FROM PHILIP GIORDANO BRUNO OF NOLA original: "PH. IORD. BR. NOL." - Bruno often referred to himself as "The Nolan" after his birthplace, Nola, Italy.

TO THE FRIENDLY AND STUDIOUS

Reader.

There is a statue of Diana The Roman goddess of the moon and the hunt.
Placed on high in Chios An island in the Aegean Sea. with such a face,
That she seems sorrowful to those entering the temple,
But joyful to those departing.

And so too the letter of Pythagoras The Greek letter 'Y', which Pythagoras used as a symbol for the fork in the road between virtue and vice.,
Driven by its two-horned divide,
Which shows a grim face to the right-hand path:
Yet bestows the finest end.

Of the Shadows, which from
The deep darkness have emerged,
In the end both the face and the letter
Will become pleasing, though now they seem harsh.