Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Seven Bodies in Alchemy

Sun is gold, moon silver, Mars iron, Mercury quicksilver, Saturn lead, Jupiter tin, and Venus copper.

The bodies seven, eek, lo hem heer anoon;
Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe;
Mars yren, Mercurie quyksilver we clepe;
Saturnus leed, and Jubitur is tyn;
And Venus coper, by my fader kyn.

Chaucer: Prol. of the Chanounes Yemanes Tale.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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