Text.Penot.1595-01.!2v/Translation
From Theatrum Paracelsicum
Epigram to the author, by Paulus Melissus from Franconia.
Do you continue, old man of the gate, to search out the hidden aspects of things, and what the fertile earth contains in its bosom? Does the living power of metals draw you to itself, just as a magnet seizes iron with its penetrating force? You, on the other hand, attract the hearts of the more uncultured youth and reveal the divine discoveries of nature's chain. Oh, how generous you are, not to hide such great riches and wealth in hidden pits, but to openly release them into the air, and to enrich our era with your goods! It is characteristic of a noble heart, skilled in what you know and understand, to willingly share with others without envy.
Heidelberg, in the year 1595.
