The compovnd of alchymy Or The ancient hidden Art of Archemie: Conteining the right & perfectest meanes to make the Philosophers Stone, Aurum potabile, with other excellent Experiments. Diuided into twelue Gates. First written by ... George Ripley ... & Dedicated to K. Edward the 4. Whereunto is adioyned his Epistle to the King, his Vision, his Wheele & other his Workes, neuer before published: with certaine briefe Additions of other notable Writers concerning the same. Set foorth by Raph Rabbards Gentleman, studious and expert in Archemicall Artes |
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Of Coniunction.
The fourth Gate.
After the Chapiter of naturall Seperation,
By which the elemēts of our stone disseuered be,
The chapter here followeth of secret Coniunction,
Which Natures repugnant ioyneth to perfect vnitie,
And so them knitteth that none from others may flie,
When they by fire shalbe examinate,
They be togethers so surely coniungate.
By which the elemēts of our stone disseuered be,
The chapter here followeth of secret Coniunction,
Which Natures repugnant ioyneth to perfect vnitie,
And so them knitteth that none from others may flie,
When they by fire shalbe examinate,
They be togethers so surely coniungate.
And therefore Philosophers giue this definition
Saying this Coniunction is nothing els
But of disseuered qualities a copulation,
Or of principles a coequation as others tells:
But some men with Mercurie that Pothecaries sells
Medleth bodies, which cannot diuide
Their matter, and therefore they slip aside.
Saying this Coniunction is nothing els
But of disseuered qualities a copulation,
Or of principles a coequation as others tells:
But some men with Mercurie that Pothecaries sells
Medleth bodies, which cannot diuide
Their matter, and therefore they slip aside.
For vntill the time the soule be seperate
And cleansed from his originall sinne
With the water, and throughly spiritualizate,
The true Coniunction maist thou neuer begin:
Therefore the soule first from the bodie twyne,
Then of the corporall part and of the spirituall.
The soule shall cause coniunction perpetuall.
And cleansed from his originall sinne
With the water, and throughly spiritualizate,
The true Coniunction maist thou neuer begin:
Therefore the soule first from the bodie twyne,
Then of the corporall part and of the spirituall.
The soule shall cause coniunction perpetuall.
Of two Coniunctions Philosophers mencion make,
Grosse when the bodie with Mercury is reincrudate,
But let this passe, and to the second heede take,
Which as I saide is after Seperation celebrate,
In which the parties be left with least to colligate,
And so promoted vnto most perfect temperance,
That neuer after amongst them may be repugnance.
Grosse when the bodie with Mercury is reincrudate,
But let this passe, and to the second heede take,
Which as I saide is after Seperation celebrate,
In which the parties be left with least to colligate,
And so promoted vnto most perfect temperance,
That neuer after amongst them may be repugnance.
Thus causeth Seperation true Coniunction to be had,
Of water and ayre, with earth and fire,
But that each element into other may be lad,
And so abide for euer to thy desire,
Doe as doe dawbers with clay or myre,
Temper them thick and make them not too thinne,
So doe vpdrying, thou shalt the rather winne.
Of water and ayre, with earth and fire,
But that each element into other may be lad,
And so abide for euer to thy desire,
Doe as doe dawbers with clay or myre,
Temper them thick and make them not too thinne,
So doe vpdrying, thou shalt the rather winne.
But manners there be of our Coniunction three,
The first is called by Philosophers Diptatiue,
The which betwixt the agent and patient must be,
Male and female, Mercury, and Sulphure viue,
Matter, and forme, thinne, and thick to thriue,
This lesson will helpe thee without any doubt,
And our Coniunction truly to bring about.
The first is called by Philosophers Diptatiue,
The which betwixt the agent and patient must be,
Male and female, Mercury, and Sulphure viue,
Matter, and forme, thinne, and thick to thriue,
This lesson will helpe thee without any doubt,
And our Coniunction truly to bring about.
The second manner is called Triptatiue,
Which is Coniunction, made of things three,
Of bodie, soule and spirit, that they not striue,
Which trinitie thou must bring to vnitee,
For as the soule to the spirite the bond must bee;
Right so the bodie the soule to him must knit,
Out of thy minde let not this lesson flit.
Which is Coniunction, made of things three,
Of bodie, soule and spirit, that they not striue,
Which trinitie thou must bring to vnitee,
For as the soule to the spirite the bond must bee;
Right so the bodie the soule to him must knit,
Out of thy minde let not this lesson flit.
The third manner and also the last of all,
Foure Elements together which ioyne to abide,
Tetraptatiue certainely Philosophers doe it call,
And specially Guido de Montano whose fame goeth wide,
And therefore in most laudable maner this tide,
In our Coniunction foure Elements must aggregate
In due proportion, which first a sunder were seperate.
Foure Elements together which ioyne to abide,
Tetraptatiue certainely Philosophers doe it call,
And specially Guido de Montano whose fame goeth wide,
And therefore in most laudable maner this tide,
In our Coniunction foure Elements must aggregate
In due proportion, which first a sunder were seperate.
Therefore like as the woman hath veines fifteene,
And the man but fiue to the act of their secunditie,
Required in our Coniunction first I meene,
So must the man our Sunne haue of his water three,
And nine his wife, which three to him must bee;
Then like with like will ioy haue for to dwell,
More of Coniunction me needeth not to tell.
And the man but fiue to the act of their secunditie,
Required in our Coniunction first I meene,
So must the man our Sunne haue of his water three,
And nine his wife, which three to him must bee;
Then like with like will ioy haue for to dwell,
More of Coniunction me needeth not to tell.
This chapiter I will conclude right soone therefore,
Grosse Coniunction charging thee to make but one,
For seldome haue strumpets children of them ybore,
And so thou shalt neuer come by our stone,
Without thou let the woman lig alone,
That after she once haue conceiued of the man,
Her Matrix be shut vp from all other than.
Grosse Coniunction charging thee to make but one,
For seldome haue strumpets children of them ybore,
And so thou shalt neuer come by our stone,
Without thou let the woman lig alone,
That after she once haue conceiued of the man,
Her Matrix be shut vp from all other than.
For such as adde euer more crude to crude,
Opening their vessell letting their matters keele,
The sparme conceiued they nourish not but delude
Themselues, and spill their worke each deele,
If thou therefore haue list to doe weele,
Close vp thy Matrix and nourish the seede,
With heat continual and temperate if thou wilt speed.
Opening their vessell letting their matters keele,
The sparme conceiued they nourish not but delude
Themselues, and spill their worke each deele,
If thou therefore haue list to doe weele,
Close vp thy Matrix and nourish the seede,
With heat continual and temperate if thou wilt speed.
And when thy vessell hath stood by moneths fiue,
And clowdes and Eclipses be passed each one,
The light appearing, encrease thy heate then beliue,
Vntill bright and shining in whitenes be thy Stone;
Then maist thou open thy glasse anone,
And feede thy childe which is ybore,
With milke and meate ay more and more.
And clowdes and Eclipses be passed each one,
The light appearing, encrease thy heate then beliue,
Vntill bright and shining in whitenes be thy Stone;
Then maist thou open thy glasse anone,
And feede thy childe which is ybore,
With milke and meate ay more and more.
For now both moist and drie is so contemperate,
That of the water earth hath receiued impression,
Which neuer (after that) asunder may be seperate;
And right so water to earth hath giuen ingression,
That both together to dwell haue made profession,
And water of earth hath purchased a retentiue,
They foure made one neuer more to striue.
That of the water earth hath receiued impression,
Which neuer (after that) asunder may be seperate;
And right so water to earth hath giuen ingression,
That both together to dwell haue made profession,
And water of earth hath purchased a retentiue,
They foure made one neuer more to striue.
Thus in two things all our intent doth hing,
In drie and moist, which be contraries two;
In drie, that it the moyst to flixing bring,
In moist, that it giue liquefaction to the earth also:
Then of them thus a temperment may foorth goe,
A temperment not so thicke as the bodie is,
Neither so thinne as water withouten mis.
In drie and moist, which be contraries two;
In drie, that it the moyst to flixing bring,
In moist, that it giue liquefaction to the earth also:
Then of them thus a temperment may foorth goe,
A temperment not so thicke as the bodie is,
Neither so thinne as water withouten mis.
Loosing and knitting thereof be principles two
Of this hard science, and poles most principall;
Howbeit that other principles be many moe,
As shining fanes, which show I shall:
Proceede therefore vnto another wall
Of this strong Castle of our wisdome,
That in at the fift Gate thou maist come.
Of this hard science, and poles most principall;
Howbeit that other principles be many moe,
As shining fanes, which show I shall:
Proceede therefore vnto another wall
Of this strong Castle of our wisdome,
That in at the fift Gate thou maist come.
The end of the fourth Gate.
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