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men 5 but the Hema on which they wrote the exploits os
those that had merited, seem to me, to have been set up ins
that gallery, which from the number of thcse images was
commonly known by 'e^W 2W. the gallery of Mercurials.
At che consecration of these3they used socrrc ceremonie$,and
sacrifised akindof gruellj which was of n© great preparati-
on; because they will notstand long about it. Hence jjs -
Tfttn (c/)>ve^5 ,may be said to sacrifice with that which costs
but little. h Aristophanes. Xi/Tsst/w, eeWp ^i^^av 'ej/xjcT/gcj
Sckol. °E$piJiov dvri to IwnKh. in Pace. Now to to the ere&ing
of their Images it will not be unseasonable toaddesome-
thingofthe forme of their Gods 5 whom they made (lan-
ding with their hands upwards, as if they were morewhS
ling to receave than beftow any thing. To which zAristopha-
Ms alludes saying, ^ $ d-voi r?<»V« V #A x«?«e •« $
,dsi/^sMTt»y> ii&v y& <Ai%(JZ$to <h'Jiv&i 7wy&&&. "Hjnx*e c*1hVocto
^dw %«p vsriicw, 'Oi^ai v JbSevvs 07ms ti kn-\.f). Even the
,Gods }ou Jball know by their hands andstatues. For when ttesray
them togiveus jomegreat thing, they standwith their hands upward^
as the) would [end down nothing but rather takf oblation. To tell
you likewise that these Idols were cloathed, is no news
doubtlesseto one meanly versedinthe Greek Antiquities,
To say that they ware (hooes too, is probable, whence they
are named Vii Ph£cajianii from q>ttiH$,<ria.t1 a kind of low
shooes which the Athenians called wvtmJhs, from .jwV/s .dust,
and , the soote, because they were neare the grounds
si&To rnhd^Mviw Axhct'? vj>vh tcotioA, saies b Clemens Alex-
*P '2' andrinus. But more sure I am that they were pictured with
fSat.3,v.ai7 them on their feet. ^Iuvenal.
Hie aiiquidsuclarumEuphrawris & Folyclete
,Ph^casianorum Vetera miammta Deoruns.
CAP,
men 5 but the Hema on which they wrote the exploits os
those that had merited, seem to me, to have been set up ins
that gallery, which from the number of thcse images was
commonly known by 'e^W 2W. the gallery of Mercurials.
At che consecration of these3they used socrrc ceremonie$,and
sacrifised akindof gruellj which was of n© great preparati-
on; because they will notstand long about it. Hence jjs -
Tfttn (c/)>ve^5 ,may be said to sacrifice with that which costs
but little. h Aristophanes. Xi/Tsst/w, eeWp ^i^^av 'ej/xjcT/gcj
Sckol. °E$piJiov dvri to IwnKh. in Pace. Now to to the ere&ing
of their Images it will not be unseasonable toaddesome-
thingofthe forme of their Gods 5 whom they made (lan-
ding with their hands upwards, as if they were morewhS
ling to receave than beftow any thing. To which zAristopha-
Ms alludes saying, ^ $ d-voi r?<»V« V #A x«?«e •« $
,dsi/^sMTt»y> ii&v y& <Ai%(JZ$to <h'Jiv&i 7wy&&&. "Hjnx*e c*1hVocto
^dw %«p vsriicw, 'Oi^ai v JbSevvs 07ms ti kn-\.f). Even the
,Gods }ou Jball know by their hands andstatues. For when ttesray
them togiveus jomegreat thing, they standwith their hands upward^
as the) would [end down nothing but rather takf oblation. To tell
you likewise that these Idols were cloathed, is no news
doubtlesseto one meanly versedinthe Greek Antiquities,
To say that they ware (hooes too, is probable, whence they
are named Vii Ph£cajianii from q>ttiH$,<ria.t1 a kind of low
shooes which the Athenians called wvtmJhs, from .jwV/s .dust,
and , the soote, because they were neare the grounds
si&To rnhd^Mviw Axhct'? vj>vh tcotioA, saies b Clemens Alex-
*P '2' andrinus. But more sure I am that they were pictured with
fSat.3,v.ai7 them on their feet. ^Iuvenal.
Hie aiiquidsuclarumEuphrawris & Folyclete
,Ph^casianorum Vetera miammta Deoruns.
CAP,