In 1668 he published his "Experiments with Sophic Mercury" and _Tractatus Tres_, while ten years later, or in 1678, the year of his infernal translation, he produced his edition of "Ripley Revived" and the _Enarratio Trium Gebri_.
From beginning to end, generally and particularly, the narrative I have summarised above is a gross and planned imposture, nor would any epithets be so severe as to be undeserved by the person who has concocted it, because it does outrage to the sacred dead, in particular to the greatest of the English spiritual mystics, Thomas Vaughan, and to the greatest of the English physical mystics, Eirenaeus Philalethes.

For the mendacious history confuses two entirely distinct persons--Eugenius and Eirenaeus Philalethes.

It is true that this confusion has been made frequently, and it is true also that at the beginning of my researches into the archaeology of Hermetic literature I was one of its victims, for which I was sharply brought to book by those who knew better.

But a young and unassisted investigator, imperfectly equipped, has an excuse which will exonerate him at least from a malicious intention.

It is otherwise with a pretended family history.