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a OD Blefs thee, my Son, I will give thee the greateft Jewel L 
z have; for I will impart unto thee, for the loveof God and Men; | 
<< a Relation of the true ftate of Solomons Houle. Son, to make | 
eh ae you know thetrue ftate of Solomons Houle, I will keep this order. 
pes Firft, I will fet forth unto you the End of our Foundation, Secondly, 
| “The Preparations and Inftruments we have for our Works. Thirdly, 
| “ The feveral Employments and Funétions'whereto our Fellows are affign- 
\ “ed: And fourthly, The Ordinances and Rites which we obferve. | 
<¢ The End of our Foundation, isthe Knowledge of Caufesand Secret 
«Motions of things, and the enlarging of the Bounds of Humane Empire, 
“tothe effeating of all things poffible. : 
“ The Preparations and Inftruments, are thefe. We have large and 
deep Caves of feveral depths; the decpeft are funk Six hundred fathom, 
| “and fome of them are digged and made under great Hills and Mountains ; 
| <fothatif you reckon together the depth of the Hill, andthe depth of the 
| “Cave, they are (fomeof them) abovethree miles deep : For we finde that 
} “the depth of an Hill, and the depth of a Cave from the Flat; is the fame | 
| thing, both remote alike from the Sun and Heavens Beams, and fromthe 
| <open Air. Thefe Caves we call the Lower Region, and we ufethem for 
| ‘<all Coagulations, Indurations , Reftigerations., and Confervations of 
“< Bodies. Weufe them likewife for the Imitation of Natural Mines, and 
| “the producing alfo of new Artificial Metals, by Compofitions and Mate- 
<<tials which we ufe and lay there for many years. Weufe them alfofome- 
“<<times (which may feem ftrange) for ene of fome Difeafes, and for pro- 
«longation of life in fome Hermits that chufe to live there, well accommo: | 
< dated of all things neceflary, andindeed live very long s by whom alfo we 
“earn many things. . z ; Sk 
“ We have Burials in feveral Earths, where we put divers Cements. } 
«as the Chinefes do their Porcellane; but we have them in greater variety 
<¢ and fome of them more fine. We alfo have great variety of Compofts |. 
« and Soils for the making of the Harth fruicful. hh 
_ « Wehave high Towers, the higheft about halfamile in height, and 
<fomé of them likewife fetupon high Mountains, fo that the vantage of the 
« Hill with the Tower, is in the higheft of them, three miles at leaft: And 
| «<thefe places we call the Upper Region, accounting the Air between the 
| high places, and the Low as a'Middle Region. _ We ule thefe Towers, 
| “according to their feveral heights and fituations, “fot Infolation, Refrige- 
<< ration, Confervation, and for the view of divers Metcots, as Winds, Rain, 
| Snow, Hail, and fome of the Fiery Meteorsalfo. And upon them, in fome 
«places, are dwellings of Hermits, whom we vifit fometimes, and inftrudt 
| <« whatto obferve. | pbitg,* | 
| “ We have great Lakes, both falt and frefh, whereof we have ufe for 
the F.fh andFow!. Weute them alfo for Burials of fome Natural Bodies ; 
«for we findeadifferencein things buried in Earth, or in Air below the Earth, 
and thingsburied in Water. We havealfo Pools, of which fome do {train 
« Frefh Water outof Salt, and others by Art doturn Frefh Waterinto Salt. 
| < We have alfo fome Rocks inthe midft of the Sea, and fome Bays upon 
| «the Shore for fome Works, whercinis required the Airand Vapor of the 
1 «Sea. Wehave likewife violent ftreams and cataracts, which ferve us for 
| “many Motions; and likewife Engins for multiplying and enforcing of 
ce Winds, to fet alfo ongoing divers Motions. c 
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