Arise in the night, O soul, and fly, lest thou be consumed in Egypt.
The angel of the understanding shall know thee for his elect, if thou offer unto God a reasonable faith.
Savour thy reason with learning, with labour, and with obedience.
Let the rod of thy desire be in thy right hand: put the sandals of Hermes on thy feet; and gird thy loins with strength.
Then shalt thou pass through the waters of cleansing, which is the first death in the body.
The waters shall be a wall unto thee on thy right hand and on thy left.
And Hermes the Redeemer shall go before thee; for he is thy cloud of darkness by day, and thy pillar of fire by night.
All the horsemen of Egypt and the chariots thereof; her princes, her counsellors, and her mighty men:
These shall pursue thee, O soul, that fliest; and shall seek to bring thee back into bondage.