_Of the things and instruments necessarie and fit for this worke._
It behoueth thee to knowe the vessels in this masterie, to wit
_Aludela_, which the Philosophers haue called Church-yards, or
Cribbles: because in them the parts are diuided, and cleansed, and in
them is the matter of the masterie made compleat, perfect, and depured.
And euery one of these must haue a Furnace fit for it, and let either
of them haue a similitude and figure agreeable to the worke. _Mezleme_,
and many other Philosophers, haue named all these things in their
bookes, teaching the maner and forme thereof. And thou must know, that
herein the Philosophers agree togither in their wrytings, concealing
it by signes, and making many books thereof, & instruments which are
necessarie in these foure foresaid things. As for the instruments, they
are two in number. One is a _Cucurbit_, with his _Alembick_: the other
is _Aludel_, that is well made. There are also foure things necessarie
to these: that is to say, _Bodies_, _Soules_, _Spirites_, and _Waters_:
of these foure dooth the masterie, and minerall worke consist. These
are made plaine in the Philosophers Bookes, I haue therefore omitted
them in mine, and onely touched those things, which they passed
ouer with silence: which he shall easily discerne, that is but of
indifferent iudgement. And this booke I haue not made for the ignorant
and vnlearned, but for the wise and prudent.