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MARRIAGE OF CHRISTIAN ROSENCREUTZ. 135
yard, thought they should well enough get
thither when
ever anything was to be seen there. Neither shall these
monuments be with-held from my thankful schollars. The
other thing that was shewed us two was the noble Library
as it was altogether before the Reformation,
of which I
have so much the less to say, because the catalogue is
shortly to be published. At the entry of this room stands
a great Book the like whereof I never saw, in which all the
figures, rooms, portals, writings, riddles, and the like,
to be
seen in the whole castle are delineated. In every book stands
its author painted, whereof many were to be burnt, that even
their memory mightbe blotted out from amongstthe righteous.
Having taken a full view, and being scarce gotten forth, there
comes another Page, and having whispered somewhat in our
Page's ear, he delivered up the kyes to him, who immediately
carried them up the winding stairs ; but our Page was very
much out of countenance, and we, setting hard upon him
with intreaties, he declared to us that the King's Majesty
would by no means permit that either the library or
sepulchers should be seen by man, and he besought us as
we tendered his life to discover it not to anyone, he having
already utterly denyed it; whereupon both of us stood
hovering between joy and fear, yet it continued in silence,
and no man made further inquiry about it. Thus in both
places we consumed three hours, and now, although it had
struck seven, nothing was hitherto given us to eat, but our
hunger was abated by constant revivings, and I could be
content to fast all my life with such an entertainment.
About this time the curious fountains, mines, and all kind Fastidium
of art shops were also shown us, of which there was none spectaculis.
but surpassed all our arts even it melted into one mass.
Every chamber was built in semi-circle, that so they might