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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	even_a	number_n	odd_a	1,722	5	15.7359	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33136	Divi Britannici being a remark upon the lives of all the kings of this isle from the year of the world 2855, unto the year of grace 1660 / by Sir Winston Churchill, Kt.	Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1620?-1688.	1675 (1675)	Wing C4275; ESTC R3774	324,755	351

Astrology Tacitus to their exquisite skill in (d) The Art of Inspection into the Intrals of Beasts Extispacy the Metaphysicks of those times Pliny to their Judgment in Physick Suetonius and divers others to their perfection in Magick both Onomantical and Pneumatological in both which they were very famous The (e) Camdens Anagr. fol. 168. Onomanty was a Mystery something like if not the same with that the Jewish Rabbins call'd Bresith and affirm'd to be first reveal'd by God himself to Moses and after by him communicated to the LXX but by what means transmitted to the (f) The Phoemetans spoke the Language Druids is not certain unless by Correspondence with the Magi of the East For that they were acquainted with the Books of Moses and as he were learned in all the Learning of the Egyptians is not to be doubted In this was lodg'd all the (g) Vid. Archangel in Dogmat Cabalist cap. 19. Learning of Numbers whereby they took their Measures of good and bad Omens and accordingly to direct all their great Actions as believing there was in the Mystery of Numbers a Power predominant over all Persons and Things And accordingly we find they preferr'd one Number above all the rest as believing the Fate of their Nation lay conceal'd in the womb of it this was the Number 6 which was the just measure of the most ancient name of the Isle AABION as likewise of their Common Progenitor MESECH and of his Sire JAPHET to whom he was the 6th Son accordingly they divided the whole Isle into 6 parts that is to say following the British Historians Loegria since properly call'd England which they divided into two parts i. e. as we find in Dion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the higher and the lower part this latter call'd afterwards by the Romans Pars Maritima the other Pars Interior The second Division was Albania since call'd Scotland divided likewise into the High-land and Low-land the Inhabitants of the Low-land were those the Romans call'd Caledonii and we properly Scots Those of the High-land were the famous Picts The third Division was that of Cambria since call'd Wales divided into the South and North Country i. e. Demetia and Venedotia as the Romans call'd it or as we find it (h) Vide Seldens Book of Tythes cap. 9. pag. 149. elsewhere Dextralis and Sinistralis Britannia Now what the reason was that they pitch'd upon an even Number since all the Numbers that were of old esteem'd Sacred were odd is not certainly known But some think it was because this of all others was the most perfect Number being the true measure of Time there going just 60 times 6 dayes and 6 over upon the whole to make up a compleat Year as we have since learn'd by the Julian Accompt which probably Caesar had first from their Scholars the Gauls Others conceive they had some respect to the Geometrical Form of the Isle it self which is a Triangle that hath three Sides and three Angles but most like it is that they were herein guided by the number of their Gods whereof they worshipt 6 only But be the reason what it will we find by Observation since that the Energie of this Number hath been more predominant in all the Changes and Alterations that have hapned in the various disposal of the Scepter of this Isle than any other For taking the whole time in pieces since there hath been any mention of Kings here and you will find just 6 Periods or Intervals of Time that the Aboriginal Natives rul'd here each Space containing only 6 Descents The first Space made up of those the Romans called BRITANNI or unmixt Britains being those that had the first and intire Rule without Interruption till their Arrival The second Sort were those whom they stil'd BRITANNICI i. e. Roman Britains such as were made up of their own Nation either born here or that had made some great Atchievment here The third Sort were call'd BRITONES which were properly the Camber Britains then taking a general view of the whole Series of Succession from that to our Times and it will appear there hath been just 6 Dynasties of 6 several Nations that is to say Britains Romans Saxons Danes Normans Scots And some have been so curious as to observe that each of their several (i) Brutus Caesar Eugist Ca●●te Victor Jaacob Chiefs had but just 6 Letters in his Name which 6 Master-Builders like those Politick Creatures the Bees who make up their Cells with Poligons of 6 sides have rear'd their Empire upon 6 great Pillars i. e. 1 Rex 2 Prelati 3 Proceri 4 Nobiles 5 Milites 6 Civites and adorn'd it with 6 different kinds of Law i. e. 1 Common Law 2 Statute Law 3 Civil Law 4 Canon Law 5 the Law of Merchants 6 Martial Law And observing the same Rule in the Structure of the Church as of the State have ordain'd 6 Orders of Priesthood as a Medium betwixt the Greek Church that have but 5 and the Roman that hath 9 These were 1 Clerks 2 Sub-Deacons 3 Deacons 4 Priests 5 Bishops 6 Archbishops who in the Primitive and purer times of Christianity are supposed to have taken their turn● to officiate daily in the Churches Service dividing the Natural day into 6 parts whereof each had four hours for his Devotion The Pneumatilogical Magick was that which was more properly call'd the Doctrine of (k) Picard in Ciltopaedia Spirits because it was perform'd by secret Intelligences inforc'd with unusual Conjurations Sometimes drawn from the mouth of a Teraphius a way much in use amongst the Jews and by them taught to the People of (l) Melancthon Camar●● fol. 422. Asia and from thence brought as 't is conceiv'd by the Phoeni●iam hither Sometimes by the advantage of (m) Divination ●er Speculum Catoptromantical Inspection in imitation as 't is thought by the Learned (n) Poliolb l. 1. Selden of the Caballistick Doctours when they consulted the Urim and Thummim By this Faculty they could disclose it seems the greatest Secrets of Nature and deduce the knowledge of hidden forms to strange and wonderful effects beyond what the Natural Chymistry of humane Understanding could ever extract out of the choicest Elements of Reason Of this kind the Roman Historians Record wonderful Instances but amongst the rest I take that to be the most notable Example when in the beginning of (o) Su●t●nius Vespatians reign at such time as Civilis rais'd the Rebellion amongst the Batavi the Druids foretold the Removal of the Romans out of this Isle who then had but begun to settle their Possessions here They foretold likewise the Translation of their (p) Tacitus Empire to the Trans-Alpine Nations which has a conceipt so remote and seemingly then so extravagant that it was altogether slighted by Tacitus as a thing ridiculous to believe the first part of which Prophecy was not fulfill'd in near 400 years after