^p^ Phyjical and Mijcellaneous 



them moft watchful Animals ; the former whereof was ob- 

 The croco- fervcd to fleep wdth his Eyes open. To thefe we may add 

 the Crocodile ', which, like the Supreme Being, had no need 

 of a Tongue, and lived the fame Number of Years, as there 

 were Days in the Year. And again, as Ofir'is was the Kile % 

 He was typified alfo, in that Refped;, by the Crocodile^ which 

 otherwife was looked upon as a Symbol of Impudence'"; of an 

 evil 'Damon ' ; and of Tjphon % who was always fuppofed to 

 The^BuW. 2idi contrary to the benign Influences of Ifis and Ofiris. How- 

 ever the Bull \ the y4pis ^ or Mnems^ and the fruitful Deity ^, 

 of the all-teeming Earth, as j4pdeius calls it, was the princi- 

 pal Symbol of Ofiris. It was accounted facred, for the great 

 Benefit and Service it was of to Mankind ; and becaufe, after 

 Oftris was dead, they luppofed his Soul to have palled into it. 

 \{x%'sSpihoh, The Bull too was one oi Ififs Symbols ; who was alfo repre- 

 S&a^'fented by the Ibis' and the Cat \ the former whereof bringeth 

 forth, in all, the fame Number of Eggs, the latter of young 

 Ones, as there are Days in one Period of the Moon. The 

 Mixture alfo of black and white Feathers in the Plumage of 



I idLdt 3 077 731' Ati^iJ^v my^vvstv, 'Icoi o Siif f^f o'^of e^f imt^ijA-jni ms IfA^di. Acb'ill. Tat'ius. 1. 4. 

 de Crocodil. Vid. Not. 3. p. 391. & 392. M«xe^^/oi' (^iv Isjv w? ^sst' h^io'Troy, ^-^STZav 3 bx I^h. 

 "'* lav .uiv 5)6 iyyaeiav TO?f 7;Xf(Vo/f v'o/MiMf is7 is iiov (xiQieiat liv KQpx.iS'tthoY. Diod. I.I. p. 2 1 ,22. MifA-tifM, 

 5i« A6j4Ta/ ■jtyoviveu /^vof fuv rt^Aaiwnf an K£fK.<)S'eih3(. paraf yi s Soof hi-)oi a.'StS^^i>'( i^t >^ i"' ct-vfojh ^auvav 

 yjihvd^ou ;^ ^'iKvis TO Sswrn ayn y^-m. (T/V.mv &c. ?/. de If. & Of. p. 3 8 1 . 2 EiyJ^vri 3 riv ^iv Ke^yLoJUhor 

 hw'oi tJkv, hSsiv 701 v^(n<^\i!r», /Elian. Hilh Anim. 1.x. cap. 24. 2* O Kpj/.a^(i\os, (oiijufoAoK) 

 kycu^fitn. Clem. Alex. Strom. 1. j. p. 670. 3 O y.fQKiSti}^Qr <nfM>v>i'os hi mm^s ng-Kitii. Diodor.Sicul. I.3. 

 4 H 3 Tupavoi iinSiuhi ^ ru^urvh, du'/jj.VJ i'livafAK Hf ifixftniiaavlos, 1^ S'iaipo^«auv ros jiiv ts yivvauay vyflntna, 

 rov 'NeiKov iyccu^^ffay. Plut. de Ifld. p. 366. Ouyi> iv)^xh i'fi'tvii^oy, kJV SrtAef^ac, kJ^ culnof, i^ my 

 'iaoii nipJjK (S^aSipoF it) (piafmov i')(ei fxietov, t» lu^avlii IS7. Id. p. 31^9. Ht«f£< A lAia. ^nfiiivetvTis wuf iv 

 Jifavint KgjKoS'ei^is!, Hj KTtivayTis <iTO»'77<cfi/ to hfi ion£jSi?Xot/a-/, jtj \iyou^iv co( Tufav w il£fv kviiSfit Kffixi- 

 iTwAof yiv'oiJ.iyaSy 'TrivTo, )^ Faa nai tpum nai luS-i th ipciZ?^* xtfi ^haS'cfi) Ti/ipai/oy tfya, Kai /twjw ncu luViijxaTti, 

 Tmrnfjiivcii, Id. p. 371. J J»s n fimf nrx vfMf ajTiav hiot (fii^ts^i, f^iyavTif on nKcvnjetvnf O^ifi^of, h> 

 tStbi* » 4"X'' 0^'™ //'Tisw. Diod. 1. I . p. 54. ^y Tiv ns yiueltts x?^"'- P5S- ^ Tk; TOu'psf <n( hejili^ 

 liv 71 ho(j.i.^oiiivt>v AniN i^ Tof MTETIN OoiaSi iig.5iifa^vai, xai rmts aid^cu KH^d^if ^tout koivm aacm- 

 Sety^hiu ■aa.itv hiyj-nlioif. Tci/JTit y6 tH (^aa ms sJpSa-/ liv n wtk Mi^-mv mvifyifiTcu /uaA/f« nBjoof n zov ccmgfv koI 

 Tar M(vaf ttTOKl&iy ()'. -^ j-tapjw «?sXfia{. Diod. Sic. l.i. p. 13. 7 Bos, omniparentis Dece fsecuo- 

 dum limulachrum. Aptd. Met. l.ii p.262. 8 H !J iC/f (ro/^CoAoc) irsAHi'Mr to //si/ !rn/ipa, tm fxihcivf 

 ■m '^ (fa^ivAj Ttf MuKu rav ■^i\av tiy^^oPTm. Clem. Str. 1.5". p.<J7r. H j iStf dmnTMou^a (ih -m SiAva- 

 -npQfU T ifrtiTm, tS'iJk^i ^ifaTH y.ivai/.a]of (otTa/itoo p^p^'ac nMV^'avms , 'av\a v.K{j^Qi/ivm x.ou MSseuQfjJtkvnv C$ tttu^f 

 ** TI) i) T ■mS'ay i'tetCija <aii( a,>}<.iiMuf xai to ^u^X"^ lais^cAifov 'Trolfi 'Tfiyatay tv Ji »T fuhavav -nlitav mei -m 

 ?Mi(g.'jTci>ii?jay.tu /M^if (jjifcuveinhiiviiY oifxfiiKufnv. Plut. de Ifld. &c Of. p. 381. Ibis hcra Ifidi avis, 

 turn quia ad Lunae rationem, quam pennarum etiam varietate exprimit, ova hngit j turn 

 quia tot diebus ova excludit, quot Lunse crefcit & decrefcit. ejufdem inteftinum Luna de- 

 ficiente comprimitur. ad hsc extra fines yEgypti non progreditur, exportata vitam citius, 

 quam patrij (bli deCderium adjicit. Confecrationis caufa fuit utilitas. Serpentibus enim 

 alatis ex Arabia in /Egjputm adventantibus obviam procedens eas conficit, earumque ova 

 difperdit. Pign, Menf. If Exp. p. 76. 9 T« J^' «/Aoi/j« m nf^mv, -^ n 'xoixjKav j^ wkIov^v 1^ 

 yiltyiav n 3'»ei«i/. tityntu yJ tv TiKrmt ^tk i/lJo xcei Tfitt nai riKtifet, xoJ tAvti, km )£s(3-' ev iiat a^a r 'f^ai 



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