Lumen de Lumine, or A New Magicall Light

wise God provides for her: on all these waves and waters, she has a little ark to return to. I think I see her in the window, all wet and weather-beaten. She has been rejected abroad, and now I will take her home. Come in with your olive branch!

    To conclude, this discourse original: "Discourse"—a formal discussion or treatise is my last, and the only key original: "Clavis"—Latin for "key" to my first Referring to his first published work. What I have written formerly is like the Arabian's alkali original: "Halicali"—likely referring to "al-kali," the ashes of the saltwort plant used in alchemy; here used metaphorically for something that remains hidden or inert without a catalyst: it is a sealed house original: "Domus signata"—Latin for "a sealed house," referring to a structure that is legally or physically closed off, a house shut up, but here I give you the key to the lock. If you enter, seal up what you see in your hearts: do not trust it to the tongue, for that is a flying scroll A biblical reference to Zechariah 5:1, symbolizing a message or curse that spreads quickly and publicly. Thus I deliver my light into your hands, but what returns you will give me, I do not know. If you are for peace, peace be with you; if for war, I have been so too, but let not him who girds on his armor boast like him who puts it off A reference to 1 Kings 20:11, meaning one should not brag about a victory before the battle is over. Do well, and farewell.