Sunne: then thou ſhalt take Salt-peter, & conuert Argent-uiue into lead: and again, thou ſhalt waſh and mundiſie the lead therewith, that it may come nigh to Siluer, and afterward worke as thou didſt before. Moreouer, thou ſhalt drink uppe all after this ſort. Notwithſtanding, thou ſhalt take of Salt-peter, Ĺu̇ru u̇o ṗȯ uiṙ ċȧṅ u̇tri, and of Sulphur, and by this meanes make it both to thunder and lighten. Thus ſhalt thon performe the worke. Nowe conſider with thy ſelfe whether I speake ina riddle, or tell thee the plaine truth. There be ſome that haue bin of another mind: for it was ſaid vnto me, that al things muſt be reſolued to the matter, wher of you may find Ariſtotle his iudgement in ſundry vulger & vnknowne places, and therefore I wil hold my peace. Now when though haſt them, thou ſhalt withall haue many ſimples and equals, and this thou ſhalt effect by contrary things and diuers operations, which I before tearmed the keyes of the Art. And Ariſtotle ſaith, that the equalitie of the powers doth containe in it the action and paſſion of bodies. And this likewiſe is the opinion of Auerroes reprouing Galen. It is thought that this is the moſt ſimple and pure medicine that may be found: It is good againſt the feauers and paſſions both of minde and bodyes, more cheape then any medicine whatſoeuer.
He that write theſe things ſhall haue the key that o-
peneth, that no man ſhutteth, and when
hee hath ſhut, no man is able to
open it again.
FINIS.
Printed at London by Thomas Creede.
for Richard Oliue. 1597.
