The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. 43 



Antimony, which contains within 

 itself its own vinegar, should be so pre- 

 pared as to entirely remove its poisonous 

 nature, in order that he who drinks it 

 may not swallow with it any venom, but 

 rather drive away and cast out all poison 

 from his body. 



The preparation of Antimony, or the 

 Key of Antimony, is that by which it is 

 dissolved, opened, divided and separated. 

 Such processes are calcination^' reverber-jlfl/vva 

 ation, sublimation, as we have previously 

 declared. In extracting its essence, in 

 vitalizing its Mercury, the process is 

 continued, and this Mercury must after- 

 wards be precipitated in the form of 

 a fixed powder. By our Art it can also 

 become an oil, which is a specific against 

 the new disease imported into this 

 country by French soldiers. 



to you the first portal and the last, leading to the chamber of 

 the King. You now stand on the threshold of the work. If 

 you take a false turning at this point, or enter by a wrong 

 door, the whole of your subsequent journey will be mis- 

 directed. He who holds the right key in his hand, and has 

 that strength to turn it which is supplied by Plutus (who is 

 god of wealth), the entrance to the inmost shrine of 

 Alchemy lies open before him. 



