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Philosophical Discourse · Passage 23
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Er hatte nach dem genommenen kein Wort noch Lebens-Zeichen mehr hören lassen / lag im harten Schlaff / daß er schnarchte: Seb. rückte ihn hart rümb; Patiens sah ihn an mit Bestürtzung / wuste nicht ob er im Traum läge / oder wie ihm geschehe: Seb. ließ ihn aus dem Bette heben / die Lacken hinweg thun (welche vom Schweiß und ausgetretenen 🜿o so starrten / als wenn sie gestärckt) und frische unterlegen. Wie er nun auf den Stuhl sitzt: fragt Sebastian: Wie er sich befinde: Sagt er: Der Medicus ist mehr Göttlich als Menschlich; so gantz haben mich meine Schmertzen verlassen / wiewol ich noch grosse Müde- und Mattigkeit in allen meinen Gliedern verspühre. Seb. foderte noch ein Römer Wein / darunter vermischt er noch einige Tropffen seiner Medicin / gab ihm die ein und ließ ihn noch 9. Stunden ruhen / biß es Zeit / daß sie zur Abendmalzeit schickten / fanden ihn noch schlaffend / weckten ihn auf / er sprang freudig rauß und ging aufs nöthigen mit uns zu Tisch / danckte GOtt mit heissen Thränen. Da bekam er sonderliche Kost so stärckte / als Crams- und andre Vögel:
English
After taking it he uttered neither a word nor any further audible sign of life, but lay in deep sleep, snoring. Sebastian turned him round roughly. The patient looked at him in bewilderment, not knowing whether he was dreaming or what was happening to him. Sebastian had him lifted from the bed, the sheets removed—they were as stiff from sweat and exuded tartar as if starched—and fresh ones put underneath. When he was sitting on the chair, Sebastian asked how he felt. He said, “The physician is more divine than human: my pains have left me so completely, although I still feel great weariness and weakness in all my limbs.” Sebastian called for another römer of wine, mixed a few more drops of his medicine into it, administered it, and let him rest for another nine hours. At the time for the evening meal they sent for him, found him still asleep, and woke him. He sprang out joyfully and, when urged, joined us at table, thanking God with hot tears. He received special strengthening food, such as fieldfares and other birds.
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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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