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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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Closing Epigrams

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1619 pp. 153–154 · scans ER157, ER158

Ob schon manch Wort vnd viel spott Ihr angehenge wirt vberall Welches die Schellen ohne zahl An ihrem Kleidt anzeigen than Daß lest sie alles fürüber gahn Fragt nichts nach solchem allzeit Sondern helt sich zu der Weißheit Auff welche sie jhr Augen klar Allzeit thut richten gantz vnd gar Helt das für jhren besten theil In dem da sie hat allen jhr heil / Mit welchem sie in Frewden eben Ihr Zeit zubringt in diesem leben Achten der weltlichen Ehr allein Nicht hoch / lest jhren weg hin sein Viel weniger im andern lauff Der gantzen Welt vngunst zuhauff Die jhr darneben mit vnruhe Viel Creutz vnd Leyden füget zue Solches alles mit behertztem muth Sie gar gring vnd leicht tragen thut / Das macht / sie hat ein Schatz bey sich Der jhr gibt alles / was sie begehrt /

1619 pp. 153–154 · scans ER157, ER158

The Sophic Hydrolith: Closing Epigrams

1619 pp. 153–154 · scans ER157, ER158

Though many a word and much mockery Are attached to her everywhere, As the countless bells Upon her clothing indicate, She lets it all pass by. She pays no heed to it, But holds to wisdom, Towards which she always turns Her clear eyes wholly and entirely. She regards it as her best portion, In which she has all her salvation, And with it joyfully Passes her time in this life. She sets little store By worldly honour, letting it go its way, And still less, in the contrary course, By the whole world’s gathered hostility, Which adds to her unrest Much affliction and suffering. All this she bears Very lightly and easily, with a courageous spirit, Because she has a treasure with her That gives her everything she desires.

1619 pp. 153–154 · scans ER157, ER158

About This Reading Edition

The anonymous Water Stone of the Wise of 1619, with German text, a new English translation, 240 annotations, three companion treatises from the original volume, two separately identified responses of 1661, and the complete supplied study apparatus.

Historical Text and Translation

Anonymous, Wasserstein der Weysen. Frankfurt: Lucas Jennis, 1619. The governing e-rara copy belongs to the Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung, Zürich (DOI 10.3931/e-rara-8968). The work is traditionally attributed to Johann Siebmacher; this remains an attribution, not a name printed in the anonymous witness. The separately sourced First and Second Responses use the 1661 Wolfenbüttel witness, qun-642-1s, pp. 200–206.

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Rights

Historical texts printed in 1619 and 1661 are in the public domain. The supplied 2026 German reading text, new English translation, introduction, notes and complete study apparatus are published with the site owner’s authorization. The original triangle is credited to the Stiftung der Werke von C. G. Jung, Zürich, and e-rara, Public Domain Mark.