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heaven_n	angel_n	descend_v	ladder_n	1,870	5	11.7110	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65186	The court of curiositie wherein by the algebra and lot, the most intricate questions are resolved, and nocturnal dreams and visions explained according to the doctrine of the antients : to which is also added A treatise of physiognomy / published in French by Marck de Vulson ; translated into English by J.G.	Vulson, Marc de, sieur de La Colombière, d. 1665.; J. G., Gent.	1669 (1669)	Wing V751; ESTC R25181	107,667	247

about the Art of Tragoediography Dream'd in the night that he was to maintain a dispute with the Tragoedians and Judges and yet notwithstanding on the morrow he was overcome in the dispute Sometimes our Dreams have a true event though diametrically opposite to our hope and desire Amilcar the Carthaginian General besieging a Town in Sicily dream'd he heard a voice that assur'd him he should sup in the Town to morrow which wrought upon him so effectually that he did hope and beleeve he should take it that day and to that end having given order to his Soldiers for a general assault a dissention arose among the variety of nations that made up the composition of his Army so that the Town taking advantage of this opportunity sallied out and attaquing that place where Amilcar then was took him Prisoner and conducted him to supper in their Town and so his hope was frustrated but not the Dream The Valiant and Resolute as also the learned understanding persons in the affaires of this world whose spirits are distracted neither with hope or fear are not so inclinable to Dreams and Phantasies as the timorous ignorant and those of the vulgar who phancy nothing all night but what took up their thoughts in the day-time Now it is convenient to produce examples of all sorts of Dreams that have a true event The first sort is called a Dream Joseph the Son of Jacob Dream'd that his Brothers sheaves made obeisance to those he had made and again he had another Dream The Sun Moon and eleven Starres seemed to worship him which was true For being by God's grace and favor established Governor of all Egypt He furnished his Brethren with corn for their sustenance during the famine together with his Father and Mother and after his discovery of himself he bestowed on them great possessions and gave them the Land of Goshen to dwell in King Pharaoh's Butler being imprison'd Dream'd in the night that he saw a vine with three branches that flourished by degrees and after it had blossom'd the ripe grapes appear'd and he seem'd to have the King's Cup in his hand and that he pressed the grapes and strained out the wine which overflowed the Cup he presented to the King Joseph interpreted this Dream and said that the three branches were the three days that the Butler was still to remain a Prisoner which time expir'd King Pharaoh would be mindful of him and reestablish him in his Office to serve him as before which had a true event The King's Baker Gen. 40. who was a Prisoner at the same time Dream'd that he carried three Baskets of meal upon his head and that in the uppermost there were all sorts of Viands that could be praepar'd by the Baker's art and that the birds eat of it Joseph in like manner interpreted this Dream and said that the three Baskets signified three days at the end whereof King Pharaoh would cause this poor Baker to be hang'd which had an event suitable to the praediction The same King Pharaoh Dream'd that he was standing near a River out of which there came seaven well-favour'd and fat Kine which were devour'd by seaven other meagre and ill-favoured to the sight The same night he Dream'd also and Phancied that he saw seaven full ears of corn which were swallowed up by seaven other dr●● and wither'd ears Joseph interpreted it thus that the seaven fat Kine Gen. 41. and the full ears of corn signified seaven years plenty in the Kingdom of Egypt and the seaven meagre Kine and ill-favoured ears of corn did denote seaven years of deart and famine during which time they shoul● consume all that was gathered up in the seave● years of plenty Which fell out so according t● the explication These four Examples will be sufficient concerning Dreams that are made under hidde● figures the truth whereof is manifestly apparent being explain'd by art or divine inspiration The second sort known by the name of 〈◊〉 Vision happens frequently We read that Vespasian being with the Emperor Nero in the Island o● Achaia saw in a Dream an unknown person who acquainted him that his good fortun● should commence when Nero should have 〈◊〉 tooth drawn The first person he met after h● was awake coming out of his Chamber was 〈◊〉 Chirurgion that told him he came just at tha● time from drawing one of Nero's teeth shortly after Nero died and Galba also and so consequently Vespasian having made his advantage of the dissention between Otho and Vitellius was created the succeeding Emperor Emionides the Poet having inter'd a dread corps which he found on the Sea-shore the night after he Dream'd that that same body appear'd to him and advis'd him not to venter to Sea which engaged him to remain on the shore and his Associates setting saile in order to a Voyage unfortunately perish'd by a Tempest Septimus Severus Phancied that he saw the Emperor Pertinax break his neck by a fall and that his horse made towards him whereon he mounted which fell out truly Severus being chosen Emperor in his place Jacob the Patriarch had a Vision in a Dream of a Ladder which placed on the earth Gen. 28. the top thereof reached to Heaven and the Angels did ascend and descend and the Lord leaning on the Ladder promised Jacob and his posterity the place whereon he slept and that all the families of the earth should be blessed in his seed which hapned according to his Vision The Emperor Constantine leading the Army which he had rais'd against Maxentius saw in a Dream a beaming and resplendent Crosse and heard a voice which told him that in that signe he should overcome his Enemies so that he caus'd a Cross adorn'd with gold and pretious stones to be carried on the day of the battle and committed the custody of it to the valiantest in his Army and under these h●ppy pressages he totally defeated the Army of Maxentius who was kill'd upon the place The third sort of Dreams is call'd an Oracle as that which hapned to Joseph the Husband of of the most holy Virgin who being with child was divinely advertis'd by an Angel to conduct the Virgin Mary St. Math. ch 1. and her Son Jesus into Egypt with all possible diligence that they might avoyd the cruelty of Herod who destroyed all the young Children The three Magi or Sages of the East St. Math. ch 2. after they had worshipped our Saviour Jesus Christ in the Manger the Angel appear'd to them in a Dream and acquainted them that they must steer some other course in their return and avoyd passing by the place where Herod resided As to the Phantasies and Apparitions a thousand examples may he produced we shall all over this Treatise treat very amply both of the one and the other And because we endeavour a methodical relation we will first discourse of those Dreams that are of things natural which owe their original to the humors that are