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British Library MS. Sloane 3707. Paper. Quarto. 132 folios. End of 16th Century. 1. 'The prologe of Monaldus, the Monke, comforting Raymonde to fynyshe his bowk of the Quintessence which Raymund compyled at the instant suet of the sayd Monaldus, etc'. f.1.
Begins: 'Raymond lamentyed muche and was in a great sorrowe whan he had taken paynes so longe a tyme'.
2. The first book, or distinction, of the Liber Secretorum of Raymond Lully; treating of Quintessences. ff.4b-28.
Translated from the Latin, printed together with the second Book, at Strasburgh, 8vo. 1616.
3. 'The third distinction; of the transmutacion of mettalls into Sol and Lune'. The third book of the Liber Secretorum of Raymund Lully. ff.29-112.
Translated from the Latin, printed with the first Book, and with other works of the same author, ed. Nortbergae, 4to 1546.
Cf. Sloane MS. 3604, f.69.
4. 'The Questionary of the figuer abstracted from the phillosopher's Tree'. A portion of the preceding article: written in a different hand. ff.113-132.
Begins: 'In this parte we do intende to resolve all suche questions as be made in this arte'.
At the end: 'Here endethe the questions of all the three figures and of the tables abstracted from them, that is to saye of the philosphers tree, and of the quadrangular figure, and of the figure of S'.
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