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the Age, and to Italia?! Miifick, dlfplay'd in Temples as well as 

 on the Stage, the firfl Eredlon of which v/as intended for the 

 Honour and Defence of Virtue. 



The Laconians were wont at the Death of their King to tinkle 

 a Caldron i inftead of a Bell : Yea, the Jews had their Minflreis 

 at Funerals 5 for, at the raifing to Life the Daughter of Jairus^ 

 'tis fliid, the Mujida?2s were commanded to troop off, Matth. ix. 

 Before the Roman Funerals, a Trumpeter went, follow'd by the 

 Prcefic(e, i.e. old Women, finging Songs in Fraife of the Deceafed. 



Thus we have had a general View of Serpents, their Poifon 

 and Cure J and a particular Account of Perfons wounded by the 

 ^arantuhiy and cured by Mufick ; the Effc:d:s of which mulicai 

 Operation, have pad for Miracles j for, by means of it, dangerous 

 Diftempers have been cured, Infurredlions quelled, Paffions calm'd 

 and railed, even to Dillradiion and Madnefs. 



A N T I E N T L Y all Laws, Exhortations to Knowledge and 

 Virtue, and Lives of illuftrious Men, were written in Verfe, and 

 publickly fung by a Chorus to the Sound of mulicai Inftruments, 

 which was found a moif effectual way to imprefs Morality. So 

 much for Serpents in particular. 



N, B. In the Defcription of fome Serpents by different Au- 

 thors, 'tis difficult to know whether they mean the fame, or ano- 

 ther; fome having the fame Defcription with different Names, 

 and fome different Defcription with the fame Name. Another 

 Miflake may arife from fome Difference in the fame Serpent, in 

 different Climates, as in Situation (A^. or *S.) and Size. 



