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In nomine Jesv CHRISTI. Amen.
One M ͬ Edward Talbot *cam to my howſe , and ‸he being willing and deſyrous to see or shew ſom͠e thing in spirituall practise , wold haue had me to haue done ſom͠e thing therein . And I truely excuſed my ſelf therein : as not in the, vulgarly accownted Magik , neyther studied, or exerciſed : But confeſsed my ſelf, long tyme to haue byn desyrous to haue help in my philosophicall studies throwgh the Cumpany and information of the blessed Angels of God . And therevppon , I browght forth to him , my stone in the frame ( which was given me of a frende ) and I sayd vnto him , that I was credibly informed, that to it ( after a ſort ) were anſwerable Aliqui Angeli bom . And allſo that I was ones willed by a Skryer , to call for the good Angel Anchor , to appere in that stone to my owne sight . And therefore I deſyred him , to call him : and (yf he wold) Anachor and Anilos likewise , accownted good Angels. For I was not prepared therevnto . & He then ſettled him ſelf to the Action : and on his knees att my deſk ( setting the stone before him ) fell to prayer and entreaty &c In the mean space, I, in my Oratory did pray, and make motion to god , and his good Creatures for the furdering of this Action . And within one quarter of an howre (or less ) he had sight of one in the stone . but he still expected for two more : deeming this to be one of the three ( namely Anchor Anachor Anilos ) . But I then cam to him , to the stone : And after som͠e thanks to God, and wellcome to the good Creature, vſed ; I required to know his name . And he spake plainly , (to the hearing of .E.T.) that his name is VRIEL .
Δ ⸺ Are you one of them (sayd I, Joh͠n Dee) that are anſwerable, (vppon due observations performed ) to this stone ?
VRIEL ⸺ I am.
Δ ⸺ Are there any more beſyde you ?
VR ⸺ Michaël and Raphaël . But, Michaël est princeps in operibus nostro{s}
Δ ⸺ ys my boke , of Soyga , of any excellency ?
VR ⸺ Liber ille, erat Ad{æ} in Paradiſo reuelatus , per Angelos Dei bonos .
Δ ⸺ Will you give me any instructions , how I may read thoſe Tables of Soy{ga?}
VR ⸺ I can ⸺ But solus Michaël illius libri est interpretator .
Δ ⸺ I was told , that after I could read that boke , I shold Liue but two yeres and a half.
VR ⸺ Thou ſhallt Liue an Hundred and od yeres.
Δ ⸺ What may I, or muſt I do, to haue the sight, and preſence, of Michael, that blessed Angel ?
VR ⸺ Præſent{ia}s {.a͠.} postulate et invocate , sinceritate et humilitate
Et Anchor, Anachor , et Anilos , non ſunt in hunc Lapidem invocandi .Δ ⸺ Oh, my great and Long deſyre hath byn to be hable to read thoſe Table{s} of Soyga .
VR ⸺ H{æ}c maximè reſp{i}ciunt Michaëlem . Michaël est Angelus , qui illuminat {g}re{ssu}s tuos. Et hæc revelantur in virtute et veritate non vi .
Δ ⸺ Is there any speciall tyme, or howre to be obſerved, to deale for the enioym{y} of Michael ?
VR ⸺ Omnis hora , est hora nobis .
Δ ⸺ After this, there Δappeared in the stone a strange seale, or character{iſmus} of this faſhion enſ{uing} :
Δ ⸺ What is the intent, or vſe of this ?
*VR ⸺ Sigillum hoc in au{r}o sculpendium, ad defenſion͠e corporis, omni Loco , tempore et occaſioneſ. et in p{ec}tus gestandum.
Δ ⸺ So we ceaſed , with thanks to god : and I {...}ſt{..} much vppon this Action : and layd all vp in mynde, and w{riting} .
Δ ⸺ Soli Deo Honor omnis, et gloria.
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Δ ⸺ After that M ͬ E.T. had called Vriel , and I was com͠e to the stone and had vſed a short speche of thanks giving to God : ‹
an› I then required some instruction for the purpose of SoygaVR ⸺ Peace . you muſt vſe Michaël.
Δ ⸺ I know no meanes or order to vſe in the invocat{my} of Michaël
VR ⸺ He is to be invocated by certayn of the pſalmes of Dauid, and prayers . The which pſalmes, are nothing els, but a means vnto the seat and Maiestie of God : whereby you gather with your ſelues due powre; to apply your natures to the holy Angels . I mean the pſalmes , commonly called the Seven pſalmes . You must vſe pleaſant ſa{uou}rs: with hand and hart : Whereby you ſhall allure him and wy{nn} him ( through Gods fauour ) to atteyn vnto the thing , you have long sowght for. There must be Con{i..}ction of myndes in prayer, betyxt you two, to God contynually. Yt is the wyll of God , that you ſhold , ioinctly , haue the knowledge of his Angells togither You had atteyned vnto the Sight of Michaël , but for the imperfection of Saul. Be of good Cumfort.
Δ ⸺ The chayre cam into the stone againe : and I axed what it ment .
VR.⸺ This is a seat of perfection : from the which , things ſhall be ſhewed vnto the , which thou hast long desyred .
Δ ⸺ Then was there a square Table browght into the stone : and I demanded, what that Table betokened .
VR ⸺ A Mysterie, not yet to be known . These two, ſhall remayn in the stone , to the sight of all vndefyled Creatures . you must vſe a fowre square Table , two cubits square : where vppon muſt be set Sigillum Dei ‹
D{uuni}tatis› , which is allready *perfected in a boke of thyne : Blessed be God , in all his Myſteries, and Holy in all his works. This seal muſt not be loked on , without great reurence and deuotion . This seale is to be made of perfect wax . I mean, wax , which is clean purified : we haue no respect of cullours. This seal muſt be 9 ynches in diameter : The rowndness muſt be 27 ynches , and somwhat more . The Thicknes of it, must be of an ynche and half a quarter . and a figure of a crosse , must be on the back ſide of it, made thus :The Table is to be made of swete wood : and to be of two Cubits high . with 4 feate : with 4 of the former seales vnder the 4 feet.
Δ ⸺ The faſhion of the 4 feet , standing vppon the foreſayd rownd ſeales , was ſhewed : ſo as the vttermost circle conteyning the letters, did ſeme to be clean *without the cumpas of the fete , equally rownd about the same fete . And these seales were ſhewed {mu}ch lesser than the principall seal . Vnder the Table did ſeme to be layd red sylk, two yardes square . And ouer the seal, did seme likewise red sylk to lye fowr square : somwhat broader then the Table , hanging down with 4 knops or taſsells at the 4 corners thereof .
Vppon this vppermost red silk, did ſeme to be set the stone with the frame : nigh ouer , and vppon the principall seal : ſauing that the sayd sylk was betwene the one and the other
The Table was ſhewed to have on the fowre sides of it , *Characters and names these, that are in a schedule annexed , in 4 diuerse rowes .
VR ⸺ The characters and words on the sides of the square Table, are to be written with yellow , made of perfect oyle , vſed in the church.
Δ ⸺ What oyl is that
VR ⸺ of oyl ſhalbe opened vnto you . The oyle, is perfect prayers : of other oyle I haue no respect. We sanctifie , bycauſe we are holy : and you sanctify bycauſe of your holines
VR ⸺ There is a spirit, named Lundrumguffa vſing you who seketh your deſtruction , in the hatred of men , in the hurt of thy goods . Diſcharge him to morrow with Brymstone. He harmeth thy howſe , and ſeketh the deſtruction of thy dowghter . His pretence was to haue maymed the in thy sholder the last night , and long ago . Yf thow do not diſcharge him to morrow , he will hurt, both thy wife and thy dowghter.
He is here* now
Giue him a generall dyſcharge from your family and howſe
He will seke Sauls death , who is accurſed.
Δ ⸺ I know no means, or art to do this by . For I did burn in flame of Brymſtone, Maherion his name and Character , whan I fownd Saul priuilie dealing with him ( which manner of wicked dealing I had oft forbydden him ). and yet he cam after, and wold haue carryed Saul away quick : as Robert Hilton, George, and other of my howſe can teſtify .
VR ⸺ The Curſed, will com͠e to the curſed.
Δ ⸺ I beſeche you to diſcharge him : and to bynde him ſom{ware}, wherefor of, as Raphael did ( for Thobias sake) with the wydke{d} spirit Asmodeus
VR ⸺ But Thobias did his part . Art is vayne, in respect {of} of God his powre . Brymstone is a mean
Δ ⸺ Whan ſhall I do this ?
VR ⸺ To morrow at the tyme of prayers.
Δ ⸺ Gloria P{r}ĩ et filio et spiritus sancto
sicut &c. Amen.