MAXIMILIAN.

...mention this Written Monument; because, from the CREATION, it has been engraved in all Creatures by the Finger of GOD itself. Dee suggests that the physical world is a book written by God, where every living thing is a "letter" or "character" to be read. But, I do not now do this with such curiosity that I would wish to demand these things from all Grammarians: By "grammarians," Dee refers to traditional scholars who study language only on a surface level, rather than seeking mystical secrets. But rather to make those who labor to unearth the hidden Mysteries of things our witnesses, that we have demonstrated a certain RARE Example in this kind (from our MONAD The "Monas Hieroglyphica," a complex symbol Dee invented to represent the unity of the cosmos.): and then to friendly advise them; that the first and mystical letters of the Hebrews, the Greeks, and the Latins were delivered to Mortals, having proceeded from God alone. (Whatever human Arrogance is accustomed to boast.) And that the Figures of all of them The actual shapes of the letters themselves. came forth from Points, Straight Lines, and the circumferences of Circles, (arranged with a wonderful and most wise Artifice).

Matthew, chapter 5.

And although the eternal Wisdom of our Heavenly Father has taught us that the whole meaning of the Mosaic Law The Torah or the first five books of the Bible. must be considered, even until the fulfillment of every Iota and Tittle: original: "usq; ad Iodim & Apicum". This refers to Matthew 5:18: "Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law." Dee uses the Hebrew name for the smallest letter, Iod (Yod), to emphasize the mystical weight of every tiny stroke. as if in [the letter] IOD and Chi—