I. DIssolve ergo Solem & Lunam in aqua no∣stra dissolutiva, quae illis est familiaris & amica, & de eo∣rum natura proxima, illisque est placabilis, & tanquam ma∣trix, mater, origo, principium, & finis vitae.
Medicina practica, or, Practical physick shewing the method of curing the most usual diseases happening to humane bodies ... : to which is added, the philosophick works of Hermes Trismegistus, Kalid Persicus, Geber Arabs, Artesius Longævus, Nicholas Flammel, Roger Bachon and George Ripley : all translated out of the best Latin editions into English ... : together with a singular comment upon the first book of Hermes, the most ancient of philosophers : the whole compleated in three books / by William Salmon ...
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- Medicina practica, or, Practical physick shewing the method of curing the most usual diseases happening to humane bodies ... : to which is added, the philosophick works of Hermes Trismegistus, Kalid Persicus, Geber Arabs, Artesius Longævus, Nicholas Flammel, Roger Bachon and George Ripley : all translated out of the best Latin editions into English ... : together with a singular comment upon the first book of Hermes, the most ancient of philosophers : the whole compleated in three books / by William Salmon ...
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- Salmon, William, 1644-1713.
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"Medicina practica, or, Practical physick shewing the method of curing the most usual diseases happening to humane bodies ... : to which is added, the philosophick works of Hermes Trismegistus, Kalid Persicus, Geber Arabs, Artesius Longævus, Nicholas Flammel, Roger Bachon and George Ripley : all translated out of the best Latin editions into English ... : together with a singular comment upon the first book of Hermes, the most ancient of philosophers : the whole compleated in three books / by William Salmon ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A60662.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 4, 2024.
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II. Et ideo emendantur in hac aqua, quia natura laetatur natura, & natura naturam continet, & vero matrimonio copulantur adinvicem & fiunt una natura, unum corpus no∣vum, resuscitatum immortale.
III. Sic oportet conjungere, consanguineos, cum consangui∣neis, tunc istae naturae sibi ob∣viant, & se prosequuntur adin∣vicem, se putrefaciunt, gene∣rant, & gaudere faciunt, quia natura per naturam regitur proximam & amicam.
IV. Nostra igitur aqua (in∣quit Danthin) est fons pulcher, amoenus, & clarus, praeparatus solummodo pro Rege & Regina quos ipse optimè cognoscit, & hi illum.
V. Nam ipsos ad se attra∣hit
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& illi ad se lavandum in illo fonte remanent duos aut tres dies, id est menses, & hos juvenescere facit, & reddit formosos.
VI. Et quia Sol & Luna sunt ab illa aqua matre, ideo oportet ut iterum ingrediantur uterum matris, ut renascantur denuo, & fiant robustiores, no∣biliores & fortiores.
VII. Id circo nisi hi mortui, conversi fuerint in aquam, ipsi soli manebunt, & sine fructu, si autem mortui fuerint & re∣soluti in nostra aqua, fructum centesimum dabunt, & ex illo loco ex quo videbantur perdi∣disse quod erant, ex illo appare∣bunt quod antea non erant.
VIII. Cum Sole ergo & Lu∣na figatur maximo ingenio,
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spiritus aquae nostrae vivae, quia hi in naturam aquae con∣versi, moriuntur, & mortuis similes videntur, inde postea inspirati vivunt, crescunt, & multiplicantur, sicut res omnes vegetabiles.
IX. Sufficiat ergo tibi ma∣teriam sufficienter disponere ex∣trinsecus, quoniam ipsa suffici∣enter intrinsecus operatur ad sui perfectionem.
X. Habet enim motum sibi inhaerentem secundam veram viam, & verum ordinem me∣liorem quam possit ab homine excogitari.
XI. Ideo tantum praepara, & natura perficiat, quia nisi natura fuerit impedita in con∣trarium, non praeteribit motum suum certum, tam ad concipi∣endum, quam ad parturiendum.
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XII. Cave quocirca tan∣tum [post materiae praepara∣tionem] ne igne nimio balne∣um incendatur; Secundo ne spiritus exhalet, quia laederet laborantem, id est, operationem destrueret, & multas infirmi∣tates induceret, id est, tristi∣tias, ac iras.
XIII. Ex jam dictis patet hoc axioma, nempe cum ex cursu naturae ignorare necessa riò constructionem metallorum, qui ignorat destructionem.
XIV. Oportet ergo conjun∣gere consanguineos, quia natu rae reperiunt suas consimiles naturas, & se putrefaciendo miscentur in simul, atque se mortificant.
XV. Necesse est ideo hanc 〈◊〉〈◊〉 corruptionem & ge∣nerationem,
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& quemadmodum sese naturae amplectuntur, & pacificantur in igne lento, quo∣modo natura laetetur natura, & natura naturam retineat, & convertat in naturam al∣bam.
XVI. Quod si vis rubificare, oportet coquere album istud in igne sicco continuo donec rubifi∣cetur ut sanguis, qui nihil erit aliud, quam aqua ignis, & tin∣ctura vera.
XVII. Et sic per ignem sic∣cum continuum emendatur al∣bedo, citrinatur & acquirit ru∣bedinem & colorem verum fixum.
XVIII. Quantò ergo magis coquitur, magis coloratur, & fit tinctura intentioris rubedinis.
XIX. Quare oportet igne sicco, & calcinatione sicca, abs∣que
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humore compositum coquere, donec rubicundissimo vestiatur colore, & tunc erit perfectum Elixir.