a present of several large Volumes of these Letters, which, he assur'd me, would be writ by or to my Great Great Great Great Great Grandson, who would be chief Minister in the End of the Twentieth Century, and to deal plainly with me, as far as he could guess, in the last days of the World.
The Joy! the Surprize! the Transport! these Words gave me, is not to be exprest: And as Kircher told Schottus[1], he was cur'd of a deadly Disease, by dreaming he was made Pope, and receiv'd the Congratulations of all Kings and Nations, while he issued out Bulls and Decrees for new Laws, new Churches, new Saints, and new Colleges, with vast Joy, and awaken'd after a long and happy Reign perfectly recover'd; so I found in an instant all my Discontents in Politicks vanish'd and remov'd by these real Visions, my good Genius had communicated to me. I accordingly receiv'd this present, as an immediate Blessing from Heaven, and after assuring him in the most solemn manner how sincerely I renounced my former Principles, I enter'd into a long Dialogue with him, both as to the present and future
- ↑ Gaspar Schotti Physica Curiosia, Lib.. 30.
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