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^ Aufpicia. Aquila alis & volatu aufpicium facic , Feftus. 05lauius Auguftus cum luftrum jii 

 campoMartiomagna populifrequcntiacondcret, aquilaeum^fepius circumuolauic, tranfgrefl^q) in 

 vicinam xdem^, fupcr nomen Agrippa: ad primam literam fedit, &c. Suctonius in vita Augufti.Con- 

 tradis ad Bononiam triumuirorum copijs, aquila tcntorio Odauij Augufti fuperfedensjduos coruos 

 hinc & inde infeftantes afflixit, & ad terram dcdit, notaie omni exercitu,futuram quandoq^ inter col- 

 legas difcordiam talem,qualis fecuta eft,ac exitum prjEfagiente , Ibidem. Aufpicia quasdam ex aquila, 

 rctulimus etiam paulo ante in Aquilaloui facra. Arabes audiunt («.x.vVOTi',intelIigunt)coruos,Tyrrhc- 

 ni aquilas, Porphyrius lib. 5. de abftincndo ab animatis. aWv Grammatici Grasci di(3:um aiunt , ab ct 

 particula intendentc & eTto?, quod valde & (emper vera fit ales ac fatalisinaufpicijs. Troianis feliciter 

 pugnantibus apud Homerum, & iam foflam ac vallum Grxcorum tranfituris aquila finiftra apparet, 

 nontanquaminfauftaauis (vtSchoIiaftesintcrpretatur) cum alioqui aucs finiftrxinfortunatieiint, 

 fcd ad decipiendos Grsecos quo minus illi fibi caucrent,tanquam Troianonim defidcrio non fuccef- 

 furo. Sed poeta: verfus adfcribam. 0'?»»^$ fftpi/eTnjASe '^y^cri/j^oui fu/utjoLacnv A/e-To^ v-^Trirjii eTr' 

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 £ta xdentem , & maxime perficicntem ea quse fignificat : vcl prxcipuam & nobilifiimam auium, vt 

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 illa Vlyirinondumagnito recenfet OdyfleJE t. Priamolouem oranti «JeTof ogu -njixMycif H'h 

 meiyavLve^^tfvovv^c^iTiri^^icLy E'c>ay/4t'<»5o<^a^yae^9^^o5,QuintusCaIabcrIib.i. ^ Mirum&Trarumi 

 prodigiii aquilx&cygnorumcXifineidosVergilij duodccimo recitabiturinCygno^. Aufpiciuma-i 

 quilas praeteruolantis fecit vt Aiax Telamonis filius primum Aetos diceretur, vt (cripfimus in Leone^. 

 & fupra in a. inter nomina propria ab aquila duda. Scribit Plutarchus ( in Parallelis minoribus cap. 6.) 

 Jqmk aquilam quandoqs cum duces manipulorum epularentur cum Polynicc Amphiarai haftam abrc- 

 Am^hia^ ^i^Lm fuftuliflcin altum , moxqj demififle : cam vero terrje impadam lauri fpcciem pra:buifife vcram: 

 rai hajla infequenti die hoftibus acri praelio ibidem congredientibus,terr£E hiatu rcpentino hauftum cum cur- 

 in altum ru,quod harma dicunt Gr^ci, Amphiaraum penjfle: coditam ibi poftea vrbem, harmatis cognominc 

 ferem^ \ fuifleinfignem.Cuius rei audor fit in tertio KTiffEavTrifimachus. Fuit vero prsecellcns vatcs Amphia-i 

 mox^di- rauSj&cGxIius. Aquila corrcptum a fatclliteiaculum, in fublime detulit: dehinc in profundum abie- 

 mmensy cit,Plutarchusinvita Dionis interportentaDionyfio tyranno exhibita ,'quibus illi exilium &regni: 

 eiufdem^ amifiJi o funeftseqs calamitates prsedicebatur.Xanthias (eruus in Vc/pis Ariftophanis narrat fomniuini 

 mteruti fuumj "S^ ^xMv cuiTov KcLToL'^ci/y^oytfTlLox')p^v/^yctV7m.vu A'ycL^7mcuyvx.'mioiv^tyoLcar(Shu ^g^Jin 

 ^rafigni- 'Qn^?oLoyavei{eLi4'; tov y^vovy K^^-Tei^ra. TocJTita "^^jSaAelvKAeitfvujaoy. Traducit autem Clconymiit 

 fcauit. (.gu pi-^azriSk,. Strabo Iib.17. de pyramidc tcrtia in iEgypto, qu« primis duabus minorfit,fcd maiore 

 impenfaftruda,ficfcribit:HsEcdicitur meretricis (epulturaabamantibuscfFedarquamSapphopog- 

 Jquila tria Doricham vocat.aIij eam Rhodopem nominant , atqj fabulam quandam narrant , quod ca dura 

 calceum lauaretur,aquila alterum ex calceis e manu ancillse correptum Memphim deportarit,&in fublime fii- 

 meretri- praregis verticcmiuradantisclata,calceumin illius gremium demiferit: &quodiIIecalceiconcinni- 

 f/tf/^r^^Af [jji-g^jreimiraculo permotus,pertotam regioncm mifitad eam inquirendam quae huiufinodical- 

 Bgyftij 



ccum fcrret,&: quod ea in vrbe Naucraritarum inuenta atq^ adduda,& regis vxor fuerit,poft mortemM 

 gremium yero hanc fepulturam habuerit^Hsec Strabo.Eandem hiftoriam rccitat iElianus Iib.13. Variac hiftoria:, 

 demift, rgg^ ^Egypti in cuius gremiu iniedus fit calceus Piammetichum nominans. Dc aquila qux Auguftaa 

 £xtade ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Z^^^^^^^^^?^^^^^^^^ inGallina^. interauguria. Pro virgi- 



\ nibus immolacas legimus iuucncas in quas aquilx ereptos (acrificis enfes, quos iam virginibus inteta- 

 jacrtpc - |^3nt,demiferanc, referente Plutarcho inParallelis Gr^ecarum & Romanarum hiftoriarum. fuitau- 

 ^lbfJat tcn^virgoalceraapudLacedsemoniosnomine Helena,alteraapud Valerios nomincValcriaLuper- 

 ^ ... ca.inqu,asforscccideratvcimmoIarentur,cumdeuspropterpeftemvirginemaIiquamquotannisfa- 

 ' crificandam rcfpondiflet. Fidecii^Lm Varinumin Neoptolcmo. ^ Aquila partcm extorum immo^ 

 ^*^' lante Hecubain Ilio , ad Graecos portat, apudDidyn Cretenfcm,Iibro ^.Etrurfijs libro j. facrificanti-, 



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