will, who forbad him to obey any, but such as knew her, wherefore shee put him into prison, and commanded that his feet should be bound, and set Keepers over him, that without their knowledg, and pleasure hee should goe no whither. _Alch._ O wretch! for this reason hee could not come to mee: truly his Mother doth him great wrong: and when shall hee bee let out of those prisons? _Vox_, O friend! The Sulphur of Philosophers cannot goe forth hence but in a long time, and with a great deale of labour. _Alch._ Sir! And who be his Keepers that keep him? _Vox_, Friend! His Keepers are of the same stocke, but Tyrants. _Alch._ And who art thou, and how art thou called? _Vox_, I am Judge, and Governour of the prisons, and my name is _Saturne_. _Alch._ Then Sulphur is kept in thy prisons. _Vox_, Sulphur indeed is kept in my prisons, but hee hath other Keepers. _Alch._ And what doth hee doe in the prisons? _Vox_, He doth whatsoever his Keepers will have him. _Alch._ And what can hee doe? _Vox_, Hee is the maker of a thousand things, and is the heart of all things; hee knows how to make Metalls better, and corrects Mineralls, teacheth Animalls understanding, knowes how to make all kind of Flowers in Hearbs, and Trees, and is chief over them, corrupts the Aire, which hee amends again: hee is the Maker of all Odours, and Painter of all Colours. _Alch._ Out of what matter doth hee make Flowers? _Vox_, His Keepers afford matter, and vessells, but Sulphur digests the matter, and according to the variety of his digestion, and weight, various Flowers, and Odours are produced. _Alch._ Is hee old? _Vox_, Friend, Know that Sulphur is the vertue of all things, and is the second by birth, but yet older then all things, stronger, and more worthy, yet an obedient child. _Alch._ Sir, How is hee known? _Vox_, Divers wayes, but best by the State of the Vitalls in Animalls, by the colour in Metalls, by the odour in Vegetables: without him his Mother works nothing. _Alch._ Is hee the sole heir, or hath hee brethren? _Vox_, His Mother hath but only one son like him, his other brethren are associated with evil things, hee hath a sister which he loves, and is againe beloved by her, for shee is as it were a Mother to him. _Alch._ Sir, is hee every where uniform? _Vox_, According to his Nature, but hee is changed in the prisons; yet his heart is alwaies pure, but his garments are stained. _Alch._ Sir, Was hee ever at liberty? _Vox_, Yea, especially in those times when there were such wise men, betwixt whom, and his Mother there was great familiarity, and friendship. _Alch._ And who were they? _Vox_, There were very many: There was _Hermes_, who was as it were one with his Mother: After him were many Kings, and Princes, as also many other wise men, in ages since, as _Aristotle_, _Avicen_, &c. who set him at liberty: These knew how to unloose his bonds. _Alch._ Sir, What did hee give them for setting of him at liberty? _Vox_, Hee gave them three