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An Hermetic Work.

Avith ancl by their bad Spirits , and grosser Essences , for their idolatry of Fleshl y , Divelish , and Worldly vanities , Avith horror and everlasting anguish of mind and body , -whereAvith nevertheless they will be nourisht and enabled to endure for ever and ever . All which I have declared , and cannot be easily hid from thee , though thou shouldst want Lynceus eyes , or the Philosophick Eagles eye , to behold the light of nature exalted to the highest degree of the Sun hy artwhich nevertheless I wish

; thou maiest find out by this or some other means ; so it may tend to the Praise and Honour of God , ancl thine and thy neighbours Eternal Avellfare , Avho am thy friend and true Lover of Art and Nature , and care not AA-hat thou safest or thinkest of W , C . or twice five hundred . Laurum Amice eligis Bus .

A Briefe Of The Golden Calf Or Theworlds Idol.

A BRIEFE OF THE GOLDEN CALF OR THEWORLDS IDOL .

DISCOA'EKINO The Rarest Miracle of NATURE . HOAV in less than a quarter of an hour by the smallest proportion of the

Philosophers Stone , a great piece of Common Lead ivas totally transmuted into the purest transplendent Gold . With other most Rare Experiments and Transmutations . Written in Latin by Dr . Frederick Hehetius , And Printed at the Hague , 1666 .

And IIOAV Englished and abbreviated for the ease of the Readers . By W . C Esquire . Laurum Amice Eligis Bus .

The Epistle Of W. C. To The Reader.

THE EPISTLE OF W . C . TO THE READER .

Reader , I HAVE taught Helvetiw -with his Golden Calf , out English Tongue , to perswade thee ( by these experiments from a true Adeptist ) Of the reality of the Philosophers Stone , & Universal Medicine , and consequently to esteem the Noble Ait of Chymistiy by Avhich it is wrought ; and I heartily wish the laAvs ivere not so strict , nor the snares so many , against the honest Practisers of this Art , but to punish the others more severely the

that abuse the same , then I question not the further demonstration hereof . But Golden Calf and Fleece are sufficientl y divulged almost in every language , and many rare English Philosophers collected by our Avorthy Countryman Elias Ashrnole Esq ; in

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In Memoriam. Article 1
"HIS END WAS PEACE." Article 1
AN HERMETIC WORK. Article 2
A BRIEFE OF THE GOLDEN CALF OR THEWORLDS IDOL. Article 4
THE EPISTLE OF W. C. TO THE READER. Article 4
PAPERS ON THE GREAT PYRAMID. Article 6
THE ADVENTURES OF DON PASQUALE. Article 9
BIDE A WEE, AND DINNA FRET. Article 11
THE WORK OF NATURE IN THE MONTHS. Article 12
AMABEL VAUGHAN. Article 18
MASONIC HYMN. Article 21
DE. MOON'S WORKS FOE THE BLIND. Article 22
IS IT A PROMISE, OR A DECLARATION ? Article 24
THE SCOT ABROAD. Article 26
"HAIL AND FAEEWELL." Article 28
THE OTIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 29
ON THE TESTING AND STRENGTH OF RAILWAY MATERIALS, &c Article 32
A FAREWELL ADDRESS Article 36
DISCOVERY OF ROMAN REMAINS AT TEMPLEBOROUGH. Article 37
I WISH HE WOULD MAKE UP HIS MIND. Article 39
LOST AND SAVED ; OR NELLIE POWERS THE MISSIONARY'S DAUGHTER. Article 40
PRAYER ON THE SEA. Article 46
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. Article 46
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An Hermetic Work.

Avith ancl by their bad Spirits , and grosser Essences , for their idolatry of Fleshl y , Divelish , and Worldly vanities , Avith horror and everlasting anguish of mind and body , -whereAvith nevertheless they will be nourisht and enabled to endure for ever and ever . All which I have declared , and cannot be easily hid from thee , though thou shouldst want Lynceus eyes , or the Philosophick Eagles eye , to behold the light of nature exalted to the highest degree of the Sun hy artwhich nevertheless I wish

; thou maiest find out by this or some other means ; so it may tend to the Praise and Honour of God , ancl thine and thy neighbours Eternal Avellfare , Avho am thy friend and true Lover of Art and Nature , and care not AA-hat thou safest or thinkest of W , C . or twice five hundred . Laurum Amice eligis Bus .

A Briefe Of The Golden Calf Or Theworlds Idol.

A BRIEFE OF THE GOLDEN CALF OR THEWORLDS IDOL .

DISCOA'EKINO The Rarest Miracle of NATURE . HOAV in less than a quarter of an hour by the smallest proportion of the

Philosophers Stone , a great piece of Common Lead ivas totally transmuted into the purest transplendent Gold . With other most Rare Experiments and Transmutations . Written in Latin by Dr . Frederick Hehetius , And Printed at the Hague , 1666 .

And IIOAV Englished and abbreviated for the ease of the Readers . By W . C Esquire . Laurum Amice Eligis Bus .

The Epistle Of W. C. To The Reader.

THE EPISTLE OF W . C . TO THE READER .

Reader , I HAVE taught Helvetiw -with his Golden Calf , out English Tongue , to perswade thee ( by these experiments from a true Adeptist ) Of the reality of the Philosophers Stone , & Universal Medicine , and consequently to esteem the Noble Ait of Chymistiy by Avhich it is wrought ; and I heartily wish the laAvs ivere not so strict , nor the snares so many , against the honest Practisers of this Art , but to punish the others more severely the

that abuse the same , then I question not the further demonstration hereof . But Golden Calf and Fleece are sufficientl y divulged almost in every language , and many rare English Philosophers collected by our Avorthy Countryman Elias Ashrnole Esq ; in

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