Lesser-Key-Of-Solomon

PART V: THE NOTORY ART OF SOLOMON
first Note, and so in the Notes of all Arts except those whereof a definition
shall be given.
Definitions ofseveral Arts, and the Notes thereof.
We will give also Definitions ofseveral Arts, as it is in the Book ofSolomon;
Geometry hath one Note, Arithmetick a Note and a half; Philosophy, with
the Arts and Sciences contained therein, hath 7 Species; Theology and
Astronomy, with the Sciences in them contained, hath 7 Notes, but they
are great and dangerous; not great in the pronunciation, but have great
efficacy: Musick hath one Note, and Physick one Note; but they are all to
be published and rehearsed in their appointed dayes: But know, that in
every day wherein you beholdest the Notes ofTheology, Philosophy, or of
any Arts contained in them, that thou neither laugh nor play, nor sport,
because King Solomon, when he saw the forms ofthese Notes, having overdrunk
himself, God was angry with him, and spoke unto him by his Angel,
saying, Because thou hast despised my Sacrament, and Polluted and derided my
Holy things; I will take awaypart ofthy Kingdome, andI will shorten the dayes
ofthy Children. And the Angel added, The Lord hath forbid thee to enter into
the Temple 80 days, that thou maist repent ofthy sin. And when Solomon wept
and besought mercy of the Lord, the Angel answered, Thy dayes shall be
prolonged; nevertheless many evills and iniquities shall come upon thy Children,
andthey shall be destroyed ofthe iniquities that shall come upon them.
At the beginning of a Note, having seen the generals; let the specials be
looked into. The word of Solomon is to seek unto God for his promises,
before the Notes of the three Arts.
The first Oration at the beginning ofthe Note.
[1] The Light, Truth, Life, Way, Judge, Mercy, Fortitude and Patience,
preserve, help me, and have Mercy upon me, Amen.
This Oration, with the preceding, ought to be said in the beginning of the
first Note of Grammar.
[2] Oh Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, eternal God, in whose sight are all
the foundations of all Creatures, and invisible beings, whose Eyes behold
my imperfections, ofthe sweetness ofwhose love the Earth and Heavens
are filled; who sawest all things before they were made, in whose book
every day is formed, and all mankind are written therein: behold me thy