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elder_a time_n in_o those_o footstep_n of_o it_o which_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o heathen_a mythology_n for_o we_o can_v conceive_v that_o since_o we_o have_v manifest_v that_o all_o mankind_n do_v come_v from_o the_o posterity_n of_o noah_n that_o all_o those_o passage_n which_o concern_v the_o history_n of_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v present_o obliterated_a and_o extinguish_v among_o they_o but_o some_o kind_n of_o tradition_n will_v be_v still_o preserve_v although_o by_o degree_n it_o will_v be_v so_o much_o alter_v for_o want_n of_o certain_a record_n to_o preserve_v it_o in_o that_o it_o will_v be_v a_o hard_a matter_n to_o discover_v its_o original_n without_o a_o exact_a compare_v it_o with_o the_o true_a history_n its_o self_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v first_o take_v for_o it_o fare_v with_o this_o tradition_n of_o the_o first_o age_n of_o the_o world_n as_o with_o a_o person_n who_o have_v a_o long_a time_n travel_v in_o foreign_a part_n who_o by_o the_o variety_n of_o clime_n and_o country_n may_v be_v so_o far_o alter_v from_o what_o he_o be_v that_o his_o own_o relation_n may_v not_o know_v he_o upon_o his_o return_n but_o only_o by_o some_o certain_a mark_n which_o he_o have_v in_o his_o body_n by_o which_o they_o be_v assure_v that_o however_o his_o complexion_n and_o visage_n may_v be_v alter_v yet_o the_o person_n be_v the_o same_o still_o thus_o it_o be_v in_o this_o original_a tradition_n of_o the_o world_n through_o its_o continual_a pass_v from_o one_o age_n to_o another_o and_o the_o various_a humour_n temper_n and_o design_n of_o man_n it_o receive_v strange_a disguise_n and_o alteration_n as_o to_o its_o outward_a favour_n and_o complextion_n but_o yet_o there_o be_v some_o such_o certain_a mark_n remain_v on_o it_o by_o which_o we_o find_v out_o its_o true_a original_n two_o thing_n then_o will_v be_v the_o main_a subject_n of_o our_o enquiry_n here_o 1._o by_o what_o mean_v the_o original_a tradition_n come_v to_o be_v alter_v and_o corrupt_v 2._o by_o what_o mark_n we_o may_v discern_v its_o true_a original_n or_o what_o evidence_n we_o have_v of_o the_o remainder_n of_o scripture_n history_n in_o the_o heathen_a mythology_n 1._o concern_v the_o mean_n whereby_o the_o tradition_n by_o degree_n come_v to_o be_v corrupt_v there_o may_v be_v some_o more_o 2._o general_a and_o other_o more_o particular_a the_o general_a cause_n of_o it_o be_v 1._o the_o gradual_a decay_n of_o knowledge_n and_o increase_n of_o barbarism_n in_o the_o world_n occasion_v by_o the_o want_n of_o certain_a record_n to_o preserve_v the_o ancient_a history_n of_o the_o world_n in_o which_o we_o at_o large_a discourse_v of_o in_o our_o entrance_n on_o this_o subject_n now_o 16._o in_o the_o decay_n of_o knowledge_n there_o must_v needs_o follow_v a_o sudden_a and_o strange_a alteration_n of_o the_o memory_n of_o former_a time_n which_o have_v then_o nothing_o to_o preserve_v it_o but_o the_o most_o uncertain_a report_n of_o fame_n which_o alter_v and_o disguise_v thing_n according_a to_o the_o humour_n and_o inclination_n and_o judgement_n of_o those_o who_o hand_n it_o pass_v through_o 2._o the_o gradual_a increase_n of_o idolatry_n in_o the_o world_n which_o begin_v soon_o after_o the_o dispersion_n of_o nation_n and_o in_o who_o age_n we_o can_v at_o so_o great_a a_o distance_n and_o in_o so_o great_a obscurity_n precise_o determine_v but_o assoon_o as_o idolatry_n come_v in_o all_o the_o ancient_a tradition_n be_v make_v subservient_fw-fr in_o order_n to_o that_o end_n and_o those_o person_n who_o memory_n be_v preserve_v in_o several_a nation_n by_o degree_n come_v to_o be_v worship_v under_o diversity_n of_o name_n and_o such_o thing_n be_v annex_v to_o the_o former_a tradition_n as_o will_v tend_v most_o to_o advance_v the_o great_a superstition_n in_o the_o world_n 3._o the_o confusion_n of_o language_n at_o babel_n be_v one_o great_a reason_n of_o corrupt_v the_o ancient_a tradition_n of_o the_o world_n for_o in_o so_o great_a variety_n as_o sudden_o happen_v of_o language_n in_o the_o world_n it_o can_v be_v conceive_v but_o such_o thing_n which_o may_v be_v preserve_v in_o some_o uniform_a manner_n have_v all_o nation_n use_v the_o same_o language_n will_v through_o the_o diversity_n of_o idiom_n and_o property_n of_o several_a tongue_n be_v strange_o alter_v and_o disguise_v as_o will_v appear_v afterward_o this_o alteratisn_a of_o language_n in_o the_o world_n upon_o the_o confusion_n of_o tongue_n at_o babel_n bring_v as_o great_a a_o confusion_n into_o the_o original_a tradition_n as_o it_o do_v among_o those_o who_o be_v the_o designer_n of_o that_o work_n and_o because_o this_o subject_n of_o the_o original_a and_o cause_n of_o this_o diversity_n of_o language_n among_o man_n do_v both_o tend_v to_o explain_v 3_o the_o present_a subject_n and_o to_o clear_v the_o truth_n of_o scripture_n history_n i_o shall_v a_o little_a further_o inquire_v into_o it_o chief_o on_o this_o account_n because_o it_o be_v pretend_v that_o such_o a_o confusion_n be_v needless_a which_o be_v deliver_v in_o scripture_n for_o the_o produce_v such_o diversity_n of_o language_n which_o will_v arise_v through_o mere_a length_n of_o time_n &_o the_o variety_n of_o clime_n and_o custom_n in_o the_o world_n but_o if_o we_o only_o speak_v concern_v the_o sense_n of_o moses_n about_o it_o the_o enquiry_n be_v of_o great_a difficulty_n then_o at_o first_o view_v it_o seem_v to_o be_v for_o it_o be_v pretend_v that_o moses_n nowhere_o speak_v of_o a_o diversity_n of_o language_n as_o we_o understand_v it_o but_o etc._n only_o of_o a_o confusion_n of_o their_o speech_n who_o be_v at_o babel_n which_o may_v well_o be_v although_o they_o all_o use_v the_o same_o language_n that_o be_v there_o may_v be_v a_o confusion_n raise_v in_o their_o mind_n that_o they_o can_v not_o understand_v one_o another_o their_o notion_n of_o thing_n be_v disturb_v so_o that_o though_o they_o hear_v one_o word_n they_o have_v different_a apprehension_n of_o it_o some_o think_v it_o signify_v one_o thing_n and_o some_o another_o as_o julius_n sâ—aliger_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o jew_n he_o have_v converse_v with_o do_v not_o understand_v 1._o by_o it_o a_o multiplication_n of_o tongue_n but_o only_o by_o that_o confusion_n their_o former_a notion_n of_o thing_n by_o the_o same_o word_n be_v alter_v as_o if_o one_o call_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o stone_n one_o by_o that_o word_n understand_v lime_n another_o water_n another_o sand_n etc._n etc._n this_o must_v needs_o produce_v a_o strange_a confusion_n among_o they_o and_o enough_o to_o make_v they_o desist_v from_o their_o work_n but_o suppose_v no_o such_o division_n of_o language_n there_o yet_o after_o their_o dispersion_n which_o may_v be_v cause_v by_o the_o former_a confusion_n by_o the_o different_a law_n rite_n and_o custom_n commerce_n and_o trade_v and_o tract_n of_o time_n there_o will_v have_v rise_v a_o division_n of_o their_o several_a tongue_n but_o if_o there_o be_v such_o a_o division_n of_o tongue_n miraculous_o cause_v there_o that_o as_o it_o be_v common_o say_v all_o those_o who_o be_v of_o the_o same_o language_n go_v together_o in_o their_o several_a company_n whence_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o in_o their_o dispersisn_a we_o read_v of_o several_a family_n disperse_v which_o use_v the_o same_o language_n after_o their_o dispersion_n as_o all_o the_o son_n of_o canaan_n mention_v gen._n 10._o 15_o 16_o 17_o 18._o use_v the_o canaanitish_a tongue_n in_o greece_n javan_n and_o elisa_n have_v the_o same_o language_n in_o egypt_n misraim_n and_o pathrusim_n in_o arabia_n the_o son_n of_o joctan_n and_o chus_n in_o chaldaea_n aram_n and_o uz_n the_o inhabitant_n of_o syria_n mash_n of_o mesopotamia_n nimrod_n of_o babylon_n assur_n of_o assyria_n whence_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v if_o their_o several_a tongue_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o
reject_v the_o helen_n not_o the_o first_o inhabitant_n of_o greece_n but_o the_o pelasgi_n the_o large_a spread_v of_o they_o over_o the_o part_n of_o greece_n of_o their_o language_n different_a from_o the_o greek_n whence_o these_o pelasgi_n come_v that_o phaleg_n be_v the_o pelasgus_n of_o greece_n and_o the_o leader_n of_o that_o colony_n prove_v from_o epiphanius_n the_o language_n of_o the_o pelasgi_n in_o greece_n oriental_n thence_o a_o account_n give_v of_o the_o many_o hebrew_n word_n in_o the_o greek_a language_n and_o the_o remainder_n of_o the_o eastern_a language_n in_o the_o island_n of_o greece_n both_o which_o not_o from_o the_o phaenician_o as_o bochartus_n think_v but_o from_o the_o old_a pelasgi_n of_o the_o ground_n of_o the_o affinity_n between_o the_o jew_n and_o lacedaemonian_n of_o the_o people_n of_o america_n pag._n 533_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o origine_fw-la of_o the_o heathen_a mythology_n that_o there_o be_v some_o remainder_n of_o the_o ancient_a history_n of_o the_o world_n preserve_v in_o the_o several_a nation_n after_o the_o dispersion_n how_o it_o come_v to_o be_v corrupt_v by_o decay_n of_o knowledge_n increase_n of_o idolatry_n confusion_n of_o language_n a_o enquiry_n into_o the_o cause_n of_o that_o difficulty_n against_o the_o common_a opinion_n that_o language_n be_v confound_v at_o babel_n those_o difficulty_n clear_v of_o the_o fabulousness_n of_o poet_n the_o particular_a way_n whereby_o the_o heathen_a mythology_n arise_v attribute_v the_o general_a history_n of_o the_o world_n to_o their_o own_o nation_n the_o corruption_n of_o hebraism_n alteration_n of_o name_n ambiguity_n of_o sense_n in_o the_o oriental_a language_n attribute_v the_o action_n of_o many_o to_o one_o person_n as_o in_o jupiter_n bacchus_n etc._n etc._n the_o remainder_n of_o scripture_n history_n among_o the_o heathen_n the_o name_n of_o god_n chaos_n formation_n of_o man_n among_o the_o phaenician_o of_o adam_n among_o the_o german_n egyptian_n cilician_o adam_n under_o saturn_n cain_n among_o the_o phaenician_o tubalcain_n and_o jubal_n under_o vulcan_n and_o apollo_n naamah_n under_o minerva_n noah_n under_o saturn_n janus_n prometheus_n and_o bacchus_n noah_n three_o son_n under_o jupiter_n neptune_n and_o pluto_n canaan_n under_o mercury_n nimrod_n under_o bacchus_n magog_n under_o prometheus_n of_o abraham_n and_o isaac_n among_o the_o phaenician_o jacob_n service_n under_o apollo_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o bethel_n joseph_n under_o apis._n moses_n under_o bacchus_n joshua_n under_o hercules_n balaam_n under_o the_o old_a silenus_n pag._n 577_o chap._n vi_o of_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o scripture_n concern_v matter_n of_o pure_a divine_a revelation_n in_o scripture_n the_o term_n of_o salvation_n only_o contain_v therein_o the_o ground_n of_o the_o disesteem_a of_o the_o scripture_n be_v tacit_a unbelief_n the_o excellency_n of_o the_o scripture_n manifest_v as_o to_o the_o matter_n which_o god_n have_v reveal_v therein_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o discovery_n of_o god_n nature_n which_o be_v in_o scripture_n of_o the_o goodness_n and_o love_n of_o god_n in_o christ._n the_o suitableness_n of_o those_o discovery_n of_o god_n to_o our_o natural_a notion_n of_o a_o deity_n the_o necessity_n of_o god_n make_v know_v himself_o to_o we_o in_o order_n to_o the_o regulate_v our_o conception_n of_o he_o the_o scripture_n give_v the_o full_a account_n of_o the_o state_n of_o man_n soul_n and_o the_o corruption_n which_o be_v in_o they_o the_o only_a way_n of_o please_a god_n discover_v in_o scripture_n the_o scripture_n contain_v matter_n of_o great_a mysteriousness_n and_o most_o universal_a satisfaction_n to_o man_n mind_n the_o excellency_n of_o the_o manner_n wherein_o thing_n be_v reveal_v in_o scripture_n in_o regard_n of_o clearness_n authority_n purity_n uniformity_n and_o perswasiveness_n the_o excellency_n of_o the_o scripture_n as_o a_o rule_n of_o life_n the_o nature_n of_o the_o duty_n of_o religion_n and_o the_o reasonableness_n of_o they_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o encouragement_n to_o religion_n contain_v in_o the_o scripture_n the_o great_a excellency_n of_o the_o scripture_n as_o contain_v in_o they_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n in_o order_n to_o man_n salvation_n pag._n 599_o errata_fw-la page_n 11._o l._n 15._o r._n existence_n p._n 17._o l._n 28._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 21._o l._n 19_o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 22._o l._n 21._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 27._o l._n 14._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 31._o l._n 2._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 35._o l._n 16._o r._n anebo_fw-la p._n 36._o l._n 1._o r._n sebennyta_n p._n 37._o l._n 9_o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 52._o l._n 28._o r._n accederent_fw-la and_o causaubon_n p._n 57_o l._n 26._o r._n other_o p._n 61._o l._n 14._o r._n pisistratidae_n p._n 63._o l._n 35._o r._n hierocles_n apollonius_n p._n 64._o l._n 11._o r._n acusilaus_n p_o 83._o l._n 29_o 30._o r._n the_o patriarch_n tarasius_n p._n 91._o l._n 3._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 94_o l._n 23._o for_o but_o r._n by_o p._n 96._o l._n 26._o for_o to_o r._n and._n p._n 104._o l._n 22._o r._n hecataeus_n p._n 105._o l._n 33._o r._n panchotis_n p._n 112._o l._n 15._o r._n as_o to_o p._n 120._o l._n 14_o r._n he_o for_o we_o p._n 125._o l._n 4._o r._n provide_v l._n 20._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 126._o l._n 15._o r._n peteseph_n p._n 132._o r._n deceive_v p._n 140._o l._n 19_o r._n continue_v p._n 150._o l._n 16._o r._n deut._n 18._o p._n 149._o l._n 12._o r._n a_o order_n p._n 156._o l_o 5._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p_o 167._o l._n 21._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 171._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 180_o l._n 11._o r._n be_v p_o 182._o l._n 3â—_n r._n ordinat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 184._o l._n 39_o before_o those_o insert_v though_o p._n 201._o l_o 18._o r._n employ_v l._n 35._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 202._o l_o 14._o r._n vorstius_n p._n 209._o l._n 9_o r_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 226._o l_o 5._o r._n meanness_n p._n 254._o l._n 26._o r._n table_n p._n 267._o l._n 17._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 293._o l._n 17._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 302._o l._n 28._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 323._o l._n 19_o for_o it_o r._n they_o p._n 328._o l._n 9_o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 334_o l._n 11._o r._n barchochebas_n p._n 346._o between_o we_o and_o in_o insert_v a._n p_o 348._o l._n 21._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 349._o l._n 29._o r._n incredibilia_fw-la p._n 364._o l._n 17._o blot_n out_o the_o comma_n between_o euhemerus_n and_o messenius_n l_o 29_o and_o elsewhere_o r._n salve_n for_o solve_v p._n 365._o l._n 20._o r._n elastical_a p._n 395._o l._n 3._o r._n toupinamboult_n p._n 409._o l._n 21._o r._n peristaltic_n p._n 424._o 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only_o a_o prefix_v to_o the_o name_n and_o so_o that_o puoncuus_fw-la be_v the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d martinius_n tell_v we_o de_fw-fr diluvio_fw-la mulâ—a_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la sinicos_fw-la scriptores_fw-la mentio_fw-la that_o the_o ancient_a writer_n of_o the_o sinick_n history_n speak_v much_o of_o the_o flood_n johannes_n de_fw-fr lactantio_n tell_v out_o of_o lescharbotus_fw-la how_o constant_a the_o tradition_n of_o the_o flood_n be_v among_o the_o indian_n both_o in_o new_a france_n peru_n and_o other_o part_n this_o be_v therefore_o so_o full_o attest_v by_o the_o evident_a and_o apparent_a consent_n of_o so_o many_o writer_n and_o historian_n which_o do_v not_o own_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n i_o shall_v suppose_v this_o sufficient_o prove_v and_o proceed_v to_o the_o main_a thing_n which_o concern_v the_o origine_fw-la of_o nation_n which_o be_v the_o certainty_n of_o the_o propagation_n of_o mankind_n from_o the_o posterity_n of_o 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which_o concern_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o imposition_n of_o the_o name_n of_o the_o people_n which_o be_v propagate_v from_o the_o posterity_n of_o noah_n and_o give_v a_o full_a &_o satisfactory_a account_n of_o the_o several_a place_n where_o the_o posterity_n of_o noah_n seat_v themselves_o after_o the_o deluge_n in_o stead_n of_o that_o therefore_o i_o shall_v consider_v the_o pretence_n which_o can_v be_v bring_v against_o it_o which_o be_v chief_o these_o three_o 1._o that_o the_o chaldean_a empire_n seem_v to_o have_v great_a antiquity_n than_o can_v be_v attribute_v to_o it_o by_o the_o history_n of_o moses_n 2._o that_o the_o most_o learned_a heathen_a nation_n pretend_v to_o be_v self-originated_n and_o that_o they_o come_v not_o from_o any_o other_o country_n 3._o that_o no_o certain_a account_n be_v give_v from_o whence_o america_n shall_v be_v people_v 1._o the_o history_n of_o the_o assyrian_a empire_n seem_v inconsistent_a 9_o with_o the_o propagation_n
deliver_v to_o they_o by_o the_o phaenician_o or_o be_v fetch_v out_o of_o the_o scripture_n themselves_o as_o some_o suppose_v though_o improbable_o of_o homer_n and_o some_o ancient_a poet_n yet_o all_o these_o several_a way_n agree_v in_o this_o that_o the_o tradition_n be_v oriental_a we_o thereby_o understand_v how_o much_o of_o their_o mythology_n come_v by_o take_v the_o hebrew_n in_o a_o proper_a and_o literal_a sense_n without_o attend_v to_o the_o idiom_n of_o the_o tongue_n from_o hence_o bochartus_fw-la have_v ingenious_o fetch_v many_o heathen_a fable_n thus_o when_o noah_n be_v say_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gen._n 9_o 20._o which_o in_o the_o idiom_n of_o the_o hebrew_n only_o signify_v a_o husbandman_n they_o take_v it_o in_o the_o proper_a sense_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o thence_o saturn_n who_o be_v the_o same_o with_o noah_n as_o will_v appear_v afterward_o be_v make_v by_o mythologist_n the_o husband_n of_o rhea_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o earth_n so_o the_o giant_n make_v war_n against_o heaven_n be_v only_o a_o poetital_a adumbration_n of_o the_o design_n at_o the_o build_n of_o babel_n who_o top_n in_o the_o scripture_n be_v say_v to_o reach_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o in_o the_o hebrew_n signify_v 4._o only_o a_o great_a height_n but_o to_o aggrandise_v the_o story_n be_v take_v in_o the_o literal_a interpretation_n that_o they_o attempt_v heaven_n so_o when_o they_o be_v say_v to_o fight_v against_o the_o god_n bochartus_n think_v it_o may_v be_v take_v from_o that_o phrase_n of_o nimrod_n that_o he_o be_v a_o mighty_a hunter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d before_o the_o lord_n we_o render_v it_o but_o it_o sometime_o signify_v against_o the_o lord_n so_o what_o abydâ—nus_n say_v of_o the_o giant_n that_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 9_o those_o that_o come_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v take_v from_o that_o phrase_n gen._n 10._o 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d è_fw-la terra_fw-la ipsa_fw-la exiit_fw-la but_o far_o more_o likely_a and_o probable_a be_v that_o which_o learned_a man_n be_v general_o agree_v in_o concern_v bacchus_n his_o be_v bear_v of_o jupiters_n thigh_n which_o be_v only_o a_o expression_n of_o that_o hebraism_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherein_o come_v out_o of_o the_o thigh_n 6._o iâ—_n a_o phrase_n for_o ordinary_a procreation_n 3._o a_o three_o way_n observable_a be_v the_o alteration_n of_o the_o name_n in_o the_o ancient_a tradition_n and_o put_v name_n of_o like_a importance_n 3._o to_o they_o in_o their_o own_o language_n thus_o jupiter_n who_o be_v the_o same_o with_o cham_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fervere_fw-la incalescere_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v herodotus_n he_o who_o the_o greek_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o egyptian_n call_v cham._n so_o japheth_n who_o memory_n be_v preserve_v under_o neptune_n to_o who_o portion_n the_o island_n in_o the_o sea_n fall_v be_v call_v by_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o come_v say_v bochartus_n from_o the_o punick_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v 1._o large_a and_o broad_a which_o be_v the_o very_a importance_n of_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thence_o in_o allusion_n to_o the_o name_n it_o be_v say_v gen._n 9_o 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n shall_v enlarge_v japhet_n thence_o the_o epithet_n of_o neptune_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o equal_o allude_v to_o the_o name_n japhet_n so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o greek_a be_v of_o the_o same_o importance_n with_o the_o heb._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d daeman_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o destroy_v thence_o we_o read_v deut._n 32._o 17._o they_o sacrifice_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o devil_n canaan_n in_o the_o hebrew_n signify_v a_o merchant_n thence_o mercury_n under_o who_o the_o memory_n of_o canaan_n the_o son_n of_o cham_n be_v preserve_v be_v derive_v by_o many_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o sell._n ceres_n which_o be_v the_o inventress_n of_o agriculture_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o import_v breadcorn_n these_o and_o many_o other_o be_v produce_v by_o vossius_fw-la heinsius_n bochartus_fw-la and_o other_o learned_a man_n which_o i_o insist_v not_o on_o because_o my_o design_n be_v only_o digitos_fw-la ad_fw-la fontes_fw-la intendere_fw-la and_o to_o make_v these_o handsome_a and_o probable_a conjecture_n argumentative_a to_o our_o purpose_n and_o to_o bind_v up_o those_o loose_a and_o scatter_a observation_n into_o some_o order_n and_o method_n in_o which_o they_o have_v not_o yet_o appear_v nor_o be_v improve_v to_o that_o end_n which_o i_o make_v use_n of_o they_o for_o 4._o when_o the_o oriental_a phrase_n be_v ambiguous_a and_o equivocal_a they_o omit_v that_o sense_n which_o be_v plain_a and_o obvious_a and_o take_v that_o which_o be_v more_o strange_a and_o fabulous_a from_o hence_o the_o learned_a bochartus_n have_v fetch_v the_o fable_n of_o the_o golden_a fleece_n which_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o rob_v the_o treasury_n of_o the_o king_n of_o colchis_n but_o it_o be_v disguise_v under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o golden_a fleece_n because_o the_o syriack_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v both_o a_o fleece_n and_o a_o treasury_n so_o the_o bull_n and_o dragon_n which_o keep_v it_o be_v nothing_o but_o the_o wall_n and_o brass_n gate_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v both_o a_o bull_n and_o a_o wall_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d brass_n and_o a_o dragon_n and_o so_o the_o fable_n of_o the_o brass-bull_n in_o the_o mountain_n atabyrius_n which_o foretell_v calamity_n arise_v from_o the_o aequivocation_n of_o the_o phoenician_n or_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v either_o doctor_n augur_v or_o bos_fw-la ex_fw-la be_v a_o foreteller_n of_o event_n or_o a_o brazen-bull_n from_o the_o like_a ambiguity_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arise_v the_o fable_n of_o jupiters_n steal_v europa_n in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o bull_n because_o the_o word_n either_o signify_v a_o ship_n in_o which_o he_o convey_v she_o away_o or_o a_o bull_n or_o it_o may_v be_v the_o ship_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bovis_fw-la as_o the_o ship_n st._n paul_n sail_v in_o have_v castor_n and_o pollux_n it_o be_v usual_a to_o call_v their_o ship_n by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o sign_n they_o carry_v from_o the_o like_a aequivocation_n in_o the_o phoenician_n language_n do_v bochartus_n fetch_v many_o other_o heathen_a fable_n in_o his_o excellent_a piece_n de_fw-fr phoenicum_fw-la coloniis_fw-la as_o particular_o that_o of_o arethusa_n come_v from_o alpheus_n which_o be_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o ship_n because_o 28._o it_o be_v not_o far_o from_o a_o excellent_a 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