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EPIGRAM

ON THE EDITION OF THE

AMPHITHEATER OF THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD

HEINRICH KHUNRATH OF LEIPZIG, DOCTOR OF BOTH

MEDICINES original: "Vtriusque Medicinæ." This usually refers to the internal "physic" and external "surgery," or the academic mastery of both theoretical and practical medicine., AN OUTSTANDING

PHILOSOPHER, and the foremost of our age, etc.,

his honored patron.

You who delight in picking faults, seek to pick no fault here:
Let all labor yield to this physical original: "Physico." Referring here to Physica, the study of the secrets of nature and natural philosophy. Amphitheater.
By the inspiration of the Divine, which the SUPREME PHYSICIAN A common alchemical and theological trope referring to God as the primary healer and source of all medical knowledge. from on high
Led forth through deep understanding, Khunrath, out of love for the truth,
Has prepared, and he illuminates the sacred uses of Wisdom;
He restores what has fallen, and purifies corrupted limbs This refers both to the restoration of the "fallen" state of man and the literal healing of the body through alchemical medicine..
In the world there is no equal to him in these virtues;
The lion is known by its claw original: "Vngue leo notus." A classical proverb suggesting that a master's greatness is evident even in a small fragment of their work.: he is known by this Divine art.
From which the greatest glory shall be born as his books are spread abroad;
The gifts of GOD vary, and this is certainly a noble gift;
Scarcely to one man in a hundred, or even more than a hundred thousand,
Does it happen to possess such great genius.

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CONCERNING THE

AMPHITHEATER

OF THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND LEARNED

LORD HEINRICH KHUNRATH,

Most celebrated Doctor

of both Medicines.

He who wishes to observe the whole world outside the world,
And who strives to know himself outside of himself: