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The Concentrated Centre of Nature · Passage 27
German
Die Krebsaugen, Conchylia &c. machen den Spiritum und ⊖ vomitorium Vitrioli besser süß und viel eher als Kalck, oder andre mineralische Dinge. Kein 🜅 kan ☉ zerschneiden, wenn nicht gutes Sal 🝕æ oder 🜹 dazu kommt. Das Ohren-Schmaltz macht die leichten Ducaten schwerer, und andere brauchen den frischen Pferde-Mist oder legen sie unter die Füsse in die Schuh, wenn sie schwitzen. Die Ostindianer machen das ☉ geschmeidig und hochfärbig mit Kühdreck und bringen das ♀ zu stetsbleibender ☉farbe durch ein Animalisch Fett.
English
Crayfish eyes, shells, and the like sweeten the spirit and emetic ⊖ of vitriol better, and much sooner, than lime or other mineral substances. No 🜅 can dissolve ☉ unless good salt of 🝕 or 🜹 is added. Earwax makes underweight ducats heavier; others use fresh horse dung or place them beneath their feet inside their shoes when they sweat. The East Indians make ☉ malleable and richly coloured with cow dung and bring ♀ to a lasting ☉-colour by means of an animal fat.
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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.
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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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