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15 Mar. - Daybook Entries. Records travel, court patronage, household family, angelic spiritual, alchemy experiment: Thursday, hora 174 a meridie.

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Records travel, court patronage, household family, angelic spiritual, alchemy experiment: Thursday, hora 174 a meridie. After E.T. his calling into the Stone, appeared a tall man with a sceptre (very great) of gold, glittering, his body all red: and out of his head did shoot out beams oflight, like the sunbeams. Then he seemed to take from his...

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WELCOME TO THE GOOD CREATURE, 1582

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travel,court_patronage,household_family,angelic_spiritual,alchemy_experiment

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Thursday, hora 174 a meridie. After E.T. his calling into the Stone, appeared a tall man with a sceptre (very great) of gold, glittering, his body all red: and out of his head did shoot out beams oflight, like the sunbeams. Then he seemed to take from his head little bright sparks, like little candles' ends, and to stick them about the chair: and he went round about the chair: and then he spake as followeth: 'I am mighty, and working wonders: 1 am SALAMIAN.9 1 rule in the heavens, and bear sway upon earth in his name, who be blessed for ever.' Then appeared a big flame of fire by him in the air. SALAMIAN: 'Thou knowest not, or thou wilt not know, that Mammon with his servants are present about thee.' d: 'For my part, I feel neither in body, nor soul, any token of his presence or working.' Thereupon he caused the whole chamber (which we were in) to appear very plainly in the Stone: and so there showed a great company of wicked spirits to be in the chamber: and among them one most horrible and grisely thretting and approaching to our heads, and scorning and gnashing at us. Then he willed me very eagerly to drive them away, and 1 prayed fervently. And there seemed one to come into the Stone, which had very long arms: and he drove them away courageously. After that presently came one into the Stone, all white. Salamian reached this white one a cup. The white man held up the cup and said: 'I am called Medicina Dei.' Then came in another, and sat down in the chair: and he said as followeth: 'I am Fortitudo Dei. Search for wisdom and learning, and the Lord will deliver it unto yoU.' IO Then they in the Stone used talk together, but not well to be discerned of the ear of E.T At length Fortitudo Dei talked very much and speedily to E.T. and disclosed unto him (which he expressed not to me at the Stone but afterward) all the manner of the practice and circumstance about the Action intended, with the gold lamin, the ring, the seals &c. And after 1 had spoken somewhat, in requesting him to show me the manner how 1 should artificially prepare everything spoken of, he said: 'Use patience.' 1 stood silent a good while. FORTITUDO DEI: 'What wilt thou?': 'I did attend what you would say.' FORTITUDO DEI: 'I have said.': 'I have been long at this time in my dealing with you. 1 trust 1 do not offend you therewith. But, for my part, 1 could find in my heart to continue whole days and nights in this manner of doing: even till my body should be ready to sink down for weariness, before 1 would give over. But 1 fear I have caused weariness to my friend here.' FORTITUDO DEI: 'In virtue is no weariness.' Now he stood up out of his chair: and he, and they all, jointly blessed us, stretching their hands toward us, crossingly. And so they went away. The table and the chair remained. And the glittering sparkles, or drops of streaming little lights, were off the chair immediately.

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Thursday, hora 174 a meridie. After E.T. his calling into the Stone, appeared a tall man with a sceptre (very great) of gold, glittering, his body all red: and out of his head did shoot out beams oflight, like the sunbeams. Then he seemed to take from his head little bright sparks, like little candles' ends, and to stick them about the chair: and he went round about the chair: and then he spake as followeth: 'I am mighty, and working wonders: 1 am SALAMIAN.9 1 rule in the heavens, and bear sway upon earth in his name, who be blessed for ever.' Then appeared a big flame of fire by him in the air. SALAMIAN: 'Thou knowest not, or thou wilt not know, that Mammon with his servants are present about thee.' d: 'For my part, I feel neither in body, nor soul, any token of his presence or working.' Thereupon he caused the whole chamber (which we were in) to appear very plainly in the Stone: and so there showed a great company of wicked spirits to be in the chamber: and among them one most horrible and grisely thretting and approaching to our heads, and scorning and gnashing at us. Then he willed me very eagerly to drive them away, and 1 prayed fervently. And there seemed one to come into the Stone, which had very long arms: and he drove them away courageously. After that presently came one into the Stone, all white. Salamian reached this white one a cup. The white man held up the cup and said: 'I am called Medicina Dei.' Then came in another, and sat down in the chair: and he said as followeth: 'I am Fortitudo Dei. Search for wisdom and learning, and the Lord will deliver it unto yoU.' IO Then they in the Stone used talk together, but not well to be discerned of the ear of E.T At length Fortitudo Dei talked very much and speedily to E.T. and disclosed unto him (which he expressed not to me at the Stone but afterward) all the manner of the practice and circumstance about the Action intended, with the gold lamin, the ring, the seals &c. And after 1 had spoken somewhat, in requesting him to show me the manner how 1 should artificially prepare everything spoken of, he said: 'Use patience.' 1 stood silent a good while. FORTITUDO DEI: 'What wilt thou?': 'I did attend what you would say.' FORTITUDO DEI: 'I have said.': 'I have been long at this time in my dealing with you. 1 trust 1 do not offend you therewith. But, for my part, 1 could find in my heart to continue whole days and nights in this manner of doing: even till my body should be ready to sink down for weariness, before 1 would give over. But 1 fear I have caused weariness to my friend here.' FORTITUDO DEI: 'In virtue is no weariness.' Now he stood up out of his chair: and he, and they all, jointly blessed us, stretching their hands toward us, crossingly. And so they went away. The table and the chair remained. And the glittering sparkles, or drops of streaming little lights, were off the chair immediately.