Fixation of ♄ into ☽, with good Profit.
MElt lbj. of ♄, then put in &ounce;ss. of ☽, and some scories of ♂, and a little red Arsenic; keep it in a strong {fire} for three or four hours or more. Then the Crucible being cold, break it, and take out the Mat∣ter, and put it in a new Cruc. which must have a little hole in the bottom; put this Cruc. in a wind Furnace, and melt the Mat∣ter again, putting under the Furnace a Ba∣son with {water} to receive the Matter as it melt∣eth and runneth through the Cruc. Take this Matter and melt it again with the same quantity of ☽, and new scories of ♂; keep it in fusion as before. Reiterate this Ope∣ration ten or twelve times, until the ♄ is very hard, being impregnated with ☽; then put it to Coppel with &ounce;j. of ☽ to every lb. of this Mixture.
The goodness of the Operation consisteth in the fixation of the ☿ which is in the ♄ by the Sulphur of ♂: Therefore you must keep the Matter a long time in fusion, that the