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Thomas Vaughan

Magia Adamica

The Antiquity of Magic · With the Complete Coelum Terrae

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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 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.