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Sedziwój, Michal, Paracelsus, and French, John
Sirones are pustles or wheals, in the hands especially.
Sirza is eschara.
Sol in homine is the invisible fire flowing from the celestiall Sun, preserving and nourishing that naturall fire in man.
Soladini are corporeall spirits dwelling in the invisible fire.
Somnia are operations which are made in man by the stars when hee is sleeping.
Sonath is Anthos.
Sophia herba is the best kind of bone-wort.
Sophistæ are sometimes taken for Masters of any art, or the wisest in any art; or sometimes for sophisters, i.e. Deceivers, or Mountebankes.
Sortilegium, is a presage by spirits.
Spagiria is commonly taken for Alchymie.
Spagirus, or spagiricus is he which knows to distinguish betwixt good, and bad, to separate pure from impure, or a Chymist, or Alchymist.
Spara is the Minerall vertue out of the first being of metalls.
Sperma aquæ fortis is its feculency.
Sperniolum is a mucilaginous liquor of frogs.
Spiritus Animalis is a power of the soul whereby it becomes like to the heavens.
Stannar is called the mother of metalls, an occult fume out of which Elements are generated.
Staraphaxat is a restringing or repercussive vertue.
Stellio adustus is Cinnabar.
Stibium is Antimony.
Stiptica are drying medicines.
Struma is Butium.
Sublimatio is when any dry matter is forced upward by the heat of fire.
Succubus is a nocturnall spirit, whereby men are deceived, thinking they are coupling with women.
Sulphur vitriolatum is sulphur extracted out of vitriall by common water swiming on the top of it.
Sulphur rerum is many times taken for their quintessence.
Supermonicum is Ænigmaticall.
Sylo is the whole world.
Sylphes are Pigmies.
Sylvestres, or sylvani are aiery men, and aiery spirits, sometimes they are taken for woodmen that are strong giganticall men.
Syphita prava is a disease called S. Vitus his dance.
Syphita stricta is a phantastick spirit of them that walke in their sleep.