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The Sophic Hydrolith

Water Stone of the Wise

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Closing Epigrams

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German & Latin

1619 pp. 154–155 · scans ER158, ER159

Lest doch dem Geitz bey jhr kein statt / Nicht finden / ob sie schon diß hat / Mit dem die Welt / sonst ist frölich Solches alles sie tritt vnder sich / Weil rund vnd waltzend ist das Glück Vnd offt gar bald beweist sein tück Derhalben sie offt mit vberdruß In Dorn vnd Disteln baden muß. Biß sie auß dieser Welt scheidt ab Vnd sich zu Ruhe legt in jhr Grab Als dann sich erst jhr rechter muth Hoch vber sich auffschwingen thut / Vnd mit Frewden die himmels Kron Empfangen wirt für jhren Lohn Darneben auch auff dieser Erdt Ihr Lob vnd guter Nam so werth Erst auch herfür wirt leuchten fein Hell gläntzend wie der Sonnenschein / Vnd vnvergänglich wol erkent Fest bleiben / biß an der Welt endt. Vnserm GOtt allein die Ehre. FINIS.

1619 pp. 154–155 · scans ER158, ER159

The Sophic Hydrolith: Closing Epigrams

1619 pp. 154–155 · scans ER158, ER159

Yet she allows greed No place within her, even though she possesses That in which the world otherwise delights. All this she tramples beneath her, For fortune is round and rolling And often quickly shows its tricks. Therefore, to her frequent distress, She must bathe among thorns and thistles Until she departs this world And lies down to rest within her grave. Then her true spirit First soars high above, And she joyfully receives The crown of heaven as her reward. At the same time upon this earth Her praise and precious good name Will first shine forth clearly, Brightly gleaming like sunlight, And, imperishable and rightly recognised, Remain firm until the world’s end. To our God alone the honour. THE END.

1619 pp. 154–155 · scans ER158, ER159

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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This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

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.