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every volatile ☉ acts in the fire upon other metals and makes them golden; thus, more ☉ comes out than was fished out of the extraction by the ☽ and leaden casting-net. Pay attention to this and go the right way, and you will find more than you can currently comprehend or believe. The fishery is described clearly enough here; the cementation of the cheese and the reduction is also not dark and can be done quite easily.
But if GOD loves you, he can show you a much closer way to perform this work more easily and, at the same time, to attain more good.
Let yourself be satisfied with this for this time, thank GOD for it, and do not forget the poor. When you are blessed by GOD, he will show you ever more advantage and closer ways to pursue this described work to the honor of GOD and the comfort of the poor, with pleasure and without any burdening of your conscience or your fellow Christian. Do not trouble yourself about such earth, stone, or sand from which you draw ☉, for the entire surface of the earth is full of it everywhere, and one does not need to run far for it. Also, you can learn to prepare saltpeter from my writings, and from the saltpeter a ▽ water/solvent and ℞ aqua regia easily. And if you initially have only a single pound of ▽, you can make a start, for in the