part in the center of the ceiling; in the

midrr, inftead of a Tomb-ftonc , was a
round Altar, covered over with a Plate of
BrafTe, and thereon was this engraven.

A, C. K. C- Hoc univerfi Compendium
uniws mihi Sepulchrum Feri,

Round about the firft circle or brim
lood.

Jefiis Mihi Omnia.

sr

In the middle were four Figures, in-
lofed in four Circles, whofe circumfcrip-
•on was

1. Nequaquam Vacuum,

2. Legis Jugum.

3. Libert M EvangeliL

4. Dei gloria intaUa.
This all clear and bright, asalfothe

>venth fide, and the 2,'Heptagom : fo we
neeled all down together, and gave
ianks to the fole Wife, fole Mighty, and
le Eternal God, who hath taught us
tore then all mens wit could have found
at, and praifed be his holy Name : This
auh we parctd into three parts , the up -
B b b f*r

16 ihcRojie Grofs. LlB6i

per part or celing, the wall or fide; the
ground or floor.

Of the upper part you {hall underftand
no more of it at this time, but that it waj
divided according to the festn fides ir
the Triangle , which was in the brigbi ml
Center ; but what therein is contained
you mall, God willing, (that are defirouj
of our Society) behold the fame witBur:
your own eyes 5 but every fide or waii i leu;
parted into ten fquares , every one witlJoi
their feveral Figures and Sentences, a ept
they are truly mewed , and fet forth Con tk
centratum here in this Book. re

Thebottome again is parted in the tri ous
angle,but becaufe therein is defcribed th hi
power and rule of the inferiourGover dat
Hours, we leave to manifeft the fame, fo 16
fear of the abufe by the evil and ungodl k
world. But thofe that are provided am ndj
ftored with the heavenly Antidote , the mn;
do without fear or hurt tread on the hei ^
of Otpiovtvg the eld and evil Serpent ion!
which this our Age is well fitted for. Ev$ ley
ry fide or wall had a door for aChefl
wherein there lay divers things, efpecial
ly all the Works of C. K. how he and hi!
Brethren railed each other to Life again
in thofeBocks were written of their goklj i
to Bethlehem to worship our Saviour JeCu
Ghrilt, and of the ltineramw} mdvitar,

Lib. 6. the Rofie Crop. if

of C. R. [n another Cheft were Looking*
piaffes of divers vertues > as alfo in other
places were little Bels, and Rings, which
f any man put upon his finger,he Teemed
low in green,then in white and blew,red
md bloom, and all manner of colours ,
hus will his Garments change into a
Hire colour every moment : f here wers
ri >urning Lamps, and wonderful artificial
11 Jongs, which they had kept eve,r lince
H jod fpaketo Mofes in the Mount : They
, iept the old Tertament carefully,and ex-
e£ted Chrifi to be born; and chafe forty
ve more to bear witnefs to theincredu-
t! dus World and fuperftitious Se&s, that
1 thrift is the Son of God, and was crucifi-
d at Jerufalem ; and left thefe Brethreii
11 the wonderful Works of God, and the
fts of Mofes and the Prophets , to the
id,that if it mould happen, after many
undreds of years,the Order orF^terni-
r (bould come to nothingrand if Tyrants
rould burn the old Teftament, which
ley bear witnefs to be the Word of God,
lifiat then they might by this only Vaulc
i reftored again.

And there is another Vault or Habita-
on of the Brethren in the Weft of Eng-
nd % and there is recorded all the New
eftament, and every Chapter explain*

B b b 2 JHo*

1 8 The Rojie Crofs. L » B . 6, 1

Now as yet we had not feen the deadt
body of our careful and wife Father inl
the German- bill h wc therefore remcveclL
the Altar afide, there we lifted up a ftronrt
Plate of Brafle, and found a fair and worlf l
tliy body whole and trnconfumed , as thjr
fameishere, lively counterfeited withalP
the Ornaments and Attires j in his hancp
he held a Parchment book divided intcL
twoparts,the firft was the old Teftamentlf,
and every Chapter interpreted , and thJ
other is the Book I, which next untothtf
Bible is our greater) treafure3which oughif "
to be delivered to the cenfure of th<F
world. At the end of this Book (landetlp^
this following Elogium. fa,

C.Rof. C. ExNobili atque fplen^m
dida Germans R. G* Familta orium
dus% vir fui fecnli Divinis revelationh 0
hm^ Subtilijjimk Imaginationibus^ 2*1 ton
defejfis Laboribus ad C&leftia at que hu*
man a Mjtfteria t arcanave admijjus\ l
pojiqyam fuam (quam Arabico & ^
Africano, Itincribus collegerat)p'»/ T
quam regiam at que imperatoriam G* y\
%am [no feculo nondutn Convmttnitn. ,
potferitate ermndam cufiodiviJJet9 &
jam fuarnm Artinm^ nt & nominh

fdos

.IB. 6. TkefkoJieCrofs. 19

•dot ac conjun&iffimos Heredes infii-
biffet 5 mundum Minutum omnibus
Motibus Magno illi refpondentem Fa-
ricajfet > hocque tandem Pr£teritartim9
'r£(eniiutto & futurarum rerum
\ompendio extra£to9 C ntenario Major9
ion m or bo {qitemipfe nunquamCorpo*
expert us erat9 nnrnqnam alios in-
ejlare finebat ) ullo pellcnte9 fed Spi-
itu Dei evocante9 tUnminatam ani-
ent (inter Fratuum antplexus & ul-
imx Ofcnla ) FideliJfiMQ Creatori Deo
\eddidt/fet9 Pater diUSijfimus , Fra.
mujjfim us , Preceptor Fideltjfimus^
micus integer rim us 9 a fuis ad 14OO.
innos hie abfconditm ejl*

Underneath they had fUbfcribed
emfelves.

■

j. Fra. I. A. Fra.C. H.Fra.l.H. %*i

tiione Fraternitatis Caput.
1. Fra.G.V. M.P. C.S.

3. Fra. R. C. Junior haeres S. Spiri*
tus.

4. Fra. B.M. P. A. Piftor & Arehi-
teftus.

Bbb? 5-^'

a o T6 e Rofie Crofs. LtB.6.

5. Fnt. G. G. F. H. MP J. «. A. M
Cabbalifta F. JF. N. g. A. Z. B. X
0. N. F.E.V.L: F.K. M.Z. A.S
OK.

Sccundi Circuli.

1. Fra.T.H. Succeffor, Fra.P.A. Ma«
thematicus.

2. Fra. LO. S\\cctfto\\Fra.A.~D.

5. Fra. P. ft. Succetfbr Patris C R.C,
cumChrifto Triumphant.

At the end was written.
Ex Peo nafcimuri in Jefu Morimur, ]>e%
Sfix'itum Sanftum revivifcimus.

Hi

fe

o\c

At this day the Rofie Crucians that haW
been iince Chrift3fay, their Fraternity in-
habits the Weft of England j and the)31
havelikewife power to renew themfelvei
and wax young again,as thofe did befomtC£
the birth of Jefus ChrifT,asyou may reac :
in many Books. :2l

And Dr. F. faith, fomewhere there is : ''
Caftle in the Weft of England , in COTe
earth^and not on the earth3and there thci 31f
Rofie Crucians dwell , guarded withour '•'■■
walls, and pofleffing nothing, they enjo] -
all things ; in this Caftle is great Riches *■
the H^lls fair and rich to behold, andthi Ja
Chambers are made and compofed oF
White Marbleja? theendof the Hall ther j-

^1E.6. TbeRoficCrofs. 31

s a Chimney,whereof the two Pillars that
uftain the Mantle-tree,are of fine Jafper,
Lnd the Mamie is of rich CaIcedony,£iid
he Lintel is made of fiic Emeralds trail-
d with a wing of fine Gold , and the
;rapes of fine Si! ver, and all the Pillars in
he Hall are of redCalcedonie, and the
)avementisof fine Amber.

The Chambers are hanged with rick
lothes , and the benches and bed- {leads
re all of white Ivory , richly garnifhed
rith precious {tones j the Beds were richly
overed •, there are Ivory PreiTes,whereon
re all manner of Birds cunningly
v rough t, and in thefe Prefies are Gowns
nd Robes of mod fine Gold , and moft
ich Mantles, Furred with Sables, and all
wanner of rich Garments.

And there is a Vault , but it is bigger
hen* that in Germany, which is as clear, as
hough the Sun in the midft of the day
lad entred in at ten windows , yet it is
evenfeore fteps under ground:And there
re ten Servants, of the Rofie Crucians^
air young men: 'And C. B. reports this;
yhen I firft came to the Society (faith he)

faw a greatt Oven with two mouths,
*hich did cart out great clearnefs , by
vhich four young men made Pafte for
Sread , and two delivered the Loaves to
nhertwo, and they fit them down upon
B b b 4 a

2 2 The Rofie Crofs. Li B.6.

a rich cloath of (ilk; then the othertwo
men took the Loaves,and delivered them
unto one man by two Lonves at once,and
lie did fet them into the Oven to bake,
and at the other mouth of the Oven,
there was a man that drew out the white
Loaves and Pads, and before !>;m was
anotheryoung man, that received them,
-and put them into baskets, which were
richly painted.

C B. went into another Chamber
eighty one Cubits from this, and the Ro
fie Crucians welcomed him 5 for he found
a Table ready fet,and the cloth laid, and
there flood Pots of Silver, and VerTels of
Gold, bordered with precious Stones and
Pearle, and Bafons and Ewers of Gold to
wafh their hands; then we went to din
ner; of all manner of Flefh, Fowl, an
Fifh, of all manner of Meat in the world5jl<
there they had plenty, and Pots of Gold
garnifhed with precious Stones full oft
Wine : This Chamber was made of Chry-
ftal, and painted richly with Gold and
Azure, and upon the walls were written
and engraven all things paft, prefent,and
to come, and all manner of golden Me- v
dicines for the difeafed , as you read in
the Preface : upon the Pavement was
fpread abroad Rofes,Flowers, and Hearbs
fweet-fmelling above all favours in the

world ,

tO ((

in.
nd

Id, .,

Lib. 6. The Rojie Crofs. 2 3

world ; and in this Chamber were divers
Birds flying about jandfinging marvellous
tweedy.

In this place have I adefireto live, if it
were for no ether reafon, but what the
Soph ft fometimes applied to the Moun-
tains,, Hosprimum Solfalutat^ultimopjue defe-
rit. &vij Locum non timet ^ Dns Loagiercs
habentem. Rut of this place I will not (peak
any more leaft the Readers fhould miflake
roe, fo as to entertain a fufpitionthat I
am of this Order.

Tobm fFiHiamSyNoab V/alfurd, Fra.H IP.