I. P. B. Caniibrigia .

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To his ingenious friend Mr. Turner upon his
l Validation.
THiice noble Soul ! renown'd Epitome,
Of Learning and Occult Plnlolophy ; That unknown Geo nancy doll impart,
With profound feciets of that abltiuie Art !
T expound Natural .Viatic is thy t dk ;
N >t hell born Necromancy to unrnafk; Expofmg myfleiies to public view,
That heretofore were known to very few.
Thou doll n >t keep thy knowledge to tuyfelf, (As bafe covetous Mders do their pelf ;
Whofe numerous bags of rufty eaten gold. Profits none, till themfelves aie laid i i mold) But Hud ious of public good doll make All of th’ fruits of thy 1 ibours to partake.
1 herefore if fome captious Chi ic blame Thy wt i t in g furely then his judgment's lame. Art hath no hater but an emptv pite.
Which can far better carp, than imitate.
Nay ZpUus or Mornus will not dare Blame thy tranllation, without compare Excellent. So that if an hundred tongues Dame nature had bellow’d, and biazen lungs ; Yet rightly to ebuccinate thy praifes,
I fhould want Hiength, as well as polite ph rales « But if the gods would grant what I do ciave, Then Lnothk tranllation thou (halt have
W. P, S. Johns Camhr *
rFo his Friend the Author on his Tr (inflation .
WH \T not a Sibyl or Caffandra left ?
Apollo ceas’d? has (harp-fang* d time bereft Us of the Oracles ? Is Dodan's grove Cut down? Does ne’er a word proceed from Jove Into the ears of mortals that inherit Jiiefias foul, or the great Calchas fpirit ?
What is become o‘ th’ Augurs that foretold Nature’s intents ? are the Magi dead that could Tell what was done in every fphere ? Shall we Not know what's done in the remot’fl country Without great travel ? Can’t we below defery The mind o’ th’ gods abjove? All’s done by thee, Agrippa ; all their arts lie couch’d in thee.
Th’ art that before in divers heads did He,
Is now colled int’ one monopoly.
But all’s in vain ; w>e lack’d an Oedipus ,
Who fhould interprets meaning unto us:
This thou effed’ft with fuch d&terity.
Adding perhaps what the Author ne’er did fee; That w-e may fay, th|gja dofl the art renew ;
To thee the greater half of the praife is due.
J. B, , Canlabrigia .
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To the Author , on his Tranflation of Cornelius Agrippa.
T) ALLAS oflearningth’art, ifGoddefs nam’d; J- Which Prototype thy knowledge hath ex plain’d ;
Which nature alfo driving to combine,
Science and Learning in this form of thine,
To us not darkly, but doth clearly fhew Knowledge ofMyfleries as the fhrine in you.
By thy permillion 'tis, we have accefs Into Geomancy ; which yet, unlefs Ihou hall unmalk’d, a my fiery ’t had Iain,
A talk too hard for mortals to explain.
Which fince thou haft from the Lelfran floods Prcleiv d, we’ll confccrate the Laurel buds To thee : (Phoebus difmifled) thine fhall be The Oracle, to which all men fhall flee in time of danger ; thy predictions fhall,
To whatloever thou command’d, inthral Our willing beaus ; yea, thou fhalt be Sole Prophet, we obedient to thee.
To the Author , on his ingenious Tranf- lation oj Cornelius Agrippa.
WM AT is't f view ? Agrippa made to wear An Engliflr habit? fure tis fomething rare. O r are his R > nan garmnts, bv iliy vVit,
Tr nf] ited to an Lnglifh gaib fo fit T illullrate him ? for that thou haft, we fee. Enlightened his obfcnre Philofophy ;
And that which did fo indicate remain,
Thou hafl expos'd to ev’rv vulgar biain.
If then thy beams through Inch dark works fhme clear.
How fplendent will they in thine own appear; Then go thou on, brave, foul, to Ipiead fuch lays Of Learning through the woild, may fpeak thy praife.
And feat no Critics : for thou, by a fpejl, Canft force their tongues within their teeth to dwell,
Jo. Tabor ,
of St. John's in Cambridge ,
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To the Author , on his Transition of Cornelius Agrippa.
DOth Phoebus ceafe to anfwer t’ our demands, (dr will he not accept at moitals hands A fad bi dental ? and is Sibyls cave,
Inhabitable ? or may 7 infias have No fucctfl >r nor rival > how fh all we Then Oedipus to th’ world diicd ; ii he I)o inccfs add to ptrricide, th1 are d itnh 1 hatcould predid what things would furelycomc And they are (ilent that knew when t’ apply 1’ our body- politic purge and phlebotomy How will bold thieves out treafuresrob, who (hall 1 oft goods regain or by his charms recall The nocent ? 1 h’ ait by thee repriev’d :
In thee the Mvgi feem to be reviv’d Phoebus is not braiti-ftck, 'joves doves not dead, Th’ oracles not ceas’d ; Jgrippu's bed ((hike the Arabian birds (Ut-builded nefl (reft) Which firft her urn proves, then her quickning •Hath thee produc'd more than his equal fure, lElfe had this art as yet remain’d oblcure,
•A miracle to vulgars, well known to none, iScarce read by deeped apprehenfion Then 1 1] conclud That the younger brother hath the better brain,
John Tumi in [on. of St, Johns in Cambridge*
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7 Truncation of Occult Philofophy, and Geomancy.
MOST noble undertakings ! as if art
And prudence Ihould a bargain make t impart
Refulgent lull res : you fend forth a ray,
Which noblefl patrons never could difplay, Well may D'mna love you and inlpire,
Your nobkd genius with celeflial fire, (quell, Whofe fparkling fancy with more power can And kroner conquer than a magic fpell.
7 he author thought not, (when he pend the book) To be fu nnounted with a higher look,
Or be o’er topr. b1 a more triumphant drein. Which fhonld exalt his then moll plealant vein, But feeing that a later progeny Hath fnaich'd his honour from obfcurity,
Both dial] revive and make fpctdators know I he belt defervers of the laurel bow.
Nature and art here drive, the victory I o get : and tho’to yield he doth deny,
7 h’ had got the dart: tho’ he triumph in praife, YeL may his Ivy wait upon your bays.