Preface.

Think about why you came, and why you left the world? Many would perhaps gladly go back again if they had to live in the world, and wander back from the monastery-heaven into the earthly paradise, so that they could be deceived by the pleasant devils; but the means to accept this deception are lacking: and thus they must be and remain an order-brother according to the cowl; although he very often must endure a very strong attack of rib-pains.

Just as the cunning Jesuit guild, similar to serpents, has something special in all things before others, so too have they devised this maxim in the raising of their novices, through which the flesh-thorn should become dull, and all thoughts in their human children should vanish against these earthly angels. Namely:
In their trial-houses above the—

The catchword "Thür" indicates the continuation of "Thüre" on the following page.