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Attributed to Jean d’Espagnet

The Summary of Physics Restored

A Fresh English Translation from the Complete 1653 Latin Enchiridion

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Duplex humor in quolibet mixto latet, Elementaris & Radicalis: Elementaris, qui partim aqueæ partim aëreæ est naturæ, igni cedit, & in fumum seu vaporem euolat, quo exhausto in cineres corpus resoluitur; illo enim tanquam glutino elementa in mixtione deuinciuntur. Radicalis autem humor ignis communis tyrannidem spernit; neque enim aut martyrio deficit, aut volatu recedit, sed mixto superstes eius cineribus pertinaciter inhæret; quod perfectæ puritatis argumentum est.

English

Twofold moisture lies hidden in every mixed body: elemental and radical. Elemental moisture, which is partly watery and partly airy in nature, yields to fire and flies off as smoke or vapour. When it is exhausted, the body is reduced to ashes, for through it the elements are bound together in their mixture as with glue. Radical moisture, however, disdains the tyranny of common fire. It neither fails under torment nor departs in flight, but survives the mixed body and clings tenaciously to its ashes. This is evidence of perfect purity.

About This Reading Edition

The complete 1653 Enchiridion physicae restitutae, conventionally attributed to Jean d’Espagnet, with Latin and a fresh English translation, all 245 canons, the title and maxim, address to students, epigram, original marginalia, 140 modern annotations and the complete supplied Diotimos study apparatus.

Historical Text and Translation

Anonymous, Enchiridion physicae restitutae. Geneva: Jean-Antoine and Samuel de Tournes, 1653. ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Rar 4790; digitised by e-rara, doi:10.3931/e-rara-21407. Conventionally attributed to Jean d’Espagnet; the original title page is anonymous.

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