Ohfervations in Egypt. 401 



according to Kircher '. This Plant is frequently fcen, with the^;^'' Buiirun. 



., ,. 1 . , TT iri-T-v-- (7,vd' Papyrus. 



Top ot It bending do\vn% in the Hands ot their Deities, and 

 was the fame Symbol, according to Ktrcher \ with the Bullrufli 

 and Tapyrt^, expreflive likewife, of the various Necelfaries of 

 Life. The Palm Tree \ from fliooting forth one Branch every ^Jer.^'" 

 jMonth, i.e. twelve in a Year, fignified That Period of Time. 

 The Boughs of it, that were equally emblematical with thofe of 

 otherKinds,of the firft Produftions ot Nature ' or of thePrimitive 

 Food of Mankind, were probably the (©aMoi) Branches'^, which 

 the Votaries carried in their Hands, when they offered up their 

 Devotions. It is certain, that other Nations made ufe of thefe 

 Boughs in particular, upon a civil ^, as well as religious* Ac- 

 count. The Terfea \ miftaken for the Peach Tree, was facred to ^^'' *'^'^"* 

 IfiSy2iS the Ivy was to OJiris ' \ Now theLeaves of the former being 

 made ufe of to typify the Tongue, and the Fruit the Heart, inti- 

 mate the Agreement there ought to be betwixt our Sentiments 

 and Expreflions ; and, that the Deity is to be honoured wdth 

 both. The Figure'', which we often fee, among the Hiero- 

 glj/phicks, not unlike a Trident, is fuppofed by Kircher, to be 

 a triple Branch of this Tree, typical of the three Seafons, the 

 Spring,the Summer andWinter,into v^}\\chthc Egyptians divided 



1 Thyrfus ferulaceus Ofiridi feu Dionjfio i£gyptio attribuitur, eo quod docucric primo 

 vitem plantare ac cam thyrib ferulaceo veluti (tatumini luftentandx viti aptiffimo applicare. 

 Kirch. i£d. yEgypt. Synt. 3. p. 232. x Sceptro rccurvo non obfcure potentiam rcrumque 

 ab Ofiride & Ifide invcntarum vini & muficae feu harmonise prxftantiam figniticare voluerunt. 

 Idem. ibid, p.234. 3 Junco Nilotico, fcirpo levi & enodi papyro, jEgjpt'ij nihil aiiud fig- 

 nificaic voIuilTe videntur, nifi literarum ac fcripcionis nobilcm inventioncm, a Mercurio 

 yEgyptio, feu mavis, Ofiride & Ifide primo repertum, ut teftatur Diodorus : fccundo rerum 

 omnium necefTariarum iuppcditacioncm; fi quidem expapyro& fcirpo, omnium propc rerum 

 ufui humano ncceHariarum copia fuppcditabatur ; undeeum femper Dxmoni Pohmorpbo, per 

 Papilionem dracontomorphum indicate, tanquam rerum neceffariarum pr^efidi, oppofitum 

 ipcftamus. Idem ibid. p. 234. 4 i.>tau-ny y^a-tnyTis, ifoiviiia. (a^apisi^ $ia. li JivJ^w n-n fAvov ray 

 ctyKav K3.ia [to)'] ayni^Km •:? nKmf, [Atw $euy ■yivyS.v, at tv rcuf Ji!;A^ (iiisiv hiauTov d-wa^Ti^iSK^. Horap. 

 Hierog. 1. 1. cap. 3. J O/ ■m.Ka.m iv^a-mi «7t htCavntTiv, vn ct^Xo .^j«a <at)<^-V''fiSV-) aW^a yhoM oiov -nva. -f 

 ymfMx ipinu! -^in/iy -nu! Xc-pwV a,fi.^iyot y^TS'^t/oK. Porph. de y^bflin. 6 Aia. H mjix'^'ahav as 7^ Tfoji^oc 

 » 5-pi?o/[«v@', h 7t?f im &iay 7iiAvi7iY, eihy.uajuivQr '^^ Aiyu-^ioif, it, to tSv ^tt^X«l/ jay t^Jh/Aray izh i^^t- 

 KJjy^ft. * 0/ ba»Jii tnat <f lafciTHf 'Tfoifif m[j£a\oy vsriipp^gflv, m Waif i'ji^aymi, 0! toMio/ tk? fxiy ij^oTsf J)' oAts 

 ^i»\Hy Kj ku^i^S'ia/ji.iyoyias l-jn'jrKfi^or a^a.( Ji avjit ohiyav ^Kn-vivcu Thv •} '(mi "Xefivw. Clem. Strom. 1. C. 

 p. 672--3. 7 Taf y.ijiit\a.{ ra NftXJa J^ara H3.Ti<pi-\wni{ x^ ipoiyinay orlo^^nf reus X'f^' K^T«-aeioy7n, 



m viitMV >m f^va ttJ ^luan ihfMaiMoyns. Heitod. yEthiop. Hift. 1. 10. 8 OMKauny -n 



ikiy oV TO j^fHr-ie/o/ ii'TotZSa r&iAyii 7wps-)j-uajuaf, osia (p^vely, lu^fM hiyny. Id. ibid. A; (lmi- hofM^ofuva/ 

 nsp««(, itstfToi' ^ittpofyv i-)QS(n t? yhvyjuvm, iJ.i7in^5ino( l^ Ai^iOTntU vsnJ riiBaav n (un i(g.b' ov na.ig)r 

 KafACufHf hfiiTiiJiY ix-eiyay 7ay TtTmy. Diod. 1. I. p. 21. 9* iairnov kitTov ipujov OoktS'Q)', Diod.l. I. 

 p. TO. 9* Per triplicem ramum Perfex tres anni partes fignificabant, quorum primus Ofiridi, 

 i.e. foli ; fecundus Ifidi. i. e. lunse ; tertius Mercurio f. Oro facer fuit. Per 12 folia duodccim' 

 tnenfes fignificabantur. Vid. Kirch. /Ed. jEgypt. Synt.3. p.228. 



liiii the 



