C. R. fo ftirred up that Apantia was not fo

much now in his mind as Damcar ; alfo
he could not bridle his defires any longer,
but made a bargain with the Arabians that
they ftaould carry hjm for a certain fum
of mony to Vamcari this was in the 16th.
year of his Age, when the wife received
him C as he himfelf witneffeth ) not as a
Stranger, but as one whom they had
long expected }they called him by his
name, and (hewed him other fecrecs out
of his Cloyfter, whereat he could not but
mightily wonder.

He learned there .[better the Arabian

i tongue : fo that the year following he
Tranflated the Book M.into good Latine,
and 1 have put it into Englijk^ wearing
the Title of The wifem am Crown ; where-
unto is added, A new Method ofRofie Cruci-
an Fhyfick^ This is the plaee where he did

I learn hisPhyfick and Philofophie how to
raife the dead ; for example, as a Snake
cut in peeces and rotted in dung, will
every piece prove a whole Snake again5&c.
and then they began to pra&ife further
matters, and to kill birds that are bred
byforceof feed and conjunction of Male
and Female , and to burn them before
they are cold in a glafs, and fo rotted, and
then inclofedin a mel, to hatch it under

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a Hen*, and rcftore the fame ; and other
ftrange proofs they made of Dogs, Hogs,
orHorfes, and by the like kindly cor-j
ruption to raife them up again, and re- 5
new them : And at laft they could reftore, j
by the fame courfe, every Brother that!
died to life again, and fo continue many J
Ages; the rules you find in the fourth:
book.

Let me fpeak a word ( although I anv
no Rofie Crucian) of this matter and man-
ner of reftoring of a man ; Let us call it be-
fore Reafon> and confider what is that Seed
that makes man, and the place where he
is made : what is ail the work, is it any
thing elfe but a part of man f except his
mind ) rooted in a continual, even, gentle*
moiji) and natural heat ? Is it not like that
the whole body, rotted in like manner,
and in a womb agreeable, fhall fwim out,
at Jail quicken, and arifethe fame thing I
as Medea found true upon Jafons father,,
nnd made h'imyoung again, as lully faith,
llecoquendo. And Hermes was after this.
manner ratted from death to Life ; fa-
was lirgil the Poet : but the Spanijh Earl'
failed, through the ignorance ofhis Friend
the artift that miltook the heat, moifture,
and tamper of the work, as you heard in
the third Book.

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But I cannot teti3 1 will neither avow nor dif-
avow the Matter'? nature is deep, and won-
derful in her deeds, if they be fearched
to the bottom, and may fuffer this, but
not Religion. But to our R. C% who lear-
ned his Matbematickj here, whereof the
world hath juftcaufe to rejoyce, if%there
were more love, and lefs envy.' After
three years he returned again with good
confent, (hipped himftlf over Sinus Ara-
bicut into Egypt 5 where he remained not
long, but only took better notice there,
of the Plants and Creatures, of Mineral
Medicines, the famous Aurum Petabile,
that cures all difeafes in body and rninde,
andoftheOyl of gold.

Then he failed over the whole Mediter-
ranean Sea, for to come unto Fezo where
the Arabian, had directed him. And it is
a great (hame unto us that wife men, fo
far remote the one from the other, would
not only be of one opinion,hating all con-
tentious writings; but alio be fo willing
and ready, under the Seal of Secrecy to
impart their fecrets to others.

Every year the Arabians and Africans
do fend one to another, inquiring one
of another out of their Arts, if happ lythey
have found out fome better things ior if experi-
ence had weakened tbeir Ilea fons,y early there
came fomething to h^ht , whereby the

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Mathematics Cbifir •and Magtr ( for irk; |J
thofe are they of Fra molt skilful ) werqj ^
amended •, as there is # now adayes iqi
Germany no want of learned men, Caba.,) in
/i/fr, Phyfitians, Aftrologers, Geomancers, and', fr*
Philosophers, were there but love and more? ^
kindftefs among them, or that the moflr'i oigl
pare of them would not beep their fecrets: i tovi
as we Germans likewife might gather to*i iif
gether many things, if there were the k
like unity: and defire of fearching out oil
fecrets amongft us.

After two vears, Brother C, R. depar-
ted the City Fez, and failed with many
coftly things into Spain , hoping well $
he fo well and fo profitably fpent his time
in Travel , that the learned in Europe
would highly rejoyce with him, and be-
gan toflule, and order all their Studies,^
according to thofe found and fure foun-
dations : He" therefore conferred with
thelearnedin Madrid, (hewing them the,
Errors of Sodom and Gomorrah, and how
the faults of the Church by Epifcopacy,
and the whole Philofopbia Moralis was to
be amended.

But becaufe their acceptance happened
to him contrary to his expectation, be-
ing then ready bountifully to impart all
his Arts and Secrets to the Learned^ if

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they would have but undertaken to write

the

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he trye and infallible Axiomata> which he
tnew would direft them, like a Globe or
Zircle, to the only middle point and
:entrum, and( as it is^ufual among the
Arabians ) it mould only ferve to the wife
ind Learned for a Rule, that alfo there
might be a fociety in Canaan which fhould
have Gold, Silver, andprecions Stones,
fufficient for to beftow them on Kings
for their neceflary ufes, and lawful pur-
poses : with which fuch as be Governours
might be brought np to learn all that
which God hathfuffered man to know.

Brother C. ft. after many Travels, and
his fruitlefs true inftru&ions, returned
again into Germany , and there buildeda
neat and fitting habitation, upon a little
BUI or Mount, and on the Hill there refted
alwayes a cloud ; and he did there render
himfelf vifible or invifible, at his own
will and difcretion. In this houfe he
fpent a great time in the MathematicJ^s^nd
made many fine Inftruments, Ex Gtnnibus
hujus Artispartibus.

After five years came into his mind the
wilhed return of the children oilfrael o\\t
of Egypt, how God would bring them out
of bondage with the Inftrument Mofes.
Then he went to his Cloyfter, to which
he bare affe&ion, and defiied three of
his brethren to goe with him to Mofet9

Ihe

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The chojen fervant of God. Brother G. lrm
Brother!. A. and Brother 1.0. who be-
iides, chat they had more knowledge in
the Arts, then at that time many other&j
had> he did binde thofe three unto him*'
felf, to be faithful, diligent, and fecret;*
as alfo to commit carefully to writing!
whzt Mojes did -, and alfo all that which he]
mould direft and inftruft them in, tothej
end chat thofe which were to come, andl
through efpecial Revelation mould be re-'
ceived into this Fraternity, might not be
deceived of the leaft fyllable and word.

After this manner began the Fraterni-j
ty of the Rofie Croft, rirft by four perfonsj
who dyed and rofe again until Chrift, and]
then they came to worfhip as the Star gui-J
d^d them to Bethlem of Judea, where iayj
our Saviour in his mothsrs Arms ; and then?
they opened their Treafure and prefeuted'
unto him Gifts, Goldy Frankjnfenfe, and'
Mjrrhe , and by the Commandment of
God went home to their habitation.

Thefe four waxing young again fuc-
ceffively many hundreds of years, made
a Magical Language and Writing, with a
large \'Diii ion ary> which we yet daily ufe ta
Godspraife and glory, and do find greac
tffifdom therein ; they made alfo the rirft
part of the book At. which I will fhortly
publish by die Title of 7be mfemans
Crown. Now

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Now whileft Brother C. K. was in a
proper womb quickning, they concluded
to draw and receive'yet others more into
tf«sir Fraternity: To this end was chofen
Brother K. G. his deceafed Fathers Brothers
fon-y Brother B. a skilful Painter, G. their
Secretary, and P. D. another Brother
elected by confent} and E.F. all Germans^
excepe I A. Co in all they were nine in
number, all Batchelors and oivowed Virgi-
nity ; by thofe was collected a volumn of
all that which man can defire, wifh or
hope for.

After fuch a moft laudable fort they
didfpend their lives j and although they
were free from all difcafes and pain, yet
notwithstanding they could not live and
pafs their time appointed of God: So they
all died, at the death of our Lord and
Saviour Jefus Chrift, and their Spirits
attended him into glory. Now the fecond
row of thefe men by many were called
the Wife men of the Eaft ; and eighty one
years the Secrets of this Fraternity were
concealed.

New the true and fundamental Rela ti-
on of finding the memory of the Frater-
nity of the Rofie Crofs is this. A learned
man in Gemany^ went to find out the
wife men of the Eaft into many Countries^
tut could never hear of any of them : So

being

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being provided of Gold and Silver , Me-
dicines5Tin£hires and Telefmes, he chofe
a Matter of Numbers A. to be his Com-
panion : and finding an old ftrange ha-
bitation D then they fet themfelves to alter
thisbuildingjin which renewing,he light-
ed upon the memorial Table, which was
caft in BrafTe^and contained all the names
of the Brethren , with fomc few other
things? this he transferred to another
more fitting Vault with great joy ; for he
had never heard of this Fraternity,being
all dead eighty one years before his time.
fn this Table ftuck a great nail, fomewhat
ftrong, fo that when it was with force
drawn out, it took with it a ftoneand a
piece of thin wall, or plaiftering of the
hidden door, and fo, unlooked for, unco-
vered the door; wherefore we did with m
joy and longing throw down the reft of.
the wall, and cleared the door , upon
which was written in great Letters , Fofi
8 1 . Annos Patebo^vf ith th e year of our Lord
under it.

Wherefore we gave God thanks , and
let it reft that fame night ; in the morn*
ing following we opened the door, and
there appeared to our fight a Vault of
feven fides and corners , every fide,fiv£
foot broad , and the height of nine foot. ilt'
Although the Sun never Aimed in this |J({

Vatri%

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Lib. 6. The Rojie Crofs 15

Vault, neverthelefs it was enlightened
with another Sun which had learned tins
of che Sun, and was iituated in the upper