wondring at the Miracle Suddenly appeared by us the self-same Gardiner like person but with his face somewhat turned away and nothing thereof to be adjudged as of Ave the custome is He said Kelly follow me E. K. went and I sat still awaiting his return This Gardiner went before E. K. and his feet seemed not to touch the ground by a foot height And as he went before E. K. so the doores did seeme to open before him he 〈◊〉 him up the great stairs on the left hand by the Vineyard door and so in at his own Chamber door where E. K. hath his new Study and then the door going out of that to the stairs opened of it self and he went up those stairs at length brought him to the Furnace mouth where all the Books and papers had been 〈◊〉 the 10 day of this April And coming thither there the spiritual Creature did seem to set one of his feet on the post on the right hard without the Furnace mouth and with the other to step to the Furnace mouth and so to reach into the Furnace the bricks being now plucked away which stopped the mouth of the Furnace all saving one brick thick and as he had reached into the furnace there appeared a great light as if there had been a window in the back of the Furnace and also to E. K. the hole which was 〈◊〉 greater then the thickness of a brick unstopped did seeme now more then three or four brick thickness wide and so over his shoulder backward he did reach to E. K. all the rest of the standing Books excepting the Book out of which the last Action was cut and Fr. Pucci his Recantation also to E. K. appeared in the Furnace all the rest of the papers which were not as then delivered out That being done he bade E. K. go and said he should have the rest afterward He went before in a little fiery cloud and E. K. followed with the Books under his arm all along the Gallery and came down the stairs by Fr. Pucci his Chamber door and then his guide left E. K. and he brought me the Books unto my place under the Almond-tree ✚ Pragae 1586 Aprilis 30 May-even Mane circa 8. Δ Precibus quibusdam fusis ad Deum 〈◊〉 pro miraculo Hesterno actis petebamus jam a Deo consilium suum quid de isto miraculo nobis esset faciendum ulterius c. Et quid faciemus cum Domino Rosenbergio an illum debeamus admittere ad amicitiam nostram soedus sanctum quid de ejus oblatis aedibus c. E. K. A voice commeth down right before me saying E. K. Who is this William Vox ..... Thou William Δ A pause Δ I suspect it to be the Lord Rosenberg Thou William Δ A pause Thou William of Rosenberg Δ A greater pause  This day in the Bloud of the Lamb do I pronounce forgiveness of sinnes upon thee and for a signe and token Thy lines shall be opened and thy seed shall be multiplyed upon Earth Therefore take unto thee a Sheep that is yet a Lamb and spoile not the flock of thy poor neighbour And behold if thou turn thy self from the North and ascend unto the Holy Mountain and I will hereafter make a Covenant with thee But take heed thou despise me not Blessed are those that are comforted of me for their strength is from above For whosoever is rebuked of the spirit of truth shall with time perish as a shadow Is it not said if thy eye offend thee cast him out I say unto thee also yea though thy head 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 him also away The unstable Whisperings and wordly Pollicies of such as are the Princes of the World are they not known unto mee O you Hypocrites O you little of understanding and of less faith how far are you in love with the World and her pomp with the flesh and her lightness or wantonness with the Divel and his damnable subtilty Purge your houses and purge your Kingdomes if you wiil stir up the Lord to strengthen you Cursed is that Nation that defiled her self with the society of such as are Bastards But wo we be unto him that Ruleth not according to the length of his bridle The chaff of this Empire and Kingdom behold it remaineth the father swept it not out neither doth the Son lift up his hand for the name of the Highest O you Hypocrites you are faithless for you fulfil not your charge Thou hast yet time to awake thou mayst yet be acceptable Thy doings let them be a Judge between thee and me Δ Magna pausa Vox ..... Behold I have given thee unto Rosenberg him also have I given unto thee Whosoever therefore considereth not the giver shall be called to account and that sharply In the yeare 88 I will send out my visitation that the ends of the world may be known and that Justice may appeare in the garments of her unmeasurable honor In the mean season I will bless you abundantly with all the gists and seeds of nature See therefore that you work and labour that your hands may bring forth fruit the increase of the Lord. Six Actions you shall have the seventh is the Sabbath of the Lords and from this day being a part of the tim beginning from Fryday last celebrated as the memorial of him through whom I speak unto you which suffered upon the Crosse for your Redemption until the day come of the sixth Moneth you shall not presume to aske any visitation of him that speaketh with you And so the sixth Moneth the last day ensuin shall alwayes be your day of Action § Pucci is defiled and shall not be partaker of these six visitations to come but shall depart from you and be ready as the Lord shall find him and as he shall be warned of you Notwithstanding my spirit shall not depart from him and I will open his understanding that he may convert many For the World must be satisfied with testimony as well of his life as the recantation professed Doctrine Δ We lack ô Lord his recantation written by his own hand I cannot find it in the Books restored Those Books let them be kept of thee as committed unto thy custody by me And see that they be never opened until the sixth Action to come See also that you disclose not my hand amongst you least I then rise up against you For behold you are yet in the Wildernesse Therefore be silent Vnto William notwithstanding hereafter all things may be known and made manifest If any man seek you else you know him not For you live within the silence of the Highest The rest that wanteth shall be restored unto you even unto the least and last letter Live therefore together as in the hands of your Protector And doubt not but that I will be merciful unto him that is sick through his infirmity yea and
multiplicati sunt inimici nostri c. E. K. He is gone Δ. Si multiplicati sunt inimici nostri propter peccata nostra ut 〈◊〉 nobis incumbat lucta Misericordiam Dei imploramus ut ipse nostram etiam multiplicet fortitudinem c. Gab. ..... Pluck up your hearts bow your knees audite quae dicit Dominus Thus saith the Lord If you will prevaile against the wicked and rejoyce among the sanctified you must observe and keep such commandments as are ordained by the God of Truth unto those that are partakers of his Covenant Ask Counsel of God Remember it Be milde E. K. Gabriel also noted 〈◊〉 Commandments in a pair of Tables after he had pronounced them Fast and pray Be Charitable Vse true Friendship in the service of God Persevere to the end Are not these Commandments necessary to be kept of all Christian men Δ. They are undoubtedly Gab. ..... And must of necessity be kept of those that are faithful E. K. He standeth as though he stood behind a Desk and preached or taught Gab. ..... Well thou sayest Lo our enemies are multiplied multiply thou therefore our strength O God Nature is subject unto you for the name of the Lord not as unto Kings but as unto the Ministers of his eternal will whereby your justification is settled above the works of Nature already for behold 〈◊〉 participate the mercies of God through his Son Christ Jesus in 〈◊〉 in that we open unto you those things that have been sealed even from the Just for the which we are become slaves unto Corruption shewing our selves in divers shapes to the dishonour of our Creation Yet are we quickned and revived because we are become the finger of God and you are sanctified and withal justified because you are touched with the finger of him that reviveth all things Therefore Rejoyce Rejoyce be Joyful and sing Praises unto God and faint not saying Our enemies are risen up against us yea they are multiplied for thus saith the Lord and it is already spoken by the Holy Ghost E. K. He maketh now great obedience or reverence Foelices sunt quibus 〈◊〉 spes est E. K. He looketh now up unto a thing like a Throne Et omne opus operatio Dei E. K. Now there cometh a beam down into his head and he is covered with a great thing like a white cloud E. K. Now the Stone is all on fire Now the fire ascendeth upward the streaming beam stretcheth into his head still E. K. There appeareth a little woman a far off and she is so clear and transparent that there appeareth a man child in her She hath a Coat as though it were Crimson and hath a long little face and hath a strange silk attire a bout her head .... as ... Videtur esse uxor mea Gab. ..... Go woman thy grief shall be lesse than it hath been E. K. Habet multos tanquam parvos nigros canes post se. Now goeth one and tyeth their mouths with packthred Gab. ..... So God useth to give a suaffle to the wicked E. K. A great wind bloweth on Gabriel Δ. De Angliae meo privato statu cupio aliquid audire tum ex 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 tum propter famae meae rationem Gab. ..... 〈◊〉 paululum iterum venero My Lord saith Let my servants sit up and take their rest I will visit them forthwith in peace Δ. After a great quarter of an hour he came again E. K. He appeareth now clothed with all his garment hanging with bells of Gold and flaming fire coming from them with silverish flames He hath hanging about his Crown as if they were seven Labells the tops of which come from above from an uncertain place and distance Gab. ..... Venite Morvorgran E. K. He calleth with a loud voice E. K. Now cometh a big black man with a white face and after him hath 24. They stand in four rows and in every row six Gab. ..... Let me see thy seale Mor. ..... Behold power is given to me Neither is the liquor that thou ministrest of any taste with me Neither shall I be overcome for I have placed my seat here Gab. ..... But by whose permission Gag lah nai E. K. Now Morvorgran falleth down on his knees and the rest on their face Medicina Dei malis Justicia vera E K. They tremble that lie flat on the ground E. K. Morvorgran sheweth to Gabriel on his own left breast a Character Gab. ..... For 19 moneths Behold the will of God Because thou hast conspired and risen against the Lord in his chosen and hast said It is to weet those that are subject unto thee Let us rise up against him and persecute his soul let us secretly entrap him for without doubt he is rich And because your conspiracies are not of theft onely but also of murder Therefore I seal thee with a weaker power And be it unto thee according unto the word of God that judgeth Righteously From evil unto worse From worse unto confusion From confusion unto desperation From desperation unto damnation From damnation unto eternal death E. K. Now Gabriel did put another prick to the Character on his left breast Mor. ..... Cursed be that God and defaced be his power for he handleth us in unjustice and dealeth with us without mercy Because he is not merciful nor just E. K. Gabriel goeth from me to one of the 24. and sealeth them Now thy go all away and he breaketh off the points of their Swords They go by him Δ. Quis est iste Morvorgran quo modo haec nobis instituit inferre mala Gab. ..... Dockum thou shalt carry this malice unto thy grave But I have made weak thy strength Blessed be those that entertain those that are annointed in the Lord for they also shall taste of the oil of his mercy I had care of you saith the Lord neither will I suffer you to perish in the way Therefore be thankful and forsake the world for the world hath forsaken you and conspired against you But these things are nothing Behold lastly thus saith the Lord. E. K. Now cometh a salet or helmet on Gabriel his head or an half sphere A great noise of many voices is heard as of Pillars that fell Now that thing is taken off his head Gab. ..... Thus saith the Lord. The world on both sides shall rise up against thee and they shall envy thee E. K. Now cometh a beam from above again into Gabriel his head Gab. ..... Gna semeroh Jebusan gonsag vi cap neph Jehuslach omsomna dedoilb E. K. Looking up he said thus Hoc est Ne paveas repentino terrore eruentes tibi potentias Impiorum Laskie Dominus E. K. Now cometh about his face little things of smoke and he putteth them from his face He would open his mouth and they come upon his mouth They rise out of a pit before him inumerable Gabriel seemeth to be as
E. K. changed his place ..... You shall see my face lo it is white E. K. Now he putteth on his Pied Coat and his Pied Cap he casteth the one side of his Gown over his shoulder and he danceth and saith ..... There is a God let us be merry E. K. He danceth still There is a heaven let us be merry Doth this Doctrine teach you to know God or to be skilfull in the heavens ..... Note it E. K. Now he putteth off his Cloathes again Now he kneeleth down and washeth his head and his neck and his face and shaketh his Cloaths and plucketh off the uttermost sole of his shooes and falleth prostrate on the ground and sayed ..... Vouchsafe O God to take away the wearinesse of my body and to cleanse the filthinesse of this dust that I may be apt for this purenesse E. K. Now he taketh the white Garment and putteth it on him ..... Mighty is God in his great Justice and wonderful in his immeasurable mercy The heavens taste of his Glory The earth is confounded at his wisdom In hell they tremble at him as at a Revenger This sheweth thee O to be a God and stretcheth forth thy Glory from the East unto the West for thy Heavens are Statutes and thy Creatures Laws that thou mayest be accounted a God of Justice and Glory Because thou art a God Therefore there is a Heaven For unto the Prince of Righteousnesse there belongeth a place of Glory Into the which there entereth none that are defiled neither such as are blemished with the spots of iniquity Manus Haec bona est ..... E. K. putting forth his right hand Haec Autem mala ..... E. K. putting forth his left hand Qui Habet aures intelligat E. K. Now he sitteth down on the Desk-top and looketh toward me Δ. This Parable is in general somewhat understood of us but in particular how it may be or is to be applied presently we understand not ..... Beware lest error enter within the dwelling place of Righteousnesse I have said E. K. He seemeth now to be turned to a woman and the very same which we call Galvah E. K. Now he is come down to the usual place on the Table Δ. I have assayed divers wayes to place the five Tables on the two sides on this first leaf Is it to your likeing as I have done it in the five little Triangles Gal. ..... As concerning the setting down of the five Tables it is sufficient as it is done The cause why I appeared thus was that you might avoid error Δ. I pray you to shew us the means how that error was or is to incumber us Gal. ..... Whosoever taketh servants of the wicked to prove the Glory of God is accursed But O Satan how many are thy deceits Note my Companion E. K. would have caused personal apparitions of some of the reprobate spirits before the Prince Albert Laskie in my Study thereby to shew some experience of his skill in such doings But I would not consent to it And thereupon Galveh gave judgement and warning of such an error of my Companion his intent c. Gal. ..... Behold it is said before he go from hence I will pour water into him And my Angel shall annoint him as I have determined Hide therefore Nothing from him For you belong unto him Neither can flesh and blood work those things that I have Glorified in him All things that are established in God are Glorified I speak this for thy understanding Neither let your hearts be hardned for the Earth is condemned and these things shall come to passe Credit is all that I seek saith the Lord for when I come I shall be sufficiently believed I take the God of Heaven and Earth to judge and swear by him as a witnesse that these words are true and shall endure unto the end The general points of mans Salvation are concluded already but the special gift belongeth unto God God strengthen you against his adversary Δ. Amen Gal. ..... Soon you shall know more Δ. This Prince would gladly know Whether it shall be best for him with the first opportunity to be going homeward Gal. ..... It shall be answered soon and what questions soever he also demandeth Δ. May he be here present at the action doing Gal. ..... Those that are of this house are not to be denied the Banquets therein Δ. May I request you to cause some sensible apparition to appear to him to comfort him and establish his minde more abundantly in the godly intent of God his Service Gal. ..... If you follow us let him be governed by us But whatsoever is of the flesh is not of us E. K. She seemeth to weep for the water cometh forth of her eyes Δ. You perceive how he understandeth of the Lord Treasurer his grudge against him And perhaps some other also are of like malitious nature What danger may follow hereof or incombrance Gal. ..... The sum of his life is already appointed one jot cannot be diminished But he that is Almighty can augment at his pleasure Let him rejoyce in poverty Be sorry for his enemies And do the works of Justice E. K. She seemeth to put the air over her and so to enter into a Cloud of invisibility and so disappear Δ. Deo gratias agamus Wensday afternoon circa horam 5. The Lord Albert à Lasky being present Δ. We attended of Galvah some instructions or discourse concerning the Lord Laskie E. K. At length appeared before the Lord Lasky in the air an Angel in a white Robe holding a bloody Crosse in his right hand the same hand being also bloody Δ. In nomine Jesu Christi Crucifixi a te requiro qui Crucis Trophaeum hic Gestas ut illa nobis signifies quae sunt ad Christi gloriam cui sit honor Laus perennis E. K. Now he is come from before the Lord Lasky and standeth here on the Table he turneth himself to all the four quarters of the World he kneeleth down He prayeth ..... O God Why should the people upon earth rejoyce or wherein should the pleasures of their sensual delights be fixed Why doth the Moon hold her course or why are the Stars observing an order Why are thy people thus scattered abroad Because iniquity hath caught the upper hand The Doors of our God are polluted with blasphemy his Temples desolate his Commandments violated and his Glory accounted as nothing But wilt thou suffer or canst thou hold thy hand from thy great and mighty strokes Most High God Most Mighty God Most Honourable God have mercy upon thy people respect the Creation the Creation I say of those wherein thou hast delighted Suffer not the Serpent to extol his head above thy Altars neither let thy holy Vessel be poisoned with his venome For thou art Mighty and overcomest all and who can rebel against thy Prowesse Bend down thy mereiful eyes Behold this
boy of man feeleth nothing spiritual until he be of incorruption Therefore useth no sense in and illumination The other is to be found out by his contrary E. K. Here is a Devil that derideth these instructions and saith you may know his vertue by his wisdom he never went to School Gab. ..... I know what he is Power is given to me to resist him but not to touch him He hath ascended and begotten him a son wherein the people of the earth shall be accursed those that are in prison shut up from light and the use of the day comprehend not any thing but that which entreth unto them by permission or free will so is the Soul of man shut up from all light except that which entreth by the will or suffrance of the highest But as obedience is the tryal of dignification so are the Ceremonies appointed by God the witnesses of justification For he that violated the outward Law was 〈◊〉 But the very end of Justice to salvation is the obedience and submission of the Soul How can it be that the earth and elements shall bear witnesse against man in the day of Judgement but in the perverse use of them contrary to God his Commandments He is a slow School-master and of smāll understanding Gab. ..... Cease for the conflict is great and must have judgement of the Lord. Δ. Sall I joyn my prayers with yours to our God to drive away this wicked scorner and contemner of your ministery Gab. ..... Not so you know not the secret judgements of the Lord herein The white Curtain was drawn Δ. Deo Nostro soli Omnipotenti sit omnis Laus Honor Gloria imperium in secula seculorum Amen Sonday Aprilis 15. Mane Hor. 7½ After a few prayers necessary and invitation to Gabriel and Nalvage for their instructions ...... Our instructions shall grow most plentifully amongst you But give place to time for this is the voyce of the highest Be holy and righteous in the works of your hands and keep alwayes the Sabbath of your Redeemer hereafter For even yet the Serpent is amongst us For even yet the Serpent is amongst my holy ones and endeavoureth to cut you asunder Therefore I say be holy even in the works of your hands for he thinketh to prevail against you But let your houses be swept clean that when the spy entreth he finde nothing to feed on Δ. We ceased and gave our selves to the Sabbath considering intending hence foreward to visit the Church and Assembly to pray and meditate on God his service Solus Jesus Christus est Triumphator contra mortem Diabolum Dominus Noster Deus Noster Amen Monday 15. Aprilis Mane hora 6. Cracoviae Δ. After a short prayer to God for remission of sins and sending of his graces and his good Ministers assigned for our instructions and for the avoiding away of the great enemy c. who held conflict against Gabriel c. The white Curtain appeared still drawn before in the stone for an hour E. K. There appeareth a face standing upon two Pillars the Curtain yet remaining drawn The face is fiery and hath very great teeth The Pillars are like Marble spotted gray and the ground of the Pillars colour white He said the works of the highest are become a stumbling block and have entred into the breasts of a woman and he is become angry But when she thinketh her self happy she shall stumble where she would not and become sorrowfull without comfort E. K. This face and Pillars became a great water swelling upward and so vanished away Δ. After about an hour the Curtain was opened All appeareth as before Gabriel sitteth in his Chair and Nalvage kneeleth Δ. I prayed divers prayers of God help against the wicked enemy yet present and molesting us as he was permitted Nal. ..... Pray for the mercy of God Pray for thou shalt not be heard So well said fy upon him Δ. Thy judgement light on this wicked Rebel for this blasphemy O God Δ. This Devil rayled against God Gab. ..... Move not for presence of power is great Nal. ..... Number the words of the first Key Δ. I have counted them and they seem to be 88. Nal. ..... There are not so many 87 Δ. Where have I misreckoned I pray you Perhaps Poamalzod is to be but one word and so are 87. E. K. There is a great Crosse over all the stone that is red Not onely over to be impressed through the stone Nal. ..... Number the words in thy own language Δ. I have numbred them and they seem to be 169. Δ. While I numbred the great red crosse went away and shortly after came in again into the stone as before Gab. ..... More not for the place is holy You have Zurza ds Gono in the Call the sd is too much Δ. I will then put it out Δ. I finde Zurza Adna ds Gono Nal. ..... That ds is too much I pray you what is then the number of them of you allowed Nal. ..... 86. Δ. Making also Poamolzod one word in that account Nal. ..... Set down 1 1 2 1 3 2 4 1 5 2 6 2 7 3 8 3 9 2 10 2 11 1 12 2 13 1 14 1 15 2 16 1 17 2 18 1 19 4 20 1 21 1 22 2 23 3 24 3 25 1 26 3 27 1 28 2 29 3 30 1 31 1 32 2 33 3 34 2 35 1 36 1 37 2 38 2 39 2 71 40 4 41 2 42 2 43 1 44 2 80 45 2 46 3 47 2 48 1 49 5 50 2 51 1 52 4 53 1 54 1 55 2 56 2 57 2 58 3 59 1 60 1 61 3 62 3 63 3 64 1 65 1 66 2 67 1 68 2 69 2 70 1 71 1 72 1 73 1 74 1 75 3 76 1 77 1 78 3 79 4 80 1 81 2 82 2 83 1 84 5 85 3 86 3 Tuesday Aprilis 17. Cracoviae After divers Ejaculations appropriate to the action and the Curtain of white water yet remaining E. K. thought divers times that he saw through the white Veil and stone and all nothing appearing therein E. K. immediately fell into a new doubting of the verity of these actions and said he had a Vision by a good Creature the last night who said these Creatures with which we dealt would no more appear unto him Hereupon he said that both the last dayes skorner and these our instructors were all Devils and that he would no more sit to receive A. B. C. And so by Letters any Doctrine of theirs unlesse they would otherwise expresly and lively deliver a plain rule thereof With many other arguments to disprove the verity of our Actions whereupon he said that John your boy can well enough deliver you their Letters and so you need not me c. I referred all to God his will and mercies For as I had at his hands onely
him that A. L. should not go to the Emperours Court for lack of money for he should get none here Likewise it willed him to go up into his Study and he would shew him all the effect of our Instructions received E. K. complained to me how he was thus greivously molested by such means and almost brought in despair But I comforted him as well as I could my self being inwardly most sorrowful and made my moane to God by prayer when I was alone for him and our Cause Moreover he could not be perswaded by me that good Angels would undertake to help us to any relief by money or treasure affirming that it appertained to the wicked ones seeing they were the Lords of this World and the kingdom of God was not of this World c. .... Said that the wicked were in the world and of the world but the Elect were in the world but not of the World Si de 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quod suum est diligeret quia vero de mundo non estis sed ego elegi vos de mundo propterea odit vos mundus Ergo dedi eis sermonem tuum 〈◊〉 eos odio habuit quia non sunt de mundo sicut ego non 〈◊〉 de mundo Non r go 〈◊〉 tollas eos de mundo sed ut serues eos à malo De mundo non sunt sicut ego non sum de mundo c. To be of the world was to be in love with the trade of the vanities of this world and to follow them And that money and riches were things indifferent good if they were well used and evil if they were evilly used And that Bonis omnia cooperabantur ad bonum Therefore the godly as the Patriarchs and many now adayes might have money but to use not abuse it and that such is our case and necessary request to God c. Sunday Cracovie Junii 24. à Meridie horam circiter tertiam Δ. Note while at my lodging by Saint Stephens I was writing the Note on the page going next before of the Tentations of Friday and Saterday E. K. was at my Lord A. L. his lodging at the Franciscan Fryars where he lay at Physick and at the same time this happened as followeth As my Lord A. L. and E. K. face together conferring and consulting of our affairs of Gods mercies and of sundry tentations of the spiritual enemy and afterward as the Lord A. L. was reading Rofensis psalm de Fiducia in Deum suddenly upon E. K. his right shoulder did a heavy thing seem to sit or rest whereof he told the Lord A. L. And afterward was this voyce uttered by that Creature in Latine Lasky veniet tempus cum tu portabis versum sedecimum illius Psalmi undecimi in vexillo tuo vinces inimicos tuos Then A. L sought in Davids Psalter for the eleventh Psalm and sixteenth verse thereof and while he was so about that Psalm The voyce said that he meant not that Psalm of David but the eleventh Psalm of Roffensis which Psalm the Lord A. L. was then in reading to E. K. and was about the verse Hic labor ac dolor c. being the sixth verse By and by after the voyce said in English Trust thou in God Hereupon the Lord A. L. did read forth that Psalm of Roffensis and when he came to the sixteenth verse thereof being Si ambulavero in medio tribulationis me custodies adversus inimicos tu ... Manum tuam extendes dextera tua me salvabis Thereupon the voyce said Put to the first line of the next verse And that was Domine tu omnia pro me perficies And as he would have read further the voyce willed him to stay at those words and said as followeth I swear unto thee by the true and living God that this shall come to passe Then E. K. said unto the Creature In the name of God Who art thou And he answered in Latin and said Ego Sum AVE cras plura audietis Δ. Gloria laus honor gratiarum actio perennis sit Deo Nostro omnipotenti Misericordi Amen Munday 25. Junii Mane hora 7. Cracoviae Δ. Orationem Dominicam pronunciavimus aliquot aliâ—â— or atiunculas ex Psalmis c. After we had sit awhile together conferring of Ave his Vision c. A voyce said bring up the shew-stone Δ. I had set it down on the Table behinde the Cushion with the Crosses for I had furnished the Table with the Cloath Candles c. as of late I was wont Hereupon I set up the stone on the Cushion E. K. There appeareth in the stone like a white Curtain all over the stone After awhile it was drawn and layed on the back-side of the stone on a heap together Now here standeth one in a white Garment with a white Cerclet about his head like a white smock I remember not that ever I saw this Creature before his Garment is tucked up ..... Who is he that is rich Δ. The Lord of all ..... He it is that openeth the store-houses not such as fly away with the winde but such as are pure and without end Δ. Blessed be his name for ever ..... To the pure in spirit and such as he delighteth in Amen Dixit Dominus Invoca nomen meum mittam vobis verbum quo fabricavi terram responsum dabit de se testimonium dabit de se ut in testimonio vincat malos E. K. Now is there fire come and hath consumed this Creature all to pieces and he is fall'n down to ashes Now he riseth up and he is brighter then he was before ..... So doth the glory of God comfort the just and they rise again with a threefold glorie Δ. A place was made E. K. Now he spreadeth the aire or openeth it before him and there appeareth before him a square Table Now he taketh off the Table a black Carpet Now he taketh off a green Carpet Now he taketh off a white Carpet Now he taketh off a red Cloath And now the Table appeareth to be made of earth as Potters Clay very raw earth E. K. The Table hath four feet of which two touch the ground and two do not The feet seem also to be of the earth The Table is square E. K. On the left corner farthest from E. K. did a T appear on the Table Out of the top of this T do four beams issue of clear collour bright ..... That part pointing to that T of the Table of the earth of those that govern the earth that is are governed by the seven Angels that are governed by the seven that stand before God that are governed by the living God which is found in the Seal of the living God Tan with the four which signifie the four powers of God principal in earth c. ..... Move not for the place is holy and
wherein you shall not borrow of the World but of the Gift of God And hitherto I will deal with thee that the least thing which thou hast bestowed in obedience toward me shall not be forgotten Live you together as brethren and wonder together at my works and in me for there shall not a hair of your head perish So that you listen and be obedient unto my voice When therefore thou commest home hide not thy self But see that the Infant be regenerated Δ As concerning the Godfathers shall I request and use such as I intended Michael ..... Do that thou hast done But put all these things up amongst 〈◊〉 secrets of your hearts as though not seeing yet seeing all things Let these for this time suffice E. K. The fire is gone he and all Δ Creatori nostro Omnipotenti Protectori nostro misericordissimo consolatori nostro abundantissimo in tempore necessitatis nostrae sit perennis Laus Honor Gloria gratiarum 〈◊〉 Amen Δ Hereupon we had great comfor and so brake our fast and returned to Prague again before 4 of the clok in the afternoon Note While I was thus out and had left a letter for the Curtese Balthasar Federicus Dominus ab Ossa c. to deal with the Spanish Embassador the Lord Romfe and myne Her Kinsky to crave pardon of my sudden departure and the Child not yet christened c. and had given my wife charge not to deliver the Letter before Friday night c. It came to passe that this Mr. Balthasar had sent word of his comming to 〈◊〉 with the Lord Kinsky whom on the Friday before I had met riding out of Town and he told me that he was to be out three or 4 dayes c. and that he was desirous to speak with me Upon which occasion my wife thought it best to send the letter to him and so did not long before my coming home Which thing when I understood I was half sorry for it and sent presently word to Master Balthasar of my coming home and to certifie him that my wife had erred to send that letter unto his worship before Friday night when she might perceive that indeed I did ride forth to Bressel He thereupon was desirous to speak with me and of him I received my Letter which he had perused and offered himself most ready to satisfie the content thereof c. Now to the chief purpose At my return home from Master Balthasar Federick ab Ossa I found Emericus Sontagius in my wives stove with Master Kelly who at the sight of me was sore amazed and half not able or not willing to speak but said vos estis veteres equites Then Mr. Kelly told me that Emericus had told him that the Emperour had been all day yesterday very melancholick and would speak with no body And that he knew of my journey in a moment when it was and that by the Jews specially by the Doctor his son that had gone about to get me the four horses laboured very much with himself unasked to perswade me that the Emperour his first and chief understanding of it was by the Jews c. Hereupon being now night he went home ✚ Pragae Martii 14. Thursday A meridie hora 2½ Baptizatus erat Michael d ee filius meus in arcis Pragensis majori Templo Baptismum exercente Caesareae Majestatis Capellano Susceptoribus vero Illustrissimis Dominis Domino don Gulielmo de sancto Clemente Hispaniarum Regis apud Caesarem Legato Domino Magnifico Domino Romff summo Caesareae majestatis cubiculario à consiliis arcanis intimo primario c. Susceptrice autem Nobilissima foemina Domina de Dittrechstain Domini de Dittrechstain uxore charissima qui major Domo Caesareae majestatis est Infanti verò nomen erat inditum Michael ad petitionem meam ob gratam beati Michaelis memoriam qui ex misericordia Dei tam fuit est erit nobis beneficus auxiliaris tutelaris c. ✚ Pragae Martii 18. Monday manè horam circiter 7. Δ Precibus ex more ad Deum fusis primùm deinde aliqua interposita mora aliis etiam ejaculationibusque factis pro misericordia luce auxilio Dei c. post horas 2. tandem nulla facta apparitione cessavimus Ego verò de Dei ira timidus causam subesse magnam dubitavi c. Δ 〈◊〉 nostri Deus ne nobiscum agas juxta omnes iniquitates nostras Amen Martii 20. Wednesday manè Δ Note E. K. yesterday had a shew of a little thing as big as a pease of fire as it were in the stone going about by the brinks And because it was not in shape humane he of purpose would not declare it so to me and so I have noted as appeareth of no shew This he told me on Tuesday night that was yesternight upon occasion of a great stir and moving in his brains very sensible and distinct as of a creature of humane shape and lineaments going up and down to and fro in his brains and within his skull sometimes seeming to sit down sometime to put his head out at his ear And this began from the same night following ✚ Pragae Martii 20. Wednesday manè circiter 6½ Δ Precibus ad Deum fusis aliquanto prolixioribus quam ex more c. statim facta est apparitio E. K. Here is the same shew of a little parcel of fire somewhat lesse then a pease going about the border of the stone E. K. Here is one but he hath a covered face I know him not his covering is of a compound colour between black red and white he is covered down to his middle the ground of it is white There be spots of black and red on it some big some little as if they had been sprinkled on with a pen or dashed on with a pencil ..... Against divine necessity is no prayer nor resistance E. K. I feel nothing in my head now and till now I did as is moved before ..... Come ô you Prophets and render your accounts Come O you that have sucked of the brests wherein the judgments and secret will of the Lord is hid and of Necessity to come Gather your selves together render some account why the King of eternity descending from the heavens hath so often visited you And why he hath rather visited you in the Desert upon mighty and high Mountains unranged of men Tell I say what the cause is that he hath come down into the Fens and amongst your flock Could not this God have lifted you up and have brought you into his secret chambers Could he not have ravished you unto himself and so have carried you about with him that you might see his great wisdome unknown to man and the abundance of Glory wherein he hath his habitation There is none of you that dare presume to say that you deserved the Lord his presence There is none of