400 Phyfical md MifceUaneous 



The Heads \{^q Manticr , the Union of the Heads and Bodies of other 



added to fright ' λ • r • r^ λ• 



/^i eW Dae- different Creatures, may, accordmg to then* relpeaive Quah- 

 ties, be prefumed to reprefent fo many Gen'tj \ the Heads, 

 efpecially of the facred Animals, being added, as Kircher ima- 

 gines', to ftrike Terror into the Evil T^cemons. The Skins of 

 the Dog and the Wolf, which, Diodon^s tells us', ^nuUs and 

 Macedon put over their Heads in the Wars oiOfiris, in Order, 

 as we may fuppofe, to excite Fear in their Enemies, will pro- 

 bably confirm this Opinion of Kircher. T>lodorus indeed gives 

 us a different Interpretation, and affirms that it was owing to 

 the wearing of thefe Helmets, that thofe Animals were efteem- 

 ed and honoured by the Egyptians. 



ihehSymho- After thcfe different Species of Animals, we are to take 

 Notice of fome of the moil remarkable Plants, that w^ere re- 

 ceived into their Sacred Writing. Thus Diodorus tells us, 



75&.Agroftis.tjjjj|. ^jjg ^groβis, m Token of Gratitude % was carried in the 

 Hands of their Votaries ; but, as this is the general Name for 

 the Culmiferous Plants, it will be uncertain to which of them 

 we are to fix it. The Plants likewife of the TJiac Table, called 

 by TignoriJis and Kircher, the Terfea, Jlcacia, Melilot, JVorm- 

 wood, Turfiain &c. appear to be much liker other Kinds, fuch 

 probably as were no way concerned in the Egyptian Phyficks 

 or Theology , than thofe to which they are afcribed. The 



^' ^"'^""' Purilain particularly, or Motmoutin\ feems, by the Figure, 

 to be the Sugar Cane, which this Country might anciently, 



ThB Poppy, as it doth at this Time , produce. But among thofe that 

 may be better diftinguiihed ; by the Head of the Poppy ', or 

 Pomegranate, which is divided into a Number of Apartments, 



The Reed. f^|i ^f ggg^j^ tj^gy dcnotcd a City well inhabited. By the Reed, 

 (the only Inftrument they antiently wrote with, as they 

 continue to do to this Day,) they fignified the Invention of 

 Arts and Sciences ', together with the Culture of the Vine, 



I Omnes Statu3E, faciOrum tantummodo animaliuin vultibus, ad incutiendutn ίηι-Αχ^ί 

 ijs tei-rorem, transforraatse conficiebantur. Vanh. iEd. ^gjp. Synt.18. P-Ji^•^ ^, 7°^'"'' 

 >if Avuf/i- (Ofnidis in hello Socium) -mtCin^, mvLm, w Ji Uay.iJivt λϋ'κκ ouTt^m•. άρ %f αΐτίοί £j m 

 ζωΛ ταΖίΛ VfMiSrijZai 'e^ -rots hiyj-xmif. Died. Sic. 1. 1 . p. 1 1 . 3 Δ /s 19 "i ο%»57« τΪγ cfei τίκ βο -jjim 

 ταΰτηι (^■)ξωςlv) μνχμαναύονΊίΚ ίχ( άν^ωτί!, φχν. η tZv όταν 'aei( θίοϊ? βα^ίζαιι^ τϊ '/eiei lauTiis Καμζίνοϊ- 

 ■vts <aa<K^Xi2ru. D'lod. 1. p.28. 4 ΛΛΟΤΛΛΟΤΤΙΠ idem fignificat, quod liberans a morte, ita 

 /Egypt'ij Poitulacam vocabant. Hierophames vcro ^ιμΛ ^ζ■'&. &c. Vid^. Kirch, ^dip. p. /S. 

 c Ex </ΐ 7Ϊ fMicavoi 71 yiv^iMV, 19 ri ■^λϊθ®' 7ων ΐ]ιτοικιζομίναν «V aujiy ■^'^^'', "'""ίρ ^^ τπλ/ν οπ τπΜοκ ο 

 μίκων σύμζολ',ν. Eufcb. Fraip. Evang. ρ. 68. 6 ΑηύτίΙια Λ' -χίμμ-Λ-η JSiKWTii, « 'α^^^αμμιχτία, i mfi» : 

 (dhiu x^ x.liK>unv 19 χοιν'ιον ζα-χαφίσιν. Αι-ύ•!τ]ΐΛ μίν -^ξιίμμΛτα, S^ ri ττυτοί! sbcto -λοΙ Αη,υττνοκ τα ^Λρομί!« 



6)ΐ7ΐλ«έ^. ^o'lvtj) )α.{ ^i^iffi )^ ix. hhc* ννί , Ηογαρ. Hlerogl. Ι- 1 cap^^ii • 



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