Preface.

Alphidius) It must be, that this vapor rises upward; otherwise you will have nothing of it.

Calid) Extinguish the fire of one thing, with the coldness of another thing.

Avicenna) Make the blind seeing, and the seeing blind; then you have the mastery.

Splendor Solis) In the dissolution is the living silver equal to the working [agent]: But, in coagulation, it is the passive [agent], in which is worked.

Therefore, this art is compared to the play of children, who play so that, what was on top, now lies below.

Prompt. Alch. short for Promptuarium Alchemiae) From one become two, and from two one, and no further. There is one GOD; From this single GOD a son is born. One gave two; Two gave the holy spirit, which proceeds from both.

Of the yellow and red man) Thus speaks Mercurius: I am your father, and the earth is your mother: