CHAPTER XIII.

What think you, therefore, 0 Mortals, seeing that we
sincerely confess Christ, execrate the pope, addict ourselves
to the true philosophy, lead a worthy life, and dayly call,
intreat, and invite many more unto our Fraternity, unto
whom the same Light of God likewise appeareth1? Con-
sider you not that, having pondered the gifts which are in
you, having measured your understanding in the Word of
God, and having weighed the imperfection and inconsist-
encies of all the arts, you may at length in the future deli-
berate with us upon their remedy, co-operate in the work
of God, and be serviceable to the constitution of your time ?
On which work these profits will follow, that all those goods
which Nature hath dispersed in every part of the earth
shall at one time and altogether be given to you, tanquam
in centra soils et lurice. Then shall you be able to expel from
the world all those things which darken human knowledge
and hinder action, such as the vain (astronomical) epicycles
and eccentric circles.