THE SUPREME GOOD,

original: "SUMMUM BONUM," a philosophical term for the highest or ultimate good that serves as the basis for ethics and purpose.

A typographical diagram using large curly brackets to organize text. On the left is the word "Truth," followed by a large opening brace containing four lines: "of MAGIC," "of CABALA," "of ALCHEMY," and "of the true Brothers of the Rosy Cross." To the right of these lines is a large closing brace pointing to the word "True," which is itself followed by another closing brace pointing to the word "Subject."
The diagram indicates that the book describes the "True Subject of the True Magic, Cabala, Alchemy, and the true Rosicrucians."

Marin Mersenne (1588–1648) was a French polymath and monk who frequently attacked the "occult" philosophies of Robert Fludd.

BY JOACHIM FRITZ.

Joachim Fritz is a pseudonym widely attributed to Robert Fludd himself, or possibly a close associate.

An etched illustration within a square border. At the center is a large, multi-petaled rose on a thorny stem with leaves. The text "THE ROSE GIVES HONEY TO THE BEES" original Latin: "D A T R O S A M E L A P I B U S" curves over the top of the flower. Two bees are depicted: one landing on the rose and one hovering to the right. In the lower left foreground, a wooden structure supports several spider webs. In the lower right foreground, a low open-sided building contains a row of straw beehives (skeps). The background shows a horizon with water and distant mountains.
This famous Rosicrucian emblem contrasts the bee, which draws life-giving honey from the rose of spiritual wisdom, with the spider (symbolizing the critic/slanderer), which produces only webs and poison.

See Serpilius's List? of rare? books?, 7th part?, page 237.
original German: "Vide Serpilii Verzeichniß rarer Bücher." Georg Serpilius was a noted 17th-century bibliographer.