Therefore, whomsoever God illuminates with so great Light, as to know such a Secret Fire, he will no more need to seek or desire any thing in Philosophy and Hermetick Medicine, but will offer up incessant Praises to God, as to the Fountain of all Good, because he will continually be mindfull of helping the Distresses of the Poor, and largely bestow on those Indigent Persons, out of the abundance to him accruing by the benefit of that most noble Gift granted to himself.

To the Supreme GOD alone be Praise and Glory for ever.

The End of the First Appendix.

THE
SECOND APPENDIX
TO THE
SEVENTH PART
OF THE
Spagyrical Pharmacopœa.

Wherein is treated of the further use of our secret Sal-Armoniack, for the meliorating of the meaner Metals, and more particularly of the profitable extracting or separating Sol and Lune from Jupiter. With a subjoyned information how by means of the Mercurial Water of Jupiter, Tinctures may be extracted in quantity not onely from Sol, but also from Mars and Venus, and all precious, as well as common Stones; and that (as it were) in a moment, without Fire or any considerable charge.

Faithfully Translated out of the High-Dutch.

Kind READER,

In my foregoing first Appendix of my Pharmacopœa Spagyrica, I promised a second concerning the further use of our secret Sal-Armoniack, that the ignorant as well as doubtfull might be fully satisfied of the truth. The reason why I rather choose to add two Appendixes to the said seventh Part, than to publish the secrets therein contained, under the title of the eighth Part, is because I have resolved not to go beyond the number 7 (in which something extraordinary lies hid) in any of my Writings. And forasmuch as I have already published six Parts of the welfare of my own Countrey; I intend shortly to add the seventh Part, which shall contain clear and full instructions, without concealing the least circumstance or manual operation how every one who is but a little skill’d in Fire, may with great profit extract from Sand and Stones, Sol and Lune, and thereby get a plentifull livelyhood in any part of the World. I have also at present in hand, the two last Parts of my Treatise of Furnaces, five of them being already in Print, that I may in that Piece also compleat the number seven: which two last Furnaces are extraordinary usefull; for in treating of the sixth Furnace I describe that Artificial Refrigeratory Instrument or Alembick, whereby the Mercury or Cælestial Niter of all Vegetables, Animals and Minerals is caught by kindling Spirit of Wine upon them, by which means the said Mercury is separated from its gross Body, and unprofitable part, and becomes highly exalted and purified. Which instrument the Philosophers have always carefully concealed. The seventh part of my Furnaces shall contain the description of a little Furnace in which with a very inconsiderable quantity of Coals and in a few hours, distillation may be performed by Retort, being such a Compendium as has never yet been published to the World. In which Furnace also the Tinctures of Metals may with the secret Fire of Artephius, or by the proper Agent of the matter of the Stone, in a short time be fixed and maturated. And if it shall please God to continue my Life a while longer, I intend to carry on these my following Works, viz. The Mineral Work, the wonder of the World, my Centuries, with other of my Writings, to the seventh number; but before I publish these I intend to Print some other Treatises, viz. Of the second Terrestrial, and third Cælestial Purgatory, and another concerning God and good and evil Spirits.

Now as to the second Appendix, I intend therein briefly, but fundamentally to declare the true gainfull particular as well as universal transmutation of Metals; yet not so, as that every lazy proud Lubber may become Master of these secrets, and thereby strengthen himself in his Pride and Debauchery, by no means: but they shall be so laid down, that those who have attained to some skill of managing Fire, may easily comprehend the same; yea the whole World will, I hope, have cause to rejoyce for this my faithfull Communication. And in case there be any that might not find clear and full satisfaction in this my Appendix they may read my other Writings, particularly those yet to be published, wherein they will meet with a further Elucidation of these secrets.