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 Separation of the Elements from Fishes is thus.

PUtrefie the Fishes most exceedingly well, then de∣stil them by an hors-belly, and there will very much Water ascend, repeat this Putrefaction and De∣stillation, and so encrease it, until there will no more water ascend, that which remains, destil afterwards by Sand, then at length the Fire ascends in the form of Oyle, but the earth abides in the bottom. Thus the whole substance of the Fishes is Separated into the E∣lements; Here need not any consideration of their fat∣nesse and marrow, but it is to be supposed, that every thing is Separated by putrefaction, and divided into their Elements. In like manner is it to be understood of Worms, except that from them there comes not

onely Water, but more of fire, unlesse they be aqua∣ous or watery Worms; as Serpents, in the destillation of which there are many things obvious, and things more wonderful then can be spoken, after the same manner is it to be understood of commestible Animals, which do also peculiarly disclose their Elements by Se∣paration.