A New Light of Alchymie: Taken out of the Fountaine of Nature, and Manuall Experience. Etc.Sedziwój, Michal
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A New Light of Alchymie: Taken out of the Fountaine of Nature, and Manuall Experience. Etc.
Sedziwój, Michal
Alchemy -- Early works to 1800; Sulfur
_Silo_ is earth.
_Similitudines_ are called celestiall appearances.
_Simus_ is Gilla.
_Sinonia_ is white glew of the joints.
_Sirones_ are pustles or wheals, in the hands especially.
_Sirza_ is _eschara_.
_Sol in homine_ is the invisible fire flowing from the celestiall Sun,
preserving and nourishing that naturall fire in man.
_Soladini_ are corporeall spirits dwelling in the invisible fire.
_Somnia_ are operations which are made in man by the stars when hee is
sleeping.
_Sonath_ is _Anthos_.
_Sophia herba_ is the best kind of bone-wort.
_Sophistæ_ are sometimes taken for Masters of any art, or the wisest in
any art; or sometimes for sophisters, _i.e._ Deceivers, or Mountebankes.
_Sortilegium_, is a presage by spirits.
_Spagiria_ is commonly taken for Alchymie.
_Spagirus_, or _spagiricus_ is he which knows to distinguish betwixt
good, and bad, to separate pure from impure, or a Chymist, or Alchymist.
_Spara_ is the Minerall vertue out of the first being of metalls.
_Sperma aquæ fortis_ is its feculency.
_Sperniolum_ is a mucilaginous liquor of frogs.
_Spiritus Animalis_ is a power of the soul whereby it becomes like to
the heavens.
_Stannar_ is called the mother of metalls, an occult fume out of which
Elements are generated.
_Staraphaxat_ is a restringing or repercussive vertue.
_Stellio adustus_ is Cinnabar.
_Stibium_ is Antimony.
_Stiptica_ are drying medicines.
_Struma_ is _Butium_.
_Sublimatio_ is when any dry matter is forced upward by the heat of
fire.
_Succubus_ is a nocturnall spirit, whereby men are deceived, thinking
they are coupling with women.
_Sulphur vitriolatum_ is sulphur extracted out of vitriall by common
water swiming on the top of it.
_Sulphur rerum_ is many times taken for their quintessence.
_Supermonicum_ is Ænigmaticall.
_Sylo_ is the whole world.
_Sylphes_ are Pigmies.
_Sylvestres_, or _sylvani_ are aiery men, and aiery spirits, sometimes
they are taken for woodmen that are strong giganticall men.
_Syphita prava_ is a disease called _S. Vitus_ his dance.
_Syphita stricta_ is a phantastick spirit of them that walke in their
sleep.
T.
_Talk_, or _Talcum_ is a clear shining matter, like to pearls in
colour, compacted with thinne leaves or flakes, whereof there bee foure
kinds, _viz._ white, yellow, red, and blacke.
_Tassus_ is a worme.
_Tartarum_ is a hard saltish dregs that sticks to the sides of Wine
vessels; also it is often taken for stones or gravell in mens bodies.
_Telon_ is as it were a dart of fire.
_Temperatum_ is that which exceeds not in any quality.
_Tenacitas glutinis_ is minerall refine.
_Tereniabin_ is the fatnesse of manna, or wood-hony, which is found in
good quantity in the moneths of _Iune_, _Iuly_, _August_.
_Terra argenti_ is Litharge of silver.
_Terra auri_ is Litharge of Gold.
_Terra fidelis_ is silver.
_Terra Hispanica_ is Vitriall.
_Terrelati_ are corporeall spirits living in the earth.
_Testa_ is the skin of mans body.
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