Aurifontina chymica, or, A collection of fourteen small treatises concerning the first matter of philosophers for the discovery of their (hitherto so much concealed) mercury which many have studiously endeavoured to hide, but these to make manifest for the benefit of mankind in general.

Fellowship.

MOre then this, if thou take the Stone each Full Moon, when it is over the Horizon where thou art, and go apart in a Gar∣den, and take some of the clear Rain-water, as thou didst in the first operation, and drop of thy white Stone as thou didst of thy red, and there shall presently even to the Orb of the Moon ascend Ex∣halations in a strange manner; and if thou observe this every month at the due time, there is no Philosopher in the Horizon where thou livest, that hath the know∣ledge of the Stone, with the use of

it, but at the same time goeth out and looketh East and West, North and South, and finding such an Apparition, (as he soon seeth it) he knoweth it is done by some Ar∣tist or other, that desireth acquain∣tance with those that have the same Art, and will presently in the same manner answer thee, when thine is done: thus shalt thou know all that have the use of the Stone. To meet with thy fellow Philosophers, do thus; anoint thy temples with the white Stone that night, and earnesily pray to know what that party is; lay under thy head three Bay-leaves newly ga∣thered, and fix thy Imagination upon thy desire to know him, so repose thy self to sleep; and when thou dost awake. thou wilt pre∣sently remember thy Vision, as the Person, his Name, and the place of his abode: if thou go not to him, he will come to thee, for perhaps he thinks thou dost not know this Secret. The reason why this should be thus, is this; the universal Spi∣rit

of the Air, which is inclosed in the Stone, causeth it. Thus mayst thou accompany thy self with all the wise men in the World, who shall appear unto thee rather Beg∣gars, than Rich men, and perhaps can teach thee more than I can, or have done by this; for indeed all things that are Natural are done by it, a Volume would hardly con∣tain them: As to command and converse with Spirits, which I for∣bear to set down, I mean good Spi∣rits, is not this Angelical wisdom to know these things? Astronomy, Astrology, and all the Arts of the Mathematicks, are easily known in their perfection, this being done that I have told thee; nor is Scho∣larship required, it is the gift of God▪ You must know, before you do these things, you must take the Stone nine days, as I prescribed first, and it will make thee have an Angelical understanding; thou wilt despise the World, and all in it: then thou wilt know how to serve God, and understand the Scriptures.

I have written that which was never writ before; think whether they be not Secrets and Arcana's and whether thou ought'st to shew this or not to any man, but to him that hath the Stone. I have now done, charging thee to have a care of this Writing, commanding thee to serve God; for without thou do that, thou wilt never have good of this Art: serve him in Spirit and Truth, and so to God I leave thee, to direct thee in his ways.

Glory to God in the Highest. Amen.