The Philosophers Bronze
"Our bronze, turning green, is the gold of the philosophers,
For it illuminates all bodies with its rays.
But know this: if you do not unite this properly,
A marriage desired will not come from this union.
But if two brave hearts, lions, come together,
Golden liquid will flow from their mouths."
— Viridarium chymicum figuris cupro incisis adornatum, by Stoltzius von Stoltzenberg, Daniel, 1624
