Count GABALIS:

Or, The

Extravagant original: "Extravagant"; here meaning wandering beyond the bounds of reason, or absurd Mysteries

Of the

CABALISTS.

OR,

ROSICRUCIANS original: "ROSY-CRUSIANS".

Discourse the First.

A decorative woodcut initial letter 'G' featuring floral and leaf motifs within a square border.

GOD rest the soul of Monsieur the Count of Gabalis! who, as I have been informed original: "as they Write me news", has lately died of a stroke apoplexy: a sudden loss of consciousness or death, often caused by what we now call a stroke. Now, the Cabalists original: "Cabalists"; followers of the Cabala, a mystical and occult tradition involving secret interpretations of scripture will not fail to say that this kind of death