The Little Peasant

...read. I find that I consider this Little Peasant original: "kleinen Bauren"; the pseudonym used by the alchemist Johannes Grasseus to be an authentic, highly learned, and experienced man—as one who should be counted and canonized among the number of true philosophers, and who possessed a knowledge of the Great Work original: "grossen wercks"; the Magnum Opus, or the process of creating the Philosopher's Stone. He is, therefore, worthy of reading and re-reading, for he provides enough of the matter and faithfully points to the truth in all respects.

And since Your Grace Abbreviated as "E. G." for Eure Gnaden, alongside other gifts bestowed by God, is not only knowledgeable in chemical philosophy original: "Philosophia"; here referring specifically to the study of alchemy, but also possesses a good and sharp judgment original: "judicium"; a formal scholarly assessment or discernment in it (as I have, before this time, from the con- The catchword "versa" indicates the word is "Conversation"