Book of Truth and the Philosophers — 1664 German MS

A tincture which the Lord
brings to work in Jupiter $\unicode{x2641}$ / Tin
in a threefold shift. Truly:
Take 3 pounds of antimony stibi and one pound of Gold $\odot$,
to the vessel $\unicode{x22A0}$ preached possibly meaning "subjected to the process", let them flow
from the [heat]; they mix. And with
five parts it turns better.
Great as a King; you should
make it into 5. And finally into a
zinc or ring-like form, be stable.
It was previously sublimated, and in the glass
the tile or cup...

Mercury $\unicode{x263F}$ chosen with diligence then
still what has sublimated itself.
A Jupiter $\unicode{x2641}$ dissolved in a
warm fire $\triangle$, thus the tincture falls
out very quickly. This having
happened, the [material] is clean therein
and burns the vessel $\unicode{x22A0}$ out. Is fire
contrary, so you have the Star $\ast$ further
to use for the other.

O my soul, be silent before
this Queen of Heaven, for
she heals the eternal old damage
and infirmity, and with her
divine gift is rightly endowed
and helps in all things
and protects from the
poisonous death. But seek refuge
in her, and seek her with
desire; she is at once the
cause of life, so that one
be sanctified with her, without the
Holy Spirit, noble-born.

prepared in the birth, almost so
the work should be with the right dissolving,
but I [know] that very often
the Living Water original: "waßer lebendig" says that it is in the air
but rather in common salt. This
is seen by many, because it is poison
to others as in itself, like the common
salt, which I do not believe at all, because
the Jupiter $\unicode{x2641}$ has God and this must be better
and in itself among the [hidden] gold.