^^2 Thyfical and Mifcellaneous 



aolually found, by a long Courfe of Obfervations, to be emble- 

 matical of, or to bear fome typical, or phyfical Relation to 

 them. Every Portion therefore of this Sacred Writing, may 

 be prefumed to carry along with it fome Points of Do6lrine, 

 relating to the Theology or Phyficks of the Egyptians ; for 

 Hiftory doth not feem capable of being delivered in fuch 

 ExpreiTions. 

 ofins'i In order therefore to eive a few Inftances of this myftical 



Symbols^ . r Λ • ■ 



verethe Sciettcc, I ihall begin with fuch of their Sacred Animals as 

 were fymbolical of their two principal Deities, Ofirh and Tfis\ 

 who are the fame with Bacchus and Ceres \ the Sun and the 

 Moon ; and the Male and Female Parts of Nature '. The 



Serpent. Serpent ' therefore, which is fometimes drawn with a turgid 

 Neck \ as it was obferved to be an Animal of great Life and 



•WTicf^mpiai' . ij ξαύίΆί'ΐι eii /τά iythZi «τω ■nkn^i $Ίά τ5ί «bctk to Jliv^n* μιμ^ίίαι, «KoTaf /^ άΐ/τοί τοι» 

 lachpfov aj\'Jii ti'a-my -f Kny^rJiJ-iuvyii h τοΓί αιιμζ'οκικ μυ^γαγα; wej?efii7/v. Iambi, de Mylt. Sedt./. cap.i. 

 Hxc miranda naturie vis elevare eorum animos debuerat ad mundi Architeatum ** naturam- 

 que ob mirandas vires & admirabilem ordinem colere cxpcrunt veluti principem Dcum : 

 partes vero Nature veneraci funt, veluti Deos minores, quos & ipfos pro prieilantia & 

 mcnlura in varios gradus partiebantur. Ger. Joan. Voffius de Idolol. 1. r. Tee <f' άνΙα «Ioto 

 avuCaivH, )ή f! "nvm τωϊ ί//Γΐ' etpCfiBf ωι ίτπ τκ κροκοί «λ» Καμζίιασι ^ »ξιικ!);'7α/α α>ί inf.na)i «λ/«• λ hoyis! φν^ικκί 

 ω! Ttit των ζωών <ίίινάμίΐ{ )ί)1νίξ•^(ίαί, οίβι» w/vof , Ζϋνοκ2?οίλ«, μν}αλ^{, Μίναί woi <aQs aihrnxv. Liwb. ScA. c. 

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 fMh}\ov a.v^^d'jrav, us «Ma 'lifa )^ σϋμτΛου,ν μίν r φά7ΐν Ιξ ώμινπ! «χοι^α x^ ■πνζύμΛτα;. Porpbjr. apud Ellfeb. 

 VrXO. Evang. p. j8. hCTnJk j i^ yAhiv itj yJii^a^Wt tinavat "Πνάί ioLujole α.μβ.υζΛ{^ ώ^σίρ £1» ζα,^'ασιψ «λίκ <? 

 7«y θΜν Am/y-iaf mv^vTii. Plat, dc /fid. & Ofir'id. p.380. Ipii>qui irridentur, i£gyptij, nuUam 

 belluam. nifi ob aliquam utilitatcm, quam ex ea caperent, confecraverunt. Tull. Nat. Deor. 

 I ncU'Tav» Λ' 1^ άν^ωτπμίΐζραν Οιτίρ/ί®' α^ίλμα JiiMMunv, ίξο^^ιίζαν τω Λί<Γοί«^ 3^ το -^όνιμον i^ τό Tfopiy.or, 

 ** Η •^ 1<πί es7 μίν το -ί ρηω; Si^i^, ru SiY]irJ>v amcrns }ivinas, yj.^ ττθχκ» itj TraviPl^! -ώτί τ» ΐ\λΛΐανο{. -^^li 

 ■5 Τ άλλωκ μυζιωνυμίί yJnhnTTU, ίια, το Trnjocim τ5 AOj/u τξιτημίνχ μορφ*? Λγ^^ι κ^ 'iSim. Ρί, de //ΐί/. & 

 Of. ρ. 372. Παρ' Αιγ/'πΙ'ιοί Νπλο/ «κα/ το/ Oiieo', ΙλΛ ίΤϋνό)Ί« τϊ >«■ Τι/Ιω^'α 3 τί!» θαλβοκο», «V ίΐκ ό 

 Ν«λοί ΐμτπ-τίαν άρΛίΐΊζίταί, ^ Λβτττατοι. /λ', ρ. 2 02. Λί Λ' NeiAoy Oneit/if «ot^p lin, Βτπί Ι<πΛί cro.utf ^Jr 

 iyourt )t| yofj^oyr/;'^ Sv Tiajtut Λλλ' «f ό ΝΗλο>", ίτπΖιύνΗ στη^μαίνιον it) μιγ■JUivι){^ ίκ J\ «ί ηνοιιιπαζ τάύΐ/ιί γ^νωτι 

 ■ην ίΐρβν £57 <Γ6 Λροί « TW/Ttt στάζουσα -ί) 'Tfifovjcc τκ 'πψ'ίγαντχι! aifoc, i^ /'.^Λτ/ί άί^^ί . /ί/ ρ. 3 <5<ί. Τίητκ ij, » μ'γ ΪΛίο» 

 1^ φωί ίκ fM-nu; τηζ^ία. Zsi/V, τζ^τίζΐν η &ipu« ;^ ττι/ρωΛί ^ύναμί!. Hftt, τοκΤϊΡ, ι liyp* )t) ττνίυμΛνηίι pJc;/. £μ/^ Pf.rp. 

 Εν. p.j2. L/ii.i J44• ''^^ ^'^ ^^^ leri-a vcl natura rerum fubjacens Soli. M,n. Sat. l.i. cap. 20. 



2. niiiiz/oaTJitaTUTs^ >d ('J^'i') τί ^aov TOi'Taii τ ίρτίτΐ/ΐ', ;^ "^u^ajks vsr' «"Τ» OTtpii'iS»} wa'o « )^ Ta'p^of drvmf. 

 ζλΜην ίΐΛ 7« '^ηύματΏί 'neiiMh ;^<yp'V τπίο/ίί/ τϊ i(j χ.ιςΰν, » έλλοκ tvvos- τ e^»3ty. Etifeb. Prsp. Evang. p. 26. 

 ΑίΠΓΐΆ "ί, ωί aj'ip», It) ;^4i/>i£i'it/ κ/νήσΐ?;!" aVop^^iOii fttT IwjiTiicii iLj ΐι}ξ!)7>ητ> αςξω ϋ 'j£faeiy^aeu>. PI. de Mrf. 

 p. 381. Ut vireicunt draconcs per annos fingulos pelle feneftiiti-> exuta, 'proptcrca & ad 

 iplum Solem fpecies draconis refcrtur, quia Sol femper velut a quadain imx depreifionis 

 lencda in altitudinem fuacn iit in robur revcrtitur juventutis. Maciob. Sat. 1. i. cap. 20. 

 Solis meatus, licet ab ecliptica linea nunquam recedat, furfum tamen ac dtorlum ventorum 

 vices certa deflexione variando iter fuum velut flexum draconis involvit. Id ibid. cap. 17, 

 Unde Euripides 



riuffj^Ki (ffixa» ohof iyH-mi tUm τί'τίαμάξρΐί 

 ilfcuf ^ii/^fyf αρμονία ττολύχΛρτζΒΧ οχιι/«6. 

 3 Afpida fomnifcram tumida cervice levavit. Luc. I. p. 

 Cymbij anfula: inlurgebat Afpis, caput extollens ardaum, cervicibus late tumefccntibus. 

 yipttl. Met. l.ii. p.258. Afpis, fquamese cervicis ftriato tumore fublimis. Id. ibid. p. 2<i2. 

 This Defcr'tption agrees with the female Afpics according to the following Obfervation of Solinus, 

 Subtiliora I'unt capita fceminis, alvi tumidiores, peitis noceniior : mafculus a^qualiter teres 

 eft, fublimior ctiam, mitiorquc. Solin. Polyhift. I.40. dc Afpidc. 



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