Chapter 230
Book ill. the Temple o^mfdome. ti^
. pf the Kfl/ze Cmcian Jnfallihle A^omata^ lib, 3 /«rhich are Verveiii^ ViiJy '(^wpfoily and K averts and llayts hl(wd put into the Skjn of a Snakfl do much conduce*; For we read of fbme that have been drowned in Water ^ others caft into the firCj and pur upon, the fire, others flain in wars, others otherwife died 5. and after a few days were alive again , as ^liny tefti*'
fies. - - ^
We read of -^rf W King of England^ being dead^ was raifed to life again, and now liveth among the Fair/s : And there is (iich another tale of Huon of Bur*i deuxy and of AppoUonlus the Tyanean 5 and of another man that was dead, whom they fay , beyond all ex- perience, the P by fnians coming to fee it , the -Her^ Dra^o?2-K>ort rcftored tolife^ fomefay , he revived by .putting Aurum ptabile and hony into his body, ;
In the laft face of the deceitfuUeft Sign in the VVprld,
when Mars is in Taurus^ S'cor^ii? afcends ,theii)rm of
a Man kneeling , and he muft be engraven in Iron yin the
d^y and hour of M^rj, to do good, make Mars fortunate.
Then inftandy (they fay) will defcend a Spirh that
fpeaketh of Mirth ^ Luft^ Love^ and caufetli the Love of
Women : if it be well made, it keepeth-the Body Tauthfnl
and Crafty in good Health, «,
.. They make Fignres in e/cfi'e^i[?^rj and J^jjfpr their
feveral operations, as to h^we long life for happinefjr^ for
healthy for yoptthy for love^ hatred^ for ble0dnefs, for
Wifdomey for content of mind : times obferved, ^oil
jnay work ' Miratips, if you .ptafticie what is here $S|)6-
'^ rienced, ^nd all Wifemen have {o,un4-K Trvit;h, jh^.t-thc
' firft moment moves.not tlul1gs'be)ow onely-jbiitJn Hta*
' ven^^nd the difppfitions o£StJrs^ ind FlaneUMd Jdndels
'aifo. ' •'^-'■^"^^' ;^i j.*ihe-i:):...
^ But 'rtt6xt df thefe in our ^^pa^^iijiin^^ - ' where 1 intend iotnake all' plain, and eafiet6teeit)e- !2^ ' Mmm 2 rienccd^
1 64 ^ rfc^ Temple ofwifdome. Book lit.
ricnced , that every man hath a threefold good Genm^ and how we may come to fpeak with them, and by the aid 6it\\cC}mms we may avoid the Rialignity of fate, fck^efi^ dangers^ and oftentimes death ; as you (hall read in our next days Journey to the Spirit of the Sun,
G HAP. XXIV.
Of the fixth JStame of Cod £loha : A/^d of the jixth Sephiroih, a/^d their power and gift $y which are received in order in a Figure: AndhotPof^QV- chid the Spirity and of his power y and how he cu- reth difeafes i and of what natural Rulers he teach- eth : The caufe of Wifdome and Folly : AnA how Beafis may put on manlike Nature: Bow to make aFoolaiPtfeman: Of the degrees of Nature ^ that man may he amended and made perjeB in ten Off- fprings: The caufe of the Leprofie^ and other natu-
^ rat difeafes : That the world is governed by Angels -i and of what Angels go-vern the worlds their names^and how long they Rule in the Figures of Geo- mancy.
NOw one of the ten names of God^ which blcfles our workj and which Rules the ten Sephiroths^ if called E/o(&^3 and is the fixth from the Afcendent, joyn- edmihVaudabat y his Stphiroth is Tepherath^vi\i\chi% the fixth in order^ that fignifieth the Tree of Life, and Apparclj Beauty, Glory, Plearfure ; and hath influence cbrough the order of Virtues. They call Malathim^
that
