The Metallic Orchard

[...taught/explained] The text begins mid-word with "-ret haben", likely completing "gelehret" (taught) or "erkläret" (explained). There, one person wants to hold and claim that the immature mineral electrum original Latin: Electrum minerale immaturum; a legendary alchemical alloy or a specific state of raw ore described by Paracelsus of Theophrastus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, known as Paracelsus (1493–1541), a Swiss physician and foundational figure in alchemical medicine and of all true Adepts original Latin: Adeptorum; those who have supposedly mastered the secrets of alchemy must and can be [made] from Antimony original Latin: ex Antimonio; others [claim it comes] from boiled-out Vitriol Iron or copper sulfates, essential in early chemistry or its ore original Latin: Minera; others from Bismuth, Arsenic, Alum, Nitre, or Salt of the Earth original Latin: Sal terræ; others from blood, urine, or the excrement of children original Latin: Excrementa Puerorum; while sounding literal, these were often used as "blinds" or codes for chemical substances, though the author here dismisses them as futile and disgusting literal interpretations; others from the soot in the chimney, to be fetched and made from there.

Still others, who come somewhat closer but have not yet reached the right mountain A common alchemical metaphor for the difficult journey toward the Philosopher's Stone, believe that one must extract Sulphur and Salt original Latin: Sulphur, ac Sal from perfect or imperfect metals In alchemy, "perfect" metals were gold and silver; "imperfect" metals were lead, tin, copper, and iron and put them back together again. However, their opinions and labors original Latin: Labores; the physical work performed in the laboratory are false; they bring perhaps great harm, but not a penny of profit.

Therefore, everyone should beware of such things! Had I, however, more diligently studied and better understood Geber An 8th-century Arabic chemist/alchemist whose Latinized works were foundational to European alchemy, Theophrastus, Bernhard referring to Bernard of Trevisan, a 15th-century alchemist famed for his long search for the Stone, the Water-Stone of the Wise original German: Wasserstein der Weisen; a popular 17th-century alchemical treatise, Basil’s Triumphal Chariot referring to The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony attributed to the legendary monk-alchemist Basil Valentine, as well as his Twelve Keys, along with the Sayings of Alanus original Latin: Dicta Alani; referring to Alanus de Insulis, a 12th-century philosopher and the Philosophical Father-Heart referring to Das Philosophische Vaterherz, a devotional alchemical text, then I would have much sooner attained the see- The word is cut off at the page break; likely "Samen" (seed), referring to the "metallic seed" required for transmutation