The Fame of the Brotherhood original: "Fama Fraternit. oder Brüderschafft"

Nature, [is] more and more expanded/ and we may rightly boast of a happy time/ since He [God] has then not only allowed the half-part of the unknown and hidden world to be discovered/ A reference to the discovery of the Americas and other lands previously unknown to European geography. bringing to us many wonderful and previously never-seen works and creatures of Nature/ and has then raised up highly enlightened talents original: "Ingenia"; referring to gifted minds or geniuses of the era. who might in part restore the defiled and imperfect arts/ so that at last man might proclaim his nobility and glory/ in what manner he is a microcosm original: "Microcosmus"; the philosophical idea that the human being is a miniature reflection of the entire universe, containing all its properties., and how far his skill extends into Nature.

Although little service is hereby done for the thoughtless world/ and of slandering/ laughing and mockery there is ever more/ also among the learned, pride and ambition are so high/ that they do not wish to come together/ and out of everything/ which God has so richly bestowed in our age original: "seculo"/ [create] a book of Nature original: "librum Naturæ"; the concept that the natural world is a sacred text written by God that can be "read" and understood through observation and spiritual insight., or a rule— The word "rule" (Latin: regulam) is split here across the page break.