A breefe aunswere of Iosephus Quercetanus Armeniacus, Doctor of Phisick, to the exposition of Iacobus Aubertus Vindonis, concerning the original, and causes of mettalles Set foorth against chimists. Another exquisite and plaine treatise of the same Iosephus, concerning the spagericall preparations, and vse of minerall, animall, and vegitable medicines. Whereunto is added diuers rare secretes, not heeretofore knowne of many. By Iohn Hester, practicioner in the spagericall arte.

The Table of the first part of this Booke, those marked with R. signifieth remedies. (Book 1)

• AIry things that can not bee congeled. fol, 12.
• Alba spina philos. 14, Anima lapid philoso∣phorum. 13,
• All mettals swimme a∣boue Quicksiluer, except Gold. fol, 9
• Arte imitature of na∣ture. 16, 17, 19.
• Augmentatione, 14,
• Asshes of Cockell shels, fol, 4
• Affects of the pesti∣lence, R, 6, 5,
• Ad tophos. 6,
• Asshes of Crabbes, thought rather bitter then to be sharpe, 5▪
• Acorus the roote, 5,
• The naturall agent or doer. 8, 18.
• Agricola & Aubertus did without cause re∣prehend Aristotle. 10
• Aubertus is cōtrary to himselfe. 13
• Aubertus perceiued not Agricola his mea∣ning, fol, 8,
• Aubertus in boiling of egs, boyled peeces of golde. 16,
• A similitude drawne from the increasing or growing of the childe before it hath perfect shape. 9,
• Aloes why it is wa∣shed. 2.

B

• Bitter things their ver∣tues 5,
• Briony roote. 4,
• Byting of a mad dog, R, 5,
• Barke of Capares, 4,
• Barke of the Ashe, 4,
• By the motion & o∣peration of the cele∣stiall bodies, formes and essences, are brought vpon earth∣ly and inferiour bo∣dies. 14,

C

• Cōmendation of the chimicall Arte. 19,
• Cibacio Coagulacio, fol, 14
• Calcinatione, 4.
• Coniunctione, 13.
• Collicke. 2,
• Conulciones, R, 4,
• Corall, 7,
• The Chimist subiect is not sought in ani∣mall things. 19,
• Cadmia, 11
• Calcinatione was vsed of the Ancients, 4,
• Crabs eyes calcined, 5,
• Cordialles what they profite, 2, 6, 8,
• Calchanthi et Colco∣tharis generatio arte∣ficialis, 19,
• Cōmon sulphur is not the matter of the Phi∣losophers stone, 16,
• Cuttell bone, 4,
• Chimicall Arte may sometime be termed naturall, and some∣time arteficiall. 16.
• Chimicall Arte is pos∣sible, & may be at∣tained vnto, & is ve∣ry naturall, 19
• Chimicall Arte tea∣cheth the true prepa∣rations of medicines. fol, 6, 19
• Chimiste, why they haue such euil report spread of them, ••1,
• Crabs calex do not in∣crease the quartayne, 5

D

• Digesting, I fol, 4

E

• Elixer, 17,
• Expelling of the stone and grauell, fol, 4▪ 5,
• Egges is no matter re∣quisite amonge the Chimists. 16
• Egges the chiefe ende whereto they serue 9

F

• Fermentatione. fol, 18
• Fermentum, fol, 17
• Forma essentials, 10,
• Feminine qualities. 11

G

• Grose vapours vnder the earth. fol, 11
• The great worke, 11.
• Gold, 2, 7, 22, fire can not consume it. 2. 8. 9
• Golde containeth Sil∣uer, 15.
• Golde to be in copper Mines, 15

H

• Heate is the next effi∣cient cause of met∣tals, 14
• Heate his force & ver∣tue, 10, 13
• How many kindes of congeled or cōcrete bodies there are, 13
• How mettals are made of the elements, 13

I

• Irō turned to steele. 14
• Incoagubilia, 18

L

• Leade, 7
• Lac philosoph. 18
• Laudanū, a most lau∣dable medicine, & what simples go to the making therof, & why his descrip∣tion is heere omit∣ted. 23
• Lapis philosophic. 16.
• Like is holpe with the like, 4.

M

• Meane minerals, 7,
• Markasites idem,
• Many and those verie erronious opinions, concerning the mat∣ter of the Philoso∣phers stone. 16, 17
• Masculine qualities. 11
• Molifying the cough, 2,

N

• Naturalis formae du∣plicis. 19
• Naturall agent or do∣er. 8, 19,

O

• Opium not corrected is very perilous, 2
• Opium killed the Fa∣ther of Licinius, 2,
• Out of what thinges the Paraselsians me∣dicines are taken. 6

P

• Paraselsus praise wor∣thy. 1,
• Proiectione, 18,
• Puluis philosop. 18
• Putrifaction. 17
• Philosophers stone is not to be sought in vegetals, 16
• Perfectio rei, 9, 16
• Paraselsians, imitate most anciēt phisick. 2

Q

• Quicksiluer is not vn∣known to the Chi∣mists, 13, the Com∣mon Mercury is not the matter of the phi∣losophers stone. 16,
• Quicksiluer is not mettall indeede, but may be brought vn∣to mettall, 7, 42, that it may wexe hard & run together, 12, that it is of an airie nature that it is the next and nerest matter vnto mettals, 12, that it may be put in the beginning of the pre∣paration of mettals, in steed of their mat∣ter. 13.

R

• Regeneration, 18
• Rubrica metallum, 7.
• Refreshing of the spy∣rits, 2,
• Rules of the Chimists. fol, 2,

S

• Sharpe thinges what they are, 5
• Siluer in Lead 13
• Splene, R, 3, 6,
• Sibium is not to bee numbred among the mettals. 7,
• Sulphur of the Philo∣sophers, is not the cō∣mon sulphur. 13,
• White sulphur incō∣bustible, folio, idem, Salt arteficiall, 19. mi∣nerall,

• 19, fusible, burnt, 14.
• Salt of mettall, fol, 7,
• Salt his force 5
• Salamandra philos. 18
• Sharp things their vse is to be graunted in a quartaine Feuer, 5,
• Salt is resolued onelie with salt 4,
• Salte which is conge∣led by heate, may bee resolued by fire, 14,
• Sulphur is the next matter of medicines vnto quicksiluer, 10, 8, 12
• Spirits of things, haue only their actions in bodies, 2,

T

• Terra foliata 17
• Terra mortua 6,
• Trogloditys vires, 4,
• The efficient or pro∣curing causes, are to be had in greater e∣stimation, then the obiects whereunto they worke, 13,
• That yron contrary to Aubertus opinion, is not more excellent then gold, 39,
• That cold is proper to the element suffering 3, 15.
• That Trees may bring forth fruites & flow∣ers in winter seasō. 16
• That the Lake Lema∣nus hath no Crabs in it, contrary to Au∣bertus opinion, 3.
• There are not manie thinges or instru∣ments required ne∣cessarily vnto the fin∣ding out or making of the Philosophers stone 17, 18
• That the Philosophers stone, is a thing na∣turall, 15,
• The effects and ope∣perations of the phy∣losophers stone, 17, the true subiect, the force & vertue 18, 20
• That there be manie matters of one & the same thing, 6, 16.
• That mettal is a word signifying many thin∣ges, 7, 15
• The difference of met∣tals among thēselues, 9. in the deuision, 7, 10, the matter, 10, 14, cause.
• The differēce between mettall & stone, that melts with fire. 7
• That in preseruatiues against poyson, such things are necessarie, wherein there is opi∣um, 2, 3,
• The secrete & hidden property of al things, is a holi-anker of as∣ses, fol, 4,
• The spirits & mettals are not indued with contrary qualities, 11
• The forme of Gold or Siluer abstracted frō his concreat, is not the matter of the Phy∣losophers stone, 19,

W

• Why the Authour of this booke, tooke vp∣pon him to aunswer Aubertus. 17
• Whereunto a sweete tast tendeth, 5,
• Where the elements giue no place in mix∣ed bodies, 10
• Whereof procreation or regeneration com∣meth, 16,
• What is the neerest & principall matter in the procreation of mankinde, fol, 12
• What thinges are im∣perfect, 15.
• Why the Chimists do cal the mettals by the names of the planets. fol, 7,
• Why bodies congeale & grow together. 14