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Baro Urbigerus

Aphorismi Urbigerani

The Complete 1690 Volume · With Circulatum Minus

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Aphorismi UrbigeraniXXVIII–XLIII: Water, Fire and Preparation · Modern English

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XXVIII–XLIII: Water, Fire and Preparation · Modern English

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Original English

XXXIV. A deep blood-red Tincture of excellent Virtue is to be extracted also out of the above-mention'd Caput Mortuum, accidentally and unfortunately intermixt with the internal Sulphur of our Mercurial Water, and with the red Oil, with highly rectify'd Spirit of Wine: with which after it has been evaporated to a Powder, imbib'd, and Philosophically digested, you may assure your self of having the Medicine of Medicines, next to the great Elixir, by which you may imperceptibly and quickly cure all sorts of Distempers, to the great Admiration of all Galenists, and to the Astonishment of all Vulgar Chymists.

Modern English

XXXIV. A deep blood-red tincture of excellent virtue may also be extracted with highly rectified spirit of wine from the dead head mentioned above, accidentally and unfortunately mixed with the internal sulphur of our mercurial water and the red oil. After it has been evaporated to a powder, imbibed with that spirit, and philosophically digested, you may be assured that you possess the medicine of medicines, next to the great elixir. With it you may imperceptibly and rapidly cure every kind of disorder, to the great admiration of all Galenists and the astonishment of all common chymists.

About This Reading Edition

The complete 1690 Aphorismi Urbigerani: historical frontispiece and Latin inscriptions, title and licence, dedication, all 101 grand-elixir aphorisms, the complete Circulatum Minus with its title, address and 31 vegetable aphorisms, and the full explanatory postscript with both printed endings. Original and modern English readings, fresh Latin translations, 115 annotations and the complete supplied Diotimos study apparatus.

Historical Text and Translation

Baro Urbigerus, Aphorismi Urbigerani, London: Henry Faithorne, 1690; with Circulatum Minus Urbigeranum and the concluding postscript. The Getty Research Institute copy supplies the governing images; EEBO-TCP A25684 supplies the structured transcription witness, corrected against those images. The frontispiece signed W. F. is attributed in library catalogues to William Faithorne.

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