EGHAM, _16th May, 1866_.
P.S. The short side-notes in inverted commas on and after p. 16 (save
???5 M^e??™ and the like) are by a later hand in the MS. The ???Spheres??™ on
p. 26, and the ???Contents,??™ p. vii-viii, are now added.--F. 1889.
[Footnote 1: _The Mirror of Alchimy_, composed by the thrice-famous
and learned Fryer, Roger Bachon, 1597.]
[Footnote 2: Mr. M.A. Tarkhad has been for many years Vice-Principal
of the Rajkumar College, for the sons of the native Chiefs of
Rajkote.--1889.]
[Footnote 3: Mr. E.A. Bond of the British Museum has kindly looked
at the MSS., and puts the Sloane at 1460-70 A.D., and the Harleian
at about 1600.]
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CONTENTS.
BOOK I.
PROLOG: GOD??™S GREATEST SECRET 1
QUINTE ESSENCE DEFINED: ITS QUALITIES 2
HOW TO MAKE QUINTE ESSENCE 4
1ST WAY 4
2ND WAY 5
3RD WAY 5
4TH WAY 5
5TH WAY 6
HOW POOR EVANGELIC MEN MAY GET THE GRACIOUS INFLUENCE OF GOLD 6
HOW TO GILD BURNING WATER OR WINE MORE THOROUGHLY 7
HOW TO MAKE FIRE WITHOUT COALS, LIME, LIGHT, ETC.
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