A New Light of Alchymie

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Archaic, obsolete and inconsistent spellings have been included as in the original book. Obvious typos have been fixed. Details of these changes are at the end of the book.

A NEW LIGHT OF ALCHYMIE:

Taken out of the fountaine of NATURE, and Manuall Experience.

To which is added a TREATISE of SVLPHVR:

Written by Micheel Sandivogius:

i.e. Anagrammatically,

DIVI LESCHI GENUS AMO.

Also Nine Books Of the Nature of Things, Written by PARACELSUS, viz.

{ Generations }{ Renewing } { }{ } { Growthes }{ Transmutation } Of the { }{ } of Naturall things. { Conservations }{ Separation } { }{ } { Life : Death }{ Signatures }

Also a Chymicall Dictionary explaining hard places and words met withall in the writings of Paracelsus, and other obscure Authors.

All which are faithfully translated out of the Latin into the English tongue,

By J. F. M.D.

London, Printed by Richard Cotes, for Thomas Williams, at the Bible in Little-Britain, 1650.

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A TABLE OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK.

The Epistle to the Reader. The Preface.

A New Light of Alchymie. Page 1. The First Treatise: Of Nature, what she is, and what her Searchers ought to be. 1. The Second Treatise: Of the operation of Nature according to our intention in Sperm. 5. The Third Treatise: Of the true first matter of Metalls. 9. The Fourth Treatise: How Metalls are generated in the bowells of the Earth. 11. The Fifth Treatise: Of the generation of all kinds of Stones. 14. The Sixth Treatise: Of the second Matter, and putrefaction of things. 17. The Seventh Treatise: Of the vertue of the second Matter. 22. The Eighth Treatise: How by Art Nature works in Seed. 24. The Ninth Treatise: Of the commixtion of Metalls, or the drawing forth their Seed. 26. The Tenth Treatise: Of the supernaturall generation of the Son of the Sun. 28. The Eleventh Treatise: Of the Praxis, and making of the Stone, or Tincture by Art. 30. The Twelfth Treatise: Of the Stone, and its vertue. 36. The Epilogue, or Conclusion of these Twelve Treatises. 39. A Preface to the Philosophicall Ænigma, or Ridle. 47. The Parable, or Philosophicall Ridle, added by way of conclusion, and superaddition. 51. A Dialogue between Mercury, the Alchymist, and Nature. 59. A Treatise of Sulphur. 75. The Preface. 75. Of Sulphur, the Second Principle. 81. Of the Element of Earth. 83. Of the Element of Water. 85. Of the Element of Aire. 95. Of the Element of Fire. 99. Of the three Principles of all things. 111. Of Sulphur. 126. The Conclusion. 143.