THE MYSTERY

OF THE CROSS

Afflicting & consoling,

Mortifying & vivifying,

Humiliating & triumphant.

O F

JESUS CHRIST

AND OF HIS MEMBERS.

Written in the midst of the Cross, within & without,

By a Disciple of the Cross of JESUS. (Dusedaïn) Dusedaïn is a pseudonym for the mystical author, likely Jean-Philippe Dutoit-Membrini, who wrote under the influence of 18th-century French Quietism.

Completed August 12, 1732.

To which have been added several Latin poems on various sub-

jects, also composed in the solitude of Sonnenstein. Sonnenstein refers to the fortress in Pirna, Saxony, where the author was held as a prisoner of state for several years.

NEW EDITION.

Dear Cross, be my guide. original Latin: "Chara CrVX, MIhIDVX". This is a chronogram where the capitalized letters (C, X, M, I, I, D, V, X) function as Roman numerals totaling the date.

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Dear Cross, assured guide,

Lead to the azure port! The capitalized letters in the original French verse—C, I, X, V, I, D, V, M, V, V—form a chronogram for the year 1732: 100+1+10+5+1+500+5+1000+5+5 = 1732.

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1791.