Artephius'un Gizli Kitabı: Antimon ile Satürn'ün Payı

Antimony is of the parts of Saturn, and in every way it possesses its nature; and this Saturnine antimony is compatible with the Sun, and within it is a quicksilver in which no metal sinks except gold. That is to say, gold truly sinks only in the Antimonial Saturnine quicksilver, and without that quicksilver no metal can be whitened. It whitens, therefore, the laton, that is to say, gold, and reduces the perfect body into its first matter, that is, into sulfur and quicksilver of a white color, which shines more brightly than a mirror. It dissolves, I say, the perfect body which is of its own nature. For that water is friendly and pleasing to the metals, whitening the Sun because it contains a white quicksilver. And from this you may draw a very great secret for both: namely, that the Saturnine antimonial water must be mercurial and white so that it may whiten gold, not burning it, but only dissolving it and afterwards congealing itself into the form of a white cream.