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prevalent_a with_o many_o nation_n and_o in_o the_o east_n it_o bear_v sway_v over_o the_o king_n of_o king_n king_n of_o king_n be_v the_o proper_a title_n of_o the_o persian_a monarch_n chap._n ii_o the_o sect_n discipline_n and_o manner_n of_o the_o magi._n eubulus_n 2._o who_o write_v the_o history_n of_o mythra_n in_o many_o volume_n affirm_v that_o among_o the_o persian_n tâ—ere_o be_v three_o kind_n of_o magi_n the_o first_o who_o be_v the_o most_o learned_a and_o eloquent_a of_o they_o do_v eat_v no_o other_o food_n but_o meal_n and_o oil._n thus_o eubulus_n cite_v by_o s._n hierome_n more_o of_o the_o distinction_n of_o the_o magi_n into_o three_o sect_n wâ—_n mâ—â—t_v not_o elsewhere_o but_o probable_o it_o have_v reference_n as_o among_o the_o chaldaean_n to_o their_o several_a study_n of_o which_o hereafter_o prooem_n dinon_n and_o aristotle_n or_o rather_o the_o author_n of_o the_o treatise_n of_o magic_n cite_v by_o laertius_n relate_v of_o the_o magâ—_n that_o they_o renounce_v rich_a attire_n and_o to_o wear_v gold_n their_o raiment_n be_v white_a upon_o occasion_n their_o bed_n the_o ground_n their_o food_n nothing_o but_o herb_n cheese_n and_o bread_n instead_o of_o a_o staff_n they_o carry_v a_o caâ—e_n in_o the_o top_n whereof_o they_o put_v their_o cheese_n which_o as_o occasion_n serve_v they_o do_v eat_v they_o have_v one_o in_o their_o society_n chief_a among_o they_o call_v by_o c_o sozomene_n the_o prince_n of_o the_o maâ—i_n laert._n their_o chief_a employment_n be_v religious_a worship_n they_o be_v conceive_v to_o be_v the_o only_a person_n whose_o prayer_n the_o god_n will_v hear_v prooem_n they_o make_v discourse_n concern_v justice_n and_o esteem_v it_o impious_a to_o burn_v the_o body_n of_o the_o dead_a and_o lawful_a to_o â—y_a with_o a_o mother_n or_o a_o daughter_n as_o solion_n in_o his_o 23._o book_n lib._n herodotus_n say_v they_o differ_v as_o from_o otâ—ers_n so_o from_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n in_o this_o that_o these_o pollute_v themselves_o with_o the_o death_n of_o nothing_o but_o their_o sacrifice_n whereas_o the_o magi_n with_o their_o oâ—n_a hand_n kill_v any_o thing_n except_o a_o man_n and_o a_o dog_n yea_o they_o esteem_v it_o a_o great_a exploit_n if_o they_o have_v kill_v very_o many_o ant_n or_o serpent_n or_o other_o creep_a or_o fly_v thing_n the_o second_o part_n the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o persian_n that_o which_o be_v deliver_v to_o we_o of_o the_o persian_a doctrine_n and_o opinion_n be_v so_o little_a and_o so_o imperfect_a as_o it_o will_v not_o easy_o admit_v of_o be_v knit_v together_o by_o any_o method_n yet_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o near_a affinity_n their_o learning_n be_v conceive_v to_o have_v have_v with_o the_o chaldaean_n we_o shall_v observe_v the_o same_o course_n in_o collect_v and_o digest_v the_o few_o remain_v of_o it_o first_o to_o allege_v what_o concern_v their_o theology_n and_o physic_n next_o their_o art_n of_o divination_n three_o their_o religious_a worship_n and_o rite_n particular_o term_v magic_a and_o last_o to_o give_v a_o catalogue_n of_o all_o their_o go_n chap._n i._n theologie_n and_o physic_n that_o the_o persian_a magi_n be_v not_o unacquainted_a with_o theology_n and_o physic_n be_v confirm_v by_o mag._n suidas_n magi_n say_v he_o among_o the_o persian_n be_v philosopher_n and_o lover_n of_o god_n prooem_n laertius_n affirm_v they_o discourse_v concern_v the_o substance_n and_o generation_n of_o the_o god_n andc_a dion_n chrysostome_n that_o they_o be_v skilful_a in_o nature_n evang_v zoroaster_n the_o magus_n in_o his_o sacred_a collection_n of_o physics_n say_v express_o thus_o god_n have_v the_o head_n of_o a_o hawk_n he_o be_v the_o first_o incorruptible_a aeternal_a unbegotten_a indivisible_a most_o like_a himself_o the_o charioteer_n of_o every_o good_a one_o that_o can_v be_v bribe_v the_o best_a of_o thing_n good_a the_o wise_a of_o thing_n wise_a moreover_o he_o be_v the_o father_n of_o equity_n and_o 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