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.

CHAP. X.

BVt that the Reins, which make more for chastity then do the Testicles, may be removed, you must know that they may be taken away without any hurt: And as for the damage that may follow upon their being taken away, it doth not at all pertain to the rest of those pas∣sages which run through the Reins themselves; for their Matter and Life remains, but their Nature and Operati∣on is taken away: And this is done by Aroph, the which by distillation in Bread, is reduced into a Liquor, and is to be so drunk: this Drink takes away the Evil which the Reins beget.