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vocmude qui fanfte affirmarunt , fe a diverfis AlchyauroAichy-<br />

miftis diverfos tum auri ,<br />

Aiberti iie coaluifl^ct. Quod & Albettus lib.j. dememrtAchf'<br />

tallicis confirmat ; Aurum e»im Chymica arte<br />

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MUNDI SUBTERRANEI<br />

"^® ^^ ^^ relongoratiocinio difcurriflem,<br />

r'"'nftas<br />

argentique partus<br />

^" '<br />

ci«».<br />

examini oblatos accepifie ; & nonnullos<br />

quidem cupellae , ad feptem depurationum<br />

repetitiones ob pertinaciflimam fpurije mifcellaeadhjEfionem<br />

reftitifl!e, tandem verum<br />

aurum praeftitifl~e , non intenti ab Alchymiftistranfmutationeconflatum,fedutipoftea<br />

ex confeflione eorum percepit , ex marchafita<br />

auro praegnante, metallurgica arte lum inde<br />

decofto , cum lucro \ auri ex una libra marchafits<br />

extradlum. Et quamvis innumera<br />

queat ,<br />

hujufmodi artis miraculaipfis exhibita fuerint,<br />

nihil tamen, a quo tempore artem fpagyricam<br />

profefli fuerant , fe comperiflTe ajebant<br />

quod non fucum faperet , aut quod ex<br />

tradit.<br />

falfis mifcellisfophiftica compofitione non<br />

rire monftrat ;<br />

tis. ^dfi devemjfe , ait ,<br />

^uod uhi fex , aut feptem<br />

ignes fujiinuijet , tandem confumtum in faces fales apparatus ,<br />

refolutum fuerit. Dum itaque AlchymiftiB dicunt,<br />

aurumfefacere ex Mercurio, aeterijque<br />

metallis , quod cupellie quovis modo refijiat , ne<br />

credas eis , cum longiorihiu ignis tormentis tandem<br />

heterogeneis partihus Jeparatis , tantum<br />

fimiliaque metalla ,<br />

aurifuperfit, quantum impofuifli. Non opus<br />

hifcefuiflet, tot repetitisexaminibusveritatem<br />

reperiri , cum id magna plumbi copia<br />

cupellae commifl~a facilevelunicoexamine<br />

fine errore , arte paucis nota , comperire<br />

potuiflent.<br />

quae potifllmum in extra(^is,<br />

Conchfio. Concludo itaque ;<br />

quicquid quondam<br />

Lullus, Arabes, quicquid Lullm,Arnoldus, Rupeciffa<br />

Sendivogius<br />

,<br />

&c<br />

quicquid Ifaaciu , Bafdtus , Ripleus , Sendivegius,<br />

Paracelfus,e)uiqae fequaces de auro afe<br />

confefto tradiderunt , nonverum , &natuj^uicquid<br />

rale,fed fophifticum fuifl^e, iis artibus, quas<br />

in hu tifqiic<br />

recenfuimus, conflatuin. Unde quicauid intempora<br />

ae • i r i . * ^ ,<br />

auroAichy- numeris hucufque de Arte magna Lapidis<br />

mico ab evulgatis libris editum fuit , id nil aliud,<br />

33^<br />

SeH.lY. omnem illam Alchymiftarum operationem<br />

fuifTe falfam , & fophifticam ,<br />

pafllmjadant. Undefruftralaborant ,<br />

qui<br />

quin & ex Theatro Cliymico , TurbaPhilofophorum,exoperibus<br />

JfaaciHollandi , Comitis

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