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“...SEPTiMANiE Philosophic^
uerfiliscruxefi Chymicorum,Jihquoi mHltiJuccumhunt
6" emoriuntur oh difficult at em: I{eiiciatur itaq-, extra ar-
tis jtomceria: An non vcrfic iudico ?
S A L O M O N.
Non opinor. Ononis herba cfl: aculeata,Refta bouis,vel Mora ara-
tri dila, quiainagrismukum moleftias agricoliscreet: anpropterea
totaextirpandacrit? Ncutiquam; quiainmundoornatumauget,&
liomini lalutaris eft ad pellendos lapillos ex renibiis & velica. Ita & de
Antimoniocogitandumeric. Eftmultisremora:.dainno&caufaina-
niunilaborum; fed nihilominus habetfuamvtilitatcm.&vimmani-
feftamin miiltis morbis,lapide,lcpra,aurigine,&fiinilibus: Maneat
itaque in officina Chyinicorum, vt tanquam fapo eomm manus&
facicm, ficillud, ingeniumSc mentem piiiget & clarificet, qubvi-
deantanteanon vila,&intclligant anteanonintelleda.Illotis mani-
bus licet actingere illis carbones,fed non arcana impiua anima & illo-
ta confcientia. Aatimonium,vt aurum,fic illosfcbruct. Rhodo hoe
fimileeft, lu Rofeto; neutrum abfque fpinis...”
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“...populijdodlivelindodli non percipe-
rnt,quid tegeretur, qua de re ageretur,quodeiu(modiars foretpof-
ilbilis, &quibuiHaminvlu polita, quidiimularctur,autdinmularc-
tur. Veriim nos alibi copidnusholcelaruatos, non dcos, nee homi-
nes, fed ex crroribus errores rcfutauimusi quocirca luc breuiores
fumus.
HYR AMVS.
*Donum cjfe Deitritiatm, mm Janara njolaf
re pot eft? ^ndraconesjunt -volatiles^ qui eurrum tra-
hant ? Neutrum opinor: V'nde oportet antiques (apientes
nugat...”
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“...aiiis incognitaaliundc cb ad-
ue6tafit,Phoenicis.defcriptioninonabfimilis,fed verumfuiHcPhoE-
niccm,qui fe per combuftionem ex cinere propaget, & per tot feciila,
AnnaUib 6. antequamfcneieat, perduret, credibile noneft; Tacitus PhcEiiiccin,
prontfapientes&dodi vid ex Gnecisdeeo fabulatifunt, inAnnali-
bus fuis depingit: At quia animaduertit difcrepantiam diueiforum
authorumdcannorum numerot poftquem exadum.multis comita-
tus auibus, fe in Solis vrbem .tgypti, qmc & Thcbxdicitur.conferat,
vt ibi in ara cqmburatur, & cx cinere icinuenefcat, dnbius & barrens
nefcit,quidftatuat: Nihilominus inqiiic, cerzum eiVc,quodPha;nixtn
ty£g}ptoappareat. Phanicem veibannqui Pbilofopbifinxerimtaucm
Arabi£veli.gyptieademintentione,qua Vcilusaureum,PomaHe-
Phoenix pcridiim,&eiulmodialia, nilnifi Tinturam philofophicam deno-
tinAutam ^antia, introduxerunt, qiiod patet ex rei cuiufque circumftantiis,
philofofhi- nempeipfiusTinaurarac Phoenicis. Tinhiraell Pbmnicci ('euTyrij
cadcnotai. ^ fubiedo combiifto,&: in ...”
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