To the right honourable and right worshipful the Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain.  
WHereas the testimonies of learned Philosophers and Physicians have given sufficient assurance, that the Infusion of the Antimonial Cup is an Universal and perpetual Medicine, and that the Experiments of Honourable & worthy Persons have confirmed the same to be a wholesome and Prevalent Medicine against many dangerous and desperate Diseases, as by their several Certificats may appear: And that (without unthankfulness to the alone Giver of all good gifts, Injury to the Common wealth, and offence against Christian charity) it may not be concealed: my humble suit therefore is, to all (to whom these presents shall come) that they would be pleased to peruse the Authorities by me alleged in my book called the Universal Medicine, and to afford me their friendly assistance for the better communication and declaration thereof for the health and common benefit of mankind. And if any receive harm by the use thereof (following the directions of my book) or if I report fraudulently of the Medicinal virtues thereof, let it be required at my hands both in this life and in that to come.  
The Antimonial Cups herein mentioned are made and sold by john Evans Minister of God's word dwelling in Gunpowder-Alley near fetter lane.   

THE Universal Medicine: OR THE VERTVES OF THE Antimonial Cup.  
Collected out of the Experiments, and Observations of the most famous, learned, and best approved Philosophers, and Physicians, that have written of that Subject.  
By john Evans Minister, and Preacher of God's Word.  Jos. Quer. cap. 31. pag. 386. 
In hoc unico Antimonio videndam exhibebimus Vniversalem Medicinam, Medicinarum Medicinam, & admirandorum aut miraculorum ipsum miraculum, seu mirabile mirabilium.  
LONDON, Printed by John Haviland, 1634.   

To the Reader.  
WHat the Lord hath sanctified, and communicated for the health and profit of many, ought not to be concealed for the Envy & displeasure of a few: God's candle must not be put under a bushel, neither must his Talon be wrapped up, and buried in the ground: his endowments are communicative, and every real Christian may vindicate his part and portion therein. To you therefore belongeth this Medicinal gem, whosoever that desire to prevent contagious, and infectious maladies, to preserve your bodies in health, strength, and vigour of Nature, or to restore such as are already infirmed with desperate and dangerous diseases. Accept then this excellent jewel as the singular gift of God, and the Medicinal virtues thereof herein mentioned, for the approved experiments, of Right Honourable, and Right Worshipful Personages, many of them for their Eminency, and height of Honour, wherewith they are rightfully ennobled, not here to be mentioned: And the rest of such worth and dignity, that for their piety, & learning, they are not inferior to many in the Kingdom. And although this might give sufficient satisfaction to all reasonable minds: Nevertheless, for that an undoubted Truth, feareth not to be exposed to all examinations, whosoever pleaseth, shall have a month's trial of them before they buy them: To the end that by the certainty of their own knowledge, practice, and experience, they may be fully confirmed, that the one half of the medicinal virtues of this Antimonial Cup, is not herein reported unto them.   

A Declaration of the most admirable virtues of the Antimonial Cup.  

1. It keepeth the body from repletion and fullness of humours.  
2. It helpeth against all evil affects of the Stomach.  
3. It cureth all intermitting Agues, and burning Fevers.  
4. It helpeth the swimming in the head, Madness, & Frenzy.  
5. It cureth the Green Sickness, and helpeth against all Obstructions.  
6. It prevents the Stone, the Gout, and the Sciatica, and other Aches.  
7. It is a good Preservative against all contagious and infectious Diseases.  
8. It cureth perfectly Morbus Gallious, and Lues Venerea.  
9 It assuageth the Falling Sickness, and all Convulsions.  
10. It destroyeth worms, and maketh complexion fair,  
11. It emptieth the Stomach of ill humours: the Liver of Choler: the Spleen of Melancholy: the pectoral parts of all hurtful humours: The Head and the throat of phlegm and rheum, and all distillations.  
12. It restoreth appetite lost: it causeth rest to th● senses aend sleep, and loseth not his virtue through use.  
13. It cureth wounds, and stauncheth blood.  
14. It taketh away Wens, and other Excrescenses.  
15. It cleanseth, and healeth ulcerous Sores, and Fistulas.  
16. It consumeth rotten, and putrified dead flesh.  
17. It purifieth the sight, and consumeth the Web and Pearl.  
18. It is excellent against all Diseases used in Clysters.  
19 It assuageth the pain of the Gout, or any other Ache, by bathing and external application.   
See the Use in the Latter end.  
Made, and are to be sold by john Evans, Minister and Preacher of God's 〈◊〉 Word, dwelling near Fetter-Lane, in Gunpowder Alley.   

A CONFIRMATION of the Medicinal Virtues of the Antimonial Cup Collected out of the most famous, learned, and best approved Philosophers and Physicians, that have written thereof.  
OF all the Minerals contained within the bowels of the Earth, Antimonium deserveth the greatest praise, for the most excellent medicinal virtues, it containeth for the health and benefit of mankind.  
It is a Mineral of a dark colour, intervened with glistering streaks, consisting according to Paracelsus, of Mercury, Sulphur, and Salt. Antimonium corpus suum ex Mercurio assumit, est que natura Mercurii crassissima, postquam expurgatur, vir●s & virtutes Mercurii omnes retinet, nihilque est aliud▪ quam coagulatus Mercurius per spiritum Salis & Sulphur. And therefore it is generally by all the spagirics called the Balsam, Restorer, and Preserver of Nature.  
It was first discovered by Geber King of Arab●●, and by him called Magnesia, for as the Magnes draweth iron unto it with the one point, and expelleth it with the other; so this magnetically extracteth to, and expelleth from the Stomach whatsoever within the whole body of man, i● found to be offensive to Nature, or contrary to the health and good constitution of the body.  
It is also called Lupus, for that it devoureth and destroyeth all metal-except the Lion, which is gold: and that it refineth and purifieth above all other things, so doth it also destroy all the corrupt humour, that are within the body of man, leaving no impurity to remain in the same.  
Basilius Valentinus Monachus, compareth it to a Ring without beginning, without ending, for that his medicinal and natural virtues are inscrutable and past finding out.  
Many are the Medicines that are prepared of this Mineral, both against inward and outward infirmities, but I freely and willingly disclaim from them all, (especially for Inward causes) saving only the Regulus, and what may be conveniently prepared out of the same, saying with learned and conscionable Duncanus, Caetera sciens omitto, tanquam pernitiosa medicamenta, jatroch. Born. pag. 91. contenting myself with that, which by the authority and testimony of the learned, and the experiments of my worthy friends, and by common practice and experience shall be (by God's grace) invincibly confirmed. The first cornerstone of my building shall be that of Duncanus, confirmed also by laborious and learned Milius, Hic Regulus est summum au●i examen, ac vera omnium florum, & tincturarum medicinalium, in Antimonio existentium materia, that is, this Regulus is the chiefest examination of gold▪ and the true subject and matter of all medicinal virtues, contained within the body of Antimony. To this agreeth the testimony of Basilius Valentinus Monachus, calling it Regulus, sive Dominus medicinae.  
Divine Authority, Nature, and Experience confirmeth this truth, for as life is hid in man, so in all things whether Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral, it is invisibly incentred, and so punctually indiscernible, that according to the learned Philosopher Mich. Sengivodius Polonus, the living spark is only the 8200. part of any subject, admire then the effectual power of that spark of life mentioned in the resembled mustardseed, and this to the understanding Reader, may give some touch, both for the universality, penetration, and perpetuation of this divine medicine.  
And now having discovered my Materia prima, I will produce such workmen for the erection of this little Fabric, so well experienced in their profound knowledge, that though by malice and ignorance, they have been often blamed, they could never be shamed, nor justly reproved, and the first shall be that Oriental Star of Natural, spagirical, and Magnetical light and knowledge, Theophrastus Paracelsus. He in the sixth Book, tit. De vita longa, pag. 167. saith as followeth. Quemadmodum Antimonium purgat Aurum, ita purgat etiam corpus, continet enim essentiam eam▪ quae nihilimpuri, relinquit in puro, nec ullus est usque adeò, in scriptis Archidoxeos peritus, aut tam insignis Spagyrus, qui vires & facultates Antimonii, plenè indagare queat. In prima enim Isle, Antimonium adeo exaltatum, & inter Miner as Elementi Aquae praedestinatum est, ut facultas, & virtus ejus nullo disuvio, instar caeterorum aquaeorum crescentium imminuta, aut absorpta sit, adeòque his omnibus Antimonium longè praestat. In praede stinatione illud ita se habet, ut se influentiae accommodet, nulla facultate, aut dote ejus diminuta, aut infirmata, itaque ex omnibus mineralibus summi Arcani laudem optinet, hoc seipsum purgat, & unà secum etiam alia, quod si nihil boni in subjecto reperitur, impurum corpus transmutat in purum, sicut de Lepra notum est, etc. Paracels. lib. 6. De vitae ●onga, pag. 167. Like as Antimony purifieth Gold, so doth it also cleanse ●r purify the body of man, it containeth that essence which will permit ●●o uncleanness to remain in that which is pure: neither is there any ●●ne found so skilful in the chief secrets of Nature, or so excellent a Spagyric, that can find out fully the virtues and medicinal properties of Antimony; It is so much exalted in his first Being, and appointed from the beginning to excel all other Minerals that are of the element of water, that his virtues should be and remain without waste, or dimunition for ever: and that it should sympathise and apply to the celestial influence, so to be perpetually sustained in full efficacy, virtue, and effect. Therefore of all Minerals it obtaineth the praise of the greatest secret, It purgeth itself, and together with him all other bodies, and although it findeth but little which is clean or pure: it purifieth, cleanseth, and changeth that unclean body to be most pure and clean, as it is well known by practice and experience made upon leprous persons.  
And again, in the sixth book, pag. 22. Quinta essentia Antimonii venenum adimit, pulmonem enim & cor & membra laeprae subjecta mundat, cutem & corpus totum purificat, & renovat mirum in modum: The essence of Antimony expelleth poison, comforteth the heart, and wonderfully restoreth and purifieth the lights, and other parts of the body apt to be infected therewith. Moreover in the 7. book, pag. 73.  
Tanta vis & virtus est in Antimonio, ut restaurat enim & renovat universas in corpore vires, ac facultates mirifice: Such and so great is the virtue of Antimony, that it wonderfully restoreth and reneweth all the strength and vigour of the whole body.  
And in the eighth book he declareth at large the several virtues and medicinal operations of many other excellent Vegetables and Minerals, and in the end concludeth, Haec junctim uno in Antimonio latent; These that we have severally spoken of are all inclusively contained in Antimony alone.  
In the sixth Book: pag. 22. He teacheth how by their excellency in virtue and operation, to distinguish of the pre-eminence, and degrees of dignities of simples, the one above the other, saying that those that perform the more difficult and desperate cures, aught to bear away the glory of their excelling virtue, concluding thus: Hoc videmus accidere Antimonio, curate Leprosos, Morpheam, Alopeciam & similia, Scabies omnes, & cicatrices, Leoninam, Elephantiam, Tiriam, etc. Et iterum, Antimonium lepram expectit, magis quam de i●so credibile sit, non secus etiam de aliis intelligendum. This we see to happen in Antimony, it cureth leprosy, cleareth the complexion, stayeth the falling of the hair, cureth ringworms, tetters, and scurvinesse of the skin, all scabs and spreading sores, and all contagious and infectious diseases. And again afterwards, Antimony expelleth the leprosy more effectually than would be believed, the like operation it hath against other desperate diseases.  
And in the third Boake, pag. 343. Antimonium nihil finit putrescere: Antimony suffereth nothing to corrupt or putrify within the body of man. And in the fourth Book, pag. 265. Ita Antimonium per transmutationes rerum preparatum est, eoque reductum ut in dulcedinem abierit, haec ab infantibus lincta, Caducum sanavit, in Antimonio vis ac tam potens Arcanumlatet, ut paroxysmum etiam vehementissimum tollit: Antimony is so to be prepared, and brought to that sweetness that it may be taken of infants, and have been thereby cured of the falling sickness, there is so great virtue and power in Antimony, that it taketh away and preventeth the most extremest fits of the falling sickness, Paracels. lib. 4. pag. 265.  
Furthermore, he in the sixth Book, pag. 146. saith; Sicut Antimonium finite Aurum, sie eadem ratione ac forma finit corpus: In illo enim est essentia, quae nihil impuri cum puro confundi sinit, atque adeò virtus permanserit, ita ut sese ex influentia semper dirigat, neque aliud de vi; ac virtute nativa unquam decesserit. Meritò igitur omnia, quae mineralium sunt, quorum summum, ac potissimum Arcanum in se claudit Antimonium, huic uni tribuimus, mundat feipfum unà cum reliquis quae immunda sunt, porrò si nihil omninò sani adest, immundum corpus in mundum transformat: Lib. 6. De vitalonga, pag. 146.  
Like as Antimony refineth Gold, so also by the same reason and manner it purifieth the body of man: In it there is that essence that suffereth no impurity nor uncleanness to remain confusedly intermingled amongst the pure and good, and his virtues so constantly remaineth, directing himself always according to the heavenly influence, that of his natural virtue and power, he shall at no time suffer loss or diminution thereof. Worthily therefore do we attribute to this alone, the power and virtue of all Minerals, whose chief and most powerful secret effect, Antimony comprehendeth in itself alone, he refineth himself, and purifieth together with itself, what he findeth unclean: moreover, though he find little or nothing sound, he altereth and changeth that impure body to a clean and sound constitution: Lib. 6. And to conclude, Essentia Antimonii est purgatio vera, quae purgat hominem excellentissimè superalia quaevis Arcana, radicitus evellit auferendum, ac omne quod immundum est: huma num corpus in supremum usque sanationis gradum purum efficit, ac ab omnibus aegritudinibus mundat, etiam illis ex quibus oriuntur ulcera; quicquid penes hominem fuerit impuri delet.  
The essence of Antimony is a true and natural purge, which purgeth man most excellently above all other secrets, it utterly taketh away by ●e root whatsoever is foul, unwholesome, and aught to be removed, and ●●duceth the body of man to the highest degree of perfect health, and ●eanseth from all manner infirmities and diseases, even from those that ●●e the original and fountain of ulcerous and dangerous diseases, it ●●lly and freely removeth all corrupt and impure humours, that might ●●e lurking within any part of the body of man. Thus fare Paracelsus 〈◊〉 his lesser Chirurgery, pag. 323.  
My second testimony shall be Martinus Rulandus, a man of sound ●●dgement, great practice and experience, he called the infusion of this Cup his Aqua Benedicta, In the 5. Cent. and the 95. Cure he saith thus. Communi opinione Hermeticorum receptum est, Magnesiam Saturni, quam ●iunt esse Antimonium, existere Ens, & raedicem omnium metallorum, ex Regulo hujus Antimonii vasculum formetur ad usum medicinale satis aptum, mirabile & idoncum semper permanens citra ponderis sui viriumque amissionem.  
It is received by the consent and common opinion of all Hermetical Philosophers, that the Magnesia of Saturn, which they call Antimony, ●s the original and beginning of all metals. Of the Regulus of this Antimony there is made a little vessel or cup very admirable, fit and effectual for his medicinal virtues, always remaining in force without loss of weight and virtue: the Infusion of this Cup he calleth his Aqua benedicta, which he always, (cum maxima aegrotorum salute, in omnibus morbis vulgo etiam incurabilibus,) used with good success, and the restitution of the health of his patients, yea also in such diseases as were commonly reputed to be incurable. And in another place he saith; Mirisicas possidet virtutes in tota bene medendi ratione, etc. It containeth admirable virtues fit to be used in all sound and perfect medicinal cures, 1. It cleanseth the stomach: 2. Purgeth the head: 3. Preventeth the Lethargy, Swimming, and Vertigo: 4. Cureth frenzy and madness: 5. Preventeth, and many times cureth the falling sickness. 6. It cureth an inveterated cough and hoarseness, although it be of long continuance: 7. Cleareth the windpipe and passage from the lungs and so helpeth such as are short-winded: 8. It cureth the Squinancy or stopping in the throat: 9 It openeth, purgeth, and healeth all Impostumes in the lungs: 10. Restoreth the stomach, and expelleth all evil affects of the same: 11. Preventeth and cureth the Pleurisy: 12. Cureth deep melancholy and madness, cheers up the heart and vital spirits: 13. Cureth the Hypochondriaca or windy melancholy: 14. And is of excelling virtue against all manner of Fevers and Agues: 15. It prevents the infection of the plague, or other contagious diseases: 16. It preserveth from the Gout, and every kind and species thereof: 17. It purifieth the blood, cleanseth the whole body: 18. Dissipateth and bringeth 〈◊〉 way tongealed or clotted blood, or any other corrupt matter: 19 D●●● stroyeth and expelleth all manner of worms: 20. Cureth Morbus Ga●●licus, and Lues venerea: 21. It prevaileth against the yellow Jaundis●● and all overflowings of the gall: 22. It openeth and cleanseth all manner of obstructions, it is saith Rulandus, Medicina medicinarum, the Medicine of Medicines, good, healthful, and profitable to be used against all manner of diseases and infirmities whatsoever, this much and much more Mar. Rulandus affirmeth upon his experience and knowledge whereof read more, Ruland. Cent. 5. Cur. 95. and Cent 9 cap. 51. Qu●●citan confirmeth every particular hereof, and reciteth many other ex●periments of his own practice. See Pharm. restitutae Quercitani, pag●▪ 345. and again pag. 238.  
Martinus Rulandus affirmavit se, sua aqua benedicta. i. Infusione Regul●● Antimonii, centies saelicissimo successu, luem veneream cuirass: that is, Rulandus affirmeth, that he (with his blessed water which is the infused liquor in the Antimonial Cup) hath perfectly cured the French Pox▪ and running of the reines an hundred times, with happy and good success. This reciteth Quercitan, out of Martinus Rulandus.  
In the third place I will produce Quercitan himself, Aqua benedicta●● Antimonii, Insigues enim, & mirandas edit effectus, blande provocat vomi●tum, & quatuor vel quinque sedes, evacuando persuperiora & inferiora s●mul, quod vix praestabit alind remedium, usurpatur etiam foelicissime, ad●omnis generis febres, etiam pestiferas: pleuritides item, aliosque de ploratissimos affectus, qui ob radices profundius, validiusque infixas, vix subigi●● & edom●ripossunt: Vid. Quer. Pharm. rest. 238.  
The blessed water or infusion of the Antimonial Cup, performeth most excellent and wonderful effects, it gently procureth vomit, and four or five stools, purging both upwards and downwards together, which hardly any other medicine will do: it is administered very successfully against all kind of Fevers, although they be pestilent and infectious, also against the Pleurisy, and against all other deplored and desperate diseases, which are so strongly confirmed, and deeply rooted, that they cannot be overmastered any other way, or by any other medicines. Thus far Quercitan in his Pharmacop. rest. pag. 238.  
Fourthly, this truth shall be further confirmed by the testimonies of that excellent and learned Doctor of Physic and Philosophy, that wrote out of his own experience and manual practice, Basilica Antimonii, in the 22. and 23. page he saith.  
Antimonium est laudabile, & singular Pestis preservativum, in Hydrope, Lue pestifera, & gallica, in Obstructionibus hepatis, & Lyenis, Ictero, Lepra ●●●que speciebus omnibus, medicamen est speciale, & admirabile, ad arti●rum gravitatem à Podagra vel Lue venerea relictam commendatur, in ●psa sanguificatione in Cache●ia, & Lepralaudatur, Catarybos cor, & ●●ones ferientes, cum summo successu exhaurit, & ex hoc celeberrima aqu●●almica paratur, ad nubeculas & suffusiones commendatur, & ad pur●tia Enemeta cum bono, & foelici successu recipitur, curate omnes obstru●nes viscerum, à quartana & tertiana liberat, in Anasarca commendabi●xistit, sanguinis est depurativum, Leproe, Epilepsiae, & Podagrae unicum ●servativum That is,  
Antimony is a laudable and singular preservative against the plague, 〈◊〉 a special and an admirable medicine against the Dropsy, the run●●ng of the Reins, and the French Pox, against all obstructions of the ●ver or the Spleen, against the intolerable pain of the Arteries and 〈◊〉 Joints, proceeding from the infection of the Pox, it is much com●●nded and praised to purify and cleanse the blood against the Lepro●and the evil estate of the body: It drieth up all rheums and distilla●ns that offend the heart or corrupt the lungs: and of this infusion is ●●de a most excellent medicine for the eyes: it is also administered with ●●od and happy success for purging Clysters, it cureth all obstructions 〈◊〉 the inward parts; it delivereth from the tertian and quartan fevers, it 〈◊〉 commended against the Dropsy Anasarca, it is the best purifier of the ●oud, and is the chiefest, and only preservative against the Leprosy, the epilepsy, and the Gout. Pag. 22, 23. usque ad 30.  
And again, the same Author in his Basilica Antimonii, pag. 39, 40, & c. ●●●th thus; Antimonium, Naturam confortando, sudores movendo, sangui●mque depurando, tantum inimicissimis humanae vitae hostibus bellum in●xit, ut neque Hydrops, neque Podagra, Arthritis, Gallica Lues. Lepra, & ●●sce affines morbi, contra talem medicinam quicquid moliri ausint: Antimony by comforting Nature, by procuring sweat, and by purifying of ●he blood, wageth such war against the most cruel enemies of man's ●fe, that neither the Dropsy, nor the Gout, nor the Morbus, nor the leprosy, can any thing at all withstand the effectual virtue of his medicine, pag. 39 And again, Antimonium, diaphoreticum est utilissimum, ●●od vires conservando sudores movet, in peste & febribus sursum & deorsum ●ovendo purgat, in Hydrope maxim Arcanum: Antimony is a most pro●●table sweat-procuring medicine, which by preserving the natural strength procureth sweat, and purgeth away the infection of the plague ●nd pestilential fever by purging the body both upwards and downwards. Ad capit is affectus singulare remedium: It is a singular remedy against all evil affects of the head Moreover, in the 43. page he saith, Antimonium per vomitum, ven●num recenter assumptum, citissime ejicitur, ●n febribus, & capitis doloribus utiliter exhibitur, omnem Epileps●ae fomitem externit, & horribilem istum affectum, & hostem vitaeque humanae tortor●● omninò expellit, & eradicat, omnem vitiosam colluviem per vomitum, 〈◊〉 alvum expellit: pag. 43.  
Antimony by vomit expelleth poison speedily, if lately taken, it 〈◊〉 given very profitably against all fevers and infirmities of the head, 〈◊〉 sifteth out the unwholesome matter of the falling-sickness; and utter●● expelleth this cruel torture, and adverse enemy to the life and heal●● of mankind, also it driveth out by vomit and siege all filthy corrup●tion and impurity out of the body of man.  
Furthermore in the 46. page, he saith, Antimonium febres curate, à p●●tredine praeservat, ciborum appetentiam excitat, ventriculum constringe●● confortat, omnemque calorem praeter Naturam, in corpore humano ortum ●●tinguit, epilepsiam curate, calculum frangit, lumbricos enecat, menses & u●●nam nam movet, dolores etiam podagricos exerinsecus adhibita mulcet, & mul●● alia in medicina praestat, dentium dolorem sistit, Balsamum vitae instaura●● sanguinem purificat, obstructiones reserat, nunquam anbelosoes & asthmatic● deserit, summum sanguinis mun dificativum, calculum renum & vesicae fra●●git & expellit, urinam & sudores movet, ulcera, fistulas, & vulnera à pu●tredine conservat & sanat.  
Antimony cureth fevers, preserveth from putrefaction, procureth ap●petite, comforteth the stomach, allayeth all immoderate, & unnatural heat, cureth the falling sickness, breaketh the stone, killeth worme● procureth urine, and the monthly flowers, assuageth the pains of th● Gout by bathing with the infusion and external application, and hath many other medicinal virtues, stayeth the pain of the teeth, restoreth the Balsam and strength of Nature, purifieth the blood, openeth ob●structions, forsaketh not to comfort and help the Asthmatical, and such as are short-winded, is the chief cleanser & purifier of the blood, it breaketh & expelleth the stone, whether it be of the Reins or of the Bladder, it procureth urine and sweat, cureth perfectly ulcers, fistulas; and wounds, and preserveth them from corruption and putrefaction. Basilic● Antimonii, pag. 47, 48, 49.  
I may not omit the testimony of that excellent Physician Oswaldu●● Cr●llius Physician to the Prince of Anhalt, who in his Basilica Chemical pag. 214. saith thus: Antimonium operatur mirabilia in peste, in febribut● acutis, in Mania, in desirio, in dementiis, fascinationibus, morbis omnibu● in univers●m opit ulatur, epilepsiis & aliis quamplurimis morbit adjuvat per alvum, per superiora, per poros, per insensibilem transpirationem, noxi● c●piose expurgat. Antimony doth wonderful things in the preservation from the plague, in sharp fevers, against madness, forgetfulness, distractions, witchcrafts, it helpeth in general against all diseases, comforteth against the falling evil, and many other desperate diseases.  
And again in the 216. page he saith; Mirabilia operatur in Peste, quar●●na, hydrope, longis obsir matis morbis, diuturnis putridis febribus, cache●●a, melancholia, insania, delirio venenorum haustorum symptomatibus; It works wonderful effects against the Plague, the Quartan Ague, the dropsy, and against inveterate and confirmed diseases, and against continual, rotten, and corrupt fevers, against the leprosy, and foul spots ●f the skin, against melancholy, madness, dotage, forgetfulness, and ●ll evil qualities of poisons and venomous things: And concludeth in ●●e 219. page, Non datur melius catharticum: A better purging medicine cannot be given.  
I will conclude this Discourse with the authority and testimony of Mylius, and Duncanus Bornetus jatrochimia, Dun. p. 93.  
Antimonium est praestantissimum, & nunquam satis laudatum medice●entum, ad restaurationem & renovationem corporis humani, tincture enim ●la expurgat atrum sanguinem, & vitiosos quosque humores, idque cum eva●uatione manifesta, & pravorum humorum correctione, hepatis obstructio●ibus opitulatur, hydropem discutit, icteritiam curate, laeticiam generat, le●r●sis sanitatem restituit, & est praestantissimus adpulmones Balsamus: est●ue efficax ad Luem veneream curandam, medicamentum. Maximum enim ●rolepra Arcanum est, quo nibil fere in hoc morbo praestantius inveniri poorest: Lievem rectificat, matricis dolorem sedat, menses movet, ejusque vigo●em conservat, Mo●phaeam curate, Scorbuto medetur, bilem utramque ex●ellit ex toto corpore, calculos frangit, caput & cerebrum expurgat, epilepsiae & convulsionibus omnibus medetur: & ut brevibus dicam in deploratissi●is morbis fere omnibus summum est remedium: That is,  
Antimony is a most excellent and never-sufficiently praised medicine: for the restauration and renovation of the body of man, the infusion or tincture thereof purgeth black blood and choler, and every corrupt humour, and that both by manifest evacuation and correction of evil humours: it helpeth against all obstructions of the Liver, and of the Spleen, disperseth the Dropsy, cureth the Jaundice, procureth cheerfulness and gladness of the heart, restoreth the Leprous to perfect health, and is the best preservative of the lungs: it is a perfect & an effectual cure for Morbus Gallicus, and the chiefest secret against Leprosy, for that no thing is found to be more excellent against that soul disease, it rectifieth the Spleen, assuageth the griefs of the Mother, procureth the monthly terms, preserveth and increaseth Nature in strength, cureth the Morphew, healeth the Scurvy, expelleth both black and yellow choler out of the body, breaketh and expelleth the stone: purgeth the head and brain, helpeth against the falling sickness and all convulsions: and to conclude, it is a chief and an excellent medicine against all desperate and dangerous diseases. Thus fare Duncanus.  
To the end that it may apparently, and without contradiction be ●●nifest to all, that these collections and testimonies grounded upon knowledge, practice and experience, and all the  Medicinal virtues, are truly and really appropriate to the use and virtue of th● Antimonial Cup, being rightly prepared and made of the pure Essen●● and Regulus of Antimony, I will conclude with the testimony of Mili●● and Duncanus in these words: Regulus Antimonii, est summum Auri ex●●●enae vera omnium florum, & tincturarum medicinalium, in Antimony e●stentium materia jatrochim. Dunc. pag. 91. The Regulus of Antimony 〈◊〉 the best and chiefest examination of gold, it is the true matter and subject of all medicinal virtues, properties, and qualities contained within the body of Antimony.   

Such as desire to be further satisfied may read,  

Basilica Antimonii.  
Basilica Chimica Mylii.  
Anatomia Antimonii.  
Basilica Chymica Crollii.  
Rulandus at large.  
Quercitanus.  
jatrochimica Duncan.  
Tyr. Ch. Beguin.  
Curriculum Chymicum.    

The manner how to make use of the Antimonial Cup.  
TAke a well-glased earthen pot, and put this Cup therein, and pour within and round about it, as much Claret wine, or White ●ne. Muscadel (or Malmsey if it may be gotten, for it is best of all) or ●se Ale, and let it stand so warm as you may well endure your finger 〈◊〉 one hour or more, and let it be kept reasonable warm, at the same 〈◊〉 near the same degree of warmness by the fire close covered in the ●hole, by the space of twelve hours: and afterwards a Cupful or ●ore taken fasting in the morning, purgeth the body from whatsoever 〈◊〉 offensive to Nature: the operation is gentle and without any violence 〈◊〉 danger, as hath been oftentimes proved: let them govern themselves as after other Physic.  
By the quantity and proportion of Wine or Ale (a pint for two, or for ●ree) you may prepare for as many as you please at one time: but prepare no more than you will spend that morning, for by standing it altereth his quality and nature.  
For the manner of the operation, it is difficult to foreknow, for it ●perateth according as it is most convenient and necessary for the pre●ent estate and constitution of the body, sometimes and in some constitutions, it operateth by Vomit alone, in some others by Siege alone, in uthers by urine and sweat, but most commonly it worketh all these ways, ●et without violence or danger.  
If you desire it should operate rather by Siege, you must use Ale, or Malmsey which is best, or else Muscadel: for white and Claret wines, ●re more apt for vomits of their own self natural properties: Some ●se to drink posset drink, to hasten and facilitate the operation which you may do, but I rather approve the operation of it alone, for than you shall better see and judge what offendeth your body, by that which Nature will expel; if you find not yourself afterwards more hungry, ●ively, and cheerful, believe me not.  
You are to observe that according to the quality of the heat, the continuance of the infusion, and the quantity you give, you may make it fit for any, from the tender infant, to the strongest constitution.  
Give to women and children half a cupful or a cupful according to the age and strength: if it work not effectually to your liking, you must make it hotter, and drink more the next time.  
To prevent sickness, once or twice in the Spring and Autumn, or once in a month will be sufficient, for ordinary infirmities, take it three times, leaving a day or two betwixt, but for confirmed diseases it should be taken as often as it worketh, for when it hath vanquished and expelled the enemies of Nature, and prevailed against all the impurities of the body, it is at peace with all that is pure and good, and then will in work no more, & thereby you may be well assured that you are perfect well, and this I do affirm upon mine own knowledge, practice and experience to be true, & if any man make doubt of the waste & diminuti●● of the medicinal virtues of this Cup through use, let them be assured they will never decay; for testimony whereof I have made continual use of one Cup for above three years past, and I find it more effectual every time than other: and the Right Worshipful Sir Thomas Middleton Knight hath made more experience hereof, and I am certain will be ready and forward to confirm the same. When you have made use of this Cup: dry it with a fair cloth, and so put it up safe into his bo● for by washing it unheedfully or scouring it you may waste the metal, or break the Cup: for it is brittle like glass, but if any such mischance do happen let them reserve the metal, & bring it to me in weight, & without any commixture, and for ten shillings I will give them a new Cup.  
And if any through ignorance, or malice, or such others that regard their particular lucre and profit more than the health and general good of their Christian brethren, shall unjustly report that this Antimonial Cup is either counterfeit, and of very little or no virtue at all, or otherwise dangerous, pernicious, and hurtful, as being composed of Mercuries and Poisons, and the like; as for the virtue and continuance, it hath been already sufficiently proved: To prevent the calumny of the slanderer though it be an Herculean labour, yet to preserve my reputation immaculate, as much as in me lieth, I do confess unto you really, it is made of the Mercury of Antimony, which is the pure spirit, soul, and life of the Mineral, refined, separated, and prepared from all impurities with much diligence, care, labour, and charges, but that it containeth any of that Mercury which is common Quicksilver, or Mercury sublimate, which is made of Quicksilver and poisonful Arsenic, or else Mercury precipitate, which is also made of Quicksilver, and the Corrosive Aquafortis or Regis: I do sincerely and truly protest in the faithful word of a Minister and Preacher of the sacred Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, there is none of these contained in any that I make, neither any thing else, but what I am persuaded in my conscience, and have found by experience upon myself, my friends, my neighbours, and mine own children, to be for the health, good, and benefit of the body of man, and this I confirm to be the sincere truth, as I shall answer to the Lord Jesus at the latter day: And so I conclude, and commend it and you to the blessing of our Great, Glorious, and Eternal God, to whom together with his true and only Son, and the most holy and blessed 〈…〉 three powerful Persons, but one immortal God, be given and 〈…〉 creatures, all honour, praise, and glory, world with 〈…〉