Severall Poeticall Pieces of our Famous
Englilh Thilofophers^ who have written
the Hertnttiquc My/lerics in their owne
Ancient Language*
faithfully Collected into one Volume x
with Annotations thereon,
*By El i as Ash m ole, Efq.
gui efi Mercuriofbilu* Anglicus.
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Ages have like Rivers conveied downe to us, (upon the float <?,) the more light, and Sophifticali pieces of Learning * but Vohzt were
Profound andMifterious,thewei£ht and folidity thereof* funke to the Bottome; Whence every one ioho attempts to dive, cannot eajtly fetch them up: So, that what our Saviour [aid to hU Difciples, may
(I hope withmt offence) bejpoken to the Eletled Sons of Put; Unto youitisgiventoknowtheMyfteriesoftheKingdome of God; but to others in Parables, that feeing they might not fee, and hearing they migh…