Of vitriol of sol and of lune.

In the first place you must have our water of the cold earth salt and of the eagle wherewith gold
and silver or made spiritual and coagulated into crystals or a metalline vitriol out of which is
distilled with spirit of wine after its proper manner and oil of sulfur to be used after the manner
of metal.
Of vitriol of Saturn and of Jupiter.
Calcine Saturn or Jupiter extract its anima with distilled vinegar let it putrefy fourteen days, let
the vitriol shoot. This must be driven over with spirit of wine, it afford a sweet oil and it is the
sulfur of Saturn and Jupiter. This oil coagulates mercury and being first precipitated with oil of
vitriol it fixes it.
Of vitriol of mars.
Take the filings of mars and sulfur equal parts calcine them in a brick-kill to a purple color, pour
on it distilled water or vinegar it extracts a green color abstract two parts of that water let it
shoot: this you have noble vitriol distill from it a red oil take an ounce of it add to it mercurial
water in which is dissolved sol, fix this tincture, lead, silver and tin are transmuted thereby into
pure gold.
Return thanks to God the creator of minerals, metals, and all other creatures!
Of vitriol of venus.
I have taught you already to extract the transparent vitriol out of venus and to distill its red oil.
This oil dissolves mars into vitriol and being once more distilled per retortam forcibly than you
have an excellent tinging oil or salt of mars. This is the kings excise man which brings in his
rents and enriches him. This oil dissolves the spiritual purple gold and draws it over the helmet.
Now you have fermented the solar sulfur with its own sulfur which philosophers before me have
not done, but fermented calcined gold or the calx of gold in mercurius duplicates and attained
unto the end they wished for as well as I. but according as men do work so is the operation of
their tincture transmuting more or less according to the efficacy of the tincture.
Out of the oil of this martial salt is mercury of antimony precipitated and added to the sweet oil
of vitriol is fixed this medicine next unto the philosophers stone is the best and highest universal
upon mans body and tinges lune, Saturn and Jupiter into good sol, holding in the examen very
well.
There is made also a mass out of the honey, salt and vinegar and lamins of venus which are
stratified and calcined. This clacinate of its own accord turns to a verdigris which must be
extracted, crystallized and distilled to a red oil which is used as you heard above.
Of vitriol of mercury.
Vitriol of mercury is easily made with aquafort made of sulfur and alum being dissolved therein:
crystals do shoot like unto vitriol these being washed distill them into a sweet oil with spirit of
wine first certified with salt of tartar, this is an excellent medicine against many diseases.
This oil is joined also with martial tinctures. For many is the bond of other metals and may be
well used particulariter. Ther chiefest color of mercury is red that is after it is precipitated as you
find in my other writings.
Of common vitriol.
Take good Hungarian vitriol dissolve it in distilled water coagulate it let it shoot into crystlas
iterate it five times then is it well purged and the salts, alums, and niter are separated from it.
Distill this purged vitriol with spirit of wine unto a red oil ferment with spiritual sol, add to it a
due dose of quick mercury of antimony, coagulate and fix then you have a tincture for men and it
tinges lune also into sol.
Vitriol is calcined also to a red color in a close vessel on which pour distilled vinegar and set it in
putrefaction for three months there is found in a strong distillation a quick mercury which you
are to keep safe. Wonders may be effected therewith in particulars and universals.
Take three parts of this mercury and one parts of sol join these which being fixed affords a solar
augmentum. Make you supplies with its mercury.
This calcined red vitriol is sublimed also with salt ammoniac this sublimate is dissolved into an
oil. This oil fixes cinnabar whereof may be had lune and sol.
There is made a fixed water also salt ammoniac and alum being added thereunto. This water
being poured upon sulfur of Saturn which before was precipitated into a red powder imbibe and
coagulate and let an ingress be made with sol, then you have a tincture, whereby crude antimony
is transmuted into good lune, which may be transmuted into sol.
Lastly I tell thee if you extract the salt out of vitriol and rectify it well then you have a work
which is short and tinges lune into sol this metalline salt coagulates vulgar mercury and being
transmuted into lune it may be graduated higher by antimony.
Thus you have my operation and experiments which may be very profitable unto you. Make a
good Christian use of it help of poor cure the diseased then God will bless you. Amen.
Sulfur is Vitriol.
Antimony is Mercury.
Of vulgar Magnet.
Magnet contain that which common mars hath. Common iron may easily be wrought, I need not
to make many words of it. Magnet hath an attractive quality to draw iron.
There is made an oil of magnet and mars which is very effectual in deep wounds.
With magnet and antimony is made lune fix, which with the oil of mars and venus is graduated
and made gold: it may be performed also with antimony and mars.
An exact work, how mercury vive is coagulated and brought unto a lunar fixation which
lune holds sol also in the trials.
Take of mercury vive two ounces of pulverized common sulfur six ounces, grind these in a
wooden dish with a wooden pestle, set it on a coal-fire in a melting pot stirring it about
continually, let all the sulfur evaporate, then take for the mercury grind an equal quantity or
sulfur with it proceed with its heating as formerly: iterate this work five times; then sublime this
mercury per gradus ignis; take out this sublimate break it in pieces of the bigness of a small nunt,
or bean, imbibe them in the white of eggs, then take a cementing pot put ashes into it, in the
midst of it set an iron box, stratify into it this sublimate with refined silver, fill up the box then
lute an iron lid to it, put ashes on the lid, lute an earthen lid upon that, set this pot into a sand
cupel, let your first fire be gentle for twelve hours then increase your fire for twelve hours more,
at last make a forcible fire for twenty four hours, then break open the pot, you will find a black
gray matter, carry it on lead, of four ounces you will get three ounces of fix silver: separate this
fine silver in aquafort, you will find a good deal of black gold calx, reserve the silver calx apart,
you may stratify with it another time. Thus far I went in my experience.