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A57659 Mystagogvs poeticvs, or, The muses interpreter explaining the historicall mysteries and mysticall histories of the ancient Greek and Latine poets : here Apollo's temple is opened, the muses treasures discovered and the gardens of parnassus disclosed whence many flowers of usefull delightfull and rare observations never touched by any other mythologist are collected / by Alexander Ross. Ross, Alexander, 1591-1654. 1647 (1647) Wing R1964; ESTC R1748 187,684 318

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not_o for_o all_o his_o music_n charm_v his_o wife_n pride_n and_o insolency_n our_o saviour_n christ_n by_o the_o sweetness_n of_o his_o evangelicall_n music_n charm_v the_o gentile_n and_o of_o such_o stone_n raise_v child_n to_o abraham_n cause_v man_n to_o meet_v together_o towards_o the_o build_n of_o the_o new_a jerusalem_n but_o yet_o he_o can_v not_o prevail_v with_o the_o jew_n which_o he_o have_v marry_v to_o himself_o neither_o can_v he_o cure_v their_o pride_n and_o obstinacy_n though_o he_o pipe_v they_o will_v not_o dance_v nox_fw-la she_o be_v the_o ancient_a goddess_n the_o daughter_n of_o chaos_n or_o of_o hell_n the_o mother_n of_o love_n deceit_n ●eare_z darkness_n old_a age_n death_n misery_n complaint_n sleep_v dream_n and_o many_o other_o such_o like_a child_n the_o interpreter_n 1._o nox_n be_v so_o call_v a_o nocendo_fw-la for_o the_o night_n be_v the_o occasion_n of_o much_o mischief_n nox_n &_o amor_fw-la vinumque_fw-la nihil_fw-la moderabile_fw-la 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the_o trojan_n that_o she_o may_v not_o be_v see_v by_o mars_n i_o think_v by_o this_o helmet_n may_v be_v mean_v the_o grave_n or_o coffin_n by_o which_o the_o dead_a be_v make_v invisible_a to_o we_o and_o by_o it_o they_o be_v defend_v from_o the_o injury_n of_o beast_n and_o bird_n 10._o the_o cypress_n tree_n be_v dedicate_v to_o pluto_n and_o with_o the_o leaf_n of_o it_o he_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v crown_v to_o show_v the_o nature_n of_o death_n for_o as_o this_o tree_n be_v cut_v down_o never_o bud_v or_o grow_v again_o so_o neither_o do_v the_o dead_a rise_n again_o by_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n therefore_o this_o tree_n be_v much_o use_v in_o funeral_n and_o chief_o because_o of_o its_o strong_a smell_n fit_a to_o keep_v off_o the_o stinch_v of_o the_o dead_a body_n while_o they_o be_v burn_v of_o all_o the_o wealth_n that_o a_o rich_a man_n enjoy_v this_o tree_n only_o say_v horace_n shall_v accompany_v he_o to_o his_o urn_n neque_fw-la harum_fw-la quas_fw-la colis_fw-la arborum_fw-la te_fw-la praeto_fw-la invisas_fw-la cupressos_fw-la ulla_fw-la brevem_fw-la dominum_fw-la sequetur_fw-la why_o pluto_n head_n be_v crown_v with_o narcissus_n i_o know_v no_o reason_n but_o because_o of_o its_o strong_a smell_n and_o because_o the_o seed_n thereof_o be_v black_a 11._o pluto_n be_v call_v the_o god_n of_o the_o depart_a mane_n o●_n ghost_n because_o he_o first_o find_v out_o the_o way_n of_o bury_v the_o dead_a who_o before_o lay_v unbury_v as_o also_o perhaps_o he_o find_v out_o the_o funeral_n oblequy_n or_o ceremony_n of_o burial_n with_o which_o only_a plutus_n or_o rich_a man_n be_v honour_v for_o the_o poor_a man_n be_v free_a from_o such_o vanity_n 12._o it_o be_v not_o without_o cause_n that_o the_o same_o who_o be_v god_n of_o hell_n be_v also_o god_n of_o riches_n for_o the_o riches_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n which_o we_o so_o much_o sweat_v and_o labour_n for_o be_v never_a hell_n in_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o earth_n in_o ipsa_fw-la sede_fw-la manium_fw-la opes_fw-la quoe●●_n mus_fw-la say_v pliny_n beside_o covetous_a rich_a man_n have_v a_o hell_n within_o they_o if_o we_o look_v upon_o their_o care_n and_o fear_n their_o watch_n and_o toilsome_a labour_n beside_o the_o check_n of_o a_o evil_a conscience_n so_o that_o pluto_n be_v in_o plutus_n hell_n or_o orcus_n have_v his_o throne_n in_o the_o rich_a man_n mind_n there_o be_v the_o three_o head_a cerberus_n continual_o bark_v and_o the_o fury_n continual_o torture_v of_o he_o suum_fw-la quodque_fw-la seelus_fw-la agitat_fw-la amentiaque_fw-la assicit_fw-la sua_fw-la quemque_fw-la sraus_fw-la et_fw-la suus_fw-la terro●_n maxivie_n vexat_fw-la 13._o some_o make_v pluto_n and_o plutus_n different_a god_n and_o they_o will_v have_v plutus_n to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o jason_n and_o ceres_n and_o he_o be_v more_o worship_v than_o any_o other_o god_n ceres_n be_v corn_n and_o jason_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o hall_n we_o know_v that_o plentiful_a crop_n make_v rich_a farmer_n and_o the_o practice_n of_o physic_n have_v enrich_v many_o that_o gal●nus_n open_v and_o i_o be_o s●re_v no_o god_n be_v now_o hold_v in_o so_o much_o veneration_n as_o wealth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o praetio_fw-la praetium_fw-la 14._o pluto_n be_v call_v by_o homer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d implacacable_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unconquerable_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d most_o hateful_a both_o to_o show_v the_o nature_n of_o death_n which_o be_v inexorable_a and_o therefore_o hate_v of_o all_o as_o also_o the_o quality_n of_o a_o rich_a miler_n who_o be_v odious_a to_o all_o man_n even_o to_o those_o that_o be_v near_a to_o he_o non_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d salvum_fw-la te_fw-la vult_fw-la non_fw-la filia_fw-la 15._o they_o write_v that_o pluto_n tremble_v when_o there_o be_v any_o earth_n quake_v fear_v lest_o the_o earth_n shall_v cleave_v and_o so_o let_v in_o the_o light_n upon_o he_o which_o he_o hate_v irepidant_a immisso_fw-la lumine_fw-la 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measure_v out_o his_o life_n which_o oftentimes_o atropos_n cut_v off_o before_o they_o live_v out_o half_a their_o day_n 17._o to_o pluto_n they_o give_v key_n by_o which_o he_o lock_n the_o gate_n of_o hell_n that_o none_o may_v return_v thence_o but_o they_o be_v deceive_v it_o be_v only_a christ_n that_o have_v the_o key_n of_o hell_n and_o of_o death_n he_o open_v and_o no_o man_n shut_v etc._n etc._n he_o will_v open_v the_o adamantin_n gate_n of_o death_n in_o the_o last_o day_n for_o we_o and_o have_v already_o open_v for_o himself_o when_o he_o rise_v the_o three_o day_n break_v through_o the_o bar_n of_o death_n for_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o the_o chain_n of_o death_n shall_v detain_v he_o who_o will_v see_v more_o of_o pluto_n let_v he_o look_v upon_o the_o word_n ceres_n pollux_n see_v castor_n polyphemus_n see_v cyclopes_n priapus_n he_o be_v the_o son_n of_o bacchus_n and_o venus_n beget_v by_o he_o when_o he_o return_v from_o the_o indies_n for_o then_o venus_n 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