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Cup; I beg you therefore to pour fotne of lay his Hand under his Hips, when he ^^j^^^ 
your Water upon the Ground. For it is a was going to make him his Promife upon ^.^'-sj 
cuftom among thefe Pagans, that when- Oath, den.^j. 29. &: 24. 2. where the 
ever they difpofe of or fell any thing, Hips (according Co fome Interpreters) 
they confirm their Promife or Bargain, are taken pro panibtis generationvs^ in qui- 
by pouring fome Water upon the Ground, bus cirmmcifionis fignum dahatur. 
part whereof the Buyer catches with his Mavaly told him, Ask a Kingdom and ! 
Hands and drinks, in confirmation of the will grant it. The Brahman replied. 
Bargain j jull as Jacob defired Jofeph to IVere I a King., I muft punifh Criminals, 
which 
