Chymical secrets and rare experiments in physick & philosophy with figures collected and experimented / by the Honourable and learned Sir Kenelm Digby ...

The Metalline Aureal {water}, or the AEthereal Aurum potabile, which is a very great Medicine for the Gout: It is the true Her∣maphroditick Bath.

DIssolve ☽ in A. F. then Precipitate it with Spirit of Salt, then edulcorate the Powder and dry it, then mix it with its weight of {antimony} (or Calx of ♃) distill a trans∣parent Butter thereof: Take of this Butter one part, mix it with as much of Calx of ☉ (made by dissolving ☉ in Spirit of Salt) digest them together, until they be reduced into a Liquor: Distill this Liquor in a Re∣tort, the Spirit of Salt will come over first, and then will follow a red Butter, which is the great Chalybs, which resolves into a

Liquor in the Air; put this Liquor into a Cucurbite, joyn a Head and Receiver to it, and then digest with a Lamp {fire} for fifteen days, then an AEthereal Liquor will begin to come over in an invisible form, which will distill into the Recipient: Deflegm this Liquor until you come to the Eagles Metal∣line Gluten; which is digested (either per se or with ☉) into a true Physical stone: When it is in an AEthereal Liquor you may take two drops of it in some Cordial Spi∣rit.