Adamic Magic, or the Antiquity of Magic

To the Reader.

Princes and Governors, and in that a stately Lady original: "Donna"; an Italian title for a woman of high rank., who like some Queen regent A queen ruling in her own right or on behalf of another., commanded the rest of the Company. Poor Truth, she stood still while this pompous Squadron passed by, but when the Chariot came over against her, the Lady Lie who was there seated, took notice of her, and causing her Pageants Elaborate floats or decorative stages used in public processions. to stay, commanded her to come nearer. Here she was scornfully examined: where did she come from? where would she go? and what was her business? To these Questions she answered as the Custom of Truth is, very simply and plainly: Whereupon the Lady Lie commands her to wait upon her, and that in the Rear, and Tail of all her Troop, for that was the known place of Truth. Thanks then not to the stars, but to the arrangements original: "Configurations" of the Dice! they have acquainted me with my future fortunes, and what advancement original: "præferment" my Book is like to attain to. I am for my part contented, though the confide- The text cuts off here. The catchword "ration" at the bottom of the page suggests the next page begins with the completion of a word like "consideration" or "confidentially."