Magnalia naturae: or, the philosophers-stone lately expos'd to publick sight and sale; being a true and exact account of the manner how Wenceslaus Seilerus the late famous projection-maker, at the Emperours court, at Vienna, came by, and made away with a very great quantity of pouder of projection, by projecting with it before the Emperor ... / By John Joachim Becher ... [by] Wenceslaus Seilerus ... Published at the request ... especially of Mr. Boyl [sic].

  • Johann Joachim Becher
Date:
1680
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Credit: Magnalia naturae: or, the philosophers-stone lately expos'd to publick sight and sale; being a true and exact account of the manner how Wenceslaus Seilerus the late famous projection-maker, at the Emperours court, at Vienna, came by, and made away with a very great quantity of pouder of projection, by projecting with it before the Emperor ... / By John Joachim Becher ... [by] Wenceslaus Seilerus ... Published at the request ... especially of Mr. Boyl [sic]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [.■;] means of his Agent there : And to accommodate him for his Journey,he gave him a Bill of Excnange for 1000 Du¬ cats, and withal provided an Italian, bis Chamberlain, to bear him Company on his way. But you ffluft know Fr. FVenceflaus had fent away his Comrade Fr, Francis (who privately had made an Efcape) to Vienna with the Tinfhire cnjoyning him to get him a private Loding there, to abfcdnd himfetf for a while, till he could commodioufly contrive his Journey to Rome. Soon after the Italian Chamberlain and he began their Journey, and when they were about half a Daies Journey from Vienna,xhe Chamberlain on a fuddain pick’d a Quar¬ rel with him, and holding a Piftol to his Breaft, threat- ned to kill him,unlefs he would deliver him the Tin&ure, F. V Fence (law; being thus unexpectedly aflaulted , was much abafhed,and calling God to Witnefs, protefted,That the Tiniture was not, for the prefent, in his hands, but that he had fent it before by his Companion F. Francis to Vienna whom the faid Chamberlain had himfelf feen to undertake that Journey a few daies before. The Chamberlain was the rather induced to believe his affeveration, becaufe upon Search both of him and his Portmantle , he found nothing, at all of the TinCture therein. Hereupon, They came to Terms between them, F .VFenceflam was to give the Chamberlain 100 Ducats, and an Amnefiy to be for their fuddain falling out, and fo they agreed and bid one another. Farewell. The Chamberlain, being a Covetous Italian, was glad of the Money, and FyVencefiaus was glad to be rid of him. Having efcaped fuch an hazard, and being now likely to attain Vienna, where he arrived in the Evening of the fame day, and told his Companion F. Francis what had hapned to him in every Circumstance, upon the way. Fie being a fubtle man, did eafily perceive by his Relation , what was the Myitery of his defigned Journey to Rome, and