to the Reader.
and others, was not unknown to him. Now I do not think that there can be found any one who would not wiſh and deſire with all his heart to be Partaker of this noble Treaſure; but ſeeing the ſame Felicity can happen to none, except God himſelf give Wiſdom, and ſend his holy Spirit from above, we have therefore ſet forth in print this little Treatiſe, to wit, Famam & Confeſsionem, of the Laudable Fraternity of the Roſie Croſs, to be read by every one, becauſe in them is clearly ſhewn and diſcovered, what concerning it the World hath to expect.
Although theſe things may ſeem ſomewhat ſtrange, and many may eſteem it to be but a Philſo-
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