[in its] body original: "pore," likely the end of "corpore" be and remain a magnet / as it indeed also is / and can be recognized as nothing else. But this is the final conclusion: that without the Spirit of Mercury original: "Spiritum Mercurii", which alone is the true key to making the corporeal drinkable gold Drinkable Gold: Also known as Aurum Potabile, this was a legendary alchemical medicine believed to cure all ailments and grant longevity. / the Philosopher’s Stone original: "Lapis Philosophorum" can never be made.

Let it turn and remain at such a judgment / and keep silent / for I myself will not speak further now / because silence is imposed upon me and you by the proper Judge Likely referring to God or the laws of nature which forbid revealing the ultimate secret to the unworthy / and I entrust the execution to you yourself / and the further searching to another / who has not yet rightly proven the matter.

II.

Anonymous on the Philosophical Water.

Printed in Kassel by Jacob Gentsch. In the year 1649.

So that I may compose and explain to you / most beloved son / in the briefest way and as if for a memorial original: "memorial"; a summary or memorandum intended to aid the memory / an understanding of the right, true Philosophical Stone / and how one should proceed in its preparation original: "præparation" / know then that such a stone [is made] of two things / namely from body and spirit original: "ex corpore & spiritu" / or from male and female seed / that is / from the Water of Mercury original: "Wasser Mercurii" and the cor- The text cuts off here, likely continuing with "corporeal" or "body" on the next page.