Text.Drebbel.1621-01.C5r/Translation

The emblem of the Most Noble Polish Baron, Martian Gorascius. For me, the grace of the glorious God alone is sufficient forever. All proclaim the One. With God, the All-Maker as leader, Nature as companion, and experience as the path, the father provides easy access to the fortress of truth and wonder. Having obtained the shadow of the sun, mix it with fire and water in such a proportion that the action of the fire is felt, and the operation of the water is seen, through which the shadow of the sun will gain the brightness of the Moon, and eventually, over time, will reach the brilliance of the Sun: and this is the true Winged Hermes, lacking feathers, yet flying swiftly over everything, about which so many parables, so many figures, so many books. Reuchlin on the miraculous word, book 3, at the end. Behold, you have it; hold, have you heard? Be silent, be silent, etc. Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than too much sharpness. He who knows the generations of metals also knows their corrections and transformations.