ftillacioncm. Exvegccabili habccur falTartaricommunicer,ex 

 calcinacione&fblucion^ in Aquam limpidam, do n ec per va- 

 rias foluciones > & deficcaciones habeas candidiffimum falem 

 Tarcari>qui diffblvenduseflinacecoftillaticiosdonecnihilacc- 

 tiampliusbibcrc poffic; TuncfaiiUe (piricu aceci imprsegnacus 

 vcl (piricuvini, fublimacur, ficquc volacilis. HicSal volacilis 

 fkdus purus &pucus connefiienduseftcum (ale volacili anima- 

 li, & cumfpiritu acido mineralicGmmunicerextrafto; & ficcria 

 illa pura fimulconfuniiain Mercurium convertuncur per cir« 

 culacionemj&inaquamfeu liquorem Alkaheftconvercuncuri 

 quod hic hquor cocus ^iricualis fic , & pu^rus & nicidus trium 

 rcgnorumMercurius,qu6foJo in Alchimia peragenda ucun- 

 tur. Ec fic arcana perficiuncur , & mecalla cun£la in pr imam 

 reducuncurmaceriamyuc, quidincencro fuo poffideaoCi per- 

 fc£te videaiic & perfpicianc. De liquors illo Alkaheft miilca 

 di£la fonc ab Aucoribus Chimicis Neocericis^ a Faracelso au« 

 tem pauciffima. Dicic cnim Liquorem Alkahcft elfe Mercuri-. 

 «m praeparacum , du m cencrum fuurp ficfuper£cies , & fuperfi- 

 1 cies Mercurii fic cencrum; ficoccukum , quod eft in Mercuri6^ 

 1 iicmamfeflumj&quodmanifeftumeftineodem Mercuriojfic 

 ' occulcum. Sic cransmutancur elemencaMercurii occulta in 

 manifefta^quod folum expecic Alchimia. 



C A P U T XXIX 



De Ltquon Alkdhefi , quid ftf ? ^ qudts fit ? 



T Oc& tancaenarrancuTde liquoreifto a Chimicis recend- 

 bus , ucperneceilarium ficPriocipi n-oftroSereniffimo TqU 

 f^.quidfic liquorifte, &<)ualisfic, & unde habendos, & elici- 

 endus^ucquicquidprodeftAlchimiasfaciend^, nonipfum Ia« 

 teacPrincipem. Eft-ergo liquorifte Meicurialispurosipiricos 

 iKetallicus corporefuo propri^&nacurali conjunftus,&ica con- 

 nexus , uc duo unum fianc infeparabile , & indeftruflibile, 

 omniadeftruens ,& reduccnsin primacn maceriam i Qiia^ftio 

 eftrummaioalchimia, necfokscu racilis..cum du^a!i;£fubftan- 

 ti^ 6X v^^ecabili & animali re^noelicicae; & Mercuriah lubftan* 



