¶ The order to fixe all thynges that are fliyng.

TO fixe any thing, is to be vnderstood thus. Ye shall sublime it so ofte, that it will sublime no more, but will lye in the fire, so that the fire can not consume it, and when ye will fixe any thing, as Sul∣fer, Quicksiluer, or Arsnicke, or suche like, ye shall dooe it in this order: Ye shall take Mercurie sublimed, or sulfur sublimed, or Arsenicke, or such like, and put it into a sub∣myng glasse, whiche I will shewe you di∣uers paterns, in the next booke god willing and set it in a furnace with a smal fire, & thē increase it according to Arte, the space of a whole daie, and thē at euening ye shal turne tha glasse and lette it sublime vp into the o∣ther ende: and this order ye shall vse with sublimyng, from one ende vnto an other, till that it will sublime no more: the whiche Page  [unnumbered] ye shall proue in this maner. Ye shall take a little thereof and laye it on a redde hotte coale, and looke whether it smoke or no, for if it smoke it is not fixte, but if it smoke not it is fixte. But to knowe the verie trothe, ye shall take thereof and grinde it to pouder, and then put it into a crusible, and giue it as greate a fire as though ye would melt Co∣per, and then if ye see that there cōmeth no smoke from it, it is fixt: but if that it smoke awaie, ye shall put it into a newe sublimyng glasse, and sublime it againe, then keepe it to thy vse, till I write more thereof: for when you haue your spirites fixt, ye haue a greate Treasure, the whiche is not to bee bought with money, & principally of Sul∣fer fixte, for therewith ye maie doe what ye liste, for there can no sicknesse come vnto mannes bodie, but it maie bee holpe there∣with. Also Mercurie beyng fixte, is suche an excellēt medicine against the Poxe, that the like can not be found in the worlde. But ye shall note, that it mst not be occupied a∣lone, but with other things, y^e which I will shewe you in an other place. The Arsnicke and the Sal Armoniacke maie not be occu∣pied Page  [unnumbered] in any wise inwardly, but onely out∣wardly, as ye shall heare hereafter, and es∣pecially of the Salt of Arsnicke.