AN APOLOGETIC TREATISE

DEFENDING

The Integrity of the Society

OF THE

ROSY CROSS

in its defense.

In which it is proved, against the slanders of Mr. Libavius Andreas Libavius (1554–1616) was a German physician and chemist who famously attacked the Rosicrucians as heretics and practitioners of black magic. and others of the same sort original: "ejusdem farinæ," literally "of the same flour" or "of the same ilk.", that the wonderful things offered to us by the Fraternity of the Rosy Cross can be performed without the wicked deception of Magic, or the tricks and illusions of the Devil.

By the Author ROBERT FLUDD original: "R. DE FLVCTIBVS" - Robert Fludd (1574–1637) was an influential English Paracelsian physician and mystic.

ENGLISHMAN, DOCTOR OF MEDICINE OF LONDON.

A woodcut printer's device featuring an open book with musical notation, set within an elaborate oval cartouche. The frame is decorated with scrolls, foliage, and clusters of fruit. Two dragon-like creatures rest on the top of the frame, flanking a central, smaller ornament that contains the capital letter "H".

LEIDEN original: "LVGDVNI BATAVORVM" - the Latin name for the city of Leiden in the Netherlands.,

At the house of GODEFRIDUS BASSON.

In the Year of our Lord 1617.