Treatise and Wander-

ing of the Highly Celebrated Lord Sa-

lomon Trismosin, together with three

powerful Tinctures.

A large decorative historiated woodcut initial 'D' featuring intricate strapwork and foliage patterns.
When I was a young journeyman, I came to a miner named Flocker, who was also an alchemical artist; however, he kept all his affairs hidden, and I could obtain nothing from him. lead He had a piece of common Saturn original: "♄"; the alchemical symbol for lead, named for the slow-moving planet. and a special sulfur or brimstone with it, and he fixed original: "siegierte," from the Latin sigillare, meaning to seal or fix a volatile substance into a solid state. the Saturn for so long until it became firm and fluid, and afterwards like wax. To prepare this Saturn, he took 20 Loth Loth: A traditional German unit of weight, approximately 1/2 ounce or 15 grams. and 1 mark of fine silver which contained no gold, let both melt together for half a day, and then he separated this silver through a casting so that it became half gold. My heart was greatly pained that I was not to possess this art, and I thought to ask him about it, but it was denied me. Not long after, he was buried in a mine original: "verfallt er in einem Berg"; likely referring to a fatal mining accident or cave-in., and no one could find anything of his art. Because I had seen this truth myself with this miner, I set out in the year 1473 and traveled back and forth; wherever I heard of an artist, I made an effort to reach him, and spent a year and a half in this wandering. I learned all sorts of arts from alchemy which did not amount to much, though I saw the truth in certain particulars Particulars: Minor alchemical operations (particularia) that could change the appearance or properties of metals but did not involve the "Universal" Philosophers' Stone. and spent 200 florins, yet I did not think of giving up.

I thought and was diligent to raise travel-funds among my friends, and took my journey with a stranger