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ration of life fwceciy ftnging : (o a i bilofopher living in integricie, and bonelly, is without fpot, white, and clean, inquiring into the tiuthot things, fearchinginto the various depths offciencesand opinions, to dtfcern between truth and falfhood, and according to the for- mer, chufcs and direds his iife, providing what is neceflary, negleding what is fuperi^uous ; the long- lived experience of things , brings hira to a habit of vertue and learning , and in the approaches of his death, bereaves to polterity fcntencesand adions fpe- cuiativc and pradick, as the Swan-like farewel. And this is the reafon why a Swan forefignifies a Phiiofo- pher and long life.
There is (uch another ftory of the cluftcr of Bees pitching en the lips of ^/4/o(being a little one fleeping in the cradle) gathering of honey, aod awhile after difperilng thcmfelves up into the air. This dream is equally good as the other : for as the Bees gather to- gether the matter of fweetncfs for nouriOiment , the matter of fweet fmelling , for the recreation of the fenfe : fo Philofophers difpofe all the time of their Jives, that they may in their age recreate cbcmielvcs with a true knowledge Q#tbings, and as with fragrant incenfc inftrud others in moft fweet precepts , which they do two manner of ways, either by way o^ precept, or by cxprefs examples of vertue, out ihining others, there being in Beesaperfed Ideaofpaedagcgical fun- ftions. The wax denoteth the Idea of m.^nners and the pradical reprefentations of vertues ; and the fweet- nefs of the honey, thee fweetnefs of dodrine.
In like manner by a certain propriety the Vulture in a dream fignifies a Phyfitian, as we iball more at large fhew hereafter.
There arc alfo dreams that prcfagc an evil and vi-
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tious condition ot life .• It is (aid that 'Hero*^ mother being with child dreamed that (he brought forth a cruel great Dragon, which riJiing upagainft the mo* ther, drew out her bowels; who frightned, related the dream to the Oneiromantift, who anfwers , Thou (halt bring forth a wicked man, and one that fiiall be the caufe of thy own death which happennd accord- ingly. Snet. in Nero, &c.
The figure is ^uer Barz^ai^el is the Ruler and Ma/^ ch/dael isthe Gemus that anfwers the Comunication of c? in T in the hr(l houfe.
KeJxpicUnd the Genius tL^fmoiicl Rule this •^ hou(e>]3ving fpokcn t)f the Angular houfes, >^ >^ there remain the mcermcdial, that is to /ay, :^ thofc thar ftieker between the fcur !\:)g!es, ^ >ic and tht:7 ar>^ either fucceediriCT c^r cedent : the fucceeding a vS Hc/i gate^ i ccd fvrr,iiie^ Heaven gate, EudAmon^ viz.. the 2; 5, 8, i r. houlej.
Thefirftfucceeding houfe is the Rcond, called Hell f4?f, whence is judged or" riches and fub'>ance 5 -ub- fiance is ucderftood two Vwi.^^ for \^ is obrained either lawfully andboneflly, or unlaw^fully and fliamefuily; fomany and thofe verv various dreams may be re- ferred to this houfe. Befidesof what is dircd-jy and lawfully gotten, Ibme is obtained by Art, fome by m- duLtry, Dme by chance ^ fome by inheritance: and what is indiredly gotten, fome is obtained b/ ftealrh clandettincly, and with any manifefi: infamy ; fome with tfcc note of open infamy, difgrace, bafenefs, and difhoneftly.
So a certain man dreamed that he often went to di- vers waters with necs^ and caught rmallfiihes. but that
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