Theatrum chemicum britannicum : containing severall poeticall pieces of our famous English philosophers, who have written the hermetique mysteries in their owne ancient language (1652)
Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692 · London : Printed by J. Grismond for Nath: Brooke, at the angel in Cornhill · leaf 386
thacmuft be done:Ingendering him of Water, Ayr and Windc,The Red on Sun the White on Moonc, .Molten looke thow caft full foonc ;And Multiply in them their Tin&ure,And then take of the powder with a fpoonc,And ftraine it on Mercury hott and pure %And a marvelous Battell thow flbalt fc… … He World is in a Maze, and wot you why?Forfooth of late a great rich Man did dye 5And as he lay a dying in his Bed,Thefe words in fecret to his Son he faid»My Son quoth he, tis good for thee I dye, For thou fhalt much the better be thereby 5 And when thou feeft that lyfe hath me bereft, Take what…
Alchemy
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