Thomas Vaughan Anthroposophia Theomagica (1650)

I am a colleague, because our shared leadership original: "Consulatus" tends toward the same immortality. I have traveled abroad—as the bees are accustomed to do (though not those mentioned by Quintilian in the poisoned garden)—intending to taste the heavenly little flowers, and those which have drawn their sweetness from the mountains of spices. If there is any honey-making in me, I offer this honeycomb and hive to you. Yet roses are accustomed to wither in the bosoms of some; perhaps this small bundle of mine will also wither, because it is from my own harvest. I confess, the errors belong to Eugenius The author's pseudonym or persona, but the rest belongs to Truth. But why offer this testimony to Truth, especially while you are standing by, to whom that triple martyrdom of the Spirit, the Water, and the Blood is clearly visible? A reference to 1 John 5:8, often interpreted in both theological and alchemical contexts. This little voice of mine is unnecessary, not helpful: He who is silent toward Heaven is wise. Receive therefore (most illustrious brothers) this small gift original: "Quadrantem," literally a small Roman coin or a quarter-part of mine; not such as I ought to offer you, but such as I was able. My mind serves in place of a gift...