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212; rArch&ologi&[ Attica. . Lib. 5:. Cas, J. -
Ubrtim quod alimentorum copi* & bomtatu Symbolam coxjebla-
bam, saies RbodiginHst as an omen of peace and plenty.
CAP. V. . •
IDe infantk geftatiow circa socumt & de mmhls impofnione.
Hen the child was fivedaies old, they took it and
carried it about the hearth running: perchance to
initiate him to the Lares, and make him one os the house.
At the same time the cusiomewas sor the Midwives to wash
their hands. Now in token os jo; sor having a child the Pa*
rents bedecked their houfe with Garlands, and in congra-
tulation the kindred that intended to be at the naming-seafil
sent their >s«3^wc/bW(as Aefchylw calls them in Eumenides)
before, as they have used to doe with us at a chrissning. The
things which they sent, were commonly Tolypodes, and Sepia;
whether as rarities, or sor what reafon, i am yet to feeke.
The verses of Eubulus cited'by tu4thenem c. 2. fpeak? as is
thole things were not kept till the scaft, but ufd the fame
day, as likewise Doves, and Thrufhes, and coleworts with
oylc, snd tofted pieces os Cherfonesm-cheese, and I know not
what; the whole lolemnity of the day is called 'a^/^mks,
and so is the Gemtts, or ytvis-M®- Snk 'A(*.pfy&u@-t srom
the running about the hearth (which it seemes was placd in
the'jmidsi: os the roomej or as we may call ir, Daunting about
our cold fire, for we read os no more but the hearth; but sure-
ly there muft be a sire, for He/ychius faies, thofe that carried
the child muft be naked. The naming fesft which I men-
tiond, was kept upon the leventh day after the Birth, faies
b L.7. if Hist. a tsfriftotiei and his reafon is, becaufe that day was obfervd
to be very critical! to moft things, sfi **»«» •$ «ft-«)*»5*) •flfr
riw'iQJin.ljWy and therefore, faies he, when that day came,
if they perceived the child to be well, then they presently
gave it a name, '4t ^Mowj [jXkimt} as prefuming
. c ' . r ■■ it
212; rArch&ologi&[ Attica. . Lib. 5:. Cas, J. -
Ubrtim quod alimentorum copi* & bomtatu Symbolam coxjebla-
bam, saies RbodiginHst as an omen of peace and plenty.
CAP. V. . •
IDe infantk geftatiow circa socumt & de mmhls impofnione.
Hen the child was fivedaies old, they took it and
carried it about the hearth running: perchance to
initiate him to the Lares, and make him one os the house.
At the same time the cusiomewas sor the Midwives to wash
their hands. Now in token os jo; sor having a child the Pa*
rents bedecked their houfe with Garlands, and in congra-
tulation the kindred that intended to be at the naming-seafil
sent their >s«3^wc/bW(as Aefchylw calls them in Eumenides)
before, as they have used to doe with us at a chrissning. The
things which they sent, were commonly Tolypodes, and Sepia;
whether as rarities, or sor what reafon, i am yet to feeke.
The verses of Eubulus cited'by tu4thenem c. 2. fpeak? as is
thole things were not kept till the scaft, but ufd the fame
day, as likewise Doves, and Thrufhes, and coleworts with
oylc, snd tofted pieces os Cherfonesm-cheese, and I know not
what; the whole lolemnity of the day is called 'a^/^mks,
and so is the Gemtts, or ytvis-M®- Snk 'A(*.pfy&u@-t srom
the running about the hearth (which it seemes was placd in
the'jmidsi: os the roomej or as we may call ir, Daunting about
our cold fire, for we read os no more but the hearth; but sure-
ly there muft be a sire, for He/ychius faies, thofe that carried
the child muft be naked. The naming fesft which I men-
tiond, was kept upon the leventh day after the Birth, faies
b L.7. if Hist. a tsfriftotiei and his reafon is, becaufe that day was obfervd
to be very critical! to moft things, sfi **»«» •$ «ft-«)*»5*) •flfr
riw'iQJin.ljWy and therefore, faies he, when that day came,
if they perceived the child to be well, then they presently
gave it a name, '4t ^Mowj [jXkimt} as prefuming
. c ' . r ■■ it