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Baro Urbigerus

Aphorismi Urbigerani

The Complete 1690 Volume · With Circulatum Minus

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LXXX–CI: Nourishment, Perfection and Fermentation · Grand Elixir · Aphorism LXXXVIII

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Original English

LXXXVIII. The Imbibitions are not to be made any oftner, than once every three or four days, in which time you will find your Matter, having soak'd up all your Mercury, to be in great want of Food, which must be supply'd, until it be saturated: the Mark of which will be, when it flows like Wax again.

Modern English

LXXXVIII. The imbibitions must not be made more often than once every three or four days. Within that time you will find that your matter, having soaked up all your mercury, greatly needs food. This must be supplied until it is saturated. The sign of this will be that it flows like wax again.

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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