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MUNDI SUBTERRANEI<br />

"^mlnVpos-^^^^ftifio^ ellychnio^ oleo remconjiciendam<br />

Si enim ex Jsheftooleumexttaheretur,<br />

utique illudejufdem cumlapidevir-<br />

& confequenter incorruptihile foret,<br />

fet,iUudfo. putarent.<br />

rei luminis<br />

perpetui<br />

nutrimeu tutis,<br />

ium.<br />

Plutonifacrum munus ne attitighefures,<br />

Iqnotum eft volis, hoc quodin orhe latet.<br />

Namiiue elementagravi claufit con^efla lahore,<br />

Vafefuh hoc modico maximus Olybius.<br />

Adftfcecundo cuftos fihi copia cornu,<br />

Ne tanti pretium depereat laticis.<br />

fcripfifte.<br />

Quascum itafintquaeriturfaltem, utrum<br />

fed nil unquam ad guftum reperire<br />

arte humana lucerna aliqua perpetuo igne fiagransconftruipofiit^<br />

Fateormemultumquiaem<br />

temporisin hacfpeculationeconfumpfifTe<br />

,<br />

Oleumex potuifTe. IlHs ^otiiiimum fuhfcripfi ,<br />

qui ex<br />

M o D u s P R 1 M u 3, •*<br />

Sederroneus , de igne perpetuo conficiendo.<br />

JOannes BaptiftaPorta ficLucernam perpe- joh.Bapt:<br />

tuo ardentem fieri pofle, exiftimavit. No- ^""^<br />

tum efl , inquit , omnihus , omnium mirahilium<br />

in hoc mundo caufam efe vacui metum , ^<br />

Sed qu2 Scardeonius tamfcitedelucerna<br />

potius Mundimachinam difrumpi, quam tllua<br />

Olyhii Patavii inventa refert , non de perpetua<br />

luce, qua flagrabat, fed de liquore<br />

fi flamma vitro claufa<br />

Natura admittat. Vnde<br />

fuerit, fpiramentis omnihus interclufis ,<br />

qute fi<br />

illo , omnia in aurum convertente, fi fas<br />

duraverit,nilohftat,quominusperfit<br />

dicere , intelligenda funt. Quis nefcit<br />

\petuoduraturafit. Sedquando in vitro claufoaccendatur<br />

flamma, hoc opus , hic lahor<br />

nieteres lepidi ingenii homines complura<br />

hujufmodi ad pofteris folenni fane verfutia<br />

eft; liquorfuhdantiatenuifmcefitoportet, ^<br />

illudendum , fimilia abditis monumentis in-<br />

minimce evaparationis',undeficlaufa vitroflamT<br />

ma introducitur ,<br />

quod w^otiis fpecuiis /acile<br />

fieripoteft ,illapermanelit. \t2iPorta: Sed<br />

meiiusdixifTet, ^//r«w potius ,<br />

quam Mundum<br />

ruptum iri. Accedit, lucernam in conclufo<br />

aere fubito extintlum iri,Sc experimentum<br />

docet; fi candelam inverfofcypho fubdideris,Ut<br />

proinde evanida fit omnis vaporisin novum<br />

fomentum refolutio,cum^^w»7^ non tam in<br />

oleum quam fuliginem convertatur. Sed quia<br />

hujufmodi machinamentum fupra confutavimus<br />

, ei diutius non inliserebimus.<br />

MoDus Secundus.<br />

Ttithemii,fed erroneus.<br />

unde id asbeftino eliychnioaccenfumperpetuo<br />

duraret : cum enim in vapores refolvi<br />

non poflit , id in perpetuum aequo fe tenore<br />

ad ellychnium incombuftibile haberet. Un- 'TyArtholomausKorndorferus Chymicus hoc Barthol.<br />

de conclufi ,fi<br />

quis ex Ashefto mihi oleum extrahere<br />

poffet , illi haud dubie perpetui lumi-<br />

pofTe , audloremque hujus Trithemium facit.<br />

-^pafto putat iucernam perpetuam condi ^°y"'^°''<br />

nis inventum pollicerer. Unde ftatim cum<br />

j Primo miicetfulphuris , & aluminis caicina- w»*^»»''»?^»<br />

peritioribus Chymicis de poffibilitate rei ti^uncias ,<br />

quijjus in fubiime a(!T:is Aores ^rifj^fj^<br />

tranfegi ; imo materiam asbeftinam ad tentandum<br />

fubminiftravi;qui tandem omni di-<br />

iconficit. Fiorumfextantemcumfemiuncia<br />

Boraci Cryftaiiino Veneto, quibusin<br />

ligentii adhibita nibtl fe profecifte fincere<br />

vitrea concha contritis aifnndit fpiritum vini<br />

quater reftificatum , & fafta digeftione,<br />

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confeflifunt adeo enim oleum illud concentrarum<br />

reperere , ut potius tota fubftantia abflrafto iiio, novum reponit, idque bis,<br />

perire malitquam ut illud fe a fuo fubjefto ter ,<br />

quater repetit, donecfuiphur in aerea 1^^^*<br />

feparari permittat.Quidquid enim ex eo ex-<br />

mina candefafta fine fumo inftar ctrae liquefcat<br />

; atque hocpahulum lucernaperpetute<br />

trahipotuit.vel^j^^^fuic, nuUomodo igni<br />

concipiendo apta . vei materia quidem vifcofa<br />

, fed ita denfa, lenta & fenta , ut ea nec<br />

dicit. Poftea adornandum & ellychnium<br />

iiac arte : Ashefti lapidis filamenta longiulio<br />

igne liquefieri , multo minus inflammari<br />

potuerit. Addiderunt , oleum ,<br />

auricuiaris, craffitie vero<br />

quod<br />

coiiigantur ferico albo , faftum inde<br />

taki vocant , fimilis efle pertinacis , & proinde<br />

in vitro Veneto feu alimento<br />

,<br />

quod pafTim mollitiei muiiercularum prius purgato confpergitur , tumuiaturque<br />

fervit , oleum quidem vocari , fed non effe<br />

l&in arena caiente lioris 24 decoquitur,<br />

cum ilio eliychnium imbutum nunquam ebuiiiente femper fulpliure. Inundlum delibutumque<br />

flammam concipiat , ac proinde nii aiiud<br />

fic ellychnium difponitur in<br />

quam phiegma effe Chymica arte a talco feparatum.<br />

vitrea, utemineat pauiulum ; agge-^<br />

ritur fulphur prsparatum , concha in are-<br />

caientem infertur,ut iiquefcatfulphur<br />

Vuriiconftruend.irum lucernarum perpetuo .& comprehendat eliychnium. Dicunt hoc<br />

lumine ardentium modt.<br />

jugiflammaarfurum.<br />

itaque finguia hujus experimentiin- Nuiiuia<br />

variaarti- Neomnino in nihilum redegifle videagredientia<br />

ad incudem revocemus , inve-j^'^"^^*<br />

"^"'- L^cernarum Veterum conftruftioctrniufieri<br />

neni , hoc ioco nonnuliorum Aucflorum<br />

3,-<br />

^"deTesi^- niemus , nulla prorfus ratione ea con(\- natura poffeputa-<br />

ftere pofle. Quis enim nefcit, omnia minera- '^^^^^^^^',<br />

modos SiindiXX^uzs quihus hujufmodt lucernas<br />

lia, cujufmodi funt fuiphur, fal, aiumen, petux#-<br />

iieripofte cogitarunt , adducemus ; una fimul<br />

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borax<br />

examinaturi , utrum<br />

, quin &quinta effentia vini , inflam- "^"'^*'<br />

fucceftus aliquis ex prsfcriptis<br />

QX[>Qnmentisf/>erandus fit.<br />

mata t^ndem humido pingui intra ea latente<br />

depaflo extift^um iri ; cum dida omnia uti<br />

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