Thomas Vaughan Anthroposophia Theomagica (1650)

He is guilty of audacity, not of obedience. Long ago, that war of the giants original: "gigantomachia"; a reference to the Greek myth where giants attempted to overthrow the gods alluded to those who even strove to conquer Heaven. Nor are there lacking in our own age certain fools and swamp-lights original: "palustres Igniculi"; likely referring to "will-o'-the-wisps" or deceptive inspirations who dream that they are stars and are believed to stand at the Sun's side. Far be such pride and the ladder of ambition from my character! This is truly:

I, most noble brothers, do not place this
grain offering original: "Far"; a simple spelt or meal offering used in ancient Roman sacrifices upon the altar, but rather set it down more modestly at the threshold in the
vestibule of the sanctuary.
I would wish (if my resources had allowed)
to offer such things to you

But there is no reason for me to despair. Perhaps there may come forth in the end those who will carry this torch of mine even before the brilliance of Cicero's philosophy. original: "Solibus tusculanis"; literally "the suns of Tusculum," referring to Cicero’s "Tusculan Disputations."
And indeed, by this reasoning, Marcus Tullius Cicero's