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             Magnalia naturæ, or, The philosophers-stone lately exposed to public sight and scale being a true and exact account of the manner how Wenceslaus Seilerus, the late famous projection-maker at the emperours court at Vienna, came by and made away with a very great quantity of pouder of projection by projecting with it before the emperour and a great many witnesses, selling it &c. for some years past / by John Joachim Becher : published at the request, and for the satisfaction of several curious, especially of Mr. Boyl &c.
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           Seilerus, Wenceslaus.
           Alchemy.
           Chemistry -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
     
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             Magnalia
             Naturae
          
           :
           OR
           ,
           THE
           PHILOSOPHERS-STONE
           Lately
           expos'd
           to
           publick
           Sight
           and
           Sale.
           BEING
           
             A
             true
             and
             exact
             Account
             of
             the
             Manner
          
           HOW
           WENCESLAUS
           SEILERUS
           
             The
             late
             Famous
          
           Projection-maker
           ,
           
             at
             the
             Emperours
             Court
             ,
             at
          
           Vienna
           ,
           
             came
             by
             ,
             and
             made
             away
             with
             a
             very
             great
             Quantity
             of
             Pouder
             of
             Projection
             ,
             by
             projecting
             with
             it
             before
             the
          
           Emperor
           ,
           
             and
             a
             great
             many
             VVitnesses
             ,
             selling
             it
             ,
             &c.
             for
             some
             years
             past
             .
          
        
         
           
             Published
             at
             the
             Request
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             several
             Curious
             ,
             especially
             of
             Mr.
          
           Boyl
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           BY
           
             John
             Joachim
             Becher
          
           ,
           One
           of
           the
           Council
           of
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           and
           a
           Commissioner
           for
           the
           EXAMEN
           of
           this
           Affair
           .
        
         
           
             Minut.
             Felix
             .
          
           
             
               Quid
               igitur
               ingrati
               sumus
               ?
               Cur
               invidemus
               :
               si
               veritas
               divinitatis
               (
               quae
               per
               ea
               quae
               fiunt
               sat
               intelligi
               potest
               ,
            
             Rom.
             1.
             20.
             
             )
             
               nostri
               temporis
               aetate
               maturuit
            
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Tho.
             Dawks
          
           ,
           His
           Majesties
           British
           Printer
           ,
           living
           in
           
             Black-fryers
             .
             Sold
             also
             by
          
           La.
           Curtiss
           ,
           
             in
             Goat
             Court
             on
             Ludgate
             hill
             .
          
           1680.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           Advertisement
           .
        
         
           
             BOoks
             and
             single
             sheets
             Printed
             and
             sold
             by
          
           Tho.
           Dawks
           ,
           
             in
             Black
             fryers
             ,
             and
             by
          
           La.
           Curtiss
           
             in
             Goat
             Court
             on
             Ludgate-hill
             ,
             where
             may
             alwayes
             be
             had
             ,
          
           1.
           
           Godfreys
           Murder
           
             made
             visible
             ,
             and
             the
             Papists
             Cruelty
             therein
             .
          
           2.
           
           
             A
             Chronology
             of
             Popery
             ,
             shewing
             When
             ,
             and
             Who
             brought
             in
             their
             idle
             ,
             foolish
             Foperys
             .
          
           3.
           
           
             The
             only
             Historical
             Plot
             Cards
             ,
             with
             a
             Book
             ,
             illustrating
             the
             PLOT
             ,
             by
             greatly
             satisfying
             the
             Protestant
             Reader
             .
          
           4.
           
           
             The
             Beggars
             Petition
             to
          
           H.
           S.
           
             shewing
             Reasons
             enough
             why
             he
             threw
             Popery
             off
             ,
             and
             we
             not
             now
             befoold
             into
             it
             .
          
           5.
           
           The
           3
           
             Prime
             Discoverers
             ,
             their
             Pictures
             ,
             with
             Verses
             shewing
             their
             Reasons
             why
             they
             discovered
             this
             Hellish
             Popish
             Plot.
          
           6.
           
           
             Romes
             Hunting-Match
             for
          
           3
           Kingdoms
           .
           7.
           
           England
           
             's
             Calamity
             foreshewn
             ,
             from
             the
             growth
             of
             Popery
             ,
             in
          
           Gemanys
           Misery
           .
           8.
           
           
             A
             Seasonable
             Caution
             to
             Apostatizing
             Protestants
             ;
             or
             Gods
             eminent
             Judgment
             upon
             Protestants
             that
             turn'd
             Papists
             to
             save
             their
             Lives
             ,
             but
             perished
             .
          
           8.
           
           The
           Resurrection
           
             proved
             in
             a
             Relation
             of
             what
             hapned
             to
             Mris
          
           Ann
           Atherton
           ,
           
             who
             lay
          
           7
           
             dayes
             in
             a
             Trance
             ,
             declared
             in
             an
             astonishing
             Speech
             when
             she
             came
             to
             life
             .
          
        
         
           9.
           
           
             A
             great
             Truth
          
           ,
           The
           Jesuit
           a
           down-right
           Compleat
           Atheist
           ,
           
             proved
             such
             ,
             and
             condemn'd
             for
             such
             ,
             by
             the
          
           Famous
           Faculty
           of
           Sorbonne
           ,
           
             well
             known
             to
             be
             the
             best
             Divines
             of
             all
             the
             Catholick
             Party
             ,
             and
             by
             the
          
           French
           Bishops
           ,
           &
           Pope
           Alexander
           7.
           
           
             Shewing
             how
             they
             make
             a
             Mock
             at
             Sin
             ,
             deny
             God
             ,
             and
             overthrow
             all
             Religion
             .
             Their
             Design
             being
             to
             Debauch
             Mankind
             ,
             wherein
             they
             ,
             as
             a
             Judgment
             from
             God
             upon
             us
             ,
             have
             succeeded
             pretty
             well
             ,
             but
             speedy
             Judgment
             attends
             its
             Promoters
             .
          
        
         
           10
           
             Famous
             Master
          
           Rich's
           
             Absence
             supply'd
             by
             a
             KEY
             to
             his
          
           Short-hand
           TABLE
           ,
           entituled
           The
           PENS
           Dexterity
           ,
           
             Allowed
             and
             Approved
             by
             both
             Vniversities
             .
             Fully
             discovering
             the
             whole
             Art
             to
             the
             Meanest
             Capacity
             ,
             in
             that
             Method
             he
             Taught
             his
             Scholars
             ,
             with
             the
             reserved
             Rules
             in
             their
             proper
             Places
             ,
             by
          
           T.
           Dawks
           ,
           a
           quandam
           
             Scholar
             of
             his
             ;
             the
             like
             never
             publickly
             discovered
             before
             ;
             all
             Books
             and
             sheets
             relating
             to
             this
             Hand
             has
             been
             Abuses
             to
             the
             Publick
             ,
             &
             the
             Buyers
             of
             them
             much
             deceiv'd
             ,
             for
             the
             Table
             alone
             was
             ne'er
             design'd
             by
             Mr.
          
           Rich
           
             to
             teach
             the
             whole
             A
             R
             T
             ,
             but
             to
             bring
             Scholars
             to
             him
             :
             And
             for
             the
             Truth
             of
             what
             I
             say
             ,
             as
             well
             in
             relation
             to
             this
             Key
             ,
             as
             to
             other
             spurious
             Books
             ,
             I
             refer
             my self
             to
             Mr.
          
           Rich's
           
             Scholars
             ,
             as
             fittest
             Judges
             ,
             knowing
             not
             where
             else
             to
             appeal
             .
             Also
             ,
             I
             have
             added
             since
             it
             came
             to
             my
             hand
             ,
             beside
             the
             Key
             to
             distinguish
             this
             from
             all
             false
             Tables
             ,
             Directions
             concerning
             the
             place
             of
             Vowels
             ,
             which
             he
             gave
             me
             in
             writing
             among
             the
             private
             Rules
             ;
             wherefore
             ,
             all
             old
             Tables
             without
             the
             Key
             are
             false
             ones
             ,
             beware
             of
             them
             .
             These
             true
             ones
             are
             sold
             by
             .
          
           T.
           Basset
           ,
           
             at
             the
             George
             by
             S.
          
           Dunstans
           
             Church
             in
             Fleetstreet
             :
             by
          
           Fr.
           Smith
           
             at
             the
             Elephant
             by
             the
             Exchange
             in
             Cornhil
             ,
          
        
         
           11.
           
           
             Also
             Dr.
          
           Salmons
           
             New
             London
             Dispensatory
             ,
             end
             his
          
           Soul
           of
           Astrology
           ,
           
             are
             always
             to
             be
             had
             at
             the
             places
             abovesaid
             .
             As
             for
             his
          
           Synopsis
           or
           Praxis
           Medicinae
           ,
           
             the
             vast
             labour
             it
             hath
             taken
             up
             ,
             is
             the
             Cause
             of
             its
             not
             coming
             forth
             ;
             expect
             it
          
           spedily
           ,
           
             the
             Compleatness
             of
             the
             Work
             make
             it
             exceed
             in
             thickness
             his
          
           Dispensatory
           ,
           
             besides
             the
          
           21
           Plates
           .
        
         
           
             There
             is
             in
             the
             Press
          
           A
           packet
           of
           Popish
           Delusions
           ,
           False
           Miracles
           and
           Lying
           Wonders
           :
           
             Together
             with
             many
             grand
          
           Divisions
           
             among
             Papists
             ,
             notwithstanding
             their
             seeming
             Vnity
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           TRANSLATOR
           To
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             THere
             is
             no
             ingenious
             man
             that
             is
             not
             unacquainted
             with
             the
             Curiosities
             to
             be
             met
             with
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             who
             hath
             not
             either
             seen
             som
          
           Transmutation
           of
           Metals
           ,
           
             or
             at
             least
             heard
             so
             many
             witness
             that
             they
             have
             seen
             it
             ;
             as
             to
             be
             perswaded
             that
             there
             is
             such
             Thing
             as
             the
          
           Philosophers-Stone
           ,
           or
           Powder
           of
           Projection
           .
           
             Only
             there
             he
             some
             great
             men
             (
             as
             his
             Highness
             Prince
          
           Rupert
           ,
           
             who
             hath
             seen
             the
             Projection
             at
          
           Frankfort
           ,
           in
           Germany
           )
           
             who
             seem
             to
             question
             whether
             such
             Pouder
             or
          
           Tincture
           
             is
             prepared
             with
             Profit
             .
             But
             this
             Doubt
             is
             hereby
             now
             fully
             cleared
             and
             resolv'd
             ,
             from
             the
             great
             quantity
             of
             this
          
           Tincture
           
             left
             buried
             by
             the
             Abbot
             Founder
             of
             the
             Church
             it
             was
             found
             in
             :
             (
             as
             this
          
           Relation
           
             informs
             you
             )
             for
             it
             is
             not
             credible
             that
             the
             Abbot
             was
             Master
             ,
             before
          
           
           
             he
             had
             done
             the
             Work
             ,
             of
             such
             an
             immense
             Treasure
             ,
             as
             he
             must
             needs
             have
             had
             to
             draw
             so
             much
          
           Tincture
           
             from
             :
             which
             could
             not
             be
             extracted
             (
             if
             the
             Preparation
             thereof
             is
             without
             profit
             ,
             )
             from
             a
             lesser
             quantity
             of
             Gold
             than
             it
             gives
             or
             yield
             again
             in
             the
          
           Projection
           :
           
             so
             that
             the
             same
             quantity
             of
             Gold
             as
             it
             yields
             again
             must
             have
             bin
             spoiled
             to
             make
             it
             ;
             which
             it
             is
             not
             credible
             an
             Abbot
             of
          
           Germany
           
             was
             Master
             of
             ,
             as
             is
             said
             .
             And
             ,
             for
             the
             Truth
             of
             this
             Relation
             ,
             besides
             that
             ,
             it
             is
             attested
             by
             many
             men
             of
             great
             Quality
             ,
             good
             parts
             ,
             Probity
             ,
             and
             Modesty
             ,
             by
             the
             Emperor
             himself
             ;
             by
             Count
          
           Wallestein
           
             who
             was
             Resident
             here
             a
             year
             ago
             ;
             and
             by
             Dr.
          
           Becher
           
             at
             present
             in
             this
             City
             .
             It
             is
             so
             publickly
             known
             through
             all
             parts
             of
          
           Germany
           ,
           
             chiefly
             about
          
           Vienna
           
             where
             this
             was
             transacted
             ,
             that
             to
             doubt
             ,
             or
             deny
             it
             ,
             were
             as
             absurd
             ,
             as
             if
             one
             denyed
             that
             the
             West-Indies
             have
             bin
             found
             out
             of
             late
             years
             ,
             or
             that
             there
             be
             ships
             at
             Sea
             ,
             because
             he
             hath
             seen
             neither
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             But
             among
             the
             many
             remarkable
             Passages
             in
             this
             Relation
             ,
             one
             thing
             is
             most
             worthy
             of
             Observation
             ,
          
           viz.
           
             the
             Honesty
             of
             F.
          
           Fra.
           Preyhausen
           ,
           
             who
             deserves
             to
             be
             chronicled
             for
             his
             Faithfulness
             &
             Truth
             to
             F.
          
           Wenceslaus
           
             the
             Finder
             of
             this
             Pouder
             :
             for
             he
             wanted
             neither
             frequent
          
           Opportunities
           
             nor
             specious
          
           Pretences
           
             to
             effect
             what
             som
          
           Princes
           
             could
             not
             forbear
             to
             attempt
          
           (
           i.
           
             to
             rob
          
           Wenceslaus
           
             of
             his
             Powder
             )
             tho
             without
             a
             certainty
             of
             Success
             ,
             &
             tho
             he
             was
             himself
             sure
             of
             Success
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             thrice
             ,
             for
             a
             good
             while
             each
             time
             ,
             entrusted
             with
             the
             Box
             ,
             &
             might
             find
             Excuses
             enough
             for
             it
             ;
             yet
             he
             not
             only
             did
             not
             succomb
             to
             the
             Temptation
             of
             getting
             All
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             ;
             but
             did
             not
             so
             much
             as
             deny
             ,
             purloin
             ,
             or
             withhold
             the
             least
             part
             of
             the
             Pouder
             from
             F.
          
           Wenceslaus
           ,
           
             even
             when
             (
             seeing
             how
             he
             squandred
             it
             away
             )
             he
             had
             a
             good
             pretence
             to
             keep
             back
             some
             for
             his
             use
             :
             and
             might
             justly
             have
             claimed
             and
             reserv'd
             some
             for
             his
             own
             use
             also
             ,
             not
             only
             for
             his
             Services
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             great
             Dangers
             he
          
           
           
             had
             exposed
             himself
             to
             for
             his
             sake
             ;
             thus
             keeping
             True
             to
             the
             End
             ,
             even
             against
             his
             own
             Right
             &
             so
             great
             a
             Temptation
             .
          
           A
           faithful
           man
           who
           can
           find
           ?
           Pro.
           20.
           6.
           
           
             But
             here
             such
             one
             is
             found
             ,
             and
             that
             among
             the
             Fryers
             !
             Whence
             I
             am
             glad
             to
             Observe
             ,
             That
             all
             the
             Fryers
             are
             not
             quite
             so
             black
             as
             some
             make
             them
             ;
             and
             to
             see
             that
             among
             them
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             among
             other
             Sects
             some
             good
             men
             are
             to
             be
             found
             who
             make
             Conscience
             of
             an
             Oath
             ,
             and
             keep
             it
             tho
             to
             their
             loss
             .
             Thanks
             be
             to
             F.
          
           Francis
           
             's
             Honesty
             for
             so
             much
             as
             we
             know
             of
             this
             whole
             Concern
             .
             I
             am
             sure
             that
             if
             he
             had
             what
             his
             Honesty
             deserv's
             ,
             what
             the
          
           Emperor
           
             hath
             done
             for
          
           Wenceslaus
           
             had
             bin
             bestowed
             upon
             him
             ;
             and
             that
          
           Wenceslaus
           
             himself
             ,
             whilst
             in
             the
          
           Dungeon
           ,
           
             would
             have
             said
             with
             all
             his
             heart
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             would
             do
             for
             him
             what
             he
             hath
             done
             ,
             he
             would
             deserve
             what
             he
             hath
             not
             had
             ,
             I
             mean
             the
             whole
             Pouder
             :
             But
             Honesty
             meets
             seldom
             with
             what
             it
             deserves
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           
             Errata
             .
             Pag.
          
           1.
           l.
           16.
           for
           After
           ,
           r.
           As
           for
           p.
           29.
           l.
           22.
           r.
           Imprudent
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             Magnalia
             Naturae
          
           :
           OR
           ,
           THE
           TRUTH
           OF
           The
           Philosophers-STONE
           ASSERTED
           :
           
             Being
             exposed
             to
             Publick
          
           Sight
           and
           Sale
           
             in
             our
             Daies
          
           .
        
         
           
             THE
             Place
             where
             Wenceslaus
             Seilerus
          
           (
           who
           is
           the
           main
           Subject
           of
           this
           following
           Discourse
           )
           was
           born
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           certain
           whether
           it
           was
           at
           Vienna
           ,
           yea
           or
           no
           ;
           But
           sure
           I
           am
           He
           was
           of
           the
           Austrian
           Country
           :
           and
           his
           brother
           did
           wait
           upon
           the
           Count
           of
           Weissenwolf
           ,
           the
           younger
           .
           After
           ,
           Seilerus
           himself
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           about
           the
           20th
           year
           of
           his
           Age
           ,
           he
           was
           cast
           into
           a
           Monastery
           of
           the
           Augustine
           Fryers
           at
           Bruna
           in
           Moravia
           :
           where
           ,
           after
           his
           year
           of
           Probation
           ,
           he
           took
           the
           Habit
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           was
           admitted
           into
           the
           Number
           of
           Fryers
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           against
           his
           Will
           ,
           as
           he
           afterwards
           confessed
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           Event
           did
           make
           appear
           :
           For
           having
           once
           made
           Profession
           of
           the
           Order
           ,
           he
           did
           continually
           strive
           and
           study
           how
           he
           might
           free
           himself
           from
           the
           Monastery
           ,
           and
           seeing
           that
           could
           not
           be
           done
           without
           Money
           ,
           and
           Money
           ,
           in
           his
           Circumstances
           ,
           
           could
           not
           lawfully
           be
           obtained
           :
           He
           began
           to
           study
           an
           indirect
           way
           for
           the
           obtaining
           thereof
           ,
           for
           his
           fellow
           Fryers
           having
           often
           muttered
           to
           him
           of
           some
           great
           Treasure
           hid
           in
           their
           Monastery
           ,
           he
           had
           a
           great
           desire
           to
           find
           it
           out
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           order
           thereunto
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           scruple
           to
           learn
           the
           Magick
           Art
           ,
           if
           any
           one
           had
           been
           ready
           to
           inform
           him
           therein
           :
           wherein
           Fortune
           seemed
           to
           favour
           his
           desires
           ,
           for
           there
           was
           an
           old
           Woman
           ,
           a
           Cow-keepers
           wife
           ,
           living
           before
           the
           Gate
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           and
           Fortress
           ,
           who
           was
           skilful
           therein
           ,
           and
           he
           came
           to
           be
           acquainted
           with
           her
           upon
           this
           Occasion
           .
        
         
           The
           yonger
           Monks
           and
           Students
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           called
           ,
           are
           allowed
           some
           set
           daies
           ,
           every
           week
           ,
           to
           walk
           out
           of
           the
           Gates
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           to
           enjoy
           the
           open
           Air
           and
           to
           refresh
           their
           minds
           ,
           supposed
           to
           be
           wearied
           with
           study
           ;
           In
           these
           Relaxations
           one
           Company
           dispersed
           it self
           here
           ,
           another
           there
           ,
           as
           they
           think
           fit
           for
           their
           Divertisment
           .
           But
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           (
           for
           so
           I
           shall
           hereafter
           call
           him
           )
           made
           use
           of
           this
           Occasion
           ,
           alwayes
           to
           visit
           the
           said
           old
           woman
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           pretence
           of
           drinking
           New
           milk
           ,
           to
           interogate
           her
           concerning
           her
           Art.
           And
           in
           a
           short
           time
           he
           got
           so
           much
           into
           her
           Favour
           as
           to
           obtain
           from
           her
           a
           small
           Wax-ball
           marked
           with
           certain
           Figures
           or
           Characters
           ,
           which
           was
           of
           that
           Virtue
           ,
           That
           ,
           if
           it
           was
           laid
           upon
           the
           Ground
           ,
           it
           would
           presently
           run
           to
           the
           place
           where
           any
           Treasure
           was
           hid
           :
           (
           This
           Ball
           I
           afterwards
           saw
           often
           in
           his
           Custody
           ,
           and
           handled
           it
           with
           my
           hands
           .
           )
        
         
           It
           happened
           afterwards
           ,
           That
           ,
           as
           the
           Custom
           is
           for
           the
           old
           Fathers
           when
           they
           grow
           weak
           ,
           to
           have
           some
           young
           Fryers
           to
           assist
           them
           ;
           so
           ,
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           was
           assigned
           to
           attend
           an
           ancient
           Father
           ,
           who
           was
           a
           Cabalist
           ,
           and
           a
           lover
           of
           Magick
           ,
           in
           which
           studies
           ,
           at
           any
           Vacancies
           ,
           he
           spent
           his
           time
           .
           He
           often
           told
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           ,
           That
           there
           was
           a
           Vast
           Treasure
           hid
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           their
           Monastery
           ;
           to
           
           whom
           Wenceslaus
           replyed
           .
           That
           he
           had
           got
           a
           Ball
           which
           ,
           he
           was
           assured
           ,
           had
           the
           Virtue
           to
           discover
           hidden
           Treasures
           :
           And
           ,
           thereupon
           he
           shewed
           him
           the
           Ball
           ,
           and
           the
           Characters
           impressed
           thereon
           ,
           which
           the
           old
           Father
           did
           seriously
           consider
           ,
           and
           much
           valued
           them
           .
        
         
           A
           while
           after
           ,
           as
           they
           two
           were
           walking
           alone
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           afore
           day
           ,
           after
           Mattens
           ,
           they
           Tryed
           the
           Ball
           ,
           by
           laying
           it
           down
           in
           several
           Places
           ,
           but
           found
           no
           effect
           ;
           At
           last
           ,
           placing
           it
           near
           a
           certain
           Pillar
           old
           and
           ruinous
           ,
           it
           began
           to
           shew
           its
           Efficacy
           and
           Virtue
           by
           its
           often
           running
           thereto
           :
           This
           they
           Interpreted
           for
           a
           certain
           Indication
           ,
           That
           the
           Treasure
           was
           there
           hid
           ;
           but
           how
           to
           come
           at
           it
           was
           the
           Question
           .
           They
           had
           neither
           Leave
           ,
           Means
           nor
           Opportunity
           to
           break
           down
           this
           stony
           structure
           ,
           neither
           did
           they
           certainly
           know
           at
           what
           height
           or
           deph
           thereof
           the
           Treasure
           was
           laid
           in
           it
           .
           So
           that
           upon
           these
           Discouragements
           they
           were
           forced
           to
           let
           it
           alone
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           happened
           afterwards
           ,
           That
           ,
           a
           great
           Tempest
           arising
           ,
           The
           whole
           Church
           ,
           and
           especially
           this
           decayed
           Pillar
           ,
           was
           so
           shaken
           and
           spoiled
           ,
           that
           to
           prevent
           its
           falling
           down
           the
           Abbot
           was
           necessitated
           to
           order
           it
           to
           be
           demolished
           .
           And
           in
           regard
           the
           old
           Father
           ,
           whom
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           attended
           ,
           had
           skill
           in
           Architecture
           ,
           and
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           Infirmities
           could
           not
           be
           otherwise
           serviceable
           to
           the
           Monastery
           ,
           he
           was
           therefore
           appointeed
           to
           oversee
           the
           Masons
           ;
           which
           Office
           he
           and
           his
           Assistant
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           did
           willingly
           undertake
           ,
           and
           were
           very
           sedulous
           in
           theit
           Attendance
           ,
           and
           discharge
           thereof
           .
           When
           the
           Pillar
           was
           almost
           all
           pulled
           own
           ,
           They
           found
           therein
           a
           Copper-box
           ,
           of
           a
           reasonable
           bigness
           ,
           which
           the
           old
           Father
           presently
           snatch'd
           up
           and
           carryed
           it
           into
           his
           Cloyster
           ,
           and
           immediately
           opened
           it
           :
           Where
           ,
           at
           the
           Top
           ,
           he
           found
           a
           piece
           of
           Parchment
           ,
           on
           which
           there
           was
           some
           Inscription
           and
           Writing
           :
           I
           once
           had
           a
           Copy
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           I
           lost
           it
           amongst
           my
           other
           Letters
           ;
           But
           this
           I
           remember
           ,
           It
           contained
           the
           
           number
           of
           the
           years
           wherein
           the
           Church
           was
           built
           ,
           and
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Abbot
           the
           Founder
           thereof
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           an
           Envoye
           at
           Ratisbone
           ;
           I
           do
           also
           remember
           ,
           That
           amongst
           other
           Writings
           ,
           there
           was
           this
           Motto
           ,
           AMICE
           ,
           TIBI
           SOLI
           ,
           which
           I
           English
           thus
           ,
           
             Friend
             ,
             to
             thy self
             alone
          
           .
           Under
           this
           Parchment
           there
           were
           other
           Letters
           laid
           ,
           marked
           with
           Characters
           ,
           which
           contained
           Directions
           how
           to
           multiply
           the
           Powder
           ,
           as
           the
           Inscription
           shewed
           :
           and
           under
           them
           there
           were
           four
           Boxes
           full
           of
           a
           red
           Powder
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Boxes
           were
           opened
           ,
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           was
           quite
           out
           of
           Heart
           ,
           having
           lost
           his
           preconceived
           hope
           of
           some
           great
           Treasure
           therein
           :
           for
           he
           verily
           believed
           that
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           not
           old
           ●ieces
           of
           Gold
           yet
           some
           Diamonds
           ,
           or
           other
           precious
           stones
           must
           have
           been
           lodged
           there
           .
           And
           finding
           no
           such
           thing
           ,
           but
           four
           Boxes
           of
           darkish
           colored
           Powder
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           impatient
           at
           the
           Disappointment
           ,
           that
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           been
           the
           sole
           Manager
           of
           the
           Business
           ,
           he
           had
           thrown
           away
           Boxes
           ,
           Powder
           and
           all
           :
           For
           at
           that
           time
           he
           was
           so
           little
           acquainted
           with
           Chymistry
           ,
           that
           so
           much
           as
           the
           Name
           was
           not
           known
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           had
           scarce
           heard
           of
           the
           word
           Tincture
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           old
           Father
           was
           not
           so
           Transported
           ,
           but
           told
           him
           ,
           That
           perhaps
           some
           Medicinal
           Virtue
           was
           contained
           in
           the
           Powder
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Characters
           in
           the
           annexed
           Papers
           might
           possibly
           discover
           its
           Use
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           was
           resolved
           to
           study
           some
           Books
           ,
           to
           find
           out
           what
           those
           Characters
           meant
           :
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           he
           would
           carefully
           keep
           the
           Box.
           
        
         
           Not
           long
           after
           ,
           The
           old
           Father
           sent
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           into
           the
           Kitchin
           of
           the
           Monastery
           ,
           to
           see
           if
           he
           could
           find
           an
           old
           Peuter
           dish
           or
           Plate
           ,
           which
           was
           no
           longer
           fit
           for
           use
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           could
           ,
           to
           bring
           it
           to
           him
           ;
           which
           he
           accordingly
           did
           ,
           who
           thereupon
           caused
           a
           Coal-fire
           to
           be
           made
           ,
           and
           put
           a
           Crucible
           into
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           hand
           ,
           
           to
           place
           therein
           ;
           This
           was
           the
           first
           Chymical
           Operation
           that
           ever
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           performed
           in
           all
           his
           Life
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           he
           was
           so
           unfit
           ,
           that
           he
           plac'd
           the
           Crucible
           upside
           down
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           old
           Father
           himself
           was
           forced
           to
           set
           it
           in
           its
           right
           Posture
           .
           They
           put
           the
           Pewter
           Plate
           broken
           and
           folded
           together
           into
           the
           Crucible
           ,
           which
           being
           presently
           melted
           ,
           the
           Father
           took
           out
           some
           of
           the
           Pouder
           (
           so
           much
           as
           would
           lay
           upon
           the
           point
           of
           a
           Knife
           )
           which
           was
           in
           one
           of
           the
           four
           Boxes
           ,
           and
           wrapping
           it
           in
           a
           little
           wax
           ,
           he
           cast
           it
           into
           the
           Crucible
           upon
           the
           Pewter
           ,
           and
           commanded
           his
           Assistant
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           to
           blow
           up
           the
           Fire
           ,
           adding
           these
           Words
           ,
           
             Now
             I
             shall
             see
             whether
             I
             have
             well
             decyph●red
             the
             Characters
             ,
             and
             whether
             I
             have
             found
             out
             the
             use
             of
             this
             Pouder
             .
          
        
         
           As
           soon
           as
           ever
           the
           Powder
           was
           cast
           in
           ,
           the
           Pewter
           stood
           still
           ,
           came
           to
           a
           suddain
           Congelation
           .
           Then
           the
           Fire
           was
           suffered
           to
           go
           out
           ,
           and
           the
           Crucible
           to
           wax
           cold
           ,
           which
           being
           broken
           ,
           there
           was
           found
           a
           ponderous
           mass
           of
           Metals
           ,
           very
           yellow
           and
           variegated
           with
           red
           lines
           :
           Upon
           which
           the
           Father
           made
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           to
           go
           out
           into
           the
           Town
           ,
           upon
           pretence
           of
           getting
           a
           Book
           to
           be
           bound
           ,
           and
           wished
           him
           to
           go
           to
           some
           Gold-smith
           ,
           and
           shew
           him
           this
           Mass
           of
           Metal
           ,
           alleadging
           to
           him
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           some
           ancient
           Roman
           Coins
           of
           Gold
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           melted
           down
           ,
           but
           for
           want
           of
           a
           sufficient
           Fire
           and
           other
           Defects
           ,
           he
           had
           not
           done
           it
           exactly
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           desired
           the
           Gold-smith
           to
           melt
           it
           over
           again
           ,
           and
           cast
           it
           in
           an
           Ingot
           ;
           The
           Gold-smith
           gratified
           him
           therein
           ,
           and
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           ,
           at
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           Father
           took
           off
           a
           small
           piece
           ,
           which
           he
           Preserved
           ,
           and
           then
           asked
           the
           Gold-smith
           ,
           What
           the
           rest
           was
           worth
           ?
           Who
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           weighed
           and
           tryed
           on
           the
           Touchstone
           ,
           did
           value
           it
           at
           Twenty
           Ducats
           (
           which
           are
           worth
           two
           Crowns
           a
           piece
           )
           at
           which
           Rate
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           sold
           it
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           receiving
           the
           Money
           ,
           returned
           joyfully
           home
           .
           The
           old
           Father
           did
           only
           
           desire
           the
           remaining
           Portion
           of
           the
           Gold
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           reserved
           ,
           but
           suffered
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           to
           injoy
           the
           Ducats
           ,
           yet
           with
           this
           Advice
           ,
           That
           he
           should
           discover
           it
           to
           none
           in
           the
           Monastery
           .
        
         
           But
           Fryer
           Werceslaus
           ,
           though
           he
           had
           not
           been
           Master
           of
           so
           much
           Money
           a
           long
           time
           ,
           was
           not
           satisfied
           therewith
           ,
           but
           entertained
           various
           thoughts
           in
           his
           mind
           ,
           whether
           he
           should
           by
           Flight
           free
           himself
           from
           that
           Bondage
           and
           Slavery
           he
           was
           in
           ,
           whilest
           he
           had
           the
           Advantage
           of
           so
           much
           Cash
           ?
           Or
           else
           ,
           whether
           he
           should
           stay
           so
           long
           there
           ,
           till
           either
           by
           Flattery
           or
           Craft
           ,
           he
           had
           got
           the
           Copper
           Boxes
           from
           the
           old
           Father
           .
           To
           the
           first
           of
           these
           Cogitations
           he
           was
           edg'd
           on
           ,
           by
           the
           eagerness
           of
           that
           Desire
           he
           had
           to
           leave
           the
           Monastery
           :
           But
           then
           ,
           the
           great
           Heap
           of
           Gold
           which
           he
           might
           make
           with
           the
           Powder
           ,
           as
           he
           well
           conjectured
           ,
           if
           he
           could
           get
           it
           into
           his
           hands
           ,
           did
           somewhat
           abate
           his
           Fervor
           ,
           and
           perswade
           him
           to
           stay
           .
           For
           ,
           though
           he
           was
           yet
           altogether
           ignorant
           of
           Chymistry
           ,
           yet
           the
           precedent
           Tryals
           had
           given
           him
           so
           much
           Light
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           fully
           perswaded
           ,
           The
           Box
           contained
           and
           was
           worth
           a
           vast
           Treasure
           ;
           and
           ,
           though
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           the
           Rareness
           of
           the
           Powder
           ,
           and
           the
           multiplication
           of
           it
           had
           very
           small
           Influence
           upon
           his
           Thoughts
           :
           yet
           ,
           because
           he
           had
           a
           share
           in
           finding
           of
           it
           out
           ,
           by
           means
           of
           his
           Ball
           ,
           he
           therefore
           thought
           that
           half
           of
           it
           at
           least
           did
           belong
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           was
           another
           thing
           which
           more
           perplexed
           his
           mind
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           the
           Fear
           ,
           That
           the
           old
           Father
           ,
           either
           out
           of
           a
           Principle
           of
           Devotion
           ,
           or
           of
           Vain-Glory
           ,
           should
           discover
           the
           whole
           story
           of
           the
           Business
           to
           the
           Abbot
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           means
           should
           make
           away
           all
           the
           Pouder
           :
           and
           he
           was
           rather
           inclined
           to
           these
           Cogitations
           ,
           because
           he
           had
           observed
           ,
           That
           the
           Father
           ,
           who
           before
           had
           been
           more
           remiss
           in
           hiding
           the
           Box
           ,
           now
           of
           late
           was
           so
           solicitous
           to
           preserve
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           kept
           it
           continually
           in
           
           his
           Desk
           ,
           and
           scarce
           ever
           stirred
           from
           it
           ,
           except
           when
           he
           was
           to
           go
           to
           Church
           with
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           .
        
         
           Being
           moved
           with
           these
           Considerations
           ,
           he
           was
           induced
           to
           demand
           boldly
           some
           Quantity
           of
           this
           Powder
           of
           the
           old
           man
           ?
           The
           Answer
           he
           received
           ,
           was
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           yet
           too
           young
           to
           know
           how
           to
           dispose
           of
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           well
           this
           Powder
           :
           besides
           ,
           he
           wanted
           no
           Money
           whilst
           he
           was
           in
           the
           Monastery
           ;
           and
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           procure
           a
           summ
           by
           means
           of
           this
           Powder
           ,
           in
           his
           present
           Condition
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           very
           prejudicial
           both
           to
           his
           Soul
           and
           body
           ,
           and
           he
           might
           become
           thereby
           of
           all
           men
           most
           miserable
           :
           Moreover
           (
           proceeds
           the
           Father
           )
           This
           Powder
           may
           have
           many
           other
           Virtues
           and
           Operations
           which
           are
           yet
           unknown
           both
           to
           you
           and
           me
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           will
           farther
           study
           the
           Writings
           annexed
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           hereafter
           I
           will
           be
           mindful
           of
           you
           ,
           but
           at
           present
           I
           will
           not
           part
           with
           any
           of
           the
           Powder
           ,
           only
           you
           shall
           have
           every
           week
           two
           Crowns
           allowed
           for
           your
           Divertisements
           :
           thus
           the
           Father
           ;
           But
           this
           fair
           story
           sounded
           not
           well
           in
           the
           Fryers
           ears
           ,
           who
           had
           a
           private
           Design
           (
           unknown
           to
           the
           oldFather
           )
           to
           leave
           the
           Monastery
        
         
           In
           the
           Interim
           it
           happen'd
           ,
           That
           as
           they
           two
           were
           returning
           from
           Mattens
           ,
           early
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           the
           old
           Father
           complain'd
           of
           a
           Cold
           he
           had
           got
           ,
           &
           a
           great
           Rheum
           in
           his
           head
           ,
           and
           desired
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           to
           go
           to
           the
           Cellar
           and
           fetch
           him
           a
           Cup
           of
           Sack
           ,
           he
           did
           so
           ,
           and
           upon
           his
           Return
           he
           found
           the
           Father
           taken
           with
           a
           Fit
           of
           an
           Apoplexy
           ,
           and
           Speechless
           :
           whereupon
           ,
           the
           first
           thing
           he
           did
           was
           to
           find
           out
           the
           Key
           of
           his
           Desk
           ,
           and
           taking
           from
           thence
           the
           Copper
           Box
           ,
           he
           carryed
           it
           to
           his
           own
           Cell
           ,
           and
           hid
           it
           there
           .
           This
           being
           done
           ,
           he
           rang
           the
           Bell
           in
           the
           Fathers
           Cell
           to
           call
           up
           the
           Monks
           ,
           who
           came
           flying
           with
           all
           Diligence
           to
           bring
           him
           some
           Remedies
           ,
           but
           they
           were
           all
           too
           late
           the
           Father
           being
           quite
           dead
           :
           Hereupon
           his
           Desk
           was
           presently
           sealed
           up
           ,
           and
           solemn
           Ceremonyes
           according
           
           to
           the
           occasion
           were
           performed
           over
           his
           dead
           Body
           .
           But
           who
           more
           inwardly
           joyful
           than
           Fryer
           Wenceslans
           ,
           from
           whom
           Death
           had
           removed
           his
           Rival
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           to
           be
           Master
           of
           all
           the
           whole
           Treasure
           .
        
         
           Hereupon
           he
           began
           to
           deliberate
           with
           himself
           how
           he
           might
           make
           his
           Escape
           out
           of
           the
           Monastery
           with
           most
           Safety
           and
           least
           Suspicion
           .
           But
           herein
           many
           Difficuties
           did
           accrew
           :
           He
           was
           grown
           a
           little
           deboist
           and
           prodigal
           by
           the
           Opportunity
           of
           the
           20
           Ducats
           abovementioned
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           to
           spend
           ;
           and
           by
           that
           means
           he
           had
           incurred
           the
           Emulation
           of
           his
           Fellow
           Fryers
           ,
           who
           did
           urge
           the
           Pryor
           and
           Superiour
           ,
           That
           ,
           the
           old
           Father
           being
           now
           dead
           ,
           and
           so
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           discharged
           from
           his
           Attendance
           on
           him
           ,
           he
           should
           for
           the
           Future
           be
           bound
           to
           a
           stricter
           Discipline
           ,
           both
           in
           reference
           to
           his
           Studies
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           his
           frequenting
           the
           Church
           .
           Moreover
           his
           Ducats
           were
           all
           spent
           ,
           and
           no
           opportunity
           offerd
           to
           make
           another
           Tryal
           ,
           or
           if
           he
           had
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           have
           sold
           the
           Product
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           Anxiety
           he
           resolved
           to
           open
           his
           mind
           to
           another
           Monk
           ,
           a
           Comrade
           of
           his
           ,
           one
           Fryer
           
             Francis
             Preyhausen
          
           ,
           That
           so
           they
           might
           mutually
           consult
           together
           what
           was
           best
           to
           be
           done
           :
           for
           you
           must
           know
           this
           Fryer
           was
           intimate
           with
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           ,
           as
           having
           entred
           into
           the
           Colledge
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ;
           and
           ,
           being
           also
           a
           young
           man
           ,
           was
           weary
           of
           a
           Monastical
           life
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           he
           .
        
         
           Whilest
           these
           things
           were
           in
           Consult
           ,
           there
           happened
           a
           Solemn
           Disputation
           in
           the
           School
           of
           the
           Monastery
           ;
           Where
           among
           other
           Theses
           ,
           Fryer
           Francis
           ,
           under
           a
           Moderator
           ,
           was
           obliged
           to
           maintain
           ,
           That
           Mettals
           can
           not
           be
           transmuted
           :
           And
           it
           chanced
           to
           be
           the
           turn
           of
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           to
           be
           the
           then
           Opponent
           :
           But
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           made
           no
           great
           Proficiency
           in
           his
           Studies
           ,
           so
           Fryer
           Francis
           easily
           bafled
           him
           ,
           and
           exposed
           him
           to
           the
           laughter
           of
           the
           Auditory
           ;
           so
           that
           in
           a
           great
           Passion
           he
           broke
           out
           into
           these
           Words
           ,
           
             VVhy
             do
             you
             laugh
             ?
             I
             can
             practically
             demonstrate
          
           
           
             the
             thing
             to
             be
             true
          
           ?
           To
           whom
           the
           Moderator
           with
           great
           Indignation
           ,
           answer'd
           ;
           
             Hold
             thy
             peace
             ,
             thou
             Ass
             ,
             wilt
             thou
             also
             be
             an
             Alchymist
             ?
             I
             shall
             sooner
             be
             able
             to
             turn
             thee
             into
             an
             Ox
             ,
             than
             thou
             to
             transmute
             the
             Metals
             .
          
           Herewith
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus's
           mouth
           was
           stop'd
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Disputation
           was
           over
           ,
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           took
           occasion
           to
           confer
           with
           Fryer
           Francis
           ;
           when
           they
           two
           were
           alone
           together
           in
           the
           Garden
           belonging
           to
           the
           Monastery
           ,
           Fr.
           Francis
           thus
           accosted
           him
           ,
           
             You
             have
             this
             day
             publickly
             affirmed
             in
             the
             Disputation
             ,
          
           That
           you
           were
           able
           to
           transmute
           Metals
           ;
           
             'T
             was
             unadvisedly
             spoken
             of
             you
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             true
             or
             false
             ;
             if
             it
             be
             true
             ,
             and
             it
             come
             to
             the
             Abbot's
             ear
             ,
             you
             will
             not
             enjoy
             your
             Liberty
             very
             long
             :
             Besides
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             great
             muttering
             in
             the
             Monastery
             ,
             That
             the
             old
             Father
             and
             your self
             ,
             found
             a
             Treasure
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             ,
             That
             the
             Masons
             saw
             a
             Copper
             box
             ,
             and
             that
             a
             Monk
             of
             the
          
           Augustine
           
             Order
             sold
             some
             Gold
             to
             a
             Goldsmith
             ,
             and
             that
             you
             did
             take
             from
             the
             Kitchin
             a
             Pewter
             plate
             ;
             Moreover
             ,
             the
             suddain
             Death
             of
             the
             old
             Father
             is
             not
             without
             some
             Suspicion
             ;
             and
             altho
             you
             may
             alledg
             ,
             That
             the
             money
             was
             sent
             you
             by
             your
             Friends
             ,
             and
             it
             were
             true
             ,
             that
             they
             did
             send
             you
             some
             ,
             yet
             it
             being
             probable
             that
             some
             came
             another
             way
             ,
             for
             which
             and
             other
             reflections
             ,
             you
             would
             never
             scape
             Scot-free
             out
             of
             the
             Monastery
             ,
             't
             was
             well
             the
             Moderator
             took
             you
             for
             a
             Buffle-head
             .
             But
             ,
             if
             what
             you
             have
             affirmed
             be
             false
             ,
             you
             do
             ill
             again
             that
             way
             ,
             by
             asserting
             that
             which
             you
             are
             not
             able
             to
             demonstrate
             .
             I
             do
             therefore
             earnestly
             desire
             you
             to
             declare
             unto
             me
             ,
             as
             to
             your
             intimate
             Friend
             ,
             the
             whole
             truth
             of
             this
             Matter
             .
          
        
         
           Whereupon
           Fr.
           Wenceslaus
           fell
           down
           at
           his
           Feet
           ,
           humbly
           beseeching
           him
           to
           swear
           not
           to
           discover
           what
           he
           should
           reveal
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           to
           afford
           him
           his
           help
           and
           assistance
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           would
           disclose
           that
           to
           him
           ,
           which
           ,
           upon
           their
           stealing
           away
           from
           the
           Monastery
           ,
           would
           procure
           great
           wealth
           to
           them
           both
           ,
           and
           advance
           them
           to
           high
           Dignities
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           would
           equally
           share
           the
           Happiness
           between
           them
           ,
           and
           run
           alike
           hazard
           in
           all
           things
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           the
           
           Bargain
           was
           soon
           made
           ,
           and
           they
           without
           loss
           of
           time
           ,
           went
           into
           F.
           Francis's
           Cell
           ,
           where
           they
           took
           their
           mutual
           Oaths
           one
           to
           another
           .
           And
           then
           F.
           Wenceslaus
           declared
           the
           whole
           Intregue
           and
           the
           procedure
           thereof
           to
           F.
           Frarcis
           ,
           withal
           desiring
           him
           upon
           the
           first
           occasion
           to
           go
           into
           the
           City
           to
           buy
           there
           a
           pound
           of
           Lead
           ,
           which
           being
           brought
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           chang'd
           it
           into
           Gold
           ,
           observing
           the
           Method
           the
           old
           Father
           had
           observed
           before
           :
           The
           transmuted
           Gold
           was
           carryed
           back
           by
           F.
           Francis
           into
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           there
           sold
           to
           a
           Jew
           ,
           for
           an
           100
           Ducats
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           worth
           more
           ,
           his
           pretence
           was
           as
           the
           former
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           melted
           down
           out
           of
           ancient
           Coin
           and
           Meddals
           .
           Having
           receiv'd
           this
           Money
           ,
           and
           thus
           made
           a
           strict
           League
           and
           Friendship
           with
           F.
           Francis
           ,
           and
           the
           Art
           being
           now
           found
           true
           for
           the
           second
           time
           ,
           they
           were
           more
           intent
           upon
           their
           Design
           of
           Escaping
           out
           of
           the
           Monastery
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           which
           retarded
           their
           Resolution
           ,
           was
           the
           Season
           of
           the
           year
           ,
           it
           being
           then
           Winter
           ;
           and
           a
           very
           hard
           one
           too
           ,
           for
           they
           well
           understood
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           then
           safely
           take
           so
           long
           a
           Journey
           as
           they
           were
           to
           undergo
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           by
           their
           Flight
           elude
           the
           search
           ,
           (
           which
           would
           be
           made
           without
           doubt
           with
           all
           diligence
           possible
           after
           them
           )
           and
           avoid
           the
           punishment
           usually
           inflicted
           upon
           such
           an
           occasion
           .
           Hereupon
           they
           thought
           it
           more
           convenient
           to
           deferr
           their
           intended
           flight
           till
           the
           Spring
           following
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           the
           rather
           induced
           thereunto
           because
           they
           had
           found
           means
           to
           pass
           that
           time
           merrily
           ,
           by
           getting
           now
           and
           then
           a
           Cup
           of
           Wine
           ,
           and
           a
           couple
           of
           roased
           Pullets
           ,
           which
           F.
           Francis
           (
           who
           was
           well
           verst
           in
           that
           Trade
           )
           knew
           well
           how
           to
           get
           ,
           and
           to
           convey
           into
           their
           Chamber
           .
           But
           because
           F.
           Wencelaus
           had
           as
           great
           a
           mind
           to
           taste
           of
           Womens
           Flesh
           as
           of
           that
           of
           Poultry
           :
           and
           had
           lighted
           on
           a
           certain
           Austrian
           Drab
           fit
           for
           his
           purpose
           ,
           he
           caused
           therefore
           some
           mans
           Apparel
           ,
           with
           a
           Periwig
           ,
           and
           sutable
           Accoutrements
           to
           be
           made
           ready
           for
           her
           .
        
         
         
           Having
           thus
           disguised
           her
           Sex
           ,
           they
           gave
           her
           the
           Name
           of
           Seignior
           Anastasio
           ,
           &
           she
           came
           often
           to
           the
           Monastery
           ,
           on
           pretence
           ,
           That
           she
           came
           from
           Vienna
           ,
           to
           visit
           her
           Cosin
           F.
           Wenceslaus
           ,
           pretending
           he
           was
           her
           Kinsman
           ;
           this
           lasted
           a
           while
           ,
           but
           the
           Visits
           of
           this
           Seignior
           Anastasio
           was
           so
           frequent
           ,
           that
           at
           last
           ,
           he
           was
           observed
           to
           come
           into
           the
           Monastery
           sometimes
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           go
           out
           again
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           staying
           all
           night
           in
           the
           Cell
           of
           F.
           Wenceslaus
           ,
           who
           did
           thus
           live
           for
           some
           weeks
           in
           dishonest
           Love
           with
           him
           :
           and
           ,
           when
           he
           went
           either
           to
           the
           School
           or
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           he
           alwayes
           carefully
           carryed
           his
           Key
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           But
           a
           matter
           of
           that
           Nature
           could
           be
           kept
           close
           no
           longer
           ;
           some
           Rumour
           of
           it
           came
           to
           the
           Ear
           of
           the
           Abbot
           or
           Prior
           ,
           so
           that
           one
           Morning
           as
           F.
           Wenceslaus
           was
           at
           Mattens
           before
           day
           ,
           The
           Abbot
           demanded
           of
           him
           the
           Key
           of
           his
           Cell
           ,
           which
           he
           was
           forc'd
           to
           deliver
           ,
           (
           but
           how
           willingly
           ,
           any
           one
           may
           guess
           .
           )
           The
           Abbot
           immediately
           ,
           with
           the
           Pryor
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           Monks
           went
           to
           his
           Cell
           and
           there
           found
           Seignior
           Anastasio
           naked
           in
           the
           Bed.
           
        
         
           At
           this
           sight
           there
           was
           a
           general
           Consternation
           on
           all
           sides
           ,
           none
           knew
           what
           course
           to
           take
           ,
           F.
           Wenceslaus
           his
           mind
           was
           more
           in
           his
           Chamber
           than
           in
           the
           Chappel
           canring
           out
           his
           Mattens
           ;
           as
           for
           Seignior
           Anastasio
           ,
           she
           was
           doubtless
           as
           much
           at
           a
           loss
           ;
           for
           ,
           to
           run
           without
           her
           Cloaths
           out
           of
           the
           bed
           before
           such
           venerable
           Company
           ,
           was
           no
           wayes
           thought
           convenient
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           for
           the
           good
           Prelates
           ,
           they
           were
           also
           uncertain
           how
           to
           steer
           ;
           some
           advised
           to
           declare
           the
           matter
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           that
           so
           Anastasio
           might
           be
           thrust
           out
           of
           the
           house
           by
           the
           Secular
           Power
           ;
           others
           feared
           ,
           That
           if
           they
           took
           that
           course
           ,
           they
           should
           derogate
           from
           their
           Rights
           and
           Priviledges
           ;
           and
           ,
           if
           Seignior
           Anastasio
           should
           chance
           to
           be
           whipt
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           put
           into
           the
           Stocks
           for
           dissembling
           her
           sex
           ,
           the
           noise
           of
           such
           a
           
           thing
           would
           affix
           an
           indelable
           Character
           of
           Infamy
           upon
           their
           Monastery
           .
        
         
           After
           some
           Deliberation
           ,
           they
           concluded
           ,
           That
           presently
           Anastasio
           should
           put
           on
           her
           Clothes
           ,
           and
           ,
           after
           a
           severe
           Reprehension
           ,
           should
           be
           ejected
           out
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           in
           the
           Morning
           before
           day
           .
           And
           ,
           as
           for
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           he
           was
           called
           from
           Mattens
           ,
           and
           shut
           up
           in
           his
           Cell
           ,
           the
           doors
           being
           well
           bolted
           and
           barr'd
           on
           the
           outside
           ,
           until
           four
           Walls
           were
           prepared
           to
           enclose
           him
           ,
           which
           were
           already
           built
           ,
           only
           something
           was
           defective
           in
           the
           Door
           ,
           which
           was
           supplyed
           the
           next
           day
           .
        
         
           Whilst
           this
           was
           a
           doing
           ,
           Fr.
           Wenceslaus
           found
           Opportunity
           to
           secure
           his
           Copper
           Box
           ,
           and
           to
           gather
           together
           the
           Pouder
           ,
           and
           by
           means
           of
           a
           Rope
           to
           let
           them
           both
           down
           at
           a
           window
           to
           Fr.
           Francis
           ,
           who
           staid
           there
           on
           purpose
           to
           receive
           them
           ;
           and
           withal
           he
           conveyed
           down
           a
           Letter
           to
           him
           ,
           the
           Contents
           whereof
           was
           ,
           To
           desire
           the
           said
           Fryer
           Francis
           not
           to
           forsake
           him
           in
           his
           Distress
           ,
           but
           to
           use
           his
           utmost
           Endeavour
           to
           contrive
           a
           way
           for
           his
           Deliverance
           ,
           withal
           minding
           him
           not
           to
           violate
           his
           Oath
           about
           the
           POWDER
           ,
           but
           to
           keep
           it
           safe
           ,
           for
           as
           yet
           ,
           to
           his
           great
           Comfort
           ,
           it
           was
           intire
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           day
           ,
           Fr.
           Wenceslaus
           was
           kept
           Fasting
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           evening
           his
           Back
           was
           scourg'd
           with
           many
           cruel
           lashes
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           he
           was
           shut
           up
           close
           within
           four
           walls
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           Month
           fed
           with
           nothing
           but
           bread
           and
           water
           ;
           during
           which
           time
           ,
           the
           Severity
           of
           the
           Stripes
           he
           underwent
           ,
           the
           Disaster
           of
           Seignior
           Anastasio
           ,
           and
           the
           hazard
           of
           the
           loss
           of
           his
           Powder
           did
           so
           afflict
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           even
           ready
           to
           despair
           ;
           but
           this
           did
           somewhat
           relieve
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           carried
           a
           string
           with
           him
           into
           the
           Dungeon
           ,
           and
           casting
           it
           out
           at
           the
           hole
           ,
           received
           sometimes
           both
           Letters
           and
           Victuals
           from
           his
           Comrade
           F.
           Francis
           :
           and
           indeed
           the
           desperate
           Condition
           of
           Fr.
           Wencenslaus
           did
           so
           affect
           his
           heart
           ,
           that
           he
           bent
           all
           his
           Endeavour
           to
           excogitate
           ways
           how
           to
           free
           
           him
           ;
           at
           last
           an
           happy
           opportunity
           offered
           it self
           upon
           this
           occasion
           .
        
         
           Prince
           Charles
           of
           Lichtenstein
           was
           a
           great
           Favourer
           of
           Chymistry
           ,
           and
           he
           had
           a
           Steward
           of
           his
           house
           at
           Bruna
           ,
           to
           whose
           Friendship
           F.
           Francis
           had
           insinuated
           himself
           ,
           and
           by
           him
           sent
           a
           Letter
           and
           some
           of
           the
           foresaid
           Pouder
           to
           the
           Prince
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           related
           the
           lamentable
           Condition
           of
           Fr.
           Wenceslaus
           ,
           and
           implored
           his
           Aid
           for
           his
           Deliverance
           .
        
         
           The
           Steward
           having
           sent
           the
           Letter
           ,
           and
           going
           to
           Felisbourg
           the
           Princes
           seat
           ,
           was
           scarce
           arrived
           but
           that
           the
           Prince
           bestovved
           upon
           him
           a
           more
           profitable
           office
           than
           that
           which
           he
           had
           before
           ,
           and
           this
           Message
           concerning
           Fr.
           VVenceslaus
           was
           so
           favorably
           receiv'd
           ,
           That
           he
           strictly
           injoyned
           him
           to
           return
           speedily
           to
           Bruna
           ,
           and
           to
           assist
           Fr.
           Francis
           to
           the
           utmost
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Deliverance
           of
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           .
           And
           to
           that
           purpose
           he
           Committed
           his
           own
           Seal
           to
           his
           Custody
           ,
           to
           be
           made
           use
           of
           for
           that
           End
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           occasion
           .
        
         
           Thus
           the
           Steward
           returning
           home
           ,
           did
           presently
           Consult
           with
           F.
           Francis
           to
           deliver
           F.
           Wenceslaus
           ;
           and
           being
           delivered
           from
           his
           Prison
           and
           Cloyster
           ,
           to
           hide
           and
           shelter
           him
           a
           while
           in
           the
           house
           of
           his
           Master
           the
           said
           Prince
           of
           Lichtenstein
           :
           untill
           some
           convenient
           opportunity
           could
           be
           found
           for
           his
           passage
           out
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           conveyance
           to
           the
           Prince
           of
           Felisburge
           .
           In
           order
           whereto
           Fr.
           Francis
           took
           Care
           to
           provide
           a
           false
           Key
           ,
           fit
           to
           open
           the
           Dungeon
           ,
           which
           he
           more
           easily
           did
           ,
           because
           the
           Padlock
           was
           on
           the
           outside
           of
           the
           Door
           :
           and
           on
           a
           certain
           day
           ,
           when
           Mattens
           were
           ended
           ,
           he
           brought
           his
           Project
           to
           its
           desired
           Effect
           ,
           for
           he
           opened
           the
           Door
           ,
           and
           took
           out
           Fr.
           VVenceslaus
           ,
           locking
           the
           Door
           again
           ;
           and
           disguising
           him
           with
           a
           Cloak
           ,
           Coat
           ,
           and
           Periwig
           which
           he
           had
           prepared
           for
           that
           Purpose
           ,
           he
           conveyed
           him
           through
           a
           bygate
           in
           the
           Garden
           of
           the
           Monastery
           ,
           to
           Lichtestein's
           House
           ,
           where
           he
           shut
           him
           up
           in
           a
           Chamber
           ,
           locked
           the
           
           door
           ,
           and
           Sealed
           it
           up
           in
           two
           places
           with
           the
           Princes
           own
           Seal
           and
           a
           Labell
           appendant
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           day
           when
           the
           Monasterys
           Porter
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           Custom
           ,
           was
           carrying
           his
           Bread
           and
           Water
           ,
           about
           noon
           ,
           to
           F.
           VVenceslaus
           ,
           Lo
           ,
           he
           was
           not
           to
           be
           found
           !
           whereupon
           a
           great
           Tumult
           was
           raised
           in
           the
           Monastery
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           the
           News
           flew
           to
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Collebrat
          
           ,
           Governour
           of
           that
           Precinct
           ,
           who
           presently
           commanded
           the
           Gates
           to
           be
           shut
           ,
           and
           search
           to
           be
           made
           in
           all
           houses
           ,
           not
           excepting
           Litchtenstein's
           house
           it self
           .
           When
           they
           had
           diligently
           searched
           every
           Corner
           of
           this
           latter
           house
           ,
           at
           last
           they
           came
           to
           the
           Chamber
           that
           was
           sealed
           up
           :
           Here
           the
           Steward
           of
           the
           House
           interposed
           ,
           and
           told
           them
           ,
           That
           that
           Room
           was
           the
           Closet
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           sealed
           up
           himself
           with
           his
           own
           Seal
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           be
           opened
           without
           great
           danger
           and
           hazard
           of
           incurring
           his
           high
           Displeasure
           .
        
         
           Whereupon
           they
           desisted
           ;
           and
           F.
           VVenceslaus
           remained
           hid
           there
           for
           some
           weeks
           ,
           untill
           at
           length
           he
           found
           means
           ,
           in
           a
           disguise
           to
           escape
           out
           of
           the
           Town
           in
           the
           morning
           early
           ,
           at
           the
           very
           first
           opening
           of
           the
           Gates
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           conveyed
           ,
           with
           other
           officers
           ,
           in
           the
           Princes
           own
           Coach
           ,
           to
           Felisburgh
           .
           Being
           arrived
           there
           ,
           he
           was
           courteously
           received
           and
           well
           treated
           by
           the
           Prince
           ,
           before
           whom
           he
           made
           a
           notable
           demonstration
           of
           his
           Art.
           
        
         
           But
           the
           Prince
           soon
           found
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           in
           his
           Circumstances
           and
           of
           his
           Abilities
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           long
           concealed
           in
           his
           Court
           ,
           because
           the
           Abbot
           of
           Bruna
           having
           sent
           Spies
           after
           him
           ,
           would
           certainly
           find
           him
           out
           ,
           and
           would
           also
           obtain
           a
           Mandate
           from
           the
           supream
           Consistory
           at
           Vienna
           concerning
           him
           .
           Whereupon
           (
           though
           ,
           as
           some
           think
           ,
           the
           Princes
           Intent
           was
           to
           gain
           the
           whole
           Tincture
           from
           him
           )
           he
           advised
           him
           to
           go
           to
           Rome
           ,
           and
           there
           obtain
           a
           full
           Discharge
           from
           his
           Monastical
           life
           ,
           and
           to
           secure
           himself
           from
           the
           Abbot
           ,
           which
           favour
           he
           profered
           to
           obtain
           for
           him
           by
           
           means
           of
           his
           Agent
           there
           :
           And
           to
           accommodate
           him
           for
           his
           Journey
           ,
           he
           gave
           him
           a
           Bill
           of
           Exchange
           for
           1000
           Ducats
           ,
           and
           withal
           provided
           an
           Italian
           ,
           his
           Chamberlain
           ,
           to
           bear
           him
           Company
           on
           his
           way
           .
        
         
           But
           you
           must
           know
           Fr.
           VVenceslaus
           had
           sent
           away
           his
           Comrade
           Fr.
           Francis
           (
           who
           privately
           had
           made
           an
           Escape
           )
           to
           Vienna
           with
           the
           Tincture
           enjoyning
           him
           to
           get
           him
           a
           private
           Loding
           there
           ,
           to
           abscond
           himself
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           till
           he
           could
           commodiously
           contrive
           his
           Journey
           to
           Rome
           .
        
         
           Soon
           after
           the
           Italian
           Chamberlain
           and
           he
           began
           their
           Journey
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           were
           about
           half
           a
           Daies
           Journey
           from
           Vienna
           ,
           the
           Chamberlain
           on
           a
           suddain
           pick'd
           a
           Quarrel
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           holding
           a
           Pistol
           to
           his
           Breast
           ,
           threatned
           to
           kill
           him
           ,
           unless
           he
           would
           deliver
           him
           the
           Tincture
           .
        
         
           F.
           VVenceslaus
           being
           thus
           unexpectedly
           assaulted
           ,
           was
           much
           abashed
           ,
           and
           calling
           God
           to
           Witness
           ,
           protested
           ,
           That
           the
           Tincture
           was
           not
           ,
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           in
           his
           hands
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           had
           sent
           it
           before
           by
           his
           Companion
           F.
           Francis
           to
           Vienna
           whom
           the
           said
           Chamberlain
           had
           himself
           seen
           to
           undertake
           that
           Journey
           a
           few
           daies
           before
           .
        
         
           The
           Chamberlain
           was
           the
           rather
           induced
           to
           believe
           his
           asseveration
           ,
           because
           upon
           Search
           both
           of
           him
           and
           his
           Portmantle
           ,
           he
           found
           nothing
           at
           all
           of
           the
           Tincture
           therein
           .
           Hereupon
           ,
           They
           came
           to
           Terms
           between
           them
           ,
           F.
           VVenceslaus
           was
           to
           give
           the
           Chamberlain
           100
           Ducats
           ,
           and
           an
           Amnesty
           to
           be
           for
           their
           suddain
           falling
           out
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           agreed
           and
           bid
           one
           another
           ,
           Farewell
           .
        
         
           The
           Chamberlain
           ,
           being
           a
           Covetous
           Italian
           ,
           was
           glad
           of
           the
           Money
           ,
           and
           F.
           VVenceslaus
           was
           glad
           to
           be
           rid
           of
           him
           ,
           having
           escaped
           such
           an
           hazard
           ,
           and
           being
           now
           likely
           to
           attain
           Vienna
           ,
           where
           he
           arrived
           in
           the
           Evening
           of
           the
           same
           day
           ,
           and
           told
           his
           Companion
           F.
           Francis
           what
           had
           hapned
           to
           him
           in
           every
           Circumstance
           ,
           upon
           the
           way
           .
           He
           being
           a
           subtle
           man
           ,
           did
           easily
           perceive
           by
           his
           Relation
           ,
           what
           vvas
           the
           Mystery
           of
           his
           designed
           Journey
           to
           Rome
           ,
           
           and
           that
           his
           Bill
           of
           Exchange
           was
           but
           a
           meer
           Collusion
           ,
           whereupon
           they
           both
           resolved
           to
           take
           another
           course
           for
           their
           safety
           ,
           in
           order
           whereto
           ,
           by
           means
           of
           a
           Saxon
           whose
           name
           was
           Gorits
           ,
           a
           crafty
           fellow
           ,
           and
           a
           Clerk
           in
           the
           Chancery
           of
           Bohemia
           ,
           they
           came
           acquainted
           with
           one
           Count
           Schlick
           ,
           a
           person
           of
           great
           sagacity
           ,
           then
           living
           at
           Vienna
           ,
           a
           great
           Favourer
           of
           Chymistry
           ,
           but
           had
           lately
           received
           some
           affronts
           from
           the
           Court
           ,
           he
           was
           very
           glad
           of
           their
           acquantance
           ,
           and
           presently
           took
           F.
           VVenceslaus
           into
           his
           Protection
           ,
           and
           brought
           him
           to
           his
           House
           ,
           where
           he
           made
           some
           Tryalls
           ,
           and
           withal
           gave
           him
           some
           of
           the
           Tincture
           ,
           that
           he
           himself
           might
           make
           one
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           for
           F.
           Francis
           ,
           he
           always
           lodged
           abroad
           .
           After
           some
           Weeks
           ,
           Count
           Schlick
           told
           F.
           VVenceslaus
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           no
           longer
           secure
           him
           after
           that
           rate
           at
           Vienna
           ,
           for
           both
           the
           Clergy
           and
           also
           the
           Prince
           of
           Lichtenstein
           ,
           had
           an
           ill
           Eye
           upon
           him
           ,
           for
           his
           sake
           ;
           and
           being
           already
           disfavoured
           at
           Court
           ,
           he
           should
           run
           a
           further
           hazard
           ,
           by
           concealing
           of
           him
           nevertheless
           he
           would
           shew
           him
           what
           courtesy
           he
           could
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           pleased
           ,
           he
           would
           send
           him
           to
           one
           of
           his
           own
           Country-Houses
           and
           Castles
           in
           Bohemia
           ,
           where
           he
           might
           remain
           in
           greater
           security
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           he
           prepared
           all
           things
           for
           the
           Journey
           .
           F.
           VVenceslaus
           did
           easily
           perceive
           the
           intention
           of
           the
           Count
           ,
           for
           before
           he
           had
           observed
           ,
           that
           the
           Counts
           Footmen
           did
           observe
           him
           as
           narrowly
           as
           the
           Monks
           had
           done
           in
           the
           Monastery
           ,
           and
           therefore
           perceiving
           what
           was
           to
           be
           done
           with
           him
           ,
           he
           made
           his
           Escape
           through
           an
           Arch
           in
           the
           Wine
           Cellar
           ,
           built
           after
           the
           Italian
           fashion
           ,
           the
           day
           before
           he
           was
           to
           go
           to
           Bohemia
           (
           a
           place
           designed
           for
           his
           perpetual
           Imprisonment
           )
           and
           retired
           to
           the
           lodging
           of
           his
           friend
           F.
           Francis
           ,
           to
           whom
           having
           related
           what
           had
           hapn'd
           to
           him
           again
           ,
           upon
           deliberation
           they
           both
           agreed
           to
           extricate
           themselves
           out
           of
           all
           these
           hazards
           ,
           and
           to
           acquaint
           the
           Emperour
           with
           the
           whole
           matter
           .
        
         
         
           And
           to
           introduce
           them
           into
           his
           presence
           ,
           they
           knew
           none
           more
           fit
           than
           a
           Spanish
           Count
           called
           
             de
             Paar
          
           (
           whose
           Brother
           named
           Peter
           ,
           was
           Hereditary
           Post
           master
           ,
           in
           the
           Emperours
           Hereditary
           Country
           )
           he
           was
           a
           great
           Alchymist
           ,
           a
           Factious
           and
           Seditious
           man
           ,
           and
           one
           much
           troubled
           with
           the
           Gout
           ,
           yet
           he
           had
           found
           means
           to
           creep
           into
           the
           Emperours
           favour
           :
           therefore
           this
           gain
           unlookt
           for
           was
           no
           less
           acceptable
           to
           him
           ,
           than
           to
           the
           others
           before
           ,
           for
           he
           had
           heard
           a
           great
           while
           before
           of
           F.
           VVenceslaus
           ,
           and
           had
           an
           extream
           passion
           to
           be
           acquainted
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           fancied
           that
           he
           should
           see
           strange
           things
           in
           him
           ,
           as
           King
           Herod
           did
           of
           Christ
           ,
           whose
           first
           ,
           he
           acted
           the
           part
           cunningly
           enough
           ,
           as
           you
           shall
           presently
           hear
           .
           They
           agreed
           together
           ,
           that
           F.
           VVenceslaus
           should
           abide
           Incognito
           at
           his
           House
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           as
           much
           observed
           as
           at
           the
           House
           of
           Count
           Schtick
           .
        
         
           Here
           he
           made
           another
           small
           Tryal
           ,
           whereupon
           Count
           Paar
           went
           to
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           discovered
           to
           him
           the
           whole
           Business
           .
           But
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           who
           (
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           great
           &
           weighty
           concerns
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           doth
           not
           only
           not
           much
           regard
           or
           value
           Learning
           ,
           as
           his
           Father
           did
           ,
           except
           what
           contributes
           to
           his
           Recreation
           ,
           as
           Plays
           ,
           Musick
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           but
           also
           had
           a
           particular
           aversness
           from
           Alchymy
           ,
           holding
           that
           for
           a
           meer
           Imposter
           ,
           which
           did
           cost
           his
           Royal
           Father
           and
           his
           Uncle
           the
           Arch-Duke
           Leopold
           ,
           so
           much
           expence
           ,
           both
           of
           Mony
           and
           Time
           )
           gave
           no
           great
           heed
           to
           the
           Proposition
           made
           by
           Count
           Paar
           ,
           especially
           it
           having
           been
           related
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           this
           F.
           VVenceslaus
           was
           a
           fugitive
           Monk
           ,
           and
           had
           led
           a
           dissolute
           life
           ;
           and
           moreover
           by
           Report
           was
           accused
           of
           Magick
           .
        
         
           The
           Spanish
           Count
           Paar
           having
           heard
           this
           Repartee
           of
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           being
           a
           subtil
           man
           ,
           and
           easily
           foreseeing
           those
           Objections
           would
           be
           made
           ,
           had
           armed
           himself
           against
           them
           :
           upon
           which
           he
           thus
           replyed
           to
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           ;
           
             That
             he
             did
             confess
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             a
             great
             weight
             in
             all
             the
             Objections
             made
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             yet
             without
             presuming
             ,
             being
             so
             means
             a
             person
             ,
             to
             Impose
             upon
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             it
             seemed
             to
             him
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             though
             the
             Case
             were
             extraordinary
             ,
             yet
             nevertheless
             the
             Dictates
             of
             common
             Reason
             were
             to
             be
             obeyed
             ,
             which
             doth
             advise
             sometimes
             to
             consider
             of
             things
             ,
             abstracted
             from
             the
             persons
             they
             concern
             ,
             it
             being
             evident
             ,
             that
             some
             men
             though
             ill
             in
             themselves
             yet
             have
             been
             the
             Authors
             of
             Useful
             Inventions
             ,
             of
             which
             Truth
             ,
             Instances
             might
             be
             given
             near
             at
             hand
             ,
             in
             regard
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             had
             many
             notable
             Inventions
             in
             his
             Archieves
             ,
             which
             owed
             their
             Originals
             to
             bad
             men
             ,
             yea
             ,
             some
             of
             them
             accused
             of
             the
             same
             miscarriages
             as
             F.
          
           Wenceslaus
           ,
           
             and
             since
             it
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             some
             good
             things
             are
             done
             by
             some
             bad
             men
             ;
             it
             being
             no
             less
             true
             ,
             that
             all
             men
             are
             Sinners
             ,
             must
             we
             therefore
             reject
             all
             their
             laudable
             Inventions
             and
             all
             the
             good
             Works
             they
             do
             .
             A
             notable
             Example
             whereof
          
           (
           proceeded
           he
           )
           
             lyes
             as
             yet
             fresh
             before
             your
             Majesty
             ,
          
           Joseph
           Burrhi
           
             was
             accused
             of
             Heresy
             ,
             and
             being
             taken
             at
          
           Vienna
           ,
           
             was
             sent
             to
          
           Rome
           ,
           
             but
             after
             Pennance
             ,
             he
             was
             pardoned
             upon
             the
             score
             of
             his
             knowledge
             ,
             rather
             than
             of
             his
             person
             ,
             and
             the
          
           Germans
           
             his
             Accusers
             were
             by
             this
             means
             deceived
             ;
             of
             which
             I
             my self
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             at
             that
             time
             being
          
           Burrhus
           
             his
             Commissary
             at
          
           Vienna
           ,
           
             did
             forewarn
             them
             ,
             but
             in
             vain
             .
             Your
             Majesty
          
           (
           said
           he
           farther
           )
           
             is
             a
             person
             ,
             with
             whom
             God
             seems
             to
             deal
             after
             a
             peculiar
             manner
             ,
             having
             wonderfully
             delivered
             you
             from
             many
             imminent
             dangers
             ,
             and
             now
             in
             these
             necessitous
             and
             indigent
             times
             ,
             cruel
             Warrs
             being
             also
             in
             prospect
             ,
             your
             Hereditary
             Countries
             being
             also
             exhausted
             ,
             the
             Divine
             Bounty
             seems
             to
             offer
             you
             a
          
           mean
           
             and
             way
             how
             you
             may
             most
             pitty
             and
             spare
             your
             Subjects
             :
             It
             is
             the
             Devils
             Policy
             to
             cast
             suspition
             upon
             all
             extraordinary
             Assistances
             ,
             that
             so
             he
             may
             make
             them
             useless
             ;
             but
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             it
             is
             as
             great
             a
             Sin
             not
             to
             accept
             of
             things
             when
             offered
             ,
             as
             to
             abuse
             them
             when
             they
             are
             accepted
             .
             As
             for
             my self
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             I
             have
             no
             great
             reason
             to
             be
             a
             Friend
             to
             Chymistry
             ,
             having
             suffered
             so
             much
             less
             by
             it
             ,
             as
             your
             Imperial
             Majesty
             well
             knows
             ,
             neither
             did
             I
             ever
             find
             any
             Truth
             in
             the
             Art
             ,
             save
             only
             in
             this
             Pouder
             of
             F.
          
           Wenceslaus
           ,
           
             and
             the
             transmutation
             made
             thereby
             .
             But
             as
             in
             referrence
             to
             that
             Tryal
             ,
             he
             dared
             pawn
             his
             Credit
             it
             would
             succeed
             ;
             and
             if
             his
             Majesty
             would
             not
             believe
             his
             word
             ,
             yet
             he
             might
             depute
             some
             persons
             to
             see
             a
             Trial
          
           
           
             made
             ;
             for
             his
             part
             ,
             he
             thought
             he
             was
             bound
             in
             Conscience
             to
             discover
             the
             whole
             business
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             referring
             it
             wholy
             to
             him
             ,
             whether
             he
             would
             graciously
             accept
             the
             Proposal
             and
             protect
             the
             person
             that
             made
             it
             ,
             or
             else
             discard
             them
             both
             ;
             still
             hoping
             nevertheless
             ,
             that
             his
             Majesty
             would
             not
             take
             his
             good
             Intention
             in
             ill
             part
             ,
             nor
             exclude
             him
             from
             his
             Favour
             ;
             wishing
             for
             a
             Conclusion
             ,
             That
             he
             would
             cause
             one
             Trial
             to
             be
             made
             under
             the
             Inspection
             of
             some
             persons
             ;
             unprejudiced
             ,
             that
             so
             his
             Impertal
             Majesty
             might
             be
             satisfied
             ,
             at
             least
             in
             this
             one
             thing
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             not
             made
             the
             Proposition
             to
             him
             without
             sufficient
             reason
             :
          
           Thus
           he
           concluded
           his
           Harangue
           .
           The
           Emperor
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           gratious
           to
           all
           Suitors
           ,
           so
           he
           gave
           favourable
           attention
           to
           the
           Counts
           discourse
           ,
           and
           commended
           him
           for
           it
           ;
           
             Only
             
               (
               saies
               he
            
             to
             the
             Count
             )
             Alchymy
             is
             a
             subtil
             Imposture
             ,
             and
             though
             you
             your self
             may
             mean
             honestly
             ,
             yet
             perhaps
             you
             also
             may
             be
             deceived
             thereby
             ,
             otherwise
             I
             do
             not
             
               (
               adds
               he
            
             )
             at
             all
             despise
             the
             wonderful
             Works
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             do
             highly
             value
             them
             ,
             and
             accept
             of
             his
             Gift
             with
             all
             hearty
             thankfulness
             ,
             and
             I
             do
             well
             know
             how
             long
             my
             Father
             took
             very
             great
             pains
             in
             that
             Art
             ;
             and
             how
             highly
             he
             prized
             that
             little
             which
             was
             shewed
             him
             by
             the
             Baron
             Chaos
             ,
             and
             rewarded
             him
             for
             it
             ;
             besides
             ,
             I
             know
             full
             well
             how
             to
             make
             a
             distinction
             between
             the
             Art
             ,
             and
             the
             life
             of
             its
             Professors
             .
          
           Only
           least
           he
           should
           expose
           himself
           ,
           and
           shew
           himself
           too
           easy
           ,
           he
           gave
           the
           Count
           order
           to
           make
           another
           Tryal
           ,
           and
           to
           procure
           the
           Presence
           of
           other
           skilful
           Persons
           both
           of
           the
           Clergy
           and
           Laity
           :
           That
           so
           he
           might
           make
           him
           a
           more
           exact
           Relation
           of
           the
           Matter
           with
           all
           the
           Circumstan
           e
           ,
           and
           receive
           further
           order
           of
           his
           Majesty
           concerning
           it
           .
        
         
           Count
           Paar
           being
           return'd
           home
           from
           his
           Audience
           :
           The
           very
           same
           day
           he
           sent
           to
           Father
           Spies
           and
           Dr.
           Becher
           to
           invite
           them
           to
           Dine
           with
           him
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           adding
           these
           Words
           in
           his
           Message
           ,
           
             That
             he
             had
             a
             Business
             to
             communicate
          
           
           
             to
             them
             from
             the
             Emperour
          
           .
           The
           next
           day
           ,
           they
           all
           accordingly
           met
           .
           F.
           VVenceslaus
           being
           present
           ,
           where
           after
           Dinner
           Count
           Paar
           made
           known
           his
           Commission
           ,
           and
           forthwith
           caused
           an
           ounce
           of
           Schlachenwald
           Tin
           ,
           and
           a
           new
           Crucible
           to
           be
           bought
           ,
           which
           Materials
           being
           prepared
           and
           tried
           ,
           and
           for
           fear
           of
           Inchantment
           ,
           
             ex
             abundanti
             cantesa
          
           :
           sprinkled
           with
           Holy
           water
           :
           The
           Trial
           began
           and
           was
           finished
           within
           a
           quarter
           of
           an
           hour
           ,
           one
           part
           Tinged
           ,
           ten
           Thousand
           parts
           into
           Gold
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           graduated
           by
           the
           Tincture
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           almost
           Friable
           ,
           and
           was
           striated
           and
           distinguished
           with
           red
           Veines
           interspersed
           ,
           of
           which
           ,
           as
           likewise
           of
           the
           Tin
           before
           it
           was
           tinged
           ,
           both
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Paar
          
           ,
           and
           also
           Father
           Spies
           ,
           and
           Dr.
           Becher
           ,
           each
           of
           them
           took
           a
           little
           piece
           for
           a
           perpetual
           Memorial
           of
           the
           thing
           .
           The
           rest
           was
           sealed
           up
           with
           their
           three
           Seals
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           quantity
           of
           the
           Powder
           as
           this
           Projection
           was
           made
           with
           was
           enclosed
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           thing
           was
           by
           all
           three
           suscribed
           to
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           day
           ,
           Count
           Paar
           went
           to
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           delivered
           it
           to
           him
           ,
           making
           also
           a
           full
           Relation
           of
           all
           the
           particular
           Circumstances
           in
           the
           Trial.
           
        
         
           Hereupon
           the
           Emperour
           enjoyned
           him
           to
           treat
           Fr.
           Wenceslaus
           kindly
           ,
           and
           to
           assure
           him
           of
           his
           Favour
           ,
           moreover
           advising
           him
           to
           refrain
           his
           ill
           and
           scandalous
           life
           ,
           and
           to
           satisfy
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           reassume
           the
           Monastical
           Habit
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           rest
           he
           would
           take
           Care
           ;
           and
           till
           he
           had
           enquired
           further
           into
           the
           the
           thing
           ,
           he
           would
           for
           his
           Security
           send
           him
           into
           some
           private
           place
        
         
           The
           Count
           returned
           home
           very
           joyful
           with
           this
           Commission
           and
           the
           very
           same
           Evening
           he
           caused
           F.
           VVenceslaus
           to
           be
           re-vested
           with
           his
           Monks
           Habit
           by
           two
           English
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Augustine
           Order
           ,
           Father
           Dun●ll
           and
           Father
           Vostaller
           :
           A
           Letter
           was
           also
           writ
           to
           his
           Abbot
           at
           Bruna
           ,
           informing
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           set
           his
           mind
           at
           rest
           concerning
           him
           ,
           because
           he
           had
           laid
           aside
           his
           Monks
           habit
           ,
           and
           
           cloathed
           himself
           with
           other
           Apparel
           ,
           for
           no
           other
           Reason
           ,
           but
           because
           he
           would
           free
           himself
           from
           the
           hardship
           of
           a
           Prison
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           Journey
           to
           Vienna
           ,
           to
           discover
           a
           great
           Secret
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           ,
           to
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           ,
           which
           being
           now
           done
           ,
           he
           had
           again
           resumed
           his
           Monks
           habit
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           was
           done
           to
           perswade
           him
           ,
           that
           they
           meant
           him
           nothing
           but
           good
           ,
           to
           make
           him
           call
           again
           for
           all
           the
           Tincture
           from
           his
           Comrade
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           him
           from
           conversing
           any
           longer
           with
           those
           which
           before
           were
           his
           most
           intimate
           Aquaintance
           ,
           as
           counting
           himself
           sufficiently
           secured
           against
           all
           Violence
           ,
           by
           the
           Emperors
           Protection
           ,
           and
           his
           Monks
           Habit
           :
           So
           that
           Count
           Paar
           was
           as
           a
           Father
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           as
           his
           adopted
           Son.
           These
           two
           new
           Friends
           ,
           undertook
           a
           Voyage
           together
           ,
           to
           a
           Country-house
           of
           the
           Count's
           (
           adjoyning
           to
           a
           certain
           Lake
           )
           which
           he
           had
           in
           Hungary
           ,
           distant
           about
           a
           dayes
           Journey
           from
           Vienna
           .
        
         
           Being
           come
           thither
           ,
           the
           very
           same
           night
           they
           two
           being
           alone
           in
           a
           Chamber
           ,
           The
           Count
           pluck'd
           out
           a
           Decree
           of
           the
           Emperor's
           (
           as
           he
           pretended
           )
           which
           was
           sealed
           up
           ,
           adding
           these
           words
           ,
           
             My
             Son
             ,
             Into
             what
             Gulf
             of
             Misery
             art
             thou
             cast
             ?
             Here
             I
             have
             a
             Command
             in
             writing
             from
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             to
             demand
             the
             Tincture
             of
             Thee
             ,
             and
             if
             thou
             refusest
             to
             deliver
             it
             ,
             then
             to
             my
             great
             Grief
             ,
             I
             must
             execute
             upon
             Thee
             the
             Sentence
             contained
             in
             this
             sealed
             Decree
             .
          
        
         
           Fryer
           Wenceslaus
           desired
           to
           read
           the
           Decree
           ;
           but
           ,
           the
           Count
           replyed
           ,
           
             If
             it
             be
             opened
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             immediately
             executed
             !
          
           and
           ,
           withal
           plucking
           a
           Pistol
           out
           of
           his
           Pocket
           ,
           he
           directed
           it
           to
           his
           Breast
           ,
           Sighing
           ,
           and
           breaking
           forth
           in
           these
           Words
           ,
           
             Into
             what
             miserys
             are
             we
             both
             Cast
             !
             Yet
             notwitstanding
             if
             thou
             wilt
             harken
             to
             my
             Counsel
             ,
             (
             from
             whence
             thou
             maist
             gather
             my
             Love
             and
             Fatherly
             Care
             ,
             and
             free
             both
             of
             us
             from
             this
             great
             Misfortune
             ,
             and
             make
             our
             Condition
             very
             happy
             )
             I
             will
             give
             it
             to
             thee
             .
          
        
         
         
           Nothing
           was
           more
           grateful
           to
           Fr.
           VVenceslaus
           than
           to
           hear
           this
           Condition
           ,
           and
           having
           given
           him
           his
           hand
           that
           he
           would
           follow
           it
           :
        
         
           The
           Count
           began
           thus
           ,
           
             'T
             is
             certain
          
           (
           said
           he
           )
           
             That
             you
             and
             I
             do
             both
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             the
             Emperours
             Protection
             ,
             and
             't
             is
             as
             certain
             ,
             That
             we
             shall
             be
             forc'd
             to
             deliver
             the
             Tincture
             to
             him
             .
             My
             Advice
             then
             is
             ,
             (
             which
             I
             refer
             to
             you
             for
             your
             approbation
             and
             consent
             .
             )
             I
             will
             pretend
             ,
             that
             being
             injoyn'd
             to
             make
             a
             stricter
             Examination
             of
             this
             Tinging
             Powder
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             employed
             it
             all
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             its
             multiplication
             ,
             to
             try
             whether
             it
             might
             be
             augmented
             for
             the
             greater
             Benefit
             and
             Advantage
             of
             his
             Majesty
             .
             However
             ,
             we
             may
             both
             be
             sheltred
             under
             the
             Continuance
             of
             the
             Emperors
             Protection
             ,
             and
             yet
             we
             may
             keep
             the
             Tincture
             ;
             And
             after
             the
             time
             designed
             for
             its
             augmentation
             is
             elapsed
             ,
             we
             will
             easily
             devise
             some
             colorable
             Excuse
             ,
             to
             evade
             it
             ;
             as
             ,
             That
             the
             Glass
             was
             broken
             ,
             or
             some
             Error
             committed
             in
             the
             Operation
             .
             For
             ,
             the
             Truth
             is
             ,
          
           (
           said
           he
           )
           
             The
             Emperours
             Court
             is
             not
             worthy
             so
             great
             a
             Treasure
             ;
             it
             will
             be
             Prostituted
             there
             and
             made
             common
             .
             But
             to
             ingage
             they
             self
             to
             me
             in
             a
             greater
             degree
             of
             Faithfulness
             ,
             Thou
             must
             not
             refuse
             to
             give
             me
             half
             the
             Tincture
             ,
             and
             we
             will
             take
             a
             mutual
             Oath
             to
             be
             faithful
             one
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             we
             live
             ,
             and
             for
             what
             now
             hath
             passed
             between
             us
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             buried
             in
             perpetual
             oblivion
             .
             The
             Emperor
             shall
             never
             know
             any
             thing
             of
             it
             ,
             neither
             shall
             he
             ever
             have
             any
             of
             the
             Tincture
             .
          
        
         
           Fr.
           Wenceslaus
           was
           fain
           to
           make
           an
           Agreement
           on
           those
           Terms
           which
           vvere
           dravvn
           up
           in
           writing
           ,
           subscribed
           with
           both
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           confirmed
           by
           their
           mutual
           Oaths
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           Tincture
           vvas
           divided
           betvvixt
           them
           .
           The
           Count
           made
           a
           Tryal
           by
           himself
           alone
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           vvith
           some
           of
           his
           proportion
           thereof
           ,
           to
           try
           vvhether
           he
           had
           not
           been
           deceived
           therein
           :
           but
           he
           found
           it
           Right
           and
           good
           .
        
         
           Having
           staid
           a
           vvhile
           at
           this
           Country
           House
           ,
           he
           vvas
           about
           to
           return
           to
           Vienna
           ;
           but
           he
           vvas
           taken
           so
           grievously
           sick
           of
           a
           fit
           of
           the
           Gout
           ,
           that
           out
           of
           the
           intollerable
           Torment
           vvhich
           he
           felt
           ,
           he
           drank
           some
           
             Aurum
             Potabile
          
           ,
           vvhich
           
           Burrhy
           had
           given
           him
           heretofore
           ;
           but
           vvith
           this
           Caution
           ,
           That
           it
           vvas
           not
           yet
           perfect
           .
           Having
           tasted
           a
           fevv
           drops
           thereof
           ,
           he
           presently
           felt
           a
           most
           grievous
           and
           vehement
           pain
           in
           his
           Joynts
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           could
           hardly
           perform
           his
           Journey
           vvith
           Fr.
           Wenceslaus
           to
           Vienna
           .
           But
           the
           first
           night
           after
           his
           coming
           ,
           he
           vvas
           so
           afflicted
           vvith
           heat
           ,
           that
           all
           his
           Entralls
           seemed
           to
           be
           on
           a
           Flame
           ;
           as
           he
           complained
           himself
           .
           The
           Day
           follovving
           his
           Physician
           ,
           the
           Son
           of
           Dr.
           Sorbat
           ,
           vvhose
           Name
           vvas
           Kreisset
           ,
           vvho
           vvas
           also
           Physician
           to
           the
           Emperors
           Army
           vvas
           sent
           for
           ,
           vvho
           considering
           his
           present
           Condition
           ,
           applyed
           the
           properest
           remedies
           he
           could
           ,
           which
           availed
           him
           nothing
           ,
           but
           bad
           Symptoms
           did
           so
           grow
           upon
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           third
           day
           his
           Case
           was
           judged
           desperate
           .
        
         
           The
           Count
           himself
           also
           being
           sensible
           of
           his
           Death
           approaching
           ,
           caused
           his
           Brother
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           Post-Office
           to
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           Count
           
             Peter
             de
             Paar
          
           ,
           his
           only
           heir
           ,
           (
           for
           the
           sick
           Brother
           was
           a
           Batchelour
           )
           to
           be
           sent
           for
           about
           night
           :
           to
           whom
           he
           spoke
           in
           these
           Words
           ;
        
         
           
             It
             was
             foretold
             to
             me
             heretofore
             in
          
           Italy
           ,
           
             That
             I
             should
             obtain
             the
             Tincture
             ,
             and
             ,
             That
             soon
             after
             I
             should
             dye
             !
             The
             first
             part
             of
             the
             Prophecy
             is
             fulfilled
             ,
             and
             the
             latter
             is
             near
             at
             hand
             to
             be
             accomplished
             ;
             I
             know
             ,
             That
             you
             have
             bestowed
             as
             much
             time
             and
             Expence
             in
             this
             Art
             as
             my self
             ;
             I
             have
             nothing
             more
             valuable
             to
             leave
             you
             ,
             and
             which
             ,
             nothing
             can
             be
             more
             acceptable
             to
             you
             ,
             than
             a
             Notable
             Portion
             of
             Tincture
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             sealed
             up
             in
             this
             Desk
             ,
             and
             shall
             entrust
             it
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             my
             Confessor
             ,
             who
             upon
             my
             decease
             ,
             shall
             deliver
             it
             to
             you
             .
          
        
         
           After
           which
           words
           ,
           he
           delivered
           the
           Desk
           to
           his
           Confessor
           ,
           who
           was
           present
           and
           heard
           him
           speak
           them
           .
           Count
           Peter
           not
           imagining
           his
           Brother
           was
           so
           near
           his
           End
           ,
           took
           his
           leave
           of
           him
           for
           that
           Night
           ,
           and
           rode
           home
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           very
           late
           .
           And
           his
           Brother
           soon
           after
           departing
           this
           Life
           ,
           his
           Confessor
           also
           took
           Coach
           ,
           and
           went
           home
           to
           the
           Monastery
           of
           St.
           Francis
           ,
           not
           far
           distant
           from
           the
           
           Emperial
           Post
           Office
           at
           Vienna
           .
           The
           Death
           of
           the
           Deceased
           Count
           being
           signified
           to
           his
           Brother
           ,
           by
           his
           Footmen
           who
           had
           accompanied
           the
           Confessor
           home
           .
        
         
           The
           Count
           immediately
           rose
           out
           of
           his
           Bed
           ,
           being
           but
           newly
           entred
           thereinto
           ,
           and
           clothing
           himself
           ,
           gallopped
           at
           two
           of
           the
           clock
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           to
           the
           Monastery
           of
           the
           Franciscans
           ,
           and
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           knock'd
           fiercely
           at
           the
           Gate
           for
           admittance
           ,
           the
           drowsy
           Porter
           arose
           and
           let
           him
           in
           ;
           the
           Count
           desired
           to
           be
           admitted
           to
           the
           Speech
           of
           the
           Confessor
           of
           his
           newly
           deceased
           Brother
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           reply'd
           ,
           It
           was
           an
           unseasonable
           time
           for
           such
           a
           Visit
           ,
           in
           regard
           the
           old
           man
           was
           weak
           ,
           and
           weary
           ,
           and
           being
           newly
           returned
           home
           ,
           was
           laid
           down
           to
           rest
           .
           The
           Count
           was
           not
           satisfi'd
           with
           this
           Answer
           ,
           but
           was
           very
           earnest
           with
           the
           Porter
           to
           accompany
           him
           and
           some
           of
           his
           Attendants
           to
           the
           old
           Fathers
           Cell
           :
           he
           making
           Excuses
           ,
           the
           Count
           rushed
           in
           presently
           himself
           ,
           and
           awak'd
           him
           ,
           demanding
           the
           Desk
           which
           his
           Brother
           had
           deposited
           in
           his
           hands
           ,
           as
           now
           rightfully
           belonging
           unto
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           Father
           was
           much
           surprized
           at
           his
           fuddain
           irruption
           and
           demand
           :
           which
           he
           did
           the
           more
           suspect
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           made
           at
           such
           an
           unseasonable
           time
           of
           the
           night
           :
           whereupon
           he
           desir'd
           the
           Count
           to
           hold
           himself
           contented
           till
           the
           Morning
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           should
           have
           the
           Desk
           delivered
           unto
           him
           without
           fail
           ,
           only
           he
           desired
           to
           deliver
           it
           in
           before
           the
           Father
           Guardian
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           then
           give
           him
           his
           acquittance
           for
           the
           Recept
           thereof
           .
           The
           Count
           ,
           not
           content
           with
           this
           Answer
           ,
           by
           the
           help
           of
           his
           Attendants
           and
           Servants
           ,
           endeavored
           to
           get
           it
           from
           him
           by
           force
           :
        
         
           Whereupon
           a
           Tumult
           arose
           ;
           The
           Watch
           was
           sent
           for
           ,
           the
           Monks
           were
           also
           gathered
           together
           ,
           and
           a
           Spanish
           Bp.
           of
           the
           same
           Order
           ,
           the
           Confessor
           of
           the
           Empress
           Margaret
           ,
           then
           lodging
           in
           the
           Monastery
           ,
           was
           also
           roused
           out
           of
           his
           sleep
           ,
           who
           hearing
           such
           a
           tumultuous
           Noise
           in
           the
           Monastery
           ,
           a
           priviledged
           place
           ,
           was
           so
           much
           concernd
           thereat
           ,
           
           that
           he
           enquired
           into
           the
           occasion
           ,
           whilst
           the
           Count
           was
           yet
           present
           ,
           and
           understanding
           that
           it
           arose
           upon
           the
           score
           of
           a
           sealed
           Desk
           :
           he
           demanded
           it
           of
           the
           Father
           who
           had
           it
           in
           keeping
           :
           which
           having
           received
           from
           him
           ,
           the
           next
           morning
           he
           carried
           it
           with
           him
           to
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           and
           complained
           grievously
           against
           the
           Count
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           occasion
           of
           that
           nights
           Uproar
           :
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           it
           was
           day
           ,
           the
           noise
           hereof
           was
           spread
           all
           over
           the
           City
           :
           and
           among
           the
           rest
           it
           reached
           the
           Ears
           of
           F.
           Wenceslaus
           ,
           who
           presently
           hastned
           to
           Court
           ,
           and
           by
           means
           of
           the
           Empress's
           Confessor
           obtaining
           Audience
           ,
           he
           related
           to
           the
           Emperor
           the
           whole
           Story
           how
           the
           Count
           had
           used
           him
           in
           Hungary
           ,
           how
           he
           had
           extorted
           from
           him
           half
           the
           Tincture
           ,
           how
           he
           was
           necessitated
           ,
           by
           a
           forced
           Agreement
           ,
           not
           to
           discover
           any
           thing
           hereof
           whilst
           he
           was
           living
           ,
           but
           was
           now
           free
           from
           the
           Obligation
           of
           his
           Oath
           by
           the
           Counts
           Death
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           very
           glad
           that
           the
           Tincture
           was
           at
           length
           come
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           right
           Owner
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           ,
           for
           whom
           he
           had
           long
           before
           designed
           it
           ;
           he
           did
           therefore
           now
           implore
           nothing
           more
           of
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           would
           afford
           him
           his
           Protection
           ,
           against
           the
           Violence
           of
           Count
           
             Peter
             Paar
          
           ,
           his
           Postmaster
           ,
           and
           his
           Adherents
           .
        
         
           The
           Emperor
           perceiving
           the
           wonderful
           Series
           of
           this
           Affair
           ,
           presently
           entertained
           F.
           Wenceslaus
           at
           his
           Court
           ,
           and
           committed
           him
           to
           the
           Care
           and
           Inspection
           of
           Count
           Wallestein
           ,
           the
           Imperial
           Governor
           of
           Hatschirr
           .
        
         
           About
           this
           time
           ,
           the
           Post-master
           above-mentioned
           dyed
           also
           .
           F.
           Wenceslaus
           being
           thus
           received
           into
           the
           Emperours
           Protection
           ,
           had
           his
           Lodgings
           assigned
           him
           by
           the
           Imperial
           Bowling-Green
           ,
           where
           he
           made
           some
           Tryals
           before
           the
           Emperour
           and
           Count
           Austin
           of
           Wallestein
           his
           Guardian
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Pallace
           of
           the
           Johannites
           in
           the
           Carinthian-street
           ,
           he
           made
           one
           of
           15
           Marks
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           Transmutations
           the
           Count
           Wallestein
           made
           him
           a
           Gold
           Chain
           ,
           to
           
           keep
           in
           perpetual
           Memory
           of
           the
           thing
           .
           Moreover
           he
           did
           deposite
           some
           of
           his
           Tincture
           in
           the
           Court
           ,
           for
           augmentation
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           farr
           as
           I
           can
           judge
           ,
           by
           the
           Process
           dlivered
           to
           me
           ,
           he
           had
           a
           great
           desire
           to
           get
           the
           Mercury
           of
           Silver
           ,
           how
           far
           he
           proceeded
           in
           it
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           certainly
           know
           ,
           but
           some
           affirm
           ,
           that
           he
           made
           some
           progress
           therein
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           he
           both
           desired
           to
           be
           acquainted
           with
           some
           noted
           Chymists
           and
           eminent
           Artists
           ,
           and
           several
           Imposters
           and
           Sophisters
           intruded
           themselves
           into
           his
           acquaintance
           ,
           so
           that
           from
           thence
           resulted
           very
           frequent
           junketings
           ,
           drinkings
           and
           merry
           meetings
           ,
           and
           many
           foolish
           trifling
           Processes
           wrought
           by
           him
           ;
           from
           whence
           F.
           Wenceslaus
           learned
           rather
           several
           cunning
           and
           subtil
           Impostures
           ,
           than
           any
           real
           augmentation
           of
           his
           Pouder
           :
           But
           the
           noise
           &
           multitude
           of
           so
           many
           Importunate
           Visitants
           ,
           being
           cumbersom
           at
           Court
           ,
           where
           F.
           Wenceslaus
           had
           his
           Diet
           ,
           under
           the
           severe
           inspection
           of
           Count
           Wallestein
           ,
           he
           thereupon
           pretended
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           occasion
           to
           make
           some
           sorts
           of
           
             Aqua
             Forts
          
           and
           other
           Menstruums
           ,
           which
           would
           be
           dangerous
           to
           the
           whole
           Court
           ,
           and
           cause
           such
           noysom
           Fumes
           and
           odious
           Smells
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           safely
           be
           prepared
           in
           that
           place
           ;
           therefore
           a
           Laboratory
           was
           built
           for
           him
           ,
           in
           the
           Carinthian
           Fort
           ,
           where
           the
           Emperors
           chief
           Engineer
           did
           dwell
           ,
           his
           name
           was
           Fischer
           ,
           a
           great
           lover
           of
           Alchymy
           ,
           and
           who
           shewed
           himself
           very
           officious
           to
           him
           ,
           assisting
           him
           to
           build
           strange
           and
           most
           nonsensical
           Furnaces
           which
           can
           ever
           be
           seen
           ;
           and
           besides
           being
           not
           a
           little
           pleased
           with
           his
           good
           fortune
           of
           the
           neighbourhood
           and
           acquaintance
           of
           the
           Owner
           of
           so
           rich
           a
           Tincture
           ;
           but
           this
           intimacy
           lasted
           not
           long
           ,
           as
           the
           event
           soon
           made
           appear
           :
           for
           when
           F.
           Wenceslaus
           had
           scarcely
           well
           fixed
           his
           habitation
           ,
           and
           setled
           his
           things
           in
           order
           ,
           the
           Engineer
           was
           forced
           to
           leave
           the
           splendid
           dwelling
           there
           assigned
           him
           by
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           to
           go
           to
           Javarin
           in
           Hungary
           ,
           to
           dwell
           there
           ,
           his
           Wife
           also
           ,
           as
           some
           give
           out
           ,
           being
           vitiated
           into
           the
           
           bargain
           ;
           F.
           Wenceslaus
           also
           fell
           very
           sick
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           waited
           upon
           him
           in
           his
           Chamber
           dyed
           suddenly
           ,
           not
           without
           some
           suspicion
           of
           Poyson
           ,
           and
           he
           himself
           also
           lay
           without
           any
           hopes
           of
           recovery
           ,
           in
           this
           case
           
             J.
             A.
             C.
             P.
             C.
             L.
             de
             S.
          
           who
           before
           had
           bought
           some
           of
           the
           Tincture
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           had
           paid
           him
           for
           it
           a
           thousand
           Ducats
           ,
           designing
           to
           take
           this
           opportunity
           of
           his
           illness
           ,
           and
           decease
           so
           apparent
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           get
           and
           enjoy
           his
           Tincture
           without
           money
           ,
           sent
           to
           him
           one
           Biliot
           ,
           a
           French
           Physician
           ,
           to
           steal
           from
           him
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           a
           Visit
           ,
           both
           the
           said
           thousand
           Ducats
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Tincture
           :
           Fortune
           did
           favour
           him
           as
           to
           the
           first
           part
           of
           his
           Design
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           latter
           she
           did
           fail
           and
           dissappoint
           him
           ,
           for
           F.
           VVenceslaus
           had
           hid
           his
           Tincture
           more
           carefully
           than
           his
           thousand
           Ducats
           :
           at
           last
           ,
           the
           Sick
           man
           ,
           contrary
           to
           all
           mens
           exspectation
           began
           to
           Recover
           ,
           and
           F.
           Francis
           who
           was
           sent
           to
           Rome
           to
           obtain
           a
           Dispensation
           for
           him
           ,
           to
           absolve
           him
           from
           his
           Vow
           ,
           having
           obtained
           the
           same
           returned
           home
           ;
           whereupon
           presently
           F.
           VVenceslaus
           laying
           aside
           his
           Monks
           Habit
           ,
           took
           a
           Wife
           and
           was
           married
           publickly
           to
           one
           named
           Angerlee
           ,
           who
           had
           ministred
           to
           him
           in
           his
           sickness
           ,
           and
           had
           otherwise
           been
           very
           assistant
           to
           him
           when
           he
           wanted
           her
           ;
           she
           was
           a
           very
           subtil
           and
           crafty
           woman
           ,
           yet
           accounted
           at
           Vienna
           but
           little
           better
           than
           a
           common
           Harlot
           ,
           and
           she
           was
           the
           worse
           thought
           on
           ,
           because
           her
           Sister
           had
           been
           naught
           with
           
             B.
             D.
             L.
          
           and
           by
           his
           advice
           and
           assistance
           had
           caused
           her
           Husband
           to
           be
           made
           away
           ,
           for
           which
           Fact
           ,
           he
           the
           said
           
             B.
             D.
             L.
          
           was
           Sentenced
           to
           Death
           :
           but
           ,
           though
           afterwards
           pardoned
           by
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           yet
           was
           deprived
           of
           all
           his
           Dignities
           ,
           degraded
           of
           his
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           cast
           into
           perpetual
           Prison
           in
           the
           Citadel
           of
           Gratz
           ,
           where
           he
           dyed
           Miserably
           ;
           and
           his
           Whore
           ,
           F.
           VVenceslaus's
           Wives
           Sister
           ,
           was
           the
           same
           day
           to
           be
           Beheaded
           in
           open
           Court
           ,
           before
           the
           Judgement
           Hall
           ,
           the
           Scaffold
           and
           all
           the
           rest
           being
           already
           prepared
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           intercession
           of
           the
           Wife
           of
           
             Castell
             Rodrigo
          
           ,
           the
           Spanish
           
           Embassador
           she
           was
           set
           free
           ,
           yet
           afterward
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           her
           leud
           life
           ,
           and
           dishonest
           Practises
           ,
           she
           was
           kil'd
           with
           a
           Pistol-shot
           .
        
         
           Fr.
           VVenceslaus
           being
           linked
           by
           Marriage
           into
           such
           a
           Family
           ,
           did
           then
           fancy
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           That
           all
           the
           Elements
           did
           conspire
           together
           to
           make
           him
           happy
           :
           for
           why
           ?
           he
           was
           visited
           by
           Persons
           of
           the
           highest
           Rank
           ,
           and
           withal
           was
           mightily
           respected
           by
           the
           most
           eminent
           Ladies
           ,
           Countesses
           and
           Princesses
           :
           As
           for
           me
           ,
           as
           Spectator
           of
           this
           Scene
           ,
           I
           considered
           him
           in
           this
           Fools
           Paradise
           :
           Whilst
           it
           put
           me
           in
           mind
           of
           
             Cornelius
             Agrippa
          
           ,
           who
           ,
           in
           his
           Book
           of
           the
           
             Vanity
             of
             Sciences
          
           ,
           under
           the
           Title
           of
           Alchymy
           ,
           sayes
           ,
           
             That
             if
             ever
             he
             should
             be
             Master
             of
             the
             Tincture
             ,
             he
             would
             spend
             it
             all
             in
             nothing
             but
             in
             VVhoring
             ;
             for
             women
             being
             naturally
             covetous
             ,
             he
             could
             thereby
             easily
             make
             them
             to
             prostitute
             themselves
             ,
             and
             to
             yield
             unto
             his
             Lust
             .
          
        
         
           And
           it
           seems
           that
           not
           only
           F.
           VVenceslaus
           was
           so
           mighty
           a
           Proficient
           and
           so
           stout
           a
           Souldier
           in
           the
           School
           of
           VENUS
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           brought
           very
           low
           by
           the
           French
           Disease
           ,
           but
           also
           that
           his
           Wife
           Angerlee
           dyed
           of
           it
           .
           After
           whose
           decease
           Fr.
           VVenceslaus
           exceeded
           all
           Bounds
           of
           honest
           Modesty
           ,
           and
           dayly
           let
           loose
           the
           Reins
           to
           all
           sinful
           and
           voluptuous
           excesses
           :
           for
           from
           that
           time
           he
           had
           obtained
           the
           Tincture
           ,
           he
           spent
           in
           two
           or
           three
           years
           time
           more
           than
           Ten
           Myriads
           of
           Crowns
           ,
           in
           all
           manner
           of
           Luxury
           :
           and
           he
           foresaw
           well
           enough
           ,
           that
           it
           could
           not
           last
           and
           subsist
           long
           at
           that
           rate
           :
           for
           the
           Tincture
           would
           not
           maintain
           him
           .
           And
           to
           turn
           it
           into
           Gold
           ,
           or
           sell
           it
           for
           a
           small
           price
           would
           turn
           to
           no
           Account
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           alwaies
           hoped
           it
           would
           by
           Augmentation
           ,
           and
           thereby
           to
           gain
           an
           inexhaustible
           Treasure
           .
        
         
           But
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           his
           Want
           and
           Necessity
           was
           such
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           the
           Solicitings
           of
           those
           who
           would
           buy
           of
           his
           Powder
           ,
           were
           so
           importunate
           that
           he
           could
           not
           resist
           so
           great
           Temptations
           :
           And
           therefore
           
           between
           both
           ,
           he
           resolved
           upon
           a
           dishonest
           Shift
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           sell
           for
           great
           Rates
           ,
           
             Poudred
             Cinnabar
             ,
             red
             Lead
             ,
             and
             the
             Caput
             Mortuum
             of
             Aqua
             fortis
             boyled
             ,
          
           and
           such
           other
           Ingredients
           in
           stead
           of
           the
           true
           Pouder
           ,
           mixing
           also
           therewith
           some
           few
           Filings
           of
           Copper
           ,
           that
           Foolish
           ignorant
           People
           might
           mistake
           the
           same
           for
           a
           Gold-making
           Pouder
           :
           to
           some
           he
           sold
           it
           without
           any
           such
           Cozening
           Addition
           as
           Coppar
           :
           And
           if
           they
           were
           not
           able
           to
           tinge
           with
           it
           ,
           he
           would
           lay
           the
           Blame
           on
           their
           Impatience
           and
           Unskilfulness
           in
           making
           the
           Projection
           .
           To
           others
           ,
           he
           pawned
           some
           of
           his
           Counterfeit
           Tincture
           for
           a
           great
           summ
           of
           Money
           ,
           which
           he
           pretended
           ,
           he
           had
           a
           present
           use
           for
           :
           but
           he
           was
           loath
           to
           spend
           his
           Tincture
           in
           projecting
           ,
           because
           he
           hoped
           to
           augment
           it
           with
           a
           Thousand-fold
           advantage
           :
           And
           that
           they
           might
           see
           the
           Tincture
           was
           genuine
           and
           true
           ,
           he
           took
           some
           of
           it
           and
           wrapt
           it
           up
           in
           a
           little
           Wax
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           mingled
           a
           little
           of
           his
           right
           Tincture
           ,
           which
           he
           called
           his
           Crocus
           ,
           or
           Pouder
           of
           Reduction
           ,
           and
           so
           tinged
           therewith
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           means
           he
           got
           very
           many
           1000's
           of
           Crowns
           ,
           and
           over
           and
           above
           he
           got
           P.
           C.
           de
           L.
           and
           C.
           L.
           to
           be
           his
           Assistants
           and
           Partners
           in
           these
           Mysteries
           .
           But
           the
           Impudent
           sort
           ,
           among
           which
           A.
           C.
           P.
           and
           his
           Cosen
           C.
           B.
           are
           to
           be
           reckoned
           ,
           he
           gave
           them
           whole
           Ingots
           which
           he
           had
           cast
           ,
           consisting
           of
           equal
           parts
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ;
           then
           filing
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           dissolving
           it
           into
           common
           
             Aqua
             forts
          
           ,
           which
           he
           brought
           with
           him
           ,
           he
           affirmed
           that
           now
           his
           Tincture
           was
           exalted
           into
           a
           Menstruum
           ,
           which
           would
           presently
           change
           Silver
           into
           Gold
           :
           and
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           the
           price
           or
           value
           which
           was
           to
           be
           paid
           for
           its
           purchase
           should
           be
           put
           thereto
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           converted
           into
           Gold
           :
        
         
           It
           hath
           been
           also
           further
           related
           to
           me
           ,
           That
           he
           grew
           to
           that
           Degree
           of
           Impudence
           ,
           as
           to
           tinge
           some
           sort
           of
           Coins
           after
           this
           manner
           into
           Gold
           ,
           before
           the
           Empress
           Dowager
           and
           the
           Emperour
           himself
           .
           Yea
           ,
           this
           fellow
           was
           so
           arrogant
           ,
           
           as
           to
           cause
           his
           own
           Effigies
           to
           be
           drawn
           on
           some
           of
           those
           false
           Coins
           which
           he
           did
           attempt
           deceitfully
           to
           put
           off
           .
        
         
           Yet
           this
           matter
           could
           not
           be
           kept
           so
           secret
           ,
           but
           the
           more
           prudent
           began
           to
           smell
           the
           Cheat
           ,
           and
           to
           mutter
           something
           about
           it
           ;
           which
           was
           very
           ill
           taken
           in
           the
           Emperours
           Court.
           For
           he
           was
           in
           such
           Credit
           there
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           safe
           to
           impeach
           him
           ,
           as
           being
           received
           into
           the
           Emperors
           Protection
           ,
           both
           against
           the
           Clergy
           and
           the
           Secular
           Power
           ,
           and
           even
           against
           the
           skilful
           in
           the
           same
           Art.
           For
           great
           men
           are
           loth
           to
           acknowledge
           their
           Error
           ;
           but
           think
           themselves
           ,
           tho
           under
           a
           Mistake
           ,
           to
           be
           as
           infallible
           as
           the
           Pope
           himself
           .
        
         
           Those
           who
           were
           not
           much
           concern'd
           in
           the
           Matter
           ,
           suffered
           it
           so
           to
           pass
           ,
           as
           taking
           little
           Notice
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           some
           true
           Philosophers
           were
           very
           much
           aggriev'd
           ,
           That
           so
           in
           famous
           an
           Impostor
           ,
           after
           so
           many
           Vows
           and
           Protestations
           made
           by
           him
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           and
           after
           such
           evident
           Proofs
           of
           his
           former
           debauch'd
           Life
           ,
           after
           so
           many
           villanous
           Crimes
           committed
           ,
           and
           his
           base
           Prostitution
           openly
           of
           so
           noble
           an
           Art
           of
           Chymistry
           ,
           should
           yet
           notwithstanding
           that
           he
           ranted
           it
           up
           and
           down
           in
           his
           Coach
           in
           Masquarades
           ,
           before
           the
           Emperours
           Court
           ,
           be
           maintain'd
           and
           protected
           by
           him
           .
           But
           others
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           cozened
           by
           him
           of
           great
           Summs
           of
           Money
           ,
           even
           to
           many
           thousand
           Ducats
           ,
           with
           his
           adulterate
           Tincture
           ,
           could
           not
           so
           rest
           satisfied
           ,
           but
           brought
           in
           their
           Action
           against
           him
           at
           common
           Law
           :
           where
           ,
           after
           some
           time
           and
           much
           Expence
           ,
           they
           obtained
           Judgment
           against
           him
           ,
           but
           it
           never
           was
           put
           in
           Execution
           ,
           though
           all
           other
           means
           were
           try'd
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           unless
           he
           would
           have
           left
           his
           Favorite
           VVenceslaus
           to
           the
           Jurisdiction
           and
           power
           of
           his
           Judges
           ,
           and
           Rigor
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           must
           needs
           interpose
           :
           for
           the
           Complaints
           made
           against
           him
           for
           his
           insolent
           and
           abusive
           practises
           were
           so
           many
           ,
           and
           the
           Fame
           of
           them
           was
           spread
           so
           
           far
           abroad
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           That
           his
           Imp●●ial
           Majesty
           thought
           it
           more
           convenient
           to
           have
           the
           Noise
           of
           it
           altogether
           supprest
           .
        
         
           To
           be
           short
           ,
           The
           Emperour
           paid
           all
           his
           Debts
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           might
           prevent
           his
           farther
           opportunity
           of
           Cosenage
           ,
           he
           got
           from
           him
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Tincture
           ,
           and
           then
           advanc'd
           him
           to
           the
           most
           Ancient
           Order
           of
           Barrony
           in
           Bohemia
           ,
           by
           the
           Title
           of
           
             Baron
             Seyler
          
           of
           Seylerburgh
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           made
           him
           Hereditary
           Master
           of
           the
           Mint
           of
           Bohemia
           :
           and
           having
           thus
           preferred
           him
           ,
           he
           sent
           him
           away
           from
           his
           Court
           to
           Prague
           ,
           where
           he
           now
           lives
           very
           gallantly
           ;
           and
           hath
           made
           Fryer
           Francis
           the
           Steward
           of
           his
           House
           :
           having
           married
           a
           Second
           Wise
           ,
           called
           
             VValdes
             Kircheriana
          
           ,
           a
           handsome
           woman
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           Noble
           Family
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           a
           Rumor
           was
           spread
           all
           over
           
             Germany
             ,
             That
             the
             Devil
             had
             carried
             him
             away
             Soul
             and
             Body
             .
          
           Which
           Report
           ,
           though
           it
           might
           have
           some
           good
           grounds
           ,
           yet
           ,
           for
           this
           time
           it
           was
           not
           true
           :
           but
           he
           hath
           very
           great
           reason
           to-fear
           that
           it
           may
           prove
           true
           ,
           at
           last
           ,
           if
           he
           doth
           not
           amend
           his
           Life
           :
           and
           the
           Event
           thereof
           we
           must
           expect
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           described
           the
           Series
           of
           this
           Story
           both
           to
           vindicate
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           satisfy
           so
           many
           Curious
           ,
           who
           have
           despicable
           thoughts
           of
           Chymistry
           .
           If
           I
           have
           mistaken
           in
           any
           Passage
           ,
           Fr.
           VVenceslaus
           is
           yet
           alive
           ,
           and
           I
           earnestly
           desire
           him
           to
           amend
           and
           rectify
           my
           mistakes
           ,
           and
           to
           vindicate
           himself
           ,
           by
           giving
           the
           World
           a
           more
           exact
           Account
           thereof
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           no
           longer
           lye
           under
           any
           unjust
           Reflection
           .
        
         
           For
           a
           Conclusion
           ,
           I
           heartily
           wish
           ,
           That
           if
           God
           should
           bless
           any
           lover
           of
           this
           noble
           Art
           ,
           with
           some
           such
           like
           Treasure
           ,
           he
           would
           use
           it
           better
           than
           VVenceslaus
           hath
           done
           :
           for
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Benefit
           and
           advantage
           of
           his
           Neighbour
           and
           the
           furtherance
           of
           his
           own
           everlasting
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

