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THE TURBA OF THE PHILOSOPHERS,

Which is called the Code of truth in the Art.

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Arisleus says,

I tell you that our Master Pythagoras is the foundation of the Prophets, and the head of the Sages; and that he possessed so many gifts from God and so much wisdom, that to none after Hermes was such given. Therefore, he desired to assemble his Disciples, who were sent throughout all regions and provinces, to