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MARRIAGE OF CHRISTIAN ROSENCREUTZ. 175
ceiving a trampling over head, had an eye to my ladder.
After one quarter of an hour, the cover above was lifted, and
we commanded to come up, which we did as before, with
wines, ladders, and ropes, and it did not a little vex me that Ascensus in
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whereas the Virgins could go up another way, we were fain
to take so much toil ; yet I could judge there must be some
special reason for it, and we must leave somewhat for the old
man to do too. The hole being again shut fast, I saw the
globe hanging by a strong chain in the middle of the room, in
which there was nothing but windows, with a door between Descriptio
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every two, which was covered with a great polished lookingglass.
These windows and looking-glasses were so optically
opposed that although the sun, which now shined exceeding
bright, beat only upon one door, yet (after the windows Artif - P tica-
towards the sun were opened, and the doors before the
looking-glasses drawn aside) in all quarters
of the room
there was nothing but suns, which by artificial refractions
beat upon the whole golden globe hanging in the midst,
which, being polished, gave such a lustre that none of us
could open our eyes, but were forced to look out at
windows till the globe was well heated, and brought to the
desired effect. In these mirrors I saw the most wonderful
spectacles that ever nature brought to light,
for there were
suns in all places, and the globe in the middle shined
brighter yet. At length the virgin commanded to shut up
the looking-glasses and make fast the windows to let the
globe cool a little, wherefore we thought good, since we
might now have leisure,
to refresh ourselves with a break-
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fast. This treatment was again right philosophical, and philosoph.
we had no need to be afraid of intemperance, though we
had no want, while the hope of the future joy, with which
the virgin continually comforted us, made us so jocond that
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