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coelestibus_fw-la say_v st._n augustine_n hic_fw-la latere_fw-la posse_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la credendum_fw-la est_fw-la 2._o lib._n 2._o contra_fw-la manich._n c._n 2._o quemadmodum_fw-la in_o his_o corporibus_fw-la latent_fw-la sed_fw-la sicut_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la motus_fw-la animorum_fw-la apparent_a in_fw-la vultu_fw-la et_fw-la maximè_fw-la in_o oculis_fw-la sic_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la perspicuitate_fw-la ac_fw-la simplicitate_fw-la coelestium_fw-la corporum_fw-la omnes_fw-la omninò_fw-la motus_fw-la animi_fw-la latere_fw-la non_fw-la arbitror_fw-la 4._o in_o gen._n l._n 2._o de_fw-la astron_fw-la c._n 4._o i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a that_o pererius_n endeavour_n to_o find_v out_o another_o sense_n in_o these_o word_n of_o st._n augustine_n but_o it_o be_v a_o easy_a matter_n to_o say_v what_o one_o please_v in_o interpret_n the_o word_n of_o a_o man_n that_o be_v dead_a now_o this_o celestial_a read_n may_v the_o more_o easy_o be_v believe_v to_o have_v be_v the_o real_a mean_v 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have_v kill_v himself_o plotinus_n have_v read_v his_o intention_n in_o the_o star_n hinder_v he_o from_o do_v it_o orpheus_n also_o have_v knowledge_n of_o these_o secret_n as_o appear_v by_o these_o verse_n of_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d certus_n tuus_fw-la ordo_fw-la immutabilibus_fw-la mandatis_fw-la currit_fw-la in_o astris_fw-la 4._o as_o for_o our_o modern_a writer_n it_o will_v even_o amaze_v a_o man_n to_o consider_v that_o among_o such_o infinite_a number_n of_o book_n wherewith_o our_o library_n be_v stuff_v there_o be_v hardly_o five_o or_o six_o to_o be_v find_v that_o have_v take_v any_o notice_n at_o all_o of_o this_o curious_a piece_n of_o antiquity_n concern_v this_o celestial_a write_n i_o know_v very_o well_o that_o ignorance_n will_v be_v present_o ready_a with_o this_o answer_n that_o the_o vanity_n of_o the_o subject_a be_v the_o reason_n of_o this_o their_o silence_n but_o why_o then_o have_v such_o a_o infinite_a number_n of_o other_o foolery_n be_v take_v into_o consideration_n and_o think_v a_o fit_a subject_n for_o their_o learned_a pen_n which_o be_v a_o thousand_o time_n more_o ridiculous_a in_o appearance_n than_o this_o be_v whereas_o on_o the_o contrary_a there_o be_v no_o astrologer_n to_o who_o this_o science_n be_v not_o necessary_a nor_o any_o searcher_n into_o the_o choice_a piece_n of_o theological_a antiquity_n to_o who_o in_o like_a manner_n it_o may_v not_o be_v useful_a if_o at_o least_o it_o be_v true_a i_o be_o therefore_o apt_a to_o believe_v that_o the_o true_a reason_n be_v the_o neglect_n rather_o of_o the_o oriental_a language_n whereon_o these_o curiosity_n do_v so_o necessary_o depend_v as_o that_o without_o the_o knowledge_n of_o they_o they_o can_v possible_o be_v explain_v or_o understand_v insomuch_o that_o we_o have_v no_o notice_n at_o all_o of_o these_o mystery_n till_o such_o time_n as_o they_o be_v bring_v into_o europe_n by_o those_o man_n that_o addict_v 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vigenere_fw-la in_o his_o book_n des_n chifres_n make_v a_o long_a discourse_n on_o this_o particular_a banelli_n a_o italian_a have_v say_v more_o to_o this_o purpose_n than_o all_o the_o other_o upon_o those_o word_n of_o s._n luke_n gandete_fw-la quòd_fw-la nomina_fw-la vestra_fw-la scripta_fw-la sint_fw-la in_o coelis_fw-la kunrath_n according_a to_o his_o usual_a manner_n of_o fool_n make_v a_o riddle_n of_o it_o amphith_n in_o amphith_n in_o quo_fw-la sunt_fw-la pveri_fw-la quotquot_fw-la in_o orb_n viri_fw-la it_o seem_v that_o these_o kind_n of_o author_n write_v to_o no_o other_o end_n but_o that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v understand_v by_o this_o mean_n seem_v to_o make_v war_n against_o nature_n which_o have_v give_v we_o a_o tongue_n and_o the_o use_n of_o speech_n that_o we_o may_v be_v able_a to_o express_v our_o conception_n whereas_o these_o man_n on_o the_o contrary_a endeavour_v to_o be_v obscure_a and_o dark_a robert_n elud_n in_o his_o apology_n for_o the_o brethren_n of_o the_o rosy_a cross_n have_v go_v on_o very_o far_o with_o this_o celestial_a write_n the_o character_n whereof_o he_o affirm_v to_o be_v make_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n that_o other_o be_v in_o coelo_fw-la say_v he_o inserti_fw-la &_o impressi_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la characteres_fw-la 1617._o apeloget_n ed._n lug._n bar._n an._n 1617._o qui_fw-la non_fw-la aliter_fw-la ex_fw-la stellarum_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la conflantur_fw-la quam_fw-la lineae_fw-la geometricae_fw-la &_o literae_fw-la vulgares_fw-la ex_fw-la punctis_fw-la superficies_n ex_fw-la lineis_fw-la &_o corpus_fw-la ex_fw-la superficiebus_fw-la at_o length_n conclude_v that_o who_o so_o be_v able_a to_o read_v these_o character_n shall_v know_v not_o only_o what_o ever_o be_v to_o come_v but_o also_o all_o the_o secret_n of_o philosophy_n 62._o fol._n 62._o quibus_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la linguae_fw-la &_o scripturae_fw-la arcanae_fw-la characterumque_fw-la abditorum_fw-la cognitio_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la concessa_fw-la est_fw-la his_o etiam_fw-la datum_fw-la erit_fw-la veras_fw-la rerum_fw-la naturas_fw-la mutationes_fw-la alerationes_fw-la &_o proprietates_fw-la siderum_fw-la omnesque_fw-la alius_fw-la operationes_fw-la &_o executiones_fw-la oculis_fw-la quaasi_fw-la