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be like wife placed among the Inftruments of Juftice ; to which 

 The Sceptre, wc may add the Sceptre, that hath before been taken Notice 

 of, as the Symbol of Government, Steadinefs and Conduct. 

 awheel. But the Wheel', was the Reverfe of the Sceptre, fignifying the 

 i)&.^Hafta inftability of human Affairs. A long Rod, like the Ha ft a pur a 

 of the Romans, was probably a Symbol of the fame Importance 

 with the Sceptre. It is generally afcribed to the Sun \ though 

 we fee it held in the Hands of their other Deities. The Top 

 "^MeHeld^^ it alfo is frequently adorned with the Head of the Upupa> 

 ofms &c. Goat, 0ms, I/is, or the Loius, whereby it may be prefumed, 

 that fome new Charafter is ifuperadded. Thus, among other 

 Inftances, a Rod with the Head of Ifis or 0ms upon it , ex- 

 prelTed, in all Probability, fome Branch of Power and Autho- 

 rity, which we may fuppofe the Perfon who holds it, to have 

 received from one or other of thofe Deities. 

 Mathcmati- Amoug the Mathematical Figures, we meet with the Circle 

 "ryf'^ckcTe'jandCrefcent, which reprefent the Sun and the Moon (KuexoAo-ywSs) 

 crefcent, ^^ Ckmeus Alexatidrinus^ expreffeth it, i.e. properly fpeaking, 

 or without any ^Enigmatical Meaning. But the Circle, de- 

 noting the Year, is equally fymbolical with the Serpent, biting 

 Globe. his Tail. A Globe or Disk is often placed upon the Heads of 

 their Deities, as all of them bear fome Relation to the Sun : 

 it is fixed alfo, upon the Head ^ and between the very Horns 

 of Ifis, whofe Attributes and Ceremonies were frequently the 

 Wings given fame^" with thofe of Ofiris. Wines are often added to the 

 Globe, with a Serpent hanging rrom it, being all or them toge- 

 ther fymbolical of what is prefumed to he the y^nimaMundi^; 

 i. e. a Power, Spirit, or Faculty, that diffufeth Life, Vigour, and 



I Zi fjui v« S'la, Toit Aiyuyiiioif ijoj^orf et/v/TlsTtti 7J it) S'lJkiry.U wt^nXunov « iiiT«.Ca\w tS ^iifMrix, ax vthvof 

 IfBTsf Tan ivSifaTnvav. Plut. in Numa, 2 Hafta fymbolumO/inrfii,t3enijs multicoloribus obvoluta; 

 hae Lunam denotabant, harta Solcm. Pigh. in Uv^oKoyia de Horis. p. 170. Arcu & fagittis 

 Apollinisfimulachradecorantur, ut per lagicras intelligatur vis emifla radioram. Macrob. Sat. 

 1. I. cap. 17, 2 HMoy y Iv ■xa.-\.cu (SuA^.tttCO/. vj^y-Mymiiaf nhivnv /i, ^/^ (myonJii, Kard. ■n w&ioKayi- 

 Hi»oy?iS'&. Clem. Alexand. Strom, l.j. p.dj7. 4 Corona mulciformis, varijs floribus fub- 

 limem diftrinxerac verticem (Ifidis) cujus media quidem fuper frontem plana rotunditas 

 in modum fpeculi vel immo argumentum Lanx candidum , lumen cmicabat. y^pul. 

 Metamorpb. l.ii. p.2y8. Crines intorti per divinacolla pa(Ijmdi(perfi. iij(/. 4* Quanqiiam 

 enim connexa, immo vero unica ratio naminisreligionifque efTet, (viz. Ifidis & Ofidis) tamen 

 teletae difcrimen interefle maximum. Jpul. Met. /. 11. p. 27. J Cum vellent indicate 

 tres divinas virtutes leu proprietates, fcribebant circulum alatum, ex quo Serpens egredie- 

 batur : per figuram circuli fignificantes naturam Dei incomprebenfibilem, infeparabilem, 

 '^ aeternam, omnis principij & finis expertem ; per figuram Serpentis, virtutem Dei creatri- 



cem omnium ; per figuram alarum duarum, virtutem Dei motu, omnium, quae in mundc 

 funt, vivificatricem. Abeneph. lib. de Relig. yEgypt'mum. apud. Kirch. Obel. Pamph. P.40J. 

 Jupiter fphasra eltalata, exea producitur Serpens: circnlus divinam naturam oftendit fine 



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