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CAlcine plats of ♂ and ♀ with Sul∣phur; then grind them to subtile Powder, which boyl in {water}, filter and eva∣porate, usque ad pelliculam, and put it to Crystallize in a cold place: Then purifie these Crystals by dissolving them in {water}, fil∣tring and evaporating.
Make also a Sulphur of the said Metals, by boyling Plats with Vitriol and {water} in a Kettle, and the Sulph. will adhere to the Plats.
Purifie ☿ first by Dist. and then by boyl∣ing it in an Earthen Pot with Vitriol, Ashes, and Powder'd glass well mixed together, and boyled until you see the ☿ appear upon the Surface of the Matter: Then let it co••l, and grind all well together again, and boyl it as before. Repeat this three times: Then take of this ☿ four parts, of the Sulph. of ♂ and ♀ ana one part, grind them well to∣gether until they be well incorporated; then {subli}m and grind again what is {subli}med with that which remained in the bottom, and {subli}m as before. Repeat this seven times: Then is the ☿ prepared for this Work.
Distill an Oyl s. a. out of the Vitriol of ♂ and ♀ joyned together, which will be Blood-red.
Make a light and Spungy Calx of ☉, by Calcining it four or five times with Sulphur and ☿. Take of this Calx ℥j. and of the ☿ prepared ℥iv. Make an aaa, which grind very well; then add of the Sulphur of ♂ and ♀ ana ℥ss, grind them well together with the aaa; then put it into a Matrass of such a bigness, that three fourth parts may remain empty, stop it slightly with Paper, that some moisture from the ☿ may exhale, (which otherwise might hinder the {precipi}tation of the ☿) give {fire} by degrees, first in Ashes, and then in Sand, but so gentle, that the ☿
may never rise, but that it may be always in a disposition to {subli}m, which you may know by a little Cloud upon the sides of the glass, such as appears when one breatheth upon a Looking-glass.
The end of the digestion is, when you see the Matter converted into a very red {precipi}tate and glittering, which endureth a very strong {fire}. Then take it out (being cold) and grind it with four parts more of the said ☿; and the same quantity of the said Sulph. as before; digest as before, until all be converted into a red {precipi}tate as before, ex∣cept that it will be of a darker colour: Grind this {precipi}tate with the Oyl of Vitriol before∣mentioned until it be like a pap: Then put it into a Cucurbite, and digest for fifteen days, then distill it, and the Phlegm will come over; and the Matter remaining dry in the bottom, you must grind again with new Oyl, and proceed in all as before. Repeat this so often, till the Oyl come off as sharp as it was put on, which is a sign of Satura∣tion: Then digest this Matter in Sand until all be resolved into a very red Oyl in ap∣pearance (which in a cold place will con∣geal into a hard and brittle Matter.) At last give very strong {fire} for three days, in which time the Matter will be entirely fixed, except a small quantity, which will be ex∣haled.
Project this Matter upon ☽ in fusion equal parts. Thus far reacheth my Experience; but the Dane told me, that if this Matter were Amalgamated again with new ☿ prepa∣red, and in all things proceeded as before, taking this Matter for the Foundation, in∣stead of the ☉ which you took at first, it would become a Medicine, which in Pro∣jection would convert a great quantity of ☽ into ☉. And the oftner you should do this, the more Power it would have in Pro∣jection.
Out of ℥x. of this Matter, and as much ☽, I had ℥xvijss. of perfect ☉.
Hartman.) Dr. Astell, an English Phy∣sician, shewed me a Copy of this Process, which Sir K. D. had given him, who had assured him that he himself had wrought it, and that it was true: And having ℥x. of fixed Matter, he divided it into ten parcels, and having melted ℥x. of ☽, he Projected the said parcels one after another upon the same; then left it in fusion for three hours, then cast it in Ingot, which having weighed, he found the quantity of ☉ above mentioned.