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Figure of a Man, the Body in the Shape 

 of a Mummy, with a three-corner'd Cap 

 on its Head, a Whip in one Hand, and a 

 Lituus (a Staff not unlike a Crozier) in 

 the other. Ifis is figured by a Woman, 

 with the Infant Orus in her Lap : They 

 reprefent her varioufly, but for the moft 

 part with a large Veil on her Head. 

 Orus^ or Harpocrates^ their Son, is the Fi- 

 gure of a young Man, holding the Fore- 

 finger of his Left Hand on his Lips, to 

 enforce Silence as the greateft Mark of 

 Prudence, and a reverential Awe for the 

 Divinity. 



, O/tris^ who was one of the nrft Kings of 

 Egypt^ and Ifis^ his Wife, by their fupe- 

 rior Talents, as well by Example as Pre- 

 cept, civilized Egypt ^ and all the neigh- 

 bouring Nations. Their Fame was fpread 

 far and near, infomuch that when they 

 died. Gratitude, joined to the Ignorance 

 of the Times, prompted their Subjects to 

 pay them Divine Honours, and worihip 

 them as Deities, and their fupreme Bene- 



fadors ; 



