Aere fic tenues undarum pofle vapores
Linqui credibile cfl , queiscum conjungitur il e
Sublatis, alioque fuam vim vertier omnem.
jam non mixti illi fuftenutique, trahuntur
340
Inter fc , nubefque apparent agglomerata:,
Deorfum et pr ecipitant in terram, denfaquc lymphre
Corpora conficiunt; pluvius cadit ilicct humor
Nubibus cx altis, fitientefquc irrigat agros1;
Proin & roriferis nodtis confpergimur alis .
345
Commixtum falibusfi vivum efferrier igne
Argentum facias, & poft cum fulphure jungas,
Caerulea anteoculos pi&oribus utilis
exit,
Nomine cinnabarim quam dicunt, mada; per ignem
Si deinde hanc torques viva ante in calce receptam, 350
For-
3J2
P H I L O S O P H I
Ih
qu id em ab aqua , fortius au-
a> tem attrah i a co rp o re fix o ,q u am
„ ab a q u a , id coque dim ittere
„ a q u a m
*
ut c u m co rp o re fixo
o, c o a lc fc a ti
te
a n n o n eidem ca u -
0, Cx
tribuend um eft , q u o d aqu a
** te
(piricus a c id i, qu i in fun t in
aceto , aqua forti ,
te
ftiritu
(alis , c o h a e re n t,
te
in d iftillam
„
do fimul a fccn d u n t > fin auccm
id m en ftru u m fali tartari., vel
0,
p lu m b o , vel fe rro , vel cuivis
9,
.corpori fixo , q uod id di(Tolvere
q u ea t ,
fu p e rfufum fit j tum
9,
lp iritu s illi acidi fo rtio re a ttra-
9, r iio n c a d h x r c n t corp ori fixo,
te
d im ittu n t aquam ?
te
ann on m u-
9i
tua: itidem a ttra riio n i tribuen-
f> d um eftjq u o d fpiritus fu lig in is ,
9* te
falis m arini co a lcfca n t , &
co n fli tuant particulas (alis am -
m o n ia ci , q u x m i n u s , q u am
0, antea , volatiles f u n t , q u ip p e
craffiores .
te
m inus a q u x fibi
j , a dm ix tu m habentes ? item quod-
ot
p a rtic u lx falis a m m o n ia ci in ter
93
fu b lim a n d u m fu b v e h a n t feCum
,, particulas ftibii , q u x per fc
fo lx fub lim ari n o lu n t ?
te
q u o d
„ p a rticu lx argen ti v ivi
c o a le -
„ Icentes cum particulis acidis
„ fpiritus
falis c o n ftitu a n t m e t -
j , cu riu m fu b lim it u m , c u m par*
„ titu lis a utem fu lp h u r is , cin -
„ n abbarin ?
te
qu od p a rticu lx fpi-
„ ritus v i n i ,
te
fpiritus u rin x p r o -
„ b c rcriifica to rum co a lcfca n t ,
te
dim ittentes aquam , q u x cas His -
, , folverat , in corpus firm um d u-
,, refeant
1 te
qu od inter (u b li-
j, in an d um cin n abarin c fa lc .a r -
„ t a r i , vei calce v i v a 2 f u lp h u r ,
,, fortiori a tcrad lion c falis > vel
,, calcis d im ittat a rg e n tu m v iv u m
,, ipsum q ue una c u m c o rp o re fixo
,, in vase reftet , &: q u o d , cum
„ m ercuriu s fu b lim atu s fu b lim c-
* „ tur c ftibio , vel c regu lo fti-
4, b i i , fpiritus falis dim ittat ar-
, , g e n tu m v iv u m ,
te
co a lcfca t
,, cum m eta llo illo ftibii , q u o d
,, q u id e m c u m fo rtius a t t r a h i t ;
te
„ reftet c u m illo , u fq u e d um ca-
,, lo r tan tus f i t , ut is u tru m -
„ que^ fim ul
fu rfum im p ellere
,, poffit > tu m q u e fpiritus ifle fa-
, , lis fu b v e h a t fecum illud m c -
,, talium , fp c c ic ,
te
fo rm a falis
„ valde fufilis, q u em b u ty r u m fti-
3, bii appellan t , idque licet fpiri-
, , tus falis ner fc folus n on m u lto
„ m in u s volatilis f i t , q u a m a q u a ,
** te
ftib iu m per fc fo lum non m i-
„ nus fix u m q u a m p lu m b u m ? ,,
