If ye let the harvest pass, ye shall desire to gather and
shall not be able.'"

"Take pity on mine infirmities, and make it plain," supplicated the
Doctor, who now began to fear the usual evasions and disappointments.

"'Before I go,'" replied the vision, "'I will not be hidden from thee.
Read thy lesson.'"

"I read, '_Take common Audcal_' and so on."

"'What is Audcal?' inquireth the spirit."

"Alas! I know not; but thou knowest."

"'It is gold, and Dlasod is sulphur.'"

"Take also, it says, Lulo of Red Roxtan."

"'Roxtan is pure and simple wine in herself, and Lulo is her mother.'"

"There is yet in these words no slight ambiguity."

"'Lulo is tartar of red wine, and Audcal is his mercury. Darr, in the
angelical tongue, is the true name of the stone.'"

"He said before that Audcal was gold," said Dee, addressing the seer.

"Be thankful," replied Bartholomew, "and keep what thou hast received."

The Doctor was for the present satisfied; but a little reflection
afterwards, and another trial, left him as ignorant and as poor as ever.

He now returned thanks in the Latin tongue, it being his general custom
at the end of each revelation, or motion, as it was called.

"_Deo nostro omnipotenti sit omnis Laus, Honor, Gloria, et Jubilatio."_
Unto which the seer responded, "Amen."

"Now for the third question."

"He goeth to one side," said Bartholomew, "and the curtain hideth him.
Now he returneth, leading an old man blindfolded, who answereth him in
manner following, as though to questions put by the first:--'It is
within, and by a garden belonging to the new lodge in Aldport Park. It
is in three parts or places.' He now seems to pause. Again he
speaks--'Many roots and trees do hinder the gathering of it; but if he
be wise, and understand these things, he may obtain his pleasure. One
part was laid by Sir James Stanley, the warden, an hundred years ago.
Another portion was hidden by an aged nun. The remainder was left by the
Romans, and may be found under the foundations of the castle in the
park. The time is short, and the treasure guarded; but he shall
overcome. Listen:--'_Nine with twice seven northerly, and_ ACER _shall
disappear. The mystical number added to the number enfolding itself;
this shall be added to its own towards the rising sun. Then turn
half-round, and note well thy right foot. What thou seest gather, and it
shall lead thee on to perfection_'"

"Ask him the amount or worth of the treasu