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'ArchaologU Attica. Lib. 5. Cap. 3. 205
same. Jphigema herselse, when fhe dreamt osthe sall os a
house, could interpret the Pillars sor fo many Sons. Forsaies
stie, ' ,
StoAo/ oiyjev ei<n imiSi;aptspiu
The Males are pillars of a familyi'
And very good reason the men fhould beare thenameoftbe
Pillars os the houfe, is the Pillars of the Houfe can beare
the names and the figures of the men. As they doe many os
them to this day. Thames they made choyce of the befs, fach
as *At*«t8 among the Greeks, and TeUmcKes among the
Latins.- but indeed the figure was commonly of the worst,
with a bunch back, bowing under the weight, and therefore
they were called Gibboft, according co that ip Martial
—Ridetttr lAtltu cum Compart Gibbo.
Befides in ancient time, twas an ordinary thing co erce! a
Pillar in ftead of a Statue, or the Image of a man.
CAP. mi
Be infantibm lavatsdit & ■ mgehdis.
nr HE Child as sooneasit was borne, was wafht in Wa-
ter(or elfe in Wine, if they followd the Lacedemonian aPlut.
safhion, and defied to prove, shallifay, or to improve the
strength of the Insant,) Of this Wifhing mention it made in
PlmtHS his Amphjtrion thus,
ToflcjUampeperit ptteros, lavare )nssitt ms occap'.mus.
Sect puer tile quern ego lavi, at magms eft & mult urn valet1.
Andso likewife in Ljcophron (sor Ithinkeit maybe meant
osthe child, as well as the Mother) where he speaksos Triat
mus his putting to death the insant \JMumppus fas he did his
Mother Cilia, rather then Hecuba her siller, and her sonne A-
lexander) though the Oracle named nobody, but only bid
him kill tVjj Tiutmy wyivnSiv, the Mother and the Child, he
did it saies he.
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same. Jphigema herselse, when fhe dreamt osthe sall os a
house, could interpret the Pillars sor fo many Sons. Forsaies
stie, ' ,
StoAo/ oiyjev ei<n imiSi;aptspiu
The Males are pillars of a familyi'
And very good reason the men fhould beare thenameoftbe
Pillars os the houfe, is the Pillars of the Houfe can beare
the names and the figures of the men. As they doe many os
them to this day. Thames they made choyce of the befs, fach
as *At*«t8 among the Greeks, and TeUmcKes among the
Latins.- but indeed the figure was commonly of the worst,
with a bunch back, bowing under the weight, and therefore
they were called Gibboft, according co that ip Martial
—Ridetttr lAtltu cum Compart Gibbo.
Befides in ancient time, twas an ordinary thing co erce! a
Pillar in ftead of a Statue, or the Image of a man.
CAP. mi
Be infantibm lavatsdit & ■ mgehdis.
nr HE Child as sooneasit was borne, was wafht in Wa-
ter(or elfe in Wine, if they followd the Lacedemonian aPlut.
safhion, and defied to prove, shallifay, or to improve the
strength of the Insant,) Of this Wifhing mention it made in
PlmtHS his Amphjtrion thus,
ToflcjUampeperit ptteros, lavare )nssitt ms occap'.mus.
Sect puer tile quern ego lavi, at magms eft & mult urn valet1.
Andso likewife in Ljcophron (sor Ithinkeit maybe meant
osthe child, as well as the Mother) where he speaksos Triat
mus his putting to death the insant \JMumppus fas he did his
Mother Cilia, rather then Hecuba her siller, and her sonne A-
lexander) though the Oracle named nobody, but only bid
him kill tVjj Tiutmy wyivnSiv, the Mother and the Child, he
did it saies he.
Dd ne>