left a Serpent biting its own Tail SECT II. His Family and Actions M. IT is indeed Saturn the Son of Terra or Vesta and Coelum Caelus or Coelius â—in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 who was the Son of AEther and Dies and the Antientest of all the Gods This Coelum according to the Story married his own Daughter Vesta and begat many Children of her the most eminent of whose was Saturn whose Brothers were the Cyclopes Oceanus Titan the Centimani and divers others and Sisters Ceres Tethys and Ops or Rhea which he afterwards married The Sisters perswaded their Mother Vesta to exclude Titan or Titanus the eldest Son and to appoint Saturn Heir of his Father's Kingdom When Titan saw the fixed Resolution of his Mother and Sisters he would not strive against the Stream but voluntarily quitted his Right and transferr'd it upon Saturn under Condition that he should not bring up any Male Children that so after Saturn's Death the Kingdom should return to the Children of Titan. P. Did Saturn accept that Condition M. He not only accepted but very sincerely kept it whilst he could for at last his Design was prevented For when his Wife Ops perceived that her Husband devoured all her Male Children when she brought forth the Twins Iupiter and Iuno she sent only Iuno to him but sent Iupiter to be nursed in Mount Ida by the Curetes and Corybantes Priestesses of Cybele who by the noise of the Cymbals and Drums which they used in the Sacrifices might hinder Saturn from hearing the crys of Iupiter By the same Trick she also saved Neptune and Pluto from her devouring Husband P. Was this Artifice ever discovered to Saturn M. Yes and he demanded the Boy of Ops. But Ops lapp'd up a Stone in Swadling Cloaths and delivered that to her Husband to be devoured instead of Iupiter who swallowed it down in a moment P. What did Titan do when he saw himself cheated and the Agreement between him and Saturn broken M. To revenge the Injury done to him he raised Forces and brought them against Saturn and made both him and Rhea Prisoners and bound them and shut them up together in Hell Tartarus where they lay till Iupiter after a few years overcame the Titans and set his Father and Mother again at Liberty P. I suppose that Saturn remembred this Kindness and favoured Iupiter afterwards M. On the contrary he strove to take away his Life because he heard by an Oracle that he should be driven out of his Kingdom by a Son As in reality he was afterwards For Iupiter deposed him from the Throne and expelled him the Kingdom because he formed Conspiracies against him Besides this when he found Saturn almost Drunk with Mead he bound him and gelded him as Saturn had gelt his Father Coelum before with his Sickle P. And whither did Saturn go after he had lost his Kingdom M. Into Italy which was heretofore called Saturnia from him He lived there with King Ianus and that part of Italy in which he lay hid was afterwards called Latium and the People Latinus à latendo as Ovid observes Fast. l. 1. Inde diu Genti mansit Saturnia nomen Dicta fuit Latium terra latente Deo That Country long Saturnia became While Latium from his lying hid had Name King Ianus made Saturn Partner of his Kingdom whereby Saturn reduced the wild People who wandered up and down before like Beasts to civil Society and joined them to each other as it were in Chains of Brass that is by the Brass Money which he invented and therefore on one side of the Money was stamped a Ship because Saturn came thither in a Ship and on the other side was stamped a Ianus Bifrons says Ovid in Fast. l. 1. At bona posteritas puppim signavit in aere Hospitis adventum testificata Dei A Ship by th' following Age was stampt on Coin To shew they once a God did entertain But altho' the Money was Brass yet this was the Golden Age in which Saturn lived when as the Poets who magnify the happiness of that Age would persuade us the Earth without the Labour of Plowing and Sowing brought forth its Fruits and all things were common to all there were no Differences nor Contentions amongst any for every thing happened according to every Body's mind This Virgil hath elegantly described Aen. l. 8. Primum ab aethereo venit Saturnus Olympo Arma Iovis fugiens regnis exul ademptis Is genus indocile ac dispersum montibus abtis Composuit legesque dedit Latiumque vocari Maluit his quoniam latuisset tuâ—us in oris Aureaque ut perhibent illo sub rege fruere Saecula sic placida populos in pace regebat Flying Jove's Anger Saturn to this Coast From Heav'n first came Coelestial Kingdoms lost He from high Mountains the rude People draws And taught them both Civility and Laws Then Latium stil'd the Country since it held Hâ—m safe from all his Enemies conceal'd That was the Golden Age in which he reign'd Because in Peace his Kingdoms were maintain'd Ovid says of the same Age Amor. l. 3. Signabat nullo limite fossor humum The Delver made nor mound nor balk Which Virgil hath expressed almost in the same words 1. Georg. Nec signare quidem aut partiri limite campum Fas erat Around the Earth the Land-marks then to fix Was held a Crime SECT III. Name of Saturn MAny derive the Name Saturn or Saturnus as they pronounced it antiently 1. From Satu Sowing as Portunus is derived from Portu and Neptunus from Nuptu because he first taught the Art of Sowing and Tilling the Ground in Italy and therefore he was esteemed the God of Husbandry and called by the Romans Stercutius because he first fatned the Earth with Dung He is therefore painted with a Sickle with which the Meadows are mowed and the Corn is cut dow This Sickle called in Greek Drepanon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 was thrown into a City of Sicily thence called Drepanum now Trapano But some say that this City was named from that Sickle which Ceres had from Vulcan and gave the Titans when she taught them to mow But others say the Town had its Name because it was crooked and hollow like a Sickle In deed Sicily is so fruitful in Corn and Pasture that the Poets justly imagined that the Sickle was kept there 2. Again Saturnus is derived à Saturnandâ— quasi saturet populos annona as tho' he fills the Bellies of the People with Provision as hiâ— Wife was called Ops quod esurientibus opem ferat because she helps the hungry Or quòd ipsâ— saturetur annis quos devorat that he is satisfied with the years that he devours for Saturn and Time are the same 3. Or thirdly Saturnus quasi Sator 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 mentis sator because he creates Sense and Understanding in the
her Mouth therefore the Weasel brings forth her Young at her Mouth with great pain and anguish As for the Labours of Hercules I must confess that they were more than twelve tho those especially are called Hercules's Labours if you please we will continue our account of him thus XIII The enormous Giant Antaeus who was above sixty four Cubits high He was barbarous to all Strangers for he forced them to wrestle with him and then choaked them Hercules threw this Giant down thrice and perceived that he recovered new strength as oft as he touched the ground wherefore he lifted him in his Arms from the ground and pinched and squeezed him till he burst and died XIV Busiris the Tyrant used to sacrifice all the Strangers which he caught to his Father Neptune till Hercules sacrificed both him and his Son upon the same Altars XV. He killed the Giants Albion and Bergion who intended to stop his Journey And when in the fight his Arrows were consumed so that he wanted Arms he prayed to Iupiter and obtained from him a shower of Stones with which he defeated and put to flight his Adversaries This they say happened in that part of France which was antiently called Gallia Narbonensis which place is still called Campus Lapideus the Stony Plain Mela. XVI When Atlas was weary and sunk under his burden Hercules took the Heavens upon his own Shoulders XVII He overcame the Robber Cacus who spit Fire and strangled him XVIII He shot the Eagle with an Arrow that devoured the Liver of Prometheus while he lay chained to the Rock XIX He slew Theodamas the Father of Hylas because he denied to give him Victuals but he took Hylas with him and was very kind to him XX. He delivered Hesione the Daughter of Laomedon King of Troy from the Whale to which Sea-Monster she was exposed in this manner He raised on a sudden a Bank in the place where Hesione was to be devoured by the Whale and stood himself armed before it And when the Whale came gaping and seeking his prey Hercules leapt into his Mouth and sliding down into his Belly he spent three days in tearing the Monsters Belly but at length he burst through safe and lost his Hair Laomedon after this broke his word and refused to give Hercules the reward which he had promised wherefore he took by force and pillaged the City Troy giving to Telamon who first mounted the Walls the Lady Hesione as a part of the Booty XXI He overcame Achelous the Son of Oceanus and Terra in a Duel they fought for Deianira who was betrothed to them both altho Achelous first turned himself into a Serpent and afterwards into a Bull. For Hercules plucked one of the Bulls Horns off which obliged him to yield He purchased his Horn again giving Hercules Amalthaea's Horn. This is the meaning of the Story Achelous is a River of Greece whose course turns and winds like a Serpent its Stream is so rapid that it makes Furrows wheresoe'er it flows and the noise of its waters resembles the roaring of a Bull and indeed it is a common thing among the Poets to compare a rapid River to a Bull This River divided itself into two Streams but Hercules with Banks forced it into one Channel that is he broke off one of the Horns or Streams The Lands being thus drained became mighty fertile so that Hercules is said to have received the Horn of Plenty Deianira was the Daughter of Oeneus King of AEtolia Hercules carried hâ—r to be Married and they came to a River which stopped their Journey but the Centaur Nessus freely proffered to carry Deianira over upon his Back In the mean time Hercules swam over the River When she came on the farther side of the River Nessus endeavoured to ravish her which Hercules observing while he swam and being enraged at the impudence of the Monster shot him with an Arrow and killed him when Nessus was dying he gave Deianira his bloody Coat and told her that if any Husband wore that Coat he would never follow unlawful Amours The credulous Lady accepted the Present and not long after experimented the virtue of it far otherwise than she expected For the unconquerable Hercules who had hitherto surmounted so many and so great Labours was at length broken by the Charms and overcome by the Pleasures of Omphale the Queen of Lydia He served her and changed the Club which he always carried with him into a Distaff and his Arrows into a Spindle He fell also in love with Iole the Daughter of Eurytus King of Oechalia to that degree that he was miserably ruined These things made his Wife Deianira mighty uneasie so that she desiring to turn him from the love of his Mistresses sent him Nessus's Coat which he put on when he went to Sacrifice but it drove him into such a Distraction that he burnt himself upon the Pile that he had raised and after his death was accounted among the number of the Gods CHAP. II. JASON JASON the Son of AEson King of Thessalia and Alcimede was an Infant when his Father died so that his Uncle Pelias administred the Government when he came to Age he demanded possession of the Crown as being next Heir But Pelias advised and incouraged him to go to Colchis under a pretence of gaining the Golden Fleece from thence but in reality to kill him with the labour and danger of the Journey P. What Golden Fleece was that M. It was the Hide of a Ram a white or purple Colour This Ram was given to Phryxus the Son of Athamas and Nephele by his Mother Phryxus and his Sister Helle fearing the design of their Step-Mother Ino got upon the back of this Ram intending to save themselves by flight But while they were swimming over the narrowest part of Pontus an Arm of the Sea Helle was so affrighted at the tossing of the Waves that she fell down from whence that Sea hath been called the Hellespont ever since from her Name Phryxus was carried over safe and betook himself to AEta the King of Colchis a Country of Asia near the Pontus where he was kindly received and sacrificed the Ram to Iupiter or to Mars who afterwards placed it among the Constellations Only his Hide or Fleece was hung up in a Grove that was Sacred to Mars it was called the Golden Fleece because it was of a Golden Colour It was guarded by Bulls who breathed forth Fire from their Nostrils and a vast and watchful Dragon since it was a Sacred and Divine Pledge and a Relique of the greatest Importance P. Did Iason carry away that Fleece M. Yes He went on board a Ship called Argus for it was built by a Work-man of that Name And being inflamed with the desire of honour he chuses forty nine Noble Companions who from the Ship were
highest degree of Honour and Worship M. By these four especially By the Invention of Physick Musick Poetry and Rhetorick and therefore he is supposed to preside over the Muses It is said that he taught the Arts of Divining and Shooting with Arrows when therefore he had gratified Mankind infinitely by these Favours they deified him Hear how gloriously he himself repeats his Accomplishments of Mind and Nature where he magnifies himself to the flying Nymph iri Ovid whom he passionately loved Nescis temeraria nescis Quem fugias ideoque fugis Iupiter est genitor Per me quod eritque fuitque Estque patet Per me concordant carmina nervis Certa quidem nostra est nostra tamen una sagitta Certior in vacuo quae vulnera pectore fecit Inventum Medicina meum est Opiferque per orbem Dicor herbarum est subjecta potentia nobis Perhaps thou know'st not my superior State And from that Ignorance proceeds thy Hate The King of Gods begot me What shall be Or is or ever was in Fate I see Mine is th' Invention of the charming Lyre Sweet Notes and heav'nly Numbers I inspire Sure is my Bow unerring is my Dart But ah more deadly his who pierc'd my Heart Med'cine is mine what Herbs and Simples grow In Fields or Forests all their Pow'rs I know And am the great Physician call'd below P. What memorable things did he perform M. Many but especially these 1. He destroyed all the Cyclops the Forgers of Iupiter's Thunderbolts with his Arrows to revenge the Death of Aesculapius his Son whom Iupiter had killed with Thunder because by the Help of his Physick he revived the Dead Wherefore for this Fact being cast down from Heaven and deprived of his Divinity expos'd to the Calamities of the World and commanded to live in Banishment upon Earth Apollo was compelled by Want to look after Admetuâ—'s Cattel where tired with Leisure to pass away his time it is said that he first invented and formed a Harp After this Mercury got an opportunity to drive away a few of the Cattel of his Herd by stealth for which whilst Apollo complained and threatned him unless he brought the same Cattel back again his Harp was also stoln from him by Mercury so that he could not forbear turning his Anger into Laughter 2. He raised the Walls of the City of Troy by the Musick of his Harp alone if we may believe the Poet Ovid. Epist. Parid. Ilion aspicies firmataque turribus altis Moenia Apollineae structa canore lyrae Troy you shall see and divine Walls admire Built to the Consort of Apollo's Lyre Some say that there was a Stone upon which Apollo only laid down his Harp the Stone by the Touch of it alone became so melodious that whenever it was struck with another Stone it sounded like a Harp 3. By Misfortune he kild Hyacinthus a pretty and an ingenious Boy that he loved For whilst Hyacinthus and he did play together at Quoits Zephyrus being inraged because Apollo was better beloved by Hyacinthus than himself and having an opportunity of Revenge he puffed the Quoit that Apollo cast against Hyacinthus's Head by which blow he fell down dead whereupon Apollo caused the Blood of the Youth that was spilt upon the Earth to produce the Flowers of Violets Ovid. Metam lib. 10. Ecce cruor qui fusus humi signaverat herbas Desinit esse cruor Tyrioque nitentior ostro Flos or itur formamque capit quam Lilia si non Purpureus color his argenteus esset in illis Behold the Blood which late the Grass had dy'd Was now no Blood from whence a Flow'r full-blown Far brighter than the Tyrian Scarlet shone Which seem'd the same or did resemble right A Lily changing but the Red to White Sands He was besides a great Lover of Cyparissus another very pretty Boy who when he had unfortunately kild a fine Deer which he exceedingly loved and had brought up from its birth was so melancholy for the Loss thereof that he constantly bewailed the Loss of this Deer and refused all comfort Apollo in pity chang'd him into a Cypress-Tree as before his death he had begg'd of the Gods Ovid Metam lib. 10. Ut tempore lugeat omni Ingemuit tristisque Deus lugebere nobis Lugebisque alios aderisque lugentibus inquit Implores that he might never cease to mourn When Phoebus sighing I for thee will mourn Mourn thou for others Herses still adorn Sands For they used Cypress in Funerals 4. He most ardently loved the Virgin Daphne so famous for her Modesty When he pursued her that she might secure her Chastity from the violence of his Passion she was changed into a Laurel the most chast of Trees which is never corrupted with the violence of heat or cold but remains always flourishing always pure There is a Story about this Virgin Tree which better deserves our Admiration than our Belief A certain Painter was about to draw the Picture of Apollo upon a Table made of Laurel Wood and it is said that the Laurel would not suffer the Colours to stick to it as though the dead Wood was sensible and did abhor the Picture of the impure Deity no less than if Daphne her self was alive within it 5. He courted also a long time the Nymph Bolina but never could gain her for she chose rather to throw her self into a River and be drowned than yield to his lascivious Flames Nor did her unconquerable Modesty lose its reward She gained to her self an Immortality by dying so and sacrificing her Life in the Defense of her Virginity not only overcame Apollo but the very Powers of Death She became immortal 6. Leucothoe the Daughter of Orchamus King of Babylon was not so tenacious of her Chastity for she yielded at last to Apollo's Amour Her Father could not bear such a Disgrace branded on his Family and therefore buried her alive Ovid. Met. lib. 4. defodit alta Crudus humo tumulumque super gravis addit arenae Interr'd her living Body in the Earth And on it rais'd a Tomb of heavy Sand Whose pondrous weight her rising might withstand Apollo was indeed much troubled at this but since he could do nothing else for her Nectare odorato sparsit corpusque locumque Multaque conquestus Tanges tamen aethera dixit Protinus imbutum caelesti nectare corpus Delituit terramque suo madefecit odore Virgaque per glebas sensim radicibus actis Thurea surrexit tumulumque cacumine rupit He mourn'd her loss and sprinkled all her Herse With balmy Nectar and more precious tears Then said since Fate does here our joys defer Thou shalt ascend to Heav'n and bless me there Her Body straight embalm'd with heav'nly art Did a sweet Odour to the ground impart And from the Grave a second Tree arise That cheers the God with pleasing Sacrifice These Amours of Leucothoe and Apollo had been discovered to her Father by
the Enemy These Female Warriours by their frequent excursions became possessors of a great part of Asia when Hercules accompanied with Theseus made War upon them and defeated them and taking Hippolyte their Queen Prisoner gave her to Wife to Theseus Theseus had by Hippolyte his Son Hippolytus who was very beautiful and mightily addicted to Hunting and a remarkable lover of Chastity For when Phaedra his Stepmother the Daughter of King Minos whom Theseus had preferred to her Sister Ariadne solicited him to commit wickedness when he was grown a Man he refused to comply which repulse provoked her so much that when her Husband returned she accused him wrongfully as if he had offered to ravish her Theseus gives Ear to the wicked Woman and believes her untruth against his Son Hippolytus who perceiving it fled away in his Chariot In his flight he met several monstrous Sea-Calfs which frighted his Horses so that they threw him out of the Seat his Feet were entangled in the Harness and he was dragged through the Thickets of a Wood and torn to pieces miserably AEsculapius afterwards at the request of Diana restored him to life again But he however left Greece and came into Italy where changing his name he called himself Virbius quod vir bis fuisset because he had been a Man twice Phaedra was gnawn with the stings of her Conscience and hanged her self And not long after Theseus being banished from his Country ended an illustrious life with an obscure death CHAP. IV. CASTOR and POLLUX P. WHO are those two handsom beautiful young Men that ride upon white Horses M. They are two Twin-brothers the Sons of Iupiter and Leda their Names Castor and Pollux P. What Leda was that M. The Wife of Tyndarus King of Laconia whom Iupiter lov'd and could not succeed in his Amour till he changed himself into a Swan which Swan was afterwards made a Constellation In this form he gained the mutual love of Leda by the sweetness of his singing and flying into her Bosom as it were that he might secure himself from the violence of an Eagle which pursued him He enjoyed her tho' she was then big with Child by her Husband Leda brought forth two Eggs which were hatched and produced the two Twin-Brothers which you see P. You mean that one came out of one Egg and the other out of the other Egg. M. Out of the Egg which Leda had conceived by Iupiter came Castor and Pollux who sprang from Divine Seed and were therefore immortal But out of the other which she conceived by Tyndarus her Husband came Helena and Clytemnestra who were mortal because they were begotten by a mortal Father Yet Castor and Pollux are frequently called Tyndaridae by the Poets as Helena is also called Tyndaris from that King Tyndarus P. What memorable Actions did Castor and Pollux do M. They both accompanied Iason when he failed to Colchis and when they returned from thence recovered their Sister Helena from Theseus who had stol'n her by overcoming the Athenians that fought for him to whom their Clemency and Humanity was so great after the defeat that the Athenians called them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Sons of Iupiter from whence white Lambs were offered upon their Altars But although they were both born at the same birth and as some think out of the same Egg yet their Dispositions were different For says Horace Serm. 2. 1. Castor gaudet equis Ovo prognatus eodem Pugnis quot capitum vivunt totidem studiorum Millia Pollux on foot on Horseback Castor fights As many men so many their delights P. What end had they M. Castor being as some say a mortal Person was killed by Lynceus Whereupon his Brother Pollux prayed Iupiter to restore him to Life again and confer an Immortality upon him But this could not be granted However he obtained leave to divide his Immortality betwixt himself and his Brother Castor And thence it came to pass that they lived afterwards by turns every other day or as others say every other fortnight according to that of the Poet. Vir. Aen. 6. Sic fratrem Pollux alterna morte redemit Itque reditque viam Thus Pollux fetch'd his Brother from the dead And the same dolorous way to ' and fro did tread After the death of Castor a kind of a Pyrrhice or a Dance in Armour was instituted to his honour which was performed by young Men Armed and called Castoreum Tripudium Castor's dance At length they both were translated into the Heavens and made a Constellation which is still called Gemini And when one of them rises the other sets Sailors esteem these Stars lucky and prosperous to them because when the Argonauts were driven by a violent Tempest two lambent Flames setled upon the Heads of Castor and Pollux and a Calm immediately ensued and from thence a Vertue more than humane was thought to be lodged in these Youths Whensoever these Fires appeared afterwards they were called Castor and Pollux If but one Fire appeared they called it Helena and it was esteemed fatal and destructive to Mariners There was a famous Temple dedicated to Castor and Pollux in the Forum at Rome for it was believed that in the dangerous Battle of the Romans with the Latins they assisted the Romans riding upon white Horses From hence comes that Adverb of Swearing which Women only use AEcastor whereas the Men Swore only by Hercules after these manners quasi per aedem Castoris by the Temple of Castor Hercule Hercle Hercules Mehercules and Mehercule but the Oath AEdepol per aedem Pollâ—cis by the Temple of Pollux was used by both Men and Women P. But what became of Clytemnestra M. Clytemnestra was married to Agamemnon whom after his return from the Siege of Trâ—y she killed by the help of AEgisthus with whom in the interim she had lived in Adultery She attempted also to kill his Son Orestes which she had done if his Sister Electra had not delivered him at the very point of destruction sending him privately to Strophius King of Phâ—cis where after he had lived twelve years he returned to his own Country and slew Clytemnestra and AEgisthus both He killed also Pyrrhus in the Temple of Apollo because he had taken to himself Hermione the Daughter of Menclaus who was first betrothed to Orestes wherefore the Furies tormented him nâ—ither could he obtain deliverance from them till he had expâ—ated his wickedness at the Altar of Diana Taurica whither he was conducted by â—yâ—ades his Friend perpetual Companion and Partner in all his dangers Whose Friendships was so close and sacred that either of them would die for the other P. Who was that Diana Taurica M. The Goddess Diana that was worshipped in Taurica Chersonesus or Cherronesus a Peninsula so called from the Tauri an antient People of Scythia Europaea This Goddess was worshipped with
she was called Brevis or Parva in the same place She is also called Caeca Blind Neither is she only says Cicero blind her self but she many times makes those blind that enjoy her De Amicit. In some Inscriptions she is called Conservatrix The Pretor Q. Fulvius Flaccus in Spain when the last Battel was fought with the Celtiberi vowed a Chappel to Fortuna Equestris Because he in the Battel commanded the Bridles to be taken off from the Horses that they might run upon the Enemy with the greater Force and Violence Whereby he got the Victory Livy Fo rs Fortuna or Fortis Fortuna was her Name and she was worshipped by those who lived without any Art or Care at all Livy She had a Chappel near the Temple of Venus where she was called Mascula and Virâ—lis Masculine She was called Muliebris because the Mother and the Wife of Coriolanus saved the City of Rome And when her Image was consecrated in their presence it spoke these Words in Latin twice Rite me Matronae dedicastis Ladies you have dedicated me as you should do Yet it was not lawful for all Matrons to touch this Image but for those only who had not been married twice Mammosa either from her shape or because she supplies us with plenty Servius Tullus dedicated a Temple to Fortuâ—a Obsequens because she obeys the Wishes of Men. Livy The same Prince worshipped her and built her Chappels where she was called by these following Primigenia because both the City and the Empire received its Origine from her Privata or Propria she had a Chappel in the Court which that Prince used so familiarly that he was thought to go down through a little Window into it Plut. Her Temple at Praeneste from whence she was called Praenestina was famouser and more notable than all the rest because very true Oracles were uttered there Domitian consecrated a Chappel to Fortuna Redux In ancient Inscriptions she is named Stata To Virgo Fortuna the little Coats of the young Girls were presented Lastly she was called Viscata or Viscosa Viscous because we are taken by her in which Sense Seneca says Viscosa esse beneficia Kindnesses are Birdlime SECT X. The Fever FEbris the Fever had her Altars and Temple in the Palace She was worshipped that she should not do hurt And for the same reason they worshipped all the other Gods and Goddesses of this kind Fear and Paleness were feigned to be Gods and worshipped by Tullus Hostilius when in the Battel betwixt the Romans and the Vejentes it was told him that the Albani had revolted and the Romans grew afraid and pale For in this doubtful Conjuncture he vowed a Temple to Pallor and Pavor The People of Gadara made Poverty and Art Goddesses Because the first whets the Wit for the Discovery of the other Necessity and Violence had their Chappel upon the Acro-corinthus but it was a Crime to enter into it M. Marcellus dedicated a Chappel to Tempestas without the Gate of Capena after he had escaped a severe Tempest in a Voyage into the Island of Sicily SECT XI Silence BOth the Romans and the Egyptians worship'd the Gods and Goddesses of Silence The Latins particularly worshipped Angeronia and Tacita whose Image they say stood upon the Altar of the Goddess Volupia with its Mouth tied up and sealed because they who endure their Cares and Angores Animi from whence the Name Angeronia comes with Silence and Patience do by that means procure to themselves the greatest Pleasure The Egyptians worshipped Harpocrates as the God of Silence after the Death of Osiris He was the Son of Isis. They offered the first Fruits of the Lentils and Pulse to him They consecrated the Tree Persâ—a to him because the Leaves of it were fashioned like a Tongue and Fruit like an Heart He was painted naked in the Figure of a Boy crowned with an Egyptian Mitre which ended at the points in two as it were Birds he held in his Left Hand a Horn of Plenty whilst a Finger of his Right Hand was upon his Lip thereby commanding Silence And therefore I say no more Neither can I better be silent than when a God commands me to be so Notwithstanding I am not so careful of the Directions or the vain Commands of this mute God this piceus puer pitchy Youth as Martianus calls him because the complexion of the Egyptians is black but as there is a time to speak so there is a time to hold ones peace as we are assured by the Mouth of the Wise Man from that One and True God who speaks once for an Eternity and in one word expresses all things Whereas how little have I expressed all this time in a multitude of Words How vain have I been and troublesome to you Palaeophilus My long idle and unskilful discourses have been very tedious and troublesome to you I acknowledge my Fault and shall say no more for shame P. But I must not be silent For dearest Sir your extraordinary Civility to me as well as your great Merit commands me at all times and places to speak and write of you with Honor to express my Gratitude as much as I can that way if I am not so able to do it in another FINIS An INDEX Referring to all the Necessary Matters contained in this Book ABeona the Goddess 326 Absyrtus 346 Achelous 342 Acheron 278 Achilles 375 Acidalia Venus 126 Actaeon 236 Adeona 326 Adonis 141 Adrastaea Nemesis 219 Adscriptitii 8 Aeacus 294 Aegeus 348 Aegina 18 Aegis 1â—8 Aeolus 185 Aeson 346 Aesculapius 362 Agamemnon 356 Aganippides 215 Agenoria 326 Agesilaus Pluto 282 Ajax 379 Aius Locutius 328 Alcides Hercules 334 Alcithoe 79 Alcmena 18 333 Alecto 291 Alectryon 92 Alma Ceres 204 Aloius 298 Almathaea's Horn 15 Amazons 338 350 Ambarvalian Sacrifices 209 Ambrosia 77 Ammon Iupiter 22 Amphion 374 Amphitrite 260 Andromeda 359 Angeromâ— 327 Antaeus 340 Anthia Iuno 102 Antiope 18 Aonides 215 Apaturia 77 Apaturia Venus 124 Apis 384 Apollo 33 c. Arachne 115 Areopagus Areopagitae 89 Arethusa 253 Argiva Iuno 102 Argonautae 345 Ariadne 348 Arion 375 Aristeus 233 Armata Venus 124 Ascalaphus 287 Ascolian Sacrifices 77 Astarte Venus 124 Asteria 147 Astraea 218 Atalanta 134 Athena Minerva 111 Atlas 369 Atreus 302 Atropos 289 Atys 198 Averruneus 328 B. BAcchus 65 Bacchanalia 78 Barbata Venus 124 Battus 63 Belides 301 Bellerophon 360 Bellona 87 Belus Iupiter 22 Belus 3 Beneficium 328 Berecynthia 194 Bias 46 Biblis 57 Biformis Bacchus 69 Bimetor Bacchus 70 Bolina 38 Bona the Goddess 195 Bonus the God 400 Briareus 298 Brimo Diana 241 Briseas Bacchus 69 Bromius Bacchus 70 Bubastis Diana 241 Bubona 256 Bugenes Bacchus 70 Bunea Iuno 102 Busiris 341 C. CAbin 200 Cacus 179 Cadmus 20 Cadmeus 62 Caeculus 179 Caenis 265 Calliope 212 Calendaris Iuno 102 Calva Venus 125 Calisto 18 Calumnia 401 Camaena 327