2^4 IIBER SECVNDVS 



&; prorfusinimiciiTimum natursE noftrxreddatur * Quod fi 

 hxc minus fatilFaciunt vobi5^<;ani,qu:Efo,vitrum tcnmirimc 

 tritumobijcitcvcl deuorandum prasbetc , videbitis cofdem 

 fcre eum Antimonio veftro effedus. Sed fortaifc teilimoni- 

 um Tlieophrafti Paraceiii adducctis , qui in hbro fuo de vita 

 longa , capitc in quo ex profefTo de Antimonio agit , fcripfit , 

 Antimonium qucmadmodum aurum mundet , ita corpora 

 quoqucnoftra mundarc, 6c verbis prodigiofis vtens, vtfolec, 

 maximum dicit efrcarcanu,& raodum prasparandi obicurfi, 

 & difficilem intclle6}:u,docui t, no tame ita intricatumjVt no 

 optime videamus eam prxparandi rationem a Matthioli di- 

 Thcophra- uerfam prorfuseCre.PrimoJinquit) videnecorrurapatur An- 



!i'AutTmo' timonium,fcdtantum hoc,quantum eft,imegrum raaneat, 

 nij prapa- citta vlhm amiilionc formie : fub hac enim deiicefcit Anti- 



■ monij arcanum,id qUodperretorcu impelli deber.fine omni 



capite mortuo,ac denuo in tertiu coho reduci. Tum dcmu 



* erumpitjdoiis eius grana quatuor, in quinta elTenria Meliffx . 



itcmloan- adniiniftrata. loannes dc Rupefciira,qui ante annos trccecos 



pcfciiTa. Qc confideratione qumtie eflentia: omnium reru fcnplit ca- 



put habet in quo dc quinta eflcntia Antimonij agit, dc qua 

 mirapracdicat,&obteftaturetiam,eiremyftcrium maximu, 

 neceovlIumpofTeinucniri admirabilius. Sedvidetcquajfo 

 quomodocomponat. Primuminpulueremredigit,&ace- 



tum Philofophorum in vafc plumbeo permifcet,& ita fub h- 



moequinoper fcptuagintadierum fpacia reliriquit ; igni de- 



inde apponit,&: fuccum co modoque proponit,quem Eene- 

 di(^umappeIIac,indeeIicit,nuIIo thefaurojquantumuispre- 



" cioliirimo comparandu,& faccharo &: mellc dulcTore. Vide- 

 cis iam opinor,quantum veftra pra^parandi ratio , a prioribus 

 duabus diftct. Quod fi vcerq; & Paracelfus & loannes de Ru 

 pefciffa vcra dixic/prieparatio code modo , que illi 8C prasfcri- 

 'bunt&imperant,faciendaerit.Qu^oinlocofatis mirarinon 

 pofrum,MatthioIu,fyncerioris McdiciniecultoreacerrimUf 

 &naturaadrepichendcndu aliosquam maxime procliue, 

 nulloadhibito delijrecioriexaniine, velcaufis efTecluuro eX' 

 a^lius paulo cbnlideratis^hunc fuum praeparandi modumm 

 f ul3li(;um proferre aufum fuiffc ? Nec enim pcrfuadere val- 

 bf,vcl vt credam adduci pofrum,hancgcnuinam prarparandi 



•rationcm cffe, qua Autimoniura ighcum magis rcdditur, SC 



bonam 



