Hcmpe (pooq-YipcLi ^pctifS TTpvTdms Kor^ii h6fjLi(rw> inquitSap. 1 3# 

 Luminariacoelitanquam redorcsmundi DEOScffcpucave- 

 runc: inquibusyidclicec^&pcrqu^ Divinaj Majeftatis 5c po« 

 tencias (plendor & cfRcaciaquam maximc illis illucefccbat. 

 Hinc & Hominum iiluftrium pcnes ipibs orca oi7rc&ioa-f<; y & 

 incer Aftra rclacio , quem in modum epud Viigil. iEneid. XV^ 



- — - ^lma Venus 

 C4piris eripmt membris , nec m aera folvi 

 Faffairecentem ^nim^m c^elejlibfis intulif A^firis, 



Elegerunc pra^ccrca quibus fidera parium cfFc£l:uura , fub 

 imaginibus hominumi eorumqus rcbusgeftis comparabant» 

 fimuiquc Vircuces indigitabanc. Saspius cciamDiis affingc- 

 bantfabulas,quibus ftellarum abhisdcaominacarum vires ad- 

 umbrarenc. SicSacurnusTcmporishieroglyphicumfilios fu- ^ 

 os & poftericaccm dcvorarc diccbacur, Ci^ccroquin avarus, 

 divcs, grand^vus, invidus &c. quibus omnibus PlanctcC fic 

 difti influvia circumfcribcbanc , pcrinde uc & c^eccrorum * 

 ffv^Tr^^oLyovTuoy. Ardurum fivc Booccm appcliabanc , cujusor- 

 tus Golonosad ftipham vocabanc ; LachrymofasPIejades, qui- 

 buscoelum pluvium ,cercbracacarrholafiebanc, namqueOvi^s 

 diano verlu 



Ora micmty feptem Tauri radiantia flammis^ 

 Ndvita quas Hyades Crajus ab imbre 'vocdt. 



Syrius illcMoIoffus, fegctibus ardcnte ri£lu infcftus, mone- 

 bacfalccmagricolasacucrccui nc nocerec, 



Fro Cane [idereo Canis efi imfofitus aris^ 



Sacrificio folenni annuo , Canario Romanis difl:o. Ovid. 

 Faft. 4. Tanto eciam faciiius hasc Aftrolatria Populo Dei ob. ^^^^^'f ^^^- 

 rcpfic, qui , uti aiias ia (uperftitiones extcras proclivis, tradi- ' 

 tione infuper, Abrahamum, uci fcriptor corum illuftris , 

 Jofeph. tradidic, ante illuminacionem Divinam ,primaria 

 DecAL AnnmVlU* * I Theo. 



