Kircher, Athanasius; Mascardi, Vitale [Bearb.]: Athanasii Kircheri ... Oedipvs Aegyptiacvs, Hoc Est Vniuersalis Hieroglyphicae Veterum Doctrinae temporum iniuria abolitae Instavratio: Opus ex omni Orientalium doctrina & sapientia conditum, nec non viginti diuersarum linguarum authoritate stabilitum (Tomus I.) (Romae: Ex Typographia Vitalis Mascardi, 1652) [Cicognara, 2527-1]

Thefacred ttreet with thc triumfhallgate\,
Thc cowtt theporche, thc putyit, sett a statC->
Farre other, then hrkkWalls os Babylone ,
Or Niles dry-shoare bepauM with pibblestone:
ToNegro's miracles, who knew no betlcr,
As vnto vs their bcast or fowlc a letter.
No ionger shall it be so, For their Sphint
Whaue sound anOEDIPVS, doth soluc the Iinks
Of chaynM mysterious emblemes, holy rites,
Closeriddlcs,obscure fymbols i «<£gypts nightes;
Scarce hauing other darkenesse. KIRCHER/s hc,
Thac whylome gaue 3 proofe os masterio
Ore such conceaicd wisedotne , when theP/V<r
He did expound of Sothis \ held a vile,
And lumpish masse before ; not vnderstood,
Till great PAMPHIUOJs order made it good.
Yea chang'd its name, and call'd it from his ovvnc
Wirh golden gentle/Doue resplendent shovvne.
Thankcs then to high and mighty FERDINAND
For this hidd treasure, from whose noblc hand
Thc vvorid's inricht, and eu'ry lingle vvighc
Grovvth more then Sophi, puc so sorth to lighc.
What marueylc l since he animateth stones
T'instru£iour ignorance,inuests thebones
Os dumbeHarpocrates vvith sscshagaine,
To play the tmchman in a human strainc .
O efficacious mouer! apes,and ovvles
Speake cathedratick language: by thee, sovvlcs
Pythagoraean proue: transformM an Ass is
So reurend, Tde svveare it vvere Amassis.
Tothee belongs the fame os Trismegitt,
A righter Hermes; th^hast outgon the list
Os's triple grandure: or if that not please,
Ioyne Ptolemies, and stout Musagetcs.
This is the Vnitedfense of th' Vniucrsc ,
ThOugh dissering tongues ic many vvays rehcrse.