OF THE ORIGIN OF CHEMISTRY. 49 



tuo ex bac una.rc gcncrantur diffrofitionc na- 

 ture. 



4. Patrcm ca habct fo/ew, matrcm lunam : ab 

 acre in utercquajigc/latur, nntrituraterra. 



.5. Canfa omnis perfedlionis rcrum ca (ft per uni- 

 vcrfum boc. 



6. Ad fummam ipfa pcrfettioncm virittm pcrvc* 



;/iV, Ji redicrit in bnminn. 



7. /// paries tribuito bumum igncin pa(p.vn^ at- 



tenitens denjitatem ejus re omnium fuavijfima. 



8 Summa adfccnde ingcnii fagacitate a terra in 

 ccelum, indeque rurfum in tcrram dcfcende, 

 ac vires fupcriorurn ir[feriorumqe coge in 

 unum .' Jic pvticrc gloria lotius mundi ; atqut 

 it a abjccitc fortis bomo ampliur non babcrc. 



9. Iflb(vc jam res ipfa firtitiidinc fortior m- 

 Jlet : corpora quippe tarn tcnuia, quam fo- 

 lida pcnctrando fubige. 



ic. Atque fie quidem qiuccunque mundus continct 

 cieat a fucrc. 



11. Hinc admiranda evadunt opera, qua: ad 

 eitmdem modum injlituuntur. 



12. Mibi vero idea nomen Her metis Trlfmegtfli 

 impofitum fuit, quod trium mundi fapicniitf 

 parti urn doftor dcprcbcnfus fum. 



13. Hae funt, qiucdc cbemica artis pra/l ant iffimo 



opere conjignanda cjje duxi. 



Shrocdcr aficrts, that this autographic tablet 

 is dill to be feen at Turin * ; if fo, it ought furc- 

 ly to be attentively examined and dcfcribed* 



D It 



* Loc. cit. 



