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Excerpt from Aphorismi Urbigerani, or Certain Rules Clearly Demonstrating the Three Infallible Ways of Preparing the Grand Elixir, or Circulatum Majus of the Philosophers: Discovering the Secret of Secrets, and Detecting the Errors of Vulgar Chymists in Their Operations <p>Reefer)neceity have very often Med thrh our own hands, from our giving fuch poji tive Rules, and infallible Infiruétiorzs, elucidating all the mcfi ohfcure and intri cateentgms of the (philofiiphersutnd war; ning them of all the Accidents, that may happen in the working of our Suhjeét: We are, we fay, confident, you neither will, nor can blame us for this: fince you will eafily difcern, that our e fign' is purely to inruét our Difcir. Ples, and prevent all the well-wilhers' to this moji nohle Art from heing int pos'd upon, and cheated, hy any falfe pre tended Adept: to the end that thine, who [hall from the Divine Benignity, hy the help of thefe our Aphorifms, or otherwife, have receiv'd the hlejfed knowledg \of our fir/l Matter, which is the very fame in all our three ways; Of producing the grand Elixir, may thra thefe our certain' Rules obtain. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.