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the rage5butlome pares here of being (nonekncw hovrj bro ea off and conveyed away, the Sea be- gan to be as unruly as before. The caufe whereof being curioufly enquired after and difcovercd, the broken pieces were foHcitoufl r fearchedj found out and puc together again^ and forthwith the winds and lejscbe '^lyoLJ^l yv'oiiv tKei^ai \i tst* u^ etK)\^coi TvTcov Thotay
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\viy:iKiiui di^ia> be certainly known, chat this indeed was the caufe why the Ships could not fafely arrive, the pieces of the briilie were again taken away. Thenceforth ivhatfoever veflfeistouchtAJponthe Coaft were dri- ven back by the violence of the winds. This con- tirni'd tlieni in opinion that the breaking of the bra- ien fliip, was that which hindicd their Carriages from conimingup to the City. They therefore cau- i'\id the (hip to be nioft carekilly repaired.
Thefe c onfecrations ("for fo alfo they are called) were more iTualiy but not only pradtifed :n the Eaft. ¥ot GYep:^ory oil ours reporteth, that at the lepairing of a Bridge in Taris^ ther e was found the Iqiages of a Serperit and Vormouje in braife, and thac at the taking away of thefe, the Serpents and the Mice came up in grej^t number. More might be ad- ded of the Serpentina crjumna^ and the Staiua Equeji- rts abenea^ fct up (this latrcr) againft the Flagueiu CQKjiamimple^zhe deftruftion wherenf,hath been fol- lowed vN'iih fearful! and Pe iodicall nJorUilitk^'s But
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enough hath been (aid , hUzildus uyay be (een^ and the lace Authored Occult Philoiophy.
Ifwe draw ail up, tbefuni wiii be the Antient Rice of Avcrruncatiou, That in cafe a City or Country fhould be infefted with any Plague either of Direafe or noxious Creature, the Talilmans were confulted and delired to c reft an Image of the Plague under a certain influence of CoslclHal Con- figuration.
And thif. I favv was the caufe why the Philiftin A- ftrologersgavecouncel, that golden Images fliould be made or the H^fftorrhoidesaxid the Mice that mar- red the Land, to give glory to the God oUfrael,
The Telefme againlt the M'ce according to Para- celfus^\sto have this manner ofConfecration.M/i^^ an Iron Moufe tinder the Corrjim^iion of Saturn and Mars^ :-n the hottfe of Jupiter, %aturn, ConjunCibnMars in Sagita rius Imprint upon the belly Albamatatox, &c. In the "^hen place the lelefm in the middle of the boufe^ Eg 11: An- and the Verminpall injiantly leave the place- S^^-^ Moreover then fo he promifech. Take a live Monfeand tye It to the Iron Image^ and it fliall dye immediately. But 1 uii- dcriake not that the GMen Mice were fo
ceremonioufly confecrated h yet that they
had a Telefmaticall way of Freparationan' Inthe fwerable to the beginnings and mediocri- 9nid Hea- ry o^ the ^Tt^ my own reafon, and above ven, that the weight of Maimons words induce
ms to conclude.
Ifiiy (faith hej o/t^/rt 0/ Samuel concer- ning the Images of the HdemorrhoideSy that they were fo called^notfo much from their external
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