Noose

Meaning

Lemma.

Nature invokes a noose in her final curse after the alchemist admits that he will continue deceiving supporters. The word belongs to punitive satirical speech, followed by an accursed-cross image. The edition preserves the severity while identifying it as the character’s language. It is not advice addressed by the editor to a reader, nor a proposal that present-day ignorance or fraud should be punished in this way.