Theatrum chemicum Britannicum· Containing severall poeticall pieces of our famous English philosophers, who have written the hermetique mysteries in their owne ancient language. / Faithfully collected into one volume, with annotations thereon, by Elias Ashmole, Esq. Qui est Mercuriophilus Anglicus. The first part.

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Theatrum chemicum Britannicum· Containing severall poeticall pieces of our famous English philosophers, who have written the hermetique mysteries in their owne ancient language. / Faithfully collected into one volume, with annotations thereon, by Elias Ashmole, Esq. Qui est Mercuriophilus Anglicus. The first part.

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London :: Printed by J. Grismond for Nath: Brooke, at the Angel in Cornhill,

MDCLII. [1652]

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Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• title page
• TO All Ingeniously Elaborate Students, In the most Divine Mysteries of Hermetique Learning.
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• THE PROHEME.
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• Nortons Ordinall.
  • CHAP. I.
  • CHAP. II.
  • CHAP. III.

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  • CHAP. V.
  • CHAP. VI.

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• Titulus Operis.
• GEORGE RIPLEY UNTO King EDWARD the fourth.
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• Incipit Prologus.
• The Preface.
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  • OF CALCINATION. The first Gate.
  • OF SOLUTION. The second Gate.
  • OF SEPARATION. The third Gate.
  • OF CONJUNCTION. The fourth Gate.
  • OF PUTREFACTION. The fift Gate.
  • OF CONGELATION. The sixt Gate.
  • OF CIBATION. The seventh Gate.
  • OF SUBLIMATION. The eight Gate.
  • OF FERMENTATION. The ninth Gate.
  • OF EXALTATION. The tenth Gate.
  • OF MULTIPLICATION. The eleventh Gate.
  • OF PROJECTION. The twelfth Gate.
  • THE RECAPITULATION.
  • An Admonition, wherein the Author declareth his Erronious experiments.
• AN. DOM. 1471.
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• LIBER PATRIS SAPIENTIAE.

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• THE TALE OF THE CHANONS YEOMAN.
  • THE PROLOGUE OF The Chanons Yeoman.
  • THE TALE OF The Chanons Yeoman.
• THE WORKE OF JOHN DASTIN.
• PEARCE THE BLACK MONKE upon the Elixir.
• THE WORKE OF RICH: CARPENTER.
• THE HUNTING OF the GREENELYON.
• introduction
  • The Booke Speaketh.
• The Preface of the Author.
• The Breviary of Philosophie.
  • The first Chapter.
  • The second Chapter.
  • The third Chapter.
  • The fourth Chapter.
  • The fift Chapter.
  • The sixt Chapter.
• Aenigma ad Alchimiam.
• Aenigma de Alchimiae.
• BLOOMEFIELDS BLOSSOMS: OR, The Campe of PHILOSOPHY.
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  • The second parte of the BOOKE.
    • Incipit Theorica.
    • Incipit Practica.
  • The Conclusion.
• SIR EDWARD KELLE'S VVORKE.
• SIR ED: KELLEY CONCERNING the Philosophers Stone written to his especiall good Freind, G. S. Gent.
• TESTAMENTUM JOHAN∣NIS DEE PHILOSOPHI SUMMI ad Johannem Gwynn, transmissum 1568.
• THOMAS ROBINSONUS DE LAPIDE PHILOSOPHORUM.
• EXPERIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY.
• THE MAGISTERY.
• ANONYMI: OR, SEVERALL WORKES OF unknowne Authors.
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  • In some Copies I found these following Verses set before this Worke.
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  • A Dialogue betwixt the FATHER and the SONNE, Concerning the two Principles of the BLESSED STONE.
• JOHN GOWER CONCERNING The PHILOSOPHERS STONE.
• THE VISION OF Sr: GEORGE RIPLEY: CHANON of BRIDLINGTON.
• VERSES BELONGING TO AN EMBLEMATICALL SCROVVLE: Supposed to be invented by GEO: RIPLEY.
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• THE MISTERY OF ALCHYMISTS, Composed by Sir Geo: Ripley Chanon of Bridlington.
• The Preface prefixt to Sir Geo: Ripley's MEDƲLLA;
• A SHORT WORKE That beareth the Name of the aforesaid Author, Sir G. RIPLEY.
• JOHN LYDGATE MONKE OF St. EDMUNDS BURY, In his Translation of the second Epistle that King Alexander sent to his Master ARISTOTLE.
• How Aristotle declareth to King Alysaundre of the Stonys.
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  • THE FIRST CHAPTER.
  • CHAP. II. Of the manner of the Worke.
  • CHAP. III. Of the second Order.
  • CHAP. IV. Of the third Order of this Worke.
  • CHAP. V. How to Multiply.
  • CHAP. VI. Of Projection.
• THE HERMET'S TALE.
• A DISCRIPTION of the STONE.
• The standing of the Glasse for the tyme of the Putrifaction, & Congelation of the MEDICINE.
• Aenigma Philosophicum.
• FRAGMENTS COPPIED From THOMAS CHARNOCK'S owne hand writing.
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  • OTher Fragments scattered in the wast places of an Old Manuscript, written with T. Charnock's own Hand.
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  • CHARNOCK.
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  • In some Coppies I have found these Verses placed before Pearce the Black Monk, upon the ELIXIR.
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  • A CONCLUSION.
  • An other Conclusion.
  • The whole Scyence.
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• ANNOTATIONS AND DISCOURSES, UPON Some part of the preceding VVorke.
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    • He wrote divers Bookes worthy of perusing, but amongst those which Bale Registers, I shall onely cull out these, viz.
    • All which Pitts recites, and to them adds the following workes.
    • What followes Ludov: Combachius has lately printed, and added to some of the aforementioned Peeces.
    • And lastly take into the Number the small Peeces published in this Theatrum. viz. His
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• A TABLE OF The severall Treatises, with their Authors Names, contained in this WORKE.
• A Table explaining the Obscure, Obselete, and mis-spell'd words used through∣out this VVORKE.
• It will concerne the Studious Rea∣der to Correct the faults escaped in this Worke, The most materiall whereof follow.