"I see a golden curtain, partly drawn aside."
"The charge beginneth to work," said Dee. "'Tis the very appearance that
was always vouchsafed to Kelly ere the spirits showed themselves in the
glass. Note well what thou seest."
"There appeareth a white cloud, as a curdly vapour wreathing itself
about a pillar of burning brass, but no creature is visible.--I hear a
voice!"
"Mark the words and repeat them steadily," said the Doctor, who drew
nearer that he might hear the purport of the revelation.
"_Sanctum signatum et ad tempus_," said the voice.
"The sense of this may be understood diversely. By which sense may we be
guided?" said Dee, as though speaking to some invisible thing within the
glass. Presently the seer again repeated--
"'_Sanctum, quia hoc velle suum; sigillatum, quid determinatum ad
tempus_;' the voice ceaseth:--but these be hard speeches, Master Dee. I
hear again, '_Ad tempus et ad tempus (inquam) quia rerum
consummatio_--_All things are at hand_--
"'_The seat is prepared.
Justice hath determined.
The time is short_.'"
"Seest thou no creature?" anxiously inquired the Doctor.
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