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Of the Knight Kenelm Digby, Chancellor of the Kingdom

of Great Britain, &c.

ORATION,

On the Healing of Wounds

by Sympathetic Powder.

Behold, a marvelous healing of a wound!
Which even Celsus, that master craftsman, did not know,
And which the entire world of ancient healers,
By Hercules, had never noted.
With Pamphilus, listen attentively, you who know nothing of these things,
And see with lynx-like eyes the meaning of this Book.
The linen cloth is washed in water, which turns red
With the fresh blood of the wounded person;
But the powder is first dissolved in the liquid:
The linen is dried thereafter. What more is there?
The wound ceases to ache, and the pain is removed.
All things rejoice in a temperate heat;
For if they are made hot by warmth and fire,
The wound is seared by a flaming passion.
Here the author sees a great miracle, and
That Astral Spirit, and moreover
The strength and power of the hidden medicine,