Section 40

And having found the true OriginaU and Caufe of Vifeafes, then further to fearch after a proper remedyj for all Vifeafes are no: cured by one fort of Pbyfek f^ave tnat wmch is&&tberiatt and Incorpor call) And therefore according to the Doctrine of (n) Taracelfus, fuch as are bred from £o light a caufe as the impure Seeds of Vegitables, viz. Meatc , Vm\e, Fruits, Herbcs,znd the like Elementary things, may be very eafily cured with the Secrets of Hearbes,Kootsy and fuch like mild and tender Medicines, oi which fort Gdlenicali Pbyfic\is more plentifully furniflied then any of the reft. Thofe that are produced from the more rude and knotteer Qualities oiMineralls, and what is caft within the CompafTe of that Tribe, the Cbemicall Pbifitian muft expell by the power and force of his metalline Sulphurs, &c. Vegitablcs being (in this Cafe; too v/eake to Mafler and T>iffolve their tenacious and coagulated Spirits: Thofe which are derived from the Influences o$ Heaven, mu&bt removed by Plants 3&c, Ma- gically gathered and prepared,or by Sigills3 &c. framed or made under futable Portions and Afpefts of the T lancis,and impregnated with the rayes otCelefti- all Venues, for without opening the Bodyes, Infufing fuperiour influences', and (by an additional Artifice) fixing them to the faid Bodies-, their own ordinary venue (be Elections never fo propitious) hath not ftrength enough to conquer Z)i (cafes of that Nature: andfeverallofthefe choice Secrets (of Nature and Art united) I my felfe have prepared, made and Experimentally verified. Final- ly, where Vifeafes happen by Supernatural meanes, as by Inchanments, &c. none of the other three are able to remedy the fame, fave onely SMagicall and Superceleflia.ll meanes, by and through the Vermes of particular Intelligences, Or the Red Medicine wrought up to the higheft degree of Terfeftion. Andia fuch cafes the Hermetique Philofopher muft apppeare, who
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€i)tsl>e!etf> $mw3mt> prolonged i^fecfee.
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Therefore let all men ceafe to wonder why fo many Vifeafcs feeme incurable, when many times being SupernsHtrall we judge them Naturall, and the true Caufts unknowne, no futable M edicamen is adminiftred. ' *
And whereas I havetoucht upon Sigills, I thinke it will not be remote from this iifcmrftyiil give a little fatisfa&ion to my Reader therein ; Though pr- tnpsit may be efteemed as a thing of too daring a Nature for my Pt?i Nor am I ignorant how fome, moft learned Men, have excremly fuffered under the heavy and Iharp Load of unworthy and raih Calumny, for manifefting or de- fending this Voclrine 5 but it hath only beene (fuch is their Glory )by tbofe that could never fufneiently Anfwer their ^Arguments. ?) $ee & Mofes,
The framing oiSigills, Lamels, Talefmes (for all depend upon one Radix) h* &uftor dubi- i$ a piece of Learning as (/>) Ancient as the Babilonian^ and Caldean Magi,ornm' (who fit ft found out the Secret power of Figures) a chiefe part of their Magicfa Andpractifedbythe greateft Tbilofophers in the Eafterne World; Where re- maineto this day, (as evident Teftimonies of their firft Invention) very many and ancient Talefmes, the miraculous effects whereof were admired and ap- proved throughout all &£giptznd Perfia: although (I confeiiej their Nime and life be yet fcarce knovvne in thefe parts of the World ', Or if, onely to fuch whoie Wifdome thinkes fit to conceale and preferYe the \qtumkdg thereof, from the hands of the fenflene and profane.
Among all other Thilofopbers ("famous for this kiade of knowledg) Apoh- ?icK*Tyana StupcndiofCi : Who though the Envious and Ungratefull Worlds has throwne pag. 3 6. fome dirt upon him, to b!emi(h the Tnnocency of his Operations, yet he never X
deferved other then well 5 all He did being for the (r)good thereof, and not VMayerusSym. for hurtle was no lefle a Pious then Illuflrious Pbtlofopb^r, Hi whole Life be- AurMenfaag. ingftiict and vertuous, andhis Death not blafted with any fcandalous Exit. Iz7' And for a juftification of his Tnwc#,take this Teftimony of Jw/fa'«s»,who,faith (s) that he was a Man skillfull in the " Diffent and fynfent of all nnurall Po- s)Inqueft. ai " (which were only Naturall and not Miraculous:) For which purpofe, he « made choyce of fuch fit Subjects, as might conduce to the perfection of w what he intended to Effect : And indeed God did not withftand thofe « Worses of his, in regard they were done by the knowledg of Naturall things, « for the ufe and benefit of Man.
What I have further to fay, fliall onely be tafliew what Naturall powers. Si- gills, &c. graved or lmprejl wich proper Characters 3nd Figures, and made an* dercertaine peculiar Ccnftellatiotis may have. Albuma\ar,2ahel, Holy, Alba- tegnus, and divers other Arabians, give us feverall examples of fuch as have
what Admirable effects
been cured of the biting of Serpents, Scorpions, Mad dogs, &c. by Talifmaticall . r Figures : And in other Authors we meete with a world of (t) Stories which tell /lu6^'^' ~ ts they have wrought being rightly prepared, f which £ (??' r mould I here mention, would fwell beyond the limits of my Vifcourfe) But GaJJ'Cur0l' thispsece of Art is of extreme difficulty, and not to be performed by every one that takes it in hand.
AsfortheufeoffuchCfordfferj, Letters, Words, Figures, &c. Formed or Infculped upon any Matter we make ufe ofa we are led to it by the prefident u)See Crolius of Wamrc, who Stwpes moft notable and marveiow&F/^rej upon (u) PUnts, de fignat.inter,
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Rootes, Seeds, Fruit?, nay even upon rude Stones , Flints, and other inferior 'Bodies.
Nor are thefe remarkable Signatures made and defcribed by Chaunce, (for there is a certame Providence which leades on all things to their end, and which makes nothing but to fomepurpofe,; but are the CbaraRcrt and Figures of thofe Starrs, by whom they are principally governed, and with thefe particular Stamps , have alfo peculiar and different venues beftowed upon them. What Artifls therefore doe in point of Character, is onely to purfue the Track, that is beaten out by Nature 5 And by how much the more the Matter whereupon fuch Imprefions are made, is futable to the Qualities of thofe Starrs whofeCfor4ff will be to receive thofe venues that (hall impowericto produce an Effeft, in things whereunto it's applyed.
Nevertheleffe, this is not all, for this Body mutt have as it were a Soule in- fufed, and be Impregnated with aCeleHiall vitality, or elfe it remaines Inejjeftu- allandVead. In which refped other meanes muft be found out before we can obtaine that Effect. And therefore we are to Confider, that the Soule of the World is not confined, nor the Celejiiall Influences limited, but doe indif- ferently emit and communicate their Venues alike,as well to things Artificially made, as to thofe that are Naturally generated^hough fometimes they are more, at othertimes lefle vigorous and powerfullaaccording to the different Afreets under which they are wrought : In which regard a fit Election muft be built up from the foundation otAfirologic, futable to the Nature of the Operation pro- pofed, which being effeded, and the Stars finding a figure aptly difpofed for receiving them, they forthwith Imprefe their vertuc, which they retaining doe afterwards operate in that they finde to befemblable- And this is not ftrange i{ we refled upon the Vulgar experiments of the Loadejione, who communi- cating its vertue to a peece of Iron (a thing made fit by Nature to attrad and reteine) that P/a* thereby becomes of ftrength to communicate this vertue to a third. But if we fhould confider the Operations o£ this Magnet throughly fwhich oroceeds onely from a Naturall Vrinciple) there is no other My fiery Ce- leftiallyElemtntaUw Earthly, which can be too hard, for our "Belief e.
Moreover,thefe CeleUiall venues and peculiar Gifts are not infufed into Ifr- dividuaU and particular things, by the Idea, and by meanes of the Soule of the World alone, But alfo are invited thither, through the Obedientiality of their Matter, and a certaine aptitude and likeneffe that thefe Inferiom beare to their Superiours 5 which being once taken in, they thereupon contrad and re- teine (befides fuch as they receive from their owne Species) thofe naturall Venues and Roots of the Starrs, wherewith they fufcitate and ftir up the Influ- ences of the Celefliall Bodies 5 who are (as, it were by compad when United) Obliged to Operate in and for that purpofe, which trie Artift appoints them. And more efpeciallyiftheMiwfe of the Operator be vehemently inclined to- wards the fame. For that through the ftrength and Efficacy of the Imagination and Vafiion, (being ferioufly intent upon any Operation) is joyned with the Hinde -of the Starrs and Intelligences, and as fodainly fitted with Vertues, as if it were the proper Receptacle of their Influences, and confequently -helpes more efTedually to infufe their Vertues into our Worse's : And the reafon is; becaufc there is m apprcbwfim and power of all things in the Mnde: Whereupon all things
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havings naturail Obtdknce to it,bave alio of neceffity an Efficacy j and more to that which defires them, with a ftrong and intent Defirc.
Notwithstanding, all thefe Wonders are not wrought but by the Coopera- tion otfecond Qau[es dilpofiing of the Cotporall Matter, god ('the firft caute of all things) having varioufly distributed thefe venues to every one as he plea- feth, who by his Command and appointment are neceffitated to produce their Effcfts.) Which Matter (by reafon of its Purity or Inequality may caufe the Celcftiall venues to erre in their Aft togs, (for certainly Influences maybe hindred, and prove ineffectual! through the indifpofition or inefficiency of the Matter.) And therefore it is no ordinary Speculation to awaken t he fleeping Spirit which lyes bound up in the ftraight Prifon of the Body, to invite and allure that propitious Spirit to defcend from Heaven, and unite it feife with that which is Internally and there withall to convey a Vinculum thereinto, that is of power to hold faft and fix the Qtkftiall Inflncncs, from uecoyling back in- to their united Centers.
This is the Series and Order of Nature conjoyn'd with Art : and this, and all this muft be effe&ed,before one ttueMagicall Operation can be performed.
Fag- r iH. tibct jjatrts £>aptentte.
T Hough I cannot yet fatisfie the Reader who was the Autbour hereof, and therefore muft Regiftcr it,(together with the i^mtietS Cale) amongft the Anonymi : vet I can aflure him He gives ex- ceeding good advice to the Student in this Science, where he bids him be Secret in the Carriage on of his Studies and Operations, and not to let any one know of his Undertakings, but his good Angel and Himjelfe s and fuch a clofe and retyped Br eft had Norton's Mafter, who
w; m&etisajhn Utpnm of Coiouto cf tfce ISofe, w) Ordip.p.zv
^efc>c»i&notfpea&e bat fceepe ^tmfcifefaU clofe.
Priiw/ will (queftionlefle) prove an unimaginable benefit to him, whereas on the contrary Apertnejfe expofeth a true Pbilofopber to a multitude of Misfor- tunes. Witnege Sir ,E4. Kelley, whofe immoderate Ambition of fpreadin* his Name, lifted him up even to a Madiieffe of p«%Me Carriage-, which not°cor- reainginTime,hemoftmiferably/«//, through thefatall Virtego of impru- dent Glery, To fuch therefore I (hall only adde flfowraw Councell which may prove of no litle advantage if they remember ic.
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THc Figure cut in Er^e and placed in Vage aio. is an Hierogliphicall device o(Cnmer fomtime ^fo* of Weftminfter, and ftftrifer (in this Sci- me) to%?n^rft#,wbichhecaufed to be painted upoaan ^;*M WJ
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hi Weftminjlcf tAbbey, where now the Statues of our lyings and J^uccm are fet in their refpeclive Habits.
I met with k Limned in a very Ancim Mahufcript, before the old Vcrfes that vJftft>a
* ' ' bearesthe Tycleofi&erttte0 115 lift. In it is conteyn'd the Grand MijUrits of
.the Pbilefopbers Stone, and not move Pcpifo or Superftitioui then FlameW% Hieroglipbht{s povmid upon antAnb'm St. Innocents Church-yard in TarU', Notwithftandingithaspleafed fdme, to warn the Original! over with a T to- urer's whited Brufh. As alfo (of late) to breake in Pieces the Cjfajfe Windoiv behfnde the Pulpit in St. Margarets Church at Weftminfter, wherein was faircly Painted (but unhappily miftaken for a r£opifh Story) rhe whole Proafje of the Wor\e, in this manner.
The Window is divided into three Partsi In the Outermoft. wbereof.upon the right hand was drawne a Man holding a Boy in his hand , and a Woman with a Gir/e in hers, all ftanding in upright, na^edpoflures, upon a grcene foliate earth: Thefttoand Woman had Fetters, wherewith their Pen feemed to be thawed, to the ground, which Fetters were prefenttd as falling from off their - Legs, Over the beads of thek pcrfons were the 57* land Mootfe placed/and paiR- ted of a fad darke red Colour.
Within the Left fide of the. Window was a Beautifull T&wg w4«, clad in a Garment oivanom Colours, bearing a Ydlow CroJZc upon his Shoulders, his Body.Encircled with aS/gfo Glory, which fent forth Beames of divers Colours, He ftcod upon an Earth intimating Qculm Vifcium.
At the Facte- of the Midle Part of the Window was a faire largo Red Rt?/e full fpread, which iifued Rayes upward, and in the Middle anexeedmg bright Yellow Glory. Above the Rvfe was the Figure of a Mm rifing with Beames of Light fpread about his Head (fomwhac like the Poilure ufed to expreile Cbrift*'$ riftng from his' Sep- 1 bre) He had a Garment of a Reddi/b Colour, deepned with Red and heighmed with Yellow ; !n his left fta/, a Jfto Sme, which he held towards the Perfons arifing in that pa: tof the Window on the R/gfc* HawJj and in his Ri^bt Hand he held forth a Red Stone towards Him, whole Garments was of variovA Colours.
In the upperrrtoft part of this Window over the Figures was Tranfverfely written as followeth:
In the firft partof the Left Han J, ®mnc& gcRteg aDeptt planfcite ci«ta ootHWtaSfratet: fcefcer. AT th* 1 $irthe Af/VMte Part.
^jm tnisf lace ^ at mjttenSfptr^amfa!im,ecce no&a facta sm«ta cefum $ /V) t • ., ' tu probable fc tfac rjw
fu Ted is $ act0* qtia(I ttnU0 ** ' ' ' W ' ' ' ' ' m&li* tiU
urram. Under thefe Figures in the Left fide oixhz Window were the Stawels and the
Martyns Coates of >4rwej quartered ', And at the bottome of the Right fide
* Elements of thereof, was this CoateotsArms placed, (w'tO^g^ Armor.p,^$. Jw/er, 6? Pa* ; which for the rareneffe of Bearing I thought fit to Blazon, and
withail (becaufe upon very diligent fearch among the Records of Englifb Coats oiArmes it is not to be found ) in hope it may come to the view of fuch, who C'ifnQE at home) may from abroad produce the 2te4rer,and confequeotly bring
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to light the Terjoit that defign'd thefe Hiengliphhk*> and cAiijfed them thus to be Painted, f
Pag.-* 13. i&ermMfH&fri).
WHich ?/>« (as 'tis thought,) was written Originally by Raymund Lully (or at leaft made Englifl) by the afore mentioned Cremer) and that upon this Occafion,
Cremer tra veiling into Iwtfjf fell into the acquaintance of Ltttfv, and fo ex- ceedingly wrought upon him by his perfwafions that he {a) brought him over into England, where within ttvoyeares (but after thirty yeares erronious ment» Experiments) he obtcyned the Secret from him. And afterwards bringing Cremcri.] Lully to the fight and knowledge of Edward the third, upon fome deepe Ingage- mens and ''Promifes that the Jtfng entred into to profecute a VVarre agtinfl the Turves in per [on, to beftow fomwhat on the Houfc of God, but nothing in Pride or Warring againft Cbriftians,) he was content permt/SioneVivina Regem fuaArte divitemfacere. Which when the T{ing had obtained, he brake his Promife,tm- ned his Vefignc agaiaR France (the firft Expedition being {b) Anno 1337.) £) Stow. Ann. and finding that Lully (after he had feeae him violate his faith in deftroying/o. 234. C^rz/tojinfteadof Mahumetans) vdakd to further his Ambition with new fupply of Gold, He clapt him up in the Tower 3whcre he lay a long time, and fee- ing no poffibility ofRetetf/^begun to fiudy his Free-demand to'that end made himfeife a Leaper, by which meanes he gained more Liberty, and at length an Advantage of efcaping into France, where in all probability he pen'dthis Tiecc.
The whole Wor\\s Parabtlicall^ndAUufive; yet truly PbilofopbicaU : and the Bird (that intitlcsit) the Mercury of thePhilofopkers^whoCe. venues and properties are therein largely defcribed,) By the word Chorle, iwneant the Covetous and Ignorant Artift, the Garden is the re/JcU or gia/fc, and the Hedge the Furnace. :/
Pag.233. C^eCale of t^c Cijanoa's Yeoman.
ONeReafonwhylfeleded out of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, that of the Cbanotfs Teomanw zs,toktthe World fee what notorious CW/V there has beene ever ufed, under pretence of this true (though Injur'd) Science} Another is, to (hew that Chaucer himfeife was a Maftcr therein.
For, in this Tale Chaucer fets forth the deceipts in Alchimy to the life, and no- tably declaimes againft all fuch villanous Pretenders, who being wholly iono-' rant of Artt have notv/ithftanding learnt the Cunning, to abufe the World; And this paines he rooke (as himfeife profefleth; meerly
c) €0 tl)t intent t%at mm ttiaie betoarc tfttreim, gchMTtm
3L80 fo? no ot^er cattfe trai£. '