IN VET. CHRIST. SACRIS VSV 
vn 
qua praeferebatur, atque incenfo THVRE, pr e cantibus, vt volent propitifr 
que vrbem Romam iniret , in aedem Vici oriae pertulere Deam d). 
§• IV * 
Iam, quum neque Graecos, neque Romanos Thuris vfum in 
Sacris ignora (Te, oflenfum fir, quid mos, in quo explicando verfor, 
ab illis exegerit, paullo curatius eft anquirendum. Nimirum Sa- 
cerdotes, aut qui Sacerdotum munere faepe fungebantur Reges d) y 
facrificaturi, thura vel accenfo immittere foculo £), vel ihthuribu- 
lis, vt iam dixi, adolere folebant: ita tamen, vt, qui faciebant facra, 
pauca admodum eius grana, tribus, ex Thuris acerra , Graecis 
fitcifionvi^ov di£ta, digitis fumta, focis vel thuribulis immitterent 
Docet hoc naso ita canendo : 
Et digitis tria thura tribus fub limine ponit c). 
Clarius autem aristophanes, his quidem verbis : 
Ttto T8 Sj tv\v ’^yj(p£v y b/m b^dsvaf , 
TsV rgelg £vvs'xo)v rcov fiuilT vKoov', ttvfcarcif, 
ClcTteq AIRANflTON iitrtibeig vspcqvfci d). 
Hinc euenit, vt tum Gentiles ipft, e. g. lvcianvs e), tum Patres’ 
Chriftiani, tfbtvt.t.iawvs /), LAGTANTIVS, HIERON YMVS, alii, eam 
falle perftringerent con fue tu d i nem. Quo vero tempore vterque 
populus Deos thure placare coeperit, conftituere nec volo, nec 
poflum etiam, ob miram Au&orum fuper hac re diffenlionem, 
PLINIVS enim, Quis primus inuenerit , ait, non traditur : Iliacis temporibus 
non 
Fufi . lib. I. v* 159. £ lib. IIII.v.334. eS 
alibi. 
c) Fajfor ♦ lib. II. v. 573. tibull. lib. III!.. 
Eleg, r. v. 14 If. 
d ) in Vefp . v-94.fr p.284. edit. laucL 
Huc inprimis faciunt, quae Scholiaftes 
obfemat. Namque fcribit ad priora 
Verba \ Txtots yxg 7txre^x<u t*s ^yCpxs 
ot dtxufoif' tu) /ufyxXy, rfj tu! \ixdvw r 
tqf) tu /uhu. Ad pofteriora : K«r« vx- 
/UTjywiv yu§ i&es ov Xifixvunts evTtShxf, 
toTs dyxKpxai. Haec magis confirmat' 
florens Ghriftianus in not. ad h.l. quae 
extant p. 129. edit. JaudV 
e) in Afino, p. 122 * et Ioue Tragoedo , 
p. 200. 
f) Apologet, c; 30» conf. havercamp* 
ptnm: pont. max.XVvir. lvd. SAEc.fub 
tribunali svf. p. d. h. e. fuffimenta po- 
pulo data. v. 1. g> GRAEVii Tbef. Antt , 
Rom. T. V. p. 104. 
d) lib. XXVIIII. c. 14. 
a) v. potter 1 . c. lib. I c. 2 p. 7. T. I, 
edit. Angi, et south’s' Sermcns T. I. p.m. 
139. vbi ita fcribit: If You look upon 
i veli regulatcd civilized Heathen Wations, 
You will find the Government and the 
Friefthood United in thefame Perfon : Rex 
Anius , rex idem hominum , Phoebique Sa- 
cerdos. If under the true Worship of 
Godj Melchifedeck King of Salem , and 
Prieft of the moft high God . conf liv. 
Iib*I. c. 20. lib. II. c. 2^ 
b) tubvl. lib. II. Ef 2. v. 4 ♦ f et ovid. 
