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§1. 



SAl Sapfentiaeacpefpetuicacisfymbolurn, collatuni cere- Ga^^c. 

 monia fcholaftica jam ante annos quafi quadraginta, ab 

 id cano feneacq; Mathemacico , ABDIA TR£W£, in 

 Alcorphina Nodcorum inclycaa ne plane fatuum , aut 

 corrupcibile e iftimaripoffecadicrucinium &exerciciumfub- 

 inde v urK>fiusrurcipiendum,irricavicme,&gratiaCodellisra^I^^^ 

 irrigav-i: hadJtcnu^ 



• 11. Sic flacuebam : tancam de Do£lrinafalium pro-^^^^^^ 

 fCiiidicacem, dignicacem cancam, ac ucilicatem pubJica m ( ne de 

 ifievicabili necefficare dicam,) efle , uc non facis illa evolucai 

 mulco minias noca erudicis videacur omnibus^ 



§. III. Scd necartificiaqu^vis, aucCompendia,Hermeci- 

 ca inprimis, accrahendi, coHigendi>alcerandi, acuendi,inver- 

 tendi ac pr^Ecipicaridi falia , hucusq; pacuerunc in ccmmunc 

 pluribus* A facris primum ordiamur, 



§. rV. Veniam ingenue taccnci denc oraculorom divino- locaBmc^ 

 rum ordinariiincerpreces l credebam plurimaS.Scripcuraeloca ^'^f'^'i'*!"' 

 frneSalis, eciam vulgans, debita notina, nec mteiligi ruTOci-/>i^«4«? 

 cientet, neq, explicari pofTe ccmmod^. 



§. V. Curi^^r^S^//j' i^udiatin librisyJ/^^^^ 

 y^!^aliquam*mu!cis iocis ? quod a naphca camenac Afphaico 

 Lacus aiioquin uifphaltms dicsbacur, unde potius bicumen» 

 quam fal pocerat, uchodieq; poteft , comparari, qusericur non 

 plane fruftrL Aut fi Sa! ^ cur pr^ falfis alns in Afi^ maribus, 

 prascipu^ hoc appeilecur ica? Cujus tamcn longicudo ftadia 



dunta*- 



