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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05040	A reuelation of the secret spirit Declaring the most concealed secret of alchymie. Written first in Latine by an vnknowne author, but explained in Italian, by Iohn Baptista Lambye, Venetian. Lately translated into English, by R.N.E. gentleman.; Apocalypsis spiritus secreti. English. 1623	Agnello, Giovan Battista.; Napier, Robert.	1623 (1623)	STC 15184; ESTC S121240	33,169	93

and seene with mine owne eyes For this earth excelleth all other earths of Alchymists neither any doth hold in it selfe naturally the hid gold but this alone And therefore the medicine which is made by this is called one and sole c. And so an end is giuen vnto the second part of the apparition of the secret Spirit in foure corporall formes The sixt Chapter In which shall be declared the fifth apparition of the secret Spirit in a glorified body FOlloweth yet in the same Author and he saith And this water fixeth all spirits and maketh them enter for this water hath her superiour and spirituall strength that is not fixed and hath her inferiour and corporall fixed and yet is not fixed but hath power to fix And this is it that the Philosopher saith That which is aboue is like to that which is beneath for the working of the miracles of one thing that is it behooueth that this fifth essence that is the spirit haue or retaine her spirituall power and haue all the corporall power of the foure elements if miracles should be done thereby because if it haue such power many miracles are done vpon the worke of Alchymie Also the Philosopher saith it ascendeth from the earth vnto heauen that is these foure elements haue ascended from the earth vnto heauen that is to say in the spirit of the stone There after saith the Philosopher And againe it hath descended into earth that is to say these foure elements haue ascended into heauen and againe descended into earth So that they be fixed in vertue of the spirit of the fift essence and remaine one Crystalline stone and it shall be Elixir retaining perfectly Mercury or the fugitiue slaue And so is manifest the fift apparition of the secret Spirit vnder the forme of a Crystalline and glorious body But here is to be noted that this Philosopher sheweth not the manner particularly how this coniunction of the spirit with the body ought to be done but onely metaphorically saith they haue ascended into heauen and againe descended into earth so that they be fixed c. Wherefore if I would produce the manner written by diuers Philosophers I should be too tedious It sufficeth vnto me onely to say that Raymund in the threescore and second chapter of his Codicill doth declare at large and endeth in the threescore and fourth chapter of the said place And in his repertory sheweth very well and cleerely And here is verified the speech of Hermes who saith The earth is the mother of all the elements and out of the earth they proceed and to the earth they are reduced And Raymund in the third chapter of the theoricke of his Testament saith And by this thy consideration may be cleared that in the end euery thing shall goe to his owne proper place from whence it first came c. And here endeth the third and last part of the secret Spirit where he saith In the fifth and last essence it appeareth in a glorified body And it is the desired end and true intention of the Philosopher when he saith But there is one thing which remoueth all corruptions Now this authour as I haue aboue said sheweth not the manner of the coniunction of the elements but vnder figures and the like doth the Author of the secret spirit but vnder other figures and another manner of speech according to the letter but as for the sense it is the same And therefore to giue matter to the diligent to study and to accord one Philosopher with another I thinke good to set downe here the metaphors of the said secret Spirit the which are these following Which remaineth firie in the water and carrieth with it the earth in the aire c. There after he saith containing fire burning in water and earth clarified in aire c. After The glorified spirit cannot appeare but in a body agreeing to his kinde c. Furthermore Let not any man thinke that the spirits are diuers but howsoeuer it is called it is one and the selfe same spirit who worketh all in all This is the spirit which in ascending the cleerenesse of the heauen hath ouershined and in descending the purity of the earth hath incorporated c. Albeit there be some others yet they are not for this purpose therefore they shall not be set downe otherwise I say then if you interpret well these sentences with the others aboue alledged in the mastrie of the separation and coniunction of the elements you shall finde them meet together and agree very well Moreouer it is to be noted that the foresaid author of the separation of the elements maketh distinction of the aforesaid Elixir for to congeale Mercury from the other for medicine to mans body which the Author of the secret spirit doth not Also he saith that it is a medicine fitted not onely for both but also hath many other vertues as in him you may see and the like many other Philosophers doe affirme Neuerthelesse for to satisfie euery man as also because there are many very fine sentences very necessary appertaining to the foresaid Elixir to congeale Mercury yet another manner shall be shewed for the health of man as this Philosopher would the which is this that followeth The seuenth Chapter Wherein is shewed the manner to make the Elixir or medicine to conserue the life of man BVt if thou wilt make the water of life to conserue the life of man and to cure all diseases proceed thus Make a burning water very well rectified But make not of it mans bloud for if it were humane bloud it would lose his force attractiue of the vertues of herbes by reason of his too much vnctuousnesse and would defile all the taste and so would bee vnfit to be receiued by mans nature Also make not of it the firie water because then it would be of so great force and sharpnesse that it would destroy all by burning and so it should bee dangerous to be taken and receiued But because the perfection of euery stone consisteth in the vertue of his earth because it is called the nurse or leauen vnto it witnessing the Philosopher and consenting who saith The nurse of it is the earth without the which leauen the spirit of the stone can no waies be retained or detained perfectly or possesse the accomplishment of his vertue Therefore giue vnto this water the vertue of her earth and then it shall obtaine compleatly and intirely its owne vertue And this is it which the Philosopher saith His vertue is whole if it be turned into earth and then it is called the water of life but if you distill it from that earth it shall be the water of life rectified and perfited Know therefore that in this stone the earth is small and of great vertue And care you not if there be little of the earth because as a little leauen leaueneth the greatest quantity of the paste so this little of earth which this

stone containeth sufficeth to fulfill the nourishment of the whole stone Therefore seeke not a strange earth as some doe who take the tartar of wine and say that it is the earth of the stone some the dreggs of wine calcined others the ashes of the vine and these doe erre so the blinde leadeth the blinde and both fall in the pit beleeuing to make the water of life and make the water of death Because the earth must not be strange witnessing the Philosopher Geber saying one stone and one medicine to which no strange thing is added but all superfluities remoued So it is in this water of life No strange thing is added but all superfluous things are remoued Therefore this is the blessed stone rectified Or the foresaid water if it bee thrise sublimed through his dreggs that when a drop thereof is put into a spoone and kindled with a candle it is all burned so that nothing remaine in the spoone and then it is rightly rectified and this may be perceiued in the preperation thereof for this end that it may bee profitable to cure diseases and to conserue the life of man And because the earth is necessary before that the rectified water should be distilled from it then it is necessary that the oile be drawne out and separated from the earth Know that the foresaid earth is all burned and stinketh as burnt things And vnlesse the foresaid earth be washed with the water of the Phlegme so that it lose altogether his stinke the rectified water would retaine something of the stinke which must passe through the earth and be distilled from it And therefore before you make the water of life now rectified passe through the earth first wash the earth well with the water of the Phlegme so that it lose well the stinke of his burning Which done from the said earth that is to say through the said earth make the water of life rectified passe And this you shall doe at least seuen times and then shall you haue the water of life medicinal as I haue abouesaid And note that scarse can you haue a pint of the foresaid water of life well rectified out of thirty pints of wine Let it passe through his earth many times and it will be more effectuall and his vertue will be multiplied and increased because the oftner it is distilled through his earth so much the more effectuall and powerfull shall bee the said water Item Note that in the said water are dissolued the leaues of most thin gold and so of gold is made aqua potabilis and it is wonderfull to conserue the life of man and to take away all diseases And which is more it maketh old men yong againe Therefore regard warily the foresaid water The water of life aboue written is sometime made to bee Elixir or Medicine to congeale Mercury Sometime a part to be medicine for to conserue mans life the vertues which are communicated to euery one we will briefly set downe in this Chapter Know therefore that the water of life which is made to be Elixir to congeale Mercury not only congealeth Mercury but also blancheth Venus and dissolueth Spirits and calcineth bodies c. But where it is made to be medicine for the conseruing the life of man you haue his vertues and praises in other bookes For it breaketh the impostumes and cureth wounds from rottennesse c. The simple water of life is drawne out of wine and is called the soule of wine whose glory inestimable is the Mother and Lady of all simple Medicines and Compound whose effects are wonderfull and especially against all causes and passions of mans body There are many waies to rectifie it but in the aboue written Chapter I haue put the best inuentions When the foresaid water of life is distilled at least foure times there is no meanes to distill it from its earth as I haue set downe in the chapter aboue written But it sufficeth that it be distilled as commonly it vseth to be distilled that the health of mans body may be conserued and lost health restored This water is so strong and of so great vertue and of the greatest naturall heat that by it selfe and without commixion it cannot bee drunken without hurt Item If the eyes be weakned through a web or for want of spirit let there be put in wine the leaues of eye-bright Rue and Veruene of each one handfull of Celandine a little and all being bruised amongst the hands let them be put in wine and stand there ouer night and thereafter the forefaid water of life be distilled Item If the herbe Baulme-mint be put in wine and afterward the water be distilled then one spoonful be taken with a fasting stomacke it maketh a man well remembring things passed and retaining things heard Item If Sage and Mint be put in wine and thereafter the water of life bee distilled the water drunke killeth wonderfully all kind of wormes Item The water of life made with Terpentine careth the quartane Ague if it be taken before the sit and muske water also with it Item Note that whatsoeuer odoriferous Powders or whatsoeuer greene or dry herbes shall be distilled in the foresaid water it shall retaine the smell and shall bee powerfull and smelling according to their qualitie And the vser of such water shall feele the power and vertue of these spices and if guests chance to come wine being mixed with the foresaid water incontinent shall retaine the taste and smel of the Spices and herbs put into it and so it shall appeare to be Cloue wine or Sage wine c. And so euery discreet wise and vnderstanding man may seeke out the vertues of the water And note that al which are written to wit medicines you vnderstand of the water of life which is called the burning water is the greatest subtilty of wine or spirit to the soule And the second water which is extracted or sublimed from wine by the same manner is the Element of aire and burneth not but some call it the water of Phlegme because it is of a cold nature wherefore I will describe some things after this sort If you will make haires yellow make ashes of Iuy wood and make a Lee of the foresaid second water Thereafter often wash thy head with the foresaid Lee and know that in two moneths the effect followeth and it will kill all kind of wormes that is in the haires Item The washing cleanseth the face for if the face be washt therewith the rose gut or sauce Phlegme is taken away And if oile be made of the inward kernels of pine Apples mixed with the foresaid water it shall heale and cure it quickly chiefly if the said oile be applied in hot milke and that this be done with the fat swimming aboue The eight Chapter Where are handled the diuers workers in this Science SEeing that hitherto by the grace of the Lord God an end is put vnto the Exposition of the secret

and Veines and if any member bee fading it reduceth it to his due measure and if a young man before the state of age hath an eye burst if one drop bee put therein euery day and that he be quiet for a month without doubt his sight shall bee restored And if any thing be putrified in any member or superfluous it dissolueth it speedily and separateth it And if it find it diminished it restoreth it c. But in the fourth Essence it appeareth in a fiery body not fully cured from all diseases containing water and not fully dried in the which it produceth many vertues The old it maketh young and if in the houre of the hickocke of death there be giuen of this fire so much as the weight of one graine of wheat tempered with Wine so that it goe downe the throat it reuiueth and entreth and warmeth and pierceth euen to the heart and suddenly annihilateth all superfluous humours and expelleth poison and viuifieth the nature of heat vnto the Liuer And if old folke vse this fire in a moderate quantity and ioyne thereto the water of gold it remoueth the infirmity of age So that they may enioy young hearts and bodies and for this it is called the Elixir of life In the fifth and last Essence it appeareth in a body equally glorified wanting all faults shining like the Sunne and Moone In which it hath all the foresaid vertues and properties which it possesseth in other essences both fairer and more wonderfull For his natural workes are esteemed the miracles of GOD because if it bee put to the roots the bodies of trees long dead and dried are made liuing flourishing and fruitfull and if the lights of a Lampe bee mixt with the selfe Spirit they are not extinguished but are burning eternally without diminishing And it maketh the pretious stones of Crystall most costly with diuers colours they that are of the Mine shall neuer bee better and it doth many other things which are not lawfull to bee reuealed vnto the vniust which are esteemed vnpossible vnto man because it cureth all bodies both dead and quicke without any other medicine By Christ Iesus witnesse I doe not lie in any thing because the influences of all heauenly bodies which in all and euery thing are infused are found in it In this Essence it sheweth the treasures drowned in the Sea and hid in the earth and it maketh all the bodies of metals most pure gold and siluer and nothing like to it is contained vnder the Heauen This Spirit is the mystery which was hid from ages reuealed to some Saints to whom it pleased God to make knowne the riches of glory which remaineth fiery in water and carrieth with it earth in the aire and out of his belly floweth flouds of liuing water and life This Spirit flies through the midst of the Heauen as a morning cloud containing burning fire in water and earth clarified in aire It expelleth the malice of Saturne and Mars ioyning Iupiter with the Moone and Mercury and in the light of the Sunne giuing vnto his sister Venus hony of the rock and liueth with her for euer And albeit these works appeare erronious and false vnto the Readers yet to the skilfull and those that proue them actually they are true and possible if the figuratiue speech be faithfully vnderstood and therefore vnlesse thou vnderstand sufficiently do not intrude thy selfe any waies into this Spirit because God is maruellous in his works and there is no number of his wisdome This Spirit in a fiery nature is called Sandaracha in airy Alkebrit in watry Azoch in earthly Aliochaph by which meanes they who seeke him are deceiued thinking the Spirit of life to bee in such things which to our knowledge bee of no value And albeit this Spirit whom wee seeke by reason of his property is called by these names yet in these bodies hee is not nor cannot be for the glorified Spirit cannot appeare but in a bodie agreeing to his kinde albeit he is named by these and many other names Neither should any man thinke that there be diuers spirits but howsoeuer it is called it is one and the selfe same spirit that worketh all in all things This is the spirit whom in ascending the cleernesse of the Heauen hath ouershined and in descending the puritie of the earth hath incorporated and flying about the widenesse of the Sea hath receiued It is not of the lower Hierarchie where is Raphael called the Angell of God most subtill most precious and most pure vnto whom as vnto a King all the rest obey This spirituall substance is not celestiall nor infernall but a certaine airy body gloriously purified betwixt the highest and lowest placed in the midst spiritually animated wanting reason but fruitfully profiting aboue all things vnder the Heauens choised and adorned This diuine worke is made too profound that the foole may not vnderstand it because it is the last of the secrets of nature This is the Spirit of the truth of the Lord who hath replenished the Globe of the earth and in the beginning was carried vpon the waters whom the world cannot conceiue but by the grace of inspiration or the teaching by those that know it and whom the whole world hath desired for his vertues that appeare inestimable For it entreth the Planets chaseth away the Clouds giueth cleernesse to euery one and conuerteth all vnto Sunne and Moone it giueth all health and abundance of treasure it cleanseth the leprosie cleareth the sight comforteth the sad healeth the sicke rendreth hid treasures and generally cureth all diseased By this Spirit the Philosophers haue found out the seuen Sciences and had abundance of riches By this Moses made the Vessels of pure gold in the temple and King Solomon many and pretious ornaments to the worshipping of God And many others haue made wonderfull and great workes Noe built the Arke Moses the Tabernacle Solomon the Temple Esdras recouered the Law Mary the sister of Moses kept hospitality Abraham Isaac Iacob and other godly personages obtained length of daies with abundance of riches flourished the godly knowing it glorified God Therefore the obtaining thereof is better than the trafficke of gold or siluer because it is more pretious than any workes and all things that are desired in this age cannot be compared vnto it because it is proued and found perfect and infallible For in it only consisteth the truth wherefore it is called the stone or spirit of truth in his workes there is no vanity whose praises I cannot expresse because I am not sufficient to tell his vertues For his goodnesse property and vertue is greater than the minde of man can conceiue or the tongue expresse by words because the properties of all things are hid in it and all that nature hath giuen to other things in it being true is truly found What shall I say more there is not was or euer shall be any who shall search nature