friend now adayes I will go and tell the knave that he provide for himself For it will be marvellous hard weather You were best to do so least you blow your Nails E. E. He speaketh to one within the house Il. ..... Thus you see me Masters how I am troubled with my servants How now what aileth thee E. K. There cometh a woman round about his house and she seemeth to passe by him She is in English Attire Il. ..... I will know what aileth her to cry What aileth thee Woman One of my Children is dead Il. ..... Alas poor Childe How can Children resist cold she might have kept it warmer Cold pierceth where shot cannot enter Δ. This woman is not of our Company I trust None of our Children shall perish in this cold Il. ..... Ha A your Children you keep them warm It will do them no hurt Those that are warned 〈◊〉 danger to come For many things are prevented by the quality of wisdom Δ. I trust we shall safe arrive at the place appointed in Cracow or elsewhere Δ. But as concerning Vincent Seve brother in Law to the Lord Albert Laskie I pray you to shew us the truth of his state E. K. I see him walking in a street and a thick man with him And Gerlish seemeth to comeafter him The thick man his beard is somewhat like my Lord his beard he cometh after Vincent Vincent hath a black satten Dubblet on cut with crosse cuts He hath a ruffe about his neck along one edged with black or blue Δ. I beseech you I. L. to shew us what Town that is Il. ..... Speaking to him that sheweth it for I shew it not Δ. O God Il. ..... I remember not the name of any such Town Quem Deus non amat non novit E. K. Now the Town appeareth again the Sea runneth by it There is an old rotten Church standing at the Town end The Town seemeth to be 60. or 80. miles off E. K. It seemeth to be Embden in my judgement E. K. But Vincent and Gerlish seem not to be in one Town or street Δ. I beseech you to say unto us whether A. L. be furnished with money at Grave John his hand so as may serve our turn or no. Il. ..... If I have not told you already I will You grudge at me E. K. He speaketh to E. K. Il. ..... Judge my words with reason and thou shalt finde them true Touch them with understanding and thou shalt finde them profound My words are true Because I am sent by Truth Neither are we to speak gravely when we take upon us the persons of Buyers and Sellers Whosoever doth the will of his Master truely in this World shall be laughed to scorn But whoso speaketh worldly and sendeth out shadows is accounted a pillar of the Earth Happy are those which are not foolish neither in works say There is no God Such request such answer Such earthly minde such heavenly motions Yet Heaven speaketh truth and the Earth lyeth This is not my office which I have taken in hand yet because I have dealt with you as a worldling I was the fitrest to answer your worldly expectation Δ. As you have dealt with us not according to your office but according to our worldly expectation So now do we desire to understand somewhat according to our higher and heavenly expectation of our doing the determined will of the Highest E. K. He is gone and all the Stone as red as blood Δ. E K. Now he is come again and standeth in the fire Il. ..... Thus saith the Lord I have taught you how to live I have set you Statutes and have wished you my Peace Follow me and I will be your God For unto them that are wise shall there be more wisdom given But unto them that are become foolish my wisdom is a ... These five years to come are the Deliverance ... Yea sorrow shall bring forth her Children My Honour shall be defaced and my holy Places pluckt No man hath ever seen such a world For Now shall they say unto the Mountains Come and cover us and unto the Waters Swallow us up for we know there is no God neither is there any care of Mankind I will plague the people and their blood shall become Rivers Fathers shall eat their own Children And the Earth shall be barren The Beasts of the field shall perish And the Waters shall be poisoned The Air shall infect her Creatures And in the Deep shall be roaring Great Babylon shall be built And the son of wickednesse shall sit in Judgement But I will reserve two Kingdoms untouched And I will root out their wickednesse Yea thus saith the Lord 〈◊〉 the North shall come a Whirlwind And the Hills shall open their mouths And there shall a Dragon flie out such as never was But I will be glorified by you and by those that are not yet dead And you shall have power such as I will be glorified by Keep therefore the Statutes which I taught you Forget not my words For unto those that look back there is great wo. Happy are they that continue to the end Amen E. K. Now he is gone Δ. ..... E. K. Now he is come again Il. ..... Thus saith Jehova I am the beginning and the end The root and life of all Righteousnesse I say By my self I am with you And will blesse you in Righteousnesse Cease therefore to move me for I am Almighty And inquire not of me what I have determined For Time groweth and I am a Just God Therefore Cease Cease I say I in my self say Cease Call not upon my name in defiled places Least the wicked ones hear what I determin I will visit you at your journyes end I will testifie my promise to you Be in haste therefore And flie from sin And flie the society of such as are accursed For I am jealous over my people Yea I will not suffer them to drink or taste of their vessels Be you unto me a people that I may behold my people And I will be unto you both A God for ever E. K. IL. saith Amen and falleth all in pieces as small as ashes E. K. Now all is Clear and the Curtain is come again Δ. Deo Omnipotenti sit omnis Honor laus gloria in secula seculorum Amen Friday 1 Novemb. 1588. Mane At Breame Δ. Albeit we were willed O Lord to Cease yet understanding the same warning to have been meant for Enquiring of thy Mysteries and secret Determinations wherein we intend now not to deal but in matters before and last moved and wherein we were not fully satisfied that now we may more expressely be certified and that is of three things First for Vincent Seve Secondly for Edmond Hilton gone with the Ship toward Dansk And Thirdly as concerning help for money for the Lord Alb. Laskie And herein we crave either the ministery
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
Let us seek other wayes Then you are not counted perseverers neither are your works worthy reward But humane reason can perswade and give judgement against these follies much more are they damnable and deserve correction in the voice and judgement of such as are pure He that dealeth with the wicked is a lyar and shall have his reward But the end of comfort is in the purenesse of spirit But O you of little wisdom you rise up against the windes and yoke your wits against the mountains Nay you cast your selves down headlong where there is no mercy For what blasphemie is it to say If it be the will of God it must follow Is not man subject to the bringing in of his own labours And are not they allowed to his comfort being brought in The soul of man is the Image of God after his form which keepeth within himself the power of his divinity in the heavenly Spirit whereby he hath Authority to consent with God in the workmanship of his Will and Creatures Which Power being sealed already giveth unto man as King of himself to consent to his own salvation conjoyning and knitting himself together either with perseverance in the assured hope of mercy or with wilfull drunkennesse to the reward of such as fall Therefore Become Holy For the soul beautifieth when it is beautified in it self Resist not the Will of God which is mighty on you Be not obstinate Be humble Rejoyce not for this World But be glad that your names are sealed and that you shall correct the World Despair not through weaknesse for from whom cometh strength If puddles become Seas the end is more wonderful But yet greater when sinners are called to the knowledge and performance of God his Will thorough his mercies Even as one day perisheth and is not although he hath been Even so it is and shall be the state of this World For the Earth must sing O Sanna with the Heavens And there must be One veritie And Hierusalem shall descend with an horn of glory to the end The Sun and Moon shall be witnesses and wonder at their stay The Kings of the Earth shall become proud in themselves and are unable to be tamed with man But I will yoke them saith the Lord with correction And force them one to imitate anothers steps Yea they shall tread the grapes alike For in my Vineyard Corruption shall not dwell with Authority Neither shall the Prince of Darknesse usurpe my further honour E. K. He speaketh much in a smaller voice than he did I cannot perceive it He turned back and spake ..... I speak these things for your understanding and that you may be strengthened E. K. He turneth back again as before and speaketh I know not what ..... My dear brethren therefore rejoyce in Comfort and the image of Peace and remain faithful that you may be fed with that food that shall preserve and alwaies rest before the mighty flames of Zanzor where there dwelleth no defiled Creature nor any unrighteousnesse E. K. He turneth now back again as before speaking He seemeth now to lean against a Pillar of Copper great and round And he is become lesse than he was Now he standeth on the top of the Pillar Now he kneeleth down his back being turned A voice saith to him ..... Swear ..... 1 He said ..... It is done He said ..... The first voice openeth his mouth and saith There is a great rumbling and roushings of falling of Towns or Houses as it were in the Stone He said ..... The will of God is sealed in this Prophesie and it shall endure A voice ..... Swear ..... 2 He said ..... I have done He said ..... It thundereth and it is the second voice The effect of God his Will is not of time and therefore not to be known of man till that moment and end of time shall appear wherein it must be published and finished with power E. K. Now it thumbleth again very terribly as though a vvhole Town should fall down into a great Valley A voyce ..... Swear ..... 3 He said ..... I have ..... And it is the third and the last voyce All things that are crooked shall be made straight The winde of the heavens shall walk through all the earth Wisdom shall sit in her Majestie Crowned in the top of an Hill with exalted glorie It is the end E. K. Now all dasheth in a flame of fire Pillar and he and all and so flieth upward A voyce ..... He that hath ears let him hear Another voyce It shall be Amen E. K. Now the Curtain cometh before all as it vvas at the beginning this day Δ. O Lord for thy great mysteries declared unto us this day we most humbly thank thee But on our parts there remaineth some matter .... thy hands by some of thy good Ministers we desire to have some advertisement as of the Lord Alb. Laskie Secondly of Vincent Seve c. E. K. A very little Creature appeareth and saith The little one A word and away The hearts of Princes are the secrets of the Lord Such they are as unlock the doings of this world Δ. Of A. L. his delay in coming contrary to our defire and expectation I would gladly understand the cause c. The little one Those things that are of wickednesse are not of our remembrance This stay shall hinder a third part of his glory But all your life is not of him Nor he of you If he become good he shall be well rewarded He is forward Vincent is in France E. K. He is gone suddenly This Creature stood betvveen the Curtain and the forepart of the stone it vvas one of the least Creatures that ever I savv Δ. All Honour praise and thanks be to our God Almighty now and ever Amen Thursday Januarii 9. The Lord Albert Laskie came to Stetin Hor. 2½ à Meridie Fryday Janurii 10. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hora prima incipiebat per 2. horas durabat Stetini Sonday 12. Januarii 1584. Stetin Δ. After Dinner we were talking together of our affairs A voyce in E. K. his head said Jam venit hora. Δ. After Supper as I had a desire to shew to E. K. some places of St. Johns Apocalypsis a voyce said to him Equus albus est initium Doctrinae vestrae Et est verbum Dei 10. 9. sunt Novemdecim Δ. Hereupon seeking in the 19. Chapter of the Apocalypsis we found the Text Equus albus c. versu 11. A voyce Ne dubites Sum enim servus Dei To this purpose appertain these places of Scripture c. These are the dayes wherein the Prophet said No faith should be found on the earth This Faith must be restored again and man must glorifie God in his works I am the light of God Δ. Then by like He is VRIEL ..... I am a witnesse of the light These are the times when Justice and truth must take place Behold I touched him
be ministered by Nalvage he appeared and spake much to E. K. which he expressed not to me but a length confessed that he gave him brotherly counsel to leave dealing as an Idolater or Fornicator against God by asking counsel of such às he did E. K. confessed that he had been that day and some dayes before dealing by himself after his manner to understand of my Lord Laskie and of other matters of Lasko and left his questions in his window written Nalvage told him the devil had now taken away his questions E. K. went down to see if it were true and he found it true Nal. ..... Pray ..... Δ. We prayed There is an error in the last not in the Number but in the Letter I will first go through the Letters and after come to the Numbers How many words have you received this day Δ. Thirteen whereof Iaida was said to be the last of the call Nal. ..... They be more worth than the Kingdom of Poland Be patient for these things are wonderful 71 N The number must needs go to the sixth descending 309. A The 7 th ascending 360. O The 9 th ascending 1000. O The 13 th ascending 1050. V The 17 th ascending 2004. It is Vooan It may be sounded Vaoan Adde those last Numbers Δ.    309   360 Vooan is spoken with them that fall but Vaoan with them that are and are glorified The devils have lost the dignity of their sounds  1000   1050   2004   4723  Δ. They make 4723. Nal. ..... It is called the Mystical roote in the highest ascendent of transmutation Δ. These phrases are dark when it shall please God they may be made plain Nal. ..... It is the square of the Philosophers work Δ. you said it was a roote Nal. ..... So it is a roote square Δ. The square thereof is 22306729 .... The word is by interpretation Ignis vera mater The vain Philosophers do think it doth beget bodies but in truth it conceiveth and bringeth forth 70 D the fifth ascending 4. O the 39 ascending 7806. call it OD Δ. drawing the O long E L 17 not 17 and the thirdth for it is of the thirdth and 17 it L et may be of them both ascending 419. 69 O O the 18 ascending 2017 .... this O must be sounded as A. T M M the 24 from the center to the left angle ascending 5069 .... T must be instead of M. L A A 30 descending 9012. A I I the 35 ascending 15079. B P P the 43 from the center to the left angle descending 159068. Call it Piamo el. It is Piatel Baltale to be sounded As the ear is the chief sense so being infected it is the greatest hindrance Many there be that thrust themselves between you and me and they are increased Power is given again to the Shew Stone and thou shalt not be hindred Δ. Shall I presently bring it forth Nal. ..... As thou wilt Δ. I brought forth the Stone and it seemed marvellously brighter than before it was wont to appear E. K. He seemeth to pray E. K. There appeareth to me in the Stone Michael as he was wont to appear with his sword in his hand and in a long white garment c. Mich. ...... I am the strength of the Highest and the mighty arme of him that is Almighty your fellow servant and the messager of the Highest The powers of the earth have risen up against you But you shall prevail and this Doctrine shall be delivered as is promised and according unto time But pray earnestly for lo the whole hoste of Angels such as are blessed have cryed unto the Lord saying Not so Lord Thy bread is torn in pieces or reproachfully eaten Thus therefore saith the Lord Be patient for the place is holy and the power of the Highest is amongst you Receive willingly for he that is offended is smitten Be comforted and beware of deceivers for the power of the wicked is increased and is become mighty But into this vessel shall enter no unclean thing not for this time onely but for ever Vnto thee Nalvage thus saith the Lord gather up thy wings and enter Do as thou art commanded and be multiplied Be comforted for Gabriel shall ascend and stand before the Lord and shall have power and descend and he shall be yoked unto thy loynes and thou shalt become mighty that thou mayst open the wonders of the Lord with power E K. Now is Nalvage come into the Stone Mic. ...... Be comforted be comforted be comforted my brethren in the God of Hosts for your comfort is and shall be of the Holy Ghost Therefore let peace be amongst you and be no more babes for wisdom dwelleth not amongst children The peace of God be amongst you And thus much I have comforted you E. K. He is gone E. K. Now here is another Δ. It is Gabriel that came to Daniel Gabr. ...... I did so and I am that Gabriel and the World beareth witnesse of my coming You rebellious windes you deceivers of the righteous you naked substances and things lighter than the windes know not you that the God of your creation hath rewarded you know you not your own weaknesse know you not your state of no return I say headlong you all without resistance fall down to your places Be gone sink for I am of power and do prevail Behold he hath placed darknesse behind him and hath made the lights of heaven as the Lamps of his beauty Go you that are confounded without return for the name of our God in his determination is invincible This night is a Sabbath and a scourge to the wicked Nal. ...... I promised to expound you a word the first you had to day but the last It signifieth of the Highest E. K. His Table now appeareth very evidently to me as that I could paint it all Cease for this time for it is a time of silence for the wicked are confounded in the morning early you shall be taught plentifully for my power is become a hundred and fifty and I will finish my charge long before the time appointed Gabr. We are alwayes present until the promise be ended Rest in peace E. K. Gabriel seemeth to be all in compleat harnesse like skales of a Fish from the arm-pits downward with a Spear in his hand all of fire about a two yards long Δ. The peace of God and his mercy be on us now and ever Amen Δ. If it should not offend you I would glady ask your knowledge of the Lord Albert Laskie our great worldly friend and that for the service of God if he be past the chief danger of his present infirmity c. ..... When we enter into him we know him but from him he is scarce known unto us as of him of whom it is said he hath consented with an Harlot we know not
his head and into the street he hasted with his brothers Rapier drawn and challenged Alexander to fight But Alexander went from him and said Nolo 〈◊〉 Kelleie Nolo Hereupon E. K. took up a stone and threw after him as after a dog and so came into the house again in a most furious rage for that he might not fight with Alexander The rage and fury was so great in words and gestures as might plainly prove that the wicked enemy sought either E. K. his own destroying of himself or of me or his brother c. This may suffice to notifie the mighty temptation and vehement working of the subtile spiritual enemy Satan wherewith God suffered E. K. to be tempted and almost overcome to my great grief discomfort and most great discredit if it should as the truth was have come to the Emperours understanding except he had known me well c. I was in great doubt how God would take this offence and devised with my self how I might with honesty be aleared from the shame and danger that might arise if these two should fight c. At the least it would crosse all good hope here with the Emperour c. for a time till God redressed it After I had brought E. K. to some quietnesse by yeilding much to his humour c. and saying little not long after came my messager from my wise at Cracovia and Hugh my servant with him to my great comfort through her letters and the full satisfying of me by Hugh my servant his knowledge farther than conveniently could be written About 2 of the clock after Noon came this letter to me of the Emperour his sending for me Nobilis Praeclarissiméque Domine Domine observandissime CAEsar jam jam significavit Domino Legato Hispaniarum Hero meo ut Dominationem vestram ad se evocaret ad horam secundam qua eam audire cuperet Dominatio vestra si ad dictam horam venire poterit accedet statim Dominum Octavium Spinolam qui est Majestati suae Caesareae à Stabulis Cubiculis Is enim eam ad Majestatem suam introducet Quod reliquum est me D. vestrae quam officiosissimè etiam atque 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Dominationis vestrae 〈◊〉 Arnoldus Vander Boxe Hereupon I went straight up to the Castle and in the Ritter-Stove or Guard-Chamber I stayed a little in the mean space I sent Emericus to see what was of the clock and the Chamberlain Octavius Spinola spied him out of the Emperours Chamber window and called him who came up to me and by that time was the Chamberlain come out to me and by Emericus he understood that I was the man the Emperour waited for He came to me very curteously told me of the Emperours desire to see me and to speak with me So he returned to the Emperour into the privy Chamber and came out again for me and led me by the skirt of the Gown through the Dining-Chamber and the Privy Chamber where the Emperour sat at a Table with a great Chest and Standish of Silver before him my Monas and Letters by him c. I came toward him with due reverence of three cursies who shewed me a gracious and chearful countenance Then I craved pardon at his Majesties hand for my boldnesse to send his Majesty a Letter and the Monas Hieroglyphica dedicated to his father But I did it of sincere and entire good will I bare to his father Maximilian and also unto his Majesty and that the rather because I had good proof of the favour which Almighty God beareth unto his Majesty He then thanked me for his fathers Book and did affirm that he believed me that I was affectionate unto his Highnesse And of my estemation with the learned of the world he had heard by the Spanish Embassadour and also of my zealous mind towards his grace And commended the Book 〈◊〉 but said that it was too hard for his Majesties capcity and added that the Spanish Embassadour told him that I had somewhat to say unto him Quod esset pro sua utilitate I answered So I have and withal looking back whether any man were in the Chamber or no I found that we were alone Hereupon I began to declare that All my life time I had spent in learning but for this sorty years continually in sundry manners and in divers Countries with great pain care and cost I had from degree to degree sought to 〈◊〉 the best knowledge that man might attain unto in the world And I found at lengh that neither any man living nor any Book I could yet meet withal was able to teach me those truths I desired and longed for And therefore I concluded with my self to make intercession and prayer to the giver of wisdom and all good things to send me such wisdom as I might know the natures of his creatures and also enjoy means to use them to his honour and glory And in this purpose made divers assayes and at length it pleased God to send me his 〈◊〉 whereby I am assured of his merciful hearing of my long fervent constant and 〈◊〉 prayer in the cause before specified And that His holy Angels for these two years and a half have used to inform me and have finished such works in my hands to be seen as no mans heart could have wished for so much yea they have brought me a Stone of that value that no earthly Kingdom is of that worthinesse as to be compared to the vertue or dignity thereof c. And that these things be true I protested and took to witnesse the God of Heaven and Earth by whose Commandment I am now before your Majesty said I and have a message from him to say unto you and that is this The Angel of the Lord hath appeared to me and rebuketh you for your 〈◊〉 If you will hear me and believe me you shall Triumph If you will not hear me The Lord the God that made Heaven and Earth under whom you breath and have your spirit putteth his foot against your breast and will throw you headlong down from your seat Moreover the Lord hath made this Covenant with me by oath that he will do and perform If you will forsake your wickednesse and turn unto him your Seat shall be the greatest that ever was and the Devil shall become your prisoner Which Devil I did conjecture to be the Great Turk said I This my Commission is from God I feigne nothing neither am I an Hypocrite an Ambitious man or doting or dreaming in this Cause If I speak otherwise then I have just cause I forsake my salvation said I. The Emperour said he did believe me and said that he thought I loved him unfaignedly and said that I should not need so earnest protestations and would not willingly have had me to kneel so often as I did Farther I said His Majesty was to see and understand nakedly
my things of my male E K. heard a voice like mine say D. Whereat he asked me what say you I answered that I spake nothing Then he doubted what creature did use that voice Afterward he rose and when he had been ready a while and sate in the Chamber where my male lay he said that he felt somewhat crawling or as one writing on his back and at length to ascend into his head And so I left him and went out into another place and kneeled to pray and prayed and upon the comming in of Thomas Kelly into that room where I kneeled in the Door of a little open Gallery over the street I rose up and went in again to E. K. and he told me that he slumbred by reason of the heavinesse of his head and that he seemed to see me praying and Michael to stand by me I answered that truth it was I had been somewhat bent to prayer but that I could not pray as I would c. Hereupon Immediately he saw Michael over my Head with a pen in his hand Thereupon I was resolved that I was to write somewhat of importance And I made speed to take pen ink and paper and to settle my self to writing because we made hast to 〈◊〉 as intending to ride 8 or 9 miles that day and company tarrying for us one of them being a Jew whose sister is wife to Doctor Salomon of Prague the Jew c. And going about to attend for something to write a voice said as followeth Cur non includis te ad audiendum vocem meam Δ Hereupon I did shut all the Doors and uttermost Doors A voice ..... In receptaculo ut magis approbetur veritas Δ Hereupon speedily I took out the Shew-stone and 〈◊〉 it on the Table before E. K. E. K. Here appeareth a white Circle round about the border of the Stone and a ball or Globe of flaming fire in the midst The white Circle hath great brightnesse of light in it E. K. Now here is Madimi she standeth in the white Circle and looketh into the fire she kneeleth On the outside of her standeth Michael with a sword E. K. Madimi is gone away and Michael is come to the lower part of the Circle A voice ..... Speak for who controlleth me E. K. Michael boweth himself toward his feet as though he kissed the place where he stood as if it were the Circle that he kissed Michael ..... These are the words of the Lord and of me his Angel and Minister of truth and they follow Behold I have led you forth diverse times and you have obeyed me Therefore I say unto you Be now Stewards of more Δ O merciful God E. K. He spreadeth his Arms abroad and stoopeth down Michael ..... He that committeth his Treasure unto man findeth favour and at his return hath his own But he that committeth himself unto me and he areth my voice I will write his Name in the Book of Life Behold Behold Behold I swear and it is That in thee d ee I delight And lo because thou hast obeyed me and not of force of 〈◊〉 perswasions I shew unto thee what is to come and what I would have thee to do and wherefore thou commest hither Δ Fiat voluntas Dei E. K. Michael ..... Cover me for a while lest peradventure thou see I am beyond the ability of thy capacity and so return not easily E. K. He becommeth very bright Δ I understood not well this saying neither E. K. Michael I say unto thee cover the receptacle Δ We covered the stone a while and read the premisses E. K. He is brighter then he was the Circle of light shineth still Δ We uncovered the Stone and then he spake again Michael ..... Before twelve moneths of your account be finished with the Sunne I will keep my promise with thee as concerning the destruction of Rodulph lest peradventure he triumph as he often doth For thy lines are many times perused by him Saying This man doted where is become his God or his good Angels And behold I will sweep him off the face of the earth And he shall perish miserably that he may understand that thou dealt not for thy self but didst fulfil the work of thy master Moreover I will bring in even in the second moneth the twelve ended Steven And for a truth as I am will place him in the seat Imperial He shall possesse an Empire most great and shall shew what it is to govern when God placeth In his time will I fullfil many things that I have promised thee and I will be mercifull unto thee because thou hast not broken my Covenant My minde abhorreth from Lasky for he is neither faithful to me nor to thee neither he careth for his own soul. Δ Chamo fraeno maxillas illius constringe ò Deus ut approximet ad te Michael ..... The speedy return of Curtius was to deliberate with Rodolph how they might under the colour of Justic entangle thee And lo whom thou fostredst and fedst at thy Table is he that hath wet his hand in the dish with thee and hath delivered thee Moreover he hath betrayed his Master And the cause of his adversity hath had chief root in him From the third year he hath done unjustly and hath made naked his Lords secrets But he shall have his reward and shall perish with his own hand Before thou 〈◊〉 out of thy own Doores to take thy Journey Rodolph knew of thy going And for a truth his letters are before thee Therefore it behoveth me to give thee warning and to teach and instruct thee as one exercised in my businesse Cover me I am become cleerer Δ We covered the Receptacle After a while we uncovered it Michael ..... This therefore shalt thou do The same way thou camest the same way thou shalt also return Not to flie from their malice or tyranny But to stand in the face of them as my servant Hereby indirectly shall the Traitour understand you know him And Rodolphus hard heart I will stir up with indignation against him For he shall 〈◊〉 construed a Lyar. And they shall begin to fear thee and also to love thee and thou shalt be in favour amongst them Annuate their doings and hear their sayings And those things they shall offer thee refuse not I will sendone out to pay them their wages Moreover I command thee Kelly But in my own person I counsel and advertise the that thou take part with the Lord Jesus And go forward with the businesse thou hast in hand For why They shall be shortly made open and plain lest thy Δ word to the Emperour he meanet receive foil in the hearts of men But I bind it not to that place For the fruit that springeth of it shall do my service with Steven And yet if he will with that unjust Lasky And it shall be a Garden for you
is thy mercies and far art thou above the sinnes of man O thou not only shuttest up the eyes of the wicked that they cannot see truth before their face but the profound the malice and sight of Satan that where he should most enter he misseth that place and when time serveth him that he letteth it passe But so so God thou givest to whom and where thou wilt and even as thou art terrible in Justice so likewise art thou wonderful in mercy Therefore of thee is no end neither can be added any end This thy great mercy is the cause that this blasphemous Rebellion is yet unpunished This is the cause that Satan misseth his mark and is become weak If any man make a 〈◊〉 an earthen vessel worketh he not tempereth he not to the end to make a pot But lo when he hath made it and applieth it to his intent if even he againe destroy it is he not vain Do not those that stand by him wonder at him More mervail is it that when Satan shouteth and hitteth the mark that he should be blind yea so blind that he knoweth not where to gather up his arrow But lo the Temple was built and the City stood although the work was left off for a while and he that 〈◊〉 truth went with glad tidings neither desiring rich apparel neither to sit next the King but that the City of the Lord might be built and that the Name of God might be magnified so shall it be of this City which the Lord hath sent down with his finger his unsearchable and wonderful truth the Revelation and Law of 〈◊〉 to come it shall be built it shall flourish it shall stand it shall endure it shall be magnified it shall be spoken of through all the World and it shall not cease Behold the King of Kings hath allowed it and the love of truth is great with him what hath he to do with Kings or wherein needeth he the beauty of the Earth Dominiest terra plenitudo ejus Whosoever therefore sticketh unto truth shall be exalted with God which is the King of Kings shall be magnified before his Counsellors not Counsellors fore-warning but Counsellors pertaking of holy Will not called Counsellors in respect of counselling him but in that they are made privie of the Counsel of God Before these also shall he be magnified E. K. For what end saith he all this O ye Infidels and of little faith which tast of the meat that was hidden from the Prophets which are over-shadowed with the light of heaven which have alwayes associated with the holy Ministers of God wherefore are you so stiff-necked pleasant is the yoke wherein you are linked and honourable is the earth that you draw the plow upon for the Lord followeth and his Angels drive and the seed that is sown shall be the beginning of glory O yee stiff-necked people why for sake you your visitation or runne astray from your faith that you are driven in do you make much of the Lords of the earth Do you delight in her drosse that harlot money Do you give reverence to the King and stand you in fear to break his Lawes have you a greater Lord then the Lord of Heaven and Earth have you any money or jewels to be compared to his Grace have you any honour on Earth that can stand up against the Crown of Heaven where 〈◊〉 God crowneth those that are Victors Have you any Law sweeter then the 〈◊〉 illuminations and sweet dew like comforts the voices and presence of the holy angels Be mindful be mindful and lift up your selves and be not blind but consider the time of your visitation and that which you do is the work of a King a King which is able in power strength and majestie to exalt you to strengthen you and to make you honourable but in the end of the Visitation and in the reward of your faithfulnesse work not to day and be sorry to morrow But lay sorrow a fide and continue your labour least peradventure God unhood-wink and make open the sight of Satan and so deliver you Wo wo be unto them that are delivered for beleeve me their tribulation is great There is horrour and gnashing of teeth there is misery and vengeance for ever there is horrour and the worm of conscience But two things are to be considered here whether the temptation be greater then the resistance or the resistance more dignified then the rigor of temptation Behold the work is great the labour is also equal unto it And to fight against the Princes of darknesse in a set battail requireth great force The temptations therefore that follow you must needs be great I see therefore the temptations surmounteth your strength and your dignity is not such as 〈◊〉 resist against it For why Satan striveth not with you simply for the sinne of Adultery for the dregs of Fornication for the covetous desire of money for the want of charity or because you are proud But he striveth riseth up against you and tempteth you against the Lord and against the strength of his truth whereunto you are elected Therefore I give sentence Lo because that temptations hath entred into you above your power and not so much for the subverting as of the work of the Lord intended and of necessity to be done Therefore I proceed not against you but against Satan and God shall deliver you from your temptations And this shall be a sign and token that I will hamper and bridle the jawes of theenemy that is to say so long as thou Kelly art in this flesh never shall there appear or visibly shew himself unto thee any wicked or evil spirit neither shalt thou be haled in peeces as thou hast been whosoever therefore appeareth hereafter is of God For thy eyes shall be shut up from the wicked object Et intellectu tuo Non introibit umbra mortis But now take heed thou either perverse or froward stiff-necked or disobedient The sinne is of thy self and shall fall upon thee and thou shalt not be spared as thou hast been Now watch and gird up your selves and do the will of the Highest preferre and worship truth that you may be also worshipped Lift up your selves as the servants of God and help to bring stones unto the building of this great City that you may be openers of the Gates and that the white horse may enter and that he that entreth may reward you with honour Greater then you are in the dignity of truth are not amongst mortal men neither shall there be any amongst mortal men that shall more despise the World then you therefore hath God framed one of you as a stiffe made asse to bind up the countenance of his work and to be free from yielding unto Satan which well understandeth that Satan endevoureth and that his Ministers cry out against this glorious habitation which being built the
this house thou shalt hereafter as plainly know who had them and how they were gone as thou dost plainly understand for thy Salt but thou shalt stay and proceed no further till such time as I Raphael shall speak further of it for God will have all things to be done well and to his best liking So for that I have now said Δ. John Dee it is in the hands of God and his power to send thee such helps as thou dost seek of the Treasure to be brought unto thee but God will not have it so to be the while thou art in this place England I mea for God will not have thee to come into any disdain or slander might take some advantage against them but be content with that little that can be made of thy right in the Colledge matters And furthermore thou shalt see that God will send thee soon some such small helps by man that thou shalt have some feeling of help to help thee whither thou shouldst go and therefore I Raphael have now said Δ .... John Pontoys John Dee be not too much inquisitive but what shall be best to your liking in any good cause whatsoever you or he shall think good to be done for your good God will put his assistance and help that you shall perceive Gods favour therein And thus much I have said at Gods commandment I came and so on his mercifull goodnesse and his power I must presently depart Δ ... Bartholomews request of George Sherman his earnest oft and dreaming of Treasure to be under the foundation of the wall called De la pry wall a Nunry in times past within half a mile of Northampton Sir William Tate his house is within that wall in three parts That man may lawfully have it if he take heed in the breaking of the the three places for it is for the greatest part under the bottom of the wall and many roots of thorns and trees that will let and hinder the working for it if he do not work much as slope as you can to go under the roots the which he may well and lawfully do So doing he may well obtain his purpose and now you have plainly understood the truth The one part of that Treasure was laid by an old Nun that was of that house at that time and one that was her brother and the other was laid even at the same time that the same travel the which you took the last day saving one to know of that battel it was hid at the same time by one of the Lords that was there killed and so it hath remained ever since the one place more easier to come at then the other but with the favour of God and in his mercy that good fortune to be desired at parties hand it may be had and compassed by the said party And so now I have made the matter known unto you And now in the name of the Almighty and mercifull God at whose will and pleasure I came so now I depart in Gods peace The mercies of God be upon you both for this life and for that which is to come his name be glorifyed for evermore Amen Amen Δ. Amen 1607. Munday 7. Sept. hora 7. Δ. THis morning as Bartholomew had intended to be going homeward in the morning and I not intending to move an action now but committed all to God Bartholomew was spoken unto by Raphael ..... Command John d ee to come up into this place Δ .... In the name of Jesus and to the honour and glory of the most blessed Trinity Amen Mittas O omnipotens sempiterne une Deus lucem tuam veritatem tuam quae nos ducant perducant ad montem sanctum tuum 〈◊〉 tua tabernacula Amen Barth .... He is here Δ .... Benedictus est qui venit in nomine Domini Amen The Almighty God be blessed and praised of all good creatures give praise unto his holy name for evermore Amen John Dee I am the same blessed creature Raphael that did appear the last day but one in this place I am at the commandment of the most highest to come unto your presence at this time because thou shouldest very well know that I Raphael am very ready at all times to come when God shall command me but John Dee I have no long message at this time for thou hast Gods full purpose and his will in what he would have thee to enter into and because that thou shalt well know that even now at your departing the one from the other it hath pleased God to send me to let thee to understand that for this time no more matters as concerning what thou art taugh shall not at this tim no more be spoken of untill such time as God shall appoint at your next meeting and coming together that then if there be any thing that is not done of you so far forth as it is in your power to fulfill it if 〈◊〉 default in you be I will then put you in remembrance of it and help you in any thing which you shall doubt of and if you have any question or demand to ask of me even now I am very ready in few words to answer you and then in his name who hath sent me that is the Almight I must return therefore if you have to ask do it Δ .... As concerning Mr. John of the Isle of Man his pitiful case hath moved my compassion Raph. ... John Dee assure thy self that as thou dost most heartily with a good faith in God that thou mightest be that man wherein God will most mercifully help his distressed case therefore I answer thee that God hath and he will hear thee to thy comfort therein and to the great comfort of the man whom that cause doth belong unto God will mercifully help the cause so shortly as his will and pleasure is to be done in it So much I have said for this Δ .... I thank God most heartily for his so great mercies Δ .... John Pontoys my great friend earnestly desireth to know his good Angel Raph. .... John Dee for thy sake he shall know his good Angel but let it not be with him hereafter to have a pride in mind that God hath made known unto him his good angel for no man upon the face of the earth can have a better then he hath for Uriel is his appointed Angel from his birth to this day and so shall continue with him to the appointed time that God will take his life away in separating his soul from his body for Uriel hath been under God his deliverer forth of many dangers and so he shall be his defence under God to his lifes end And for this I have made the matter plainly known unto you Procede Δ .... Secondly John Pontoys is desirous to know the end of the Polish troubles Raph. ... John Dee in few words for that matter I answer thee Those troubles