/ · 1894 Brewer’s · S · Seven Bodies in Alchemy
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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.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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