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receive and derive from it, I have promoted it for public printing, had it brought into this neat format, and published it at my own expense; not doubting that many lovers of medicine original: Artzney, and especially of this spagyric medicine original: Spagyrischen Medicin. Spagyric medicine refers to the alchemical process of separating and then purifying the components of a substance to create more potent remedies., as well as various other people, will be served by it. And since such little treatises original: Tractätlein are usually dedicated either to those who are themselves experts in such noble arts, or at least to their patrons; I have, in its publication, looked primarily toward you, as the well-appointed pharmacists original: Pharmacopæos of this noble republic original: Republic. Likely referring to the specific city-state or commonwealth where the author is writing.; and because those medicines original: medicamenta which in our aforementioned