Martij 28. Thursday morning. Mawndy Thursday.

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Liber Mysteriorum Quintus

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A voyce: Pereant omnes qui insidiantur1031 virtuti nominis mei: et qui Lumen absconderunt lustitia mea.1032 EK: Now the vale is pluckt away. Three appeare, as before time. All three sayd,-Multa nos, quia multa patitur ipem.1033 EK: The two go away, and the Third remayneth who is like in all points to him, who yesterday to me alone, in your absence had declared himself to be an Illuder. ∆: NOTE, for the better understanding of this dayes Act it may be remembred that E. Kelly, while I, (John Dee) was at London, yesterday (being wensday) had used meanes to haue conference, with the good Creatures, with whome we haue dealing iointly: and that there appeared one very like unto our good frende, who toke apon him to be the same, and now semed to be constrayned1034 by EK to tell the truth: and therfore his outward beautifull apparell semed to go of, and his body appered hery and he confessed that he was an Illuder1035 &c. Whereuppon EK was in a great perplexitie of mynde, and was ready to haue gone his way. And at my comming home told me a long processe of this Tragicall Act. But I comforted him, and wold not yeld to his opinion, But did declare my confidence in the goodnes of God: for that we craved at his hands, things good and necessarie: and that therefore he wold not giue his childern a stone for bred, or a scorpion for nedefull food required &c.1036 And this morning the matter was propownded by me, and thereuppon the former sayings wer used, and all the consequences of matter, which hereafter is recorded. ∆: The veritie I require of yesterdays doings with EK on my absence. Camikas zure, he sayd, holding his hands to heuen. EK: He walketh up and down and semeth angry: and did beat his hands togither. There commeth a little streame of fire whitish from aboue: and cam to his hed. He kneleth down before the Chayre, and loketh up, and sayde, Me: Oh how brittle are the works of thy hands [he looked up] whose Imperfections are now more innumerable then the sands of the sea: or clowds that were lifted up since the begynning of the world. Darknes dare presume to place him self in Lightnes: yea dishonor, (o God) to dwell in place of glory: His lying lipps presume against Truth: whilest thow suffredst his old and withered face to be garnished with thy beawty. Heavines1037 is his seat; yet are his lipps myrthfull: and little there that separateth him from the dignitie of honor: But his ponishment is sufficient, his dishonor unspeakable, and his damnation for euer: which how bitter it is, great and unspeakable, Thow, ô thow (I say) that liuest (which hast estranged him so far from thy glory) makest onely manifest. But yet how long shall the sonnes of men puff up them selues with bragging and.boasting of that they see not? But (alas) All things are confownded, and are contrary to thy commaundements: some onely which differ, remayn with concordant myndes praysing thee, and lifting up thy name, as much as strength performeth. But herein is thy glory and long sufferance manifest, in that thow dost not onely with greif behold theyr synnes, but like a iust iudge, fauorably doth ponder the greatnes of theyr enemies which infect theyr myndes, and blynde the light, which thow hast given unto theyr understanding, with inflammations bodyly, instigations worldly, and tentations innumerable. Great therfore and most great, and none greater can be, which deridest the Aduersarie, and healest the weak: whose smallnes of habilitie thow canst augment, wherein the mysteries of thy great glorie and might, is manifest. Thy seal yeld prayses, with incessant and dutifull obedience. Thy name be magnified, thy mercy published to thy glory: Holy Holy, yea great and most holy, is thy euerlasting kindenes for euer. EK: Now he standeth up, and sayd, Me: As I haue all ready told,1038 from whome I cam, so haue I not hydden, what I am, or what message I bring; why it is sent, it is allso written. How long shall I perswade to stedfastnes? But the greater your measures are the greater shalbe the quantitie. These afflictions are necessary. For herin is a measure to distinguish1039 from falshode, light from darknes, and honor from dishonor. The more they are like us, or shew them selues so, (for, nothing can be more dislike) the more they are Judges of theyr own damnation. Yea, if his strength had byn great, he wold haue devoured thy sowle. [Loking to EK.] But whome God hath chosen, shall none overturne. Brag not: eyther Credyt my words by thyne owne reason. But Consider that diuerse may be dishonored, yea thowgh they be in honor: yet shallt not thow neyther be ouerturned with the one wynde nor the other: thowgh the afflictions that shall follow thee, be great and hard.1040 In my words are no error: neyther haue you fownd my lipps untrue. Whan I kneeled, I spake for you. But I haue promised that No unclean thing shall prevayle within this place. Neyther am I a revenging spirit nor of any such office. I quicken the dead, revive them that are falln and cure or sow up the wowndes, which they are permitted to work uppon man, as tokens of God his Iustice. I call the same god, (whome I haue called before) to recorde, that these words are true, my sayings iust, and his mercies more perfect. Whilest heven endureth and earth lasteth, never shall be razed out the Memorie of these Actions.1041 Use Humilitie: Reioyce whan the enemy is discomforted in his traynes,1042 and inventions: A ponishment so great, Et cætera. Whan I yoked your feathers1043 to gither, I ioyned them not for a while. Your flying is to be considered in quantitie, qualitie and Relation. Thank God: Be mercifull: forget your synnes: and prepare your selues, For great and wonderfull is the immediate powre of him that illuminateth from aboue. It shall light apon you: For those that are present with him, liued with him, eat and drank with him, [and] were instructed by him, Were but hearers onely: At length God was glorified, in one instant all things browght unto theyr remembrance: yea some of them taken to behold the heavens, and the earthly glory. I haue sayd. ∆: Me: Behold. Veniat vindictum dei, et percutiat linguam mentientem.1044 EK: He goeth his waye and taketh all with him, Table, Chayre, and Curten and all. There cam in a great many with flaming swords, and bring in the wicked spirit, who yesterday delt so diuilishly with EK. One of them holding him by the arme, sayde, Speak now for your self, you could speak yesterday. They all drew theyr swords: they sknorked fire. And there seamed a water to com in, but it went away again. A voyce:-Dicat, nam nrm non est.1045 EK: Now is the Skroll with the Characters browght in, which was fownd by spirituall direction this month, the 12 day, abowt 10½ after none by Mr Kelly and Master Husy.1046 He semeth now as like our good frende, as may be. Our frende cam with a sponge and annoynted the wicked spirit his lipps. A voyce:-Els could I not speak. ∆: Seing now thow canst speak, answer me. The wicked, sayd:-Ask quickly. ∆: What is thy Name?-The wicked answered, Gargat. ∆: What is the sentence of that skroll?-Gar: I know not. ∆: In the name of Jesus, I charge thee to tell me the truth as concerning That roll here shewed.- Gar: I haue cownterfeted this roll, and browght it: for it is not the true roll.1047 ∆: After many words betwene him and me, and the more, bycause he denyed that he knew of any Glorie belonging to God, I urged him so, at length with short and euident argument, that he answered, he must confess the powre and glorie of god: and sayd, that he was damned for euer: and did wish damnation to me. And I requested God to use his Justice on him, for the glory of his name. Then he entreated me somwhile, and somwhile derided me, saying, Art thow so lusty? &c. ∆: All the Cumpany fell on him, and hewed him in peces: and digged a hole in the earth, with theyr swords, and he fell in, and after that was a myghty roaring hard. A voyce:-Sic soleo iniustis.1048 ∆: The Cumpany went away. There cam a fire and seamed to burn all the howse. A voyce:-Purifica Domine sanctum tuum, et dele iniquitatem inimicorum nostrorum.1049 ∆: Then returned our frende,, and all seemed light and bright agayn: likewise all the furniture, of Table, Chayre, Globe in the chayre covered with a red covering &c. Me: Visio vera, verè denotatur. Denotetur etiam ad gloriam Dei.1050 ∆: Master Kelly, is your dowt of the spirit, now taken away? EK: Ye truely, I beseche God to forgive me. Me: Dixisti, et factum.1051 ∆: As concerning Adrian Gilbert, there might be some dowte in common externall Judgment, of his aptnes to the performance of the voyage with the appertenances, But the Secret of God his prouidence, I will not meddle withall: for he can make infants speak, and the dum to shew furth his glory &c. Me: Yf God be mighty, acknowledge his powre. Who made the Sonne of nothing? or man, so brittle a substance? Nature thrusteth up her sholders amongst trees and herbs, like a ientle fyre: In beasts and all the creatures of the feelde, waters, and earth, in a palpable imagination: Amongst the sonns of men, she auanceth her self, wholy in the light of understanding. In all these she walketh by her own qualitie, mixing the quantities, with her before iudged proportion. Amongst all these is some distinction, yet all in theyr kindes are perfectly and substantially norrished. Yf Nature haue such powre, What powre hath our God, and how great is his might in those in whome He kindleth a sowle, understanding. The strength of 1. body, and 2. inward man, with 3. the strength of him that allso leadeth him1052 are augmented and diminished at his pleasure. Yf earth, in myxture become fyre, hom much more shall he encrease, whome God hath strengthened: yf he wold haue conquered with thowsands, he wold not haue sent back the dogged harted people. Yf riches or renown were his felicitie, he wold haue kindled the twelue Lamps1053 of his æternall light, on a higher mowntayne: But he chose them in the Valleys, and from the watering places. I think this be sufficient to confirme your understanding. ∆: I trust, God be not offended with this matter propownded &c. Me: He is pleased: And it is enowgh. Eternitie is mighty and glorious to the righteous. ∆: Whan shall I make him1054 priuie of these things? Me: Whan thow wilt. For euery thing is acceptable with those that are accepted. See thow cownsayle him, and be his Father. ∆: As concerning John Dauis,1055 we are to ax somwhat &c. Me: John Dauis, is not of my Kalender. Lern of them, of whome it is necessary. Be not negligent, in lerning the things before prescribed.1056 God be emongst you. EK: He hath drawn the curten of red. ∆: Soli Deo sit omnis honor et gloria.1057 Amen. Mawndy Thursday, after None. hor 3½ ∆: The Veale being drawn away after a quarter of an howre (almost) after the first motion made by me. Three cam in, and made obedience to the chayre. Two went away, and the third remayned there, as before. ∆: As concerning the Kalender to be reformed, I am grieved that her Maiestie will not reforme it in the best termes of veritie.1058 And as for the priuiledge for Mr Adrian Gilbert his voyage, I think not well of it, that Royalties shold not be graunted. Therfore both these points, respecting her Maiestie, I wold gladly haue cownsayle, such as in the Judgment of the highest might be most for my behofe, to follow. Me: In one gouernment there are sundry principall partes: Euery part in subdiuision conteyneth many and sundry offices. Many Offices require many disposers: yet hath euery disposition continually some partition in his qualitie. All things, one thing: And one thing, something: some thing, many things, and many things, most innumerable. The heuens in proportion are gouerned universally of a few; particularly of many: eche place possesseth his diuision: and euery thing diuided, his propertie. Princis ar governors which move and stir them up to work, as it is provided, and to behold in speculation How euery particular Action, shall haue due, perfect, and appropriated Locall being, motion and Condition. Subiects, (yea, the Highest) are stirred up, by theyr propre Angels:1059 The inferior sort do follow the disposition of theyr leaders. Vertue and Vice dwell euery where. Light and darknes, are allwayes intermedled. Consider, How I speak it. The myndes of all that move, euen unto the least qualitie in Nature, haue of them selues propre vertues: and therfore propre Instigators.1060 I call to memory thy words, the manner of thy speche, and the secret purpose or meaning, whereunto it is uttred. I see thy Infirmities, and know what thow desyrest. But mark me, whom God commonly choseth,1061 shalbe whom the Princis of the Erth do disdayn. Consider, how the prophet that slew that Monstrous Gyant, had his election.1062 God respecteth not princis, particularly, so much as the state of his whole people. For in Princis mowthes, is there poyson, as well as proverbs. And in one hart, more Synne, then a whole world can conteyn. Yt is not myne office to meddle with theyr vanities, neyther is it a part of my pageant to towch any thing that tasteth not of Medicine. But, what? doth thy mynde reply? Dost thow think, that my cownsayle herin, to a grieved mynde, is, (thowgh it can be) Medicinall? Peraduenture1063 thow thinkest I am not, [in] thy marrow: yes I haue byn long in the highest part of thy body,1064 and therfore ame somthing perswaded of thy meaning. ∆: In dede, I thowght that your good Cownsaile, was or might be a remedie and a medicine to my afflicted mynde, for this unseamely doing, in the two former points expressed. Me: Behold, where unto thy earthly man wold seduce thee. Dost thow think, that if it pleas god, it shall not please the Prince? if it be necessarie, all ready prepared? Secretum dico.1065 For all things are Limited, with a full measuration, and unserchable forsight: yea, I say, all ready, unto the ende. Be not discomforted. Quayle not at the blast of a small tempest: For those that speak thee fayre,1066 haue dissembling harts, and priuilie do they shote at thee, with arrows of reproche. Whan they1067 shall haue nede of thee: I meane, of the help of God, throwgh thee, (some shut up, some entangled, some gadding1068 like masterles Doggs,) Than shall they gladly seke thee and desire to finde thee. They shall smell oute thy fote steps, and thow shallt not see them. The key of theyr Cares shalt thow be Master of: And they them selues shall not unlok theyr own grievousness. Yea they shall say, Oh let the earth devowr us. But I am to long. I answer thee, all thowgh it be not my office,1069 to declare that thow desirest: yet for that thow desyrest my Medicine. I say, Thow shalt preuayle agaynst them,1070 yea euen agaynst the Mightiest. As thow wilt, so shall it be in God his blessings. Beware of Vayne glory. Use few wordes. Thy weapons, are small, But thy Conquest shalbe great. Lo. Doth this satisfy thee? Haue a firme faith. It is the greatest lesson. Be it unto thee as thow hast deliuered. One thing, I answer thee, for all Officis. Thow hast in Subiection all Offices. Use them when it pleas thee, And as thy Instruction hath byn. I haue sayde. ∆: As things be planted here, for preparation of Table, Sigillum Dei &c, which things are not portable with eas: So, bycause I think, that some seruices to be done in gods purposes by me, will require other places than this howse, so shall diuerse my practises haue (as I think) a more compendious manner, and redy, to be executed in any place &c. Me: Truely thow hast sayd, and so shall it fall unto thee. As I am here in this place, and yet in dede not, So, here: So shall it fall oute, and follow in the Mysteries of your Associated Operation. The other1071 shall be, but, as a necessary help to the first Practises, to plant the Tree: which being confirmed and strongly rooted shall bring furth frute,most abundantly.1072 The Erth and the tree, can not be separated. This is the ende, and true it is. Let him be record, whom I beare record of here, And so, with thee, Amen. I must help thee. Lerne ioyntly the Elements or grownds of this heuenly doctrine;1073 the ende and Consummation of all thy desired thirst: in the which God shall performe thee, thy Philosophicall Harmonie in prayer.1074 Thow knowest what I mean. The Æternall physitien minister his heuenly grace and continuall blessings uppon you, to the Glorie of his name, execution of your procedings, and holy and insatiable desires. ∆: Amen: Omnipotenti Deo, nostro, Creatori Redemptori et Santificatori, omnis honor laus et gratiarum actio.1075 Amen. Jesus. On good friday; After None ∆: There was a savor of fire felt by EK. There semed one with a sword, suddenly to thrust out of the stone at EK his hed. Whereat he started; and sayd he felt a thing (immediately) creeping within his hed, and in that pang becam all in a sweat. And he remayned much misliking the moving and creeping of the thing in his hed. At a quarter of an howre ende it cam to one place: and so ceased somwhat: & then the Curten was drawn away: and there appeared the Table, and the chayre covered. Then cam three, two went away and the one remayned: as before was used. EK held the paper of the letters in his hand: and bad him put it out of his hand. Me: The taste of this mercifull potion, yea the savour onely of the vessell worketh most extremely agaynst the maymed drowsines of ignorance. Yf the hand be heavy, how weighty and ponderous shall the whole world be? What will ye? ∆: This he sayd uppon our silence after his former words. I answered, we desyred to lerne the Mysteries of the boke. The Boke now appeared (the cover of the chayre being taken away) the boke lying uppon a rownd thing: which EK, was not yet able to discern what it is. The first side of the first leaffe of the boke appeared full of the former letters, euery side hauing 49 tymes 49 square places, with letters: some more then other. Me: Euery side conteyneth 2400 and one od letter.1076 EK: All the letters semed to be of bluddy cullor, and wet. The lines betwene the squares, semed to be like a shaddow. In the first square were 7 letters. Me: Say after me: But pray first, ere you begynne. ∆: We prayed. EK: All became blak as pych in the boke. Then it becam light agayne. Now he pointeth up, with his rod of gold diuided into 3 equal parts, which rod he toke from under the Table. Me: 1. Keph van [He lifted his face to heven.] Don graph fam veh na EK: Now he kneleth down; and holdeth up his hands: The letters of the first square, ar 7. Now he pointeth to the second. 2. Med gal [EK: He turneth him self abowt.] 3. un gal un Mals na. Me: Twise seven, Thre and All one: and his mercy endureth for euer. 4. Tal un vrh. 5. Fam graph Fam. 6. Ged graph drux med. 7. un van. 8. Tal un don ur un drux. Sownded as δρυξ 9. Med. 10. Tal van fam mals un. 11. un ged gon med gal. 12. Mals un drux. 13. Ged un. 14. Fam graph fam. 15. ged un tal mals graph gal un keph 16. veh un mals veh drux graph na [capcneh] 17. ged med. 18. med gal. 19. Fam graph tal graph ur un pa van ged graph drux 20. Gal med tal drux un. 21. mals na gon un tal 22. ged un 23. van un drux veh don un drux.1077 24. Van don graph mals don graph fam EK: Now he seemeth to wepe, and knock his brest. He pointeth with the rod, up, agayn, and sayd, 25. un gal graph mals gal 26. un keph graph 27. Gal don van keph 28. Gisg un don gal graph tal un na. 29. van un 30. veh graph fam gisg fam 31. ged don un mals un gal. He stayed here a good while. 32. fam graph gal 33. van drux pa un don 34. gal med tal gon med urh 35. un gal graph mals med un gal 39. 38.37.36. veh na graph van un veh na / Tal un na / Med fam fam na graph / gal un mals na / 40. med drux gon keph gal un don. This is a word. 41. mals un drux ged graph mals na gon. EK: Now he walked up and down before the chayre: and cam agayn and pointed. The letters now following seme to be written with Clay. 42. Med gal un tal na 43. ged graph tal graph gal fam un ur: eight letters1078 44. un 45. gal gon drux med keph un 46. na med pal mals med don. Now he walketh agayn, and loketh upward. Then he pointed agayn. 47. Un gal mals van drux 48. Gal un don 49. ged un don tal graph fam: He walked betwene the shewing of tal and graph. There are six letters in that word. Me: Say after me (Shall I speak the Mysteries of thy glory, which thow hast secreted from the Inhabitants uppon the erth? Yea lord, it is thy will, whose hed is high, and fete euery where, redy to revenge the blud of Innocents, and to call home the lost shepe.) Say after me, 1. zuresk1079 od adaph mal zez1080 geno au marlan oh muzpa agiod pan ga zez1081 gamphedax1082 Kapene1083 go[le] od Semelábugen donkna1084 fian1085 ga vankran vreprez1086 ádeph1087 arxe1088 drux1089 Tardemah va tzests1090 grapad. zed unba1091 domiól adepóad chieuak mah oshe daph Onixdar1092 pangepi adamh gemedsol a dinoxa hoxpor adpun dar garmes.1093 Me: I teache. Let this lesson instruct thee to read all that shalbe gathered out of this boke hereafter. It is not to be spoken,1094 but in the time of his own time. It shalbe sufficient to instruct thee: Fare well. EK: Now he couereth the boke with the veale. ∆: Prayses and Thankes be rendred to god, of us his sely1095 ones, now and euer. Amen. ∆: Note. All the former letters and words in the squares, were onely in the first or upper row, begynning at the right hand, and so going orderly to the left. And secondly Note that this lesson he red, pointing with his rod orderly uppon the same forsaid first row.