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cili fiftic & quam dives , generofa , pulchra & gloriofo fic in 

 fuis receflibus Nacura edocer. Alia mecalla quod fpe&ac, uc 

 Cuprum &Ferrum horum mineras cerra ejusmodi lapidifor- 

 mi propria plcnx & mecallurgorum folica caftracione haud 

 privacce , per fe in Vicra quoque abire pofllinc , ceu in liqua- 

 cioneeorum lapides vicrei fri fcoriis adparenc. Nocabilia ve- 

 ro func verba cicaci Gummerci dicencis : Maceria univerfalis 

 refpe&u mecallorum & mineralium calis fic oporcec , qualis 

 requiricur ad lapides & quarcios in cryftallos redigendos; 

 Hinc prouc ad radicalicer folvenda mecalla pralercim perfe- 

 ftiora requiricur mercuriale penecrancilfimum igne magico 

 pregnanciflimum (cujus nimirum praparacio fic opereguli 

 Marcis ancimoniaci ftellaci & Lunae, de quo A?jonymu$ Phila- 

 letha in Experimencis de praeparacione Mercurii Sophici , & 

 Auttor AnonymusPenes nosundaTagi nimirum d' Efpagnes 

 in Arcano Hermec. Philofoph. Opere) quo veluc glacies itiL 

 aqua liquefcanc & primo opere regiminis quod eft Mercurii, 

 penicus diflblvancur , fic quoque ad Lapides & Quarcios vi- 

 crificandos calis eric maceria? veluc amor, uc ftri&iffime invi- 

 cem combinaca una in cryftallum & nicrum abire poffinc; 

 Qualicervero ejusmodi maceriaobcineacur, modo didusana- 

 logifmus & conjedturaj quas fuggeric epiftola divulgacoria_# 

 Gummerci innuunc , nimirum quod fic mecalli calcinaci cer- 

 ra calciformis purilfima , quae fuper porphyrice vel marmo- 

 re ccrenda eft cum aqua falsa impalpabilicer & poftea aqua 

 communi limpida abluenda , donec aqua a calce munda & 

 pura defluac, quzeque rurfus uc prius cerenda.donec nullx arn- 

 plius fordes cerrea^ defiuanc : Hoc ergo modo fi debice pro- 

 cedacur,nullacenusdubicandum,quin infignia Amaufa (forcc 

 a Mulaico vel mufivo opere, quale Veneciis in Templo Divi 

 Marci videre eft, ica dida, de quorum ecymologia alias cacec 

 Exc. Brunonis Lexicon Medicum Caftelli renovacum) 5c ele- 

 ganciflima cryftalliformia corpora obcineri pofiinc, v. g. ex 

 calceVeneris icauftainfigneAmaufum viride excalce plumbi 



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