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Thomas Vaughan (Eugenius Philalethes)

Coelum Terrae

The Magician’s Heavenly Chaos · The Complete 1650 Text

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Hyanthe · Page 94 · Passage B

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Original English

Sleepie shee look'd to my first sight, As if shee had Watch'd all the Night, And underneath, her hand was spread, The White Supporter of her head. But at my Second, studied View, I could perceive a silent Dew Steale down her Cheeks; lest it should Stayne Those Cheeks where onely Smiles should reigne. The Tears stream'd down for haste, and all In Chaines of liquid Pearle did fall. Faire Sorrows; and more dear than Joyes, Which are but emptie Ayres and Noyse, Your Drops present a richer Prize, For they are Something like her Eyes.

Modern English

At my first sight she seemed asleep, As though she had kept watch all night; Beneath her head her hand was spread, Its white support as she reclined. But at a second, studied look I saw a silent dew steal down Her cheeks. Lest it should stain those cheeks Where smiles alone ought to hold sway, Her tears streamed swiftly down and fell In chains of flowing pearl. Fair sorrows, dearer far than joys That are but empty airs and noise, Your drops bestow a richer prize, For they are something like her eyes.

About This Reading Edition

Thomas Vaughan’s complete Coelum Terrae discourse from the 1650 Magia Adamica, with original and modern English, fresh translations of foreign quotations, the complete Hyanthe and closing poems, eight historical marginal notes, the work-specific printed corrections, 91 annotations and the complete supplied Diotimos study apparatus.

Historical Text and Translation

Thomas Vaughan (Eugenius Philalethes), Coelum Terrae, included in Magia Adamica. London: T. W. for H. Blunden, 1650, pp. 78–140 and the work-specific unnumbered errata. Governing textual basis: EEBO-TCP A64768, Wing V151, ESTC R203905, British Library Thomason witness 174:E1299[1]. First-edition image comparison: Getty Research Institute copy 372004, Internet Archive magiaadamicaoran00vaug. The Getty copy lacks the opening page 78 and final errata; these are taken from the TCP/BL witness.

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