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in making the Philosopher’s Mercury and elixirs. Page 101.
7. Roger Bacon's Speculum Alchymiæ Latin: "Mirror of Alchemy.", or the true glass of alchemy. Page 125.
8. George Starkey’s admirable efficacy and almost incredible virtue of the true oil which is made of Sulphur-vive Living or active sulphur. per campanam Latin: "By the bell," referring to an alchemical distillation method using a bell-shaped glass vessel.. Page 139.
9. Sir Hugh Platt’s new and artificial remedies against famine, written upon the occasion of the great dearth in the year 1596. Page 155.
10. Tumba Semiramidis Latin: "The Tomb of Semiramis," a title often given to hermetic texts promising hidden wisdom., the Tomb of Semiramis Hermetically Sealed, which, if a wise man opens, he shall find inexhaustible riches and the treasures of kings, to his content. By H. V. D.