A Discovrse of Fire and Salt

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Blaise de Vigenère. A Discovrse of Fire and Salt

A Discovrse of Fire and Salt

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To his worthy friend Captaine. Thomas Falconbridge

The first part

The second Part of the Lord BLAISE his Treatisetouching FIRE and SALT

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Blaise de Vigenère

Discovering Many Secret Mysteries as well Philosophicall, as Theologicall

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But that which seeth is much more excellent and more worthy then that which is seen, and there is nothing that seeth, but the invisible, where that which is seene, is as a blind thing; therefore Water is a proper and serviceable subject, over whom the Fire or Spirit may out-stretch his action.

Also he hath elevated it for his habitation and residence; for by introducing it, he elevates it on high in the nature of Aire contiguous unto it: which invisible Spirit (of the Lord was carryed on the waters, or rather did sit over the waters) did see the visible, moved the immoveable, for water hath no motion of it selfe; there is none but Aire, and Fire, that have, and speake by the Organs of one that is dumb; for as when by our winde and breath, filling a pipe or flute, we make it sound though never so mute.

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