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Article AN HERMETIC WORK. ← Page 2 of 5 →
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An Hermetic Work.
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of an Lour to make Crosus Martis , of which one dose would infallibly cure the Pestilential Dissentary ( or Bloody Flux ) , and hoAV to make a metallic ] . Liquor most certainly to cure all kinds of Dropsies in four days : as also a limpid clear water sweeter then honj ' , by which in two hours of itself , in hot sand , it woidd extract the Tincture of Granats , Corals , Glasses , and such like more , AA'hich I Helvetius did not observe . My mind being drawn beyond those bounds , to understand IIOAV such a noble juice might be draAA'ii out of the metals , to transmute Metals : but the shade in the water deceived the dog of the Morsel of Flesh in his mouth . Moreover he told me his said Master caused
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Hermetic Work.
Trencher : and this Gold so far excelled mine , that there Avas no comparison , for flexibility and colour ; and these Figures AA'ith the Inscriptions ingraven , Avere the resemblance of them , Avhich he granted me to Avrite out . I being hereAA'ith affected Avith great admiration , desired to know AA'kere and hoAV he came by them . AVho ansAvered , An outlandish friend Avho dwelt some da 3 s in my House ( gii-ing out he was a Lover oH this art , and came to reveal this art to me ) taught me various Arts ; First , HOAV out of ordinary Stones and Christalls , to make Rubies , Chrysolites and Sapphires , etc ., much fairer than tho ordinary . And IIOAV iu a quarter
/ Amen \ / The . ma / wlctis \ / Hoty hol y lid // \ / wifiLine tjftkc \ vonclajull \
j i $ t ] i-eLor & Oiw ( foclaiid . \ I Jdu / raA , itt , thcvniacrjall cdlthiaqs are-fall of j ' ftcoke . of nature , I mn . \ f l - / \ 1 M r & j 7 \ hes hanoiw I \ made the 20 of I \ Leo , libra ; . J \ jtmjujt . J
/ ^ " j ^ X / 0 ^ 3 \ / Thcwtmde / fdL \
L /( xa ; iVatiwc and , \ the- I pamp icalLJLi'b J \ make , nethinjf I \ in VQItL . / / To ¦ the , Honour \ / lioh aitificiL \
/ pf ' the , Eiw'l ^ tin ^ , IuiisiUk I OhctyJiiriktfaliehidL , \ frivne- cuty ¦ mitcmcjb 1 dr ] h \\ Ji fovpotithe TsiueH \ - ^ ( hiinipokntt / cclefffcdsA ^ and neiw ^ fjjenkc of I \ ht ftwty . hcfy . ( joucmor j \ Qd without h < j ht J
\ and prai feworthi J \ Jimetb . / \ Preftmcr cfall . / \ . /
of an Lour to make Crosus Martis , of which one dose would infallibly cure the Pestilential Dissentary ( or Bloody Flux ) , and hoAV to make a metallic ] . Liquor most certainly to cure all kinds of Dropsies in four days : as also a limpid clear water sweeter then honj ' , by which in two hours of itself , in hot sand , it woidd extract the Tincture of Granats , Corals , Glasses , and such like more , AA'hich I Helvetius did not observe . My mind being drawn beyond those bounds , to understand IIOAV such a noble juice might be draAA'ii out of the metals , to transmute Metals : but the shade in the water deceived the dog of the Morsel of Flesh in his mouth . Moreover he told me his said Master caused