^^2 Thyfical and Mifcellaneous 



aftually founds by a long Courfe of Obfervations, to be emble- 

 matical of, or to bear fome typical, or phyfical Relation to 

 them. Every Portion therefore of this Sacred Writing, may 

 be prefumed to carry along with it fome Points of Doftrine, 

 relating to the Theology or Phyficks of the Egyptians ; for 

 Hiftory doth not feem capable of being delivered in fuch 

 ExprefTions. 

 ofinsv In order therefore to give a few Inftances of this myftical 



w^rAhe Science, I fhall begin with fuch of their Sacred Animals as 

 were fymbolical of their two principal Deities, O/iris and I/is-, 

 who are the fame with Bacchti-s and Ceres ; the Sun and the 

 Moon ; and the Male and Female Parts of Nature '. The 

 serpcnr. Serpent ' therefore, which is fometimes drawn with a turgid 

 Neck \ as it was obferved to be an Animal of great Life and 



vaTBc/^fStpaf, 1^ ^nKoij^n awres a-yk^av Sto w^upJi' ^la. T»f J(S.-m to iuvim (jUfMi<7it»s, HKojat Xj duTot 7oy 

 <athpi>fov etJlo/f •jfoOTi' •} X;tKpufji[Mv>n h ToFf mijSohiiK /w^yiiyni la^i^tsuiv. Iambi, de MyfL Se£t.7. cap. I. 

 Hsc miranda naturs vis elevare eoium animos debuerat ad mundi Architedum ** naturam- 

 que ob mirandas vires & admiiabilem ordlnem colere caeperunt vcluti principcm Deum : 

 partes vero Natarx venerati funt, veluti Deos minores, quos & ipfos pro prxftantia & 

 menfura in varios gradus partiebantur. Ger. Joan. VoJJius de Idolol. 1. i. Ta J* k'^a. Aio-aa. 

 avaCalvei, i^ « mn tuv yifjiiv dfi^fjiis a( eottk Xfonoftihi l.a[/.C<iyjiin ¥ l^iMVTaJii, as liKtiav xMa' » hoyvs (fua-iKtify 

 as Tus rav (dav <fbvdiJ.(i( i^ivi^ydas, aiav kvvos, yjmKtpahts, fW)a.K*{, Mivas «7rtf la^s in?\»v>iv. lamb. Seft. c. 

 cap. 8. E77 3 Ik TTi^iriM av^iai, 19 "f i:^ tb Shoc nvt^opioi )(0.7iM!i'ov liffi Tav ^tav, <a^7ipi\yi 7iov ^aav -nva, 

 fM,>\ov d.v^^ci'Trm, as iiw'w J'pa ■^ nifjLTTaiTav fdv ¥ ptiv l| aifjicmf i)(tiylct £) •^cot/f/aTOf. Porphjr. apud Etifeb. 

 Pr.vn. Evang. p. yS. Ai7'7nJk j t^ yttf^^v j^ yj,v5a^av, Movai mas iauTOK ajxau^as^ loJTTif iv ^y'oaiv Wi\s 4 

 Tav Qim Jhvdixiias mv^'ivTis. Pliit. de /fid. & Ofirid. p.380. Ipfi, qui irridentur, ^Egyptij, nulJam 

 belluam. niii ob aliquam luilitatem, quam ex ea caperent, confecraverunt. Tttll. Nat. Deor. 



1 neuna')(v Ji ij dv^aiTniM^piv Off7p/l"@r' a.yi,\/Mi JiinvMuffiv^ l^ofSrtt^ov -nS euS'oia^ Stf^ 7t y'oviixov 1^ to Tfofifj-ov. 

 *^ H yi Iffjf i9J fuv IT) <? ipunas S^Au, ;^ AkIiiuv k-mns ■yc/taias, ;(s(5d n^ni 19 mtv/t;^; vsre tk V\ha\o>v(n vet^ 

 3 T i-yhav (wadvJf/Jtt XakKhtju, S'lai. tb zdjdi vjire tS hoyts TfSTTO/Ktl'M fMp?af Jiy^i^l )^ «/t'«f. PL de I(id. & 

 Of. p. 372. n«p" A/jUTrliof tieiKov nvai to'/ Omr, isiJ) cvy'ovla. tm y»' Jvpara tw ^haoULf, tif w a 

 Nfii^of 'w.-mif\'j« dfMii'^iTVi, y^ S'lnvmTru. fd, p.? (J J. Cls Si Utihay 0(nexSbs e!7ni^^:»», ms ImJis aZfjui yit 

 ivoart It) vof^i^W7iv ^ oj 7M71U a?A* %s NeJ^ofi iTr^aiytt v^nffioivaif 19 fuyuiMVos' (:i Si t" nivoviniti -juultis ytyairi 

 711/ fipov 657 si IXpof H Trdvret. tm^ova-a. KjTfipu^a t« TSf/ej^oi'Ttf afoi.,)^XfMis dl^jis. Id. ^.^66. Vivitis 3, » hj S^(oii 

 )^ (piif k ffxoTBi/f -jn^eia. Zfus, Twrkiv « ^tpjiui ;t^ 7rvfaSns Suya/xtf. U^it, nvTKi, » vyfn lij ■PTviu/MtVM i^iisis. Ettf. Pfjep. 

 Ev. p. y2. i«f. 1 J44. Ifis eft vel terra vel natura rerum {ubjacens Soli. Mac. Sat. l.i. cap. 20. 



2 ni'Si'ja«77i{i(7a7Bf yj (li^ff ] t5 ^SoI' otii'tui' t ifrrnZy^ >L) '^vfa^.s vsr' «(i/T8 Tiwp'tJ'oSw, wp' « jy myji: dvumo- 

 SfjfTW S'lari ■vviiifxa.n: 'Tnei'swt, ^fis "mS&y li x^ "^t^uy, » iWvov m^s t i^a^v. Eufeb. Pr.'ep. Evang. p. 26. 

 AaniJit. '^y as dy>ifa, 1^ ^aiAvnv aiVMlffiy dvof)dvi>if fii]' iuTmtim, 1^ i^iT)ms affft' » 'Tt^^tt^^uajt. PI. de Mrf. 

 p. 381. Ut virefcunt draconcs per annos fingulos pelle fenedutis exuta, propterea & ad 

 iplum Soletn fpecies draconis rcfertnr, quia Sol fenapcr velut a quadam imas depreffionis 

 fenecta in altitudinem fuam ut in robur rcvertitur juventutis. A^acrob. Sit. I. i. cap. 20. 

 Solis meatus, licet ab ecliptica linea nunquam recedat, furlum tamen ac dcorrum ventorum 

 vices certa deflexionc variando iter fuum velut flexum draconis involvit. Id. ibid. cap. 17. 

 Unde Euripides 



Slfcui ^iuyyuf dfiMvia. -rnhviMfrnv o^xfMi. 

 3 Afpida fomniferam tumida cervice levavit. Luc. I. p. 

 Cymbij anfulse inliirgebat Afpis, caput extollens arduum, cervicibus late tumefcentibus. 

 yipul. Met. l.ii. p.2j8. Afpis, fquames cervicis ftriato tumore fublimis. Id. ibid. p. 252. 

 This Defcriptton agrees with the female Afpics according to the following Obfervation of Spliqus. 

 Subtiliora lunt capita foeminis, alvi tumidiores, peftis nocentior : mafculus aequaliter teres 

 eft, fublimior etiam, mitiorque. 5o/i«, Poly hi ft. 1,40, deAfpide 



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