He came ambassador; now sovereign was, as well.
A river overflooded constitutes a lake.
Some grains, when sown in earth, a field of corn can make.
When eaten, bread assimilated is by man,
That bread inanimate takes life, and reason can.
When wood or candle is made victim unto fire,
Its substance dark becomes a source of light entire.165
Black stibium, a stone, when placed in human eye,
Expands the power of vision, objects can descry.
Good luck to him who’s saved from his own fleshly self,