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Glass, provided thy Nest be covered, and the ends of thy Glass necks comeforth.Yet to my Doctrine furthermore attend,Beware thy Glass thou ever open ne meeve,From the beginning till thou have made an end;If thou do otherwise thy Work may never cheeve.Thus in this Chapter which is but brief, &c.And that this is according to the sence of all Wise men, is evident by theirtestimony in general, and the following words of Ripley; See (saith he) thatthou open not thy Glass, nor move it, from the beginning to the end of theWork. So then this feeling of the Glass, it must be such as may be withoutopening or moving of the same; for if the Seed be disturb’d in its beginningto vegetate, the Work is undoubtedly spoiled, or at least it will be sonotably weakned, that it will hardly afford thee thy true Signs in thy due.Therefore when thou settest in thy Egg in thy Nest, take heed of meddlingwith it until the Mastery be attain’d, but with a Wyre or some such thing, orwith a hole in thy Cover, stay the neck of thy Glass from jogging this wayor that, which otherwise it will be very subject to.Thus have I briefly run through this second Gate of Dissolution, which isindeed one with Calcination and Separation; for by a constant Sublimation,is made a Solution of the Body, and at length a Congelation of Spirits, forthey by oft ascending, come to that pass that they will ascend no more, butremain at the bottom of the Vessel together, which is Conjunction theyswell, bubble and boil, till they calcine and putrefie. The black Earth,impalpable like Atoms of the Sun, being the highest degree of Putrefaction:and this is a secret not so clearly discovered by any before.The Sun is set, no wonder darkest NightDoth veil the Crystal Skie:The Moon’s eclips’d, no marvel that her lightDoth from us hidden lie.The Sun’s declined to the Northern Pole,And O the change that’s made!The pearly drops are turned to a Coal,All brightness quite doth fade.In this Apollo bright, whose glory didA luster great display?In this fair Phoebe, who ere light was hid,Did shine as bright as day?Is this the King whose glory and renownDid shine as bright as day?108