66 The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. 



unless it be first separated from its gross 

 elements, rectified, manifested, clarified, 

 and prepared, that all may see how a 

 separation of the pure from the impure 

 has taken place, and that the pure metal 

 is purged of all earthy elements, after 

 which the harvest may be expected. But 

 this cannot take place, until the metal 

 has been opened and dissolved by a 

 carefully regulated fire. 



In order that I may comprehend 

 much matter of importance within a 

 small compass, this, shortly, is the sum 

 of the science of Antimony. 



Whatever is hidden from common 

 observation is the province of Art ; but 

 as soon as the hidden has become mani- 

 fest and visible, the task of our Art is 

 accomplished, and all that remains to be 

 done is purely mechanical, as I have 

 more than once set forth in my other 

 books. ' 



The bee extracts honey from the 

 flower by the art which God has given 

 to her ; but when once the honey is 

 visibly perfect, that sweet and fragrant 



