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
The Chymicall Dictionary was re-alphabetized in order to make it easier
to use. Also in the Chymicall Dictionary, in the original book, there
were no drop-caps for “W” and “Y”.
Typos which could be identified have been fixed, details follow. The
word or words in the square brackets are the correction which appears
in this book.
Title Page.
_i.e._ Anagram matically[Anagrammatically],
_The Epistle to the Reader._
search the Sciptures[Scriptures] is most necessary, so
The Twelve Treatises of _A New Light of Alchymie_.
P. 12 have declared in the foregoingt reatises[foregoing treatises])
P. 19 of Philosphers[Philosophers]) yet they are not bee hearkned to,
P. 23-4 when it is all consumed consumed[2x] the body dies;
P. 24 because wee are in this place to treat of the verte [vertue]
P. 36-7 let him read the voluminous writings of ancicient[ancient]
_A Treatise of Sulphur._
P. 91 and spirituall influencies[influences], which cannot give
P. 106 or lesse hot, dry or moist; and acccording[according] to the
P. 109 one exceeds the other, and because then putrection[putrefaction]
P. 110 immortall, especially in the the[2x] Minerall Kingdome
P. 124 Indeed prrticulars[particulars] may easily bee made, if you have
P. 128 of it, sometimes by itselfe, and somemes[sometimes]
P. 131 many: There was _Hermes_, who was at[as] it were one
P. 142 come Mercury, and Mercury bee made Suphur[Sulphur],
P. 144 in the third Princple[Principle] of Salt, seeing here wee
P. 145 is not Minerall. The vettue[vertue] of the Animall Sulphur
_Of the Nature of Things._
P. 8 Sidenote: Monsters come fom[from] the Devill.
P. 14 and are ripned[ripened] through heat, and moisture,
“Ripned” was an accepted spelling when this book was originally
written, however it appeared to me that there was some
ambiguity between the root word being “rip” or “ripe”.
P. 15 distillation of the un[Sun], which drawes up those humidities
P. 21 new aud[and] fresh fountaine-water, may be turned into
P. 22 preserrved[preserved] from harme. The chiefest Enemies of
P. 25 not suffer the Watres[Waters] to be united, so on the contrary,
P. 26 putrefacton[putrefaction], and wormes. For this Oyle doth so
P. 28 but put, or falnin[faln] into it, all the Honey is turned
P. 29 Sidenote: What nse[use] the Aire is for as
P. 32 Sidenote: The life of Excremeuts[Excrements]
P. 38 Calcinaion[Calcination] with _Aqua fortis_, is that the Metall
P. 40 until they begin to be green, which indeed wil quickty[quickly]
P. 42 or Peacocks taile. All those cololours[colours] shew
P. 46 The Mortification of Gold that it may he[be] brought
P. 46 snfficiently[sufficiently] treated of such Arcana in other
P. 48 Granuti, Zunitter (_see Transcriber’s Note_), Unismut, and of
“Zwitter” was probably intended rather than “Zunitter”, as “Zwitter”
appears in other translations of this work. The meaning of either
word is obscure or unknown to this transcriber.
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