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The Preface.

IN times paſt the Philoſopher ſpake afters diners and ſundrie manners through their writings, ſith that as it were in a riddle and cloudie uoyce, they haue left unto us a certaine most excellent and noble ſcience, but altogither obſcure, and without all hope utterly denied, and that not without good cauſe. VVherefore I would aduiſe thee, that aboue all other books, thou ſhouldeſt firmly fixe they mind upon theſe ſeven Chapters, conteining in them the tranſmutation of mettalls, and often call to mine the beginning, middle, and end of the ſame, wherein thou ſhalt finde ſuch ſubtilitie, that thy minde ſhal be fully contended therewith.

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