Physico-Medical Treatise on the Thorough Cure of Tartar, Gravel, and Sand

diminish: and in that manner they are, in truth, quite good for calculum the stone.

Here much could also be said about the thoughtlessness of many who, in the preparation of special AQVARVM VITAE waters of life / strength- and stroke-waters etc. / are accustomed to adding all sorts of precious stones / pearls / corals etc. / whole or powdered; also gold / such as ducats / golden chains / gold leaf etc. pro speciebus ingredientibus as ingredient species / thus raw and without prior Philosophical dissolution / depuration / and spiritualization or making spiritual; thinking to distill these in a Balneo Mariae water bath / and in that way to obtain their virtues and subtle powers; But / for the sake of beloved brevity / I give them only this to consider rationally / whether the burnt herbal waters / wine / Malmsey / or brandy poured over them; Item / such mild warmth of the bath can resolve / extract / overcome / and make them spiritual in such a way that they rise over the helmet a reference to the still head / or let any of their virtues and powers out of themselves / and give them up to be carried over with them; Considering that stones and gold / be they whole or made into powder / also otherwise resist greater fires / and much stronger / more subtle / sharper waters / in such a way that they do not want to be mastered in them / nor let themselves rise over the helmet so easily. So the weight of the stones testifies / as well as

become / the delicate grain flour / that usually clings to the bottom of the bread / avoid / How much more this stone-flour?

the