Rous, Francis; Bogan, Zachary [Hrsg.]: Archaeologiae Atticae Libri Septem (Oxford, 1658)

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sy in thisbusinesse, there were t&vrw, Laws and Writs
made for the purpose.
Tlato speaks very well of this * custome , and T ra]a»m the
Emperoor in his answer to Pliny approves it, permitting the
lise thereof to the Amifeni ( for other Cities had it as well as
Athens ) eosaciliPtst st tali Collationi &c.
Other provision there was besidss this eranus, for their re»
liefe. For the richer sort were wont every new moone , to
make a great feast of Bread, and other coutse fare sor this pur-
pose, Which feast being chiefly intended to the honour os He-
wssjgave occasion to them to call every course beggerly seast,
by the name of Hecates ca»a. But as bad as the sare was, the
ferfon in Pluto Arissopkwis, took his argument even srom
thence, to commend the condition of the poore,above that os
the rich. Ssies he—s 'Endm tS™ 7rvSri£*u
Asks Hecate and sie will tell which is be(l. To conclude, 1
have read that tbey had a Lucar , roony allowed them out os
the Treasury, to pay sor places at the Plajes and siiwes.


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