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# Title: Joh. Joachimi Becheri, Spirensis Med. Doct. Sacr. Caes. Mai. Consiliarii. Experimentum Chymicum Novum (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 109)
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Capn Sextum.
lium, sulpharum, Mercuriorum decompolicione
cerunc, cempus cum sumpribus perdentes, d quo-
niam hoc primum, maximum e periculosissimum
obltaculu in Alchrnia seu arte transmutatoria cst,
non postum hoc loco non maonum servicium
omnibus errantibus, reducendo eos ad veram vi-
am, Facere, qui sequi nolie, errec, nam cum ad pro-
jectionem renieur, omnes speculacores lniverla-
liltarum celtane, de Polum eransmurans e rransmu-
tandum parcicularicer invicem congrediuntur, qua-
lecransmutons esse debeat, posten oudietis, siprius
incelligotis, cujus reseransmutandanempe meralli-
ca, essentiae sit es naturae, non sufficie enim ue dicas,
Sal sulphur e Mercuriusmetallorum, debene im-
inucari ee immutando pertici, operatio haec est pra-
etica, es versatur circamacerias macerialicer, ideoque
omnes concepeus metaphysici et non entia hic cessant,
proindemonstrare debes, quale nam sic hoc lal.
sulphur, de Mercurius cransmurandus, cinctura,
quae immucae, macerialis esse dehet, ergo ecia
materiacransmutanda, nempe (ol, Tulphur, _CMer-
curius, quae principia si a Chrinicis in medium
proterantur, Deusbonel quam ridiculz, quam nul-
la quamnon simplicia, led superdecompolica sunes
hic rieriolum saccharum sacurni pro sale, ibi quod-
visoleum ex aetenicum pro sulphure, alibi nullam
non rolacilem cerram pro Mercuriomonstrabunt,
imo si haec ex metallismogno Cudioclaborarune,
ec junta suum ingenium in principia reduxerune,
adeo
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