_~Hermes~ shall be made a prey to ~Vulcan~_; that is, the matter and composition of the _Elixir_, shall be put upon the fire in a Furnace. _And after that the Sun shall be seen pure, shining, yellow_; that is, in conclusion after projection made, thou shalt see pure, shining, and Yellow Gold. XXX. French. Plus d’unze fois Luna Sol ne voudra, Tous augmentes & baissez de degre, Et si bas mis que peu d’Or on coudra, Qu’apres faim, peste, descouvert le secret. English. The Moon will not have the Sun above eleven times, Then both shall be encreased and lessened in degree, And put so low, that a little Gold shall be sowed up, So that after hunger and plague, the secret shall be discovered. ANNOT. _The Moon will not have the Sun above eleven times_; that is, the Moon of the Philosophers will not imbibe their Sun above Eleven times. _Then both shall be encreased and lessened in degree_; that is, both shall be encreased in quality, and lessened in quantity. _And put so low that a little Gold shall be sowed up_; that is, the powder of projection, or Philosophers stone shall be so small in Bulk, that one may sow it about him, and hide it in his Cloths. _After famine and plague the secret shall be discovered_; that is, somebody shall die, with famine or plague, about which the secret shall be found and discovered. XXXI. French. La Lune au plain de nuit sur le haut Mont, Le nouveau _Sophe_ d’Un seul cerveau la veu, Par ses Disciples estre immortel semond, Yeux au Midy, enfin, mains corps au feu. English. The Moon at full by night upon the high Mount, The new _Sophe_ with one onely Brain hath seen it, Invited by his Disciples to become immortal, His eyes to the South, conclusion, his hands and body to the fire. ANNOT. _Sophe_ in Greek signifieth a wise man or Philosopher, who shall find the Philosophers stone, when the Moon shall come to the full in the night upon a high Mount. His Disciples shall perswade him to make himself immortal, they being perswaded that the _Elixir_ cureth all diseases. The last Verse saith, _His eyes to the South, his hands and body to the fire_; that is, this Chymist or _Adeptus_, shall retire into some Southern Countrey to work. I cannot omit here that a conceited Chymist in _Paris_, whose name was _Haumont_, in _English_, _Highmount_, could not be disswaded but our Author spake of him in this Stanza, and that he could not die till he had got the Philosophers stone, but to other matters. XXXII. French. Es lieux & temps chair au poisson donra lieu, La loy commune sera faite au contraire, Vieux tiendra fort puis osté du milieu, Le _Panta_, _Choina_, _Philon_ mis fort arriere. English. In places and times, flesh shall give place to fish, The common Law shall be made against it, The old man shall stand fast, then being taken away The _Panta_, _Choina_, _Philon_, shall be set aside.