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THE

MAN-MOUSE

Taken in a Trap, and tor-
tured to death for

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gnawing the margins

Eugenius Philalethes The pseudonym of Thomas Vaughan (1621–1666), a Welsh alchemist and clergyman. This title mocks his opponent, Henry More, by calling him a "Mouse" who nibbles at the edges of Vaughan's writings.

Errors discovered in The Man-Mouse.

Page 70, line 4: for ATTAA read ATTA. Page 104, line 23: for or to read or to This likely corrected a specific typeface or spacing issue not easily seen in the transcription.. Page 156, line 26: for divinity read divines.

Errors discovered in The Man-mouse.

Page 11, line 17: read for the first. Page 30, line 3: for that. Page 82, line 32: for the.

1 Corinthians 15:32

After the manner of men, I have fought with beasts. Vaughan uses this biblical quote to frame his intellectual dispute with Henry More as a struggle against savage or irrational opponents.

Anthroposophia Theomagica original: "Anthrop: Theo-Mag."; This refers to Vaughan's earlier work, Theomagical Wisdom of Humanity., page 97.

I know my reward is calumny original: "Calumny"; the making of false and defamatory statements to damage someone's reputation..

A horizontal row of decorative printer's ornaments, matching the row above.

Printed in London, and sold

at the Castle in Cornhill.

1650.