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.

118. The Mecurial Water of Paracelsus. In Appendice Manualis de Lap. Phil. Pag. 139.

TAke of Mercury seven times sublimed with Vitriol, Sal Niter, and Alume, three pounds of (Vegetable) Sal armoniack sublimed three times with Salt, clear and white, one Pound and a half, being ground together and alcolized, sublime them in a Sublimatory nine hours in Sand: Being cold, draw off the Sublimate with a Feather, and with the rest sublime, as before: This Operation repeat four times, till no more sublimes, and a Black Mass remains in the bottom flowing like Wax; being cold take it out, and being ground again, imbibe it often in the Water of Sal ar∣moniack prepared according to Art (the Menstruum descri∣bed in Numb. 91.) in a Glass Dish, and being coagulated of it self, imbibe it again, and dry nine or ten times over, till it will scarce any more be coagulated: Being ground fine∣ly upon a Marble, dissolve it in a moist place to a clear Oil, which you must rectifie by Distillation in Ashes from all Fe∣ces and Sediment. This Water keep diligently as the best of all.

Lully made his Mercurial Water of Mercury and the Stink∣ing Menstruum thus,