An exposition upon Sir George Ripley's preface. Written by Æyrenæus Philalethes, anglus, cosmopolita.

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Title
An exposition upon Sir George Ripley's preface. Written by Æyrenæus Philalethes, anglus, cosmopolita.
Author
Starkey, George, 1627-1665.
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London :: Printed for William Cooper ...,
MDCLXXVII. [1677]
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Ripley, George, d. 1490?
Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.
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"An exposition upon Sir George Ripley's preface. Written by Æyrenæus Philalethes, anglus, cosmopolita." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B05960.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.

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It is a Soul and Substance bright.

THis Stone or Virtue multiplicative is not in relation to the matter, but the form, which doth make the matter to receive and after impress Tinctures: for who could believe that Sol, in which the

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virtue is but unary, I mean only suffici∣ent for it self, should by the addition of our Mercury, which in reference to its ma∣terial parts, is below the degree of Sol, and needs digestion, and that only to ma∣turate it to the height of Sol, I say that by the mixture of those two Venerial Tinctures, should be multiplied in a man∣ner infinitely.

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