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then, and which can only be obtained by this Me- 
thod: By the Help of which we may aifo appre- 
hend the Light thefe Defcriptions give us into the 
Age of the Writers. I may illuftrate thi^ from He- 
Jiod’s Account of the Seafons , of which we have not 
only a better Idea by this artificial Difpofition ol the 
Globe to anfwer them, but aifo of the Time wherein 
he lived, when we come to adjuft the Heavens to 
the accurate Inflruclions he gives us, according to his 
Latitude at Afcra , allowing 50" per Annum for the 
apparent Motion of the Stars. 
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cxleA eery Zeus vjuulcc, Sd pec tot ct<gr,p 
A pK%p©» •Grgphi'aroov Upov poor dxSccyoio, 
UpooToy 'GTccy.CpccivWf tirdiXXzlau ec’Kpox.yeOou®*. 
'Htn&fEpL Bi£a. £'. 182. 
When the glad Sun, approaching with his Rays, 
Has from the Tropic run out Sixty Days 5 
ArBurus, riling from his facred Bed, 
Is firft difeover’d in the Ev’ning Shade. 
Evt <xy T ’Elplcov xj h pcecov lASry 
O upccvoy, ’Apxlvpoy T eaidv poS'oS'ccTuA.^ Has. 227. 
But when Orion , and the 'Dog-Star, come 
To the Mid-region of the heav’nly Dome, 
The Morn, that blufhing draws away the Night, 
Beholds ArBurus in the dawning Light. 
If we fix the Pole almoft in the Mid- way between 
the Star in the Shoulder of the Idler Bear , and an- 
other of the Serpent , we fhall have the Satisfadlion 
to obferve all thefe Bhrenomena anfwer the Dcfcrip- 
5 C 2 tion. 
