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helpis_n the_o samian_n who_o upon_o a_o certain_a coast_n of_o africa_n have_v draw_v out_o a_o bone_n that_o stick_v in_o a_o lion_n throat_n be_v in_o recompense_n of_o that_o cure_n feed_v and_o maintain_v by_o the_o lion_n hunt_v so_o long_o as_o his_o ship_n lie_v at_o anchor_n on_o that_o shore_n pliny_n lib._n 8._o ch_n 16._o and_o this_o may_v suffice_v to_o show_v the_o generous_a nature_n of_o this_o beast_n of_o which_o you_o may_v read_v at_o large_a in_o pliny_n leo_n africanus_n camerarius_fw-la and_o gesnerus_fw-la the_o male_a lion_n use_v not_o to_o feed_v with_o the_o female_a but_o either_o of_o they_o apart_o by_o themselves_o aelian_a var._n hist._n lib._n 1._o write_v that_o when_o a_o lion_n be_v sick_a nothing_o will_v cure_v he_o but_o to_o eat_v a_o ape_n and_o some_o say_v that_o a_o lion_n tremble_v at_o the_o crow_n of_o a_o cock_n but_o dr._n hakewill_n tell_v we_o that_o king_n james_n upon_o trial_n find_v this_o to_o be_v fabulous_a apol._n for_o provide_v lib._n 1._o 3._o the_o sparrow_n in_o homer_n etc._n etc._n this_o passage_n according_a as_o philostratus_n here_o cite_v it_o be_v in_o the_o second_o book_n of_o his_o iliad_n thus_o describe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thus_o render_v by_o the_o translator_n illic_fw-la apparuit_fw-la magnum_fw-la signum_fw-la draco_fw-it dorso_fw-la sanguine_fw-la we_o horribilis_fw-la quem_fw-la ipse_fw-la olympius_n misit_fw-la in_o lucem_fw-la quum_fw-la ex_fw-la altari_fw-la prosiliisset_fw-la ad_fw-la platanum_fw-la porrexit_fw-la ibi_fw-la erant_fw-la passeris_n pulli_fw-la parvi_fw-la silij_fw-la ramo_n in_fw-la extremo_fw-la sub_fw-la foliis_fw-la volitantes_fw-la octo_fw-la sed_fw-la mater_fw-la nona_fw-la erat_fw-la quae_fw-la peperit_fw-la filios_fw-la ibi_fw-la ille_fw-la hos_fw-la miserabiliter_fw-la comedit_fw-la stridentes_fw-la mater_fw-la autem_fw-la circumvolabat_fw-la lugens_fw-la dilectos_fw-la filios_fw-la hanc_fw-la circum_fw-la actus_fw-la ala_fw-la preâ—endit_fw-la circum-clamantem_a sed_fw-la post_fw-la quam_fw-la filios_fw-la devoravit_fw-la passeris_fw-la &_o ipsam_fw-la hunc_fw-la quidem_fw-la clarum_fw-la fecit_fw-la deus_fw-la qui_fw-la ostendit_fw-la lâ—pidem_fw-la enim_fw-la ipsum_fw-la fecit_fw-la saturni_n filius_fw-la versuti_fw-la nos_fw-la autem_fw-la stantes_fw-la admirabamur_fw-la quod_fw-la factum_fw-la erat_fw-la ut_fw-la igitur_fw-la terribilia_fw-la portenta_fw-la deorum_fw-la subiêre_fw-la hecatombas_fw-la calchas_n autem_fw-la statim_fw-la postea_fw-la vaticinans_fw-la dixit_fw-la cur_n multi_fw-la facti_fw-la estis_fw-la comati_fw-la achivi_fw-la nobis_fw-la quidem_fw-la hoc_fw-la ostendit_fw-la signum_fw-la magnum_fw-la prudens_fw-la jupiter_n serum_n quòd_fw-la tarde_fw-la persicitur_fw-la cujus_fw-la gloria_fw-la nunquam_fw-la peribit_fw-la ut_fw-la hic_fw-la filios_fw-la devoravit_fw-la passeris_fw-la &_o ipsam_fw-la octo_fw-la sed_fw-la mater_fw-la nona_fw-la erat_fw-la quae_fw-la peperit_fw-la filios_fw-la sic_fw-la nos_fw-la tot_fw-la annos_fw-la bellabimus_fw-la hîc_fw-la decimo_fw-la autem_fw-la civitatem_fw-la capiemus_fw-la lativiam_fw-la ille_fw-la sic_fw-la interprebatur_fw-la haec_fw-la jam_fw-la nunc_fw-la omne_fw-la perficiuntur_fw-la hom._n il._n 2_o 4_o calchas_n interpret_v this_o calchas_n a_o grecian_a the_o son_n of_o thestor_n and_o therefore_o call_v by_o the_o poet_n thestorides_n be_v a_o wise_a and_o experience_a soothsayer_n who_o counsel_n the_o greek_n follow_v in_o all_o their_o exploit_n against_o the_o trojan_n when_o the_o grecian_a navy_n be_v detain_v in_o aulis_n by_o tempestuous_a wether_n occasion_v as_o they_o feign_v through_o the_o indignation_n of_o diana_n he_o teach_v agam_fw-la emnon_o away_o how_o to_o pacify_v that_o goddess_n also_o from_o the_o forementioned_a prediction_n of_o the_o sparrow_n he_o show_v they_o that_o the_o siege_n of_o troy_n will_v last_v ten_o year_n before_o the_o city_n will_v be_v taâ—en_v afterward_o the_o pestilence_n rage_v among_o the_o army_n he_o show_v they_o how_o to_o stop_v it_o by_o appease_v the_o anger_n of_o apollo_n in_o send_v home_n hyppodamia_n to_o her_o father_n chryses_n who_o be_v one_o of_o apollo_n priest_n and_o from_o who_o agamemnon_n have_v take_v she_o by_o violence_n to_o revenge_v himself_o upon_o achilles_n this_o calchaâ—_n be_v say_v to_o have_v die_v for_o grief_n in_o that_o he_o be_v overcome_v by_o mopsus_n in_o his_o own_o art_n of_o divination_n for_o that_o after_o the_o take_n of_o troy_n he_o travel_v with_o amphilochus_n towards_o colophus_fw-la a_o city_n of_o greece_n out_o of_o a_o desire_n to_o visit_v the_o temple_n of_o apollo_n happen_v to_o fall_v into_o the_o company_n of_o one_o mopsus_n a_o famous_a augur_n who_o question_v calchas_n how_o many_o fig_n such_o a_o wild_a figtree_n may_v bring_v forth_o he_o stand_v mute_a as_o not_o be_v able_a to_o give_v he_o a_o answer_n whereas_o mopsus_n without_o any_o hesitation_n tell_v he_o the_o certain_a number_n not_o miscount_v one_o which_o be_v thus_o mention_v in_o hesiod_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quos_fw-la grossos_fw-la haec_fw-la ficus_fw-la habet_fw-la miror_fw-la licet_fw-la illa_fw-la parva_n sit_fw-la a_o numerum_fw-la possess_v mihi_fw-la dicere_fw-la eorum_fw-la respondit_fw-la autem_fw-la illo_fw-la tacente_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mille_fw-la quidem_fw-la decies_fw-la numero_fw-la mensura_fw-la medimni_fw-la est_fw-la at_o superest_fw-la unus_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la percurrere_fw-la possess_n sic_fw-la ait_fw-la est_fw-la numerus_fw-la verè_fw-la hinc_fw-la compertus_fw-la eorum_fw-la calchanti_fw-la aeterno_fw-la clausit_fw-la mors_fw-la lumina_fw-la somno_fw-la concern_v this_o see_v hom._n iliad_n lib._n 1._o virgil._n aen._n lib._n 1._o hesiod_n &_o natalis_n come_v mythol_n chap._n xvii_o the_o dream_n of_o apollonius_n in_o cissia_n with_o the_o interpretation_n thereof_o also_o the_o history_n of_o the_o eretrian_o and_o the_o epistle_n of_o apollonius_n to_o the_o clazomenian_a sophister_n likewise_o how_o the_o eretrian_o come_v out_o of_o euboea_n into_o media_n and_o what_o apollonius_n say_v whilst_o he_o repair_v their_o sepulcher_n together_o with_o his_o request_n to_o the_o king_n in_o behalf_n of_o the_o eretrian_o be_v now_o come_v into_o the_o country_n of_o 1_o cissia_n and_o near_o unto_o babylon_n he_o receive_v from_o god_n in_o a_o dream_n a_o vision_n to_o this_o purpose_n certain_a fish_n be_v drive_v ashore_o and_o lie_v pant_a on_o the_o ground_n seem_v to_o complain_v like_o man_n lament_v that_o they_o have_v come_v from_o their_o proper_a habitation_n they_o also_o seem_v to_o implore_v a_o dolphin_n swim_v hard_o by_o the_o land_n to_o help_v they_o be_v as_o fit_a object_n of_o pity_n as_o man_n bemoan_v themselves_o in_o a_o strange_a country_n now_o apollonius_n be_v nothing_o terrify_v at_o this_o vision_n consider_v with_o himself_o what_o it_o may_v signify_v nevertheless_o intend_v to_o frighten_v damis_n for_o as_o much_o as_o he_o know_v he_o to_o be_v timorous_a he_o relate_v the_o vision_n to_o he_o and_o make_v as_o though_o he_o himself_o be_v afraid_a of_o what_o he_o have_v see_v as_o ominous_a whereupon_o damis_n as_o if_o he_o have_v see_v the_o same_o thing_n himself_o cry_v out_o and_o dissuade_v apollonius_n from_o go_v any_o far_o say_v let_v we_o beware_v lest_o we_o ourselves_o like_o the_o fish_n be_v cast_v out_o from_o our_o own_o country_n shall_v suffer_v much_o hardship_n and_o utter_v many_o sad_a complaint_n in_o a_o foreign_a land_n when_o fall_v into_o inextricable_a distress_n shall_v at_o length_n extend_v our_o suppliant_a hand_n to_o some_o king_n or_o potentate_n who_o may_v slight_v we_o as_o the_o dolphin_n do_v the_o fish_n whereat_o apollonius_n smile_v say_v thou_fw-mi be_v no_o right_a philosopher_n be_v afraid_a of_o such_o thing_n as_o these_o therefore_o 2_o i_o will_v turn_v prophet_n and_o explain_v what_o this_o dream_n portend_v the_o 3_o eretrians_n inhabit_v this_o country_n call_v cissia_n be_v former_o transplant_v by_o 4_o darius_n out_o of_o 5_o euboea_n into_o these_o part_n almost_o 500_o year_n ago_o and_o these_o like_o the_o fish_n in_o the_o dream_n be_v say_v to_o lament_v and_o mourn_v at_o their_o captivity_n be_v all_o as_o it_o be_v take_v in_o a_o net_n therefore_o the_o god_n seem_v to_o enjoin_v i_o in_o as_o much_o as_o i_o be_o come_v into_o these_o part_n to_o take_v care_n of_o they_o so_o far_o as_o i_o be_o
to_o be_v honour_v and_o worship_v with_o the_o same_o honour_n and_o worship_n which_o be_v due_a to_o the_o person_n whereof_o it_o be_v a_o image_n azor._n inst._n moral_a tom._n 1._o lib._n 9_o ch_n 6._o this_o make_v ludovicus_n viveâ—_n a_o learned_a catholic_n confess_v that_o there_o can_v be_v find_v no_o other_o difference_n between_o paganish_a and_o popish_a worship_n before_o image_n but_o only_o this_o that_o name_n and_o title_n be_v change_v comment_n in_o aug._n civit._fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 8._o ch_n 27._o for_o as_o the_o italian_a proverb_n have_v it_o they_o be_v both_o one_o broth_n only_o mutatis_fw-la nominibus_fw-la so_o that_o when_o the_o spaniard_n conquer_v the_o west-indies_n they_o pull_v down_o one_o idolatry_n to_o set_v up_o another_o and_o in_o my_o opinion_n the_o new_a be_v worse_o than_o the_o old_a 2_o darius_n the_o father_n of_o cyrus_n and_o artaxerxes_n this_o be_v darius_n nothus_fw-la the_o 6_o the_o king_n of_o the_o persian_n and_o son_n 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