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licecPhilofbphicum nil eft aliudquamcorporis&fpiricusvera 

 & infeparabilis conjun&id,& gldrio/a corporis curn fpiricu re- 

 furre£tio 3 &in coelum veluc adfcenfio,pofl:quam fcilicec prius 

 fpiricuscorpusflagellavit, contrivic &canquam igmsinferna- 

 liscombuflk & incineres mdrcuos per poenirenciam redegit* 

 Tertto, regacur Elixir calore folis pro ejus putrefadtione, uam 

 nunquamcorpusglorificacumerie^riecfijftipiecailimam &fpi- 

 ricum,nifi poft pucredinem. In opere philofbphico aic Seto- 

 nius in ingeniofiflima fua parabola, macer huius rei eft reafFufa 

 rocies aqua mecallica &quicquid ex ea nafcitur,more vermium 

 per pucrefadtionem nafcicur, ided Philofbphi Phoenicem & Sa- 

 lamandram crearunc. Si enim e duofum corporum corrupcio- 

 nefiereceflecresmorti obnoxia, atquia fecancum revivificac, 

 deftrudto corpore priorijemicacaliudincorruptibile :alteran- 

 dum fcilicec corpusauri 3 & ejus parces & feinvicem minucifiime 

 divellenda^ucalicerinvercancur, dislocencur &compages auri 

 ar£l;a diffolvacur, vinculaq; ejus &carceres, quibus capcivum 

 decinecurg pafiivumq; falcem reddicun deftruancur, id quod in- 

 geniofum/ed paciencem requiric arcificem : Quare & quarto> 

 convercenda elemencainunumalceriuseorum;&cavendum, 

 nefugiancnec comburancur per nimium calorermquoniam, 

 ficomburerencur, gaudium omneperiret, materiafcilicecvi- 

 trificaca^unde deinceps iafblubilis amplius redderecur; Cum 

 calidum infrigidum &ficcum in humidum permutacum erit, 

 fecuricas eric inopere, fcopusfcilicet efihumidum ficcounirc 

 unione firma ; dum acidum&alcali ucrumq; fixum & volacile 

 inchao anrimonii ope ignis excerniexcicatoarchaeo, continuo 

 mocu,in orbem vertuncur,ac fe mucuo amplexa in unum cor» 

 puscoeunc; Alcali verd volatile feufpiricusdac fufionem s aIcaIi 

 fixumfeu anlmaTinQuram, &ideofiElixirnonfundkur, ca.~ 

 rec fpiricu, fi non cingic, carec anima : Elixiri namq; perfe&o 

 quinque infunt proprias & neceflariee qualicaces, uc ficfucile, 

 permanens,penecrans 3 cingens&mulcipiicans: Tin£turam & 

 fixacionem %itE$agnetm slrcm<Herm>Philof.op, §. CMF-p- m.y $. 



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