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THE BAITING OF THE TRAP, 1585-1586 - topics: travel,court_patronage,angelic_spiritual,alchemy_experiment

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19 Dec. - Daybook Entries. Records travel, court patronage, angelic spiritual, alchemy experiment: On the 19 day (by the new calendar), to please Master Edward Garland (who had been sent as a messenger from the Emperor of Muscovy to ask me to come to him, &c.), and his brother Francis, E.K.

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Records travel, court patronage, angelic spiritual, alchemy experiment: On the 19 day (by the new calendar), to please Master Edward Garland (who had been sent as a messenger from the Emperor of Muscovy to ask me to come to him, &c.), and his brother Francis, E.K. made a public demonstration of the philosophers' stone in the...

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THE BAITING OF THE TRAP, 1585-1586

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travel,court_patronage,angelic_spiritual,alchemy_experiment

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On the 19 day (by the new calendar), to please Master Edward Garland (who had been sent as a messenger from the Emperor of Muscovy to ask me to come to him, &c.), and his brother Francis, E.K. made a public demonstration of the philosophers' stone in the proportion of one grain (no bigger than the least grain of sand) to I oz and a 74 of common ~, and almost I oz of the best gold was produced. When we had weighed the gold, we divided it up and gave the crucible to Edward at the same time.

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On the 19 day (by the new calendar), to please Master Edward Garland (who had been sent as a messenger from the Emperor of Muscovy to ask me to come to him, &c.), and his brother Francis, E.K. made a public demonstration of the philosophers' stone in the proportion of one grain (no bigger than the least grain of sand) to I oz and a 74 of common ~, and almost I oz of the best gold was produced. When we had weighed the gold, we divided it up and gave the crucible to Edward at the same time.