"Now he is writing," continued the seer. "He showeth me a roll of
parchment. But the glass becometh dim, and I think that evil spirits are
troubling us, for the whole seems to waver, like the glowing air over
the furnace."
The Doctor now fell to his prayers, when Bartholomew assured him the
glass grew brighter, gradually becoming still, like the subsiding of
waves after some accidental disturbance. He could now see the writing
distinctly, and the veil was also removed.
"Give me the words to the very letter," said Dee earnestly, as he
prepared to write.
"It runs thus:--'The most noble and divine magister; the beginning and
continuation of life. Watch well, and gather him so at the highest; for
in one hour he descendeth or ascendeth from the purpose.
"'_Take common Audcal, purge and work it by Rlodnr, of four divers
digestions, continuing the last digestion for fourteen days in one and a
swift proportion, until it be Dlasod fixed, a most red and luminous
body, the image of resurrection. Take also Lulo of Red Roxtan, and work
him through the four fiery degrees, until thou have his Audcal, and then
gather him.
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