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A43503 The wise-mans crown, or, The glory of the rosie-cross shewing the wonderful power of nature, with the full discovery of the true cœlum terræ, or first matter of metals, and their preparations into incredible medicines or elixirs that cure all diseases in young or old : with the regio lucis, and holy houshold of rosie crucian philosophers / communicated to the world by John Heydon, Gent. ... Heydon, John, b. 1629.; Talbot, Frederick. 1664 (1664) Wing H1677_bk1; Wing H1667A_bk2; ESTC R4690 63,702 152

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Vera et Viva Effigies Johan̄is Heydon Equitis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Nat 1629 Die ♃ Sept 10.9 45 PM Gaudet patientia duris Otia Imperialia The Idea of the Law of Policy Government Warr Regio Lucis The Harmony of the World The Temple of Wisdom The Holy Guide Lilly The Wise-Mans Crown OR THE GLORY Of the Rosie-Cross SHEWING The Wonderful Power of Nature with the full discovery of the true Coelum Terrae or first Matter of Metals and their Preparations into incredible Medicines or Elixirs that cure all Diseases in Young or Old With the Regio Lucis and holy Houshold of Rosie Crucian Philosophers Communicated to the World By JOHN HEYDON Gent. A Servant of GOD and Secretary to Nature 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. He that looketh upon my Books let him learn to be religious LONDON Printed for the Author and are to be sold by Samuel Speed at the Rainbow in Fleetstreet 1664. THE LIFE OF John Heydon The Son of FRANCIS and MARY HEYDON Now of Sidmouth in Devonshire IOhn Heydon is not basely but Nobly descended The Antiquaries derive them from Julius Heydon the King of Hungary and Westphalia that were descended from that noble family of Caesar Heydon in Rome and since in this Royal Race the line run down to the Honorable Sr. Christopher Heydon of Heydon near Northwich Sr. John Heydon late Lord Lieutenant of the Kings Tower of London and the noble Chandlers in Worcester-shire of the Mothers side which line spread by Marriage into Devonshire among the Collin's Ducks Drues and Bears he had one Sister named Anne Heydon who dyed two years since his Father and Mother being yet living He was born at his Fathers House in Green-Arbour London and Baptized at St. Sepulchres and so was his Sister and both in the fifth and seventh years of the Reign of King Charles the First he was educated in Warwick-shire among his mothers friends and so careful were they to keep him and his sister from danger and to their Books that they had one continually to wait upon them both to the School and at home He was Commended by Mr. John Dennis his Tutor in Tardebick to Mr. George Linacre Priest of Coughton where he learned the Latine and Greek tongues the War at this time began to molest the Universities of this Nation He was then Articled to Mr. Mic. Petley an Atturney of Cliffords Inne with eighty pound that at five years end he should be sworn before Chief Justice Roll now being very young he applyed his minde to Learning and by his happy wit obtained great knowledge in all Arts and Sciences afterwards also he followed the Armies of the King and for his valour Commanded in the Troops when he was by these means famous for Learning and Arms he Travelled into Spain Italy Arabia Aegypt and Persia and gave his minde to writing and Composed about 20 years since The Harmony of the World in two Books The Temple of Wisdome in three Book The Holy Guide in six Books Elhavareuna in one Book Hampaneah Hammeguleh in one Book Ocia Imperialia in one Book The Idea of the Law The Idea of Government The Idea of Tyranny in three parts The Fundamental Elements of Morral Phylosophy Policy Government and War c. These Books were written near 20 years since and preserved by the good hand of God in the Custody of Mr. Thomas Heydon Sr. John Hanmer Sr. Ralph Freman and Sr. Richard Temple during the Tyrants time first one had the Books then another c. And at last at the Command of these Honourable Learned and valiant Knights they were Printed He wrote many excellent things and performed many rare experiments in the Arts of Astromancy and Geomancy c. but especially eighty one the first upon the Kings Death Predicted in Arabia by him to his Friends The second upon the losses of the King at Worcester Predicted at Thauris in Persia the third Predicted the Death of ●liver Cromwell in Lambeth house to many Persons of Honour mentioned in his Books the fourth he wrote of the overthrow of Lambert and of the Duke of Albymarle his bringing again of the King to his happy Countries and gave it to Major Christopher Berkenhead a Goldsmith at the Anchor by Fetter-lane end in Holborn the fifth precaution or Prediction he gave to his Highness the Duke of Buckingham two Moneths before the evil was practised And his Enemy Abraham Goodman lies now in the Tower for attempting the death of that Noble Prince The sixth for Count Gramont when he was banished into England by the King of France and he predicted by the Art of Astromancy and Geomancy the Kings receiving of him again into favor and of his marriage to the Lady Hamelton The seventh for Duke Minulaus a Peer of Germany that the Emperour sent to him when the Turk had an Army against him and of the death of the Pope the rest are in his Books And therefore by these Monuments the name of Heydon for his variety of Learning was famous not onely in England but also in many other Nations into which his Books are Translated And it seems something difficult to determine whether the sophistication of truth or the fucus of errors hath of late years been the more Epidemical cheat in Print it being sufficiently notorious how this generation of Taylors Almanacks the under-wits go a whoring after the Press and what a noysome spawn of Brats are generated of the froth of illegitemate Brains not less numerous then spurious that neither their male content Parents nor Religion Law Reason nor Charity are able to maintain And although Mr. John Heydon's works be of a more generous extraction yet they are very far from Complementing themselves with the least v●●n hopes of exemption from those censures which are common to all men It is worth an Asterisk to observe how infeazable it hath been in all ages for the most innocent to escape this Correction Divine Plato that Prince of Phylosophers is accused for being too confused and immethodical Virgil by some is counted but a shallow and weak witted Poet and by others charged as if he were wholy be holding to Homer for his works and Homer himself is derided by Horace as if he were too drowsie a Poet Demosthenes could not please Marcus Tullius in all things Trogas Pompeius doth accuse Titus Livius his Orations of fictions and falsities Seneca was Nic-named and called Lime without Sand Pliny is compared to a turbulent River that taste of many things but digests few Hermes is called by some the dark King some affirme Zoroaster had no depth of Judgement An Astrologicall Taylor accuses Cornelius Agrippa Kt. John Heydon Appolonius and Tritemius of inventing new and strange principles in Phylosophy D. Brown is reproved for inconstancy and instability of Judgement And Mr. Moor and Eugenius Philalethes for their too much subtilty in some things Mr. Hobs is thought too full of Reason in his Religion and the