Ripley reviv'd, or, An exposition upon Sir George Ripley's hermetico-poetical works containing the plainest and most excellent discoveries of the most hidden secrets of the ancient philosophers, that were ever yet published / written by Eirenæus Philalethes ...
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Ripley reviv'd, or, An exposition upon Sir George Ripley's hermetico-poetical works containing the plainest and most excellent discoveries of the most hidden secrets of the ancient philosophers, that were ever yet published / written by Eirenæus Philalethes ...
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Philalethes, Eirenaeus.
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London :: Printed by Tho. Ratcliff and Nat. Thompson, for William Cooper ...,
1678.
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Ripley, George, d. 1490?
Alchemy.
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Or Salts preparate in divers wise,Neither with Corrosives, nor with Fire alone,Neither with Vinegar, nor with Waters ar∣dent,Nor with the vapour of Lead, our StoneCalcined is according to our intent.All those to Calcining which are so bent,From this hard Science withdraw their
hand,Till they our Calcining better understand.
ANd there I found in the like sort rare
Furnaces, with this Inscription, Sal
Metallorum est Lapis Philosophorum:
many processes I beheld, which would
be tedious to relate. On I passed from
thence, and in another Room I found
large Furnaces, in which they were la∣bouring
about Waters fort; others were
with strong reverberations calcining
Lead, Tin, Copper, Iron, and all Metals
and Minerals; others were drawing Spi∣rit
of Vinegar with a great care, till it
became exquisitely sharp, and in this
they laboured to calcine several Metal∣line
bodies; others were rectifying Spi∣rit
of Wine, so long till no Body almost
or Receiver could hold it, it was so sub∣tile,
and this they said was the true
Water of Life that must do the work;
others were subliming of Lead, hoping
after it was exquisitely sublimed, to have
out of it that Menstruum which should
effect the Stone, without any further lay∣ing
on of hands. This when I had seen,
I returned to my Furnace, and recruited
my Fire as I was directed, and made a
particular relation of what I had seen,
and desired the verdict of Nature upon
them all. She told me, That they could
never by this way expect any thing but
loss. I asked her if they might not with
trying many things, at length hit the
right. She told me, No, they had not
any ground of truth, nor could they ex∣pect
either the great secret, or any other
particular profitable truth, in that way.
Then said I, Noble Lady, pray let me