Fasciculus chemicus: or chymical collections. Expressing the ingress, progress, and egress, of the secret hermetick science out of the choisest and most famous authors. Whereunto is added, the Arcanum or grand secret of hermetick philosophy / [by Jean d'Espagnet] Both made English by James Hasolle, Esquire [pseud.], qui est Mercuriophylus Anglicus [i.e. Elias Ashmole].

  • Arthur Dee
Date:
1650
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Credit: Fasciculus chemicus: or chymical collections. Expressing the ingress, progress, and egress, of the secret hermetick science out of the choisest and most famous authors. Whereunto is added, the Arcanum or grand secret of hermetick philosophy / [by Jean d'Espagnet] Both made English by James Hasolle, Esquire [pseud.], qui est Mercuriophylus Anglicus [i.e. Elias Ashmole]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Philofophers Mercury is contai- ned,is that whjch nature hatha lit- tle wrought and framed in a Me- tallick form, but yet left imperfect. Rof. Philof. pag.231- | ripleus. I faw ared Toad drinking the juyee of Grapes even till his Bow- els were burft. Riples Somnium. ) yogt. ~ Art following Nature will not — ufe Argent vive alone,nor Sulphur — alone, nor Argent vive and Sul- \ phur together; but the fame Mat- ter mixt and compounded of the — fame Principles, which Nature — hath prepared for Art, like acare- | full Mother for herDaughter.And ]} hath conjoyned them from the be~ | ginning of the generation of Me- — tals not otherwife, as in Milk,But- | ter, Cheefejand Whay.But after- Ji wards Art feparates and fequefters | it, and again joyns and digefts it, being purified by the addition of. ft outward heat only : Nature opera- ting from within, untill that out- | bi | ward §