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though_o in_o truth_n the_o pastoral_n nation_n which_o manetho_n that_o egyptian_a historian_n mention_v to_o have_v go_v out_o of_o egypt_n and_o planred_n themselves_o in_o the_o neighbour-country_n of_o syria_n about_o jerusalem_n be_v rather_o the_o philistine_n who_o come_v of_o the_o caslucheans_n and_o caphtoreans_n who_o be_v of_o the_o egyptian_a nation_n and_o seize_v upon_o palestine_n and_o maritime_a coast_n of_o judea_n who_o trade_n also_o be_v the_o keep_n of_o sheep_n and_o to_o these_o refer_v that_o of_o herodotus_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o history_n namely_o that_o the_o phoenician_n come_v from_o the_o red-sea_n by_o phoenician_n understanding_n strians_n dwell_v by_o the_o sea_n coast_n from_o cassiolis_n the_o border_n of_o egypt_n but_o these_o thing_n be_v more_o clear_o and_o true_o show_v by_o usher_n in_o his_o annal_n from_o a.m._n 2114._o &_o seq_fw-la and_o how_o this_o be_v do_v in_o the_o day_n of_o abraham_n many_o hundred_o year_n before_o 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1._o that_o babuit_fw-la jovi_fw-la junonique_a parentibus_fw-la sacram_fw-la aedem_fw-la item_n diis_fw-la caeteris_fw-la aurea_fw-la templa_fw-la which_o carry_v a_o very_a ill_a accent_n that_o to_o jupiter_n and_o juno_n his_o parent_n he_o shall_v dedicate_v a_o holy_a house_n only_o and_o to_o other_o god_n golden_a temple_n and_o withal_o he_o add_v that_o whatsoever_o be_v indeed_o verify_v of_o osiris_n the_o egyptian_a that_o orpheus_n the_o poet_n transfer_v unto_o bacchus_n for_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o grecian_n even_o to_o that_o bacchus_n who_o jupiter_n beget_v of_o semele_n cadmus_n his_o daughter_n as_o if_o osiris_n be_v no_o ancient_a than_o so_o but_o that_o cadmus_n may_v have_v be_v his_o grandfather_n whereas_o we_o have_v very_o good_a ground_n and_o testimony_n concern_v the_o antiquity_n of_o cadmus_n as_o a_o man_n unknown_a to_o the_o grecian_n till_o he_o leave_v phoenicia_n which_o be_v at_o the_o time_n that_o joshua_n enter_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n with_o his_o great_a host_n of_o israclites_n and_o i_o do_v not_o think_v the_o god_n of_o the_o egyptian_n be_v a_o make_n in_o those_o day_n he_o be_v a_o great_a and_o a_o proud_a king_n that_o oppress_a israel_n and_o we_o know_v what_o mischief_n befall_v he_o and_o his_o people_n manetho_n make_v mention_n of_o one_o amenophis_n king_n of_o egypt_n who_o fortune_n be_v to_o be_v devour_v of_o a_o sea-horse_n probably_n this_o be_v that_o pharaoh_n who_o be_v drown_v in_o the_o red-sea_n great_a benefactor_n while_o they_o live_v be_v honour_v by_o heathen_n with_o divine_a honour_n after_o their_o death_n but_o this_o pharaoh_n be_v a_o plague_n to_o the_o whole_a land_n and_o people_n and_o nothing_o likely_a that_o any_o of_o his_o posterity_n come_v to_o be_v deify_v by_o the_o egyptian_n and_o a_o long_a time_n after_o great_a confusion_n seize_v upon_o that_o nation_n witness_n danaus_n fly_v out_o of_o egypt_n into_o thebes_n in_o greece_n from_o the_o fury_n of_o his_o brother_n aegyptus_n and_o after_o that_o egyptus_n himself_o leave_v egypt_n and_o come_v into_o patre_fw-la in_o greece_n mourn_v for_o the_o loss_n of_o his_o child_n and_o we_o read_v in_o scripture_n of_o the_o god_n of_o egypt_n while_o israel_n live_v under_o they_o yea_o and_o how_o they_o be_v corrupt_v by_o they_o osiris_n be_v a_o great_a euergetes_n or_o benefactor_n chief_o for_o the_o invention_n of_o tilling_n of_o the_o ground_n and_o plant_v of_o grape_n that_o of_o virgil_n georgic_n 1._o uncique_fw-la pver_fw-la monstrator_n aratri_fw-la touch_v the_o first_o inventor_n of_o the_o blow_n it_o be_v well_o say_v servius_n that_o he_o mention_v not_o his_o name_n but_o in_o general_n say_v the_o boy_n that_o find_v it_o out_o for_o it_o be_v not_o one_o body_n that_o acquaint_v all_o the_o world_n with_o the_o blow_n but_o divers_a person_n in_o divers_a place_n and_o if_o you_o ask_v who_o be_v chief_o mean_v here_o his_o answer_n be_v that_o some_o say_v 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to_o be_v place_v the_o figure_n of_o sphinx_n to_o signify_v thereby_o that_o the_o wisdom_n of_o their_o theology_n be_v obscure_a and_o vest_v in_o fable_n and_o that_o in_o the_o city_n sais_n there_o be_v a_o temple_n of_o palles_fw-la which_o some_o think_v to_o be_v pallas_n that_o have_v this_o inscription_n in_o the_o face_n of_o it_o i_o be_o that_o which_o be_v and_o be_v and_o shall_v be_v my_o veil_n no_o mortal_a man_n have_v ever_o unfold_v yet_o i_o conceive_v these_o to_o be_v but_o illusion_n of_o satan_n to_o blanch_v and_o set_v a_o fair_a face_n upon_o foul_a thing_n under_o the_o pretence_n of_o mysterious_a signification_n coelius_n add_v the_o opinion_n of_o some_o to_o have_v be_v that_o by_o osiris_n be_v mean_v no_o other_o thing_n than_o the_o river_n nilus_n the_o overflow_a whereof_o and_o the_o mud_n which_o it_o bring_v soil_v it_o be_v a_o great_a mean_n for_o the_o enrich_n of_o that_o land_n the_o same_o interpretation_n be_v make_v by_o eusebius_n preparat_fw-la evangel_n l._n 3._o c._n 10._o p._n 115._o and_o suidas_n on_o the_o word_n serapis_n write_v hunc_fw-la deum_fw-la alii_fw-la jupiter_fw-la esse_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la alii_fw-la nilum_n propter_fw-la modium_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o capite_fw-la habet_fw-la &_o cubilum_fw-la mensuram_fw-la aquae_fw-la scilicet_fw-la alii_fw-la verò_fw-la joseph_n and_o in_o forsterus_n there_o be_v a_o fair_a derivation_n of_o osiris_n from_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bos_fw-la ille_fw-la for_o under_o such_o a_o shape_n he_o be_v worship_v and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v in_o hebrew_n the_o usual_a name_n of_o the_o river_n nilus_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o blackness_n of_o the_o mud_n which_o it_o bring_v with_o it_o other_o conceive_v osiris_n and_o isis_n to_o signify_v the_o sun_n and_o moon_n and_o first_o these_o natural_a thing_n be_v glorious_a to_o behold_v be_v adore_v and_o invoke_v by_o they_o according_a to_o that_o in_o virgil_n vos_fw-fr 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