The Triumphal Chariot of A ntimony. 89 



Woe unto you, who neither under- 

 stand, nor care to understand my words ! 

 If you knew the meaning of fixation and 

 volatility, and of the separation of pure 

 and impure, you would cease from your 

 foolish occupation and follow me alone. 

 It is I, Antimony, that speak to you. In 

 me you find mercury, sulphur, and salt, 

 the three great principles of health. 

 Mercury is in the regulus, sulphur in the 

 red colour, and salt in the black earth 

 which remains. Whoever can separate 

 these, and then re-unite and fix them by 

 art, without the poison, may truly call 

 himself blessed ; for he has the Stone, 

 which is called fire, and in the Stone, 

 which can be composed out of Antimony, 

 he has the means of perfect health and 

 temporal subsistence. 



In Antimony you will find all 

 colours, black, white, red, green, blue, 

 and an incredible number of mixed tints 

 (besides grey and yellow), which must 

 all be severally known, and used in their 

 own proper order. 



Now I will declare how the medi- 



