Paracelsus - Of theArchidoxes of Magic: Of the Supreme Mysteries of Nature, of the Spirits of the Plants, of Occult Philosophy, etc.
by Paracelsus, Stephen Skinner (editor), R. Turner (translator)
1656

EXCERPT IN COMMENDATION OF HIS FRIEND'S TRANSLATION:

Thrice-welcome Paracelsus, most renown'd Hermetick and Philosopher by fire,
Now in an English garb thou comes crown'd,
What need we for our Chymistry foar higher?
Since thou reveal it with thy Prophetick Pen,
All's needful to be known by th' Sons of Men,
And thou, my noble Friend, who hus hast drest
Him in our English Fashion, dost deserve,
With Laurel to be crowned with the rest-
Of those who dayly do Urania serve....

(W.F. Astrophilus)