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to the undertakitig ; for as the MgjpHans received alt 
therr Werftiip of the Sun, Moon and Earth from Ifis^ or 
/^?, the Daughter oi lmckus^ who was a Northern God- 
defs, fo alfo their Table of Jfis has its figures fo difpos'd, 
that they reprefeat exaftly enough the motions and 
Monthly changes of the Sun and Moon throughout the 
whole year, as the North requires or admits : Be there- 
fore has given us the fame Cut with ^igmrim of the 
Table oi Ifts^ divided into 12 Months. And this is the 
order of that TAbh^ that to each month three figures be- 
long, tnd befides all thefe there is one figure in the midft 
of the reff, fitting on a Throne. Now k came rn the 
Authors mind, that by the three Images belonging to 
each montb, the Sun, Moon and Earth ought to be un- 
derftood: And the whole Table is divided into three 
p^rts, for the Winter, Summer and Autumn, which 
ftidr AnceftorS received ^ and each of thefe parts of 
the year contains twelve figures, three always anfwer ta 
one monthj that is, ten days will belong to each figure, 
and thirty days to each month 5 and this- is according to 
the maotier and cuftom of the North . Arid therefore to 
'the greater pirts of the year, 01 toeach SeafDn 120 day^ 
are to be allowed, which being thrice counted for io 
many parts of the year, they will produce in air56o h fthe 
Image therefore reraaininp; and fitting on its Throrre,ftand^ 
tor ihQ Jres mtercalares^ which beings added, there will 
arife the Annual fpace of ^365 days and the vantage $ and 
he proceeds to give us a fuccind explication ot all the 
Images or Figures in particulars^ and tell us, the Figwi-e^ 
of 0//m holds in one hmd a Crofs with a Ring to it 5 and 
P/g^onus owns, that the Croft was known and us'd by 
the j®^j^/>t^>^/?r.and .other. Profane^ Nati the ^ 
times of Cfjriji'v'- A^^^ quotes Smdas^ frying, \thac wltile 
7Be dojkj'the G^^ wjs Empefd*, v/henthdTernples- of tlie 
Gcntil s vvcre demoliQi'd, in - he Temple of Serapls were 
found Hierogiyphical Letters, having the form of a Ciofs, 
