Anno 1582. Martij die. 10. hora 11¼ Ante meridiem. Saterday

Mysteriorum Libri / Five Books

Mysteriorum Liber Primus

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Δ: One165 Mr. Edward Talbot cam to my howse,166 and he being willing and desyrous to see or shew some thing in spirituall practise, wold haue had me to haue done some thing therein. And I truely excused myself therein as not in the, vulgarly accownted Magik, neyther studied, or exercised: But confessed my self, long tyme to haue byn desyrous to haue help in my philosophicall studies throwgh the Cumpany and information of the blessed Angels of God. And thereuppon, I browght furth to him, my stone in the frame, (which was given me of a frende) and I sayd unto him, that I was credibly informed, that to it (after a sort) were answerable Aliqui Angeli boni:167 And allso that I was ones willed by a Skryer, to call for the good Angel Anchor, to appere in that stone to my owne sight. And therfore I desyred him to call him: and (yf he wold) Anachor and Anilos likewise, accownted good Angels, for I was not prepared thereunto. &c. He than settled him self to the Action: and on his Knees att my desk (setting the stone before him) fell to prayer and entreaty &c. In the mean space, I, in my Oratory did pray, and make motion to god, and his good Creatures for the furdering of this Action. And within one quarter of an howre (or less) he had sight of one in the stone. but he still expected for two more: deeming this to be one of the three (namely Anchor Anachor Anilos). But I then cam to him, to the stone: And after some thanks to God, and Wellcome to the good Creature, used, I required to know his name. And he spake plainly, (to the hearing of E.T.) that his name is URIEL. Δ: Are you one of them (sayd I, John Dee) that are answerable, (uppon due observations performed) to this stone? URIEL: I am. Δ: Are there any more besyde you? UR: Michael and Raphaël. But, Michael est princeps in operibus nostris.168 Δ: Ys my boke, of Soyga,169 of any excellency? UR: Liber ille, erat Adæ in Paradiso reuelatus, per Angelos Dei bonos.170 Δ: Will you give me any instructions, how I may read those Tables of Soyga? UR: I can - But solus Michaël illius libri est interpretator.171 Δ: I was told, that after I could read that boke, I shold liue but two yeres and a half. UR: Thow shallt liue an Hundred and od yeres.172 Δ: What may I, or must I do, to haue the sight, and presence, of Michael, that blessed Angel? UR: Præssentias nostras postulate et invocate, sinceritate et humilitate. Et Anchor, Anachor, et Anilos, non sunt in hunc Lapidem invocandi.173 Δ: Oh, my great and long desyre hath byn to be hable to read those Tables of Soyga. UR: Hæc maximè respiciunt Michaëlem. Michaël est Angelus, qui illuminat gressus tuos. Et hæc revelantur in virtute et veritate non vi.174 Δ: Is there any speciall tyme, or howre to be observed, to deale for the enioying of Michael? UR: Omnis hora, est hora nobis.175 Δ: After this, there appered176 in the stone a strange seale, or Characterismus of this fashion ensuing: Δ: What is the intente, or use of this? UR:177 Sigillum hoc in auro sculpendum, ad defensionem corporis, omni loco, tempore et occasione: et in pectus gestandum.178 Δ: So we ceased, with thanks to god: and I mused much uppon this Action: and layd all up in mynde, and writing. Δ: Soli Deo Honor omnis, et gloria.179 Amen.