ts " ▁by ▁William ▁Back house ▁of ▁Sw allow field ▁in ▁Ber k shire . ▁While ▁illustr ating ▁the ▁chain ▁of ▁Ros ie ▁Cross ▁links ▁from ▁Michael ▁Ma ier ▁and ▁Robert ▁Fl ud d , ▁via ▁Back house ▁to ▁Ash m ole , ▁the ▁details ▁given ▁about ▁Ash m ole ' s ▁training ▁as ▁a ▁craft s man ▁could ▁illustrate ▁the ▁background ▁of ▁the ▁latter ' s ▁ac ception ▁in ▁oper ative ▁m ason ry . ▁ ▁James ▁Brown ▁Cra ven , ▁who ▁gave ▁detailed ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁the ▁works ▁above ▁in ▁his ▁catalog ue ▁ra isson ée ▁( 1 9 1 0 ) ▁of ▁Michael ▁Ma ier , ▁also ▁included ▁the ▁ 1 6 5 4 ▁English ▁translation ▁of ▁L us us ▁Ser ius : ▁or , ▁Ser ious ▁Pas st ime . ▁A ▁Philosoph ical ▁Disc ourse ▁... where in ▁Herm es ▁or ▁Mercur y ▁is ▁declared ▁King ▁of ▁all ▁World ly ▁things . ▁The ▁copy ▁from ▁the ▁Bod le ian ▁Library ▁described ▁by ▁Cra ven ▁was ▁dedicated ▁" To ▁the ▁Hon ou rable ▁C ary ▁D illon , ▁E sq ., ▁Son ▁to ▁Robert , ▁late ▁Ear le ▁of ▁Ros common ▁by ▁J . ▁de ▁la ▁S alle " ▁[ i . e ., ▁John ▁Hall ▁of ▁Dur ham ]. ▁This ▁is ▁a ▁fair ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁intellectual ▁circle ▁in ▁which ▁Ma ier ' s ▁work ▁circul ated ▁contemporary ▁with ▁the ▁association ▁of ▁Ros ie ▁Cross ▁with ▁E lias ▁Ash m ole . ▁ ▁Works ▁▁ ▁De ▁Med icina ▁Reg