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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

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

afflictions and false accusations I never saw him angry nor did he ever Arrest or imprison any man or woman in all his life yet no clyent of his was ever damnifyed in his suit He was falsly accused but lately of writing a Seditious Book and imprisoned in a Messengers Custody But his Noble friend the Duke of Buckingham finding him innocent and alwaies for the King he was then discharged and indeed this glorious Duke is a very good and just Judge and although some speak slightly of him he studies the way to preserve his King and Countrey in peace plenty and prosperity it is pitty the King hath no more such brave men as he a thousand such wise Dukes as this like Marshal'd Thunder back'd with flames of fire would make all the enemies of the King and Christendome Quake and the Turke flie before such great Generals in all submission we humbly pray for this Great Prince and leave him to his pleasure return to our subject John Heydon is not of that vain and presumptuous Nature as the Taylors that despise all Artists even Agrippa Appolonius More Vaughan and Tritemius And yet they cannot read these and many other Learned Authors they so impudently abuse Rob of their Learning and convert other mens parts to their own profit He lent one Ten pound in Gold he in requital or return speaks ill of him and pretends to know many admirable Rules of Geomancy and impertinently addes them to Nativities and applyes them to all manner of Questions in Astromancy but his Books being written so long since viz. near twenty years by himself their greediness of great maters is discovered and we now know them to be neither Scholers nor Gentlemen these hang up clouts with here are Nativities Calculated Questions resolved and all the parts of Astrology taught by us For three pence four pence six pence or higher if you please thus are young Apprentices old women and wenches abused and that they may be found for money they tell us the 12 Houses of heaven in the sign of a Coat of Arms are to be let when they might indeed set bills upon their brazen foreheads engraven thus Here are Rooms to be let unfurnished but our Author regards not these men all their scandals forgeries villanous devices they contrive against him he slights and scorns hath purposely forsaken Spittle-Fields his lodgings there to live a private Life free from the concourse of multitudes of people that daily followed after him but if any desire to be advised let them by way of letter leave their business at his Book-sellers and they shall have answer Counsel without reward for he is neither envious nor enemie to any man what I write is upon my own knowledge He writes now from Hermeupolis a place I was never at It seems by the word to be the City of Mercury and truly he hath been in many strang places among the Rosie Crucians And at their Castles Holy-houses Temples Sepulchres Sacrifices all the world knows this Gentleman studys honourable honest things and faithfully comunicates them to others yet if any traduce him hereafter they must not expect his Vindication he hath refered his quarel to the God of Nature it is involved in the concernments of his Truths and he is satisfied with the peace of a good conscience he hath been misinterpreted in his writing with studied Calumnies they disparage his person whom they never saw nor perhaps will see he is resolved for the future to suffer for he says God condemns no man for his patience the world indeed may think the truth overthrown because she is attended with his peace for in the Judgement of most men where there is no noise there is no victory this he looks upon as no dissadvantage the estimate of such censures will but lighten the scales and I dare suppose them very weak brains who conceives the truth sinks because it outweighs them as for tempestious out-crys when they want their Motives they discover an irreligious spirit one that hath more of the Hurry-eano then of Christ Jesus God was not in the wind that rent the rocks in peices nor in the Earth-quake and fire at Horeb. He was in Aura tenui in the stil smal voice his enemies are forc'd to praise his vertue and his friends are sorry he hath not 10000 pounds a year he doth not resent the common spleen who writes the truth of God hath the same Patron with the truth it self and when the world shall submit to the general Tribunal he will find his Advocate where they shall find their Judge there is Mutual Testimony between God and his Servants or nature and her Secretary If the Baptist did bear witness of Christ Christ did also as much for the Baptist He was a burning and a shining light when I writ this Gentlemans life God can bear me witness it was unknown to him and for no private ends but I was forc'd to it by a strong Admiration of the Mistery and Majesty of Nature written by this Servant of God and Secretary of Nature I began his Life some years since and do set it down as I do finde it if any man oppose this I shall answer if you are for peace peace be with you if you are for War I have been so too Mr. Heydon doth resolve never to draw Sword again in England except the King command him Now let not him that puts on the Armour boast like him that puts it off Gaudet patientia duris is his Motto and thus I present my self a friend to All Artists and enemy to no man Frederick Talbot Esq March 3 1662 3 To the Most Excellently Accomplished the truly honourable learned wise vertuous c Bevis Lloyd Esq Eternal Health be wished I Would have you know that I love and honor you beyond expression and shall serve you in Art and Nature to my power I have presumed to make you one in the number of my Noble Patrons because I hear the wickedness of some Pulpit Polititians incessantly rageing against my person which they never saw nor perhaps will see these sophistical Sicophants contend against me continually with bitter hatred envy and Malice without any provocation on my part one very proudly with a full mouth and loud voice aspersed me with Atheisme in St. Pauls Church in his morning Sermon the eight of May before the Lord Mayor and others Amonst a promiscuous people Railing against the Rosie Crucians who Art and Nature united Others in Coffee discourse and stinking smoak of Tobacco did fill the ears of the Ignorant with my infamy others in publique and private assemblies I hear do instigate the Dukes Princes and Peers of England c against me But my Religion being published I would have you know my Philosoply is to know God himself the worker of all things io pass into him by a whole Image of likeness as by an Essential Contract and bond whereby we may be