THE

MAN-MOUSE

Taken in a Trap, and tor-

tured to death for

gnawing the Mar-

gins of

Eugenius Philalethes The pseudonym of Thomas Vaughan (1621–1666), a Welsh clergyman and noted alchemist. This book is a biting satirical response to Henry More, who had criticized Vaughan's earlier works.

—And is Ulysses compared with me? original Latin: "Et mecum confertur Vlysses?" From Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 13. These are the words of the hero Ajax, who argued that his deeds in battle made him superior to the clever but manipulative Ulysses.

1 Corinthians 15:32.

After the manner of men I have fought with beasts.

Anthroposophia Theomagica Vaughan's first major work on mystical philosophy and alchemy, published earlier in 1650., page 27.}

I know my reward is calumny original: "Calumnie"; the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation..}

Printed in London, and Sold

at the Castle in Cornhill.