_That the coniunction of the parts of the stone is called Conception._
THe which two, when they haue mutuallie entertained each other in the
coniunction of the Stone, the Stone conceiueth in the bellie of the
winde: and this is it which afterwarde he sayeth: _The winde carried it
in his bellie_. It is plaine, that the winde is the ayre, and the ayre
is the life, and the life is the Soule. And I haue already spoken of
the soule, that it quickneth the whole stone. And so it behoueth, that
the wind should carry and recarry the whole stone, and bring forth the
masterie: and then it followeth, that it must receiue nourishment of
his nurse, that is the earth: and therefore the Philosopher saith, _The
earth is his Nurse_: because that as the infant without receiuing food
frõ his nurse, shuld neuer come to yeres: so likewise our stone without
the firmentation of his earth, should neuer be brought to effect: which
said firmament, is called nourishment. For so it is begotten of one
Father, with the coniunction of the Mother. _Things_, that is, sonnes
like to the Father, if they want long decoction, shalbe like to the
Mother in whitenesse, and retaine the Fathers weight.