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GOld is broken in its Metalline Na∣ture and malleablenesse by water of Salt: and this water is made by a sanguincous distilling, without addition. It is a naturall salt, which wee dayly use at our meales. This water of Salt is washed from the Gold by sweet raine∣water: The same also is distilled to the highest degree, then the tincture of Gold is detracted from the body by spirit of Wine.
this is made meerly of Wine, without any other addition: and the spirit of Wine is made again out of Wine, without any other addition. This is abstracted againe from Gold, and thus the Gold without any addi∣dition is graduated into a volatility, so that it may be brought into a liquor; in this manner is made also the Liquor of Corals, Pearles, and others, as also of Silver. And so there is nothing added unto such Medi∣cines, but Salt, Wine, and Water: but not a potent Water, as some Chymists and Ar∣tists make.
TAke of the best red wine or Spanish wine lb viii. macerate it in a large Pellican, or Circulatorie in hot hors-dung, for 2 months, or in a Balmy for thirty dayes; then there will swimme on the Phlegme an olagineous Liquor, which with a very gentle fire in a Violl must be so long separated coldly, till that tender and pure fatnesse, or the vege∣table spirit of Wine come no more distilling from the Alembick; digest that again in
a Balmy for xxx dayes. Then you have lb i. of Wine, one scruple of the Essence, the true Elixir for the prolonging of life. From that may be made golden Water, or Aqua∣vitae: if Plants and Spices mixed with spi∣rit of Wine be macerated for a Philosophick time; as, Melitena, Celandine, Elleborus, Rosemarie, together with Cloves, Ginger, Cinamom, Nutmegs, and the like. If you proceed in this manner in the drawing of the Essence out of one pound of Hydropi∣per, you will get two seruples of the Es∣sence.
There is anther more compendious way to distill by a Balmy and cold Water, with an Alembick, whose receiver hath a dou∣ble neck.
THe Liquor of Ophirizum, among other Secrets, is an universall medicine so powerfull, that it defends the whole body, and being corrupted, restoreth it to former health: And is made thus; Ophirizum by the regall Cement, or Antimonie Lamin•• must be dissolved in the green Liquor of salt into a powder, which afterward must be
washed in a distilled Coelestiall Water, to get off all its saltnesse: or if you will proceed more nimbly, cement the Lamins of Ophirizum, together with Lamins of Sa∣turne, covered for xxiv houres, then dis∣joyne them, then is your Solar Calx prepa∣red. Then upon the washed powder, or purged Calx poure spirit of Wine, that it stand over it six fingers breadths, and the junctures being well luted, macerate them in a Balmy for xx or xxx dayes; then poure forth the Citrin Liquor, leaving in the bot∣tome a most Candid powder, and separate the spirit of Wine very subtilly in a Balmy, from the yellow Liquor of Ophirizum.
At last the extracted colour of gold must be five times driven in a Retort, then is your quintessence of Sol, or the potable gold, perfect, whose gr. iii. are given in aqua Dracunculi. This Liquor of Ophirizum maketh the spirit of Wine as dead, alive, increaseth the radicall Humidum, and so corroborateth the whole body, that nothing goeth beyond it. This Liquor, I say, open∣eth the pores, and nimbly penetrateth all the parts of the body, rectifieth the cor∣rupted bloud, consumeth superfluous hu∣mours, and confirmeth or strengtheneth
universally all the Faculties and their Funi∣ctions: Lastly, by the benefit of this Oph∣rizum, to speak by particular of it, every intemperateness is cured, even Obstruction, Phlegmon, Tumor, Putredo, Impostume, Fever, Pest, Madnesse, Falling-sickness, A∣poplexie, the Palsie in any part of the body, Defluxions, shortness of breath, Consump∣tion, Pleurisie, trembling of the Heart, Cho∣lick, corruptness of the Liver, of the Spleen, the Scirrhus-arquatus, Malus-habitus, Drop∣sie, the Cholick, the Iliack-passion, all man∣ner of Fluxes, the Wormes, Hemerods, the stone of the Kidneys and Bladder, the viru∣lent Gonorrhes, Diabetes, Ischeria, the Rupture, the Concurse of Hysterical symp∣tomes, the oppression of the Moneth, and their immoderate flowing, the Whites, the rising of the Mother, and the falling down of the womb, Sterility, all manner of Gouts, Chiragra, Gonagra, Ischias or Sciatica, E∣lephantia, or Leprosie, Venereall Infection, the bitings of venemous beasts, the Anthrax, Cancer, small Pox, Herpes Exedens, Gan∣grene, Fistula, eating Ulcer. To speak it in a word, the Liquor of Ophirizum expel∣leth and cureth radically all inward Disea∣ses of the body, and all outward ones, which
any other Medicament cannot cure by rea∣son of their extream malignity; and the fe∣tall necessity, being Gods pleasure, do not permit their cure.
REcip. Of prepared Pearles ℥ ii. of di∣stilled well purged vineger lb ss. (in stead of vineger may be used spirit of wine, one quart of it.) Macerate it in a circulatorie for a moneth, then the pearles doe dissolve into a ponderous juice, cast off the rest of the liquor. This whole dissolved masse may be separated per alembick, in the same way as the gold was. The dose of the oyle of Pearles is gr. vi. which preserveth the body in the same vigor of ill, restoreth the same to its former health; it hath not its fellow in curing of phrensie, palsie in any part, the cramp, sleepinesse in old people, correcting and augmenting the milke in women, and in rectifying the seed, apostemes and eating ulcers, and hemerods.
POure spirit of wine on subtilly pulveri∣sed red Corals, the spirit of wine must stand over them a hand-breadth, and the glasse beeing well luted must be macerated in hot horsedung for a moneth. Note, it must be driven six or ten times into a Recei∣ver: but it may be prepared in a shorter way, namely, if once driven over, then let it macerate againe in horse dung for a sennight, so that it be macerated foure times in one moneth, and be driven foure times in open fire; afterward it must be distilled ten or sixteen times according to Art. Then sepa∣rate the spirit of wine in a Balmy, being poured on againe six times that spirit which is distilled, then is setled to the bottome a most red and cleare oyle of Corals. The dose of it is one scruple, given in Succorie water, in good wine, or in a decoction of Chamae∣drys. This soule I say, this pearle of Corals is one of the greatest mysteries in Medicina, and is our most rarest treasure whereby radi∣cally are cured all inward and outward symptomes, and the distempered body is restored to a perfect constitution. The quin∣tessence
of Corals cureth in five weeks time all manner of convulsions in young and aged people, it stayeth any loosenesse, come it from what cause it will, in young and aged people, though it be come unto an extremity: it stancheth bloud in any part of the body, be it used any way: it stayeth the monethly courses, and reduceth nature unto a good temper, and leaveth not matter for recourse in the other parts of the body, as other me∣dicaments usually doe.
As the oyle of Corals is made, in the same manner is made also the oyle of Gemms, as of Smaragd, Rubie, Hyacinth, the stones of Garnets, Lycy, Cyanei &c.
THere is great store of Antimonie in mines of Germany, as at Tiohtelberg, ond at Plaun, a City in Bohemia; in Italy al∣so about Massa is found some. The best An∣timonie is found in Carinthia, and County of Tyral; where there are golden Mines. The yellow is of the best, the next is of a Saffron colour, and the third is blackish. This among other fruits of the water, hath as many ver∣tues and so good ones, that they scarce can
be expressed by man. It hath an inward efficacitie from the first Originall and cre∣ation of things unto this day, and continued inviolably, neither hath the deluge ever in∣fringed its native power, and stuck stifly to heavens influence to which it was inslaved. Hence our most noble subject is reduced to its prima materia, so that the fire doth glitter every way like the Aether. It taketh away the cause of any disease, and tranaformes the impure body so, that is seemeth to want nothing of its most perfect health.
ANtimonie well pulverised must be re∣verberated for a moneth in a closed pot, and there breatheth forth a volatile flower which is of a white colour; then there commeth a yellow or citrin flower, after that there commeth a red and of a pur∣ple colour. Take of these red flowers two ounces, of rectifyed spirit of wine quart iii. macerate them for twelve daies in a circu∣lar Pellican, and separate them in a balmy, the essence of Antimonie stayeth in the bot∣tom, which reneweth unto mans body all his strength: The dose of it is gr. iii. in
Baulm water, or Celandine water, or in good wine.
It cureth leprosie, and many other al∣most incurable diseases by insensibility; all diseases are cured thereby radically, and whatever distempers the body, more then any other mysterious medicines, and brin∣geth Microcosme to a most perfect health.
℞. Of sulphur ℥ ss. of spirit of Wine ℥xx circulate it for a moneth in the Sun, then distill it per alembick. Adde thereunto of Sulphur ℥ ss. lute and macerate, and then distill it, out of these flowers you have Mumia terrae, and such a Balsame, which preserveth from putrefaction both alive and dead bodies, and protects them in that solidness, that no elementall corruption can hurt it. And for that reason the Bal∣same of Sulphur goeth beyond all other philosophick tinctures. Its dose is gr. v. in old white wine: And if you will make it more effectuall, then take the white flowers of Sulphur gr. i. of Antimonie ℥ i. of oyle of Gold ℥ ss. of spirit of wine ℥ v. macerate it for a moneth, and bring it to a hard mass: Its dose is ℥ ss.
ARgent vive among metals is of a spē∣ciall and admirable nature, containing a vertue of all the rest: It is good against all manner of ulcers, purging the body ra∣dically, reneweth the body, there is hardly any more estectuall mysterium, and is made thus. First, Mercury is coagulated by common Allom water, and is subtilly pulve∣rised: Then abstract from Mercury the wa∣ter of the white of egs from the moity of its calx, and bring it to a corallin colour: Its dose is gr .iii. with treacle. The water of the white of egs is made thus: The white must be distill'd, and the shels of egs must be calcined, and the water of the white of egs is poured on the calcined shels; thus is your water of egs prepared.
THat kinde of salt, which the Greeks call Chalcanthum, and in Latine is cal∣led atramentum metallorum, is severall, ac∣cording to the diversity of Mines. Some of it is white, some is greenish, others is blew,
mingled with red and yellow veines, and differ much one from another. In Ger∣many it groweth, at Goslar in Saxonie, at Cu∣perbach in Bohemia, at Smolnitz in Hun∣garie, in Italy in the Mossan ground at Se∣nensem agrum. In Cyprus the vitriol crude, the more it expels the wormes, or transmu∣teth iron into copper, the more usefull is it in Medicina and Chymia. Moreover, the secret of Chalcanthum consists of a tripple matter: The preparation of it is thus. Chal∣canthum being driven with a vehement fire nine times, then forced in a retort, in an a∣thanor kept for four daies and nights, then you have a most noble and most effectuall spirit. Then the Cholcothar from a red viol in like manner in an athanor for three dayes is distill'd with a forcible fire, and in the receiver you will have lb i. of Colco∣thar, ℥ vi of red oyle. From the remainder is drawn the salt, which must be dissolved foure or five times, and vaporated againe to a salt.
REcip. Of crude Tartar washt in wine lb iii. and pulverise it, and according to the degrees of fire distill it like an aquafort, there commeth over a cleare liquor and a blackish juice, each of these must be distill'd apart in sand foure times, the feces must be alwaies put away: at last for the taking a∣way its intollerable stink, it must be rectifyed subtilly in a Pellican, then you have a well prepared liquor of Tartar, which is of that efficacy, that it penetrateth all the body throughout.
Lastly, take of the aethereall essence of Wine, which in the circulation hath gotten a fragrancy ℥ x. of treacle ℥ v. of red Roman Myrrhe ℥ ii ss. of Austrian Saffron, ℥ ss. Mixe and distill these, then is your Treacle water prepared. For the making of the Chal∣cantin Arcanum, take of spirit of Chalcan∣thum quart i. of the liquor of Tartar quart iii. Macerate these againe the philosophick time: Its dose is ʒ i. to be taken in good wine. This is a divine Arcanum and Elixer, penetrateth the whole body insensibly, nimbly consuming such matters that are
hurtfull unto the body, especially if other peculiar things be added thereunto. If it be ministred for a moneth mornings and eve∣nings, cureth the Gout, and the parts pained are to be annointed with this mixture.
℞. Of that liquor ℥ i. of Mumie quart i. Mix it.
REcip. Of the salt of Valeriana, of succo∣rie, of Chamedris, ana ℥ i. of Worm∣wood ʒ ii. of Vitriol ʒ i. of common salt lb i. Mix these. Or;
℞. Of the salt of Vincetoxicum, of black Chameleon, of Celandine, ana ℥ i. of com∣mon salt lb ss. Mixe these. Or;
℞. Of the salt of Gold, of Antimony, of Melitena, ana ℥ ss. of common salt lb ss. Mix these.
REcip. Of the roots of Satyrion, cleanse and beate them, temper them with a little quantity of the whitest bread, put it in a glasse and lute it, macerate it in warm horse dung, take it out weekly, and when it
looketh like a red cremor, presse it strongly very dry; add to the remainder more bread, macerate again, presse it, take out all the juice from it. This creme must be digested in a balmy for x daies, and then in ashes distill'd, the phlegme and oyle must be dri∣ven over, which in a Balmy afterward must be separated. The dose of the oyle of Satyrion is ℥ s with one scruple of the salt of Melitena, and taken in good wine.
AS in the Macrocosme things can be transmuted by some secret or other: So of Microcosme, are things prepared which are very usefull. The manner of it is
℞. Of rectifyed spirit of wine lb s. of the juice of Celandine, of Melitena, ana quart i. Circulate these in horse dung for twelve daies, separate them in a Balmy, and having macerated it again for a moneth, the Mumy being mixt with it, the Mumy must be dislolv'd in it, separate artificially in a Balmy Lastly adde to ℥ vi of this liquor, oyle Tur∣pentine, of the Turks sealed earth, of the oyle of Ophirizum, ana ℥ s. Circulate it againe for a moneth; then you have a Mi∣crocosmick
Treacle of Mumie, a most rare Mysterium, very effectuall against any poy∣son. Its dose is ʒ s.
IN Chymistrie is found by experience that the Hermaphrodite containeth all the vertue of the other Minerals; hence it must needs have a healing qualitie on mans body. Because he is nothing then the essence of Minerals; if the Anatomie of Micro∣cosme be conferr'd with Macrocosme. Therefore the Hermaphrodite restoreth mans entire body, be it corrupted by what cause it will, to a most perfect symmetry, in∣somuch, that no perfecter medicine can be wish'd for to prolong the life in the a perfect health. The soul of Hermaphroditus is made thus.
℞. Of the Mercuriall essence of Cy∣prus. Vitriol, coagulate in its definite time of Philosophers set, then ariseth the saphi∣rick flower of Hermaphrodite an admirable Mysterium of Macrocosme. One part of it put into 3000 parts of dissolved Ophirizum transmuteth all into its owne nature; one dram of this put to a thousand drams
of Copper, transmuteth it into most pure gold. So one graine of the Hermaphro∣dite, and one scruple of Treacle taken now and then in good Wine, restoreth a distem∣pered body to its pristin and naturall consti∣tution; and if you apply it outwardly unto any symptome, with distill'd water of Hy∣dropiper, it is more effectuall then any bal∣same, and cureth any symptome, sooner then other Chirurgicall meanes. This Her∣maphrodite is the tincture known to those that are busied in the Chymick Monarchie, by name called the stone, its proper name is the aethereall Fire, involved infinitely in obscure riddles.
I adde this also, out of Phaedro Agrippa, the Philosophers Stone is a secret of secrets, if you wish for happinesse, that you may obtaine the Philosophers blessing; God li∣veth for ever. There is one object in the World for all, which properly is called of the Philosophers; in the shell stayeth the white, which containeth the red: The one is called the male, the other the female, an animal, vegetable, and minerall: Its fellow is no where found, it hath an active and pas∣sive power, a dead and quick substance, a Spi∣rit and Soule, which ignorant men hold it a
most vile thing, containeth in its bosome the foure Elements, found every where, commonly had by every one, is of a small price; one pound is sold for a shilling: It voluntarily ascendeth, groweth black, de∣scendeth and groweth white; increaseth and decreaseth; it is a thing which the earth produceth, and descendeth from Hea∣ven; groweth pale, and groweth red; it is born and dyeth, riseth againe, and liveth af∣terward; hath severall wayes to goe to its end: Its proper decoction goeth beyond that of the fire; is slow, modest, strong, and is augmented, and at last in a secure rest is it rubifyed. This according to expectation, is called the Philosophers Stone. Read, and read it againe, over and over, you will finde more plaine no where: If you are still dull in your understanding, then are you not fit for this Art to learn it.
SAlt of Gemm, the purest of all, being subtilly pulverised, being put into a mel∣ting pot, and set in a wind-oven, standing in a gentle fire, let it stand on melting for three
houres, if the pot holdeth so long, let it cool of it selfe. Pulverise this, and set it in a pot againe into the Furnace; it must be iterated five or six times, and pulverise it still. Take a quantity of the juice of Radishes, as much as the salt weigheth, put some of it in a wood∣den dish grind it with a spoon; that which is dissolved of the salt; thus hot, straine it. and so go on with the rest, and dissolve all the salt in this juice, and straine it: Coagu∣late it, or distill the water from it; pulverise it againe, poure the distill'd water on it; pu∣trifie it in a Balmy for six daies and nights, separate the water from it by distilling, let your first fire be gentle, as you usually doe at the distilling of Aquafort, let all distill over, then encrease the fire, to calcine for an houre.
This warme Salt must be pulverised, and grinde it on a stone, let it dissolve on a Mar∣ble. Being dissolved, set it in a Balmy to putrifie for three daies; then put it in a strong body, distill it in Sand, use the degrees of fire according to Art. The remaining body being pulverised, must be dissolved againe on a Marble, must be putrified as formerly, and distill'd a third time: The remainder must be very subtilly pulverised, put in a body,
poure on it the three distill'd waters, let them putrifie for five daies and five nights, after this, distill it againe in grosse Sand; at last let all come over through the Helmet, a Caput mort remaineth, which must be put away: But all the water for a day and a night to be putrified in Sand, which is se∣parated from the substance of the Salt, then is to be distill'd per Alembicum. This putri∣fying and distilling must be iterated a third time, then you have the water of Salt. At the putrifying and distilling, the Vessels must be well luted, that none of the Spirits get away.
TAke Gold purged three times by Anti∣monie, very tinnly laminated, or in its place, take fine Gold, put it in a bolt-head, poure on it the spirituall water of Salt, seale it Hermetically: Set it in digestion for foure or five daies, that they joyn, then open it, take off the neck in part, and set an Alem∣bick on it, lute it well, set it so long into Ashes, apply a receiver, lute the glasses jun∣ctures very well; distill it five or six times, and when it is cold, put the Gold and all the
matter in the body, into a jar glass; dulcifie it with distill'd raine-water from all its salt∣ness; the Gold remaineth in the bottom like a powder, for the Salt is not turn'd into the Golds substance. Poure Spirit of Wine on this Alcholised Gold, not a simple Aqua∣vitae, standing over the Gold six fingers deep, proportionably unto the Gold. Pu∣trifie it for a moneth in a Balmy, the Spirit of Wine drinketh the tincture of Gold, which must be put into another glass. For a further extraction, poure more Spirit of Wine on it a second and third time, let all its tincture be extracted, the body of Sol re∣maineth whitish and soule-less: At last, se∣parate the Spirit of Wine in a Balmy, from the form Gold, and use it according to the manner you heard of.
IF you intend to prepare the praecipi∣tate of Sol, then the Gold being dulcified with distill'd raine-water, and dryed, then proceed.
TO make the true Spirit of Wine. Take a quantity of the strongest Wine, with∣out any mixture, be it white or red, the white is better, leaving less alcoll then the red, which runneth in no other form or co∣lour then the white doth; cause it to be di∣still'd like an Aquavitae, either in copper or glass, distilling coole. Taste one drop or o∣ther, if it commeth weak, then take off the receiver, apply a blind Helmet to it, of a good bigness, lest the motion of the Spirits breake it if too narrow; set it on three foot, let it boyle for ten dayes. After you have opened, apply a head with a pipe, distill in a Balmy, and the Spirits come over. The manuall depends from these three. The glass with the wine must not stand too deep in the water, and the ju••ctures must be well luted to keep in the Spirits, and then the Spirit must not be mingled with the bur∣ning Wine; which would easily happen, if the Balmy should be made too hot. There∣fore observe the signes well: When little veines or drops appeare in the Alembick, then cease, for the following is burning
Wine, and the receiver must be remo∣ved.
PRoceed as you heard, according to the first distilling, when all the strength of the Wine is gone, then commeth the phlegm or waterish matter, let that be evaporated in a Kettle by boyling, or if you feare the Kettle to be endangered by the fire, put the matter into a narrower vessell, and force it, there remaineth a yellow and impure sub∣stance, which must be dryed, you have then a Tartar of a black colour, from which, be∣ing very subtilly pulverised, and most strong∣ly calcined, with a cole or wood fire, you can have the salt.
AND if you will have a most strong▪ and most fully graduated Spirit of Wine, for the opening and attracting of bo∣dies, and for gradation of formes, take of the Spirit of Wine as much as you please, dissolve its salt in it, let it stand in digestion well luted for a naturall day, set it in Sand
or ashes, observe the degrees of fire, apply a large receiver, poure the spirit on the salt againe, this salt must be calcined againe to a whitenesse, poure Spirit of Wine on it, and shake it, and distill it againe; weigh the Salt to see whether it lost of its ponderosity; if it be too much fix'd, then putrifie it in Spirit of Wine in a Balmy; lastly, distill it so long, that all the salt be gone through the Alembick; and thus you have a Noble alco∣lisated Spirit.
THere is drawn from flowers and hearbes a specificall true property and colour, the body not being destroyed, as Theophrastus demonstrateth in his trea∣tise de vita longa, and elsewhere: ••f the simples are put over night in the said Spi∣rit of Wine; if you you will separate, then doe it in a wet Balmy, the form like a li∣quor, remaineth in the bottom.
ANY herbe being first beaten in a stone Morter, together with the flowers, leaves and roots to a pap, being well luted, must stand in digestion for a moneth in horse-dung. Distill it dry in a Balmy; the remaining powder must be grinded upon a stone, and must be imbibed with its distill'd liquor, and digest it for a fortnight. After that let it be distill'd in ashes, phlegme and oyle comes over together, which must be separated asunder, and the oyle must be safely kept. The remaining feces must be very subtilly pulverised, poure the phlegme on it, digest them for ten or twelve daies in horse-dung, separate the phlegme in sand. The remaining black pouder must be albify∣ed in a reverberatorie, pouring on it its phlegme, and extract its salt.
VVHich purgeth the blood, and the marrow in bones and the whole body. Draw the red colour from the red Mercurie, being prepared with the water of
eggs by the said Spirit of Wine, as you heard above: Put an equall quantity of the soule of Gold, let it stand in putrefaction to be purged, then separate the liquor from the Spirit of Wine: the dose of it is gr. iij vel iiij. to be taken in Malmsey, for three daies together fasting. Theophrastus saith, that this liquor cureth the Leprosie, contractures, and purgeth the blood mightily. More of this I spoke in the administration of Magna Chirurgia.
REcip. Of well cut Mumy, put it into a Retort well luted, adding thereunto a like quantity of Sallet oyle for a moneth. the Retort being taken out, then cut some of the nose of it, set it in sand, lute a recei∣ver to it, and drive the stinking Mercury in∣to it. Then set it in a place, where the people of the house may not be annoyed, into a Bal∣my for five or six daies; thus the residue of the Mercurie will vapour away, in that warm Balmy. Cant of the liquor, the part indissolved is to be kept in the Balmy: Mixe with it ℥ vi of Treacle, of the best Mosch ℥ i. and keep it in the Balmy, or in hot ashes in a Furnace for a month.
I had two waies to prepare the Minerall Turbith, first if the water of eggs from their calx be often digested and distill'd, at∣tracteth its sweet volatile salt, and by this evasion it deserved among the antients the name of Corrosivum dulee, mortifieth Mer∣curie, and rubifyeth like Corals, its digesting and distilling being repeated: From this red Mercury can be drawn its essence by the Spirit of Vitriol, extracting it as long as the Spirit takes any tincture from it, which may be done at the xv or xvi iteration: The remaining Caput mort must be put a∣way.
The second way differs from the first. Put a strong Aquafort upon two parts of tyle-meale, and adde one part of salt, distill it; the Aquafort will be as red as a Ruby, which must be abstracted to a third part from Mercury by a strong fire, and the Mer∣cury must be grinded on the Marble twelve times, and then distill'd, being distill'd must be digested from its calx with water of egs, and being often distill'd, then your Turbith Minerall is prepared.
℞. Of this Turbith gr. v. Mixe it with one ounce of the juice of Roses, to be taken before supper, mornings fasting gr. iiii. by night foure graines are to be ta∣ken. If it causeth any spume in the mouth, and the Patient fals into spawling, then adde to it, some-what of Vitrum of Antimony, or of its reverberated powder; then a gentle purging it will give. After that must be gi∣the quantity of a Hasell nut of Theriaca Alexandrina, and make the Party sweat. These Patients may use also the following Gargarisme.
℞. Halfe a quartern of burning Wine, of Sugar candy ℥ i. small pulverised, adde one spoonfull of the best Hony, mixe these and make a Gargarisme, as long as the Turbith is used, nothing ought to be applyed to the wound or ulcer, but this following plaister, neither ought it to be used above three times the Turbith, and its operation is to be waited for.
℞. Of Bdellium, of Serapium Colatum, ana ℥ i. of Frankincense, of Mumy, ana ℥ iii. of Wax lb i. of Colophonia ℥ vi. Make these to an Oppodeldoch, according to Art, it will purifie the more, if one dram of our Turbith Minerall be mingled.
Turbith Minerall being ministred with Spirit of Tartar, provoketh sweating in the bed, and draweth plisters and the like out∣wardly.
ALcolisated wine, Centrated Wine, Essentificated Wine with Alcool, Al∣cool of Wine, Essatum Vinum, Esse vini is as much as Essentificatum: That is, when the essence of Wine comes over by distilling, then its phlegme remaineth in the bottom like the dregs of Honey; which if they have any Empyreuma or fierinesse, the phlegme must be poured on again, and is to be separa∣ted till the phlegm be gone from the essence. Then poure the distill'd essence of wine on the phlegmes, and separate it by distilling, which must be iterated so often, till the feces sticking to the bottom be white glittering, which are Theophrastus his Alcool Vini, Sal Vini, or Vinum Alcolisa∣tum.
THeophrastus cals it Axungia, or butter of Sol, to be taken inwardly for the Fistula or Cancer, and outwardly to be u∣sed for an ointment: Its preparation is thus. Poure on the filings of gold, oyle of Mastix, which having stood in digestion a moneth in horse-dung, wash it off from the oyle with warm water; let it stand again in digestion in Spirit of Wine for ten or twelve dayes, the Spirit being separated, you find an oleaginous matter in the bottom, like unto butter. Take some drops of it at the be∣ginning, in a vehicle.
LET the Tartar be well purg'd and washt in Wine, dry it and pulv••rise it, put the glasse with it into a wind-Furnace, di∣still per Alembic, as the oyle of Mastix is di∣still'd, there comes over a thick matter, of colour and fragrancy like a Treacle.
LEad in the first place is to be calcined, thus. Set a glased panne over the fire, put the lead into it, calcine it, stirring it with a spatule, at first it will look blackish, then yellow, at last it is of a red colour, pour di∣still'd Vinegar on it, two fingers breadth standing over it. Boyle it a little, when the scum riseth, then toke it off the fire, and let it settle gently, and cant off the Vinegar into another pot, from the calcined Saturne. New Vinegar must be poured on the Lead, and this must be iterared as long as there is any sweetness in the Lead. These being done, let the gathered matter or a cetum be setled in the Balmy; let the Vinegar be got∣ten off, there remaineth a sweet Purple bo∣dy in the bottom. To this matter, poure the Heavenly water, and let it boyle, it will cast a white scum, which must be taken off, as long as there ariseth any, cast away the re∣maining purple-dregs in the bottom. The off taken scum must be put in a Balmy, either to be vapored away or distill'd, it leaveth a dry and whitish body in the bot∣tom of the glass, which must be dissolved in
some noble Aquafort, and be separated three or foure times in a Balmy, where you will behold a faire dissolution; on this mat∣ter poure againe the distill'd rain-water se∣parate the same in a Balmy, this must be ite∣rated as long as there is left any acrimony of the Aquafort, you will see a white transpa∣rent matter, the true and sweet salt of Saturn, being put into a Cellar, or any wet place, will dissolve into a water or oyle, whereby outward and desperate sores or cancrous ul∣cers are healed, and is an approved medi∣cine.
Dr Daniell in his time, used only Lead di∣ssolved in Aquafort, which he du••cified with fountaine water: An effectuall remedy ad ulcera Cacoethe, linnen being dipped into, and put into the places, using only the water, not medling with the powder of the Lead in the bottom.
CRude Antimony being reduced into a most subtile Alcool, put it into a Re∣tort, evaporate it in the degrees of reverbera∣tion, then seale it, and let it reverberate gent∣ly, provided it doe not melt. The venemour
humor and Sulphur being evaporated, when it looks like a cinericious powder, then the middle degree of fire is to be used for eight or ten daies continually. Then use such a degree of fire to it, that the Antimony look of a purple colour'd pouder. Take of this re∣verberated Antimony ℥ ii. as much of cir∣culated Aquavitae, that it stand over it six fingers. Let it be digested in a well luted cir∣culatory for twelve daies, then at the distil∣ling in a Balmy separate it, then the Aqua∣vitae will be tinged, which is the true essence of Antimony. The dead powder of it stay∣eth in the bottom: Its dose is ʒ i. more or lesse.
THree graines of it taken in Wine, cu∣reth the Quartan, and all manner of Agues. Mr Thomas hath cured with it two Patients of the Dropsie, ministring two or three drops, mornings in white Wine; it giveth three or foure stools, penetrating and searching the whole body: It causeth a faintnesse to the Members for an houre or upward, but after that, it restoreth strength unto them; if there be any tumor within,
dissolveth the same by sweat and urine. It disperseth the Hydropick humour diapho∣retically. An excellent remedy for brin∣ging down the Courses, curing the jaun∣dies and Cholick. He used successfully to boyes of three or foure yeares old; also the Quartane and Tertian Ague he prosperously cured with it. It is a rare medicine against the Venereall disease, cured foure such Pa∣tients with it. He cured a woman with it which had the foule disease seventeen years, having had eleven such tumours in the head, two in the arms; these were dissolved only by the oyle of it. The tincture of Antimony is used against the venereall Itch and Scabs. The Patient ought not to come into the air, must be kept warm, and not walking a∣broad. He cured the Scropula, which pos∣ssest the whole Face; thus: He purged the Partie severall times with Vitrum Antimo∣nii: after that, hee caused a decoction to be made of wine, in which was Vincetoxi∣cum, both Centories, Sanicle, and some∣times Pyrola: The potion being strained, he applyed the roots warm in bags, and thus did he restore that Patient.
He restored one Woman with the essence of Antimony, which was troubled with
three and twenty open fores in her Legs, as reliques of the venereall disease.
Phaedro made use of Vitrum Antimonii twice on a most desperate Hectick Feaver. He that maketh use of the essence or of Vi∣trum of Antimony, let him avoid the aire.
He cured a Ploughman with Vitrum of Antimony, which was much molested with corrosions, expelling a great worm, 124 and little ones.
He cured another thus: He ministred un∣to him sixteen times of that Vitrum, who had two hundred holes between the Knee and the Knockle, purging him first downe∣ward, then by vomiting, taking away all the paines, only with calcined Vitrioll, and a mundificative unguent.
This Phaedro hath cured also one that was troubled with the Gout, and another Woman, with the same Antimoniall es∣sence, out of whose skull there grew scales. He cured also two desperate Hectick Fea∣vers, and some that had the Quartan Ague. And so it cureth Imposthumes, and malig∣nant excrescencies, worms, the Gout, vene∣reall paines and tumours, the Hectick Fea∣ver; and the quartan.
REcip. Of the best Opium Thehaicum, being cut ʒ ii. of Mumy gr. iii. of the juice of the root of Hyosciamus ʒ i. which must be gathered when Sol and Luna en∣ter Libra, which is eight or five daies be∣fore St Iohns day.
Put it into a glaffe, and digest at the Sun for fourteen daies, then is the Opium prepa∣red.
℞. Of Species of Diambra ℥ i ss of Wine rectified five times lb i. Let these also be digested at the Sun for fourteen daies, sha∣king it daily three or foure times; then poure some red clear Wine on the prepared Opium, make it to a pap, and then digest it againe for three daies in the Sunne, being well stop'd, and then let it be exiccated. Then make it to a more thick masse on a Marble, with a little of the said Wine, unto which you must adde of prepared red Co∣rals,
of prepared Citrin Amber, ana ℈ i. of the best Mosch or Amber gr. iii. of Camphore gr. vii. of orientall Saftron ℈ i. Let small Pils be made of it, minister seven of them in ʒ ii. of Wine, to be swallowed; if the paine be vehement, minister vii about six of the clock, about nine, five, about foure of the clock, four of them to be taken in Wine. they admirably asswage all paines, and are ministred in all violent diseases for to pre∣serve and to heale.
Note, Laudanum alwaies doth its worke in six houres time, which maketh the Pati∣ent to sleep for an houre; if there be any further use of it, then allow to its operation six houres.
REcip. Of Realgar as much as you please, which is penderous and white, grinde it small on a stone, adde to it purged Sal-niter, let it dissolve on coales, the first fire must be gentle, that all venemous fumes may vapour away, and the matter of it be burnt. Being burn'd throughly, then increase the fire for foure or five houres, let the Arse∣nick
be like melting butter, all its vene∣mous quality flyeth away, and a fix'd Real∣gar will be. Let it be in a Cellar on a Mar∣ble, distilling into a receiver, which is the fix'd oyle of Arsenic. Of this Theophrastus made use of very much, it may be better rectified, as the oyle of Sol, if made in a Re∣tort, being poured on hot or heated Tiles. Outwardly Ulcers are anointed with all, and new Pocky sores, twice or thrice at the most: it maketh them run as long as there is any cause for it; wch cause being consumed, the ulcer gets an Eschara, which must be an∣nointed with the following butter of Sol, fals off, not leaving any mark or red spot. If any such sore is to be annointed with this oyle, then the next place or skin to it is to be anointed also.
REcip. Of fresh May butter, as much as you please, poure it boyling into water of Bean flowers, or the decoction of Lupini, Solomons seale. Quench it thus a third time, it will be very white and faire: Use it as you heard.
REcip. Of the best blew Hungarian Vi∣triol sixteen lb. put it into a glazed pot, poure on it cleare Fountaine or distill'd raine-water, boyle away a third part of it, filter or straine it into a jar-glasse, set this strained liquor into a moist sand to crystalli∣zing, poure the water on againe, let it boile as formerly, iterate it so long as any Chri∣stals will shoot, then all its venemous qua∣lity is gone. In like manner let the pulverised Salt-Niter be dissolv'd, and be purged, as you heard about the Vitriol.
REcip. Of Sal Ammonick, of calcined Tartar, ana lb i. sublime these twice or thrice in ashes.
REcip. Of the above prepared Vitriol, and rubified lb ii. of the above said pre∣pared Niter, and well exiccated at the Sun lb i. mix these being pulverised, distill gently at first, then increase your fire, let all the Spirits come over.
REcip. Of this Aquafort ℥ ii or ℥ ii ss dis∣solve it in the thinnest Lamins of fine Lune ʒ ii. which being disolved, put it alto∣gether into a glass; the feces of it being set∣led, cant off the water, let none of the mat∣ter come after. Thus is the Aquafort purged. Of this Aquafort lb i. in which dissolve one graine of the salt Ammonick, prepared afore, distill it gently in a Balmy, then you have the prepared Arcanum Regis, or T R.
POure hot water on calx vive, shake it, coole and settle, filtrate the water, and distill it hot into Flint-ashes, which if this be setled, then filter it. In this lie made of Calx vive, and ashes of Flints, Mercury must be boyled a sixth or seventh time, and that which boyleth away, must be applyed with fresh Lixivium. In like manner let Mercury be boyled a fourth time in salt and distill'd Vineger, so that the salt be covered with blackness, and the Vineger being evapora∣ted, fresh Vineger to be poured on: At last let it be wash'd a third time with hot wa∣ter, and dryed, then it is fit for subliming, praecipitating, and for other businesses.
REcip. Of powder of Antimony, of purged Sal-Niter, of Calcined Tartar
ana lb ss. Melt it; thus melted, cast it into horne, which being cold, take off the Regu∣lus, it breaketh freely.
1. ℞. Of Regulus of Antimony ℥ i. grind it small, imbibe in a jar-glasse six times with Aqua Regis, dissolve it in it, reserve that which is dissolved in hot ashes.
2. ℞. Of the best Gold, laminated very thinly ℥ ss. dissolve it apart in a jar-glasse in ℥ i. of Aqua Regis. Let it stand.
3. ℞. Of purged Mercury ℥ iii. dissolve it in a well luted glass body upon warm ashes, pouring on it one pound of Aqua Regis. Put these three dissolutions into a well luted cu∣curbit, still it a sixth or seventh time in hot sand per Alembicum; that which is di∣still'd must alwaies be put on againe. At last increase the fire, and let all come over. Then take out the remaining matter, and reduce
it to an Alcohol on a stone, and reverberate it under a muffle, rule it with a gentle fire; the Mercury will look black, and then of se∣verall colours. Continue the reverberation, and rubifye it, and let all the spirit of Aqua Regis be gone. Then wash it with warm water, to take off all its saltness. Pulverise this Mercury well, poure on it of the best rectified spirit of Wine, let it stand over it three fingers; Standing in a warm place for three daies, and shake three times a day, then separate it.
At last poure on the pulverised Mercury of the best distill'd Rose-water, aromatized with Mosch, let it stand also in a warm place for three daies, shaking it thrice a day, sepa∣rate gently unto a driness, it will be a con∣cin praecipitated Aquila, alias, a purging mercurial essence.
FIrst, let the Tartar be well calcined, to acquire to it an acrimony; then let it be dissolv'd in warme water. Poure out the water, the earth will settle to the bottom: If any acrimony should yet be in the Tartar, then poure water on again, which being se∣parated
must be put to the other; which must be continued as long as there is any acrimo∣ny in it: Put away the dead earth. These ga∣thered waters must be boiled away, there remaineth a sharp and fiery salt in the bot∣tom.
℞. Of this salt ℥ iii. boile it in a pint of water, put to it of crude Antimony ℥ ss. boile it well in a pann, as hard egs are boiled, and the water be clear: If the matter congea∣leth, looking like a red gelly; put to it a sufficient quantity of distill'd Vinegar, sepa∣rate the Tartar and all malignity of Anti∣mony from the redness, and dissolve it. That redness of Antimony setleth to the bottom, Filter it is paper, the redness of Antimony abides about the Paper. Dulcifie this red∣ness by pouring on warm water, and take off all superfluous impurities, let it settle, the redness being on the bottome, separate the water. Then exiccate on quick coales: its dose is halfe a graine.
REcip. Of new oderiferous wax lb ii. melt it in a pan gently, then put it into another vessel fill'd with the best wine, and very hot, let it be cold, gather it with your hand, and press it hard, melt it again; and thus hot poure it in Wine, and thus doe se∣ven times. The last time being melted, add of tile-meal M. iii. Mingle it well being cool'd, put it in body with an Alembick, lute it well, that nothing may expire. The lute being dryed, set it in a sand capel, make a gentle fire under it for nine or ten houres. At first there comes over a phlegmatick water of a citrin colour, when it hath done distilling, remove the receiver, keep the Ci∣trin-water safe in a glass: Then apply a∣nother receiver to the Alembick, and in∣crease the fire by degrees: At first the drops fall muddy, which being setled in the re∣ceiver, congeale like butter, or a gelly. At last the following drops look of gold colour, which congeale not, but keep in a liquid sub∣stance. At the sight hereof change your
receiuer, that these golden drops be not mingled with the other, and must be recei∣ved apart. And this is the true oyle of wax, which keeps liquid for ay. Continue your distilling with the fire increased, which for∣cing fire must be kept for eighteen houres. At last more muddy drops will fall, which when you see it, then change your recever presently to receive the feces, which are li∣quid also.
TAke prepared Pearles, poure on them Vineger, seven times distill'd our way, and dissolve in hot ashes. Abstract after∣ward the Vineger in a Balmy, and if but few Pearles, put them in a jar-glass, and evaporate in warm ashes, afterward p••ure on raine-water once distill'd, and evapo∣rate, continue it, till the water and sowre tast be gone. At last, dissolve this powder of Pearles with rectifyed Spirit of Wine, and make use of it.
REcip,lb viii. of the best Vineger, distill lb iiii of it per Alembick; adde to these quart i. of purifyed Salniter, let the Salniter be well dissolved in it, then distill in Sand strongly, that the Spirit may ascend and mixe with the Acetum. Take of this Ace∣tum as much as you will, add Bugloss to it, call'd otherwise the herbe of Paris P v. put it in a violl, add to it well washt Mercury P i. set it in digestion for xvi days or more, you shal see the effect. This Acetum dissolveth ••l.
REcip. Of Antimony lb i. as much of pur∣ged Sal-Peter, calcine it circularly in a high pot, increasing the fire by degrees for three of foure houres; then calcine againe with Salniter, for some houres give a very strong fire, that the pot be red hot. Take out the Antimony, beat it, dissolve it in water, if any of the salt be left, filter and keep it back, and wash it. Dry the remainder, and reverberate for some foure houres, then you have a very white powder: Its dose is from gr. ii. to vii or ix. exceeding effectuall in Ter∣tian and Quartan Agues.
THE liquor of Tartar and its Succus is thus separated: The Tartar is washed severall times in common warm water, lea∣ving no impure dregs in it, at last it must be washed in warm Wine; it must be dryed at the Sun, and reduced to a powder, put it in a glasse, lute it and distill in open fire; the junctures of the glasses must be well guar∣ded, and the receiver must be very large. The first liquor that comes, is stinking, which is rectified in a cellar in wet sand, and the succus is rectified with distill'd Vineger in a retort in opē fire. Then draw it with the the Acetum, the drops come either red or citrin, according as the Tartar was, which in a funible must be separated, and thus the Acetum receiveth the Empyreuma into the oyle, and the oyl succeedeth in a golden colour without any stink. Use:
℞. Of this Preparatum ℥ i of the volu∣ble oyle of Vitriol ℥ iii. of aromatized Aqua∣vitae, ℥ v.
These, being mix'd, are circulated for a moneth; it is given in Wine ʒ. i. or more, ac∣cording to the persons condition.
Tartar cureth the Lues Venerea, the ob∣structions
in guts, the rising of the mother by sweating, and all other evils.
BEing given daily three times, is very good in the Palsy, it penetrateth the whole body, strengtheneth the same, which ought to be in this disease. It cureth all man∣ner of Jaundice, joined with the venereall disease. It rectifyeth monthly courses; re∣sisteth Leprosie at the beginning of it. Be∣ing taken with oyle of Mercury cureth the Dropsie by Urine.
REcip. Seeds of Ebulus well cleansed lb iii or iiii, beate them well in a Mor∣ter, bringe all into a paste, put it into a Ket∣tle, adde a sufficient quantity of River water to it, let it stand infused for 24 houres, then boyle it, let your first fire be gentle, and increase the fire by degrees, continue the boyling of it, that all the scum be gone: This scum must be gathered with a skimmer, and all the oyle swimming on it: All this you put into a long glasse, let it settle, thus warm
for two or three daies, there appeareth a green transparent oyle, unctuous, setled to the bottom under that scum, and if the oyle doe not separate well from the scum, then take it together, mingle it in warm water, let it boyle a little; afterward put it in a glasse, within few daies the oyle will settle, take off the scumm warily, and gather the setled green oyle, and set the scum apart, let it yeeld the oyle it hath among it. Use of this oyle a little quantity against all manner of paines caused by a cold distemper, in nervous symptomes and Arthritick paines. The manner of its use is: Take six or seven drops of this oyle, apply it warm'd to the place affected, then presently the sharp pains will be allaied.