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Pars XII.
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ANTIQUARIO-EXEGETICA. 1129
nurst 5 that Typhon hunting in thole parts by
the Light of the Moon, which was then at full,
found the Coffin , and cutting the Body into
fourteenpieces fcatter’dit upanddown in leve-
ral places ; whereupon Ilis hearing of the Faci,
sailedup anddovvn theMarches inaBoatosRe-
eds,tillshe had gather’d up theIcatterd Limbs,
which she buried in divers places, to prevent any
further AttemptsofTyphon, and to create Oli-
ris greater honour. In the Egyptian Month A-
thyr, thcy say, Olitis wasslain; andontheleven-
teenth of their Month Tybi, Ilis return’d from
Byblus, having spent alrnost twoMonths in the
search. From thisOriginal came the praefice of
the AEgyptian Priesls, who upon the first of tho-
le Anniverlairies pretended, that the Body of O-
siris was hid in their Temples , where, no one
knew, whereupon they lamented him, as if that
had been the very day,where in he was murther’d
by Typhon; they shav’d and made bald their He-
ads, (v. Herodot. Euterp. Jul. Firmic. Luci an. de
Dea Syr, Cyrill. & Procop. in Isai. 18. &c. the cu-
stom of such, as were in the deepest Mourning,)
they thumpt their Breasts, they wandred up and
down the Streets making heavy Lamentations,
(in imitation of the Mournings and Peregrinati-
ons os Ilis ) and if there happen’d to be any of
the Inhabitants of Caria at that time in iEgypf,
they slasht their Faces withKnives and Lancets,
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'ritaisi
itbtyj
Ilus, i
nnis
liii
'tkStsfl
leluJl'
inji
mite
bM
•aoNj
inSf1
refll
I#
i
ANTIQUARIO-EXEGETICA. 1129
nurst 5 that Typhon hunting in thole parts by
the Light of the Moon, which was then at full,
found the Coffin , and cutting the Body into
fourteenpieces fcatter’dit upanddown in leve-
ral places ; whereupon Ilis hearing of the Faci,
sailedup anddovvn theMarches inaBoatosRe-
eds,tillshe had gather’d up theIcatterd Limbs,
which she buried in divers places, to prevent any
further AttemptsofTyphon, and to create Oli-
ris greater honour. In the Egyptian Month A-
thyr, thcy say, Olitis wasslain; andontheleven-
teenth of their Month Tybi, Ilis return’d from
Byblus, having spent alrnost twoMonths in the
search. From thisOriginal came the praefice of
the AEgyptian Priesls, who upon the first of tho-
le Anniverlairies pretended, that the Body of O-
siris was hid in their Temples , where, no one
knew, whereupon they lamented him, as if that
had been the very day,where in he was murther’d
by Typhon; they shav’d and made bald their He-
ads, (v. Herodot. Euterp. Jul. Firmic. Luci an. de
Dea Syr, Cyrill. & Procop. in Isai. 18. &c. the cu-
stom of such, as were in the deepest Mourning,)
they thumpt their Breasts, they wandred up and
down the Streets making heavy Lamentations,
(in imitation of the Mournings and Peregrinati-
ons os Ilis ) and if there happen’d to be any of
the Inhabitants of Caria at that time in iEgypf,
they slasht their Faces withKnives and Lancets,
Yyy 5 (a*
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