PREFACE.

transience of this world,
was Noah not subject to all this himself in the building of the Ark? Truly no less so; this is what is asked here by the Wandering SoulDutch: "Wandelende Ziele." This is likely an allegorical character, a common device in 17th-century Dutch literature where a "Soul" or "Pilgrim" travels to gain spiritual wisdom through dialogue., and by him, along with many other things, it is made known, furthermore, all the causes of the decay of the world. Also in the time after the DelugeDutch: "Diluvie." The Great Flood. The author uses the Latin-derived term common in theological texts., the building of the Tower of BabelDutch: "Toorns van Babel." While the text says "Toorns" (Wrath), it is almost certainly a variation of "Torens" (Towers), referring to the biblical account in Genesis., the division of the lands, and the beginning of the Assyrian Empire, all of which Noah lived to see; For he died in the seventh year of Samhilninias, the fifth Assyrian King, in whose time idolatry increased greatly, as Dathenus, Jupiter, Atlas, Pallas and Vesta lived around this time. So that through the blindness