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Thomas Vaughan

Magia Adamica

The Antiquity of Magic · With the Complete Coelum Terrae

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Original English

It was scarce Day, when all alone I saw Hyanthe and her Throne. In fresh, green Damascs she was drest, And o're a Saphir Globe did rest. This slipperie Sphaere when I did see, Fortune, I thought it had been Thee. But when I saw shee did present A Majestie more Permanent,

Modern English

It was scarcely day when, all alone, I saw Hyanthe and her throne. In fresh green damask she was dressed, And on a sapphire globe she rested. When I beheld that slippery sphere, “Fortune,” I thought, “it must be you.” But when I saw she showed a majesty More lasting still,

About This Reading Edition

Thomas Vaughan’s complete 1650 Magia Adamica publication, with all historical preliminaries and the complete appended Coelum Terrae, original and modern English, fresh translations of Latin, Greek and Hebrew, full poems, eight historical marginal notes, the complete recovered printed corrections, 312 annotations and the complete supplied Diotimos study apparatus.

Historical Text and Translation

Thomas Vaughan (Eugenius Philalethes), Magia Adamica: or The Antiquitie of Magic, with Coelum Terrae. London: T. W. for H. Blunden, 1650. Governing transcription: EEBO-TCP A64768.0001.001. The Getty Research Institute copy supplies surviving first-edition page images; the 1656 issue supplies explicitly disclosed missing or defective material. The complete shared 1650 errata are recovered from the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica copy of The Man-Mouse.

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This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

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The historical text is public domain; the EEBO-TCP Phase I transcription is released under CC0. The supplied 2026 reading, translations and Diotimos editorial material are published with the site owner’s authorization.