Philadelphia, or brotherly love to the studious in the hermetick art

(you might think) it surpasses my understanding; therefore, I prefer the work itself over anything of mine to proclaim its author’s praise, as well as his ability and honesty original: "Candor"; in this period, candor often implied sincerity, openness, or lack of bias. I know it is all too common for publishers to presume to comment on things they do not understand, by which readers are misled original: "abused" and the publishers' own ignorance and ambition are revealed—if not to every reader, then at least to many, and certainly to every master original: "Master"; referring to an expert or highly skilled practitioner of alchemy of the subject.