First Chapter.

...as the Philosopher's Stone is also indestructible. No fire, not even the most intense, can harm it; indeed, it much more strengthens itself therein, the longer it remains in such [fire]. It, however, penetrates all things and overcomes everything—the hardest as well as the most persistent, fixed gold fixed gold|In alchemy, 'fixed' refers to a substance that is stable and does not evaporate or change when exposed to intense heat. as well as the hardest diamond—when one mixes them with an apportioned quantity. On the other hand, in smaller quantities, it illuminates everything and imparts a fine luster, restoring it to its purity and perfection in all three realms three realms|The animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms of nature..

For in the Vegetable Kingdom, if one brings only a few drops into one of the roots of a barren tree and seals the hole again with grafting wax grafting wax|A historical mixture used by gardeners to seal tree wounds or grafts; the author suggests using it here to keep the alchemical elixir inside the tree's root., it will once again bring forth the most magnificent fruits, better than before; but applied to another, already good tree, it causes it to bring forth fruit two or three times a year.

In the Animal Kingdom, it not only heals man from all his sicknesses original: "Siechtagen," referring to chronic illness or the infirmities of old age., but strengthens all his senses; it gives him moreover more than human understanding and keeps him healthy until the final moment of his life, where he then, so to speak, falls asleep rather than dies. It also extends the years beyond the ordinary course of life to eighty, a hundred, or even more: as some few, subtle wise men Likely referring to legendary long-lived alchemists like Nicolas Flamel. have brought their lives to a very great age.