36 The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. 



end, composed of all colours ; and the 

 more is always found in it, the more 

 diligent and prudent the search which is 

 made. One man's life is too short to 

 discover all these mysteries. It is a 

 most potent poison ; then, again, it is 

 free from poison, and a most excellent 

 Medicine, both for external and internal 

 application. This is hidden from many 

 through their blindness, and they judge 

 it to be a foolish, incredible, and vain 

 thing. We must excuse them on account 

 of their ignorance, and permit them to 

 plead their stupidity in extenuation of 

 their folly. The worst of it is that they 

 will not be taught. 



Antimony has the four first qualities ; 

 it is frigid and humid, and yet hot and 

 dry ; it accommodates itself to the four 

 seasons of the year, and is both volatile 

 and fixed. Its volatility is poisonous, 

 its fixed state free from all poison. Hence 

 Antimony is one of the seven wonders of 

 the world, and many have written about 

 it without knowing the meaning of their 

 own words ; no one before me, and even 



