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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51447	Themis avrea the laws of the fraternity of the Rosie Crosse / written in Latin by Count Michael Maierus, and now in English for the information of those who seek after the knowledge of that honourable and mysterious society of wise and renowned philosophers ; whereto is annexed an epistle to the fraternity in Latine, from some here in England.; Themis aurea. English	Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622.	1656 (1656)	Wing M287; ESTC R21726	55,939	168

upon it then them The World is now more burdned with wickednesse and impieties Indeed the whole Creation as it flowed from God was exceeding good but mans fall hath brought a curse upon the Creatures Polidorus had not been so credulous could he have foreseen his Fate by whose example others have got wisdome they dare not entrust themselves with the rude multitude but secretly do withdraw themselves for commonly an handsome opportunity makes a Theife and he that exposes his treasures upon an high hill to all mens eyes invites Robbers Men called Homines have both their name and nature ab humo from the earth which sometimes being parched with extreame heat opens sometimes seemes to be drowned with floods which depend upon the Sun Winde Showres either of them either yeilding no influence at at all ●or exceeding in their operations Even so the minde of man is not alwayes in the same condition sometimes it enlargeth it selfe in covetousnesse sometimes Vice is more pleasing to it then Virtue and plundering is prefer'd before honesty and Justice But I would not be thought to include all men in this censure for we intend onely those who having neith●r reason nor learning do differ very little from the brute beasts Wherefore the Father of this Fraternity was not so much careful of concealing himself in respect of his own interest but herein he wisely consulted the good and welfare of his successors and the whole Fraternity Shall we esteeme him a wise man who is not wise for himselfe so that Aristippus Anaxarchus and many others do worthily beare their disgraces Every one by dangerous atcheivements and noble exploits can get renown and some have grown famous by notorious and execrable villanies As Herostratus who fired the great Temple of Diana But this our Author and his Successors conceale themselves very well knowing what a sting Honour and Popularity carries in the taile of it not that they hate or scorne humane Society but that they may as it were at a distance behold the enormities of men being onely spectators and not actors Democritus is reported to have put out his eyes that he might not see the vanity and emptinesse of the world in respect of goodnesse and vertue and its fulnesse of deceit luxury and all vice But our Author and his Successors have taken a very wise course to conceale themselves no man that would exactly see an object will fixe both his eyes upon it neither will a wise man put himselfe into the hands of either Mercury or Mars they being Patrons of Theifes and Robbers neither will he entrust himselfe with Jupiter or Apollo since that the one is armed with thunderbolts the other with arrowes by which the unfortunate Hyacinthus perished and was Metamorphosed into a flower bearring his name CHAP. III. Concerning the general intent and effect of these Lawes with the particular Circumstances of Place Time Meanes and the End WE have already at large discoursed of the maker and efficient cause of these Lawes now we shall treat of their Effects and Circumstances That is properly termed an effect which in all points agrees with its cause so that if our Author was an upright man these Lawes which flow from him shall likewise be good it being a very rare thing to see a vertuous off-spring degenerate from their Parents and Ancestors It is evident enough that these Lawes do answer their intention by that order and firme knot of friendship which yet continues amongst that Honorable Society for if Reason Nature and Truth had not justified their proceedings doubtlesse they had long since been ruined and come to nothing Many indeed aime well but yet hit not the marke and we know that a sudden storme crosses the endeavour and desire of the Mariner in arriving at his safe Haven even so he that sets himselfe to any noble exploit shall finde blocks in his way and if he goes thorow with it God should have due thankes by whose providence and blessing he obtaines so happy an issue Hitherto these Brethren have not repented of their condition neither will they ever being servants to the King of Kings all the fruits of their labours they dedicate to him Religion with them is in greater esteeme then any thing in the World as well in the Book of nature as the written word they read and study Gods Omnipotency his Providence and his Mercy they account it their duty to helpe and relieve the poor and oppressed and surely such actions become Christians so unworthy a thing it is that Heathens and Turkes should outstripe us in them It is not necessary that any should know their place of meeting but they whom it properly concerns We are sure that it is not in Vtopia or amongst the Tartars but by chance in the middle of Germany for Europe seemes to resemble a Virgin and Germany to be her belly it is not decent that a Virgin should discover her selfe lest she rather be accounted a Strumpet then a Virgin let it suffice that we know her not to be barren to have conceived yea and brought forth this happy Fraternity although hers is a Virgin-wombe yet she have teem'd with many rare and unknown Arts and Sciences We meane Germany which at present flowrisheth and aboundeth with Roses and Lilies growing in Philosophical gardens where no rude hand can crop or spoile them The Hesperian Nymphs have their abode here Aegle Heretusa and Hespretusa with their golden boughes lest they againe become a prey to Hercules are here secured Here are Geryons vast bulls in faire and safe pastures neither Cacus nor any malicious person can steale or persecute them Who can deny that the Golden Fleece is here or the princely Garden of Mars and Aeta who is feigned to be Son of Phoebus and Phaetons Brother here are fed the sheep and oxen of the Sun called Pecudes whence is derived the word Pecunia Money the Queen of the World It would be to no purpose to speake of the meanes by which these things have been deduced from their first Author since that the Brethren in their Book entituled their Fame and Confession and in other writing have at large declared them He brought them first from Arabia into Germany his native Country and then designed to make up the Fraternity and these made the first part of the Book called M. of which there is so much mention in their Fama which was afterward translated out of Arabicke into Latine out of which Book M. they learned many Mysteries and in it as in a glasse they clearely saw the Anatomy and Idea of the Universe And doubtlesse shortly they will let the Book M. come abroad into the World that those who covet after knowledge may receive satisfaction nay I confidently believe that happy day to be at hand so may we judge of the Lion by his Paw for as the ●bbings and flowings of the Sea as Basilius Valentinus reports doth carry much wealth to divers Kingdomes so these