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An Hermetic Work.
always extracted and drawn forth , ancl happens upon this account , for although in the said white Sand there may be no corporal Gold at all , yet hy the aforesaid proofs , some is extracted , though truly not much , nor more than the Silver was which the Lead contained , which ivas used in the said trials . Note therefore that the said Silver in the melting drew the said spiritual Gold out of the said Flints , Stones , or Sand ; so that thereby it became tinged and transmuted into corporal Gold : the ivhich was very apparent hereby , for that no more gold Avas found than the quantity of Silver contained within the said Lead : and as it Avas in the other parcel of common Lead , used in that Trial ; for if more corporal Gold had been in the Sand or Lead , it must necessarily have exceeded the quantity of Silver in the said Lead , for the Silver contained in the said Lead mixt
/ A 5 BAREMEN \ /&* ,, » . < % . / 4 MVETHISAR . T \ / 8 ? mw $ m / SOE COMETH IT \ /& M | f \& WZEKRABEDTTO lJAg . wk ™\
\ GODixmEVER ^ mD i ) d ^^^ ^ i € ^ p £ f^^^^^ W^^^ \ MRT OFHKJu ^ IMTE / WESENCEILOFHI ^ / \ POWERIO VS HIS / xSaffiD ^^ CEJMte / x ^ OTl ^^^ r ^ i >^ 3 ETHnffl- X o j mat yiecer d ^ oimy - ^—
Cmnt ^ i fx ; iipfcrntodh % H mafitr in oftej / er and Carmihm ( ' twv Proulfices of lii fflvGermany ) hath mit / o one / onlif yraliw cfTuictiir & lmnsmiited
¦ force , vounAs ( fQiiukjiUi & r iakr - pure gollfixt iivoJl cffiaifw Styrcufes cut of which mas cafp this ffiece . of Gould
with the said Flints , could not fly away in the air , to leave room only for so much corporal Gold , ancl therefore the cause that the Silver remained not Silver ( as in the common Lead ivas ) , that it Avas transmuted and turned to Gold , by the Tincture , and spiritual Gold drawn out of the first ens of Sand , Stones , and Flints , and must be ascribed to the said first ens or spiritual Gold contained , in the said Sand , Stones or Flints . Now I have written this book onlfor the extraction of corporal Gold out of Sand
y , Stones , and Flints , etc ., but vre leave the spiritual Gold for the philosophers , that they may make their Stone out of it . Wherefore , N . B . Whoever seeks to draw Gold out of Land , Stones , and Flints , etc ., Let them choose such Stones , Land , etc ., out of which they may clraAv corporal gold , Avith good profit which the Womb of common , white Sand , and Pints cannot bear or bring forth .
The reason nevertheless , I AA'isht you to take white sand or flints , etc ., to make ^ PCrnnents and trials , Avas because every one might see , that in all kind of Sand , good T ° 'd is contained , though out of all it cannot be profitably extracted , by reason the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Hermetic Work.
always extracted and drawn forth , ancl happens upon this account , for although in the said white Sand there may be no corporal Gold at all , yet hy the aforesaid proofs , some is extracted , though truly not much , nor more than the Silver was which the Lead contained , which ivas used in the said trials . Note therefore that the said Silver in the melting drew the said spiritual Gold out of the said Flints , Stones , or Sand ; so that thereby it became tinged and transmuted into corporal Gold : the ivhich was very apparent hereby , for that no more gold Avas found than the quantity of Silver contained within the said Lead : and as it Avas in the other parcel of common Lead , used in that Trial ; for if more corporal Gold had been in the Sand or Lead , it must necessarily have exceeded the quantity of Silver in the said Lead , for the Silver contained in the said Lead mixt
/ A 5 BAREMEN \ /&* ,, » . < % . / 4 MVETHISAR . T \ / 8 ? mw $ m / SOE COMETH IT \ /& M | f \& WZEKRABEDTTO lJAg . wk ™\
\ GODixmEVER ^ mD i ) d ^^^ ^ i € ^ p £ f^^^^^ W^^^ \ MRT OFHKJu ^ IMTE / WESENCEILOFHI ^ / \ POWERIO VS HIS / xSaffiD ^^ CEJMte / x ^ OTl ^^^ r ^ i >^ 3 ETHnffl- X o j mat yiecer d ^ oimy - ^—
Cmnt ^ i fx ; iipfcrntodh % H mafitr in oftej / er and Carmihm ( ' twv Proulfices of lii fflvGermany ) hath mit / o one / onlif yraliw cfTuictiir & lmnsmiited
¦ force , vounAs ( fQiiukjiUi & r iakr - pure gollfixt iivoJl cffiaifw Styrcufes cut of which mas cafp this ffiece . of Gould
with the said Flints , could not fly away in the air , to leave room only for so much corporal Gold , ancl therefore the cause that the Silver remained not Silver ( as in the common Lead ivas ) , that it Avas transmuted and turned to Gold , by the Tincture , and spiritual Gold drawn out of the first ens of Sand , Stones , and Flints , and must be ascribed to the said first ens or spiritual Gold contained , in the said Sand , Stones or Flints . Now I have written this book onlfor the extraction of corporal Gold out of Sand
y , Stones , and Flints , etc ., but vre leave the spiritual Gold for the philosophers , that they may make their Stone out of it . Wherefore , N . B . Whoever seeks to draw Gold out of Land , Stones , and Flints , etc ., Let them choose such Stones , Land , etc ., out of which they may clraAv corporal gold , Avith good profit which the Womb of common , white Sand , and Pints cannot bear or bring forth .
The reason nevertheless , I AA'isht you to take white sand or flints , etc ., to make ^ PCrnnents and trials , Avas because every one might see , that in all kind of Sand , good T ° 'd is contained , though out of all it cannot be profitably extracted , by reason the