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348 ArcJuologi<n Attica. Lib. 7. Cap. 3.
a Lib. 7. who was the sirst ccnjeBour in this kind, a T/oijt saies, Jmphi-
Cap- 5- Ely on, Deucalion's Ion', Philofudaut, Abraham^ Trogm Pom'
seitu, soseph; Pastjar.iai would have it to be issmphiaraus,
whom he reports to have been deisied sor his sk lj; and that
they used to sacrisice to him, when they looked sor a dreame.
They taike that the People that lived nccr Boryflhenes^ and the
gad;s, were excellent at this work; and so were thofe that
b Paufan. E- lived at the b ti'tbU , two Cities fo named in Sicily, But a*
line mong'ft all, the old doting Women were best at it.
Proptrtitti MU£ wity mn dec'us stmnia verfat anm.
Lib.z.Sl,^. When they desired to dreame a Prophetical! dreame, some-
ttmes they would facrifice a Ram to %yimshiaraw, and deep
upon thesseece. For thus the D amii u>'ed to do in the Tem-
c< Epctfam 3 pie os c Calchai. So Iikewife the Calabri ufed their melota
cw7a uihata ft:epmskinjyOs sseeces,to deep upon at the Sepulchre of Todali'
Yjlov 01 [idr* rim. And it feemes, it was a common praclise both sor dream-
•j&'auivoi iy ingj sor Virgil&tio saies,
Miuautv&i it* —C&farum oviumfttb noBe (ilenti
$mri. Tellibits incubttitftratii,fi?nno[cjjpetivit.
Strabo /. 6, And a!f> sor purifying a pollured perfon in the Ekufmian and
other facrifices: for they took the skinnes of beafts that had
been sacrificed to Jupiter ( which they called by the name of
Asiy KaJ)e. ) and laid them under their feet. Naytherewas
no small ufe of fleeces and skinnes in feverjll o*her bufinef-
fes; as in Mourning, and at Wedding?, when the Wife ( 851
told you ) fate upon a sseece for a cufhion , to (hew her pur-
pofe Lanificio intendere of fpimning and carding. The Scy, hi«
ans play'd tricks with skinnes. For among them, if a man
had been wronged , and had need of help to revenge him-
felfe, he would sacrisice an Oxe, and cut the flefh into pieces
Cd. Rodig, and boyle it, and fit upon the skinne with his hands behind
him,and so begge for helpe. Thencome his sriends, and eve-
ry one taking a piece os the flefh , and fetting bis right foot
on the skinne, promifed either men orArmes, or what he
bgst could. Such ceremonies as thefe, they accounted a sa ft
engage:
a Lib. 7. who was the sirst ccnjeBour in this kind, a T/oijt saies, Jmphi-
Cap- 5- Ely on, Deucalion's Ion', Philofudaut, Abraham^ Trogm Pom'
seitu, soseph; Pastjar.iai would have it to be issmphiaraus,
whom he reports to have been deisied sor his sk lj; and that
they used to sacrisice to him, when they looked sor a dreame.
They taike that the People that lived nccr Boryflhenes^ and the
gad;s, were excellent at this work; and so were thofe that
b Paufan. E- lived at the b ti'tbU , two Cities fo named in Sicily, But a*
line mong'ft all, the old doting Women were best at it.
Proptrtitti MU£ wity mn dec'us stmnia verfat anm.
Lib.z.Sl,^. When they desired to dreame a Prophetical! dreame, some-
ttmes they would facrifice a Ram to %yimshiaraw, and deep
upon thesseece. For thus the D amii u>'ed to do in the Tem-
c< Epctfam 3 pie os c Calchai. So Iikewife the Calabri ufed their melota
cw7a uihata ft:epmskinjyOs sseeces,to deep upon at the Sepulchre of Todali'
Yjlov 01 [idr* rim. And it feemes, it was a common praclise both sor dream-
•j&'auivoi iy ingj sor Virgil&tio saies,
Miuautv&i it* —C&farum oviumfttb noBe (ilenti
$mri. Tellibits incubttitftratii,fi?nno[cjjpetivit.
Strabo /. 6, And a!f> sor purifying a pollured perfon in the Ekufmian and
other facrifices: for they took the skinnes of beafts that had
been sacrificed to Jupiter ( which they called by the name of
Asiy KaJ)e. ) and laid them under their feet. Naytherewas
no small ufe of fleeces and skinnes in feverjll o*her bufinef-
fes; as in Mourning, and at Wedding?, when the Wife ( 851
told you ) fate upon a sseece for a cufhion , to (hew her pur-
pofe Lanificio intendere of fpimning and carding. The Scy, hi«
ans play'd tricks with skinnes. For among them, if a man
had been wronged , and had need of help to revenge him-
felfe, he would sacrisice an Oxe, and cut the flefh into pieces
Cd. Rodig, and boyle it, and fit upon the skinne with his hands behind
him,and so begge for helpe. Thencome his sriends, and eve-
ry one taking a piece os the flefh , and fetting bis right foot
on the skinne, promifed either men orArmes, or what he
bgst could. Such ceremonies as thefe, they accounted a sa ft
engage: