Thesauri et armamentarii medico-chymici appendix [...] Testamentum Hadrianeum

The Testament of Hadrian

It restores pure flesh once the rot has been driven out; as an enemy, it puts to flight every foul smell that is unpleasant to the nostrils. It is a common Medicine for everyone, whether one abounds in wealth or endures a life of poverty under a humble roof. Hence, the matter speaks of itself with these titles:

I am the Stone, the guidance for the Empire of kings,
the solace of a needy life; the rich man and the poor man
possess me by equal right. I am a children's game,
and a woman's work a common alchemical phrase suggesting the ease of the work once the matter is known, often more despised than discarded seaweed
which the foot rolls into the dung through the muddy streets;
yet the King recognizes me, and the order of the sevenfold assembly Synodi septemplicis the seven metals corresponding to the seven planets
of metals bows down to adore my scepter.

Therefore, this matter—unknown to the world and submerged in darkness until now, uncultivated, sterile, and lying without honor—the light of our Testament, with God breathing upon us, will abundantly illuminate and show its pleasant fruits. Finally, so that I may point out its proper name to you, know that by the face of an ancient seer, she is the daughter of Calchas This is a pun on "Calchantum," meaning vitriol or copperas, born at the same time as the rising of the rapacious Kite MILUI possibly referring to the "Milvus," a name used for a specific mineral or a stage of the work. At its rising, I too was born into the Chemical art Chimicâ arte, at the time when Mulciber Vulcan, the master of fire, caught the adulterous Mars with his wife Venus and displayed them to be seen by the Gods.

If you are able to take the rosy and heavy blood of this Virgin, and if you can take away the dry and snowy moisture of the Winged One Alitis referring to the volatile spirit or mercury, the crown of the king is won for you; for a white wave flows around the saffron yolks.