The Vegetable Work

Preface.

...sets down, and collatedoriginal: collationiret; the scholarly process of comparing different versions of a manuscript to identify errors and variations. it with another handwritten copy, and emendedoriginal: emendiret; to correct or improve a text by removing errors. it as much as possible; which I have herewith released for printing for the benefit of the enthusiasts. Regarding the Hand of the Philosophers and the Work of Urine original: Opus Urinæ, I will have to wait with those until more copies of them turn up, so that—in case anything in them should be deficient—a comparison and improvement can be provided. I do also remember that the contents of this Little Vegetable Work original: Vegetabel-Wercklein; "vegetable" in alchemy refers to the kingdom of plants and their specific medicinal or transmutative properties. are partially to be found printed in the German book called True Alchemy original: Alchimia vera or The Mountain of the Philosophers original: Mons Philosophorum; however, I perceived there much that was mutilated and not a little that was entirely omitted, and for that reason, I have accelerated the printing of this version all the more. I am thereby fully confident that the enthusiasts of the hidden Divine gifts will accept this from me for their particular pleasure; to which end—namely to prove to them my ready and diligent spirit—I have also [included] the previous little treatise written by me in German and Latin concerning the Sendivogian Referring to Michael Sendivogius (1566–1636), a famous Polish alchemist and diplomat known for his theories on "central nitre." Third Principle of Minerals, known as the Salt of the Wiseoriginal: der weisen Saltz; In alchemy, 'Salt' represents the principle of body, stability, and fixity, making up the "Three Primes" alongside Sulfur and Mercury.,