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Baro Urbigerus

Aphorismi Urbigerani

The Complete 1690 Volume · With Circulatum Minus

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Aphorismi UrbigeraniXXII–XXXI: Powers, Limits and Further Regeneration · Modern English

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XXII–XXXI: Powers, Limits and Further Regeneration · Modern English

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Original English

XXIV. Thô this Menstruum is only specificated upon Vegetables, it will nevertheless in a moment draw the Tincture out of Metals and Minerals; but it will not separate all their Principles, not being the appropriated Menstruum for such Operations; and thô such Sulphurs are highly balsamic for the Lungs and Spleen, yet since our Elixir Proprietatis far exceeds those praeternatural Preparations, we only give this as a curious Chymical Experiment.

Modern English

XXIV. Although this menstruum is specified only for vegetables, it will nevertheless draw the tincture from metals and minerals in a moment. It will not, however, separate all their principles, because it is not the menstruum suited to such operations. Although these sulphurs are highly balsamic for the lungs and spleen, our elixir of properties far surpasses those unnatural preparations. We give this only as a curious chemical experiment.

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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