The apologie, or defence of a verity heretofore published concerning a medicine called aurum potabile that is, the pure substance of gold, prepared, and made potable and medicinable without corrosiues, helpfully giuen for the health of man in most diseases, but especially auaileable for the strenghning [sic] and comforting of the heart and vitall spirits the perfomers of health: as an vniversall medicine. Together with the plaine, and true reasons ... confirming the vniversalitie thereof. And lastly, the manner and order of administration or vse of this medicine in sundrie infirmities. By Francis Anthonie of London, doctor in physicke.

BY these three last instances, all dwelling neere vnto one place, and almost at one time, one Physition being called vnto them all, and they all forsaken by him, as deplored: yet neuerthe∣lesse, they all beeing recouered, by the only helpe of this Aurum Potabile: we must of force acknow∣ledge the same to bee an extraordinary blessing sent from God, for releefe of those, who haue en∣ioyed the benefit thereof. And let no man depraue this Medicine, in that it is administred so diuers∣ly. It ought rather to be had in greater price. The neerer vnto simplicitie, the neerer to veritie. Al∣so, in vaine are many things vsed, when one thing preuaileth. As in all the course of our life this is true, so likewise in administring of Physicke. Ther∣fore Damascen saith: It were a wicked fact to vse a compound Medicine, where a simple profiteth.