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Morienus the Roman.

The Lord prefers from his servants, whom he wishes, and chooses, that they seek this divine knowledge, hidden from man, and retain it once found. For this knowledge is what draws its master away from the misery of this world and leads him to the knowledge of future goods.

In you are the signs of my love, Morsius, as you seek. Behold, I leave you not treasures of gold, but three paradoxes to be sought by the wise, known to me as true, through the many errors of thirty-six years' experience: Nothing can be made fixed, unless nature itself has fixed it; nor can anything be dyed, unless it has been dyed: One thing is cooked in one, but with twin vessels, by Fire.

To the most refined Genius, renowned for wit, virtue, and learning, Joachim Morsius of Hamburg-Saxony, a diligent seeker of true wisdom, Michael Maier, from Holstein, Count Palatine, Doctor of Medicine, once physician to Emperor Rudolf and various princes, &c., left this in memory of himself, and as a token of mutual friendship.

Magdeburg, October 13, in the Year of Christ 1620.