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Rous, Francis; Bogan, Zachary [Editor]
Archaeologiae Atticae Libri Septem — Oxford, 1658

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37° Lsirchaologia kittle a. Llh. 7.
Is a Snake lay soin the way,as to part the company : or if
they met with a Bare , or a Birch with whelps, oraFixen
. Lmw. with CubbsjOl these things were hwnn*, aWaV/sa $ hm-
'^i-nvxA Sicl/Aa-m t abominanda & averrtinca*iday abominable
sights.So if a man happened to meete with aBlack-more,or an
Ape, or an Eunuchism) 7njJkc£va$('ipc-t, saith Laciasijje muft
Aristopb.m stand sorty scot ossNiy is we met with but a Weezle or such
a Lj a creature *n £he crosse way.we will have no Comitia sit for
hviutinbde all this day. And c Artemidorm will give you a reason,
Vbihdel. why should be so much taken notice of, in his d J)m~
^g?;/w,or running by :because(forsootbJit is (7&4»9®' to <tfx»,
that is (as I think) the letters in each word will (ignify
'Arisicpb. ia the same nutnber,wk,.42.Btit if it be so, how came she to be
Eakl. soc{j an enerEy to cAV.it, as to interrupt the course os juftice?
perhaps.it was only then,when they omitted that usuallce-]
InMm* remony,of leading her about the house for a lustration, to
purgeitof«»/rtc&j! things.Infinite many more sorts of divi*
nation might I mention of this kind, but it will sufficiently
teslisy what regard the Grecians had of such babies ,ifi tell
you how that at Thebes ^Apollo Spondim himselfe had his
tsiltarsj&. his prophecyingbyOmens/wTOkJ W K^Svav.
So likewise at Smyrna he had his mJibaiv U&v his Temple
for omens too (saies Pausauias) where the fastiion was sor
him that came for an omen, firstto wbisperhisquestionin
the lhol's eares.and then presently ssopping hisown.to goe
forth of the temple.&thefirst voyce he heard aster he came
ontmustgoefor the Oracle. And so much of divining by
a con jedure by ait. One word 01 two of lots,and 'He have
done.

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