2 jo Dr. Wall on the VJe of Symbols. 
vailed very extenfively in the eaff, may not thofe 
metaphorical expreffions, relative to temporal 
greatnefs and dignity, fo frequently occurring 
in the oriental languages, and in the Sacred 
Scriptures, have been derived from thence, viz. 
‘thou hajl lifted up my horn; my horn fhall be exalted 
&c. &c. &c. &c ? 
That brilliant planet, which we call Venus y was 
alfo confidered by the .ZEgptians, as facred to the 
Queen of Heaven, who, by them, was known by 
the name of Ifis, and in different countries by al- 
moft innumerable different appellations. It would 
lead me very far into the depths of mythology, to 
prove that the Goddefs, intended by all thefe ap¬ 
pellations, was the fime, and that the lfis of the 
/Egyptians was the Venus of the Greeks and Ro¬ 
mans. * To thofe who are converfant with ftudies 
of this nature, hardly any proof is neceffary. 
Accordingly, it may be fuppofed, that the aftro- 
nomers affumed, as the Tymb'd of this planet, the 
Sijlrum of Ifis, which we are told by antiquarians, f 
was a fmall oblong circle of metal, croffed by 
iron rods, with a handle (as in fig. 2. of the plate) 
by which it might be held j and that it was ule4 
* See tylovlfauectfs Anfiq. Part If. B. II. Ch. 2. and 
L'Abbe Pluche Hill, des Ciels. Ch. II. §. 3, 11, 12, 13, 
14, 15. 
■)• See Mcntfauccn s Ant. Tom. II. p. 287. & Abbe 
Fluehe Hill, des Ciels, &c. Ch. II. § ; 3. PI. 17. 
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