(34) [pages 109 and 110 are missing in NHC III, replaced here by the corresponding section in the Berlin Gnostic Codex, the beginning of which is somewhat different from the final partial sentence of NHC III 108 (the broken off sentence)]

(Pages 1 to 6 of the manuscript, containing chapters 1 - 3, are lost. The extant text starts on page 7...)

(31) It is evident also that the mispaginations in the Shakespearian Folios and other volumes are keys to Baconian ciphers, for re-editions--often from new type and by different printers--contain the same mistakes. For example, the First and Second Folios of Shakespeare are printed from entirely different type and by different printers nine years apart, but in both editions page 153 of the Comedies is numbered 151, and pages 249 and 250 are numbered 250 and 251 respectively. Also in the 1640 edition of Bacon's The Advancement and Proficience of Learning, pages 353 and 354 are numbered 351 and 352 respectively, and in the 1641 edition of Du Bartas' Divine Weeks pages 346 to 350 inclusive are entirely missing, while page 450 is numbered 442. The frequency with which pages ending in numbers 50, 51, 52,53, and 54 are involved will he noted.

(669) 1961 To say: A prince ascends --- a great burnt-offering on the interior of the horizon; 1961 he has seen the preparation of the feast, and the preparation of the fire-pan, 1961 at the birth of the gods, on the five epagomenal days, who are before thee, 1961 "Great-his-breast," thou who art before the Bstw.w. 1962 -------------------------------------------1962a + 1 (N. X 755) ----------- N. of his mother; Twt, 1962a + 2 (N. 755). he who was born, a double, in the nest ---- Thot 1962 in the interior of the field of the tamarisk, at the source of the gods, 1963 for N. is my brother, proceeding from the thigh, 1963 who separated the two brothers, put apart the two fighters, who split your heads, O gods. 1964 -------- of --------------------- 1964b (N. 756) ---------- her fillet, N., 1964c (N. 756). as Nwrw, who is great among you, O gods, you who come to him, O gods; 1964 as Isis said to Nun: 1965 "I have given birth to him for thee; I have deposited him for thee; 1 have certainly spit him out for thee." 1965 He has no feet; he has no arms, 1965 and how shall he be assembled? 1966 Then let this copper be brought ------ the nw-boat --- with it. 1966b (N. 756). [Come ye] with him, nourished, with him in your arms, say they, the gods. 1966c (N. 756). Behold, he is born. 1966 Behold, he is assembled; behold he exists. 1967. Wherewith shall we break that which appertains to his egg, say they, the gods. 1968 Let then Seker of pdw come, 1968 that he may mould (smelt) his bones, that he may construct his skeleton 1968 ---------- 1968 It is he who shall break the e[gg], and [loose] the copper, 1969a (N. 758). so that the two followers of the gods, with sharp teeth and long claws, may bring the god forth by his hands. 1969 Behold, N. exists; behold, N. is assembled; 1969 behold N. has broken (his) egg. 1970 Wherewith shall N. be caused to fly? 1970b (N. 758-759). Then let there be brought to thee ------ nw-boat, built by Mw-n, 1970 that thou mayest fly therewith, that thou mayest fly therewith, 1970d (N. 759). the south-wind for thy foster-mother, the north-wind for thy nurse. 1971. N. flies; N. alights on the two wings (lit. feathers) of his father, Geb. 51. THE DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND SPIRITUALIZATION OF THE KING,

(32) The requirements of Lord Verulam's biliteral cipher are fully met in scores of volumes printed between 1590 and 1650 and in some printed at other times. An examination of the verses by L. Digges, dedicated to the memory of the deceased "Authour Maister W. Shakespeare," reveals the use of two fonts of type for both capital and small letters, the differences being most marked in the capital T's, N's, and A's, (Seethe First Folio.) The cipher has been deleted from subsequent editions.

(16) The essay published in French by Alexandre Lenoir in 1809, while curious and original, contains little real information on the Tablet, which the author seeks to prove was an Egyptian calendar or astrological chart. As both Montfaucon and Lenoir--in fact all writers on the subject since 1651--either have based their work upon that of Kircher or have been influenced considerably by him, a careful translation has been made of the latter's original article (eighty pages of seventeenth century Latin). The double-page plate at the beginning of this chapter is a faithful reproduction made by Kircher from the engraving in the Museum of Hieroglyphics. The small letters and numbers used to designate the figures were added by him to clarify his commentary and will be used for the same purpose in this work.

(486) 1039 To say: Greetings to you, Waters, which were brought by Shu and lifted up by the two sources, 1039 in which Geb bathed his limbs, 1039 so that hearts were in the following of fear and hearts were in the following of terror. 1040 N. was born in Nun, 1040 when the sky had not yet come into being, when the earth had not yet come into being, 1040 when the two supports (of the sky) had not yet come into being, when unrest had not yet come into being, 1040 when fear had not yet come into being, which came into being on account of the eye of Horus. 1041 N. is one of that great corporation who was born before (all others) in Heliopolis, 1041 who will not be taken away for (on account of?) a king 1041 who (lit. they) will (not) be confiscated for (on account of?) high officials, 1041 who will not be executed, who will not be pronounced guilty. 1042 N. is such as has not been executed; 1042 he has not been taken away for (on account of?) a king, 1042 he has not been confiscated for (on account of?) high officials, 1042 his enemy has not been justified against him; 1043 N. has not become poor, his fingernails have not become long, 1043 no bones of N. have been broken. 1044 If N. descends into the water, 1044 Osiris raises him up and the Two Enneads bear him up; 1044 R` gives his arm to N. to the place where a god should be. 1045 If N. descends into the earth, 1045 Geb raises him up and the Two Enneads bear him up; 1045 R` gives his arm to N. to every place where a god should be. 23. A SERIES OF FOOD TEXTS,

(2) No better way can be found of introducing to the "Royal Art" a seeker after the mysteries of symbolical philosophy than to place at his disposal an actual example of alchemical writing. The text of this manuscript is as enigmatic as are its diagrams; but to him who will meditate upon the profound significance of both, the deeper issues of mysticism in due time will be made clear. An unknown person through whose hands this manuscript passed wrote thus of it:

(4) "For the Muse was not then Greedy of gain or mercenary; Nor were Terpsichore's sweet, Honey-toned, silvery soft-voiced Strains made merchandise of." Now those instructed among the Egyptians learned first of all that style of the Egyptian letters which is called Epistolographic; and second, the Hieratic, which the sacred scribes practise; and finally, and last of all, the Hieroglyphic, of which one kind which is by the first elements is literal (Kyriologic), and the other Symbolic. Of the Symbolic, one kind speaks literally by imitation, and another writes as it were figuratively; and another is quite allegorical, using certain enigmas.

(666) 1931-1(Nt. J�quier, XXIX 761). To say: O N. [pass?] the great lake (?), even this, to the spirits, 1931-2 (Nt. 762). this water (n) to the dead. 1931-3 (Nt. 762). Guard thyself against these its people, whose house (home) is that bush, 1931a (Nt. 762). the heavenly (?) d.t, in its name of "Dt.t," 1931b (Nt. 762). where they take not thy hand to that house (home) of the bush. 1932 (Nt. 763). He, he is a pyramid, he protects; 1932 + 1 (Nt. 763). he is the east, he is thy protector, he protects; a father, thy east, he is the Easterner. 1933a (Nt. 763). Go to D.w-'ib, brother of Seker, whom he loves; 1933b (Nt. 764). he will make a way for thee with them, 1933b + 1 (Nt. 764). where thou mayest eat bread with them, 1933b + 2 (Nt. 764). where thou mayest row the wd with them, 1933b + 3 (Nt. 764). where the sky trembles for thee, the earth quakes for thee, 1933b + 4 (Nt. 764-765). and the imperishable stars come to thee. 1934a (Nt. 763). And so, behold, he seized thy hand (at) the Nb-k.wfeast, at (in) the Marsh of Reeds (or, at inundation time?), 1934b (Nt. 765). (while thou) sittest upon thy firm throne, 1934c (Nt. 765). and judgest with the Two Enneads.

(43) "And because that this history did represent the more part of that of the innocents slain by Herod, and that in this book I learned the greatest part of the art, this was one of the causes why I placed in their church-yard these Hieroglyphic Symbols of this secret science. And thus you see that which was in the first five leaves.

(8) In his dedication the author and illustrator of the manuscript declares that he has set forth all the operations of the Great Work. He prays to the Holy Spirit that he may be included in the number of those who have pursued this most noble of the sciences and that he may be set always in the path of righteousness. Exclusive of his own researches, the main sources of his information are said to be the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, Raymond Lully, and Arnold of Villa Nova.

(42) Evidence points to the existence of a group of wise and illustrious Fratres who assumed the responsibility of publishing and preserving for future generations the choicest of the secret books of the ancients, together with certain other documents which they themselves had prepared. That future members of their fraternity might not only identify these volumes bur also immediately note the significant passages, words, chapters, or sections therein, they created a symbolic alphabet of hieroglyphic designs. By means of a certain key and order, the discerning few were thus enabled to find that wisdom by which a man is "raised" to an illumined life.

(15) At hand also was a manuscript copy in English of the Book of the Cabalistick Art, by Doctor John Pistor. The document is undated; but judging from the general type of the writing, the copy was made during the eighteenth century. The third volume used as a reference was the Sepher Yetzirah, by the late Win. Wynn Westcott, Magus of the Rosicrucian Society of England. The fourth was the Sepher Yetzirah, or The Book of Creation, according to the translation in the Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, edited by Prof. Charles F. Horne. The fifth was a recent publication, The Book of Formation, by Knut Stenring, containing an introduction by Arthur Edward Waite. At hand also were four other copies--two German, one Hebrew, and one Latin. Certain portions of the Sepher Yetzirah are considered older and more authentic than the rest, bur the controversy regarding them is involved and nonproductive that it is useless to add further comment. The doubtful passages are therefore included in the document at the points where they would naturally fall.

(323) 519 To say: N. has purified himself with R` in the sea of reeds. 519 Horus dries thy skin, O N.; Thot dries thy feet, O N. 519 Shu, lift N. up on high; Nut, give thine arm to N.

(85) Authors sometimes based their cryptograms upon the numerical value of their own names; for example, Sir Francis Bacon repeatedly used the cryptic number 33--the numerical equivalent of his name. Numerical ciphers often involve the pagination of a book. Imperfect pagination, though generally attributed to carelessness, often conceals important secrets. The mispaginations found in the 1623 folio of "Shakespeare" and the consistent recurrence of similar errors in various volumes printed about the same period have occasioned considerable thought among scholars and cryptogrammatists. In Baconian cryptograms, all page numbers ending in 89 seem to have a special significance. The 89th page of the Comedies in the 1623 folio of "Shakespeare" shows an error of type in the pagination, the "9" being from a considerably smaller font than the "8." The 189th page is entirely missing, there being two pages numbered 187; and page 188 shows the second " 8 " scarcely more than half the size of the first one. Page 289 is correctly numbered and has no unusual features, but page 89 of the Histories is missing. Several volumes published by Bacon show similar errors, page 89 being often involved.

(86) 59 To say: Make it return to thee; sit in silence. A royal mortuary offering.

(315) 505 It is N., O 'i`n-ape, O htt-ape, O ptt-ape. 505 The death (?) of N. is upon the desire of N.; the beatitude of N. (has come) on N. (of himself). 505 N. will do homage, the same homage (which ye do); he will sit among you, O ye `.tiw.

(347) 563 To say: The mouth of N. is in incense; the lips of N. are in myrrh. 563 Descend, O N., from the field of thy ka to the Marsh of Offerings. 563 of N. is from the n`r.t; the meal of N. is like (that of) the divine boat. 564 The life of N. will be more than that of Rnp.t; the food of N. will be more than (that of) pi (the inundation). 564 O ka of N., bring (food) that N. may eat with thee.

(6) All of their coverings uplifted were, And from them issued forth such dire laments, Sooth seemed they of the wretched and tormented. And I: "My Master, what are all those people Who, having sepulture within those tombs, Make themselves audible by doleful sighs?" And he to me: "Here are the Heresiarchs, With their disciples of all sects, and much More than thou thinkest laden are the tombs. Here like together with its like is buried; And more and less the monuments are heated." And when he to the right had turned, we passed Between the torments and high parapets.