ABSTRACT
[This is written] to open the way to an explication of matters said by means of figures in the first part of this book, which appears somewhat obscure, in the event that in the future someone might want to understand the glosses of the work more fully, or after the manner of poets, by which, under the figure of metaphor or veiled speech, much secret knowledge and many pure truths are often hidden. One can often have many meanings in such poetic speech, and when it can be taken in different ways, then poetry is beautiful and subtle.
