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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 · Grand Elixir · Aphorism LIV

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XLIV–LXIII: Creation, Separation and the Third Way · Grand Elixir · Aphorism LIV

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Original English

LIV. In case the Earth should be totally destroy'd by the violent external Heat, althô it is most certain, you cannot carry on our noble Creation any farther with it; yet if you know how to amalgamate our Mercury simplex with your common Gold, which is dissolved, vivify'd, and renew'd by it, you may be sure of effecting the Great Elixir, althô neither so quick, so natural, nor so rich, as you might have done without it. And this is our third way.

Modern English

LIV. If the earth should be entirely destroyed by violent external heat, it is most certain that you cannot carry our noble creation any further with it. Yet, if you know how to amalgamate our simple mercury with your common gold, which it dissolves, brings to life and renews, you may be sure of making the great elixir—though neither so quickly, so naturally nor so richly as you might have done without it. This is our third way.

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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