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together, pour to mixture spirit of wine, 

 and circulate again. Remove the sedi- 

 ment, which will have settled at the 

 bottom, and you will then have the 

 arcanum thoroughly amalgamated with 

 the spirits of vitriol and of wine. When 

 this arcanum has been rectified a final 

 time, one drop of it mixed with rose 

 water has greater medicinal value than 

 a whole potful of herbs ; it is a good 

 appetizer and digestive, purifies the 

 blood, and cures colic as by magic. 



After the arcanum of Antimony 

 comes its Elixir.* In the name of the 

 Lord, take some good minera of Anti- 

 mony, pulverize it finely, sublime with 

 half as much salt of ammonia ; put all 

 that is sublimed into a glass retort, distil 

 thrice (always removing sediment), ab- 

 stract salt by edulcoration, reverberate 



this work I give a drawing of the vessel in which I effect this 

 union between different substances. Spirit of wine easily 

 unites with other substances, but is as easily separated 

 from them. 



* This operation is easy, and we say nothing about it, 

 to shew that we have not written our commentary for the 

 purpose of putting ourselves forward. 



