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 : yea, the Lord God hath already ſent before certain Meſſengers, which ſhould teſtifie his Will, to wit, ſome new Stars, which do appear and are ſeen in the Firmament in Serpentario and Cygno, which ſignifie and give themſelves known to every one, that they are powerful Signacula of great weighty matters. So then, the ſecret hid Writings and Characters are moſt neceſſary for all ſuch things which are found out by Men: Although that great Book of Nature ſtand open to all Men, yet there are but few that can read and underſtand the ſame. For as there is given to Man two inſtruments to hear, likewiſe two to ſee, and two to ſmell, but only one to ſpeak, and it were but vain to expect ſpeech from the ears, or hearing from the eyes: So there hath been Ages or Times which have ſeen, there have alſo been Ages that have heard, ſmelt, and taſted: now there remains yet that which in ſhort time, honour ſhall be likewiſe given to the Tongue, and by the ſame; what before times hath been ſeen, heard, and ſmelt, now finally ſhall be ſpoken and uttered forth, viz. when the World ſhall awake