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Musick.
Turris
custodita a
militibus.
Custos est
inspector.
HISTORY OF THE ROSICRUCIANS.
hours time had made many leagues
out at sea. After five
of clock the musitians were charged to carry all things
back to the ships, and to make themselves ready for the
voyage, but because this was somewhat long a doing, the
Custos senex old lord commanded forth a party of his concealed soldiers,
who had hitherto been planted in the wall so that we had
Laus hujus
senis.
The old
man's closets.
taken no notice of any of them, whereby I observed that this
tower was well guarded against opposition.
These soldiers
made quick work of our stuff, so that no more remained to
be done but to go to supper.
The table being compleatly
furnished, the Virgin brings us again to our companions,
where we were to carry ourselves as if we had truly been
in a lamentable condition, while they were always smiling
one upon another, though some of them too simpathized
with us. At this supper the old lord was with us, who was
a most sharp inspector over us, for none could propound
anything so discreetly but that he knew how to confute or
amend it, or at least to give some good document upon it.
I learned most by this lord, and it were good that each
would apply himself to him, and take notice of his pro-
cedure, for then things would not so often and untowardly
miscarry.
After we had taken our nocturnal refection, the
old lord led us into his closets of rarities, dispersed among
the bulworks, where we saw such wonderful productions of
nature, and other things which man's wit in imitation of
nature had invented, that we needed a year sufficiently to
survey them. Thus we spent a good part of the night by
candle-light. At last, because we were more inclined to
sleep then see many rarities, we were lodged in rooms in
the wall, where we had not only costly good beds but
extraordinary handsome chambers, which made us the
more wonder why we were forced the day before to under-