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was, That Gold might be made, butthat the Alchymis ovcr-fired the work: 
For (he faid) the making of Gold did require avery temperate Hear, as e- 
ing in Nature afubterrany work,. where little Heat cometh } but ' yern 
to the making of Gold, than x any other Meral: And sherefadel that he| 
would do it with agreat Lamp , thar fhould carry a temperate and equal | 
Heat, and thatit wasthe work of many Moneths. The devife of the Lamp | 
was folly, but the overfiring now ufed, and the equal Heat tobe required, | 
andthe making it a work of fome good time, are noill difcourfes, . f 
We refort therefore toour Axioms of “Maturation, i in effcét touched ber 
fore. 
The firktis, That there be ufeda Temperate Heat ; for they arc ever | 
Temperate Heats that Difgefts, andMature; wherein we mean Temperate, 1G 
according tothe Nature of the Subje& : For that may be telpeaa to} 
Fruits and Liquors, which will not workar all upon Merals. e 
The fecond is, That the Spirit of the Metal be quickned, and ‘he 7 
Metal, wrought upon, will notbe able to difgeft the Parts. — oe 
The third is, That the Spirits do fpred themfelves even, and move idk | i 
fubfultorily, for that will make the parts clofe and pliant. And Hs requireth | © 
a Heat that doth notrife and fall, butcontinue as equal as may be. 3 | 
The fourth is, That no part of the Spirit be emitted but detained: ] — 
For if there be Emiffion of Spirit , the Body of the Metal wilhbe hard and » 
churlifh. And this will be performed, partly by the temper c of the Fire, and: # 
| partly by the clofene(s of the Veffel. ie 
The fifth is, That there be choice made of the-likelieft and bet pre: ie 
pared Metal for the Verfion ; for that will facilitatethe Work. > i” 
The fixthis, That you give time cnough forthe Work, notto prolong, i 
hopes (as the Alchymifs do, but indeed togive Nature a convenient pace: to 
work in. 4 
Thefe principles moft certain and true, we will now aeaeed a direSioh | ‘ 
of Tryal out of them, which may ( See me further ‘Meditation ie 4 
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Let there Be a fmall Furnace made of a “Teisltaed Heat j- let the heatbe | 
fuch asmay keep the Metal perpetually molten,and no more; for that above | _ 
all, importeth tothe Work : Forthe Material, take Silver; which is the | 
Metal, thatin Nature, fymbolizeth moft with Gold ; putin alfo, with the Sil | 
ver a tenth part of Quick-filver ; and a twelfth part of Nitre by weight: 
Both thefe to quicken and open the Body.of the Metal; and folet the Work | 
be continued by the {pace of Six Moneths, at theleaft. J wifhalfo, T hat | 
there be asfometimes an Injedtion of fome Oyled Subftances: fuch as they | 
ufe in the recovering of Gold, which by vexing with Separations hath | 
been made churlifh: And this is, to lay the parts more clofe and fmooth; | 
whichis the main work. For Gold (as we fee): is the clofeft (and there. | 
fore the heavieft) of Metals; andislikewife the moft flexible and tenfi ible. 
Note, That to think to make Gold of Quick-filver becaufeitis the heaviett, | 
is a thing not tobehoped; for Quick-filver will not endure the mann e 
of the Fire:) Next to Silver, I think ‘Copper ' were hieteft to be the 
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