The Archidoxes and Medico-Chemical Works of Paracelsus

An ornate woodcut portrait of Paracelsus. He is depicted as a balding man with hair at the sides, dressed in a high-collared garment, holding the hilt of a large sword (his sword Azoth). To the left of his head is a coat of arms featuring three spheres. The portrait is enclosed in an oval frame decorated with scrolls, clusters of fruit, and floral arrangements. A skull is visible at the very bottom center of the oval frame. Above the portrait within the frame is a winged hourglass. Text is inscribed within the oval border and in a cartouche below it.

HEY, MOMUS A mythological figure representing mockery and criticism..

If the Author had been granted the eloquence of the tongue,
No age would have seen a Physician his equal.
His words indeed LACK bloom: and honey: but from everywhere the Mel of Things
SMELLS SWEET, the bloom of THINGS RE-FRAGRATES the Work.
God himself bestowed eloquence, Nature denied it.
What it lacks, why do you ask, Zoilus A name used to denote a spiteful or envious critic., the Great Man possesses.

L. P. curious piece P. Th. of 1570, first part.