i fo6^ ) * 
hS th0M^i^^^i^Jl^^^ and hisr 
ErOgenHowiiiehfOpint^riiis ite^ by the Teftimony 
oi]L(isriin/^ ^/ayiiig^ that araqng the Qltes a^d^ Gat^ls Phi- 
lpf§pifj? .1^4 it;$iifc. frot}! the Dm4s, or thOfe are call'd 
:Smm^i: ^ as ior the, (i;ft -places of abode of the Ce//^/, 
^/mihi^^^^Ml:^^^ he has intipi^ted before. > . 
S: l4l|ji« te^ndc b^ tf^^ ^of, the force of the Gbl- 
d^zS^mber^f M ]^F#lling various things,, which in his 
f^cidind 'parfri^^f bis^/^»?^ had promised to give an ac- 
count o^iilM^f.'. Wiwb having done, he concludes this 
€ha|>^ tbMf^llJiMWngs I,ha related here, obferv'd by 
QUi'jJI^iii^^ftOf^ t\\^i Gplden NHmbcr^ are not 
thetei^j^/ufougiit; ^at I tbi is in it a greater force: 
inrforctplUng fpture things, or more fecret efficacy, than 
irj[4he^9t|3RF7:9pji?nftions of the Planets 5 but (imply to fet 
ffirth Wli?fofiH?: A(Q^ft<?r^ i^^o^ght concerning the motion 
6f tjhp Hf^qryens and^^ which account they were 
i^i^^fi^)3bJ'ated'};>yrtlpe t • - 
.'ioTrhg TbirdnCbapter treati of the Cekftial Signs, where- 
of ihe chief^ he fays, owe their firft rife to Sweden. Here 
hp fets fprth, :that Atlits^ aq Inhabitant of their Northern 
Ijbia^ waSit4e>InYenter of Aerology, and of the Sphere, 
or iiK)tic)ngof ihe^ Heaven? 5 and that where Hercules n 
iaidrto llftye talfpn away the Gglden Applesy there Icept by 
4 iOragpn^j he jparht this Skill of Aftrology f rorti -4^/^^ 5 
aniS as-fqf ,t|i§_jbragqn fays it's worth notiqg that their 
^e^to^.w^^ the keeping of the Qo/dm 
Apptu mitt%^^^ a threefold refpeft 3, 
lEwr^they^^alljd tjieir :^ the namepf- ^Si^Asfe» 
Afpl^s^ ^s being cut with Letters, the prefervers oftlmmor- 
tality 5 which Letters they faid were kept within the 
Spires of Serpe^ats. 2. They reprcfented the whp|e ^akkk^ 
as a Dragon winding himfelf about all the -Ifl^nd^ and 
keeping thefe ^ Golden Apples. 3. The range iofi j Stars, 
compaffing about both the Bears in Heaven, had the name 
and form of a Dragon given them by their Anceftors, 
which 
