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tremble_v with_o a_o thousand_o other_o antic_a motion_n and_o therefore_o some_o will_v have_v their_o name_n viz._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v derive_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n from_o be_v mad_a other_o custom_n also_o they_o have_v common_a to_o they_o with_o the_o pythia_n i_o shall_v only_o mention_v those_o about_o the_o laurel_n which_o be_v sacred_a to_o apollo_n the_o god_n of_o divination_n ever_o since_o the_o death_n and_o metamorphosis_n of_o his_o belove_a daphne_n and_o think_v to_o conduce_v very_o much_o to_o inspiration_n and_o therefore_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o prophetic_a plant_n whence_o claudian_n say_v of_o it_o venturi_n praescia_fw-la laurus_fw-la the_o laurel_n skilled_a in_o event_n with_o this_o therefore_o they_o use_v to_o crown_v their_o head_n as_o euripides_n andromache_n say_v of_o cassandra_n and_o aeschylus_n 1273._o also_o agree_v with_o he_o herein_o when_o he_o say_v of_o she_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d her_o hand_n a_o laurel-scepter_n grasp_v her_o neck_n the_o same_o prophetic_a plant_n with_o garland_n grace_v where_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o mean_v a_o staff_n of_o laurel_n which_o prophet_n usual_o carry_v in_o their_o hand_n it_o be_v call_v in_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o we_o learn_v from_o hesychius_n far_o it_o be_v usual_a for_o they_o to_o eat_v the_o leave_v of_o this_o tree_n and_o therefore_o 6._o lycophron_n say_v of_o cassandra_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o mouth_n with_o lauril-morsel_n often_o blefse_v in_o mystic_a word_n unriddle_v future_a truth_n and_o the_o sibyl_n in_o tibullus_n speak_v of_o it_o as_o one_o of_o her_o great_a privilege_n place_v it_o in_o the_o same_o rank_n with_o that_o of_o virginity_n a_o thing_n hold_v by_o she_o very_o sacred_a though_o not_o always_o observe_v by_o other_o prophet_n for_o cassandra_n be_v agamâ—mnon's_n concubine_n and_o though_o the_o condition_n of_o a_o captive_n may_v lay_v some_o force_n upon_o she_o yet_o it_o be_v agree_v by_o all_o that_o helenus_n marry_v andromache_n and_o nothing_o be_v more_o common_o know_v than_o that_o blind_a tiresias_n be_v lead_v up_o and_o down_o by_o his_o daughter_n maâ—â—_n but_o to_o return_v to_o the_o sibyl_n her_o word_n in_o tibullus_n be_v these_o sic_fw-la usque_fw-la sacras_fw-la innoxia_fw-la laurus_fw-la veâ—â—ar_fw-la &_o aeternum_fw-la sit_fw-la mihi_fw-la virginitas_fw-la with_o holy_a laurel_n may_v i_o ever_o be_v feed_v and_o live_v and_o die_v a_o unpolluted_a maid_n thus_o much_o of_o these_o prophet_n in_o general_n i_o shall_v only_o add_v that_o they_o as_o also_o other_o diviner_n be_v maintain_v at_o athens_n at_o the_o public_a charge_n have_v their_o diet_n allow_v in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o common_a hall_n as_o the_o scholiast_n upon_o aristophanes_n observe_v of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v three_o sort_n among_o the_o grecian_n