CHYMICUS RATIONALIS: OR, THE Fundamental Grounds OF THE CHEMICAL ART Rationally Stated and Demonstrated, By Various Examples in Distillation, Rectification, and Exaltation of Vinor Spirits, Tinctures, Oils, Salts, Powers, and Oleosums; in such a Method as to retain the Specific Virtue of Concrets in the greatest Power and Force.  
In all which The Chemical Doctrines are Illustrated upon a new Hypothesis or Spagirick Course, composed agreeable to Practical Philosophy, and the best Authority of Art, for Mysteries treated of by Cartes, Starkey, Silvius, Glauber, Helmont, Paracelsus, and others, are explicated and exemp●●●ified, after a more particular and exact Manner than heretofore, and so fitted in order for the Public Service.  
In which is contained, A Philosophical Description of the Astrum Lunare Microcosmicum, or Phospheros.  Recommended to all that desire to improve and advance profitable Truths, such as are Real and not Hystorical. 
By W. Y-WORTH, Spagirick Physician in both Medicines, and Philosopher by Fire.  
London: Printed for Thomas Salusbury, at the Sign of the Temple near Temple-Bar in Fleetstreet. 1692.   

TO THE Honoured and truly Ingenious ROBERT BOIL, Esq;.  
Honoured Sir,  
THat which emboldened me to dedicated these our Labours to your Honour, was my knowledge, that this Subject would have some affinity to your Curious and Philosophical Mind, and although the Work may be too weak to answer your excellent Parts, yet when we consider that our design is only to serve the Public, we thought none so fit to Patronise and Encourage the same as your self, seeing your learned Writings do manifest, that your whole design is for the same end, and indeed those many sublime Truths, that have passed from your Pen into the World, show your great Qualifications, and have raised your Fame far beyond what we are able to set forth: For we can assure you, and that from experience, that 'tis spread like the Romish Eagle; for in our European Travels we have heard the same expressed from the mouth of the most learned Professors, calling you the Phoenix of the Age, seeing your Labours have been so profitable for Mankind; and for this reason we thought it not impertinent humbly to present this, the rough Draught of our Hard Labours unto your Correction and candid Censure, knowing there is none a more competent Judge than yourself; therefore if favoured with your acceptance, we shall not value the Censures of those that wholly bend their Wits to search into the depth of other men's Writings, with a design more to carp upon them, than any desire to be edified thereby; these are the Misfortunes that we meet with in this polished Age, we mean by such that are so scholastically adorned with the Theory of Science, yet never design to be acquainted with the Practice thereof: but letting such pass, I shall address myself to your Honour; for that we have seen your Writings are Practical, and that you do endeavour to uphold the Mother of Science by the firm Pillars of Truth, and always have been found ready to promote the Labours of such, who have had any good designs in labouring for the Public, which can in no measure be more evident than from your infallible Demonstrations; therefore, to apply it, the tendency of these our Labours is to stir up the noble English Spirits to promote her Manufactory, so that the English Growths may be exalted, and her Stores increased, by adding thereunto good Vinor Spirits, Oils, Tinctures, Essences, Elixirs, and other excellent Specificks, as they may be prepared from what Nature so bountifully furnishes this Island withal, which indeed will produce what is reasonably sufficient for a true Operator in Physic; especially if he know the Virtues of our Sal Panaristos and Dalilah of Nature in the Fermentative Operations: to which agrees the learned Paracelsus in his Archidoxis, where he says, that 'tis a mere Dotage or Carelessness in a Physician, to neglect being a perfect one in his own Nation. And we must make bold to tell your Honour, That there is no part of the habitable World that affords more of the Universal Matter than England, which, if exalted by a true Spagirick, would be very profitable to the sick, and conducive to their former sanity: we therefore hearty wish, that your Honour had not only the Knowledge, but full Possession thereof, that so you might not only live long, to possess all the Comforts and Benefits of this Life, but also passing from hence, you might have a full possession of Life Eternal, and to be crowned amongst the Redeemed of the Lord. This in all plainness is the sincere and hearty Desires of him who subscribes himself your sincere Friend and Servant to command,  
W. Y.   

TO THE Friendly READER, By way of INTRODUCTION.  
READER,  
WE shall not make any Apology for publishing this Treatise, being presented to thee as an Introduction to the Spagirick Art, which may be said to contain two Parts, very delightful to a Philosophical Mind, sc● the Speculative. by which the Actions of Nature and her mysterious Operations are wonderfully represented to every true searcher; and the Practic, so highly subservient and beneficial to Mankind not only in relieving him from his Diseases, but also by true Operation very conducive to give him a comfortable subsistence, whilst in the Veil of Misery: we mean those parts of Art, grounded upon known and practical Demonstration, and that centre upon true Knowledge in the Ocean of Nature, as it streams forth into its various Rivulets, or as the vivifying Spirit thereof operates in its several Classes, and as the various and particular Signatures are known, so may various profitable Truths be propounded; amongst which, the changing of English Spirits from one thing to another, is of principal Consequence, and a very profitable Truth.  
For if you know how by an Artificial Rectification from the Chaos of Mars and Venus to bereave them of their Hogo and ill Tangue, bringing them sweet and pleasant, than may you introduce a Vinor, friendly and agreeable Nature, more healthful for English Constitutions than the foreign Brandies, and the more especially if you make use of our Sal Panaristos, by which they are easily brought to mellow, and to a fragrant Balsamic Nature; we than say, if you know this, you may boldly depend on it as a Door of Entrance to many profitable Truths.  
And again, Were the English but so industrious as the Germane in this Chemical Art, why might not the Poor be employed to gather all sorts of Herbs in their prime, thereof to make their Essential Oils, seeing there is such great quantity of Time, Organy, Mint, Balm, Wormwood, etc. here in England? And again, What great quantity of fixed Salts might from hence be made, which would be equal in virtue to any other Alkaly whatsoever? Also Spirits might be made from these Herbs, and these united with their Oils and Salts, and so Powers brought forth, which might be prepared in such an artificial way, as not only to be commodious for exalting Wines, but also profitable for relieving the diseased. Many things of the like nature might be proposed in the Vegetable Kingdom, which for brevity sake, we shall here omit, and proceed to that of the Mineral, because all true Art consisteth in a right Knowledge of the first Sperm or Seed thereof; and therefore (O ye brave English Hearts) look well about you, and you may found an unexpressable Treasure in this your Land, sc. not only Led and Tin and Iron Oar, but also Mercury, Lune and Sol, and not only that, but also Diamonds, Rubies and Carbuncles; and that which is yet more to be desired, sc. an Autumn Potabile curing all Diseases.  
Wipe your Eyes therefore, and rouse up your Intentions, and give diligent heed to what is here said, seeing my Genius leads me to speak of so many sublime Truths, as they are presented to us in the Scheme of their Ideas and speculative part of Art; the which, we are well satisfied, were it put into practice by the true Spagiricks, that know the Laws of Nature, would by degrees manifest great and wondered Truths, to the advancement and honour of this Land; in order whereunto do we labour with all our might to show the drift and end of our good Intentions, viz. to stir up the People to a search of that, which being obtained, would give them to inherit Substance.  
Accept therefore of our good Inclination, in that the greatest part of our design is to advance some steps towards the Public Good, which ought indeed to be backed on by such who have the Staff in their hands, and can at any time erect or cause to be erected a public place, where profitable Truths might be demonstrated, and registered in a Book, there to remain for the good of Posterities to come: By such a Method might Art be so advanced as daily to increase and raise some splendour to the Britannish Island, which being but as a little Garden, in comparison of the Christian World, yet might it so become as a mighty Mountain in the midst of the Nations, shining with Beauty as Mount Helicon; and than would her Fame spread to all the parts of the Earth, and her Glory be sounded in many Nations, that so the wise in heart may come from far, to see the verity of her Fame, and forced to say, as the Queen of Sheba did of Solomon, sc. That she had not heard the one half of what she experimentally saw.  
Now with the desire of what is here said, doth my Spirit travail to the Lord, that I may live to see the fulfilling hereof, as also in bodily travail to be as serviceable as I can to the Sons of Men: In the Resolution of which I shall conclude this Introduction, and so subscribe myself a Friend to and Lover of all the Industrious Improvers of Art, under what Denomination soever,  
Written in S. Paul's Shadwel, London; from the Academia Spagirica Nova, where the said Art is by the Author taught in all its Parts. W. Y-WORTH, Geboortigh tot Shipham, & Borger van Rotterdam.   

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Chymicus Rationalis: OR, THE Fundamental Grounds OF THE CHEMICAL ART, Rationally STATED and DEMONSTRATED.  

CHAP. I. Treats concerning several Rational and Fundamental Rules in this Art.  
IN this Chapter we shall begin to consider the Chemical and Spagirical Doctrines, and lay them down in those ways, that may seem most agreeable to the Laws of Nature; but before we proceed to our Matter intended, we think it convenient to show the Reader, what we mean by the words Chemical and Spagirical, which some define to be one and the same; but the Definition we give of them is thus:  
By the word [Chemical] thou may'st understand, all such Operations as are made in order to divide the Texture of Bodies, and to bring them into their distinct Elements or Principles, in such a manner that the true Spagirick may separate the pure from the impure, which (if performed in the most natural way) may contribute much in the hastening his Operation; but here he must be very wary, for in this action the invisible Life is often put to flight, as we have said in the Britannean Magazine, chap. 2. where thou may'st see more at large.  
By [Spagirical] thou may'st understand all such Operations, as reunite those before mentioned Principles into a radical union, or that can restore a new life into a conflagrated Body, according as we said in the afore cited Chapter.  
So that one part may be esteemed of as for Preparation, the other for Exaltation and Perfection through the several Revolutions of Art, which cannot be performed, but by the help of Furnaces, and divers Utilencies, which we shall think convenient to nominate and lay down, with a general Description of a Laboratory, according as we shall erect in our Academia Spagirica nova, by such a Scale and Table of Proportions, as hath not been hitherto practised by; first we shall snew their Projection, and than their Office; as to their Projection 'tis by a Scale of equal parts, which is hung up in the Chemical Laboratory, and represented in the Table by the first Figure, which is here described, A B C is the Quadrant, and A B the Line of Proportion, and F the Table containing the divers Proportions for the height, length and breadth of the Furnaces, as thou may'st see in the Figure.  
Now by the help of this Scale you may erect these following Furnaces, viz. Balneums, Sand Furnaces, Open Fires, and Reverberatories, Wind Furnaces, Digesters, Athanors, and the like.  
Now a Balneum is either a large Iron Dutch Pot, or Copper Pan set in Brick, as will be shown hereafter: It's uses are many, for being filled with Water, and the Vessels you put in well twisted about with Hay, and tied to a leaden Trisoot to sink them; you may there dissolve all kind of Gums, and the best way to rectify fine Spirits from their Phlegm, and to bring over the friendly and balsamic Virtue of Concrets fragrant, which in Sand would burn and get an evil smell, especially if Myrrh, Aloes, Saffron or Honey be concerned in the Composition; Now 'tis to be observed in the use of these Balneums, that the Water exhaling is to be supplied with Water of an equal heat, poured through a long Funnel, that will reach to the bottom, otherwise you endanger your Glass.  
Now Ashes are a degree hotter than a B. and are for the Rectification of Vegetable Spirits.  
And Sand is a degree hotter than Ashes, and is for the Rectification of Mineral Spirits, as Niter, Vitriol, and the like. Now observe, that in Sand you may heat your Glass very hot, and draw Oil of Amber, and force over ponderous Spirits, it being little short of an open Fire, and will serve well to Sublime Mercury in: we say than, that if Iron Pots of various sizes be so placed, that the Fire may play round them, they are excellent for drawing Spirit of Hartshorn, Spirit of Salt, and Aqua Fortis, as well as Glauber's Furnace, especially if you use good earthen Caps, double glazed within and without, and more especially if you use Iron one's, for there is a great Error in this Case committed by the common Operators; for they use Caps made of Copper, and that doth not only give the Spirit an ill tangue, but also doth cause it to loose its clearness, and, after various Rectifications, to turn read, which to prevent, you may have Iron Caps cast very thin of various sizes to fit the Iron Pots, with a Ring above to draw it up: for in such a Cap you may draw any urinous Spirit as sweet as in any Glass, not only these, but you may draw Oil of Amber in them in a most excellent manner, therefore recommended to the use of all Artists. The Form and Manner of these Sand Furnaces, Pots and Caps are described in the second Figure.  
Open Fires and Reverberatories, are for drawing ponderous Spirits, and subliming Mineral Flowers, and the large Reverberatories for drawing Oil of Vitriol in quantity; the Vessel requisite to be used here is a Glass Retort coated, or Germane or Earthen one.  
Wind Furnace, is for the Melting of Metals, Making of Regulus, Calcining of Metals and Salts, and if 'tis made according to our Directions in the Figure, it may well serve for Cementations, and Testing and Cuppelling.  
Athanors and Digesters, are of various sorts, each to be registered to various degrees of heat, some for Distillation, others for Digestion and Circulation. Also, if you are curious, you may have such an heat as is meet for hatching of Eggs or maturating Sperm or Seed, which by the Philosophers was called the Clibannical Heat: these are really necessary to make up a complete Laboratory, with addition of those mentioned in the first part, sc. a Copper Still with its Refrigetory, and an Alembick, the Office of which is there shown.  
As we have given their Name and Office, we shall now come to show the Use of the Scale of Proportion in Erecting Furnaces.  
Example.  
If thou design to build a B. or Sand Furnace, thou must first measure by the Scale of equal parts, how many equal parts the said B. or Pot is, and than look in the Table and see for that Number in the Line A, and look under in the Line B, and you there have the height of the Pot, and under, in the Line C, you have the Distance of the Pot from the Grate, and under, in the Line D, you have the Distance from the Grate to the Foundation-work, and in the Line E, the bigness of the Foundation-work, and in the Line F, the bigness of the Grate, room for the Fire to play in, and bigness of the Flew, and in the Line G, the height of the Furnace, thus explained by Figure the second, C is the Pot or B. 14 equal parts Diameter, and 16 high, than range under to the Line E, and there you'll see the Foundation must be laid 26 Inches or equal parts, that is 14 for the Pot, 8 for the Brickwork, and 4 for the Fire to play round the Pot, for you are to observe, that the breadth of a Brick is thickness sufficient for any Furnace whether the Wall be square or round: Now the Foundation being laid, than look to the Line D, and you have the Distance from the Foundation to the Grate, which is 10 equal parts, and than you must leave an Air-hole square, half the bigness of this: and twice the bigness of your Air-hole must always be the bigness of your Grate. Your Grate being laid, than look to the Line C and 've the Distance of the Pot from the Grate, which is 9 Inches; these being added together with the height of the Pot, give the height of your Furnace, only adding an Inch for the Grate; so here the Ash-hole being 10 Inches, and one the Grate, and 9 from the Grate to the Pot, which makes 20, to which add 16, the height of the Pot, that makes up 36, the height of the Furnace, which is to be found in the Line G. Now your Door to put the Fire in must always be half the bigness of the Grate, I mean in square and regular Furnaces. Now what Distance you allow your Fire to play round the Pot, the Air-hole must be the fourth part thereof, as you may see in the Table.  
This Table is of great use in projecting all kind of Furnaces, but we shall only describe three; which are represented in Figure 3d, 4th, and 5th. The first is a Wind Furnace, for performing all the aforesaid Operations attributed thereunto. The second is both a Wind Furnace and Reverberatory, and serveth for Testing and Cupelling, Digesting, Distilling and Subliming, and many other Operations. The third is a Philosophical Furnace or Oven, which if rightly made will serve for all the Intentions in Chemistry, which we will particularly describe, beginning with Figure the second. A A, is the Foundation-work, 26 Inches; B, the Ash-hole, 5 Inches; C, the Grate, 10 Inches; D, the Door or Stopper, 5; H, the the Balneum or Pot; E E, the Fire-place that plays round it; A F, the height of the Furnace; G, the Retort; I, the Mouth where he closes in the Receiver; K, the Receiver; L, the Trisoot the Receiver lies on, as may be seen in the Figure.  
Figure the third described A A, the Groundwork; B, the Ash-hole, 6 Inches; G, the Grate, 12 Inches; C C, the Door or Stopper, 10 high and 8 broad; D D, a hole to look in, of 4 Inches square; A E, the height of the Furnace, 36; E F, the height of the Flew; which observe in all these Wind Furnaces, the higher they be the better they draw.  
Figure the Fourth described: A A, the Groundwork; B, a vacant Arch to put under Coals or what you please; E, the Air-hole; G, the Grate; D, the Door of the Fire-place; F, the Hole that plays into the Cuppelling Furnace; M, the Hole to put in the Tests; I, a Hole to clean the Furnace; K, the Flew to carry up the Smoke; L, a large stone that covers the Furnace; P, a great Iron Bar on which the Retort lies; Q, the Retort; R, a Firestone, or 14 inch Tile, that lies over it; S, the Flew to carry away the Smoke when the Testing Furnace doth not go; T, the Receiver; U, the Trivet for the Receiver to lie on, as in the Figure.  
The Dimensions and Descriptions of the fifth Furnace: A A, is the Foot of the Furnance 15 equal parts, and the height of the Foot from A to B 12 equal parts; from B to B let it be 12 equal parts, but let the Verge come inward for a Grate 11 to rest thereon; let there be a Door in the Foot from A to S 6 Inches square to take out the Ashes, and let the Body of the Furnace shut into the Verge, as at B B, and let it be from thence 18 equal parts high, which is from D to H, and the like Diameter, that is from I to H, and let there be a Door in the Body of the Furnace from D to F 8 Inches square, to put in a considerable Crucible: opposite against it let there be a Pipe of 6 Inches diameter, and 6 long, and to convey the Fire into another Furnace, if there be occasion; and at other times let there be a Cover, as at R, to shut it fast; let the Body of the Furnace be of Copper, lined within with good Lute and thin Tiles, two Inches thick the better to defend it from the Fire; let there be within a Copper Pan, to take out upon occasion, and put in, the which may serve for a B. let there be in the Brim a Door of 4 parts or Inches, as at e.e. and let there be in the bottom, just above the Grate, a Pipe for the Nose of a pair of Bellowss to go in at; and let the Door in the Brim be to let down, to put out the Neck of a Retort upon occasion; let there be a tapering Tower from I H to P, 36 parts high, and at I H let it be 18 Inches diameter, and to shut close upon the same; let it be to take of at L K, where let it be 10 parts diameter, and at T U let it be 6 parts diameter, with a Cover, as at P, and a Verg filled with Sand, by which all the heat may be kept in the small Pipe, as at O. The Pipe of the Wind Furnace, upon occasion, when you make of it a Test or a Cupelling Furnace, let it be to take of at X; the outside Work, as at Y Z, must be of Board's, lined with Latin, with Doors in it to put in small Glasses upon several small heats: I do advice, that the inside Pipe of the Wind Furnace be made all of Iron, and the Head of the Cuppelling Furnace also, as is seen in the Figure.  
This Oven thus ordered, will perform all the Operations that are needful in Chemistry, let it be of what Nature soever, a Reverberation, Calcination, Sublimation, Violent Distillation, even to draw the Oil of Vitriol, and gentle Distillation in Sand and B. Decoction and Digestion, Putrefaction, and that by all the several degrees of heat that are requisite thereunto.  
In this Oven you may also fluo: Gold and Silver and also make the Regulus of Mars and Venus with Antimony at pleasure; you may also Test and Cuppel with the greatest ease and exactness imaginable; you may altar the degrees of Fire from the vitrefying of the 7 Metals to the hatching of Eggs.  
This Furnace may be wrought with Charcoal, Sea-coal, Turf, Duf-coal, and Lamps of various sorts, beyond all that even have been done by any.  
This Furnace is to be portable in all places, and may be wrought in a Lady's Chamber, without offence, and by means of an additional Tin Box, it will drive 10 or 12 Glasses, as you please to have it in bigness, and that for the true heat to sweated People in the Scurvy, Gout and Pox, beyond Banyons, Stoves, Baths and Sweating-houses of what kind soever, that is for one person or two.  
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Having thus erected your Laboratory completely, which may easily be done by these Examples: than will these following Materials be wanted; first Shovel, Tongues for the Fire and to move out Crucibles; Poker and Rake to clean the Grate; a Cone to cast Regulus in; Inguts of various sizes to cast Metals in; Copper or Bell-metal Moulds for making your Test; round Irons of various sizes to cut your Glasses; Glasses of various sorts, as Bodies, Heads, Cucurbits, Bolt-heads or Egg-glasses, Retorts, and Receivers of various sizes; earthen and Iron Caps; Coolers, with large Globes; Pestles and Mortars both of Iron and Glass, and many more as the experienced Operator will see wanting: and having these he may proceed to labour, and there will represent unto him these following distinct Operations, which are called Degrees of Working.  

1. Fermentation, is a mixing of kindly Matter for Multiplication, or the kindly seasoning or leavening of a thing.  
2. Distillation, is an Extraction of a Liquor from a Body by heat.  
3. Digestion, is a Dissolving of that which is thick into thin to be purified.  
4. Circulation, is to Rectify any thing to a higher Perfection.  
5. Sublimation, is the lifting up of moist Matter to make it more pure and dry.  
6. Calcination, is the bringing of any thing to Ashes.  
7. Fixation, is to make that which is flying to abide with its body.   
To which may be added these following:  
Dissolution, which is to Dissolve that which is gross.  
Putrefaction, is the mean to Generation; to which may be united Exaltation, in that things are exalted to an higher degree, by evaporating the impure humours, and congregating the pure parts.  
Rectification, is a reiterated Distillation, in order to a higher degree of perfection.  
Coagulation, is a Congealing of Moisture.  
Cohobation, is a repeated Distillation, by which the Liquors distilled of are poured upon the Body or Feces, and distilled again, by which many sulphurous Bodies are often made saline.  
Now these are the 12 various Degrees of Operation which really are necessary to be known, as an Introduction to the Spagirick Art, the Office of which will be shown more at large in the succeeding Chapters, therefore we shall pass by it here, and come to treat of the Nature and Office of Vinor Spirits in the next Chapter.   

CHAP. II. In which we shall first treat of Vinor Spirits, and their Office in the Extraction of Tinctures, and some other Spagirick Preparations.  
IN this Chapter we shall treat concerning Vinor Spirits, which indeed are the most principal of the two general Classes, sc. Vinor and Urinous; for that the Vinor Spirits do represent to us the Nature of the Callidum innatum, or the enriched Sulphur manifested in a Spiritual Form, as the Oils do in a more ponderous one, because by Fermentation the spirituality is separated from the saline, corporeal and aqueous parts, which would be very hard to be performed, was it not by the action of Fermentation; for which reason we shall now proceed to describe the Nature and Office thereof.  
We therefore say, that even common Fermentation is a wondered and mysterious Operation, for ripe Bodies are not only again made spiritual, but Spirits also are by it fixed and made corporeal, therefore we shall want words fully to illustrate this Doctrine, as it might be handled both in its natural and artificial Office: We shall therefore define it thus, That Fermentation is the way to Production, as is plainly manifest by the Mechanic Demonstrations the learned Cartes and his Disciples give thereof, which we shall briefly touch at and pass on to its Office, beginning first with the Artificial, and secondly touching at the Natural.  
The Artificial Office of Fermentation, is that by which Bodies are broken and dilated, in order to separate their Spirituality from their Corporeity, and brought to a Vinor Spirit: for all Fruits, Treacle, Sugar and Honey, by the addition of Herbs, Roots, Barks and Spices, through Fermentation yield a noble Spirit, as is said in our Britannean Magazine of Liquors, to which I refer you for satisfaction, and (God willing) in the next Impression this Doctrine shall be there more largely treated of, and therefore omitted here.  
Now Natural Fermentation is that which unites the Saline Mercurial Juice with the Sulphur or Form of Bodies, so as to produce or uphold the Radical Moisture, which nourishes and upholds concreted Being's, which afterwards assumes to itself by the Archeius of Nature those divers forms, that are sufficient to uphold the Texture of Being's, as we have said in our general Treatise of Diseases: wherefore Artificial Fermentation is a separation of Bodies, and Natural is a Concretion and Formation thereof: therefore 'tis said by the Philosophers, that Fermentation is the Key to Generation; the manner how we have largely treated of in Doctrinâ Principium; we shall therefore pass of from the Natural, and come to speak of the Office of those Spirits that are produced by the Artificial.  
Now a Spirit we define to be the most essential part of that Body, whence extracted, and being of a sulphurous, thin and penetrating Nature, hath virtue and power to act upon other Bodies, and attract to itself that part which is most homogeneous to it, which generally is the sulphurous, whether Vinor, Oleaginous, or Gummous, which are the Sulphurs' in divers forms; sometimes the Tinctures are variously changed, and the sulphurous parts carry with them variety of Colours, according as the internal Digestion and Concoction of Nature is; E. G. Roses give one, Cochenele another, Turmerick, or Saffron, another, and so various Tinctures are produced, as will be shown.  
But by the way, I think it convenient to show the Operator a certain and profitable way to prepare Spirit of Wine, so as to bereave it of all its Phlegm, and in a way that it may be homogeneous and the more powerful in its action for obtaining Tinctures.  

Spiritus Vini Tartarisatus.  
℞ Of our artificial Brandy a Gallons; of the best Salt of Tartar lb iv, dried and brought to a Powder in a Crucible, and before 'tis quite cold throw it into a Still, and pour upon it the Brandy, and in B. M. distil of the Spirit, until an insipid Water appears, and when almost cold remove and filter the Liquor in the Still through a brown Paper, and gently evaporate the Phlegm, and warm the Salt again, and put the said Spirit upon it, and rectify a second time, and so 'twill be purely freed from its Phlegm, which carefully preserve, as also the Salt, being dried, both of which being very profitable for many Chemical and Spagirical Operations, some of the which we shall now come to lay down. First, Of Tinctures in general; Which is only any Vegetable or Mineral, that is well opened, and put into a Glass, and pour three times its weight of the aforesaid Spirit of Wine thereon, and put on a blind Head, and set in gentle Digestion until the Spirit is rich with the Tincture, the which pour of and put on more, as before, and when highly tinged, cant it of to the former; thus do as often as the Spirit of Wine will be tinged, and when it remains white 'twill extract not more: This method does well for such things wherein there is a fragrancy, or the light Tincture desired; but for Bodies compact and virulent proceed thus:  
℞ Of Hellebore, either white or black, Eliterium, Guttagambuga, or any other of the most churlish Vegetables, and pound them very fine, and being sifted, mix either of them with its equal weight of the aforesaid Salt of Tartar, pound and macerate them well in an Iron Mortar, and put them than into Sugar or open mouthed Glasses, and sprinkle them with good White-wine, tying the Glasses Mouths up close with a Bladder, and as fast as it dries reiterate your moistening with White-wine, as before, to keep it of the consistency of Doughty, close compressed, and in six Weeks time they will be so macerated and overcome, as to loose their vomitive and purgative quality, without the loss of either taste, colour, smell, or specific virtue, being by this Operation exalted; so that now they are only Diuretic and Diaphoretic, and therefore may be taken in a triple Dose, and will yield their pure Tinctures in the aforesaid Spirit of Wine, whence you may conclude, that the vomitive and laxative quality of the simple is not the radical and specific Virtues thereof: These Tinctures are much ennobled and graduated, when prepared with the Samech of Tartar, and brought to a cristaline Salt, as shall in our Spagirick Philoso. Triumph be shown.   

To Extract the Tinctures, Gums or Rosins from Woods and Roots.  
℞ Of jalap, or Scammony, or Briony, Guajacum, or any other that is gammous, and being reduced to Powder, take Q. V cover them three fingers breadths over with the aforesaid Spirit of Wine, and 'twill extract a blood read Tincture, decant and repeat till you have extracted all the Tincture, put all the Tinctures together, and by Distillation call of two thirds of the Spirit, and than with fair Water precipitate your Gum or Rosin, and wash it well, and in a gentle heat dry it, and bring it to a consistence, and keep it for use; if from Rosin or jalap, 10 or 15 g. is a gentle Purge.   

The Way to make Extracts.  
Which is in a manner all one with Tinctures and Rosins; for if thou wilt make any Extract, either simple or compound, what thou desire to take must be put into a Glass; and first of all, take all the Tinctures of it out, and by distillation in B. abstract the Liquors from it, till that in the Glass be of the consistence of Honey, which may be dissolved in some proper Vehicle, or else made up into Pills.   

Another.  
℞ Of the best Aloes succotrin. ℥ vj. dissolve it in the Juice of Elderberries; filter all through a piece of Holland, and draw all of in B. to the consistence of an Extract, or else let the moisture exhale in the Sun. And thus you may make the Extract of Juniper-berries or others, either with or without addition; but as for the  Extract of Elder, make it into Pills with the Powder of Saffron, Myrrh and Cinnamon, and you'll have a good Pill, which hath these following Virtues, powerful in the Scurvy, Dropsy, Gout, and Stone. Its Dose is a Scruple, or Scruple and half, Mornings fasting.   

To make the Balsamic Tincture of Elderberries.  
℞ Of the Juice of Elderberries, and set it in a gentle heat for three Weeks, till it comes a little acid, like Vinegar, than filter it through a Holland Cloth, pressing out all that will go through, than put it into your Body, and draw of a fourth part Phlegm, and than add to the remainder a fourth part of clarified Treacle, and than digest and circulate so long until it comes of a consistence of a blood-red Balsam or Tincture, which may be in 8 or 10 Weeks, the which is an excellent stomatick Cordial, now and than taking a lick of it.   

To make any of the Spirits of the first Book, Golden or Purging.  
Example on the Spirit of Scurvygrass.  
℞ Of Guttagambuga ℥ ss, Jallop ℥ i of the Spirit of Scurvygrass lb j, put it into a Bolt-head, and set it in a gentle heat, and let it remain there till it hath drawn forth all its Tinctures, than cant of the clear for use; some adds to this Composition of Scamony ℥ j  
Another way thus:  
℞ Of Jallop ℥ i, Coloquint' ℥ i, Scamony ℥ i, Guttagambuga ℥ ss, or Saffron ʒij, Spirit of Scurvygrass lb ij, Salt of Tartar ℥ ss, and operate as before directed.  
Thus much for Tinctures.    

CHAP. III. Of Essential and Chemical Oils.  
IN this Chapter we shall treat concerning the Sulphurs of Concrets, sc. the Oils which are centrally one with the Spirits, but in a more ponderous form, because the parts are not broke by Fermentation, as they are in Vinor Spirits. There is generally one Rule for making of Essential Oils, viz. Maceration and Distillation; Ex. gr.  
℞ Wormwood, or any other dry Herb, pull of all the stalks, and put it into a large Tub, and pour upon it warm Water, enough to moisten it, and two or three handfuls of decrepitated Bay-Salt, let it stand twenty four hours, and distil it with a Refrigeratory; separate the Oil with a separating Glass, S. A.  
Now observe, that some Herbs must not be over dry, as Origanum, and if its Oil is distilled in the coldest day of the Winter, when all the Powers of Nature are congealed with cold, and that the Still be set where the cold may have power upon it, so as to keep the Worm and Water exceeding cold, your Oils shall be congealed into a cristaline Salt, which I prise more than the Oils.  
After the manner aforementioned you may distil the Oils of all Herbs and Berries.  
But observe, that Glauber objects against this way, saying that abundance of it is lost in the Water and Vessels, by reason of their largeness.  

Glauber's Way of Distilling Vegetable Oils, whereby a greater quantity is acquired, than by the common Way, by a Vessica.  
Fill a Gourd with Cinnamon or any other Wood or Seed, upon which pour so much Spirit of Salt, as will be sufficient to cover the Wood, than place it with its Alembick in Sand, and give it Fire by degrees, that the Spirit of Salt may boil, and all the Oil will distil of with a little Phlegm: for the Spirit of Salt doth with its acrimony penetrate the Wood, and freeth the Oil, that it may distil of better and easier: and by this way the Oil is not lost by the addition of that great quantity of Water, in those great and large Vessels, but is drawn in lesser Glass Vessels with addition of a little moisture. Distillation being finished, the Spirit is poured of by Inclination from the Wood, being again useful for the same work. And if it hath contracted any impurity from the Wood, it may be rectified; but the residue of the Spirit, that remains in the Wood; you may recover, if that Wood be cast in the aforesaid Furnace upon burning Coals, by which means it may come forth again pure and clear; and by this means we loose none of the Spirit of Salt. And after this way, by help of the Spirit of Salt, are drawn forth Oils of dearer Vegetables, together with their Fruit, which cannot be done by a Still.   

To make the Oil of Orange and Lemmon Peels.  
℞ Orange's or Lemons, and separate the Pulp from the Peel, and while 'tis fresh, cut it into bits, and put them into a Retort or low Body; and sprinkle it with the Oil of Tartar per deliquium. Distil it in a boiling Bath by degrees, and you will have Oil enough.  
And thus you may distil Oil from Cinnamon, or any other Spices of a fragrant nature.   

Dr. Hill's way of Preparing Oils from Herbs.  
℞ Any Herb, and pour upon it any small Beer-Wort; set it in a very gentle heat, until the smell begin to change a little towards sour, than distil it in a Copper Still, and you shall have Oil enough.   

To make Oil of Gums; first of Castor: the best way.  
℞ Castorium, (or any other Gum, as Mastic, Myrrh, etc.) cut it all into small pieces, and pour upon them, very well rectified, Spirit of Turpentine; let it stand several days in B. to extract, afterwards distil of or evaporate the Spirit of Turpentine, and there will remain an Oil excellently fragrant at the bottom.   

The Oil of Mastic and Frankincense, according to Glauber.  
℞ Of Frankincense or Mastic, powdered small, as much as will serve to fill the third part of a Retort, (which must be coated) upon which pour a sufficient quantity of Spirit of Salt, taking heed that the Retort be not filled too full, or else the Spirit, when it boils, flows over it; than place it in Sand, and give fire by degrees, and there will first come out some Phlegm, after which a clear transparent Oil, together with the Spirit of Salt, which must be kept by itself, after this a certain yellow Oil, which must be received by itself, and last of all, there follows a read Oil, which altho' it is not to be cast away, yet it is very unlike to the first, serving for outward uses, and to be mixed with Ointments and Emplasters, for it doth wonderfully consolidate, and therefore good in new and old Wounds. The first being well rectified, is in its subtlety and penetrating faculty not unlike to Spirit of Wine, and may profitably be used inwardly and outwardly, viz. in cold Effects, but especially in the stiffness of the Nerves, caused by cold Humours, upon which follows a Contraction; but than you must first rub the Member contracted with a Linen Cloth, that it may be well warmed, into which than the Oil must be chafed with a warm hand. For it doth do wondered things in such like effects of the Nerves; as you may see more at large in P. 1. p. 5.   

To make the Oil of Benjamin, according to Robert boil, Esq;  
℞ Benjamin, (the best is that which is most yellow, fat, unctuous and ponderous, and not that which is white, the white not being so full of the true Gum, nor yielding so much Tincture) and dissolve it in the pure aetherial Spirit of Wine; filter it exactly, and put it into a tall Retort; first draw your Spirit of Wine very gently, than the Flowers will sublime, which you must wipe out of the Neck of the Retort with a long Feather, afterwards, with a stronger Fire, there will come over an Oil, which will smell of Empyream.   

To make the Oil of Turpentine.  
℞ Of common Turpentine, and tie it up close in a Bag, and put your Bag into a large Still, and fill it with Water, and distil with a very strong Fire, till no more Oil will come, and after the distillation is over, separate the Oil, and rectify it for use. Observe that your Turpentine being put in a Bag keeps the Colophonia from burning to the Still.  
Than take of the prepared Oil, and of the best Cypress Turpentine, and pu● them into a Retort, and digest two or three days in B. and than distil in a boiling Bath, and you'll have a Spirit come over, and an Oil essentificated, mild of taste and pure; the which separate and rectify for use.   

Another way.  
℞ Of the best Venice Turpentine and Malaga Sack, ana; digest in B. seven days, and afterwards distil with a strong heat of the B. and when distilled separate the Oil for use: Than take of this Oil, and fresh Malaga Sack, ana, and to every lb j of Oil and ℥ i of Angelica Roots; circulate it seven days: Distil it as before, and you will have a curious fragrant Oil.   

The Chemical way to make Oil of Turpenpentine so aetherial, as to unite with Spirit of Wine.  
℞ Calcined Salt of Tartar, or decrepitated Bay-Salt, let it not touch the Air, but whilst yet hot put it into an high Cucurbit, or uncut Body, and pour upon it common Oil of Turpentine, the breadth of four fingers; shake them well together, and with a very gentle Fire draw of, and there will be an Oil, and a volatile Salt, take this Oil and pour it upon new Salt: Distil as before, and repeat this Operation till it will unite with Spirit of Wine, which may be tried every Distillation.   

To make Oleum Pini, or Oil of Pine.  
℞ The Gum of the Pine in a Retort, with a little Salt, and there will by degrees come over an Oil and Spirit which rectify and separate for use.   

Oleum Regeneratum.  
It's Preparation is shown in pag. 22. of the Britannean Magazine; but, however, I shall here give it more large.  
℞ Of pure Salt of Tartar cristalized from the Oil per Deliquium, and pour upon it of the highest rectified Spirit of Vinegar, until digest 24 hours, and than draw of the Phlegm, and again pour on fresh Spirit of Vinegar; digest and draw of as before, repeating this 7 times, until the Vinegar come of tipped, or as sharp as when you put it in; so have you a Balsamic Salt, in which is contained a Tartarum regeneratum, for that the Vinor Natures are concentrated: Now if this is mixed up with a third part of Bole or Potter's Earth calcined, and distilled by degrees of Fire, there will come of a noble Spirit and Oil; which Oil, being separated, may be rectified through Spirit of Vitriol, in the same manner we have directed concerning those of the Spirit of Salt: Now the alchalized Salt remaining in the Cap. mort. may be taken out with warm Water and preserved for the like use.   

Virtues.  
The Virtues of this Oil are many, viz. for Fits, Obstructions, Agues, Fevers, and the like; the Dose is from three to ten Drops in Sugar; and drank in a glass of Wine. The many more Virtues and Uses of this Salt will be more largely shown in that Chapter that treats of the Union of Acids and Alcalies.   

Oleum Succinii: Or, The Oil and Volatile Salt of Amber.  
℞ Of the best white Amber, (for the yellow is not so good, and the black is inferior to this) and mix it with clean Sand, being in course Powder, and put it into a large coated Retort, and distil it by degrees of fire, as long as any thing will come over. Observe, some use a little Water in their drawing of it, or rather a little of the Spirit of the Pine. Now when the Operation is ended, remove your Receiver, and there you'll found an Oil, and an acid Water, and in the Oil a volatile Salt, which must be precipitated from thence, and purified by Sublimation, the Oil being rectified with Spirit of Salt, or from the Cap. mort. of Vitriol, becomes very subtle; and yet more if once rectified from A. R. or Salt of Tartar.  
It's Virtues are many, but seeing we do intent to speak largely of them in that Chapter that treats of Oils and Powers, we shall omit them here.   

Oil of Soot and Stone-Coal.  
℞ Soot of the Chimney, (wherein nothing but Wood is burned, and that which is fattest and greatest lumps is best) and put it into a coated Retort, and distil by fire of degrees, and there will come over a sharp, volatile Salt, and hot Oil; this Salt hath adherence to others of the Urinous Classes, and hath the same Virtues. The Oil, without any rectification, may be externally used very successfully for all loathsome Scabs and scald Heads, but if rectified, as before directed, it may safely be used inwardly, which is now prescribed by the Doctors for Hysterical Fits.  
℞ The great Lump-Coal, (called Scotch-Coal, or Stone-Coal, which from the River of Thames is generally sold by weight) and fill a coated Retort half full therewith, and distil it by fire of degrees, and there will come from thence a black Oil, the which separate from the acid Water that came over the helm with it, and rectify it by Spirit of Salt, and so there will first of all come the clear and pure Oil, than a yellow Oil, not so sweet as the former, and the thick and black Oil remains behind, and serves to be mixed with Emplasters; for 'tis a wondered healer, by reason of its innate faculty: now the yellow Oil may be yet farther once more rectified by the Spirit of Salt, that it may become pure, white and fair: It may be exalted so as to be a most excellent penetrating Medicine both inwardly and outwardly, and is equal in Virtue to the Oil of Petraeolum: It is wondered to consider what an excellent Balsam lies hid in the Earth as an Universal Sulphur, and as Glauber says, there is contained in Sea-Coal a precious Sulphur, no whit inferior, as to its Virtues, to any of the most precious Oils or Balsams brought us out of the Indieses.   

Oil of Hartshorn or any other of the urinous Classes.  
℞ Hartshorn, Cranium humanum, Ivory, or dried Bone, or that which the Turner's leave in shaving Hartshorn, called the Pith or Blacking, and put it into a Glauber's Furnace, or Iron Pot with a Copper, Earthen or rather Iron Cap, and lute fast, and distil with the fire of degrees till no more will ascend, and there will come over an Oil and a Spirit and Volatile Salt, in various figures about the Glass, the which thou may'st rectify and purify, according to the Rules already laid down: the Office of the Salt and Spirit shall be shown in the Chapter that treats of the Urinous Spirits. The way of making these Oils being rightly understood will introduce the making any others: and as to the Mineral Oils they shall be treated of in the respective Chapter that appertains to the Mineral Work, and therefore we desist from them here.  
But by the way, we think it needful to tell the Reader, that Oils must be bereaved of their floating earth and external aquacity, if ever you design they should act to their highest degree of subtlety.   

To make a subtle Spirit useful in dissolving Amber.  
℞ Of Venice Turpentine, what quantity you please, and draw the Oil and the Spirit, which rectify apart, and let them be united with the heat of Calx vive, and by distillation brought to a very great subtlety; than take of that and the etherial Spirit of Wine equal parts, draw and circulate, till fully united, and preserve for the use aforesaid. And thus we shall conclude this Chapter of Oils.    

CHAP. IU. In which we shall treat of Salts.  
Salted is the Pillar of any Body, and generally by nature is Tart, Acid, Styptic or Astringent, but by Art is variously altered, according as the nature of the Agent is, that works on it; for example, We see that common Salt hath a most excellent, sublime Spirit, which preserveth Being's from putrefaction, yet by heterogeneous Agents is it mortified and variously changed, destroyed, or exalted, which is more largely treated of in our Spagirick Philosophy's Triumph, wherefore we shall omit it here, and come to the demonstrative part, by several useful Examples, and first of.  

Sal Mirabilis communis, Or  
Salt Polycriste, which some call the Sal Mirabilis of Glauber, when indeed his true Salt hath an universal Tendency, and therefore must proceed from the universal. Principles of Nature, whatever to the contrary some may ungroundedly think; but however to our purpose in hand, sc. the Preparation, which is as follows:  
℞ Common Salt and decripitate it, till done cracking, than dissolve it in clear Fountain Water, and draw of about a fourth part thereof, and than pour in of the best Oil of Vitriol sufficient to altar the form, and in a gentle heat digest, and after cristalize it S.A. The like may be done with Spirit of Niter or Allom, etc. And again, acid Spirits upon Sal Prunell. and fixed Niter doth well, and these also upon Salt of Tartar and fixed Alkalies; whose Birth we think convenient now to show, which is indeed an artificial one.  
℞ French or Rhenish Tartar (vulgarly known by the name of Argile) and put it in a great earthen Pot, and in a Potter's Furnace, or a Wind-Furnace, let it be calcined to Ashes, till it looks a bluish white, the which when could dissolve in warm Water, and filter through a Cap Paper, and in a gentle heat draw of the Phlegm, till a Skin appear on the top, and set it in the cold, and 'twill shoot into Cristals, the which remove, and the remaining Liquor filter as before, and shoot as long as any will come into a Salt; and again, these Ashes after they are calcined, may in the Air be run per Deliquium, and than you may cristalize as before directed; or else shoot in a gentle heat of Sand.  
Observe, that from all Woods, Roots and Herbs, being dry and turned to Ashes, you may by warm Water extract a Salt; thus is made the Salt of Wormwood, Tobacco, and others, which are also Alkalies, little different from Tartar, only, what there is, Tartar in virtue excels any other, and therefore not undeservedly called the Public Family of Alkalies.  
Now these are produced by the fire of Conflagration, in which the corporality of the body fixes down with the grosser parts of the Sulphur, and so assumes a new ●orm, yet of a caustick nature, and somewhat rough to be given as they are, as we have largely shown in Chap. 1. of our Spagirick Philosophy's Triumph.  
Thus much in general concerning the Production and Nature of Alkalies, we shall now come to show their Association with Acid Spirits, by which they are brought to a neutral Nature and made more friendly unto our Bodies: And first of   

Tartarum Vitreolatum.  
℞ Of the Spirit of Vitreol highly rectified, and put it into a very large Glass, and by drops put upon it Oil of Tartar per Deliquium, and you shall have a great Ebullition; continued this pouring on by drops till the Ebullition ceaseth, which is a sign the Alkaly is fatisfied, than separate (S. A.) the Phlegm from the precipitated Matter or white cristaline Mass, which is called Tartarum vitreolat. it being a neutral Salt distinct from each Parent, and although this be a Preparation inferior to some others, yet with us 'tis in great esteem, because the Alkaly hath lost its caustick quality, the Acid its corrosive property, and so becomes an excellent Medicine: as not being liable to an alteration by any Ferment in the Body of Man.  
The Dose is from 10 or 15 Gr. to 20 each Morning. It cleanseth the Stomach, powerfully resolving Obstructions in the Meseraick Veins, and is properly given as a digester, abstersive and cleanser in Fevers, Agues, Jaundice, Scurvy, Worms in Children, and for cold Crudities in the Stomach, which are the cause of many Diseases.  
Now, by the way, we would let the Reader understand, that we are somewhat concerned that this Doctrine is so little taken notice of; for by it Acid Spirits are not only made sweet, but also the Alkalies by these and our Read Wine may be made a powerful and excellent Medicine far above any to be found in common Dispensatory, and altho' this Doctrine of Acid and Alkaly hath been largely treated of by that ingenious and learned Otto Tachenius, yet hath he not so clearly delivered the Practic Part of this, nor indeed hath any that we ever read done it so fully, as we wish it were, when we consider the usefulness of it, and therefore we shall be the more large in showing our Experience concerning the same.  
Again, in like manner by pouring the Oil of Tartar per deliquium upon the Spirit of Niter, is made Tartarum Nitratum, which is a Salt of more easy fusion than the former, of a nitrous cold taste, being an excellent Abstersive in burning and putrid Fevers, Gravel, Heat of Urine, Heat in the Back and Kidneys, Heat in the Stomach, whence a hot and harsh Breath, and many other defects, which are seated in the first and second Digestion.  
Also from the Oil of Sulphur per Camp. and Oil of Tartar per Deliquium, is had an excellent neutral Salt.  
So likewise from the strong Spirit of Salt, or the strong Spirit of Vinegar, (as was touched at in that Chapter that treats of Oils) very noble Salts are made, which are yet in a higher degree if united with the purified and corrected Tincture of Vegetables, in a due proportion, (the Salt being first dissolved in a little White-wine, or other convenient Liquor) by digesting the Salt and Tinctures till both become very clear, for at first mixing they will be very muddy, and precipitating a light Faecula will at last be very clear, decant this clear Liquor, that is tinged, and in a slow fire draw away the moisture, till the known figure appear, and in a cool place 'twill cristalize into a pure Salt tinged with the Tincture of the Vegetable, retaining its Taste, Odour, and Virtue.  
Thus out of Hellebore black or white, Opium, or any other Simple, that will yield a Tincture in Spirit of Wine, a Salt may be made, which is called by the name of the Vegetable, with which 'tis joined, as the Salt of Hellebore, Opium or Jallop, etc. which Salts, besides their abstersive virtue, have a super-additional and specific one, according to that of the Concrete, by which a sedulous and industrious Physician may cure many stubborn Diseases.  
Thus much we observe concerning the Nobleness of these Salts, that they work in a way agreeable to Nature, and also will prepare most excellent Menstruums for dissolving of Metals; and as that Famous George Starkey, in his Pirotechny asserted and illustrated, says, they are more powerful for opening metalick Bodies, than any other Preparation whatever, whereby Tartar can be volatized, as will be shown in the Chapter wherein we treat of Menstruums.  
Now seeing there are and have been many Conjectures, and various Opinions concerning this Author, and his Doctrines, we think it convenient to give in ours, from an experimental Knowledge of the Truth of his Labours, which is, that he had a fundamental Knowledge in Philosophy, and we assert, that no Man can be his Judge, unless a true Son of Wisdom and Child, that Nature hath got into her School, and qualified with her hidden Diaploma, with which he certainly was, in that he trod so exactly in her steps, and had those parts as to Medicinal Philosophy, that we honour him above most of the former Writers, and had he not been a little short sighted in some things, his Name would have had a lasting Renown, yea in Posterities and Ages to come; the lest therefore that we can say of him in our Writings is this, sc. that he was a Master in Pirotechny, the Triumph of which he promised to the World, which would have been a Key to open the Helmontian Doctrines for the good of the Sons of Art, doubtless this Book would long since have seen the Light, had God spared his Life, but the raging Plague, after all his Courage, took him of, by his too venturous opening of a Body whilst hot, that died of the Plague; but, however, I hope his Soul is at rest.  
But now, seeing 'tis impossible for him to perform what was there promised, we shall partly for his sake, (but more especially for Truth itself) endeavour to supply, by giving as great a light to that which hath been formerly written, as any other Son of Art, hath hitherto done, and 'tis not to be questioned, but that Truth will be more cleared up, than hitherto, because (besides the Knowledge of what 've written and set down) we have the advantage of what Dame Experience hath taught us, by exceeding hard and continued Labours in the Fire, which always was and ever will be the true Interpreter of their Writings, and that which adorns them also: and thus altho' but a Child myself, yet 'tis allowed by all, that such, being set upon other men's shoulders, can see farther than they could; but this by the way: We than say, that the Doctrine of Acid and Alkaly deserves a Veneration, seeing it destroys the Activity of the most violent Corrosive, and makes them truly Medicinal; Ex. Gr.  
If you pour Oil of Tartar per Deliquium upon Aqua Fortis, and distil it of, you shall have a Salt left behind, in form of a Niter, and here the Aqua Fortis is mortified by the Salt of Tartar and both brought to a very good Medicine.  
Again, 'Tis to be observed, that one Acid will mortify another, and form a Salt. Ex. Gr.  
℞ Spirit of Niter, and Spirit of Vitreol, and Cohobate upon the Spirit of Niter three or four times, and you'll have a Salt left behind, which by an ingenious Man ought not to be disdained.  
Wonder not (Courteous Reader) that these corrosive Spirits are thus mortified, and their venom taken of, when that they were not originally such in their own nature, but promoted by the fire to be so corrosive, which you may see by the hand of the skilful, may be again corrected; therefore we shall state it thus, that Aq. Fort. A. R. Spirit and Oil of Vitreol, Spirit of Salt Peter, or common Salt, are not Poisons, but Spirits of eminent activity, which, being mingled with Salts, Wine, Beer or Water, may be taken in a greater quantity (than alone would be mortal) without the lest danger, nay, rather they become wholesome and medicinal.  
Thus vulgar Mercury hath been prescribed by the Ancients (being rightly prepared) as a choice Arcanum, but being sublimed with Salts, becomes a corrosive Poison; but we say, that these Salts are again mortified, by being sublimed with new Mercury, as you may see in the preparation of that which is called Mercurius Dulcis, which is but a frivolous Toy, yet however 'tis medicinal.  
We could indeed run out a large Discourse concerning Acids and Alkalies, and their union with highly rectified Spirit of Wine, and their Office, being brought to combination, nay, a regenerated and glorified Menstruum; but seeing these Preparations come under the Title of Arcana Pontissitata, we shall refer you thither for further satisfaction, as also to the Chapter of Menstruums in this Book.  
And thus much shall at this time suffice concerning Salts; but we shall hereafter show their union with Vegetable and Mineral Sulphurs', as also with Urinous Spirits, of which we shall now come to treat.    

CHAP. V Concerning urinous Spirits in general.  
URinous Spirits are to be defined, Spirits drawn from the excrementitious part of Bodies, and altho' they are many times used by nature, in making up of Compounds, yet their Classes are not so general, as that of Vinor: for Vinor Spirits and Sulphurs' (which are indeed but the Sulphurs' in another disguise, as is manifest from their central unity, in the transmutation of Form) are easily inflammable alike, being the Callidum innatum, or form of Being's, and spiritual part of the Body, as in Chap. 1. described, and as we have said in our Britanean Magazine, that all Fruits, Seeds and Roots will by Fermentation yield a Vinor Spirit; wherefore in the foregoing Chapter we defined Fermentation to be an Inlet to Production; for without it Honey or Molossus could never be brought to yield their Vinor Spirits, nor the Countryman change his Barley into Malt, etc.  
Now in this Chapter we must define Putrefaction the Mother of Generation, for that 'tis by this that Urinous Spirits are brought forth, and although not so universal as the Vinor, yet because Nature does often make use of their essential parts in composition, we shall define them to be matter spiritualised, and to be in degrees of purity according as they have adherence to the substantial or excremental part of Bodies; for in these the Form is often precipitated, and the Universal Spirit is by them made into Earth; for as Sandivog. says in his Treatise of Sulphur, that he took two Mercuries of a different substance, but one original, which Saturn washed in his own Urinal, and called them the Sulphur of Sulphurs', which indeed is nothing else but the glassy Azoth, or Vitreol of Venus' Philosophical, which is the Universal Spirit made into Earth; but more of this in its proper place.  
Now under this Head or Denomination of Urinous Spirits, are those of Blood, and the excrementitious part of the Microcosm, sc. Urine; as also all kind of Bones, Horns and Hoofs, and many kind of Salts, as Salt Gem. Sal Armoniac, and all Volatile Salts fixed by Acids, for all of these will give an Urinous Spirit, and a Volatile Alkalizated Salt, as is easy to be demonstrated by an Acid with a Sulphurous Oil, especially from Scot, Blood and Hartshorn, which Spirits, Salt and Sulphur do represent the three distinct Principles, that are contained in every concreted Body, and there is no being in the Universal Fabric of Nature, whose Texture can be upheld without the union of these Principles, nay, inpurity too; for that's it, that gives durability in the Animal, Mineral, and Vegetable Kingdom.  
Now the Union of the three Principles generates and produces a Neutral Spirit of an Hermophroditical Nature, that is, neither Male nor Female, Acid nor Alkaly: Now 'tis to be observed in all generations, that Sulphur acts the part of the Male, and Mercury the Female, and Sulphur is that, which gives Mercury her determinated Form and Fixation; but here first you must destroy him of his Combustible Robes, and reduce him to a saline and mercurial Nature, than you may for certain reckon yourself in the number of Nature's most Ingenious Scholars; the way how this is done, I have showed in my Magician's Magazine, to which we refer the Reader as soon as it comes to light; therefore omitting it here, shall pass on to our designed Task, sc. The Regular Progression in Urinous Spirits.  
But only, by the way, we think it convenient to add a word to prevent Critics, and such as understand not the Foundation of Bodies, who may say, that we have denied our Doctrine before asserted, sc. That there be three Principles in the Concretion of every individual Being, by alleging we have here made mention but of two, sc. Sulphur and Mercury, but by this we assent to the Salt, which is under the Mercurial Form; for the Salt is easily converted into Mercury, and Mercury into Salt, as is said in the Cline Bore; the truth of which we are able to maintain against all oppositions: But let us return to  

The Anatomy of Urine, and Way to be made use of in the Preparation of its Spirit.  
We say than, that Urine is a Subject containing very many Properties, which may be many ways advantageous; for 'tis a wondered Ens, not only that of the great World, but also that of the lesser; for Man bears a symbolising harmony with the Universe, both in the Natural, Celestial and Intellectual World, having in his centre Immortality▪ for we know that God's Works are uniform, and that every lesle bears some Analogy or Emblance with a greater, and Man being the chief of all sublunary things, we may thus define him, as a Compendium of all Forms, an Epitome of all Powers, and a comprehensive System of the Universe, etc.  
After the manner of Philosophers therefore we have treated (in our second Debate of Trifertes Soladini) of the immortal Dissolvent under that Head, telling that 'twas contained in Blood and Urine, but with all have defined what that Blood and Urine is, and seeing this Subject is so largely handled there, we shall here omit it, and come to speak concerning the Urine of sound Men, of which Helmont gives this Encomium, where he compares it with the Immortal Liquor, saying that in the whole System of the Universe, It hath not its Fellow or Compare, neither Sea-Salt nor Fountain-Salt, Salt-Petre, Salgem. nor any natural Salt whatever, not nor the Salt of the Urine of Beasts, which is not in any wise comparable to it.  
But as nothing is more easy to come by, so on the other hand, nothing is more hard to be worked on, for he that can from it obtain a Spirit, that is neither Acid nor Alkaly, but wholly Saline, shall have no cause to repent his time and cost bestowed on it, especially if he work upon that of old Saturn; and that we may contribute our Mite into the Treasures of Philosophy, we shall give our Experience in the Preparation thereof.  
The first thing you are to observe is, that Urinous Spirits are prepared through putrefaction, as the Vinor are by fermentation, whereby the Atoms are unlocked and set at liberty, that the fire may have power to bring it to a more exalted state. As for Example:  
℞ The Urine of sound People, and put it into a wooden Tub, or large earthen Pots; some do it in Glass, saying 'twill not so naturally putrify in the Wood as Glass, and than they set it in a gentle heat, equal to that of the Horse-belly, for the space of 6 or 7 Weeks, for in this Climate 'twill hardly putrify sooner, than they distil a Spirit from it; others putrify it the like time, being put three Foot deep in the Earth, and leave the Glass mouth to come open to the Air, looking upon it as the most natural of all other ways, saying that in the Body of the Earth is that internal heat that brings all things to an alteration of Form or Maturation thereof; others are very busy with their Horse-dung, and B. M. and many others, which we shall here pass by, and speak of that which best pleases us, which is a Putrefaction in the Air; for that will attract many Heterogeneities from it, and so 'twill become more sweet in smell.  
Take Urine thus truly putrified, and put it into a Retort, and in B. or Sand set it to work, and distil from 10 Quarts the first five, in which is contained the spirit and volatile Salt, but that which remains in the Retort, is the Gum or Oil, the use of which will be showed hereafter: Now the five Quarts of Spirit must be put into a clean Retort, and you may distil from it four Quarts, which you may afterwards rectify to what height you please, by bringing of it to a Quart or a Pint; but in every Rectification, be sure not to diminish above six or eight Ounces at a time; and thus you obtain a Volatile Spirit and Sa●t, which is no way inflammable.  
Observe, That some both draw and rectify this Spirit from Calx vive; but others through the Salt of Tartar.  
℞ Of this rectified Spirit lb j, of our pure Aetherial Spirit, rectified through Tartar lb iij, and in a short time 'twill coagulate into a Volatile Salt, and if you distil in a Body and Head, there will sublime in the Helm near half a Pound of dry active Salt, and some Liquor will come over in a fiery form, the rest will remain in the bottom like a stinking flat Phlegm, which cast away; to what Liquor is come over, add fresh Spirit of Wine so much as will make it up lb iij, and put this upon your sublimed Salt, and distil and sublime as before; and by repeating this Operation, you will have more of the fiery Liquor come over, and Salt sublime as before; turn this Wheel with fresh Spirit of Wine twelve times, and the fiery Spirit will each time be increased, and your Salt will be most of it reduced to this fiery Liquor, and this we call the Vinor Hermaphrodite, or a Neutral Menstruum, which will extract good Tinctures from the Calx of any Metal; but as to its Office, 'twill be treated of more at large in the Chapter of Menstruums.   

Now follows the Preparation of the Fosperus, or the Astrum lunare Microcosmicum.  
As is before showed, take Urine well putrified in a Tub, exposed to the Air for seven Weeks, all one as you do when you're to make a Spirit of it; the Spirit being drawn, or rather the whole being evaporated to the consistence of Honey, in which lies the Fosperus; but the Art is somewhat difficult to get it from thence, in two cases, the one is in making choice of a proper Agent to be mixed therewith, and the other is the exact regiment of the Fire.  
Now as to the Agent, it must not (as some have said) be Sand; but one that is free from Salt, and consequently from the glass-making Faculty, or any thing that will vitrify, for if it doth that, you shall never obtain the Fosperus; but that you may, we direct you to make use of a Fire within and without your Vessel, which is thus to be be understood; take the Sap of Urine, as before 'tis said, or that of Dung and Urine putrified together, and incorporate it with Charcoal-dust, and put it into a Germane Retort, and lute on a Receiver, that is filled half full with Water, that when the Fosperus comes over, it may immediately drop into the Water and be preserved thereby.  
Observe, That you are to begin with a very small Fire, but you are to increase it gradually into the highest degree that possibly can be made, and let it be in such a Furnace, that upon occasion the Bellowss may be used, and that the Fire may play well about the Vessel, continuing so long at its greatest height, till no more comes over, and you'll see Flakes like Lightning, that will come over in the Receiver of two substances, the one like a thick muddy Water, which will sink to the bottom, the other swimming over it; separate by inclination these two substances, and keep each by its self in a Glass, the gummy Nature may be made into what form you please, by being dissolved in Spirit of Sal Armoniac or other Urinous Spirits; in B. 'tis thereby putrified.   

Observations concerning it.  
It must always be kept in Water, for the Air sets it on fire.  
The thick Liquor, if rubbed upon the Hands, , or Hair, they will appear in the dark, as if all in fire, but will not burn, and if you open the Cork of the Glass, all its vacancy will appear like the flame of Brimstone.  
If you put this thick Liquor, hardened by digestion into a Gum in Oil of Cloves or of Cinnamon, and let it remain there 24 hours, and pour of the Oil from it into a Glass, the same Oil will as you pull out the Cork, and set it in the Air, appear so bright, that in the dark, if it's in a large and clear Viol, you may see to read distinctly.  
If you writ upon the Palm of your Hand, or upon Paper with the said Gum, what ever you writ will appear all on fire, and the Letters may be read a long time after; but you must have a great can, that you do it softly, and to put it into Water, as soon as you have done, for if it hap to fire 'twill burn the place most dreadfully.  
Cut a little piece of the said Gum, and lay it upon Paper, and rub it on with the point of a Knife, and 'twill set the Paper on fire.  
Put a little piece of the said Gum to steep 24 hours in Spirit of Wine, than taking it out again, if you pour this Spirit of Wine by drops upon a Basin of Water, you will see Flashes like Lightning, somewhat like the flame of Brimstone, and somewhat of a purplish colour.  
℞ Of the aforesaid Gumʒ i, and in a white earthen Vessel expose it to the Air, and the Air will set it one fire, and when it hath done burning, you will haveʒ iv. of a Spirit of Salt, which it attracts out of the Air.  
If the Privy Parts be therewith rubbed, they will be inflamed and burning for a good while after.  
☞ There are many more Experiments made of it, which we shall here pass by, and come to consider the Nature and Texture of Urine, sc. Whether it contains the three Principles, Salt, Sulphur and Mercury, or not: but if you proceed to this Dissection, you must not take new Urine, but such as is stolen and stinking and well putrified by nature, otherwise 'twill be very difficult to behold what is in it by a manifest separation; but being putrified you may distil and rectify its Spirit per se, to a great height, and you'll found in the Receiver 〈◊〉 volatile Salt, which will (as hath been said) be coagulated by Spirit of Wine, and therefore must be of a Mercurial Nature, proceeding from the volatile Salt of those Concrets we eat; now the Sulphur is represented by the Fosperus, it being a light that burns, also by the oiliness that comes over by distillation, and after which there remaineth an Earth, which being so calcined you may wi●h warm Water extract from it a Salt, which is the fixed Salt of Urine, in smell and taste not much different from common Salt, and there's great reason it should be so, seeing there is so great quantities of Salt taken in with our Food; but however it doth represent the three Principles, viz. Salt, Sulphur and Mercury, as 'tis thus Chimically dissected; but jest some should bewilder themselves in this point, and say for certain, that from hence than must proceed the Universal Spirit, or Dissolving Menstruum, seeing Man is the chief of all sublunary things.  
Although we allow him to be so, yet the Universal Spirit can never proceed from him, seeing what he receives thereof is only sufficient to uphold his Human Nature, and that only by being changed into various substances; and here every Agent having obtained the end of its action is at rest, and is not as it was, but with the Grand Medicine 'tis not so, but always tends to a higher perfection, for the two first Principles; Sulphur and Mercury, are separated from their grand Impurities, and being united to the sublimed Salt, are all turned to a Liquor, which by the middle pure substance of old Saturn's Urine, will be precipitated into a cristaline Earth, which may be multiplied at pleasure; therefore 'tis a Secret to be kept in silence, with a thankful heart to God, who is the giver of all good and perfect Gifts.  
Here you have that, which is superior to any thing, that may proceed from Human Urine; for the Microcosmical or Terrestrial Fire is united with the Macro or Celestial one, by the Act of Natura Naturarum, which operates so invisibly, that some call it the supernatural Fire, or Spirit congealed: Now these two being united in their purity, there is contained therein a double Lunar Gasse, or that cold Fire, which will not unite with the Blasse or Heat of Bodies, but displays itself like a noble Of spring, which carries with it the true marks of its Birth, for the most burning Charcoal is divided by it into its Principles, Oil and Earth, which afterwards are changed into elementary Water, nay it performs many more mighty Deeds, in that it is powerful in dissolving and conquering those Bodies, which 10000 Men could not do by any other Act, as we have plainly showed in our Trifertes Soladini; and therefore shall omit to speak any more of it here, as also of Human Urine, and so come to the other particular Classes: And first,   

Concerning Common Sal-Armoniack  
There are various Opinions concerning its Original; one saying, 'tis purely natural, and is digged up, as Salt Niter is, and so boiled accordingly into a Salt; and others say, 'tis artificial, prepared from Soot, Sea Salt and Camels Urine, which looks indeed much like the truth itself; and therefore we shall not regard what the variety of Opinions are concerning it: for we know by experience, that out of it is prepared noble Medicament. We shall give you one for Example, sc.   

The Spirit of Sal-Armoniack.  
℞ Of Sal-Armoniack lb iij, Calx vive lb iij, or a strong Lixivium of Pot-ashes, Lapis calaminaris lb iij, or rather the Oil of Tartar per Deliquium, and so distil by fire of degrees, until 'tis come over, the which rectify; and so have you a most subtle and penetrating Spirit, much to be esteemed in many Acute Diseases: But we prefer this following before it.   

Spiritus Mundus.  
℞ Of Sal Anotasier Lybianus lb iij, the white sulphurous Earth Chimically prepared lb iij, of the Offspring of Venus' lb ss. all. well macerated together, and than add in of the form and first Matter of Sassafrax lb iij, but observe that it be essentially made; and put them into a coated Retort, and distil with fire of degrees for 24 hours, till all is come over that will come, and than remove it from the Receiver, and being closely luted up, digest in a chicken hear, the longer the better; than by circulation and rectification in a Body and Head, let the whole be united and putrified, which will be in two or three times. The Use of this will be shown in the Chapter of Oleosums: It's Virtues are as follows:  
This Spirit is of a sharp penetrating Essence, and of an airy, moist and warm Nature; and therefore may with credit be used in many Diseases: The Dose is from 8 to 20 Drops in Sassafrax-water. It doth immediately penetrate the whole Body, causing sudden sweeting: therefore excellent in Quinsies, Pleurisies, and other acute Diseases; 'tis also prevalent in opening the Obstructions of the Spleen, and dispersing and expelling many Malignities by Sweat and Urine: It cureth the Quartan, Colic, the Suffocation of the Matrix, and many more Diseases.  
In brief, This Spirit is a safe, sure and ready Medicine for to disperse and expel all tough, gross and venomous Humours. Also this Spirit acteth his part externally, quenching all Inflammations, curing the Erysipelas and Gangrenes; it allayeth the Pains of the Gout,  being dipped in it and applied, and altho' it draw Blisters it matters not; laid to the Pulse, 'tis good in ardent Fevers; and it assuageth Swell and Pains; discusseth congealed Blood, helpeth strained Limbs and benumbed Nerves; only smelled unto, it cureth the Megrim and other chronical Diseases of the Head; for it dissolveth the peccant Matter, and evacuateth it through the Nostrils; it restoreth the lost Hearing, being externally laid on with a little Instrument fit for the purpose: Also in the Obstructions of women's Courses, applied by a fit Instrument in a spiritual way, openeth presently, and cleanseth the Womb, and maketh Women fruitful, etc. Mingled with common Water, and held in the Mouth, assuageth the Toothache, proceeding from sharp Humours fallen into the Teeth.  
A little of it applied in a Glister, killeth the Worms in the Body, and allayeth the Colic.  
This Spirit may also further be used, to many other things, especially by means thereof many precious and effectual Medicaments may be made, as will be hereafter described.  
Observe, That after the first distillation, the Cap. mort. that remains, may be calcined in a strong Fire, and than taken out and beaten into gross Powder, and let it be dissolved by 🝞, and than filter it; than add to every ℥ uj of this Liquor or Oil, ℥ jss of the strongest and best rectified Spirit of Niter, or Spirit of Niter consentricated, and that will 'cause the greater part of the white sulphurous Earth to separate by precipitation.  
And than you have a Menstruum, not corrosive, which easily dissolves Gold, and manifests its glorious Garments, etc. Let this at present suffice, as to Sal Anot. Lybian. but however under this Title of the Urinous Spirits, you may understand all such as are drawn and prepared from Blood, Hair, Bones, Hoofs, Horns and Sculls, as was before touched; of which we shall only give you two Examples, the one of Hartshorn, the other of Cranium humanum; from the latter of which is prepared Goddard's Drops.  
℞ Hartshorn, or Cranium humanum, and let it be put in such a Furnace as is ordered for making the Oil, and fill your Furnace three parts full, because the matter is dry and spongious, and will be compressed by the Fire, but if it were liquid, the Rules in Chemistry are not to fill the Vessels or Retorts above a third part, or at most one half full, and the Receiver being luted on, at first you must give a gentle Fire for 6 hours, increase a little higher to the second degree, and continued for 12 hours, and than for 6 more let it be kept to the highest degree you can, so as the Pot may remain read the whole time; and when the Operation is finished, you will see not more Fumes come forth which, if you work right, will be performed in 24 hours: It comes thus; First a Phlegm with a yellow Spirit and volatile Salt in divers figures, and a deep blackish and fetid Oil, and your Caput mort. black and burned, which afterwards may be calcined in a Potter's Furnace to make burned Hartshorn of; and thus are the different qualities separated, which may be further thus operated upon: Let what comes over remain together for about 20 days in a convenient Vessel in a gentle heat, that so as much of the Oil, as will, may sallifie; than separate the Oil from the Spirit and Salt by a Funnel, the which rectify through the Spirit of Salt, as is in the Chapter of Oils taught; and what Salt is form by the acid Spirit must be sublimed from its impurity, and added into the first Spirit: and than the Spirit must be rectified two or three times from its Phlegm by the addition of the pure Salt of Tartar, and so 'twill come exceeding pure. The Infallible Rule to know when the Phlegm gins to come, is this, the Salt will begin to condense and fall to the bottom of the Receiver, than you may let all cool, for the Spirit is clearly of: This is the Spirit and Salt truly prepared, which may as yet receive several degrees of exaltation: but however as 'tis, it is a subtle, penetrating and active Spirit, and operates as is said of the Spirit of Sal-Armoniack, and opens those Obstructions, that are the cause of preternatural Convulsions, and hath a specific virtue in many Diseases, and correcteth volatile Poisons, and therefore highly to be valued; for 've known those who have gone about to poison themselves, by taking a large quantity of Arsenic, yet this being timely discovered, the mischief hath been prevented, by giving large and repeated Doses of the Spirit of Hartshorn: 'tis excellent also for those that are poisoned with Antimonial Fumes, etc.  
Now we say, that if this Spirit is united with its Oil, 'twill be much more the highly enriched thereby: thus, Let your Oil be drawn of from an Alkaly, and the Spirit radically united with an aromatic Spirit of Wine, and that again united with the Oil, by Fermentation, Circulation and repeated Cohobation, until the Salt, Spirit and Oil arise united; and so you have an essentificated Spirit, from Hartshorn, Cranium humanum, or what you please; and 'tis observable, that here the Urinous Foetor is turned to an Aromatic Fragrancy, and this is a Medicine upon which you may rely, where refreshment is required, as also for strengthening the Brain and Stomach, and if aromatized with Cinnamon or other rich Spices, so that the specific virtue be exalted to the part afflicted, 'twill prove a rich Jewel in the hand of an ingenious Man; and the more especially if the Principles are brought to a complete harmony through the Diâploma of Art, as is largely shown in our Spagirick Philosophy's Triumph, to which we refer you: We shall therefore conclude this Chapter with this Observation, which is, That all Urinous Spirits, none excepted, are Volatile Alkalies, as is easy to be demonstrated by their opposition to an Acid, making the same Effervessence as a fixed Alkaly doth, and also by the mortification of an Acid; for Spirit of Urine will revive Mercury; so all Alkalies are noble Medicines, none excepted: but there is a difference between Alkalies' naturally and those that are volatilised artificially; for these being in themselves originally fixed, can never be so far alienated from their fixed Nature, but that they retain a power to touch the root of all fixed Diseases, by passing the Digestions and dissolving all preternatural Coagulations they found in the way, etc. Concerning which we have written more largely in our Spagirick Philosophy's Triumph, etc. to which we refer you: And so we shall end this Chapter concerning Urinous Spirits.    

CHAP. VI Treats concerning Powers and Oleosums.  
WE shall now proceed to show the Use and Office of Vinor, Urinous and Alkalizated Spirits, by various Applications, in order to the making of various Powers and Oleosums: beginning particularly with Aromatic Spirits, and how they may be prepared so as to unite with Urinous ones: And first of the Aromatic Water, called,  

Aqua Anhaltina quoe & imperialis dicta est.  
℞ Of Turbith, Mastic, Cloves, Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Galanga, Cubebs, Bdellium, ana ʒj, Venice Turpentine ʒij, the best white Virgin Honey ʒviij, the Roots of Germane Angelica, Margerum, small leaved Sage, Lavender, Balm, and Lignum Aloes ana ℥ j Having beaten and shred them small, put them into a Gallon Retort, and pour upon them five Pints of tartarizated and truly rectified Spirit of Wine, and add in of yellow Amber in Powder ℥ i; digest all two or three days, and than distil, first with a gentle Fire, and towards the latter end increase it, till all is come over; than put this distilled Spirit into a convenient Vessel, that you may stop it close, adding thereunto of the Powder of Coral and Pearl ana ℥ i, of the Queen of Hungary's Water lb ss, and after seven days, you may upon occasion give for Fits and oppression of Wind, two or three spoonfuls in a Glass of Wine; but its Office of Aromatizing will be shown hereafter.   

Aqua Aromatica Antipeliptica nostra.  
℞ Of our tartarizated Spirit of Wine four Gallons, Lavender, Rosemary flowers, Rosa Solis, Flowers of the Lily of the Valley, ana Miiij, Sage, Bettony, Bugloss and Cowslip-flowers, all gathered in their prime, ana Mj; Balm, Motherwort, Bay-leaves, Leaves and Flowers of the Orange-tree ana, Mj. or for want of them the Peel; digest these in a gentle heat, like that of the Sun, and than distil; afterwards take of Sassafrax ℥ uj, Citron-seeds, Peony-seeds, ana ℥ iv, Cinnamon ℥ ij, Nutmegs, Mace, Cardamums, Cubebs, yellow Saunders, ana, ℥ ss, Lignum Aloes ℥ i, Jujubebes new and good stoned lb ss. Let them be all exactly powdered and macerated, and put them into a Body with its blind Head, and pour upon them the afore distilled Spirit, and let them digest 14 days, and than distil a second time: Than add to this distilled Water, Pearl prepared, Musk, Ambergris, Saffron, ana ℈ i, read Rose leaves ℥ i, and hung them in a Bag in the Liquor for ten days; And than, upon occasion, you may give from twenty to thirty drops in a Glass of Wine, in any Convulsive Fits whatsoever. For the Use of these Spagirically, proceed as follows:  
℞ Of Sal Anotasier lybianus lb j, of the white sulphurous Earth, prepared as before directed, the like quantity; pound them well together in an Iron Mortar, and put it into a Retort, and pour upon it, of the best tartarizated Spirit of Wine, either lb ij or lb iij, as you will have it stronger or weaker of the Sal Anot. lyb. and distil by degrees of fire, till all is come over, and when cold, remove it from the Receiver, than rectify it thus: take of the Oil of common Salt, run per Deliquium ℥ iv, and of Cinnamon macerated therein, the like quantity, and put into a Retort, and in B. dissolve it of, and cohobate it again thereon, and dissolve as before. Repeat this a third time, and you'll have a neutral Spirit aromatized with the Cinnamon, and is the foundation of a true Oleosum, as also Spiritus seditivus; Also if you dissolve in this quantity ℥ ij or ℥ iij of Camphire in B. you have a noble Cephalick Spirit; which will also serve well to bathe grieved parts. But here proceed as follows:  
℞ Of Aq. Aromat. Antipelipt. lb ij, of the Menstruum Sedativum lb iss; mix them, than add in of the common Balsamic Uniter ℥ ij or iij of the Oil of Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Mace, Oleum regeneratum, ana ʒij; of the Oil of Juniper, Oil of Mints, of Balm, ana ℥ i; Oil of Cedar ℥ ss, Oil of Orange's ʒuj, Oil of Roses chemical ʒjs, shake them all together, and they will incorporate and unite, and by digestion become a noble Oleosum. The Dose is from 10 to 30 drops in a Glass of Wine; prevalent in most Diseases incident to human kinds.   

Sal Volatilis & Oleosus.  
℞ Of the Oil of Mints, Orange-Peel, ana gr. xx; Rosemary, Mace, and Juniper, ana gr. xij; Cloves and Anniseeds, ana. gr. viij; the best rectified Spirit of Wine ℥ iv, Tartar ℥ ss.  
Let your Salt and Oils be incorporated in a Mortar for 6 or 7 hours, and than wash them out with your Spirit of Wine in a glass Body; digest gently for 24 hours, than distil and cohobate your Spirit two or three times, until the Spirit and Oils be well united.  
Than ℞ of Cardamums and Cubebs ana ʒiij, (or, which I like better, Cinnamon and Nutmegs) Roots of Imperatoria, Daucus, Corianderseeds, Orange and Citron-Peel, Lignum Sasafrag. ana ʒj, Sal Anotasier Libianus ℥ ij, Salt of Tartar ℥ iss; macerate and beaten all together, except the Sal Anotasier Libianus; and than put all together and distil with a lent Fire, and there will come over a Volatile Salt and Spirit, which by often cohobation will unite together; than pour this Spirit upon Salt of Tartar, so that it may swim two fingers above it, and digest three days, until it be tinged of a Gold colour.   

This is an excellent Spirit, and may be given at Meals, from 15 to 30 drops in a Glass of Wine.  
Another.  
℞ Of the best Salt of Tartar and Sal-Armoniack ana lb j, of the tartarizated Spirit of Wine from lb j to lb iv, as you please to have it in strength, and put it into a Body that hath a Verge, and lute an Head closely and exactly thereon with its Receiver, and distil very easily on the surface of the Sand, and there will arise a crystalline Salt of divers figures in the Head, and into the Receiver will come a Spirit, which Spirit being mixed with some Water, and put to the place affected, will still the pain in the Teeth; but for the Teeth lb j of the Spirit of Wine is the true proportion. But for the Oleosum, proceed as shall hereafter be directed; but by the way observe, that upon the Cap. mort. that remains after distillation, pour good Spirit of Salt, and you will have good fusible Salt, that shall tincture Spirit of Wine as read as a Ruby. I remember, I once poured a certain Spirit of Urine upon a highly rectified Oil of Vitreol, and with addition of a little Salt of Tartar, I had a fusible ingressive Salt, flowing like Butter on the Fire: Than proceed thus, ℞ of the aforesaid Spirit lb iij, and put it into a Retort, than take of the purest Salt of Tartar, and Oil of Cinnamon, Oil of Anniseeds, Oil of Oranges, and Oil of Juniper ana ℥ i, grinned them well together in a Glass Mortar with the Salt, and than put them into the Spirit, and distil and cohobate two or three times, till all is united. The Dose is the same with the former.   

Another.  
℞ Of our Aq. Anhaltina lb iij, Spiritus Sedativus lb j, Oil of Anniseeds, Mint, Balm, Juniper, ana ℥ i, Oil of Amber, Hartshorn, and Stone-coal, ana ℥ ss, the Volatile Salt of Amber and Hartsshorn, ana ℥ ij, Spirit of Hartshorn lb ss, Camphire ℥ iij, Salt of Tartar prepared as hereafter shall be shown, ℥ iv; digest all seven days, and than distil and cohobate till all is united. The Dose is as the former.  
The Salt of Tartar is thus prepared: ℞ Of the Oil of Tartar per Deliq. lb j, Crystals of Tartar lb ss; dissolve them therein, and evaporate to dryness.   

Sal Volatilis, Aromaticus & Oleosum.  
℞ Of the Volatile Salt of Hartshorn, Amber and Sal-Armoniack ana, and sublime them together, and you have an excellent Cephalick; but it may yet be higher exalted, if you destroy the coagulating faculty of the Volatile Salt, and than enriched by Essential Oils, such as of Juniper, Mace, Cinnamon and Anniseeds, all put upon a butterified Salt of Tartar, and adding thereunto of our Aq. Aromat. Antipilept. and sublime and distil as you do in making the Volatile Salt of Sal-Armoniack, and you have a noble Volatile Salt, that may be smelled to, as also a Spirit, which is such a Medicine as will never fail of raising some honour to an ingenious Practitioner; 'tis exceeding fragrant, and therefore may be drank in Wine at Meals. The Virtues of it are as the former.  
Thus having run through various Examples in Oleosums, which are sufficient for any one to understand how to prepare others thereby, yet we think it convenient to add Dr. Thompson's, which Dr. Bacon bought of him, and is doubtless the Basis of that Treatise, which he published under the Title of a Key to Helmont.  
℞ Of our butterified, Salt of Tartar ℥ iv, the Essential Oil of Amber ℥ iv, Spirit of Turpentine ℥ v, Oil of Juniper-berries, (which is added by me) ℥ iij, all Philosophically prepared; than incorporate your Oils and Salts in a Glass Morter very well, and put it into a Retort, adding thereunto of the highly rectified Spiritus Mundus ℥ xij, of the Philosophical Spirit of the Microcosmical World, 17 times rectified lb iss, of our tartarisated Spirit of Wine, rectified till it becomes aetherial lb viij; being all put together, draw them over the Helm from butterified Salt of Tartar, and spagirically unite them; and thus is it prepared. We shall now proceed to the Medicines prepared by it: And first of the   

Elixir Proprietatis.  
℞ Of Myrrh, Aloes and Saffron (in fine Powder) ana ℥ i; pour upon them of the Menstruum lb j, and set it in a gentle digestion nine days, than pass it through a Filter, and so is the Medicine prepared. It hath all the Virtues, and more than can be attributed to any Elixir Propr. common. Its Dose is from 20 to 60 drops, in Beer or Wine.   

Dr. Thompson's Stomatick Tincture, or Pepper Drops.  
℞ Of this Menstruum one Gallon, of white Pepper lb j, put in whole, of Orrice-roots ℥ ij; gently digest and separate by filtration S. A. and reserve the Tincture for use.  
Which strengthens the Stomach, destroys Thirst and abates Fevers, helps Indigestions, and cures Surfeits, and stops all kind of Fluxes, therefore of great consequence for the benefit of Mankind.   

The Tincture Hemetine.  
℞ Of Virginia Snake-root in gross Powder ℥ iv; of the Menstruum lb j: Let this be prepared as the Tinctura Stomatica.  
This is a great Antidote against Poison, and prevents the effect of any Pestilential Air whatsoever.  
Now in the like manner may you obtain a Secret for Agues out of Jesuits Bark. The Dose of these are as the former: but for Agues, you may give the largest Dose, and an hour before the Paroxysm.  
Thus (Reader) have we taken thee by the hand, and brought thee to the pleasant Gardens of Physic, where various excellent Specificks are, but a great business lies in the true preparation thereof; and for the teaching of which, we'll not impose upon the World a Doctrine, which we approve not ourselves; that is, we admit not of the gross Body of Species, before a previous preparation, such an one as will ripen their Crudities, and separate their Venom's, and volatilises by its fermentative Power the Gummosities, and yet exalts their Balsamic Sulphurs', so that it may be radically united with the Saline-Property, of which Nature is the Volatile Salt of Tartar, and more principally the Sal Circulatum of Paracelsus, which will prepare such Medicines, as will really overcome Diseases, and by their subtle, fragrant, and balsamic Nature, are prevalent to maintain long Life; but since these are not to be obtained by every searcher, I shall lend my hand to help such by a candid Communication of the way of making   

Potestates Succinii Nostrae.  
℞ Amber, prepared as is prescribed in the Chapter of Oils, and let the acid Spirit be coagulated upon the butterified Salt of Tartar, until the Salt is assatiated therewith, and will make not more ebullition; than add equal parts of the Oil of Amber, rectified through Aq. R. and a fourth part of the Salt of Amber sublimed, the which digest in an open Vessel in a very gentle heat for six days, and than add the double weight of all our Aq. Aro●at. Antipilept. and lute in a Head with its Receiver, and distil of the Spirit, which carefully keep; the Phlegm must be evaporated, and than add in half its weight of our Read Wine, and circulate the Salt, till changed into Oil, dissolvable in Water or Spirit of Wine, the which dulcify with Aromatic Spirits; than separate this Balsamic Sulphur, and by digestion unite it with its first Spirit; so is the Powers prepared; for this is the true, right, and genuine way, to make the Powers of any Body whatsoever.   

Virtues.  
These Powers of Amber are a most excellent Medicine, known to very few, for which reason the Oil of Amber hath been of so high esteem so many years; but 'tis not yet by far comparable to this Spirit, because 'tis clothed with an evil Earth, or heterogeneous combustible Sulphur, which hinders its union with Water or Spirit of Wine; and till Oils are so prepared, as to unite with either, they are not truly Medicinal, and although Cures are performed by them, either by their Effluviums, or being dropped into Sugar and taken inwardly, yet this is but from the Volutile Salts they contain▪ for their substantial parts are not divested so, as to unite with the Serum and circulate in the Body so, as to divide the offending matter: But this aforesaid Spirit is of such a nature as to perform both; therefore prevalent in the Diseases of the Head, Breast, Liver, Heart, Spleen, Sweetbread, etc. as Palsies, Convulsions, Falling-sickness, Vertigo's, Difficulty of Breathing, Pleurisies, Consumptions, want of Appetite, Vomiting, the Colic and Oppressions of Wind, Rising of the Mother, Jaundice, Dropsy, Hypochondriack Melancholy, Scurvy, Obstructions, Fevers, Agues, Strangury, and Gravel in the Reinss and Kidneys, either in Men or Women, so general is its Operation; and therefore published for the great service it hath for Human Kind.  
The Dose is from ten to sixty drops, in a Glass of Wine, Mornings and Evenings, or before the approach of any Fit; but if the Disease be stubborn and chronic, than must its use be continued till relief is found.   

Elixir proprietatis Helinontiae.  
℞ Aloes succotrin. Myrrh, Saffron, ana ℥ i, (for Helmont saith, if you take more, you will found it to be done in vain; his reason for it is this, because before the Species will be mollified at the top, the bottom part will be burnt; but if you proportion your Glass (being flat at the bottom) that the Species may only lie the thickness of a Barley-corn, you may do as large a quantity as your Glass in this manner will contain; 
The Form of the Glass for making the Elixir Proprietatis Helmontii is described in Figure 6.  for his whole intent was, that the matter might not be burned, but be wholly opened and dissolved, circulating in the form of a white Milk, which could never be in a small Glass.)  
Let your Myrrh, Aloes and Saffron be exactly grounded into Powder and mixed together in a Mortar, or else your Saffron may be made into round Pills, and put them into the Glass, being strong and capacious, and let the Neck be so strong, that it may be nipped; and set it in digestion, in a moderate heat of Sand or Ashes, for 16, 18 or 20 days, keeping of them in a gentle circulatory heat. [I approve of the adding in of the Oil of fixed Niter, about ℥ ij.  
Observe, not to give too strong an heat (for fear the Vessel should burst asunder) and when the matter is all grown together like a lump at the bottom, and the clear drops of Water begin to look like Oil in the Glass, than with an Iron cut of the Neck; for 'tis enough, when it sticks to the sides of the Glass; being open, pour to every ℥ iij, lb j of rich Cinnamon Water, or rather our Neutral Spirit, which is the Foundation of our Spiritus Sedativus, or that which is made by the Union of Spirit of Urine and Spirit of Wine, and aromatized with Cinnamon; and than for the Sedativus, it is put upon Myrrh, Aloes and Saffron, and cohobated two or three times in B. M. and so you may this: for the moist B. will bring up the Essence of the Concrets into the Spirit by fresh Distillations or reiterated Cohobations, which the volatile Salt in this Menstruum will perform; and when the Operation is over, and the Feces of little virtue, you may add to every Pint of this Liquor of Musk gr. i, and of Ambergr. gr. iv, being ground apart, and than together, and put in before your last Cohobation.  
This Spirit being digested in a heat almost insensible for Months together, (the longer the better) contracts a subtle, balsamic, fragrant Nature, which relieves the Archei●s, and so conquers the fury of most Diseases. For this faithful Communication be very thankful.  
For that its Virtues are many, being prevalent in Fevers, Measles, Smallpox and Swine Pox, and many other Diseases, concerning which we could writ very large, as also of the aforesaid Preparations, but seeing we have touched at their Virtues in our general Treatise of Diseases, as also in our Medicina rational. we shall omit them here, being not willing to fill the Book with that.  
The Dose of this is from 10 to 30 drops in a Glass of Wine: Now how Wines are to be used, as proper Vehicles, you must look to my Britannean Magazine, where we treat of Grapes.  
Now, we having in this Chapter treated of Oleosums and Powers, which being liquid things and all to be given in drops, we think it convenient for some Palates, to add something of this nature in form of a Pill.  
Pilula Anodina, Specificata & Cathartica: Or, The Friendly Balsamic Pill.  
Whose Nature and Virtues are such, that it operates as Nature would have it, in order to cleanse the Body from the root of Diseases, viz, by Sweat, Urine and Stool, and sometimes with Vomit, and other times by insensible Transpiration, according as the occasional matter wants to be carried of.  
℞ Of the Volatile Salt of Tarter lb ij, or for want of that, the purified Butter of Salts; Salt of Amber lb ss, Opium cleansed from all its filth lb j; incorporate these, till through ingress is made into the Opium, and 'tis corrected by these Volatile Salts; than add of the Oil of Sassafrax ℥ iv, Oil of Amber ℥ iij, of Anniseeds ℥ ij, and of Cinnamon ℥ i, spagirically opened, and incorporate them well; than add in of Mercury lb ss, so prepared as not to be revived by the Volatile Salts, or for want of that, the corrected Flowers of Antimony, of the Narcotick Sulphur of Venus ℥ iv, the Powder of Cinnamon and Ginger, ana ℥ uj, the fine Powder of Liquorish sufficient to incorporate it into a Mass, which as it dries may be moistened with Oil of Turpentine, or rather Juniper.   

It's Virtues.  
'Tis a most noble Preparation, and far above any that hath been hitherto extant to the World, for the Medicine is exalted to the true intention of healing, and comes but little short of our Pil. sam. Nepen. for such is its property, that it first works as an Anodine, and allays the enraged Archeius, and than carries of the offending and poisonous Matter by stool or some other most gentle way: It totally corrects and destroys the virulency of vegetable poisons, either out or in the body; and being taken as a Corrector, shows its effects: For if you are assaulted with the violent working of any Potion, vomitive or purgative, 'twill so take it of, as to settle Nature in her due Decorum; such is the nature, force and operation of this Pill as a Corrector.  
For its prevalency will be seen in helping Nature to discharge those things that offend her; for if you dissolve a Pill in a Glass of Mulled Sack, and the Patient put to sweated in Bed, 'twill immediately disperse itself through the Body, and fortify the Fountain of Life, and so expels Poison in any part of the Body, carrying it of by all the Emunctories, or such a way as Nature wants to be discharged: The friendly and virtuous Nature that this Pill is endued withal, hath been for some Years demonstrated.  
In fine, therefore 'tis prevalent in most Diseases incident to the Body; but particularly by its abstersive Nature and apacative Virtue, it pacifies the enraged Archeius, and by this means insinuates itself into the languishing Fountain of Life, and performs much to the Patients content and Physicians honour, especially in Surfeits, Colds, Coughs, Fluxes, Fevers, Pleurisies, Calentures, Headache, Toothache, the distilling of Humours called Catarrhs, which destroys the Lungs; also 'tis prevalent in the Pains of the Breast, Tremble of the Heart, giving the Blood a fermentation, and cleansing it from superfluities; and therefore prevalent in the Jaundice, Dropsy, Scurvy, Gout, and in inveterate Gonorrhea's, and several other Diseases, as may be seen by   

It's Doses and Application.  
For any of the afore-named Diseases, you must take the bigness of a large grey Pea, and drink it down with a Glass of Mulled Sack, or hot Mace Ale; and being in Bed, dispose yourself to sweated. This does excellent in the King's-Evil, Measles, Smallpox, or Swine-Pox, to bring the Venom from the Heart.  
For Agues, you may take a Pill the bigness of the largest grey Pea, and drink it with a Pennyworth of Anniseed-water, and as much Pepper as will lie upon a Groat, an Hour before the Fit, and sweated plentifully in Bed, drinking a little Rosemary, Marigold or Carduus Posset-drink; this being continued three or four times, generally takes it of.  
For Swoonings and Convulsions, it must be taken in our Spiritus Prophelact. imperialis, dilated to a Cordial; and for Virulent Obstructions, it must be taken in White-wine every Night going to Bed.  
For Fluxes and such Distempers in Women, as mightily debilitates them, is must be taken in a Glass of Sack mulled with Cinnamon, as before directed.  
For the Gout and Rheumatisms of the whole Body, let it be taken in our Vinum Vitae proprietatis, both dilated in a Glass of Rhenish Wine, sweeting plentifully in Bed, and drinking now and than a little Spiritus Mundus, and bathing any grieved part with the same; this generally eases at twice taking. It divides also the Clods of Blood, and breaks inward Imposthumes, carries of their Matter and heals them; so it doth Bruises and Squats.  
Now for difficulty of making Water, the Strangury, the Stone in the Bladder, or Gravel in the Reinss and Kidneys, proceed thus: ℞ A Pint of White-wine wherein a black Flint hath been several times quenched, and than dissolve gr. xx. of the Pill therein, and sweeten it with ℥ iij or iv. of Marsh-mallows, mallows, and let it be for two Draughts, with three Hours intermission, in the most violent pain; and so will the offending Matter be carried of.  
Observe, That little Children of three or four Years old take somewhat more that a Barley-corn in quantity, but Children under that age, about the bigness of a Barley-corn. It may be varied in its Doses, acoording to the Wisdom and Discretion of the Parent.  
Thus much may suffice for this Chapter, we shall now proceed to that of Menstruums, and Mineral Preparations.    

CHAP. VII. Treats concerning Menstruums in general.  
IN this Chapter we shall treat of Menstruums, which indeed is not so properly called, because the world [Menstruum] signifies that which nourishes the multiplicative Power, either in the Animal, Vegetable or Mineral Kingdom, and therefore must be the Universal Spirit, concentrated by the sulphurous Form, and seeing there is but one general Matter, whence this Universal Spirit is obtained, so by consequence in the Mineral Kingdom there can properly be but one homegeneous Menstruum, which dissolves by way of Multiplication: but this being spoken of in its proper place, we shall omit it here: so that this is only mentioned to prevent Critics: and seeing the word is generally understood to be that, by which Bodies are dissolved, we shall therefore proceed: And first of  

Menstruum Vrino-acidum.  
℞ Of the highest rectified Spirit of Urine lb j, and put it into a large Body with a narrow Mouth, and pour gently on it of the highest rectified Spirit of Vinegar you can make, until it is assatiated, and 'twill give an insipid Phlegm, and if the Phlegm is not insipid, you must pour on until it is; than very gently draw of the Phlegm; and if the Salt is not well satisfied, repeat the former Operation until it is, and than distil in fire of degrees, and lastly rectify it; and it is not only a good Menstruum, but also an excellent Medicine for the Diseases of the Ears, and other pares of the Body. Also if you take any of the aforesaid Volatile Salts (that are sublimed in the Chapter of Oleosums, especially that of the third prescription) ℥ iv, of the best Spirit of Wine-Vinegar lb j, the which put in by little and little till the Salt is assatiated; and than evaporate the Phlegm and put it into a Retort, and distil by degrees of fire, at last giving a very strong one, and when cold on that which remains in the bottom, cohobate the said Spirit, and concentrate it so, that it may become fiery; repeat this Operation by fresh addition four or five times, and you have a true Dissolvent for Crabs-eyes, Pearls, Talk, and many other things.   

Another for dissolving of Talk.  
℞ Of the S. Armon. next following, lb ss, and dissolve it in lb ij of the stronger: Acet. distillatum from Wine you can get; put all into a Retort, and distil it in Sand, and give it a strong fire at the last, and than cohobate it anew on what remains in the bottom of the Retort; and than distil again, repeating until a fourth time; and lastly, rectify it very well, and by itself, and so is your Menstruum prepared.   

To make your S. Armoniac.  
℞ Of the Salt of Pot-ashes, (or for want of that, use that of Tartar) and common S. Armoniac, of each lb j, which reduce into a Powder, and put it into a Glass; and pour thereon the rectified Spirit of Wine ℥ iv, and lute well thereon its Head, with a little Receiver thereunto, and distil softly on the surface of the Sand, and there will arise a crystal Salt in the Head of divers forms.  
℞ Of the fine sarced Powder of Talk ℥ iv, the which put into a Matrix, and pour thereon of the aforesaid Dissolvent ℥ viij, and digest the same for 15 days, and the whole will become like Milk, the which pour of by inclination into a little Body, and pour on that which remains in the Matrix of your fresh Menstruúm, and digest again for 8 days, and there will arise more of the aforesaid Milk, which add unto the other, and the which evaporate on a vaporous B. as much as will rise, and you'll have a remaining Milk somewhat thick, the which pour into a Retort of Glass well luted, and distil in Sand by degrees, and there will arise an Oil like that of Turpentine.  
Observe, That Talk dissolved by the secret S. Armoniac of the wise, will produce an Oil which will whiten Scarlet all white, and turneth a black Hat into a grey.   

The Use of the Oil is thus:  
Wash the Face twice a day, (ziz.) Mornings and Evenings, with Water distilled from Bean-flowers; than take three drops of the Oil of Talk, and apply one drop to the Forehead, and a drop to each Cheek; you must cover the Eyelids with a Plaster of white Roses, shutting the Eyes, and than apply a round Looking-glass polished, and after, being warmed over Wood-ashes, 'twill 'cause the Oil to spread over the whole Face, and beautisie it for a considerable time.  
You may also make a noble Menstruum from the Spirit of Urine, assatiated with the Oil of Vitreol, and the Phlegm evaporated until a secret Sal Armoniac is form: the Oil of Vitreol must be well deflegmed and rectified. Ex. Gr. ℞ Of the aforesaid Vitreol lb j, on which put by degrees Spirit of Urine highly rectified, until there is no more action; from both will arise a sharp penetrating Liquor, which is the Menstruum.  
Also from the Spirit of Urine and Spirit of Salt may be obtained a noble Menstruum; the like from the Spirit of Urine and Oil of Sulphur per Campan. also from that and the Spirit of Niter; and more particularly from the Spirit of Urine and Spirit of Verdigrease: for seeing that Urinous Spirits are but Volatile Alkalies, they are really fixed by the Acids. Concerning which we might fill a Treatise, but seeing these Examples are sufficient for any ingenious person to build his Operations upon, we shall desist therefrom, and show the way of making Acid Menstruums: And first of.   

Menstruum acidum Radical Zwelfare.  
℞ Good Verdigrease of Montpelier lb iv, finely pulverised, put it into a Cucurbit, and pour upon it the best Spirit of Vinegar, that it may stand six Inches above the Matter, stir it often with a wooden or glass Spatula, when tinged with an high green, decant and pour on fresh Vinegar, and extract all you can, till there be not above ℥ v of Feces left.  
N. B. That if there remain many Feces after the fourth time of extracting; you may let the Spirit of Vinegar and the Matter be boiled together, until it have got all out that possibly can be got out.  
All these Tinctures must be filtered through P●●●● or a Fustian Bag, and what will not pass, extract with new Spirit of Vinegar. [N. B.] That all the Tinctures must be as green, and clear, as an Emerald: Put all these Tinctures together on a warm B. M. Evaporate to a skin, and than put your Pan into a very cold place, or in Water of S. Armoniac, to shoot for 24 hours, and you will found there a fair blue Vitreol; than evaporate again, and shoot as before, as long as any thing will shoot, by reiterating your Evaporation and Crystalization.  
N. B. That if your Crystals be foul towards the latter part of your Operation, dissolve them in fresh Spirit, evaporate and crystallize as before: for they must be all most pure and translucid.  
Than dry the fair blue Vitreol between Papers, on a Furnace in a very gentle heat, or else you will hurt them very much: you may proceed to a new dissolution with fresh Spirit of Vinegar, until you discern that the Vinegar in a gentle B. sends over nothing but an insipid Water.  
Digest upon this well purified and dried Vitreol an alchalized Sp. V three fingers high, and three times distilling it of most gently each time, and after every distillation adding fresh.  
Pour this choice Vitreol, being very finely powdered into a well coated Retort, with a large Mouth going four Inches into a large Receiver; make all fast with a Bladder dipped in the White of Eggs and quick Lime; but first mind to cleanse well the Neck of the Retort with a Feather. [N. B.] That the Joint of your Retort and Receiver be very close.  
Than distil in such a Furnace, as you may command all the degrees of fire.  
First begin with a gentle fire for 24 Hours, to procure clear drops, so as you may count six between each drop; at the end of four Hours will come a green Spirit with Fumes; continued this Distillation five Hours, with a Fire of one degree; after this, gins to come a yellow Spirit, which by little and little turns to redness, which is the sign that the Operation is ended. The whole Operation requires fifteen Hours to complete this Work, having had a special care all along, and it must be done in a light place, so that you may govern it by the Colour, Drops and Fumes: all being cold, with care unlute this subtle sulphurous Spirit, and pour it into a clean Body, with a Verge, to lute on its Head exactly, and put it into a gentle B. and you'll see your Spirit ascend, like Spirit of Wine; increase the heat, till no more will ascend, and you have a Spirit of more virtue than Tongue can express, whether for Menstruum or Medicine, and that in a word we may speak our experience, whosoever shall have recourse to this Spirit, as a sure refuge in many Diseases, that deride and contemn the most Herculean Remedies, shall found a Medicament not to be valued by any price whatsoever.  
This Menstruum will volatilize Salt of Tartar, and dissolve Pearl, and most other Bodies.  
We shall now come to the making Acid Spirits: And first of   

The Spirit of Nitre.  
℞ Of Salt Nitre, and twice as much Bowl, Brickdust or burned Clay, and frame it into little Balls, to prevent melting, and put it into an Earthen Retort, and distil by fire of degrees, until all is come over, and than rectify S. A. Or you may prepare it as Glauber hath prescribed it in Part I pag. 23. How it may be concentrated so, as to become a powerful Medicine, shall be hereafter shown. After the same way may the Spirit of Salt also be drawn.  
But we best approve of a Spirit of Salt made from the Liquor that runs from the Salt, after it is boiled and lies in heaps, which is by the Salt-Boiler called Bittern: 'Tis also to be had at the Salt-Merchants at Billingsgate, running away from the heaps of Salt, which they call Brine; 'tis of colour yellow, fat and unctuous: If this have its Phlegm evaporated away, and drawn over with a strong fire in a Pot and Cap, and be violently forced as long as any will come, and than rectified S. A. you have a most excellent Spirit of Salt.   

Oil of Vitreol.  
℞ Copperas, Dantzick or Roman Vitreol, and calcine it in an earthen Pan, than pound it into gross Powder, and put it in earthen Retorts, and set it in a Reverberatory, and lute on the Receivers, and give fire by degrees; first begin gently till all is warm, and than increase your fire moderately for 24 hours, so as to keep the Receiver full of Fume; thus continued to increase the fire from 24 hours to 24 hours, for three days and nights, and at last force it over with the most violent degree of heat that can be. When the Operation is over, let all cool; remove and rectify the Oil from its Spirit.  
For the Oil and Spirit of Vitreol, you may also work as Glauber hath laid down in pag. 17. of his second Part of Philosophic Furnaces.  
Now with Allom and Nitre, after the same manner, may be made AF. which being rectified, dissolve a Penny weight of Silver in an Ounce thereof, and than casting that into lb ij or iij, will give such a Ferment to it, as that 'twill act the more kindly in dissolving and separating Gold and Silver. A. R. is nothing else but S. Armoniac dissolved in the aforesaid AF. and this is for the dissolution of Gold.   

The Way of Trying of Oars, and the Separating of Metals, and to Refine, Cupel and Test by Cone and Quart, will be showed under the Title of the Separation of Metals.  
Now, seeing all Acid and Corrosive Spirits are hereunto so useful, we could not omit it here in this Chapter of Menstruums: Now 'tis to be observed in the Rectification of Acid Spirits, as Vinegar, Nitre, Vitreol, Sea Salt, Salt Gem, or any other that will yield an Acid Spirit by Reverberation, that their Phlegm comes over first. Now seeing the true Spirit of Salt and Spirit of Nitre, are the two Acidities we mostly esteem, we shall show the Concentration of the Spirit of Nitre, by which 'tis made more powerful in Dissolution, according to Gl. Par. II. p. 119.  
℞ And dissolve in one Pound of the Spirit of Nitre, ℥ iv of Lapis Calaminaris, put the Solution into a Glass Viol., upon a vaporous or dry B. that the Phlegm may evaporate by little and little, (for the Lapis Calaminaris holds all the Spirits, and permits the Phlegm to go of) and the Spirit of Nitre will remain in the Viol like Oil. Take one part of this concentrated Spirit of Nitre, and half a part of Oil of Tiles or Wax, put them both in a Glass Retort well luted, and force them out (by a Distillation in Sand) from the concentrated Spirit into a great Receiver, and by this Operation 'twill be far more penetrative than it was before: For the Spirit of Nitre being by concentration by the Calaminaris freed from all its Phlegm, and seeing it is thereby become the more attractive, and can found nothing else that it might attract, it associates to itself all the humidity that lies hidden in the Oil, and which could not be separated by the former Distillation, and hereby brings to pass, that the Oil doth necessarily become more subtle and efficacious, yea so penetrative, as that it performeth wondered things, especially in the effects of the Matrix, the which naught but very subtle Spirits can heal, and which those concentrated Spirits can do more certainly and securely, that all the other Medicaments in the whole World. After the same manner is the Concentration and Purification of the other Oils to be performed. We shall now show their Dulcification; And first of   

Spiritus Salis dulcis.  
℞ Of the aforesaid Spirit of Salt highly rectified lb j, of Aetherial Spirit of Wine lb j, pour your Spirit of Wine gently by drops on the Spirit of Salt, and than gently digest 24 hours, and than distil in a Retort, with a large Receiver well luted, and you shall have come over a sweet Spirit of Salt. After the same manner is made the sweet Spirit of Nitre, which are noble Specificks in the cure of those Diseases which are caused by Obstructions, and where the Blood is not in a due fermentation, etc.   

Oleum Vitrii & Spiritus Vini: Or Rabel 's Drops.  
℞ Of highly rectified Oil of Vitreol lb j, highly rectified Spirit of Wine lb j, of the Tartar of Vitreol well dulcified ℥ iv, all put into a Retort and distilled over: These are the white Drops, good for Wounds, Epilepsy, and Palsy. Now if you distil without the Tartar of Vitreol, you will have remaining a read Balsam in the Retort, whence you may make the read Drops, by adding thereunto equal parts of the Spirit of Wine: Digest them 14 days in a gentle heat, and than are they prepared. Or thus:  
℞ Of the Oil of Vitreol lb j, highly rectified Spirit of Wine ℥ xij, and digest them till they become read. After the same way may be dulcified any Acid Spirit whatever; concerning which, we could run out a large discourse: but having given these as clear Examples, we shall conclude the rest may be understood.  
Having proceeded thus far with Acid and Alkaly and their Union for the forming of a different Nature from either, as may be seen in the foregoing Chapter of Salts, also the Union of Acids and Urinous Spirits, as may be seen in this Chapter of Menstruums, also the Union of Acids and Vinor Spirits; we shall now come to show how Acid Spirits are mortified by Alkaly, so that both may be stilled over in a Volacile Spirit; which prepared Menstruums come under the Title of Arcana Pontissitata: And thus may be made a noble tartarizated Spirit of Vitreol, Nitre or any other; but for the performance thereof, true Art and Labour is required, as also the knowledge of a proper Agent, etc.  
'Tis men's short sightedness in this point, that is the cause why there is still in the World such a great complaint amongst the Practitioners in Physic for want of true and proper Specific Medicines: Alas! 'tis no wonder, seeing the fundamental Doctrines of Nature, and the right Composition of Menstruums and Medicines is so little understood, and much lesle practised; we must confess 'tis not for want of Books, for there are so many that treat of this Art, that were they all put together, twenty Horses could not draw them, yet nevertheless is Truth barren enough in the World, and our lofty Schoolmen look upon it as an undervaluing to their pretended worth and gravity to be informed, altho' it be from Truth itself. Will but these Men become honest and take up the laborious part of Chemistry, they would quickly discern their Insufficiency: for than they would see, that they had as much need of particular Directions, Instructions and Practice, as would be required were they to undertake a Handicraft Trade. Ex. gr. would you make a handsome Pair of Shoes, than must you not disdain to be instructed by one that is Master of the Trade; without disdain, the like must be in this Art, seeing 'tis so difficult, for that very often Mental Theory framed in the Mind proves Dotage, when it comes to the Touchstone of Practice: for Labour is to be made use of for the Interpretation of all true Philosopher's Writings; this is the way that I took, and all the true Sons of Art that ever went before me.  
Now the Foundation upon which every Son of Art built was a Menstruum, which would radically dissolve Bodies, correcting and advancing their Medicinal Virtues, of which number are all the Corrosive Specificks, as Oil of Vitreol, Oil of Sulphur, Spirit of Nitre, Vinegar, and the like; or in short, any other Acid Spirit: and being so prepared, they attain the Name of Acetum fortum, Acetum radical, as Paracelsus often calls it: Concerning which we shall give an Example.  
℞ Of the Oil of Tartar per Deliquium crystalized, and pour upon it strong Spirit of Vitreol, or any other Acid Spirit, until the Alkaly is assatiated, which is known by the ceasing of the Ebullition; than dry it very well, and add of the aforesaid Oleum Vitrii and Spiritus Vini, distilled over into white drops, equal weight; distil it of from the said Salt, until the Salt become very hungry, which 'twill easily be, if you add in our Reconciler, and satisfy its thirst three or four times by adding in fresh Spirit, which distil of; the Salt being dry, mix it with two parts of burned Clay, and distil it after the manner of Spirit of Salt, or Spirit of Nitre, and at last, give it the highest degree of fire, and so distil all that will come over: The Salt that remains in the Caput Mort. may be drawn out, and assatiate it with Oil of Vitreol as before, and repeat this Distillation with the Acid Alcalizate, till all the Salt is brought over, by which means the Salt hath lost its costive quality, and the Oil its corrosive one, and the former volatilised, as the expert Operator will found by reitered Cohobation or rather Imbibition.  
This is a most noble Menstruum, and will dissolve Metallick Bodies by Cohobation, which being dulcified, you may draw forth their Tinctures in Spirit of Wine, in which their Specific Virtue lies.  
Reader, We could enlarge concerning this Point, the secret Sal Armoniac of the Philosophers, and our Sal Panaristos, but if we should here, a Snake would lie in the Hedge, so that he might be apt to sting, for too many words would make a thing that's plain and easy, seem hard and difficult, misty and obscure: therefore having laid down what is sufficient for every true Spagirick to understand in our Triumph of that Art, as also in our Trifertes Soladini, where the Office of Menstruums is fully handled, and therefore we shall omit it here: and so conclude this Chapter concerning Menstruums.    

CHAP. VIII. Treats concerning the Mineral-work, and the Office of the General Spirit, in reducing and exalting Mineral Bodies, and how they may be brought to Noble Medicaments.  
IN this Chapter we shall consider the Mineral and Metaline Work, as 'tis represented to us by Nature, in its Ferch or first Life; also the way and method she takes in preparing and making it ready to our hands, that so we may be the better able by Art to manifest the Medicinal Virtues therein contained: In order hereunto we think it convenient to lay before the Reader the manner how the seven superior Essences were brought forth, also how these act for the Formation of the inferior ones: For although all things receive their Multiplication from the Power of the Universal, yet do they receive their living Formation from the earthly Stars or internal Light of Being's, as shall hereafter be more largely treated of; therefore we proceed thus:  
Behold, in the Beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth, and all things visible and invisible, (as is said in the Scriptures of Truth) from the Hyle or Vapour, and Chaos or confused Mountain of Water; concerning which we have largely written in other Volumes, and principally in our Ignis Astralis Adeptorum; but however, in short, we say thus: The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the Waters, and God said let there be light, and there was light, and the light was separated from the darkness, and the light was called day and the darkness night; so that day sprung natively from the light, as a legitimate Heir from the Loins of his Parents, which noble Birth was illuminated with bounteous Rays from the Divine Ocean, whence its Activity proceeded, and by which 'twas endued with its superior Purity and fermentative Virtue, as the first active Cause in bringing forth the first Birth of the Creation, sc. Day, that so by the light thereof things might be distinguished, as they really be: therefore to a true Philosopher is the light most desirable.  
Now in this we conceive, that in the Aurora, or Morning thereof, the first Planet, sc. Saturn, had its original manifestation, but being not endued with the full splendour of the day, (whence Purity proceeds) Saturnal Drowsiness and polluted Defilements must consequently adhere unto him; and altho' he is slow of motion, yet is he honourable in his House; for that he is Father of all the rest, which by consequence must be so, for through Corruption all Generation proceeds. And that this Generation might be the more complete and perfect, the Omnipotent God commanded and created a Firmament to divide the Waters from the Waters; so that the superior and heavenly Waters (being most pure, and endued with a light, permanent and contractive Virtue) might by the beams of their purity act in the Firmament to illuminate the inferior ones, and give them life and motion, by animating and stirring up the aireal Spirit, which was not sooner performed, but Jupiter, the noble Son of Saturn comes forth, with farther degrees of Purity and aireal Splendour.  
The Waters being gathered together in one place, the dry Land appeared, and the valiant Mars became visible, and Champion like, through the fire, ascended the Throne, next to aireal Jupiter, and Magnet like, attracts by the purity of his Earth, what is sufficient to make the Sperm become Seed, and so it began to corporifie, and than was the Earth able to bring forth Trees, Herbs and Grass, which by interpretation is the most Universal Vegetable; but 'twas yet too faint to bring out the permanent Minerals, which wanted a farther degree of Illumination, whence Purity and Permanency proceed.  
Here the all-bountious Creator made two great Lights, and set them in the Firmament, to give light upon the Earth, to rule the Day and to rule the Night, to be for Signs and for Seasons for Days and for Years: And the Illustrious Sol being advanced, fills the World with the Beauty of his dazzling Rays, heating, and illuminating the Waters with the vivifying Rays of Life, and the Earth being strengthened, he attracts the superfluous moisture, and casts it into the Air: This is the Office of that Potent Monarch, who hath no other Consort but Lune, whose fair Beauty (according to the Philosophers) equalizes his Brightness, being of the same Lineage, only borrowing her light Sulphur or heavenly Tincture from him.  
Now here the inferior Waters being animated and endued with Tincture, the glorious and half-tinged Venus became visible; and therefore hath some right to Heaven, altho' the Daughter of the Ocean; and in her resides much goodness; for here the blessing of Multiplication was given, and Mercury produced, by whose Spirit all things grow, increase and multiply; therefore is he styled, The Universal Intelligencer and Lover of Metals and Minerals; as also, The Communicator to Vegetables.  
Now for the whole, a Storehouse is provided, sc. in the Chambers of the Moon, who being Sol's Compeer, might with her cold and feminine Ens moderate the heat of his masculine Rays, and so temper the Gum of the Sperm in those Orbs, that are superior to Elements: This faithful Empress always communicates to the inferior Being's what she receives from the superior Orbs, so by a vivifying action, Being's are kept liv●●g and virtuous.  
Now the superior Essences, being all formed and strengthened by the active Light, became visible Stars, shining in degrees of splendour, and were placed in the Heavens to give light upon the Earth, and to dart their Virtue to the Centre of the same; for (as the Philosophers say) all their Rays meet there: for what end, will be seen anon.  
Here the inferior ones had their original; for the spiritual Forms being elevated to the superior Orbs, and there being set to communicate Virtue to inferior Being's; the first Rays they cast forth were endued with such vital strength, as to form Terrestrial living Astrums; for the Earth, as than empty of Form, could not altar those noble ones; and here the earthly Stars of Saturn, Jupiter and Mars had their original; the heat of which, with a perpetual influx of Rays, kindles in the Centre the Archaeius or Terrestrial Sun, which by his heat began the work of a vivifying Sublimation, and so from the Iliastes were Venus, Mercury and Lune produced; and thus the Powers of Demogorgon were busied in subliming the Vapour, and separating it from all Impurities; and on this did the superior Essences stamp their own Forms, and so came the inferior Stars to shine with beauty, and to have an unalterable and determinated form; this is that which animates the metalick Ferch with life, and still stamps it Progenitors impression in the Act of Multiplication, and is in the Earth in their divers Spheres or Orbs, being the Life of Metals, as the Anima is in Man's Body: Thus were the Celestial and Terrestrial Stars form, and the Fabric of the great World finished.  
Now the Almighty God created a Microcosmical World, from the purity of Superior and Inferior Being's, and stamped thereon a Divine Seal, leaving it as a Transcript of the original Copy, wherein Life and Dominion stood to rule over Being's; and thus was the great Work of Creation finished, the seventh day being celebrated as a day of rest for Man and Beast, that so the Lord our God might therein be adored, honoured, worshipped and praised for these and all other of his mighty Works, Amen.  
Now these superior and inferior Essences stood in harmony, the one to be active, the other to be passive; the one to command, the other to obey: and so the great World form a Seed, representing that of which it was created, and is that Chaos of which all Philosophers writ, in which is contained the Virtue of superior and inferior Being's; because 'tis a Vapour or Airy Nature, standing in a Medium between the Celestial and Terrestrial Stars, and therefore unites the Power of the one unto the determinated Form of the other, being the life of the Ferch, and without which it cannot increase nor multiply; therefore we say, that this is that spiritual Life that feeds the Metalline Spirit or Ferch in the Metalline Shop, both with Celestial and Terrestrial Rays, for by the one it is prepared, and by the other fixed.  
By this 'tis clear to be discerned, that Seed had its original Birth from the heavenly Stars, and it's determinated Form from the earthly ones; therefore by consequence, the original Life or Seed of Metals must be first spiritual, and in that state 'twill receive the universal and multiplicative Power, and so is altered and purified, before 'tis brought to any bodily state, and that this is really so is plain, or else Metals could never be brought to a Plusquam perfection, by a multiplication of the Light without having as yet any determinated Form thereon, so that the Grand Essence in the Metalline Monarchy is rather a Genus than a Species, and so acts by a virtuous Power for the preservation of Being's; for which reason the Philosophers called it their Heaven, their Earth, because it contains the Virtues of both; for as the Cabalists say, 'tis a Mercurial Spirit, carrying all things on its wings, for it ascendeth to Heaven, and descends to Hell, and dies for the Redemption of his defiled Brethrens. Hermes wonderfully describes this Universal Matter, saying, That which is superior, is as that which is inferior for the miracle of one thing, so vice versa, That which is brought forth above is brought out of the Fountain, as that beneath in the Bowels of the Earth: He also says, the Sun is its Father; the Moon its Mother, and the Wind carries it in its Belly; but we say, not only the Sun and Moon, and the five other Celestial Essences, but also the Sun and Moon terrestrial and light of the inferior Stars are therein represented according to their multiplicative power, as 'tis given forth in the aireal and general Spirit without any determination of Form, but what is purely universal; and therefore must pass through the seven Spheres or Orbs of the wise Men to come to that Essence, which stands in a septenary Number; for that this contains Mysteries superior to others, as we have laid down in our Preface to the Doctrine of Principles: This is that Universal Matter which the Philosophers direct all to, that from it they may learn to know the Nature and Condition of the Mineral and Metalline Spirit, which congealeth and forms Being's, also dissolves and opens them again; therefore the Philosophers say, that it shuts and opens, and opens and shuts again, and contains in itself what is sufficient for its own perfection; therefore we advice every Practitioner to seek the Knowledge of this Matter, (seeing so many Mysteries are therein contained) and therefrom to prepare a Menstruum, which by the help of a true Artist will make a Musical Harmony: for would you, Cartes-like, have the Mechanical Reason in the Chemical and Spagirick Art, here it may be given; or would you understand what Starkey's Diaploma is, or Sylvius' Oleosum, or Glauber's Sal Mirabilis, having this, you have what will not only show you these, but all whatsoever hath been written by Helmont, Paracelsus, Basilius, and others; even the Liquor Alchabest and Mercury of Philosophers, their Aurum Potabile, and many others too tedious here to cite: Therefore we omit it at present, (only recommending you to our several other Volumes as they pass the Press) and proceed to our intended Task, sc. The Manuals in the Mineral-work: And first,  

Of Saturn, or Led.  
Lead is thus calcined or reduced to Ashes: Put on a Cuppel under a Muffle lb j, ij, or iij of Lead; let it be red-hot; than cast into it ℥ ss, ℥ i, ℥ js of Tin, and you'll see the Tin mount above he Led, and burn to yellow Ashes, which 〈◊〉 be taken of with an Iron Instrument, as long as any Ashes amount or appear on the surface of the Lead; when no more Ashes appear, than cast in a fresh quantity of Tin, as before, turning the same to Ashes till no more arise; continued so long with this Incineration of fresh Tin, until the Lead and Tin be turned into Ashes: from which Ashes, if you distil of the subtle and penetrating Sal Armoniac of the Wise, there will form a Regulus, which by several reiterations being brought to the Test, will leave behind it ⊙ and ☾.  
Saturn being calcined and brought into Minium, you may with distilled Vinegar extract his Salt, which being cleansed and shot in a leaden Pan, you have the Saccarum or Sugar thereof: Good for Wounds, Ulcers and virulent Gonorrhaea's.   

Glauber 's white Precipitate of Lead.  
℞ Of Lead-ashes lb j, ij, iij or more, which put in a strong well glazed earthen Pot, than pour thereon some Wine or Ale Vinegar, or Vinegar of Honey, as much as may over-top it an hand's breadth. Set your Pot upon the Coals, and make the Vinegar boil.  
N. B. The Ashes are to be uncessantly stirred in the boiling with a wooden Spatula, jest they gather into one entire solid Mass; after that the Vinegar hath boiled for about half an hour, and is become yellow, and as sweet as Sugar, you must decant it from the Ashes, and pour on more, and again boil it, and extract more sweetness; and this labour must you repeat so often, until the Vinegar can extract not more sweetness: than having put all these Vinegars together, pour them gently of from the Feces, that settle in the bottom of the Vessel; and being thus separated, filter the same through Cap Paper, or by a Filter, that so the Liquors may be very clear, and may give you by separation, that sweetness of the Lead which they hold up in them.  
Into these clear Vinegars, therefore being put in a Glass Vessel, pour thereinto (by little and little) as much rectified Spirit of Salt, that so the yellow Vinegar may be turned into a white Milk, and may by little and little settle to the bottom like curdled Cheese, from which the Vinegar, being now become clear again, is to be removed by decanting; than put the Saturnine Cheese in some strong Linen Cloth, and tie it hard up, and squeeze out the residue of the moisture, and so dry it and lay it by for use. It is a most tender Powder, of a bright snowy colour, and voided of all taste: for in the Precipitation, all the sweetness being introverted by the Spirit of Salt, hath hidden itself within, which doth again by this following Operation discover its former taste.  
Buy some Steel Filings at the Needle makers, and take thereof as much as you please, dissolve them in rectified Spirit of Salt, which Solution will be green, and be of a sweetish taste; abstract the insipid Phlegm, insipid I say, for altho' it be a very strong Spirit of Salt, that is poured upon the Iron, yet nevertheless no Spirit comes of, but only an insipid Phlegm, in the abstraction and distillation, and the Iron retains all the acidity of the Salt, and remains a read, sweetish, astringent Juice.  
Take of this, and of the Saturnine Powder, which we taught you the making of but now, of each a like weight, and put them into a well coated Retort, and the Saccharum Saturni, will presently drink up the Juice of the Steel. Put the Retort in a Vessel filled with Sand, and augment the fire by little and little, that all the insipid Phlegm may be wholly drawn of. When 'tis all come of, and acid drops begin to come, than must you apply thereunto a Glass Receiver, and the fire is to be increased by degrees, until the Retort be throughly read hot, which must continued so about an hour, or half an hour at lest: by this means the Spirits of the Salt which were in the Steel, do almost wholly come over into the Receiver, and do carry over with them [the Spirits] of the Saccharum Saturni, and Oil of Mars, in the form of a read Sublimate, which settles itself in the Neck of the Retort, which sublimate; when the Retort is cold and broken, you must take out of its Neck, and keep it from the Air; for in the Air 'twill dissolve into a read, sweet and astringent Oil, of no small Virtues in Medicine and Alchemy. Furthermore, as Basilius saith, if from calcined Saturn you extract the crystalline Salt with distilled Vinegar; and afterwards, with Spirit of Wine, and distil it into a read Oil. This Oil cureth Melancholy, fiery Pox, old Ulcers, and many other Infirmities besides. This Oil coagulateth and fixeth Mercury, being first precipitated with Oil of Vitreol, for all Powders and Medicaments, which are to make Sol and Lune, must be made fix, holding in all fiery trials.  
But here you must understand the difference of the Analogy between the Magical Saturn, and Saturn vulgar.  
Now as to the molten Mass in the bottom of the Retort, resembling Lapis Hematitis, which being separated from all defilements, will give you a read, brittle, fusile Stone, and in some sort astringent, of great Virtues in Medicine, and without doubt in Alchemy too, if it were but first made constantly to abide in the fire. And ever this too, must you keep from the Air, for it is still impregnated with the Salts, and therefore is easily dissolved.  
Now when you would make use of this Stone in Medicine, break a little bit thereof into small Powder (for 'tis no harder than other Salt, and therefore doth easily admit of grinding to Powder.) This Powder heals both internal and external Wounds and Ulcers, being administered in the quantity of two, three four, five, six, or more Grains, according to the age and condition of the sick, and being taken in a convenient and proper Vehicle, it is highly sanative and a stopper of Blood. Being applied externally to Wounds, it wonderfully forwards healing; hinders all Symptoms, and fundamentally dries and cures all Ulcers and Fistula's, if used outwardly and inwardly too.  
It doth most safely and most certainly help all the overflowing of the Menses in Women, and is so excellent a Medicament in the Dysentery, Lientery, and other Fluxes of the Belly, that its like is not to be found.  
Thus have we that true and genuine Hematitis of the ancient Physicians, of which we have many great Mysteries yet to writ; but however, brevity being designed, we must omit them; for we had not been so large, had we not highly esteemed of the Process, and therefore what we have further to say is, that the Sublimate in the Neck, is more powerful in virtue, than the Stone: Now we say, that from his Preparation proceeds Arcanu●● Minerale Nostrum, or the Sulphur of the Bloodstone, which being spagirically exalted so as to dilate in Oil of Turpentine, stops bleeding either internally or externally to a Miracle; the exact Preparation of which is shown in the fifth Debate of our Spagirical Philosophy's Triumph, where also the Office of the Circulatum minimum is shown in separating the Sulphur from the Mercury of Bodies, and principally of Saturn, how his Sulphur is embibed, and his Body reduced to a running Argent. vive; for which also we refer you to the use of our Sal Panaristos in Trifertes Saladini: And so conclude concerning Saturn in this profitable Way of Calcination, Distillation and Sublimation, etc. Of Antimony.  
Antimony is indeed esteemed Lord in Medicine, therefore as Basilius says, in c. 41. of his Elucidations, Saturn and Antimony have promised to each other a sociable Brotherhood, because Saturn's qualities do rest in some sort on the qualities of Antimony, in an equal concordance, therefore do we treat of them thus: First of   

Species Antimonii Russilii.  
℞ Of the best Antimony lb 50, of the cold Earth Salt lb iij, mix them well together, than flux them; being thus compounded, and having had a middle fusion, pour them forth into a Tub of Water, wherein some of the aforesaid Earth Salt is dissolved, or its Spirit cast: now having fluxed and projected all the above said quantity of Antimony into the Water, than trouble and move it, and the light parts, which is the Species, will swim in the Water, which must be poured of into another Tub, to stand and settle, and after a small settling, you will, by gently casting of the clear Water, found your Species in the bottom. Note, That you add fresh Water, in the room of every Water you cast of, to the crude Antimony, and so do till no more Species may be had: Observe, The crude Antimony, remaining, when dried, serves for fluxing again, but you must add the cold Earth Salt, as before.  
This is a very effectual Medicine, working by the four Emunctories; 'tis very safe, in that it on no wise works violently, neither does it work upon all alike; for it works on every one such ways as Nature requires to have the Disease thrown of; 'tis prevalent in Fevers and Agues and many other Diseases, and is an excellent Antidote against the pestilential one. It's Dose is from ten to forty Grains, in Wine or any other proper Vehicle.  
Observe, That it was the Opinion of Dr. Collance, High-Dutcher, that the great Secret in the Preparation of this Powder, was to flux the Antimony without the Earth Salt, which is performed by the sifted Powder of Charcoal added in place thereof.   

To draw the Salt of Antimony.  
℞ Antimony, and reduce it into a subtle Powder like Meal, and calcine it on a small fire of Charcoal, stirring it constantly with an Iron Rod, until it becomes white, and that it smoketh no more, and that it may endure a good heat; than put it into a Crucible, and run it down that it appears like to a clear Glass; than take and grinned it with distilled Vinegar, that is good, and set it on an easy fire, and your Vinegar will draw therefrom the Tincture, which will be of a high colour: after having drawn all your Tincture, and that your Acet. distillatum tinge no more; dry the remaining Powder, which will become black, and grinned with the same, ana, of common Sulphur, and put it into a Crucible well luted into a good fire, and leave it there till all the Sulphur is consumed; after grinned the remaining matter very fine, and again pour thereon fresh distilled Acet. distillatum; out of all which draw the Sal Communis, and draw of your Acet. distillatum by distillation; than sweeten the Sal Communis with distilled Water by reiterated Distillations, and clarify the Salt through Sp. V until the Sal Communis becomes very white. This Sal Communis accomplisheth almost all the same effects as that of Sol, taking thereof but Gr. ij. at the most, it purifieth both the Body and the whole Mass of Blood, and destroys all prejudicial Phlegm and Humours, which cause dangerous Ulcers, curing the Distempers of Venus, taking thereof at the most Gr. iv. withʒ i of the Extract of Guajacum and Sassafrax water distilled, than sweated thereon, in Bed.   

The Liver of Antimony and Antimony Diaphoretic.  
℞ Antimony and Salt Petre, and lb j, pulverize them severally, than mix and put them into an earthen Pot, narrow at the bottom, or a great Crucible; and with a red-hot Charcoal, fire it; and when 'tis cold, separate it; the read shining in the bottom is Crocus, and the rest save for Antimonium Diaphoreticum: when the Crocus is separated, pulverize the remainder, and weigh it, and take as much Salt Petre as it doth weigh, pulverize it, and than put in by degrees into a Crucible placed in the fire, and let it remain glowing hot; about an hour and half after detonation, take and pulverize it very fine, whilst hot, and than sweating it, by washing it well with Water, for two or three days; than cant of the Water, and add fresh, until 'tis sweet; than filter it, and dry it on white Paper, and keep it for use.   

Antimonial. Lapis Prunella.  
Filter and Evaporate the first two Waters, and 've a fine Lapis Prunella Antimonialis, good in Fevers; it may be made purer by Calcination and reiteratred Filtrations.   

To make Vitreum Antimonii.  
℞ Antimony and Salt of Tartar ana, and melt them till they run to a Glass. You may also calcine Antimony per se, as directed in making its Salts, and than flux it into a Glass. Also from the Flowers, (according to Glauber, pag. 14. Par. I. of his Philosophical Furnaces) where he says, they are to be melted into yellow transparent Glass; neither is there taught an easier way of reducing Antimony of itself into a yellow transparent Glass, than crude Antimony being first sublimed, and being sublimed is melted into Glass. This Sublimation serves instead of Calcination; by the help whereof 20 Pound is more easily sublimed, than by the help of the other one Pound is brought into a Calx. He commends this way both for safeness and quickness, above any other: The Way of Making the Flowers is faithfully and exactly there set out; together with their Office and Use.   

The Antimonial Cup.  
℞ Of Antimony lb ss, Sal Nitre and white Tartar ana ℥ iv, melt them till they run to a Regulus, and so fashion it into a Cup, S. A. The most exact and best way of forming this into a Cup, is set down by Glauber, in pag. 92. Par. V of Philosophical Furnaces; and in pag. 93. he gives the Proportion, which something differs from ours, therefore make choice of which you will: for some desire them most like a Regulus, others of nearer adherence to the Crocus; the Use of it also being there given, we shall here omit it.   

To make the Regulus of Antimony, and to separate the superfluous Antimonial Sulphur.  
℞ Of Antimony lb ss, of Nitre and Tartar ana ℥ xij, of the tops of Filings of Steel Needles ℥ iv, put them into a Crucible, and melt them all very well, till they flow in the Crucible like Water; the which pour forth into a Cone, and give the Cone a twist half about, and there will form a Star very glorious; the Regulus may be purified by being two or three times melted with fresh Niter; the Regulus being the Mercurial part, save all the Scories, for therein is the glorious Sulphur of Antimony; the farther Preparation and Use of which will be shown more in the following Lines.  
Glauber's way, in Part II. pag. 59 ℞ Of crude Antimony, Tartar, and Niter, of each a like, powder them each apart, commix the Powders; being mixed, put them in a Melting-Pot or Crucible, and kindle them with a live Coal, that by this kindling they may fly up, and go into a reddish kind of coloured Mass. Your Pot being yet hot, set it into your Wind-Furnace, and melt it, that all your Matter may flow in the Crucible, like Water; than pour it out into your Cone, and, being cold, take it out, and separate the Regulus therefrom, and lay it by for other uses, because 'tis not serviceable for the Operation here minded. Now out of one Pound of Antimony, you'll have eight Lots, or ℥ iv, of Regulus, so that of your one Pound you'll get a Regulus of ℥ iv, or the fourth part of a Pound. The scoria, which will be of a reddish colour, and of a fiery taste upon the Tongue, must be again melted in the same Pot they were melted in, if it be whole, or in some new Pot, and when they flow, put a live Coal into the Pot. The Salt Petre will seize upon the Coal, and being occupied about, corroding the same, will let fall the remainder of the Regulus it as yet held up. Than the Matters being poured out into your Cone, and cool, strike of the Regulus at the bottom with the stroke of an Hammer, and beaten the scoria, which will be of a read colour and fiery taste, into Powder, and being thus powdered, let the Salts be extracted [or dissolved] in the heat with common fair Water; the which holding in them the most pure Sulphur of Antimony, do turn the Water into a read Lixivium, in which is hidden the Medicine we seek after; and is to be gotten thence, by the following way: For after that the Sulphur is dissolved, by dissolving all that will be separated by the Salts or Lie, the relics or remainder are good for nothing.  
Having so done, dissolve white and purified Tartar in fair Water, in some glazed Pot, and you'll have an acid Solution; being thus hot as it is, (for when 'tis cold, the Tartar will again shoot in it) pour it by little and little into the Antimonial Lixivium, and 'twill debilitate the same, so that the Sulphur of the Antimony will fall down to the bottom, in the form of a yellowish or reddish Powder. When all the Sulphur is settled, separate the clear Water of the Salt, from the Sulphur, by canting it of; than pour on some warm Water, and wash it so often till all the Salt be gone of. Than filter it, that all the Water may be separated, and the Powder stay in the Filter, which you shall put upon new and dry Cap Paper, thereby to remove all the watriness, and than dry it in the heat of the Sun.  
This is an universal purging Medicament, which drives out all the malignant Humours by all the Emunctories, sc. by Vomit, Stool, Sweated, Urine, and Spittle, and may be very safely administered in any Disease whatever in young or old. The Dose is from one to six Grains.  
'Tis no wonder there should be so many Virtues in Antimony, if you do but rightly consider its formation and universal Nature; for were it not so, why should Basilius Valentine writ a Triumphant Chariot thereof; and in another place say, that it deserves to be placed as a third Pillar of Medicine? Have not also Paracelsus, and Alexander Suchten, Glauber, and Van Helmont, written many great Mysteries concerning it? For, as Helmont saith, The Flowers of Antimony sublimed with Sal Armoniac, and the Salt again washed of, and from those Flowers, the Liquor Alchahest being distilled, 've a Medicine that infallibly cures all kind of Dropsies. And our Sal Panaristos produces the same effect: But what need we to elevate ourselves so high, seeing Starkey's Febrifuge is the Sulphur of Antimony, corrected by the Circulatum minimum, or Volatile Spirit of Tartar, which brings it to a white Powder; 10 Grains whereof cures all Fevers and Agues; and our Species Mineralis is the aforesaid Regulus of Antimony 3 or 4 times melted and refined, and than finely powdered, and the Menstruum made from the cold Fire of the Eagle, distilled of from thence, or its Body precipitated therein; and so being dulcified, 've an excellent Medicine against Plagues, Fevers, and other Diseases, that are to be expelled by sweat; which also operates by all the Emunctories, and cleanses the Body and Blood from the Relics of old Diseases, as Epilepsies; also an excellent Purge in the Gout, Leprosy, French Pox, and other most grievous Diseases, and likewise in external new Wounds, Fistula's and old Ulcers, what-name soever they are called by, if it be but used inwardly to purge them. Briefly, This Medicine hath scarce its fellow: So that we have no reason at all to regard such Men as out of mere ignorance, oppose and slander Antimony in their learned Bawl, and say that 'tis nothing else but Poison, and therefore no ways profitable. But let no body believe their Barkking, but first try the same, and he will clearly found the contrary. For we say, that the crude solar Antimony is corrected and dissolved by the aforesaid fire, and being dulcified and brought to a Pink coloured Species or Powder, two Grains thereof is a certain Emetic and Cathartick, and will with pleasantness perform all whatever is said of the former. And thus we shall conclude concerning Antimony, at this time, seeing we have written largely thereof in our Spagirick Philosophy's Triumph; where the Reader may discern, that we have demonstrated him as Lord of Medicine.   

Of Jupiter, or Tin.  
Tin being calcined as Saturn is, you may with the Spirit of Vinegar extract its Salt; but the way we best like, is that prescribed by Basilius, thus:  
℞ Pummice-stones, sold in Shops, ●eal them, quench them in old good Wine; neal them again, and quench as before; let this nealing be iterated a third time; the stronger the Wine you quench withal, the better it is; after that dry them gently; thus are they prepared for that purpose. Pulverize these Pumice-stones subtly, than take good Tin, laminate it, stratifie it in a cementing way, in a reverberating Furnace, reverberate this matter for five days and nights in a flaming fire, and it draws the Tincture of the Metal, than grinned it small, first scraping the Tin-Lamins; put it in a glass Body; pour on it good distilled Vinegar; set it in digestion; the Vinegar draweth the Tincture, which is red-yellow; abstract this Vinegar in B. edulcorate the anima of Jupiter with distilled Water; exicate gently, and bring it to a dry Calx, which being gently reverberated, becomes a subtle Powder, on which depends many Mysteries. This Calx may be again sublimed with Sal Armoniac, and the Regulus being preserved, the Sal Armoniac dulcified therefrom, the Sulphur may be separated by the volatile Spirit of Tartar, and so distilled over into an Oil, endued with all the Powers of Jove. And thus you have the Calcination, Sublimation and Distillation of Jupiter; and if you desire to understand more, we refer you to Glauber's Works, where, in Part I pag. 323. he shows his Calcination and Fixation by AF. and how he may be purged from superfluous Sulphur, Part I pag. 130. also the Proparation and Making the Fulmen of Jove, in Part I pag. 201, 202. and he farther saith, in Part I pag. 180. that Tin or Pewter may be hardened, and brought to a delicate whiteness, so that 'twill resemble Silver both in colour and found, etc. which is by its often being melted with fixed Nitre: But we say, If Tin is melted with the Regulus of Antimony, wherein ♂ and ♀ are, 'twill acquire a hardness and beauty, little inferior to Silver, especially if the Block-Tin is good.  
Thus much for the noble Jupiter, whose superior Star is the Son of Saturn, who let down Juno in a shower of Gold, himself being clothed with the Thunderbolt, who astonishes such as do not understand his Power, Virtue and Operation; therefore omitting to speak any farther of him, (jest we should offend his Kingly Dignity, by extending the Pythagorean Rules) we shall proceed to that   

Of Mars, or Iron.  
Mars, that noble Champion or God of Battle, that conquers Alcides, and is not to be conquered by any but Venus, and that in the pleasant Beds of Delight; he therefore that deals the most gently by him, shall get the most from him: One way by which he is to be calcined, is as follows.  
℞ A Bar of Steel or Iron, and heat it red-hot, and clap it into a great Lump of Brimstone that stands over the Water, and what melts and runs into the Water, you must preserve. Continued this Operation, until 've as much of the calcined Mars as you please the which being powdered and dulcified, is proper for the Obstruction of the Menses in Women. The Dose is ten Grains in any proper Vehicle; but how this Calx may be farther exalted, will be shown by and by.   

Salt of ♂ made per se.  
℞ Four or five Bars of ♂, put them in a Smith's Forge, and quench it in distilled Rain-water; do this so often till the Bars are wore out, the which Operation will be very tedious, but very profitable. Now this said Water gently evaporate in a Glass Bason, and a brownish Salt will remain in the bottom, which as 've a quantity of, you may purify by Calcination, Solution, Filtration, and Congelation. ' 'tis excellent for sore Eyes, and being mixed with Empl. Mellif. for cancerated Breasts; the Salt itself is also excellent for the Obstructions in Women.  
♂ may also be dissolved with the Liquor of fixed Niter, or with the Spirit of Niter, and more principally with the Spirit of Salt, according to the example you have in the white Precipitate of ♄; which Dissolution being dulcified, and the Tincture taken out in tartarizated Sp. V as long as any will be extracted, you have a noble Balsamic Tincture, fully endued with the Virtues of ♂.   

Flores Martis, or ♂ sublimed.  
℞ Of the ♂, calcined by Brimstone, as before prescribed lb j; or Lapis Hematitis communis lb j, Sal Armoniac lb j; beaten and mix them exceeding well together; than put them into an Earthen Retort, and close a large Receiver, and give fire, but gently at first, but increasing it from three hours to three hours, until it is sublimed; the last three hours you must observe to give it the strongest degree of fire you possibly can, that so what remains, may be well calcined: It being cold, remove and break the Retort, and you shall have in the Neck a noble Martial Sublimate; and from the Caput mort. in the bottom, you may extract with a warm Water a Volatile Salt, the both which have many Virtues, having some adherence to the Lapis Hematitis, but not so powerful.   

The Anima of ♂.  
℞ Of the read Vitreol Oil, or Oil of Sulphur, one part, and two parts of ordinary Well-water; put those together, dissolve therein Filings of Steel; this Dissolution must be filtered: being warmed, let it gently evaporate a third part of it; than set the Glass in a cool place, and there will shoot Crystals as sweet as Sugar, which is the true Vitriol of ♂; cant of the Water, let it evaporate more, and set it again in a cold place, and more Crystals will shoot; neal them gently under a Muffle, stirring it still with an Iron Wier, than you get a fair Purple coloured Powder; on this Powder cast distilled Vinegar; Extract the Anima of ♂ in a gentle B. abstract again the Vinegar, and dulcorate the Anima. This is the Anima of ♂, which hath many Virtues.   

Sal Calybis magisterialis.  
℞ Steel-dust, or filings, lb j, and let them be dissolved by Spirit of Salt, as before directed, which must again be dulcified well there from, and the Powder gently calcined under a Muffle, and than being put into a Retort, pour upon it of the Volatile Spirit of Tartar lb ij, and put in the second degree of heat and the whole will be dissolved, and than draw of what Spirit will come over, and carefully deflegm; put on the Spirit again, and repeat this Operation, until it shoot into a noble crystalline Salt, the which dulcify, and than will it give forth its Sulphur in Spirit of Wine, or by a higher Exaltation may be brought over the Helm in form of an Oil: All of which are noble Medicaments and far exceeding any Preparation of Steel, that hath hitherto been published to the World, as we know by large experience; and although some would feign imitate this Preparation, by sprinkling the Filings of Steel with the Liquor of fixed Niter, or Oil of Tartar per deliquium, and so bring it to Dust or Powder by means of the Air, and than prescribe it as a great Arcanum; yet we have no such value of it, because the body of the Steel is not by such a Preparation macerated, or overcome, as by the former, that being a way succedanous to the Alchaest, and so commands its Balsamic and Herculean Virtues.  
Prevalant in Fevers and Agues, and for opening the Obstructions of the Pancreas, Liver, Spleen, and Mesentery, and also the Urinous Passages; therefore excellent for the Scurvy, Dropsy, and Stone, and also for the Diarrhea and Dissentery. 'Tis also powerful in women's Diseases, both in opening their Obstructions, and likewise to stop their Overflowings: In fine, 'twill cure those Diseases, that are not to be touched by any other Preparation of Steel whatsoever: We have therefore faithfully communicated it to the World, which cannot fail of doing it service; and the more especially in an Age wherein Steel is so much made use of, and esteemed as a principal Pillar in Medicine.  
And thus much for the Calcination, Sublimation and Distillation of Mars, we shall only add how a Bar of Iron may be broke; Thus,  
℞ Of ☿ sublimed and Sal Armoniac ana lb j, read Arsenic lb ss, reduce all into a Powder, and sublime it three times, and you will have an Oil in the Sublimatory, which con●●●●●●●ke Wax in the cold; pulverize, and set it in a Cellar to dissolve per deliquium; unto which Water add as much ordinary AF. which being done, take some Cotton and moisten it therein, and apply it round the Bar of Steel or Iron for twelve hours, and you may easily break it, tho' as thick as a Man's Arm, by giving it a blow at the place the Cotten was applied to.   

Of Sol, or Gold.  
First of its Calcination or being reduced to Calx, thus: ℞ Of Hungarian Vitreol two parts, Sal Nitre one part, and distil therefrom an AF. in an earthen Retort. S. A. Than take two parts of this Water, and one part of Acet. destillatum, and distil them together in a Retort in MB. or in Sand, with a very gentle fire, until all the Water comes of, and there remain a dry Menstruum or Powder in the bottom: Than take of the best Antimony well powdered lb ss, and pour thereon the aforesaid Spirit, covering the Antimony two or three singers breadth therewith; distil this in a Retort in Sand, with a very gentle fire, until all the Water that comes out from it, by often pouring back upon the Menstruum and repeated Distillation, hath lost its sharpness, and becomes like common Water; and this weak Water you must separate from that which comes forth first, which yet hath a sharpness, and as much as hath been of this weak Water add so much of the first Menstruum to the Water, which yet hath a sharpness; and pour it back into the Retort again, and do as before, till you apprehended that your Liquor coming forth is full of the virtue and substance of your Antimony, which may be perceived by its weight and whiteness, and your Work is to be carried on as before, till the whole substance of Antimony is come forth into a white Matter.   

The Preparation of the Gold.  
℞ Of the AF. before spoken of lb iv, Sal Armoniac lb j, make thereof an AR. than take of pure Gold ℥ i, and pour the AR. about eight or nine finger's thickness over your Gold; and distil this in a Retort, and pour back the Water that comes from it, and distil it again, repeating this so long, as till your Liquor hath lost its taste, and becomes as weak as Water: Than take the same quantity of AR. and do the same several times, the oftener the better; and there will remain in the bottom a Calx of Gold.  
℞ Of this Calx one part, and of the aforesaid Water of Antimony five parts; set them in a digesting heat, for seven or eight days, close covered; afterwards let it be procipitated in its own proper Water of Antimony, which became so weak, as before spoken of; than let your Powder be sweetened, and well dried, and kept for use.  
Observe, that in the Preparation of the Antimony, it must be beaten and sifted very fine, through any Hair Cieve.  
This is prevalent in the King's Evil, Grand Pox, Cancers, Ulcers, and Buboes, with Malignant Fevers. Its Dose is four or five Grains at a time, given in this following Decoction.  
℞ Bark of Guajacum, Sarsa-parilla, ana ℥ iv, Tartar ℥ ss, common Water twelve Pints; boil all till the third part is consumed; than put thereunto of Germane Ground-Pine ℥ iv, of the Flowers of French Lavender, Marigolds ana Mj, Saffron ℥ ij; make thereof a Decoction for the use predicted.   

Another.  
℞ Of Gold-dust ℥ i, of Salt-Petre lb j, of Roch-Allom lb ss, of Salt ℥ uj; put them into a Retort, and add thereunto four Quarts of Water; set it in a Sand-Furnace, and put to it a Receiver; increase the fire, and let it boil till it be dry; put away the yellow part of it, and beaten the other in a Glass Mortar, into Powder; put it into a Glass Body with a broad Mouth; put in three Quarts of Water, being warm; stir it well, and let it settle two hours; than pour of that Water, and take care that no thick Matter go of in the Water; repeat more Water to it, and do as before, till no more Water comes that is yellow; save the Water that is yellow, and take a good large Bolt-head, with a long Neck, that will hold about three Quarts; pour in three Pints or two Quarts of the yellow Water, and put in ℥ v of crude Mercury; stop it up, and shake them one hour together, and let it settle two hours; than filter it of, and put to it more of the yellow Water, shaking it as before, and let it settle; and thus do till all your yellow Water is ended▪ than put all in to filter, and take care that it loose not any of the black Matter; put all the Matter into a Crucible, putting on the Crucible a little Cover, and over the same a Charcoal-fire; calcine it till it smoke not; than take out your Matter, and test it: This is the Powder to be exalted further by several Cohobations in a true Sp. V and 'tis than a Medicine for the Scurvy, Pox, and Gout.   

To draw the Θ of Metals, called Sal Sapientiae.  
℞ Fine Gold (as being the noblest of Metals) in Calx ℥ i, dissolve it in our AR. when dissolved, evaporate the Water, till dryness appear; than pour upon the Calx of Gold distilled Water, and boil it for two hours; cant of your Water, and put on more; repeat this with fresh Water, till it becomes sweet, and the Water insipid; the pour thereon more of the said Water, and evaporate the same: Than put your Calx of Gold into a Glass, and put it into the Water of Calcination for one hour, keeping your Water to one degree of heat; than grinned well your Calx of Gold in a Marble, pouring thereon good distilled Wine Vinegar, putting the same into an Urinal in MB. until all the said Acet. distillatum be evaporated away, and you will found in the bottom of your Glass a white Salt of Gold, like Snow; and on the remaining Gold pour fresh distilled Vinegar, and operate as before, so long as your Acet. distillatum leaves any Salt; for you will found them always whiter: Repeat this Operation until the Acet. distillatum will draw not more Salt; and upon the remainder pour Rain-water, in which dissolve the same three or four times, and have a care that there remain not more Salts, and when there remain not more Salts, 'tis enough clarified. This is the Essential Sublimate, and the Salt is the Sal Sapientiae: When you have thus passed it through the Rain-water, distil your said Water into dryness, and keep that Salt in a Vessel well stop, For 'tis a most excellent good Medicine in all desperate Distempers and Diseases: This Salt leaves nothing in the Body to offend or prejudice the same, and all Distempers are thereby cured in three or four Weeks. Its Dose is Gr. iij, which put into a Viol, and add thereunto one Glass of Wine, and set it in boiling Water to dissolve in the Wine; and when dissolved, the Patient may drink it, covering himself in his Bed, and he will sweated abundantly through the whole Body.   

To make an Oil of the Salt of Metals.  
℞ Of the Salt of Gold, or what Metal you please, and put it into a Matrix, and seal it up Hermetically, and set it in Sand in a moderate heat, like that of the Sun, for eight days; after increase your fire the space of eight more, until it becomes yellow; continued thus until 'tis quite yellow; than increase your fire more until it becomes brown, and continued it in that degree eight days, until it become read; and when 'tis read, continued the same fire for eight days, until it becomes of an high read, and after you may increase your fire without fear, to what height you please; for your greatest fire cannot wrong the same, for 'tis fixed; than let it cool: after that, take and grinned it into an impalpable Powder, the which put into a Body, pouring thereon distilled Vinegar, and set it MB. and stir it every day, covering well your Vessel, and do thus for four days; than cant of your Vinegar by inclination, being grown cold: Reiterate your Operation three times, and that which remains in the bottom of your Vessel cast away, for 'tis useless for this your said work; than put all your Vinegar into an Alimbeck, and distil unto dryness, and thus you will have your Matter more beautiful than before; you may set it again into digestion with fresh Vinegar, until there remain not more Feces; than 'tis enough for to draw out its Oil, when dry, which put into a great Glass well stopped, and apply thereunto a large Receiver, all well luted, and let the bottom thereof rest in a Vessel of Water, and give it a soft fire for four hours, and continued your increasing of the fire by degrees, until you see the yellow Spirits rise; than keep your fire in the same degree of heat until the Head becomes read, and increase your fire by little and little, till the Head becomes read like Blood; continued the same degree of fire, until redness begin to decline; increase your fire anew, that your Vessel may be read like a glowing Coal, and keep that degree of fire for an hour, and your Head will become white like Snow; and than increase your fire high as you can, till your Head becomes clear like to the first; than let it cool, and you'll found in your Receiver your Oil, which is not to be got without pains.  
'Tis not only good for the Scurvy, but also for most desperate Diseases incident to the Body of Man, be they internal or external 〈◊〉 ●ut exceptions, but especially prevalent in the Di●●●●●er of Venus, Ptisick, Dropsy, Gout, etc.  
Its Dose is ℈ i, diffused in a Pint of White wine, to be given the Patient in a Morning fasting, letting him sleep in his Bed, and you'll see Wonders in its Operation: The said Medicine works by Stool, Urine, Sweated and insensible Transpiration, according as Nature is disposed, till its sharp matignant Humour is expelled, strengthening the Patient as much as if he had eaten a good Meal, and when you found that your Medicine operates no more by Stool, you shall not need to give him any more than three times: For Cancers and Wolf's, you must anoint the same with a little Oil, applying a Colwort or Cabbage-leaf, and a Linen cloth above it; and the said Medicine will produce wondered Effects.   

The Preparation of ☉ for an Arcanum.  
℞ Of Gold in Calx or Powder ℥ i, the which put into a Realgar, to make it red-hot in the fire, which than cast into another Realgar, in which you have heated ℥ viij of Mercury, and this will amalgama together, the which Realgar set on the fire, to exhale the said Mercury, which ought to be converted with a purified Realgar on the top; and your Mercury being exhaled, dissolve the Gold in AR. the which filter through a grey Paper, and dry the same; burn it in a Realgar, and wash your Ashes in warm Water, and your Gold will remain in the bottom, the which dry in a glazed Vessel, and pour thereon four fingers breadth in height of the rectified Sp. V to which give fire, and being consumed, your Gold will remain thickish in the bottom, which put into a Glass Vessel, and pour thereon fair Water, to take of some Salts, which cant of, and pour on more for three times, and your Gold will be in subtle Atoms, the which dry of itself without fire, and the Gold is prepared.  
Than put this Gold into a Bolt head, and put thereon of the forementioned 🝆 ℥ uj, and stopping the Matrix, set it in digestion for 24 hours, and than gently deflegm it till it is a little acid; than in a Vessel well closed, give it degrees of digestion, till it comes to a read Antimony, than imbibe it with more of the aforesaid 🝆; deflegm and increase your fire one degree higher, until a redness appear, as before: and thus repeat this Operation, till the Medicine is penetrant; after sweeten it with a true Philosophical Sp. V and than 've a Medicine prevalent in the Diseases of the Pancreas; purifying the corrupted Mass of Blood in the Pox, Leprosy, Ulcers, and all other evils: The Dose is twenty drops dilated in Spirit of Wine.   

Panchymagogon or Catholicon, purging all Humours in the Body of Man.  
℞ Of Regulus of Antimony ℥ iv, of Goldʒij, of Silver ℥ ss, of ♀ uj, of ♃ and ♂ ana ʒiij; melt them in a Crucible during one hour, adding by little and little ℥ i of Tartar and Salt Petre pulverised together, and when the whole is in a good melting heat, cast it into an Ingot, and you will have a very beautiful Reguius. Take and pulverize this Regulus in a Mortar, and add thereunto of the Mercury prepared as underneath ℥ iv, and grinned and amalgamate them during two hours, that they may be well united together; wash and take of all that which is black, until the Amalgama becomes clear like a Star; than take your Amalgama and put it into a Retort well luted, and distil it in an open fire, into a Receiver half full of Water, and you'll have your Mercury come over, of the same weight you put it in. Than take the Regulus which remains in the bottom, and melt it in a Crucible with a like quantity of fresh Regulus, which reduce into a fine Powder, and join thereunto the Mercury past; than distil again as before, and the Mercury will come over qualified with a double Virtue. Than distil a third time with fresh Regulus, as before, and there will remain not more of the Metals, than the Dross, which you may taste, to try and if any Gold remain therein; than take of your best sublimate lb ss, and sublime it three times with the like quantity of decrepitated Salt; than take of Sublimate ℥ ij, and of the prepared Mercury ℥ uj, and grinned it for three hours with the Regulus, that the Mercury be not more seen, [N.B. That is, what comes from the first joining.] Now this must be sublimed for twelve hours by fire of degrees, and there will arise in the Neck of the Subliming-Glass a foolish Flower, (which is Poison) which you must separate and cast away; than join that which is in the Crown with that which is in the bottom, and sublime again anew in a fresh Subliming Glass for six hours, and you will have a Sublimation, which gins to come like a Crystal; throw away your Dross, and sublime again for five, six, or seven times, and you'll have a sweet Mercury, impregnated with the virtue of all the Planets, and an excellent Purge to expel all the Humours peccant in Man's Body. The Dose is from thirteen to fifteen or twenty Grains in Pil. Cochiae, or Rosin of Jallop, etc. made into Pills.   

How to Prepare the Mercury.  
℞ Of the Filings of Needle's lb ss, of Mercury drawn from Cinnabar lb ss, and amalgamate them well together in a Mortar, and than put the same into a Retort well luted, and distil in an open fire into a Receiver half full of Water, and you Mercury will come over into the Receiver; which revived Mercury, being prepared, is for that first Preparation with the Regulus.   

Aurum Fulmineum.  
℞ Leaves of Gold, or pure Filings of Gold, and dissolve them in a strong AR. after perfect dissolution, precipitate with Oil of Tartar per deliq. and than fulminate upon a fulminating Vessel made of Copper for that purpose; put on Gr. j with a small scope for that purpose, and be sure you put on but one Gr. at a time, and give fire from above, and you will have a bounce, like that of a great Gun; but be sure you stand at a distance, that it touch you not, for if it should, 'twould hurt you; and after the bounce is over, it strikes through the Copper downwards, where you will found it in a purple colour; so do it Grain by Grain, until you have done all, which reserve for use: Upon which circulate our Aireal Sp. V till it hath drawn out all the Tincture; which is a good Aurum Potabile.   

Aurum Potabile.  
℞ Of the Regulus of Antimony ℥ i, fine Gold-dust ℥ ij, and flux them together with Niter and Tartar, and reduce the Gold several times, till it all comes to a Scory; the which dulcify in Water or Spirit of Wine, than make this following Menstruum.  
℞ Oyster-shells and wash them very clean, and than calcine them in an open fire, to an exceeding whiteness: than take of them lb j, in fine Pulp, and mix them very well with Sal-Armoniack, or an Urinous Spirit redeemed and vindicated from its Foetor; and than distil of the Spirit, and rectify it; than take Nutmegs, Cloves, Cinnamon, ana ℥ iv, Mace and Cardamums ana ℥ iij; than distil this Spirit two or three times from it; than is it prepared.  
Put lb j of this upon the aforesaid Calx, and digest in B. 21 days, to draw out all the Tincture, and cant it of; and so have you a true Medicine, and a Specific prevalent in many stubborn Diseases, fortifying the Parts afflicted, etc.   

Half and Aurum Potabile.  
℞ A Lemon, and make it hollow, by taking away the Seeds and Pulp, and put therein Leaves of Gold, not driven to the utmost thinness, upon which pour the Juice of another Lemon or Orange, and let the Body be covered with his Cap very close; set it in a hot place, or by a Furnace, for seven or eight days, so that thereby the Gold may be brought into an Oil; let the Juice be separated from the Oil, and the Oil mixed together with the strongest Aqua Vitae, which must sometimes be separated again from the Oils by distillation: and to know when 'tis perfect, let a little of the Oil be anointed upon a piece of Flesh, upon which if it glides not, but pierces into the deep parts thereof, than is the distillation and working thereof well done.   

Aurum Potabile nostrum.  
℞ The Calx of Gold ℥ i, of the Volatile Spirit of our Sal Panaristos ℥ uj, and in a small Retort, close stopped; digest in Sand six days, till it is dissolved; than draw of the Menstruum, which preserve for the like occasion; the Calx will be left solvable as Wax, the which dulcify; than take of our Volatile Spirit of Tartar, lb j, and cohobate so long thereon, till it gives forth all its Phlegm, and the Salt is coagulated upon the golden Oil, and both become one: than with true Spirit of Wine extract all the Tincture, and than draw of two thirds of the Spirit of Wine, and what remains in the bottom is the Aurum Potabile. [N.B.] The white Body that remains, after you have drawn forth your Tincture carefully preserve, whose use shall be shown in our Spagirick Philosophy's Triumph, and how the beauty of Venus shall allure it to that of Sol.  
This Aurum Potable hath the Virtues of all the aforesaid Preparations of Gold; It cures Diseases, and fortifies the Heart; it● general intentions are in working and operating, in order to preserve the Body of Man in sanity. Its Dose is from two to ten drops, in a Glass of Muscadine.   

Of Venus, or Copper.  
To calcine Copper, let it be made into thin Plates, and smeered over with Salt made into a Paste with the best Vinegar; than let it be put into a great Crucible, and set in a Wind-Furnace, and be burnt in a strong fire for a quarter of an hour, but so that the Plates melt not; let these Plates, being red-hot, be quenched in Vinegar, in which Shall Armoniac is dissolved, always ℥ ss in a Pint of Vinegar; let the Plates be made red-hot again, and quenched in Vinegar, as before, always scraping or knocking of the Scales, that sticks to the Plates after quenching, into the Vinegar. Do this so long, till the Plates of Copper be in good part consumed by this means: than distil of the Vinegar, or let it vapour away in an open Vessel, and be coagulated into a most hard stone. So thou hast the best Crocus of Copper, the use whereof is great both in Medicine and Alchemy. Many make Crocus of Copper, by extracting of it with the Spirit of Wine, or Vinegar, as they do Crocus Martis: but we commend this way far above it.   

The Tincture of Venus.  
℞ Filings of Copper, and pour thereon good distilled Wine-Vinegar, and set it in digestion for thirty days, in a circulatory Vessel; than pour of the distilled Vinegar, which is coloured, and add fresh, and so repeat until 'twill draw out no more Tincture; than filter, and draw of the Phlegm with an easy fire, or evaporate in a low Preserving Glass, until it shoots into Crystals. On which Crystals pour fresh distilled Vinegar made warm, and than pour of by Inclination into another Glass, and by Evaporation separate the corrosive Crystals from a read Earth, that will remain under, which is the Sulphur: Continued this Operation so long with fresh Spirit of Vinegar, until no more Sulphur falls. If you burn of Spirit of Wine seven or eight times from the corrosive Crystals, until they become sweet: Than have you a Medicine good in Fevers, Ptisick, Consumption, Gravel, Gout, Epilepsy, and divers other Distempers. The Dose is five or six Grains in a Glass of Wine.   

Of the Vitriol of Venus made into a Noble Medicament.  
The signs of good Vitriol are, when there appears like little Diamonds, whereof some are in form of a Pyramid, and when you break them, you will see small bright Veins, and of the colour of a Saphir, and variable colours, and if you dissolve it in Water, 'twill 'cause a residence, like sweet Cream mixed with small Diamonds and Marcasites; 'twill also, being rubbed upon a Knife, tinge it of a Copper colour.  
℞ Of the best Vitriol lb xij, dissolve it in Rain-water, in Ashes; being dissolved, filter and evaporate easily, until there arise a Pellicle; than take it of, and set it for three or four days to crystallize in a coo● place; than put it into a Glass of 4 or 5 fingers high, the which set on Ashes to dry, until the Crystals come into white Powder; than dissolve it in fresh Rain-water, on Ashes for 24 hours, and the Water will become more green and beautiful than before, and there will precipitate more Feces, which you must throw away; as at the first, filter and evaporate into a Pellicle, and crystallize as before, and reiterate this Operation, until the Vitriol have no more Feces, and that it gins to come sweet, and you found it strong on the tongue, and it becomes more beautiful in colour than the Sky, or any other colour in the World: than keep the same close stopped in a Glass, that no dust fall therein. [N.B.] That you loose not the greenness, for than you loose the strength and liveliness of your Medicine.  
℞ The Vitriol thus prepared, and put it into a Matrix well luted, and put it naked into your secret Furnace, and give it a proportionable fire, increasing of it by little and little, from ten days to ten days; and you will see, that your white Powder will be converted into a yellow Powder, in colour like to Gold; than increase your fire by little and little, until it comes to a reddish colour, at last like a Ruby: Than put this Matter into a Matrix, and pour thereon the Aireal Spirit of Wine, and digest it four or five days, and pour of the Spirit by Inclination; and thus do so long as any Tincture will be obtained, and what remains is of no worth.  
Than take all the Tinctures with Spirit of Wine, and put them into a Glass, and distil of in MB. till your Matter is become dry; than dissolve it in fresh Spirit of Wine, and again separate the Feces, and distil as before; repeat this three times, each time throwing away the Feces; so is it well cleansed.  
Pour on this dry Matter Rain-water distilled, and stir it with a wooden Spatula, and ferment on warm Ashes four or five days, and thus continued with fresh Water, till all the Tinctures are drawn out; than filter, and coagulate in MB. and dry it by degrees in Sand; and so you have the beautiful and exalted Sulphur of Venus, proper against many Distempers incident to Man's Body, as well as those of the Pancreas.   

The Sublimations of ♀, or Ens Veneris.  
℞ The Colcothar of Dantzick-Vitriol, and dulcify it with warm Water, from all its Salt, till no more sharpness come forth; than dry it over the fire very well: thus you may do by the Cap. mort. of AF. made from the best Dantzick-Vitriol and Indian-Niter; than take either of these so served lb ij, of the best Sal-Armoniack lb ij, and grinned them well together in an Iron Mortar; than put them in an earthen Retort with a large great and long Neck, and set them in an open fire; put on a great Receiver, lute fast, and give fire gently by degrees, till all is warm, and than sublime it from three hours to three hours, till all is come up, which will be in twelve or fifteen hours' time; observing the last three hours, to give it the most violent degree of fire: when all is cold, break the Retort and take the Sublimate out of the Neck, which may again be ground with fresh Colcothar, and repeated a second time, and so a third, until it comes from a golden to a rubified Colour.  
'Tis as a general Abstersive in the Body of Man, powerful therefore in opening Obstructions, curing Rickets in Children; 'tis also prevalent in Agues, Fevers, Pleurisies, Calentures, Measles and Purples, or any other acute Disease, wherein the Life is eminently threatened. The Dose is from six to twelve Grains, Mornings and Evenings.   

Species Veneris gradus Aureosa.  
℞ Of the best Dantzick-Vitriol lb iij, and make a Solution in distilled Rain-water, and filter the Solution very exactly▪ or take the Chaos of Vitriol and Sal-Armoniack, and extract its Salt, the which digest and vaporate of to an aurified Powder, the which preserve: Either of these may be precipitated into a Sulphur by the well decocted Salt of Tartar, the which dry very carefully; and than put them into a Retort, adding thereunto equal weight of the best Spirit of Vitriol, but unrectified, and digest it till the Spirit give of all its Phlegm; than put on half the quantity of the said Spirit of Vitriol, and digest as before, and so do as long as Phlegm will come; than will true Spirit of Wine force it through a Retort by Cohobations, till all is elevated; than fix it down again upon the aurified Powder, so long as it will drink in Spirit, and sand of Phlegm; than dulcify, and so is the Noble Medicament prepared.  
Which is prevalent in Fevers, Agues, Dropsies, Gout and Stone, having an Anodine and pacative Virtue with it, by which the fury of the enraged Archeius is allayed, working in a way only succedanous to our Narcotick Sulphur of Venus, or Ens vitae Mettallorum, whose Preparations are shown in our Spagirick Philosophy asserted; to which you are referred. The Dose is from five to ten Grains, Mornings and Evenings, in a proper Vehicle.   

Of Mercury, or Quicksilver. First the Magnet of Mercury.  
℞ Of Mercury sublimate ℥ iv, put it into a Cucurbit of Glass, pour thereon the best Spirit of Urine (vindicated from its filter, that coagulates Spirit of Wine, by its high rectification) enough to swim four fingers breadth over it, give it two days digestion, and in a lent heat distil, and most of the Spirit will come over in Phlegm, and the Animal Spirits of the Urine will unite themselves with the Mineral Spirits of the sublimate Mercury: put new Spirit of Urine upon what remains in the Cucurbit, digest and distil, as before, repeating this with new Spirit of Urine, till it comes of as strong as you put it on. Than pour upon it four fingers breadth of pure Essential Oil, or rather the Mineral Oil, which is essentificated with being opened by the Circulatum Minimum; and digest them two days, than distil with a very lent heat, and an Aquacity will come of insipid; pour upon the remaining Matter new Oil or Sulphur; digest and distil, as before, and repeat this, as you did the Spirit of Urine, till the Sulphur of Mercury, or what other Oil or Sulphur you think best, come of, as strong as it went on, [& hoc est pondus Naturae] having distilled it to a dryness: than increase the fire to sublime what will arise, and Terra foliata will ascend, and the remaining Feces throw away.  
℞ Of this Terra foliata ℥ x, of Gold ℥ i, give them a strong fire, and the Salt working on the Gold will come into a viscous and heavy Water, and will reduce all the Mercury of Sol and of all other Metals: The Sulphurs' being taken in true Spirit of Wine, is prevalent in the Pox, Gout and Stone. The Dose is from 15 to 30 drops, and sweated thereon.   

The white Precipitate of Mercury.  
℞ Of Mercury ℥ i, and dissolve it in A. F. ℥ ij, with Water and Salt twenty four hours; precipitate it into a white Powder, decant the Water, and reiterate this Work three times, or you may filter it, than wash the Precipitate in fair Water, till it be sweet, and dry it or burn it with Spirit of Wine, to make it sweet. S. A.   

Mercurius Dulcis Diaphoretic. & Cathartic.  
℞ Of Mercurius Sublimat. lb j, Argent. vive ℥ xij, grinned them very fine in a Glass Mortar, until the Quicksilver appear not; than put it in an Urinal or Subliming-glass, and place it in a Sand-Furnace; make a gentle fire under it, for an hour or two; than increase the fire, for the space of five or six hours, or until 'tis sublimed; than take it out, and separate the black Matter in the Neck of the Glass or Viol., and cast it away; and when cold, grinned again, and sublime as before▪ than take it out, and keep it for use, if sweet on the Tongue, or else do it the third time. Observe to stop the mouth of the Subliming glass with Cotton.   

To make Mercurius Praecipitat. per se.  
℞ Of Mercury lb j, and put it in a Bolt-head, and gently close the mouth for two or three days, to let out the Gass; than nip it up, and give it fire by degrees, and cover the body of the Bolt-head with Sand, and 'twill daily be more and more used to the fire, so must the fire be gradually increased for five or six months' time, till it comes to a read Precipitate. A Dose of which is from five to ten Grains, to be taken in the Scurvy, Pox and Gout.  
Observe, that if this Precipitate is sweetened in Spirit of Wine, it may be higher advanced, by cohobating on it the spiritualised Sulphur of Venus, until they embrace each other; and than it becomes succedanous to our Arcanum specificat▪ Metal. of which we have written largely of in our Spagirick Phil. Assert.   

The sweet Oil of Mercury.  
℞ Of read Precipitate lb ss, and wash it well in Cordial Waters, as Suebius or Carduus Benedict. than dry the Powder, and put it into a Bolt-head, and pour thereon of the radical Vinegar under mentioned two fingers in height, 'cause it to boil, and 'twill all dissolve into Water, and if it be not all dissolved, put on more of the said Vinegar, and boil it as before, until all be dissolved, except the Feces, which remains in the bottom, which is the Feces of the Mercury; than pour of the Vinegar by inclination, or filter it; put it into an Alembick, and distil it of in MB. and than will you have in the bottom a pure white Salt, the which dissolve in distilled Vinegar, and evaporate away with a moderate heat, until a Pellicle arises, the which cause to crystallize.  
Than take those Crystals, and dry them easily, and put them into a Glass, and pour thereon of our Aireal Spirit of Wine four fingers above it; than set it in MB▪ or in Horse-dung, for twenty five days, and 'twill come into a Mucilage, the which put into a Retort, and distil easily, and you'll have an insipid Water; increase the fire, and there will arise white Fumes, and somewhat will sublime into the Neck of the Retort, the which return into the Retort, and distil as before; repeat the same three times, and the whole will turn into a clear Oil; Prevalent in the Distempers of Venus, Dropsies▪ Quartans, etc. The Dose is from four to six drops in Canary, Conserves, or Syrups, every other day, until a perfect Cure.   

The radical Vinegar, that dissolves this Mercury.  
℞ Of Honey and decrepitated Salt ana lb j, mix them, and 'cause them easily to boil to dryness, the which reduce into a Powder, and put it into a Retort, and pour thereon of good distilled Wine-Vinegar, and distil and cohobate three or four times, and 'tis prepared.   

Another sweet Oil of Mercury.  
℞ Of Mercury sublimat. lb ss, and dissolve it in lb ij of Aireal Spirit of Wine, adding thereunto of the Spirit of Salt ℥ ij; digest it for eight days, than distil on Sand, giving a strong fire, towards the last, and keep that which passeth or cometh over; than add fresh Wine-Spirit, and Spirit of Salt, as much as is needful for dissolving the Matter, and digest as before for eight days, and repeat the said Operation for four or five times. [N. B.] That there will remain a black Feces: Than take all the Liquors that are past, and digest them in a double Pelican fifteen days; than distil on a vaporous B. all that may ascend, which will be only Flegms, and there will remain in the bottom an Oil, which is scented like Amber, the which put into a Retort, and give a good fire of digestion, and there will come over an Oil as clear as Crystal, and of a sweeter smell than that of Civet.  
Its Dose and Virtue. For the Stone and Gravel, take Gr. iv. or v. in Sassafrax-water, in the time of the most violent pain: For a Clap or inveterate Gonorrhoea and Pox, with Ulcers, whether inward or outward, in any part of the Body or Face; take it in a Glass of Sack, drinking after it a good draught of that Decoction, prescribed with the Preparation of Antimony and Gold.  
Mercurius Praecipitat. & Diaphoretic.  
℞ Of Vitriol and Niter ana lb j, Spiritus Vini lb j, Verdigrease ℥ iv; mix the whole, and put it into a Retort, and distil it of easily to a dryness; than take of that Water lb j, and add thereunto of Mercury drawn from Cinnabar lb ss; and put it into a luted Matrix, and set it on an hot fire of digestion, to boil four days; than put it into a Retort, and distil to a dryness, and return the Mercury into the same matter again, and pour thereon of the fresh Menstruum, and boil as before for four days; and repeat this four times, and the last time distil with a strong fire, and you will have a Mercury precipitate as read as Blood, the which wash and edulcerate with Cordial Water, sc. Suebius or Carduus Benedictus, and being dry, circulate in Spirit of Wine, and than draw of your Spirit of Wine by distillation, and reverberate it in a Reverberatory.  
The Dose thereof is from 3 to 5 or 7 Grains, in Conserve or Cordial Water, and drinking a Glass of Canary after it: Prevalent in the Scurvy, Pox, etc.   

Arcanum Mercuriale & Catharticum.  
℞ Of well purged Mercury lb j, of our concentrated cold Fire of the Eagle lb iij, put them into a very high Retort, and distil of the Menstruum, and the Mercury will become fixed and very-red, far beyond what may be performed by AF. or Spirit or Oil of Vitriol, Oil of Sulphur, or any other Acid whatever: This Arcanum may be dulcified from its saltness by distilled Water, and than it becomes an excellent Medicament, prevalent in the Pox, Kings-Evil, Cancers, Ulcers, and all such loathsome Diseases. The Dose is 1, 2, 3, or 4 Grains at the most. [Observe, That this is inferior to our Arcanum Specificat. Metal. that having a Mineral Sulphur introduced, as you may see at large in our Spagirick Philosophy asserted, where its Virtues are largely treated of.]   

Of Lune, or Silver.  
Lune (as 've before herd) is the Wife of Sol, and is endued with the perfect purity of the four Elements, only wanting the Sulphur of Sol for her perfection, which is that indeed wherein the Medicinal Virtue mostly resides; but seeing that she is attributed to the Head and cold and moist Diseases, we shall prescribe this Preparation of her as follows.   

Pillula Lunaris, or θ of ☽.  
℞ Of the best  Silver Lace, or such like, as much as you please, and of the cleansed Spirit of Niter four times as much, and put them into a Glass Body, and let it remain there till all the Silver be dissolved; and when dissolved, evaporate all the superfluous moisture, till it hath a good Cream on the top; than set it by to cool, that the Crystals may shoot; than put the Crystals into an open mouthed Glass, and dry them in a Sand Furnace, till all the stinking Spirit of the Menstruum be dried away, always keeping it stirring with a stick, but let it not stand too hot, for that will make the Crystals to flow: than make them up into Pills with Crumbs of White-bread, when dry. Than dissolve Aloes succotrina in the Juice of Roses, or Senna-water, and when the Pills are too dry, dip them into it, and lay them thus dipped in a Glass again to dry, and keep them in a Dish in a dry place, in the Powder of Liquorish, and in a well-stopped Glass, that they may not dissolve.   

Virtues.  
Good for all Pains in the Head, sore Eyes, foul Stomach, Dropsy, Palsy, and many other stubborn Diseases. The Dose is from six to nine Grains.   

The Sublimations of Lune.  
℞ Of the Calx of Lune ℥ iv, of the Volatile Spirit of Tartar lb j; distil in a Retort, and the Spirit that first comes, carefully save; desiegm the remainder, and again pour on more Spirit, and operate as before; and thus do, till the sign appears; and than sublime with a very strong degree of heat, and the Sulphur of the Lune will pass up with the Volatile Salt of Tartar, into one Noble Medicament, which is prevalent in all Diseases whereunto Lune can be attributed. [Observe, The Caput mont. white Body or Mercury that remains in the Retort, carefully to save.   

The Distillation of Lune, or Luna Potabilis.  
℞ Lune, and calcine it into sine Atoms, or laminate it into thin Plates, and in a Crucible take of the Metallick lustre, and put it into a Retort, and pour thereon three times its weight of the Volatile Spirit of our Sal Panaristos, and stop it close, and set it in the heat of a B. and in few days the Lune will be dissolved in the Liquor without any sediment; the Liquor being than distilled therefrom, leaves it in form of a fusible Salt; upon which often cohobate the Liquor, and 'twill be made volatile and come over in distinct colours: Now the Liquor may be separated from it, being putrified for a Month in B. and than distil in fire of the second degree, and the Lune will come over, leaving the Liquor behind: The Mercurial Body may be separated, and the Sulphur is that Fifth Essence, which cures all Lunatics.  
Let thus much suffice for the Preparation of Minerals at this time, seeing the more high Specific Medicines are largely treated of in Our Spagirick Philosophy Asserted; as also in Our Spagirick Philosophy's Triumph; and the Arcana in Our Trifertes Soladini: so that we love not fruitless repetitions, this only being designed as a general Course or Compendium of the many voluminous Writings, and those that are desirous to be satisfied in the Practic Part of Chemical Operations, whether in the Schrodarian Pharmacopoeia, or in the Cartesian Mechanical Demonstrations, or in the Helmontian Doctrines, may apply themselves to us, where they may be instructed in any, or every one of these, being three distinct Courses.    

Chemical Observations and Recollections, by way of Conclusion.  
WE have in this Treatise first laid down necessary Rules in this Art: 2dly, The Way of advancing Vinor Spirits, and their various Uses. 3dly, Concerning Oils, and how they are to be purified. 4thly, Concerning Salts. Now, by the way, 'tis requisite to observe, that in the Oils and Salts is the Medicinal Virtue of any Concrete, and therefore in the fifth place have we proceeded to the Anatomy of Urine, and so to the Reconciling of these, in order to prepare Powers or Oleosums; than to the preparing of Menstruums and Metallick Medicines.  
Now you are to observe, that the Excellency of their Virtues lies in their Saline and more principally in their Sulphurous Qualities, for the Central Mercury of Bodies is a peerless Ens, and will not stoop to any thing, but the Grand Elixir, by which 'tis bettered, and that only by means of the Universal Sulphur, which is a Domissal of Light, having its original from the Fire, and therefore the Rays of Light shine there, as also in every true Specific, wherein Sulphur is exalted [by it.] These (in the Medicinal Monarchy) are the true Aurum Reginae in comparison to others, the which every true experiencer will found by undeniable Demonstrations; we could indeed lay down many and particular Observations concerning both, but we are afraid if our Light should really appear, that the Momes and Carpers of the Age would howl against it, as the Wolves of Assyria against the Moon; but such we advice to seek amongst the Vulgar Slops for a Dish to appease their greedy Appetite; for ours is designed only for the true lovers of Art, to whom the Asteria will shine, as long as the heavenly Phoebe doth, even from Generation to Generation: for as he comes to be darkened, she shall be turned into Blood, the fullness of whose Tincture is aurified, and fixed in all trials, that greedy Saturn can not more make prey on it; for we say 'tis an Emblance of the Divine Paradise, in the Centre of which is the Tree of Life, whose Leaves are for Healing the Nations, without Money or Price: This we are now speaking of, is that part of Art which is grounded upon true Knowledge of Created Being's, and when Manner how the Transmutation of Form will come about; for we say, that Mortality must put on Immortality, both in the lesser and greater World; and here all the swelling Notions of Man's Wisdom, as it stands in the Corruption and Elementary Nature, must be destroyed and burnt up with the Fire of Regeneration, as all things at the last day by the general Fire of Conflagration; and as Man must come into the Innocency, that thinks no guile, so will the World into Purity; and than the Glory of Light will appear in its lustre, which no Man now can behold, and live, and therefore says the Text, in Exodus, Ch. 20. ver. 21. That Moses drew near to the thick darkness, where God was. Thus is it plainly evident from Scripture, that the very Fountain of Light hath made use of the Vails of Darkness, in order to hid the unspeakable Glory of his Light: For 'tis said in the Psalms, He hath made darkness his hiding-place. Why than may not the highest and most perfect of all Medicines be vailed over with black Garments, seeing Light itself is so covered; which, that it is really so, is well known to the Sons of the Cabalistical Wisdom, as we shall more largely show in other Volumes; and although our Philosophy is but as a Mite, yet will it increase the Treasury, being a good Coin and bearing the Stamp of the Great and Famous Hermes; therefore (ye Sons of Art) in the mean while accept thereof, until we can have while to tender our larger Coin, and than we know, that many will give us a free discharge, for performing our Duty in that Discipleship, where the People wait for the restoration of all things, that true Art may shine on the mighty Mount Helicon in the midst of Nations, that her Sons may come from far, and her Daughters from the ends of the Earth, to sit down at Wisdom's Gate, in the Temple of which is the Ministration of Life, where the Unity of Spirit and Bond of Peace is known, in the Frame of which are Prayers offered to the living God, that he will hasten what was promised by the Prophet Zephaniah, Ch. 3. ver. 9 sc. An universal turning of the People to a pure Language, or Lip, and in that day a consent therein: when the Lord shall be King over all the Earth, one Lord and his Name one, Zechariah 14. and the 9th. And in the mean while we travel with a desire of seeing the same fulfilled.   
FINIS.   

The general Contents of the Chapters of this Book.  

CHAP. I Treats concerning several Rational and Fundamental Rules in this Art.  
CHAP. II. In which we shall first Treat of Vinor Spirits and their Office in the Extraction of Tinctures and some other Spagirical Preparations.  
CHAP. III. Treats of Essential and Chemical Oils.  
CHAP. IU. In which we shall Treat of Salts.  
CHAP. V Concerning urinous Spirits in General.  
CHAP. VI Treats concerning Powers and Oleosums.  
CHAP. VII. Treats concerning Menstruums in General.  
CHAP. VIII. Treats concerning the Mineral-work, and the Office of the General Spirit, in reducing and exalting Mineral Bodies, and how they may be brought to Noble Medicaments.    

Catalogus Medicinarum Chymicaruns & Spagiricarum: OR, A Catalogue of Chemical and Spagirical Medicines, being a Table of the Principal Contents of this Treatise.  

Preparationes Spirit.  
SPiritus Vini Tartarizatus, Pag. 16  
Spir. Cochleariae aureos. & purge. Pag. 20  
Spir. Aether. Terebinth. Pag. 31  
Spir. Vini & Urin. Pag. 47  
Aqua Anhaltina quae & Imperialis dict. Pag. 59  
Aqua Aromatica Antipelipt. Nostr. Pag. 60  
Spir. Sedativus, Pag. 61   

Preparat. Tinct. Resin. Extract. & Balsam.  
Tinct. Hellebor. Elet. vel Gut. Gambug. Pag. 17  
Resm. jalap. Scammon, vel Bryon. Pag. 18  
Extract. Rud. ibid.  
Extract. Sambuci, Pag. 19  
Balsam. Sambuc. ibid.   

Preparat. Oleor.  
Oleum Abscinth. Pag. 21  
Oleum Origani, ibid.  
Oleum Cinnamonic. vel cujusvis secund. Glaub. Pag. 22  
Oleum Citr. Cortic. Pag. 23  
Modus preparandi Olea ab Herbis sec. Dr. Hill, ib.  
Oleum Castor. oped. Pag. 24  
Oleum Mari & Thur. secund. Glauber ibid.  
Oleum Benzoin. secund. boil, Pag. 25  
Oleum Terebinth, Pag. 26  
Alius, ibid.  
Oleum Terebinth Aether. Pag. 27  
Oleum Pini, ibid.  
Oleum Regeneratum, ibid.  
Oleum Succinii, Pag. 28  
Oleum Fuligin. & Lap. nigr. Pag. 29  
Oleum C. Cervor. & Gran. human. Pag. 30   

Preparat. Sal.  
Sal mirabilis Communis, Pag. 32  
Tartar. Vitriolat. Pag. 34  
Tartar. Nitrat. Pag. 35  
Tartar. Sulphurat. Pag. 36  
Tartar. cum Spir. Sal. ibid.  
Tartar. cum Acet. Pp. ibid.  
Sal Specif. Hellebor. Op. vel jalap. ibid.  
Sal Tart. cum A. F. Pag. 39  
Sal Nitr. cum Ol. Vitr. ibid.  
Sal Anotasier Lyb. Nostr. Pag. 61   

Preparat. Urin. Spir.  
Spir. Urin. Rectificat. Pag. 46.  
Sal Ur. coagulat. cum Spir. Vin. ibid.  
Astrum Lunare Microcosmicum, or Phospheros, Pag. 47  
Spir. Sal Armoniac. Pag. 53  
Spir. Mundus, ibid.  
Spir. C. Cervor. Pag. 55  
Spir. Cran. human. ibid.   

Preparat. Potest. & Oleof.  
Oleosum generale Nostr. Pag. 61  
Sal Volatile. & Oleos. Sylvii, Pag. 62  
Sal Volatilis & Oleos. Nostr. Pag. 63  
Alius, Pag. 64  
Sal Volat. Aromat. & Oleosum, ibid.  
Potestates Thompsonii, Pag. 65  
Elixir Proprietatis & Oleosum, Pag. 66  
Tinct. Stomatica & Oleosum, ibid.  
Tinct. Hemetina & Oleosum, ibid.  
Potestates Succinii Nostr. Pag. 68  
Elix. Proprietatis Helmontii & Oleosum, Pag. 70  
Pilula Anodina Specif. & Cathart. or the Powers of Bodies oilified and concentrated into a friendly Pill, Pag. 72   

Preparat. Menstr.  
Menstruum Urino-acidum, Pag. 77  
Menstr. Neutrale, for the dissolving of Talk, Pag. 78  
Menstr. Urinos'. cum Ol. Vitr. Pag. 80  
Menstr. Acidum radical Zwolfare, Pag. 81  
Spir. Nitr. Pag. 83  
Oleum Salis, Pag. 84  
Oleum Vitriol. ibid.  
Aquafortis, Pag. 85  
Aqua regia, ibid.  
Spir. Sal. dulc. & volatile. Pag. 87  
Spir. Vitr. dulc. & volatile. ibid.  
Menstr. Corrosivum Specific. Pag. 89  
Arcanum Pontissitatum, or Sp. Sal. Tart. volatilizat. per Acid. Pag. 90  
Sal Panaristos, Pag. 91   

Preparat. Saturni.  
Calx Saturnii, Pag. 110  
Precipit. album Glauber. Pag. 101  
Oleum Saturnii, Pag. 103  
Saccharum Saturnii, Pag. 100   

Preparat. Antimonii  
Species Antim. Russellii, Pag. 105  
Sal Antimonii, Pag. 107  
Hepar. Antimon. Pag. 108  
Lapis Prunella Antimonial. Pag. 109  
Vitreum Antimonii, ibid.  
Poculum Antimoniale, Pag. 110  
Regulus Antimon. Stellat. ibid.  
Regulus Antimon. Glaub. Pag. 111  
Antimonial. Panchymagogon, ibid.  
Arcanum Antimonial. Helmontii, Pag. 113  
Panacea Antimon. or Starkey 's Febrifuge, ibid.  
Species Mineralis Nostr. or our prevalent, triumphant, Antimonial Emetic and Catharick.   

Preparat. Jovis.  
Calx Jovis,  
Sal Jovis, ibid.  
Anima Jovis, Pag. 115  
Oleum Jovis, ibid.  
Fulmen Jovis, ibid.  
Jupiter durat. Argent. similis, Pag. 116   

Preparat. Martis.  
Calx Martis, ibid.  
Sal Martis, Pag. 117  
Flores Martis, Pag. 118  
Anima Martis, ibid.  
Flores Mart. cum Saturn. Pag. 103  
Sal Calybis Magisterialis Nostr. Pag. 119   

Preparat. Sol.  
Aurum Fulminans, Pag. 131  
Aurum Potabile Sylvii, Pag. 132  
Aurum Potabile Nostr. Pag. 133  
Arcanum Solare Pag. 128  
Calx Solaris Pag. 121  
Sal Auri [alias] Sal Sapientiae, Pag. 124  
Oleum Solare, Pag. 126  
Mercur. Aur. Pag. 131   

Preparat. Veneris  
Calx Veneris, Pag. 134  
Vitriolum & Sal Veneris, Pag. 136  
Species veneris gradus Aureosa, Pag. 139  
Ens Veneris, Pag. 138  
Tinctura Veneris, Pag. 135  
Narcotic. Sulphur Veneris, Pag. 140  
Ens Vitae Metallorum, ibid.   

Preparat. Mercurli.  
Magnesia Mercurii, ibid.  
Precipitat. Mercurii album, Pag. 141  
Mercur. dulcis Diaphoretic. & Cathartic. Pag. 142  
Mercur. precipitat. per se, ibid.  
Oleum Mercurii, Pag. 143  
Alium, Pag. 145  
Mercurius Praecipt. & Diaphoretic Pag. 146  
Arcanum Mercuriale & Cathart. ibid.   

Preparat. Lunae.  
Pilula Lunaris, or Salt of Lune, Pag. 147  
Sublimat. Lunae, Pag. 148  
Luna Potabilis, Pag. 149   
FINIS.   

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