Red-Hot, but it is
fo be loft ; but the Bottom ed and burns : alfo,
which ftands in the Fire is with Vtnus J it gj

ed
not to be Glazed, for that the Whirenefs of puif
the Fire would melt it ; nor ver ; fo alfo if mixej
vinglazed would the matter Argent Vivet andinij
go through it, for that the limationityieldsaCf
G E B E R. %49
:kiur, with a Metalick PPhen that is afcended; take
cky. off the Head or Alemhick;,
and having applied another,
frefare
fo ^,.^.... the
., Mar- augment the Fire, then that
Take thefne Tender 'whtch has the place of Argent
*
Mineral, ffread it m \ Vive Afiends, as we have he-
ickQver the Bottom of\ fore declared.
. 1
r'Aludelj and gather
^hnr with a gentle fire.
'l^
[neS
CHAP. XLI.
m k Akhymie of. Magnefta^ Tntiay and

other Minerals.
^HE Sublimation of in Metaline fublimation

Magntfia and Tutia fave, that fbme need the
fame with that of addition f fome other (ub-
chafitey for that they ftance to piake them fob-
be lublimed with- lime or rife,
ition , having the
ufe, the fame Ope- 11. But in the frblima-
v,and the fame Gene- tion of Imperfed: Metaiine

thod : likewife all Bodies^ no great quantity
tfcd Bodies^ are fubli- of the Body to be fu.blim-
the fame orderjwith- ed^ niufi: be at once put
ly difFerencei except into the bottom of the V'ef-
[he Bodies of the Me- fel, becauie much Metaline
['mft have a more vehe- fubflance, holds the parts
'fire than the Marcha- fafter^ and hinders the fiib-
^Magnetia and Tutia : liming : alfo the bottom of
there any diyerfty the lublimatory iliiould be
jyo SALMONS I
flat,not Concave, that the of the Fornaces when lit
Body equally and thinly Metals are wrought,
Ipread upon the bottom, the fame thing that
ft
may the more eafily lii- does : and what a me 'î^
blime in all its parts. Fume does not, w
the admixtion of Ibt^
III. Such Bodies as need ther Body, neither wi
the admixtion of other fiib- likewife do. if
it
ftances, are Venm and Mars^

i i
by reafon of the flow- VI. And by realc

nels of their fufion : Venus its fubtilty, it more
II C(
needs Tutia ; and Mars trates che profundity

i:
Arfenick ^ and with thefe Metaline Body, and

they are eafily fiiblimed, it more than it does it
for that' they well agree Body and adhears
,
i)
with them. Therefore in the Examen^ as b
their fublimation is to be perience you may
lithe
made as in lutia^ and o- and whatever Bodieji

ther like things, and to be altered by Sulphur
y'nne,
performed in the fame me- gent Vive, will alfo
'Mi
thod and order , as in the farily be altered b
former Chapter. becaufe of their
Nature.
&
IV. Now Magnefia has a
more Turbid and Fixed, VII. to prepare
andjefs inflamable Sulphur, Pouder it very finej
and a more Earthy and fê- put it into and AlttJt
culent Argent Vme, than the by ftrong Ignition, o;
Marehaftte ^ and therefore of vehement fire, cai
the more approximate to Flowers to afcend o]
the Nature of Mars, blime, fo is it prepar(|
ufe. It is alfo diliolvi
V. But Ttitia is the fume Spirit of Vinegar, b
of White Bodies ; for the been firft Calcin'd,
Fume of Jupiter and K(g- it is alfo well prepar
;// adhering to the fides
Ill geber. ^st
{ an excellent Crocm fk for
,
Alfo it IS certain^ ufe.
py neceffary things
purpofe, are ex- XIL ^y^sUfiumprCop"
)ni Imperfe<5t Bo- percalcind, is to be ground
:hneed yet afar- to pouder,and wafhed with
ration^ asfirftC^- Spirit of Vinegar, after the
lich is thus prepa- lame manner as we taught
'afti it in Spirit of in th'4 preparation of Ce-
and feparate it rule: So in like manner Li-
i:ti
more grofi parts 5 tharge of Gold and Silver :

in You may alfo diflblve thefe
W Milk coagulate
and it is prepa- things again, and they will
U be purer : You may alfo ufe
them either diffolved or
Sfanilh White^ Tin, congealed; this is a pro-
md Minium, are pre- found Ifiveftigation.
^ ifter the lame man^
diffolving them in XIIL Antimony is Calci-
plim
>f Urine, and then ned, Diffolved, Filtred

ng and coagulating Congealed, and ground to
lun as before. pouder, and fo it is pre-
pared.
tdegrife is diffolved
itof Vinegar, and XIV. Cinnahar muft be
f
being gently con- fublimed from Common
with the (bfc heat Salt once, and fo it is well
mle fire ; and then prepared for ufe.
i^red, and made fit
Work. XV. The fixation of Mar-

chafite, Magnefia and Tuîa,
IJf Crocus Mart is
\i dif- You muft after the firftfub-
n of Vinegar, limation of them is finifhed,
Spirit
red: This Red Wa- caft away their foeces ; and
|ig congealed, yields then reiterate theii* fublima-
tion.
3f* SALMON'S
tion, Co often returning them, till they be
what fublimes to that which which muft be done i
remains below of either of per fubliming Veflels!
CHAP. LXtf-
Of the Alchymie of Saturn,
L 'TpO prepare Lead. Set ground, till by the

I
jL in a Fomace of oftheaforefaid thini

it
Calcination, ftirringit while uncleannels be tot^

it is in Flux^ with an Iron moved: Then mix
Spatukfiill of Holes^ and therewith^ and cai

drawing off the fcuni^ till it pure body to defc
be converted into a moft defcending (by m
fine pouder : Sift it, and let vehement heat) tl
it in the Fire of Calcinati- body may be reduc<
on, till its fugitive and in-

flamable fiibftance be abo- III. Calcine it ^gii
lilhed : Then take out this pure Sal Armonlack^ (i

Red Calx, imbibe, and do Jupiter) and moft]
grind it often with Com- grind and diffdve it'
mon Salt cleanfed. Vitriol WAy afore&id, for
purified, and moft {harp the water of Argent Pî]
Vinegar, which are the S//>^rproportionaUyil
things to be ufed for the which we ufe in the
Red'^ but for the White, pofition of the Red
Common Salt, Common
Alum, and Vinegar. IV. Lead is
Body, livid, earthy,

11. Your matter muft be derous, mute, partik]
often imbibed , dryed, and alittieWhitenefs,with|

ih'% XLiL G r BER. i'î
.akefs, refufing the Cine-

1, and Cement, eafily VI. It differs not from
.. fible in all its dinien- 7/w,after repeating
its Calci-
)n with fmall Compref- nationtothe redudion there-

3n and very fufible with- of, lave, that it has a more
it 'gnition. Yet fome uncleaniubftance commixed
le iky 3 that Lead in its of a more grofe Sulphur,
AîSlaturejis much appro- and Argent Vive, the' Sul-
m ed to Gold ; thefe phur being more burning
of things, not as they and adhasfive to the Argent
r 1 themlelves, but ac- Vive. It has a greater Ear-
rtig to fenfo,behig void thy Farculancy than Jupiter'
"tâfon, and not con- which appears by wafhing
[g the Truth.
it With of
Argent Vive;
and more Farculency comes
It has much of an from it by wafhing than,
'/Tubliance^, and therefrom Jupiter y and its fir ft
's waftied , apd by a Calcination is eafier per-'
tent converted into formed than in Tin , be-
V which it appears, caufe of its Earthinefs : and
ii^
wis more affimilated becaale its foulnels is nof
perfedt. It is alio by reftified as in Jupiter /by
ation made Mmum-^ repeated Calcinations; it is^
a ^ hanging over -the a fign of -greater impurity
ir ot V inegar ^ it is in its pi-inciples^ and in ics
êrufe. And thoit own Nature. '
n'3
]j /near to perfection,
f^ our Art, we eafily VTT. Sulphur isnot^fe--
Its
^^.
ft 'it into Silver, not para ted from
it in fume, but'
gitsWeight ifitranf- is of a Citrine Colour^ of

Oii, but acquiring a much Ydlo\vneis, the like
jêighr, which ic ob- of which- is remaining be-
y our xVIaeiiiry. It low ac the bottom, whicli
sari
^hp Try af of Silver lliews tha-t it has much of a
Cupel ^ .as we ihall Combuftible Sulphur in ic,
> ihew. and becaufe the Odour or
A 01 %t
SS4 SALMON'S
Sulphureity is not removed
from it in a IX. Bodies having
ftiort time, it
fliews that approaches to

it Vive, have .Urgent
the Nature of fixed Sul-jf Extenfion^ but
phur ^ and is Uniformly have litde Argent
commixed with the fub- have little Extenhon.
ftance of Argent Vive. Jupiter is more cafih
Therefore when the fume lubtily extended thai
afcendSj it afcends with the ûrn, Saturn more
Sulphur not burning, whofe rhan Venm, Venm
property is to create Citri cafily than Mars,
nity. more fubtily than
\nd Sol more fubtih
^
VIII. And that the quan Luna,
tity of its not burning Sul
phur is more than in Tin, X. The Caufe of
appears for that its whole ration or hardening is
Colour is changed into Ci- Argent Vive, or fixj
trinity^ in Calcination, but phuri but the caufe
of T/ into White : Whence nefiis Oppofite. TW
the caufe appear why Ju- of Fufion is alio t\
fiter in Calcination is more to wit, of Sulphur not
eafily changed into a hard and Argent Vive of
Body than Saturn : the burn- kind foever ; Sulphi
ing Sulphureity being more fixed is neceflarily
cafily removed from Jupi of Fufion without li
ter than Saturn^ one of the This is evident in An
caufes of its foftnefs is re- for projeded on Bod(
moved 5 whence ( being pcuh to he Fufed^ it
Calcined^ it necelTarily fol- them of eafie Fufiony\
lows it muft be hardened : out Ignition: andth^
but Saturn , becaufe it has of Fufion with Jgni
both the cauies of foftneft fixed Argent Vive.
flrongly conjoyned , viz,, Impediment of Fufa
much burning Sulphur and ed Sulphur.
much Argent Vive, it is not
tefily hardened.
atcd in \t% profundity, and
From hence it ap equalized in its fubftance;
.
That feeing Bodies but the other hardned, and
ateft perfection, con its occult parts infpiffa-
5 greated quantity of ted.
Thofe Imper-
Five :
^ bdiei holding more of XIV. There are three

^Vive, muft needs be degrees
^^^l which the Impcr-^
approximate to the fed Bodies,
chiefly Saturn
t ^ whence it follows,
and Jupttr muft obtain, in
lodies of much Sul order to perfedion : Firft,
ty, are Bodies of
J Cleannefs, or Brightnefi:
"|Corraption. Secondly , Hardnefs, or
Denfnefs, with Ignirion in
From hence it is e riifion. Thirdly^ Fixation^
i that Jupur is
near
.
by taking away their fugi-
\f^fe^^ leeingitpar- tive fubltance*
;s more of FerfeBicn^
orii
caufe
kmn lefs ; Venus yet XV. They are cleanfed
^ W Mars leaft of all, Saturn and Jupiter) in
{'Viz..
bto the Medicines, A threefold manner :
i. By
ting them, it is Mundifying. 2. By Calci-
that Venm is the moll iâtion and
I
hQ Redudion t
ill? of Medicine
j S' By Solution. Firft^ By
ifi, Jupt^r yet lefs things purifying they
are
^rwlealtofall. cleanfed two ways,
either
by reducing them into
^ Thus according a
'
to mto the Nature of
Calx, or
ji! erfityof Bodies, di- Bodies: reducing into a
\î of
Medicines are Calx^ they are purified
ei-
afid ût A hard Body,
\
ther by Salts^ or Alum^
n endure Ignition re' or
\ Glals: Thus, when
lone.
the Bo-
t Medicine \ but dy is Calcin'd, put upon
irs
', that abides not Ig-
f^
Calx^ water of Alums,
atiother^ that one or
Salts^ or Glafs mixed with
foftricd and attenu-
*
It, and reduce it to a Body,

A a 1 which
56 S A LMON'S
which fo often reiterate till the lame fire, divides!
they look purely clenn : For fubftance of earth, wl
feeing Alums, Salts^ and proportion : See SedJ
Glafs, are fuled with ano- 5. above.
ther kind of fiifion than Bo-
dies_, therefore they are ie- j
XVIII. Tbethird^
parated from them, retain- cleanfing Saturn and
ing with themielves the of their fubl
by iSi^/w^/^w
earthy fubftance, the purity and by reduction
of the Bodies being only likewiie, which is dii
left. from them; for that
reduced makes thei
XVL Or thus. Let Sa- clean, than any oth(
turn or Jupiter be filed^ and or kind of preparatiot
mix therewith Alums, Salts^ foevcr, except that
^nd Glals, and then redu- limation, to which
ced into a body, and this equivalent.
ib often to be repeated till
they be well cleanfed: XIX. Induration, ci
I'hey are alio cleanled by ning of their joft Ju^

*
vv.iy of. Laveraent with This is done with
Ardent Fi'ue,. of which we in their Fufion, thu^.|
ha" e fpoken before. -^ |
Saturn or yufiter tl
fKince of A^ger/t VA
XVII. The fecond vMy of Sulphur fixedJ or of
^
deanjing Saturn and Jupiter, mull: be mixed in tW

by Calcmation and Reduction fundity Ov, they :
with fufficient fire,where- mixed with hard, a|
by they are freed from a fufible things, as tl
twofold corrupting fub- of March ifit e., and:

ffance, i. One infiamable for theie are unite<
and fugitive. i. Another and embraced bytl
earthy and firculent 5 be- harden them 1<?^ th;j
caiiie the Fiie ekvates and flow not, till they
confumes every fugitive fub- hot. The fame thi
ftance. And by ledudion fo compleated by hi

Jir. XLII. G E BER. 5n
'^2 perfe<îng theni, of within, and without. 1^
ill hereafter. you would have it to be

prepared for the White ^ Im-
J^ Fixation, hy remo'val bibe it with water of White
leir fugiti've fithfiance. Alum^ and reduce it with
hi is done by calcination Oyl of tartar^ or its Salt.
a e proportional to their But if you would have it
jnce : In order to for the Ktd^ Imbibe it with
it I. All their corrup- the water of Crocus Mart is ^
Jiuftive fubftance mult and of Verdigriie^ and re-
t J;apfed from them as duce it with Salt of Tartar
lid. 2. Then their as before This work Rei-
:
fuperflulty muft be terate as often as nz^6, re-

Milaway. 3. They mud quires.
[bilfolved and Reduced,
^'bifl!>^Pêatly wafhed in a XXII. Ihe, Calcination cf
\mt of Urgent Saturn ^w J Jupiter. Let a
Vi've.
s neceffary and pioti- great Telf ( or Calcining

Pan ) be placed in a For-
nace, and put Saturn and
si'^'' Saturn is fpecially Jupiter into it ^ with as
d by a Calcination much common Salt prepa-
e Acuity of Sah^ and red, and Roch Alum Cal-
it is efpeciallv deal- cined : being in Flux ^ let
as alfb by Marchapte the Metal be continually
Calcine Saturn ftirredwith an Iron S[atu-
\yf\t\\ common Salt la of holes ^ till the
full
^djftirring it continu- whole be reduced to Aj]ies_,
th an Iron Spatula, whiwih fift, and let diem in
X)mes to Allies. De- the Fire aeain,'keeping them
for one Natural day_, continually Red Fire. Hot till
t it be a little Fiery the Calx of Jupiter is white%"i-

lit not much; then ed or that of Jupiter is rubi-
with pure clean wa-
: fied as Minium,
id Calcine it for
5
Il it be Red both XXIII. The Reîm&n
A a
|f SALMON'S
Saturn and ]n^\tQV for the I'hen put the FeJJel mti
White, Take Saturn purifi- Matter into a Fornace ofl\
ed three Tound. melt or add to tion for twelve dates,
it clean or funfied Mercury dune, take it forth, and
tiveloje Pound the it with things reducit
^ fiirring
v^hole that they may be mixed : will you find that whicH
Ikis mixture put into a Bolt- Anceftorsfound notwii)ur
Head of a Foot in Lengthy great Study, îz*. TheJe
which place in the Athanor nerated, generating. F)vi
with a gentle Fre for a week. this upon the Cineritiuo
Take purified Jupiter one Cupel with Lead , and fo
loured y melt and add purified will find the Body pc'c^
Mercury \xôund\ doing in in Whitenefs ,

perpeii
cdl refpeBs as before with Sa- generating its like.
turn. In this weeks time you

will have a Pafte diffolved, XXV. The Regit
fie Fermented with the Saturn is alfo compl
to be
White Ferment, Thus. if being prepared am
XXIV. TskQ of the White folvedj (1 fuppofe he
Ferment one Found, of the in his diffokuive
Tafia of Saturn tvô Pounds, made of Nttre and
of the Fafie, ^Jupiter three it be mixed widi a^
Founds : Thefie being dijjolved^ part of its Red Fe|
mix through their leafi farts dilTolved alfo ; and iU
And fet in putrefaction, ( in a (lilling off the WaterJ
moderate Fire, like as in dif Cohobating leven tiriK
jolutw?} ) for fevrn dates : duce it to a Body
Then take them out well mix- prove it by its Exs
ed and Strain or Squeezes their and you will rejoycel
more Liquid p-arts through a bountiful Body wl
Cloth : The thick Matter re- generated,
maining , put into a Glafs ,
m
Seal it well up, and place it XXVI. White Mei
in an Athanor /^r the time Saturn : alfo folar
aforejaid. whtch do thrice^ till /c^r Saturn. Becaufetlj
St has Imbibed all the humidity. dicines^ and the W(
%xim. G E B E R.
;t^
/h(y or altogether the we
you thithen ftiall refer
im; as for Jupiter and faying no more thereof in
--i
at n the Chapter of Ju- this place, fee Chap. 43.

tet/Q have explicitely and Sea. 16, 17^ 18, 19,20^21.
rgy declared the niatter^ following.
CHAP. XLIII.
The Alchymic of Jupiter.
Ôfrepare]M\i\ttv. Put purified, and ftiarp Vinegar,

it into a fit Veffelj and dry it in the Sun or Air,
brnace of Calcination, Grind it again, wafhing and
nake a good Fufion, drying it ; doing this {o long
rrg the melted Metal till by the acuity of the Salts,
d m
Iron Spatula full of Alums, Vinegar, its whole
drawing ofTtheScum humidity, blackneft and un
fes, and again ftirring cleanneft is taken away.
*y, and thus continu- This done , add Glals in
al the whole quantity fine Pouder to it, impafle
uced to Fouder or the whole together , and
This Pouder fife ^ with a fufficient Fire make
td ' place it in the Fornace it flow in a Crucible with a
;ai in the lame heat of hole in its bottom > fet with-
reftirring it often, for in another, fb ivill the pure
^^.urs, till its whole ac- and clean Body defcend,
and fuperfiuous hu-
de' al the whole Earthy and Fe-
lid/ with all
isabolillied culent fubftance remaining
scnburtible and corrup- above with the Glafs, Salts,
ng' ulphur. Then often and Alums ; in which pure
'eilvarti it with common Body is an equal and perfect
ilt;leanfedi and Alum proportion Argent Vi'vCy and
A
a 4 White
1
^60 S A L M O N'S Lihl
mite 'Su._ not burning!

ur
Then Calcine this pure III. j^/>iêr^ becaufe,
Body with pure and clean ceives much whitenefe I
Sal Jrmoniack^ till it be in the Radix- ot its genera

weight , equal or therea- it whitens all other
bout: being well and per- which are not White, \
fectly Calcined, Grind the has a fault, that it br^

whole well and long upon makes brittle all othei
a Porphyrie^ and fjtit in the diesêxcept Saturn and

open Air in a Cold moift pure Sol: Jupiter ad
place; or in aGlaisVeffei much to Sol and Lum
in a Fornace of Solution, or therefore does noteafi
in Horfe-Dung , till the ceede from them in tb
whole be diffolved ^ aug- men or Tryal by the
menting the Salt if need The Magiftery of this k
be. This Water ought to gives it a Tinfcure of
be^fteemed, for it is what nefs, that fhines in h
1
we feek for in the whole. ineftima^ble brightnet

is hardened and cle m
IL Tin is a Metalligk more eafily than
Body^ White , Livid , not He vvho knows h0\^^
!
pure'^ and a little founding, away \is Vice of bfi;

j
partaking of little Earthi Vi/ill liiddenly reap tfife
nefs, poifefling in its Root of his Labour with^li

harfhnefs, loftnefs, eafinefs ciufe it agrees io we
of Liquefad:ion wkhout Ig- 56/ and Lun^ ^ am
nitionViOt abiding, the Cupel never be fcparate^
or Cement^ but extenfible un them.
der the Hammer. Therefore
Jupiter am.ong Bodies dimi- IV. In Calcining
niihed from perfedion is Sulphureousflinkarife
_,
in the F.adix of its Nature its Sulphur not fixed

of affinity to Sol and Luna^ tho it gives no flam
bur more to Li^;^^, and lelsjit is not fixed^ foe
%o Svl [flaming is by rea(
rhe great abundan ti
ikjXLIII. GE B E R.
I6i
/gent Vive, prefcrv- by fubtra<aion of Its Sconay
y i)m Combuftion : So it is calcin'd with a great
n Tin is a two-fold fire.
r^ and a two-fold Ar-
tve: one Sulphur lefs VII. after the re-Now

ec fending forth a (link moval of thefe two Sub-
,
her more fixed, be- (iances, viz,. Sulphur^ and

t abides with the Calx Argent Vtve from Jufiter^
d Fire and ftinks not. you will find that it is livid,
and weighty as Lead, yet
V there is alfo a twofold partaking of greater white-
nee of Argent Vive in nefi than Lead^ and there-
.3 not fixedj and the fore more pure c vnn Lead '
nc fixed becaufe it In which is the equality of

:
a Crafhing noife be- fixation^ of the two com-

.
:s Calcination^ but af- pounding things, viz,. Sul-

has been thrice Calci- ^fhur and Argent Vive, but
chat Crafhing ceafes^ not the equality of quan-
hi Iis caufed by its fugi- tity,becaufe in the Com-
re Argent Vive being mixtion, the Argent Vive^
away. This is evi- is fupereminent.
: n Lead being waili't
'itt\rgent Vive, and then VIII. Now if there were
icl d in a very gentle fire not in
proper nature a
its
)n: part of the Mercury will greater quantity of Argent

3tTin with the lead^ and Vive than oiSnlphur^ Argent
/illgive to it this ftridor, Vtve would not eafily ad-
on irting the Lead into Tin here to it For which rea- ;
fon it adheres with difficul-

Ml* On the contrary al- ty to Venm ; but with much
9'/ may be converted greater difficulty to Man^
XAad'. For by a mani by reafon of the fmall quan-
"epetition of its Calci- tity di Argent Vtve contain-
ât n, and a fire fit for its ed therein
; the fign of
ed^tion^ it is turned into which, is the ealle fufion of
^^0 but efpecially when the one, and the difficult
fufion of the other. IX.
36z S AL MON'S
IX. But the fixation of XI. AtSc<3:,i4,
thefe two fubftances re- 17,18,19,20, 21,22.
maining, approaches nigh former Chapter, we]
to firm fixation, yet is it not ftiewn the farther pi
abfolutely fixed, which is tions of 7/, which bJ
evident from the calcinati- they are fo plainly ei
on of its body, and after fed there, are needle!
calcination, the expofing again repeated here.J
the fame to the moft ftrong there are other fpeci*
fire ; for by that, divifion parations which ari
isnot made, but the whole following, to wit, hj

lubftance alcends, yet more nation, by which iijl
purified, from whence it ap- ftance is more harca
pears, that the burning Sul- which happens not
phur in 7f, is more eafily turn, Alfo, by Aim
ieparated than that in Lead thele properly hard^
And that, becaufe its cor- pter. Alfo, by Confsi
rupting Properties are not of it in the fire of its
radical , but accidental , nation, for by this it
therefore they are the more ics ftridor or Cralliinf
eafily feparated, and its fradion of bodies HI
mundification. Induration^ the which in like
and fixation , the more happens not to Satt
Ipeedy.
XIL Calcine Jufn
X. And
becaufe, that af- Saturn at Sedt. 21.
ter Calcination and KeduBion^ former Chapter witj-
we found in its fume a Ci- mon Salt purified jam
trinity, through the great ten its Calx for thn
force of fire ; we judged, as in Saturn : But fe]
that it contained in its body errnotinitsRedudi*
much fixed Sulphur: By thele that is difficult unlQJ
Operaiions you may find made the Fornai in

out the Principles ofBodies^ Cineritium or Cement
and the Properties of Spi- it is done with eafe.
thai
rits.
y XLiii. GE B E R. 3<^3
atoumaynoter-r^ joyn you J every one of them ac

ody which you would cording to their kind.
2, in equal parts with
'^
}y which you make xiy. With nick, or

m! du<5tionând co-unite Mereury or pure Luna
rtrided Calx : But in ('which is more profitable)
^f
H, urcs there is another deduced to this by calcining
fj Isration, for the mat-
and diffblving, you may
^, nging muft be multi- acquire the compleat Igniti-
i^
upon the matter to on and hardnefs of Saturn^
tged, till the Tinfture and Jufiter, with incom-
l^'i'
X in the BoJj or Me- parable brightnefs : but Spe-
'
culations in thefe things
ill
without pra<5tife, is not ve-
'^'^
n. After you have ry available.
^ thefe two Leadsând

I
^^1
their color and bright-
I XV. To Grind , to De-
Îwith other things ac- cod, to Inhumate, to Cal-
Oi
ng to your defire cine, to Fufe, to Deftroy,
^^fl)ly they may yet want to Reftore or Reduce, and
f^ mh then you muft to cleanle Bodies^ are effedu-

^^' woceed. Diffolve Tutia all works : with thefe Keys
ledj and Tin calcined,, you may open the Occult
^t)oth Solutions^ and Incloliires of our Arcanum^
that water imbibe the and without them , you
\fJin time after time^ never fit down at the
lliall
the Calx has imbibed Repafts of fatisfadions.

ghth part of the Tutia,
reduce it into a Body^ XVI. A White Medicine
;f
ou will find it to have for Jupiter and Saturn pre-
ion, and that good if pared. Take of fine Luna
:
reiterate the fame la- one Poundy liumg Mercury

, till ûe Ignition be ac- eight Pound, Amalgamate,
d. All Waters diffolu- and vâjh the Amalgama with
of Bodies and Sfirits^ îrit of Vinegar and common
jhali hereafter ihQW \s alt frepared, smnl it acaûires
3^4 SAL M ON'S
aCoslefilal or Az,ure Colour, again with retlified
Then extra^ as much of Mer- with Sal AU
Eggs,, or
cury as you can J by lirongly OylofSalt of Pot-Al
exfrejjing the mixture through of Nitre, or Tartar,
a thick Cloth. To this add will flow with Ingrefsl
MeFCury fublimate> double jeB one part upon five
the weight of the Luna,, grind Tin prepared^ and it
them well together^ then De- perfeB Luna of the

coB the mixture in a Bolt- Order, witheut Error.
Head J firmly clofed for 24
hours : DecoB fame again
the XVIT. Another
then break the VeJJ'el, and then Medicine for Jupitt
Jeparate that 'which is Sub- 5^^rw prepared. Tak\
limed/row the Inferior Red- Calcined, and grind
diili Pouder. But take heed as much as itfelfof S]
of giving too great a Fire, for moniack fublime it
that would caufe the whole four times ; dijjolve int<i\
to flow into one black Mafs, and therewith Imbibe
Tut the Pouder upon a Por- calcined fas you did-
phyrie ftone^ add to it two former^ fo often as;
farts of Sal Armoniack fre- has drunk in as mm
pared, and one fart of Mer- own weight is, and
cury fublimed ; grind aU ve- grefs to it with the Oyl
ry well together-^ and imbibe faid, and proje^l one A
the mixture iiîth the Water on 10 parts cj Jupiten
of Sal Alcali or Sal Nitre, red^ and it will be
if you cannot get the other, Luna. .:
or Salt ef Pot -Allies : when

imbibed^ Diftil ojf with a gen XVIII. Another
tie Fire the whole Water, till Medicine for Satur{
that remains in the bottom is Jupiter prepared.
melted like Pitch: Cohebate the Luna I pound dijl'olvei
fame Ifater , repeating this own wattr ^made of\
Work Then take out
thrice. and Vitriol) to whk
the Matter^ grind It on afione, Td^ck calcined and di
md dry it very wdl ; Imbibe I pound', Difiil cffthei

iXLin. GE B E R. ;^5'
fttTtg :^
or /\. tintesy con- \off the Water hy diJHIlation,
md incerate Tiîth Arfe- and cohobate four times : then
^nblimed^ until flow dry the matter and imbibe it
tt
ave Ingrefs : frcjcB i with Oyl of Tarrar reBified

tfon 8 farts of Jupiter fas heretofore is taught; un-
ed^ and 'twill be all fine til it flows as IVax^ and by
Thefe three Medi- projeclidfj rvill tinge four parts
lyou may project up- of Saturn or Jupiter int
h% $turn prepared for the Gold Obrizon.
I, but then the Saturn
be prepared and caj- XX. Another Solar Me-
"for three days^ by dicine for Saturn and Jupi-
2t. of the former ter prepared, it is made
Iter. with Sol dijfohed
the (as in
former)^^^^//iê quantity of
X. A Solar Medicine Verdigrife calcind and dif-
.>M tfiter and Saturn pre- fol'ved^ being both mixed and
Galcine Sol, am alga- inceratedyby di(tilling and in-
xrfi with Mercury^ as cerating with Sulphur ^re/'/?-
VLêxprefs the Mercury red^ until it flow tike Wax,
b a Cloth, then grind it and tinge 8 'farts of Saturn

twice fo much as it [elf or Jupiter prepared^ fflen-
tfO Iwion Salt fr (pared I Jet didly,
lole over a gentle fire
k remaining Miv.cnry XXL A third Solar Me-
icHd. ExtraB the Salt dicine for Saturn and Jupi-
fiveet water^ dry the ter prepared for the Red
from which fuhlime as It is made of Sol diffolved^
5al Armoniack/cf f rr- Sulphur dijfohed^ and Ver-
^H fublimed Salt four digrife diflolved, mixt and
, dijj'ohe it in A. F. prepared fas in the laliSeft).
'/Vitriol, NicrCj and and then i?Kerated with Oyl
J
dijjbhe alfo Crocus of Hair prepared-^ or of Eggs,
^ made by calcination^ cr (for both are one) one part
calcined red : joyn thefe of this projUls upon I o parts
'fin equal parts ; draw of Satiirn cr Jupiter prepared
U
XXII. There is alfo ano-
ther preparation of Jupiter
by Se6i-: 22. of the former
Chapter.-
iffl,
it)''
CHAP. XLIV.
Bl
Of the Alchemy of Mars,

iiep
L TÔ prepare Mart or talick body, very liy

^ Iron. Calcine it as little Red, partakin
Venus ovitb comm/n Salt Whitenels, not puri
xkanfed^ and let.it he v/ajhed ftaining Ignition, lUgl
îth pure Vinegar'. with violent fire, cxtt

Being
3va(hed^ dry it in the Sun^ and under the Hammefj
wh^n dried^ grind and imbibe founding much. m
it îth new Salt and Vinegar^ bur
and put it into the fame For- III. It is hard to h

nace (as we fliall dired in naged by reafon of it
Vtnm) for 5 days. Efteem potency of fafion ; wl
and value this Solutionî//^:,. it be made to flow
The water of fixed Sulphur^ Medicine changing
wonderfully augmenting the ture, is fo conjoyned
color of the Hlixir. and Luna^ that it canr
(eparattd by examen
XL The whole Secret of out great Induftry
Mars is from the Work of prepared, it is conjo
Nature, becaufe it is a Me- and cannot be feparar
ijXLIV. G E B E R. 367
y rtifice^ the nature
if
fixation be not chari- V. And the more diffi-
it^ the defilement cult any Bodies are of fufi-
ly
Mars being only re- on, the more difficult they
Thereforeitisea- are in handling in the Work
TtnBure of Rednefs ; of Travfmutation ; the eafier
cukly of Whitenefs. to be fuled, the eafier to
hen it is conjoyned, be handled : and what di-
nor does it verfity of perfeftions are
t altredj
the colour of the found in any particular, in
irxtion, but augments the lelferpr middle Works;
1 lantity. yet in the Great Work all
Bodies arc of one perfedi-
Among all Bodies on,but not all of a like cafie
b more fplendidly^ handling or labour.
Jearly, more bright
more perfeftly Hence it appears^
tranf- VI.
into a Solar or Mars or Iron, is a com-
Lunar that
m ;than other Bodies, mixture of fixed Earthy
t
^ Work is of long la-Sulphur, with fixed earthy
though eafie to be Argent Five of a livid white-
\ :Next to Jupiter nels, the highly fixed Sul-
m chofen, of more phur predominating, which
handling, but of prohibits fufion : Whence
labour than Jupiter it is evident, that fixed Sul-
ter Venus comes Sa- phur hinders fufion more
'hich has a diminifh- than fixed Argent Vi've :
leftion in Tranfmuta- But Sulphur not fixed, ha-
diseafie to be hand Itens fulion more than \iv\r
It of moft tedious ^XQ^ Argent Vive : By which

LaftlyîW^ri among chc cauie of fpeedy or flow
bodies of lead per- fufion in every body b
is in tranfmutation^ feen.
fficultto be hand-
d of exceeding long VII. What has more ofa
fixed Sulphur is harder to
fufe.
3^8 S A L MON '
S, I
fufe, than wliat partakesof

a burning fugitive Sulphur ; IX. The caufes
which appears beeaufe Sul- goodnefs of Bodies,
phur cannot be fixed with- abounding with Argei
out Calcination, and no For feeing Argent Vv<
Calx gives fufion^ therefore no caufe of Exterrriii
in all things it, i;/':^. fixt will be divided ini
Sulphur, muft impede the in its eompofition (\
lame. it either with its wb
ftance flics from the

VIII. The caufes ofwith its whole fubftai
the
corruption of the Metals by mains permanent in|
fire, are, i. The inclufion is neceffarily conclt
6f a burning Sulphur in the be a caufe of Perfcftl
profundity of their fub-
ftance, diminifhing them X. Tl icrefore v]
by Inflammation, and ex- and Blefled be tli

terminating into Fume, Glorious and High
whatever fixed Argent Vive who created it, and
was in, them. 2. A Vehe- a Sublfance and Proj
mency of the Exterior which nothing elfe
flame, penetrating, andre- World does poffefsi
Iblving them, with it felf that this perfedion]
into Fume, and the molt be found 'H it^Tby tl
fixed matter in them. :. of Art) ^s we havc|
The rarefaftion of them by therein with great
calcination, the flame or For It is that whti
fire, penetrating into, and comes and
Fire^
exterminating them. Where cannot be overcor
all thefe cauies of Corrupti- in it amicably rcft|
on concur, thofe Bodies rejoyces therein.
muft be exceedingly cor
rupted. Where they all XL Mars is pre{
concur not, they are by fo ther with fublimati<
much the lefs corrupted. without fablimationl
foblimation we cm
j.XLlV. GE B E R. 069
ie itwith Arfentck not alfo be complearly effefted>
\
profoundly as we
as with the Calx of Bodies^ and
ijhat in fuHon it may Tutia, and Marchafite^ cal-
[with the lame; but cined, diffolvedj and im-
rards it is fublimed in bibed* The more clean
er Veffel of fublima- thefe are, the more perfe-
he which is the beft ctly do they change.
oft perfeft of all o-
ifcparations. Mars is XIII. lo {often hard Bo-
j-epared, by Arfenick dies, as MarSj &c. They
imes fublimed from muft be conjoyned and fub-
111 fome quantity of limed often with Arfemck,
nick it felf remain and aftei fublimation of
:
be reduced^ it
his the Arjenickj affated^ or
/ out whitCj clean^ calcined with their due pro-
and well prepared portion of fire, the meafure
, - ,alfo prepared by fu- of which we {hall declare
i f it with head and in our Difcourfe of Forna-
[for from thefe it ces. Laftly, They muft be
lean atnl whiê. reduced with the force of
their proper fire^ until in
i ,
or har- fufion they grow foft^ ac-
To Indurate
ji Argent Vi'ue cording to the degree of
Bodies.
cdted muft be diffol- the hardnefs of their Bo-
i, rA the ealcin'd Body dies, /ill thefe alterations
H. you have a defign are of the firft Order.with-
hden) dilTolved like- out wh^ch our Magiftery is
e mix both thefc iolu- notperfeded.
3S)gether, and the cal-
'd body mixed with XIV. Medicines dealhat-
n: ^y frequent imbibiti- ing MarSj of the firfi Order,
'^ connnually grind- 1 hat which dealbates iu^ of
'c.
oUVibing^calcining and the hrft Order, is ciiac

'^'igj until it be made which makes it to f.ow.-
^ Td fiifible with Igni- The fpecial fufive of it is
^' The very lame may
Arfeinck of every kind : ût
B b wich
370 S AL M GN's l;
vvidi whatfoever it is deal will it come forth
bited and fufcdyit is necef- clean, and fufible.
iary icbs conjoyned and
wailied wich Argent Vive, XVI. Or, Onlyl
until all its impurity be re- fublimed Arfenkk^
moved, and ic be white and Calx, let it be reduces
iafiblc. Or elfe let it be it will flow out whit
ixd hot with vehement ig- and fufible; But hei

nition,, and upon it Arfe- lerve the .Caution wfi
nkk projefted ; and when give in the Chapter]
it be in fiux^ call a
iliall nm, concerning the
quantity oi Luna thereon 5 ration of the fublimat
for when that Is united with Arfenkk, (fixing it fel|
ir, it is not fepar^ted there- profundity) frpm it.
Fronij by any eafie Arti is likewife whitenec
tl e fame manner!
Marchajite and Tutia*
XY. Or thus : Calcine
Mars, 2nd waCb away from XVII. Toprepar^
ibluble Alumlnofity Grind one pou7jd of tl
ic all its
(infeiring corruption) by thereofJ -wtth half a

the way oi' lolution^ but Arienick fuhlimed\\
now mentioned [with Ar the mixture with th&
gtntVive] then ktcleanfed Salt Peter and Si
Arjinick be fablimed from reiterating this
ir, and rcitei'ate that fubli- thrke^ then make it

^
marion many tiraes^ until a violent fre, ft

fbme pAit of tho Arfenkk white Repeat this :
be fixed therewith. Then it flow fufficiently ^ ivi

wich a iblutlon of Litharge whttenejs, );^
mix, imbibe, ^.rindj and

moderately calcinej ieveral XVIIL The firl
times : r nd lalHy, reduce Medicine for Mars\
it widi the Fire we mentio- nm. Take Silver
ned in the Reduftion oi I pund^ Arienick
Jtiplti r from its Calx : lo pound^ Mercury.
ijXLV. G EBE R. 371
to/^grind them together^ nm. Take Tutia i pound^
Hhe the whole with Calcine or diJJ'olve it in AF,
/"SaltNitrc^Lirharge, then with that water imbibe
1 Armoniack, in e- the Calx of Sol^ that it may
rtSj [/ fuffofe there is drink in double its oivn weight
Aqua Regis] till it has of the fame water : After-
9 its ow?t weight of that wards by difiillation draw off
Then dry^ and ince- the fame "water from it^ coho -
ith white Oyl (oj in bating four times. L^flly^ in-
until it floWy and one cerate with Oyl of Hair^ or
ill upon 4 parts of Bulls Gall^ and Verdigrife
'
Venus prepared. prepared^ and it will be excel-
lent. But be fure to purfuc
The lecond White the Operation according to
;ne for Adars and ê our Direffionsj other wife
"âke Luna calcined^
|
you will labour in vain^ and
calcined and dijfol'ved, in your heart underftand
W3C, drjy and incrcafe our Intentions (expreffed
uhle their quantity of in our Volumes) lb will
:k fiihlimcd., until the you know truth from falfe^
le flows welL hood.
The third White XXn. To Calcine Mars.

ne for Mars and Ver Mars being filed^ is calcined
ake Luna inourCalcinatory Fornace,
calcined^
k until it is very well rubified,
and^\jS.-^\i\\x jubli-
id ground with it^ and and becomes a pouder im-
Himed with a like palpable without grinding.

'
of Sal Armoniack. And this is called, Croci^
Imation repeat thrice^ Martis,
ifrcjeB 1 pound upon
of Mars GT Venus XXIIL The Regimen of
Mars. Take of the Vafl-e of
Mars 2 pund^ of the Tafies
A Redj or Solar of Venus and (?/Saturn, ana
ne for Mars and Fg- ^ potmdy mix thefe without
B b 2 Fv ^
572 S A L MO N'S
Ferment, and deco^ the mix- put into a ReduSiory
ture for fe'ven days^ and you fo will you have a J
will find the 'whole dry. Fix fubltance very pro
it. to it half its weight
and add you be wife.
of Litharge in fowder^ which
CHAR XLV-
Of the Alchymie ofY^Wis.

I. T^ H E Preparation of' Vinegar y and grind
^ Venm, Lay thin Cop- calcine again in
;
an of
ffr Vlates ftratum fu per lira- for 5 dajfs and nights

turn with Common Salt pre- it outy grind it fu
wired, till the VejJ'el be full^ long^ and wajh it wii
which cover ^firmly Lute^ and gar^ till it is cleanfed^

calcine in a fit Iôrnace for 24 uncleannefs. This Ja
hours : "then take it outjcrape it in the Sun : Add i\
off what is calcined^ and repeat Its weight cf Sal Ari^

the calcination of the Flates grinding it long ^ tea
with new Salt as before^ re* pable fubfiance : Th
feating theCalcination fo often it to the Air^ or fet it;
till all the Plates are confu- dung to be diJJ'olvedr.
med. For th Salt corrodes IS undiffolved add a \
the fuperfluous humidity^ Sal Armoniack ; ti

and combuftiblc fulphurei- nuing till the whole
ly and the fire elevates the water, Efteem an^
;
fugitive and inflamablefub- this water^ which |
f'rance with due proportion. the water of fixed

This Calx grind to a mofi; fub with which the
til ponder^ wa(h it with Fine- tinged to infinity.
water will come from
^'.iry till
it free from blacknefs. Again^ 11. Venus is a M
Imbihe it with more Salt and Bcdy^ livid^ perta^

XLV. GE BER. r3
rednefej fubjcft toig- and fixed, as to its greater
,
fufible, extenfible part; but as to its leffer
the Hanimerj but re- part, not fixed, red, and
the Cupel and Ce- livid, in relation to the
lt is in the pi ofundi- whole, not overcoming nor
its fubftance of the overcome. Its volatile Sul-
md eflence of Gold^ phur is evident from its
hammered being red fulphurous fume, and lo(s
s Silver and Gold is. of quantity by frequent
le medium of Sol and fluxing and combuftion. Itt
! andeafily converts it fixt Sulphur is evident from
11 to either^ being of flownefs of fufion, and
its
xconverfion^ and of induration of its fubftance.

Ic ibour. And that there is an
unclean
Sulphur jpyned with
red
It agrees very uêll unclean Argent Vive^ is evi-
utia, which citrinizes dent even to the lenfes.
\ a good yellow /rom
e you may reap pro- V. When the fixed Sul-

e need not labour to phur comes to fixation by
,te Itj or make it ig- heat of Fire, its parts are
j therefore it is to be (iibtilized ; but that pare
before other imper- which is in the aptitude of
\
idies, in the leJJ'er and folution of its fubftance is
not in the diffolved ; the fign of which

IVork^ but
r. Yet this has a is the expoiing it to the va-
*)eyond Jupiter^ that pours of Vinegar, which
ly grows livid, and makes the Aluminofity of
ssfoulnefs from fharp its Sulphur flow in its Su-
to erradicate which, perficies.
^ And being put
an eafie, but a pro- into a fallne liquor, many
Art. parts of it arc eafily diffol-
ved by Ebulicion 5 this A-
Copper therefore is luminofity by a faline wa-
n Arge?itVive,miXQd trinefs, and eafie folution,
Sulphur unclean, grofsj is changed into water : For
B b nothing :;
574 . S A L M O N'S
nothing is watery y and eafily ceed in the Commii
foliible, except Alum^ and And if you could perfe
what is of its nature.' This Argent Vive only^ you
underftand alfoofthe body have attained to the
of Iron, perfeBion^QVQn the perf
of that which ovei
VI. But the blacknefs in the Works of Natunitl
CithcvVenm or Mars ^ crea- you may cleanfe it?i5
ted by the Fire^ is by rea- inwardly, to which

fon of the Sulphur not fix- cation nature cannot
ed, (much indeed in Fen/4.,
but little in Mars) and it VIII. Thisismanife
approaches nigh to the na- that thofe Bodies
ture of fixed Sulphur. Hence contain a greater qu^
it is evident, that tufion is of Argent Vive^ fhouj
helped, and partly made of greater perfedionj^
by Sulphur not fixed ^ but from their eafie n
hindred from Sulphur fixed. of Argent Vive int<
This he certainly knew to fabftance : and we
be true, who by no art of dies of perfeftion ai
fufion could make Sulphur to embrace each oti
to flow after its fixation :
But having fixed Argent Vi- IX. Out of wi

"ue, by frequently repeating been faid it is alio ai
the fublimation thereof^ chat in Bodies th<

found it apt to admit good two fold fulphureitjfi
"
fufion. indeed included in

fundity of Argent Vi\
VII Hence evident the begining of thei
it is
that thofe Bodies are of tion The other fupiel

:
greater p^rfeftion, which ent from other AceJ

contain more of Argent Vi- The one of them
've, thofe of leiler perfeftion removed with labouj
which contain lefler.There- the other cannot pj

fore iludy in allyour Works be taken away bvar]|
to make Argent Five to ex- (iQ^ or Operation
W XLV G EBER, ;?)'
which we can pro- part of which has a greater
ire to
ab comCj it being ib quantity o^ Argent Vive than
m and radically united of Sulphur.

ern. And this is proved
/eperimenf, for we fee XII. The proof of this
e .u^lible fulphureity to you may fee^ when you
oliflied or deftroyed joyn thoie things with Bo-
3, but the fixed ful- dies in a ftrong and fudden
ity not ib, fufion, forthefe Sphits in
their flighty carry up the
Therefore when we Bodies with them; and
Jodies are cleanfed by therefore you may elevate
iation,underftand that them with them. Or elle^
meant of the earthy by a Lavation or Commix-
nce^ which is not u tion with Argent Vive^ as
ro the Radix of their we have already faid For :
; For it is not poffi- Argent Vive holds what is of

:
Art^ or force of fire^ its ov;n nature, bur caffs
anfe or feparate v/hat out what is alien or for-

d, unlefs the Medi- reign.
)f Arge?ft Vive has ac-
XIII. 'the frep^jraticn cf
Venus, It is man! told ; o:ie
Now the feparation by Elevation^ another ivith-
earthy fubRance from out Elevation. The way by
npound, which in die Elevation is, that Tutia be
of nature is united to taken (with which Venus
.tal, is this Either it well agrees) and that it be
:
,ide by elevation ^ with ingenioufly united there-

5 elevating the fub- with: Then put it into a
3 of Argent Vtve^ and V'effel of fublimation to be
by fublimed ; and by a mod
xg the fulphureity^
conveniency, exceeding degree of Fire, its

Q of its
them of which na- rnoif fubcil part will be ele-

:
îre Tutia and March a- vated, which will be of

êcaufe they are Fti?i:'es^ mod bright fi. lend or.
'
'
Or,
Bb 4 it
37^ S A L M O N'S taj
it may be mixed with Sul- with Sulphur^ and focal
phur, and then elevated by waflj the calcined with )
fublimation. o/'Salt and Alum ; ani

with things reducing^ rea
XIV. But without fubli- into a body J clean and
madoHj it is prepared ei- the reception of the Red to
ther by clcanfing things in Hure,

'
itsCnlx^ or in its Bcdy As :
by J'uiia, Salts^QinCi Alums : XVII. Another Pi

Or, by a Lavament of Ar^ ration for the Red.
gent Vive, as all other im- cine it with fire only, am
ps rfed Bodies are. dtjjolve a part thereof^ one
likewife dijjolve a part ^

XV. The Preparation y cr tia calcind; joyn both}
Turgaticn of VeniiSj alfo is ons^ and with the jai^
tvi-o-roUi^ 'vh,. cne fcr the bibe the remaining fart
IVhlte^ and the ether fcr the Calx of Venus 4 or f
red ; fcr the White it is thtis. Or, you may make this h
Take Venus calcind hj fire tion with Tutia alont
cnly (as a fore (aid ) gnund ved^ provided that rf$m
fine I pound: Av icnick fiih li- the Tutia^ (than half
med 4 ounces Grhid th:m to-
: Calx is) be imbibed
o;etbcr, a7td imbibe the mixture /aid Calx This done J
:^
or 4. times VJitb water of with things reducing^
Litharge, and reduce the Bod/ of
ivill hazê the \
whole with Sal Nit^ê, and clean and fpl^ndid' V

Oyl of Tartar, and yon will with a little help nta
find the Body of Venus white biOL ght to an higher
and jpkndid, and fit for reif you have iiudioufly]
m-vtnT its Aledicipe, trated into the Truth
^
XVT. The Picparation XVIII. Another F
for the Red. Take filing s ration for the Red^
of Venus 1 pcund^ Sulphur nus calcined per fe, 0:
4 ounces, gi ind thc-m togtther : the fire alcne yen may tnt
Or cement 'Tlatcs of Copper intenfe gretpnefs^ called

KLV. GE B E R. 577
/el Veneris; Dijfohel trinity of a pleafing bright
r*nm[s in Spirit of Vi- ne(s, which rubification i^
r.ind then congealnot given to Mars and Ve-

it ;
nirJs with things redw nus, by Medicines of the

,
educe the congelate, firft Order : For being to-
clvvhen reduced^ will tally unclean, they are un-

sBody fit fcr many apt to receive the fplendor
of rednefs^ before they are
fitted with a preparation
Medicines dealhat'mg inducing brightnefs. There
of the firfi Order. is one Medicine whitening
lis one 'Medicine for Venus by Argent Vive^ and
, and another for another by Arfenick. The
Vive^ and of Bodies Medicine of Argent Vtve is
of the firft Order ;
thus made. Ftrfi, Argent
'.rofthe fecond; and Vive precipitated, is dtjjol-
r of the third and : ved'y then calcined Venus dif-
wife the firft, fccond, fol'ved lihivife : Thefe foluti-
irdj of Argent Vive- ons are mixed and after they
c Medicine of Bo- are coagulated, they are prfi-
"
the firft Order, we jeêd upon the Body of Ve-
re is one of hard nus.
y and one of foft:
1 Bodies^ there is one XX. Another way hy Ar-
m fof which in the gent Vive. Argent Vive and
r Chapter) one for Litharge are diffolved a
of which in this part.and the folutions joyn-
and one for Luna ed together. Calx o^ Venus
lich in the next Chap- alio is diffolved, and that
Of foft Bodies .there Iblution jovned with the
for Saturn J and ano- former, and then coagula-
)r Jufiter, That of ted together, which pro-
and MarSy is the pure jefted upon Venus whitens
altion of their fub- it. Or thm, A quantity of
H'
; but that of Luna Argent Vive isfublimed of-
- bificationofit,wiihci- ten from its body, till part
thire-
378 S AL MO N'S
thereof remain with it, with crated in all the
compkat ignition : and this cines.
mixture is very often imbi-
bed and ground with Spirit Xni, The whit
of Vinegar, that it may the Venm with Arfenick
better be mixed in the pro- firft Order. Take
fundity thereof, then it is Venus, from itfuhlim^ k
aflated^ or moderately cal- nick hy many Repetitio\
cined, and laftly frefh Ar- it remains therewith a\
gent Vive is in like manner tens it hut ifyou he n\ \
iMimed from it^ and the skilled in the ways of\

remaining matter again im- mation^ the Arfenick
bibedj and moderately cal- ferfever e in it without ^\^
cined as before jWhich worlc tion : Therefore, after i
\^^^
is fb often to be repeated, degree of fuhlimation,

till a large quantity cf Ar- the work in the fame
gent Vive, re fide in it_, with as in the fublimation of j^^^
compleat ignition; I'his is chafite. Chip. 40. S^ [|,g
a good dealbation of the Or thus. Vrojeci Ai

firlt Order. fuhlimed upon Luna^w
the whole upon Venus,, "']^
XXI. Another ivay tkus. albates it peculiarly: j'
Argent Viue in its proper na- firfi mix Litharge,, o\

ture is fo often fublimsd Lead, dtfhlved witk,
from Argent Vive precipita- and caji thefe upm M
ted^ till in it, the fame is fix- and prejeEl the whoi
ed, and admits good fiifi- Vsnusffo Will it he 7vk
r.]
on: This fulsd matter pro and this is a good d
jefted upon the Body of en of the firft Order
Fen/'fs peculiarly whitens it.
Or' thus, A Solution of Lu- XXIIL Another

na^ mixt with a folution of thus. Upon Litharge P'^'
Litharge, coagulated, may diJJ'jived and reduced^

be projecled upon Venus , Arfenick fuhlimed,
but is indeed better whiten- 7j^ hole upon Venus in
ed if Argent Vive be pe rpe whitau the fame adr

XLV- GEBE R.
57?
. Let Venus and Luna you be well skill'd in th^^
If
nixedy and ttfcn them 7crk, you will find profit.
any of the aboue defer i- Oic thus. Take Marchafitc
ikati've fdblimed, and pr$ceed with it
Medicines : For
is more friendly to oswithAvgtnt Vive liiblim-
k^ than to any of ed ; the way is the fame ^ mi
er Bodies^ and there- it 'whiteiis well.
akes away fraction
> and Saturn fecon- XXV. To wake the White
and therefore we and the Red Medicines for
with them. Alfo Venus. They are exad:ly
5k Arfentck fublimed^ made by the Rules or Pre-
may be all in a Lump_, fcripts delivered in Chap.
44.
being broken^ we Se5l. i9j 20^ 21^ 22. afore-
piece after to which, I fliall
piece going,
Venus: We do
herQ refer you ; for the O-
it in
rather than in pouder^ perationsofthofe Medicines
e the fouder is more both for the White and
inflamed^ than a Red, in the Bodies of both
J
and fo more eafily Mars and Venus ^ are one
les^ before it can fall and the fame.
lot upon the body.
XXVI. To Calcine Venus.

L In manner, the Take Filings of Copper^ aiid
like
jfs is taken away from put them to calcine either per
and it is whitened fe, or with Arfenick foudred^
Tutia : But Tutia fuffi- or with Sulphur^^îw^ anoint-
Jt, becaufe it gives oned with common Oyl^ calcine
îtrine colour ; which % or 4 days with a mofifirong
of affinity to White- fire : Hrike what is calcined,
Any kind of iutia is that it may fall from the
led and diiTclved ; and Plates^ (if you ule Plates)
Îx of Venus alfo which again calcine. The Calx
5 Solutions are con- beat fine, re-calcine it^ till it is
d, and with them che Will rubified and keep it for
J
!
of Venus is citrinated. life.
XXVII.
5 So SALMON'S
noble Greennefs,
XXVn. The Regiment Artncniack diffolved Bl
o? Venus and Saturn, Take rit of
Vînegar. Thatj
of the Tafie of Venus, ^ nefs rubifie in a V(
Tounds ; of Saturn, 2 Founds ; Mars^ and again diflol'''"
of the Ferment, I pound: Of to which folution adil
thefe^ ferfeBly dijjohed^ mak^ third part of prepan
a commixtion through their diifolved Luna ; after
'
leafi farts ^ which keep in fuffi' extrafting and coh(

cient heat^ m
i}% the White is the water of Fen
faid. ExtraB the Water^ and times. Then reduci
what remains in the Cloth, pm into a Body, and y(
into a v-'ell fealed Glafsj^ for ^
rejoyce. The 'ktgitM^'^^^^
Weeks : Jhen take it out, and Mars^ is as of Fenus^ h '^P

add to it a third part of its reafon of its foulnef
cwn referved water ^ and de- great good arifes from B' ^
ccB by Chap. 42. Seft. 2 a- :?.
foregoing, which Work do XXIX. Grind Luns^ t(
thrice. When hat imbibed gamated with MercurJ

it s^^J/
all its prefer Wfiter^ put it in twice fo much Metali'ii M

Its proper Vejfel and Fornace to nick, \^Quare, Whetfi ff/i.
he fixed. When fixed^ jîth gulos of Arfenick be k rfpei
things^ reducing reduce

J
it intended ?] To which ai
to a Body J ready to be reduced tenfold pr portion of \i
and tinned, malgamated with M^ 31
Grind the whole , andfi^ \k

XXVTIL Wemoreefpe reduce into a Body^ fo0 ; Oi
dally handling the Regimen have a pure White Aieti 12
of Vemts^ dm declare, that

you ought k\rtn times, or ^
XXX. The firft Dl h
cFcncr to re6tifie it, when tion of Fdfjus. Take
prepared and diifolêd, di- iâr I otmccj Argent
llililng off the Water, and J'ublimed Ounces ant \i^
cohobating thereon c,ich Tartar calcmd , i Uy^
time, which being cocigu- grind and incorporate jpa

\_
late> thence make ?. moit into a Bolt head^ a Fo i^j
B E R. :j8i
XXXIII. A
Fourth Dc-
albation^ Grind Metaline
Arienick, with as much of
the Calx of Luna, and im-
bibe the Mixture with the Wa-
ter of Sal Armoniaek, and
dry and grind: then dtjfoht
Salt of Tartar^ in the Water
o/ Salt Nitre [fome fuppof#
Spirit of Nitre] -with -which
I
i
Oyl imbibe the Medicine: re-
peat this thrice^ ineerating and
drying^ and you mill rejeyce,
XXXIV. AFifthDeal-
KI. A
Second Deal- bation, which is of our own
n, Upon Ttttia juhlime Invention. Imbibe Jupiter
wt of Mercury fubli- calcined^ wajhed and dryedy
andtwo farts of Arf- fo often with metaline Arfe-
tblimed^ until it fljall nick, and halffo much Mer-
'ingrefs. This clearly cury fublimate, as untill it
ery fpecioufly whitens flows and enters Venus,
which ^ (if firfi frepared) it
n?hitensfpeedily.
CXII. A Third Deal-
1, Take Mercury fu* XXXV. A Sixth Deal-
te 5 Otmces^ Arfenick bation. Vpon Tutia calcined^
nd 2 Ounces, difol'ved difjolvcd and Coagulated, fit-
Litharge^ till they be- blime White Arlenick (fo
8 Ounces : to thefe 8 that the Arfenick be farts
;
tâdjopôther 8 Ounces, to I of the Tutia) rettirat'wa-
Qmck fMmed\
grind the fuhlimation upon it four
together^ and flux them timer\ for it has Irgrefs,
'yjlof Tartar ^ and there U^tth them mix half as much
ou may whiten prepared as the whole" is of N'iercury
iatfleafure. fublimate \ grinding and in-
ceratimr
382 SAL \I ON 'S
cerating 4 times with the Wa- fme part of the Ar(enkl|
ter of Sal Armoniack^ Nitre maine rvith it in the fire
and Tartar, ana, [Qiiere Fire, That imbibed wit Li,.
whether that may not be Water of Nitre [Spiri c
Aq. Regis] with this when Nitre] and lafily tnce\

coagulated^ cetnent prepared with Water of I. una,
plates of VenuSj and melt Vlercury precipitate^ a
^
io will you have a very the end with Oyl cf T{

beautiful Body- KeHifed^ until it floy;s^^^
derfully whetens Venus^,
XXXVI. A Seventh De- enters thefecond order^ ij
albacion. Grind Venus, cal- have operated right, \u
cined and incer at ed^ adding to have elje where faidy

it Arfenick [ahlimed^ and you obtain any part of
half a part of Mercury fu- cury precipitated^ in t^ ^H
blimate ; with which being ture^your Work wil hiSt^^r
well ground and mixed, add fplendid j efpscially^
a little of the Water of Sal White Ferment^

Armonoick [Qaer. if not with the Mercury di^
A. R] incerating upon a after a certain fixatioir
marble*^ after dry and fu- he added by the mei
hlime. Revert the ftiblimate Inceration 5 by which
up en the Faces, agai?i imbib- find you have traced t\
ing^ which do thrice: the way it felf
fourth time imbibe ivith Wa-
terof Nitre [Spirit of Nitre] Geber enr Auth(^l
and fublime what, can be fu- faith ^ that the laft 8
hlimed : reiterate this Labor are all proved Expi
remains flmd in the bot- the firjl 4 of them, bein^
till it
tom. This in Copper prepared, periments of the A?2ciem

will be Refplendcnt with him again proved ^ the
hright?nfs, 4_, Reîficattons of the
fes of the Ancients^ or
XXXVII.An Eighth De Experiments of his Owf^^
^
al bat ion Upon the prepared which he affirms to k
Ca^x of Venus J fo often fu- ly true J and by him pfs
blime Arfenick {blimate,
f till
CH
.VI. GEB E R, SSi
C H A P. XLVI.
Of the Alchymie of Luna,
UE preparation of examination^ it perfevercs

Luna, it isfubti- without Artifice.
I attenuated and re
to a Spirituality in III. He who knows how
rne manner, as here- to fubtilize it, and then to
in Chap. 47. SeB. i. infpiflate and fix it affocia-
Illteach concerning ted with Gold, brings it in-
all, and
'herefore in to (iich a State, that it will
[part of the Work^ remain with Sol in the
fame as we fliall Teft, and be in no wife
;eachwithGold : and feparated from it, being
kork of 'Luna dif put over the fumes of
is the Ferment for fharp things, ai Vinegar
ihite Elixir made Spi- A. F. or Salarmoniack, and
it will be of a wonderful
G^leftine Color : It is a
[[t is a metalick Eody, noble Body^ but wants of
which pure white- the Nobility of Sol^ and its
tclean^ hard, found- M'mera is found determi-
'ery durable in the nate; but it has often a
pêxtenllble under the Mimra confufed wi[h o-
and fufible. It is
fner, ther Bodies^ which Silver
Rdure of whitenefs, is not (o Noble. It is like-
ns Tin by Artifice, wife diffolved and Calcind
(inverts it to it ftlf; with great Labor, and no
ieing mixed with SJ, Profit.
aks not^ but in the
TV.
384 SALMON'S,
ing but in refped
,
IV. If therefore dean, Sulphur of other bod

fixed, Red and clear Sul- is fixed and not burni
phepj fall upon the pure
fubltance of Argent Vivc^ VI. The Citrinating
thereof is made pure Gold ; na, by medtcines of t\
then in like manner^ if Order: This is that

clean^ fixed, white and adheres to it in its p
clear Sulphur, falls upon dity,and adding co
the fubftance of Argent Vi ther by its proper N m\
've^ there is made pure Sil- or by the Artifice o;
ver, if in quantity it ex- Magiffery. We d U]
ceed not yet this has a pu- therefore

: that Me ft, r
rity fhort of the purity of which arifing from it

Goldj and a more grols in- root, ad hers to it ; but *
ipiilation than Gold hath ; are Artifices by whic m
the fign of which is, that its make a thing of ever mi
parts are not fo condenfed^ to adhere with fin
as that it can be equal in grefs. But Our Mi
Weight with Gold, nor has weextrad either frot
itfo fixed a fubffance as phur, or Argent Vive,
that ; which is known by commixture of both
its diminution in the Fire ; Sulphur lefs perfectly
and the Sulphur of it, which from Argent Vive moi
is neither fixed nor incum- fedly. This MediciiuBi
bufiible, is the caufe of that alio be made of certai i^

diminution. neral things, which a kJ;
of this kind; as of F/fr
r.
V.But it is not impoflible Ccfferas^ (which is
or improbable to give Judg- theGumofCopper.j
ment of the (ame^ as fixed
and not fixed, in the refped VlhThe method by I-
of one Body to another : Vive. Take Argent
for the Sulphur of Ltmn precipitated, vizy moi
compared wlrh the Sulphur and fixed by precipic
Q^Scl is not fixed and burn- put it into a Forna-
l.XLVL GE B E R. 38;
i0 'ptition ^(sikcr the man
adminifter ic
bour^ then
jfDf Conlervation of with the fame preparation,
als) until it he red as and the fame projeftion up-
"if ^
[Cinabar.] But if it on the Body of Lunai But
n red, take a fart of hence refults not a fplendid
ît Vive not mortified bright colour, but a duD,

I vith Sulphur reiterate and livid, with a mox^tife-
'lUmation thereof'. The rous Citrinity;
IV and Argent Vive
H cleanfedfr'om all im- IX. The Citrinating of
Repeat the fMimation it with Vitriol^ or Copperas,
.
twenty times upon the Take of either ofthem.q.v*

tate, then dijfolve it and fuhlime as much thereof
ijj'olving water y and a- oi can he fuhlimed^ until th^
ilcine and dijjolve^ till fire he increajed to the highefi
Lxuherally done. Then fuhlime this
Then degree,
a part (f Lima* mix fuhlimate^ with afit fire^that
Iutt3)Sj and coagulate ofit^ fart after part may bs
nd projeB the coagu- fixed^ until its greater part he
mtter upon Luna in fixed. Afterwards warily
nd it will colour Itwith calcine tt^ that a greater fre
^ Citrinity, But if may he adminifired for its pr-
: .Vive be in its preci- fetlicn : This dum^ diff'olve i(
II Red^ the aforejaid into a ^nofi ni Watcjf, (which
ifiration, without com- has no u'-j'ial) and fo operate,
f -of any thing tinging you may give *^ ino^rtjs
that
ckntfor thecompleat- into the Body cfLwn^. Tlieê
'
its perfecHon, three bit Sedion?, ^re iÛ
Medicines of the fird Or-
The Method hy Sul- der.
.
difficult, and im-

if-
Uborious. It is Ci- X. We thus (eeiflg things

1 with a Iblution of of this kind, profoundly^
but then you muft and amicably to adhere cq
<;ine it^ and then fix Luna^ havcconiidered^, (and
\ abundance of La- it is certain) that tbele are
Cc from
jS^ SALMON'S
^rom its own Radix ; and Bolt-beat^ hefitig theft
thence it iSj that Luna\sa\' heat for a Week ^ thatthti
tered by them. It is alio to ter may he hard as t\
be noted 3 that Medicines of Thpstake out., and again >
Afgent Vtve^ they alter rate the third time, ant

if
Luna with more than ene days you will find it an
only difFerencej in order to fux : when the veffel i
a total Com plea tment hreak it-, and take wi
. They are not of the firft find therein, which will]
Order. a lump fixed^ and fkm
Wax, This is the fii
XT. A Lunar Medicine of gree. Again, Take
the third Order for the White. Matter^ as much as
It is as well for perfefting art d joy n the fame Wt
im per fed Bodies, as for co fermejit^ and do as hefm
agulating Mercnry it felf in- ccnfcquently , a third,
to true Luna : And is thus fourth time. Thus
made* Take Luna calcined^ you will find a*M(
dijjol've it in [olutive neater, which is great and e3
[Âqua fortis,] then decdtl it in goodnefs ; for i
in a Vhial with a long Neck^ upon o of any other! I
the Orifice of which muji be or of Mercury^ and

left unfhfft^ for one day only it into true Luna,
,
untila third fart of the water this Stone, andconfit

he conjumed Then f t the
: lyluminateupon tl
*vef]el into a cold place j to con- we teach, and you
vert into fujible Cryfiats, or tain unto higher thii
Vitriol* This is Silver re-
duced to our Mercury^ fixed^ XIL A Lunar Ui
and fufiblc. Take of this of the third Order
4 Ounces^ of White Arfe- White. Take the
ti\Q\^
f 6 Ounces^ Sul-
refared Stone of it^ and hy wa^
phur prepared i Ounces ; mix paration, divide its nti>\
altogether well, grinding them fubftance and keef it
mtb Nitre and Sal Armo- Then fix fome of th

liiack ;
put the mixture into a which ii mofl pure^H
XLVI; G E B E R. 587
\mainder^ and when it is wholly fixed. Being fixed, a*
dijfol've 'what is foluhle gai7% imhthe it with quantity
but what is not foluble^ after fuantity of the not fixed
he calcined, and again after the fame manner y tilt
lie the calcinate, until a- the whole fljall he again fubli-
id^vhat is foluhle of it he medj then aâinfiv: it, until ii
mher diJJ'ohed. Continue have eafie fufion with Ignition.
'ocefs until the greater- Tl/is is the true MedlciriQ
fy ^^ dijfohed. Then which tranftnutes
all im-
\ll the folutions together, perfeft Metals, and every
aguhte therK ; this done^ Argent Vive into moll fins
decoBing^ keep the coa- and perfed Luna.
In a^tewperatefrey un-
ftrfre may he fitly The Regiment of
ad- XIII.
its ferfet'tion There- Luna.
Diffolvc and Coa-
terate all thefe Orders gulate it 7 times, or at Icaft
ôration upon it 4 times 4 time^ ; and to it diflbl-
fly, calcine it hy its own ved, adjoyn the fixed Ru-
|for thus.admir.iflnng bifying Waters, which we
fove futfideritly go- 111 all declare, and you will
V the moil p;ecious find the body aptly folar,
of the .Stone. Then for it agrees with Sol^ and
and ingemoufly conôyn remains quiedy with ic. In
tity of the part rejcr- thisj Venus admirably well
nth part of this prcpa- purged and dilfolved, may
^th^ through its leafi be a great help to you, be^
% then jubllmj hy way cauie a moft clean, ringing,.
maticn^ u7Jtil the fixed and fixed Sulphur may bcs
not fixed, be wholly extracted "from ic. And I
i\ which if you fee not, tell you, that Mercury puri-
^dd a (quantity of the fied and fixed, has pGr<v.;r to
\d fart, until enough be palliate, or illufbrate ths
for elevation thereof. foulnefs of imperfecft Bo-
^ is all fuhlimed^ repeat dies ; and h\Q^ Sulphur ex-
f^mation, until hy refe- traced pure from bodies,
tmif ^^^ Operation J it he to tinge them with fplendor;
Cqz XiV-
;o8 SALMON'S Li
l\
This muft be reduced
I
XIV. Hence you may i red reducing Medicine

jiAther a great Secret, njiz.. j
will you iind your I
That Mtrcnry and Sulphur t\ngtt\^ tranfmuted^
ni.iybo extracted as well fixed,
from imperfeft Bodies, as
trom perfect: For punfied XVI. Ibe Ferment c
Spirits, and midd'e Mine- na for the White. It is i
rals are an help, and very by diffolving Luna

peculiar for deducing the own Corrofive water
Work to perfeftion. then boiling this wai
way to a third part, it
XV. Jnvthcr Regiment of be expofed to tê A; \M

Luni. This is to reduce it fee in B. M. or in' Dun
a more noble IKite. Take certain days; fo will
-t(}
Luna d'tlJulu^d 5 Pounds^ of Oyl of Luna and Fen ,
Venus d^jjolved 4 Founds^ of which keep for the \

Ferment dijjol'ved r Found ;
V/ork, HI
cenjoyn the dijjcluticns^ deccH
them for 7 dijs^ with gentle XVIL The Fermc*
fre^ in a Ferments upon Mercui
feaJed glafs^ as in "f^
Mart, 'with their whole wa- the White. Take of th

ter then amment t'hefire lei- ment of Luna, which
*
furely For other 7 da)s.^ and let Oyl ; add to it twice as

ithe as a fire of Sahlimattint of Ai'ienick fuhlime^^\
Fcr other 7 ddjs gt-ve tt fire diffolved in uater^ (
yet firorger^ that the vjhcle what Water ? ] theti
water may he fixed with it, add of Mercury
the/e
7 his ^Glider reduce in a fmall 'ved, as lyjuch as of the
qii.:74!!ty ; a7jd if it retairis v'vzk : mix the Wsiter^%

With it felf part of the Mer- them over the fire for ci
CU'y^ (which you will eafily j

to he incorporated^ th'm
perceive if yen knew how to | off the water by an Alet
cdlane) it ts well indeed \ and coh oh ate fifteen tim
but f not j)ut it agapi to he incerattng^ it willhtfii
fixed^ until it is f^fpcievtlyfixt, fijfihh Wax, Add to
,.XLVI. G B E R. 3^9
Virgin- Wax nttlted ;
it into juch a Crucible that
them, and frejeB the a fourth j> art cf it may bi em-

upon Mercury wafJj- pty : /jfftfo. on it Oyl of Sul^
ij I ûacre^ What is meant phur, and dtcoB it unto the
V Milling here ? ] accord- confumption of the O) I : -Af-

. you fee fit : for that re terwards keep it for t7P0 hours
, augmented hi Virtue in a moderate fin ; end there
IS
Weight, will be generated a black

St one J with a little Rednefs.
5s III. A
Work upon This Stone prove by Cineri-
m and Mtrcury, Take ciurQj and you will find y cur
itb-gc, 5<2/fc/ Pot- Arties, Luna augmmted in Weighty
h'id make a Cement Vut Surdity^ and Fixation.
:
z C êntfirfi into a Cruahle
h thick, upon which put XX.^ Another Work

of the Amalgamation Take Luoa amalgamated with
rcury and Luna h upon Mercury; Grind it wtth
put the remainder of twice fo much Metaline H.rfe-
nenty that the Ball nick, to which a tenfold pre-
in the middle : Dry^ portion of amalgamated V'e-
wd fet the Crucible in a nuSj (vtz. That the Amal-
fire for half a day^ gamation of nrw/^Xj may be

lei-
.
'augmenting 10 times as much as the
the fiê,
tontinus its leijurely in whole Amalgama o\ Luna
from the Evening unto and Mercury mixed, with
wning of the day ^ with the duple quantity of Arfe-
ite ignition at lafi^ nick) grind the whole and fix :
ike it eut^ and, prove it Then reduce it into a Body\
iericiunij and it iv ill he and you will find, a good aug*
tn weight and furdity, mentation.
uch better tn fixation.
XXI. Of the Citrinatiori
Work. of Luna, or tinging its Bo-
Another
^ amate Luna wtth Mtr- dy yeliovv. Dijjolve oi4r
iryto which add as much Philofophick7^\ nisiV, [whicK \
^LUj as there is Lunajp^; 'is VerdigrileJ deduced from

m 'Cc*";; Venus
390 S A LM O N'S
Venus prepared^ in the water coagulate ; to the coagulate U,
of the diffblution of Luna, a fourth part of its weigh of
[Aqua Fortis] t9 which ad- the Oyl of Salt-peter; ij
joyn half Jo much as its [elf u

projeB ufon fo much ofh%
of Mercury rubified hy fuhli- and will he a Tin&ur oj
mation, and in fome fortfixed ^ a Citrine afpi'51;
fi'rid diffohed 'y
to thefe add^
as much of Luna dijjbhed^ as XXIV. Or thus.
ths Zyniar [Verdigrife] is ; a Water of our Zyniar J
from ivhicb (fermented for of our (aid Crocus, am
one day) extra^r the water by bibe the Calces of Sol a)
diftillaticn^ and cohobê lo na, of each equal parts
timeij then coagulate and re- with^ until they have
du:e into a body ^ andyou will in their own weight
find It a good Work. ^ Then incerate with the
Sal Armoniack, and
XXIL Or thus. Jy-iffolve and reduce the Mafs
Zyniar Ounceând our Cro- Noble Body.
i
cus prepared with Mercury^

fublifTâte till it wax red \ XXV. Or thus. Si
Ounce add as much Sal Al-

\ Sal Armoniack frp)
moniack^ ai$d fuhlime it which add]
thrice fro7n that Croc/^s,
d:fjol^je
which cus
To which add of well commixtd^ (ubUi
:
W
greennefs. to
Zyniar ;
from'
Luna dijj'olved 2 Ounces: Sal Armoniack_, and

Then do as in the former , tn- it twice or thrice Thi :
4rating and reducing ^ and you fol've the 7vbole, to wbn

Will fi'fid fat isfact ion, a third fart of Geld dtjJ'Ji
incerate as before and coy
XXIIL Or thus. Take of then prcjeB upon Sol i
Crocus and Zyniar dijfolved Lunui 2 Ounces, mixti
ana ; add as much Sol dtjj'ol thtr^ and it will be goct
'ved^ inctrate as before^ then
J>.XLvn. GEBER. J9I
ii-
CHAP. XLVII.
Of the Alchimie of Sol.
IjErfeft Bodies (as Sol the true Body made fpiri-
b) neednoprepara- tual.
in relation to tVieir
II. Gold is a metalick
Kerperfedlionv but that
be more body, citrine^ ponderous^
[ may
fubtjli-
and attenuated, we give mute, fulgid, equally dige-

Ithis Preparation.
Take fted in the Bowels of the
hes rffine Sol, v^hicb lay EarEh,
and very long wafti-
J:um fuperliratum, with ed with mineral water ; un^
mnonSalt ivell re fared, in der the Hammer extenfiblc.
f
Uof Calcwation it\Mh\Q, and fuftammg the
: Set
<i
a Brnace, and calcme

tryal of the Cupel and C^
days, until the ment.
] for 5
le he fuhtily' calcined: Then
; it, grind it well, -wafli it
III. From this definition
conclude. That
(>Fie^^r[^^r. Whether you may
nothing is true Gold, unlcfs
nt of Vinegar, or fome
er acid Spirit?] and dry it has all the Caufes and
definiti-
'n the SunThen grind it Differences of the
:
Gold Yet whatever

half its weight of on of
:
I with
Ar- Metal is radically Citrine,

ured or purified Sal
niack, and and brings to equality, and
fet tt to he
cleanfes, it makes Gold of
ohed, until the whole (by
from whence we di-
p of 'the Common Salt,
it ;
fcern, that Copper may b

i Sal ArmoniackJ is re
water. tranlmuted into Gold by
'td into a tnofi clear
Artifice. For we fee in
lis is the pretious ferment i
and Copper Mines. a certain

: the Red Elixir,
'
C2 4 wa-
595> S A L M ON'S Uh
water, which flows out, deafnefi, and putrefcibil t^
and carries with it thin Saturn^ and in colour Veti
(cales of Copper, which by But indeed Fenm in Peti
a long continued courfe it is nearer L;?^ than either
w^fhes and cleanfes But piter^ or Saturn, then Satt
:
after fuch water ceafcs to lalfly Mars, Spirits are

flow, we find thefe thin (b commixed with it, (t
Icales, with the dry Sand, Sol) and by it fixed, but
in 3 years time to be dige- withoot great ingenuity ûlpbi
fted with the heat of the induftry, which the flos
Sun ; and among thofe ful Artilt ftiall never att
Seniles the pureft Gold is to the knowledge of.
. tound. Therefore we judge,
that thofe Scales were clean V. of the Nature of
fed by the help of the waft is created of the m Ens
ter, but equally digefted by fubtil fublHnce of Jrf^ mi
the heat of the Sun, in the J^tve, and of moft abfo| mi
drynels of the Sand, and fixednefs > and of a m ior
fo brought to perfection. fmall quantity of Sulpli
clean, and of pure redoi U
IV. Alfo Gold is of Me- fixed, clear, and chaoj irf
tals the moif precious, and from its own nature, tinjj iit(
at is the Tinfture of Red diar. And becaufe thj-olor

neft, becaufc it tinges and happens a diverficy in
transforms every Body. It lours of that Sulphur,
is calcinedand diflalved Ycllowne
Citrinicy or
without and is a Me-
profit, Gold, muit needs hav
dicine rejoycing, and con- like Denfity.
jerving the Body in Youth-
fulnefs. It is moft eafily V J. That Gold is of
broken with Mercury^ and moll fubtil fublfance of,
by tlic Odour of Lead. gent ViVQ^ is moft evid<
There is not any Body that becaufe Argent Vive eal

in A<ft more agrees with it retains It ; tor Argent V\
in their fubff ance than Lma retains not any thing wh
^nd Jiipter'y but in weight, is nof of its own Nar

LVil. GE B E R.
395
i^ it has the clear, greater quantity of Argent
dinlubftanceofthat, Fiê than of Sulphur: There-
naf feft by its fplendid fore Argent Vive has greater
adiant hrightneft, ingrefs into it. For this
: ing it (elf not only caufe, whatfoever body you
)ay, but alfo in the would them ac-
alter, alter
And that it has a cording to this Exemplar,

d1)ftance, void of all that you may deduce them
lir Sulphureity, is evi= to the equality thereof. For
^
h every Operation in Gold having a fubtil and
Fi, for it is neither di- fixt part, tho(e parts would
ilid, nor inflamed. in its Creation be much

condenfed ; and this was
il And that it is ting- the caufe of its great weight.
i;)hurismanife(i"_, tor Now by great decodion
tixt with Argent Fife-, made by nature, a leifarely
'
>rms the lame into and gradual refblution of it
color: And being was made, together with
[d witli ftrong Igni- good infpilTaticn, and its
Bodies/o that the ultimate mixtion, that it
of them afcendSj might melt in the lire.

psm it creates a moft
color i and that it X- From what has been
Wj is evident even laid, it is evident, that a
ence it felf. large quantity of Argem
P'tve, is the caule of perfe-
/I . Therefore the moft dion 5 but much of Sul-
til rubil-ane of Argent phur is the caufe of Cor-
' rough t to Fixation^, ruption. And unifcrmity oC
I'tl purity of the fame, juhfiancey which through
it: moit fubtil matter the mixtion, is made by a
Si )ur. fixed, and not natural decodion. is caufe
rnir^ is the whole Ef of perfeftion ; hut di'verfitv
itia natter of Gold.
of ftihfiance is the caufe of
impcrfedion. A.fo Indu-
l^'But in it is found a ration , and inlpiiTation,
which
394 S A L M ON'S
which is made by a long ed. Thus. Reiterm
and temperate decodlion/is lirnation of the not fit
a caufe of perfeftion^ but cf the Stone y with tl
the contrary, of corruption Sulphur^ conjoyning t
and imperfeftion. There- cording to Art, till ti^

fore if Sulphur fhall not du- eiez/ated together^ a
ly fall upon Argent Vi've^ di- fixed fo^ as to abide in

vers Corruptions muft ne- of the fire without i
ceflarily be inferred^ ac- The oftner this C^

cording to the diverfity of com pleating the Exi
it, as if it be all, or part of cy, ftiall be repeats
it fixed, or not fixed \ all, or more will the Exuj;
part of it aduftible, or not of this Medicine be
aduilibls ; all clean, or half plied, and the ni
unclean, or it be much or goodnefs augmenta
little in quantity ,exceeding, trie augmentation
or being diminijlied in pro- perfedion thereof

portion,nithef ovv^rcoming mukiplyed alfo.
nor overcome. White or
Red, or between both: XII. The whole ci,
From all which Diverficies :mnt of the Magi fiery

divers Bodies were genera- By the way c;f fubli
ted in Nature. die Stone and its
ment may mofi
XI. A Sclar Medicine ej be clean fed. and tl
the Tttrd Order. It is made tlie Laws of Art, tl
by Ad ditament of Sul-
the Cive muif be fixed if
phur, not burning, by way And in this order il
of fixation, and calcination pleated the moll

prudendy and perfeftly ad Arcanum y which is
miniftred, and by manii^bld every fecret of tf
repetition of folution, until ences of this Worldj
it be rendered clean Fo ; frealure inefîmabl<
by the perfcd doing of theft pofe your lelf by
things, irs cleanfmg by fub- to it, with great i:
limation will be compleat- and labor^ and a cpj

KLVII. GE B E R. 59y
of Meditation ; for Language^ as that it miy
fe you will find be hid from evil Men, and
not otherwile. And that the unjuft and Vile
in the preparation might not know it. But
Stone, the reitcrati- ye Sons of Doftrine, learch,
gJieGoodnefs of Ad- and you fliall find this moft
'ation upon this Me- excellent gift of God,
jnay with induftri- which he has referved for
rarinefs, be fo far a you. Ye Sons of folly, im-
Cj as to enable it to piety and prophanenefi,
5 Argent: Vive into an avoid you the (eeking after
true Soliftck, and this Knowledge, it will be
ck, without the help Snifnical and deftruftive to
thing more than its yoUj and precipitate you
plication. into the State of Contempt
and Mifery. This gift of
a. The moft high God is abfolutcly, by tho
he maker of all things, Judgment of the Divine
i and Glorious^ be providence, hid Fom you,
d 5 who has revealed and denyed you for ever.
he leries and order
Medicines, with the XIV. A
filar Medicine of
ienceofthem, which the third Order, It is made
jh his goodnefs, and of Scl diffolvcd and prepar-
inceffant Labor^ we ed after the manner of i>-
ivfearched out; which na^m Chap, 46. SeB 1 1,
'e!iave feen with our aforegoing, to which you
y, and handled with muft add of 5*-p^r diffolv-
Ji lands, even the whole ed 5 parts, of Arfenlck one
onkatment of the Ma- part fas afcervvards is ftiew-
y.
,it-
But if we have ed) through all things do-
'Oiealed any thing, ye ing, as in the place now
! of Learning wonder cited is di reft 2d ; and it
10 we have not con< will be a Medicine tinging
for
<^':d it from you^ but every Body and Mercury it
^delivered it in fuch felf into true Sol^ or better^

according
39^ S AL MO N '
s i
according t-o the way now Water together "mth it^\
fliewed. Read and perufe cury.3 ounces, alfo dtj
what we fliall direft, and Let all thefe he truly Mj

thereby you will be able to into mofl ckr^r Water,
tinge to infinity jtf you have being mixt.^ decoct fir on
underftanding, and erre that they may he Ferwi fi
not by the ambiguous (ay- then draw off the Wat
ings of the Philofophers. ti^nes, each time cohol
Incerate 7intb Tellow t
XV. 'the Ferment of Sol Wax, that is ivith ha Vi
for the Red. The Ferment of JVeight ofOjl of Bio

Sol is made of Gold, dif- Oyl of Eggs : then prcjei u
folved into its own Water on crude Mercury^ as ^ !iia
and decoled
\Âûa Regis] reauifite. Hero no:^' 1;^
and prepared by the direfti- x you perfxr this\J m

ons in Chaf, 46. Seî. 16. a- cme , as we teadi tt]
m
foregoing : So will you r bird Order, \nj(tk^
have the Ferment of Sol SeB.%i.%2,&c. followiMj'^1
for the Red, which keep the Congelative Med^
for ufe. Mercury, you will fit
^^^
Reiteration of the '^_

^^
XVI. The Fermentof and by Subtilization.
Ferments upon Mercury for of, that one paru
the Red. DiJJohe Sol in tinge infinite parts 1^^
its own iihiter {which we fhall cury into moft finer
hereafter teach) [ i. e. Aqua high Gold, more
'
Regis] to this Gold dijfolved than any natural

1 ounce, add Sulphur 2 whatfoever.
ounces diffolved in the fame
^
C H
5|klviil G E B E R. 397
CHAP. XLVIII.
(i
Of the Alchymie of Mercury,
^Rgent Vive, which than to Luna ; but to Mars
is Mer in no wife but by Artifice.
alio called
a Viicous. Water Hence you may colleft a
owclsofthe Earthy very great Secret. For it
temperate heat is amicable and pleafing to
i:
, in a total Union. the Aletals, and the Me-

,,
3D its kaft parts^ with dium of conjoyning Tin-

\
ft (lance of White fub- duresi and nothing isfub-

Eah, until the humid merged in Ardent Vtve, un-
:6 emperated with the lefs it is SoL Yet Jufiter^
, md the Dry with and Saturn^ Luna and Venm^
hnid equally. There are dilTolved by it^ and
eafily runs upon a mixed 5 and without it, can
:perficeSj by reafon none of the Metals be gild-
acery humidity > but ed. It is fixed, and the
adjrs not^ althbugli it Tinfture of Rednefe, of
1 ifcous humidity, by mofV exuberant perfe&ion.
of the drynefs o\ and fulgid fplendor ; and
IiichConremperatesir, receeds not from the Com-
'mits it not to adhere, mixtion, till it is in its own
But it is not our
nature.
his is alfo as foms (ay Medicine in its Nature, but
ntter of Metals with it may lometimss help in
and eafily adheres the Cafe.
,
" i Minerals^ viz,, Sa-
^ (piter and Sol, bur to III. Of the, SMimation of

'^ lore ditficLikly, and Argent Five. This Work is
h. fs more difficulty Icompleated with its Ter-
reflreity
398 SALMON'S
reftieity is highly purified, Sulphureity.
| Whe
and its Aquofrty wholy re- this Sublimation is-
(
moved. We remove it not from Calx ^ than frc

by aduflion, becauie it has other things becaui ,
none^ fo the Art ot fepara- agrees little with iti

ting its luperfluous Earth is has not Sulphureity.
to mix it with thmgs, where
with it has not Affiriky^ and IV. But the way
often to reiterate the bub- moving its fuperfluc
limation from them. Of quofity, is, that wh(
this kind isTalck, and the mixed with Calces
Calx of Egg-fhelis , and which it is to be fubl
Calx of white Marble, as it be well Ground am
alfo Glafs in moft fubtii mixt with them by Ii

Pouder, and every kind of tion , untill nothingj
Salt prepared, for by thefe appear, and after waJ
it is cleanfed ; but by other Waterinefs of Imbil
things having affinity with removed by a mod J
it, ( unlefs they be bodies heat of Fire, vhiq
of perfection ) it is rather ceeding, the Aqu(
Corrupted, becaufeall fuch Argent Vive receeds
things have a Sulphureity, yet the Fire muff be
which, afcending wirh it in ry Gentle , as that
Sublimation , corrupt it. the whole fubffance-
And this you may find to gent Vive alcend not.
be true by Experience, be-
caule, when you (ublime it V. Therefore froi
from Tin , or Lead , you manifold reiteration
find It , after Sublimation, bibition, with Conti
infeded with blacknefs. and gentle Aflation, it
Therefore its Sublimation ter A quofity is abol
is better made by thofe the refidueof which |
things which agree not with moved , by repeatii

it ; but it would be better, Sublimation often,
by things with which it when you fee it is
does agree, if they had not whitej exoelling

ijaviiL G EB E R, 399
J&renefs, and to ad- projefting of ?t upon any
flfiasît were dead ) to of the imperfeft Bodies,
p es of the Veflell
'f
and upon its own Body un-
i !;ain reiterate its Sub prepared.
tt-n without the fe-

,
Icaiife part of it ad-

.
VII. Yet here note, that
esxcd with the Feccs_, fome have by it formed
n never by any Art Iron ^ fome Lead, others
snuity be feparated Copper , and others Tin 5
tn^hem. Or , after- which happened to them
rd fix part of we
i: as through negligence in the
11 achy ou ; and when Preparation ; (bmetimes of
1 Ive fixed then rei- i:^ it aloney fometimes of Sul-
itt Sublimation of the phur , or of its Compeer

maining, that it may Arfenick^ mix with it. But
febe fixed. if you {hall by Subliming,
diredly cleanfe and pcrfed:

Being fixed, referve this Subjeft, it will be a
fir ft prove it upon firm and perfed Tinfture
if it flow well, then of IVhttenefs , the like of
ive ad mini ft red fuffi- which is not in being bc-
Sublimation but if
fides.
dd to it Ibme i'mall
Argent Vive fublim'd , VIII. Of the Coagulation
iterate the Sublima of Mereurjf Coagulation is
II your end be accom the reducing a Liquid body
1 for if it has a Lu- to a folid Subftance , by
;
d moft white Color^ privation of the humidity :

S porous , then you and is of Service, i. For
êll fiiblimed it ; o- Indurating Argent Vive^
jife, not therefore in which needs one kind of Coa-
jparation of it made gulation, 2. For freeing dif"
ft)limation , be not jolved Medicines from their
lent, becaufe (iich as watrinefs, which requires a*
infing ftiall be, fuch notber. Argent Five is coa-
its PerfedioHj in gulated two ways: One by
'
wafting
400 S A L M
wafting away its whole in-
nate humidity from it: the
other by Infpiffation , till
bo hardned,. which is a
it
work.
laborious Some
thought ihe Art of its Co-
aguhcion was to keep it
long in a temperate Fire^ HOt.
who when they thought
they had coagulated it, af- XL Others com'^m
ter removal of it from the Artificial Medicines,
Fire^ found it to flow as be- gulated it in projd
jfore ; whence they judged but that was not proii
the work Im poffibie. becaufe they converi
into an imperfeft '.
the
IX- Others , from natu- the caufe of which

ral principles , fuppofing could not fee. The n
that uvery humidity muii and caufes of thefe (
k\.
neceffarily by heat of Fire therefore we think fit
be converted into Diynefi, clare , that the fî
indeavored by Conltancy may come to the i

and perfeverance ^ to con- ledgof his Arc.
tinue the Conleivation o\
it in the Fire^ till Ibme of XII. Now , as thi
them converted it, into a (lance of Argent Vive,

White-Stone ; others into a nifornij fo it is not pcj
^
Red others into a Citrine;
'^ in a lliort time, by ke
which neither had Fu/ion^ it eonftantiy in a cont
nor Ingrefs ; for. which Fire to remove its Aî
caufe they alfo caft too much ha
it a to that
n
way. the caufe of the firfl:
And being of a fubti
.
X. Others endeavoured ;Unce, it receeds fi'ol
to coagulate it with iMetU Fire ^ therefore exc
q'nvSj but effed:ed it not Fire, is the caufe of i;l|
aiid io were deluded ror of thofe Men^:i

'/
whom it flies
|| XLVIIL E B E R. 4^1
who coagulate it into a
mixed Stone not fufible,
It is eafily
ulphur, Jrfenick^ ^nd
afite , by reafon of XV. In like manner ^
lunity in their Na- Argent Vtvehsis Sulphureous
therefore it appears parts naturally mixt with
I[,Coagulated by them, it ; yet fome Argent Vive
)t to the form of a Bo- has more, (bmelels, which
. t of Argent
i
Vive mix- to remove by Artifice is
h Lead; for thele' impoffible. Now feeing it
cannot re
iugitive , is the property of Sulphur
Gontelt of
in the mixt with Argent Vive^ to
mil it can attain to create a Red or Citrine Co-
ure of a Body ; but lor (according to its mea-
jh the Imprelfion of fure) the ablation of that be-
; they fly with it j ing Made _,
the property
of Argent Vive is by Fire to
is is the caufe of the
f them who fo Coa give a white Color. This

is the caufe of the variety
of Colors^ after its Coagu-

^. Al(b Argent Vive lation into a Stone. Like-
s rich humidity joynsd wife it has the Earthinefs of
J
: which cannot Sulphur mixt with it, by
y be feparated from which all its Coagulations
fli
K by Violence of Fire miilf neceflarily be infefted.

adhibitedj with con And this the caufe of the Er-
jn of it in its own ror of thofe who coagulate
and they by aug- it into an imperfeft Body.
g this its own Fire,
ascan bear, take
it XVL Therefore it hap-
the humidity of Ar pens from the diverfity of
'e i leaving no part the Medicines of its Coagu-
'nt for Metalick Fufi- lation y that divers bodies
lich being taken away are Created in its Coagu-
[tot be Melted, 'which lation y and from the Di-
pufs of their Error^ verfity of that like wife
D d whac
402 SALMON'S
what is to be coagulated. per^ ibmetimes Iron ; vol
For if either the Medicine^ happens by reafon of,
or that^ has a Sulphur not rity. And fometii
fixed, the body created of ver or Gold is made tl
it J mnfl: needs be foft but which muft needs pre)
:
if fixed the body nuift ne- from Furityj with co^

ceflarily be hard. AUo, if ration of the Colors.
TFhite, White; and if Red, ilt;
Red ; and if the Sulphur XVIIL But Argent i

be remifs from IVbite or is Coagulated by the ispi
Ked ; the Body likewife quent precipitation iied
muft be re mils ; and if with Violence, by theiJaftSj

'1
Earthy, the body muft be able heat of ftrong
imperfeft i if not ^ not fo. For the Alperity of Fij it]
Alio every not fixed Sulphur fily removes its Aquojti itt
creates a Livid hodj ; but this Work is beft done [,or
the fixed, as much as in it Veffel of a great leng J; C

the Contrary and the
lies, :
|
the fides of which i
pure fubftance of it creates finde place to Cool

*a pure body h the not pure, Adhere, and Cby :
not ib. of the Length of the

fel) to abide, and n<
XVIL AUo the fame di^ till it can again be p

'
verfity doth in like manner tated to the Fiery ilro
happen Argent Vive a-

in the fame ; which mi ^^^
lone, without the Commix- ways ftand very hot j
tion of Sulfhur^ by reafon great Ignition : as fe.
of the diver lity of ?ur idea- lame precipitation h

tions and preparations of it in tinued , till it be g^jî
Medicines. Therefore an fixed.
lUufion happens from the
part of the Diverfity of the XIX. It is alfo (I
Medicines ; fo that fome- lated, with longan^

dmes in the Coagulation of ftant retention in d
itj it is made Lead^ fome- in a Glafs Veffell,
times Tm^ fometimus Cop- very long Neck, an(
XLVIII; G E B E R. 403
the Orifice of the made, which is firm and
a being keptmay
open, that ftable
much
; but fugitive, and of
:(Limidity vanifli infeftion. Which
\y. Alfoitcoagula- indeed happens by reaibn
is
'
a Medicine conveni- of the flight of the Spirits i
r itj which we will but the other from the com-
Minon ; which Medi- mixtion of the Aduftible
le of it^ and is that, and Earthy fubftance of
i
moft nearly adheres

lie them.
n its profundity ; and
it,
^ mixed throughly in XXL Hence then it is
parts, before it can manifeftly evident that

_,
ly. Therefore there from whatfberer thing the

isceffity of collet^ling Medicine thereof is extra-
m
things conveni- fted that muft neceffarily
^xt, or agreeing with be of a moft fubtil and moft
jne : Of this kind are pure fubftance, of its own
ksy 2L\ib Sptlfhur^ and nature adhereing to it ; and
of liquefadion moft eafie,
and thin as water; and alfo
But becauie we lee be fixed againft the violence
y of the Bodies in its of fire. For this will coa-
to coagulate it ; but gulate it, and convert the
flys from them, how lama either into a Solar or
foever they agree Lumr nature : Studioufly
a* ; we have there- exercife your felf upon
nfidered^that no Bo- what we have fpoken, and
3res to ic in its inmoft you will find the Myftery
Wherefore, thatMe- out.
muft needs be of a
ubtil fabftance, and XXII. But that you may
quid fufionithan Me- not blame us, as if we had
smfelves are. Alfo not fufficiently fpoken
m >irits, remaining in thereof, we fay, that this
w ajture, we fee not a Medicine \$ extracted from
Moti of it to be! Mit^liifk Bodies themfelves,
D.d :a with
404 SAL
with their Sulphur, or Jrje-
nick prepared : Likewile
from Sulphur alone_,or Arfe-
flick ; and it may
prepared
be extrafted from Bodies
only. But from Argent
Vi've alone, it is more eafily;
and more nearly, and more
perfeftly found; becaufe
nature more amicably em-
braceth its proper nature,
and in it more rejoyces than
in any extraneous nature ;
and in it is a facility of ex-
traftion of the fublknce
thereof, feeing it already
hath a liibftance fubtil in
Aft. Now
the Tvays of ac
quiring this Medicine, are XXIV. of the iMljodi
by fuhlimation^ as is by us Coagulating of Argent ^^^.
iufficiently declared : And It is taken from fuch

^j^^j^
the way of fixing it follows. ter, as the matter it

\^^\^
But the way of Coagulating ('viz. as we have befo

^^^^
things diffolved, is by a clared} and that isj^b* [u
Glais in Sand, with a tem- Argent Vi'ue,(kQ\ng
/x'g./reeineic l-
k:i
perate fire, until their aquo- ly made to fly, withoi
ifity vanifh. Inflamation,)may fud
adhere toit^ in its pi [^
XXIII. The way of fixing dity, and be coi
Argent Vtve, is the fame with it, in its lead part
with the way of fixing Sul- likewife infpiflate, ant|
pbur and Arfenick ; and thefe ferve it in the fire by it,
waies differ not, unlefs that fixation, until it* be
Sulphur and Arfnick cannot able to fufl-ain the
be fixed if their moft thin Fire, conibming its
iaflanwble parts, be not f e- dity 5 andgonvertitb;
^XLVIII. G E B E R. 4of
net of this^ in a mement^ which moft nearly adheres
igtiQ Solifiek and Luni to Argent Five, and is moft
: ^'ccording to that for eafily fluxed^ and coagulates
the Medicine was it^ for it converts it into a
true Solifiek and Lunifick*
with Preparation of that at
Xy. But ieeing, we ways preceeding.
drt any thiugmore to
'sewith itj then Jhat^ XXVII. The grand flue-
ids of its own nature^ Bion is^ from what things
:rc>re by reafon of thisj this fubftance of Argmt Vi-
^ged, that with2l>^^, ve may beft be extradcd ?

iKdicine thereof might To which we Anlwer : It
co'ipleated ^ and we en- muft be taken from thofe
ivrred by Arc to make things in which it is But :
{pm of the Medicine according to Nature^ it is

ftiDle to the famcj 'viz, as well in Bodies^ as in Ar-
lat t be prepared in the gent Vive it felf, feeing they

ithi and way now men- are found to be of one Na-
ne,withtheinftanceof ture : In Bodies more diffi-
ig )ntinued labour
\ by cultly ; in Argent Vive more
lie all the fubcil and mort nigh, or eafily, but not
re ubOance of it^ may more perfeAly. Therefore
red perfectly White of what kind foever th^
^'?, but intenfly Citrine Medicine is to be, the Me-
dicine of this PretiousStone^
muft be as well (ought in
W. Now this cannot Bodies, as in the fubrtanc^
[apleated^ lo as tocre- of Argent Vive,
Color^ with-
litrine
mixtion of a Thing
[*'.
XXVIII. But as to th
it, which is of its
f; Fixing of Argent Vive, you
iture- But with this muft know, that it may be
ofture fubftanceof Ar- done, without being turned
9^(ve^ the Medicine is into E^rthj and like wife
'*:edby this our Art, fixed with converfion of it
Dd 3
imo
4o6 S A L M ON'S
into Earth. Forbyhaften- manifeft, that it m^
ing to its fixation, which is fixed wichout confuin
made by of its humidity, and
frecijitation, it is
fixed and turned into Earth. out converfion of it

Alfoby thefucceflive/^^//- Earth.
mation oi it often repeated,
it is fixed likewile^ and not XXX. For by real *
changed into Earthy but the good adherent ^Z
gives Metallick fufion. This parts^ and the ftreng
is manifeft to^ and proved its mixtion ; if the pj
by him who has experien- it be any wife infpiffil ^^\
ced both fixations thereof^ Fire, it permits it fJ
even to the Confummation of farther to be corru

the Work ; both by the ha- nor fuffersit felf(by
fty freciptation ; and alfo by grefs of a furious flanrt
the flow, with continually it) to be elevated intc
repeated fublimations. becaufe it admits
Rarefadion, ot its fe
XXIX. This therefore is reafon of its denfitj
becaufe it has a vifcous and want of Aduftion, w
denfe lubftance^ the fign of made by combuftib I
which is the grinding of it pbureity, which it

by lmbibition_, and mixtion not. Mr/,
with other things. For

Vifcofity is manifeltly per- XXXT. Hence i?
ceived in by the much

it, Firli:, Tie Caufes of ii
adherency thereof. That ruftion of e-very of the

it has a denfe [uhHance, he by fire, which is, i.Fn
that has but one Eye, may IncluHon of a burni sti
manifeftly (ee by its afpe^j phureity in the prof ti
and by poifing the valt of their fubltance, d

Weight thereof. For while filing them by Inflan b
it is in its own
Nature, it and exterminating the i^\
exceeds Gold in weighty into fume;w\th extrai

being of a moft Ihong fumption of whatev
Compofition. Whence it is gent Five, is in th
XLVIII. G E B E R. 407
!?ixation. 2. From a cably rejoycing there-
refts,
lication upon them^ in, pofl!effing Perfedîon, as
we have found, with an
exterior flame, pene-
and refolving them Approximate Potency.
itbt felf into fume, of
)W great fixation (bever, XXXIII. Of the Purifica-
i^hieh is in them is. tion of Argent Vife. It is
>m the Rarefaftionof cleanfed two ways, either
by Calcination, for by [uhlimaticnpi which we
flame or fire, does have iKewed the way al-
letrateintOj andex- ready ; or by way of a
Inatethem. Therefore Lavament, of which the
Caufes of Corruption way is thi?. Put Argent
fuch Bodies muft Vive into a Stone,or Earthen
be exceedingly cor- Difti, and pour upon it as
But if not all, the much Vinegar^ as is fuffici-
hon is according to the ent to cover it : Set it over
jer and proportion of a gentle fire, and let it heat
Lufes which remain. fo far, as you may well hold
your Fingers in it, and no
JI. Secondly, The more. Then ftir it about
of Goodnefsy and fiirity with your Fingers until it
\h Metal. For feeing be divided into mofi: fmall
\ Argent Vive, for no Particles, in the fimilitude
;s of Extermination^ of Powder ; and continue
ts it feir to bs divided ftirring it, until all the Vi-
arts in its conipolid- negar be wholly confumed :
ecaufe it either with After which walli away the

hole fuhflance receeds Earthinels remaining with
"Ot the fire, or with its Vinegar, and cart: it away :
h a remains permanent Repeating walhing ib

this
^ there is neceilarily
) often, till che Earthinels of
olved in it a caufe of per- the Mercury is changed into
Aai: For it is that which a moll pcrfeft Coelefline
Fireând by Fire
i^::omes colour, which is a fign that
n overcome, but it ami- it is throughly' walfeed.
Dd4 XXXIV
4o8 S A L M
XXXIV. of the Nature of

Argent Vive. There is a
neceffity of removing itsSu
perfluitie?^ for it hss Caiifes
ofCorruption,'L'i2:,.anEartiiy
fubftance^ and an aduiti-
ble vvatrinefs widiout In-
flamation. Yet fonie have,
thought it to have no fuper-
fiuoiis Earth and Unclean-
nefs^ but that is vain, and
3iot true f For we fee it to
confirt of much lividnefs^,
and not ot whicenefs; we ombuf lion^ and not t<
fee alfo a black and Fecu- it felf, but to make A
lent Earth, to be feparated which is a perfe^tioa
from it, with eafie Arti^ce, manifold Experiences*
by a Lavation^ as abovefaid. we fee Argent Vive.
But becaufe Vvê are by that nearly to adhere to
to acquire a two-told perte F/x'e, and to be mori
ttion, îz,. I. To make c- loved by the fame. 5.
I
Medianc, 2. To perfctl it. next to it Gold has p

Therefore we mult neceifi- at,id a fee r chat Sd'ver, ,
ij as
rily prepare the fame by

the degrees of a two- fold XXXVLVVherefor^jl
purificatmt h for two ckan- t follows, that Argen^;i,\
Tings of Mercury^ are necei- is more friendly to ii%i ll!:
fary. One by Sublimation nature but we fee i

; !ieri:
tor the Medicine, which Bodies not to have fo g if
iliall be here fhewed The : conformity to, or t

other by a Laâment for with it; and theretore
h
coagulation, which we have find them in very deed i^j
fhewed at Se^f. 5 5, above. to partake of the m

thereof. And whatfo
XXXV. For if we would Bodies wc fee more tc
laVlIl. GE B E R 4op
lôm aduftion, thofe
6^ re to partake more XXXVIII. It is alfo un-
theiature of it ; there- deniably manifeft that bo-
eiismanifeftj that Ar- dies containing the greateft
^ ive is the perfeftive quantity of Argent Vi've are
. ative from Adufti- /'(?^z>jofperfedion. Where-
ich is thoVhimaCe of fore it is to be fuppofed,
that thofe hod'iti are more
nigh to perfeftion, which
Pvil. The fecond more amicably imbibe Ar-
of its Purifieation, is gent Viê. The fign of this
WmSfiagulanon : And the isthe eafie (iifception of ^r-
Mg away of icsearthi- gent Vive by a Solar or Lu-
r?, or one day only is nar body of Perfeftion. For
ir for it the method; this fame reafon ^ if a body
ch wafhing we have altered do not eafily receive
declared, at 5e^7. 55. Argent Vive into its 5ub-
ing Bting there- ftance , it muft needs be
:
K-throughiy waihed, very remote from this per-

upon it the Medi- fedion fpoken of.
f Coagulation^ and it
e coagulated into a XXXIX. The preparation

or Lunifick iubfi'ance, of Argent Vive. Take of it
o ing as the Medicine one found: Vitriol Rubified^
IS e Dared. From what two pounds RocJd Alum Cal-
:
iaid^ it is man i fell, cmd^ one found : Common

rgent Vive not per-
is Salt^ halfa f&imd : Nitre ^ four
in its nature ; but ounces : Incorporate all together
which is pro- and fubli?ne.
|liatcer is^ Gather the
of ic by our Art. white and Denfe, and pon-
lb likewife^ is it in derouSj which will be found
(rand ArfemcL There- about the fide of the Ve(-
1 thefe it is Mot poffi- fel ^ and keep it for ufe.
) follow nature, but Now, if in the hrft Subli-
r- natural Artificei mation, you fhall finde ic
Turbid or Unclean ('which
mav
4IO S A-X. M ON'S
may be thro Carlefnefs) with its vfhole water
fublimeit again, with the it to be generated , anm
lame FceccSj and referve to bedry ed for forty day
it as before. you will finde a Stone
fut to be fixedy fo
XL. The Regiment of Mer- have a Stone augment
gtirj. It is done two ways. Infinity. In this
I. You muft Amalgamate have expounded all
it^ well wafhed and puri- which we hare wrii
iied as under dirc(5led. 2. divers Books.
You muft Diftill it and

thence make an Aqua Vita XLI. The fublimat^^
or Spirit of Wine. The Mercury, If you woa
firft way. Take of Metxu- fedrly fublime it, yoi
ry 40 Ounces^ of Sol. of Lu- add to every pound ttie
naj of Venus , of Saturn^ common Salt two jHfp
ana one Ounce y melt thefe ho- and a half^ Salt-PeteBy
Mesfirfi the Venus ^W Luna^ a pound: mortify thcBsiK
Jecondly the Sol, thirdly Sa- cury wholly, grindinj
turn : Take all out of the Fire
;
together with Vinej
halving melted them in a large nothing of the i>K$,
til
Crucible y and your Mercury appear living in the]

in readimfsy made hot in ano- ture, then fublime
ther : and when the faid Me- cording to Art. It is ^î t
tals begin to harden, fouer in profitable.

the Mercury Lufurly ^
(lir-
ring the mixture with a fttck^ XLIT. The Sublime

jetting it again on the Fire^ Red vlsrc-iry. Tai^
and taking it ojf^ untill they found of it, mix and j
he all amalgamated^ with the grind it with VitrOil,

whole Mercury. Tihis Amal ana one pound a?jd
. \
,
gama pa to be {MJ]olved for It from them Red andl

fevin days J Extrat'l the tva- did.
ttr with a CUihy make the
refidueVolatile, giving Fire of X-LIII. Oat of al
Ignition* Jhis again imbibe has been faid it a>ea!
ivid
I iXLVIII. GEBE R. 411
m evident Demonftrad- the White Vafie extraêd
is
l|hat our Stone is pro- from Jupiter <3(wi Saturn \ hut
rt sd out of the lubftance the Red from Venus and Sa-
:, gent Vive \ But to un- turn : But every Body mufi

c^the Clofure of Art, he difjolved by its
Jelf in the
01 muft ftudy to relblve Ferment,
own dry
oxSol into their
.; which the vulgar call
'_,
XLV. Sulphur we have
1^,mj And it is io,
: that proved is corruptive of eve-
I ^denary proportion (of ry kind of Perfeftion : But

h( water) may Argent Vive is perfedive in
folutive
oain only one part of the Works of Nature^ with
htperfeft'body. For if complcat Regiment. So we,
gentle fire^ you well not changing, but imitating
g
?m thefej you will find Nature, (in Works poffible)
the fpace of 40 days) do likewife afTume Argent
body converted into Vive in the Magiftery of
e water : and the fign this Work, for a Medicine
1 perfeft diffolution is of each kind of Perfeftion
likneis, appearing on its viz,, both Lunar and Solar
srftces. as well of Imperfect Bodies^

3LSofJrgent Vive Coagulablc.
ilV. But if you en- And feeing there is a two-
^rour to perfeft both fold difference of Medi-
rks, the White and the cinQS^ one of Bodies, but the
1, diifolve each of the other of Argent Vive truly
ments by themfelves^ coagulable, we fliall here
keep them. This is dilcourfe it.
'Argent Vive extracted
B Argent Vive, which XLVI. The matter pr
intend for Ferment. But fe, oF this Medicine of eve-
iPafte to be fermented, ry kind is one only 5 already
cxtrad in theulual man fufficiently known. Take
from im per fed bodies, cherefore"^ that, and if you
id of this we give you a will work according to the
I
leral Rule, which is^ 7hat\ Lunar Order, learn to be

412 S A L MoN ' s im
expert in Operating, and
prepare that ^
XLVII.
with the cine fofthe
Solar A
Second
3
Gift
known ways of this Magi- of every of the impefc^
ftery. The intention of Bodies, is the fame tT:te
which iSj That you fliould and participates of theim
divide the pure fubftance Regiment of Preparli,
from it^ and fixt part there- Yet in this it differs,i;r'
of, but leave a part for ce- in the greater fubtizj
rating ; and (b proceeding tion of parts, by p)p{
through the whole Magi- ways of digeftion, aili
ftery^ till you compleat its the commixtion of Ibi'
defired fufion. If it fud- Sulphur (under the ig

denly flows m
hard Bodies^ men of Preparation m
it but
IsperfeSi^; [oft Bo-m niftredj with the adctio"
dies^ the contrary. For this of the matter now knjwi
Medicine projected upon
any of the Imperfeft Bo- XLVIII. The Regijer
dies^ changes it into a per- of the fixadon of fc
it is
fect Lunar Body^ if the Sulphur^ and the ft

known Preparations have thereof : For with
been firft given to this Me- Medicine is tini^
^
dicine : But if not, it leaves with it projcded up

the lame diminilhed, yet very of the Bodies di
in one only difference of Ihed from perfeftio
Perfedrion it perfefts, as com pleats the fame in
much depends on the lar Complement^ as m
as
Adminiftration of the Or^ depends upon a M
der of a Medicine of this of the Second Ordc
kind. But this diae Adnii^^ known and cercain p
niitration not preceeding^ ration of the imperfeft
according to the third Or- prececding. Alfo the
der, it perkcls in projedion projefted upon Luffa^
only. fefts it much J in a pe
Solar compleatment.
lii
b.XLIX. G E B E R. 413
THE
SECOND BOOK
O F
E B E R ARABS.
CHAP. XLIX.
The IntrodnSiion to this Second Boo\
^HERE are two All which we Ihall with

*
things to be deter- much plainnefs declare.
li viz,' the Principles
isMagiftery, and the IT. The perfection con-
ftion of the fame. The fifts I. Of thofe things^ and
iplesof this Art, are from the confideration of
âys or Methods, of thofe things by which it is
,*perations^ to which attained. 2. Fromthe con-
jtift applys himielf in fideration of things helping.
/ork of this Magiilery 3. From the confideration
5 ways are divers in of that thing which laftly
fclves: As^ i. Suhli- perfeds. 4. And from that
f^n, 2, Defcenfon. ^. Di- by which known^ whe-
it is
iî ion, 4. Calcination. ther the Magiftery was in

^litim. 6. Coagulaticfn. perfeftion or not.
ML
414 SALMON'S III
jcainining to the perfJ
III. Theconfiderationof jof their Tranfmutatioil
thole things by which we
attain to the Compleatment V. The confiderati
of the Work, is the confi- things helping Perfc
deration of the Subftance is the confideration oi
manifeftj and of manifeft Nature of thofe ti
Colors, and of the weight which we fee adhere tl
in every of the Bodies to be dies without Artifice,

changed, and of thofe Bo- to make Mutation
dies that are not changed, thefe are, Marchafite^
from the Radix of their nefia, Tut'ta^ Ant%mony\
Nature, without that Arti- Lafis Lazuli, And th
fice: and the confideration fideration of thofe Wi6
of thofe likewile that are without adherency, elm
changed, in the Radix of Bodies ; (iich arc Salts, A
their Nature by Artifice: lumSj Nitre^ Borax, hii
with the confideration of and other things of likfljr
the Principles of Bodies, ture, : And the conf^^^
according as they are pro- tion of Glafs of allfort.
found, occult, ormanifeff; things cleanfing by ^
and according to their Na nature.
turcs, with or without Ar-
tifice. VI. But the confidci
of the thing that perfeôii
IV. For \^ Bodies and their the confideration of cl
Principles, be not known the pure Subftance of ~
in the profound or manifeff fî've ; and it is the

properties of their Natures, which from the Subi
both with and without Ar- of that, took begini^
tifice, what is fuperfluous, and of which it wascr(
and what is wanting or de- This Matter is not
feftive in them, cannot be Fiz'e in its Nature, mm,\
known , and our not know- its whole Subffance, Ht|
ing thole_, would of necef- is part of it nor is it (>
:
fity hinder us^froRi ever at- but when the Stone is

left
E B E R. 4ir
4. Expofing it to the' Vapourv
of Acid Things, ^, Extin-
ction, 6. Commixtion of Sul-
I.
phur burning Bodies: 7* Rg'
duBicn after Calcinaticn.
8;
Laftly, The confi- of Argent VivCi^
Sufception
Miof the thing, or All which with the former
iTryal and Examina- we declare, with their Cau-
by which it is known, fes from Experiences, by
erthe Magiftery be which you may certainly
feSionornot ; arifes know, we havi not er-
the confideration of i. red.
jifeL2.Cenfent,'^,Igmtion.
CHAR L.
'df Sublimation^ Veflels^ Furnace?.
"'Hecaufe of the In- to the diverfitie of the lame

vention of Subli- Spirit.
, was to unite Bo-
with Spirits 3 (dnce II. For Sulphur^ Arfenick
fig can poffibly be u- and MarchafitCy are burn-
with a Body but a ings and wholly corrupt:

) Or to find Ibme- Tutia (of every kind^ burns
that can contain in not, yet gives animperfed:
f the nature both of Color, I. Becaule its aduft-
and Spirit,which be- ive Sulphureity, which is
aft upon bodies, (wich- eafily inflamed and black-
eing^firft purifiedj ei' ens is not removed. 2. Be-

give not perfed Go- caule its Earthinels is not
or elfe totally corrupt, feparated : for Aduftion
defile, and burn may create a Livid Color,
, ^nd this according and Earthinels may form it.
it. III.
'4i6 S A L M ON'S, H
fame you may find.
III. Thele
things there- phur. And becaufe
fore we
are conftrained to other things than in
clcanfefrom their burning we law an adherei
Sulphuriety or Un^liiofity, Bodies with Aheratic
and Earthy fuperfluity, and were neceffitated cp|
this can be done by no Ar- choice of them^ andi
tifice but by Sublimation rifie them by Sublime
:
for when Fire elvevates^ it

makes afcend always the VI. Sublimation
morelubtile parts, leaving is the Elevation of a I
behind the more Grofs. thing by Fire^ with

'
rency to its Veffel

IV. Hence it is raanifeft done diverfly accordi
that Spirits arc cleanied the diverfity of Spii
from their Earthinefi by be fublimed : for fbi
Sublimation, which Earthi- Sublimed with ffronj
nefi impeded Ingrefs^ and tion > others with
gave an impure or dimi- rate, and Ibme agi
niflied Color : from which a remife heat of Fire I
being feparared , they are
freed from their Impurity^ VII. Arfenick^ an
and are made more fplen- phur J are Sublimed
did , more pervious ^ and remifs Fire ; for othe
more eafily to enter and having their moft
penetrate the denfity ot! parts uniformly mix
bodies, with a pure and conjoyned with the |
perfeft Tindure. I
their whole fub
would afcend bla
V. Aduftion is alfo taken |
burnt,, without any
away by Sublimation ; for fication therefore :
Arfenick which before Sub- mud find out tht fr6^

i
limation was apt to aduftion of the Fire, and the

:
after Sublimation, will not! cation y with com

be Inflamed, bur receedsj of the Feces or Goffei
without Inflamationj the! that they may be ke
aXL. GE B E R. 417
and hot fuffered to ing removed by a due pro-
Id. portion of Fire. 2, And
f the moft fiibtil and fumous
n In Sublimation a part, which hniigs AdufttoH
old degree of Fire is with Corruption, being caft
obferved. i. One, away, we may have the
apportioned^, as to make pure Subftance^ confifting
i;end only Altend^ in Equality, of fimple Fu-
tlie
H): fUrt, and Livid parts, fion upon the Fire, and
II )u manifeftly fee they without any /Idufticnpt fly-
e :leanfed from their ing from, the Fire, or Infla-
ir ly feculency. 2. A- mation thereof;
t\ r degree is^ that what
he fure Effinct remain- X. Now that that which
1. the Feces, may be is moft fubti! is aduftive/ is
HJd with greater force evident, for that Fire con-

t^ ît. with Ignition verts to its own nature, all
bottom of the Veilelj thofe things which are of
f the Feces therein^ affinity to it : it is of affini-
you may fee with ty to every aduftible thing t
Eye. ^. The other and every thing the more

lis^ a TJiofl 7veak Fire, fubtil the more aduftible,
?1s to be given to the therefore' Fire is of molt
idte without the Feccs^ affinity to what is moft fubr
t"TcarceIy any thing tie.
nay afcend^, but that

yhich is them oft
fub- XL The fame is proved
t thereofând which by Experience ; for Sulphur
work is of no value, or Arfnick notfublimed, are
'.tit is a thing by help moft eafily inflamed, and
lioh Adu/lion is made of the two. Sulphur the
^bursi more eafily : but either be-
ing fublimed, are not di-
The whole intention redly inflamed, but fly a-
)reof Sublimation is way, and are extenuated
li TheEarthinefs be- without Inflamation, yet
e wiih
4i5 SALMON'S
with A preceeding F(ifion XIV. Experience
proves this to be ti
XII. Now the proof in caufe when we
the adminiftration oiFxees^ from a thing forra^l
with their proportion, is, the nature of Bodies, J
that fuch Matter be chofen, blime in vain, fo thai]
with which the Spirits to be are found in no wife
ftblimed may beft agree, ed after the aicenfion]
and wherewith they may fubliming with the
be the more intimately any Body, the (ubl
miH^d; for tlut Matter is well, and with fa
with which they are or may Is perfeftly cleanfed.

be moft united, will be
more potent in the reten- XV. The intci
tion of the Faces of the faces then is, that t!
Matter to be fublimed \ the adminiftred or tafe

reafen ot which is evident. theCalxes of Metal
in them the work ofi
XIII. But the addition of mation is eaiie,
Forces \s neceflary, becaufe other things moft dil
Snlfbi^r or Arfenick to be fu- for which caufe there]
blimed, if they be not con- thing that can be inl
joyned with the Fôsces of in their ftead ; fol
(ome fixed thing, would without the Calxes
neceffarily ^fccnd with dies, the Labor w|
their whole fubllance not long, tedious, and
cleanfed, which thing we difficult, almolt to
know by experience to be ration.
truth : this is proved, be-
caufej if the Faeces be not XVI. But in this t\
permixed with them thro' fome benefit, for

their lead parts, then the fablimed without Fa
fame happens had the Calces of Bodies

as if they
not Faces, for their whole greater quantity, bu
Effence will afcend without Faces of leffer: So
any cleanfing. what is calcined wi
b.L. G E B E R. 419
u of Bodies is of leaft quantity^ a greater fire is re*
r, but of eafieft and quired.
fpeedy Labor.
XIX. Now becaufe fire
IlL However every is a thing which cannot be
Salt
of prepared, niealiired i therefore it isj
jnt:hings of like nature to that error is often commit-
:, Kufes us from ufing the ted in it, when the Artift is
'xc of Bodies^ for that with unskilful, as well in refpedt
e we make (ubliraation to the variety of Fornaces,
fe greater quantity i for as Woods and Veffels to be
ition of things to be ufcd, and their due joyn-
aed from the Fceces^ is ing.
made by Iblution of
te, which happens XX.Therefore in things to
i other things be fublimed, you muft re-
move their wsterinefs only,
nil. But the propor- with a very fmall Fire,
>f Faces is, that it be which being removed, if
^to the quantity of the any thing afcend by it, then
r to be fublimed, in in the beginning, this Ere
I you cannot eafily muft not be increafed, that
Vet if the Faces be but the moft fubtil part may (by
ic weighc.it may ferve moft weak fire) be fe-
this
*sare, to an cxperi parated
, and put afide,
Man : For the le(s the which is the caufe of Adu-
the greater will ftion.
are,
J Exuberation of the
late, provided, that XXL

But when little or
ding to the Subtraftion nothing ftiall afcend (which
: Faeces^ an abatement you may prove by putting
Fire be in proportion a little Cotton Wttk into the
0: For in a fmall hole in the top of the Alu-
f/, a fmall fire ferres del) increafe the fire under
rfeftion ; in a great it ; and hqw ftrong the fire
and in a greater ftiould be, the Coitm Jêfh

Ee2 wiU
420 SALMON'S Ub.1
will fhcw For if little of
:
the fublimate comes forth XXIV. It is fit there

with it, or it be clean, it that we ftiould rightly]
fhews your fire is fmall, form you in the fublii
and therefore muft be en- on of thefe two Spirits!
creafed: But if much and fhur and Arfenick] leal
unclean, that too great, ftiould erre through I|
it is
and mull be ranee :

diminiilied. fay then, We
if you put in many
XXII. When then you and augment not the
find your fublimate to proportionally, nothii
come forth with t\\Q Weik the Matter to be ful
Clean, and much, you will afcend.
have the due proportion of
your Fire, but if unclean XXV. If you put
the contrary : For accord- fmall quantity of fcea
ing to thequantity of clean- none of the Calx of
ne(s, or uncleannefi of the and have not a fit pr<|
fublimate adhereing to the tion of Fire, the m
Cotton, muft you order will alcend with its
your Fire whole fa- fubfl'ance: So like\

in the
blimation-: bymeans realon of the Fornac
this
yoa may bring it to its due may err: For a greai
height without any error. nace gives a great H
Fire h a fmall Fornj
XXIII. Yet the way of fmall,if the Fcwelandj
Faces is better, viz,. To holes be proportionate
take Scales of Iron ^ or Coffer
calcined: thcle indeed by XXVI. If you fu
reafon of the privation of great quantity of ma
zn Evil humidicity,do eafi- a imall Fornace, yo
ly imbibe Sulphur or Jrfe- not make a fire great
nicck^ and Unite them with for Elevation: If a
themfelves; the method of quantity in a great F

which the experienced on- you will exrermina
.
ly know. fublimation by ex^

|).L. G E B E R. 421
^ Again, a thick For- levate a great quantity of
Bic gives a condenfate and matter to be fublimed^ firft
Ircg Fire : A thin For- be provided of a (ublima-
lac, a rare and weak fire, tory of fuch a capacity^
ikh which you may ea- that it may contain your
.rr. matter to be fublimed, the
heightof ones hand breadth
I CVII. So alfo, a For- above the bottom : To this
icwich large Vent-holes. fit your Fornace, fo as the
iv(a clear and ftrong fire, Aludelj or Suhlimatory may
jt vith fmall Vent-holes, be received into it, with

Wik fire: And if the di- the difiance of two Fingers
of fpace between round about the Walls, or
'ornace and the Veffel Sides of the Fornace; which
|;gc, the fire will be the being made, make alfo to
;r, but if fmall, the it ten Vent-holeSj in one

which, without proportion, equally diftant,
in all
you may eafily alfo that there may be an equal-
lity of the fire in all parts
thereof.
1;V1IL You muft there
[build your Fornace, XXX. Then put a Bar
[ling to the ftrength f Iron into the Fornace
tiije Fire you would tranfverfe, which fafien at
viz,, thick, with free each end in the fides of the
wholes, fo as there may Fornace, which Bar let be

iooJ diOance between diiiant from the bottom of
sffol, and fides of tne the Fornace about a Span,
iCQ, if you would have or 9 Inches : About an Inch
f^j^fire': But if a mean above it. the SMiwatory
1 allthefe things you mulf be firmly placed, and
I
Ind a mean propor- inclofed round about to the

j
||AH which we fhall Fornace. i
t
'--
XXXT. Now, if your
mSL If you would c- Fornacecan well and
. clcar-
412 S A LMO N :S
ly difcbarge it felf of the long lafting. From'
Fumofities, and the Flame confideration of all
can freely pafs through the things, the diverfity of ]
whole Fornace in the cir~ may eafily be found

cuitofthe^Wf/, it is well
proportioned ; if not, it is XXXIV. In the<
not fo. Then you muft o- mation of Sulphur, tl
pen its Vent-holes, and if ver of the Sublimamy
by that it is mended, all is be made with a gr(
well ; if not, you muft ne- large concavity withi
ceffarlly alter it, for the terthe manner of an
diftance of the Veflelfrom bick with a Nofe^ for
the fides of the Fornace, is wife the whole fuh\
too fmall : Wherefore en- may defeend to the
large the diftance^ and try of the Veflel, througl
it,continuing thefe Tryals, great heat, for that il
can freely quit it felf end of the fublimatioj
till it
j
of the fmoak,and the flame Sulfhur afcends not,

is bright and clear. with force of fire, e^
Ignition of the Jlndel\

XXXF. But as to the if the Sulphur be not
thicknefs of the Fornace, if ed in the Concavity
you intend a great fire, it feeing it eafily flows,
ought to be about ^ or <5 defcend again by thj
Inches ; but if a moderate of the Veilel, to the
fire, ; or 4 Inches; ifalef bottom, and nothil
fer fire, 2 or 3 Inches thick be found fulflimed.
will be lufficient.
XXXV. The j41u4
XXXIIt. Then be made of thick GU

as to the
Fewel, Iblid Wood gives a other matter is not
ftrong and durable fire ; ent, unleft it be thici
lighter Wood a weak fire, of the like fubfbart(
and foon ended ; dry Wood Glals; becaufe Glaf^
gives a great fire and fhort or what isliketoit,\
green Wood a fmall and Pores, is able to reca
G E B E R* ^3<k
)m flying away For vers muft be equal, and

:
Porous Velfels^ the each a Span, or y Inches

is would pais and va- The Figure of one of them
alfo P)Tamidal, in the fu-
perior parts of which Co-
VL Nor are Me- vers, muft be two equal
;ryiceable in this cafe^ holes, one in each, fo made
ficife (by reafon that a Hens Feather may
Spirits
foir Amity and Sympa conveniently be put in.
ly penetrate them, and
litcd there with.-There- XXXVIIL The intention
n the Compofition of of this Concha is. That its
Aludel^ let a round Cover may be moved at
, or Ctncha^ be made pleafure ; and that the jun-
a flat round bottom > fture might be ingenious,

ft the middle of the (b that through it, though
' thereof, a Zone, or without any luting, the Spi-
e furrounding the rits might not pals. But if
and above that Gir-
; you can better contrive this
caufe a round Wall to VelTel, you may do lb,
ddc, equidilknt from
'
notwithftanding this oup
des of the Concha^ fo defcription.
in this (pacej the fides
le Cover may freely XXXIX. Yet in this we
^thout preflure. have a fpecial intention,
that the inceriour Concha^
XXVII. But the height withfliould enter
its fides,
lis Wall
f above the half way
within its Cover *
k) muft be according for feeing it is the property
^height of the Wall of of Fumes to afcend, not to
Zoncha^ little more, or defcendj by this means
i
This done, let two they are kept from vanilh-
jrs or Heads be made ing: Alfo that the Head of
1 to the meafiire of this the Aludel lliould be often
cavity of the two Walls, emptied, left part of what
(Si^h of the two Co- is fublimed (bsiag over
Ee 4 muchj
424 SALMON'S Li
much) fliould fall down to that it isto known

che bottom again. lelsof Aduftion, than
is found to afcend
nifl
XL. Another intention is^ the hole of the Head:
chatwhat afcends up in the the fublimation is well
form of pouder, near the formed^ if it be foundj
hole of the head of the A- and lucid, and not
hdcl^ be always kept apartj with inflammation:
from that which is found is the perfection of th<|
to have alcended fufed and liming of Sulphur andi

denfe in fmall lumps ; po- nick : And if^ it be nj
rous and clear at bottom found, the Work mi
thereof, widi adherency to often be repeated^ til
the fides of the Veflel ; for fo.
CHAP. LI.
Of Defcenfion^ and the way of Purifyn

Fajiils.
I ^HEREis a three- n. 2. Thatwealtl

X Caufe of its may by it be pre
ibid
invention. i. That when from Combuftion, afi
'
tei
any matter is included in duftion from their ( ^

that Veffdj which is called, For A^hen we reduce
a Chymical Defcenjory, that Bodies from their
afcer its fufion, it may de- we cannot iêduce all
fcend through the Holes whole fubftance at
thereof,by which defcent, time : If then that

we are affured, it has ad- which is firft reduce(
mitted a fluxing. a body^ iliouldlie whi
whole is reduced, a
XI. G E B E R, 42f
ity would vanifli by
ce of the Fire; fo V. Then put in the mat-
was neeeflarily deter which you would have
that one part fo foon to delcend^ upon round
is reduced J may fall Rods or Bars made oi like
he Fire^ through this Earthy and fo placed, as
fory. they may be more nigl\ the
top than bottom of the
1,;, That the Depu- Veflel. Then covering the
of Bodies might be VelTel, and luting the jun-
êllenrly performed^ fture, fet it into the fire,
freed from every and blow it until it is in
eous thing : For the Flux, and the whole matter
defcends in a Flux defcend into a fubjacent
^ and leaves every Veffel.
vhich is alien there-
:he Concavity there- VI. But, if the matter be
of difficult fufion, it may be
put upon a Table plain, or
There fore as to the of fmall Concavity, from
r method thereof, we which it may eafily defcend
^tthQ form of \t mu(t by inclining the head of the
as its bottom may Defcenibry when it is in
nted, and the fides Flux ; for by this means
ithout roughneft^ e- Bodies are purified.
terminating in the a-
on.'
LAcuity^ or point VI I. But they are yet
x)ttom : And
co- better purified by Paftils,
its
any be needfulj which method of Piitifica-

5 made in the like tion is of the fame IbrcC)
a plain or flat Diili^ with the way of purifying
U fitted to it,and the by defcenfion For it holds :
ijvith its Cover, muli- tlie fceces of Bodies as well

de of good firm as a Delcenlbry andbetter^
not eafie to breaks the way ot which is thus.
k in the fire.
\ VllL
42^ SALMON'S Lf|
before, and to procecd4rt
Vm. Take the body a Tranfmutation, all vPi
whidi you intend to cleanfe, lliall be declared in it
and granulate it, or file it, per place.
or reduce it into a Calx,
which is yet better, and XLTheDefcenfor
more pcrfei^ Mix it with nace is made, as bcfc
:
Ibme other Calx^ which is fcribed, andiswond(

noc to be melted, and then ufeful to the melting
make the 'body to flow. tals by Cineritiums at
For all Calc
ments.
IX. By this method, of- Combuft, DiflblvedJ
ten repeated. Bodies are Coagulated Bodies^
cleanfed, but not with a duced by this Forna<
perfeftMundification, which a folid Mafs, or Met
is to perfedion ; yet it is a
profitable purifying^ that Xn. Cirter'ttiums al
Bodies capable of perfecti- Cements^ and Tefis, o\
on, may the better and ctbks^ in which Silvc
more perfedily be tranfmu- ten melted, are pu]
red. thisFornace, for th
vering the Metal
XFor there is an Ad- bed.
miniftratioh always to go
CHAR LIF.
Of Diflillation^ Caufes^ Kinds ^ am^

Fomaces.
I. "T^Tfiillation is the cle- VeiTel ; and is of

JL-r vating of Aqueous kinds. T. Eith(5r
Vapours in chelr proper fire, or without fire.
I tn. G E B E R. 427
Kfcby fire isalfo two- pure in its Nature ; becaufe
Id. I. Afcending by an by Afcent, Oyls are not lo
tm:k. 2. Dejcending by eafily had in their combufti-
')tjnfory. ble Nature.
i.rhcCaure whyDi- V. And the Diftillatlon,

Itetnwasinventcd, was which is made without fire,
^rification of a liquid or by Ftlnr^ wsls invented
ittifrom its filth, and br this caufe &ke, to clear
ift/âtion of it from pu- water (whether diftilled,
Won. For we fee or not diftilledj from all
Adiftilled fby what manner of Impurities what-
bevcr of Diftilladon) foever.
idt more pure, and
^fily to be preferved VI.DiftilUtionbyi^îi*
utrefaftion. istwo-fold, I. In Ames, or
Sand. 2. In Balneo, with-
tBut the fpecial caufe out Hay, or Wool in its
iUation by Ajeent, or
proper Veffel, fo difpofed,
mihck^ is the (epara- chat the Cucwrbit, or Vcfi-
a pure Water, wich- ca may not be broken be-
"th or Foscs ; for wa- fore the Work is finilhed*
liftilled has no fecu-
And the Caule ot VII.Diftillationby-^l'fce*

tntion of fuch pure or Sandy is done with a
>was for the Imbibi- greater, ftronger, and mote
and of dean acute fire : But that by
Spiiits,
by the fe BalneOj with a mild, foft,
ines, left
b;^ of the Water, our or gentle and equal fire ; for
inesj or Spirits might W^^r^r admits not the Acuity
.ed or curruptcd* of Ignition, as A^s or Sand
do.
But the caufe of the
ôn, which is made Vlll. Therefore by that
^ or a Dejcenfcry^ Diftillation which is made
extrîng its Oyl, in Ajhis^ colours, and the
'
more
428 S A L M ON'S, fl
more grofs parts of the Fi Iteration we ao
Earth aro elevated ; but by the clearnels of evcrv
that in Balmo, the parts thing,
more fubtil, and without
color, and more approach- XL To Diftil iri"
ing to the nature of fimple Tou mufi- have a firong\
Water, only arife. So that Pan^ andfttedto the,
a more iubtil feparation is like to the aforefaid
made hy diftillaticn in BalncQj cf Sublimation^ "with tl
than hy a Dlfi illation in Mies difiance from the fides l
or Sand, Fornaccy and with lil
holes'yUpon the hottom

iX. This evident ; for
is Pan fifted Jfloes wu/^l
Cyl diftilled hy A^ss, is to rhe thfcknefs of onî
grofe, thick, and foetid: breadth [length almo^
But that being redified in ufon the Ajhes. the
Balneo^ the Oyl is feparated DifitUatcry tnuft he
into Elemeacai parts; fo covered round about
its
that from a moft Red Oyl fame AJhes^ almoft oi^^

you have another mort lim- to the neck of the
pid, white, and fîrene, the [Retort, or Diftillatc
whole redneft remaining in
the bottom of the VefTel. XII. This done. J ft
matter to be diBiUet.
By
X. Operation, the Veftlwith its Al\
this
we come to the determi- the neck of which mu^
nate feparation of all the the neck of jhe Cuci
Elements of every Vegeta- Vefica, lefi what is U
ble \ and of that which from JliUed jhould fly awayi
Vegetables proceeds to a lute the juntiure.
Bein^^ and of every like the Difiillaticu :
thing. But by that which Vefica, Cucurbit, 11

is made by Defcent, we at cr DilHllatory, 7vitb\
tain the Oyl i every thing lembick Head, cr Rt\

Veget.ible, deteiiiiinarely , muft he hcth of Glafs.\\
and of their like ; and by fire mtifi he of (In
nil. GE B E R. 429
to the exigency, or na- is to he Difiilled^ and then
\the matter to be diftil- the Cover luted on^ and fire
U to he continued till all made on the top^ or over it,
\uU be dijlilled is come that the Liquor may descend.
X
V. To Diftil by Filtre;
. To diftil in Balneo, ?ut the UcjUor to he Diftilkdy
he former, in a Cu- into an Earthen, Stone, or
and Alembiek ; fave Glafs Concha, under which
t^ HI muft have an Iron fet another VeJJ'el to receive the
^ ^
ifs Pot fitted to the Diftillation The larger fart :
'^
M : Upon the bottom of the Filter put into the Li-
iot withtn, muji be laid <juor, even to the bottom of
->'
*
fHay or Wocll or other I the Concha, leting the nar*
^-^^
itfr, to th^ thtcknefs of roivif part hang over the fide
'^^
Cucurbit
is, that the thereof^ and over the under
'
^the broken ; and with
^' Vej]el'^ fo will the Lieûor fall
^'*f9f the Cucurbit muf- dc-^vn through the Filrer in the
fed round about, almofl Irwer Vejj'eL, vjithout ceafing,

as the neck of the A- to the lap drop. Where note.
:kj which lay That if the Liquor be not
upon
rofs^ an I upon them clear enough the firft time,
to held the Cucurbit it muft be io often repeat-
mtom of the Tot, and ed, till it is as you defire

^rm and fteady^ that it.
:i' wraifed by the IfâUer,
Qui broken by its moving up XVI. The Difttllatcry
M'i\ wn, LaftlVj Tut in Fornace, is fame with
the
)0 till the Pot be full. the Sublt?9?atcry: But Fire
stt^t done, kindle the fire ^\ mni): be adminiftred ac-
it :
J?i/ off' the matter cording to the exigency of
lift)!'; things to be Diflilled : The
i/if^ To Diftil by De way of doing which we
,
a i '
Tou mud have

have juftnow taught.
'i'4 Delcenfory, with its
J-
(fl ând that put in which
C^H A P.
430 SAL MON'S
CHAP. LIIL
Of Calcination of Bodies and Spirits^

their Canfes and Methods.
I /Âlcination is the with a feveralintentio

V^ bringing a thing to General and Special.
Duft by Fire, through an
abftraftion of its humidity^ IV. They are
holding the particles of the with one general Int
Body together. when that their cori
and defiling Suljhurti
11. The caufe of the in- be abolifhed by Fii
vention thereof, is, that the every aduftive Sul
Aduftive, corrupting and which could not be
defiling fulphureity, may ved without Calcinat
beabolirtiedby Fire; and thereby abolifhed ff
it is man! 'old, according to very thing whatlbeve^
the diverficy of the things

to be calcined : for Bodies V. And becaufe
are calcined ; and Sprits dy it felt is (olid, ai
are calcined as alfo other reafon of that folidil
things foreign to thefe, but internal Sulfbureity

with a divers intention. ed within the contii
the (ubftance oÂrgi
III. And feeing there are is defended from
imperfcft Bodies of two therefore it was
kinds, viz** HarJ^ as Venus to feparate the
and Mars ; and Soft^ as 5^. thereof, that the Fir|
turn and Juftter ; all which ing freely to every
are calcined ; there was a parts, might bum;
ncceffity of calcining them pbsireity from itj ani
i LIU. G E B E R- 4JI
le kjntinuity of Argent Water, and tamed into Wa-
iw light not defend it. ten
The common inten IX. The Cakinadon of

m lib of Calcination, is other things, is iublervient
cp iition of the Earthi- to the Exigency of the Pre-
i for it is found that paration of Spirits and Bo-

)di are cleanfed by rei- dies, of which Preparatioti
at Calcination and Re- we ftiall fpeak more at large
I
did, as we fliall herein the following : but thefe

one w; are not of Perfedioa
jSpecial Calcinatiorfis X. The way of Calcina-

[Bodies, and with thefe tion is diversj by reaibn of
rcntions, that through the diverfity of things to
[: may be an inten- be Calcined : for Bodies are
Hardning and Fix- otherwife Calcined than
lich is accompliftied Spirits, or other things^ And
[gnitious repition of bodies divers from each o*
ition upon them cher, are diverlly Calcined.
[s is found true by Soft Bodies have one general
ice. way, according to the in-
tention, îz. That both
But why tlie Cal- may be Calcined by Fire
|i of Spirits was in- only> and by the acuity of
is, that they may Sale prepared or unprepa-
[tter be fixed, and red.
eafily diflblved in
[;r; for that e\&ery XT. ThefirftCalcinatiott
f thing Calcined is by F/rf is thus : HaveaVef-
sed,then the not fel oilronov Earth, formed
[d, and of eafierfo- like a Porringer, which lee
and becaufe the be very llrong and linn,
[s of the Calcinated, and fitted to the Fomace of
^btillzed by Fire, are Calcination J fo, that under-

tafily mixed with it, the Coies may be caftin
and blowed. XI'l.
4;^ SAL M O N ' S
that Saturn is eafij^l
XII. Then caft in your duced again into a

Lead or Tm (the veffel be- from its Calx: but jfl
ing firmly let upon a Trivet with moft difficulty : tl
of Iron or Stone, and faft- fore be careful! tl
ned to the Walls of the err not in expofing

Fornace, with ; or 4 Stones after its firft Pulvei
being thruft in, fliff, be to too great a Fire, u)

twcen the Fornace fides and reduce the Calx intoaf
the Veffel, that it may not before it is perfe<
move: the form of the For- this you mull: ufe t|
nace, muft be the fame ranee of Fire, and tl
with the Form of the For- furly augmented h\
nace of Great Ignition,) of grees with Caution,
which we have Ipoken, and be confirmed in \is\
ftiall fpeak more in the fol- and is not fo eafily;
lowing.) ^cible, but that a ge^

muft be given to
Xill. And the Fire be- com pleating of the-
ing kindled fufficient for
the fufion of the Body to be XVI^ Likewife- be '^k
calcined, a skin will arife ful that you err not Fire
on the Top, which con fiter^ by reafbn of ^^^

\
i
tinually rake together^ and ficult Redudion, fo

take off with a blice, or o intending to reduce' j '^^^
"ther fit Iron or Stone inftu- find it not reduced! î(

ment, folonj^ till the whole JC^/a: IHll , or turri&B'iis,
body is converted into Glai?^ and fo then coijitj'
|
Pouder. its redudicn impoffii^f^tt

.a
XIV. If it be Saturn, XVII. Nowwefa*3sirj

there muft be a greater fire, if a great Fire be nojBivlii
rill the Calx be changed in- in the redudion of jB^lx
to a coirt pleat whitene ft. it reduceth not: a

great Fire be given^
XV. Now underftand . tinres it reduces ii
P
|l1IL G B E R. 4JI
ofliy may be
converted the Calces of them are per--
itajlafi: the reafon of feded, with their coniide-
bk is J becaufe Jupiter rations,
A profundity of its na-
reiias the fugitive lub- XX. But herein alfo is
m( of Urgent Pive indu- a difference in the Calces
ed which if long kept in of thefe two Bodies : for
ire flies avi/ay ; and Lead in the firft work of
the Body deprived Calcination is more eafily
idity, (b that it is converted into Pouder or
[jinore apt to Vitrifies Afhes than Tin ; and yet
p/lfo be reduced again the Calx is not more eafily
metallick Body, perfected than that of Tin^
The caufe of which diverfi-
For every thing ty is, that5^rr has a more
of its proper Hu- fixed humidity than Jufi-
gives no other than ter-
mg fufion ,whence
hrally follows, that XXT. The Calcination
luft haften to reduce of Venm and Mars is one,
|the (peedy force of a yet divers from the fornier,
it Fire; for other- by reafon of the dificulty
dll not be reduced. oftheir Liquefadion. Make
either of thefe Bodies into
The Calcination thin Plates , heat them red
Bodies by the Acu- hot , but not to Melting
I
ilt, is, the quantity for by reafon of their great
lantity of Salt be ve- Earthinefs, and large quan-

in caft upon them in tity of Aduflive flying Sul^
|afion, and permixed phur, they are eafily thus
:h agitation with an reduced into Calx ; for the
)d, while in fufion, much Earthinefs being mix-
the mixtion of the ed with the fubftance of At^
(ley be turned into gent Vive^ the due Continu-
and afterwards by ity of the faid Argent Fivg
||e way of perfeftion is fruftrated*
Ff* XXIL
434 SALMON'S Lil
round about, but th^*
XXII. And thence comes fel mufl: be of Earth^
their porofity , through as are Crucibles.
which the flying Sulphur
paffes away, and the Fire XXV. the Calck
by that means having accefs of Sftrits You muri
to it. Burns and Elevates Fire to them graduallyj^,'
the lame ; whence it comes Isifurly increafe it,
topafsj that the parts are they may not fly, till
made more rare , and be able to fuftain th

through difcontinuity con- teft Fire, and approac
verted into Afties. Fixation: their Veffel

be round, every way cl^
XXIII. This is manifeft, and the Fornace th^
for that plates of Copper with the laft nient|<
expofed to Ignition, yeild But you need not ufe
a Sulphurous Flame , and ter Labour than whati
make pulverizable Scales in prevent their flight,
m
their Superficeswhich is
;
done , becaufe from the XXVI. Or thus

i)
parts more nigh, a more the form of the Fj^j
eafy combuftion of the Sul- Let it be made fqilî I,
phur mull be made. j

length four Feet,
breadth three Feet
^/ Sfai]
i
.
^',
XXIV. The form of this Venm. and Mars, on
Galcinatory Fornace, is the things muft be
j
'"^
d
fame with the form of the in itrong Diilies oi
I
Diftillatory Fornace, fave made of Clay, liich

I i
only* that this muft have of which CruciblesMl^

one great hole in the Crown made, that they maj 7'^
ofit to free it lelf from Fu- dure the ftrongeft foi
mofities : and the place of the Fire, to the total S'
the things to be Calcined^ buftion of the matter

muft be in the mid ft of the Calcined.
Fornace, that the Fire may
have free accefs to them XXV 11. CalcinM !^'^
4
n.LIII: G E BER
5ER. 45^
reafure of the things Water ^ then dry it and keep
weary therefore^ for itforufe, .
rfcft Bodies are clean-

/. it^ and by redudion XXX. iJjg ReduBion of
Calcinate into a fo Calces into a folid Mafs
y or Mais of Mectl Take the for?ner incsrated
then is our Medl- Calx^ with dtfilled
ipajh it
rojefted upon them^ Urine^ till you have extraBed

is matter of Joy and all the Salts and Alums, -with
cing, of the Calcined Body^
the filth
which being drytd imbibe
4
iVllI. The Ablutions founds of this Ca\x,with Oyl
tCalces. Have a large of Tarter i pound, in ipoun^
jn Veffel^ full of pure of which dijjohe Sal armoni-
Water, with this ack 2 Ounces, Salt-Peter i
[the Calx^ ftirring it Ounce : This Imbibition do at
p that all the Salt and federal times, drying and im-
h maybe diilolved bibing. LaBly dry it ^ and
|whi:h they have been make it defcend through &
liedj then being let- great defcenfory , and reduce
[ecant the Water gent- It into a jolid Mafs^ being
it the Calx again into purged from its Combufiibk
Iter and do as before^ Sulphureity by Calcination
;
[be perfeftly waftiedj and from its Tererefireity by
ry and keep it for in- its ReduBion^ fo have you it
m. from all accidental

purified
Impirities and defements ^
iX. 7he Inceration of which happned to it m its Mi-
washed. Take the nera.
Calx J dijjbhe it in
Y Vinegar^ 2 founds of XXXI. But its Innate

|>Sak, Roch AHom, which dwels in
foulneft,
fOj ana 2 Ounces i n the Root of its Generation,
_,
Uer imbibe 4 Ounces of muft be obliterated or done

mrefaid drjed Calx, away^ with our Medicine,
m drank in all the[aid '
the greater part of which.
436 SALMO N
S Ub.
contains in it felf the fub- Luftre, (oi which gn
ftance of Argent Vive^ ac- care is to be taken in |:(
cording as the neceffity of manifold reiterations |iio
the Art requires. thefe Operations J iftl
fore by repeating the
XXXII. Again you nuift ciftation and Red
note, that Bodies are found of altered Metals , ||tj
to be of P^rfeftion, if in loofe any thing in their
the reiteration of their Cal ferencesof Goodnefs,
cination and Reduftion, to be fiippofed you
they loole nothing of their not rightly perilled
Goodnefs, in refpeft of Co- Art.
lor_, Weight, Quantity, or
CHAP. LIV.
Of Solution and its Caufe.
tli
I. QOlution is the redufti- zation of thole

O on of a dry thing in- which neither have fi
to Water : and every per- nor Ingrefi, by which_,
fedion of Solution is com- loft the great advantaj
pleated with lubtile Watery, and of fixed Spirits^
fuch efpecially as are acute which are of things
and (harp, and Salin-j hav Nature. For every snouc
ing no Feces as Spirits of which is diffolved,

\
Vinegar) of fower Grapes, neceffarily have the n

of acid Pears, of Pomgra of Salt or Alum, or
nates, and the like Diftil- like.
lid.
III. And the natu
II. The cafe of this In them is that they give j^-
'
vention, was the Subtile- on before their Vitrific '
'.l\
Ip; LIV. G E B E R. 437
rhrjfore Spirits diffolvcd preferves than a Spirit, pu-
ji^ likewilc give Tufion : rified, calcined, and dif-
^n'Hncc they in their own fblved : Therefore there is
, e, agree with Bo- a neceflity of mingling fiich
each with other, a Spirit with the body ; for
iand I being acquired, they from thefe there refults
by that of ncceffity good Fujion and Ivgrefs^ and
;rate Bodhs^ and pene- true Fixation.
ig them, tranfmute
VL Now we can dc-
monftrate by natural ope-
. But they neither peration, that things only
te nor tranfmute with- holding the nature of Salts,
jmr Magijiery or Art, Alum?, and the like, are
^hat after Solution foluble : for in all nature
of the Bo
lioagulation we no other things to
find
here be added to it difTolved but them; there-
pne of the Spirits pu- fore, what things foever
not fixed ; and then are diiTolved , muit ot ne-
fo often fublimed ceffitybe diffolved by their
itj till it remains with nature or property.
[l' gives to it a more
"ft/ton J and confervas VII. Yet fince we fee all

le in Fufiofj from Ki- things truly calcined, to be
diffolved, by reiteration of
Calcination and Solution;
'For the nature of therefore we by that prove,
|is not to be Vitritied, that all Calcinates
approach
lpie(er/e the mixcure to the nature of Salts
and
ritrirication, as long Alums, and muft of ne-
' are in ic : There-ceflity be them (elves, at-
le Spirit whicli more tended with thefe proper-
the nature of Spirits^ ties.
(defends or prefer ves

[Vitrification : And a VIlL The way of folu-
mly purifiedj more tion, is two- fold : i. By hoc
Ff*3 Dung,
4j8 SAL M O N'S
Dung, and by boilng, or and thj mouth bsinj^
hot water ; that is, in Bal- doled, that nothing ex||

nto ; of both which there is let the Veffel burii
one intention and one ef- St raw J into a Pot fo||| \ii
fe& water, as in Diftillati^

Balneo, then kindlinî
IX.TodiffolvpbyDang, fire, make
the water'
is^That the Calcinate be for an hour ; which ^
put into a Glafs Veffel up

, decant the Solution^
on which mult be afFuled filtrate.
Spirit of Vinegar, or the
like, double its weight.: XII. And that w
Then the mouth of the Vef undiffolved, let it agaii|
fel muft be fo doled, or calcined ; and then ]
llopt, that nothing may go in the lame manner

fortli, and the matter with ved ; which Work fo^
its Veffel fit in hoc Dung repeat, till the whole
to be diffolved, and the (b- niftied. ml
iution afterwards hkera- XIII. The Diffoliitth,
or diflolving Fornaqj
made with a pot fuUcJ
X. But that which is not ter, with Iron Inftrufl
yecdiffolved, muft be again in which other Veili
calcined, and after Calcina- artificialiy retained,
tion, in likemanner diflol they fall nor : The:
ved, until by repeating the the Vêffeh in which
labour, the whole be dif- Diffolution is made, i
folved as before, which al-

io filter. XIV. Bodies are
twofold way broug ^^jj
XI. The way of diffolv- perfettion . either

ing by boiling water is the way of Pre par
more fêedy , thus : Put the or 2. By commixc:
Calcinate in like manner perfeB Bodies with tb
into its VeiTel, with Vine perfe^y i. e. by McJ ^^
g.ar poured on it as before \ prepared for the pu^fH^ji

'ft
bp. LIV. E R. GEB 4J9
you the fpecial^ true, and
,V. Now we fay, that certain Rule for cveiT par-
[Bdtiy cleanfsd by the ticular body ; bur tiat be-
of Calcination fas a- ine already done for Saturn^

lid ) and Reduced, Jupiter^ Mars^ Vtnm^ and
either be filed or Gra- Luna^ in their refpedive
ined thus ; being mel- Chapters aforegoing .where
^we pour it upon a Ta- we treat of their Regiment,
)lc>oard full of fniall we jhall refer you thither.
dIj over cold water,
leiâter being well (tir- XVIIT. Mercury alfo pu-
lidvhile this is doing. rified and fixed^ has power
to take off or away the
n. The body of imperfed Bo-
thus foulnels
ilatedj we put into our diesj and to brighten, or
wing water, [ or AF. illuftrate them- And Fixed
of Nitre and Vitriol^ J Sulphttr extraded from bo-
|
one halt thereof ; or dies, to tinge or colour

ve the filings of the them with fplendor. Hence
body in the faid AF, you may learn a great Se-
% limpid water
; then cret, i;/^ That Mercury
of Ferment pre- and Sulphur may be extra-
it
I, to a third part of its Bed^ as well from imferfeci

1weight: AbPrrad the bodies rightly prepared^ as
and revertj or co- from the perfetJ, Purified
te it^ and repeat this-; Spirits alio, and middle
After it is reduced Minerals, i^re a great help,
xBody^ prove it on i:s and very peculiar, for
'e, and you will re- bringing on the Work to
tor the Trcaliire you perfedion.
found,
XIX. The DiiTolving
(/"II. becaufe we Water, or AF. Take Cy-
And
treated of the perfect prus Vitriol I Vound^ Sal-
^ffiration of ImperfeB Nitre half a Pcund^ Roch
/j we ftiould now give Alum a fourth part : Dtfiil

* 4 off
440 S A LM O N'S
^ff
ihe water with a red hot if in it you fdpt
diffolve a
btat^ for it is very folutive; part of Sal ArmoniackM\
and ufe it^ as we have before caufe that diflblves ( yci
in fever al f laces taught. This Sulphur ^ znd Silver^ ^î

inay be made more acute^
BCO
CHAP. LV.
iiiii
Of Coagulation^ and its Causes.
I, /Coagulation is the Re- under it, and to be
V-/ dudion of a thing nued till the whole A^ t\
Liquidjto a Iblid fubftance, ty is Vanijlied. ut
by deprivation of its moi- ere

fture ; for which there is a III. Now feeing it
two-fold Caufe ; one is thepodible to remove the

Induration or hardening of Effence of afiy thing if
Argent Vive (of which we ture, the thing it fel^
have already treated , maining, therefore it i
Chap. 48, ad 2^. to be impofllble to fepi
Seft. 8.
The other is the freeing of thefe corrupt things
Medicines dilToived from them : for this caufe J
their which is Philofophers have tho
Aquofity
mixed or joyned with them; this Art not poffiblc t
and lb is varied according attained, and JVe^ am
to the kinds of things to be deed other Searchers in
Coagulated. Science have been brc
to this very State
11. The way of Coagu- lief. m
lating things diffolved, is
by a Glafs placed in Afhes IV. By reaibn of

up to its Neck_, and an e- we as well as they p|
qual Fire not too hot put driven to AmazementJ
|LVi GE B R. 441
(3ng fpace of titrc lay ve^ and not right Spiflation
of Defpa- or Coagulation of the lame,
the (hade 1
yet therefore to compleat them,

returning to
Ives^ and being per- you muft fufficiently aug-
with the im- ment the Argent Fi'ue then :
i trouble of difpai- rightly Infpilfate or Coagu-

ig loughts and medita late> and laftly induce a
ns we confidered Bodies permanent fixion (of which
ni Hied from Perfedion, we fliall Ipeak in the next
befoul in the profundi- Chapter,
heir Nature^ and no
pure or clean to be VIl But this is perform-
in them ^ becaufe it ed by a Medicine created
Dt in them according of that And this Medi-
:
:ure ; for that, which cine when brought forth

in a thing cannot be from Argent Vi-
into being
there by the benefit of its
ve,
brightnefs and fplendor, it
Seeing then nothing hides and covers their Clou-
feftion is found in dinefs, draws forth their
therefore neceffarily Lucidity^ and converts the
n the fame nothing fame into Splendor, Brighc-
iious remains to be neft and Glory.
,. in reparation of the
i
fublfanccs in them
VIII. For which Argent
the profundityof Vive is prepared into a Me-
Nature;, therefore by dicine , and cleanfed by
ve found feme what our Artifice ; it is reduced
diminifhed in them^ to a mofl pure and bright
mult necellarily be Subftance, which being pro-
eated, by matter fir jeded upon Bodies want-
and repairing the de- ing of perfeftion, will il-
lu(trate or Tinge them, and
by its fixing power ported
Diminution in them them : which Medicine we
âucity of JrgeHt Vi- declare in its due time and
lace. CHAP,
44* S A L MO
Si"
CHAP. LVI.
Of Fixation^ and its Cattfes.
I. Fixation Is right difpo- by they are freed frou

a Volatile or Fu
fmg volatile and corruptii
gitive thing to abide and phureity ; the whtd
endure in the fire : The have fufficiently de
caufe of the invention in the Chapter of
thereof is, that every Tin- tion. Alfo the m\
(fture, and every Alterati repititions of fubli
on may be perpetuated in more fwiftly and bei
the thing altered^ and not abbreviate the time
vanlfli. ation.
11. It is manifold, accord IV. For this cau

ing to the diverfity of things was a lecond way o
to he fixed, which are all tion found out, whic
the Bodies diminifhed from precipitating of it,
perfection, as Saturn, Ju- ed into heat, that
j)iter, Aiars^ and Venus'^ and conftantly abide i
according to the diverfity until it be fixed. ^

of Spirits alfo^ which are
Sulphw and Arfenick in one V. And this is dofl
degree, and Argent Vi've in longglafs Veffel.thel:
another: Alfo Marchajite^ of which (made of
Magmfia, Jtitia^ and liich of Glafi, for
not
like, in the Third. would crack) muft
tificially connexed
IIL Therefore thofe Bo- good luting? and ^^W)
dies diminilhed from per- Icending matter, vW

fedion, are tixed by their adheres to the fides
Calcination, becaufe there- Veffelj muft with aiBfei
jLVI. GEBE R. 443
bn or Stone be thruft Inches, or according to that
to the heat at hot whicn you ilfc-i^^ o fix :
Imd this precipitation Becaufe in fixing One, a

li till the whole mat- greater fire is required, than
ixed. How Sulphur^ in fixing another.
\kjArgent Tive, Mar-
Magnefia, Sind Tutia VII. By this Fornace,
be fixed ^ have and this way the Ancient
we
[in their prpperChap- Philofophers attained to the
pregoing. Work of the Magiftery

which to Men truly Philo-
7ê Ftxatory^ Fernace^ (bphizing, may be eafily
hanor. It muft be known, from what we have
after the manner ot more than enough demon-
pnace of Calcination, ftrated in tbele our Books.
it muft be fet a deep And by thofe efpecially
11 of Allies. But the who are real fearchers out
with the matter to of the Truth ; we have gi-
'.d^ being firmly feal- ven you the Figure of the
uft be placed in the Athamr^ yet let not this
of the Afhes, lb flop your farther invention,
he thickneft of the if you can poflibly find out
underneath, and a- any thing more fie and in-
n the com pa IS of the genious.
, may be about four
CHAP. LVIf.
Of CeratioUy and its Caufe.
Êrnion is the mollifi- it is evident, that the caule

' cation, or (bftening of the Invention of it. was.
fiard thing.not fiafible, That the matter which had
rtlquefaftion; Whence not ingrels into the Body
for
444 SALMON'S
for Alteration/by reafbn of we follow her way I
Privation of its Liquefafti- ting. Nature Ceratei
oti) might be foftned, fo as Radix of fufible thing
to flow, and have Ingrefs. an humidity, which!
all humidities, and H,
11. Wherefore fome endure the heat o? ^"
thought Ceration was to be Therefore it is necefl

made with liquid Oyls and us aUb to Cerate wi
Waters^ but that is error, like humidity. rfoi
and wholly remote from the ot
Principles of this Natural V. But this Cerat#pt

Magiftery, and denied by midity is in nothing
the manifcft Operations of more pollibly, or

Nature. nearly found, than i!j
viz. in Sulphur and i Kd
III. For we find not, in nick^ nearly ; but m

thofe Metalick Bodies, that nearly in Urgent ih
Nature has placed an humi- Whofe humidity we

dity fbon, or eafie to be ta- to leave their Earc
ken away, but rather one reafon of the ftrong kl
of long duration, for the ne- which they have,and
cefBty of their Fufion and nature has beftowec
Mollification: For had they them in the Work o
been repleniftied with an Mixture. "
humidity eafie, or foon to

be removed, it would ne- VI.Butinallotherln
ceflarily follow, that the having humidity, yc
Bodies would be de- find by experience, t
totally
prived of it, one only fame is feparated in
in
Ignition i fo that none of lution from their ]
the Bodies could afterwards fubftance ; and alter

be either hammered or ration thereoi"^ thai
melted. are deprived of all hi

ty ; In Spirits aforei^
IV. Therefore imitating is not fo ;rochat wee
the Operations of Nature, omit taking them ir
Work of O ration.
LVII. G E B E R. 44f
thus midc. Take Oyl of
The vjzy oiCerati- Tolks of Eggs, or of Humane
lenij is thusj Tou Hair, to which adjoyn as
\hlme them fo often, much Sal Armoniack h mix
thing to be Cerated, anddiM: Repeat this Di-
\maining with their fiillation three times, and you
in it, they give good mil have a moft Red Incera-
But this cannot be tive OyL
before the pcrfcft
|gof them from e- XL Oyl of Verdigrifs is
)rrupting thing. thus made. Diffohe Ver-
digrife in Water of Sal Ar-
And it feems bet- moniack^ with the fame coa-
ne that thefe fliould gulated, mix Oyl of Eggs^
anljfixed by Oyl of T'^^r anddifiil theîxture^ which
i every Ceration, fit DiHillatien repeat thrice ; fo
:eflSiryin this Art be (hall you have Oyl of Fer-
fith them. digrife, hz, and profitable
for Inceration,
Our Philofophick Ce-
tFater is thus made. XII. Oyl of Gall; it is
)yl Difitlled from the made by an Oyl
Diftilling
o:l
^ ^1^ ^ Grind it with
from the Gall^ as from hu-
much of SsLi Nitre^ man Hair ; doing in all
Armoniack, ana^ things as in the former.
fill he very good, Or^
[cfi
V \
with Sal Alkoli, and XIII. I do not fay, that
before: And the thefe Oyls can give a Radi-
ou reiterate this la cal Mineral Humidity, as
he better it Incerates, in Sulphur and Arfenick
tjoyn the aforefaidOjl, But they preferve the Tin-
jl of Tartar, and dure from Combuftionûn-

Mil a White Ince til it enters^ or makes an
Ingrefs ; and afterwards
they fly in the Augmenta-
IKed Imerativt Oyl\% tion of the fire,
XIV,
44^ SALMON'S LSI
thcmfelves : It ^ FA
is
XIV. After the Matter is much in ufe among A

Incerated^k inay ba necef of Metals: Alfo Am\
fary to mek it) which you cum is melted in thi|
maft do in a Fafory, or nace, and Tinged wi||
Melting Fornace* This For- tia^ or Calaminaris,
nace is that in which all Bo- known tofuchashave^l

dies are eafily melted by Tryal
CHAP. LVIU.
That Our Medicine is two-fold^ One fm

White^ and One for the Red. Yet tl
ha've One only Medicine for both^ TvhH
moji perfeB,
L
WE Demonftrate
that Spirits are
Bodtesj with firmutati
to a ^Qvi^d: Lunar ani m
more aflinuated to BoMes. Bddy ; fo we find tb
than any other thing in na- Medicine fdr them m i^\
ture; for that they are divers according to t

more United, and more tentiofi of the BoJesi ie
frindly to Bodies, than aU tranfmuted. ^fe
other things; (o that we

affirm, that thefe alterati- III. And fincc Mewm
ons of J5^^?ej in the firft In- be tranfmuted are of
vention, are their true Me- i old îndy 'VIZ,.- Arget ir.o
dicines. Coagulable in PerftBlm

and Bodies diminiilieC ki
IL And as we have been Perfedion ; and thefi t\
exercifed in all kinds, in the manitoldj fome being

tranformation of imperfeft fuftaining Ignition^ as
LVin. G EBE R, 447
ftm; others foft, noti nar Body : and one Citrine^
ig it as Saturn and changeing into a Citrme So-
pir j the Medicine per- lar Body,
tiv muft alfo be necef-

iiyianifold, VI. Since then in every
of the Imperfeft Bodies is
And altho Mars and found a twofold Matter,
3e of one kind, yet Solar and Lunar ; the Me-
ffer in a certain fpe- dicines perfefting all Bodies,
perty, the one be- will be in number Eight.
Fufible, the other
;
therefore Mars is VII. So alfo Argent Vive
id with one Medi- perfc(5led into a Lunar
is
nd Venus with ano- and Solar Body i therefore

rhe firtt indeed is of the Medicine altering or
11^ unclean^ but the perfefting it^ there is a two-
ot: the former has fold difference : fo that all
hitenefs'y tlie latter the Medicines which we
Rcdneft and Green- have invented, for the Com-

which force a plsat alteration of every im-
11
of a Diverfity in perfed Body, will be m

icine. number Ten,
fo the foft Bodies, Vlll However, wichcon-

|nd Jufiter, feeing flant and continued Labor,
jS difler, do and great fearch and inven-
necelTa-
juire alfo a Divers tion, we have been defir-
/
le ; the firft of them ous to exclude the Ufe of

^
Unclean, the lat- thefe Ten Medicenes^ by the

; and they are a!l Invencien and idvanrage of
more Mutable, One Only Medicine: and
de Lunar than Solar with our long and very La-
therefbrcLthe Medi- borious learch, by certain
each of them muft Experience, we bave found
fold; Ow White One Medicme, by which the
^^^m,mo2i White Lti" hard waslbftnedi the Ibfc
Bo^-
448 SAL MON'S II
Body hardncds the fngi and to be pcrfefted

tive fixed,and the Soul il fame: and after tH
luftratcdwith Splendor or Narration of all the
Brightnefs ineffable^ and cines before ment
beyond Nature. themfelves. The Prd
tions of Saturn, j\
IX. Notwithftanding, it MarSy VenuSy and
is here expedient, that we yive here mentioned
ftiould particularly fpeak of Chaf. 42. .Se^. 14,
all thefe Medicines with Chaf.^'^, Se6l, 11. Cb\
their Caufes, and the evi- Sett, 12, i^^ 14. Cb\
dent experiences oi their SeB, 12, 15. Chaf, 4^

probations. Wewill firft 35. The preparation!
then declare the leries of Medicines , fee Ch
the Tew Medicines^ fitted to SeSt. i^, 16, 17. Ci
all the Bodies^ then to Ar- Se6l- 18. ad 23. Ck
gent Vive^ and laftly pro- SBe. 6. Chaf, 48. Se\
ceed to the Medicine of the &c, ^
Magtftery, perfefting all
Bocfies; yet with the pre- XI. From what hi

paration imperfed Bodies faidj 'tis evident, tl
need. Nature left Superfiuc
deficient in every o\
X. And leaft we fhould Bodies that are imj
be carped at by the Envi- has been in part de(
ous, as Writing an infoffi- and fince it happer
cient Treatife of Arc, We the mutable Bodies
here firft of ^11 prefent the perfeftion, are of a tj
preparation of all the imper- kind, viZy Ibfcand
fed Bodies, affigning the as Saturn and Jttpitt
Caufes of the neceffity hard and not fufibll
thereof, by which (in Our Ignition, as Mars
artifice)they are made apt mts, the firfl indeed I
to receive the Medicine of fible^ but the other

Perfeftion^ in every degree with Ignition ; Natl
of Wbitenefs and Rednefs^ taught us. That ac(
LK; GE B E R. 449
diverfity of Effences white, d little livid, crafti-
Radix of their Na- ing much, a little found-
divers Preparations, ing, and fomething bright *>
ling to their Wants, Of the Differences of which

be adminiftred to we have already fpoken in
their particular Chapters a-
foregoing.
i There are two Bo-
f Irtiperfcftion of one XIV. Prom which Cau-
viz. Lead, which is (es of Difference, accord-
, or Saturn ; and Tin^ ing to more and left, you
is White, or Jupiter muft colleft the order of
*y
from the innate Root the Preparations; wherein

irnature, are divers we have fliewed, firft. The
rom other, in the pro- Preparation of Bodies ; af-
y, f their hidden terwards of Argent Vive CO-
as well as in thole agulable. Now in the pre-
are outward. of Bodies, nothing
para-rion
of Superfluity is to be remo-
L For Satufn is clou- ved from their profound, or
vid, pond&fous^ black, inwar-d Parts but rather ^
ut ftridor or cralliing, from their manifeft or out-

mute ; But Jupiter is ward.
CHAR LIX.
n Medici?7e^ Tincture^ Elixir^ or Stoiie

'the Philofopbers in GeneraL
jive different Froperties ken away, either by Medi-

Htuting thps Medicine, cine or preparation from
imperfeft Bodies, 'vi'x^^ Eve
Nlefi every thing ry fuperfiuous Sulphur eity
I fuperfiuous be ta- and every unclean Eartkt-
Gg* ntfK
4J9 SALMON'S
^</i, theycannoc be pun- Impreffionof Tindun
"ed, fo, as that In Fufion Finity is not permatici
^hey be not feparated from vanijhes in the Fire B/,
fhe Commixtion after pro- probation.

iedion of the Medicine al-|
tering them : when you V, If it attains not
i ,
have formed this you havef weight of Perfeftion, lew
found one of the five dif ing the true fonderofity

ferences of perfeftion aa and Sol,] it is not
changed to a perfed
II. Alfo, if the Medicine pleatment of Nature
do not illuftrate, and alter this weight is one of tb
and alter into a White or of peifecSlion. Seeing
Citrine Color (according to fore thele differeni
what your intention is) in- perfeftion are five, tl
ducing a fplendent bright- aneceffity that qpr foto
nefs, and admirable Luci- cine ftiould exhibit

lUe,
dity 9 Bodies diminiftied Differences in Proj(

from perfeftion are not Alfo it is evident from
perfefted to the utmoft. That this Medicine n
prepared from Thin
III. So alfo, if it abides ving Affinity to Bodi
not Lunar or Solar Fufion, dily altering, and am
it is not changed into per adhering to them in
fedion ; becaufe it abides profundity : But feai
not in the Tryal ; but is al-through Univerlal N
together feparated, andre- we have found nc ;
ceeds from the Commixti which can do all

on ; which you may more well as Argent Vt've
amply determine by the red, according to oj
Cineritium , of which we re(!îons^ of which tl
fhall fpeak hereafter. Medicine is made
higheft Perfedion.
IV. If Ukewife the Medi-
cine be not perpetuated with
t firm alteration, fo that tlie i
!:C
LIX. GE BER. 45'r
in Its fixation, that it may
Treparations of the (bften hard Bodies, and har-
\tcine, that it may gi've den the foft. And it ean
Iforefaid different Vro- only do that, when a fuffi-

ciency of its humidify is
preierved, proportionate to
^11
Isfow fince it changes the neccffity of the Fu/icnf

the alteration
ithoiit delired.
m Nature, therefore it
dec
necelTarily to be pre- IX. Whence it is evi-
. Uhac It may be mix dent, that
fhould have it
'
iin the profundity of fjch a Preparation, as may
eeip|
viz,. That its fiib- make it a mofl: fulgent and
h xnay be made fuch, purely clean fubfrance, and
may be mixed even fixed alfo ; but thefe things
muft be done with fuch
profundity of theô-
rable, without fepa- ^reat Caution, fin refped
for ever. to the regulation of thehre^
m and way of fixing j that in
ines
But this cînnot be êmovingits Humidity^ fo
riiii
without it be very much may be ftill left, for
^' fubrilized with cer- com pleat and perfsd Fu-
'
^^^\(\ determinate fubli- fion.

iSj as we have taught
48. SeB. 2 ^4 J 3^^7'

t>. X. If by this Medicine,
J
3ing ; Likewile its you would foften Bodies

^'iGion cannot be per- hard of Fufion 5 in the be-
t, unlefs it be fixed, ginning of its Preparation,
nit illuftrate, unlefs a gendefire mud be adhi-
fplendid lubftance bited For a foft fire is
:
f.'^
-
f 'aifted from it accord- Ccnfervative of Humidity^
Art, with a fit fire. and Ferftclive of Fufion.
L Nor can this Me- Xf. There is alfo niany

have per fed Fufan other ConfidercUlons of the-
great Caution beuledl Weight, with their Caules
g * 2 G
and
and Older. The Caufe
of nexed to it, with a cotf
'^'
great weight, the fubtiltv permanency.

is, W
of the (ubftance of Bodies,
and uniformity in their Ef- XIV. thirdly. Tilt ff?,'
ience : By which the parts fpofition of their Nj Com
of them may be fo conden- Humidity is fuch, thj t

led, that nothing can come help of its own Oleaj
between. And the Denfity in all differences of its 15"
of Parts, is the encreafe of perties, it contemp( m^

weight, and the Perfeftion the Earth annexed t !Co
thereof. with fuch an Unftui ratS
and with fuch a Home jiM
5 The Six Properties of things and equal Union, andi

. iof i
J
from 'which the Medicine u of infeparablc Conjuiii i in
extratled, that after the degree n

cdFi
nal Preparation, it
^ Ipn
XII. FtrH, They have in goodFufion. )k 'i
themfelvcs an Earth moft

fubcil and incombuftible^ XV. FcHTtbly, The( mi
altogether fixed with its ginous Property, is < k;,
own proper Radical Hu- great purity of ElTencc m
midity, and apr for fix- io artificially cleanfed Ccoji
ing. all Combuftible ma ko

that burns not any I i^
it
X!II. Secondly, They with which it is conj u\

Iiavean airy and fiery Hu- through their leaft p redi
^
midity^ (o unirormly con but preferves them rj.
jV)yned to that Earth, that Com bullion. Hermes,

if one be Volatile, lo is the 1 2. SetL y. aforegoing, ir;*^
refjdue ; And this feme Hu-

midity abides the fire be- XVI. Fifthly^ It hj
yond all Humidities, even TinBure in it lelf fo
to the compleat terminati- and fplendid, Whitei

on of its own Injfijfation, RedJ clean and incomi
without Evaporation, inie blc, ftable and fixed,]
parable from the Earth an- the fire cannot prevai
1
J.LIX. GE B E R. ^n
air itchangeto it : Nor den and due Diffufion of
ifliiulphurous^ Aduftive^ the Medicine it felf, which
larp, Corroding Bo- is perfeded and rendered
Corrupc and Defile Vifcous, with a Mineral
ime. OUagimty.
fll. whole
Sixthly j:hQ XIX. Secondly y 7'enuity of
litum^ incerated with Matter^ or the Spiritual iub-
al Compleatmentj is ftance thereof, flowing ve-
i
5reat Subtilty and Te- ry thin in its Fufion, like

'
of Matter, that after Water, Penetrating to the

I
id of its Dccodion, it Profundity of the Body to

|
ns in Projeftion of be Tranfliiuted, forthat im-

hill Fufion like water, mediately afcer Tufion^ the
of profound Penetra Ingrellion thereof is neceP

to the greateft perfe- fary.
of the Body to be
Tmuted^ how Fixed lo XX. IhiYAly^ Amty, or
r be ; adhering there- Vicinity, between the Elixir
h an infeparable Uni- or Tindure, and the Body
Conjundxion^ againli CO be Tranfmuted, giving
)fce of the flrongeft adherency in Obviationand
and in that very hour, Retention of its like ; be-
rtue of its own Spiri caufe immediately ^fter In-
reducing Bodies to grefs of the Medicinej Ad-
ility. herency is convenient and
neceffary.
\ Seven TropeHies of the
Medicine it filf, XXI.
Radical Fourthly^ '
Humidity^ Fiery, Congeal-

'III. Fitff, Oleaginity, ing, and Coniolidating the
g in Projeîon Uni Parts retained, with adhe-

]
Eufion, and Diifufion rence^ to wl.'jt is Hpmogene
3 Matter: For the to it, and the union or all
mng after Projeftion its faid Homogen^ parts,
Tindure, is the liid- inieparably tor ever : Be-
caule
4r4 SALMON'S U %
caufe after Adherency^Con tion of the Body adhei
^f
folidation of the pares by a to it > Handing and p ,
Radical and VifcousHumi vering againft the for^

f
'"^
fdity is neceffary. the ftrongeft Fire : foi
mediately after Purifica u

XXII. Turityand fixation neceffarily io\ y
Fifthly,
Clearnefsy giving a nianifeft of courfe. "'/
T,
Splendor in the Fire, but
not burning for after con-
: XXIV. Seventhly, ':;
^
J
Iblidation of the purified ure IVhtte or Ked^ giv< '
^"
parts^ it is left to the aftual fplendid or perfed i
"'
Fire to burn up or confom TVhite, or intenfiy Gii
\
^11 extraneous Superfluities viz,, the Lunification or^^^'

not confolidated where- ficaticn of the Bodies
:
fore purification is neceffa- tranfmuted ; for that

fixation a pure Tin&u
Color tinging another
XXIII. Sixthly, 4 Fixing //y ; Or a Tinfture^ tii
Earth , temperate , thin, the Matter to be tran

fubtil, fixed,,and inconi ted into true Sdver or
Ot
buftible, giving permanen- is abiblutely necelTafy.

cy of Fixation, in the folu-
01
Eld,
CHAR LX.
i\
Of the three Orders cfthe Medicine.

n
}f Of Medicines of the firfi the perfeding of the
Order, dicine ; bccaufc of tt
much the greater wMi^

J. QUbtilty of the mat- Bodies to be tranfmutec
O ter is
quired, as well in the pre-

is tb
neceffarily re- io liiuch greater
feclion they are broug
paration of Bodies, as in by Art^ for which re^lQ
i.LX. G E B E R. 45 >-
lere decUre the diffe- SeSt, 16^ 17. Cbaf, 49.

15-,
i of all Medicines^ S^. 18^19, 20_,1I, ^^'^3-
I is three fold, accor- and Chaf, 46. SeB, 6, 7, 8,
[) three Orders. 9. aforegoing. And the
Work of Order
this firft is
A Mediqine of the called the leffer Work.
Jrder is every prepa-
of Minerals^ which 2. of Medicines of the fecond
led upon the imper- Order.
iodies^ impreffes upon
an Alteration
, but V. A Medicine of the fe-
es not a fufficient cond Order, I call every
pleatment s ye| the preparation, which being
id Body is thereby projefted upon Bodies dl-
;ed and Corrupted, miniilied from perfection,
tl e total evanilliing of alters them to fome certain
i'ledicine^ and all its degrees of perfedion, whol-
eflions. ly leaving other degrees of
Corruption, as is the Cal-
Of this kind is cve- cination of 5o^/>/, by which
ublimation dealbative all that is fugitive is burnt
tars or Fen:fs which re away and Confumed-
:w s not Fixation and ot :
'^^'<ind, is every addica VI. And of this Order

1^: of the Color of Sol are the Medicines Tinging
^Luna^ O? o\ Jênifs com Luna perpetually yellow^
Hid, and Zyniar^ and or perpetually dealbating
:bt>ike, (et in a Fornace Venus ^ leaving other diffe-
ementation. rences ot Corruption in
them.
h This Order changes
î a mutation noc dura-
I VIT. Now feeing the
bl<by diminiihing it fell Medicine of Bodies to be
b>:xhalation or Evapora cleanfed is one ; but of Ar.
He And of this kind art gent Five perfed:ly Coagu-
.
th e dcfcrilêd, Cha^- 44I lable another, we will firft

Gg
4 of
40 SALMON'S til
of ^11 declare the Medicines from the mixtion, mufi jilsttt
for Bodies : and then after- a Medicine of the third: ^!^^ \

wards the Medicine of the Greater Order. th \
laig.
fame Argent Vwe, coagu-

lable into a true $oUfick and X. Andbecaufe we ,
ioalfo
Lumfick Body. the Stiperfluities of th Dcatin|
Volatile, S be remoiiWi:
VIII. A Medicine of the by way of Calcinatii ttVek
lecond Order is that which and the Earthimfs^ not or Mt
does indeed perfecfl i?fsper- nate, abolillied by repe^ m pro
fe5J^ Bodies^ but with one Reduîons ^ therefore t\ and
only difference of perfcfti- 1 was a neceffityof inven udori
on. Bqt feeing there are of a Medicine of this

'^
" of" Corruption
many caufes '
cond'Order^ which nii snfiiii
in every of the imperfed indeed palliate the intt sk,
Podiesy as in Saturn a Vola- Ibften the hard, and Ipeii
tile Sulfhureity , fugitive den the foft Bodies, ao

Argent Vive (by both which ding to the petl'edion This
Corruption muft neceffari- their Natures, and not
ly be induced,) and its Ter phiftically but perfbi hh
reHreity: therefore Medi- conftitute true Lunii *d
cine<iofthis fecond Order, or Solijjck of impeii ^[^
are iuch as can only remove Bodies.
one of them, or covering
it, adorn the fame, leav- XT. Since then it is m^
ing behind it, all the other feft, that in Bodies only
caufes of Imperfeftion. the haftinafs of Melt
cannot be taken away,
IX. Since then in Bo- the Artifices of this W(
dies , there is ibmewhat |
nor the innate impurii
impermutable, which is in- j
the Radix of their pri<
nate tp them in their Radix, pies be removed ; the
and which cannot be taken i
vention of this Medic
away by a Medicine of this was iieceirary , whichi
i
Orders that Medicine îprojedion might Infpii

which totally removes that, their Tenuity, and Infl
fati
l!X. GEBER. 457
irden them^ to a
jcyof Jgnittm with 5 . Of Medicines of the thkJl
K siting. Order,
hard Bq-
[So alio in Xiy. This IS every pre-
pnuating their SpiP paration, which when it is
deduce them to projefted upon Bodies, takes
fent Velocity^ Lique- away all Corruption and
or Melting , with perfects them, with all the
property of Ig- differences or figns of per-
and palliating fect: ion. But this is one on-
adorn the Clow- ly, and therefore by realbn
\i Bodies of either of it, we are not obliged to
ranfmuting the one the ufe of the ten Medi-
iitCy the other into cines of the fecond Order.
perfcd.
XV. Of this Order there
This Medicine is isa twofold Medicine, viz,,
ked' from a Medi- Sffiar and Lunar^ yet bat
:he third Order ^ only one in ElTence, and which
krfed:ion of a lefler have but one way in Ope-
er preparation. But rating ; and therefore by
kltcine In[pj]'attng the
our Anceftors, whole writ-
of [oft ings we have read, it is cal-
Bodies^ re-
nekind of prepara- led One only Medicine.
lirh a Conlumptivg
pd that Attenuating XVI- However there is

Iffitude of hard Bo- an addition of a Citrine
lothcr, with con- Color, made of the molt
\t\ of their Humidi- clean llibltance of fixed Sul-
'hich kind are thoie phur which conllituces the
[). 43. Sect. 16, 1 7, diifcrence between the one
20, 21, and Chaf. \ov the white, and the
other
f^. 19, 2C5 2ij 22. for the yt-llow
the , viz.,
jing, which are in a . Lunar and Solar Medicine,
r middle Order. the latter containing that
J
Color
4^8 S A L M
Color in it felf, but the o-
ther not.
XVII. This is called the

third Order, or Order of XIX. All which di*
the Greater Work ; and in their proper place i ioto
that becauie greater Care^ dared with fincerti

Prudence J and Indufiry is Speech, and the vt^
required in the Adminiltra- preparation Exaftly,-
tion thereof, and the pre- its Caufes, and m^
paration thereof to perfefti Verity ; as alfo the
on, than in any of the for- degrees by which li^
mer ; and alfo for that it brought to Perfeftion ab

needs greater Labor and five
longer time to compleat it XX. For the Lum ibe,
for the higkelt Purity. dicine needs one yo thrc
preparation
but the :
XVIH. Therefore the another , for the

Medicine of this Order is preparation of its Tif b
not diverfe in ElTence from with the Adminiftrati k'jo
the Medicines of the fecond Sulphur Tinging it

Order^ bat only in refped which we have abunc
of Degrees^ as being more Spoken Cha^. 4^ Set I Fii
fiibtilized,and exalted to r2, 1 ;. Chap. 47, Sem^

a much higher degree of 12, 14. and C/^^p. 48||fef5,
Purity, Tinfture, and Fix- 45, 4^. aforegoing
ity, in the making and
ft
CHAP. LXI. '8
;iOM
not
How Ingrejpon is procured^
I. "OEcaufe it happens fometimes mix, and 4

XJ that a Medicine will time not, therelorc
;i. G E B E K, 4T9
dare the way of by thefe be prepared and
ig, /. e. how every cleanfed.
hr each particular
lie not entering^may V. Or, We give Ingrefs
profoundly acquire to thefe which are not fiif-
ito a Body. fered to enter by reafon of
their SpiflStude, or Thick-
'he way by diffo-
is neft, with a manifold Re-
hf chat which Enters^ petition of the Sublimation^
diffolution of that of Spirits not Infiamable up-
[Enters not, and by on them, to wit, of Arfe-
[iing both Solutions: nick, and Argent Vt've not
laliesevery thing to fixed ^ or with manifold
l^ffive, of what kind Reiteration of the Solutioa
it be, and to be cor- ol- that which has not In-
through its leaft grefs.
VJ. Yet this is a good

Yet tins is com Caution concerning things
by Sublution ; And Impci mixable, îz. That
fs alfbaccomplilLed the Body be diffolved,
llamcj in things not which you would have to
& FufiWe : where- be changed and altered by
in are more apt to thsfe : and the things like-
[refsv and to tranf wife Diffolved, whi^ you
would have both to enter
and to alter.
This is the caufe why
Icine ibme things_ VII. Neverthelefi Solu-
i^cl jre not of the nature tion cannot be made of all
^^ e, to wit, that they parts, but of fome ; with
the better diffolved: which this or that Body,
<it ;y are diffolved, that not another, muft be imbi-
y ay the better receive bed time after time.
Jpr lion from them and
;
omthem like wife , by/ VIII. For by this means

it
4ô S A t M ON'S 'fcilt
it has Ingrefs only into this grefs ("as we laid hitfj
or that, neceflarily; but this and to Tranfmute wiingtli

does not neceffarily happen Com mixtion found a liic
into any other Body. i lenuit
X. By this precede off f,
IX. Every thing then feourfe, is compleatc iniho

muft needs have Ingrefs by faid number of Ten to
thefe ways ; by the benelit cines, with a fufficien ewhol
whereof, it depends on the duftion of them, [iuCon
nature of that, to have In- to the Great Work it fel
srbeii
CHAR LXIL
Of the Cineritium.
I. nr HE Solar and Lu- 'viz*. That tha mk

ftance,
^ nar fubftance is on or firft PrinciJ
dix,
ly permanent in the Tryal being, was a large q^ e fjs
by the Cineritium: There o^ Argent Vive^ andt ^jî

fore fearching out the true reft fubftance of it; a t ^
Diflferences of the Subftan- more Subtil, but after |{|^]
ces of thele perfeft Bodies, Infpiffate, till it could i^

aî
and likewife the Caufes of Fufion with Ignitiomlfor

the (Meritium , we fhall me
make tryal which of the III. Therefore wl ill
Imperfeft Bodies do more, ver Bodies diminidia Ml

and which do lefs endure or Perfection, have m(
abide in the Examen ot chis Earthinels, thelcfsabj
Magiftery. endure in this Exami
what have leis EartH
II. But we have already do more endure it.
j
fnfficiently declared the Se-

cret of thele two Bodies in IV. Becaufethefe
ch.e Prof, ndity ot their fub- deed more adhere,by
,xn. G E B E R, 4.61
Subtilty of their all imperfeft Bodies^ it moft

clofely Perm'ixing gives way and receeds ; by
L Iting them So like-
that it is more fit for the
:
c are ot Examen of our Magifiery,

Sodiei that
:e Tenuity, or on the and the reaion is, bccaufe
V, of greater Spiffi- it iboner takes its flight, and
: an thofe which are Iboner draws every of the

:-;idion, maft necef imperfetft Bodies with its
J wholly leparated fclf from the mixture.-
I iz Commixtion.
VIII. Alfoby reafon of
being not of the this, the greater quantity
'.
)r
i jfion, they are for of the perfeft Bodies is pre-

cife fake (eparated: (erved for rl"ie ftrong Com-
I deed BoJies which buftion, or mighty devour-
ak'Df a leffer quantity ing force of the Fire of the
4rnt Vi'ueâre more Exawen and therefore by :
;v from the the tryal of Lead^ it is lels

;parated
Cinmixtion. burnt, and more eafily pu-
rified.
1. Fis evident then,
is<ig Saturn is of much IX. And becaufe the fub-
;fs, and contains
Jufiur^ confifts ftance of
itall quantity of Ar- more of Argsnt Five^ and
and of an eaUe partakes of a leffer quantity
,
for Liquefaftion, of Earth inafs, whereby ir

'e mollly oppofice is of greater purity, ani of
\ineritwus Examcn a more ;
fubftanccv
fcbtil
^5 of all by therefore
Bodies^ it is more
fafe in
ifice of the Cmen^ che Mixtion, than Saturn
ift endures in the and F-en^ ^ becaufe it more
:tion, yea it is fe- adheres in the profundity
land vanifhes moft thereof.
X. And for this caufe a

^'feeing therefore of larger quamitv of the per-
fed
462 S A L MO N ' S iiij
feft Body is abfumed, be XIII. Therefore, T

iovQjufiter conjoyned can has much Earth, and Ia
befeparated from the Com- Argent Vive J and wa:
mixion : Venm gives Fu- fion^ yet it can by m
fi6n with Igmticv'^ but be- Artifice be feparated
caufe its Fufion is flower them. By this Arcifi^
of a perfect Body^ there e. of the CinerkiuinVf^
foreitisfeparated from the come to the true rea ''.
Commixtion^ yet more tion of every Body, u r '
llowly than Saturn, by rea underlland peifeftly

Ibn of the Ignitkn of its fu- we have writ.
fible SHbftance.
XIV. There are tWI
XI. But becaufe it con- ^les perfed, abidirtii w'i (^
tains lefe of Argent Viê, and tryal, to wit, SoUiW.'^^^^f

has more of Earthinefs^ ar?d by reafon of their ilitii
-J
a more thick Subllance, Compofition, which pft

therefore it is more eafily from their good Mm^tm
leparated from the Mixtion and the pure SubftaiJ
than Jupter^ becaufe yup them.
Uf more :dhsres in the pro- Mill
fundity than Vemii, XV. The way of '^ it in

ing this Tryal is thu^,
XII. Mars has not FuHon, ftfted Afhesor Calx, Ailik
and therefore is not per- der of the Bones of J^ I'/crfl
mixed, which is caufed for Calcinedy or a Ccn^miJiifsnl

want of Humidity: but il ally or (owe of them ^ ti
it happens that it is per- with Water y and mai

mixed with vehemency of mixture firm and folii
Fire; then becaufe it has your hands ; and in the
not Humidity enough of its of it y work it into a
own^ by imbibing the Hu- flatifij lumf] make a^,
midity of Sol or Luna^ it is and J7moth hcllo'wnefs f î
united thereto in its lealt j
ufon the bottom of it fi
paits. J mail quantity of Glafs

to Vouder^ 'which lajf to I
kl
Lxm. G E B E R, 4^1
When dry. Tut your XVIIL 7kisdofie, takea^

tafinto the Hollownefs way the Coals, flatter the
tcf which y on would and fut Water ufon the
try Fire,
tmh put Coals of Fire Teft,for you willfind it through^
nk and then hlow with ly pro'ved: and if whtle you
lm'*f6n the Surface^ till are blowing this froof,you caft
Milfiows: upon which in Glafs^ the Bodies will be
f influx, cafi^ fart after the better and more ferfe&lj

o/^M,ead, and hUw with purified i hecaufe that takes a-
W!|>/ Jlrong Ignititn, way the Impurities^ andfefa-
rates them, ^^^ ^
[, Whilfi you fee it a-
4th a firong Concuf XIX. Or, InBead of
If not pure ^ thsrefore i
Glafs, ycu may caft in Salt,
all the Lead, he Ex- Borax^ or a little Alum :
fhen that js gon eff^ This Examen of the Cineriti-
(otion yet ceafes not, urn or Teft^may in like man-
\yet pure : Lead
caft ner be made in a Crucible
7 upon it^ and blow of Earth, If the fire round
until the Lead 'va about it be blowed, and
\-it do not yet refi^ re upon the (urfacealfo of the
of more
cafiing in Crucible;, that the Body
htd blowing upon it, to be proved, may the
will or ejuiet, and you fooner flow, and be perfe-
and clear in its Su ded.
CHAP. LXIII.
mtif Cementation^, audits Canfes.
KÊ now come to\Cewent: And whereas forng

the Examen of| Bodies are morej and others
464 SALM
Icfsburned by the Calcina-
tion of fire, /. f. they which Sol, or Luna,
contain a greater quantity
of burning Sulphur morCj IVi Saturn in its tliar
but they which contain mixtion by nature,

lels, lels : Therefore feeing more of Earthinefs aJCoi
Sol, has a leffer quantity of phureity^ than either c
Sulphur^ than other Metal- before named ; anc
lick Bodies, it is not (in the fore is more burnt, b; lod
inidft of allMineral Bodies) mation or violence c

burnt by the force of fire. and is fooner, and m
fily inflamed, than
IL And feeing Lww<al(bj faid Bodies; becauiêol

next to Soly partakes of a Sulphureity more
lefs quantity of Sulphur^ conjoyned, and moi

than the other four Bodies' than Jupiter,
yet has more Sulphur than
Sol J therefore it can left V. Mars is not h\
bear the ftrong Ignition of itfelf but by Accidei
a violent Fire for a long when it is mixed w
fpace of time_, than Sol can dies of much humic
And by confequence, lefe imbibes that Humid
bear thinf;s burning by a reafon of its own \
like nature, but ênw the fame ; and th
le(s
than it, becaufeit confilfs being conjoyned^ it

of more Sulphur ftill^ and ther inflamed nor bu hi
of greater Eirthlncis than the Bodies with whi<
Luna, and ib can lefs bear joyned or united,be
the violent force of Fire. Inflamable nor Goi
ble.
III. Jupiter alfo lefs than
Sol or Luna, becaufe it But if Coml
Vl.
partakes of greater Sulphu- be mixed vtîti
Bodies
reity, and Eartbinefs, than neceffarily happens
either of them ; yet it is lefs ding to the nature

burnt by violence of Fire Combuif ion^ that li
txiii. GE6E R. 4^5
ind inflamed. Seeing Body^ whicJo you intend to ex-
Lre, that Cement is amine by this way of Froha-
of Infiamahle things ^
tion^
hccffary caufe ojf its
[ion is manifefl^, "viz^. IX. Tlosn the [aid âtees
I ComibiiiVtbie things mtifi he laid upon a Grate of

[be burned. Iron, included in an Earthen
Vejjel thutfo as not to touch
i.
And fince there is one anothef^y that thefoiiJer of
e only body incom- t he Fire may have free and e-
6, that dlone^ or what qual accejs to them. Thus the
^'"Iparcd acCvording to whole muil be kept in Y'w^în
Imr'e of it, iskepcfafe a jirong 'Earthen Vefj'el for the
fe. But Which abide fpace of 5 dajSj but with this
and which Icis^ are Cauthn^ That the plates may
X with tlieir Caufes he kept Red Fire hot^ but mt
:
'
abides more, but melt

IfeTsj Juptter yet lefs,
'^^^niis lefs ihcin Jupiter J X. Afcer the third day^

Urn leall ot all. yoii will find the PIa:cs
cleanfed froni all impurity,
L-The way of Exa- if the Body 'of them was
6n by Cement is thus. perfcci: if not, they will ,
campy in d it cf Infia be wholly corrupted and

'fi
thtv'js of which kind burnt in the Calcination.

loro \hlacke7nng, flying , pe
V itrlol,
ng things^ viz. XL Some expofe Plates
moniack^ Verdigrile, ot Mecai to Calcination,
If op or Pliinious Alum^ wirhout a Compoficion oi
very fwrdl quantity of Cemenr. and they are pu-
.r with Humane U- ri tied in like manner, iftiê
^d other like acute Body be perfect: ; If nor,

^^hrati?jg things : All they are totally confumad;
4fe made into a Tafle^ But in this kind of Exameî
)4 Urine aforejaid^ and they niu W have a lone
itfon thin plates of that fjâcc of tinie, (ro r th
thr
466 b A JL M
they are purified by the
only force of Fire) than if
they were Examined by the
help of Cement.
XII. And for that the

nature of Luna differs not
much from the nature of
Sol, therefore of neceflity
it refts with it in the Tryal
^^^
hy Cement y and there is no XIV. Therefore \i
^
feparation of Bodies one a commixture, they
from another in thefe two neceflarily be fepfF'
kinds of Tryal, unlefs that sach from other,
be caufed by reafon of the the total corruption o;
Diverfity of the Compofi- Effences. And the p

tion of their fubftances. ing of imferfetl Bo
difcerned, when th(
XIII. For from thence by Ingenuity of prepa
of Fu- found to be of the
rcfults the Diverfity
^"^"
lion^ and Thicknefs, or Fufion, Ignition, anc
Thinnefs or Rarity, which dity. ', i^'^''
nin
are indeed the caufes of Se-
lain
CHAP. LXIV
fccaii
The Examcn by Ignition.
L Qlnce Bodies of greateft there is a neceflity to
l5 Pcrfedion, with de- fuch Bodies to their 1

tci'sninate Ignition , are
fouled to receive the Fire II. And before
before fufion of them; ferfeSl^ Bodies be Fu) n
therefore we fay, if our de- fee them admit Ignitii k^\
fign is to find out the com Inflamation of a iion
pleat alteration of them^ Celelline Color, an U

itioii
.LXV. GE B E R. 467
! their Ignition comes, do not eafiiy in the way of
whitenefs of Fire J preparation admit Ignition
by the Eye can in nor Fufil^le Bodies the right
wile be difcerned. Fn/ion, which we find to be
in Bodies pcrfed according
Tis evident to Nature.
then,
I
he ferfetl of Ignition
is before Fufion, with VI. If Bodies prepared,
s Rednefs ^ and not in their Ignition, give not a
whitenelSj which the flame of a pleafing Celeftinc
nnot behold: for if Color, their preparation is
lepared Bodies be Mel- not complear.
iefore they are red hot
FirCj they ftand not VII. And if any part cf
fedion. the Weight, Color, Beauty^
Ignition and the be like,
And if they be made found diminifhedj by rea-
irehot wirh labor^ and fon of the Differences, or
; i Violence of Fire^ their force of the Preparation,
ration is not true and you have not righily pro-
\ 5 and this indeed if ceeded : therefore you
pen mjoft Bodies^ for mulf (earch again till you
he lame is only found find out your Error, and
Tj. chance to hit upon, the
right way through the Di-
Becaufe Jgnihk Bodies vine goodnefi.
fa
CHAP. LXV.
\The Exam en by Fitfion or Melting,
^fion with Igvition is Body waxeth not altogether

I
the only Argument white ; and with ^ninm in
fe^lion ; yet ncx with which is not made a dull
ikind of Ignition ^ but palenefs of Fire ^ and in
ignition in which the whichj the body is not &d-
Hh ciSfl.
468 S A L MON *
S
dealy Melted or flowes
not immediately after Ig- V: If alfo after
1Fg
thereof^ and when
from the Fire^ it be
n. For when a body flows fently hardned, that it
wiih the very fmaH force of not, the fulgent Igr

h
a weak Firc^ either with^ thereof yec remaining
out Ignition^ or with a falltd not a body of Lunar^StiS
Ignition ->
the bcdj thus pre- iar perfe(t:tion, bat cjert
pared, mud needs be ilili under the nature of t(i'

an imperfccl body. ferences ot i]//<r/. ^' d
ieo:
III. And if a hodj after VL By what has or
Fudon. be not fuiFeied pre-

,
iaid, then, ic is eyj Cek
ientiy to coole, and its Ig- that in bodies Fufibk^ a

nition be prefently turned fold Ignition may be Vk
v/holly into blackneis^ aiid before Melting of theii
by reafon thereof;, loofech fiances 'VIZ,.
<^P^ ^
its Ignition, before it be- ap.other Red and clear
comes hard^, it is not a a third moll white, 11) '2fo
body brought to perfe- with Rays, eild
drlon, of what kind io^

ever it be. Now this is from VII. The firft or p: hi
its Ibftnefs^ and is one of an ignition of fuft
the kinds oUmperfeii bodies. the fecond of ftrUcl^
tlie third of iiaid bo4i< tr,!
IV. If the Ignition of a is proved by llcalori

body before Fufion thereof Experience.
be made with great Labor^
and Violence of a Wrong \MiL If you woL)ld|\vi
Fire ^ and with a Ray ot out the Degree of all Stv
brightnefs Inellimable^ al- Ignitions , compki

CO i^,
together white and lliining^ Fiffbk bodies^ you miitt fe!j.
it is not a wfdi bodj^ but a the Compleat fuiiici

hdy o' hardneis altered. for the [:crfecîon of Fti [ir-^
and by coniidcring, ^
IXVL GEBER. 469
difference of all! Fufion ; thus may you find
IS of the Degree of |
it out, otherwife not.
CHAP. LXVL
*
e Extmen by Vapors of acute things,

rfeB Bodies expofed the Vapors of acute things?
over the Vapors ol a- do not produce a plea-
ogs,i/i2S.things Sharp^ iant Celedine Color_, they
and Saline_, are apt are not yet brought to the
ittleor nothing at all total Perfedion of their
er^ or to emit a ipo<} preparation.
tCeleftine tlos.
V. There are fbme bodies^
Sut Sol or Gc/iflow- which in the Exa?mn of Sa-
iiyct Sol or Luna not line things, flower in their

being expofed over Superfices, with a dull Red^
Qors of the faid acute or dull Citrine Color mixc
iwe find to Flower^ with Greennefs of this :
yeild a mofl ddcift- kind is Mars.

kfiine Flcs: of vi^hichj
Sol is more delight- VT. Some fiower with a
I
that of Luna, mixt with a
dull GreenncjS^
Turbid Celeiiine Color;
|We then ffrom fee- of this kind is P'enm. Some
i) imitating Nature,, are found to yeild a dull
manner produce a White, and of this kind is
ne Color in prepa- Saturn : An^ fbme a clear
'icsj which Color is White J of which kind is
id by the goodnefs Jufiter,
nt Vii^Cj as vve have
lly declared. VI J. Hence it is evident
that che mofl: perfed Body
Whatever prepared flowers lead, or nothing at
hen. being put over all J and if it yeild s any
H h * : Flos,
47 S A L MO N'S,
Flos^ it is in a long fpace of it
time. And indeed among VIII. And by this
imferfeî Bodies^ the Gum- al or probation, it ni i
moficy ofJtfpiPer moft flow- known, in what k^
ly admits ^ny Flowers ; temperament, the
i
whence by the Examen of fed Bod/ does confil m
this Magidery^ we find Ju you rightly conceivi ,jis
fiter in the work of the grea- Order of thefe things

ter Order, more nearly ap- declared.
m
proximate toperfeftion. id
CHAP. LXVII.
t\
liofe
fbkh
The Examen by ExtinSiion of Bodies

Fire-hot.
I. TF the Body heat red it in Sulphurs, and frq

JL Fire hot be extin Extinftion with oft(
guiftied in Liquor, and the peated Ignition it v,
br.
i>w^ryeild not a white Co- or infe<5ls it felf with i
lor, and the Solar a bright Blacknefs, or by fo:
Citrine, but is changed into the Hammer breaki
a Foreign Color^ the Body pieces, the Work
is not tranfmuted into the perfed.
perfedion of a perfefl:
\m
Body. Ill Or, if it wit
mentation of the m k
II. And if in repeating of Sal-armoniacky Veri
its and Excinftion and Urme , or thir
Ignicion
in theWaters of Salts or A- like Nature, be expo
^
lums, by whatfoever kind the Fire, and after t

of preparation, it yeilds, nition and ExtinBion
a Scoria , of Affinity to (whether Lunar or S(

Blacknefs in its Superncss totally loofes its prop
Oi\ if in the Extindion of lor, or makes a Seeri^
evi
Lxvni. G . B t R.
471
:, that the
Body does
in imperfedlion. V. There remains yet
three other ways of Exami-
And this we farther nation, as appeals by Cbap,
)U, as one certain ge- 49. 5^(^.7. aforegoing, which
Ruk, that as well in fhould here immediately
!5refent Examens^ or follow, but that they are
lons^ as in the three treated of in the Chapters,
;ns following ; if a- under their feveral, and
rhe differences of per- refpcftive Tides, viz. The
!,the altered or chang- Examen by Admixtion of
Jj fhall change any burning Sulphur, in Chap.
weight or color 38. Sea.6,7,^nd ^.tbe Exa-
of its
Ihofe of perfetflion, men by Calcination and Redu-
which it ought not to Bionj in Chap, f 5. Seft. 32.
Du have erred in your ibe ixamen by the ea/te fufiep-
sand the alteration or tton of Argent Vive, in
made, is a thing of Chap. 48. Seft. 58. where
odj or profit, but de- the matter is explained at
ye and of diladvan- large, and to which we re-
ither. fer you.
CHAP. LXVIII.
A ^capitulation of the whole Art.

Avingnow handled Work and in few words
;
I theExperiences contraft the difperfed Ma-

)aufes of the power giftery into one Sum, in
s our Magiftcry^ ac- general heads.
ig to the neceflity,
and method of our II. Wefay tben^ that
fed Difcourfe, it only the Sum
of the whole Art;,
ns^ that we fhould at and of the Operations of
declare the compleat- this whole Work, is no o-
f this whole Divine ther^ than that the Stone,
Magift-
4^2 SALMON'S
Magiftery, Elixir,ortinaure (de.\ according to their kind.
ularcd in its Chapters) fhould be IX. So that among thi
taken, and with diligent Labour cincs, feme tranfmute intc
and Induftry > that Sublimation Lunifick Body of perfeftic
of the firft degcee be repeated up- fome into a true Solifick E
on it ; for by this it will be cleanf- the pcrfefticn of the Solai^ 1
cd from corrupting Impurity. X. And of thefe Mî

III. Anvi the perfeaion of Sub* fome tranfmute an hundil
limarion, is the Subcilization of as much as their own Wjî
I
the Srone by it, until ic can be fome two hundred fold
j
U\
brought to the ultimate purity of three hundredfold, fome
j
Stibtilty,7indh{\.\y be m-ddc volatile. land fold, and fome to infi

This being done, by the that from hence it may e
way of Fixation, itmuft befixed, known whether the magil
until ic can dwell and remain in the brought up to perfedtlon 6i
highcft Violence or Force of Fire XL
NovVthat die Enyi(
and herein confifts the meafure of not Calumniate us, wcf
the fecond degree of preparation. that we have not treated
V. The Stone is likewife pre- our Art with a continued ;
pared is the third degree, which Difcourfe, but have difix

confifts in the UUimate compkat- m divers chapters ; and d
ing of the wcrk, or perfeaion of done, that evil men migh
the preparation, which is this ; lurp it unworthily Therd :
The rovv fixed Stone, you muft have concealed it in its

make by th.; way of Sublimation where yet we indeed fpealf
Volatile, and the Volatile fiifec. and not under an j.nigmk^
Vr. The fixed you u.uCi alfo dif- a clear aud plain Difcourfe,
fol ve, and che dilVo' ved again make Xfl. Therefore let not tl
Voladle ; aiid the Volatile again of Doarine defpair/or if ch
make fixed, until ir fiow and alter it,they may find the fame,,
or change into So ifick or Luiijfick who ieeks it, following Boj
with ail the figns of perfeaion, ly, will very (lowly attain
VII From the reiteration of mou deferable Art. As
the p;cpar ition& of tliis third de- kavc dLfciibed it in fuel
cree, refulcs the Mukiplicatic n of fpeaking as is fubmiflivc
the Virtue and Quantiy of the Will oftheMoft High, Bl
Medicine in goodnris and purity to Glorious God, writing th^
the higliefl perfeaion in kind. it cjicinccd to be rccolle'
VIII. From the divcrfity then was infufed, by the Grace

of tliC Operations reiterated upon Divine Goodnefs, who giy|
the Stone, Elixir, or Tindure, in whom he pleafcs, ani wi
ifs degrees, refultsthe variety of ic from the Foolifh and Utt\|
the Multiplication of the goodnef^.
of the Alteration, and quantity of HcieU the Sum and the en\
the Medicine for Tranfmuiacion G E B E R'S Wof\
l.ih'i Scamdi F i N I ^.
ARTEPHII
[BER SEGIETllS.
i RTEPHIUS
nftated mt of the Lztm-Gpy^ ( Printed
Anno i^5p.) intolngliih
riLLIAM^'s'ALMON,
Profeflbr of Physick-
BOOK III.
GHAP. I.
The Preface to the Rader.
\
J^
!
m
iwudtLeaor) felm
inttrVbikjofhosin-
Mret, uf infra de ft
in locis afftrit
, ^ i-
K
1. jA
ReaderJ
Mong
tbis
without Envy^ in many
the
C'
number
of other Philolb-
phers Friendly
our Artejhm,^
-tertijftmti -vtrhis arum wi:h moll fignificant

placeSj,
w exflicat, ac anthagu Words ( as he affirms of
>iifmatafapitntum quart- himfelf ) lays open the whole
ffe fotefi Jehit at 4iri' Art of Tranfmutation, and
admirably explicates it
without Fallacy, (blvingas
much as may be, all the
Ambages and Sophifms of
the Aiitient Wife Men, and
Do(ftors of this Science.
Ff IL
454 At M ON'S u
IL FeruM m
etieh imfw. II. However 3 thd
ignaris^ C^ mah Mdum no- might not profligate!
ccndi frafiartt^ Art, nor proftitute it (|
Abufes of Impiousj
rant, and Evil Men,
drawn, as it were,
Veile before the Illi
and Dazling Face of

in nothing more pre
than in the Principles c M\
Science.
III. Suh AYtifieofa methe' III. And by an Art

Joy Tfjodb ajjerensy m(yio m- Method, both by affii i
gans^ in reptitionpm fuis ê- and denying, with \i
Tttatem velavit ^ rtliftquens repetitions of one at^ ffl
judicio LeôTjs liam "virtu- fcme thing, does, as it ^
tis^ veriPatis
, c^ ifiri lah^- fcreen the fublime V
from the Prophanatic
unworthy Men; leavi
the Sons of Art (whicti
only underftandingly ej
his Lines) themyfterjp
wer, and true way oi
king.
IV. iluam ft cjuis capere IV. This thing,

gratias imrmrtaUs fill
fojjlt^ Man fliall find out, lei
reddat Deo^ fi ruero videatfi render perpetual Thai

in vero tramite non amhulare^ the only Immortal G
"autberem rehgat^ûoufque ejus if he perceives himfelf i
?j;i
iêntem fmtus attingere pop yet Ignorant, let hin

ft. view this Work, and
it over, and over agaij ti
he underftands the F^
lljp.I. ARTEPHIUS. 455
Senfe and Meaning, and
may be able to compre-
hend the Myftery thereof.
Sic fecit doBiffimm V. By fuch an unweari-

.les PontanuSj tjui dicit ed Search did the mod
'ifiola in 'theatro Chimi- Learned John Vcntanm at-
frefd, Errant_, (loqui- tain to the true knowledge,
s laborantihm in arte^ who faith in his
EpilHe,
erunt^ ac errabunt, eo (Printed in Theatrum Chy-
proprium agens non micum, ) They Err^ f ipeak-
:runt Philofophi, ex- ing of the workers in this
uno^qui Artef him no- Art) they ha^ê Erred^ atd
tur^ fed pro fe loqui- they will Err^ becaufe none
Sc nifi Artefhium legif- of the Vhilofofhers have in any
& loqui fenfiffemj of their Books explicated^ or
nam ad operis com- indigitated the prime or proper
entum perveniffem. Agent J excepting only Arte-
phius. If I had not ( laith he)
read Artephius^ and under-
flood whereof he ffeaks^l had
never attained to the Comple-
ment of the Work, hut re^
mained in Ignorance for ever*
. Ergo hunc lege, c5" re- VI. Read therefore this

tjuoujque loqui jenti as
y fi-
Book, Read^ and Read it
te citatum ohtinere pof~ agaittj till you under (land
Non efi quod multa fa- the Senfe of his L^.nguage,
^de Attthere noftro, fuf- by which only you can ob-
'
ilium 'uixijje per mille tain your purpofe. But to
grati4 (inquit) Vet what purpofe lliould we en-
largeany farther concern-
ing this moft excellent Au-
thor; it is enough to let
you underftand ^ that by
Ff z &
43^ SAL OM N ^S O
^ tifu hujus mirahllis quinta the good pleafure of <{
efjentia: tit et'tam tefiatur and the ufe of this worj

Kogerus Bacon in Libro ful Arcanum , he liyi
de Mirabilibua Nature ope- Thoufand Years^ as ]|
ribus. ' Bacon tellifies in Li\
Mirabilibm Nature Ofi
VII. Et etiam doBijJlmm^ VII. And alfo the

Theophraftiis Paracelfus in Learned Iheophrajtm ] li
Libro de vita longa^ quod celfi^s in Libro de vita

tempm milk annorum catm (I'peaking of long I:
Thilofofhi^ neque etiam pater To which term
iaith^
ipfe Hermes J potuerunt at-' Thoufand Years, not

tingere. Vide ne ergo forfan the other Phiiolbpher
hie Author *virtutes noftri la- nor H-?r?î himfelf, th
fidis melius cateris nofcat* ther of them^ ever attig
Tu tamen utut efi^ fruere illo^ but only Artephim G^

laboribufqm nofirts ad Dei thor: See then wj^
Gloriam & Regwi utilitatem. it be not doubdels, thi
Vale. great Man knew thisS
and underftood the V
thereof, better thian
thers. In the meaa i
enjoy it, and this oui
hour, to the Glory of
and the profit and go
Mankind. Vale.
u
C
fia|ll. ARTEPHIUS. 437
]j
C A P. IL C H A P. IL
(?/^JohannisPon- T^hc Epijlle of John

ni^ ex Theatri Pofttanus 5 before-
hymici excerpta^ Thea-
mentioneel in
ol. 5. Pag. 487.. tfum ChymicLim,
Vol 6. Tag. 487.
G O Johannes Ponta- L T John Pontanits hare

nus miihas perlufira- X travelled through ma-
ftones, lit ctrtum quid ny Countries^ that I inight
)idePhilofophorum ag- know the certainty of the
m^ C^ quaft to turn mun- Philolbphers Stone;; and
mbiens^ deceptores fal- paffing through the Ur.i-
^niy d^ non ThilofophoSy verfe, I found many De-
tamcn Studens^ ^ ceivers, but no true Philo-
liciter duhitans^ ûeri- fophers, which put me upon
jpveni. inccffant Studying, and ma-
king many doubts, 'till at
length I found out the
Truth,
Sed cum mat mam IL When I attained

"rem , ducenties erravl^ knowledge of the Matt
tm "veram materiam^ general, yet I eried at
ynem^^ fraîcam in- two hundred times, bet.:
I could attain to kno^-
lingular thing it lelf
the work and pradice
oE
Ff?
45S SALMON'S Lib
III. Primo matert^z o- IIIFirftjI began wkl

J
j>erjtio?jes ^ & futrefaBionis putrcfa6tion of the Ma

?jovem mcnfihm d^ ccefl^ nihil which I continued for ^
mveni : Etiamin Bdneo Ma Months together, and,b
tained nothing. I ther,
ri^ 'per tempm aliquod fofui
fbme certain time pro^
^ fimtliter ermvi : Enimve-
Balneum Maria, hut in t ^
ro in Cakinatieijis igne trihm

& male opera- After that, I ufed aE f
jmnfihm fofui^
Calcination for threemc 'P
tm ]uin.
ipace, and ftill found ^^^
*^'
felfoutof theway, I
ft
'#
Omnia DifiiJlationum IV. I effayed all fo
IV.
^Suhlimationum genera.prcut Diftillations and Subli
^
ons as the Philofo#^'^

diamt y feu dicer e <videntur ,
and
Geher^ Archelam^
Phihfofhi, ficut Geber, Ar-
,chelaaSj & fere
al'tj
of
bed,and
them
omms have
reft
yet found not
w
^
iraBa'-oi d^ nihil invent, De-

fum, I attempted m
niqus fuhjcBum totim Artts In
whole work
^lchemi<^ omnibm modls qui ted the
\
excogitandi fmt, qui fimt& chymy

likely
by all imaginabl
means, as by I
jerfimum^ Balneum^ Cineres^
dung. Baths, Afties,
C^ alios Ignes mtdtiflicts gene-
ocher heats of divers
ris^ qui tamen in Fhilojopho-
all which are found
rinn Lihrk invemuntur, perfl-
Philofophers Books
are tentavijed nihil bcnire-
without any fuccefs.
pri,
Quapropter annis tri- V. I yet continual

V.
Vhilofophonm three Years together \i
hm continufs
ed the Books of P
Libris fiudui^ in Jolo pr^fer-
Hermetej, ctfjm verba and that chi<
tm ^ ^
totum comprehen- Hermes J ( whofe

hreviora
Ucet obfcure Words comprehend t!
dunt Lapidem ^
of the whole Mattel
ARTEPHIUS ^19
<mr de Superiore c^ In- the Secret of the Philofo-
r0 ds Celo ^ Terra, phers Stone, by an obfcure
way of Speakings of what is
Superior, and what is Infe-
rior, to wit^ of Heaven and
of Earth.)
yi Noflmm igitur Infirw VI, Therefore our Ope-

mî quod materlam duett ration which brings the Mat-
in primoj Jecundo,
ijjt ^ ter into being, in the firft,
m)pere^ non efi ignis Bal iecond, and third Work, is
, pe Fimij neque Cine- not the heat of a Bath, nor
ij neque all ovum Ignium Horfe-dung, nor Arties, nor
lilofcphi in Ltbris [uts of the other Fires, which
t\ Quis igitur Ignis Philofophers excogitate in
qui tctum ferficit 0pm theirBooks Shall I demand:
tipio ufque in Finem ? then, what it is that perfeds

'hilofvphi eum celais>e- the Work, iince the Wife-
d ego pjetate motm^ e- men have thus concealed it ?
is una cum complemen- Truly, being moved with a
r Operis declarare vo- generous Spirit, I will de-
clare it, with the comple-
ment of the whole Work.
I
""Lafis ergo VII. The Lapt's miofo^

Thilofo-
unus
efi^ phorum
Jed multipli therefore is but one,
înatur, e^ antequam chough it has many NameSj
erit tibi difficile, Efi which before you conceive
quensy Aereus^ Jgneus^ chem, will be very difficult.
Vhhgmati-cm , Cho- For it is Watery, Airey^
,
Sanzuineus, ^
Me- Fiery, Eaithy: It is Salr^
cm. Eft Sulphureus ,
,St'ibhur J Mercury , and
^militer Argentum Vi-- Phlegm : Sulphureous,
It is
^ hahet multas Juper- yet is Argent 'vi've j it has

j qu^ per Deum Vi- many Superfluities, which
wivertunttir in vâm are turned into the true Ef
F f 4 Ef^
440 SA L M O N'8 m
ElJentiam^ mediante igne no fence, by the help
firo. Fire.
VIIL Et qui aliquid a VIII. He which fep

fuhjeô feparaty pMtam id ne- any thing from the Si
cejjanum ejje.ts frofeBo in F/ji- or Matter ^ thinking
loy phia nihil no'vit^ quia Ju- be ncceffary, wholly
fe^fluum, immundum^ 4n his Philolbphy:
turpe^
foscHlintu77t^ & tot a denique which is fuperfluous, hi
fuhjântia [uhjeBi pcrficitur clean, filthy^ feculeni
;' csrpr^s Spiritual Fixum^ in a word, the whofc IIWII
r/iediante Igne nofiro, Et hoc fiance of the lubjed is

faplmtes nunqnam re'veldrunt Imuted or changed i mti
propter ea pauci ad Art em per- perfed^ fixt, and fp Iw,
zfeniunt, put antes ah quid tale Body, by the help ^ ff)
fuperfluum ^ immundum de^ Fire^ which the Wifi \m\
here feparari. never revealed ; and m

fore it is, that few att
this Art, as thinking t
be fuperfiuous and in
which is not.
h
IX. Nunc cportet elicere IX.
behoves us c It
froprietates Ignis noftri^ ^

an enquire after the pro
conveniat nofira materiê feof our Fire, and how
cundum eum quern dixi mo- grees with our Matte
dum^ fcilicet ut tranfmutetur^ cording to that which
^
cum I'lnk ille non comhurat (aid, 'VIZ.. That a TraJ j,,
matenam, nihil de materia tarion may be made

the Fire is not Inch
feparet^ non fegreget partei pu-
ras ah impur^s
y (^
burn the Matter^ fep
ut dicunt
omms rhilofcphi.") fed totum nothing from it, n
[ubjcBum- in puritatem con- ding the pure parts
*Virtit 5 non Suhlimat (icut the impure, asthePl|
Geber fuas Suhlirhaiiones fa- phers teach, but tra
cit^ C Jimiliter & Arnoldus^ ting and changing tlie-

II. ARTEPHIUS. 44r
\ de Suhlimationihm &' Subjed iuto Purity: Nor
ationihm kquentcs^) in- aoes it fublime after the
evi tempore perficit. manner of Gehers Sublima-
1
tion nor the Sublimations

or Diftillations of Arnoldits^
or others j bur it is perfeded
in a iliort time.
Minerdis e^, aejuales X. a Matter Mine-

It is
mtinum efi^ non z'apo- ral, equals continuous, 7a-
'inimium exciteiur^ de pours or fumos nor, unleis
ire farticipat , aliunde too much pi'ovoked; par-
T quam a mdtena'y om- takes of Sulphur, and is ta-
ruit^ folvat^ otherwife than from
C^ conge- ken
^ eft artificialis ad tn- Matter; it deftroys all things,
dum 3 eft compendium diffolves, congeals , coagu-
I
tmptu aliquo falfem par- Uates and calcines, adapted

to penetrate^ and is a com-
pendium ^ without any great
coli
. Et ille Ignis efi cum XI. And that is the Fire,

rri ignttione ^ qui cum with a gentle heat, loft or
!) Jgne totum Opus ferfi- remifs, by which the whole
fimulaue omnes debitas Work is perfec^led, together
\nati(.nes facit. Qui Ge- with all the proper Subli-
kgerent^ C^ omnes ali- mations. They who read
ilojophos^ centum mtl-
ft Geher, with
the reft of
all
annorum 'vt'verent^ ncn the Philofbphers , though
ebendtrenty quia per jo- they iliould furvive an hun-
& profnndam ccgitatio- dred thoufand Years, yet
gnis lie reperitur^ tunc would they not be able to
potefi in Lthris ccmpre- comprehend it, for that this
& non prim Fire is found by a profound
cogitation only, which be-
ing once apprehended^ may
Xll
442 SALMON'S m
be gathered out of fi m
and not before.
A
XII. Error igitur ifiim XII. The error therj
Artis efij non reperire Jgnem in thisWork proceeds cl^ 'a
ûi totam matermm conûertit from a not knowing^ c^t

in 'uerum Lapidern Thilofo- derfi-anding of the true
fhorum. Studios igitur Igni't which is one of the mcMim
quia Ji ego hunc primo inve- Principles that Tranfn^ ftfjai
nijfem^ non errajjem ducenttes the whole Matter into i

^
in Praîca fuper materiam. true Philofophers St( jj^
and therefore diligently fif
it out: Had
found I
firft, I had never been
hundred times miftaket

the purfuit of the Matt
io long fought after.
XIII. Vroptena non mi- XIII. For which mo

ror fitot^ tanti ad Opus non fake_, I wonder not th^
ferTJsnerunt, Errant , Erra- many, and fo great
'veruntÊrrahunt , eo quod have not attained untq
froprium agens non pofuermt Work : They have er
Phdofopbij excepto uno ,
err, and they
qui they do
Artephius mmmatur^ fed pro becaufe the P
err;
fe loquitur. Et wi/2 Artephi- phers (Ârtephius only
um legiffe?n^& loqmfenfljjem, ted J 'have concealed
nunquam ad compkmentum principal or proper Aj
Over is pervenijjem. And unlefi I had read
tephitfs^ and lenfibly
flood his Speech, I hai
ver arrived to the com

mentof the Woik.
XIV. TraBtca vero hac XIV. Now the praaal

eft: Sumitur^ C^ diligent er Part is this; LetthsMasr
It ART 5PHIU?J 443
êrifotefi be taken and dilllgently
teratur con^
Vhyficd^ ^ ad Igmm ground with a Phôicohi-
ûr^ ignt[que proportio cal Contriticn, out k upon
/ fcilicet^ tantum the Fire, with luch a pro-
ut
tcitet materiam^ ^
m portion of heat:, that it only
^pore Ignis ilky ahfque excite or ftir up ^-he Matter
5
muum afpojitione^ de and in a ihort time that Fire^
\otum Opus compkhit^ without any laying on of
mtrefaciet , corrumpet ^
hands, will compleat the
\ity ^ perficiety dr tres whole Work, becaufe it pu-
âpparere Colores prin- trefies, corrupts^ generates,
Nigrum^ Alburn^ ^ and and makes the
perfed:s^
. three principal Colours,i/i;^.
the Black, White, and Red
to appear,
^t mediante Igne XV. And by the means

Vmultiplicabitur Medici- of this our Fire, the Medi-
Icum crtida conjungatur cine will be multiplied, (by
non folitm in quan- addition of the crude Mat-
fed etiam in lîrtute. terJ not only in Quantity,
fgitur virihm tuum Ig- but alfb in Qiiality or Vir-
tquirere jcias 0^ adjco- tue Therefore feek out this
:
vervenies ^ quia totum Fire with all thy Induftry,

>p^y &efi Clavis om- for having Ciice found it,'
Vhilofophomm ^ quam thou (halt accomplifti thy
\am revelavtrnnt. Sed defire, becaufe it performs
'd^* profunde fuper pr^- the whole Work, and
is the
Ide proprietatihm Ignis true Key

of all the Philolb-
her is J Jcies^ & nonali- phei s, which they never yet
revealed. Confider well of
what I have fpoken concer-
ning the Properties of this
Fire^ and thou muft know
it, otherwife it will be hid
from thine Eyes.

XVI
444 S A L M O N'S Lil
XVI. Vietafe ergo motm XVI. Being mov

bêc fcripp, fed ut fattsfaciam, Generofity, 1 have
Ignjs non Tranfmutatur cum theie things, but that I
Materi^^ quia non eft de Ma- fpeak plainly, this
teria , ut fupra dtxi, H^c not Tranfrauted vvitJ
igitur dtcere Volui^ frudentef- Matter;>becaufe it is nQ)|
queadmoncre, ne femniasfuas of the Matter, as I hav

confumant^fed fciant
inutiliter fore declared And
quid inquirere deheant 5 eo things I thought fit to
modo ad Art is 'veritatem per- as awarning to the prii
vmentj d^ non aliter. Vale, Sons of Art^that they #,
not their Money unpri f
bl}^ but may know
they ought to look afo^ ij
by this only they may ] i\
to the perfedion of tij i

crctând by no other jj
Farewel. J
Difol
The Secret "Boo^ of Artephiu| 1

(f^ff),
CHAP. III.
Of the Compofttion of our Antimonial f\
gar^ or Secret Water.
i. A Ntimcnlum eft de par- I. A Ncimony is a^

jLa. tibm Saturnlj S* i^ jLjL ral participatir
ommbm modis habet nzturam Saturnine parts, and hi
ejus ^ d^ Antimonium Saturni- al! rcrpe6ls the nature tf
num convinit Soli. ^ m eo of: This Saturnine A
iir. ARTEPHIUS.^ 445
mtum vivum tn qti) mony agrees with Sol^ and
mergitur aliquod me- contains in it felf Argent vi-
pifi aurum'^ id efi^Sol ve^ in which no Metal is
itur tantum in
vere fwallowed up, except Gold
vivo AntimoniaU Sa- and Gold is truly fwallowed
up by this Andmonial Ar-
gent Vive.
Et Jim iUd Argento II. Without this Argent
jquod metallum deal- Vive no Metal whatfbever

n pote(t; Dealbat er- can be whitened ; it whitens
iem^ id efi aurum^ ^ Laton^ i, e. Gold; and re-
^crpus ferfeûm in fw duceth a perfeA Body into
nam tnatmam^ id e^^ its frima Materia, or firft
fUr c^* argentum vi- Matter^ ( viz* into Sulphur
ibi colons^ ^ fluf- and Argent Vive,)of a white
hculum J^kndentis, Colour^ and out-iliinlng a
Looking- Glals
DiJJolvit ( inquam ) m. Itdiffolves rifay)

Derfeûm quod efi de the perfed Body^ which is
ura. Nam ilia aqua lb in its own Natures for

chilis ^ C^ metallis pa- this Water is friendly and
\alhans Solem^ qnia agreeable with the Metals^
argentum v'tvum al- whitening Sol, becaufe it
contains in it felf white, or
pure Argent Vive.
Ef ex hot utrique ma- IV. And from both thefe

eltcias fecretum^ vi- you may draw a great Ar-
'cc quod aqua Antimonij canum, viz* a Water_ of Sa-
i debet ejj'e Mercuria- turnine Antimony, mercu-
.c "ilha^ ut dmlbet aurum^ rial and white ; to the end,
*- (ns^ fed dtjfolvens (^ that it may whiten Sol^ not
'
congelms informam burning, but dilTolving, and
">'.> albf. afterwards congealing to the
44^ S A L MON '
S
confillenceor lit
white Cream.
V. ideo dicit Vhilofofhus^ V. Therefore, faitti

quod acjua ifia facit corpus Philofopher, this
'volatile J proptereaquod pofi- makes the Body to be
quam in hac aqua dijp)lutum tile ; becaufe after
^^
juerit ^ infi-igidatumâfcen- been diffolved in it^ ai ^"^^
dit fuperm in fuperfaie a- frigidatedj itafcendsi <''^
and fwiras upon the f """''
of the Water. H'
"VI. Recipe (ifiquit) au- VI. Takerfaithhc)

rum crudum
laminatum y Wfoliatum y W
calcinatum
Leaf Gold)
Mercury^ and put ii
orcalcin*(
fer Mercurium ^ ipfum po* our Vinegar,made of:

ne in aceto nofiro Antimoniali^ nine Antimony, Mel
Saturmaliy Mercuriali ja- ^ and Sal Armoniack
lis armoniaci ( ut dicitur ) in (aid) in a broad Gla
'vaje rvitreo^ lato^ ^ ako qua- fel,and four Inches
tuor digitoTum^ 'vel plus^ ^ or more; put it into
dimttte ihi in calore temper at o^ tie heatj and in a
^ 'videhis breiî tempore ele- time you will fee di*"!!
'âri quafi Itquorem elei de^ a Liquor^ as it weii \^
fuper natantemin wodum pel- fwimming a top, xoxA

licula. a Scum.
VIL Collige illud cum

VII. Gather this
co-
cleari Spoon^ or a Feathered
êl pennd^ intingendo^
^ fc flurihus îcihus in die it in; and fo doing
ollige^ donee nihil amflim af times a day, till
endat^ ^
ad ignem fades e- more arife: Evap
*vaforare aquam^ id eft^ fuper- way the Water with
fluam humiditatem aceti^ c^ tie heat, /'. e. the fupei m
remamiit tiki quinta eJJ'entia humidity of the Vi|
IV. ARTEPHIUS. 447
modum olei albi incom- and there remain the
will
'IS- Quinteffence , Poteftates
or Powers of Gold, in form
of a white Oyl incombufti-'
ble.
VL Tn quo oleo Thilofo- VIII. In this Oyl the

liMmrunt maxima Jecreta^ the Philofophers have pla-
m oleum haJpet dulcedi- ced their greateft Secrets;
w mximam^ atque 'ualet it is exceeding fweet, and
ttigandos dolor es vul- of great virtue for eafing the

'U9 pains of Wounds,
CHAP. IV.
|e Operations of our Antimonial Vim*

gar^ or Mineral Water.
ST igitur totuw fe^re- I.'TpHE whole^ then, of

ium ifiim fecrtti An- X this Antimonial Se-
', ut fer hoc fciamm cret is^ That we know how
J OTgentum 'viv. dt by it to extrad ordraw
wagnefia non urens^ forth Argent Vive, out of
eft Antmonium ^ ^ the Body of Magnefia, not
\um Mercurialt. burning) and this is Antimo-
ny, and a Mercurial Sub-
limate.
m efi^ oppottet esttra- II. That you muft ex-

is,
m aquam 'vivam, in- trad a livingand incom-
\nlem^ dein illam cm- buftible Water, and then
corfore perfeê So- congealôr coagulate it with
i inibi dtffohitur in the perfed body of Sol,
448 S A L MO N'S Liim
naturam &
fuhfiantiam d- fineGold^ without
ham congelatam ac fi ejj'et cre- which is done by difl
mw^ & totum dsvemat d- it into a nature and
hum^ Subftanceôfthe confi

of Cream , and
throughly white.
Hi. êd frim Sol ifie in III. But firft this

fua futrefaBione ^ refolutione putrefaction and refil
in hac acjua^ in frincipo a- in this Water^ lolethjf
mitttt lumen fuum^ ohfcura- light or brightne%
hitur c^ nigrefccty demum eh- grow dark and blackl
*vahit fe [t4fer acû^m, ^ pau- wards it will afccnd
latim illi dhus [ufernatabit the Waterândby liij
color in fuhfiantiam alham. little will fwini uponij

fubftance of a white
TV. Et hoc e(l, dedhare IV. And this is tl

latonem ruheum, eum fuhli- ning of Red Laton,
mare Philofofhice^ ^ reducere lime it philofophicallj
in fuam primam materiam^ to reduce it into its fij
id efi^ in fulfhur Album ^ inter^ îx,. into a wl
comhufiibik d^ in argentum combuftible Sulphira
'viûmfixum. into a fixed Argent 1
V. Et fie humidum Urmi- V. Andfothefixd

natum^ id efi, Aurum corfm fture^ to witj Gold,
noftrum^ per reiterationem It- dy^ by the reiterai
quefaSlienis in aqua nofiradif- the Liquifadion oi
Jolutiva^ convertitur & redu- lution in this our
citur in fulpkur ^ argentum Water, is changed
'vivumfixum. duced into fixed
and fixed Argent Vij
VI. Et (ic corpm perfeBum VI. Thus the peiia

'"
Solis accipit 'vitam in tali a- dy of Soljjefumcth
Cip.IV. ARTEPHIUS. A^^
j, 'vivjficatur ^ i^îratur ^
this Water; it is revived,
7iif , & midtiflicaiur in infpired, grows, and is mul-
feciij Jicut res cat era. tiplied in its kind, as all o-
ther things are.
'EL Nam in iffa acûa cor VII. For in this Water,

tt\xJuobus corporib74sSoljs ir it lb happens, that the bo-
'jit ftj ut infletur^ tumeat^ dy compounded of two bo-
wljetur , ^
eleveturj cref dies, 'viTj. Sol and Luna, is
ftccifiendo fuhfiantiam ^ puffed up, fwells, putrefies,
fam animatam ^ 'vege- is railed up, and does in-
m. creafe by receiving from the
Vegetable and animated
Nature and Subftance.
pi. Nefira ettam Acûa^ VIII. Our Water alio, or

\cetum JhpraJiBum^ efi Vinegar aforefaid , is the
montium, id efi, Solis Vinegar of the Mountains,
juna, ^
ideo mifcetur /. e, of Sol and Luna and ,
Luna, i.lli/q'y adha- therefore it is mixed widi

ferfetuum, ac corf us ah Gold and Silver, and fticks
jccifit tinBuram alhedi- clofe to them perpetually;
'
Jpkndet cum eafulgore and the body receivethfronj
mabili. this Water a white TinAure,
and iliines with an ineftima-
ble brightneft.
k
Got
^
Quifciverit igitur con- IX. Who fb therefore
corfus Argentum knows how to convert, o^
in
ntedicinale^ facile dein- change the body into a me-
fierit convertere per dicinal white Gold, may
ûrum album , omnia eafily by the fame white
imferfeBa in cfti- Gold, change all impertedt
drgmtum finum. Metals into the bed and
fineft Silver.
iff
Gg X
450 SAL OM N 'S Lib. %
Xc Et ifûd Aurum album X. And this white Gj
dlcitur a Philojo-phts L^na
called by the Philofopl
al- is
ba Fhilojophorum, Argentum Luna alba Phdsfc'fhorum^ I
nji'vum album fixum^ aurum gentum 'ui'vum album fixi

Alcbjmiê d^ fum^/s albus, Aurum Alchymia a nd /
,
^
Ergofme iilo accto nofiro An- albmi And therefore

tmenially A^rum album Al- oat this our Ant^raoniaiL
cbimia ton fit. negar, the Aurum albui^tf
the Philolbphers cannobe
made.
XI. Et quia in accto noflro XT. And becaufe in

ejf duplex [ubjhntia Argmti Vinegar, there is a d
'vmi^ una ex Antimonio^ al- fubftance of Argentu
tera ex Mercurio fublimato, jvum, the one from
Cr ideo dat duplex fondus ^
mony_, the other from'
i
fubflantiam Argenti î'vifixi^ I

cury Sublimate ; it d
C^ til am augment at in eo fu- '
a double weight an
tim fiati'vum eoloremj foridus^ fiance of fixed Argent
(ubfiantiam^ & tintfurafh. and alfo augments th(
the native colour, wcjh
fubftanceând tinduret^r
of.
CHAP. V.
bj^'ofljer Operations of our fecrct Mi

Watery atid its TinBure.
L 'f^T OJlra igitur Aqua dif IpiUR diflblving

X \I jcluti'va pcnat mag- KJ therefore carri<
nam a great Tindure,
T'lntturam^ ?nagnamque it
fufwnem^ fropsrsa ûod quan- great melting or diffoW

lap V; ART E P H U I S. 4^1
fmtit ignem communem, fi becaufe that when it feels
lea efi corpus perfeBum So- the vulgar Fire, if there be
vel Luna^ fuhito iUud in it the pure or fine bodies
fJtfacif c^ liquefierij ^ con- of Sol or Luna^ it immedi-
*i'ti in fuam fuhfiantiam ately melts them^ and con-
Mam^ ut if fa ejt^ (j^ addit verts them into its white
cwtm, fondus ^ TinBursm Subftance, luch as it felf is^
and gives to the Body co-
lour^ weighty and tindure.
il. Efi etiam folutiva II. In it al(b is a power

num liquabilium > c^ eji of liquifying or melting all
fonderofa^ 'vifcofa^fra' things that can be melted
\% (^ honoranda^ refolvens or diffolved ; it is a Water
\na corpora cruda in eorum ponderous> vifcous,precious,
\narnMateriam\ hoc eft, in and worthy to be efteemed,
âm d^ pulvererff ûifcofum'y relblving all crude Bodies
} ; in Sulphur Argen- ^ into thQiT prima Materia, or
Vivum, firft Matter^ viz,, into Earth
and a vifcous Pouder ; that

iSj into Sulphur^ and Argen;
turn vivum.
III. Si ergo pofueris in iUa III. If therefore you put

m eûodcunque Metallum^ into this Water, Leaves, Fi-
\uum njel attenuatumy c^ lingSjor Calx of any Metal,
mtas per tenipMs in calore and a gentle Heat
let it in
diJJ'ohetur utum, dr 'ver- for a time, the whole will
\fin aquam -vifcofamy Jive be diffolved^ and converted
m album, ut diûm eft. into a vifcous Water, or
white Oil, as aforeiaid
IT. Et pc mollificat cor- IV. Thus it mollifies the

& fraparat ad fufionem
Body, and prepares it for
iî^fêfaîonem, imo facit fufion and liquefadiou ; yea,
iw fufibflia^ id efi, lapides it makes all things fufible,
g z G &
4J2 SALMON S LibJL*
^ Metalla, & fojiea Hits dat 'VIZ,Stones and Metalsîicl
Sfiritum ^ Vuam, afterwards gives them Sp it
and Life
V. DilJblvit ergo omnia V. AnditdliTolvesll

folHtione . mirabiU^ con^vertens things with an admirable )
coy^^s 'perfeBum in Medici- lution^ tranlmuting the {
natn fufibikmy fiindentemy pe- fed Body into a fufible f 3-

?ietraMemy C?" magis fixam^ dicine, melting, or liqu /-
augens pcndi'us (^ colorem. ingj moreover fixing, id
augmenting the weight id
colour. .
VL Oferm-e ergo cum ea^ "Vi. Wbrk'*^

cf^' confecjueris ejttod defideras itjand you (hall obtain
ab ea. Nam efi
Spirims & it what you defir^, fc
anima SoUs ^
Lxin<e^ Oleum the Spirit and Soul
d^ Aqua dijjhmi^â^fonsy bah and Lun* ; it is the Oylj
mum Maria ignis contra
-i
diflblving Water^ the Fc
.naturam J- ignis humidm^ ig- tain, the Balneum
nis [ea'ett/4^ pccidtus^ Crinvi- the pra:ternatural Fire,j
fib'ilk* -^ moilt Fire, the fecret^

4en and invifible Fire.
VII. Atqueacetumacerri- VIL It is alfb the I
mum^ de-'^juo quidam anti-\ icrid Vinegar J concerng

quits 'ihiiofophus- di'it\ Roga- which an ancient Phil'b-
-z/i Dommamy & j
ofiendit mi':\ pher iaith, I befoughtfc

"^
hi unam nitidam^ Lord J and He ihew

aquam
mam cognovi ejje pitrum acc- a pure clear .Water, w
tum, alterans^ penetrans^ ^
I knew to be the p'
pem
liiejan. negar, altering,
ting and digefting.
VIII. Ace turn ( inquatn ) VIII. Ifayapenctrjng

pemtrathum ^ & Infirumm- Vinegar and the mcm
I ARTEPHIUS. 4n
^0 movens ad putrefacien- iTnftniment for piitrifying,
I
v/^;, refolvcnJum, &

ndn- jirefolving and reducing Gold
LicingGold
ceJumaurum "vel argent um or Silver into their Prima
in u'i frimam matêriam, ^ materia or firlt matter.
X: Et eft untcum aze?js IX. And It is the only

inet<f mundo In hac arte quod ^gent in the Univerfe, which
Vi'licet foteji refolvere ^ rein this Art is ahle to rein-
fiidare corpora wetallicajut? crridatc MecaUick Bodies
itfiervatione fua ffeciei. with the coniervation of
their Species.
\\. Eft igitur fvhim rtiedi- X. It IS therefore the oiJy

fiftum & naturakj fcr apt and natural medium, by
Idebcmus refol'vere cerpcra which we ouglit to refoh/c
tBa Solis & Lun^ mira- the
Bodies of Sol
peifov5b
& joUmni folutione and Luna J by a wonderful
fub
rvatione fua fpeciei, 6> and fokmn dilTolation, with
veuHa defiruBicm^ viji ad the coniervation of the fpc-
wt, nobiliorem, &
melio- cieSj and without any do-
fcrmam^ five gemrdtio- Itrudion, unlefi it be to ;i
,
fciliatj in lapidem fcrfe* new, more noble, and bet-
philojcphorum^ qmd e(l ter form or generation, xv;:.
turn arcanum eor urn mi into the perfed Philofophers
Stcne, which is their won-
derful Secret and Arcanum.
L
Eft autem aqua ilia Xf. Now this Water is a
quondam fubftantia^cU'
'a certain middle fubftancr,
^t argentum purum^ qua clear as fine Silver, whica
^"recipere tin8uras Sclis & ougiht to receive the "
r.
^^j ut congektur ccn-& dnres of SJ and L-r-.. '

'^^
tiir in terram alb am vias they may be coiio
and changed into n :

and living Earth.
Gg I
4H SA L M O N'S
XIL Jfia enlm aqua eget XII. For this water
ter ne
nel?
corforihus perfeBis^ ut cum ti- the perfed bodies, that v,
lts foft diJ]clutionem congeletur^ thern after the diflbluti
fixetur^ CJ^ coaguletur in terraw it may be congealed, fi
albam. and coagulated into a w

Earth.
XIIT. SoUitio auttm eorum XIII. But their foli
efiet'tam congelatio eorum JSlam is alfo their coagulation

unam ^ eandem hahentcfera- they have one and the
tionemjûia non iinum^
fol'vitm' operation, becaufe oi
txuin congektur ^ alterum nor diffolved, but the 6
:
mc eft alia aqua qua pof/it dif- is congealed Nor is c| :

^^^j^j
folvere corpora^ nifi ilia qua any other water which

permanet cum eis^ in materia diffolvc the Bodies, but
^ forma which abideth with the!
\j
the matter and the fbrr
XIV. Imo f>ermanens ejje XIV. cannot be

It
non potefij nifi fit ex alterius manent be of
unlcfi it
natura^ ut fiant Jimul unum> nature of the other Bo
that they may be
one.
XV. Cum vid^ris igitur a XV. When therefore

quam coagulare feiffam cum fee the water coagul
torporib>us in ea folutist ratus felf with the Bodies thi
efio^ Jcuntiam^ methodum C^ diflblved therein \ be fc
cferationes tuas ejj'e 'veras ac red that thy knowk?^
fbilvjophicas^ teque in art^ re- way of working, andcb,
Be j>rocLdire^ work it felf are trueim
Phifolbphick, and tha
have done rightly accoi
to art.
CH
Ifap. VI. AK 1 JbFXU& 4SS
CHAP. \q.
%xphat Snhjlance Met alls are to con fft in

order to this rvorh^
ERgo natiira emendatur I. ^TpHus you (ee that Na-

in fua. covfimili natti- X cure is to be amend-
5 id eft ^ aurtim ^ argen ed by its own like NrUare i
^^ in fjojfraaqua emendan- that is^ Gold and SUver are

O* ^qua ettam cum iffis to be exalted in our wafer ^
orihus ;
ûa eiiam dtcUur asour warer al(b with thofe
dittm ajiimce, fine quo nihil Eodiei^ V hich wateris called
:
tref'JJumus wMte.ifia. the medium of the S-ul,
without which nothing is to
be done in this Art.
n. Et efi ignis ^vegetahilis^ II. It is a Vegetable, Mi-

imahtlisj (^ mineralis^ con neral^ and Animal fire^
'vativus ffiritus fixi Solis &

which conferves the fiKed
ma, defiruôr corforum ac Spirits of Sol and Luna, bi.t
&or cfitia dcftruit^ diruit^
: deftroys and conquers their
jue mutat corpora ^formas Bodies: For it delhoys, o-
\etallicas^ facitque illas non verturnSj and changes Bo-
tcorfora^ fed fpiritum fixum. dies and metallick forms,
making them to be no Bo-
dies but a fixed Spirit.
III, lllafque Ahd it turns them

ccHvertJt in III.
ifiantiam bumidam^ meliem humid fubltance, ibfc

into a
flutdam^ hahentem ingref and fluidj which hath in-
m & 'virtutem intrandi in greffion and power to enter
ia corfora imferfitJa^ ^ mi- into other imperfed bodies,
1
Gg4 and
4)^ SALMON'S Lib:]
Jcerl cum cis fer minima^ & and to mi^ with them
ilia tingere & ferficere. their fmallelt parts, andl
tinge tfiem and make th
perfe6l.*
IV. îod quidcm non fote- IV. But this they o

rant J cum ejjent corfor a metal- not do while they remai
lica,, ficcUy ^ dura^ cûx no7t in their metallick Forms
hahent ingrcjjumy neque 'virtu- BodieSj which were dry
tem tingendi & ferficltndi tm- hardj whereby they coi
^trftcla. have no entrance into otl
things, fo as to tinge 6c mi
perfed, what was befi
imperred:.
i(.
V Bene igitur corfora con- V. Itneceflary the u\

is
'vertimus in jul^flantta^fj fiui- fore to convert the Bodiei

dam^ quia unaquaque tinBura Metals into a fluid fubitani In
flus in milUfifna farte tingit for that every tinAure vtm]
m liquida fuhflanttJ & molli^ tinge a chouland times mc nk
oûam tn fecca^ at fatet de in a foft and liquid fi nit
ere CO, fiance^ than when it is ii
dry one, as is plainly ap

rent in Saffron*
Ml, Ergo trsn[?r,utatio me- VI. Therefore the traj

iallorum imft^rfcBcrum ^ efl mutation of impeife(^ W
ii?7foJ/ihilisfari fer ar^'ora fiv- rals, is impoffible to be dc
fecla (icca^ nrfi frius reducan- by per fed Bod ies, while th n;/:
tur in frunam matcriam mol- are dry and hard : for whr
Ian & fimdam. caufe fake, they muft
brought back into their fj
matter* which is foit

fluid.
VI. ARTEPHIUS- 457
I. Ex his oportet^ qusd VII. It appears therefore,

tatur huinidum^ & reve- chat the moifturemuft be re-
ahfconditum, Et hoc eft verted, that the liidden tj ea-
udare corpora^ id efi^ de- fure may be revealed And
't': & mollirey donee fri- this is called the reincnida-
corforalitate durA & tbn of Bodies, which is the
decoding & Ibfrning them,
till they lole their hard and
dry fubftance or form ; be-

caule that which isdry does
not enter into, nor tinge
any thing befides it felil
I. Quia ficcum ncn in- VIII. Therefore the dry

nee tlngit^ mjifeipfum. terrene Body doth not enter
igttur Jiccum terreum into nor tinge, except its
fgit^ nifi tingatufj quia own body, nor can it tinge
ulum) fftjjum terreum except it be tinged ; becaufe
VrcditHr vec tingit^ quia ('as I laid beforej athickdrie
\rat^ ergo non alter at earthy matter does not pe-

netrate nor tinge, and there-
fore, becaufe it cannot enter
or penetrate it can make no
alteration in the matter to
be altered.
iNcn idclrco tingit au- IX. For this reafon it if,
lonec fpritpts ejus cccul- that Gold coloureth not,

Skhatur a ventre ejus per until its internal or hidden
fir am alham^ & fiat fpiiit be drawn fordi out
Jpiritualis^ & albus of it bowels by this our white
albus fpiritus^ & ani- water, andtliatitbc made
[ahilis. altogether a Ipiritual fub-
fl-ance,a white Vapour, a
whiteSpiritând a wonderfel
Soul. CHAP,
455 S AX M ON'S Lib.[
CHAP VIL
m
Of the wovderful things done hy our WaUm
altering and changing Bodies.
I. QXJare debemus per A- 1

1. T behoves us the.'
eûam noffram per- I by this our Wa.r_

feBa corpora Gttcnuare^ alte- attenuate^ alter, and
rare, 6^ mollificare^ ut deinde the perfed Bodies^
mifceantur ceteris corporihus Sol and Luna, that fcl
imperfeBis, may be mixed with,
imperfei^ Bodies.
11. XJnde fi aliud heneficium II. From whence,,

fton haberemus ab ilia ama had no other benefit
Antimcniali^ infi cjuo^ readtt our Antimonial watej
corpora fitbt Hi ay mollia^ & flu- that it reiidrcd Bodiej
ida ad (ai.natttram, fufficeret fubtil, lbft_, and fluij
jnohis. cording to its own naj

would, be fufficieiit.
HI. Nam reducit corf ora ad III. But more tl
frimam oriînem fulpburis & it brings back Bodies

Mercur'ti, ut ex his poftea in original of SulpH
firft
J^revi temfore^ minus cjudm in Mercury, that of th|(

bora dtet^ factamus fuper ter- may afterwards in
rarft^.ûod 7jatura operata efi time (in lels than ai|!
fubtus tn pfinertis terra in mil- time) do that above
lihusannid^ quod eft qnaji mi- which Nature was,
raculojum. fand years a doing
ground, in the Mini
lip. VII. ARTEPHIUS AS9
Earthy which is a work al-
moft miraculous.
V, Efl igitur nofirumfinale IV. And

therefore our
}ctum^ per aquam nofiram^ ultimate, or higheft Secret
M'rrafacerevolatilta & [fiis, by this our water, to
'iitlia^ & aquam tingentem^ make Bodies vclatilej fpiri-
'lantern hgrejjum. tual, and a Tincture, or
tinging water, which may
have ingrels or entrance in-
to other Bodies,
1,
* Facit enim corpora me- V. For ic makes Bodies to

tjfe ffiritum ; eûia tnce- be meerly Spirirj becaule
7orf)ora dnra & ficca ^ it reduces hard and dry Bo-
wat ad fuftonem^ id efi dies, and prepares them for
trtit in ncûam fermanen- fufion, melcing_, or diiibl-
ving i that is, it convcits
them into a permanent or

fixed water.
, Facit ergo ex corforihus VI. And fb it makes of"

-
freiiofijfiifiHm bcnedi- Bodies a moii: precious and
, tûod efi 'Vera tintlura d^ defirable Oyl, which is the
fermanens alha^ denatu- true Tincture, and the per-
calida (^ humida^ tern manent or fixed white wa-
i^ fuhtili^ & fufibili ut ter^ by nature hot and moift,,
M ûod fenetrat ^
p-ofandat^ or rather temperate, fubtile,
'& ferficit. fufible as Wax_, which does
penetrate, fink, înge, and
make perfeft the Work.
il. Aqua ergo mffra VII. And this our watet

in-
nnti folvit aurum & ar-
immediately dilTolvcs Bo-
'î d^ facit oleum incom- dies (as Sol and Luna j and
?/^j qnod tunc fQtefi com' makes them into an incom-
bufti-
4ô S A L M ON^S Lib.,
mifieri aliu corforibm imper- buftibleOyl^ which tin
maybe mixed withotr
imperfed Bodies. |^
11
Vni. Iâm aqua noftra VIIL It alfo converts^
cmvertit cwf&ra i?i naturam ther Bodies into the nat||
falis fufMlis^ qm dk'ttur Sal of a fufibleSalt, which
j|
jilhrDt fhihfipBorum, omnium Philofbphers call Sal Akt
falium Tmliw (^ nohilicr^ in fbilofojhcrum^ better
regimbie fixui nen fugiens igmore noble than any
ffCtttt Salt , being in its own nafr
fixed, and not fubje<^f
vanifh in fire,
IX. Et iffe quiJem ejl ole- IX. It is an Oyl ih

um it natura calida, jubtilis^ by nature hot^ lubtile,/*'
penetrans^ frefundansy ^ in- netrating^ finking thi
grediens^ diBus Elixir ccm- and entiing into cthei
pletum^ ^ cfi fecretum eccul- dies : it is called the Pe^fi
turn fipmtum Ahhimtfi'a' or Great Elixir, an(
rum. hidden Secret of the
Searchers of Nature.
X. Qui (cU trgo hunc jakm X; He therefore pwi

e^ LumCy
Sclts &
ejus genera- knowsof Soilthis Salt
siomm five fTiXparatiomm^ &
Luna^ and its generj
fofiea iffum cammifcere &
a- and preparation^ and a*;;
micari cateris corprihHs im- wards how to commMjf?/
fafeUis^ fcit frojeclo unumde and make it homogenoB tfrî
jecretis naturae maxityjum &

other imperfed BodidBi
vkm ferfcBionis unam. in truth knows one
greateft Secrets of N^ti
and the only way th^t"
to perfedion.
C\\
).vnL ARTEPHIUS. 461
CHAP. VIIL
t
fhe Afjimty of our Water^ avd other won-
derful things done by it.
ac corfora fie joluta fer I. "T^Hefe Bodies thus dif-

aquam nofiram dictm- ^ fol ved by our water
gentum "vivufn^qtiodnon are called Argent Vive,
ffilpbure^ nee fulpbur which is not
widlout its
itura lum'marium^ quia Sulphur ^ nor the SuIjAur
trsa funt frincifalta me- without the fixednefiof Sol
forma J per qua natura and Luna; becaufe Gk>ld
ftrficiendo & eomflendo and Silver are the particular
ênerationemj meanSj or medium in the
form through which Nature
paffes in the perfeding and
compleating thereof.
Et iBud argentum 'vi- II. And this AiêntVive

honoratum
juocatur fat is called our efteemed and
pnatunt^ & fragvans^ valuable Salt, being anima-
(J, cum nonfit nifi ignis ;
ted and pr^jnant, and otu*
is^ nifi fulfhurh nee fuU fire, for that it is nothing
vifi argentum 'vivum^ but Fire : yet not fire, but
4m a Sole & Luna fer Sulphur; and not Sulphur
noftram, ^ nduBnm only^ but alfo Quickmver
fern alti freni. drawn from Sol and Luna
by our water, and redu-
ced to a Stone of Great
price.
m.
46z S AL MO N'S
IIL Id e[ty erit materia al- III. That IS to lay^j

terata luminarium & mutata the matter or fubftj
de'uilitaU innohilitaHm, Soland Luna, or Silver
Gold^ altered from Vi
to Nobility.
IV. Not^^ qued [ulfhur U IV. Now you mufti

lud alburn^ eft pater Tnetallo- that this white Sulphur i
Yumâc mattr illorum; Mercu- 1 Father and Mother of:

rius nofeer, e^ minera auri^ & Metals i it is our Merci}
unima^ &fermentumy & 'vir- and the Mineral of GId
tus wlnerdls, <^ corpus vi- alfo the Soul, and the'e
'vum, (^ medictnaêrfeBuy & ment; yea, the Miii
fulfhur^ C^ argentum "Vfvwfj, Virtucând the living Bi]
noftrum ; id ejt^ Julphur de our Sulphur, and our

Julfbm-e^ &
argentum vfuum illver; that is, Suli
de argento 'ui'UQy (^ b/teTcurius Sulphur ;

Quickfib
d Mercurio. Quickfilver, and \4Bii
of Mercury.
V. Proprietas ergo aqua no- V. The Property

ftra efty quod liquefacit aurum fore ofour Water is,
^ Argentum^ &
augmentat in melts or dijOToWes Gol
eis nativum colorem* Silver, and encreafesi
native Tindure or
VI. Convtrtit entm arpora VI; For it changfsl

.
d corpor^dit ate in fpiritualita- Bodies from being 0\

tem^ & ipfa eft qua immittit real, into a Spiiituality ai
in corpus fumum alburn^ qui it is this water whicbui
efi anima alba^ fubtilis^ calida^ the Bodies, or corpoKifi
multa igneitatu^ ftanceinto awhitev'Oi
which is a Soul that is hi
nefs it felfj fubtile, hc,^
full of fire.
i^. vm. ARTEPHiUSj 463
II. Hc aqua Jtcitur eti- VIL This water is alfo

m fisjangumaris^ eft etiam called the tinging or blood-
itif fpiritual^ fanguinis fine colour-making ftone, being
& jubje^nm omni-
(ffHlfity the virtue of the Spiritual
mjftahilium, & liquefaUi- Tinv5lure, without which
iiiftod multum Soli &Lu' nothing can be done : and
ttmvenit ^ adharet^ nee it is the fubjed of all things
îtfir ak eis femfcr. that may be melted^ and of

iiquefadion it felt^ which
agrees perfedly, and unites
clofelywith Sol and Luna,
from which it can never be
feparated.
Eft ergo affnis Soli VIII. For it is joyned m

fed magif Soli quam
?_,
Gold and Sil-
affinity to the
y a bene.
not ver, but more immediately
to the Gold than to the Sil-
ver: which you are to take
fpecial notice f.
picitur etiam medium IX; It 'is alfo called thd

igettdi tinBttras Saiis & medium of conjoyning the
\cum metallts impeifeBis^ Tindures of Sol and Luna
Hid ccnvertit corpora with the inferior or imper-
tvfm ttn5luram ad tingen- fed Metals ; for it turns the
fqiâ imperfeâ^ & eft Bodies into the true Tin-

ma dealhat^ ut eft alba ;
dure^ to tinge thefaid other
iviftaty ut eft anima j
imperfed Metals : alfo it is
cito corpm fuum ingre* the water which whiteneth,
mt TkihMus, as it is whiteneft it lelf;
which quickeneth as it is a
Soul ^ and therefore (as the
Philofopher faidi ) quickly
entreth into its Body.
X,
4H SALMON'S ^^%
X- Nam efi aqua *viva qua X. For It is a living
ênit [uam ten am ut ter which comes to
irrigare
gtrrmna^ ^
fruBum praducat ften the Earth, that ii
in tempore fuo^ nam exroratu fpring out, and in its
amnU gemrantur ex terra na- feafon bring forth n:h
fctntia: fruit ; for all things fp ig.
ing from the Earth, a.j
duced through Dew orlj
fture.
XL Terra ergo non germi- XI. The Earth ther^^,

natahfque irrigatione S* humi- fpringeth not forth wir
ditate, aqua roris Maij iffa watering and moiftar^.,,
ahluit corpora^ tanquam flu- is the water proceeding*
âli penetrate ^ dealhat^ ac May Dew, that cleaj^
"^
^
facit carpus novum ex duohus the Body; and like

csftmhus. penetrates them, and
one new Body of twi
dies.
'
Xn.' Aqua ilia vita gu- XII. This Aqua Vit
hemdta cum ipfum de- Water of Life, being
corpore^
albat^convertens ipfum infuum ordered and dilpoled]
c^krem album. the body, it white
attd converts or chl
it into its white colour!
XQJ. Ilia namquc) aqua^ XIII. For this wat(|

fumm alhm efi^ ideo cum ilia white vapour, and iJn
ffkalk^tur corpHs* fore the Body is whij

with lU
'XIV. Oportet ergo dealhare XIV. It behovesi

corpuij ir rumpere libros^ ^ therefore to whiten t\
inttr ilia duo^ td efi^ inter cor^ dy, and open its infol
ap.VIII. ARTFPHIUS. M,6s
C^ aqmm efi Ii hi do ^ for between thefe two, that
fi~
is, between ti\c Bod}/ and
ter natura fimiUs frofh- iiie Water, there isadefire
atem. and friendfhip^ like as be^
tween the Ma!e and Fe-
rn.le, becaufe of the pro-
1^1
I pinquity and likenefs of their
Natures.
'.V. Nam Af*a nojfra XV. Now this our fecond

t fecunda^ dtcttur Azôt and living water is called
ms LAtonem^ id efi^ Cor- Azôth, the Water wafhing
comfoptum ex Sole d^
ttie Laten, 'viz,, the Body
_. per compounded of Sol and

A(\uam noflram
^'^^mm^ dicitur etiam Anima Luna by our firft Water:
^^ûm folutorum qmrum a- It is alfo called the Soul of
^^^ fimul ItgavimitSj the diffolved Bodies, which
jI*"
imLrânt Safuntibm Vhi- Souls we have even now tied
iw
w* together, for the ufeofthe
wife Philolbpher.
^^f/T Quantum ergo pre- XVL How precioListhen,

Wtf & magnifica hac A- and how great a thing is
r^^ Namque ahfque ilia O- this Water | For without it
"^^
)nfoj]et ferfia, ^Dicitur the Work could never be
3^
' 'VO'S natura , ute,rus ,
done or perfcdcd : Ic is al-
^^ K^receptaculupi tinûra^ io called the Vas Natura, the
|C^ nutrix. Belly, the Womb the Re-
ceptacle of the Tindure,
d .
the Earth, the Nurfc.
IH. Et eft Fons in quo XVIL It is the Royal

jnt Rex, ^ Regina, ^ Fountain in which th^ King /
^Ji"' quam cfortet ponere^ and Qjecn bathe them-

hif ,? in centre [m infamis, felves; and the Mother
ii \ Sol qui ah ea procejfit which mufi: be put intoând
H h &
466 SAL
S A L OM N JM S
^S Lib. I
C^ ipfum parturiit, iê(? /?/e fealedup within ths belly

Tfûtuo amant &
d'tUgunt ut her Infants and that is J
Mater &
FiltHS, &
conjun- himfelf , who proceed
guntur (Imul^ qmniam ab - from her^ and whom i
na & eadem radice "uenerunt^ brought forth; and the
& ejujdem juhfiantia^ & na- fore they have loved on(
tur^. nother as Mother and Sl
and are conjoyned togetl
becaufe they come fromi
and the lame Root, and]
of the fame Sublhnce
Nature.
XVIII. Et quoniam Aqua XVIII. And becaufe

ifia, efi Aqua vita Vegetahi- Water the Water ol
is
lis^ ideo iffa dat vitam^ & Vegetable Life, it caufei

facit vegetare, crefcere pul- & dead Body to vegetate,
lulare ipfum Corpus mortmm^ creafejand fpring forth,
& ipfum refufcitare de morte from Death to
to rife lit
ad vitam folutione & fubli by being diflbived firft

iff,
matiom* then fublimed
XIX. Et in tali operatione XIX. And in doing

vertitur Corpus in Spiritum^ & theBody is converted Cw
Sjfiritus in Corpus^ tune & a Spirit, and the Spirk

faBa e/? amicitia^ paxj con- cerwards) into a Body,
tordia^ & unio cmtrariorum^ then is made the Amkj '^'"^
id eft-i Corpora & Spiritm^ Peace J the Concord|

mi mutant invicem naturas the Union of the Coi
fuas quas ncipiunt ^ fbi & ries, to wit, between^h
^mmHnicantfer minimî Body and the Spirit, v|

reciprocally, or m pi
change their Natures
they receiveând comi]
! cateone to another th
I
their raoft minute parti
IP .IX, A R T E P H I U S. 467
X. Sic quod caliimn mi- XX.

So that that which
r jrigido^ & ficcum humi- mixed with that
is hotj is
0' durum mollis & hoc

which is cold, the dry with
fit mixtio
i;. naturarum the moift^ and the ha id with
foramm.fi'igidifcilicet cum tkefott; by which means
Jo^ &
humidi cum ficco^ there is a mixture made of
adm'irahilis inter inimi' contrary Natures, zîz.. of
mjnexio. cold with hot^ and moift
with dry, even a mod: ad-
mirable Unity between E-
nemies.
CHAP. IX.
ion
mhlimation':, Ory the feparating of the

PurCy from the Lnpme^ by this Water.
JTOfira ergo dtjfolmo L/ÛR Diffolution then

Corporum quê fit in V-/ of Bodies, which is
TMprima Aqua^ non efi^ ni made fuch in this firft Wa-
"tificatio humidi cumfic- ter ^ is nothing elfe, but a
fmidum êro coandatur
1
<-*
deflroying or overcoming
^dim. of the moifl with the dry,
for the moift is coagulated-
with the dry.
Quia turns dir Of tan^

' II. For *-he moifture is
Mediate continetur, contained ^nder^ termina-
ter-
ur^ ac coagulatur in Ccr- ted with, and coagulated in
V9 in tmam. the dry Body, to wit^ in
that which is Earthy,
Hh 2 III.
468 SALMON'S
III. Ccrpora igitur d lira III.Lct therefore th
C ficca^ ônantiir in noftra s^nu the dry Bodies
frzma Acjua in 'ut.fe henî into our firii Water,.,
clatifo^ uhi mane ant dcnec fol- Vcfcl/vhlchclofe wellj
"ventur^ ^
ajcendant in d- there let them abide
tum y qua tunc did fojfunt they be dlilolved^ andJt
nouum Corpus^ auru7n album cend to the top ; then f
Alchimia. d^ Laîs alhus^ c^ they be called a new B(]
Sulphur album ncn urens^ ^ the white Gold made
Lapis Taradtfi^ hoc efi^ con- Artj the white Stone
êrtens Metalla imferfiS;a in white Sulphur^ not
Argmturn album fnum. able, the Paradifîcal
"viz. the Stone Tranlrai
imperfed Metals, ini
white Silver.
IV. Tunc etiam hahmus IV. Then have

fmul^ Corpus^ Animam ^
the Body, Soul, and|
Spiritum^ de quo Sfiritu^ ^
altogether ; of which^
Anima diElum quod non and Soul it is faid, Tl
efi^
fcjjmt extrahi a Corporibm cannot be extradred;
ferfetlis^ nifi per conjunBio- the perfed Bodies,
mm nofira Aqu^\^?oliai%'a. the help or conjun<
our diffolving Water/
V. Quia certum efi^ quod V. Bccaufe it is
fixa ncn poteft

res ele'vari^ nifi That the thing fixed i
per conjunUiontm rei volati- be lifted up, or madet'3

lis. cend, but by the conju^
on or help of that whijlj
volatile.
[IPrw^
'
VI, Spirttm igitur wedi' VI. The Spirit theii
^nte Aqua ^ Ammay ab if- by the help of the âD
fis Qorporibus XtrMttir & and the Soul^ is drawn^^
]
|p. IX. ARTE PHI US. 4^9
itur Corpus non Corfm^ from the Bodies the:nielves,
fiatim Spiritns cum Ani- and the Body thereby is
Cerporum furfum afcendit made Spiritual; for that at
tperiori parte^ qua efl per- the fame inilant of time^ the
Lapidis J c^ i/ocatur Spirit^ with the Soul of the
matio. BodiGS3 afcend on-hii^h to
the fuperiour part, which is
the perfedion of the Sroae^
and is called Sublimation.
II. Hac [uhlimatio^ in VII. This Sublimation,

Plorentius Cathalanus, with Flormtim CathaUnas, is
res accidas Spirituales^ made by things Acid, Spi-
iles^ qua funt de natura^ ritual, Volatile, and whi^h
urea ^ ^vifoofa ,
qua are in their own
nature Sul-
'vunf-^ ^ fac'mnt &Ie'vari phurous and Vifcous/which
or a in Aeram^ in Spiri- diffolve Bodies, and make
them to afcend,
and be
changed into Air and Spirit.
11. El^ in hac Suhlima- yjll. And in this Subli-

pars quadam dicia A- mation a certain part of our
prima y afcendit cum Cor- faid firit Water afcends with
ns fimul fe jungendo^ af- the Bodies, joyning it felf
?, ^ jublimando in una7n with them, afcending and
am [uhfiantiam-i qua te- fubliming into one neutral
hnatura duorum^ Jcilice* or complex Sub'ânce,which
9rum (^ Aqua, contains the nature of the
two, î-x., the nature of the
two Bodies, and of the Wa-
ter.
rC Vroinde dlcitur Cor IX. And therefore it is

k ^ Spirituak Comp(.fi called the Corporeal and
Corjufle^ Ca?ribar^ EtLc- Spiritual Compofitum, Cor
ZarJarith^ Ducmcb be- juiie, Canibar, Ethelia, Zan-
H h ? mtv.
^,70 SA L M O N'5 Lib.
ni!s ;
fed froprie^ tantum no- daritb^Dueneckj the G<
mtnatur Aqua fermanens^ quia but properly it is called t'i
ncnfagitin igve. permanent or fixed Wat

only, becaufe it flies not
the Fire.
X. Terpetub adherens Ccr- X. But it perpetually,

fGYihm comm'ixtis^ ^defi^ Soli heres to the commixec
^ LimaîlUjque communicans compounded Bodies^ that!
T'lnÛram %>ivam , incom- to Soland Luna^ and col
huftihihm ^ ac
firmifftmam , niunicaies to them the l|
pr ^cedent i nchtlicrum vretio- & ving Tindure, incomi
jiorem* ^
ble and molt fixed^ ini|
more noble and pr(
than the fornier which
Bodies had.
XI. Qui^pctefi ctrrrerede- XI. Becaufe from h(
h'mc bac "Tmdturaj Jicut Oh- forth this Tincture run^l

"^
urn, omnia ferforando fe- & Oil^ running through,
Tietrandocum fixione mhahtli^ penetrating the Bodies,
qmniaw hac TmBura e/I' Spi giving to them its worn
ritus^ d^ SfiriUfs efi Amma^ lul Fixity \ and this Tin^
I C^ Amma Corf us. is the Spirit, and the S{
is the Soul, and the S(
the Body.
XII. Qiila in Joac operati- Xil. For in this operarll

cne Corfm efficitur Spirit^fs^ the Body is made a Spii,
de natura fuhrilijjima^ d^ pa- of a moit fubtilc natur;

Titer Spirittfs tncorporatar.(^ and again, the Spirit iso-
ft de uattna Corporis cum
porified and changed ir)
QGrporihzis^ dr jic Lapzs nojhr the nature of the Body,wj
mntinet Ccrpits^ Animam^ c^ the Bodies, whereby
Spiritmn. Stone confills of a Body]
Sou], and a Soirit.
Xi
ipJX, ARTEPHIUS. 471
[II. O Natura^ quomcdo XIII. OGod, how thro*

Corfm in S-pirituml Nature doft thou change a
mn fieret fi Sftritm Body into a Spirit ! Which
cum CorpQ- could not be done, if the
'incorporaretur
f% 5, d^ Corpora cum Spiritu Spirit were not incorpora-

ît 'volatilia^ (jr fo\êa pcr^ ted with the Bodies, and
pfentia. the Bodies made volatile
with the Spirit, and after-
wards permanent or fixed.
[V. Tranfi'vit igltur unus XIV. For this Cauie fake,

hlterum^ & fefe inuicem they have paffed over into
i9-jer(i funt per Sapientiam. one another , and by the
Sapiential ûo?nodo facis Influence of WilHom are
A um ej]e "volatile^ ac fugi- converted the one into the
ii'imy ctiamfi naturaliter fix- other. O Wifdom! How
mm elfit / thou makeft the mofl fix'd
Gold to be volatile and fu-
gitive, yea, though by na-
ture it is the molt fixed of
all things in the World!
N. Ofortet igltur dijfol- XV. It is neceffary there-

h d^ liqnefacere Corpora fore to dlffolve and liquitie
f
^quam nofiram^ & thefe Bodies by our Water,
per
facere Aquam permanen and to make them a perma-

k Aquam av.ream [uhlima nent or fixed Water, a pure

p, relinquendo in fmido golden Water,leaving in the
\ffum, terrefireum d^ fuper^ bottom the grofs, earthy,
m (tecum. fuperfluous and dry Matter^
^VL Et in i[ia Suhlima- XVI. And in thisSubli-

m ignis debet ejje kntm^quia ming.making thin and pure,
her banc SuhUmationejn in the Fire ought to be gentle 5
he kmo^ Corpora punficata but if in this Sublimation
H h 4 mn
4' S A L MON '
S ubMl
ron furlnt^ & grojjl-res ejm with a 'oft Fire, the
farUs [^
mta hem]
, terreftrrs be not puriîed^ ^^^^Lm.
/ifHr.7t4 a Mortinimmuniit'ia^ j^rofs or earthy parts clli''
'
Jiftdicris, qmrninm ex bis pof- ot; [note this well J
(ep<iared from the imPB^
lie?oF the Dead, yon
not be able lo perfed
Work.
XVII. Non indices enim XVII. For thou nee(

nifi tenuij c^ fuht'dt naturd -ôrhin^ but that thin i
Corporum dijjolutorurn^ q-i m ii.b:U parr of the diffoli

tihi dab it A<jiia noCvra Jilnto Bo'Jies, which our W; k
Jgne frocedis j feparando he~ give thee, if thou j
viil
tT>p-ena ah homozenets. cjeJell with a flow org

:le by feparating
Fixê,
from
things heterogene^
Uhirgs homogene. mm
:k
mk
CHAP. X.
Of the Separation of the pure Farts from

Impure.
1. 13 ^îfi^ f^go cojrpojitum^ \ L^TpHis Compofitum _.

Xv mundationem per h- X has its mundificai
mm fioflûm hum'idum, djj]cd' or cleanfing, by our ii(] uw,
vend-j jct!ici:t & juhltmand!

'ire, which ( as /ixînk

f]uod purum ^ album efi^ faith ) bv diiiolving )
eJHiiJ fcecibm ut TjcTri.us qti '

Di^'ming chat which is
ontefit^ (jvqult Azinabam.) c^nd whire;, it cafts ford

rejects its fecis or filch;,
a voluntary Voiui:.
VI. ARTEPHIUS. 473
Jam in fdi dijfolnti' II. For in fuch a diflblu-

ti ^fubliwatione naturali tion and natural bubi 'Vi.i-
fentoruw deligatio wun tion or lifcing up, there is n
^ fefaratio furi loolening or untying of the
Elements, and a clcanfing
and (eparation of the Pure^
from the Impure.
i
furum
Ita ut album ÎII. So that the pure and
\t (^
furfum, impurum white fubftance afcends up-
*'um fixum remaneat wards, and the impure and
\o Acjua d^ 'vafis. earthy remains fixed in the
bottom of the Water and the
Vellel.
Quod efi dimlttendum IV". 7'his mufi: be taken

ovendum^ fjoniam nul- away and removed^ becaufe
"valor^^ recipendo Jo- of no value, taking on-
it is
\tdiam fubftantiam atly the middle white fub-

hentim^ &fundentem, -ance^ flowing, and mel-
ittefido ttrram foscukn- ted or diflblved, rejeding
t\ua remanfit inferius in the fosculent Earth, which
remains below in the bot-
tom.
Ex parte fr^cifm A- V. Thefe Faces were fe-

([Ue^ ejt jcona & Terra parated partly by ths Water,
\ita
,
ûa: nihil njalet ^
and are the Drols and Terra
djuam alimid boni fr^^ damnata^ which is of no va-
ôtefiy ut ilia clara Ma- lue, nor can do any fuch
alba^ fura, & nitida ;
lervice as the clear, white^
Jelam debemm accipere. pure and clean Matter,
which is wholly and only
to be taken and made ule
of.
VI.
474 S A L M O N'S
VI. Et ^^ hunc Caphare- VI. And againftcn]-;

stm Scoftiluni fafe numsro na- pharean Rock^ the Shiun
ivis atcjut [cknt'ia dijcijûkrum Knowledge,, or Art (t|
fhilofofhta^ ( ut m'lhi ttiam young Philoibpher is
altoiuanclo acctdlt) itnfruden- (as it happened al(b
tiffme eolUditm^ quia Vhilofe- ibmctimes, J dafht totfi
pbi fafiffims ccntrarium af- in pieces^ or deftroy^
ferunt. caufe the Philofophi
the mofi: part fpeak \
contraries.
VII. Nempe^ nihil remo- VII. That is to fay

'Vmdum^ prater humiditatem^ nothing mu't be reij
id e/}^ nigredinem^ quod ta- or taken away, exce
men dicunt ac fcrihunt tan- moifture , which
tum^ ut pojfitU decipere incati- blacknefs ; which nc
tos, qui ah I que Magifiro^ aut (landing they fpeal?
indefatigabtli leBura^ & ora- write only to the uni
ad Deum
tione omnipotentemj who withe lut a Maft
anreum hoc vellm avelkre cu- defatigable Reading
punt. humble fopplicationst
Almighty, would xi\
way the Golden Fle^
VIII. Notate igitur, quod VIII. Itistherefon

feparatio^ divifo & fubiimatio obiervedj That this
$(la abfque duhio efi Clav^ totion y divifion , ani
tiffs Oêr^s, mation^ is (without

theKeyofthewhol
IX. Igitur, fofl putrefaBi- IX. After the put

om;n & dtJJoJutionem horitm on then and dilTolutil
Corprtim^ Corpora nofir a fe thefe BodieSj our Boc
eJevant in ahumûfqu: ad fu- up to the t(
(b afcend
p^rjiciem Afi^ dijjolvcntis^ ven to the furface
lapA.- Af K i li P H I U S. 47?
0:em alhedinis-i ^ hac diffolving Waterîn a white-
dtSf 'vita. neis of colour, which white-
nefs is Life.
Nam in ilia albedine X. And in this whitenefi

Antimonialts , ^ Mer- the Antimonial and Mercu-
'^ infunditm cum Jîri- rialSoul^^ is y^ 2L natural
Jis d^ Luna nutu na- compact infufed into^ and
\ua fefarat juhtile ah joyned with the Spirits of
^ furum ah imfuro. Sol and Luna, which fepa-
from the thick,
rate the thin
and the pure from the im-
pure.
Elevando fmlatim XL That 'is, by lifting

(uhtilem Corf oris a (uis up by little and little the
donee totum purum thin and pure part of the
ir d^ elevetur. Body^ from the Foeces and
Impurity) until all the pure
parts are feparated and air
cended.
Et in hoc completur XIL And in this work is
fuhlim.mo fhdoJGfhica our natural and philofophi-

walis. cal Sublimation complea-
ted:
L Et cum hac alhc- XIIL Now in this white-

nfufa eft in Ccrpore A- nels is the Soul infufed into
W eft^ 'virtjis mtnera- the body^ to wit, the mi-
iC jubtilior
efi Jgne^ cum neral virtue^ which is more
'a quint a ejjentia^ ^ fubtil than Fire, being in-
qu(is na[ci appctit^ ^ deed the true Qiiintcilence
Utare a gyojj'is foscihus 1 and Life^ which dedres or
ibUs. cui^ illi advene- I
hungers to be born again)
ram
47^ S A L MON '
S
rant ex parte menftrualis^ C^ &to
putoffthedefil
corruption^. and be fpoilcd of itsgj
earthy Foeces, whid
taken from its mci
Womb, and corruj
o[ its original
XIV. Et in hoc efl nofira XfV.Andjnthisiseul

philofophica InhlimatiOy non in lofophical Sublimatiorl
%'ulga7'i inicjuo Me^ curio ^ (jui in the impure^ corruj
nullas habet qualitates (tmtles gar Mercury , whi(
illssquibm onctur Mercurius no properties or q^
nofier extract ma cavernis fu- like to thole, with
gs njitriolicis ^ fed redeamus ad our Mercury fdra^
fuhlimationem. its vitriolick CaverH
adorned. But let us.
to our Sublimation.
CHAR XL
Of the Soul which is extraSied by our

and made to afcend. /'I
I.
f^ Ertifjmum igitur eft in I. TT is mofl certali
\^ arte ifia^ quod Ani- J. fore in this Arj
ma hitc extract a d Corprihus^ this Soul extraded fi|
tkvari non potefi^ ntfi per ap- Bodies^ cannot be
fofttionem ret volattUiS^ qua afcend, but by addi|
efi fut gmeris. a volatile Matter^
of its own kind.
IL Ver quam Corpora red- IF. By the which til
duntHT -volat ilia & J])iritttalia^ dies will be made vB&f^,;

I ARTEPHIUS. 477
andoj fultiliando^ ^ and \
fpiritual, lifting them-
$dOy contra naPuram ielves up^ iiibtillizing and
corpoream^ gravsm llibliming themfelves, con-
trary to their own proper
nature, which is corporeal^
If
heavYj and ponderous.
Et hoc modo fiunt non I III. And by this means

C^ (julnta ejjentia^ de j
they are unbodied,, or made
Sfirkm^
1 ^
epoi "uocatur
i |
no bodies, to wit, incorpo-
hrmeth, d^ Mercurius real, and a QuinteiTence of
im d fervo ruheo the nature of a Spirit,which

is called A'yis Hermetzs^ and
Mercurius ExtraHus^ drawn
from a red Subjed or Mat-
ter.
Et fie remanent inferi- IV. And ib the terrene or

*es terreftres^ aut ptim earthy remain below^
parts
\ts Ccrporum^ qu<^ per- or rather the groffer parts of
\me non pojj'unt folvi alio the Bodies, which can by
'um modo, no Induftry or Ingenuity of
Man be brought toa perfe^
difTolution.
Et fumm ilk alhm^ V, And this white Vapor,

illud aurum^ id eB^ this white Gold, to wit,this
InnteJJentia^ dicitur etiam QuinteiTence, is called alfo
vfia compojita qua conti- the Compound Magnefta ^
lomo^ "vel compofita eft which like Man does con-
fo^ exCorpore^ Animay tainôr like Man is com-
\tritii. poled of a Body ^ Soul, and
Spirit.
Ccrpiis ejfjs eH terra VI. Now the Body is the

\isfi>:a^ plufquam fuhtilip fixed (blar Earthy exceeding
'
Jima^
478 S A L MO N'S Li
pma^ per 'vim Acâ noftra the moft fubtile Ml
dtvinds fonderojiter ekvata. which by the help m
divine Water is witR'
culty lifted up or fej
ted.
VIL Anima ejm eB Tin- VIL The Soul is tl
Bura S* Ltina^ proce-

Solis <ûre of Sol and Lunal
dens excommunicattone harum ceeding from the co
duorum. diotij or conimuni<j|
of thefe two, (to
Bodies of Sol and Li
our Water.)
VIII. Sfiritm^'vtro, eft VIIL And the Si
"virtus
aqua^
mineralts amhorum ^ the mineral power,
qua defert animam. tue of the Bodies, and
fwe tinûram alham juper Water which carries tl
Corpora^ ^ ex corporihus^ ft- or white Tindure m

cut porWur tinBura tinBo- upon the BodieSj am
runty per aquam fupra pan- out of the Bodies;
mtm. the Tindures or Col
Dying Cloth are by
Water put upon, and di
fed in and through h
whole Cloth. .^r
IX. Et ilk fpirhm Mer- IX. And this MerSa

curialisêB vinculum anima Spirit is the Chain or Ik
Solaris, &corpus Solare:> eB of the folar Soul ; and '^^
mrfffs fixfozis continens cum folar Body; is that Bij
Lunajfiritum, & animam. which contains the Spir^

Soulj having the poweo
^
fixing in it felfjbeing jo;
with Luna.
ap. XL ARTEPHIUS. 479
iritm ergo fenetrat^ X. The Spirit therefore
Igit , aniwa copulat^ penetrates, the Body fixes,
and the Soul joyns together,
tinges and whitens.
\Ex his trihm fimul XL From thefe three u-

[& laps nofier^ id efi. nited together, is our Stone
Luna d^ Mer curio. made; to wit, of Sol, Luna,
and Mercury.
Cum erô aqua ne^ra
XII. Therefore with this
ctrahitur fiatura cm our Golden-Water, a natu-
âns naturam'i ideo-
ral Subftance is extracted,
corpera per aquam ham
exceeding all natural Sub-
Ur^ imhihantur ^ teran-
ftances; ^nd fo, except the
ne c^ diUgenter regan-
Bodies be broken and de-
tec ah IpiJJitudine ab-
ftroyed , imbibed , made
\ur^ C^ tn tenuem fhi-
fubtile and fine, thriftily and
Id^ impalpabilem ijer-
*vacuHs
diligently managed , till
efi labor.
they are abftraded from, or
lofe their grofinels or folid
Subftance, and be changed
into a thin and fubtil Spirit,
all our Labour will be in
vain.
|[. îa niji corpora

^
Xlir. And unlefs the Bo-
non corpora^ id
tn dies be made no
Bodies, or
iMer curium Thilofopho- incorporeal, that is, be con-
\ndum cperis rtgula m- verted into the Philofopheri
Mercury, there is no Rule
of Art yet found out to
work by.
Et illud ideo quoni- XIV. The realbn

J is, be-
mbik efi ilkm tmmf- caule it is impoiCble to
4^0 S A L MON '
S
fimam ammam omnem in fe draw out of the Boi
tinduram hahentem a corfori- that moft thin am
hus extrahere^ niji prms refil- Soul which has
ântur in acûa mftra. the Tindure, excej
firft refolved in ouri
XV. Sol've ergo corpora in XV. Diffolvetl

aurea aqua^ ^ decoque quouf- Bodies in this our
que tota egrediatur tinSûra per water ^ and boil t
aquam in colorem album (ive all the TinAure is
in oleum alburn^ cumque 'vide- forth by the Wat
ris illam albedinem juper aquam-, white Colour, and
fcias tunc corpora ejj'e Uque- Oil; and when you
^
faSa. whitenefs upon the V:(
then know that the I
are melted^ liqui
diffolved. M^'^^
XVL ContinuaergodeccBi- XVL Continue

onem d:nec par tan t nebulam boyjing, till the darl mi
quam conceferunt tenebrojam^ and white Cloud is
mgram &
album. )i'th3 which they
1"*
hai
ceived.
CHAP. Xll. Ml
Of Digejiion^ and horv the Sprit is]
thereby.
Pft
I. p)0^7E ergo corpora perfe- I. TÛT therefore!

^ Ba in aqua nofir a in ^ 1 perfecl: Bodie
vafi Hermetice Jigillato ^ Juper Mctalsj to wit, Sol anit.ii
i'a
tl 1 U S. 481
lemm^ ^-ccque cont'muo na^ into our Water in a
perfeBe refolva'atttr in VelTel^ Hermetically feakd,
freticjtjjimum upon a gentle Fire, and dl-
geft continually, 'till they
are perfectly refolved into
a molt precious Oyl.
Coque. [* inqult Adfar 1 IT. Digeft C faith Jdfar)
mi ficut ter ovorum nu- with a gentle Fire, as it

em^ donee jolzfantur cor- were for the hatching of
& eorum tinBura con- Chickens, fo long, 'till the
fima [not a] extrahatm. Bodies are diifolved, and
their perfedly conjoyned
Tindure ( mark this well )
is extraded.
Non autem extrahitur ^ III. But it, is not extra-

'muly Jed farum ad pa- ded all at once, but it is
rtditur^ omni die^ cmni drawn out by little and lit-

donee in longo tempore tle, day by day, and hour
atur hujufmodi folutio^ by hour, till after a long
d [olvitur femper petit time the Solution thereof is
com pleated, and that which
is dilfolvedj always fwims
a top!
i Et in tali dtjjolutione IV, <|^ while this diflb.

lenis^ & continuus^ lution IS in hand, let die
in aquam znfcjfam fol- Fire be igentle and continu-
',
impalpahlemj (^ tota al, till the Bodies are diffol-
itur tinciura in colore ni- ved into a vifcous and moft
's pimum, quod efi Jig- fiibtile Water,and the whole
^fnera folutionis. Tindure be educed, in co-
lour fiift black, which .is
the fign of a true diffoluti-

on.
4^2 5ALM UN 5>
V. Contmua deinde decoaio-

. V. Then contini
vem quoufque fiat aqua perma- digeftion^ till it bec^^^^j,
Tiens alba^ quia in fuo regcns white fixed Water ^
halneo, fiet pfiea clara & tan- ing digefted in Ealni
Jem deveniet^ ficut argentum 1 it will afterw
iae]
*ui%}um "vulgare^ fcandms "per :.me clear, and in tld

0ra Jt4pr aqnam frimam. become like* to coitio
Argent vive^ afcendini fc
the Spirit above t

;/
Water.
VI. Ideoque cum 'widens VI. When therefc

"''''
corpora folut a in aquam "uifco- lee the Bodies diflbl
fam^ fcias tunc the firft vifcous Wati
corporis efje con-
d^ te hahere know, that they are

'verfa in 'vaporem^
animas a corforihus 7nortms into a Vapour, and tlK||
feparataSy d^ in jpirituum ot- Soul is feparated frosq!
d'mem fublimatiom ddatas. dead Body^ and byll /;
mation, brought in^*^*

order of Spirits.
VII. Vnde amho cum parte VII. Whence

aqua noHra, faBa funt fpiri- them^ with a part oi
tus in aera fcandentes^ ihique Water^ are made Spinf
corpus compojitum^x mare d^ ing up into the Air^
fcemina, ex Sole S^fûna^ &
there the compoundc
ex ilia fuhtillijfima natura mun- dyi made of the "
data per fublimationem^ ^ccipit the Female, 'vix,* of
*vitam^ inffiraUir a [m m- Lunaând of that m(
tile Nature, cleanfedb
Sublimation, taketfclp"'
and is made Spiritual!
owa humidity,
;p.XIL ARTEPHIUS. 485
J
III. Id eff, ^ fua aqua^ VIII. That is, by its own
homo ah aere^ cjuare mul- Watery like as a Man is
ah'itur deincep ac crefcet full-ained by the Air; where-

%a fpecie^ Jicut res omnes by from thenceforth it is
multiplied and increafes
_,
in its own kind, as do all

other things.
[. In tali ergo eJe'vattone^ IX. In luch an afcenfion

fuhlimatione philofofhica^ therefore, and philofophical
nguntur omnes ad jn'vi Sublimation , all are joy-
& corpus novum infpira ned one with another^ a.id
ah aire vivit vegetahili- the new Body fiibtilized, or
luod e/l miraculo/um, made living by the Spirit^
miraculoufly liveth or iprings
like a Vegetable.
, Qnare nifi corpora igne^ X. Wherefore, unlefs the

fua attenuentur^ quoufque Bodies be attenuated , or
dant infpiritusj c5" quouf- made thin^ by the Fire and
lant^ ut aqua ^^fumus^ Water, 'till they alcend in
Mercurius . nihil fit in a Spirit^ and are made^ or
do become like V/ater and
Vapour, or Mercury, you
labour wholly in vain.
Illis tamen afcendentihus XI. But when they arife

e nafcuntur^ C^ in aere or afcendj they are born or
ur*f fiuntque *uita cum brought forth in the Air or
ut numquam pojfint fe- Spirit^ and in the fame thef
S Jicup aqua mixta are changed, and made Life
with Life^ fo as they can
never be feparated, but are
as Water mixc with Water*
li 2 xit:
4.82
S AL MO N'S
XII. Idee que natus in dtre XII. And therefore-
fapienter d;cii ur qucmam om~
.
wiiely laidj That the
mno ffiritualis efficttur: is born of the Spirit.be
it is altogether Spiriti
XIII. Ipfe nam fie Vuhur |

XIIL Fjr the Vi
fine alls ijolans^ fu^ra mcmem him felf flying without^
,
clamitat dtcens^ Ego jmn ah C';ies upon the top oi

bus nigriy ^ ruheus ^dbi^ ^ \ Mo'jncain_, iayingj I arnl
cltrinm rubei filius^ vera dicens white^, brought forth fri
fion mentior, -
|
the black, and the risj
brought forth from,|

white, the citrine
the red ;I fpeak the
and lye not.
CHAP. XIIL
f Of the beginning of the Wor\^ and a Si
mary of what is to be done.
I, QÛfficit rgo t'ihi corpora I. TT fufficeth thee:

O in "uafe^ ^ in aqua fe- X to put the
Tnel ponere, & dhigmter clau- theVeffelj and into tt
dere vas, quoufque vero fepa- ter once for all, and t^
ratiofit faâ^ the Veffel well, until,

reparation be niadc.
11. â vocatur al in'vidis ILl1histheObQ:ure:

cD7i]un5ii&^ fukUmatio^ ajjatio^ calls Conjundiion, SublS
extraîo^ putrefaUto^ ligatio^ tioDj Affationa txtra<
p.Xm. ARTEPHIUS, 48j
nfatio^ [ukiVtatio^ gene- 1 Putrefadioti) Ligation, Def-
&c. \
ponfation , Subtilization ,
"
Generation) &c,
Et t0tum ferflciatur ll!. Now that the whole

êrium^ Fac igitur (ictit Magiftery may be perfeded.
merationem hom'tnis^ & Work, as in the Generation
'vegetahllisy iwponiPo feof Man_, and of every Ve-
matrlci femen^ & bene getable ; put the Seed once
into the VVomb^ and fhuc it
up well.
Vides ergo qmmodo plu- IV. Tlius you may ik^y

<rehm non indiges^(^ that you need not many
ôfm nofirum magnas non thingsând that this our work
ret expenfas^ qmniam units requires no great Charges,
una medicina^ unum
Vfs^ for that as there is but one
unum regimen, una di- Stone, there is but one^ Me-
0 ad alhum^ (^ ruhemn dicine, one one or-VelTel,
fi've faciendum. der of working, and one
lucceffive Difpofition to the
White and the Red.
;'*
Et cjuamvis dlcamm in V. And altho we fay in
hm has fonito hoc, ponito many places, take this, and
tamtn non intellmmits take that yet we under-
;
fforterej nifi unam rem (land, that it behoves us to

re^ d^ femel ponere^ ^ take but one thing, and put
'^re "uas u[o\ue ad oprts it once into the VeiTel, until
mtum. the Work be perfeifted.
[. Quia hjec tantum fo- VI. But thefe things are

W d philofophis invidis ^ fo letdown by the Obfcure
\ecipiantj ut diBum eft^ Philofophers, to deceive the

\\tos, Nunquid entm etiam unwary, as we have before
^seji CahaUfiica?- ar ca- fpoken ; for is not this ^rs
li 3 C^2
^^6 SALMON'S
^,t
nuf plena ? d^ tu fatue credis CahaUf;ica^ or a lecrft
nos docere aferte arcana arca^ hidden Art ? it n Is
nerum, 'verhaque accipis fecim- Art fall of Seaets ? %\

dtim fonum "verborum ? belie Yeft thou Fool O t':
we plainly teach this Sec;
of Secrets, taking out Wci

according to their
Signification ?
VII. ScitoverCj [_nullo mo- VII. Truly, I tell W

do fum eô invtdtts ut d^teri ] ( that as for my
Self I amj
iûi 'verha aliorum fhilofcfho- ways lelf-feeking or enviis
7 urn acdfit [ecundum prolatio- as others are i but ) he ti(
Ttem^ ac fignificatienem "ui/Jga- takes the Words of the ot;i

rem nominum^ jam tile ahjqtie Ph iiofophers, accordiftj c
fioAriadne ^ m medio amjra- their common Significai||[
ûam Lahyrinthi muUipliciter he even already (havir^^^

errata pecumamque fuam defii Ariadnes clue of Threa.
navit perdittQnt. wanders in the midft
Labyrinth, multiplies
and cafts away his
for nought.
VIIT: Ego 'vero Artephius VIII. hn'iil Artephius^

poftquam adeptm fum -veram became an Adepl|
tZY I
ac comfhta?n japkntiam in U- had attained to thetrul"^^'
hris utrldici Her met u^ fin ali- compleat Wildom, by
quando in'vidmjlcnt carter i cm- dying the Books of the it i.
Ties, faithful Hermes^ the fpea'^
of Trudi^was fometimes(
fcure allbâs the others w-
IX. Sed cum per milh an- IX. But when

I had o
nos^ ant circiter [_quaf jam the {pace of a Thouiit
tranfierunt fuper me cl nativi^ Years, or there abit
tats mea^ gratia Soli Dei cm- ( which are now paffed c ei
mpiteJf.
XIIL ARTEPHIUS. 487
toj d^ ufu hujus mira- my Headj fince the time I
was born to this day /hrough
the alone goodnels of God
Almighty, by the ufe of this
wonderful QuinteffenceJ
.urn per h.<ec^ inquam^ X. When I lay for {b very

ra temfora^ 'viderem m- long a time (asaThouland
magifierium Hermeti- Years) I found no Man that
}tinere pojje^ frcpter oh- had found out or obtained
\tem "uerhoriim pbilofo- this Hermetick Secret^ be-
caufe of the obfcurity of
the Philofophers Words.
Pietate motus ac fro- XI. Being moved with a

\boni 'viriy decrevi in his Generous Mind , and the
temporihm 'vitie mea^ integrity of a good Man, I
fcrihere fimers ac vera- have determined in thefe
^t nihil ad ferficiendum latter days of my Life, to
m philofophortim poffis de-
declare all and
things truly
fincerely^, that you may not
want any thing for the per-
fecting of this Stone of the
Philofophers,
{Dempto aliquo^ quod XI L ( Excepting one cer-

i licet jcrihere-i quia retain thing, which is not law-
\ir per Deum, ant magt- ful for mc to difcover to any,
I) d^ tamen in hoc libro^ bscauie it is either revealed
ti non ent dura cervicis^ or made known, by God
)muca experientia facilitcr himfelfj or taught by fome
:it.) Mafber 5 v/hich notwith-
ilanding he that can bend
himlelf to the {earch of, by
the help of little Experience,
may eafily learn in thisBook)
Ii4 Xlil.
488 SALMON'S mm
XIII. Serifft ergo in hoc It XIII. And in this Bo
f
hro nuJam 'verttatem ^
quia have therefore written i,
pauci-s colorihm êfit'vi^ utcm- naked Truth^ altho clotx]
nis hontds ^ fapiens^ mdd He or difguifed with a tew r

fperidum mirabiUa fehctter pof Icurs 5 êtlb that every tj
Jit ex arhore hac pbilofophica de and wife Man may jAJ
cerpere. gather thole defirabsHlE'^
pies ef the Helperidi
this bur Philofopers
XIV. Jâre hudetur Berts XIV. Wherefore k

/thijjimm, qui pojuit in anima be given to the moi
nofir a banc henignitatem^ ^ God_, who has poun
cum ftnefiute longinquijjlma our Soul of h!Sgoodn<
dcdit nobis ueram cordis dile- through a good old
B'ionem^ qua omnes fimul ho ven an almoit infinite
wines iût mihi vidtpur^ amber of Years^ has trulj
^kcfor^ diJigo ^ vere amo our Heart with his Love'
which ( methinks ) I d
brace^ cheriili, and truly \j\
ail Mankind together.
XV, Sed ad artem rede- XV. But to return

undum Sane opm nofirum cito bufineis. Truly our
perficitur^ nam quod calor So- is prelently performt
l^ in 100. annis coquit in mi- that which the heat of the'if

nerij terra ad gencrandum is an hundred Years in dcig
unum metallwn ( ut [ep'ijjime of) fo' the Generation of '!i
'^jidi') Ignts nofier Jaretm^ id Mectal in the bowels of Sê

efi^ aqua nofira igitea^ fidrhti- Earth ; our Secret Fire, ta^
rea y qutz dicitur Balnmm is^ oar Fiery and Sulphuru!
'
Maria: ^ operatur hrevi tern Water, which is called j
neum Mariae^doth (aslbg

otten ieen ^ in a very
time.
CHI
IxiV. ARTÊPHIUS 489
CHAP XIV.
heEafmefs and Simplicity of this Worh^

and of Our Thilofophich^ Fire.
^T hoc Of us non efi gra- I. TVr^W ^his Operation

4 w laboris illiquifctP i \l or Work is a thing
lUigitj atque non ma- of no great Labour to him
efi
iliius tam chara ( cum that knows and underftands
quantitas fufficiat ) quod it; nor is the Matter fodear^.
ft quis foffit tit ah Of ere (^confiderihg how Imall a
mjuf^mdat. quantity does fuffice) that
it may caufc any Man to
withdraw his hand from it.
Quia efi adeo hreve ^ II. It is indeed a Work fo

ût merit dicatur cpus and eafie, that it may
fiiort
mm^ & ludus puerorum. well be called a Womans
Woi k.and the Play of Chil-
dren.
? Age ergo gnaviter, fili III. Go to then, my Son^

^r Deumj lege ajfidue li- put up thy Supplications to
liber enim I thrum afe- God Almighty ; be dilligent
'Ogita ptofunde^ fuge res in fearching the Books of the
(centes tn igne^ quia ncn Learned in this Science; (for
^ntentum tuum in one Book openeth another;)
his re
ûftihilihus^ fed tantum think and meditate of theie
in
4po SALMON'S U
in decoBione aqua tua ex lumi- things profoundly ; anlkô
naribus extra^^. void all things whidi vaip
in, or will not endmeifci
Fireibecaufe from thofe li
ftible^perilhing or confut r
things, you can never a
to the perfed: matter, wu
is only found in the digeii
of your Water, extr^jc

from Sol and Luna. h
m
IV. ]âm ex ifia aqua color, IV. For by^ this Mi
C^ pndus adducitur ufque ad Colour and Ponderofit

infinitunj^ ^
hac aqua eflfu- Weight, are infinitely
wus alhuSy qui in corporihus to the matter ; and tmlj
ferfeBis 'veluti anima defluit^ ter is a white Vapor, y 5,^,,
& eorem nigredinem & im- like a Soul, flows thi

munditiem ah fenitus aufert, the perfed Bodies, u
eis
i& corpora in imum confolidat^ wholly from them I
& ecrum aquam ?nultipUcat, blacknefs,and impuritien
ting the two bodies in r
and increafing their W
V. Et nihil e^ quod a cor- V. Nor is there any i
porihus ferfeBis^ id efi^ a Sole thing than Azoth, toi

C^ Luna cclorem pojfit auffere this our Water, whic
nifi Az,Gthy id aqua
efi^ nofira take from the perfe6t
qua colorat ^ ^
album reddtt of Sol and Luna^ thei!
(;orpt{s ruheum fecundum regi- tural Colour, makin^tl
mina fua: red Body white, accoi ir
to the Difpofition there '.
VI. Sed loquawur de igni- VI. Now let us fpe

hus. Ignis ergo nofier miner a- the Fire. Our Fire tl
lis efij aquaUs efi, contlnuus Mineial, equal, contiiii
eji^ ncn'uaporat^ ntjinimium it fumes not^ unlels it oRfl

ex
fXIV. ARTE P H U I S. 491
ir, defulpbure participate much ftirred up,, partidpates
\fumitur quam a mate- of Sulphur, and is taken from
na diruitj folvit^ con- odier things than from the
calcinate ^ efi arti- Matter; it over-turns all
%d inveniendum. things, difiolves, congeals^
and calcines, and
is to be
found out by Art, or after
an Artificial manner.
U Et compendium fine VII. It is a compendious

etiam fahem parvO) efi
thing, gotten without coft
)umiduSe vaporofus^ di- or charge, or at leaft with^
L alterans -i
penetrans ^
Out any great purchafe ; it
aereusy non violentus^ 's humid,vaporous,
fj digeftive,
^rensj circundans^ cen- altering, penetrating, fub-
iUnictis, tilc, fpirituous, not violent_,
jncombuftible, circumfped:-
ive, continent, and one only
thing.
II. Et efi fans aqu^vi- VIIL It is alfo a Fountain

\ffa circuit & continet lo^ of living Water, which cir-
Mutionis Regis ^ Regi- cumvolveth and contains the
m toto opere ignis iHe hu- place in which the King and
h tih Jujficit^ in pr'mcipio^ Qiieen bathe chemfelves
'fl^
CJ^fine^ quia in ipfo to- through the whole Work
s cofififiit. thismoifl Fire is fufficient
in the beginning, middle,
and end, becaufs in it, the
whole Art docs confift.
\L Et efi igvis naturalis^ IX. This is the natural

'anatufam^ in naturalis^ Fire which is yet againlt
me adufHone^ & pro ccr- Nature, not natural, and
no efi ignis calidus^ ficcus^ which bui-ns not ; and laft-
J'
îdus^ &frigidus^ cogitate IVj this Fire is hot, cold, dry^
fuper
492 S A L M N'S
fuper hac^ &faclte reBe ahfque moift; meditate
Im
natura extranea. thingsând proceed
without any thing
reign Nature.
'fit'?;
I
0'^
X. Quod fi hos ignes non in- X. If youunder_._
telligitisy audite hêc ex ahftru- thefe Fires, give ear t
fioriy d^ occulta antiquorum 1 have yet to fay^ n
de ignihifs ca-vilatione, nun- yet written in any boii
quam in Uhm hue ufque drawn from the mil /
^^''^'
fcripa. ftrufe and occult Rid
mi,
the Ancients.
(%
CHAP. XV. n
i.i
m
f
Of the three h^nds of Fires of the Philofi

in particular.
I. nr^ RES
JL ignes
^
propne hahemus
fine quihus ars
1.
WE have
three Fires
p
ôn ferficitur J
& qui ahfque out which this our At
iHis labor at in unum curas fuf not be perfected ,
apt. ibever works withoj
takes a great deal of
in vain.
II. Primiisêfi lampadisj & II. The Firft Fii

is cQnt'mmis- eft^ humid us , <va- of the Lamp^ whicl
porofiuSj aereusy ^ artificialis tinuous, humid, vi
ad inveniendum. Spiritous^ and foun(
Arc.
iV. ARTEPHIUS. 495
War4 tarnfas êbet ejfe III. ThisLamp fire ought

nata ad claufuram^ & to be proportioned to the
tendum eft magna jw enclofure ; wherein you
od non pervemt ad ar- muft ufe great Judgment^
ura cervids. which none can attain to,
but he that can bend to the
Icarch thereof.
Tula Jt ignis lamfadis IV. ForifthisFIreofthe

\geometrice ^ debit Lamp be not meafured, and
natus^ aut per defe- duly proportioned or fitted
oris ncn îdebzs figna ;
fto the Fornace) it will be^
e dejtgnata, atûe frte !
that either for want of heat
wra^ expeBatio aufu- ;
you will not fee the exped:-
ût pra ardore nimio ,
ed Signs, in their limited
\iri comburmtuf ^ f^ times y whereby you will
uum inique defiehs. lofe your hopes and expe-
(Slation by a too long delay
Or elfe, by reafon of too
much heat, you will burn
the Flores Auri, the Golden
Flowers, and fofoolillily be-
wail your loft Expence.
Kundm ignis eft cine- V. The Second Fire is Ig-

G[uibm "vns reduditur w^ Cinerum^ an Aili heat;,
e figillatum^ aut poti- \
in which the Veffel herme-
hr tile fua'vijjimm- qui I
tically iealed is recluded, or
'e temper at lampadis/' hnv'iQd: Or rather, it is that
ûaliteryaf, j
moft fweet and gentle heat,
which proceeding from the
temperate Vapours of the
Lamp, does equally furround
your VeffeL
VL
494 S ALMON'S
VL Hie "viokntus non eft, VI. This Fire IS
^
m(i nimium excitetur, digerens lent or forcing^ oi
eft, alter ans eft, ex alio corf ore be too much excited
quam a materia fumitur^ uni- red up; it is a Fire dij
cus eft, eft etiam humidus^ & alterative^ and take?
innaturalisy t^r. another body than th
ter ; being but one
moift alfo J and
tural.
VII. lertiui eft ignis ilk VII. The Third 1
naturalis aquê noftra, qua the natural Fire of oi

'vocatur etiam contra naturam^ ter, which is alfo cal
quia eft aqua, ^ nihilominus Fire againft nature^
ex auro facit merum fpritum, it is Water ; and yet
quod ignis communis facere non thelefs^ it makes a me
foteft. rit of Gold^ which m
Fire is not able to do.
ti
VIII. Hie mineralis efty VIU. This Fire is
aqualis eft, de fulfhure parti- ralj equals and parti
cipaf^ omnia diruit, congelat, of Sulphur i it overt
Johit, ac calcinat, hie
eft pe- deitroys, congeals, di
netrans, fubtilisy and calcines ; it is p^
incomhurens li)(ji
d^ eft fens aqua viva in quo ting, fubtil, incomi

fe lavant Rex &
Regina, que and not burning, a
indigemus in toto cpere , in fountain of Living
frineipioy medio ^ fine. ^ wherein the K
Queen bathe t
whole help we ftam
ofjthroughthe wholQ
through thebeginnin;
die and end.
XV. ARTEPHIUS. 495:
Jliis "uero duobus IX. But the other Two

r
lis, nen^ tantum above-mentioned we have
_,
not always occafion for, but

only at fome times.
Conjunge ergo in Ugendis X. In reading" therefore

fhilojophorum, hos tres the books of Philoibphers,
^ froculduhio intel- conjoin thefe Three Fires in
eowm de igmhus non te your Judgment^ and with-
out doubt^ you will under-
ftand whatever they have
wrote of them.
GHAP. XVL
)
he Colours of Our Philofophkh^ Tin^nrCy

or Stone.
rnlload Color es^ am non I. TV T OW as to the Co-

^ îgrefacit , aealhare i\ lours,
loi that which
tfiy cjuia uigredo eft al- does not make black cannot
frincipium^ ^fignum make white, becauie black-
Bimisy & alterationis^ nefs is the beginning of
i corpus penetratum d^ whitenefi, and a fign of Pu-
;atumjam eft, trefadion and Alteration^
and that the body is now
penetrated and mortified.
11 Ergo in hacputrefaBicne II. From the Putrefadion

^' 0c^Ha^ primo appar'^t therefore in this Water, there
nigredo^
49^ SALMON'S
nigredo^ ficut hr odium fagina- firfl appears bkcknefijp""
turn fiferatum* unto Broth wherein
bloody thing is boyled
IIT. Secundo terra nigra III. Secondly y Th(

(font mm decoquendo, dealhat tir. Ecirth by a continual^
quia anima horum fupernatat on is whitened J bed
ut cremor alhus, in hiic al- & Soul ot the Two
hedme un'untur omnes fpritus ilvims above upon tl
fie quoddefiHo mf tigere mnôj- ter, like wliite Great

funtm in this only whitenefej
Spirits are {o unite
they can never flie oi
another.
IV. Et ideo dealhandus eft IV. Andthereforel

laton, ^ rumiêndi lihri ne ten muft be whitenc
corda nofira riimpantury quia its leaves unfolded^ %\
hac albedo eft lapis perfeûs body broken or opei

ad album d^ corpus nohik ne- we labour in vain^ fi|
cejjltate finis, & ttnBura ah whitenefsistheperte
hedinis exuberantiffima reflexie- for the white workj
nis & fulgtdi Jplendoris, qua body enobled in or
'^
non recedit a commixto cor- that end 5 even the
pore. of a moft exuberani
and fhining brij
which never depai
the body it is once ]^
with.
V. JSTota ergo hie, quod V. Therefore y<

fftrttus non figuntur nifi in aU note here, that th(
'bo colore y qui tdeo nobilior efi are not fixed, but it
ceteris y d^ femptr defiderabi- white Colour,* which is
liter expetenda^ cum fit totius noble than the otbei
PHIUS. 497
lours, and is more vehe-
mently to be dcfired, for
that it is as it were the Com-
plement or Perfedionofthe
whole work,
r Terra emm nojtra fu- VI. For our Earth putii-

in nigrum^ deinde mun- fiesand becomes black, then
in ek'uatione , fofiea it is purified in lifting up or
ita^ nigredo recedit^ ^ Separatl^; afterwaids be-
4ealbatur ^ perit tene- ing dried 'j its blackneis goes
'* dominium hum'idum away from and then it is
it^
7J, tunc et'iam fitmus whitened^ and the feminine

penetrat in corf us novum^ dominion of the darkneiS
irittts (onflrmguntur in and humidity periiheth ;
then alio the v/liite Vapor
penetrates through the new
Body, and the Spirits are
bound up or fixed in th^
drynefs.
L At(jue corru?npe7n ,
VIL And that which is
natum^ & nigrum ex corrupting, deformed and
lo^ evanefcit^ tunc etiam black through the moifxurej
novumrefujcitat clarum^ vanifties \ fb the new
away
T) ac immortakj ac vi- body again clear^ pure^
rifes
ah- omnwus tmmicis white, and immortal^ ob-

at. taining the Vidory over all
its Enemies.
31. E^ ficut color agens Vill. And as heat work-

^do generat nigredinem ing upon that which is moiil-,
)tm color ern, fie decoqmn- caufech or generates black-
tmper ^ calor agens in neis, which is the prime or
generat albedi7tem fecun- firil Colour i by
fo always
mcoloremj ^ deinde citri- deco6lion, more and more
K k nitatem
498 SALMON'S LibJf
nitatem ^ ruhedincm agms heat working upon
I
in mero fieco^ ^ fatis de colo- which is dry , beget$ w ic

rihus. nefs, which is the fe(!]{
Colour ; and then wor
upon that which is pij
and perfectly dry ^ it
ceth Citrinity and Rec
Thus much for Colourp^j
IX. Sciendum igitur nobis IX. Wemuftknowt

efi, quod res quê hahet caput fore, that the thing
ruheum &
album ^ pdes 'vero has its Head
red and
alhos (^ pofiea rubeos, ^ oc- but Feet white and
its
culos ajitea ntgros^ hac res tan- wards red; and ir?Ey
turn eft magifteritim. fore hand black, that
things I is tha
lay^
matter of our Magiiie^
CHAP. XVII.
Of the perfeSl Bodies^ their PntrefaSlion^

ruption^ Digejiion^ and TinBure.
J.
IJ IJl'ohe ergo Solem & !. "pvTiTolve then So
*-^ Lunam in aqua no- JL/ Luna in our
fir a dtffolutiva^ qua. tilts efi ving Water, which is
faimliarjs & arnica^ & de eo- liar and friendly, afii
rum natura frcximaj illifque, next in nature unto tfl^f
eft flacab'dis^ (^ tanquam ma- and is alfo fweet and
trix^ mater ^ Grigo^frincipum^ iant to them, and as it
^ finis vita. a Womb, a Mother
Original, the beginning
the end of cheir Life. 'i;i
lip. XVII. ARTE PHI us. 499
f[f[. Et ideo emendantur in II. And that is the very

kiiqua^ ^ûia natuYa latatur Reafon why they are me-
uraf ^
natura naturam liorated or amended in this
mêtj &
"uero matrimonio Water, becauie like nature
mtur adin'uiitm fiunt ^ rejoiceth in like nature , and
^natura J unum corpus no- like nature retains like na-
refiifcitatum immortak.
'j. ture, being joined the one
to the Gther_, in a true Mar-
riage, by which they are
made one Nature, one new
Body, raifed again from the
dead, and immortal.
I, Sic otortet conjungsre, III. Thusbohoves you

it
nguincos^ cum canjangui- to join Confanguinity,or

tunc iflds nattiVte fihi oh- famenefs of kind, with lame-
P, fe wofccjuuntur adin
d^ nels of kind, by which thefe
Wj yi ûtrefdciunt ^ gene- natures, will meet and fol-
^ gaudere faciunt^ c^ti'ia low one another, purifie
"a 'per tjaturam regttur themfelves, generate, and
mam & ami cam* make one another rejoice y
for that like nature, now is
difjpofedby like nature, even
that which is neareft, and
moft friendly to it,
^ Nopra igituT acjua {in- IV. Our Water then'(faith

Oamhin) efi jons pulcber^ Danthin) is the moft beauti^
lus^ ^ clarus^jraparatus fui, lovely, and cle^r Foun-
iffjodopro Rege ^ Kegiva tain,prepared only for the
\pfe Oftime ^
cognojcit^ hi King, and Queen, whoni
it knows very v/ell, and
they it.
} Nam ipfos ad Je attra* V. For it attrads them to

K k 2 hit
^00
hit S" illi ^^ f^
S A L
lavandum
M ON'S
in its felf,
m
and they abide thi
tllo fonte remanent duos aut in for two or three day
tres dtes^ id e^ menfes^ ^ hos wit^ two or three montl
juvenefcere facit^ & reddit to wafti themfelves
fcrmofos. with , whereby they^
made young again
beautiful.
VI. Et quia Sol Luna & VI. And becaufe Sof

funt ah ilia aqua matre^ ideo Luna have their Orii
c-pcrtet ut iterum ingrediantur from this Water their
uterum matris^ ut rena[cantur ther ; it is neceffary thd
denuo^ ^ fiant rohuîores^ no- fore that they enter ini
hilicres & fortiores. again, to wit, into

Mothers Womb, that (
may be regenerate or
again, and made n
healthy, more noblej,i
more Itrong.
VII. Id circo nifi hi mcrtui VII. If therefore theii"'

co7JZ!erfl fuerint in aquam^ iffi not die, and be convi
foli manehunt^ &
finefruclu^ into Water, they re:
Jz autem mortui fuerint (^ re- alone (or as they were^
foluti in noftra aqua^ fruBum without Fruit ; but if
csntejimum dahunt^ ex illo & die,and are refolved i
loco ex quo 'vidthantur ferdi- Water , they bring

dijj'e quod erant^ ex illo appare- Fruit,an hundred-fold
fc
hunt quod antea non erant. from that very pi
which they feem'd to _
n,
from thence Hiall theî
pear to be that which
were not before.
VI!I. Ct47n Sole ergo Lu & VIIL Let therefore!

va fgatur maximo ingenio ^ Spirit of ow living Watebe
lap. XVII. ARTEPHIUS. 501
fh'tMs acûa nofira ^viva-^ (with all care and indufiry)
hi in naturam aaute con- tixed with Sol and Luna;
'/, moriunturj ^ mortuis for that they being convert-
les "videntur^ inde fofiea ed into the nature of Water
(f-ati "vivunty crefcunt^ ^ become dead^ and appear
tifUcantur^ jlcut res omnes like to the Dead from ,
itahiks. whence after wards^ being

revived, they encreafe and
multiply, even as do all forts
of Vegetable Subftances.
Ki Sufficiat erô tihi ma- IX. It fuffices then to di-

'fn fufficienter dijpomre ex- fpoie the Matter fufficiently
tern , qucniam tffa fuffici- without , becaufe that with-
intrmfecus cferatur ad in, it fufficiently difpoles it
irfeBhnem. felffor thePerfedienof its

own work.
. Hahet enim motum fih'i X. For it hasinitfelf a

rentem fecundam veram certainand inherent moti-
^y &
verum crdimm me- on, according to the true
n quam pofflt ah homim way and Method, and a
ntari. much better order than it is
poffible for any Man to in-

vent or think of.
if. Ideo t ant urn prapara, XL For this Caufe it is^

mtura perfaiaty quia nifi chat you need only to pre-
"a flier it impedit a in con- pare the matter. Nature her
Mnfy non prater ihit motum feif alone will perfed it i
certttm, tarn ad concipi- and if ilie be not hindred
wf '??3 e^jtiam ad parturiendnm. by fome contrary thing, ilie
will not over-pafs her own
certain motion, neither ia
conceiving or generating
nor in bringing lorth.
Kk a >''*
m
yo2 SALMON'S Ut
XII. Cave quocirca tan- XII. Whei'sfore

turn [_ pofi materiiS fn^cfara- the preparation of th^ \0i
tionemj m
igne nimio balne- tcvy beware orAy^ 1<
um inandatuVy. Secundo ve too much heat or fire Hit
ffiritus exhalet^ quia laderet inflame the Bath^, or'

labor antem, id eft^ cp^rationem ittoo hot. Secondly
deftruerety & multas infirnii- heed^ leii the Spiric ft
tates induceretj id eft^ trifti- exhafelelt it huits the
ttas^ ac iras. rator^ to Wit^ leli it def
the workj and induces!
infirmities^, as fadnefs^
ble^ vexation,, & difcoie fe
Xlll. Ex jam diBh pa-tef XIII. From thefe

hoc axioma^ nempe cum ex which have been ipc
curfu natura ignorare neceJJ'a this Axiom manitefis
no conftruBionem metallorumj wit^ that he can never \f
qui ignorat deftruBionem, the neceiliry courfe of

1,1
ture in the making or j
^j;^,^
rating of Mettals^ w
ignorant of the way o^ ''^"'.
Itroyingthem.
XIV. opartet ergo conjun- XIV. You muft then

gere confis9iguiffeos ^ quia natu join them together tha ji
'/^
refer tufst fuas confitmles of one conlanguiiiity of
natjiras , ^ (e futrefaciendo dred for like nature
i
^
^'^'
mifce?;tur in jimd^ atqae fe find out and join witlj?! ""

morttficant. like natures, and by jp
fying themfelves,toge*e'
are mixed together and ^
tifie themfeh'es.
X*/. Necejj'e eft ideo hanc ^

XV. It is needflil;|||M
fogncfcere corrupticnem (j^ ge- lore to know this Corn'^
>,XV11. A l\b l^ H 1 U b.
K S^^
onem, & quemadmodum on zndi Generation^ and how
aturoi awpleSiuntur^ & the natures do embrace one
antur in igne lento^ quo- another^ and are brought to
ftatura latetur natura^ a fixity in a flow or gentle
atura naturam retineatj fire; how like nature re-
nvertat m naturam a L joiceth with like nature i
how they retain one another,
and are converted into a
wiiite (ubfiftencie.
n. Quod ^"Uis ruhificare^ XVI. This white fub-

t coquere album ifrud in you will make it
ftance^ if
tcco continuo donee ruhifi^ Red, you muft continually
ut [anguis, qui nihil erit decoct it in a dry Fire.till it
,
quam aqua ignis ^ & tin is rubified J or becomes red
vera. as bloodj v/high is then no*
thing but water, fire^ and
the cruq tindlure.-
VII. Et fic per ignem fii- XVIT. Andfobyaconti-

continuum aneiulatur aU
nual dry fire^the whitenefi is
citrinaUir&acquiritru'\Q\\zx\^z^y removed^ perfe-
\em ^ colorem verum \
d:ed, made citrine, andftlll
digeiled till it comes to a
true red and fixed colour.
'Vill. Quanta ergo magis X VIII. And confequenily

tur^ magis color atur^ (^ \ by how much more this red
"iûra intentioris ruhedinis. '
isdecoded in this gentle hea,c

by {o mnch the more it is
hsightned in Colour, and
made a true Tincture of per-
fect Redncls.
:IIX. Quxre côrut ig7xe XIX. Wherefore with ,^

:, ^ caktnatione ficca^ abj- dry Fire, and a dry Calci-.
IL k 4 ^#
ô4 SALMON'S Lib.
î^s humcre comfoptum cocjtiere^ nation^ (without atiyf

donee rnhicundtffimo 'vcftiatur you muft deco6fc
Iture) ^f[
colore^ C^ tunc erit ferfeûm Compofitum, till it be} %f
Elixir. fted with a moft perfeî
Colour^ and then it wi
the true and perfcdElit u'
'
CHAP, xviir.
Oj the Mnhiplication of the Philofoph

Ihiciure. t/.
I. W/ pfe'â velis ilium mul- I.TVTOW if afcerWi ax^

^^ tiÛcare^ cportet iter at o l\l you would mult Iflfr;
refclever e illud rubeum in no- your Tincflure^ you

'va aquii djjj'oluti'va, (^ iterate again refolve that Red
coBtone dealhare^ ^ rubificare new or frelli diffolving
per gradus ignis ^ reiterando ter, and then by decod
-primmn regimen. firft whiten^ and then r
fieît again J by the deg
of Fire^ reiterating the

method of operation ia
Wôrk
n
II. Solve ^^^^5 reitcraj IL DiffoUê^ coagutatpff
^ o
câudendoâferiendo^ ^ mtiU and reiterate the dofinâf.
tiflic undo in quant it ate & qua- the opening and multiply
litate at tuum flacitum. in quantity and quaiit]
your own plealure.
III. Quia j)cr nox/am cor- III. For by a new vpiij..

nifticncm &gmeraticnem, ite- ruprion and Gene rati
rum introduatur %ovus motus. there is introduced a iT^
^'
Motio;i.
ARTEPHIUS, J05
Et pc non ôjfemus adi- IV. Thus can we never

nem^ ft [tmêr oferari find if we do al-
an end^
us per reiterattemm [olu- ways work by reiterating
C^ coagulationis rnedi- the fame thing over and o-
'ma nojira dtjjoluti'uat ver again^ 'uiz,. by Solu-
dijjol'vendo ^ congelan- tion and Coagulation , by
ditJum eH per pmnum the help of our dilfolving
m. Water._, by which we dif-
folve and congeal^ as we
have formerly faid^ in the
beginning of the work.
Et fic ejus njirtiis aug- V. Thus alfo is the virtue

ur ^ multifltcatnr in thereof increaled and mul-
tate & cjualitate ^ it a tiplied 5 both in quantity
% in prlmo opere receperit and quality ; {o that, if af-
J
in fecundo habebis ter the firif courfe of Ope-
Wn tertio decern millia. ration you obtain an hun-
dred-fold; by a fecond
courfe, ôu will have a
thouland-fold ; and by a
third, ten thoufand-fold in-
creafe.
, Et fic profequetjdo 'ue- VI. And by perfuing

'ojeBio tua ujque ad infi- your work, your projedion
I, tingendo z/ere ^ perfe- will come to infinit}^, tin-
fixe^ omnem quantam- ging truly and perfedly,

\'^ quant it at em and fixing the greatefl quan-
tity how much foever.
L Et fic per rem ûilis VIL Thus by a thing of

additur color ûirtus ^ an eafie or fmall price, you
have both colour, goodnefe,
and weight.
VTIL
505 SALMON'S LibJj
VIII. Jgms ergo nofter ^ VIII. Our Fire then ^

Aôth tihi fufficiunt^ ccque, Azoth, are fufiicie
cocjtie^ reiterajolve^ gela^ & you : Decodj deco
fie ccnt'inua^ ad timm flaci- rate, diffolve^ conge
turn nnukiflicando^ quantum continue this courfe^^
ôlneris^ ^
donee mediema cording as you pleafe, ij
tiia fiat fu'ihiUsy ut cera (j^ tiplying it as you think

^|
habeat quant it at em ^ &
'vlrtu- until your Medicine
^
tem opatam. fufible as Waxj and
tained the quantity;
goodnefi or fixity
til
lour you defire.
IX. Efi ergo totim oferisfi- IX. 1 his then is t
"ve lafidis lecundl^ nota htne^ pleating of the whol

lij)
complement um , fumaturut of our lecond Stonei

corpis psrfeûm, quod ponas lerve it vvellj that y
m nofira aqua in domo 'v'ttrea the perfed Body, and
bene claufa & obturata cum it into our vvater in a t
ceme7ito J n'. aer intret^ aut hu- Vefica orBody well clii
miditas tntroclufa exeat. with Cement, lefl: the

get in^ or the inclofci .^
*' ^^'
midity get out.
\Mii
X. In digcfiiojse lenis eoloris X. Keep ic in dige
lb
'veluti balneij 'uel fimi tempe- in a gentle heat, as it!
ratijfima^ & cum opens in- of a balneum, or thip

fia?jtia /iffidiHtur per ignem temperate Horfe-dung^P"'^'^
(Mfcr ipjum jerje^Ho dsccBio-, affiduoufly continue th^
ms. peracion or work upori
fire-, till the decoction^
drgeiHon is perfeit. i'^ .
XL Quonfque futrefcat ^ .5|L And keep it
re/olvMUA tn nto-ru:n. digeition of a gentle

:hi XVIII. ARTEPHIUS. P7
(^.(vetur (^ [uhlimetur per until it be putrified and re-
L ut mundetur per hoc iblved into blacknefsj and
';; nlgredine & tenebns be drawn up and fublimed
lealhetur & fuhtilktur^ by the water, and is there-
by cleanfed fi om all black-
neis and impurity, that ic
may be white and fubtil.
[. Donee in ultima fuh- XII. Until it comes to

is puritate deveniat, the ultimate or higheft puri-
mo 'volatile fiat ^ & aU ty of fublimationj and the
ddatur inttts ^ extra, utmoft volatility^ and be
ultur in aere fine alts made white both within
clamavit ut pofftt ire and without : For the Vul-
montem^ id eft, fiuptr ture flying in the air with-
^ [î^^ ^^w (pintm out Wings, crys out^ that it
Yertur. might get up upon the
Mountain^ that is upon the
waters upon which the Spi-
ritus alhtfs^ or Spirit of white'
nefs is born.
[I. Tunc continua ignem XIII. Continue ftill a^ fit-
nentem, (^ Jpiritm ille, ting fire^ and that Spirit,

fuhttUs fubftantia cer- which is the fubtil being of
^&Mercurtly afcendet the Body, and of the Mer-
muam^ qua quinta ef- cury will afcend upon the
eH ni've candidior. top of the water, which
quintelTence is more white
than the driven Snow.
V". / in fi.ne continua XIV. Continue yet ftill,

, & fortifica ignem ^ ut and toward the end, en-
\Jîr'ituale pcnitus afcen- creaie the fire, till the whole
fpiritual fubfiuance, afcend
to the top.
XV.
^^J8^'"
jo8 S A L MON ^S
XV. Scitote narnque quod XV. And know wel

illudquodefi clarum^ furum^ whatlbever is dear^
e^ Jpirituaky afcendit in al- and fpi ritual^ afcenci
,
tum in aha in modum fumi al- to the top of the wi r

hi^quod lac Virginis appellatur. the fubftance of a wbl ''^^
por, which the Philc^ ^^^'
call their Virgins Mi f^'
iVi
CHAP. XIX.
Of Sublimation in particpdar^ and Separi 1^'
of the pure from the impure*
I. /^^Vortet ergo ut de terra I. TT ought to

be thei
\^ [incûiebat SybilU~\ ^ one of the.
(as S*^
^
exahetur filim Virginis, & faid) that the Son o ^f;
quint a fabântia alba foji re- Virgin be exalted fron ' ^
furretiionem ek'uetur 'verfus Earthy and that the ^ ^'"
cdos^ &
in fundo 'vafis , & Quinteffence after its m: ;

aquee^ remaneat groffiim & our of the dead Eattb f,^
îjjum raifed up towards 'M Hd

the grols and thick rof <
mg in the bottom oi
VelTel and of the Wat
i}, Vafe de hinc iitfrigida- 11. Afterwards the-^|

tCy rcpenes in fundo iffiusfa- being cooled_, yon wil
ces mgras^ arfas^ & comhu- in the bottom the
fias, Jeparatas ab fîritu^ & Faeces, fcorcht and
quint acjj'sntia alba^ quas pro- which leparate fror
jtce. Spirit and Qaintsffei
l^jMAi
Whitenefs, and caft them
away.
In bjs tern ar- III. Then will the Argent

fv'ivum plait ex aere vive falldown from our
ufer terram ne^ _,
Air or Spirit, upon the new
catur ardent um "vh Earth,, which is called Ar-
aere juhlimatwm^ ex gent vive fublimcd by the
aqua vi[coJa munda^ Air or Spirit^ whereof is
made a vifcous Water^ pure
and white.
Qua eft "Vera tinBura IV. This Water is the true
ah omnif^ce nigra^ Tindure fep^rated from all

r nofirum regit ur cum its black Farces^ and our
)firaj furificatur^ (^ Brafs or Latten is prepared
we decoratur. with our Water^ purified,
and brought to a white Co-
lour.
lua V. Which white Colour

dealhatio non ft
Bione^ & aqua coa-
not obtained but by de-
is
e. Decoque ergo con^ codioni and coagulation of

ahlue nigredinem a la- the Water Decod there- :
on manUy Jed lafide^ fore continually, wafh away

te^ five aqua Mercuric the Blacknefs from the Lat-
;a jecunda^ qua efi ve- ten, not with your Hands,
ura. but with the Stone, or the
Fire, or our fecond Mer-
curial Water, which is the
true Tindure.
Nam non manihrn fit VI. This feparation of the

aratio ptri ah impuroy pure from the impure is not
natura fola^ circula- done with hands; but Na-
l.prfeclionem operan- ture her felf does it, and
do.
^lo
do^ "vere ferficit.
SAL MUM '5
brings It to perfe(flionf
u m
circular Operation.
VIL 'Ergo patet ûod hac VII. It appears t
ampfit'to non efi manualts Comporition

o- this ii
If!
feratio^ Jed naturarum muta- work of the Hands;
tlo^ quia nature [eipfam dif- change of the Natu
foluit & cofulat^ feipjamjuh- eafcife Nature diifoli

limat ele'uatj & alkefctt^ fe- joynsit felf^ fubli
faratis fa;cihus. lifts it up, and
felf
white^ being leparatQl
the Faces.
kk
VIII. Et in tali [ublima- VIIL Andinfuchi!
tione conJ4inguntHr partes fuh- mation, the more 1
tiliores magis fur^ ^

eJI'enti- pure, and effential par i
ales^ quia natura ignea cum conjoyned ; for that /
elevat fartes fukiiioreSy ma- the fiery nature or pro;i

gis fur as femfer elevat^ ergo lifts up the- fubtil par,
dimtttit grojjiores. feparates alwaies th|
pure, leaving the gn
bottom.
IXi luare cportet igne me- IX. Wherefore yi

diocrt continuo in âpore jub- ought to be a gentle
limare, ut injpretur ab aere continualVapour ,a
& polfit viuere. which you fublime^
the matter may be'
with Spirit from
and live.
kit
X. lâm omnium rerum X. For naturally al!
natura^ 'vitam ex aeris injpi- take Life from the
ratio7terecipitj fie etiam totum thing of the Air ^ and
tnagifterium noBrum confiît our Magiftcry reccivi

in vaporep' aqua [ublimat tone. the Vapour or Spirit, b^^
A
filxix. ARTEPHIUS ^n
fublimatlon of the Wa'cer.
\Opcrtet igitur as no- XT. Our Bfafs or Laten

\tr gradm ignis ek'vari^ therij is to be made
to a-
ti per fe fine "violentm fcend by the degrees of Fire^
\t llbere^ ideocûe nifi but ot its own accord, free-
Igne & aqua diruatttr^ ly^ aand without violence
tUetar quofque afcendat except the body therefore
\tuSj aut ut cirgentum be by the Fire and the Wa-
fcandenSj 'vel etiam ter broken^ or diiTolvedj
\na alba a co7'fore fepa- and attenuated, untiljt a-
\jr in jfirittium Jutli- fcends as a Spirit, or climbs
delat a ^ nihilfit. Uke Argent vive, or rather
as the white Soulj feparated
from the Body, and by fu-
blimatlon delated or brought
into a Spirit, nothing is or
can be done.
/ Uo tamen afcendente, Xn. But when it afcends

najcituYj d^ in a ere on high, it is born in the
ir, fit que "vita cum "vi- Air or spirit, and is changed
omnino fpirituale c^ into spirit ; and becomes

ptibile. Life with Life^ being only
Spiritual and Incorruptible,
I. Etficin taUregimi- XIIT. AndbyfuchanO-

*f fit jptritm de juhtili peration it is, that the Body
S &* fipintm incorpora- IS made Spirit, of a fubtil
m-corpore, (^ fit tmum nature, and the Spirit is in-
) ^ in tali [ublimatio- corporated wîth the JSody,
tjunclione^ & ekvafto- and made one with it and
ia fiunt alba. by fuch a fublimation, con-

jundion, and raifmg up, the
whole, both ôdy and 5pi-
rit are made white.
CHAP-
yi S A L MO N'S
CHAP. XX.
1 hk
Of Digejiiottj SuhlimatioHj and Separati ^M
the Bodies^ for the perfeBion of the W\ tit
I. 'Tj^go 7iecejjaria efi hac I. npHIS Philofo

Juhl'tmat'io phtlofophi X and Natural
ca^ (^ naturalise cûê compo- mation therefore is tm, i2'
mt facem inter corpm e^ fp- ry, which makes pe^

rttum^ quod efi impojfihile ali- tween for fixes) the
ter fieri, nifi in has partes fe- and Spirit^ which is i
farrntur. fible to be done othc fc

than in the feparari
thefe parts.
II, Jdcirco oportet utrumûe II. Therefore it b

Juhlimare purum afcendat^
tit you to fublime both
^ impurum^ ^
terrenofum the pure may afcend
defcendat^ in turbatione marts the impure and earth
procellofi. defcend, or be lefc 'M\
torn, in the perplexitj mn

troubled Sea. .
if^ri
IIL Quare oportet decoquere III. And for this iî,
continuo^ utad fuhtilem de~ muft be, continually

ducatur naturam^ e^ quouj- ed^ that it may be
que corpm afifumat ^
attrahat to a fubtil property]
animam albdm Mercurialcm^ theBody may airura|
quam retinet naturaliter^ nee draw to it lelf the
demit tit earn d fe feparari^ Mercurial Soul, wl
ûia fihi compar efi th pro- naturally holds, and!
pnquitatQ nature primt^ ,
not to be leparated frl[,|;,
.XX. ARTETHIUS. f'3
becr-îfe it is like to it in the
nereneis of the firft, pure,
and fimple nature.
Ex his ofortet per de- IV. From thefe things it is

em fefarationem exerce- neceffary to make a repara-
pnguedine am
nihil de tion by Decodion^ till no
mamat quod non fuerit more remains of the purity
4m ^ exalt at um in fu- of the 5oul, which is not
d^ fie utrumque
Iparte^ afcended and exalted to the
fuBum ad aqualitatem higher part^ whereby they
\m^ ^ ad fimflicem ah will both be reduced to an
iw. equality of Properties , and
a fimpIe or pure Whitenels.
Vultur ergo volans per V. The Vulture flying

e^ Bufo gradiens per through the Air^ and the
, eft magifter'mm. Toad creeping upon the
Ground J are the Emblems
of our Magiftery.
Ideo quando feparahis VI. When therefore gent-

ah aqua^ id efi^ ah ig' ly and with much care, you
fuhttle ah ff'tjjb. jua- ieparate the Earth from the
mm magno ingenio^ a- Water, that is^ from the
a terra in ccelum quod Fire, and the thin from the
\inrum, d^ defcendet in thick, then that which is
qmd erit tmpurum pure will ieparate it felf
from the Earthy andafccnd
to the upper part, as it were
into Heaven, and the im-
pure will defcend beneath,
as to the Earth,
Et re CI let
f fuhtilior VII. And the more fub-
[uftriori kco naturam til part in the fuperior place^
LI ffiz
n4 S A L MO N'S
ffiritus^ in inferiori vero ndr will take upon it the n|
turam corôrk terreL of a Spirit^ and that

lower place, the'natiiî
an earthy body. I
VIII. âre elevetur per VIIL Wherefore 1^

talem cporationem natura alba white property, witJi
cum [ubtiliori farte corforis^ more iabtil parts of

reliefs foscihus^ quod ft brevi dy, be by this Oper^
tempore. madetoafcend^ ieavid
fxces behind^, which isj
in a fliort time.
It (II
IX. Nam anima cumfua IX. For the Soul is,

ml
adjuvatur focia^ & fer earn by her aflbciate andfd
ferfcitur. and perfeded by it
X. Mater (inquit corpm) X. My Mother (
megemit^ &
pr me gignitur the Body) has begotto
ipfa^ poflquam autem ab ea and by me, flie her
accept 'volatum, ipfa meliori begotten : now after!
modo quo potefi fit pia fovens taken from her her
iili
d^ nutriens filium^ quern ge- flieâfteran admirable
"^^^
fjuit, donee ad fiat urn devene- ner becomes kind, noi
tit ferfei}um. ing and cheriiliing the
whom fhe has begottfl
he conies to be of an
perfe^ Age. n
CH
lap. XXr. ARTEPHIUS. 5Tf
I ,C H A p. XXL
;
the Secret Operation of the Water and Spi

I rit upon the Body.
XJdl hoc fecretumxCti- I. EJTEar now this Secret

(iodi cor^m in aqua * keep the Body in
"*-
Mercurialij qucufque our Mercurial Water, till ic

idat cum anima alba^ ^ alcends with the white Soul,
\um ,d fcendat ad tmum^ and the earthy part dcfcends
'vocatur terra refidua. to the bottom, which is cal-
led the relidingÊarth.
, Tunc "videhis aquam co II. Then youfhall fee the

vre feiffam cum fuo cor- Water to coagulate it lelf
C^ ratm eris [cientiam with itsBodyând beaffured
eram^ quia cer^m [i4um that the Art is true; becaufe
\lathumorem in ficcum^ the 5ody coagulates the
ôagulum agni^ lac coa- moifture into drynefs^like as
in cafeum. the Rennet of aLamb orGalf
turns Milk into Cheele.
Ill.ln the lame manner the

Et fie fjiritus fenetra- body,
Spirit penetrates the
ffusy c^ commtxtio fiet and is perfedly commixed
inima^ ^
corpmMtra- withitinitsfmalleft Atoms,
fiH humorem fuum^ id and the body draws to irs
^mimam alham^ quern' lelf his moifture^ to wic^ its
w iumMagnesferrum^frcp- white Soul.like as the Load-
turafud^frofinquitatem^ ftne draws Jrcn^becaufe of
i contimt alterum. & tunc

turam aîdam^ the nearneis and likenels of
itsnature ; and then the cn3
contains the other,
L
1 I 2 IV .
yi6 SALMON'S îb.]l^
iV. Et hêc efi [uhUmaHo IVi And our %
this is
^ coagulatio noBra, omne 'vo- blimation and Coagulati4jii

latile nttnens^ <ûa facit fu- which retaineth every, iL
-am penre. latile thing, making itK
^
'
for ever.
V. Ergo hac comfojitio non V. This Gompofit

manualis operation led [ut then^ is not a mechan
efi
dixf] naturarum mutatio^ ^ thing, or a work of^^
earum frtgidi cum calido, ^ Hands, but fas I have fi '!f;
htimidi cum ficco admirahilis a changing of Natures li'''''

connexio : Calidum emm mifce- a wonderful conne<aifli
turfngtdo^ ^ ficcum humido. their cold with hotj and
moift with the dry: t
alio is mixed with
. and the dry with the
VI. Hoc it'tam modo fit VI. By this means

wixtio^ ^ conjunct to corporis made mixtion
the
in
^ Jp'trittiSj qua 'vocattir con- conjunction of bod^
which is called
naturarum contraria-
'uerfio fpirit^
rum^ quia in tali dijjolutlene ; verfion of contrary Nal

& fuhUmationefpiritm conver- becaufe by fuch a
titur in corfm^ & corfm in lution and lublimatiori
fîritum. fpiritis converted int
dy ând the body into a^
VIL Sic etiam mixta^& in VIL So that the

unum redaBa je in^vicemûer- being mingled togeth(
tunt \ nam corpus incorporat reduced into one^ doi
fpiritum^ fpiritus "uero, corpm one another and :
'vertit in (piritum tinûm &

Body corporifies the
album* or changes it into a
So alfo does the Spii
vert the Body into
ing and white Spirit,|
XXL ARTEPHIUS. P7
in. Quare ultima 'vice VIII. Wherefore (as the
'iam~] decoîie in _ nofira laft time I lay) decod the
alba^ id efi^ in Mercu- body in our white water,
donee fclvatur in nigredi" Mercury y till it is diffol-
"uiz,.
deinde fer deeoîonem vedinto blacknefs^ and then

vuam privahitur a fua by a continual decodion,
dine, ^ corpus fie fslw let it be deprived of the
andem afcendit cum anl- fame blacknefi, and the
Iba, body fo diffolved, will at
length afcend or rife with a
white Soul.
Et tunc unum alteri IX. Andthen tlie one

nfietur^ d^ je ample- will be mixed with the o-
ur, fie (ûod non fotuerunt ther, and ib embrace one
v'lcem ambitus fieârari^ another, that it {hall not be
nc cum realt concordkintiti. poffiple any more to lepa-
fipritus cum corpore ^ rate them^ but the Spirit
unum fertnanens. (with a agreement
real
will be united with the bo-
dy^ and make one perma-
nent or fixed fubfrance.
Et hj^c efi folntio corpo X. And this is the foluti-

^ coagulatio fiprttm qu^^ on of the Body, and coa-
y d^ eandem babent ope- gulation of the Spirit which
nem. have one and the lame ops-
ration.
Qui erzo navent duc^- XI. V7hofo therefore

fagnantem ] acere^ msm- knows how to conjoyn the
j'j putrefacere, gensrare. principles^ or dired- the
s 'vi'ulficare^ lumen al- work, impregnate^ to
to
I inducere^ d^ mundars mortifie, to putrifie, to ge-
rem a niz^sdine, 7' te- nerate^ to quicken the Spe-
L 1
3 nehrk.
yi8 S ALM ON'S Lib. I]
nehrts^ c/uoufque igne furgetur^ cies, to make white^

& coloretur, &a maculis ul- clean (e the Vulture fron:^
timzsfurificeturj adeo major is blacknsis and darknefs,^

dignitatis er'it pojjejjor^ ut Re- he is purged by the
gcs cum ^cnercntur. and tinged, and puni
from all his fpots, {hall
poffeflbr of a treafiirc
great^that even Kings the
lelves ihall venerate him.
CHAP. XXII.
Of the Signs of the end of the fVor\^ and l
perfe6tio?i thereof.
L '
C^ Uare mane at corfm in I. X /TTHere fore let c
^^^ aqua denec folvatur VV body remain
in ftih'erem no'vum^ in fundo che water till it is diffolv
'vafis dt aqua, qui dicitm ci- into a lubtil powder in t
nis mger^ &hac efi ccrraftio bottom of the velTel

cor for is quê 'vocatur afafttn* the water, v^hich is call
tihfts Saturnifs^ Qys^ Vkimh the black Afhes: Thisist

um fhilofcfhoYum^ & Tulvis Corruption of the Bo
difcontinuatus. which is called by Philol
phei s or Wile Men, Sat M
nnsj tys^ Tlumhum Phi '^C'
fophorum^ ir Puluis difcon

^'-^
nuatusy 1//:: Saturn, Latt(
'^
or Brafs, the lead of t
Philoibphers, the diiguif
powder.
IDm,
IT, Et in tjli putrefaBione^ II. And in this putrefa

e^' refolutlone corporis trtafgna on and refolution of the b
Cap. AXli. AKTK PHIU S. 5-19
ftfwent, [cilicet color niger^ dy^ three figns appear^ viz,.
Ji mtintiitas ârtium, ^ 0- a black color^ a diicontinui-
hfcetidm ijui ajjimilatur o- ty of and a ftinking
parts,
dc [etulchrsrum. fmell^ not muchunfike to
the fmell of a Vault where
dead Bodies are buried.
[I. Efl igitur tile cms de III. TheleAfhes then are
ijiiMofofhi tanta dixere^qui thofe of which the Phijo-

in feriori parte %)afis reman- fophers have fpoken lb
quern non dthemus 'vilt much, which remained in
mere. the lower part of the Veflel,
which we ought not to un-
dervalue or delpife.
^f. In eo en'tm efi Diadema IV. In them is the Royal

ti's^ ^ Argent um vizfum Diadem, and the black and
am, immundum a quo ni- unclean A.rgQntVi've, which
ints debet fieri furgatio^ ought to be cleanfed from
^ndo continuo m nofira its blacknefs, by a continu-
I donee elevetur furfum in al digedion in our water,

m color em, qui 'vacatur be elevated above in a
till it
vr^ ^Vullus Hermogenis, white Colour, which is call-

ed the Gander, and the
Bird of Hermes.
',
Quia qui terram ruheam V. He therefore tha^
grot O' albamreddtt ,. ha maketh the red Earth black,
magifterium^ ut etiam ille and then renders it white,
Kcidit%}ivumy d^ rejufci- has obtained the Magiftery
nortuum. lb alfo he who kills the liv^
ing, and revives the dead,
I. Dealbaerzonizrum,^ VI. Therefore make the

ac album J ut jerficias g- black white, and the wMte
bl ick, and you perfed the
Work, Ll4 Y\U
JZO S A L MO r^ fif Lib. 1
VII. Et cum "uideris albe-

dinem affarere "ueram^ qua
\
i

VII. And when you
the true whitenefs appe
J
fykndet ficut oladim denuda-' wnicb fhineth like a
uod rubo r
tits, \ctas qk 1 m Sword, (or poliilied
albedine eji cccultus. know that in chat whitj
there isrednefs hidden.;
, '
'.,"
, .Ti

VIII. Ex tunc mn opcrtet Vlii. But then

illam alhedinem extrahere.fed that youtake not ,t|
coqmretantum^ ut cUm ficci- whitenefs out of the V(
tatCy (^ cahdttate fiiper'veniat but only digeft it to^*]
citrinitas^ ^ ruhedo fulgen- end, that with heat
tijjlma* drynefs it may affume
trine colour_, and a
beatiful rednefsi
IX. Quam cum Îderis IX. Which when yottj

cum tremore max'imo lau~ with great fear and
dahk Deum optimum maxi- bling^ render Praife
wum, qui cui "vuk fapien- Thankfgiving to the
tiam dat^ ^ pr confequens great and good God,
diîtias. ^ fecundum ini- gives Wifdom and Rl
quitates eriplt^ ac in fenfe-^ to whom foever he
ttmm fubtra'hiP^ detriidando' les: And according
tn fer'vlttêm inimkorum wickednefs of a perfon,
ad lam^ (^ gloria^ in [acuta them away^ and withd
j/eculoTHm. Amen, them for ever again, dc
fing him even to the bot
ofHelK Tohim,lfay
moil Wife and Almi
God^ be Glory to the
of Ages. Amen.
I'he E?td of Arteph'ms Longa:vus.

pi TLAMMEUS* Hierqplqp hicks. TAB, I
lib. J. ch, Z7' sect* (f: ch^ zp, sect,i. z, to

J 1?
TLAMM:EL'S meroghiphich.
'
TAB. IL
ELAMMEL'S ffieroflyphwks TAB. III.
>
.^.
TLAMME L'S '
HterojI^pkiSks . TAB
?:x XIII. F L A M M E L. 5^1
Nichfflai Flammel Hierogly^hica.
Hieroglyphicks of 'Nicholas Flammel

ewly Tranflated into Englijh^znd Claufed,
y William Salmon ^VrokiJor of Phyfick.
chap: XXIII,
beginning of Flammel' j" Booky which is
the Peroration of the Whole.
He Lord God of
T dence in his fear let us
,
my LifCj who place Our happinefs : and

exalts the hum- in hismercy the hope and
n of the mofl:
Spirit out Glory of the reftoration of
St and makes the our fallen ftace.
duft^
ts of fuch as hope in
to rejoyce^ be Eternal- IV. And in our Sj^pplica-
B'aiied. tions to him let us demon-
ftraceôr ilisw forth, a faith
Who of his own Grace unfeigned and ftable, an a(^
als to the believing Soul, furance, that lliall not for
iprings of his bf>unty, ever be fhaken.
ftibj'jgates under their
I
the Crowns ofa 11 Earth-V. And thonP Lord God
iclicities and Almighty^ as thou out of thy
Glories.
infinite and moli defirable
lI. Ir^ him (I fayj 1st Goodnefs hafb condefcend-
ilways put our Confi- ed to open the Earthy and
un-
f22 SALMON'S Lib.:
unlock thy Treafures unto

me^ thy poor and unworthy VIL Where I may^^
Servant, and haft given into hold thy Divine Glory; i|
my poiiellion the Fountains the fulncls of thy Heavi-
and Well-Springs of all the ly Majefty, a Pleafure
Trealures and Riches of this Ineffable, and a Joy d
World. Raviiliing, which no M
tal Man can exprefe
O
VL So Lord God, out conceive.
of thine abundant kindnefs
extend thy mercies unto me, VIIL This I entreaf tki
that when I ihall ceafe to be thee4 OLord , for m
any longer in the Land of Lord Jefiis Chrift
the Living, thou maift open well-beloved Son's fi
imto me the Caleftial Rich- who in the Unicy o:
csjthe Divine Treafures, and Holy Spirit, liveth ^ or II
give me a part or portion in thee World without

the Heavenly Inheritance lite]
for ever*
not
[ifth
CHAP. XXIV. jr Of!
witii,
The Explication of the Hieroglyphic^ Fign Aii^
f laced by me Nicholas Flammel, Scriveiq

^^^
in the Chnrch-yard of the Innocent Sy in]

fourth Arch entring by the Great Gate |^^
Dc^nnis-ftreet, on the right hand: An

the Boo\ of Abraham the Jew.
1. T Nicholas Flammel^ScY\-\ fir cet^ near ^,James^

X vener^ living in Vans \ Bouchery, though I \{
A'rtno 1599. in the Notary- [ not much Latin, becaul
XXIV. FL AM M E L. f25
Iwmefs and meannefi
Parents,who notwith- V. After the Deceafe of
|ng were (by rhem that my Parents, I Nicholas Flam-
ni.t mOil) accounted mel ^got my living by the
[i: and good People. Art of Writing, Ingroffing
Inventories, making up Ac-
Yet by the of counts, keeping of Books,
Blefling
lod I have not wanted an and the like.
idt (landing of the Books
; a PhiloibpherSj but VI. In this courfe of living

and them_, and attained there by chance into my
fell
a irtain kind of know- hands a Guilded Book, very
dg even of their hidden old and large, (which cofl
me only the Sum of two.
f
For which caufe (ake^
Florens.
6 J. 8 ^.
which was about
formerly, now i o s.
liall not any moment Engliili.)
I' life pafi, wherein re-
m ring this fo vaft a good, Vil. It was not made of
w not upon my
bare Taper or Parchment^ as other
fif the place will per Books be, but of admirable
or otherwife in my RtJides (asit feemed to mc)
with all the intirenels of young Trees. The Co-

''Aifedions, render ver of it was of Brafs ; it
to this my moil Good was^well bound, and graven
racious God. all over with flrange kind of
Letters, which I take to be

Who never forfakes Greek Characters ^ or (onz^
ighceous Generation} fuch like.
fers the Children cr
t to beg their Bread, VIII. This I know, that I

ceives their Expecta- could not read them, nor
nt fupperrs them with v/e;e they either Latin or
gSj vvlio put their French Letters or Words, Oj:
trufl in hiin. vv'hich I undeiftand' fcme-

thing.
5H S A L M O N'S Lib.
Levite,, Afircloger and-'^ iGlo
IX. But as to the matter fopbor^ to the Nation

which was written within^ Jews, difperfed by the ,iiiis
itwas engraven (as I fup- of God in France, "{ %^

pofej with an Iron Pencil or Health,
Graver upon the laid Barke
Leaves^'-) done^ admirably Xm. After which 1
weil^ and in fair and neat it was filled with manyliall!

Latin LeUers^ and curioufly ecrations and Curfes, 'ii
rf. 1;
coloured. this word MARAl inwc
T H A, (which was of of Mi
X. contained thrice
It peated j againft any on^ jmig
feven Leaves, for fo they fhould look into it to uj |pgiie(
were numbred in the top ot it, except he were % fr;k

each Folw and every fe-
, 'Prie^ or Scrihe, i jors,
venth leaf was without any

writing j but in place there- XIV. The perfon^^ li
of, there were feveral Ima fold me Book, wi
this
ges or Figures painted. noiant of its worthy as| [jj^
as I who bought it I^byi :
XL Upon the firfl fe- it might have been k

vench Leaf, was depided, froni Ibme of the jf<
iai!
I. A Virgin, 2. Serpents fwal- Nation, or elfe foul*
lowing her t^p On the fecond feme place where th^- i
ievench, A Serpent Crucified. ciently abode.
And en the lair feventh, A
Dcjart or Wtldernefs in midil : XV. In the fecond \\\
whereof was feen many tair of the Book, he confol 0;
FoLinrains_, from whence if- his Nation, and gavet

iefi
iuod Oat a nujiiber of Ser- pious Coiincel, to turn
ItWOi
pents here and there. their Wicked neis andJ.J,^
5
ways, but above all tof

XIL Upon the firftofrhe from Idolatry^ and to w;
Lc.ives was v/ritten in Capi- Patience for the corasil
nil Letters of Gold, A.bra- the Mefliah, who co:
,icun the Jew^ frince^ Friefi^ in:> all the Kines' ai
/XXIV. FLAMMEL.
:es of the Earthy fhould Dexterity and Workman-
in Glory with his peo- ftip.
p Eternity. Without
:, this was a very Pi- XIX. Now though it
Ife, and Underftand- was fingularly well, and
materially or intelligibly fi-
gured and painted, yet by
1. In the third Leaf^ that could no Man ever-
li\ all the writing that have been able to underftand
^cdj he taught them it^. without having been well
lin words the tranfmu- skiird in their Cabala^which

of Metals^ to the end is a feries of old Traditions^
fie might help 3\nd aflift and alfo to have well ft udied
[perfed peoplCj to pay their Books..
\irihutes to Roman
the
Isrors^ and fome other XX. The fourth and fifth
.
s not needful here to be Leaf thereof was without

ked. any writing, but full of fair
Figures bright and lliining^,
i^JI, He
painted the or as it were eniightned,and
|:ls by the or mar-
fides very exquifitely depicted.
f the Leaves, and dif-
ed all the Colours as XXr. Firft, there was a

ftiould arile or appear, Teung Man painted^with
all the reft of the Wings at his Ancles^ having
in his hand a Caduci:ean Rod^
writhen about with two Ser-
Will. But of the Vrima wherewith he ftroke
fents^
Ha^ or firft matter or upon an Helmet covered with
itjhe Ipake not lb much its Head.
le word: but only he
them, that \nt\iQ, fourth XXn. Thisfeemed in my
ifth LeaveSj he had en mean apprehenfion, to be
painted or decypher'd one of the Heathen Gods,
d depided or figu "vix^. Mercury Againft him :
It wich admirable there came running and fiy-

I
ing
SALMON'S Lib
iiig with open Wings^ a number of people, who
great Old Man^ with an ged in the Earth feekir
Hoar-glais fixed upon his ter it : but by reafon of
Head, and a Sithe in his blindneis, none of i|
hands like Death, with knew except a very
it,
which he would (as it were who confidred its weig

in Indignation) have cut off
the Feet of Mercury. XXVI. On the \d
of the fifth Leaf^ was
XXIII. On the other fide ded a King with a Fan
of the fourth Leaf, he pain- who caufed his Soldi
ted a fair Flower on the top flay before him, mati
of a 'uery high Mountain^ Mothers ftai
fants^ the
which was very much flia- by and weeping at th
ken with the North Wind. of their Murtherers.
Its foot Stalk was blue^ its
Flowers white and red, and XXVIL Thefe It
itsLeaves fhining like fine blood, being gathere mis
Gold ; and round about it by other Soldiers wa

the Dragons and Griffins of into a great Veffelwh k
the North made their Nefts Sol and Luna came to
and Habitations. themfelves.
St it
XXIV. On the fifth Leaf XXVIIL And be

was a fair Rofe-tree flowered^ this Hiftory feemed tor
in the midft of a Garden, fsnt the deftrudion o iicat
growing up againft a hollow Innocents by Herod^ anc

Oak, at the foot whereof f learned the chiefeft p
bubled forth a Fountain of the Art in this Book
pure white water, which fore I placed in
ran headlong down into the Church-yard thefe ton
depths below. glyphick Figures, of

Learning, Thus have
XXV. Yet it paffed chat which was contair
through the hands of a great the firft five Leaves. .
CI
XXV. FLAM MEL. 527
CHAP. XXV.
k Pilgrimage into Spain, and meeting with

Jewifli Prieji^ who in part Interpreted
he faid BooJ^ to him.
I S for what was in all in. My Wife Cwhofe

Ijl the reft of the writ- Name was) Terrenelk,yA;hom
la -eaves^ which was wrote I loved equalh/with my
:
i x)d and intelligible La- and had but lately Mar-
felf,
Hiuft conceal, left God ried^ was mightily concern'd

offended wich me^ for me.and with many words
Ii d fend his Plagues and eemtorting me, earneftly
inents upon me: Ii defired to know how fte
d d be a wickednefs much might deliver me from this
[jer, than hewhowiilit trouble.
i ill Men in the World

:)Ut one Head^ that he
could no longer keep
IV. I
t cut it oif at one blow.
but told her all,
counfel,,
(hewing her the very Book,
Having thus obtained which when (he faw^ {he
delicate and pretious became as well pleafed with
I did nothing elfe^ it as my felf^ and with great
'
)
land nightj but ftudj^ delight beheld the admira-

(;il it; conceiving very ble Cover^ the Engraving,
I
all the Operations it the Images^ and exquilite

;
HfiCd forthj but wholly figures thereof^ but under-
rant of the Prima ma- fiood as little of them as I.
with which I iliouldbe-
which made me fad V. Yet it was matter of
difcontented. Confolation to me to dif-
courfe, and entertain my
C felf
528 S A L MO N'S Li
felf with her^ and to think monftration of the
what we fliould do to find thod.
out the interpretation and
meaning thereof. X. He told me, tW
firft Figure reprefentedj
VI. At length, I caufed which devours all tt
to be painted within my and that according t
Chamber as much to the number of the fix w
life or original^ as I could, Leaves, there was req
all the Images and Figures of the fpace of fix years ti

the faid fourth and fifth fed the Stone? and
Leaves. faid he, we muft'
the Glalsj and fee
VII. Thefe I fliewed to more.
the greateft Scholars and
mod learned Men in Varis^ XI. I told him thi
who underftood thereof no not painted, but o:
more than my ielf : I told fliew and teach the
them they were found in a materia^ or firfi Aget
Book which taught the Phi- was written in the Bi
lofophers-Stone. He anfwered me, th
digeftion for ^xx years
VIII. But the greateft part as it were a.fecondAgeni
of them, made a mock both ^hat certainly the firft
of me, and moft excel- was there painted,
that
lent Secretêxcept one whofe was the IVlite and
Name was Anfelmey a pra- neater.
(StiferofPhyfick, and a deep
Student in this Art. XIL This without
was Argent Vi'ue^ which k
IX. He much defired to could not fix, /. e, cut
fee my Book, which he va- feet, or take away his
lued more than any thing tility, fave by that lor
elfe in the World, but I al- geition in the pure bL
ways refufed him ; oaly young Infants.
made him a large de-
fp.xxv, FLAM MEL; 529
tcrpretations for the moft
IIII For in chat, this part_, were not more fubtil
Vive being joyned than truc;
nt
Sol and Luna^ was firft
refcd with them, into a XVI. Not finding there-
111 t like that there paint- fore in my operation or
and afterwards by cor- courleof myproceffes the
ion into Serpents .
which fignsj at the time written
mts being psrfc^^ly dry- in my book^ I was ever to
nd degeiied^were made begin again.
& povvderofGo/^, which
e S(o?fe. XVILIn the end having
hope of ever under-
loft all
IV. This ftrange or ftanding thole Sjmhols ot
eign Difcourfe to the Figures^ I made a Vow to
:er^ was the caule of my God, to demand their in
ig^ and that made me terpretatron of Ibme Jewifh
ider for the fpace of one Prieft, belonging to (bme
twenty years in a per- Synagogue in Spain.
1 jMeander, from the Ve-
in which fpace of time XVIII. Whereupon with
mt through a thoufand the content of my Wife
orinths or Pr oceiTes_, but Perrcnelle^ carrying with
n vain ; yet never with me the Extract or Copy of
Blood of Infants^ for the Figures or ViBures^ took
I accounted Wicked
: up a Pilgrims Habit and
Villa nous. Staff, in the fame manner
as you fee me figured with-*
IV. For I found in my out the laid Arch^ in the
>k, that the Pliilofophers laid Church yard, in v;hich
ed Blood the Mineral I put thele Hieroglyphic^
itj which is in the Me* Figures.
, chiefly in Sol, Luna^
Mercury^ to which fenfe, XIX. Whereon affo I
Iways in my own judg- have let on the Wall^ oia
tw affented ; yet chefe In- both hands, the Procefe,
Mm r^
530 SALMON'S Lib.
rcprefenting in order all who brouglit me acqual
the colours of the Stone^ as ed with a Phyficiatil
^
they arife in the operation^ iVf. Canchesâ. Jctv by
and go away again. on^ but now a Chri

dwelling at Leon afon
XX. This is, as it were^
the very beginning of King XXIV. Iflie wed him"
Hercules his Book, entiiuled Extrad: or Copy of n7\)
Iris^ or the Rain boiv^ which gures, by which hew;
treats of the colours of the were j ravirtied withgj
'it
Stone ^ in theie words^ Ope- adonifhment and joyj

ns frocejjlo 7ntdtum natttra defired immediately,,
flacet ; in Englifh^ The Vrocefs could tell him any ne\
of the work is -êry fleajtng the Book from whence
unto iSJature^ were drawn.
XXL And thefe words 1 XXV. I anfwered

alfb put there exprefiy^ for in Latin (in which
the lakes of Great Scholars guage he asked me
and Learned Men^ who Qiieltion) doulthat I
may underdand to what not of obtaining the

thej allude. of the Bookjf I could;
with any one who
XXIL In this fame man- unfold the .Enigma's.
ner, I fay^ I put my fell
upon my Journey to Spam, XXVL Hearing this,J
and fo much 1 did^ that being tranfporced with gj

in (hort time arrived at earneitnels and joy; h(
Montjoy, and a while af er gan to decipher unto|
at S. James^ where with the beginning: To
much devotion I accompli- Ihort, he was much p]
fhed my Vow. fed^ that he was in hoi
to hear tidings of the Boil
XXIIL This done in le- and I as much pieafe
c, at my return^ I met hear him Ipeak and \\
with a Mercliant of Eeloignj pret it.
XXI
ap.XXV. FLAMMliL/ y^r
forfake him, which was a
CXVII. ('And doubtleis great trouble to him.
d heard much talk of
Book, but it was fas XXX. And although I
tfaid) of a thing which was continually by his fide,
believed to be utterly yet he would be almoft al-
:) Upon this we refol- ways calling for me ; at the
for our Voyage^ and end of the feventh day of
n Leon, we paffed to O- he died^ which
his ficknels
h^ and from thence to was no Iball grief to me ;
ijcn^ where we took iliip- and I buried him (as weJI
g, and went to Sea^ in as my prefent condition
er to going into France, would permit me) in a
-Church at Orleans.
-CXVUl- Our Voyage
prolperous and happy XXXI. He that would
I being arrived in the lee the manner of my Arri-
igdom of France ^Q moft valj and the joy o^Veremlk^
ly interpreted unto me let him look upon us two,
igreatciT part of my F/- in the City of Taris upon
ts^ m whichj even to
the the Door of the Chappel of
'ms and he could James of the Bouchery^ clofe
pricksj
:yphr Great Mylleries by the one fide of my houfe,
ich were admirable to where we are both painted,
kneeling, and giving thanks
to God.
XXIX. Having attained
ms^ this Learned Man XXXII. For through the
;fick, even to death, be- Grace of God it was that 1
; afflided with extream attained the perfect know-
imitingSj ivhich ftill con- ledge of all that I defired.-
ned with him^ as being Well! I had now the Tri-'
t caufed by his Sea fick- ma materia^ the frfl ^r'mci-
Fs : Notwithftanding fks^ yet not their frfi pre-
uch , he was in contiiuial faratien, which is a thing
,ir, left I fhould leave or raoft difficult. above all
Mm
z other
^92 SALM O N ' S Lib.
other things in the World. then trying and proving

various Operations, vvl
XXXIII. But in the end I thought to my felf/
1 had that alfo, after a long might mean by their wqij

aberration^ and wandring
in a labarinthof Errors, for XXXV. At length!
the fpace of three years, or found that which I defir
thereabouts, during which which I alfo (bon knew u^
time^ I did nothing but Itu- the [cent and odor therei sj'^
dy and fearch^ and Ubour, Having this I eafily accc

ib as you lee me depidred pliilied the Magiftery.
without this Arch^ where I
have placed my ProceC. XXXVI. For kno\^
the f reparations of the f^
XXXIV. Praying alfo Agents, and then litterid,
continually to God_, and following the Diredioni
reading attentively in my my Book, I could not t[ tp
Book, pondering the words mifs tlie Work, if I wouBnlyl
of the Philofophers, and fai
CHAP. XXVL
Of the ProjeBion which he and his Wife mM'^^

upon Mercury^ and the Hofpitalsy Chappe^^^
and Churches^ rphich they built ^ with oti
Deeds of Charity which they did.
I. Y YAving attained thisj half whereof, or then

iJi I come now to pro bouts, I turned into
jedion ; and the time firlt Silver, better than that
I made projedion was up- the Mine, as I proved
on M/'rr/^ry, a pound and
. aflayingof it my felt,
ap.XXVI. FLAMMEL
iâufing others to aflay And without doubt, if llie
3r me many times. would have indeed done it
alone, flie would have
I. This was done in the brought the work to the
ar of Our Lord 1582. fame, or full as great peife-
tuary 1 7. about Noon^be- dion as I had done.
I Monday^ in my own
life, Terrenelk only being VI. I had truly enough
fent. vi^hen I had oace done it
;
but I found exceeding great
II. Again, following ex- pleafure and delight in fee-
^"y the dire<5tior?s in my ing and contemplating the
)k, litterally,and word Adm'trahk Works of Natfin
litK iword, Imadeprojedion withm the Vcjjels.
:iiQ the Redfione^ on the like
nc:|intity of Mercury , Perre- VII. And to ftiew to you
f only being prefent, and that I had then done it three
he fame houfe ; which times, I cauled to be depi-
i done in the fame Year cted under the fame Arch^
Our Lord, vi-z* 1382. three Fornaces.like to thole
'il 2 5". at five in the Af which ferve for the opera-
loon. tions of this work.
V* This Mtvcury I truly VIII. I was much con-*

ifinuted into almoft as cern'd for a long time, left
Ich Gold, much better that Fcrrenelle fby realbn of
jced than common Gold_, extream joy) fho^ld not
re foft alfoj and more hide her felicity, which I
ible. meafured by my own, and
lelt ftie fhould let fall Ibme
iT. IfpeakitinallTruth, words among her Relati-
ave made it three times onsj concerning the great
:lj/the help ofFerremlle^ Treafure which we poflel^
underftood it as well fed.
uyfelf, becaufe llie affi-
i me in my Operations:
Mm IX.
534 SALMON'S lib
fi
not but lament all t^SiM r

IX. For an extremity of ofraylife:).She,and-J;
f
Joy takes away the Under- already founded, anii \
ftanding, as well as an ex- dowed with RevenuQlj "[^'^
tremity of Grief and Sor- Hofpitals, 3 Chappel% C

row but the goodnefs of 7 Churches, in the Cjc ^
:
the moft great God, had Par^^ all which ^vvfil ^^

j
not only given and fiU*d me new built from the Gm ^*

^*
with this Bleffing^ to give and enriched with C

me a Sober and Chatte Gifts and Revenues/^
WifCj but fhe was alfo a many Reparations in
Wife and Prudent Woman^ Church- vards. ,TK
not only capable of Rea

Ibn^ but alfb to do what was XII. We alfo have .^ H
realbnablej and was movQ at Molcigne about as mu< ^^
dffcreet and fecret than oi - we have done at ?aris
dinarily other Wpmqn are.; to fpeik of the Chart
Ad:s which we bpth
X. Above all flie wasexv particular ,poor k
ceedingly Religious andde principally no. pwr
vout : And therefore feeing dows and Orphans
her (elf without hope of
Children, and now well XIIL Whofe Ni
ilricken in years, fhe made iliould I divulge, wit
ither bufinefs as I did, to jargenefs of the Chi<
think of God, and to give and the way and mi
our felves to the Works of of doing it, as my rc^
Charity and Mercy. would then be only in]
World, \o neither cou|
XL Before the time' be pleafing to the perlbi
wherein 1 wrote this Di whom we did it.
fcourfe, which was at the
latterend of the Year of XIV, Building then
Our Lprd 141 5. (after the thefe Hofpitals/ Ghapi
Death of my Faithful Com- Churches^ and Chidh-
panion^ whofe lofs I can- yards in this City, I caM
EO
hXXVI. FLA MMEL. 5;y
Ws depided under the Heavenly Life. ThQ firfi
''i)urth Arch, the mofl demonft rating the Sacred
'i And effential Marks or Myfferies of our Salvation,
'Wrof this Artj yet under as ihallbe hereafter iliewed.
^? Types/ and Hiero- The demonifrating to
other
fkfcick Covertures, in i clie Wife, and Men of Un-
iiwion of thofe things derdanding, the dired and

I'wh are contained in the perfed way of Operation^
vilifcd Book of Abraha?n and lineary work of the
Philofophers Stone.
V. This reprelentation X VIIL Which being per-

fignifie two things, felled by any one, takes
larg-rding to the capacity away from him tlie root of
sJunderftanding of thole all (In and evil, which is
^Jrmay view them. Firfi^ Covetoiilhels, changing his

Myftcrie of the Re- evil into good, and making
:ionand day of Jiidg- him Liberal^ Courteous^
it, wherein Chrift Jefus Religious, Devoutând fear-
^rpLord^ (whom I pray ing God, how wicked Ibe-

befeech to have mercy ver he was before.

n us^lliall come to judge
"orld. XIX. For from thence
forward, he is continually
CVI. Secondly^ It might ravilLed with the goodnefi
ifie to fuch as havelear- of God, and with his Grace
Natural Philolbphy, all and Mercy, which he has
principal and neceifary obtained from the fountain-
erations of the Magifle- of Eternal Goodnefs; with
or the true and whole the profoundnefs of his
Kiels of the Grand Divine and adorable po-
iir. wer, and with the Confi-
deration of his Admirable
XVIlThefe Hieroglyphkk Works.
ipires ferve alfo as a dou-
way, leading to the
Mm 4 XXi
d^
5;6 SALM ON'S Lib.
this Life he muft rend^

XX. ThefearethcRea- Account, before a
Ibns which moved me to and mighty Judge,
fee thele Figures and Re- will judge every onej
prefentations in this man- cording to his Works,
ner, and in this place ; viz,. to whom he muft renc
to the end^ that if any Man account for every yîil]
obtain this ineftimable idle word.
Good, or becomes Mafter
of this Rich and Goldm XXIV. Having the!
Fleece, well weighed my v
and well underttood t1
XXL He tnay confider my Figures, having a!
with himfelf (as I didj not knowledge of the primt
to hide this Tallent which OV firft Agents^
teria,
God has beftowed upon thou the Work to the

him in the Earth, buying fedion of this Magifter
Houfes, Lands, and Poi- Hermes^ for the Gl<
which are the Va-
feflions, God, and the good c
nity and Follies of this celfitous and Diftreffei
World man kind;
XXII. But rather, to XXV. But more wiû.^

pcrfue his Work, and to ally to thofewho areoman
beftow the produd: with all houllioldof Faith, tofc
Love and Charity, aniong as are truly poor andlH
the Poor and Needy ; re- people, Aged perfons n
membring that he learned Widdo ws , Orphans lie
this Secret among them that forlorn, the delpifed,
poffeffed nothing, to wit, forlaken, whom the w(
among the Bones of the is not worthy of, difpe
Dead, in which number he bounteoufly of this

himfelf ftall fliortly be hidden Trealiire, with
found. open and Liberal^but Seclst
hand. !
XXIII. And that after

iixvii. FLA M MEU W
CHAP. XXVII.
iTheological Interpretations grven to thcfc
uieroglyphkks^ according to the Mind of

l/1ammel the Author.
|Ver againft one of j

of God, in the Tranfmuta-
the Pillars of the tion of Metals, figured in
iel-hou(e^ which I thofe Hieroglyphicks, whicli
to the Church-yard of he lb attentively beholds, as
[nnocents, I caufed to to fee the Reiurrcdion of
inted a Man all black, the Dead to the tearful and
looks diredly on thefe terrible Day ofJudgment.
[roglyphicks, who pro-
nceSj I fee a Wonder at But the Earthen Vef-
III.
\}h I am much on the right hand erfthele
amazed\ fel
I
^ three Plates of Iron Figures, within the which
Copper, on the Eaft, there is a Pen cafe and Ink-
[ftj and South, of the a- horn Cor rather a Veffel of
jnamed Arch where Philofophy, if you take a-
|fe Hieroglyphicks are, way theStrrngs,and joyn the
Ihe midft of the Church-- Pen-cafe near to the Ink-
jdj reprefenting the holy horn and the other two like
[Hon and Relurredion it,on the two fides of the Fi-

:he Son of God. gures of Teter and Pir/, In
the one of which is put N.
[J. Whofe Interpretation
for Nicholas^ and in the o-
\z Theological fenfe is, ther F. for Flammel, have
j.t this Black Man pro- no Theological {Qnk^ but
licis it a wonder as well only that as they are 3. in
fee the admirable Works nwmberjfo that I havedooe
or
j}8 S A L MO N*S Sfll
or performed the Magifte the Sin agamj^

fignifies
ry or Elixir three feveral Holy Ghofi^ can nc
times. done away.
IV. So alfb thefe words VII. The Gold on IIOIB
NICHOLAS FLAM- Wings^lKewsthattheî r^f"
MEL and FERRE eftof our Sins^ arife,: |0

'
'
NELLE HIS WIFE, the Ungodly hunger-

fignifienothing more than Gold J to wit jCovetpufi (frri!
that I and my Wife^ have The black and blue col<

given that Arch. Hiew forth the Wickei^
fires which afcend 6U'
V.As to the third/oiirth, the bottomlefe and dar m

and fifth Figures^ by the of Hell.
lides whereof is written, 5a|l
How the Innocents were flam VIIT. Thefe two I

by the Commandment He- gons morally alfo repr^
of
rod^ Their Theological The Legions of Evil Spi
fenfe is well enough known which move always af
by the very words only us, and will accufe us
themfelves. thejuftjudge.at thed
ful Day of Judgment,
V[. The two Dragons bufineft is to tempt arid
deplded together^ the one ftroy us.
within the other, black and
blue in colour^ and a Sable IX. The Man and-
Field.j whereof the one has JVoman next them, of
Gilded Wings^ the other Orange colour, in a fieU
has tione at ali^ f/gnifie zure and hlue^ {hew
Sin
Which is tied to our nature Mankind ought nottoh]
the one having its original their hope in this life :
Birth from the other: of the Orange colour, fignil
thele Sins^ Îbme may be hopelefsnejs Sind deffatr
chafed away^ for they fly^ Azûre and blue on '
having Wings: The other they are depicted,

which has no Wings, and monftrate Heaven ^
Th(
XXVII. FLA MM EL. yj^
ts of Heavenly Lord Jefus Chrift, holding
upon
the World in his hand,
whofe Head an Angel pla-
And the Motto's co- ceth a Crown, affifted by
from them ^ Oviz,. two other Angels, which
\oTno 'ueniet ad yudicium fay, O jater Omniptens : O
Man muH come to the Jefu hone.
ImenC of God, 2. Fere
\iiis terrihilis erat ; That Xni On
the right fide
nil be terrible indeed
; )
Figure of
is Taul the
this
put us in mind of Apoftle, cloathed with
[} things, to the end^ White and Yellow, with a
[keeping our felves from Sword ; at whofe Feet is a
Pragons, which are Sins^ Man kneeling, cloathed
may fhew mercy unto with a Gown of an Orange
colour, with folds of black
and white, which reprelents
1. Next after thefe my (elf to the life, from
^^gs are depainted in a which proceeds this Motto^
'dGreenj two Men and Dele m'ala cûa feci blot out
Woman rifmg again_, of the Evils -which I have done*

whichj one comes out
a Sepulchre^ the other Xiy. On the other fide,
of the Earthy all three on the left hand is Teterth^
m exceeding white and Apoftle with his Key, clo-
e colour J liftingup their thed in Reddilh Yellow,
nds and Eyes towards holding his hand upon a
aven. Woman k Reeling, clothed
Gown of Orange co-
in a
jillL Over the heads of lour alfo^'which reprelents
[feare two Angels found Verrenelk to tlie life, from
with Mufical Inftru- whom proceeds this Motto,
hnts, as if they had called Chrifte precor efio fius ; Chifi
f
jfe Dead to the Day of Ihefeechtim he mmtfuL
igment. Over thefe two
I'lgels is the Figure of Our
XV.
540 S AL MO N*S .lli^vin
XV. Behind each of thefe This is Theologically P'f^J

there is an Angel kneeling, preted alfo of the mA^^\
the one of which faying, dion. 1i#^^
O Rex Semftterne^ O Eternal
Ktng: The other laying^ XVII. Then folio
Salve Domine Angelorum, laft Figures, a Man ^r^
Hail thou Lord of Angels. Vermilion red in a^ '^-'^
Thefe thiogsreprefent to the coloured Field, holdii ^^r
Vulgar (^who know nothing Foot of a Winged Dj '^^'j
of our matter j the Reliir- a Vermillion red alfo ^' I'
Ttdiion, and future Judg- opening his Throat, J^^!"

ment fo clearly, that no were to devour the ^ M
thing more need be (aid a- thereby reprelenting a
bout them. ked Man, in a Lethar
Sin and Wickednefs^^
XVI. Next after the without Repentance,
three that are rifing again^ in that terrible day Ihi
are two Angels more of an delivered into the p

Orange colour^ in a blue field the Devilj fignified
laying, Surgite mortuiy Ve- Red roaring Lyon,wb
nite adjudicium Domini met ;
devour and fwallow
Ari[e you Deady and come to up.
CHAP. XXVIII.
T^he Thilojophical Interpretation^ accort

^to the Mind of Hermes.
! T Pray God with all who purpofes to feardi

my Heart, that he to thefe Arcana of the I
'"^
Ici)-
XXVII. F LA M M E L. 54r
having confide- and Woman are painted as
S ;rs,
,fe Ideas in his mind) at the Feet of the Saints^

Refurre(5lion and life whereas their placa ought
ma^ firft make his rather to have been below
tage and Gain of on Earthy and not in Hea-
"uen ?
Vnd then^ having far- V. Why alio the two

Ivice, that he fe arch Angels in Oran^4 colour^
e depth of my Fi- which fay, Sur^te mortui^
Colonrsy and Aiotto's^ venite ad judicium Domini
efly of the Motto\ mi^ are clad in this co-
e as to the matter of lour, and out of their place,
;iey fpeak not Vul- for that they ought to be on
high in Heaven, with the
other two playing on In-
Then let him de- ftruments ? And why they
why Vaul the Apo- ^re painted in a Field Vio-
on the right hand, let and Blue ?
it is accultomed to
Veter the Apoftle_, and VI. But chiefly why theif
m the other fide in the Motto which fpeaks to the
Dead, ends in the open
Throat of the Red IVingei
Why the Figure of or Flying Lyon ?
['is clothed in colours
md and that
Tellow^ VII. After thefe Inqui-
and Red? ries,and many others which
ier in Tellojv
alfo the Man and JVo- may juftly be made, you
cneellng by their Feet, ought to open the Eye's of
praying to God as at your Mind, and conclude,
)ay of Judgment are that thefe things are not
ed in divers colours, thus done and ordered^
aot naked or nothing without fcrne juft and truo
5ones, and why in this caufe ; and that undef
^< of Judgment this Man thcHij ^% under a VeiUbmc
great
b A JL MON '5
Ul
great Secrets hidden^
are ' the Ideas of the Trima
which you ought to pray ,
ria.
God to difcover to you

XL Without wltt,w .
VIII. Then you ought isimpoflibletocom^ '^.^^
farther to believe that thefe or underlland, the' ^/'^
Figures and Explications, Conceptions of the ol '

^ '
are not made for them who Philofophers, which ^'
have never read the Books have skreened from

^^'
of the Philofophers, and view^ as within a ;
who not knowing the Me- and not written, bui ^^^\
tallick Principles, or ftrlt Language for their ovi î
matter of Metals_, cannot fciples to read. i'ls^'
be called Children of the lor
Wife Men. XIL Which Prin iH(
md firfi Agents of the )iil^
IX. And that if you think ter,they have never' ^Cl
to underftand perfedly ly declared in any of fc

thefe Figures^ and yet (hall Books, but rather \qS\ ifa
be ignorant of the Prima be revealed to themb !,^^'
materia^ or firfi Agent s^ you Almighty, who opei "g^
will undoubtedly deceive Secret to whom he pi fl

your felf, and never come or elfe by the living !
to the knowledge of the offome Adept or N

thing. ot this Science, wno
ved by Cabaliftic^j
it
X. Therefore blame me dieion, which thing,

not, if you do not eafily ten falls out.
underitand me v but rathtr
blamQ your lelf, that you XIII. Now then,m]
have not rather fought out (andletmefocallth(
the firfi Agent, which is the only for that I am coi|
Key opening the Gate into a very great Age^ but
this Learn'mg'^ or initiated for that thou maift
your felf into the lacred and Child of this know]
ftcret Interpretations of hearken ferioufly to m<
SXXVIII. FL A MMEL: ;4|
)od attention to the by the open Gate, [or
pcdof my Mouth, but mouth of the Fornace] is
j^d not, if thou beeft put in the Philofophers FirCj
int of the faid Vrhna fo here you have the threes
orfirfi /Agents ^ which fold Veffel, which is three
God to unfold unto Veffels, viz,, i. For- The
pr his own Honour nace. 2. The SandVeffel
lory. 3. The Philofophick Egg.
', The Veffel of XVII. Thefe the obieure

(reprefented in the Philofophers have called an
igure) is called by the Atbanor^ a Sieve^ Horfe-dung^
jphers their Triple Balneum Maria ^ a Fornacey
which in it,
for a Sfbeare^ the Green Lyon^ a
is a Flore, and upon Frtfon^ a Grave, an Urinal^
Dilli or Pan, (made a Phial and a Bokhead.
orClay)fullof luke-
Afhes, within the XVIIL And Imyfelf/
the Philolbphi-
is let my Summary of Fhilofofhy^
5g, which is a Vial, (which I wrote about tour
ling the Prima mate- Years and two Months la ft
r firft Agents of the pafl) called it the Houfe ^nd
Hahitaticn of the Chicken ;
and the Ailies^ Chajf: But

That is, the Scum the Common Name is an
Red Sea, and the Fat- Ovtn or Fornace which I y
Mercurial IVind^which had never known if A-

tQd in the form of a BRA HAMthe Jew had
r and Inkhorn. not painted it, tgether
with the fire proportiona-
L Now this Veffel of ble, wherein confifc a great
[or rather Philofo- part of the Secret.
Fornace] is open a-
:oput in the Difti or XIX. For it is as the

and the Philofophick Belly or Womb containing
or Vial} under which the true natural h<5at or fire,
to
f 44 S A L MO N'S
to animate or give life to
our Chicken, or young XXII. Or rather ac
King if this fire be not ing to Diomedesj liket
:
made Fornace like (with heat of a Hen, withvi

Calid ben Jaz,ichus the Perft- fhe hatches her Chlc:.
an) If it be kindled with a like the flow afcenfif
Swordj with Tithagoras ; if the Sun from the Siga an
you fet on fire your Veffel^ to that of Cancer. ,'cliol
iaith Morkn whereby it '
. !arJ
feels the naked heat, the XXIII. For know jno
matter will fly, and the the Infant in the begin

flowers be burnt, before is repleat with cold F
they alcend out of the depthand a white milky j

fl.
of the matter. ftance: and that too |jmi
a heat is an Enemy (
;^pei
X^. And they will come cold and moifture o to
out RedJ rather than white, Emhrion : And that th \;\
whereby your work will be Adverlaries, îz,. th \^

fpoiled: and yet on the Elements o^ heat anc k^
contrary, if your tire
be too willnever perfedly ac y
little or imall^ you can ne- ox embrace one anothi
^^_
ver fee the end, becaule of

the frigid nature of the mat- XXIV. But by littl \l^
ter,whcreby there willwant licde,having firft long j
..,^[^j
motion fafficient to digeft together in the mid(F ( \^^

them together. '.temperate heat of Ju
Bath (to wit a gentk j[
I
XXL The heat then of neo or fand heat J thA^j^

'
your Fir^ in this Veifel changed by long de

muft be ('as Hermes and Ro- and digeftion into
;
pnm fay} like the heat of the cemhuHibh Stdfhur,

Sun in Winter [but it is to
be noted, that Hermes liv*d XXV. Take care
I
in ^ygypy a hot Country, fore, that with a ju

whole Winter, is as hot as equal proportion of
our Summer iu England^} you manage thefe
j.XXVIIL FLAM MEL. H)"
mughty Natures, for
Itotit you ftiould fa- XXVIL For thiscaufe
one more than ano- or reafbn it is laid in ^hz
they who naturally Book of the Se'ucnty Pre-
inemieSj flioud grow cepts : See that their heat or
[y with
you through fire cG7jtini{e unweariedly ani
afie^ and by their ^xot'^vlthout aafing^ and that all
Iry choler defpile your \their days may he nunwrcd or

;r, and contemn you accomfUjhed,
|
}ur no fmall difedvan

XXVIII. And K,^^/i faith,
Ihe ha fie that brino-s with it
:VL You muft alfo too much Fire J is always -pro
them in this temperate motsd by theDevil and Er-
perpetually or conti- rour. And Diomedes faith.
ly, to wit_, night and When the Golden Uird fliAlt
until the time that come jufi to Cancer_, and
[er, to wit, the time of that from thence
JhaU rnozfe it
wifture of the Matters^ or fly to7iâras Libra^ the7i y6ii

faffed away : for they ?nay augment the Fire a littl',i
U their peace, and as
jre, joyn hands in be- XXIX. And when in like
[varmed and heated to- manner, the rare Bird iliall
sr-Whereas iliould thefe mo've or fly from Libra to-
.
res find themfelves but wards Capricorn, which is~

jonly half an hour with the dcfired Autumn^ then k
Fire, they would be- the time of Har^cef: ^ u^hercirn
irreconcileabie for e- you fijall reap^ the ripe and
v7ofi defir cable fruits of your
Labour.
Mn CHAP.
H S ALM ON'S
CHAP. XXIX.
Of the two Dragons of a yellowifb hlucy

blach^colour^ lih^ the Field. Iphe
i fof
I. T Tlew well theie Dra- ments; which being! i,^^
V gonSj for rhey are ted, and afterwards di ^^l
the true Principles^ or be- ed into a quinteffence,^ ^^^'
ginning of thiSj which the overcome all Metallick '"''
Philolbphers and Wife men dies, how hard and foli ^k

would never clearly expli- ever they be. i
^^^^
cate to their own Chil-

dren. IV. Thefe are the! tom^
gons and Serpents whjfel

IL That which is under- Ancient ^y^gy^tian^'^ f-T
moli: without Wings isfixed^ aed in a Circle, the I ^^
or th^Mak: That which is devouring the Tail tj k ;^
uppermoft, and with Wings by fignifying,that they whic
is the Volatile or Female^ ceeded from one and

black J and obfcure^ which fame thing, and that
ftrives for the maitery and lone-syas fufficient ; and \
ovi
dominion for many Months. in its revolving and cir^
tion, it made it ielf )Co;
III. The fiiil is called fed. itthe
.SnJfbur, or heat and dry-

nels: the other^ Mercury^ V. Thefe are the
Argent Vive, or cold and gons which the ancient 1 1 Tl
moiilure : 'thefe are Sol^nd feigned^ did watch (wit n tw;
Ltina^ of a Mercurial fource^ fleeping) the Golden labo
a iiilphurous original^which pies of the Heffmdtaii <

Ifilj
by a continual hre are a- dens: Thefe arc the) Kicife
dorneil with Royal Habili- whom Ja[on in his adi liirj

XXIX; ELA M M E L. 547
[for the Golden Fleece^ into all fliapcs as he pleor
or poured the liquor fes.
red by thelnchantrefs
IX. He, faith Haly^ who
Ihall killthe one, Jliall alfo
L Of the difcourle of kill the other, becaufe the
n, the Books of the one cannot die without the

Ph )(bphersare fb fillip that other.
ny of them that ever
but has declared
e, X. Thefe two are thole
coneerning the
Jthing which Avken calls the Ar-
s even from the times menian Dogj and the Coraf-
lemoft faithful Bermes fere Bitch which being put h
igiftus^ Orfheus^ Tytha- together into the Veffel of

ArtefhiuSy Morimm^ the Sepulchre, do cruelly
Others following them^ bite one another, and by
to my felf. their furious rage,and migh-
ty poilbn^ never ceale to
Thele are the two contend^ from the very
[I.
ms given and fent by moment that they feize

Îfviz,. the metallick na- on one another ('ifthecold
I
which Hercules {viz.. hinder not)till both of them
ftroiig and wile man) become all over bloody^ in
t ftrangle in his Cradle every part.
"t^ overcomb and kill
n, and to make them XL, And then killing

ifiej corrupt^, and gene- one another, they be deco-
, at the beginning of his
,
ded and digefted in their
k. proper Venom
or poifbn^
which afterdeath, their
[ill. Thefe are the twQ changes them into a living
ents twined and twilled and permanent^ or fixed
lid about the Caduceus water.
\iod of Mercury^ by which
exercifes his great pow-
XII. Before which time^
j
and transforms himfelf they by their CoFruption

1
1^3 na and
548 SALMON'S Lib.
and putrefadlon , lofe this fruit for of it an
their firft natural forms^ to tidott may be made, wl
affume afterwards another has ftrength and powet
new one; betterj more no- conquer all Infirmii s
ble and excellent. Weakneffes, and Difejs

and even to contend \
led,
XIII. Thefe are the two Death it felf, length
Seeds MafcuUne and Femi- Life (by the permiffioi
f^J
nine, which generate ("iays God) eventothe detei
^'
Rhajis, A'vicen, and j^bra- ned, or appointed ti P

ham the Jew) within the and withal making Md Yx
Bowels or Womb of the triumph over the pooi l*^"^'
''^^
four Elements, and com- and wretchedneft of
pleat all their Operations. Life, givinghim an Inf ii
of Treafure and Rich

XIV.Thefe are the Radical m;
;
moifture of the Metals^ to XVII. Thefe two ^'^^;
witj Sulphur and Mercury^ gonsj or Metallick Pf 1[^^
or Argent Vive\ not the pies, will drive eachti y")
Vulgar^ which are ibid by flame the other by its! "'''"^
Merchants and Druggifts Then if you be not ca f{^?
but Ours which give us thefe you will fee a flinking ^^'i
two beautiful Bodies, we lb poifonous Vapour or E

much dofire. to arife, exceeding in '^'\
fon, the biting of the

XV. Thefe two Seeds Venomous Serpent.-
^
?'^^
(faith Democritm) are not

found upon the pure and XVIIL Thereafon ^
uncorrupted Earth: But as I depicted thefe two
A'vicen faith) they are in the forms o/tDragms
gathered from the Dung, of thole colours, is be
Ordure^ and Putrefadion of their virulent or po
of Sol and Luna, ousfmell; and the Va
or Fumes rifing up i;
XVI. Happy are they Glals or Philolophick

who knov.' how to gather being alfo of the fam<
^ p. XXIX. FL A MMEL 5*49
s with the Painted Scr-

:s, vix,, blacky bluej and XXII. Thus^ the heat
working upon and againft
the Radical, Metallick, Vi-
IX. The power of fcous, or Oleaginous Moi-
fch, and of the Bodies ftureof Metals^ caufes the
)lved, is {o venomouSj fubjed matter to generate
truly in the whole blacknefi.
jrld, not a more
there is
jignant poyfon 5 for it is XXIII. For at the fame

I
by its own ftrengthand time the matter isdiffolv-
Id odour_, to mortifieor ed, it grows black, and ge-
[every thing living. nerates: for all Curruption
is Generation ; therefore
kX. The Artift is never blacknels is much to be de-
ffible of this ill fmellj un -
fired.
his Veffels breaks but he
;es when it begins to be^ XXIV. This is the black
[the fightj and changing Sail with which Ihefm's
lou rSj proceeding from Ship, came back with tri-
putrefadion of the mat- umph fiom Crete, which
in Digeliion. was the caufe of his Fathers
Death: And fo muft this
XXI. Thefe colours^ as Father alfo die, that frort^
jy fignifie Corruption and the Afties of this Tboenix^
trefadion, fo they alfo another may fpring or a-
[jfage to us Generation^by rife^ which Son mull be
gnawing and dilTolving King.
the perfed Bodies jwhich
[ifolution proceeds from XXV. This is certain,
ternal hear^ joyned with that if this blacknefs be not
watery fire, and the at the beginning of your o-
Ibtil yô^Kondi our Mercury peration, during the days of
hich refolves into a meer the Stone ; let what other
loud, mz.. into impalpable colour foeverarife, you will
pwder^ whatever refills it. wholly fail of the Magifte-
Nn ; ry,
^5 SALMON'S Db.
\t
ry, nor from that Chaos^ at the beginning you fee tlalij
will you ever produce any appearance within' yîiff'^r
thing. Egg, without doubt jiir^
have burnt the Matter, aid
XXVI. You cannot work fo will lofe the verdure !d
wellj unlefs you putrefte life of the Stone.
your Matter firfl-^ nor can

you generate^ unleis you XXIX. The colour wi
iirftmeet with Corruption: you ought to have,muft
and by confequence^ with- tirely be perfected in bh
out a (it Womb, warmth^ nefsf like to that of tl
heat, and nourilhment.the Dragons) in the Ipacej

Stone cannot take a Vegeta- forty days.
tive Life^ fo as to encreafe
and multiply. XXX. If therefore
have not thefe ellen
XXVILAndtrulylmufl marks, retire your felf
tell you J that though you good time from your wi
work upon the true mat- that you may refcue y
ter yet if at the begining,
;
felf from affured and
after you have put your tain loft,
Confe5lion^ Frima materia^
ov firÂgents J into tbePhi- XXXL And note tl
lolophers Egg ; if, I lay, alfo in particular, that

ibmetima after the fire has even next to nothing to
them up, you lee
ftirred tain this blacknefs ; there
inot the head of the
l^lack nothing more eafie to coi
Crow^ this black of the black- by: for from almoft
tft blacky you muft begin a- things in the World, raix^
gain, for your fault is irre- with moi(hu*e, you mi
parable and not to be a- liave a blacknefs by fire.
mended.
XXXII. But here y
XXVlIIButefpeciallythe muft have a blacki
Orange colour, or half red^ whicii comes ^rom the
is much to be feared : For if fed Metallick Bodies, ai
hi
XXIX. FLAMMEL. * 'ni
a long fpace of time^ from hence they nil fed 1<^
lean be dellroyed in lels many Allegories of Dea^^

the fpace of five Men^ Icmhs /Sepulchres J &:c.
ths, after which im-
Biately follows the defi- XXXVI. Others have
re whkenels : if you have called itj Cak'mation, De~
you have enough^ but nudatic7i^ Separatimj Tritu-
all. ration^ and JjJ'atlon ;
becaufe
the Compoficum is chang-
XXIII.Thcblueilliand ed and reduced^ into molt
lOwijIi colours J fignifie Imall Atoms and parts.
Iblutionand putrefacli
:
|is not yet fini[hed> and XXXVII. Others have

the colours of 0r Mer called it KeduBion into the
are not as yet well firfi matter^ Mollifi&monÊx'
îgled and rotten^ or pu- traclio?}^ Commixt'ton^ hio^tie-
ied with the reil. faHic?}^ ConverficH cf Elc-
went s J StibtillizâUonJ)ivifi. ?;,
:XXIV. Thfi blacknefs Hiijnation^ ImpaJIaiion, and
r.it, and thefe colours, becaufe that the
Difttllaticn^
inly demonftrate^ that particulars of the Comfoft^
; matter or compofition tum^ are melted^ brought
Igins to roc or putrifie and back into feed, foftned, or
|Mve into powder, finer meliorated^ and Circulated
,d fmaller than the Atoms witliin the Glafs.
the Sun^ thewhich is af-

^fWards changed into a XXXVIII. Others havî
iirmanent or fixed wa- called itj Ixir^ Ir^S; Vutrefa-
cUon^ Corrupt kn^ Cjmmerian
darknejs^ a Gidf^ Hell^ Dra-
XXXV^.Jl'his diffoluti- gons ^ Generation In^reJ/ion^ J
1 by the yi^nigmatick Phi- Submerfion^ Complexion^ Con-

ifophers is called Deaths jmcl'ion^ and Impreg-naticn
Hftrucfion^ Perditkn ; be- becaufe that the matter is
'aufe that the Natures black and waterillij that
hange their form j and the lâtures are perfectly
Nn 4 mix-
5;2 SALMON UbW
inixed^ and now fubililone^
Ly another. XLTL For then by j/
fon of the perfed or cci-
XXXiX. For when the pleat putrefadion ('9ii\[
heat of the Sun works upon is as natural asany can' b

him, they are converted this Eirth ftinks^ and yii
iiri\ into a Powder^ or into a fmell like to the Scei
ii Ât and glutinous Water^ Graves, filled with rod
v/hich feeling the heat flies and putrified Carkafes^
on iiigh to the top or head yet perfedly confumed.
with the Vâpour or Fumej
widi the Wind and Air. XLIII. This Earth 1
m to
called by Hermes^ Terra fc
XL.From thence this wa 11 ata, but iis true and p %mii
ter ('drawn out of the mat- per Name is Let en or La^ \ nt h

tor or Comôfitum ) de- which muft afterwards I fcntac
icendeth again^ and in de- whitened. I ofnc
iccnding, reduces and re-

ioivcs^ (.IS much as may bej XLIV. The AncientP -and
tlie of the CGmp-jfitum^

relt lofopherswho were Ca oiir
continually doing io,till the Itfis have decyphred it htt

whole be like a black Broth^ their Metamorfhcfes um jnd,
feme what fir. tlie Hiftory of the Serf

^f Adars^ which devoiJrJllt
XLI. A while afcer^ this the Companions of O
water hc^\*}\\s to coagulate mm^ who flew him by p^^
or thicken fbmewhat more,, cing him with his Lanc(
growing very black like to gainff a hollow Oak whi| :
Picch Lalily, comes the

: Oak, you ought ferioul
Bcdj and Er.rth^ which the to contemplate and cor
Oblcue Philoiophers have
called lerra fostids.
CHAl
b.XXX. FLAM MEL. 553
CHAP. XXX.
^^the Man and Woman cloathed in an 0-

\range coloured Gown^ in a Field A'Zjure and
'lluey with their Motto s.
^He Man depided in fecond Operation^ thou haft

that Figure exactly truly, but not perfectly two
ibles my felf^ even as natures, conjoyned and
Woman does lively re- Married together the Maj-
pent Terremlle : But the culmestnd the Fentinwe^ or
frefentation to the life, rather the 4 Elements,
1 of no necefficy as to
work ; to figure forth a IV. And that the four
I'/e and a Female^ was all natural Enemies, the ôt
our defign required, and cold^ the rlry and meifi,
lich anfwers to ottr Sul- begin to approach kindly
[r and Mercury, one to another; and by
means of the Mediators or
L It was the Painters Peace-makers, lay down by
afore to put our refem- little and little the ancient
nce, upon thofe Figures^ Animofity or Enmity of the

he did in thofc kneeling old Chaas,
the feet of the Apoftles
hIand Veter^ according V, Who thefe peace-
what we were in our makers are you muft know
uthful days. between the bof D^d the
coU there is moiflure, who is
III. Thele here then I of the Kindred, and allied
ide to be painted, one a to them both i to the hat
Wf^ the other a Female^ by its heat, and to the cold
teach thee^ that in |his by its mcifture.
554 S A L MO N'S Lib.
VI. And to begin this X. Thus have yout^

Conciliation, you muft (as Natures Conjoyned or m-^ ^'
in the precedent operation) whereby le

ried together,
convert all the Bodies,
firfl: one conceives by the oth,
or the whole Comfofitutn and by this Conception ,e
intowater^ by Diffolution. Female is Converted into ic

body of the Male ; and kfc''^,^''
VII. And afterwards you Male into the body of I

*
muft coagulate this water, Fe7nek, fii^^'
which will be turned into g iser
black Earth, black even of XL Thatistofay, I God

the molt black, whereby are made one only bo ^''
this Peace and Union will which is the AndrogynCy

be wholly and nioft happily Hermofhrod'ite of the Ai ''T^
accomplifhed. ents, which they have < iblef
fed, The Oov/s Heady otai
VIII. For the Earth Nature Convert ed, la^w
which is coid and dryj find-

ing it felf akin, and allyed XII. In this man erit
to the dry and moift which therefore I depid th fife,
are Enemies, will wholly here, becaufe you have t ith i
conciliate and uHite tliem. Natures reconciled, wh

(îf they be order'd and i
IX. Thus have you a per naged wifely) will fori

fed mixture of all the four Emhrion in the Womb of
Elements, having firft turn- Veffel,and afterwards
ed them into Water, and forth a beautiful birth,w!
afterwards into Earth: I will prove, a moft Powei
will hereafcer teach you o- and Invincible King, in
ther Q)nverrions into Air^ ruptible ;and alfo be a
when Ihall be made all admirable quinteiTcnce
it
White^ and into Fire, when

it Ihall be converted into a XIII. Thus have you
moft perfed VhtÛ. principfî and moft nee
iiry Rcafon^ or Caufoj
XXX. FLA M M E L.' ^^(*
Rcprefentation. The Original from the Corrup-
Caufe (which is al(b tion of the Earth, gathered
to be noted) from the together by the Waters of
DCiffity of having two ho- the Deluge, when the whole
for that in this Ope- Compojitum was water.
i:n you muft divide that
;vl;h has been coagulated^ XVIL This Serpent muft
/ean after nourijliment
to be flainor kill'd, and over-
ji;e Milk of Life to the come by the Arrows of A-
Infant when it is born, pollo^ by the yellow Sol^ that
:^ endued (by the

is is to fay by our fire, which
fig God) with a Vege- ib equal to that of the Sun,
iSoul.
XVIII.Hewhowallieth,
IV. This is a rare and or rather the Walliings^
drable lecret, which for which muft be continued
It of a right underltand- with the other halt, are the
has made Fools of all Teeth of that Serpent,
as have erred ia ieek- which the Wiie Thefem will
er it J but has raade (bw in the E^^rth, from
wife^ who has viewed whence ftiall fpring up Ar-
with the Eye of his med Men> who in the end
id. (liall difcomfit themfelves,
fuifering themfelves by op-
JCV. This Coagulated pofition to relolvc into the
[ly you muft divide into lame nature of the Earth,
[> parts, the one of which and the Arjtift to obtain his
[11 ierve for Azôth ^
deferved Conqucfts.
Hch is to walTi and cleanfe
other^ which is called XIX. It is of this very
\'tn^ which muft be whi- thing that the Philofophers
:ed. have ib often written, and
fo often repeated : It Dlf-
iSVl. He which is wafh- fshss it felf] it Congeals it
< is the Serpent Vython^ felf, it makes it [elf Black, it
^ 10 takes his beginnings or makes it [elf White, it ktHs it
$^6 S A L M ON'S Li
felf^ and makes it felf alive have alfo called the

again. fojitum in this Oper^ m
Nummusj Ethelia^ w
XX. I caufed their Field BoritiSy Ccrjufle^ G y
to be painted Axûre and Alhar arts J Vueneck^
:Blue^ to ftiew that we do derickj Kukul^bahricis^ i^
now but begin to get out mech^ Ixir^ &c. which
from the moll black dark- have commanded to i
notc
nefs For that the Azure

: white.
and Blue is one of the firft Ub
Colours, that the dark Wo- XXIV. The Wor be
man lets us fee ; to wit^ moi Motto is as it were in a vi iold
fture giving place a little to Circle round about hei but
heat and dry nefi. dy, to fliew that Reku m

become white in that
XXL The Man and Wo- manner, beginning ^t
man are almoil all Orange the Extremities roun
colouved, to (hew that our bout the white Circle.
Bodies (or our Body ^ which of
the Philofophers here call XXV. In Schola n II tl
Rehjs) are not yet decoded fhorum it is Tk

faid, are
enough ; and that the nioi- Sign of the firft prfeB n e I
fture from whence the black nefs is the manfejlation

Blue, and Az.ure comes, is but little Circle of hatr^ wh
half vanquilhed by the dry- faffing over the Head^
nefs. will appear on the (ides o
Vef]el, round about the mA mt
XXH. For when the dry- in a kmd of a Citrine or
nefs has got the Dominion, lowilh Colour,
all will be white : and when
it fights with, or is equal to XXVL The Motto-
the moifture, all will be in longing to the Male is,
part according to thefe pre- mo 'veniet ad judicium .
fent colours. That belonging to the

male is, Vere ilia dies ten\i'
XXIII. The Philofophers lj4 erit. Thefe are not ^|n-

XXX. FLAM MEL; ^^7
_:es of Holy and Filth, be fplri-
Scripture, hlacknefs
^ônly words which fpeak tualized^ and whitened.
_ jrding to theTheologi-
cfenfe of the Judgment to XXX. Again^ Surely that
ae. day will he terrible \ Such in-
deed is the day of cleanfmg
iXVIL I hav put them and purifying : Horrour
re,not only for the The holds the body in Priibn for
gical fenfe^ concerning the fpace of fourfcore days,
RelurredioDj which in the darkneftof the wa-
y ferve them which on ters, inthe extream heat
Dehold the outward Fi- of the 5w, and in the
es, but know nothing of Troubles of the Sea.
^ :ScientifickMyftery
h XXXL All which things
XXVIII. But ought firft to pafs over, be-
alfo for
^^ tnij who gathering toge fore our King can become
n* the Qymgmas and Ta- white^ arifing from Death to
les of the Science^ and Life, to Conquer and over-
wing them with Lyncefis's come all his Enemies.
k^ are able to pierce in
the myfterious fenfe, XXXII. To make you
(ough the vifiblQ Ob- nnderfland fomething bet-
ter this Alhijicaticn or Whiten-
ings which is harder and
XXIX.. Thus then, ;kf^ more difficult than all the
41 ome to the Judgment of reft, (for till that time you
J; it that to
fignifies, may err at every ftep, but
'ing Comjofitum or
the afterwards you cannot, ex-
Utter to the colour of per- cept you break your Vef-
dion, itmuft be judged^ fels.^ I give you the foU
lat is^ cleanfed from all its lowing Explication.
chap;
55S SALMON'S 1^ 5S
1,^
figni
CHAP. XXXL
hi
Of the Figure li\e Paul the Apofile^ cloa

with a White and Yellow Kobe^ hard , hi
voith Gold^ holding a naked Swordy :

*^
a Man hîeling by his Feet^ clad in a I

yj^
of Orange Colour^ BlachândWhite^

his Motto.
ill
ami
I. T 7Iew well this Man fignifies in the -All

V cloathed in a Robe^ Blacknefs^ as you may
intirely of a Yellowifti read in 7urha Philofoph
White^ and lee him as it DecoSl it until it CO
were turning his Body, Ibj Blacknefs ^ which 'im
as if he would take the na- thought evil.
ked Swordj either to cut
off the Head, or do Ibme Ilf. But would you iH/
other thing to the Man what is meant by this
kneeling by his fcetj clo- taking the Sword int( Vi
thed in a Robe of Orange hand ? Truly it (igi
colour^ White and Black, that you muft cut oi

who crys out ^Dele mala qua Head of the Crow, tol
feci^ Blot out all the evil of the Man clothed ij
which I have done* vers Colours kneeling. \\
.11. As if he fhouldfay, IV. I have taken

Tolle nigredinem^ Take away Portrai(5lure and Figu
from me my blacknefs ; which of Hermes Trijmegiî^î-^
is a term of Art : For Evil Book oUhefecret Art^
p;xxxL FL AM MEL SS9
faith J Take away the[
I of this Black Man^ cut \ VIII. They have alfo
ie Head of the Crow ; all uled this Terifhrajis : When
;h fignifiesno more they would exprefi the
thefe few words, Whl- multiplication of the ftone,
wr Black, they have feigned the Ser-
tki pent Hydraj for that it is fa-
Lainhffringîh^t Noble bled^ that if one Head be
mn hath alio ufed it in cut off, there will fpring up
i Commentary of his Hi- ten in the place thereof,
r,lyphicks,where he faith
Its Wood there is a Beafl IX. For the ftone multi^
wer covered with Black plies or encreales it ten
felfi
ly one cut off his Head^ he fold every time, that they
loefe his blacknefs^ and cut off this Head of the Crow;
m a mo ft white Colour^ that they make it blackând
1 afterwards white; that is
r;ay(:I. Will you under (^ and to fay, tliat they diffolve it
;i;i(|h he) what that is ? anew, and after wards make
m^hlacknefs is called the it white again ; viz. They
the CroWj the which diffolve anew, and af-
I' ^ of
it
f
taken away^ at that in- erwards coagulate it a-
I
comes the white colour \ gain.
jdl|^ is as much as to fay^
;hi$ li
when the Cloud affears X. Obferve alfo how the
'm vircy this Body is jaid to naked Sword is wreathed
i'^c vithout an head. Thefe about with a black Girdle,
;
f his words. yet that the ends thereof
are naked and bare, and not
ll. In the lame fenfe, wreathed at all.
Men have alfo faid
i/Vile
ther places^ Take the Vi- XL This naked ihining

alled Derexa^ and cut off Sword is the ftone for the
'dead^ ficc. That is to fay, ^Mite^ or the White- fiene, fo
a away from him all his often by the Philofophers
:knejs defcribed under this Form*
XII.
S60 SALMON'S Li
/ and indeed a fire.
is
XII. To come then to Argent-Vive^ or Quick-j,

thisperfedand Iparkling which runs in the mi
whitenefi, you muft know the fire fearing n(
what the wreath of this you muft feed him
black Girdle fignifies, and dantly, fb as that the VA
follow that which they Milk may encompafij
teach you, which is the the matter round abc
quantity of the Imbibiti-
ons. XVI.The wreaths! _
ed blacky becaufe they|
XIII.The two ends which nifie the Imbibitions ^ ar
are not wreathed about at conieqaence, the bU cor
atl^ repreient the begining, fes: For the fire with| the
and the ending ; for the mQifiure (as I have ofcei whii
begining it Jhews you, that you) Qmkthblacknefs. k

you muft Imbibe it at the ero
firft time gently and Ipa- XVIL And as thefi

ringly, giving it then a lit- Leaves or Rounds, lodv
tle Milkj as to a Child new that you muft do \t in[

born, to the intent that Ixlr times wholly, fo like
(as Authors fpeakj be not they let you know, thai
drowned. muft d(j this in ^yq F(
Months 5 a Month to :oper
XIV. The like muft we ry Imbibition, iacco
do at the end, when we fee ik

that our King is ///^ and XVIIL And noir
will have no more. may fee the reafon' 01
Hdy Abenragel faid, Tl loiil
XV. The middle of thefe coBion o/'rêCompofitai

Operations is explicated by Matter is done in three \
the fire, whofe wreaths of fifty da)%

the faid black Girdle, at
what time (becaufe our XIX. It is true, th '^\
SaUmandir lives of the fire, you count thefe little Ii jj^^
and in the midft of the fire^ | bitions at the beginriing)

.^^
ap. xxxr. F L A MM E I S6t
?he end, there arc leven ;
mufr make your Corfude to
ereupon one of the moil come.
cure has faid. Our Head
be Crow is Leprcus^ and XXII. The Veftments of
ibat would cleanfe it mufi the Figure of Paul the Apo-
te it go down feve7i tiwes lile are bordred largly with
the Ri'ver of Regeneration^ a Golden and red Citrine

o/" Jordan^ as the Prophet colour.
mandedLefrvm Naaman^
Syrian. XXIII. Give praife now,,
[X. Hereby canipre- my Son, if thou ever feefl:
ding^ the
beginning, this for then by the good
i
ch. but of few

confifts Hand of Heaven, thou haft
sj the middle, and the obtained aTrealure ; which
, which is alfo very you mull then imbibe, and
t: And therefore by tinge it by decoction and
Hieroglyphick, I teil digeftion, lb long,till the lit-
, you muft whiten

that tle Infant becomes hardy
r body, which by kneel and ilrong to encounter a-
begs that thing at ycur gainif both the water and
ids. the fire.
XI. For nature always XXI\^. In accomplijl]ing

Is to perfedioHj and this of chis^ you muft do that
be accomplifhed by the which Demagcr as ^Senior ^ and
of the Virgins Milk^ Haly have calkd, the fit-
the deco(5tion and di- ting of the Mother into the In-
ion of the Comfofium^ fants Belly ^ vjhtch Infant the
ch you ft all make with Mother had lately brought
3J2 Milk ; which being dry- forth,
upon your body_, will
s it into the fame white XXV. Now they call th
oWjOr yellowifh White^ Mother^ the Mercury of the
bh he who takes the Philofophers , wherewith
rdis cloathed withall they make their Imhihitioni
* in which Colour you and Ferrmntatio, s : And thp
Go h-^
562 SALMON'S Lib. II
Infant they call the Body^ Ordure ^ rottcnnefs a.l

the which the laid Mercury black nels : Jafon has pouri
isgone forth to tinge or co- the digeiled Broth or ]-
lour. quor upon the Dragons f
Colchos : and you havener'
XXVI. have therefore in your power the Hor%\
I
given you thele two Hiero- AmdthUy whichj tho' it
glyphkks to fignific white, may replenifti
the Albi-
fication
; for now through
it is the whole cour
that
you have need of great help^ Life with Riches, Hon<
and here it \i, that all the and Glory.
World is deceived.
XXX. But to obtain ti
XXVII. This Operation you mud beftir your

is indeed a Laborinth ; for and purfue the Work
here is prefentcd a thouland Hercules^ with invincib!
ways at the lame Inftant^ (blution: for this Ach
befides that which you thismoift River, is endo\ j,y,
ought to gOj and prufae3 to with a moft mighty fc 1 ,//
the end of the Work, which and often transfigures it

^^
is diredly contrary to the from one ftiape to anotl j^^^jj
beginning; to ^\t/in coagu- andnow^ in a manner,

lating what before you dif^ have done all, for that w
jj[f
foheds and in making that remains, is performed

Earthy which before was out any difficulty. ig^^
Wat^r,
XXXI. Thefetranfi
XXVIII. Whenyouhave tioiis , transfigurations ^ by ID
raade it Wblte^ then you changes, are particular!; I
iandj
have overcome the Enchant- fcribed in the Book o\
ed Bulls ^ which caft Fire Seven Egyptian Seals'^ w
tlie
and Smoak out of their No- fas alfo by other Auth

ftrils. it is faid. That the Stone,
fore it Trill -wholly forfakl
XXIX. Hercules now has hlacknefs^ and become w^c

cleanfed the St^kk full of to thi appearance of the ip/-
p.XXXr. FL A M M E L.' 56;
pjg orpolilhed Marhle, and workj It will be changed
f>i\aked flaming Sword^ will into a Red Citrine coloui:,
n all the cqIouys that tkpu and at lafl:^ into the perfed
Hmfojjihly imagine^ Red of the Vermilion y
where itwill repofe or fix
^XIL And that it will it felf for ever.
Melt it felfy and as often
hte it and in
ftlf again XXXIV. Of thisairobe
;
idfi of thoje and advifedj that the Milk of

di^vers
Operattsm (which it Luna is not like the Virgt?^
ms by virttfe of the Vege Milk of Sol; and that the.
,Soul which is within it. Imbibitions of Whttenefs re-
fand the fame time it will quire a more White Milk^.
CitrineJ Green^ Red [hut than thofe of the GoUtu
f the true Red) and be- Rednefss

Tellow, Blue^ and 0-,

colour*^ even till^ that XXXV. In this very mat-
wholly overcome by dri- ter I was in danger of mif-
all tbefe various coloitrs fing my way^ and fo 1 had
ânifiiând end in this ad- done indeed^ had it. not
Citrine whttenefs. been for the Book of
ABRAHAM the Jew :
Olil. Which laft co- And therefore for this rea-

is that of VauFs Gar- fonj I have made to be de-
:, and will in a ftiort pided for you, the Figure

become like the colour which takes hold of the na-
c naked Sword after- ked. Sword^ in the proper
:
k by means of a more and right colour, for it i$

ig and long digeftion^ the Emblem of that which
rds the end of the whitens,
'
Oo 2 CHAR
S64 S AL M O N'S Litll:
CHAP. XXXII.
Of the Green Field with the three K-e/iljj^g,
tants^ Men and

two one Woman ^ altmi
ther in White Two : Angels beneath^ fVi^
oêrthe Angels the Figure of our l|rej

and Sazîoury coming to Judge the Wi '^sj
cloathed with a Kobiy ferfeBly Cit;^.^^

White, ito
le,
Bit
I. T Have
depicted the III. O Nohk and:l^^
m
XField Green^ becaufe Green, (faith the Re
that in this decoction the which froduces all thing
Comfo/itum becomes Green without whom nothing ^î^
Tim
and keeps this colour longer creafe^ Vegetate, ôr I which
riian any other after the fly.
Black.
IV. The three P^
^^^^
II. ThisGrm^w^/fdemon- rifing again, cloathe
^^,,|^
ftrates particularly, that our Sparkling White, repi

Stone has a Vegetable Soul the Body, Sonl, and Sf
fifay,
and that by the help of art, our white ftone.

it is made to grow into a
it Id
triae and pure Tree, to V. The Philofophc

fpring upj and bud forth commonly ufe thefe
abundandy ; and afterwards of Art to hide the J
to fend forth infinite little from Unworthy Men^
that
S;jsfgs and Branches.
1)
" xxxn. FLA
E L. MM
I f^r
one Man, or fubftance So :
\. They call the Body likewiie in this your white

îi'jlack Earth, which is Comfofttumy you have but
iibftre and dark,and which one only fubftance, yet con-
we'iake white. taining a Body, Soul, and
Sprite which are infepara-
I.They call the Soul, bly united.
her half divided from
.ody ; which by the' XL I could very eafily
'feof God, and work you moft clear Com-
give
ture, gives to the bo- parifons and Expofitions of
f its Imbibitions and this Bcdy^ Sotd. and Sjirit^

sntations a Vegetable not fit to be divulged : but
'VIZ,, a Power and Jliould I explicate them, I
&y to bad^ or fpring, rriuft of neceffity declare
ik, multiply, and be- things which God relerves
Whtte, like a naked to hircfelf, to reveal to a fe-
g Sword. led choice, of fuch as fear
and love him, and there-
11 They call the Sp- fore ought not to be writ-
ie Tincfture and dry- ten.
which as a Spirit_, has
r to pierce all things. XIL I have then caufed
to be depided here^ three
, Tt would be too te=^ perfons all in white, as if
'to tell you^ ho\y great they were rifing again,
the Philofophers thereby typifying forth this
to fay always, and in j
Body^ Sauly and Sprit, to
aces. Our Stone i&^f^ ! fhewyouthat5c/, Lw^,and
rahle to human kind, a Mercury are raifed again in
a Scul-i and a Spirit, this Operation, -viz,. That
they are made^ Elem*ents,
only inculcate
I will or Inhabitants of the Air
u, thatasa Manendu- and Whitened.
th^fj^/y^SW, and Sfi-
;notwithftanding but
Oo xm
566 SALMON'S Libb
fignlfying, that the Hack fs
.
Xin. For we have be- which Death ^\s conqu<2'

is
fore, called the blackmfs^ or vanquiihed and o|.r,, ,,,
Death : and {6 continuing come \ and being whrnf^,]

the Metaphor, we may call they are brought into ait
T^bitmefs Li/i which comes of Life, and made the
:
riOtj-but wich^ and by a Re- forth incbrruptible,

fuiTCclion.
. XVIIL Behold, anil
XIV. Tie Body, To ex- up your Eyes on high,] nil
plicate this more plainly, I lee the King Afc^

alter
have made to be painted. who being raifed agaii]

A
The Body^\[wg up the Stone the power of Dfe, II;
oritsTomb, wherein it was Crowned with the ;akei
ti&i
inclofed. ous Tindure, has oveirc
,wli
Death, the Darknefel
XV. the Soul This be- Moifture.
caule it cannot be put into
the Earth, it comes not out XIX. And as our
of a Torab, and therefore and Saviour (hall eteri QUpv
I only depid-ed or placed unite unto him all put k

it among the Tombs feeking clean Souls, and iej
its Body Vlt is in the form from him all luch asai hi
of a Woman, having her pure, unclean, andwi<
Hair diihevcllcd, or liang- as being unworthy t(
ing about her Ears. united to his Divine
mre:
XvT. the Sprit. This
neither can be put into a XX So alfb, our
Grave ; and therefore I de- Ehxir will from hencelll
pided ir^ like a Man co- infeparably liftite unr<H
ming oul of the Earth, but felf every pure Metalicn:
not from a Tomb. ture into its own fine, \
and fixed Silvery nat
XVII. Tbefe are depi- but rejecSt all that is I
9fed all in White, thereby rogeneal, or ftrange anc ir
Q. XXXll FLA M M E L. 5^7
tel. Tlunksbegivento XXni.Whatthe2 Angels

I,
who playing on Inftruments o-
thus bountifully
{(lowed his Goodnefs ver the heads of them which
|i us,, and has given us are raifed, fignifie, is need-
Irts fit to confider the left here to be declared :
plbphical Myftery of They are Divine Spirits,
ioil pure and fparkling ringing the Wonders of
\^ more fhinixig, and God in this Miraculous
(sd than any compoun- and Admirable Opera-
latter tion.
f'XlI: And more Noble XXIV. The like may be

tt Immortal
after the faid of the three Angels
of Man) than any fjb- over the head of the Pi-
5j whether having life, cture J reprefenting our
liot having life For it : Lord and Saviour Jeius
[i Quinteffence ; moft Chrift the one of which
,
Silver, having paffed Crowns him, and the other

|Coupel, yea all affays ; two aflifting, fay, O Pater
in thewords tî David Om?ufotens O yefu hone : :
Royal Prophet, If zs Rendringunto him Immor-

ISilver^ [even times refi- tal Praife, with Eternal
Thankfgiving.
CHAP. XXXIIF.
the Field Violet andBhte^ with the two An^

els of an Orange Colour^ and their Motto s.
^"T^He Violet and Blue! that being topafs, or to be

X Field ftiews for th^ changed from the M^hit^
I
StoneÔ04
56S SALMON'S Lib,
Jl51
Stone, to the Red^ you mufl- the two Subftances of
.
imbibe it with a little Vir- Matter, or Compofitufj|i5ttiei

-"^
gins Milk o^Sol^ that thefe "VIZ.. The Mercurial andî'
Colours may come forth fourom fubftance> anditNo^^
from the Mercurial Moi- fixed as well as the VoUt 'k lo
ft are, which you havedry- which being perfectly u by |,
ed upon the Stone. ted together, do alio 0iii'

together within the V jijninl
II. In this Work of Ru- fel. ;,only
bify! ngj although you do iinga
imbibe, you not have

fnall VI. For in this Oper on.
much black, but Violet, on the hxed Body will g

Blue, and the Colours oi tly afcend up to HeaV Fon
the Peacock's Tail. being wholly fptritual \ ttobe
from th;3rice, it willd<;ic< mdbv
III. For our Stone, unto the Earth, even oV iii

this
is fo abfolure and trium ther foever you pleale, I

phant in drpiefs, that aflbon lowing the Spirit eYl M
as your Mtrcury couches ic^ where, which is alwja 5ec
(the nature thereof rejoy- moved by the fire. jfcara
cing in its like nature) it is

joyned unto it, and drinks VIL Whereby at lens \%
brfwallows it up greedily. they are made one. ;
loniv
the lelf fame nature ; ^^ \

IV. And therefore the Compofittim^ or Body, be ho^v
black that^ comes of Moi- m.ade wholly fpiritualj^ ^[
frurc can fhew it lelf but a the fpiritual wholly Cor '^([^
lictle, and that under the real h lb much has it b n

^
Colours Q^ Violet znd'Blue, ground, orlubtilized ui ijq

becauie that Vrjnefs (as is our Marble (t. e. deco(f ^^
(aid J does in a very fhprt in cur Fire) by the J>rq y j^
time govern abiblucely. dent Operations. K^^ .
V. I be da
alio caufed to VII L The Natures th||j
pideci two Angels
with are here tranliiiutcd
Wjngs^ to p.ointout to youi AngelSj 'uiz,, they are]
CH).XXXIIL FLA MMEL. 5^^
tiird and foare ther: And yet then, to
fpirituaU
bficnie the true Tindtures. have that, you muft labour,
and take pains, full as much

1'. Now you muft re- as you do now.
: ber to begin the Ru-
^, by the appofition XIIT. Therefore for fear
e Citrine Red Mercury ; of offending God, I
muft
Qu muft not pour on beware how 1 become the
,. 1^ only once or twice^ Inftrumenc of fuch a
ding as you Ihall fee Change ^ and left it jliould
vion. prove of evil confequence,.
I muft take heed how and
For this Operation v/hat I write , only repre
t to be done by a dry fenting to you, where it is
and by a dry Suhlima- chat we hide the Keys^
and Calcination, which can open all the
Doors, leading into thcfe
And now I have told Secrets of Nature.
a Secret^ v/hich you
fcarcely find, or fel- XIV. Or only to open^
fee written, io far am or caft up the Earth in that
n hiding what is neceG place ; contenting my felf,
Tom you: and Iwould to demonftrate thofe things
od, that every Man which will teach every one,
^ how to make Gold to to whom it iliall pleaie God
iwn litisfadion, that to reveal thi? Myftery.
tight live a life of In-
rfcy, and lead forth his XV. As to know and
to their Paftures^
underftand what Influxes
Dut Ufurers, or going the Sign Libra has, when
it
IWj in imitation of the is enlightened by Sol and
Patriarchs of old.
''
Mercury in the Month of

OBoher,
I. Ufing onlyour as
Fathers did, to ex- XVI. Thele Angels ar
ge one thing for ano- painted of an Orange Gclour^
J70 S A L MO N'S Libl;
to fignifie to you, that your digefted, and ("through 1
white CompofitHm^ or ftone, affiftance of God) by lit-
muft be a little more deco- and little perfeded;

ded and digefted, that the
Black of 'the Violet and XlX. As for the Mot.
Blue muft be chafed away Surîtemortuiy 'venite ad^--
by the lire. dictum domini met, I plat c
there chiefly for the 1p u

it
XVII. For this Orange ological fenfe y rather tfciiireti

Colour is compounded of the for any thing elfe.
beautiful Golden Citrine Red,
(which you have {o long XX. It ends in the Thia
waited forj ^nd of the reof a Lyo:^ all over
mainders of this Violet and fhewing thereby, that
Blue^ which you have alrea- Operation muft not be
dy in pare made to vanilh continued, until you
and flie away. true Red Purple^ wholl
the deep colour of the
XVIII. This Orange co- Poppy, and the VermiL
lour alfo fhews, that the of the painted Lyon^ê
^^^^^
Natwes are decoded and ved for Mult iplicat ion, ^ ' ^j^^^^l
-1 I
Ill's I.
KSjthe:
CHAP. XXXIV.
Of the Figure reprefenting the Apoflle Pi
6loathed in a Robe of Citrine Red^ h

ing a Key in hvs Right Ha?idy and la\
his Left upon a Woman hêeli?jg by

Feet^ in an Orange Coloured Robe. fcrt
are]
her Motto.
^poral
I. TpHe Woman kneel- Orange coloured Garr^<

X ingj cloathed in an
]
I
reprclents Terrenelkj aWl|(
fflip. XXXIV.- FLA M M E L. s*?!
\f, in her Youth : She is depid a JVoman, for that

(kicked in thismanner of ftie requefts rather this than
a ipplkanc at the Feet of any other thing, as being
a Ian with a Key in his the natural and proper ds
R'hc Hand, Itretching out fires of a Woman:
In Left Hand upon lier.
VI. And alfo to fliew

[. Would you know the you, that fiie requefts Mul-
ki;rpretation? This is the tiplication^ 1 caufed the Man
Stie, which in this Ope- to whom flie leems to ad-
ra mrequefteth two things, drefs her felf, to be paint-
the Mercury of Sol^which ed, reprelenting P^rer with
\Q Philofophers Mercu- his Kejs^ having power tO
ftiadowed out under the open and Ihut^ and to bind
p of a Man.) and loole.
II. Which two things, VIT. For that the obfcure

Multiplication, and Pro- Philolophers have never
ion : Which at this time fpoken of Multiplication^ but
sedful for her to obtain, under thefe common terms
therefore the Man fo of Art, ^pcri^ Clause J Soh'e^
ng his hand upon her, Uga, viz. Ofsn, Jhut^ hlnd^
ifieSjthe granting of her locje,
tion.
VIII. By opening and
Bat why fhould they mean, the
1 looQng,
[e a Woman making of die body ^ which
to be pain*-
I could as well have is hard and fixtj foft and
li
fed a Man as a Woman, fluid, and to run like wa-
ather an Jnêl to be deter: And by ihutting and
led ; for that the whole binding, afterwards by a
jures are now Spiritual more ftrong decodion and
Corporal, Mafculine digeftion, to coagulate ic,
Feminine. and to bring it back agaia

into the form of a Body.
But I rather chofe to
57^ S ALMO N'S Lib. I';
IX. It was reqiiifite there- XII. When your Hixiipi..

fore to reprefent in this thus brought unto a kind Kuv
placCi a Man with a Key j Infinity ; one grain there
to fhew you that you muflt falling upon a vafl quam'r
now opn and ût, ('that is of melted Metal, will tin:
to lay) the budding, or it,and convert it into t;
fpring and encreafing -N^- moft perfed Metal, to
tures, into molt fine Silver k
Gold, according as it
X. For obferve, ib often have been imbibed and
tM
as you Ihall diffolve and fix_, mented, expelling, dri
lb often will thefe Natures forth, and purging out,
ijiulciplyjin Qiiantity^ Qja the impure, and Hetje
hffrt:
lity, and Quicknefsor Ver- gene matter which
cue ; which encreafe is ac^ joyned with it, in its \tkf
iMi
cording to the proportion Generation.
of one to tQ>n,
XIII. For this rea
XL
So that if the firft therefore, I caufedaiî?/ U
augmentation be from i to bs depided in the hand
I o, the lecond multiplicati- Man^ to fignifie that Ttt
on is from i o to i oo f which flone defires to be WW,

opcj
is ftill but decuple) the third and fhut for Multipltcat
from loo to 1 00 0^ the and alfb to (hew you v,- .
fourth from icoo to looeo, what Mercury you ought) ^^'^

the fifth from loooo to do this, and when, .orl''"'<^
loocooj the fixth from what time, I caufed l*i^
iQoooo to loooooo^, or a Mans Garment to be ml
Million, thus continually Citrine Rc^ând the iVow^lfm.
increafingby a decuple proof an Orange Colour*
portion ad infinitum The :
which augmentation I per- XIV. 1 muft fpeak

formed three times^ thanks more of this matter, le
be to God. tranfgrefs the Sacred Sil
Vbilcfofjual: Only kfl|
'n
ip. XXXIV. FLAM MEL ^j.
th the Woman,^ who is be for e'verlofi among the aês

have of the Dead,
cuStone^ requelteth to
ri( Accoutrements^ like
th e of the Man's with the XVII. Take heed there-
K^, which {he cxprefleth fore to this your fire in this
bjier Motto^ Ckrifte^frem placcj and manage it with
much gentlenefs and pati-
ence^ attend in hope upon
V. Asifihefhouldfay, this moft admirable quintef-
ordmy God^ be good and fence : And though the fire
ious unto me, and fuffer ought to be (bmething aug-
otto be oiled and undone^ mented, yet it muft not be

ff
not him who is come tbm too much.
foil all with his too great
or fire : And though it is XVIII. And befeech the
that from henceforth^ I Soveraign Goodnefs ^ to
m more fear my Enemies^ prevent the Evil Spirits
\ajs the mofi ^vehement fire, which haunt the Mines and
^ through mofi fleafant Treafures of the Earth,
ick Breeze. that they deftroy not thy
Work, or caft a Mift before
VI. Yet the Vejfiel which thine Eyes ; nor ftupifie thy
ms me, is always brittle mind, when thou fhouldeft
mpe to be breken^ and is view, confider, and perfe<5J:
mally fubjt^ to many the Incomprehenfible Mo-
9^ unlookt for, andhn- tions of this Arcanum^ or
f accidents for the fire Quint ejfence, yet comprehen-
-,
made too great, may ded and (hut up within this

I it in pieces^ whereby, as Veffel
wly fruity Imay fall^ and
CHAR
S74 SALMON'S Lib.iir.
CHAP. XXXV. ^^
'&l
Of the dar\Violet Fields in which is a M

of a Red Purple Colour^ holding the Fa
of a Lyofty red as Ver million y havi{
Wings y and as itfeemSy woidd Kavifha
carry aiây the Man.
His Field of a Vio- tifulScarlet Colour in Gr -
'T let^ and dark Co- which is the true native C

lour, demonftratcs that the nahar Red^ explicates
j
Stone has obtained by a full full Accompliftiment of y

and perfect Digeftion^ the Work, according to the
perfeiflly beautifulGarment, ad and rigorous Law;
which is wholly Citrine and Nature and Art.
'Red, formerly demanded
of the Man^ with the Key IV. And that fte i
in his Hand, who was clo- wit, the Stone, Elixir, (
thed therewith. Tindure) appears now au {^
a ravenous Lyon, de^K

II. And that the corn- ing and fwallowing upfW
pleat a|id perfed Degeftion ry pure metallick Naturl! ^
( fignified by the entire Ci- Body, and changing it i
made her caft to its own true Subfta:

trinity) has
off her old Robe or Gar- into true and moft pure r
ment of Oravge Colour. Gold, exceeding in fee
the Gold of 0//6;>, or i
m. The Vermillion Red of the beft and rics
Colour, of this flying Lyon, Mines.
like the moft pure aad beau-
\
Cf. XXXV. F L AM M E L; S7S
V And flie now removes VIII. And caufing him

this Vlan out of this Vale Night and Day to Medi-
tot
liferiesj here below^ tate upon God and his
into' as it were) a Sea of Goodnefs; to aipire after
[lap nefiiout of the difcom- the Heavenly Enjoyments;
-c and Unhappinefles
ies and to drink of the Delici-
s into an im-
Life, ous Springs from the Foun-
Ocean of Eafe and tains of Everlafting Life,
nt ; out of Poverty, where Rivers of living Wa-
ice
;, and Contempt, ters floWj making glad the
Bto Kingdom^ as it were, City of Our God.
i ichesj Honour and
k. IX. Frailes be given to
God Eternally, even im-
And laftly, flie re- mortal Praifes , who has
ii farfrom himlnfir- been gracious to us, to gi /e
[,
Difeafo, and Deaths us to fee this perfectly Beau-
his Bones with Mar- ful Purple ; this Papavcran
md his Soul with Glad- Red, this Tyrian Glory,
giving him Strength, tbis fparkling and fla-
1, and a very long ming Colour, incapable of
Change or Alteration for
ever, this lb Defirabls a
And with her Wings Treafiire.
ôrioufly him up^
lifts
and ftand-
the dead^ X. A Glory, aTreafure,
iters of Egjpt (which a Colour, a Tindure, over
l vulgar thoughts of which the ZodiacalConileK
11 Men J into a Para- fetions, nor the Heaven it
\i Delights and Plea- felf can have no more Do-
making him defpife minion or Power;
[fe, with all the Rich-
brigand Magnificance XL VVhofe Glorious and
k Bright Shining Rays, noc
only fem to dazle thp Eyes,
bac
^6 S AL MO N '
S Vhk^
but even tocammunicate to may dread and love i
!
Man a Heavenly Portion^ great and holy Name, kf

making him ( when he fees by it he taught to afe hk
\
and knows it ) to be afto- fo v^ftaTreafure wcltor

niflit^, ;ind to tremble, ama- the encreafe of our Fataie
zing him with the ftupen- the profit of our Soulsi.
dious thoughts thereof. benefit of our Fellow Cs
tures, and to thy Glory k, Ji
XII. O
Lord God Al- Honour, now and for
p
(j
mighty, give us, we pray Amen. M

thce^ thy Grace, that we
CHAP. XXXVI.
Flammel s Snmmary of Philofophy* m

I. T F you would know ritualized, and reducedltiali
X how Metals aretran- their Sulpburom^ & Mim
fmuted, you rnuft under- Vive nature, which ar#lius
ftand from what matter they two Sperms, compofejieP}]
are generated, and how the Elements, the one \ fi^jj
they are formed in the ciiline^ the other Femm\ ndig,
Mines ; and that you may

not err, you muft lee and III. TheMale5////-&0eA
obferve, how nothing but Fire and
thole Tranf- pyfj,
mutations are performed in and the true Sulphur is

the Bowels or Veins of the Fire, but not the V
Tki
Earth. which contains no

lick Subllance. iJnex
Minerals taken out of

II.
the Earth, may be changed, IV. TheFeminlnel irei
if b^fore:hand they be Spi- is which:

Arge7jt Vive^
idip-XXXVL FL A M M E L. fjj
rhg but Earth and Water ; by which may be feen, how
f the two Sperms theanci- the External Fire does burn
I
en Sages called two Dra- and inflame the natural
] or Serpents^ of which, Mercurî
one is winged, the other
VIII. And
then you may
fee how
the poyfonous Va-
S'. Sulphur not flying the pour breaks out into the Air^
iH^ is without Wings ; the with a moft ftinking and
wged Serpent pernitious poyfon h which is
is Argent
Vr, born up by the Wind, nothing elfe but the head of

thiefore in her certain the Dragon, which haftily
', fhe flies from the goes out of Bahjlon*
, not having fixity
enigh to endure it. IX. But other Philofo-
phers have compared this
I. Now if thefe two Mercury^ with a Flying Lion,
mes, leparated from becaufe a Lion is a devouref
ifelves, be united again, of other Creatures, and de-
powerful Nature, in the lights himlelf in his vora-
tiality of Mercury , city of every thing, except
;h is the Metaline Fire that which is able to refift
5 thus united> it is called his Violence and Fury.

le Philofophers the fly-
âgcn; becaufe the Dra- X. So al(b does Mercury ^
indled by its Fire, while which has in its felf fuch a
lies by little and little, Power, Force, and Opera-
he Air with his Fire, tion, to fpoil and devaftate
'poylbnous Vapours. a Metal of its Form, and
to devour it. Mercury be-
The fame thing doth ing too much influenced,
|:ury ; for being placed devours and hides Metals
an exteriour Fire, and in its Belly ; but which of
place in a Veflel i it them fo ever ic be, it is cer-
\m fire its fnfide, which tain, that ccnfumes it not,
it
Iden in its profundity 5

for in their Nature^ they
Pp ai@
^78 S A L MO N^ S Lib. Ill
areperfe^tj and much more
indurate. XIV. Which being do4;
Mother mi'-
Argent Vive the '
XI. But Mercury has in die, and being thus nat

li felf a Subllance of per- rally mortified, cannot (Ij^
fcding Sol and Luna : and dead things cannot) quici.^'
all the imperfed Bodies or en it felf as before.

Metals^ proceed from Ar-
gent Vive \ therefore^ the XV. But there are fotP
Ancients called it the Mother proud Philofophers , w
of Metals ; whence it fol- in obfcure words affir||K'
lows^ that in its own Prin- that we ought to tranfmi^^f
ciple and Center, being for- both perfed and imparl
med> it has a double Meta- bodies into running Arii
lick Subftance. Vive'j this is the Serpe
and you may b(
fubtilty,
XIL And firft, the Sub- danger of being bit by iti
ftance of the Interior; then
the Subftance of Sol^ which XVI. It is true, thit
is not other Me- gent Vivcj miy trsLtifrtfw
like the
tals ; of thefe two Subfian an imperfedrBody, as iftion
ceSj Argent Vive is formed^ or Tm ; and may witi; is
which in its Body is Ipiri- much labour, multiply tts
tually nourilhed. Quantity ; but therebWes
diminillies or lofes its < fNat
XIII. As foon then as perfedion, and may ayfc
Nature has formed Argent more for this reafon b6 iki
Vive^ of the two after-na- led Argent Vive, Ipo^
med Spirits^ then it endea-

vours tomake them Perfed XVII. But if by Af it.
and Corporeal but when may be mortified,

; th
the Spirits are of Strength^ can no more Vivifie it So
and the two Sperms awake- then it will be changed

red out of their Central another thing, as in Ci\
Principle, then they defire har^ or Sublimate is dj
to affume their own Bo- For when it is by ti
dies.
lap. XXXVI; FLA MM EL. 579
cigulated^ whether fooner fame is an Argent Vive) then
qlater^ yet then its tvvo may ic multiply it k\^, for
{dies affume not a fixed that it has fubftance from
Bdy, nor can they con- itsMacury, or Argent Vtve^
*re it^ as we may fee in but it will be like Ibme
I Bowels of the Earth. Green Immature Fruit on a

Tree, which the Bloffom
5VIIT. Left any one being paft, becomes an un-
^dfrefore ftiould êrr, there ripe Fruit, and then a lar-
a! in the Veins of Lead ger Apple.
le fixedGrains or Parti-
of fine Sol and Luna XXL Now if any one
:ed in its fubftance o\ plucks this unripe Fruit frorrl
rifhment. the Tree,then its firft form-
ing would be fruftrate, nor
;iX. The
coagula^ would it grow larger nor
firft
\\ of Argent Vive is the ripe for Man knows not
Vie of Saturn ; and mofi how to give Subftarice,

liind proper it is to bring Nourifhment, or Maturity^
hii unto perfecSlion and (b well as Internal Nature,
tion ; for the Mine of while the Fruit yet hangs
'4rn is not without fixed on the Tree, which feeds
tides of Goldj which it with Subftance and Nou-
tides were imparted to riftiment, till the determi-

y Nature : So in its felf ned Maturity is accompli-
wy be multiplied^ and fhed.
aght to perfedion^ and
ft power or ftrength, as XXII. And fo long alfo
tve tryed and therefore does the Fruit draw Sapor
m it. Moifture for its augmenra-
tion and nouriihment, till
I<X. So long as it is not it comes to its perfed ma-*
rated from its Mine, turity.
its Argent Vive^ but well
^, Ctor every Metal XXIII. So is It with Sol;
eh is in its Mine^ the for\\ by Nature, a Grain,
Pp a o:
^8o SALMON Lib. Hi
pr Grains arc madej and it Odors y as Nature and Expe

Jsreduced to its Argent Vtve^ rience makes it appear : Fo
then alfo by the fame it is if an Apple or Pear be one,
daily (without ceafing) fu- plucked off from the Tree,
ftained and fupplied, and it would then be a gre;;
1 i;i
reduced into its place^ ^viz,. Vanity to attempt to fafte

Argent Viê^ as he is in him- it to the Tree again, exp
fclf ; and then muft you ding it to encreafe an
wait till he jhall obtain grow ripe : and experienc
fome fubftance from his teftifies, that the more it
Mercury as it happens in the handled^ the more it w
Fruits of Trees. thereth.
uk
XXIV. For as the Argent XXVII. And fo it is a

m.
Vpve, both of perfed and with Metals: For if yiL^'
imperfed: Bodies is a Tree^ ftiould take the Vulgar \ ^^^^^
io they can have no more and Lunci^ endeavouring.| j

nQurifamentôtherwife than reduce them into Arg^

jj
from their own Mercury. Vive^ you would who!
play the Fool, for there m
XXV. If therefore, you no Artifice yet found. whc 1,
would gather Fruit from by It can he pertorme ?
Argeiit Vivt^ z'iz,. pure So! Though you fiiould ufe n r

and Lma^ if they be dif ny Waters, and Cemcr ^
joyned from tkeir Mercury \ or other things infinitly ? ,
think not that you^ (like as that kind, yet would y |i
Nature did in the beginingj continually err, and tl

^
may again conjoyn and would betal you, wh .
multiply^ and without would him that iliould ^^\

change^ augment them. unripe Fiuit to their Trc ?^
^'
XXVI. For if Metals be XXVIII. Yet fome P \
''^^'
feparated from their Mine^ lofophers have faid trt
then they (like the Fruit of That if Sol and Luna, b;
Tress too ibon gathered) right MiYcurjô\: ArgentV
rever come to their perfebe rightly conjoyned, tl
MMEL. 581
in one day will gi'v'e more
nourifhment to the Frair,
than it received otherwiie
in an Hundred Years.
XXX.
In this therefore
it underftood, thit Mer-
is
cury ^ the much commended

Tree muft be taken, which
has in its power indiffolva-
bly Sol and Luna and rhen '>
tranfplanted into another

Soil nearer the Sun, ihat
thence it may gain its pro-
fitable increafCj for which
thing, Deoi^ does abundant-
ly fuffice : For where ic syas
placed before, it was lo
weakened by Cold and
l
XXIX. They Windjthat little Fruit could

are Fruits
lucked off from their Tress be expected from it, and
sfore their time^ and clyq where ic long ilood and
j'lll
'lerefore of no value or edi- brought forth no Fruit at

latlon Therefore ieek all.
:
le Fruit in the Tree_, that

jads them ftreight to it^ XXXL And indeed the
/hole Fruit is daily made Philolbphers hare a Gar-
reater with increafe^ fo den, where the Sun as wellr
>ng as the Tree Morning as Evening re--
bears it
This Work is ieen with jey

mains with a moft Tweei:
nd fatisfa6lion ; and by Dew without ceafing 3 _,
his means one may tranf- with which it is fprinkled

>lant the Tree without ga- and moiftened ; whole
hering the Fruity fixing it Earth brings forth Trees and
1
mo a moifter^ better^ and 1 Fruits, which are tfaniplan-

I more fruitful place^ which ted I thither, which alfo re
'
P P i ceivc
582 S A L MO N '
S Lib. 11!
ceive defcent and nourifti- then they prove Elegan

ment from the pleafant and fruitful ; For heat and
Meadows. moifture are the Element:

of all Earthly things, Ani
XXXII. And this is done mal. Vegetable^ and Mi
dally, and there they are neral.
limi
both corroborated and

quickened, without ever XXXV. Therefore FirQ
of Wood and Coal produci
Hi!
fading ; and this more in

one Year, than in a thou
or help not Metals i thol ^^^^
fand, where the cold af- are violent Fires, Which noi^
fe<f^s them: rilli not as the heat of thi
Sun does, that conlerves a)
XXXIir. Take them Corporeal things ; for tha It

therefore, and Night and it is natural which they fo
Day cherijli them in a Di- low.
; but not with
llillatory FJre
a Fire of Wood or Coals, XXXVI. But a PhilofoV
but in a clear tranfparent pher ads not what Natuii
Fire, not unlike the Sun, does: For Nature whei
which is never hotter than (he rules) forms all Vegeti
is requifite, but is always hies, Animals, and Mine
alike : For a. Vapour is the rals, in their own degrees ffl
Dew^ and Seed of Metals, Men, do not after the fana

yj^hich ought not to be al- fort, by their Arts mak ^1^5
tered. ^ natural things: When Nf '^î
ture has finifhed her wol

XXXIV. Fruits, if they about them ; then by ot
be too hot, and without Art they are made mo^^n
iDew /;r moidurej they a- perfed. tota
blde on the Boughs, but

without coming to perfe- XXXVIT. In this ma*tu
Siion^ only withering or ner the ancient Sages an
dwindling away; pjut if Philoibphers, for our info: 'i
they be led with heat and mation, wroughr on Lui fc
clue nioifture on their Trccs^ and Mercury her true Mi I'
thei
[up; XXXVI. FLA MMEL. 583
^
?r_, of which they made ed it, which is the firfl: mat-

Mercury of the Fhilofo- ter of the Stone, and the
^s, which in its Opera- Firft Mmera thereof.
n is much ftronger than
Natural Mercury For : ,
XL, If you Vvôuld coma
IS is ferviceable only to hither and find good and ,
fimpkj perfed:^, imper- to the Mountain of the fea-

, hot and cold Metals ven, where there is no
t our Mercury^ the Philo plain^ you would betake
pher's-Stone, is ufeful to your felf from the highefl:^
i
4| Je more than perfed:^ im- you mufl: look downward to

of,
:rfe6t Bodies, or Metals. the fixth^ which you will
lee afar off.
Inl
IXXXVIII. Alfo that the
igvi
nnmay perfed: and nou- XLI. In the height of
them without diminu-
ili this Mountain , you will
jnj addition^ orimmuta- find a Royal Herb trium-
on^ as they were created phing, which Ibme have
\^^ ) formed by Nature^ and called Mineral, fome Vege-
^\^
,> leaves them,, not negls- table^ iome Saturnine : But
ing any thing. Bones or Ribs be left,
let ics
and let a pure clean Broth
XXXIX. I will not now be taken from itj 1?) will
that the Philofophsrs the better part.of your work
;[J^y^
on joy n the Tree, for the be done.
."ijetterperfeding their Mer-
ury, as fome unskilful in XLIL This is the right
ie nature of things, and Mercury of the
and fubtil
nlearned Chymifts affirm_, Philolophers, which you are
/ho take common Sol^ Lu- to take, which will make
a^ and Mercury^ and fo firft the white work^ and
nnaturally handle them^ then the red If you have :
ill they evanifh in fmoak well underftood me, both

rhefe Men endeavour to of them are nothing elie, as
nake the Philolophers Mer- they term them, but the
ary, but they never attain- pradlick, which is fo eafie
Pp 4 and
and fo fimple, that a Wo- thing in a convenient Aler

man fitting by her DiftafT bick, which is the Houl
may perfed ic, from whence will cotr
Chicken, whic
forth a
XLIIL As if in Winter with its Blood will free th<
ftie would put her Eggs un- from all Difeales, and wii
der a Hen, and not wafli its Flefli will nouriflithe

them (becaufe Eggs are put and with its Feathers w J
under a Hen without wafli- cloath thee, and keep th
ing them) and no more la- warm from the Injuries rani
bour is required about them, the cold and ambient Air.

than that they fliould be e-
very day turned, that the XLV. For this caufe
Chickens may be the bet- have written this prefe
ter and (boner batched, Treatife, that you m
concerning the \yhlch e- fearch with the greater A
nough is laid. fire, and walk in the rig
way : And I have writt(

XLIV. But that I may Book,thisSumm
this fmali
follow the Example, firrt, ry, that you might thebett

wafti not the Mercury, but comprehend theSayingsat
take ic, and (with its like, Writings of the Philol
which is fire"^ place it in the phers, which I believe y
Allies, which is Straw, and will much better unde
in one Gials which is the ftand for time to come
Neft, without any other
The End ofFhrnm^Vs Boof^
KOGEK
ap.XXXVIL BACH ON. 5Sf
Eli ROGER II BACHONIS

ADIXMUNDI,
Irranflated out oi Latin into EngUjh, and Claufed,
WILLIAM SALMON.
prel
CHAP. XXXVIL
ion
the Original of Metals^ and Principles of
eta
rgfi
the Mineral W^r^
rHE Bodies of all ter give Corporeity and Vi-

Natural Thingsbe- fibility ; The Fire and Air,
is well perfed as im- the Spirit and InvifiWe
id. from the Original Power, which cannot be
ime, and compounded feen or touched but in the
quaternity of Elements other two.
latures, viz, Fire^ Air^
h. Water, are con joy n- III. When thefe four E-
)y God Almighty in a lements are conjoyned, and
s^ Unity. made to cxirt in one_, they
become another thing
. In thefe four Elements whence it is evident^ that
H the Secret of Philofo- all things in nature arecom-
i*s: The Earth and Wa- pofed of the faid Ele-
ments
586* S AL'M'd N'S Lib.
ment?^ being altered and other Heterogene Bo^|

changed. Neither Salt nor Alui
ters. into our my ftery
IV. So {lith Rhajis^ Sim- as Theophrafir'fs iaith,
ple Generation^ and Natural Thilofofhers difguife :\
Transformation is the Operati- Salts and Alums ^ the P|Ii]
en of the Elemei^s, of the Elements,
V. But it IS neceffary, VIII. If you prud

that the Elements be of one defire to make our E-n
y.m^y and not divers^ to you muft extract it friar
wit. Simple: For other wife Mineral Root For as mh
:
nelthjsr Adion nor Paffion faith^ Tuu fnufi ohtaiîii^

could happen between perfeBion of the Matter
them : So iaith Jrifotle, the Seeds thereof.
There is no true Generation^
hut of things agreeing in Na- IX. Sulphur and Mei ^jl
'ture. So that things be not are the Mineral Roots

made but according to their Natural Principles^
Natures. which Nature her fel:
and works in the Minelfci
VL The Eldar or Oak Caverns of the Earth,
Trees will not bring forth are Vifcous Water,
Pears ; nor can you gather SubtilSpirit running th
Grapes of Thorns^ or Figs the Pores, Veins, and
of Thirties, things bring els of^he Mouatains.
not but only their
forth^
or what agrees with
like, X. Of them is pro(
them in Nature^ each Tree a Vapour or Cloud,
its own Fruit. is the fubftance and
Metals united, afcci

Vll. Oiir Secret there- and reverberating
fore is to be drawn only own proper Earth, (i
but of thofe thicjgs in which bcr ilieweth) even til
it is. You
cannot extrad temperate digeftion ti
i: out of Stones or Salt^ or the fpace of a TI
C H O N. ?87
XIV. Yet notwithftand-

ing, it is not We that mak
the metal, but Nature her
felf that does it ; Nor do or
Irv^the fame manner can we change one thinpr
which is our Sulphur, into another ; but it is Na-
reduced into Mercu- ture that changes them :
/ Mercury, which is We are no more than meer
Water made
/ifcous Servants in the work.
and mixt with its
):ii
r Earthy by a tempe- XV. Therefore Medffs in

fieco^lion and digefti- Turba Thilofcphorum, faith.
.;;fi
rifeth the Vapour or Our Stone naturally contain^
1, agreeing in nature in it the 'whole TinBure. Ic
ubftance with that in is made in the
perfedly
vltowels of the E?rth. Mountains and Body of the
;oo!i
Earth ; yet of it felf (with-
This afterwards is
[. out art) it has no life or
d into moft fubtil wa- power whereby to move
which is called the the Elements.
i.jf Spirit^ and Tindure,
in all hereafter fhew. XVI. Chuie then the na-

tural Minerals, to which^
tl. When this Water by the advice of Aridotk^
irned into the Earthy add Art For Nature gene-
:
>f which it was drawn j rates Metaline Bodies of the

pifli every way fpreads Vapours, Cloud S3 or Fumes
]i or is mixed with it,
'gh of Sulphur and Mercury, to
]ti 'proper Womb, it be- which all the Philofophers
at s fixed. Thus the Wife agree. Knovi' therefore the
I
. does that by Art in a Principles upon which Art
'
time, which Nature works, to wit, the Princi-

)t perform in left than ples or beginnings of Me
m.evolution of a Thou- tals : For he that knows not
llYears. thefe things iliall never at-
tain
$85 S A L M O N'S
tain to the perfsdion of the and knowledge of nJ
Work. things : that is, with a 'i
dom fearching into [
XVII. Gehtr faith. He Roots and Natural pr^

who has not f/w himfelf the pies of the matter.- '| f
Ino-idedge , of the Natural
Tnncifles^ is far from attain- XIX. Yet faith h^ !]
Son, I Ihew thee a &
ing tkeferfeBion ef the Art: ,,
am
being Ignorant of the Mi- though thou knowefl;
neral Root upon which he Principles^ yet therein
fiiould work. canft not follow Natu
Foi
all things. Herein
I'liic
XVIII. Gd^^ralf farther have erred, in Eflayi

ean
faithj "That our Art is only to follow Nature in all hei
wi
he tmderfiood and Learned perties and difference?.
ogei
through the true wifdom
m
1
CHAP. XXXVIII. 111!
get
Of Mercury , the Second Principle of

Work: iiub
I. 'TpHefecond Principle Icwed uf of other Bodied

Xof our Scone is cal- alfofwallows them up.
led Mercwy y which Ibme
Philofophers call ( as it is II. Thisisfimply . |^
^^
fimple of it fclf ) a Stone. Vive^ which contains ti
One of them (aid. This is lential Power, which! ^^^
'^'^
a and no Stone , and cates the Tindlure o:
Stone^
that 'ivithout which Nature Elixir or Philofophers 5'^
never performs any things
which mters into^ er isjwal'
V
B A G H O N. ^$9
Stone is no Stone that can Ge*
Therefore faith Rha- nerate a Ji'vivg Creature. Ano-
f.
b a thing may he made of ther faith. It is ca^ out u^cn

neb exceedetb the highefi the Dunghil as a viie things
îon of Mature. Fork and is hidden from the Eyes er
JRoot of Metals, Har- under/landings of Igmr^mi
ifes with them, and is Men.
Medium that expli-
and conjoyns the VII. k\{o\nLihroSfecids
hires. Alchymia , it is faid , Our
Stone is a thing rejeded,
'.
For it fsvallows up but found in Dunghils (/. e.
-which is of its own in putrefaâion^ or the Mat-
xe and produdion 5 but ter being putrefied ) con-
is what isForreign and taining in it felf the four
TOgenc : being of an Elements, over which it
brm fubftance all m
Triumphs, and is certainly
irts. to be perfeded by humane
induftry.
.Wherefore our Stone
Jed Natural^ or Mine- VIII. Some make Mercu-*
/^getable, and Animal, ry of Lead^ Thus R: Lead, :
X is Generated in the melt it fix or Seên times ^ and

2S) and is the Mother quench it in Salt Armoniiu:
ômb of all Metalsând dtjfolvedj of which take fc iij-
Tojedion converts into Sal Vitrioli, ft /.Borax lb/:
als: it Springs or Grows mix^ and Digeft Forty days in
a Vegetable : and a- Igne Philolopliorum : So
kIs with Life like an have you Mercury, not at all
nal , by peircing with tdiffering from the Natural,
injure, like Spirit and But that is not fit for our
every where ^ and work, as the Mineralis. If
gh all particles. you have any underftand-
ing, this Caution may fuf-
?'ml. Morm faith Jhi^ ficiencly inftrud you.

CHAP
590 S AL M ON^S Lib.t]
CHAR XXXIX.
Of the Furijication of the Metals andW

cHvy for enr Work^
'
I. j
'His IS a great and reign thing fee mixed ^ t
-*-
certain truths that it^ it is immediately cor |
the Clean ought to be fepa- ted^ and by that Corn.t

rated from the Unclean^ on your Work bccomesi/oj
for nothing can give that if rate. Ifl
which it has not : For the
pure fubftance is of one fim- IV. The Citrine
ple Effence^ void of all He- fas Sol, &c) you
terogeneity ; But that which purge by Calcination (
isimpure and unclean^ con- Cementation; and it is it

fids of Heterogene parts^ is purged or purified if : I
not fimple, but compound- fine and florid.

ed (to wit of pure and im-
purej and apt to putrifie V. The metal being / ^
and corrupt* cleanl\.d, beat it intî, 1^

Plates or Leaves ('as tha .13,
II. Therefore let nothing Gold

J and reierve t \-^^
enter into your Compofiti- forufe. iG/<
on^ which is Alien or Fo-

reign to the matter^ (as all VI. The White Li
Impurity is;) for nothing (as Mercury) contains
goes to the Compofition of Superfluities, which
our Stone^ that proceedeth necelfarily be removed
not from itj neither in part it, îzj* Its foetid Earth
nor in whole. which hinders its Fu
and its Humidtty^
III. If any ftrangeor fo- caufes its flying.
XXXIX. B A C HO N. ^î
Geher fcith. Indeavour
The Earthinefe is through the whole Work^
removed. Fut it into to over-power the Mercury
trble cr Wooden mortar^ in Commixtion.
its equal weight of mre
td dry Salt^ and a little IX. Rhafs hith, Thofe

\far. Grind with the
all Bodies come rcareft to per-
g^ till nothing of the mat- fection, which contairMKoft
hfpears ^ hut the whole Salt Vive : \ He farther
Urgent
mes "very black, IFapi this faith. That the Philofophers
re matter with fure Wa- hid nothing but Weight nnd
'till the Salt is dijjohed i Meaiiire, to wit, the Pro-
^hhy water deca?it^ and portions of the Ingredients,
'0 the Mercury again as which is clear, for that
b more Salt and Vinegar^ none of them all agree one
iing it as before^ and with another thcrein:which
nng it with fair water caufeth great error.
h work fo often repeat^
he wjter comes clear from X. Though the matters
ind that the Mercurybe well prepared and well
re-
ts pure bright and clear mixed, without the Pro-

a Venice Looking Glafs^ portions or Quantities of
-
of a CceleBial Colcnr. the things be jud, and ac-
firain it through a Linen cording to the realbn of the
h three cr four times dou- Work, you will niifs of the
two or three times (into truth, or the end, and lofe
wi Glafs Vejfel) ttll it be all your Labour ; you wiii
not iadeed bring any diing
to perfedion.
III. The proportion of
part? is as 24. to i. There XI. And this is evident
24 Hours in a Natural in the Examination : When
/, to which add one^ thereisa Tranfmutation of
it is
2f. [to wit^ the the Body, or that the Body
"ng of the Sun.] To un- is changed, then let it be
^"Und this. i5Wifdom,as put into tbe Cineritium or
Teff
592 S A L MO N ' S Lib. I.
Tell, and then it will be be incorruptible and rem;p

consumed, or otherwile re- firm , without any lo;;;
main 5 according as the through all Eflays andT;
proportions are more or left als:you can do notWiig
than juft ; or juft asthey thi^^work without the tfcf
ought to be. knowledge of this thii
whole Foundation is Nat
Xn. Ifthey be right and ral matter, purity of fuk-'^
Juft, according to the Rea- ftance, and right Rea'tf^"
Ion of that^ your Body will or proportion. I
^''
CHAP. XL.
Of the ConjunSiion of the FrincipUs ^
order to this great WofJ^
I. TÛcU thePhilofopher, power. Therefore knv

his
m2j and a man of great no Stone, nor Pearb
that
underftanding, advifes to other Forreign thing , c
work in nothing but in Sol this our Stone, belongs:
and Mercury ; which joyned this worki
together make the wonder-
ful and admirable Philofo- III; Ybli muft therelr i
phers Stone, as Rhajis faith:Labour about the Diffolri e
White and Red^ both pro- on of the Citrine Bodyt^ loi
ceed from one Root ; no reduce it into its firft maipin

other Bodies coming befor as Rbafis faith , We ii/
tween them. folve Gold^ that it may hi^t

duced into fir^ Natur
iti c
II. But yet the Gold, matter that is into Mtrt^

wanting Mercury , is hindred
from working according to
\i*
(Jp. XL. H N. B A C
^9^ O
managed till it v^îll be re- _,
!]'. For being broken duced from its hard and

'an^nade One^ they have Denfe Body , into a thin
iqliem (elves the whole and fubtll Spirit ^ you la-
ditture both of the Jgent bour in Vâin.
Patiem, Wherefore
Khafisy make a Marri- VIII. And therefore in
that is a Conjundion ) the Speadum Jlchymia:. it h
en the RED Man^ faidj Ihe firfi work is the n^
his WHlTE^mfe^ ducing the Body into Wa'er^
you (hall have the that ts^ into Mercury, And
,e Secret. this the Philofcphers called
Dijjolution 3 whicli is the
The lame faith Mer- Foundation of die whole
\If you Marry the White Art.
\an to the Red Man^ they
n Conjoyned and Imhrace IX. This DiaTolution
notherând become im> makes the Body of nn
atedy By themfel'ves they Evident Liquidity, and ab-
't'Difjol'ved, and by them- fblute Si.'btilty and this is
:
they bring forth what

f . done by a gentle Grinding,
haue concei'ved ^ where- and a. loft and continued
he tivo are made bnt one AlTation or Digeition. :
i-
.X. Wherefore, faith Rhar.

I. And truly our Dif- the .work of- making our
(is^
iion^ is only the redu- Stone is, that the matter. be

the hard Body into a put into its proper Veflel^
d form_, and into the and cohtinualiy Decoded
are o'tJirgent iî;e^that and Digeikdy until .lixh
Saltnefs of the Sulphur time as it vvholly Afcends,
1
be diminiilied. or Sublimes to ch\2 top there-
i
^' i . . . ot.
ill. Without our Brafs
^ be Broken^ Ground, XL Thisjs decla.red in
an Gently and Prudently Spccidum ThUofothcruw.: 7/^^
594 SALMON'S Lib. [J
ThilofcfJjtrs Stone is converted

from a vile things into a pre- XV. And then it wit
tious Suhftance : for the Se- eafie to draw out the St it
men Solare, is cafi into the and Spiritual Subft;c

Matrix of Mercury^ by Co- thereof: of which ^/^tf;
fulation or ConjunBion, where- faith, take the things jn-
by in frocefs of time they he

.
their Mines, and Exa( <
made one. Subtilize them, and re i.
them to theh* Roots, oi i
XIL Alfbj that when it matter , which is I;

35 Compounded with the Luminum*
like, and Mercurizated ,
then it ihall be the Spring- XVL And therefore, J
ing Bud. For thQ^5?/j the cept you caft out the
Sprit and the linclure may we/; with the Whitenefs^
T^
then be drawn out of them will never come to tfe
by the help of a gentle of the Ru
alted glory ich
Fire. . For Rhapi faith, He^ Eli
knows how to convert id

XTIL Therefore faith into Luna^ knows hov \
w
Arifioile the true matters

^ convert Luna into SeU m
or principles* are not poffi- ootl
ble to be transformed or Therefore XVIL li

changed ( by the moll Pandofbtlus in TurhaPt iree
Learned in Alchymie) ex- fhorum y he that prm nfe
cept they be reduced into draws the Virtue or I [ry;
their firft matter. from Sol, and his S'

JJjall obtain a great Secrei
XIV. And Geber faith,

all ought to be made of XVIIL Again it is Iji
Mercury only: for when without Sol , and his Ijk^
Sol is reduced to its firft' dow, no Tinging Vf '
Original or Matter ^ by or Power is generate

Mercury, then Nature em-
braceth Nature. XIX. And whofoevi
is that jhall endeavc
iap.XLt. IB AC HON; S9^
from Truth , to his
ikc a Tinging or Colour- aftray
jTindtare, without thefe own hurt J lofi and detri-
jHgSj and by any other ment.
bans^ he Errs, and goes
CHAP. XLI.
f the Vejfely Lnte^ Clojing^ and times of

the fhilofophic\ Worh^
'T'He for our the Colours appertaining

Veffel
^ but onc^ in to, aiid appearing in the
Stone is
feich the whole Magiftery work ; in which the Spirit

Elixir is performed and moving continually^ canndt
rfecSted ; this is a Cucur- pals or flie away.
tl
t, whole Bottom is round 4

ce an Egg, or an Urinal^ III. Let itaifo bedo-fo
tooth within, that it may led, that as nothing can go
fcend and Defcend the out of it, lb nothing cart
ore eafily^ covered with a enter into it ; as Lucas faith.
imheck round arid firiooth Lute the VtJJ'el firongly with
trery where, and not very Lutam Sapientiae , that no-,
igh, and whofe Bottom is thing may get in or go out of
)und alio like an Egg. it.
Its bi-geriels ought to

IL IV. For if the FlbwerSi
3 fuch ^ that the Me- or matter fubliming, fhould
Icirie or matter may not breath out, or any ftrange
111 above a fourth part of it^ Air or matter enter in, your
(lade of llrong double Glafs, work will be fpoilcd and
fear and tranfparent , that loft.
rou may fee through it^ all
^q V. Aftd
s^6 S AL MO N'S lib"
lofbpher in his Breveht^mA
V. And
though the Phi- laith? as there are three tl
lofophers oftentimes fay ^ w a natural Egg^ viz. r
that the matter is to be put Shell ^ the White J andi

into the Veffel, and clofed Tolk 3 fo likewife there a
up faft, yet it is fufficient three things correffonding} H^
for the Operator, once to the Philejophers Stone , ? pu t
put the faid matter in^ once GlafsFeJJeljhe White L/5^,[n

to clofe up^ and fo to keep
it and the Citrine Body.
it even to the very perfedi-
on and finiftiing of the work, IX. And as of the Yo

If thefe things be often re- and White 5 with a lid in
peated, the work will be Heat, a Bird is made, (t
Ipoiled. Shell being whole, until t
coming forth orHatching
VL Therefore faith Rha- the Chicken J fo is it :
fis^ keep your Veffel continudlj the work of the Phil

encowfajjed with DeW^
clofe., phcrs Stone. Of theCitri
[ which demonftrates what Body, and White Liquc
kind of Heat you are to with a temperate or
ufe,] and fo well Luted that tie Heat is made the A',
j f%ne of the Flowers , or that Hermstis , or PhilofopI

Tvblch fuhlimesy maj get out^ Bird.
or vanijh in Vafor or Fume,
X. The Veffel being
VIT. And in Sfecuhm and perfedly clofed^ an
Âlchymi^ it is laid. Let the (b much as or
never
Thilofofhers Stone remain opened till the perfe(ftj
(Ijut
Tvithin the Veffel firongly , un- or end of the work :
til fucb time , that tt has tliat you fee the Veffel
drnnk up the flumidity ; and to be kept clofe^ that tl
let it he nottrijhed iiîth a con* Spirit may not get out
tinual Heat till it becomes evanifti.
White. XL Therefore faith Bî
Keep tbjFeJfeland itsjur
fts,
VIII. Alfo another Phi- ûres clofe and firm^ for tl.
Cor.
\ .
P.XLII. BAC HO N. 5P7

fervation of the Sfirtt,, [which the Spirit] gets
IS
another laith, dole thy. mt out of the Veffel i for

fel and as you are then you will have nothing
well,
to ceafe from the work^ jbut a Dead Body remain-
'let it cool,]fo neither ling^ and the work will come
you to make too much to nothing. ;
e, [neither by too great

nor too foon open-
iat_, XIII. Socrates dith^ Grind
ofit.] it with mofi fljarp Vinegar^
till it grows thtckj and be
\
01. You
snuft take fpe- \careful that the Vinegar he not
care that the Humidity 'turned into fume ^ andêrifh.
CHAP. XUL
the Philofophers Fire , the l^nds and
Government thereof
ifoji
F
*
HE Philofophers five or
have defcribed |in be Conferved and renew-
fn^ days : but it may
Books a two fold Fire, edj by cafting upon it ma-

bi/? and a dry. ny times Urine mixt with
Salt.
I The moifi Fire they'
d ê warm Horfe Belly ; III. Of this Firefpeaks
le wbichj lb long as the Thilares the Philofopher :
nidity remains , the The property of the fire of the
itisretainedjbut the Hu- Horfe Belly i is^ not to deflroy
ity being Confumed;, with its drynefs the Oyl^ hut
Heat vanifhes and augments it vnth its humidt-
C( Fes which Heat being ty-^ whereas other fre would
,
^'11 J (feidom lafts above he apt to confume it.

J98 SALMON'S Libfll
be burned Now the g
IV. Senior the Philofo- vernment of thefe Fires
pher faith. Dig a Sefukbre thus:
WO MAN
and bury the with
her MANt or Htisband in IX. The Medicine of tl
Horfe-dung Balneo of the

\_or White ought to be putir,
'^^
fame heat] until fuch time as the moili fire, until t
they he intimately conjoyned or Complement of theWM
united, nefc ftiall appear in the V
fel For a gentle fire is I "^
V. Altudonm the Philo- Hid

'
confervation of the \
pher laith likewifej youmuft dity. "-i^^

or
hide your MeJicine in Horje
dung^ V^hich is the fire of the X. Therefore faith ?i^'
Philofofhers , for this Dung dolfhus^ ToH are to underfit
is hot, moift, and dark, that the Body is to he diffik
''
having a humidity in it felf, with the Sfirit ; with wl f^^^
^^^
and an excellent light, [or they are mixed hy an eafie i
Whitenefi. gentle decoBion^ fo that ^

f'
'^'
Body may be fpritualizdd
VI. There is no other fi-
re comparable to it in the I
World, excepting only the XL Afcanim alfo la
'^':
natural heat of a Man, or A gentle gives hea

fire
^"
Womans Body.] hut top mucb or great a i ft

will not confeme or unite ^^1
VII. This
is a Secret. Elements^ hut on the conti ^f'
The Vapour of the Sea not divide them, wafie the ^'
burned, the Blood of Man, midity^ and defiiKy thev>

and the Blood of the Grape work, '^'
is our Red Fire. m

XII. Therefore faith i >
\ III. llje Dry Fire, is the fis. Be very diligent and c ^'^
Fire of the Bodies them- ful in the fuhlimation am ^

felves ; and the Inflammabi- quefa6lion of the matter^ fe
lity of every thing able to yoH increafe not your fin(>^
p. ALII D A ^ tl KJ i\. 599
3, 'wherehy the water may
i ifl^ to the highefl: fart of the XVII. For with an eafie
[/ For then wanting a
: decodion, the v/ater is con-
of RefrigeratioHj it gealed^ and the humidity
cineS ftick faft there, where- which corrupteth, drawn
le Sulphur of the Ele- out and in drying^ the
oiijlts will not be perfed:- burning is avoided.
k
XVIII. The happy pro=
fcBIII. For indeed in this fecution of , the whole
\%WK it ^s neceffary that work, confilis in the exadl
\ be many
times eleva- temperament of the fire
or fublimed^ and de- Therefore beware of too
jj^Mied again. much heat, left you corre
CO jolution before the time,
\m^* And
the gentle or [jviz,. before the matter is*
perate Fire is that only ripe :] For that will bring
;wich compleats the mix- you to dcfpair of attaining
f;J*,
makes thick, and per- the end of your hopes.
;:s the work.
XIX. Wherefore faith he.

tV. Therefore faith Beware of too 7m{ch fire, fey
mphm^ That gentle fire^ if it he kindled before the
^,ich is the White fire of the time^ the matter will he Red^
Mlofophers^ ts the greatefi and
before it comes to ripenefs
Imofi principal matter of perfeBion^ [whereby it be-
Operation of the Ele- comes like an Aborts or the
nts. unripe Fruit of the VVomb ;
whereas it ought to be hrit

iXVL Khafis alfo faith, White, then Red, like as
vrn our Brajs with a Gentle the Fruits of a Tree, a
fuch as is that of a Hen Cherry is firft White, then
'tf,
the hatofomgof E^gs^ until Red) when it comes to its
Body he hroken^ and the perfedion.]

UUure extracted.
Q^q 4 XX,
^00 SALM GN^S lib. iL^
ning
of the mixture, ydueujjjf^'
XX. And that he might to mix the Elements (^Âfit
iii.digitate a certairi time, fricere and made purgj Wftp
(as it were) of VecoBiojty and Yefti fed with a gtj
he faith. That the dijjblution fire) by a Jlovj and natu,
of the Body ^ aîd Coagulation digejiion, and to beware f
c? Congelation of the Sprit^ too ?ntteh fire ^t ill you knowi\ li
ought to he done J by an eafie are conjoyned. j

ii
decoBion in a gentle fire^ and ft
a moifi TutrefaBion, for the XXII. Bonellus alfo fii gei
[face of one hundred and forty That by a Temperate andC im
Days, -
.
tie heat continued^ you p |o(
make the pure and per

jd
XXI. To which Or>/^ Body, lio^
alTents faying, In the begin
CHAP. XLIIL
Of the lEnigmtis of Philofopbers^ their

ceptionSf. and Yrecaiitions coricernittg
fame.
L '^LT'Ou ought to put on this Art confiiicth not|

A Coil ra ge ^ Refob ti- the multiplicity^ oi* g^
nn Coniiancy, in at-
?:nd number of thing s_, but]
tempting this great work^ Unity; Our Stone is
Icfl you Err, and be de- One ;,

the matter is
ceived^fomeumes following and the Veffel is
or doing one thing , and The Government is
then another. and the difpofition is

The whole Art and W(
IL For the knowledge of thereof is One, and bep^^
ip; XUII. BAG HOR ^,,
|?ne manner^ and in One
of Sophifters^ but pur- fice
ler it is finiflied. fue your Operation, to the

Complement and perfe(51:i-
Notvvithftanding the on thereof.
pfophcrs have iiibtily
ered themfelves^ and VI. Alfo in the Rofary it
ed their inftrudions is advifed, to he cautiout
ti îgmatical and Ty- and watchful^ lefi your 'work
Phrales and Words ^ prove dead or imperfe^^ a7id
e end that their Art to continue it -unth a long
,ht not only be hidden DecoBion. Clofe up wejj
fo continued^ but alfo thy Vel'fel, and purfue to
^'
^had in the greater Ve- the end.
ation.
Vil. For there is no Ge-
IV. Thus they advife to neration of things, but by
cod:^ to Commix and , Putrefad:ion , by keeping
Conjoyn; to Sublime^ out the Air, and a continue-
Bake, to Grind^ and to al internal motion, with'
)ngeal; to make Equals an equal and gentle Heat.
Putrefic^ to make White
d to make Red ; of all VIII. Remember when
uri mh things 5 the ordef, you arc in your work, all
magement and way of the Signs and Appearances
)rking is ail one ^ which which ari ic in every De-
only to Decod. Qo6t\on^ for they are necef
lary to be known and un-
V. And therefore derllood
in order to the
to
kind is to Decod
of perfecting the matter.
,
[hich you are not to be
jcary, faith Rhafis Digeft IX. You muft be lure to
:
[ntlnually, but not in hafte be inceifant and continual

pat is, not wich too great in your Operation, with a
;;Fire;]ceafe^not^ or make gentle Fire, te the appear-
fy intermiflion in your ing of the pcrfea White-
f'ork, follQw not the Ard- ned , which cannot be if
you
S A L MO N*S Liblpll
you open the Veffel^ and

let out the Spirit. XLBut as another Pi.
lofbpher faith, Digefi^ ^4
X. From whence itisE- Digeft again, and be not yv
vident , that if yoa man- ry : The moft exquifitea

nage 5ôur matter ill , or induftrious Artift, can i
your Fire be too great, it vcr attain to perfectioiU|i;5

ought to be extinguifhed : too much halte, but 01
Therefore faith Rhaps^ fur- by a long and contin kli
fue your bufinefs incejj'antly 3 Decoction and Digefti

hetfiare of infiahility of m^d^ ( for fo Nature works, ^
find too great expeBations^ by Art muft in Ibme meat
a too hafiy and precipitate pur- imitate Nature.)
f,Ai
fmt^ left you lofe your End,

%\\\
V
k(
CHAP. XLIV. in
ffk
0/ the Various Signs Appearing in eve^^^
^
Operation. m
1 np His then is the thing,

-* that the Veflelwith II. And in about
the Medicine be put into a fpace of Forty Days
moift Fire ; to wit, that the fuperficies or upper part.
middle or one half of the the Medicine will app
Veffel be in a moift Fire black as melted Pitch
(or Balneo, of equal Heat this is the Sign, that
with Horfe-Dung,} and the Citrine Body is truly o
other half out of the Fire, .verted into Mercury.
that you may daily look in-
to it. III. Therefore faith
ndlHSi %;henyon fee the bla\
ii
[).XUV. BACH ON ^03
f the Water to affear^ he
d that the ( Citrine ) VIL Yat notwithftand-
is wade Liquid : The ing, the whole Tincture is
thing iaith npt drawn out together;

Rhajts', the
ticn or Operation of our but it goes out every day,

tisOne^ which is , that it by little and little, until
t into its Veffel and care by a great length of time,
Decoded and DigeHed, it is perfectly extracted,
fuch time as the whole and made compleat.
t ihe DiJJbhed and Af-
u Vin. And that part of

the Body which is diflblv-
V. And in another place ed, ever Afcends or Rifes
aith, continue it upon a to the Top , above all the
other undiffolved Matter
.perate or gentle Balneo^
ong be perfedly which remains yet at Bot-
till it
Folved into Water, and tom.

de impalpable, and that
whole Tincture be ex- IX. Therefore iaith A-
:ted into the blacknefs^ vicen^That which is fpiritual
ich is the Sign of its dil- in the VeJJel Afcends uf to phe
ation. Top of the Matter y and thai
which is yet grofs and thick^
V > Lucas aUbaffureth us. remains in the Bottom of the
It when we (ee the black- .Veffel.
S of the water in all
ngs to appear , that then X. This blacknefs is cal-
f^'Js Body is diflblved , or led among the Philofophers
ide Liquid. by manyiNames, to wit,
Ihe I'ires^ the Soul^ a Cloudy
VI. This blacknefi the the Ravens-Head^ a Coalj Onr
lilofophers called the firft Oyl^ Aûa vita^ the tincture
lonjunction ; for then the of Rednefsj thefijadow of the
(aleand Female are joyn- Sun, Black Brafs^ Water of
i i and it is the
together Sulphur ; and by many o-
gn of perfect mixtiono ther Names, I
XL
^04 SAL MO N'S Lib. I
XL And continued
this Blacknefsisjis ) fi if gi^^
that which conjoyneth ^Qiwhite,
Body with the Spirit.
XV. Laftly, by air
Xir. Than faith RhMfis ,
inward Hcat^ it is Calc
The Government of the Fire be- into AfheSj as thePhilc
ing objerved for the fpace of phers teach.
Forty Days , hoth (to wit the
White Liquor, and the Citrine XVLIn
the firft h
Body) are made a Permanent coction ( which is talto
or fixt Watir^ covered over Putrefaction ; Our Stor
'
biîth hlacknefs ; which Mack- made all Black, to wii
ftefs (if rightly ordered) com- BlackÊarthjby the drawi

et h to its ferfSion in Forty out of its Humidity ; ;it( :
Days fface. inthsLtBlacknefs^ the /f/ill

nefs is hidden.
XIII. Of which another

Philofopher faith ; lb long XVII. And when
as the obfcure blacknefiap- Humidity is reverted u|;li^..
peareththe WOMANkii)^ the Blacknefs again, (
the Dominion : and n\\is by a continued foft a
is the firft Conception or gentle Digeltion is mu
firength of our Stone For fixed with its Earth, th

:
if it be not firft Black, it it becomes White,

fliall pevcr be either White
or Red. XVIII. In this mitif.
hidden ; a J
the Rednefs^ is
XIV. Avicin That when it is Decocted .r^

faith ^
Heat caufeth hlacknefs firfi^ in Digefted by augmentati
a Moift Bojy^ then the burnt ( and continuance ) of te
4ity hei7jg confumed^ it futteth Fire, that Earth is changl
off cr lofeth its hlacknefs \ and into Rednefs , as we ft

I
as the Heet encreafeth ( or hereafter teach.
CHA
:ia.XLV. B A C H O N. 60 y
CHAP. XLV.
'tf EduEiioM of the White?iefs out of the

Blacliiefs or BlacI^Mdtter.
Owlet us revolve to of HirmeSy The thing 'which

lU the Black matter is ahoê^ as that which is
is
Veffel, [not fo much beneath ; and that which is

:e opened^ but] con- beneathy is as that which is
jy clofed : Let this above, to perform the My-

i I lay, ftand conti- ftery of this matter.
'
in the moift fire^ till
ime as the White Co- IV. Thares iaith^ Seeing
ppearSj like to a white the Whitenejs appearing above
Salt. in the êffel^ you may be cer-
tain, that in that Whitenefs^
The Colour is lies hid but be-
cal- the Rednefs
)y Philofophers
the fore it becomes White^ you will
cky and Sal Armoni- find many Colours to appear,
and Ibme others call
e thing without vohich V. Therefore faith Dio-
fit is to he had in the medes^ Decocl^ the Male and
the [Female or] Vapour toge-
ther , until fuch time as they
:But Inward white- jljall become one dry Body 5 for
ppearing in the Work, except they be dry^ the divers
s there a perfect Con- or variom Colours will not ap'
on^ and Copulation ^ pear,
'.Bodies in this Stone,
"h 1 is indiffoiuble : And VI. For it will ever be
te !s fulfilled that faying black, whilft that humidity
or
6o6 S A L MON ^
S Litn
or moifture has the domi-
nion ; but if that be once XL For thevarietii
waftedj then it emits divers which the Philofo^.
Colours, after many and have given various Nai-
feveral ways. and alraoft innumera /
fomefor obfcuring it, i
VII. And many times it fome for envy fake.
fliallbe changed from Co-
lour to Colour, till fuch XII. ThecaufeofthftS
time as it comes to the fixed pearance of fuch varie rf.
Whitenefs. Colours in the Opfcrai

of your Medicine^ is
VIII. SjnBft {\th,Allthe the extetition of the,
Colours ef the World will ap- nefs i for as much as
pear in it when the Black hu- nefs and Whitenefs
mditj is drjed up, extream Colours, air|
ther Colours are buti
IX. But value none of between them.
thefe Colours, for they be
not the true Tincture : yea XIII. Therefore ai
iiiahy times it becomes Ci- ten^s any degree or pel
trine and Redifti ; and ma- of Bl^cknefs defeend
ny times it is dryed, and be- often ^nother and an
comes liquid again, before Colour appears, un
the Whitenefs will appear. comes to Whitenefs. h
X. Now all this while XIV. Now coned

the Spirit is not perfectly the Afcending and Dj
joyned with the Body, nor ding of theMedicine j/i
will it be joyned or fixed faith. It afcends frc
but in the White Colour Earth into Heaven^ am
Aft anus faith. Between the defcendsfrom Heaven u
White and the Red apfear all Earthy wherehj it may r '! B
ColoursJ even to tie utmoft i- both the fuferiour /?H|'^

maginntion. and the inferiour. Pgi
tap. XLVL BA C H O N; 6cj
iKV. Moreover this you XVII. From whence it is

to obferve, that if be- evident.that Whitenefsmuft
leen the Blacknefi and always be firft lookt for,
[iWhitenefs, there lliould [after the Blacknefs, and
5ar the Red or Citrine before the RednefiJ for as
Jjour, you are not to look much as it is the Comple-
|on It or efteem it, for it ment of the whole Work.
)t fixt but will vanilh a-
XVIIL Then after this

Whitenefi appears, it fliall
;VI. There cannot in- not be changed into any
kd be any perfect and true or ftable Colour, bac
v.ReJnefs^ without it be into the Red : Thus have
\t we taught you to make the
White: Wherefore laith
Ufij no Man can come White; it remains now that
jmthe firft to the third, we elucidate the Red.
by the fecond.
CHAP. XLVL
\the Way and Manner how to educe the Red

TinSinre out of the White.
THe matters then of the Operation, than the

the White and Red, White, becaufe the end of
{ong themfelves, differ the White work, is the be-
in refpect to their Ef ginning of the Red work
|ce: But the Red Elixir and that which is compleat
Is more fubtilizaticn, in the one, is to be begua
i longer digeftion, and a in the other.*
f :ter fire in the courfe of
II
ôS SALMON'S Lib. It :^
II. Therefore without V. You cannot êrrf''''
you make the White Elixii' you continue the dry /ir
firft, make the matter be- Therefore R&a/ts faith, W
come iirft White, you can a dry fire y and a dry Calch
never come to the Red E- tion decoct the dry matter^ .
lixir, that which is indeed fuch time as it becames inh ^^
the true Red : Which how lour^ like to Vermilion r

it is to be performed we nabar.
ftall briefly fiieW.
VI. To the which.,
. The Medicine for fhall not afterwards put
III. ;
the Red ought to be put in* com pleat it) either Waft^
to our moilt fire^ until the of Qyl, or Vinegar, or
White Colour aforefaid ap- other thing.
pear^ afterwards take out
the Veffel from the fire, . VII. Decoct the ,ed
and put it into another pot Matter, or Medicine;

with fifted A(hes made more red it is, the ni(
moift with water, to about worth it is ; and the
half full, in which let it decocted it is, the more
Hand up to the middle it is: Therefore that wl
thereof, making under the is more decocted, is
.Earthen pot a temperate more pretious and v;
dry fire, and that continu- blev . V
ally. . , .V^ y\\ :
VIlT^Therefore you
IV. But the heat of this
burn it without fear in a
dry fire ought to be double fire, until fuch time as
at the lealt, to what it was clothed with a moft Gl
before, or than the keat of ousRed, orapureVer
the moift fire , by the help lion Colour.
of this heat, the white Me- Fe
dicine receiveth the admi- IX. For which caufeP

rable Tincture of the Red- fiHm the Philofopher iaj>:Jy
nefs. . DecoB the White m a Redr^^
llap'XLVII.
''^'
iBACHON.^ ^c^
fume^ until fuch time it he to the height, your Work
cloedv/itb a furple Glory. will indeed be compleat.
dt hot ceale, though the
R( fiefs be fomewhat long, XII. As Hermes faith in
Be 're it appears. Turba, Between tie Whitenefs
and the Rednefsj one Colour
!. For have faidj
as I only appears^ to wit ^ Citrine^
fire being augmented, hut it changes from the lefs to
ifirft Colour of White- the more*

,v will change into Red
)whn the Citrine fliall XIII. Maria z\{o (aitb,

appear, among thofe Whenyeu have the true White^
5urs, yet that Colour is then follows the felfe and Ci*
fixt. trine Colour 5 and at lafi
the
FerfeB Kednefs it, felf.
I. But not long after it, This is the Glory and, th.e
H^d Colour fhall begin beauty of the whole World,
ppear, which afcending
CHAP. XLVIi:
the Multiplication^ or Augmentation of our

Medicine^ by Dijfolution.
3UR Medicine, or ways, Fifft, by a grealjsr

is muttiplyed
Elixir, or more intenfe heat So^ :
a, two-fold manner, cqndly, by, Pew3 or th

i. By piifolutionc heat of a Balneum Rorul
jy Fermentation,
nt
The^Diflolutiori of
. By Diffolutiort, it is that you, take the
heat is,
rented two maorier of Medicine put into a glafea

]PL r VeiTeL
<îo S AL M ON'S Lib. I,
Veffel, or boil or deco6t many times 5 for fo mui

it in our moift fire for ie- the ofcner it is diffolved, >
ven days or more, until the much the more ftrong, ai I
Medicine be diffolved into the more perfed it fli l
Water_, which will be with- be;

out much Trouble.
VII. Therefore BomU
IV. The diffolution by faith. When the <l/s^ Bu .
Dew, or Balneum Rcris, is, or Laten is burned^ and t '
that you take theGlafi Vef hurning many times reiteat

iel with the Medicine in it, it is made better than it W(
and hang it in a Brazen or and this Solution is the Si
Coper Pot, with a narrow tilization of the Medici)
Mouth , in which there and the Sublimation oft ^
muft be water boyling, the Virtues thereof.

Mouth of the Veffel being
in the mean Seafon fhut, VIII. So that theofti:
that the Alcending Vapours it isfublimed and made ft
of the boyling water may, ti), fb much the more \
diffolve the Medicine, tuc it {hall receive; aa
m
the more penetrative ft Z
V. But Note, that the the Tindure be made, a
j,^
boyling water ought not more plentiful in quantit

to touch the Glafs Veffel and the more perfed it
which contains the Medi- the more
;
it fhall tri
cine, by three or four Inch- mute.
es, and this Diffclution pol-
fibly may be done in two IX. In the Fourth
or three days. ftillationthen, it fliajl
ceive fach a Virtue
h
VI. After the Medicine Tindure that one^part ft
is diffoved, take it from the be able to tranfmute
Fire, and let it cool^ to be thoufand parts of the cle; .
fixed, to fee congealed, and fed Metal into fine Gold 1^

to be made hard or dryed Silver
->
better than 0^
and fo let it be diffolved which is Generated in t
Mines.
I lap. XLVIII. BAG HON. i I
fand 3 at the third time up-

I
X- Therefore faith R^^///; on one hundred thonfand;

: e goodnefs or excellency of ae the fourth time upon; a
f Multiflieation hereof de-' Million And thus you may
:
ids only on the Reiteration of increafe its Power by the

I
j,j; dijjblutioh and iixation of\ number of the Reiterations^
j|' perfeB' Medfcine. till it is almoit infinite. '
|5Cl. For ib much the oft- XIII. Therefore faith

ifr work is Reiterated, Meredes the Philofopher
the
jmuch the more fruitful it knew for certain that the ,
^m be^ and fo much the oftner the Matter or Stcne is
)re augmented. dijj'ol'ved and congealed^ the

more ahjolutely and prfeBly,
IXII. So much the oftner the Spiritand Soul are con-
fublime it, fo m.uch the jcyned and retained,
re you increafe it for :
iry time it is augmented XIV. And for this caufe,

[Virtue^ and Power, and every time the Tindure is
pûre, one more to be Multiplied , after a moft

)\ upon a thoufand ; at a admirable and unconceive-
lond tinie upon ten thou- able manner.
CHAP. XLVIII.
'W'iê Angmentatmi or Multiplication ef

"J^,
Our Medicine by Fermentation.
D ,Ur Medicine
tiplied
is Mul-
m ; and the Ferment

the Ferment for the Redy is
by Fermen- pure fine SoL
the H'^hite is pare Lma^ II. Now caft one part of

Rr 2 the
the Medicine upon twenty

parts of the Ferment, and VI. For in Sfeculo Terr
ail fhall become Medicine, Spiritualise it is written, f/6^ .
Elixir^ or Tindure : Put it the Elixir is figured in tiifil

J|^^
'
on the Fire in a Glafs Vef- dy, from whence itwas takj

fe), and feal it fo that no in the beginnings when it w, [
,
Air go in or out, diflblve to he dijjolved.
and fubtilize it^ as oft as

you pleale, eren as you did VIL That is to fa5F, i
ibr making of the lirft Me difpofe, Marry or Conjo}

dicine. that Earth revived, and
Soul purified by cor its
HI. And one of mixtion of its firlf Bod,!

part
this fecond Medicine^ jliall from wl.ence it took begii
have as much Virtue and ning.
Power, asTen parts of the
former. VIII. Alfo in Lihro Ge.
wa Salutaris^ it is faid, th
IV. Therefore faith Rha- the White work needs p
fs, N^v) ha-ve "we accomphjh- White Ferment ; whi'hy^

ed our Work hy that 'whtch is when it is made White, r'
hot and moifi^ and White Ferment alfo : a^

it is become
equally teTTferate and what- when it is made Red, is
:
Joever is addid or put to itfiall Ferment of Rednels.

become of the fame tempera-
ment and Vcrtue 'ivith it, , IX. And fo the W|
Earth is Ferment of Fe
V. You- mull: then Con- ment for when it is Co:| :
joyn it, that itmay Gene- joyned with Luna ? or.;

rate its like ;
yet you muft be made a Medicine, it I
nor joyn with any other

it to callupon Mercury, a|
that it might convert it to every imperfed Metaltl
the fame but only with
.,
Body, to be converted ii
I]
that very lame kind^ of Luna,
wliofe iubiiance it was in
tl:ebeginning. X. knitothtRsdôia^^^
Cap. XLVII. BA C H O N. 61
S to be joyned; and it
l become a Medicine or XV. Egidius alfo faith, to
lidure^ to projed upon Solution put Solution, and
il rcwrj'j or upon Lutta, in dilTolutionput deficcafion^
viz,, make it dry, putting
CL jR/^^/j alfo faith, Tou all together to the fire.
I .f now mix it with Argent

'
V f White and Red ^ after
, XVI. Keep entire the
\\r kind-, and he fo chained fume or vapour, and take
^
it files not away. heed that nothing thereof
flie out from it : Tarry b}''
CII. Wherefore we com- the Veffel and behold the

nd Argent Vive to be wonders, how it changes
red with Argent Vive, from Colour to Colour, in
ilone clear water be lefs Ipace th^n an hours
ie of two Argent Vi- time, till fuch time as it
Compounded toge- comes to the Signs of White-
nefs or Redneis.
nil. But you muft not XVII. For it melts quick-

ê the mixture of them, ly in the Fire, and con-
each of them apart or geals in the Air. When
irately be diffolved into the fume or vapor feels the
er: and in theConjun- force of the fire , the iire
n of them, put a little will penetrate into the Bo-
the matter upon much dy, and the Spirit will be*
the Body, îz.. Firft come fixed, and the mat-
n four; and it ihall be- ter made diy, becoming a
le in a mort time a fine Body fixt and clear or pure,
der, whole Tincture and either White or Red.
I bo White or Re^.
XVIII. This Pouder is

tlV: This Pouder is the the compleat and perfe<5t
! and perfe(5b Elixir or Elixir or Tincture ; now
t dure, and the Elixir or j'ou mayfeparate or take,
T dure, is truly a fimule f from the fire, and let it
P der. cool. Rr XIX,
6 14 S A L MO N'S Lib. Hi S
XIX. And 'firft, part of
it projeded upon ig Departs XXIIL Now you mu
of any Metalline Body ^ underftand that the I
tranfmates it into fine Gold lixir or Tindure, gives ft
or Silver^ according as your fion like Wax: for whic
Elixir or Tindure is for the caufe (aith Rbafis^ Our M
Red o-r the White. dkim ought cf necejjltj to ht
a fuhtle fuhfianci^ and mi
|
XX. From what has been pire, cleaving to Mercury,^ i
(aid^ it is manifeft and E- its Nature y and of moBea\

vident, that if you do not and thin liquifa5iion^fufiaf^]
congeal Argent Vive, ma- or meltingy after the mhnt\S
king It to bear or endure the ofTPatcn i)'P^
fire, and then conjoyning it 'Ml

v;ith pure Silver^ you iliall XXIV. AlfointheBocfeo
never attain to the White- called Omne datumOptimm'îYi
ne(s. it is faid, oi^hen the EUxirî:,
well prepared^ it ought to
XXI. And you make made liquid^ that it may m

if
not Argent ViveRedândfo as Wax upon a V late R
as it may endure the great- Fire- Hot ^ or upon Coals,
eft firCj and then conjoyn
it with pure fine Gold, you XXV. Now obferve wl
{hall never attain to the you do in the White
Redneis. lame you muft do in
Red, for the work is all
XXII. And by diffolutl- The fame Operation tl
on^ by Fermentation,
"viz,. is in the one, is in theotl
your Medicine, Elixir, or as well in multiplicatioi
Tincture, may be multi- projedtion.
plied inhnirely.
C H
(5ap.XLIX. BACH ON. 615
CHAP. XLIX,
the Differences of the Medicine and Fro-

portions ufed in Projection.
E BE R.fê Arabian Bodies, not only perfedly

Prince^ Alchymifi^ tinge them , but alfo take
\l Thilofopher^ in lib. 5*. away all their Corruption
p. 11. iaith, That tkre zs andlmpurities,making them

fe orders of Medicines, incorrupt and perfect Of :
le Firft Order, is of fuch the firft two kinds, or Or-

[edicines_, which being caft ders of Medicines, we have
pn imperfed Bodies,takes nothing to fay here i we

[t away their Corruption now come to Ipeak of the
Imperfedion^ but only third.
*e Tindure^ which in
!amination,flies away and IV. Let therefore this
tiiflies. your perfect Medicine, or
Elixir, be caft upon a thou
III. The Second Order, fand or more parts, accord-
)f fuch Medicines, which ing to the number of tim.es
|ing caft upon Imperfect it has been dilTolved, fubli-

dies, tinge them ( in ex- med, and made fubtil: If
jiination) with a true you put on too litde, you
p^ture^ but take not a- muft mend it by adding
*y wholly their Corrup- more ; other wife the Vir-
m. tue thereof will accom-
plilTi a perfect TranliTiuta-
III. The Third Order, tion.

Df liich Medicines, which
ing call upon Imperfed
Rr 4
6iG SALMON'S Lib. Ill
L
V. The Philofophers into fine Sol or Luna, ai

"^
therefore made three Pro- cording as your fermcnti'
portions, divers manner of tion was made. ?
ways, but the beft propor-

tion is this : Let one part be VIII. Now thefe fecont
cad upon an hundred parts third, and fourth Medicin froji
of Mercury f^t2LX\{Q^ from all may be fb often dilTolvei

its impurities ; and it will fublimed, and fubtilizatci
all become Medicine^ orE- till they receive far greate
lixir \ and this is the fecond virtues and powers3 anlT(

Medicine which projected may after the fame rnann^ N
: i
upon a thoufand parts, con- be multiplyed infinitely.' ^tok

verts it all into good Sol^ or
IX. According to Rhafi\u\
the proportion is thus to tpt
VI. Caft one part of thiscomputed Firft, multipl mo
. i
fccoiid Medicine upon an Tenby Ten, and itspnljar

hundred of Mercury prepa- duct is an Hundred: i!;bei
red, and it will all become gain io by lo, and thi\
Medicine, and this is the product is I o.oo; andaioiitfe
Third Medicine, or Elixir by I o, and the product wijiithe
of the third degree, which be loooo, '
iiin
will project upon ten (hou-

fend parts of another Body, X. And this loooo b( ^^35
and tranfmute it wholly m- ing multiplycd'by 10, pr<

to iinz Sd 01 Lma. duces an 1 00000 5 and thi g^
by confequence you maj ^j^
VII. Again, every part augment it, till it comes 'Mi t
of this Third^Medicine be^ a number almoft infinite. 'tlie
ing call: upon an hundred

parts of prepared' Mercury^ XI. That is to fay, put [[^
it will III! become Medicine upon I o, and that i o ujô ^ ,
of the fourth degree, and it an 100^ and that 100 upoj-y

Will tranfmute ten hundred a iooo,and itiliallrmukipl
Thoufand times its own toj or produce an loooop
quantity of another Metal and io forward, in the fam
proportion. CHAl
(3ip. L. B A C HO R 617
CHAP. L.
WojeBiari^ and how it is to be performed

upon the Metals.
O.W the projection

is after this man- III. Therefore by fo
to be done : Put the much as Mercury is more
y, or Metal upon the liquid than any other Bo-
kin a Crucible, and caft dy, by fo much the more,,
i
eon the Elixir as afore-
tb the Medicine has power in
iiai,moving, or ftirring it being caft upon it, to wit.
and when it is mek- Mercury, to tranfmute it
:;
become liquid^ and into fine Sol or Luna.
ed with the Body, or
iwii the Spirit, remove it IV. And a greater quan-
frd the fire, and you fhall tity of it fhall your Medi-
b; fine Gold or Silver, cine tranfmute, give tin-
laording to what your E- dure to, and make perfed:,
was prepared from. than of any other Mineral
Body.
But here is to be no-
That by how much V. The like is to be un-
lore the Metalinc Bo- derftood, to be performed
| the eafier to be' melt- in the fame manner upon
by lb much the more other Mineral Bodies, ac-
the Medicine have cording as they are eafie or
êr to enter into, and hard tb be fuled or melt-
'
fmute it. ed '
-
CHAP.
^vs
6iS S A L MO N*S Lib.
CHAP. LI.
i vk
Of the Compte^tment^ or PerfeSlion of t
whole WorJ^
Ji A ND becaufe prolix- changing of it firfi: to Bla<

x\. ity is not pleafantj then to White, thirdly,
but induceth errour^ and Red and by one Project
:
clouds the underftandingj on^ by which the wh<;

we {hall now ufe much bre- Adt and Work is finilhed
vity^ and fliew the Com-
plement of the whole work^ IV. From henceforth,
the premifes being well con- all Pfeudo-Chymifts, a
ceived. their Followers, ceafe frc
their vain Diftillations^Si
IL It appears, that our limations , Conjundior
Work is hidden in the Body Calcinations, Diflblutio
of the Magnsfia's^ that is^ Contritions, and^fuch otl
in the Body of Sulphury like Vanities.
which is Sulphur of Sul-
phury and in the Body of V. Lot them ceafe fa
Mercury^ which is Mer- their deceiving,prating, a
cury of Mercury, pretending to any otl
Gold, than our Goldi i
III. Therefore our Stone any other Sulphur than ci

is from one thing only_, as Sulphur, or any other /
is aforefaidj and it is per- gent Vive than ours or i.
formed by one Ac^ or ny other Ablution or wa

Work _,
with decod:ion : ing than what we ha
and by one Difpofition^ or taught.
Operation^ which is the
i
(jp.LL B A C H O N. 6i^
I. Which v/afhing is X. Therefore whatever

nue by means of the black the Names be, and how
QDur^ and is the caufe of many foever^ yet conceive
H'^Vhite^ and not a wafti- the matter or thing to be
nade with hands. but one, and the work to
be but one only;
IL Let them not fay,
T; there is any other Dif-
.t XL Lueaf faithj Confider.
fo :ion than ours, or other not the multitude of the Sim-
gelation than that pies comfofing it^ u^hieh the
fch is performed with Philofcphers have diâted^for
afie fire : or any other the verity is hut one only^ in
than that which wc the which is the Spirit and
Ipoken of by fimili- Life fought after.
and fo called an Egg.
ij
XIL And with this it is

^ÎII. Or that there is that we tinge and colour
produdion of the Phi- every Body, bringing them

phick matter from Ve- from their beginnings and
libleSjOr from Mankind, fmalnefij to their compleat
from Brute Beafts, or growth^ and full perfedi-
re's Bloody and fuch like^ on.
lich may ferve to this

rk, left thereby you be XIIL Termenides the Phi-
iived^ and err^ and fall lofopher (aith. It is a Stone^
Irt of the end. and yet no Stone ; it is Sul^
fhur^ and no Sulphur^ It is
I'X. But hear now what Goldy and yet no Cold: It is
ifis laich^ Look not upon alfd a Hen's Egg, a Toad ^
'multitude^ or diverfity of Mans Blood,Mans Hair^^Q,
Tvhich are dark and by which Names it is called
,
ture^ they are chiefly gi^'en only to hide the My fter)'.

^^be di'verfity of Colours fip-
fring inthe Iforko XIV. Then he adds, O

thou moft happy ^ let not thefe
words.
6io S AL M
words, nor ethrihe like treu- to this knowledge, jsnl'j
hk thee y for hy them nnder- you become fandified XT'
ftmi our Snlfbur and our mind, and puriffed inlbi^
Mercury, fo as to be united to Qcl
and to become one Sa|
XV. Ifyou that are learch- with him.
ers into this Science,, under-
ftand thefe words and things XVIII. When you ft R
which we have written^you appear thus before the Loi
arp happy, yea^ thrice hap- he fliall open to you t:
py: If you underftood not Gates of his Treafure, t:
what we have (aid, God like of which is not to r };
^
himfelf has hidden the thing found in all the Earth. '
from you.
XIX. Behold, I fliju.
XVr. Therefore blame unto you the fear of t;
not the Philofophers but Lord, and the love of hii
your fclves ; for if a juft with unfeigned obedience
and faithful mind poffefled Nothing ihall be wanti
your fouls^ God would to them that fear God, wl f ^
doubtlefi reveal the verity are cloathed with the Ei

to you. cellency of his Holinefi, i
whom be rendred all Pra! j
XVII. And know, it is Honour, and Glory to t
impoffiblefor ypu to attain Ages of Ages, Amen,
Tl
).LIl B A C HO N. âi]
The Second Book of
:0G ER "B ACHO N

Called,
{' E C V LV M ALCniMlM.
G H A P. LIL
Preface or Enterance into this Worh^

and the Defnition of the Art.
Ftermany ways and thereof, and that not with-

in divers manners. out caufe.
Ancient Philolbphers
through all their wri- II. For which Reafbn
delivered themfelves; lake ^ I here fignifie ( that
ini Hfi^nigmaesor Riddlesi you may the more firmly
have wholly Clouded Eftablifti your mind J I have
left fhadowed to us, the in the following Chapters
Noble Science, and as declared ( more plainly

re under a Veil of De- than is tatight in any other
rion, have wholly de- writings ) the whole Art of
Us the knowledge the Transformation of Me-
tals, IIL
Gxz SALMON'S Lib.'r
things one to another^ ana
HI. And if you often re- a Natural Commixion, to

volve thefe inftrudions in *vert or tranfmtae the fame'
your minds, you will ob- t$ a better kind^
tain the knowledge of the
beginning, the middle^ and V. Another Defines
the end of the Work ; and thus, Alchymie is A Scie
you ftiall fee fuch a fubtilty teaching how to tranfmute^
of Wifdom, and fueh a pu- kinds of Metals y one into
rity of matter, which fliall t her ^ and this by a proper
amply repleat your Soul, cine, as appears in m
and fill you with Satisfa- Books of the Philofo^J^
d:ions.
VI. Wherefore, AkW}-
IV. Now in the ancient is theArt or Science^ teac\
Codes, many definitions of how to make or genen
this Art are to be founds certain kind of Medicine,
the meaning of which it be- is called the Elixir, and
hoves us to confider_, Hermes being projeBed upon
iaith concerning this Art, or :imperfeB Bodies
it is the Science of com'founded throughly Tinging and
Bodies , joyning together ^ them , perfeBs them n
( through the knowledge of the higheft degree^ even ii
matter and its effe^s or Ope- very moment ofFrojeBii

rations ) the more prettous
tel
CHAP. LIU. smii
Of the Natural Principles and (jeneratl ^^
of Metals and Minerals.
I. 'npHe Natural iPrinci- tieradon of Metals and .^
J. pies, and firll Ge- nerals., 1 ftall compleaiyOj

dfcU'
dp.UII. BAG HON. 625
daare; ; where is firft to a Body perfea , made gf
beMoted, that the Mine- pure Silver, fixed ^ clean.
-:l beginnings, or Princi- Red*, and of a clean Sul-
in Minerals are Argent phur, fixed. Red, not burn-
and Sulphur: From ing, and free from defeds.
all Metals, are produ-
|j
and all Minerals, how V. Of Silver: It is aBo-

lifold foever^ their di- d y, clean , pure , and a!-
jties or kinds may be. moft reaching to perfedion;
generated of Argent Five,
uiB. But I iky, that Na- pure, clear, white, andal-
always propofes^ and moft fixed ; and of a Sul-
ends, to bring them to phur, like it in all reipe<5l<:
,
perfection of Gold h wanting only a little infixa-
yy feveral Supervenient tion. Colour and Weight.
, the faid Metals
ilents
ransformed or embafed, VI.0/'7l.It is a cleanBody
ou may plainly fee in but imperfed, generated of
Jooks of the Philofo- Argent Vive^ fixed, *and not
fixed, clearj white in out-
ward appearance, but red
!. For according
to the ints occult orinward paits;
^y or Impurity of the and of a little pure, fixed,
cwOj to witj of Argent and not fixed Sulphur : and
, and Sulphur^ pure and is only wanting in a fuffici-
ire Metals are genera- ent decodion or digeftion,

ted to witj Gold, Silver^
Ti Leadj Copper, Iron. VII. Of Leal It IS im-
oierning the Natures of pure and imperfed, gene-
h, 'viz,, of their puri- rated of Argent Vive, im-
and impurities^ or Su- pure , not fixed , terrene j
aous corruption and fsculentj a little White out-
^Sj we have a few true wardly, but Red inwardly,
ks to fay. and di fuch a like Sulphur,
aduftible in fome parts :
U Of Gold. It is indeed^ it is deficient in purity, fix-

ation.
624 S AL MO N*S Lib,]
ation. Colour^ and Igniti-
on. IX. Of iron, ttisa
impure and imperfect,
VIII. Of Coppey, It is a nerated from impure
Body impure and imper- Silver^too much fixed
fed 3 generated from an thy, burnirig White
Urgent Vive^ impure , not Redj not clear, and
fixedj Earthy jBurning, Red, like Sulphur : it is want U
not clear, and from fuch a in fufion, purity and
weig
like Sulphur : but is wanting and has too much of an i
in fixation , purity and pure fixed Sulphur, wit

weight i having alio too burning terreftreity. k
much impure Colour, and which things you are
terreftreities not burnings gently to Note. We
ok
CHAP. LIV.
Of the neareji Matter , of which

out
\k
Elixir is drawn or made.
J. TN what we havealrea- and how with their imp iren
X dy declared, we have ties and uncleannefs t h

Ipoken of the ge- are corrupted : And th(
fufficiently [yoi
neration of Metals now we fore whatfbever matter d

;
apply our felves to the adhere to any Metal, wh

choice and perfecting of is not of its Prima Mate
thole which are imperfect. or does not belong to
compofition, it is to be
II. Out ofwhat has been jeered and caft away
faid, it appears, that from

Argmt Vive ^ and Sulphur, III. For that no Fof(
all the Metals are generated ;
matter, which is not ^
pill
p:hap.llV. B AC H O N; ^1^
I ]fed of the aforefaid two except that which arife^
incipleSj viz. Argent Vive from fhe lame Root o^
.d Sulphur, can either per- Principles.
dt a Metal, or make any
w tranfmutation thcre- VII. And therefore we
iay, that it behoves you in-
deed and in truth, to take
IV.This IS be won-
alfo to Argent Five , and Sulfhur^
3 cd at J
that even fbm : for the matter of our Stone,
fe prudent Perfons ;
not Argent Vive, by it felf
,w|3uld lay the Foundation alone, nor Sulphur by ic (elf
;
whole matter of the E- alone; for neither of them
ir^ in the Animal or Ve- alone can generate Metals
table Kingdoms^ which but from a com mixtion of
;fo infinitely remote from both, divers Metals are va-
5 things whilft they may rioufly generated , as alfo
id Mineral much nearer a- many Minerals.
i to the Work and De-
VIII. Therefore from a
commixtion of them both,
not indeed to be our matter of the Stone re-
'V. It is
all any of mains to be choien, which

believed, that
5 Philolbphers , fhould is moft excellent and deep-
ice the Art, or Secret in ly hidden from which :
imjlih remote things, where Mineral matter, that which

i Jjre is not the leaft con- is yet nearer and more a-
id
aity or fimilitude of Na- kia thereto is to be made.
tlj
t:d ?cs. And this very thing it felf,

we attain to the knowledg
li^ (VI; But out off the two of, by a diligent and accii*
p Drefaid things, (viz,. Ar- rate iearch and enquiry.
3!](|tf Vive^ 2Lnd Sulphur,) all
etals are made : and no- IX.' Take then this ouf
does adhere to them,
itig Matter, choien as you may
F((i|F is conjoy ncd with them, think out of Vegetables, and
ir can tranlniute them^ from thence , firft maks
Sf Argil^
6i6 SALMON'S L!b. m
Urgent Vive and Sulphur^ by rating upon thefe things al
a long decodion : But fince fo, you would Err.
Nature has given us Argent
Vive and Sulphur^ we are XII. If alfo you fli^Jj
excufed from thofe things, make choice of lbmel)Hj|i/r
and their too tediousOpera of the feven Spirits byj[(||2
tion : nor yet ut of them felf, as alone oi Argent Vp.
could you produce the faid or of Sulfhur alone, or
Trima Materia, Argent Vive and one of
two Sulphurs , or of Sut\
X. And if you fliould Vive, or Auripigment, k
fcek for it in Animals, as Arfenicum Citrinum , or
in humane Blood ^ Hair^ the Red alone, or its con
Urine, Dung, Hens Eggs, peer, you would yet don
or any other things proceed- thing,
ing from Animals ; from
thefe you fliould alfo make XIIL Becaufe NatuI
Argent Vive and Sulfbur^ by does nothing, except th^ '\\
fiieiii a like long decoction be a juft or proporticM
,
but in all thefe things, you mixtion of the two pri

would mifs of the Trima ciples ; nor can we Cfor t
Materia^ as you did before fame Reafon /.from the pi
in Vegetables. forelaid Argent Vive ai (j
Sulphur, as they are in tb
^^^^
XI. If alfo you fliould own Nature^ doe any thk j-j^^,
make choifc of tlie middle

Minerals, fuch as are all XIV.Laffly,ifwefliaif5
the kinds of Magnefia's , chule even the things the \^
t
Marchafites , Tutias ^ Vi- lelves, be thy what th ,^

^
triols, Alumsj Borax, 5alt, will, we ought to mix th( ju

and many others of like according to the juft 6c tr
Rank, you muft from tbele proportion, which hum^ jr.
make Argent Vive and Sul- ingeny is ignorant of^&di ^/i
phur, hy long Boy ling, with- to decod or boyl them i

,
'
out which, you would pro- gether, till they are

J.*
ceed in Vain h yet in Ope- gulated into a folid mafsP?''
X.
|iap.LV. BA CHO R ^17
XV. And therefore we XVI. So that we muft

jrbid the taking of thofe find out thofe Bodies in
, ko, z;iz Argent Viê^ and which we may find the a-
Jpbur^ as they are^ or lie forefaid things or principles
their ownproper Na- juftly proportionated, coa-
tes^ and being alfb igno- gulated^ and joyned toge-
tit of the juft proportion ther in onej as their Na-
Parts for the mixtion. tures require : which Se-
cret is very warily to be
icept.
CHAP. LV.
i
f the neareft Matter of Our Stone^ yet more

plainly.
j/Ôld is a Body perit fiiall make them nearly

'
VJ fe6t,and Mafculine, perfect, it is in Order for
tthout any fuperfluity or the Elixir fqr the White,
niinution , and if the im which yet it is not^ nor
rfed Bodies commixed can be, becaufe the Elixirs
ith it by a fole Liquefa only are perfed.
ion, be perfeded by it,
is in Order for the Elixir III. Beeauie if that per-
f the Red fection was perfectly com-

mifcible with imperfect Bo-
11. Silver alfo is a Body dies,yet would not the im-
Tioft perfed, and Femi- perfect Body he complcAt-
ne, which if it be com ed wlch the perfect Bodies,
ixed with imperfed bo but rather their perfection
I's/olely by a vulgar fufioH; would be diminiihed and
S f 2 de-
628 SALM ON'S Lib. Ill
deftroyed by means of ttie reafon it is (imply fo per

faid Imperfect Bodies. feet, without any artificia
purification, and fo ftrong
\
IV. But if thofe which ly Digefred,and Decoctec,';;
fliAll be more than perfect, by a Natural Heat, we car
in a DoubJe^ Quadruple not fo eafily Operate upo
Gencuple, or larger propor- it ( nor upon Silver ) wit
tion of perfection, be mix- our Artificial Fire.
ed with the imperfect Bo-
dies, they will indeed per- VII. And altho Natur
fect them. may do fbmething in Oi
der to perfection , yet . ,
V. And becaufe Nature does not know howthrouglj ,

always Operates after a fim- ly to cleanfe, and is ignc ..'
ple manner, the perfection rant how to Purifie and pei I

in thefe things is fimple, and feet, becaufe it works
inleparable , and incom- a fimple manner uponwhj'
^' lUS
milcible ; nor by this Art^ it hath

are the imperfect things
themfelves (for the fhorten- VIII. Wherefore, if w
m
tliir
ing the work) to be joy ned chuie ^Gold or Silver fc

with the Stone for the Fer- the matter of our Stom
a
ment, nor may they then be we jhall fcarcely, or wit
isto
reduced into their priftine diflSculty find out a Fii
pur
State, when their exceed- which will work upo
cite,
ing Volatility exceeds the them.
tbi
kigheft fixity.
JX.And though we kno^ \o
VL And becaufe Gold the Fire, yet we may not t "."^^
is a body perfect, nude of abb to attain to the int

^"3
^rgtnt Fi-b-e^ Red ^ and mate and inward openir M

clear , raid of fuch a like of their bodies, becau:
Sulphur , we do not ther- of their firm compactei
fore chofe it, for the near nefs, or denfity of body an
matter of the Stone for the Natural compofition : ther
Kcd Elixir ? for that, by fore we refuife to take th
firi
.<iap.LV. B A C HO N. 629
ift for the Red-,
or the
iter for the White. XII. Which Matter is to
be Coagulated into a fo-
X. When we fhall find lid Mafs ; and with Ingenui-
jiie thing or body ex ty and Prudence, by the
( icted from a pure matter, help of our Artificial Fire,
< a more pure Sulphur and we may be able to accom-
.ent Vive y above that plilli, its intimate and pcr-
^.ich Nature has a little i'ect mundification, and at-
* in fome fmall Meafiire tain the Purity of things
rought or brought forth i and to perform fuch a
*en poffibly, by the. help work or make fuch a body,
our Fire., and manifold as fhall (after the compleat-
'
:periences in this our Art., ment of the Operation ) be

hich an Ingenious and a Million of times Itronger,
ntinued Oporation upon and more pure and perfect
:e matter, through a con- than the fimple bodies
uous Decodion, Puritica- themfelves. Decocted and
jn>Coloration,& Fixation, made by a Natural heat.
e may attain and perfect
e thing fought after. XIII. Be therefore wife :
for in this my fubtle Df f-

XT. Therefore that mat- courfe I have demonftrated
r is tobe chofen, in which plainly the matter of our
a pure Argent Five, clear, Stone fought after, by ma-
^hite, and alfo Red, not nifeft probation, to the true-
it brought to its compleatly Ingenious. Here you
ent or perfection , but may tafte of that which is
)mmixed equally and pro- mod delectable, above -all
>rtionally as it requires, whatfoever the Philofo-
ith fuch alike pure ,
phers have told you.
ean. White and Red Sul-
Sf3 CHAP.-
630 S A L MO N'S Lib. I
;6ro
CHAP. LVL
Dtinu
iiiitl
of the manner of Worh^ng^ and of the mi

ratings and cantinuing of the Fire. 1
I XJOW
INI you may
that
It is poffible,
find
and by much Pains and I)
duilry, through the helpp
out this My fiery (if you will our artj to make it
bend your ielf to fti^dy and more than perfect.
labour) and wholly cafting
off your Folly and Igno- III. If you be ignoi
rance.become wife through of the manner of doing
the words which I Ipeak working.
;
What is t(
to the attainment of that Caufe? Truly becaufetl
true matter of the Philofb- you fee not after what ma'-'
|hcrs_,the Blefled Stone of ner Nature (which fon
me Wife^ upon which the times perfects the Meta
Operations of Aichymia frequently, or commoi^
are exercifed ; by which operates.
we endeavour to perfed:
tiie imperfcASi: Bodies^ and IV. See you not, thatb
thereby to make rhem bet- the Mines, by theeontinnh
ter than the perfed. heat which is in thofe N
neral Mountains, the gr
II. And ferafmuch as waters, are decocted, a J
Nncure has handed down fo much infpiffated, as the
to us Imperfed Bodies only by fthroligh length of tin ,
v*?ich the perfect^ it is our to be made Argent Vi-ve ?

biiHnefs to lake the known
matter^ 'which we have de- V. And from the fatjiX
i:lared in thefe Chapters^ the Earth, by the Iame4-W,
coditt
dap. LVI. B A C HO N. 6^1
c:tion and heat, is gene- Tnetbod^ a direB ivay^ 'which
red Sulphur: and that by is hy a continnal deceBton^
t fame heat preferved and which the Infipid and Fools^
;
citinued upon the fame^ through their ignorance,

m the aforcfaid things, delpife, and fcorn to imi-
z,. Argent Vive^ and Sul- tate.
(/] according to their
,
.rities and Impurities^ all X. AHb_, Fire and Azoth
I
h Metals are generated ? are fufficitnt for thee. Again,
tieat perfeBs all things^ or all
.î^VI. And that Nature^ by the Metals. Moreover, de^
5)le or only decoction^ coB^ decoct^ decoS}, and be not
les or bring to per- 'wearJ, Make your fire gentle
make
Etion the f erfeel: Bodies^ as and foft which may alivays ^
i\\ as all the Imperfect burn and endure for many days
jdies or Metals ? with a con/tant equal heat ;
but not go out or decay
let it
VII. O great madnefs for then you willfufftr the lofs

which I thus of all,
hcfe things
xxy about, would you
ing to pafs and perfect^ by XL In another place;
ntaftick^ ftrange, and im- continue thy work with fdti-
rfect methods ? ence. And again, Beat^ cr
\ grind the matter fe'ven times.
VIII. Now a certain Wile Then again^ Tuu muf; know^
an faith : Tou mnft necejfa- \that with one matter^ to wit
^ygrr^ who mdeaijour to out- \the Stone ; by one way^ to wit
Nature ; ' and to prfeB the by decoding ; and in gne Vej-
êtalsj yea
J
more than per- fel the whole Magifttry is per-
3- them^ by new and for- formed and perfeêd,
ign methods of Operation^
^vented in your duU and in- XII. And in another
nfible Noddles, placej The matter is grovMd^
with fire. Alfo^ This work
IX. And that God has he- is much like^ cr may be cot?:'-
nved upon Nature a right pared to the Creation of Ma7i'

kind, Sf4 XWi
'3- SALMON'S uhm^
XIII. For, like as an In- XIV. And although v*-)
fant at firft is nourillied with always fpeak of a ^t*')'

food eafily digefted, or fire; yet notwithftanffir ''^^"
Milk: But for the ftreng- you are always to un4el^'-'

tliening of the Bones with ftand it in this fenfe, th
ftronger Food^ or Meat according to the Rq
So alio this Magiftery. At men, or mehod of the op
firft you muft feed it with a ration, it is by degrees, diet
gentle Fire^ by the force of by little and little to beai|o

which Decoction, whatfoe- mented and increafedj ey<
yer you defire is to be done. to the higheft degree.
CHAP. LVIL
Of the Qmlity of the Veffels and Wornacd,
I. ^Tp H E limits, method, Now though we propou k

way and manner
JL to follow Nature in decoi ice,
pf workings we have even ing; yet we cannot ddifa

now determined it follows,
; without a fit Veffel for tl c E
that we treat next of the purpofe. itht
Veffel and Fornace ; after lelai
what manner^ and with III. Therefore let us

what matter^ it ought to be firft, what kind of pla sat
made. chat isjwherq Metals fl

\ (
generated. It is eyideni
11. When Nature, with a manifeft^ that they a
latural heat in the metal- produced in Mineral pi
lick Mines does decod i it ces, and that the gener-
is true, it performs this de- ing heat is in the bote
codion without any Veffel Qt the Mountains, wji

I
lap. LVIL BACH ON. 6^^
its perdurable, and always | through ^ very long fpace
and whofe nature is of time, there is generated
ays to afcend; which divers and feveral Metals,
tending continually de- according to the nature^ or
tes every where where diverfity of the place.
^(i|paires, and coagulates the
or grols water hid-
fled
VII. This alio you muft
Bowels or Veins
in the
the Earth or Mountains^
know, that the places m
where Minerals are found,
I
:o Argtm Vive,
there is always found a du-
rable hea^.
IV. And if a mineral fat
the (ame place, from fuch
Earthj fiiall be warm-
like VIII. From thcfe things^
and gathered together
,
then, we ought always to
the Veins of the Earthy note^that a Mineral Moun-
tain is every where dole to
id it run through ihe
ountains, it becomes Sul- its felf, externally ; and al-
nur. fo ftoney : becaufe

the ff
heat lliould poffibly getoit,
V. And as you may lee no Metals would be gene-
the laid veins of the faid rated.
\ ace, that Sulphur gencra-

d fas is laid) of the fat of IX. So alio, if we intend
e Earthj doth meet alio to imitate Nature, we muft
ith the Argent Vive (as a- neceflarily have fuch a For-
)relaid) in the faid vsins of nace, as may have Ibme
le Earth, lb alfo it produ- refemblance ofa
likeAefs or
s a thickning, or inlpifla- Mountain, not as to its
ng of that Mineral Wa- magnitude, but as to its
i;r. continued heat ? lb that the
impofed fire, when it af-
VI. Alfo, there, by the cends, may not find a way
id heat in the bottoms^ or forth 5 but that the heat
>wels of the Mountains, may reverberate back upon
[ual ^ and perdurable , the veflel^ containing in it
felf
^54 S AL MO N'S
felf ('firmly clofed up) the ately to touch the Veil,
matter of the Stone* contammg in it felf, t\.
matters aforefaid of ot
X. Which vciTsl ought to Stone But in another clc
:
be roundj with a little neck^ fed Veffel in like niantw

made of Glafs^ or Ibme thgit is to be put ; that fo tt I
certain Earthy like in ma- temperate heat may bette k

and more convenient!
ture or clofenefs of body to
Glafs: Whofe Mouthûght touch both above and b
to be fo ftopped or doled low, and every where, tl
up with Bitumen^ or other matter of our Stone.

like Emplaflick fubftance^ w
or other wife Hermetically XIII. Upon which atifiten
fealed up^ fo as the leaft count Ariflorle faith, 7k

Vapour may not come Mercury y in the Light
forth. Lights is to he decoded in
and thinb
threefold Veffel i
XI. And like the the Veffel be made of xkmt.

as in
Mines^ the heat does not moft firm and pure Gla^
immediately touch the mat- or, which is better, of Eart
ter of the Salphur and Ar- having in it felf the natu
gent Vi've, becaufe the Earth of Glafe. [of which kind
of the Mountain is every our late China and Pore
where between lane Ware^ brought to m c
of Perfia, China, and othî

XII. So inr like manner^ places of the Eaft-lndies.J ma
the fire ought n()t iiApiedi-
CHA
iSi
ap. LVIII. B A C H O N. ^3?
t
CHAP. LVIIL
C the Colours^ Accidental and Ejjentialy

appearing in the Worh^
I,
SX 7"E have now taught trefaBion and our Stone is
\
VV you what the ex- mads black: For which

[ifite matter of the Stone realbn faith a Philolopher,
and alfo the true man- When thou fndeft that hlack
\
of working; by what knortf that m that hlacknejs^
Jthodj and with what or- whitenefs is hidden ; and now
ir the deco<îon of the it beho^X'S us to extrad that
[one is to be performed, whiteneis from its moft fub-
lence oftentimes arifesdi- til blacknels.
|rs and various colours in
p Philolbphick matter. n^ Now after the Pu-
tretadion [or hlacknefs'] k
Concerning which grows red;, but not with
II.
blours^ a certain Wife the true rednefs of which :
f.an faith Quot color es^ tot one of the Philoibphers

:
\wwa y Jo many Colours as faithj It often grews red and ^
has^ fo many Names Ac- it often grows Cttrine cr Tel-

;
rding to the diverfity of low and it oftentimes melts

,
[dours appearing in the or grows liijuid^ and it is of-

)eration, the Philoibphers tentimes coagulated^ before the
ive given it feveral true whftenefs appears to pcr-
mes, feHion,
III. For which Reaibn^ V. AlfoitdiiToIvesitsfelf,

the fird operation of this coagulates it
;i
felf, putrefies
ur StonCj it is called ?u its felf, tinges or colours its
felf.
61,6 S A L MO N'S lilli^!
felf, mortifies It lelf, vivifies Stone will be congealed into
if^felf, denigrates oi black- roundnefs, ^
ens it lelf, dealLates or
whitens it ielf^ and adorns IX. Another alfo (ait.
it felf in the red with the When you âll find theWoi
white. nefs^ fupereminent in the V.
fel;'be certain ^ that J/i||j^
VL It is alfo made green Whitenefs the Rednefs is &I

for which reafon another den'') and then it behovftt
faith : Decott it till you fee to extract it.
the birth of the Greennefs^ or rlT,
till the greennefs is hrought X. NotwithftandingjC p|^
forth ^ 7vhich is the Soul there- cod till the whole Redn
^^
:^/> And another: Know be brought forth and p^^rg,
that the Soul d@th rule in the feded.
J^
Greennefs,
XL For it is between t -
VII. Alfo, the colour of true Wbitenefi and the trLg

the Peacock appears before Rednefi^ that a certain ^^jy^
the Whitenefs; for which colour appears, of which \1:.;
caule^ faith one: Know that have Ipoken : afcer t
all the Colours which are in the Whitenefs appears you

WorldJ or are fo/fihle Po he not err, for by augmentij
thought ofJ appear before the the fire you come to tl
Whitenefi ; a^jdthen the true A\h-colour,

Whitenefs follows,
XII. Of which anotl
VIII. Of which^ a cer- faith : Slight or underval
tain Philofopher faith : But not the Afks ; for God
when the pure Stone u decochd^ retuxn them to thee liquid',
4o lon^ till the Eye of the I'tjh then at lafi the Kingjhall\
(as were grows very bright : crowned with his red Diade
it
a profit^ or good may be ex- Nutu Dei_, by the good fl

fechd from it ; and then our fure of God,
!![
CHAI
!cl?.Lix. BA C H O N; 637
CHAP. LIX.
\the manner of projeSiion upon any of the

ImperfeSl Metals.
Have com- you muft know, that one

perfe(aiy
end of kind of Metal is much more
pleated the
Ipromifed Work, 'viz, remote, or far diftant from
r^Pur great Magjftery, for perfection than Ibme others
ibmaking the nioft excel- are h and that fome are
Elixir, as well Red as much nearer to the faidpcr-.
ite : It now remains, fection than others.
we fliew the method^
'/ayof Projection jWhich IV. And although every
e compleatment of the Metal may be brought to
^k, the long expected, perfection by the Elixir;
much defired caufe of yet thofe which are nearer
fycing, perfection, are eafier,
to
fooner, and better reduced
IL- Now
the true Red to that perfection, or tran-
jdr, tinges a pure and fmuted into perfect Bodies,
[p Citrine or Yellow^ to than thofe that are more

[lityof parts^ and ittran- remote.
tes allMetals into moll
Gold. V, And when we have
found a Metal, which is as
[I. The true White E- it wer-e, a kin, or nearer to
-
11: allbj whitens to Infini- perfection, we are exculed
qikewile; and it makes^ in fome meafure, from ma-
tinges every Metal into king ule of, or projecting
ae.rf^ct Whitcnels; But upon thofe Metals which
are
6;8 S A L M ON'S LJb.1
are more remote there- dired way of working, ^llf'l
ftom* made all things naked ai'^
plain to us , when t0^
VL Now what Metals fay,

1512"'
are remote frora^ and near

to perfection, and what IX. Nature centainslî
are yet more near, and as ture: Nature exceeds N^^
it were a kin to the perfect and Nature overcoming h^^
Bodies, we
have taught in ture does rejoyce^ and is tra\ '^'^,
i
thefe Chapters!, in which, muted or changed into anoti "" '
ifyou be indeed wife you Nature, And in anotf ^^\
may plainly lee, and truly place, every like doth re^ *"^
determine which they be. in its like ; for

that the h *^
nefs between things is faW^^""
VII. And without doubt, be the caufe of Sympjtt^

^^
he who is lawfully irtkizt- Frindfhif of which ma' :

^'
ed into the Myllerie- of Philofophers have wriCt_

thisour Art; may be able notabJe things, ^\
through his own Ingenuity ,
\oi
and Induftry by ftudying X. Know then that thiS ^^^^
in this my Speculum Aldymia^

Wl
doth focn enter into its own j ^
to find out and know the dy]'y but "with a Forrei

true matter of our Stone : Strange Body^ it can ne
And he will know and un- joyned or United, In Si
derftand well upon what ther place: If you jhall

Body, the Medicine or Ma- deav&ur to joyn it witi\
giftery ought to be project- Forreign or Heterogene B
ed for perfedion. you (hall wholly Labour
Vain. Alfo : The nearm*
VIII. For the Matters of the Body to ferfeBion ma
this Art, who have invent- a Tranfmutation the
ed or found out the Trima Glorious.
Materia ^ and the whole
Myftery they have, I lay^ XL For the Corpore,.^
plainly demonltrated, and, by the Power of the W
as it were, indigitated the peration ot Nature, is massif p-
J3 A i^ rt U J>J.
^
lacrporeal ; andcontmri- fafe it through felf the
V. ii the Incorporeal is made whole, and tranfmute it.
)oreal i and in the cora-

piement , the fpiritual XV. Wherefore I deliver
Ba/ is made wholly fix- to you a great and hidden
Secret. Mix one part of
this our Elixir ^ with
1
ijll. And
becaufe it is Thoufand parts of a body
a
JKently manifeft that the near to perfection ; put all

Hr is Spiritual^ and fb into a proper VeiTeJ, inclo-
va much exalted beyond fing it Srmlyjand then put it-
Nature, as well for

,vn into a Furnace of Fixation,
^^hite, as for the Red : firil: with a very gentle fire,
,
||no wonder, that it is and then always augment-
M^to be mixed with ing the fire gradually for
.es. three days; fo will they
t The Method, or
III.
be inleparably conjoyned.
This is a work of three
w' of Projection then is, days.
thi the Body of the Metal
to. 2 tranlmuted, beliquifi- XVI. Then again , and

r meltedjand then, that one part of this
jlaftjy^ take
Medicine or Elixir, be mixture, and project it up-
scted or caft upon the on a Thoufand parts of
ed Metal. another Body or Metal,
(the nearer to perfection
'IV. Moreover you muft the better,) fo the whole
iê, that this our Elixir, will be a nioft fine and per-
a mighty ftrong Pow- fect Body, according to the
[and of great Force, for kind , and according to
part being projected your intended work, whe-
1 a Million, or Ten ther for the White or for
'Hidred Thoufand parts, the Red.
more , of the prepa-
jic Body , it does inconti- XVII. And all this is but
|nc:ly penetrate it, cranfr clîe work of one day ; or
rather
640 S A L MON '^
S Lib.l
an hour^ or be perpetually rehdred
rather, but of If
of a moment : for which the Lord our God, for Ev

wonderful work , Praifes and Ever.
CHAP. LX. com
iratio,
A Short Recapitulation of the whole JVor^

m
I. /^ UK Tincture then,
Vy only generated
is IV. The firft work iw
out of the Mercury of the the making of this Elii A
wife, which is called the Pri- is liiblimation, which ismtCri
ma MateriayAqaa ferwanem^ thing eife, butthefubtilisfren
Acetum Pilofophorum ^ Lac cion of the matter of ci
;;
Virginis^ Mercurius Corforalu^ Stone^ by which itiscleall

with which nothing extra- fed from all its fiiperfliinge
neous. Alien orForreign is ties. II of
commixed^ fuch as are Salts, fion
Alums and Vitriok. V. The fixed and Vol

tile parts are not feparatl I
II. Becaufe one from another, buttStpon

from this
Mercury alone, the Virtue remain Unitedj, and mtl
and Power of this onr fixed together, till they be ladi
Magiftry is generatedrand it may have an eafie fufiori i

forefolves every (Metalline) gether, in the fire. 11 \
Body, that it may be aug-

mented or multiplied. VI. Take therefore cpnw;
aforefaid Mercury^ which,b til
This our aforefaid a Sealed Glafs, put intolifed

III.
Mercury is both the Root hot bed, for one whr"
and the Tree, from whence Philofbphick month, whi
many and almoft Infinite is 40 days, till it begins 4
Brandies Spring and in- its own body to putrifie
crcafe;
|iap. LX. BAG HON. <54r
I Coagulated ,Sulphur of Nitre , Sulphur

and all its
lamidity be Confumed
of Magnefia in and then :
ii felfj and alfo converted there is a ne^^ Conjunction

i o a black Earth. of Sol and Luna^ ?nd a
Refiirrection of the Dead
VII. In this Sublimation Body,
iicompleated the true fe-
f
ration of the four Ele- XIII. When our Earth
rfnts. bearing Fruit is moifl-ned
with its own proper water,
VIIL Becaufe the cold it drinks it up in that its
ad watery Elements is thirft with much greedinefs^
cinged into a hot and dry till it generates or is made
1 rth, which is the head of pregnant, and then brings
t CroWj the Mother of forth Fruit an Hundred
:
t remaining Elements.
] Fold.
[X. Thus our work is no- XIV. Now proceed far-

tng but a tranfmuta-
elfe ther with the White Earth,
t n of Nature^ and a Con- augmenting or increafing
V fion of the Elements. by the
the Fire to it, till
motion of the Continual

MK.. The Spiritual is made Heat, it is digeiied and
bii|rporal^ the Liquid is brought into the higheft and
de thick, and the water moft pure Red.
made Fire.
XV. And now it is called
XL Moreover the black our Red Coral, Red Sul-
tth is imbibed with its phur , Blood , our Purple
f,ign water, and dryed lb Gold, our burnt Crocus,
till it is fufficiently
fed and brought on XVI. This very VVork
Whitenefi. repeat three or four times
with new Materials, and
m. Which then iscalled you iliall have the moft
fp White Earth foliated, perfect Red Stone, of the
T t Phi-
64^ S A L MON '
S / Lib. II
Philofophers, Red Blood duced into a fifbde Cab

as
it felt, vvieh which vou and Oi the water there(i-
may tinge Aiercury^, and all two parts i thefe three mil ^
other imperfect Metals. they be(:d
fubtilly ^ till
one Inleparable
Matter
XV 11. But it behoves you thcie then digeft in a pn
to take of oar aforelaid Sul- per Fornace^, till they b
flour three parts ^ adding come a Red Stone.
one part of fine Gold^ re-
le'
th
b
Operis Kogerij Btichoiiis Alchym'tct
k
FINIS. n
%
9E0K
to
fmali
ihap. LXL RIPLEY. 643
Georgij Riplei
mnVLLA ALCHTMIJE.
he Marrow of Alchymie^ Written in La-
tin by George Kipleyy Cannon of Brid-
lington ^ which he fent out oi Italy ^
Anno i^j6. To the Arch-Bilhop of
YORK Tranflated into Englip, and
:
now Revifed, and Claufed^
y WILLIAM SALMON,
Profeffor of Phyfick.
G H A P. LXr.
The Preface to the Arch-Bipop of York.

01
Shall endeavour Sir^ I have attained to, by my
I to open, Travels through Ipaly , and
explicate^
Jd make plain to you^ the other Countries and King-
i^rets of Akbymk^ which doms for the (pace of Nine
t 2 T Years,
644 SALMON'S Lib. HI, r
Years, drawing Forth, and Life, heaping up Treafurejj|''

Selecting the true Root, and and external Honours andP
Marrow of Nature ( by a Applaufe,. in the World ^ bu Inei
feries of Experiences^ from to excite in you the highclM

its moft inward Receffesând Devotion to God Almighty ofe
fecret Habitations. you might becotniw
that
good to all Men, profitabl &
IL The wliich I am mo- to the Church, a Father t
ved and compelled to from, the Fatherlefs, and a %ai IJ

the (insular Good-will, en- (ftuary to the Needy an 0^1
tire Affe(îons, and Sirjcere Diltreffed. plaif
Love, which as well 'as in the
times pad, I now at prefent IV. And in thefe tWng ent:
bear unto you And there- Lam confident of you,

:
fore Ihall faithfully ( tho' whom is found luch a^Pc
briefly ) declare the Secrets tfonandTreafure of Vertultlii

of this Art to you ;
plainly Prudence, Piety, and tn
and openly , not Darkly Wifdom, but moft chiAicE
and Ênigmatically, as if it for that Lknow you tp fccen
was done under a Shadow fuch a one, who has Gimn
or Vail. akvays before your Eyef'înly
Such indeed is your

III. V. And therefore I (pe oiojl
Life your Works witnef-

( truly and fervently, and
fing the fame ) that you are will declare the Truth If J
as a healing Balm, a Refuge you with all faithfuln
5 lyoo
of Defcince, and Shtker to according to the reality lyy

the Church of God, a Pil- my Soul 5 I fhall Elucidi|sot]|
lar of his Holy Temple, for the undoubted Verity, sl:^>^
which R.eafons, I am ob- declare fuch things^ as w; i^to
liged to reveal thefe hidden much Labour , Care , a -
j
tji^
]
Mylleries,and make known Diligence I have foujl^xps

to you the abfcondite Paths out, and obtained the kpoiyg^jj
of Nature, not to rejoyce ledge of; which I havcle^nQ^ ^
your outward Man only, by, with my Eyes , and hnygj

adding Health and long handled with my Han|^y|^Q
iC|p. LXI. R 1 P L E Y. 64^
anp which my own (elf has fwo1n up with Pride , or
}d(|i: Anc^ in this matter 1 whofe Souls are bound up
m neither be tedious .nor in their Covetoufnefs.
;
loiure, left that love which
ll fofeis to you , ihould VTII. I require not of
2 to be deficient or im-
1
you for this Secret, a great
Summ of Gold or Silver ;
nor do I put this Secre: in
I. Whatever I write^ 1 writing, for you to bellow
i.iiopen the fame briefly much Coft and Expences
jniplainly,be(eeching God^ upon it ; nor do I for my
the matter whereof 1 fclf defire any reward thefe i
entreaty may become things agree not with the

itable unto you ; and Philofophick Verity, which
if profeffcs^ that its Works are
you iliall pleafe to
:he not chargeable and Expen-
fame into pra6tice,
may find the faithful five. Morien^fs filth, beware
Tience thereof^ and not that you [fend nothing in this
teceivedj or fpend your Maoîfierj of Geld, And
fnn vain For we know Dafiine^ faith with the Value of
:
'linly^ that of all tranfi- one Noble is the whole Magi-
^ things. Time is^truly ftery performed,

loft pretious.
IX. Since then it Is
IT. Wherefore I write fo , in what thing is our

M> you ( honourable and Gold to be found ? Is it not
de ly beloved Friend) fuch in Mercury, which is called
thigs only as may be pro- Quick or living Gold ? Raj-

'
'c ; making this humble mandm faith. He that will
.;unto your Excellency reduce Qmok-GoXd into thin
_,
th the Revealed Secrets water ^ muB make it, doe it^

ac ExperuTients which I and IVork it by its contrary.
fei you in this little Book_, For faith he, Quick or living
not be proftituted, or Gold, has in itsfelf, four Na-
QCDwed upon unworthy tures , and four humours cr
Mi I, who are naughty, or Ekments. And therefore
faith
H6 SALMO.N^S Lib. llljifU
faith he^ if you futrefie \any other of the Bodies^ th'^k

its
Cold Tvith its Hot y and its have any part of fixation k n
Dry with \iis Moifi, you (hall them , for they muH haikit^
not only have the Humidity of much Labour and long time . (I^'ii
all Bodies^ hut you jhall have feparate them^ and bring thtiiii'
a Menftruum, Ti^hich tvHI back into their fixt matter,^ a,
]
diffolveArgent Vive for ever. oloi
For the leaft part of Mer- XL

For faith Li?/,TI
cury being once diffolved^ Elements of Mercury iiii [[1. [
the diffolved Mercury will be diffolvedj and being ^n^

always diffolve Mei'cury diffolved ^ they may bei tith
ad Infinitum. parated. There be foiif/,^,
think our Refolul;/(
that
X, [Mercury may as J or
ivell diffolved Mi ^d
Seed r
le called Quick-Gold 5 as firumy is the water of /,; a
Quick- Silver^ for it contains gent Five J made only by fc

them both. If Air Tvill make felfj becaufe it does diffol /^ j^
this feparation^ we mud put both Metalsj and pretic-^y^
thereto divers contrary things, Stones which we call Pear 2nrt
as Roger Bacon faith tn and lo it is. Now how tl -.
Speculo. But thispitrefaBi" diffolving Menfirum is mac,

on cannot he done^ till it is not only Raymund leems
difj'olved in Water white as fhew, but Roger Bacon \i\
Milk^ piitrifie that Milk i^ like manner in his Speculi the
(^
days in B. M. then feparate its where he fai

Alchymio'^ N(
Element^ and cleanfe its Earthy put the Body which is
and after that joyn it again in weighty, into ^Diîllatc
equal weight ^then is the Elixir and draw forth thereof.
made comfleate for Saturn and Sweet Kos ^ or Dew , w
Jupiter. Qiiick Gold ^s a little Windj or Breat
Crudey Imperfe^^ and unfixt [ for betwixt evtry drop
in every degree^ and yet it is Water ^ comes forth a Brea
accounted a Body^ altho there as it were of a Man, wl
he no fixation in it^ and there- ts the fubftance of Arg(
fore it may he much fooner WvQând which the ?hil^
height to :ts firfi matter ^th an phers call our Mercury wh :
:l p. LXI R I p LEY; 647
if h well putrefied hefore Elixlr^but alfo in the Elixir
X I, of Life^ as hereafter fhall
will then yield the more^
.n I(fue out fercibl) , asbe declared. Chap. 71,72-
if it
'ufi ? Wild-Fire out of a Trunks Sea.

iffially when the Red Iûme
:ov.s. ] Thus have you XIIT. It is fanfied by an
r of our Argent Fives. Experienced Philofopher^
that Mercury did fpeak
^
[IT. To the fame thing and faid, I am the Father
Rimundm ailents ^ where of Enchantments, Brother
hefaich, then have you to the Sun, and Silter to^
ch : Argent Vive^ which is the Moon, I am the Water
cicd Ours; and fb it is of Life drawn out of Wine,
2ed one of Our Argent [ /. e. cut of the Wine of
t \ altho' the intent o\ Mercury ] I kill that which
fame Philolbpher in was alive, and make alive
-^0 Animce Artis Tranfmu- that which was dead 1 \
ijlr/^ Cap. 2. wastouch- make Black, and I make

,
wancther more noble and White, and I carry in my

mVe excellent Water [fup- Belly the Sol of Philofb-
pH by feme , to he Our phers ; and therefore he
Br ning- Water y drawn our that can joyn me after that
ft he Gum of Vitriol , J I am diilolved, and made
the Virtue of which the pure clear and Silver
b;*
'
Noble and Excell-jnt^ like Water, called Lac Vir-
irifl:
'^âdive Water ^ he did gmis^ with my Brother the

only often dilTolve the Sun,he iliall tinge him with
B'ly of Sol [ not as he doth my Soul, not only much
it nth
the ofor efaid Argent more than he was before
V e commcnly diffolved by an hundred fold , but
J
bi alfo the fame Iblar Bo- alfo if he be joyned with
d; by force of that attra- my Siffer Luna , he fliall
jSe Virtue^ is difpofed make all things fair and
if ^ more noble manner;! bright. [ this Lac Virginis
a! my lelf have feen done J is. a Silver- like Water fome-
n only in the Metalline what ^hick.^
T c 4 CHAR
648 SALMON'S Libm
CHAP. LXIl
A farther Difconrfe of the Thihfopher

Mercury.
Ik
OF this McYCUvy A very fukil J
then putting tbeimh
fpeaks another Phi into B^\neo^ that they may \^z I
lofopher thus, when its Ele- dtffbhe^; which done^ take itGol
ments are feparated ^ and out^ and make your congelat tlie
again joyned and mixed in a dry Fire^ dofo oftentimi\m

together by equal weight, a&d then^ &c. ] rthi .
then is it made a compleat in

Elixir upon Saturn and Ju III. And therefore tbich
fiter : but its Elements can- confirm this ^
1 i?^/w//i|antii
notbeleparated, untilfoch laith^ O my Son ^ burTih

1
time as it is diiTolved and Bure ts drawn out of one Viim

:
of this Metalline Water, things and IS decked^ /{/^|Oin

ought the Artift to draw and ended with another thijk .
the TinBure. which u more JSIoble ; for aiouti

do Ferment it with Vulg^\^\
II.[The Elements ofMcr- Gold: He calls it

bira? Vile,
cury Ipeing fparated ^ and caule he faith it is Ibmetirh fe
again commixed by cqud found in Vila places, as icoi

ivetght er proportion^ make Old draughts alio it is Viiigj
:
the Elixir copîpleat^ with of- becaufe (as Raymundus (ait t[ov
ten diflolîng and congealing it is found not only in a f nij

of the Spirit^ which mufl be thy form, and ugly i^mi
done upon a Marble .Stone, but becaufe it is in eve'ou
weighing the Body, and then thing, of the which ( fai ^.
taking its weight of the Secret Albert us) is made a Peripl^
Salty grinding them together nenc or tixt Water.
r.
dap. LXII. RIPLEY, 649
V. [ Hm is to he Neted ^ VL And therefore it is
t Raymundus commands iaidj joyn not that which is

'
TinBure to be drawn cut Crude, with that which is
the Body of Venus^ 'which Decoded ; for of that only
tBure he does Ferment wi^ with the Ferment, is made
prepared Ca\x of common the Elixir, which does con-
I 0) ûlgar Gold^ geal all manner of Argent
Five, Wherefore as Ray-
V. And therefore feith mund (aithj it is never con-
jAcevj behoves you to
it gealed without a congealing
\vQ a great quantity of Sulphur i and being congeal-
( r Gold, and of our Silver, ed^ you have a great fec^-et
t the endj that thereby for in the diifolved^ Decod-
iz humours may be drawn ed Mercury y is a great and
i rth 5 'viz,* to have at the hidden Myftery.
lift fixty pounds weight,
'hich will be a fufficient VIL Another Phllofo-

(lantity for your whole pher alfo faith^ that there is
i e. He alio faith, the beft a certain fubtil Fume_,which
hrcury is bronght in skins, does fpring forth from its
: Dm Mount Pajjulam. Of proper Veins , difperfing
is Mercury^ and fpreading its felf a-
Giber faith
,
3U muft labour in your broad^the which thin Fume
all |
ork to feparate Mercury^ if it be wifely gathered to-

\
as others read it , to con- gether again, and fprinkled

fnce or over-come Mercury^ upon Its proper Veins or
commixing and conjoyn- Matrix, it will make not
ill
}g for he that cannot de- only a certain fixation ( of

troy Mercury^ or undoe it which thin Fume, in fliorc
fi its compofure, cannot re- f pace is made the true Elixir)
lir or reitore it : nor may but alfo cleanfes the Im-

)u work with it as Ray- pure Metals or Akhymkk
id faith , till it is dif- Body.
ived.
VIIT. [ As to the TwBure
mentioned
6jo S A L M ON'S Lib. II]
mentioned at SeB, 4; abcê-, are in Effence and Power

it
rather feems by other words of but not in fight or appear

the .(aid Raynitindas. that ance; in its Pro&ndity or
he ihew tt em of Quick- Depths it is Airous or Spi
Si] ^rr J
aiid no other vile ritualGold , which nom
things ofwhich Mercury is can obtain^ u^kls the lamt
made. What is meant at Body be firil: made clea
SeB. 6, by not jojning the and pure. The which im ime
Crude with the Decdted^ u pure Body after mundificaf^

to he underjiood of not join- cion a thoufand time
is ^^^
J
ing Crude Mercury to the better than
are the Bodi^ ^^"^
DecoBed Bodies or Metals, of common Sol and Luna ^^^'^
hut to pit to them DecoBed^ Decoded by natural heat. ^^1
i e. dijjclved Mercury, And

herein is hidden agreat fecret^ X. [This Leprous GoI( faG
jfor Mercury hdng dtjjolved^ the Fhihfofhers caU, Adrof "^k
is an hot and moifi Sperm ; or Adrup, which Gold is tk^^'^

hut Crude ^ it is cold and dry Philofophers Lead, This A ''^^
Saturn. So that if you fu- chymick Body (în his Concord W

trifieits hot and moi^ Sperm he calls Venus in the lefft "K
with its cold and dry Earthy M^rk^ both for Gold and Si iS{
you will have Quick-Silver ver^ becaufe it is a Neutrt^ the
dijjhhed, which is not Crude Body ^ and very eafie to I irfoi
hut DecoBed Mercury. So changed to either and by thi : M

that in Crude Mercury dif- the fenfe of SeB* 4. atid ^
folved is hidden a great My aforegoing may be more eafii XI
fiery. And hoivever it is dtf- underflood. The Earthy th siy
folved by a Fire not natural unclean/ed Body^ is to be pu '^tl.
cr againft Nature ^
yet it rified with its own IFatei ^dci
mufi be mixed ^ conjoyned and afterwards nourijhcd wit SS
fxed, ] iti Mothers Milk^ which ; U

called the Sulphur of Nature* Krei
IX. ^
This Alchymick tl:
Body is called Leprom Gold^ XL The firft Matter Jcel
I'Vh's; ein Gold and Silver, this unclean Alchymicii wli
Body
|:hap; LXII. R IPLEY.
)dy is a yticous
Fifcous Water ^ that it makes them to ex-
fhich thickened iti the ceed in infinite proportions
is
towels of the Earth. And of goodnels and purity.

nerefore of this Impure So much as does appertain
y ( as Vincent faith ) is to the Work of Akhymia^
lade the great Elixir of which is only for the Elixir
e Redand White^ whofe of Metals, is now faffici-
4ame is Adrefy or Adruf^ ently opened^ which if you
iz,, the Philolbphers Lead, rightly underhand you
,
iislTom the which Raymundm will find that no great coll
\k ommands an Oyl to be is required to the perform-
irawn: frotn the Lead of ance of this Philofophick
!ii

he Philofophers (faith he) Operation.

et there be an Oyl drawn
!Dfa G olden Colour ; if you XIII. [The knatural Fire
:an (eparate this Oyl [jvlere- is Our Aqua Ecetens, or Sea-
M is Our fecond "linBure and Water ^ Jharpj feircing, and
'Fire of Nature'] from its hnrning all Bodies more fiercely
legm, which is it watrifh- than Elemental Fir^^ mak mg
lefs, and wifely learch out of the Body of Sol, meer
W he Secret thereof^ you may Spirit^ which common Ele-
}!
\f8flin the fpace of thirty days mental Fire has not tower to
perform the Work of the do^
fjj
9V Philofophers Stone.
XIV. But this Elixir of
'4 XII. This Oyl does not Metals is not all that I in-
only make the Medicine tend tofhew you ; the Elixir
penetrable, being amicable of Life is that which 1 chiefs
and conjoynable to all Bo- ly defigned^, infinitely ex-
dies or Corporeal things^ ceeding all the Riches of
but it is alfo the hidden or this Worlds and to which
:p\
Secret fire of Nature ;
the moft excellent of all the
which does (o augment the Earthly things cannot be
Excellencies of thofe Bodies compared. And therefore,
to whom it is fo joyned^ I fliall. I. Shew in the Mi-
neral
6f2 S A L MO N'S Lib. Ill
neral Kingdom^ the Elixir of which you ought not td

of MetalSj and that after ignorant, 'viz. i. The Fire
divers manners. 2. In the wherewith : [The fire of Na-
Vegetable Kingdom the ture Jnnataral, Elementalând
Ehxirtboth of Metals, and which is againft JSiature^ 4-
of Life. 3. In the Animal Jiroying the Jpecial form of ak
Kingdom, the Elixir of Life thatu diffolved therein.^ 2,
only ; albeit the fame Elixir The Water whereby ; [ a^j
of Life is moft excellent in the Compound WaterJ] j

for the tranfmutation of And the thing whereof : [^l itur
Metalls. made the congealed Earthy
White as Sm'w7\ Of all whicl]
XV. There are three in their proper order.
m
things neceffary to this Art^
m
ce
CHAP. LXIIL
m
ii
Of the Mineral Stone , and Fhilofophicl

inei
Fires.
Itur
4 time ashave knowledge concerning tha

I
yj leiirned,
leii was Secret. I know (aich he
there
an AfTembly of Philofo- the Regiments of the Fires ^^si
phers, where the Matter of When they had heard whai

the Secret Stone, and the he could fay, they all a3
Manner of working it, was mazed held their peace fo: '^^
propounded. Several Ipoke a while. I f
their Opinions , but at

length, one younger in IL At lenght, one of th(
Years, and (as was thought) Company made anfwer iS
Inferiour in Learning, de- If this be true which thoi ft
clared his thoughts and haft faid^ thou art Maftcj .
Itiap. LXIIL RIPLEY. 6s ^
! I US all J
and thereupon a Stew, a Dunghil, in which
one confent;, they gave Dunghil is made the putre-
th
m the Right Hand of Fel- fadion of our Stone. Sea
wfhip. Whereupon they Sed. 15. of the former
chered, that the Secret of Chapter, where it is more
IS wonderful Tindure lay amply defined,
iefly in the Fire.
V. The Elemental fire,
tin. But the Fire which does Fix, Cal-

differs is that
ter feveral manners s one cine and Burn^ and is nou-
laturalj another innatural rifbed by Combuftibk

preternatural , another things.
lemental, another againft
ature. The Natural ;Fire VI. The fire againft Na-
)es come from the Influ- ture [which is a violent,ftrong^
ice of Sol^ and Luna ^SLnd Corro/ive , deftroying the Jpe^
le AfterifmSj or the Sm^ dalferm
of that "which is dif-
loon and Stars ^ ofthe fched therein, ] is that which
hich are Ingendred, not in Power Dillblves , FretSj
ily the burning Waters Infeds , and deifroys the
()/f|ad potential Vapours of generative Power of the
linerals^ but alfo the form of the Stone : it does
[atural Virtues of living Diffolve the Stone into
lings. Water of the Cloud, with
!t.'i
the lofs of its Natural, At*
IV. The Innatural or tradive, and fpecial Form,
retematural Fire , is a and is called Ftre agaivfi
ling accidental , as Heat Nature^{^ Rajmundusikkh)
an Ague , being made from its Operation : for
Ttifictally, and called by that which Nature does
le Philofophers a moift make, this fire againfl Na-
ire. Our generating Water, ture deftroys and brings to
le fire of the firft Degree , Corruption, unlefs there be
nd for the temperature of fireof Nature put to it.
s Heat is called a Bath,
VII.
6^4 S A L M
VIL Here as Raymundus
laith, lies contrary Opera-
tions, \âs in the Comfounded
Water : ] for as tb^fire again/i-
Nature^ does Diiiblvci the
Spirit of the fixed Body;,
the Volatile Spirit is thereby
tonft rained to retire into
a fixed Earth, [] a Cmêakd
Earth as White, as bnow. ]
X. And Firft we w
VIIL For the fire o^ Na^ Treat of the Mineral EUx r
ture does Congeal ;the Dil- then of the other inord
Iblved Spirit of the fixed The Fire againit Nature
Body into a glorious Earth a Mineral Water, [yiz,,- i
and the Body of the Vola- Humour or TinBure drai Spir
tile being fixed ^ by the fame out of Body of Venus Difiol'V ^^^^
fireagainfi Nature^ is here in its Mineral Spirit ] vc '^"h
again by the fin of Nature ftrong and Mortal, let

relblved into the Water of ing only to the Mine:
Phiiolophers, but not into Elixir.
the Water of the Cloud ; ofe'
and fo by this means the XI. This Mineral m^

fixed is returned back again ter, or Fire againll Natui ^f's
into its wonted Nature of is drawn with fire Elem^

Flying, and the moid is talj from a certain ftir ^
made dry^, and the ponde- ing Menfiruum y as R\
rous is nude light. mundu${^\xhy and is ma
of four things. It is t bd
. IX. But yet he fiith, this ftroDgeftWater

fire vjhich is againfi; Nature World, whole only Spii
is not the Work of Our ( laith he ) does wonderf
Magiftery, but it is the fire ly and raultij
increale IV.
which is furdy Natural. This the Tindure of the P

he (aith > becaufe he would ment:forhere5e/or
ap.LXni. RIPLEY. 6^^
ged with the MinQr3.\\ ^^â^ the firefsgth of Sulphur^
"
jtritj the which Mineral hoth White and Red ; Our
'
[irit is the ftrength of the two Sulphurs ef Nature are

>ft fimple Sulphur with- the Gold and Silver of the
much Earthinefi. Vhilofofhers^ and their hidden

Treafure, J
flXtl. [ThinMineralJFater XV. Of this Child of
the diroppng of KAro^
irup,
f the'Gw Lyon of the Phij
^. ^""5^,'ff "^^^'lofophcrs is drawn die

k,
Jmaure called the mtu- ftrength of Sulphur
White
;
Roman Vitriol^ and which and Red, but I

not Burning
abundance of
the its noble
(as Avicen faith, which are
tBure , is called Roman the two beft things the j Al-
I
Wd.] \chymift can take to make

'his Gold and Silver of :
XIII. This fome do call and this is fufficient to be
; of the Green Lyon^
Spirit
iaid, for the attaining the
h lers the blood of the knowledge of the Green
;(' een Lyon : wherein almoft
Lyon : which is fb called^
(Err, and are deceived :
becaufe , that when he is
* * the Green Lyon of the diUblved , he is ftreighc
ilojophers^ is that Lyon^ by
ways adorned with a green
lofe Virtue attradive, all
Vefture. [i.e: When our
ngsare lifted up from the
Sulphur of Nature is dtf
^^ mols of the Earth, and fohed in its own
Menftru-
Winter-like Caverns
Ebu um which is , the Virgins
iking them to Wax green Milk, it zs clothed with this
d flourifti : whole Child
greennefs^ and therefore called
or all the Elixirs are to the
Green LyonQ
had from it ) is to us
oft acceptable and fuffici- XVL But of the Green
Lyon of Fools , this we fay,
that from it with a ftrong,
nvrrhe Child of Fhilofo- fire is drawn Aquafortis^ in
ters is gefurated of their the which , the aforefaid
'een Lycn^ of li^hich Child Philofophers Lyon of the
Mineral
6^6 SALMON'S Lib. I
Mineral Stone, oughttobeigarly fublimed in the for

Elixirated;, and aftames its of Snowy Whitenafi. Ra\-
Name. Rajmundus (aith 5 mundm in the end of tl
it were better^ or fafer> to Epiftle of his Abridgme;
eat the Eyes of a Bajaltsk^ iaith, feed Argent Vive wii
than that Gold^ which is this Oylj 'VIZ,, with t)
made with the Fire againft Oyl wherewith the Spi
Nature. of the Quinteffence is thic
ened, d'sf.
XVIL And I fay alfo,
that the things from whence XIX. For want of fiic
the fame dqtiafortis is drawn Natural Vitiiol, the tri
is green Vitriol and Azôib: and natural Principle, i^ \^
i. e. Vitriol Natural^ not Ar- Artificial^, ("as Vincent (ak jj,,;
tificialji/iz:,. the droppings of made of Salts ^ Sulphur ^^
Copper , Roman and Alums_, which cut ai

called alfo
g
Vitriol ^ Roman Gold ^ by gnaw Metalsîstobechofi ^
many of the Philofophers^ left in the end of yo \.
from the abundance of its work you fail of your ( j.
noble Tindure, the which fire. \^The Vhilofofhersii^],

Tindure muft be Ferment- you to Calcine Sol 'with M \
1
ed with Common Gold, cury Crude^ till it be hrGU\ .^
into a Calx Red as Bko '^^
XVIIL How great and Here comes in the work of [ ..
Secret a Virtue^ then, and and Mercury togetbt\

^
of what ftrength, the Fire hr ought into a dry Red ?< .
againfi Nature is, evidently der and fixed , but whet ^1
appears in the conftrudion it is to be done with M'

of the Body of the Vola- cury or Sulphur, the Wd
tile Spirit; being by it vul- of him^ is doubtful^
CH A >
1
bap. LXIV, RIPLEY. SI
CHAP. LXIV,
he manner of Elixiration with the Fire

againji "Nature.
npAke the firfi- 5c/, Cal- i^rong Fire for the fpace
cined with the firft of 20 day S3 be precipita-
r
:ater^ ^vlx,. the' Mercurial ted into a Red Pouderjiks
inc very clean ana Cinnaber^ ( all which I have
.
ought into the Color (een performed.) Every
^
Blood, in the fpace of oarticle of this Pouder you
5 days, fin lefler time it is ihall fo fix^ as that if it be
^'?
Dt to be done.} This Cai- I
ut upon a Red-Hot Iron
?'^'
nation cannot be fo profi Plate, its Spirit fhall not
ble^ as it would be^ unlefs fume or fiy away.
'/ be iirft Mercurializ'd
to fuch a thinnefs^ as it IIL This Pouder Diffoive
h ay cleave together to With^ or in our Fire agawjl:
lat to which it muft be Nature ; being Diflblved ,
yned in a 24 fold propor- abftract the V/^ter of the
Dn_, {viz.. as I to 24.) (f rain
. Fire againft Nature from it,
*! through a clean Linnen fo long till the fobftance oi:
loth, without any remain the Pouder fo Diffolved^
g fubirance of the Gold. do remain in the Veilel, as
thick as an ,Oyl; which
II. Imyfelf have feenit Oylj firft^ with a foft fire^
'
ordered and done ; and and Rafter v^/ith a ftrongeri
len it may certainly, in a iix into dry Pouder.
ông Bolt Head^wd\ Luted
HI
1 every (ide, except on IV. [ This ffcrk is not tj
te Top J
boylitig in a he done all at once _,' hut by
UU little
65'8 SAL M O N '
S Lib. IIL
little and little at a time^ till fixation^ reiterate flilltheij^
it goes through ivith it in the Work wiih the fame Fire\r
Color of Blood. ; then will it again]} Nature upon the feme
'^recifitate into a Red Pouder, Pouder Ten times , and
*,alled by the Philofophers Se- it be dryed up no more
will
ricon : Diffohe it with as into Pouder, but remain in
much of Our Vegetable Sal a thick Oyl, the which will
Anatron^ the [pace of an bour^ turn Argent Vive and alj|,j'
,
.'
then fet it in Ejalneo^ in a Bodies into pure Alchymic^
long Refeftf^rjy fill it he clear-Gold, fufficiently good foi?
ly difjhl'vedj and becomes as' it all works of the Goldfmithl
were afine IVine, which with but not for Medicine foi n
the 'Very foftefi heat^ make it Man's Body.
f
to E'vaforate^ and Congeal^
fo will you have a pure Stone
^ VII. A Second way jGolc
end if fubtil-ârts. is much more wonderfully
Elixirated by the faid Fir

V. Alfo if you diJJJve this againfi Nature ^ compound,;
fame Red Fonder of Mercury ed with the Fire Naturalvf
tn Water or Sfir it of Common after this manner. LetVSf,'''
Salt^ prepared as Bachon and triol of the Fire of Natural
Albertus have taught ^ you made of the nioft Iharp Hii?
{hall have an Oyl or Salt of midity , or moitture oi:[\'
Ggldy which no Fire can de- Grapes J and Sericon

, ^^YWi
flroy which will melt and

_, ed together Mais, witl['
in a J
tinge with a folar Color upon the Natural Mineral VitricL

a Plate 0/ Venus. Ihis Trea- ( called the Gum Adrop, <r ^
fure cârry ah ^ ays with ycu, Fitriol Aôth ,) made fom^r
wheresoever yen go \ Who what dry, and with SA
knows not the Secret of this Nitre,be diflblved. f
p-epared Salt in Our kjftr
Works J knows of the little VIIL Firft Afcends
hidden things o/*AIchyniie.J Fair ^ Weak , FlegmatiC ,^n
Water, which cart awa}

V I. Try this fixt Pouder Then a White Fume , ma
C at Sefti 3. above ) for the king the Veflel appea Ji{
Whit
:Chap.LXIV. R I P L E Y. 6^9
"White Milk y which ftroysand reftores; it kills
like
Fume muft be gathered in- and makes alive ; it wounds
o the receive Pj fo long tiH and heals again ; it makes
c ceafts , and the Veffel foft and hardens ; it makes
)ecomes clear^ of its own thin and thick ; it refolves

"olor. This water of the Compounds, and Com-
Vhite Fume is the (linking pounds again It begins the :
Wenfiruum^ which is called Work and makes an end of

)ur Dragon againft Nature. the fame.
This Menfiruum^ if the faid
dragon againft Nature was XL Thefe two Mineral
b fentj would be our Fire Waters Compounded toge^
sâturalj of which we fliall ther in one, are the two
ereafcer fpeak in its proper Dragons Fighting and ^tn-
. 'lace. ving to gather one againft
the odier in the Flood of
JX. [ Raymundus faith Satalia 'viz,, the White
:
his Water is made of four Fume and the Red ; and

lings: I. TheComppfition of one of them fliall devour
|il Amarum. the other.
2. And here tha
Menftru-
m Foetens. Argent
Solatory Veflels ought to
5.
'
ive which is a common be Luted butgendy^ or do-

_,
:hflance in every Corruftihle led with Linnen Cloth^, or

ody, 4. Mineral Vitriol. with Maftick^ or icommoa
Wax, or Cerecloth.
X. This compounded Water
imtral^ and Water Vegeta- XIL Theie two Dragons
e, being mixed together are Fire and Water, with-
,
id made one Water as in the Veflei and not witii-

brcfaidj doth work con- out ; and therefore if they
ary Operation, which is feel any cxteriour Kire^ they
onderful^ it Diffolves and will rile up to the top of
,
ongeals makes moift the VeiTel^ and if they be

^ it
_id dry ^ it putrifies and yec forced by the violencii

I
irifies; it divides afunder or llrength of the Fire, they

I
fid joyns together ; ic de- will break the VefLl, and

Uu 2 io
66o SALMON'S Lib. III.
fo you will lofc all your to the Fire againft Nature ;

I
Work. therefore as much as the

Stone has loll of
form by
its
XIIL this Compoun- the power and flrcngth of

ded Water aforefaid, does the Water ^ or Fire againjt
Congeal as much as it does Nature ; fo much has it got-
Dillolve, and lifts ic up into ten and recovered again of
a glorious Cryftalllne Earth. its form^ by the Virtue of
This is our Secret diiloluti- the Water^ or Fire of Nature,
on of the Stone, which is But the Fire againll Nature,
always done with the Con- by the means of the Fire
gelation of its Water. The of Nature^ cannot- be de-
Fire of Nature is here put flroyed.
CHAP. LXV.
T'he PraEiice with the [aid Componnded Water^^

ki
upon, the Calx of the Body Difjohid.
L ^HE Praftice wich over the Calx widiout ex a

X the laid Compound- ternal diffolving the StonCj
ffi
ed VVater_, upon the C?/x of and lifting it up into the'
the Body duly diliolved and form of Iccywith the dry

prepared : Take the prepared mg up alfo of the faid!
Bot^.y fmade with a thick Water.
O}'],) put to it fo much of the
Compounded V/ater as may IL The faid Calx being ^
coêr the fame Calx (i. e. Our fo diflolved and iublime^ î
^
freparcd Calx Tiîth Our Vege into tlie form of Ice^ you
tahle Menflraum ) by the mufl take away ; after thiSF

depth vf half an Inch, The is done, the refidue of the
TVcter will prcfently boil Cah remaining in the Veffel

'f
un- ^
Jiap. LXV.- R 1 P L E Y- 661
ndiffolved, again be fight } by putting thereto a
iliall
/elldryed by the Fire^ up- ;good quantity of the afore-

n which put fo much of faid re^fined fimple Fire of
le faid Compounded Wa- Nature, as before declared;
2r you did beiore^ dif- then abliraft or draw away
as
)lving^ fubliming and dry- the faid Water again from
ig, till the Calx is v;holly the fame Oyl, by Diilil-
iTolved. ling the fame in a moid:
Temperate heat^fo long till
III. The fubftancc thus there remains in the bot-
'iffolved^ fubtily leparated tom of the Glafs a thin
I
'
nd brought into a Pouder^ Oyl.

luft be put ( as 'hereafter
ill be iliewed j into a good V. This Oyl, the ofrner
lantity of the Br^ of N^- it is diflolved with the faid
tre ( Tvhich is a ^întejcence) fimple reftihad Fire of Na-
: lame being fir ft well ture^ and the faid Water

lifted , and the VelTel Abftrafted or Diililled by a
; veil ftopp'd, to the end^ Temperate heat, fb much
tiat the means of the heat the more will the faid Oyi
utwardly adminidred unto be made fubtil and thin.
procuring the inward
,
I cat to work it _,
may be VI. With the faid Oyl
.iffolved into anOyl^ the ( provided the Calx be the
r./hich will ibon be done_, Calx of Sol or Luna ) you
,y realbn of the fimplicity may incere the fubllances or

t' the Water or fimple Calces of other Bodies, the
_,
îre of NatPtre* faid Bodies being ftrft dif

folved, exalted , fublimed_,
IV. And therefore when and prepared with the faid
ou have?brought the laid Com poinded Water , in
ouder fo diifolved ^ fub- manner and form of Ice
mcdj and prepared with aforefaid'j till that by the
le faid Compounded Wa- Inceration of the laid fubt 1
tr into an Oyl ( then is and thin Oyl of Sol and
ur Menfiruti7n Vifible unto Luna^ the faid fubilances of

Uu- oiher
iSz SALMON'S Lib. Ill,
other Bodies be made fixed, this moift Body, does firft

and to flow like Wax. beget a blacknefs , which
blacknefi is the firfi fignof
Vll. With which flowing Corruption : and fince the
fubdance , you fliall not Corruption of one thing is
only conceal Argent Vive the generation of another ;
into perfeu: Sol and Lunay therefore of the Body cor-l
according as you have pre- rupted, is generated a Body [i
pared your Medicine, but Neutralj which is certainly
you lliall alfb with the fame apt, declinable, and appli-
fluxible and flowing fub^ cable unto every Ferment
ftance > tranimute and whatfoevcr you pleafe tojjf
change all (iich other im apply it to,
psrfeft Bodies, ( as they
Mêre, whofe Calces were X. But the Ferment muft
(b lublimed , and from be altered together with the
whom, at their firft Hiblim- Alchymick Body i and thefi
ing or lifting up, they took whole fubftance of our
their beginning) into Stl Ston or Elixir muft partake j^
and LurnS' aforelaid. of the Nature of the Quin

tsfcence, other wife it will]
VIII. And this thin and be of no efFeft. j,
Tubtil Oyl, being put into

o;
Kemia its proper Veflel^ firft XI. And between the

Sealed up^ to putrifie in the faid fign of blacknefs and
Fire of the firft degree ^ perfect whitenefs, which wil
being moift ; it becomes as follow the faid blacknefi.
black as liquid Pitch. The there will appear a greer
lire may then have its Acti- Color , and as many vari-
]
on in the Body, to corrupt able Colors afterwards x.

It, ( the fame Body as be- rhe mind of Man is abj(
fore To opened J to conceive.
IX. Therefore it grows XII. When the prefen J
firft black, like melted Pitch, White Color fliall begiq

becaufc the heat working in to appear hke the Eyes o;
Fiihes
(lap.LXV. R IP LEY. 66 i
Ithes, then may you know Life^ Perfeftion and Glory,
tit Summer is near at
there to Rule and Shine, in
Ind, after which Autumn fire,, brightnefs , fplendor ,
\ Harve^ will happily fol- and the highefl: perfeftionj
\n with ripe fruity which even in the higheftVmoft
I the long looked for Red pure , and Imperial Red-
ffs : This is after the nefs.
He , Aihy , and Citrine
()lor. XV^ When this aforefaid
fimpleOyl of the altered
XI XL Firft the 5/< does Body, being in its Veffel
jrfeftly Defcend by its duly fealed, is by the Fire
(ie Courfe, from i:s Me^ thus dilpofed, what is there
ilional height and Glory, more than one fimple thing,
1 r ough its grofi and natu- which nature has made to
il folation into an imper- be generated of Sulphur and
i-T Pale^ and Afhy Color Mercury in the Bowels of
^
lining in the Occidental the Earth ?
;.rrs of the Wefj-^ w!ich is

I
me what of
a yellowifh XVI. Thus it Is evidenrj
Brick duft Color : from that our Stone is nothint^
knee it goes to the Sep- elfe but Scl and Luna , S/.
ptrional parts of the Earth, ^hur and Mercury : Male
:ing of a Variable watrilh and Female ] Heat and Cold,
icknefij of a dark, cloudy^ And therefore (co be more
[crable, putrefattive wa- fliortj when all the parts of
lliftinefs. our Stone , are thus gathe-
red together J it appears
XIV. Then it Afcends plainly enough ^ what is
) Oriental parts
to the our Mercury, Oar Sulphur^
ining with a more per- Our Alehymick Body, Our
ft Cryllalline, Summer- Ferment ^ Our M.rfiruum ,
;e, and Paradifical White Oux Green Lyon : And what
alHy, he Afcends his Fiery Our White Fume, Our two
lariot^ direfting his Courle Vragens , Our Fires , and
) again to his Meridional Our Eggj in which is bof h
Uu 4 the
664 S A L MO
the Whitenefs and the Red-
nefs.
XX. It is the peculiar pro
XVIL As alfo what is
perty of Sol and Luna, (thos
i
Man's Hlood, Oar Aqi^^

which property appertaitijic
Fit^^ Burnings Water^
Our
to the Stone it felfj to giv
snd what are many other
the form of GoldandSilve.
things,which in this Our
And therefore the Elixir
Art are iMetaphoricaliy^ or
whether it be White o
figuratively named to de-
Red, may be Infinitely au^f
ceive the Foolilli and un-
mented with the f ermentc
wary.
Oyl: if you do caft th
famx upon Mercury, it fha
XV II I. Alfo there is a fi-
tranfmute it into the Elixii
militude of a Irium^ fain^
which Elixir muft be ca
ing, in the Body, Soul^ and
afterwards upon the Impe
Spirit. The Body is the iiib-
feft Bodies.
lance of the .Stone, The
?
S)al is the Ftrment which

XXI. Moreover the lai
cmnot be had^but from the
White Elixir augmente
is
moil perfeft Body ; and the
with Mercurial Water, an
Spirit is that which raileth
the Red Elixir with t\
up the Natures from Death
Mercurial Oyl ; the whic
and Coiruption to Life ^
two, viz,, the Mercuri
Ferfcftioa and Glory.
Water and Mercurial Oy
XIX. In Sulfhur , there can only be had of Mercui
is an Earthinels for the Bo- diffolved of it felf.
dy In Mercary^ there is
:
an Acrealnefs for the Spirit^ XXII. See what theScri

and in them both a Natu- tureiaith, Heftroke theSto%
rai Unauoilty for the Soul and Water pived ml: , d)
or Ferment all which are he brought forth Oyl cut of t
;
^nfcparably United in their Flinty Rock. We may No

kaii parts for ever From :the whole compoi.tion
this Fermental Body the the Elixir in thefe foi
Stone isfornifd^ and with- Verfes following. 1
up. LXVL- RIP LEY. 66 f
Angels Spirits^ and his Mini^
XXIIL He Hers
a flame of Fire.
firetched forth By
? Heavêns as a Curtain iiiadowed forth the
this is
le Wêr flood above the rectification , ieparation ,

fountains: This is the Wa- and difpofition of the Ele-
tr which does cover Our ments. Who has founded the
i atrer^ and performs the Earth upon its Bafis ; {o fxt^
iffolution thereof, caufing that it fljall not he moved for
;cloudy Aicenfion. That ever. Under which is de-
.cs walk upon Wings of fcribed the fixation of the
the
c Wind, 1 his Elements and the perfe-
figures forth ,
.e fubliniation of ourStone. ction of the Philofophick

Stone.
XXIVv Who makes his
CHAP. LXVL
inother way of Elixir ating Gold by the Fire
againji Nature.
A
Nother way , by
which the Body
f Gold is Elixirated by
ner is; from which
being io
Citrine, clear and
Gold
diffolved into a
fliining
lie power of the Fire agmnfi Water, without any Hete-

Mature, through the help of rogenity or Sand remain-
he Operation of the Fire ing, let the water be abiha-
f Nature; which is thus: (Sted, till the Body does re-
Diflblve the Body of pure main in the bottom of the
jold in the Fire againfi Na- Glafs, like a lixt Oyl.
ure, the feme fire being
veil rectified j^r/g?2i(?i: [_Mer IT. Upon this Oyl, afFufe
'
'yfuhlimati} as the man- the faid Water ^ or Fire againfl^

Nature
(,G S A L M N ' S Lib. IIW
lâture agaifij and abftraft you know how to com
agaiHj and this work (b of- fort the matter with thrf"^
ten repeat till the vâter or fire of Nature^ and by Bahea
fire againfi Nature^ have no tion in 1 days, to draw 5"
ii
more fliarpnefs upon the from the blackne(s of th(

Tongue than commonWell- water, ovfire againfi Nat urî^
Water. (the which may be done,,
af[i
1 have proved, in 6 days
III.This done , draw you fliall perfeft the workff
iuch another new water or and attain the defired end
fire againfi Nature , which
Affule upon the former Oyl
V. Let the aforeiaid Na
and abilraft in all refpefts Water or fire of Na
tural
as before is taught then ture, fo tinged with a Ye!
:
Affufe upon this Oyl the low Color , be al way s wa

water or fire of Nature well rily emptied , and pourei
reftlfied^ and let it be dou- off from the aforefaid dii
>te
ble in quantity or propor- (blved Bodies, into anothe

tion of the (aid Oyl of the VelTel , with a narrovi
Body fo diffolved^ and put Mouth, that may be firm
it into a Veffelj which 4 op ly flopped and then wit! :
well, and fet it in Balneo more of the faid fire, le

for (even days ; (b wiii the there be made in Balneo^ ii
water or fire of Nature be- the fpace of time aforefaid
come a Citrine Color. another quantity of the fai(
Oyl.
IV^. This water ov fire of
Nature by its attraftive Vir- VL And fo the fame wa i
tue, will draw away the ter being tinged with Sc
Tincture from ihtfire againfi or Go/z/jletit be warily em^
Nature^ zsRaymunûsimh tied, and poured off as bt
in his pradical Alphabet. fore and when the wate
: l:il(
And altho' it is (omewhat of Nature will be tinged n(

oppofice to Nature^ to dif- more, then it is a fign, thai Hi
Iblve the Bodies with the the Tin6i:ure is all drawijJ

fi^-e againfi Nature yet if forth froni the diiTolvec|i
'^
Bodî
yTp. LXVI. R I LEY. ^^^
oy by the Fir and firmly fealed up^ may
againfi
by the aforefaid Regiments
be changed into the great
II. Put the Tinctures Elixir, as it is Ihewed be-
tl: decanted off into a fore with the other fimple
fflfs and with Oyl, made with the Com-
Stillatory ,
a 1ft or eafie Fire abftraft pounded Water, in the for-

ih Water or Fire of Na- mer praftice at Seft. 8. ,
:u from the fame, fo long Chap. 6y. aforegoing.

:ilyou fee in the bottom
ar)yl to which you muft
; X. But to proceed fub- :
pt New Fire of Nature lime Quick'Sil'ver with Ko-

agin, well rectified and man Vitriol and prepared
:
at r the Matter has ftood or Calcined Salt ; and after

mBalneo for the fpace of 6 that fublime it by it felf
diSj thenabftraft the (aid alone three times from its
wi:er or fire of Nature by Fceculent fubftance. This
filiation. done, and the fame made
into Pouder, put this (ubli-
/III. And let the work mate Poader into a fixato-
h the fame water be re- ry Veffel, and put thereto
ted upon and from the a certain quantity of your
il Oyl , after the fame aforefaid Oyl of Gold ^
Inner fo long till you but fo much only, as may
your Oyl of
e brought fcarcely cover the fubli-
C Id to be moll fubtil and mate: firmly clofe the Vef-
p e^ without any Fceculent fel, and fet it in a foft Fire^
g)fsnefsj wherein let no- the Natures are perfeftly
till
ting of the water or fire joyned together.

c Nature be left behind^ but
t! lubftance of Gold only, Xr. This done, grind it

tned to Oyl. upon a Marble ^ and In-
cerate it again with your
.IX. This fubril and pure faid Oyl of Gold, and af-
(A of Gold 5 being put in ter put ic again into its Fix-
lw/>^ or its proper Veffel^ atory Veffel^ under a Fire
of
668 S A L MO N'S Lib.Ilf
of the firftDegree as before, tainty, one Inceration moi^

and let the fame Veflel of thefaidOyl, which i
ftand twice as long as it under aftrong fire forth
did before , to the Intent fpace of three days : the
that the Natures may be grind it with your Oyl u\
firmly Compaft and United on the fame Stone, till it I o
together. as thick as an Oyntmeni

which make perfeftly di
XII. Nowthis Rule is with an eafie firc_, and th(
generally to be Obferved^ let it be Calcined with
that the Veffel with the llrong fire for the fpace I '
Matter in it to be fixed^ eight hours.

ought always to be fet over
the fire from time to time to XIV. Which done, the
be augmented ; and this In- Incerate itj and dry it aga:
ceration to be continued ftiil with a foft or gende d
upon the Argent Vrue fub- oftentimes, till it (lands
Hmed^ until the fame is per- the fire melted
like Wa
fedly fixed with the laid This Medicine will trar
Oyl or fubllance of Gold. mute Silver fubftantial
and perfeftly into fine ar
XIII. The which muft pure Alchymick Gold^ peg
be proved upon a Plate of fed to ail the works q-
Silver Red Hot : And if Goldfmithsy but not to M|f
it be found fixed , let it dicine for Mao,
have for the greater cer-
C H A
C p. LXVIL RIPLEY. 669
CHAR LXVIL
T:o other Mineral Elixirs ^ or Two other

Procejjes of Mercury.
l/T^Here be many other

I Noble and Profita- III. The firft manner to
t)l< Secrets in this Art^ or Elixirate only with Mircury
Mftery of our Mineral is thus. Dinolve Mercury
Soie? ^fz. good Elixirs to only, by itfelfintoaMilky
Jinade out of Metalline water_, with the which Mer-
plies; of which Mineral cury fo diffolved^ you may
Ef:.irs_, two are more ex- diftblve fo much more Mer-
ce^nt than the reft, the cury^ and {o continually^ as
tir of which we fhall han- long as you pleafe.
dUn this Chapter.
IV. Put this into a gen-
Here comes in the Frocejs or tie Fire to be Diftilled, fo
frîcal Operation of Mercu- iliall you have Our Virgins
ry mentioned Chap. 61, Seft. Milk .White and Chryftal-
Xlaforegoi'fig.^ line^ wherewith all Bodies
may be diffolved into their
I The firft of thefe firft Matter, NVailied ai:d
El:irs is only in Mercury : Purged.
U [econd^ in Mercury and
th' White Body for the V. This water is of a
W ite Elixir ; and with the Colour^ which if you
Silver
[ai 2 to the Red tooj if you
^yi. with its Earthy Fasces
Wileafe^ being prudently Calcin'd_, and after chat dif-
ed and Ibught at- folved again in the quanti-
ty of its remaining water^
and
670 SAL M
\i
and then again Coagulated

and Congealed ^ ( which
:s(
work is to be done upon a

Stone, ) you will have at
length the Elixir of Argent
Viê^ which will tranfmate
all Imperfeft Bodies to a
perfeft Whitenefs. VIIL Again, ifyoutal
the aforefaid Red humoi
VI. And Mer- of Mercury and Diffolve
fo of this
curial fubltance is made a it a little of the aforefa^^
tk
water permanent or fixt^ Red Fermentj being ma(
Avherewith the Calces of ail as aforefaid of the Whi
Bodies may be fo depurated Stone^ and then with d
and Whitenedj as thereby fame Red humour of Me
to become the moft pure cury , fo Fermented Wi
and fine Silver. it ielf
J the Calces of i
Bodies, may be fb depur
icl
VIL And therefore as 1 ted and Citrinated , th

have faid before in the be- thereby they may becon
ginning of this workj when mofl pure Gold.
lay
Mercury is diflblved^ then
are its Elements feparable s IX. When alfo Argef^
*
and after the fcparation of Vive is difTolvedj then d

its Mercurial Liquor ^ and folve in. it a little of the
^
that a competent putrefafti- forefaid Red Ferment, anr
on is performed i after the fc) put all into Kemia^ or
t fime White Liquor_, there proper VelFel, which firn
f will Dirtill a Golden raoi- ly clofe up with a Phil(
llare or humour, to which fophick Seal Then with
if you add a fmall quantity continual and eafie or getit
of the Ferment of the Fire, draw out the Cha
Gum of the aforefaid Elix- riot of the four Elemen
irated White Stone, that through the Depth of tl
then the fame White Stone^ Sea, until (the Floods bi
with the faid Golden hu- ing dry cd' up; there appea]
Cjip.LXVlI. RI PLEX 6yi
insie of Forty days following, it
Matter a bright fhin-
injfubftance, like to the ftiall be Rubified ( as the ,
Ej5 of the Fifties. Philofophers Demonftrate

)
by the help of a Vehement
I For by this Operati- Fire , as the Nature of ic
!.
on if you keep your Tem- requires , continuing and

peite Fire continually a- remaining in the fame
iiv J the Floods ftiall dry ftrong Fire till it melt and
I
up, with an exceeding flow like Wax, whereby ic
dnight, and the dry Land will be able to tranfrnute
or larth fhall appear ^ as all Bodies into pure fine
in he days of Noah, the Gold.
jwi^rs were dryed up from
,ofl the Earth, and behold XII. And thus the White
ihi Face of the Ground and Red Medicines are mul-
Wi| dry. And by lifting with their own pro-
tiplied
up the Rod of Mofes^ andper humidities : viz. only
fe :ching out his hand^ the by the iolution of the White
wjjSrs were dryed up, and Medicines in their own pro-
ttudry Ground appeared per White and Red hu-
in le midft of the Sea : for moursj and by their Coa-
io ays David, He Rebuked gulation again of the fame,
thiêd Sea^ andifwas drj- as neceflity require?. Thus
ti'py be Ud
them through have wê explicated with
thiDepths as through the finguUr plainefi of Speech,
Wernefj. the Elixiration of Mtrcury
per fe ^ oc Argent Vive at-
I. And then by theSpacc lone.
CHAP.
i
672 SALMON'S
W
CHAP. LXVIIL
The fecond of the former Elixirs^ rpithMet

ciiry and the Body Alchymick.
1 IT O Elixiratc with
* Mercury , and the in. For m this Work^b i
Body Alchjmick. Take lb much left there is pi

One fart of the mofi fure of the SpiriCj and more
Kibrick [quod elt parer Mer- the Bodys by fo muchthir
curij &: omniuiii foonerand better iliall ^M
Liquabili-
um J Sea water tjvel'ue farts Solution be made ; the
in which difj'ohe ?êKibrick; which Solution is made bnc
hm dtJJ'olved^ firain the wa- the Congelation of its w|il
ter through a Linnen Cloth 5 ten
and what remains undiljelved^ bli
which will not go through^ pit IV. And therefore as tj-
ihto the Vejj'el called Kemia^ Kofary faith^ you muil b^
fet it O'ver a gentle fire^ as it ware that the Belly be ni
were the heat of the Sun_, un- made over raoiit^ for it:
tjll there appears on the Top a ^be, the water iTiall not rear
Red Color, ceive or attain to its dn

nets. -eE
Then fut to it a quarter
II.
more of the Sea-water afore- V. This manner of \vy i\
faul^ being kept in a zêry clean mufi be Obfenm

bibition
VeJJ'el^ fet it on a 'very gentle ed and continued ô Ion
jire^ and dry it tip again^ as till the whole water by Ifiic
}QU did before^ by httle and veral Imbibitions (hall

iittk at a time. dryed up into a Body.
;hap. LXVHL RI PLEY. d-rj
not lb hard as the Body

VI. This done , let the nor yet fofoftas the Spirit;
effel be firmly and Philo- but holding a mean difpo=-
jphically Sealed up^ and fition, ftanding fixed and
jaced in its proper For- Permanent in the fire, like <
<ice, with a mean or gen- a White peice of melted
Is fire, which muft not Wax, flowing in the bottom
lax cold 5 from the firft of the Veffel.
bur you begin to fet the
ime into the Fornace, till X. The which White
nu have ?made an end of fubftance , of a mean 6i^
ie whole work. middle confiftency , muft
be fed and nouriftied ,vith
VIL And when the mat- Milk and Meat, till the
(r is liiblimed, then let it quantity thereof be increa-
I: made to Ddfcend by lit- fed according to your de-
Ij and little without Vio- fire.
hce, the fire being Arti-

iially made or let over it; XI. This Medicine being
^bich done, let it be again Fermented to the Red ,
blimed as before. with a portion of Set Dif-
folved in the water of the
VIII. And fo let the Soul Sea, by realbn of leparat-
(the Sun of the Vulgar ing the firfi; the form frooi
( le which Soul is Our un- the Matter, to the end, thae
c:an Oyntment, the Spi- it may be in a more noble
I not yet conjoyned with form than it was before,
1 5 Body) Afcend from the when the firft qualities did
Irth to the Heaven; and remain undivided ; and
aain make it to Defcend that it may be brought into
pm Heaven to the Earth, a Purple Colour by the help
all becomes Earth , of a ftrong and continual
bidi betore was Heaven. fire: whereby is made the
true Elixir, both for the
, To the end there White and Red Work.
ly be made a fubftance,
Xx XM
574 S A L MoN '
s Lib. in.
the Fire of Nature into a

XII. Now this Elixir, be thin Oyl, the which muft
itWhite or Red, ftiall be be done in a Circulatory
increafed an hundred fold Veffel : for truly, then the
more, both in Virtue and leaft drop thereof does Con-
Goodneis, if its Quintef- geal a thoufand drops of
fence be fixed with it, aiid Mercury into the vQtf
that then aftei'wards it be greateft Medicine.
brought and reduced by
CHAP. LXIX-
Of the Vegetable . Stone.
I. HTBc Vegetable Stone Fircy like as if it were th

^ gotten by Virtue fire of Hell ; and therefort
is
of the Fire of Nature , of altbd Wine he hot , yet thi

the Compofition of which water of Mercury is hotter
fire we now intend plainly for it is able to dijfolve d
to treaty and of the way Bodies^ toputrefie^ and alfo i
how to work with it in divide the Elements , 5/^^^^,.
_,
every relpeft. neither common Fire nor Wifr

cando.2
j^,
II. [;Iu Cowfojiticn is of

fcuY things , as Raymundus III. Some think that th J
faith ^ in his Beck of întef- Fire of Nature is extracfte
K
femes : It is a Cempofition of or drawn from Wine, a(
Sal Amarum, which is Ignis cording to the commoV
adeptus, a -fire that is gotten way, and that it muft I r
without Wood or Coal ^ and redified by often Diftitt j
by an eafte working ^ does tions , until its Flegm V

work againfi all manner of wholly abftrafted , whic
[liayfne/s efjflion oftheVifthk hinders its Heat, Virtu
Strengt;
:hap. LXIX. R I P L E Y. ^7^
rength and Burning. But eft Matter of Our Vege-
lis, when it is done to all table and ^ Philofophiek
Ivantages, and its higheft Mercury.
jrfedion (which Fools call
|e furs Sfirit ) and then VI. The which Princi-
It to the Calx of the Body plC) Refolutive Menfiruum ^
jver (o well prepared^ yet Near Matter ^ or VnBuom
iill it be weak and ineffe- Af(?//re^ Raymundus [in

hal to Our purpofe^ for Cap. 6. and Cap. 8. of his Cla-
iiiTolution, Conlervation^ t'^] does call Black, Black-
er than Black : The which
Black thing or Matter I
IV. [Ihe true and Pure certainly know,
lirit is Om Siherijh Spirit
WinCy which is our Vege- VII. But fincc RayTnun--
Ue Meircwy^ and the true dus (akh, that this Refolu-
%ter of the Thilofifhers, Con- tive Mjtnftruumy does come
ning which ^ fee in Ripley'^ from Wine^ or the Lees^ or

et Concord,
] Tartar thereof^ how is he
to be underftood ? Truly,
V. Wherefore fincc the he himfelf unfolds the My-
Igar Spirit or Wine is ftery Our Water or M.en-
:
:h^ it is evident that there ftruiim^ is a Metalline Water

m Error in choofing of generated of a Metalline
''Is Principle t for the true Matter only: So that Ray-
linciple^ Cwhich is the be- mundus fpeaks ^ either of
ining) is the Refolutive the Kefolntive Menfiruum or
tfirunm [which is the Sbul of the Refoluble MenHruum.
krcnry^ and this Tinciure
very Oyl^ feparate frem VIII. [Jhis Menftruum
foul Earth and faint iVa- ffrin^s from a Silver Wtne^
J
which, as we koow, which dots Naturally make d
i according to the tradi- difj'ohtion of its own Sulphur,
is of the Wile Philofo- It is apparent in the il. Cap^
prs, is an Unctuous moi- of Raymundus , thai Our
ire ^ which is the ncfar- Mercurial and Radical mot"

Xx 2 ^t^Q
676 SALMON'S Lib.IIL
fture^ is onlyCengeahd in-
net
to ferfeB Metal y by Vapour XT: [ This Refolutive
of its hot and dry Sulphur^ Menftruum is our Vegetable
hut that alfo the fame Metal- Mercury, which is our Va-^j
line Water ^ being fo termina- Menftruum, and eve-f
pourous
ted in the form of a Me- ry burning water of Life ,P
tahy after its Refolution in Aqua Vitae ardens, by whofi

Aês has fo-wer naturally attraBive Virtue, the Body 9ft
ef a Menftruum to dijfohe the Volatile Spirit, being fixea
Our Stone or Sulphur, and by the fire againfi Nature, i.
change it to its Vegetable Na- thewa

diffolved naturally into
ture, without prejudice or hurt ter of Philofophers , and exf
to its own JSfiiture* alted and lifted up from itf
Salt and Combufiible Bregf
into a clear Mercurial ant^^
lX.\jVherefore he fays^ that
Natural fubfiance , whic^!
from whatjoever any thing
does fpring or grow by Na- mufi be Fermented with rff
Oyl of Sol and Luna, an ^^
ture, that into the fame it may
then is made thereof the greA ^^
Again be refolved,^
; with which Mercu
"^
Elixir
rial fubftance we alfo com^^^
X. If he ( viz, Raymun* terfeit Pearls and Pretiot^^^
dus) fpeaks of the firft Stones,!^ ^ê
water or Relblutlve Men-

ftruum ; you are to under- XIL We feealfo,thc'i3
ftand that it is (fb as he in Tartardryed only in th ft
fpeaks^ not a Metalline Sun, there are certain Mel ôrr
Water, but after a certain curial Qiialities fliining ari *2i
manner : for this water of giving of light to the Eyi ^ni<
the Refolutive Menilruunij but the kind of Metals is k

is both a Sulphurous and a
Compofition oi Sulphur an
Mercurial Vapour [_ Ignis Argent Vive. And then
and Az,Qth ] -and by reaibn fore, if he means after ti
of its Sulphurity, it burns fort, then the Refoluti

ivith the fire. Menftruum, may be tak; '
for a MculUnc water ;

otb
phap. LXIX. R I P L E Y. 677
itherwife it [is not Anfwer- made Elixirs^ topurg^
they are
Metals, and a Medicine for
Mans Body,^
XIII. Again , Raymun-
sf proves clearly to the XV. Therefore, Our true
ntrary, where he anfwers Metalline Water is an Uftu-
who demanded of ous humidity of the Body
m; in what is the Vegeta- diffolved to the fimilitude
\k Mercury^ in of Black Pitch, Liquid and
Gold or in
iher } It is (^ laith he ) ^ Melted ; and this tJnftuous
hnfh Coeffential fuhjfanee and Black humidity is c-alled
_,
which is brought from the true Refoluble M^nfiruum,

ts own Concrete parts and And becaufe we ftiall af-
proper Veins^ to (iich a pais terwards demonftrate the
)r point by the DilTolutive true Refolutive Menjfruum ^
Jiienftruum, that by Virtue required in this Work, we

3f the fimple and Co-eflen- will here only declare from
ial fubftance, they are able what principles, and how
:o multiply their fimilicudes the laid Refolutive Menftru-
n Mercuries^ which have um is drawn.
lone in themfelves , and
ire alfoapt Medicines for XVL lOur Metalline Wa-
Mens Bodies^ and to expel ter is Jeparated from the Body
and put away from them c/'Lunaria^ which is itstermi-
any Dileafes,& to reftore nated and Radical humidity
to the Old and Aged, their in the kind and Color of White
former Youth, and preferve [Inning Silver, and its Body,^
them in Health lb long a ts Our Mack Sulphur There- :
time as God has defigned fore fee Chap. 6?. in the Lu-
them to Live. nary Branch, and in his Clavis
whtre you "will find the Radi
XIV. [This Coeffential ftib- cal humidity to he the true Mtn-
fiance is Our White and Red firuum wherewith the fchmn
Tinûre hy whom thefe Earths dijfolution of its own hUck
that are vp anting^ are muiti- Body is made. ]
f^yed in TtnBur ^ whtrehy
Xx J
xvn
6^% SALMON'S Lib. Ill
Rajmundm doth this humidity

Unftuous is
XVII.
an Unftuous Hu- therefore better agreesj,,
it
fay, that
with the Unduoflty f Me-,I
midity is the laft comfort
tals^ than the Spirit drawn
and fupport to the Humane
Body^ which what it is^ is from Common Wine ; for If
through its Liquefaftive Vir-;
manifeft to the Philofophersi !
tue,Metals do Melt, and are

"
it makes a noife or found in
the Veffcl, and is Diftilled

made flowing and moift inf
the which Opera- k
with a great deal of Art. the Firei
tion truly the Spirit
He alio faith, that Our o\f
Stone made of the hotted
is
Common Wine cannot do '^
Matter or (iibftance in Na- XX. For the Spirit ol

ture And I fay that Wine Wine, how
:
ftrong foevc!
ishot but there is another
\ it be^ is (comparatively) bu!
thing which is muck hotter clear Flegm or Water .
than Wine^
whole fub- whereas contrariwile , ir
ftance, by realbn of its ex- Our Unftuous Diftilled Spl
ceeding Airyneft orSpiricu- rit, there is no watriflinelii
pfity is moft quickly inflam- at all. But this thing bein
ed by the Fire. rare in Qur parts, as well ai
XVIII' Andthe Lees, or other Countries^ Gttido MorA.

Tartar, and Dregs of this tanor found out another Un-i
Unduous'humidityjsgrofs, |
tuo us humidity, which fwim
like the Rinde or Bark of a upon other Liquors, whict
Tree and the fame Tartar
:
humidity proceeds froir
is blacker than the Tartar
Wine y which Ka) mundus
of the black Grape o^ Cata- & drnoldus knew, with fom(
lonia^ for which caufe it is others^ but they taught noi
called by Kaymundm y a how it fhould be obtained.

Black ^ more Black than XXI. [Our TinBure in Di
Black. [ By tbeje Lees^ or Hi Urns; J tsfefarated both from
"Tartar and Dregs,
_ ^ts
7neant the the Fle^^m and its ^rofs Fefces
Lees of our Stl'verlFme, Jepa- \
j^// ,^ ^ q^/^ and M\
y^ /^^^
rated from the Lunary Body.'] \ ^ ^^^ Soulof Mercury ^whid
XTL An4 becaufe that (
ts Air and Fê,feârat from
Ihap-LXX, R IP ley: 679
is two extr earns ; andfo it he of the Lees or Tartar of Wine^
j
tg an UnBuous meifiure^ is or Aquas Vitas, called the Salt

\
le mean,. See the firfi and <?/ Art and Mercury^ withotit
j
tfi Chapter of Raymund'j I

-which Salt (faith he ) there
'odicil, is nothing can he done: Alfo
J
XXII. Notwithftanding, he begins his VraBice with this
aymundm laith, it muft be Salt in the firfi and lafi Chap-,

rawn from Death , and ter of his Codicil. ]
trora the Fsces of Wine XXIV. Wherefore as the
y redification , that it lame Philofopher affirms
nay be acuated in Di- among thele things is this
liiUation by hot Vegetable Menftruum one cf the Se-

lubftances, thereunto apper- crets of this Art , \7h0le
[taining, Pepper^ Eufhor-
as Virtue mull be increafed by
hum^ &c. for without thefe a wife management of the
hings'he faith, the Virtue Matter: you muft circulate
ithereof is not fufficient_, but this Menilruum in theUn-
by long time to dilTolve ftuous humidity in a Veffel

Metals. of Circulation^ by rotation
XXIIl.[Raymundus/îr^ continually , an hundred
in the end of his natural Ma- and twenty days , in the
gick^ that there is a Salt made hotteft Fornace.
CHAP. LXX.
The Kentaining Procefs of the Vegetable Stone^
I. T TItherto Raymundus are covered with

tl:^ Procefs
ITX of the Tegecable the N4antle of Phiiofophy.
Stone has been long and Truly his intention is, th.^c
Obfcure ; but that nothing there fhould be madea dif-
may be doubtfjl to the pre- folution with the Spirit of
judice of my profeifed Love Wine, but that this Spirit of
to your Loi-dlliip, I fay that Wine iliould be joyned with
all thefe things Ipoken by mother Menitruum refo-
Xx4 luble.
68d SALMON'S ubdim
lublCj without which Re-
folution can never be at- VI. Tah the [harpejl hum
tained. dity ef Grapes, and in ii
being Diftilled^ dijjolvt'î

IL [ Here the two Sprits Body, 'well Calcined into
are joyned together^ the Vege* Rednefs , into a Cyrâllim
table Meftfiruum or White Oyl clear and "Ponderous water
cf Tartar^ and our Metalline the which Body Calcined int
Oyl ] Rednefs^ is of the Matters o:
this Science called Sericon*

IlL And that Menftruum
Refoluble is generated only VIL [ Now conies in tk
of a Metalline kind : for it VraBice ^/Pupilla, of th
is a potential or mighty Va- dijjolution of the Red Lyon
pour_, being in every Me- for the Fire of Nature^ calleh^
talline Body^ joyning toge- alfo Red Lead, Red Coral fc
ther two extreamSj Sulphur Sericon r of the Nature ^ ai
and Argent Viv, Black Pepper, Euphorbium, [

I
C^c, of a hot biting and fiery i
IV. And fo indeed after Nature, all. which things an\\

this fort J
Oar water is a ffoken only by way of Com-h
Metalline water^ which be- farifon. ]
caufe it does favour of the
Nature of either extreanijit VIIL Then of this Cry-j
therefore brings our Refolu- ftalline water, let there be'
tive Menftruum into Aft. made a Gum, the which in
Tafte will be like to Alum.
V. Mow how this Men- This Gum by Raymundm is
firuum^ which is Unftuous, Azoth , from

called Fitriol
Moitt^Sulphurousând Mer- which Jit there be drawn
curial J agreeing with the with a gende Fire, firft a
Nature of Metals \ and weak water, with no more
wherewith Eodies muft be Tafte or fliarpnefs than
Artificially DiiTolvedj may iimple Well water. iFrefi)-
fee hadj we will here (hew er rvater there is none in Tafte
hy clear pi'aftice. yet Ipi'ill it never Qonfume or
If'afte,
Chap. LXXv RIPLEY 6Bi
WafiCy iho it he ufed never fo and it will not ceafe to Fer-
oftm ; nor 'will it be ever lefs ment or work, till it be all
\in ûantitj.2 dry ed up into the Calx.
JX And when the White XL Therefore youmuft

iFume fhall begin to appear^ put no greater a quantity of
Îchange your Receiver^ and it to the Calx^ but what I
Lute it ftrongly , that it may juft cover it as it were,

breath not forth ; fo {hall and lb proceed, [ when the
you have our burning wa- Fornace is dryed up ] to the
ter. Our Aqua Vita ^ and whole Complement there^-r
IRefolutive MenftruumXthe of, (as in the Operation of
which before was Refolu- the Compound water, j an4
ible) a Vapour potential, a as the work requires.
mighty Vapour_, able to dif-
Ifolve Bodies , to Putrifie^ XII. And when the Elixir
and t% Purifie, to divide the be brought into a Pur^
fliall
Elements, and alfo to ex- pie Color, then let it be diC

alt theEarth into a wonder- folved with the; aforelaid
fill Salt, by the force of its Vegetable Menftruum into
attractive Virtue. This is a thin Oyl, the fame Men

our Fire of Nature. ftruum being firft reftified,
and let the fame by the Cir-
X. This water has a bit- culation of the Spirit orour
ter fliarp Tafte upon the water be fixed ; fo will it
Tongue, and alfo a kind of have Power to tranfmute or
Sinking Menftruum : and change all Bodies into pure
becaule it is a wat^r W^îch Gold ^ and to Heal and
is very Spirituous and Vo- Cure all Infirmities and
latile , therefore within a Difeafes in Man's Body/en

Month after it is Diftilled, thufand times better than
it ought to be put upon its all the Potions and Pre-
Calx. When it is Affufed fcriptions oi Galen or Bf!p>
upon the Calx^ it will with- crates.
out any external Fire, boil
m if the Veffel be clofely fhut; XIIL This Elixir is the
tfs
682 S A L M ON'S Lib. Ill !P
true Anrum fotakle^ and no Stone

Ifliallnow proceed
:
l'^^
other ; for it is made of to that of the Animal Stoae, f^

Gold Elementated and Cir- which is but a work of three P
culated by the fpirituous days ; and in three days willl^^
wheel of Philofophy; and it be compleatly endedl My^^
is fo wrought with the
Air^ advice to you is^ not to ga*
Gafs, potency, orfpiritof ther the Leaves of Words
5
Mercury diffolved by its but the Fruits of Works, the '^'
feli-; fublimed
and re<3:ified, profit of the things fought ^^
'^^
as that the body of Gold by after.
it,may not only becuiioufly

and exquifitely Elixirated XV. And knov(? that in
J
but alfo that it may then af- Work, I have not Ibf
this
terwards be brought to fuch much afFefted the CuriofityP'^

a perfedionby this our Art, of Language, or Elcganciesr
as to be of Stile, as the denudatin#
applied profitably
to the molt defirable work. the Eflential Verity , an#'
expofing the very PoweiP
XIV. Thus you may lee, of Truth to your View J
we have hid nothing con- which by reafbn of my hafte
cerning this our defired I have now concifely donek^
Elixir of the Vegetable in few words: F
6
CHAP. LXXL
Of Onr Animal Stone,
f. TXT"^ ^^^ way and manner of its Elix

come to
VV reveal the mofl But this Anima
iration.
noble and High Secret of Elixir is neither from Wine
Secrets, <viz.. the iMyfiery asit is Wine, nor from Egg<i
of oar Animal Stone defi- Hair or Blood, as they an

red of all Mankind, and the fuch things, but only frorr!
th(!
Lhap; LXXI. RIPLEY 683
lie Elements : And thefe
laments we ought to fearch V. The which one thing,
ut_, in the Excellency of becaufe it is more excellent
beir exceeding Simplicy than all tbe red", the Philo-

nd Redification. fophers have taken for th
neareft ; becaufe of the fin-
II. The Elements as Ro- gular perfedion which God
er Bachon (aith , are the has giên to the Microcofm
loots of all things^ the Mo- or leffer World , in whom
hers of every thing are not only the Ideas of
: yet
he Elements of the (aid the Courfesand effefts of
hings do not enter into the the Planets^ Stars, and Afte-
Vork of this Our Elixir ;
rifms, but alfo the Com-
3Ut only by the Virtue and plexions, humours. Spirits,
3ommixtion of thole Ele- and Natural Virtues of the
nentSj with the Elements Elements.
Df Spirits^ and Bodies of
Metals. VL And therefore con-
fider the molt noble Bird of
III. Yetfo indeed as Ro- Herwes , which when the
êr Baehon faith y the Ele- Sun'is in Aries^ begins to.fly;
ments of thole things afore- aad as it is advifed, fo let it
(aid do fo enter in as to be brought forth and fought
pierce through [^M not to for. Seek out the true Sul-
dwell there] and to Accom- fhur from his Mine or Mine-
plifti this Our great Elixir. ra, not being corrupted^ for
the whole perfection lies in
IV". Notwithftanding a- the uncorruptS//>^r.
mong all thofe things which
be Natural^ (as all VII. This is our Stone^
the reft
be^ which Philofophers havethe which as Anfietk laith^
taken^) there is one thing in his Secret of Secrets , is
yct^ which is found more generated in the Dunghil;^
pretious, more excellent High-ways and mult be ,
more proper, and more Na- divided into four parts be- :
tural than all the reft, for caufe ftith he, eagh part has
^
this our purpofe=
6H .
S AL MO N*S Lib. mi
oneNaturCjthe which parts lous thing, be more to
mufl be joyned together wondred at, than any Mi-
again.till they refiftor ftrive racle of Nature, foa: then
n more ; when they are the lelf fame White , has
joyned unto it, it .ftiall be fully the Nature of White
White ; if Fire, Red; as you Sulfhur^ not Burning [or Sih
pleafe. and is the very Sulfhur
1/er,]
of Nature and Argent Vive.,
VIII. But underfl-and ,
that this Divifion, muft not XT. Let Ibme quantity of h
be a Manual Divifion, [ hut Luna be added to it in the I
in Tower and Effecl,~] where- manner of an Amalgama ali

fore J let this one thing then it brings forth, by Ope-fe
which all Men have ( its ration or generation of , \\
over-flowing Flegmatick White into White and thew(

;
property being (omewhat fame thing worketh it into
Evacuated ) be put into Ke- Red , and is made compleat
mia or proper Veflels^ which into Red, by a greater Di-of
Seal up Philofophically ; let geflion in the Fire. sd
it putrifie in a moift Fire a on
long Seafon , into a black XII. Then,asthePhilQ-V,

thicknefs. fophers advife, let the two \
Sulphurs , i;i2s. the White
IX. Then by the fecond lir
Degree of Fire^ let it be and the Red be mingled CI
with the Oyl of the White

Coagulated into a drynefs, ft
Elixir^ that they may work

after many Bublings, which
the more ftrongly ; upon
it will make^ wherein fhall
which, if the Quintefcence on
ihine innumerable Colors
of the Vegetable Stone iliall
and when all that which is for
be fixed, you fliali have thejpai

iine and fubtil^ iliall Afcend
higheft Medicine in tbcfc
upwards [^crfublimi] in the
Worlds both to Heal andps
VeiTel moft White, like as
the Eyes of Fifhes^ the work
Cure Humane Bedies, andU
to tranfmute. the Bodies otc
is compleat in the firll part.
Metals into the moft pure of
/i. This truly is ^ marve- and fin Gold and Silver, fc
CHApJ:
:hap. LXXII. RIPLEY; aj
U,,:
CHAP. LXXII.
iT),
f
The Referred Secret Explicated.
AND drawing
dra\
now we
near to
are
IV. Andofthisfubftance
le end of this work, we Fermented with the Oyl of
lall hereunto add and Ex Luna or 5o/, is made the
l^licate one Secret^ even our great Elixir, for the tranf-
jferved Secret , hitherto mutation of imperfeft Bo-
Juried in tkcAhjfs of<symg' dies.
w's and deep Silence*
. V It muft oftentimes be
II. We lay that the Body diffolved and Coagulated
}{ the Volatile Spirit^ fix- with its Ferment, that k
kd, by Fire againft Nature^ may work the better; and
pught to be diffolved in the with this faid Mercurial fub-
fiêgetable Water, that is to ftance, thus Elevated [ cr
(ay, in our Vaporous Men fuhlimed] we Counterfeit the
ftruum ; not in water of the moft pretious Margarites oc
Cloud, but in water of the Pearls^ not inferior to the
Philofophers. fight, to the very beft that
ever Nature produced.
in. In which Dlffoluti-
li^n, the Body is made lights VI. And with thele Arti-
br its more pure and fubtil ficial pretious Stones, we
art up [orfublimed]
is lifted ftiall finifli the difcourfe of
om Salt and
Combuftible Ourfretious Stones^ [^Mineral^
aeces, by Virtue of the Vegetable, and Animal ^tho
ater attradive which is : abicondite Myfteries of
more clear than the water which, being by the Wife
of the M^garite^ as 1 have and upright Sons of Art pru-
feen. dently kept Secret,
VIL
6S6 S A L M ON'S Lib.ia.
VILI Pray the moft Good XI. Early ^ even betimes

and Gracious God^ to open O Lord^ hear thou my Vrayers^
A
and reveal the larnCj at ore by the Virtue of thy Grace ^ help
rime or another, even as it forward my defiresând enaUe
pleafe him.to his defpi- me Ibefeech thee to perform thy
fliall
fed Servants and litdeones. Holy mil.
VI JI. O mefi incomfrehen- Xll. O mofi excellent PouH

ft hie light , mop Glorious in tainy houndlefs in Treafures
Ik
Majefty^ who with the Chari- thou fcattereft thy good things
ty of thy Heavenly Rays do^ without meafure amongfi the
T}arken our Dimmer Light 5 Sons of Men ^ and thou makefi
Ofubfiantial Unity ^ the Di- every other Creature to partake
vine three ^ the joy and Re- of thine efpecial kindnefs,
joycing of the Heavenly Hofi,
the Gkry of Our Redemption, XTII. Thou art worthy
LordJ to behold the IVorks tf
IX. Thou mofi Merciful^ thy Hand and to defend what

tic Turifier of Souls ^ and the thy Right Hand has planted,
ferfetual fuhfifiance ; O mofi that we may not live un-
i
Gratious^ through daily Dan* profitablyy norfpend the courfe
gers and Terils which thbu of our Tears in Vanities.
ft^ffers us to undergo ^ and
i
through this Vexatious vail of XIV. Grant therefore 'iVi
Vanity^ bring us to thy heaven hefeech thee^ that we may live
^'
ly Kingdom, without falfhood and deceit, ?;
that avoiding the Great dan--

'
X. O Tower andWifdom^ ger of a finful courfe of Life

y"^
thou goodnefs inexplicable, up- we may efiape the Snares of f'
hold us daily ând be Our Guide Sin.

"f
and DireAorj that we may :t
never diffleafe thee all the days XV, And as I Renounce]

'^
efmr Lives ^ but obey thee^ the Loves of the things of

m 'faithful Vr6feJJbrs of thy this Life, and the Concufijeences ,
Holy Name, or Lufis thereof, fo accept of

m^
lap.LXXIlI. RI P LE Y. 687

thy Servant ^ tts a true a7jd'he merciful and go9d un-
d Sfontameus Votary, who to us,
jelly defends on thy goodnefs^

th all Confidence^ t^ff^JP^g XVII. Among the reft cf
'hing more. thy Servants who frofefs thy
Name, Icjf'er my felf with all
XVI. We Juhmit our [elves humble Suhmiffion 5 jind I
tthee^ for fo it is fit ; vouch- hefeech thee O Lord, to for-
jê thy Light to difcover to give we^ if I Of en a-nd reveal
'^M the Immortal Treafures of thy Secrets to thy Faithful Ser^
^^fe'^fhew us thy hidden things vants. Amen.
CHAP. LXXIIL
|ipley*s Thilofophical Axioms out of the Thea--

trnm ChymUnm.
^/Ûr Stone is called and a fubftance, by which

the Microcofm ; One the Earth does receive its
d Three
' ; Magnefia and fplendor: what other thing
'
urSLTid Mercury^ aW^vo is or Luna J than a
Sol
rtioned by Nature her terra Munda^ a pure Earth,
f. Now iinderftand that Red and White ? The whole
at there are three Mercu- Compoficion we call Our
,/, which being the Key Plumbum or Lead^ the Qua-
the whole Science, Kay- of whole fplendor pro*
lity
mdm calls his Menftru- ceeds from Sol and Luna.
IS, without which no-
ing is to be done in this III. No impure Body,
t but the Effcntial Mtr- one excepted , which the
:
ry of the Bodies is the Philofophers vulgarly call

lef material of our Stone. the Green Lyon y ( which is
the Medium which Con-
XL Our Stone is a Soul joyns the Tinftures between
Sol
^88 SALMON'S Lib.m:
Soland Luna with perfe Ai- diffolution thereof, but nei-
onj does Enter into ourMa- ther with Cirrofiês^ nor fire
giftry. alonCj nor F, nor with A
other Burning waters, or
IV.ThefeMenftruums you the Vapour of Lfad^ is ouij]
ought to know, without Stone Calcined s for by lud
which no true Calcination^ Calcinations, Bodies are de
or natural diffolution can ftroyed, for that they dimiio
poffibly be done. But our nifh their humidities.
principal Menftruum may
be faid indeed to be In vi- VIL Whereas in our Cal
fible or Spiritual > yet by cination the -Radical humi-
the help of our A<jua Fhilo- dity is Augmented or mul
Jopbica fecunda , through a tipliedjfor like increafes like
reparation of the Elements^ he which knows not thi
in form of clear water, it knows nothing in this Art
is brought to light, and Joy n like with hke,and kin<
made to appear. with kind, as you ought
every leed anfwers and re I i
v., And by this Menftru- Joyces in feed of its owiic

um with great Labour is kind: and every Spirit i
made the Sulphur of Na- fixed with a Cahc of its owfe

ture, by Circulation in a kind [or Nature.
pure Spirit ; and with the
fame you may diffolve your VIIL The Philofopheifi
Body after divers manners make an Unftuous Calx
and an Oyl may be exrra- both White and Red , c
fted therefrom, of a Golden three Degrees, before it ca;
Color^ like as from Our be perfefted/jthat fliall me:
Red Lead* as Wax^ till which itiscie
no ufe. If your water flia .
VL I. Ve Cakinatlone* be in a right or juft propo lar
Calcination is the Purgati- tion with your Earth, an ti

on of our Stone, reftoring in a fit Heat, your Matte
it to its own Natural Color^ will Germinate, the Whit
inducing firft a neceffary together with the Red
whie
:hap. LXXJIL RIPLEY 6^,^
^hich will endure in a per
etual Fire. XIL Here is nothing be-
and the Bro-
fides the Sifter
: IX. Make a Trinity of ther; that is, the Agent and
Jnity^ without diffention the Patient , Sulphur and
i
iiis is the moft certain and -Mercury, which are gene-

left proportion and by rated Co-efTential fubftan-.
:
ow much the lefler part ces. The d iffolution of one

the more Ipirltual^ by (o part of the Corporeal Sub-
luch the more eafily will ftance, caufeth a Congela-
le diffolution be perform tion of another part of the
3 :drown not the Earth (piritual.
îth too much water, left
ou deftroy the v/hole Work. XIII. Every Metal was

once a Mineral Water ,
i
X. 2; De Viffdiitmie, Seek wherefore they may all be
bt that in a thing which is diflblved into Water again;
ot in it, as in Eggs, Blood, in which Water are the four
Vitriol, and the o-
IitiQ, repugnant Qualities withdi-
lermiddle Minerals; there verficy. In one Glafi all
no profit to be had in things ought to be done^
lings not Metallick : In made in the formof anEgg,
letals, from Metals, and and well clofed.
yor through Metals^ Me-
lls are made perteft. XIV. Let not your Glafi
be hotter than you can eiv
XI. Firii make a Rotati- dure your naked Hand up-
In of all the Elements and \ on^ fo long as your matter
ifore all things , convert is in diflblution : When the
lie Earth into water by dil- Body is altered from its firft
blution : Then DilTolve form, it immediately puts

lat Water into Air, and on a new form.
lien make that Air into Fire:
lisdone, reduce it again XV. ;. De Difyofitme.
to Earth , for otherwife Beware that you open not
û labour in vain. your Glafs, nor ever move
Yy it.
^90 SAL M^ O N '
S Lib. Illi
it, from the beginning tof natural and fubtil feparation^

^he work to the end there- no future Generation can
of; for then you will never be compleated.
bring your work to perfe-
ftion. Dry the Earth till it XVlil. Your Water ought
becomes thirfty in Calcina- to be feven times fublimed,
tion, otherwise you Aft in otherwife there can nevcij
vain. Divide the matter be any Hatural Dillolutior
into two parts , you
that made; nor fliall you fe
'may feparate the from
fubtil any Putrefaftion like Li
the grofs, or thin from the quid Pitch ; nor will thei
thick, till the Earth remains Colors appear, becaufe o.'
in the bottom of a Livid the defeft of the Fire Ope^|
Color. rating in your Glafs.
XVL One part is Spiri-

tual and Volatile; but they are four kinds ofFircs whicl
ought all to be converted to you ought to know ; th
one matter or fubftance. Natural, the Innatural, tha
0[
And diftil the Water, with contrary to Nature, and th

which you would Vivifiethe Elemental , which burn|
Stone, till it be pure &; thin as Wood Thefe are the fire
:
water^ fliinning with a Blew we u(s, and no others.

Livid Colour, retaining its
Figure and Ponderrifity : XX. The Fife of Natur
with this Water Hermes is in every thing, and is th
moiftens or waters his Tree, third Menfiruum. Th
whilfi: in his Glafs , and Innatural Fire is occafiona
makes the Flowei-s to inly fo called, and it is th
create on high. Fire of Allies, of Sand,an|
Baths for putrefying: an<
XVII. Firft divide that^ withoutthisno Putrefaftio;

'It
which Nature firft tyed to- can be done.

gether, converting the Ef
iential Mercury into Air, XXI. The Fire againl
or a Vapour^ without which Nature, is that which teai
Bcdi
( flap. LXXllL R I PLtY. 691
dies to pieces or Atoms two ftrong principles of this
lich is the fiery Dragon, ^Science, tho' there may be
;
^lently burning like the many other principles be-

e of Hell. Make there- fides.
re thatyour fire within,

your Glafe, which will XXV. 6. Be VutrefaBione.
f irn the Bodies much more The Deftruftion of the
j)werfully than the vulgar Bodies is fiich, that you are
iemental fire can do. diligently to Conferve them
in a Bath, or our Horfe-
XXII. f^.DeConjunBione, Dung, viz,, in a moift heat
onjunftion is the joyning for ninty days Natural : but
1 gether of thing? feparated^ the Putrefaction is not com-
ad of differing Qiialities; pleatly Ablolved , and
I
' the Adequatiori or bring- brought to whitenel's, like
:
g to an equality of princi- the Eyes of Fifties 3 in
es : he which knows not lefs than 190 days ; the
!)w to feparate the Ele^ blacknefs firft appearing, is
entSj and to divide them^ the Index or Sign, that the
id then to conjoyn them matter draws on to Putre-
;ain, errs, not knowing faftioa
le true way.
XXVI.Being together
XXin. Divide the Soul Black Liquid Pitch, in
like
)m the Body,and get that the fame time, they fwell
r it is the Soul which and caufe an Ebullition _,
the perpetual Con-

lufes witli Colors like thofe of the
[nftion : the Male^ which Rainbow, of amoft beau-
our Sol 5 requires three tiful afpect ; and then the
Iirts ; and the Female water begins to whiten tha

hich is his Sifter ^ nine whole Ma(s.
lirts ; then like rejoyces
ith like for ever. XXVII.A temperate heat
working in moift Bodies,
XXIV. Certainly Diflb- brings forth blacknefs^which
tioa and Conjunftionâre having obtained ^ there is
y y no-
(^c|^
'
S AL M GN'S Lib. m.
nothing that you need fear; Our work would be deftroy-
for in the fame way, the ed, and come to nodiing.
Germination of our Stone
does follow, and forthwith, XXX. When the Com-
to wit, in the Ipace of thirty pofitum is brought to White-
[ôr Forty'] days , you have nefs, then the Spirit is Uni-
Gas, or Adrofy which is our ted and Congealed with the
Uzîfer ov Cinnahar^ and our Bodys but it will be a good|ji
Red Lead, length of time before fuch
a Congelation will appear
XXVIII. Takeheed to in the likenels or Beauty of
defend your Glafs from a Pearls. The caule of all
Violent Heat, and a fudden thele things is the moft tem-
Cold ; make u(e of a mo- perate heat , continually
derate Fire, and beware of working and moving the
Vitrification. Beware how Matter, Believe me alfo,
you bind up your matter? that your whole Labour is
mix it not with Salts, loft , except you revivifie
Sulphurs, nor the middle your Earth with the Water,
Minerals ; let Sophifters without that you fhall never
prate- what they will. Our fee a true Congelation.
Sulphur and our Mercury
are found in Metals only. XXXI. This Water is^ a
Secret drawn from the Life
XXIX. 7. De Ceagulatione. of all things exifting in Na-
Coagulation or Congelati- ture; tor from Water al]
on is the induration or hard- things in the World have

ning of things, in Calore Can- their firit beginning, as you
dldoy and the fixing of the may eafily perceive in ma
Volatile Spirit. The Ele- ny things. The fubftanc(
ments are forthwith convert- or Matter is nourifted wit!
ed, but the Congelation is its properMenftruum,whicl
no way impeded, for thole the Water and the Eartl
things which are Congeal- only produce, whofe prope!
ed in the Air, -melt or foften Color is Greennefs.
pocin the Water ; for if fo^
xxxm
:hap. LXXlll. R I P LEY. ^95
XXXII. Underftand al- exceed the Blood : if it
) chat our fiery Water thus drinks too much^ the work
icuated is called the Men- will be hurt.
Irual Water, in which Our

XXX V.Three times mufl:
arth is and na- you turn about the Philo-
diffolved,
urally Calcined by Conge- fophick Wheel , obfervkig
tionjwhen you have raade the Rule of the faid CibatS-- -
even Imbibitions ^ then by on_, and then in a little time
I Circumvolution ^ putrifie it will feel the Fire, io as to
igain all the Matter without melt prefemly like Wax.
iddition, beholding in the
XXXVf. p. De Suhlma-
irftplace the blacknefs,then
Sublime not the mat- tione.
he V^hitenefs of the Con- ter to the top of the Veffel,
cealed Matters.
for without Violence, you
XXXIII. Thus your Wa- cannot brini^ it down to the
:. a:..:aâ :*^ *"""
.
:er is divided mto two bottom ag^ fi ; by a tempe-
^
^jj^lparts: with the firft part, rate heat below, in tne fpace
he Bodies are purified the of 40 days, it will become

:
eis
fecond part is referved for black and oblcure* When
Imbibitions; with which the Bodies are purified, let
afterwards the Matter is them be fublimed by de-
made and prefently grees more and more, till
black,
j
atcerwith a gentle fire ^ they fhall be all elevated or

made White^ then reduce converted into Water.
to Rednefs.
XXXVII. We ufe Subli-
jl! XXXIV. 8. mation for three Caufes.
De Cihatione.
Cibation, is the Feeding or Firft, that the Body may be
Nourifhing of our dry Mat made fpii itual.Secondly,that
jna ter with Milk and Meat the the Spirit may be made
'A being both adminiftred mo- Corporeal aud fixed with
derately, till it is reduced it, and become Confubftan-
till to the third Ordenyou muft tial with it. Thirdly, that it
io|| never give fo much as to may be purified from its

caufe a fuffocation, or that Original Impurities h and
the Aqueous humour Jhould its Sulphurous Salt may be
Yy 3
dimi-
^94 S A L M
^
diminiftied with which it
is infefted; fubliming it fed : Thus have you made '1'
to the Top 5 as White as the Ferment both for the f

Snow. Red and the White.
I
lie
XXXVIII. 10. De Fer- XL. The true Per menta- '^'
mentatione. Fermentations tionîsthe Incorporation of fj
are made man-

after divers the Soul with the Body, re- ,[
ners, by which our Medi ftoringtothefame theNa- jii
cine is perpetuated. Some

Odour, Confiftency ,tural
diffolve5o/and Luna into a and Colour, by a Natural

.J
certain clear Water ; and Infpiffadonof thefeparated [J^
with the Medicine of things. And as the Magnet

them^ they make the fame draws Iron to it felf, fo our
to Coagulate^ or be Coagu- Earth by Nature draws
lated, but fuch a Fermenta- down its Soul to it felf, Ele-
tion wepiupofe not. vated with Wind :For with-

out doubt, the Earth is the
XXXIX. This only is our Ferment of the Water,ând
Intention , that firfl you by Courfe or Turns, the
muft Break, or Tear, or Water is the Ferment of
Grind the matter to Afows, the Earth.
before you Ferment it: Mix
then prefently your Water XLI. We make the Wa*
and Earth together j and ter moft Odoriferous, with
when the Medicine fliall which we reduce all the Bo-
flow like Wax, then fee the dies into Oyl, with which
above mentioned Amalga- Oyl we make our Medicine litv
mation , and put forth the flow. We call this Water a

lame ; and when all that is Quinteffence, or the Pow-
mixed togetherâboveoron ers, and it Heals or Cures
the top of the Glafs, (being all humane Difeales. Make
well clofed,) make a Fire, therefore this Oyl oiSol and
till the whole be Fluxed Lum, which is a Ferment 'k
then make projeftion as moft fragrant in fmell.

you fhall think fit, becaufe
XLII,
:hap.LXXIII. RIPLEY. 69J
XLII. II. De Exaltatiore. Ex- it, till incretfes in yoar'GIafs,
it
Itation differs a little fromSubli- into the form of a Tree, and which
lation, if you underftand aright Hemes calls a Tree, moft Beauti-
le words of the Philofophers. If ful inAfpca, Of which one Grain
tierefore you vvouIdExalt yourBo- may be Multiplied to an hundred,
iesjfublime them firft mthSpiritui if you know how wifely to
make
ita then let the Earth be fubtilia-
*, your Projedion.
;d by a Natural redification of all XLVII. Our Elixir, the more
ic Elements , fo fhall it be more fine and fubtle it is made, fo much
retious than Gold, becaufeof the the more complearly it tinges, and
ûintcffencc or Powers which they difperfes its Tindure. Let your
ontain. Fire be kept equally clofc, Evening
XLIIL When the Gold does over- and Morning 5 fo much the longer
ome the Heat,then the Air is con- you keep the Fire, fo much the
erced into \vater,& fo two contra* more profitable it will be ; and
ies aremade by the way, till they Multiply more and more \u your
indly conjoyn and reft together : Glafs, nourifhing your Mercury in
fcer this manner you muft work its enolofure, whereby you will
hem,that they may be Circulated, have a greater Treafure than you
hat they (one with another) may could defire.
pcedily beExalted togcthcr.IaoEe XLVIir. i^, DeProje^me. If
jiafs well Sealedjall this Operation your Tindure be true and, not Va.
> to be done, and not with hands. liable, you may prove it in a fmall
XLIV. Convert the Water into quantity thereof, either in Metal
ilarth, which will quickly be the or Mercury: It cleaves thereto as
sêftofthe other Elements*, for the Pitch, and fo Tinges in Projcftion^
j
iârth is in the Fire, which refts in that it is able to endure the flrong-
I
he Air. Begin this Circulation in eft Fire ; But many through Igno-

hel^(?/?,thencontinue it till paft the rance defiroy their work, by ma-

rleridian, fo will they be exalted. king Projeftion upon an impure
XLV. 1 2 .De Multiplicatione. Mul- Metal.
iplicationisthe thing which makes XLiX. See that you Projeft
he augmentation of the Medicine, your Medicine upon your Ferment,
n Color, Smell, Vertue, and Quan- ;
fo will that Ferment be Brittle as
j
ity j for ic is a Fire, which being Glals: Frojcd that Brittle Medicine
Lxcited, never dies, but always tpon pure Bodies, fo have ycu Si/.
Iwells with you , one fpark of veror Gold, enduring thefevercft
vhich able to make more Fire
is Teft.
)y the Virtue of Multiplication. L. Give not liberty to the Reins
XLVI. He is rich which has but left you fiB, but Religiotfly Fear
me Particle or Grain of this our and ferve the Lord your Godithink
ilixir, becaufe that Grain is pofli- yotr fell always before the Tribu-
)lc to be
augmented fby one way) nal of the moft high, the ^reac
Infisity if you diflblve this our
: Judge and Bcwardcr of Mankind,
ky Pouder, and make a frequent who will return to every Msn ao
-oagulation thereof, you will aug- cording to his werks.
Jienc it, and fo you may Multiply 11,14. ^ccaptuhili. Take heed
dill'
^96 S A L MO N'S Lib. in
diligently to the Latitude of our Materials, 2nd the more cxccllet
Stone, and begin in the Occident, fecond qaalities,which in thefe yc
where the Sm
fees, where the Red muft fcparatc ; and in one Gla(
Man and White Wife are made one, and by one Government and O
conjoyned and Married by the Spi- der, convert the four Natures int
rit f Life, that they may hve in one.
Love and Quietnefs. LVI. The Red Elixir muft b
LTl. The Earth and Water, are divided intotwo parts, before it b
joyned in a fit proportion ^ one Rubified, which put into two Gla
part of Earth or Body to three of fes j and if you would hare a dot
f/;rit, which is 4 to 12. and is a ble Elixir, one of5(?/j and anothc
good proportion ; you mufl take of Luna, do thus: ^.,
. ,
three parts of the Female to one of LVIi, With Mercury jpuitipl

the Male by how mach lefs there
: prefently theMedicine intoagrej
(hall be of the Spirit in this Difpen- quantity, if you have at ^rfl onl
ffttion,Gonjunftion,or Marriage, by fo fmail a quantity as a Spoonful
fo much the fooner will the Calci- then may you multiply them to
nation be Abfolved. getherinto a White and Red M(
Lin. The Calcination perform- dicine, which by Circulation yo
ed, then yoii muft diffolve the Bo- muft convert into a perfed Oyl ac
dies,divide,and Putrefie themând cording to our diredions aud thi
-,
all the Secrets of our- other lower Multipli'catio from your firft fma
.
Stars will have a perfed Coherence quantity ma) be continued, fhouji

^nd underflanding with the Poles yotfcîve a thoufand Years. Thef
of our Heaven, and will appear Oyls will fix Crude Mercury inp
with inexplicable Colors of Light |:erfed: Sol and Luna,
and Gbry, Tranfcending in Lu- LVIIl.This pure and fixed Oka
fture and Beauty, all other things ginoBs fubftance, Kaymundm call
in the World, aad all this before his Bafilis\^ whofe Explication i
the perfed Whitcncfs. fo eafie to be underftood, that i
LlV. And after the perfed needs no more Words.

Whitenefs,you will have a Yellow, LlXJFor our Metals are nodiin;
-the falfe Citrion Colour.* afcer- elfe,than our two Miner a^ vix.. thof
wards rhe Blood Red, unchangable of Sol and Luna^^s Kaymundm wife
for ever, wi'l be be manifefl ; fo ly Notes ; The Splendor of Luna
have you a Medicine of the third and the Light of fhining SoL
Order in its kttid, which may con- thefe two Miner& , the Secre
tinually be Multiplied. Bui^this dwells-, tho' the Splendor may foi
you maftnot in ciieleaft be Igno- a; while be hid from your Eyes
rant ofjthat the/vED MA\^does not which by the help of Art, you ma]
Tinge, nor yet his WhltE WIFE, eafily bring to light.
till they thenifelvesare firft Ting- LX. This hidden Stone , thi
ed with our Tindure or Scone. one wafh it in it

thing, purifieit,
LV. When therefore you pre- own Liquor, Water or Blood, til
pare your Matter by this our Art j it grows White j then prudenth
hide your Bodies all over, and lay Ferment it, fo have ycu the Sumn
open their Profundities or Infides and PerfeSion of rhe whole Work
dejftroy the fir ft .qmlity of all your F / N / 5.
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Medici'na PraCtica,

The Firit BOOK,

cut doukit was, that hwas foilltreatedly-them.md

18. George Ripley v>as

;ngland, and wrote Jeveral other

would have bee7% diffcult to be 7r,ade by the hefl of Scholars,

'ore knowledge of Logical method and reajcntng w^as

'Iridj how fpecicufiy foever they were compofed,

From the Uni'verfal Ccnfent, and Sentiments of the Phi-"!

?}t is fo much we have deduced it hy a Ratio-

the Ancients J and others ^ the moft Learned tn this Science*

my Vrcfeflon^ and other manrfold Avocations have di^yerted .

^i" indention what I have done : the firfi be acceptable

Wards of this J^ock, {as being a Frocefs derived from thefami Qp

Frinciples) I Jefified from my own thoughts^ and have given %

'ways anfwered my Intention^ neither as to the 7ran[lation^ <?^p:,

?nean, and in fome places falfe ^

Copy Frinted at B^h\ J Anno i??^- pag. 76^. calce Ca- ;

pitis 29. at thefe words ^ Lunam Amalgamatam cum Mer \i

curio, &c, a7jd compare them with the /aid EngVifhTrsLnHzyiin

2S. Js to the method of the l^ork, (tho it was Geber'^ ^^

which we have gathered out of the Author, for in Chap, l; ((,(

^fhis Invefiigntton of Perfection, he fays, That all the wordi y^

colled our difperfed Intention, which we have defcribe(

jccauie if we had wrote it in a continued Series of Dif-

:ourle, the Evil Man, as well as the Good, would have

"inworthily ufurped it ; therefore we have concealed it

^'''inder an //>w^, but in plain Language. Let not

the Difcourfes and leaves it interrupted till he comes to the

be goes oh and continues the Difcourfe in theje words, W"e

intends concerning it.

i;;. In his Sum of Perfeclicny Llb.2. Cap. 8. towards the^

end of the Chaper^ he [peaks of the Separation of an Earthy IK

Stihfiance from its comp'ormd', which in the root of Nature is

thod^ faying^ The way of the Preparation of Fenm is ma-

54. Thefe are a tajle of the many /cores if not hundreds of

jimofi impoffihle to apprehend 'mhat he intends ; for this rea^

ranjlanov^ ir^ft rather ccmpendioujly to comr^on place him ;

y which r.eans^ you, hatve all things relating to one fuhje^

er into more than ten, fifteen^ or tv^enty places of this Book,

me things out, ^tis true i as all hu Prefaces^ and prefatory

wre unpleafant and tedious to the Reader,

ed Engl/fh Tranflation ; thefe to our work we have added

37. Fhmmel7i^e have alfo now tranfiated, and claufei

to and SeBions, to which we have added his fum-

^ieroglyphicks n.atly cut in Copper^ with quotations alfo upx^n

moft celebrated or famed Author^ of whom^ and which work^^

face to the Arch-bijh-fp 0/ York ; fo that by the help of bed i

there were feveral Annotations in the Margent, referring tofe

be fpeed that may be,

^refs, to be made fublick as foon as may be, Jhofe already

44. I. Synopfis Medicinac, the ficond Edition, with a

Octavo. 5. DoronMedicum,cr a Supplement to that my Dif-

f Drawing, Engraving, Etching, Liwning,Vamting JVaJli-

Horas Mathematics, the Soul ^/ Aftrology, containing that

niel^Bachon^;?^ Ripley, in large Oftavo. I

4f Jhfe norp in Handy and to be fMiJhedwith vphatfpeedl

fnayhe, an the following fonr. ii. Seplafium, the Englifh

hng^ frefaratkn^^ tiirifuationsy Fropertiesy and 'vaH'jtfi

kind extant in the World, OAavc. 1 1 . Phi rm acopzeia

or Apothecaries Hdly fjewmg the Compoficnn \ Preparation;'

Species. The Differences, 5. 7he T!a:es of Growth.

The Specijkat on, ^. The Prepararions, Galen'ck and Chy^

46. Of thefe Four Lfi Bocks ^ the Seplaiiuni will be fnh'r %