The Twelve Keys of Philosophy (1660) - Page 16

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Preface to the Reader.

one cannot fully know it Referring back to the "science" or "natural curiosities" mentioned on the previous page.,
yet nonetheless it is true;
and I have seen an Italian book by a
Lady named Lady
Isabella Cortese Isabella Cortese was a 16th-century Italian alchemist and author whose work The Secrets of Lady Isabella Cortese became a major bestseller, detailing medicinal, cosmetic, and alchemical formulas., who composed verses
in her own tongue so beautifully crafted that I
cannot help but recite them to you
here.