the_o very_a same_o situation_n so_o that_o he_o that_o sit_v down_o to_o cover_v his_o foot_n may_v have_v his_o face_n turn_v towards_o the_o north_n and_o south_n but_o by_o no_o mean_n towards_o the_o west_n or_o east_n talmud_n in_o bera_n fol._n 62._o a._n for_o however_o the_o doctor_n alphesi_n and_o other_o in_o contemplation_n of_o the_o cause_n of_o this_o have_v seek_v out_o many_o invention_n yet_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o last_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o first_o which_o the_o gloss_n give_v to_o beracoth_fw-mi c._n 1._o fol._n 5._o b._n and_o it_o be_v that_o the_o uncomely_a necessity_n of_o nature_n or_o matrimony_n may_v not_o fall_v into_o the_o walk_n and_o way_n of_o god_n who_o shecina_fw-la or_o dwelling_n presence_n lie_v west_n and_o east_n etc._n etc._n the_o lxx_o render_v it_o thou_o shall_v not_o seethe_v a_o lamb_n in_o his_o mother_n milk_n and_o so_o a_o ancient_a arabic_a translation_n of_o that_o thou_o shall_v not_o dress_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o lamb_n in_o the_o milk_n of_o his_o mother_n the_o persian_a paraphrase_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d na_fw-mi kosheani_fw-la bashache_n der_fw-mi shire_n madreau_fw-fr thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v a_o kid_n in_o the_o milk_n of_o his_o mother_n this_o read_n seem_v to_o suggest_v a_o ground_n for_o their_o interpretation_n who_o will_v have_v it_o to_o be_v thus_o that_o no_o man_n of_o israel_n shall_v seethe_v a_o kid_n of_o the_o goat_n or_o lamb_n of_o the_o flock_n or_o any_o other_o youngling_n in_o the_o milk_n of_o the_o damn_n that_o be_v as_o some_o the_o damn_n with_o the_o young_a as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o a_o bird_n nest_n other_o make_v it_o respect_v to_o their_o sacrifice_n that_o no_o man_n may_v bring_v a_o kid_n or_o lamb_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o lord_n house_n before_o the_o eight_o day_n for_o seven_o day_n it_o be_v to_o be_v with_o the_o damn_n and_o then_o it_o may_v be_v bring_v to_o he_o otherwise_o they_o say_v that_o however_o they_o may_v sacrifice_v any_o young_a thing_n even_o in_o the_o milk_n of_o the_o mother_n for_o samuel_n offer_v up_o a_o suck_a lamb_n or_o lamb_n of_o the_o milk_n because_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o thing_n will_v bear_v it_o out_o yet_o in_o common_a eat_n it_o may_v not_o be_v that_o be_v they_o may_v not_o eat_v a_o kid_n so_o long_o as_o it_o be_v with_o the_o damn_n or_o suck_v let_v it_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o here_o that_o the_o lxx_o and_o the_o arabic_a translation_n of_o that_o be_v not_o much_o out_o in_o translate_n the_o place_n thou_o shall_v not_o dress_v a_o lamb_n etc._n etc._n for_o gedi_n signify_v a_o kid_n of_o the_o sheep_n as_o well_o as_o the_o goat_n and_o in_o exodus_fw-la you_o will_v find_v a_o lamb_n of_o the_o goat_n as_o well_o as_o the_o sheep_n chap._n 12.5_o so_o that_o this_o can_v be_v depend_v on_o to_o refer_v it_o to_o the_o sacrifice_a of_o a_o lamb_n or_o kid_n before_o the_o eight_o day_n will_v not_o be_v sense_n for_o this_o be_v otherwise_o forbid_v before_o and_o in_o plain_a word_n seven_o day_n shall_v it_o be_v with_o the_o damn_n etc._n etc._n exod._n 22.30_o and_o to_o make_v it_o concern_v in_o their_o common_a eat_n as_o to_o forbid_v cruelty_n or_o put_v a_o restraint_n upon_o delicious_a feed_n impose_v yet_o more_o absurd_o upon_o the_o law_n isaac_n ben_fw-mi solomon_n adopt_v son_n to_o one_o of_o the_o king_n of_o arabia_n and_o a_o famous_a physician_n of_o his_o time_n in_o his_o book_n of_o diet_n translate_v out_o of_o the_o arabic_a have_v this_o consideration_n upon_o goat_n flesh_n sunt_fw-la enim_fw-la lactentes_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o vicini_fw-la suae_fw-la nativitati_fw-la sunt_fw-la quoque_fw-la juvenes_fw-la &_o decrepiti_fw-la hircina_n isaac_n iâ—dae_fw-la diaetis_fw-la particular_a part_n 4._o c._n â—_o carne_n hircina_n lactentes_fw-la vero_fw-la sunt_fw-la caeteris_fw-la animalibus_fw-la in_o sapore_fw-la &_o nutrimento_fw-la praestantiores_fw-la lac_n enim_fw-la naturalem_fw-la eye_n praestat_fw-la humiditatem_fw-la eorum_fw-la complexio_fw-la temperata_fw-la est_fw-la in_o calore_fw-la &_o humiditate_fw-la absque_fw-la svi_fw-la corruption_n facilem_fw-la ergo_fw-la &_o subtilem_fw-la daunt_v diaetam_fw-la et_fw-la quo_fw-la diutius_fw-la lacte_fw-la nutriuntur_fw-la eo_fw-la meliores_fw-la ac_fw-la teneriores_fw-la erunt_fw-la the_o author_n say_v that_o no_o flesh_n whatsoever_o can_v more_o exact_o nourish_v then_o that_o of_o a_o suck_a kid_n or_o kid_n of_o the_o milk_n and_o moreover_o that_o the_o long_o it_o be_v with_o the_o damn_n by_o so_o much_o it_o be_v the_o more_o excellent_a meat_n the_o same_o author_n say_v de_fw-la agnis_fw-la lactentibus_fw-la of_o lamb_n of_o the_o milk_n pessimum_fw-la daunt_v sanguinem_fw-la that_o they_o breed_v the_o worst_a blood_n and_o as_o bad_a as_o that_o of_o a_o old_a goat_n experience_n teach_v all_o this_o to_o be_v true_a and_o will_v you_o have_v it_o so_o then_o that_o the_o lawgiver_n shall_v forbid_v his_o people_n the_o worst_a of_o meat_n to_o restrain_v delicacy_n or_o the_o best_a of_o nourishment_n to_o avoid_v a_o cruelty_n and_o yet_o this_o be_v the_o case_n of_o the_o text._n but_o now_o to_o make_v way_n for_o that_o sense_n which_o the_o prohibition_n indeed_o intend_v to_o i_o think_v fit_a to_o lay_v down_o these_o ground_n and_o they_o be_v such_o as_o will_v need_v to_o be_v take_v better_a notice_n of_o by_o those_o that_o hereafter_o shall_v undertake_v to_o tell_v the_o meaning_n of_o moses_n law_n know_v then_o from_o he_o that_o â—new_v it_o best_a and_o first_o the_o most_o learned_a maimon_n that_o the_o precept_n in_o the_o law_n those_o of_o this_o kind_n especial_o be_v still_o set_v down_o with_o a_o reflex_n upon_o the_o heathen_a rite_n and_o not_o of_o those_o only_a of_o simple_a idolatry_n but_o most_o of_o all_o such_o as_o be_v complicate_v with_o magical_a and_o unreasonable_a superstition_n neither_o be_v the_o respect_n of_o these_o law_n so_o 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say_v maimon_n be_v the_o sepher_n avoda_n henbattith_n or_o libre_fw-la de_fw-fr agriculture_n aegyptiorum_n by_o this_o book_n you_o may_v judge_v of_o the_o rest_n and_o of_o this_o by_o a_o strange_a passage_n quote_v out_o of_o it_o in_o the_o sepher_n haccozri_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o e._n or_o as_o the_o book_n of_o the_o avoda_fw-it henbattith_n which_o make_v mention_v of_o some_o certain_a name_n janboshar_n tsagarith_n and_o roani_n and_o they_o say_v that_o these_o man_n be_v before_o adam_n time_n and_o that_o janboshar_n be_v adam_n tutor_n etc._n etc._n â—oâ—ri_fw-la lib._n 1._o out_o of_o these_o zabian_a book_n this_o latter_a especial_o maimon_n make_v good_a the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n and_o which_o be_v more_o make_v it_o familiar_a too_o and_o reconcile_v the_o strangeness_n of_o those_o precept_n to_o any_o man_n proportion_n of_o reason_n and_o belief_n only_o about_o the_o case_n of_o wine_n why_o god_n will_v have_v that_o use_v in_o sacrifice_n see_v that_o the_o zabii_n do_v so_o too_o he_o confess_v himself_o to_o be_v very_o much_o trouble_v and_o not_o know_v how_o to_o refer_v it_o yet_o he_o give_v a_o reason_n from_o some_o other_o that_o god_n with_o a_o respect_n have_v to_o the_o 3_o principal_a part_n of_o man_n the_o heart_n the_o liver_n and_o the_o brain_n will_v have_v his_o sacrifice_n be_v make_v up_o of_o three_o answerable_a thing_n flesh_n wine_n and_o music_n more_o part_n 3._o c._n 46._o but_o in_o other_o case_n the_o prohibition_n in_o the_o law_n for_o the_o great_a part_n lie_v against_o some_o rite_n or_o other_o of_o magical_a idolatry_n so_o from_o this_o prohibition_n in_o the_o law_n levit._n 19.19_o thou_o shall_v not_o sow_v thy_o field_n with_o mingle_a seed_n nor_o thy_o vineyard_n deut._n 22.9_o the_o hebrew_n doctor_n lawful_o conclude_v that_o all_o divers_a kind_n of_o
tephillim_n and_o mezuzoth_v only_o in_o the_o syriack_n tongue_n but_o rabban_n simeon_n the_o son_n of_o gamaliel_n say_v that_o the_o sepharim_n also_o may_v not_o be_v write_v in_o any_o other_o language_n the_o greek_a only_o except_v by_o the_o tephillim_n and_o mezuzoth_o the_o doctor_n mean_v those_o schedule_n which_o be_v inscribe_v with_o set_a form_n of_o devotion_n and_o place_v upon_o the_o post_n of_o their_o house_n or_o otherwise_o wear_v in_o their_o forehead_n by_o the_o sepharim_n or_o book_n they_o intend_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n the_o prophet_n and_o the_o hagiographa_n and_o so_o the_o sepharim_n be_v here_o expound_v by_o the_o gloss_n upon_o this_o place_n by_o occasion_n of_o these_o word_n in_o the_o mishna_n r._n jehudah_n relate_v this_o story_n in_o the_o gemara_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v we_o receiv_v it_o by_o tradition_n that_o king_n ptolmai_n assemble_v together_o the_o seventie_o two_o senior_n and_o place_v they_o in_o seventie_o two_o several_a conclave_n not_o make_v they_o acquaint_v with_o his_o purpose_n after_o that_o go_v in_o to_o each_o of_o they_o he_o say_v unto_o they_o write_v i_o now_o down_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n the_o master_n the_o bless_a and_o glorious_a god_n put_v understanding_n into_o every_o man_n heart_n and_o they_o all_o accord_v in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o sens_fw-fr so_o the_o talmudist_n the_o very_a same_o circumstance_n of_o the_o story_n be_v set_v down_o in_o their_o massicta_fw-la sopherim_n and_o by_o abraham_n zacuth_n in_o the_o book_n juchasin_n beside_o the_o four_o edition_n of_o their_o hebrew_a josephus_n or_o goreous_a son_n in_o all_o which_o it_o be_v also_o extant_a among_o the_o arabian_n there_o have_v as_o yet_o come_v to_o my_o hand_n one_o only_a chronologer_n of_o these_o time_n say_v the_o son_n of_o batric_n and_o he_o also_o make_v the_o same_o report_n and_o because_o this_o author_n be_v not_o as_o yet_o make_v public_a it_o shall_v be_v here_o set_v down_o what_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v eccles_n say_a abeâ—_n bâ—ta_fw-la arab_n in_o historia_n eccles_n and_o in_o the_o twenty_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o ptolemy_n the_o king_n go_v up_o to_o the_o city_n jerusalem_n and_o bring_v with_o he_o from_o thence_o seventie_o man_n of_o the_o jew_n unto_o alexandria_n and_o command_v they_o say_v interpret_v unto_o i_o your_o book_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n out_o of_o the_o hebrew_n into_o greek_a and_o he_o put_v every_o one_o of_o they_o into_o a_o several_a cell_n by_o himself_o that_o he_o may_v see_v now_o each_o of_o they_o will_v interpret_v apart_o and_o when_o they_o have_v finish_v their_o work_n the_o king_n see_v what_o every_o man_n have_v do_v and_o their_o writing_n all_o concord_v nothing_o be_v contrary_a in_o any_o one_o of_o they_o so_o the_o book_n of_o the_o interpretation_n be_v seal_v up_o and_o put_v into_o the_o house_n of_o their_o god_n serapis_n etc._n etc._n thus_o say_v the_o son_n of_o batric_n according_a to_o the_o manuscript_n copy_n of_o his_o historia_n which_o i_o see_v at_o cambridg_n in_o the_o archive_v of_o their_o public_a library_n philo_z judaeus_n though_o he_o make_v no_o express_a mention_n of_o the_o cell_n yet_o if_o he_o do_v not_o intimate_v some_o such_o thing_n let_v the_o reader_n tell_v we_o what_o he_o mean_v by_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v and_o they_o sit_v down_o private_o by_o themselves_o and_o have_v no_o other_o company_n but_o the_o part_n of_o nature_n the_o earth_n the_o water_n the_o air_n and_o the_o heaven_n the_o mystery_n of_o who_o creätion_n their_o first_o work_n be_v to_o discover_v this_o be_v the_o begin_n of_o mose_n law_n they_o prophesy_v as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v divine_o inspire_v not_o one_o one_o thing_n and_o another_o another_z but_o all_o in_o the_o same_o sens_fw-fr and_o word_n as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v prompt_v by_o some_o invisible_a director_n in_o these_o word_n however_o it_o may_v be_v say_v we_o be_v not_o certain_a that_o the_o author_n intend_v our_o matter_n of_o the_o cell_n yet_o thus_o much_o we_o can_v be_v sure_a of_o that_o he_o point_v out_o such_o a_o way_n of_o interpretation_n as_o carry_v with_o it_o no_o less_o of_o wonder_n than_o the_o former_a but_o justin_n the_o martyr_n a_o samaritan_n speak_v it_o plain_o and_o with_o a_o very_a remarkable_a confidence_n as_o we_o read_v in_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o gentile_n where_o he_o say_v that_o the_o king_n appoint_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o each_o of_o the_o interpreter_n a_o small_a several_a celestina_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o every_o man_n may_v perform_v the_o interpretation_n by_o himself_o and_o have_v say_v something_o of_o their_o wonderful_a agreement_n he_o provide_v against_o the_o incredulity_n of_o all_o man_n by_o this_o resolute_a enforcement_n strong_o urge_v from_o his_o own_o experience_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o be_v this_o o_o you_o gentile_n we_o report_v unto_o you_o not_o in_o the_o guis_fw-la of_o a_o fable_n or_o a_o feign_a story_n but_o as_o a_o receive_a tradition_n deliver_v unto_o we_o by_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o place_n for_o we_o our_o selus_fw-la also_o be_v at_o alexandria_n see_v the_o remainder_n of_o those_o cell_n and_o they_o be_v yet_o to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o isle_n pharos_n at_o this_o present_a day_n to_o this_o undoubted_a testimony_n of_o justin_n martyr_n may_v be_v add_v that_o of_o irenaeus_n who_o in_o the_o same_o centurie_n make_v the_o like_a report_n ptolemy_n say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n consider_v with_o himself_o that_o if_o they_o shall_v be_v suffer_v to_o confer_v one_o with_o another_o they_o may_v perchance_o conceal_v something_o of_o the_o verity_n of_o their_o scripture_n by_o way_n of_o interpretation_n he_o separate_v they_o each_o from_o other_o and_o command_v they_o that_o every_o man_n shall_v translate_v the_o same_o part_n and_o this_o order_n be_v observe_v in_o all_o the_o book_n etc._n etc._n and_o concern_v their_o agreement_n he_o say_v that_o they_o all_o set_v down_o the_o same_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o same_o sens_n and_o in_o the_o same_o word_n insomuch_o that_o all_o people_n that_o be_v then_o present_v acknowledge_v that_o the_o translation_n be_v make_v by_o the_o inspiration_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o the_o wonder_n of_o the_o work_n may_v not_o be_v a_o hindrance_n to_o itself_o to_o make_v it_o seem_v the_o less_o probable_a for_o be_v strange_a he_o excuse_v it_o by_o another_o of_o the_o same_o kind_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o we_o have_v the_o less_o cause_n say_v he_o to_o marvel_n that_o god_n shall_v thus_o do_v see_v he_o wrought_v as_o great_a a_o miracle_n for_o his_o scripture_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o ezra_n in_o the_o restitution_n of_o the_o law_n in_o the_o three_o centurie_n the_o credit_n of_o the_o story_n be_v uphold_v by_o clemens_n of_o alexandria_n and_o in_o the_o four_o by_o cyril_n of_o jerusalem_n clemens_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o every_o one_o of_o they_o have_v interpret_v by_o himself_o according_a to_o his_o proper_a inspiration_n the_o translation_n be_v compare_v and_o they_o be_v all_o find_v to_o agree_v both_o in_o sens_n and_o word_n but_o cyril_n more_o perspicuous_o and_o at_o large_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o be_v and_o the_o king_n provide_v that_o the_o interpreter_n which_o be_v send_v he_o may_v not_o come_v together_o appoint_v for_o each_o of_o they_o a_o several_a celestina_n in_o the_o isle_n pharos_n near_o to_o alexandria_n and_o to_o each_o of_o they_o be_v deliver_v the_o whole_a bible_n to_o translate_v and_o be_v thus_o separate_v the_o one_o from_o the_o other_o every_o man_n part_n be_v finish_v within_o the_o space_n of_o seventie_o two_o day_n at_o which_o time_n they_o all_o meet_v together_o and_o have_v compare_v their_o translation_n they_o be_v find_v to_o concord_n not_o only_o in_o the_o meaning_n but_o also_o in_o the_o very_a manner_n of_o expression_n for_o this_o translation_n be_v not_o set_v forth_o in_o please_a word_n or_o the_o pomp_n of_o humane_a sophistry_n but_o all_o be_v interpret_v by_o the_o same_o spirit_n by_o which_o it_o be_v first_o deliver_v etc._n etc._n in_o the_o four_o centurie_n we_o find_v the_o tradition_n remember_v by_o epiphanius_n but_o not_o without_o some_o alteration_n of_o the_o circumstance_n for_o he_o say_v that_o the_o translation_n be_v perform_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o
we_o find_v that_o the_o translation_n be_v twice_o perform_v and_o that_o the_o senior_n disagree_v the_o first_o time_n in_o this_o passage_n of_o story_n i_o suppose_v we_o shall_v tell_v the_o reader_n some_o news_n our_o author_n be_v one_o armius_n of_o who_o we_o know_v nothing_o more_o than_o his_o name_n his_o word_n shall_v be_v here_o set_v down_o as_o we_o find_v they_o cite_v by_o a_o arabic_a commentator_n upon_o the_o pentateuch_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o that_o work_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bodleian_n arabâ—_n mss_n in_o 5._o lib._n moâ—ses_fw-la literis_fw-la syriacis_n conscriptis_fw-la in_o bibliotheca_fw-la bodleian_n thus_o say_v armius_n the_o chronologer_n in_o the_o nineteenth_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o ptolemy_n the_o son_n of_o ptolemy_n the_o king_n command_v that_o they_o shall_v gather_v together_o the_o senior_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israël_n and_o that_o they_o shall_v bring_v with_o they_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d book_n of_o the_o law_n in_o their_o hand_n and_o that_o each_o of_o they_o in_o several_a shall_v translate_v it_o according_o as_o it_o shall_v be_v reveal_v to_o his_o understanding_n and_o the_o senior_n come_v and_o present_v themselves_o together_o with_o their_o most_o divine_a book_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o king_n command_n be_v that_o every_o man_n shall_v translate_v the_o whole_a book_n and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o senior_n disagree_v in_o their_o interpretation_n and_o the_o king_n command_v to_o put_v they_o in_o prison_n and_o in_o chain_n etc._n etc._n thus_o we_o see_v that_o the_o king_n be_v lead_v by_o good_a reason_n to_o a_o suspicion_n of_o his_o interpreter_n and_o that_o therefore_o in_o all_o probability_n he_o will_v take_v such_o a_o course_n for_o his_o translation_n as_o we_o have_v already_o make_v report_n of_o according_a to_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o ancient_n but_o nothing_o ever_o light_v so_o heavy_a upon_o this_o matter_n of_o the_o cell_n as_o the_o authority_n of_o s._n heirom_n which_o be_v the_o more_o likely_a to_o oppress_v it_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o great_a learning_n and_o general_a repute_n because_o a_o testimony_n for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v not_o measure_v by_o its_o own_o validity_n but_o the_o autor_n worth_n and_o we_o do_v not_o usual_o observe_v what_o force_n it_o may_v have_v in_o itself_o but_o from_o whence_o it_o come_v s._n hierom_n when_o he_o come_v to_o consider_v of_o the_o translation_n of_o the_o seventie_o seem_v to_o deride_v the_o passage_n of_o the_o cell_n and_o forsake_v the_o constant_a tradition_n of_o his_o forefather_n in_o a_o very_a neglectful_a manner_n peremptory_o set_v down_o upon_o his_o own_o trust_n that_o the_o history_n of_o the_o cell_n be_v vulgò_fw-la sine_fw-la autore_fw-la jactata_fw-la but_o a_o common_a report_n bruit_v abroad_o under_o no_o man_n authority_n and_o elsewhere_o he_o say_v that_o he_o can_v devise_v who_o it_o shall_v be_v that_o first_o contrive_v these_o seventie_o conclave_n in_o the_o fiction_n of_o his_o brain_n nescio_fw-la quis_fw-la primus_fw-la auctor_fw-la 70._o cellulas_fw-la alexandria_n mendacio_fw-la svo_fw-la exstruxerit_fw-la quibus_fw-la divisi_fw-la eadem_fw-la scriptitârint_fw-la etc._n etc._n his_o reason_n follow_v 3._o follow_v cùm_fw-la aristaeas_n ejusdem_fw-la ptolemaei_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o multo_fw-la pòst_fw-la tempore_fw-la josephus_n nihil_fw-la tale_n retulerint_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o unica_fw-la basilica_n congregatos_fw-la contulisse_fw-la scribant_fw-la non_fw-la prophet_n âsse_n etc._n etc._n hiero._n praefat._v in_o pentat_fw-la ep._n 104._o p._n 341._o tom._n 3._o because_o aristaeas_n and_o long_o after_o he_o josephus_n can_v tell_v of_o no_o such_o thing_n but_o the_o contrary_a and_o because_o also_o that_o if_o it_o have_v be_v so_o it_o can_v not_o be_v account_v for_o a_o translation_n but_o a_o prophecy_n so_o s._n hierom._n but_o before_o we_o receiv_v his_o testimony_n it_o shall_v be_v examine_v and_o compare_v and_o leave_v his_o reason_n to_o the_o last_o place_n we_o will_v first_o of_o all_o beseem_o moderate_v the_o strong_a opinion_n of_o his_o name_n true_a it_o be_v than_o s._n hierom_n in_o learning_n and_o knowledge_n can_v not_o be_v inferior_a to_o any_o of_o his_o time_n and_o therefore_o be_v a_o great_a scholar_n he_o may_v the_o easy_o fall_v into_o that_o common_a infirmity_n of_o those_o that_o know_v much_o go_v about_o to_o raise_v his_o own_o reputation_n by_o the_o ruin_n of_o another_o man_n if_o the_o father_n be_v thus_o incline_v he_o can_v not_o be_v without_o so_o much_o of_o a_o critic_n as_o will_v teach_v he_o to_o censure_n which_o thing_n while_o we_o do_v our_o ambition_n seek_v for_o its_o own_o safety_n always_o aim_v at_o those_o that_o be_v far_o off_o and_o least_o able_a to_o help_v themselves_o therefore_o the_o ancient_n and_o those_o that_o be_v dead_a be_v more_o easy_o reprehend_v than_o the_o late_a and_o the_o live_n it_o be_v not_o for_o i_o to_o say_v that_o the_o reverend_a father_n be_v guilty_a in_o this_o and_o yet_o if_o he_o be_v not_o why_o be_v it_o object_v unto_o he_o by_o his_o adversary_n ruffinus_n in_o the_o second_o book_n of_o his_o invective_n 9_o pag._n 181._o tom._n 9_o quid_fw-la ergò_fw-la mirum_fw-la est_fw-la say_v he_o si_fw-la i_o minimum_fw-la &_o nullius_fw-la numeri_fw-la hominem_fw-la laceret_fw-la si_fw-la ambrosium_fw-la secet_fw-la si_fw-la hilarium_fw-la si_fw-la lactantium_fw-la si_fw-la didymum_n reprehendat_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 1st_a ibid._n etc._n etc._n and_o afterward_o he_o say_v that_o he_o spare_v neque_fw-la antiquos_fw-la neque_fw-la novello_n scriptores_fw-la sed_fw-la omnes_fw-la omnino_fw-la nunc_fw-la imperitiae_fw-la nunc_fw-la inâ—ptiae_fw-la notat_fw-la neither_o the_o ancient_n nor_o the_o modern_a writer_n but_o charge_v they_o all_o and_o every_o one_o of_o they_o with_o unskilfulness_n and_o folly_n ut_fw-la erat_fw-la in_o quod_fw-la intenderat_fw-la vehemens_fw-la so_o eager_a he_o will_v be_v for_o his_o own_o opinion_n as_o learned_a vives_z have_v note_v concern_v he_o in_o his_o observation_n upon_o the_o 42._o chap._n of_o austin_n 18._o book_n de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la but_o if_o this_o be_v to_o be_v suspect_v as_o come_v from_o his_o enemy_n yet_o how_o shall_v he_o be_v there_o excuse_v where_o he_o will_v not_o spare_v saint_n paul_n himself_o at_o a_o criticism_n for_o read_v that_o place_n in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o collossian_o quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la rationem_fw-la quidem_fw-la habentia_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o write_v to_o 3._o to_o quaest_n 10._o p._n 433._o tom._n 3._o algasia_n 23._o chap._n 2._o v._n 23._o that_o the_o conjunction_n quidem_fw-la be_v there_o redundant_fw-la and_o that_o s._n paul_n have_v often_o do_v as_o much_o as_o that_o come_v to_o propter_fw-la imperitiam_fw-la artis_fw-la grammaticae_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o say_v that_o the_o great_a doctor_n of_o the_o gentile_n do_v not_o understand_v his_o grammar_n as_o if_o the_o spirit_n in_o scripture_n will_v not_o look_v to_o the_o syntax_n or_o if_o not_o as_o if_o he_o that_o have_v dispute_v among_o the_o philosopher_n at_o athens_n have_v be_v so_o ignorant_a in_o his_o accidence_n as_o not_o to_o know_v how_o to_o place_v a_o conjunction_n he_o that_o can_v say_v of_o s._n paul_n that_o he_o be_v a_o ill_a ground_a scholar_n it_o be_v no_o marvel_n that_o he_o censure_v lactantius_n s._n ambrose_n s._n hilary_n and_o didymus_n and_o yet_o if_o these_o also_o can_v not_o escape_v his_o reprehension_n i_o shall_v not_o willing_o trust_v he_o with_o aristaeas_n nor_o our_o history_n of_o the_o septuagint_n but_o let_v the_o father_n be_v pardon_v for_o be_v a_o critic_n and_o take_v s._n hierom_n in_o the_o best_a since_o let_v he_o be_v a_o man_n of_o a_o most_o mature_a and_o most_o moderate_a judgement_n and_o one_o that_o can_v think_v as_o well_o of_o other_o man_n as_o of_o himself_o yet_o why_o be_v we_o bind_v to_o believ_n s._n hierom_n rather_o than_o justin_n martyr_n irenaeus_n clemens_n of_o alexandria_n cyril_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o rest_n why_o one_o man_n rather_o than_o so_o many_o why_o a_o late_a author_n rather_o than_o those_o that_o go_v before_o he_o but_o let_v it_o be_v suppose_v that_o this_o learned_a father_n can_v discern_v above_o all_o this_o yet_o his_o testimony_n can_v not_o be_v take_v for_o this_o matter_n because_o we_o find_v it_o guilty_a of_o partiality_n for_o we_o be_v to_o be_v advise_v that_o s._n hierom_n have_v get_v a_o competent_a knowledge_n in_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n by_o great_a industry_n and_o conversation_n with_o the_o jew_n especial_o his_o constant_a tutor_n barrabas_n undertake_v a_o new_a translation_n of_o the_o bible_n according_a to_o the_o original_a this_o though_o in_o itself_o a_o very_a laudable_a and_o pious_a enterprise_n and_o pretend_v also_o to_o be_v most_o necessary_o do_v because_o of_o divers_a and_o
alexandria_n because_o even_o the_o opinion_n of_o a_o new_a way_n in_o religion_n can_v never_o prosper_v without_o a_o precedent_n and_o such_o a_o one_o as_o be_v beyond_o all_o exception_n and_o though_o it_o be_v never_o so_o wise_o suggest_v yet_o it_o seldom_o gain_v reputation_n from_o lesser_a example_n then_o that_o of_o a_o king_n and_o it_o seem_v by_o that_o we_o find_v in_o justin_n martyr_n that_o the_o miracle_n wrought_v the_o very_a same_o effect_n in_o ptolemy_n as_o we_o will_v have_v it_o for_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o the_o king_n perceive_v that_o these_o seventie_o man_n have_v all_o agree_v not_o only_o in_o the_o matter_n but_o also_o in_o the_o manner_n of_o their_o interpretation_n insomuch_o that_o no_o man_n differ_v from_o another_o not_o in_o a_o word_n but_o every_o man_n express_v the_o same_o conceit_n and_o by_o the_o same_o phrase_n he_o stand_v amaze_v and_o nothing_o doubt_v but_o that_o the_o interpretation_n be_v wrought_v by_o divine_a power_n he_o acknowledge_v that_o the_o interpreter_n be_v worthy_a of_o all_o honour_n as_o be_v man_n to_o who_o god_n do_v bear_v a_o peculiar_a respect_n and_o have_v first_o give_v they_o condign_a reward_n he_o take_v order_n for_o their_o departure_n into_o their_o own_o country_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o same_o effect_n which_o the_o wonder_v wrought_v upon_o the_o prince_n it_o wrought_v also_o upon_o the_o people_n for_o so_o it_o appear_v by_o that_o which_o be_v already_o observe_v out_o of_o irenaeus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n thus_o we_o see_v that_o the_o purpose_n of_o god_n in_o the_o translation_n will_v not_o only_o endure_v but_o do_v also_o vary_v convenient_o require_v that_o something_o in_o the_o business_n shall_v be_v miraculous_a for_o the_o king_n be_v better_a instruction_n and_o that_o the_o scripture_n may_v have_v so_o much_o honour_n and_o admiration_n as_o may_v gain_v they_o something_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o heathen_a and_o preserv_v they_o from_o the_o injury_n of_o time_n and_o this_o be_v to_o be_v the_o first_o reason_n the_o second_o reason_n for_o which_o the_o king_n ought_v to_o take_v such_o a_o way_n for_o the_o translation_n be_v for_o that_o he_o make_v question_n of_o their_o fidelity_n and_o that_o this_o may_v be_v accept_v for_o a_o sufficient_a caus_n it_o shall_v be_v set_v down_o that_o the_o king_n mistrust_n be_v raise_v upon_o such_o surmise_n as_o be_v no_o way_n frivolous_a but_o contain_v in_o they_o matter_n of_o moment_n for_o it_o can_v not_o be_v expect_a from_o any_o nation_n in_o those_o day_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v trusty_a in_o reveal_v the_o secret_n of_o their_o religion_n but_o from_o the_o jew_n it_o will_v be_v think_v impossible_a for_o this_o nation_n stand_v so_o nice_o affect_v to_o their_o sepher_n hattocah_n or_o book_n of_o the_o law_n that_o even_o in_o the_o slight_a circumstance_n it_o be_v observe_v with_o a_o incredible_a curiosity_n of_o devotion_n mahomet_n abulcasim_n the_o son_n of_o abdalla_n regard_v the_o esteem_n of_o his_o alcoran_n so_o far_o as_o to_o provide_v by_o a_o law_n that_o upon_o the_o outside_n thereof_o this_o caution_n shall_v be_v always_o write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v no_o man_n touch_v this_o book_n but_o he_o that_o be_v pure_a and_o the_o law_n be_v yet_o in_o force_n among_o the_o turk_n for_o some_o special_a alcoran_n of_o note_n one_o of_o which_o sort_n inscribe_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o archive_v of_o our_o public_a library_n but_o the_o jew_n not_o content_v with_o so_o much_o care_n use_v a_o more_o intolerable_a kind_n of_o circumspection_n for_o rabbi_n nehemiah_n say_v in_o the_o massichta_fw-la sopherim_n chapter_n 3_o halak_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o no_o man_n may_v lay_v their_o book_n of_o the_o law_n upon_o his_o knee_n nor_o lean_a upon_o it_o with_o his_o elbow_n when_o he_o read_v it_o and_o halac_n the_o 10._o it_o be_v command_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o no_o man_n shall_v spit_v in_o presence_n of_o this_o book_n nor_o offer_v to_o turn_v his_o back_n upon_o it_o and_o in_o the_o same_o tract_n halac_n 13._o it_o be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v that_o no_o man_n shall_v lay_v this_o book_n under_o or_o upon_o his_o bed_n or_o at_o his_o bed_n foot_n neither_o shall_v any_o man_n sit_v upon_o his_o bed_n have_v this_o book_n lie_v upon_o he_o for_o rabbi_n eliezer_n do_v thus_o and_o a_o serpent_n come_v and_o bite_v he_o all_o this_o care_n be_v take_v for_o the_o outside_n but_o much_o more_o for_o that_o which_o be_v within_o to_o let_v pass_v other_o circumstance_n which_o will_v make_v this_o manifest_a we_o have_v need_v only_o of_o that_o one_o which_o most_o of_o all_o concern_v our_o matter_n in_o hand_n and_o it_o be_v that_o for_o the_o most_o part_n among_o the_o jew_n it_o be_v account_v a_o odious_a profanation_n of_o this_o law_n if_o it_o be_v any_o way_n communicate_v to_o the_o heathen_a to_o this_o purpose_n note_n that_o of_o the_o junior_n becchai_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n because_o say_v he_o there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o wisdom_n of_o our_o law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pure_a word_n and_o worthy_a to_o be_v keep_v secret_a therefore_o say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o be_v bind_v to_o conceal_v they_o and_o never_o to_o impart_v they_o according_a to_o the_o since_o of_o that_o which_o be_v write_v they_o shall_v be_v to_o thou_o to_o thou_o alone_o and_o not_o to_o the_o stranger_n with_o thou_o so_o the_o son_n of_o afer_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o commentary_n upon_o the_o law_n fol._n 3._o a._n col._n 1._o therefore_o that_o which_o maimon_n say_v contrary_a to_o this_o in_o halaca_n tephill_n of_o his_o misne_n torah_n cap._n 10._o must_v be_v otherwise_o excuse_v for_o elias_n the_o levite_n in_o his_o second_o preface_n to_o the_o hammasore_v express_o affirm_v from_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o ancient_n that_o nothing_o may_v be_v communicate_v to_o the_o gentile_n save_v only_o the_o seven_o precept_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d son_n of_o noah_n but_o as_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o history_n of_o the_o creätion_n the_o law_n and_o such_o like_a whosoever_o shall_v impart_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o heathen_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o shall_v go_v down_o to_o the_o grave_n in_o sorrow_n and_o his_o life_n and_o soul_n shall_v be_v consume_v etc._n etc._n the_o rabbin_z go_v on_o and_o have_v much_o ado_n to_o excuse_v himself_o there_o to_o the_o jew_n by_o who_o he_o be_v give_v over_o for_o a_o reprobate_n only_o for_o teach_v his_o great_a patron_n cardinal_n giles_n the_o hebrew_n tongue_n because_o their_o fear_n be_v lest_o by_o this_o mean_v the_o cardinal_n may_v come_v to_o the_o understanding_n of_o their_o law_n but_o more_o than_o this_o that_o it_o be_v unlawful_a for_o the_o jew_n to_o make_v any_o other_o nation_n acquaint_v with_o their_o law_n it_o may_v be_v add_v that_o there_o be_v a_o reason_n in_o special_a why_o it_o shall_v be_v dissemble_v to_o this_o ptolemy_n because_o the_o communication_n of_o it_o have_v succeed_v so_o ill_o in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o father_n for_o ptolemy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v learn_v that_o the_o jew_n will_v do_v no_o manner_n of_o work_n upon_o a_o sabbath_n day_n make_v that_o a_o opportunity_n to_o take_v their_o city_n which_o be_v as_o easy_o as_o inglorious_o do_v because_o no_o man_n upon_o that_o day_n will_v resist_v he_o for_o to_o they_o it_o be_v a_o breach_n of_o the_o sabbath_n even_o to_o save_v their_o life_n and_o this_o be_v object_v unto_o they_o by_o agatharchides_n of_o cnidus_n who_o write_v the_o history_n of_o alexander_n successor_n where_o he_o set_v down_o this_o story_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v there_o be_v a_o certain_a nation_n call_v the_o jew_n and_o they_o inhabit_v the_o great_a and_o well_o fence_v city_n jerusalem_n this_o city_n they_o negligent_o yield_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o ptolemy_n and_o will_v not_o take_v up_o arm_n for_o their_o own_o protection_n choose_v rather_o to_o become_v vassal_n to_o a_o stranger_n then_o to_o defend_v themselves_o upon_o the_o sabbath_n day_n these_o reason_n if_o they_o stand_v alone_o have_v enough_o in_o they_o to_o make_v the_o king_n mistrust_v his_o interpreter_n and_o yet_o if_o antiquity_n have_v not_o misinform_v we_o there_o will_v be_v one_o reason_n more_o which_o itself_o alone_a ought_v to_o have_v prevail_v though_o all_o the_o rest_n have_v be_v want_v for_o
the_o first_o of_o the_o reign_n of_o seleucus_n and_o 3638_o of_o the_o world_n chap._n xi_o aera_fw-la dhilcarnian_n be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o alexandrea_n graecorum_n and_o have_v nothing_o proper_a but_o the_o name_n which_o itself_o also_o be_v nothing_o but_o alexander_n in_o other_o word_n as_o by_o the_o arabic_a geographer_n and_o otherwise_o it_o be_v make_v know_v dhilcarnain_n that_o be_v habentis_fw-la duo_fw-la cornua_fw-la as_o albumazer_n translator_n express_v it_o so_o alexander_n be_v call_v with_o relation_n to_o the_o ram_n in_o daniel_n vision_n as_o some_o divine_a but_o then_o they_o be_v fain_o to_o read_v it_o ailcarnain_n not_o consider_v that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o word_n in_o arabic_a as_o in_o hebrew_n for_o a_o ram_n the_o arabian_n if_o they_o have_v mean_v thus_o will_v have_v say_v not_o aiie_v but_o hamelcarnain_n but_o let_v that_o pass_v for_o the_o word_n write_v in_o its_o own_o language_n manifest_o import_v no_o more_o than_o one_o that_o 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the_o cyrenian_o who_o have_v former_o use_v to_o express_v this_o jupiter_n horn_v in_o their_o coin_n transfer_v this_o honour_n to_o the_o conqueror_n and_o so_o the_o repute_a son_n as_o the_o father_n be_v know_v by_o the_o name_n of_o corniger_fw-la which_o when_o it_o come_v to_o the_o arabian_n be_v to_o be_v say_v as_o here_o it_o be_v dilcarnian_n chap._n xii_o the_o jew_n aera_fw-la alexander_n the_o great_a with_o his_o grecian_a army_n march_v towards_o jerusalem_n with_o all_o intention_n of_o hostility_n the_o high_a priest_n and_o levite_n come_v forth_o to_o meet_v he_o all_o in_o their_o holy_a garment_n the_o king_n behold_v this_o reverend_a assembly_n make_v a_o approach_n himself_o alone_o and_o draw_v near_o to_o the_o high_a priest_n fall_v down_o and_o worship_v the_o captain_n wonder_v to_o see_v the_o son_n of_o jupiter_n ammon_n who_o have_v give_v command_n that_o all_o man_n shall_v worship_v he_o himself_o to_o fall_v down_o to_o a_o jew_n parmenion_n draw_v near_o and_o make_v bold_a to_o ask_v he_o the_o question_n to_o who_o alexander_n it_o be_v not_o the_o priest_n say_v he_o but_o his_o god_n who_o i_o adore_v and_o who_o in_o his_o very_a habit_n appear_v unto_o i_o long_o ago_o at_o dius_n in_o macedonia_n and_o encourage_v i_o in_o my_o undertake_n for_o the_o empire_n of_o asia_n this_o don_n the_o king_n ascend_v the_o temple_n where_o sacrifice_n first_o do_v to_o god_n the_o prophecy_n of_o daniel_n be_v bring_v forth_o the_o high_a priest_n turn_v to_o that_o place_n which_o foretell_v of_o a_o mighty_a prince_n of_o graecia_n that_o be_v to_o conquer_v the_o persian_n which_o the_o circumstance_n well_o agree_v the_o king_n ready_o apply_v unto_o himself_o and_o so_o depart_v very_o well_o please_v and_o full_a of_o hope_n leave_v the_o people_n to_o their_o ancient_a peace_n 11._o antiquitat_fw-la lib._n 11._o so_o their_o historian_n josephus_n and_o the_o book_n taanith_n cap._n 9_o but_o it_o be_v add_v moreover_o by_o abraham_n the_o levite_n in_o his_o cabala_n that_o the_o high_a priest_n by_o way_n of_o acknowledgement_n make_v faith_n to_o the_o king_n that_o all_o the_o child_n which_o shall_v be_v bear_v that_o year_n to_o the_o holy_a tribe_n shall_v be_v call_v by_o his_o name_n and_o moreover_o that_o from_o the_o same_o time_n they_o will_v henceforth_o compute_v their_o minian_n staros_n or_o aera_fw-la of_o contract_n etc._n etc._n fol._n 3_o chap._n xiii_o aera_fw-la dionysiana_n philadelphi_n a_o celestial_a year_n be_v such_o a_o one_o as_o keep_v touch_n with_o the_o sun_n the_o month_n whereof_o begin_v at_o his_o entrance_n into_o the_o sign_n precise_o and_o especial_o serve_v for_o the_o prognostication_n of_o the_o season_n such_o a_o kind_n of_o year_n dionysius_n a_o astrologer_n in_o egypt_n set_v up_o after_o the_o example_n of_o metan_n and_o other_o as_o by_o theon_n it_o be_v note_v upon_o aratus_n the_o aera_fw-la whereof_o he_o fix_v in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o the_o famous_a ptolemy_n surname_v philadelph_n it_o be_v often_o cite_v in_o the_o almage_a which_o also_o give_v testimony_n that_o this_o aera_fw-la begin_v in_o the_o 463_o of_o nabonassar_n thosh_n almagesti_n ptolm_n lib._n 10._o c._n 4._o &_o 5_o almagesti_n which_o be_v the_o four_o year_n of_o the_o 123_o olympiad_n answer_v to_o the_o 4429_o of_o the_o julian_n period_n which_o be_v the_o 3665_o of_o the_o world_n creätion_n the_o cycle_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v 5_o and_o the_o moon_n 2._o but_o neither_o be_v this_o this_o year_n of_o dionysius_n mere_o celestial_a it_o be_v also_o civil_a as_o scaliger_n discover_v yet_o of_o no_o great_a use_n in_o history_n to_o reconcile_v one_o place_n in_o that_o golden_a book_n as_o the_o same_o author_n term_v it_o of_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o sirach_n that_o wise_a man_n say_v that_o in_o the_o 38_o year_n when_o evergetes_n be_v king_n he_o come_v into_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n but_o how_o can_v that_o be_v say_v scaliger_n see_v this_o ptolemy_n reign_v but_o 26_o year_n to_o say_v as_o some_o do_v that_o he_o mean_v the_o year_n of_o his_o own_o life_n 5._o emendat_fw-la temp._n lib._n 5._o or_o the_o life_n of_o evergetes_n be_v rather_o to_o excuse_v the_o author_n then_o interpret_v he_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v to_o be_v say_v that_o he_o refer_v to_o the_o dionysian_a account_n in_o the_o 38_o whereof_o he_o may_v come_v into_o egypt_n in_o the_o time_n of_o evergetes_n and_o therefore_o petavius_n upon_o his_o epiphanius_n first_o and_o again_o in_o his_o doctrina_fw-la temporum_fw-la have_v little_a reason_n to_o fall_v so_o foul_o upon_o the_o much_o more_o learned_a author_n of_o this_o and_o many_o other_o admire_a revelation_n chap._n fourteen_o aera_fw-la hispanica_fw-la jvlius_fw-la caesar_n in_o the_o four_o of_o his_o dictatorship_n appoint_v his_o mathematician_n to_o the_o correction_n of_o the_o roman_a year_n 11._o dion_n lib._n 11._o which_o be_v the_o begin_n of_o the_o julian_n 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fall_v down_o before_o the_o arrow_n of_o the_o philistine_n that_o therefore_o the_o man_n of_o judah_n shall_v be_v teach_v the_o use_n of_o the_o bow_n but_o the_o coherence_n be_v worse_a and_o david_n etc._n etc._n the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n bring_v david_n in_o beginning_n a_o epicedium_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o saul_n and_o jonathan_n and_o immediate_o break_v he_o off_o with_o a_o impertinent_a command_n to_o the_o son_n of_o judah_n that_o they_o shall_v learn_v to_o handle_v the_o bow_n and_o where_o be_v it_o or_o why_o be_v it_o that_o this_o shall_v be_v write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o jashar_n therefore_o mariana_n very_o understandly_a step_v aside_o out_o of_o the_o common_a road_n of_o interpretation_n and_o consider_v with_o himself_o that_o the_o bow_n here_o may_v be_v take_v for_o the_o title_n of_o the_o song_n which_o can_v be_v strange_a to_o they_o that_o will_v compare_v this_o with_o the_o grant_v superscription_n upon_o david_n psalm_n as_o psal_n 69._o to_o the_o chief_a musician_n upon_o shoshannim_n psal_n 67._o upon_o neginoth_n psal_n 59_o to_o the_o chief_a musician_n altashith_n etc._n etc._n so_o here_o to_o the_o chief_a musician_n kâ—sheth_v or_o the_o bow_n for_o so_o the_o text_n be_v to_o be_v read_v and_o he_o bid_v they_o that_o be_v the_o chief_a musician_n heman_n ethan_n and_o jeduthun_n to_o teach_v the_o ignorant_a people_n how_o to_o sing_v this_o lamentation_n of_o david_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o saul_n and_o jonathan_n it_o be_v entitle_v kesh_v or_o the_o bow_n because_o it_o be_v occasion_v by_o the_o philistin_n archer_n 1_o sam._n 31.3_o but_o especial_o respect_v to_o the_o bow_n of_o jonathan_n which_o return_v not_o back_o from_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o slay_v as_o the_o song_n itself_o express_v and_o david_n can_v not_o but_o remember_v the_o bow_n of_o jonathan_n out_o of_o which_o that_o arrow_n be_v shoot_v beyond_o the_o lad_n 1_o sam._n 20.36_o it_o be_v the_o time_n when_o that_o covenant_n be_v make_v and_o that_o affection_n express_v betwixt_o they_o which_o be_v great_a than_o the_o love_n of_o woman_n and_o it_o be_v say_v there_o too_o that_o david_n exceed_v v._o 41._o and_o there_o also_o jonathan_n require_v that_o this_o kindness_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v be_v show_v unto_o he_o long_o than_o he_o live_v and_o thou_o shall_v not_o only_o while_o yet_o i_o live_v etc._n etc._n v._n 14_o 15._o the_o lxx_o will_v bear_v out_o this_o interpretation_n the_o version_n there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v and_n david_n lament_v this_o lamentation_n upon_o saul_n and_o jonathan_n his_o son_n and_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v teach_v to_o the_o son_n of_o judah_n behold_v it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o just_a man_n so_o the_o vulgar_a planxit_fw-la autem_fw-la david_n planctum_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la super_fw-la saul_n &_o super_fw-la jonathan_n filium_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o praecepit_fw-la ut_fw-la docerâ—nt_fw-la filâ—os_fw-la judah_n planctum_fw-la sicut_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o libro_fw-la justorum_fw-la and_o here_o it_o be_v plain_o yet_o that_o david_n command_v to_o teach_v the_o son_n of_o judah_n this_o lamentation_n it_o be_v true_a the_o late_a edition_n of_o this_o translation_n have_v shift_v in_o the_o word_n arcum_fw-la instead_o of_o planctum_fw-la but_o in_o the_o ancient_a manuscript_n it_o be_v so_o as_o i_o have_v quote_v it_o and_o in_o the_o elder_a print_a copy_n it_o be_v arcum_fw-la but_o in_o the_o margin_n only_o which_o afterward_o creep_v into_o the_o text_n if_o i_o may_v call_v the_o translation_n so_o therefore_o also_o by_o these_o two_o great_a authority_n that_o which_o the_o son_n of_o judah_n be_v command_v to_o learn_v be_v not_o the_o use_n of_o the_o bow_n but_o the_o bow_n as_o it_o be_v original_o set_v down_o that_o be_v a_o song_n of_o david_n so_o call_v or_o this_o song_n of_o lamentation_n over_o saul_n and_o jonathan_n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o be_v write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o jasher_n why_o this_o book_n be_v so_o call_v or_o who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o it_o i_o can_v tell_v you_o that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o first_o of_o moses_n as_o the_o rabbin_n will_v have_v it_o be_v ridiculous_o plain_a josephus_n have_v let_v we_o know_v thus_o much_o that_o it_o be_v a_o record_n in_o the_o temple_n and_o you_o must_v not_o think_v it_o hard_o if_o it_o be_v lose_v to_o we_o as_o yet_o you_o shall_v hear_v more_o of_o this_o hereafter_o it_o be_v quote_v twice_o in_o scripture_n here_o and_o josh_n 10._o and_o if_o both_o place_n be_v consider_v it_o be_v to_o be_v judge_v that_o nothing_o be_v record_v in_o this_o book_n but_o memorial_n of_o this_o kind_n and_o which_o be_v more_o to_o be_v note_v they_o be_v metricall_a too_o the_o place_n in_o joshua_n put_v to_o this_o here_o make_v it_o clear_a there_o it_o be_v quote_v out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o jasher_n that_o the_o sun_n stand_v still_o in_o gibeon_n and_o the_o moon_n in_o the_o valley_n of_o ajalon_n this_o quotation_n be_v a_o plain_a canticle_n chimhi_n come_v so_o near_o to_o the_o matter_n as_o only_o to_o make_v a_o doubt_n of_o it_o but_o the_o thing_n be_v certain_a it_o be_v reckon_v among_o the_o 10_o song_n by_o the_o mechilta_n a_o old_a commentary_n upon_o exodus_fw-la to_o the_o 15_o chapter_n the_o 4_o be_v that_o of_o moses_n before_o his_o decease_n and_o the_o 6_o be_v that_o of_o deborah_n and_o barak_n and_o this_o of_o joshua_n be_v the_o five_o i_o will_v say_v more_o of_o this_o have_v not_o the_o learned_a masius_n prevent_v i_o upon_o the_o place_n josh_n 10_o 12._o this_o be_v enough_o to_o show_v that_o the_o song_n of_o the_o bow_n may_v but_o
signify_v both_o the_o syriack_n and_o arabic_a render_n mammona_fw-la iniquitatis_fw-la the_o mammon_n of_o iniquity_n which_o be_v the_o proper_a meaning_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o first_o respect_v unto_o by_o our_o saviour_n that_o be_v riches_n unjust_o detain_v from_o they_o to_o who_o it_o iâ—_n due_a or_o to_o take_v shakar_n arabical_o the_o mammon_n of_o the_o poor_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d before_o man_n â—_o talmud_n in_o â—â—â—gig_n fol._n 5._o â—_o r._n jannai_n see_v one_o give_v a_o luz_n the_o four_o part_n of_o a_o shekel_n to_o a_o poor_a man_n before_o company_n he_o say_v unto_o he_o it_o have_v be_v better_a not_o to_o have_v give_v he_o at_o all_o nay_o he_o say_v they_o that_o do_v his_o righteousness_n in_o secret_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o better_a man_n than_o moses_n our_o master_n chap._n xv._o 2_o tim._n 3.8_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n now_o as_o jannes_n and_o jambres_n etc._n etc._n consider_v what_o saint_n paul_n cit_v else_o where_o out_o of_o aratus_n epimenides_n etc._n etc._n he_o may_v possible_o take_v this_o from_o numenius_n apamensis_fw-la a_o philosopher_n of_o pythagoras_n his_o sect_n quote_v by_o aristobulus_n in_o the_o book_n dedicate_v to_o ptolemy_n philometer_n the_o philosopher_n deliver_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n see_v for_o the_o rest_n euseb_n pamphilus_n evangel_n praeparat_fw-la l._n 9_o pag._n 241._o edit_fw-la steph._n 1544._o the_o sum_n of_o this_o tradition_n be_v that_o jannes_n and_o jambres_n the_o famous_a magician_n of_o egypt_n be_v account_v worthy_a to_o contend_v with_o and_o think_v to_o come_v not_o far_o behind_o the_o great_a moses_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o plague_n otherwise_o the_o apostle_n may_v learn_v this_o at_o the_o foot_n of_o gamaliel_n for_o jonathans_n targum_fw-la read_v exod._a 7.11_o and_o pharaoh_n call_v the_o wiseman_n and_o magician_n and_o they_o that_o be_v the_o magician_n jannes_n and_o jambres_n do_v the_o like_a with_o their_o enchantment_n pharaoh_n call_v they_o say_v a_o arabic_a geographer_n out_o of_o ansana_n a_o ancient_a city_n of_o egypt_n pleasant_o situate_v by_o the_o nile_n vrbs_fw-la antiqua_fw-la aedificio_fw-la viridariis_fw-la &_o locis_fw-la amâ—nis_fw-la ad_fw-la animum_fw-la relaxandum_fw-la aptis_fw-la perpulchra_fw-la â—_o geograph_n mâ—liens_n 1.4_o climate_n â—_o plurima_fw-la fructibus_fw-la &_o fertilitate_fw-la atque_fw-la fâ—ugibus_fw-la abundantissima_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o this_o be_v common_o call_v the_o city_n of_o the_o magi_n and_o from_o hence_o pharaoh_n call_v they_o upon_o appoint_a day_n to_o contend_v with_o moses_n the_o prophet_n upon_o who_o be_v peace_n the_o manner_n of_o the_o contestation_n be_v set_v down_o in_o menachoth_n cap._n col_fw-fr haccorbonoth_n hatsibbur_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n i._n e._n john_n and_o mamre_o say_v unto_o moses_n 9_o talmud_n in_o menach_n fol._n 85._o a._n shemoth_n rabath_n sect._n 9_o thou_o bring_v straw_n to_o apharaim_n he_o say_v unto_o they_o man_n use_v to_o bring_v herb_n to_o jarak_fw-mi the_o meaning_n be_v as_o the_o gloss_n there_o and_o sherirah_n in_o the_o baal_n aruch_n aphraim_n be_v a_o place_n in_o egypt_n abundant_a in_o corn_n and_o to_o bring_v straw_n thither_o be_v to_o speak_v it_o in_o the_o heathen_a phrase_n to_o bring_v owl_n to_o athens_n so_o for_o moses_n to_o show_v his_o legerdemain_n in_o egypt_n where_o the_o black_a art_n be_v so_o notorious_o know_v moses_n retort_v they_o upon_o like_a for_o like_v jarak_fw-mi be_v a_o place_n abound_v w_v herb_n and_o yet_o all_o man_n carry_v their_o herb_n thither_o see_v the_o learned_a buxtorf_n lex_fw-la tit._n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o plin_n nat._n hist_o lib._n 30._o c_o 1._o the_o tradition_n be_v not_o altogether_o unknown_a to_o pliny_n by_o who_o the_o contestation_n be_v call_v magices_fw-la factio_fw-la a_o moses_n &_o janne_n &_o jotape_n judeis_fw-la pendens_fw-la apuleius_n also_o make_v mention_n of_o joannes_n a_o great_a magician_n mistake_v by_o pius_n for_o saint_n john_n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sive_fw-la vita_fw-la mos_fw-la fol._n 5_o 6._o in_o the_o dibre_fw-la hajamim_fw-la mosis_fw-la they_o be_v call_v janne_n &_o mamre_n and_o say_v to_o have_v be_v the_o two_o son_n of_o balaam_n so_o jonathans_n targum_fw-la numb_a 22.22_o and_o the_o book_n zohar_n upon_o the_o same_o place_n fel._n 90._o col._n 2_o where_o they_o be_v call_v jones_n and_o jambres_n as_o in_o the_o tauhuma_n fol._n 40._o but_o gedaliah_n in_o the_o shalshelet_n say_v that_o their_o native_a name_n be_v john_n and_o ambrose_n fol._n 13._o col._n 2._o macarii_fw-la palladius_n in_o vita_fw-la macarii_fw-la palladius_n tell_v we_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n a_o enchant_a garden_n in_o egypt_n where_o jannes_n and_o jambres_n the_o magician_n of_o pharaoh_n intend_v to_o lie_v bury_v and_o macarius_n see_v the_o place_n the_o well_o the_o iron_n chain_n and_o brazen_a bucket_n etc._n etc._n the_o magician_n hope_v to_o enjoy_v this_o paradise_n after_o death_n but_o they_o fail_v of_o this_o expectation_n for_o as_o the_o sound_a ancient_n receive_v they_o be_v drown_v in_o the_o red-sea_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v the_o sage_n of_o bless_a memory_n deliver_v say_v a_o old_a midra_n upon_o exodus_fw-la 15.20_o that_o what_o time_n the_o egyptian_n be_v overwhelm_v in_o the_o sea_n the_o two_o magician_n john_n and_o mamre_o be_v drown_v with_o they_o the_o same_o tradition_n i_o find_v in_o a_o arabic_a catena_n upon_o the_o place_n in_o exodus_fw-la 27._o catena_n arab._n ms._n in_o pentateuch_n cap._n 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o e._n the_o ten_o plague_n he_o bring_v out_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n with_o a_o strong_a hand_n and_o a_o mighty_a arm_n but_o pharaoh_n and_o his_o host_n be_v drown_v in_o the_o red_a sea_n call_v also_o mare_n suph_n and_o mare_n calzem_n 3._o vid._n geograph_n nubiens_fw-la p._n 5._o clim_n 3._o and_o these_o be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o magician_n which_o stand_v up_o against_o moses_n and_o aaron_n and_o resist_v the_o work_n of_o god_n before_o pharaoh_n king_n of_o egypt_n dejannes_n jambarus_n and_o sarudas_fw-la these_o cause_v pharaoh_n and_o his_o people_n to_o transgress_v and_o god_n destroy_v they_o with_o pharaoh_n and_o his_o host_n in_o the_o red_a sea_n etc._n etc._n the_o place_n be_v that_o part_n of_o the_o red_a sea_n which_o lie_v upon_o the_o coast_n of_o jethran_n a_o dangerous_a and_o tempestuous_a sea_n say_v the_o arabic_a geographer_n 3._o geog_n nubie_n n_v p_o 3_o clim_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n and_o in_o this_o place_n it_o say_v that_o pharaoh_n curse_v of_o god_n be_v overwhelm_v chap_n xvi_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d genes_n 41.45_o and_o pharaoh_n call_v joseph_n name_n tsophnat_n paaneah_n that_o which_o be_v here_o stand_v upon_o first_o be_v whether_o the_o imposition_n of_o the_o name_n be_v out_o of_o the_o king_n own_o egyptian_a or_o out_o of_o joseph_n native_a language_n if_o egyptian_a it_o be_v say_v aben_n ezra_n than_o i_o know_v not_o what_o it_o mean_v if_o chaldean_a than_o i_o know_v not_o the_o name_n of_o joseph_n etc._n etc._n the_o first_o word_n tsophnat_n may_v seem_v reducible_a to_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tsaphan_n which_o signify_v to_o hidâ—_n but_o for_o the_o next_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o have_v no_o fellow_n in_o scripture_n 1._o r._n bechai_n in_o pentaâ—_n fol._n 56._o a._n col._n 1._o say_v bechai_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n but_o i_o find_v say_v he_o in_o a_o certain_a oraison_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hampaaneah_o neelamim_n a_o revealer_n of_o secret_n but_o whosoever_o will_v derive_v this_o name_n from_o the_o hebrew_n calvin_n may_v better_o say_v it_o then_o i_o be_v but_o argute_a ridiculi_fw-la the_o imposition_n of_o new_a name_n in_o the_o egyptian_a as_o in_o the_o persian_a court_n 7_o joseph_n â—jacchiad_n paraphras_n in_o dan._n cap._n â—_o 7_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o reflection_n of_o honour_n and_o worship_n say_v don_n joseph_n and_o considerable_a circumstance_n of_o this_o reputation_n it_o needs_o must_v be_v that_o the_o name_n shall_v be_v give_v out_o of_o the_o prince_n his_o own_o tongue_n from_o who_o the_o honour_n descend_v putatur_fw-la esse_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la aegyptiacum_n say_v buxtorfe_n it_o be_v certain_a for_o beside_o the_o authority_n of_o philo_n ramban_n and_o other_o it_o be_v assure_v by_o the_o copticke_a pentateuch_n which_o express_o read_v and_o pharaoh_n change_v joseph_n name_n into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o samaritan_n read_v as_o the_o hebrew_n but_o the_o lxx_o as_o the_o copticke_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o the_o follower_n
tree_n be_v to_o be_v mean_v as_o much_o as_o to_o graft_v one_o tree_n upon_o another_o of_o another_o kind_n and_o maimon_n turn_v this_o back_n upon_o the_o way_n of_o the_o amorbite_n for_o the_o zabii_n say_v he_o use_v so_o to_o do_v they_o observe_v such_o a_o place_n of_o the_o moon_n make_v such_o a_o suffumigation_n utter_v such_o and_o such_o word_n at_o the_o graft_n of_o one_o tree_n upon_o another_o assure_v themselves_o that_o those_o rite_n be_v necessary_a to_o fructification_n more_o part_n 3._o c._n 37._o i_o shall_v think_v that_o saint_n paul_n have_v a_o eye_n upon_o this_o when_o he_o tell_v his_o amorite_n or_o gentile_a that_o he_o be_v but_o cut_v off_o from_o the_o wild_a olive_n and_o graffed_a contrary_n to_o nature_n that_o be_v the_o way_n of_o the_o jew_n into_o a_o good_a olive_n tree_n rom._n 11.24_o as_o thing_n stand_v before_o so_o heterogeneous_a a_o branch_n may_v not_o be_v insert_v but_o now_o saint_n paul_n be_v in_o saint_n peter_n case_n he_o be_v not_o to_o call_v any_o thing_n common_a or_o unclean_a maimon_n repeat_v there_o another_o practice_n of_o they_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n but_o such_o a_o one_o as_o will_v uncover_v too_o much_o if_o it_o be_v render_v in_o our_o word_n but_o the_o fit_a instance_n to_o this_o end_n be_v from_o the_o law_n of_o blood_n it_o be_v forbid_v there_o that_o any_o man_n of_o israel_n shall_v eat_v blood_n also_o it_o be_v command_v that_o the_o blood_n be_v sprinkle_v upon_o the_o altar_n and_o moreover_o that_o it_o be_v cover_v with_o dust_n or_o sprinkle_v upon_o the_o ground_n as_o water_n some_o of_o the_o zabii_n do_v use_v to_o eat_v the_o blood_n some_o other_o who_o reckon_v this_o to_o inhumanity_n at_o the_o kill_n of_o a_o beast_n reserve_v the_o blood_n and_o gather_v it_o up_o into_o a_o vessel_n or_o trench_n and_o then_o sit_v down_o in_o a_o circle_n about_o the_o blood_n they_o eat_v up_o the_o flesh_n and_o satisfy_v themselves_o with_o a_o opinion_n that_o their_o daemon_n feed_v upon_o the_o blood_n entertain_v a_o strong_a conceit_n that_o this_o manner_n of_o sit_v at_o the_o same_o table_n with_o their_o god_n will_v engage_v they_o to_o a_o near_a tie_n of_o conversation_n and_o familiarity_n and_o promise_v to_o themselves_o also_o that_o these_o spirit_n will_v insinuate_v themselves_o in_o dream_n and_o render_v they_o capable_a of_o prophecy_n and_o thing_n to_o come_v in_o reference_n to_o these_o way_n of_o the_o amorites_n god_n express_o forbid_v his_o people_n to_o eat_v blood_n for_o so_o some_o of_o the_o zabii_n do_v and_o to_o meet_v with_o other_o who_o gather_v it_o up_o into_o a_o vessel_n he_o command_v that_o the_o blood_n shall_v be_v spill_v upon_o the_o ground_n like_o water_n and_o because_o they_o eat_v their_o sacrifice_n in_o a_o circle_n round_o about_o the_o blood_n he_o also_o command_v that_o the_o blood_n shall_v be_v sprinkle_v not_o about_o but_o upon_o the_o altar_n so_o here_o it_o be_v forbid_v to_o any_o man_n of_o israel_n to_o seethe_v a_o kid_n in_o the_o milk_n of_o the_o dam_n it_o be_v certain_a that_o this_o must_v respect_v to_o some_o idolatrous_a rite_n of_o the_o heathen_a for_o to_o take_v any_o other_o course_n with_o it_o be_v not_o to_o tell_v the_o meaning_n but_o to_o make_v a_o shift_n with_o the_o place_n here_o to_o hope_v for_o any_o such_o custom_n to_o be_v find_v of_o the_o heathen_a in_o gross_a the_o labour_n have_v be_v sufficient_o lose_v already_o if_o it_o be_v true_a as_o tostatus_n say_v but_o do_v not_o believe_v himself_o that_o the_o gentile_n use_v to_o sacrifice_v a_o kid_n sodden_a in_o the_o dam_n milk_n to_o the_o god_n of_o the_o field_n it_o will_v make_v very_o much_o towards_o the_o matter_n thus_o much_o be_v so_o that_o sylvanus_n be_v the_o god_n of_o the_o wood_n and_o field_n and_o that_o milk_n be_v one_o of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v to_o he_o offer_v in_o sacrifice_n as_o a_o kid_n to_o faunus_n milk_n also_o be_v among_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o pan_n the_o god_n of_o the_o shepherd_n and_o the_o same_o be_v offer_v to_o cores_fw-la in_o the_o ambarvalia_n there_o be_v reason_n also_o why_o a_o goat_n and_o goat_n milk_n shall_v be_v of_o reverent_a importance_n in_o the_o heathen_a devotion_n for_o jupiter_n himself_o suck_v not_o other_o milk_n than_o this_o it_o be_v express_v upon_o a_o reverse_n of_o valerian_n silver_n the_o young_a god_n upon_o a_o she_o goat_n hold_v by_o one_o of_o the_o horn_n with_o this_o inscription_n jovi_fw-la crescenti_n neither_o be_v it_o to_o be_v deny_v but_o that_o in_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o bacchus_n both_o a_o kid_n and_o milk_n be_v offer_v but_o of_o a_o kid_n sodden_a in_o the_o dam_n milk_n in_o any_o rite_n of_o late_a heathen_a devotion_n it_o rest_v to_o be_v reveal_v as_o yet_o one_o simler_n note_v that_o some_o of_o the_o hebrew_n say_v that_o the_o ismaelite_n use_v to_o seethe_v a_o kid_n in_o milk_n it_o be_v true_a indeed_o abarbinel_n say_v they_o do_v so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o this_o very_a day_n but_o see_v what_o aben_n exra_n say_v to_o that_o upon_o the_o same_o place_n of_o ezod_n 23._o etc._n etc._n by_o the_o ismaelite_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v the_o arabian_n that_o be_v the_o saracen_n before_o and_o the_o turk_n now_o and_o yet_o in_o who_o ritualist_n as_o ben_n casem_n side_n ben_n hali_n abdalla_n etc._n etc._n if_o you_o find_v any_o such_o thing_n it_o will_v be_v more_o than_o can_v be_v expect_v from_o they_o that_o have_v look_v for_o it_o too_o that_o they_o eat_v milk_n and_o goat_n flesh_n also_o i_o know_v so_o do_v we_o too_o and_o what_o then_o if_o they_o do_v to_o the_o text_n here_o they_o be_v to_o seethe_v a_o kid_n in_o milk_n which_o be_v more_o i_o think_v then_o the_o best_a man_n in_o the_o kitchen_n will_v undertake_v to_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unless_o he_o take_v time_n to_o do_v it_o as_o aben_n ezra_n say_v but_o this_o be_v not_o all_o a_o kid_n be_v to_o be_v sod_v in_o goat_n milk_n and_o which_o be_v more_o than_o that_o too_o it_o must_v be_v the_o milk_n of_o the_o damn_n the_o first_o word_n bear_v a_o troublesome_a sense_n and_o the_o last_o be_v so_o plain_o magical_a that_o of_o themselves_o they_o prevent_v any_o other_o way_n of_o interpretatian_n therefore_o abarbinel_n make_v his_o recourse_n thus_o far_o this_o way_n as_o to_o think_v that_o it_o be_v a_o idolatrous_a rite_n of_o the_o heathen_a to_o seethe_v a_o kid_n in_o milk_n at_o the_o time_n of_o in-gathering_a of_o fruit_n hope_v by_o this_o to_o propitiate_v their_o go_n and_o he_o pretend_v as_o for_o a_o ground_n of_o his_o meaning_n the_o spanish_a mesta_fw-mi a_o kind_n of_o country_n feast_n which_o their_o shepherd_n use_v to_o make_v themselves_o merry_a at_o twice_o a_o year_n with_o kid_n and_o milk_n but_o to_o eat_v kid_n or_o milk_n or_o both_o be_v a_o continual_a nothing_o to_o this_o purpose_n the_o very_a word_n themselves_o instant_o import_v a_o magical_a preparation_n therefore_o the_o very_a learned_a maimon_n though_o he_o interpret_v this_o place_n for_o company_n as_o the_o ordinary_a jew_n do_v yet_o he_o doubt_v not_o to_o cast_v it_o upon_o the_o way_n of_o the_o amorites_n for_o this_o reason_n because_o he_o find_v it_o twice_o annex_v to_o the_o 3â—_n anniversary_n turn_v in_o the_o year_n exod._n 23.19.34.26_o tribus_fw-la vicibus_fw-la conspicietur_fw-la omnis_fw-la masculus_fw-la tuus_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o this_o reason_n say_v he_o magnum_fw-la apud_fw-la i_o pondus_fw-la habet_fw-la licet_fw-la eam_fw-la hactenus_fw-la in_o libris_fw-la zabiorum_n nondum_fw-la viderim_fw-la very_o much_o prevail_v with_o i_o though_o i_o have_v not_o meet_v with_o it_o in_o the_o zabian_a book_n but_o it_o seem_v the_o karraite_n quote_v by_o master_n cudworth_n a_o learned_a man_n of_o the_o equal_a university_n have_v meet_v with_o this_o tradition_n the_o karraite_n say_v that_o it_o be_v a_o custom_n of_o the_o ancient_a heathen_n at_o the_o in-gathering_a of_o their_o fruit_n to_o take_v a_o kid_n and_o see_v it_o in_o the_o milk_n of_o the_o dam_n and_o then_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o a_o magical_a way_n to_o go_v about_o and_o besprinkle_v all_o their_o tree_n and_o field_n and_o garden_n and_o orchard_n think_v by_o this_o mean_v they_o shall_v make_v they_o fructify_v and_o bring_v forth_o fruit_n again_o abundant_o the_o next_o year_n so_o the_o karraite_n note_v this_o also_o that_o these_o zabian_o may_v not_o make_v any_o other_o but_o a_o magical_a use_n of_o a_o kid._n 46._o more_o n_o p._n 3._o c._n 46._o these_o worshipper_n do_v sacrifice_n to_o the_o seirim_n or_o daemon_n in_o
this_o reason_n from_o the_o unhealthfulness_n of_o the_o place_n which_o happen_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n by_o the_o variety_n and_o constancy_n of_o the_o disease_n which_o reign_v among_o the_o people_n for_o beside_o the_o general_a distemperature_n of_o the_o air_n of_o egypt_n which_o be_v calidus_fw-la &_o nocivus_fw-la african_n joh._n leo_n african_n hot_a and_o hurtful_a as_o it_o be_v affirm_v by_o *_o one_o that_o know_v it_o well_o insomuch_o that_o a_o plague_n at_o grand_a cairo_n can_v cut_v off_o twenty_o thousand_o in_o one_o day_n beside_o i_o say_v these_o more_o universal_a condition_n philo_n intimate_v from_o a_o particular_a caus_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o more_o usual_a mortality_n here_o then_o elsewhere_o and_o that_o be_v the_o concourse_n of_o all_o manner_n of_o live_a creature_n to_o â—his_n place_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o it_o be_v to_o bâ—â—_n conceive_v that_o the_o author_n mean_v by_o this_o not_o only_o a_o multitude_n of_o man_n but_o also_o that_o great_a variety_n of_o strange_a beast_n and_o fowl_n which_o be_v continual_o breed_v up_o about_o the_o court_n in_o alexandria_n mention_v whereof_o be_v make_v by_o ptolemy_n the_o king_n in_o his_o commentary_n lib._n 12._o which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o these_o creature_n be_v transport_v from_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n and_o there_o breed_v up_o not_o only_o for_o their_o rarity_n and_o the_o king_n recreation_n but_o also_o to_o furnish_v his_o table_n for_o so_o it_o seem_v by_o ptolomie_n word_n in_o that_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o he_o note_v concern_v those_o pheasant_n that_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n have_v of_o they_o not_o only_o bring_v out_o of_o media_n but_o also_o hatch_v at_o home_n in_o such_o a_o number_n that_o his_o table_n may_v be_v serve_v with_o they_o when_o he_o please_v though_o we_o may_v observe_v by_o the_o way_n that_o these_o kind_n of_o bird_n in_o those_o day_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n keep_v for_o the_o eye_n rather_o than_o for_o the_o belly_n insomuch_o that_o ptolemy_n the_o king_n in_o the_o book_n before_o cite_v profess_v that_o he_o never_o taste_v of_o a_o pheasant_n in_o all_o his_o life_n whereupon_o athenaeus_n observe_v that_o if_o this_o noble_a king_n have_v live_v in_o his_o day_n wherein_o the_o luxury_n be_v such_o that_o every_o man_n must_v have_v a_o pheasant_n at_o his_o table_n though_o he_o have_v already_o write_v 24._o book_n in_o this_o kind_n yet_o he_o say_v that_o he_o will_v sure_o have_v write_v one_o more_o purposely_o to_o note_v out_o this_o thing_n this_o by_o the_o way_n because_o philo_n say_v that_o the_o place_n within_o the_o city_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d full_a of_o all_o manner_n of_o creature_n and_o this_o howsoever_o urge_v by_o he_o only_o for_o a_o great_a caus_n of_o infection_n yet_o it_o may_v be_v think_v by_o some_o to_o have_v a_o further_a aim_n for_o the_o egyptian_a be_v aware_a of_o this_o that_o the_o jew_n be_v bind_v to_o make_v a_o distinction_n between_o clean_a and_o unclean_a beast_n may_v apprehend_v it_o in_o the_o strictness_n and_o therefore_o careful_o remove_v the_o senior_n from_o the_o very_a sight_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v a_o abomination_n unto_o they_o but_o in_o this_o we_o have_v but_o prevent_v the_o curious_a and_o therefore_o if_o the_o conjecture_n be_v not_o sound_a enough_o it_o may_v be_v the_o less_o regard_v but_o more_o than_o what_o be_v urge_v by_o philo_n for_o the_o ill_a disposition_n of_o the_o place_n may_v elsewhere_o be_v observe_v the_o prophet_n nachum_fw-la say_v that_o alexandria_n be_v situate_a upon_o the_o water_n not_o only_o because_o the_o water_n lay_v all_o about_o it_o but_o also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o that_o they_o be_v convey_v into_o it_o under_o ground_n as_o chimhi_n there_o have_v it_o and_o the_o arabian_a more_o plain_o in_o the_o nubian_n geographie_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v the_o river_n nile_n come_v from_o the_o west_n run_v under_o the_o arch_n of_o all_o their_o house_n the_o manner_n how_o this_o be_v do_v be_v set_v down_o by_o john_n leo_n in_o his_o description_n of_o africa_n cuique_fw-la ferè_fw-la domui_fw-la civitatis_fw-la ingens_fw-la cisterna_fw-la concamerata_fw-la crassisque_fw-la innitens_fw-la fornicibus_fw-la substructa_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la quas_fw-la exundans_fw-la nilus_n per_fw-la aquaeductum_fw-la in_o planitie_n magno_fw-la artificio_fw-la constructum_fw-la extra_fw-la alexandriam_fw-la deductus_fw-la sub_fw-la eâ—us_fw-la moenibus_fw-la demittitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o artificial_a conveyance_n of_o the_o river_n though_o it_o be_v otherwise_o acceptable_a to_o the_o inhabitant_n yet_o it_o can_v not_o be_v without_o some_o annoyance_n to_o the_o air_n the_o complexion_n whereof_o suffer_v much_o alteration_n 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it_o and_o then_o after_o some_o diabolical_a exorcism_n necromantical_o perform_v the_o head_n shall_v prove_v vocal_a the_o tale_n go_v current_a among_o we_o that_o our_o countryman_n roger_n bacon_n once_o frame_v such_o a_o kind_n of_o magical_a machination_n in_o brass_n doubtless_o albert_n the_o great_a spend_v thirty_o year_n to_o frame_v out_o a_o statue_n like_o a_o man_n and_o in_o the_o end_n by_o the_o apt_a composure_n of_o certain_a engine_n and_o many_o moovable_a machination_n piece_n aquinas_n hear_v the_o statue_n speak_v break_v it_o to_o piece_n teach_v the_o image_n to_o speak_v but_o it_o be_v much_o if_o not_o magic_a for_o speak_v it_o do_v and_o that_o so_o articulate_o that_o it_o well_o nigh_o fright_v a_o great_a schoolman_n out_o of_o his_o wit_n even_o thomas_n aquinas_n himself_o as_o boterus_n relate_v that_o which_o persuade_v we_o that_o the_o idol_n nebo_n be_v one_o of_o the_o teraphim_n be_v the_o etymon_n of_o the_o name_n for_o nebo_n be_v derive_v from_o a_o root_n which_o signify_v to_o prophecy_n or_o divine_a as_o they_o do_v by_o the_o teraphim_n for_o that_o reason_n of_o the_o word_n be_v render_v by_o the_o jew_n ultimo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d caetera_fw-la lege_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la citato_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n theoc._n in_o pharmaceutria_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n scholiast_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scholiastes_n ibidem_fw-la qui_fw-la seize_v purificant_fw-la in_o hortis_fw-la ponè_fw-la achad_fw-mi in_fw-la medio_fw-la comedentes_fw-la carnem_fw-la porci_fw-la abominationis_fw-la &_o muris_fw-la confundentur_fw-la unà _fw-la dictum_fw-la jehovae_fw-la isa_n cap._n ultimo_fw-la so_o abarbine_n upon_o that_o place_n in_o isaiah_n nebo_n stoop_v that_o the_o assyrian_n use_v teraphim_n be_v manifest_a by_o the_o story_n of_o laban_n that_o they_o be_v note_v magician_n and_o astrologer_n simoetha_n the_o witch_n in_o theocritus_n do_v manifest_o declare_v where_o speak_v of_o her_o veneficial_a philtra_fw-la she_o confess_v to_o the_o moon_n in_o the_o doric_a language_n that_o she_o learn_v those_o trick_n of_o a_o traveller_n that_o come_v from_o the_o land_n of_o ashur_n that_o be_v say_v the_o scholiast_n from_o a_o friend_n of_o she_o that_o be_v a_o assyrian_a who_o also_o add_v that_o the_o assyrian_n be_v a_o nation_n in_o magic_a most_o exact_a and_o therefore_o see_v it_o can_v be_v determine_v for_o certain_a what_o this_o nebo_n shall_v be_v i_o know_v not_o why_o this_o conjecture_n may_v not_o with_o other_o have_v its_o pardon_n see_v it_o have_v bring_v some_o probability_n that_o therefore_o the_o assyrian_n worship_v the_o sun_n it_o be_v manifest_a as_o also_o that_o they_o worship_v he_o not_o under_o the_o name_n of_o nabo_fw-la this_o nabo_fw-la be_v as_o we_o have_v conjecture_v some_o one_o more_o note_v than_o the_o rest_n among_o the_o teraphim_n but_o if_o any_o plea_n to_o ask_v antiquity_n for_o the_o name_n of_o this_o great_a god_n the_o sun_n he_o shall_v find_v his_o answer_n in_o macrobius_n who_o tele_v we_o that_o the_o great_a god_n of_o ashur_n be_v the_o sun_n and_o that_o his_o name_n be_v adad_fw-la which_o say_v he_o by_o interpretation_n signify_v one_o so_o indeed_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ada_z in_o the_o assyrian_a tongue_n do_v signify_v from_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d achad_fw-mi unus_fw-la a_o great_a testimony_n of_o this_o idolatry_n than_o macrobius_n we_o find_v in_o the_o prophet_n esay_n in_o the_o last_o chapter_n where_o god_n threaten_v to_o confound_v those_o that_o purify_v themselves_o in_o garden_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o text_n achar_n achad_n behind_o achad_n that_o be_v either_o the_o temple_n or_o rather_o some_o idol_n erect_v to_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o sun_n not_o unhappy_o place_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o their_o garden_n where_o each_o spectator_n may_v daily_o behold_v and_o admire_v the_o pregnant_a effect_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v vigorous_a influence_n and_o powerful_a operation_n it_o be_v the_o accurate_a interpretation_n of_o the_o learned_a scaliger_n in_o his_o note_n upon_o the_o greek_a fragment_n page_n 35_o approve_v also_o by_o another_o scaliger_n of_o our_o own_o m._n john_n selden_n in_o that_o choice_a work_n of_o he_o upon_o the_o syrian_a go_n both_o these_o consent_n that_o the_o idolatrous_a rite_n speak_v of_o in_o the_o same_o vers_n make_v but_o up_o a_o superstitious_a kind_n of_o lustration_n the_o former_a part_n of_o their_o gloss_n be_v undoubted_o true_a the_o late_a whether_o it_o be_v or_o no_o it_o be_v no_o way_n necessary_a for_o this_o place_n nor_o since_o they_o have_v say_v it_o these_o year_n to_o determine_v if_o we_o nothing_o help_v it_o shall_v nothing_o hinder_v that_o we_o add_v thereunto_o that_o in_o the_o vers_fw-la as_o we_o have_v set_v down_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o mouse_n which_o bear_v their_o share_n in_o the_o abomination_n for_o so_o say_v the_o text._n they_o that_o purify_v themselves_o in_o garden_n behind_o achad_n in_o the_o middle_n eat_v abominable_a flesh_n as_o of_o swine_n and_o mice_n etc._n etc._n alexander_n ab_fw-la alexandro_n relate_v the_o most_o of_o the_o ancient_a kind_n of_o lustration_n but_o make_v no_o mention_n of_o mouse_n yet_o it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o many_o rite_n perform_v in_o these_o exercise_n be_v altogether_o magical_a in_o that_o since_o the_o mouse_n may_v take_v place_n and_o come_v within_o the_o verge_n of_o their_o gloss_n for_o a_o mous_a be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o elf_n which_o conjurer_n be_v not_o unacquainted_a with_o hear_v what_o they_o say_v take_v the_o liver_n of_o a_o mous_a and_o give_v it_o in_o a_o fig_n to_o the_o swine_n and_o they_o shall_v follow_v the_o donor_n which_o way_n or_o whither_o he_o list_v mure._n pierius_n de_fw-fr mure._n pierius_n in_o his_o admirable_a discourse_n upon_o the_o egyptian_a hieroglyphic_n introduce_v a_o experiment_n to_o prove_v this_o charm_n which_o himself_o see_v at_o patavium_n all_o this_o be_v the_o more_o probable_a because_o as_o we_o have_v already_o prove_v our_o assyrian_n be_v great_o give_v to_o exorcism_n and_o so_o we_o have_v do_v with_o their_o idolatry_n to_o the_o sun_n herodotus_n tell_v further_a that_o these_o assyrian_n also_o worship_v the_o moon_n and_o good_a reason_n or_o else_o they_o have_v no_o god_n all_o night_n a_o time_n as_o i_o suppose_v wherein_o they_o have_v most_o need_n they_o worship_v the_o moon_n under_o the_o name_n of_o mylitta_n which_o word_n scaliger_n have_v well_o note_v etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mylitta_n mylitta_n sig_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o notis_n ad_fw-la fragmenta_fw-la vet._n graecorum_n etc._n etc._n in_o their_o language_n signify_v genetricem_fw-la in_o which_o since_o it_o may_v not_o unapt_o be_v apply_v to_o the_o moon_n who_o power_n though_o ordinary_a philosophy_n suppose_v to_o be_v mere_o passive_a yet_o not_o without_o a_o contradiction_n the_o same_o philosophy_n allow_v the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n to_o have_v a_o sensible_a and_o necessary_a activity_n upon_o the_o inferior_a body_n allow_v also_o the_o light_n of_o the_o moon_n to_o be_v borrow_v from_o the_o sun_n and_o it_o be_v a_o notable_a incongruitie_n that_o the_o same_o light_n shall_v be_v active_a in_o the_o sun_n and_o passive_a in_o the_o moon_n but_o if_o the_o moon_n do_v nothing_o help_v the_o second_o causs_n in_o generation_n yet_o in_o the_o bring_n forth_o it_o be_v evident_a for_o this_o be_v most_o certain_a though_o every_o midwife_n have_v not_o observe_v so_o much_o that_o the_o most_o easy_a delivery_n a_o woman_n can_v have_v be_v always_o in_o the_o increase_n towards_o and_o in_o the_o full_a of_o the_o moon_n and_o the_o hard_a labour_n in_o the_o new_a and_o silent_a moon_n which_o astronomer_n call_v the_o
but_o when_o they_o come_v to_o egypt_n canopus_n the_o priest_n work_v wililie_o and_o to_o save_v the_o credit_n of_o the_o old_a god_n make_v we_o a_o new_a in_o this_o manner_n he_o take_v a_o old_a water_n vessel_n full_a of_o hole_n stop_v up_o with_o wax_n and_o upon_o this_o he_o set_z the_o head_n of_o a_o old_a idol_n in_o come_v the_o fire_n and_o be_v place_v under_o the_o god_n the_o wax_n melt'_v and_o the_o fire_n be_v extinguish_v from_o henceforth_o the_o fire_n lose_v its_o credit_n among_o all_o nation_n as_o it_o be_v at_o this_o day_n belus_n 2._o this_o belus_n whether_o he_o be_v this_o son_n or_o nephew_n of_o nimrod_n or_o what_o affinity_n to_o he_o he_o may_v have_v antiquity_n discover_v not_o reyneccius_n be_v bold_a to_o conceiv_v that_o this_o be_v arphaxat_fw-la if_o you_o ask_v the_o reason_n he_o answer_v because_o s._n cyril_n call_v this_o belus_n arbelus_n which_o he_o indeavour_v to_o wring_v out_o of_o arphaxat_fw-la the_o conceit_n as_o i_o conceiv_o be_v slender_a though_o this_o author_n deserve_v well_o of_o all_o historian_n sanchuniathen_a a_o ancient_a author_n among_o the_o phoenician_n affirm_v that_o this_o belus_n be_v the_o son_n of_o saturn_n this_o be_v nimrod_n so_o call_v by_o the_o profane_a autor_n as_o many_o have_v conceive_v if_o so_o then_o nimrod_n be_v he_o of_o who_o ovid_n speak_v that_o in_o his_o time_n the_o golden_a age_n flourish_v so_o eupolemon_n certain_o that_o conceit_n of_o the_o poet_n in_o compare_v the_o age_n of_o the_o world_n to_o metal_n seem_v to_o have_v spring_v from_o daniel_n own_o comparison_n which_o he_o relate_v out_o of_o the_o king_n dream_n concern_v the_o head_n of_o gold_n the_o arm_n and_o shoulder_n of_o silver_n etc._n etc._n in_o that_o since_o nimrod_n may_v be_v saturn_n &_o belus_n may_v be_v his_o successor_n to_o wit_n jove_n for_o so_o this_o bell_n be_v call_v and_o thus_o forgive_a ovid_n the_o fable_n this_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o what_o he_o have_v say_v that_o the_o golden_a age_n that_o be_v the_o age_n design_v by_o the_o head_n of_o gold_n be_v in_o the_o day_n of_o saturn_n that_o be_v nimrod_n it_o be_v ordinary_o grant_v that_o ovid_n have_v see_v the_o book_n of_o moses_n and_o under_o the_o same_o privilege_n he_o may_v also_o read_v the_o prophet_n daniel_n fetch_v his_o golden_a day_n from_o hence_o and_o saturn_n from_o thence_o whereas_o this_o bell_n be_v call_v jove_n it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o as_o bel_n be_v a_o name_n proper_a first_o to_o the_o true_a god_n for_o so_o he_o be_v call_v in_o osee_n so_o jehovah_n also_o be_v a_o sacred_a expression_n of_o the_o trinity_n in_o unity_n at_o the_o first_o and_o afterward_o by_o the_o sacrilege_n of_o a_o crooked_a generation_n unapt_o give_v to_o these_o arrogant_a king_n belus_n perhaps_o first_o call_v the_o sun_n so_o and_o himself_o afterward_o as_o nimrod_n do_v the_o sun_n by_o the_o name_n of_o bel_n which_o name_n the_o sun_n still_o keep_v in_o phoenicia_n long_o after_o these_o time_n for_o there_o they_o call_v the_o sun_n baalsemen_fw-mi that_o be_v the_o lord_n of_o heaven_n and_o that_o the_o sun_n be_v call_v jove_n the_o devil_n confess_v in_o the_o oracle_n of_o apollo_n clarius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o or_o where_o this_o bell_n die_v it_o be_v unknown_a and_o how_o many_o year_n he_o live_v be_v altogether_o as_o uncertain_a this_o only_a be_v true_a that_o 60_o year_n must_v be_v distribute_v between_o he_o and_o his_o predecessor_n but_o at_o what_o proportion_n this_o distribution_n shall_v be_v make_v be_v no_o way_n manifest_v synchronismi_fw-la of_o the_o sicyonian_o see_v pausanias_n suidas_n homer_n remember_v they_o iliad_n β._n the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o sicyonian_o be_v found_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o belus_n in_o peloponnesus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o see_v also_o in_o the_o succession_n of_o affricanus_fw-la both_o say_v that_o this_o kingdom_n be_v first_o found_v by_o aegialeus_n from_o who_o peloponnesus_n be_v first_o call_v aegialia_n note_v the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o greek_n who_o first_o begining_n be_v found_v in_o sicyonia_n which_o place_n be_v so_o call_v from_o javan_n who_o first_o pitch_v his_o tent_n there_o for_o sicyon_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d succoth_n javan_n or_o it_o may_v be_v set_v succah_n jon_n the_o dwell_n of_o javon_n by_o who_o throughout_o the_o whole_a scripture_n the_o hebrew_n understand_v the_o greek_n hence_o iöne_n and_o the_o iönick_a tongue_n in_o which_o the_o most_o ancient_a poet_n be_v exstant_fw-la terah_n the_o father_n of_o abraham_n be_v bear_v ninus_n this_o ninus_n be_v the_o son_n of_o belus_n so_o all_o profane_a history_n affirm_v by_o a_o common_a consent_n justine_n diodorus_n and_o the_o rest_n the_o brief_a discourse_n of_o this_o king_n life_n see_v in_o justin_n ctesias_n of_o cnidas_n write_v the_o better_a part_n of_o his_o more_o noble_a expedition_n but_o diodorus_n confess_v that_o none_o ever_o write_v they_o all_o diodorus_n ex_fw-la ctesia_n he_o make_v war_n with_o many_o nation_n and_o be_v the_o first_o as_o these_o autor_n think_v that_o violate_v that_o community_n which_o man_n former_o enjoy_v it_o seem_v he_o be_v the_o first_o that_o they_o know_v but_o moses_n tell_v we_o of_o one_o before_o he_o and_o eupolemon_n of_o another_o ninus_n make_v war_n with_o the_o king_n of_o the_o bactrian_n in_o which_o war_n his_o captain_n menon_n fall_v in_o love_n with_o semiramis_n in_o which_o suit_n ninus_n be_v corrival_n and_o get_v the_o gentlewoman_n not_o her_o good_a will_n do_v not_o what_o she_o will_v but_o what_o he_o list_v for_o that_o menon_n becom'_v desperate_a and_o for_o the_o loss_n of_o his_o love_n cast_v away_o himself_o ctesias_n synchronismi_fw-la from_o ninus_n to_o sardanapalus_n be_v 1300_o year_n justin_n out_o of_o trogus_n pompeie_n zoroastres_n reign_v in_o bactria_n justin_n farnus_n in_o media_n diod._n ariaeus_n in_o arabia_n diod_n barzanes_n in_o armenia_n diodorus_n in_o the_o time_n of_o ninus_n also_o vexores_fw-la be_v king_n of_o egypt_n tanaïs_n of_o scythia_n justine_n ex_fw-la trogo_fw-la salian_a think_v it_o absurd_a that_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o king_n before_o the_o division_n of_o the_o world_n and_o therefore_o condemn_v julius_n affricanus_fw-la for_o his_o dynasty_n of_o the_o arabian_n and_o reprehend_v justine_n for_o these_o king_n of_o egypt_n and_o scythia_n which_o be_v set_v down_o by_o trogus_n pompeie_n so_o as_o if_o the_o succession_n have_v be_v long_o but_o justine_n and_o these_o autor_n deserv_v our_o credit_n for_o the_o aera_fw-la of_o the_o egyptian_a dynastie_n or_o the_o scythian_a i_o find_v in_o the_o fall_v berosus_n too_o much_o elsewhere_o too_o little_a diodorus_n be_v best_a but_o with_o he_o the_o first_o king_n of_o egypt_n be_v all_o go_n see_v further_o 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call_v his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o both_o he_o use_v these_o and_o the_o same_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o same_o author_n please_v himself_o in_o the_o verity_n of_o this_o persuasion_n repeat'_v the_o same_o again_o in_o his_o evangelical_n preparative_a where_o he_o bear_v witness_n to_o himself_o and_o to_o what_o he_o have_v say_v elsewhere_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basiliensis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ità _fw-la epiphanius_n lib._n 1._o pagina_fw-la 10._o edit_fw-la basiliensis_fw-la the_o reader_n may_v be_v please_v to_o note_v his_o confidence_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o his_o great_a industry_n herein_o in_o those_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n george_n cedren_n and_o epiphanius_n no_o way_n mistrust_v such_o elaborate_a canon_n histor_n
igne_fw-la coelesti_fw-la flagrâsse_fw-la concesserim_fw-la ità _fw-la halitu_fw-la lacûs_fw-la infici_fw-la terram_fw-la corrumpi_fw-la superfusum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la eóque_fw-la foetus_fw-la segetum_fw-la &_o autumni_fw-la putrescere_fw-la reor_fw-la solo_n caelóque_fw-la juxtà _fw-la gravi_fw-la tacitus_n hist_o lib._n 4._o pag._n 619._o lipsianae_n editionis_fw-la in_o octavo_fw-la the_o author_n of_o the_o abstract_n before_o mention_v when_o he_o come_v to_o ninus_n set_v down_o to_o succeed_v he_o one_o thourias_n who_o be_v call_v ares_n to_o who_o he_o say_v they_o make_v the_o first_o statue_n and_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v lord_n god_n of_o which_o say_v he_o the_o prophet_n daniel_n have_v make_v mention_n suidas_n either_o have_v this_o from_o this_o author_n or_o he_o from_o suidas_n who_o have_v write_v the_o same_o for_o as_o i_o know_v not_o the_o author_n so_o neither_o his_o time_n it_o be_v after_o eusebius_n how_o long_o i_o yet_o 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chaerilus_n thus_o translate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
caetera_fw-la vide_fw-la apud_fw-la amyntam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d athenaeus_n the_o like_a be_v at_o tarsus_n where_o s._n paul_n be_v bear_v at_o which_o this_o apostle_n without_o question_n allude_v to_o that_o place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v we_o eat_v and_o drink_v for_o to_o morrow_n we_o shall_v die_v the_o great_a enormity_n of_o this_o king_n bring_v forth_o the_o confusion_n of_o the_o kingdom_n the_o instrument_n whereof_o be_v the_o rebellion_n of_o his_o captain_n arbaces_n governor_n of_o the_o mede_n with_o who_o sardanapalus_n fight_v for_o the_o monarchy_n and_o get_v the_o victory_n once_o and_o the_o second_o time_n upon_o which_o success_n the_o effeminate_a prince_n presume_v the_o three_o time_n in_o a_o secure_a disdain_n go_v not_o in_o person_n because_o also_o the_o oracle_n have_v undoubted_o foretold_v that_o the_o state_n of_o ninive_n shall_v never_o totter_v till_o the_o river_n tigris_n prove_v hostile_a which_o in_o the_o 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