Ripley reviv'd: or, an exposition upon sir George Ripley's hermetico-poetical works

I thought it appropriate to clarify the meaning original: sence of the old English Verse by changing a few words to make them more meaningful to our current speech, yet undoubtedly without deviating from the mind of the Author. I would not have dared to presume to make such changes, except that I felt I owed it to the Author’s reputation to let the intended meaning come through. Additionally, for this reason, anyone who desires to see the differences may easily compare all three versions together, as they are all published in Print. In performing this service, I hope I have done my duty faithfully and wronged nobody.

I also take the liberty of informing the Reader that in the Exposition upon Sir George Ripley’s Preface, found in the Learned Sophies' Feast original: Learned Sophies Feast; "Sophies" refers to the "Sophi" or wise men/philosophers of alchemy., page 52, line 5, I found the word "greatest." Based on what follows on line 11, I humbly suggest (with all due respect) that it should be "meanest," as may more clearly appear from the same Author in his work Secrets Revealed original: Secrets Reveal'd; a famous alchemical commentary usually attributed to Eirenaeus Philalethes., pages 62 and 63, and in Sir George Ripley’s Fifth Gate, stanza original: Stave; a verse or stanza of a poem. 40, line 6.

However, because I found the phrase "greatest price" in two copies, I left it as it was, and by this notice original: Advertisement I submit it to the Reader’s judgment. I have also found that in the