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Baro Urbigerus

Aphorismi Urbigerani

The Complete 1690 Volume · With Circulatum Minus

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Aphorismi UrbigeraniXLIV–LXIII: Creation, Separation and the Third Way · Modern English

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XLIV–LXIII: Creation, Separation and the Third Way · Modern English

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Original English

LI. If in the space of nine or ten Weeks, or two Philosophical Months at longest, our Mercurial Water has not done separating it self from all its own Earth, containing the Metallic Seed, it is an evident sign, that you have either err'd in the working of it, or that its Digestion, having been too violent, has confounded and burnt up the principal Subject of the Creation.

Modern English

LI. If, within nine or ten weeks, or two philosophical months at the longest, our mercurial water has not finished separating itself from all its own earth, which contains the metallic seed, this is clear evidence either that you have erred in working it, or that its digestion has been too violent and has confused and burned up the principal subject of creation.

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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