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God it forbid (quod the Preeft) what ye fay: Yet had I lever fpend all the good, Which that I have, or els waxe I wood Than that ye fliouldc fallen in fuch mifcheife : For your good wyll have ye right goodprefe, (Quod the Chanen)znd fare well graunt mercy: He went his way, and never the Preeft him fey After that day : And whan that this Preeft {holde Makcn affay at fuch ty me as he wolde, Of this recey te5 f arwell it nold rm be : Lothus bejapedandbegyledwashe. Thus maketh he his Introdu&ion, To bringc folkc to her diftru&ion.
Confy dereth Sirs, howe in eche eftate : Betwixt Men and Gold is debate, Soe fer for the, that unneths there is none, This Multiplyeng blyndeth fo many one $ That in good fayth, I trowc that it be The greateft caufe of fuch fcarfytc Thefe Phjhfofhers fpeken fo miftily , In this Crafte, that men cannot come thereby, For any witte that men have nowe adayes, They may well chattre and jangle as doth the Jayes : And in her termes (ett her lufte and payne, But to her purpofe /hall they never attaine5 A man may lightly lerne if he have ought, To Multiply and bring his good to nought: Lo fuch a Lucre is inthis lufty game, A mans myrthe it wol turns all to grame : And emptier* alfo greate andhevy purfes,
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And raaken folke to purchafe curfes : Of hem that han alfoc her good ylcnt. O fye for ftiame, they that han be brente i Alas cannot they fly the fyres hete, Ye that it ufen, I rede that ye it lete : Left ye-lefen al, for bet then never is late, Never to thryve were to long a date, Though that ye prolle aye ye fhallit never fynde, Y e ben as bold as is Bayarde the bly nde ; That blondereth forth?and periil cafteth none^ He is as boldexo mime agenft a ftbne. As for to gobefyde inthcwayv So farenye thataniiltiplyen I fay If that your Eyen can ]not fene aright, Loketh that your My ndc lacke not his fight ; For though ye lokc never foe brode and ftare, Ye fliall not wynne a myte in that chaffarc : But wafte all that ye may repe and rerme, Withdrawe thefyrcleaft it to faft brennfc: Medleth with that Arte noe more I mencf For yf ye done your thrifte is gone full cleane. And right as fwythe I^oll youtelferi here, What that the Pbjkfapkirs faynelftthismattere.
Lo thus faith Arnoldeot the newe tCunc, As his Rofarye maketh mencioune: He (%ytk right thus, withouten any lye, There may noe; man Mercury mortif ye % But if it be with his brothers knowlegyng- Lohow that he which firflefayd this thyng Of Phylofophers father was,Hermes.
He faythe how that.the Dragon doutleflfe Ne dycth not> but if he be flayne With his brother ; and this is for to fayne p
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By the Dragon Mercurye and none other, He underftood that Brimftone was his brother. That out of Sal and Luna wereydrawc, And therefore fayd he, take heed to my fawc. Let no man befye him this Arte for to feche, But he that the Entention and fpeche Of Phybfiphen underftonde can, And if he do he is a leud man.- For this Science, and this connyng fquod he) Is of the Secre, of the Sccres parde.
Alfoe there was a Difciple oiPlato^ That on atyme fayd hisMaifterto: As his booke Senior wol bere wytneffe, And this was his demaundeJn fothfaftnefle. Tell me the name of thr privy Stoned
And Plato anfwered unto nim anone, Take the Stone that Tytanos men name.
Which is that (quod hp t) Magnatia is the fame, Said Plato : ye Sir, and is it thus * This is ignotum per > ignotius :
What is Magnatia\good Sir I you pray f It is a Water that is made I fay Of Elements foure (quod Plato)
Tell me the Rocke good SirYquod fictho) Of that Water, if it be your wyll.
Nay nay (quod Plato) ccrtayne that I nyll, The Philosophers were y fworne echone, That they fhulde difcover it unto none 5 Ne in no Boke it write in no mancre* For unto Chrifi it is fo lefe and dere , That he wol not that it difcovered be* But where it liketh to his deite 5 Man to enfpy re and ekefor to defends
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Then conclude I thus, fens the God of heaven, Ne wyl not that the Pbylof&phers neraen: Howe that a Man fhall come unto this Stone, I rede as for the beft,lett itt gone$ For who fo maketh God his adverfary, As for to wcrche any thing in contrary : Unto his will, certes never fhall he thrive * Though that he Mulriplye terme of his live, And there a poynte .• -for ended is my Talc, God fend every true maxiBoutfhisbak*
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Ot yet full fieping,nor yet full waking, Butbetweene twayne lying in a trauncc; Halfe clofedmine Eyne in my (lumbering, Like a Ma rapt of all cheer & countenance; By a manner of weninge & Remembrance Towards Aurora, ere Vheebus uprofe, I dreamed one came to me to doe me plcafaunce That brought me a Boke with feaven fcales clofe.
2. Following upon I hada wonderfull dreame, As femed unto my inward thought, Thcfaceofhimfhoncas the Sun-beame: Which unto me thys hevenly Boke brought, Of fo greate Riches that yt may not be bought. In order fet by Dame Philofofhie, TheCapitall and the flowrifhing wrought By a wife Prince called Theokgie.
3. Thys Boke was written with letters aureae. Perpetually to be put in memory , And to Apollo the Chapters confecrate, And to the feaven Gods in the hevenly Confiftory * . And m Mercuries Me Oratory, Groweth all the fruite in breefe of thys Science, Who can exprefle hem and have of hem Vi&ory , May clay me the tryumphof his Mineral! prudence.
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4. Of this matter above betweenc Starrs feavcn, By Gods and Goddeffes all of one affent^ Was fent Caducifer to Erth downe form Heaven .* Saturms as Bedell by great advifement ; For to fummon a generall Parliament, By concord of all both old and younge of age. To fay in Breife theirCouncell moft prudent : For Common profit to knitt up a Marriage.
5.Betweenetwaine Borne of the Imperiall blood, And defcended from lupiters line, Of their Natures moft pure and moft good 5- Wythowte infeccion their feede is moft divine : That noe Eclips may let them for to fhine. So that Mercury doth ftint all debate, And reftraine their Gourageby meaknes them incline 5 That of frovvardnes they be not indurate.
6. For the Stinne that fitteth fo heigh a loft,
His golden dcw-droppesfhall cleerely raigne downe,.
Bythe:meane of CMercury that moven fifft madefoft:
Then there fchalbe a glad Conjunccion,
Whan there is made a Seperacion :
And their two Spermes by Marriage are made one 5
Andthefaid Mercury by devifion,
Hath taken his flight and from both is gone.
7. Thefebe the mo Mercuries cheife of Philofophers, Revived againe with the Spirit of lyfe,
Richer then Rubies or Pearles ihut in Cofeurs5
Wafhed and Baptized in waters vegitative,
The body diffevered with heate nutrative :
By moderate moyfturc of Putrefaccion$
So that there is no excefle nor no ftrife
Of the foure Elements ia their Gonjuncciona
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8# Thegraine of Wheate which on the ground doth But it be dead it may not fru&ifie, (fall,
Ifit be hole the vertuc doth appayle-, 'And in no wife it may not Multiply e, The incrcafc doth begin whan it doth Putref?e5 O f good Grafts commeth Fr uites of good laftage 3 Of Crabs Verjuyce, ofAfh is made Lye3 Of good Grapes followed) a good Vintage.
q. Who foweth good Seede repech good againe. Of Cockles fowne there can grow no good Whea For asfuch a Ploughman traveled} in vaine, ToFiuitefull Land Cockle is not meete; Gall is ever bitter, Honey is ever fweete. Of all things contrary is fals Connections, Let Male and Female together ever.meete 5 But both be clenfcd of their Complexions.
10. A Man of Nature ingendereth but a Man, And every Beaft ingervdereth his femblable^ And as Philofophers rchearfc well can,
Diana, and Venus in marriage be notable, A Horfe with a Swine joyneth not in a ftable, For where is made unkindly geniture , What followeth but things abominable ? Which is to fay Monfirum in Nature.
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11. All this I findc in the faid Boke, Brought to me when 1 lay a fleepe 5 And of one thing good heede I toke 5
The Wolf in kinde is Enemy to the Sheepe. TheRofe full divers to the wild Neepe: For things joyned that be contrary-, Dame Nature complayning doth fit and weepe : For falce receipts found in her Library.
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12. And there it was fo pitioufly complained, That men To err by falfe Opinions That be fo farr from truth away reftrained, Like as they had loft wholly their Reafons , Not confidering in their discretions •, , What mifcheife followeth as is oft feene. By thefe falfe froward Conneccions : As doth leapers with folkes that byne cleane.
1 3.Notwithftanding he that is fate fo high in heaven, Crown'd with a Crowne of bright (tones cleere, Borne there to raine as cheife chofen of feaven : Equall with Vhcebu* fhone in the fame fpferc, Without difference as Clerkes to us leare, Sate there moft royallin his diadem : Very Celeftiall and Angelike of chcare 5 And in all vertue like as he did feeme.
14. And in that Boke I found well by writing, Like as the procefTe made mention :
How that there was once a mighty rich King,
Gleane of nature and of Complexion :
Voyde of deformity from head foe forthe downe,
Which for his beauty as it is fpecificd.
And for his clcanes moft foverayne of renownc r
Was among Planets in heaven ftellefyed.
15. Certaine Brethren I found he had in Numbeiy And of one Mother they were borne every each one : But a Sicknesdid them fore cumber.
That none was whole on his feetc to gone, Hoarfe of language, cleere voice had they none: For with a fcabb that was contagious, They were infected, hole was their none $ For ever exiled becaufe they were Leaprous.
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\6> The faid King rofeup in his Royallfcc, Seeing this mifcheife caft his Eye dowrte,. And of his mercy, and f raternall pittye, Surprized in heart, full of Compaffion : And began to complaine of their Infeccion, Alas quoth he how came this adventure, Under what froward or falfe Conftclacion $ Or in what howre had yee your ingendurc.
17. But fithence this mifcheife ys to you befall. There is nothing which were more expedient, Then to chufc one outamongft us all, Without fpott all cleere of his intent ,
For you to dye by his owne ^flent. To favc the people from their Damnation*. And with his blood ere you be fully fhent,. To make of his mercy your remiffion.
1 8. The which Liquor moft wholefome is and good, Againft leprous humors and falfe infeccions, When from a veyne taken is the blood 5 Cleanfing each parte from all corruptions,
The Originall taken from generations: Which is defcended downe from ftock royalty Nounihed with Milke of pure complexion h With menftrous which are not fuperficiall.
1.9. But when the Brethren of this worthy King Heard the Language , they fell in full great dread, Full fore weeping and faid in Complayning That none of them was able to bleede, Bccaufc j:heir blood was infectious indeede, And of corrupt blood made is noe Sacrifice,, Wherefore alas there is noe way to fpeede , That we can finde, to helpe us in any wife,.
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20. Of our Birth and of our Original^ Cleerely and truly to make mcncion 5 Excufe is there none in parte nor in all 5 In fin was firft our concepcion .•
Our bringing forth and generation, Fulfilled was in forrowe and wickedncfle, And our Mother in a fhort conclufion With Corrupt milke us foftred in diftrcflfe,
21. For who may make that feede to be cleanc That firft was conceived in uncleanes,
For cancred ruft may never I meane, By noe crafte (hew forth parfeft brightnes : Now let us all at once our Courfe addres •,. And goe unto our Mother to aske by and by, The finall caufe of our Corrupt ficknes5 That fhe declare unto us the Caufe and why,
22. The faid Children uprofe in a fury Of wofull rage, and went by one aflent Unto their Mother that called was Mercury 1 Requiring her by greate advifement, Before her Goddejfes being every one prefent. To tell them truly and in noe parte to faine, Why their nature was corrupt and fhent -,
That caufed them evermore to weepe and complaint.
23. To whome the Mother full bright of face and hew, Gave this anfwer remembred in Scripture, Firft when I was wedded a new , I conceived by proffes of true Nature .• A Child of feede that was rnoft cleanc and pure , Undefiled, rnoft orient, faire and brighr, Of all the P L A NETS cheife of ingendure .- Which now in Heaven giveth fo clcere alight.
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24. Whofe Complexion is moft temperate, In heate and cold and in humidity.
In Erth alfo that there is noe debate, Nor noe repugnaunce by noe quallity: Nor none occafion of none infirmity , -That among them there may be nonedifcord, So well proportioned every- each in his degree, Each hower and fpace they be of fo true accord**
25. Whofe Nature is fo imperiall,
That fire fo burning doth him noe diftreffe :. His royall kinde is fo celeftiall , Of Corruption he taketh no fickneffe; Fire, Water, Air, nor Erth with his drines, Neither of them may alter his Complexion, He fixeth Spirits through his high noblenes5 Saveth infecfted bodyes from their Corrupcion,
26. His Heavenly helth death may not aflayle, Hedreadeth noe venome,norneedeth no treacle* Winde Tempeft ne Wether againft him may prevaile,. Soe high in Heaven is his Tabernacle,
In Erth he worketh many a miracle : He curech Lepers and fetcheth home Fugitive,, And to gouty Eynegiveth acleere Spectacle: Them to goe that lame were all their lief,,
27. He is my Son and I his Mother deare, By me conceived truly in Marriage;
As touching your Birth the ficknes doth appeare^ Of Menftruous'blood brought forth in tender age3 Your Leprie is fliewed in Body and in Vifage, To make your hole Medicine is no other
I Drinke, nor potion to your advantage j,;
j^ut the pure blood of him that is your dears Brother.
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2?. A good Shephard muft dye for his Sheepe, Without grudging to fpeake in words plaine, And fcmblable take hereof good keepea Your Brother muft dye and newe be borne againe. Though he be old, be hereof well certaine j To youth againe he muft be renewd, Antf fuffer paffion or elfe all were vainc, Then rifing againe right frefii and well hewd,
29. Old es£fcn was made young by Medea, With her drinks and with her potions,
See rnuft your Brother of pure Velum* Dye and be youn^ through his operation, And that through fubtile natures Confections, By whofe death plainely to expreffe 5 Yce ftialbe purged from ail infeccions : And your foulc leaprie changed to cleanes.
30. With the faid words the King began to abrayd The tale advening that 'flic had tould,
How might a Man by nature thus he faid Be borne againe, namely when he ys old t Then faid hys Mother by reafon manifold: But if the Gofpell thus doth meane.> * In Water and Spirit be renovate hott and cold, / That he (hall -never plainely come into Heaven.
31. The King was.trifty and heavy of checre3 Upon his Knees meekely kneeled downe, Prayed his Father in full low manner,
To tranflate the Challice of hys palfion, I But for he. thought the redempcion * Of his brethren, might not be fulfilled, i Without his death nor their Salvation •
For them to fuffer he was right willed.
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32. And for toaccompliflb hys purpofc in fentence, By cleere example who (0 looketh right. Heavy things from their Circumferance , Mull up affend and after be made light, £nd things light ready to the flight Muft defcend to the Center downe, By interchaunging of natures might , As they be moved by meane of Revolucion.
33. Soe as Iupiter in a Cloud of Gold, Chaungcd himfelfe by transform acion, And defcended from hys hevenly hold Like a Golden dewe unto Banae downe, And (he conceived as made is mencion , By influence of hys power divine 5
Right fo fliall Phcebu* right foveraigne of renowne To be conceived of his Golden raine decline.
34. And to comfort hys Brethren that were full dull. The Sun hath chofen without warr or ftrife,
The bright 'Mwne when fhe was at the full,
To be his Mother firft, and after hys wedded wife %
In tyme of Vcr the feafon vegetative,
In Arm when Titan doth appeare,
Infpired by grace with the Spirit of lyfe,