For you must take some deal of these things all.

Of these & of other you must take a part

One time or other to minister this art.
Many things helpeth to apt our stone
But two be materials, yet our Stone is one
Between which two is such diversity;
As between the mother & the child may be
Another diversity between them find the shall
Such as is found between male & female
These two kinds shall do all your service
As for the white work, if you can be wise.
One of these kinds a stone the shall find
For it abideth fire as stones do by kind:
But it is no stone in touching ne in sight,
But a subtil earth, brown, roddy & not bright.
And when it is separate & brought to his appearage
Then we name it our ground litharge.
First it is brown, roddy & after some deale white
And then it is called our chosen Markasite
One ounce thereof is better then fifty pound
It is not to be found in all Christian ground.
But
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But he that would have it he shall be fain
To *do it make, or take himself the pain. <in mg:>*get it made
But one great grace in that labour is saine
Make it once well & never more again.
Old Fathers called it a thing of vile price
For it is nought worth by way of merchandise.
No man that findeth it will bear it away
No more then they would an ounce of clay.
Men will not believe that it is of high price
No man knoweth it therefore but he be wise
Here I have disclosed a great secret wonder
Which never was writ by them which been earth under.
Another stone Tonsile you must have withall
Or els you fawte your cheif Materiall.
Which is a stone glorious fair & bright
In handling a stone & a stone in sight
A stone glittering with perspicuity
Being of wonderfull diaphanitie
The price of an ounce conveniently
Is twenty shilliings or well neare thereby
Her name is Magnetia, few people her know
She is found in high places as well as in low
Plato knew her property & called her by her name
And Chaucer rehearseth how Titanos is the same.
In the Chanon's Yeoman's Tale, saying what is thus
But quid ignotum per magis ignotius:
That is to say what may this be
But unknown by more unknown named is she.
Nethless Tonsile now I will truly teach
What is Magnetia to say in our speech.
Magos is greek, Mirabile in latine. it is
s is money, Isos Science, A is God ywiss
That is to say it is such a thing
Wherein
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Wherein of money is wondrous divine cunning
Now here you may know what is Magnetia
Res aeris in qua latet scientia divina mira
These two stones Tonsile ye must take
For your materials Elixir if ye make
Albeit the first time materials be no more
Yet many things help as I said before.
Other materials ye shal none take
But only these two our white stone to make
Except Sal Armoniack with Sulphur of kind
Such as out of metals ye can find.
These two will abide to fulfill your desire
The remnant will void when they come to fire
Sulphur will brenn & change colours fast
But our Litharge abideth first & last.
Ye may not with metals or Quicksilver begin
To make Elixir if you intend to win.
Yet if you destroy the whole composition
Some of their compounds will help in conclusion.
And that is nothing els of that one or that other
But only Magnetia & Litharge her Brother.
Chap 3.
The length of cleansing of matters infected
Deceiveth much people, for that is unsuspected.
Amongst gross works the fowlest of all
Is to clarify our means mineral
Extremities may not be well wrought
Without many means wisely sought
And every meane must be made pure
If this work should be made sure
For you must take some deal of these things all.
Of these & of other you must take a part
One time or other to minister this art.
Many things helpeth to apt our stone
But two be materials, yet our Stone is one
Between which two is such diversity;
As between the mother & the child may be
Another diversity between them find the shall
Such as is found between male & female
These two kinds shall do all your service
As for the white work, if you can be wise.
One of these kinds a stone the shall find
For it abideth fire as stones do by kind:
But it is no stone in touching ne in sight,
But a subtil earth, brown, roddy & not bright.
And when it is separate & brought to his appearage
Then we name it our ground litharge.
First it is brown, roddy & after some deale white
And then it is called our chosen Markasite
One ounce thereof is better then fifty pound
It is not to be found in all Christian ground.
But
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But he that would have it he shall be fain
To *do it make, or take himself the pain. <in mg:>*get it made
But one great grace in that labour is saine
Make it once well & never more again.
Old Fathers called it a thing of vile price
For it is nought worth by way of merchandise.
No man that findeth it will bear it away
No more then they would an ounce of clay.
Men will not believe that it is of high price
No man knoweth it therefore but he be wise
Here I have disclosed a great secret wonder
Which never was writ by them which been earth under.
Another stone Tonsile you must have withall
Or els you fawte your cheif Materiall.
Which is a stone glorious fair & bright
In handling a stone & a stone in sight
A stone glittering with perspicuity
Being of wonderfull diaphanitie
The price of an ounce conveniently
Is twenty shilliings or well neare thereby
Her name is Magnetia, few people her know
She is found in high places as well as in low
Plato knew her property & called her by her name
And Chaucer rehearseth how Titanos is the same.
In the Chanon's Yeoman's Tale, saying what is thus
But quid ignotum per magis ignotius:
That is to say what may this be
But unknown by more unknown named is she.
Nethless Tonsile now I will truly teach
What is Magnetia to say in our speech.
Magos is greek, Mirabile in latine. it is
s is money, Isos Science, A is God ywiss
That is to say it is such a thing
Wherein
<2r> Page Image
Wherein of money is wondrous divine cunning
Now here you may know what is Magnetia
Res aeris in qua latet scientia divina mira
These two stones Tonsile ye must take
For your materials Elixir if ye make
Albeit the first time materials be no more
Yet many things help as I said before.
Other materials ye shal none take
But only these two our white stone to make
Except Sal Armoniack with Sulphur of kind
Such as out of metals ye can find.
These two will abide to fulfill your desire
The remnant will void when they come to fire
Sulphur will brenn & change colours fast
But our Litharge abideth first & last.
Ye may not with metals or Quicksilver begin
To make Elixir if you intend to win.
Yet if you destroy the whole composition
Some of their compounds will help in conclusion.
And that is nothing els of that one or that other
But only Magnetia & Litharge her Brother.
Chap 3.
The length of cleansing of matters infected
Deceiveth much people, for that is unsuspected.
Amongst gross works the fowlest of all
Is to clarify our means mineral
Extremities may not be well wrought
Without many means wisely sought
And every meane must be made pure
If this work should be made sure
For you must take some deal of these things all.
Of these & of other you must take a part
One time or other to minister this art.
Many things helpeth to apt our stone
But two be materials, yet our Stone is one
Between which two is such diversity;
As between the mother & the child may be
Another diversity between them find the shall
Such as is found between male & female
These two kinds shall do all your service
As for the white work, if you can be wise.
One of these kinds a stone the shall find
For it abideth fire as stones do by kind:
But it is no stone in touching ne in sight,
But a subtil earth, brown, roddy & not bright.
And when it is separate & brought to his appearage
Then we name it our ground litharge.
First it is brown, roddy & after some deale white
And then it is called our chosen Markasite
One ounce thereof is better then fifty pound
It is not to be found in all Christian ground.
But
<1v> Page Image
But he that would have it he shall be fain
To *do it make, or take himself the pain. <in mg:>*get it made
But one great grace in that labour is saine
Make it once well & never more again.
Old Fathers called it a thing of vile price
For it is nought worth by way of merchandise.
No man that findeth it will bear it away
No more then they would an ounce of clay.
Men will not believe that it is of high price
No man knoweth it therefore but he be wise
Here I have disclosed a great secret wonder
Which never was writ by them which been earth under.
Another stone Tonsile you must have withall
Or els you fawte your cheif Materiall.
Which is a stone glorious fair & bright
In handling a stone & a stone in sight
A stone glittering with perspicuity
Being of wonderfull diaphanitie
The price of an ounce conveniently
Is twenty shilliings or well neare thereby
Her name is Magnetia, few people her know
She is found in high places as well as in low
Plato knew her property & called her by her name
And Chaucer rehearseth how Titanos is the same.
In the Chanon's Yeoman's Tale, saying what is thus
But quid ignotum per magis ignotius:
That is to say what may this be
But unknown by more unknown named is she.
Nethless Tonsile now I will truly teach
What is Magnetia to say in our speech.
Magos is greek, Mirabile in latine. it is
s is money, Isos Science, A is God ywiss
That is to say it is such a thing
Wherein
<2r> Page Image
Wherein of money is wondrous divine cunning
Now here you may know what is Magnetia
Res aeris in qua latet scientia divina mira
These two stones Tonsile ye must take
For your materials Elixir if ye make
Albeit the first time materials be no more
Yet many things help as I said before.
Other materials ye shal none take
But only these two our white stone to make
Except Sal Armoniack with Sulphur of kind
Such as out of metals ye can find.
These two will abide to fulfill your desire
The remnant will void when they come to fire
Sulphur will brenn & change colours fast
But our Litharge abideth first & last.
Ye may not with metals or Quicksilver begin
To make Elixir if you intend to win.
Yet if you destroy the whole composition
Some of their compounds will help in conclusion.
And that is nothing els of that one or that other
But only Magnetia & Litharge her Brother.
Chap 3.
The length of cleansing of matters infected
Deceiveth much people, for that is unsuspected.
Amongst gross works the fowlest of all
Is to clarify our means mineral
Extremities may not be well wrought
Without many means wisely sought
And every meane must be made pure
If this work should be made sure