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By Eugenius Philalethes, Jj
Ge h. 1.3. . ^
And God laid, L*?? ?/;^r^ be L ight^ ^
JOHN i.ChapsVer.j. * %
^ndi\^Lr^ht(]ri\ULih\iri\i^Darknejfe, ^
Pythago A^^ loqHari^ Dco ahlqtie Lumine,
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LONDON, ^
. Prinited for H. B l u n d e n at the %
: ^ Calilem.Cor;^
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To my Deare mother ^
(the tnofi famous Unherftie ; c^f Oxford,
HAVE ob-.
I^ferv'd (moll deare SKdo- ther ) and that in mofl of thy Sons^ a Complexion pf Fame^ and hgramitie* Vearnin^ indeed they A 3 h^ve^
\
The Efifle
hdyie^ but they forget the "Brefis that^^ipe it" Thy Cjooa T^or\s meet notjf with one Samaritan^ but i Aiany haft thou ctifdt of the he pro fie of Igno ranee- Ihis is the jpot^ ^atfoyh our perfeciiom: we have all ^w;?;^of thy Fomtaine^ but we y^^c^i- fice not the ^i?f(?^ to the Well. For my o75^;? p lean prefent thee witli nothing that's Volurninous, but here is a M^slard-
feed.
"jjemcmry, feed^ which may grol^Mat to be the Qreatefi amongjl ^** Herbs. Ihe fraught it felfhath nothing o^ na- , ture^ but what is under the Ve'ile : I wifh indeed thou mayft fee her fme Flammeo^ but her face hke that of the Amun- tiataexpQ^s the 'Pencil of an AngelL I cannot fay this Compofure deferves thy Patronage, but give me leave to make it my Oppormnitie^ that I may
returne
remrnexhe Jcj^of^ledge- ment ^ where I receiVa die "Benefit, I intend not my Jdareffe for the 'BanJ^ of Ifis ; 1 hou haft no '[Poniok there, unlefle thy Stones require my Infer iption^ It is thy ^if- perfed Body I have l^oWne^ and That only I remember. Take it then wherefoever Thoti art, iH thy fad Removes and Vtfitations, It is neither Sadducee nor ^barifee,
but
UJemcatory. but the Tejl of an Ifrae-
Thy Legitimat Child,
I 6 so.
E. P.
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I
To
wfmmt.^»'^mgir'^^-
i||t|tititfti:i
In Summum Vimitl
' Thomam Bodfium Equitem Magnificum,
jjArda Ar.mA\& tarn Sanaafimf faheto FavHUl
Sif^ femd Cinei is jCty memmuijf? tu ! ilrudor «/ , e«^ S^ellarum Plei io" O do, ^wSporaaas'>5rT
^ippcLare L bris if/ r tc vaga' tibus addis, EtCxlum, quoftnt Syd. ra fixa, dim, J Vitam ut V vts, Urgtmm Txtibus : of Tu %o Vitam /^^»c p flint vlveie, Soln, habcJ. j'f|)itium a^bfcum Artcs ; i^jr Qiixiibct ?flfy/?t- '^■ofi Ob'?emces, nee Pereg Ina, 31mm, itwa ro|^, Ooc7/^^ capax Panegyris Or^;s, i •? Marc, vcl J^cth, Pknior Uiiia W/zri.
B Cmcmfm
tmmfui Gcniorum, & MttA Extimatyinl^
^b nullum »>/?/7/Sanaiu$, iret Opus. SyllMbuA n^toum^Mentiffj Oltnnifcia Prolcsj
Eftb^c & Scnfu rheca animAta fuo. BoMi Laus ampla, & Fufior Urna Sepultiy
^^ Vicam invmit Mors fua, Uorf^ Nccem. YViticftfrtina Fugx dtdit, abfumptij^ fagitiis
Impkvit Facuai lola pharctra Manm,
Var Tibi Vox nuUa efi : Satagis dum condm Mufar Tcclfiy §uod non noverit i/^4 loq^i.
I
P?2 Qms profecifli.
To the "[Reader.
Have had (omt
Contefi with my
felf in the Dffpo-
fall of this Piece^
the SuhjiB being
crojfe to the Ge-
nius oitht Ttmes^
which is both Cor^
*'upt^^nd Splenetic. It was my Dejire
o keep it mthin D oores^ but the^c-
[iMionit bears to my former Difcour*
"eshzth forced it to the Prefje. It is
he /tf^ Glade o( mf thoughts ^ and
■^heirj^^ Jgg/gx being not compkat ^
i'have tiidcd this to pirfeB their /-
'tf^^, and Symmetries I muft con-
JiTc I have no Reafon for it, but what
B z my
To the
my Adverfaries fupply me withall: I would advance ih&j^ruth^ becaufe ^YWoMfuffreJ[eVi. Indeed I have been fcurvily rewarded^ but the fue^ eeje of this Art-grom from its 0/>- po/?^/o;;, and this I believe, our late Likller$\i^\tohftrved^ for they quit %h^ Science^ 10 quafti the Frofef"
It is not enough to ahuje and tnif' inurpret our mitings : with ^udied C4fo77^/?/«^ doe they difparage our feir ' fom^ whom they »e^^ p^^and per- haps w^'cr will f^^. They/(wv# ustcf a BitterneJJe beyond our own Difpo fitioM^ znd provoke men to fin ^ as i they did dri%i^t\x^ fame Defign witL thel>€f///vvvx^ •: .;F^r ray own part^ I will no mor Inzardmy foute by fuch uncivill Dif ^^- p^^^i, I know 1 muft give an ^cco99fp for, every idle mrd. This Theme hat] rcduc'dmy pajfi§n$ to al>/V, I hav refolv'd for the future to /«fi?y : fo
thi
to the Reader."
fhisUmfareof, God mil condemn no fmnforhufatienct. Tbefrorld indeed may thi^k the tmh vverihrem, becaufc fliee is attended Witbher Peace, for in the judgement ot moil men, where there is no JSToyfe there ts no naor/e. This I fliall took jHpoaasno Difadvantaoe, The Efti- rnat of fuch Ce^fors will but //Vfof« ithe ^^4/«, and I dare fuppofe them \yajmak Brains^ wY.o conceive the j JiM^frnks^ becaufe it outmighs them. i As for tempeftuous Out-cries, whea ,thcyw^«/ their Motives, they difco- setzntrreligiow fpirit^one that hath more of the Hurry cam, than of O&y/^ i/e/»^. God vrasnot in the wind^ that rent the Rocks to pieces, nor in the £arth-quake, and Fire at -ffore^ : He
p/c«. '■* »»•
i My Mvife is, tbit no Man flionld t'efent the common fpleen. Who writes ihe TruthofGod, bath the fame i-^- i B s trea
1 Hothe'Rederl '
iron with the Truth it fclf, and wfceft t the »?(?rWfhall fubmit to the gemrail Trihunal^ he will find his Advocate^ where they (hall find their Judge \ There is a mutualt Teftimoniehctweeti Godznd his Servants , if the Baptijl did beare witneffe of Cfey/^, ^^r/]i alfo did as much for the Baptift : Hi »4y a hurning^ And a fining L ight.
ThiSj^^tfrf^y,! thought fit to Vre* face^ that if any Jyifmrfe of minjq be rr/z^//fV hereafter, thou maift nor expeB my vindication. I have referr'd my QuarreUto the God of Nature^ n is involved in the Concernments of hi? 7r//^)&. I am fatisfi'd with the Veaa and r^j? of a good Confcience : I have written nothing but what God hatt verifiedhefoTGtny Eyes in particular and is able to ]u^i{ie before the work in generall • I have known his /irr^ i/^/?/3hisCj/;rf/gismy Schooi-mafier I teftifie ^fcfl/i r*//:5?5", which I hav feen undec his very Beavff, in th
brigh
To the Reader.
bright Ctrcumfere?2ceoihh GIqysI
When I did firft put my Thoughts
to papef\ God c^Lnbeare tne witneffe^
itwasnotforany/^r/V/jr^ e»ds. I was
drawn , and forc'd to it by a ftro?^^
Admiration of the Myfterig iind Ma'^
jellie oi Nature. It was my t>§fign to
giori fie the Truth'^ and in fomc mea-
furetoprx'^ the Age^ had they bcea
capable oi it. But the barbarous In^
fults I have met withall, and without
any Deferts of ntine^ have forc'd my
Charitie to keep at Home. Truly ,
had not 1 been robh'd of my Feace^ I
i had imparted fome things , which I
5 am confident this Gtf«^r4r/
«l receive from another fen • But the
t Times in this Refpefl fall not even
lli Yrith providence^fot the Tears of D//-
r„ coverie are not yet come. This Truth^
ll like the Dove in the D r/»f ?, muft ho-
{t? «er in winds and Tempefts, overlook©
rjjhe Surges and Billom^ and find no
^flace for the S(?/e of her Foot. But the
tei B 4 wife
lothe]s,eMer,
wife Cod provides for her ; on all rhefe tt^aves aad Heaters (he hath a little Ark to returne to. Me thinks I fee her in the Window all mt^ and weAther beaten. She hath been rtjcfted abroad ^ and now I will rake her Home. Come in with thy Branch of Olive \
To conclude, this Difcourfe is my {a^p and the only C/^'u/^ to my Fir^. W hat I have written formerly , is. like the Arabian's Halicali: it is Domusfjgmta^ a Ho.fe (hut up, but here I give you the Kej to the Lock^ If you e/?^^r, fcale up what you fee in your Hearts : Truft it not to the Tongue^ioT chat'^ a F/ji/«g ^^ro/^/.Thus I deliver my Light to your Hands ^ but what Returns you will ^/t;^ me, I knoivnot.Ifyouare for Peace^ Peace be with you : if for ^ar^ I have been fo too, but Let mt him that girds on his Armour ^ ioaji like him^ that puts /V qf. Doe well^ and Farewell,
15)1, E, P.
LUM E 3\C
D E
LUMINE.
NOw hddthe Ni^htfpent he/- black ftage, and all Her beauteous^ twinckling flanlft greiv Jicl^g and pale. 'ier Scene (^/fhad-'s, and iihncc fed -, and Dty yrifi the young E aft in R fcs : tvbere each Ray ^all'mgen Sabits, made the Sun and Night Ciffe in a Checqucr ofmixt Cleuds, and Light.
Think ic were more flatK^, and to fbme Rapacities more f^eafing^ if I (hould exprejjemy (elfin this po- pular, low DtaUEi. It was about the Downing or T)^^y-breake , when tyr*d tedious foUtide, and thofe penfive '' bought s^\i\dx attmi^ it^ after much X#
and
^
t ^ Lumen deLumtne^OT
an Here then the Day was no ibonei* borrte^ fci flr angled, ; I Was reduced to a night of a mor J - deep tinUnre than that which I had formen ^fierrt. My f^«/ xinexprefliblc Obfcarttie , an4 as I though J more than JSfaturall \ jbut without any Ter ^ rors. I was in a firm even Temper, and thoug without incouragements , not only refolutt tut w^/.'-p/f^j'^. I moved every way for Dij cover ies, but Was ftill intertained with Dar\ *7effi aiid// flated to the Land of Defolation, Being thu troubled to no purpofe, and wearied witl long Indcavours, I relblved to reft my fell and feeing I could find nothing, I expe(^ed i any thing could find me. I had not long con tinued in this humor, but I could heare tb whifper^ of a foft wind^ chat travail* d toward me, and fuddainly it was in the Leaves o the Tr i,n feme fVood, or IVilderMeJfe . With thi gentle Breath cime a moft heavenly^ odor oh Ayre, much like that o^fweet Briars^ but no fo ra^M^and full. This perfume being bloWi over, there Succeeded a pleafant Humming o Bees amongft Flowers, and this did (bmcwha dtfcompofe mc, for I judged it votfuitahle witl the C^wpkxion of the place^ whidi was dark
a»
A new Magicall Light ^ &cJ J
ihdiikt tMid-mght, Now was I fomcvvhat troubl'd with thefe unexpeBed Occnrrences, when a new tAppearayjce diverted my Ap- ^ehenftons. Not far off on my right hand, 1^1 could diico vera wh^te weake L/^/^^ not (6 -'^ ■ lleare as that oFX i anile ^ But myJftT, and tnueh refenibling an Atmofpheare. Towards 'he C^ter it was of a purple colour like the Blyfian Sun-fiimjhni in the Dilatation of che Circumference, Milkje .• 'and if we con-* '^ |ider the joynt TinUure of thti^arts, it was a '^ jainred f^efper^ a Figure of that Splendor , iivhichtheold^^w/^w called {^)'Sol ^^'*^^-^3oxj ^rum: Whiles I was taken up with this ftrangey^M, j ^cene^ there appeared in the middle purple Co- prcis t 'ours^ a fuddain Commotion, and out of their Uot'm very Center did fpront a certaine flowrie ^' Light, as it were tm flame of a Taper. Very ^r/^/;f it was, fparkJtKg^ and tivinkltng like * :he I>^7-7?^r. The i?^^»^/ of this new Tlanet^'^ {filing forth in fmall 5it^//;/ and Riznlets ^^^^. look'd like rtr^^/ of 5/7t/tfr, which being rc--"^ ile6i:ed againft the 7V^^/,difcover'd a Curious, ^ ireen Fmhrage, and I found my fclf in a (^ro-:// ^ :)jiBays» The Tf ;f ^//r^ of the Branches was fo '" -ven, the L^4^'f/ fo ?^if)^, and in that con- ' piring (7r^fr, it was not a vcood^ but 2iBuil'' «'«^. I conceived it indeed to be the Temple^ ^f Natptre, whti:e (he had joyn'd Djfcipltne^
to
4 Lumen deLumine^oi ft
to her VoUnne, Under t\(\sjh^ and skreea ^^^ did lodge a number of Nigkingals^ which I \^i di(covered by their ^hiti^ Hre^jh > ThcfCjinj peeping thorough their leuvte Cabimts ^ re-p joyced at this ftrange Ligrh^ and having firft i\^ plfim*d themCtlvcs, ttirr*d the i\'\\ /iyreWithi^ their i^;/^r/^. This I thought was very ptct- jtj ty, for the Ji/e»ce of the JVf^ht, fuiting wichi („jr the foUti^de of the fLtc^, made me judge it % heavtnlf. The Gromi both neer and far of, ^| prefented a f leafing kind of Q'^ecquer , for ^^ this new y?^r meetixjg with /bmc drops o^T)ew^ uf, inade a LM'thitHte ot bright Refractions^ as ,;,f jf the £ /rfA7 had been /?4t'f The!e rare, and various Accidents kept my mj ibul bujicd. but to interrupt my Thotsghts, as ),^ if it had been u»Lii»fftll to examine what I had /^tf«, another more admirable Obje^ in- tcrpos*d. I could fee between me and the Light ^ a moft exquifit , divine Beauty, Her ^^iw^ neither long^ nor /^ rt^ but a meane de- cent Stature^ Attir'd fiie was in thin hofe filks, but (ogreen, that I never faw the Hkf, fot the Colour vfdis not Sarthlj, In fomc pla- ces it was/^^^ryj^^vvith white and Silver R^- ^W/, which look'd like L///« mz field oi Crajfe. Her A^^i was overcafi with a thin floating 7if^»/^, which flic hel^ Hp with ^^^ of her ^
%
A new Ma^icall Lh^ty &o 5
Her £y/ were ^^Vi, ^> It had fomething of a , ^«rf, as if flic had rcn fiiz.zJ*i with a iuddainc Occurrence . om her blacky Vetle did her L^c^^ breaki itJike Sm-htf^ms frcm a Mtfl , they ran (hevc/I'dtohttBreffs, and then returned to rC/v r^^rtf behind her was rcn;/ 'J to a curious /(?^i?, with a fmall (t\oit fptre flowr'd with /yl>/f 5 and ik^e-colourd Knots , Her ^?>^x ere pure, iiitire Sweralds, for flie valued no •4tall, and her pendants of burning C^- ^;7f/^/. To be fliorc, her whole Habit was •?/t^/«// and ficni'Tte^ it /w^A like the Eafi^ id was thorowly ayrd with rich ArohioA '>fjpafms. This and no other, was her a^ aranee at that Time : but whiles 1 admir'd er ferfcUwns^ and prepared to make my ^^- rejfes^ flicc prevents me with a voluniarie 4urLcK Heic indeed 1 cxpeftcd fome Dif- 7«r/^from her, but (he looking very feri- ufly and filently in my face, taker me by die and,andfoft!y whilfcrs i (hould follow her. 'his i confefle founded fitange but I d ought ; not amiffe to obev lb fweet a Command^ nd efpecially one that frowtfed very much, ut was able in my Opinion to ferformc lorc; The L/^^-r which I had formerly ad^ ur'd proved now at laft to be her Attetdant^
for
^ Lumen dt Lumine^QY .for it moved like an tqher before her. Tl: » Servtce added much to her Glme , and | was my only care to otfervr her, who thous „ flie wa»dr'i not, yet verily (he foUmocd l if kn«m'.^mh. Her w.i/iwas ?r««, being /«rr ,f With a fine fmari C7r#^, which felt life e/»^ . forKwas^very /-.ff. and purl'd all the wi „ vvKh^^jwand Prjmrofe. When we catr ,( * c^^t o( oxxt Arhoret and CWf of £4^., 4
1 «ot like that of i).^, neither can T affirmc i I N •»^as«'^^^ The/ and flood ^/^.rw, as it were on th i /«// ot high ////V., fot we were in a mol f deep £.».«., and the E^^th oveilook'd U5 lotiuti conceived we were w^r the /"#» .„
r.r VVe^had not walk-d very fan when d./covered cerraine thick, white C/W/, foil liich thev feemed to me, which fiuy all tha, f part of the Galley, that was before us. Thi »ndeedwasan£rr.rofmine,butit continuec ,
J. to be firm (olid Rock^, but jhrning and /p^r^-
/^Afdidnotal.tttIe/«««r^^, "«=• and great dcfire Ihad to heare my uw>/?r« fpeake J (for fo I judged her now; that if pofflble, I m^ht receive fome Infarmatio./Ho^ to faing this about, I did not well knew for
A new M^gicM Ltgbt^ Sec. 7
J feem'd 4ver/g from Dtfimrfe -, but ha- ig rcfolv'd with my felf to ^3i/?//r^ her, I :'d her if fhe would favour me with her ^me. To this (he replied very familiarly, if (he had kown me long before. Eu^e^ ~ is (faid flic^ / have many Namcs^ btit my f and dearefl is Thalia x for I am alwaics iQn.and I (hall never wither. Thou doefl "ehehold the mounuins of the 14 oonc, ar;d villfhew thee the Original! of Nilus, for fhe ings from the fe Jnvifihle Rockj, Lookeup- dpernfe the very Tofs of thefe pillars and ifts Qafl, Lunar Mountains. Didflthon ever i fuch a MiraculoHS, incredtble thing} This- t^ech made me quickly look up to thofe » ttering Turrets of Sait^ where I could fee Iftupcixlous C^^^r^f?, or Waterfall, The I eame was more large than any River in her J! 1 Chmell^ but notwithftanding the Heigh ^ 115 i Violence of its F4//, it dclcended with- al c any Noyf$^ The Waters were dajh'd^- J their Current diftraded by thofe Salttfh clg. but for all this they came down with isidfflence^ like the ftill, foft ^jr. Some of sLf v^h2Lti{xzv\OQwoll€nfuh fiance it was, that 1[ thus fieale down jilve Snow, When I had a my hands it was no Common water ^ but a
-r
8 Lumen de Lumine^ or
certaine kind o^Oile of a IVaterie CcmphxIF on, A vifcous , fat^ mineral nature k Was*' bright like Pearls, and tr an f parent like T^rj * /^//. When I had riewd and fcarch'd it wer^ it appealed Ibmcwhat fpermatic. and in vei j' Truth it was obfcene to the /^^^, but muc'i' more to the Totich, Hereupon Thalia tol'^ me, it was ihcfirfi Matter, d.nd the very Ns ";' turalLtrue »S'/fr»^ of the ^r^ (faid Qie) invtftble, and theiefore /^ are rA ^i thzz find it ; but many believe it is not to t ('• fonnd. They believe indeed that the uvr/ci F a dead Figure^ bkc a jB^?^/ which hath bee '*' {omctmtsmad!f^2Lndf^(hion*a by that/j^^Wf which£;fiij':f//-init, but retaines that very /^^j"!^ and f^fljion^ for fome (Kort f/»^^, after thj 7 the S^irtt hath forfiks" it. They {houki r3 ^' ther confifier ^ that every Frame v^'hen tH" 5 lib longer retawe its forrnet /^«r^, for tW[ ^gent that W is j-o»^. Moft excellent then iis that fpeed ""• which I heard Ibmetimes from one of n: ^^^ own pupils. C^^indui hie ex tarn diver j^^ contrariifjtie fartihm in unam forr^am min f' me convemffet, niji unn^ ejfet^ ^ai tarn ^ Wf' 'Verfa coniungeret\ ConjunBa vero Nnttir\^^ rrnn if fa ^iverfttas tnvicem difcors. dijfi '"'' ciaref , atefue divclUret ^ niji nnm e^et\ ^ ^
r
A new MagiuU Light ^ Sec. 9
}fod fjexuft, comneret, Non tarn vera cer-^
M natUTA orda procederet^ nee tarn difpojitos
'4)tm Locis, tewportl?pci ,ejficientia, Qualita^
bus explicaret^ r.ifi uniis ejjet, qui has AiU"
ttinum varieuttes manens ipje difponeret.
^oc qiiicquid efl^ quo Condita manent, atque
ihcrriantur, ufitato cunEtis Vocalmlo Dettm
nnno. This world (faich he) of fuch diveri
id coiitr arte parts had never been made one
i-ng^ Had not there been one^ who did jojn
gcther fuch contr^.ry things. But being Ttf?«'^
let her, the very 'Diverfitie of the Natures
yned, fighting one with another, had Dip-
mpos'd and feparated them , unlefle there
,d been or^e to hold and k^ep thofe ptrts to^
ther, which he at firfl did ^o^k, Vevily the
dero'i Nature could not proceed with fuch
nawtk, neither could the move fb regu-
rly in feverall places^ times , efetii and
, Mittes^ unlefle there were [ome one^ who
!^pos*d^ and ordered thcfe Varieties of o^ ns. This, whatfocver it is, by which the Drld is preferved and governed, I call by itufuallname, C?^^ Thou murt therefore igenins ( faid fhe ) underhand , that all mpojitiom giVe vn^dc by an arrive, mtlit" it itfe ; for what was done ia the Cotk^- ure of the great world in generall , the Jnc is perforni'd in the Q^nerMion of evcrv*- C (reatnr^
::!r
lO Lumen de Ljumme^ or
credture ^^n^'its fferm in particular, I fup- jd
pofe thou doeft know, that water cannot bin
co'/jtawed, but in fbme VeffelL The natural iiol
ripjjd'// which God hath appointed for it, v\]t
'Earth. In Earth water may be thickjjcd u
and brought to a figt^ire, but of kfc/f, anc m
without Earthy it hath an i'^^definit flux, am m
is fubje6l to no ccrtaine figure whatfocver cv
^^r^ailb is Oiflee^wg indeterminat fiihftanuz
\m.vcfat€r\s hisf^ejfeh; for water being /^^ipj
redhy n\ca.ns of 8arth, the ^;r aJlb is ^/^/>^ lei
* ?:!^
! higher, the v^;r coagulats the iiquiifire, am ir\
jir^ incorj}orated involves and confines th tc
1^^in Light, Thefc are the Means by whic j,?
God urAtes^ and compounds the Elements in n-
to a Sperm, for the
^plexion of the water , and makes it vifcourt
-^and72/>?^/>. Suchaii^^r^^' muft they look,wh'ijv
would produce any Magicall ext r aor dinar ^^,
Ejfects ; for this Spermatic water coagulat fV
with the Uafl heat, fo that nature conco6l ii\
and hardens it into metals. Thou feeft th
whites of £^.v' will thick^en affoon as the
feel the fire, for their moyfiure is temper'
with a pure fubtill Earthy and this fubtill, J [J.
nimated Earth, is that which ^/W/ their w^ tfe
ff'/'. Tzkc water then my Eugenius , froi^^j
the Mountains of the i^ y^«^l
A new Magtail Ltovt^ occ, 1 1
nd f^o water : Boyl it in the Jire of Nature^ • b( 3 a two fold Earth, whits and -r^ thert feed ^ lofe Eartrs with /^r*^ of ^^■■'-? and 'Fire of
i/r, and thou halt the two Mrtgicill Z,^- » tmar'tes. But bccauie thou haft been a ler- ™ ant of mine for a long time and that thy tti latience bath manifcfied the Truth of thy ff ove, I wilJ bring thee to my Svhoole^ and "lercwill-Ifliew thee what the world isno! - '^ ipable of. This was no fooner ipoken^ buf -
iiepafiby thofc '^ff-^f^-^^- ^%, ^^^^^ij^^l£j'"\ n id brought mc io'T'Roc^ oY' ^d^manin-^ n ir'd to a jufl^ intire Cube: Ic Was the Ba^ li f to a firie 'Tyramid, a Trigon of pure Tj- '£ 1'/?^, whof^ tmfrifond flames did ftrctch^ and ii'r/w for Heaveyi, To the Vore-fqaare or w rontlet of this i^ '« r/^t// and in that hung a TrMtt* It was a li tinted Hedg.^Hog^ fo rowl'd and wrapt ^' 3 in his Bag, he could not eafily be difcom- II jV. Over this fiond a 1) g [mrling^ and ^ ird by him this Inftru6lion.
Suaviter antP^Mgit,
^ we went, and having entr^d the RocJ^\ the hte'r for piiftsv^'cxc of 2i heatedly 5^??^^- gdirie Colofir , SomeWha'e tliey flMn*d :e Leaves of pui'c GolA^ and thefi appear'^ G 2 ■ ar
I Z Lumen de Lumme^ or
a third inexprciTiblc pf^rf'e tinEhure, Wc hadP^ not gone very far, but we came to an An- i cicnc Majeftic hltar ; O^ the Offertorie, orJKl very top of it, was figur'd the ^ymcl^ of an old rottcafr^^,pluck'd up by the Roots. Out of this crept a Snake, of colour white and k Green, Slow of Motion like a Snnyle , and r very )y^ that overlooked her. Towards the F i5^/^iofthi$ A//-^r was an Infcrtptton in old Egyptiayi Htsroglyphics, which T/^/?/;;t ex- ly, pounded^ and this is it.
T)m "Beatis,
In C^lo Siikerraneo.
3\t\ L.
i
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ct
F
kjjh, giving a hcavj oiour like that of graves, i Hire wc flay'd not long, but pafling thisfA^
Chfirch
Rom this place wc moved flraight for ward, till we came to a Cave of S^arth. It was very obfcure, and withall dan^
A new Magicall Lifht^ &c. 1 3
^imrch-yard^vjec came at Jaft to the Sa^Bua-^ 'ie, where Thalia turning to mee, made this ler (hort, and laft fpecch.
Eugenius ! This is the pUce, which many
)ave depred to fee^ hut faw it not. The Tr
Arrives to their ^Admtjfion here^ were tvam"
ng : They dtd not love CMee^ hut (JMine^
%€) coveted indeed the R iches of Nature^ hut
Mature hrfelf they did l?oth negleEt, and cot"
Hpt» Som Advantages they had in point ofAf^
mlt ^ had they bm flndted thetr Opportunities.
' was expound to their hands ^ but they knew wee
ot» J was fubjeU in fom meafure to their
\wlence^ but Hee that made mee^ would not
ifer mee to bee rifCd, In a word, the Ruine
■ thefe men was built on their ^ifpofttion.
n their
''iofe fittif nil things^ which fom call (^ourtiers,
'hefe have their ^yf'ntics and Raunts^ as if
ley had been trained amongj} ^pes^ They
rape {^as one hath weU exprefl it) proporti'
'J CM^hematicall : make flruKge Legs and
ces^ and in that phrafe of the fame Poet j
I Varic their Mouths as 'twere by Magic fpell, \1 To figures ovali, fquarcj and Triangle.
J0I ' thefe impudent Sophifiers ajfaulted mee with tfe tin^gloriom Humors, When I looked into ^\. - C 3 their
1 4 humen de Lumine^ or
thetrheans^ there wa^ m Room for mee • they ^ wfre fyJl of proud Thoughts, and dream* d ofx I" certain Riotous Happnefs^ which mufl bet mawtaw^d by my Exfences^ and Treasures, Ih the interim, they did not consider that I wa^ ^^ fla/n and Jimj>le^ One that did not love Noifc. K' iut a private Sweet Content, I have Euge- '" pins found the smtich of my own Humor M I have wtthall fmnd thy SxpcBations patient. ^^ thou canfl eajily believe^ where thou hafl Rea- i( fon to thy Faith Thou hafl all this while fer4 i i^ed Without PVages, 'amv u the time com to re- ^^ , > vem-d Thee, My love^ I freely give Thee, anc^ (•! %With it thefe tokens^ -my Key, ay/d Scale, Tht^^
witnT)ifcretion, (tAsforthe Mjfteriesofthis "^ my Schoole^ thou hafl the Liber tie to perufe^'^^ them all^ there is not any thing here, but I wiU f\ gladly r eve ale it to thee, I have one Trdccepi lfi{ / Jhall commend to thee, and this it is^ Toii ecu mufi bee Stlect. Toufhall not in your rvritings bv exceed my Allowances .- Remember that I lotl Am your Love ^ and you will not make mee a ^ Troftnutc, B^^t becauf I wrfh you Serviced,, 'coif hie to thofe of your own T^tfpofitton^ I here i^w giveycu an Emblem.nicall Type of my San-k cluarie , with a full Priviledge to publifh it, h , Tf is IS all, and now J am g ing to that Jnvip- h, hU Region , '^J^ 'h^^im tJ^^t *(^ » Let not that ^t
Proved
I A new Ma^icall Liqhty 8cc. i y
U^ rover h take f lace with jon ^ Out of Sight, /jl WJt of Mind : Remember mee^ and bee Hci-p^y,
k
h Thefe were her JnfiruBiom^ which were no i^a boner delivered, but fhee brought mee to a ,/;;Ieare, large Light ^ and here I faw thofe ;j. Things, which Imuft not fpeak of. Having j^, ;hus diicovered all the parts of that glorious n Labjri^th, fhee did lead me out again with her ■l lI^v^oi%m~b earns, her Light that went Shir^^ 7, ,731^^ before us. When wee were patt the R^jcks >(. )f Ntlu6, fhee fhewed mee a Secret St air e^ ^j!f^/?,by which wee afcended from that Att^ \ md flowrie Vale^ to the face of this our Com- Jj non Earth, Here Thalia ftopt in a mute Ce- ,^ :emonie, for I was to bee left all alone. Shce ,|{look'dupon meeinfilent fmiles, mixt with a ,/| pretty kind of Sadnefs^for wee were unwillmg i»i :o part. But her Houre of TrAnjlation was jj^rome , and taking (as I thought ) our laft \ leave, fhee paft before my Eyes^ «^e?f "A/^>?, in- \\o the ^/£ther of Nature.
Now verily was I much troubled, and
^ bme what dilbrdcrcd, but compoiing my feif
^ IS well as I could, I came to a Cof of tJMjr-
^ Hes^ where refting my felf on a Flowrie Brril^^
41 began to confider thofe Thing? which I had
een. This Solitude, and Melancholie lludic
:ontinued not long, for it met with a very
"C 4 gratcfuii
16 uumen ae i^umme^ or A
gratcfull Intcnliption. I could fee Thalia 2iS r .t/ vverc at the f»^ of a La-^dskjp^ ib^T)what fa i/1 off, as wee fee fi^irs newlyr//?» .• but in a mo- ,;« ment fhee was in the Myrtle s^j^i^i^G, featini 4 her felf bard by mee, I received from her thi ti Difcourfe, JwouldnSt Eugcnius, hav;^ thah ignorant of the tlnit'tc, and t^mncentration o\ w,l Sciences, Jnthefafi^and more K-^ of the world , when Adagic was (setter ^ am (w more generally tmderjioad^t he Profejfors of thi. m ^yirt divided it into three parts^ Elemeatall ii)j Cceleftiall^ a^d Spirittiall, The Elemental y