Basil Valentine Revived or the Shining Star of Alchemy

this happens, we have sufficiently proven in the preface, and to such people we call out the following dictum saying/proverb, which we have taken from the Radice Chymiæ Root of Chemistry: This art is dear and light, brief and also rare, nothing but one vessel, one labor, one cooking. Although in this saying the most noble Chemistry is described quite briefly and concisely, in my opinion, the best part has been forgotten, without which the work of the art can neither be begun nor completed, and that is materia una one matter.

Accordingly, we want to assert the truth of the most noble art of Alchemy against the Mr. Envies through the aforementioned saying with special reasoning and without preconceived præjudicio prejudice.

The first proposition statement of the brought-forth dictum is: This art is dear. It is thus titled an art, and indeed a precious art, against which most learned people would like to emit their thoughtless calumnies; it is therefore incumbent upon us first to demonstrate that Alchemy is a true art, and not a deceptive one, as the adversarii opponents allege.

Regarding the first point, it is denied by no one except those who have no knowledge, or at least very little knowledge, of this most noble art; to such people, ARNOLDUS Arnold of Villanova calls out: Whoever wishes to attain this art, and is not a philosophus philosopher, is a fool or mad in the head, as this...