TO MAXIMILIAN.

[of Mer]CURY, to be included in a Hieroglyphic Character (fortified with a certain sharpness original: "Acumine quodam præmunito". Dee refers to the specific geometric points and angles used to construct his symbol.) is altogether most rare. Truly, therefore, He Likely referring to God, or the divine intellect behind the Monas symbol. can be named for us the Restorer and Renewer of all Astronomy: and the Messenger of our JEHOVAH in this kind, so that we might be the FIRST to establish this Sacred Art of Writing as NEW: or, by his instructions, recall it as something utterly extinct and deleted from all human memory. And this has been done by us in such a way that, most calmly and as if of their own accord, all those Hieroglyphic Interpretations present themselves; nothing violent or improper can be seen throughout almost the whole little work.

8. And these things are thus to be sealed with our LONDON SEAL OF HERMES The "Seal of Hermes" refers to the Monas symbol itself, which Dee claims represents the ultimate synthesis of all knowledge. (for the eternal memory of men); so that, in the same seal, not one superfluous Point, nor (for signifying these things we have mentioned, and far greater ones) one missing Point exists; all will be forced to admit it is most Rare. Especially those who can profess their name in the deeper investigations of Philosophy and Wisdom. For so the Grammarians will testify: while they see themselves warned here that reasons must be given for the shapes of Letters, their Position, their Places in alphabetical order, their various Connections, their Numerical Value, and many other things (which ought to be considered regarding the three Primary Alphabets Dee refers to Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, the languages of sacred scripture and classical learning.). Indeed, it is just as rare to find a Grammarian WHO can exactly defend Grammar as being ONE science to be learned from ONE man, as it is to find him whom we have shown above on Earth to be most Rare—