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.
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 May 24, 2024.

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ANd verily there is nothing of an un∣clean nature that entreth our Com∣position except one thing, which is the In∣strument moving the Gold to putrifie; and in regard that it doth naturally incline the Body to putrifie, and is as it were the very grave of it, it is called by some Philoso∣phers

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Aqua foetida, and by some Mortis Im∣mundities; yet indeed it is not in its own nature unclean, but made pure, as pure as the Art of the Artist can make it with the help of Nature, joyning Consangui∣nty with Consanguinity.

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