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THis Stone is also called Trine or Tri∣nity in Ʋnity, from the Homogenei∣ty of the Matter, as Trevisan saith: Our Stone is made of one Root, that is, of two Mercurial Substances, &c. This Trinity is discerned in the Components; for first there is the Body, which is Sol▪ and the Water of Mercury, in which be∣sides its Mercuriality, there is a spiritual seed of Sulphur, which is the secret Fire. This is the Trinity, these are called the
Body, the Soul, and the Spirit; the Body is the dead Earth, which increaseth not without the celestial Vertue; the Spirit is the Soul of our Air or Chameleon, which is also of a two-fold composure, yet made one inseparably; the Soul is the Bond of Mercury, without which our Fire never appears, nor can appear, for it is naked, it inhabits the Fiery-Dra∣gon, and it yields his Soul to the true Sa∣turnia, and is embraced by it, and both become one together, bearing the stamp of the most High, even the Oriental Lu∣cifer, the Son of the Morning: This Soul is Chalyb's Magical Volatile, and very ten∣der, the true Minera of Sol, out of which Sol naturally proceeds, which I my self know to be true, and have spoken of it in my little Latin Treatise, called Introi∣tus apertus ad occlusum Regis palatium: This is true Sulphur, which is imbibed by the Mercuriality of Saturnia, and notes it with the Regal Signet, and being uni∣ted and revived into a Mineral Water by the Mediation of Diana's Doves, it is the sharp Spirit which in the Water moves the Body to putrefie. Thus is the Trinity
proportionable, to wit, three Natures in the first Mixture, the Work is carried an end to perfect Complement distinctly, ac∣cording to the Vertue of a Body, Soul, and Spirit: for the Body would be never pe∣netrative, were it not for the Spirit, nor would the Spirit be permanent in its su∣per-perfect Tincture, were it not for the Body; nor could these two act one upon another without the Soul, for the Spirit is an invisible thing, nor doth it ever ap∣pear without another Garment, which Garment is the Soul. In this it exerciseth its vertue: this Soul, as it is drawn from the Saturnia, solid and dry, is named our Air, or rather the Chameleon, which is an airy Body, changing its hue accord∣ing to every Object it beholds, so our Air is of an astonishing Nature, out of which I know all Metals may be drawn, yea even Sol and Luna, without the Trans∣muting Elixir, of which in my little La∣tine Treatise (which was the Congest of mine own experience) I spake fully.
This Air being dissolved into Water Mineral, hath in it two of our Trinity united so really that in a short digestion
the spiritual inhabiting invisible Sulphur will without addition congeal the Mer∣cury in which it is, and make a visible congelated substance of Luna and then Sol.
Thus this Trinity is indeed Ʋnity, one being Gold mature, fixt, and digested in act, the other Gold volatile, white, and crude, yet (in posse) to be made most fixt and solid by naked digestion. It is not then a delusion that Philosophers speak and write, for trust me (Viderunt nudam sine veste Dianam; sciens loquor) I know I speak true, which the Sons of Art do know, and can testifie with me.