_That the Stone hath Father and Mother, to wit, the Sunne and Moone._
And as wee see, that one liuing creature begetteth more liuing
creatures like vnto it selfe: so artificially golde engendereth golde,
by vertue of multiplication of the foresaid stone. It followeth
therefore, the Sunne is his father, that is, Philosophers Gold. And
as in euerie naturall generation, there must be a fit and conuenient
receptacle, with a certaine consonancie of similitude to the father:
so likewise in this artificiall generation, it is requisite that
the Sunne haue a fitte and consonaunt receptacle for his seede and
tincture: and this is Philosophers siluer. And therefore it followes,
the Moone is his mother.