And also of Magick naturall

As of my science in nature passing all.

And ther hee said: That blessed is hee

Which knoweth thinges truely as they bee.

And blessed is hee that maketh due proofe,

For that is root of cumming, and roote.

For by opinion is many a man

Deceived, which hereof little can.

An old Proverbe: In a bushhell of weminge

As not founde one handfull of cumminge.

With due proofe, and with discreate assay

Wise men may learne new thinges euery day.

By cumming men knowe themselves, and euery thinge

Man is but a beast, and worse without cumminge.

But little fanow hath euery man,

To science wherof hee little can.

And little cumming maketh men proude & wilde,

Sufficient cumming maketh men full milde.

Noble men now in manner haue despite

Of them, that haue to cumming Appetite.

But noble thinges in auntient daies,

Ordained as old Authours saies

That the wy science to learne and can

Should none but onely a noble man.

And at the least hee should bee so free

How that mishap did mee befall,
Which moughte not bee onelie by man,
Without the Deuill, as they tell can.
I made also the Elixer of Life
Which mee belefte a Merchaint his wife
The Quintessence I made also,
With other Secrets many moe.
Which simfull People tooke mee fro
To my great Paine, & to my great woe.
So in this worlde ther is no more to seme
But that euery joy is medled with great paine.
Of Payne ther is a little yet behind,
Which is convenient to bee had in minde,
That fell upon a blessed man,
Whereof the trothe report I can.
Thomas Dalton, this good man highte
Hee served god both day and mighte.
Of the red Medicine hee had great store,
I trowe neuer English man had more.
A Squire of the body of K. Edward
Whose name was Thomas Herbart.
Toke this Dalton against his desire
Out of an Abbey in Glocestershire.
And brought him in the presence of the king.
Whereof Deluis had some Tidmg.