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 for it, both they and divers more were accounted Philoophers, and wie men, which ounds more honourably in my eares then all the ratling and empty titles of honour whatoever beides. In the perfection of this Art, I mean the accomplihing of the Elixir, is the Sulphur of philoophers et at liberty, which gratifies the releaers thereof with three kingdomes, viz. Vegetable, Animal, and Mineral, and what cannot they do, and how honourble are they, that have the command of thee ? They may command Lead into Gold, dying plants into fruitfulnee, the ick into health, old age into youth, darknes into light, and what not? A month would faile to give you an account of their power and dominations. Now for the effecting of this I hall beides what I have advied in the Epitle to the Reader, ay onely this;