Cheiragogia heliana.: A manuduction to the philosopher's magical gold: out of which profound, and subtile discourse; two of the particullar tinctures, that of Saturn and Jupiter conflate; and of Jupiter single, are recommended as short and profitable works, by the restorer of it to the light. To which is added; Antron Mitras; Zoroaster's cave: or, An intellectuall echo, &c. Together with the famous Catholic epistle of John Pontanus upon the minerall fire. / By Geo. Thor. Astromagus.

IGNIS MAGORƲM. The Philosophers Fire. ECHO VII.

OUr fire is Mineral, Equall, Continuall▪ it vapors not unlesse excited too much, it partakes of Sulphur, it is taken from some other Thing than the Materia, it breaks down all before it, Dissolves, Congeales, and Calcines: That Fire, with a Fire Remisse, perfects the whole work, and makes all the right Sublimations.

Pontanus pag. 75. uti et in Epistola.

The Fire against Nature must torment the bodyes, That is the Dragon burning violent∣ly, like fire of hell, Ripleus. All along, the fire must be gentle till the Water be congealed in Whitenesse. A stronger heat given, the

Mercury flyes the fire by reason of its Frigi∣ditie. Therefore keep thy fire soft, till thou hast a white Congelation. Benedictus.

By a Temperate fire a little quantity of the Drie Desiccates ethe moyst, and this by little and little, and not suddainly. And by how much the Stone has more of the Ablu∣tion, so much the more Intense is the white∣nesse.

Scotus de Bufone.

The fire of the first Degree, that is of So∣lution, and Putrefaction, ought to be so weak, that Nothing Ascend of the Nature to be Sublimed, and so a gentle fire gives Mercury Ingresse into the body, when with a strong one all is destroyed.

Saturninus pag. 71.

The heat Dealbant must not be too much, else all is gone. But understand this of the first White after Nutrition, Anonym. Make thy Contritions with fire, not with thy hands. Argent vive is fierie, and burns the bodyes more then fire; whatever Metallic body is joyned to it, it slayes it and brings it down to dust.

Synodus Pythagorica.

Although we alwayes speak of Slow-fire, yet in earnest we think, that in the Go∣vernment of the work, by little and little, and at Turnes, the fire to the End, is to be

Augmented. Bacho. Spec. Alchym. cap. 4.

There are onely Two fires found in the books of the Philosophers: The one dry, the other moyst: The Dry is the Elemental, The moyst is Mercury. Alanus Niger.

As oft as occasion shall require, heat and cool, moysten and desiccate thy Earth, and there is no Error. So oft as thy vessels are broke, thy matter must cool, to be re∣posed in a like vessell, and put again to the fire. Greverius Sacerdos.