the Secret of the Philoso∣phers Stone, by an obscure way of Speaking, of what is Superior, and what is Infe∣rior, to wit, of Heaven and of Earth.)
VI. Therefore our Ope∣ration which brings the Mat¦ter into being, in the first, second, and third Work, is not the heat of a Bath, nor Horse-dung, nor Ashes, nor of the other Fires, which Philosophers excogitate in their Books: Shall I demand then, what it is that perfects the Work, since the Wise∣men have thus concealed it? Truly, being moved with a generous Spirit, I will de∣clare it, with the comple∣ment of the whole Work.
VII. The Lapis Philoso¦phorum therefore is but one, though it has many Names, which before you conceive them, will be very difficult. For it is Watery, Airey, Fiery, Earthy: It is Salt, Sulphur, Mercury, and Phlegm: It is Sulphureous yet is Argent vive; it has many Superfluities, which are turned into the true Es∣sence,