These for the honourable Sir Robert Paston knight and barronet at Parsons Green.
Deare brother, sorrow comes over night but joy comes in the mourning, this good news assaulted me: but never so pleasing could ever have arrived, this will make me come and give you joy sooner then I designed, now all places are tedious to me, till I see England againe; as soon as the snow is dessolved on the Alpes I intend to cros them for France, & so directly to Paris where I will spend my time till next winter and then for England, there I hope to serve you with gusto. Letters I expect none till you hear that I am at Paris, but as I remove I will write continually to you. My course I think to steer by Vienna, for wee hear that the French army is so far advanced towards the confines of Ittaly that there will be no returning that way, I am sorry that I cannot stay so long as to have your comands here, however I shall bring some few knacks with me, that will please you very well. I am so shut up with joy for your great hapynes that I am not able to expres myselfe as I desire, by this time you will certainly find two or three letters which were very large so I can say but little more of my travels than what I have told you, only the entertainement of the Holy Week at Rome where Nox cursed us sufficiently, if you know any frind of yours what has carruncles I have some of the wax of the candle which Nox threw at us on Holy Thursday with these words extinguantur sicut lumen.
I have some thing befallen me hear that will keep up the chores of alchimy, and as strange as ever you heard – the person I have it from is a monck of the right order, a Benedictine, the whole story is miraculous, the stone he tells me he has made, and the proces I have at length fished of him, so as I think I cannot erre in the practise. Just as your letters came, wee were giving fire to the worke but now I shall not stay much longer here, the whole buissines is grounded upon the purrifieing of common mercury which he does in forty dayes and after makes the sal naturae or sulp. philosophorum, which reduced to a water radically dissolves gold and silver. This great secret he found in a book hidden in the bottome of a wel[l], inclosed in soadred10 lead and after that a marble cover, the title of the book Phoenix Hermetica with a clavis & six wedges, three of gold, three of silver made by the same process: This I am master of: and so are you: if all faile, by Eugenius, this will serve to pass away the time five months longer, that is the uttmost of this proces. I had designed to have rambled long, but now you are in hapynes12 my jurny ends: long and tedious shall I think the minutes till I arrive at Paris, then I hope you will be large in your commands, for I am, dearest brother,
Your most affectionate & overjoyed friend, J Clayton
Your mourning I shall wear with thanks & gusto.
These for the honourable Sir Robert Paston knight and barronet at Parsons Green.
Deare brother, sorrow comes over night but joy comes in the mourning, this good news assaulted me: but never so pleasing could ever have arrived, this will make me come and give you joy sooner then I designed, now all places are tedious to me, till I see England againe; as soon as the snow is dessolved on the Alpes I intend to cros them for France, & so directly to Paris where I will spend my time till next winter and then for England, there I hope to serve you with gusto. Letters I expect none till you hear that I am at Paris, but as I remove I will write continually to you. My course I think to steer by Vienna, for wee hear that the French army is so far advanced towards the confines of Ittaly that there will be no returning that way, I am sorry that I cannot stay so long as to have your comands here, however I shall bring some few knacks with me, that will please you very well. I am so shut up with joy for your great hapynes that I am not able to expres myselfe as I desire, by this time you will certainly find two or three letters which were very large so I can say but little more of my travels than what I have told you, only the entertainement of the Holy Week at Rome where Nox cursed us sufficiently, if you know any frind of yours what has carruncles I have some of the wax of the candle which Nox threw at us on Holy Thursday with these words extinguantur sicut lumen.
I have some thing befallen me hear that will keep up the chores of alchimy, and as strange as ever you heard – the person I have it from is a monck of the right order, a Benedictine, the whole story is miraculous, the stone he tells me he has made, and the proces I have at length fished of him, so as I think I cannot erre in the practise. Just as your letters came, wee were giving fire to the worke but now I shall not stay much longer here, the whole buissines is grounded upon the purrifieing of common mercury which he does in forty dayes and after makes the sal naturae or sulp. philosophorum, which reduced to a water radically dissolves gold and silver. This great secret he found in a book hidden in the bottome of a wel[l], inclosed in soadred10 lead and after that a marble cover, the title of the book Phoenix Hermetica with a clavis & six wedges, three of gold, three of silver made by the same process: This I am master of: and so are you: if all faile, by Eugenius, this will serve to pass away the time five months longer, that is the uttmost of this proces. I had designed to have rambled long, but now you are in hapynes12 my jurny ends: long and tedious shall I think the minutes till I arrive at Paris, then I hope you will be large in your commands, for I am, dearest brother,
Your most affectionate & overjoyed friend, J Clayton
Your mourning I shall wear with thanks & gusto.
These for the honourable Sir Robert Paston knight and barronet at Parsons Green.
Deare brother, sorrow comes over night but joy comes in the mourning, this good news assaulted me: but never so pleasing could ever have arrived, this will make me come and give you joy sooner then I designed, now all places are tedious to me, till I see England againe; as soon as the snow is dessolved on the Alpes I intend to cros them for France, & so directly to Paris where I will spend my time till next winter and then for England, there I hope to serve you with gusto. Letters I expect none till you hear that I am at Paris, but as I remove I will write continually to you. My course I think to steer by Vienna, for wee hear that the French army is so far advanced towards the confines of Ittaly that there will be no returning that way, I am sorry that I cannot stay so long as to have your comands here, however I shall bring some few knacks with me, that will please you very well. I am so shut up with joy for your great hapynes that I am not able to expres myselfe as I desire, by this time you will certainly find two or three letters which were very large so I can say but little more of my travels than what I have told you, only the entertainement of the Holy Week at Rome where Nox cursed us sufficiently, if you know any frind of yours what has carruncles I have some of the wax of the candle which Nox threw at us on Holy Thursday with these words extinguantur sicut lumen.
I have some thing befallen me hear that will keep up the chores of alchimy, and as strange as ever you heard – the person I have it from is a monck of the right order, a Benedictine, the whole story is miraculous, the stone he tells me he has made, and the proces I have at length fished of him, so as I think I cannot erre in the practise. Just as your letters came, wee were giving fire to the worke but now I shall not stay much longer here, the whole buissines is grounded upon the purrifieing of common mercury which he does in forty dayes and after makes the sal naturae or sulp. philosophorum, which reduced to a water radically dissolves gold and silver. This great secret he found in a book hidden in the bottome of a wel[l], inclosed in soadred10 lead and after that a marble cover, the title of the book Phoenix Hermetica with a clavis & six wedges, three of gold, three of silver made by the same process: This I am master of: and so are you: if all faile, by Eugenius, this will serve to pass away the time five months longer, that is the uttmost of this proces. I had designed to have rambled long, but now you are in hapynes12 my jurny ends: long and tedious shall I think the minutes till I arrive at Paris, then I hope you will be large in your commands, for I am, dearest brother,
Your most affectionate & overjoyed friend, J Clayton
Your mourning I shall wear with thanks & gusto.
These for the honourable Sir Robert Paston knight and barronet at Parsons Green.
Deare brother, sorrow comes over night but joy comes in the mourning, this good news assaulted me: but never so pleasing could ever have arrived, this will make me come and give you joy sooner then I designed, now all places are tedious to me, till I see England againe; as soon as the snow is dessolved on the Alpes I intend to cros them for France, & so directly to Paris where I will spend my time till next winter and then for England, there I hope to serve you with gusto. Letters I expect none till you hear that I am at Paris, but as I remove I will write continually to you. My course I think to steer by Vienna, for wee hear that the French army is so far advanced towards the confines of Ittaly that there will be no returning that way, I am sorry that I cannot stay so long as to have your comands [here/her], however I shall bring some few knacks with me, that will please you very well. I am so shut up with joy for your great hapynes that I am not able to expres myselfe as I desire, by this time you will certainly find two or three letters which were very large so I can say but little more of my travels than what I have told you, only the entertainement of the Holy Week at Rome where Nox cursed us sufficiently, if you know any frind of yours what has warts I have some of the wax of the candle which Nox threw at us on Holy Thursday with these words extinguantur sicut lumen.
I have some thing befallen me hear that will keep up the chores of alchimy, and as strange as ever you heard – the person I have it from is a monck of the right order, a Benedictine, the whole story is miraculous, the stone he tells me he has made, and the proces I have at length fished of him, so as I think I cannot erre in the practise. Just as your letters came, wee were giving fire to the worke but now I shall not stay much longer [here/her], the whole buissines is grounded upon the purrifieing of common mercury which he does in forty days and after makes the sal naturae or sulp. philosophorum, which reduced to a water radically dissolves gold and silver. This great secret he found in a book hidden in the bottome of a well[l], inclosed in soadred10 lead and after that a marble cover, the title of the book Phoenix Hermetica with a clavis & six wedges, three of gold, three of silver made by the same process: This I am master of: and so are you: if all faile, by Eugenius, this will serve to pass away the time five months longer, that is the uttmost of this proces. I had designed to have rambled long, but now you are in hapynes12 my jurny ends: long and tedious shall I think the minutes till I arrive at Paris, then I hope you will be large in your commands, for I am, dearest brother,
Your most affectionate & overjoyed friend, J Clayton
Your mourning I shall wear with thanks & gusto.
These papers are for the honourable Sir Robert Paston, knight and baronet, at Parsons Green.
Dear brother, sorrow comes overnight but joy comes in the morning, this good news overcame me, but nothing so pleasing can ever have arrived, this will make me come and help you rejoice sooner than I had intended, now that all places are tiresome to me, until I see England again; as soon as the snow is melted on the Alps I intend to cross them into France and go straight away to Paris where I will stay until next winter and then come to England. I hope to serve you with enthusiasm. I don't expect any letters form you until you hear that I am in Paris, but as I travel I will write to you frequently. My route I think will be via Vienna, for we hear that the French army is so far advanced towards the borders of Italy that it isn't possible to come back that way. I'm sorry I can't stay here long enough to receive your instructions, however I'll bring a few nick-knacks with me that you'll like. I'm so happy for your great happiness that I'm not able to express myself as well as I would wish; by this time you'll have received two or three large letters so there's not a lot more to say about my journeys than I've already said, just the entertainment iof Holy Week in Rome when a character call Nox cursed at us. If you know of any friend of yours that has warts, I have some of the was of the candle which Nox threw at us on Holy Thursday with the words,"May they be extinguished like light"
Something happened to me that will keep up the exploration of alchemy; it's as strange as you've ever heard. the person I heard it from is a monk of the order that ought to know, a Benedictine. The whole story is miraculous, the stone he tells me he has made and the process which I eventually got out of him. so I don't think I can make a mistake in doing it.Just as your letter came we were starting the fire for the process but now I won't be here much longer, the whole business in based on purifying of mercury, which he does in 40 days and afterwards he makes the [@9]sal naturae or sulp philosphorum.[/@9], which reduced to a water radically dissolves gold and silver.He found this great secret in a book hidden in the bottom of a well enclosed in soldered lead, within a marble cover. The title of the book was Phoenix Hermetice, with a clasp and six wedges, three of gold, three of silver, made by this process. I have this information and so have you: if all fails, by Eugenius, this will help us to pass away five months, the length of the process. I have arranged to wander for a long time but now you are happy my journey ends. I will find the time long and tedious until I arrive in Paris, then I hope to have plenty of instructions from you, for I am, dearest brother.
Your affectionate and overjoyed friend, J.Clayton
Your mourning I will remember with gusto.
