Norton, Thomas: Ordinal

Publishing Company, Amsterdam. Norton, Thomas. Ordinal of Alchemy. 1975. 

Norton, Thomas. "An edition of The Ordinal of Alchemy by Thomas Norton. 

Norton, Thomas. "The golden tripod. Second tract. The chemical treatise of Thomas Norton, the Englishman, called Believe-me, or the Ordinal of alchemy." In From the Hermetic Museum. The Book of Lambspring..., ed. Derek Bryce, 87-151. Lampeter Llanerch Enterprises, 1987. 

Norton, Thomas. "[The ordinal of alchemy]. The chemical treatise. .. called Believe me (Crede-mihi) or The ordinal of alchemy." In Hermetic museum, restored and enlarged, ii, 1-67., 1893. 

Norton, Thomas.Thomas Norton s Ordinal of alchemy edited by John Reidy. 

Norton, Thomas, Thomas Norton s Ordinal of alchemy, ed. John Reidy, Early English Text Society (Oxford, 1975). 

Figure 2. An alchemist receiving the donum dei, as depicted in Thomas Norton, The Ordinal of Alchimy in Theatrum chemicum britannicum, edited by Elias Ashmole (London Printed by J. Grismond for Nath. Brooke, 1652). (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.)... 

Thomas Norton, the author of The Ordinal of Alchemy, writing in the 15th century, says the worker in transmutations is often tempted to be in a hurry, or to despair, and he is often deceived. His servants will be either stupid and faithful, or quick-witted and false. He may be robbed of everything when his work is almost finished. The only remedies are infinite patience, a sense of virtue, and sound reason. "In the pursuit of our Art," he says, "you should take care, from time to time, to unbend your mind from its sterner employments with some convenient recreation."... 

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