Paracelsus, his Archidoxis comprised in ten books : disclosing the genuine way of making quintessences, arcanums, magisteries, elixirs, &c : together with his books of renovation & restauration, of the tincture of the philsophers, of the manual of the philosophical medicinal stone, of the virtues of the members, of the three principles, and finally his seven books of the degrees and compositions, of receipts and natural things / faithfully and plainly Englished, and published by J.H., Oxon.

The Residue of the Preparation follows.

Thy Electrum being destroied, as aforesaid, if then wouldst make a farther progress, and arrive to thy wish∣ed end, Take the destroied and flying-made, or Vola∣tilized Electrum, as much of it as thou hast a desire to perfect, and put it in a Philosophical Egg, and seal it excellently well, that nothing may evaporate: Let it stand so long in an Athanor, until it doth of itself, with∣out any addition, begin to be resolved from above; in such wise that there be an appearance of, as 'twere, an Island in the midst of that sea, the which doth day by day grow less and less, till at last it be changed into the blackness of Shoomakers-black, or Ink: This blackis the Bird which flies without wings by night, the which even the first cloestial dew hath by a perpetual Coction, and ascension, and descension, transmuted into the blackness of the head of a Crow, the which doth after∣wards assume the Peacocks tail, and then gets the fea∣thers of the Swan, and last of all, receiveth the highest Redness of the whole world; the which is a sign of its fiery nature, by the which fire it expells all the Acci∣dents

of the body, and cherisheth the cold and dead members.

Such a Preparation as this is done (according to the saying of all Philosphers) in one onely Vessel, one For∣••ac••, one Fire, the vaporous Fire never ceasing.

So then, that Medicine is as 'twere Celestial and Per∣fect, or at least may be made a more then perfect ☽ or Me∣dicine, by its own proper Flesh and Blood, and by its internal Fire, produced and turned outwards, as was spoken of but now, whereby both all the desilements of Metals are washed away, and by which also the hidden parts of Metals are manifested: For that same More-then-perfect Medicine, can do all things, it penetrates all things, and infuseth, or pours in health in that very self-same time when it expels the Evil, and Disease. There∣fore there's no Medicine in the Earth that is likeit. Here∣in then exercise thy self, and be strong, for this is it which will bring thee praise and glory; neither wilt thou be an imaginary, but a knowing Physician, yea, thou wilt be even constrained to love thy Neighbour; for such a Divine Arcanum cannot be perceived or understood by any one without Divine Assistance, nor its vertue, for 'tis unspeakable and infinite, in, and by which the Om∣nipotent God is to be known

But know, that there's no Solution made in thy Ele∣ctrum, unless it hath perfectly run through the Circle of the seven Spheres thrice; for this Number becomes it, and this Number it must fulfil: Give heed therefore to the Preparation, for 'tis the cause of Solution, and to the glorified, destroyed, and spiritualized Electrum, use the Tartarizated Areanum to wash off the superfluities which hapned in the Preparation, least you labour in vain: But yet notwithstanding, nothing of the Arcanum of Tartar will remain there, but you are to proceed with it onely circularly, according to the aforesaid Number; for so it easily becomes of it self in the Philosophical Eg,

and Vapour of the Fire, a Philosophical Water, the which the Philosophers call a Viscous Water: It will also coagulate it self, and represent it self in all colours, and at last be adorned with the highest Redness.

I am prohibited to write more plain of this Mysterie, it is at the Dispose of the Divine power; For this Air is most assuredly the Gift of God, and therefore all men cannot understand it, God bestows it on whom it plea∣seth him, nor will be suffer it to be sorcibly wrested out of his hand, but will alone have the Honour herein: Whose Name be blessed for evermore:

Amen.