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THE Mirror of Alchimy,
The Preface.
The Mirrour of Alchimy, composed by the famous Fryer, Roger Bachon, sometime fellow of Martin Colledge, and Brasen-nose Colledge in Oxenforde.
CHAP. I. Of the Definitions of Alchimy.
CHAP. II. Of the naturall principles, and procreation of Minerals.
CHAP. III. Out of what things the matter of Elixir must be more nearly extracted.
CHAP. IIII. Of the maner of working, and of moderating, and continuing the fire.
CHAP. V. Of the qualitie of the Vessell and Furnace.
CHAP. VI. Of the accidentall and essentiall colours appearing in the worke.
CHAP. VII. How to make proiection of the medicine vpon any imperfect bodie.
The Smaragdine Table of Hermes, Trismegistus of Alchimy.
A briefe Commentarie of Hortulanus the Philosopher, vpon the Smaragdine Table of Hermes of Alchimy.
CHAP. I. That the Art of Alchimy is true and certaine.
CHAP. II. That the Stone must be diuided into two parts.
CHAP. III. That the Stone hath in it the foure Elements.
CHAP. IIII. That the Stone hath Father and Mother, to wit, the Sunne and Moone.
CHAP. V. That the coniunction of the parts of the stone is called Conception.
CHAP. VI. That the Stone is perfect, if the Soule be fixt in the bodie.
CHAP. VII. Of the mundification and cleansing of the stone.
CHAP. VIII. That the vnfixed part of the Stone should exceed the fixed, and lift it vp.
CHAP. IX. How the volatile Stone may againe be fixed.
CHAP. X. Of the fruit of the Art, and efficacie of the Stone.
CHAP. XI. That this worke imitateth the Creation of the worlde.
CHAP. XII. An enigmaticall insinuation what the matter of the Stone shoulde be.
CHAP. XIII. Why the Stone is said to be perfect.
The Booke of the Secrets of Alchimie, composed by Galid the sonne of Iazich, translated out of Hebrew into Arabick, and out of Arabick into Latine, and out of Latin into English.
CHAP. I. Of the foure Masteries, or principall works of the Art, to wit, solution, congelation, albification, and rubification.
CHAP. II. Of the things and instruments necessarie and fit for this worke.
CHAP. III. Of the nature of things appertaining to this worke.
CHAP. IIII. Of Decoction, and the effect thereof.
CHAP. V. Of Subtiliation, Solution, Coagulation, and commistion of the Stone, and of their cause and end.
CHAP. VI. The manner how to fixe the Spirit.
CHAP. VII. Of the Decoction, Contrition, and washing of the stone.
CHAP. VIII. Of the quantitie of the Fire, and of the commoditie and discommoditie of it.
CHAP. IX. Of the Separation of the Elements of the Stone.
CHAP. X. Of the nature of the Stone, and his birth.
CHAP. XI. Of the commistion of the Elements that were seperated.
CHAP. XII. Of the solution of the Stone compounded.
CHAP. XIII. Of the coagulation of the Stone dissolued.
CHAP. XIIII. That there is but one Stone, and of his nature.
CHAP. XV. The maner how to make the Stone white.
CHAP. XVI. The conuersion of the foresaid stone into red.
An excellent discourse of the admirable force and efficacie of Art and Nature, written by the famous Frier Roger Bacon, Sometime fellow of Merton Colledge, and afterward of Brasen-nose in Oxford.
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