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sian, they used to vow one thing or other, to be devoted and
consecraced to the gods, in case they prevailed : such as was
that of the Tithe of the men to tsspo/lo^ad many other vowes
of the like price. Nay the Athenians were so over-iavish in
this kind , that once there came an Oracle from Jupiter Ham-
won, tefiifying the gods dissike of such cotsrses, and commen«
ding the frugality of the Lacedemonians. *
]n like manner were they superstitious in the observation of
daies. For as the Laced&monhns thought it not good to march
mvmhwtis, till the sull of the Moone: so neither did they
think it lucky either to march « ™* S-3AW, till the feventh day
of the Moneth, or to make any Commanders till the »r\v of
the Moon. In Marching, the General! used alwaies n
ids$i Sifyov , to keep himfelse on the right hornet or tying. The
Souldiers but newly entred ( It ottaot^i ) kept themselves l»
701; utftat Tdis amv'J)jvoKJ in thofepartssot those Corpora ( as the
Romans called them) which were lessein danger, such kind
of service was from thence called <re*7«'«, c* msaipscri^nd some-
times 7i?$f>st*. When they came to a River,before they wene
over, they would be sure to Sacrifice by it, which they called
StW 7« e/)*8<t7»e/«. No patting without a prayer,
The Romans alwaies observed the like custoroe when they
came to Petroita, ( a River that runs into Tiber ) commonly
calling the aftion -Pennine mjpicari
CAP. V.
De ritu Cc&mittendi pralium, & de uftt tubanwl
Hen they fought a Batttle, after they had killed a vi-
clime and Jookt upon the gall, then away to the Tor-,
clots', for ttj^o^i ivri m?^yinar, insteed of sounding a Tmm*
pet, they had fellowes whom they called 7w^w;, that wenc
before, with Torches t and throwing them down in the mid'st
becweene
sian, they used to vow one thing or other, to be devoted and
consecraced to the gods, in case they prevailed : such as was
that of the Tithe of the men to tsspo/lo^ad many other vowes
of the like price. Nay the Athenians were so over-iavish in
this kind , that once there came an Oracle from Jupiter Ham-
won, tefiifying the gods dissike of such cotsrses, and commen«
ding the frugality of the Lacedemonians. *
]n like manner were they superstitious in the observation of
daies. For as the Laced&monhns thought it not good to march
mvmhwtis, till the sull of the Moone: so neither did they
think it lucky either to march « ™* S-3AW, till the feventh day
of the Moneth, or to make any Commanders till the »r\v of
the Moon. In Marching, the General! used alwaies n
ids$i Sifyov , to keep himfelse on the right hornet or tying. The
Souldiers but newly entred ( It ottaot^i ) kept themselves l»
701; utftat Tdis amv'J)jvoKJ in thofepartssot those Corpora ( as the
Romans called them) which were lessein danger, such kind
of service was from thence called <re*7«'«, c* msaipscri^nd some-
times 7i?$f>st*. When they came to a River,before they wene
over, they would be sure to Sacrifice by it, which they called
StW 7« e/)*8<t7»e/«. No patting without a prayer,
The Romans alwaies observed the like custoroe when they
came to Petroita, ( a River that runs into Tiber ) commonly
calling the aftion -Pennine mjpicari
CAP. V.
De ritu Cc&mittendi pralium, & de uftt tubanwl
Hen they fought a Batttle, after they had killed a vi-
clime and Jookt upon the gall, then away to the Tor-,
clots', for ttj^o^i ivri m?^yinar, insteed of sounding a Tmm*
pet, they had fellowes whom they called 7w^w;, that wenc
before, with Torches t and throwing them down in the mid'st
becweene