THE PREFACE T HOU haft now in thy Hands a Jewel fo much efieemed in Spain and the Indies, that there they fell even all they have (and the Kingdom of Heaven to hoot) to purchafe it; for having this, they think that therewith they fball have all 'Things (in this Wirld I mean) given unto them : And in that Country, I muft tell you, it will go a great Way toward the Purchafe of the other. Indeed there are fome in all Nations that will fell that they have not, nor ever fhall have *, but this was a Jewel fo rare, that few had it to fell, for it was concealed like the great Arcanum, the PhilofophePs Stone, and only traditionally delivered to the Adepti; but it falling .into the Hands of this true Nobleman of England, he not en vying the reft of Mankind fo great a Be- a ij n ° r w ’Hi n g fo great a Treafure jhouldbe wrapt up in a Napkin, he honoured and