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ticular ones, according to t}ie number effaces an4 degrees, exifting therein, of all which to fpeak, ic would be too long ; but of thefe the more princi- pal are accounted, P^g^i/^^; which prevaileth againfl thcdifeafesof horfes, and prefcrvetk horfmen in battle ; Then is Andromachey which begetteth love betwixt husband and wife, fo that it is faid even to reconcile adulterers : Cajfiofeia it^oitth. weak bo- dies, and ftrength^neth the members ; SerpentariuS chafeth away poyfons,and cureth the bitings of ve- ncmous beafts : Hercw/f^ giveth vidory in war, the Dragon with both the Bears maketh a man crafty,in* genious, valiant, acceptable to the gods and men: Hydra conferreth wifdom and riches, and refifteth poyfohs. Centaurns beftoweth health and Jong old age : Am concerveth chaftity, and maketh one ac- ceptable to the gods, Cetm maketh one amiable,, prudent, happy both by fea and land, and helps him to recover his loft goods; the^^i/'afordeth fe- curityinthe waters; the H^rr prevaileth againft deceits and madneffe 5 the Po^ cureth the Dropfie, refifteth the Plague, and alfo prel^rveth from beafts and fierce creatures. Orion granteth victory : The Eagle giveth new honours, and preferveth the old. The Svpaniretth from the Palfie and the Quartane : Ferfeuf freeth from Envy and Witchcrafts, and pre- ferveth from Lightnings and Tempefts ; The Hart preferveth Phrenetical and mad people. And thus much may fuffice to have beenfpc^en. •
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Cahp. XXXVL OfTekfmes and how to make tbemi^
^TPWas a Rule the trembling Heathea went by^ to A undertake nothing (nothing anew efpeciallyj itt(iufficato\ without fome ominus performancey we may call it what w6 pleafe, but they did it upon grounds throughly concerned in experience aad effeft, ftill attaining their end by what darke and fecret wayes of cooperation foever brought topafs, asimdifco* vered cothemfelves as us.
To the matter in hand, the firft vt^s the propitia" litwi of the place by reconciling the Genius with are- fpeftive Sacrifice^ t^si S'l ^vaUn iyx^^^^ i^tMeSsApTo S foundation of Byzantium.
Like Ceremonies were performed by Alexander at the building of AlexandriHy as Arrian m the third book of hs Expedition, Arian. AvafiAC AM^ayS^.
Such arc often remembred by Joannes Amiochenm^ and out of him repeated by the f^/^i :iculiy ueorff CedrcHy and ethers.
Buc * chufe toinftancea lefs known paflage out oiAbdilphak^ in his Arabick^ Hijhry of the Founda- tion of Antioch,
Whe itbif was laid hy Antiochta the King, it hap* fened that whatfoeyep the workmen (X\xg upby^/xy, Was again thrown in by nighty and they were affrigh-^
ted