Mysteriorum Pragensium Confirmatorum Liber, 1585

Mysteriorum PRAGENSIUM Confirmatorum Liber. PRAGAE, Anno 1585, Martii 20.

Mysteriorum CRACOVIENSIUM Stephanicorum, Initia Aprilis 12. 1585. Mysteria Stephanica.

TAke common Audcal, purge and work it by Rlodnr of four divers digestions, continuing the last digestion for fourteen dayes, in one and a swift proportion, untill it be Dlasod fixed a most red and luminous body, the Image of Resurrection.

Take also Lulo of red Roxtan, and work him through the four fiery degrees, until thou have his Audcal, and there gather him.

Then double every degree of your Rlodnr, and by the law of Coition and mixture work and continue them diligently together. Notwithstanding backward, through every degree, multiplying the lower and last Rlodnr his due office finished by one degree more then the highest.

So doth it become Darr, the thing you seek for: a holy, most glorious, red, and dignified Dlasod.

But watch well, and gather him, so, at the highest: For in one hour, he descendeth, or ascendeth from the purpose.

Take hold.

Vide hujus Diei actione praecedente. De Necessitate divina & electione, &c. ✝ Pragae.

Anno 1585.

Martii 20.

Wednesday, à meridie circa 3½. Δ As we sat together in my Study, and talked of our affairs, and of the Philosophers stone, E. K. felt a thing heavy upon his head, and heard a voice, saying, I will teach thee. Hereupon I set the stone in place.

E. K. Here is Levanael, covered as he was wont.

Levan. ..... Why are you not pure, that you may learn?

E. K. So we will receive at Easter, as the time of the year doth require.

Δ Lord, thou hast said, we should at length be of one minde, through thy mercies, Lord help us herein.

E. K. He seemeth to have had his lips sewed: for the vail is so thin, that it permitteth his face in manner to be perfectly discerned.

Levan. ..... See that you take the season, and gather while it is time; if you let this Harvest passe, you shall be desirous to gather, and you cannot. ^[1]

Thrice I must come unto you, if I finde you not.

Lo, I have done, for I come no more.

E. K. I pray you to deal with another: here is John, a boy in the house, you may use him.

Levan. ..... Thy talk is humane folly: But before I go, I will not be hidden from you.

Read your Lesson, it is now a stale lesson.

Δ I read, Take Common Audcal, &c. Take hold.

Levan. ..... You are best to do so.

E. K. Now he hath heaved up his vail, his face is bare, it was not his lips that had those stitches as it were, but it was in his vail, his face is a very fair beautiful face.

Δ We beseech you for God his sake, his glory and honour, to give light, and to make plain this Lesson or Conclusion.

Levan. ..... This Conclusion wherein man is exalted being the last and the first, is as necessary for you, and for the avoiding of temptations that are to come, as your garments are to cover your nakednesse, or the houses to keep off the storms.

Δ Give us therefore this help, this hand, this staff, this counsel, O Lord.

Levan. ..... How much the more you neglect it, and the time wherein it is to be gathered, so much the more shall you be tedious unto your selves and the businesse which you must fulfill in the will of God, if you have this; it will first cause you to forsake; secondly, it will plant you there, ^[2] where without it your seet cannot enter, and from whence when you are planted, you shall not easily be moved.

I speak not this, for that you should murmur, saying, Cannot God plant us without this? But to make it evident unto you: That God useth his Creatures visible to introduce or lead in (yea, supernatural) force and wisdome.

These things will demonstrate the will and power of God grafted in you, that it is found perfect, and from above. ^[3]

For if you say, lo these things hath God taught me, and these things hath God opened unto me: Whilest they wonder at the one, they shall be forced to believe the other.

Moreover, they shall leave their Table-talks, which object poverty unto you, and they shall be forced to say, (even in despight of their teet) what need had he of us? he sought us not of the world, for lo, he leadeth her as his slave.

These things, if you consider not, I put you in remembrance, that you may know you lose time, yea, that you lose a benefit, desired of many, and so forth.

Lo, I come again.

Δ I read over the premisses.

E. K. Here he is again.

Levan. ..... Read.

Δ I read.

Levan. ..... What is Audcal?

Δ God knoweth, I know not.

Levan. ..... It is Gold.

Δ Purge and work it. How your purging is, I know not.

Levan. ..... Read and go forward.

Levan. ..... Dlasod is Sulphur.

Go on let me teach you generally.

Δ Take also Lulo of red Roxtan.

Levan. ..... Roxtan, is pure and simple Wine in her self.

Lulo is her mother.

Δ There may be in these words great abiguitie.

Levan. ..... Lulo is Tartar, simply of red wine.

[〈◊〉] is his Mercury. ^[4]

Darr, (in the angelical tongue) is the true Name of the Stone.

I come again.

E. K. Here he is again.

I have no more to say to you, this is the first time. ^[5]

E. K. He is gone.

Δ We know that Lapis Philosophicus sit ex metallis, cum metallis, & super metalla, &c.

E. K. Here he is again. — All is there.

Levan. ..... How many letters are in Audcal. — Δ — Six.

So many wayes is this a working.

E. K. He is gone.

Δ Divina nobis semper adsit gratia, & nobiscum co-operatur, ad Dei Honorem & Gloriam.

Amen.

✝ Pragae.

Martii. 21.

Thursday, à meridie circa 5 horam.

Note, my wife being in great perplexitie for want of money, requested E. K. and me that the effect of the unnexed petition might be propounded to God and his good Angels, to give answer or counsel in the cause? Hereupon I prayed a little to the same purpose, and read the petition, &c.

We desire God of his great and infinite mercies, to grant us the help of these heavenly mysteries, that we may by them be directed how or by whom to be aided and relieved, in this necessity that we are in, of sufficient and needful provision, for meat and drink for us and our Family, wherewith we stand at this instant much oppressed: and the rather because that might be hurtful to us, and the credit of the actions wherein we are vowed and linked unto his heavenly Majestie, (by the ministry and comfort of his holy Angels) to lay such things as are the ornaments of our House, and the coverings of our bodies, in pawn either unto such as are Rebels against his divine Majestie, the Jews, or the people of this City, which are malicious and full of wicked slanders: I Jane Dee humbly request this thing of God, acknowledging my self his servant and handmaiden, to whom I commit my body and soul.

E. K. Here is one with a leather coat and a spade, with a white Coronet on his head round, hath a bag on one side of him, and on the other side a bottle, it seemeth like an husbandman, but a young fair man he is.

Jane Dee.

Give ear unto me thou Woman, is it not written, that Women come not into the [〈◊〉], ^[6] much lesse ought they to come before the testimony of the will of God to be fulfilled mightily, and to come against the World and against the pomp for money and iniquity, but because thou hast humbled thy self, and hast refused to tarry [〈◊◊〉], as it becommeth thee: I will answer to thy infirmities, and will talk with thee.

He that hath his House inhemmed with a Ditch, which is deep and swelled with water must needs make a Bridge over, that he may be at liberty, else is he a Prisoner unto the waters, but if he want Wood, and have no shift to enter into the fields, is it not Wisdome to break his Dining Tables, and to set himself free; why cryest thou unto me; Bebold, let thy House yeeld, and the covering of thy body give place to the necessity of hunger, Behold, God suffereth his Elect & chosen vessels oftentimes to be without Mansion or apparel: But, lo, he feedeth the Sparrows, but I will not reprehend thee, because thy soul is frail, but be faithful and obedient, and that truly, as thou art yoked: Behold, ^[7] I have blessed thy Children, and of thy seed and bones will I build a new, and they shall have Houses, and shall be served of such as the people salute, saying, hail Master. Be thou patient and full of repentance, and do that thou hast to do, and not that thou hast done, For, lo, mercy is with thee, and well shall come unto thee.

Behold, the Scourge is with you, and of necessity you must be tempted, that your Faith may worthily ^[8] be glorified, and that you may be praised in me.

Behold thou seekest Counsel of me, I will counsel thee, Behold, I would dig for thee, but I should do contrary to my selfe, because I have given power, and he that possesseth the earth is against me; But such as I have, I will give thee, and it shall be sufficient, more then thy vessels can hold, or thy dayes can thank me for.

Consider that to morrow commeth not before he be brought in: Neither canst thou have until thy power come; But cast up thy eyes, and hope for better things; Lo, since I cannot give thee that thou desirest, really, yet I bow my head, and so I counsel thee, let thy husband arise and gird himself together, and let him take his eyes with him, and let him hast out of this place: For my thinks they dissemble; Lo, let him stand before Steven, and let him visit Lasky, peradventure he find him not living: But if he live he is dead, there shall you see that I will relieve thee and do good unto him, and will bind up the Jawes of the persecutor, that he may go on.

Thou art a Woman, and thy infirmities follow thee, I counsel not without a cause, neither did I ^[9] stirre thee up to speak: But for thy faith I will reward thee: But one storme is to come, take it patiently, thou shalt be the more whiter, and more neerer: Behold, I go before and he that followeth ^[10] me doth well unto himself, for I do well unto those that follow me; Cast away your murmurring, and sweep your Houses, take heed of Spiders, and of the whore Rats This is the first time that I have answered to this kind in the latter [〈◊〉] Lo, I go

Δ Lord, it was said unto us as a Watch-word, when Stevens Messengers should come for us, that then we should go. Now his Messengers are not yet come, &c.

..... If the Bridegroom invite thee himself, what needest thou his servant.

Δ Now is the difficulty for money greater, for if we had tarried together, lesse money would have served then now it will do, &c.

..... Thou hast asked counsel, I have counselled thee, if it please thee hear me, it shall be well ^[11] with thee if thou tarry, but much better if thou go; I have numbred thee, but be not proud, but because I have numbred, diminish not thy self, least when I find not the number, I find not thee also, if thou wilt any thing else, there are, and they can say unto thee, but who speaketh with thee thou knowest not.

E. K. He is gone.

Δ Seeing here is matter unlooked for, we are stirred to ask questions not thought of before: Therefore, O Lord, send whom it please thee to us.

A voice ..... Sunt aliae horae.

Deo nostro Omnipotenti sit omnis Laus, Honor, Gloria, & Jubilatio.

Amen.

✝ Pragae.

Wednesday.

27 Martii Manè circa horam 9.

E. K. came to me and asked me the Circle or Copy thereof which was shewed to him at Oxford, and he had written out, or described by the light that was shewed to him by the spiritual Creature, he intended as he said to shew it to a Jesuit, and to ask his counsel of it, &c. having a great misliking of our spiritual friends, saying, that they were the great Devils; and so the lesser that he dealt withal before, gave place unto them, &c. Hereupon I told him I would ask our friends counsel, before I delivered any thing of theirs to their enemie, &c. He would presently have it, and with great threats most terrible and dangerous to me, he willed me to deliver it strait wayes I being occupied with writing a letter to the Queens Majestie, said assoon as I had leasure I would give it him, he said he would tarry my leasure: I told him that would scarce be this seven night, I had so many letters to write, he thereupon grew in such a rage that he said I should not passe one foot beyond him before I did deliver it him at [〈◊〉] he rose to shut the Door of the study upon me, I arose and went after him and took him by the shoulders to keep him from the Door, and withal called aloud to my folks; Come here (how) here is violence offered unto me, whereupon they came in all, and my wife, and so afterward by degrees his fury asswaged, and my folks, my Wife and his went away: and after he had sitten two or three hours with me, he saw on my head as I sat writing Michael stand with a sword, and willed him to speak, which he did forbear to do, above a quarter of an hour, as E. K. said: At length he spake as followeth —

E. K. Here appeareth Michael on your head, and hath bid me divers times to speak to you.

Δ I disposed my [〈◊〉] to write, and Michael [〈◊〉] bring the Stone.

E. K. Here appear 12 with him, 4 behind him, and 4 on each sides of him 4, and all with swords of fire, and he the hindermost of them had a Barrel of Glasse on his back full of fire, the 12 were all in red Coats.

Michael ..... The Prophet.

Nunc ergo Notum faecimus Domine Rex quoniam si civitas haec aedificata fuerit, & ipsius mutilati ^[12] fuerint, descensus tibi non erit [〈◊〉], neque in Phoenicem.

E. K. Now they all kneel down about him.

They look pitifully with their faces upward, as though they were praying, they be all in blood red Garments, and Michael his sword is as the sword I once did see him have; whose edge did open.

E. K. Now answer me to the purpose: whether I shall have the Circle of Letters which I did desire?

Michael. ..... Is there any like unto thee, O Jehovah in Heaven and in Earth, or can thy enemies rise up [saying] against thee, and shall they stand, O thou whose look is more terrible unto thy Angels, then all the fires which thou hast created, either in the bottomlesse pit or in the life of all Elemental Creatures, or above in the heavens if they were gathered together in one can be terrible to man.

Hast thou not made Heaven and Earth, and hast put thy head no where, and thy feet somewhere; because without thee there is not, and without thee there cannot be?

O thou that hast numbred the Starres, and art Dominus Dominantium above those that govern them, and more in knowledg then their Government. Thou, Thou, Wilt thou suffer thy Name to be trodden under foot? Thou, Thou, Wilt thou correct the Heavens, and the whole seed of man? Wilt thou drown the World with waters, and root the wicked from the face of the Earth? Wilt thou cast down the lothsome and wicked Cities, that they may grow in the terrour of thy judgment? Wilt thou send so many Plagues into Egypt?

Wilt thou suffer all these things to be done and many more memorable, which are all in thee: And ^[13] thou permit one Man, one Soul to be thus carried away with Satan to the dishonouring and treading under foot of thee, and thy light of thee, and thy truth.

If the King exalted him which magnified Truth before the strength and Policy of Women: extolled him before his Princes, and caused for his sake the building of this Temple to go forward: ^[14] Wilt thou not punish him that despiseth truth, that preferreth the wantonnesse and [〈◊〉] of the World (that errant strumpe) before thy word, and before the strength of a heavenly Authority: Art thou so become a little one, that thou art lesse then a King? hast thou turned thy face so far aside that thou [〈◊〉] not this Rebellion? Can one man be dearer unto thee then the whole World was? or shall the Heavens be thrown head-long down, and shall he go uncorrected? Hast thou Mountaines and Stones untrodden on, out of the which thou caust shew thy Praise and Honour? ^[15] Are there not yet Infants which may be sanctified to speak with the Heavens, that thou so hidest thy selfe away from Justice; What, What, if those that often cry for grace receive it not, yet dost thou give it unto him that commeth from it. ^[16]

Sane stupor Coelis, & stupor terris.

What, are not so many Fires as wait upon me sufficient to arm Satan with vengeance against this ^[17] Δ wicked one? O thou Beast, O thou roaring Lion, O thou Monster, O thou Whirlpool, O thou terrible Murtherer.

E. K.

Hast thou plac't headlong many thousands into Hell, and dost thou linger to rage upon this imp, whom thou hast so long sought for?

Is it not written, least peradventure he find them sleeping, and so overcome them.

But, behold, whom thou findest sleeping, is ready for thee, willing to go with thee, what sparest thou? art thou so bold, to give authority unto thy Ministers to confound, nay, to so blind that thou canst not see so great an Hill?

Behold, thy Ministers cry out unto thee, and send thee word, calling thee Master, King.

Take heed the City be not built, take heed the walls of it be not lifted up, and as they that were the Messengers of the King made evident before his face that it was against his commodity, to have the Temple of the Lord built up, to have the City new shapen, to have the Walls made strong, because it should hinder his [〈◊〉] into Coelosyria, and the rest. ^[18]

E. K. Now the 12 (he excepted) fall down.

Mich. ..... And thy Ministers have they not said unto thee, if this work of the Lord go forward, if the City sent down from the Heavens may receive a place to set her selfe in, if the Walls and Rampters of this that was built above shall be placed on any place of the World on earth, Behold, Behold, will it not hinder thy cause, will it not subvert thy Kingdome, will it not turn thee out of Doors: will it not bring thee to aterrible day before the Lord?

Is it not written, that that day shall be terrible to Satan, and his Angels?

And wilt thou suffer a Door to be opened, wherein it may enter, it behoveth thee Satan here to bend thy bow, it behoveth thee now to draw up thy arrowes.

And if thou intend to plant on earth, that it may grow, time is, yet, now to weed out this Message from above.

`Do thy Messengers give thee warning of these things, dost thou hold back thy force: when the Porters will betray the City, would deliver it into thy hands, would break down the walls before thee, what I say art thou like to enter, thou that loseth no opportunity, art thou so negligent: Behold, the Doors stand open before thee, why entrest thou not.

Dost thou want fire, lo, he that [〈◊〉] it hath fire for thee, [〈◊〉], rumor.

Behold, he offereth himself a companion, what wouldest thou more, unto these things thou hearest the sayings of thy servants, which say unto thee O Satan, if this City be built, and the walls erected; Thou canst not go into the Holy Land: And lo, hearest thou not them, neither dost regard this opportunity, whence art thou so forgetful, O God? great 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 ^[19] 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 ^[20] 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, ^[21] 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 ^[22] 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 ^[23] 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. ^[24]

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 ^[25] 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 ^[26] 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 wicked come not to Coelosyria, neither shall they see the beauty of the Phoenices.

When you have read these things I come again, and ponder them well.

Δ We read them, and the places of Esdras, one in the second Chapter of the third Book of Esdras, and the other in the third and fourth Chapter of the same Book.

E. K. Now he is here himself alone. ^[27]

Michael ..... A Wood grew up and the Trees were young, and lo, there arose a great Tempest from the North, and the Seas threw out the air that had subtilly stoln himself into them, and the winds were great, and behold, there was one Tree which was older then the rest, and had grown longer then that which shot up by him; This Tree could not be moved with the wind, but the Tree that was young, was moved to and fro with the Wind, and strock himself oftentimes, upon the stiff set Tree: The Forester came and beheld, and said within himself, the force of this wind is great, see this young Tree beateth himself in peeces against the greater, I will go home, and will bring my ground instruments, and will er adicate him, and I will place him further off: Then if the winds come, be shall have room to move: But when he came home, the Lord of the Wood seeing him in a readinesse, with his Mattock and his spade, asked him of his going, which told the thing in order to his Master; But lo, his Master rebuked him, and he said thus, when the winds are not they increase, they are not hurtful one to the other, suffer them therefore, when the young Tree taketh roots, and shall look up unto some years, his roots shall link themselves with and uuder the roots of the greater; Then though the winds come, they shall not be hurtful one to another, but shall stand so much the more fast, by how much the more they are wrapped together, yea, when the old tree withereth, he shall be a strength unto him, and shall adde unto his age as much as he hath added unto his youth. And he ceased to dig.

Be not therefore haled in sunder, neither be you offended one at another, peradventure Reason would set you aside: But God will not Behold, if you break the yoke that you are in, and runne astray, he that erreth shall perish: even so shall he that standeth also be desolate: For why the driver angry, continueth not with one: But he shall return home, and shall not see the end of the Harvest Love therefore one another, and comfort one another; for he that comforteth his brother, comforteth himself: and when one is a weary, let the other draw; For, why you are men and not yet ^[28] crowned; the first is paid: so is also the tenth; Even so the tree that is grafted beareth fruit sooner then that which groweth of the seed. Notwithstanding, both have their place in the Orchard, the night let that yield unto day, and Winter bear rule over Summer: Let youth yield unto ripe for years; Solomon saith, it is good for that young man that obeyeth the counsel of his elder; In the Council House the things that they handle are for their Common-wealth; Notwithstanding hath his order and degree. Cast your eye upon all things and you shall have examples; Peter in ^[29] his vocation preached the same Gospel that the rest of the Apostles did, but he was greater then the rest, not in respect of his Apostleship, nor in respect of feeding, but that God might keep his ^[30] order, as the chief amongst them, which preferred Peter first, Therefore be not stubborn. But I command you in the Name of him that sent me, and because you have vowed that the one of you did nothing without the others coursel, notwithstanding shall you not be two counsellors.

Therefore, in things that are to be done, let the Door occupie the superiority; The Seer let him see, and look after the doings of him that he seeth; For you are but one body in this work.

E. K. He is gone out of sight.

Δ As concerning my Letters and businesse into England, I thought good to ask counsel what I were best to do with the Letters to the Queen and others.

Michael ..... Gather out of the book of Enoch, the Seal and the Angel of thy Countrey, deal with ^[31] him.

Δ I found a Door, in the name due to Britannia. Anno 15.

Michael ..... Thou shalt easily find the truth by their appearing, for the one answereth not unto ^[32] the others function.

Hereby must thou do in all.

Kingdomes and Estates, both how, and what thou wilt, that thou hast not is thy own errour.

Note. ..... Understand me well here.

When thou wilt have any thing to do in the World, in humane affaires, seek nothing in Sigillo AEmeth, Enoch his Book is a worldly Book.

Δ I beseech you.

Michael ..... Darknesse yeeldeth unto light: Falsum quod est, veritati malum bono.

But note in the Book of Enoch there are those that are good, there are there also those that are ^[33] evil, the Prince of darknesse is evil.

And those that are evil there, do stand on his side: but as his Ministers give place to those that are good, so do they also.

Note. ..... But as concerning the manner how to practise that Book, I would gladly hear somewhat.

Michael. ..... Sua sunt, sua dicunt.

Δ I understand this to be required at his hands that gave us that Book.

Michael ..... Polonia te expectat, & qui EST praecessit.

Δ As concerning my health helping, may I stay here yet 8 dayes, and then make speed to be ^[34] going towards Poland, as was prescribed to me.

Michael ..... Possum tibi concidere dies, Septem —

If thou didst know that which I see, thou wouldst not go, but thou wouldst runne: He that is before ^[35] is a Gardener, and he knoweth the vertue of Herbs: But the eighth day I will be there also.

..... Where, and which eighth day.

Michael ..... The eighth day hence I will be in Cracovia: I have told thee plainly.

Δ May I then stay well 7 dayes, before I set forth on my journey.

Michael ..... Potes, & non potes.

Thou hast thy own judgment granted thee, thereby thou maist do it: But in respect of the necessity that requireth thee there, thou canst not.

Δ I beseech you not to be offended, if I ask the cause of the Lord Lasky, silence — Δ — He stayed long.

E. K. Why did you not speak now.

Michael ..... Behold, he hath said with him selfe, (and those that are wicked, have whispered unto him) surely it seemeth that they despise me, and obstinately (because he [〈◊〉] not received letters from you) he useth this silence.

Moreover, he hath not done, as God commanded him: But I will give him thee, use thou him ^[36] as thou wilt.

Δ I render unto thee O most merciful, mighty and loving God) thanks and honour, and will (during my being) praise thy holy Name.

E. K. He is gone, and went away mounting upward, &c.

Quis, sicut Deus noster, qui humilitèr resplicet, & peccatores sua ditat [〈◊〉].

Illi soli sit omnis laus, honor, & gloria, nunc & semper.

Amen.

✝ Pragae.

Monday

Aprilis 1. Manè, circa 8.

Δ A remembrance for me. England Letters.

A. L. His Letters opened, and some yet kept.

Emerick his traiterous dealing to be deciphered; Counsel for the manner of our going, and what things shall be needfull to take with us.

Δ Praecesfeci, & visitatas, & alias (ex tempore) ejaculationes, pro auxilio Dei omnipotenti necessario in omnibus nostris (Dei prescripti) tractandis negotiis, &c.

E. K. Here is a tall man with white clothes, with wide sleeves, and his garment very much pleated, and a thing like a Cypress scarf before his face black, which had been many times doubled, and with a knot behind him, Two others there are by him on his left hand, one of them is apparelled in a green thing like a Cassock comming down to his middle leg, and a pair of shooes on his feet, and a hat on his head.

The other in a marble Jerkin like a leather Jerkin with panos, and a pair of Hose, with round Breeches of the same stuff, his neither stocks like common black, and usual shooes, and on his head an hat as the other hath of the English fashion: The first hath a little beard short, aburn [〈◊〉], The other hath a young beard whitish.

..... Why do you provoke me to indignation?

E. K. He seemeth to ^[37] speak to them two looking on them.

Why accuse you me of doing wrong?

Have I not lead you out by the hand from the Serpents?

Carried you against nature thorow the waters?

Have I not held you up from falling?

Have I not brought you hither unto the Hill?

E. K. There appeareth a very great Hill up to the Heavens by him.

This is the entrance.

The way is open for you ascend.

And are you not yet ashamed to urgeme?

If I have done you wrong, wrong be unto me.

If I have done more then I ought to do, why do you vex me?

Δ He seemeth to mean us.

E. K. He speaketh to them two.

I have said unto you eat, and you have not.

I have told you it is time to eat; but you have your own time.

I have said unto you Go before; Follow me.

But in this case I will not be [〈◊〉] against you.

These [〈◊〉] that record my sayings shall [〈◊〉] judgment against you.

Therefore now unto you. E. K. He turneth toward you, Δ]

Here you see the Hill, here you see the way open:

Here you see no hinder ance.

Yet, [〈◊〉] these men accuse me, trouble me.

Determine you against them.

Call not at these Doores any more, untill you be called unto them.

Ye have said if, before the Lord, if you had not, it had been better for you. ^[38]

E. K. He treadeth them two under his feet all to pieces, and taketh his hands, and flingeth the bloud of them about, and it sticketh to the sides.

A voice. ..... What is it to me if man had never been.

E. K. He wrappeth up the place of their lying as if it were a Cloth, and putteth or tumbleth them out of fight.

E. K. Now he is gone like a Whirl-wind away.

LORD,

Δ I am heartily sorry for any thing I have said or done, which hath provoked thy indignation, thy mercy be upon us, and not the rigor of thy most just Judgment. Amen. Thy Name be alwayes praised. Amen.

O Lord, I find my own weaknesse and frailty continually, and therefore I call unto thee for thy gift of Wisdome, that I might wisely and discreetly serve thee all the dayes of my life. O Lord, the escapes of my lips and the folly of my heart pardon, I most heartily beseech thee: And if thy helping hand forsook us, and much more, if thy indignation work against us, we are in most miserable and pitifull case, have pity, have mercy, have compassion on us, Lord, Lord, Lord, forgive this our offence whatsoever; Suffer us not to be confounded through our little faith, O God, help our faith, help, help, or else we perish.

K. K. Here he is againe. ^[39]

..... When the Lord bad thee go, if thou had'st so done, and had'st not taken thine own time, more had been given unto him, and more had been added unto thee.

But now Letters came, that have passed through the hands of Sodomites and Murderers, (through ^[40] whose hands they are accursed) you rejoice, you receive comfort, you determine to goe.

But if you had left those letters behind you, had come when I bad you go. Then had my Name been untouched. ^[41]

Therefere is the Lord angry, and forgetteth not this offence.

For he that dealeth with me, dealeth not as with a man, for I have nothing in me tied to time, much lesse hath he that sent me.

Δ O God, what a wretched miserable man am I, thus to fall, and to offend my God, O Lord, that thou judgest is very just; for man would have taken indignation against his servant that should not go where he biddeth, or that would seek or use better credit to encourage him to his duty, then his Masters, &c.

Many times hast thou been wearied.

Have mercy, O God. Et dele omnes [〈◊〉] meas, cor mundum crea in me, & averto iram tuam a nobis, Is thy fury implacable, or shall thy anguish last for ever, what is slesh and dust before thee?

..... There shall remaine the sting of this offence, in both your generations, until the fifth.

And I swear unto you by heaven. ^[42]

Δ Spare this Sentence of indignation (O God) against us. Thou hast said in what hour soever a sinner is sorry for his sinnes, and turneth unto the Lord, &c. And Lord, I am heartily sorry, I bewaile with teares this great offence, thou seest my contrite heart, O God, O God, O God, &c.

..... This hath added much, even hath bound up the rod, which I spoke before unto thee.. ^[43]

Δ Thy mercies be recorded, likewise, O Lord, and praised from Generation to Generation.

After this we sat and considered, and perceived, and confessed the greatnesse of our offence, how it concerned much the Honour and Glory of God, if we had gone without receiving the advertisement of those Letters; So should they hear (the) and the King St. have perceived that we had the direction of God, and of his good Angels, and not to have depended upon mans letters, or perswasions, &c. we both a like confessed this great misdoing, and so framed our selves to make all speed away that possible we could, the mercies of God be upon us now and ever.

E. K. He is here, and said, Be thou shut for twenty dayes, ^[44] and withal pulled a thing-like a Curtain about the Stone, and the Stone seemed to be full of the same substance, being like the froth of the Sea, yet hanging or joyning together like Curds of a posset.

Misericordias Dominum in aeternum cantabo, quis sicut Deus meus, qui cum iratus fuerit, misericordiam praestavit contrito corde invocantibus: Soli igitur Deo meo, sit omnis [〈◊〉], honor, gloria & jubilatio, nunc & semper,

Amen.

A Pragae.

Aprilis 5.

Friday, I took my Journey from Pragae toward Cracovia, God be our good speed, E. K. I, Thomas Kelly, & Hugh Brycket my servants.

✝ Cracoviae, 1585.

Friday.

Aprilis 12. A meridie we came to Cracovia, and as we were within an English mile of the City, being a fair and calm day, there passed about half a mile before us, crossing from the right hand to the left Whirlwinds, divers one after another, wreathing up the dust with great vehemency on high, and shooting forward still, and then mounting into the air, and so went Southerly from us, and likewise some began on the right hand, and came furiously, raising up and wreathing the dust up into the air Southerly also, and did not crosse the way.

When we came to our house, we found that a stranger was set into it, by the Landlords (Mr. John Long, the Judge, and Martin Plutner) and having by me the keys of the Store-house, and of the Street-door, I caused my stuff brought with me to be set in, and that night we made hard shift for lodging. But the new and forced in tenants gave me leave to have one of my Bedsteads, which was in one stove, and emptied the same to us, with much ado.

Saturday and Sunday we were sore out-faced or rather threatned, that we should have no house there, and also one Bonar his arms were set upon the door, as if the house had been allowed to him ex officio. Monday I made the Rector privy of the Injuries I indured, and he courteously sent two Masters of Art with me to the Proconsul to have Citation for the Landlords to appear on Tuesday by 7 of the clock, to answer to our complaint.

This Monday-night came the Lord Lasky from Lasko, upon a Letter he had received from me from Niso, of my coming.

Tuesday (Aprilis 16) the Lord Lasky came to the house, and in the morning would have presently cast all their stuff out of doors, but by entreaty he permitted them to empty all into the lower stove.

In the mean space I appeared with my Lawyer or Attourney Mr. Tetaldo, (an Italian) an ancient Practitioner in the Polish and Cracovian Causes: And to conclude, I had a Decree against my Landlords, that I was to have at least an half years warning; whereupon John Laugh gave me warning to avoid at Michaelmas, and so we came from the Court or Town-house, called Praetorium in Latine. This same Tuesday afternoon, my Lord Lasky went to the King of Poland up into the Castle, and told him of my comming, and how evilly I was used: and he said, why did he not cast them out of doors? so have I now, quoth the Lord Lasky; and the King granted the House to be holden ex officio: And the next day the King was desirous to speak with me.

Aprilis 17. Wednesday, I went with the Lord Lasky to the King, to whom I said, to this intent, Consolatio, pax, & misericordia Dei sit tibi, ô serenissime Rex: Coram quo, Divinitus recipi admonitionem, ut me sustinem, quod nunc humillime facio: paratissimus cum omni fidelitate & sinceritate ea cum Regia vestra Majestate tractare, quae mihi divinitus injungantur, Quorum mysteriorum historias de ordine in ordinem referre, prout occasio dabitur, non recusabo aliaque omnia peragere, quae Deo & vestrae Majestati [〈◊〉] gratia fore intelligero, &c.

The King answered, Vt de vestra persona [〈◊〉] bona audivi absente, ita jam mihi gratus valde est adventus vester, & si quod sit in quo vobis meagratia & favor, possit esse commodo non deero me vestrum favorem, & protectorem existere: Atque de [〈◊〉] & aliis majoribus rebus aliquid magis opportuni loquendi tempus post festos istos dies: quo tempore vos ad me accersori curabo, &c.

Hereupon I made Coursy, as was appertaining, and stepped back somewhat from the King, and so the Vice-Chancelor and other Officers, the chief Secretary brought Bills to be read, and subscribed, or assigned with the Kings own hand, which he did: and after the Lord Lasky had watched a fit time to tell the King of his desire to speak a few words to his Majesty of some of his own astairs, and was bidden to resort straightway after dinner to his Majesty, we took our leave with reverence doing, and so went out of the privy Chamber, or rather with-drawing Chamber through his privy Chamber, where he had said Masse when wecame, and so into the Guard-chamber, and down, &c.

Friday, I took Ghostly counsel of Doctor Hannibal, the great Divine, that had now set out some of his Commentaries upon Pymander, Hermitis Trismigisti.

Saturday (Aprilis 20) I received the Communion at the Pernardines, where that Doctor is a Professor.

This day E. K. the Ghostly counsel and comfort, as his case required.

On Easter Monday, very devoutly in Saint Stephens Church E. K. received the Communion, to my unspeakable [〈◊〉] and content, being a thing so long and earnestly required, and urged of him, by ourspiritual good friends, as may appear by sundry former actions.

✝ Cracoviae.

Tuesday in Easter week,

Aprilis 23. Manè [〈◊〉] horam 8. Praecibus fusis; mediocritèr longis.

E. K. Here appears many thousands of spiritual Creatures, all in white: Now there seemeth one like Michael, (all in red) to stand [〈◊〉] them, they all standing in an half Moon compasse behind him.

Michael ..... Adhuc semel (sed Stephano assidente) Loquor. ^[45]

Sed si aurem, & animam suam, loquetae meae praebuerit stabilietur sedes illi

E. K. Now they seem all to mourn or hum, all in one tune.

He speaketh still, but I understand not his speech.

Sin minus loquitor pro me pestis: ulcere enim percutiam terram Zeli plenus sum, & Justitiae

E. K. All are vanished away.

Δ Ne observes iniquitates meas (Domine [〈◊〉] Christi) qui speramns in misericordia tua, qui redempti sumus [〈◊〉] sanguine tuo, Amen.

Emitte Domine verbum tuum Evangelicum, ut liquefacias & emolias obdurata corda mea frigore [〈◊〉], ut mea peccata purgentur, & efficiantur, quasi in Christo, ut nebula ignorantiae expellatur è cordibus meis, & spiritus Sancto gratia affluant aquae [〈◊〉] in poenitentia Salutari,

Amen.

1585. ✝ Cracoviae.

Aprilis 24. in Easter-week.

Wednesday morning, [〈◊〉] horam 8.

Orationibus factis ad Deum, tam oratione Dominica, quamaliis particularitur respectu Ministerii [〈◊〉], qui regnis president obtinendi, ut nobis praescriptum [〈◊〉], & dum conarer particulariter nominare aliquem, statim incipit E.K. & [〈◊〉]—

E. K. There appeareth afar off a woman comming, and she is ^[46] here now, she is all covered in green, as with a cloud: I may through it discern her fair face, and her hairs dispersed abroad.

The place about her seemeth to be concave, replenished with light of the Sunne: she standeth as in a hollow shell, or Oval figure ^[47] concave.

..... Stephen, lift up thy head amongst the stars of Heaven; for the Spirit of God is with thee, and thou art become the Darling of the Highest, but the Lord will reprehend thee for thy sins.

Behold, thou shalt stand, and thy sword shall be made holy: See therefore that you honour him, labour for him and obey him, as the anointed and [〈◊〉] of the Lord.

For why, his spirit shall be plentiful amongst [〈◊〉], and he shall put the pillow of rest under your heads.

E. K. The more she speaketh, the more the place is bright.

..... The Prince of Darknesse shall lie as a stumbling block in his way, but he shall stride over him without offence.

The earthly Creatures have not to do in this receptacle:

Therefore take heed thou defile it not.

If thou follow the rules of calling them, thou shalt see that the air is their habitation.

Other wayes irregularly they appear in such vessels: But such as are prepared for them.

Take heed (therefor) thou defile not the place of the Justified, with the presence of those that are accursed.

But as they are of two sorts; so let their appearing places be divers.

Thy servant is conducted, and shall not stumble, but shall return, that the name of God may be blessed.

Now cease thy voice for our presence, until the Lord hath rebuked Stephen, in the consideration whereof consisteth the seal of his Election.

Verbum shall be the first word wherein the Lord shall shew himself unto him.

Behold, I am full of the light of heaven, and I shut up and go.

E. K. She is gone

Δ Note, all those things I intended or desired to be satisfied in, are answered me without my asking.

Misericordia, Pax, & Lux Dei nobis semper adsint omnis autem laus, honor, & gloria sit Deo nostro,

Amen.

Notae [〈◊〉].

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.

May 6, & 7, 8. E. K. was very unquiet in mind, and so expressed to me in words: for that A. L. had not paid him his money, long since due: and chiefly for that he doubted very much of A. L. his turning to the Lord with [〈◊〉] his heart, and constantly. So much did A. L. his former life and ungodly living and dealing offend him, and so void was he of any hope, that he became in a great [〈◊〉] of mind to find us coupled with so [〈◊〉] a man. I shewed A. L. his last Letters, how ^[48] he was in a [〈◊〉] of his own, belonging to the [〈◊〉] Rithwyan, (vvhich he had now by a stratagem won from the unjust delaying of his adversary) and what penance and contrition he was in, what meditations, and what godly purposes, &c. But E. K. would not hope of conversion, and thereupon utterly and [〈◊〉] intended with all speed to be gone from hence toward Prage, and willed me (if I would) to prepare my Letters He became very blasphemous against God to my great grief and terrour: what the issue thereof would be, so great was the [〈◊〉] and [〈◊〉] against God and his holy purposes in us, that almost greater could not be uttered. I used as quiet words as I could, assuring him of Gods mercies alwayes ready, and his helping hand for all such as put their trust in him, and call upon him in their [〈◊〉] and times of need, and so did betake him to God for that Tuesday night, being past 9 of the clock.

Wednesday morning, as I was at my prayers in my study over his Chamber, and had made declaration of this cause, and of the perplexity most grievous that I was in to see my friend and partner (E. K.) thus carried away with so grievous a temptation, so manifold and [〈◊〉].

E. K. yet lying in his bed, did call his brother Thomas to him, and willed him to callme to him: Thomas came (when I had in manner ended my devotions and prayers) for me, I went to him, yet lying in his bed: And after I had wished a good morrow, and sate by him on the Bench at his beds head, he began and said such matter as followeth,

E. K. A Spirit appeared to me this morning by my Bed-side, and bid me be quiet.

Bad me will you to go to morrow with both your servants to my Lord, as secretly as you could.

Bad you comfort him.

Bad you bring him with you.

Bad you to go to the King as you came homeward.

Bad me to board in the mean space with the Italian ^[49] Doctor at Perins house.

Bad me lie here every night.

Hereupon I was most glad and joyful, and praised God for his marvellous mercies, loving kindnesse and goodnesse toward us, and declared my self assured that God had put out his term, and setled the degree: For the performance of his purposes and promises made to us, for his own honour and glory: And so with joy and thanks given E. K. for his courteous imparting these good news to me, I went about my businesse intended, which was to go to the Table of the Lord: as I was prepared for it, and so went to the Barnardines Church.

Soli Deo nostro sit omnis laus, honor, gloria, & gratiarum actio, nunc & semper, Amen.

Note, I had in my prayers alledged to God, that albeit I was in great perplexity and agony of mind, yet since I was willed to cease my voice for having at any angelical presence, I said he of his divine clemency and care over us, in these great desires might counsel us and direct us, though we did not urge our request as we were wont. The conclusion and shame which many wayes would follow, if this intended purpose of E. K. should go forward and take place) was so great, that we might seem to the world, to have been led to that evil end, by a manifold digression, rather then otherwise led in mercy and verity, wherein I requested God to regard his own honour and glory, &c.

✝ Cracovia,

Maij 20.

Monday à meridie horam circiter 6. in mansio meo.

NOTE Δ.

Δ

E. K. sitting with me in my study, told me, that after my going to Rithian to the Lord Lasky, he had very many apparitions, and divers matters declared unto him, of the state of Christendom, &c.

He said (moreover) fault was found with my manner of standing before Stephen, I should have made some more ample declaration of my Calling and knowledge in these our actions. Secondly, that I did mistake the phrase spoken unto me at Prage of the rod binding up ^[50]: For he said, that Michael Dee should die, that I should thereby be afflicted, and divers such things he told me, and among other that he was willed to be ready to leave me, when he should be called: for, he said, our actions shall be cut off, for some of our unworthinesse, &c. All which things were so grievous unto me, as I was (in manner) ready to sound; and my distresse was the greater, because (after a sort) I was barred from requiring the presence of any of our spiritual friends, till Stephen had been rebuked by the Lord, and I had vowed to obey their commandments and instructions, whereby I was driven to beseech God to consider my cause and grief, who unfainedly desired to be his true Servant: And being desirous to obey them, staying of my voice for the presence of his good Ministers, I was contented to offer up my obedience herein for a sacrifice; and ready to receive this distresse and affliction, as a punishment for my [〈◊〉], awaiting his will and pleasure.

E. K. said, It shall not be amisse to bring forth the Shew-stone, and assay what the good will of God would be herein.

Δ I fetcht the Shew-stone, and after it had been set about a quarter of an hour. E. K. Espied in it a little naked boy, with a white cloth scarf, from under ^[51] his Navel hanging down unto his knees; The hair of his head is short as of an young child: [and about that time came the Lord A. L. unto us, who sat down by us:] He had a little Circle of aire in his hand: There is a light in the stone as if there were the shining of the Sunne in it.

Puer ..... Creavit Deus omnia Spirituoris sui qui etiam Spiritus, defendit & defendet suos, & in nomine [〈◊〉] sperantes.

E. K. He throweth up his Circlet, and catcheth it againe, three times; He standeth still, and saith nothing more yet.

Puer ..... Perforatus à Domino, loquor.

E. K. Now he is turned into a water which goeth round about, and in the midst of it is bloud.

Now he is returned to his former shape again.

Puer ..... The end of all flesh is at hand.

And the sickle of the Highest shall reap down the Mountaines; The Valleys shall be without ^[52] fruit: And the seed of man shall be accursed.

E. K. Now he turneth his face to you [Δ.]

Puer ..... Who is he that the Lord rejoyceth in, or on whom the Heavens look with merry countenance, whose feet are not a burden to the earth, and in whom is the force of the soul comforted? Who is he that shall rejoice in the Lord? Even he it is that goeth out of himself, and beholdeth himself, saying, O thou Carcase thou art a Sepulchre for me; Neither am I placed in thee, for thine own beauty, but that the Lord may be magnified, and his Creatures dignified; He it is that shaketh off himself, and putteth on the Armour of Affliction, praising and extolling the Garland of the God of Hosts, before that great Whore, and in despite of her Congregation; He it is that forsaketh his own will, to do the will of him that created him; Whosoever (therefor) doth his own will, is the servant of Perdition; But he that expecteth the will of God is [〈◊〉].

Behold, therefore, because you do so, and have beheld your selves, not in your selves, have acknowledged the power of God, and the truth of his Message, your Honour shall be great: Therefore ^[53] fear not, For, lo, This Garland is prepared for you: and rest is sealed unto you, of the Highest, unto you, your wives, children and servants.

Δ Blessed be thy Name for ever, O eternal, almighty, and most merciful, our God and King of Glory.

Puer ..... If the Sunne shine not in vain, if the Stars move not, but by variation and discourse, moving things, alternatim, to an end, if the Earth stand still, because she is so created: Much lesse ought man to despaire in the mercies and promises of God, which are not without a cause, neither any time spoken without effect.

I remember thee (Lasky) saith the Lord; And I will chasten thee for thy sinnes, and behold, I ^[54] swear unto thee, as I have done; But humble thy self. This body of thine shall turn into dust. Take beed therefore that it defile not the greater part; For unto him that dieth a sinner, vengeance is judgment. But if thou live according unto my Lawes, and graft thy self within my will, if thou forsake the World for my sake, and do the works of righteousnesse; Because I have called thee before me, I will adde unto thy yeares, and will not blot out thy Name out of my remembrance.

Be not therefore a Man, but the sealed servant of the Highest. Rejoyce in him that created thee, and when I command thee to strike, follow me, for I will make the way very broad for thee.

Behold, I am mindful of my Covenant made unto thee, the seventh day of September, in the ^[55] year four score and three.

I will establish unto thee, that fortitude, both in true Wisdome and Victory: And I will make thee mighty as a Corner Stone [〈◊〉] Angle of my Temple: if thou turn, if thou do the will of him that speaketh unto thee: if thou become a marble stone, speaking Justice and Verity; The mysteries of thy Crosse light upon thee, and let thy sonnes be blessed in thee.

I greatly thirst after Steven, for the course of things are at hand,

Behold, I will blesse him, that he may leave blessing unto thee.

Behold, I will place thee unto him, as his right leg, and he shall stand.

But his wicked Garments I will cut in sunder, yea I will send in the fire of wrath and dissention: And I will take away the buttons from his brest.

I have given unto him three wicked Nations, that they may grinde under him as slavish Captives. ^[56]

When I come in one Week, Behold, I strike, and those that are proud, become poor and desolace.

The outward face of things shall be changed; And the whole World shall say, Lo here, is the finger ^[57] of the highest.

Rise Therefore, and with speed go before Steven; But the League Table thou shalt leave behind ^[58] thee. I will reveal my self in thy proper Shew [〈◊〉].

Dixi: quaerite victoriam.

Δ Deo nostro Omnipotenti, Patri totus consolationis & misericordiarum plenissimo, sit omnis Honor. Laus, Benedictio, Gloria & Imperium, nunc & semper Amen, Amen, Amen.

Δ I did communicate, and this was the third time, within Easter receiving. ^[59] Primo cum Humbate, & bis cum Raphaeli confessus, &c. That all manner of wayes I might have a clean and a quiet Conscience.

✝

Maii 22.

Wednesday, Nyepolonicze, in Aula Regia, circa horam 1½ à meridie.

Note, after dinner as we sat together, A. L. E. K. and I discoursing of some of our matters; There appeared over A. L. his head (to the sight of E. K.) a little Child half, the upper part holding over the head of A.L. a white Crown, and a finger out of it pointing toward Δ, and withal he said,

Puer ..... Audivi te victores estis.

Δ Hereupon we sat out the Shew-stone, as being ready and desirous to be instructed, according as the cause chiefly required.

As I began to pray and study, Domino non sumus digni ut nos exaudias, suddenly E. K. said he saw as followeth.

E. K. I see a great Hill of fire, a very great Mountain, and it is as if it did hang in the aire: for I see the aire under it, and I see the Sun shine on it the Mountain fire flameth not.

Now the little boy that appeared last day, standeth on the top of this Mountain.

Puer ..... God hath spoken unto you, and hath gathered you together, and lo, you are become a strong sword, with the which the Nations shall be cut down, and the God of Hosts shall stretch forth his hands; And behold, you are come, and now is the time you Satan shall reap But Satan [〈1 page duplicate〉] [〈1 page duplicate〉] [〈◊〉] sore against you; Behold, Lasky thou art become rich; But have faith: For it overcometh riches, and shall beautifie and strengthen thee, that thou shalt be able to receive reward for thy labour: For it is not a small labour to contend against sinne, I have brought thee unto Steven, And I will give him thee into thy hands: And because thou shalt see that God is not barren, I am of power; Hear me therefore saith the Lord, wilt thou that before thy face I shall destroy Steven for his wickednesse? wilt thou that I shall strike him with a perpetual Leprosie, or wilt thou that I shall correct him and leave him to do good unto thee? Now thou shalt see that I am not ^[60] weak; Neither that my words are barren or without fruit: Ask therefore of the Lord, and before thou move it shall be given thee For thou dealest with him that is a flame of fire, and a two edged sword to the wicked, out of the Dunghil I chose him, out of nothing I can stirre thee up, and exalt thee, but thou must first be poor before thou be exalted, read the Scriptures and judge Now speak. E. K. He is gone.

Infinitae & incomprehensibiles sunt misericordiae tuae, O Deus, & Judicia tua sunt inperscrutabilia, [〈◊〉].

A. L. Domine Deus misericors, quanta est tua misericordia, quod me summum peccatorem tanta gratia prosequeris? [〈◊〉] sum Domine ante faciem tuam: Itaque Domine, quaeso, ne illum propter me deleas neque Lepra percutias: sed potius inspires in illum, ut mihi propterte, & à te, per illum bene fiat. Non quaero Domine divitias, sed gloriam tuam. Non nobis Domine, non nobis sed nomini tuo da gloriam. Et fiatmihi secundum voluntatem tuam Domine. Tu scis Domine, an hypocritice ago.

[〈◊〉] mei [〈◊〉], miserere mei, sitque misericordia tua supra me & fiat voluntas tua, sicut in [〈◊〉], sic [〈◊〉] & in [〈◊〉], Atque nomen tuum sit benedictum in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

E. K. He is here againe.

Puer ..... Saptens es tu, [A. L.] & plenus spiritu Dei: Non quaerens sanguine fratris tui igitur ben dictum, sis inter potentes hujus saeculi, & ab hac die spiritus meus nunquam à te discedet; & haec quia te humiliasti nam non [〈◊〉] sine causa

Puer ..... And lo, I will correct him sharply: Ask therefore in what Language thou wilt have me correct him (for he is scarce worthy to hear that he may understand.)

E. K. He is gone.

A. L. Hungarice peto, ut ipse audiat ea quae illi sunt dicenda sic ita Divinae tuae placcuerit Majestati.

Puer ..... Hungarie is hateful unto me; For it is full of iniquity; Neither will I speak unto him my self that he shall (yet) hear me. I will open my mouth in Latin for thy sake: and if he become obedient, I will also appear unto him my self and unto you all, in the spirit and presence of my Angel: But to overcome him by Miracles it needeth not, for by him the people are not edified, But by my words he shall understand, that I touch him, although Satan stand by him: unlesse it were for thy sake I would not withdraw my word and curse from him, for why, I am sufficiently advised, And I do but keep back the fire from him.

But go thou [A. L.] unto him, and speak unto him liberally, when he hath heard me, if he receive me, my blessing is upon him of necessity.

If he hear me not, I can easily unlock for I have the Key ready.

God the Father, God the Sonne, (unto whom all power is given in Heaven and Earth) with the fire of eternal comfort, which is the privy science and knowledge of the faithful; The Holy Ghost, be upon thee, and with thee for this day, thy [A. L) sinnes are blotted out of Gods remembrance. ^[61]

I have no more to say.

Omnipotenti, tromendo & Solis Adorando Deo, & Domino nostro sit omnis gratiarum actio, Laus & Jubilatio, nunc & in omne aevium.

Amen.

✝ Nyepolonicze in Aula Regis Polonie.

Anno 1585.

Maii. 23. A meridie hora Circiter 6.

The King sent for the Lord Lasky and me, by his Vice-Chamberlaine, whom we came unto in a Chamber, within the Chamber or roome where he useth to give audience, or to eat with his Palatines and other: He sat by the Window which is toward the South, and by which his Prospect is into his new Garden, which is in making: He began thus, (the Lord Albert Lasky being by, and thereto willed by the King,) and said unto me very near as those words import.

St. Egit mecum Dominus Palatinus, ut vos audirem de rebus istis magnis & raris loquente: Quod libentur feci: & tamen hoc considerari debet, quod Prophetae omnes & revelationes jam diu & in tempore Christi cessaverunt. Tamen si [〈◊〉] in istis, contra Dei sit honorem, eo lubentius sunt audienda: Et ego quidem haud dubito quin Deus nunc possit multis modis secreta quaedam hominibus deligere, ad hac usque tempora, mandatis & inusitatis.

Hereupon I answered to this sence, although I cannot expresse the same words.

Δ Considero in ordine vestrae regia tria quasi capitala, in quibus totus ordinis vestrae est medulla. Primum de Prophetiaris, & revelationem cessatione, secundum; an aliquid in nostris actionibus, vel exercitiis insit contra Dei honorem: & tertium (quod animo meo est valde gratium) quod, Deo non praescribatis certos aliquos modos vel tempora quibus sua hominibus velit aut debeat secreta detegere. De primo, hoc possimus vestrae Majestati Reginae asserere, quod ille Scripturae locus haud recte à plurimis intelligeter: & ab [〈◊〉] pessime, qui velint omni modae. Dei potentiae & misericordiae & sapientiae praescribere certos modos, & tempora certa: asserendo nullorum hiis temporibus esse Prophetiam, vel post Christum fore: quia omnes in Christo cessavere: hoc est, quia omnes de illo quae erant Prophetiae felicet. De Dei filio in carne venturo & Messia vero, & redemptore generis humani futuro, (& de tota illa quam nos agnovimus & confitemur Christiani, completum & consummatum esse Christi historia) jam cessavere: adeo quod illa neque jam futura sunt ut putant Judaei, neque repetenda sunt, cum jam sunt consummata & peracta que madmodum Prophetae praenuntiabant nam ob hac causa cum Christus Jesus in cruce pendens scinisset, quod omnia de co Prophetia completa fuissent, & praecepimus scilicet omnium Prophetiarum (ante Christiano) scopus jam esset Collinatus, & Juxta praesentiam & propositum Dei redemptoris humane conscientiam esset mysterium ipse dixit consummatum est: Nam & Paulus dixit ad Judaeos, (namque [〈◊〉] omnia quae de co scripta erant, deponentes eum, de Ligno posuerunt eum in monumento. Et ^[62] post Resurrectionem suam ipsammet Christus suis discipulis (pergentibus versus Castellum Emaus, & de illius morte & resurrectione disserentibus & [〈◊〉]) dixit, O stulti & tardi corde ad [〈◊〉] in omnibus quae [〈◊〉] sunt Prophetae: Nonne haec oportuit pati Christus, & ita intrare in gloriam suam, & incipiente a Moyse & omnibus ^[63] Prophetis interpraetabitur illis in omnibus scripturis, quae [〈◊〉] ipsoerant, &c. & paulò post iterum ad eosdem vobiscum: Quoriam necesse impleriomnia quae scripta sunt in lege Moysi & Prophetis, & Psalmis de me.

Sed quantum ad alium sensum quod post Christum mille essent Prophetae vel relationes ipsam Scripturae planissime contrarium docent. Nam quod descendum erit de revelatione fine notabile illa Beati Joanni Apocalypsi quae post Christum [〈◊〉]? quae & ab eodem Joanne Propheta vocatur, dicendo ^[64] Beatus qui legit & audit verba [〈◊〉]. hujus & servat ea qui in ea scripta sunt, & in ultimo Capite ejusdem Apocalypseos sine revelationes, ter, [〈◊〉] vocat Prophetiae librum. Quare manitestum est post Christum esse Revelationes & Prophetas. Praeteria que erat illa Paulo facta revelatio in ejus Vocatione & Conversione per ipsum Jesum Christum, ut in Apostolicorum apparet Actum libro, Cap. 9. quid de illa decennes ^[65] Cornelio Centuriano?

Quid de illa Petro de animalibus mundis & immundis. Et Paulus ipsam dicet si Δ ^[66] gloriari oportet (non expedit quidem) veniam ante ad visiones & revelationes Domini, &c. & paulò post: & de Magnitudo revelationem extollit me, datus est mihi stimulis carnis meae, Angelus Satanae qui me colophizet es, notum mihi factum est sacramentum, sicut supra scripsi: prout potestis legentes intelligere prudentiam meam in mysterio Christi, quod aliis generationibus non est agnitum filiis homini, sicut nunc revelatum est sanctis Apostolis ejus & Prophetis in spiritu, &c, ubi etiā Prophetas post Christū esse apparet: & cap. 4. Et ipse dedit quosdam quidem Apostolos [〈◊〉] autem Prophetas, alios vero Evaugelistis, alios autem Pastores & Doctores ad consnmmationem [〈◊〉], in opus ministerii, in aedificationē Corporis Christi, Donec occurramus omnes in unitate fidei in mensuram aetate plenitudinis Christi, &c. ubi tam diu Prophetas fore in Ecclesia Christi post Christū apparet. Donec occurramus omnes in unitate fidei, &c. quod nondum post Christum factum fuisse bene simus & jam haec aetate nostra maxime sumus circa negotium fidei discordes maxime videntur esse necessariae non Prophetae solum sed etiam Revelationes valde expresse de Mysteriis Divinus. Et de locotione Angelica ^[67] ad Philippum, & ejus de loco in locum invisibile quasi translatione per Spirirituum Domini, quod putendum est. Et de Prophetis post Christum tempora testificatur Actum undecimum caput, ubi legimus quod eodem [〈◊〉] quo primum discipuli Christi Antiochiae cognominarentur Christiani, [〈◊〉] ab Jerisolymis Prophetae Antiochiam, & surgens unus ex eis nomine Agabus, sign si abat per spiritum, famem magnam futuram universo [〈◊〉] terrarum, quae [〈◊◊〉] [〈◊〉], ad secundum autem vestrae Majestatis Regiae Capitulum, sic [〈◊◊〉] coram Deo & beatis ejus Angelis, assere quod conscientia mea nihil [〈1 line〉], Notivit, vel dijudicare potuit, neque possit in omnibus nostris actionibus, vel illarum aliqua, quod sit contra Dei, honorem, vel gloriam, Immo, quod ad [〈◊◊◊〉] & gloriam valde spectent, possimus.

Denique tertio in loco quod cum magna & verae pia Regiaque & discretione existitis, me Deum Omnipotentem iis temporibus posse modis suis variis, [〈◊〉] quibusdam sua [〈◊〉] mysteria & secreta. Valde letor: & eo magis, quod tam ex nostris praeteritis id constare potuerit multis Actionibus; quam ex futuris: quibus inter esse & adesse praesens (si ita illi visum fuerit) vestra possit Majestus Regia. Et praeteritarum nostrorum Actionum libros 24, paratus sum ([〈◊◊〉] vestrae serenissimae Majestati placuerit tempore,) videndos exhibere; quorum quaedam Latina lingua, Graeca aliae, aliae Anglica lingua, sed ex maxime [〈◊〉] Anglica sunt Conscriprae ipsae actiones Angelorum, viz. [〈◊〉] bonotum Instructiones, admonitiones, exhottationes, [〈◊〉], [〈◊〉], & [〈◊〉] ealio sunt. [〈◊◊〉] nobis factae Revelationes, reales vel verbales, & per spatium jam trium fere annorum à nobis receptae & [〈◊〉], &c.

✝ Nyepolonizae in Aula Regia praesente ipso [〈◊〉] Rege, & A. L, &c.

[〈◊〉] Lunae

May 27. Mane, horam 7. circiter. In camera privata Regis.

Omnipotens, [〈◊〉], Verae, & uni Deus, [〈◊◊〉] misericors Pater mi, qui me de Patriae [〈◊〉] funesta contra [〈◊〉] concepta malicia, per Angelos [〈◊◊〉] admonisti, & per cosdem, inde, ^[68] me cum Vx re, Liberts, & Familia mea istisque ^[69] duobus, egredi jussisti: e egredientes nos, [〈◊◊〉] maris, quasi [〈◊◊◊〉]: Et qui ex homicidiarum & Hereticorum manibus & [〈◊◊〉] nos [〈◊〉]: Et qui multis nos modis (partim nobis cognitis, partim [〈◊〉]) à [〈◊〉] & [〈◊◊〉], ab eo tempore, quod ad tua secreta Judicia & negotia testific [〈◊〉], [〈◊〉] & [〈◊〉] nos [〈◊〉]: Ideo propter hanc tuam tantam & tuam [〈◊〉] misericordiam; immortalis [〈◊〉] à nobis deberi laudes & gratias humillime agnoscamus. O [〈◊〉] Pater noster [〈◊〉] qui ^[70] nos duos; vinculo tuo Divino arctissime copulasti: & quasi unum ex [〈◊〉] esse [〈◊〉]. O tu fortissime [〈◊〉] meus qui hanc tuum Lasky, quasi Athletam meum [〈◊〉], animosum, & meum [〈◊〉], nobis adjunxisti: virum Cathelicae tuae & [〈◊〉] Religionis [〈◊〉] & Anti-christianismi omnis acerrimum hostem; [〈◊〉] ô [〈◊〉], [〈◊〉] & [〈◊〉] Deus, & Pater meus, qui tuis mox incipiendis Regiis, magnis mirific: [〈◊〉], quem [〈◊〉] Regem, [〈◊〉] iuvenisti Stephanum, tuum futurum Bellatorem: quis tuo mutui, & jussit ex animis, totis suis veribus, & maximo zelo obedire velit: & cut nos honorem & [〈◊◊〉] & [〈◊〉], in mandatis dedisti: & propter quem labores ([〈◊〉] not a) ut subiremus & sustenueremus statuisti: & ad quem, post laboriosas peregrinationes nostr: multiplices quidem, praeter 7 [〈◊〉] factas, directas aliquas, alias ante, (humano judici) quasi retrogradas, tuam maximam gratiam, favore: & auxilio incolumnies & salvos nos perduxisti: Nos quasi hic tuos, tuo Nomine & una mente convenientes, tua digneris Paterna misericordia, à totius vitae meae omnibus purgare spurcilits: Et Charissimi tus [〈◊〉] Domini & Redemptoris Nomini Jesu Christi intercedentibus meritis, nobis Condona quicquid contra Leges tuas Sanct as & Justas, volentes, vel nescii, vel negligentes, verbo, facto vel [〈◊〉] ad hanc usque horam [〈◊〉] omnes & singuli, ut tibi jam [〈◊〉] massa pura & [〈◊〉] offerri: una Divina & [〈◊〉] fermitanda gratia; & tuae charitatis igne in cordibus nostris per te accenso, quasi quidem proportionis & sacri in Templo tuo efficiamur panes. Et sit nobis interim Filius tuus Dominus nostris Jesus Christus Panis vitae: quem gust ando suavissimum, & sides veribus transgladiendo [〈◊〉] Manna eundem habeamus nobiscum in perpetuum, mitte igitur nunc Luce & Veritatem tuam ô Deus Omnipotens sempiternae, Vivae, & Verae, & tuo Stephano (noster autem Serenissimo Gratiosissimoque Reg) appareat, Te Deum nostrum verum vivam, Omnipotentem [〈◊〉] nostrum in iis actionibus & Mysteriis esse me antè (licet peccatis obnoxiu) voto & Conatumagno, fidele tuam & sincerium esse servatum: omniaque tua jussa mihi maxime esse Curae: nosque singulos singularibus in te autem mundi exordium praeordinatos esse muneribus, in tuo Sancto servitio tractandis, &c.

E. K. Nihil post primas praeces apparebat.

Δ Breves secundas feci, & adhuc nihil apparebat

Tertias adjeci, etiam breves.

Post tertias ex lapide quidem Calor in faciem ipsius.

E. K. Exire videbatur.

Circa lapidis oram & fimbriam rubicundus viridis circulus apparebat.

E. K. Jam video hominem albis indutum vestibus, & succinctis facie longa sparsis crinibus, & a deus notu quasi undantibus, & dexter pes stans super magnum lapidem rotundam, & sinister super aquam, & post dorsum ejus magna lux est: Nunc video terram sub pedibus ejus, sed quasi in aere videtur esse tam lapis ipse quam aqua illa.

Δ Sit benedictus Deus noster, & fiat voluntas ejus.

Aquae cursus (qui versus Occidentem est) pedem ejus videtur sccundum se prius deferre.

Videtur iste longo a me esse cum intueor faciem ejus interdum una apparet esse interdum tres facies & ita confuso quodam modo.

E. K. Audio magnam vocem Dicentem, Veni & Vidi.

E. K. Descendit jam alter ad illum quasi Globus Ignius cum facie eminenti, & ab ejus corpore quasi verga arundinea videtur emanare.

..... Inspexi, & examinavi, & ecce, Nulla est Justicia. ^[71]

Vox ..... Interet aqua in mare, & siat falsa, quia ecce tertia viola est plena.

E. K. Jam venit ignis, & illum totum circundat, aliquo minimo: Circa illud relecto intervallo sibi proximo.

Vox ..... Mensura.

[〈◊〉] & sigillum est (52) quin quaginta duo.

Ast [〈◊〉] sum plenus Justitiae & Misericordiae.

Visigitur tu, quod aperies os meum?

Ast quare inquit Dominus visitarem Stephanum humiliet Semetyrum.

E. K. — Inclinat caput suum] quia ecce habeo quod dicam, & ecce habeo, & labia mihi confuta sunt.

Magnificat igitur [〈◊〉] Coeli & terrae Deum Creatorem, Regem & illuminatorem quod possit [〈◊〉] peccatoribus [〈◊〉] esse & vultum ejus misericordiam super vos convertere.

E. K. Jam conversus est totus in Globium igneum.

Δ Miscrere [〈◊◊〉], secundum magnam misericordiam tuam, &c.

E. K. Jam magnus quidam fumus per plicas quasdam (insta nubis) lapidem operet.

E. K. Jam videtur illa nubes convoluta esse, & seorsim ad unum ^[72] latus lapidis seposita.

Aut juventutis tua temeritate mensuravit? ab impetu judicii & temporis: quis te legit? aut unde munitus es Coelestidecore? Hanc tibi animans viventem, sagacem, & sale plenum, quis induxit? Nonne Rex ille gloriae, in cujus gratiam omnis subjecta est, in coelo & in terra potestas? qui te potenti elevans brachio à milite ad majorem, a majore, ad maximum evocavit septrium; Nonne idem ille, quite & [〈◊〉] & visitat: & de semetipso, ante saecula dixit, Ego sum? Quareigitur, Nebulam tam tenebrosam, tanta ecce caligine tanta dico ingratudine suffultam, inter Deum tuum, & animam tuam induxisti? An, quod non accepisti habes? [he shaked his hand at the King, after the Polonian manner] Aur unde (Di) Diadema Capitis? Ecce quia in fragili cordis tui prudentia, Deum à sinistris, immo a tergo, posuisti, sequitur te spiritus malignus: Nam erasti: Igitur multiplicata & numerata sunt peccata tua in Coelis, Judicium tuum in te canes ipsi cum pseuda Propheta ferant inquinata sunt Regia tua scelere turpissimo, Cubicula tua olent malum, igitur surrexit Deus turgidus & terribilis factus est & iratus tibi. Verum sic dicit Dominus; quia patres tui, ad Altare meum sanctiores stetere, neque perversi à voce & via mei recessere; te autem, quia virum a vulgo distinctum seperando seperavi, & seperatum: eligendo, dilexi: Non visitabo iniquitates tuas in verga mea: Neque Dejiciam te quemadmodum decrevi: Sed in Solio titubanti sedeas permittam. Verum si brachium meum Zelo cognoveris potens: si impietatem tuam derelinques: si te munditiae ornaveris, si fetidam a sinu tuo lepram & alnnica tineam, (non ad vomitum rediens) abster seris Ego quoque iram avertam meam, & dies tua relinquae stabilientur fortitudine: Reges malidicti & potentes hujus nudi intoxicati calice, Meretricis (mea quia neglexere statut) fulmine ire meo in manu, & ante pedes tuos cadent ferrorique erit gladius tuus nationibus, tutela te Coeli circumducent dum in robore dexterae tuae peribunt inimici.

Cor populi tui, a te alienatum, post modicum repurgabitur: qui autem in sanctum conspiramere turpissimo, cadent ulcere. Adhuc si latere meo cum firmiter, tam fideliter adhaescas abumbrabit te spiritus meus & evades sapiens: teque res Foecundabit de Coelo. Haec est veritas & Lex Domini, quam proposit tibi ^[74] Lux Dei hodie Stephano: Igitur sume tibi gladium femori, estringe, eleva pro Domino & veritate, pugna, vince, Regna Noli (sicut homo) timori cedere, neque de mundo queritate: quia Deus tuus tecum est; Ignis terribilis & magnus Dominus exercituum: Igitur si os tuum iuste a solio operies: si impium condemnaveris impietatis impleto te spiritu meo, & anima tua repleatur igni potenti, dum manus tuae vindicant coelos, [inclinat caput.]

Impiam illam generationem, (de qua Domino loquuntur est, & in servitutem tibi tradidit,) cum ^[75] videris tempus, cum filiis suis, & a populo suo, a parvo usque ad majore, percute gladio ut pro impietate peccati, sit plagarum numerus; quia erit inflictus Bohemia (non minus odiosa Coelis: quam terrae gravis, & tediosa) signata tibi; est; & maledicta in jubare solis, Collige & Orna.

Fuge pedem in Aquilone, & digitis tange mare, & noti spernere coronam altissimi ostendam tibi nomen meum, & ponam laudes tuas inter aquas. Cinge te etiam sicut forti, amplectere montes meridionales; & aedifica mihi altare: Eripiam enim vincula ab illis. Ab Occidente, manus violentas in viscera tua extendunt: Sed ferro praescindam illas ungues. Denique si a peccatis cessaveris, si studio flagrabis coelestium, & ambuland[•]s coram me Domino Deo tuo in justitia, & veritate, & nuncquid in nomine meo seperit benedicatur & in me splendorem suscipit; Sin autem, verba, quae ^[76] locutus est Dominus, audire notueris, Egomet ulter existam hodie exaltavi te in Domino, & posui caput tuum inter stellas: Esto igitur obediens: Paratus est terror impiis, & maledictus est mundus: Beatus autem qui fideliter observant Verba, & illa custodiet quae Dominus hodie fecit Gratia Dei patris, Jesu Christi filii, ejus [inclinat caput] & Spiritus Sancti visitet vos semper [extendit manus su[••] valde.]

Δ Amen.

Adduc familiam tuam cum celeritate.

Δ Sit benedictus nomen altissimi qui in servandis promissis est constantissimus, & in misericoardiis ^[77] abundantissimus. Illi Gloria, Laus, Honor, decus, jubilatio, & gratiarum actio nunc & semper.

Amen.

✝

Maii 28.

Tuesday mane circa 6. in Nyepolonize.

Δ Oratione finita & aliquibus verbis factis, de nostra cum Stephano Actione praeterita haeri.

E. K. Here is he that was yesterday in our Action with the King.

Hei mihi (saith the Lord) [He stoopeth by little downward] why do I hold my hand from the Earth? What have all the Princes of the World built a Tower against me? These in denying me and my Majestie: The other wallowing in extream drunkennesse amongst the pleasures and blindnesse of the flesh, neglecting (without fear) my Commandements, have I thrown out the Children from the Vineyard, and called in the Dung-carriers? have I visited my servants, (whom I chose) in wrath and indignation with the Sword of Justice? have I thus scattered them upon the face of the World, without a Shepherd, to entertain blasphemous Murderers, Lyars, and the Runnagates of the Earth, the seed of Cain, and of the cursed! O you Caterpillers, O you that fill the Earth with poison! O you abusers of my Name, and Dishonorors of my Temple! What is the cause that you are so barren, or that the Lord hath not mightily shewed himself amongst you, as unto his Children? Why are not the Miracles and Wonders a Testimony of the God of Truth amongst you, as they were unto the Israelites? Why, hath not the Sea divided her self? Why, hath not the Lord delivered you from bondage? Vnto the Israelites he gave a fruitful land (the possession of the wicke) abounding with Milk and Honey: unto you, he hath delivered your possession unto the Dogs: and your children to become Captives, why doth not the God of Hosts stretch forth his hand saying: Deliver my people from bondage? are not the times of those latter dayes ^[78] and of the Harvest of the Disciples ^[79] shadowed amongt the doings and graces of the Israelites, you are become blind, you have eyes but you see not, for you * know not the time of your visitation. O thou stif-necked Generation this is the cause, that the finger of God commeth not amongst you: This, this is the cause, because you have not Faith: Neither is the Spirit of godlines and obedience amongst you, can he that is all Truth defile himselfe with lying: or can the flesh of man diminish the authority of the Godhead: is Christ Jesus, (very God of very Go) of less power or strength unto you, then he was before, unto the seed of Abraham: because he hath taken your flesh upon him. O you ignorant, ô you blind strangers, ô you that were faithful in the sight of the Lord, is not the God of Heaven and Earth heire unto you, by reason of his Man-hood have you not now access your selves unto the Throne of the Highest, which your Fathers had not? the Israelites ran unto the Prophets and high Priests: yea, they durst not run before the Lord: For it was said of them

* Let them stand before the hill. They brought their offerings to the Priest, which offered up their prayers and humility: But unto you (ô you of little fait) the Gates are set open: yea, even unto the Throne of God: why therefore, doe you not ascend unto your Christ, Which is anointed before the Father. Hath he anointed him for himselfe, or for you? for both: If you have no miracle, you have no faith, if you have (saith the Son of Go) faith, to be compared with a Mustard-seed, &c. ^[80] But you do none of these things, neither is the name of God magnified amongst you, Is it not a shame, that the faith of man groweth not to be equal with a Mustard-seed, is it not a signe of your slavish nature, from the which you were called, that there is no faith amongst you?

True it is: For why the blood of Christ is shed upon you: and you are washed without deserts, Behold now (saith the Lord) when I have stirred up a Moses there are no Israelites that will follow ^[81] him: the seed of Abraham is destroyed with the Winter of self-love and dis-obedience.

The Lord groaneth, saying: Whether shall I turn me? unto whom shall I shew my face? if I say unto them go out, set your [〈◊〉] against the wicked: Behold, I will be amongst you, and fight for you: who is it that heareth me? where is your faith become? who is he that believeth me, O you wicked Generation shall the Lord call you and seeke your deliverance, and will you know of the Lord with what meanes he will work amongst you, is the God of Heaven and Earth become amongst ^[82] you an Ingineer or a Merchant, a Hoorder up of worldly treasure; or one that rideth on horse-back to battail? you stinking Carrion, you hateful wretches before Heaven and Earth, you blind hirelings. Who devided the Seas who threw down Jericho, who overthrew the wicked Kings? who destroyed ^[83] the Cities of the wicked? who fought against the reprobate Giants and the flesh of mankind? who opened the windowes of Heaven and consumed you all except as you read ^[84] eight persons, yea, if out of the windowes I can consume you, what shall become of you if I open my doors, if I send out my servants against you, and my innumerable army. Is it not said, whatsoever I put into your ^[85] monthes, that speake. Why do you so, but for the truths sake: If therefore I bid you doe, is not my truth all one? I am full of sorrow: for no man openeth his doors unto me, no man believeth me: no man remembreth that I made Heaven and Earth:

Stay a while that I may weep with my self.

E. K. All the stone is become black and full of fiery specks.

Δ After we had read the premisses

E. K. Here is another now come in green a man with nothing ^[86] on his head but onely his yellow hair.

He hath like a pair of black boots under his garments close to his legs: like buskins &c.

Δ Note Ilemese appeared in July, Anno 1548, and did make an end of Nalvage his work, &c.

He appeareth their like a little child with yellow hair, &c.

Δ

Iteach you [he paused after a pretty while

Thus saith the Lord thou must answer Steven according to the hardness of his hart: Answer ^[87] him thus, for the Mean: Lo, King, the God of Heaven and Earth hath placed me before thee, and hath shewed unto thee his will, hath nourished up me his servant from my youth unto this day, in the fear of him and the fervent desire of true wisdome, whereby I have attained (through his hel) unto the knowledge and secrets of the things in Nature: which knowledge behold in the name of God and for his sake: and because he hath chosen thee, lo, I offer up unto thee, and willingly made thee partaker of; This done be not afraid to open thy mouth unto him, as thou didst unto Rodolph, in ^[88] writing, Behold (ô Kin) I can make the Philosophers Stone, for so they call it, Bear thou therefore the Charge, and give me a name within thy Court that I may have access unto thee: and yearly maintenance of thee for us both; Command him also, or strike a band of secrecy between him; thy selfe, and Lasky. Take heed thou want not faith: for I will help thee: And he shall have a great ^[89] Treasure, I will see them, if he will labour for me. But it may be Lasky will hold him by the heele.

Δ What mean you by that phrase?

..... As Jacob did Esau. ^[90]

Vnto this apply thy self, and give thy whole endeavor from time, to time also I will open my mind unto Stephen through thee, or in the presence of himself.

But let Lasky open this unto him: The Camp is known unto me.

Δ I understand not this point.

..... Let him understand, thou art minded so to doe.

For this seven dayes, aske no more answer. ^[91]

Δ How, and if the King be desirous of any action?

..... I respect not the King.

Δ I beseech you be not offended that I aske your name?

..... Ilemese.

E. K. He is gone.

Δ The other will come again.

A voice. Non venit.

Therefore shut up the window.

Deus Coeli & Teriae da nobis Fidem.

✝ Nyepolonicze in Aula Regis St.

Junii,

Tuesday a me idie circa horam tertiam: The King send for me to hear what I had to say to him as I had, send him word that I had to say somewhat to him in God his behalfe. When I was come into his privy Chamber, and all others excluded but onely the Lord Lasky who came with me, and stayed by the King his commandement. I said thus verbatim as followeth.

Δ Ecce (ô Rex) Deus Coeli & [〈◊〉], me ante oculos Vestros posuit: & vobis suam declaravit voluntatem: me autem servum suum à juventute mea ad praesentem diem enutrivit in timore illius, & desiderio ferventi verae sapientiae qua ratione (& ejus auxilio) [〈◊〉] sum cognitionem & secreta [〈◊〉] naturalium quàm cognitione (ecce) in nomine Dei.

✝ Cracovia.

Junii 6

Mane horam circiter 8

Orationibus finitis, pro luce & veritate Divina, quae nos ducerent & perducerent ad montem sanctum Sion &c.

I have (ô Lord) according to my simple abilitie, endeavoured my self to declare to Steven those things I was willed; accept, ô Lord, my intent, and give me thy graces and encrease my faith that I may in my doings and sayings, please thee or not offend thy divine Majestie, and now ô Lord, we await thy further direction: not presuming to propound (as now) matter, such as our [〈◊〉] state might move us unto: but therein we crave this aide, thy light and wisedome, &c.

K. E. Here is a great head with wings like a Cherubim: all of fire, the eyes are very big, as big as your hat, and his head as big as this Table.

..... He that is a sleep let him sleep on, he that is in the high way let him not return home. He that eateth let him not rise, but eat still, and he that weepeth let him weep still, he that rejoyceth let him rejoyce for ever. He that goeth awry let him not return into the way. He that planteth his Vineyard let him not see it, he that gathereth the grapes let him not drink of them, he that blasphemeth the name of God, let him blaspheme, for he returneth not. But he that looketh up unto Heaven, let him not cast his eyes upon the Earth.

Behold, the Lord hath forgotten the Earth, and it is a burden to me that I am here, therefore I go.

Vnto those that do well, the Steward is ready with the reward, wo be unto the Monster of the Earth, for he is accursed.

E. K. He is gone: and flyeth in a strange order: upward in a special line in manner?

A voice. Put all things to silence that the Lord had touched, [〈◊〉]

The receptacle and the Books, see you open them not, nor touch them until you hear more from me. But be of right heart, and walke the ways that you are returned into.

Take this one lesson: you are in [〈◊〉] with me, and for the rest care not.

Δ Thy mercies be sealed upon us for ever and ever, ô Lord, of Hosts.

E. K. Now is a red thing, like a Cloud come all over the stone.

Ignem tui amoris & praepotentis fidei in cordibus nostris, accende, ô Deus Omnipotens nunc & semper.

Amen.

Marginal notes

1. NOTE. Thrice. ↩
2. The fruit of the Philosoophers stone. ↩
3. The divers commodities of the Philosophers stone known. Table-talk of poverty objected to us. ↩
4. Δ He said before it was Gold: ↩
5. The first time of three before spoken of. ↩
6. The title out actions. ↩
7. A promise to Jane her children. ↩
8. Of Necessiry. ↩
9. Note, One storm is yet to come. ↩
10. Δ Huic sexui scilicet muliebri. ↩
11. Numerata divina. Nescimus quis nobiscum loquitur. ↩
12. 3 [〈◊〉] cap. [〈◊〉]. c. ↩
13. One man: E. K. Veritas. ↩
14. 1 Esd. ch. 4. 33, &c. ↩
15. An apt Skrier is sanctified. ↩
16. Nota. ↩
17. Notethe manner of Justice. ↩
18. [〈◊〉] [〈◊〉] 2.24. ↩
19. [〈◊◊〉] misericordia. ↩
20. Blasphemous rebellion. ↩
21. 3 [〈◊〉] cap. ↩
22. Actionum. ↩
23. Signum quo [〈◊〉] esse possimus quod Deus Satana franum injiciet. Nota. ↩
24. Caviat E. K. [〈◊〉]. ↩
25. Veritas. ↩
26. Equus albus. Apoc. cap. 19. B: Nostra vocatie magna. Dee sup. ↩
27. Parabola de nobis duobus: ↩
28. Primitiae & Decimae. ↩
29. [〈◊〉] ↩
30. Peter. [〈◊◊〉]. Vota nostra. Actor. Videus. One body. ↩
31. [〈◊〉]. ↩
32. It is ascribed to my negligence, that I have not the practice of [〈◊〉] his Book. Sigillum [〈◊〉]. Liber Enoch. Note this Role. ↩
33. Liber Enoch. ↩
34. Polonia. ↩
35. Hortulanus noster Christus [〈◊〉] spero. ↩
36. [〈◊〉] & pax Dci sit Super [〈◊〉]. ↩
37. The white man. ↩
38. If ↩
39. Note my great offence. ↩
40. Δ Lasky his letters came on Friday last. ↩
41. Δ Pardon, pardon, pardon, ô God, thy judgments are just. ↩
42. A sentence of punishment yet [〈◊〉] be [〈◊〉]. ↩
43. Pardon. ↩
44. Δ [〈◊〉] dayes the [〈◊〉] is to be [〈◊〉]. ↩
45. Michael. Δ Forte de [〈◊〉]. L. [〈◊〉]. ↩
46. A woman. ↩
47. Nostrum [〈◊◊〉] Stephanum Regem. [〈◊〉] 30. Qui [〈◊〉] gubernant & [〈◊〉] [〈◊〉] Tribuum. Vide Anno 1584. Maii 21 1584 Juni 20. de [〈◊〉] Aerum. Δ In [〈◊〉] [〈◊〉] [〈◊◊◊〉] tractant [〈◊〉], at in 30 [〈◊◊◊〉] non sunt tales [〈◊〉] cum nobis [〈◊〉] est. [〈◊〉] 21 [〈◊〉], 1584. Ed sent into [〈◊〉]. ↩
48. * Δ What should I then think or both them. ↩
49. Gregorius, Jordanus, Venitus. ↩
50. 1585. Aprilis. Our actions to be cut off for our [〈◊〉]. ↩
51. [〈◊〉]: ↩
52. Prepheta. ↩
53. Domina acceplatio nostrerum [〈◊〉]. ↩
54. A. L. ↩
55. Anno 1583. 7 [〈◊〉]. [〈◊◊〉] 10. If ↩
56. Tres impiae Nationes data, St. ↩
57. Digitus [〈◊〉]. ↩
58. Mensa [〈◊〉]. In meo [〈◊〉] Lapide [〈◊〉]. [O] ↩
59. Note. Maii 21. Tuesday. ↩
60. [〈◊〉] data, Anno [〈◊〉], de Stephani [〈◊〉]. ↩
61. Hodle [〈◊◊〉] A. L. [〈◊〉], [〈◊〉] & litera. ↩
62. Joan. 19. E: Acts 13. E. ↩
63. Luke 24. ↩
64. Cap. 1. Apoc, ↩
65. Acts 10. ↩
66. Acts 11. Δ 2 Ad Cor. c. 12. ↩
67. Acts cap. 8. Philippi cor à loco in locum per Spiritum Dei. ↩
68. In lapide qui [〈1 line〉] ↩
69. A. L. E. K. ↩
70. Δ & E. K. ↩
71. Anglice omnia dict a erant usque ad verbum ab, &c. ↩
72. Δ Latine baec sunt [〈◊〉] dicta. ↩
73. Δ Nota quod haec Stephani Regis reprehensio incipiebat Latine, ab haec dictione verbum quemadmodum praedixit, Maii Cracoviae ↩
74. Forte Vriel. ↩
75. Bohemia. ↩
76. [•]gomet ulter existamt vide Junii 24. ↩
77. Anglice hoc dixit. ↩
78. Δ As the [〈◊〉] and [〈◊〉] knew not the time of their visitation and so are these dayes shadowed in the Israclues acts, &c. ↩
79. Exod. c. 19. be ↩
80. [〈◊〉] Fides. ↩
81. A Moses. ↩
82. Haec [〈◊〉] verba Stephani Regis cum quo [〈◊〉]. ↩
83. [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] ↩
84. Genes. 7. [〈◊〉] ↩
85. [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] ↩
86. Ilimese. [〈◊〉] infra. ↩
87. Responsum primo Stephano Rege. ↩
88. [〈◊〉] the Emperour. ↩
89. For us both E. K. and Δ Fides. ↩
90. Genes. 23. D ↩
91. [〈◊◊◊〉] à responsis petendis. ↩