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*Arch&ologi& Attic*. Lib. 5. Cap. 31. 16%
» Tui^ov Jist7i'4« sesr*, saies the same Poet in *v- 8|6.
tsslctstis^nd in —0 & afc* The po-
fltire which the body uMially had in the grave, was with the
face towardMhe East dies 'Diogenes Laen. in T>tmocritci to-
wards the West, saies 7/utanh and i^E/ian. On the stone
which I mentioned.was written the name and the condition os
the party deceased, which they described commonly in verse.
Plato was for jost foure Heroick verses and no more. Such
Epitaphes they called yva&7p.*.T*., because they made kjiowu
the party : as the Romans did Monumema and Mtmoriat.be-
cause they made them remembred. And therefore the Lacede*
monian Souldiers, ( saies suftin ) used to tye a ticket^ov a note,
about their wrists, to certify os what condition they were;
that in case they should dye in the Fields, they might have
a burial! and a Monument according to their quality. Ha-
ving thrown the earth upon him , the nest worke was to Sa-
crifice , and pray that it might not iye too heavy. Sit tiki
terra hvu- Such a prayer as the Chorus in Euripides used foe
tsHctsti*. ■ • ; "f*f?#! P!
XStdc iTnnvn Tziml, yxivat.
Which benefit as they thought too great to be granted to a
wicked c fellow, or a d Coward,so they thought it too little c u-46*-
to be denyed to another: and this made Mtntlaw to feare so d Kt"wr'
little to dye.for saies he
K*kb{ Z1' y'p' iff** SJgsftl M$a.&n7iy»(.
c a p. xxx'i. ;
Ds Infer nisi
pH E manner of Sacrisicing to thelnsernall gods, or the
gods os the dead (for tnstrnumQt«S*Qi2.?*, is a place
L I sor
» Tui^ov Jist7i'4« sesr*, saies the same Poet in *v- 8|6.
tsslctstis^nd in —0 & afc* The po-
fltire which the body uMially had in the grave, was with the
face towardMhe East dies 'Diogenes Laen. in T>tmocritci to-
wards the West, saies 7/utanh and i^E/ian. On the stone
which I mentioned.was written the name and the condition os
the party deceased, which they described commonly in verse.
Plato was for jost foure Heroick verses and no more. Such
Epitaphes they called yva&7p.*.T*., because they made kjiowu
the party : as the Romans did Monumema and Mtmoriat.be-
cause they made them remembred. And therefore the Lacede*
monian Souldiers, ( saies suftin ) used to tye a ticket^ov a note,
about their wrists, to certify os what condition they were;
that in case they should dye in the Fields, they might have
a burial! and a Monument according to their quality. Ha-
ving thrown the earth upon him , the nest worke was to Sa-
crifice , and pray that it might not iye too heavy. Sit tiki
terra hvu- Such a prayer as the Chorus in Euripides used foe
tsHctsti*. ■ • ; "f*f?#! P!
XStdc iTnnvn Tziml, yxivat.
Which benefit as they thought too great to be granted to a
wicked c fellow, or a d Coward,so they thought it too little c u-46*-
to be denyed to another: and this made Mtntlaw to feare so d Kt"wr'
little to dye.for saies he
K*kb{ Z1' y'p' iff** SJgsftl M$a.&n7iy»(.
c a p. xxx'i. ;
Ds Infer nisi
pH E manner of Sacrisicing to thelnsernall gods, or the
gods os the dead (for tnstrnumQt«S*Qi2.?*, is a place
L I sor