Part IX.-

yrr RAG 0 K AS.
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mans Centum^capitaJ tbers are many va¬
nities Jeltytud-^ r.ot onli by the Ma^i, hut by the 'Pythagoreans. , ■ _
Ben ties the Pharmaceutick , Vytha^nras pradi- fed tvv.o other ways of cure, one by Muhckj'the other by Charm. Of the firft we have already fpoken, Of the fecond^ thus ( lyjambhchi^ : ^ Tbare a alfo -a way without the fi’igi’a^ of birds, by
which;f(o(y\ctcpeird fame pajjions, and JichnejJ'es, ( as they Jay) inrleed by hcantatioK, zi>henceit (terns was derived, the word snw/fi, The way of cure by Charm, TOliifew- faith (m) the Etymologift, was, of ancient
«/»', tf\ whence /io/wr ;
' — ‘And [raid the black blood by a Charm.
An d-P\n6a.r, [peaking o//B,fculapius, dy.fiTmv, with Joft Charms.
That -Pyriia^om made o^Epuder, is alfo af¬
firmed by ( « ) Porphyriffs. He allayed, faith he » Pag. the paffions of the Soul and Body by Rythms, and Ver- Jes, and Epodes. And Diogenes, cited by the fame Porphyries, if his Friends fell into any indifpofition of body, he healed them', if they were troubled in mind, heaffwaged their Grief, as we faid, part¬ ly by Charms and Magick Verfes, partly by Mufick. For be had feme Verfes proper to the cure of the indifpoficions of the Body, byfing- ing which, he reftored the fick to their former health: He had other Verfes that procured for- getfulnefs of grief, alTwaged anger, and fup- preffed inordinate defires.
Of thefe Charms we find an inftance preferv’d by ( 0 ) Pliny, who preferibes, as an Invention of 0 Lib. 23. Pythagoras, which feldom fails againjf Lame- c 4. nefs, or Blindnejs, or the like Accidents, to apply to the p.irt ; if on the right fde, an uneven number of Rowels cf impoftive ovordsj if on the left, an even.
The Doarine of P Y T H A G O R A S.
CHAP. I.
Pythagoras his Symbolical way of Teaching.
a Porph, P‘^i-
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T H A G O R A S ^ two^old- M manner of teaching : whatfoever he communicated to his Auditors, was de¬ livered, either plainly or fymbolltcally, FIjeherto of the plain way. We come now to the other, the fymbolical.
b Jamb. { b ) He ufed by (hort Jentencesto vaticinate an in- fniie muUipliciotJS fgnif cation to bis Dtjciples , after piig. 145. Jyffflfolical manner : no otherwrfe them Apollo by fliort Anfwers exhibits many imperceptible jentences', and Nature her Jelf, by [mail jeeds, mofi difficult cfiecls. Of tlois kind is.
-half, is the whole’s beginning.
ePag. 24. d For, rlA 5d-
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KepVis
c'iiKjuor,
lor to Ckr mens ylhx- drintu, Strom, lib. 5 pag yyi- e Laert. f Porph. loco. cic.
an Apothegm of Pythagoras himfelf Neither in that Hemifiick only, but. in others of the fame kind, the mofi divine Pythagoras wrapped up (parks of truth, for fiich as could enkindle them, in ajhortway of fpeech trea(uring up concealed a mofi copioifs pro- duBion of Theory : . as in this,
- to number all have reference.
And again, tpiKanf, lao-mf, Friendfhip, Equality ; and in the xvord \S.oqx©-, ( VVorld, or Heaven ) and in the 'U'ordV)i\\\o{o’p\\y, and in KtuiTzov, and in that ‘celebrmts wordTcivs^Ft^S. All thefe, and ma¬ ny more, did Phythagoras invent, for the benefit and rchiification of fucb as con'^erjed with him.
Some things like wife (faith (c) Porphyrias ) he fpoke in a myftical way fymbolically , molt of which are colieded by Arifiotlet, as when he called the Sea C^d) a -tear of Saturn ; the two Bears, the hands of Rhea ', the Pieides, the Lutes of the Mules ^ the Planets, the dogs of Proferpina [the (f) eyes, the gates of the Sun. ]
(f) He had alfo another kind of Symbols, as,
Go not over a ballance j that is, Shun avarice, &C. Thes Porphyrias. Thufe are varioufly recited and interpreted by feveral Authors; we fhall begin with yamblichas , as being herein of greateft credit.
C II A P. II.
The Symbols ^Pythagoras, according to Jamblichus.
('?) '"T^HE laft way of exhortation to Virtue, 3 jamb.
A and dehorcation from Vice, is that by Symbols ; one way being proper to the Sed, not ^ communicable to other Infticudons; another vulgar and common to them ; the third is be¬ twixt both, neither abfolutely Publick,nor whol¬ ly Pyrhagorical, nor quite different from either ; ^
fuch are thofe they term Symbols, of which, as many as deferve commemoration, in our opi¬ nion, of the adhortatory form, we fliall com¬ municate, and add a fuitable interpretation ; conceiving that hereby, the exhortation to Phi- lofophy may be more prevalent on thofe that hear them, than if delivered more at large.
And forafmuch as we lhall infert fome Exoterick folutions, common to ail Phiiofophy, it is to be underliood, as different from the meaning of the Pphagoreans. But inafmuch as we fhali in¬ termix fomc of the mofi: particular opinions of the Pythagoreans , confonant to each; this is wholly proper to them, and diffonant from all other Phiiofopher?, but mofi: fit to be alledged.
This will infenfibly lead us from the Exoterick notions, bringing us to the others, and acquain¬ ting us with them. And to the exhortations fra¬ med according to this Sed, as aBridg or Ladder.
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Part. IX.
PYTHAGORAS.
by which we afcend from a depth to a great heighth, guiding the minds of thofe, who addi6I themfelves genuinely thereto. For to this end it was framed, according to imitation of the things already mentioned. For the moft ancient, and fuch as were contemporary with, and difciples to Tytbagorasy did not compofe their writings intel¬ ligible, in a common vulgar ftyle, familiar to every one, as if they end -ivoured to didate things readily perceptible by tne hearer, but con- fonant to thelllence de ... .d by Pythagoras ^ con- cerningdivine myheri ., which it wasnot lawful to fpeak of before thole who were not initiated ; and therefore clouded both their mutual difcour- lesand writings by Symbols; which, if hot ex¬ pounded by thofe that propofed them, by a re¬ gular interpretation, a r to the hearers like ^Vic.cap. old wives proverbs, trivi«j.apd foolilh ; [ (/’)but being rightly explained , and inftead of dark, rendred lucid and confpicuous to the vulgar, they difcover an admii'able fenfe, no lefs than the divine Oracle of Pythian Apollo, and give a divine ifnpiration to the Philologifts that under- Hand them.] That therefore their benefit may be known, and their adhorrative ufe manifeft, we will give the folutions of every Symbol, both after the£xoterick and the Acroatick way, not omitting thofe things which were preferved in filence, not communicable to uninitiated per- fons. The Symbols are thefe;
1. When you go to the Temple, ivorjhip, peither
2. If there be a Temple in your way , go not in, no not though you pafs by the very doors,
5. Sacrifice and worfh'ip barefoot.
4. Decline high-ways, and take the foot-path.

the Terrejirial gods.
6. Above all things, govern your tongue, when you follow the gods.
7. When the winds blow, worjhip the noife.
8. Cut not fire with a /word.
9. Turn away from thy felf every edg.
10. Help a man to take up a burthen, hut not to lay it down.
11. Put oil the (boo fir (I on the right foot, hut the left foot fir jl into the hafon.
12. Difcourje not of Pythagorean things without light.
1 3 j Paf not over a pair of Scales.
1 4. Travelling from home, turn not back ; for the Furies go back with you.
ij. Untie not, being turned towards the Sun,
16. Wipe not a feat with a Torch, jy. A Cock keep, but not facrifice ; for it is con- fecrated to the Moon and the Sun.
18. Sit not upon a Chcenix,
19. Breed nothing that hath crooked talons.
20. Cut not in the way.
21. Receive not a Swallow into your boufe.
22. Wear not a Ring.
25. Grave not the image of God on a Ring,
24. Look not in a glafi by candle-light.
2 5’. ConceriJivg the gods, disbelieve nothing won¬ derful, nor Concerning divine Dcblrines,
26. Be not taken with immoderate laughter.
27. At a facrifice, pare not your nails.
28. Lay hot hold on every one readily with your rizbt hand.
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29. When you rife out of bed, dif order the cover¬ let , and deface the print.
3 o . Eat not the Heart. ^
3 I. Eat not the Brains.
32. Spit upon the cuttings of your hair, and th’e parings of your nails.
3 3 . Receive pot an Eryt brine.
34. Deface the print of a pot in the A flies.
3 5’. Take not a Woman that hath gold, to get children of her.
36. Fir ft honour the figure and Weps, a figure and, a Trtbolm.
37. Abfiain fiom Beads.
3 8. Set Mallows, but eat it not.
3 9. Abfiain fi om living creatures.
CHAP. III.
An Explication of the Pythagorick Symbols, by Jamblichus.
All thefe Symbols are in general adhorta* tive to all virtue ; and every one of them in particular conduceth to fome particular vir¬ tue, and part of Philofophy, and Learning ; as the firft are adhortativeto devotion, and divine knowledge.
SYMB. 1.
FOr this. When you go to the Temple, worjhip, neither do nor fay any thing concerning life, ob- lerves the Divinity after fuch manner, as it is in it felf, pure and incoramixt. He joyns pure to the pure, and takes care, that no worldly bufincis ^ infinuate it felf into the divine worihip ; for they are things wholly different and oppofite to one another. Moreover, this conduceth much to Science; for we ought not to bring to the divine Science any fuch thing as humane confideration, or care of outward life. Thus nothing is hereby commanded, but that divine difcourfes, and fa- cred actions, ought not to be intermix! with the inftable manners of men.
SYMB. ir.
TO that is confonant the next. If a Temple lie in your way, go not in, not though you pafs by the very doors. For if like is delightful to its like^ it is manifeft that the Gods, having the chiefeft effence of all things, ought to have the principal worfhip: but if any man doth it upon occafion of any other thing, he makes that the fecond, which is the firft and chiefeft of all ; and by that means he fubverts the whole order of worlliip, and fcience. The moft excellent good, ought not to be ranked in the latter place, as inferior to humane good ; neither ought our own affairs to have the place of the chief end* and better things, either in our words or thoughts.
SYMB. in.
THat which follows is an exhortation to tlie fame; for this. Sacrifice and worfhip barefoot, fignifieth one way, that we ought to ferve the Gods, and perform their knowledg decently
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PTTHAGORAS.