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be like wife placed among the Inftruments of Juftice ; to which 

 The Sceptre, wc may add the Sceptre, that hath before been taken Notice 

 of, as the Symbol of Government, Steadinefs and Condu6t. 

 A Wheel. But the Wheel ', was the Reverfe of the Sceptre, lignifying the 

 JJ;,"'^' Inftability of human Affairs. A long Rod, like the Ηαβα pur a 

 ofthei?<?w^«i, was probably a Symbol of the fame Importance 

 with the Sceptre. It is generally afcribed to the Sun', though 

 we fee it held in the Hands of their other Deities. The Top 

 '^hh'theHead^^ it alfo Is frequently adorned with the Head of the Upupay 

 oficis &c. Goat, Orus, Ifts, or the Lotus, whereby it may be prefumed, 

 that fome new Charafter is jfuperadded. Thus, among other 

 Inftances, a Rod with the Head of Ifis or Orus upon it , ex- 

 prefled, in all Probabihty, fome Branch of Power and Autho- 

 rity, which we may fuppofe the Perfon who holds it, to have 

 received from one or other of thofe Deities. 

 Mathemati- Among the Mathematical Figures, we meet with the Circle 

 "i/^/ikde^nd Crefcent, which reprefent the Sun and the Moon (Koe^ioAoywSj) 

 Crefcent, ^^ Clemetis ^kxandrinus^' expreffeth it, i.e. properly fpeaking, 

 or without any ^Enigmatical Meaning. But the Circle, de- 

 noting the Year, is equally fymbolical with the Serpent, biting 

 Globe. his Tail. A Globe or Disk is often placed upon the Heads of 

 their Deities, as all of them bear fome Relation to the Sun : 

 it is fixed alfo, upon the Head \ and between the very Horns 

 of IfiSy whofe Attributes and Ceremonies were frequently the 

 Wings given fame*' with thofe of Ofiris. Wings are often added to the 

 Globe, with a Serpent hanging from it, being all of them toge- 

 ther fymbolical of what is prefumed to be the AnimaMundV\ 

 i. e. a Power, Spirit, or Faculty, that diifufeth Life, Vigour, and 



I 'it fMW ilk Tolf AiyjTriioK 'τξογβί am-Piimt τ» ιζ iiJiifKU mi(if.rd\mov » ίίίτκίολίίν -ii (^ιΐμβτχ-, in «Λνοι 

 Ιςα-πκΊα* dy^faiTnvay. Plut. in Numa, 2 Hafta fymbolum0^r/i/M,txnijs multicoloribus obvoluta; 

 hx Lunam denocabant, harta Soleni. P'igb. in Mu^oKoyia de Horis. p. 170. Arcu & fagittis 

 ApoUinis fimulaciiradecorantur, ut per iagittas intelligatur vis ειηΙίΓα radiorum, Macrob. Sat. 

 1. I. cap. 17. i Ha/oc y' »v ■}^ί•\.αΛ βνκίιμίγοί, κύ>ί>^ον τηιναι• ηλήνιι* Λ', ^^/μι ^viy^tiht, κατή -ή wexDKoyi- 

 μΛίο^ ^S^Qf-. Clem. Alexand. Strom. 1.^. p.6j7. 4 Corona multiformis, varijs Horibus fub- 

 limem diftrinxerat verticem (Ifidis) cujus media quidem fupcr frontem plana rotunditas 

 in modum Ipeculi vel immo argumentum Lunx candidum , lumen emicabat. yipuL 

 Metamorph. l.ii. p.2j8. Crines intorti per divinacolla paifimdilperfi. ibid. 4•» Quanquam 

 enimconnexa, immo veto unica ratio numinisreligionifque eiTet, (viz. Jfidis 8c Ofidis) tamen 

 teletae difcrimen interefle maximum. Apul. Met. I. ii- p. 27. y Cum vellent indicate 

 tres divinas virtutes feu proprietates, fcribebant circulum alatum, ex quo Serpens cgredie- 

 batur : per figuram circuli fignificantes naturam Dei incomprehenfibilem, infeparabilem, 

 xtcrnam, omnis principij & finis expertem ; per figuram Serpentis, virtutem Dei creatri- 

 cem omnium ; per figuram alarum duarum, virtutem Dei motu, omnium, qus in mundo 

 funt, vivificatricem. Abeneph. lib. de Relig. Mgypt'mum. apud. Kirch. Obel. Pamph. p.405. 

 Jupiter fpli«ra eftalata, ex ea producitur Serpens: circulus divinam naturam oftendit fine 



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