400 Phyjical and MifceUaneous 



The Heads jjj^g Matincr , the Union of the Heads and Bodies of other 



added to fright ' 



the eviiDx- different Creatures, may, according to their refpedive Quali- 

 ties, be prefumed to reprefent fo many Gemj ; the Heads, 

 efpecially of the facred Animals, being added, as Kircher ima- 

 gines ', to ftrike Terror into the Evil "Damons. The Skins of 

 the Dog and the Wolf, which, Diodorm tells us ', ylnuhis and 

 Macedon put over their Heads in the Wars oiOfir'is, in Order, 

 as we may fuppofe, to excite Fear in their Enemies, will pro- 

 bably confirm this Opinion of Kircher. Diodorus indeed gives 

 us a different Interpretation, and affirms that it was owing to 

 the wearing of thefe Helmets, that thofe Animals were efteem- 

 ed and honoured by the Egyptians. 



ueirSjmho- After thefe different Species of Animals, we are to take 

 Notice of fome of the moft remarkable Plants, that were re- 

 ceived into their Sacred Writing. Thus Diodorus tells us, 



i%.AgroftiE.tjj^^ X,\iQ ^groftis, in Token of Gratitude % was carried in the 

 Hands of their Votaries ; but, as this is the general Name for 

 the Culmiferous Plants, it will be uncertain to which of them 

 we are to fix it. The Plants likewife of the IJiac Table, called 

 by Tignorim and Kircher, the Terfea, Acacia, Melilot, Worm- 

 wood, TurJIain &c. appear to be much liker other Kinds, fuch 

 probably as were no way concerned in the Egyptian Phyficks 

 or Theology, than thofe to which they are afcribed. The 



^' ^"'"""' Purflain particularly, or Motmoutin\ feems, by the Figure, 

 to be the Sugar Cane, which this Country might anciently, 



w» Poppy, as it doth at this Time, produce. But among thofe that 

 may be better diftinguifhed ; by the Head of the Poppy ', or 

 Pomegranate, which is divided into a Number of Apartments, 



The Reed, f^u ^f ggg^^ ^-jjgy denoted a City well inhabited. By the Reed, 

 (the only Inflrument they antiently wrote with, as they 

 continue to do to this Day,) they fignified the Invention of 

 Arts and Sciences \ together with the Culture of the Vine, 



I Omnes Statuas, facrorum tantummodo animalium vultibus, ad incutiendum ivTiii^Yois 

 ijs terrorem, transformatse conficiebantur. Kirch. JEd. j^gypt. Synt.18. p.jid. 2 Toi- //«r 

 ycu^ fkn^iY (Ofiridis in hello Socium) -Mei^iSK, MtUZ, W <ft' MamJiya. aJhis itit^-nfMiv. dip Sf aivas i^ to 

 ^acnaZ-m Vf^n^luieti ©^ To/f Aiyvmioif, Diod.Sic. l.I. p.II. 3 A'o ^ <} oiJ;^)is7rtj t>k ©ei tw (SoTaW 

 Toinw (Aj{(»s7») [jiVti(MYaio?7ai tk^ dv^dir^s, f/ej^e^ n m %-ntv <»£« Ssour fietJi^aji^ 7? p^wei tovths KccfjiCJivor- 

 TAf lao't^X^Smt. Diod. 1. p.28. 4 XJLOTJULOTfTJn idem fignificat, quod liberans a mortCy ita 

 yEgyptij Portulacam vocabant. Hieropbames vcro m/m Ajs®-. &c. Vid. Kirch, ^dip. p. 78. 

 f Ex <fi n fMixavof li yoyi(UV> Kj tb tt^bS®' rav tiffoiKi^ofiivav fJf tuniiy -\.uy^Vj Swif «V TnKiy ov ■mMns 

 fjMifjay miJ&dKw. Eiifeb.Pvxp. Evang. p.<J8. 6 hiyu-^ia Ji x^ixna-m <fhKW7ify >) /fgjpjafxjuaTSrt, » 57vpc(j : 

 (ii\tw 1^ jtoKWFoi' ]^ ^otviov la-^iv^an, fiiiytir\itt lAi •^^i.y./jutTO.t a/^ to Towroff TmtTxt. mal hijvjrvoii to ^«ifo[ji.ira 

 iKTihBi^. ^oive^ yat ■)^i.pi9i 1^ sit «^^,« vn, Hnap, Hierogl. l.l. cap.38. 



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