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according to Ktrcher '. This Plant is frequently feen, with the^-^^ Buiiruiii 

 Top of it bending down% in the Hands of their Deities, and"' ^^■'"'' 

 was the fame Symbol, according to Ktrcher \ with the Bullruih 

 and Tapyrii^s, expreffive likewife, of the various NecefTarics of 

 Life. The Palm Tree*, from fhooting forth one Branch every ϊ!'' ^'^"^ 



. . "^ Tree. 



Month, 1. e. twelve in a Year, fignified That Period of Time. 

 The Boughs of it, that were equally emblematical with thofe of 

 otherKinds,of the firft Productions of Nature ' or of thePrimitive 

 Food of Mankind, were probably the (θλΜοι) Branches*, which 

 the Votaries carried in their Hands, when they offered up their 

 Devotions. It is certain, that other Nations made ufe of thefe 

 Boughs in particular, upon a civil', as well as religious' Ac- 

 count. The Terjea ', miftaken for the Peach Tree, was facred to '^'"^ ^"'^^"• 

 Ifis,^% the Ivy was to Ofms ' \ Now theLeaves of the former being 

 made ufe of to typify the Tongue, and the Fruit the Heart, inti- 

 mate the Agreement there ought to be betwixt our Sentiments 

 and Exprefllons ; and, that the Deity is to be honoured with 

 both. The Figure'', which we often fee, among the Hiero- 

 llyfhickSy not unlike a Trident, is fuppofed by Kircher, to be 

 a triple Branch of this Tree, typical of the three Seafons, the 

 Springjthe Summer andWinter,into which Uiq Egyptians divided 



t Thyrfus ferulaccus Ofiridi feu Dionjfio ^gyptio attribuitur, eo quod docucrit primo 

 vitem planrarc ac earn thyrlo ferulacco veluti ftatumini fuftentandx viri aptiflimo applicarc 

 Kirch. Άά. jEoypt. Synt. 3. p. 232. 2 Sceptro recurvo non obfcure potentiam rerumque 

 ab Ofiride & Ijide inventarum vini & muficse feu harmonix prjeftantiam fignificare voliierunt 

 Idem. )bid. p.234. _ 3 Junco Nilotico, Icirpo levi & cnodi papyro, ^gypttj nihil aliud fi?l 

 nihcai-c voluifie videntur, nifi htcrarum ac fcriptionis nobilcm inventionem a Menmib 

 /Egyptio, feu mavis, Ofiride & //irfc -primo rcpertum, ut teftatur Diodorus : fccundo rerum 

 omnium neceflTanarum iuppcditacionem; fi quidem ex papyro & fcirpo, omnium prope rerum 

 ufui humane nccefiariarum copia fuppcditabatur ; undeeum fempcr Ddimoni Polymorpho per 

 Paptlionem dracontomorphum indicate, tanquam rerum neceffariarum prsfidi oppofitum 

 ipedamus Idem ibid. p. 234. 4 Επ^.τ^ν >^aovTif, φο/./^* ζ<^α^ΐ,η, S,i -d J^yJ^oy ' nnuinv rZv 

 a>Xm y^-m [v,v\ «WtbAw ^ n>.mi, μίί^ βαΐν yivv5.y, ύι b ταϋί SUJ^x^ βέ-,ο,ν hiojjjiy ά^ίρπζί^ϊζ. //or.tp 

 Hierog. 1. 1 . cap. 3. y o< m\ctm h^ami «τϊ hiC^vaiiy, i-n ί^λο ^μΛ aodpig^y, ά>λά jmowOTok m'/^ 

 ymμ>i ?u«a.i χν«, 7U/r χίρ^ι- Λ(άμίνοι -^τίχ^μον. Forph. at Λβΐη. 6 Δ,ί Λ σν^^Κων w%Ti rn'r/lt 

 ι spmm^ h TOf 7o,y efZy^-n/MViaiv, Ηλ-Λυσμίν& ^ A/>07i?/o/f, κ, τι ™j/ Srt>xS, -rSiy ΛJhφ«y 75,\ ^V- 

 Ktjy^ji. * o< 5«λλί/ ίτο/ ί νφύν,ί -TfofSf αύμζ,ίΜν ^ά(χ^β,ν, S οτταί ίτης^ται, οΊ ^ο^λο/ τ»ί μιγ ,(^frri{ Ά' ϊλ»; 

 θαλλΗν It, k<,ξt^^ιaμ^yn■ns ι-τηΚΗςον σψίί Λ kujis o^iyot ^hi,-/tywi ily ■} ζ«ί? χςΌ,οϊ. Clem. Strom. 1. < 

 p. 672-3. 7 lAf Kip<thi.f τω Νί<λω'ω KcSry ι&τ^ζί-ί,'ΐηίί )L) φοινίκων ^Ιό^θκί τ^{ Vfp-ri y^-mamy-nt 

 * ny pv m f"v« τύ ^u^-n Λ^ηονΌ^ί. Heliod. JEthiop. Hift. ]. 10. 8 OKo^awii., -n l 

 au«. ιώ θ??, li-n xaanex<i ^iavrai h 7^i χίρ^ «pin«V.y μ^J^my^, ^ ]-A^ ^y -^i^, ^;,,,,^ ■mmmuiy, η'μί,ι, 

 ^! ^^ Tif'T^^ <^σ.ντ&. yof.Antiq.Jud. Ι.3 .cap. 10. ρ rSy ^ hAi^^o, p-^y ^'a,« ^," »,5 ;^»p£^ Λίΐ.* 

 ΤΛΐ- iripffirt)-, 077 κβρΛζί μι^ ο xafTof 4 mf/icK, ^λΆ Si τί ipit^ov toixiy. Plut. de If 8c Of. ρ 37^ Δια 7« 

 μ\ν cjf -ri XpHSTle.oK hToZU ^τ/δ.Τ/ 7Λf■.■iyvZμ,a, om ^e^my, Ιν^μα. uym. Id. ibid. a) μϊν hyou^^i<,(ycu 

 nsp«a,, ^f^oy h^tpoor ίχχη 7? y>.vy^VfV, μ^-η,^γζ,ίπΐί Ιξ Α,θ /o^c^ -vk» Π«^/ η fun κ^^' ov ';»<£«, 

 K««^eui«f ixp^wiv ,m 7^/ Tim^y. Diod. 1. I. p. 21. ρ " *«« Toy mliy ^«τί. Ocm^Qr. Diod 1 I 

 p.io 9 * Per tnphcem ramum Peries tres anni partes fignificabant, quorum primus Ofiridi 

 I.e. foil ; lecundus Ifidt. i. e. lunx; tertius Mercurio f. Oro facer fuit. Per 12 folia duodecim 

 monies lignihcabantur. Vid. Kirch. &ά. jEgjpt. Synt.3. p.228. 



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