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 ''and expoe your highnes to the envy of malicious Carpers, and tongues of detracters. Whilet thee things troubled me with a various deparation, the quicknes of your undertanding, exact dicretion, uprightnes of Judgement, Religion without upertition, and other mot known vertues in you, your authority, and integrity beyond exception, which can eaily check, and bridle the tongues of landerers, removed my doubting, and inforced me to et upon that again more boldly, which I had almot left off by reaon of depaire. Therefore (mot Illutrious Prince) take in good part this econd book of Occult Philoophy, in which we hew the myteries of the Celetiall Magick, all things being opened, and manifeted, which experienced antiquity makes relation of, and which came to my knowledge, that the ecrets of Celetiall Magick (hitherto neglected, and not fully apprehended by men of latter times) may with your portection be by me, after the hewing of natural vertues, propoed to them that are tudious, and curious of thee ecrets : by which let him that hall be profited and receive benefit, give you the thanks, who have been the occaion of this Edition, and etting of it at liberty to be een abroad.''