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The Concentrated Centre of Nature · Passage 3
German
Was solte ein Herr sagen zu seinem Knecht, der neben andern über die Feld-Früchte gesetzt wäre, und solche solte helffen einsammlen, versorgen und helffen in die Scheune bringen, hülffe aber unterdessen mit Unterlaß seines Berufes andern Mit-Knechten die Schafe hüten, würde ihm nicht der Herr wegen seines ungetreuen Haußhaltens Streiche für Lohn geben; Du Fürst, du Herr, du Prediger, Rechtsgelehrter, Medice, Künstler, Handwercker, Bürger und Bauer, bistu nicht ein Knecht, welcher seinen Beruf läst fahren und andre Arbeit suchst, womit er seinem Gott, Herrn und seinen Mit-Knechte, den nechsten keine gute Dienste thut, wenn du vergeblich Alchimistiren deiner Pflicht vorziehest.
English
What would a master say to a servant whom he had appointed, along with others, to look after the crops, to help gather and tend them and bring them into the barn, but who meanwhile neglected his calling and helped his fellow servants tend the sheep? Would the master not reward him with blows for his unfaithful stewardship? You prince, lord, preacher, lawyer, physician, artist, craftsman, townsman, or farmer: are you not such a servant, abandoning your calling and seeking other work, thereby rendering poor service to your God and master and to your fellow servant, your neighbour, when you prefer fruitless alchemy to your duty?
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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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