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

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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$46 Chymicall Collections. : Chapter, Amongft others our En- ie glifh Ripley bath delivered things } fofficiently obfcured , But the young- iis ling Artift ought to ruminate ana’ coufider that what ever are nomina-| ted inthe compofition of the Weight mist always be underftood of twa ho shines only, viz. of Water andy Earth, which are fometimes undery Spirit and Body, fometime winder Mtl Mercury, the Sua and Muon, [ome times under Air and Poifom, way un= NN der as many infinite other mazes ki concealed, as the very firff Matters i But that thofe that feck might be di-|Win rected into the right Path, and Ri-} pleys cloud difperft-with the beams), of the Sun, let ws attend the proportiay ons which he hath difpofed in thefey his own words Let the Bodies (/aith (i he) be correéted or limated with] an equall proportion of Mercury ae whence underftand thas the propor-§ th a tion of Earth and Water muft be ¥ iu equal, shen he proceeds further ard \{'n teaches.)$

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