HELMONT, Of Eternal Life


For I have oftentimes seen it,
and with, my hands handled the
same, &c. See in the same place
further. Then I projected this
quarter of one Grane, wrapt up in
Paper, upon eight Ounces of Argentvive,
hot in a Crucible, and immediately
the whole Hydrargyry,
with some little noise ceased to
flow, and remained congealed like
yellow Wax: after fusion thereof,
by blowing the bellows, there
were found eight Ounces of Gold,
wanting eleven Grane. Therefore,
one Grane of this Powder,
transmutes 19186 equal parts of
Argentvive, into the best Gold.

Within the Earth, the aforesaid
Powder is found, or what is in a
sort like thereunto, which transmutes
almost an infinite Mass of
impure Metal into perfect Gold, by
uniting the same to it self, it defends
from Rust, and Ærugo, from
Cankring, and Death, and maketh
the same, as it were, immortal,