Four books of Johannes Segerus Weidenfeld concerning the secrets of the adepts, or, of the use of Lully's spirit of wine : a practical work, with very great study collected out of the ancient as well as modern fathers of adept philosophy : reconciled together by comparing them one with another, otherwise disagreeing, and in the newest method so aptly digested, that even young practitioners may be able to discern the counterfeit or sophistical preparations of animals, vegetables and minerals, whether for medicines or metals, from true, and so avoid vagabound imposters, and imaginary processes, together with the ruine of estates.

11. The Spirit of Honey of Lully. Cap. 19. Lib. Mercur.

TAke of Aqua Vitoe, and put into this Vegetable Humidity a third part of a Honey-Comb, with all its Substance, Wax, and Honey together, ferment, or digest it in a gentle heat for three Hours, and the longer it stands, the better it is: then let it be Distilled in Balneo, and repeat the Distillation and Fer∣mentation nine times, renewing the Comb every second Distilla∣tion.

Parisinus it seems to me learnt not only the Spirit of Philosophi∣cal Wine, but also the preparation it self of this Menstruum, from his Master Lully, though the preparation he corrected a little: Parisi∣nus digests one Pound of Honey inspissated with three or four Pounds of the Spirit of Philosophical Wine, for a Day in Balneo, then Di∣stilling

three times mixeth them together. The Work he repeats three times, so as at these four times to have joyned four Pounds of Honey together with so many Pounds of Spirit, and Circulates both each time. Lully digests the Hony-Comb three Hours with three parts of Spirit, and in two Distillations joyns both together: He re∣peats the Work four times, so as in eight Distillations to have Ʋnited four parts of Honey with three of Spirit; the Menstruum now joyn∣ed together, he Distills once more, that in nine times or cohobations, he makes his Spirit of Honey. Parisinus made choice of three Ingre∣dients for his Medicine: The most High Creator created three Mines; among Minerals, one, and that is of Sol and Luna: a∣mong Vegetables, the Wine; among Animals, the Bee, pag. 222. Elucid. Lully of these three thus, cap. 46. lib. Mercurior. Amongst all Minerals, Vegetables, and Animals, fixed Gold is chosen for the making of Medicines; and above all the Virtues among Ve∣getables and Animals, are the Virtues of the Juice, or Broth of Lunaria, and the Fly of Besena, which makes Honey.

Parisinus in his Alphabetum apertoriale hath indeed the same way of acuating the Spirit of Wine; but he in the same place super∣adding the Salt of Honey, extracted out of the Caput mortuum cal∣cined to the Menstruum, this acuition is referred not to this, but to another Kind.

But the Honey seems to have this special Priviledge, as if Men∣struums of this third Kind, could be made of it alone; yet you must know that all Oyly Salts, (as are Sugar Cristallized, Manna Cristalli∣zed, crude Tartar of common Wine, &c.) do on one side prove their affinity with Oyly things, but on the other side with dry, and so do by that their Oleosity, introduce their own aridity into the Oyly Spirit of Philosophical Wine, but by their aridity temper the Oleosity of that Spirit. Wherefore the same things are to be understood of Su∣gar and Manna, as have been spoken of Honey; one Example or two we will add of crude Tartar, being dryer then the things aforesaid.