On this day the English Parliament passed a statute known as the Act Against Multipliers forbidding the use of alchemy to multiply gold or silver. ‘Multiplication’ in alchemy meant taking some of a material, like gold for example, and somehow creating more of it. In those days this was believed to be possible and King Henry IV, who had usurped the throne from Richard II in 1399, feared that any alchemist who succeeded in generating gold or silver would be able to produce riches that could devalue the official currency or finance the king’s enemies. The ban was eventually lifted in 1689 as a result of successful lobbying by the renowned scientist Robert Boyle.
Talking about “alchemy”, I take this occasion to ask you guys and gals if anybody knows the way to multiply tortellini and lasagne without resorting to divine help, like Jesus did with the bread and fish.
Ha-ha! If anybody gives you a useful answer, please let me know! 😂
Every day there are a lot of cheaters who do not promise to turn iron into gold or silver, but persuade you to buy miraculous stocks with a fantastic percentage of profit, but later the stocks lose all their value.
These cheaters are the modern alchemists.
Ha-ha! You’ve got a good point there! Well said! 🙂