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A54667 A brief historical discourse of the original and grovvth of heraldry demonstrating upon what rational foundations, that noble and heroick science is established / by Thomas Philipot ... Philipot, Thomas, d. 1682. 1672 (1672) Wing P1991; ESTC R6107 61,810 152

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for here the old Figs never fall off until the new ones appear which asserts the Justice of our Saviour's curse inflicted on the Fig-tree in the Gospel and which hath so distorted and perplexed Commentators to abett for if the Time of Figs was not yet come as the Pages of Holy Writ in that Story do aver there was then a greater Reason that Figs should appear and if the Time of Figs was come yet still the old ones did remain for some interval of Time after the new ones had given Evidence of their Appearance and Being And it is observable that Julian the Apostate that like an industrious Spider did with a curious and diligent Malice spin out any thing out of Scripture with which he might weave together the least Pretence of Absurdity or Impossibility did from his Inspection into natural Causes never quarrel the truth of what is above asserted A Lion Rampant amongst the Egyptians was the Hieroglyphick of Magnanimity Regardant of Circumspection and Caution Salient of Expedition or celerity Sejant of Counsel Passant of Prudence Gardant of Defence A Bee making Hony was the Hieroglyphick of a Prince managing the Administration and Conduct of his Kingdom and Publick Affairs An Elephant amongst the elder Persians Egyptians and Indians was the Symbol of Fidelity Justice and Piety and amongst the Modern Arabs Siamites and Sumatrans is the Emblem of Magnanimity Memory and Providence A Griffin being a complicated mixture of Eagle and Lyon was the Hieroglyphick of perspicacity and courage its Wings denoted its celerity its Beake its tenacity and its Tallons its fury and rapacity A Boare and Lyon yoak'd together were the Hieroglyphick of strength and magnanimity A Dogs Head was the Hieroglyphick of sagacity and a Dogs tongue did mythologically represent both Physick and Physicians The Hieroglyphick of an abominable thing was a Fish because custome and prescription interdicted the use of it in the Aegyptian Sacrifices An Infant was the Hieroglyphick of those who enter into the World as an old Man was of those who go out A Sea-Horse amongst the Aegyptians was made the Hierogliphick of Murder Impudence Violence and Injustice because they asserted that he destroy'd his Sire and ravish'd his Damme A Falcon from his perspicacity and sublimity in his flight towards Heaven was affirm'd to be the Hieroglyphick of God All which being compacted together import thus much All you that enter into the world and you that go out God hates Injustice As the Hawke was by the Aegyptians represented to be the Hieroglyphick of the Sun because of his excellent sight and quick motion So the Moon was pourtray'd under the Figure of a white skin'd Man with a Hawks head for her whiteness that is her light does not result from her self but from her Hawks head the Sun Apuleius shews that the Aegyptians worshipped Mercury under the denomination of Anubis pourtray'd with a Dogs head supporting his Caduceus in one hand and a Palm in the other by which is conjectur'd they might insinuate that a Princes Embassador should not only be eloquent but likewise vigilant faithful and sagacious which three qualities are resident in the Dog prudent also as the Serpents wreathed about his Caduceus may suggest and justly inexpugnable as the Palm which sinks not under the pressure of any burden Indeed Eusebius affirms that not only those Captains were honour'd and adorn'd who had enhauns'd and aggrandiz'd their Fame by subduing the Enemies of their Countrey but likewise those Beasts whose pourtraictures did embellish their Helmets or Targets as being great improvements to their Victories by infusing terrours and Panick astonishments into the breasts of their Adversaries A Palm Tree amongst the Aegyptians was made the Hieroglyphick of a moneth because as their sentiments engag'd them to believe that monethly shoots forth fresh leaves For Eternity the Aegyptians painted the Sun and Moon as entitling themselves in their vogue and estimate neither to beginning nor end Fire and Water were made the Hieroglyphicks of Integrity A Snake with his tail lodg'd in his mouth did amongst the Aegyptians represent the year The Peach Tree was the Hieroglyphick of silence whose leaf did represent the tongue in form and the fruit the heart to intimate the heart and tongue should be of one piece and never to speak without premeditation therefore this Tree was dedicated to Harpocrates God of Silence who was painted with the Leaves and Fruit of the Peach Tree in one hand and the other pressing his lip The Wolf did likewise signifie Silence because the assertion of the Aegyptians was that a Wolf did super-induce Silence through terrour and amazement in the man that saw him and therefore Harpocrates abovesaid was pictur'd in a Wolf's skin beset with eyes and ears to intimate that we should hear and see much but speak little A Scepter with an eye insculp'd upon it was by the Aegyptians made the Hieroglyphick of God to suggest to us his Knowledge Power and Providence by which the World is manag'd and supported The Swan and Grass-hopper were the Hieroglyphicks of Musick and therefore dedicated to Apollo who was Patron and Protector of it Three Heads conjoyn'd were the Hieroglyphick of the combination of Counsells Three Hearts concenter'd of confederacy of Courage Three Legs embraced of Union in Expedition and Three Arms conjoyn'd was the Hieroglyphick of concourse or consent in Action An Husband-Man with a measuring Rod in his hand and a Bushel on his head was the Hieroglyphick of Joseph call'd corruptly by the Aegyptians Osiris Mnevis Apis Serapis and us'd as a Monument to preserve his Remembrance who when Aegypt suffer'd under a publick Dearth had rescued the People from the onsets and ravage of that common Calamity and therefore they ador'd him likewise under the pourtracture of an Oxe the ancient Hieroglyphick of an Husband-man Others again Assert that by Osiris the Aegyptians understood the Nile and by Isis the Genius or Soil of Aegypt For Isis as Vives asserts in his Notes upon Augustine de Civ Dei Lib. 15. c. 3. signifies the Earth and therefore the ancient Aegyptians pictur'd Her moving a Sistrum or Timbrell with Her right hand to intimate the return of the Inundation of Nile and Her left supporting a Bucket to signifie the Repletion of all the Chanels and by Typhon the Sea and therefore they brought in Isis deploring the ruine of Osiris torn to pieces by Typhon that is swallowed up by the Sea but afterwards they represented Her collecting his torn and scatter'd limbs that is the new and reiterated Inundation of the River Nile only his Genitals she could not retrive which were swallow'd and devour'd by Fish to intimate that that Fertility which was caus'd by Nile on the Earth was yet more visibly and eminently manifest in the water and exemplified in the pregnant and fertile spawn and numerous productions of fishes Lastly Others affirm that by Osiris the Aegyptians meant the Sun because they usually painted him with an Hawks Head and by