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(Paris, L822) , iteLchoir "{oa,:nts Vi!êg-ËeËinanoquql
.i{ed-icorur-rn (l-leÍclelberg, L62O) , anci i'red-ericlt Bitiski us r
edriion of ihe works of Paraceisus in thr"ee f'olio
volumes (Geneva, L658J"2L .'í historicity l'riere 'bo be
'bhe criteriori, ihen bhe vaiiclitSr of jir.olvningts poerlÌ
I'roulo have to i:¡e seen in bire congruence of the five
cla'oes ancì- pla-ces for the enacbinent of eaciL of r;he
canbos: '.'iurzburg L5L2, Con$'ua;:cirlopie L52L, 13aseI L\Z'o,
Col.mar in ¿lsa'tia L52;J, atrd- ,Salzbu-r'g L5l+L. 0f these,
the la'cter is 'che otil¡r cl-ea-rly ciocuilentecì ¿Lncl genera'li-y
accepbed 1í¿rct I , CenbaiuL;r Ûhe fiSi.rres oÍ' i;'es'bus,
r,tichal ancl ¿i¡rile¡ l'¡hicli ¡:Ia,y su-ch a proini-nent, role in
ii¡e poern, eÍ'e eiitrrely fictiCious" 0n bire ociier hanc).,
to paraplrrase l'forOsvrorbh, there is a sense of some'l,hing
far more d-eepty interfused v¿hich pervades the poem and
makes it a genuLine response 'to Paracelsus as both
symbol and- iuy'l,h' 'i'hus, by ',vay oí concurrence, ib
stancis aS a fitting conclusioii co this süutlir ¡'6 qu.ote
the r,¡ord.s of jiroi,tni-ng r:rhich prefa-cetl i,ire first ed-ition
of his I'aracelsu.s.
rïThe liberties i have iaken r^ribh my
triÍ.'ling; a-nrÌ ihe rea.ier rnai,r slip 'i;
subject are very
be fo.r:e¡¡oing
'tyrt oí iraracelsus
scenes beir^¡een the leaves of alr¡t tnç
he pleases, by i+a-y oÍ coinileni¿Lry.ÏÌ