Which is this Mercury most profitable.
PHilosophers have hidden much under the Homonymium of Mercury, so that it is no hard matter for those that peruse their Books to mistake them; yea as ma∣ny as God will have excluded from this Art, shall certainly mistake.
For many things are by them named by the name of Mercury, which are altoge∣ther useless in this Mastery; and many Processes have they deciphered which themselves never did. I for my part shall not tread in their metaphorical steps, but shall herein candidly follow the path of profound Ripley, whose Text I annex to my Discourse as I go, because it is an elaborate Piece, in excellent Method; on whom I do not so much comment, for I write mine own experimental Know∣ledge, but rather intend this Treatise for a Light to that excellent Light in Alchy∣my; these Labours of mine being intire of themselves: Only to help thee to my