6 Apr.

THE DANISH TREASURE, 1583

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Saturday after noon. The table, chair, book and fire appeared. And while I went into my oratory to pray, fire came thrice our of the Stone upon E.K., as he was at prayer at my table in the study.. E.K. heard a voice our of the fire, saying 'Why do the children of men prolong the time of their perfect felicity: or why are they dedicated to vanity? Many things are yet to come: notwithstanding, the time must be shortened. I AM THAT I AM.' E.K.: 'Here is a man in white come in, like Uriel, who came first into the Stone.' URIEL: 'Four months are yet to come: the fifth is the beginning of great misery to the heavens, to the earth and to all living creatures. Therefore must thou needs attend upon the will of God. Things must then be pur in practice. In 40 days must the book of the secrets and key of this world be written. 'Therefore have I brought it to the window of thy senses, and doors of thy imagination: to the end he may see and perform the time of God his abridgement. That shalt, thou, write down in his proper and sanctified distinctions. This other,' (pointing to E.K.) 'shall have it always before him, and shall daily perform the office to him committed. Which if he do not, the Lord shall raze his name from the number of his blessed.' d: 'I pray you to give us advice what we are to do in our affairs.' URIEL: 'It is said.' He said to E.K.: 'Tell him I have told him,' and seemed to smile. d: 'Of Mistress Haward' (Gentlewoman of Her Majesty's Privy Chamber), 'I would fain know, wherefore we were not warned of her coming? She hath caused us now for an hour or two to intermit our exercise. Is it the will of God that for her great charity used toward many (as in procuring the Queen's Majesty's alms to many needy persons), the Lord intendeth to be merciful to her? I mean at the pinch of these great miseries ensuing, now (by you) told of. And that by her, I may do good service concerning the Queen's Majesty'~ comfort?' URIEL: 'Who is he that opened thy mourh, or hath told thee of things to come? What thou hast said is said. Mark the end. Look up.' He said so to E.K. who, looking up, saw the book, the chair and the globe apart, abroad, out of the Stone, and then none remaining in the Stone to be seen. We put up the Stone: and the former book and other furniture appeared upon the table hard by E.K. and he was to write out as he saw: which he began to do, both in character and words. But it was too cumbersome to him, and therefore he wrote only the words in Latin letters. After he had written 28 lines there in that paper book, the first word being Arney, and the last being nah, suddenly all was taken away out of his sight: and so likewise his understanding of that he had written was quite gone. For, continually as he wrote, he understood the language and sense thereof, as if it had been in English. After he had finished that second page of the first leaf, I then did copy it out as followeth: Arney vah no! gadeth adney ox vals nath gemseh ah orza va! temdh, oh gedvd on