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On Sulphur · Passage 13
Source reference
- Latin witness
- 1616 · sequence pages 70–71
Latin
Alchimista: Domine, Ego componam istas lites inter illos, et liberabo illud: sum alias vir adeo doctus, sapiens, adhaec etiam sum bonus practicus praesertim ubi ad tractandum venitur.
Vox: Amice, video quidem quod satis magnus, et cum magno capite sis, sed nescio num tu ista facere possis.
Alchimista: Domine, fortassis tu ignoras, quid sciunt Alchymistae: quoad tractatus semper illi sunt victores, et certe ego non sum postremus, modo inimici eius mecum tractare velint: si tractabunt, esto securus, quod causa cadet. Domine, crede mihi, Alchymistae sciunt tractare. Si tantum mecum tractare velint, Sulphur confestim liberabitur.
Vox: Placet mihi ingenium, audio quod probatus sis.
English
Alchemist: Sir, I shall settle their disputes and free it. I am otherwise a very learned and wise man, and also a good practitioner, especially when it comes to negotiation.
Voice: Friend, I can indeed see that you are quite large and have a large head, but I do not know whether you can do these things.
Alchemist: Sir, perhaps you do not know what alchemists can do. When it comes to negotiations they are always victorious, and I am certainly not the least among them. If only its enemies will negotiate with me! If they do, rest assured the case will collapse. Believe me, sir, alchemists know how to negotiate. If only they will negotiate with me, sulphur will immediately be freed.
Voice: I like your ingenuity. I hear that you are a proven man.
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The complete supplied Latin–English edition of the Twelve Treatises, Epilogue, Enigma, Parable, Dialogue of Mercury and Treatise of Sulphur, with original preliminaries, John French’s historical English address and its separately labelled modernisation, 101 annotations and the complete study apparatus.
Historical Text and Translation
The Twelve Treatises and their concluding texts follow the selected 1606 Herzog August Bibliothek witness. The Dialogue uses the 1607 Cologne printing; the author’s preface and Alsted epigram use Frankfurt 1611. Sulphur uses the 1616 Munich and Rome witnesses. John French’s 1650 address is separately identified as historical English reception.
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