Epistola de lapide philosophorum (Letter on the Philosopher's Stone, 1559)

...books of generation and corruption affirm the union of the mixture from alterable miscible things. And thus it is clearer that it is presupposed that, with the prior parts thus prepared, disposed, substantiated, and divided, up to the aforementioned mixture, according to the claim we demonstrated, above before the made [operations] some premises of admiration: Which all the virtues of that stone’s preparation are put into the space of the book, and of which he demonstrated to be seen [it] abounded, that much of the present preparations aforementioned, [the] cause came to a triple [state], in a way by cutting and in elemental actions in them occurring, and in a way and eliminated from the aforementioned essence of the elements [the] mixture. He did not wish this mode where it would be proceeded as will be presented in the 2nd book, where [he speaks] of the absolute abstractions of the essence of the elements, such as in calcinations, their corruptions, and generations, as we will speak there: Understanding, and accepting this stone thus mixed, and the preparation having been made, [it is] open in a way to generate this in its proper time element: that which for the cause of coming to medicine ought to be led out into the element of water, and afterwards into earth, and thence into the element of fire: as below. For in this water all the spirits and concord in it say: It contains indeed the power of all the elements, and that which anyone will have come: And from the affirmation, that such a commixture tending to the aforementioned medicine [of] generation, assimilates much to the generation of man: which in seven, and nine months is completed, and perfected: and thus it will be one circulation of the elements [the] cause of coming to this fifth essence and [the] taught, and to be performed which will be the medicine which we desire: and Raymond follows, and Rupafissa Arnold of Villanova, often associated with the name Rupescissa under the name of burning water, by circulating they said much: This [perishes—perhaps "this is the path"] this matter of the stone, to be circulated, existing, subtle, and fiery which [it] had its origin from fire, with which it is mixed, so that thus it is assimilated much to water, which is and subtle, fiery, and burning: And therefore thus [it is] to come that [which] will declare to us below, concerning those incredible works against Raymond that it presents: which cause some wonders, both in healing pure bodies, that is in metallic [bodies], hard, and tenacious [matter].

Therefore, [it] comes to all the preparations looking at this stone, [the] commentary, [the] cause of recurring from our stone to hope for that [result] so that from those pure mortals [it is] immovable [and] had in their effect [a] more easy [process], reparations, and the due mixture having been celebrated, [and there] will be infinite days of [your] visitations of operations: from the beginning of natural operations, which [proceed] without anxiety, from extenuated heat: and [consisting] in putrefaction, vivification, solution, mutation, coagulation, fixation, albification, and rubification: to which [it] will be necessary to come in the ways written below: As [Hammur] which in all he perfected that which in its principles...