I come out as if there were no hours in the days, nor plane… - Thomas Vaughan

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I come out as if there were no hours in the days, nor planets in the hours; Neither do I care for any thing, but that interlude of Perendenga in Michael Cervantes: Let the old Man my Master live, and Christ be with us thus all. Thou wilt wonder now where this drives, Conde de lemos, nor a cardinal to pray for.

Thomas Vaughan

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About Thomas Vaughan

Thomas Vaughan (17 April 1621 − 27 February 1666) was a Welsh clergyman, philosopher, and alchemist, who wrote in English. He is now remembered for his work in the field of natural magic. He also published under the pseudonym Eugenius Philalethes.

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Pen Names: Eugenius Philalethes • Philalethes Eugenius • Cyraneus Philalethes

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It was well that I quitted it at last and walked again into that clear light which I had foolishly forsaken.

Hence it is that his followers, notwithstanding the assistance of so many ages, can fetch nothing out of him but notions: And these indeed they use, as he sayeth Lycophron did his epithets, (Non ut Condimentis, sed ut Cibis) not as spices but as food. Their compositions are a meer tympany of terms.

They dwell altogether in the face, their endeavors are meer titillations, & their acquaintance with Nature is not at the heart.

I come out as if there were no hours in the days, nor planets in the hours; Neither do I care for any thing, but that interlude of Perendenga in Mich… - Thomas Vaughan

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