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Philosophical Discourse · Passage 22
German
Zu Hamburg im güldnen Löw / litte ein Schotte Tag und Nacht unleidliche Schmertzen und Pein / daß er geruffen / in die dritte Wochen sehr hatte viel Medicos und viel Medicin-Verständige gebracht: laborirte Podagra Chiragra und Arthritide, ich sahe ein klägliches Spectacul an ihm / daß uns die Augen übergingen / wie sanfft ich ihm zusprach / kriegt ich lange keine Antwort / endlich sahe er uns ernstlich an / und ließ das Haupt sincken / begehrte keiner Artzney mehr zu hören; sondern vom Todt: Sebastian sagte: Er solte GOtt anruffen und seine Noth klagen; Ihm folgen und seine Mittel nicht verschlagen. Er solte Morgen Abends wieder mit ihm speisen; forderte einen Römer oder Glaß mit Spanischem Wein / goß aus dem Büchslein seiner Medicin 3. Tropffen drein / der Wein ward alsbald roth als ein Blut / gab auch der gantzen Kammer einen lieblichen Geruch / als wenn sie von Zibeth, Moschus und Ambra wäre / vermischts mit einem güldnen Griffel / und gabs dem Patienten zu trincken / vermahnte alle zu ein andächtiges Vater Unser: Befahl ihm / fleissig sich zuzudecken und zu schwitzen; keinen Menschen aber biß Morgen / zu ihm zu lassen / denn nach 24. Stunden wolte er weiter rathen.
English
At the Golden Lion in Hamburg a Scot suffered unbearable pain and torment day and night, crying out. In the third week he had brought many physicians and people knowledgeable in medicine. He suffered from gout of the feet, gout of the hands, and arthritis. I saw such a pitiful spectacle that our eyes overflowed. However gently I spoke, I long received no answer. At last he looked at us earnestly, let his head sink, and wished to hear no more of medicine, only of death. Sebastian said he should call upon God, lament his distress, follow him, and not refuse his means. He should dine with him again tomorrow evening. Sebastian called for a römer or glass of Spanish wine and poured into it three drops of his medicine from its little container. The wine immediately became blood-red and filled the whole chamber with a pleasant fragrance, as if from civet, musk, and ambergris. He stirred it with a golden stylus and gave it to the patient to drink, exhorting everyone to say the Lord’s Prayer devoutly. He ordered the man to cover himself well and sweat, and to let nobody near him until morning; after twenty-four hours he would advise further.
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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.
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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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