ne I am indebted
for the identification of some names of plants, &c.; and to Mr. Gill
of University College, London, for some Notes on the Chemistry of the
treatise, made at the request of my friend Mr. Moreshwar Atmaram.[2] The
Sloane MS. I judge to be about, but after, 1460 A.D.[3] The later copy
(Harleian MS. 853, fol. 66) seems late 16th century or early 17th,[3]
and has been only collated for a few passages which require elucidation.
The pause marks of the MS. and text require to be disregarded
occasionally in reading.

EGHAM, _16th May, 1866_.

P.S. The short side-notes in inverted commas on and after p. 16 (save
'5 M^e' and the like) are by a later hand in the MS. The 'Spheres' on
p. 26, and the 'Contents,' p. vii-viii, are now added.--F. 1889.

[Footnote 1: _The Mirror of Alchimy_, composed by the thrice-famous
and learned Fryer, Roger Bachon, 1597.]

[Footnote 2: Mr. M.A. Tarkhad has been for many years Vice-Principal
of the Rajkumar College, for the sons of the native Chiefs of
Rajkote.--1889.]

[Footnote 3: Mr. E.A. Bond of the British Museum has kindly looked
at the MSS., and puts the Sloane at 1460-70 A.D., and the Harleian
at about 1600.]

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CONTENTS.

BOOK I.

PROLOG: GOD'S GREATEST SECRET 1
QUINTE ESSENCE DEFINED: ITS QUALITIES 2
HOW TO MAKE QUINTE ESSENCE 4
1ST WAY 4
2ND WAY 5
3RD WAY 5
4TH WAY 5
5TH WAY 6
HOW POOR EVANGELIC MEN MAY GET THE GRACIOUS INFLUENCE OF GOLD 6
HOW TO GILD BURNING WATER OR WINE MORE THOROUGHLY 7
HOW TO MAKE FIRE WITHOUT COALS, LIME, LIGHT, ETC. 8
HOW TO CALCINE GOLD 8
HOW TO SEPARATE GOLD FROM SILVER 9
HOW TO GET ITS QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF GOLD 9
HOW TO GET ITS QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF ANTIMONY 10
HOW TO GET ITS QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF MAN'S BLOOD 11
HOW TO GET ITS QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF TH