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Mysteriorum Libri / Five Books

Mysteriorum, liber Tertius

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E.T: Two appeare, Michael and Uriel. Mi: Et posuit illos in ministerium eius. Quid desideratis? Δ: Sapientiam et scientiam nobis necessariam, et in Dei servitio potentem ad eius gloriam. Mi: Sapere, a Deo: Scire a Creatura et ex creaturis est. Ur:565 Venite filiæ.566 E.T: Seuen women appeare bewtifull and fayre. Mi: This work is of wisdom (Δ: Sayd Michael, and stode up.) E.T, sayd to me (Δ), He putteth oute his sword and willeth me to sweare, to that, that he willeth me: and to follow his cownsayle. Mi: Wilt thow. Δ: Then with much ado, E.T. sayd as followeth, E.T: I promise,567 in the name of God the Father, God the sonne and God the holy ghost, to performe that you shall will me, so far as it shall lye in my powre. E.T: Now they two seeme to confer togither. Mi: Now you towche world, and the doings uppon earth. Now we shew unto you the lower world: The Gouerners that work and rule under God:568 By whome you may haue powre to work such things, as shalbe to god his glorie, profit of your Cuntrie, and the knowledge of his Creatures. To E.T. he spake, What I do wish thee to do, thow shalt here know, before thow go. We procede to One GOD, one knowledge, one Operation. Venite filiæ.569 Behold these Tablets: Herein lye theyr names that work under God uppon earth: not of the wicked, but of the Angels of light. The Whole Gouernment, doth consist in the hands of 49: (in God his Powre, Strength, Mercy, and Iustice) whose names are here euident, excellent, and glorious. Mark these Tables: Mark them. Record them to your Cumfort. This is the first knowledge. Here shall you haue Wisdome. Halleluyah. Mighty and Omnipotent art thow, O God, God, God, amongst thy Creatures: Thow fillest all things with thy excellent foresight. Thy Glorie be amongst us for euer. Δ: Amen. E.T: All the 7 (which here appeare) ioyne theyr Tables in One: Which, before they held apart. And they be of this Forme all to-gither. The myddelmost is a great Square and on eche side of it, One, as big as it, ioyning close to it. And ouer it ioyned two, which both togither wer æquall to it: and under it, wer such other two, as may appear in this little pattern. Being thus ioyned, a bright circle did cumpas and enclose them all, thus: but nothing was in the Circle. [44 E: forte I, as in Baligon.] E.T: One stept-furth, and sayde, 1: Wilt thow haue witt, and wisdome: Here, it is. (Δ: Pointing to the middle table.) 2: Another sayd, The Exaltation and Gouernment of Princes, is in my hand. (Δ: Pointing to that on the left hand of the two uppermost.) 3: In Cownsayle and Nobilitie I prevayle. (Δ: Pointing to the other of the two uppermost: which is on the right hand.) 4: The Gayne and Trade of Merchandise is in my hand: Lo, here it is. Δ: He pointed to the great table on the right side of the myddle Table, that I meane which is opposite to our right hand while we behold those 7 Tables. 5: The Quality of the Earth, and waters, is my knowledge, and I know them: and here, it is. (Δ: Pointing to that on the right hand: of the two lowermost.)570 6: The motion of the Ayre, and those that moue in it, are all known to me. Lo here they are. (Δ: Pointing to the other Table below, on the left hand.) 7: I signifie wisdome: In fire is my Gouernment. I was in the begynning, and shalbe to the ende. (Δ: Pointing to the great table on the left hand of the Middle Table.) Mi: Mark these Mysteries: For, this knowne, the State of the whole earth is known, and all that is thereon. Mighty is God, yea mighty is he, who hath Composed for euer. Giue diligent eye. Be wise, mery, and pleasant in the Lorde; in Whose Name, NOTE, Begynne the Middle Table &c. Δ: I wrote oute of the stone the whole 7 Tables (as you see them here with theyr numbers and letters) while E.T. did vew them in the stone, and orderly express them. Δ: As concerning 39 V. 47 L &c in the second Table, where are 7 places: and there but 6 numbers and letters, and yet euery place semeth to haue a letter, in the iudgment of E.T. his sight. Which is the Number and letter wanting, and where must it be placed? Mi: Non potestis hoc videre sine ratione.571 Δ: The Next day, as I was loking on the Tables being finished, and ioyned all togither in One Compownd Figure, E.T. cam to me, and stode by me, and his ey was on the forsayd place which I was forced to leaue empty, in the 7th and last. And behold he saw houering and hopping in the ayre, two numbers and two letters cuppled to them, ouer the sayd place, and the next before it. And that, which I had placed the sixth, was to be put in the seuenth place, and that which was wanting, was to be set in the sixth place being 30 N.572 E.T: Euery of the 7 Tables, as they wer written out of the stone do seme afterward to burn all in fyre: and to stand in fyre. E.T: After all the Tables wer written, eche toke hir Table aparte agayn and stode in theyr order. E.T: Note moreouer. The First, had Bokes in hir hand. Kings -------------- The second, a Crown in hir hand. Nobilitie -------------- The Third, Robes. Merchants - Δ: - Aqua573 - The fowrth, animal quadrupes vicium omnim colorum.574 Terra575 - The fifth, Herbes. Aer576 - The sixth, a fanne. Ignis577 - The seventh, a Flame of fyre in hir hand. Mi: Decedite in nomine eius, qui vos huc misit.578 E.T: Uriel opened a boke in his own hand, and sayde, Ur: The Fontayne of wisdome is opened. Nature shalbe knowne: Earth with her secrets disclosed. The Elements with theyr powres iudged. Loke, if thow canst (in the name of God) understand these Tables. Δ: No: Not yet. Ur: Beholde; I teache. There are 49 Angels glorious and excellent, appointed for the government of all earthly actions: Which 49 do work and dispose the will of the Creator: limited from the begynning in strength, powre, and glorie. These shalbe Subiect unto you, In the Name, and by Invocating uppon the Name of GOD, which doth lighten, dispose and Cumfort you. By them shall you work, in the quieting of the estates, in learning of wisdome: pacifying of the Nobilitie, iudgement in the rest, as well in the depth of waters, Secrets of the Ayre, as in the bowells and entralls of the Earth. Ur: Theyr Names are comprehended within these Tables. Lo, he teacheth, he teacheth, Lo, he instructeth, which is holy, and most highest. Take hede, thow abuse not this Excellency, nor overshaddow it with Vanitie, But stick firmely, absolutely, and perfectly, in the love of God (for his honor) to-gither.579 Be mery in him: Prayse his name. Honor him in his Saincts. Behold him in wisdome: And shew him in understanding. Glorie be to him; To thee ô Lord, whose name perseth580 throwgh the earth. Glorie be to thee, for euer. Δ: Amen, Amen, Amen. Ur: Lo, I will breifly teache thee; you shall know the Mysteries in him: and by him, which is a Mysterie in all things. The letters are standing uppon 7 equall numbers. The Number before them is signifying, teaching and instructing (from the first Table to the last,) which are the letters that shalbe ioyned to gither:581 begynning all, with B, according to the disposition of the number untyll the 29582 generall names be known. The first 29 are more excellent than the rest. Euery Name doth consist uppon the quantitie of the place: Euerie place with addition bringeth furth his name, which are 49.---- --- I haue sayde.----------Δ: I pray you to tell me the first Name. Ur: The first Name is BALIGON. Mi: I haue to say to thee,583 and so haue I done: Δ: Now he spake to E.T., of the matter he sware him to, at the begynning of this last Instruction: and he told me afterward what Michael had willed and moved him unto. Wherat he seamed very sore disquietted: and sayd this to me, E.T: He sayd that I must betake my self to the world, and forsake the world. That is that I shold marry. Which thing to do, I haue no naturall Inclination: neyther with a safe Conscience may I do it, contrary to my vow and profession. Wherfore I think and hope, there is some other meaning in these theyr wordes. Mi: Thow must of force kepe it. Thow knowest our mynde. Δ: Deo opt. Max°. omnis honor laus et gloria in sæcula sæculorum. Amen.584 Ended, hora noctis, 11½a circiter.585 Tabula Collecta: 49 Angelorum Bonorum, Nomina continens [per Δ]586 Coordinatio Angelorum bonorum 49, per Jo. Dee, ita disposita587 Liber 4.