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Thomas Vaughan

Magia Adamica

The Antiquity of Magic · With the Complete Coelum Terrae

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Hyanthe · Page 94 · Passage C

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Original English

Pretty, white Foole! why hast thou been Sulli'd with Teares, and not with Sin? 'Tis true: thy Teares, like Polish'd Skies, Are the Bright Rosials of thy Eyes, But such strange Fates doe them attend, As if thy Woes would never end. From Drops to Sighes they turn, and then Those sighes return to Drops agen: But whiles the Silver Torrent seeks Those Flowr's that watch it in thy Cheeks, The White and Red Hyanthe weares, Turn to Rose-water all her Teares.

Modern English

Pretty white innocent! Why have you Been sullied with tears, yet not with sin? Your tears, like polished skies, are bright, The rose-like jewels of your eyes. Yet such strange fates attend them still, It seems your woes will never end. From drops they turn to sighs, and then Those sighs return to drops again. But while the silver torrent seeks The flowers awaiting in your cheeks, Hyanthe's colours, white and red, Turn all her tears to water of roses.

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.

Rights

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.