Verum sine mendacio, certum et verissimum: It is true, without error, and very true: Quod est inferius es sicut quod est superius, et quod es superius es sicut quod est inferius, ad perpetranda miracula rei unius. It is that which is below is like that which is above, and that which is above is like that which is below, to accomplish the miracles of the One. Et sicut omnes res fuerint ab uno mediatione unius, sic omnes res natae fuerunt ab hac una re, adaptatione. And as all things were one word of a Ser, so all things have their birth in the same, by adaptation Pater eius est sol, mater eius luna; portavir illud ventus in ventre suo; untrix eius terra est. The sun is its father, the moon its mother; the wind carried it in its belly; the earth was its nurse. Pater omnis telesmi totius mundi est hic. Vis eius integra est, si versa fuerit in terram. The father of all perfection of the whole world is here. Its strength shall remain whole, even though poured out into the earth. Separabis terram ab igne, subtile a spisso, suaviter, cum magno ingenio. Separate Earth from Fire, the subtle from the gross, gently, with much ingenium Ascendit a terra in coelum, iterumque descendit in terram, et recipit vim superiorum et inferiorum. It rises from the earth to heaven and descends again to the earth and receives the force of the superior and inferior things. Si habebis gloriam totius mundi. Ideo fugit a te omnia obscuritas. Thus, we shall obtain the glory of the whole World. Then all darkness will flee from you. His est totius fortitudinis fortitudo fortis. Quia vincet omnem rem subtilem omnem solidam penetrabit.. Here lies the whole strength of the strong, for it will overcome all the subtle and penetrate all the solid Sic mundus creatus est. Hinc erunt adaptationes mirabiles, quarum modum est hic. Thus was the world created. This is the way of marvelous works. Itaque vocatus sum Hermes Trismegistus, habens tres partes philosophiae totius mundi.. For this I have been called Hermes Trismegistus, who has the three parts of the philosophy of the whole World Completum est quod dixi de operatione solis. Thus, is completed all that had to be said of the work of the Sun.