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Preface by Helbig to the Reader · Passage 2
German
Gegenwärtigen Büchleins Autor ist ein Asiatischer Mohr, Nahmens Ali Puli, welcher, nachdem er den Mahometischen Glauben verlassen, und den Christlichen angenommen, unterschiedliche kleine Bücher geschrieben und den Seinigen überlassen hat, von welchen allein dieses mir ohngefehr zur hand kommen ist. Es wurde aus der Arabischen in die Portugisische, und aus dieser von mir in die Hochteutsche Sprache versetzet, weil ich urtheilete, die Natur-Befliessene solten, wofern es durch den Druck gemein gemacht wäre, grossen Nutzen draus haben.
English
The author of this little book is an Asiatic Moor named Ali Puli who, after leaving the Mohammedan faith and embracing Christianity, wrote various small books and left them to his own people. Of these, this one alone came into my hands by chance. It was translated from Arabic into Portuguese, and from that language into High German by me, because I judged that those devoted to the study of nature would greatly benefit if it were made public in print.
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Socrates will begin with this book and its sources.About This Reading Edition
The complete supplied German–English edition of the 1682 collection: the main treatise attributed to Ali Puli, Helbig’s preface, distinct companion discourses, the short potable-gold preparation and the anonymous Father’s Last Testament, with four historical figures, 103 annotations and the full Diotimos study apparatus.
Historical Text and Translation
The governing German witness is the complete 1682 collection in Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe, shelfmark 87 B 76050, with an unnumbered title and printed pages 1–80. The historical title’s Arabic and Portuguese antecedents and its authorial persona are retained as claims, not authenticated originals. Johann Otto Helbig (Hellwig), Martin de Delle, J. J. F. and the anonymous testament retain their distinct historical roles.
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The historical German source text and engraving are in the public domain. The English translation and editorial material were prepared with AI assistance for Diotimos Editions in 2026, with a supplied translation and sign commentary identified separately, and are published with the site owner’s authorization.