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Number) will tranfadt Affairs of the greateft Value, without 

 fpeaking to one another, or letting the Standers by into the 

 Secret. Yet ftill of a much more extraordinary Nature, pro- 

 vided we could be equally alTured of the Truth of It, is the 

 Knowledge, which the Thalehs ' of this Country are fuppofed 

 to have in Numbers. For they pretend to fuch a powerful 

 Inlight into the Nature and Quality of them, that by diffe- 

 rently joy ning and combining them, they can bring to Light 

 a Variety of Secrets, excite as well as break the Force of 

 Charms, and perform a thoufand Tricks of the like Nature. 

 The following T>'tagramy called [^^*^0/^ Haraz el Mabarak'] 

 The BleJJed Amulet \ is one of thefe Numeral Combinations, 

 which, when hung about the Neck, is faid to procure the Fa- 

 vour of Princes, to infpire Courage, intimidate an Enemy, 

 prevent Diftempers or whatever elfe is hurtful and injurious 

 to the Perfon who bears It. 



1. e. 



in our Cyphers. 



The Mufick It hath been already obferved, that thefe People play upon 

 feverallnftruments of Mulick: but as they do not write down 

 their Compofitions, nor aim at any Contraft or Variety of 

 Parts, it may be difputed, whether even This Branch of the 

 Mathematicks is to be confidered as a Science among them. 



of the Arabs. Pgr the Mufick of the Bedoweens rarely confifts of more than 

 one Strain, fuitable to their homely Inftruments, and to their 



The Arabeb- Ample Invcution. The Arahehbah, as they call the Bladder 

 and String, is in the higheft Vogue and doubtlefs of great An- 



bah. 



I Or Tbulbjs (V. Not. p. 8o.) Studiofi fapientis, from oila quxfivit. Vid. Gol. 

 2 Thefe J-p -^ '^\which MenafTeh ben Ifrael inferts before his Treatife (De Refur- 



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redione Mortuorum) were probably another of thefe Charms, 



tiquity 



