28 May.

A DOCTRINE FOR YOU ONLY, 1584

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Monday, hora I07i ante meridiem. I said the Lord's Prayer. After this, an hour and a half, after divers our discourses of my wife her speeches and usage toward E.K. &c. E.K.: 'Here appeareth Mapsama.': 'In the name ofJesus, we beseech you to deliver the verity of your message.' MAPSAMA: 'He liveth, and he saith: "Let the day that I will visit you in be unknown unto you, and let the end of my goodness be yet hid from you.'" E.K.: 'I thought you would say so.' MAPSAMA: 'But this you shall do. Bind up together paper, 48 leaves: whose skin shall bear silver: whose perimeter shall be 30 inches: in length, eight: in breadth, seven.': 'Do you require it to be parchment, or paper?' MAPSAMA: 'I have said.': 'What shall I then do after I have caused 48 leaves to be bound?' MAPSAMA: 'This done, rise up and perform your journey, as you are commanded.': 'I have heard only of the binding of the book. Mean you after the binding of the book that this journey shall be entered into?' MAPSAMA: 'Aye.': 'What shall I do with the book after I have bound it?' E.K.: 'I will answer for him: burn it.' MAPSAMA: 'In the middest of the Table lay down the book and go forth; make also the doors after you. For man is not worthy to write that shall be written: neither shall there be found many worthy to open that book. 'I have entered already into the Emperor's heart. 'When I warn you, you shall return. If time govern not my providence, repine not, but let my providence govern time. Look neither for the sun nor the moon, but be ready always. 'Three days before you take your voyage, shall you meet me here.'