50 A Thiiologkal Bjfay concerning 



grow old, they are called Sikni : Ts; ^ iiXma, r^ :S.cLlvpoev •m^nitov'la.i 

 ovoiuoL^acTi 2&tA?tt/85. And by Virgil's Expreffion Nymphafqne Sorores^ 'tis 

 very evident, that the Nymphs likewife were of this Family, and nearly 

 related. Ovid («) joyns them together. 



Sunt mihi Semidei^ funt Ruflica. Nnmina NyfMphiie, 

 Faumque, Satyriqtte, & monticuls Silvani. 



Now what difference there is amongft all thefe, unlefs as to their Age 

 and 5ex, I will not undertake at prefent to determine. The Poets and 

 the Painters of old, if we nicely enquire into them, have been pleafed, 

 as their fancy govern'd them, to make, or not make a diftindtion between 

 them. Thofe that have a mind to fatisfie their Curiofity farther in this 

 Matter, may confult Salmajius, Bochart^ Gerard^ and Ifaac Vojjius , and 

 feveral others, who have largely wrote about them. I am apt to think 

 that Pan^ JEgipan, Srlvanm and SiUnus , were all the fame ; as were 

 the Satyri and the Fanni ; only thefe were younger than the former 3 and 

 the Nymphs were the Females of the Rind. But 'tis fufficient to?my bu- 

 finefs, if I make it appear, notwithftanding all this, that the Satyrs were 

 notMw, nor Demi-Gods^ not Damons^ but only Brutes of the M£?«/^e^- 

 kind ; which is plain enough even from the Ancients , who have inven- 

 ted fo many Fables about them. 



For (vp) Herodotus tells us, and he is apt enough oftetimes to be over- 

 credulous,6|t'wl iaav i ini^a. Aiyov1i';,oi}(AHv ra ^piac, diyiTrohtg a.v^^g' for they 

 are neither Men, nor have they fuch Feet. Satyri de hominibus nihil aliud 

 prafemnt qnam figtiram^ faith (jx)Solinuf. Satyrm prater Effigiem nihil hu- 

 mani^ faith (y^Mela. Pliny gives US a larger defcription of them 5 

 Sunt & Satyri (faith (z.) he) fubfolanis Indorum mo7ttihus (Catharcludorum 

 dicitur Regio) perniciojijjimnm Animal : Cum ^ladritpedes turn re£l? ince- 

 dentes, hi/man^ ^ffig^^t propter velocitatem^ nifi Senes attt agri^ non capinn- 

 tur. Choromandarttm Gentem vocat Tauron^ Silvejirem, fine voce^ jlridoris 

 horrendi, hirtis Corporibm^ oculk glaucis^ dentibus canink. You may here 

 perceive they have fomething of the (hape of Men, but can't fpeak, they 

 are hairy, they go fometimes upon all four, fometimes ere£t, they have 

 Dogs Teeth, they are wild mifchievous Animals. But lElian is a- little 

 more exprefs : Finitimos Indis montes ( faith ( « ) he ) tranfmittenti, ad 

 intimitm Lit us denjtjjimas convalles videri aiunt, ^ Corudam locum nomi- 

 nari : ubi Bejli£ Satyrorum jimilitudinem formamque gerentes^ & toto Cor- 

 pore hirfut£^ verfantur : atque Equina Cauda pr adit £ dicuntur. Ea quum 

 non a venatoribtfs agitantur , in opack ^ j^ijjis Sylvk folent ex fiondibus 

 C® p-u£libus) vivere. §luum antem VenantiuntjlrepitumfentiHnt^ & Ca- 



(u) O'J-LAfetamorphAih. i. verf. 195. (w) Heiodot. in Melpomeni, p.m. 229. fx) Solirm Pa- 

 /yW?. cap. 34. (y) Pomp. Mela de Jit uCrbif, lib. I. cap. 8. p. 11, (z) Plm) H'ift.Nat.lib.-j.cip.2. 

 (a) ^lian. Hift. Animal. Tib. i6. cap. 2U 



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