of iht Hkrogtjipkkal Mur\s^ with which Arts the JEgj/ptiapi 
iVf4;g/ afterwards contended with Mofes bcfjj^re Pharaoh ^ 
thohe does not think that all th-e Goths were giveu to 
thofe Arts^ for that theTeftimonies of Hiftories, the&^W/j 
and of Snorro hifflfclf, free the rooffc valiant of the Goths 
from that Infamy, thofe Arts being beneath their Valonr 
and Dignity, and feem'd much to prejudire the Fauie 
and Renown due to valiant Men, and therefore great 
punifhments were infiifted on Men given to foch Artsj by 
Magnanimous Rings. 
He fays that their Anceftors were fully perfwaded that 
the Waters proceeded from Ice, the Earth from the 
Waters (as is intimated before) and the Sue and Moon 
from the EartLand Waters, and confcquently that thefe 
two Planets were OfF-fprings of the Sea and Earth 3 and 
for confirmation of this matter they laid down thefe four 
Pofitions 5 That the Sun and Moon in the produdtion of 
this Univerfe, were pofterior to the Earthy that in the 
remoteft part North, dark for many months, firft the 
Moon, and afterwards the Sun emerged from Evidam^ ^ 
That fometimes difplaying their Rays among the Clouds 
tathe furface of the Sea and Earth, which Rays are con« 
fpicuous enough in a foggy Air, they werefaid by their 
vulgar to take their Food fromthe Sea and Earth : And 
laftly. That according to the common opinion of the 
Antients, thofe two Planets are faid to have been car- 
ried in Shij^s» Now, he faysj. the Greek^s^ Latins and 
Mgyptims AtXistttd indeed fucli like things, but without 
a reafon 5 nor could they be looked upon as the Inventers 
of fuch Opinions 5 for the Sun and Moon never fo receded 
from them, that they might leem to be reborn, or to 
emerge from the Sea at fome place, after an Interval of 
time, to their admiration, which is the aioft fertile Mo- 
ther of Judgments and Opinions. 
He 
