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ſcandal it, and moſt wickedly do liken it to a Noſe of Wax, which alike ſhould ſerve the Divines, Philoſophers, Phyſicians, and Mathematicians, againſt all the which we do openly witneſs and acknowledg, That from the beginning of the World there hath not been given unto Men a more Worthy, a more excellent, and more admirable and wholeſom Book then the holy Bible; Bleſſed is he that hath the ſame, yea more bleſed is he who reads it diligently, but moſt bleſſed of all is he that truly underſtandeth the ſame, for he is moſt like to God, and doth come moſt near to him. But whatſoever hath been ſaid in the Fama concerning the Deceivers againſt the Tranſmutation of Mettals, and the higheſt Medicine in the World, the ſame is thus to be underſtood, that this ſo great gift of God do in no manner ſet at naught, or deſpiſe it. But becauſe ſhe bringeth not with her always the knowledg of Nature, but this bringeth forth not only Medicine, but alſo maketh manifeſt and open unto us innumerable Secrets and Wonders; Therefore it is requiſite, that
