PET. JOH. FABRI

In Palladio spagyrico Allocutio

Address in the Spagyric Palladium

To Zoilus a classic symbol of a malicious critic.

An ornamental woodcut initial 'Z' featuring a large, stylized letter set against a background of dense floral and leaf patterns.

Zoilus, whoever you are, who bark and howl at chemists like the manner of dogs and wolves, you do not know that you are a chemist yourself, even against your will. For unless your nature were of an incessant fire, treating your own affairs in a spagyric manner—