_That the Stone is perfect, if the Soule be fixt in the bodie._
It followeth afterward: _The father of all the Telesme of the whole
worlde is here_: that is in the worke of the stone is a finall way.
And note, that the Philosopher calleth the worke, the Father of all
the Telesme: that is, of all secret, or of all treasure _of the whole
worlde_: that is, of euery stone found in the world, _is here_. As if
he should say, Behold I shew it thee. Afterward the Philosopher saith,
_Wilt thou that I teach thee to knowe when the vertue of the Stone is
perfect and compleate_? to wit, when it is conuerted into his earth:
and therefore he saith, _His power is entire_, that is, compleate and
perfect, _if it be turned into earth_: that is, if the Soule of the
stone (whereof wee haue made mention before: which Soule may be called
the winde or ayre, wherein consisteth the whole life and vertue of the
stone) be conuerted into the earth, to wit of the stone, and fixed:
so that the whole substance of the Stone be so with his nurse, to
wit earth, that the whole Stone be turned into ferment. As in making
of bread, a little leauen nourisheth and fermenteth a great deale of
Paste: so will the Philosopher that our stone bee so fermented, that it
may bee ferment to the multiplication of the stone.