Notes alchimiques d'Isaac Newton
(vers 1670)
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it a more excellent sudorific, purging very well by urin
& sweat. Ibid p 140.
The bare pouder of pearls is a much richer
medicine then the magistery prepared by solution & precipitation
& crude harts horn, reduced onely to a gelly (as the greatest
part may be by fair water) then the magistery thereof
in making which the volatile spirits fly away. p 150.
medicine then the magistery prepared by solution & precipitation
& crude harts horn, reduced onely to a gelly (as the greatest
part may be by fair water) then the magistery thereof
in making which the volatile spirits fly away. p 150.
‡ <in mg:>
‡ Gather in a convenient season & time of the day
Baulm or Celadine for instance, or some other fit hearb (for
all hearbs are not fit this way to be reduced
into liquors) beat it well to a soft mash in a marble
mortar, digest it 40 days in a dunghill or
Analogous heat in a bolt head hermeticaly sealed, &
it will be more liquid by much then before then take it out & separate the liquid from the
grosser parts (suppose by straining) & digest it again
in a gentle bath that the yet remaining grosser
parts may subside. Philter it, & add to it the fixed salt
of the afforesaid grosser parts dryed & calcined, &
more over add to it equall parts of the liquor of
good sea salt well purified & then melted &
suffered to run per deliqium. Seal it up in a
convenient glass, & expose it to the sunn for about six
weeks, at the end of which time there will swim
at the top of it the Primum Ens of the Plant in
a liquid form transparent & either green or red
or perhaps some other colour according to the
nature of the Plant. This primum ens of Baulm
taken early every morning so much in good
wine as will give it a tincture till the nailes hair
& teeth fall of & lastly the skin be dryed & exchanged for a
new one is said by Paracelsus to renue youth in
his book de renovatione et
restauratione where he describes this process excepting that
he mentions not the fixt salt of the Plant. This
Monsieur L. F. (Le Fever) told Mr. Boyle & that a
friend of his that had made it tryed it upon himself
for a fortnight till his nails came of without any pain. And upon an
woman of neer 70 yeares of age for 10 or 12
days till her Menstruae came copiously upon her so as to
fright her. And upon an old hen moistening her
food with some drops of it for a week, which about the
sixth day began to moult her feathers till she became stark naked & before
a fortnight began to regain others which when come
to their full growth appeared fairer & better
coloured then the first, & her crest was raised & she
laid more eggs then she was wont. The primum
ens of scrophularia may also be thus obteined,& though
the relator ascribed to this no such renovating power as
to that of Balm & Celadine, yet he found it
innobled with extraordinary virtues. Boyle Ibid p. 184.
‡ Gather in a convenient season & time of the dayBaulm or Celadine for instance, or some other fit hearb (for
all hearbs are not fit this way to be reduced
into liquors) beat it well to a soft mash in a marble
mortar, digest it 40 days in a dunghill or
Analogous heat in a bolt head hermeticaly sealed, &
it will be more liquid by much then before then take it out & separate the liquid from the
grosser parts (suppose by straining) & digest it again
in a gentle bath that the yet remaining grosser
parts may subside. Philter it, & add to it the fixed salt
of the afforesaid grosser parts dryed & calcined, &
more over add to it equall parts of the liquor of
good sea salt well purified & then melted &
suffered to run per deliqium. Seal it up in a
convenient glass, & expose it to the sunn for about six
weeks, at the end of which time there will swim
at the top of it the Primum Ens of the Plant in
a liquid form transparent & either green or red
or perhaps some other colour according to the
nature of the Plant. This primum ens of Baulm
taken early every morning so much in good
wine as will give it a tincture till the nailes hair
& teeth fall of & lastly the skin be dryed & exchanged for a
new one is said by Paracelsus to renue youth in
his book de renovatione et
restauratione where he describes this process excepting that
he mentions not the fixt salt of the Plant. This
Monsieur L. F. (Le Fever) told Mr. Boyle & that a
friend of his that had made it tryed it upon himself
for a fortnight till his nails came of without any pain. And upon an
woman of neer 70 yeares of age for 10 or 12
days till her Menstruae came copiously upon her so as to
fright her. And upon an old hen moistening her
food with some drops of it for a week, which about the
sixth day began to moult her feathers till she became stark naked & before
a fortnight began to regain others which when come
to their full growth appeared fairer & better
coloured then the first, & her crest was raised & she
laid more eggs then she was wont. The primum
ens of scrophularia may also be thus obteined,& though
the relator ascribed to this no such renovating power as
to that of Balm & Celadine, yet he found it
innobled with extraordinary virtues. Boyle Ibid p. 184.
The description of Helmonts Elixir
proprietatis see in his tractate intituled Sequuntur quaedam
imperfectiora, & Mr. Boyle Ibid p 193.
proprietatis see in his tractate intituled Sequuntur quaedam
imperfectiora, & Mr. Boyle Ibid p 193.
One cured a man of the scirrhus Lienis, & the
dropsy by the long use of sponges moistened with
lime water, & then squeesed & worn upon the spleen p 209
dropsy by the long use of sponges moistened with
lime water, & then squeesed & worn upon the spleen p 209
Strange cures are performed in the serpentine
Grotta neare Rome, where the patient being tyed stark
naked, hand & foot upon a straw bed, & by the
sulphureous vapor of the place & sometimes his own fear
is cast into a sweat & well lickt by a great
number of peculiar kind of serpents that inhabit
that Grotta. Ibid p 209
Grotta neare Rome, where the patient being tyed stark
naked, hand & foot upon a straw bed, & by the
sulphureous vapor of the place & sometimes his own fear
is cast into a sweat & well lickt by a great
number of peculiar kind of serpents that inhabit
that Grotta. Ibid p 209
The Jasper stone is very powerfull to stanch blood
if tyed neare the place. p 214.
if tyed neare the place. p 214.
Oxen & calves are cured of the Sturdy by opening
the skull & taking out a little bladder of water. &
Gotes of the Dropsy by letting out the water at a slit
made under the sholder p 233.
the skull & taking out a little bladder of water. &
Gotes of the Dropsy by letting out the water at a slit
made under the sholder p 233.
If the codd of a sheep be tyed hard with a string it
rots & stinks within 2 or 3 days for want of nutriment.
rots & stinks within 2 or 3 days for want of nutriment.
A coach hors ready to drop down dead of the staggers
has been suddenly cured by rubbing his gumms with
the coach whip till they bled p 235.
has been suddenly cured by rubbing his gumms with
the coach whip till they bled p 235.
Burnt feathers or the smoak of Tobacco blown upon
the face of a Hysterical woman, does often times almost
as suddenly recover her out of her fits of the mother as the
odor of perfumes did cast her thereinto. p 251.
the face of a Hysterical woman, does often times almost
as suddenly recover her out of her fits of the mother as the
odor of perfumes did cast her thereinto. p 251.
cures of poysons. see p 263.
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A Helmontian cured himself & others of the pleurisy by Helmonts
Laudanum opiatum without bleeding p 272.
Laudanum opiatum without bleeding p 272.
Cantharides are noxius to the kidneys & bladder, 
to the
throte & glandulas there abouts, strammoneum to the brain,
Opium to the animall spirits & genus nervosum p 278
Salt & tartareous meats to the reins & bladder of those
troubled with the stone p 280.
to thethrote & glandulas there abouts, strammoneum to the brain,
Opium to the animall spirits & genus nervosum p 278
Salt & tartareous meats to the reins & bladder of those
troubled with the stone p 280.
The Lapis ossifragus, a stone so fixed as to sustein
the violence of reverberated fire, being for some days
together drunk in wine or aqua symphyti to the quantity
of about half a drachm or more, doth wonderfully
cement together the parts of broken & well set bones
whence in shops it is commonly called osteocolla, &
hath wonders related Of it both by Chemicall & Galenical
writers. p 284 It will doe perhaps in 5 or 6 days as
much as nature alone in 40 especially if applyed
outwardly also in the form of a pultis with onely
beaten Geranium & oyle of roses or olives. But
it must especially in young people be used
moderately least it produce a callus about the fracture
as hath done sometimes p 285
the violence of reverberated fire, being for some days
together drunk in wine or aqua symphyti to the quantity
of about half a drachm or more, doth wonderfully
cement together the parts of broken & well set bones
whence in shops it is commonly called osteocolla, &
hath wonders related Of it both by Chemicall & Galenical
writers. p 284 It will doe perhaps in 5 or 6 days as
much as nature alone in 40 especially if applyed
outwardly also in the form of a pultis with onely
beaten Geranium & oyle of roses or olives. But
it must especially in young people be used
moderately least it produce a callus about the fracture
as hath done sometimes p 285
Tis strange that Phisitians have not tryed the power of
salivation by in other then Venereal distempers, as in
ulcers of the Kidneys, Consumptions, Palseys etc, especially
since tis probable the tormenting & almost insupporting
symptomes accompanying salivation may be
mitagated. p 286.
salivation by
in other then Venereal distempers, as inulcers of the Kidneys, Consumptions, Palseys etc, especially
since tis probable the tormenting & almost insupporting
symptomes accompanying salivation may be
mitagated. p 286.
The celebrated Practitioner Riverius besides his own
has published a collection of other mens receipts under the
title of Observationes communicatae. And the famous &
experienced Henricus ab Heer, hath among his
Observationes oppidò rarae, divers receipts that came even
from Mountebancks & Gipsies. p 294. The same
Henricus ab Heer in the 8th chapter of his Spadacrene
reccons among the diseses which the Spaa waters cure,
Catarrhs, & the distempers which (according to him) spring from
thence, as the Palsy, trembling of the joynts, & others
a kin to these, Convulsions, Cephalalgiae, Hemicraniae,
Vertigo, redness of the eyes & face, the Erysipelita, Ructus
continui, vomitus, singultus, obstructions & even scyrrhus's,
if not inveterate, of the liver & spleen, & the diseases
springing thence, the yellow jaundice, Melancholia
flatulenta seu Hypocondriaca< Dropsies, gravel, Ulcers of
the Kidneys, & carunculae in meatu urinario;
Gonorhaeas & resembling affections, Elephantiasis or the
Leprousy, fluor albus mulierum, Cancers & Scyrrhus's
of the womb, fluxes, & even Dysenteries; the worms
(so as to voyd them even by urin) sterility, scabies in
the body & neck of the bladder clammy pituitous matter
collected therein, Ulcers in the Sphincter of it, yea
& by long use the stone it self is thereby diminished.
Afterwards he adds Paucissimos vel nullos Spadae
incolas Capitis doloribus, Cardialgia, Calculo,
Obstuctionibus renum, Hepatis, Lienis, Mesereicarum,
laborantes invenies: Ictericos, Hydropicos, Podagricos, Scabiosos
Epilepticos, quod sciam, nullos. (p 290.) Mensibus
movendis imprimis idoneae sunt hae aquae, — et tamen
nimium eorum fluxum facilius quovis alio
medicamento sistunt .
has published a collection of other mens receipts under the
title of Observationes communicatae. And the famous &
experienced Henricus ab Heer, hath among his
Observationes oppidò rarae, divers receipts that came even
from Mountebancks & Gipsies. p 294. The same
Henricus ab Heer in the 8th chapter of his Spadacrene
reccons among the diseses which the Spaa waters cure,
Catarrhs, & the distempers which (according to him) spring from
thence, as the Palsy, trembling of the joynts, & others
a kin to these, Convulsions, Cephalalgiae, Hemicraniae,
Vertigo, redness of the eyes & face, the Erysipelita, Ructus
if not inveterate, of the liver & spleen, & the diseases
springing thence, the yellow jaundice, Melancholia
flatulenta seu Hypocondriaca< Dropsies, gravel, Ulcers of
the Kidneys, & carunculae in meatu urinario;
Gonorhaeas & resembling affections, Elephantiasis or the
Leprousy, fluor albus mulierum, Cancers & Scyrrhus's
of the womb, fluxes, & even Dysenteries; the worms
(so as to voyd them even by urin) sterility, scabies in
the body & neck of the bladder clammy pituitous matter
collected therein, Ulcers in the Sphincter of it, yea
& by long use the stone it self is thereby diminished.
Afterwards he adds Paucissimos vel nullos Spadae
incolas Capitis doloribus, Cardialgia, Calculo,
Obstuctionibus renum, Hepatis, Lienis, Mesereicarum,
laborantes invenies: Ictericos, Hydropicos, Podagricos, Scabiosos
Epilepticos, quod sciam, nullos. (p 290.) Mensibus
movendis imprimis idoneae sunt hae aquae, — et tamen
nimium eorum fluxum facilius quovis alio
medicamento sistunt .
In Peru was an Indian that cured all diseases
by the juice of one plant alone wherewith he
annointed the limbs & any other part affected, & then
covering them warm provoked sweat, which sweat was
meare blood. This he wiped of with linnen cloths
& so proceeded till he thought they had sweat enough
in the mean time giving them the most nourishing diet.
This plant he would never by fair or foul means discover.
p 224.
by the juice of one plant alone wherewith he
annointed the limbs & any other part affected, & then
covering them warm provoked sweat, which sweat was
meare blood. This he wiped of with linnen cloths
& so proceeded till he thought they had sweat enough
in the mean time giving them the most nourishing diet.
This plant he would never by fair or foul means discover.
p 224.
A gentleman was cured of most obstinate Ulcers
& other consequent distempers, onely by being well
fumigated every morning with the smoke of a certain
pouder, which the gentleman thought was some
vegetable substance. p 253. perhaps the fumes of
may doe much.
& other consequent distempers, onely by being well
fumigated every morning with the smoke of a certain
pouder, which the gentleman thought was some
vegetable substance. p 253. perhaps the fumes of
may doe much.
How balsamic a substance is diffused through pure 
may be guessed at by the great change that is made
in the caustic salt of Tartar when it is so dulcified
as to make Helmont's excellent Balsamus Samech
which if one had the art of so preparing the salt &
onely by frequently distilling pure from very fine
salt of
. For by this means the Alcaly retaining
the sulphureous salt or balsamic parts of the (as appeares
by the aquosity of the abstracted liquor, when it is
fully satiated so that the wine come of as strong as it was
poured on, will easily run per deliquium into a liquor not of
a caustic, but balsamic & something pleasant tast. p 388.
may be guessed at by the great change that is made
in the caustic salt of Tartar when it is so dulcified
as to make Helmont's excellent Balsamus Samech
which if one had the art of so preparing the salt &
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liquor as to fit them for conjunction might be madeonely by frequently distilling pure
from very finesalt of
. For by this means the Alcaly retainingthe sulphureous salt or balsamic parts of the
(as appearesby the aquosity of the abstracted liquor, when it is
fully satiated so that the wine come of as strong as it was
poured on, will easily run per deliquium into a liquor not of
a caustic, but balsamic & something pleasant tast. p 388.
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Of volatile salts of Animal &
vegetable substances. see p 160
vegetable substances. see p 160
Helmont calls the salt & spirit of Urin, Nobile ad Icterum
aliosque morbos remedium & of the same crystalls of Urin
he saith, Quanquam ad veteres excrementorum oppilationes
(i.e. obstructiones) conferunt, nihil tamen adversus Lithiasin.
Boyles Philosophy p 319 part 2. Mr. Boyle seems rather
to prefer salt of hartshorn & Mans blood. p 320. And
adds that the diseases for which the spirit of Man's blood are
proper are divers but cheifly Astmah's, Epilepsies, acute
Feavors, Plurisies, & consumptions p 222. The volatile
spirit & salt of Eeles & Vipers is by many extolled against
obstructions & foulnes of the blood & a multitude of diseases
that spring from thence. p 328.
aliosque morbos remedium & of the same crystalls of Urin
he saith, Quanquam ad veteres excrementorum oppilationes
(i.e. obstructiones) conferunt, nihil tamen adversus Lithiasin.
Boyles Philosophy p 319 part 2. Mr. Boyle seems rather
to prefer salt of hartshorn & Mans blood. p 320. And
adds that the diseases for which the spirit of Man's blood are
proper are divers but cheifly Astmah's, Epilepsies, acute
Feavors, Plurisies, & consumptions p 222. The volatile
spirit & salt of Eeles & Vipers is by many extolled against
obstructions & foulnes of the blood & a multitude of diseases
that spring from thence. p 328.
The spirit & salt of blood drawn without digestion
is little if at all inferior to that drawn by digestion
p 317. The preparations of these spirits see p 316 out
of soot, p 320 out of blood, p 339 out of harts horn, p 350
out of
is little if at all inferior to that drawn by digestion
p 317. The preparations of these spirits see p 316 out
of soot, p 320 out of blood, p 339 out of harts horn, p 350
out of
The spirit & salt of harts horn differ little in dose or
vertue, they resist putrefaction, comfort nature, open
obstructions mortify acidities, volatise the blood, promote its
circulation, are effectuall in feavours, pleurisies, obstructions of the
Mesentery & spleen, & chiefly in coughs & distempers of
the brain & nervous parts. It has much releived the
Epilepsy, & madness especially if it spring from
feavourish distempers. It works chiefly by sweat & somewhat
by urin, without leaving behind it such a heat as other
sudorifics are wont. It must not be administered (
inwardly) when the primae viae & passages are too much obstructed
& stuffed with gros humors least by agitating the blood it
caus greater obstructions. The dose is from 5 drops or
grains to a drachm in wine, carduous benedictus water or
any convenient vehicle which is not acid. Hartman
commends it against worms of the stomach. Ibid p 345.
vertue, they resist putrefaction, comfort nature, open
obstructions mortify acidities, volatise the blood, promote its
circulation, are effectuall in feavours, pleurisies, obstructions of the
Mesentery & spleen, & chiefly in coughs & distempers of
the brain & nervous parts. It has much releived the
Epilepsy, & madness especially if it spring from
feavourish distempers. It works chiefly by sweat & somewhat
by urin, without leaving behind it such a heat as other
sudorifics are wont. It must not be administered (
inwardly) when the primae viae & passages are too much obstructed
& stuffed with gros humors least by agitating the blood it
caus greater obstructions. The dose is from 5 drops or
grains to a drachm in wine, carduous benedictus water or
any convenient vehicle which is not acid. Hartman
commends it against worms of the stomach. Ibid p 345.
How to perfume & dulcify Urinous salts see p 373.
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Of Alcalies see p 162.
called Sulphur Antimonii auratum diaphoreticum, a triviall
toy as commonly used, but which may be thus exalted to a
most admirable virtue
toy as commonly used, but which may be thus exalted to a
most admirable virtue
Let the salts impregnated with the Sulphur be dissolved
untill they be red like blood, & separated from all
their terrene feces. Then by art reduce the whole mass
of salts with the into a volatility, in which process
there will be a very unsavory stink, which will of its
own accord pass away, & you shall have of your red
lixivium a sweet mass without odour as white as snow
untill they be red like blood, & separated from all
their terrene feces. Then by art reduce the whole mass
of salts with the
into a volatility, in which processthere will be a very unsavory stink, which will of its
own accord pass away, & you shall have of your red
lixivium a sweet mass without odour as white as snow
This snow is a Panacaea of 
, purging
certainly without vomit or nauceousness, even in the weakest
bodies, & without griping, & is a cure for many (& those chronical) diseases.
, purgingcertainly without vomit or nauceousness, even in the weakest
bodies, & without griping, & is a cure for many (& those chronical) diseases.
But to proceed to a further exaltation of its
virtue, Take this snow, & according to the right art
of distillation, proceed with it, to wit mixing it with
Potters earth dried, & by degrees of fire distill it
untill all come over (which by cohobation is
obteined) leaving behind only a damned black insipid earth,
the spirit being tincted & fragrant, to colour
resembling a potable liquor of Gold, being of a
deep tincture, of which 5 or 6 drops will not fail
(even in the most deplorable cases) that may be
imagined.
virtue, Take this snow, & according to the right art
of distillation, proceed with it, to wit mixing it with
Potters earth dried, & by degrees of fire distill it
untill all come over (which by cohobation is
obteined) leaving behind only a damned black insipid earth,
the spirit being tincted & fragrant, to colour
resembling a potable liquor of Gold, being of a
deep tincture, of which 5 or 6 drops will not fail
(even in the most deplorable cases) that may be
imagined.
Thus if Colcotar of Vitriol be perfectly washed
from its salt & dried & then boyled up with an
equall part of Salt of tartar liquefied, & then
both in a crucible melted & poured out, you
shall find the Colcotar will suffer all its almost
to be imbibed in the lixivium. This then by
mortification & regeneration bring to volatility
& distill it (as was said of the of ) & you
have a liquor of a yellowish green tincture &
fragrant.
from its salt & dried & then boyled up with an
equall part of Salt of tartar liquefied, & then
both in a crucible melted & poured out, you
shall find the Colcotar will suffer all its
almostto be imbibed in the lixivium. This then by
mortification & regeneration bring to volatility
& distill it (as was said of the
of ) & youhave a liquor of a yellowish green tincture &
fragrant.
In this liquor dissolve Argent vive & you shall find in
this dissolution the imbraced by the (conteined in the liquor)
& so fixed that in the fire both will give a reall metal
but being dulcified with spirit of wine without
reduction to a metal, become a true succedaneous medicine
to Helmonts horizontal Gold made by the Sulphur of
Vitriol of Venus brought into an oyle by the Alcahest & fixed.
this dissolution the
imbraced by the (conteined in the liquor)& so fixed that in the fire both will give a reall metal
but being dulcified with spirit of wine without
reduction to a metal, become a true succedaneous medicine
to Helmonts horizontal Gold made by the Sulphur of
Vitriol of Venus brought into an oyle by the Alcahest & fixed.
These operations Paracelsus touches on saying Sunt
praeterea essentiae vini cineratae (i.e. Salts of Tartar)
quae aurum solvunt etc. si in circulum dentur (i.e.
volatized till which time it cannot be circulated)
aurum reducunt. Nor is Helmont obscure as to this
particular where he saith, That if the spirit of
Volatile Salt of Tartar dissolve either Luna,,
cornu cervi, crabbs eyes or any other simple it will
cure not only the fever but most (if not all) chronic
diseases. Now corroded by any liquor & not
fixed is an unsafe medicine. But this liquor dissolving
it gives it a fixation sufficient to make it a
noble medicine, but being united with a volatile
(as I taught before, it then gives it a metalline
fixity after the same manner though in a
subordinate degree of nobleness with the fixation of it in
Helmonts horizontal gold, which is made & fixed by
the liquor Alcahest.
praeterea essentiae vini cineratae (i.e. Salts of Tartar)
quae aurum solvunt etc. si in circulum dentur (i.e.
volatized till which time it cannot be circulated)
aurum reducunt. Nor is Helmont obscure as to this
particular where he saith, That if the spirit of
Volatile Salt of Tartar dissolve either Luna,
,cornu cervi, crabbs eyes or any other simple it will
cure not only the fever but most (if not all) chronic
diseases. Now
corroded by any liquor & notfixed is an unsafe medicine. But this liquor dissolving
it gives it a fixation sufficient to make it a
noble medicine, but being united with a volatile
(as I taught before, it then gives it a metallinefixity after the same manner though in a
subordinate degree of nobleness with the fixation of it in
Helmonts horizontal gold, which is made & fixed by
the liquor Alcahest.
There are then 3 ways of operation upon
this volatized Alcaly in order to its application to
metalline bodies.
this volatized Alcaly in order to its application to
metalline bodies.
1 The Alcaly is volatised that is regenerated by
death & life & brought into a totally volatile salt
(which is of great virtue of it self.) This distilled
according to Art gives that noble liquor of which Helmont
& Paracelsus give such noble encomiums that
wherever that spirit reacheth not no other will reach
This disolves all concretes only is coagulated upon
them (being dissolved into a volatile Salt, which
metalls rais their Sulphur, together with it self, & in perfect
metals it by oft circulation doth the like.
death & life & brought into a totally volatile salt
(which is of great virtue of it self.) This distilled
according to Art gives that noble liquor of which Helmont
& Paracelsus give such noble encomiums that
wherever that spirit reacheth not no other will reach
This disolves all concretes only is coagulated upon
them (being dissolved into a volatile Salt, which
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being then sublimed from the dissolved Calx doth in imperfectmetalls rais their Sulphur, together with it self, & in perfect
metals it by oft circulation doth the like.
2dly then this Alcaly thus regenerated into a volatile
salt, if mixed with the Calx of either
or 
or the metallus masculus, or with the Regulus of & with
them distilled, it doth make them volatile & each time
the distilled spirit being put upon the Caput mortuum is
coagulated upon it.
salt, if mixed with the Calx of either
or or the metallus masculus, or with the Regulus of
& withthem distilled, it doth make them volatile & each time
the distilled spirit being put upon the Caput mortuum is
coagulated upon it.
Proceed by cohobation till your signe appear, which it
behoves each Philosopher diligently to attend. Coagulate
then your spirit in which is the metalline hidden & with
spirit of wine dephlegmed extract the metalline
tincture from the salt, which when the extracting
spirit is drawn away remains fragrant & very
sweet & is of wonderfull virtue, little inferior to
any glorified by any Alcahestical preparation
behoves each Philosopher diligently to attend. Coagulate
then your spirit in which is the metalline
hidden & withspirit of wine dephlegmed extract the metalline
tincture from the salt, which when the extracting
spirit is drawn away remains fragrant & very
sweet & is of wonderfull virtue, little inferior to
any glorified
by any Alcahestical preparation
But 3dly (& that way I rather chose) let your
Alcaly be first of all melted with the calx of any
imperfect metal & then you have the married
with the salt & by the fusion of fire somewhat opened.
This mixture proceed with after the way of volatising
salt of Tartar per se, & both being thus putrified
& regenerated together, do after their volatizing
more throughly unite together, which for that end
proceed with by cohobation so long untill they be
wholly volatised. Coagulate the spirit then into a
volatile salt & use it either with the salt united
or extract the which is fragrant & sweet with
pure spirit of wine, & reccon your self then master
of a medicinal balsam which you can never enough
value. George Starky's Pyrotechny asserted from p 82 to p 86.
Alcaly be first of all melted with the calx of any
imperfect metal & then you have the
marriedwith the salt & by the fusion of fire somewhat opened.
This mixture proceed with after the way of volatising
salt of Tartar per se, & both being thus putrified
& regenerated together, do after their volatizing
more throughly unite together, which for that end
proceed with by cohobation so long untill they be
wholly volatised. Coagulate the spirit then into a
volatile salt & use it either with the salt united
or extract the
which is fragrant & sweet withpure spirit of wine, & reccon your self then master
of a medicinal balsam which you can never enough
value. George Starky's Pyrotechny asserted from p 82 to p 86.
As for the supreme metals (Gold & Silver & their
compeer in homogeneity viz) this volatized Alcaly
comes far short of the Alcahest, & yet its effects here
are such as may deserve the commendation of a noble
dissolvent
. For let 
& 
be herin dissolved, the solvent by
acting on them in a dissolutive way, is it self coagulated into a
volatile salt: which when the flegm (ingendered by this
coagulation & the liquors spending its virtue in dissolving bodies)
is evaporated, will in a cool place crystallize.
compeer in homogeneity viz
) this volatized Alcalycomes far short of the Alcahest, & yet its effects here
are such as may deserve the commendation of a noble
dissolvent
& be herin dissolved, the solvent byacting on them in a dissolutive way, is it self coagulated into a
volatile salt: which when the flegm (ingendered by this
coagulation & the liquors spending its virtue in dissolving bodies)
is evaporated, will in a cool place crystallize.
This volatile salt sublime 3 or 4 times from the
calx of the dissolved Gold, & you shall find that besides the
virtues of with which it will be indowed, it will
carry up with it a volatile tincture of the leaving
the residue very pale.
calx of the dissolved Gold, & you shall find that besides the
virtues of
with which it will be indowed, it willcarry up with it a volatile tincture of the
leavingthe residue very pale.
Yea & by an art not difficult to an Artist expert
in Pyrotechny, the elements of the Gold will be dissolved
& made separable each from other even as in the
operation by the Alcahest, with this eminent difference
that this liquor by this dissolution doth each time loos
its activity being coagulated as oft as it is applyed to
action, & so rejecting a flegm is every operation
diminished in quantity, which the Alcahest doth not suffer.
in Pyrotechny, the elements of the Gold will be dissolved
& made separable each from other even as in the
operation by the Alcahest, with this eminent difference
that this liquor by this dissolution doth each time loos
its activity being coagulated as oft as it is applyed to
action, & so rejecting a flegm is every operation
diminished in quantity, which the Alcahest doth not suffer.
So then as for the glorified sweet s of &
a man that can command these Alcalies volatile may
by their spirit attain them without the Alcahest in lieu
of which this spirit is far sooner & with much more
ease attainable, & he that knows the secret of
making it may make as much of it as he list.
s of & a man that can command these Alcalies volatile may
by their spirit attain them without the Alcahest in lieu
of which this spirit is far sooner & with much more
ease attainable, & he that knows the secret of
making it may make as much of it as he list.
But as concerning that by this Art may be
prepared to most incredible uses as to medicine, if to
wit first the of or of 
of , or of the metallus
masculus which is Augurellus his sulphur Glaure
(according to Helmont,) be volatised with the spirit of
Volatile salt of tartar & both made one liquor
together. In this liquor let argent vive be dissolved
& draw away the flegm till it be dry, put on more
of the spirit & resolve it so of untill it will coagulate
no more of the spirit but that it come of as strong as
it was put on. Thus is the Mercury in these
solutions imbraced by the spiritualised so that each will
of
a metalline body would be separated from its, & may
be reduced by an easy art into a metalline body, but
with greater discretion & no less ease & abundantly
greater benefit to poor sick creatures, it may be made
into a most noble medicine very sweet & of wonderfull
virtue. For the Salt of the coagulated spirit is left
together with the coagulate of the mercury & the spirit of
& all thus joyned become a sweet precipitate in the dose
of 4 or 6 or 8 grains not oft repeated curing all
acute, & very many (if not most or all) chronicall
diseases.
that by this Art may beprepared to most incredible uses as to medicine, if to
wit first the
of or of of , or of the metallusmasculus which is Augurellus his sulphur Glaure
(according to Helmont,) be volatised with the spirit of
Volatile salt of tartar & both made one liquor
together. In this liquor let argent vive be dissolved
& draw away the flegm till it be dry, put on more
of the spirit & resolve it so of untill it will coagulate
no more of the spirit but that it come of as strong as
it was put on. Thus is the Mercury in these
solutions imbraced by the spiritualised
so that each will
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not leave other but upon as difficult terms as the ofa metalline body would be separated from its
, & maybe reduced by an easy art into a metalline body, but
with greater discretion & no less ease & abundantly
greater benefit to poor sick creatures, it may be made
into a most noble medicine very sweet & of wonderfull
virtue. For the Salt of the coagulated spirit is left
together with the coagulate of the mercury & the spirit of
& all thus joyned become a sweet precipitate in the dose
of 4 or 6 or 8 grains not oft repeated curing all
acute, & very many (if not most or all) chronicall
diseases.
But were no more to be attained by it but that
it makes thes of , , , , or Zink, etc volatile
it were enough to make it valuable. For these
remedies work beyond what one unexperienced would
imagin: of which Helmont is witness. I exhort, saith he,
young Artists that by all means they learn to spoile
s of their exotick & virulent qualities under
custody of which is hid the vital fire, composing the
Archeus to pleasant ease & quietness. For there are some
s which being prepared & perfected, the whole Army
of diseases is conquered by them etc Which I more
confidently expect from & have found more
eminently performed in the of Venus, of & especially
in the Sulfur Glaure of Augurellus; etc.
it makes the
s of , , , , or Zink, etc volatileit were enough to make it valuable. For these
remedies work beyond what one unexperienced would
imagin: of which Helmont is witness. I exhort, saith he,
young Artists that by all means they learn to spoile
s of their exotick & virulent qualities undercustody of which is hid the vital fire, composing the
Archeus to pleasant ease & quietness. For there are some
s which being prepared & perfected, the whole Armyof diseases is conquered by them etc Which I more
confidently expect from & have found more
eminently performed in the
of Venus, of & especiallyin the Sulfur Glaure of Augurellus; etc.
The preparation by that noble Author in that
place chiefly intended, is Alcahestical; to which this may
justly pass as a most noble & unparalleld succedaneum
place chiefly intended, is Alcahestical; to which this may
justly pass as a most noble & unparalleld succedaneum
The preparation also of the metallus masculus (i.e. Zink)
its Sulphur in defect of the great dissolvent may hence
be attained. For this volatile salt doth embrace & in
distillation bring over together with it's, self that in
form of a high tincted metalline oyle, which then
coagulated on a fixt body, the metalline tincture may
be extracted with pure spirit of wine, the salt of the Spirit
of tartar being left behind (as being not dissolvable in
pure rectified) & is then reduced into that all succus
or liquor by Paracelsus called Vinum vitae of which
Helmont gives so large a commendation. George Starkey's
Pyrotechny asserted & illustrated p 90, 91 & 92.
its Sulphur in defect of the great dissolvent may hence
be attained. For this volatile salt doth embrace & in
distillation bring over together with it's, self that
inform of a high tincted metalline oyle, which then
coagulated on a fixt body, the metalline tincture may
be extracted with pure spirit of wine, the salt of the Spirit
pure rectified
) & is then reduced into that all succusor liquor by Paracelsus called Vinum vitae of which
Helmont gives so large a commendation. George Starkey's
Pyrotechny asserted & illustrated p 90, 91 & 92.
The virulency of some simples is to be corrected
& the defects of others taken away by bringing them
into a volatile saccarine essential salt (not saccarine
in tast but so called from its resemblance of sugar
Candy) which is done by the superinduction of a ferment
& the defects of others taken away by bringing them
into a volatile saccarine essential salt (not saccarine
in tast but so called from its resemblance of sugar
Candy) which is done by the superinduction of a ferment
First then let the industrious Artist know that by means
of the fixt salt of any herb any volatile oyle may
be transmuted together with the Alcaly into a volatile
essential salt which is of a wonderful penetrative virtue.
which will penetrate without loss of its vertue through
all the digestions: whereas unprepared vegetables reach only to the first digestion. For they loos
their virtue by the ferment in the stomach & so after
they are resolved into Chyle by that first digestion,
are then rather ordinary nutriment then medicall.
Yea salt of Tartar alone would by imbibing the
acidity of the stomach soon degenerate into another
nature. But if they be first volatised by an
inseparable union with essentiall oyles till both become one
salt, they then pass through all the digestions Starkey's Pyrotechny p 96.
of the fixt salt of any herb any volatile oyle may
be transmuted together with the Alcaly into a volatile
essential salt which is of a wonderful penetrative virtue.
which will penetrate without loss of its vertue through
all the digestions: whereas unprepared vegetables reach only to the first digestion. For they loos
their virtue by the ferment in the stomach & so after
they are resolved into Chyle by that first digestion,
are then rather ordinary nutriment then medicall.
Yea salt of Tartar alone would by imbibing the
acidity of the stomach soon degenerate into another
nature. But if they be first volatised by an
inseparable union with essentiall oyles till both become one
salt, they then pass through all the digestions Starkey's Pyrotechny p 96.
Let any vegetable (as Rhabarb<)> be taken subtilly pulverised &
searsed & mix it with an Alcali (e.g. salt of tartar)
ad of white wine or any other liquor as much as
will make it to the consistence of dow or pultis: So let
it stand that the salt may penetrate the pouders center
& as it dries moisten it again, or keep it in a
gallyglass prest or covered that it may not dry, & in six
weeks time at most the vomitive or purgative
quality will be wholly extinct yet without loss of
either the tast or colour or smell or perhaps any other specific qualities more then
if it had been moistened with fair water, nor quite
so much, for such an humectation would have
Pyrotechny asserted p 100
searsed & mix it with an Alcali (e.g. salt of tartar)
ad of white wine or any other liquor as much as
will make it to the consistence of dow or pultis: So let
it stand that the salt may penetrate the pouders center
& as it dries moisten it again, or keep it in a
gallyglass prest or covered that it may not dry, & in six
weeks time at most the vomitive or purgative
quality will be wholly extinct yet without loss of
either the tast or colour or smell or perhaps any other specific qualities more then
if it had been moistened with fair water, nor quite
so much, for such an humectation would have
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caused a fermentation which by the Alcaly is hindred. Starkey'sPyrotechny asserted p 100
By Alcalies also may the gummous terrestreity of
concretes be separated. For instance, dissolve, Opium in clear
water or in spirit of wine (that makes no difference here)
decant it or filter it exquisitely that it be very cleer
& transparent then add to it an equal part of strong
lixivium of Tartar, & streight with a strong urinous scent
you shall see a separation of a large quantity of
a resinous curd, as it is in the mixing wine with warm
milk. Let it stand in a simpering heat till this
coagulum be got together, then filter it again & you
shall find a resinous or rather gummous substance, like
unto Aloes for colour & breaking, bitter & stupefying.
And so it is in all other concretes as wormwood, Rue,
Carduous etc. only let the solution & infusion be as
full of the simple as the moisture will dissolve. This
is to be found also in the ordinary elixation of malt
(with us called wort) & briefly in the decocted liquor of
all concretes; in them especially which are of an
eminent tast. Starkey's Pyrotechny asserted p 122.
concretes be separated. For instance, dissolve, Opium in clear
water or in spirit of wine (that makes no difference here)
decant it or filter it exquisitely that it be very cleer
& transparent then add to it an equal part of strong
lixivium of Tartar, & streight with a strong urinous scent
you shall see a separation of a large quantity of
a resinous curd, as it is in the mixing wine with warm
milk. Let it stand in a simpering heat till this
coagulum be got together, then filter it again & you
shall find a resinous or rather gummous substance, like
unto Aloes for colour & breaking, bitter & stupefying.
And so it is in all other concretes as wormwood, Rue,
Carduous etc. only let the solution & infusion be as
full of the simple as the moisture will dissolve. This
is to be found also in the ordinary elixation of malt
(with us called wort) & briefly in the decocted liquor of
all concretes; in them especially which are of an
eminent tast. Starkey's Pyrotechny asserted p 122.
Alcalies are volatised in two ways, by
Alcoolization & by Elixation. Alcoolization is a feeding or
imbibing, or circulating a fixt Alcaly with a volatile
spirit till both be made one, a neutral production
arising between them distinct from each parent. And
of this head there three kinds of spirits used, Acetous
Urinous & vinous which give the Alcaly Alcoolizated
three distinct appellations: Arcanum Ponticitatis,
Arcanum microcosmi & Arcanum Samech.
Elixirization is performed by oyles essentiall & Tinctures
untill of both one Elixir or volatile salt be made.
of which are so many species as there are diversities of
essentiall & distilled oyles.
Alcoolization & by Elixation. Alcoolization is a feeding or
imbibing, or circulating a fixt Alcaly with a volatile
spirit till both be made one, a neutral production
arising between them distinct from each parent. And
of this head there three kinds of spirits used, Acetous
Urinous & vinous which give the Alcaly Alcoolizated
three distinct appellations: Arcanum Ponticitatis,
Arcanum microcosmi & Arcanum Samech.
Elixirization is performed by oyles essentiall & Tinctures
untill of both one Elixir or volatile salt be made.
of which are so many species as there are diversities of
essentiall & distilled oyles.
Of all these ways that which is done by an acetous
Alcool (as of Vitriol, of Salt, of Nitre, of etc) is the
most facile. For the Alcaly is volatised by the ebullition
made at the pouring on the acid spirit; which an exepert distiller
shall find totally performed by reiterate cohobation which
may be rather called imbibition becaus the Alcaly drinks
up the spirit till it be satiated. Mix then the salt with burnt
clay (as in drawing spirit of
or 
) & draw of all the
spirit, then imbibe the caput mortuum & draw of the spirit
again & reiterate this till all the Alcaly come
over. So shall you have a nobes spirit Alcalizate which
may be called Acetum forte, Acetum radicis etc as
Paracelsus often calls it. But this spirit is acid, as
other spirits distilled with strong fire are, although it be very
penetrative & dissolving metals; & being by them turned
into a volatile coagulated salt it is of a most
admirable efficacy in medicine, yet that which is made by
elixirated oyles or vinous spirits is far more noble in
medicine. For between vegetables & those acid minerall
spirits there is a great remoteness, but Alcalies & Oyles
Essential & burning spirits are radically of kin to each
other, so that the Alcaly by them recovers what it lost
by burning that is a seminal vitall essential balsom &
so becomes not only volatile but fermental &
exceeding sociable to our nature. Starkey's Pyrotechny p 126, 127, 138
Alcool (as of Vitriol, of Salt, of Nitre, of
etc) is themost facile. For the Alcaly is volatised by the ebullition
made at the pouring on the acid spirit; which an exepert distiller
shall find totally performed by reiterate cohobation which
may be rather called imbibition becaus the Alcaly drinks
up the spirit till it be satiated. Mix then the salt with burnt
clay (as in drawing spirit of
or ) & draw of all thespirit, then imbibe the caput mortuum & draw of the spirit
again & reiterate this till all the Alcaly come
over. So shall you have a nobes spirit Alcalizate which
may be called Acetum forte, Acetum radicis etc as
Paracelsus often calls it. But this spirit is acid, as
other spirits distilled with strong fire are, although it be very
penetrative & dissolving metals; & being by them turned
into a volatile coagulated salt it is of a most
admirable efficacy in medicine, yet that which is made by
elixirated oyles or vinous spirits is far more noble in
medicine. For between vegetables & those acid minerall
spirits there is a great remoteness, but Alcalies & Oyles
Essential & burning spirits are radically of kin to each
other, so that the Alcaly by them recovers what it lost
by burning that is a seminal vitall essential balsom &
so becomes not only volatile but fermental &
exceeding sociable to our nature. Starkey's Pyrotechny p 126, 127, 138
Happy is that Philosopher who shall make his
preparations so that a gentle heat shall make the
Alcalies fly, he (without jesting) may command
natures secrets. But if he must use a strong heat,
that will stamp a fiery impression on the spirits. p 141
preparations so that a gentle heat shall make the
Alcalies fly, he (without jesting) may command
natures secrets. But if he must use a strong heat,
that will stamp a fiery impression on the spirits. p 141
Spirits of salt of tartar obteined by means of
pontique spirits will be acid & pontique, & those obteined
by means of essentiall oyles (which are vegetalls)
& rectified spirits of wine which are buts in a
disguise (witness the inflammableness of them) will not
be acid. Starkeys Pyrotechny p 141
pontique spirits will be acid & pontique, & those obteined
by means of essentiall oyles (which are vegetall
s)& rectified spirits of wine which are but
s in adisguise (witness the inflammableness of them) will not
be acid. Starkeys Pyrotechny p 141
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The Elixiration of Alcalies with oyles is much of the
same nature with the making them into a Samech with spirits,
& the one way is convertible into the other by the artists
craft & industry. For essential oyles & burning Spirits are
but the same thing in a various disguise, & both hard to
be reconciled with fixed salts. Starkey p 142.
same nature with the making them into a Samech with spirits,
& the one way is convertible into the other by the artists
craft & industry. For essential oyles & burning Spirits are
but the same thing in a various disguise, & both hard to
be reconciled with fixed salts. Starkey p 142.
Concerning Essential oyles Helmont expresly saith, that
if they be joyned without any water, within 3 months
time (occulta & secreta circulatione) they will all be
turned into a volatil salt. And of Spirit of wine he
saith that salt of Tartar by its bare touch doth turn
one half of it into water (robbing it of its volatile
saltness & fixing that upon it self with a kind of fixity.)
But in both there is something sufficiently obscure. For
in the Elixiration of oyles & Alcalies the pondus is not
set down nor the secret of the digestion. And in the
operation with & salt of the mystery of making
them touch (i.e. mix) is concealed. Here the vulgar chemists
are in a labyrinth becaus they know not the mean
of conjunction, which is not any superadditional
substance, to the matter but only modus dispositionis
of which if any be ignorant let him be ignorant.
Ibid.
if they be joyned without any water, within 3 months
time (occulta & secreta circulatione) they will all be
turned into a volatil salt. And of Spirit of wine he
saith that salt of Tartar by its bare touch doth turn
one half of it into water (robbing it of its volatile
saltness & fixing that upon it self with a kind of fixity.)
But in both there is something sufficiently obscure. For
in the Elixiration of oyles & Alcalies the pondus is not
set down nor the secret of the digestion. And in the
operation with
& salt of the mystery of makingthem touch (i.e. mix) is concealed. Here the vulgar chemists
are in a labyrinth becaus they know not the mean
of conjunction, which is not any superadditional
substance, to the matter but only modus dispositionis
of which if any be ignorant let him be ignorant.
Ibid.
Alcalies then with essentiall oyles are to be joyned that
both may make a Sapo together & then time by a
secret fermental decoction will transmute each into
a third neuter made of both, which is a volatile Elixir
So also Alcalies & pure spirits are to be joyned
together that one may seem to eat up the other, & then
this touch will be like the clutches of a thief, whose
hands are bands, els no mixture no union, &
consequently no operation on each other.
. Ibid.
both may make a Sapo together & then time by a
secret fermental decoction will transmute each into
a third neuter made of both, which is a volatile Elixir
So also Alcalies & pure spirits are to be joyned
together that one may seem to eat up the other, & then
this touch will be like the clutches of a thief, whose
hands are bands, els no mixture no union, &
consequently no operation on each other.
. Ibid.
O foolish operators! that by your devised heats
would introduce ferments (the true parents of all
forms) & yet know not by any of your heats to imitate
the Sun in Bermuda in producing Oranges & Lemons. Pray
to God to direct you for here (to deal ingeniously) my
speech is very obscure.
would introduce ferments (the true parents of all
forms) & yet know not by any of your heats to imitate
the Sun in Bermuda in producing Oranges & Lemons. Pray
to God to direct you for here (to deal ingeniously) my
speech is very obscure.
Let Alcalies & oyles purely prepared embrace each
other in the bond of love, which will appear in a kind of
an urinous scent & a saponary mixture, which will be
white & thick like cream. Continue your decoction till
your mixture end in an union, & the oyle & salt be
both dissolvable without the least oyliness swimming
at top. This solution make with Spirit of wine; which will
mix (doubt it not,) the oyle & the salt being once
radically & inseparably united.
other in the bond of love, which will appear in a kind of
an urinous scent & a saponary mixture, which will be
white & thick like cream. Continue your decoction till
your mixture end in an union, & the oyle & salt be
both dissolvable without the least oyliness swimming
at top. This solution make with Spirit of wine; which will
mix (doubt it not,) the oyle & the salt being once
radically & inseparably united.
This solution in a due heat rectify & you shall
have a volatil burning spirit of the odour & tast
of the oyle & after it an insipid flegm & at bottom a
noble tincted balsamic Elixir
have a volatil burning spirit of the odour & tast
of the oyle & after it an insipid flegm & at bottom a
noble tincted balsamic Elixir
The volatile spirit deflegm exquisitely & then unite it
to the remaining balsom & digest them together till the
spirit be made one with the more fixed balsam; howbeit
rest assured that both are volatile
to the remaining balsom & digest them together till the
spirit be made one with the more fixed balsam; howbeit
rest assured that both are volatile
Which that you may advance yet more & more
in virtue, according to the quality of the essentiall
oyle, cause this balsam to dry & crystallise without
any extraneous addition of substance or separative
culinary heat. Then will this crystalline salt (like
an infant that is hungry) feed on, & in a short
time transmute into its own nature any essentiall
oyle, or if you pleas rather the same with which it was
at first produced.
in virtue, according to the quality of the essentiall
oyle, cause this balsam to dry & crystallise without
any extraneous addition of substance or separative
culinary heat. Then will this crystalline salt (like
an infant that is hungry) feed on, & in a short
time transmute into its own nature any essentiall
oyle, or if you pleas rather the same with which it was
at first produced.
Feed it then till it have eaten up at least
thrice as much of the essentiall oyle as was of the
Alcalisate salt: in which feeding let there be a
succession of humectation & exiccation of cold &
heat. The exiccation & cold the Air will give
(understood Philosophically,) the humectation & heat
the fire will give (understood not vulgarly:) which are
the main wheels by which nature circulates all,
transmutation. Understand this & neither the secret of the
Alcahest, nor the mysteries of the Sun & mercury will
be hidden from thee.
thrice as much of the essentiall oyle as was of the
Alcalisate salt: in which feeding let there be a
succession of humectation & exiccation of cold &
heat. The exiccation & cold the Air will give
(understood Philosophically,) the humectation & heat
the fire will give (understood not vulgarly:) which are
the main wheels by which nature circulates all,
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yea the hardest things in the great world to atransmutation. Understand this & neither the secret of the
Alcahest, nor the mysteries of the Sun & mercury will
be hidden from thee.
After these digestions untill the afforsaid proportion of
the oyle to the salt, give them fire & make them fly
which if they do not easily enough, imbibe them, & dry
them by a slow digestion (as before) with a convenient
liquor, as for instance good wine, or spirits, on which it
feeds & grows each circulation more & more volatile
& spirituall till at last it will sublime in a gentle
heat of sand in the form of a glorified salt, then
which the Kingdom of the Vegetables hath not a more
noble medicine. Starkey's Pyrotechny asserted p 143, 144, 145, 146.
the oyle to the salt, give them fire & make them fly
which if they do not easily enough, imbibe them, & dry
them by a slow digestion (as before) with a convenient
liquor, as for instance good wine, or spirits, on which it
feeds & grows each circulation more & more volatile
& spirituall till at last it will sublime in a gentle
heat of sand in the form of a glorified salt, then
which the Kingdom of the Vegetables hath not a more
noble medicine. Starkey's Pyrotechny asserted p 143, 144, 145, 146.
For the making of Samech let pure spirit of wine
& pure salt of Tartar (without mixture of any thing
save only the addition of true spirituall love which is the
aethereal fire, the secret fire & the true & only exciter of
the ferment) be joyned, & so digested, & in few days
most part of the spirit will be retained in the salt.
Separate the flegm carefully & discreetly, & renew your
spirit as much as it lost. (You may put on each time of
the spirit four times the weight of the salt) thus in 4
or 5 reiterations (or six if you pleas) you shall have
a balsom tincted like a pure Ruby, of a gratefull
tast & smell which is a noble medicament called by
Helmont the Balsamus or arcanum Samech.
& pure salt of Tartar (without mixture of any thing
save only the addition of true spirituall love which is the
aethereal fire, the secret fire & the true & only exciter of
the ferment) be joyned, & so digested, & in few days
most part of the spirit will be retained in the salt.
Separate the flegm carefully & discreetly, & renew your
spirit as much as it lost. (You may put on each time of
the spirit four times the weight of the salt) thus in 4
or 5 reiterations (or six if you pleas) you shall have
a balsom tincted like a pure Ruby, of a gratefull
tast & smell which is a noble medicament called by
Helmont the Balsamus or arcanum Samech.
Proceed to the highest exaltation of it thus. Let
this Balsom without any extraneous addition to its
substance be dryed & without any vaporous heat of
Vulcan. Then will it like a living child thirst for its
own food, which give it by severall & temperate
imbibitions till this wheel hath been 7 times turned
about upon it. Then make it fly in a moderate heat
of sand & it will be a noble balsamic essential
salt which is as to medicinall use Alcalium apex, &
& may worthily be reputed medici corona.
this Balsom without any extraneous addition to its
substance be dryed & without any vaporous heat of
Vulcan. Then will it like a living child thirst for its
own food, which give it by severall & temperate
imbibitions till this wheel hath been 7 times turned
about upon it. Then make it fly in a moderate heat
of sand & it will be a noble balsamic essential
salt which is as to medicinall use Alcalium apex, &
This operation you see hath great affinity with the
foretaught way of Elixiration by essential oyles. For the
conjoyning of both these ways together I need say no more
having above taught to dissolve the united oyle & salt
with pure spirit of wine & to distill it with it, & after
its exiccation to feed it with the like spirit 5 6 or 7
times or oftener as you please.
foretaught way of Elixiration by essential oyles. For the
conjoyning of both these ways together I need say no more
having above taught to dissolve the united oyle & salt
with pure spirit of wine & to distill it with it, & after
its exiccation to feed it with the like spirit 5 6 or 7
times or oftener as you please.
But besides as to all aromaticall simples, (as Anise, Fennel, Cummin, Coriander, Clove
Mace Nutmeggs Cinnamon etc) who sees not that their
Crasis lies in a light spirituall oyle, which by
distillation with pure spirit of wine is extracted & becomes so one
with the spirit that it seems in tast & smel no whit inferior
to the simple Aroma from whence it was drawn. This
spirit circulate with pure salt of Tartar after the manner
of Samech's process, & you have a Samech &
Aromatic Elixir, either of Cinnamon (which is noble for the
cure of the Palsie, Epilepsy, Convulsions, Vertigo etc) or
of any other as the use shall dictate. And this is
a notable secret.
Mace Nutmeggs Cinnamon etc) who sees not that their
Crasis lies in a light spirituall oyle, which by
distillation with pure spirit of wine is extracted & becomes so one
with the spirit that it seems in tast & smel no whit inferior
to the simple Aroma from whence it was drawn. This
spirit circulate with pure salt of Tartar after the manner
of Samech's process, & you have a Samech &
Aromatic Elixir, either of Cinnamon (which is noble for the
cure of the Palsie, Epilepsy, Convulsions, Vertigo etc) or
of any other as the use shall dictate. And this is
a notable secret.
For a minerall advancement of these
preparations, there may be taken a sulphur extracted out of
the metallus masculus (which I tell thee is Zink) & so
out of Lead & Tin. But there is a naturall known
by the name of vive & was to Hippocrates his
theion pur, a noble pure wholly inflammable
without any faeces, & consequently hath little danger
of an adulterate mixture which is common (& that
Arsenicall the most malignant) in the ordinary (
vulgarly sold) brimstone: Take then any extracted
or this vive which is a most noble subject fraught
with incomparably excellent rarities: Cohobate it
till the oyle hath wholly brought over the in form of a
tincted oyle yet faetid. The water that separates itself
in this distillation (which will be some though not much)
throw away, With this oyle proceed to Elixiration as
with any other distilled oyle. When the union is compleat
Elixate it with pure spirit of wine distilled from Cardamon
seeds or cloves or Cinnamon & distill of the spirit & flegm till the tincted balsom
remain very red. Rectify the spirit & reunite it to its balsom
Digest it in a secret digestion till it be dry. Thus is all
the faetor taken away & the Elixir smells fragrantly, which
feed with fresh aromatic spirit six or seven times. Then
make it fly & you shall have a glorious tincted
balsamic essential volatile salt which may be called
Elixiratum Samech sublimatum Sulphuris Vivi or
Antimoniale etc. This medicine is universal &
wonderfully restorative, curing all diseases powerfully in
tono unisono. A little inferior, but a noble
succedaneum to the grand Alcahesticall arcana.
preparations, there may be taken a sulphur extracted out of
the metallus masculus (which I tell thee is Zink) & so
out of Lead & Tin. But there is a naturall
knownby the name of
vive & was to Hippocrates histheion pur, a noble pure
wholly inflammablewithout any faeces, & consequently hath little danger
of an adulterate mixture which is common (& that
Arsenicall the most malignant) in the ordinary (
vulgarly sold) brimstone: Take then any extracted
or this
vive which is a most noble subject fraughtwith incomparably excellent rarities: Cohobate it
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with oyle of Terebinth in an indifferent quick fire of sandtill the oyle hath wholly brought over the
in form of atincted oyle yet faetid. The water that separates itself
in this distillation (which will be some though not much)
throw away, With this oyle proceed to Elixiration as
with any other distilled oyle. When the union is compleat
Elixate it with pure spirit of wine distilled from Cardamon
seeds or cloves or Cinnamon & distill of the spirit & flegm till the tincted balsom
remain very red. Rectify the spirit & reunite it to its balsom
Digest it in a secret digestion till it be dry. Thus is all
the faetor taken away & the Elixir smells fragrantly, which
feed with fresh aromatic spirit six or seven times. Then
make it fly & you shall have a glorious tincted
balsamic essential volatile salt which may be called
Elixiratum Samech sublimatum Sulphuris Vivi or
Antimoniale etc. This medicine is universal &
wonderfully restorative, curing all diseases powerfully in
tono unisono. A little inferior, but a noble
succedaneum to the grand Alcahesticall arcana.
This operation is very tedious to bring to this height
but being so advanced it is a middle way to prepare
the essentia membrorum & vinum Vitae of Paracelsus
which (out of metallus masculus especially or out of
) besides its incredible cures by it performable,
it restores the body of man wonderfully renewing
the hair teeth & skin.
but being so advanced it is a middle way to prepare
the essentia membrorum & vinum Vitae of Paracelsus
which (out of metallus masculus especially or out of
) besides its incredible cures by it performable,it restores the body of man wonderfully renewing
the hair teeth & skin.
He commends oyle of Therebinth for this elixir
exceedingly & adds Let the Alcaly be elixirated with twice
or thrice as much of this oyle (impregnated with) till
both salt & oyle will dissolve inseparably in, which
let be inriched with distilling it from Cinnamon &
with it dissolve your Elixir. Distill the volatile spirit
from the balsamic rubie-coloured Samech, dephlegm
both & reunite them. Then have ready some
noble vegetal tincture as Myrrhe, Aloes & Saffron, &
of them make an Elixir proprietatis Samech thus.
exceedingly & adds Let the Alcaly be elixirated with twice
or thrice as much of this oyle (impregnated with
) tillboth salt & oyle will dissolve inseparably in
, which let be inriched with distilling it from Cinnamon &with it dissolve your Elixir. Distill the volatile spirit
from the balsamic rubie-coloured Samech, dephlegm
both & reunite them. Then have ready some
of them make an Elixir proprietatis Samech thus.
These species beaten up & mixed with a equal part of
pure salt of tartar, are by an artificiall digestion
so macerated that they will yeild their full tincture prepared
corrected & advanced. This tincture then extracted with
pure inriched by reiterate distillation with spirit of
Cinnamon, add to the former elixerated Samech; & the
spirit abstracted (which will be wonderfully fragrant) & both
the balsamic Elixir & spirit purely dephlegmed, &
reconjoyned & by a secret digestion made all one
inseparably, (that is the Samech & the fragrant spirit &
the tincture) will then be a balsamick
Samech Elixiris proprietatis very fragrant which I
am confident comes not short of if it exceed not
the way of the Alcahestical preparation.
pure salt of tartar, are by an artificiall digestion
so macerated that they will yeild their full tincture prepared
corrected & advanced. This tincture then extracted with
pure
inriched by reiterate distillation with spirit ofCinnamon, add to the former elixerated Samech; & the
spirit abstracted (which will be wonderfully fragrant) & both
the balsamic Elixir & spirit purely dephlegmed, &
reconjoyned & by a secret digestion made all one
inseparably, (that is the Samech & the fragrant spirit &
the tincture) will then be a balsamick
Samech Elixiris proprietatis very fragrant which I
am confident comes not short of if it exceed not
the way of the Alcahestical preparation.
Although Helmont knew the samech well yet this
way of applying it to Vegetables I beleive he knew not.
way of applying it to Vegetables I beleive he knew not.
These preparations of Salt of with oyles & spirits are brought to perfection with a far inferior
degree of heat then would be requisite for making the
volatile spirit of salt of for mineral operations.
with oyles & spirits are brought to perfection with a far inferiordegree of heat then would be requisite for making the
volatile spirit of salt of
for mineral operations.
If you bring this Elixerated Samech to a
spontaneous granulation & so by degrees to a totall
exiccation & feed it with the Aromatical spirits 6 or 8 times
each time drying it by the Air & moistening it by the fire
& ferment of nature, & then by a modest fire of sand
sublime it (although the sublimation may be spared for tis
enough that it be sublimable) you will have a most
glorified tincture, which you may take in a dose of 10
15 or 20 grains.
spontaneous granulation & so by degrees to a totall
exiccation & feed it with the Aromatical spirits 6 or 8 times
each time drying it by the Air & moistening it by the fire
& ferment of nature, & then by a modest fire of sand
sublime it (although the sublimation may be spared for tis
enough that it be sublimable) you will have a most
glorified tincture, which you may take in a dose of 10
15 or 20 grains.
This process of the elixir proprietatis take as
a rule for preparing any tincture whether of
Hellebore black or white, with which use spirit aromatised with Cardamon & Coriander
you please. But for the commixture of species take my
composition. Hellebore is eminently splenetical &
cephalical with it prepare Assarum roots & Zalap. Sometimes
it & Opium, which I call Elixir Ladani Cephalicum &
spleneticum. For an Hepatic, Enula Campane
roots with Rhabarb & Hors-radish: For a Stomachick
Saffron Rosemary flowers & Snake roote. For an
eminent diaphoretick, snake root saffron & Opium.
For an eminent diaphoretick, Satyrion (out of which
is Paracelsus & Helmonts Aroph, which take in a
Parenthesis) Rhabarb & Saffron. Against a costive
temper, Colocynthis Aloe & Balsome of Perue:
Against a Cough & flux Opium Carenna &
Gummi Gutta. And so you may vary as reason
shall direct you, preparing all after the manner
of the foretaught Elixit proprietatis.
a rule for preparing any tincture whether of
Hellebore black or white, with which use spirit aromatised with Cardamon & Coriander
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seeds, or Colocynthida with which use what aromatic spirityou please. But for the commixture of species take my
composition. Hellebore is eminently splenetical &
cephalical with it prepare Assarum roots & Zalap. Sometimes
it & Opium, which I call Elixir Ladani Cephalicum &
spleneticum. For an Hepatic, Enula Campane
roots with Rhabarb & Hors-radish: For a Stomachick
Saffron Rosemary flowers & Snake roote. For an
eminent diaphoretick, snake root saffron & Opium.
For an eminent diaphoretick, Satyrion (out of which
is Paracelsus & Helmonts Aroph, which take in a
Parenthesis) Rhabarb & Saffron. Against a costive
temper, Colocynthis Aloe & Balsome of Perue:
Against a Cough & flux Opium Carenna &
Gummi Gutta. And so you may vary as reason
shall direct you, preparing all after the manner
of the foretaught Elixit proprietatis.
As for the Alcoolization of Alcalies with spirit
of urin & its mixture with a vinous spirit I shall
teach it in that part of my Pyrotechny triumphing which treats of
the Microcosm. For in that piece I shall discover
these ten mysteries. 1 the mystery of the Microcosm
2 of Alcalies. 3 of Sulphurs; 4 of; 5 of ;
6 of; 7 of & ; 8 of 
; 9 of metallus
masculus: & 10 of & . Starkey's Pyrotechny asserted.
of urin & its mixture with a vinous spirit I shall
teach it in that part of my Pyrotechny triumphing which treats of
the Microcosm. For in that piece I shall discover
these ten mysteries. 1 the mystery of the Microcosm
2 of Alcalies. 3 of Sulphurs; 4 of
; 5 of ;6 of
; 7 of & ; 8 of ; 9 of metallusmasculus: & 10 of
& . Starkey's Pyrotechny asserted.
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The Gold must be purged with , the Mercury first
internally by adding a true Sulphur gradually
according to the number of Eagles, then externally by
subliming it from salt & the scoria of & boyling it in
Vinegre & salarmoniack. (Secr. Rev. cap 15) Then with
two parts of this mercury amalgam one part of
Gold ( ibid cap 16) that is if the mercury be of 7
Eagles: Or 3 parts of with one of if of 9 or
10 Eagles. For then the being impregnated with more
internal cannot beare so much external (
Comment. on Ripley's Gates p 142, 143, 146, 296 ) If there
be 7 Eagles the spiritual in the is one third part
of it (ibid p 144.) It may be done with of 4 Eagls
well cleansed & then the proportion is 3 of to 2 of
the body (ibid p 148, 296). The general rule is that the
amalgam while it is working be very pliable &
yet let no sink to the bottom (ibid p 150) After you
have done working it if stand still a while it grows
hard & brittle, yet is fusible in heat like lead (ibid
p ) The easiest & safest
proportion for a Tyro is of seven Eagls (Comment. Ripley p
149 ) If the water be acuated by more then
10 Eagles, it will be impregnated with too much volatil
so that it will not amalgam but grow hard
speedily ( ) It is like that
which is commonly sold, in form flux & colour
only something more ponderous & brighter (Commentary,
Ripley p 161. Secr. Rev. p 12. 16. ) Tis made of Common
& the compound body by the mediation of a ferment
(Exposition Ripley's Epistle p 12, 17, 18, 20, 21, 26, 33.
Comment. Gates p 307. Secr. Rev. p 12. 16. 29) The being frequently
cohobated upon that body till it become a fiery
water. (Eposit. Ripley Ep. p 20 ) whereby not the pondus
but the celestial virtue is extracted out of the
compound (ibid p 12 21) Out of which though it be a body
proceeds yet a specificated odour by the ferment
which intercedes it & the. Yea & oft the pondus of
it is diminished (if the compound be much washed)
after it is sufficiently clean. (ibid p. 18.) so that it receives
its celestial vertue & power, not so much from
the compound body as from the ferment (ibid p 21) yet
it is hereby impregnated with volatile Gold which comes
out of the reins of Mars (ibid p. 33) This ferment
is done by the mediation of Diana's Doves
applied by the art of the nymph Venus. Exposition on
Preface Ripley's p. 7. 58 Commentary on Gates p 266. 307. Secrets Reveal'd
p 6, 13, 16, 29, 52, 54. ) Cath pag. 12. & the cohobations are the Eagles
Commentary on Gates p 58, 238, 239. Secrets Reveal'd p 31.
, the Mercury firstinternally by adding a true Sulphur gradually
according to the number of Eagles, then externally by
subliming it from salt & the scoria of
& boyling it inVinegre & salarmoniack. (Secr. Rev. cap 15) Then with
two parts of this mercury amalgam one part of
Gold ( ibid cap 16) that is if the mercury be of 7
Eagles: Or 3 parts of
with one of if of 9 or10 Eagles. For then the
being impregnated with moreinternal
cannot beare so much external (Comment. on Ripley's Gates p 142, 143, 146, 296 ) If there
be 7 Eagles the spiritual
in the is one third partof it (ibid p 144.) It may be done with
of 4 Eaglswell cleansed & then the proportion is 3 of
to 2 ofthe body (ibid p 148, 296). The general rule is that the
amalgam while it is working be very pliable &
yet let no
sink to the bottom (ibid p 150) After youhave done working it if stand still a while it grows
hard & brittle, yet is fusible in heat like lead (ibid
p ) The easiest & safest
proportion for a Tyro is of seven Eagls (Comment. Ripley p
149 ) If the water be acuated by more then
10 Eagles, it will be impregnated with too much volatil
so that it will not amalgam but grow hardspeedily ( ) It is like that
which is commonly sold, in form flux & colour
only something more ponderous & brighter (Commentary,
Ripley p 161. Secr. Rev. p 12. 16. ) Tis made of Common
& the compound body by the mediation of a ferment
(Exposition Ripley's Epistle p 12, 17, 18, 20, 21, 26, 33.
Comment. Gates p 307. Secr. Rev. p 12. 16. 29) The
being frequentlycohobated upon that body till it become a fiery
water. (Eposit. Ripley Ep. p 20 ) whereby not the pondus
but the celestial virtue is extracted out of the
compound (ibid p 12 21) Out of which though it be a body
proceeds yet a specificated odour by the ferment
which intercedes it & the
. Yea & oft the pondus ofit is diminished (if the compound be much washed)
after it is sufficiently clean. (ibid p. 18.) so that it receives
its celestial vertue & power, not so much from
it is hereby impregnated with volatile Gold which comes
out of the reins of Mars (ibid p. 33) This ferment
is done by the mediation of Diana's Doves
applied by the art of the nymph Venus. Exposition on
Preface Ripley's p. 7. 58 Commentary on Gates p 266. 307. Secrets Reveal'd
p 6, 13, 16, 29, 52, 54. ) Cath pag. 12. & the cohobations are the Eagles
Commentary on Gates p 58, 238, 239. Secrets Reveal'd p 31.
In respect of which is called the internuncio ibid p 266.
And Trevisan saith sunt quaedam mercurii
sublimationes a propriis corporibus a quibus saepe
relevatus & reconjunctus rejicit faeces — et postea
fit potens in dissolvendis speciebus. — Sublimatur autem
per simplex sal. etc. The feces must
be washed away between every Eagle with great
diligence till the be bright. If you be slack
7 Eagles may not add the vertue of two or three
Commentary Gates p 258
is called the internuncio ibid p 266.And Trevisan saith sunt quaedam mercurii
sublimationes a propriis corporibus a quibus saepe
relevatus & reconjunctus rejicit faeces — et postea
fit potens in dissolvendis speciebus. — Sublimatur autem
per simplex sal. etc. The feces must
be washed away between every Eagle with great
diligence till the
be bright. If you be slack7 Eagles may not add the vertue of two or three
Commentary Gates p 258
Afterward it must be distilled sometimes per se. ibid
p. 239. Secrets Reveal'd p 55. 56. The doves are applied
igne aperto Snyders Pharm. Cath. p. 11, 12, 19 31. 38, 69. 70
& then the body at a certain sign
appearing is to be quenched in.
Otherwise the tender soul flies away & leaves the
body moveles & dead in the form of an Electrum
relapsed into a Hydrophoby. Secrets Reveal'd p. 16. Snyders
Pham. Cath. p 10 11. 12. 19. vide et (see also) p 69. After this
the will be dried up & calcined by digestion
& then is to be elevated
& purged. & the doves to be fresh
applied every time Secrets Reveal'd p. 17.
p. 239. Secrets Reveal'd p 55. 56. The doves are applied
igne aperto Snyders Pharm. Cath. p. 11, 12, 19 31. 38, 69. 70
& then the body at a certain sign
appearing is to be quenched in
.Otherwise the tender soul flies away & leaves the
body moveles & dead in the form of an Electrum
relapsed into a Hydrophoby. Secrets Reveal'd p. 16. Snyders
Pham. Cath. p 10 11. 12. 19. vide et (see also) p 69. After this
the
will be dried up & calcined by digestion& then is to be elevated
& purged. & the doves to be fresh
applied every time Secrets Reveal'd p. 17.
These doves are first to be enfolded in the arms of
Secrets Reveal'd p 54. Snyders calls these sulphur &
niter & says they are first to be united & then
by their fiery spirit metal is to be burnt, & this he makes
the key. p 65, 71. And calls this the Sympathetick fire
hot cold mois & dry, & siccus liquorculus ex
contrariis compositus ignibus. Pharm. Cath. p 11. Tis ignis
contra naturam, Artephius his ignis lampadis. Ripleys
first menstrue of which he says We calcine perfect
bodies with it & nothing unclean enters but the green
Lyon. These doves profit not unles they be dead
at the first receiving, & then in the sublimation
they stay in the bottom with the metal Secrets Reveal'd p 17
The thus prepared & gold must be digested in the spirit
called Venus Secrets Reveal'd p 77, 79
Secrets Reveal'd p 54. Snyders calls these sulphur &
niter & says they are first to be united & then
by their fiery spirit metal is to be burnt, & this he makes
the key. p 65, 71. And calls this the Sympathetick fire
hot cold mois & dry, & siccus liquorculus ex
contrariis compositus ignibus. Pharm. Cath. p 11. Tis ignis
contra naturam, Artephius his ignis lampadis. Ripleys
first menstrue of which he says We calcine perfect
bodies with it & nothing unclean enters but the green
Lyon. These doves profit not unles they be dead
at the first receiving, & then in the sublimation
they stay in the bottom with the metal Secrets Reveal'd p 17
The
thus prepared & gold must be digested in the spiritcalled Venus Secrets Reveal'd p 77, 79
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Of the work with common Sol. vide pag 244.
Virgin mercury (Marrow of Alchemy part 2. p. 25.
Medea's broth Marrow of Alchemy part 2 p 23, 47
reviving Spirit Marrow of Alchemy part 2 p 23, 47
Water. Marrow of Alchemy part 2 p 23. 24. 25
Vegetable menstruall
Green Lyon. Ripley p 125
Lead. Commentary on Ripley's Gates p. 31. 45
Medea's broth Marrow of Alchemy part 2 p 23, 47
reviving Spirit Marrow of Alchemy part 2 p 23, 47
Water. Marrow of Alchemy part 2 p 23. 24. 25
Vegetable menstruall
Green Lyon. Ripley p 125
Lead. Commentary on Ripley's Gates p. 31. 45
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Spiritus dulcis Vitrioli
oleum 
li Ex vitriolo Dantiscano 1 pondospirtum Vini optime rectifcatum 2 pondo. Digere
per septimanam et amplius. Vitrum nonnunquam
commove sed leniter ne fermentatione
excitata vitrum frangatur. In Retorta satis ampla,
igne leni distilletur ad siccitatem. Ultimò
ascendent vapores albi & postquam igne satis
intenso liquor omnis destillatus fuerit manebit
in fundo terra caustica, pondere unciae
unius hac libra materiae. Quo diutius materia
digeritur eò felicius experimentum succedit.
Spiritus qui ultimò ascendunt nobiliores sunt.
Si oleum aliquod in spiritu destillato supernatet separandum
est. Si oleum
li et spiritus vini aequaliasunt, major erit quantitas olei
supernatantis ut et majus caput mortuum.
Dosis spiritus hujus dulcis est a 15 ad 30
guttas in vehiculo commodo, quale est vinum
albo, vel Rhenano aut aqua melissae, aut aqua menthae
vel majorano. Si sudor provocandus est
convenit aquarum aromaticarum aliquam
pro vehiculo adhibere; si urina, vinum
Rhenanum Eligendum erit. Sudorem et
urinam provocat nec lassitudinem inducit ut
facit Therica. Utile est in Febribus, in
Hydropicis, Epilepticis, tussi
guttas in vehiculo commodo, quale est vinum
albo, vel Rhenano aut aqua melissae, aut aqua menthae
vel majorano. Si sudor provocandus est
convenit aquarum aromaticarum aliquam
pro vehiculo adhibere; si urina, vinum
Rhenanum Eligendum erit. Sudorem et
urinam provocat nec lassitudinem inducit ut
facit Therica. Utile est in Febribus, in
Hydropicis, Epilepticis, tussi
In febribus malignis et peste misce
hunc spiritum cum
serpentaria Virginiana et contra-earva
Hispanica ana crassè pulverisata,
ut spiritus ad altitudinem duorum vel
trium digitorum supernatet. Digere per
duos vel tres dies. Effunde spiritum per
inclinationem. Dosis, ut supra, sudorem
iam magis provocabit.
hunc spiritum cum
serpentaria Virginiana et contra-earva
Hispanica ana crassè pulverisata,
ut spiritus ad altitudinem duorum vel
trium digitorum supernatet. Digere per
duos vel tres dies. Effunde spiritum per
inclinationem. Dosis, ut supra, sudorem
iam magis provocabit.
calamum aromaticum, cinamorum,galangam et corticum citrium ana.
Menstruo predicto tincturam extrahe et
erit optimum stomachicum: eo quod
Minschict (pag ) descripsit nobilius.
Cum spiritu Baccharum Sambuchi extrahe
tincturam ex Opio
ii Croco i Cochinelia
1 Contra-earva Hispanica 1 Serpentaria
Virgineana1. Est Elixir anodinum quo
Somnum et sudor simul inducuntur.
Dosis a 20 ad 30 guttas. Si eadem
tinctura extrahatur cum spiritu salis
armoniacai, dosis eadem eundem producit effectum
in Febrilitantibus postquam morbus ad ἀκμὴν
venit et incipit mitescere.
tincturam ex Opio
ii Croco i Cochinelia1 Contra-earva Hispanica 1 SerpentariaVirgineana
1. Est Elixir anodinum quoSomnum et sudor simul inducuntur.
Dosis a 20 ad 30 guttas. Si eadem
tinctura extrahatur cum spiritu salis
armoniacai, dosis eadem eundem producit effectum
in Febrilitantibus postquam morbus ad ἀκμὴν
venit et incipit mitescere.
1
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plano & hermeticè sigillato digere inarena in calore secundi gradus arenae
paulatim aucta ad dies 40 et
calcinabitur in pulverem rubrum et mire
sudorificum, cujus grana 10 vel 12 dosis est.
Si non bene calcinando figatur vomitum
ciebit.
Cinnaberis Antimonii (si sulphur nigrum
quod paulò volatilius est, calore lento
separetur) fit coloris ruberrimi & in
Hypocondriacis, Hystericis, tabe et chronicis
universis miros edit effectus. Sanguinem purgat
et dulciorem reddit. Dosis est
1 vel
In Hystericis misceatur cum gumma
galbani & in pillulas formetur. Sulphur
nigrum et faeculentum nocet ideoque
separari debet. Separatur autem in
cucurbita lata et brevi.
quod paulò volatilius est, calore lento
separetur) fit coloris ruberrimi & in
Hypocondriacis, Hystericis, tabe et chronicis
universis miros edit effectus. Sanguinem purgat
et dulciorem reddit. Dosis est
1 velIn Hystericis misceatur cum gumma
galbani & in pillulas formetur. Sulphur
nigrum et faeculentum nocet ideoque
separari debet. Separatur autem in
cucurbita lata et brevi.
Colcotar & aqua destillata albuminis ovorum
vel cremor lactis. Fiat cataplasma et mane et vesperi
applicetur, Cancrum in pectoribus mulierum nondum ruptum certissime sanat
vel cremor lactis. Fiat cataplasma et mane et vesperi
applicetur, Cancrum in pectoribus mulierum nondum ruptum certissime sanat
Si cancer ruptus est, accipe fuliginem
ligni, calcina, extrahe Salem fixum,
funde in cochlari ferreo. Fiat pulvis
& spargatur in vulnus. Coeundo cum
liquoribus acidis fumum excitat. Spargatur
donec fumus cessat. Arescat & indurabitur
pre se spatio septimanae unius dein
spatio septimanae alterius aut paulo
amplius decidet per se, & pectus sanatum
derelinquet.
ligni, calcina, extrahe Salem fixum,
funde in cochlari ferreo. Fiat pulvis
& spargatur in vulnus. Coeundo cum
liquoribus acidis fumum excitat. Spargatur
donec fumus cessat. Arescat & indurabitur
pre se spatio septimanae unius dein
spatio septimanae alterius aut paulo
amplius decidet per se, & pectus sanatum
derelinquet.
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Vide pag 158
Running carries not up our nor stays with it unless be
first sublimed from the, & then carries the
which remains in the caput mortuum.
carries not up our nor stays with it unless befirst sublimed from the
, & then carries the which remains in the caput mortuum.
Running carries not up Lead ore impregnated
with spirit of
either or , in sublimation
either before nor after is sublimed from
it.
carries not up Lead ore impregnatedwith spirit of
either
or , in sublimationeither before nor after
is sublimed fromit.
Artificial depurated poudered & mixed with Fullers
earth one part to two or 3 & sublimed in a
retort of white glass the retort melted & sunk
down without making the rise, excepting that
when the was red hot some fumes rose &
stuck to the top of the glass: but not in long
barrs as when the without being melted
was sublimed.
poudered & mixed with Fullersearth one part to two or 3 & sublimed in a
retort of white glass the retort melted & sunk
down without making the
rise, excepting thatwhen the
was red hot some fumes rose &stuck to the top of the glass: but not in long
barrs as when the
without being meltedwas sublimed.
There is a liquor as insipid as water of
which a man may drink a pint without the
least offence or injury. Tis got & prepared in
three days & may be made at any time of
the year, but best in September or the
end of August the air being then well
impregnated & perhaps for the same reason
in spring about April or may. For tis a
general Menstrue more generall then
that of spirit of salt or spirit of wine. This
Menstrue digested with the calx of or
for 30 days in a due heat
extracts their tinctures & leaves the
rest of the body like white ashes not any
more reducible by fusion to a metal nor
perhaps fusible. It extracts 12grains of out of
an ounce of & 10grains of out of an
ounce of & leaves the rest of the body in
a white calx as above. It extracts also the
tinctures of other metals. Tis prepared
with an easy heat without trouble or labour & all the art & difficulty
is in the degrees of heat & modus of working
which a man may drink a pint without the
least offence or injury. Tis got & prepared in
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the year, but best in September or the
end of August the air being then well
impregnated & perhaps for the same reason
in spring about April or may. For tis a
general Menstrue more generall then
that of spirit of salt or spirit of wine. This
Menstrue digested with the calx of
or for 30 days in a due heatextracts their tinctures & leaves the
rest of the body like white ashes not any
more reducible by fusion to a metal nor
perhaps fusible. It extracts 12grains of
out ofan ounce of
& 10grains of out of anounce of
& leaves the rest of the body ina white calx as above. It extracts also the
tinctures of other metals. Tis prepared
with an easy heat without trouble or labour & all the art & difficulty
is in the degrees of heat & modus of working
Distilled spirit of poured upon the white
calx of sublimed & precipitated regulus of did
not in digestion coagulate upon it but
after it had been for sometime digested
with it, evaporated almost all away in
an acid spirit so that there remained
with 10grains of the calx scarce one grain of
the spirit, & this grain dissolved in water
& bein wast away & the calx edulcoriated
& dried there remained but 10grains of the
poured upon the whitecalx of sublimed & precipitated regulus of
didnot in digestion coagulate upon it but
after it had been for sometime digested
with it, evaporated almost all away in
an acid spirit so that there remained
with 10grains of the calx scarce one grain of
the spirit, & this grain dissolved in water
& bein wast away & the calx edulcoriated
& dried there remained but 10grains of the
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calx as at the beginning.
A sort of which had large & long white veins
running all one way without colours (blew &
yellow) intermixed & brake easily according
to those veins into long splinters but
would not easily break cross those veins,
was poor in Regulus. Eight ounces thereof
melted with 4 ounces of or & 5 1/3 of 
gave at
the first fusion but about 2 ounces of Regulus
or scarce so much, & 8 ounces of the same
melted with 8 ounces of gave but
4grains of Regulus.
which had large & long white veinsrunning all one way without colours (blew &
yellow) intermixed & brake easily according
to those veins into long splinters but
would not easily break cross those veins,
was poor in Regulus. Eight ounces thereof
melted with 4 ounces of
or & 5 1/3 of gave atthe first fusion but about 2 ounces of Regulus
or scarce so much, & 8 ounces of the same
melted with 8 ounces of gave but4grains of Regulus.
Another sort of which came from
the straits & looked like the foot of good having all over the loaf little & very short veins
running every way across bedded in a
matter of the same colour which brake
almost like steel without veins but coarser & in some
postures looked yellowish in others blewish in certain
places & was made into very large loafes,
of above a foot in length &
breath & brake every way alike. Of this
4grains 4grains, 5 1/3 grains, 6 2/3
grains beaten & mixed together gave 15grains
93grains, 3grains of Regulus . Whence,
:: 12. 15 1/2 or 7 to 9 is the best proportion
to get most Regulus in proportion to the summ
of the matters. The mixture was put by
little & little into a red hot crucible in a quick fire &
when all in was stirred a little with a
tobacco pipe & being covered with a live
charcoal
was covered over with a hard scoria. After
which it was taken of the fire & let cool. Of
the same 4 ounces first
melted alone, 4 ounces mixed with charcoal
poudered 1/8 of an ounce & put in
afterwards by degrees gave no Regulus. Item the
same 4 ounces 4 ounces good white
Tartar 2 ounces mixed together & put into
a red hot crucible by degrees gave 40grains
of Regulus. & the matter in fusion was thick
like bird lime & did not crust in the
surface as it did when niter alone was
used but swelled like leavened past.. Item the same 4 ounces
2 ounces, Tartar 2 1/2 gave about 28grains
of Regulus. & the matter in fusion was
sufficiently fluid. If Tarter be used
I conceive. . :: 3. 2. 2 or . + :: 3. 4 may be
a good proportion. But niter alone seems
to give most Regulus. If tartar be used
the matter must be kept longer
on the fire that the may be well
calcined. Regulus must not be refined but only melted per se
If you refine it the salt comes of as fume as it was cast on, &
wasts the
which came fromthe straits & looked like the foot of good
having all over the loaf little & very short veinsrunning every way across bedded in a
matter of the same colour which brake
almost like steel without veins but coarser & in some
postures looked yellowish in others blewish in certain
places & was made into very large loafes,
of above a foot in length &
breath & brake every way alike. Of this
4grains
4grains, 5 1/3 grains, 6 2/3grains beaten & mixed together gave 15grains
93grains, 3grains of Regulus . Whence
, :: 12. 15 1/2 or 7 to 9 is the best proportion
to get most Regulus in proportion to the summ
of the matters. The mixture was put by
little & little into a red hot crucible in a quick fire &
when all in was stirred a little with a
tobacco pipe & being covered with a live
charcoal
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& let stand a little while it presentlywas covered over with a hard scoria. After
which it was taken of the fire & let cool. Of
the same
4 ounces firstmelted alone,
4 ounces mixed with charcoalpoudered 1/8 of an ounce & put in
afterwards by degrees gave no Regulus. Item the
same
4 ounces 4 ounces good whiteTartar 2 ounces mixed together & put into
a red hot crucible by degrees gave 40grains
of Regulus. & the matter in fusion was thick
like bird lime & did not crust in the
surface as it did when niter alone was
used but swelled like leavened past.. Item the same
4 ounces 2 ounces, Tartar 2 1/2 gave about 28grains
of Regulus. & the matter in fusion was
sufficiently fluid. If Tarter be used
I conceive
. . :: 3. 2. 2 or . + :: 3. 4 may bea good proportion. But niter alone seems
to give most Regulus. If tartar be used
the matter must be kept longer
on the fire that the
may be wellcalcined.
Regulus must not be refined but only melted per seIf you refine it the salt comes of as fume as it was cast on, &
wasts the
A third sort of of bought of Mr. Box in small loafs with
small hair veins running all one way &
a little foot & many colours up &
down the veins & foot. Of this
iii, Indian
Peterii, Good white Tartar ii (the Peter
& Tartar being the same as above)
being beaten fine & mixed together &
crucible & the crucible covered with a live charcoal,
the matters soon flowed & became very fluid
& liquid like molten metal, & boiled a little
continually by the avolation of the spirits of the
& . After it had stood on the fire about
half a quarter of an hour or not much
longer being poured off it gave
1/4 + 1/16 + 1/73 parts of an ounce of Regulus that
is 1/3 of an ounce or 1/9 of the besides
that a little Regulus stuck in grains to the top
of the pot & some of the matter fell
besides the crucible. So that the Regulus may be
recconed 1/8 of the at least. This
was therefore better then either of the two
former sorts.
bought of Mr. Box in small loafs withsmall hair veins running all one way &
a little foot & many colours up &
down the veins & foot. Of this
iii, IndianPeter
ii, Good white Tartar ii (the Peter& Tartar being the same as above)
being beaten fine & mixed together &
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thrown by little & little into a well heatedcrucible & the crucible covered with a live charcoal,
the matters soon flowed & became very fluid
& liquid like molten metal, & boiled a little
continually by the avolation of the spirits of the
& . After it had stood on the fire abouthalf a quarter of an hour or not much
longer being poured off it gave
1/4 + 1/16 + 1/73 parts of an ounce of Regulus that
is 1/3 of an ounce or 1/9 of the
besidesthat a little Regulus stuck in grains to the top
of the pot & some of the matter fell
besides the crucible. So that the Regulus may be
recconed 1/8 of the
at least. This was therefore better then either of the two
former sorts.
The specific gravity of water was to
that of the 3d sort as 100 to 427 to
that of the 1st sort as 100 to 396 to that
of the 2d as 100 to 427.
that of the 3d sort as 100 to 427 to
that of the 1st sort as 100 to 396 to that
of the 2d as 100 to 427.
Regulus 2, Copper 4 melted together &
poudered & ground fine & imbibed with
twice,
drank up the liquor slowly & with difficulty in
the heat of blood, tasting acid till it was
dry. But when dry it continued dry
without per deliquium & was increased from 120grains
to 176grains. Out of this matter ground was
extracted with water about 75grains of blew
vitriol such as is extracted out of copper
alone.
2, Copper 4 melted together &poudered & ground fine & imbibed with
twice,drank up the liquor slowly & with difficulty in
the heat of blood, tasting acid till it was
dry. But when dry it continued dry
without per deliquium & was increased from 120grains
to 176grains. Out of this matter ground was
extracted with water about 75grains of blew
vitriol such as is extracted out of copper
alone.
Regulus 2, 4, spelter Tinglass 1, melted together
gave a substance sufficiently brittle, even as brittle
as the former. It brake
smooth like glass all over the lower half
In the upper half were
many glittering granulae of Regulus of & between them it
brake rough like fine steel. This being
melted again & stirred well brake rough
with granulae of Regulus of all over it. It
seems the copper by mixing with
the speltar lets go some of the Regulus
& the glassiness was now lost by the avolation
of some of the Spelter. In other trials with the
same proportion of materials the mixture
became glassy all over & without granulae
of Regulus. If at the first fusion there were 2 of Regulus
3 of & 1 of spelter, the matter was
more brittle & brake all over like fine steel
except a very small line at the edges where
it brake smooth like glass, In the middle above was a drop of Regulus of. This melted again
with 1/16 more of copper so as to make the
proportion of Regulus,, spelter as 10, 16,
5, became more glassy, & the Regulus became
dispersed all over the metal in little granulae.
If at the first fusion there were Regulus 2,
6, Spelter 1, the mixture brake all over
like steel without any drops or granulae
of Regulus. & was very hard & difficultly
pulverisable. The best proportion seemed
2, 4, 1. This pulverised imbibed very
freely & the extracted salt conteined 1 part
of metal & 3 of. Let the salt be dried
upon it three or four times & these extract
En tridentem!
2, 4, spelter Tinglass 1, melted togethergave a substance sufficiently brittle, even as brittle
as the former. It brake
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In the upper half were
many glittering granulae of Regulus of
& between them itbrake rough like fine steel. This being
melted again & stirred well brake rough
with granulae of Regulus of
all over it. Itseems the copper by mixing with
the speltar lets go some of the Regulus
& the glassiness was now lost by the avolation
of some of the Spelter. In other trials with the
same proportion of materials the mixture
became glassy all over & without granulae
of Regulus. If at the first fusion there were 2 of Regulus
3 of
& 1 of spelter, the matter wasmore brittle & brake all over like fine steel
except a very small line at the edges where
it brake smooth like glass, In the middle above was a drop of Regulus of
. This melted againwith 1/16 more of copper so as to make the
proportion of Regulus,
, spelter as 10, 16,5, became more glassy, & the Regulus
becamedispersed all over the metal in little granulae.
If at the first fusion there were Regulus
2, 6, Spelter 1, the mixture brake all overlike steel without any drops or granulae
of Regulus. & was very hard & difficultly
pulverisable. The best proportion seemed
2, 4, 1. This pulverised imbibed
veryfreely & the extracted salt conteined 1 part
of metal & 3 of
. Let the salt be driedupon it three or four times & these extract
En tridentem!
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Regulus iiii, 
iiii, vi gave Regulus iii which was
so clean that saltpeter thrown upon it in fusion came off
white. This regulus ground fine I used in the following Experiments.
vizt.
iiii, iiii, vi gave Regulus iii which wasso clean that saltpeter thrown upon it in fusion came off
white. This regulus ground fine I used in the following Experiments.
vizt.
The said poudered Regulus 100grains imbibed with dried
very slowly suppose in 12 or 15 hours & then
weighed 120grains. Of this 60grains sublimed in a Retort with
vulgar 100grains scarce melted in the sublimation
& left below 17grains in form of a black spongy
matter not melted together, & the sublimate
precipitated into a red pouder weighing 38grains which
flowed & bubled in a moist form upon a red hot
iron & fumed away. The said remainder or
caput mortuum 6grains sublimed with 12grains left
1 3/4grains below.
driedvery slowly suppose in 12 or 15 hours & then
weighed 120grains. Of this 60grains sublimed in a Retort with
vulgar
100grains scarce melted in the sublimation& left below 17grains in form of a black spongy
matter not melted together, & the sublimate
precipitated into a red pouder weighing 38grains which
flowed & bubled in a moist form upon a red hot
iron & fumed away. The said remainder or
caput mortuum 6grains sublimed with
12grains left1 3/4grains below.
The said Regulus of 6 (not yet poudered)
melted with
1 part & poudered. Of this 100grains
imbibed with salt of, dried quickly suppose in
3 or 4 hours (that is in a quarter of the time
that it dried in the former experiment & was
perfectly dry while that continued very moist. For I
dried them both together in the same heat, & in
like glasses. And this when dried weighed
120grains. Of this 60grains sublimed in a retort
with vulgar 100grains left 4grains below melted
together in the form of amber or white
transparent gum; excepting that a grain or two
thereof was melted into a round lump of
metal which brake like Regulus. The sublimate
precipitated into a light coloured pouder
inclining to red but much paler then the
a red hot iron melted bubled & fumed
away more freely then the former.
6 (not yet poudered)melted with
1 part & poudered. Of this 100grainsimbibed with salt of
, dried quickly suppose in3 or 4 hours (that is in a quarter of the time
that it dried in the former experiment & was
perfectly dry while that continued very moist. For I
dried them both together in the same heat, & in
like glasses. And this when dried weighed
120grains. Of this 60grains sublimed in a retort
with vulgar
100grains left 4grains below meltedtogether in the form of amber or white
transparent gum; excepting that a grain or two
thereof was melted into a round lump of
metal which brake like Regulus. The sublimate
precipitated into a light coloured pouder
inclining to red but much paler then the
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former. This pouder weighed 47grains & upona red hot iron melted bubled & fumed
away more freely then the former.
Regulus 10 parts, Regulus 12 + 1 = 10 parts,
Regulus 4 + 1 = 10 parts. Each imbibed
with drunk up 2 parts thereof. The first
was 12 or 15 hours in drying, the 2d & 3d
dried in an hour or two & the 2d dried
more quickly then the 3d. Each of these
10grains sublimed in the open air with vulgar
12grains the 1st & 3d left 2grains below
the 2d 2 1/2grains. And the 1st in sublimation
boiled more then the 2d & the 2d more
then the 3d. For the first boiled much
the 3d scarce at all.
10 parts, Regulus 12 + 1 = 10 parts,Regulus
4 + 1 = 10 parts. Each imbibedwith
drunk up 2 parts thereof. The firstwas 12 or 15 hours in drying, the 2d & 3d
dried in an hour or two & the 2d dried
more quickly then the 3d. Each of these
10grains sublimed in the open air with vulgar
12grains the 1st & 3d left 2grains belowthe 2d 2 1/2grains. And the 1st in sublimation
boiled more then the 2d & the 2d more
then the 3d. For the first boiled much
the 3d scarce at all.
Item the 2d imbibed 60grains, & the 3d imbibed
60grains as above. Each of these 60grains
ground with vulgar 80grains & sublimed
in retorts: the 2d in sublimation melted
more freely then the 3d & part of the
sublimate thereof ran down again in
transparent drops which that of the
3d did not. After sublimation there
remained below 8grains of the 2d like a
sooty matter not melted into drops &
4grains of the 3d melted into drops: so
that 20grains of carried up 13grains of the
2d & 14grains of the 3d. And therefore
the third is more volatile then the 2d.
The sublimate of the second precipitated
& looked much redder then that of the 3d.
For that of the 3d looked pale like ashes &
when stirred continued longer in the water
without subsiding & made a more spongy
& light mudd when it did subside: so that
it was subtiler then the precipitate of the
3d. The sublimate precipitate of the 2d when dry
weighed 45 1/2grains besides about 1/4 or 1/2 of
a grain which was lost: that of the 3d
weighed 47 1/8grains. Perhaps 20 grains of would
carry up more then 14 grains of the 3d. So
that in the 2d there sticks about 1/3 of
the in the 3d none at all or but 1/10.
The 2d & 3d laid upon a red hot iron
melted & fumed in some measure away
But if the iron had just lost its red
heat before they were laid on it, they
fumed without melting.
60grains as above. Each of these 60grains
ground with
vulgar 80grains & sublimedin retorts: the 2d in sublimation melted
more freely then the 3d & part of the
sublimate thereof ran down again in
transparent drops which that of the
3d did not. After sublimation there
remained below 8grains of the 2d like a
sooty matter not melted into drops &
4grains of the 3d melted into drops: so
that 20grains of
carried up 13grains of the2d & 14grains of the 3d. And therefore
the third is more volatile then the 2d.
The sublimate of the second precipitated
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sank more readily to the bottom of the water& looked much redder then that of the 3d.
For that of the 3d looked pale like ashes &
when stirred continued longer in the water
without subsiding & made a more spongy
& light mudd when it did subside: so that
it was subtiler then the precipitate of the
3d. The sublimate precipitate of the 2d when dry
weighed 45 1/2grains besides about 1/4 or 1/2 of
a grain which was lost: that of the 3d
weighed 47 1/8grains. Perhaps 20 grains of
wouldcarry up more then 14 grains of the 3d. So
that in the 2d there sticks about 1/3 of
the
in the 3d none at all or but 1/10.The 2d & 3d laid upon a red hot iron
melted & fumed in some measure away
But if the iron had just lost its red
heat before they were laid on it, they
fumed without melting.
dissolved in more & more water lets fallmore & more precipitate as the solution of
doth.In a little water it let fall 166grains of precipitate
& by addition of much more water it let fall
33grains more, in all 199 or 200grains & the
remaining salt when dried weighed 415grains. So that the
first faeces, the 2d faeces, the whole faeces & the
salt were as 5, 1, 6, 12 1/2.
Double 
& in any proportion to
one another dissolve half their weight of
or 15 dissolves 8. Put in the liquor till the be
dissolved, then put in the by degrees & let it
Then put in a little more & if
it work on that let it stand longer. is totally dissolved in 4
times its weight of liquor: but
after the
is precipitated is totally dissolved in thrice
its weight of liquor. dissolves the whole
, coagulates with the reguline
part & increses its weight. If
made of dissolve
& the be added by degrees all the 
precipitates upon the & coagulates with it
If in the same the white calx or fex of
which remains after the is dissolved
in be put in by degrees: the liquor
takes up much of this fex & extracts
a fluid distillable & the fex drinks
up much of the & coagulates it
so that you cannot separate them
by philtring; & if the which together
with the fluid of is separated by philtring
be distilled the of distills over in a fluid
form & leaves all the coagulated in a
white colour & form like the caput mortuum
of which being afterwards urged in a great
heat so as to be almost red hot would not
ascend into the neck of the retort. Nor did it
upon a red hot iron emit any fume. So then
the white calx of made dissolving in
is not to be used for extracting our.
& in any proportion toone another dissolve half their weight of
or 15 dissolves 8. Put in the liquor till the
bedissolved, then put in the
by degrees & let it
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stand 2 or 3 hours in the heat of boiling waterThen put in a little more
& ifit work on that let it stand longer.
is totally dissolved in 4times its weight of liquor: but
after the is precipitated is totally dissolved in thriceits weight of liquor.
dissolves the whole, coagulates with the regulinepart & increses its weight. If
made of dissolve & the be added by degrees all the precipitates upon the
& coagulates with itIf in the same
the white calx or fex of which remains after the is dissolvedin
be put in by degrees: the liquortakes up much of this fex & extracts
a fluid distillable
& the fex drinksup much of the
& coagulates itso that you cannot separate them
by philtring; & if the
which togetherwith the fluid
of is separated by philtringbe distilled the
of distills over in a fluidform & leaves all the
coagulated in awhite colour & form like the caput mortuum
of
which being afterwards urged in a greatheat so as to be almost red hot would not
ascend into the neck of the retort. Nor did it
upon a red hot iron emit any fume. So then
the white calx of
made dissolving in is not to be used for extracting our
. 240grains, 120grains 180grains gave awhite salt 45grains which in Air grew a little
moist but did not run per deliquium of these
there sublimed 36grains in a dry white form
like
not fusible & 8 or 9grains remained fixed
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below. The sublimate tasted like commonsalt with some acrimony of
. Of this sublimate12grains Lead ore 36grains sublimed together the
or (I know not whether) sublimed alonelying first upon the surface of the Lead ore &
then flying up by degrees & the Lead ore
melted by the help of the dry
which itretained & there remained below 35 1/2grains
The sublimate dissolved almost totally in
except some of . The 35 1/2grainsbelow in boyling let go 11 1/2grains of salt
like that extracted with
. Had the sublimed saltbeen all of it good
it would havelet go 20 or 21 grains & therefore the 12grains
of sublimate conteined 6 or 7grains of good
& 5 or 6grains of either or bad orthereabouts. In the menstruum which in the beginning
dissolved the
there was about 480grains of waterso that the
, , , , extracted salt,sublimate & fex were in proportion to one another
as 80, 160, 40, 60, 15, 12, 3. or as 27, 53, 13, 20,
5, 4, 1. In this & the following experiments I used double
suchas would presently work upon crude
withviolence.
This 240grains, vulgar 120grains, rain water
480grains mixed together did readily dissolve
crude put in by degrees & was satiated with
180grains or at most with 210grains. First put in
180grains & when it hath stood 2 or 3 hours
in boyling water put in 30grains & if it work
upon that let it stand in boyling water an
hour or two longer. The whole dissolution
was satiated so that it would not work any
more upon crude, I put a little fresh
water to it to precipitate all itsius
vitae which it easily let go totaly or rather
had let it all go before in the boiling.
Then I philtred evaporated & distilled &
after the subacid flegm was come over
there arose a dry white salt in flowers
not fusible tasting like common salt
without any considerable acrimony like that of &
weighing 35grains besides a grain or two which was
washed away by the flegm & in the bottom
there remained 7 1/2 grains of feces tasting
saltish & austere Some part thereof being
a fixt salt. So then the, , , ,
extracted salt, volatile salt & fex were as
64, 32, 16, 24, 6, 5, 1. This volatile salt
was that by which the salt of Lead ore was
extracted in the foregoing experiment.
240grains, vulgar 120grains, rain water480grains mixed together did readily dissolve
crude
put in by degrees & was satiated with180grains or at most with 210grains. First put in
180grains & when it hath stood 2 or 3 hours
in boyling water put in 30grains & if it work
upon that let it stand in boyling water an
hour or two longer. The whole dissolution
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was done in 4 or 5 hours. When the liquorwas satiated so that it would not work any
more upon crude
, I put a little freshwater to it to precipitate all its
iusvitae which it easily let go totaly or rather
had let it all go before in the boiling.
Then I philtred evaporated & distilled &
after the subacid flegm was come over
there arose a dry white salt in flowers
not fusible tasting like common salt
without any considerable acrimony like that of
&weighing 35grains besides a grain or two which was
washed away by the flegm & in the bottom
there remained 7 1/2 grains of feces tasting
saltish & austere Some part thereof being
a fixt salt. So then the
, , , ,extracted salt, volatile salt & fex were as
64, 32, 16, 24, 6, 5, 1. This volatile salt
was that by which the salt of Lead ore was
extracted in the foregoing experiment.
480grains, 240grains, 120grains 180grainsdigested in boiling water 3 or 4 hours. Then
added to it
60grains 60grains & boiled again& the salt philtred left
274grains. So thatthe
was increased 34grains in weight.
Item 480grains 360grains 120grains 260
grains boiled together 3 or 4 hours & the Salt
philtred left 280grains so that the was
increased 20grains. This increase of weight argues
that it coagulated part of the dissolving
spirits.
480grains 360grains 120grains 260grains boiled together 3 or 4 hours & the Salt
philtred left
280grains so that the wasincreased 20grains. This increase of weight argues
that it coagulated part of the dissolving
spirits.
The philtred salts being evaporated were at
& the glasses washt two or three times & the
washings poured into the retorts & distilled there
came over first insipid flegm then a little
acid spirit of
: then the salts sublimed without
any fluid spirit of. The salt of the first
sublimed in a dry form like & weighed 18grains
& the feces 6grains. This salt was a little
fusible & but a little. The salt of the second
sublimed in a crystalline form without any
dry flowers. First there ascended a little
salt mixt with flegm which stood in the
neck of the retort like fluid dew, but
after a while dried. Then sublimed a
heavy fusible white salt something more
fusible then which stood fluid in the
neck of the Retort till the glass was taken
of the fire & then soon congealed. This
cristalline fusible sublimed salt weighed 22 1/2
grains. & the feces which remained below weighd
7grains. So then in this last Experiment the, ,
, , volatil salt & feces were as 480,
360, 240, 120, 22 1/2, 7 or as 64, 48, 32,
16, 3, 1. This last fusible salt ran totaly
per deliquium into a very clear liquor
without any feces & easily dried again &
in drying became white. Of this salt 3grains
sublimed from Lead ore 12grains, the ore was
not thereby increased in weight nor made
fusible, no not upon a red hot iron, nor
let go any salt in boiling water. Of the
same fusible salt 4grains sublimed over a
candle from the calx of the sublimed Net 3grains
rose heavily & in the bottom after the
first sublimation remained about 5grains which
being ground & sublimed again came to 4grains
& after another sublimation to between
4 & 3grains & then tasted stiptic &
vitriolique Whence this salt is not to be used
for volatizing metals nor ought to be
mixed with. Whence also the
mixture of this salt with the made it less
potent for volatising, as I found in some
former experiments. Whence therefore crude
is not to be used for destroying the
in
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last fat & clammy & being put into retorts& the glasses washt two or three times & the
washings poured into the retorts & distilled there
came over first insipid flegm then a little
acid spirit of
: then the salts sublimed withoutany fluid spirit of
. The salt of the firstsublimed in a dry form like
& weighed 18grains& the feces 6grains. This salt was a little
fusible & but a little. The salt of the second
sublimed in a crystalline form without any
dry flowers. First there ascended a little
salt mixt with flegm which stood in the
neck of the retort like fluid dew, but
after a while dried. Then sublimed a
heavy fusible white salt something more
fusible then
which stood fluid in theneck of the Retort till the glass was taken
of the fire & then soon congealed. This
cristalline fusible sublimed salt weighed 22 1/2
grains. & the feces which remained below weighd
7grains. So then in this last Experiment the
, ,, , volatil salt & feces were as 480,360, 240, 120, 22 1/2, 7 or as 64, 48, 32,
16, 3, 1. This last fusible salt ran totaly
per deliquium into a very clear liquor
without any feces & easily dried again &
in drying became white. Of this salt 3grains
sublimed from Lead ore 12grains, the ore was
not thereby increased in weight nor made
fusible, no not upon a red hot iron, nor
let go any salt in boiling water. Of the
candle from the calx of the sublimed Net 3grains
rose heavily & in the bottom after the
first sublimation remained about 5grains which
being ground & sublimed again came to 4grains
& after another sublimation to between
4 & 3grains & then tasted stiptic &
vitriolique Whence this salt is not to be used
for volatizing metals nor ought to be
mixed with
. Whence also themixture of this salt with the
made it lesspotent for volatising, as I found in some
former experiments. Whence therefore crude
is not to be used for destroying the in
160grains, 40grains, dissolved Tin 90 or 100grains totallyor almost totally over a candle. The Solution
& fex together being put into a Retort &
distilled there came over (after much insipid
flegm & some acid spirit) about 6grains of a
white volatile salt like flowers into the neck
of the retort, & 93grains remained below, it
was urged an hour or two in a greater heat
then would suffice to raise salarmoniac & in
that heat sublimed continually & by
continuing the heat more would have sublimed. This
sublimate was totally dissolvable in water
& tasted stiptick with a gust of common salt
it seemed to be almost totaly a volatile
salt of Tin, the
in dissolvingthe Tin being totaly or almost totaly destroyed.
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freed from the 41grains, 60grains, watertwice or thrice as much, Tin 90grains. The menstruum
dissolved about 40grains of the Tin. The solution
being ended I distilled away the liquor & when
the matter was almost dry, it fell a working
with a sudden violent fermentation (upon heating
the glass) & sent up at the same time a
copious white fume: which fermentation increased
for some time after the glass was taken
from the fire & made the neck of the glass
much hotter then before so that it could
not be handled. This fermentation being
over there sublimed into the neck of the
Retort about 20grains of salt in dry flowers not
fusible but totaly dissolvable in water as in
the former experiment. It tasted stiptic like the
former volatile salt of Tin & doubtles
conteined much salt of tin in it whereby it
became dry & not fluxible
In 
freed from 55grains, 70grains & twice
or thrice as much water, I dissolved by degrees
about 28grains or 30grains of Regulus of Tin, letting it
stand by the fire till it was dry. It dissolved
readily in a heat a little greater then that
of blood. Then I precipitated the Regulus with
water poured on, adding more & more water
to cause all or almost all the Regulus to precipitate. For
the more water I poured on the more Regulus
precipitated. Then philtring & evaporating I
put it before twas dry into a Retort (in
doing which I lost above half of it, & in
destilling there ascended about 5 or 6grains of our
volatile enough but without flowing by the heat
either in the neck or breech of the retort &
in the bottom remained a more fixed salt
weighing 3grains: which in 24 hours grew moist
& the said or sublimed flowers in the
same time grew more moist & wet &
in part ran per deliquium into clear
water. So that the salt extracted this
way is carried up by the Regulus some part
of which it carries up & by the rest is
detained below. This way therefore the
Experiment succeeds not: nor any way with Tin
freed from 55grains, 70grains & twiceor thrice as much water, I dissolved by degrees
about 28grains or 30grains of Regulus of Tin, letting it
stand by the fire till it was dry. It dissolved
readily in a heat a little greater then that
of blood. Then I precipitated the Regulus with
water poured on, adding more & more water
to cause all or almost all the Regulus to precipitate. For
the more water I poured on the more Regulus
precipitated. Then philtring & evaporating I
put it before twas dry into a Retort (in
doing which I lost above half of it, & in
destilling there ascended about 5 or 6grains of our
volatile enough but without flowing by the heatin the bottom remained a more fixed salt
weighing 3grains: which in 24 hours grew moist
& the said
or sublimed flowers in thesame time grew more moist & wet &
in part ran per deliquium into clear
water. So that the salt extracted this
way is carried up by the Regulus some part
of which it carries up & by the rest is
detained below. This way therefore the
Experiment succeeds not: nor any way with Tin
In freed from 41grains, 60grains, water
twice or thrice as much I dissolved Tinglass
& there sublimed a very fusible salt of a
yellow colour like brimstone which
weighed about 20grains & ran quickly per
deliquium into a liquor of a clear
white colour but not without a considerable
quantity of white feces which would not dissolve
in water.
freed from 41grains, 60grains, watertwice or thrice as much I dissolved Tinglass
& there sublimed a very fusible salt of a
yellow colour like brimstone which
weighed about 20grains & ran quickly per
deliquium into a liquor of a clear
white colour but not without a considerable
quantity of white feces which would not dissolve
in water.
2 ounces 1 ounce gave a littleRegulus scarce distinguishable nor separable
from the scoria. All this poudered with indian
Peter 1 ounce & good white Tartar 1 ounce
gave a bright Regulus = 1 1/10 ounce. This Regulus
90 grains put in by degrees to
30grains 90grains& water 90grains dissolved readily but did not
fully satiate the menstruum. And that which
dissolved did not dissolve into a clear salt
but precipitated into a white heavy
pouder, This solution being philtred &
evaporated left almost nothing in the bottom
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vizt it left about 1/3 of a grain of a moredark coloured & dirty salt then brown sugar,
about 1/3 or 1/4 or 1/6 of which over a candle
sublimed in a white fume so that all the
30grains of
was destroyed except about 1/10or 1/15 of a grain, that is 1/300 of the whole.
The said Regulus of 60grains put in by
degrees into 30grains 90grains & water 90grains
& digested to driness & dissolved & philtred
& dried left 10 or 12grains in the bottom which being
sublimed there remained (to the best of my
memory<)> about 3grains below: so that there remaind about 8grains of undestroyed.
60grains put in bydegrees into
30grains 90grains & water 90grains& digested to driness & dissolved & philtred
& dried left 10 or 12grains in the bottom which being
sublimed there remained (to the best of my
memory<)> about 3grains below: so that there remaind about 8grains of
undestroyed.
The said Regulus of 90grains put in by
degrees into (freed from the gross 60grains
90grains & water 90grains did more then suffice
to satiate the menstruum. I believe 60 of Regulus
would have sufficed. This solution
philtred & sublimed gave 18grains of dry white
salt like flowr of & there remained
about 3grains in the bottom. The salt in
the beginning of the sublimation seemed to
ferment a little but, not so much as with
Regulus of
90grains put in bydegrees into
(freed from the gross 60grains 90grains & water 90grains did more then sufficeto satiate the menstruum. I believe 60 of Regulus
would have sufficed. This solutionphiltred & sublimed gave 18grains of dry white
salt like flowr of
& there remainedabout 3grains in the bottom. The salt in
the beginning of the sublimation seemed to
ferment a little but, not so much as with
Regulus of
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and over a candle the matter boyled & fumed
afresh & left in the bottom 4grains or 4 1/6. On
the same little thin glass I put also the matter
(vizt the 4 1/2grains) in the last experiment but one &
it flowed & boyled a little & emitted some
fume. But the fume rose heavily & in the
bottom there remained 4 1/3grains.
afresh & left in the bottom 4grains or 4 1/6. On
the same little thin glass I put also the matter
(vizt the 4 1/2grains) in the last experiment but one &
it flowed & boyled a little & emitted some
fume. But the fume rose heavily & in the
bottom there remained 4 1/3grains.
By all these experiments 10 to 15 seems
a very convenient proportion
a very convenient proportion
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of 10grains, 12grains on a thin glass overthe flame of a candle boyled pretty much & urged
as much as the flame put close under would do
left 5grains in the bottom, which in the naked flame
of a candle would melt like pitch & on the
same glass held over a fire for a quarter of an hour till it was almost
of a dark red heat & the matter had done
fuming, there remained only 1 2/3grains in the bottom
or at most 2grains.
The same 7grains, of 3grains & prep. 12grains on the flame
of a candle in the same glass left 6 1/3grains
not fusible nor so volatile as the former
caput mortuum. And of will in any trial
I have yet made rise above one third of it.
7grains, of 3grains & prep. 12grains on the flameof a candle in the same glass left 6 1/3grains
not fusible nor so volatile as the former
caput mortuum. And
of will in any trialI have yet made rise above one third of it.
The same 10grains prep. 8grains was more
fluxible then before, but after being urged on
the same glass with the strongest heat of a
candle left below 7 1/4grains. And this on the
fire did not flow as the former nor fume
so much. For it left below between 5 & 6
grains.
10grains prep. 8grains was morefluxible then before, but after being urged on
the same glass with the strongest heat of a
candle left below 7 1/4grains. And this on the
fire did not flow as the former nor fume
so much. For it left below between 5 & 6
grains.
The same 10grains 18grains was
fluxible enough & urged on another glass
like the former with the strongest heat of a
candle as before left only 4grains below or 3 5/6.
10grains 18grains wasfluxible enough & urged on another glass
like the former with the strongest heat of a
candle as before left only 4grains below or 3 5/6.
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Bought of Mr. Stonetreet 1687
Mr. Stonetreet is succeeded by Mr. Timothy Langley
Mr. Stonetreet
Druggist by Bow
Church on the same
side the street
towards Pauls at the
sign of the Queens
head with a rose in
her breast.
Druggist by Bow
Church on the same
side the street
towards Pauls at the
sign of the Queens
head with a rose in
her breast.