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Thyfical and Mifcellaneons 



KisV Fillets. 



The Sun of a For thc Suii, being a Body of pure Light, his Garment, accord- 



,gt OCT. .^^ ^^ Tlutarch', was to be of the fame Colour, uniiormly 



bright and kiminous : though Macrohms " cloaths the winged 



Statues of the Sun, partly with a light, partly with a blue 



Colour, the latter whereof was emblematical of that Lumi- 



^^" ί J^rTi- "^^y ^" ^^^ lower Hemifphere. Whereas Ifis being confidered 



as the Earth, ftrewed over with a Variety of Produdions ; 



being alfo Light and Darknefs &c. Her Drefs, agreeable to 



thefe Qualities, was either to coniift of a Leopard's Skin, or 



elfeto be otherwife fpotted and variegated with diverfe Colours '. 



The Fillets \ which make part of her Drefs or are held in her 



Hands, reprefent the Thajes of the Moon ; as the TreiTes of 



her Hair^, when they are of a dark blue Colour, do the Hazi- 



Tke orna- ncfs of the AtMofphere. The Rays, Flames', Horns, Veils % 



IheHeldZf &c. that are placed immediately upon the Heads of thefe 



their Denies, pjg^^j-gg .^ thc Scrpcuts ^, which ftattd Upright upott thcm, oriflue 



out of their Hair ' ; together with the Globes, Mitres '°, Fea- 



1 Στολαϊ 3 ό.ι μίν 1(πΛ«, -mtiuhtu yais ^npouC (rSsJi yoL^ υλκν i AV«/uk Αΐιτϊί•. πκΐίτα -^ινομΐνην, ipSf, ίκότ®'• 

 χμί^ΟΜ, νΰκτα.' ττυζ, vc&f ζίΐιίν, θανατΒν Λξγ>ίyy τΐΚαηίιν) » Λ' ΟίΠ£ίί"@' iy. e^H σκια,ν, iJi τπιχιλόν, «λλά ϊν 

 άττκοΖν TV ^amiJif. Plut. de Ifid. & Ofir. p. 382. 2 Solis fimulachris (qux ^gypui pinnata 

 finguntj color non unus eft, alterum enim cxrulea (pecie, altcrum clara iingunt ; ex hiscla- 

 rum iuperum & caeruleum inferutn vocant. Inferi autem nomen Soli datur cum in inferiore 

 hemirphcerio i.e. hyemalibus fignis curfum fuum peragit : fuperi, cum partem Zodiaci ambit 

 sftivam. Macrob. Sat. I.i. cap. 19. 3 Vid. Not. i. 4 Multicoloribus txniis five fafciis 

 ftatuam J^rfw veftiebant, ad fignificandum varias Lunse Φ<ίη'ί•. Heiiodor. Candidx vittx cando- 

 rcm Lunae denotabant. Pigh. in μν^οΚο-μΛ de Horis. p. 17 ί. Hinc txmx ilix varix multipli- 

 celque Ifiai dedicatje, non feptem tantum eas Lunas facies, quas Heliodorus nuncupat ούηΛν^ 

 μίΐΛν, &c. nuncupat, fed etiam vim ejus quae circa materiam verfatur, indicant, qus fc. gignit 

 omnia & omnia concipir, lucem quippe & tenebras, diem, noftem, vitam, mortem, prin- 

 cipium, finem. Picj-. Hiergl. 1.39.cap.3. j l^o'duMt^ivM μ^μί^ι yj.7a μίζί<τιν Λΐΐ7ν,<ίΐιήί(τ^μΛ'ήί 

 trefoytiv «sfeJ ττν άέρ« ναχννιΐ®'. Eufeb. Ϋΐχψ. Evang. p. 66. Οίτ®- I χ/τών αψτηζ i£^t iouuiSiivQir^ 

 ii£fi ΐκμΛ-^ίίον ?uVh }αζ ό a«f μίκοί. PJnlo de Vit, Niof. J. 3. p. 671. ίί^& Λ> iimvSiQf• μί^α )af 

 hot p7n• Ph'ilo. de congrcfiTu quasrends erudit. gr. p. 441. de Tabernaculi aulsis agens. 

 apud Ckm. Alex, p.odj•. 



6 Caput aurea rumpunt 



Cornua & indigenam jaculantur fulminis igncm. S'idon. Apollhi. 



As?o?«» ΔιόΐΊ /a-ov £)! amnosi ττνξατιίν, Bacch. Carm. apud D'lod. l.i. 



Sic Apollo, demde Liber Cc videtur ignifer. 



Ambofunt flammis creati, profatique ex ignibus. 



Ambode comis calorcm, & ambo radios conferunt. ^ 



Noolis hie rumpit tenebras, hie tenebras pectoris. Vctus Pocta apud 

 AleAnd. Explic. Tab. Hel'iaca p. 22. 7 Vertex velatus divinitatislatcntis Symbolum eft. 

 Ktrch. Synt.17. p,490. 8 Ο 19 (VO iTfii^finijttl' ίτίρω τπινν ζάω ίίχΛ'^'η /ακΗ^, άια^Η. οθίκ 6τ«Λΐ 

 Jbm ζαν! i^ θανάτ» //«6(0^'«!', <ίώ tin αΰ-ην irfi rSf κίφ<*λϋί ταν ^ιάν iviv^ia^iy. HorapoB. 1. Ι. cap. I. 



9 Jo afpide c'lnila comas. Vd. Flacc. Argon. I.4. 



10 Tutulos, (mithras, cydares) in capita gerebant, floribus, pennis, ferpentibus, ftellis, 

 animalibus, flammis, circulis, vafis aliiique fimilibus, quibus Geniorum proprietates & 

 ideales rationes exprimuntur, compaftos: quos in facriticiis pariter imitabantur facerdotes, 

 illifque notabatur, facerdotem contimio fupernas Deorum ideas, quse per tutulos notantur, 

 fpecnlari deberc: hoc enim faclo, fe in earn intelligentiam, quam continue mente volvebanf, 

 transformari, eidemque uniri 8c quodammodo identificari fibi perfuadebant ; unitos vcro & 

 jam confortio Deorum adfcriptos, omnem fe felicitacis metam θίο^»ρ»ί attigifl'e rebantur. 

 Kirch. Synt.i. p. I J 7. 



thers. 



