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' J{ema botitr&xcr&t, mius hominu famt perduxiti Habaft ill* 
aetas inauditum omnibus feeulis cclebrandumque miraculuffl 
m Urbem tantam ingreffi,aliud extra qu^rerent. Mniu^, 
five lUe Magus (uc vulgus loquitur ) five Philofophus , u 
Pythagorici tradunt, incravit Perfas, pertranfivit Caucafum 
Albanos, Scythas, Maffagetas, opulent.ffiina Indix resna 
peDetravit, & ad extremum, latiflimo Phifotm amne tranf- 
miflb, pervenit ad Brachmanas , uc Hiarsham , in throno fe- 
dentem aureo, & de Taatali fonte potantem , inter paucos 
difcipulos, de Natura, de Motibus fiderum, ac d.erumcur. 
•^"'^^ per Elamytas, Babylonios, 
Chald^os Medos, Aflynos, Parthos, Syros, Ph^nk:es, a' 
rabcs, Palasftinos reverfus Alexandriam, perrexit in ^thio- 
piara, ut GymDofophiftas & famofiffimam Solismenfam vi. 
deret in fabulo. Invenit ille Vir ubique quod difcerer, 8c 
lemper proficicns, femper fe melior fieret. 
So faf He i by whieh lively and flagrant lines we may eafdi 
v^hat a relijh this good Father had for the reLJion 
»f Fbtle[aphy, And if my do wax pale at the orowth of it , 
they feem to Jherp thereby , hoiv little they have either of thl 
tnteSigent Fiety eftbis Holy man y or of the Civility of the 
Ctnttle Phtlefophers. '■ ^ 
If itr^e^o^eacd, T^m-fsfftUs Learned' lather dedares a 
f endnefs for Apollonius, es if none but the Vulgar had elleem- 
ed him a Magteian , but the Pythagoreans claim d him for a 
Philofopber s It may be cotftder'd, that ^-^^ Hieromc received 
this indulgent report from the Tradition of the more primitive 
Fathers^ and particularly from Juftin Martyr , who doubtlef, 
could dtfcern deeper in Pbilofephy, thanVulgar Meads, OndmivH 
come nearer to the Truth than Philoftratus , who perhaps 
affeU Rommtique Stories. ButW& have m concernment for k- 
pollonius only 'tee may vindicate the pious Father for bis fa- 
vourable fentencei fince we find it no new thing, that GreaH 
: fhtlMers ,Mathematmans and Vn-cemmon Artikcersjhould 
be defamed by the rude multitude for Magicians], or J the- 
zjts. , ■' 
femft grants thai in the lafl Age, n^hen Operative Phi- 
" began to recover ground , and to tread on the heels 
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