Description by Salomon Trismosin

pure / likewise for the French disease A common historical term for syphilis. and more of other illnesses.

Take again of the upper Tincture / which you first let flow with the Gold / 1 part / and let 1,000 parts of pure red Copper flow / and cast it upon the flow / let it go for half a quarter of an hour / pour it out / so you have the reddest Gold in a copper-like manner / very malleable like lead / in all tests / thus you can also deal with tin just as with copper.

You should know / that the metal Iron / since it cannot be brought into flow so quickly / so take an iron tooth / and let it glow at its best and strongest / and put Tincture on it as judged by the eye / hold the iron again in the fire / so it will become very high-grade Gold / stiff and brittle / let this Gold flow with the Gold / that was made from Mercury original: "Mercurio". / part with part / so it is the best Gold / in all tests / and malleable under the hammer and very good.

From this process you have truly and rightly the Red Lion original: "roten Leo"; a powerful alchemical symbol for the final, perfected stage of the Philosopher's Stone. and its Tincture / for all metals / how they are to be tinged original: "thingieren"; the alchemical process of transforming a base metal into a noble one. / therefore everyone who wants to begin this Work / and labor / should pray diligently / and give great and rich alms to the poor after the work is finished / otherwise there will be little luck.

Whoever uses this Tincture in fiery wine High-proof alcohol or brandy, often used as a solvent for alchemical medicines. / will become strong in his nature / and it completely refreshes old people and their Radical Humor original: "Humorem Radicalem"; in medieval medicine, this was the vital "internal moisture" or sap of life that sustained youth and health. / as if they were born anew. I, Trismosin, have myself cured 90-year-old men and women with this Tincture / they have already become new / and those women who bear no children / they become quite fertile from such and this medicine / when they drink a spoonful of the wine every morning / So