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and original! of Plantations. And fince e- 

 ven in Paradife it felf, the tree of know 

 ledge was placed in the middle of the 

 Garden, whatever was the ambient fi 

 gure, there wanted not a centre and rule 

 of decuflation. J Whether the groves and 

 facredPlantations of Antiquity ,were not 

 thus orderly placed, either by qnatermos^ 

 or quintuple ordinations, may favoura 

 bly be doubted* For fince they were fo 

 methodical! in the conftitutions of their 

 temples, as to obferve the due fcituatiofi, 

 afpeft, manner, form, and order in Ar- 

 chiteftonicall relations, whether they 

 were not as diflinft in their groves and 

 Plantations about them, in form andjf^- 

 cies refpe&ively unto their Deities, is not 

 without probability of conjetf ure,And ia 

 their groves of the Sunne this was a fit 

 number , by multiplication to denote 

 the dayes of the years and might Hie- 

 roglyphically fpeak as much, as the my- 

 fticall State* of d fanus in the Lan- d which 

 guage of his fingers. And fince they D 

 were fo criticall in the number of his hisfingcrs 

 horfes, the ftrings of his Harp, and a 

 rayes about his head, denoting the orbes numerical- 



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