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.Now take the residue of the faeces, or black dragon, and sift it ona marble, or any other stone, and at one of the ends light it with alive coal, and in the space of half an hour the fire will run all overthe faeces, which it will calcine into a very glorious citrine colour;these citrine faeces dissolve with distilled vinegar, after theaforesaid manner, filter also three times as before, then evaporatethe dissolution into a gum, and distil the menstruum, which isnow called sanguis draconis, or dragon s blood, and repeat thiswork in all things as before, till you have reduced all, or thegreater part of the faeces into our natural or blessed liquor, allwhich liquors pour to the first liquor or menstruum, called theblood of the green lion; --- the liquor being thus mixed, putrify itin a glass vessel for the space of fourteen days; then proceed tothe separation of the elements, because in this blessed liquor youhave now all the fire of the stone, hidden before in the faeces;237 which secret has been hitherto kept wonderfully close by thephilosophers.Now take all the menstruum being putrified, put itin a Venice glass of a fit size, put an alembic to it, and lute withlinen rags dipped in the white of eggs; the receiver must be veryspacious, to keep in the respiring spirit, and with a temperate heatseparate the elements one from another, and the element of air,which is the oil (ardent spirit, containing a little white oil at thetop) will first ascend; the first element being distilled, rectify it inanother vessel fit for it, that is, distil seven times, till it burns alinen cloth, being dipped in it and kindled; then is it called ourrectified aqua ardens, which keep very well stopped, for otherwisethe most subtile spirit of it will vanish away.In the rectificationsof the aqua ardens, the air will ascend in the form of a white oil,swimming upon the aqua ardens, and a citrine oil will remain,which is distilled with a stronger fire: mercury being sublimed,and reduced into powder dissolved per deliquium, upon ironplates in a cold place, pour a little of the aqua ardens to the liquorbeing filtered, and it will extract the mercury in the form of agreen oil swimming atop, which separate and distill by a retort,and there will ascend first a water, and then a thick oil, which isthe oil of mercury; --- then distil the flood or water of the stoneinto another receiver, the liquor will be whitish, which draw off inbalneo with a moderate heat, till there remains in the bottom ofthe cucurbit a thick oily substance well stopped.Take notice,when first the liquor riseth white, another receiver must be put to,because that element is wholly distilled.Two or three drops ofthat black liquor being given in the spirit of wine, do cure anypoison.Now to this black and liquid matter pour our aqua ardens,mix them well together, and let the mixture settle three hours,then decant, and filter the liquor, pour on new aqua ardens andrepeat the operation three times, then distil again in balneo with agentle heat, and this reiterate thrice, and it will come under thedenomination of the rectified blood of man, which operatorssearch for in the secrets of nature.Thus you have exalted the twoelements, water, and air, to the virtue of a quintessence; keep this238 blood for occasion.Now to the black and liquid matter or earth,pour the flood or water of the stone, mix them well together, anddistil the whole, till the earth remains very dry and black, which isthe earth of the stone; keep the oil with the water for occasion
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