_In the Name of the Lord_, Take a Red Quick-silver Ore which is like unto _Sinople_ (or _Vermilion_) and the best Gold Ore you can get; grind of each a like quantity both together, before they partake of any fire, poure an Oyl of _Mercury_, upon it made _per se_, of common, purified and sublimed Quicksilver, set it a month to digest, you have an Extract rather Celestial than Terrestrial; distil this Extract gently, as in _Balneum Mariae_, the Flegme ascends over, the Oyl remaining at bottom, being heavy, which in a moment receives all Metals into it poure thrice as much Spirit of Wine to it, circulate it in a Pellican, till it be as red as Bloud, and become so sweet that nothing may compare with it; decant the Spirit of Wine to a Liquidness, poure fresh Spirit of Wine upon it, this reiterate so often, till the Matter be exceeding sweet, and transparent red as a a Ruby, then put all together, poure that which ascended over upon white calcined _Tartar_, and distil it strongly in Ashes, the Spirit of Wine remains behind with the _Tartar_, but the Spirit of _Mercury_ ascends over. If this Spirit of _Mercury_ be mixt with the Spirit of _Sulphur_, together with its Salt, and so brought over jointly together, that they can never be separated, you have such a work which if it come over, and it get its ferment with Gold by solution according to a just measure and time appointed, and be brought to a perfect ripeness, unto the _Plusquam_ perfection, nothing may compare therewith, for prevention of Diseases, and poverty, and to a rich excessive recreation of the Body and Goods. This is the way to obtain the Spirit of _Mercury_, which I have revealed as far as it is permitted me to do, by the Supremest Emperour; the Manual Operations are found in the Work which I have revealed; you must wisely observe, that you may not endure a Bath in Hell for me, by my true admonition to thee, forasmuch as a true opening of the Door which leads to the Royal Palace, is performed but with one Key, which cures all Diseases, be it _Dropsie_, _Consumption_, _Gout_, _Stone_, _Falling Sickness_, _Apoplexy_, _Leprosie_, or howsoever called in general: This Medicine likewise cures all kinds of the _French Pox_, and all old Sores of long standing, be it _Wolf_, _Noli me tangere_, _Tetter_, _Ring-worm_, _Cancer_, _Fistula_, and corroding hollow Sores; all which I have declared, and concealed nothing. Last of all, observe, that you do not discover too much, or no more, because all Art hath its Original or Source out of the Spirit of _Mercury_, which is refreshed and raised to Life by the spiritual _Sulphur_, that it becomes Celestial, & with and by the Salt they are made corporal and formal; but the beginning of the Soul, of the Spirit, and of the Body, let it be and remain a Magnet, even as it is, and can be acknowledged to be nothing else. This is the summe in brief, that without the Spirit of _Mercury_, which is the only