EPIGRAMMATIC INSCRIPTIONS

On the Egyptian Obelisk.

I.

The Analogy of the Hieroglyphs of the Obelisk

TO

ALEXANDER VII,

SUPREME PONTIFF,

COMPARED.

What spirit, nourishing within, is diffused throughout the Orb?
What is it that, stirring the mass, mingles itself with the great body?
The Church of Christ is the image of the supreme Orb,
Of which ALEXANDER is the HEAD, and the SPIRIT of the Orb.

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II.

THE ANALOGY OF THE OBELISK

TO

ALEX. VII, SUPREME PONTIFF,

COMPARED.

O Pyramid, raising your lofty mass to the stars,
What is it you wish us to know that the mystical signs denote?
It is the power of the Pontiff diffused throughout the Orb,
By which he opens the way to the pious to the supreme stars.