CHAP. I. Of the Virtues of the Heart.
THe Heart requires nothing els but corroboration of it self, when that which is adverse and contrary unto
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.
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- 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.
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- Paracelsus, 1493-1541.
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- London :: Printed for W.S. and are to be sold by Thomas Brewster ...,
- 1660.
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- Occultism -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28630.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.
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it is removed, for it is too weak of it self alone to resist and strive with all those evils which daily beset and as∣sault it. And therefore it must be succoured by supply∣ing remedies; for that member is the chiefest, and given to man for this end, and is implanted in his body, that it may continue him in his stability and vigour. But if any hurt, and dissolution of substance possesseth any member, 'tis not to be thought that the Heart is ap∣pointed and ordeined to turn it off: but that evil is to be corrected and removed by the help of Medicine; where upon that Medicine seems to be esteemed as ano∣ther Heart. For the more diligent and acceptable care of a Physician, depends more on registring and ordering the external heart, then the internal. For this, viz. the Internal, is not subject to the Physician, but the Exter∣nal onely. If therefore at any time the Internal Heart hath need of the External, 'tis wholly necessary, that (as we have said already) it be appled unto, and con∣serred thereon; for there must not be onely a Cordial, and a simple Medicine administred, but it must be ma∣nifold: for 'tis fitting, that One [Medicinal property] do strengthen the elemental powers, that another pro∣perty do hinder a particular corruption, or putrefaction, that another property do divert and turn away other external accidents: therefore 'tis necessary that various virtues be congregated, or assembled into One Medi∣cine.
The Recipe, thus.
Note here the Description of Aurum potabile; the Matter of Pearls, the Essence of Saffron, the Essence of Bawm, the Essence of Celondine, the Essence of Mace, &c.