An exposition upon Sir George Ripley's preface. Written by Æyrenæus Philalethes, anglus, cosmopolita.
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An exposition upon Sir George Ripley's preface. Written by Æyrenæus Philalethes, anglus, cosmopolita.
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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 16, 2024.
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Bodies with the first we Calcine naturally, perfect.
THe first Menstrue we call our sharp Vi∣negar, with infinite other names, which it will be tedious for to recite; and with this is made our Magical Solution of Sol; this, saith
Sendivogius, is (Menstruum mundi in sphaera Lunae toties rectificatum ut possit calcinare Solem.) In this, saith the noble Author of the Hermetical Ar∣canum, is made Eclipsis Solis & Lunae in Cauda Draconis: this is, as Artephius saith, the only Instrument in the World for our Art: for it causeth the Sun to pu∣trefie; that is, it loseth its hard compa∣ction,
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and makes it to be an impalpable Powder, as saith the truth-telling Flam∣mel. In this Calcination, as all Authors testifie, and our own Experience hath taught us, Natures are united, Colours are mingled, and one holds of the other, and this is the period of the first Men∣struum, which ends in this Circulation.
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