The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. 21 



and is nothing but Confirmation ; manual 

 operation shewing the good, eliciting the 

 latent and hidden nature, and bringing 

 it forth into the light for good ; for as in 

 spiritual things the way of the Lord 

 must be prepared, so in this Art also 

 the way must be opened and made 

 straight, in order that the goal may be 

 reached without any false step or aber- 

 ration.* 



After preparation, and especially 

 after separation of good and bad (brought 

 about by dissolution), we must proceed 

 to the Proportions of Weight, or dosis. 

 For you must avoid taking either too 

 little or too much : this is a point to 

 which the physician should pay the 

 closest attention, if he would not "make 

 a fat churchy ard."t 



When the Medicine is diffused 



* In this third part, manual experiment is indispensably 

 necessary, since without it the student is driven about by 

 every passing wind like a rudderless ship. Concerning this, 

 it is difficult to give directions in writing. One hour of 

 practice teaches more than many pages of the most lucid 

 written instructions. 



t If you do not know the right quantity of a Medicine, it 

 may produce an effect directly the opposite of that which 



