Truth the sun. falsehood a mask. innocence, malignity.

Fire destroys falsehood, that is sophistry, and restores truth, driving out darkness.

Fire may be represented as the destroy of all sophistry, and as the image and demonstration of truth; because it is light and drives out darkness which conceals all essences [or subtle things].

[Footnote:  See PI.  LXIII.  L. 1-8 are in the middle of the page; 1. 9-14 to the right below; 1. 15-22 below in the middle column.  The rest of the text is below the sketches on the left.  There are some other passages on this page relating to geometry.]

TRUTH.

  Fire destroys all sophistry, that is deceit;
  and maintains truth alone, that is gold.

Truth at last cannot be hidden.  Dissimulation is of no avail.  Dissimulation is to no purpose before so great a judge.  Falsehood puts on a mask.  Nothing is hidden under the sun.

Fire is to represent truth because it destroys all sophistry and lies; and the mask is for lying and falsehood which conceal truth.

685.

  Movement will cease before we are
  weary
  of being useful.

Movement will fail sooner than usefulness.  Death sooner than I am never weary of weariness. being useful, In serving others I is a motto for carnval. cannot do enough.  Without fatigue.

  No labour is
  sufficient to tire me.

Hands into which ducats and precious stones fall like snow; they never become tired by serving, but this service is only for its utility and not for our I am never weary own benefit. of being useful.

  Naturally
  nature has so disposed me.

686.

This shall be placed in the hand of Ingratitude.  Wood nourishes the fire that consumes it.

687.

TO REPRESENT INGRATITUDE.

When the sun appears which dispels darkness in general, you put out the light which dispelled it for you in particular for your need and convenience.

688.

  On this side Adam and Eve on the other;
  O misery of mankind, of how many things do
  you make yourself the slave for money!

[Footnote:  See PI.  LXIV.  The figures of Adam and Eve in the clouds here alluded to would seem to symbolise their superiority to all earthly needs.]

689.

Thus are base unions sundered.

[Footnote:  A much blurred sketch is on the page by this text.  It seems to represent an unravelled plait or tissue.]

690.

  Constancy does not begin, but is that
  which perseveres.

[Footnote:  A drawing in red chalk, also rubbed, which stands in the original in the middle of this text, seems to me to be intended for a sword hilt, held in a fist.]