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The Last Testament of a Father to His Beloved Son · Passage 21
German
Das Butyrum ♁ii kan auch mit [Niterzeichen] und Vitriol so wol gemacht werden als mit dem ☿ [Sublimationszeichen]to, denn der ☿ [Sublimationszeichen]tus wird durch [Niterzeichen] und Vitriol gemacht, und ist ein groß Gifft und gefährlich damit umbzugehen, wiewohl das Butyrum ♁ii auch gifftig ist, man muß die Nase wohl verwahren, daß man den Geruch und Dunst bey Leibe nicht in sich ziehe und Schaden bekomme an Gesundheit und Leben.
English
Butter of antimony can also be made with saltpetre and vitriol just as well as with sublimate of mercury, because the sublimate of mercury is itself made with saltpetre and vitriol. It is a great poison and dangerous to handle, though the butter of antimony is poisonous too. One must guard one’s nose well, so that on no account does one breathe in the smell and the fumes and suffer harm to health and life.
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The complete supplied German–English edition of the 1682 collection: the main treatise attributed to Ali Puli, Helbig’s preface, distinct companion discourses, the short potable-gold preparation and the anonymous Father’s Last Testament, with four historical figures, 103 annotations and the full Diotimos study apparatus.
Historical Text and Translation
The governing German witness is the complete 1682 collection in Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe, shelfmark 87 B 76050, with an unnumbered title and printed pages 1–80. The historical title’s Arabic and Portuguese antecedents and its authorial persona are retained as claims, not authenticated originals. Johann Otto Helbig (Hellwig), Martin de Delle, J. J. F. and the anonymous testament retain their distinct historical roles.
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