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EXPERIMENTS Piysick & Putosopuy, WITH Colle@ed

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FIGURES Experimenteds

the Honourable

KENELM

‘and Learned:

DIGBY,

Sir

Chancel-

|- lor to the late Queen-Mot her | England.

CONTAINING, Many Rare and Unheard of Medicines,

Menftruums,-and Alkahefts s. the Philo fophi-

cal Arcanum of F lamel Artefius, Pontanus

and Zachary, with the True Secret of Volatizing the fixed Salt of TART AR:

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| Publithed fince his Death, by GEOR GE bh HARTMA ©

N Chymnift, and Steward tothe aforefaid Sir K°k N ELM.

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Of Paffon ; Vicount and Earl of

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_ My Lord; if % not my intention, NE lent, to Celebrate tho nor indeed my Ta» prbich fhine fo eminently fe Excellent Virtues, Vhip: For they are Tibemes bright in your Lord. om ft.to be treated 2 by the frrongeft Pes, NYorth and Refplendency and their Native are their own [ufficiSree ~~

Sat move Jour Honour to make fuch exaG, W4igent, and curious fearch into all the Secrets. \ ertes of Nature, and encourage all bers that Labour the rein, that I cannot for fer being [o vain as to publifh my refen rd, together swith the co Bred Candour and Gen |to the boldue/s of B tte to your Ho B40” To whom | -

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avelcome, as containing im it the Choice Ob-

(ervations, both in Phyfick and Chymiftry, of that Famous Man, and great Privy Councellor of Nature, Sir K. De A Name, My Lord, that hath peculiar Charms with it, to

recommend all that are under its great fhadow, to the value and confideration of all the diltgent, the Learned, and the Honourable: So great a Perfon (may I affume the vanity to fay fo) I hadthe Honour and Happines. for

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feveral Years to Serve, beyond the Seas, as

sell as in England,andtoattend on him more particularly in the Production of manyof brs: and fo to continue sncomparable Experiments, left with me thofe be rill bus dying day; when little Treatife, this in ned Choice things contai duninution of. fuffer they fear I And fince their Worth and Beauty, by paling through

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my mean Hands, and weak. Managery, I thought I could make no better Atonement, than by recommending them to receive Re- , | cruits and Reinforcements from the S plendour and Eminency of your Iluftrions Name, Fo that end therefore I take the Boldne{s to pro-

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frrate them at your Honours Feet, where alfe | in all Humility lyes ~ Your Honours

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READER. Courteons Reader,

‘EIIS "Treatife contains fome.of the

| Choiceft Collections of the Famous Sir Kenelm Dighy (fome whereof have been wrought by his own hands, fome commu“nicated to him by Learned Men of all Nations in’ praife whereof no more-need be faid, but, that they are his; either of .his production, or of his approbation...

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therefore, omitting other Artifices and Infinuiations, only’ fatistie the Reader with all

the clearnefs and ingenuity 1 can,’ how I came by them; and thereby{ queftion not, but I thall very fucceffiyely recommend this Colleétion of them to all Ingenious Lovers of Art, whofe Ears the Fameof the W orthy Author hath reached,

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To this EndT muft acquaint him, that I

had the Honour feveral years to .wait\upon Sir Kenelm, and to bave {everal of his Ma-

) nufcriptsin my Cuftody, more particularly

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others’ was committed to my A 2 Charge,

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To the Reader. Charge, when my Worthy Matter intended

4 Journey to France for his Heaitns faxe,

and to fettle his Affairs there: And he had Progreffed in his defigned Journey as far as Cittenburn, when a violent Diftemper forced him back again to his own Houfe in CoventGarden ; and in three days after his return, left the Learned World to lament thelofs of fo great a Man.’

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And here befides. his’ in-

comparable felf, his Friends and Countrey

loft alfothe benefit of his Famous Library he

had in France (which for want of his be-

ing Naturalized )‘fell into the French Kin gs

hands, who beftowed it upon a Gentleman,

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and it was fold (as I was credibly informed) for ten thoufand Crowns. In which no doubt were Manufcripts of his own, of very great worth and rich value, and might have much obliged the World, had they fallen in-

to the hands of Generous and Communicafave Mens P ANG? » AE But it was my happinefs to have,

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fome other Manufcripts of his, the fole Propriety of this Choice Manual, which contains rare and profitable Secrets in Philofophy and Chymiltry, ‘delivered with more perfpicuity and plainnefS than is yet to be tound in any Chymical Book: ‘Yea, fuch, that any underftanding Reader may with great facility be cohducted as,with an AriadJ

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neam Line into the moft intricate and hither-

to fatigating Arcana of Chymiltry.

Here

are the true Men/truums and Alkahefts, and that hitherto hidden Secret of Volatilizing the fixed Sale of ‘Tartar without any Heterogene Subftance, being the true Vegetable Azenféruum; with many other rare and unheardof Medicines, fome whereof I hada mind

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to referve for my félf,’ and not to Publith them during my Life, becaufe of the great

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eff tacere, que fi promulgata effent, multo-

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Experience, and the good Succefs Ihave had with them in defperate cafes; but Impium

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tarent. .11s Impious and unchriftian to forbear the Publication of thofe things, which

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being rendred Publick, will effestually redound to the Advantage and Comfort of miferable. Men. I have Tranflated moft of thefe Secrets out of the Latine, French, German, and Ita-

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ian Tongues. And if Ihavecommitted any _Andecenciesagainft the Idiom of the Englifh Speech, I hope the Candid Reader will forgive a Foreigner. As for any Ornaments and Embellifhments of Language, as the Work requires no fuch Paintin g, fo the Publithers Foreign Stile and mean Talents are not able to afford ir. I have no more to acquaint the Reader A 4

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To the Reader. ~-

with, but that thefe Secrets had beenCom- _ municated to him long before, but thatI

have been moft part, of my time fince my

_ Excellent Matters Deceafe, abroad:

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ever, I hope they will ‘be now kindly entertained. For it is the height of my Ambition to make the Memory of my incomparable Mafter to, Live, who was my private, and the Worlds -publick ‘Benefactor, which can no where do fo with fuch Advan-

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tage as in his Learned Works, for thereby being dead he yer {peaks and inftruéts. And though it be. no addition to his Glori_ous Name, yet for the Wit and fmartne of the thing, and the Readers diverfion, I:fhall conclude here with that Elegant Epitaph made on him by the Ingenious Dr, Farrar, which is as followeth, |

EPITAPH

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UPON

The Honourable and Truly Noble

«| Sir Kenelm Digby, K*

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Chancellour to Her

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THE

Queen-Mother;

U Nder this Tomb the Matchlefs Dig hy

lies

Digby the Great, the Valiant, and the Wife's

) Lhe Ages Wonder for bis Noble. Parts, §) Skill*d in Six Tongues, and Leavn'd in all the

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Arts.

) Born on the Day He Dy'd, Th Eleventh of

June,

| And that Day Bravely Fought at Scandaroun; N §) *Ti Rare, that one and the fame Day fhould be His Day of Birth, ofDeath, and Victory. R. F, THE

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INDEX.

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A. A Nimation and Preparation of Common

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S Page 26.83,84, 85. Aurum Potabile, from rhe Marchione/s de Beek : ONA 381 SN |, 245. A. R. Philofophical. 94.. An. unheard-of Arcanum. | 188. An -Aithereal Autum potabile. 177 The Arcanum of Flamel, Artefius, and Pontanus, @-c. 117. ae EB of 8 to extract the TinGure of ©. |

- Butter of & without Sublingate.

A Work with Butter of &, Ai Precious Balfam.

OL» 78.

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58. 2.64.

of ©. ; Cofmetick prepared out of y.

29. ;

Lhe Index, Coppels how to make.

14.0.

Ai Work upon Cinaver.

Cray-Fifhes to engender. A great Corroborant and Sudorifick. Convulfion Fits to Cure. Cancers to Cure.

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52.

131. 173, 22.6. ee

221.

4 Laxative and Emetich Cream of Tartar. 24.8, 2.4.9. | LGD) :

H $iBg E Danes Wark, wrought by Sir K, D. 33. Monfieur Dandte’s Work with ©, 8, and Sal-

phur-vive tran{parent, with Objervations thereupon: A great Diaphoretick of & 21 4

Decoétion Sudorifick.

216.

Dropfie to Cure.

Deafne/s to Cure.

mr beh.

200, 201: 24.

262.

Ei. of 2 ofS Q

| Elixir of CQ, &, oO 9. Elixir of O jp. |

Elixir Album.

7B,

Elixir of Sulphur,

Extraction of Sof D or h.

| Effeace of Sulphur.

69. ee

| Elixir Rubrum. |

65. 7275.94, 79, 7 80,8 r.

210. 72.

(2.09.

) Epilepfie Cured by SirK.D. at Frankfore.,

197, 59% Flux ,;

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“Lux or Loofenefs to Cure... L257. | Fixation of ) into ©: 116. 21.26.| 62. 65. nh jedr Rs... Fixation of 9 by the Salt. 7 102. |

ne RY eR Sg gE ADI RT LO a Srey

To hexa quarter part of ) into ©.

52. |

Mallus hes Proce/s to fix ).

62.

Fixationof h into y with good Profit. 43 Fixation of & by the\Salt of h, 4y Captaim § > Beigiler. : 4.9. Fixationof 3 of &. hho 4.65 4.7‘Fixation of Common Sulphur, and its ns. ures:

Fixation of % into y by the Salt of h i ‘

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by Monfieur de,R. 102. | A great Febrifuge. 2200. 230.216. Riverius bis Febrifuge. : 222. A Furnace for many ut Sos.) 0" 128, To burn-holes:in oan

tei Sire 5 gee a

Gout to Cure.

126. 260, 261.

The Eagles Gluten, or ¥.of theWife. L. Apis Ignis. Laudanum Germanicum.

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Liquor Mercurial with i,

178. 24.2. 2.66. 22.9.

Lauremberg’s Obfer-vation upon Angelus Sa- _ Seah ak ‘Se

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PELE

la bes Synopfis of Aphorifms. rheLunar Pills.againjt the Dropfte.

lis: 199. A Lunary

The Index. A Lunary Emetick. ”‘Lac Sulphuris.

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Mercurial g.

230. 211. ;

19. 160.

4) A Minera of ©. AI. iu) Minera of % of &, ad infinitum. 7 Au x! |The Menitruum Coelicum Exuberatum. By 438) Dr. Clodius, 156. i) Mercury of all Metals.

To make Metals Vegetate wifibly. hi Concerning May Dew. in A great Medicine. 3) A rare Medicine for an Ague.

16, 81.

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130. 116.

228. 205. ‘| Metalline Menftruum. » 173. ez |A great. Medicine, &c. 238, iAnUniver{al Medicine of © arid6,&c.: 167. a O.

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YL of Tale. Olof 3.

36 Oyl of ©.

132,135. 12.6, 22%.

61 dn Operation that Moxfieur de Loberye

wrote from Monfieur John’s Mouth. 122.

m4 Operation with a Marsial Regulus zis-

§ Obfervations about Snyder’s Secret. a I Operation upon Saturn. $7, Oy! of Sulphur. 2074 0) An Operation with Spirit and Salt of Urine, ), and % Precipitate, wrought by Sir Kenelm’s Operator. 192. A

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The Index. AA Precious Ogl of & Ye Be An Operation upon Jupiter. 104. Mon fheseVan Outer’s Secret. Bays a An Operation upon Regulus of &, by Monfrewr Toyfonnier. | 60. An. Operation with © and 8 of &+ wrought by Monfieur Chambulan, ,and Liven me by him. 65. “in Operation upon h, ent me by Moxfieur Boucaud. 87.

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Pr Short and clear Defcriprion of the Phi: lofophers Stone. 107, The Counte/s of Kents Powder after SirK. Dv Method. : 125. An Excellent Panacéa. #18. Sir K. D’s. Sympathetical Powder, Sina Wy 20%

Cornachinus ba Medicinal Powder.

Plaifter of Lead.

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258,

Q. : peel of h, an Univerfal diffolwent.

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Reality upon Ys AS. A Reality from Abbot Boucaud. rot.

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L HE Volatile Salt of Tartar.

252. “‘Saunier’s Work, wrought by Sir Ki D.

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Snyder’ Secret, as be himfelf £4ve it to Sir i) K.D. 16,6. | ‘Salt fufible. 59. 16. _ |The belt way to make Spirit of Urine. 236. ; |Sigillum Hermetis. Mtn ae | Scrofula’s to Cure. 232.2246

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. | The trae Sulphur of &,

2.18, | Stone to Care. 2.05. | dn Excellent Phyfical Sak. 25 Au , YA white Spirit of Sulphur to diffo lve ) and %: 166. The beft and eafieft way of making a Spiri t of | Sal armoniack. 31 REC, .

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EThe Metalline Stone of @ Spiritua l Lunary.

\4n Excellent Sudorifick. is and Luna out of 2,

sulphur of ©. (Id particular Spirit of Nitre:

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few of Mars. | Tintlure of © by x.

55. 64.

R etters or Herps to Cure, &c. \incture of >. ranfmutation of 2 intoa Reg ulus,

226. 65. #28

itZinGure of the Flowers of &.

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Ninth ure of fixt Sulphur.

he true Tinure of Coral,

inthure of Glafs of &.

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‘The Index. Olatilized ». c np bas Venus into ). . 123, 37. The great Work out of Virgin Earth. A Work Copied out of the Original of Mon-- — freur-de \a Violette’s own hand, whereof | he made great account. 1g. The Secret to Volatilixe the fixt Salt of Tar14.7, 151.

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Monfieur Vignault he Proce(s with © and 2A eg. 208. A fubtil Volatile 7 from Sulphur.

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of Paradife, &c. .179 to 186.

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

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A..F. Aqua Forts. A.R. Agua Regu.

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Venus. | Lead. Antimony. Sal armoniac.

S.V. Spirit of Wine: a Sublimate. net..Precipit ate. aia’ Amalgama. Y Water. A Fie.

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|How toofive! dD ‘into: ©

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Chymical Secrets. 2 Corrupted, is no more that which it was 2 before it was Corrupted.

But the bafer-Metals, after they aretranf= muted into » or © are ftill Metals never- | thelefs.as they, were before, and the tranf-

ah uh eal th

mutation of their kinds done by changing

their accidental form, not their fubftantial,| the perfetion whereof is.Maturity, ; for by Maturation the Metal is brought toa higher

£ A || degree of iperfection.# 2 WH 6 § \q by d Maturate are Now, imperfect Metals alt

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external heat, which digefteth their crude

Humidity ; yea,© it felF maybe further§ §ny perfeéted, and exalted in colour, as when the Stofieus smide‘of ityit wilbgonimeant § cate this Maturity to imperfect Metals.\7,

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And Common © is extracted out of Me-

by"Ce tals three. feyeral, ways; o namelyy” Kermentation, mentation and Digeltion,for.by that} j Gementation,

and. by Tincture, ..) As, concerneth onely, the,digeltion of insoi@),

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nat) butnos,the. other, too.amperfett Metals, ali much toe d crude,:an whieh,is &-either,, ilqmmoomy

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Os sidl nated ftom. the;Magusity of)

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ndicy,of: il _) By, Cementation ,th.,)e | hun re: Bhe Aly s,ers Saltlev tight to;,maturity ,by are bro forts.of Cementations, namely ine-waters : Bal lonas,;,Viteiols,.and. Metall

oftentimes inttgad.gf digelting::> they. bust $3;2 Be

Chymical Secrets.

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"8! dt; fo. that this way of making © is with | more lofs than profi.

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— But there is no better way than &% and

| red Precipitate, whichL have learned by the itt! afore-mentioned Operations.

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My Procefs. a fach.

i Ake Zij. of », take an Amaleama of AL it with Mercury by (A..F. as you 1] know, wath this Amalgama very well in fee nuit) veral waters, then prefs out fo much %, that

td) thefe remain but Suiij. of it with the » which nel maketh Zvj. inall.. Add to it 2vj.0f good

titit}red Precipitate, and, grind “| (pable Powder; which put ‘Nejand digeft ic with a gentle j@ithat the ¥ do not Sublime,

all to an impalinto a Matrafs, heat’ in Sand, {6 but thatiemay

ait Calcine:thé y and leave it in Powders for ni E you give too greata heat, it will reduce

alt he jvirito'a Body, i] After three'days Digeftion, take out your.

niPowder, and-gtind it»as'before, fo that if

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Waere be yet any quick % it may be morti= i)ged. Digeft it again as before, and with l@iae fame degree of heat for three days more;

lisiffaen take ic out and grind it again, then di-

si Mel ie only for two days by four degrees of

ieee which you mutt change every two

Puts, tothe end, that by the laft degree of B 2

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heat all the & and % Precipitate may preci= | pitate the Powder of ), which will begin | | ‘to grow white. Pre-| 9 and ¥ of addition Reiterate the cipitate in the fame quantity as before. .Die | geft two days more by four degrees of heat, | as before, and the Powder will grow per-|

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fectly white. ‘Then by the fame Operation reiterated it |

will begin to be of a Citrine colour, and) | Tew fixed. And thus by reiterating the. Digeftions, |

you may give it what degree of this colour’ you pleafe; for the oftner you digeft.it with} the faid’% and % Precipitate, being fepara= ted from it again by the laft degree of heat, the. more the Powder will be of a Citrine) iol 1 | mild Colour. Then melt your Powder with Borax, and

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you fhall have © at 24. Carrats, without §{tt

diminution of the firft weight of the p which will be rather increafed.

All may ‘be/ac- ty

complithed in the {pace of Oae'and Twenty” uy |li | days. i

Chymical Secrets. .

. in| 4 Work with © and § that Monfieur Dandre helped to work in Piedmont,

in great

quantity: Given me by him, June 1660.

at, Mei Dandre fath,he wrought thus: Make carefully an Amalgama of 3}.ot © in Calx, with 7 or 8 of Purified 8, then lit} fqueeze out fo much ? ,that there remain ij. nd} Of 2,andfo there be Ziiij.in the Globe: To this |add 3}. of Sulphur-vive, which is clear and ms) tranf{parent in pieces,..(in Italy, where. he

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ait, Wrought this) and grind all very well togeiit ther, (in this confifteth the main part of my the Secret, for at every time you are to emat Ploy three or four hours in grinding) then

gel Put the matter into a Mutrafs, and give a

gentle heat, the Glaf$ unftopped, tll the

af imoifture and {moak is exhaled out. ‘Then lt let the Fire go out, and when the Matrafs is hich |cold, feal it Hermetically, and fet it to Sub-

gylime by degrees of Fire, ill all that will, be aig SUDLimed, which will be done in 20 or 24 Hhours, Then the Veffel bein g cold, break

lit, and take out the Matter,

and grind all

fogether along time, both that which is

sublimed, and that which isin the bottom,

pa@pdding 3}. of new Sulphur-vive, then Subq

Hime in the fame Method. as before; repeat

Bhis. feven times: at the, leaft, adding 3}.

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Chymical Secrets. of Sulphur-vive every time, and the matter will become a brown yellowifh reddifh Powder, which will be very fufible, and even in the grinding it will relent, as though

it grew moilt: You will have Zit. of fixed parcels) upon

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Matter, which project (in Zx. of ) in good Fuftion, the Goppel, and feparating have Ziiij. of pure ©. You can work but %j. of ~ but you may put 50, or one Sand Furnace with a Copper in Sand. |

then put it to | V and you fhall |

Some Obfervations about the (aid Monfieur Dandre’s Work. \ is a) ae 4i

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Bs(ipa Operation was made in an Athanor, with the Regifters atthe end, the hole through which ‘the heat was communi: cated, was about the bignefs of a brick, the plate which held the Sand was of Iron, and contained 32 Matrafles, fixteen on “every fide: ‘The Tower was in the middle, wherein the Coals funk down by degrees. They

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did not mix the Powder with Wax, ‘nor any |} 4

thing elfe in projecting, but only’wrapt up

in Paper, it did enter, and difappear im= | mediately without {moaking. ©The Ma-

trafs ought to have 2 third parts empty.

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The Amalgama was made thus: They

| took Zimlof Sand Leatedit in a Crucible,

nq | uted % Begui to f{moak, © then they {Er it yh | upon hot Afhes, and caft ‘therein 2j.-of Duyi) Cats cut.in finall pieces, and rade hor in a on | Crucible, then flirred until the ©) was fwal‘to|)lowed up by the : Then took it’ off) and

ul |letat’ cook? °°They didnot! wafh the faid | Atnalgama’s They uféd' common’ % only

ae Oe

Nae a hy

ih) Mixed with Quick-lime,;’ and‘ then Dittilled

sn} ia Retort.2°"

ff The Sulphur was tran{parent’ and’ yel| low like Amber, in pieces, and ‘to’ behad |at Catmipnole, Turin, ‘Cony, “Mondevic, iar)| Saluces Genes : Tt is a Sulphur-vive,. ott

b four, five; “or ‘fix pence & |pound.°’ The

Ei Sand they-ufed was round River-fand, and ijp) the Matrafs was never red in the Sand’: cfhey ill lever put AboveZj/0f © in-one Matas, nor

J riever above

Bx. of 9 at every’

'Pro-

sup) jection.

| (Hartman. -Thefe Obfer'vations: were | communicated to Str Kenélm by Abbot Bouwi caud, “bit the? Procels sas owristen by Siv a Keaelin ‘him ef from: Mdonfieur Dandte? s | Mouth.

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Monfieur* Van Outer’s Secret, Phyfician. of. ‘Bruflels, with ©.and Butter. of AntiNOB

Take equal parts. of % Mineral,and % Sublimate,. and a little Sal armoniac, make Butter thereof: Draw the Spirit from) | this Butter, which rectifie again. ..(Note, a that this Butter, being expofed:to. the Air, draws from the fame what it needeth.in an

re Fa Sg Dee” yg

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hours jtime, and:thereby is much. increafed in, quantity: "That.which it dtaws is the hidden Food of the Life of Man, and.all the Beings in the- World...

And this Butter is

thetrue Magnet which drawsitin its purity.) :

Then put this Spirit into a Glafs Cucurbite, of a convenient, bignefs, .fic. a Head'to it with Limbec and Receiver; lute well all the. junctures, and put it thusto putrifie-in Afhes for two Months, in which time the Matter will become as red as Blood, and afterwards

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very black, fticking tothe fides, of the. Vef-, |} fel like glutinous Soot,and the Ethereal Spi-. |}

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rit. afcendeth and: paffeth into the Recipient} ||

inform of a Spirit, aridin Body of fufible, | Salt, whereof you mutt alfo draw the Spirit, - |) and feparate them by Diftillation with a very gentle fre, until you fee ared and {parkling h fire upon the Matter, which is a fign of its Wibe Maturity,

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| Maturity, and that you have obtained the Philofophical 3, which is the true Univer+) fal Diffolvent, then let it cool: That which refteth in the bottom of the Cucurbite, isthe Terra damnata. | » Take Zvj. of this Menfruum, and putit —a

upon 3}. of © in very thin plates,which will

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Ipeedily be diffolved, and they will unite intmately, as beingof the fame Nature. You muft take great care that you lofe nothing of the Spirits; it muft be done in a Matrafs with a Glafs ftopper,exactly fitted ; and bein g

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+} well fealed and luted, digeft it with a Lamp it | fire, with a very gentle heat in the begini \ning...

After fifty days digeftion, you muft

)f feed and.imbibe your Matter with the faid

| Mdenftruum, whereof you mutt have {tore,

tt) forto multiply your Work. |So foonas you

it} have put in the. faid Diffolvent, you mutt

éf) flop it again immediately, and feal it as be-

ct) fore, then digeft fifty days more, she heat ds |alittle, increafed ; which. time ybeing’ex-

tf) pired,,. you mutt again feed your Matter

r Lwith the Virginal Milka little more than the

i firft time; continuing ithe cigeftion, the heat

lef addittle {trongers»

Reiterate the Imbibition

‘im ieven times, and; your Matter will become

ffmMOre Vigorous, and, wilt be ableto bear om itronger Food irom time to time) and to sia bear ftronger heat, which neverthelefs mutt

rf |

not

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10 Chymical Secrets. not be haftened, but well governed, ‘atter the Example of the Operation of the Rays of the Sun in the Spring and Summer, ‘for

the Nourifhment and Maturation of :Vege= But you muft obferve, that:av the — two laft imbibitions, there muit be but 25 days-diftance from the one to the other inflead of 50 before.» At the five firft invbic bitions. you fhall fee from time to time the tables.

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wonderful effets of Nature, by the internal vertue of the Matter, and by all the Signs’ | written in Flammel, LaTourbe, Le Rofaivre, or Fubilation of the Soul, and in all thofe Authors that have pofleffed’ this rare Know-

ledge, which will appear infallibly; to the: -

proportion whereof you: muft increafe the fire, and that is left to the difererion of the Operator. You muft obferve, that as the

Matter multiplieth in vertueand quantity at each imbibition, and always more and more, ic might! become fo fufible, that at laft it ei EA NR EES So Ste ge ae To

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might penetrate the Glafs; fo that if you

judge convenient, you need net imbibe quite

feven times, that you may run no hazard;

for'you may afterwards multiply the Pow-' der in the fame manner, and carry it ad gue!

finitum.

And to perform all this, ’there’

needeth no more than about nine Months

times and without much trouble or care. wave A!

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Chymical Secrets. The Multiplication of the Powder.

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Ake 2}. of the Powder to ii}. of ©, mele them together, and leave them until all | be reduced toa Powder, which willbe done | an three days at the mot: and thus you may

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| carry it ad infinitusn, and that which is made

¢} thus, hath the fame vertue as the firft: |

The Projection.

| T° Project upon 3 you muft heat it in a Crucible; until ie caft a black fmoak , } then caft one grain of the faid Powder upon § ten or twelve Ouncesof 5. And projecting } upon other Metals, they mult be in fufion, § and they will render in proportion accord-

ing asthey abound in &, I

A confiderable Work with © and ©

oll TP Ake viij. of ©, melt it ina Crucible with three times asmuch Vin-gla{s,mix them iJ

‘| well together, then caft iw out, and beat it

§ into as {mall pieces as: you can: ‘Take three aim) times the weight of your mixture of Bone

yim) Sublimate, whith put in the bottom of

®) large Cucurbite, and upon that put the faid q ‘mixture; ‘fet the ‘Cucurbite in ‘an Earthen Por,

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

it, lute all well, and give a gentle heat at | the beginning for two hours; then increafe | the heat by degrees,at laft a very violent |

fire of reverberation, during eight hours; |

then let it cool, and open the Veffel, and you fhall find your Tin-glafs in the Receiver — in the form of Cryftals, with the Sublimate, | andthe © will remain in the bottom of the | Cucurbite, in the form of light dry Flowers, § s ER OG SE TNs

very fair to behold, and will be much opened _ and attenuated.

Diffolve this © ineight parts of 4. R. Difill it off, and. put the fame quantity of ©

ae ! a

new A. R. upon it, and Diftillit off as before. Repeat this three times, at the third —

a 5' ry

time the © will be fo opened, that it will |

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afcend with the water, and ftick to the fides of the head of the Alembick; fo the fame |

, bd©

will feem to be full of golden Stars, | Diffolve this © again in eight parts of | A.R. Diffolve alfo by it felf twelve Marcs of § in. F. Put thefe two diffolutions together,and let them ftand to fettle 24. hours, _ the © and & will be precipitated indiftinguifhible, in the form of a black Spunge, and will be eflentially ahd radically U-

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b, ‘4

-nited.

Diftill off the water, to dryne&, you will fi

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ipfind at the bottoni a gray Powder, which | take out, and put it into a Matrafs, and tlpour-upon it good Oylof Vitriol, fo much |) as may cover it the breadth of four fingers;

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at}) Seal it hermetically, and digeft for twenty

my | days.

‘Then open the Matrafs, and let the

i) humidity. exhale by a {trong heat in Sand:

Bet Ne a

tt}, Break thé Glafs, and grind the Matter with

|a little Borax, then melt it, and you fhall he} have at leaft eleven Marcs of © (a Mare i} is ten Ounces. )

id)»

Monfieur Carrier gave this Work to his

| Uncle, .MonGeur Ferrier,

having. had. it

D-) from an.intimate Friend’ of his, who had

iff} arrived to great Wealth by it. be}

= Hartman.)

The: faid Monfieur Ferrier

itd}, did communicate thes Procefs to Sir Kenelm at Paris, 1660. when be returned from Geris many, at the time of the Kings Happy Reneh! (Pauration. ol) 4 Work Copied out of the Original of Monsah) > fieur de ia Violette’s own Hand, whereof

4 | he made great Account. uy brie id) TPAke Zin, of the pureft and fineft 2, and Zvi. Spanifh 2 purified with Salt and tl i, Vinegar, make an Amalgama. —Then take i red Minium and es. fium of each ii.

iit) Danzick. Vitviol tbj. reduced to half a tb. ih

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14 Chymical Secrets. by Calcination, grind and mix thefe all well | ft

together, and put them intoa Retort coated; aud and pour upon it one pound and a half of the fail tollowing A. F. Ne w Take Vitriol two pound, whicli reduce to | tl

one tb by Calcidation; which put into a Ai Retort, and pour upon it a good #4. F. jou| made of Vitriol and Nitre, Dittill ie S.A, |m0

and‘ you. fhall have an‘. F. fit ‘for’ ‘this jini

Work, which having poured upon the faid Matter, Diftill it off, and it will bé very: ponderous. Break the Retort’(beingcold) and you will find dn the fides of it;'and up-

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on the Caput Mortaum, very red and pon= | hn derous Sublimate, which take off. yea tie Take the half of the Gapat Mortuum, qi

and as much of Bay Sale decrepitated; res 91

duce all'to a fine Powder with the faid Sub

limate, and thea put'alPinto a new Retort,’

and pour upon it the Diftilled 4. Fy Diftill 9) it as before, and the faid 4. F. will come off very red, and the Sublimate willbe more- J

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red, and more ponderous than before; and J &

| a

will rife very high: at‘thistime.

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Keep‘this

Water very carefully, break the Retort, and’ take both the Feces’ and ‘Sublimate,; and-reduce it to Powder, ‘and Sublime it by it felf withour.4. F. and the Sublimate will mount VASA VANE VALVE.

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but upon the furface’ of the Feces, which’ § h feparate, and it will have acquired more- |M | rednefs,. §

Chymical Secrets. Ig | sednefs, and will be almoft fixed. Put this | Sublimate into the faid wf. F. and it will diffolve it {peedily : Diftill or evaporate the 4. F. in Sand, and the Sublimate will remain inthe ‘bottom: like a deep-red Oyl.

Puclinto this Oyl Ziij:of the fixed Sulphur of Viuniel}) made according to Art;) put it into|a Matrafs with a fort neck, and digeft

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in Gand; ountil-all the moitture is exhaled.

so Then take:an Amaigama made: withione patof ©:and two partsof » Calcined with | Salt, and:four parts of Spanifh 3 (wafhed ) withSalt and Vinegar;;) ‘then fqueeze out 4) fomuch:2

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as youccan from the Amilgama,

then wafhiand:dry this Amalgamajand pout m, |upon it:-by: little and littleiof the above-faid wh) AF sleelie ftand half an hour, then’pour

|) ORvmiore “of the Water as before, and you it) Willfee the Amalgama diffolve vifibly, and if) Wall be-xeduced toa:very red Powder. . nel) 7U¢Note; thationcein half an hour you muft

ore pour onfome of the faid Water, and all will

nif, De-done: inlefs thanchalfa day.

Digeft ix’

ic) balf.a iddyAonger in Sand; then break the nt) Meflel,-take outithis Precipirate, and melt “)) Mawatha: little Botax, and you fhall have® if at 24, Carats. :

int}, ) Note, that if yourakeequal parts of Oand i)

Bto your Amalgama,

you thall have’ in-

woh Seale: yet fourty: or fifty: per Cent: more.

Snydet’s

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Snyder’s Secret, as he gave it me himfelf thé | 22 of July, 1664.

Ake. Nitre eight parts,

Sulphur four’ |

patts, and ‘T’artar two parts: Reduce | all into a fine Powder, and mix them well,

Then melt one part of pure © and three

parts of purified Regulus of Antimony, ina |

Crucible; then add to them three parts ot more of the faid Powder, let it ftand ‘in ‘the

fire until you fee a light Skin upon ity thent pour it into an Antimony-horn.*: Take the

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Regulws.in the bottom of the: Horn, and melt, 1t-again, and. caft more of! ithe faid — Powder upon it: Repeat this fo often: until

all the Regulus be confumed; diffolve all the {cums of the faid Regules, and make a laver thereof, which filter, and. precipitate with an Acid, which edulcorate; edulcorate alf@ the Feces which remained in the filrery: put

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thefe things edulcorated together, with half — the weight of Flowers of Sulphur, : and calcine them well: ‘Then draw the Sale from it with diftilled Vinegar €which will be.a golé den Salt) draw as much of the! faid Sale from it as you can. D0 Take one part of: this Salt, and:two o¢

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three parts‘of good Butter of Antimony well rectified, mix them well in a Matrats,' one

part

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Chymical Secrets. | pr filled, and the other two parts enapty: | Seal it Hermetically,

and digeft it with a

| gentle heat; it will grow black and putrifie inthe fpace of three days; continue the digeftion until the Powder. be fixed: ‘The following Obfervations are from another Learned Man, with whom Sir Kenelm

Dies

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did confer at hw return from Briftol, concerning the faid Snyder's Work: .' Who

faith thus:

‘THis Operation may be, abbreviated; jin .7. fermenting it with © as followeth : if Make a Spirituous Regulas of %,.as you } know, which is precipitated Butter of & and '%, adding to them Soap and Salt of’ ‘Farhtar.. Take, of this Spirituous Reg. .three parts, and one part of ©, melt them together, and caft it by little and little into the Sulphurous Salt Enixe, & totus folvetur, Neffunde, folve, filtra, precipita totatd,mate-

ii\riam in Sulphur pulcherimum : Reverberate

this Sulphur. with flowers of Sulph. or if

you will, diffolve it again, and precipitate ; nidraw the Sale from this Sulphure with di-

Mitilled Vinegar; add to this Salt or Golden dg) Vitriol, three times its, weight of Butter of cmd; digeft’them together’ (donec ceffent con teores.) ~~You may multiply the Work in quaSe ae ’ lity

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lity, indiflolving the Powder in Salt Enixe ‘and Precipitating oftén: And you may mul-§* tiply it in quantity, in mixing it with newg” Butter of &, wherein you have diffolved the

faid Salt, or Golden Vitriol. ‘Note, That§’ this Work. will be more excellent-af, it beg”

done with © of & and Spirituous Reg.

may be.alfo abbreviated in purifying very tt ae SF TA eS ae oy ox

well’ the Butter; of €. lated by its own Sulphur.

“~s

Note, “That thi

“Work is a Mineral water, which is, coaguf | Note alfo, Thag-

af you take the Golden Sulphur without Reg§”) ‘the work will be yet fhorter. Note, ‘Tha’ “im the Multiplication, if the Powder, onkg™

f’ g

in Butter of &, the Operation iy be diffolved

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will be fhorter.

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“A great Secret ofthe faid Mr.Snyder’s

5 LY &

Powder,

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FNM flolve © in Sal Enixe, and exale if f with Sulphur ‘of &, then caft in conumip"

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in falemrubicundum;,(Kee that no Coals fal’ va ; AVA wa ¥ AY ay V3 A. sx

in.) . Keep the Salt fo long in the fire, thal

it remain fufible: Grind it, and ‘let it mejf'*

it a Matrafs; add a grain or two.of thi Powder, let all mele: ina ftrong fire rwelvif _or twenty hours, ‘and this Powder will by’ -multiplyed; pour out, diffolve, and filter

put therein ) and’ 2, they will be cranfmey

ted into fine ©. ae AWAY OLA POLO NE) LT I OLE I +o

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in| *Or, Precipitate the Liquor with Sal¢ into il] @ Golden Sulphur, which direft lon gerwith | Butter of: &

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Or, pretérverthe Sulphurjand

|ferment itapain with! diffolved ©, asusifaid; |jan Sale Eyixe, and anda: Matralé, thatthe | :Powder may goiad wnfinitum: ‘

nMatthewsihus Work:

“Ake Common Cinaber Zxi}. Cry ftalsdf BS Common |% Precipitate, made oy LAF. cand reverberated until iwibe edgy.

Dyl of Vatriol Zevs: Birk, reduace'thethese

ompard' Ingredients into'a anaft fine: Powder;

ghfeh Srinditupdn a!Marbleftone witha litJe of the Oyl of Vitticl, adding the faid

jOy] by tittlesand lnetle> until it become. like Paps whieh pat: itor low Cucurbire { tamang! cate that it \doVAet rouch the fides:of ihe faid ‘Guctiebite,: becanfe it wouldendan|Ker to break ) sand put pon it the reft-of TL jhe Oyl'of | Virriol, and ftae the Matter: well if yeh @ fick! of Gla ( which: mutt be matly _ jad not hollowy that all may be well mixed

, pgether’; digelt itwith'a gentile hedt for ¢ rghe' days, fo that mothing may go ‘over

y@prough the Limbeck:: Then diftill as mach

gp Yowean OF ‘the Oyl of Vitriol, and take F pe Matter out of the Gucurbite, and: grind (ope88810 Fput the difilled Oy] upon-ic.agains

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and

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and diftill as before, without digefting it ; (y

repeat this fourteen or fixteen times. | At) (i eer

ge ry” NS RR Se -

lait, diftill as much of the Oy! as poflibly}rc you can; and that the remaining: Matter} ¢ may be thick, and conveniently handled,

put into it Zv. or vj. of filings of >. Then melt twenty Ounces of ), and project yout| Matter upon the fame (being in fufion) in} fifteen or twenty: parcels, ftaymg every time, T before you project until that which you pros jected be well entred and incorporated with Si the p, and that it be very clear: After all} j,

is projected, leave it in good fufion for an|di

hour or two; then put it to Coppel, and af) terwards to Separating V, and you. fhall) | ne

have about Zjf3. of pure ©.

a The Cryftals of d are made thus: Upon filings of ¢& put Oyl of Vitriok,}§

then pour common VY upon it, and. the fie§py lings will diffolve; filter the diffolution, snd

evaporate the Liquor {que ad pelliculams)\

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fet it in a cold place, and it will fhoot inte)|)Wp Cryftals, which require no further Purifica: fi ton.

Bile

The Oylof Vitriol for this Work is made | ‘ thus: Take Danzick Vitriol, diffolve it once! |yj

in V, filter and congeal it; then Calcine it))fy gently, until it be white : ‘Then diftill it am)

iA &e %ai

Retorts S. 4. forcing it very ftrongly at)y laft. Dephlegm this Oyl in a low Cucut-) ial | bite; |

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‘W bite,and that which remaineth in the Cucurb, (which will be of a dark red) muft be pat — fed through a filter of wool in a Glafs FunWj nel, and the wool wili imbibe the un¢tuofity

—eet Or ee ey

fof the Oyl, which if it were not ‘feparated

from it, might hinder its Operation,

To fix ) into ©. | HE 15th. of November, 1660. Mon|v) fieur ‘Fohn Commandaire told me, that

ISigneor Lucca (from whom he now came) ‘had taught hima fhorter, and eafier way of ‘idoing his work, .thus:

1) "Fake the Mother-liquor of Salt-petre., lai which is the falt 7 that remaineth after as fmuch is fhot into Nitre as will fhoot)

Hand let it run once through a filrer of wafhed ig)Sand to purifie it; then evaporate it to dryWinefs: Grind the remaining Salt very fine, and fet it in a Cellar, or other moift place to, diffolve.into 7 by the Air; filter that bya Hwoollen Languette, coagulate, grind, dif-

Solve, and filter it. Repeat this feven or

Height times, that all foulnefs may be fevered

wmitrom this fixed Salt of Salt-petre.

Then it

dujovall eafily give its pure Spirits, and not ber

wmifore. Put this into Retarts, not above half (2 pound into each Retort; diftdl firft, with Mery gentle A, increafing aby degrees, at | © 3 lofty

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laf, ftrong A,.as when you diftiil ee The diffillation will be performed in twenty | ) four hotirs: Then dephlegm it carefully5 when the drops come Acid, ceafe.’ In thé) mean time purifie the fixed’ Salt remaining

after the diftillation, by grinding i ‘fmally. diffolving in bumido, filtring, ae congeals, ,

ing. Repeat-this me or thrice; their"put| one part of this fixed Salt to three parts of} the Spirit, and to a Compofition put a.

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tenth part af pure’©, and though-it’ were

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Ri ss ~~ ‘

Jy,

inan [ngos, it will diffolve it3 freedity. Put:

higiutoean Ege, and Sealit Hermetically, E and digeft it, 1c will putrifie, ‘and grow ens J, tirely black ; then pats all the ‘due‘colours, jj during which time increafe the hear by des grees, and when it requireth ftrong heat, ufe Coal.

An Odlervation about Volatilifed y. N RS RR ERE AL EA LU RE .

OTT ES ag Oe gE ete SRR GT SEE ag

.%:

Onfieur: de"Loberie , and Monf. de we’ Nowe wrought the’firlt Procefs upon ii

»’ (which is after thofe updn’©

) thar is ia ||,

a handgrif of Baf Valent. which maketh|}" the fouiresath Book of lis Tefts. But inftead |)"

of a due'Calx ‘of ’y;' they took ‘one made |} with VY. F, (‘the ‘ofdinary ‘made’ of Vittiol||

and Nitre) and Precipitated it’ with Salted| Vv (Salt diflolved'siitCommign 7) and ‘for the

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Chymical Secrets. , 23 Iche reft, did as the Procefs teacheth; which iwas Reported to me thus. Pur upon this

WCalx oF y (they had Ziv.)Cafter it is well

iy{dulcified by often ablutions with fair vy, till }no Saltnefs or Spirits appear to remain) fo jjpmmuch itefh A. F. as to fwim. four fingers "breadth over the Calx of»: Diftill off the A. F. then cohobate again; do thus four times: At the laft diftillation give ftrong id, you will havea gray fubftance like Marcafite. Beat it to Powder, and put dittilled WVinegar upon it, to {wim four fingers over git; digeft two days, then boyl it three or Sfour hours, after which, diftill away all the

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_ pdiftilled Vin. and there fhould have remained

Jblew. Cryftals, bur they were white without aptincture: So having failed in their expecta.

'Ption, they would reduce their ) brickin'2

body, therefore dulcified ir well with diftilled Vinegar and fair ‘7, and put it into a Cruc. to melt with a litrle Borax, anda little

pNitre, and a thick fmoalc flew ‘away, and in Pithe end there remained but 31).of ». "

Confider, ‘if this courfe, and, if need be,

‘BMigelting longer (at laft) ‘with diftilled Vi“Poegar and Oy! of Tartar, *, and Salt of

“Purine, oc. Then diftilling with Tartar and . Calx-viye, might not make & of ).

44 Pr ¢-

Aa ek a on nat le A ae 8 wk eee Eg ee Se Oe el ae ee S&S

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A Procels from Monjfieur Vignault, with © :

rT ,

4 F

a bial

if id

Ake 3j. of ©, adate it with Ziv. of 3;

grind this ¢z@,and wath it well: Then put it into an earthen Pot with its cover ta {hut it. very clofe, which cover mutt be like

hil ia

tika

4.Funnel at the top: Pur it toa gentle A

in Sand for twenty four hours, then give it a {trong A for twenty four hours more, that the Matter may afcend and defcend; then

take out your Matter (loofning it from the

ess

bottom where it fticketh faft) and grind it, and ddate it again with the fame %, and

roceed all as before. Repeat this Work bi times, always, with the fame 8, which by degrees will become Earth, and will ftick no more to the bottom; you muft leave it in Sand every time twenty four hours before

you grind it again; after the fixth time give it flrong A, fo that it may bered-hotin the Sand for fourty eight hours, and it will be

a red Powder, which multiply by mixing | with it its weight of 9, grinding and di-” ‘

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1ae

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gefting it as before ;and in three times twenty four hours it will be in Powder; and if you will multiply it again, proceed as before; with-equal weight of 8. And to make it anto‘a ‘Tree, do thus: When you have made | | Ithe

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the aié, and ground and wafhed it, then put it intoa Matrafs, which ftop only with Paper; then digeft it continually, and the

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faid 2% will afcendand defcend: And when you fee that at laft ir becomes hard and heavy, fticking tothe neck of the Matrafs, put,it down with a Quill, and it will become a Tree, which will bered. Note, That your A ® mutt be well purified firft, and then fubtf! limed with © and D, taking Zij. of © to at} One pound of &, for it will be much the

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better, and willbe foonerdone.

If you mix

Z(3. of O.with Z(3. of the faid Powder, and

grind it well with 2ij. of 2 revived from Cinaber, and animated with ©, as is faid,

and digeft it fourty eight hours, you will do more in fifteen days, than otherwife in §} two Months, and the © will not ftick to the bottom of the Por: You muft continue the digeftion as is faid above, i

ftrong A.

and at the end

The © will ferve for to animate

the @, and to melt it, and reduce it into a

Calx, for-to aaate it with animated ¥, taking 5j. of © to four of 9.

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§4

de Baune, and by him communicated to He. |

Nr,

he animated Common.

2 for this

Work, thus: _ Take Ziv. of Common Sulphur, melt it

in an Earthen Poringer, then caft into it by

little and little thj. of % ( purified with Salt

and Vinegar,and {queezed through Chamboleather) ftir it continually; then’ take it from the fire, and keep it ftirring untill it is

reduced toa black Powder, which grind,and add to it tbj. of 6 in Powder, and fh{s. of Quick-lime alfo in Powder; mix all togee

ther, and, put it into a coated Retort, of fuch a bignels, that a third part may remain empty. Duftill it, and let the Nofe of the Retort lye ina Poringer full of v7, diftill

‘a ,i F

by degrees of A, as you do 4.F. the 2,

will diftill into. the V: Mix this 2 again with new Materials, and diftill as before. RR BAe WA. WAU BR Ae vi

Repeat this Operation with the faid © feven times, every time with new Materials.

Take of this 3 Ziv. adate it with 3}. of :

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

from it clear, then dry it.

Put this aaa

into a Matrafs, and digeft twenty four hours

in Afhes: Then take it out, and grind it | in BEAL eek SA SaA kA 2‘&

oii ee ST OTT ONE EO

aaa a

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| ava Glafs Morter, andsadd toit Exx, of the faid 5; grind, Al well together, then: wafh

it and diy it,| and put it antoa R etoit, and diftill’ over all'the 2 in: Sand. * Take Zviy. of this8, aaate it with3j.0f a light Spungy-calx, of ©; wath this gad wellavith warm VY, then dry It. i and put at f imtoaMatrafs;, Seal it Hermetically, and y| digeft\ice in Sand:the fpace of twenty four aitiF hours: Then grind it again with Zvi}. more

of §, and digeft as before,

Repeat this

Operation once. more. with Zviij. more of

S, fo that there be xxiv. of 9'to one of Q. |win them intothree Taderal Matrafles, which

Seal Hermetically, and put them to a fup-

prefling heatin an Athaner, for the fpace of two Months: Then put all into a Retort, and diftill it in. Sand,-witha heat of Suppretiion, fo that theA above be ftronger than that below, and-if-any of the © remain in the. bottom of the Retort, ie mult wdate it with twenty four-parts af 9 5, and -diftiil it as before, until all she © be diftilled over.

Repeat the fame:as, before, untillthe © hath taken in fixty parts of '%, and if wtaketh buti twenty four.of .4, the © will:be better, ms Hany

Out}

-and your: wall be binthateds Take2}. of Galx of »p; and three or four ‘of your? animated, aaate theth’ together, wath thefaid aaa with warm V7; them divide iC

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it into two parts, and put them into two Matrafles; Seal them Hermet. and digeft in | an Athanor with very gentle heat for fourty J or fifty days,then increafe the heat for fourty | or fifty days more: Then continue the dis geftion with the third degree of heat ({tron-

cael ae eh i

ger yet) unto the end of eight Months, counting the time.of the firft and fecond degree already paft. ‘Then digeft a Month longer by the four degrees of A, which ne [FS Fae

will make it nine Months in all.

a2AS

The Calx of ) is made of equal parts of

y and Regulzs of & melted together, and reduced to Powder. Note, that the Reg. is

"not to be reckoned; fo that you muft take ij. of this Powder.

Obfervations.

i eae:E Athanor was of a digeftive FurDie Bi gya)BAG SieS beWRAL hie OE EE Sta SST whee NE Rr eeCG

nace, with a Tower forthe Coals,and

between both, there were two Regifters of heat, the one gave the heat under the Veffels, and the other above: The Mattafs ftood in Sand in a Bafon of Copper, which | held ten or twelve Matr.

At the beginning

the A was given only below, and fo gentle, that the $ never Sublimed.. .The Bafon A ALAN VANS VAAB

LA eA \'om

with the Matr. was covered with acover like

2 Dome, and after that the heat was given alfo

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alf above, and that ftronger than before : And it ought to be always continued without interruption. After nine M. digeftion,

Oe a Rh eee ry —

| all the » will be tranfmuted into ©, and be-

fides that, you fhall have an augmentation | of a third part of ©:

SS ea a Nee

Note, That you muft not put above ij.

of Matter into each Matrafs.

The © which he ufed in this Operation, was three times purified by &.

He. told me fince, that the greater pro-

portion of Reg. you put tothe >, the better your work will fucceed, and you fhall have

the more ©, and the fooner. Hartman.) The faid Father B. deB. was the Apothecary in the Convent. of the Capu-

chins at Lyons: He was an able Chymift, and had been for {ome Years Operator with the Chancellor of France, in has Laboratory. When I went from. Paris to Italy, after Sir Kenelm’s Death, paffing. through Lyons, I owent to fee him inthe Convent cf the Capuchins, where I had fome Difcourfe with him concerning this work, he confirmed tt to me,

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alfuring me that he had done it, and that it

was areal truth, and that ~ al I know of th

nage b: ~de. ee by lO te a Oa ee e— 7s me NN NN ee SS a See Sah, <n a— 4a Bagge iy Gif ye

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iS hieb chnaiger”s 3 as re Ws Bloc, hick abideth the fy "ive. :

rAke sn YY a Ledti parts ofVittiol ii” AV

and Nitre,, which cohobate and di-

ftill three times upon ‘its Caput Mort. Aa SR SN eS eT ar -~

Take of this A. ii}. ‘Ai of ©) andSif. | a4 Of Stilphur-vive'; put all into’a Retort, lec it {tand twelve hours,’ then diftill it; Bhaew hobate fo often; till you fee the Sas red as

Blood; which ‘will be! in ive or fix times; then brite it-into’ i a*Powder, which inibibye

;

with Oyl of Roman'Vitniol, ‘ary andimbibe | it three times +‘Then divide this Powder into »

‘eight patts;’ ther ‘takeS}. OF Uh, ‘which puit

to Coppel, ‘wher ‘it‘Boyleth; put into it 2

Ducat of ©, then pucifto it one of rhe eight

‘patts. Drive it off, and you Leninhave 3}.

oF fine ©.

‘Hartman.

Ths Piocef was written ih |

‘the’ French Tongue; at the bottom-swvs writ

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tena Probaturh, the LY. of July, TOSS THe) ‘Proce/s [aith, i “elebe done'on Thur faay Re | friday, find at theFF aloF the De

Sa@unier’s

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Saunier’s Work, as I wrought it. | 7) utife © three times by 3; then reduce ‘if & ae into a fubtil Galx, by Calcining it

ib} five times with Sulphur'and & : Then burn .S./. upon this Calx,

‘and reverberate,

ee By Oe he a eR

i] again, that allthe extraneous Spirits may be

et | driven away. : t+ 2, Sublim @ feven times with Vitriol and 148Salt, reviving it with filingsof ¢ after every Si] «mation.

3. Make an 4. R.’ S.A. out of the fixed

if Salt, after the extractionof Salt-petreywhich 0} after fome days muft.be. put great

care,

dephlegmed

and rectified 3

fo that

till neither phlegm nor terreftrial feces.

with

it have

©,

ot Diffolve 4}. of your.© tnas {mall a quan4\M) tity of this A. R. as you can, keeping the

N) Veflel well Sealed

(and therefore it ought

i) to be large) ina very gentle heat in B. AZ.

rihM| ‘Where it muft be digefted (after the diffoluTW) tion) for fome days: The diffolution being im) very clear, decant it from the white reBi fidue. iM ON h Diffolve 2(3. of fufible Salt in as {mall a

quantity of the faid_4. R. as youcan (which #5 not done fuddenly, but by digeftion ) and being clear, mix thefe two diflolutions to-

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Salt, and if any thing state to the bottom} § 44 keep it in digeftion with a gentle heat (the J j,, Veffel clofe opped ) until all is diflolved | y.

and clear ; then keep it in the fame digeftiont | by

for fifteen days.

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‘Then with a very gentle 9)

heat abftract the phlegm, until a Spirit§i afcend ; then ceafe, and put into the Veffel J jy Z(. of the simate before mentioned (in 1 very fubtil Powder) fhut the Veffel’ agaia | Bo

immediately, and put it in digeftion as before, until the smate is well diffolved, Then dephlegm again the diffolution ; in do~ ing of which you ought to attend very di-

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ligently, left there come over fome part of J the © and §, which now eafily will be | taifed with thé A. R, And this you may |) know, not only by the drops falling yel- |} low, but alfo by trying with a white wool- |} len cloath; which the drops will ftain yellow’ | if the © aftendeth. Then Seal it Herme-|] tically, and digeft in Horfe-dung: After 1( fix Months we opened the Veflel, and with | a gentle heat diftilled off the Liquor, and the | Pry

remaining Golden Salt we projected Upom fii, reftricted ), and for 3}. of © we had feven. |Ey

Another Veflel, after twelve Months dige- | te

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flion, rendred Zx. of © for one put in: And |} hy - fo totwo andtwenty for one, \ Ido

not.remember all the rime precifely,

but I fhould think, it would be better, after \n |

fufhcient

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yf oalt 'Cfirftowell purified) in the: faidi)R.

Bh le a te tie Ge A Ne BS a Oe oe

fydiftill and:cohobate tintil iris fuGble (Ml). The teltri@ion :of «p:yoa will .hd in a

} Book Publifhed by. Fohn Saunier, which he

So Ee en Fn oe ta Sp aerate =a ee eS

‘}calleth; the .almoft fixation of Dd; becaufé it ‘hath the weight and found of |, )s Hartman.) 0Tha Procefs ivas mroucht by

Sin KD: bimfelf;. ak the Title fhewethy, at 'U\was written in Latine ds ha own band; and

| elpbe words are bis own.

YE}! Abbot\Boucaud told.me at Paris, that he

liiknew Sir K. had wrought it,

«0

" / The Danés Work:

/NAlciné»plats. of: Pian 2 With Sul: \# phir'5 “then grindsthem to! fubtile

Powder, which -boyLiniv, filter and. evas pGporates wjfquead pelliculam, and put itro vi |Sry ftallize sista icold place: ‘Then purifie ig@ Mele Cryftals by diffolving them :in Wyrtils Ail itingand-evaporatin gi ) Make alfoa Sulphur of: the faid Metals,

W@y boyling Plats withiVitrioland ¥ ina ft @xettleyand the Sulph. will adhere tothe Plats.

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Purifie 3 firft By Dif: and then by boy! J ne

ing it in an Earthen Pot with Vittiol, A fhes, } it’ and Powder’d glafs. well mixed together, and | bj

boyled! until you fee:the% appear upon the} fix

Surface’, of the Matter: Then Jet it: cool, } lw

andigrind all’ well together again, and boyl Vi it as before. ‘Repeatthis threetimes: ‘Phen |fe take lofiithis > | four’parts, cof the Sulph. of} &

at&. *7 -°

eT a I eer S

3 and 2 ana'one part, grind them: well to- } fo gether until they be well incorporated 5 them } ind sm and grind again what is s:med wath that } fk

which remained. in the ‘bottom, ‘andi zm as |)Si

before,

Repeat this feven times «Then: is)}} bei

the, S:prepared for this Work.

so\wrs ove Ay

Diftill an Oyl f a.. out of the Vitriobofi} th & and 2? joyned together, which will be) m Blood-red. A AAguocec had 2b WS ecee Make a light and Spungy Calx of ©, by } &% Calciaing it Foi Gf five times with Sulphur. J am VAAL WAVACA GET STEN SS GAPE GRE IE See OAR

Vis

and 8. Take of this Calx 2). and of the 3))}th

prepared Ziv’ Make an daa, which ‘grind )) )

very well; theriadd‘of the Sulphur of J th and»? ana Z(, grind them well rogether } a. with the dda, then ‘put! it intoca;Matrafs of tio

fuch a bignefs, thatthree fourth oparts may |}il

remain empty; {top ut flightlyswaith: Papers |)jr

4A he BE

‘A aBS

PAA *%\ ha Gk Se A a a ee oe ee Te ‘a

that fome moifture from: the may exhale} ik

(which otherwife might) hinder the :scation |) lit of the & ) give A’by degrees, 'firlt in Athes, |} Wh and then in Sandy: bur foogentley thatthe 8 |}tm 7 may | hk

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WH) may? fever fle, ‘btit-thatit may beialways

is) dea dilpohition ‘tom which you may know

and), By afitle Clouid uiposi'the fides'of ‘the glug,

tie) fuch'as-appears when one’ breather upon’ a ol) Looking-ghats.””

mare

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oil "Phe end’ of the digeftion is, when you ten) fee the WMattet ‘converted’ into ‘a‘very’ted Lo} *ettate And glittéring, which endureth a very toy) ftrong Ay" Theti take ‘it’our ( beiig’cold:)

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hell) and’ grindede: with four parts more of the tia) faid: 95: atid’ the famié quantity of thé faid

a Sulph. as before; digeft as before, until’all nil) Bei@6nvertéd into'a'red:stare as before; ex=

:j cept that it will-beof aidatker coloursGrind old | ba

Se te lghh ety Ol lg ee ee eae Se ee ne ae ee Se See eee ee

36 Chymical Secrets. -y Projedt this Matter upon Din fufion equal parts! , Thus, far\reacheth. my Experiences

but the | Dane. told me,,..that.if this;Matter SSN

were Amalgamated again|with new 8.prépa» red, and.in all. things proceeded..as before, taking-this Matter, ‘for: ‘the :Foundatioa,} ‘in-

flead,of jthe © which, you took)at Girly it

would become a Medicine, .which,in. Pros jection. would convert. great quantity, of ) | AS >,4> "

Ey” Sa

into©. .,And the oftnér you,fhoulddo this, > the; more) Power,.3t, would, have: ins Pro

Out. of. 3x. of this, Matter,: and.-asmuchi Da dchad. ZxvijZ. of perfeAOliyy yi tedt ace Hartman. ) (Dr: Aftelly an Englifh:Pbj:

fician,. fhewed, me. a\ Gopy. of this, Rrocelts | which Sir K..D., had, givenbimp who had

, I

afjired bia that he,bimfelfihad wnougbtity |

gna that it was trues) And having: 2x. of | fixed Matter, he: divided it iato ten parcels,

and having melted 3%, of y, be Projetied the

faid-parcels one after another upon the fame ; then lefttt,in fufion for three hours, then cafe tt i Ingot, which having weighed, he found

\ q

; f

the. quantityof @ above mentioned

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Opm Magnum ex'V itginea Terra.

myAke reddith rich Virvia Earth iy 0 ime

Or — ee Ro ee

“& préghate it with ©;'5, ferene arid dew,’

, })tilhthe endof Afsy:"Then imbibe fprink-

«) lingly with dew gatheréd‘in Azzy, and dry

ae a A

in@, -expofé all Night to the' y’ and Air; {e-'

curmp ‘itufrom Rain:

‘Still when it is dry,

imbibe dnd turn the Earth often: *Continue § this till “mation. —‘The hot’ © ( efpecially’

|) m the Dog-days) |will’ make a pure’ Salt fhootup, ‘which mingle back into the Earth, | by turning it all over. « "Then diftill’by graduated Aas cAoF! forcing ‘all’ the Spirits’

over at laft}: you miift give fourty Hours A,’ éextréam at laft.) Put all the! Liquér ‘and Salt’'that cometh over, ‘to digeft and ‘cirtu-

)late a Month i fimo,’ in’a great Ballon dofe’ fhur. ” Then‘ feperate the feveral fubftances,

out of 'this‘Chaos;' firft, cometh ‘an extréam fubtily ardent, AZthereal’ Spirit; then “white ==:= ones with' veins like'S?V._ then Flegm! Thus’ == a pols far.in ‘Buin a Cucurbite, ‘then in a Retort: ‘Vhen white fumes,’ then ‘red’ ones, and a reddifh brown ‘Sale temaineth in the bottom, and°aVolatile Salt will be med about the’ ®) neck of the Retort; ‘as alfo to the head and fides of the Cucurbite; ‘Then purifie every (9) fabftance by it felf; the'fixed Salt by: SoluD 3 Hons’

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eT a SR

4 x y

i' 4

SE. ak Boce

ie t

6 $

i2= b f

t *

% "

¢:

:Ai mR LALa VIVE Xv is 5

five times,

'a *

-_a S ut

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Loi f

| pure, which will. be. in. four or

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

i digeft in B.) The Matter will. become a J green, like an Emerauld, with an) Oriental efclat:.(and in a Retort will pafs all | over, leaving a few grains of brownifhie) BtAY ftiptick, Earth, . like. Tobacco-pipe Earth ) And after.a while black like Ink,

ae Oy Oe — te ~<a a ee teee

a aw

iy) |land continue fo two.and fourty days; when lls

the blacknefs. beginneth: to wane, put it in

ed dry Ain an Athanor,. [t will pafs the colours,.and become a red Elixir, and is now ue belt for Health; but it. will not have:good of

ingreffion into Metals, till ithave been: multiplyed four or five times with new *, taking _fevery time after the firft, only three to one; and it will be done every time after the firft

ina fhorter fpace, After every fixation of \the multiplication, and the firft alfo, give {trong A for three days, anda black Earth Hwill {eparate from the red Powder, lying like a Cake under it.. Before you Project -{@Upon inferiour Metals, ferment anew with ~..§| three parts. of © to one of the Elixir, giving jeg three, hours of extream fufion, and all will \be red Powder. , You. may proceed in the fame manner | | for ). 7?

Note

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Note alfo,: ‘That when the Workof-© is /

at the white, it will Project upon Inferiour fiil

Metals, to make them likey,

but ‘in truth § pil

white, enduring all the tryals of “©.” a If you digeft in B.'V.. ten’ parts of Pearl i in Powder, with opie’ of theperfedt %, it will become an Oriental Liquor, whereof a Bi!

few drops is admirable for Health:

Sw ORES SF SATS >

fourior five timesy’ the* will be red fke a |

Ruby, and an’ admirable Medicine.

If you take‘four ‘parts of |firch %, and grind i well,with pure ted Coral in Powder | one part, and “m, putting what fifeth upon_as/ much, of ‘frefh Coral, repeating this }} {i All

the Corals will diffolve in a Cellar” i If you grind one part of it with'tén parts

}

of green Venice Tale, and put diftilled dew: | upon i,” fix fingers over, ‘and digeft in fimo, | all the: ‘Tale will’ diffolve; ‘anda fplendid |} Oylof rare effets fwim upon it, Pl

‘ i

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Hartman.) Sir Kenelm D. /aidiithar d Hi Perfor of Quality beyond the Séa (whom he \Vi

named) wrought this Proce[s,” and 4 bape § pened at that time that his Wife wis dange s || roufly Sick, aud like to dies’ {he spias' given

g "

over as a dead Woman by the ableft Phyficie

¥ es

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: weak .4

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all

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ans: Uponthat he opened the Veffelrand gave \\ her one grain of the Elixir ;whereupon fhe \\ \ Recovered, and lived many Years after it in

perfec? Health,

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‘This Proce[s, and Saunier’s Work sere tas gether ina {mall bundle of Papers tied up to: gether by it elf; upon the.out-fide ofit were written the following svords, Perfumes; Cus eal}\riofities, My great Arcane of this Note. yh

tf\AMiniera

of ©, wrought bye Perfor of | Quality is Champagne.’ measens

6 —& Ore ee

a LO er SA

and|

de rpake

Sulphur-vive 158. mele it’ in’ an Earthen Pormger, then fqueeze into it ths thy: of 85 flir it continually until the °8 ap-

I | pear’ no’ more sn ‘the Sulph,

©Then ter it

Allhesol: and grind to Powder, which digett in a Matrafs for two ‘days with a ftrong A. arts Then take it out, and grind it again * add

dew te it its double weight of filings of & : ‘mix 0, ithemr well' together, ‘and put them ‘in a Rebe and diftill over all the % : Mix thig 2%,

again with new Sulphur. melted as before;

Pdigeft in’a Matrafs as ‘before for two days,

})in the mean time grind the filing of & (that

myou diftilled the

from) and wafh them

Wwell from: all the’ foulnefs and blacknefs: H bie dry them and grind them again with the Sulphur and %, and diftill them in a Ree

iptar ) t as before. Repeat this fo often, till the ) fling of F come to be of a yellow Golden fh) jcolour, which will happen at the feventh ‘

jeiftillation :Then take this 2 and put it ia

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a Retort; and diftill only Zj. of it, and with §

the remaining Zvilj. make an aaa with 3}. of Iii ©, digeft this ¢aa2 in an Athanor for nine §}:} Months, it will pafs all the due colours, and! will: become a Minera, ‘as followeth. To Bex

this Zix. of Matter put Ziij. of ¥ prepared

as before, and digeft, andin fix weeks you § fhall have xij. ready to. melt: And'to thefe Zxij. add Ziv. more of “8, and digeft, andi y

in fix: weeks you fhall have Zxvj: of AGaiera. M

Note, that you muft always ufe a & pre- dx, pared, as was faid for the multiplication: of }qiy: the Miniera: For if you fhould take crude xq

and unprepared 2,: you" would have but an Jiy,, ordinary *cate after one or two multiplica- Bre tions.

4 it

Note, ‘That the filing of ¢ 1s tobe. chan- Ji; ged after three times, and new to be taken, |}fy

which is to ferve alfo three, times: .After ‘Pe.

which fix times, you muft joyn. both the Jij) parcels of filing, and ufe them both atthe |i: tte TREE VETER Rit Sg eR Se a

VRVE\VERA AS 4

feventh time, and-if the fign given you ‘(of (iy the yellow Golden colour) happen not at jj; the feventh time, continue and repeat yout) Operation, with all: your filing, until it do! appear. When your Miniera 1s compleated, it will be a deep-red Powder, very fhining,

Ifey |fpy, ||, |} 7

and at évery time.it is to become fuch: If |} \

you multiply it with crude 2, it will lofe |)i;

itsluftre aftertwice, and notincreafein fixed |)y)) ra

Meral.

The |

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"Qh The firft: time, you muft.“ put into one

}@slafs no more than 4}. of ©, and SviijhoF

ing’: But when the Adimiera is made, you may uiivork. ‘evensto “filty, Ouricés: in one Glafs, lol-eeping always ouryour duedue propor proport ieepi ion. tion

O-er* ~ 4 Bee

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4 VE :

into), with good Profit.

ty ee yy a

Thy. of h, them put in ZB. of vy,

and fome fcories of ¢, and: a little

prehed WArfenic; keep itin acftrong A for three

nN A, four hours or more: : Then the Cracible

mipcing cold, break ir,:and take out the Mat3 nailer, and put it_an a new Gruc. which mutt uaave a little hole inthe: bottom; put «this stu¢.| an a wind Furnace),and melt thé:Marmigier dgaing putting under the Furnace a: Bae eqfion with to receive the Matter as it:melt= Aitiiith-and runneth through the Cruc. Take hthfjais Matter and melt it again with the fame ug) uantity,of-), and neW fcories of o2 keep

(a oanefufiomas before.

/Reiterate this Ope-

@ation ten or twelve times, until the his ju@itery-hard, being impregnated with p>; then idgpur it to Coppel with 23. of »'to every «it wet£ this, Mixture. : } rites Lhe goodne/s of the Operation confifteth in

\:lilbe fiatation of the:S which s% in thet by |beSulpbur of 3: Therefore you muft keep is nlbe Matter a long time in fufion , that the 7 | , Sulphur &

: |

‘

te em ly Dee he Eley le Ne — Tl le iA al A ll yin ee aee a er bok hh ehnk ‘des,

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= howsa om ‘way att ere ae he faba

ae i

aay, To‘te8 ofreor theComnson’ B0 ‘pec :

33a

‘Ake Bj. of © in mr and Ziv. 3 or¢ v.“of I (Fs Makeran dads. whithopoe-in af : L 2. 44

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i, 4 54 ®

Reion: and digeftit in Horfe-dung for eighth, days, then diftlhin Sand,’ giving: frome Ai at laft,. and the. will go over withthe 5)

and ifany of it remain in the bottom) wearel it withthe famer?, and digeft three orfour’ days; and then diftill:as before, and all'thel)'y © will go: over withthe Y ,:and you thal have ai% well animated.

Take: Ziij.. ofthis 23, aaate it with zl of ©} »grind the 444, and putiit in’ a’ Mae traG half luted3 digeft for elevén days by! fh

graduated A, and allwill bea’ red Pow)I der. 10Len

Take Ziij. of this Powder, and projectit Hn upon3j. of ©in fulion,and allwill be tranf 1

mutedinto ©,

«>

» Then takethe remaining Z of Powderjandih

Gdate iv with’Ziij..of the-2 animated; di} geft as before, and in nine days*your Pow!

der will be perfected ‘as before. "Fake thefe|) Ziv. of Powder, and: unite it with xij. of new, % animated ; digeft without ©, and) you will have a perpettial Miniera? part |) |

whereof | IN bits

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ivhereof you may reduce to a Body when lou'pleafeysby. projecting it upon @5 ‘and Jne other will ferve: for ‘a ‘Ferment, wich #vill-never fail, being it felf all© 1 Tiss & animated maybe fixed without

na)),/-byra.geatle heat; being-it- (elf 'a*liquid

ey ee ee re A aee 0

gps.but to: niesontoe the os you 8 me 4y Ds u

al +c

tout

va Reali upon up a 9

= Ziwil ¢

ehin Plates, and 3}.of final Nails, put them in a Crwe? in?@

‘urnacejoand wher they ate very red; aft afore Sulphur upon them. at feveraleinnes} hat theymay meltwell; wher they'are: dike Pafoey: caftiin fomeS;, "wed ftiv sik weit ant Hron Rod»toomake them well incorporate?

wey) it'ingood fufion for ‘five or’ fix hours, tiring it'fometimest; “Then take out”the Jruc.sandbets its cool gethen break ic; and ‘ou fhall find but a little Reg. atthe bottom) pat many igellow: lumps‘at the top, which Meat'to'Powder:!: Then mele Zij. of fined; bi jnd-projedt Ziij. of ‘the Powder; fiirit. with Miia Tron Rod, keep iv-in. fafion: for eight ‘or i. | @\en hours. Then put it to Coppel}: andes a” atating 7, and you fhall have fine ©. Hartman.) hw Proce{s % alfo confirmed

a with cfin

@ Probatum. Fixation

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Fixation of the . of & as Monfieus de:

cso on

wrought ata Paris. |)

dlNote

wupttiol By). Difkill.to, drynelé5: take, whai

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red, Powder. » »; » eoegy 34 pails Liaeradya"Ua cone iT ake,Sulphur-vive}; and’ Athes.of; 4hean hy) ang-equal, parts ,of; which make: adixive ji %

with.common Wy filtervand evaporate, and |pOt

yourfhall have:a’ Salphurious Salt 4:False! FIP 1:

this Salt,and of therfaid Powdersana graarjil) tn

2.06 8:3}. filings of © Zi}. .mixand grind|

all well rogether; anid put them into 2 Man with along neck:;! make-a, A abdut.the. mida i

f f

dle.of the neck .of| the; Marr: inan roti pay

a new Retort; at the twelfth or fifteenth}

dijtillatioa, all che Matter will remaim ina)

seamed; and joynit again to the Feces,anc _ put the Oyl uponitagain that diftilled over; diftill as before. Repeat this fo often, rill nothing more sums \.diftillingevery time inh iy

with.a hole.in the middle through which the.

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f 3

neck, of; the Matr. may pafss,letthis:Zv rhe| 0, ftronger, than that below; »continue the ult

for fix hours:-Then,¢aft your fixed Matter |)¢) intosa Bathof Qey yieuy eo lhe

1) Sek eek

SSAG

Wy the

t¢

suters

Prepatac

ith

Cee

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WPreparution of the Powder, with whith Cla

|» dius de Montrouge;“and Abbot: Oberyeat | oPanis fixed 2 ofan

Hey melted Zivi:of Sulphur in'anearthen

Or ae et te Nee a ue,

‘Poringer, «thenothey fqueezed into (it hrough»'a’ leatheriZjy of 72 of «&lmadeof WRegulasof 3%, and ‘2 xmatei(the Sief iy5:withoutadditiomhad been: better, bur'they

nad none) ‘andwhilft.the‘one: {queezed ‘the ii):caritothe Sulphur, ‘the'other “kept ftirting |pontitivally with‘an Iron Spatul folong until he Ihe odid'no more*appear in the: faid Su!

wimohury fand that>-albcwas: converted tinto 4

jugetayifh Citrine Powder (the’colour is va-

juable,; according as:yourgovern the A;fomes Himes it will be redeltke'Cinaber.) *: @» Bo this! Powder sthey took 2}. of 'O in Dalx, and 2}. of ‘the Saleethat is foundin

ig) he: Porsiat the GlafsHoufes, which Salt they

piiffolved, | filtered5:and congealed # They izrinded:all: well together, the Powder, the

i, anchthisSalesPhen they put all into’ he Retort, and put uponit ZRXiV. of ‘Pood Oyl jmp Vitriol well rectified: vothis' Retort ( Bee

§)ng pucan Sand) ‘they:adapted a lar ge-Glafs-

) eceivers the janctaresbeing well luted, and

he lute dry theydiftilled by degreesof heat, jie tlatigavefiong A.o" Iniwas ten or'twelve Be

hours

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hours before the Oyl cameover.

All being|

cold) they broke, the:Rerort, and took out

the Matter:which, remained: in the‘ bottom;

which they did put intoa new Retort, :pouring upon it the Liquor with the flowers off

Sulphur which wereintheRecipienc + Then} Mt joyning {again the Receiver, and-Juting well; and thelute beirig dry, “they diftilledvas bes}

fore. ‘They-reiterated this Operation. twenty) ‘th tums, grinding every timethe!Matter, .and ji

joyning.it with the Liquorand:F lowers.)

. »Atuthe twentieth diftillation’,, >thesfmall ik quantity,of \Liquor that came overy:iwasrals |ts

pst

moft gli flegm:;: then they; took outthe‘Mats fil

into a Viol,..which they,ftopped veryiclofe, |} im

ter.that femaimed,in, thé/Retort, and put:at)| |

and kept 1t/in.a dry place; -becaufe: that’ fo| foon as it felt the Am, it grew. moift. 7 | Bs | With this Powder: they-fixed thei ® af & 9 y

’+

;

{

which being mixed withthe Calx of ;Oyand |} \

held inthe hand, .gtew?fo hot, that‘they

were not able-to,hold at: in ‘their; hands). ind.

more than apiece of Irom réd-hot}:as:every

oneof then: made Experience,2caftingnit ins fer

to @ Bafon full of 7, |which they had ftand4 | ai,

ing by,for, that purpdfeac2.»

{ow

lon

diy

deli

“‘Dhey. wrought the, faid Fixationyiq av 1%

Iron barrel of a Gun, thus;

They putabout: |) il

fixty; grains.of the’ aforefaid &) only:( bes

caufe,they had nomore )..intothe faid Bartelj "i pated :% i. -Te 24

a ee ee he OREO he etl M4:‘ -u - ::3"

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vithen they gave the A, firft above for two koylhours, and afrerwards below for one hour, tonkeeping that above always ftronger than that wiuy below 5 then they heard the faid ¥ begin to wsoroar, and make a noife in the Barrel; then

Thalithey caft into ita little more rhan one grain

wot the fixative Powder, wrapt up in paper; shgand then they continued the A for feven or eaerght hours, afcer which time they heard no amore noife at all; then they judged that the .. [Work wasdone, and let the A go our; and ithe Barrel being cold, they found about sdqWenty grains of good ©, which endured

Myigull the Trials of ©. wit} Edartman.) dss Relation ws of Sir K. clot bimlelf, owritten in the French Tongue. at {

Nd Proce/s to fix the Common & by the Salt of hs wrought by Captain. Liegler at Ments, and [ent me by him.

Vir hin an Iron pan, let it be red-hot, q then caft infome Sdlt, ftir it until it , impereduced to Powder; fift this Powder finely,

§ind that which will not go through the fize,

Bout be Calcined as. betore :Then edulco,@mjate this Powder with warm V7, and you ide hall have a Calx’as white'as Cerufe, which (ygpur into a Matrafs, and extract the. Salt out

Fie with diftilled Vinegar ( #. after three er E

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or four days digeftion,.decant the diftilled | Vinegar, and puton frefh ; digeft as before, | fhaking the Veflel often : Repeat this three | ;

or four times, or fo often, till the Sp. of Wy | i hath extracted all the Salt. ‘Then put. all § ;

your Sp. of V. together. and filter it,.. then

diftill ic off ma Retort, until you,fee the }; Salt of h remainin the bottom Itke deeps a

red Oyl, which being ‘cold, will be |white } hi

like Sugar-candy :.Grind this Salt, and. putj | it into.a Matrafsy and extract it with Sp. of | '

Se SR

V. as before. . Repeat this purificationthre

or four.times, and: you.fhall have a Salt, of | ” A well prepared for this Work.

An A: F. tobe ufed in this Work,

4] :

Ake Salt Ziv. Nitre t6j, mix them. well} =, together with tbij(s.of Powderof bricks; put all in a Retort,,and. diftill by graduas) ted A, forcing over the Spirit flrongly at) laft¢’/The diftillation will be performed im} fixteéen or, eighteen hours.

Take.

(| tt

feven parts, fine p. one, partg')

iHi th

make an évd, which put intoa Retort, and|be pour upon it fo much of the 4, F..as may, | i

Se sat

i et a

cover ata large fingers breadth: Let it;ftand | Y

Wij

une Fe|

”

sa »

fh Pn

twenty four hours, then, diftill ir an Sand | : when it is cold,, cohobaté the diftilled 4.F. | i upon itagain, and. diftall as before, Repeak |) chis

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Chymical. Secrets. sj this three or four times; then. break the Re-

f) tort,..being cold, ..and, takeout the aed, which grind to a fine Powder, .and ,pur it i in an Iron pan, and hold it over acoal A, i fuirring 1-continually with an Tron Rod;-un-

tg) | | ) :

tat be-almoft red-hot, and thatvat be converted inco.a red.Powder, like; red \srate, Takeof, this red Powder. two patts,.and of to.a fine Powder, . which put into, aMatrafs,

and digeft,itin Sand for eight days.; ‘Then

1 Oe — te ee ieee

Na ee a

the aforefaid Salt of Hi.one, part, reduce them

hog) US 1Lto.Coppel, and) you. thall have halt

ta your 444 fixed) intojfine,>.., I

Hart,When Sir, K.D. was at Franehfort in

| Germany, wherehe liveda year and half, in

§) the Year,i659. he, wentioften from Franck, §) fort to Adents. (being four German Leagues diffance ),..to Vifit.the Prince EleGorjthere: i Thea he converfed alfo.. with this Captain ji Ziegler, who, was.a famous Chymift,....And

A) When (Sir. Ky returned .to, England about the

i time of the Kings happy Reftauration, the

“i

faid Captain fent, him this. Procef$, written |inthe German Tongue,

RR at ae NN te ge SH a eg aNa ai a Pe

affuring him that

®) he. had.done it; He faid, that the 9 which ® he.got,, he put jto. feparating VY; and he

S\ had fome ©.our of ir.

He faid alfo, that

biB) he thought this Salt of h would fix.3,in © /i{the qaa-were made with © inftead of yp.

‘7

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A Work upon Cinaber, wrought by Monfieur Sauvage.

Ake Nitre and *, ana, which diffolve in Rain VY; filter and evaporate to drymefs: ‘Then grind this double Salt to fubtil Powder; take'a large Crucible; in’ the

ee a

bottom whereof puta bed of Quick-liméin

Powder,’ upon ‘that put’a bed of 'this: Salt, SFR gS ee SO xy scene ae

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Quick-lime to one of Salt.’ Cover the Crué. | with another, *without ‘iuting them><put |

this in aBakers’ Oven “after the Bread 1s drawn, let it ftand as long as there*is. any

cover it with another bed of Quick-lime the

fame quantity as before, taking two parts of

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heat in the Oven ;when the Over hath been | heated again, andthe Bread drawn, ‘fet it in again; dothis three times: Then keep at in a ftrong ‘A for fix hours, and being cold, | take it out, and put it into 'V, arid let it~ boyl-in’an‘earthen Pot’ eight or ten walms.

Then filter it hot,’ and evaporate‘to-a dry _

Salt, which putin a ftrong Bottle, ‘and’ keep ©

it clofe topped in a dry’ place: Then take two parts of thisSalt, and of Salt of ‘hone

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part, mix and diffolve them in diftilled Vinegar. Then take Cinaber, pulverize it, and make a Pafte thereof with the yolk of an ~’

ras

Egg;

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Ae inte i

| Egg; of this Palte make little Cakes inthe

fhape of the heads of Horfe-fhoe-nails ; make

ee RO em —

) them pretty thick,and put them in an earthen | Pot, pouring “upon them of the aforefaid

|diffolution, fo much as may cover them the |breadth of three or four fingers; boy! this

5 peu until it come to be like. Honey: Put more diftilled Vinegar upon the Cakes, and boyl it as before. Continue this: for

Fm A Ne A

) three days; then wafh the Cakes in fair V, te and you will find them fomething Metaltf lized. Filter theV, ,and evaporate to. a

‘Salt, which will, ferve again for the fame Iule, adding Salt of fh.

"Take of the fixed Salt without Salt of hh, any i and of good Venice Cerufe ana equal, parts,

|grind and mix. them well together ; then put

ec F

ia bed thereof about the thicknefs of a Crown, rinin into an Iron Box, then put a bed of Plates ld,} § of ') upon, that, and then the Powder again f\upon the >, the fame quantity as before; tin¥

§upon that put a bed of your lumps of Cina|) ber, then Powder, then Plates of », then the Powder again; and thus continue ftraHtifying until your Box'be full, the Powder.

i being the firft and laft: "Then put on, the cover of the Box, which you muft faften,

| and fecure it well with Iron hooks. . Thea you muft have another Box of Iron, made big enough to contain the firft, and that there E 3

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be the fpace of a fingers breadth between, J. at the bottom, onthe fides, and at the top $ J

the Boxés muft be {quare’, and you muft | have two Iron hoops made in the fhape, of a

Crown with crankles ; put one of*them into | thé bigger Box, turning the teethor crankles § , :x; ‘ 7

dowiwards, upon which-fet the Jefler Box; F put fome pieces of Tron on the fides,tokeep the léfler Box at an: equal diftance from the fides Of the bigger : Then put, of the other 9;

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;

A. Be A

and faften it with Iron hoops and wedges ta _|

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b, i

L-

hoop upon the 'leffer Box, keepitdown with | fome heavy thing whilft you pour.in fome nieltéd’h into the ‘bigger Box, fo muchas | may, coyer the leffer, Box a fingers breadth. | Then put on’ the’ cover of iho bisae Box,

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keep itclofe:, Then, the Box being yet-hor, put itinto an Athanor where the Avis kind: led, ‘let the’ Regifters be fhut, fothat there be but a very moderate heat} {uch as where you may endure your hand; continue the fitft degree for three days, “fo that all that while the h may be but melted, then increafe~ the heat ‘for three days mors; ; and fo in-

creafing the heat every third day, continue in all three weeks; thelaft thrce days the A

9 %

muft be very vehement,

“Then: let all cool,

dnd take out. your lumps, and reverberate them with very gentle heat for twelve hours,

'< ,

and they will be ‘of a whitith-cray colour. ,

ASSAY ON AAW

Then

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‘Then melt h ina Cruc, and caftthefe lumps

} into it, digeft this Matrer together for three days, ‘then purit to Coppel.

Note, that if

lh Mr ae tN te A —rn Smee

‘§ you caft this Mats into melted ), and digeft

| it threé days before you Coppel it, . you thal | have tore’ profit thanifyou telt it without ) digefting it.

ly, i le Ne ee a

~ Note alfo, that if you will continue your | Work,° you need not ule any more Plates of ), ‘but only the Cakes as they are, and be-

fore they are reverberated, fing them inftead of the ), being pulverized, and they

willbe the more fixed, and the profit will prove very con fiderable:

You muft have of » and Cinaber ana ZV}.

1 and of| the double Salt and Cerufe ana Ziv. Tintture of Mars.

)

Pray aad a *

Iffolve’ filings Of & in A. F. made of

ett

| the

Vitriol, Nitre, Allom, and Cinaber;

then pour upon this diffolution diftilled Vi-

chat negar, double the weight of the 4. F’. fhake it well together, and digeft in B. for three (a

‘PdIC

nu e0 {

i) days, then decant the clear, and filter it; evaporate it gently : ‘Then grind it with two parts of % «mate, Sublime the } from it four times ; then diffolve it again in diftilled

| Vinegar, and evaporate it gently; then dif)

age Ne ha “a ag ae tes a aa Ne ee A P.-E o

folve it in diftilled Rain V, and congeal i

gently:

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Chymical Secrets. gently: Repeat this laft folution till it isnot J corrofive upon the Tongue ; then in Ziv, of | Rectified Spirit of Vitriol diffolve 23..of this | Sulphur of &, and 31). of Sulphur of © made |

the fame way, except the frit folution of the | ©, which muft be an_4.R. made of Salt, |

Nitre, and Vitriol: mix thefe two lat folu- J tions together, and digeft im fimo, then cc-

agulateic gently, diflolve again. in Spirit of | Vitriol, and coagulate: Repeat this feven f times, and if any feces remain at laft, leave ful

aed a Sages rw COE ”

5 a

itagain, and gently coagulate.

ae , af

gare

, a r

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them out. Try. this Medicine upon,a hor Plate of p,ifit penetrate andtingeit througkly without fmoking, it is a fign of its. pei fection; but if ir {moak, you mutt diffolve

,= + a

+z i .

®,

3}. of this Medicine, .and when all is entre d and incorporated with the ©, caftic in In-

TRARY

PEE OETA or

|f al Jef

got, and you fhall have a Matter as: brittle - |r as Glafs, .and tran{parent like a dark Granade ftone, and fufible as h.. Then melt fine @.and fine ) ana, and project of this Medicine upon it, and you thall have pure e

Then mele)

33. of ©, and calt upon it by little and little Bs

VALS AS

Th 9 i; Bion Jy}

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To. frea quarter part of ) into ©.

hh — 1 ae Rte aete Oe

i) MYA Ake filings of » 3}. addmate it, with Ziv. of 9, put this g7@in a Retort,

il) and diftill off the %; take. the > and relis) adamate it with the diftilled 3 ; diftill.asibe-

hy iy a Na

‘Itore. .Repeat this three or four times,..and

tithe ) will be a Powder impalpable. .Take af) % and Cinaber ana 2j8. % mate ZB. grind ¢jand mix them well together with the D+ )Then =me) it with gentle heat, mix what {is <:med with that which remaineth in the bottom, and Sublime. as before. .Then rake both Feces and «xmate and mix it with Sul-

lt phur of 9 and Crocss Marts, and of a Re-

tte geules made of &, o, ‘and 9, anaZf.. grind red |all together witha litle'%. Then Sublime Ii-§jtt four times with gentle heat, adding every les time.a little %, becaufé it openeth the body it of 3 and 9, and uniteth them with the ). vet}! hen. grind all well together, and digeft it

ttwpin the following v7... ‘T'ake Nitre, Vitriol, ure sna Thy.8,Sulphur, Verdigreafe, and Aurie vigmestum ana Zy. Make an A..F. of pus, /.2. Or take common A. F. thj. diftill and cohobate it three or four times upon the aid Materials, giving ftrong A at lait: =

==!

Then put. your Powder into a Retort, and

our upon.it fo much.of the 4. F. as may : cover

ee te

eT On et Mk Oe a gg NE ©AY ee ee ge Seer tt ee ae BN nr te ee re ey

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53 Chymical Secrets. i cover it the breadth of three fingers, diftill |, : i) i

it off witha gentle A, then cohabate and diftill three or four times: Then put fair 7 ititd’ the Retort, and digeft for five or fix days) in Sand ; thén 'cvaporate to’ drynefs:

|fa ii, |) . "Ne

Then take Gut this Master ‘and pulverize it, ti aiid weigh i.

‘Then melt as much has you |its

hive Powder, and caft your Powdeér'upon it |

by parcels, meltiit with a ftrong A, then |

letit ftand in the A until the A' go iit of ft i Wi felf then take it’otir, and you 'will'find a” i)

EET GS DE Rae OPI Ne

LAs

Regul iin:the Crue which Coppel, and |

ther'put the D to feparating V, and you |k

ic are a fourth pate of fine o:

A Work wit ‘Bitter Uae

{ b a

"pHe Work, Which Monfieur Pipdaffit |

of Lyons communicated to P.\ 4 Dieu | domé, 18 to make'a Butter of & with's ‘Mine |

ral,vand 9 mate, naa tb). Of -this'take Zip. ()

FEU SON GN Se gh ei ateee NE SGE Gh a

i ay hea wee 1 i

anddigelbic in'a Matrafs fealed Hetmietically” invan' Athanor, and it will putrifie, °erowing | asblackias pitch; ‘then< pafs the-Colours: ‘That.done; take one part of ‘leaf 6, and three of this Powder ; grind them well to- | gether, and digeft as before, it will become black as at frit and’ ‘paf all the Colours,

‘i . " i

This.proportion of © tor ferment, you may

‘

divide into i feveral parcels, for fereral times, |)| ‘

fo || i

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> each Revolution will be fhorter, when the whole dofe of ©'‘hath fermented the firft a Roné = “Fhis product ferveth for fermént to

ch-Mmultiply in quantity and quality. “The P. spovroughe the firft part, and had perfect puVtrefaction, you! oe nie ‘| _ An Excellent fufible Salt. ae!

off ls |PS

‘bd

Oe a eh Se mee Ry:

tn Rly aN ae

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Bénin de‘ Beaune maketh his fulible Sale thus‘

Decrepitate

and Reverberate

Salt, phen diffolve it in far V7, filter and congeal. .Repeat all this Work four'or five ‘imes:. Being perfectly pure, diflolve it ‘ia Spirit of Vinegar, filter and congeal; re-

——

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peat this with diftilled Vinegar once again : hen it 18 perfectly fundant.

1 vy

ie aes i

Wi) =

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“Another fufible Salt:

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sTfolve Salt in Rain V, filter ‘and con| geal; when the VY is almoft evaporai ited, and that the Salt falls to the bottom, es

en Na lee ey Sta ey me lg ag = eo NN a

take it Otic with a wooden Spoon by little and Mlittle, “until the V is exhaled: Grind, this’ ill ee aa OP

pSalt (béing very dry), and reverberate it i

i an Earthen Veffel clofe luted; lét the Vet-

fel be red in the A, but the Salt muft.not jmelt; fo foon as you fee the Vellel red, let

ff it ftand until the Aisgone out : "Then grind eg

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hus it and reverberate it as before; diffolve and| | . congeal as before. Repeat this until it is}pees

perfectly fundant. Note, that. you mutt pe F Z ne i. not decrepitate your Salt.

i An Operation with a Martial Regulus of ‘| aurougit by Monfieur ‘Toyfonnier.

HH’ made a yellow Martial Regulus thus:b a4

IE FR SST hw

SABA

Ignifie Ziv. 3 of Nails in -a Crucible, j then put upon it Zviy. of good &, and give | ftrong O in. a wind Furrace, to make all melt well, which;to promote, " calt iff fome | Salt-petre, then caft it in an & Horn, pa |

feparate the Feces from the Reg.

IgnifeZij.

of Nails more, and caft’ thereon the Feces (this Work mutt be done prefently. after the |

firft) adding Salt-petre to make. all mele|

a a4 a

AY A Et" Suh

well and clear: Then caft it ina Horn, and feparate the {cories fromit, and wafhit clean; it will be firft white, but after.a day or two will be yellow. within as well as without, Take of this Reg. and of D, ana: Zp,

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melt them well tagether (he poured alittle _ ¥ in them.when they were near ready. to con; geal, and ftirred with an Iron Rod, but the| Mafs took in little above 3}. of 9.) Bearit to | Powder, add to it Sent or ten parts of 9,— and grind exceedingly till: they incorporate,

( which required about twelve compleat hours, ~kA =

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yours, often heating the Matter and Inftru;pents.) “Then fqueeze. away fo much 5; n(gaat there remain only fix parts; digeft ir nree days in Sand by degrees, ar laft, very ot, Put the remaining Calx to ‘Coppel f vith four charges of h, adding a little trefh }} ) to make it work better. Put the Mafs,

te ae mtr rye

Ry Na a a hy a

# depart, and you fhall have twenty fix

hs ft. of good ©.

Hartman.) The {aid Monfieur T oyfonier vas Sir Kenelm’s Operator; he iwas a -) tench-man, and a very able Chymift, Sir - ii. Drought him over with him from Paris, | 660.

Butter of & to Extract the Tincture of ©.

AY ahd

of & fix weeks or two

Months, and then put it upon.a-well

vou pened Calx of ©, and digeft it, and the

“yy. will extra& the Tin@ure of ©, which % ligett, ere.

;

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Intim given at ly Tofiz,), ht ate), me.thme. he enwroug who s,told. Friend, into.Q ii], | as followeth, taking brs hints, opt of Luk)”

ly ’sExpersmepts.

Abt

TYE. made 2 Mercurial 7, as he teacheth,|* by. his. Veffel wath three Boulsin threg Furnaces (which Mercurial V wall returg)

again into runniag ¥ after-a lirtle digeftion) and to this. he put fome pure white Sale As. "Tartar, and.fome .3..s-tate,. that had bey),

a ek Bie tele eh a hk ie Rar”

Seated by it felf with three or four singh digeftion; and fome Calx of ) exceedingly "Re well opened, and very firbul: This he dil gefted a good while, ..anc drew off the Vi) of and cohobated feveral,times, after which he, é

“~

did put fome Tinctare of & unto it, ant four; ; qadd,.an-thy digefted and.cohgbated: anew

ehdhe found :almoftall the > conyerted ing

of J,

©,. that ‘endareth, all Tryals, bun it. wasi little pale, Jz. Lully, you, may find Direct

Spout =a>es) iSa

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Pos

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—™SSLas)

~ eo)cc ~opmfayr— <j we ™|

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yl,

Which

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Berve for a Menftruum of Alcaheft to difelve

and ). .Weigh well what Lully, (ith of

M ez e things.

/Mallusbas Procefs.to fix. D: Wrought by Mops ) ii

feutr. Ferrier; 3

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and

piven ne.

Rh le OU: ae lg ty =O aN ee mee ye

byz bit 9 -

1 “Ake an 4. F. made of equal parts.of.

"BL Vitriol and Nitre, pour of it upon Sulphur and %, aaa (four parts of. 4, F‘oone of Powder ) diftill it off to dryriefs,

and make Sublime what will. Melt Ziv.of “4-5, calt upon. it 28.of Subliméd’Sale when The ). isin, good. fufion s,After it is entred

pcinaaege

pealkin Ingot, melt again, and. project anew fPacket of Salt;,doimg all as betore: Do this

“Wrour times, fo {pending 43}. of Salt upon Ziw, of D,.... Then put it.au ‘depart. a +

|. ||

. To. fix.) by a Mercurial Water.

Ake Mercurial Water by‘means of an!

Earthen Retort that) hath ‘a Pipe! or 4 Spout behind in the upper’ part,; through

“Byhich pyou caft in the. 8 when the Retort is

L jed-hor,

Take of this 7% (well rectified}

ffi parts, and one of ‘a well re@ifed:Oyl of (a MWVitriol ;.diftill, chem together, till they. be iaigerfectly united; -chen take of this AfenFrau

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ftruum ten parts, and ohe of a well Calci-. he, wre SWOT

ae ee

ried ©; digeft them together in a Matrafs (Sealed Hermetically) until the © ‘is well: diffolved: Then take it out, and put the | Matter into 2 low Cucurbite, ‘and diftill un= til tthe drops come Acid. Then let it cool,= § and put the Matter into a Matrafs,. Seal it fit, Hermetically, and digeftin an Athanor, un=_ JA},

tilit be perfectly fixedinto a red’ Powder. a5 . 1 RR eg ey” Te rg

Monfieur Bertault’s Tincture of © by Venus.

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ifc of

‘Take Sulphur and: Borax, ama, melt them — together three'times, grinding the mat-

terevery time; then melt © and 9? ‘ana,

and’ caft upon them of the faid Compofition, until the? be reduced to s uftum; then caft in Ingot,

and beat it-with a Hammer,

caufe the-es uftum to {cale off from the ©. Then nielt: this © again, and project as be- | fore. Repeat this three times, and you fhall | havea’ © asred as blood, and this Tinéture wilhold the Teft.

Note, that when you beat your ©; if you: fee thatthe zs uffum do not all fale off front’ | the ©, you muft melt it again, and project more of your Compofition until it come all off in fcales, and’be all feparated fromthe'O, which it ought todo at every time. To

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ee Or eer ye

PTR from 3 -xmate a Spirit, wherein 5 | diflolve an dad of ©-and % into a tl white Powder, which digeft in. Aghes until uit be as red as Cinaber: Then diflolveit.in iWi4..R. into a red water, which reduce again to. Powder, which project upon ).

Na ae ly a i ~

;

; § 4 &

;

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flolve Zi. of © in A. Ry and> Zi. of ». in A. F.. Preeipitate them, and m§then’ unite them togethers, and. diftill their Spiritual Effence, which by degrees of heat

ix into a Blood-red Powder, which tingeth

atiaD..1nto ©.

ot:

by Monfieur Chambulan, wad given me ;

in.a Pot clofé luted;

flolve. it inflegm of Brandy, filter,

{@ind.evaporate ; Calcine iit again as before, iffolve'and congeal as _befote. Repeat all

Mus Work four or five time’, or until it leave am f

;

; s

tt ;

Ake Thi}. of good) Salt of: Tartar; Cal. cine.it, fo that it be glowing hot. for four hours,

{

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Opidn Operation with © and 3 ofS: Wrought

by him,

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no'more Feces in the filter: Then Calcine this Salt again for fix hours, and then pul-

verize it whilft it is yet hot, and put it in a

largé Cucurbite, and pour upon it by hittke and little of good Naats rage fo much as may cover it the breadth of; O four fingers, |

cover it with a blind head, or with another —

Yi “A i= ae 5=\ .2jaaeg i: SG AY ee re DET AI Fg Ta Pe. eS :BeANin

“9

ek a

aso yc

Cucurbite, that may enter into it, lute well the junctures, and digeft in warm Sand for| | fix days; then put on a ‘head with a Limbeck and a Recipient, and diftill-over with }wi a gentle heat all the S./. then let it cool,”

VE LL bs b

‘p

and pour on frefh Brandy, digeft, and diftill as before. Repeat this Operation fives): or fax times, or fo often till your Salt of Tat? |w tar remain in the bottom like ared and tranf | | parent Oyl, which: will be very fiery and} 1

penetrating, reducing all Metals: into runs ning &, being firft duly prepared;keep this

;

tk ‘a Ee ‘a

Oy! clofe ftopped.

Then take thviij. of the Afhes of burned }

Vines, whereof make a ftrong Lixivium} ty

with tbxx. of fair v7, then in fbxij. of this!) th

Lixivium ; diffolve Tb. of Salt of "Fartat,|Cy

filter this diffolution, and digeft it in Sand) ft,

Ek DAS OE beak \

with a ftrong A for fome ume; then caft i into it thy. of Regulus of 8, that hath been! !\,

melted and purihed fix or feven times with!) },

Tartar and Salt-petre, and then reduced to} to

a fubtil Powder: Make it boy! for fix hai gta until)

7h eek ®

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untillthe Lixitinm be very red and finkin gs

thenolet,it' fettle ahd cool,

and decant the

clear, iandiwath the'Powder with, fair: VY; then-dry \it,.,and ‘grind it upon a ftone, :imbibirig at with the red Oyl of Tartar before

es ~at

a=—— is ae ”

ape Sai ae cee orc cee

Sana — ins «€3 =— —7. =£—_

ee Aa A et

Mentioned, ‘until ir be like:a Pap, ‘then dry

it, and imbibe it againy ‘and grindas before. Repeat: this fo: often till the Powder hath :taken in:double its weight of the faid Oybof | Tartar::"Then put this Matter in a Body

it) witha blind head, lute well alk-the junctures,

wll ‘and digett in fimo. for twenty days; then i) take it out, and you will find your, Powder

aon Se ae er 2ce oo ae aaa SS

@) Converted into running §, which wash well | with hot, then: with Salt’ and Vine-

| par, and! then with fair V7, ‘then {queeze at through Chambo-leather. .Then take Ex. | of this

of %, and Zx.of Common & that

@| hath been diftilled over ina Retort with Tarvig)

j tar and Quick-lime, and then wafhed with Salt and Vinegar; ‘mix thele two Mercuriés

Together and {queeze them throu gha leather,

Sy Pg a NN te gee rg ty a Ne le a

ffl then put them in a Cucurbite, lute anoth er

§) Cucurbite upon it, and digeft in fimo for ® fifteen days, then put: a head to it wiih a §) Limbeck, and diftill in Afhes, andvall the

ym Common & will diftill over drop by drops

gal

Ys andthe 8 of % will remain in the bot-

pycom like a clear Oyl, and will be of a fragi Brant {cent: Redtifie the 7 in Afhes, and yf i

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keep the Oyl witha ftrangerD in Sand, and ©, — | 0f Zij.. melt n “The s» elve them by'themf |1 beat andj: of :y, then caft-in Ingot, and» and wwinto leaf, or reduce it into fine filings,

na 9 ip makelan aaa with S,-diftll this aaa * J4( then ; over lled difti Retore until all-the!SJ thy st upon pour and: afs, put this¢2a in a Matr

| i, Sy Jof! the Mercurial Water before-menall 2]hy

s “qidnéd £Digett in, sandvinia» few hour ina on luti willibe diflolved..’ Put this difo

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having Retort; Jute a Recipient to it, and , and Sand in: lk difti s, Juted -well the juncture s; Fece k blac few a pt’ exce all will daftill over diM. : in'B eat le-h gent a with, dephlegin it Take filling until nothing more come over. of om bott the: of that which remairiech in Mag: ftron ina it put rhe Cucurbite Ziv.

a he aela

le RAA RA BRAN \8A aX cA :

of traf, and put to it Zviij. of your Oylof % p Lam a with 1t lt dige and ’ well, 2 1Seal it :be ~D in) Afhes, and im fourty days all will Mathe out fxed-into a red ftone; ‘then take will mele a cold place intoa rediftone.

Ferme %,

ae te eT Na GEES FT Th On ca Sen De eo Uh Be enue al gthel Thhe A, WA SER VE By

]4), | (ui * te ine

Sand to | 9, trafsy-and pur: ic to fkrong dvin and all}... s, hour four ty) Sublime it for’twen like'an Oyls:-which wall congealin |

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Ake Ziv. of this,red: ftone;~ pulverize it;

t]) ~ and ftratifie it with 3}. ot © in deak be-

4) tween two Crucibles well luted;.put,this to

08) a Circulary, A. by degrees for fix-hours,

ig &

)

i) Bhai Ve

&¢

’

‘) ®

i & 1 ll him:

i} then cover it with Coals, foithat it may melt

+) and unite well together :;Proje 2}. of. this

| | Powder upon 3x. of boyling 3 (well puridicine, which will project upon great quan| tity. of -8, tran{muting it into fine.©,

tl |

Elixir.of.

QO, and §.

ah iy

e |"TP Ake good Mineral.8;; mortifie it ;with.ra-

Wir) —>. .dicated) Vinegar; : then ..\feparate its

do \Quinteflence with... pure..|§; V... With... thar

ap Quinteffence diflolve, 3 duplicatumof &, that i both, become an Oyl,.,.which unite with a Meg {abril Calx. of ©,, and, bring them, to an in-

iti combuftible Oy), ,which will. tranfmute: &, de

Nt Nl lt Ae lg Ly te A ey, Nt et

jato ©.

au |

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;) Iffolve S° (well purified by ) in A.R. 1 J then yeduce it into a blood-red Oyl with'radicated Vinegar, and Fartarifed' S. / "Ther with this Oy! imbibe‘a natural Sul-

phtir of), ‘and fix'them by graduated A. This'is a high! Projection upon’). ~

‘Elixir Album:

ae ak al eer eh ek Oeik i<" -

ay at et a % ‘ as 33

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PR ENOTES SE ENE BNI A Ws

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YUblime 8 ‘three ‘times from Vitriol and Salt-petre, then in hot Sand fix 1t fo, that in ftrong heat it may hot rife, which may be performed in three weeks time: ‘T’hen Cal.

cind!it’in’ a dlofe! Reverberatory “A, ‘and it will be'¥eady for folution,” ‘Then'take the Water which diftilled over in Subliming the ita little %, and’? ssmates | olve Sand diffin with this" folution ‘nix ‘Caltined Vitriol to the thicknefs'of Honey, digelt 22 fimo one

and twenty days: hen’ diftill by degrees a little at a time (for it yieldeth a very fiery

Spirit ) let the Recipient.be large. When all is come over that will, re€tife it; then in this Spirit diffolve the afore-faid fixed 2, foisthe Menftruum prepared.

Then take a white Calx of %, pour upen it fo much of this Adenftruum as will ! hk COVie

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cover it, let it land eight days as before:

Repeat this till the Calx will takein no more of the faid Menffruum, then let it {land tll at become firft black, and then white, Sub-

;

liming it felf above the Caput Mortunm , | from which carefully feparate the white, and

that is Sulphur nature ‘fous, which put in‘aSa el er 2S

toa little Matrafs and fix it, ( which may

ate By Ht Oe Re Tete rn

13 “.

Tote aaa re a ee ir

‘) alfo be done by frequent <:mation ) “make alfo Sulphur natur@ ) in the fame manner,

) and with the fame Menffruum, which. dif-

}) folve into Oy! in B, with which imbibe the i faid Sulphur nature ‘ove until it be fufible,

ee pee et ipcicmreranenste Scapnsuenegs eee =e SR Se SS Rae RS enema en eh Spb ape

os >ee Ee a

8) and then it will tranfmute 4 into ». Elixir Rubrum:

Ake Vitriol of 2 well: purified by Solutions.and Coagulations, unite it with Laquor’of

} ssmate and &, then diftill a

Ml) x7 from it in Afhes; then having ftood (cold) §) twenty four hours, diftill more Vv from it. §) Repeat this until the remaining Matter be ) well broken ;then joyn all the diftilled wa) ters to it again, and digeft it in fimo tor 40 © days: Then

diftill its Spirit, with which

i! imbibe the remaining Earth; dry it with a 5) gentle heat, then imbibe again, and dry as )) before: Repeat this till the Earth hath im-

bibed all its.7.

‘Then diftill it, and you

F 4

fhall

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Sulphur,

‘which keep tapart.

Repeat the imbibition and, diftillation, ‘till no more Sulphur will afcend; withthis Sul. phur imbibe half its weight of the: %, put them. into a Matrafs, which ‘Seal Hermeti-

cally, and fix themtogether ; and this Work mut be repeated :four times, every! time with the fame proportion of ‘the faid:Philofophical ©.) "Then fix this Matter ima’Vet-

ane .~

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fel Sealed Hermetically by. degrees of ‘A; and all.the colours will appear one after ano=

ther, until at become’ whites: and laftly, to

an incombutftible red. | , Take one part of this red Powder, caft it

co’ .5i 4 4 ES a

or, ae =— a =

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upon ten partsofSublimed 9, fet it to pu-

trifie for thirty days, and it will become Oyl,: which being |/Proje@ed upon boyling 2,» Wall tranfinute ‘it into pure ©. The faid red Powder being infufed. in. Wineover Night, ‘and :drank in the Morne ing, Cureth moft Difeafes in Mans Bady.

The beft way to, Extrath tbe Bof9!

VEaVa\s GOT SIN PS Sa eeSR shee GE OE rg

. Ublime Flowers of %-after Glauba’s:way,

In great) quantity, «in cafting!the! gan Powder. upon: kindled ‘Coals'in, a»Furnace with many Pots oe pon another,’ wherein +\ Beek Al Se

the. Flowers féttle:

“The Flowers which are

Fon

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|them:be well kindled’ before ‘you caft inthe 6, that the Flowers may ‘be pure and white;

ere eee nee

then’’caft in the % through ’a holey* which

mutt be on the fide of the'cover: And thus

you fhall Sublime ‘t6j:ofF lowersinan hour

(Seethe fire Figure.) ef ASK The Procefs teacheth'to fet fifteen.or fixe teen Pots:one «upon ‘another; but!Fthiak five or fix may do as well: i 1904 : ee

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Soap arid Salt of Tartar: Thofé that are in

The? Furnace’ mutt be round, and well made every where, then fet a cover upon it like a’ Funnel, and’ the |Pots upon? that; then fill the Furnace’ with Coals, and let

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black) Soap. .Thofe inthe middle, by black

: ry

oh a rat

} Retort with two parts of Soot, and one of

) the lowermoft Pots, by Soap only, with a })little Salt of Tartar, not much, left it fhould teduce the Flowers into Regulus.

Gl ¥

Pin the-laft or higheft Pots: muft be received | into running 8, by diftilling them in a | i

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Aik

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Whit j a | a{ Hee Bit

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| Dee filings of hin A. F, one pare, J and fair V two parts, Precipitare-thé Calx with Sale of Tartar, then add crude Tartar to this Calx, and boyl them togepher along time; atlaft, revive it with hot mY, andyou fhall havea fluidand running &, =e

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In the fame manner you may procedd with

To make a Minera of & of Antimony, ad | bi iG | Infinitum.

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de of the, revived fromthe Flowers above-mentioned Zviij.. Sublime it | with Salt’ and Vitriol) according to Art: | Then take of this: ¥./Sublimate and é in |

| fine Powder, equial parts, mix them well to-g | givin f, thereo Butter a diftill gether, and

géntle fire for four hours, then diftill with a wall diftill in great:}) {trong fire,» andthe. quanuty.|. Note': that when the Butter is”

to } cotheover, (before you increafe the fire

Res | drive over the %jlyou mutt change the-wate t | \ of full her anot on ing putt cipient, | s Cina the imipregnated with» ¥i)> "Then take

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ber-and-mix it with; black Soap.and‘a little }} Salt of ‘Tartar; then diftill,,and:you fhall }j have near the whole quantity in running &, |

& ?

|) That which remaineth in. the bottom is the | Lixte a trueSulphur of %, of which make Sub |}, vium with’ 7, «and Precipitate ‘the

phur. nicl? oe

}}‘% Ew : ‘7 ;:

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D Another way to Extrad the % of Antimony i|

by an A: R.

)

Given me by Monfieur Car-

ton.

ey.

of the firft boyling withia { | | Ake| Salt-petre ra mae, 4 Vittiol

. OUl Fenning it any more, and

ef.

Y itrio

and %, wheéreot make 4. ‘R. ‘after the Durch way of making 4.°F: ‘where they put ‘an hundred pound of Matter into a large Tron

Pot with a large earthen head, to which they joyn-a large ftone-receiver or a ftone

—

Pitcher: The jundtureésall well: luted ‘with Wa dute made of Sand, Quick-lime, ‘and’ Wa-

iter: “They gave A by degrees; ‘at laft' very

ftrong; the diftillation will be performed in twelve hours. out the 4.R.

Then let all’ cool, ‘and: take Note, that ‘in diftilling ‘this

A. R. if your Recipient: be riot very large,

it willbe needful to” keep wet Cloaths

doubled upon the Rec. to abate and con-

iAidenfe the violence of the Spifits.

Then. take § Minetal-in fine Powder ,

‘d

Pep putSweet-meats into large Jar-glafles, they |keep thin in, which fuch are asas large | Hat the top as at the bottom: You mutt have H many of ‘thefé Glafles,: but ‘put not too much

})into one Glafs; pour a*good quantity of the

R above-mentioned upon’ this S35 ftir

Pand fhake them well together ‘by turning

meth

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the Glafs in yout hands ‘(feveral times a }}

day),for ten, twelve, or fitteen.days; keep= |

ing the Glaffes .flightly) covered,.with a wooden cover: Andif you put thefe Veffels: §

to digeft in fome gentle heat, it will be the §f

better.

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omecale?

Nofe,, that. the, Secret; confifteth in well opening’ the body of,.the,6 sby|.the.w4, R. | And therefore when the time of the digeftion | is eaded, and that -youfee the, 6, 1s-diflolved; or reduced into.a white Calx at the bottom, |"

ftir it well together, that.the 4..R, which 1s

at. the top, may; become as white as Milk:

Then. pour.,off.:this white Liquor, @which |

re a

containeth init the. Atomes of. the. 4, ;which

are very. light, ;and.are; eafily raifed. in. the _

A. R...and are well opened) and, let-st.fettle, . until all'tlre white Atomes are fettled to, the bottom,..and that; the..4..R. be.clear at the}:

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top, .which decant and put it back upon the | +, where you poured it off, which was’ not | diffolved ; ftir-it.and digeft it as before,then decant the white:Liquor as before, ,Repeat

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gat a

y §.

this.until you have reduced all. the, & into.

| sgetllteal

Atomes or white Liquor:. ‘Then, put all your white Liquors and diflolved.& together with the 4. R..into.a Retort, and diftill frft |

ee’ * ae w

all the A. R.. with.asgentle heat, until you

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fee the. x almoft dry, .but.not hard nor quite | dry. ‘Then change, the Receiver,. putting — on

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Won another large Ballon of Glafs with four

lor five quarts of \V»impregnated with bj. of .%: »Diftill -by ‘graduated: 4 for eight ia hours, then: put fomercoals about the Retort upon the Sand; give at laft very vehement |A above and below, for four hours:more;at

RE thee Hp ae ay: i At Tete “hy =

Hl, is a a a

ilaft, as vehement as poflibly may be, and jyow fhall: fee the Ree..filled with: white jfumes, which will revive into running & in

ithe water in the Recipient, and part of thefe *Miwhite fumes will become «a thicker ‘fubiftance,

like melted’ h, «and part like Aer-

f 'hy 1

;

“i Weurius vite; but of what-confiltence foever

‘. ithey:arey you may eafily revive them all in-

jto running’ §, by wafhing them im warm }water.

}

ch -The & of fis made in the fame.manner, .pbut in.greater quantity, taking Oarof ht | inftead of % Mineral.

;

Zo Extrad the © of 3, orof h. Wrought feveral times by Monfieur Van Outre,Phy | fician of Bruflels. |

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Ake Antimony Mineral, (or a Calx of h) in-fubtil Powder, imbibe it with “fy Spirit of Salt until it be like Pap: Digeft Wp it feven or eight days, or longer; then difill to drynefs: Then change the Recipient, ;

putting on another filled wits VY, impregnated

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nated with %:) Diftillit gradually ( a, and) you fhall have running’ @. 1h! Sir Kenelm.) » The ‘Extraction 2-upon' the fame Foundation as that which Monfieut

Corton gave me, with an A.R. which he\

hath done often. |

1a rea

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Butterof & without Sublimate, to Extra \ikil Qof 3b. | 4}impre |

finn

PaAke é one part, Salt decrepitated two), parts, and Vitriol Calcinedto whitenefs|

four parts; reduce ali into a fine Powder, mix them well together, and caft them by’ herle and little into a Retort red-hot throug’ T a Spout in the upper part of the Retort, as! Glawber.teacheth ; or diftill it ina Glafs Res| tort luted, in anaked A, and you fhall havé |f ( a Butter like unto that which is made of Subs }jp;j limate. ae 1 \y

oe ee ES SE EP a NP gt

faa ER tb Be Sh AA. WAU Ue ek : ag

2i)eek :: ‘

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Note, that you may rectifie this Butter} sa age Operations with Soot and Coalé §thy uff:

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To Extract the 8 of & with ths Butter , proceed thus.

Recipitate this Butter with warm Y,,then

a a ee

)8 dry the Powder, and mix it with one |patt of black Soap, and two parts of Soor; Udiftil in a Retort into a Recipient full of V7 hmpregnated with #, and you fhall have a irunning &, which is the Spermsa of & of g.

Another way. |YP Ake the Precipitated: Powder of the a|“" fore-faid Butter of 8; and dry it gently,

Rqithen mix it with Ziv. of Tartar, and Zvnj. Hof Quick-lime, and 3ij. of % ; diftilf this gin'a Retort /°a.

}

Note, that the Calx of y, and that of }

| 7 may be Precipitated with Butter of &, and

Hithen a running ‘2 may be diftilled from them. To Extra a 2 out of |

| Dee yin AR. and then Precipi-

J tate it with Spiritof Urine, or with a ‘diffolution of % diffolved in diftilled Vineia and it will attract what there is of 2 i

in .

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in the , and the remaining Calx of D is yom K

the running %, which is tranfmuted into ©

by the Sal Enixe.

Another way to, Extrad the 8 of .&.

Ake th. of & in fubtil Powder, boyl itin a Lixivium made of Quick-lime and Pot-Afhes,.

Ict it boyl for two.hours,

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then let it fettle, and decant the clear; then. put more Lixivium upon the 6, boyl it as before. Repeat this fo often tll there be no _| more Sulphur in the. 6, which you may know by pouring ‘diftilled Vinegar into the

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decanted Lixivium, when-there Precipitates: no. more Sulphur, .or_when.it changes no | thore. ‘Then edulcorate well the refidue of the 8, and dry it, then grind it with Ziv. of Salt of Tartar, and as much of ¥, and

ho er ae

‘y

‘ 4 S f

Zviij. of Vitriol; .put this to Sublime with a

gentle O: at firft, and at, laft very ftrong. |

t|<

A for feven or eight hours, artd all wall be, Sublimed. HE |

Make this Sublimate, and mix it with | equal weight.of Quick-lime, diftillit in a”

Retort into a Recipient almoft full of V impregnated with %, and you fhall-havea running @ of $. Inthe fame manner you may. Extract. the § of h, taking Calxjok h inftead of. 3. «tit: 6s aa

ae oo, le .\s ;4ye bs a », a4ad = a

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Mercury

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ee a a Be

—t ¢ 4

pee Salt of. Tartar,,, and Powder of

Pebble-ftones, mix them, well together, and caft them upon burning Coals, and there will a{cend:a Spirit,: which mutt be received,

§ ewhich hath a Vertue to-convert the Calx. of §) Metalsinto running, §, . ,

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| A great Secret, 3 .of S,..and other, Met als, ad infinitum. Fiver ates

| Ba |

Ene:

Sof &, Sublime ic with Salt_and

Vitriol in. the ordinary manner,

§ out Calcining, the Materials..

with-

‘Take of, this

|S mate, and gin Powder, ava;

.difhill a

i Butter thereof: Then take the Cinaber, and

| grind it .with thar which refteth in the botNtom-of the Retort, and diftill.a.& thereof; § which will: ferve for the like Work... Let

| the Butter refolve in the Air into a Liquor | upon a Marble ftone, or. upon Glafs in 2 itis) moult place, then. pour of this Liquor upon Psina Cucurbite;

digeft. in Sand for two

days, then, -diftill it, and, there wall. come rea §) over.a red Oy! with the flegm, which 1s the

Sulphur, or 3 of 3, or a natural. Oyl of yo) |S: For if you.leave this Menfirnum with

Bthe Oylin the open Air for two or. three

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may

hours,

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Neco te Ri — Mg ld Nl lag an PR ag ee ay tN Bien am i lh aae a Cg NN i aA le

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hours, the Oyl will Precipitate to the bot-

“Yo

Mix this red Powder

| Pe

tom inared Powder, which will burn like

common Sulphur.

with two parts of Soot, and one of Soap, put it in a Retort, and diftill i, “and/t will

Soak VM -IL aee

7My %2

revive into tunning 9, which will diftill into the Rec. which miuft be almoft full of 7 : | : impregnated with %. In the fame manner you may'alfo' Extract

Bes VE

% out of other Metals, mixing this Oy] with

ee Sa ee

their Calx, Soot andScap. ‘The faid Aden+ ffruum will {erve again, putting it upon new é Extracting new Sulphur from the fame,

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or réd° Oyl, which Precipitateth into Sulphur, as was faid, or into running’§ ‘by Re= vivification. And in this manner you may thdke 4 perpetual Minera of 9 of &, ‘and of other Metals, ad infinitum. — ~~

‘Note, that other Metals muft'Be tn ‘very

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UA Ba Ae BRR vi

Oe Tp

fubril Calx ‘well opened, that the faid A4enfrruum may act the better upon them. Note,that if the Salt of the Earth be well | take Extracted, and reduced to a Salt Enixe ; | to wonderful Operations may ‘be done with it; hen —

dndif you take of this Salt Enixe’and of Vi- into triol, and make a2 Sublimate thereof ‘with }Stine © of &, and then‘a Butter of ‘this 2 «mate

eek: Bee eee A

emia Se thie aes TNT ee SST a ;e

and & Mineral, ‘and joyn this Butter with and one part of the Lunary Butter, ‘made as was 1 fl gught,and with that make a diffolution of ©; : you

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8? you will have an Aurum potabile, and ati univerfalMedicine ; and’ without doubr'a Powder of Projection upon bafer’ Metals,

This Matter is an admirable Chalybs or Magnet of the Spirit of ‘the World, being expoz fed'to'the' open’ Air for'fome time, and then put in’a'Veffel, and’Sealed ‘Hermetically,

ie Re Oe ee —

ee Na BN

and ‘digefted for fourty days (or fifty) you

will’ fee? fitch. effects | as will promife a

happy futccefs, and yet better, af you add the Sulphur of © drawn with Regula of S : But this requires ‘the'Conduét of an able Operator. | Zo ‘prepare the Cotimon 3; fo that it will have al the Qualities and Propesties of

2 of &, and-will be as Powerful 'to Volatilize ©.

i’

A. Malgamate thi. of & with tbj. of 4; thus? Melt the # in’a Crucible, then

| take it off from the A, and being neat ready to congeal, pour the 3 upon it, and ftit tj) thern well together with a flick, then caft it ¥) into fair Y. Then with thefe tbiij. of ada ith) grind Titjof flings of «o; and thuy. of &, | and all being well-mixt, put it in a Retort, ith and ‘diffll over all the ®% into a Recipient

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‘Another Excellent Preparation and Animation of 2.

TiAke of Martial Regulus of 2% 3iij. and "

Regulus, which pulverize, and then grind it with common & ,then diftill at feven times,

and you fhall have a° 2 very pure, and fit exit eetes _, for any Operation

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Another way.

Bem

A Malgamate t68. of 8. with thy. of % . in.a. Crucible, .and being cold, grind with it 1b. of filings of &.,, Fhen diftill over the & witha ftrong A.

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fH a

Anot her.

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Rind § with &,Quick-lime,andTar- |) tar, then diftill it.

Anot ber. UM DRUM CALE

"T Ake > one part, Regulus of & two parts, ",

melt them together; then reduce jt in=

to very fine Powder, which grind and ddate with %, then diftill feven tumes. ©» Anot ber.

AS 9, :

ee =d2 bM) 4\ AL Rh ;» to PREBLE LEE ete wR SINE ATS Sr SES gre ILO

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Another.

® with Sulphur ‘in the form of a

Cinaber, then add Salt of Tartar and

|) Soap, to the confiftence of a Pafte, whereof ) make little Balls, which diftill in a ReH

lag iy Hp i APN iMink lt Ne a ae sr

tort.

About a particular Spirit of Nitre. } )

YT is not a common Spirit of Nitre, ‘but Bit is a Spirit, which by many cohobations and: dittillations rendreth its own Body Volatile in the form of Snow, which melts with the lea{t heat, and iscongealed by cold ;

and that isthat Acetum acerrimum,which diffolveth all Metals, and reduceth them to )their firft Matter, and perfeét Metals being diffolved therein, will be coagulated, and perfectly fixed, which will change other im) perfect ones into perfect by Projection. |) Take >and 2, 9... aadte them togeea aS

i\ther, then mix this 4¢@ with half its weight

Hof 2 :xmate, then put it in a Retort, and })pour-upon it of our Acid Spirit, and the sts, S|Matter being well diffolved therein, diftill it §iand

cohobate upon: the remaining Body fo

aflHjoften, till all the Mattér be converted into a. G 3 Volatile

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Volatile Spirit, and nothing remain in the bottom; that which doth not afcend, muft be made Volatile: Then diffolve that Vo-

latile again in more of our Acid Spirit, and diftil and cohobate {o often upon that which femaineth in the bottom until all be fixed

again, and this fixed; Matter. render again Volatile, and the Volatile fix again, until

it be tingent and penetrating, and bea

fu-

fible Salt abiding ai the A.

You muft have the Spirit of Natural fue

fible Salt, which is the Principle of: all Me-" |

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tals, Vegetables,

and Animals;

this Spirit

being purified and -re-united with its Body (alfo purified)renders its Body Volatile, and e

uniteth it {elf unfeparably with it, and bes | cometh a Volatile: fufible Salt: like Butter, which congealeth béing cold:

‘This Butter

diffolveth all Metals, as warm YZ diffolveth Ice,and-is the true Matterof the:great Work, and the! Philofophical ©. |

To prepare the Univerfal Spirit, whichis |

ON OS II ee TE gee WT ag

EE BES! REED EREL BE J

erga

the Univerfal Salt, -you .mutk: purifie and

rectifie it well, andby its means,: Volatilize | its ixt Body, €alfo purified.) .For to ren= |

der the fixt Velatile,the quantity of the Voz |} latile muft exceed the fixt;and alfo'ro fix the

Volatile, the quantity of the fixe muft exceed, | the Volatiles, but the long digeftion fupplies — the quantity of the fixt, becaufe that which

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)) is naturally fixt is contained (although chan-

) ged for the prefent) ip the Volatile:

But

}) che addition of © (which it diffolveth, and | uniteth it felf radically with ) fhortneth the ) time,and haftens the fixation: And then to ren} derit from Volatile fixt by along digeftion; }| when. it is: Volatile, .1¢ will pafs over an a ) Retort like Oyl, which will congeal, being cold,.and mele.with heat ; ’tis the Sperma of Metals... For to fix it the better and the fooner, you muft add ©, and digeft.

An Operation upon hh: Sent me by Monfieur ~, Boucauc.

The Philofopher’s Epilogue. Olution. and. Ablution ate one and the

i fame thing, for by Calcination the Body is divided into {mall parts; by putre-

faction it is corrupted, and when 1t 1s diftilled; itis reduced into,its firft Matter, and remaineth diflolved..

‘| - Congelation is a Fixation, ,Re-union, of i Coagulation of the Volatile and diflolved | Bod | ot By Reduction and Fixation, when this | Body is Sublimed, it fatneth, and refolveth; uniteth, and at laft.is perfectly coagulated. Thus in thefe two Solutions and :Coagula+

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tions,” are contained “Ablution, ‘Reduétion, and Fixation.’ ©” «

Quintelfeice of hs the Uniroerfal Dif. wifobents

101%:

iD Iftill fifty or fixty quarts of f Vinegat, j1)

and before you diftill the Vinegar you muft evaporate a fourth part of itj)*which

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is nothing but flegm;:and for to fender this. diftilled Vinegar more diffolving, it fhould’. be diftilled once or twice from Lees.

Take. tbxij. or xv. of good Enghi{h’ Lithargy of Silver, reduce it into fine’ Powder, and put it into Matraffes of three or four quarts'a piece; ‘put ‘{bj. into'each Matrafs; then pour upon the Powder fo much

of ‘the diftilled Vinegar, as may cover it the breadth of fix Inches; then put thenyin digettion, ‘with the fecond degree of & for | two days, fhaking the Matrafs three or four timesia day, in which time the diftilled Vi-

fy aes z4af ‘*

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negar will be of a yellow.colour,: and very

{fweet> “Then decant ‘this diftilled Vinegar #

impregnated with the Eflence of ‘hy’ and put on frefh upon the Lithargy;digeft as before5 then ‘put in all the decanted Vinegar and file

ter it,and diftill in feveral Cucurbites witha

gentle heat three parts ‘of the diftilled Vinegar; ‘pur the remainder 1ina Cellar, and in 24, : sas 1%aN

PEALE NTT LET OS

hourg

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| hours the greater part of it will be congeal-

Ned into'a fubftance liké Ice; it will fuffice if }) you diftill it off to a Syrup: ‘Then‘upon this }) Syrup pour new diftilled Vinegar, about

the fame quantity as before, digeft twelve | hours; then’ diftill off about the quantity ,§) you puton: Put new diftilled Vinegar upon

| the refidie, fomewhat more than the firft hg time, digeft and diftill as before. Then iq}, pour upon it about half the quantity of the (i faid diftilled Vinegar that you put on before, | digeft and diftill as before. Repeat this di‘" | geftion for twelve hours, and diftillation fo

lg FR le — a SN Tite Da re:

iD a Nae

“te -——s 3=3

often, till you find that the diftilled Vine-

gar comé off in the beginning of the diftil-

hl lation fo ftrong as it was before, which 1s a ch i fign of ‘a pertect attraction of the univerfal tem diffolvent made’ by the diftilled Vinegar. Then put your Gums which remained in dt Rmeec

of ;

the Cucurbites into one or feveral large Matraffes, which {top and lute well, ‘that no-_

thing may exhale; then put to digeft in B. vapor. ot in fimo (which change every fix days) for twenty or thirty days, more or

lefs; for the fign of a fufficient digeftion 1s,

oe er ee ee ee ee Oe a

when the Matter cometh to be black, and

that it acquireth as it were a ftinking fcent,

which is a fign of its Mortification, by which

it ought to acquire a. new Life, anda Spiricual yefture. ~Then ‘divide this Matter or

)

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Cerufe into feveral parts, which put into feveral Retorts, which you may do by caufing the Matter to melt with fome gentle heat,and then pouring it hot into the Retorts, for it ealily congealeth by cold; and if, any. of it

congeal about rhe necks of the Retorts, make it melt, and run down; the Retorts mutt be

of firch a bignefs, that at leaft four parts of them may remain empty. ‘Then diftill off

all the fegm with a very gentle heat in Sand, and fo {oon as you, perceive any [umes or Vapours, ceafe, and let all cool ; then change the Recipient, putting on a large one, and

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having well luted ir, and the lute dry, give the 4 by degrees, at lalt very ftrong and vehee ment, until you fee no more fumes come over, bur chat an Oyl or. Gum, as xed as Blood diftill over. Take. the feces remain-

ing in the Retorts ( which will. look like black Afhes) and extraé rhe Salt ouc of

them with diftilled Vinegar, .as you did with

the Lithargy, which Salt will be in long Rocks like Rock-Salt-perre; and this Salt will be more fubril than the firt ; Diftill. this Salt in.a.Retort,. putting what diftilleth to

the firlt Liquor ;, out of the feces. extrac again the Salt, of which diftill alfo the Spi- _

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Ake xa4

EA S\N

rit,in.a Retort... Proceed thus until the ree maining earth, or .Caput Mortuum giveth ao more Salt, Then take all your Spirits, and

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‘Vand mix them together, and put it in alarge

land high Cucurbite,

which cover With a

I double paper Oyled -and dryed ;tye it well

bE bout the neck of the Cucurbite: with a pack| thread, then put on the head, and-lute well

| the junctures, put on a pretty large Reci-

| pient, with a narrow andia fhort: neck;»dis | ftilin Be vapor, andthe Ethereal Spirit will

lh Me Ory ae a Rt Nee a a —

| pafs over through the paper, and the flegm

I will flay: behind, becaufe 1 cannot pafs a) through the Oyled paper; and if your Spir | ric be not (ubtil enough, you may rectifie it | once-or twice with new Oyled paper; then

oe iy

| keep dtun a Veffel clofe topped ina cold

place: ‘Then take off the Oyled paper, and ) diftilithe reftof the Liquor to the confiftence | of ared Syrup; putthe Cucurbite with ‘the days time | py Syrup oyTup in a Cellar, 5 and in two white, very s Cryftal little many be there will

i) which feparate, and wafh them in the flegm,

| and they will be white and pure: Then put the flegm to that which remained in the Cus

curbite, and diftill to aSyrup, which putan

a Cellar to Cryftallize’ as before: Cleanfe

and wafh the Cryftals to. whiten them, then put them together upon white paper to dry .) them for twovdays in the, fhadow; then: put

it)

yf} i.

them in a Cucurbite narrow and fomewhat

bighy and pour upon them of the afore-

mentioned AZthereal Spm, fo much as may cover oe

lag NR ae te tlt it ly i gt ty a ag aal Sa A em eA i a NN a

wh: }';’:, ~. re, ry

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cover it the breadth of three or four fingerss digeft twenty four hours, then diftillin B.AZ All’the Spirit willcome over, andin the bot |

tom will remaina’ clear and -tranfparent Gum, upon which. pour again the diftilled Spirit ;digeft and diftill as before. Repeat this cohobdtion and diftillation four times,

§! — |

at the: fourth time the faid Gum ‘will diftill —

i ae TE aTE

over in the form of an Oy] as white’as fnow, | {wimiming upon the Spirit: This Oyl is the true ‘and only diflolvent.of ©, {eparate it | from the Spirit by a ‘Funnel. “And thusyou fhall have the Philofophical Menjtruam, the Vegetable, and Mineral Salt, Aurora Diana, fi

and the true Philofophical:$,. and the preci-

}

ous V7, diflolving the. ‘two Luminaries into | a Phylical diffolution, with which you may |

i§ y

prepare Medicines both for Health, and for Projection to tranfmure Metals, which ‘will be both fhort and eafie, as:followeth. ’Tis not enough to'have the Menftruum of Philofophical 7, for it ferveth only for an Agent or a means'to excite the Vegeta-

( -

f, t Y %

‘&..

tive quality which: is hidden and buryed in. the occult Secrets’of'the Metalline Nature. Andoit dorl not fuffice only to know that © maketh ©, and’), D3 bur it cannot render them apparent, “except the faid Bodies be firft difcontinued,: thatas' to fay, that. this

Metalline form be reduced:into fubtil: parts eine aks wi Se Sh

hae oe lh on ee Ia oe Ue ee ch eBY' oa, ‘

attenus

| — |

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ypattenuated,. for to be afterwards opened.and Nreduced.into Calx, of which this AdenftruSum eafily draweththe fixt grain or Sperma,

i the Principle of Vegetation. Prepare then a flight;fpungy,well. opened, |and attenuated Calx of ©,. which put ih a {mall Gucurbite, and pour upon it fo much of theafore-mentioned white Oyl.as will co‘ver it a fingers breadth ; digeft two or three . days with a gentle heat, then diftill over all the Oy], then pour the Spirit upon the Calx: ‘Then. pour upon.this. Matter four or’ five times as much of the.above-mentioned Spi' |rits digeit twenty. four hours, and the Spirit willbe tinéted of .a,pure ‘red colour,’.more |red than,any Ruby, which decant, and dry

| the remaining Matter, and pOur uponit the fame Oyl, and digett twenty four hours, and

‘itwill be very.red,,/,. Repeat this {0 long till | your.© will yield no more tincture. ‘Then | Circulate all your Tincturesin a Pelican for _| thirty days, and then feparate the clear from jan Hypoftace which. will be at the bottom, | and you-fhall have the true Aarum potabile,

‘| which will be of an,admirable vertue,. ta§

7 king three or four drops of it at a ume ina

little Sack, or other.fit vehicle. | >But,forthe Work; you, muft feparate the | Spinit, by,.diftiliation in, Balneo, until the TVincturerremain in the bottom in confift-

ence

PR ste a a Nal Tt ee ate ee Sy aeB LS, Pg ee a ec NR Nl i a i —

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ence of ‘an Oyl, upon which cohobate the'jits‘

Spirit, and: diftill as before: Repeat -thig let feven or eight times, and'the faid ‘Tin@urejwill will remain like an Oy! that will congeal no tot, ore; which is the Philofophical Auram po-\ |i tabile, having a Vegetative vertue, being }ito

fown in its own Earth, which is the Calx of /tttn

©,’ prépared as fhall be taught hereafter. ©© fr. Ft

hen

The Philofophical Aqua Regis. ik aai eee ie a

g\Ake Nitre aad #,anz Ziij. reduce them

to fine Powder‘each by it elf, «then pind:

y ’

“mix them well together; and put it'ina Red }imn

torr’ of: ‘three or ‘tour quarts; and diftill i71 }fy Sand into a very ‘largé Recipient, ‘the juncts §tn: ures weli luted with paper, and’ pafte made of’

of Flower and 73: for if you fhould-take a |i;

ftronger Lute,

a by degrees, until’you fee white fumes if 1eed

the Recipient in half; an hours time all will } tm come. over ;then let it cool, and you will find 9 Say

Va Ae a Ske Ka tay

a Ae

all'would break: Give the hil

inthe Recipient about 2). ‘and about the)tor neck of the Retort:a Sublimed Salt; which }6f

proceeds from the %, which will nor diffolve | Ub. except in hotV; the Retort being’cold, take } ni

out the Caput Mortaum'as well as you can, }ly dnd the Retort being found, put’ in ‘frefh | )y,

Matter the fame quantity as betore; repeat’ de.

this till you have Y ‘enough: Then a, nf east this. 2 >=4 -_

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(his 7 in Afhesin an Alembick witha gentle hear to feparate the flegm from it, Which

iwill be infipid; then’ diftill the reft inaRe-

(ort, and keep it for ufe. |Take 2}. of © well purified by @, . beat ii) t into thin Plates, ‘cut them f{mall, and. put i@hem in a Crucible and ignifie them : Put

, 5 vj. of © in another Crucible, heat it until

it begin to fmoak, then take it from the A, hind pour it upon the ©, ftir it, well together with a ftick until it be well aaamated, ieithen caft this @aa into a Marble Mortar,

atbe et NTate

ee Oe ee en

)—

ana assem aS ae SAT, = ~= omer peer

an =al wa¥s‘msratdeaeatl OA ae tL a Sr spac: a) =tesserae

tig a Nee a hy Ba

aC th es Sk

eet ee

——

a ESS —=

aEae ee re ae

fei rind it well, pouring on fair‘ 7 to wabh it

Retifrom all its biacknefs and ‘foulnefs; then | @(Queeze out fo'much & of this-aad as you wican: “Then grindthis za with equal weight

of prepated Salt ; put itin a Retort, and dr

#ftill over alk the & in Sand into a Recipient qi half full of 7: The & being all over, ingi@icreafe the A for four hours, ‘fo that the bot-

jjitom of the Retort may be always red in the

fn) Sand; then let all cool, take out the Re-

itort and pour hot 7 into it, and Tet it ftand

iidifo for an hour, and the’

will diffolve the

i@joalt 5 pour it out, and pour more hot VY upuron the Matter; do thus three or four times? dil)

Then pour out the © with the V into a

(de) Poringer, which will be avery fubtil Powof der; dry it gently, and-put it in a Matrafs, pp and pour upon it of the above-mentioned ;

| B

ids}

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A. R. about 3vj.» ftop the Matrafs. with Cotton only,and put it todigeftin hot Afhes,and in a few hours it will all be diffolved into a Liquor of an Orange colour, leaving fome impure Earth at the bottom: Upon this dif; folution pour of the & which you drew off

| |} nec |} Po |}al tt §i

by diftillation about, twice the quantity of |](Sh the ©, digeft it for two or three days, or fo }) wl

long until the ¥ be all diffolved, and the) Wi Y be clear like Rock VY, and the © be in 7} Aur

gS ee a GT

the form of a light Spunge in pieces, fwim= | its ming in the V7; feparate the V, and wath | imc the .© with Salt VY filtred, then wafhat in | aii

fair 7 fo often till it be well edulcorated, | ti then dry this Powder of ©, .and it,is pre- 4Gil

pared. ,For to attenuate it further, and.to |} til render it more. Spungeous,

mixit with J Ke

double its weight of Sublimed %, grind them "|Mi:

SE EN GE es GPS BP Seow a Tv

AAS Se a

well'together, and put them in a {mall Cu-

curbite, with its Head, and Sublime in Sand allthe ¥. Then grind this %, again with the ©.and Sublime it once more, fo willthe © be-well attenuated. and opened, and

iwad }°} # wi | ix

fit to -be-joyned with the Vegetable Salt. | Fr

Then put this Powder of © into a-Poringer |)"

of ftone-ware, not glazed, and pour. upon | ly

it fome good Oyl of Tartar, dryitgently, |) iy

and pour more Oyl upon the Powder, and | tk BRA Bea Ki

L2 §

POE cae ie eh Ue a ce aa Wh UhMeet

dry it as before: Repeat this till you have | wh; ‘employed Ziv. of Oyl of Tartar to Zj. of | ay O;> aai

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©; thenput it’ into a Matrafs with a fhore neck, ftop it clofe, and put it in an‘fron Pot in°Sand, then cover-the-Pot with any other Pot, and give A of reverberation, {a tharthe'© may be red’in the’ Matrafs, ‘but | not melt; continue the A in that degree for 48 hours: Then’ take’out the Matrafs, aad wath the Matter with hot v till the © be well edulcorated, thendry it, and imbibe it i) Again with frefh Oylof ‘Tartar; reverbera'é ml, at as befofe for 48" hours.) Repeat this Work (hl) twice mote,’ and-you fhall have a very light

Sy ge pm — My lle lt Mae ee i~ a

*=4,5,

a), and Spungy -Calx of ©. . | \dHgetmnant’) |Nore? That inffead of this

Calx' of ©; you mayetake one prepared, by

08, Caleining ur with flowers of Sulphur yas St?

Kenelm ‘Dighy prepared:it) for Saunier’s Work; swhith fee in its places 000)

ih)

) «Thea itabibé ic'once with Oyl of ‘Tartar, 9 §) and proceed in‘all as‘before.

Having reduced the Grinto’ an‘ Oyl, it willbe neceflary to have an Earth of its own |) nature} to make it grow, and produce. the | Fra’ which ‘we expe€tof ite © hoe | wo NowethissCalx'ofy Oi thallferve for an )

)) Barth to retéive this Seed! / But fince that

) anal] ‘Bodies ‘there ate three'things, to wit,

| the Soul, the Spirity'and™the Body ; “that, whieh hath a Body, cannot receive the Soul;

i) excepplin be ‘opened bythe Spirit: Ie-will . H

then

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ther) be neceflary:to reduce the ©, into a;Spirit,4which is done by. reducing it into 9, its firft and neareft Matter; which to perform, proceed thus:

rie

Take. Zj.. of, ©.,well purified by,.&,) ré-

Fw SNe

duce itinto thin Plates, ,cut.them {mall, and put them ina Matrafs, pour.upon themZvj. | of our Philofophicali 7, keep atun digeftion “| till the © be all diffolved, +then, diftill off te REE OT

the,\7, which cohobate again,, and diftill.as before... (Repeat: this, three, or}four.times,

then|diftill off . about; three parts,ofthe: Vs expofe the reft with the Veffel tothe-open

Air, andthe, ©». will congeal ito,Gryfials, - which put in a.Glafs, Bottle,,.and flop. it ver

ry?clofe,..and, kéep them injaidry:placeuntil

they. be dry5thenigrind themiwith zwice as | |

much ¥ Sublimed.with Salt; ‘put this.ante VATA

TNs Ng Ee RENTE atSgt eg

a-largé Matrafs, /and-pour; upon’ at, by drops of good Oy! of Dartar, the-double-quantity of the, ©,,omuntil it;be.ef the:confiftence of-thin. Maftard,; then Seal.ir- Hermeti-

cally,,and keep.it in.digeftion with a gentle heat for two andifourty. days,;,during which time the Martér twill: putrifie and fmell, very

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Rrong, and, you fhall fee all the-Colours ap=

pear fucceffively.; take.a littleofatiand walla | it, Well with warm! Y.feveral-times, then bes ing dry, put, fome of, it upon,aithin Plate

red-hot, and if it melt without fmoaking,1¢ | G

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| 4s a ignthat iit: is: all (Mercurial,!;and, well

| prepared; ‘burif it.fmoak, you muft keep

8) it in sdigefion antl >that ign appeareth:

) ‘Thén wath and-edulcordte-it well:-trom’ all

i) Saltnéls, and: dry. it: verysgently ;/then mix i) ae withifeven parts of prepared Salt, oput it

) |) an'a Gucurbite, which putin Sand, and give nf} agentlefre for! twelve; or; fourtedn hours, if) then ancreafethe firey, and. continue! thatrde-

is} gree-as long; continue the Sublimation ‘un,))) tal all tthe: Philofophical Galx be Sublithed : i) Then gather caretully,,with a. feather this e ))Sublimate;! and-pur atinaiGlafs Mortar with 5 Pwarm Vy grinding iowith a Glafs Peftle for @§) anhour Or twos thendetit fertle, and pour

ll) 8) a ws)

ofthe V,. put on fréfh hot V, and grind ic until, the:Matrer come’ to -be of the confiftence of; Muftard ; then add: good WhiteWine Vafiegar,-and grind it untyl all be con-

a+) Vertedantorunning 9. it‘| ? 3 ells . soubr Compofition. ntl |

pt) dim) yp) iw" |

“Ake. BB. of your Calx of ©. prepared and attenuated,! as was faid,pucit ina

Glafs Mortar, and pottt!upon it 41. of the Solary 9; the 8 wall. fuddenly fwallow upcits Body, \as one drop of .\VWimixeth it felf with another; then '{queeze out fo-much% of this

te wea, that there remain but about two parts

aN le Nad Na lg aoy A A Bn ih ae aa ne a NN eh

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of % with the ©. /Put this' daa in‘a:Philofophical Egg, and pour upon it by little and little of your Oyl of © before-mientioned, hold'itover'a gentle A, and fir the Matter

with an Iron’ Rody that: all may well-mix and incorporate, pouring on fo much of the faid Oyl, that it be-of the confiftence of thin Muftard; and them you fhall fuddenly fee amarvellous things,)° when ‘the Soul*of the

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faid © Cwhich isits'Oyl)»entreth: into the — Body of the O, by means of the Spirit, which | is ithe Solary %, andithat by ‘means of ‘the ats Body’, faid Soul, the Spiric:uniteth with of three being madevone;-ftop the Meffel fpcedily, becaufeiof the fumes.’ “The Body — of the: © which was dead before, being by | this only and admirable means animated,dig+ nified{ and filled with a Vegetative Life, — will thereby: acquire ‘an: inward Power of — Multiplication, as well as the’ Sperms and — Seeds of all Animals and Vegetables, and

La eg 5 b7; TT SE Ee Se Ses ea OE ghee SR ey 1

be made fit to grow and produce Fruit, (being fowed in a fit Earth) which it could

not do before, becaufe of that default. "The Veflel being Sealed Hermetically,» put it in Afhes in a brafg Veflel in the fhape of-half a

boul; digeft it with a Lamp A.»

As for the

time, and the colours, mark what Trevefan faith'of it; for at the end of fourty days you

31.. j

{hall fee’ the blacknefs: se

Continue the firlt degree

es 7 3%. :7

ex ok tel ae em ne ohPn ‘4as‘' \ cle ek

ty sear & BY

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LOI

te Teer

which. will

» appear within four Months: ‘Then augment Al | nt AN the 4, and continue until it come to be of | a Citrine colour, and then there will be no | moredanger. Increafe the 4:to the fourth ))degree, and continue that, till your Kingta| keth his Robe, and. that, the Matter fuffer

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§ Ignition without {moaking. ; Hartman.) .Tes Procefs was fent to Sir WK. D..i2.@ Letter from Paris, by Abbot BouFcaud, 2th the following words... Sir;

I have fent you here inclofed a great Work I upon h, which Monfreur de Rouviere hath lgeven me; tt cometh from a Man who having been carried away,.and kept: clofe iin. a

UCajtle, made at laft bu efcape, and. avas.con| ducted.to the Duke LD’ Elboeuf, -and Moui fieur de Rouviere found the [aid Procefs under his Boulter.

ant]Thefaid Abbot fent anh My following Proce(t,.

to Sir K. D. alfo.the which he faith he had from an intimate Friend, who affured bim old that it was a Reality. Th ii Tp Ake of.a very good Oar of fr that was

never wet, or inftead of it, take a true

if4

and natural Mineral Lithargy,

not Arufi-

Ht cial; pulverize itand grind it upon a Marble

{tone with diftilled 7 feveral tames diftiiled:

itt | His)

H 3

Put

CN ec ta Nal Nl ts gl lg le Sn le a i a ane ge i Se aRn

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tad i

Se Se

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Put your Oar of fh; or Lithargyin one or

more Cucurbites, and pour upon it of ‘the |

aforefaid diftilled 7; or diftilled’ Dew, .[0° |

much’ as may cover it the breadth of feven

or eight fingers, cover it with a blind’ head, and Jute well all the junctures, ©and digeft

for fourty days with'a gentle*hedt, fhaking the Veffel often; when’ you perceive that the Menfiruum is coloured, decant the clear, and ‘put on frefh V,~ or takenéw Oar or Eithargy and, extract as before; . filter the

Menftrunm and diftill it with a very gentle sheat: °'Take ‘this’ Salt of f and’ pur it in a Matrafs; digeft it with a Lamp A with fix | fmall* wicks, “and“ic: will ‘diffolve of ic. felf, , and there'will fértle’ tothe bottom fome.im- | purity oF feces; break’ the Matrafs (being | cold )°andtakethe pure part and pur it into}

eae Ah ewe Ry a og -

; &

;

rea

another Matrafs, diffolve it by digeftion as |

i— e

a a {

‘

4fF

a .

a “#

Caer

FE ae

7 4

. fo a

at firft, feparate the pure from the impure, Repeat fo often till this Sale ‘leave no. more impurity. "Chen keep'ie carefully, until you imployit in the following Work. 7

| | | |

Take of this Salt ten parts, and one part}

of © Mineral that hath not been melted, |

put them togetherin‘a Matrafs, Sealit Her- | ' metically, and ‘digeft with:a very gentle | heat, and ‘there will loofen it felf trom thé

Salt ‘of fh’ fome Spirits, which by nee

down again will diffolve the © by little an * date,

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little, anid there will feparate it felf yet fome

this Work , | feces which are not ufeful for ( ) which

‘Fake’ what-1s

you muft féparate.

41) clear and tranfparent, and put it in a Philo-

4) fophical Egg, Seal it Hermetically, and di4M) geft it with a Lamp’4 with a gentle heat!,

¢i. continue the digeftion without ever increa-

is| fing the’heat, cc. The fard Abbot faid, that

1) thes was all he could have, or know’ of “thes if Work hitherto.

The faid Abbot fent alfo the following Pro ae It cefs in a Letter from Patis. 1 iK te al

Onfieur de R’s. Operation, by which

he fixeth % into » with the Salrof Sa-

He taketh one part of

igh turn and y, is thus.’

“ie |y, and three partsof §, whereof he maketh

: an waa, which he putteth in a Matrafs, and’ putteth ‘upon it Saccharum Saturni’ (made the common way) about.a

yi ) fingers breadth over the aaa; then he SealS|

eth the Veffel, and digefteth it witha Lamp

an om He te el A =RR nl A NN Nl

A, with gentle heat, increafing the heat. by degrees, it paffeth through all the colours; and of one Marc of },. and three’ Marcs of

% there remained Zxij. of fixed Matter that

fuffered fufion and the Teft. He (aith, that there fhould have vemained

one Marc of the & fixed, but the Operation H

;

at lg be Ce el a Ai a

Semen ae =

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was not. well wrought.

In another, Letter

bh: faith, that there remained Zi}. or iv.. of. S fixed into ), which endured fufion.and the sn An Operation upou Jupiter.

Will a Menftruum out of .Vitriol and 4

*, with which make Sulphar nature

Fours: Make alfowith the fame MenfPruuns Sulphur nat. ), which diflolve into Oyl, and with it.anfere Sulphur fous ad fujibilita

tem, and then project upon Jupiter, Dunffon thus: Having taken our white Earth, you may putrihe rt by it felf, or with

the Caix of other,Metals, and change its co-

lour into a new white or red: Then ferment yt with the Oylof © ory, oe... : Riply (in his Viaticum) thus: Calcine 4 into a molt fubal Calx..( for in it there is

ure %,. not brought to its full perfeCtion by

AA VERA ALS

GT, ie OF ate sr ee oyawe aah

eae ,

phere which 1s eafily hardened with the Oy] of ».Do your Work theretore with Tin

Cuntil youare Rich) becaufe fo the Work is eafily done, and at imal] charge. Lullivs (in his Magia Naturals) thus: Make Sulphur nature {without whicly.no-

thing can be done) and thus of any Metal

€ which h: directeth to do ama very tedious way )

oy \‘ ;*

* di ie SK wl PY Shae ELE, Sh ie iSoa; |al>. 4

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= +

way) then ingere. it) wath Oyl of Ferment

(as in his Praé?. Brew; or Sermocinal ) unui it be fluid; then 1s. it a. perfect, Medica-

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ee ee ee

ment. |

Cae

Dexk. Ee a Nae a

ole of the filings of % tbj. Salt-petre thy. mix them, feparate the Spirit from B

3Anima by combuttion, Subliming atin fo many Pots as you know: Diffolve the Caput. Mortaum. (which will be -fxt as a

‘ftone, fo that you may ftrike A out of it by in with %, that there may be a Regulws made of it, which pour our and make into, Rods, and cement them with ftore of

) Calx-vive on a Circulary A, ‘then Coppel \

ythem with Lead, and add to them-fine », ) what then remaineth upon the Coppel: as 4good, and you will have confiderable gain by it, and by the feparation of A. F. you

}) will have three parts of ), and one of ©. But when. you melt your Caput Mortuum of % with % into a Regulus, as before, when ))you have Precipitated them with Tartar, or |} mixed them, then put your Regulis to {

) Coppel, and init you will find ©: See that

1) you do not caft away the Scoria, tor you

will find Silver amongft it; Coppel ir

Pie.

it felf with

the follow’ Ing

Se A lg he le Nt ie le tng a eg te Aa we a a i YE OR es ed

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ing Powder, fo you will find y; whieh feparate with A. F. (the Powder make thus.) ~ ‘Take Chelamus (Bay Salt) melt, diffolve, filtré, and coagulate it; melt it again,-‘and do this Work

thrice:

Then caft in this

Salt into the aforefaid Scoria’ (from which you feparated the Regulus) after you have

put it’ to Coppel,

SST yh IS a Te OG

&>aeiy

foeyour Work ‘will be

done and accomplifhed. fpeedily,’ and with great fruit and proficin the applyiti? the | fire. Hartman.) The Farmbes Tachenius Relates (peaking of she inalignity of ‘Ar[enick) that there are fome who can burn pure Tin into’ Powder, which cannot again be reduced

into Tin by Vulgar Art, as other Metals ;yet with Arfenick it » made Scotia, part of which

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by a fingular Skill becometh pure y. Sigitmund’ Wan, 4 Citizen im Voitland, knew and prattifed this Art of Separation tohis | great benefit ;for in the Year 14.64 be Builded and Endowed a great Hofpital theré, which, a Gafpar Brufchitis Relates, as at this day

tobe feen, with the Epitaph of the afore(aid Citizen.

;

Now, that ) may be got out of Tin with Arfenick,' Clavious proves in his Apology againft Eraftus Second Vol. Theatrt Chym,

Fol, 39.

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‘A Worthy Gentleman lately related’tome, that he knew one, who told him, that out of tb. of Block-Tin he got fo much © as he fold | for 3s. 6d.

ie ii 4

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5 é # ra

in) Tia

i mt

A {hort and clear Defcription of the great PhiJofophick Stone.

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The firft Operation.

Ake Salt prepared, Nitre, and Roman Vitriol, ana tbij.’ beat them into a {mall Powder, mix them, and put them into a Pot upon a flow fire, and moving them, caufe | them to melt, ‘that they may be dryed alittle... Then. take % taken out of the Mine-

ral, bj.’ which being put into a Linnen

Cloath, {queeze‘it and pour it upon the hot

Matter,moving it witha Rod,unul the Meréury is hid in the Matter ; incorporate the Mats well when it, is cooled, in a Marble ‘Mortar; then dry it allin a Pot very flowly, until it be fo dry, that a Sword ‘held over the Pot, receive no moifture from it; then put it into a Sublimatory,and Sublime it firft twelve hours, afterwards increafe the fire, that all the Mercury may be well Sublimed, White as fhow: So the 2 lacking nothing of its weight, will be affociated with the invi-

fible’ Sulphur of Vitrio!, and purged trom

Sa Ba lg Ey te la Slag ge a AaEB ia Ade a NN Nl SRLS ~,

the cna mb

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the Earth and its blacknefs; anduf. you will

Experiment that Conjunction, you may feparate Sulphur of Vitriol from § thus: Take

diftilled Vinegar, 9. v. quench burning Iron feveral times in it, let your Sublimate fland therein all-Night, afterwards. pafs. it. three times through’a filtre, then. fetir upon a flow fire; fo.a black fcum will {wim above the Vinegar, which take-off ;. then evapo-

rate all the Vinegar with a flow fire, fo you. will have an Excellent Sulphur of _Virriol,

and the § will remain by it (elf in the borfom. |

The Secona Operation,

His teacheth to Extract the Quinteflence from this 3 Sublimare thus: Make 4.F. as. follows; "Take Salt-petre and Vitriol, ana ibj. beat theny, then.mx them together and diftiil them witha flow fire in a glazen’ A-

———— —— .

Jembickon Afhes for eighteen hours, fo that RED DE URE UA Th eh We A ca!

rothing more can diftill ( but lute all fo well, that nothing exhale ;) after the above-faid 18 hours increafe the hre by degrees, thar the Water may be diftilled, and then continye the fame degree of heat until it begin to ceafe

to diftill, and fo, proceed by degrees, until ah

‘&) +

aS ke

Pee et 2 i q:4

he EOE NB ge SS al en ia ae ae a ek me a oe TN a ae ae St

nothing more can come from. it: Let. the Veflels| cool of themfelves, and Seal Rethe |

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1 Recipient with gummed Wax; and when .f you have put-your Sublimate, being well ) beat, in a ftrong Matrafs, pour upon it of

:}) this Water to the height ofone or two fin-

")) gers breadth; ‘and “immediately obtirate at well: Set the Matrafs inAfhes on a ‘flow-hre

* |) for the fpate of twenty fouihours; and if

° lic becnot of Water or more; » ) on Athes,

then diffolved} if you pour Zvi}. tiponit, add of # well beaten 3}: clofe it up prefently, and fet it upfo it will be‘diffolved: Itis'a-very

great Secret.

Then abftract all the Water;

| (the junétures of the Veflel being carefully | flopped) by diftillation on: a-flow fire of Coals, even to drynefs: Afterwards taking

) off the Cap, cover it fisaight with a-glaten ‘I Operculum, Vute ix, arid when you have inW created the’fire, the Quinteflence of Aer ) cwry' and Vitriol will-afcénd atthe fides of ) the’ Veffel; ‘at laft'makethe fire yet-{tronger, *) thatvall the Quinteflence''may be well Suib-

limed which; ‘when? the’ Veffel ‘is €00led, keep’ carefully : Beat the’ black faeces,’ arid

| Sublimeit once more, if perhaps any of the

| thall have'purged the'AZerenry, and imbibed

moré of the Spirits of Vitriolexifting in 4.F. Then diffolve and Sublime the Matter

| (that is 'Sablimed) “twice ‘more after the

) fame manner; that no: ‘impurity mayee<be

left

aoe ee ey ey ee <t eM ee Ce ay xe ee a ee epee ae =f a <i a m.— =

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}

‘ne it"

, )

geht

The Third Operation.

)

| |

1Quun

thes

4 >Eat) this Matter,,.;and .put ,it..intoan ja vel Earthen Urinal well glazed, within, ja Wh

SSF TEE REE GRR

which cover ‘with; an,Earthen glazed -head when like'to a, Paradi,: that they, may, be exadtly ithe joynedtopethers. lutethe junCtures welljand | Alen: digeft at eight days.or more in an. Athanor fetthe on.adflow fire of Coals,;: for otherwifeitcould Athes, not be diffolved anto,Waiter. ‘called thedt

SUT

week stab Operation. :

| |

your Matter fo diffolved into a Mas |

- . grafs, clofe it; and diflolve it.in 4B; into'Water witha‘ continual flow. heat; D:fill this Water in a little Alembick on Athes with a,flow fire of a Lamp, and Water of “Paradife, will be.diftilled, (of which alone EN ES i SE Re we 2

the.ftone may be’made by the Methodiafter defcribed.) one drop of which poured upon a. Plate of. any red-hot Metal will throughly

i \

) |I’

|fepar

y Patan

1 Qh

whiten it within and) without; (Note, thao the like may. be.done with the, Lazary made |

of » and # if they. be poured.on a Plate. of %. ):.) After the water-is diftilled, fome feces } ti,

wall remain,, which contain in them Earthy ij); Ait, and Fire, which you may thusfeparate |]y}; one

ayA: a. %.*' }S.

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tit

Jone from another; ‘Beat thofe feces, and:di-

geft thémy ini an: Athanor, as’ you did’ the

Re 8 Re OE Rae eee

Ouihteflence before; afterwards diflolvethem

the fame way in AAB. At laft diftillowith a vetyfirong frein AL. By by an Alembick, a white Oyl, which is called Air jowhich

inte

Cay a eta ty

when it ceafeth to drop any more, take off

the Recipient; atid'clofe well the nofe of the Alembick, and fo leit cool of it felf: Then Mfet the:Alernbick owithal ‘new Recipient-on

Afhés,iand draw offtheored Oyl (which is | called:fire ) withoa firong fire. « Caft/away ithe Barth thar:remains. : The iFitch Oeratiom

Mas ff

ABs} WEoyouwould maketa/Stone of’ Paradife

Dy |ifalone; or Virgins Milk’, you need not

hes feparate the Elements ;'-but if you have ‘fe

rat f pardteiiwhemy, do:thust Take of “A’or red

Jone | Oylipart j. of Air, <r’ white Oy! parts iv.

aft | andiof Virgins Milk parts vinj.

Put them. together ina Matrafs with a’ fhort and narpod| ghif row Neck; ain two! othet Matrafles put ‘of that | Virgins Milk,:g. v, Seal therm all Hermeti-

RN I ee lt Aite Rn le Ne a Byi

de} cally; and fo .putithem in an Athanor on a

¢ of flowsfire of fmall coals burnt till they ‘have 26 ecafed from flaming, and fo let them’ fand

ath ull by feveral colours they attain’a perfect

ont

i white; Then (if you will have the Stone Me white )

co at NR a ag ele he bg a Nha <=

112 Chymical Secrets. white:); you may take out one Matraf,leav=)) ing the’ other two (if you Operate with three

atonce:) Then increafe the fire fenfibly,” becaufe ‘your Work cannot eafily be marred, and fo proceed ‘by degrees, until the Mat- |

- ter isperfedtly red.

The Sixth Operation S, Projection. »"Take an hundred parts of .& sputged the common

way; heatthem

in a Crucible, and add to: them part!}! ‘of the white or red ftones: and. the:whole will be a Medicine. ‘Then take of this Me-

| Hh

dicine part jx and: Project it upon another | hundred parts of %, moving it with a Rod, |

and afterwards melting it. Further, Proje of .thisy part j. inian’ hundred parts, and the |

‘oe 4

whole. will be -©;,or y>.accordingsas: the

ftonesis which you took:cIf you will:Project. upon other: Metals, -melt them;:orda | Peete ES BOS ES Se hw oh <

them intd thin Plates, and on them: when

they are. very hot) Projet part jo: upon

hun¢red-y

and fet the. Plates in -the A tor

fome time. If you would augment thever- | tue of the Stone 32 infinitum, diflalve it as often as you, pleafe in B. 14. and coagulate it flowly in Afhes; let ‘fupiter and Saturn, be melted,

. .a=3 ea

35 = aa gv: fa TTS SE Sgit - RP

ee i Ve oe ail pS OR ee ea A ial a 4'4.a%a%™ \ 4

aes

Pee aa OS

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Saadeer

Pwr?

ge SR.

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ae i

i SS

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the plte with 4 armes. the mairesses

or, goblels

FIN GO OE PFA

Bak s

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the Ph

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the Coucr

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the doow and wincderw

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The Severith Operation

Potters Earth, Horfe-dung,

Paper carmi-

nated, Hairs cut,smake them all into a Patte

}} with Salt water and Vinegar, and wath that |Pafte build your Furnace; make a round

| Wall four fingers breadth in height, with fet upon that Wall an Iron Plate which:hath four Supporters, by which it

|} Chimneys,

| may ftay upon the Wall, leave fome diftance | |between the interior fides of the Wall and

| the exterior of the Plate, that the heat may |afcend by it; then: raife the Wall to the

=| at it, Cwhich heat muft be fo moderate and

} uniform, that you may endure to hold your

hand in the Athanor as long as you pleafe; )

j the Cap muft be carefully luted within and §) without, and fet upon the Furnace and ag-

NM glutinated with Clay: Afterwards, when the Furnace is fufficiently dryed, fet upon, | it Glafg Goblets, and fet your Matraffes uplon them. - Mind well all thefe things, and

ie.

againit re ca Mg ee ee OR eh, Ye ee eR RE ee aee ROEM Ay Se ae aRs ekNee

sa, .:‘>’ j’,} i pe MWS Sites ey’

it4 Chymical Secrets.” again{t this. Now, by the holes that are made betwixt the Plate and the Wall, you | may, increafe or diminifh the heat at, your _ pleafure. But note, that upon the Goblets, — above the Zripzs and the Plate, you ‘may fet an‘earthen Trencher, and fet thereon an Egg, which cover with andother’Frencher, fo that thefe two Trenchers joyned together

may be lifted up in the Air, and the Egg not | touch the fides of the Tyenchers.. | i A Note from one that wrought the Stone.

th. deine Sh wick Ex che hil -ea” 3i —

Have had certain’notice of one that made |

‘the’ Philofophers ftone with ‘Leaf-gold -

, ;

andacléear v7, that looked like Rock V7, but 4;

finelled ftrong. ‘“He'who wrought it for

him (that is, attended the Lamp) ‘faid, he |

had ‘made his Liquor thrice before it would J;

3 f

diffolve'the' ©.

"The laft diffolved it*by lits

tle and‘little, it became a yellow Atireal Lis quor, then thickened by little and dittle, ac

5 r g

length became a black thick broath, in the fy,

gt eo

efid like melred Pitch: then changed feveral’

colours, every one {parkling ke ‘Orient| precious Stones, and {parks like ‘fre or Stars |

rofe in the Glafs € which was a large Egg Sealed Hermetically)) then fell‘down ‘again. It was digefted’ in Afhes made of . old Bark |

of Oak barited ( unwafhed)) ‘and ‘the Au- @, thor

7 ee a%4+i x

he na ee STATS SY EE CPE he oF'

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thor faid, no other’Afhes would férve. And | the lieat was never greater than that he could it | endure the’back of his hand upon the Afhes, S| which was caufed by a Lamp. ty

Hartman.)

“Tbs Relation # of Sir K.D.

| Lauremberg’s Obfrvations upon Angelus | Sala bisSynopfis of Aphorifims, 1624. in tot |” Quarto, pag. 4. ) LYE faith thus: T did fo prepare fluid %, | that without the mixture of any thing |whatfoever imaginable, without any dit« po ving Menftruum, it did acquire the form jof'a moft pure and ttanfparent Liquor ;neiad ither hitherto ‘hath it-Joft this liquid form, but uit is fo" liquid 5 that’ you would imagine “it tlhad been ‘brought from’a ‘Fountain, and which you will more‘admire, being tafted, it is void of all actimony, and meérly iny/fipid’; C1 add atfo ‘this)) that fome Months

lsJago I teduced Englifh % into a fluid and jmoift Liquor, without the leaftaddition of

Nl ye cet I Rg aNN ty eS aN ice ta Bs a

Menfiraum, whichhumidity it not only con-

tinually keepeth entirely'to this day, but: (fo far as 1 can fee)’will never lofe ir: ) ( Afterwards in the fame page, he faith,)

Epi) 1 confefs ingenuoufly, that not long ago,

gu had the happinefS of feeing ata Friends,

biiand feeling fuch an unfactitious Liquor (/iMquorem amc) whereby ‘leaves of .Gold i

and

5 a 4 H

an ee Ar es ee Oe Cee eI ee ee

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fluid Liquor, without any noife or the leaft jd t

fufpition of Acrimony.

This Liquor can’ }it|

be no other than congealed Air, without Exp which the Lifeof Animals becomes no Life ; | for

‘and there is no Body under the 5un in that § fl

three-fold.

Kingdom that 1s deftitute of it: 7

{ had rather fearch its Medicinal Power with ‘fine

4ia

filent {peculation, than weary People with} Tn “Hf tedious and fruitlefs Difcourfes.

ina

et ee EEE ‘~

Concerning May Dew.

cy tie | ie : 3 |pues the of a Miner AY Dew is the true

diffolvent. . Aug. ‘This Liquor. 1s )bin {uch, that if it be gathered at a certain Seas | Gy! fon, two Ufes, ec. One, that hereby you) pin may infufe Gold in a Liquor of its proper jai Seed,’ when you begin firft to diffolve 1t,%c. |tall Cofmop. . But this 57:is.faidtobe the Men- \wii frruum of the World: Speaking of the Ele- |a

ia ik, aie ku haee

ment of V7, the Menftruum of the Worldis

} Cy

tripartite, @c. the more pure refolved inte }the There isin the Airan Occult Nourifhs } iat Air... »

ment of Life, which we call Dew in the} tél

Night, andin the day-time v, rarefied, whofe |) tr

invifible congealed Spiritisof more value} (iy

' than the whole Earth, Idem.

The prinelsjYt

pal Matter of Metals is the Hutnidity of the|tm

Air (the Aérial Subftance ) mixt with heat, 9 of .

;

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i. prepared aforefaid is governed by the rays lof the © and ) prepared in the Sea; not

«lone place or one Countrey will afford it you. wit Experience teftifieth, that © is not fought

ifeuafor Yave in Mountains, *becaufe. it can be

tu feldom had ina Plain.

iit!Flamel, Artefius, Pontanus, Zacaire, Cc. .

vit) ( Zeedr Arcanum.

His Stone isthat about which the abovenamed Authors’employed themfelves : | It is compofed of the Mineral Gluten, made Sof & and Mineral, by the addition of the /Solary: Ferment thus: Diftil the Volatile | |Cryflals or Butter from 9 mate and, equal

)parts: Or diftill, or diflolve common

|\A. Fs Precipitate with Salt-water, and you, )fhall have a very white Calx, which dry, Sand joyn it with as much of Calx of 4, and | diftill the Volatile Cryftals thereof. “Thefe i) Cry tals are the Magnet, by means of which

§) the Univerfal form, or Spirit of the World

9 isattracted ; which fpecifieth and determineth it felf in this matter, by refolution in the | Air in ‘¥, 6, & 1.)

“Pur’this Liquor’ in a

Na et ee A ee aA ie et ee Oe -

) Cucurbite, and digeft for thirty days with a

very gentle heat with a Lamp, to the end, | that there may be a Natural diftillation made

jap) of the attracted Spirit, which will begin to I 3

come

ssaaa sa pe bass EU tO See le gS al aiAla a ~bP

Sct ee

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come over invifibly the ‘firft-or {econd day, jf with the Ideaof that which it draws, to wit, | a

the &, and of $, or with a univerfal Mineral yY form, tending to Metallick. This Liquor | “ will continue comimg over even unto the end | T

of fifty days; let not the heat exceed that of }

ones hand.

r roy $ qoe .

eR SF ee DS eR a

"This AXthereal v is the.z of | wi

Paradife, or the Mineral affrum of Flamel’s | “ two Dragons, the one is Volatile (which is |S”! 2 ) and the other Rampant, which is the qi! 3,, which do, not fuffer to’ be touched norats | tacked,, until their Venemous {cum :¢that is to fay, the Butter ):have produced:the Spi- |

rit of the Mercurial-wind; and’ the.feum of )

the Red Sea. Note, that within fifteenidays | ™ this Sea or Butter cometh to-be very redjwith |

a gentle heat of a Lamp: A ini'Aftess and | i

this 1s K/amel’s Red'Sea,.,

This Aithereal G |

penetrates all Metalline’ Bodies, (being Lue } minated and made red-hot )and tingeth them ) into). ‘Twa drops! of. this 7 being diffol- } k

ved in Ziv. of Spirit of Wine, maketh a Virs |

ginal Milk, whereof the Dofe is a {fpoonfuls | ! {vis a very gentle Emetick, becaufeiof: its | ¢

SS Qe Seen wteee sth Geeety a

———

crudity,or rather A4ercurial Subftance;where- |

of the vertue Operates upwards;; becaufe: it |B 13 moift.and Airy. It Cures the Epilepfie by || i

the Character which is imprinted intonit, by | » the word Fiat, aindyall aftral Difeafes, as far \ i as humane difpofitian permits»; Thisis the | /

Meee

,' x | '\ x \; a -y :

oe ce oe ae PE i a ln PeN®| .o

Bae:

Cecleftial

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Cocleftial Vv which doth not wet ones hands after its.preparation; “us the ¥ of .&,: the

v7 or Centre of. the Heart of %, andthe trueextent of &, but it requires more: Work. Take this vy. (you mutt have a pretty great quantity, of it, and therefore you mult have ten,. fifteen, or, twenty pound of Wolatile

Cryftals) jand putst ina Gucurbite, .and

with avery gentle heat of a Lamp diftill off all the waterith moiltnefs, which by carelef-

nefs. it. might have contracted from: the Air: There will remain in ithe bottom a Gum, 2

Syrup,.a vitcous V7, a Radical Mineral ‘moi-

flure, which is the Eagles gluten above-mentioned, which did fly, the {pace of fifty days continually ;by means,of, this gentle heat, - he Gluten flies no more, but is the flying Crapant and, Lacair’s Merturial 7, which 1s congealed by, cold, and; liquified by ‘heat. ed ‘The Authors before mentioned have digett

this Gluten per fe in a’ Matrals Hermetically

FerSealed,..wathout the addition of a Solary

ment; butafterwards they have been torced to ferment,the Powder which they made ot it, For to fhorten the Work, .take! feven parts, or.nine or-ten, or more of, this Glu-

ten;, unto, which by heat joyn one part of ©

sn leaf, or Sulphur of © prepared by theSalt Enixe (which is beft) and digelt in an Athanor ,or in Flamel’s Furnace (which is I 4,

very

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very eafie) until all the Matter have pafled

Lo a

ne a NE GE gM A =

through all the due colours, ‘and comé to be of a purple Citrine colour; then have you the Metalline Salt, the moft high Tin@ure, a Treacle made of Venoni, a molt Excellent Medicine made of the greateft Poifon. ‘This Medicine is multiplyed in quantity by new addition of the afore-mentioned Gluten; in quality, by diflolving in Lumido into a Li-* quor, and purifying by digeftion, ‘and then by’ fixation; Experience will’ teach other things far better. ‘T'his Method, although it differs much from that of the greateft Philofophers, as Lully, Lrevefan, Cofmopolite, &c. Cand being but’ particular in compari-

fon of that high Generaliffima ) neverthelefs

it feems to be Univerfal in regard of Metals

He Se ge ge

'ia ge gS ES eg — Sf

Wr Eri gO ae ate SE Pg : ;+

ang Minerals... Note, that you may alfo extract a white and red ‘Oyl of that which Temains, as was faid before, and make a new

aurifique ftone thereof, which thofe Authors

have not underftood, or if they have under-. {tood it, they have not {poken of it. Note alfo, that this Mineral v7 of Paradife, is the

Philofophers live ©, andthe of the Wife, but not the Generalifima: And this’T ‘will ferveagainft all Maladies, for it drives them put, according to the intention and incli nation of Nature. ine

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7 prepare a Ferment or Sulphur of ©.

AAke an ead of ory, and §; grind this daa, then {queeze it through a

Leather, the Globe remaining

in the Psi lier

you muft grind again, and then put it in a Poringer, covered with another Poringer, _ and lute them well together; then put them to a gentle A for half an hour: Then grind

} it again, and digeft it between the two Por) ringers as before.

Repeat this fo often till

the © or ) be in Powder impalpable; then

incorporate this Powder with frefh 9, grind them together, and digeft: witha gentle A,

fo that little or nothing may Sublime, and ) if any thing Sublime, put it again to that which remains in the bottom. Repeat this jaft Operation (adding new %, grind and i

digeft as before)

fo often, till the whole

Body ‘of © or » be converted into running %, and that all may be fqueezed through

the Leather: Then put this § animated into

a Pottinger, which cover, and digeft with a gentle heat, fo that nothing Sublime; conti-

nue the digeftion fo long,until you fee a thin skin fwimming upon the Matter, which take off carefully (it will be of the colour of ©

or )) put the Matter upon the A again, in| ereafé the-heat a little, taking off the thin skin

ee eet Te a ee nN ae en ee a eS et te Ee ee ee, aee

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skin asit rifeth; continuing fo long unttl the Matter, produce no more.thereof: And thus you fhall have the Sulphur of © or y. An Operation that Monfieur. de ! Oberye wrote from Monjicur John’s (Mouth, Ake, the Mother-liquor of Salt-petre, let it run cold through wafhed. Sand,

then filter it by Languetes, then through gray paper: ‘Then evaporate with. very gen: tea ce tek i iaRe he -

tle heat, putting down the skins.as they rife upon the Liquor; the remaining Salt being

dry,, grind it, and,put, it ro refolve.inte Liquor ina Cellar,:then filter and. evaporate

as before. Repeat this.purification five or fix:times,. or,f0 often, till it leave:.no,more feces in the filter... If you take thx., of. this Liguor, you fhall have but t61j. Zviij..of pu- |

rified Salt: OF this t6yj..5vinj. you thall have

Zx. of Spirit, by diftilling it per fe in: Re

torts in Sand; you muft put but. t6(S. of this

ae II aI EP FN a S2S it WEP gg

Salt into each Retort; deflegm it in. B. Take

the Caput Mortuum,. and grind it, and. diffolveit in a Cellar; filter, and congeal,, re-

peating thistwo or three.times: ‘Then being very dry, joyn uj. :of, it..with 2}. of the rectified Spirit; .digeft and: circulate. eight days with gentle-heat in, Afhes, and all will be.a of the colour of Amber... Put one

part

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part of © into ten parts of this Liquor, and it will diffolve it (cold:) inlefs than a quarter of an hour: Decant the diffolution when

th yrs Hr Bie — A RR De nee

it is clear} one drop thereof, taken in alittle

broathjis ‘a great Corroborant. Put & revived from Cinaber into the diffolution of ©,.:andit ‘will become like a

Nee a ee

Gum, decant the cleat, andiput the 8 todry, and-it will become hard; ‘melt it between two:beds of Calcined Egg-fhells in a Crucible, ‘and you fhall have good ©. Venus zto ): Sent in by Monfieur de Beaulieu.

fy ey fixt Arfenick Zviij. fixt Nite Ziv. ee

Oyl of Tartar:prepared, as fhall be taught: hereafter, Zxij: # fixt, Zxv. Let

themall refolve into Liquors in a moitt place every one by it felf; then take thefe Liquors and mix them together, and filter them, then

—=——

put ite them Ziij.. of Oyl of 9, and Zviiy. of dD: € prepared and :diflolved in the Liquor of fixt % and fixt Sulphur) mix all well tor gether, and put it in'a Matrafs, and digeft in fimo for fourty days, changing the dung every. eight days;” "Then decant the clear, and thd feces remaining in the bottom, diffolve in the Liquor of fixt %, and put it to

the teft of your Liquors; ‘filter it three or 3

four

a ag One te “ah Ue Se ne ee i ne sa i Nee A ee i a a

— ea <~teh: =a

lee ake ' ben VS —

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four times: Then diftill it in a Cucurbite ‘with a gentle Qin) Bs AM. (not boyling) diftill co-drynefs, and you fhall have a white Matter: like a*ftone,: and clear like a Pearl:

And to know whether it be perfected, puta little jof st upon a red-hot Plate of Copper,

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and. if at melt like Wax,. and penetrate through the Plate without {moaking, leaving the {aid Plate white where it hath touched, it is a fign of an entire perfeétion; but if you find that it is not. yet fufible, and that it fmoak yet, grind it upon a ftone with a pint of diftilled from whites of Eggs, and diftilled three times upon bj. of Quick-lime, grind it with the faid V, until it be of the confiftence of Pap; then put to it four-times

its weight of Liquoriof: fixt ¥; digelt i jemo for eight daysonly, then congeal it as

before, fo is it perfect Project 8}. of this Matter upon fbv. of prepared 2, and fomerime after caft a little piece of Wax into it,

aee TS NE BT 5 ger ee ee ww

at three or four times; then cover the! Crucible,\ and leave it.in fufion for fome hours, . The Multiplication.

eae

Sviijof this Matter in ibj. of

7the 7 of whites of Eggs, then add

Ziv. of Liquor: of ‘fixt Arfenick, 'digeft in jimso for: fitteen days;

then diftill and congeal

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veal it as before, fo is it multiplyed. |If you 5 reiterate: this Multiplication feveral times,

the Matter will remain in a Liquor, which will project upon great quantity of Venzs.

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To fix the % for this Work.

HiAke thy. of % in fmall pieces about the bignefs of a Wall-nut; makea Pafte with Quick-lime:and whites of Eggs, with

which endew the faid pieces of %, let them dry, then ftratifie them in a Crucible with Powder of Quick-lime, let the beds of ‘the Quick-lime be about, a fingers thick; then put the Crucible to a Circulary S, which increafe and approach once in a quartet of an hour, at laft, cover it with Coals, and let it ftand fo for half an hour :,"Then take out

=_—, —— ws —_~_ <r

nde nett a eo ae TE a SR ra

the ¥ (the Crucible being cold) and wipe

—

off the Powder of Quick-lime, then diffolve

the % in fair V, filter and congeal it; diffolve it in a Cellar into an Oyl, which keep

| for ufe.

To fix the Arfenick.

Like equal parts of Arfenick and Nitre; * grind them, then mix them together ; fill a Crucible half full with this Powder, fill it up with Sale of ‘Tartar ;,cover this Crucible :

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ble with another that hath alittle hole in the - |it

bottom, lute them, and fet them'in a Cir. culary A, the 4 being half a foots diftance: from the Crucible ; increafe and approach the A once in half an hour about two inches, and when you perceive no more finoak come from the Matter through the little hole, put

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the 4 clofe'to the Crucible, and at laft cover it with Coals, and keep it fo covered for twelve hours, then let it cool, and grind it, then diflolve it ina Cellar, and keep the - Liquor ina Glaf3‘clofe itopped.

}

fo fix the Sulphur for this Work.

;

"Take Sv. of Quick-lme, flackén it in fix

zx y

“\-quarts of ‘fait '7, ‘and having ftood

twenty four ‘hours, ‘filter it, and plc it in a

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Kettle; then take viij. of flowets of Sul. phur, tye it up ina Linnen Bag, which hangin the water in the Kettle, make it boy] for an ‘hour, and you fhall have a Sulphur incombuftible. |

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rT Ake Ziv. of Sublimate in fine Powder, “putt ina’ Crucible, ‘and’pour upon. it TB}. of fine 20 melted, ftir it well together = then ‘being’ cold; put it upon’a’ clean Iron on

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To prepare the 2 for this Work. [A

Arfenick one part, decrepitated Salt

| © two'parts, pulverize and mix them toi gether; then {tratifie with‘this Powder fome

| thin Plates of 2,. cement them for two days, i then put them to a ftrong A ‘for fix hours; I then wafh thefe Plates from the Salts, and ) beat themto Powder, wath'the Powderwith

|Vinegar, and then with V twoor three times;

) then with Soap maké'a Pafte thereof, which } put ina Crucible, that hath a hole in the bottom, put this Crucible in another Cruci-

} ble, ‘andfomelt down the Powder of 9, and it will tun through ‘the hole into the other | Crucible, and you fhall have a very white

9, ‘and well prepared for Projection.

‘To ‘prepare the Sale of Tartar for tha Work. :

rp Ake equal parts‘of ‘Tartar and Quicks lime, powder-them,and mix them well

#) together, ptt this in a Pot, cover it iclofe,

} and put it yn a Potters Oven when he burns his'Pots; Men take a Lixivinm of it with

Rain'V, which filter and evaporate to, dry-

nels,

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nefs, mix this Salt again with the fame quan+ |) tity of Quick-lime, and Calcine it in a Pot ters Oven as before. Repeat this five or fix

at es i}

times; then diffolve this Salt in diftilled Vinegar, diftill and cohobate fo often, till it will no more congeal into a Salt, but that it remain hke melted Wax in the bottom,which — pour out, arid keep it for Ufe.

To prepare the y for this Work. DIE FR ee St a OE -

I \Iflolve Zviij. of » in Zviij. of Spirit of | Nitre, then Precipitate with Salt 7,

the Powder of » being fettled, and the V7 Clear, decant; then edulcorate the Powder and dry it, then diflolve it again in Spiritof Nitre asbefore; Precipitate, Edulcorate, and dry the » as before. Repeat once more, three

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times in all, then put it in a Matrafs, and digeft it eight days in Sand. So is it prepared, and fit to be further prepared, and diffolved in the Oyl of fixt %, and fixt-Sulphur. ?

B® Sy

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Cry

Tran{mutation of 3 into a Regulus,

pcre

Butter of % with'warm V

phuy

ibec

1%, once, without further edulcoration ; dry |thi it gently, then add a fourth part gf %, and of | |Mig

black Soap, and Salt of "Tartar, of cach as” the much

Hd ||

C hymical Secrets. 129 ‘ mnuch’as needeth to make a Pafte; whereof | make little Bullets, which put in-a Retort | well luted; diftill in a naked’ A, with a it) ftrong fudden A, and the Matter being melt|, ed, you fhall have a Regulzs as white as 9, | which muft be melted three or four times to

§) have it finerand whiter:

Calx of ©.

FOrfieur Le Febore fhewed me a very fubtil and Spungy Calx of ©, hehad } made thus: Purifie © to its greateft height,

¢ § beat it very thin, and cut it into {mall pieces;

ff) heat one part of them ina Crucible, and fix of) parts of cleanfed 8 in another: Makéan aaa ef) in due mariner, ftirring a while with an Iron

Rod, then throw it into cold V; {queeze s- § Out as much § as you can through Chamboi |:leather ::"Tothe remaining Globe put double

i. 48 much flowers of Sulphur, grind them well |together: Put this mixture into a capacious | Crucible, and’ gently burn away’ the Sal5 Hphur, and evaporate the ¥, reverberating jthe Calx three ot four hours after all is gone jaway.’ Repeat all this Work twenty: ot Hthitty times; then’ reverberate it under a )Muftle with fo gentle heat, that it melt nor, suthe longer the betters "Then burn’ S.V. three

or four times from ix: Quare, OF grinding | :

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the Calx long with pure Virgin Honey, then diffolving it in a large quantity of pure difilled warm VY, and letting it ftand warm

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rll all the Calx be fettled to the bottom: Alf of grinding the Calx with purified Sale of ‘Fartar, then reverberating the Mafs, and laftly, diflolving the Salts in warm V7, and letting the Calx fettle, as with the Honey: difI think it-will bea very fubtil Calx, to then %; {olve the © in A.R. of Nitre and Precipitating it with Spirit of Urine,.or with Marinated 7, made by diffolving the fixed Salt of Urine in pure diftilled Rain or Spring water.

A pretty Curiofity, To make Metals Vegetate tit | vifibly. r-Peb‘Giyacrinn white and tranfparent Rive

bles, extinguifh them in 7 ito:have a (1

gee EI ee NE BE ge he

Calx thereof, which reduce.into fubtul Powe der with equal. parts of ‘Tartat and ,Nitr

(fulminated together ) taking’ double quan- — tity of this fufable Sale: Diflolve this Matter Upon a Marble: ftone,or Glafs.in-a, moift

place, and you fhall have a Liquor, which | filter: "Take about Zij.; of this Liquor, put

it in a Viol, and put’ into it about Si). Cot f fhe lefs) of the Calx ‘of any. Metal, diffolved Cae

in its Acid Menfiruum; Then evaporate chal‘ lA, h

i, :ek 4NM -%

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the confiftence of a Calx: Let it ftand, and fo foon as it is cold you fhall fee the Metal 1 || Vegetate, and fhoot our into branches, whic h

willbeof different colaursiif: you putin the

It}. Calx of divers Metals: This is fine and plea s d fant to behold. |Note; that it is to be obs i} ferved in general, that the caufe of Vegeta-

j | tion is the encountring of an Aury Acid with () a fixe Alkali andir is thus,that Quic k-lime

thay te a iie an a Oy

ian!ek

a | Calcined with common Salt into an Alkali: th | being fpread upon Barren ground, fatneth

d ) at, and maketh it fruitful, caufing Vegetables g | togrow, by contracting the Acid of the Air and its Volatile Salt.

To engender Gray-ffhes:

Tis to be she Operation eal) increafe of the We . if poflible, or wel Ligne, :

obferved firft, that to do this well, you muft do it at the ), and in the fign of Cancer; at leat in any other Aquatick :

iy:

Nl — i ig Pa Nl iy, ee NE Pe

yi) _. Then take a parcel of the {aid Cray

pt-t| fifhes, taken it Brooks or {mall Rivers, bein g vith all alive; divide them into two parts, put ich} One part thereof into’ an earthen Pot not

itl) Glazed, coveritwith its cover, or with ano-

other Pot, lute them well, and put. them to

ved Calcine for feven or eight hours with a ftrong

0) Ay Ugtl they be well Calcined,

hal:

K 2

and fit to

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We reduced to Powderina Marble Mortar: alfo all Then take the other part, (being unlike V, r Rive in alive). and boyl them pour ro that'wherein they were taken, then

off the 75 ‘which being cold, put it inat

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abou wooden Vellel, of of Earth, .and.nto handa a paibfullof this V, put about half: itted Calc faid fulof the Powder of the afore ftick, a with thet roge Cray-fithes, ftir ic well ing it ftirr out with , ettle then let it ftand'to-f fee fhall ‘you days few a in at all, anid with es it were

many Atoms appear ino the’ V7,

which are the breeding Cray-fthes, moviasnga big in the 7; when you dee therii as‘ Bulwith them feed {mall button, you muft

into the locks bloody: cafting’a little thereof

ot ae IN Ga OR whee AD

time will VY, from time to ume, which in bignefs. ral natu their of w gro niuke thedy the put You mutt obferve; that beforé' you fome put Sines the Vell) you mulbhrlt om Of at. Sand inte it, (6 much that the-bett dth. may becovered about a fingers brea

To make Oyl of Tale.

e, “and two Make one part of Venice ‘Tal n: fabtile h'i bot re, - fe <parts of pare Nit urnace tq Powder , put them'ih a Wind-F for feven of eight Qatcine with a firong

\’

, and beat Holits: “Then takeolt the Crucible the

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the Matter to fubtil Powder,

and wath ir

perfectly well with fair V, till you have

te ae he 5 Ore Te

brought away all the Saltnefs of ir; then dry the Tale wwell, and Calcine it again with

two parts of new Nitre, all as you did before, and dulcifie the Salt from it. Repeat thefe Calcinations,

and dulcifications tour

By A tee Be

times, that the ‘Talc may be perfectly white and well Calcined, and in exceeding fubtil Powder:

‘Then

put it into a frone5 Glafs |

Bottle, half full, and. ftop it clofe, and fet it in a great quantity of Ice or Snow, that ,.

the extream cold may penctrate into it (for therein confifteth the Secret ) but the Ice or Snow mutt not actually touch the Bottle, but it muft be fet ina Box of Wicker, fit for it, made like a Cage, that it be all open between the Barts or Olfiers, and.in two or three Months all the Talk will be converted into a pure clear white Liquor, which is Excellent for the Face and Skin, and will make

ocarlet white, being dipped in it.

s Ph ~*

An Excellent C ofmetick prepared out of

Tp Ake refined ), one part, Sal gemmz,two parts; beat the ) into very thin Plates, d ftra ti fie them with the Sa/ gemma in Pow-

er ina Crucible well luted with another K

upon

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134 Chymical Secrets. pon it: Cement for twenty four hours, then open the Crucible, and if you find the » well Calcined, itis enough; if not, ftratifie it with frefh Sal gemma, and Cement as before: Then edulcorate the » with warm YW 3; then grind it into a fubtil Powder, pour

;

upon this Powder a well rectified S.V. dj-

gelt until the S./. is tinéted blew; then decant, and put on frefh S.% Repeatthis until you have extracted all the Tin@ure outof the). Thenevaporatethe S.V.with avery gentle heat Corrather diftillit gently) —

Cucurbite a Matter like Pomatum: Putupon this Pomatum a Spirit of Wine reCtified upon Salt of "Tartar, and after a little di-

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ie i : ;

| | || , }|Z and there will remain in the bottom of the — }]/-

geltion, diftill off the S./. in a Retort,and = | part of the Tincture will come over with

the S. V. and will leave the Pomatum whiter

than it was before. Repeat this Work with ) new S.V. ("T'artarized )- fo often, ull the > | ig

Ow EO tS PPT BNE ES s

S.V. bring over no more Tincture, and that the Pomsatum remain in the bottom as whité as Snow, whichis Excellent towhiten the Face. | on |

Another

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. Another way tomake Oyl of Tate.

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tee eal as Se Sees

Educe Talc of Venice into exceeding fubtil Powder, mingle Zij. thereof with ij. of pure leaf Silver,grind them ex-

ceedingly well together, to incorporate them perfectly well: ‘Then reverberate them for fifteen or twenty days, after which grind them again very fubtilly, and put them into a Matrafs of Glafs, and fet it im fimo for thirty or fourty days, changing the cung every fix or eight days, that the heat may be always in a good degree: You fhall find a pure clear Oyl, which will blanch Pearls,

the Face and Skin in other parts, and do all

che things that are faid of Oyl of Talc,

Another way to make Oyl of Tale. Take of Venice Talc in great pieces, as

much as you pleafe, make it red-hot in

the A, then quench it by cefling it into Oy] of Tartar; fire it again, and extinguifh it as before. Do thus two or three times, and

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it will be throughly Calcined, fo that you

may crumble it into {mall Powder with your fingers; beat it ina Mortar, and pafs it through a fine fearfe of Silk; what pafleth not; Calcine it in a Crucible, and extinguifh " again: K 4 — ae ae hy Aee Nt te et a

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again: It will be perfectly Calcined by extinctions in- fair Y, but,then it will require ten or twelve Ignitions and extin€tions.

Take your fubtil Calx of ‘Talc (which

will be perfectly white) made either Way, and put to it fome diftilled Vinegar to fwim two or three fingers breadth over it, and put

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it to digeft in very gentle heat eight or ten days, and you fhall fee a beautiful Oyl or Cream fwim at the top of the Liquor, skim itoff, and dry it with gentle A, and it will bea faline fubftance, which put into a Bladder, and hang it in a Well near the V, but not to touch it, and in a few. days it will

refolve into a pure Oyl, which is Excellent for the Face, Or, with long remaining in

eT oar

a moilt place, without putting it into diftil-

led Vinegar, this Calx will refolve into Oyl: Try to extinguifh the Talc in dew, &c. (Be

fure that in all this Work you touch nothing

with Iron. )

To burn holes in Glafs.

eee a ES ES Ee gO et SUR

Hen Mr. Gore would make a hole in the belly of a Retort or Matraf3, or

Receiver of Glafs, he did thus: Have fome

Cotton-yarn well Sulphured,. lay it round

like a Snake upon the Glaf:, filling as much

{pace as you would have the capacity of the : 1 | hole,

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hole, make a Circle of 'Tin, or the like, to keep it in (but be frre there be not the leat moifture upon ‘the Glafs, nor that it be very cold, for then it will break) fet the Cotton on fire with a burning Coal laid upon it, and fo let it burn on, putting up within its compafs the burning yarn (witha Bodkin)

if it chance to ftretch, or fwell wider than it

fhould, make your heat and burning gentle

and moderate at firft, that you may increafe | itby degrees, by crumbling Sulphur in Powder upon the burning Matter, if you find it needeth.

ee:

Hy te i iOe ete fle

arian aS Ty es a —

a eS ey, Ra ee

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nana Serta =

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When it hath burned a while, try gently by touching it with a little flick of Wood,

| whether the piece of Glafs under the burn-

ing Cotton will fall in or out, but prefs not § too hard, for fear of cracking that which

fhould be whole; for when it is enough, it

will fall in with the leaft touch, and leave a compleat hole without any cracks inthe

Glafs befides. If you touch the heated glafs with any moifture, you not only make that which you would have feparated away, to fall in, but you will crack and {plit what you would have remain folid. You may

LO eR ae &ON Nie ==

put a Linnen Cloath in the Glafs, for the

piece to fall upon, Ieft it fhould break the | Glafs when it falleth in.

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‘A Defcription of a moft conventent and very

ufeful Furnace, which will not only ferve

for many Operations, as Melting, Caleining, Vitrifying, Reverberating, Diftilling,

Subliming, Digefting, &c. But alfo for Coppelling, in [mall and great quantity, and that with the greateft facility that

can be+ fo that neither Coals nor Afhes can fall into the C oppel, neither can the heat of

the L incommodate you by reflecting im

ie hae eh “” ae eek hk

: your Face and Eyes. with its e, Furnac this of The Fabrick

-Stru@ture fee in the next Figure.

An Explanation of this Figure.

t5ae "

‘A.

¥S the whole Fabrick, which may be Built Cof good Bricks ) about two

foot four inches in length; one foot fix inches in breadth; and about two foot four inches high. B. Is the fire place, which muft be round, of the beft and hardeft Bricks (it may alfo be made of a fire ftone) it muft be eight inches deep, and eight inches diameter; at the bottom of it you may lay either a clofe grate, or a thick Iron Plate full of holes. C. Is the Afh-hole & Receptacle of the blaft

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er wind iffuing from the Bellows,which mutt

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be very clofe,and the {topper fit the mouth of it exactly,to fhut very clofe, fo that the wind

ee = Oe te ete Re Decy

may findno vent any where out but upwards through the grate; this hole needeth be but four inches deep, from the grate down to the bottom; the Afhes muft be taken out

of it from time to time, that they may not fluff up the place. D. Is the Coppelling-place, which may be about feven or eight inches in length,and fix inches wide, and aboue four or five inches deep. lige fie E. Is the gap, through which the flame

ta te ay a a

=e a gia 5, SET a a

SO ee BH,

reverberates trom the Furnace into the Coppelling-place, it is about four inches wide, about two or three deep, and two inches in length. F’. is the Pipe or Chimney, which draweth the flame. G. Is a hole, through which you may put

Fewel into the Furnace, to avoid uncovering of it, when it is covered, as it muft be

when you Coppel ; you mutt have a {topper exactly fitted to it. H. Is a hollow place under the Coppelling-place, which may ferve to put Coals in. I. Is an Iron Hoop about an inch high, fuch as the Refiners ufé to make Coppels in, you may have them of what bignefs you Be pleafe;

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pleafe; at the bottom are faftened two flat 7 Iron. Bars, to hold the bone-athes, having no “Jj | other bottom. To ufe this Furnace,

you muft have a |)

air of Smiths Bellows, of a midling fize; which (if there be not room in your Laboratory to fix them below) you may fix above ground, and fo they will not incumber your Operatory below; and forthe conducting of the Wind, you may have a {quare Pipe of Wood, ,made like an Organpipe, to come down from the nofe of the Bellows through the Wall of the Furnace

iti eh y” DONE Qe eg ga Oe

into.

|} |

— || | |

the Afh-hole ; and to the pearch

you .may tye a piece of Rope with a svooden handle at the end, to pull by in

: blowing the faid Bellows. © Furnace this in do _ mall the Operations I

(even when I’Coppel) I ufe nothing but {mall Sinder from the Glafs-Houfe, which are not fo heady as Charcoal.

EET RE ER SGt T SEE ears

Directions bow to Coppel im the Furnace; 3 ‘and fir, bow to make a Coppel.

Ake fuch.an Iron Hoop, fet it upon a 7

fheet of brown paper to fave the boneAthes (that elfe you might fcatter 5)then fillit with a {ufficient quantity of bone-afhes, firft — moiltened: with Y5, fo that, they hold toge-

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ther when you prefs them in yout hand;

ftamp them well down with the end of an iron Peftle, and make the Coppel very clofe land hard every where, then make it hollow Wimthe' middle, that ic may hold the Matter }) you mean to Coppel without running over5 jmake it very {mooth,

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then fet'it into ‘the

| Coppelling-place, and raifé it with any fifted }Afhes,or witha piece of a fire-ftone, fo that J the top of it may’ be level’ with the lower | part of the gap. Then ‘cover the Coppel} ling-place with two bricks, (I ufetwo bricks,

Se Be

| becaufe I can lift up one'of them to put ‘the Metal into the Coppel, and leaving the othet

| brick} the Coppel is not all uncovered, ‘as.1t

| would be if it were covered with one whole |fone.) Then having kindled the ZV in the

Furnace; ‘cover it as’ before, ‘and blow the

| Bellows, and the flame finding no\way out,

| is forced’ and. driven “into the Coppelling-

| place, awhere it reverberates upon ‘thé’ Cop+

| pel,which when you fee that it 1s well tealed,

) lift up oneiend of the‘hithermoft brick, and | putin the fy, the quantity whereof ‘muft'be | proportioned “according to’the impurity of the Martér you mean to Gappel; if at be Sten | Hing», -you mult take four parts of ‘Htoone | of py if it-be any orher mixture of impure

Ig Na lta ie ay os te yt St Be APO ANi a OH

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| Meralj:you'muft take five} fix, or feveiy parts

of htovohe of the Merl, according to the impurity

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impurity of ir. Govern the A fo, that thls Coppel may always work and flow, and yore may leave a little {pace between the twhck bricks, through which you may. look intbur the Coppel to fee how it worketh,andifYorlfo fee that it requires more flame than the Sinh ; ders, or Charcoal will afford, you may pulthe into the Furnace a round thick piece of wood [Bri but you muft obferve, that when the Cop) tha pelling-place is come to be red-hot all over! fun and the bricks alfo that cover it, the Coppe wh: will then work with a very gentle -A, fo tha’ an¢ then you muft blow but gently ;for if ther ott you fhould give ftrong A, the Matter in the

Coppel would boy] too faft, and would-{j pat: ter about:

“Iaftead of afi len Hoop, mahy fimes ]|

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ufe but an earthen Porringer,to makea Cop>| pel, filling up the Coppelling-place with any| Athes round about the Coppel, and find that| it doth altogether.as. well, only that it ferves

burt for once: Note, that whilft you Coppel, or neal the Coppel,‘ you may. make Re-|

gules, at you have occafion; or nielt any) other Metal at the fame time. This Fur-} nace doth far exceed any, ordinary Wind-}

furnace; for I can at-any time makea par= cel of Regulus, or.melt any: Metal before the | 4 would kindle\in an ordinary, Wind-fur- | hace, and that. with much lef charge. « In|

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t thi-his Furnace you may diftill with a luted lyoURetort in a naked A, by leaving two little ttwdaoles in the Wall of it to put two fmall Iron

intdbars in, to fetthe Retort upon, you may aldiftill in it, in Sand, both in a Retort and ‘iol kin4in a Cucurbite, by putting an Iron Pot into

wjudthe Furnacé with Sand, and laying fome md gBrick with Clay about the Pot, to inclofe clp4that part of the Pot (or lated Retort) that

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lerdftands out of the Furnace, and you may give Coel| what degrees of A you will, from the firft fotac}and loweft, to the fourth and higheft de-

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A Real and) Trie wvay to Volatilize the Salt of Tartar, and Corporifie Spirit of Wine, as it was wrought by a Noble Per-

fon beyond Sea, aud by him Communicated unto me.

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Ht took but t6j. of Tartar well Calc. ned, and diflolved it “in the Air, free from the Sun, then’ filtred; and congealed ina Glafs Veffel, then he Calcined it as the

Dutch-man doth (in'the next Procefs) to keep it glowing hor” for fix or eight hours; then diflolved it again in the Air, and filtered, GI01S

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which muft be done in Be. but it muft be fo gentle, that you may receive the flegm by it felf; and asfoon as you perceive that the drops come Acid, change the Recipient, tak oe iteat ras

putting on another, and then diftill the Spirit with a ftronger fire, fo that you may tell erght or nine between every drop: Continue diftilling until ic become like a Syrup,

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then change the Recipient again, and diftill with a ftronger fire until it begin to fmell of | | the fire, and that it be almoft dry. ~Rectifie this laft and {trongeft parr by it felf, and put it to the weaker. part,

(keeping the

Heom by it felf for another ufe) and recti-

fie it together fo often. until there remain not the leaft fpot at the bottom of the Glafs after the diftillations, which muft be to drynefs every time, and every time in a clean Retort : ‘This is nota, trong Spitic of Vine garjnor needs it be, but this will do the Work.

Then take Svij, or. wij; of your Salt of Far-

tar, and diflolve jit j1n.as; much of the faid Spirit, or more, as will diffolve dts. let.it ftand,; and ir will fettle fome black feces5 then filter ic, and congeal, and.calcine abas before,

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before, but not with fo ftrong a fire; it muft be fcarce red-hot, and one hour will fuffice ; grind it while it 1s hot, and diffolve it again in new diftilled Vinegar as before, let the feces fettle, then filter it, congeal and calcine again asbefore. Repeat this, till it leave no feces behind, which will be in Seven or

Fight times, if you have wrought well ; then when it is very dry,take 3}. of it'té make a tryal, put it into a clean’ Glafs body, and pour upon it fo much high rectified Spirit of Wine, as will not only moiften it, but that ir be very thing ler it ftand thus twenty four: hours clofe ftopped in a very gentle heat, thatit may be but Blood-warm; then diftill with a gentle fire. If the Spirit ftays, | and the flegm come away, then proceed with the whole:parcel; but if not, you muftcontinue the! diffolution. m diftilled Vinegar, Filtration, ‘Coagulation’, and Calcination, ds before, until you find (by trying) that the Spirit ftdyeth with the Salt, which it will do in'a fewritnes:. Then proceed with the reftof. the parcel in the fame manner as you did:with the Ounce; continue the imbibition and diftillation with: Spirit of Wine fo often, till the Spirit, of Wine'come away as {trong agit was put.on. ‘Fhenhere lyeth the Seoret; to Sublime it) Diffolve the faid- Sale of ‘Tartar impregnated in the fezm of your

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of Wine, ufing-no more of the diffolvent ”

than will diffolve it 5. fhake them well toge-

ther, and it will inftantly diffolve all the beft and fineft part of the Salt of Tartar, and

leave the courfe:part of it, for that will not

fo eafily diffolve.

Pour off the diffolution,

and filter it, then put it into a Cucurbite,

and diftill off the flegm off the Vinegar, or

the weak Spirit of Wine, and then will the

dry Spirit,

tak he tk Ee etee i

F F

Ye y

or Aqua Sicca afcend like the

pureft Ifickles dry that ever you faw; and this is the true Volatile Salt of Tartar; and Spirit of Wine, in forma.Sals, and isthe | Vegetable Méenftruum, which will diffolve’ leaf © into an Oylifh Subftance ina very. | gentle heat,

The ‘Tartar which remaineth in the bot=' |

tom of this Sublimation you muft. put ‘to’ that which was left undiflolved by the flegm

of Vinegar, or weak Spirit of Wine, and

proceed to fix more’ Spirit of ‘Wine upon that, being firft Calcined,. but not fo long, nor with fo ftrong a fire.as formerly; and then. diffolve it once inthe Air; and: it will leave more feces at this time than at any time before; then filter and congeal, and diffolve it in diftilled Vinegar. as before.) And now you fhall do more in three times than you

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altered insits Nature ; then proceed with it as before, imbibing with S.V.. And) thus | you may fix as much.S. V. as you pleafe, and Sublime.as many pureand clear Cryftals eu as you pleafe: | Note, That when-your-Spirit of Wine ts fixed on the. Tartar, ,it will, be as {weet as

Sugar; but when it is feparated, as abovefaid, the Tartar will be of, its old Nature, but fit to be impregnated again with much mat lefs trouble.

The Dutch-mans Proce/s of Velatilizing Salt of Tartar, and Corporifying Spirit of Wine, rolloy ws thus:

Ht diffolveth his Tattar Calcined\in‘di-

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filled Rain v, and being fettled, filters and congealeth, then Calcineth it. for fix

or eight hours, fo that: it be only glowing

‘ hot, and no more: Then. Powder 1t, and diffolve it, filter, congeal, and reverberate,

as before;» and’ this. he. doth. faxteen or eighteen times; until the Tartar fettle little or no feces.’ Then take four or eight Ounces of it (or what you pleafe) and put it into a. Cucurbite, and pour upon it the beft rectified Spirit of Wine, fo much, that it may

be well moiftened, but’not to {wim over 3t.

Then he digefteth it in B. 44. for aday,and -L4

then te. be eee od & my Bip Ss a eB —— Osa Ne Sa an aN at ee a ae ar a

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then ‘gently: diftills! it off, but the Spiritof Wine afcendeth, and will not ftay; when wasidry, he puts the Spititof Wine back agaim upon it, and-diftilleth as before; and this he doth fo often (twelve'or fourteen times)’ and ‘then: «will Hold the Spirit of

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Warne, and the flegin willcomeaway: This he doth.withnew Spirit of Witte! andwhen

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heifindeth thata pretty quantity is congealed | + withithe Tartar, he grinds it (being very | dry ) and mixeth it with three parts of good 7 hit, Bole-Armony, and puts it into a Retorr, |}the

tat tie ee eee” eR

and diftilleth a Spirit from ‘it by degrees of <i hil, firesforeing it ftrongly‘at laftjand it will be a bl

yellow Spirit, which he deflegineth- once, |] Dil and then diflolveth his Calx of © in this *!} py

Menfiruam, which by: digeltion extracts all |} en

the."Pincture of ©, and Jeaveth the Body |] ti white, tinging it felf of a pure red. Of ff a this he giveth two of three drops ina httle

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Sack, whichdoth Miracles (ashe faith.)

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He maketh bated Gals of © thus:

iih wary fine @ -palt through’ Antimony Fain AR.

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then put water

snto Ar, and

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then caft in §, and ‘all-will become like a | 4, Fepar ;. then wath the dééand grindit with = three times as much ‘prepared Salt, and di- |] fh Wl

irda Re - th lulcovatethe iilif ina Retort; ‘then edulcovateth e

Cals Calx,

and

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} |and” gritid “at of ir with three of Cinaber,

and then'reverberate it by degrees gently : Thisthe doth twice a day, and repeateth 1 eleven’ or'twelve times, ‘and it will be a moft {ubtil red Calx; like Scarlet in colour.

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AAke the belt Odoriferous Rhenifh-wine ‘five Gallons, féparate its Spirit and

the other; Salt, ‘re@tifie the one, and purifie then acuste the Spirit with another prepared

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Salt) and at-laft joyn it to its own pure Cry-

falline Salt; then’ is it a true Aqua vite “This muft diffolve a well prepared Calx of ©, and by a continued

|Philofophorum.

citculation unite with it; then by Sublimation be fixt together, and laftly, by Solution and Coagulation become incombuftible Oy], which 1s a great Medicine. Monfieur Toyfonnier owvrought thus:

‘Ake frefh Urine of young Boys, fill one Pot with itjand evaporate 1 away, next Morning put on frefh, and evaporate; do thus three or four days, then evaporate toa Honey, and that you fecl-a Ponticifie {moak from it, then ceafé, and put your Honey anto an earthen Veflel, ‘and expofe-it

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to Celifie in the Air. As foon as’ itis, cold, } it will be hard, but-the. Air will refolve ics Jd:

Make thus what quantity of .Honey. you } pleafe: Celifie them four days, then, have | another earthen Pot, ,covered with a revere § we!

fed one that hath a hole in the bottom, faften § wi

thereon a neck of a Cucurbite of Glaf, ten 9dp or twelve inches long, upon whicha Retort, yite

with the bottom out, fora head, to which. | faften a great ballon. He did: put. fifteen | pound of Honey into his Pot, and with a_ gentle fire firit diftilled off the Spirit and Vo- } Jatile Salt ;.thefe.he put upon new,Honey, J s

ie One bk Ee eek ~ee we ae v=

oes

and in Ba/neo diftilled a purer Spirit and Vos | itt

Jatile Salt; (the flegm that followed, if put |i: upon new Honey, will, become pure Spiric | and Salt) draw the fixed Salt out of all the | Caput Mortuums; put Zxij..of the Spirit up= |

er p }

e §

Onasmuch pure Spiritof Wine, and it will

coagulate it all into a perfect dry Salt: Min-

gle thefe Zxxiv. of Volatile Salt with By}. of |

Saltof Wine, ij. of Volatile Saltof Urine,

5 v

and Ziv.ot % Precipitate, and pyr them in-

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to a Body with Head, Limbeck, and Re-.

ceiver, and Sublime with gentle heat: Part ;

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cometh over in Spirit, and part rifethin Sale. | Take Zxiv.. of Salt, and vij. of Spirit, and | 2B. ar Calx of », and diftill with exceeding gentle heat in a Body and Head with a

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Chymical Secrets. iss Put head: land a white Salt Sublime into the it) all back upon the Cake of ), and diftill as I before. He hath now repeated this Work eleven times; at the firft, the Spirit andSalt

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were ten days rifing from the ), but after-

| wards feven or eight: The junctures were

|all perfectly fhut, yet above half of the Vo;

ly Ne

Platile Matter was vanifhed. The “Salt of | Wine was made thus: (Spamifh Wine gave | none, but French did pretty ftore.) -Aiter

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f you have drawn off the Spirit and the flegm,

} evaporate the refidue (very gently) u/que

fw in fifteen days: there were many Cryftals in | it; wath thefe with the flegm of the Wine,

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| ad pelliculam, then fet in a cold place, an

tl fromthe blacknefs and foulnefs that is upon itl them..'

The & Precipitate was made thus:

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| Diffolve Ziv. of & in 3x. of A. F. made of

il) two parts of Vitriol, and one of Nitre. Extend the folution, by pouring a great quan| tity Ceight or ten Pints) of fair VY upon § it; then pour upon it a Lixivinm madeof fl the fixed Saltof Wineand fair. He made ) his Lixivium of Ziv. of fixed Salt, and but

F onc of the % Precipitate ; wherefore he poured

upon the Liquor that he poured off from the Precipitate about half a pint of the Spiritof Wine, and then'the & Precipitated all down. Take both the Precipitates, and wafh them

a little from the Spiritsof the 4. F. sib.

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The Relation a: of: Sir K. 9

- \. me Toy his Opetoryratorin MonthefiePiazz swasr, donein., besby. Opera Irfonuie a ia |

‘Covent-Garden.

The: Menftruum Coelicum Exuberatum, to §

Aiffolue ©, andall Metals, and carry them ¥ gver the Helm. Wrought by Dr. Clodius, |, |

»,

and by him Communicated unto me.

HUT iby. of perfectly reQifed Spirir of | Ah ', Urine to Thuy. ofa perfectly rectified J

| hid De tee aBhihe Ai ea »

Spiritnof Wine, and at will coagulate it all | to ddrep into.arhrm Sale; Sublime and die |

are

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fill this, and-abotit 166. will Sublime up:in’ | amolt pure active dry: Salty: and-abourtwo

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muchas to makeitup tbuj.: put this to your {h(i of: dry Sublimed: Salt, and allwill be

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a Coagulum, which: diftill and: Sablame. as

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before,: and you fhall have abpurtwofpoonfullssand a half.af-fery Liquor, and ‘about

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in-the bottom will remain'a finking flepm as before.. He repeated this twelve times, |

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Wine to your two {poontuls at) Liquor, ‘fo

maining if ‘the Cucurbite.

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and the reft will be a flinking flat Hegim te- |

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fill with frefh: Spiritof Wind; rand every time the’ quantitycofithe fiery: Spirit: ins r

creafeth

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am 7Bia.

ne weap ; See “)

| lcreafeth (drawing fill fome little addition “Bot dry Salt from the Spirit of Wine) allat Jength all the dry Salt come over in liquid ifiery Spirit, which he calleth Aden/traue | Gelicam ; then it will difflolve ©, and all Me« s Itals, and carry therm over the Helm with ir. | ‘This poured upon Salt of ‘Tartar, will pres

ifently diffolve it, and carry it over the-helm lwith ic: You may alfo myltiply it as:much das you will, with pure Sale or Spirit. of aa WUrine. a

add 2 to it, do thus.

Take

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ral purified (if Spanifb) thaking and wafhing

{a+ |veel] with, Spirit of \Vine or difiilled -Vine-

ear.tillat Gar ti y yield

no more blacknefs,willferve "9 5]:

WW") bur if other, Sublime it, fomietimes to pers qu | fet purity: Then he-pur tbv..of it into a

Me Retort, joyning a large.ftone Receiver, and

| gave trong-fiudden A. »Repeat this till you phave Mercurial 7 endiigh, which will be quite infipid; Put this V.apon purifted run+

ning 9,and digeft them together thirty days, | 8c all will be a vifcousMucilaginous Matter : io |Dittill off.the-flegm, and: you fhall have an spoil | Oy] remamaing ; put upon this Oy] your fiery

! }Soirit of Urine, and Spirit of Wine (twelve

HTN |cimes repeated, asis tmentianed:). andthe Spe me | rit will refolive the Cyl; then difhil then, Ne!’ | overtogerticr, and youhave the Aden rate ‘ | Galicnéa Exuberatim,) To waate Regulus

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of & with ¥, you muft pulverize the Regi |i

bus grofly, as Bay-Salt; then ftrew it gently yin upon the 9 in a Matrafs, and digeft three or |wil four days; then grind together, and it will) he b daate. ‘Thus you may do with y and Reg. §%t

He found difficulty in doing it with 2 and pM Reg. but after digeftion, he let it ftand a fi" little while with Vand Salt upon it, and ic #0 aaated of it felf with the §: Ave h.

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a Combutftible Sulphur, like Powdeg of Coal: JGalo ‘He maketh Mercurial 7 thus: Put ftore of dati

quick dry Sand upon ¥ in a Cucurbite, and |iphte

diftillic in very gentle fire, and moft wilf Jum come overt in 7: Put this 7 upon new & j fy

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If youdigeft yt y

eight days, the -blacknefs you wath away is }ti

-%h "

and digeft, and itwill bring it into an Oily |inpi

fubftance ; mingle this with your Coagulum of Spirit of Wine, and Spirit of Urine ¢See }

L-=

Lulhis ezght Experiments) and makean Ai: |

habeft of thefé, whith will be perfect when

t =

itis addted with ©. |Then proceed as Lully |

teacheth. : ; The faid Dr. Clodius told me alfo, that the”

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great Secret of Purifying all Salts and Vi- | triol, @c. confifteth in the purifying the’| Menftruum (i.e. 7) for if the 7 have feces, | in which you diffolve them, it’ rather in-"| _

creafeth their foulnefs... He doth thus: Set Equinox Rain VY (pure Dew were? puter

better) to putrifie in Glafs Veflels,. flightly? ln. . covered |

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jeavered Conly to keep things from fallingy ifi in a Cellar;in fix weeks the putrefa@ion ’

rec Wvill be finifhed, and all the feces fallen to ryilithe bottom; filret it, fet the clear to putrifie

again, which will require longer time than ibefore: If you put fome quick dry Sand in it, it will help the putrefa€tion much the

(pooner, drawing down the foulnefs toit. In

this purified 7 diffolve your Salt, Vitriol,

Salt.of Urine, Gc.

And you muft have a

j#Gallon of this water to 2). of Salt; for fuch efdilating of ‘the Salt maketh the Aden(truum

i lighter than the feces, and therefore they fall

‘wipdown. ark the end of Waac Hollands Pro-

ices upon Vitriol; where he direéeth diffolv-

ling it in fair J diftilled off; then filter and congeal, and this you may repeat two or three times: Then take nine parts of this

|} pure Salt, and put to them one part of pure Spirit of Wine, digeft them together .for.

ipfeven or eight days, then diftill off the Lis

quor teen ponly yep With

very gently, arid about fourteen or fifparts will come off in infipid flegm,and one part, ora little more will ‘remain the Salt in a dry fubftance. Repeat

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{this nine times with frefh Spirit of Wine, till

‘you have employed as much Spirit of Wine

jas you wrought tipon Salt,~ which will be

Pincreafed {carce one part: Put it then to Subf lime, and every whit of it will rife in a pure * Sublimate,

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rho _ Chymical Secrets. Sublimate, excepting a {mall parcel of feces, that will remain in the bottom:

ima

‘ Sand,

You may)

i come

multiply this Sublimate as muchas you willy] .... by addition of Spinit,of Wine to 1t;,,theny) »..

diftilling away the Liquor, for the ¥ of the.) 4;

Spirit of Wine will adhere to the pure Salt} py), ina pure Saline form, and che reft will.come:} bhi away in an infipid flegm. ; But in. the..ends) this Salt will be apt to come over in an Oilyj} Liquor, and fometimes after that, in form) iii. ee tae ot >.

of Salt again: But-he cannot yet, penetiate)} into the Caufes of thefe Bodies coming over | fometimes liquid, fometimes dry... Incorpo-' rate fome. of this Salt «with pure Spirit. of,

Wine, and it will diffolve. Q, and all Me-,| tals.

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To prepare a moft Excellent Medicine suitPadto

°)7 .@’

ths. Mercurial Water, proceed thus:

.&: 4\ ©

ey of the afore-faid Adercurial V and |: of Spirit of Wine diflilled three times;} upon Honey, and then. rectified upon, Sale7

OE dire OS INE BT i — ag wa 3

of Tartar, of each equal parts; diftil. them | together, unnl they be well united: Thenj}, to fix parts of this Adenftruum. put one part)) of a Spungy Calx of ©,, digeft them toge- 4

ther, ‘until the © is totally diflolved, exceptj rd

a little white Earth, which, will..remain, st | i the bottom. Then diftill ina. Retort, in)i

; ‘\4

BAS ‘ ., 4

ee TS NT CEE ae

Sand, | mi,

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|Sand, and cohobate fo often, until the ©

“Yl come over, into the Receiver.

Then fepa-

Ml) rate it, by diftilling in a Cucurbite, and

tit there will remain a red Oyl like a Ruby in

thy the bottom;

whereof one drop in fome fit

| Vehicle, is admirable for Health. Ths difIN| {olution of © hath a moft Odoriferows. cent,

nk better than Amber ana Mus k.

oi) . 1m Paradi @, or the Caleftial ha i} The: Lanary y 7 of: :

Eagle ofthe Lunar Sphere, which is Luls

lys true Spiritual Lunary.

por

| a .Bye y.1n A.F.and precipitate it with Ne ; Spirit of Salt, dry the Calx, and mix } it with equal parts of Calx'of 7, andthence

Far ie teae eh

§ diftil the volatil Cryftals or butter f(a. Exe § pofe this butter to the Air to refolve into liquor, that by. that meansit may makea Den} tifique attraction of the Spirit of the World,

; which fpecifieth it felf by this Magnet.

Put

f the clean liquor into a Cucurbite, and diB ceft with a Lamp A for 15 days, at the end ny of which timethere will diftil over an A.the=

rial liquor, whichis the Limary ; with which I you may work Miracles in Phyfick, efpecially §) tall difeafes of the head and brain the doféss PN the fame with the former, mixing it with a fit 7, Vehicle; Note, that it turneth all liquors into

ppwilh, andis fometimes Emerick, |

For tran

mutations

I Ms NO Me See iy Oy nS an Oe ee tS Nn ee ay _ —=‘,3: .= a

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‘mutation, deflegm this V as before and you |

fhall have the Metalline Gluten ;:which be- i

ing digefted per fe,will become a white Pow- Re der of projeétion; and afterwards aredone: |

Ts di

But it willbebetter to adda tenth part of leaf | Min

or of the Sulphur of © made by the Sal}...

n the ]}.,. Enix: Ivis svultiplyed by new additioof Lunary or Gluten.

yMa2% A

ERR ST EI OI

Note, that this liquor is

the Sommet of the Lunary : For the Volatil | T Cryftals of p are the fimple Lunary; but this a :

Goeleftial Fis the Spiritual Lunary, or the ot

higheft point of the Metalline Salts: Note, Sih

that you may draw the red and white Oyl is lei of what remaineth; and proceed as before. )

;

true

|“A of Saturn, or Jupiters Water of Paradife f l | | Cele(tial Eagk. o. ’ 4>

bei dn nn eR

Ifolve h in common A. F. andit will) precipitate into a Potential 9; dry it,and | mix it in great quantity with equal parts of Calx of Wor with 3: Draw the Volatil Cry-}

ftals or butter from this, which refolve in the | Air: Put the liquor into a Glafs Cucurbite, | with its head and recipient, digeft with:2]

gentle lamp 4 the fpace of 15 days; nothing will come over by diftillation, but on» ly the liquor will Maturate, and become red, and afterwards within twenty, thirty, or,

fourty days the Idea of h willrifeinvilibly, cee

’ , *~ ; '& ~~

GL ie Sa. eli We POT eyerryes Se EAA. Thie i Tied yea

and |.

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and diftil intothe Recipient, which is the V, | of Paradife.

This 7 cureth all Saturnian Maladies, and Melancholy, being mixt with S.V. You may give it in all Inflammations both inward and spoutward: The Dofe ts equal with the former.

|. "To ufe it for Metals, putthis Y of Para. “Vdife into a {mall Cucurbite and deflegm it

hwith a Lamp A and there will remain the “)Saturnean Gluten, /the Philofophers Gum, '

‘Jor ¥ of the wife, A Lot, oc,

Digett per (e,

for add atenth part of © “This Gum is the rue Metalline radical Moifture. |

herent .are ere — =eaeasrnaci -

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About Vitrcum Antioni, and the Tincture of i.

Onfieur Borel told me,

that he had

_ obferved thisin making the Tincture

of & (by diltilled Vinegar upon the Glafs of +) that when he went todulcifie the Salt that

remaineth in'the Tincture after the diftilled ak te tek ie aee ih kee iie oN —

Vinegar is evaporated away (as Baf. Val. teacheth ) he could never perceive that the. VY evaporating carried away the remaining Salt of the Vinegar, but {till when the V was gone, and left the Powder dry, it was as falt as ever before, and was of a brown

gray colour. But this he obferved, that af ter four or five times diffolving in V and | evaporating,

the ‘Tincture

Precipitated

down very red, andthe Salt of the diftilled Vinegar remained diffolved in the 7, fo that |

SES SS tS EE Ni

he then poured off the 7, and dryed the Powder, which then was exceeding red, and

perfectly dulcified: But after thus fevering|

of the Salt from it, S. V7. would not touch | upon it, and extract it any further: Perad-~ ‘ ‘venture a Tartarized S.% will doit. | /7the making in that me, told alfo He trum Antimonii for this Work, the Myfery | to have it certain and conftant, confiftethin, this; That after you have Calcined your @)

4% 1] : 4 \ hy,.. a4’

Tad "4A NTH pon YT AT TT CELT

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16¢ by long and gentle evaporation and ftirring,

{o thatit{moak no more; and when you have put it in the Crucible to melt into

Gla, you muft put to it a little piece of 4 Coal to burn with the %, and fet the Sul-

hur of it on fire, which will make a little Regulus fall down’ to the bottom, and the Glafs will be pure clear and red, whereas if no Coal fall. or be put in, it will be black and muddy: And that which maketh this Work of Vitrifying the $ prove uncertain, ig, that fometimes fome Coals.fall into the Crucible (as one gives great heat ) without the Artiftstaking notice, and then the Work proveth weil, but if no wooden Coals fall in, the Glafs proveth not as it fhould. Monfieur Je Fevre told me, that when he makes the Tincture of Vitrum Antimonit, he obferves, as Monfieur Borel faith, that if the extract of it made by diftilled Vine-

Pap =

gar be perfectly dulcified from all faltnefs, the S./. will not touch upon it; and if it

ring

be put upon it in dry Powder, containing the Salt of the diftilled Vinegar with the

Tin@ture of the 4, it will draw with the

such

Tin@ture fome nocuous Spirits from the Salt; therefore he doth thus: Evaporate fair 7

adel

from it two or three times, the laft time leave

it very mort; then put 8.” uponit, andit

Kerf

‘hitl) will prefently impregnate it felt with the A M 3 Tincture. uit

de hy — ee te fee ont me i — Nt ae Na Nae alt te a et a ge ae &a ee %

| es ea <i el Oe _~AlO

| | =

Pa ..-< 75a-eK ba a ~~ a

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A white Spirit of Sulphur to diffolve y and 23 given me by Monjieur Bugneau.

Ore

Ake the black Spirit of Sulphur, made

per Campanam, put it into a Glafs Re-

tort well luted (for fear of breaking)all but a patch at the topas big as a Crown-piece, that you may thereby fee (holding a Candle near it) inwhat {late the Liquor,therein.con-

tained, is: Diftill in Sand,till all the fleem is

a DS EU Og

come over, and that it. begin to drop. very

fharp,which happens to him after Zvj OF Vij.

are come over,of fhj.of Spirit put at firft into

the Retort.

By this time you fhall fee a lit

tle % Sublime up to the difcovered place of the Retort, «and a brown Circle of earthy fubftance {wimming upon the Liquor about the fides of it joyning tothe Glafs: You muft tee te ee »

eee 8 ae Re Sg gE aah PR

now give the A fo quick,

that the Liquor

boyl a little, and prefently you fhall fee it turn all white, and the brown Corona of Earth become white: ‘Then let the fire die,

and when the Retort is cold, pour out the Spirit, which will look like Rock vy; *and

will leave fome dregs behind; you will have

about Zix. of this Spirit, put it upon Ziv. of

Din leaf; and diftill it gently off, and after

a while you thall {ee your » quite diflolved .

s ik Fe Ath Ween ai Wir Uh ale, ee aN ee i, ak :‘ &o.\-

nto

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| nto clear Liquor; let at cool, and the » I will become a Cake of Cryftal, and fome Liquor will fwim over. ir; pour off this Li-

quor, and put 31. of frefh » to it (which now may be in {mall grenailles) and it will diffolve this as the former,

and become 2

Cryftal by cold: The Liquor that you then | pour off wall diffolve Zij. more of frefh p, doing as before. Now the Liquor that re-

maineth after this third folution of », will diffolve ij. of running % intoa Cry {talline {ubftance as-the former. This Spirit of Sulphur thus rectified, be-

ing ufed inwardly (before itis ufed with ») is much ftronger than when it 4s black, at the firft drawing, andismuch eratefuller to the tafte, being mingled with Yor other Ves hicle.

An Univer[al Medicine, from © and &, KC.

rpake of the 9 prepared, asfhall be taughe hereafter, 3j, of the Tincture of ©, afterwards fet down, 4}. mix them well tcgether in a, Glafs Mortar, then put them into a finall Matrafs, and digeft them with a Lamp 4 with’one. wick only for ten days; then digeft for ten days more with two wicks, then with three,and laftly; with four wicks, which M A

168 Chymical Secrets. which makes fourty days digeftion in all, at

the endof which you fhall have a red Powder as red as a’ Ruby. .

This Powder w an Univerfal Medicine for the greateft and Chronick Difeafes : It Cures the Gout,Dropjie,Palfie, F rench-Pox, Plague, Leprofie, the Evil, Small-pox, and Meafles. Its vifible Operation is by Stools, by Urine, and by Sweat: The Dofe is from eT.iif- to

BOWE SK

‘iv. or v. in Conferve of Borrage or Vio-

lets.

AR TI” ge P =

Lo prepare the © for this Work.

ajAas grav élled Afhes, Cot inftead thereut q:

i. 4g

EE EE 2a

ge aN aNG gE eegt a

ee ey ee

of you may take the Athes of dryed. ! and burnt Lees of Wine) and of Quick-

lime, of each equal parts; boyl them toge-

gether in VY, and make a Lixivium, which filter. Take Zi. or iv. of & vite, put it into a Matrafs, and pour upon it of the aforefaid Lixivium, {0 much as may cover it the breadth of four fingers; digeit with the fecond degree of heat, for'three or four days, the Lixe-vium will extra the Tin@ure

of the ¥ vite; then decant,

freth Lixivium, and digeft..

‘and put on

Repeat this,

til. you have extracted all the Tin@ture of your 2 vite, andthe Powder be well at-

tenuated: “Then mix this Powder with equal :

eae ae “ WS ,IE aex; ~ ; \ ee LTT SOT

weight

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| weight of Sublimed %, incorporate them

| well together with double as much of Oy] of | ‘Tartar, then fet it to putrifie 7 fimo tor w} thirty days, changing the Dung every fixth |-or feventh day. ‘hen put your Matter in a | Marble Mortar, and grind it well, adding | alittle warm Y torit; then add a little more | water, but a little hotter than the firft, and | grind it well; then let it fettle, and decant | the V7, and put on frefh warm V, and grind as before, then let it fettle, and decant: the | water; and put Vinegar upon it inftead of | 7, and grind it, and you will feein a fhort | time the Powder converted into running °. Note, that if “you Sublime Regulus of & with four times as much %, it will Sublime with it in very red flowers; out of which in

the fame manner you may extract 9.

ee i

st a

pet

}

{

}

To prepare the TinGiure of © for thes Work.

ane

Ake fine © in thin Plates, diffolve it in : A.R. then pour into the diffolution | fome %, anda fourth part of 4. F. keep |. in digeftion untill the’ ¢ is all diffolved; the I diffolution of ©, which was of an Orangecolour before, will now be white and clear, ° and the ©'will Precipitate to the bottom in

avery fubtil and fpungy Calx; decant the ?

clear, Ate Nl hg lay Bn i ee

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clear, and edulcorate the Powder of ©, till Ji -it be freed from all Acrimony, then diy it. Then take fine Pumice-{tone, and make |

it red-hot in a Crucible, then extinguith it ]) “in Vinegar; reiterate the ignitions and ex- J

tinctions five or fix times, then reduce it into } fubul Powder, which ignifie again: for half 9)! a quarter of an hour, then make it’as fubtil pat

as youcan. Then puta bed of this Pow- jt! der into a Crucible, abouta fingers breadth, ila

upon that.put a Bed of your, Powder of '©.: Continue thus ftratifying unul all the Pow- §! ‘ der'of © be'in, then cover the Crucibie with another, and lute them well together, and put it into a Glafs Oven where they pre= pare their Matter, fo that the Crucible may be always red during twenty four hours,and

>ae

fsee

Pa y

=3 -

‘

9 | J! | |

that.the Matter inthe Crucible may not melt. © ‘Then take out the Matter out of the Cruci-

ble, and pulvetize it; then put this Powder

ina Matrafs, and pour upon it of the following diffolvent, fo much as may cover it

b :

three fingers breadth, digeft it.in Afhes for

eos YT Pgh

ELT NEY

24.days, within a few hours you will fee the *| diffolution Tinéted .of an Orange colour5 after four days digeftion decant-the Tincture, and pour on more of the diflolvent, digeft as before. Repeat this till. you have extracted all the Tinéture of your Powder; thefi filter all your Extracts, and evaporate witha 238 {ic

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t7k

| tle A to drynefs, and you will have a yel-

low Powder of an Orange-colour; put this Powder mto a Matrafs, and pour upon it a

S.V. prepared as fhall be taught hereafter;

.|digeft it, and in two days the S. /~. will be ‘Tin&ed as red as Blood, which decant, and put on frefh S. VY. digeft and decant.

'Re-

i [peat this fo often till you have extracted all ithe Tin@ure out of the Powder: ‘Then difill off the Tinéted S. V. in B. witha gentle heat to drynefs; and thus isthe. Tincture jy Of © prepared for this Work, to be ufed with the faid. ¥% of &,.asis faid above. Note, That if you digeft and circulate this Tincture im fimo before you diftill the SV. from it, and then diftill and cohobate .‘two or three times, and abftracting half the \S.V. from it, you will’have a kind of an .| durum potabile, whichis a very great Cor| roborant in the greateft weaknefs: ‘The _| Dofe is five or fix drops in any convenient “|, Vehicle. i

The Diffolvent.

| N\N* Salt in a Crucible, then take 1b). thereof and pulverize it;. mix this | Powder with tbiij. of Honey, boy] them to| gether‘in an Iron Kettle to the confiftence of | | a Suppofitory; then caft this: Matter upon a : {mogth .

MR a aN et ee IRt ae ie i, “a i SR

le ye et Be awig ee a

cans neta Plant

a Fee

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fmooth ftone, and being cold, pulverize ir, |. and putit into a Retort; pour upon it diftilled | un

Vinegar rectified, ibiy.

Digelt tor twenty |! M

four hours, rhen diftill in Sand by graduated Mon, A, giving ftrong 4A at laft for tix hours ‘ jy

that the Retort may be red;> then let-ic ftand 9) 4]

to cool the fpace of twelve hours: ‘Then di- }"" {hil this Vinegar in a Cucurbite in Afhes, {/*"

Liti‘ ay i

ae he tee ei aha

the flegm, ‘redtifie it three or four feparating times more, and it will be white and clear; before it was yellow. Hy Lo prepare the Spirit of Wine, fit for this Tincture of ©.

IS ES ih ah oid ESeet ie

| hay a) = pa iy i q. *5eo 3: .

: .+‘.%

\ ial gr |

\Ake Salt of ‘Tartar well purified by fe- | yeral Diflolutions, Filtrations, and Co-.} £

4 agulations,

Aa 7 :‘

(it |#!" 1 jdine | ti

and then reduced to Powder, | |

iv. which put into a Retort, and pour up- | on it‘Iby. of rectified Spirit of Wine, let it {{) ftand fo twenty four hours, then diftill only | 15}. of it in Athes, and you fhall have anex- § tt cellent Spiritof Wine, fit'to draw Tinctures, | ¥ In the fame manner you may extrac the | ali ‘Tincture of Coral, putting the Corals whole with the Pumice-ftone, which by its dry- | nefs will extract the Tin&ure of the Corals, |} leaving them as white as. Starch. 1h . In the fame manner you may alfo extrac | hy the Tincture of », which willbe blew. de a 1 Sir 9 tol i @ (|

PESO ee eee oe NEG) SR ee Ee en 2:);

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| Sir Kenelm D.) This Procefs was given

witto. Aonfieur Vito,

Phyfician of Burges, by

| | lon/icur Mayo, Sieur de Vancours.

Tdzts

, |Monfieur Mayo was a great Friend and ConVfident of Monfieur dela Violette, who gave ‘Whim this Operation, and they made it togeIther. He faid,that this was the folideft and abet thing that Monjieur dela Violette had. THe gave this to Monfieur Vito in acknow-

"Wedement of a very great good turn be had

A done him, and after Monfieur Vito had reji fuled to recesve of him a Prefent ofgreat VaJue. hd great C orroborant and Sudorifick,wrought by Monfieur Du Clofs, Phyjician at Paris; | given me by him the 16th. of Augutt, 1660. |

ll Ber © by means of Salt, Nitre, and Allom, ec. after Zovelfer’s manner; . _f then evaporate away the Y, and put 8.7.

“upon the remaining Powder, and it will go

a ae

= 4 24

;

) \

(

‘

; et

_allintoa Tin@ure,or rather all the © will dif=

“Et folve inthe S.V. leaving the Salts, moft of

Ay which will Precipitate in'the S.V. Then he

Precipitateth the © with Oy! of ‘Tartar, and | wafheth and dryeth it, then reverberateth it, andit is in a deep red Powder; and this I he called Crocus Sols: (Butit is not fo, alI) moftall the © remaineth ftill in the folution )

(which

lt at pe ee te Pat lle. a by Be ta a ae

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(which is yellow) and Oyl of Tartar will not Precipitate it, fo that it is rather the Salts that remained inthe S./, and a little mingled

with them?) But take Spirit of Honey (the

ves 2 ———— Ne ees —

a a ——— :4%% bs .‘ 4a' $aaa— =

Be .ee

Vinegry Spirit) two parts, and one part of S$. VY. and pour thisupon the folution, and all

the ©

will Precipitate like a green Mud;

pour off the Liquor, and put fair V to the Precipitation, and fome 9, and {fo you may have all your ©, which when it is dry, will be adeep-red Powder, butif you reverberate it, anc gaate it with ¥, and grind it with Sulphur, andthen burn and reverbe- Ze} rate it, it will all fy away: And this is his | ieXce } curl beft way of Calcining and opening ©. _ |

Upon this Calx of © he puttéth his Menfiruum, and in twenty four hours it will

yng |mdy 1 ets of

digeft long, an Oy! will fwimeupon its he evaporateth the Menftruum till it be thick, and digefts that with a Lamp Furnace.

|pert

Tinct it felf as red as blood, which if you

His Menftruum ws thus made::

ee ih oe a a ee ee ater SR of yt

IfoMa

take

wel

Salt;

1Well,

Ake pure S.V. and pure Spirit of Urine, ana, put them together, and diftill off

\?uy es b+7%

= pena ea SES >Spe at ses

23 ae neat cata "aaa mer pz be SE age 4= SEES a. 4

C ae?,mh ._- ¥;

TEM, Th Ok ee lle Ch ia aTom -~ne nano 2S eee sm AIS = mein

wopare ,ay on =as ge z — ~Pa a: btn, 4 v4 | ,‘4: .‘ AY a4A' pele i+t° he

the S. V. with very gentle heat, there will remain a flegmatick Liquor in the bottom : Cohobate the S. V. upon it till there remain

only perfect flegm in the bottom, and san | al ages

7durin

Vhere H

Whar

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) all the Spirits and Volatile Salt of the Urine be in the SV. ‘Thisis a great diffolvent.and

H Alkaheft; but it will be ftronger if you

|)work it again with new Spirit of Urine, and | fo you may make it as {trong as you will:

| Buc this hath not ‘the Properties of Helmont’s i pretended Alkahelt , to come off from ‘the

cy a ee aNee Nhe a te

| Body it hath diffolved, as {trong as you put [it on, for it leaveth' much of ‘the Saline Spi| rits with the opened Body, if you diftill it off: He found fome running % in the filters rafter he had diflolved the © only as far as

Zowelfer teacheth; -which folution openeth it exceedingly, and rendereth it apt.to Mercurialization ; but he ufeth moft the follow| ing’ Calx of ©:. Make an-aaa@ of ‘©and /in due manner,which grind well with Flowers of Sulphur; and fet it upon Coals, and

fo make a’Calx of © (ut arte eff:) Re-

i peat this‘Calcination two or three times,then take the Calx of ©, and grind it exceeding | well with twice.as-much pure decrepitated | Salt; putthefeinto a Crucible, which cover

Iwell, and fet it to Cement or Reverberate |during fix hours( or more) in a Furnace where the heat may be increafed by degrees, fo that in due time the Crucible become red.

Continue fo a pretty time, but have a'care ‘| the Salt mele not: When it is cold, take out |the Matter,. and grind: it well, and pour hot

ee aD te Ne ee NE i Oe Se eg Pe Se ee a So Sk eR Sk, »4%“ ;:?=-7xg=5=~3 7 5ee

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-Y upon it, to diffolve all the Salt, and filter |

it off, and pour on more Y, doing fotillyou |) have feveredall the Salt from the © (asalfo

a white Earthy fubftance,that will {wim upe } on the Y ) then dry the ©,. which grind again with double ats quantity of prepared § y,

Salt, (the fame Salt, will ferve again when |,» the Y is diftilled from it) and Cement aty |), 4,

and work all as before, taking” care always,

|p..

that the © fettle well to the bottom after you |) 9, have ftirred it in the V. »Repeat this fix, |,o,, feven, or eight times ( the more the better) bh till the © come to be’ all a gray or white Powder: Then Cement it with double its-| Me}

quantity of pure Salt of ‘Tartar, in‘the fame |,

manner as you did with Salt,: and do always } ,

; E

‘A

'Z :

bo ar ti a b

‘

{

allas before. Repeat this two, three, orfour | times, dulcifying it every. time very well from the Salt: ‘Chen put upon it (being.

very dry) the Menftruumot S.V. and Spi- | rit of Urine, mentioned before, and it will: |

be Tin&ted Blood-red in twenty four hours: Pour off that, and put on more, till you | have drawn out all the Tincture, which’ di-

ftill in a Cucurbite with very gentle A, tll’ it become a Gum,*of which he putteth 4). into a Pint of Sack, and giveth a f{poon-: 9; ful for aDofe. tis a mighty Corroborant,) | as alfoaSudorifick, where Nature requireth | it, It will make one fweat twenty four hours. | The

ne Se ain RO a hkee }

Chymical Secrets. 199 * ‘The manner of making his Mdenftruum, /4s, to put the two Spirits into-a long Cu-

’ rn

alo

| curbite with a narrow mouth, on which he

"| puta Head, fitting it in the Orifice, -but

it | very large in the Body of it, and fo diftiltd eth off his S. V; and cohobateth it upon the Xl |fame Spirit of Urine, till the Volatile’Salt

Me Al Mg i A Ra lS iyl MN Re ti ee a

be drawn oye of it, ‘or upon new, as you fee occafion. MY Quere, Of putting this Menftruum upon

ya Spungy gray Calx of ©, made after Vanlf

dykes way.

“The Metalline Aureal 7, or the ~Ethereal Aurum potabile, which # a very great Medicine for the Gout; It w the true Hevwit} . maphroditick Bath. }

ng | sp Ik

Iffolve ) in 4. F. then Precipitate it with Spirit of Salt, then edulcorate .

vil |the Powder and dry it, then mix it with its

tt |weight of Cor Calx of 24) diftill a tranfol |parent Butter thereof: Take of this Butter

hie Jone’ part, mix it with as'much of Calx of

jl 4p om ant,

}@ (made by diffolving © in Spirit of Salt) |digeft them together, ‘until they be reduced fanto a Liquor: Diftill this: Liquor in a Re}tort, the Spirit of Salt will come over firft,

et?’ Jand then will follow a’ red Butter, whichis

fut jthe great: Chalybs, which refolves into a

The J

Liquor

wa te be Pt Se te Nd Ne Np ig Sp a ce tae Pe Re eae a Na me — a

H q

MAS ap wd

Chymical Secrets. 178 Liquor in the Air; put this Liquor 1i1tO. 2

Cucurbite,. joyn a Head and Receiver to 1t, and then digeft with a Lamp A for fifteen days, then an Aithereal Liquor will begin | to come over in an invifible form,: which, |} (y

eAP———-

-tage toe Siti

will diftill into the Recipient + Deflegm this 9} jij,

Liquor until you come to the Eagles Metal- 7) ij line Gluten; which is digefted Ceither per 9) tu fe or with ©) into a true Phyfical ftones) , When itis in an Autthereal Liquor you may |), py take two drops of it in fome Cordial Spis)): 4 {| may ages Baas Coy! rit. 5

, ..-at

PN es Ee Se ERT gh SR Se

The Eagles

: he Wife, ~ Me Gluten, . e) of

—=oo

talline Menftruun ;-24 ith which and Lions)\ «. AV exe Blood is made the Metalline Stone.

EF -Glutenis of divers forts; The frft) len

is altogether Mineral,, ands drawn |) from % and: If you joya Sulphur of &| Vis

with this Gluten, you may make a Medici« 4 nal Stone of sit. "The Second is, Metallicky viz. Saturneal, Linary, and Aureal. “The third is partly, Mineral , -and.partly Metals! ) line; as for Example, when.one draws a}. Liquor (which doth not wet), from & of ,

ais 7 »+4 7q

ONE GS ge NE Se OR ate Aa oy

renner Ee

(that is to fay, from ats repercuted Calx) : and +, which is the Magaet of the Spirit of

the World; .then draw the Gluten as you rn

know.

TT DY TE OUT ENT ET OO SEE qewy atZa =

rs Lo ‘

The Gluren is Mineral and ee i, |

in€,

Chyinical Secréts. 26499 line, and is firfficient to make the Phyfical

Stone of it, both Minetal’and Metalline. Note, that if you-digeft per /e, what‘fort

of Gluten foever, you may make the PByfical Stone of it. |But for to fhorten deht

pe OY ee le Se ARs NN Dm cy

Work, you’ may add ©; for all Metalline .or Mineral Gluten contains in it felf its in| ternal Sulphur, which may be coagulated and fixed into’a true A&therial Panaces. But it is better to. add this Solary Ferment, as fhall be faid hereafter, Wonderful things may be performed €both in Phyfick, and in Tranf{mutation of\ Metals) with any fore of Glutén, either Mineral or Metalline. The Y of Paradife differs not from the ‘Gluten,

except that it containeth fome parts more: li-

quid, and is-yer full:of flegm, as fhall-be

fhewed.

Water of Paradifesor of the Hermetick Eagle, whereof are made unheard-of Medicines, and Powders of. Projection.

"FH Ey of Paradife is a ceatain fiery or ~~~ Aéthereal

7 drawn from Coeleftial Bo-

| dies, chiefly ‘from @:ani'y, without the mix-

# ture of any waterifhflegm.;

fo that; what

i5ateracted 1s: the Univerfal Spirit, ‘the In-

J] forming form of the Elements, that of the | World; Influence ofthe Stars, Soul-of the

N 2

. World,

Oe Om ts ye See a AUe ae ee Ra ta i nN ee i Oe Ne Ne a i

..Fir ©‘ 3 ‘

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World; the vital Nutriment, tatent im the Air. .Ehis 7 is moft porent to drive out

all Difeates, it being altogether Aftral, and ns, Scruples, by Dram neédeth: not be take part of a Grain icth twehr the ‘but s, Grain or

>>‘

RENT RE

is fulhetent for a Dole, yea, almoft the Vaour-only of this Gluten fufheeth, as you

{hall fee: In is attracted by feveral things, of

L:¥ Ss

’

(to fpeak plain) there: are feveral things

Went

requires a longer’ time to have this Gluten, or this Philofophical 7, which'ts all, to all univerfal: for ic requireth feven Months to prepare this Univerfal Menftruum, after you

L Poms

which attract it from the Stars; ‘firft,bySew idivogins nis Magnet, oF Chalybs;, |but 1

." aa a

Re ST ER eT

Ljepaitl

Ol Q:

have the Salt:of Nature; which isa thing

iidete#minate, and requireth«:a ‘Metallick Ferment, fpecifick, for to fpecifie and deis terminate it. This moft Noble way

clear ly.and neatly. fhewn by the Author: But there are other, ways. which are fhorter, :by which this Spirit of the World. 1s attracted n by feveral Magnets, whereof fhall be fpoke Stone cal Phyfi ‘the that hereafter. Note,

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‘3

Pa-~ | may be made of all forts of waters of his whic radife; for it is the Philofophical© fafficient for himfelf and: for thee’ for.it contains in it felf a pure Sulphur, which

4¥

isk 4

zwe 2 av,

on a

acea: But: for’

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ment is:added, to the end that this Shosea

or fiety.\7 may be fooner congealed, and fixed: :Sosthat, belides this GenerabiffiiMaWay,,

or this Univerfal Stone of, the Philofophers, there ate;five other Stones; ‘to wit, firft,«the fimple Mineral, made of % per fe or with & hinge &» with She Sulphur of...

Phe. Se-

Oe te Ml I FN ett ty a

cond is the fimple Metalline tone, made with y only; with %, or with ©'andiSolar Ferment... Vhirdly, theré 1s,a Stone which is (partly Merallick, and partly Mineral, made of 4; 8, and ©, whereof Artefizs, BLaméls: Pontanius, Zaichagit, and others have writ? ren.

Fourthly, ‘Phere isa Veperab keSiGne.

Fifthly,Vhe Animal Stone) « Wethapitreat of all thefe Srones, under the name. of the 7 of Paradife,or theHermetick: Hiagley0or ie gins Milk. eae Mores ,

ade ne ow

Tie chase

Water of Parade ofCommons, Bs ipbdeangs til , bis:ane of the Fev ondapie’ QUbline : Lig or four times with Sale; \) Nitre, and. Vitriol; then: difelve-tit:in

AF. and digeft, then “by diftillacions dnd: wie” cohobations,

unite. the, Salts Armoniac off

ai i

the 4..F. to which (to have it more Pows §

erful) you may put an.eighth, part of eer". . Diftll and cohobate fo often, till dtaar © at

ey a ee ee * we a ee ee ign ei Re Pe Se eae ee oe ck aS

192 Chymical Secrets. to be like Wax,’ and that it diffolveth eafily iu humido, "Then diflolve this matter: per deliquium, that it may attract the V7 which is ‘contained in the Air: ‘Put this Liquor into a fmall Cucurbite, joyn its Head‘and Recipient, and digeft with very gentle A with a Lamp.- Nothing will come over during fifteen days,’ but afterwards, there will come over an Aithereal Liquor, which is the V of

\qo*% *

tas Oh ead ee ee

8 L.A % Dy

Paradife :‘T'wo drops of this 7 put into Ziv:

of S. V7. is an excellent Medicine againft them Pox, for itis the Planet 3. The Dofe is one |

Re naa eh he Sek Se ee a

fpoonful.

Thé Phyfical Stone is: made’ of - |

this Virginal, or Aftral Milk, to wit,diftill its

flegm, im a {mall Cucurbite, with the fame Lamp A, and’ the Gluten or Mineral Gum

will remain in the bottom; of which by | digeftion is made the Phyfical or Medicinal ,

be y

Stone.

Paradife upon a thin Plate of 9, -or of oy,

La ‘

it will penetrate and whiten it through and

through, before it is fermented with ©. Notealfo,that that which remaineth after the diftillation, will ‘ferve‘alfo. If you would then make a Stone, different from that which

7 tg

allo, that if you caft one drop of this V of "|

t= 5

are St

But note, that if you addO, the

Operation’ 1s foonet accomplifhed.* Note - |

, a

| i

-‘

oe:

, “

{ 4

is made with thé Virginal’ Milk only, - proceed thus: After you have diftilled the V7of Paradife , diftill over with a gentle 4 in® | aa | Afhes

{ ie hk i

ia ria

P ‘

. a ad

; Hi ry

i s

hs: t si

‘ f

‘

Chymical Secrets. 182 Afhes what remaineth, and you fhall have a white Oyl; then force over the remaining part ina Retort, and you fhall have a red Oyl; caft away the remaining feces. Take one part of the red Oyl, >and four parts of the white-Oyl, and eight parts of the V of Paradife, put them into a Matrafs, and digeft them in an Athamor until all the colours appear one after another, and that the:Glu-

» | ten be fixed into white.

If then yowaug-

ment the A, it will become a red Medicine,

of which you may make Projection thus: | Take an hundred® parts of. &, heatitin a

Crucible, and caft upon it one part'of ‘this fixt Medicine, and-all will-be a Medicine;

| whereof caftone part upon another hundred | parts of &, ftirring it with a flick; then } melt them together. Caft one part of this | Medicine upon an hundred parts of 9, and all -will be converted:into ) or ©, ‘according to the Tincture. . In this: manner,

all Metals.and Minerals may be reduced into Tintures by their Y of Paradife, ee.

Note, ~That: this Work may be done alfo with § diffolved in’A. F., and Precipitated with. Spiric of Salt;the Calx dryed and ‘-united.with Calx of \% and 3, and thence | the Volatile Cryftals, or Butter extracted,

| wherewith you may proceed. as was faid: fe

N 4

Or,

he te ee Ge pe ll Na A HR

‘

)

4 balin rsd

Vy i

é in

i {

: a

| a

in #1i} , ‘7

; '

made with % per deliquium.

3 @

Be i ca Bie j

” ’

iter! ee, PRs|

“e

Neby ha nies a

‘

NK: ‘

iat. 4

‘i

}

ta, pl

\ r

{

melt Dit

* Ep

(i)

}

ae ey ha

~, A

{

in the Recipient in the form of a clear V+

ri a

This VY is all fiery, and.is the Coeleftial Eagle with two Heads. «Pur it into a-Cucurbite, and deflegm it with the fame Lamp 4X, and:there will remain in the bottom of

4 Alt Hy? F 4 ele 4 r al} (h

¢ ri

Aap “

|| ha

the Cucurbite the Mineral Gluten,

TET,

tia! #4) a 1

Pe -

Ui at

eet

‘

;

Pitt hud

’

+* ”

fe}

Ziv.of SV. it will turn as white as Milk.

he. }

You may prepare Medicines of this Coeleftial: fethereal V7 thus; Put two drops of. it into

“

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we/

cry. a Gem

at HY

' H

ed' 1 etO84 . \ $

’‘

i% q

Bak

}

a :

i :

:¢ |

(ie

{

This Medicine Cureth the Dropfie, the Epilepfie, Madne/s, &c.» The Dofe is from 33}.

to 33. Now, if you would have the Powderof Projection, you muft digeft the Glu3

li}

“

i }i

or the

vifcous VY, which doth not wet ones hands.

! bl

and § Sublimate: Diflolve this Butter inthe Air in ¥, ©, and IL; put the Liquor into a:Gla{s Cucurbite with its Head and Re-

ot. twenty days :.Then-drive up its Rays into the Head, which will be feen corporal

aed

Bixee a Butter from equal parts of &

-maturate the Matter in the fpace of fifteen

The Antimonial @ of Paradife, or the Herz metick Geleftial Eagle with tovo Heads.

cipient, ‘lute well ail the jun@ures ; excite the Archeus which is in him, by a very gentle heat in Afhes, by.a Lamp A, which will

‘a

—-

}

veal

Hie}

ag: ik

jt fer Hidat Hata |

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. Or, you may make alfo a v of Paradife,

184

fen

Chymical Secrets. 18% ten per fe,as' was faid5:or (which is better) add a tenth part of © in leaf, and digeft, or draw the red and white Oyl, and proceed as . Jin the former Procefs, and you hall havea Medicine both for Man, and for Metals. lh ig a: te a Nee iRl at ee =Nery

later of Paradife of Veniis and Mars, or Q |es 3 Captivated, whence cometh Cupid, | -or the Solar Panaceas. A Lthough thefe Metals: cannot take the

Mercurial 7, nor give Volatile Cry-

iftals, as >,

2%, and h do, becaufe they are

lvery Mercurial, and the former-Almott all

}Sulphurous, nevertheless you may do it thus: a [Drffolve @ cand & Ceach by it félf) ‘in , [the Salt Androgine,

= —

which hath but little

. }Sulphur, tothe end, that it may diffolve . more eafily: ‘Then make a Lixivium, which

Precipitate with your Liquor of h; dry the |Preetpitated Calx, and fprinkle it with a . }good deal of Spirit of Salt; then mix it’ With 4s, Wk, and diftill Volatile Cryftals thereof; with

1.1 fovhich proceed’as before.))"The V of Paralife is made of } only, and°is called V5 OF

4? his aftrun. It Cures the Pox, Gout, ve. ‘The Gluten

of thefe Metals is digefted either per fe, or . #with a Solar Ferment,. as before, into a Pa-

‘|, Wuaced, Which isa wonderful Medicine, and if

will

ee ve ee eet ee A Ce he eeweee ee ee, ee ee

NO oe ~~

186 will

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tals.

in Men and Me- |my

Hire¢

The tbrite Noble Water of Paradife, or Apol~ Spars ay lo Medens.

hs Tftill the fiery and Volatile Cry ftals from. Wr S of py, with Calx of Fupiter, which |fi A keep. Diffolve © in Spirit of Salt, which} by ii joyn with equal parts of your Cryftals dir ire, 4 geft, and then diftill, the Spirit of Sale wall they N a come over immediately firft, then will fol- My :

low the red Cryftals: Expole this Terreftrial Binace © to the Cocleftial, that it may fatistie it fjty felf. with its Solary Rays, and. then diffolve|| Ni it felf into.a Liquor, which will be a Mag- }\\, net and an Amaranth AEthereal and immor- }inihe tal, Put this Solary and Lunary Liquor tates

into a Glafs Cucurbite,

and diftill, with a }yof|

Lamp, 4 this Noble, Metalline, Radical jy),y moifture, thofe invifible Rays of the ©, or: AR thisV of Paradife, during fourty or fifty arte days, This V is V of Nature, an Excele |phon lent Attractive, and. its Power is ineffable. Jy, This 7 drives out, all Maladies, and com-\\i. forts Nature, and w.a Royal Medicine : for jy tus the aftrum of the@, or a © between the hi Terreftrial and Coleftial ©. OF thisis Apolo}, tt furens; for its Rays, or its V killeth & yf ino

IE OT ”SO wie oN -

aee 2=StySESE =

i :; ..'mY Pr OO iia th SANS eee ek ee —Ai

leflary ; for when it is freed of its flegm, the Jolary Gluten remains, which you may diireft per fe, until it acquire®a purple colour. |

rom? of Paradife is the AXthereal Aurum pota-

hichizJe; diflolve two drops thereof in Ziv. of

uch’, 77. the Dofe'is 31).

‘This isthe 7 of Na-

sal ;ty

;difare, which is multiplyed ad infinitum by

‘willhew addition of the Gluten, @c.

Note,

“WE hat when this Panacea is fixed, it as the

nl anacea of. Panacea’s, which Cureth Mala¢ ilies, both in Men and Metals. ove} “Note, That this’ 7 of Paradife converts Mag Metals into ©, if you digeft their Plates mii the fame; yea, one drop thereof peney iqurates a Plate of y, and'tranfmuteth it into ib Mnoft fine ©. There isalfo made another dial ollo Mede®s which is joyned. with Spirttuous

pot

ae] 4

ps LB

‘lyr fiery Regulus, and conjoyned in the Sulielishurous Sal Enixe, and both Precipitated fablento an Aureal Antimomial Panacea. But |wi:his Panacea is not comparable to the other. |

pr |

y “ a)

yf Apollo furens is the fame V of Paradife, the

s thiwhich are the invifible Solary Rays,by which

4 4

lX7. Apollo Moviens is the Eclipfe of the O |

? H

| NpReeulas of & to wit, the Flowers reduced,

apnea Sieai(Pa ein ee acre =

“are

=<Ba =a yaaa Hie pn etn sre sie ee om

nen ee eae ian ——— —— —

= Say sf

‘aly 4 4

88 Chymical Secrets. im the above-mentioned fiery and A‘therea| Menftruums:

} i

For in all fortsof Mdenftrunmiiy io

it putrifies, groweth black, and maturatelfjee 1 in the {pace of fifteen.days: But after thatftarth

it refufcitates before the Judge Apollo re/ufcel\ wv taMs.

;

Merscae

ie, take

An unbeard-of Arcanum,or sew and unhearalyrey of Lunary, wherewith rs made the Elixirit Ver ar Metalline Stone. ba Lu ,

inga

Iffolve what quantity of » you pleaf cia D

in the Sal Androgine; in four hours} oy.

time half your )-will be diffolved into.a veryhice wh red Salt, pour it into a veflel of Copper gti then make a Lixivium, which filter, reduceis|,y, into a body what remaineth with h, andbix ity

re-diflolve it in new Sal Androgine as beshite : fore. Reiterate this, till all your > gobe Buy. through the filter with the Lixevium, and}, (y/ you will be fure to have a » altogether Spi- adh rituous and Volatile, which you will find to thay TN SE a El RN te gah

be true to your lofs, if you Precipitate it with fyjhe an Acid Liquor, and reduceitwith h; forth ihe it will all fly away at the Coppel; the fam@Mon), will happen if it be attracted by Plates off, ne

2. Thefe two effects haue happened to me by al att gnadvertence, liye}

Note, That this.Spirituous ) is3 a ~Potenshhij,,. i *f, wu]

you ‘ =: \.'

to; PEMA NE LOLI

Lome

| Chymical Secrets. 189 pu rejoyn it with its body at the Coppel:

sy Ae Oe ee

here is nothing’ to fay to that. .Note;

\aihar the corporal ) which is added, retains

rs it afterward in the feparating 7. Thereire; take all thefe filtred Solutions ( which leyellow if the Lavers'be made with Odor

iui” Metals). and Precipitate them totally ina Lunary Sulphur. of a Golden colour,

ry tae a

hae

Niding'a fufficient quantity of that which

eiMrecipitates it:' That which Precipitates 1 ‘lol@of our invention, and is of the Saturnian iiiice, which fwims upon the % of h, when pets Solution is repercuted: by the Salt vy. Dry jis Lunary Golden Precipitate gently, and . Hx it with ana of Calxof 2/, made per fe x + the y; orif you will, you ‘may. draw He Butter or fiery Cryftals with ana of 3;

ate ‘Cryftals are refolved per fe in the Air. ind with this unheard-of Magnet are MiraPiloufly attra€ted the Influences of the Stars; fa { the V of Nature. “This is chiefly done

® the belly of “Ws that is “to/fay, in the lonth:of April and» May.' Note hereva sity greatSecret, which‘is, that there is no bem attracted by this Magner, but onely ie pure Nutriment of ‘Life, ‘or the hery’vi1 Viand which is hidden in the «centre of

fe Air; which: you will find true; if you

agit Come waterifh past into this Liquor; for you Bee ne Al al age a Ma ty fe a gn Sa Ne ey,

ya, Pal ale ss— .=»e.-as : 3

Igo

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you fhall {ee that it will not mix with iri}! any wife, but will fwim upon it-in an herefhvet® rogene form,as Milk :You mutt furtiier fepe|tuu eT ee na

ee oe SS

corporal Lunary you muft. have a Spiriruz!":

and unheard-of Lunary.Put then this Liquefi#! b ina Glafs Cucurbite with its Head: and Ree}! ie: pient, and digeft.in Afhes with a very gentliti! fd

- \;

» Sac” ei Sh eh Ne ‘ihe, he ela beh heli

heat by a Lamp. the, fpace of one Philofe, a phical Month... Nothing will diftill ove during the firft fifteen days, or more; but j) will become a red Sea, and the Matter way

maturate, and after that, you-fhall.{ee thaj 4 6 by this gentle heat the Metalline Soul wi bra mount invifibly upon the wings. of th] th

Wind, or the Spirit of the World, and will {om fall into the Recipient in the form -of Fears) "mai

which are the Tears of Diana:

4.4 = .‘ .

\'This Lj)Mel

great’ vertue.

Continue tly bs,

diffolution; whilft the Archeus of Natun| Pu

chafeth it, which 1s done in fifteen’ days a}Herm

the fartheft. .In this Operation is doné,whia] "ne

Hermes faith, thou fhalt feparate, the fubti the from the Spirit gently, and with great dex)! wil

terity: This diftillation is altogether Na} Whoy tural, and 1s perfected by thé only Archean Brad of Nature. Zhe Liquor w the Spiritual En fDiy

wary; which contaims in it felf Body, Spirith the |) : r4

he ‘s a UE VETTE COE ee

Ant

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dead Soul; °ts the 7 of Paradife, the Lunar sheg Sphereg the Metalline F ountain, and the inca Metalline Menftruum.

It #2

inngrof? certain anti-epileptick and Cephalick: nlf one or two dropsiof it aremixt with 51.

got S.V. all will become like Milk. For it jugs all A; which changes the moift Element jRegot the S.V. as being contrary to it, or at «ifeaft not connatural. :Tomake the Metalline Stone per fe of thes |

Spiritual Lunary.

sw’ P Ake this Liquor, and putit into a finall

th Glafs Cucurbite; leave it uncovered, al jevaporate it in Afhes witha gentle Lamp A; Bro the end, that if there be any moifture Afcom the Air, it may exhale, and there will yremain in the bottom of the Cucurbite the i I Metalline Gum, the Lunary Gluten, the gy Azot, ce. which will liquife at the leaft ~ dpheat, as Butter, and will congeal by cold. Nut

we Put ithis. Gumi into-a Matrafs,

which:Seal

ay - ry

tg, ly ip I Ng I at al aal a Ne Its aaey

fpHetmetically, and digeft per fe, it will beicome black, and after white, and.then it is

. Fike white Stone; then by increafing: the A, ! d Hit will: become ofiaCitrine colour, and red, . NgWithout a Solary Ferment: And the King jf is made of the Queen, or the immerfion of "Ry into a Solar y Tin@ure. But for to fhorten

Bj the Work, add unto thisGluten a tenth part

ir HL

eet eee) ee eee eer ae SD ae at ee

lhmr al wall mt ~*~,

tual by the Sulphurous Sa/ Enixe, and di-

of this 7 upon it. | you have diftilled the Lunary, that which | fi remaineth is an eternal Magnet. ‘T’o that effect, refolve itagain inthe Air, and man- |

age it by a Lamp as before.

“Then diftill

an Ethereal Liquor, which is yet impregnated with a Lunary Soul, and diftilleth in- _

to. the Recipient, and then goeth anew into a Gluten: And this is done ad infinitum: | Note alfo, That that which remains, may be | diftilled, and you fhall have firf, a white | Lunary Oyl (which is the Philofophers |,

Oyl of Talc; for the true Oyl of Talcis |

the Lunary coagulated per fe, and fixed in- | y

toa white Stone, which is fixt and foft.)] Secondly, you fhall have the red Oyl by augmenting the A. If you will make the|

Stone of thefe Matters, take of the red’Oyl | one part, and of the white Oyl four parts, and eight parts of the Lunary reducediinto Jy. Gluren: Pur this intoa Matrafs, and digeft ]; until all be fixed into ‘white; ‘and after by [jn

continuing become red.

This Medicine”

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if ‘ought not to be Fermented ; for it is the true a] Metalline Soul’, reduced into a Tindture,

us} “This laft digeftion muft be in an Athanor

mt.) with a Charcoal A.

Hartman.)

Thefe Waters of Paradife and

lily lg li Ayl Ne TA aN iipl eg A—

1} Glutens, &c. were given to Sir K. ( about

hen eight or nine Months before he died) by a \} French Gentleman, a great Scholar.

itt: | Monfieur Batkly’s fixation of Common Sul|

pur, and the Tincture thereof, which an Excellent Medicine in all affetts of the Breaft and Lungs:

Shea Flowers of* Sulphur, or Sulphur | &

pulverized very fubtil; put it into a

|Matrafs,

and pour upon it fo much Spirit

sof Sulphur per Campanam, as may cover it s {the breadth of three fingers:. Lute the Ma-

wftrafs well, and put it in digeftion for fifteen days, or three weeks, or fo long until the’ pElowers of Sulphur come to be very black: tefl Then. diftill off all the Spirit of Sulphur to

idrynefs; break the Matrafs, and take out

otal

at Aee Pilg fe eS ge ge eg ae ee ee Na a a Se ee Ee =“a 7oe a .*.:;Se "4 ume ' : ; te

C hymical Secrets, 194 Hart all. without the fir diftillation... Then'take —

Digby

yout black and fixt Sulphur, ad reduce it}

9] The Gu

co a very fubtil, Powder, and put it, to reverberate ina Gla@ Oven the. {pace of a,

fortnight or three wecks, it_will change its | ned placktef into white, and after yellow, and 4) jes at ln{t come to be of a reddifh brown colour. 7) ~The ‘Tincture of this red fixt Sulphur, 184) extracted. with Spirit of Salt well rectified.

'Tia Cr

He made thus his Spirit of Salt for this 34) oe, Cr

Take Salt’ tbj diffolve it in ‘five quarts of ) pac, fair S75 and filterits put iinto-a Cueurbite, jf afCn and pour tipon it by little and ‘lietke ‘Thy. of )| 37. Os

foun good Oyl of Vitriol, and joyn'the Head anda) ate

ducel

Recipient; when itis all in, it will begime|

‘prefently to diftillover cold : Set {itn Sandy | Crabs.

‘wp"3

‘2 4s . :

TT ITS ot +" re Be eeOE ate =

and with modetate heat drivevovet’as much) } cersof as will rife, which retifie from the flegim® |of Ley ‘of the Cu-)) The 1 "Chere will remain in the betrom cuirbite a2 wonderful Salt, that is exceeding) tiling: \wpen fufible. “After he had‘extracted the TinQure, He} thre,

diftilled away all'the Spirit of “Salt, till the} or ing,

Tin@ture was dry: Of this he :gave three] hor. grains for a Dofe, and found ita great Dra} inthe tio, 2; phoretick, but it ‘was fomewhati rough and)

fharp'in the Stomach: Whereupon:he dub} yy .

: cifted it by feveral ablutions in fair'7'; thén} ,,,

gave the fame Dofe, and it wrought éxcek} qy, Jently well ‘in allyColds of »the Breaft ane a Lungs.

Hartman, |

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195

This Relation is of Sir K,

The Counte/s of Kents Powder, as it was prepared by Sir Kenelm Digby’s Order in has Operatory,

“Ake Ziv.of theblack ends of the fhares of Crabs,theSun beingin the Sign of Caz-

tis } ex, Crabs-eyes, fine Pearls and Corals pres¢f) pared, of each Zj. yellow Amber Zs. Roots

of Contrayerva, Virginian Snake-root, ana 3vj. Oriental Bezoar 3ij. of the Bones that

are found in the hearts of Stags Div.

Re-

duce all into a fubtil Powder; moiften the Sal | Crabs Claws and Crabs-eyes, and the Powders of .Pearls and Corals witha little juice

}) of Lemons, to make them ferment.a little: (ie) ‘Fhen.the next day: mix. all. well ‘together, adding 3j. of Tincture of Saffron, and pour | upon the Mafs (when you incorporate it)) three or four fpoonfuls of Spirit of Honey,

or inftead thereof you may take Jelly of Harts| horn, and Jelly of the Skins of Vipers dryed

»il) in thefhadow. Then add to this Compofition 4}. of Trochifque of Vipers; grind 1 all well together to make it well incorporate: Then make it up into Balls, and ler them

| dry; and keep them for Ufe. Q 2

This

196 Chymical Secrets. This Powder is a moft Excellent Remedy in all Epidemical Diftempers, all Malignant, Spotted, and Purple Fevers, to drive out the

Small-pox and Meafles.

It # Sudorifick,and

refifes all Corruption, and w admirable in a Surfeit. It drives the Venom fromthe heart, ana hinders the Vapours to fly up into the Head and Brain. It drives out by tranfpiration all bad Humours, corroborates and ftrengthens Nature:

'The Dofe is from fix

to twenty, or twenty five grains. Inan extremity of the Plague, one may take from thirty to fourty grains.

Hartman.) SirK. D. had this Powder always ready by himin bis Clofet,; and Ire-

2 -\%. 7‘:

member that many Perfons of Quality fent to bin for fome of it when any of their Chil-

dren had the Small-pox or Meafless and neveriany did wifcarry of all thofe that took it. It 2 alfo Excellent againft the biting of Mad’ , > AS \ Ge ee te te tok nn Ww La tea ho we Wt

y y

4 , :

+ 4 ¢

a °-

Dogs, {tinging of Vipers, and other Venemous Beafts.

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A very Efficacious Remedy againft the EpiJepfie, or Falling-Sickue(s, wherewith Sir .Kenelm Digby Cured @ Minifters Son, yamed Mr. Lichtenftein, at Francfort i Germany, i” the Year 1659. to which I was an Eye-Witnels,

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“Ake of the Skulliof a Man that died of + a violent Death, of the parings 9f nails of Man, ana 3ij.

Reduce this to a fubtil

Powder, and grind it upon a Marble ftone; then take Polypody of the Oak very dry, 3ij. Mifletoe of the,Oak,. gathered in the Wain of the Moon,, 2(3. Mifletoe of the Hafle-tree, Mifltoe of the Tile-tree, of each

31}, Piony-root. 2(8.. Reduce all intoa fubtil Powder: Then take Zvj. of Sugar, boyl

it to the confiftence of Rofe-Sugar; then -) mixall the Powders with it, and ftir them

well together over the frethat they may well incorporate together: Then take it from the fire, and make it up into little Tablets of

about a Dram apiece; whereof give one in | the Morning fafting, and two or three hours

after Dinner, and another two hours after

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Another for the fame,

Git Kenelm Dioby Relates, that in the : | Year 1663. the Lady Warwick told him, that a Daughterof her Husbands elder Brother had the Falling-Sicknef$ in the greateft Extremity, fo that fhe fell like a ‘ log feven or eight times a day without any } then e to diy motiq@n.. ‘They had put her into thé hands

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of the ableft Phyfitians in England, who in effect could do her no good, “A Gentleinan, one of their Neighbours, undertook to Cure her, and performed the Cure thus: Take true Mifletoe of the @ak, the Leaves, the Berries, and all the tender Branches; dry it gently in an Oven after the Bread is drawn; then reduce it 'to'a fihe Powder, of which give as much as will lye upon a fhilling for one of ripe years; for middle aged, a fixpence, fora Child, 4 groat: Give it Morn-

J ather

D alut

illo

dull

tion, of G ee ca

) my!

} them

| bm

ings and Evenings ‘in Cowflip-water three Bt San days before, and three days after the Full of the Moon.

Repeat this Remedy for fome

Months together. ‘This Cured alfo my Lord Herberts Son, and many other Perfonsof

take

cold

and)

Quality. The belt titae to eather tlie Mifle-_ them toe of the Oak, is in the Month of Septem= « Vater setae eee

ber,when it bears Berries, andin the Waning of the Moon, °

PPLE es ee -SOE LEE OO .io-t"1|‘:> 7«44

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SSeS

The Preparation of the Silver Pills againft | | the Dropfie, as they were prepared by Sir | Kenelm Digby's Order in his Operas tld |

te nt a Oe te \

tory. Fn ee a eee =s=

T \Ake refined p 3}. diffolve it in ii}. of

the

n i|

det

arene: ai ai tied ST —

PPove

the beft Spirit of Nitre ina Matrafs,

‘eh

a ee

iy) then evaporate away all the Spirit of Nitre

{ome ny 2 drynefs in a low Cucurbite, or in

e2%

in other fit Veflel; then diffolve the matter

a fufficient quantity of Rofe-water, filter the diffolution through gray Paper, and evaporate it again to the confiftence of a dry Salt a3 before, Then take Zi}. of fine Salt-petre,

diffolve it in Rofe-water, filter the diffolu-

tion, and evaporate it in a large wide Veflel

of GlaG, ‘to the confiftence of ‘a Salt. Then

mix the ) and this Salt together, and put them in a large Glafs, pouring, upon them {o| much Rofe-water as wall diffolve them intoa greenifh Liquor: ‘Then evaporate it in

Sand to the confiftence of a white Salt; then take it outof the Sand, and being quite cold, put.it,into a Glafs or Marble Mortar,

and puto ipZij.ofane Wheat-flower 5grind them well¢ogether, then add fo much Rofe-

water as willmake ita Mafs fit for Pills:

Then take it up into Pills. of the bignefs of

agit F ot

Peafe, put them between two Papers, and O

let

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let them dry in the fhadow, and they will be of a Purple colour; keep them in a wooden Box.

Direétions for the Ufe of thefe Silver Pills.

oe are a Specifick againft the Dropfie, the Patient is to take one of them at

fix or feven of the Clock in the Morning, ta-

SS COT q ont

l 2 ,ae oy

, 4

i td

é 5 ?

“

king fome Broath about two hours after it with eight or ten drops of Spirit of Sale in it. "Their Operation is by Stools, and by Urine; you muft continue it until the Cure be perfected. Note, ‘That if ‘the Patie nt be weak, he muft take the Pill but once in

two days, and in all Broaths and Drink, he ought to take fome Dofé of Spirit of Salt, as 1s faid above. If there be need of Sweat. ing, you mutt ufe fome dry Stoves, and give

him always of the following Salts: Take Salt of Urine, Salt of Worm-wood, ana 3ij. add half a Scruple of Oyl of Amber, and

as much of Spirit of Urine, with 31}. of fine

Sugar; mix all well together in.a Glafeior

iiin erent aoe te

Stone Mortar, whereof give Div. for'a Dofe in half a Glafs of White-wine when the Pa-

tient is Sweating in the dry Stove, and not in a Bath of Water: And every third day you mutt repeat this Remedy, and he will be Cured

Oe ee :

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i] morass _— zz

;Cured within three days. The evacuation is | by abundance of Sweat and Urine. Hartman.) ‘I cannot omit to relate here a Story, which I have often heard Sir Keo inelm Digby tell concerning a Famous Cure

of adefperate Dropfie, done by Dr. Farrar up-

Sass *s

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a aot

eee Ninn ee eee

0" an evninent Lord, who was over-grown

See hy BN ee a

by ure eat ein te

|pounds for’ the Cure: But when the Lord was |Cured, he would give the Doctor no more |than three hundred pounds, faying, that five || bundred pounds was too much money,and that | al the Ingredients he ufed could not ftand him

alt ) in twenty fillings. ‘The Remedies were thus: Having firit well purged the Patient

Te with fome fit Purge (as of “tallap, Manna,

ke | Sena) to carry away watry humours, he i, |gave him the following-Broth. A mdderate «nt | Broth was made of Mutton, Chickens, and

iy or Hen, but not Veal; the Broth eo |was not {trong of the Meat, ay too weak,

yi |but fuch as the Patient might drink all the le |day, for he was to drinkno other Liquor ;

got | they made but about a pottle of Broth ata

yy |time, for it would not keep: And for this !| ie: they took a Gallon of Water, inte

which

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Ca la = lee al ete es ab nl Se NB tt ig gS ASg a eda ra Na —

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which the Doctor put above a handful of Wine

Garlick, and Rofemary, Penyroyal, Thyme, | Aue

Sweet-marjoram,Fennel-roots, Parfley-roots, 1-0 as alfo Currans, and a fufficient quantity of |,.4| Salt.

And after fome days taking the Broth, }jj:

they put into every draught of the Broth ],.,, (the Patient took) above fpoonful af the J).

crude juice of Garlick, ftamped, and preffed 7J

ee a

ry A

out. But if you cannot bear. always ita lather drink this Broth, then ufethe following De- |p... coction: Take Sar/aparilla 3xij, China-roots oui

Zy. Saffafras Zi, Cut all thefe very finall, at and pour upon them Spring-water, to three |}i¢ fingers breadth above the Ingredients, and 1Oe

let them infufe over a foft fire the {pace of Wie

four hours; then throw this Water, in t eaway r and. ftamp the Ingredients in a Stone Mortar witha wooden Peftle: Then pour uponthem

|Bult |}, 1 tor

|...

ten quarts of Fountain-water, and boyl it in |tal

TS ee aS gE TNtame nye

a Veffel clofe flopped, tll four quarts of it j be confumed: OF this Decoétion let the Pa- | tient drink, ‘without any other drink but’) the Garlick Broth. y Another Drink.

pee all the aforefaid Ingredients, in:the .bi | -fame manner prepared and f{tamped? }

Then take a clean Veflel; and fill at,with |

Beer, then put the Ingredientsin a bag, ane |

hang |

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Chymical Secrets. 20 ; | . d Hang it in the Beer ; 2}. of the Ingredients

i Hisfutficient for a quart of Beer. Either of SB thefe Drinks is only in café the Patient canotf not bear the ufe of the Garlick Broth, which

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BY iea

alone will difpatch the Cute much the foon-

ler; and this courfe of the Garlick Broth is } for all Obftructions, and fuperfluity of Cold, raw Humours, clogging the Brain, or any iQ} other-part, ‘as Well a8 for the Dropfie. To Delf ftrengthen and fecure the Liver, ufe the following EleCtuary. Take of Powder of UF Turmerick a fufficient quantity, make an °

Ne a

Cee +,ee ne ne —ee

FleGuary of it with Sugar, and to every

| Ounce of it add three drops of Oyl of AnB nifeed, made by diftillation; and if you put ha little Amber-greafe to it, it will be the I tore ftrengthening. Take of this EleCtuary MS two or three times a day the quantity of a ON Hafle-nut; take not above 3}. ina day. | Befides this, to ftrengthen the Stomach, * ufe the following Stomacher: ‘T’ake Wormwood, Marjoram, Rofemary, Rue, ava one handful; Cloves, Cinamon, Mace, ana 3}, ° | bruife thefe Spices, ‘and mix them with the §) Herbs; ‘of thefe make a Stomacher, and ap-

ply it: And you may likewife ‘anoint your § Stomach, and resion of the Liver with Oy! of Nutmegs and Oylof Rofes. ' I heard Sir K. D. fay, that after twelve or e ‘thirteen days, the Patient begun to Pifs in|

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great

Ne i a ade gel all eel al tee gn i a le et A a le ek — \aes,

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great abundance, and fo ftinking, noifom,| roping matter, that the Nurfe which emptied |, the Pots, was hardly able to endure the},

fink and noifomnef of it. .And, he con] tinued thediet till he was perfectly Cured. Another Experimented Remedy for the Dropfie, whereby feveral Perfons have beem | Cured, as I have been affured. I

"TAke the Root of Heath, fcrape off the i firft Bark, which throw away, then peel|oy

off the next rind, and fill a Glafs or a Bot- fever

tle with it loofely, then fill it up with White- "5!

aa >

wine, and let it ftand to infufe over Night,|jen and the next Morning drink half a pint of |4 Wine; and fo continue until you are j”he ved:

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Another Excellent Remedy againft the Dropfte. ETN IS EN .OO whee LU

[Stone Hat pha

|A Ia

r‘Ake Spiritual Oyl of Salt, mix with it | and fo much flowers of Sulphur, that it he- |r come like Pap, which diftill in a Retert in jot Th

Sand, and you fhall have a Liquor as white ls as Milk, which is Excellent againft the’ §"6 Dropfie.

The-|tines,

te ide

he ATR pe ie wheat DhE hae

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205

nthe Copy of a Letter from Abbot Boucaud

hy a laa ee

from Paris to Sir K.D. 2wberein he relates

4 |) an what manner he Cured himfelf of the Stone, and of 4 Quartan Ague.

ee Ne ae e ny a Nee

SIR, iTDo not tell you that I have been Sick, P8 (and that Iam fo -ftill) to Excufe my fo long deferred an Anfwer I thIfelf for having funto your laft two Letters, Gc. tis true for I have laboured under’ diBot Pneverthelefs, fivers Diftempers; but among the reft, Ihave _t;@been ill of the Stone, and have had a QuarNtan Ague: I believe you will not be forry yu “Ho hear how I Cured my felf of both withat ~

| at Nout the help of any Phyfician. _For the

pStone I took twelve grains of the Salt made

lof the Stones which were taken out of Men;

ul diffolved the faid Salt in a little water, and UthenI put all’ into a Glafs of Whitewine,

drank it off, “and walked about my

fand

+, wth

ie Th

‘Chamber near two hours, at the end whereihe Thad a great need to make water, and I

cdicpvorded ( with violence ) a large Glafs full | el Ot Gravel, which was fo grofs, and fo rug“Bged, that it caufed me to void near a Pintof } Blood; the fame thing happened to me three ap times, and every time I voided Bload, which “Wmade me.judge that I fhould have taken lefs I

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a eg Nee eee ely te <a! a he a it a a ne i ie mee a —ty

ten a~~ew 4.

ie st & ’*) iri i. aa a =4

aes,

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of the faid Salt; yet I took it but once, but Hi, 1 I felta great pain and heavinefs in my Reins: lo Wo

and Kidneys.

‘I’he faid Stones were Calci-

ned inaPotters Oven, and after they were’ 1 Ap Calcined, J extracted the Salt.out of them tof with diftilled Rain-water: The feces I Cal-} i

cined again, and extracted the Salt as‘before, which I repeated fo often, tll the faid Stones! | Tt

yielded no more Salt.. Note, ‘That to make] this Salt for a Man, you mutt take che flones taken out of Men, and fora Woman, thofe that ate taken out of Women.

And thus

was the firft-Cure performed. As for the Quartan Ague, without having | been Purged, or let)Blood, at the fourth fit I took a Glafs-full of the water of green Wall-nuts, which I‘had diftilled in their laft

4.a4a

—— a“P

covered, and flept, and had no Fit at alf |

that time, nor ever after.

IS ag Be gO TPaah

The Water] diftilled thus > -L took green

Wall.nuts and, beat them in asftone Mortar, | then ina Cucurbitein B. AZ I -diftilled the

water from them, which I cohobated. twice upon frefh Wall-nuts. Then having Cal- } cined the three: Marcs or Caput Mortuums, |

I extracted the Salt out of the Afhes; this | Salt:D put into the diftilled water.. J thus, — Sir, | a.%«> 1=

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bit Sit, Ihave given you Account how I went cing) to Work.

27 .

Hr oe ee ahe te

acta

itll A Procefs, bow to make a moft Excellent Owl ten « OfSulphur in abundance, fent alfo by the Ci) faid Abbot Boucaud to SarK.

a Sa Re a

|—a <—4 in

rseq) Out, but'may condenfe and run dowmnto

J) Sulphur on fire, you may put into.it a fquare «il or round piece of Iron made red-hot in the ===

fire. , Hartman.) In my Opimon, if the Bell touch the Water, and that it bath nobole at

> =< — = =o

rhe top, fo that the Sulphur have no Air, it jig, ill not burn ;I judge the beft may to'be thus: SL. it A i cee

cca. Let the Poringer ftand im the Water, but not

Clit fo deep, as that the Water bear at wp, iand wl make it float; af it ftands half vay i. the jun) Water, it willido, forthe weightof the Sul-

1) plur will keep it down, and the-beat-of the

Porimger

A ee eT er ee Be i ign Ce Pe aa i ee BS .bm *t% 7“ts ¥ey cs ae a ;a

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Poringer will heat the Water, and the Va-

pours and fteams thereof will. mix with the fumes of the Sulphur, and make them condenfe the better, and fo diftill down together into the Water: The Bell fhould be fuch a one as now in ufe, with along neck, and a hole at the top, which fhould not touch the Water nor the Pan, but it {hould be fufpended in {uch manner, that there be fome diftance between the, brim of the Bell.and the fides of | the Pan.

L-

—

AM told by one who hath done it, that when you go-to Sublime Flowers of Sulphur, if you give very gentle and mo-

5v 4

derate fire, and be very attentive, there will

come over firft, before any Flowers Sublime, ‘alittle very Volatile, but altogether infipid

& ,

Glafs full of it will prefently vanifh away, if you hold the Glais unftopped upon your hand, by the warmth of it.

4‘ i

{

4 ae

® | \

Hartman.) This Relation’ of Sir K. If you would fave this Water, you muft have a Glafs head upon your laft Sublimingpot, or a Ludel, wherein you Sublime your Flowers

: |belid i

Chymical Secrets. 209 Flowers of Sulphur, -and inftead of a Veffel | without a bottom, as that for the Floweis of Antimony, you muft have one with a bottom,

and without a hole on the fide

| to putin your Sulphur, and then two Alui dels:befides the faid Veflel, and the Glafs-

head will be fufficient for fubliming the | Flowers of Sulphur. | By means of the Glafs-headiyou fave alfo ) the Vinegar of 3 in fubliming the Flowers, which I have done feveral times; but Lufed mot above three Aludels one upon another, I befides the Glafs-head.

|'An Excellent Effence of Sulphur for the Breaft, and for the Lungs.

J)’

Ake Sulphur one part, brown Sugar-

candy two parts ; pulverize them, and |mix them well together, then put it into a Retort of fuch a bignefs, that two third parts thereof may remain empty. Then

Idiftill in fand, giving very gentle fire at yf Patt 5 you will have a whitifh Liquor,which WXeep for ufe. | Hartman.) : The was given me byaPhyfician at Paris, who told me, that a Catarrh (falling. upon his Lungs, which obftructed hes |Lungs,caufing in him a great Fever, he Cured phim [elf with the Ela, taking thy, thirty or

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or fourty drops of it in fome Broth.

He teld

me allo,that it was of great effect in Afthma, | 3, Phrhifick, old and inveterated Coughs, Kc. An Excellent Elixir of Sulphur.

c — =a t—+4-° =

, Confettion of | Juice ofRootsLicorife FT AkeAlkermes, of Elecampane, ana $v}. Alipta mofeata 3iv. Myrrh, Saffron, ana 233. Maftick, Benjamin, Cardamoms

the lefs, Cinnamon, ava %j. Sugar-candy

Zij. Powder what is to.be Powdered, then mix them together, and add rectified S. V.j {o much as to make it into a Pafte ; then put}, it into a Circulatory Veffel, and pour upon), it fo much Spirit of Sulphur, as may cover) th it the breadth of four fingers : Digeft it fourty | ‘a

days, then decant the Tincture, and pour, be, upon the remaining Matter frefh SV. to ex-fo tract another. Tincture. ‘Then mix thefal| i

" 2'

two Tinétures together, and keep them for},

IS TS a LN . oe

Ufe.

This Tincture is a very great Pectoral, and a Precious Remedy in all affects of thé) Breaft and Lungs. It is Excellent againft

Catarrhs, old and inveterate Coughs,

the},

Phthifick, Afthma’s ; it cherifhes and comforts the Heart, and is good againit fainting and| {wooning- Fits, preferves from Putrefaction 5

it is Anodyne, Cephalick, Analeptick, Alext-\ | pharmackis |H |

} 44 4A4 e=

wh POT beste TO |ELT TF

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pharmack; and, as the Author faith, preferves

Health, prolongs Life, and keeps back gray Hairs, by fttengthening Natural heat. ft is to be taken in fome Pectoral water or Sytup; the.Dofe is fo much as renders the Vez hicle of a grateful acidity.

a ee

ERNE So ln KR

a RE 6seen = os ee ine -

Na a tS, a

Lac Sulphure.

; ‘TAke of Sulphur in Powder on part, and of Quick-lime two parts, mix them, j/and put them into an Iron Por, and pour f} thereon a good quantity of fair water, let I) ic boy! until three parts of the waterbe con ) fumed, and that the Liquor be as red as

Blood by the diffolution of the Sulphur ;

then flrain it whilft it is hot, and let the pout, Tos

{trained Liquor ftand to cool:. Then Preci<

pitate with Vinegar, then let it fettle, and poured off the clear, edulcorate the

hel§) |having

stom refidue ten or twelve times with warm Wa-

ter, the laft time with Rofe-water ;then dry Bit gently, and keep it for Ufe.

aa aaa "Oe 7he :Ts s a : lg te Hac Ot = ai Nl lt lB a =

It isa true Remedy in all affeéts of the

|Breaft and Lun 8; itis given with great fucé

"@ cefs to thofe that are troubled with Catarrhs,

iM Rheum in the Head, Afthma, Phthifick; | Coughs, &c: It promotes expectoration ; it i hinders the defluxion to the Joynts, it preWe vents and difperfes the windinefs of the Sto-’ x

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A great Diaphoretick of Antimony, "TP Ake good Antimony Mineral in fubril Powder t6j. mix it with 168. of 3 Sublimate ; put this mixture. prefently into a Retort, leave the Retort for fome time un{topped before you diftill ir, for then you {hall have more Butter than if you diftill ir i. prefently. Then diftill 2 Butter trom it acI cording to Art, giving ftrong fire at laft, fo } that the bottom of the Retort may be red3 hot; part of it will come over in Butter, § and part will Sublime in Cinaber, very hard; | if you leave this Butter for fome time expo-. fed tothe Air before you rectifie it, you fhalt }.have more Liquor thanif you diftill.it prefently; rectifie this Butter, then melt it a‘his Gain, and pour it into a clean Retort, and pour upon it by little and little good Spirie J of Nitre, continue pouring on the Spirit of

—Ra te aDeTee Oe ny

ee ey ea Nee

|Nitre until the Ebullition ceafeth : Then di-

itil ic with a gentle fire in Sand, giving {trong fire at laft, fo that the bottom of the |

, and take out your Matter, which

fwill be very {pungy, and of ‘a yellowifh colour; pulverize and edulcorate it feveral jtimes with warm water, then dry it gently ; iteverberate it for an hour between two Cru| cibles

ee ee ae Oc Nt ee ee ee Ae ae Ne ee eeee ee OE ae Sh ee eee

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bles well luted together: ‘Then grind it a-

y” eae Se ars /

gain to a fubtil Powder, which put into an Earthen Poringer, and pour upon it rectified S. 7 that will burn all away; fire it, and whilft it burneth, ftirit continually with

jie p | | +” | ™%

a filver fpoon ; the S.V. being burned away, the Powder will remain dry; grind this Powder again, and mix it with 3vij. of Antimony Dzaphoretick that hat been Calcined

tn Cu here beth

three times with Nitre, grind them well to;

|? al

‘gether, and put them into a Retort, and pour

upon them Ziij (6. of good Spirit of Nitre;

put the Retort in Sand, and let it {land thus

four and twenty hours; then diftill with a gentle fire todrynefs: Break the Retort, and take out the Matter, which grind and edulcorate with Carduus-water warmed,

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then

fpread it upon gray Paper, and let it dry of : it felf: "hen grind itto animpalpable Pow- |“tin der, which put into a Poringer, and pour |dan upon it §.V. fo much as may cover it a fingers breadth; let it ftand thus for five or fix hours, then firethe S. 7% upon it, and ftir

it continually with a filver fpoon whilft it burneth, then grind it again, and put it in-

to-a Viol, ftop it clofe, and keep it for Ufe. The manner of ufing this Medicine is § thus: ‘Take fifteen grains of it for three}

ST WF LT Wt TS OT LTO Po

pees

Mornings together, mixing with it fomeg))

Conferves

Aluoy

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il, {

Conferves or Sweatmeats, and take it upon the point of a Knife, then drink a Glafs| full of the Sudorifick Deco¢tion after it warm. iy tt, J Then take twenty grains for three Mornings th | more; then fifteen grains again for three Mornings more. Itis an Excellent Remedy to Cure the Gout, Dropfie, Palfie, the Venereal Difeafe, the Evil, Leprofie; it puriAni }| fieth the whole MafS of Blood, and 1s good in all Scorbutick Diftempers. Note, “That vil

before you ufe this Medicine, you muft pre} pare the Body before with fome fit Purge, according to the Conftitution’

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of the Pa-

tient. Thofe that are careful to preferve their

| Health, and to keep it in good ftate, may | take this Powder in the Spring, at the-fal-

ling of the Leaf, having firft Purged once

or twice; then. take the Powder with the Sudorifick Decoétion for Nine days together, as was faid, mixing the Powder with a dram of Confection of Alkermes.

It powerfully

§ refifteth all Corruption, dryeth up all fuperfluous moifture in the Body, and is a true concretive of Blood.

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The Sudorifick Decoction,.

ry Ake Lignum Guaiacum Ziv. Salfaparilla, Saffafras, ana Z}. infule them in three quarts of Fountain-water for twenty four hours; then let it boyl gently for three hours.

A moft Excellent. Medicine againft all forts of Agues and Fevers, &c.

rT Ake of the Starr’d Martial Regulus of Antimony bj. Mercury Précipitate Tbj(3. pulverize and mix them well together, then put them in a Retort, and-diftill in Sand as you do Butter of $3 then rectifie this Oyl or Butter once or twice, cafting away the Feces: ‘Then put it into a new Retort, and Re SS Ee GR BP ho ee allt ~

pour upon it Spiryt of Metheglin ; diftilland cohobate four or five times to make the Oyl {weet, then pour S.V. upon it, and abftra&

it to the confiftence of an Oyl. Tha wa Precious Remedy for the Cure of many Difeafes: It ws of great Power and- Efficacy to Cure all forts of Agues, Quotidians, Tertians, and chiefly Quartans. It Operates by a gentle Vomit in fome Perfons, and in others it gently Purges without Vomiting, and in fome

jt gently Operates both ways: It hath vertue

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$0eradicate totally both Root and Seed of the | Diftemper. The Dofe s from fix ta twelve | drops, in fome fit Vehicle. Note, That having feparated the Spirit of, Metheglin, if you acuate it with Spirit | of Vitriol, itis a great Diaphoretick,. tay be| yond all others. . Dofe is from half, to one | whole {poonful in fome fit Vehicle.

Oyl of Antimony: A Precious

Ake» Antimony /Calcined, .as for making the Gla. of .;. tbij. Zxij. Sugar iby.

| Mix.them well together, and put them in a

i Retort: Diftill in fand, .firft, will come a

;) flegm, and afterwards a pure dark-red Oyl, f which keep for Ufe.

"This is an admirable Remedy againft the | | Stone and Gravel, the Dropfie, Epilepfie, Afthma, Quartan,Agues, and all:forts of

Fevers, the Plague, and all Malignant: Fevers, and Epidemical, Diftempers, and Leprofie; and being outwardly applyed, it

cureth, healeth, and dryeth up all inveterate Wounds and Ulcers. “The Dofe is four drops in Wine twice a day.

A mofe

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A moft Excellent Panacea of the true Sulphur |

of Antimony:

"TLAke Lees. of Wine, which you may have of the Wine-Coopers when they have prefled them our, break them into

{mall pieces, let them'dry, then burn them to Afhes : Take of thefe Afhes, of Quick-

3 \.

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lime, and Nitre, ava; make a Lixivium thereof with warm water, then filter it: Then take Cinaber of Antimony, which is found in the neck of the Retort when one

maketh the Butter-of Antimony; pulverize |

it, and boy] it in the afore-faid Lixivinans

for the {pace of four hours; pour off the Lixivium trom the Quick-filver into another

Veflel, which lean on the fide, that the red Sulphur may fettle; then edulcorate it with hot water, and dry it gently; {9 have you

the true Sulphur of Antimony. i"; AN gh IE RSP Wl gE gt eve STE ytag

‘Take of

this Sulphur, and of Regulws of Antimony,

ana 5}. Oyl of Sulphur per Campanam, or reCtitied Oyl of Vitriol Ziij. Mix all well

together, and put it into a {mall Retort, di-

geft it in Horfe-dung, -or if you'will, in fome other gentle heat for eight or ten days, ‘Then diftill it, and cohobate the diftilled

—, - —-

Liquor upon the mark three or four times ; then increafé the fire to the higheit degree, 1 le which « kt] tot ae

o==

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lwhich continue for twelve hours, to force

ta Feat over, and the Matter will be fixt; then break the Retort, and take out the Matter, lwhich pulverize, and edulcorate it with

iy’ | Rofe-water; then dry it gently upon a gray

hey Paper, then reverberate it for four or five

|hours.

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Then take 4). of this Powder, and

tt} of Salt of red Coral Zij. grind them well

it |rogether to a very fubtil Powder.

im}

“This is an Univerfal Medicine to Purifie

ti Ithe whole Maf3 of Blood, and to root out 8 | fuch Diftempets as proceed from the corne ruption thereof, and are Curable by fweat, H2¢ Te Cureth all ftubborn, Malign, and Chro-

‘te}eafe, the moft inveterate ;the Leprofie, the thet

Evil, the Scurvy, the Plague, and all Epi-

si | demical Difeafes.

‘The Dofe is from ten to

epee th | thirty grains. "The Order of ufing this Medicineis thus: ot} cof Firft, Purge the Patient once or twice with

at), ) fit Purges, then reft three days, then Purge , ot i again;

then begin with ten grains of the

a ee P5ei * ee tee i lg ee ly a Re Na al ee a ey my

vl] Powder, which continue for three times,m1x

fit Conferve, and

vd:§ the Powder with fome

‘in | give it upon'the point of a Knife, in the

ys| Morning in his Bed, drinking a Glafs-full led of a Sudorifick decoétion after it, made hot; let him keep his Bed for an hour or two,then ns;

st My et him be rubbed with warm Clothes, at hh

tne

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eat of Salt Meats, ,Salt-fith,. Saller, Mille, fant Butter, or Cheefe, or raw Fruit. Then {futio

for three Mornings more give him twenty flere grains, and then thirty grains for .three }wa

Mornings more ; then come again to twenty bin grains for three Mornings more.

A great Febrifuge.

ration

vel

ARecip

Hole

“Ake Mineral Antimony very clean, that Hee

hath never been melted, Zvj. and as |hres much Salt-petre, pulverize them finely, and {dit mix them well together; then put them into | the

a {trong Crucible, which cover with another} md Crucible that hath a little hole in the bottom -} out as big asa Pea: ‘Then put this Crucible into | Wat

ws ~~ 2

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ane Se ay eS St gE wt SOT

your Furnace, and let the fire kindle of it -| ame

felf, which increafe by degrees, the Matter will fulminate; when you fee that no more

|tal; } 4\\

Crucible, take it-out of the fire, and take out the Matter that remained in the Crucible,

ter} | fon:

three Ducats of Gold, and fixtimes.asmuch

il {

fmoak cometh out of the little hole of the

which pulverize very finely.

} ned

Then take “| cy

in weight of the afore-faid Powder; mele

JYour

the Powder firftina Crucible, then put into | jy, it one of the Ducats, flirting at until it be J the,

melted, then put in another Ducat; and fo ay continue *

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Igontinue until you have put inall your Du-

d Icats one after another: When all is melte good in ftand it let land well incorporated,

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«al fuGion for half an bour, then take it out, and Het it cool: ‘Then break the Crucible, and

y, heel cake out the Matter,which pulverize fubtil

land mix it with equal weight of & Sublimate, }alfo in fine Powder; putthem into a Retort

Nee tt Bo a

Fwell. luted, “put it into a Furnace, and fit a Recipient to it full of Water, fo that the nofe of the Retort may enter into the water 3 it) leave the junctures unluted: Give a gentle

sf fireat firft, which augment by degrees; part of the Matter will diftill into the Water, but

the off the greateft part thereof will ftick to tw neckof the Retort, which you may draw a

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then feparate the % from it with a Quill, and! Awth

put the Powder into frefh hot-water ; let it dtand thus until the next day, then repeat

the Edulcorations as before; which continue for fix days, then edultorate the -laft time | T#

with cold Water; then dry the faid Powder, |

and keep it fot ufé.. "The Dofe is one or two {wah grains for Childrens and for Perfons of |Then riper Years, from four to fix or feven, ac- jot cording to their ftrength and Conftitution, | Sand,

putting the Powder over-night to infufe in

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two or thtee Ounces of White-wine; the |whack next Morning {train the Wine, and let the 1 upon Patient drink it; and half an hour after he 1 Coho! may drink fome Warm Broth or Poffet: It 1 Matte may alfo be given in fubftance. It Operates _ that’ by a gentle Vomit, and by Stools. It hath — f f

ee Se ~

been Experimented,

and found very fuc- |

cefsful and effectual in the Cure of all Intermittent Fevers, and in the Gout, as alfo in the Venereal Difeafe. ge gat gt GN NE Re GOR AP

Lett

Out -of the Caput | day

Mortuum you may reduce the greateft part. | of the Gold. | Thisisa Mercurins Vite of a fingular preparation; it is not white like the common, but of a brownifh gray colour. It appears

n by this to have fome of the ¥ init, that when ||tind *: Powder, it Chg you rub Gold or Copper with the

will make ic whité, which common Mercuvias vite will not do.

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| Another great Febrifuge, which % faid to be Riverius hs Febrifuge. rT Ake ©, diffolve it in .4.R. and Glafs of Antimony, diffolved in 4. F. ana 28. | & wafhed and purified Ziij. diffolve it in AF.

ci) Zhen mix the three diflolutions together,and put them into a Cucurbite, and diftill in | Sand, and cohobate the diftilled Liquor

eleven times upon the. remaining Matter, | which are twelve diftillations; ‘then pour upon the reniaining Matter rectified S. VCohobate and abftraé it fix times from the Matter; then take it out and grind it, and that ic may bethe better fixed, Calcine it im a Crucible in a Circulary fire, until it be:almoft glowing-hot. ‘The Dofe of this Pow_p der is gr. vj. with gr. xij. of Scammony: . {| Let the Patient take it in the Morning, the

day before the Fit.

Another F ebrifuge.

P5584 4S +.ce it. 3

Nal ite gr te eS Fo a Nd a SS

rp Ake Cinaber of Antimony 4}. common Salt decrepitated 3ij. pulverize them, and mix them together; put them intoa Glafs Cucurbite, and pour upon them Oyl D) of Sulphur Ziij. digeft it, for two days in.a | moderate heat in Afhes;. then augment the ig fire

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aoa. Chymical Secrets. fire to evaporate away the humidity, ther having edulcorated the remaining Mafs, res duce it into Powder, which mix with Zi}: of Flowers of Sulphur ; put this into an earthen Poringer, which put upon burning coals; let it kindle, and ftir it continually with an Iron. Spatula, until all the Flowers of Sul-

Te hd ie ae ek

ig , a

phur be burnedaway: Then pour upon the remaining Matter fo much S. V. as may cover it the breadth of two fingers, then burn away the S. 7; then reduce itto Powder;and keep it for Ufe. This Powder is much recommended to Cure all forts of Agues and Intermitting Fevers, giving it half an hour before the Fit, from ten to fifteen or twenty grains, in fome Syrup or Cordial-water, taking fome Broth

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two hours afterit; but the Patient fhould be Purged firft, and let Blood before the ufe of this Powder; and if the firft and fecond dofe “do not carry away the Fit, it mutt be repeated a third time. Another Febrifuge, which

thought to be

Riverius hs true Febrifuge.

Ake of Mercury dulcis twelve times Sublimed

238. Mercurias

vite cor-

{ ~ v7. ? ‘ rected as followeth, 3(3. mix: them together.

The-correction of Mercurius vite is thus: ‘y4 4\ +<

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Chymical Secrets, 225 Take of § wife, put.it into a fmall Cucurbite, fet’ it in Sand in a moderate heat, let ir ftand until it.begin to grow red; then pour upon it rectified Spirit of .Wine,. which abftract, and pour on frefh S, V. .Repeat this three times, .and you fhall have a.% vite which will, not. Operate upwards, but only downwards. “This ¥ vitz'is to be, ufed for delicate Perfons, but for ftrong and robuft Perfons you ‘may ufe..the Common & UE GN eye This Powder finding the Humours dif

pofed, will Operate both upwards,and down} wards if you employ the Common % vite; 4

wom

but if youemploy

the Corrected,

:as was

faid, it will Operate only downwards, And § as this Febrifuge contains in.it.a reafonable

ibe} Dofe of 3 ite, the 3% dulcis:thus prepared,

¢ @ working for his. part upon,the bad Humours, band ferving alfo. for a Corrective to the &

}) vite, one ought to expect. good effects of pat. 2° 4 TEMS "a 5a TS Nes5 ¥ VE3

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four to thofe that are of a flrong Conftitution.

Hartman.) Thefe Febrifuges were given me by a Friend, a German; and I thought it fit to infert thems here: ‘But whilft they were Printing, 1 found them in Mr.Chatras his French Di/penfatory, which juft at that time , came to my hand.

‘A Certain and Experimented Remedy to Cure the Convulfion Fits in little Children; as al{o for the Epilepfie, the Cholick, and for the Spleen, &c. i ges Verdigreafe, and diftill a Spirit thereof, which rectifie once-by it felf,

and it will leave fome feces and Metalline | terreftreity behind: ‘Then take one part of |

this Spirit, andthree parts of fair water, put it upon Lithargy finely fearfed, asmuch as_

it will diflolve :Deflegm it in Balueo, and”) then diftill it in Sand, and there will come— over a pure and powerful Spirit without Acri- | mony; it will taftea little fweetifh, asin the” | making of Sacharum Saturnt. | little of ion Convulf Itis Excellent for the Children, being given’ in fome fit Vehicle, }| a drop or two for Sucking Infants; but to)

Men you may give ten ortwenty drops.

Sigillum |

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Sigillum Hermetis, Or, @ great and Experi= mented Medicine, which hath done great Effects inthe Cure of all forts of Agues and Fevers. it avas given to Sir Kenelm

Digby by an able Phyfician, who had done Wonderful Cures with it.

Ake » 3vj. diffolve it in the beft A. F. youcan get, ufing no more Z. F. than is neceflary for the Solution (which will be about 2)(3. 7.e. two parts to one) when you fee that it is-all perfectly diffolved (without | {

fire) caft into the Matraf3 an a¢é, made

(after the ordinary manner of ‘Goldfiniiths) of 3j. of pure ©, and Zij. of 3; you will prefently fee a pelagws conturbationis made. Let the Matrafs ftand ftill upon a Table, or

in fome corner, till you find the Matter at that pafs as you defire: you will fee many beautiful colours appear. After fourty days flanding, you will fee a kind of roughnefs appear upon the fuperficies of the 8, which will daily grow and fprotit out more. - Ti twenty days more (fixty in all) it will be fhot out into little {pears or needles and twigs. When you fee that it groweth ot fhooteth out no more, pour off all the Liquor, and the Mercurial Matter will foon dry of it felf.

Then with fome little pieces of Glafs break Q. 2

off

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off thefe Excrefcencies or Needles from the Mafs, (whereof you may have about 3}. or more) and grirtd them to Powder, which will be very: white. | Of this Powder give twenty four grains, or more (according to the Complexion’). in a Cherry, or yolk of an Egg, in the Morning very early, or at Night going to Bed,or rather after the firft fleep at three or four in the Morning, and in this laft cafe fleep after it. Itis feven or eight hours before it ufeth to work. Sometimes the firft Dofe will not work at all,otherwife than by ftrengthening, and then the Author giveth a fecond Dofe two or three

te Wh ech tie oe ba eca a ea : ®. \*\¢ >. etyt

days after, which will work either by Stool or Vomit, or Sweat, as Nature fhall require, and in due proportion. | It Cureth Quartans and other Agues, and

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worketh admirably in all defperate Difeafes. He ufeth to take it once a. Month himfelf: When there is no peccant Humour in the Body, it worketh not by evacuation, but ftrengtheneth. The % inclofeth and fhutteth up the Metals, like a Rofe of Jericho, from whence he calleth it-Szgillum Hermets. The part of the Needles next the Mafs worketh rougher than the ends. Outof the Mafs you may draw moft of the Gold and

Silver, with lofs of about an eighth part of

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the firft, and lefs proportion of the laft. He thinks this to be a Philofophical $, and to be ufeful in the great Work. A Mercurial Liquor with Jupiter.

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Tbj. of “Fupiter, melt it in a Crus

cible, then pour into it thy. of & revived from Cinaber, and made hot, make an aa@ of it, which wafh with warm water, wherein you have diflolved a littlé Salt; wath

it fo often, till you have wafhed away all the blacknefs of it, and the gaa. will be as white asfnow: Then dry it, and grind it in a Marble or Stone Mortar with fbi. of Corrofive Sublimate; then fpreadit upona large

difh of Glafs, which fet fhelving in a Cellar, putting fomething under it to receive the Liquor that will run from it, you will find at laft the Salts refolved into a Liquor, in which will be alfothe %, which will be revived; feparatethe Liquor from the §, and keep the § for another ufe: Put the Liquor into a Cucurbite, and evaporate the fuperHuous moifture of irin B. AZ with'a gentle

heat: ‘Then digeft it for fifteen days more in the fame B. with a very gentle heat; then pour this Liquor intoa Retort, which putin Sand, and fit a Recipient to it; then diftill

by graduated fire, giving ftrong’fire at e 3 @

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of the fourth degree; you fhall have a Lis ae Sw wre yore y

SSW

quor like an Oyl: This Liquor is much efteemed to Cure the Cancer, Wolf, Fiftulaes, and all forts of old, inveterate, Malign, and gnawing Ulcers, being applyed outwardly. Monfieur C. his Lunary Emetick and Febrifuge, Xc.

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ylflolve » in 4. F. then Precipitate it with Spirit of Salt, then dry the

Calx. Take of this Calx, and of &, aaa, difull ie .

itas a Butter of 3, you fhall have a Butter

white and tranfparent, which will diffolve ©. If you will make an Emetick of this Butter, Precipitate one part of it with fair water, then edulcorate with Blood-warm water, and you will have an Emetick Re-

medy, which will Purge. Oh ils aT ge Ne TE ei oP

ee UTES ET ea ET EEE ee ;’ i. ,.o .’ .

Ir Cures all forts of Aguesand Fevers, and is a Catholicum for ill Humours. ‘The Dofe is from one grain to three; in fome fit thing in the Morning fafting. It muft be given avith great Caution.

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To make a moft Excellent Sudorifick of the aforefaid Butter,t hat will Cure the Leprofie, and the Venereal Difeafe, proceed thus: Ake the other part of this Butter, and put it. into a Retort, and )pour upon it Spirit of Nitre; diftill and.cohobate three or oe times; then edulcorate it with fair water, and dry it; then burn Spiritof Wine upon it, and you fhall havea Sudorifick,

which will do admirable effets, taking from eight grains tofixteen, in the Morning in Bed; drink fome fit decoGtion after it: And after the Sweating, the Patient muft be rubbed with warm Clothes all over his whole Body, obferving a reafonable Diet, and ufing fome fit Purge before.

An Oyl of ©, wherewith Monfieur Belieur, a Famous Chirurgeon at Paris, Cured Cancers, all old Ulcers, Cankers, and Venereal Sores, Kc.

Spirit of Salt two parts, Spirit of

Nitre one part; in this diflolve as much

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diftill again, and refolve. Repeat this tilf 4¢ congeal no more in the Cucurbite, but remain a deep+red Liquor, like an Oyl. The manner of ufing’ this Oyl is thus: Dip a Straw or a Feather in it, and touch all round about the borders of the Sore with it. : With this‘ he Cured a ‘very Malignant Ulcer in'a@ Lee (that had’ been there above i \\ ) c

ne VT EE GFR SY Ore

three Years) in the {pace of ten days; and alfoa Cancer ina Womans Cheek in fifteen

often: withol

garral

1 te (po

laVul, fairFe

then

‘teen Cankers‘in her private parts, that had ‘beén fo fome Years, and without hope of

Bracks,

days {pace,‘ that other Chirurgeons ¢ with-

out hope of Cure) had given‘over. With this he alfo Cured'a' Woman (that had feven-

Doctor Havervelt has Remedy, wherewith he Cured the Evil or Scrofulaes, Cancers, and Old Ulcers.

6° er ——e Get ow ee wy '

eit

Patient shirn ke wak9 eat nor J cine be

‘Cure) an ‘fifteen: days.

a — 7

IFounta

y Ake Danizick Vitriol,

Calcine it till it

~ be yellow, then grind it with Salt or Salt-petre, the ordinary proportion: ‘With this Sublime 8, which Sublime once again by at felf; then take ‘only ‘the Cryftalline part of it, whereof take’ %j. grind it toa fubul Powder: in’ a Glafs Mortar,

‘

| again Ween,

| Wi |Tenty

Ithero 1 ther

Body

Ulcer

with a — |

Glafs Peftle;’ put this Powder into a large Glafs-bottle, and pour upon‘if’a quart of i.

Morn | enouy

Fountain-

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iFountain-water, ftop the Bottle clofe, and

. Het it ftand thus for fome days, fhaking it

foften: Then oe well fettled and ftood

iwithout fhaking at leaft twenty four hours, pour off theclear, and filter it. “Then take ‘one fpoonful of this Liquor, which put into

a Vial, and pour into it two fpoonfuls of Ifair Fountain-water: Shake the Vial well,

|then pour it out into-a Glafs, and let the

/Patient drink. it in the Morning fafting; let _ Phim keep himfelf very warm, and ftir and walk ‘as much as he can; but let him neither eat nor drink till two hours after the Mediaj cine hath Operated. _ It will Operate by # Stools, and by a gentle Vomit.

} tween.

With this Remedy the Author above| I mentioned Cured all forts of Scrofula’s, whether openor fhut; the Cancer or Wolf, whe-

ther in the Breaft, or any other part of the

wos »

, $ |

The next

| Morning, if the Patient find himfelf ftrong enough , let him take the faid Medicine he | again, if not, he may refta day or two be-

woot ie al

me =

1 f

ba a

f ¢

ane] o

y; as alfo all forts of Puftula’s and Old

f iu "

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IR Kenelm relates, that Dr. Bavtas al. 4tracts

fured him, he had perfectly Cured a |p pas

moft contumacious,

foul, inveterate Evil | hen al

(feveral times touched by the King, and tren wrought upon by the beft Chirurgeons, and 4 (ral Siven over as defperate) by the following Itine, 4 Ey” eg w.

ee Gate s% ras

(3 ; ts &

¥e ae '

means:

)

+ ple i

Lake Garden-Snails, that have white or spite

gray Houfes upon them, beat. them in. a™

Mortar with a little Parfley, into the confiftence of a Plaifter, which apply to the | 18) Sore or Sores, and change. it every twenty |

four hours. | This is alfo pie! to take away the raging | pain of the Gout.

le w

& 14

A moft Excellent Phyfical Salt, af it was bn Sor prepared in Sir Kenelm’s Laboratory. Mtoe

rT Ake Nitre, Sulphur, ana th. Camphire

Legs

ij. mingle them weli together, and caft them by little and little into an earthen Cucurbite red-hote, which fhut clofe immediately with a juft flopper of Brick that | clofeth it firmly; the Cucurbite muft have two arms, unto which are faftened two Bal- |}

lons of GlafS (as you fee by the Figure in } |

S , \ a= i ETT NE OT ee T SCLE

2.35 Chymical Secrets. le next page) each Ballon containing a-

but two quasts of Spirit of Urine (to the Jhantity of Ingredients here named ) which

Cl ¢raéts untoit the Spirits, which will afcend

dallid pafS by the two Arms‘ on each fide: Zhen all is cold, take out the fixt Matter

Hiat remaineth in the Cucurbite, and grind

| fall, and diffolve it in fimple Spirit of rine, and being filtred and congealed, dif-

/oDplve it in the Acid Spirit of Urine that was

ttotfl, the Ballons, and hath the Spirit of Sul-

hur, Nitre; and Camphire in it: Diftilland

m-fohobatethis (in a GlafsCucurbite) till the

‘healt have retained in it all the Spirits that aly fivere in the Urine. “This Salt will be very | Pirateful, and: not tafte or {mell at all of the gg Jamphire, nor is Saturmine, ot Anti-veneAecal inits effect. It is very. efficacious in all Severs, either fimple or Malignant any ways, vat Hor Spotted: In the Small-Pox or Meafles, in Will the Progrefs of them, from before their Hcoming out, till the end; and preferveth Ihe Heart from hot and putrid Vapours and iPumes, and purifieth the Blood.

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Li W

The beft way to make the Spirit of Urine aya ‘thus:

dwhe

;

. e apt

| tareT >the Urine fland eight or ten dayshuvrat “in which time it will putrifie and ferdy ser

ment; then diftill very gently, “and thatld| ihe which cometh ‘firft «is the Spirit.» When ile {te beginneth to come weak and infipid ( whichyyifyre you will know by tafting a drop) then ceafeyapdened forallthat is good iscome over. Thus yout They

ae ee be et Se cS Er 2

in good Spirit.

Sir Kenelm Dighby’s Excellent Remedy for ‘Tetters, Herps, and Ring-worms, Scabby

Itches, &c. as it was prepared by his Diz t, rub rections for his own ufe for a Tetter. innen

So ie coh a ke ”

Iffolve 4ij. of running % in Ziv. of the} beft 4. F. pour upon the Solution al)

Se a ge FE Bi en Tove

quart of. fair water, in which is diffolyed two by foy handfuls of Salt, and then filtred’; ‘this Will eit hy

Precipitate the % to the bottom in a white antly,

Calx. When it is well fettled, pour off the clear water, which keep for Ufe. Pour the remaining milky thick fubftance upon tbj. of Hogs-greafe melted in an earthen Pots

hy ver bein

Hi: y; Met.

the greafe mutt be very hot when you pour ja 4

‘in the diffolved $; but take the Pot from "ibe |

the ‘.’

: :f ’7 yee Ve wee Query ee ie aek ae ee a *

a“A

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237,

2 fre when you pour the § to it, and ftir,

Iwell all the while you: are pouring it in,

ld when. it is all in,. fet. the Pot upon.the fe again to boil the greafe, till all the moi\diyflare of the Mercurial. Subftance and Solu|yn is evaporated away, but be fure you flir Hall the while, as alfo after youtake it from,

Oe — te te Be ee ry: ‘

Ry a iNa

inte fire (which. you muft do. as foon asthe, joifture is gone) till the greafe is cold and caltfirdened. | W The way,of ufing this Oyntment and Wagr, to Cure all forts:of ‘Tetters, Herps, or thy Scabby Itches, or Inflamed red\Faces or ilofes, 1s thus:

§ Firft, if the Evil be very great, Purge and it Blood Strongly;.then begin with the Wair, rub the Tetters, and all about it With Hinnen dipped in the Water madeas hot as fou can endure it ; and when you have rubfthellsd and bathed it well, lay upon it Comieffes wetted in the water. Do thus twicea \iwogay for two or three days, or more, till you $e it hath drawn out the Salt Humour abuniefantly, and that the part is much inflamed, ielnd very fore, and hath little holes or Ulcers Hiten in-it. Prefently after the frft wafhig it will grow very fore and InHamed; Hrerefore you muft not afterwards rub it fo lard as at firlt, but very gently. Some fomfiores Will require that you ule the Watet five or

ee ?ee :>|at "

ony i 3;as -.% :.Ezz .:

aa 4a Ra ce a Be aRy ma oe ll Re a ale a ee

a i en

22 8 Chymical Secrets. or fix days, others more, ‘tendér ones twelt?!" or three days. : “When: you judge that thi™ i

Water hath drawn’ dut fufficiently: ‘the vial a

lent Matter, then anoint with the greafe al!!! hot as you can endure it, and lay on it 4“

Plaifter of the fame Oyntment, binding ition on. |This Oyntment will prefently affwagt es the pain, and také'away thd Inflammation! Dref it with it twice or thricéa day. ‘Muck il EME SFE Ge iit

Matter will run from the Sore, as* ftom ar’ Fi

a Potin

~Z .

} a

L 4

i §

14 »

A great Medicine, wherewith Wonderfull Tl Cures have been performed to my knosyyit wk ledge.

1 and aty

rT Ake Bezoar Mineral well prepared, and Antimony Diaphoretick alfo well pre

pared, ana 3}. grind them together to a fabs til Powder, and put them into a {mall Re-

tort, and pour upon them Ziv. of: good Spis ritof Nitre; diflillin Sand with a moderate’ .

iePy

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whe Spirit of Nitre upon the Matter. "Then

jour frefh Spirit of Nitre upon it, and di{till and cohobate as before. Repeat this a Hhird time with frefh Spirit of Nitre, the

Se eH — Oe Re eee Sea

me quantity as before, which are nine di-

Mallations (in all) with 2xij. of Spirit of vig

a Nee Ba

WNitre: Then break. the Retort, and take

ut the Matter, which grind to Powder, |

ind edulcorate it well with warm Cardumsyater; then dry it gently, and put it into ely Poringer, and burn rectified S. ~ upon

‘pity ftirring it all the while the S.V. burn-

ith, with a Silver fpoon, untill the S.7. be burned all away, and the Powder remain

Pry.

Then pour frefh S./% upon it, and

‘igre it as before: Repeat this a third time;

Bhen grind the Powder, and keep it in a Vial clofe topped. This PowderCureth the Venereal Difeafe Whe moft inveterate, with all its Symptoms lind attendencies without exception, and rejtoreth loft ftrength and vigour, as ExperiBence teftifieth. It Cureth all Rheumatifms, Mhe Leprofie, allinterior and exterior Ulcers ; “lt purifieth the whole Mafs of Blood, and

‘p@ivonderfully fortifieth Nature, cc. The

way of ufing this Powder to Cure

She above-mentioned Difeafes is thus: wa Firft, Purge with fome fit gentle Purga“mave Potion; then, if the Difeafe requireth, | you

ae Ss %:<_< %a Pa 2a a i. eS <TE

le arn Ol Be ili i a ey at ee Se a a ee SR Oe

S ’bs “48 ee 1s +. ’:'a‘2%. .< |Ve .:.

240 Chymical Secrets. | you may let Blood the next: day, then two ,4! days after that repeat the Purge, and twall' ¢ days after you may begin with the Powder $1\1,. taking gr. viij. of it for *five Mornings to- ire *

gether, the Powder being mixt with a little Pir{ Conferve of Rofes, let the Patient take it Ni

;

(

upon the point of a Knife in the Morning}... “ in his Bed, and drink after it immediately a0. Glafs-full of the following Decoétion as hot j7, « as hecan drink it; let him keep his Bed, and |¢,,¢4 he will be in a gentle breathing Sweat for an \6Cr hour ;which being paft, let him be rubbed jy,

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et Me ai) |

H 2

with warm Clothes, his Legs, Thighs,Arms, |

Shoulders, and the Back ; then let him keep his Bed for an hour longer, to fee if he will}

ean > ae ,

Fhe ha Be

are

AS a

fweat any more:

1s Seay

The f{weat being quite’

over, he may rife, and go about his bufinefs,.]) dsat other times. After thofe five days the}

Dofe of the Powder muft be increafed, ta-

king twelve grains of it for, other five Morn- | ings; and then you muft come again tol

eight grains for five Mornings more. When} you begin with the twelve grains after the }|

not wil

firft five Dofes, you muft drink a little more | rP of the Sudorifick Decoétion than before, Hr”

and taking the Powder then in a little Con=} fe&tion of Alkermes. You may alfo increafe the Dofe of the Powder by degrees (as Sir |Rr

K.D. obferves) taking (for example) grx. jh!

4>4

fae CON ete ie i he Ve Wn, hm on oO4 \

the fixth day, and gr. xij. the othet three |i

days]

°*

| Chymical Secrets. 24t ‘tl days following;‘then gr:x. the tenth day,

‘Wand fo come again to gr. vuj. the eleventh day. One may take gr.xx. of it at one ‘“Tiime withoat inconvemehcy, The firlt |Purge the Author giveth, is‘a Decoction of “"pSuccory and ‘Tamarinds, with infufion: of un§itwo Drams of Sea, and being ftrained , ol aldiffolveth in it}. of Syrup of Peach-flowers.

shi The Second’ is the fame, adding only of

ill Confetion of Hamech, or: of Confection

‘|lof Citron ;*or :you may increafeé a little the MN Dofe of Sena, and of the’ Syrup, if one 1s ‘Mot willing ‘to take any thing where there ta is Scammony in. “The Sudorifiok Decoction evil the Author maketh ufé of -with this Powder, Bis thuss 9 2004 &ict 0%

i Take Sarfaparilla Zi}. China-root 3}. SafWafras 3. Santal Citrine ij. and a little

Licorife if you will, and a little-Cinnamon

Hor to aromatife it; let all be ‘infufed with three’ quarts of water for twelve. hoursin

iSe |‘4 ;ar .‘

Mvarm Sand; then let it boyl gently/until’a Mhird part is confumed, then ftrain itoin

ee ee et eR eg a i Be LS

16y

} Note; ‘That if you put/a ‘little Salv: of liT'artar into the water when you put the Ins ‘Beredients ‘in, it will extract the Vertue and eM Pinéture out: of them much the better5as

Silfoin making any Purgative Decoction, if

gtS@l7ou infufe them over-night ‘witha little Sale tee Tartar put in.the water, and then boyling | Rig it

+e =}

A rt le ee ee eg age a I il ag a aae we

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‘c only two.or three walms the next Morne ||

ing, it will be much more effeGual.

Lapis i¥nis,is the ehawationaf Mankind, en hy the three Principles of Nature, im | i and:Mereurys:

ES ea eT

e+ o=

“Ake & Mineral, pulverize: it, and Cale cineitin a clofe Reverberatory, with —ly mn fufficient; but moderate heat, fothatat melt| icange ndt, in twenty four hours it will be Calcined, end and will be a gray Powder. -Fake of this | \dtynef €alcined, and. of raw $ Mineral, ana iby. melt’ theft together ina Crucible ;; vite fe | Col HOF Ane they are well melted and incorporated, pour itine g it out into a Copper or Brafs Kettle, and it}| wall be Glafs-of 3, which needeth’not to be!)

clear. .If you did. not add the 3 Mineral,), the Calcined g would not mele. ’ ‘|a4 o

PS cg he SS eat eg Tw Tate

Puleorizadl

this Glafs, -and gtind it uponia Marble ftone}} rillat/be an ‘ampalpable Powder, "which pug}. into a Vial; anid pour upon it diftilled Vines} gar alcalifed with its Gxt Salt, dogeftin Sand; when you fee the diftilled Vinegar coloured ! of a Golden:colour, -decant the clear, and) put frefly diftilled Vinegar upon ‘the Glafs, |]

and digeft as before...

Repeat this cill you),

have exttaéted all. the Tincture dut of the) Ih Gla6> Then filtet the "Finéted diftilled Vie |,’™

negar, and‘put it intoa Retort; diftill with

a gentle | ‘a!

‘ t3. . on th te ok Pret Wh tee, hc van 2a | al Ve

Chymical Secrets. 243 Ja gentle fire in Sand until you fee there te} main a Liquor like a deep-red Oyl in the

Se Oe iee SeA

bottom of the Retort, and that you fee fome drops appear in the neck of the Retort,which

t Jas a fign thar all the diftilled Vinegar is come

|over.

Pour upon this Oyl Tartarifed S. /. idigeft and circulate for three or four days, or more: ‘Then dtaw off the S.V. gently in B: ‘sgand as foon as you fee any red drops appear, jchange the Recipient, putting on another; ined,§‘then diftill over all the remaining red Oy to ths | drynefs. "This Oyl will be very red, and very ain precious, and is the true Oyl and Sulphur

ee Be ey A

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| te

fof Antimony,

oat

4 =

which is a wonderful Medi-

cine againft the Plague, and all Difeafes.

we)

To make the Salt of Antimony.

cae

| if ™“Alcine 4 in a Gla Oven;

am)

Bend

or in a Re.

/ vetberatory, untilit be perfectly white,

gwithout any addition; then fprinkle it with

qDew, and dry it in the Sun; fprinkle and

wet) ra

iry it fevenor eight times, then grind it to Powder: Take of this Powder three parts; Pr jind one of Powder of Charcoal; mix them Galssi

eet

pogether, and put them into a Crucible, |you Which (et ina Wind:furnace, and give fire

dy degrees,at laft ftrong fire to make all melt ed Vpfi well; then take out the Crucible, and knock ne) ifagainit the ground to make the se

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if the

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fall to the bottom ;°break the Crucible being cold, and feparate the Salt, which you will find between: the Regulus and the Scories. So foon as you perceive that the Matter is

|| | |, naj +| Bel:

rate in the fire.

| andd

melted, you muft be quick in-making the | frit Regulus, and take the Crucible out as foon }yoim as youcan, for fear the Salt fhould evapo- | mil Food,

tie,

To make the 8 of & for this Work.

SRE” SQ

mere

\Alcine

}good in aclofe Reverberatory until | Labo

it be gray, then Sublime it in an } wilt Earthen Veflel; grind again what is Sub- 7aniy limed, and Sublime it as before.

74 ‘

Repeat)

this Operation three times, or until you fee ) fut the $ Sublimed hard‘and ponderous, where-"| ihe | in isinclofed all the % of 6.

1 ithe

| Pele

Compofition of the {aid Salt, Sulphur, and | bety Mercury. | | ie

vs ‘* b"

bie ie tek, ie lia ila ei .Fe eo

Take of the faid Salt 2}. diffolve it inasl]) Ty) much of the Oyl as will diffolve it, and | th as much as the faid Salt will imbibe, fo that }| it be like an Oyntment or Pafte; digeft z9} T | fimo equino for ten days: "Then take it out,

aENC et TS an

-and.add 3){8. of the faid § of $; and being) ty, well mixt and incorporated together, put ity] of.

to digeft as before, until it be converted mto®

‘ %¥ %i :

oe Ate cba nS Sah hr Ahh

a ted

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3 red Powder. The wayof taking this red ng ||Powder w thus: | Take gr.iv. of this Powder in a little Ca| nary Sack.in the Morning fafting in your asf) Bed, it will caule a gentle breathing fweat tte] for three days together, during which time |) you muft keep your Bed; your Chamber | mutt be.very warm and clofe, you may eat | and drink moderately of good wholfome | Food. .Thethree days being paft, you may rife, and walk.about your Chamber, taking

|Se

good nourifhing Food, abftaining from all

tl) Labours in Body and Mind;, and: thus‘you anf) will renew Hairand Skin, and will be ftrong sibel and vigorous. ey |

ikell

It will not be needful to ufe the Remedy

but once in. fourty Years; but you may ufé of the {aid Oyl, taking three drops of it ina little Sack in the Morning fafting, for the I) Prefervation of your Health, Ths Oyl may be given in all Diftempers with great fuccefs. "This as from Abbot Boucaud. |

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| The Marchionefs de Beck;

Aer Aurum po-

Ne By ce ee I Ml Se en Mi alte a Se

tabile, which fhe much efeemeth.

%i. Fupiter 3ij. melt them together, grind them to a fubtil Powder with Ziv. then MB of Sugar-candy, Oriental Bezoar, and Sal |

armor

A alt be ee Et ce ee :26 Re 5§ Ve‘ ln

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armoniack, ana}.

Mix all well together,

and put them into a large Retort, and diftill in Sand with a graduate fire for fix hours ;

let the bottom of the Retort be red-hot at Jaft for half an hour. You fhall have an Aureal Liquor, ‘whereof two or three drops taken in a little Canary, or other conve-

ete acts — ET nL z

nient Liquor, isa great Cordial and Refto-

| ther i

that when at any time fhe found her elf indifpofed, fhe prefently took tao or three drops of tt,and immediately he felt her Self ftrengthened and chearful, &c. | The Baron de Roche fhewed me allo the

Sulph ng + at Leal wath

rative. | red-ho Flartman.) The {aid Marchionefs told j)cau meat Paris ( where the fhewedme tha Aurum | ast ce potabile, aud gave me the Receipt of it ) pete

Receipt. of it at Paris, who alfo made great

| mut

} phon

efiecm of it, telling me, that he efteemed it to be one of the bef? Aurum potabile’s that | mui fp could be made, and that it was a Sovereign | be by, Cordial and Reftorative. 1 Of t

You may reduce two third parts of the @

out of the Caput Mortum, its Tinéture only, and the fubtileft part of it cometh

over by the diftillation.

|Crea

| andi Een | | Me

Cornachinus

| Meds . | Win, |

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il | Cornachinus »b% Medicinal Powdery, Ws it

ui; | ava Prepared: by Sir K, Dighy’s Order it MOI be Laboratory. tt uot an Sale pure of and 8, of Regulus Ake op |p etre, ana- Ziv. tmhinglé them well togeTes fubtil Powder, and:caft them into'a in ther

red-hot Crucible, and make them burn by

cafting in a fiery Coal, which repeat as often as it confumeth ; for without that the Salt-

petre will not burn, .thee beige no more Sulphur in the & to fet it on fite.. Keep it thus in fufion in a reverberating heat for at leaft atv hour, ftirring’ the Mater ‘often with an Iron Rody then tet it} cools» ‘This mutt not be edulcorated:as commion & Dia-

phoretick, but the; fixed Galviof. Salt-perte miuift remain with it, and mutt by tio meals be feparated'from the , -forinthat Sit K.

fays, confifteth: the Vertue againlh Fevers.

aiid OF this wé pave with the Sdamimony: |) Cream) of“Tartar ‘ana eres! diminifhin and incteafing'the Dofe accuying'to Agean d. ftrength. {omg cron at otot | Hartman.) Sir K. recommended this'to me as avery good Purge, telling me, that I might make ufe of it whenfoever I had occafion.

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The

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The beft way to make the Regula: of é,

3s,.to put firft into the Cruciblethe ’ Salt.

petre and Tartar, and when: they are well melted, put in the &, and proceéd \in ‘the reft in the uftal manner: ‘Thus you fhall fhall have fix or feven pound, of more, of every pound of Antimony.-.Likewife to

Aor 40k

aaake a Martial Regul, put the & firft-in-

fo the Crucible;’ and when’ it is-in perfeét fufion, then putin the Mars.

io A Lanative and Emetich Cream of

VS IEEE gO

>. Tartar.

wr ws

a i ha ih ede ia cee ws=

a iaan

~S ;

PS ETL ary. wey NTT ELT OT (oe4 +

rT Ake GlaGs of; ty and Cream! of Tartar;

ama jy Bz grind them.toia:fubtil. Pow-

der, then mix them together; pit: this into a Matrafs, and pour upon it) tbij: of RofeMary-water 5) digeft it for’ fome ‘days, fha-

King it fometimes ; then filter it, and evapotate to drynefs, and you fhall.have-a Salt, ‘which grind to-Powder, and keep it ina Glafs clofe flopped. It, is.a fafe and gentle :Vomut, and Operates alfo by Stools: The Dofeis from gr.j. to v. or vj. in’a little Sack. | | Aother

| tin’

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Another moft: Excellent: Laxative and Emetick Creanvofi Tartar:

lull |

iY |

PPtAke Ziv. of Cream of Tartar, grind it

of i eto afubtil Powder,

which put into a

: to |Matrafs, and pour upon it:fo much Spirit of

tie |Sal armoniac as may:cover it the breadth of tet |.two fingers ;:ftop/it’ clofe; and fet it in a

} Gellar, for twenty;:four hours, then pour it |into an Earthen Potglazed,.and ‘put into it 1 Zj..of Glafs of S in: fubtill Powder; fet this

| Potin.a,Furngeeiin:Sand, ( or upon a:gentle ) Coalsfire) anid’ pour,intoat a fufticient quan-

Lit: of! fair water sacketit cool fix or eight

tan)

ty. hours, flill pouring:in more water as it con-

sino ) Lumeth? sAtdaft, évaporate’ until .1tscome.to Rolee -haye.a.thin light:skin, on the top; then fet

fe §)itan 4 Cellar,, and itywall {hoot into Cry ftals, | which take out, artd-keep them for Ufe. This: js,:a.moft-Excellent Medicine; and Hone. of the beft,Emeticks that can. be pre>.

%x.4.”7.=“i

I) pared.) The Dofeus from, gr.j. to. vj. for The Ghildren§ and for Aged Perfons, from gr. x. | to XV in, a little Sack.

. The beft.and eafielt: way to make a mot

:fuibtil and;penetrant Spirit ‘of Sal armoniac,

shy

| Cas. it was. made in Sir Kenelm’s Laboratory, andas I make it now )\is thus: rs 7

Take

Fy 2 pa7?eo 4; yx:;

ae by Ae lee ag a te ee ee ee na ee Se aeae re ee Be ee a ~ — -a .a

Wn ge

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Take Quick-lime grofly beaten, put a bed of it about two fingers thick into the | bottom of a Cucurbite; .then’ ‘diffolvetbj. the Qui

of Sal armoniac in as much water as will olution diflolve it: Pour of: this diffolution upon avila

aT FOG ra’'’

a ah hed ee i a ie

the Quick-lime ( having-firlt placed the Cucurbite in the Furnace in Sand )::fo.tauch as. may diffolve it well,:and fwim half a fingers breadth overt: >Then be as: quick as you can in fitting onthe: Headiand Recipient (for it will immediately’ begin to'difill without fire )\ Jute all the janGtures well, and diftill with a gentle fire, ‘keeping the fubril Spirit by acfelfj which cometh firft. If any flegm fhould:come*over with the fecond Spirit, rectifieitin Balneo. 9) This Spirit ws not only good forbenumbed heads

| Gyon | it,whi Mh the ¢ tioned,

land Rec

fir p Spout

Powe mae it

then||

boring

Blade

to {mell to,but alfo to take imwardly,for it aa W difloln moft Excellent Remedy: It opens alt Obs theyi/ frruttions, it Sudorifick and Diuretick. lth fi eS

EE TIS Eg BT i gee whee Se

NEN Regh

"Tus very good in Fevers, efpecially the Pu- Out the trid, in Palfies, Epilepfies, Hyfterical Firs, whi and the Plague, refifting all. Corruption}©in Bot ry Lethargy, and ftupification of the Spirits. mary The Dofe w from eight to thirty drops: It the by alfo affwages the pain of the Gout, being mixt byrealHI with §.V. or Brandy, and Linnen Clothes aie for dipt init, and laid upon the parts affitted. Hartman.) Iw diftilling of this Spirit this | way, Ihave obferved feveral apr cnc : |

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| | Chymical Secrets. 25% nt alitbe firft #, that if you ufe a Glafs Cucurbite, the jit will be apt to evack by the fudden beat of

ib. tbe Quick-lime, caufed by pouring on the di{~ wil olution of the % Cand an earthen Cucurbite wn will imbibe it.)

Secondly, bythe fame Rea-

Culifon you lofe a great part of tbe {ubtilef Sptthaslirit, which will afcend before you have poured ain in the quantity of the diffolution abowe-men-

ike tioned, and before you can fit on the Head Rese are Rectpient. " To prevent all thefe incon: wid. eweniences, I make ule of a Tin Cucurbite, with sul), ha Spout in the upper part (See it inthe third

p the Figure ) and having placed it in the Fur{utimace in' Sand, I put in the Quick-lime, and

r pi then I fit @ Glafs Head and Recipient,

and

U having well luted all the junétures with wet

Ye re

wht) Bladders, or Pafte and Paper, I pour inthe

swat diffolution of% by a funnel through the Spout ; | then I cloferhe Spout, and diftill with a gen-

eh utle fire.

When the diftillation w over, take

tye out the Caput Mortuuns, and make the Cu-

fin, eurbite clean, and wipe it dry, that it may inj in) mot rufe or canker, and it will ferve for

Si |many other Operations, and will fave you at the buying of many Glafs Cucurbites, which

st Bey veafon of their thick and knobbed bottoms hes are fo apt to break, i. | ao —_ — :~::_ ae Sa

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The Volatile Salt of Tartar, as I have often aid at made tt, which is an Excellent Re- Liquor the Re _ medy.

H yn the,

Ake Lees of Wine, (which you, may

|she Val

have from the Wine-Coopers when they Hig have preffed them out for making of Vine- quot, gar) break them .in fmall pieces, and let | Liquo them dry; then being very hard and dry, |which bruife them grofly, and fill an Earthen Re- |dillin tort withit, or a Glafs one coated 5, diftill in Volan! naked fire, fitting any Recipient to it to, a8 {no receive only a four flegm, which will come hsGubl

heh ie ee ih Me aeela iaaca en

over firft; as foon as'you fee any white fumes come over, (among which cometh the Volatile Salt.) change the Recipient, putting on another pretty large; .lute the junctures well with Pafte and Paper, then increafe.the’

|mouth

therE

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| vit

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fire by degrees, until you fee the Recipient GOR Ee NEN EESE NRE Igtge we

filled with white fumes; continue) the fire | putthe : in that degree, untill thofe white Vapours NY dimaty diminifh, and that the Recipient beginnerh pather

to grow cold: Then augment the fire tothe Then, higheft degree, to. force. all over at laft; || thefr when nothing more cometh over, ceafe. ‘The !Liu diftillation will be performedin three.or four }Qty an hours; you willhave a whitifh Liquor,which inefk

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contained in it ‘the Volatile! Salt, and ‘part \aoe“ao ‘.

thereof will ftick tothe fides of the mes | an

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259 Chymical Secrets. ufelarid a reddith foetide Oy! will {wim upon the

‘

Rel Liquor.. Pour out ali the Liquor that is in ithe Recipient, then pour a little warm water Jin the Recipient, and fhake it to get out all from the my ithe Volatile Salt: Separate the Oy! the Lifilter then ; funnel Glafs a by Liquor 1 they | Vine Quor, to free it from all Oylinefs: Put this 1 ef]Liquor into a Matrafs with a long Neck, to

dd }which fit a Head and:a {mall Recipient; diRell {till in Sand witha very gentle heat,and the {il ght Molatil Sale will afcend into the Head as white -étfas {now ; when you fee that a pretty quantity mel 18 Sublimed, take off the Head, and ftop the

ee he. i, a

ins)mouth of the Matrafs,if you have not anoieVog) ther Head to put. on; be as quick as you can ating tO gather the Volatile Salt that isin the head,

ues = anid put it into a Vial, which ftop very clofe (tte with a Glafs flopper, for itis very apt to re:

nent folve into Liquor when it taketh Air: ‘Then

eltesy PUt the Head on again,and continue the Sub=

jimation until there Sublime no more: Salt;

“aig, gather this laft-Salt, and put it to the reft : ‘ate 2 ben puton the Head again, and augment -YD) lat| the fire a little, and you fhall have a fiery f:§) Liquor, which 1s the Volatile Spirit of 'Tarwt | |tar, and is alfo the Volatile Salt, mixt with

sich Lome flegm, which makes it come over ima

sat' liquid form. Lhis Salt is much efteemed and recoma

— Al mended to purifie the Blood by Sweat and by ie

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254 by Urine.

Chymical Secrets.

It is the beft of all common Re’)

medies.again{t Hyfterical Firs and Vapours, | At {melling to it, and taking it inwardly.

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It |

;

is Excellent againft the Palfie, Apoplexy, | Epilepfie, éc. againft Quartan and Tertian

FP IY — —

Agues. »It opens all Obftruétions; and pro- ||: a

vokesthe Terms. The Volatile Spirit hath pttaf the fame Vertue asthe Sale; it is good for all | ute,

Ob{tructions, particularly of the Spleen, and |!P0"!

ree Ae hey Seg aw

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keeps the Body open ;-it is far beyond the . Finch common Spirit of T'attar in Vertue.

The! itene

Dofe is from eight to twenty or thirty drops in fome fit Vehicles

cei «

A Phyfical Salt.

| Fevers lancho radi

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Ake Nitre and Oyl of Sulphur, ana thy. Mnf Hlegm of Vitriol f6(. pulverize the: |

Nitre and put it into a Retort, and pour upon

fren

it the Oyl of Sulphur and flegm of Vitriol ; é aN.

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diftill in Sand; and you fhall have a very |

good Spirit of Nitre, anda pure white Sale 9) “. will remain in the bottom of the Retort.This || Salt is much efteemed in Fevers, and-to’ | ie

quench thirlt, being taken in Juleps, Prifans,

or Poffets; Sraings:

‘Fhe Dofe is thirty or fourty 3

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j tes § {him

|feting

| 4 Precion#s.

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“\Plenty

Chymical Secrets. JAA Precious Tintiure of the F lowers of

le A ate lp ott Se«ony:

Antimony.

I Ake the dark-red Flowers of 8, digett |

and circulate them -with rectified Spi-

iit of Vitriol;

ey a aNee

when they are fufhciently

m junitedjabftradt the Spirit of Vitriol toan Oy],

lapon which pour S.V. digeft and extract 2 . 1 mature fz. which abftract againto the conHiftence of an Oy: Tha Tindiure fortifieth and 5 pater deg the Heart.& Vital Spirits, ftrengthlencth the Stomach, good againft Agues and |\Fevers, Hyfterical Fits, Hypochondriac Me\lancholy: It Cures the Faundies, opens Ob\ftructions, provokes the Terms. It goo

TB J

Jagainft the Gout, Scurvy, and Dropfie, Itch Wand Scabs:

hey i frengthens or

It puvifieth the Blood,

and

Nature. Dofe from gr.}. to iij: lor iv. given ina fit Vehicle. iy very

An Excellent and true Tintlare of Coral.

Sal i

Ths @ idto

Ake good red Coral Ziv. grind it to fubtil Powder, which mingle with

any vy. of Sal armonide that hath been three ust ‘tumes Sublimed from deécrepitated Salt. Put | this: mixture into a {mall Cucurbite, which j) pient toit,and having well luted the junctures, |

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give

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Chymical Secrets EO give a gentle fire at firft, which augment

by degrees. There will come over hrf, a | {mall quantity of a Urinous Volatile Spirit ; after that, you fhall fee the Flowers afcend and flicle to the Head, ‘andupper part of the pled Cucurbite. ‘Thefe Flowers will be tinged jee, with divers colours;

as red, green; blew; ‘tre at{

very pleafant to behold, they contain in'them Flower the true ‘Tincture of Coral; for the body of |Conti ve

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the Coral which remaineth in the bottom, will be as white as {now ; continue a mode-

ile all imix Wi

rate fire-until no more Flowers afcend: The Operation will be performed in a few hours.

Repea

Then gather diligently all thefe Flowers, |Anka and put them in a Matrafs, and pour upon . and them rectified SV. to the heighth of four. fn- 4, gers; digeft fome.days.in B. the S, Y. will .ee extract a pure red ‘Tinéture out of the Flow- at

t4,3

ers, which will remain white in the bottom; {[Wello filter this Tincture; and abftract from’ it cftood

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three fourth parts of the S. Vanda deep- ND colgy red ‘Tinéture will’ remdin in: the. bottom, ilhree p; which is the true ‘Tincture of Coral. en gort This ‘Tincture 1s a Sovereign Remedy to tilt

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ftrengthen the Stomach and Bowels: . It pu-

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rifieth the Blood by Sweat and Urine. It WUNLerieg opens Obftructions, ,is Excellent in all forts of Fluxes, @&c. Dofe from fix to twenty Pes four drops, in’ fome convenient Vehicle: } hig. PP ere

Phe

C hyinical Secrets. 297 ~ The way to Sublime the Flowers of Sa! | armoniac for this work, is thus:

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Take. common Salt dectepitated and Sal 4.) gle them together, and put them in a Cuj@curbite, and Sublime in Sand with a gentle oy: fire at firft, which augment by degrees; the

‘-

Bl Fe

8 Flowers will afcend into the Head like Meal:

-§ Continue the fire for five or fix hours; then in, Wet all cool, and gather the Flowers, which imix with new Salt, and Sublime as before: | Akepeat this three times.

| « dn Excellent Entvadl of Mars, for Diarrhea’s ‘Wand Fluxes, ‘|

yy Ake filings of Steel (which you may buy |~-. at the Needle-makers) Ziv. put them in , Hwell-glazed Pipkin, and pour thereon aquart ‘+ [pF good deep-red Wine, (that which is ufed _ ko colour White-wine ) let x boy! until about

fing often evil an Iron Spatula. “Then ftrain jt whulft it is hor. '§ Itis a great and certain Remedy for Dy-

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re enteries, Diarrhee’as, old Hepatical Fluxes,

ind fuch like Difeafes ; you may give an Puance of it in Broth fafting, for fome . Mornings together. ThisI have fufficiently

isperienced with hapey fccefs. |

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Sir. Kenelm: Digby’s Remedy for the fame; RS = as it was prepared by his Order, and much “ :

uled.

aN Sr

ry Ake Rye-flower, and make a Paftethere- }}ae of with Juice of Elder-berries; then 7 bac >

bake hard Biskets thereof, which pulverize,

nd make a Pafte again with the Juice of ie Elder-berries as before: Repeat this three } tG times.

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.Then reduce it to Powder.

Dofe is one Dram.

The§l,? Mi

drays

1) Pull

Sir Kenelm Digby, bas Excellent Plaster of. OrLaci

ditengt

Lead.

ment,

rT Akeof the belt Oy!Olivethij. Ziv. whiteag| Pa

lead, red Minium, ava Tbj. grind thenml Se to Powder, and put them with the Oyl intog/>™™

a large glazed Pot or Pipkin, with 2xiy. off Venice Soap fhred f{mall, which put upon

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gentleQoal-fre, and ftir ic well with an Iron}, Spatula for an hour; then increafe the fire ‘ke a little, which continue until-the Liquor beg): h of the colour of an Oyl: Then drop fomeé Plat

of it upon a boatd, andif it fticks, or that img)!"

cleave to your fingers, ’tis a fign that it igg[%5 # boyled enough; then roll it up, arid keep sg/™#li

for Uf.

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| This Plaifter being applyed to the Sto¥} mach, is good for the weaknef and indiges | ftion thereof, and caufeth a good Appetite.

‘Being applyedto the Belly, it Cureth the . | Colick; and being applyed to the Back, it | firengthens the Reins, Cureth. the Bloody‘4 Hux, the-Gonorrhea, and tempers the ex+4) Ceflive heat of the Liver.

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It Cureth all-Contufions and Bruifes, SwelThe lings and Inflammations. It maturates and

}draws all forts of Apoftumes, Wolfs, and

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|Puftles, and Cures them, without Lancing or Incifion. Being applyed to the Head, it jdtrengthens the Eye-fight:

‘To the Funda-

}ment, it-Cureth all accidents that may happen there, as Piles, Gc. And being applyed to the Belly of a Woman, it provokes the” }Perms, and difpofeth her for Conception.

Dr, Stephen’s Plaifter for the Gout.

Ake Virgins-wax ibij. Hogs-greafe 26:

Mutton-Suet Zij. Oyl of Colts-foor t= ‘Plantain and Rofé-water, ana 3ij. Lavenderjwater 31j.. Dragon-water, and Water of Bor= age, ava 28. two Nutmegs, two Cloves, anda little Mace,;beat into Powder; mix them

all well together, and let it boyl with a mo-

erate fire unto the confiftence of an OyntBaent 5 wherewith a the part grieved as |

o.2

hot a AE re Oe a ne I er a See ee We et eg en eS ey de a ‘Sk 42|tAY Aid 2e‘y :’>. “Ne .“s : :Be, eS = HB —= HL

Chymical Secrets. 260 hot as you can endure it, and dip Linnen Clothes in it, and apply them.

a. hots .

A very good Oyntment for the Gout ;and the ranning Gout, Aches, Numbnefs, and pain A Wal | in the Foynts, &c. 1 theGo

| fymnpt

ato

the tender Branches of Dwarf- |) lowing

Elder, inthe Monthof March, when

they fprout out of the ground from the root, Maller and are not abovea finger.long, three hand-} every

Negi >_-~g+l ~

fuls; ftamp them in a ftone Mortar, then | which

mix them with fbj. of Hogs-greafe;

put

Flower leaves: a gentle fire for two or three hours. he too This was Communicated unto me by aj cut it worthy Gentleman; whom uch efteemed it, and ¢;

this into a Pipkin, and let it flew upon

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becaufe he found great benefit by it in thd Foe Gout: It taketh away the raging pain there- ] jinbe q parts the s of, giveth eafe, and ftrengthen ALi Wi afflicted. Dut tn In the running Gout, Numbnefs, an Ln this raging pain in the Joynts, J have had muc and K; Experience of the Vertue of this Oyntment aTuh after many Remedies ufed in vain ; the parts grieved muft be anointed with it as hot as§), can be endured, and-chafed in before fire. 4 Certa. :

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A Certain and Infallible Remedy ta prevent and Cure the Fits of the Gout. |

| 4.

Knew a Gentleman in Germany, whoalways Cured and prevented his Fits of

| the Gout ( whenfoever he perceived the leaft

ie i — a Ba ae Neate a

fymptom of its approaching) by the fol-

lowing Remedy: | He canfed a good quantity of the Herb | Mullein (Verba[cum in Latin) to be gathered

f ra

| te

) every Summer when it was in its. Flower,

which is in ‘une, it beareth many yellow

| Flowers upon along {traight ftalk with large

| leaves at the botrom,which are hoary. ‘Then | he took a good quantity of this | erb, and I cut it fmall, the Stalk, Flowers, and Leaves, | and caufed it to-be-boyled in a pail-full of Forge-water out of a South’s trough, wherein he quenches and .cooleth his Irons; when I this was boyled fufficiently, then there, was

put into ita large piéte of Chall in Powder.

I In this Water he bathed his Feet, Leggs, and Knees, as hot as he, could endure at,) in fia Tub, continuing until she Water grew | cold. Then a hole was diggedin the ground | in his Garden, wherein this Water wa3 put

with the Ingredients, and then covered with Earth.

This always prevented his Fir, fo that he .

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Chymical Secrets. never had any pain, laniene(3, or {welling at all, to which I was an Eye-witnefs. And] heard him fay, that if he did not ufethisRe- | medy,hé would have very fhrewd and rack-

ing Fits,and keep his Bed by it for a Month or fix weeks,and that twice a Year,chiefly in | dng the Spring, and at the Fallingof the Leaf | & ae BF of the Mr. Locher, an Apothecary of London, his H| your p Excellent Oyl for Deafue/s, which be gave | may nc to Sar K. D. it in a

Ake Oyl of bitter Almonds,

Oyl of |

Spikenard, ana Svj. Juice of Onions,

Juice of Rue, ana 31). black Hellebore fs,

Colloquintida $8. Oyl of Exeter 31]. Boyl this till the Juice be confumed ; then ftrain

it, and add two drops of Oyl of Annifeed,

Oyl of Origanum one drop. Pour a drop or

two of this Oy! into the Ear, and lye upon © your Bed with that Ear upwards that you intend to drop into, lye ftill for a quarter of an hour after; then drop into the other, if it require. It is to be continued a Month, of two or three, as you find benefit. When you have dropt into the Ear, you muft {top it with a little black-wool, dipped in the Oyl. Many Perfons have found much benefit by

the uf af this Oyl, to my knowledge.

Another

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Chymical Secrets.

Another Experimented Remedy for the fame.

} er Ake a good large Eel, flea it, and cut

it into round pieces of the length of a finger, ftick them full with Rofemary and

| Sage; then take an Earthen Pan, put two

lor three flicks of Wood in Crofs-wife, lay

| your pieces of Eel upon them, fo that they | may not touch the bottom of the Pan; bake | tin an Oven as you do Meat: "Then take the Fat of the Eel that is in the Pan, and

| ftrain it through a fine Linnen Cloth, mea|} fare how much there is of it, and put to it j asmuch S.7. Then take Juice of Onions,

| and Juice of the white ends of Leeks, ana 2}. | of your firft mixture 3ij, put them together

intoa Vial, ftop it clofe, and fhake it well for an hour. ~Itis in all things to be ufed as the former, except that inftead of one or two drops, you mutt drop in three or four. Hartman.) -The was Communicated to me by a Gentleman at Paris, who had done Wonderful Cures with it, and among the re(t, he had Cured the Governour of Calais ps Secretary with it, who had been deaf twenty

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Years, bis deafnels being canfed by a Sickne/s.

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A mofé Precious Balfam of great Vertue Ake Turpentine thi. Lignum Alves 28.

Mattick, Cloves, Galingal, Cinnamon, Zedoar, Nutmegs, Cubebs, Olibanum, ana 4}. Roots of Mafter-wort, of Angelica, ana 2(3. Figs cut {mall fixin number,Gum Tra+ gacanth Zij. Bruife all the Ingredients, and mix them well together, then put them into

pentine to makeitrun, pour it upon the In-

gredients, and diftill in Sand: Separate the

ae |Se

Balfam from alittle fegm that will come over with it. 1. his Balfam isa very great preferver of the Health of Mankind,taking every Morning three or four drops of it in a little Beer or

Wine; ° 'P ‘ z

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caufeth a good Digeftion, and a good Appetite. 2. It ftrengthens the Brain and Memory. 3. It is good againft Deafnels, pouring two or three drops every day into the Ear,

and {topping the Ear witha litrle black-wool, raoiftened with a little of this Balfam.

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it ftrengthens the Stomach,

4. It helpeth Rheumatick Eyes, takes a way the heat and pain thereof,and ftren gthens the Sighr, anointing the Eye-lids therewith.»

Of, || Dog, beingb andisa

a Glafs Retort, and having warmed the Tur- |

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_ It Cureth all forts of Scabs, Itches, and |Scall’d Heads, be they never fo bad. 6. It Cures Fiftulaes, the Cancer, Wolf, and all other gnawing Difeafes ; and Cures jall forts of Wounds, whether old or new.

|) 72 ItCures the Gonorrhea, the Whites in }Women, and ftrengthens the Reins. theBiting of a Mad |» &. Iris good againft \

}

| |Dog, Vipers, and. other Venemous Beatts, } being both inwardly and outwardly applyed ;

‘+ Jpandisa great Prefervative againft the Plague.

og. It is very goodagainft the Cramp,

)Numbnefs, :aking, and pain in the Joynts, | contraction and weaknefs of the Nerves com| ing froma cold Gaufe; as Experience tefti-

| ) fieth. y or {linking unfavour an fweetens 10. It | Breath, and fuffers no'Worms to breed in | the Storaach and Bowels.

| s ar. Iv is faid, that’ if a dead Corps be } Embalmed. with it, it will never rot nor } confume, nor any Linnén about it that 1s | imbibed with this Balfam:

And that for a

tryal, one fhould take’a piece of Flefh, and

|S warm ic, well againft the fire, then rub it-

}over with this Balfam, and let it be well

limbibed with it, rubbing it with it three or

four times: Then lay i away, andat will |remain found and frefh, fo that it may be | eaten a twelve Month atter. TLaudanum ;

et: a ate. ke ae a NaN ed alte =— ee A = = ee Pn »ee eS .a

ce lps ~-~rn wal .: : ae at Fg tl, le nl a “ Lia .‘i.,‘\- . ‘2 24

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Laudanum Germanicum: Being a fingular Preparation of Matthews, or Dr. Starky’s Pills: S

Thought I could not better finifh this

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Book, than with the Receipt of thefe

moft Excellent Pills, with the true way of Preparing them, which far exceeds the common: The Receipt is thus:

» od ca riceTt

Take Opium tbj.. diffolve it. in» diftilled Vinegar, then filter and evaporate to the confiltence of a Mafs for,Pills: Then take black Hellebore fbj.. reduce it to a fubtil Powder, which put into:a Matrafs, and pour upon it fo much diftilled Vinegar as will cover it the breadth of four-fingers; digeft for two days, then evaporate with a gentle heat to the confiftence of Pills. ‘Then take of ’ the CorreCtor tbj. Oylof Amber that hath ||

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been rectified with fair water, Zij: Licorife

qYe5‘

lial ia th ae al a

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dryed and reduced to fubtil Powder, iby. 7 Saffron dryed and pulverized, tb. Put all into a large Mortar (well warmed by putting Coals kindledinto it) incorporate them

well together by ftrongly beating and mixing them, adding by little and little (as you incorporate them) of the Oyl of Turpentine that hath ftood upon the Corrector,

and is of a red colour, Ztij,. Tin@ture of Antimony

CON Pn th Wich We 8 leh Ch. ED te a

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qa :-—4 oo ce 5 nla Bet ss ety, “3 mee <r ——s

imony

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fcribed, and ufed by the beft Phyficians, in Confumptions, and in other Cafes. I thought to have referved the Preparation of them to my felf, and not to have Publifhed it; but thinking that it is unchrifhan to keep any thing Bart the Publick

good,

my Confcienc e would not permit

me.

The Preparation of the Corrector differs not from that of Starky’s; but becaufe this Bookmay come to the Hinds of fome Per-

fons which do not know it, I thought good fo infert it here, bake

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2.68 Chymical Secrets. Take pure Salt-petre, and White-wine, } or Rhenifh-wine ‘Tartar, ana equal parts, | pulverize them, and fearle them, and mix). them well together: ‘Then take a large Crucible, and fet itin your Furnace, and being red-hot, caft in fome of your mixture by little and little with an Iron Ladle, and when the fulmination is over, caftin more, which

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continue till you have put in all your mix- | ture; then letit flow inthe Crucible, giving ityong heat. Then pour it out, and when the Crucible is cold, fcrape off all the Salt that flicketh to the fides of it.Diffolve this Salt in boylingwater. Make likewile a Lixivium of Quick-

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lime and Water, which being fettled, pour it oe ee

off: Take of this Lixiviam the fame quantity with that of the Salt of Tartar; mix and filter them, then evaporate to a Salt, which will be pure, clear and white like Cryftal; grind it to Powder, and put it into a ftrong

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large Veflel, and pour upon it immediately fo much Oyl of ‘Turpentine as may cover it the breadth of four or five fingers; ftir 1% well together, then cover it loofely, only to

keep things from fallingin, andthat the Air may come toit; letic ftand thus, ftirring it three or four times. day witha wooden $ pa~ tula, and as you fee the Salt imbibeth the

Oyl, add ftill more Oyl, until the Salt hath : taken \‘*- .>

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ht I taken in and abforbed three times its weig

at it will take in no more, and

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'_ fis like a Soap, and the Oyl that {wimmeth upon it is of a red Colour.

ate | The Tinkture of Antimony ws made this,

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cording to Balil Valentine.

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Ake equal parts of Salt of Tartar and 4, melt them together in a Crucible,

|_keep them in fufion for half an hour, then pour it out, and whilft it is hot reduce it to Powder, which put into a Matrafs, and pour upon it of the beft rectified Spirit of Wine {o much as may cover it the breadth of three that fingers, fet the Matrafs in warm Sand, fhall you and , little the S. V. may boyl a have a very red ‘Lincture, which decant, and keep for Ufe. This Tincture is recommended to open , all Obftructions, of all the Principal parts s, Rein b, Wom s, as Liver, Spleen, Lung and Bladder ; it provokes the Terms, Cureth the Yellow Jaundife,Green-Sicknefs, Scurvy, Dropfie, Afthma, Pleurifie, Melancholy,

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Ulcers inward and outward, Scabs, Itch, Pox,

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its Eavied fome of the impureft part at the tottiii undiflolyed: The n filter the diffolution, and eva iporate it until you feeathia

skin upon it, then put itin'a coolplace,and fet it ftand without fisrin gittor twoor three and large Cryftals,which take out,: rand {pread them abroadinsalakge Gh of arthen Difh, and

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{0m Rain; when they are well Calcined,

| powder them finely, and expofe this Pow-

| der again to the Sun, turning and flirring it I often. Continue this until it be reduced to

| a white Powder, which put up in a Glafs, | and tye it up clofe, and keep it in a dry place. As for the Vertues'of this Powder, I will I only fay, that [have feen great Experience

™® of it in my time, in ftanching of defperate

") W pleeding at the Nofe.

2. In ftanching the

| Blood of a Wound. . 3. In Curing with it

| any green Wound (where there is no fra-

G&ure of Bones) without any Plaifter or |) Oyntment,in a few days. “A Girl about twelve Years of Age bleed| ing defperately at the Nofe for two or three days together, her Mother having ufec all the means fhe could devife (in vain) came to me, telling me, that fhe had heard I had a Powder that would ftanch Bleeding, fhe

defired me to let her have a little of it, for fhe feared her Daughter would bleed to

Death: I gave her fome of the Powder, and

bid her puta little of it in three or four {poonfuls of fair water, and to bath her Noftrils with it with a clean Linnen rag, putting it up into the Noftrils; which fhe did, and her bleeding ftopped immediately ; the next day

fhe did bleed a little again, and then ufing

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it again,itdid ftanch it, and the nevér bled again afterwards.

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I{poke with a Famous Chirurgeon,named |

Mr. Smith, in the City of Augufta in Ger.

many, who told me, that he had a great re- | {pect for Sir K. D. Books, and that: he made

his Sympathetical Powder every Year,and did all his Chiefeft Cites with it in green wounds, with much greater eafé to the Patient than if he had ufed Oyntments or Plaifters, If the Reader defires to know more of the Effects of this Powder, and the Reafon of it, i refer himto. the Reading of Sir K. Dighy’s Treatife of Curing of Wounds by way of Sympathy, where he will find entire fatiss

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