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    Nature of Mercury To Fixed Body

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    The document discusses the origins and properties of antimony. It states that antimony is a mineral vapor generated by stars and elements and brought to maturity through digestion. It notes that while antimony shares origins with mercury, it has a harder essence due to absorbing more salt during formation. The document also explores the volatility of mercury and how it can be fixed through philosophical means.

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    The document discusses the origins and properties of antimony. It states that antimony is a mineral vapor generated by stars and elements and brought to maturity through digestion. It notes that while antimony shares origins with mercury, it has a harder essence due to absorbing more salt during formation. The document also explores the volatility of mercury and how it can be fixed through philosophical means.

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    Nature of Mercury to Fixed Body

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    The document discusses the origins and properties of antimony. It states that antimony is a mineral vapor generated by stars and elements and brought to maturity through digestion. It notes that while antimony shares origins with mercury, it has a harder essence due to absorbing more salt during formation. The document also explores the volatility of mercury and how it can be fixed through philosophical means.

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    Now, that we may write of Antimony, and begin our Discourse from the very Foundation,

    whence Antimony acquires its Empire, Triumph and Glory, by which it is exalted to
    perfect Operation, we must before all Things discover the certain Original of its Root:
    how it is generated in the Earth, to the Dominion of what Stars it is subjected, and what
    Elements have throughly digested it, and which tehy be, that have brought it to Maturity.
    Antimony is no other than a Fume, or (as I may otherwise call it) a Mineral Vapour, which
    is genited from above by the Stars, and afterward by the Elements deduced and digested
    to formal Coagulation and Maturity. Here it is to be noted, that Antimony hath acquired
    its Essence, Virtue, Power, Operation and Quality, from the same Principle, Root and
    Essence, whence Vulgar Mercury is produced; yet with more firm Coagulation, so that it
    is brought to an harder Essence, than the living or running Mercury of the Vulgar hath.
    The Reason of this is, because it hath assumed from the three Principles, a little more of
    the Substance of Salt, than Common Mercury. For although of all the three Principles, it
    hath the least part of Salt, yet it hath assumed more of the Essence of Salt, than common
    Mercury, whence unto it hath happened such a Coagulation. Hardness in everything is
    from Salt, which vulgar Mercury hath not. For it hath a very small part of Salt, but in it,
    in a spiritual manner, is insited a certain more hot Spirit of Sulphur; therefore it always
    flows, and cannot be brought to Coagulation, unless by the help of other Metallick
    Spirits, which endued with a very great Virtues, are chiefly found in the Matrix of Saturn,
    without which it cannot be fixed, unless by him, who possesseth the Stone of
    Philosophers, by which its three Principles may be brought to a concordant Equality, and
    then it acquires such a Body, as will melt, flow, and abide the Hammer, like all other
    Metals: other wise Mercuy is and will be fluid Mercury, until its volatility be this way
    taken away. Hence it is known, that all Animals and all Vegetables are too weak to fix
    Mercury into a malleable Substance (as many have in vain endeavoured) because all
    these have not a Metallick Nature. Mercury, within and without, is no other than meer
    Fire; therefore it is not combustible by any Fire, no Fire can apprehend it so, as to alter its
    Essence, but it suddenly flies and resolves itself into a incombustible Oil Spiritually; or
    after its fixation it remains so invariable, as no strength or power of men is sufficient
    again to alter it. And whatsoever can now be made of Gold may then also be made of it
    by Art; because after Coagulation it is altogether like Gold: for it with Gold hath one and
    the same Root, Stock, or Production originally.

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