65. Spirit of Wine purges and purifies all things, with its purifying
Flame; as may be seen in my Purgatory of the Philosophers.
66. The volatile Salt of Animals, and especially of Man purifies all
things by its volatilizing Virtue, as appears in our most secret _Sal
Armoniack_.
67. The incombustible Sulphur of metals tingeth the Bodies of men and
metals, to the highest pitch of Health, as may be seen in the third
_Appendix_ to the seventh part of my _Pharmacopœa Spagyrica_.
68. _Demogorgon_ with his Russet mantle and green Coat, is the
Grandfather of all the Heathen Gods _i. e._ of all metals.
69. And like as in the Earth he doth generate and bring to perfection
all metals, so also out of the same, if the Artist knows how to manage
him, he perfects all unripe and imperfect metals, in a short time, with
the help of Fire, to that degree that they shall endure the Test as
well as _Sol_ or _Luna_.
70. This wonderfull virtue of fixing all volatile minerals, the
Philosophers call their secret Fire or proper Agent, wherewith not
onely the imperfect metals, as _Saturn_, _Jupiter_, _Venus_, and
_Mars_, but also volatile _Mercury_, combustible common Sulphur,
Antimony, Orpiment, and Arsenick may be fixed, so as on the Cupel to
leave _Sol_ and _Lune_.
71. And as this Demogorgon, or invisible secret Fire of the wise Men,
doth fix the unripe minerals and metals into _Lune_ and _Sol_; so
likewise can it fix the said minerals and metals, and exalt them to an
higher degree than that of _Sol_, even to the _plusquam_ perfection of
true Tinctures, whereby all imperfect metals may be changed into _Sol_.
72. This our Demogorgon hath the virtue even as it comes raw and
unprepared out of the Earth to change and meliorate all metals as
follows.
73. It makes _Saturn_ as hard and white as _Lune_, when tinged with it,
of which all manner of Vessels and Dishes may be made, it onely wants
the sound of _Lune_ and enduring of the Test.
74. If a little of this Tincture be cast upon fluxed _Venus_ it
presently becomes white and hard as Steel, continues as fusible as
before, and yet is so hard that it cannot be filed, so that several
Vessels may be made of it, not subject to bending or breaking.
75. When cast upon melted _Jupiter_, it makes it hard as _Lune_, and
sounding like it, is of great use to make all sorts of Vessels of.
76. And amongst other things that may be made of it with great profit,
this is one, _viz._ that Looking-Glasses may be made thereof, which
being polished continue a long time clear and fair, without being
obscured in moist Weather, as other metalline Glasses are, and all this
by reason of the extraordinary hardness of the metal. _See my Treatise
of Looking-glasses._
77. This Tincture cast upon _Lune_, makes the same Coal-black
throughout, so that it is no more like _Lune_, of which Bells and
Clocks may be made of a far better and clearer sound than those that
are made of _Venus_ and _Jupiter_.
78. By this means also in times of War, or other danger _Lune_ may so
be disguised as not to be known for such, and so may be a good way to
preserve it from being taken by the Enemy.
79. In like manner it makes _Sol_ so hard that it can no way be bent or
destroyed, and therefore might be of good use in many of the following
cases.
80. It would be very proper for some great Emperour or King to make his
Statue of, it being indestructible, and not to be diminished or injur’d
by any way whatsoever.
81. Money coin’d of this _Sol_ would be of good use if a King or Prince
had a mind that his Coin should not be transported elsewhere, because
differing so much from common _Sol_ it would not be passible in other
Countries.