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Sedziwój, Michal, Paracelsus, and French, John
abela, or Cabalia is a most secret science, which is said to be delivered by divine inspiration, together with the law of Moses, the Hebrew Rabbies asserting the same. The Persians were most diligent seekers of this Art, being also professors of the same, as appears by their calling of their wise men. They call their Priests wise men, and most skilfull of all secrets, such as were those three that came to Christ out of the East to worship him, and not Kings, as the ignorant vulgar think them to be. It was not set down in writing, but delivered by word of mouth. Now after a while superstitious men, a kind of apes, began to spatter it with their pen, so that at last it is degenerated into monstrous superstition; by which means also Magick, which is the true wisdome that is received by divine inspiration, is accounted in these times Necromancy, and Nigromancy, so that it is an offence to be a wise man, and hee that professeth it openly shall cast himselfe into danger. But to teach the foolishnesse of Infidels publickly is commendable, and a gift of singular wisdome, and no man is judged wise, but hee that is the greatest foole.
Caballi, or Cabales are ghosts, and Astrall stars of men that dyed before their time.
Calcedonium tartarum is an offensive matter in mans body, which comes by reason of the defect of the expulsive faculty in not expelling what is separated.
Cafa is Champhir.
Calcanthum is Vitriall.
Calcinatum majus is called all that which is made sweet by the Spagiricall art, which of its own nature was not so, as the sweetnesse of Mercury, of Lead, of Salt or the like, which also is called their soul, and doth quickly consolidate any wound.
Calcinatum minus is all that which is natural sweet, and is very healing, as Sugar, Manna, Honey of the Wood, Nostock and the like.
Calcitis is a stone out of which brasse is boiled.
Caleruth is a signe of a desire to the first perpetuum, as when any thing desires to return into its first matter from whence it had its originall.
Callena is a kind of Saltpetre.
Calliette are yellow mushromes upon Juniper trees.
Calx Iovis is spirit of Tin.
Calx lignorum is the ashes of Wood.
Calx Luna is the Azure flower of Silver.
Calx Martis is Crocus of Steel or Iron.
Calx Mercurii is precipitated Mercury.
Calx Solis is calcined Gold.
Calx peregrinorum is Tartar.
Calx permanens or fixa, is an incombustible matter.
Calx Saturni is Minium.
Calx Veneris is Verdegrease.
Cambuca is an aposteme, or ulcer in the groin.
Caput corvi is Antimony.
Caput mortuum is the feces remaining after distillation, and sublimation.
Carbones cœli are the stars.
Carbunculus is an aposteme, or pestilent ulcer.
Cardonium is a medicinable Wine made of Hearbs.
Carena is the twentyeth part of a drop.
Caseus præparatus is the viscous residency remaining in the bottome of the milke that runnes out of the cheese.
Cassatum is weak, and dead bloud in the veins obstructing the motion of the good blood.
Cathimia is the spume of Silver.
Cauda vulpis rubicundi is Minium of Lead.
Cautela in Spagiricall art is a certaine kind of industry gotten by a habit, whereby the professors of the art doe more easily undergoe their labors, and perfect their operations.
Cauterium is a chirurgicall instrument, which opens the skin with burning; also it is a medicine that effects the same, but without pain.
Cedurini are dull wits.
Cementum is a dry Corrosion, when any Metalline body is calcined with salts, or such like drying things.
Cenigdam, or Ceningotam is a Chirurgicall instrument wherewith the Cranium is opened in fits of the Epilepsie.
Ceniotemium is Mercury prepared for the Venereal disease.
Cerviculæ is the spirit made out of the bone which is in the heart of a Hart.
Chaomancy is an art of presaging by the aire.