Ohfervations in Egypt. 425- 



they fufpended upon the Ears of their facred Crocodiles '. The T^vCanopu?. 

 Campus 1^3 with two others', that are now in the PoflefTion of 

 Dr. Mead, were likewife from Sahara. This of mine, which 

 is of an ahnoft tranfparent Alabafter, is feventeen Inches long, 

 and fix in Diameter ; having a Scroll of facred Charadters 

 painted upon the Breaft, and the Head o^Ifis veiled, for the 

 O-peraUum. The VefTels ', that were carried about in their 

 Proceffions, either to denote the great Bleffuig of Water, or 

 that Water, the humid Principle, was the Beginning of all Things, 

 maybefuppofedtohave been of this Falhion, or rather, as the 

 Canopufes ufually are, fomewhat more turgid. In the famous 

 Conteft alfo, betwixt the Chaldeans and Egyptians, concerning 

 the Strength and Power of their refpeftive Deities, Fire and 

 Water, the Latter was perfonated by a Canopus\ the Story 

 whereof is humouroufly told by Suidas^. 



The following Icuncuhe , were intended, in all Probability, The Authors 

 to be fo many of their Lares or Amulets ' : whereof the firft A, SSx,"'^ 

 is an Egyptian Prieft with his Head Ihaven, and a Scroll of 

 Hieroglyphicks upon his Knees. B, is O/iris, with his Tutuhis ay 

 Elagellum h, and Hook c. C, is the fame Deity, {lt^x.ofiOf(p^) 



1 ApTO^/tfTW Ti yibivit )^W7« (foflitla) i) ;yu<rj« It tw Stu (^n v.£^x.oJh'?M) iv^ivra Scc. Hcrod.Eaz. 5-<Jp. 

 z Thefe are figured by Mv. Garden, Tab.xvili. whereof the firll is of baked Earth, the other 

 of Alabafter. 3 Qu_intus aurcam vannum aureis congeftam ramuh's; & .ilhis ferebat Ampboram. 

 Apld. Met. l.ll.p. 262. 4 rioTii ifKayQf^ %uh^cuoi Tiv'iJiiv Stov, ottij SJt tdotj, i!nnijtvuvo>7if,7!a,v'rayou 

 iix*ipi£^ti. «?* ToTy Tmji Tax tTiaf^tay ov/wSiSA^iX-tyoi. )^ rh VDiaviu, Utivtiy jwfot zuvm> V!)[Al^i^tu ^iiy. ray [JS^ 

 oil) i^t.^v tTeif^/ai' 0! ^ioi, ire yjtKxv^ » ttfyij^^u, » hi^ou, » a»^nf roiaxiTiif uKxt liCyyatoy iJfi/iihai. i Jj 

 TOiiu-n uAh, li'^spaJf ^75 7» 'Ttu^s <f/'!j3fips77i. wfE Tutvlef^is 71 77vp ivtyneuaf vinZr. joun aKKadf 7S KaytuTrt 

 lifcvf -Travovfy'^ir tt loixny iyiiuf/.y^ii. ijfieu Iv To?f fiifi^i ^ Afyj'jjou eitJ^aji jiVf<3iu l^famvcu, Ti'tiai; iyovatu 

 AfTHsif aunyjift &i?E i]* '^''* TfilyJav infiray to 7lia\ofiiyoY ujicf S'luXi^o/xtyov, iinS'iJi^zu y^^fa-mty, Ey. 

 liTay Tfoi" iSpiav (Utui ho£a>y o 7ou KdYtSmv /spdtf, ^gt^ -mi i(«7M iKny<ti iinpfi^ai KtifCf', tf^ A^jopoif ^r.vuififai 

 y^dfjutui ■TfKv^d^iii 'JSkTOft tSTfysf aif Sso/. ifffj 'isnTif^y -mhoMu o.jo/juaT®' tiy X6?«NJi)'> 07n{ iKtyfTo, MiytKeiis 

 Ttyos x-uC'tfyin yiyiv^^m, iTnixiMos 6h^ti(, yiffHiTiV aiiny 7a kyiKymv. Tra^iyiyoyTv [uvi 7aZTU, 01 XttKS'cuoi. iylif^r, 

 70 ^uf. HSM x^€S'^ ^' * *" *?»«•««■ iivyytiyoy TUp^y/Ji-iyeu, S'nXuoyTV. •? Si uSf'ittf 'iSfdm, it li i'Jiaj a/oi rar 

 T^Miay ex£et?^ouffDf, taZivyvn to -^^p. outw 7t 7J1 7r«0'»p><a tS hpeaif Kai'imt©' toi' Xtf^i'aiai' kxmts!- iyiJ^l^n, ji, 

 &rB 707t Ao/TTOi' wf Sf« f77|Mtt7B. 5«i(i. iH vocc K^xa-T®'. J Intet amultta yEgyptia nil erat coinmu- 

 nius Harpocrate, Hero, ^pide, Oliride Sc Jftde, Canopo ; quorum primus Cornucopia inftrudus 

 fub forma pueri nudi digito filentia fuadeiite confpiciebatur ; alter ibidem fub forma pueri, 

 fed fafcibus, aut reticulato amidtu involiitus ; tertius fub forma bovini capitis ; quartus fub 

 varijs formis, nunc JipetxefWf?©', nunc wi'Ojuof?©', modo Leoniformis ; quinta fub mulieris 

 habitu, fcutic^ & reti inftruda, alijfque Inftrumentis. Per HarpocruUs amulctum, arcano- 

 rum per varias divinationum fpecies fe confc'os futures fperabanr, rcligiofe geftatum: 

 geftatum autem fuifle, <i«/«/<e fatis demonrtrant. Per ii/on amuJetum naturx mundanos noci- 

 tiam Ic habituros putabant ; per Ap'idis amuletum, faecunditatcm ; per Ofiridls influxus 

 fuperni abundantiam ; per Iftdis, qux ad Terram & Nilum pertinent, bonorum omnium 

 temporalium ubertatem fe confecuturos fperabant. Per Accipitrem, [c confecuturos Ipe- 

 rabant claritatem luminis turn oculorum, tum intelleftus; per ^ovfw, domeftics fubftantiai 

 amplitudinem ; per C<iwfwfcientiarum & artium notitiam ; per Cpioufphalum & yElurum Lu- 

 naris Numinis attradum. Erat ex Infedis quoque Scarabdus, ccrris ik appropriatis Japi- 

 dibus incifus, potentiffimum Amuletum & paffim ufurpatum, ad Solaris Numinis attradum, 

 contra omnes turn torporis, turn animi morbos inftitutum. Kirch. Gvmn. Hierogl. Claf- xi. 

 p. 447-8. 



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