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HISTORY OF THE ROS1CRUCIANS.
and hat, and left them for an eternal memorial. And because
every one was to write his name there,
Summa Scientia nihil Scire,
I writ thus :
Fr. CHRISTIANUS ROSENCREUTZ.
Egues aurei Lapidis.
Anno. 1459.
Jam Others writ differently, each as seemed him good ; after
postulantur . . . , ,, , , .
depositiones which we were again brought into the hall, where, being
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sate down, we were admonished quickly to bethink our-
selves what every one would wish. The King and his
party retired into a little closet to give audience to our
wishes. Each man was called in severally, so that I can-
not speak of any man's proper wish ; but I thought
nothing could be more praiseworthy than, in honour of my
order, to demonstrate some laudable vertue, and found that
none at present could be more famous and cost me more
trouble than gratitude; wherefore, not regarding that I
Autor optat might well have wished somewhat more agreeable to myliberationem
portitoris Self I vanquished myself, and concluded, even with my
e gratitudme.
own peril, to free the porter, my benefactor. Being called
in, I was first demanded whether, having read the suppli-
cation, I had suspected nothing concerning the oifendor,
upon which I began undauntedly to relate how all the busi-
ness had passed, how, through ignorance, I fell into that
mistake, and so offered myself to undergo all that I had
Autor reus thereby demerited. The King and the rest of the Lords
confitefts.
wondred mightily at so un-hoped for confession, and wished
me to step aside a little ; and as soon as I was called in
again> Atlas declared to me that, although it were grievous
to the King's Majesty that I, whom he loved above others,
was fallen into such a mischance, yet, because it was not