Now since you have
presented some few Examples, by
which you endeavour to assert the
confirmed possibility of the Matter;
I my self will here shew to you
the True Matter of Secret Philosophers.
Behold it! Look well,
upon it.
Physician.
So my Master, Is this Sulphureous,
and Yellow Glassy Substance
the very Philosophick Matter?
And are you your self the
Possessor of this Science? I am
ready to believe you do but jest
with me. I pray Sir, tell me the
Truth, whether it be really so,
or not?
Artist.
Yes, Matter Doctor, You now
have within your hand, the most
pretious Treasure in the World.
For this is the true Stone of Philosophers,
than which, no Man
ever had a better, nor shall have
any other. And I my self did elaborate
the Composition, from beginning
to end. If you have another
convenient Chamber, I will
Shew you Metal transmuted into
Gold, by such a Stone as this
(When I had brought him into
another Chamber.) Behold (said
he) these five Pendants, were,
by the benefit of this Philosophick
Tincture, prepared of Saturn, or
Lead; which I wear for a perpetual
Remembrance of my Master.
But I suppose, you, having perused
many Writings of the Adept,
seeing the Substance, and Nature
of this Stone, will very sufficiently
know the true Matter, or rightly
understand the same.
Physician.
I understand by your self, that
you had a Master, from whom you
rather learned your Art, than acquired
the same, by your proper
Labour and Invention.
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