83. Medals also might be made of this _Sol_, and would be a great
curiosity besides the indefectibleness of them.
84. It would be excellent also to make Rings of, especially such as are
designed for the remembrance of Friends, as lasting for ever.
85. It would be very proper to cast Seals of, or the divine Character
or other secret _Sigils_. _See my Treatise of the Divine Character and
Seal of God._
86. Or the said Divine Character being exprest upon my _Lapis Ignis_
(which being but for a little while carried in ones mouth, cures many
grievous Diseases without any other Medicine) might be set in this hard
_Sol_, and so without wasting be carried constantly about one. _See my
Treatise of the Mineral =Squilla= in order to a long life._
87. Great Princes also might have Armour and Arms made of this hardned
_Sol_, which would be much better than any of Iron or Steel, which
easily take rust, to which _Sol_ is not Subject.
88. Of this _Sol_ might also very conveniently be made Candlesticks and
Lamps, with other Vessels for the use of the Church and Altar.
89. To many more uses this _Sol_ might be put, especially for that
by reason of its hardness, it suffers it self to be polished to that
degree, as to cast a great lustre from it, like the Sun.
90. As to the further use hereof, _See my Treatise_ de tribus Lapidibus
ignium secretorum.
91. With the hardned _Lune_, _Venus_, _Jupiter_, _Mars_ and _Saturn_,
many profitable and curious things may be done, which for brevitiy sake
are here omitted.
92. The Sulphur of the Philosophers when set free from his dark Prison,
wherein he is detain’d by his Brethren, by our Key that opens all
Locks, gives his Deliverer for reward, the possession of the three
Kingdoms in the World, _viz._ enabling him to make all Vegetables grow
swiftly, and very fruitfull, to cure the Diseases of all Animals, and
to meliorate and exalt all Metals.
93. And when the Philosophers, saith _Sendivogius_, see this Sulphur
restor’d to liberty, swimming in their Sea, they worship it, and
draw it out with a Silver Line, though others do it with their _Sol_
attracting Magnet, and fix it into an universal Medicine, wherewith
they afterwards effect wonders: _As may be seen in my =Elias Artista=,
and Purgatory of Philosophers_.
94. The Philosophers say, except first you make our _Sol_ (that is, the
redeemed Sulphur) and Mercury white, you’l never be able to make them
red.
95. They say also, our _Sol_ tingeth not except it be first tinged it
self, that is exalted in its colour.
96. All things in the World have their rise from Fire and Water, and
derive their Purity or Impurity, from the Purity or Impurity of their
Parents.
97. The common Fire brings forth its Fruits very slowly, whether they
be Stones, Minerals, Animals, or Vegetables.
98. And so do likewise the warm and dry Sun, and moist Earth: but when
we assist Nature with Art, then she works much more swiftly, and brings
her Fruits to maturity in much shorter time.
99. The Meteors in the Firmament which are made of Fire and Water,
especially Thunder and Lightning, produce sometimes Stones, and cast
them to the Earth.
100. A common fulminating Powder made of Sulphur, Niter and Tartar
gives a stinking offensive smoak, corrupting some things, and
meliorating others: whereas a Fulmen prepared of Niter, _Jupiter_ and
_Mercury_, yields a particular tinging mercurial Water. The Fulmen of
_Venus_ tinges _Mars_ into Copper, that of _Lune_ graduates _Venus_
into _Lune_; and the Fulmen of _Sol_ graduates and tinges _Mars_ into
_Sol_.
The universal Fulmen of the great Tincture graduates all Metals into
_Sol_, which God of his mercy grant unto us, Amen.