perfeifca nonaddantor vel conjungancur Merctirionoftro^nec 

 inprincipio, nec in medio> nec in fine> Mercuriiis noPccr co- 

 £tioneperenni&concinoa nondeirftic fe cerminareii. (iilphiir 

 aibum priiridj & ulcimorobcum, quodeft ranjcaris noftr;^ & 

 prorogandc^ vica^ humaoce rummum medicamentum. Fugar 

 ^nim per omnesdefeclus, & curscomnes infirm.itaces cum 

 animalium, cum vcgecabilium, quamvis auro & argento nom 

 impr^gnecur. Habecenim iafe ipfoMercurius noiler vicam 

 coeleitem &!umen,uc puriiTimumomniumekmentorum fe- 

 men, beneficio cuji*s in nacuralibus , admiranda &r miraculofa 

 omnino peragic, & perpscrac. £c fic e(l viceehumanes verum 

 &uniaim, &abroiuiumfolatium.,qu6 majusin hac terrarum 

 valle poiTideri non poceft. Eccerce in hoc perquirendo aia- 

 gis defudare deberent homines raencis & ratioois capaccs^ 

 quamfaciunt> imo hoc inucile& vanuni exiilim.anc ftudium ; 

 imo capcos mence & ftulcos exiftimanc^ qui huicftodio& operi 

 jiavanc operam. Sed non eflmirum: Labor enim vircucis 

 Mania femper judicacur. ConcIudemus^rgoincodliooeMer- 

 xurii nofrriin principio codlionis ipfius addenda & conjon- 

 . gendaelTeperfedamecalla,Soiemtancum: quia his in mecaliis 

 perfeftis funcradii cingences, & Sulphuralbum &rubeiim psr- 

 feftemacurum j & perfede co£lum, quo cicius cerminancur in. 

 perfedumfinem, fulpbur album &rubeum, qu^e func ioMer- 

 curio noftro. Undenon perperam faciuntjqui fic operanturs 

 liec ullum errorem commiccunc, fed omninoftcundum Leg^ 

 ;ard3 faciunc, & fegerum« 



'C AT mT XIIl 



m Mercundnofkd .perdgendofint vdri^ & di- 

 JtinS^ operdtwnej ? 



\ TAriae&difiinft^enarrancuraChimicisa^^^ 



nesin conficiendo& peragendo noftrollercurid^ imo 

 ^^x cribus naturse regnis eliciuiK Furom nacur^o Ut i^c pura 



M 3 fimu! 



