THe fixth Chapter treats concerning the Northern Ge^- 
latria, or Earth worjhip, diffused in procefs ot time^ 
, thro* the reft of Europe^ Afm and Africa., Here the Author 
tells, thai: as the Sm mr/kip had its firflc rife in the Nor- 
thern parts, fo had hkewife chat of the Earth, which he 
here makes forth at large, and fays, as to tlie Names o£ 
the Earth, that as the Greeks md Latins own the Worfhip 
of the Earth to have been brought to them from Foreiga 
parts, fo alfo they admired various names of the fame, as 
barbarous and foreign to their Tongues, To pafs by, that 
as often as Learned Men have endeavoured to draw fuch 
names from the Latin ^ Greek-, JEgyptiany or other Lan- 
guages, they have wholly loft their Labours ^ the chief 
name given the Earth, lie takes to be Ida, or Eida^ which 
in the Ancient Gothick fignilies Mother, and this not only 
for that it's fo us'd, but in the thing itfelt,it being deduced 
from Idug^ diligent and laborious as Mothers ought to bc^ 
and a$ we call in the Modern Gothic\^ a Motlier Moder^ 
from Moda Toil and Labour, which it's manifeft do notfo 
much follow the OiBce of a Mother, as fulfil it. He fays 
alfo, that from Ida, or the Goddefs Idnna^ the Mouataia 
Ida had its name^ and not the Goddefs from the Moun- 
tain, as fbme have thought ^ for Mountains, Cities or o- 
ther places could not get their names but from Gods and 
Goddefles 3 at leaftwife we may not think or conclude any 
thing concerning certain names of Mountains before Gods 
or Men. It any fay thai many men have got their Names 
from their Seats or Places ot Abode, and conlfc^aently of- 
ten from Mountains ^ yet nothing hinders but the Niimes 
of fuch Places, Mountains or Seats were taken from other 
Men, viz. the firft, or the Inventors ot Names, and from 
the Inhabitants or Poffeffors of Places. And next, the Au^ 
thor proceeds to give Etymologies of other Names given 
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