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A25906 The interpretation of dreams digested into five books by that ancient and excellent philosopher, Artimedorus / compiled by him in Greek, and translated afterwards into the Latine, the Italian, the French, and Spanish tongues, and now more exactly rendered into English ...; Oneirocritica. English Artemidorus, Daldianus.; Valerius Maximus.; R. W. (Robert Wood) 1644 (1644) Wing A3799; ESTC R9580 70,119 204

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tree always green and sound and by all antiquity dedicated to the Goddesse Minerva reputed the goddesse of Wisdome A certain man dreamt that his servant whom he loved above all the rest was changed into a torch or flame and he lost his sight and was led and guided by that servant A servant dreamt he saw a starre fall from heaven and another come out of the earth and flye up to heaven his Master died and his Masters son rose up into his masters place A Brother having his sister rich and sick dreamt that before her doore grew a Figge-trée from whence he gathered seven black Figs and eate them his sister deceased seven dayes after and made him her heyre A man dreamt he cast his skin and renewed it as a serpent and the day after he died for the soul which must leave the body represents such like visions to it in a dream Another dreamt that his father drew his sister being married from her husband and gavē her in marriage to another and he died soon after for his father represented God the creator and heavenly father of our souls th●s sister represented the soule of him that dreamt it which sister being separated from her spouse and given to another seemed to say that she should be separated from her body and should live and converse elsewhere signifying that the soules of those which dye do nothing but only change their place A man dreamt that he was great with childe and that he was delivered of two black daughters and he lost both his eyes or the sight of them for his two eye-lids which covered his eyes fell down A sonne being farre from his country dreamt that his own mother bare him again he returned into his own Country found his mother sick and was made her heyr by her death and will This dreame signified as much to him to wit that by his mothers meanes he should come from poverty to riches One dreamt that he ate his bread stéeped in honey and he thereupon gave his minde to the study of Philosophy and thereupon got wisedome honour and goods The honey therefore by his sweetnesse signified the sweetnesse of wisdome and the bread wealth Another dreamt that from his stomack there came eares of Corne and that there was one which pluckt them out he had two sonnes which soone after him dyed The end of the fifth Book of Artimedorus AN EPITOME OUT OF VALERIUS MAXIMUS Concerning Dreams Of the Emperour Augustus and Calphurnia AS Artorus Physitian to the Emperour Augustus say in his bed the Night before the Armies of the Romans namely the Host of Augustus and Mark Anthony on the one party and the Bands of Brutus and Cassius on the other were to figot the Battell in the Philippick Fields Pallas presented her selfe to this said Physitian commanding him to tell Augustus that although he was very sick he should not fail but be present at the battle Which Augustus understanding that he were very sick he should not faile but be present at the battle Which Augustus understanding he left his Tent being carried in a Litter though he could not fight for the victory presently the souldiers of Brutus ' army sarprised his Pavillions and although Augustus had resolved not to stir out of his Tent by reason of his sicknesse neverthelesse by the admonition of his Physitian by this meanes he saved his life for the souldiers of Brutus aymed chiefly at his Tent supposing to have found him there But because this Emperour was subtle wise and advised in all his actions the example of his ad●pted father and predecessor Julius being yet fresh in his mind perswaded him to obey the dreame of his Physitian For he wel knew that Calphurnia the wife of Julius Caesar had séen in her sléep the night before he was slain that he lay wounded in her armes and bosome with many wounds by reason of which horrible dream she intreated him not to be ●een the day following at the Court but he not willing to give eare to a womans dream thought rather to go to the Senate and sate in Parliament where he was put to death being miserably wounded with more then twenty wounds Of Publius Decius and Manlius Torquatus Consuls of Rome THe Uision which appeared in sleep all in the same night to Publius Decius and Manlius Torquatus was of great admiration and manifest issue For then when these two Consuls pitched a Field near the Hill Vesuvius viz. when the Latins left the side of the Romans To each of these two Consuls sléeping appeared a man and told them that of the one Army theyr Captain should be slain and of the other a great company should be discomfited but the chief of that Hoste that would assail the Troops of the Enemies and vow to suffer death f●r the rest they should have the victory Hearing this newes and waking rom their sléep these Consuls made a covenant together that what wing soever should first séem to stoop under the burthen of the battaile the captain of that band so discomfited should lay downe his life for his country and although neyther the one nor the other feared this adven●●re yet the chance fell upon Decius for his Troops began to be out of heart which he seeing cast himselfe in the middle of his Enemies with his sword in his hand and was slain So the Romans had the triumphant and desired Uictory against the Latines b● the death of one of their chief Captains following this dream Of Cicero TUlly being banished Rome by the conspiracy of his Enemies went to a Uillage and in his sléep seemed walking by desart places to meet with Marius then Consull and his Troopes who demanded of him why he was so sad and the cause why he haunted those desarts and was so transported into an unknowne way and after he had understood the many injuries which Tully had undergone he tooke him by the hight hand and gave charge to the principall of his Officers to leade him to his Chappell telling him he should heare there some good newes of the restoring of his estate which fell out in like manner For in that Chappell which Marius had caused to be built the Senators sate in counsell concerning the return of Cicero and it was so concluded that he should return safe and sound without any charge or dishonour Of Caius Gracchus AS Caius Gracchus slept he dreamt he saw his Brother Tyberius telling him that he should be killed as himself had beene before Many heard that he made account of this dreame especially before he was made Tribune of the people in which Office he received his death agréeable to his brothers Of Arthur Rous. THere being a prize to be plaid at Syracusis Arthur Rous a Roman Knight dreamt the night before that a Carrier of Nets or a Fisher should kill him The day after he was at the Combate and told his dream to the Defendants It fell presently after that near the place