The New Olympic and Blessed Rosary

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To the High, noble, and Reverend, honorable, well-learned and devout Gentlemen, H. Sebastian Müller, Provost and Archdeacon of the Princely and Venerable House of God at Seckaw in Styria. H. Georg Schwalenberg, Canon and Cantor of the Collegiate Foundation of Friglar in Hesse: As also H. Heinrich Praetorius, Apostolic Protonotary, Court Preacher to the Most Illustrious Marquis of Burgau, etc., CHARLES, my gracious, generous, beloved and beneficent Lords, Patrons and Friends,

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High, noble, and Reverend, as also well-learned, highly experienced, devout Gentlemen in Christ, generous Lords, friends, and brothers, together with my greeting, I wish you all salvation and welfare from GOD the Almighty for this incoming New Year, together with all temporal and eternal happiness: Beloved Lords, beneficent patrons and friends, just as the hart pants after fresh water springs (Psalm 42), so have I, now that I have gained your acquaintance, longed to drink with all lovers and followers of the precious Heavenly Philosophy and Alchemy, and especially with you, from the fountain of truth, not only what natural light reveals, but also what the light of the HOLY SPIRIT makes known from his own Heavenly Fountain of the Holy Scripture.

Now, however, many erroneous lights have been kindled and set up in this world by Lucifer and his instruments, according to which this present blind, self-serving, and money-