Gleanings of antiquities / By John Beaumont, Gent.

  • Beaumont, John, -1731.
Date:
1724
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    And the ingenious Poet Palingenius, whofe Name imports a Regeneration, in the tenth Book of his Zodiacus Vita, gives us a Procefs for bringing Men to a regenerate State, which he calls a Procefs for mak¬ ing the PhilofopherVStone, for you mud know thefe two commonly go together : Which Procefs the Phi- lofophers obtained, addretfing themfelves to Sol, Luna, and Mercury, begging them to teach them fome eafy way whereby they might have an honed Support, and not be expofed to the Contempt of the Vulgar. And as the reading of this Book was pro¬ hibited by the Council of Trent, poffibly it may be, becaufe this grand Secret is divulged in it. How¬ ever, to gratify the Chymids, and others who may make a good Ufe of it, I fhall give you here the Pro¬ cefs, dilated by P.hcebus, as follows. Hunc juvenem Arcadium, infidum, nimiumq; fugacem, Prendite, & minerfum ftygiis occidite lymphis. Mox Hyales gremio impofitum, Deus excipiat quern Lemma terra colit, fublatuinq; in cruce figat. Tunc fepelite utero in calido & diffolvite putrem ; Cujus fill antes Artus de Corpore noflro, Spiritus egredius penetrabit, & or dine mho, Paulatim extin&um nigris revocabit ab umbris Auratd indutum chlamyde, argentoq; nitentem. Projicite hunc demum in prunes, renovabitur alter JJt Phoenix, & qua tangit perfeLla relinquet Corpora, Nat ura leges & fader a vincens ; Mutabit Species paupertatemq; fugabit. Take this Arcadian, flitting, treacherous Boy, And, dipp’d in Stygian Waters, hi?n deftroy. Then fet on Hyale’j Lap, let Lemnos God Take him to him, and crucify the Lad. Then, in a warm Womb plac d, bis Taint dijjolve Whofe dropping Limbs a Spirit (hall devolve From me, and penetrate; and ftrangely fo, Dead