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Parable · Passage 7
Source reference
- Latin witness
- 1606 pp. 162–163
Latin
Post Saturni insperatum ac subitaneum discessum, novus me sopor invasit, et denuo mihi forma visibili apparet Neptunus: praesertim in hortis Hesperidum congratulatur felicitatem, monstrando mihi speculum, in quo totam naturam detectam vidi: post varios ultro citroque commutatos sermones gratias ipsi pro exhibitis beneficiis ago, quod suo videlicet ductu, non solum hunc amoenissimum hortum ingressus fuerim, verum etiam in optatissimum Saturni colloquium venerim: sed quia propter improvisum Saturni discessum difficultates aliquae quaerendae et investigandae adhuc restarent, rogavi enixe, ut hac exoptata occasione mihi scrupulum eximeret. His autem verbis illum compello. Domine, legi libros Philosophorum affirmantium generationem omnem fieri per marem et foeminam, et tamen solum fructum arboris solaris vidi in somniis Saturnum Mercurio nostro imponere, credo etiam tibi ut Domino maris huius, quod ista bene scias, responde meae quaestioni quaeso?
English
After Saturn’s unexpected and sudden departure, a new sleep overcame me, and Neptune again appeared visibly to me. He congratulated me especially upon my good fortune in the gardens of the Hesperides, showing me a mirror in which I saw all nature uncovered. After various exchanges of conversation, I thanked him for his kindness: through his guidance I had not only entered this delightful garden but also obtained the much-desired conversation with Saturn. Yet because Saturn’s unforeseen departure left some difficulties still to be questioned and investigated, I begged Neptune earnestly to remove my doubt on this welcome occasion. I addressed him in these words: “Sir, I have read the philosophers’ books affirming that every generation takes place through male and female. Yet in my dream I saw Saturn put only the fruit of the solar tree into our Mercury. I also trust that, as lord of this sea, you know these things well. Please answer my question.”
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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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