[Mysteriorum Liber Secundus]
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Mi: Et est numerus virtutis benedictus. Videte Angelos Lucis.26 A: This shewer went away like a white Cok flying up. A: There cam an other in, and sayd, Et sum Finis et non est mihi Numerus. Sum Numerus in numero Et omnis Numerus est mihi Numerus. Videte.27 A: There appeared a small n 2 8 on his skyn, being all spotted with Gold. Then he went away like three fyres, red flaming, and coming to gather agayn in the myddst of the firmament. A: You must Note that in the stone the whole world in a manner did seme to appere, heuen, and erth, &c. Mi: (A he cryed with a lowde voyce,) Et est vita in caelis.29 A: Then stepped furth one and sayd, Et ego viuo cum bene viuentibus,30 and withall he kneeled down: and Michael stepped furth and toke of his veale on his brest and he made Cursy and stode up. Mi: Viuamus Halleluyah. O Sanctum Nomen.31 A: All fell down on theyr faces, and Michael stroke ouer them with his sword and a great flash of fyre: And this man his brest seemed open, that his hart appeared bleading, and therein the letter m, 32 and 6, over * m it thus . Mic: Benedictus est Numerus Agni.33 A: Hereuppon They all fell down.
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Et est . . . Lucis: "And it is the number of blessed power. Behold the Angels of Light." -Ed.
27
Et sum . . . videte: "And I am the end, and have no number I am a number within a number, and every number is my number. Behold." -Ed.
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Drux.
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Et est. . . caelis: "And he is life in heaven" -Ed.
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Et ego . . . viventibus: "And I live with the well-living." -Ed.
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Vivamus . . . Nomen: "We live, Alleluia. O Holy Name." -Ed.
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Tal.
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Benedictus . . . Agni: "Blessed is the number of the Lamb." -Ed.