Strader’s Soul:
On spirit-shores illumination works,
Yet howsoe’er I strive to understand
The sense of these light-forces, they are dumb.
Dame Balde’s Soul: (Figure of a penitent with white coif, like that of a nun; robe yellow-orange, with silver girdle; she appears quite close to Maria; on her right and near Felix Balde.)
Ye souls now summoned up by Lucifer!
The penitent doth hear your voices’ tone,
But only sunshine’s voice doth give him light;
Its super-splendour doth destroy your voice.
The other can behold your starry light,