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Arclxologi& Attic&. Lib,6 .Cap. I« 317
Levii arm<ttnr& milites , such as had little or no Armour, but
carried Arrowes, and Dirts, and Stones for the (ling. And
3ly neA.7*s«y, a middle sort between both, with their mhlcu or
Konsimcu , narroW Shields, and sbort Speares. Such as they
made choyceof sor Horse-men, were to be summ-mm th(
Xfiiutiot eutut7i ( saies Xe nophon ) able both in body and ptirse ,
and therefore were to be examined rast by the Senate os 500,
before they could be listed; and so were likewise the Hoises
themselves, to try whether they were kmv&tk skitti/b,ot
•qrov'oAvs (as the Scholiast calls it ) Nojse-prtose. And this
they did re wStn©- with a Hell, or a Kettle-drum, or a
Pipe, I know not which I (lull render it. And now 1 am pat
in mind of the KaJhp , which they used to make a noyse with*
all, when they did <&jnnheiZzu Walke the round to try whether
the Guards were, asseep or no, which they called wiwo?sp«V
Or KaJhisi^y.
--KaJh!>0$tspH7CU} 7!Rt'7H^
Insomuch that K«<fe»s£«i>,M used for the same with n«©s£«jr,*W
try,or prove (as in Ariftophanii BttracbU,an mssjtaSbtv'uu) and
dmsStlvtsw for ivtS&svr inter.tatum. ( as in Ljstftrate, >y <n^<s^i
rsra.v}ait'-iyX'i(t*i&X&Jtivi&v iSv TQToivn tz&yua ui$iVTd{. )
If a Horse had been TtTstsusiir& worne and beaten out with long
service, they marked him in the Jaw with the signe os a r^<9-
(a wheele I think) and gave him his 7pu«fa-«Morjfot to they called Hefcb.]
both the mark and the dii'charge it selfe:whence came the pro-
verbe used by Eupslu «>im<iVra ui bmshtKSt r^am'rmot, to give
a man his *st/«iV<sr/<>i',diat is his dischirge. All their Horfes the
Greeks reckoned to be consecrared to the Sun, and Beda upon
the Kings, gives this reason, Audientes Gr^ci ab l/raeliticii,
(cjtios divine habere lit eras sawn prod* bat jqisod Heliat curru ig-
xeQt& cquii ignis sit ad c<elt/iet tranjlatm (ytlctrte hoc ipfnmin-
ter alia depiBitm inpariete videntesjcrediderunt vicinia decepti no-
mini* Sola hie tranfittsm perccelos rjse designatum, & miraculum
divinitus failum comntarunt in argumemum frw«,C7"s.becaufc
K r 3 Hcliai
Levii arm<ttnr& milites , such as had little or no Armour, but
carried Arrowes, and Dirts, and Stones for the (ling. And
3ly neA.7*s«y, a middle sort between both, with their mhlcu or
Konsimcu , narroW Shields, and sbort Speares. Such as they
made choyceof sor Horse-men, were to be summ-mm th(
Xfiiutiot eutut7i ( saies Xe nophon ) able both in body and ptirse ,
and therefore were to be examined rast by the Senate os 500,
before they could be listed; and so were likewise the Hoises
themselves, to try whether they were kmv&tk skitti/b,ot
•qrov'oAvs (as the Scholiast calls it ) Nojse-prtose. And this
they did re wStn©- with a Hell, or a Kettle-drum, or a
Pipe, I know not which I (lull render it. And now 1 am pat
in mind of the KaJhp , which they used to make a noyse with*
all, when they did <&jnnheiZzu Walke the round to try whether
the Guards were, asseep or no, which they called wiwo?sp«V
Or KaJhisi^y.
--KaJh!>0$tspH7CU} 7!Rt'7H^
Insomuch that K«<fe»s£«i>,M used for the same with n«©s£«jr,*W
try,or prove (as in Ariftophanii BttracbU,an mssjtaSbtv'uu) and
dmsStlvtsw for ivtS&svr inter.tatum. ( as in Ljstftrate, >y <n^<s^i
rsra.v}ait'-iyX'i(t*i&X&Jtivi&v iSv TQToivn tz&yua ui$iVTd{. )
If a Horse had been TtTstsusiir& worne and beaten out with long
service, they marked him in the Jaw with the signe os a r^<9-
(a wheele I think) and gave him his 7pu«fa-«Morjfot to they called Hefcb.]
both the mark and the dii'charge it selfe:whence came the pro-
verbe used by Eupslu «>im<iVra ui bmshtKSt r^am'rmot, to give
a man his *st/«iV<sr/<>i',diat is his dischirge. All their Horfes the
Greeks reckoned to be consecrared to the Sun, and Beda upon
the Kings, gives this reason, Audientes Gr^ci ab l/raeliticii,
(cjtios divine habere lit eras sawn prod* bat jqisod Heliat curru ig-
xeQt& cquii ignis sit ad c<elt/iet tranjlatm (ytlctrte hoc ipfnmin-
ter alia depiBitm inpariete videntesjcrediderunt vicinia decepti no-
mini* Sola hie tranfittsm perccelos rjse designatum, & miraculum
divinitus failum comntarunt in argumemum frw«,C7"s.becaufc
K r 3 Hcliai