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whereof one wgs Uke a Battering Ram, to batter 
down their Fortificacions, which were made of Stones 
wichouc Mortar, or of Wood and Dirt : Tiie other was 
for cafting Fire out of it, whence he conceives the Greeks 
made their Monfter Chimsra, 5 and of which two Engines he 
gives a particular defcription. And tells us, Jupiter^ or 
TAor^ Ojiris and Bacchuf^ are but divers appellations of one 
and the fame Son fprung from Saturn. And the fole rea- 
fon why Bacchus is piftur'd with Horns, is thit he was 
formidable both by Land and Sea to Enemies, for his mofi: 
ftiarp and ftrong Horns. And their Anceftors call'd Ships 
by the Names of Cattel, Bulls and Cows, and fuch were 
the Cattel of Gerion^ which Hercules took from him. 
He fays he has (hewn before that Neptee by them was 
call'd Og^g^^r, Aggerus, Hacon, Ake^ &c. And the King- 
dom of Sweden^ Ogyheim^ Ogyeia (Ogygia') and that under 
him, and in the times of his Brethren and Anceftors thofe 
great Expeditions were made throughout the. World with 
Ships, for the moft part by Rivers, Seas and Lakes, vvhich 
by the Writers of the Gentiles were caird Inundations of 
Waters. 
From the Fhosnician Language he conceives we may draw 
a moft firm Argument that they are a Colony of theirs 5 
what he has faid befbre concerning the race of the f bxki- 
cian^j and the greatnefs and colour of their Bodies,, con- 
firming the fame. And therefore, left any people hi the 
North, or neighbouring to the Phcenkians^ fhould claim 
this Glory to themfelves, he adds here for a clofe a Table 
of foiiie words in the Chief and Mother Tonp,ues of the 
•^reft 5 -that thefe being eompar'd with-the Rumi^k^^%*i?J^' 
mcian Words^ it may clearly appear how clofe an Allegi- 
ance there is betwixt the Scjthhn^x Swedijlxy and the Phce- 
nicim Languages. Now thofe moft Ancient Tongues, to. 
which in a manner all the reft owe their Birth, are thefe; 
the Scythian or Smdifi^ the Kunick or Phcenidan^ theG^;- 
