Of the Secrets of Antimony

ALEX. Van SUCHTEN OF THE SECRETS OF ANTIMONY: IN TWO TREATISES.

Tranſlated out of High-Dutch by Dr. C. a Perſon of great Skill in Chymiſtry.

To which is added B. Valentine's Salt of Antimony, with its Uſe.

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CHAP. V. What beſides a Phyſician ought to know before he uſeth the Gold of the Phyſician or 🜍 Philoſophor.

I Acknowledge that in the former Chapters I have ſaid too little of the 🜔, but the form of ☽ ſtood in the way, that I durſt not make farther mention thereof; for if I ſhould ſpeak what were to be ſpoken of it, I muſt alſo plainly deſcribe the form, which ought not to be done. Now have I handled nothing in this Treatiſe by Similitudes; but as the thing is in it ſelf, ſo have I deſcribed it: But the Form belongs not to the Phyſician, but to the Mineraliſt, who may find enough written thereof in Peter Bonus Ferarienſis. Therefore is antimony ſufficiently declared, and as ye ſee after the ſimpleſt manner, that none can exclaim againſt me, and ſay that I write ſo obſcurely, that I cannot be underſtood. To conclude, I warn every man that underſtands me not, that he go not about to make what I teach; for antimony is not for him; but a Secret of God above his underſtanding: But he that underſtandeth me, will without doubt put his hope in God, and accompliſh what I write. The ſame ſhall even know that he hath not therefore found the Medicine wholly, but only begun to learn it; for what is it to have a good Sword in ones hand, if one know not how to draw it forth againſt our enemy; we muſt therefore firſt know how to uſe it; ſo the Phyſician alſo though he hath 🜍 Philoſ. in his hand, and knoweth not the uſe, what profiteth it? The knowledg of adminiſtring it requireth a very expert Phyſician; not from the reading of Galen; but from the knowledge of the Microcoſme; therefore it is neceſſary to write diligently of the uſe of this Secret, which I ſhall (if God give life and opportunity) ſpeedily do, and not keep it from you; yet thus much will I here manifeſt to you, that that 🜍 cannot be digeſted in, our ſtomach; but if it be not digeſted, it's not the Phyſick it ſhould be; for after digeſtion virtue goeth out of him, and not before. Mankind hath a gift that is from God, Paracelſus calleth it Archeus; the office of this Archeus is to make mans fleſh out of Bread, and bloud out of Wine; and what man wanteth, that it maketh out of the Aliment: Now we find that man is not the Medicine, therefore cannot the Archeus out of 🜍 or ☉ make the Medicine; ſo it followeth from hence that there muſt be uſed another Archeus, that this digeſtion may be accompliſhed, Paracelſus in his Book De 🜿, mentioneth this Digeſtion, how our Stomach is comforted, and ſaith this Arcanum is [〈☐〉], which is true, but it is a Speech too ſubtile and ſhort for your young Phyſicians: Let no Man be ſo ſenſeleſs, as to perſwade himſelf, that this Medicine is to be obtained by the bare letters of Paracelſus. This ſay I, that he hath a great ſecret who knows to perfect this digeſtion in Man; no ordinary Phyſician ſhall know it, for very much belongeth to it; therefore let every one, who by diligent Labour and Operations hath obtained this 🜍, not abuſe this gift of God, leſt he get more ſhame and ſcorn than honour amongſt the ſick. I could, if it were convenient, in few words declare this digeſtion, and annex it to this Treatiſe; but it is not convenient, by reaſon of many ſecrets which depend thereon; wherefore this Treatiſe ſhall be only of the Preparation of antimony concerning the Uſe, I will write another Treatiſe; by the which, ye ſhall underſtand what Paracelſus hath written De Arcanis & Elixiribus, in his Archidoxes. That I write no Receipts in this Book, is, becauſe I will not ſeduce you, for Receipts are Deceipts to the young Phyſicians. Further, there is no Receipt in Paracelſus concerning Secrets in Phyſick, which hath not an occult ſenſe, and hath either too much or too little; and this is done, not without great reaſon.

So hath this Treatiſe of antimony an end; in which we have ſpoken, What antimony is, in the firſt Chapter; in the ſecond, How Mercury is made out of it; in the third, How it muſt be regenerated by Heaven; in the fourth, How out of Luna Phyſical Sol must be made; in the fifth, What is further neceſſary for a Phyſician to know e're he uſe this Gold? So much have I undertaken to write of antimony for the young Phyſicians ſake, who know not what antimony is, that they may not be ſeduced by the Galeniſis, who are not aſhamed to write of this Mineral that which they never experimented; what I write, I know that it is true, and this Work hath not once only gone through my hands, and I know it much better than the Shoomaker his Laſt: Wherefore then may I not write what is true?

Although the Devil be never ſo black and baſe, yet in this he cannot bite me: Phyſick concerneth the Body and the Life, he that writeth any thing thereof, which he cannot prove by his practice, is a Murtherer: For then ſhall the Galeniſts eſcape, whether will they go? Therefore, Reader, if you will take pains, apply thy ſelf to this way as to a firm Rock which is unmovable; yet I pray thee that thou attempt not this Work Illotis manibus, that is, if you underſtand it not, it belongeth not to you: Ye young Paracelſeans, I will alſo admoniſh you, Do not as the contrary part doth, diſpute not much of Phyſick in your Prefaces, and defend your Maſters not only with words, but alſo by your practice; by your words, you will as ſoon win the Galenists, as the Apoſtles did the Heathen by Preaching. Works do all; ye muſt therefore work; ſo much as ye perform by Works, ſo much ye are to be called Paracelſians: Be diligent and careful, for not every one that glorieth that he is of Paracelſus, can do Paracelſus Works; keep your ſelves from undigeſted Writings; the Roſe hath time for its growth; when your time is come, help the Truth by Words and Works; ſo ſhall you tryumph over your Enemies, as Theophrastus did in his life time. Thus I conclude this Treatiſe. Expect a better.

This have I written in Dutch, that Artificers, Mechanicks, Yeomen, who buy antimony and work on it, may know, that they do ill to meddle with that which they underſtand not.

The End of the firſt Treatiſe.

ALFX. Van SUCHTEN OF ANTIMONY VULGAR.

The SECOND TREATISE.

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To the Honourable John Baptiſta Van Seebach.

Noble Sir,

MY Honourable Patron, and good Friend, my humble Service in the firſt place preſented to you: At your earneſt Requeſt I cannot but accompliſh your deſires, ſeeing you have a great love and and affection, by experience to find out the Secrets of Nature, which at this time are known to few, and even wholly hid in darkneſs. Although many of the Ancients have written thereof, and their Books diſperſed, yet are they written in a Magick ſtile, and profitable to none but thoſe who from their youth have been trained up in the Magick, or inſtructed by God in ſuch Secrets. Therefore the Secrets for which you humble your ſelf are in a deep pit, ſtrongly locked up, ſo that no man can open them unleſs he have received the Key from the Spirit of Truth. Of the Magical antimony, or of that antimony of the Ancients will I ſpeak nothing in this Treatiſe, ſeeing that men will know nothing of it; but what they read of it they apply only to common antimony; of the which you only deſire a Treatiſe, which I will freely communicate to you, and will write, 1. What it is. 2. Of what parts it is compounded. 3. Into what it may be reſolved again.

And you ſhall in this Treatiſe underſtand me no otherwiſe than according to the Letter; for I will uſe here no Metaphors, Allegories, or Similitudes; only I will deſcribe antimony with a plain ſtile, that you may not be deceived, though you prepare it according to the Letter, and ye ſhall obtain that of which I write; by theſe you may alſo judge whether in common antimony that ſecret, or Chymical & Phyſical Myſtery be or not, of the which Paracelſus and the Magicians have written.

Now antimony as it cometh out of the Mountains, is not pure as it ſhould be; for it is mingled with Stones of the Mine. I never ſaw any that came forth pure from the Mountains; therefore ere one uſe it, it muſt be purified, which purification is done by digeſtion; but this digeſtion is a ſulphureous Fire. The beſt 🜍 is a 🜍 Metalline, and although Artiſts do purifie it with the vegetable fire, that is with Tartar, yet is this digeſtion not natural, But that the Tartar divideth the Regulus from its Faeces, this is the cauſe that the 🜍 of antimony is more Vegetable than Metalline; but you ſhall purifie it with 🜍 that is ſprung from Mercury, and not from Salts; for this Metalline 🜍 will be reduced in the Arg. vive of antimony into Arg. vive, and laſtly, out of this Arg. vive will pure Gold be made. Now this Metalline 🜍 that purifieth antimony is only in ♂, & no where elſe, & this purification is done thus; R. ♂ or Iron ℥ 4 (I am wont to take pieces of Nails which are neither groſs nor thick) put them into a ſtrong Crucible, and ſet them in a wind Furnace, let it ſtand ſo long till you ſee the Nails or Iron are ſoft, then put into the Crucible ℥ 8. of antimony, make a ſtrong fire that the ♂ may flow well in the antimony, then caſt into the Crucible with an Iron Ladle a good handful of Salt-petre; let them boil up together in the Crucible (let the Crucible therefore be conſiderably great, that it boil not out) and let it ſtand till all be quiet and flowing, then caſt it forth into a caſting-pot, ſo the Regulus ſetleth it ſelf. So ſoon as the matter is coagulated in the Puckle-pot, put it out, and let it cool, and ſtrike the Faeces from the Regulus, which appeareth & ſhineth like a Marchaſite: The Faeces you may lay up till you know what to do with it; for in it is a Myſtery, of which I will not ſpeak at this time. Put the Regulus into a Crucible again, and let it flow; when it floweth, then caſt therein one ℥ and ½ of antimony, & let them flow well to gether, then put in it as much Nitre as you did before, let it flow as ye did at the firſt time, caſt it into the Puckle, ſtrike the Regulus off from the Faeces, this Regulus is purer & finer than the firſt, caſt away the Faeces, for they are nothing worth, let this Regulus melt the third time in a Crucible, and when it floweth, poure thereon a Ladle full of Nitre, and when you ſee that the Nitre floweth on the Metal as an Oyl (which muſt be done with a ſtrong fire, otherwiſe the Nitre coagulateth it ſelf, and will be hard) then caſt it into a Puckle, ſtrike the Regulus from the Faeces; this Regulus is yet finer, purer and more Metalline than the former; the Faeces are nothing worth. Fourthly, let this Regulus melt in a clean Crucible, and when it is melted as pure ☽, caſt ſome Nitre thereon, let it penetrate through each other, & then caſt it into a Puckle, beat the Faeces off from the Regulus, which Faeces will be of a golden colour, and then it is prepared. The Regulus will be white as ☽, and have above a fine Star; this Regulus if it be rightly wrought, will weigh four Ounces, and the work may well be finiſhed in two hours (ſome Copies ſay twelve hours) and in this manner is common antimony prepared, wherein you ſhall mark this piece, viz. what it is that thus divideth the Faeces from the antimony, you ſhall not think that Nitre doth it; but^[1] know that Antimony draweth forth the ſoul from ♂, that is, his beſt 🜍, and reduceth the ſame into ☿; this ☿ is nothing elſe but fire, and hath the operation of fire, which digeſteth the crude ☿ into antimony, and divideth the Mine from the Metal; you ſhall alſo know that this ☿ of ♂ is hid in this purged antimony, under the whiteneſs of Antimonial Mercury; for this Lunary whiteneſs which you ſee in this Regulus is not from his 🜍, but from Arg. vive, under which lurketh^[2] Mercury of Mars, which is nothing elſe than Sol: this ☿ of Mars is alſo nothing elſe in the aforeſaid ☿ of antimony than as a Spirit or an Air, and remaineth ſo long living in the Arg. vive of antimony, till out of it be made a body again, that is 🜔, and then divideth it ſelf from the ☿ of antimony.

So now you underſtand what that fire is which thus purifieth common Antimony; you muſt alſo underſtand what that fire is which purifieth and digeſteth Magical Antimony, that is, what that Sol Philoſophor. is which we call ☉ potabile, which even ſo well divideth it ſelf in the end from ☿ Philoſophor. as the ☉ divideth it ſelf from the Arg. vive of Antimony. Therefore it is very neceſſary that you ſeriouſly conſider Nature how it worketh, ſo ſhall you find what Nature is; not only in common Metals, but even in all things, and in the Metals of Philoſophers, which are known to the Wiſe men. The Alchymiſts do aſſay Antimony by Iron; when they have done this, they know not what they have made, nor the working of Nature; [•]or do they know what Nature is here: therefore teach they nothing, but remain Fools and Aſſes. Seeing that they now have divided Antimony from his Mineral Faeces, they ſhould alſo know that in this Antimony there is as yet a Faeces, which is nothing elſe than a burning 🜍; when this 🜍 is divided, ſo cometh Antimony again into his firſt matter or being, which is nothing elſe but fire; and this fire is nothing elſe but Arg. vive, and this Arg. vive is created out of the greateſt Myſtery of Nature; but Plato commandeth me to reſt here. Vide Nicholas the Allobrogian.

To divide the 🜍 from the purged Antimony is the clear Operation, but therein is a great knowledge hidden: So much thereof as is neceſſary for the knowledge of this Work will I manifeſt; but the other for divers Reaſons will I paſs by.

A thing if it be deſtroyed and mortified ſhall be raiſed again, and made living; and the ſame thing which is the cauſe of death by ſeparating the life, muſt have two powers in it, of ſeparating and vivifying; and theſe two muſt be one in power, but two in numbers; for all Myſteries do ſpring from this Fountain, and are one Eſſence, wonderfully diſtributed according to the Will of God; this Will of God is the ſpecifick of every Creature, and a being incomprehenſible by ſenſe not leſs than God. Now is Arg. vive dead in antimony. Shall it be made living, ſo muſt it be raiſed up by that which it hath been ere it was dead; for that Life is in it very abundant, and incorruptible; there is nothing which is dead can be made living but by his own and proper life, and not by the life of other things; who writeth and teacheth otherwiſe is no Philoſopher; and the deſtroyed life when it is again made living, is the Ferment of the living things by which it was made living; and that thing is his Augmentation and Multiplication Magical. Hence it followeth that in living things there muſt be a diſpoſition which is tranſmutable into the diſpoſition of other things, if it would be raiſed again; for the will of God that all things muſt die, is that Specifick of all Creatures which after death augmented it ſelf infinitely.

Now it followeth farther that thoſe living things which are ſerviceable to our work and manual operation, by which the Metals are alſo tranſmuted into Sol, muſt alſo have ſuch a Specifick, in that they can be brought thus by no art without Regeneration, as the ſenſeleſs Alchymiſts give forth; for were there no Specifick therein, how could they be tranſmuted, becauſe Species is not tranſmuted into Species; for if tranſmutation be not done, ſo can alſo no ſeed grow and augment it ſelf; for that is againſt Nature; therefore muſt that living have the nature of water, as you ſee that a grain of Corn caſt into the Earth is made living by water; that is, in the Grain is a dead water, which is by water made living again, and the Ferment of water is that which giveth the water his ſpecifick Nature, ſo do infinite grains grow from one: So underſtand in this Operation that the Arg. vive of Antimony ♄ ♃ is dead, and can never more be made living but by Arg. vive. In this manner is Corruption regenerated, and Multiplication of the Form of Metals made.

You may here demand, Seeing the water multiplieth the grains in the earth, and is tranſmuted into very grains, if alſo the Arg. vive of Metals multiplied with common ☿, may be made again into a Metal? To this I anſwer, that this is not poſſible in common Metals, but in Philoſophical Metals it may be done very eaſily; for our Mercury layeth his Specifick from him, and taketh it again by Art; that is, from him may be made Sol and Luna, which it was before; but why this cannot be done in common Metals there are many Reaſons, which I will paſs by at this time. Now the Mercury of Antimony ſhall be living; that is Arg. vive ſhall be made per Arg. vive; but this cannot be done without mixture; and farther we ſee that Regulus will not mingle it ſelf with common Arg. vive, becauſe of the 🜍 which is in the Regulus; for ſeeing the ſame is not Metalline, it hath no communion with the Arg. vive that is common, and it hindereth the mixture; therefore muſt there be a medium betwixt common Arg. vive and the Mercury of Antimony; and in this medium muſt be a ſeparative power, which is not in common arg. vive; for in it is no ſpecifick; and the ſeparative power is a ſpecifick, which coagulateth Mercury. God hath made this arg. vive in the will of man, which notwithſtanding is nothing elſe than common Mercury, and that of the Philoſophers. Theſe two remain two in the will of man, that he can bring a ſpecifick into them, which is neceſſary; for there is none there: according to theſe things, viz. the ſeparative is a ſpecifick Mercurial; but one muſt know in what Mercury it is to be found, and by experience it is found, that it is in no other Mercury than in the Mercury of Luna. ☽

Therefore take of Luna puriſſimae one ounce, reguli praedict. half an ounce, let the ☽ glow well in a Crucible, afterwards caſt the regulus on it, ſo will they melt preſently, and ſtand in the Crucible as fine Arg. vive, caſt them into an Ingot, and you ſhall find a Maſs metalline of the colour of Lead; beat this metalline maſs to powder, which will eaſily be done. Afterward take of fine Arg. vive four or five ounces, pour it in a ſmall Phyal-Glaſs, and then pour the powder on it, let it ſtand a night and day in B. M. ſo goeth the powder into Arg. vive; ſtir it well together, and when the powder is well mingled with the common Arg. vive, then pour it out and amalgam it well on a ſtone, ſo will the Amalgam thereof be red, put this Amalgam into a wooden Diſh, pour water thereon, and rub it well with a Peſtel, ſo will the water be black; caſt this water off in part, put more water on, and rub it till this water be black alſo; do this ſo long till the Amalgam be made white; the blackneſs which is waſhed from the Amalgam ſetleth it ſelf in the bottom of the water, which keep, and caſt the water away; put this Amalgam again into a Phial, let it ſtand in B. a night, pour it out and waſh it again, ſo giveth it a blackneſs again, which pour to the other; waſh it ſo long till it give no more blackneſs; you may alſo grind this Amalgam with pure clean Salt, ſo cometh the blackneſs the ſooner from it: Now when the Amalgam is made clean again, ſet it again in a Phial in B. a night, and waſh it again; reiterate this work ſo long till no more blackneſs goeth from the Amalgam, then will it be pure, clean, bright, and white; and mark the more blackneſs the Amalgam giveth, the more Mercury is reſolved from Antimony: So ſoon as no more blackneſs ſheweth^[3] it ſelf in waſhing, preſently then diſtil in a Glaſs retort the Arg. vive from Luna; if the waſhing be rightly done, ſo ſhall you find your Luna bright, clear, and white in the Retort; but if your Luna be of a Leaden colour, it is a ſign that it hath as yet ſome Antimony amongſt it; therefore muſt this waſhing be done ſo long and oft till no more blackneſ; come forth; the Recipient muſt be full of cold water e're you diſtill the Mercury into it, then ſhall you find a bright Arg. vive, which now is three-fold, viz. Arg. vive Common: Arg. vive of Antimony, and Mercury of Mars: This you muſt know, that the Mercury of Mars tranſmuteth not the other two into his Nature, as other Metals do, becauſe Mercurius Martis is not univerſally and radically mixed with the other two, but divideth it ſelf from them, as you ſhall hear: Therefore this Arg. vivo is not called Arg. vive of Mars, but Mercury of Antimony; for Antimony is fuller of Mercury. That Arg. vive of Mars which is hid in this Mercury of Antimony, is Sol volatile; and this you may not only believe, but alſo ſee it with your Eyes, if you take a little of the Amalgam waſhed clean, and gently evaporate the Arg. vive from Luna, ſo remaineth the Aurum volatil, that is the Mercury of Mars, with the Luna, and tingeth the Luna into the higheſt colour of Sol; but ſeeing that this Sol is not fixt, the Fire driveth this Tincture from Luna. Here alſo is a point to be marked, that this Sol volatile, which tingeth Luna only into Gold, but not fixt; who underſtandeth the cauſe of this, is not ignorant of the Sophiſtications of the Alchymiſts, who would tinge Luna into Sol; for they underſtand that Mercury alone is the Tincture; but when it is changed into Metals, then it loſeth the power of Tinging, and if it were fixt, ſo is it a fine Metal, for Metals are nothing elſe than Mercury coagulated or fixed: But in this Work, how Mercury of Antimony tingeth ☽, is a more ſubtil manual operation, he that will make it, muſt well know the fire; therefore look well thereto; I my ſelf have oftentimes made it, and I have alſo oft failed.

Now how the ☿ of ♂ ſhall be fixed into true ☉, and the ☿ of antimony ſhall be tranſmuted from other Metals into this Nature, will I not hold from you; for in this operation every one ſeeth what the Metals are, who hath not his five ſenſes bewitched (I ſpeak of true coagulation, not ſophiſtical) and can mark that it is not poſſible to make ☉ from ♀, or out of ♄ and ♃ Silver; ſo ſees he alſo very well that common ☿ will not be coagulated artificially; but the Arg. vive of Metals eaſily, which before hath been coagulated; yet not every ☿ coagulated, but the ☿ alone of ♂; for in this ☿ of ♂ is found the nature of the laſt fixation; but in ♄ ♃ ♀ not: therefore cannot any man give them that which they have not from God and Nature: It troubleth me not that many Chymical Books are written againſt the Truth, what the ſearcher of Alchymy imagineth and underſtandeth in his Tranſmutations, is altogether another thing; therefore can I write of this Sophiſtry, and ſpeak with Paracelſus, They which und[•]rſtand Alchymy according to the l[•]tter, reap nothing but bare ſtraw: Now concerning the ☿ before mentioned, which is diſtilled from ☉, you ſhall know that it penetrateth the Metals, and divideth the Elements of the Metals, that is, ☿ and 🜍 from one another; common ☿ doth it not; it muſt then be acuated by the ☿ of Antimony, and be changed in his nature and eſſence, as now is declared to you in this operation; you ſhall alſo know that every Metal hath his peculiar operation, and is not reſolved as another, I will in an hour bring ☿ out of ♄, out of ♀ can I hardly do it in two Moneths; therefore much lieth in the manual operation. The practice how it is performed with the ☿ of Venus muſt I here ſhew, for this cauſe that you may find the Gold which coming from ♂, lieth hid in the ☿ of Venus; that is it of which I have made mention; this ☉ is nothing elſe than the mercurial ſpirit which is in ♂, as the Soul in man; but ſeeing this Sol is no more corporeal, as it was before in ♂, but through the mercurial ſpirit of Antimony is made a ſpirit; it can no more be more corporal but only by the Spirit of Salt of Venus. This Spirit is not the ☿ of Venus, alſo not his 🜍, but a middle betwixt both; when this middle cometh forth of Venus, then do his parts fall in pieces, that is, his ☿ and 🜍; the ☿ of Venus abideth in the ☿ of Antimony; the 🜍 muſt be waſhed from it, and is a Sulphureous gray Earth like Aſhes.

Take l. 2. of the beſt Hungarian Vitriol, diſſolve it in common 🜄, ſet it it in a ſtrong Pot over the fire, and caſt half a handful of ſmall pieces of Iron therein, let them ſeeth therein half a quarter of an hour; then put away the water, and put to the Iron the ☿ which you have diſtilled from ☽, ſo the Venus which the Iron had reduced from Vitr. amalgamateth it ſelf with the Arg. vive: waſh the Amalgam clean, that all the pieces of Iron come from it; now when this Amalgam is wholly pure and clean, let it dry, and then put it into a Glaſs-Phial, ſet it in B. M. and let it ſtand therein eight dayes, ſo will this Amalgam be of a dark gray; then pour it out, and waſh it clean, as men are wont to do to waſh an Amalgam in a Diſh. The powder which is waſh'd from the Amalgam, put a part; put this Amalgam again eight dayes in B. and then waſh it as before; this work muſt be reiterated thrice: But if you would reſolve all the ♀ into ☿ and 🜍, then muſt you do this ſo oft till that the Amalgam be made into pure Arg. vive; for it will not be done ſo quickly. When you have had this Amalgam thrice in B. and thrice waſhed, then diſtill the Arg. vive from the ♀, as you drew it before from ☽: This is called ☿ of ♀ for it it is no more ☿ vulgar, nor yet ☿ of antimony, but through the ☿ of ♀ it is fermented and tranſmuted into the ☿ of ♀. This ☿ of ♀ is a wonderful ☿, as every one can try who ſhall uſe it in Chymical Operations. The Precipitate alſo made of this ☿ is exceeding bright and wonderful in the eyes of Alchymiſts; but as bright as it is, it is a groſs poyſon in Phyſick; keep your ſelf from it, and let not his fine appearance deceive you. In this ☿ of ♀ is 🜔 out of ♂, which I have oft mentioned, yet hidden; it wanteth the frigidity of the Moon, by the which it ſhall be coagulated in the perpetual and firſt coagulation of Sol; and the proceſs of coagulation is thus:

Take of the fine ☽ part 1. wherein is no Gold, of this Mercury of Venus parts 4, make an Amalgam thereof, and that the Amalgam may the eaſier be accompliſhed, diſſolve the Luna in common aq. ſortis, and precipitate it with ♀, as it is commonly done, ſo falleth the ☽ to the bottom, and is a fine bright powder, which may eaſily by grinding be amalgamated with the Mercury of Venus; waſh this Amalgam till it be clean and bright, put it into a Phial, and let it ſtand 24 hours in B.M. boiling, then will it be as black as a Coal; take it out, grind it on a ſtone, and waſh it clean; this blackneſs is the Soul of ♂, which is drawn from the Spirit of Antimony, and in this laſt work is coagulated into Sol; with this Sol there are as yet Faces of 🜍, which ſeparate themſelves from the Mercury of Venus through this coagulation; for the Mercury of Venus is alway[•] green in the Superficies, th[•] Green ſhall be coagulated wi[••] Sol (other Copies ſay Luna) an[•] being ſeparated from Arg. viv[•] ſhall be reduced into a body, an[•] ſo is the Spirit of ♂ found; an[•] ſo you ſee what it was, and agai[•], what is from him. Now who hath a deſire to take pains, he may try how much ☿ is in one pound of ♂, ſo much Sol ſhall he find therein, and not more, and he ſhall alſo ſee that more coſt go[•]th to this work than the Sol is worth. The Arg. vive which is in other M[•]tals cannot be ſo coagulated into Sol; but it continually remaineth living; the Reaſons have been ſhewn before. Thus is the Arg. vive vulgar acuated with the Mercury of Antimony, that it draweth all the Mercury from imperfect Metals, and is tranſmuted by them into their Nature; as it cometh to paſs in ♀, have I here declared by the way of Sol out of ♂, which muſt be in this work for the purifying of antimony; ſo have you alſo heard how this Sol is again extracted out, and appeareth before the eyes, otherwiſe you would not believe that the purification of Antimony is done by the Sol in ♂.

Now will I farther write to you what Medicine there is in common antimony afterward for a concluſion will I impart to you as to a Brother [•] what farther out of this Reg[•]lus of antimony can be made; for I dare not in truth boaſt, and ſay, that it is not unknown to me, and I will write to you for a warning (if God give you his Grace that you can underſtand) what it is that ſeduceth ſo many people, yea even the Learned; and captivated them, and brought them even to their Grave.

De Sulphure Antimonii.

Now concerning the other part of antimony, that is his 🜍, you ſhall know that it is a fatneſs, and aſſimulateth it ſelf to the Fire which is in a black Coal. Therefore take the blackneſs which you have waſhen from the Am[•]lgam of ☽ and antimony, dry it in the Sun, or otherwiſe in ſome gentle warmth; ſo ſhall you have a powder of a leaden colour, to the which, as yet, ſome Arg. vive vulgar doth cleave, abiding with it in the waſhing: So now if you can ſtifle this powder in a cloſe warmth, as Colliers make wood Coals, then will it be black, and altogether like beaten or powdered Coals: but if you cannot ſo ſtifle it, it's no great matter.

Take this powder of a lead colour, put it into a Crucible, put it on the Fire, but make it not to glow, either inwardly or outwardly; ſo will the Mercury fume away: This powder is inflamed by the warmth, and burneth not as 🜍 with a flame, but as a glimmering dry coal, which giveth no flame: When it is ſo burnt out, there remaineth in the Crucible a powder, which may be reduced into Regulus: Weigh this powder, ſo ſhall you ſee how much of the Antimony is reſolved into his parts, and if you could dry up this powder that it be black, and the Common Mercury cometh from it, ſo may you reckon how much of the Common Mercury is come into this Mercury of antimony; and how much of combuſtible 🜍 was in this Arg. vive: So then you have the knowledge of antimony fully; that is, his Element of Arg. vive and 🜍. This is enough to ſhew what antimony is, and how the Common Arg. vive is fermented and acuated through and with it; that it thereby can reſolve the other Metals, every one according to his nature and diſpoſition: How it is done in ♀, the proceſs is ſufficiently declared for example ſake: But how it is to be done in other Metals, viz. how by the ☿ of antimony, a ☿ may be brought forth, that commit I to the experienc'd and skill'd in the Fire: For it was not my purpoſe to manifeſt all things.

The Medicinal ſweet antimony.

It's known to you before to prepare many ways Antimony for Phyſick, but I have not as yet ſeen any who have obſerved the Arcanum in it: The good people imagine that whatſoever is written of Antimony is written of Common Antimony, which notwithſtanding they find not by the proof; therefore we may juſtly think, that the Medicinal Antimony is much another thing, as indeed it is; for the Antimony of the Philoſophers is their Mercury, and in it are all Medicines in potentia, therefore it is called Quinteſſence. In the Vulgar Antimony is not the Quinteſſence of Phyſick, but only the Eſſence of the Element of water, which Eſſence is a Medicine againſt the Sickneſſes which ſpring out of the microcoſmical Fire: Now the Phyſick of this Antimony is not in his Mercury, but in his Fire, of the which I have ſpoken briefly, which you ſhall in this manner underſtand; In wood there is a Fire which we muſt have in our Kitchens to prepare our Meats; ſo is Antimony a fire by which we digeſt our Medicines, which thereby receiveth the eſſence of his Elements, and through this Eſſence the elemental heat in our ſickneſſes; for though the Galenists think to drive forth the heat through Purſlane, Endive, Night-ſhade, and other cold Simples, but cannot do it, for the heat looſeth it ſelf naturally; ſo is this Medicinal nature in Antimony vulgar, and not only in it, but in all other things of the which the Element of water is the Mother. Therefore is a Phyſician even ſo little bound to this Antimony as a Cook to Beech-wood; for when he hath it not, then he uſeth Birch or Willow, by the which he cannot ſo well dreſs his Meat. Beſides this Eſſential Medicine as well in other things as in Antimony, and it is called in Magick Aurum; but of that Medicine which is prepared by the fire of Antimony, I have nothing to ſay; it is known of to God, and to thoſe he hath manifeſted it: The wiſe men called it Mercurius Philoſophor. and it is an Eſſence which may be changed in all the Elements of Nature and Art; for we know that this Antimony purgeth ſtrongly upward and downward, which is done not by the Eſſence, but by the body to the which the Eſſence changeth. Now who can divide the Eſſence from the Body, he hath found a Medicine that worketh neither upward nor downward, but without purgation finiſheth the work, and though through a ſtrong Calcination with Salt Spirit, which is the cauſe of a Metalline Fuſion, it be driven from it, that it cauſeth neither Vomit nor Stool, but forcèth ſweat; yet it is not the Medicine, but antimony calcined, which is a poyſon as the other Metals are which are ſtrongly calcined, which taken in the Body, manifeſts it as calcined ♀ ♄ ♂. It may alſo be well digeſted by 🜍 Metalline, that it may be red and fixed in the fire, yet is there not in it what the Artiſt ſeeketh; therefore all is loſt which is begun with this Medicine: there is then a thing which divideth his Eſſence from his Body, and is to

Of the Secrets in Regulus.

Farther, of divers Arcana's which are in the above-mentioned Regulus, I have wonders to tell you; he which hath not throughly ſearched it will not believe me; for God lets not ſuch things be common, and come forth publickly, eſpecially in theſe baſe times, in the which Honour and Shame, Virtue and Vice, Lying and Truth are equally prized: Now we ſeek not the Truth, but Vain-glory; and therefore doth God infatutuate our Senſes, and we hate and envy one another, and deſtroy our wealth, and we our ſelves are the cauſe thereof: Farther, I warn you, that I have diſcovered much, and from my writing you may underſtand more than I ſay, but all things ſhall not be written by reaſon of Praters and Sophiſters, which flatter themſelves that they have been of the Council of Jove. I will alſo by this ſhew forth my mind to you, and I wiſh you well from my heart, that you may try in theſe things as much as my ſelf, and I hope that time will give that which now I cannot, and in time know what I mean. Now that I may keep my promiſe, you ſhall know that this Regulus hath deceived the beſt Philoſophers and Chymiſts of greateſt account and reading amongſt us; for it is ſuch a rare Mineral that there is ſcarce the like in the world, and can make even the moſt Learned and underſtanding men Fools. What is given me from it, what I have ſeen from my good Companions mark. In my little Book concerning the Myſteries of Antimony which no man underſtandeth even to this hour, have I ſaid that Metal might be made out of it. So much belongeth to this point, I did not then much cumber or trouble my ſelf with it, but only explained my ſelf, and manifeſted the Medicines which are in it, and go under its name; but now know that out of this Regulus all Metals may be made, as Lead, Tin, Copper, Iron, Silver and Sol, and ſo made, that to the appearance and in hammering, melting, caſting proof of the Teſt, and in the driving by Antimony, they are as good as the natural Metals. Lead which is made thereof is in all proofs good Lead, only it is a little harder than the Natural; but the Lead which is made of Antimony crude, not waſhed, hath not that hardneſs; the Tin is exceeding fine, and before coagulation, on the Touchſtone ſo certain as the fineſt ☽ the Nature of Tin eaſily taketh it to its ſelf, and is eaſily made Tin.

With the Copper it is thus alſo; for ſo ſoon as the Odour of Venus is vegetant, it penetrateth the Regulus, and giveth it the Nature of Copper; this operation is done very quickly: I can make an ounce of Regulus into Copper in the time you can eat a ſoft Egg.

Iron and Antimony are eaſily changed one into another, therefore is Antimony preſently ♂, and out of ♂ is Antimony eaſily made, and alſo ♄ ♃ & ♀ may eaſily be reduced into antimony, yet ♂ eaſieſt of all. Theſe four Metals I my ſelf have out of Regulus; the other two viz. ☉ & ☽ have I ſeen my Friend make. The ☽ is bright, and may be caſt, hammered and beaten, as other natural ☽, and may be driven off in ♄, and goeth not away from the Teſt; I thought a long time that it was nothing elſe but the beſt ☽; but my Companion ſaid that in weight it was heavier than other ☽, I therefore being jealous what it was, did endeavour to diſſolv it in aq. fort. made of Vitriol and Nitre, but it would not touch it; then I was much troubled in my thoughts, and laid it in an aq. Regis, and it diſſolved totally, then I thought that in the reduction it would be Sol; but I found a white Powder very like to Tin, which is calcined in aq. fortis; when I reduced this powder, there was thereout a Glaſs of a Milkie colour, ſo found I what I had for good ☽; nevertheleſs I was not content with theſe proofs, hoping better things, and therefore I took four Ounces of this ☽, and amalgamated it with common ☿, and did ſet it in a gentle heat four weeks, and it was in the Superficies black and indifferent hard; I took it out, and did beat it to pieces with a hammer, and then did grind it to powder, and afterward by oft rubbing I made it into an Amalgam again as it was before, then drew I the ☿ away in a Retort, and found my ☽ again; this ☽ I amalgamated again, not with common ☿, but with ☿ of antimony, of the which I have ſpoken before.

This Amalgam did I ſet as before three days and nights, and found that the Amalgam the longer it ſtood the moiſter it was; in eight dayes it was as melted ♄, and ſo it ſtood in the fire a moneth, afterwards I took it out, and diſtilled it by Retort, and the Mercury of Antimony, and the ☽ came all from the Retort, and were a Mercury; ſo know I that the ☽ made of Regulus was nothing elſe than Mercury coagulated, and not conſtant in a Metalline form, but goeth away again, and will be Mercury, which thing might well make a Chymiſt a Fool. Now come I to ☉, and to tell you what happened to me is a wonder; when I had ſhewed to my good Companion, who thought nothing elſe than that he had got a great prize, he would not believe it, but took it into his own hands, and at length found the truth, and began to queſtion his ☉, and he ſpake, although I have oftentimes tried it, yet will not I truſt my ſelf, but take this half ounce of Gold and try it as you pleaſe. Mr. Hans the Goldſmith ſaith it is true Gold. So took I the ☉ and brought it to the Goldſmith, and asked him if it were Gold, he ſaid it was, and he could work it for ☉; for to the Sight, Touchſtone and Hammer it was very good ☉. Nevertheleſs I took the ☉ and did put to it 2 ℥ of ☽ to granulate and divide it in aq. fort. the ☽ diſſolved it ſelf, the ☉ fell to the bottom; this proof was true; this Sol powder I mixed with antimony crude, and caſt it through Regulus; let it flow in a Crucible and caſt Nitre upon it, and drew the antimony from the Sol, and drew it off with ♄, this trial I found it alſo true. This Sol driven off did I caſt again through, with antimony and 🜍; then took I the Regulus and let them go away before the Goldſmiths Bellows, for I had none; this trial the Sol ſtood alſo, on which every Chymiſt may juſtly rejoice.

Nevertheleſs ſeeing the Luna had deceived me, therefore could I not truſt the Sol, but cauſeth it to be beaten thin, and amalgamated it with my ☿ of antimony, and did ſet it four Weeks in a gentle warmth, and took notice that the Amalgam was not hard, but ſoft, which was grievous to me; nevertheleſs I did let it ſtand four weeks, and found my Amalgam much moiſter than when I put it in; then did I put it into a Crucible over a ſmall fire, that the Crucible did not fully glow, and my ☿ flew away incredible ſwiftly from the ☉ that I did not mark it, but thought that my ☿ was coagulated into ☉, but when I weighed my ☉, I found no more than half an Ounce &^[4] 2 Quintileins, and thought certainly that the two Quintileins were pure Gold.

Theſe two Quintileins I proved farther with ☿ of antimony in the ſame manner as at the firſt time; then at length I evaporated the Mercury from it, and found my two Quintileins again; then was I merry, and hoped that my Companion would communicate his Preparation to me, and I had Golden Mountains in my head, and I brought a good Meſſage to my Companion; but he himſelf was not merry, but ſpake evil of it. Well, ſaid he, I have had great labour and pains with this ☉, and more than I do ſay: What cannot be that cannot I deſire: But let it be a fine ſophiſtication that which hath been made, for the Gold-ſeeking Alchymiſts which run hither and thither, to day devouring one to morrow another. The Gold which remaineth over and above to thee is not come from the Regulus, but is a Compoſition of the Natural ☉; for I could not coagulate the Regulus into ☉ if there be not good Gold with it; this Sol hath remained in the Teſt, but the other not, I know not how to bring it farther; and now understand the cauſe well, that that cannot be that I hoped. This fell into the mind of my Companion, and I feared the manual operation and thought of my Metals. He ſpake that the 🜍 of antimony which coagulateth the Mercury is not united to it in radice, and therefore remaineth not with it, and if thou ſearcheſt throughly, thy Regulus will not be again ♄ ♃ ♀ ♂ and remain ſo, but will be Mercury again, which neither you nor any other can coagulate to a good Metal, as ſome imagine, when they have the ☿ of ☉ ☽ ♄, that the Art will not fail then; but it is a Lunatick Melancholick Phantaſie, from the which they that are not experienced in Alchymy, but only Book-learned, and have gone on hear-ſay, can make Arguments, and conclude by themſelves, but when they come to the fire they ſee their Folly. Tell me when a dead thing is made living. When is his bound of Nature, in Death or in Life? What hath it been before death or life? Shall any come to this immutable ſixt principle? what ſeekeſt thou then in Metals vivified? But theſe things ſpeak I not to thee, nor of thee, but of the Alchymiſts, for whom pray God that he deliver them from ſuch unreaſonable men.

Of this ſort diſcourſed we much together, and ſeeing I then was not ſo intangled, as to hold the printed Books of Alchymy for Goſpels; but being led with I know not what Spirit, I doubted more than believed, therefore I alwayes did think of the cauſe wherefore Alchymy was written by the firſt Philoſophers, and did very often treat with this my good Friend and Companion, well skilled in the Fire, concerning our antimony ♄ ♃ ♀ ♂ ☉ & ☽, in all which I found that true which the Chymiſts put together for the Alchymical Art, and am in good hope that he will put from him this phantaſie, and think after the Philoſophical Metals. Now ſo much as belongeth to you, Noble Patron and Friend, there is as yet one thing to be handled pertaining to this operation, which I neither can nor will hold from you the Chymiſts, as Rhafis, Peter Bonus, Ferrar. Treviſan, and the other of the Dialogue, and many other who have well examined theſe imperfect Metals, and had good experience, they at length remain in this opinion that it is impoſſible to make Sol by Art, but out of Arg. vive. Seeing they ſee that Sol is nothing elſe than Arg. vive coagulated with its proper 🜍 and fixed, now have they alſo well underſtood by their operations, that Mercury cannot be fixed into perfect Sol, unleſs Sol be diſſolved and brought into Mercury; this opinion have they taken from this ground, that they ſee that Nature could not fix that Arg. vive of ♄ ♃ ♀ with the external 🜍 which cleaveth unto them; much leſs ſhall Art do it; whereupon they thought to take an Arg. vive which hath been perfectly fixed before, and to mix this Arg. vive with common Mercury, or other Metals, that both may be one Individuum; but ſeeing this mixture cannot be done with common Sol, they have taken the Sol in Mars, and have thought to mix it ſo with the common Mercury that they ſhould never be ſeparated, but that the Sol ſhould alwayes remain with the Mercury, and the Mercury with Sol, that is, where the Sol is coagulated again, and alſo the Mercury is coagulated and fixed: in this practiſe every one hath had his way of working, according to his underſtanding, and have ſpent long time herein; but thus much is certain to me, that they alwayes died ere they obtained the end of their ſpeculation. Therefore ſaith the worthy Trithemius, That Alchymy is a perpetual Virgin, and writeth of it thus, Chymia is beloved by many, and yet ſhe is chast; ſhe hath many domestick ſervants, which keep their Miſtreſs with watchful Eyes, and oft take upon themſelves her name, that they may preſerve her from the embracements of ſo many importunate Lovers, and always unpolluted: Vanity, fraud, deceipt, ſophiſtication, covetouſneſs, falſeneſs, boldneſs, lying, fooliſhneſs, poverty, deſparation, proſcription, cheating, are the Lacqueys of Chymistry; who feigning themſelves to be the Mistreſs, that they may keep her unraviſhed, do freely proſtitute themſelves to rich, covetous, worldly and proud Lovers: Thus much. He that will not believe this true Man, may ſearch and try according to his fantaſie, as I and others have ſufficiently done: What I have told you here, cometh from experience that it is ſo; who hath a deſire to ſpend his Money and Time thereon, he ſhall alſo find it ſo.

Thus have I finiſhed what I promiſed to write of the ☿ of antimony, and alſo what the Ancients have ſought and found in this ☿ of antimony, all which I have truly declared; on which you may conclude whether this Mineral is known to me or not: They which boaſt that they can make the ☿ of Metals without Arg. vive, they give us to underſtand that they are not Philoſophers, and that they know not what Corruption, Regeneration and the Multiplication of things is, and if they did rightly behold their work, they would ſee that they are deceived: Let Boaſters be Boaſters; believe in theſe things nothing but what your eyes ſee, and conſider alwayes the poſſibility of Nature, ſo ſhall you eaſily come out of this Laby[•]inth.

Laſtly, I deſire you that you would not be offended that I have held you ſo long with this Treatiſe; the condition which at preſent I ſuffer, permits little reſt to write of this Operation; therefore have I caſt it on the Paper ſo miſerably; when I have more leiſure, I will finiſh other Writings, which as yet for want of opportunity I cannot. The Alchymiſts everlaſting God illuminate the Lovers of Truth with his Spirit, and bring them out of the Bonds of thick darkneſs and unprofitable Talk of ſuppoſed Learned men, Amen.

ADDITION OUT OF THE HALIGRAPHIA OF BASIL VALENTINE. How to make the Salt of Antimony.

POwder good Hungarian Antimony ſmall as Meal, and calcine it over a gentle Cole-fire, as men uſually do, alwaies ſtirring it with an Iron till all be whitiſh, and it ſmoke no more, but at length endureth an indifferent ſtrong Fire; then put it into a Crucible, and melt it into a tranſparent Yellow Glaſs; beat this Glaſs ſmall, put it into a retort Glaſs, and pour on it ſtrong diſtilled Wine vin. let it ſtand in a gentle warmth, and the Vinegar will extract the tincture of antimony, and will be coloured very high, which Tincture or extract of antimony may be farther prepared, and may be uſed for an excellent Medicine. [•] Baſ. Val. Trium mag.

Now when the Tincture is all extracted, and coloureth no more the Vinegar, then dry the Powder at the bottom wholly, which will be black, grind it with ſo much yellow 🜍, put it into a melting-pot well luted, and put it into an indifferent Fire till the 🜍 be wholly burnt away, then grind the matter remaining very ſmall, and pour on it new diſtilled Vinegar and draw the Salt thereby, and afterward through reiterated diſtillations draw off the eagerneſs of the Vinegar from it, and clarifie the Salt with the Spirit of Wine till it be bright, clear and white, if thou haſt wrought rightly, thou haſt the Salt of antimony wholly fixt & active, although there is another way to make the Salt of antimony, which is writte elſewhere, Doſ. 4 gr. it is equal to the Salt of ☉, and cureth all Diſeaſes, it may eaſily be made Sol.

THE USE OF THE Salt of ANTIMONY.

THis Salt of Antimony is of a wonderful operation; for it performs almoſt all that the Salt of Gold doth, given in like quantity; it cleanſeth the whole body of man, purifieth the Bloud, expels all Evils, conſumes all obnoxious Humours, whence all open Sores have their beginning and recourſe to; it cures the French Pox, taken four gr. at the moſt with a dram of the diſtilled water of Lignum Vitae, ſweating upon it, and this uſed daily till amendment.

The water of Lignum Vitae is thus made; Firſt, Grind it ſmall, then moiſten it with good Spirit of Wine in a Veſſel cloſe ſtopt; let it ſtand certain days in a gentle heat; this done, pour a good quantity of Fumitory water, or Scabious water upon it; digeſt them 14 days in a Bath, then diſtill it; reſerve the Liquor apart, and the Oyl apart in Glaſſes cloſe ſtopt; uſe the Water with the Salt of Antimony. It is likewiſe uſed with good ſucceſs in other Diſeaſes, whereof we treated in another place; but an underſtanding Phyſician knows very well what Virtues are in Guiacum, and what benefit it doth in the cure of diſeaſes. There are other ways to diſtil a Water and Oyl of the ſaid Wood, which is needleſs here to be mentioned.

The Salt of Antimony checks the Leproſie, and other deep rooted Diſeaſes; it is good againſt the Gout, and weakneſs of the Joints, purifies and makes good bloud, corroborates the Heart, and the Balſam of mans Body, drunk with a ſpoonful of Aqua vitae; it reſtoreth loſt ſtrength, opens all internal Impoſthumes, clenſes all external corroding old Sores, being ſtrewed into them, or duly applied with good and convenient Plaiſters or Ointments, Being diſſolved in good diſtilled Wine Vinegar, it doth in a ſhort time bring great eaſe to evil and incurable Sores to all Admiration. Being drunk with waters of Wormwood or Carduus Benedictus, it cures all Agues of long ſtanding, which are deeply rooted, and admit no Cure, eſpecially the quartane; being drunk with Mint or Wormwood-water, it cauſeth good Digeſtion; drunk with waters of Speedwel, Red Corn-Roſe-water cauſeth a good Memory.

This Salt is uſed in Alchymy or Tranſmutation of Metals into GoId, if you add to it the fatneſs which drops out of the Wheels of the Chariot of the Sun whenas the Alchymiſts Phaeton undertook to drive it, as the Poets deſcribe it in their Alchymiſtical Fiction. For the excellent Fictions of the Poets which they produce and write concerning the Celeſtial Gods, are nothing elſe but Covers to conceal the ſecret Arts and Myſteries of Alchymy; as of Apollo, when he ſlew the Serpent Python; as alſo the Adultery of Mars and Venus; and it ſhall be proved, as I am of the opinion, that Chymical Operations are revealed in Poetical Fictions when they wrote of the Loves and Venereal Actions of the Gods and Goddeſſes; as alſo when they introduce various and wonderful Metamorphoſes and Tranſmutations; for if we ſhould underſtand their Fables literally, we ſhould prejudice wiſe Antiquity, to think that ſuch underſtanding and wiſe perſons ſhould believe, teach and write ſuch and ſo many wicked things of their Gods.

FINIS.

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• Brigg's Logarithms.
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