OBSERV ATIO CVIII. 



Dn. ANDRE/E CNOEFFELII 



DE 



ALKAHEST HELMONTII ET PARACELSL 



f E&or Benevole, offero tibi nomen Alkabeft five velis Helmontii 

 I five Paracelfi, per me liberum efto. Dico nomen : fiquidem ex 

 % ^ denominationecognoviquid fit Helmontii, & exeo quidPara- 

 celfus velit efle Alkaheft. Num ver6 liquor Alkaheft Helmontii fit 

 liquor Alkaheftj quem defcribit Paracelfus lib. d. virib, membr. T. /. c . 6. 

 fofol.p. w.320. (edit. Germ.) j Et num ignis gehenn£ Pavacelfi fit Alkaheft 

 Helmontiijtu ipfe B. L. ex allatis judica, fiquidem Davum > non Oedi- 

 pumagam. QmdautemfibivelitParacelfus vocabulo Alkaheft» ne- 

 minem vidi,qui potuit ex ejus libris genuinam enodare fignificatio- 

 nem. Siquidem quantum ego memini nullo alio in loco legi,nifi hoc 

 in prarallegato de virib. membr. Spiritum autem aliquem eflfe debere pa- 

 tet ex verbis : fed & liquor Alkaheft magns virtutis efi,conformndi bepar & 

 confervandi ab hydrope ; ejus procejftu efi } ut poft coaguUtionem re/oivas (f 

 coagules in formam transmumam ; ficut proceffus de coagulando 0* refol- 

 vendo docet, Tunc enim,fif»perat fuum fimile , mcdicina fit hepatis. Huc 

 usqueParacelfus. Helmontius defcribit liquorem Alkaheft ita \qubd 

 fit liquor immortzlis, immutabiiis, aquafohens & fal circulatus t quiredu- 

 cit omne corpus tangibile in liquorem fui concretL Tr. Arcan. Parac. p. 

 m. 481. in fol. Ultimaria autem verba> qui reducit &c. noninvenioin 

 Paracelfilib. d. virib.memb. quod ea luo Iiquori ibidem adfcribat_>. 



Verbah^cS? defcriptio Helmontiani Alkaheft, obfcuriora fiunt ex 

 7V. comphx. figm. §.6.p.m.6^ t infol.'m verbis: quedam corpora in tria 

 dividi recufant,in fitiem adjunclo HquoreAlkahefiParacelfimndem fdtifcunt, 

 Et in Tr. Arb. Vit. p.m. 485?. cumparviponderis liquoris Alkaheft , vide» 

 bis Cetim in fuccum lacleum migrajfe. Tr. terra §. i<f. 16. p. m. tf. Arena. 

 five terra originalU ab igne artificiali ( qui eft IiquorAlkaheft,ut infra pro* 

 babitur) fit fal.lt. d. Lithiaf. 1. 7. § . 23. p. m. 44. ludi pulverati JSj. 

 actuntundcm liquoris Alkaheft, deftiUa huncinde, & prima vicetotus ludus 

 mumus eritin fatem. Tr. ig«. Act Reg. §. 11. p. m. 204. A folo autem 

 comparifubter jugum trahitur atque permumur. Arc. Parac. p. 481. dicit : 

 Liquorem Alkctbeft coagulare Mercurium in fixum puherem. Modo di£ta 

 cumdefcriptionipriori videantur contradicere, dubius hasrere velpru- 



dentis- 



