Particular from the Universal

screamed over this Cydar. For I believed for certain that I now had the dragon and red lion by the head, and Diana’s white doves by the tail. Now I wanted to cripple the eagle wings of the Mercurius and make it fixed.

original: "Putabam siquidem, quamprimum Mercurius hoc sulphur odorabit, me tanquam Dominum suum adorabit, mihique se supponet, cùm omnibus aliis aliàs imponat."
Translation: For I thought that as soon as Mercury smells this sulfur, it will adore me as its master and submit itself to me, whereas it usually imposes upon all others.

I obtained 80 pounds of such material, together with good distilled wine vinegar. But no more pearls appeared, and no more fish eyes could be seen. Nevertheless, the resolve I had once formed did not leave me.