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Sulphur · Conclusion · Passage 6
Source reference
- Latin witness
- 1616 · printed p. 84
Latin
Sufficiat diligenti studioso originem Principiorum hic accepisse, cum incognito principio finis saepe dubius, de quibus nos in hoc tractatu non aenigmatice, sed clariori sermone quo potuimus et nobis licet inquisitorem allocuti sumus: per quem si alicui Deus mentem illuminabit, sciet quid successor suis antecessoribus debeat, cum haec scientia semper per eiusmodi ingenia acquiritur, quam nos post eiusmodi claram ostensionem in sinum Dei Altissimi Creatoris ac Domini nostri reponimus, et nos ipsos una cum bonis Lectoribus in gratiam et immensam misericordiam commendamus. Cui sit laus et gloria per infinita saecula saeculorum.
FINIS.
English
Let it suffice for the diligent student to have learned here the origin of the principles, for when the beginning is unknown, the end is often doubtful. Concerning these matters I have addressed the seeker in this treatise without riddles, in speech as clear as I could use and am permitted to use. If through it God illuminates anyone's mind, that person will know what a successor owes his predecessors, since this science is always acquired through understanding of this kind. After so clear a demonstration I place it back in the bosom of God Most High, our Creator and Lord. Together with good readers, I commend myself to his grace and immeasurable mercy. To him be praise and glory through endless ages of ages.
The End.
Socrates
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The complete supplied Latin–English edition of the Twelve Treatises, Epilogue, Enigma, Parable, Dialogue of Mercury and Treatise of Sulphur, with original preliminaries, John French’s historical English address and its separately labelled modernisation, 101 annotations and the complete study apparatus.
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The Twelve Treatises and their concluding texts follow the selected 1606 Herzog August Bibliothek witness. The Dialogue uses the 1607 Cologne printing; the author’s preface and Alsted epigram use Frankfurt 1611. Sulphur uses the 1616 Munich and Rome witnesses. John French’s 1650 address is separately identified as historical English reception.
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