Lumen de Lumine: or a New Magical Light

The Epistle

the Benefit. I intend not
my Address for the
Banks of Isis The river Isis is the name given to the Thames as it flows through Oxford; the "Banks of Isis" is a poetic metonym for the University of Oxford itself.; You have
no Portion there, unless
your Stones require my
Inscription. It is your Dis-
persed Body A reference to the scholars and fellows who were expelled or fled from the University during the English Civil War and the subsequent Parliamentary visitations. I have
known, and That only
I remember. Take it then
wherever You are,
in your sad Removes Removes: forced departures or relocations from a place of residence or academic office. and
Visitations Visitations: official, often punitive, inspections of the University colleges by Parliamentary commissioners to enforce political and religious conformity.. It is neither
Sadducee A Jewish sect of the Second Temple period; in this context, the author likely implies his work is free from materialism or the denial of spiritual realities. nor Pharisee A Jewish sect known for strict, sometimes hypocritical, adherence to law; here, it suggests the work is free from rigid formalism.,