z6z ^ ' " O bfervatio CL. 



aferrnento,penetracionem a fulphure accenuaco, & in minu- 

 tiftirnos atomo$ divifo ; fufionem a mercurio falificato, qui 

 medium eftconjungendi cin&uras^fermentinempe&fulphu- 

 ris y mulciplicarivam vero vircucem afumma denfitace auri & 

 fpiricu fummi penecracivo& agili mutuatur. Sciendum verd 

 quod iicec qorpusreducacurin aquam limpidiflTimam>non ca- 

 nien ficpropterea liquefa&urn, quousq; perregimen decens ad 

 nigredinemperveniac,ha£cenim non nifiper diucinam fpiri- 

 tus & corporis iuclam longum & durum cercamen apparet* 

 evaporacenim fopius fpiritus antequamcompa&o nimiscor- 

 porife imrnifcere poffichocvero dum candem obcinebitur& 

 Corvus enafcecur , cercum emorcui Draconis eric indicium. 

 ^/^/^,converfiselemencis,mutacafciiicec aquainterram (vis 

 (cilicec ejus incegra eft, dum in terram fuericconverfum,inquic 

 Hermes, undedeinde colores in vitrificatione emergences cti- 

 am refultanc) Mercurius faepius fuper terram calcjnacam & pu* 

 trefaclam eric reducendus & reimbibicio decens peragenda,hic 

 enim c&rn aurum gravicaceaequec vel falcem proxime ad ejus 

 gravicacem accedac, permanencem auro fubcilitacem inducec» 

 duriciem ejuspenicus frangecfupcrabit/ucileq^reddet^ut non 

 ampliusreconcencrari ullomodo poffit, Hocvero non obti- 

 nebicur, nifi diutina concritione cum aqua, mulciplici enim 

 (alcem & aiterna (blucionis & coagulacionis reiceracione noca 

 cxcenfa cocumq; opus abfolvicur & non nifi pocus fuavitace 

 terraemollicaeum incra fua vilcera fufceptum iiftet ; Funda- 

 menturn vero hujus philofophiciOpen?& veras folucionis eft 

 v.g. LJnio Su/phuris communu cum olec de/ii//ato s dum nempe haec 

 invicem fblvuncur &fepius per rccortam lenco calore abftra- 

 huntur& cohobancur (czu&c phikletha inquit; opus Philofb- 

 phicuna non nificohobationerri efleduarum nacurarum, uni- 

 us fuperaliam , utvircus digefta cum nondigefto extrahatqr) 

 idq; cociesrepeticur,donec fblvens&folutum adeo finc unica, 

 uc niilla arce a fe invicem amphus (eparari pojTmc , fulphurq; 

 (non minusfic&aurum) ad funduro &radigcminternam fic 



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