made a rope with which he escaped. Once in safety the al- 

 chemist appealed to the Emperor, who confiscated an estate 

 of the Moravian and bestowed it upon the Pole; on this 

 property, "Gavarna," near the borders of Silesia, Sendivogius 

 resided many years excercising a princely hospitality. In 

 memoirs, written by his steward Bodowski, he relates that 

 Sendivogius kept his philosophic powder in a little box of 

 gold, and when on a journey hung the precious box on his 

 neck by a golden chain; but the greater part of the powder 

 was concealed in a hole cut in the step of his carriage. 

 When travelling through a region infested by robbers Sendi- 

 vogius would exchange clothes with his valet and take a seat 

 on the box by the driver, putting his valet inside. In Warsaw 

 he met with great success in duping Sigismond the King of 

 Poland; at Stuttgart, however, he had a misadventure 

 brought about through the jealousy of a rival alchemist, 

 Johann Heinrich Muller. Miiller began his life as a barber's 

 apprentice and learned the secrets and tricks of professional 

 alchemists from Daniel Rappolt when acting as his valet. 

 Thus equipped he presented himself at the court of Rudolph 

 and aroused great admiration by an ingenious stratagem; 

 he announced himself as bullet-proof, and allowed others to 

 shoot at him with bullets made of a soft lead-amalgam which 

 flattened out on striking his coat of mail. In the dwelling 

 of Johann Franke he made fine gold, or rather he got it into 

 the crucible by sleight of hand ; the Emperor was captivated 

 with his amusing ways and gave him the title of " Lord von 

 Miillenfels." Being now experienced in duplicity and passing 

 for a nobleman, the knave entered the service of Frederick, 

 Duke of Wurttemberg ; the arrival of Sendivogius in Stuttgart, 

 and the reputation he secured by two successful projections 

 filled Miillenfels with envy, and alarm lest he should be dis- 

 placed, so he planned to ruin his rival. As soon as Sendi- 



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