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Baro Urbigerus

Aphorismi Urbigerani

The Complete 1690 Volume · With Circulatum Minus

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Aphorismi UrbigeraniXIV–XXVII: The First and Second Ways · Original

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XIV–XXVII: The First and Second Ways · Original

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Original English

XIV. Out of this our Gold, or undetermin'd Green-Dragon, without the addition of any other created thing whatsoever, we know how thrô our Universal Menstruum to extract all our Elements, or Principles, necessary for the performance of our great Work: Which is our first way of preparing the Grand Elixir: and since this our first Chaos is to be had without any Expence, as costing only the trouble of digging it out of the Mines, This is not unfitly call'd the only way of the Poor.

Modern English

XIV. From this gold of ours, or undetermined Green Dragon, without adding any other created thing whatsoever, we know how to extract, through our universal menstruum, all the elements or principles needed to perform our great work. This is our first way of preparing the grand elixir. Since this first chaos may be obtained without expense, costing only the trouble of digging it from the mines, this is appropriately called the sole way of the poor.

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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The historical text and engraving are public domain. The EEBO-TCP Phase 2 transcription is released under CC0; that waiver does not cover associated images. The engraving is credited to the Getty Research Institute copy digitised by Internet Archive. The supplied 2026 reading, translations and Diotimos editorial material are published with the site owner’s authorization.