[2] The date of _Blanquerna_, and hence of our classic, is put down at 1283. [3] Lull is said to have been enticed to England (in the summer of 1305) by King Edward I, who believed him to have the secret of the Philosopher’s Stone. But this story has no sure foundation. [4] Less than half of these works are theological. The remainder deal with the most diverse subjects, such as metaphysics, logic, ethics, physics, medicine, mathematics, and chemistry. [5] Works of Lull himself. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. Superscripted characters are preceded by a carat character: D^a. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Book of the Lover and the Beloved, by Ramón Lull