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To the right honourable and right worſhipfull the Nobility and Gentrie of Great Brittaine.

WHereas the teſtimonies of learned Philoſophers and Phyſicians have given ſufficient aſſurance, that the Infuſion of the Antimoniall Cup is an Ʋniverſall and perpetuall Medicine, and that the Experiments of Honourable & worthy Perſons have confirmed the ſame to be a wholſome and Prevalent Medicine againſt many dangerous and deſperate Diſeaſes, as by their ſeverall Certificats may appeare: And that (without unthankfulnes to the alone Giver of all good gifts, Injurie to the Common wealth, and offence againſt Chriſtian charity) it may not be concealed: my humble ſuit therefore is, to all (to whom theſe preſents ſhall come) that they would be pleaſed to peruſe the Authorities by me alledged in my booke called the Ʋniverſall Medicine, and to afford me their friendly aſſiſtance for the better communication and declaration thereof for the health and common benefit of mankind. And if any receive harme by the uſe thereof (following the directions of my booke) or if I report fraudulently of the Medicinall vertues thereof, let it be required at my hands both in this life and in that to come.

The Antimoniall Cups herein mentioned are made and ſold by Iohn Evans Miniſter of Gods word dwelling in Gunpowder-Alley neere fetter lane.

THE Vniverſall Medicine: OR THE VERTVES OF THE Antimoniall Cup.

Collected out of the Experiments, and Obſervations of the moſt famous, learned, and beſt approved Philoſophers, and Phyſicians, that have written of that Subject.

By Iohn Evans Miniſter, and Preacher of Gods Word.

Joſ. Quer. cap. 31. pag. 386.

In hoc unico Antimonio videndam exhibebimus Vniverſalem Medicinam, Medicinarum Medicinam, & admirandorum aut miraculorum ipſum miraculum, ſeu mirabile mirabilium.

LONDON, Printed by John Haviland, 1634.

To the Reader.

WHat the Lord hath ſanctified, and communicated for the health and profit of many, ought not to be concealed for the Envie & displeaſure of a few: Gods candle muſt not be put under a buſhell, neither muſt his Talent be wrapped up, and buried in the ground: his endowments are communicative, and everie reall Chriſtian may vendicate his part and portion therein. To you therefore belongeth this Medicinall Iemme, whoſoever that deſire to prevent contagious, and infectious maladies, to preſerve your bodies in health, ſtrength, and vigor of Nature, or to reſtore ſuch as are already infirmed with desperate and dangerous diſeaſes. Accept then this excellent Iewell as the ſingular gift of God, and the Medicinall vertues thereof herein mentioned, for the approved experiments, of Right Honourable, and Right Worſhipfull Perſonages, many of them for their Eminencie, and height of Honour, wherewith they are rightfully ennobled, not here to be mentioned: And the reſt of ſuch worth and dignitie, that for their pietie, & learning, they are not inferior to many in the Kingdome. And although this might give ſufficient ſatiſfaction to all reaſonable mindes: Nevertheleſſe, for that an undoubted Truth, feareth not to be expoſed to all examinations, whoſoever pleaſeth, ſhall have a moneths triall of them before they buy them: To the end that by the certaintie of their owne knowledge, practice, and experience, they may be fully confirmed, that the one halfe of the medicinall vertues of this Antimoniall Cup, is not herein reported unto them.

A Declaration of the moſt admirable vertues of the Antimoniall Cup. 1. It keepeth the body from repletion and fulneſſe of humors. 2. It helpeth againſt all evill affects of the Stomacke. 3. It cureth all intermitting Agues, and burning Fevers. 4. It helpeth the ſwimming in the head, Madneſſe, & Frenzie. 5. It cureth the Greene Sickneſſe, and helpeth against all Obſtructions. 6. It prevents the Stone, the Gout, and the Sciatica, and other Aches. 7. It is a good Preſervative againſt all contagious and infectious Diſeaſes. 8. It cureth perfectly Morbus Gallious, and Lues Ʋenerea. 9. It aſſwageth the Falling Sickneſſe, and all Convulſions. 10. It deſtroyeth wormes, and maketh complexion faire, 11. It emptieth the Stomacke of ill humours: the Liver of Choler: the Spleene of Melancholy: the Pectorall parts of all hurtfull humours: The Head and the throat of flegme and rheume, and all diſtillations. 12. It reſtoreth appetite loſt: it cauſeth reſt to th ſenſes aend ſleepe, and loſeth not his vertue through uſe. 13. It cureth wounds, and ſtancheth bloud. 14. It taketh away Wens, and other Excreſcenſes. 15. It cleanſeth, and healeth ulcerous Sores, and Fiſtulaes. 16. It conſumeth rotten, and putrified dead fleſh. 17. It purifieth the ſight, and conſumeth the Web and Pearle. 18. It is excellent againſt all Diſeaſes uſed in Clyſters. 19. It aſſwageth the paine of the Gout, or any other Ach, by bathing and externall application.

See the Uſe in the Latter end.

Made, and are to be ſold by Iohn Evans, Miniſter and Preacher of Gods 〈◊〉 Word, dwelling neere Fetter-Lane, in Gun-powder Alley.

A CONFIRMATION of the Medicinall Vertues of the Antimoniall Cup Collected out of the moſt famous, learned, and beſt approved Philoſophers and Phyſicians, that have written thereof.

OF all the Minerals contained within the bowels of the Earth, Antimonium deſerveth the greateſt praiſe, for the moſt excellent medicinall vertues, it containeth for the health and benefit of mankinde.

It is a Minerall of a darke colour, interveined with gliſtering ſtreakes, conſiſting according to Paracelſus, of Mercurie, Sulphur, and Salt. Antimonium corpus ſuum ex Mercurio aſſumit, eſt que natura Mercurii craſſiſſima, poſtquam expurgatur, vir s & virtutes Mercurii omnes retinet, nihilque eſt aliud quam coagulatus Mercurius per ſpiritum Salis & Sulphur. And therefore it is generally by all the Spagiricks called the Balſame, Reſtorer, and Preſerver of Nature.

It was firſt diſcovered by Geber King of Arab •• , and by him called Magneſia, for as the Magnes draweth iron unto it with the one point, and expelleth it with the other; ſo this magnetically extracteth to, and expelleth from the Stomack whatſoever within the whole body of man, i found to be offenſive to Nature, or contrarie to the health and good conſtitution of the body.

It is alſo called Lupus, for that it devoureth and deſtroyeth all metal-except the Lion, which is gold: and that it refineth and purifieth above all other things, ſo doth it alſo deſtroy all the corrupt humour, that are within the body of man, leaving no impuritie to remaine in the ſame.

Baſilius Valentinus Monachus, compareth it to a Ring without beginning, without ending, for that his medicinall and naturall vertues are inſcrutable and paſt finding out.

Many are the Medicines that are prepared of this Minerall, both againſt inward and outward infirmities, but I freely and willingly diſclaime from them all, (eſpecially for Inward cauſes) ſaving onely the Regulus, and what may be conveniently prepared out of the ſame, ſaying with learned and conſcionable Duncanus, Caetera ſciens omitto, tanquam pernitioſa medicamenta, Iatroch. Born. pag. 91. contenting my ſelfe with that, which by the authoritie and teſtimony of the learned, and the experiments of my worthy friends, and by common practice and experience ſhall be (by Gods grace) invincibly confirmed. The firſt cornerſtone of my building ſhall be that of Duncanus, confirmed alſo by laborious and learned Milius, Hic Regulus eſt ſummum au i examen, ac vera omnium florum, & tincturarum medicinalium, in Antimonio exiſtentium materia, that is, this Regulus is the chiefeſt examination of gold and the true ſubject and matter of all medicinall vertues, contained within the body of Antimony. To this agreeth the teſtimony of Baſilius Valentinus Monachus, calling it Regulus, ſive Dominus medicinae.

Divine Authoritie, Nature, and Experience confirmeth this truth, for as life is hid in man, ſo in all things whether Animal, Vegitable, or Minerall, it is inviſibly incentred, and ſo punctually indiſcernable, that according to the learned Philoſopher Mich. Sengivodius Polonus, the living ſpark is only the 8200. part of any ſubject, admire then the effectuall power of that ſparke of life mentioned in the reſembled muſtard-ſeed, and this to the underſtanding Reader, may give ſome touch, both for the univerſalitie, penetration, and perpetuation of this divine medicine.

And now having diſcovered my Materia prima, I will produce ſuch workmen for the erection of this little Fabrick, ſo well experienced in their profound knowledge, that though by malice and ignorance, they have beene often blamed, they could never bee ſhamed, nor juſtly reproved, and the firſt ſhall be that Orientall Star of Naturall, Spagiricall, and Magnetica l light and knowledge, Theophraſtus Paracelſus. Hee in the ſixth Booke, tit. De vita longa, pag. 167. ſaith as followeth. Quemadmodum Antimonium purgat Aurum, ita purgat etiam corpus, continet enim eſſentiam eam quae nihilimpuri, relinquit in puro, nec ullus eſt uſque adeò, in ſcriptis Archidoxeos peritus, aut tam inſignis Spagyrus, qui vires & facultates Antimonii, plenè indagare queat. In prima enim Yle, Antimonium adeo exaltatum, & inter Miner as Elementi Aquae praedeſtinatum eſt, ut facultas, & virtus ejus nullo diſuvio, inſtar caeterorum aquaeorum creſcentium imminuta, aut abſorpta ſit, adeòque his omnibus Antimonium longè praeſtat. In praede ſtinatione illud ita ſe habet, ut ſe influentiae accommodet, nulla facultate, aut dote ejus diminuta, aut infirmata, itaque ex omnibus mineralibus ſummi Arcani laudem optinet, hoc ſeipſum purgat, & unà ſecum etiam alia, quod ſi nihil boni in ſubjecto reperitur, impurum corpus tranſmutat in purum, ſicut de Lepra notum eſt, &c. Paracelſ. lib. 6. De vitae onga, pag. 167. Like as Antimony purifieth Gold, ſo doth it alſo cleanſe r purifie the body of man, it containeth that eſſence which will permit •• o uncleanneſſe to remaine in that which is pure: neither is there any •• ne found ſo skilfull in the chiefe ſecrets of Nature, or ſo excellent a Spagyrick, that can finde out fully the vertues and medicinall properties of Antimony; It is ſo much exalted in his firſt Being, and appointed from the beginning to excell all other Minerals that are of the element of water, that his vertues ſhould be and remaine without waſte, or dimunition for ever: and that it ſhould ſympathize and apply to the celeſtiall influence, ſo to be perpetually ſuſtained in full efficacie, vertue, and effect. Therefore of all Minerals it obtaineth the praiſe of the greateſt ſecret, It purgeth it ſelfe, and together with him all other bodies, and although it findeth but little which is cleane or pure: it purifieth, cleanſeth, and changeth that uncleane body to be moſt pure and cleane, as it is well knowne by practice and experience made upon leprous perſons.

And againe, in the ſixth booke, pag. 22. Quinta eſſentia Antimonii venenum adimit, pulmonem enim & cor & membra laeprae ſubjecta mundat, cutem & corpus totum purificat, & renovat mirum in modum: The eſſence of Antimony expelleth poyſon, comforteth the heart, and wonderfully reſtoreth and purifieth the lights, and other parts of the body apt to bee infected therewith. Moreover in the 7. booke, pag. 73.

Tanta vis & virtus eſt in Antimonio, ut reſtaurat enim & renovat univerſas in corpore vires, ac facultates mirifice: Such and ſo great is the vertue of Antimony, that it wonderfully reſtoreth and reneweth all the ſtrength and vigour of the whole body.

And in the eighth booke hee declareth at large the ſeverall vertues and medicinall operations of many other excellent Vegitables and Minerals, and in the end concludeth, Haec junctim uno in Antimonio latent; Theſe that we have ſeverally ſpoken of are all incluſively contained in Antimony alone.

In the ſixth Booke: pag. 22. He teacheth how by their excellencie in vertue and operation, to diſtinguiſh of the preheminence, and degrees of dignities of ſimples, the one above the other, ſaying that thoſe that performe the more difficult and deſperate cures, ought to beare away the glorie of their excelling vertue, concluding thus: Hoc videmus accidere Antimonio, curat Leproſos, Morpheam, Alopeciam & ſimilia, Scabies omnes, & cicatrices, Leoninam, Elephantiam, Tiriam, &c. Et iterum, Antimonium lepram expectit, magis quam de i ſo credibile ſit, non ſecus etiam de aliis intelligendum. This we ſee to happen in Antimony, it cureth leproſie, cleereth the complexion, ſtayeth the falling of the haire, cureth ring-wormes, tetters, and ſcurvineſſe of the skin, all ſcabs and ſpreading ſores, and all contagious and infectious diſeaſes. And againe afterwards, Antimony expelleth the leproſie more effectually than would bee beleeved, the like operation it hath againſt other deſperate diſeaſes.

And in the third Boake, pag. 343. Antimonium nihil finit putreſcere: Antimony ſuffereth nothing to corrupt or putrifie within the body of man. And in the fourth Booke, pag. 265. Ita Antimonium per tranſmutationes rerum preparatum eſt, eoque reductum ut in dulcedinem abierit, haec ab infantibus lincta, Caducum ſanavit, in Antimonio vis ac tam potens Arcanumlatet, ut paroxyſmum etiam vehementiſſimum tollit: Antimony is ſo to be prepared, and brought to that ſweetneſſe that it may bee taken of infants, and have beene thereby cured of the falling ſickneſſe, there is ſo great vertue and power in Antimony, that it taketh away and preventeth the moſt extremeſt fits of the falling ſickneſſe, Paracelſ. lib. 4. pag. 265.

Furthermore, he in the ſixth Booke, pag. 146. ſaith; Sicut Antimonium finit Aurum, ſie eadem ratione ac forma finit corpus: In illo enim eſt eſſentia, quae nihil impuri cum puro confundi ſinit, atque adeò virtus permanſerit, ita ut ſeſe ex influentia ſemper dirigat, neque aliud de vi; ac virtute nativa unquam deceſſerit. Meritò igitur omnia, quae mineralium ſunt, quorum ſummum, ac potiſſimum Arcanum in ſe claudit Antimonium, huic uni tribuimus, mundat feipfum unà cum reliquis quae immunda ſunt, porrò ſi nihil omninò ſani adeſt, immundum corpus in mundum transformat: Lib. 6. De vitalonga, pag. 146.

Like as Antimony refineth Gold, ſo alſo by the ſame reaſon and manner it purifieth the body of man: In it there is that eſſence that ſuffereth no impuritie nor uncleanneſſe to remaine confuſedly intermingled amongſt the pure and good, and his vertues ſo conſtantly remaineth, directing himſelfe alwayes according to the heavenly influence, that of his naturall vertue and power, he ſhall at no time ſuffer loſſe or diminution thereof. Worthily therefore doe wee attribute to this alone, the power and vertue of all Minerals, whoſe chiefe and moſt powerfull ſecret effect, Antimony comprehendeth in it ſelfe alone, hee refineth himſelfe, and purifieth together with it ſelfe, what hee findeth uncleane: moreover, though hee finde little or nothing ſound, hee altereth and changeth that impure body to a cleane and ſound conſtitution: Lib. 6. And to conclude, Eſſentia Antimonii est purgatio vera, quae purgat hominem excellentiſſimè ſuperalia quaevis Arcana, radicitus evellit auferendum, ac omne quod immundum eſt: huma num corpus in ſupremum uſque ſanationis gradum purum efficit, ac ab omnibus aegritudinibus mundat, etiam illis ex quibus oriuntur ulcera; quicquid penes hominem fuerit impuri delet.

The eſſence of Antimony is a true and naturall purge, which purgeth man moſt excellently above all other ſecrets, it utterly taketh away by e root whatſoever is foule, unwholſome, and ought to be removed, and •• duceth the body of man to the higheſt degree of perfect health, and eanſeth from all manner infirmities and diſeaſes, even from thoſe that •• e the originall and fountaine of ulcerous and dangerous diſeaſes, it •• lly and freely removeth all corrupt and impure humours, that might •• e lurking within any part of the body of man. Thus farre Paracelſus 〈◊〉 his leſſer Chyrurgerie, pag. 323.

My ſecond teſtimony ſhall bee Martinus Rulandus, a man of ſound •• dgement, great practice and experience, he called the infuſion of this Cup his Aqua Benedicta, In the 5. Cent. and the 95. Cure he ſaith thus. Communi opinione Hermeticorum receptum eſt, Magneſiam Saturni, quam iunt eſſe Antimonium, exiſtere Ens, & raedicem omnium metallorum, ex Regulo hujus Antimonii vaſculum formetur ad uſum medicinale ſatis aptum, mirabile & idoncum ſemper permanens citra ponderis ſui viriumque amiſſionem.

It is received by the conſent and common opinion of all Hermeticall Philoſophers, that the Magneſia of Saturne, which they call Antimony, s the originall and beginning of all metals. Of the Regulus of this Antimony there is made a little veſſell or cup verie admirable, fit and effectuall for his medicinall vertues, alwayes remaining in force without loſſe of waight and vertue: the Infuſion of this Cup he calleth his Aqua benedicta, which he alwayes, (cum maxima aegrotorum ſalute, in omnibus morbis vulgo etiam incurabilibus,) uſed with good ſucceſſe, and the reſtitution of the health of his patients, yea alſo in ſuch diſeaſes as were commonly reputed to bee incurable. And in another place hee ſaith; Miriſicas poſſidet virtutes in tota bene medendi ratione, &c. It containeth admirable vertues fit to be uſed in all ſound and perfect medicinall cures, 1. It cleanſeth the ſtomack: 2. Purgeth the head: 3. Preventeth the Lethargie, Swimming, and Vertigo: 4. Cureth frenſie and madneſſe: 5. Preventeth, and many times cureth the falling ſickneſſe. 6. It cureth an inveterated cough and hoarſneſſe, although it bee of long continuance: 7. Cleareth the winde-pipe and paſſage from the lungs and ſo helpeth ſuch as are ſhort-winded: 8. It cureth the Squinancie or ſtopping in the throat: 9. It openeth, purgeth, and healeth all Impoſtumes in the lungs: 10. Reſtoreth the ſtomack, and expelleth all evill affects of the ſame: 11. Preventeth and cureth the Pleuriſie: 12. Cureth deepe melancholy and madneſſe, cheeres up the heart and vitall ſpirits: 13. Cureth the Hypochondriaca or windy melancholy: 14. And is of excelling vertue againſt all manner of Fevers and Agues: 15. It prevents the infection of the plague, or other contagious diſeaſes: 16. It preſerveth from the Gout, and everie kinde and ſpecies thereof: 17. It purifie •• the bloud, cleanſeth the whole body: 18. Diſſipateth and bringeth 〈◊〉 way tongealed or clotted bloud, or any other corrupt matter: 19. D ••• ſtroyeth and expelleth all manner of wormes: 20. Cureth Morbus Ga •• licus, and Lues venerea: 21. It prevaileth againſt the yellow Jaundiſ •• and all overflowings of the gall: 22. It openeth and cleanſeth all manner of obſtructions, it is ſaith Rulandus, Medicina medicinarum, the Medicine of Medicines, good, healthfull, and profitable to be uſed again •• all manner of diſeaſes and infirmities whatſoever, this much and much more Mar. Rulandus affirmeth upon his experience and knowledge whereof read more, Ruland. Cent. 5. Cur. 95. and Cent 9. cap. 51. Qu •• citan confirmeth everie particular hereof, and reciteth many other ex periments of his owne practice. See Pharm. reſtitutae Quercitani, pag 345. and againe pag. 238.

Martinus Rulandus affirmavit ſe, ſua aqua benedicta. i. Infuſione Regul •• Antimonii, centies ſaeliciſſimo ſucceſſu, luem veneream curaſſe: that is, Rulandus affirmeth, that he (with his bleſſed water which is the infuſed liquor in the Antimoniall Cup) hath perfectly cured the French Pox and running of the reines an hundred times, with happie and good ſucceſſe. This reciteth Quercitan, out of Martinus Rulandus.

In the third place I will produce Quercitan himſelfe, Aqua benedicta •• Antimonii, Inſigues enim, & mirandas edit effectus, blande provocat vomi tum, & quatuor vel quinque ſedes, evacuando perſuperiora & inferiora ſ mul, quod vix praeſtabit alind remedium, uſurpatur etiam foeliciſſime, ad omnis generis febres, etiam peſtiferas: pleuritides item, alioſque de ploratiſſimos affectus, qui ob radices profundius, validiuſque infixas, vix ſubigi •• & edom ripoſſunt: Vid. Quer. Pharm. reſt. 238.

The bleſſed water or infuſion of the Antimoniall Cup, performeth moſt excellent and wonderfull effects, it gently procureth vomit, and foure or five ſtooles, purging both upwards and downewards together, which hardly any other medicine will doe: it is adminiſtred verie ſucceſſefully againſt all kinde of Fevers, although they be peſtilent and infectious, alſo againſt the Pleuriſie, and againſt all other deplored and deſperate diſeaſes, which are ſo ſtrongly confirmed, and deeply rooted, that they cannot be over-maſtered any other way, or by any other medicines. Thus far Quercitan in his Pharmacop. reſt. pag. 238.

Fourthly, this truth ſhall be further confirmed by the teſtimonies of that excellent and learned Doctor of Phyſick and Philoſophie, that wrote out of his owne experience and manuall practice, Baſilica Antimonii, in the 22. and 23. page he ſaith.

Antimonium eſt laudabile, & ſingulare Peſtis preſervativum, in Hydrope, Lue peſtifera, & gallica, in Obſtructionibus hepatis, & Lyenis, Ictero, Lepra ••• que ſpeciebus omnibus, medicamen eſt ſpeciale, & admirabile, ad arti rum gravitatem à Podagra vel Lue venerea relictam commendatur, in pſa ſanguificatione in Cache ia, & Lepralaudatur, Catarybos cor, & •• ones ferientes, cum ſummo ſucceſſu exhaurit, & ex hoc celeberrima aqu almica paratur, ad nubeculas & ſuffuſiones commendatur, & ad pur tia Enemeta cum bono, & foelici ſucceſſu recipitur, curat omnes obſtru nes viſcerum, à quartana & tertiana liberat, in Anaſarca commendabi xiſtit, ſanguinis eſt depurativum, Leproe, Epilepſiae, & Podagrae unicum ſervativum That is,

Antimony is a laudable and ſingular preſervative againſt the plague, 〈◊〉 a ſpeciall and an admirable medicine againſt the Dropſie, the run •• ng of the Reines, and the French Pox, againſt all obſtructions of the ver or the Spleene, againſt the intollerable paine of the Arteries and 〈◊〉 Joynts, proceeding from the infection of the Pox, it is much com •• nded and praiſed to purifie and cleanſe the bloud againſt the Lepro and the evill eſtate of the body: It dryeth up all rheumes and diſtilla ns that offend the heart or corrupt the lungs: and of this infuſion is •• de a moſt excellent medicine for the eyes: it is alſo adminiſtred with •• od and happie ſucceſſe for purging Cliſters, it cureth all obſtructions 〈◊〉 the inward parts; it delivereth from the tertian and quartan fevers, it 〈◊〉 commended againſt the Dropſie Anaſarca, it is the beſt purifier of the oud, and is the chiefeſt, and only preſervative againſt the Leproſie, the •• ilepſie, and the Gout. Pag. 22, 23. uſque ad 30.

And againe, the ſame Author in his Baſilica Antimonii, pag. 39, 40, &c. ••• th thus; Antimonium, Naturam confortando, ſudores movendo, ſangui mque depurando, tantum inimiciſſimis humanae vitae hoſtibus bellum in xit, ut neque Hydrops, neque Podagra, Arthritis, Gallica Lues. Lepra, & •• ſce affines morbi, contra talem medicinam quicquid moliri auſint: Anti ony by comforting Nature, by procuring ſweat, and by purifying of he bloud, wageth ſuch warre againſt the moſt cruell enemies of mans fe, that neither the Dropſie, nor the Gout, nor the Morbus, nor the eproſie, can any thing at all withſtand the effectuall vertue of his me icine, pag. 39. And againe, Antimonium, diaphoreticum eſt utiliſſimum, •• od vires conſervando ſudores movet, in peſte & febribus ſurſum & deorſum ovendo purgat, in Hydrope maxime Arcanum: Antimony is a moſt pro •• table ſweat-procuring medicine, which by preſerving the naturall •• rength procureth ſweat, and purgeth away the infection of the plague nd peſtilentiall fever by purging the body both upwards and downewards. Ad capit is affectus ſingulare remedium: It is a ſingular remedy againſt all evill affects of the head Moreover, in the 43. page hee ſaith, Antimonium per vomitum, ven num recenter aſſumptum, citiſſime ejicitur, n febribus, & capitis doloribus utiliter exhibitur, omnem Epilepſ ae fomitem externit, & horribilem iſtum affectum, & hoſtem vitaeque humanae tortor •• omninò expellit, & eradicat, omnem vitioſam colluviem per vomitum, 〈◊〉 alvum expellit: pag. 43.

Antimony by vomit expelleth poyſon ſpeedily, if lately taken, it 〈◊〉 given verie profitably againſt all fevers and infirmities of the head, 〈◊〉 ſifteth out the unwholſome matter of the falling-ſickneſſe; and utter •• expelleth this cruell torture, and adverſe enemy to the life and heal •• of mankinde, alſo it driveth out by vomit and ſiedge all filthy corrup tion and impuritie out of the body of man.

Furthermore in the 46. page, he ſaith, Antimonium febres curat, à p •• tredine praeſervat, ciborum appetentiam excitat, ventriculum conſtringe •• confortat, omnemque calorem praeter Naturam, in corpore humano ortum •• tinguit, epilepſiam curat, calculum frangit, lumbricos enecat, menſes & u •• nam nam movet, dolores etiam podagricos exerinſecus adhibita mulcet, & mul •• alia in medicina praeſtat, dentium dolorem ſiſtit, Balſamum vitae inſtaura •• ſanguinem purificat, obſtructiones reſerat, nunquam anbeloſos & aſthmatic deſerit, ſummum ſanguinis mun dificativum, calculum renum & veſicae fra •• git & expellit, urinam & ſudores movet, ulcera, fiſtulas, & vulnera à pu tredine conſervat & ſanat.

Antimony cureth fevers, preſerveth from putrefaction, procureth ap petite, comforteth the ſtomack, allayeth all immoderate, & unnatural heat, cureth the falling ſickneſſe, breaketh the ſtone, killeth worme procureth urine, and the monthly flowers, aſſwageth the paines of th Gout by bathing with the infuſion and externall application, and hath many other medicinall vertues, ſtayeth the paine of the teeth, reſtoreth the Balſame and ſtrength of Nature, purifieth the bloud, openeth ob ſtructions, forſaketh not to comfort and help the Aſthmaticall, and ſuch as are ſhort-winded, is the chiefe cleanſer & purifier of the bloud, it breaketh & expelleth the ſtone, whether it be of the Reines or of the Bladder, it procureth urine and ſweat, cureth perfectly ulcers, fiſtula's; and wounds, and preſerveth them from corruption and putrefaction. Baſilic Antimonii, pag. 47, 48, 49.

I may not omit the teſtimony of that excellent Phyſitian Oſwaldu •• Cr llius Phyſitian to the Prince of Anhalt, who in his Baſilica Chimica pag. 214. ſaith thus: Antimonium operatur mirabilia in peſte, in febribut acutis, in Mania, in deſirio, in dementiis, faſcinationibus, morbis omnibu in univerſ m opit ulatur, epilepſiis & aliis quamplurimis morbit adjuvat per alvum, per ſuperiora, per poros, per inſenſibilem tranſpirationem, noxi c pioſe expurgat. Antimony doth wonderfull things in the preſervation from the plague, in ſharp fevers, againſt madneſſe, forgetfulneſſe, diſtractions, witchcrafts, it helpeth in generall againſt all diſeaſes, comforteth againſt the falling evill, and many other deſperate diſeaſes.

And againe in the 216. page he ſaith; Mirabilia operatur in Peſte, quar •• na, hydrope, longis obſir matis morbis, diuturnis putridis febribus, cache •• a, melancholia, inſania, delirio venenorum hauſtorum ſymptomatibus; It orketh wonderfull effects againſt the Plague, the Quartan Ague, the ropſie, and againſt inveterate and confirmed diſeaſes, and againſt con •• nuall, rotten, and corrupt fevers, againſt the leproſie, and foule ſpots f the skin, againſt melancholy, madneſſe, dotage, forgetfulneſſe, and ll evill qualities of poyſons and venomous things: And concludeth in •• e 219. page, Non datur melius catharticum: A better purging medi ine cannot be given.

I will conclude this Diſcourſe with the authoritie and teſtimony of Mylius, and Duncanus Bornetus Iatrochimia, Dun. p. 93.

Antimonium eſt praeſtantiſſimum, & nunquam ſatis laudatum medice entum, ad reſtaurationem & renovationem corporis humani, tinctur enim la expurgat atrum ſanguinem, & vitioſos quoſque humores, idque cum eva uatione manifeſta, & pravorum humorum correctione, hepatis obſtructio ibus opitulatur, hydropem diſcutit, icteritiam curat, laeticiam generat, le r ſis ſanitatem reſtituit, & est praeſtantiſſimus adpulmones Balſamus: eſt ue efficax ad Luem veneream curandam, medicamentum. Maximum enim rolepra Arcanum est, quo nibil fere in hoc morbo praeſtantius inveniri po est: Lieuem rectificat, matricis dolorem ſedat, menſes movet, ejuſque vigo em conſervat, Mo phaeam curat, Scorbuto medetur, bilem utramque ex ellit ex toto corpore, calculos frangit, caput & cerebrum expurgat, epilepſiae & convulſionibus omnibus medetur: & ut brevibus dicam in deploratiſſi is morbis fere omnibus ſummum est remedium: That is,

Antimony is a moſt excellent and never-ſufficiently praiſed medicine: for the reſtauration and renovation of the body of man, the infuſion or tincture thereof purgeth blacke bloud and choller, and everie corrupt humour, and that both by manifeſt evacuation and correction of evill humours: it helpeth againſt all obſtructions of the Liver, and of the Spleene, diſperſeth the Dropſie, cureth the Jaundiſe, procureth cheerefulneſſe and gladneſſe of the heart, reſtoreth the Leprous to perfect health, and is the beſt preſervative of the lungs: it is a perfect & an effectuall cure for Morbus Gallicus, and the chiefeſt ſecret againſt Leproſie, for that no thing is found to be more excellent againſt that ſoule diſeaſe, it rectifieth the Spleene, aſſwageth the griefes of the Mother, procureth the monethly tearmes, preſerveth and encreaſeth Nature in ſtrength, cureth the Morphew, healeth the Scurvie, expelleth both black and yellow choller out of the body, breaketh and expelleth the ſtone: purgeth the head and braine, helpeth againſt the falling ſickneſſe and all convulſions: and to conclude, it is a chiefe and an excellent medicine againſt all deſperate and dangerous diſeaſes. Thus farre Duncanus.

To the end that it may apparantly, and without contradiction be •• nifeſt to all, that theſe collections and teſtimonies grounded upon knowledge, practice and experience, and all the afore-mentioned Medicina vertues, are truly and really appropriate to the uſe and vertue of th Antimoniall Cup, being rightly prepared and made of the pure Eſſen •• and Regulus of Antimony, I will conclude with the teſtimony of Mili •• and Duncanus in theſe words: Regulus Antimonii, est ſummum Auri ex •• enae vera omnium florum, & tincturarum medicinalium, in Antimonie e ſtentium materia Iatrochim. Dunc. pag. 91. The Regulus of Antimony 〈◊〉 the beſt and chiefeſt examination of gold, it is the true matter and ſubject of all medicinall vertues, properties, and qualities contained within the body of Antimony.

Such as deſire to be further ſatisfied may read, Baſilica Antimonii. Baſilica Chimica Mylii. Anatomia Antimonii. Baſilica Chymica Crollii. Rulandus at large. Quercitanus. Iatrochimica Duncan. Tyr. Ch. Beguin. Curriculum Chymicum.
The manner how to make uſe of the Antimoniall Cup.

TAke a well-glaſed earthen pot, and put this Cup therein, and powre within and round about it, as much Claret wine, or White ne. Muſcadell (or Malmeſey if it may be gotten, for it is beſt of all) or ſe Ale, and let it ſtand ſo warme as you may well endure your finger 〈◊〉 one houre or more, and let it be kept reaſonable warme, at the ſame 〈◊〉 neere the ſame degree of warmneſſe by the fire cloſe covered in the hole, by the ſpace of twelve houres: and afterwards a Cupfull or ore taken faſting in the morning, purgeth the body from whatſoever 〈◊〉 offenſive to Nature: the operation is gentle and without any violence 〈◊〉 danger, as hath beene oftentimes proved: let them governe them •• lves as after other Phyſick.

By the quantitie and proportion of Wine or Ale (a pint for two, or for ree) you may prepare for as many as you pleaſe at one time: but pre are no more than you will ſpend that morning, for by ſtanding it alte eth his qualitie and nature.

For the manner of the operation, it is difficult to fore-know, for it perateth according as it is moſt convenient and neceſſarie for the pre ent eſtate and conſtitution of the body, ſometimes and in ſome conſti utions, it operateth by Vomit alone, in ſome others by Siedge alone, in thers by urine and ſweat, but moſt commonly it worketh all theſe waies, et without violence or danger.

If you deſire it ſhould operate rather by Siedge, you muſt uſe Ale, or Malmeſey which is beſt, or elſe Muſcadell: for white and Claret wines, re more apt for vomits of their owne ſelfe naturall properties: Some ſe to drinke poſſet drinke, to haſten and facilitate the operation which you may doe, but I rather approve the operation of it alone, for then you ſhall better ſee and judge what offendeth your body, by that which Nature will expell; if you finde not your ſelfe afterwards more hungrie, ively, and cheerfull, beleeve me not.

You are to obſerve that according to the qualitie of the heat, the continuance of the infuſion, and the quantitie you give, you may make it fit for any, from the tender infant, to the ſtrongeſt conſtitution.

Give to women and children halfe a cupfull or a cupfull according to the age and ſtrength: if it worke not effectually to your liking, you muſt make it hotter, and drinke more the next time.

To prevent ſickneſſe, once or twice in the Spring and Autumne, or once in a moneth will be ſufficient, for ordinarie infirmities, take it three times, leaving a day or two betwixt, but for confirmed diſeaſes it ſhould be taken as often as it worketh, for when it hath vanquiſhed and expelled the enemies of Nature, and prevailed againſt all the impurities of the body, it is at peace with all that is pure and good, and then will in work no more, & thereby you may be well aſſured that you are perfe •• well, and this I do affirme upon mine owne knowledge, practice and experience to be true, & if any man make doubt of the waſte & diminuti •• of the medicinall vertues of this Cup through uſe, let them bee aſſured they will never decay; for teſtimony whereof I have made continuall uſe of one Cup for above three yeeres paſt, and I finde it more effectuall everie time than other: and the Right Worſhipfull Sir Thomas Middleton Knight hath made more experience hereof, and I am certaine will be ready and forward to confirme the ſame. When you have made uſe of this Cup: drie it with a faire cloth, and ſo put it up ſafe into his bo for by waſhing it unheedfully or ſcouring it you may waſte the metall, or break the Cup: for it is brittle like glaſſe, but if any ſuch miſchance do happen let them reſerve the metall, & bring it to me in weight, & without any commixture, and for ten ſhillings I will give them a new Cup.

And if any through ignorance, or malice, or ſuch others that regard their particular lucre and profit more than the health and generall good of their Chriſtian brethren, ſhall unjuſtly report that this Antimoniall Cup is either counterfet, and of verie little or no vertue at all, or otherwiſe dangerous, pernicious, and hurtfull, as being compoſed of Mercuries and Poiſons, and the like; as for the vertue and continuance, it hath been already ſufficiently proved: To prevent the calumny of the ſlanderer though it be an Herculean labour, yet to preſerve my reputation immaculate, as much as in me lyeth, I doe confeſſe unto you really, it is made of the Mercurie of Antimony, which is the pure ſpirit, ſoule, and life of the Minerall, refined, ſeparated, and prepared from all impurities with much diligence, care, labour, and charges, but that it containeth any of that Mercury which is common Quickſilver, or Mercury ſublimate, which is made of Quickſilver and poyſonfull Arſenick, or elſe Mercury precipitate, which is alſo made of Quickſilver, and the Corroſive Aqua-fortis or Regis: I doe ſincerely and truly proteſt in the faithfull word of a Miniſter and Preacher of the ſacred Goſpell of the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, there is none of theſe contained in any that I make, neither any thing elſe, but what I am perſwaded in my conſcience, and have found by experience upon my ſelfe, my friends, my neighbours, and mine owne children, to bee for the health, good, and benefit of the body of man, and this I confirme to be the ſincere truth, as I ſhall anſwer to the Lord Jeſus at the latter day: And ſo I conclude, and commend it and you to the bleſſing of our Great, Glorious, and Eternall God, to whom together with his true and only Sonne, and the moſt holy and bleſſed 〈…〉 three powerfull Perſons, but one immortall God, bee given and 〈…〉 creatures, all honour, praiſe, and glorie, world with 〈…〉