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antmi efCorvons nuatcainentumvercait,iledua
iamfVnde totjoetarum aileaoriaScriptorum
narrationesfahuloftz e^ertotam^nc^cloi
jcdiam crrcrcsTFarfi aarijsima^veritdtis
luce manje/mniur,jiuzp ttihut
Jitiama reHituunturJcx
lihrts dxfjlta.

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VuIcjno,Typhor,c,&:. dcc; KcjJiimoi e-ibus miiis, animanuum
Afigulvium chatad«,tibusacniontJtnvDtis al js hiicf^cdaucbus.

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aurco laronis
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mcntMm dcaotaQtbus.

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fctt Chymico.ine<liCJU

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fci.nrx grattam tBltuatis.

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lERI COMITIS PAL. CJES.
IRiEFAl iO AD LECTORES.

I m'*rcmini,led:orcsbencvo-
li,quiJ Cauf^ niihi cxfttcrir n:rhunc
tr^aaiii riRCrlNlSSIMURyAl «*»-•

mir.e inftgmiHm pofl tot 0- tn>.toi d^ Hie-

rogifhtcis, a^ e?orij{, fi/iynlis, thc ologtcist
phtlojophicis,voettcts, Chymirti & medt-
cii petvuiaAtos authores eaidertm ac

in puhlicam m uttdt Ittcem nUnc tandem ^aiferim,

vohtfg^ inpri'

mu detot pr^iudicatisaddijudtcandHmtnJcripferim, poficjuam

nm ipfam, mea ft idia ac mey. tem vftrum^ can^ortm ftmul

,

refp xerttis, mirariahfj^ dttbto dtfineti^. inter Chripiamty

vt optnor,nuf/tis e(i ad o rc um omnium i^.petittts.ftmodofcnfn

communi valeat & prima ItterarHm rudtmenta teneat, non ejt<i

Ethnicorum quorum in^ens numerta adno-

aliijuando Itbros (

ftram atarem peruenit) & non hac duo iHu obferuartt,

legerit in

Primo deorum,dearum & heroum.vtpote lovis .Martis, Mer-

curijy Apolhnis, Jumnis, Ventris, Palladts, Herculis, fafonis &

relicjtiorum nomina ; Secundo deorum &
heroum finiulorum
monfirofa, hotrenda &
tncredibilia faEta : His enimd^^obns

omneshbrt Ethnicorum referti funt adeo vtfete infvngulii pagi

-

fiis ea inculcando vtx cjuicquam

praterea memoria dtgnum con^-

tineant : Exempltgr^tia, Jicjuis exHomtro& Hetodotoapud

Gracas, ex Linio (Jr Virgi^ioapudRomanostotlat deos &faCia
deorum,heroum^a dijsonundorum, maxima pars eorum ope-
rum obelifco notabttur : ^unt enimfa^a ita cumperfonis, htt &
cum illti colUgata, vtftibUto vno, nec alterum conftftere pofit,
A aut

o^r^
 Pfaef;atio

Ctf erifaftthorth'M Ethmcif C" e^^rnn; 'criptff Crit. At kos Chri-

jiiar.iV'an>-drortfmmultitU(i%*iein larrf^ridtm ahfciniHf, /ieri.
fimw csrebiiinuf^ v'pt>te vcrit.ne Verbi Het ii^fl^y.ni- ^ljjtA
initur de tct dforumQrhere»m f.iclis dtcemtfs? /i.jh<tc fof-

fibilia Gr vcra e(fe , ctimauthores illo^nmnon dijt^fr fa/ftfu'

C^ rfijci:mus ac ml^ilon inj^s
erint? .i-invero dfosrffutt^iinmus
eorumfviEl.iO- pro^^emtm adr/tittemtu C^ rectpiemtu ? An hdc
ct:?»i!.'ftft/fiproMuiabim-ts Q^ mhilvritatts effeinvrif^a-
ptid omfies af.t^o^es? Aftrum efr, dr hoc nOn fuiffe f^jl/icitttm
qttene^tiam imer tot fcriptttrio.tet Chnf/iarorunimjriada.\Cf{m
tamen hc.rtim dt^utiltatt4m derluratio adeo nere(Jaria fit, vt
i;ix v/ittm fcrtpttim fei^ po/y'jcKm, fcu Theofophtcumpsfi facroi
itieras , vtilttis mundo t^fferri pcffu •'
lerum trt CAufa efl ,

cjucd tiia non (olttm anttc^tiiffima (^- vltra cmmm fcr:bfnti'

um memo*^iam , fedetiam Arczyufpma^ejuo
repojitavtdeanttir
ad veram Jui crtpmm
(ewper habita ct* paucifftmis notA
extiterint : Anttejtitffima entm c^ /imul ARCAi^ISSl-
Ji'1 A ea ture C'.n(trieiebent, ejtttt ptr tot mundi ^tates, am-
tdius e^udm ter TKilie ar.norum, tnde k prtmtr Auiho^ibtu
ad nofira v^(j,tempora, vJtit Thefaurus in arca a^camfft^
me condn.us, te&a C recondira fuerunt , de cjtiibHi cum
£thnict Scriptores nonnu/i.t 'icet fabulofa fubn/ole , hoc efi;

pro fuo captu, tuclvettnt, mffiiria ea appeiidrunt, vtpt-

tet ex infcriptione Itbrerum Lurroip, A^Ier.andri , Melan~
thij, L'.mblici , Ev.inthu y Q^ a/iofum prf.ter fabuUs Foe-
tifOi nihil continentitim , ac earum r.e apicem vere expli-
camtum, ra rattone ^ fub his f.omen"
tjtiod tnteilexerint ^

tis res triagnas cfr myfiica^ Iatere,pltu reverd in recejftt

contincnfes , <judm prtma frettte pron.ittentes '
f^gjpti} e-
ntnt anttcjnt Japtentijftmi homines ( d qtfibtts , fi orfin.-m
prtmam repct^.mus, httc otKnia propajata ej[e animadver'
tcmtfs ) cum res precirfffimas DE1 dono f**on. Uborc
coMjccuti cjjfnt, quas Kolient pofleritati cmntno ignoiaty nec
tamin cmKtbuj (cque notas fere, invtnerunt modtim easobm
/cftrandi, o veiut tentbrti cjt*ibujdam involviHi.i^ ita vt
nen
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mn tjtjt acmtjfimet mentis lumtne praditi ^uic<jHam de iis

jHfptcerent ^ ftt^ftc Hiero^l)pha gramm.it a^ allegoriai C^

jabnlAi cxcoqitarunt , ejmbu^ tancjHum clattjlris c^ c&rceri"
btti rcs non dtvftlq^andas > cjtiam diu Itbntt , continKtrU' t C7*
occHltarttnt f
vt viientes c^ andientes nc» (iatim intellige-'
rcnt , /ed jaltcm irqtti*endt cattfas haberent. Vetum
qtimtHm m lorum hnc cxorttim jit , vix dici mt credi
potefi'. ^^emaamodm» enim apnd Babylor.iam in Apol"
linis templo (iHream /r.irA vetHfiatts arcHUm cjnando^y^ cotn*

pcttnn» legimiu , ex^fta co*)/ctfa O" aperta ea vts peflt/en-'

tisac pftntcioftjftmi aerts Jeje profttderit, vt difjiatHsnon c

oi moUo cjtit adcr^nt , %'enenofa ac letfMli infe^os tabecoff
jicerct , fed pfjiijera tncredibih^ T^otefiate orajfatus longe
iattq^etiam Parthos affLret% Ant velntt ttmportbns Af*
Amonii Q^ Veri apui SeleHciam mtlvtbtts e^HtlnJdam an-^
foram^n
qjttfffim qHod prtiis Chaldeorttm vates oce/HfJfent
,

fofi direptHm tcm^lum .4poli»is Qr /imHlachrnm eiui Ro"

mam tranjiatum 3 aperientibtis tam fnncfiHS ac teterrimHS
vapor e^reffns eji , vt a Per/arHm JinibHS per Sjriam, to"
tam^ Gractam eti^ finitimas re^iones ad Gallias if^fHrtni
dfbacchntHS ftt, ( vt AmmianHs Mareellintu fi^ ex eo Ccti»

Rhod: l 5. c. i2. reccnfet,) ita fere continit cnm Ae"

gjptiornm theJaHris fnb arcanii fnis involncris recondttis, vt
aliter, (jHam accuit, aperttf toiam Grecciam, c^ pofi eam
orbem tetrarum fHper/fitionibtcs c^ deorum vamffmotHm mHU
iitHdine, f/uptndt'^ faElis rtpUuerint ; Hoc malum per-
dttravit loto Pa^anifmi tempore , donec verus antmz Aie'
dtcHt S A LV AT O ii ns/icr ade^et^qui longeoiio temedio,
qudm Htppocrates (inceniis fyhis Athenienjes ab ea pe»
fie inarrHnes reddens ) generi
(^ Jdoia humano pro/pexit
illa ^er.tittm omnino pe^umdecf.it (^ dcJirHXtt, ncmte arca-

n-.ffimo falvifico £ R B O ex Jinu ty£ T E R I

V N
P A T R l S prolato : Inde tatnprtdem gentium dti in
Ecclcfia Chrifi-ianoq^ orbe , taKCjuam fiSlictt et vant, Vf
/ueruKt ct reiecit jur.t. Verttm cum mhifomtnus y vt di^
Slnm, cjuotidis Ethmcorum tot edita mjnHmenta et Itbri
A z in
 Pra:fatio
tr. manlhips dcnornm vtrfentur, i» qt^orttr» fere JinguliiparA-
traphii dfcram (Jr heroum j^'»tiliHtH fic meniio, hoc tyuftitis

catifamprdbMtt, c^mddini^ ptr c^eostllos df heroesinulie^titn

ftt .jluJiioJ e i?i'iag,indi. /d'o^^t^.ventt /ttnt, ejnipartimadhy]i9'
riunt reduxertnt, ejuali dij illi c^ hetoes prtfcts fe^ultirtgesMC

kotf/tnesfnertnt^iictalia^tanta, tjuxdeilltffcribuxtur, p^>^-

qetirt, par ttm ad moresformarndoi aut naturalimhtitm mttndi
ratiomm appltraverint : Verum cumhtfape numeroabfurdt^'
ma, nec prtmistUii fapienttffimis adinvolvendum, ntctpfisad
ezolvenaum dtgna, prctulertnt ac maxtmxm partem eorum
fiqmentis p^^fiptij/, abf^ rerum confenfu produSii^, deprava-
rint, vtp/ui dubtj, ^uam cen.itudtnt^in legentium animis relt'
auerint, opiaruy.t plurimi, qutd tandem 'ubilits dt\s &• l^eroibta
gcntiftm reverajubeffet ,
penitm exprejfumfjje : N^.mnonrcm
leviculam, ab hj/Jiorta prefeEtam, nec/iJmoyes aut altas res tra-
hendam, primitus ex'itijfe, ejux totum fere mpindum cr tot in
€0 fiptentes non centum falitm annis (cjnoanimtam c^tt) fed
trige(iescenium aut umplttu, hoc ter mtllt involtnt, tnvolutos
'fi
tenutt G^ obL tecavit, prot e^to credibtle e(i : Intertm tx ijS, cjtti

chymicatraclant, ejutdam feobtu/erunt, tjuideos C^das (^ert-

ttles tx optrtbus chymtcit pf tmu/rt ortpnem pro.^^ttxtjje ^ffir-

mertt, intir ^'^os Bracefchtu, Rob : Faffsn/is , C^ nonnulli aiij

/uerunt- Ve fim cum tllt paynm f^it rebus finqula accommo-
dJfrtnt, nec fdtts omntum ra'tontm CT ^armo>iterm m thodo con*
vententi reddtdtrieit , partim ipfa chjmia muhorumiudtcto, vt
ina^if, futtlts (^ inutilis habeatur, htKCwkii ceritado5lisde
ijsr.bu* cenfert potutt : lirtrco eoo tandem hanc ntthi oprram
Jump/ivr^s de cauftttndnfliis, ad declaranmm nempe o- VM
trunutuleoennum ocAlts fubijcteMaum, cjutresfuh dyt,
deabia
^herotbtis gentiumprtmtttts intclltUdifnertnt c^ e\ua rationg
per atates mun-itfabuljfa tlla huc vj^ p opagatafint, tum vt
Chri '^iantc doHrin* vcrtiMper fe fatts [piendefcens, his vmbrit
remotts,magts maq^tjj^tlinf}i etttr, tumv
non AlcH- C^^yr.i.t,

mm (tlla, tot nebulonum hutrtx C^ decepttonum maier, cju<t,

metafla adulterat cfr no^ v:'> e tranfmutat) (ed cjHa, Medictnx

AHrttcprodHcendttinfervit, AnttqutJfimA C^VcrtJft.na demon»
fretur.
 Ad Lc<flores.

DONVM vindiceitir. Nemo, arbitrory anrHm, metallHm

t^timHm, (jttodpro rerum precio in mHndo^ Aumfmt mnndHt
er erit, receptnm eji, cjHod^ mnltis homwum morl?i cnrandis
adhiberifolet, tmcjuaminHtUe, nocenttffinHm q}- dettflandnm
ejHid a^imahtt, frofenhet C^ accnfahit, propterea, cjHod non
tantaapndfe fit eitti copta, cji^antam vellet, necomnes affecltu^
myrbosCjr defyJeria hominHm tollat, ac mHkorum malorHmy
jurti, rapina, homtcidij, aiulterij ^ fere omniHm vitior/tm
perpetrandorum illecebrofa caufa (it , nifi vrltt ommno extra
wndum viucre c^ cynicm videh. Idem de Afedicina ludi'
ciii efio : Si intureXauro medicina.vel ex hac auriiprpventat,
(jHis nifi tnfam/Ji-ntis, medicinam tlhm dettjiabitur ? Fuer efi
in n.undo, qtit e^Kiftimat omnta ita[e habere vhicHn^^ vt infua
domo, velvrbe vel reoione, tn quaedHcatmefl : Btspuerefli

quidtateVAlens pHtat nulUs unrjuam futffe aut ejfe, ejuiplttitn

rebiti vid^rint, (iiuerint ^
intelleXinnt , cjuamipjec^pere po-^
tefi. N^ m> it ^ iudtcto valcns ventatem Chymice ideo negabit,
cjwid eim non videat, /ciat a'4t intellt^at : Hoc cmm ejfet »«i-

puJen'tfpmi in^enif, omrda Fnita febt nota recipere, fjnotaex

rfrum nmiterfitutepruflt^^arevelle' Hoc e(Jet, intjnam, invidi
^c-ii-jiu^ nm hum.ty;i moris, mmio detraheretd, cuittsipfe
vf^m non h.tb.ret. Vetti^n r.e cjnis inde opinetur, me, cumtale
Jcri-i.um v^oferam, etujdm ''ti fcientiamprofiteri, fluatotum
m orum ranonc<n p. rapiat : A-fedf i» im Gatentcam huc vf^
proftffi^ ni>n dellttt (^ a/ia, fiejua ejfent, arcaniffima in Chy-
mi is indc^ga^-e : [d entm homtnis Itberaitter edpipatt propnum
ejfe arbitratus fum^cum vt ^ ues a i volandurrt ita tile ad ratioci-
nandum ptHtm vtdeatur : Avibmautem nm vnam partem ae-
ris, fed vntucrjtim patere cernim/ts J ^S^td nt cfr-
homtnihm t?d
rattoctn.inium? Htnc nemo mthi Juccenfeat lip>atcrco*nmti' ,

dejderem etiam areana

nta, frire rara^ in Katura r rum ^
fwdamentumhabentii, rattone c^ experien'iaprobata, vertjfl'
ma: Hoc enim anim^z intellioentis proprium ejfe 4nftoitles irt

Aletaphyficts demonfirat. ^^in eo affeSlu tncitattts extera

ejnc^ioca vifituvi, ^ fic in hoc c/uoc^celibtrritfium regnum
A i pervenij
 Ptxhzio
pervefri, v^iti^^nfflMctijs miii fromovcvdis acrius inhtereo^ en
i)ic iaii-u n.ilA (ny caUmo tiMuf^ Medicindt illttu, ejtiam huc
vIq^ tndagu vi, ftonpedtffeijuuff at predromw ,• Non tamen adco
imm.^ttt^tiK, ceHe^mfcjuamimnainaripo^tt, vtviucemejueat^
cHrn aniiiw, ejudm Elephantot zterogeflare aiuut, ipfum apud
mefo»crim, ati^^m. ejuodfateor, vr/ir.o pattu O' rnai MtneruA
inluccm miferim. Mon tnim adeo de verbis, <ju..m de rehi^^r.ec
tam de ^lfitiuh ivde mthi captanda, c^uam de commcditate a/ijs
prsjiandx, ffi fc/.iriifu. /4ccipite tgi'Ur, ItEltres bcnevoli,
huncmeumc^Htilemcur,^ Uborem in hocgenere novum, quivt
vera Theolcgt£ non fuoervacanetu viaettpotetit, tta toit Encj-
clopctdite, vtpote Polyiic^^vita ciu It, (qu^mlftrilprffdefitia

troBat,) M(dictn£, Chymia, P->e/f, hjflort£, Afiror,omit,Phyf

ficA, Cdteriljjcientijs & ariibus mcxtme vttlts ftiturks efl* Et
quamvisvideattir paradoxn contiKertineo,cjt(odreceptapertot
Jecula ejuafl infingat , tkmen cjuodcum veritate in cmritbtts con-
venit, eiiamflcum maicre mu dipArte in opihiohtbtts di^cnti^t,
magts ample[}endum reor^ejtiam tot opi antium pr^iudicijs con-
/entafieum-^ Cumj^ id in rebtu divims fecjuamur, ^uidntitiam
inhumardi tjs, ad ea^ (cjuales htt funt) acce^ere
c]ti<tproxtme

^jiodfl quis Pagar.ijmum, deorumj^ multttudi'-

^eflimantur ?
nem aptrcbare maht, ac ChyrMam, o^ua vera tft eitarft tpfiiyi-
eognita, in htfce haud agnojcere, c^i tco cjUod,\macumtnefibi

placens, faetat, cjuodlubet'^ Intertmnec corhmfalfltatem, viri'

flmilew, nec hutus veritatem, vaniimintetligentibus reddttvn»
mtum. Vos, aut Prcmethetlumtms ,'cinttllum peSlore oefiatis,
animo circfirnfertts, tti,\mflnec} ul< ani
ctui Palladis fapieniiam

nec Veftee.aram cum communem agr,ojc„tis, hoc noflrum

illii

fludium ab intiidorum (^ mafiyrum imurtjspro veflro ca»dore

vindicetis, C^ Vtritatem ex profunda (cui immerjttm Demo-
critHS rijH O- Heracletm ftetu tefiatt/HntJ puteo feu ffecu
eruendam C^ extrahendc.m pro virili curetii Vobis tnejuam .-

fotis, cjutbus corculi^ [apere datumeftante alto.\, hac (n/undi

ARCANA ^RCANISSIMA) vrpote cjtii de his ex ge-
mina ludictj dexteritatt calculum frrre noverttu, ape>ta C^
rcclufa, CKttrii autcmplebt ijs^indoBti, harum rerum tnexper-
tify
 :

AdLcdores.
tls , incrf^(i/ii c^ nciticjunm capAcibris, Mowii & Afimi\ tan-
fjuanii»dt^/iis, e]Piibiunthii, ijuodfapientibtu ,
fapi.it, ni/, tiifi

lptrro>iut Jenfui ^ vH/gogra'.Mm vtdfater, vere arcana C^ OC'

c/^ifa manere optamin : Imo vobtsfo/a loctc edita, his al^Jcondita,

vobis inte/ltclA,hisne/e^,i ^uidemfore fperabimus ^ qMantum

in nobis er't, annt t <mtir. Vef/ruTH ef/ hanc animi mri (ffufionem,
Vc/unt^tis J/udij4j frcmptitti^incm nonaverjart, fedtequtbon'^
confulere , quos ego Deo Opf: Adax : commendatos haberi
velim.

wimmmnm
JN STMBOLVM
Afagnif: cr Cl: V- Dn: MtchAeiis M^ieri

Corporis eft aliquid fpcciofi gratia fcrmx,

Eftaiiquid pnfcurnpoflcdoccre genus.
Eft aliquid vigili rapicnrij paita laborc, .
^

Suntaliquid,magnusquasrencrorbis»opc«:
$ifamcn,his quantum pr.cftct/pertabimus Author,
Sunt nihil,auc nihilo fi minus eire poteQ.

Chr: Reinhart V.LD.

R:I: M:S: Ord:
& P. L. C.
MICHAEL MATFRVS DOCTOR,COMES
PALATINVS.
IN CHRISTO SFE9 ILLA DEO MEA,
AMO CRVCI ATVM,
Auri ne te -eat me malefuadus amor.
Aurea dos p/acear rel/auis ^- /ufnin t pajcat,
LAVRVS,AMO OMEN SIC,DOS MIHI
REGTA PLaCET.
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MIX A HA liAIHPO'2
Jwj^si^^-fT/^t/k «»00-:

HAIOI ;,. a'PM\ h^mi.

MH- AMA H"PI XIAO'2,

H'A10S H-MI (if^ymtfAiymyCA^PMK

^aOCTt fitm.
MH" «I" A*M A HPI XIAO S «•nSwirJi' «cTi 5^aTi,7f,

Kaf/M fiJ^ar» «o^olc tCffMfimvri ^ihsu

AUu(le'tu[d,

MIXAH^A MAIHPO%
MH'HMAI XAlAPO'S;
MH HMAIXAIAPO'2 ^<n'c <rcr;^<r(nC;«u
'^fx/jittm, t '^v^ue i jfKiUfic n piiicu-

E'^ cVrk ro/uaTBr/<^Kc/«i^8i* o noc

IdemLatine»

Non fcdco tcpidus

Non fedeo tcpidus; Fcrvcrceft ChriQicoIarum^
NonfrigcreanimiSjncve tepcrc fuis.
Bisgenitaxquxvi Proicsvencranda Parcntis
Ore quiacA tepidos cvomiturafuo.

M. M. B. G. T. P.
 " ^' "^«^Mf^^»
iP** ^'^IM^t^
LrBER PRIN^V5.
DE HIEROGLY-
PHICIS yEGYPTIORVM.
^ Vi JE^^tUruni rerii anfqtiiflimaxura
'
hyrtoriam fcu potiu? gclU fabulofa
complcxifunt, nihflccrti dc pnma-
rum Ijtcrarum 5 autfcicnriarum ortu
memor 3c prodidcrunt; qucmadmo-
Aum ncc dc primis in orbc rcgibus^di-
authominibus natis; fcd
scrcditis,
iEcunqucdc hjfcc fcripfcrunr.mcris
qi

otioforu n figmentis^ac mclincholicorum dclynjg auC

fomniantium phantafmatis fimilima futit. Primos ho- n • . #

mincg ^'«» ««>«»•

allcrunt nonnulli, in A-^ypto cditos eacomcdura,
qud]circarA*/'4/^'w,cum NihcciliWiK inundatio, calc-"'^ *

facicntclimumfo'.cab<jq'U rcl,<flum, mul^sin loci'* cx

tcrra; hi^tumultitudo nuiriurnonatur, qnfiabipfoor-
bis pnmordio omnii animjnria fiinilitcr.iplicjj homincs
genirifint: AlDi denu S^/c.*/»' qui «Tjaiorcm /Ifiie^F.ttro.
^<f^«^p3rtemjnccnon/^(r^;/>/«»?pcr!ufirauit, (vr ipfcmct
fatctur) Qmprimi,irqu t,fucrintin orhc rcgcs, nrqua- p^rwjr'/?^^^/,
quamcomperfum habemuscumijunjHvftonci tostra LiL.^c, i.
dant; Impofnbilequippccft,li'crjSatq ie acprimosTe-
g^SjVctufijs^^xMMlfciSi vcroquisl f(rrd!, ciiaT) tum fui-^c
contciuUt, ccne rerum fcriprorcs nulro poft tcmp.^re Prim<t ItterA
fusrc: fc'<quxint q lioractn tulcnt, ncf fclum Giseci o-fcnporcf,
dubita;if,fcdctiamqaifclud!gc£vrs prancfqac rcrgia} ad
B vitam
 1 Hieroglyphicomm Lib.u
vitamvtjlium fcrlptorcsappcllint barbari,
Idcm,moxrcqucntccapitCjapriroishominibu8SoIcm
L.i,t.z.
&Lunam pro Dijs jrternis cultos, & ilium Oiiridcm,
FrimtDu. j^^^^, ^,^,^ nominis rationc appellatoscirc,
Ifidim ccrta
iiarrat, Vcrum qiiij vnicus & vcrus Dcus Deorum fif,

quiquando&vbiprimi hominesac inorbcregcs cxtitc-

rmtjcxracris Biblijs no?, vt indubitatum acccpimus, ita

jie^^ptiorum in co, vt & in alfcrenda fuorum rcgum anti-

quitdtc & numcrofa feric per plus quam viginti millia an*
norum continu2'a vanitatcmagnofcimusjQuicum Jji-

dem & O/irtdemahk^cx SaturMo gcnltos dic&ntj mirumcft,

cur iilosproprimisdiisacternis&ingcnitisj fcucxlcQi-
busluminibushabcant; Scriptorcs autem Ethmcos in
hiIcccx:urarepolTumus, fi resaliter,vt fint, tradidcrint,
tumquodobantiquitatem, quales fint, fciri nonpotuc-
rint, cumfacrai^t^/JVhyftoriaipfisincognita fucrit, tum
qv 6 J ob Dcorum tum rcccptorum rcligionem alitcr fcn-
tire non licucrit. Nos vt fundamcnturn y^yjptt^ do^innx
PropoJitio^C^ ditUAmuiyC}: innumerisindiciisexploratum habcmus,in
JHmmA toti' ^^j^^^tfffcicntiamquandamarcanifilimanaturjeopcra do-
«/ /r<ic7rf/«J". ccntem,fiuc MED
IC IN AM AFRE
A M^ non cx
aurojfcdauromillicsprcciofiorcm , in vrufxntifrcjpraC'
fcrtimapud Philofophos, Saccrdotes,& Regesantiquilfi-
mofijqiiaevtpofterisfapientioribustradi pofref,vulgoau-
tem igJiota maneret, pro fcriptioneoccultas ab animali-
bus dcfumpf-»s notas^aGraecis poftea Hiro^/jfphicof di^ns^
pTodccUrationc vero reruni Allcgoriasa perfonis fidis
cirumqucrebusgefiisrrannitaspafiimviurfauntrHinc
fu "Ccdcntibustemporibus,fuperftifionchominum igna-
roiu )racoccupantc mentes, perfonae illx proDiisautrc-
^ibushabifaci animallapro facri8& invioljbilibus culta
Parti'i9 fjnt; ii^que fi;i<julis monumenta q jafi acrcrna conflifuta
prtmi(*yri, rcnTiu itur: Dc quibusvtordin-rquodam difqniramus,
j. 2, dcDiisprimo, moxdcRcgibus y^^-eypryf, tcrt 6 dc Ani-
^.
raiIihu?,corumqucfdcratischara(5lcribus,acdtn:quc dc
4. monUtncRC's,inUiciis^c vc(ligiis,qu;ehanc artcm in Ae^
 :

Lib.r. Aegyptio-Gr,TCoriim.
j
/y/JMvfitatKnmam&qudnvernaculam fuiirc,conuinccnr,
hoclibroprimoagcnrius. Antiquiflimi & primi huius
artisfcu Mcdicinjeaurcsc inucntorcs confidcrantcs fub- iDeDijs
ic(5lum,formana,cfticicntcm,Sc cfFcftuscius communita- Aegj^tiorum
tcmcummundi prarcipuij; partibushabcrc, nempc cum kittoglyphi'-
Solc, Luna, Ignc, acrc, aqua & tcrra, caeccrifquc ftcllis c//.

crrantibus, abiiscadcm dcnomna Uiit: In Subicdoc-

nicnartisduoconfidcrat tUFjquorumvnum mafculi, altc-
rumfic.ncllxrationcmobtincrj idcrquc illud Ojirtdtm
fcu folcm,hoc//?^(wfcu Lunam dixcrunt: Afercuriusy
qji SoU&Lura£coniungitur,vfriquccomnnuni8cft,cum
non fiat coniundio Solis & Lun jc in maiori mundo,nin &
quippc qui Soli fcmpcr
,\^ercHriui pf3Efcntancus*adfit,
fatcllcs accurrit: Atquc duo vt
funt coniuge s, fic 8:
hi
fraterctfororhabcntur,quibuscttcrtmsquidam rufu« &
ardcns fpiritusadiungitur^T^p^o» diftus, qui Ojlridem fra-
trcm vtcrinum in tcnuiffimas partcs & mcmbra dilTccat
Ha: igitur quatuor apud AeQyptios pc fon.x prxcipux funf,
quaiutrcSjCyJV^/, S(is ct Mtr.uriMs pro diis, Tjphon vc-
rdpromaligno daemonc, accipiuntur. His adnumcrant
VtilcaKt4my(cu igncm cxtcrnum, Pahadem fcu fapicntiam o-
pcrandi, Occanum gcncratorcm dcorum, fcu matrcm
T/^^^i/^jiiutprovtrirquc A^///!r«w, hoccft aquam,ct tcrram,
mitrcm omnium5VtOr/>^f«/ait,diuitiaslargicntcm;dcin*
dc Satur»um,rouem,yemrem^/ipol/tnem,P/utenemj aliofque
D^tos: Qux nominactfifcqucntibus tcmporibus com-
munitcr&.alias(cmpera vulgo pro Deorum numinibus
autplanctarum,feu ftcllarum coelrftium corporibusac-
ccptafint, a Chymia tamcn rcftauratoribus,ct propagato-
ribus primr.u in artis occultatione introdufla funtjqaod
;

cxomnibuscircumftantiisfinguiorum fam apud Gracot,

q^ai) fcriptorcsmanifeflc confpicitur; impri-
/^f^^;>r/of,

misapud D/Wc^r^^w^cuiusfcntcntiasdcdiis Aegyptijs pcr-

curremus,acconucnicntiamcorum cum C/ywjc/tdfliba-
bimus. Prjrtcrdi<5losDcos,inquit, quos ccclcftcs & a?- Z/^.l.f.',
tcrnosvocantjfcruntinfupcralioscxhisgcnitos, qulfuc-
B 2 rint
 4 Hicroglypliicomm Lib.f^'
rJntmorfaIcSj,fjpient;av^c!6 Scinhumiinum gfnus hcnc-
ficiis*in^morrahri.rcp«jtitos: horum quofJ-im in ^ea^pto
rcgnr.(rr,partin cjj quo&Dii
eofuidcron^inc, coclclics,
partim proprio vocitatos, SoUm^ Saturmm^Rheam^ lottera
quocjuc anoiimjllis <^;7-wr.«<« appellatum 5 Ipinonrm pr:--
tcTcayl'fi/c,i»p/m. Vedami vjtimd A^fercurium Primum qui-
dcm rcgcmfuilTe.5pud Aeoyptios Solcm,conomincq'if) &
coelellc aflrum. Q2idam Saccrdotcsaffirmant, primum
tnHenta, rcgnairc Vf^icanum^mvcmoxcm ignis,coque hcntficiodu-
cemab : Erpaulb poll: Dcinceps
/^.-^^/>/rjjconf^itutum
^(iV4rnum, qui lororcm Khfamccpcut vxorcm,aiorUfXti-
tiire,gcnnilhqucfccundumquo/"dam, Ofiri^itm^i /faem-
piurcs, grnuJlfc /ouem ac /uncnem tradunt, qui prop-
ttr virtutcm vniuerfoGi bi impcrarint: Hos quu quc gc-
nu:ircdcos,prcur apud Aegyptios iiks habcntur intcrcala-
UKjOfyridem^ffidimyTjpho»ay Apfliincm ^
Venertm^^ EC
0//r^rfminterprefatum Dionyjium, Jfidtmvcxo CertrtmX
Hac OyTrw in vxorcmfu mptai rcgnoquc fufccpto, muta
contulitad vfum vitaccomraunis. Hxcillc: Dcmdcrra-
IJidit itt' dit y/JW^-wtriticumct hordcum invcnilTc, ciulquc fdtiO"»

ncnta* ncmdocuiirehominc?j Icgcs quoquc dcdillc, tcmpiura

Crcxilfe /outU /unont pjrcntibus infignc tum magnitu-
dinc, tumornatu: DjoinfuperTcmpIa aurca flatuiffe,
vnum maiUs/(T«;coEl- rti>aitcrum minus/(7«rMCgi coiura
patri qucmquidam 4mmonemvo(La^T\i', Fccitctiam aliis,
inquitibiJcm DW<»''«/, quosrctulimuS:8urcatcmpla,ho-
noribuscuilibctct (accrdotibas inrtitutis: Artium quo-
qucautrcrumadVfilitatcm vits rpe<flantium rcpcrtorcs
ab Ofirtd'' cf /JiUe\n honorc habiti fuerc : Inucnti infuper
jrrisaunquc m Th-b ^^^ifabrijarmaquc fa(5la, quibus ct
fcrasoccidcrertcrtxcolcrcntur tcrraE". Statuje pn^tcrca
ctDeumtcmpla <uri:a,abh:scum o.Tini orratn fabnca-
Mercurii ta funt. Ef mcx : Mcrcurtum quoquc maxiir-eomniu-n
inutnta. ab to (Ofitide) honoribusaffcdum, vtrfpertorrmrciu
plurimaru i^.quibusvKsc hominumconfulcrctnr,volunt:
Huuccnimpti,numctvcrbainordinenaKdcgi:ic^ctniuI.
tift
Lib.ir Aegyptio.Gr^fcorum.
5
tis indidiirc fcbus nomina; ruHrc quoque litcrarum in-
uentorcm aiunt, inftituitleq-, quo honorc, quibufvc
racriscolcrenturdii: Inprimisobfcruitoraftrorumeur-
fus fuitjCt vocum harmonias adinucnit : Palrpflra?, numc-
rorumquc,cf adcorpora curanda mcdicinx artis,IyriE in-
fupcr cxncruis trium chordaiii inftar trium anni tcmpo-
tu:n, rcpcrtoremtradunt, Trcscniminfliruitvoccs,acU"
mcdiam; acutam ab oeftate,graucm ab hy-
tanijgraucrt» ct
cmc,mcd:am a vcrc fumcns: Hic ct Griccos docux vcr-
borum intcrprctationcm vndcctipfum H^rmcn,nocc(l
Intcrprctcm appclIarunt.Dcniquc et qui tcmporc Oft^t^tis
fu :rc facrarum litcrarHm (criptorcs, haec c=idem ab illo
acccptarcfcrunt. C)//r/W(f«»etiamp!urimumraoconfilrov-
fum : Olex quoqac plantam ab co , non a Miner'
mt qucmadmodum Gricci dicunt, rcpcrram. Exqui-
bus conftar,Vulcano&Mcrcuro apud yEgypt«Oi mag- Nota,
nos honores ha^bcri ob invcntjonem tot rcruii» vitae hu-
niana: vriSium Ac qu's Vulcanus ? An non ignis ma-
:

giilcr operum ? quss Mcrcurius ? An non omnc icl,dr quo,

cxq'io& cuTi qjooperantur Ch>mici, licct non Gr vul-
garf-qjidJQjaiemij^ncm vc 6 MtelligUiiriE^vptij r \n
*
illum, d<*q lo Diodorus loqu tur his vefbs cumcnim •

arbor idu fulminis in monribus confl^grallct, ligna

propinq'1 » hyberno temporc fljm ;n i fuac comproehcnffl,
qiicxre Vulcanu.TJcalore Ixr ram,dcficicntcigncaddi-
d ifc illi nouam materiaT», & co modo continuato igne,
alios homincs conuocalfc ad cius afpc(?lum, tanquam a fe
repcrti : Id nuMo modo vcrifmiile cft: Quia ignis illcantc
diluviumnotiHi-nus ^uicquoq-, primJshominibus,q'i£n>
admo uic fiTg; ufjcif) A )eli& Ciino, fabriliuart.iiinve- ^ "7*
tlo Tu 5i!c»in, vni No'i«: Vndcfcqairur, aiteriui ignis '

invcntioi.etnbu Vjlcano,ncnipcphiIofophici, feuqjti

*
'^"
modo ignis McrcUnonon vqlgari adhibcndusfitiHinc
dicitur primu-j .-oud ^iEgyprios rcgnalTc Vu canus ; S»c
MctcuriinornM u irrium &
literarumhieroglyphicaru n
apud cofdcai inucnror e(l j Propter ipfuo) cnim arees 6c
 :

6 Hycroglyphicorum lib.i.
Mterx ^grptix Jntrodod^ru^tJllleiJoajit Rh<*foncam,
eftfonomi^m, gcomcrriaa», iirirhmeticam & wuiiumt
Nihjlcniroabrq-, numcro, pondcrc&mcnfijra fitin arre,
vcnccnatu»a:S t RdijmiLuilnisthcor: Tc(lam:Cap.fo,
Narura,inquitrbabctinrepiii!ofophi4m & nricntiam fcp-
tcuartium l.lwralium, quibus opcratur : Quo n ia m ipft
in fc portit omncnr gcoir.ctricam formam & omncm
rcm tcrminat virtutc anthmctux lux pcr *rq')alirafcm
numcii ccrti & pcr ncticiam rhctoricjjicm intcilccflum
tuum ducit dc porcntia in adioncm, Haec illc Ipfc Mcr- :

curiuscftintcrprcsomnium,HcrmcsG arc.isdi<5lui.jcuius
confilio Ofiris plurin li n vtitur Quia Ijdc Mcrcurio nihii
•

£t : Ipfiolca facra, vtpotc omnium olcorum prjcdan-

tiflimo, quinimjs molliaindurarc, duracmoIIircpotcfT,
vno 6 Jcmq; i.^nc Rebqua ad Mcrcurium
f : & Vulcanum
fpcdantia, in fcqucntibus cxponcntur. Vcrum cur Ifis
omniacKauro, &quidcm totintcgratcmpla, parcnti fuo
& rcliquis dijs fiaruK ? Cum alas omni xno inauditum
(it vcl VDicuin cx auro tcmplura ftatutum clfc, pracfcrtim

hoc rcccntiori, vbiauri cxfodinis &

fluuijscruti millics
maior copia cft; quam antiquMUi, cum primum aurum
rcpertum dicatur: Aut cur aeris auriqjfabros Ifis in ho-
norc habuit ? hi prompto caufa cft^Aurca quippc Dca cfl
Eadcm &Lforor& coniunx Ofiridis dicifur, qucmadmo*
dum luno louis & Rhca Sarurni, qui progcnitorcs corun»
narrantur Qox vnica nota Chymix cvidcnti/fima &
:

propria cftj Cu.us fubicdum conftat agentc mafculo&

paticntc facnira, tanquam fratrc & fororc, ncc noii
coniugibus, vt paflTim dcmonfirabitur. Ollris igitur &
Ifis,vcluti& Vulcanusac McrcuriuSjprxcipui dij intcl-
Icdlualcs chymici funf, non qaelcftcs, fcdTubtcrranci,
&abarccnati:Cumq5lfisCcrcsfit&Ofiris Bacchus lcu
Dionyfusapud Graecos, rcliquas eorum dotcs & notas ^

infia tradcmuj. Ofiris vcro, vt Diodorus ibidcm narrat,

Cumvir bonusglorixq-cupidus clTct, ingcntcmcxcrci-
tum corgit, vr pcragrarci orbcm,doccrctq} mortalcs plan.
tare
 Lib.f. -^gyptio-Grafcorum, 7
tirc vitcs ac tritici & hordci fcgctcm, pccorumq; frud^um,
cxiftimans, Ci homincs abagrcfti vita ad cultiorcm mi-
tiorcmq; traduccrct, honGrcsfcCquod&confcquutuscft)
potiturum immortalcs. Non cnmi prilci illi tantum, fcd
poftcri ctiam proptcr invcntas ab co fcgctcs bcncficij
incmorcs, provnocx maximis dijscumhabucre. Tra-
duntautcmOfiridcmiEgyptircgnoconftituro, rcrumq;
omniumcuja (fidi vxori pcrmilla, tradidilfe ci Mcrcu-
rium,cuiusconfiIioj quoniam prudcntia vidcrcturcxccl-
lcrcintcramicos,vtcrctur Ducemvcrocxcrcitus, omni-
:

umqjqux Cux ditionis cranr, rciiquiirc Hcrculem*, tu quia

gf ncrc proxi mus, rum quia fortitudinc roborcq; corporis
crat admirabili; Rcgniq; gubcrnationcm ita parrirus cft,
Ph3cnici3?&maritim2c ora:Bufiridcm,i£thiopi3E Libyseq;
proximis rcgionibus Antaeum prarfccit: Ipfccum omni-
buscopijscx;Egyproincxpcdirioncm profc^flus cft, /c-
curafratrcm duccns, qucm Grajci Apoliincm dicunt &
lauri rcpcrrorcm : Of^ridcra duo fijij, virrutc difparc»,
Ar.ubis & .^;if<?^(?»prorccutirunr; vtcrq^armisvfuscftin-
fignibus, aliquoanimaii haudabeorumnaturadiHimili:
Nam Anubiscancm, Maccdonlupum infigncarmorum
tu'it (Va cx rc hjEcanimaiiae^/^^r^/ fummo '\x\ ho-
:

norchabcnCjCt horaraanimantium iormis apud c^gyp^

tio! coluntur, Duxit iniupcr fccum Pana , cui ty^gjp"

tij in ThehMd^,(:\mt2Kcm fiii nomlnis jtdifi. a uht, Chcm-

nim,id cftiPanis vrbcm vocitatam : fccuri funr cum qMoq.

inagriscolcndiscxpcrri, qnivincasplinf^rc noilct, Ma-
ronjqui tnticura fcrcret, Trfproiemijs : Omnibus dcindc
compofitis,oratisdijj;Ofiridcincomani.qMoadm Aegvp-
tumrcdircr, nutrillcaiunt, acvciCus i^thtoPtaniprKiCcC'
tura Cum clFjt in ty£thiopia, fcrunt obLtos ci SatyroS)
:

ccmasvmbilico tenus ha^cntcs: DicirurOfirisfuilTecu*

pidicr rtfus, dclc<^anq; folitus mulicis ci chorcis : Qua-
propter illum n.ulicorum multitndo fcqucbatur ;liiter
cosnoucm fu.lfc: virqincs adolcfctnruh^-tum cancreloli-

tasjtum in aliis cruuitaS; quas dcincep» Crxci appclia.unc

Mufas
 9 Hicroglyphicorum L b. i,
MufaStHas Ap :)i(incmdocuiiTc'd!cunt, qu.»<'x.'e NUificiia
cftnoiTiatus :Hocternporc Nllum ferurirccj SimCa-
nisortuiu (cunccnini maximc crcxcrc coniu wt) u, lo-
rem Acg>pfi partroijCtcammaxiiTiej cvi ?trn vticub mi-
pcrahat, mundallc ; Abfumpriscnim fcrm.: omi ibus crus
tcgiOMis n.cohs, Frotr.criifum dolorr n-.ofuip k iiitcifi-

ccrc vol.iiir-j Fluvium vcio prcptcrtuilus vclocirarcm,

profuuJjriiren q^ aquarum Aquilam tunc appcJlarum:
Hercultm tuni conliliimagnitudinc fum virrutc voiu- t
evtftigio comprcfTilTc aq'j.irum impcmmct ad priorem
curfum conucriiire : At vcro Ofif is cum clTct in montibus
*/£c^wp/>,vtrarq-,rlpasNiIiaggcrcciiiX % ne modumcx-
tcdcret inundatio, fcd vcluti pcr portas quafdam cxxns
lenisciretatqj3grisproficUi.Dcindc prr Arabiam iLxraru^
brunimareucrfaciens, au £X.xrcn,«;sIiidoS pcrucni', vbi
plurcsconllituitvrbcs, cxquibus vnam Nyfam nomii;>a-
uitjincius mcmoriamjinqua cratny.ritus, vbi hcd^rara
plantavit,qun:roIdc6!ocu^itiir,etin A)''^ Aegyptt. Multa
quoqucalia rcliquit fui apu Ir.dos monumcnta: Colum-
.!

nasinfupcr nulfisiniocisiutuitlucEcxpcditionisteftcs:
Pcragrau;t autcmetcxtcras Af.a nationcsj Pcr Hellefpo»"
tffMin EuropamtVir.iicr.s, Lycurgtim in Thracia barbaro-
rum regcm fibi obfillcntcm pcremit; llli prouincia:
Maroncm (cncm prcefccit; Macedonem dUun) Macedo.
rUrcgcm ftatuit, Triptoiemf:m Atttcix agris colendis prx-
fccit; Ocniquccumoibcm fcrme circuiircr,in Je^^ypium
rediit.tulitquedonafccum adiueinsgennlus data.Dcm-
dccumadDeos cxhominibusciret tranfldfusethonores
illi cf facra, vr maximoD:orum,ab JJJdt ciAJercurtoin-
Myjttes. flitutanjnt,multaqucvimyflicaadcultum addira,quibus
;ciusDejpotcntiam ampiiorem rcddercnt. Tantum brc-
uitcrdc 0/»'/<a';/in Indiam cxpcditionccx D/'?^ori' atfulillc
halceumnts
N ta.
(ufi)cm.Huro£lyphtcAS rcaal'cgoricas narra-
tiones,etvcrifati,rialitcr,qia.nlic,accipiartur,adiicr(ifli-
maseirc, tmn exfin^ulis ad lircram abfurdis cr idUis,
tumcxplaiuationc vinijtruicict hurdciicgctc, pccorum.
«1"«
 Lib. 1 1 Aeg)'ptio Gr^corum. 9
qu^rru(fVu,abcodcminucrntis,qujEinracris litcris, vtdi-
^uoijpatribus antc diluviuni,«rt in orbc primis vcre attri-
buuntur^-^onftat. Siqulsvc^6artis,dc quaagitur, quale-
curq, cognitioncm habcar,illc non (olum ncgatii e fcict j
quibus rcbus hadcnus Jid-a non afcribcnda fint ,fcd ct at
firmatiue.quibus vr^cc conucnianrj ncmpc Oftrtdem^ ct
Ilidem dfcin vno fubicdoagcnsct paticns; ct pcr cxpc-
ditioncm 0/iriMs, folutioncm opcns arcanidimam dcno-
lari,vbiprimum ad Acthiopcsnigros, poilad marc ru*
brumdcueniturj quicolorcs vtprimo & vltm o intcr-
ucniant ncceiTc cft ; in principio nigcr, qui pcr intcrmc-
dioscolorcsinalbcdincm, acpoftfn rubcdinfm traniit:
HiCceMimcreAtafHnt, inquit Flamcllus, iri hac terra mfir4
j4ethiopi<e j Et Rafis , Deallfa Cormm tt*ttm^ fivis deatbare
ipfum^CHm Ni'o ^e^jpti albefcitprimo^ tftfjc cum Perjia infe-
cretit^&cn hoc, (^ hac apparehit rubedo, vt papauerin Eremoi
Si Nilus non intra mctasrctincatur,fc iin agros.nimisrc-
dundct,maximaindcnoxa cucnirct. Oportct it q; Prf
meth^um rationc prxvia; ct Hcrcuiem laborc comitc,id cft,
artificcm,ingcnio mariiq-, id prjecaucrc Adfunt noucm ••

MufjCjCtfratcr ApoUo^ hoccl>,9. Aquilse^ctvnaparstcrrx

nigr2e,vtalijcxponunt. AdfuntSjtyri falicntcs,ctchori
mulic u,choreasduccntc$,ncmpeNymphx ct Lyrophx,
afccndcntcsctdcfccndcntcs: fcmcninfuum agiii iaf^ii
cft, Cui Triptolomus pra!cl>,ficct vitis plantata vuas fc-
rcns copiofifiimaS} MircHrm conlultor Ifidt ct Hercnles
gubcrnator Atgyptt datus HrcuUm clTc artificcm ct
:

A-fercuri^.m priiru, mcdium ctvltimum opcri«,mfcrius

iatius patcb-t. Si quis igirur omnia ct fingula huius cx-
pedjtionisadaconfidcrct, vidcbit nihil abfq; fingulari
caufaibidcm pofitum,fedomn£(olutioni di(flse advnguc
quadrarc; Sacra Ofiridt a \Iercurio cfr Jjide inftituta ellc
dicuntur,ctmu!ra aliavi mydicaad cultum ciuc addtta:
Vbipcrv^mmynicamfatisdcciaratur, quodalius fcnfus,
prrtcrquim hyOoricusetIitcralisadfit,qucmnosin plx-
rifqucrimatiintciligcntibus fatis iniinuamus. QUcC de-
C indc
 lo Hieroglyphicorum Lib.i.
indcfolutioncm hanc,fcumortcmO/r<W//', fccutafunt,ct
quidcirca ciusmorfcmcontigcrit, fic D/Wor«jcontcxit:

VcrumjinquitjCX vctuftis SacerQOiu arcanis, i]u\0/tridis

tcmporcfueranr, poflca copcrtum crt, Ofrtdem Acgy^io
iuftercgnanrc a TyphonefTairc impioatque ncfariointcr-
cmptum,qucmil!c in fcxacvigintyDirtcs dilfcdumjcu-
ilibctcorum, quifccum tantifcclcrie puticipcsfucranr,
partcm d^dif,vcluti cius facinoris confcijs, & fimul vt ip-
fosdcfcnforcs,cu[lodc(q; habcrctrcgni Hdos. //Tifratris c-

iufdcq; viriraortcm auxilio filij(ORVS ci nomcn cratj

vltajT^y^^^yw^&quicaedisconfcij fucrant,iRtcrcmptiSjc/£^-
^^;>/»rcgnumccpit: CornilFacft pugna iuxfa fluvium in
partc ^r^^/,e,quam y^«;<</appcllant vicum cQ^pdnomcn
cx /^«r<c/mortcab Herctile OQciCiyO/tridir tcmporc fortirus
cftlocus. C)/7r/W/>partcsomncs difpcrfas cum inucnilfet
//i^/jpra£tcrpudcnda,cupicnsinccrtumcirevirifcpulchiu,
ab>^(?f^^/^yautcm&fingulis hominibus honori habcri,
cxaromaiibusacccrafingulascaspartcs in formam ho-
minisvirofimilcmcompofuit. Conrocatisdcinccps y^e^
gypti faccrdotibusfingulisdcditOyTr/W^ imagincm,a(rcrcns
cisfoliscorpusilliuscrcditumatqucadiurans, vtnunqua,
apud fccircfcpulturamO/tridisyvWi pandcrint,vtque illum
inabditis fcruatucn, vt Deum colcrcnt, vcluti Ofindem
' dum viucrct,& poft obitum fimili ccrcmonia obfcruarcnt.
Vtautcm maiori bcncficioSaccrdotcsadhxcfibipromp-
a^rorum partcm ad Dcorum cul*
tiorcs faccrcr,tcrtiani cis
tum'&facraconcc.Tit:Hiiuin meritorura Ofiridlsmtmo-
cius mandata pcrfcccrc;
rcs,tu-nbcncficio/yW*raIled''j
qua cxrcctiamnunc faccrdosquilibcttcftatur, pcncs fc
O/^r/Wtr/wfcpuItumcffe.* Animantiaquoq-, aprincipio ci
dicatain honorehabcnt; & cum moriuntur, in corum
funcrcrcnouantC>/;r/^// ludum: Tauros autem facros,
huncquidem Apin), altcrum Ademphtm nominatos, fa*
dcos /iezyptij omnc«
crificant (9/rr/'rtf/,quosctiam vcluti
colunt: luralTe autcm Ifi^ dicitur, viro mortuo,nuIIi
fcampliusnupturam: lufto dcinceps rcgnauit impcrio,
bcnc-
 Lib.i. Acgyptio-Gri^corum. if
bcncficio in rubditos, rcliqucs oftincs cxccdcns : Poft
obitum vcroia^mortalium honorcsconfccuta cft, fcpul-
taq; apud Mempb^m \n V V L C A N I hico, vbi vfque
adhoc tcmpus fcpulchrum cius monQrarur: Konnulli
horum Dcorum corpora non illic fica arbitrantur, fcd in
ty^thtopi<e, Aeoyptic]'^e montibus, iuxta infulamj qux
Nili Port:c ab agro Dijsfacro appclIctur.Vcftigia huius
offcndunt tum Scpulchrum C/7r/^f conftrudum, atquca
Saccrdotibus Aeoyptijs in honorc habitum, tum vrnas
trcccntic fcxaginta, quas quotidic Jadc rcplcnt Saccr-
dotcsadidinftituti, luflumquc rcnouantj Dcos nomi-
ncvocantcs Hac de caufa Infula a tranfcuntibus adi"
tu prohibcfur . Apud Thehaidi! vcro f qu.^ Giui-
tas antiquiffima cft omnium j incolas, maximum ha-
bcturiufiurandum per (9/Jri^tf w in nubibus cxiftcntcm,
omnibus Ofmdis partibus , vt rctiali , pratcr pudcn-
^z^ ibi fqpuitis: Ea quippcin fluvium a Tpba/ie^ cum
nullus cx cafdisconfcijs illa pcncs (c cifc vcllct, crant
proicdla: Ab 7/7^<? pofica non minori honorc, quam
rcliquic partcs, fuciunt Sepulchro condita. Ab OJi'
rtde vcro atqac IJide vfquc ad Alexandrum Macedonem y
qui in Aeg-^pio fui nominis vrbcm condidit, annorum
dicunt amplius dcccm millia, vt vcro quidam afic-
runt,pauI6minus tria ac viginti millia cxcitilTe: Hacc
illc. Quajomnianon clfc Hyftorica, fcd Allcgorica iVe?/<f,

prot flioDis vcl illitcra-

fidc fcripta quilibct Chriftianac
tifllmusagnofccrct, dummodo annos Mundi crcacio.
nis ab initioad hoc vfqj tcmpus computarc fciat, qui
5575.nondumcxccdunt.VixitiraqucC>/r// viginfi milli-
busannisfcicanteconditumaDcomundum, primumcj
hominum parcntcm Adamum^ iuxta Aegjptiorum K\\z'
Cumque BVrf///;J Ojindi
gorias fcu traditioncm: c02e-
vus tradatur, quibclli Troiam tcmpora, vt flatuuntur,
paulo antcccflit, T^m»* quoquctotidcm annorum mil-
libus 3nte mundi creationcm dclcta cfl: vciumfi h^c
cxHyflcrijsrcfclIcrcad vngucmconarcmur,innLmcraa-
C 2 lia
 ji Hicroglyphicorum Lib i";

liaindicfa huc pTorcieiflia cir-nr,quic ianifilcntio przte-

rimus: Ad Allcgrrica & Hicroglyphica igitur fahcm
O^ris tjfiid. brcutfrinrccxponendarcfpicicmufi^O/m, vt dictum,pro
matcriaartis, cx qua Mcdicina aurea componatur,abr-
quc omni circuuionc habetur- Haec fuo fcpulchrojhoc
clbvjfij impofKa a Tjphone fratrf , in mulras partcs difccr-
pitur ; quispof} opcrisabroIurioncm//Af colligit &vnif5
Jjlfijfiid. (ulfurc comboftibilifcgregato ; Afquc fic collcdio par-
tium O/W^^/^ab //t;^f inftituta, cft ciufdrmoperis rcite-
ratioj q''acco'ufquccontingit, doncc7)'/?6<j«/.r virtuscx*
tjnda lit, & /ncius locumAnima Ofiridts fatardcns fuc-
cctrcritad 6, vr matrcm /yJj^Wjfeuconiugcmjfcu fororcni
amantiffimamfacilirread fc conucrtat 5
quic cft vltima
pcrfcdio: 7jK/?Ao« quid fic ncmpc
iam antc diA-imus ,

, 1 fpiritus igneus & Juriofus, quimox Ofridem noftrum

XjfpoOftqu
pgp^ffjt^ g^ jn fuura colorcm rapiat, inOarvcncnijquod
noninprina, fcd vltiraicodionc fi|eri dcbet: Ignis
cnim in valc acccnfus non a Vttlcano nimis acuatur in
ptincipio j aUaj, vt ignis Infcrni, totum corpus Ojiri'
dif comburct, nc illc vnquam virje rcftitui a matrc
Nota, poffit: V6i notandum, Iftdem ct Ofmdem circ vnum
idcmquc fubicftum, inquo fit mas Ofirisbc. facuina /-
fitf ncc non Ofir,s nUus & Iftt marer; vclO/irif frafcr &
//i/foror* &fic in(\ir Hcrmapbrodyti(cu /indrogym fchi-
bct,dum nunc pro 0/tridef nunc pro /ftdey quia vtrum-
qucfcxumrcfcriy,vlivpatur&accipitur ;
pro divcrfo rc*
lationis rcfpedtu, mariti & vxoris, fratris & forori8,matri8
& Cumq;hocfubic(fluinvnicum fit in rcrum na-
filij:

tura^&Cbymixpropriumjartificibus notu, ijfdcm O/iris

& //T/cumtotafujfamiliajCtrcrumgcrtarum fcric inno-
tcfcent? Saccrdotcs vcro r^(f/r/>^r) quod Ofriiis imagi-
ncm habcant, fcpulchrum(bli cognofcant, apudquc
fccifc alfcrant, ncc viliramen patcfaciant, hoc nihil
aliud oflcndir, quam ipfosfatcrijper Allcgoriamtamcn,
quod artificij Chymici gnari fint ac poirclforcs j
quod tamen nulli reuclarc, nifi di^nifsimo, velint:
Tcrtiam
Lib.i. /cgvptio.Grajcotum. ij
Tcrtiam jgrorum parrcm m faccrdotcs diuifam,Tauro8 &
facrificiainmcmoriamOliridisinftjtuta&rcliquaomnia,
Saccrdotunfcicntiam & cx artc cfficactam hiud dubie
cum CiCfcris infcrrc polfunt : Abrurdiflimum cnim cft&
a vcritatc hjpftorica alicnifTimum , Ofiridis rcgis mortui
Scpulchrum abfcondi dcbcrc, nccvili monllrari, &vxo-
rcm ciustotum regnum in fui habcrc manu, vt tot licri-
ficia icrcrnis tcmporibus obfcruanda, tanfam agrorum in
ftcerdotcs diuifioncm, inftitucrc potucrit, nifi res c(Tet
inyftica&altcrius originis : Et quod Ilis nulli viro poll
nubatj&qiibusccremonijs Apiscligarur,colarur, futfo-
cctur& fcpcliatur, vtport audicmus, quodq^ inVulcani
luco fcpulra Ifis dicatur, hsec fingula Vcri tatcm ob oculos
cuilibctintclligcnti ponunt. Pudcndum Ofiridis mcm-
brumcftfsBxilla nigri &
inutilis, q-a primo quidcm in-
crcrocntumfurapfit, at poft folutioncm fcparanda acor-
porcrcliquo mundo&puro. DctcmporcvcroabOfindc
ad Aiextndrti?»^ vtipfi iy£gy^tij nonintcrfir conucniunt,
iXA ncc cum veritatc : Cu.n cnim Ofiris fit, vt diftum?
pcrfona fiv^a,rantum rctrd fpacium tcmporis fumpfcrunt,
cuiusmcmoriainucftigarinonpofTct, ncrcs fi(5taapparc-
rcr.^al a» Ci falrcmquingcnros aur millc annos ftatuilfcnt,

forfiiran ab hyftoricis cius tcmporis convinci polfcnr,

quod fabulofum quid & non verum clTct A condito :

cnim mundo vfqj ad Alexmdrum 35284 faltc.m numc-

ranturanni, adfluuio verd adcundcm, 1972. Nccenim
^gjptij fuis allcgorijs jc^ernirarcm mundi, vt multi
partim infcitia, pirtim confukd fccerunt, introduccre
potcrunt, qucmadmodum ct Chincnfcs pcrfuafi funt,
dum vtriquv- le annalcs dcccm millium annorum con-
tinua a fcnc habcrc, fdlfiftiive iadant. Dc Ifidr, prscrcr
antcamcmorata inucnta,a(rfruntax£|;'/>?^, tcftf Diodoro,
cam plurium invcntriccm ad morbos mcdicamentorum,
& medicinx arti adniQJum contuliirc : Et mox ; Ab
ca quoq; mcdclamad aircqjcndimin^mortal^ni aiunt
ciTc inucntam : Iraq; Orum filium a Titanis infidijs
C y iutct*
 :

14 Hicroglyphicorum Lib.i.
intcrrcdlum,acpcraquam rcpcrrumnonfolum in luccm
rcftituitjfjrd 6<:fccit mimorrilcm: Vidcturautcm vlrimus
iftcdcorumrcgnairc, poflquim patcrOfiris fuit ad dcos
tranflatus: Orumdicunt Apollincm intcrprctari, acmc-

Ortis Medit dfndi diuinandiq*, artcmamatrc iridccdo(5tum, multum

cfnanHrea. hominibus cum oracuiisjtum medclisattuliirc vtilitatis
JVota. ^^^ DiodorusrVbi obrcrvandum,Oriridcra prius fratrcm
didum c(Tc Apoliinis & Ifidis, cum omncs hialcuc&
Iunoncnatidicantur,nuncApo!lincm Ifidisvocarifijium
&Ofiridis-Icqjapud vcram Chymiamfolummodo con-
tingit Nam agcns & paticns cum fic homogcncum quij
:

&vniusgcncris, idcro potc(}(ircpatcr, matcr,filius, iiliaj

«uusjauia, ncpos, ncpiisjfiatcr/cror, maritus & vxor 6cc-
iufmodifimilia quodadmirabilccfl&inhacartcpropriu.
Ifidcm mcdcias hominibus prxflarc crcdibilccflj qaan-
tum cnim poflTit ca rcs, quc Ifis dicitur, in mcdicina orbi
iampridcm innotuit: FUium ciusOrum feu ApoHincm
vltimumcflfedcorum jEgyptiacorum, vcriffimum con-
ftat: Ipfc cnim illc cfl, obqucm matcr & patcr, auusct
proaui tot laborcs fufccpcrint,in Indias aliafq j mundi par-
tcs.migrarint, ncc non tot flupcnda opcra pcrfcccrint:
Hic cft PhiIofcphorum,Saccrdotum, ct Rcgum f^gpti-
erum thcfaurus,amor ctcura,proptcr qucm parcntcscius
bpnorant,in dclitijs habcntctfolcnnitcr cclcbrant: Hic
eftfxtusille philofophicus, cxlfidcct OfiriJc,autfima-
wSyApollo cxioucct Latonanatus, dccuius ortu, vtcrdc
fororisciusLunxaut CynthisE^infcriiisdiccmu?: Dchoc
gratulabundi philofophi .multis in locis mcmincruntj
^pfum ncmpc cifc cx Scruo rubco fcu Gabritiopatrc ct
Bcia matrc natum, longcq-, nobiliorcm fuis parcntibus
forc; Curoqj matrc itcrum iiliu coniugio copuiandum,
hoc cfticodum cumcrudoconiungcndum atq, itcrum
coqucndujdoncc vnumquidhomogcncuminfcparabilc
cx duobus fiatincmpcrpirituspcrfcdus: Ifaic l.2.c.26.De
^««,inq'Jit, Meriemu locjuitHr: ConiuyiUioremfncitoacar.i-
mamctfffde, itavtin Ktermm ah artimdmtjjcparetftr : Facito
KHptias,
 :

Lib.i. J?gyptio-Griecorum, 15
Gehr, acfponfamcum/ponfoi» len»collocAjtic
nuptiof, w^fiit
leciH.neiasrore ctlefliirror^hU^ at^ (ponfaji/ifim concipiefy u
Rexerit irtomnestrifjHi eiiis^ omnef(^hofles eimpacem cume»
imbunt , ac rubro diademate corombitur, Rex^ atemitatis
permansbit, ac nunejuam dominationem amittet, Dc codcm
HcrmeSjCap, i» yenitc, \X\<:{\i\lyfilij fapientumex nunc gatide»
bimns &
deleUemur fimsiiy quiamors confumpta efi, (^filiHS
noflerijm regnAt ac rubeo ornamtnto C^ carneindutHS efl : lam
fllitunofiergenitui Rexfumit tin^uram ab igne : Et in McCa>
phoTi Qc\\in\ • Nuncio ergovobis, ^uodnifime interfeceritiSy

iy)tclle5lits vij^r no eritpetfeSifu, C^ inforore mea L%na Crejcit

gradus fdpi^ntia vefirx, & non cum alio exferuU msis, drjifci-
retisfecretum meu, egoftmfrumemH feminatumin terrampu*
ram, cjuod nafcens crefctt c^ mu/tip/icatur, (^ adfertfuEium /e •
minanti : Ibid: Ego enimfum excellens^cjni exaitCydeprimocm'
Ciat ^nuilHS feruorummeorum potefifuperms, nifivnHS, cui
datum e(i, cjuodcontraripts efimihi, Et ipfe defiruit me, nonta-
mtn dsfirmt naturam meam-^ etipfe efl SatHrmu, quifeparat
omnia mea membra : Pofleavido admAtrem meam,qutt conare-
gat ommt mcmbra mea dimfa Grfeparata, Ego fum tliiiminans
omnia m:a dffacio iumrn appurere patenter in ilinere depatre
,

meo Saturno cfr etiam de mitre mea, qua mihi inimicatur

Qiildhis, ctijs (imilibus, qu:e apud noftratcsauthorcs
cxrant, accommodatius adOrumHidisfiliumautiprum
Oliridcm, cuius membra ab Ifide congrcgantur, dici
potcft ? Quod quoq; filius cum matrc concumbat, in-
numcris locis apud phiiofophoi indnuatur, prxrcrtim
in Sccrcto maximoj vbi dicitur, Vertimconfiteor, peccator
fum, qsiod cum mxtre met, quA meprins in fuo vsntre por-
tauerat, confueui maltipiicare fifiosmeos (^ cum ipfaconfuc'
ui deleEiari cfr amicabtiiter ampiexari vt ex ea c^ per eam
,

pojfimmihi fimi/es augmentare cffmuitip/tcare, iuxtatiiHd,Pa-

tereiiu Sel^mxterei^rU Luna: Et dicit Arnoldus j Matrempu-
ramaccipi.is, c^eami»ie^o ponas cumfi/ijs, Cribide/e^etur,
C^qnandoincipiei alicjuantuium ae/iSia*i, in aqua fiigidaex»
ti'igue,S\c Lullius in Codicili : Cap. ^,Oportet, inquit, ma-
tremf
 i^ Hicroglyphicorum L^b. i ^
frem^Udpritts ^enerat fHiHm^tn humAriin ventre filij etah eo
^^wr4r/ : Qyd 1 vc ro eadcm fit roatcr ctfo^-orjquodnatu-
rscquidadvctfum viderur,cxhadcnusdi<5lis, ctcxdifpu-
tationcJo/^f rt Mercurij patctj vbi Aiercuri»S'^Ego^\r,c^\i^
ffiritualii Jum, (^ in me Utet fapienfia ahfccKdttjy ^ ejui

meinnxerit fihoveifratrtMeo^ viuet C^ gatidt bit habet^it^ue

,

fempiternum Thefaurum ad o vt (ipafceret ^uotidicmtlle miili^

hvminun3,nonindigeretl rcdhismiins& lecflcri ipfi ad in-
dagandun» authorum fcntcntiasctcum hifcc Ae^ypiijsiw
tjquirsimis confcrcndumrclidlis, D/WoWnarrationcs de
jie^ypttorum 3TCir\'\s profcquamurjquididlq^Ioco, ^egypttj
SaccrdofcSjinquir, a Solis rcgno, vfquc ad Alexandrttzm'
pus,quoin Afiam tranfccndiriannos computantjfcieii il-
Icctvijirti: Fabuhnturqucqi prifcosillos Dcosregnairc
anrris..niplius mil'cetduccji(is,poflciiorc8 vcrbnon mi-
nusfrcccritis-,quoJalijdcLunx ctnon Solii motu acci-
pijnt, mcnfesproanniscomputantcs: Lcgcquoquc y^*-
^^;jr^pinEv'crcommuncm cjetcrorum hcmmum mor<tDi
Jlanxercjfas cirefororcn-afratrcvxorcm capi, cx mplo
IficUs tTiori,quacfratri 0/7r/^ nupfifret. EufebiHs^^ui At-
commcmorat, Occanum omnium pri-
gypti rcges quoqj
mumponitinannumMundi, 1802. cjuo remporc Nim"
fo//pfimusRevinorbc icgnauit: Et poft Oceanum, O-
Jiridem ctl/idem-^ dcindc Dyna(\iim Jcg^pricrumc[va.pi^
(lorcsregr.aruntAnnisio ,. rol}, Dynaftiam Polytano-
rumpcrannos ^^V.quorumvJtirauscft MirisfcuPW<«»
Adenophif 6\^m^c\xc\icT annum Mundi,? 550. Hinc Dyna-
fiiam LArthftmpCTADnos^i^^. PofthancDiipolycanoium
pcrannosi??. Hifr«^o//</"aba.nno mundi, ^o^^o.Aepypm
tios rcgcs enumcratjintcr quos Anno Mundi, ^ 2 2 8. ethon \

Vf^lcani%Accx^o% rcgnauit; dcquo mirum vidcri dcbeat,

,^^ pgx
* quodctRcxctSaccrdosfucrirj nccvcro /o«//,aut magni
VI**'
*!'*'" S ' Dcijfcd gcntilium dcorum viIifsimi,jFV/c<ir#,cui ignistunc
^ '*
vt|io(l,t;uoquefaccrcfcdcbatur .Quod (\ iam !lc an- m
nosctvigintiabannisMundi,quando ^/pArWcr Magnus
in Ae^yptum vcnit,dctrahanius, rcgnum Solis fcu Ori,qui
poft
 ;

quo tcmporcZctus,fccundum
inciclcrcjnim.idufrtcmu6,
Eufcbium, Dyna(}ixLarthum rcgnamt, qui Miridi fuc-
cdfcrat: fichjc rationcSoJisrcguum in Jf^ypto locum
nonirucnit.vn' DCcOfiriritSj Iftdts^MercUrij, lulcAni, Sa»
tfirni, aUsQceari nili forfi^antr mundi crc-
levis, Nilt, -^

ationcm eosrconallr fomrienius,vtpotcnjhil ip. nihilo

Hjud vc o infcius fuinonq j'ic DtopomsyA nonnulhs fcrip-
tonbustradi.horu" Dcoiumfcpulchra in Nyfa Arabijc
fltaia qua Njfeum Dionj{tuyn appcdanr j Eifc autcm v-

tfiq., ai«;at4m Cciumndm facris fculpum litcris tradunt;

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SVM VERO OSIRIS X^EX, £lVI VNU

VERSVM PER AGK AVI R B E A/ V S-
SiyE K^D DESEKTOS IND RV M
FINES.
D AD
 i8 Hieroglyphicorum Lib.i,
AD EOS ^OSiyE PROF ECrVS SVM^
Siyi ARCTO 'SVBI ACENT, V S Q^VE
AD HlSTRl FONTES,
ET ITERVM AL 1 AS ^OSlVE O R B IS
ADII VS^'E AD MARE OCEANVM
PARTES.
SVM SATVRNI FILIVS ANTJ SHlOR,
GERMEN EX PVLCHRO ETGENE^
ROSO ORTV, CVI NON SEMEN GE'
NVS,FVIT.
NEJ^E VLLVS EST IN O R B E, AB
^VEM NON ACCESSER IM, LOCVS,
DOCENS OMNES E A, ^ORVM IN^
VENTOR FVI.

Hxctantum in Columnislegi po(rcadfirmanf;'aIia(quae

plurimafunt) tcmporc cflc corrupta. Etdchisfancjquas
N AM
-^/JC^iV^inScpuichris cxtant confcntiunt fcre omncs.
QVAE SACERDOTES CONDITA IN AR-
CANIS HABENT, NOLVNT, VT V ERI-
TAS IGNOTA SIT, AD MVLTOS MANA-
HE, POENA IIS ADIECTA, QV EA IN I

VVLGVS PRODERENT. Haftcnui DiodoruK

H.TC fingula adco dilucida funt, vt vix vbcriori probationc
aut cxplicationc cgcant;£tfi vcrdciufmodi Columnar a-
liquando in illislocis cxtitcrinr, tamcn non indc confc-
^
quitur,rcucradcosauthomincsibifuitfc condiros,quica
feccrint,vtadlitcramO/iW^i& //<<!^* aterjbuuntur; lcd c
diucrfopatctjhascolumnasabarrificibus vcrisin laudem
Dei Crcatoris, tantorum donoru Largitoris, ac tcftimo-
jr^**
nium vcritatis Ofiri^i & Ift<ii pro actcrna mcmoria confc-
/ts a
-^'f^cratasclTcj quibusnon omnino. ftupidos ad inquifitio-
curto
'^«'''- ncmrcrumabdltarumincltarcvolucrunt: Ifnk Mercu^
'**•
rio fc cruditam tradit \ quia ita oportuit, cum tota mcrcu*
rialis fit j JE^ji^jpti rcgina vocatur, quia Iftdis nutu & inninc-

tMomviCiic^ Mgyptia ordinatx funt tam publice, quam

priua*
 Lib.i. Acgyptio-Gra^corum. ip
priu»tim,non quod ipfa dcdcrit lcgcs, fcd car im confc-
rcndarum caula fucrit, vt ct Mercurius ; Hic vt totum, /'
///ct 0/»W/,vtpartcs fchabcnt-; Cumquctriadicipoflint,
duo tamcnfuntj&rcucravnum; quiavnum cxaltcroor-
tum ducat: Frugum inucntrix habcrur,quia fcmcn Mun-
didocuitinfuam propriam tcrram mittcrc, idquc pro-
pagarc, quod tota ars cft,atnon ruftica ilta, notimma,(cd
Philofophica arcaniffima: Ofiris vcrbCc Sathy»i fiHum q, y« _
prxdicatj&inatfcrcnda fua natiuitatc mcndax haud in- r-,

vcniturjVcritascnimcxTcmporCjquod ^*2/«/r;7»«i roul- "^

ti putant pcrpcram,progcnita dicitur Pcragrauit orbcm

•

ad Indosvfqucct Hiftri fcu Danubij fontcsj vclut ipfc

gloriatur,&Iicin Rha^tiam Gcrmani(£ tradum pcrucnitj
idqucnonimmcrito; nam& fcptcntrionalcs hafcc gen-
lc« docuit fuum frumcntum propagarc: Quod cx
nullo fcminc SatHrni patris produdus fir, tc(latur:ma-
tcr cnim ciusvirgocft, ct patcr non concubuit,nihiIo-
minusciusconccpriofacflacft abfquc fcminc in natura:
PcrCalorcm cnim draconis rubci & ardcntis maturatur*
Cumq;maturus fit,ipfc cd (cmcn optimum in matrcm
diam fpargcndum ; Rcx cnim a fcruo mutuari cogitur
tam diu ,doncc rcgni fui rcdituscxcgcrit afubditis,tum
illc alicna: opis non cft indigus, (cd dc proprio thcfauro &
rcftium colorc fingwlis, quantum fufficiat, communi.
carcpoteft; Quod autcm Saccrdotcs illa inarcanis habc- p ^ "' -^
^
ant, & non cuilibct patcfaciant, quid pcr illa m)?ftcria& ^^^f^'^
facra dcnotatum fit, quifvc finis aut fcopus, qux Caufaiu JJP'*'""*''
fcrics,impu!iiua,cfficicns/ormalis3UtmatcriaIis, nonca- , ^f^^
rrtrationc : Si cnim omnibus conflifiirct, co tcmporc ^*'

ralc artificium chymicum in Aegjpto apud Saccrdotcs cx-

crccrj, ideoq^ totcttantasccrcmonias ordinatas, ingcns
omnium gcnfium concurfus in Aegjptum fadlus fuiircf,
Vari^cq^ cxpcditioncs rcgum cxterorum codcm xcnutx
ctfufccptx; vndc fc Rcgcs ct Saccrdotes Aegjpiij bcllo
intricaltcnt abfq-, caufa, Cuminfilcntio qiiicri fuisbon is
ffui pollcntj Idcoq; intcrdiflum fuit capitali fupplicio
D z quic-
 »

ao . HkmQ^fhimmn Lib i

qu^cauifn dc afGanii Uits propij.f «^jHq; fd f^eilius quia

piXf:q;Rrgcsip(icx Siccrd<>(ibu»clccl: ct crcaticrant^vc
Saccrdotr? cx p"»ih>k)phis i.Adhic.: (milu*? vcl miniinatn
horum afc<«r.Qru d co.^ucioncmh4bii!^ prsctcrquam Sa-
ecrdores; Et .SiccrJotes, filtcs Saccrdofcs habucrunt, vt
(inguliopiriccsfjpiiiccs; :icc ^icuit alccn ad raccrdofium
afpirarc, (cd cu iibctdcncccnirafr impcndcbit patcrnum
niUrius aut opiriciuTiifxcrccrc : Hjc rarionc ncc inqLiiii-
nisalijs, pretcr Siccrdofcs, hauc rcie.ifiaaicde in rcrum
natura,iiinonj:r; n-.ul'© •ninuspcrcgrinis, quicar.dcmob
caufim Acgjpto pcnitus arccbantur, aut ii adccnillenr,
cumignomiMia aut ^"•iculocapifis rcpcIlcbanaT.Cum
vcro poll cuiwfdam Rcgis bcncficcti.i jlltrd-i pf...pipqii'o-
rcspopuli Grccciadvcnrjil.rnf, ob(curaquad.im fima 'X?
ciri, conftat A^qjptias ^rcaniffivnas a*rtcs quoq; in iiliiS

orbis partcspropjgatas clfcvf pdfliatiusdilicrcmus^Rc-

liqux caufx huius fcicntisc occultationis funt cxdcm
cum Vulgo artcm
»J3,cur artificcs htcrc conu^niarjauf cur
non vidcri vcramconducatjqur apud authorcs abundc
lcgi polfunt; VI non opus huc plur.i dc ijs adduci Dc
fii: :

Alexuntiro Magnorcffru:u, cum ine^^y^/c vcrfintcma

ARCANA Saccrdote qiodam Leoncdidtoj pro Arcano Arcamrutn
rcfciuiifrjiliosjqui vujgoprodijshabentur, nondcosfed
fiomines morralcs ^<r^T/)f»«/^rcgcsruiirc, idq;adGlyn>
piadcmmarrcmpcrfcripfilTc,mandiJtIcq;VtIcd^amc|nllo-
Jam in igncm abijccrct : Cum cnim Graccis :)ocm pro
dij^colcrcntur, ncmpcvna cumariCj rcligione /Ito-j^tiom
T' mpQX OrpheumsiWt Mtljimpodem ad ipfos tranflita, la-

conlultum crat vulgoinnotcfccrc, reccptos dcos non .:lTe

dcof-cum hmcconfufio omnis .rquitatis impcndcrc vi-
dcrcf ur,vcri vnius Dci cogninonc non pctccp{a,idcoq} A-

Nota
icx.wder c^\({.oUm ignc «biumi mandauit nam metus
:

dcorumctiamfalforum, pro vcristamcnagnitnrum, ho-

minc» omni tcmporc in oi?icio continuit, nc quicqujjii
contralcgcslarasjautrcligioncm, autfummum magiflra-
tumattcnrarcnt. QupdfifaccrdosillcLco,vtrcscfl,con-
fcllus.
 ILib.r, Aegvptio^Gr^coium. 21
dubio totam artem Akxnniro Magno,
fcffus clfct, abfq;
qiji tum /f^^^pfwwpoffiJebaf, manjfcdjrc coadusruilfct:

Ita fubOlridis et Kiiis rabulolis invoUicrisartcm, auam

diu volucriinticclaruiit Si cnim conrtitiirct publice,0[i-
:

ridcm (rt Ifidcm nce dcos.>ncc homincs fuiircjlicncc Satur-

nij,Iovcm,Mi»rtca),Merciiru^ApolJincm,Dianam,Vcncrc
Vuicanum, vrqujm vixiircautrcgnaire, acnihilominus
Cngulis tot et tanta facra fict i ct honorcs c xhibcri, curiofi-
oribus, q jid tandemfub
vchtis nominibns comprar-
illis

hcndcrcturaclatcrct, indagaildianfam pr^builFct : Quod

Saccrdotibus ^gyptijs ab OTnni rationc alicnum vidcba-
tur ctcum funjmo pcriculo coniun^um j idcoq; talcs
non dcos, fcd homincsfuiirc, dcorilordmcmrcccp-
ing-,

tos^aifcrcrc cogcbantur j ac caufam pr.^ebuc-

ita Alixayidro
runt-cum dijmaiorum gcntiumadcopcr orbenj cui.'u di»
vino cclcbrati, faltcm hominesctregesreijrcnf,vtct Ipfc
fe pro Dcocoli ct proclamari pafTus fir, niortali corpcrc
circumfcriptus Prrtcr Ojlndn cj IjUis cultu m, Hirculi
:

-quoque honorcs habiros,ef Eteufinia fcu Ccrcrisarcanirfi-

ma racra,aIijTq-, Dijs infiituta cllcircmpc Vulcam, MercH-
rio,%iiturnojGuin{\m\\\Xy\i^^ apud./E3yptioscx Hyrtorijs i.Depritci''
notume(};redini"saijbicuoIucndisreli(5lis, Puncadrcgcs/>«^ ex£^?jp-
AcgyptioiucclcbVioresnosconucrtcmus : Vtaufcm Sa» nRtgikHi
ccrdotcs Vcgypttj difciplinarum artiumque rcpcrtorem PhihjOphi^o
M:rcur;u'uiiretradunt,ifaeorum,qu:^ad vitam fpc(flanf,
R'i»cs:Annquu'usenimnonad principantium progen^c,
vt r)to4or»f inq lit, fcrcbantur regna, fcd ad eos qu; p uri-
mudchommu v?ta mcrcrivid^rcntur, nucobcommune
vtiiitatcm crcantc iibi regcs populojfiuc quod ira in libris
facr.s :nntincretur Eorum nonnullifabulantur, dcos pri-
:

n-u & Heroas in ^. jypto paulo minusdccem &:odo mil-

liaregnalfc annos,dcorumq', poflrcmij Orum Ifi.iisrcgno
potitum 5 Homincs vcro paulo minuj. quina dena miilia^
vfqjid ccntcfimam atq; o^ogcfimam Olympiadem, quo
tcmporc in iEgyptum tranfccndit Diodorus, rcgnantc
Ftolctn^o,quinonuscft Dionyfifs appcWnus.. Vcrumrx
chronoIogiamundiconft3t;«y£/j;)rwrac<rdotcsnumcro
D $ ccrto
 11 Hleroglyphicorum Lib.i.'
ccrto annorum,pro inccrto vfosjac illorum, qui nunquam
rcgnarunt,ncc in rcrum natura fucrunt, regna vltra omni-
um hyftoricorum incmoriam rcpofuiiTc : Primuro poft
MtM4, dcos in jEgyptorcgnalTc fcrunt Mcna^qui primusrcriptas
lcgcs ftx£^/)/f//tradidit (quasfinxit fc Mcf curij pracccpto
Canquam magnorum bonorum caufara futuras promul-
gare^ciufq-jprogcnicmrcgnutcnuilTc, ncrapc^z. Rcgcg,
BufitU, annis 1040. Bufiridcm dcindc rcgnalTc cum8. poftcris,
quorum vltimus quoq-, Bufiris didus, qui Solis vrbcm ab
ThchaAe- Je^yptijt, Thcbas aGrnfCJft appcllatam, condidit, cuiu3
gjl^tUeenti- mxnia 140. fint ftadia ambitu complcxa, acdificia orna-
fart^amflif-ix^wntj^QcnXMm portxfintj&inquaiibctcarum cuflodcs
Jim*. duccnti cum cquis & curribus : Non folum vcro hunc rc-
gcm, fcd&qui poftcum rcgnafunt, multaacccpimusad
huius ciuitatis amplitudincm ornamcnta contuliiTc do-
nis ; praftcrca dccorallc pluribus argcntcis,aurcis,cburncis
infupcr,colo(Torum inflar,atq; obclifcis, cx vnicQ
ftatuis
lapidcfacfVis, vt plancconftct, nullam fub folcvrbcm ita

fuitTccxornatam: Hsec funt vcrba Diodori : Hxcciuitas

ad miraculu artis &naturaj cxtruda & a fingulis Regibus
Philofophis dotata tot ftupcndis prcciofiffimisopcribus,
inhonorcm ORI, fcu Apollinis, fiuc Solij, noncxlcfiis
aftri, (cd Philofophici, e tcrra produ(fli & Vulcani opcia
claborati, dcorum vltimi, confccrata animadvcrtitur,
quam vidcrc aut intrarc nulli cxtcro Iiccbat,quamuis fama
ciuslongelatcq; pcr orbcm di(Tcminata fitj HincGrjeci
dc ca fcribcntcs nihil ccrti, tanquam non oculati tcftcs,
pronunciarynt, fcd vclut (omnia & incrcdibiliadc Thc-
bis Ae^ypttjs Ccntiportis paiTim fparfcrunt : H^ec fola vrbs
ad luxum &opum oftcntationcm cxtruda fufficicns &
cvidcntiflimum documcntum dc Aejijptiorum chymico
Artificio darc po(Tct ijs, qui rcm acutius confydcrcnt ; de
Thebartim qua ita Diodorus 5 Rcfcrunt,inquit,Saccrdotc8,47.Scpul-
firnAttu & ehra rcgia, quorum vfqj ad Ptolcm.Tum Lagum, 1 7. tan-
divittK, turofupcrcrant,in corum libris fcripracontincrj: Tantam
pccuniarum copiam in /^/-j^^/jrt^fuiirctraduntjVtcxinccn-
dijs
Lib.i. y^gyptio-Grascorum, 2j
dijsfCambyfis tcmporcqui Afgyptiorum tempfa com»
bufIit,&omncaiirum ct argcntum in Pcrfiam tranftulit^
quxomniaabfumprerc, intcr cxtcra parum quid auri,
qiiod tamcn vltra3 co. talcnta fit pcnrum,cffluxcntjargcn-

tivcro 2 30o,Idquc dcThcbis AcgyptijsintcJhgcnducft:

Bufiridcm Acgvpti rcgem, qui Thcbas condidir,PhiIofo-
phumfuiircjCt/^Wf^»/ faccrdotcm,vc]ut cartcrij nullum ^^^^**
c(l dubium , ctii cius crudclitas apud Grxcos magis
dctcfiara, quam fcicntia cclcbrata fit : Annumcratur
cnim a Grcecis Hercalis laboribus, quod nimjfum c
Libya in Acgyptum profcflus Bufirim, Ncptuni Lyfia-
nall-tqucvcILibycsfiiium,aducnas/^«;vcI Ne^tmo pa-
triimmolantcmemcdiofuftulcrit; Idquc a poftcriori*
bus Poctis in Bufiridisignominiaraadfidum dicirur, c-
amobcaufam, quia nonliccbatGracciscius tcmporcAc*
gyptum,cuiusdiuiriascx famacognoucrant,intrarc,vtan- StHptnda 0»
tcdidtum: Stupcndaaliaopcrarcgis cytw*?;;^^ dcfcnbun- ^^r4 iJ^f 1/
tur ab Hetatao ct Diodoro, cuius monumcntu Thel^s non Simandij,
foIumraagnitudincconfpicuum,fcd&artcmirabili &la- Thehis i»
pidumnaturacxccllcns fuit,ftadiorumdcccm, in cuius txfmfe'.
duorum iugcrum longitudinc, altitudinc
aditu Porta crat
•
45.cubitorum;Scripium cratin co

REX REGVM SIMANDIVS SVM.

QVALIS FVERIM, ET VBI I A.
Sl QJ/ iS,
CEAM, NOSSE VELIT, MEORVM A LN
QVID OPERVM EXVPERET,
Etfc quoqacctaliud fignum roatris fcrunt vnico lapidc
cubltorumzo.habcnsfupracaputRcginastrc8,quaeoftcn-
dcrcntfiliam,vxorcmfc&rcgis matrcmfuilTc. Poflhanc
Por^am & aliud crat pcriflyUum nobilius fupcriorcfculp-
turisvari]s,in queisbcllum cratcontraBa(flrianos,quibus
rcgis filij impcrabant, dcfcifccntcs ab co.gcftum aducrfus
hosquadrmgcntis millibuspcditum,cquitum riginti,in
quatuorpartcsdiuifocxcrcitUjCum profcdusclTct. Prima
muri
24 Hefoglyphicorum L b» ? J

rauripirsoSridionemvrbJ» fculptim conrincbar, «b c^

pirrc, quaflavius murosalluit; Regcdeiudccum partc
iiortiumcongrciro, Lco viacumco initapugnahoftcg
infugamvertcrac. Scriptorcs quidam vcram h>i^oriam
fuilTc.Iccnifquc opcradomi cnutriti rcgcrn in pugnu vti
(blitum ad vidloriam fcrur t. Alij ob fortitudincm cor*
poris prsccipuaai.lcorisfimilitudinc, corporisaninuquc
vircsipfumollcncfcrcvoluiirc. SccunJusparics fcuip-
tuscritcapt!visabrq'icpudcndis,Tnaniburquc iRcge du-
ftis; qux notacratj«llo8c<^canimo.vilc6, & corpcrc im-
bccillcs. Tcrtiuniiatus fculpturis vanjs pidunfq; Hc-
coriSjTcgis facrificia, triumphumquc deuidlis hottibus
contincbat. \n nicJio Pcriftyli latcrc-djtux jaccbant duae
ingenrcscxvnicolapidf, cubitorum27. adquas trcs cx
pcridylo aditus patcbant: Has propc doiiiUs crst co-
iumnis rufpcnfi, cuiuslatusquodiibct duo jugcra com-
plc(5lcbatur ; In ca flaru"?' duar lienc a: pofitae haud paruo
numcro.rcprxOntantcstumcos, quide rc duiiijdifccp*
tarcnf,tumrcrpicicntcseos,qi;i!n judicijs fcntcntias fct-
rcnt ; Hiab vna nniri partriculpti ^o numcroeranr,ciin
mcdio iudicandi princcps,cuiusa collo furpcnn* Vcritas
pcndcrctjCtcculiscircifubcIaaiiijlibrorum cumulo cir-.
cumfiantr: Hsr imiJgmcspr:^ ff fricbant, iudiccs ii^te*
groset(cdfbcrc, Prxtorcm folam infpiccrc vcriratcm.
Dchincambulatoriumcratdomibus plcnum, inque cis
diucrfacpularumgcncrajfuauia^unuprxparata.-lculptus
dcindc emincns cactcriF Rcx varijs coloribus,auram atque
argcntum.quae exaureis,argcntcifquc mctallis annuatim
ceperatjDcoctfcrcns : Inftriptd quoqucfummacratom»
nis in argentum rcdada.
A^w<tter decics centena (^ ducfnta Tnillia miUium.
Seq*ucbaturdchinc (acra BibIio(hcca,ai qua infcriptum
erat.
ANIMl MEDICAMENTVM.
PoncBibliothccam domusfiraeratcgrcgia, in qua vi-
ginti clfcnt Ioh%$ ct Imonti lcdiftcrnia, Rcgis mfupcr fta-

tua
 i

Lib.i. Acgyptio-Grajcomm. ly ,

tuijvbi &rcgis corpus fcpultum vidcbatur: Hanc cir.

cumdabantplurimihabitaculjjinquibuspidaccrncban-
'
tur animanria Acgyptia fingula facris apta, omnia frpul- fi / B R O-
chrum vcrrusafccndcriiij Circumibatmonumcntaaurc- G LTPHI*
•

;
uscircu!us,cubitJS ^,6^ vnius cubitifpiflitudmc, in quo CA.
} dcfcripti crant pcr finguIcJs cubitos dics annict aftrorum
ortusatquc occarus^quidrccafccundum Aegyptiosadro-
. legosobfcruatalignificarcnt ; Eumq; circulum fcrunt,
>€)uotcmporcCambyfcsct PcrfacAcgyptijs impcrarunt,
^^
ablatum. Quac magnificcntiflima Rcgis SimAndij opcra *

ha<Scnuscx Diodoro cnarrata, non lolum matcria> fcd ct

formafatis dcclarant,cui rci ct intcntioni plxraqi inftituta
fmt,quomodocunq-,Hy(}oricimtcrprctcntur!Haudvcri-
firailccft,rcgeauri &argcnticxmctallorij fojinisannua-
timacccptifummaminfcripfiilcmonumcnto, qua(i haec
-^rrpctuactfibi propriaforct,cutamcn nunquam nondc-
•.'icrcllcw poffit*; quia diuitiae cv fodinis pcrccptae raro

ibnt ftatoe autc?cdc,fed fubitd plxrunqjmutanturjDcinde

SimaniUftt haec opcr^ fibi addicarc non potcrat^quoruoi ip-
1

:fc authornon cfTefjat faltcm difpcnfator; ctim jcquc ad an-

rtcccirorcs ct poftcro» ca gloria fpcdlarct: Et ftultitis
^ro%imuA^idcrctur,divitiascxtcrraerutds>'poft mortcm
rruofcpulchroJncidicurarc: Adh^cAl.natantacft, vt tn«
fodinispcrceptaannuatim dicatur. qufa _,,^^^^^_
Cfcdibilisfit,ficx
millc miilioncs auri longe cxccditt Vndc myfticura Cor*M$
quid fubcile djsccro , aut numerum fifiitum pro infinito
pofiiu:quodvcr6hancinfcriptioncmfcq'4atur(acra Bib-
iiothcca,hoccft,(upcIIcxlibrorum facroium fcu Hjcro-
glyphicis litcris fcriptorum cum ritulo, Animi mcdica»
mcntum,quid aliud indicat, quam quod a S^ihmf»e Sapi«
, entiT^<?;>.7.(citanteRofarioPhiIofophorum^dicitur: /m
compdratione illiHi omne aurum tanjuam arena exigua efl^veln»
tiltitum<t^m4bttHrargetitHiHConfpe6lMiiltuti Mdiir efl C'
nim acquifitio eiu itegoctatione argenti c^ auy i purijflmi : Fr/t'
t

Hus illtus freciojior efl cun^tts opthus huius mundtf ffr om»
nitt, ^tns in mftndodefiMrant/tr, httic n»nvAlent comparari

£ LoHm
 ,

26 Hieroglyphicorum Lib.t,'

Lofigituclo dierumctfamtai in dexttra cius ,itijinifira vero tius

gloriai^ ditiitiitin^mtA '. vi^eiusoperationes pulcha c^ /,///-

{iabiUs,*ioyi defpcIU,&femitx eitts mederat£y& nonftjitr.t, fed

cumUbori^ diutnrntinlifiUtik:Lyir.fmvitA efi his , quiapprdt-
hendunteam, ^- lumen indefwiens^heatisjuitentterunt eam.Q^x.
vcrba licct dc jetcrna Sapicnr ijqux cft Chrillus,cxplicaril
pofijnt^tamen qnod potius dc tcrrcftribusintelligcnda fint
pricfcrquaquodidcircumOantixfcieomncs ip.nuant,au-
ftor mihi eU princcps quidSimpcrij clcdorali cdfitudinc
ctdodrinatam Philorophicaqualishjeccrtjquam Thco-
logicainfignisctprseclarilfimusjquimihi gcminjs medi-
cinjcaurc?edotesc6mcndans, cadcmvcrbainmediu ad-
duxit,omniexceptioncmaiora : Qiidctfpcdarcvidcntur
caeftatuaccrcdcT,&forte'bclIigcfii Allcgorica cxpofitio,
vbi rex mthr Iconis dimicat,ct hoftcs abfqjpudcndis con-
non ncgcm cx his nonnulla ad vcrara
fpiciuntufj quauis
hyftoriamrcfcrripoirc: pcrpudcnda autcm hctcrogcniu
quidjvnde noftro fubicdlo ortus ct propagatio accid it, Jc -
(lotari folctjquopcrr^/^^iw/opcramfpoliato, Triumpbus
regis, lconino roborc praediti,fcquitur:Ncquiddcjudici-
busct prj?tore,corumqjfigurishicroglyphicis addamusj
quam ad vulgo notam
qua' ad re pr^efcntcm forteaptius;
iudiciorumformamjaccommodaii potcruntj Hic cnim
vcritas,ibijurtitiaquafritur;qu6fpcdantervaria epulaia
gcncraappofita: hxc%\^Symandij progcr.ic Ogdous Vcho'
r<fwdefcendit,qui /i/^w/»j(7/>»condidit ambitu fiadiorum,
ifo.vrbcm omnium c/£V^;>r*praE:cli»rifiimam:Quo dcfun-
fto^duodccimapoftcumprolcs^ff^p/jrcgnumpolfcdit,
Sefofiris,•
nomincMiris; poftqucm proIcsfcptimaScfoftrisrcx fa-
A»M,i7^'' dus/upcriorcs omncs gloriactrcrum raagnitudine cx-
ccffit^cuiuscducatiorectrcs geftas hic pr3ftcnbimus,ct.
faltcm nonnuIlahucfpcdjntiadccoadduccmus:Aircrunt
pIurcscxfcriptori6us,patri poft natum Scfoftrcm m fora-
nisr«/crf««wpra;dixilfe, infantcmgcnitumtnri orbi i:n-
peraturum: prxtcraliasrcs ftupcndasct cxpcdirioncsraE*
in cxtrcmas Indias; aliafqj orbis parccs abfolutas
licitcr
naucm
 ,

I
Lib.r. Acgyptio-Graccorum. 27
nauf m cx Cedf o fccit i Vo.Cubitorum longitudine, dcau-
ratin^fxtcrius,intcriusvcr6dcargcntatam, qua donocb-
tulit Dco>qui maxime } hehis colitur-, Aftmphi in yulcant IN WL%
femploru<isctvxoris,lapidis vniusftatuas, altirudinc cu- CANl
bitorum ^o.filioruni vcroio.cb hancrcrocollocauit:Rc- Templo
gibusreu 3ucibus quatuor.afcdcvidis? aut quibus tegnz ftatfta.
tradidiirct,autquos divcrfisprovincijKpraefcciirct, prjcfti-
tuto dic in Acg)» ptum vcnicntibus,ciq} dona ofFercntibus,
f\ quandoad Tcmplum irct,aut pcr vrbcm inccdcrct,loco

cquorumcurru jundlsjvfuscft: Annos 5'^.rcgnavit:adc6

autcm diuturna cius gloria ingcnfqj ad poftcros manavit,
vtcum multis poftrarcculisjZ*<?r/;/ /ie^yptt impcrium tc-
ncntibus5D4r/«jXry.v;/patcrvcIlct ix\Mempht ruamante
ScfoUris ftituam ponerc, princcps Saccrdotum publicc
contradiccrct,aircrens,illum nondum Scfoflris cpcra X'
qualfcj qLiodrcfponfum haudquaquamjegrefcrcnsRex,
fcd Kttatusddmodum libcrtatcloquendi,fccuraturum in-
qu!t,vtnihiloilliusvirtutc,fitantundcm viucrctjciret in-
fcrior, horratufq;eft, vtcEtatiscjufdeconfcrrctgcfta.Pofl;.
jtmufif) ASiifimef JEthiopt, acitcrum Miris, qui Labyrin-
thum,mirandumopu«5Condidit;cui fimilcm m Cretareg- Lal>yrinthw
t\iXiuMinoiD<£dalHs<:oTi^i\x:^\({c dicitur- KtBiodotiUm- jieffypti,
pore Crctcnfis dcfccit Aegy ptius intcger mandt. Pofl huc
Cctes, a Gtxcis Protheus di&us, dcindc O^lavus ab co
Chemnis,qtii fo.rcgnauitannos, &
Pyramidum maxima
cxtruxit; cui fucccftitCbabrcus ac poft Miccrinus,aliarum
Piramidumcxtrudiorcs: Alij maiorem-Pyramidcm Ar-
mcumexfruxi(Tc,fccundam Amafim^tcrtiam MafumalTe-
runf,quam volunfquidamRhodopis pellicisfcpulchrum
fuiircj& id non nullorum principum, qui eam amalTcnt
coromuni opcraabfolutum. Poft Bocchorus, dcinde Sa-
bacchus Acthiops rcgnauit,qui fi bcne regnare vellet, in
fomnijsiubcbatur omnes facerdotes occidcrc; Ne vcr6
tantum fcc!uspcrpctrarct,regnofe volcnsabdicauit, & in
Acthiopiamfcccflit : Tum Acgyptusai^.Piribusgubcr-
nata cft,cx quibus Plamroiticus/cuius rcgnum in annum
E 2 Mundi
 i8 flieroglyphicorum Libvir
Mundf ^iyS.rcrerturjMonarchiam obtmuit} HicAcgyp.
tiorumrcgu primus cartcrasnationcsadimporranda, quac
apud fc crant, alk^LJt, fccuntatc (ingulis adcuntibus pra;«
bita: Apudfupcriorcscnimrcgcsnulhcxtcrniad Acgyp-'
tum nauigabantjcum partim occidcrcntur, partim adigc-
rcnturinrcruitutcm:Impictas, inc^\i'\t Dtodorm ,' Bfiflridu
tcmporc apud Ae^yptios aducrfus cxtcros fcruata Graccis
caufam prxbuit, Iicct minime vcram, fcd multa contrac-
tamcrudclitatc, fcribcndi,qu^dccoin fabulis fcruntur.
Poft Pfammiticum rcgnauit qujrta progcniirs Poft Apri-;

A»M. '
? P°^ \\nnQ ftranguUtu Amafis, cuius tcmporc (quo
po. C"')*c
&Polycratcs J^amiustyrannus vixit)Pythagoras rcdijtin
Gr acciam : Amafis rcgnauit 55. annis,vt alijs placct;4^. ct
poft cum /V^wmrif/tf.annis :Tum Cambyfcs Pcrfarum
rcx Aegjptumninws ccpit,circa tcf tium annum Oljmpiadis
tcrtiscctfcxagcfimaf : Aethibpes vcrbquatuor, nonconti-
nais,fcddiucrfi3 tcmponbus rcgnarunt, annisfcrmc 16,
Pctfx duccCambyfcrcgc,annis $4. Fodrcmi Adacedoftes'
1

(^tquiabcismanarunt, annis 276. Ae^yptijs impcrraunt:

Praetcr hostcraporibus rcliquis .e^/j/?ry omncsrcgnum
tcnucrc,viriquidc47o- mulicrcs6.bxhadlcnus cnumc-
N9t4, f ;,tis prarcipuorura Rcgum Acgypti opcribus & fad:is,prae-
tcrantc dtdla,manitcftoconfpicitur^ non obfcura attificij
Chy mici vcftigia adhuc tcmporc Diodort in /ie^yptoextu
tiirc>quxlicctiIicn6coiincobfcruarit,quippcoImrpror-
fus incognira,nostamcn alijsquoq- documcntis inftituti,

in his vcritatcm- manifcftifiinne icintiliarc anlmaducrti-

musj Nam quidcaufa?aliudclfet, cur VHicani templum
primarium Mcrophi fucrit, cjuiq; Sacra arcaniflima, &
Quin & Regcs Vttlcam Sa-
nulli apcricnda fcropcr habitai'
ccrdotcsdiccrcntur, Cum tamcn apud aliis gentcs hu-
ic Dco crcditonon tantus hono^ prjcftitus, fcd cxtrc-
rous locus fcmpcr intcr rc iquos rcl idus?Cur Ae^jptut cx-
I

tcrisnonadcundafuit,nifiquod plus diuitiarum apud fc

circcrcdcrent i^i-f^/jr^jquam abadvcnia apportari polfct,
ac intcrim ad vidumomnia abundantifiin^e habcrcntf
Qur tot opera incrcdibili4 & Aupcnda, qualia Mun-
dus
Lib.r. Aegyptio.Gr«coium. i^
dus nufqua tum tcmporis,ncc adhuc imirari potuit,immc«
ih labonbus, ct fumptibus plufquam rcgijs, poftcritari
rclicf^acircnt, nifi ab^rrcprofcdict ad vcritarcmciusdc-
monflrandam pcrfcda forcnt i Cur Saccrdotcs tcrtiam
parrem omniu,Ti proucntuum ct v«<?ligaliufl», et qiiidcai
primo antc Rcgcm acccpllTcntj, nifi talis caufa fubct
fct,quodcx iliis Rcgc$crcarcntur,abiHis Icgcspromulga-
Vulcano ficrcnt,hoc cft, ariificiu
rcntur, ct pcr illos Sacra
chymicum Vulcani opcra conficcrctur ? Quibus & hic- 5«^)^^*'?^*«
roglyphicaeanimaliu litcrxfcu pidura!,quis nulli dccU- ^hP^^^^ ^"^'
rare licuit, adnumcrentur jDc quibus ctfiab alijs intcgro mAliHmfig»^
voIuminca<5lum fitjtamcnncfcioan, praetcrvuIgatifTima ''«•
palam & fupcrficialitcr cognita,quicquam co conrincarur;
Non dubitamus morum inftirutio.ncs indc pcti poirc&
virtutum & viriorum fyaibola, nccnonrudimenraquac-
dam phyfica maioris mudi, vt quilibct pro fuo ingcnioca'
inteile(5lainrcrprctijtur,fcdca non tanri momchticircfuffi,,
camur,cur mundus indc in rcligionibus mutarioncm fen- Mfidm mu*
tirct,ac tor & ranta folcnnia, facra,ccren3oniaf &. rirus fie- tationemfen-^
rcnt)tot lcgcs ferrcntur^nousElircrxfingcrenturj&fingu-/^*'.**^-
Iatencbris&filcntioinuolucrenrur,advcnaE;arccrcntur&/7/>/wr«»>
arcanorum rcucljrorcs- capirali iupplicio punircntur : <«/?»/»'*f-
Nos ex innumcrishicroglyphicisaninialiupidurispr.T-.
cipuasfaltcm, &quarum gratia-reliqucc inrroduAscfint,
feligemus,ctantedi(2:isct pdil diccndisapplicabirousjvt-
pote cun) quibus (olis finteonfenrancx : Q;io:quot Ae» Apis.hsfett
gypriorum hyftonas fcripfcrunr, vnanimiconfcnfu mc- vitulmfacer
minerunt Apidisjbouis fjcri,d.cquo nonnulIacxDiodoro y^<?^^/>r/)/,
SiculojVtpI.traqjalia, adferemus: Addcmus, inquitillcjX.z.a^.
cthis, qusEcircaiicriTauri, qucm vocanr ApHm, curam
ficn pcrcepimus: Eomortuo magnificei^; fcpuI(o,qu«-
luntad iddckcli Saccrdotesvitulumpriori pcrfimilcm^
inucnto, popuIuslu<5lum finit: faccrdotcs, quibusea im-
minct folIic;tudo,primuinin civitatcm Nili virul.um pcr-.
ducunt, in quacumnurriuntdiebus 40. Ddnccpsinna-
vim contcCtam^habitacuIum aurcum habcntem^introdu-
E 3 ccntcs,
 :

}0 Hicroglyphicorum Lib.i.'
ccntcg,ctacl Mcmphim, vtdcum, duccntcs !N VfXCd-
NI Fano His dicbu<» folae mulicrcs Taurum W-
locant :

dcnt, quarantccius facicmaftantcs, vcftibus fubl^is, ci

abrafum fa?mcn oftcntant: Rcliquo tcmporc prohibcn-
turinconfpctftura huius Dci acccdcrc. rjcc Diodorus:
Straholi^, Alijaddunt, nccclTarioin bouc colorcm ni^-.umrcquiri,
^lf^
acfignumaliquodalbum fcu maculam lunjE crcfccntis ct
P/tnJ.S» corniculatx forma in frontc vcl aI*crutrolatcrc,ct pr.rtcrca

^4^^ abomni maculaimmuncm cllcdcberc; Poftquamvcro

pcrquatuorannos in Vulcani tcmplo r.ut»ifus &cultus
fit, magna folcnnitatc in fontcm qucndamimmrrj^i vi-

vum; ciufq; cadaucr infcrri Scpulchro fumptuofiffimo,

acpoftcaScrapindicijaliumqjboucmjVtprius, pcrtotam
-/Egyptircgioncmj ijfdcmmaculis&coloribusinfigncn),
niagi;acura aSiccrdotibus inquiri 5 Quamfumptuofllli-
ma palatia, Cubiha didaj Mcmphis in Vulcani tcmplo
huic boui rtruxcrint, qua follicitudinc ip(um curarint&
cnutriucrint, quaq; riucrcntia & cultu profcquuti fint,
,, apud Aothorcs variosfparfi nnotaripotcft:Huncmorcm
^^amdtn j^Qicndi bouis Digdorfcs fuo tcmporc pcrduralTc tcftatura
j4fff CMitvu fjjuitis fcculis indc obfcruatum; Qnod fi Ifraclitici populi,
^ljf^^i** aMofccx Acgypro cdu(fli,idoIolatriam indcfcrto, Aaro-
nispcrmi(Tu,inrtitutam,confydcrcmus,quomodocxauro
vitulucR fcccrint, ciq; dminos honorcs circumfaltando
Acgyptio ritu adhibucrint, longc antc id tcmporis in
Acgypto cultum Apis reccptum fuilfcjanimaducrtcmus
Afofet cx\'\m circitcr annum n.undi 2454. antc natum
Chriflum ifop.populum Ifracliticumcx Acgyprocdux-
itj& Diodortu SicMim Acgyptum pcrluftrauit Annomundi
^ 907. antc natum Chriflum ss- E^ 4^^* computationc pa-
tct intcruallum intcr Afoy;/ cdudioncm &Diodori pcrc-
grinationcm cifc l4J3.annorum,quocontinuc', & longc
antc & pofl, ritus colcndi bouis in Acgypto pcrmanfit.
Cuius inflitutionis, vt antiquiflimnr, ipfi Acgjptij caufas
vcras ignorant, idcoq; diDcrfiflimas vulgo proponunt:
Sic cnim Diodorm didlo libro.: Honoris>/»f «*/, boui im-
.

pcn fi
 Lib.f^ y^gyptio-Gf«corum.' ji
pend caufam nonnuUi tradune) quod dcfun^i OJiridu ani-
ma in boucm tranfmigralTct ; qujedcinccps ad podcrof
pcrgcnsfucriftransfufa; Ali;a ^/>Wtfintcrfc(flo O/JriW^,
fcrunt Apim mcmbra cius collcda in bovcm ligncum co-
rio bouis albo circumdatum rcpofuillcjidcoquc civitatcm
BuHridcm appcllatam : Mulraalia dc Api fabulantur, qux
longumcirctlingulatimrcfcrrc. Oainiavcro miranda &
fidc majoradccjufmodi animalium honorc dilfcrcntcs
Acgyptijjdubitationcm haud paruamquxrcntibus caufas
injcccrunt : Saccrdotcs fecrcticra quaedam fcripta provt SecretiorA»
,

jam diximuSjhabcnt ; Multi Aegyptiorum trcs caufis red-

dunt,qu3rumprimaomni' v^fabulofa cfl, &antiquorum
fimplicitatc digna: Aiuntcnim,priorcsDeos, cum ^^^Vi' Prima Cah'
cinumcrocllcnt, viribufqucpopaloimparcsjimpictatcmy^.
vcr6hominumtimcrcnt,fimiIcs fcquibufdam animanti- CoUrtdortm
bus finxiirc,coc[-modocrudclitatcm,viniq,h3minum cfFu- ammaliHm
gilfe : Parto dcmceps oibis imperio,vt rcddcrcturanima-^^^^^^
ftbus gratia, qu?efu-e(aluti«; caufam prnfbuiirent, confc*
cralTe illa, quorum fumpfiirentformam^oficndilTcq; quo
pa(flo & vivd nutricndaelfent & mortua rcpeheda Secu Ja
caufaj Fcrunt Aegyptios vctcrcs, apud quos nulla clfct
militarisdo(5trina,cum avicinis fcpius bcllo fupcraren- '^'^«'«W^
tur,cxcogitairc fcrrcaliquod infignc, quod militcsfeque- CdiHfa*
rcntur : Figuras igitur animaIium,qu:E nunc colunt^duces
corumin bello tulilfcjcsq-, cxrecognito ^fcruatcq; fub
quoquifqucmilitarct ordme,vi(5toriamconfccuros: Igi-
turvifumcircgratiamhisanimalibus, tanquam vicflorfas
authoribu?,Teddi, ftatutumquc rcfas cire, quodpiam cc-
rum,quorumimagodcIat3 iucrit, occidi, fcdcoli potiu»
dcbcrcjhonorcq; affici : TcrtlaafFcrturcaufa, horuma-
nimanriumillatavi(5luihominumvtilitas 5 bosfarmclIa&7-^^^,-^ /-^^,
aliosparitjquitcrramaranr, &ip(a haud invtilis ad aran- /-^^
dum: Ovcs bis cdunt fa?tus, lanamquc prs^bcntcs
vario accommodatam vfui, Iac,ca(eumqueabunc?eno-
bis pr^cbent. C^nis tum vcnationi, tum ad cuftodiam
prodcfl r ^roptcrea dcum, qui apU(i cos Anubis vocatur,
capitc
 f2 tlieroglyphicorum Lib.f.
ctpifc fingunt canino, rignificanrcs cunodcm corporis
•Oliridu atq; Hjcc Dtodortis. \\x ca jf^:, vi ipfi
Ifiiiis fuiirc :

^9ta. Diodoro cthnico, qui ncc vcri Dsri cogoitioncm, ncc fal-
forum numinum d»tfcrcntiam,njulic) minuschymica: vc-
ritatis quicquam rciuit,non (atisrcccrunt/cd indignx tan-

txopcra? prccio vifx funt, iti mui c) minus nobis longe

alitcr inftirutis tura in vcra Dci rcligionc, tum Chymiae
ftudio, ad palatum clTc potcrunt Imo potius nugatoriac
•

&rclitu vix dignceccnfcntur, quippcabomniTationc&

cxpcricntia alicninima: : Intcrim cum vcrne caufjc, qua:
fualucc fcilluftrarcnr, darjnon dcbcrcnt, ncc potcraiir,
tumavulgoignaroj tumaSaccrdotibusrciconfcijs, qua-
Icfcunq; ad formamfcu prxtcxtum cffingcndajfucrunt;
qunj cum fapicntionbusabfurdae vidcrcntur, non iniur 5
<^iyptijf^' illi iEgyptiorum (loliditatcm in numinibuscolcndisdc-
ftentijjkni rifcrunt: Vciuii iEgyptios muitarum artium & Icicntia-
^nttqmtti, rum primos inucntorcs & cultores ciFc ncmo inficias irc
poterit, ctfcmpcr proprudcntiflimis fubtililTimiq; ingc-
nijhominibushabitoscclcbratofq^, ijuomodoigitijrprac
csetcrisgcntibusadpucriliadclyramcnta circa brutoruai
cultus dcucnilfcnt, ninaIiacaufafccrctior,quim rcucJa-
rc nonliccatjfubclTctf Saccrdotcs \ critatis confqj rcli-
gionc& capitaii poena dctcrriti nibil apcrucrunt dc tantis
Sccrcti8;Vulgarcs alij Iiuc litcrati, fiuc Idiotx ntcr Acgyp i

tios nc minimum dcrcracaufafciiicrunt,idccq; nilaliud

quam fabulas^^ct rcs ad fpccicm fidas fcribcndo manifc
darcaliis potucrunt; ita vrquo magis caufas vcrasinqui-
rcntcs falfi fucrintjCt afcopoIcdu(fli,f6gratius id Saccr-
dotibus confcijs contigcrit: Cum cnim iibi pcrfuafum ha-
bcrcntjDcumomniumCrcatorcm pcr Crcaturas fiiasag-
nofci&coli poircjcrroncairoaginarionc nonfuciutfojli-
citl,vulgumalitcrinrcligionc inditui, cum mutationcm
cjulmodi frbi pcriculofiffimam fururam profpiccrent;
Vcra autrm «nimantium cultus ftib filcntio caufa tcda,
nccclTartu cratrariascafq^falfasratiunculasproduci, qux
(cipfAS lugulcut invicem & cinedio toltant : Vcium Df
dortu
 Lib.i. Aegv^tio»Gtxcotum. jj
Jorurfitetvir (ecrctiou qjaedamrcripfa dchifcc apudSa-
ccrdotcs cxrarcj^lijs adhuc mcop,nica: qux qualia tuerin t
fccrcra,vtanimi Mcdicamcntumdici rcucrapoflcntac Co-
Icrcnf,dicsjam portcrior detcxit : Valcant itaquc caufcc
illar tcrn?e .i pucris dcridcndjc.& ab omni vcritcUcab(of>a:>
ijfqMC crcdat, qui vcht, nobfs innotuerunt ratio-
aiio:

ncsj vcrd cxJcm (bb Allcgoria didla: (int , fimul

(i •

contUrc porcrunt, ac prima, <]ux ad litcram abfurdif-

rmja^jdfcnfum vcritati magis corrcfpondcbit.Gum cn m
dij chynViChO/ifti.JJfSiAfeycHrtuf. 6l FH/cdtKur, timcrcnt
hommuTJ impictatcra, fudOperaillis abfcjue difcriminc
Urgirinolucrunr, i lcoqac (ubtigura & fcijcmutc vario-
'

rutn animintium ca? tanquam pclIc,vcUverunt, ct ab-

fconderuiit nc agnofccrcntar, nifi a conrcijs aut rati-
-,

onabiiibus: Noncnim tutum crat, arcaniniima naturx

Papyro Nilotica; aut mcmbranis animantiumperfcrip*
turam apcrte concrcdcrC} fcd ridebaturconfulrumcha-
rafteribus circntialibus ab animantibus dcfumptis, in-
vicem colloqui, nc audicntcs aut vidcntcs fcirent,
fcientcsautemnon ignorarcnt; Quod vt magia con-
^
fpicuum fiit, brevitcr nos caufam hujus divini cul- ^''*'^*^«
tas boui, Api dido, impcnfi pcrcurremus, vndc dccae- ^fgjptocHl"
tcrisfimilejudiciumfumendum crit: Eft autcra bos ni« *"*f»
gcrHicroglyphicusctindubitatus chara<5lcr maten> vc- ^ot^o
rsc ct rnicx Philofophic^, vt patct cx multis vtriufq;
proprictaribus ct Allcgorijs : Proprietates naturac et(i
nullac circnt,arbirriumvoluntatis ad ejufmodi dciigna-
tioncmtamcn fufficcrct* Omnium cnim Technicorum
vocabulorij aut nocmatum rationcm niwh curiof» vcllc
quscrcrcjabfqjrationeciret: Idcmin Hieroglyphicisfortc
locum hahctanimaliu quodinchara<5teribusetnoflslire«
rarum 5 Qlltntum vcr6(»jfpicari hcctjhocanimal, Taurus Apislwgiix
ad culiumlcligituspraealijs, vt Apis dicatur, quia alias ^egyptia^
notum ct in(ignc cdf vtilitatcj roborc, cicuntate ct pr^- hos,
f^4iuia natur:?^ turo quia magna pars agriculturjc in
F arando
 ^4 Hieroglyphicomm lib.r,
arandoj occando, triturando ct ali J9 operibus laboriofini.
mis buicincumbjf, tum quia lur.x crcfccnns imagincm
cornibii8ct macuiis albis in nigro corpotead vivumcx-
priniaf 5
aJ ha:c colorc cQ, narura tradabilc, et
variunr)
non adn.odum raiie inuentionis : Alix ii quae imt pro-
pricratcs ab aiijs obferucmur, bac nobis furi^ciunt; Ed
anten) hic bos (imulacrum ifiduct Ofirtdli vifibilc ct (cn-
fibusobuium, aquoad mentcm facilis fiatrccurfusintcl-
Iigenti, ncmpe qiid illo dcnorctur : Vcrini l;ic qu.^;ri
polft t, an igitur eiufnodi cultus inlbtutio adco nccci&ria
fuit, vtchymicumartificium abiq; coexercerinon porc-

ColemiboHU rat? Ad quod refpondeo 5 DuiS clfe moiiujs fcu impul-

Dti£C>t»fa: fiuasc^nliS primarias harum cercmonurum ct nruuni
mpHlfifi^. introducl jrum j Primam ac pr rcipuam, vt Deo, funmo
I, Crrafori atque tintorum muncrum Largitori, qjotide
aconfc J5 facerdotibus gratia reddcrctur, confpcd: hoc >

animali, vtvifibiIiobiedoctquafir«icraroctoet fy nibolo

cxtcrnoj quod interiorcs pcdtoris mctus ad D.^um diri*
gereadmonerct ^Vtq^ Saccrdotcsiuniorcs huiusrcinon-
dum pcrfcdlam fcienriam adcpti ad inquifitionem eorum,
i]uae obfcuriora crant, hifcc hieroglyphicis charadri-
bus incitarcntur: Crcdibilc cnim cll philofopho! um di-
fcipulos hifcc rudimcntis fc invicem cxcrcu ife, mqui-
rcndo ct confydcrando rcrum ct animalium imagmes
feu figuras, vt perfcdi thcorici fierent, antcqu<m praxi
manumadhibcrent: Vtcnira qund mjnus anrcnotauir,
mens facilius rctinet, fic quod mcns bcne prxmcditata
2,Cau/a» cft, idmanusaptius paft cxprniiir : Altcn ^c fecundaria
caufacrtrcfpcdVu vulgi, tum vc hocin ofificio& vcncra-
tionc huius animahs, licct ignarum, continercrur, legi-
bufq-, morcm gcrcrct, tum vt non inq.Prerft in ada ct
fcripta Sapicntum, Chymiae artificium rractantiuni Si :

cniin nuUus cultus extcrnus hux rci adiuiilct, Sacerdo-

tc8 illi, non Saccrdotcsrlcd artifices chy^mc» proclamjti

cilcnt, ctquilibctprz cunoUtatc in cotum fadta ct ctfcda

inqui^
 Lib.f. ^gyptio-Gr^iJcorum. * ^5
inquifiuiirct • A qio timorc pcr rcligionis prgrf-^xtum
iibcri cuafcrunr, iiccc lcmpcr in Vulca. i tcmplo igncm
foucrcnt, ciq; no<5lts ct dics aduigilarcnt j ^ari) ira rcs
(dcrapoftuliuir: Qas Pcrtaurum
int^-iligcnti fufficicnt :

quoq; '11 pmlorophicam dcnotari, patct cx Oftride

ifCTiim
cc litUe, anse fatis d°cLratis, quipcrApim intcliiguntur,
cum Ofiridis anima in Apim mortuum, Serapin poft
did^um, migrarc dicatur: ct quofcunq; honorcs Ofiridi
ct //7^idcbednr,«?ordfm Apiintpcnderctcncantur Acgyp-
tij : Frxtcrca (cqucntibus tcmporibus a Graccis fcmpcr
cadcm matrnapcrboucs allcgoricemfinuatacft, vtpatct
in Tauro Mmois feu Minotauro labyrinthoCrctcnii 'm'-
clufo c a rhcfco dcuiclo,opc Ariadncsj in bobus HercttUs
cx Hcfpcria fcu Ibcria Gcryonis tricorporis, (Chrylaoris
£Iij, fanguims Mcdufa' ncpctis,) aba<5li, ncirpc cx Pyrc-

naeis montibus j in bobus folis in Trinacria paftis, in

tauris ab lalonc fub iugum mifiis, ct in alijs ciufmodi
q* a ri pluribus : Color hu c boui Api nigcradclTcdcbc-
bat candcm ob caufam, quia nigrum nigrius nigro cft
artis initium; In frontcautcm vcl altcrutrolatcrcmacula
albacrtfccntis lunx, alias abfq^maculisomnirdrcqutrc-
batur luucnis, fcuvitulus, fanus ct gcncrojus; qu axtaf
funior, vt in ouis incubatui idoncis rcquiritui> lic ct in
matcria philofbphica. vtq; oua gallinx finc gallo cdiu
inutilia funt, fic fubicftam philofophicum, fcu Apis
. abfqjlunic crcfccntis imaginc vix quicquam prodcftj
Qijjirumannum Apisnoncxccdit, quo praefcntc mcrgi*
fur,rtaliuscius viccinquirifur, eodcmq^modo nutriiur,
coljturctextinguitur .quianecelfccfl vtivuenis mancat-
Curfuenim Philofophijc tcr quatcrq; abfolHro? dcnouo
rhcipifur, wtTyfhon Ofirtdem HCTum mtcrimat, ct J^s lut
coniugismcmbradcnouorccolligaf : Alij dicunc ifidcm
elTclunafr,nfridem folcm,ca?IcQcsj ijfqur Apim facrnm,
prcrfrrrim di(5Vis maculis notatum ; Ac ilii Solcro ce
Lunam philofophorum nur.quam vidcrunt, nc quidcm
F 2 pcr
 :

j6 • Hicroglyphicoruni Lib. i^
pcr vmbram hoc cft, nodujt funt ad hunc
. folcm,
qiii ctiamnodu lucct intclligcntibus, ignaris, fub tc-
ncbns tc(f>us 5 C<?/>«/ enim a^tu, inquit Hcrmcs cap. r.

Ef} corum, cjui tn mffrfdme tioElis c^claritate dtei voUt fine

Aiii, Hibitaculum prxtcrca aurcum, quo Apistcncbatur,.
Vulcani fanum, quo nutricbatur, ct c.Ttcri cultus adhi-
biti idcm attcftantur ; Qucmadmodum autcm imago
bouis fculpta Chaos philolophicum, vt totum contincns,
dcnotauit, ita figurae aliorum animalium vcl partcs to-
pro cuiuflibct nafura: diucrllratc,
tius vel opcrationis,
cxprclfcrunt;
quas cun) Acgyptiorum vulgus m Fy-
ramidibus,coIumnis, ftatuis,tcmpIisaIijTquelocispidlas
aut (culptas vna cum Api animaducrtit, ijiquc rcucrc«
t^am ct lilcntjum a Saccrdotibus impcndi? coJcm fcnfu
ct honorc, quo Apim» ccctcca quoquc bruta animaniia
Ort^ofuper- colcrc ccpit : Hxc cft origo ct radix brufahs fupcrfli-
Jittionts «^* tionis Acgyptiorum m colcndis quibufcunquc anima-
HjfiiK^ libus ct plantis, ab Api ciufquc hicroglyphicis cxorta,
inque mcntcs corum profcminara ct infixjj Dam cnitn
(ignum pro fignatoapprajhcncii- prjc ignorinfia, vt ca-
nis lapidcm pro ladorc prx bilc, cxtcrnxquc lupcr-
ficici inbaTCt, ncgligit intcriora, qu-e intclicd^u, non
oculis, ccrncnda forcnt ^ dumquc vmbram csptat, rci
circntiam pcrdit: Sic fupcrftitio cx fupcrrtionc cx. crror
cx crrorc natus cft, conniucntibus ad hoc Saccrdo-
tibus, cx caufisprxdidt S; Ncc vcio fii^ri poiuic, vtralis
opinio cum hcfle matcrno imbibicii, pbrt cxtirparctur,
nifi monflrata vcritatc, ob quam I aec talia ct tanta ab
antiquifTimis ordinata, quod nullo modofdscrat; Hinc
VnUanim*- fingulx Acgypri fumpto a Mcmphi (qux
fcre ciuiratcs
Jiactp^acolt boucmcolcbar)cxcmplo.fingulaanimaliivciicraiipu qj
pt iydEgjfto numinibus hjbcrc ccpcrunt ; Vndc ct nominari fc opra-
runt, tanqnam a Dijs ortum duccntcs, vr Bubarti.» a Scue,
ficLcontopolisaLconc, Lycopolis aLupy.ahalijsaliae
Sir^^ijiib.i/.GcographixdcijIdcm JEg^pitjS} corumqnc
ani-
Lib. I . Aegypno -Gra^corum. j^
Bnimaliumcultusvirictatcficrcribit.- Sait2c& Thcbani
ovcm colcbant praecipue, Latum pifcem Nili Latopoh-
Uni,Lupum LycopoIitanijCynoccphalum Hcrmopoiita-
DijCctum Babylonij, qui colcbantiuxta Mtm^himy Aquila
Thcbani, Lconcm Lcontopohtani, Capram & Hircum
Mcndc(ij,murcm & arancum Athribity: Vciuin cum non-
nullic^gyptiorumdcorumimmcnfum numcrucn pro-
ducant, nos cnrtcnsomidis prxcipua falrcm animalium Cttrfraci*
Hicroglyphica per!uftrabi»nu», vtpotcCanis^Lupi, Fcli», ^HaaMima-
Lcopisjfiirci,Ichncu»i)onis,CynoccphaIi, Crocodili,Fbi- lia cultain
ciii,Accipitr(s& Aquilsc. CanlsMcrcurio,vtcuftos affin- As(;r^pto.
gi(ur,cflq; cjuipropnum Hicroglyphicum: NamCani- Cavis,
nocapircMcrcuriuni pingcbanr qitcmAnubim vocarunt,
vcIutlinguIarcmD.nimiEgyptiUiT) ; vtcnim A4ercHriusy
Ofiridis & //;i/f conlliuiiusleu mimifer vbiq-, conftitui-
tur,itaCani$,quo vixanimairjgaciustfl,huic faccrhabc-
tur: HincF»r!7////<tf Anubi.nappcllatlatratorcm, fcu ca-
ninos latratus cdcntem hoc vcrfu : Omnigenumq^Dcum
monftra&IatratorAnubis. Lupos cur vcncrati finr, tra-
dunt variascaufd?* ali, ob liinilitudjncm canurD,ilijquod, Lftptit,

cum l(is vna cuui fiho Oro bcllo dimicarurac(rcf,C>//m in

Lupifonna, ab infjris & vxori& iilio contra Typhoitem
auxilio vcncrit : Ali;alusranoricsfitjgunt : Vcriimcan-
dcm clTccauram iuffodud:ionis figurjc Lupi,qux Canis,
cxcircumUanti;sT4fisapparcr. /InfibisK^s.A^ueaony vtantc-
didum-Hngchanujr h)ijO/;r/<5f;V, quorumillcCanis, hic
LMpii..iig"'a in annis gcrtarer^Hic y^»//i// habctur pro
Ai'rcfirtu,<\^\\ vcl cOii(ilunusvtl offiw'iariuscI} fjiitt^voxi
fii!US.&Orus(o!usna'-us dicuur z-s..O(it$de &I/tdf ivndc
coii;Kir,li proHvftofia rrrum aur p''» Oi-sarum hxc alfu-
nianturjinoninibus&liugnlisa fc pfis jcfeiif : Nihil au- „
tcrnaliucicanis& 'up.i!> Hleroglyphne dtfic;nant, quam '"'

du.isparccsmvno Suc>jC<5to, qjarumvni <U cicunor &

tradahiijorfcunnnusfug^x, airtra fciocjor& fugaciorj
Cuiuquc/i^^w^if fingituf caninocdpite, iDaicr la- Phiiolb-
f i phica
 j8 HicroglvpKicontrn Lib.i.
phicj dcncta'ur co rcfpcdu, quo cft ftabilior & fixiorj
Cuni Macedon Lupino. quo vo''au\ioT'L»puf cKim no/hrj
irquJt /J^rir/Tr in bpiftoU' tn0'ic'4e tnvemtur ^ Cams tn
Occidente'^ IflemomTrdtt illumyO^ tjlfjnomorciit ij}t4mf C^fi-'
ttritrahtdtam(>o, et tyttirfi^tuntfe tid iwicem dorec jiAt cx ets
toxictfm O" Thfriinca'. Hin: Hix d^fcipn» fc{}atur,vt habct
c;us tojumncf infcriptic quod (it in altroCanis rcfulg< nsj
Et Aufhorrythmoruai (jcrmanicorum j Alexandir^ iti-
quit, ex rcrjia fcrthtt ^LifVt*m C^ Cattimtnhacargt/U effeC'
dncatos,tAmen a P htlojopho nobU tttdtraittr, vtrttm^ue vnam
hafrereoyt(nneryii,Lupum fctitcet tib Oriente prcUtmre, Cunem
vero ab Occidenteottum h-^btre. Sic & Fciis Ifidt lacra habe •

batureadcmrationc, quid//J'.<Lun^ cQcicrti ac fxiniiiea'

Yelts, natura:allimilabatur,dcfci!s viciffitudincs Lunjc rcocrco-
culorummcrcmcnroacdccrcmcnto vidcbatuf; vndc in
prjecipuo honorcfmtapudfupcrflitiofos iCg>prio$kiis,
habcbaturquccapiralc fcicmoccidiire, vt Dtodorus na:rat
cxcmplo cujiifdam Romani[.icbcij & Rcgis Pcrlici ob tcii
illatas injunastrucidatorum j Lconcm vcrd vtanmidli-
r^ um rcgcm,qui vi(5lrici8circtnaturae,cahd:e& nec ignt ac,
nonfanguiticaliorum viditarct, pofucrunt, ccque (ulfui
Iconinapclleinfignituaidcnotarunt; dc quocum fajpius
hifcclibii!idixcrimu8,vtnotoriumhicomitrimus: Hircus
idcm cum lyph rte^ Priapo, Phalio^ Satyris ^ Titanihus dc-^
Hircus
fignarQanimadvcrtitur; cumcnimiitanimaladlibidincoi
p*ronum,vt patctcx Vttg. Eg/.f,

jVo vimpu dr ijui te t ranfverfa tuentibta hircis,

£t (jU9,fedfactles Njmpha rtjerefacello,

Hinc pro gcncrationis mcmbro,quod^/J>»V;',autcjU5 pt.

tri SatmttOy^MX avoCoclo,dctradumcrt,fumitur.&^d6f/j<9,
^w\Oftris eft)faccrhabctur,vt&PW/«/, dcquo infcrius?
Ichncumon murcm fjgura rcfcrrc traditur, vndc & M'»8
Ithnttmen* Indicu$.aquibufd«(ndicitur : Huic cum Crocodilo atutt
intcr-
Libj. Acgyptio-Gr;tcorum. j9
nccinunibel!umcire,cuicuni vinbus &magnituciincim*
p4r fK,aftu hoftcmaggrcdirur,clum in iliius dormicntis
fauccsinfiiit,corrorirqueinfrl}inisipfum profternitj Hu-
jusabiquc dubiorutioiicm habucruit antiquillimi qui e-
jusantmalisfigura, tanqujm charadcrc Hieroglyphico
priautus vfi fuivt: T-alecnimqaid acctdcrcin hoc natu«
rali artificio tam notum crt quamquod notiflimum:
Nam vnum, quod ctl , ju^ulat rcliquum ,
fixuix»

quod volatilc, &

cx vtroque fit Theriaca Mcdicina
fic

aurca NihilaurcmfrcquentiusCynoccphalo in iEgyp- CjnocephA*

:

tijsfymbolis vilitur, idqucobnaturan)CjusaMimaIiS5quod Ihs*

IfiJorushb. II. hoc modo defcrihir: CynoccphaUis efl
monrtrum caput habcns caninuin, dc quo narratur in lib.
dcNjtur!sr(rrii:n,quodvnus Cynocepndlus fuit dclatus
rc^i Francorum LiJdoico,caput habens fciecaninum,cac-
tcra^er 6 membra licur horoojCrura quidcm humano mo-
do nudj, maniM etiam & brachia, colltim album ac nu-
dum,dorfum vcro pilofum, crcdus vt homo ihbat & ita
dcccntcrcthoneflelli u^ homocibum manibus capicbat
& ori infcrcbat: Hu^us mcmin;t AmHflin^ 1.2. c. 14.
De Cthitate DeijV bi Thomns V-aIois add)r, AHgujiinum F>cr
Cj>}oceph>ilMm intclligcrc A1enMnHm(t\i Hermctcm Ae-
gyptium*, vndc&dicit/»^.j,r^;).iz.i6. Miror fane (1 «pfi
fcilicct,Dcorummatcr,Rhca,pcp<?ritCynoGcphaIumjquac
longe poftca vcnif cx t^gypro Huncautcm MfrcH^tnm
•

(cn Hermetem d\c\\. l/idorHsl.H .c.ip.vltAu^lVc formatuu cum

capitc canino ; Nam Canis cft anirrwrl fjgaciffisnum, fic

ct ipfcfuitfapicntifsimus HxcV^/ois: Huicanimali, ffi

:

non ipfum c[\) pcrfimilccll f^^viandidum, cuius vt fi-

niix gcrtus funt varij ct difciplma mira : Rjtio cx antc
diftisconfpicuatft, cuj ahj adijcJunt quod «.idlu itc- vNsav-Vv
rato vigintiquatuori^orasdicjnjturahs rxprimar, ac ita
folismotom in circulo rcprTfrj.tft Dc Crocodilis co-
: >-, ^ r.
rumqucvcncratione, Caufa? <jriT ajju Acgvprios tra- 1

dunrur, abfard ni-T>acfuot;quapirriamtecur^mpraef}crt

1 piaedonibus, quimctuhuiuiuaNiJo «ibdincrc co^an-
F twr
 40 Hcroglyphicortim Vh* i
tur; quafi Crocodili Cub 4qui« dcRenfes potlus hodem
propuirArcpoffiiir-quani ipii Acgypfijfubeoruni Croco»
djlorumtyrinnideprjcoccupatietnujiquam rccuri- curn
Crocodilus omnibus przedonibus fit rjpaciorct crudc-
Iior,tam Acgyptijs, quancxfcris infcl}u8,ccaquisct tcr
ris mctuer.dus: Mendni vcro a Crocodilo per paludcm
^<€KfW/vc(!^um cifc,quen) ruicanespcrrcquercntur,idco-
quea bcomandatun», befiiam hancpro Dco coli, eiquc
vrbe Crocodilopolin didamcxtrui,vtin Lupihonorcm
Lycopolin,in LconislcontopolinjOmnino incrcdibiic c(lj
Nonamcntoanimalium idprovenilfc, fcdob phylicam
figniticationemarc4nam,non omnibusnotam, certoccr-
tiuseft: Hocenimanmul ctaquisct tcrrisdegitj folura-
quc ex quaprupedibus »>vum paritjqua rationc ovum phi-
lofophicum vere xprimif} quod cum impcrfc<5funi fit,
tamen omniafibinccclT^riaititrafehabct: Dc Ibidc ca".
*rl^
dcmcftratio^qMseJeprxdandisfcrpcntibus Acgyptomax»
imcfalutarishabitaeftj Hxcslvis I/IM ct MercH^io facra
ercdcbaturob arcanasnatura: dotes, tumquod vcncnofa
dcpafcendoacrcmfalubrioremac animalibus vitam tufi«
orem prar ftarct, tum quod ipfa fibi Clyrteris injcctionc
abobflru(Jlionibus,quxaIvumintercipcrenf,mcdicarctur.
Accibiter. Accipitrcni 0/J>/V<facrum puta.nt, quia folarisavisvidca-
turnon (olumaboculorum aciem,qua valct,fcd etiam na'
curamigncamad bcliapromptam j vnde illud Ovi^.

Odimftf (tccipil rem,ejHia/empervivtt in Armis.

HaccnimMartialivicartrrasavcsinprjtdam vocat , C-^i-

qijcinfangincm convertit: Prt bisomnibusvcro Aqui-
^**"^ Reginam volucrum agnoucrunt,ct intcr fdcros cha«
A^HiU *
ca^crcs? quos Hicroglyphicos vocant Acgyptij, rc-
pofucruntjcafdcm ob caufa8,quas antca,ct poiijvbi Aqui-
ii firmcntio,reccnfuimus; PrnrtcrhasfiRurasHicrogly-
phicasinnumcrsf aliar rcpcriunrur, vtin?yrdmidibu8,r.
iidts mcnirf^ac fimilibus anttquUrimisopenbus M^y\>K\]%
 Lib. I. Aegyptio»Graecoium. 41
& infcriptionibus apparct, vcnim ha? nobis cxcmpli vicc
hoclocofufficicnt; Scribant alij dcHicroglyphicistx£-
gyptioram magna commcntaria, vtvclint, vix tamcn ar-
bitor^ablquc Vtilcam & Mercfirij, imd Medicin je (in qua
plurimum Ofirif ct Jftt prxftitcruntj vcra cognitionc, &
vfu cos quicquam nifi vcrba daturos, vtcunquc ad mora-
)cs,imd morofas,acvcrc moras ctmcrastricasimplican-
docxpliccnt: Cau(a vcri(Iima,curDij crcditi horuro a-
nimalium rormisgaudcantvclljctcntur,vulgoignotaruit,
nifiquod pularmt(vtfuprafubprimacaura mcminimus)
Dcos tcrritos ob mctum Gigantum in Acgy ptum aufugih
fc , ibiquc alfumptis variorum animalium figuris fc ab-
fcondiircjHinc O W.5.^<?^CuilibctcAr Dijs lingularcani-
mal allcribitjfub cu jus tcgminc Iatucrit,his vcrfibus,

H>*c qiioc/pte Terri^^enam vemjfeTjp ^oea narrati

£t(e. miMtttis ffiperoy celaffefyHrff.
VyxcjHe gregitfdixit^^t Jnptter, vnde recftrvis
Nunc (^HociHeformatur Libjcis cHm corr.ibuf Hammon^
Delius t» corvo efi,j>roles Semeleia Caproj
Tekeforor Phahi, nitiea Sarttrnia vaccal
PtfceV^rJHS Utmt ^CijUenitis ihidif ales,

PrxtcranimaliutTJjaliarumqucrcrum figuras pro chara-

deribusHieroglyphicisvfurpatas, in fingulis Acgyptto-
lumtcmpiisHirpocratis fi nulachrumvifcbatur, ci for- Harpocratit
inajVtdiguooriimprcirofilcntium fcruandum, «Itcra &
"raanu pudcn Jaabfcondcns,Iibidincm dcfcrttinda , mnuc-
rctj iJqacnonabfquccaufj; H.^eccnim quatrnus arcana
arcdniflimandturTjnonomnibusinfinuanda, vtquc Dcj
dona prcciofikTima, itanonlibidincaut luxuria dchonc-
flandafunt, ^Dea/ijsin^
Sunt prjetcrca monumcnti haud dobia in ^egjpto rcW- ^icus
c^
qu3,quorumvclmemoriacxtctin hyftorijs vcl vcfiigia Monumen-
hodiernoquoqucdicobvia, dc artificio Phi lofophico fi ;jf Aemti'-
nonpcrfc, taaKncuraalijs iund^cvidcns ccQimonium oYHm.
G pcc-
 41 Hjcfoglyfhicorum Lib.i;
Color.U c^, pcrhibf ntij . vtpotc quod tot colonl.r pcr vnWcxCutn fcrc
gyptiornm. orbcm indc dcduda?cradanrur, cjU3P omninoialcsruntjVt

alicuius magn.^ gcntis pofcti.i & diuitijs celebcrrimar ini-

Belw. t\um Nanij vt Diodorm tradit, in Babyloniam co
cxrjtcrint-,
lonostraduxille Bclum Ncptuni volunt Libya:q;filium,
fjai fcdcm vrbi poi.c Euphratcm cum eicgillct, Saccrdo-

tcs (hosChaJda?os^.i^^/<3wr) vocanr, i]ui morc iEgyptio-

rum aftra obfcruarcnt) phy licos etiam, Aftrologirc qui dc*
diticirenf, indituittquod autcm bicBelus abalijs Satur-
nus, abali;slupitcrdid:us, cxSacerdotibuSiEgyptijsori-
vndus (It, ct artificij arcaniUimi tum Saccrdottbus iilis
proprij gnarus fucritjciufq; opc tanti rcgni incrcmcntum
pracftitcrit cx fcqucntibus^vbi de tcmplo ipfi crcdo fermo
crit, patcbit : pr aetcrquam qwcd nomcn ipfum Saturni aut

lovisilliinditum fatisconvincat, cum aurcjedcorumgc-

ncalogiacparticiprmfuilTc; Fcruntctijm,inquitD/W<7r«/,
DaxAm, Danaum ex Acgyptocum profcdVum antiqaiffi-
filiabus
mam fcre vrbium Argos condidilfc- \\\ Lydiam
Grjccisr,
Cypri appuliifc, rurccptumq- ab mcolis crcdoMincrua:
tcmpIo,ftituam ingcntcm DcafdicaircQu^od vcro Dattam
Acgyptiusarcani Acgyptij cognitioncm habucrit&cuii)
Bclo affinitatcm, patct cx allcgorijs a po<rtis poft illorum
tcrapora fi(5lis dc Dami filiabus, quac maritos fuos occi-
dcrint, vndc apud infcros vas perforatum aquis replcrc
fruftrancaopera cogantur-, quxctDJnqidcsct Belidcsap-
pcllantur, quia quidam EelHm Danai patrcm ftatuunt, alij
CoUhi. horum coniugum 5 Dc Colchis Diodorw quoq; rcfert,quocl
Acgyptiorum fint coIonia?,qui in Ponto habicanrjHi lodi-
nasmctalIorumfccutifunt,carq;inColchidecolercccpc-
ntnt ; Vndc &
lafon VcIIus aurcum dcportauit Sic Am- :

mianus Colehos antiqiiam Aegyptiorum fobolcm

I.22.
-I. clTcrcfcrt: Nam linificium adco apud cos vulgatum cft,
vt in pcregrina qiK)q; loca cxportetur. luJiCos infuper,
Diodorns inquit,qui Arabiam inter Syriamq; confcdcrc ab
ipfis Aegyptijs tcftantur tranfmigralfc ; Qujproptcr ct
apud has nationcsj addit, antiquo morc circumciduntur
pucr;,
 [Lib.f» ^gyptio-Griccorum. 41
puQri,abiEgyptoc i confucfudinc traduda. Vcrum in Ins
^^ota»
rxignorjatialdcrarumlitcrarumj origincm circumcifio-
nisapudludceosab Acgyptijsdcducit, cum ccontraficri
dcbcafiPoftquam /^i^r<i6<?»»cxDciipriusluiruhuncritum*
m poOcros ruostraDrmifcrit, a quibus multi in Acgypro
duicrfistcmporibus confcdcrunt, ibique circumcifio-
ncm finc dubio propagarunt : In qua ifraclitarum cx
Argyptocducflionc (ingularc quoquc accidcnsabundan-
tiaf diuKJarum auri ct areenti apud Acgyptios apparctj

£um finguItcxirracIitisaDco iubcbanturaurcact^irgcn*

tca vafa mutud accipcrc fccumq; aufcrrc Vbi vidctur ct
;

horum varorum magnam copiam ibifuilfc ct haudmag*

nam .rftimationcm aut prcciofitatcm, quod viri ruftic»,
fcruilcs, alicnigcnjc, contra ipfius Rcgis nutum indc mi-
graturi ct rcdcundi animura non habcntcs, a viGinJsfuis
Acgypti^s cadem inpctrarint ; Nam practcrqaam quod
D 'us Acgy ptiorum voluntatcni in manu fua habucrit c oqj
dircxcritjtam.cn fi homincs non multum auri & ar-
priuati
gcnti ipfi habuiiTcnt, non potuitTcnt alijs darc fnutuoj
Qupd fi hoc vcrum c(l dc priuatis pcrfonisjquid xftiman-
dum crit dc Saccrdotibus ct Kcgibus ipfis, quantuoi illt-
thcfaurorum c« opurocx mctallis habucrint, de quibua
iegitur, quod propria rcconditoria fcu gazophylacia ad
<urum &argcntum refcruandum cxtruxcrint, qucd fane
mirum vidcri poffic illo antiquo, non noftrotcmporc j
Athcnicnfcs quoq; colonos Saitaium gcntis Acgyptix -^tfJenieftfes,
aifcrcrc nituntur,vt parctcx Diodoro: qui inquit; Fucrunc
& Ac^yi^u] quidam Athcnicnfium duccs : Dipctcs enim ^^P^^f-
Mnethei patcr,cunicfrcf Ae^iyptius, portmodura Athcni-
cnfium ciuis ct rcx facflus cft : Sicr.ilircr & Erichthcum Erichthet44.
tradunt Acgyptium gcncrc Arhcnicnfibus impcralTc, qui
ex Acgypro Athcnienfibus attulit frumrntum, ob idqj
bcncficium cis rcgcm conftitutum, qui fumpto regno
docuit cos ccrcmonias ac royftcria Ccrcris Elcufina:
abAcgyptijstranflata : E«jmquoq;dcamhis tcmporibus
ccjcuam Athcnasfrumcnta compottairc dicunt & fcrcrc
G i dcnud
 44 Hicrogtyphicomm Lib. i.

ytaftidam t^cnuotriticumdocuiire: AthcnicnfcsrcgnantcEnchtheo

voiftnt
^'•^"^omncs tcrrar frudliis ficcitiS abumpfidct, Ccrcrcm
^^* ^g pra/^ntcmfrumcntocosiuuiirc-SacraJnrupcrctmydcria
cius Dc t tunc in Elcullna fufccpta, quae cadcm ct pcncr
Acgyptios cclcbrantur^HaccD/ot^orw; Vcrum hscfaba-
2^otA lofAcire ct nunquam rcucra contigilfe, apparct cx innu-
mcris circumftantijs,. qiumvis pro hyftoriaab Ethnlcis.
crcdita ct rcccpta fucrint : Nam vTus frumcnti longc
antiquiorcftctantcdiluvium non ignotus, idcoq; Nohx
poftcris non infolitu«,ad quos Grasci pertincntjprcEfcrtira-
curn C3:h iniquitas in eorum rcgione non denegaucrir fru-
menta aut vinu : Adhasc Ccrcs nulla Dca rcucra cll aut fu-
ky (cd vtcondatcxantcnarratisct inpodcrumnarrandiSy
cum ipfa l/is habcatur,ac pdll TriptoIcm'jm,vt nutrix,nu-
triuiirc,eodem rcfcrendacft : Neccoacniunt intcr fcnunc
ErichthcununcCcrercmipf3ro,nuncTriptoIcniij Athcni-
cnfcs docuiirc frumcntoiii fcminationcm et vfum, quad
adcd indocilcs cxtitcrint Athcnicfcsi vtprima viccappra:*
hcndcrc ncquiucrintjEt fi vnus cx diclis frumcnta Grjccis
dcdiir:t,c3ctcris hoc alfcribi ncquit, tuqj quiritur, quoan-
tcidvidicarint Athenienfe8,an glandibus, vt po^ tx fabu»
lantur ? ct vndc^an cx Acgypto,vcI cx alia rcgionc, vcl cx-
litus frumcnta primitus apportarit j Verum qualia hscc
frumcnta fucrint, pdft cx Hicroglyphicis Elcufiniorum
facrorum clariflimepatcbit,id«Gq; hic oraittimus Simili-:

tcribidemdcEumolpis mentio rict horum facrorumSa-

£umolp' ccrdotibus. Nam ct Eumolpidcs, inquit Diodortis, abAe-
des. gyptijs Sjccrdotibus tradudi funt, ctaPaftophoris prx-
concs: Idcm, folos cx Gr.Tcis, inquir, Athcnicnfcs per
///Vfw iurarc, formamoribufq; Acgyptijsfimiles, pluraqj
Cadmw. aliahisfimiliarpagisambitiofe^quamvcr^aircruntur.C^i
»»///quoq5 cx Thcbis Acgypti ortus prxtercxtcrosfilios
& Scmclcn fufccpit j Nam cum midbs cllcta patrc Agc-
norcin Europam, vchemcnti iadatus tcmpcftatc in Rho-
dum vcnif, ibiq^Ncptuno xdiiiciuit tcmplum, eiufq; cu^
cam Phxnicibus quibufdam ab fc in infula rclidis
dcmano
Lib. I . Aegyptio 'Grxcomm. 45
dcmandavit Ex : poftmodum fdcerdotcsjqui facicndis
his
pr.Tcircnt facris, cx (ucccflionc manarunt ; (^admus M'f
wrx/^wZrWwwornaritdoniSjinque solla fuit jcrca ad-
inodumconfprcua,antiqvo morc fabrcfa(5lai Inca litc-

ris P/inrniccis, quas aiunt primum cx .Pii.Tnicibus in

Grarciam aliatas, appciiatafquc Phxniccas, infcriptum c-
Fat, Tcrram Rhodumafcrpcntibus vaflafum irij quse vcr- ^^<^<*^(i*

ba fi ritc infcliigantur , totam artem chymicam brcvif- ^'>^^-

fimo Hicrogyphico apcrtillime evolvunt: Nam curol-
lam cam Aitnervd Dcac fapicntise obtulit? cur a^rcam, &
quidcm antiquo morc fabrefadam i Cum cnim hcec anti*
quKIimotcmporccontigillcdicantur, cur dicitur adhuc
antiquo more fabrcfaclam ollam circ; nifi pot iu ad ma- j

tcriam, quam ad formam ibi rcfpiciatur? Phacniccas litc-

ras Hicroglyphicas fuiirc non cft dubiam,aut potiuSjAlIc-
goricifcnfus, cafdcmcumPuniccis, quaruraantcmcmi-
nimus ; Tcrra3utcm/f^<7^> cum AMcgorice ibi acci-
piatur, Tcrra Philofophicacft, qux a Scrpcntibusdcua-
Ihnda crit, in quibus duobus,vt arcaniflirnis, ncmpc tcrrOk-
RhaJia(aliacnimnon-vaIctj & icrpcntibus volatilibus
&vcnenofi3 tofummagiftcriua^quicfcit: idcoquc hoca
Cii^w^y^quafivatidicofpiritu, prxdidum fucrat; Donum
fanc aercum Minerv£ Cfapicntix Dcx habitjc, vtpotc cx
Ccxz^xo lovis cnatxj oblatum non tanti crat momcnti
ob matcriam nccforraam,cum prcciofioradona I>cx of-
ferendaclIcntjCX auro,gcmmi$&alijs;nifiquid Hicrogly-
phici Aegyptij continuillcntj Hucacccdit, quod omnia
dc CW/wofcrefabulofafHit&chymixpropria arcana dc-
notcnt 5 quomoJo ncmpc bovcm Icquutus varij coloris,
vbihicrccubuit, illcvrbcmcondidcrir, fqciofqucadfon-
tcm mifcritja Draconcingcnti, TjfphJnij 3i. Echidtiadlio-f
poftcxtinftosjqucmipfc C^i^wwfaggrclfus trucidarit, c-
jufqucdcntcs in tcrrampro fcminiofparfcrlt, vndc cna-
ti Tcrrigenxfratresia Cad?»nmirTUcntc%:Ciimvcr<y^ad'

«x«rvnumcorum Lapidcclampcrcuffiirct, indc inrcUino

bcllocxortofcmutuo^mcdiofuftulcrunt : Hjec fingula
G } cllc
 4^ Hictoglyphicorurn^ Libi.
circaccoromodatiiTitnavcra; chymiac Hicroglyphica o*
pcra ncmononviJct, vt ctiam in (cqucntibus dcmon-
llrabltur lat uj
: EoJcra fpcdaf, quod Or;)/?^»^ Thcbano-
rum amicusfinxcritDionyfium^quiapud AcgyptiosOQ-
ris&LatinosBacchuscft,cv love Si Scmele Cadmi fiha ,
natumjquafipiiinopoftT^f-^^ii ^^Cadmo condiras Dio^j-
Jius (cn Oftris oitui dicatur,cura tamcn longc antc Cadmi
tcmporaapudy^(f^7^r«>/cclcbcrrimus fu:rir,nonquod rc-
ucraDcuscxtitcrit, fcdintcr Hicroglyphicospro prima-
riOiVtdidum, crcditus & rcceptui: Idcoquc Acgyptij
fcriptorcs tradunt,nugari Grctcos,quod Dtor^yfinm apud fc-
frf^«/tf/44/i4 fcnatumcbuccincntur: Diodoyus quoquc nonnulla ai>a
de MfjptijsJi^'^'(^'^' dc Acgyptijs rcccnfet his vcrbis: Mulra quoqj
aliafabulofedc Acgyptijs fcruntur, qua:adhuc nominc
& opcrcpcrfcucrant. Namin vrbcAchantatransiV;/»»»,
Libyamvcrfusprocula Mempht{\3L6\]i 150. vas cft pcr-
foratumjadquodGnguIisdicbusfacerdotcs j<Sd. aquam
cx JVi/o defcrunt: Alini ctiam fidi fabula monllrarur in
*quadam cclcbntatc Nodoscnim, quos vnos in princi-
:

piolongioris funiscomplicat, alij poft (cqucntes djffol-

^""^* Afr//iw;iff^winfupcrferttnt/)xo«^y//facraab Aegyp-

dieldmbut
^ * lijaad Grafcostranftulilic, qun:vcdCiyrf/*r«»fcruntur, dc-
quc Titanura pugna,hyftona podrcmdomncmDcorum
pafljoncm docuillc. Dedalmn quoquc aiunt imitatum ctfc
DAdalHf.
labyrinthicrrorcs^ quiad hoc vfquctcmpusmanct.Hunc
aliqui xdificalfc dicuntMendetum,alijMaroncmmult6
antequam SAturnH» regnalfet. Numcrus prifcarum apud
Aegyptios ftatuarum idem eft, qui cft a Dadalo Graccis fa-
Templum ^us. Tcmplir«/crfw veftibuli, quod pulcherimum in
f^H/campu/- Memphi fitua»cft,Drf^4/«Jwarchitcdum fuiifc conftat,
cbgrrimum. obquc cam rcm a populo ftatua lignea in tcmpIo,qucj ab
iplbfabricata fit,donatum. Huic proptcr artis prxftan-
tiam, multaquc ab co inucnta , magna gloria adepta deo-
rumhonorcsaccola? impcndcrunt: In vna cnim Mem-
;>^AfinfuIarumtcmpIumnuncquoq; c^Dadalo dicafumj
HzcDioeUrttt ^Qum Grarci arcana Aegyptia potiftima
^ rcfci-
 Lib.r. Afgyptio-Grafconim. 47
rcfciucrinfjCcrtrinonias quoqiicctrifusfacros quibusii/a •

tcgi fimulct propagaripo(rcru,rcccpcrunt; Hinc fabula

dc/)^»rf<filiabus,vaspcrroratumaqa4rcplcntibus,acrcIi-
c\UA ejuCmodi apud GrcTCOS ccfcbrata funt . Tcroplu W-
f./v; qiioqucprcciofinimum apud iCgyptios fuHfc Z>iV-
4orf^sniTrjit,(\mivt6\^\imk VftlcamcK A^trcMtioiticovn'
^) r
T\\\fuabona poftDcum habu^runf.Tradirquoqucidcm^-^v^^'*'^'
fluthor in ^gypto Orpheam, Mufeum, MfUmpodem^ Da- ^<^ -^OT'*'
dMnm, Homcrnm pottamy.Spartafiftm Lycurguwy Soioncm ^ '^^.

'^**
At'cemetifeM, PLtoKcm Philofophum, Samiiim Pythagoram, .Vf^^*'*
Eadoxum A<fat hem.it icum, DemocritHm Abderitem ct Ino^u ^*^'^"
drm C/^;'tf«>ruiirC)fuarqucfcicntusjarfcs &dodrinas didi-
cilTc: quodfi vcrumcft, vtincoconfcntuntomncshy-
ftorjcij conft^t abhis tanquam ducibus omnium bona-
rum litcrarum, lcgum ctinftitutorum,nccnonccrcmo-
ri^rum, dcDijs Hicroglyphicis opinionum & figmcn-
prum origincmct radiccm primam cmanairc ad Grac-
eosiliofqucpopulos, atquciic pcriotum fcretcrrarum
orbcm fuccclTu tcmporis propagatam eirc: Quidcnim
Poctas ct Thcologi Ethnicorum habcnt, quod non cx (9r-
fheo, Viufto&c. Homero haufcrint^ Quid antiquorum lc-
gillitorcsmcmoratudignum babucrunf, quodnonaXT-
f«/;^27,Solonequc tranftulcrint? Quid dcniquc Philofophi
lotfciflarumprinclpcs inrcicntijsja^arunf, quodnona
tanquam pcr
PLitonCy PjfthajTOmfEftdoxs>,DemocritOyiU)(q\2C
manustraditum acccpcrint/' Itaquchj cmncs fua dog- g^ ^^.
*
mata cxAcgyptO, artiumnufrics &^jpinionum matrc ^^^^^ ~^^
domum dcporrarunt- qux licct divcrfa vidcantur &
nonnulla corum intcr fc pugnarc, cx Hicroglyphica &
Allcgoricado(5lfina tamcn cavarictas duntaxatcontigif.
Quogircaomncsfcrercligioncs Ethnicnein orbc tu tcm-
porisnoto,litcraj& Icgescxi^gypto cxortxfunt. /^m-
McWinlibrodc myftcrijs idcm,atpauI6alitcrjattcftatur;
t/£gyptij,inquit,fcriptorcs, putantcsomnia invcntaclfc
a Aferct^rio,{uos libros A^ercnrio infcribcbant : Mercuri-'
ut praccftfapicntix& cloquio: PjthAgoraf, PlntQ^ Derm»
critHfy
 /^eroglypliicorum L^b. i

cr'ttus^uJio>:uiU multialljad Saccrdotcs Acgyptios iue-

rufit: Dogmafa hiijuslibrifunc Airyriorum ct i£gypti-
orum,&cx columnis Mercuyij: Vythagoras & Plat^ didi-
ccrunt Fhilofophiam cxcolumnisMfrcwry in Acgypto:
Columnt Columny MdTf^ri/pIcnxdodrinis; Hacillc: An vcro
Aierchrij. hx columnac fucrint illar, q'jarum mcnjinimus dc Oftride
ct Ifidg, aut alix Hicroglyphicis prorfus litcrisfqualcs
funtiHxquxhodicrnoquoquc dicRomx vifuniur non
procul a Porta Populi, ad S. lohannem L«te^aneKfem-,Si6 Y^['
uam Ad^rum Majorcm, Scalibijfculpt:y,trianguli8,qua-
drangulis, circulis,fcrpcntibuS5&innumcris cjufmodi a-
«imaiibus mirabilcs & rcfcrtT,in obfcuro manct. fo/ephM
quoqucmcminitinantiquitatumlibrisa primis patnbus
Antc diluvium,duaslapidcas, vnam marmorcam,aItcram
latcritiam^tabuIasfcucoIumnaSjfcptcmartiumlibcralium
infcriptionc,nc hx pcrircntaquis vcl igne, fcdad poftcros
tranfmittcrcntur,infignitas, crcdasfuilTc, quarum forte
& alijantiquiorcs fcriptorcs mcntioncm faciuntj Exrc-
comcs, aliorum monumcntisc-
ccntioribus,5^r»i(7;«r<a/«/
dodus Hcrmctcm invcniifc primum iilas tabulas rcfcrt,
duminquit; Dchocvcro Hcrmctclcgiturin Biblijsj jp-
fum intraifc in vallcm Ebron primum & ibidcm
invcnilfe lapideas tabulas fcptcm , quibus infculpfx
Aicranta(apicntibu$,priufquam inundatio ficrct aquaiij,
fcpfcm artcs libcralcs , cuiquc fuis folum in principijs,nc
tranfircntinoblivioncm. Qupdctiamfinosintcxtubib-
Jiorumfacrorum nonlcgamus, tamcn crcdibilcc(lhau<
numcxglodisantiquorumfcriptorum: Ratio his adQi-
pulaturinhuncmodura j
Quod fi ^<^4womniumrcrum
crcatarumclfcntias cognovit intus& cxtus, vt in facris
traditur,dum nomina a cujufquc natura ijs impofucritj Et
fi antiquifiimorum illorum patrum vita adco longxs^ po-
tius in confiderationc & fpcculaf ionc divinorum opcrura ,
quan alij« opcraiionibus vilioribus pcrafta fit,quis ncgct,
fcicntiasomncs rcalcs, non phantafticas ct imaginarias
Cqualcsquajdampoll introdudx funt,vt cft ratiuncula
produ<^a
 Lib.i. Acgyptio-Graccorum. 4p
produ<5la n igrum faccrc album ct «Ibum nigrum) in mcn-
tcct vfu illorum patrum cxtinirc ? Q£od fi in confydcra-
donc ctopcrc, non iniuria et dcharum propagarione fuc-
runt folliciti in poftcros Prolcm cnim fua: mcntis vt
•

tcfcruarent acqu?, ac corporis, hoc fortc mcdio vfi

{bnt;nvcro quis hfepho, alijfquc in his contndicat,
pcr nos Uccbit; fatis cx antedldis nodrirPropofitionis
dcmonftritioncs fcfc infinuant : Vitrum, quodlapisarti- fitrnmin
) ficialispclIucidu»dicipoirct,ct propr:cad ctiymiara fpcc- ^ajptoah
tarcjab antiquifTimisquoq} tcmporibus Acgyptociq. vi- antiqHit
cinz Acthiopix innotuitj Ex cocRitn Acthiopum (cpul- tcmpori^M,
tmisdctiDiodorM tcftaturj Sa1icntcs,hic inquit,corpora
inq-, Vifis vitrcis nuda condcntcs fupra coiumnas po-

nunt:Itapcrvitrumdcfundi corpns afpicitur, qucmad-

modu fcribit Hcrodotus; quod Cnidius Ctcfias improbat:
Ait cnim faliri corpora, idcoq* corruptam non poifc fpc-
cicm fcruarc, (cd (latuasaurcas cauas Hcri, in quibusmor-
tuos ponant vitro circumpofito ; Quo fit> vt in locis fupe-
rioribus Citx circumdante vitro imago aurca dcfun(5lo
fimilis rcddatur afpicicntibus : Et hsec ditiorum Sepul-

chra clfc afiirmant : Tcnuiorcs argcntcas imagincs ponuty

inopcsverdfiftilcs. Vitrum abundecum plurimum fiat
in Aethiopia, omncs habenr. Hxc idco affcrcnda putaui-
cum Acthiopcsaliquando AcgyptijS) ethiillorum
rous,
magnx parti, impcrarint, ne quis cx vaforum, nunc ad
chymiaj vfum rcquifitorum,dcicd;u tum cxiftcntc,vtopi-
nari po|Tcr,alifcr,quam rcscll, concluderct: Qjipct fpcc-
tit, quod admirabilccft, &*dhucCaiii, (Mcmphisolim ^^^^*

did:.) obferuatur,ouagaIIinaceaab Acgyptijs folisperar-

ti(jciufTifurnorumcxcIudipolTc;idq; abanriqjoctlongc
afitcnatu(n Chrirtum tcmporc: Siccnim Diodortu 1.2«. c.j.
dc hoc pJu'; quara chymico artificio i^gyptiorum fcribit:
Namquijinquif, aucsctanfcrcs nutriunt, prxter earum)
qux apud alios homincs habcntur procrcandi naturam,
adcd ilhs indulgcnr, vt in numcru didu mirabilcm avium
cvadant. Non cnlm ovis incubant aucs, fcd ipfi ingcnio &
H naturali
 50 Hicroglyphicoriim Lib.i
nafurili arfc cx ovis pra^tcr c^rerorum confuctudincm
educuntfactus;Nonimmcrit6qu6q;Cx Aegyptiorum rc-
gura rtupcndii Scpulchris ct mirdculofis monumcntis
Pyramtdes Pyrdmidum,idcm convinccrc polfcmus Quamvis cnim
:

'^^f^^" Acgyptljcx naturx opcribus dcanima: humanacimntor-

taiitatC) vcl aliaS) certiorcs fadi, idco magniAca Scpul-
chrorumMaufolei rcliqucrunt, ncgligcntcs intcrim do-
mus 3?dificandcT curam,quod,vt Dtodortu dc his loquitur,
domosnodrasdiucrfbriaappcllcnt, tanquam brcuitcm-
porcaiiobisinhabitandas, dcfundorum Scpulchra,fcm-
pitcrnas domos, tamcncorumpotcntiam,diuitias, animi
condantiam, ct fupra humanitatcm quid tentantium cf-
fc<5lusct opcraadhucibi locorum vidcmus, quafi jetema
eradfincm mundi duratura ; quac a quibus cxtrudla Iinty
fupra diximus j Hac inquam Pyramidcs, vt Biodorns
1.2-.C 2. rcfcrt, vcrfus Libyam fpccftant longe a Mcmphi

ftadijs I2.0. a Nilo aurcm 45. quse et artificio & opcris

magnifudinc mirabili fluporcm prxbcrcnt afpicicntf-
bus: Earum maximaquatucrc(llarcrum, quorumquod-
Iibctab infcriori partc iugcra fcptcm continct altirudo
:

amplius? qiiam ^iugcratollit: Latusquodlibct dcduifla

paularim vfquc ad vcrricem altitudinc continet cubitoa
6$, Ex Ijpideduro difliciliqae ad traftandum fcd actcr-
num pcrmanfbro flrudlura omnis conflat. Nam fcrroc
Qiillcannis, vt aiunt quidam? vtalijtradunt, ampliustri-
bus millibus quadringcntis, ad nos vfquc ca molcs \n*
tcgra pcrmanlif. Fcrunt cos lapidcs ex Arabia longo
admodHm irincrc aducdlos : Aggcribus autcm fabricata
cftjnondumcotcmporcinucntis machinis j opus ccrtc
mirabilc, prarfcrtim in tcrra vndique arcnofa, vbi nulla
ncq; aggcris, nequc catfi lapidis fint vcfligia, vtnon ab*
hominibus, fcd a dijs tanta molcs ftru(^a vidcatur. Co«
nanrur Acgyptij mira quxdam dc his fabuJari, cx fale
et nitro aggcrcs eos U^o%y poflcaquc Nili incrcmento
liqucfados abfque horainum labore penitus dcfecilTes
Vprum id procul avcroabefl. Nam ct muldtiidiae ho«
oiinum
 Lib.i. ^gyptio-Grajcorum. 41
fninum «gger conftrudus & rnultirudiiie dclctus c(l;
Trcccnu cnim & fcxaginra hcminum miliia, vt aiunti
ad id opus dcputata funr, quod viginti fcrme annis ab>
folucrunc Pccuniaomnisad opusciuBimpcnfa, vt olcra
tantum hcrbafquc (is cnim cibus opificum fuit) ad
millc ctfcxccnta talcnta cxccdiire dicitur Prxtcr hanc
:

funt ct alix, cxquibusalixalijs funtminorcs: At nemo

corum, qui ftruxcrunt cas Pyramidcs, in ijs fepultus
tradirur: Quidam, vt cx codcm ante rctulimus, maio-
ris aifcrunt Armcum cxtitilfc conditorcmj fccundac

Amafim, tcrtia? Mafum? quam volunt quidam Rhodo'

pis Scpulchrum fuillc : Vcrum dc harum Pyramidum
audoribus nil ccrri ncquc apud incolas, ncquc apud
fcriptorcs conftat. Hadcnus Diodorm : Nos tcmporc^
antiquidimo, ncmpc co? cum populus Ifrarliticus in
^gypto latcribus coqucndis ct ftipulis pcr agros con-
gcrendis farigaretur, cxtru<5{;as clTc, colligimus potius
ad opum oftcntationcm, quam rcgum Scpulchra : Bar^
hAVA Pyramidum, inquit Martialis, nicatmiracuIaMem-
phis, ctc: Omnis Crcfarco ccdat labor Amphithcatro*
Vcrum Amphithcatrum illud , non minus prxIuHrc
opus, nunc in rudcrlbus fcre pofitum cft, Pyramidcs
vcrdj quae tot millibus annorum antc Amphitheatrum
flctcrant,adhuc perdurant intcgrx: Ab ingcnio itaque
rubtiliHimo, ab animo vcrcmagno,cc amanulargi(Iim«
has profluxidc, ab cffcdu patct : Plinius L'b.2^.c.ii.
ait, Pyramidcs illas in iEgyptonihil aliud fuiile, quam
Tcgu pccunia;*ocio(am ct Oultam odcnrationcm quippc
•

cum facicndi cas caufa a placrifque tradatur, nc pccun(<

am fuccc(Toribus aut ^emulis infidiantibus prsrbcrcnt.
Qup*^ ^^''o '"tc*" mundi miracula numcratum cft non
immcrico, hoc opus quoquc ab artc miraculofa, cum
csetcra omnia corrcfpondcant, pcrfcdum, mundoquc
protcAimonio quafi icrerno rclidum elTc, rationi con-
fonum cft. Vcrum de his fatis : Vt cjctcra opcra ^Cgypti
luagnificenciffima prcetercamus, inprimis fufpicicnduni
H 2 cft
 5t Hicroglyphicoriim Lib. i^;

Templum ^^ Semiramidis Balfjlonic<e, qux ct Aegypto impcra-

BeliBabi» ^'^» tcmplum lovi Bclo eredum, \n cuius fummo trcs
ingcntcs aurcas ftatuas lovis, lunonis, Opi.'q; crcxit,
hniti,
quarum lovis, vt Diodorm inq')it, adhuc cxtat longitu»
diocpcdum4o,millc5rf^y/o«/or«/»talcntofum pundcris x
Opis fim^iiponderc in fclUaurca rcfiJct, ad cuiusgcnua
duo adftai^t lconcs, iuxtaq-, fcrpcntcs argentci ingcntis
mjgnitudmis, pondcris quilibct eft talcnrorum "o lii-
nonis ftans fignum pondcris cft talcntorum Koo Huius
dcxrcracapiitrcrpcntistcnct/ccptrumlapideumnniftra :

His omnibus communis crat mcifa aurr a manu f*(^i>

Jopgitudinis pcdum^o duodrcmi Ijtirudinis, pondcris
Calcntorum 50. Et ciunnodi plura, qux Diodorus ct alij
fcriptorcs rcccnf-nt: Q^x ctfi quis ad Dcorum gcnnli-
tiorum cultum vfi'atum rcfcrar, tamcn Chymica om-
nind cllc, quo ad origincm ct inucntioncm, cUriffinx
conftat : Bclus cnim, vt anfe narratum, cx Acg^p-
ti;sSaccrdotibus in B^bjlfmam colonias ct facra Ac-
gyptia dcduxcrat ; Vt ita ars Acgyptij arcani confcia
codcm tranflita fit ^ Adharc Iupittr ct luno funt con-
iugcs, nihilominus fratcr ct foror ^ Sic ct Saturnus O-
pifq; qux matcr cft vtriufqj Saturnoq; lapldcm proloue
obtulit dcuorandum ; In aurra rcucra fcdct fclia, ciq^
adftantlconcs ctfcrpcntcs addam, vnus volatilis, altcr
;

non ; dc q jibus Chymicorum libri fcatcnt, idcoq^ hic

non rcpctcndis At cur Opis dcxtra caput fcrpeniis tc-
:

vcroLjpidcumfccptrum l Qiiia itaoportuic

nct, finiftra
hicroglyphtce adumbrarc, dc qua rc ct jncuiusmcmo-
riam hxc fimulachra pofita clknt : Sccptrum alia? cx
auro cft, fcd hoc cx Lapidc, qui auri patcr cft fubtcr
ct fupra tcrram Opis kutem vrriufqj matcr : Commu-
•

nis cft mcn(a omnibus aurca ; QiJjs cx ttibus duo, ctcx

duobus vnum Ht : In Acgypto quoqj apud Hcliopolitat
(cardcm cnim Hcliopolis ct Thcbx funi) prifcis tcm-
poribus inucnta cllc tradunt ct irx ct doloris Mcdica«
incmajldccq) Diodorm inquit,HotneiunD apud Acgyptt-
os
 .

o^commcratiirwfinxiirc ab Helenam pT3^f«tfcrum ob-;\/'^*^^^,

liv ;oiitrn Morioncm Teltmacho&mm, NEPENTHES medicifta d«-
dJcTa^in j
Hjcrjtionenon immcriro omnia hrtc opcra c- lorifuffa
a^
jurjrm Mef^icamcnti vi ct facultate produfta clfc augu- Aeoyptui /Jr-
ramup; M^dicamrncucnim^quod Animi dicirur, infcrip- nJ/fftit,
tidnc ^rwtw^r fupcrius rclata,- fi rrae^ cr dofori mcderur, fi
( vr linus Lacmius annotat^ cft jrgritudinum homi-
num tum animitumcorporis cfficax mcdicrnaj quippc
quod pcrturbarioncsomncs cxpellitj bonolqucviro5,iJ
cftjslicni noninvidos cfficit fimi!i:crctconfcrva*}fiquo-

q iCjVtidcmtcft3fUr,corporcos'humcrcs, fi quacxccllc-
lunt, adarquatctconflituitjimbccillcmquc fcncdliim va-
"^lentGm inducit ctconfirmar, Cur non hcc qu6quc,quod
y „^. AttrtA
-inpotcnriacxiftir,iHaflumdcducat/ V^cncrcri» Acgyprij
^'^^^
cxantiquonomincaurcam appcllar.t,agrumqucciTccon-
ftataurcacVcncrispropcyWlfw;!/?;»»: NonfirtcCaufa Sar
turni cxcntcrati abjcdum pondus>vndcVcnus nata di'
citur,aurco dignantur nominc ct hohbrs quia rcvcra
•,

matcrcflomnisoclriPhilofophfcj; Habcrcriim Cupidi-

ncm, quiDijsaurcisquoqucdominatur, inquci;s libidi-
ncm inccndit : Notandus & mbs mcdicandi pueris apud
•Acgf ptios • qui pro pucris aegris Dijsquibufdam votafa-
ciunt, acfipucridc morbo cuafcrinr, raduntcaprllos ac
in auro argcntovtf poncntcs dant rrunus Magis
QiKc huc vfque maxima cx parrc cx Acgypriorum raonu-
mcntis vtantiquiffimis,ficarcanifiimisadduda fucrunt,
fatis fupcrqucconuincuf|r,omnia illaQpcraadChymfam,

hoccft,Mcdicrnamaurtarn, dcaurco Incdicaracnto cor-

poris& animiagcntcm,proprijffiroc rcfcrri dcbcrc, nul-
lifqucalijs rcbuij nifi perpcr^m, accommodari poiTc:
Vcrum cumnon ncmodcMcdicina,totics inculcatj, clu-
hitarc ^ueatj quafi iHahontantimbroentifif^ nihilqj am-
pliusprzeniteritjquamaliTmcdicina; rioflratisrcvi, mul-
coroagis, fi dc Lapidc Philofophico aat Aurificio fcu
ChryfopxAh<ec4Qobis intclligantur, prieconcepto judi-
H I cio
54 Hieroglyphicorum Lib.i.
cio,ofnniAvana,iriira, necrationi, ncc naturac confcn-
tinca, pronunciabunt nonnulli ) idquc idcd, quod ipfi
moduni pcrficicndica fccundumartem^qus^naturx func
opcrdjnoncapiantautintclligant, ncc artificcscjurmodi
(^pra:tcrvu!gato3,potiiis fraudc& paupcrcatc,quarn vcro
artiHcioct divitijs cclcbrcsj palam adhuc calia ct tanta
opcrantcs, vidcant: His ijfquc fimilibus obicrtionibus
ncgaiivc concludcntibus, ct ab ignorantia jurisct fi&i
(^quodaiuntj dcpcndcntibus ("Cum hifcc xque coclcftia
quam tcrrcftriacadcmfacilitatc ctaudaciacvcrtcrcliccat,
incontrarium tot cxpcrimcntis vtiobiquc cxtantibusj
fic rcfpondcmus: Quod vEcgyptij, corumquc fcquaccs
Grsciantiquifliroi Mcdicfnamaurcam habuerint,qua illi
addivitiasquoquc comparandasvfinnt, prnztcrquam ad
valctudincm corporis fuflcntandam , hadcniis dida (it\B
convincunt, & «b hyQoricis antiquis poft DiocUitAni
tcmporamcmoris; proditum cfl j Vcium hic mcac pro-
pofitionisfcopusnonfuit} nifi forte fecundflrios, qui fe
ipfum fufficicntcrcomprobct/ifaltcm de Mcdicina^quam
priman6mihidcmonfirandamfumpn,conflarct : Vnius
cnim &ubjc<ftimuItar&variacpolTuntc{fc vircs,cfficaciar,
non omncs ad vnam can-
virtutc8,fincsct cfFcdus, licct
demq;intentioncmdirigantur; quod in auro/ubjedo
nobiliffimojconfpicitur; quo mcdici vtuntur ad fanita-
ccmhominiscurandam,fabriadaliaopcra indc confici-'
cnda,alijad ornatum&pofnpam, non pauci ad lucrum
& ccnfura } ('quidcnim nonperficitaurum ? ) Ita & de
Mcdicina illa aurigcna fcnticndum cfl, qua non diffitc-
mur multos iGgyptiorum rcgamad luvum etdiuitias,
necnonldololatriamintroduccndam, & fubfilcntio ar-
canifTimorupi confirmandam, abufos circ; aliosquoque
haudpaucosaddivinamgloriam) proximi vtilicatcm et
corporis humani fanitatcm confcrvandam : A potiori
AUtcm denominatio cum ficri dcbcat y ac plus fir in hac
humanx vitx fragilitatc &brevitate} juxcapra:ceptum
Dcj
Lib.r. Acgyptio-Gr^coram.' 55
Dei) proximum diligcre,ve(c»p/um^eique in neccffi-
tatibus acmorbiS) qui corpU8affligunr,(uccurrereman«
dintis^quamdivitijs folam opcram impendere, & (ibi
vni vivcrc; Idcircohxc ars Hicrito anobis appcl*
lata M E D I C i M A ) quae avircum animi
&
corporis Mcdicamcntum pcrrccit^eo
" '
qucnominelongbtcmporcfn-
vcftigata c(l.

FinisLibriprimi.

LIBEK
 5^ .rftrr:"

^^.^^'

""ttBEH SECVNDVS,
DE HIEROGLY-
GRiECORVM, aC
PHICIS
Primo dc Allegorijj auro magis

I RELIGIONVM APVD
quo-
OmncsGcntcs clivcrfiffiaururn

cunquctcniporc rcccptarum inirium

, a
& origincm primam rcpctamtticxti-
probabilibuscaufis cas fcmpcr
Antiquiilimam vc-
tilTc rcpcricmus
:

tcrisTcftamcntiapud Patrcs antcdi-

xtatc ad
luvium, & poft ab dbrahami
vt vcriffitnam amplcacntcs a
•Jlfraclitas propagatam,

w i^ V I ' '^
^ ^ pj^ Fthnicorum prjtfcitim Idolola-

Ituigentihttt
cm.nonomnmofiaasauttaiuscrcu « ,
r ^ ;

receptif a
VHlctino G^
MercHri§
§rtK
 ,

Lib.2, Aegyptio-Gra^corum. 57
rcm vero longe aliam ilgnificantibus, omncm facrificio<
rum vfum & ritum mutuati funt» dc quibus hadenus fub
Acgypttorum Hicroglyphicis fatis diiucide dilfcrui-
mus.
PraJtcrdidos autcm OJtrfJgm,lftdem, i^Orutn JE.^ptij
antiquiHimi cfiam aliorum Dcorum nomina vfurparunt
prxtcrtim duodccim, ncmpc lovif-, NeptHniy Adartis , ^ ^i^P'
ii.magna-
Mo-Cftrijy yu/cam, Apoilinis^ /»Ho»iffFeft<t, CereriSyVeneriSy^^^
Vian£ tiMfnerv£iC^uoT\ifn fcx funt Mafculini, ^tou-^^.^^'"^'*^^
dcmfxmincifcxuSjijqucDij magni magnarum gcntium "*"'•
credirifunt,pd(l ad Grxcos,&ab hisad Romanos tranda-
ci. Nam vt Natalis tc(}atur, alijs ficbant e ligno fimuU-
chravclHdilii) &nonfcuIpcbantur cx auro vcl argcn-
to rclcborc^nid magni Dij, cum Plcbcij equavis matcria
ficrcntantiquitus. Dc his Herodoturin Euterpe-yDHodecim^
inquitjDeorfimnomina primos ty£gjptios exifiima^e, atque
Gr&cos ab illts cepijfe ? eof^ue primos arat G^ imagines C^
TemplaDijfJibi erextffe*. Quod vcro Grxci, &quinam c% (^f.^^;^^
illis primiadiEgyptiostranficrintjipforum facrainGrac- ^^^ypf,i^

ciam rctulcrint, ipfius Diodori vcrbis dcnnonftrabimuS} dohrinas

Hic Iib.2.cap. 6. Nunc inquic , qui Grzci rapicntia& do* acteperHnt.
ftrinaprxditi in Acgyptum pnfcis CcmpoributcranncrinC'
vc Icgcs & dodrinam iilorum pcrcipercnC) rcccnfebimus:
ScribunccorumSaccrdoccs,infacrisconcinerilibris,tran- ^ ,^
fiircprimumadAcgyptiosOrp&f*»», J/t/iww, MeUmp^- °^* ^
If
dem.DadalMm^Homerum Vocx^m, ec Spartanum Lycur-^^*^''*'*
gum j Dcinccps SoJonem Athcnienfcm, PUtonem Philofo- .t^Pf *^ "^^
phum ac Sumium Pjthagoram Eudoxum quoquc Mathc- '^^^^ *
•,

maricum ac Democritum Abdcritcm, & Inc^idcm Chium.

Omnfum vcrd monftrantur vcftigia, quorundam ima-
gines, nonnullorumloca, cum ab CjS,tum a Jodrina,qua
fccutifuncdcnominata: In Aegypto cene percepcrunt
orani3,qu.TiIIo$apud Grxcosadmirabilcs fccerc. Nam
OrpWwhymnosDcorum plurfiv.osjorgia ct infcrorunFi
fidionetnaccuUlfetradunf' 0/r/W<> fane ccrcmonias cC
ZJwAfx/wcafdcuicirCjfimilcfqj cire Ijiiis Cererifque noroi-
I nibu»
 ,

58 Hieroglyphicorum Lib 2,

flibiistantumditfcrrc Impiorum vco

: pcenasetcampos
Elyfiosct rtatuiruai vfum ab Acgyptiorum fcpulchris
rumptaintroduxit: Aicrcurtnm qiioquc (ccundum an:i-
quos dcninantcm finxit mor uotum animas.Eratmos Ac
gyptijs Afis corpus rcduccntcm aliquid prope aftmti
Ccrbcroibrciirumporrigcrc. Hiiih Orphe» o^d Grsecos
tradu(^is , Homerut Otpheum imifatusjJcm in fuo Poc-
matc fcribcnSjait Afercmium CjlUnium animas Hcroutn
cvocarCjhdbcntemvirgam in manibus: Hxcct n.ultaa-
Jia Dtoelorus de his rcccnfet. Eadcm aut his fimilij apud
divcrfos lcguntur authorcs j Exquibusdc rranfl itionc Ac-
gvptiofu ficrorum ad Grn?cos ccrtiorcs fieripoifumus:

yf'>'^f,fi
r.QjJJndoautcmhcc contigcrit ct qua prim^riaintcntio-
/ nc,f4cix Jifccrncrc licct: ncmpc tum tcmporis, cum
.^ ^
ablqucpcricuIocapitisGrarcisAcgypumpctercct ingrc-
f, ^
diconccirumfurrit, quod vt «nts quoqucmcminimus»
^
PJammuicHtcgySiVvxus cxduodccin uucibus, cxtcros
prino adfefc «dmittcntis , cetatc contigit ; ncmpe circi-
tcr annum Mundi jiZT^.quo ax\v\o F(am?nttichys rcgnarc
cepit, vcl pau^ polU quia 54.annos rcgno prnrfuir ) antc
O/ympianlHminnmm, quod inannum Muiidi j 187 poni-
tur: Hoc tempore Orpheur ex Acgypto di^a ficra irj
GrarciamtranftuIit;necfJuccrcmoniascircafcrtivifatem
Dww^/^cclcbrandas, fedctiam fcicntum ipfaro proptcr
qua facrainftitutaetritus introdudiclfcnt: vtmfcquen*
tibuspaflim apparcbit: Orp^r*»» infccutus c(\ A/u/aur
Lintis^ Afe/ampur ct Homerut omnium Fhilofophorurn
Sex At*th<r antiqjorum, qui mctro vfi funt, fuau fiimus ct ingc-
resp*-i>ria' niofiffimus, qfiibus ct Wr//(;<^/w/ annumcratur: Hi fcx ,
pudGrdictt vt horum fcqnaccs pr.Ttcrcamus, funt omnis Religio-
reli^iQritt fa- nis Ethi icar apud Grrcos Authores ctin(}auratorcs,foC
kuioja, Poematum fabuloforum dc Dijs corumqucfadispar-
ct
tim Hcroicis, parrtm pccoribus dignis involucrotumy
quibus totus fcfc Mundus intricafus fcmcl, vix fc vn-
quam cxtricarc potuit fuis vinbus; nifi Deo piacuflTcC
harc opinioDum dc Di;s monnra pcr Filium (uumj vi-
dorc
Vth.t. Aegvptio-Gr^corum.. jp
ftorctu tsiumphantcm) erucidarC} Dc intcntione au- ,^ .

tcm aUorumauc ^octarum rrifcorum fifubtslius

Orpkci, « .
"

inquirrrcvclimus, rc ipia invcmcmus, iplos non pi.-

rair o3(i cultusilios divinosfcu ccrcmonias rclpcxillc. ^
, , . , /« /1/1 I I ^ qhtjjimorunt,
fcd aJ alu arcanimma lub ift s occultata, nc vulgo
•'^
'

bxc innotcfccrcnt, alijs fjpictitioribus tamrn caufam

indagacionis prccbcrcntj quod ctfi tmllibi a quodam
Scnprorc indicaturn (
fit quia & nc & rcs cccuiti manlit
nomincquidcmcxprciricU j tamcncx dtvcrfis hinctn-
dc co!lc^isindici)s &argumcntish«udobrturis i nobis
ollcndi clanffin c potcrir; vt in lcqucntibus apparcbit:
quibus ctiam non confidcratis, vcl hsc vnica ratio in*
fcllis^cntibus fufficcrct. ncmpc, fi iiigyprij iliud quid
jntcllcxcrintruis(acris& ccrcmonijs0^r»W», Ifidii/^ercn-
rio y Vutcar.a-, /Ipidi cc animalibus qubufdaoi adhibitisj
quamobjcdlaipf.i oculisobvia,ac (ub illis tanquam cor>

cicibusnuclcum vcritaritabfcondcrint; fic&Grxcinon

dctcgumcntis fucrintfolliciri, nifi & corpus tcgcndum
fub illisagnovfircntj Qiiod qualc fucrif, jam antc fub
^gypciorum Hicroglyphicis latic indaguvimus &cxpo«

fuimub : Indc noncfivcrifimile, ant^<^uos illos Poctaf

exinnata militia , aut irrif/onis gratutot adulccria, ho-
tnicidia,incxfius& fcdcrafuis Dijs attribuiifc, vc vc|
Dcos,veI homincft ludcrcnt, au: vitiacjufmodi cnormu
Dcorum cxcmplis propagarcnt, (rum cnim omnium
bip'duai ncquifiimi fuilTcrr) fcdpotius vf domonflra-
rrncDcosillos nonclTcnififidiLios, imiginanoscr artis
occult:e vulgo, fcd fibi lutx, fymbolj ct Etnblcmata
aliud ad oculum, aliud ad mcntcm rcftrcnria : Ne
autcm inania nomina rcbus caifa in mcdium produccic
vidcrcntur, fingulis illisDijs fii^itijsfifigula oftciaqua-
fi divina & vircs iVaturT gcnici icis divcrfas atfcripfc-
runt, ac nihil ominus Vnum Dcum in omnibus iflis pro-
fcififunt: Qupd in antiquifiin is potiiis jpparet, qian
alijst Sic cnim Orpheux adcaptum communcm Dos
fingulos intcrprctatur} acdcindcaddtt quod omnufint
I i vnucn
 60 •
/^croglypliicorum Uh.i
vnumrc, qu!!mvi6nomincfnuIta:Cun>in Cratcrc canit
inhuncmodum;
Deorum Nmcius interpres Cjlleniut ommht4S ip/e e^,
^entilmm Nymph<t:tcjUjifunt,fru?nentaCeres,Vi4lcanm at i^MiSy
cjficia» E/? m.ire Neptmtts canentia itttorapulfans,
Mars bellHm, Faxalma Venus, mortalihus ipfe
'Jaurigena &fuperisaKimicur£ejue levamen
Corniger efi Bacchut convivia Utafreefuentans-
Aurcaiufiiciamtiue ThemiSyreBumepte tuetur :

Sol efi mox idem cont ore^uensfpicula

ApoUo
"Emims C^ peragcns ,c^ Dtvinator Augur, &
Jlforborum expulfor Detu eft Epidaurhts : ifla
Omnia funt vntem.fint p lt4rima nomtna quamvft»
Ommafmt
VMnm, Dcijfdcm Hcfmcfianax.
P/uto, Perfephene, Ceres Venus alma,
eJ- Amorcf, &
Tritonefj Nereus^ Tethjt Neptunus ^- ipft
DeHs vnnt. ,

Mer<:urius,Iuno, Vulcanus, fupiter e^ Pan,

Diana c^ Phabus iaculator,funt De»f mus,

Qilpd fl ifti Di] accipcrcntur propric, vz ha-

igftur
Nota, ftcnus apud Ethnicos confuctum cft? aqua «gnis, &
Nymphx ct Vuicanus? bcllum ct pax, Mars ctVcnu»,
nulfo modo funt vnum, kd divcrfirdma numina erc-
dita, & divcrfinimas rcs rcfpicicntia fcu indicantia; Si
quishxc adDcum Vnumvnivcrrircfcrat, fortcadcoad-
. fi dc potcntia cjua pcr
vcrfantif in cocxcufaripolTcnt,
omncs Creafurjs difFufa accipiantur, at vcrcor nc ni-
mis impropric ac impic id fiat, Crcantcm GBm crca"»
tis,i£tcrnum mutabilibosj Spiritura cum corpo-
cum
ribus confundcndo: Quocirca, rt Dij ilii tam vanj
& diverfi , adcdquediffcrcntcs abinviccm, dc aliorub-
jc(5lo,cuj afquc convcniant cmncs, intelligantur cc
cxpiicentur, prorfus ncccirariuna vidctur; idquc idcm
eOjiii quo Dij Acgyptij ('Grarcorum progcnitorcsJC^yJrAf,
/y//,7;/>^<?w,Mfrf«r»«y,alijquciaterc dcclarati funt) Quod
vtmagisquoq^confpicuufiat circa Grxcorum Allcgori-
 ;

Lib.2.' Aegyptio.Gr«coium.' 6i
•s, quas Pocticas vocant, has fccundo hoc libro et /e*
quentibusnobis illut^randasfumeraus, itavtDijgentiles
fi<fl'cij fuic origini, vt ct vcra Chymia fuo honori vnS c*

adcmquc opcra,reftituatur j nequidintcrimdc Pocfino-

ftro tcmporc rcccpta,quacilliusantiqu3; Cccnx vcilibui
adhuc dcIcdAtur,aut Phiiologis, Arift^rchis Criticis,in o-
rationequamratione magis occupatis,Hynorfci8,ahjs ve
hujufmodi (qui genealogias et rcs gcftas dcorum ct dcaru
nccnon Hcroum ? pro indubitatis, vcris ct irrcfutabili'
bus rccipiunt, amplcdlunturctcxorculantur ,im6 vtCc-
rcbrumlouis indclitijshabcntctadmirantur, immemo-
rcs interim (c Chrillianos ct vcritatemvnam ct fimpli*
ccmelfc) dicamus; Hse cnim fcicnfiscct pcrfonae a no«
bis non obfcurationcm fui nominis , atpotiusiIluftratio«
ne acccptur^c funfjquibus fi non ad gudu dixcrimuS) non
nobifi calunias intcntatas,fcd fibi tcncbrasmcntis crcptas
vclintjnos vthoc ipfisprxftcmus,illxnciftud nobis,opc-
r2 dabimus:Nccputocsecuquid vcri judicij dc coloribus
rcddcrc polTc, idcoquc vbi dc his drfputatio incidif, con-
rultiuslpfi forct/tlcntioquaairidiculo fcrmoni indulge*
rc; Hinc fi quisinhaEcarcanaanimadvcrtcrc vclit, vt ea
cognita habcat> antcquara Ccnforiam vibret, requiricur
iVosquoufquein h^ec pcnetraverimusccmcntect manu,
non noftrum c(l gloriiii/cd Deo hincfacrificium laudis^,
/cujus hoc fit fpccimen ) ponerCjquod ct hominum bo-
na£voIuntati»coramodoccdac,tcncmur. -
-

Cum vcrd h«c tanta involucraactam variapro dig'

nicarc ct amplitudinc materir evolvcre, totqj fcculiscc
fcripris pcrtextarctcxcre,ct ad vngue rclecarc opera futu-
facifct mignivoluminiSjidcoqjfuamoIc laboraturaj id-
circofalrem prxcipua ct magis infigniacxomnibus Alic-
goricis Fortarun» iigmcntis et fabulofis de Dij>ct hcro-
ibus narrationibus nobi» tradanda fclcgimus,non ftylo,
vt alij folcnt,acuto aut copiofo, fedvuigariyadrcmpoti"
us,quam vocabuia, accommodato ,fuccindo) acquc Hc
hoc libro fccundo dcGr^corum Expcditione^ducc lafoRC
1 3 »4.
 ;,

fy^ Hycroglyt:hxonTm Hb.i?

Summn ^^ «areum Vcllu» occupanJum, «urei» pom'$ Hffpcri-
dumy!i\\]((\'^ huiufmodi aurcolis monumcntis agcmus:
aHtnars"
qHfntHm Tcrtio, dcaurca dcorum, dcaruT^q; gcncalogia, ncc noo

ltbr»rHt%
Hcroum ab illis progcnitorum ^uorundam ramis abar-
Mlle^orioi
^^^^ aurcaafccndcntibus Qiurto, dc Grarcix fcilis at (a-
dcccttaminibusct luJif abijfdcm aufhori-
^'^"' vtctiani
Grxcornm
finenti»
^"* ^^ eandcm intcntioncm occulti artificij in(titufi«;
,-. r j Qiinro,def/^rfWt>laborihu5,acfcxfo,fcu vltimodcOc-
TL , cupationcct ExcidioTroix.pcrloniiqjctrcquidtiscoucm
j\^'i' fpcftintibus, brcuitarc qua licct, pcripicuitatc; qua polfu-

Xi^T ^^Sj tradcmusj Ex quibuspcrccptis, fimilciudiciumdc

•liJ8hicnoncxpofKi8,adallcgoria8tamcn hafccpcrtincn-
Lt^ 6
cibu8aq'iocunq;ipfoftatui potcnt.Orphcusvtrcligionis
*l
Allecoriitde
*pudGiJCcos autiiof, ita ctallcgorix dc vcllcrcaurco tx
Colchidc p<^icJO iiwcntor ct cbuccinator pritnus cxritit
Aftre VeUe»
4"'*'^ illcfingulariiubtilitatccxcogitavit, cta'tificiopcr-
reiuf »is
n L; fccitv*adcmprorfu$intcntionc &tine, quodc fimilifub-
Jl

mlu^^rJca.
*^^® rcccntions arvi lcripta quamplunma tdira lunt,
ncmpcvrduplcxincirctfcnfusjlupcrficialis&iccondifus-
ruptV U4
^"P^^ficulis> quilitcraro fcquiturct cft hylloricus, vcj |j
th \ \ij-

/ Ul t
litcram non omnino fcquatur, camcn communij & Vul-
* " * gariafeudcmoribuslcurcrumnaturiscxponit; R-condi-
tusvco adcircniiam intcrnam rcfpicir, & ivulg«cogni-
tioncrcmotaarcanafapicnribus infmuar, minus ingci io
valcntibus abfcondit : Scripfit hic author Cirminc alu
qucq^opcra, qu.r ipfcin Argonauticis rcccnfct, inprnij
cus fummum acumcncc doArinam argucntia; intci q j ,

librode lapiliis, Mcicurij antruro) cxquooninisgencnt

bonarefcicnda nnc,graphicedcpingit, adrovtcmund.T
niirisquicurq-fncrinr,ctnonapitijKaprTOCtuprfti, facil!
olfacianc, dc quo Mcrcunj antrDtbi> dc quo(ubic<^o in
Argonauticisintdligivclit ; Acnosfcricm narrarionts eius
pritis pcrcurrcmuS) dcindc notasabaltcra partc noftras cc
narurx audorumq» cum illis Concordantias addcmus:
lafon patrc natus Aefonc, auo Crcthco, proauo Aeolo,
J4tfi»is j^enm

&edM€4ii; abauo lovc^ matrc Polymcd& Autolyciiiii^, cum Pclias

Ncptui^i

i
Lib.2. ^gypdo-Graccorum. t^
Ncptuni filius cx Tyrrho Salmonci fUia a Crcthco fratrc
Salmonci cducata, natus, lolcum obtinuilTct poft Crc-
thcum,cjuiIoIcum condidcrat, iEfonccxpulfo, Chironi
cducartdus traditur ; Chironaut«m,qui Saturni & Philyrx
Ny mph^ filius crat,ip(u in aric mcdcndi & ad vitae huma-
niratcra rpcdantibus rcbus inflituit jCumquc dcindciu-
vcnis do^rina ct moribus politifimus lafoncvjfiltct, in
; Vcrum quo magis omnivirtutc
aulani Pclix concclfit
cxccllcrctjcdminusamorcm Pclia?mcrcripotuir,quippc
a quo cum fiifpicionc nunquam non obfcruarctur ;
Vt
honcflo prztcxtu lafonem prajfcntibui pcri-
igirur Pclias
culisipfiqjmortiobijccrct, in mandatisdcdit, Vcllusau-
rcum apuJ Colchos cclcbrc fingulari animi fortitudinca
quT tantum iuvcncm dcccrct,ad fcfc dcfcrrc fijpcratis pc-
rieuIisjQlodlicctdurumimpcratu&arduvmfadu vidc-
rctur, animum tamen a^didit lafoni, quod non cx proca-*
citatc proprijjfcd altcrius iutfujcui non parerc nefas forcr,
id pcrigcndum fibi incumbcret: ad itcr
^JccclTirijsigitur
comparatis cum $o. comitibus) omnibus fcreaDijs or-
tum duccntibus, navim confccndit, Argo, Palladis confi-
Ijorabricatam, malum loquaccm e Dodonea quercuha-
bcntem, vt inColchidcm navigarct: OrafolurainLcm- LemnMSy
num primd dcvcnit, vt Vulcanum fibi propitiurorcddc- VttlcAmoff"
rct,moxin Marfiam,Cium,lbcriam,Bebryciam ct Syrtcm cwaprim»
Libyx tpphcuit, vbl cura^b fyrtium naturam navigarc /"""*•
nonpotret, navim Argofupra humcroi fpacioduodecim
dicrum pcr Libyar defcrr^cowportSrunt, donccdicduo*
dccimo rurfiis marc invcnientes illam dcicccrint: Inci-
dcntcs poftca in Ncptuoi filium Eurypy!ym,a quo, quod , ,

proXenioobtuIir, acccpcrunt, ncmpcglcbaroeterra, cx ^^'^^f*'^'

qua pdHilfjIuta inaqua Mcdea mulra vaticinatacft 5 De- ''*/*(*''''
iiide ad Phineum vatcm csecum ab Hjrpyiis irfcdarum ''f*'*«
dcvencrunt, qui a Borcx filijs inde iiberatuscfl : Hic iicct
csecus oculiscurporis tamen mentisacuininc poilcns cur-
fus omncm rationem Afj^onautis deroonflrauit ; quoi
prirottmpctrc Cyancx cllent ndcundX) quat rycBplcga'
dcs
 64 Hicroglyphiconim Lib. 2,
fetrdCy* des fiue concurrentia faxa quidam vocarunt, vndc igni»
ttne^ade-
plurimus fcatcbat,quarum pcriculum cmilTa columba cx-
fp^^ plorarunt : Abliinc Bithyniam ad latus procul rclinqucn-
tci Thyniadcm infuUm, Mariandynosr Achcrufiamj vr.
bem Encrorum,Cararabim, Halym,Irira,Thcmifcyrum,
Cappadcciam,ChaIybc8&innumcraalialocapf*Etcrnaui-
gaucrunt, &adPhanm Buuium, qui pcrrcrramCircxam
deflui(,Candcmq-, ad Aureum Vcllusaccelfcrunt: Cumq»
ad i£etam,SoIis Hlium, Colchoru rcgcm lafon dcdudus
elFctcum focijs, liberalitcrabcoacceptuseQ,etad poQu-
lata lafonis refponfum,feillud VcUut aureum ip(i conccf-
forum, vtpotein inedioomnium,propaIma, po(itum,n
Martc& artc id obtinuiiret • Cumq; pcricula infupcrabilit
fubcudavidercntur,Ipfiustx£<r/<efiliaMcdca bonoanimo
lafonem eife iufTit, ciqj Pharmaca quxdam probatiflima
nodu fuggefiit, quorum adminiftrationc conucnicntc,
omniaquotquot eircnt pciicula, cvafuruseirct :Nccopi-
nio ipfum fcfcUit: Eracautem in Martis luco fufpcnfum
Vellus aureum hortomurisvalidinimis cin(flo, incuius
vedibulo Tauf i ferociiTimi seripedes & Draco denribns
Lexafireum pracJongispervigilcscuftodcscrantj Lcx crathuiufroodi
veUmocsH» pofit* : Draconcm primd interimendum, illi dcntcs ex
ftturofrdm capicc excutiendos; Tauros deindc fub iugum mitrcndoSj
fofiu, aratro tcrram fcindcndam, dcntes illi infpcrgcndos, ac fc-
gecena repcntinam armacorum indc prodcunccm cxtir-
pandam squibus pcraAis Vellus aurcum Vidori concc-
dendum fm minU6,morcem vido oppetcndam cllc
*, : Dc
PhMrmacA Mcdca lafoni Pharmaca quatcrna, primd vn-
^^^^^ autrm

mMdtertfd gucncum, quo corpus fibi pcrungcrcr, & fic a vcncno &
MMededda^ igncdraconis,taiiiorumq; illxfuscvadcrcc Sccundd maf- :

tMjAroni, ^^^ quandam foporifcram, quam fi draconi In fauccs in-

ijccrct, illc ftatim in fomnum incidcrcc : Tcrcid aquani
quandam lympidam igncm raurorum faciliirc extin-
guenrcm :Quarrdimagincm Lunar cc Solis pccuiiari mo-
do fabricatam, quam fi coUo ge(farcc, quicquid in hoc
•perc tcntaretjOptuncfttcccirufUin. Quibus probc ad apca«
cii
 :

Lib*2,' Aegyptio-Grsecorum, (Jj

tis ad vfum, fequcnti dicpugnam aggrciluscft : Magna lafottuptif'

'^
^'
ccjuidcmrolcrtiaopuscratindraconccxtingucndo:Abfq;^^
intcrmiflionccnim Vcncnumcum igncmiOum ciacula-
batur, quoqucmljbetfcfcadoricntcm intcrfccit: Vcrum
cumlafonfcinunxilfct di<fVovngucnto & imagineill^ad
collumappcnfamunivilfct, mai^m illam narcoticam in
os apcrrum iniccit ; Vndc illcfui oblitus in fomnum lc-
thcumincidit toto corporc intumcfccns, Cuicumcapuc
gladio abfcidiirctjdcntcs cius indc cxtraxit: Dcmdc ad bo-
Mcs domandos fucccflit; Atilli moxcornibus pctcntcs ct
ignco perfundcntcs imbrc lafoncm infccuti funt 5 qui
poftarborcm nonnihildcccdcnsaquimcIariiTimam ijsin
feuccs infpcrfit; vndc illi tanquam attonitict doiniticx-
tcmplo ftctcrunt; lugo itaq^coruro colloaptatoccpitara-
tro tcrram vcrtcrc ct dcntcs draconis pro fcminc iaAarc
Vcriim vt fub tcrra fcmen hoc tcdum fucrat,cn cnati mox
apparctviriarmati prodcntium iiumcro, qui cum in lafo-
ncm irrucrcnt, is, vt cx Mcdca didiccrat, parum fc cx pro-
fpcdu corucn proripicns, vnum Lapidc cminus concu- TVmf*»^-
tit,quiduma fibi proximo (c vapulare cxidiroat) iWum rumvnmt^
ftrido mucronc pcrfodit, cuius ncccm dum alius afq;a!i. fidepctitm,
us vlcifcitur, mutua pugnaillosadvnumoroncsoppref-
nt;quibus interfcAis cum nihil amplius, quod velleris «u«
tci raptum impcdirc po(Tct,reftarctjhoc dcniq; potitus in
patriam vnacum Mcdca fofpcs rcdijt, Atq; harccftrciab
iafoncgcftajfuccin<5lanarratio, cuiuspoft Orphcurome-
mincruntct ApoIIoniuscx Graecisct Valcrius Flaccuscx
Romanis prajtcr alios innumcros,quo8 non citamus Alij :

plurcscircumftantiasincxituct rcdituaddunt, quasom*

ncs anncdcre non cft huius loci, ncq; opera» precium:
Quomodo dcinde Mcdca fratrcm fuvm Abfyrtum infru-
ftadcccrpfcrit iuxta Abfyrtidcs mfulas, ct Acfoncm lafo-
nis patrcm fcncm iuvcntuti reftitucrit, aliaq; mira pcrcgc-
rit Argo nauc dorroiens fup-
ac tandcm lafon obicrit, fub
preirus,apud diucrOasannotatum rcpcritur: Itcm quomo-
do Phryxus, (a quo Phrygia a quibufdaro dida aiuuma-
K t«r)
 66 Hicroglyphicorum Lib.2^
tur) arictc Hcllcfponturnvcdus in Colchos pcrucncrir,
aricfcn qjMcrcurio fjcrific: nt ct pcllcm in Martis luco
Af:rcinttf furpcndcnr, quj«n Mcrcui lus dcaurarit a multis fruftra pc-
deaur.ifiic titam: Vcu n nunc ad ca, qujc notibilia circa ha(5lcnus
fcllem, nirraracxittunr,acccdamus: Vbiprimumconfydcrcmus,
quomodoh.Tcab alijscxpofitafucrint: Multiautcm, i;q;
(irnpliciorcs, lijcc ita ccntigiirc rcvcia cxirtimant, lafo-
Exyoftion- ncm miirum, iuilTc, cum monflris pugnallc, ijfq- vi<5Visrc-
liorum. ditlc domum^ Atpcr vcllus aurcum intclligunt vcl oucs
Vtl non oucs, at minc-
viuisaurei coloris, vcl dcauratas ;

rasaurofcrtilcsin o/ium pcllibus purgari folitas;Vcl li«

brum cx pcllc ovium concinnatum, (quam mcmbranam
vocant,) \\^ quo artificium Chymicum dc auro confici-
cndopcrartemfcriptumcircf: Alij hxcprofabulofisqui-
dcm admittuntjfcd ncfcioad quam moruni do(5lrinam dc-
torqucnt, quafi hsecraliact tants inuolucra ad morcsfor-
mandoscilcntcffirtajaur prodcdent; Spnt ctalijqui b^c
omnia pro hicroglyphicis ct allcgoricis accipiunt, fed
non ad morcs, ncc vulgatam phyficam, fed ad occultifli-
manaturx Arcana,Lapidcmphilofophicumciufq;clabo-
randimodum etartcm contincntiactinuolucntia^vtnux
corticibusnuclcumtegir, cxponunt; vtprxtcrccntcnos
Chy miar faucntcs idem attcflantcs, accrrimus quoqj huius
artisofor,NataliS Comcsj aliorumtamcn iudicio, adfir-
mat.: Siccnim lib.<^.c.8. Mythologi^; Tuermt, inquir,
Cur aNata- £]ui ret m lafonis riAviiAtione ^efiM corporum CherKicorum
li non refu- mittationcs (jr atiretim VeUm dem^ poft tot Ubores captum,
tataefl h^c Lapidcmvocatum philofophorM7He[je arhitrerttnr, quifitdcmj^
opimo,vt pla- pofi tot corporum eorum mtttationes. Nosaliorum praeiudi-
ra^altnfor- cio non abdudi hoc vcl illud credere, aut illud vcl hoc
te^uianimis abncgarc prarfumcmus, fed fingulorum horum opinio.
clara ? nes bilancc rationis ct cxpericntix pondcrabimus, vt
Refponf{4m: tandero ad a?quilibrium vcritatis pcrvcniamus : Ad pri-
HyHoriam mjc fortis hy ftoriam fupponcntcs, quod attinct, qui lafo-
none^efub ncm ilfc ac rcdilfc rcntur, Hoc rcipqpfi capiant Loca ;

AureQvel- funt quidcm in rcrun^ natura, qux pctijllc tilcsHerocs

iere» dicantur-
 : : . ,

Lib.2. ^^^vp6o-Giacooimn»
w i -
67
:;-:ijr* qm> cora bxc iiot pcTpcfiu ct coa iia icm- z«cdwsi9«
. "iicaadicztcrjy iaapm Aliiqgon^ f&cufanix vtdc-c^^Wi^;^
. -. «^diA lliiac, V7 paoct kfcia oa^Cdbiis .^iocnds
^rUM*m
C«&^i.. Oa2«v Cfpr#, £M«
Cta&ii lodsoiim ra^t^aie»
; V^G3ll rAiMiU «2i<(|UI ay<|;€XRO loCO pn>- rfj?^^^;.
f ;33 aoisacra:, ct djrioi vtlibiik Jcpro^^jir.
r t:; ;cajpa%pciib s gdGhe ejRim oub

c^ . . . r^gnj}fnwif bTo' . . -irtoiiis iiiiiiu£c rc« .

vtm coGumimt ; ^rtcfur, iGfininiai cfi»

Tcfgpc»
«liqao lciiptorc, quicnai vixcntaROii}-
hr^cris ag^xia polfir - Koo jomB Hftc
r . s prra^ poDtfur mi dmxaolo»
:^ ooibos, fed cofeodaiDcous
. .-^snoi coadian TVwwdxi-
ajracicli,cti«i'orscj: . or.krc JBliiiTrMiccx-
ddiana przj; '? -:•'"-' ^ filij iotcrfbc-
fiist Trtufid t . i^^onDQCiir po-
«""» qia-r l*lius p«e- fafm^fk»

A- ... - : , . - .._.---_: 7 -

roiD, Aiff Tdoti habcimir lo Pceh ^mid)\i di&i

scc capot occ pcdcm i:
rcbos, pctibfus cx-pc:
con&rmat) ik|uitkm ^ie oicncs tx^ :

fucront occ bomiriC^ --: — : :

ax>do rcs ab lUis adu r : : r

q^ hos quoniodocuni:; cxcufc!, c . .:::_:

<]ui £^Mv cca:porc in Xgf pto ra ;o
pctcgriuciiro .£gypto przkclu*, c .ia

snaonini cootigiilc f«buUnciir, cc ru.c A :x

cxpcdidoni imctfuK ? Aui (i pcr dsrnr.d.:...^ -n .

tcuUos Hrrti^i ficcrc, (vt cc SatiircoS) Sotcs, Apoili-

ccs, Mcrcurioi ct his (im}!? jjid PoLttx
iatcihiit Argonauris, ctH' ooooc-.:.'i
K 2 TroAt* .
 68' Hicroglyphicorum Lib,2.
AbfHrdaad T^ou».* expcditionis j Si dcos probtucris, nihilcontra-
hteramvel diccrc potcrOjfihonnncs, nimislongxvi vidcnturjf/f-
^^^^* ^"''^ ^*"'^ *^ minimum 120. annorum anus cdcn-
hjiioriAm,
tula, cum bcllum Troianum cius non rcftitutx gratij
*

a tota Grarcia gcrcrctur : Cohxrcnt vt arcnae a vcnto

Rej twrfdi^ ^&^^^^ * ^^* ^"^ ^' confydcrctur, vt hyftoria gcfta,

bUes&ttA' pucris, non viris, pcrfuadcri dcbct, clFc tauros, qui ig-

tHrnAdfter' ^^^ vomant, c tcrra rcpcntino ortu, cclcrius quam fun-

/^ giautcucurbit£ crefcant, .fcgctcs &pha!angcs virorum
armatat prodirc, qui vnico Lapidc pcrcusfi fc ipfos ad
vnum conficianc orones Quid dc dracone pcrvigili>
•

qui filiusTyphonisSc Echidnx pcrbibctur, ciufq' dcn-

tibus fcminatis?Quid dc Mcdca: pharn-vacis & confilijs
&
innumcrisalijs diccmus ? An cx illis hyfioriamfacie*
AliorHmex- mut? Fabula itaq; cft &quidcm infulfa, oues ijiaslanas
fltC4fi»» aurcas vel citrinas habuiilc vcl dcauratas fuiiTc, & tantum
laboris fufccptum ab lafonc, vt ijs porirctur : Qm dc
mincris auri eas intcllcxerint, intcr quos Strabo in Gco-
graphia, rcccnfctur, ad rcm propius accedcrunt^Magis
adhuc qui dc Libro ftu mcmbrana Chryfopafam con-
tincntc, intcrprctati funt, vt Svidas : Scd proptcr has
rcs ncmo tanta pcricula fubirct &
tam varia, ncc opus
habcrct Mcdcaj pharmacisjnec lafonjqui racdicum fonat,
a Chironc, manuali cxpcricntia in(Iitutus,ad id rcquifitus
clTct, fcd alius quicunq;,ncc yEfon a Mcdca iuvcntuti rcfli-

Ailecrorica ^u'^* ^l^^f j Rcftat ilaq^ vt ad allcgoricam intcrprctatio-

InterpreU' ncm rcm totam ab initio ad fincm accommodcmus:
tioverif- Non quidcm ad morcs, propric ct primarioj nifi in-
lifff^^
(anirc vclimus, aut illos infani« accufarcj quih^ctalia
ct tanta proptcr morcs linxcrint ; Sccundarjo non
diffitcmur co, vt ct cxtcra omnia, inftccfli pollc: Ncc
ad phyficx opcra rufticis ncta, fcd philofophis propria
&
arcanifiima, Ncmpc Medicinam aurcam dc aurro
animJ & corporis mcdicamcnto agcntcm : Nobifcum
fcntiunt ct qui noB antcccirciunt, (Vt Aloyfius M^r-
lianut
 :

Lib. 2. Aegvptio-Graecotum. 6^
lianus intcfiro voluminc fub Aurci vcllcris timlo edito,
ctqui congclTcrunt tot dc arte Chymica trad^atus, dircr-
fifqj tomis difpofitos Gcrraanice caJem operis infcrip-
tionc vflinpublicam luccm cdidcrunt, alijq* innumcri,
quos brcvitatis gratia hic omittimus) ct concomitan-
tur, quorum fcripta cum omnium tcrantur manibus>
hic non citabimus; Pcrtincre autcm dtdlam lafonis pcr
rcgrinationcm cum pcriculis, rcbus gcftis, pcrfonis &
circumftantijsomnibusad Mcdicinam Philofophicam, &
nihilaliud, quam artificium fummum Chyraicum ctAr-
canum Arcaniilimum ab iGgy ptijs ad Graecos tranilatum,
fubq-, hac allcgoria vcnudilTima dcrcrfptum, in fpecie
Bunc demondrabimus.
lafon qualis fit, nomcn^, educatior gcnus & cffcfta
fafenquis^
probant: Nomcn enttn medicumexprimit, a>iTM/Vr^«i
feu a mcdcnda didunij K»«cnim arscfFmcdcndijNon
quod Chirurgus non fucrit, nec mcdicinam
fatis cft,

dcdcrit Uron, atrcrcrc? vt quidam faciunt, qui idcirco

eum ad mores transfcrunt : Licct cnim non iucrit me-
dicus aut chirurgus, (quia ncc ipfc lafon vnquam in
rcrum natura cxtitit) clfc vcl fuilfc fingitur &'praEfupi-

ponitur: Cunvnominccnimomina convcniunt omnia :

Educatuf a Chironc, quiinmcdicinaipfuminftituif, cia\
HercHlem ct AchilUm quoq; crudiuit, vnius Indoiis ct
famillx adolcfccntcs, hunc ad bellum Troianum iriVic-
tum Hcroa, illum ad monftra domanda aptiffimu:r;
AChironeitaqjnunualcm expcrientiamlafonbaarit; \^ Chiro»
(^
a Mcdca conlilium ct Thcoriam pcrfcdara ad opcri^ Medea/a^
complctioncm nccciFjriam • Ex quibus notationcdig- a,;,,^^^^,
num occurrit, tradationcm qualcmcunq; manoalcm, ^„^^ «y^^^^.
a Chironc pcrccptam, in hoc operc invciligando prac- ^^^f
ccdcrcdcbcrcThcoriamperic(5^rfm aMcdcainllillatam;
Thcoria cnim perfc(fla pcrfcctam praxin prsccdlt,ct hxc
non illara. fcd thcoriam pcrfcftamcrrorcs muitiprjecc-
duntj Hicnimfuntquafi raagiftrict cafligatorcs inartc;
K 3 errorcs
 yp Hieroglyphicorufti .Lib.i»
crrorcs vcr6nonagno(cunturjni(ifx rrsxi fipc tcntafa
& rrpctita ; atquc iic apparcr, qiiod Chiromf iislljtHtio
pra-ccdat Mcdca: confiiia pcrfc(5ii(Tims . n rc quoq; labo-
rc«artificisordintnt&difponam ; Gcr.L-seftcxgcncalo-
gia Dcoiucrj j /4i>avffscDim patcrnus cft Infitcr'^ Foljnnda
cj niitcrjquaiimulciconfilija^Tignatur, Apitolya ^Im^ cx
StfyphoyJE(lo&L /cj/frquuqucdefccndcns j SicfublatOiEo-
/e?,vcI/oz/ifgci:US /*»/<">/; anulloincipitj C^xVo« quoquc (i
jiunquam (uit, prarccptorcm non habuit ; qui far c ncc in
rcrum natura cxtiiit,(i Satarms non cum Phy/jrfNymphi
AvHt brutum,Equum,vcrrus coivitjaut nunquam vixit: A^le'
lAede<t in

Sol. dea fimilitcr, co'njunx lafomfy Solis & Occani ncptis cft 5
Patrcm habuityEctam, afulgorcdidlum, cujus fororcs
Paftphae, MittoisvxoT) qua^ Minotaurum cdidit, & Circe ,
vcncficio tranfmutans homincs in belvas ; matrcm laiji^

lafonmeeU' '*'*> acognofcendo

nominatam- Cognitio cnim cqvS\\})
^^j.j^^^;^^>^ matcr: Taks itaqucparcntcs, magilUr & vxor, lajoni
aureaartifex futuro mcdico& rcrum naturalium indagatori accrrimo

Deorum ^//» convcnicbant. Nunc ad cfFcda cjiis pondcranda vcnic-

Arionauta, mus; Quinquagintailli jtincrisComitcs ciiguntur, fcie

omncsaDijsorti :At cur illud? Forfitan quii i!la aetas

Dcos protulit ? Non opinor fcd quia ita Poctx

.-
Orpheo
hbuittantosparcntcsluisArgonautisailignarc, nc vidc-
rentur cx humili loco orti/cd aurcolac elfc familia! j Cum
cnim omnifi vcl Acolus, vcl lupiter-i vcl Mercurim^^JcX alij
DijautDcx/Vymphn^vc progcnitorcsIint,quis illos, vt
vcros, nonagnofccrct.' Apud Ethnicos ncfas (uitrct ip-
Dcos.apud nos licct;& addimus, quod ncc Dij
fos ncgalle
ncc homincs fuciint Argonautarum proavi, Vt lafor.is^
Hercftiis^HyUiAethalidiSyAmphioniSj Augu,Caiiis, C^fto-
• rts, Cepheijphicii , AefoKiT,Lyficei>Meiea^^ri,AIop/iy Peia,
Ar£onavis Poilucis, Teiamonis, Z<ra/&rcIiquorum 5 Argo nacis fa-
<ju<c, bricatur,qU3Eprimadicitur, cxDodoreiqucrcu,cx qua
oracula rcddcbantur,indcmaium loquaccmct Fatidicam
habuitj idquc primum cft conlidcratu dignum; quia
Orphei calamo Poctico ct fatidico cxtru(f^a crat; fccundij
quod
 :

Lib.2. Aegyptio-Gf3?corum. ^i
quod Palladis confiliofabricatadiciturjhoccftfjpicntirt}
tcrtiu quod tanta molcsa 50.viris portari potucrit pcr dc-
ferta Libyx pcr 12. jntcgros dics :guartum,quod Cjthata
&cantutantuOr^^« gubcrnarafit; quintUjquodtandcm
prx vcturtatccorrucnsAz/tfww (lib ea dormicntcm op-
.rclfcrit; ctfcxtum,quodintcr(ydcrarcIatafit, vbiadhuc

/idctur: H;ccfinguJanavigium,quaicfucrit, fatiscviden-

:cr dcfcribunt; ncmpcab Orpheo fabricatum, fcdum,&
inxtcrnam rci mcmoriam fydcribus infcriptum : Circa
curfum multa occurruntj At cur lafon Mcdicus Lcmnum
primo pctljt? Ncmpc, quod additur, vt Vulcano litarct;
Vidcruritaque totaresad F«/(r<a««wpotius,quamali6 fpc-
d:arc: Syrtesf.tSyrems, ScylLi, Charybdis, itcm Petr<e er-
'^antesCy:ine£, funt pc)"icula maris, quxloca omnia prae-
crvc(5l:idicuntur,(9^y)6fopu!fantc Cytharam: Triton do-
:uit illos, quopado fcruaripolfcntj VhineMsVgitcscxcus
'iam ipfjsdefcripfit ; Mopfttsjdmon, ct Amphiaram,cti^C}
/"atcscxcomitibuscrant. Curglcba oblati ab Etirypylo„
V<f/»/««i filio? quia terra Philofophicapro Xcnio data,

icetvilisfir.non repudianda; Datur a Neptuni^\\o,c\[ih

icdecet-j Ex aquacfnim fitterra: Atquid Mcdca vatici-
lata eftex hac gleba in aqua diifoluta J Qualis rcditus,an
arofper, anfecus, inpatriamfuturus, ctquis exitusopc-
is; Nificnim cx aqua tcrrafiatetcx tcrra iterum aqua,
"ruftralaboratur^ Exdiiroiutione igiturtcrrac in aquam
nultaprxdiccnda erant Medcxfcurationi conniio prac-
lanti: Addunt nonfoIumiV-f/)f«»i filium ^urypylum ^e-
JilTchocdonum Argonautis, fcdetabalio iV^;)/««/fiiio,
Euphemo fufccptum & fervatum eirc : Natura cnim na-
:uram ducit, et laetaturfua fimilinatura: Sicnon abfque
rationecft, quodP/^iV^fw/abHarpyijsmfeflabJtur, a qui-
busncn nifia Borea filijshbcran potuit, quod et fadum;
a Calai& Zete cnim Borca^ fi::jS Harpyia fugatne funt
N^m^eminusve»tusvetiire<iel>et,7t Bafilius Valeijr:tcftatur
6. clavc, Vttltnrmsdinut , ac deinde fimplex^Hotur appelU"
tus,qutal> Orienteet MerfdieimpetHo/efptrai>fint,<juorfimmo^

li§ni
 ,

ft Heroglyphicorum Uhz
ti§neceffayiUitavtex aerefacla fit ac^ua, aud^Sler cofjfides,

tjuodex/pmthahcorpora/e fiet : arquc tum Harpyia crunt fu-

gata,hoc t ft,partes volati[c$volarc cclfiibuju ; Memora-
bilc quf quc cft,quod Petra Cjanea^ qux Syinplcgadcs
fcufaxa concurrcntia vocantur, du3ccxiftcnte«,at vnacx-
i(limata:,rorcntadcunda?j Sinchjsfaxiscnmi Viilsadfco-
pum prxfixumpcryenirinonpotcftj qux funt vnumcf-
fcntia,duoracionc; Illorum periculum cmiila columba
cxploranduracrarj quiaflammis& ignc fcatcbant: Ita
&convcnitinopercPhiloIophico^ Nam columba albt
cmittitur,qDx dcritarc docctomnc periculum: Albcdoc-
nimfpiritusfugcrcnon pcrmittit fccliccm opcfis cxi-&
tum praenunciat Quisvcrotandcm pctcndusfcopus fu-
:

it l Fhafis, atirifcr fluvius, ab Hcbraico Paz^ quod aurum

ronatjdcnominatus; atquc Scjthia ex^m^«?r»wcoIonia,
in quai£craColchorum rcxrcgnabat: Uicunturbcnigne
a Phryxi filijs acccpti & ad iEctaro dcdufti : Qniex Solc
iiatus Occani filiatn in vxorcm duxcrat^cx caquc Mcdcam
progcnucrat; Solis itaquefilius huncThcfaurum polTc-
dit; Nilmirum;quiaSoliproxima loca noflris mineris
refpIcHdcnt ad Medicinam aptis : Promittitur quidcm
vcllus aurcum/cdfupcratispcriculis; Illis autcm; quia
magna erant,quamplurimifuccubucrant: Draco magiii-
tudinenavis, qux quinquagintarcmis agitatut) pcrvigil
occidcndus crat : Hocopus,hiclabor:Quistantaro bcQi-
amaggrcderetur,nindivina Paltadis atteacAfedea confl*
liofrctus «'Nonoputfore arbitror,loca adduccre autho«
rum,vbi noflrum magnum draconcm inculcant,quz fuiit
innumcrajProcxcmplo tamen videatur Lull qui Thcor: :

tcCttC.6, Dehistrtbuff inquit, rebus filimagnum draco-

nem extrMhefy tjui efiimtium radicale, &
principale firma
Mlterati^nit : Id ; C. lo. Et hac ratione Allegorice oportetdi»
cere^quodmagnHS Vraco efi de quAtmr Blementis &c, Et
Cap. 9. Inifto /ujuore reEltficatur magnus Drace: Itcm cap,
51. Ef »» omnihus habttat D raco , fcilicet Ignis , in tjue efi

Uifitnofier AerittSjhac propriet^if efiin orrmbHs Afundt eom"

pofittt-
 ,

Lib'. !• / egyptio-Grsecoi iim.^ 76

pfifff -f; Ef C, Sh i^f MenflruaH fceteKti ignis contra Htittt~

rafn <f//, ijiu quendam Drctconcm

to-.Hm Upi.icm nojlrum in
tranfmutatyfo>tem g itiurefHm^qtii ingrofjat ^- tmpr^gmt ma-
t'cmlu4m'. ^i:a!ij Draconis, qui nonmoritur, rifi cum
ffitrc ctforoTcfua interficiatur, rafpiflrnicmcm ncrunt:
HicigirureflDraCopcrvigil malla quidam narcoticS in
fauccscius imniiinropicndus ctcxtingucndusj Vcncno-
fasrft, iJcoqii£a^fli:ulctha!i9; igncra j«cuUtur , hinc
tidu mctucactjsj dcntibus prjsjcutis minatur, quibus
cxarmandcbct: VccumMedicus Philofophus a RemtSala-'
lafon^
M^rdca .ff u ratjo.ic, Lunx fefji a Mr-
auxilia pripfcntiirimi acccpit j
& Sohs imagincs coIlogcfUndas, viigucntum Apyrum, AeadatAc^HU
quv:)fcmungcrct&libam foponTeramcum aqua Q\2ii\^\- fi^mficntl
mi,^uladc virginis omnc inccndium arccntc ctcxtin-
gucntc : His munitus rcmcdi's trucidaf Draconcm,ciquc
dcntes cxtrahit j faJc qi.iidrcvcra in hac mcdicini con-
tingit: Seminiumenifunoftracfuturx rcgctisvthabcatur,
ncccdum cl^, quod fcminandum in fuam propriam tcrram
poOiBoJufnfrudlus dabit: Hoc autcm fcminium artc
cx DraconC) vclur dcntcs, extrahi dcbct : Qup habito,ad
Tauros domandos aeccflit/4/tf«; Quid vcrd pcr Tauros
intcnigatur, jam antr fub Apidis Hicroglyphicojadmo-
naimus : Hoc cnim cft vcram fubjcdum Mcdicinx aurcae
nncqao nihilHt) paratis quoqucDraconisd?ntibus:Do*
manJiitaquc fuiiofi &igniuonii Tauri& fubjugum mit-
tcndi Qjid multis? ^cmininm antc p»ratum hifcc Tau-
-

ris fuit tcrrx tradirur, & terra circuravcrtitur, quoadfuf-

ficiUj tum habilis c(l ct difpo/ita ad fruftus tcrcndos:
lifdcmautcmauxilijs [afonvCus cft infubjugandisbobus,
qucisinfupcrandoDraconc^Potifli.Tium vcro rcmedium
fuit illud Pcntaculi gcnuscura Solis& Lunximaginc,oc-
cultaquadam vl ct^proprictatc confcrcns contra virut
tantorunmonftroruin ; quodfi quisacqjircrcpuflir,dc
vidoriancdubitctj quomodo autcm potiatur, doccnt
Philofophi futs libris , cum loquunturdc i^olc ct Luna
eorUinqu: conjundione^ naturali diiroluaonc, inrcbus
.. L radica-
 74 Hieroglyphicomm Lib.i,
radicalibus fun? naturx, fcu in primam matcriam rcda-
ftionc; qu.T cum vbiqucobviafintjnonfunt a nobiiad-
duccnda. Scminc jam tcrrxtradito, En armati cnafcuntur
viri : QLiidhocoftcnti?Antcquamcnimperfc<Sa mixtio
fiat)Cum fintduo contrarijs viribusprxdita^tumultuantur
&rixantur intcr fcfc? hoccftjflrmacapiunt-, Exlitcfiqui-
dcm&amicitia Empedoc/es ottinc gcncrationis & intcri-
tus initium dcduxitj Lapidc vcro tanguntur,nonIigno,
ncqucfcrro* pcculiariscnim vislapidis c(},quia croinus
fcrit: Et ficarma tcrrigcnarum convcrtit m ipfosmct,
doncc proprio ac mutuo cadant prariio , hoc cd , doncc
afccnfus & dcfccnfus vaporum nodrorum cclTarit, &in
fundovafis vna fubdantiainvariabilis & 6xa pcrnfanfe-
rit: Qua habita, nihil obftat, qud minus Vcllcrc au-
rco quzfito frui poffit : At quid cft Vcllus aurcura? Li-
pis Philofophicus, fumma mcdicina corporum hu-
'^'
j 'J'*'''
manorum : Ad Mctalla cnim mcdicus non rcfpicit
mmtjMtd/ie'
curanda: Mercurim hanc pcllem inaurarat aricti , qui
n§t4nt,
Phrixum in Colchidcra portarat, dctradam; quam
alijfuilTc candidam, alij purpurcam cxiftimant : At
rcrifimilc cfl prius fuiiTc candidam poft purpurcam
,

fadtam, cumaJ/<rrcm# dcaurata circt; In his cnim

duobus coloribus tota cdartis intcntio: Ftr^i/ius quo-
q]ic Gcorj^, 2, mcminithujusccrtaminis /<y'&»^, vbi fic
canir.

Hac/oca non Tauri fpi^antefttaribHsignemy

immaKti dentibM hydriy
Inverterejjatif
Necgaleis^denfijque virHmJegeshorrutt hajiis,

luMartisIucovcIlusillud fufpcnfumdicitur, quia Marti

facrum Martisroburct conflantiam in ignc obtincat.Circa
reditummulraaccidilfc mcmoranr, Fratrcm Abfyrtum^z
yl/f<^r4difccrptumin partcs, cafquc fcopulisimpofitas:
Sic Tj/j^cw fratrcm C>/r/<^^w,vt antc diximus, quoq; divifit
inmeajbra,quac/y5"jrccolIcgit,vxorctCoror OjiriMs; Hic
" • pitcr
Lib.2. Acgyptio-Gr^corum. 75
pater filijartusrccolirgerc cogirur.-Eadcratiocn vtrobiq;;
OmnU cnimruntvnu.Antiquifllmifcriptorcs,quiomnla yarieus
harc la/ottisfAcinor», tanqoa fada.accipiunt, vtpotcad rc- ScriptorHm
Iigioncmcoriirpcdlantia,ctfinclabcfa<5lationc rcligionis dereMtu
non rcfutanda, mirc hic fc torqucnt,*vt omncm {i\f\x^\c ArgonAUtArn
prrcludant, cum dcrcditu Argonautarum divcrrimodc
fcribunt:Nam //rr^?^*'/»/ in Argonauticis pcridem marc
illo8 rcdijlfc tradit,pcrquodprofcdiruntinColchos.//f-
cataHfMiUJifisvo\ukcPhaJs<ieingK(tos clfc inOccanum,
indc in Ni/nm, indc in MiTcTjfrrhentsKf, pcr quod dc«
lati funt in patriam : ArthemidorHS Ephejim hos mcn-
dacium diccrc inquit j
Fhajis Oceanum mini'
quoniam
meingrcdiatur: Alij vcfd longe alitcrdc rcditu corum
rcntiunt. Exquibuspatct, quod fabula,mflar Polypi in
magna famc^ic ipfam corrodat.ct vt mancam rifuj intclli-
gcntiucxponat.TaccantitaqucScriptorcSjhyftoricii/^oc-
tat Ethnici, quotquotfuntprjedicarcfuos Dcos ct Hcro-

«s,quosnos Chriliianinonrolumcx fidc noftra firmiin<

ma, rcdctiamcxnaturxopcribusctartis circuroflantijs,
nonproDijs ncquc hpminibus agnoicimus: Taccant
€}uoquc inconfydcratifnmi quiq cx rcccntioribus , qui
•

cum Chriflfani clfc vcIint,cjurmodi tamcn fafla

flupen-
dactincredibiliapcrfonisaDijs ortis &
dcduAis, tacito
cum Ethnicisconfcnfu? attribuunt, caquc propugnarcy
Canquamfacracfidciarticulos, audcnt: Sunt qui dicant,
quod Argonauta? peradlis omnibus ruperatifquc pcriculis
inCoIchorumregioncpriusinlflru, dcindcpcr ilium in
/fir<<?«;nivigarint, &c6pra:fcrtim, vhi SatHr»Hm voca-
bantantiqui, vbi laccratus fuit AhfyrtHsiAb A/ctHeo dcindc
hofpittofufccpti, Mopfo Cathof^ dcfun^isvatibusambigui
dc navigationc ac falutc dofti fucrunt a Tritene, c,uo pado
fcruari polTcnt: Poft in Cretam navigarurt, quo in
loco cum iili itcr a Talo ( arrco viro tanu cclcritate
pcdum prsrdito vt tcr quotidic totam Infulam circtJm-
icrit ac hvit icgcs dcportarit j praccludcrcfur, pcr
Mcdcae Vcncficia illo dc mcdio fublato pcrvcncrunt in
L * Acgi-
 :

75 Mcroglyphicorum Lib.i
Acginamacindc inT^^j^i//'»», arquc ita dicunturin pa*
Iriam rciijllc, qu;»m navigatu^rcm duodccim mcnfibus
^iod dicitur^ipfos ingrtlT-iS Iftrum in
abfolvilfc fcrunt.
Ad?ucnnavigairc3?q*icrjbulo(umcrt, quamquodcrcdi-
turcoscx PhafidcingrcirosOccanum^ ac dcinde inNiiij,
ac port in Tjrrhtmm mare , aur quod fanto rpano navim
portarint doncc marc navigabilc attigcrintjlftcr cnim non
cx Adria proccdit, fcd fylva nigra, cx qua in Adriam pcr
fummaEuropar montium cacumina tcnditur, jra vt ni-
mis dificilc fucritArgonautis, coufqucArgo navcmpor-
SemxiH- f*^<^» ^^^ dcindcM-dca Pcliam fcnem Rcgcm filia-
ventutirefii- ^^ ^"'* juguiandum pcrfoafcrit, cumfc illum juvcncm
tMtHf 4^^-rcdditurampromifcrit,ac jugulatum
rcliqucrit; ^onem
^^^^ rcro /<</<?wipatrcmjuv-cntutircftitucritco(5tum,au(ipfum
74/^»rmfcncfccntcm,abalijsatqucalij«traditur: fic caitn
fcribit^qui Rcditus compofujc

IffafeneSlfitemfiudio dete rfere novity

'

ThArmaca vhi coxit permnlfa iehttil^fts Aftreir,

Eode modo ty£[ehylHs in Bacchi nurricibus,natriccslpfa8

Bacehi vra cum viris illis codtas fuilfc, inquit, ct ita

ab cadcm juvcntuti rcftitutas : ^^cmadmodum ctiam

dc D ienyfo ci Ofirtde, quijdcm cft, alibi rclatum cft:
Scncm rciuvcncfccrc in opcrc hujus Mcdicinae mul-
tis in locistcftantur authorcs
i:iprimis Balgus intur-
,

ba^quij Accipe ^ iHdm

inquir, arhorem aWam.^tdtfica ti
domum rotundam, tenebrofam ^
rore circumdatam , C^
impone ei m*\^na atstis hominem centttm anttorum , C^cUw
de domum y ne ventus aut fulvis ad eos perveniati deinde
dimitte eos in fua domo 80. diehus-^ Dico vohis in verita-
te j ejuod Senex ille non cefat comedtre de fruuu Arhoris
TempMSfM' illiur , donec iuvenit fiat : O cjttammiranda Natura, ejua
vigatioaif iUiur Srms ammamtn corpus iMveniietrav(form.iVit ,^ pa-
j4r^9miH' terfiliHt faSlus efi : BenediBus ftt D E p^ S Cre.it/frPp-
tic*, timttt, Tcmpus navigationist^amcclcbris mirum cft noji
cxctlljilc
 .

Lib.i Aegvptio Grxcomtn. 77

mfnfirsjcum Sdlomonistcmporctcrtio quo- -^Be^triade
cxccfTiifc tt.
qijfanno navigtioncs In f ndiam vfq- inftitutx ct aib(Q.aurcumaits
luiac fucrinf; Vciu.Ti iuconucnitcum opcrcphilolbphico tlf^truiM/»,
vt plurimufo, li ccttLfa bcnc habcant ; lafoni quoq^
fc

templa in multis locis crc<5la circ cx crcdulitatc Ethnica,

lcgimus, prxcipueapu3 Abdcram Dcniocriti patriam;
Qine fupcrfunt dc lafonis coniugio cum Giauca Crcon-
ti:i rcgis Corinthi fiiia, Mcdcic in pclliccm vindi(^a
& lafonis fato, ncc non alis ad hanc allcgoriam pcr-
tincntibus, cx'J'amdi(5lis& illuftratis luccm abundc ac-
cipicnt; Cum
vcro Orphci, huius allcgoriaj authoris,
rcfpcdlus fucrit ad poma Hefpcndum aurca) (quia cc
oucsctmalaapudGrafcos t**>>»i'* liy :>(j>u»tv voccntur,) cius
tcmporc cclcbcrrimi & roagnam aurcae mcdicinse par-
tcm dcclarwtia, dc ijs nuncpro noHro infliiutopauca
tradcmus.
Intcr Hercttlfs tabores) ab Euryflhco ipfi fatali nc- 2. AHegorU
ccflitatc impofitos, rcccnfctur ct Aurcormii pomorum ^f Anreis
Hcfpcridum hortis ablatio, qux rcscum valdc difficiJis walisHe^e-
fac^u cifct & ab omnibus, qui id tentarant ha(5lcDUS, Yidnm, ^

frullra cum v\t^ pcriculo dcfpcrata ct rciiiJla, foli

Hcrculi mojiftrorum domitori conucnirc videbatur*
Ncc vcro licitum crat, vt pol fub Hcrcuiis Iab#ribu8
latius dicctur, impofitum onus, quantumuis difficiic
ct itnpoflibiic fcichumanis viflbus a?ftimarctur, Hcr-
culi rccufarcNarrant^ quibus jEgyptiarum atlcgo-
:

riarum cura fuif, lunoncm, cura nupfillct lovi, pro

dote arbores quafdam aurca fcrcntcs nula dcdjifc^
quas cum lupitcr in prccio maxime habcrct, vc!!ct-
quc vt in loco tutiflimo ad aetcrnam mcmorijm fcr-
uarcntur, apud Hcfpcridas Nymphas a dracone pcr-
uigili cuftodiri mandjuit : Fucrunt aurcm Hcfpcri-
dcs, Hcfpcri, fratris Atlantis, filiT, Acgic^ Arcthufa
ct Hcfpcrtufa a qnibufdam nominar^ ; Draco, qui
excubias nocf^u, diu, pro pomis agcbat, cx Typhone
& Echidna natus^ ccntuoi capira habcbat, vaTijfq; v-
L 3 tcbitur
 7^8 Hicroglyphicorum Lib.2.*
tcbafur vocibus : Allj addunr horcos eos, qui non procul i
Lixo oppido Mauritanix crant in cxtrctna parte >£thio-
pi3c, AtlantcmiDontibusvndiq-cinxilTc 5 QuiaThcniis
tlli rcfponderat, futurum clfcvr filiuslouiscoaliquando

acecdcrctctaurcamala carpcrct : Herum mcminit quoq;

VirgiliUslib.4.iEncid.

OceAnifiMem ittxtajolcm^ cadentem

yliimtii ty£thiopfim locu4 tfi j vlni maximtit AiIm
Axtm hHmerotorqHtt fiellis ardentihm aptumf
Hinc mtht MafyU gentii monfiratajacerdot
Hefperidttm templi ct*fi*s,epHta/^ draconi
«2** ^^^t &facrosfcTHabat in arhortfruFlt«.

Ad hxcitaq. aurca mala mifluscft Hercules iu^ctcnda,

Alf HefcHle 4"' '^'" cundatusjncfcicns vbi locorum clTcnt, ad Nym-
confHlendi P^** ^o"'^ ^' Thcmidis iuxta Eridanum in quadam fpc-

auatMar. luncahabitantescontcnditjabijrq^fcircicaturcIILr doccnc

Njmphd. Nercum hac dc rc clTc confulcndum 5

Quipoftintcrro-
gatus ab Hercnle, rcfcrc adcundum crfc Promcchcum, ^
NeretUm quoquid clTccagcndura , admonicus cftj NcmpcvC AC-
lanccm ad ca pro fc mittcrct, ac ipfc tam diu cxium, dum
fromethetu. rcdirtft Atla8,funincrct : Vcrum alijs placct, Hcrculcm ip-
fum pod colloquium cum Promcthco cd profcdlum, &
AtUt. Draconc intcrcmpto aUrca dccerpfitfc mala, fccumq; dc-
portaiTc ad EuryQhcum : Qu.x fane allcgoria vt auditu
periucundaeft, itanonproauribusotiofiscxcogitata, fcd
abantiquiHlmistcmporibus vfq^ ad nodram xtatcmdc-
riuaCa) mences ingcnioforum pociiis, quam fcnfui volup-
racc afFccic: Quid cnim auro graciusJQuid pomis vcnudi-
us ?Quid horcis pulchrius? Si quis igicuraudirccaureapo-
ma inarboribusnafci, appccitu quodam innatoillisfrui
dciyderarec : Hinc rci novitas non parum in admiratio-
nem audicoret craxic, aCq; ficoccafioncmprxbuicquam
plurimis rimandi crinquircndi, quis nuclcusfub Camfpe-
dofocorcicctcgcrcturjMuIcicnimcxfichnicis, rcm? vt
narratur,
Lib.2. JByypiio-Grxcomm. 7p
nirratur, non ad litcram^ long aliter interprctati funt • Expojitis
fcd •

Arctas in rcbus Libjrcis oucs fjiiH: (cnfif, qur aurcacno. altorHm,

minarentur, cumq; inhumanum ct agrcftcm paftorcm
habcrcnt,di(flvr runtadraconccullodiri: Vciu m hic voca-
bulo, quadctpoma ct ovcs fignificat fcdudus vidctur:
Piicrccydcs ad poma aurci coloris rctuiit, cui ct Lucianus
aftipulatur.-qud fpcftat quoq; Virgilij vcrfus in cgl : Aurca
mala dcccm mili, crasaltcra mittam : Ex rcccnrioribm
quidam hisrcbus hyftoriam fubclTcfubodorati funt,ncm-
pcquod ouGS fucrintflauo ctaurcocolorc fpcdlantcsad
duos fratrcs Hcfpcrum ct Atlantcra : Alij ad aftronomica
applicant, aurca mala ad aurcas ftcllas, & draconcm ad
foIcmtransrcrcntcs:.NonnuIIiad Ethica ctmorum doc-
trinam accommodant, quafi auari fuas fcruantcs divitias
fint vclut fcrpcntcs aurca mala obfcruantcs. His nos pri-
mumTcfponfum, dcindc ct noftram intcrprctationcm Re[po»fitm
dabimus:Cum fubicda fccundura pracdicata ^xopxlzin* a4 expofiti»*
tclligcnda fint, mirumcft Arctam cx malis faccrc oues; nes tiltcrum»
L'cctcnim hxctilla voccntur Gr^cis a«»'^« tamenlongc
difFcrunt rcbusctattributisj H:ijlanam gcftant fortc aurc-
am, illa aurca gcHrantur ab arboribus : Ncq^ aliquid caufx
cft, cur autliorcs omncs poma proovibus pofuillcnt, aat
oucs pro pomis intclligcrc voluilfcnt? An fortc vnicus
cftanthor, qui fimplicitcr acquivoco ifto vocabulovfus
cftadco, vtdcfenfunon conllct, anPomaanoucsintcl-
lcxcrit, ct non plurcs hulus allcgori:^ mcmincrunt?Ex-
iftimo pcrmultos Lufus itaq; cft nominis ct dctorfio
:

violcntaab arboreofru<^uad pccudcm, quamuiscthacc .

aurcamlanam prxbuiirc,vtanfcnarratumcll,inucniatur:
Atfriuolumomninocft, quodaddit, paftorcmcashabu-
illc inhumanum, idcoq; draconem di(flum : mifcras O
ovc«, quT aurcam habcntcs lanam tam agrcftcra (cnfc-
runt paQorcm ; Sane dignjc fucrunt, qux paftorc caefo
rapcrcntur ab Hercttle : Vtiumq; puerilc eft,crcdcrc pifto-
remtalcro draconcm di(5lum, ctouesrcucraaufcaslanas
portalTc ;
Qui poma cifc fatencur, fed aurci coloris, forre
ad
 8o Hicroglyphicorum Lib 2;
Vc u o cum hic fruc.
ad mala arantla aut citria r^fpiciuMt 5
aur rarus f urnt, lcd
tus pcr fc bonus, non adcd admuabiiis
n^; pro-
fcmpcr,vrtcrnunc,ruislocis natalibusruai.-lpccif
prciiumHisaibot;bustar.tum
pagant, non vidcturopcrnr
draconcm abl.ibit.rn fu.llc;
cuftodi.t pcr nymphas ct
Dcindcdeaurclsmalisrcfcrtur,ctnondcimita..t.busco.
lorcmauriiQuicxhifrcaflfononpica fadunt,
c^lomiu-
riaminfcrunt,quodcxOcilispoma, cicxjolc .iracbncm
arbor. m, qii^m dr^co
fingant; Itacnim cx ca:io ijacm
lib.4. ^lTciu) «mpka.tur,
Ladon didus (cf Apullomus
figurant: M
Hercuhm dicum folem, cuius 12. laoorcs
aducnfentc difpa-
fint . otidcm figna cxk-rtia ; Solc autcm
e qmdcm conucn;unt ;
Scdqui itaopi-
rcnt itcllct ; Oi.ti:r
intciuais, quafi mtcllcais,
nantur n^ibi dc rcbus non
carrirc ct nuRan vidcntur , dcquibusal as:SimiIimodo
qui harcproptcr morcscftaa acdunt primar.a imcnt.o-
v.dcrcfatcntur: Inquibus
nc, inphyficisarcanis fcnihil
ctfi nos Lynccum non
imitcmur, qui acumiiic v.lus ad
divitias fubtcrrancis
intcrioratcrix pcnctralTc narratur,
(pcculatus, tamcn
clavftri8rcconditas,tarquim coram,
nifiSaturnifilianosfaliat, huius allcgGr.at cvidcntiorcin
Explicatig
cxpl.cat.oncm
veriffima.
ctmaeisgcnuinam, qukm ill. antcd.ai,
laborum tolcram.flimum
HercuUs dabintus : Pcr HcrcuUm tot
intcllisiinpritris Artificcm
Mcd.c.nx aurcx
ArtifexU Viaorcm,
infcrius dcmonllrabitur ;
kirioftu. fub cius labcnbus cvoiucndis
ct vittutcs mcul-
Eoiciturprxfuppofito, l.cctad morcs
non incpte quoq; vtcnduni
candas Hercul^ cxcmplo
Atlantem, montcm Mauritanixcclc-
dlcnonncgcmus,
oninisgcncrism.ncra.
bcrrimumcotcmporc, vtadhuc,
Pbilofophicam vfuscft,/cra.
rum,Quaruroad Mcdicinam
Nympharum cnxMirc vcrc allc.
ccm, hortum H#ri^«^>
ATLAS qu.a ad Hcfpcri occa.
"^Js: Atl^ cn.m H.i?.r/fratc',
fitus fit H.ncct Mcrcu^
r^' fum iEgypti ct Grxci.x rcfpcau m Atlan^
j

Sr Sadcs dictur, qu.a a qu.buldam

^ftimatur : QHPd dc Atlantc «ft'°"^.^°'
gcnitua
& ilUs gcntcs M.untan.x docucrt^ J/
fph^ram mvcncnt
 Lib.2.' Aegyptio-Grarcorum. St
qtiidam fabulimtur, vcritatinonconucnitjmultorLiinus
quod alij dicant, Regcm fuiirc Mauritanix a Pcrfco in
montcmtant.E magnitudinis,capitc Mcdufe
oacnfo.mu.
tatiimjHajccnimfunt poetarum figmcntactcmblcmafa,
quibu5aliaarcaniora/ubiIIislatcntia,adumbraruntctdc-
pmxcrunt: Aflronomum Atlantcm dicunt,
quiaaflrain
C1U3 cacurainccIari(Iimeobrcruariporiint,pr.Ticit/mcuro '^'^^^*'*
vt Africa ct ^gyptus claro cseIo, ncc pluvijs ^^^"''«'«^
ncbufcfo,
f ruaturj Dcindc quia cius altitudinis fit, vt vcrtex intcr nu- -/%'*'»''•
bcs ct aftra,vi vidctur, rcconditus fit : Ac tcrtio quod quafi
humcris cxlum furtincrc putctur Dicitur
cnim ftatuac
-

vin, cacuminc tanguara capitc

afccndcndo, figuram
rcpfxfcntarc: Hic Atlas, cuius Plciadcs
narrantur filiy,
(cx ^iiarum vna Maia difta lovi
natus eft Mcrcurius,
vt poft tradctur fub gcncalogia
deorura,) Hcfpcrnm
fratrcm ct cx illo ncptcshabuittrcsHcfpcridas,
^al.n,
AmhujAm & Hclfcrtuf^m: Pct Hcfpcrura cKifq. filJas, NoU.
cadcm montana loca Atlantis inteliigiraus : Nam licct
Atlas accipiatur quafi dc vno montc,
tamcncodcm no-
ininc& contmuitatc coraplcditur omncs fibi
adiacentcf
montesrcliquos; Atlas cnimtotam fere
Africara mariti-
mara pcruadit,atqj fic non vnum montcm, fcd
multa mil-
liacomprachcnditj Qucmadmodum dc Tauro
Afiae, Alpi-
bus, Apcnninis&Pyrcn^is Europse
montanis fimilitcr
conltat, fubfinguiisinnumcrosmontcs&collcscontinc-
ri
:
Sic dc Piciadibus &Hcfpcridibus inteliigimus, quod
Imt partcs &quafi fili^ propagatae a magnisillis& pr?-
ruptx montibus Atlantc & Hcfpcro : E Maia
altitudinis
itaq; Mcrcunusnonimmcritonafcitur,
vf Atlantiadcsdi-
catur, &abAcglc, Arcthufi&
Hcfpcrtufaarborcsaurca
gcltantes mala fcruantur; qua: indc
Hcfpcridum appcllan-
tur :Draco, quicuftodi^corum
pr^fcauscft^cxEchid-
na&Typhonc gcnitU3,ccntumcapitumtraditur:Numc- Dr^.^ui.^
rofa autcm
corundem parentu fobolcs cxtare
^
Icgi^ur-Eaq.
vcnenofa& monftrofa fcmpcr ; Vc draco
ad fonte Cadmi
(ocijslcthalis, aliuiad Vcllusaurcura,
tcrtiushicad mala
^ Hcfpc-
 ,

%i Hieroglvphicorum Lib.iJ
Hcfpcridtim,quartU8 ad Gcryonis bovcs Item Crrherut,
j

Sphy x, Ccimardy^ cjufmodi alia horrcnda & muliiformia

moniha, dcquibusfuts locis: 7/f>^<?« fulphurcum ccar»
dcntcrafpiritum,EchidDaaquofam&frigidamvolubilem
fubftantiiindcnotat; txhiscnimduobus mincrarumdi-
verfacfpccicspullulant>qur fcmpcr mondrorum nomini-
bus proptcr naturar vanctatcm appcllatacac dcfcript.rab
TMonftrorum
antiquis fucrunt : Dc Draconc,vtpotc dc gcncrCjqucmad-
nomifiilfHS
modum&dcloconatalimalorum aurcoruir,ex his fjtis
condat; nuncdcrpccietantarumarborum tjufq. frudu-
um vidcbimus : Arborcm clTc invcrfum auimal quibufl
damcxPhyricisplacct, ca rationc*, quia radiccs vcrfus
tcrrxccntrumhabcftt,vcl adinfcriora? qu£ os animalis
rcfcrunt «d fupcriora difpofitum j fi vcro vcntnculum, c-
jufqjVcnasmcfcraicasaucGparm Animali confidcrcmus
proprincipio di(!ributionisaIimcnti pervcnascorpori^
Arhrfmne-*'^^^^^^^^ : Ad cundcm moduminerx, cxquibusmctalla
rAlis.
dcpromuntur, & mcdicinne fiunt ad corporu humanorum
curationcmvtiIcs,arborcmquandam gcncris vcgctabilis
rcpra-fcfitant j Namradiccscarum? qusc funt duplcjc fu-
nius fulphuris ctargcnti vivi? funtccntropropinquiorci,
atq, indcvcrfusfupcrioravcrgcntcsvcnasfuas pcrfaxa ct
tcrrae traduscxtcndunt mirabiJitcr, vt rcvcra magnx
alicuiusarboris lohgelateq; ramosfuospropagantisfchc-
irarcprsrcntcnt,fiocu!isperfpici podint, vtabcxpcncn-
riavcnasillasinvcftigantium patct-' Quod fih^citafc
habcantjconftatquid pcrarborcsillas aHrcafcrcntcsroa-
laintcllc(5tuai fir 5 Nam farxhxfunt arborcs, noninac-
rccrcfcentcs, fcdfubtcrra, quaeaurcamalagcrunfj dum-
mododifccrnanturiifylvcf^ribusciE, qua^ funt mclioris
indolis: In hoccnini totadifficulra»vcrfatur, ncmpc c-
ligcrc quarfuntarfi idoncac-, IdeoMoricnu» circa fincm
fuj tr^datus ha?c notabilia vcrba adijcit; StmiliterJciastjMd,
maiorradixhmuf opertj eft tKinquifttone fpecierum, ijuafunt
melioret ttdhocmagifterinm: Namvnaijuai^ue minera mult»-
tmmejl generum. Dc his arboribus mincralibus fub tcrra
crcfL
 )

Lib.2. Aeg)'ptio-Graecorum. 8j
crcfccntibut omncs
fctc «uthotcs mcmtnerunt fub »hjs
Mque idem innucntcs, fru(5lu8 ncmpc aa«
alijsvcrbisj
rcoscumfuaarborc fumcndosctrc, & tranfplantandos;
SicFla. Grattum fixum, \v\Q^\iy ejt velftt ponfum, c^ Mtt'
cMrtHs Arbor\Non ((i i^itur /eparandns ab arhore fruclHS,
tjtiiamnpottji alinyide mtrtmentHm acctpere- JEt mox : cfuo
dgtmop^anteturcu^afrHSlus ablattonem^ in]ertiltortmterram
ntqHe n ohiliorem , cjha plns nutrimcnti dabit vno die^qHcm priof
nj^er in centum anmsexhtbuilfetf ob ventorum af/fdu m
agita*
tionem: Alteraterra,ijHodSoltproximafit,crefcere^vegetare- ,

<jHefacit arborem co ntinuo rore^c^ affiduo %ole in horte Philofo'

phico,mane,Vifpereiditj ^ n> ^es^acinfingulas horas abj^ue »'«-
termtJfoneylHcente^arborcjHe rore dulciffimo conjptrqitHr ac nu*
tritnr vno anno magis y qtiam in pri»re terra decem miltibtu,
Greverus quoquc arborem hanc mincralcm dcmon Arat
cujus radiccs inquit clfc Afercurihmy ramos vcro quadru-
pliccsimpcrfcdorummctallorum; inquc ij4 argcntum* ^«rM waU
ctaurum rcfcrrcflorcsctfrudns: Quibus nihil cvidcnti- qHidJiMt.
us dici potuic ad fubjcdium artis dcclarandum ct aurea
malaHcfpcridum^quiJ nnt,quoven\odocjcfcant, expo*
fiendumt Nccid adcomirum ridcri debet, quadnatura;
adverrumfit, cum quotidie cernamus perinntionemfur*
culcrum divcrli gencris arhcrum in truncos (ylveOrcs
(eu ignobilcs,fru^uum nobilitationemfifri, itavt qul-
tum arspoditin vegctabilibus, qux harrogenearum &
non fimilarium funt parrium, manifeflum fiat; Vndc
in mineraligcncrccopracfcrtimjquod purc'homogeneum
eft muliocuius&^aciliusidficripolfc, rjitionabilc el) et
abcxpcrientianoiiflimum*' Idcminaniroalium ac ipiius
hominiscorpcre contingcrcjamprjdcm innotuit} quo-
modo nimirum nafus, aur£S & fimilcs partcs rcfici ct
icdaurari pofrint cxcarne humanaviva, cuius rei ocu-
]ati telTcs adfuimuscum Bononix cxccllcntifiimum Gaff,

Tagliacottum c)u(modi pcrficicntcm familiaritcr novrri"»

mus: PclTcnthic innumcra excntpla cx naturx et ar-
tisopchbus idcm atteilantia fr jduci| rcdfupcrvacanca
Mi fcfc
 84 Hieroglyphicorum Lh.il
forccxiftimavimus, cum fcnfus artificum nonaratio-
ne auxiliumaut probationcmpctant, fcd contra: Vni-
I ciimhocloco nobis fufficiat: In quibufdam locis, v-
Exemplum bihybcrnotcmporc omnia frigorc & glacic rigcnt, fi
veietabtlifim furculus circa initium Dcccmbris cx pomo arborc dccida-
tur&aliquotdicbuslocis calidisfcoHypocauftis in aqua
difponaturjfolia&florcsproducitfuivcnuftatc&novita-.
tcconfpicuo9,quod vulganbus quoquc notum cftvAt Phi-
lofophi indc matcriam primam in (urculis arborcisJatcn-
tem agnofcunt) &
fimilitcr dcaurcismalisin fuis ramis
&radicibuscontcntisjudicant: IntcIIigcnti Qtis: Aut (i
placct,rariuscxcmplu naturnt vegctabilisaddcrous, quod
hancrcm nonparum illuftrarepoftit: Sunt, qui circitcr
^ jf.dicmNovcmbrisfoliabrafticacin foftam fcfquipcdc al-
Exemplum tamfubtcrrarccondanl, ibiquc pcr hycmis nivcs & fri-
rArtHs, 8^' vfquead 2 5. Martij fubdiorclinquant , ac tum non
brafticxfolia,fcdfcmen puriftimum indccximant-vt jura-
ti mihi tcftcsaffirmarunt fc id quotannis faditaffc : In qui
tranfmutationc vidcmus pcr folam putrcfadlioncm vcgc-
tabilc illud (^vt ctdcalijs plantisallcrunt) ad raatcriani
fuam primam,cxquacft> vclpotiusadvlrimam,in quam
tcndit,reduci:Quod quoque in artificio Cbymico,fcdfuo
modojficri dcbct : Arboritaqucnoflra aurca gcrcns po-
marationalibusfatisinnotuif, vt ct hujus Allegorix cx-
plicatio : Vt autcm Hercules hmc arborcm cxpiorarct,
Kjmph<e^»<t»^^ Nymphas lovisciTheTmdis conccflit, quac juxta EridA'^
*»«w,aurifcrum Italixfluvium.babitabantinfpeluncis ftu
fodinis fubterrancis; abijfqucconfiliumcxpctijtjAtcur
illud ? quianatur.r opcrainprimis confulenda funt, hoc
cft,confydcrandum, quomodo natura proccdit in fuis
opcfitionibusj IdcoPhilofophiinmaltisIocis adcxplo-
randumvcram matcriam invcftigatorcm ad opcra natu-
ralia ablcgant caquc pcnitus confydcranda invifint, vc
paffim apud Gcbrumctalios vidcrccft: Nymphr ills
in fpcluicis fcu auri fodinis habitantcs rcoiiit'. -i Her-
enlem ndk Nereum '^
qui Ponti & Tcif3e fiiius vcridicus
Vtttcs

is
Lib.t.' Acgyptio-Graecotuni.' 85
Vatescredituscftj Hic Trojanas calamitjtcs Paridi prac- j^^^^^ ^,V.
dixif; antiquidimusDcorutn ab Orphco diiftus: Adcum
Hcrculcs vcnicns vari^s formis cludcrc conantcm tam
diudctinuit, doncc in pridmam figuram rcdirct? rcm-
quc indicaret : Patcr fuit 50, Ncrcidum, ab vndif
educatus & nutntus, cujus filiae circa currum Trito-
nis prxcipuecurfitcnt. Hiccft primum Etisa Philofo-
phis fxpc inquirendum iulfum, finc quo ad aurca
mala non patct via vcl tranfitus: Promcthcus vcro,
«Voii>r^v*i*^MW, id cft, a providcntia didus, ad qucm ,

confulcndum a iVcrco ablegatur, igncm dctulit homi-

P^^^^"^^
^*'^*
nibus ct habctur pro Titanc ignifcro, Oceano amicus ,
rcrum divinarum contcmplator, cuj cum Vulcano &
Failade ara communis fuit; Cujus confilio Samrnus
k lovc in Tartarum dejcdus cft, Vndc Saturnus cUp-
fus in Italiamadlanumtumibi rcgnantcm venit, aquo
hofp'tiocomitcr cxccptus, cundcmvivcndiratibncm&
cultum agrorum docuit : lanus pro acccpta difciplina
fcrtuT ej dimidiuni fui Rcgnj rcrounerailc, cc in pecunijs,
quaccxilliusingcnioprimum funt impreflfe,navem fu-
iirccxalccraparte, cx altcra bifrontcm cffigiem; quia
rcgnumfcilicetcommuni confilioIani&Sarurni gubcr-
narctur, vtOuid. Lib. 1. Faftorumtradidit. Vcruin nos
nondubitamus pcrProracthcurapr.xviammenti8 fpccu-
ktionem circa hoc opus cxprimi, vnde aram curt) Palia-
dc ctVuIcanocommuncmhabuitj ncc immcrito dici'*
turlovi confiliumdcdiiredcpatrcincarccrandoct ad in-
fcros dctrudcndo; Ex fpcculatione cnim mcntis pra^*
vidciur hoc omne j ncmpc poft nigrcdinem fufcam
albedincm fcquuturam: Dc Rcgno lani ct Saturni
Hyftoriac antiquoe mcmincrunt quidcm , fcd cx Poc-
tarum fabulis : Ifa cni^ pcrfuafum habcbant gcnti-
les, Saturnum Drum Ccsli & Tcrrx filium, a lovc
DwO Rcgno cxpalfuai ^ijc, ct multa alia pdfTum.
Scd hsEC Hicroglyphicd funt orania? & ab iEgyptijs
M. /
ycl
 ."

96 Hicrogly phxorum I ib. 2

vel Grarcii cffi(5(a ad eas rcs, quas vcllent , ij% ve-
lucinuolucris inuoluendas: Pcrlanum Bitrontem, matc-
nam vcl rcm vnaro intcUtgimuS) Kcbis didam, ct duas
rc!9 contincntcm, aut (1 mauis, dupliccm mcrcurialcm

rublhntiam ^ QlkkI Saturnus rcgni confors ipG adiungi*

ti\r, longcaliarorationcm habct, quamquiiibctdiuinare

potcrtt, quicaufam non ignoraucrit, curRomceantiqui-

Ar(4na*
tus Triton fupra Saturni a?dcm confpiccrctur ; Suntcnim
illaxnigmatica ctnonnihilobfcura At cur pccunia pri-
:

nu Sarurni aufpicijs cufa (It, evidcns cR. ratio,quia ilic pri"

muscftplanctarum, qui ad thcfauros claucs gcrit, fico-
Fecunispri' lorcm ctordincm rciplcias : Pccuniadi<5lacfta pccudc,
mttui vnde ron,vt hadcnus vulgatum,quod ovis ca cmi poturrit, fcd
quiaovcmhabuiiimprclTam vracum navc,hoccft Argo;
Nam cius navigationis infignc fuilfc non cfi dubium,con-
cincns ct navcm cc pecudcm, cuius aurcum vellus fuit;
Prxtcr alios quamplurcs, horum malorum aucorum mc-
minitGrcvcrusintcrrcccntiorcs, qui ipfi lcgi pctcrunt:
PomnmaU' Ex codem horto Hcfperidum Fridos quoq; Pomum aurc-
teum Eru- umTroiani bclliprimariacaufa? pctitum fuic, dcquoin
dos* fcqucntibus lib.6 dicerous:'Inprimis illa, quse a Vcncre
Hippomcni tradita finguntur aurca mala trla, Aralantae
4
M4I4 tmrea obijcicnda : Cum enim hsc rcgia virgo eirct non foluni
AxaUnUob- forrosedonoprscftantifiima, fcd etiamvcnatuct iaculan-
icila. di artc cclcbratisfima multos ad fc procos allicuit ; Vcr um
patcrSchxncusnuIIi in matrimonium cam clocarcvuiu-
it,nifi^qHoipfapcdibusalia3 pernicisfima viAaclfctjcui
vi(^ori virgo,vidomorsaddiccrctur: Mulris itaqiidfiu-
(Ira tcntantibus ct roortcm oppctcntibus Hippomcncs
exVcnerisconfilioetdonotriaaurca roala currcnri virgi»
ni^vnumpoftaliud, protccit,vndcilla, dctcnta dciydcrio
Collcndi) vida ct Hippomcni coniunx data cft : Qyi cum
ob amorem morx impatlcns in tcmplo matris d( u n cum
fponla coirctjdcx dlius iram in fc ccncitavit, vndc vrcrq.
Iconina pcUcctfcritatcconfpicui fyluas pcricrunt : Dici-
fUf auicm Atalanta cun) viris ccrtallc vcnatuct vi^ori.^
prxmio
Lib.2. -^gyptio Graccorum.' 87
pracmio propter aprum infignis inagnituJinisocaTuma
MdcagrodonatajCumq; intcr vcnandum apud Stcthac-
um JECcahpi) fanum fitt Jaborarcr,tradicurraxum cufpide
pcrcusfilfe arq^ frigidisfimx e faxo prorumpentcm fon-
tcm elicuiffc ; Hxc Chymica clfc nemo non vidct, nifi AVa
forte talpa caecior fit: Qaidam nihilominus aJmorescc
auaritiam dcnotandam, fcunuptiasauro conciliandasap*
plicant, quodiliisnonin-jidcmus, dummodoiliinecno-
bis (uccenrcant, quod nos occulciori ph/ficje ranquam
propriofuo iuri poftlimi )io rcftiruamus: Virgincm cllc
regiam nortram marcriam multorum tcftimonijs inrro-
Cuit, acfugax efl ctalas habct in pedibus, nempe Mcrcurij
ralaria; Idco qucmlibctcurlupraevcnit,nifiaitu ct Qrata-
gematc traftctur : Quoraodoautcm hoc ficri dcbcat, haec
allegoria fapicntum mnuiC : Accipiantur igitur maiaau-
reaet (uccesfiue proijciantur iili) et vidor evadcs: Nil
apcrtius, nii accommodatius : Poft in fano matris dcum
amoris ncxu concuml^nc ; Hoc cA in vafc noto fcu in do-
mo vicreact vcrtuntur inleoncs jQuiafuIucre incipiunt
ctinaliaanimalia dominari : Fugacia cnim quscunq^fa-

ciie inpraedam capiunt fibiq^ in nutrimcntura conucr-

tunt: ACcurmoctem oppetunt^ qui viiicunturavirginc?
Quia vt Bacallcr in Tur ba inquit 5 Nihilmagu doloremcor^
ds generat, quam error in hac arte : Dum enim ejHupHtatfe
mundtim habere, nihilinmambtisjMisinueniet. Aprum
/ect^e-,
occidit, quia aitera Diana eft ; Fontcm cx faxo ciicit
propc fanum Acfculapij ; Quia pctrae philofbphicce du-
risfirnxdantaquam SicRipkus infig; Produxit aqiiam
:

cxtcrraecoIcumexdurisfiraarupc:Aurcisqucqjal]cgo- ^-
fijs annumcremus Ceruam iliam aurcis cornibus infig-
jyfleruaati*
nero, afripedcm ab Hercule captam: Acquid artificij cft,
^^^ frnibw
inquies, capere ceruam, ctpueriieprorfusexiftjmabisii-^^^^^^^^^
ludtantoHcroi, quantus Hcrcuie» fuillccrcditur, impc- ,-*#^
ratum aut pcrpctratum elfc ; Fatcor,res icvior forcc^quam
quod litcris cradi dcbuiirct, nifi magna arcaha fub vcna-
tione huius ccrua: occuicftta clfcnt : Ccrua autcm tum
«urca
88 Hicroglypliicorum Lib.^i
turca cornua et pedcs xrcos habcbat/um D/an.-e facra crat
ctinviolabilis ; Non crgo fagiftis aut jaculis, nrc cani-
bus , fcd curfu prxhcndcnda crijt: Sanguincm cnim
indcex vulncribus proflucrc nondcccbat; ficcnim vcl
viribusimminutavclprorfus cxtincflacircc viva autcmct :

intcgrsEfanitatiscapicndacratj folo itaquc curfu dcfiiti-

ganda. In Macnalo montc vcrfabatui j vbi cf aptr ct lco,

tliscqucbclvat cjufmodi dcgcrunt: Ad h)r<. l,crcules ab
E»>-^^^omiirus,vtad fc dcfcrrct,annum int*grum cur-
rcndo infumpfiircdicitur, antcquaKicam dcutigafc po-
cucrit : fcd illadcniqucrcflainmontcm Artcmilmmcon-
fugit,ctadLadoncmamnem jafn jam traniimracapta t%
ctMyccnasfupcrhumciisdcportata? Tum dicunt Eury-
flhcum adc<) fuiirc rirtutc Hercnlts pcrculfuin, vt dolium
xneumfibi adlatibulumcomparavcrit, nequc in vrbcm
Hcrculcm admiicrit. Eft autcm ccrva cx fugacjbus ani-
malibusnigri fanguinisctmclancholic^carnis; idcoquc
innati pauoris; Curfu falutcm quxrit,fi vrgcatur,coquc va-
lctpcrnicjnimo: At cum atrcos babcat pcdcsct aurcola
cornua prseter communcm ccrvarum naturam , ab his
nonnihilinfugadetincturetrctardaturj itavt dcfatigari
polfit : Nifi cnim in matcria Philofophica fugaciet vola-
tili dlct illud ipfumfoUrelumcn, fcuaureum jubar, fcrc

runquam fifli aut figi animadvcrtcrctur: Hoc patct cx

Philofophorum innumcris tcQimonijs : S\c cnim Rofum
rtM : ^rgentutnvivum y inquit, per fcnii valet j cum ve-
ro fnortific^tur cttm corfore Juo occulto, tunc valet ^ vivit
vitaincorruptihi/i, ethoc corfusefl ^natura Svlis,lc.t Amol-
duS: Innojirtlapidefunt^ol & Lunain virtute &
fotentia,
Mcetiam in natura : fi hoc nonejfet , nonfieret inde Sol ne(jue
Lnna^ tjuiaSoic^.Lttnatnnofiro/apide funt me/iOres, quam
vulgaresinipforumnatura, eo ^uodSo/c^Luna in nofiro /a-
fidefunt vivi c^ vu/garesfunt mortui r^/pe^u So/is et Luna in
Hofiro/apide' IdeoPhilofophi nominavsrunt ipjum lapidem
So/em&iLttnaminvicem^ ^niai» ipfo Junt potentta/iter^ Cfr

n»n vifiln *tery fedin virmet^ effentia* Hinc quidam cx

reccnti.
Lib.2« Aegyptio-Graecoium. Sp
rccentioribus quoq; hiiius ccwx mcmincrunrj fcd ci Mo-
noccrotcm adiungunt, cum inquiunt : PhHofophi dicunt
jireme'; lineanmatia e^einhacfylua, vntftn laudabile ^ for-

mofum cfr alacre : maanu C^rohuflH cerntim, AliudvnicornUy

monflrat PhfUfephus, tt Bafilius Valcntinus tradit afi-
num fub tcrra purrcfadlum in ccruum mutatum flurcis
cornibus: iErcosquoq; pcdcs habct refplcndcntcs ctal-
bos: Quia rcs, cuius caput cft rubcum? oculi rigri ct
pcdcsalbi, cftncfirummagiftcrium :Etnotum cfl:,quo-
tics JESphilofophicum rcpctafuf; Hoccnim fundamcn-
tum & bafis cft opcris, vt non iromeritd in animali pcdcs
rcfcmt Dianx [acra cll,quia dc morc madabatur illi ccr-
:

u.i, vt patctin allcgoria dc Iphigcnia ; Diana autcmcft

natura lunaris: Sol cnim &Iuna cft tota compofitio : Cur-

ruovarcafccndcndo&
fu dcfatigatur, hoccft, cdvfq; in
dcfccndcndo prjccluditur, nc fugcrcpoflit, doncc quail
fclfamatcria in fundomancat, nccampliusafccndat, idi^^
ignclcvidri: Si vcro yisignis adcllct, violcntia animali
fugaci ficrct : In montcm Attcmifium fclfi confugit, & ad
amncm Ladonem captacft;Quia ita oportuit virgincm
manerc inviolatam i VtpotcDiansEfacram,qu.T Artcmis

di(5l:acft,quafi«V«To^'f idcfljatrcmfccans, vtquidamvo-

lunt, vcl vt ali j,quod intcgros faciat, vt author cft Strabb,
J. 14. Eft autcm Ladon Arcadixfliiuius, cx cuius filia Me-

tope & Afopo, Thcbano flunftinc, Thcbc nymphanata

fingitur, quasvrbinomcn dcdit;Eflquoq; Ladonfcrpcn-
tisaurcapomacuflodientisnomcn,vtdidum;Q!Jpcunq;
rcfcraturjfcnfus rci conucnit: InM.xnalo Arcadjx montc

mincris abundantc, vndc Mxnabi vcrfus, vcrfabatur;

Quia iliclocuspo^tis cratcclcbratifljmus ^HunacrisHcr-
culcisdcportaturMyccnas, nclsdatur: At curtantusti-
mor Eurifthcum inuafit ob captara ccruam ab Hcrculcj
cumalias immaniorcs fcras fa'pius proftraucrit, ncmpe
leoncm, aprum, hydram&hisfimilcs? Sicvidcturquid
maius artc,quAm Martc vinccrc, cun<3:ationc, quam fcfti-
n^tionc, lenitatc, quam violcntia: Hinc annum totum
N ab(um-
 ;

po Hicro2ly-.fi'corum Lib.iJ
abriirapfit continu; currcnd.) ct inrcqijcndo fcram
Itaciiim opcris ratio poITliIu; Anntnn cr.i^n (umimiu , in-
Q^xxRi^Um, pottii. anttiju^im »of}ram calctm ^r^tp^remm:
J\t^r/t miyjor i tt mpr.ris fpacio c Ix HuHra co^^fict nori fote(l,fu/io*
ptis c^ip.^x . Hcolofe, qui^ ««7« ^'S'.?w^/f»>. My tholoj.i rf has fabu-
Jasadluumcap^i/iicxp! ccotjCxHcrculc Idlcm ci^hfacU
unr, qi]'pi-r .'^nMU:i)inregrumcurrat, ct Dclcioquaioccr-
uam Auicis cornibus infcctcrur j Scd '''aec quu a gcnuina
fua njtura jd aitcnam dcrorta lact'e dgnofcanrur, non
conftarf,ncc quid vtilit it s lcgcntiutn vcl audicntium ani-
<5, n)isprit.linf,prnjfcrncb'ihs crtencbras q.usnosaliqua»
De Mttia fcnus dircufliDus : MiJas prjrtcrca aMri fymbolum tcncf,
AuriViti vtcfvotu.^-iiiv^ij lcuT^a34Ccho,q loJ Silcnuin.humanU

paxticipe, tcrcxcpiir^f^impctr^dct, vtncmpc quicqmd tjngcrcr,in

aurumcotiucrtcrcrjm.fcf famc^cic -ncifluscllct, nilivoti
pac.ijtfntia dudus ccilifionem aurficationis itcrumob-
tinuilTct, hoc rcmcdio, vtfcf-Mn Pacflolo fluviolavarct,
qui aurigincm hanc ad fcf? rra illulifjVt indc aurcas arcnai
iaiflitarit ; Pcrbclla fabclla cft auribus non ingr.iti, ncc
oculis, cum nil iifi auru n, quod jrdcrurctficirurjbom-
nibus, oft-nict, aJauarorumdnpcri-uTJinfatiab.lcmdc-
clarandam ct r frcnanduTi apidima : d.is enim pcr- M
multos voto cllc con(lat> {c<^ p.ucifiimos ffcdu^Q^ia
appcfcrc imiDcnfitarcin opum, cftin cu-ulqj voluntafc,
ar 'nipctrarc io D- dono At qui* dcus c!}, qui donun
1 :

adiO iox'um ;")etcnticonccllic.'' Fic^^ifus&Hicroglvphi-

CUS; non vcrc D^-uscrt &dicitur,nobilqj dar biMia
ille. jj.!;

magis vrilu, q- a n placcntia, vt piccr filiolis :^-vrc^^

cnim, q.ii wt /);:'«)y7«,ct^/w-;if, aurcoruai dcorum pnma»
riuscft, idcoq- fanti doni lareifor; Scd Silcnuni ciu«; "a»
gil>rum*aut comircm b^nig: c cxcipcrc conucMr Quj .

pando inlidcrs alelio, licct a pueris fencx d ni.rjt.or,

plus liucn hiHct in rccc<fu. q a a frontc ;>^o iMft.f:
Sihni Alci' H ncil'ud dc Sdenis Alcib^aJ-a increbuit, diclcriu v, ia

btAdis. Socritc»ndcfoirai;>ri.nu.ntXvciiu5, iatcrius pukhcn rtu

Xib»^. Aegvptio Gra^corum. 91
h^Atiirr. Gi^nrrt^iuscninidominiJsaliqM^ndoiii vilido-
noiAiUf, ct mien8pf>lita litcii-«, incorporcpan-
limiiciii.»

n»S5r)nirc['oMko: Hcr Silenumauf^cmjVtccPijnajCt Saty-

ro8,i:ofWiffSitincrisBicchircu6?/?/^/4', nihilaI;uJ intcll/.
gitur, quam vijjtssct fylucftntasfcumditas vnaunx pht-
lofophicse, qux
humttjiccr ct fusuircr tratflctur, qui
rt

mox indcfequiturauriporcns dcus, £!^cc-A«rfmuUiplJcem

gfifia rcpendir Hocdcnotiitvotum Mida:«
^,rdti.itT) ;?ro :

Proprie dUfcm au''iica vis (uo fubicdio imprcira pcr hoc

incelligifur, qux immcnra cft ct fc.npcrmulriplicab h»,
rifi rrircncfur ac in propria fua aqua vircus il^ igp.ca
rcftmgujMir. Ochiicphilofophimultisinlocisagunt, in-
primis Luiliu:} rraft^ttftam: Cap 2j. vbi intcr csctera,
Et ^fi iKc^ff^Dqun^cltmatit eamiftfpeciaiiformafttlfuru^ idtft
puiueris lubiilu, runc oflcndit tjuad magtM i^Mtionis efi, nec
propter hec eum mir.iu ^ippreriart dehts^ fed forrtus hfKorare,
cnm fiert poffi adjimflicts tjmtteKtf terminum per dtfcretig*
nem op^rateris fapienti^ t,t d«£irtn^. cjuam fuperiu* ars confert
in fuhfi-antia multipHcattua His addemus ctalia aurca anti- *•
quitafis(yniboIa ct hicroglyphica, qu^ rcvcra inrcrum
xyfgftf.(is
naturanon fucrunt/cd vt ^lia pcr harcdcclararent, inucn- ^dmirandu,
taab arti6cibuscc po<rtis. Vt (iint Aurca^et)», surcaplu-
via, aurcamcfliscthis fijiiilia: Dc^Aureaxtatcrcccpium Aurea^tas
cd, quod aliquando a<5la ilt fub Saturno rcgf , vt argeiitca
fub loue, ct poft aerca & fcircafuh alsjs. At fi Saturnus
nec dcus ncc homo aut rcx fucnt, nulla rcvcra setas
aurca cxiitit ; Q^od ^i dcmus. fu ifc rcgcm, An igittir
tcmpus aurcum lub co magis, qu.m fuh lovc i Foi e,
quia (upitcr impius in p^trcm, qicm cvir<}vit, ct adul-
tcr ct homicida ? An tals non Safiirnus quoquc 6n-
gitur, qui Cxlum patrcm c»(Vraiuiri fcd rcm Rhcam
pro coniug-r, Philyrcm pro.pcllicc pr;r«,fr ccttcfas ha-
bu't, ct pruprios deuorauir libcios ? pro lovc tamcn L/fPTSff
faxum fcu Upidcm deglutivit , o uem cum corcoc^ueic Hi/icone p9'
OonpotuciK; cvomuiC; atquc Lapis^ vt H fiodus ,'1;;^.
i!>

N 2. ineaio»
 9^ Hicroglyphicoruni Lib.il
mcmorat pro monumcnto m jrtalibus in Hcliconc
,

pofKus cO: Vt hunc hpidcm vidcrcnf & tangcrcntj

rot anriq lifTmi Poctjc finxcrunt dc Hciiconc fupc-
rando, in cu^us vcrticc f.ipisntia cx Mufarum fontc
hauricnda fit: Saturnum cun lano nun<juaai rcgnaf-
0:,vt Echnici crcdidcrunt 8c finxcrunt, q-jo' fe a Dijs
originem duccrc alijs probarent, cx antc did-is con-
ftat, fcd cjus opf ri pccuniam primam imprciram cllc

vcririnile cft, vt fupra narratum ; Aurcam vcro arta-

tcm dici novimus fub Saturno adam, quia omnium
aurcorjm D-orum initium ^ Saturno tanqifamprogc- ,

nitorc corumdcpcnjcat. Sxpcnumcroqjoquc Poctx

alijq; Scriptorcsaurcse pluvix mcntioncm faciunt,cam-
AHreaplHvtA (\\xz non Mctaphoriccj vt Auream xtatcra, accipiunt,
fcd prDprie, quaii rcvcra conti.gerit; N^rrant cnim
Solc cum Vcncrc concumbcntc in Rhodo Infuia plu-
viamaurcam dccidilfc, ac podexillo congrclTli Rho"
dumnatum: Id Pozth quidcm condonandum ob li«
liccntiam fui{lct,nili & Hyftorici ]dem affirmarcnt:
Sic enini Strabo lib. i-f. fcriptum rcliquit , /« InWa
RhoSorHm aHrum phijfe, cnm AfmervA capitf lovis na'
ta efl: Pluilfc lapidcs , frumtnta, ranas, fanguincm,
bcftiolas, infcda, in hyftorijs paflim annotatum lcgi-
mus } & monllrofa multa prcstcr naturae ordi-
alia
ncm, corumquc fingulorum phyficas caufasrcddcrcni-
tuntur, quafiinacrcm vivcntoram,vet radiorum folari-
um rapta, ibiqaeconcr:ta & gcncrata, vcl cx fcminlo
proprio vcl matcri:^ habiiftatc poftmddum dimittintur^
Vciumdeauro,ejurqucgcncrationcin acrceiiimfi legc-
rcmus, fidcmnonadhibcrcmus: At pluvias aliquindo
miraculofas cx Dei nutu, vi .Molis ternporciniEgypto,
aut magicavi, vt ibidcm ,.contigi(rcctadhac continge-
ic poirr,non cft dubium, cun cxpcricntia J tcftctur om- i

nibusxtatibusetlocis-, aurcas vcro in Rhodo cccidifft

pro ccrto habcri potTst, fi fatodiuino & miraculomif"
hih.il Acgyptlo-Grascorum. 95
fx dcmonflfarcntur* vcrim cumaddatur, tumaccidi(Tc,
cumSoI Vcncriaccubuiiret, ac Pailas c Ccrcbro lovis
nataprofiluiirct, Aliegoriam fcurabuiamprobeagnorcU
mas: Ethnicitammonftrofa & iacrcdibilia, vtpotcfu-
is bijs pafllbilia, non m
dubium aut quiftioncra vcr-
tcrunt,quia Dcum ct Vcncrcm Dcam «rbi-
Solcm clTc
irati cx co Divinum procrcatum iu ccnfucrunt:
nil nifi

Eadcm ratio circa Palladis ortum data cft : Nos novi-

mus Allcgoriam, vt Dijs iliis omnibus, Cic ctiara
hujc pluvix aurcx , in coruin concubltu aut ortu pro-
cnimSoI Philofophicuscura Vcncrc,
lapfc, fubclTc; Si
pulcherrimafcsnina, congrediatur, Rhodus nafcitur
illc, qji quarfitura millc mlliibus &
a paucidimis in-
vcnitur;, ac intcrim.aurea pluvia -fuboriturjjquia au-
rum cuf»,auro^ tcrra''folJata cuoi fui^^qua,, .jSoI cum
Vcncrc, mifcetur: Rofcus fiiic foetus cft five Rbo-
dus, qji cx tanto compIcHjuin luccm cditur: SicPa!-
las fapicntixDracxIovis Cercbro, fed Vulcani fccu-
ri obdstricc, non fine caufa cxarta traJitur cadcntc
auroperpIu7iam in Rhodo; Abfqu? VuIcarK) cnim, vC
indrjm^nto primirio opcris, fapientia magifterij non
pcrficituf; hocciT) p;rfc<H:acogaitiorcioccuIfxab(quc
prxvia minuali trad^tionc habcri ncquit: 'Thcofica
cnim fcientia perfcc^i Virgo cfl, folum cx loui» &
Ccrcbro, tanqjani Seminariofuo, nafcitur, ncc Vulca-
nijsautfabriljousirtibusprrmifcetur; Vndc eadem Pal- •

las Vulcanun, fibi ri :ti infcfrcco.iSnfeiiT/,-itiif:jI:' rc-

pulif, dc qjoru.Ta rix.i Brichthonius origincm duxit;
Ejufdcm gcaeris , ncmp3 aurci, pluvia fuilT; fingitur, ^ , -i

q'.is Dju^ in gremium dcfccnJk, tanta efficici;^ vt f^f^r^

inJc Perfea? Heros rorti!hjiJ3 natus lit, vim Jipi Iii- - .„
*^'
cam Meduf?, cum adoIevilTcr', tollcns cimqje capitc'^
t>Iccl:ns, cx CJJU5 faiguiiTc guttatim fparfo Chry-
ch' f
^p^*^'
faor, Geryonis trico:pv:)ris patcrj nitus ei, de qui«
ba3 alia$ fuo loco Utius traditur: Vc intcrim alia huc
^ • ^ • N ^ Ipc-
 94 HicfOglyphicoriim I ib,i,
-y- fpr^anfft quarrplurifPi fitartinur j it.tcr c,u«
Atejju^reA
^^^j^^ aurea, qna fuilTc dic.ru», cum />/f/M,df-«/Cr'>ic.
'. ne arcanafux Philolophi>' myiKiucloi.uerif, &cjuldrni
*"' ^
Pyha^ard aurca Carfnina) cjux adhuc fupcrlunr, ncc
MW«4.
non Corona aurca ab codcni incapirc omnium primo,
(forfcjntcmulurumgcnriuro rcgc») gc{laca,nume-
C»rtH4dMred
lAntur; vctuTi dchisaluscopioiius: Nunc
ad 4urcam Dcorum Gcncaiogiam fc-
qucoti Libro tradcndan)^
*
progrcdicmur.
* j^ *

Finis Libri Sccundi.

LIBEX.
 9f

LIBER TER.TIVS.
DE AVREA DE.
ornm, Dcarumque Gcnealogia, cx
qiiatanquam arborePhil lophi-
ca? innur)cri ramiHcroumHicro'
glyphtcorttm propagdntttr,

Efutafioncm Dcorum, Dcaruirque

gcntiliumj a cot fcculis «ntiqj ifi-
mis a|»ui l^occas & Hynorico3, ncc
nonmjiorcm mundi p<utcat rcccp»
corumhacnoflra quafivlcima a?tatc,
qui Chrifliana rciigiu exOcj gracia
cl riifirc rcfulgcr, lo^licucrc vcllc,
cilct tclam multis annorum miliibus
contf xfam rcfcxcrc 5 *c fbrtc .)>erani ludcrcj tum qMJa
C*^rf{^iini8'n (ua fidc fatis coni.rmcis fupcivacancum,
tunqui^ tthnicislcr ptoribus, qui fccomnia fupcrfli-
tiolisDvOiuTictHirou Ti ab ijs orforum facflis replcvc-
runt, i.npoilibilc idipditn vid<ri poflii '.Propscrca ne qrs
a;l1im<:t,nos hnnc fridiru.u idcocongclIiirr,<^uafi uide
nuncpniis v r iasd<»^rinae confpici , aut fiitfit^i Ethni-
crr imnuro!'':! ndcprihcndc dcbcar* Id cnim cx iacra
hyftorh, omtu cxccnfionc roajori, ja npridcoi inna-
tuif* A'tantncun qi? am r >(i.it lin^j'i,mci!ra m»
venf, &licuumfitv SoIt ^ardiun^tcncntc Coc la pri-
1 i

vatis xJiL.JS icccadcrciUccfnam^vtlocaqjf obfrurio-

ra funt
 ,

p^ /^croglyphicorum Lib.j
rafunf, pcnitus introfpici qiicarf ; rcnimirciito qutq;
csirtimavirjusnos opcrxprctiiimfaduros, riDcorumct
Drarum gencalogiaspcrrcra;is involutas, & pcrnullum
haflcnusajfiuin vcrimorigincm, cx qua promanarunt,
rcdud-is, noQraqualicunqtjtilluftrationCjlucidiorcs rcd-
£xM,e^ati- dcrcnTiUs: A^oncnim vidctur fantuni luminis ingcnio hu-

fiij fropofiti- nianoacccdcrcfiroiumrciatrcsfcuperfonasproDijS ha-

onihiis r.ulU bitaslongifrimirquc tempoiibus crcditas nc n clfc Deos
fctentiapro' quam fi ad h.TC indagct cx vcritatisfontibus, quiJpcrcas
vemt. rcsfcu pcrfonasafapicritioribus intellcftum nt& intclligi
dcbcat,cumdij nonfint:Noncnimfruiiraaut cafu intro-
dudtasclTc vci quilibct imaginaripotcfl.- Hocvt prc-tfic-
mus) pro talcnto a (ummo largirorc nobis concdfo,
primo
libro rcs txfgyptias prnecipuasj Hicroglyphicas di-
das, cvolvimus , fccundo Gr.rcorum magis confpicuas
T>eorum ^''&auroinfignitasAllcgoriaspcrcurrimus; Nunc aurcam
Kealogi* ''^" Deorum,DearumqucfamiIiam, cx quatanquara Cathc-
rea. na numcrofaDcorum&Heroum progcnicsj qua Mun-
dus, hucufquc laborat,dcpcndct, rcccnfcbimus : Homc-
Cathena m- ^us lib.Iliad. 8. tradit, Dcos orancs pcndcntcs cxaurca
rea Homeri, Q^^^^^f^f^ ^ lovcmdcCoelo dcrrahcrc conantcs, quorum
tamcnconatusfuitirritus: Sublato cnim lovc, maxima
corumpar$toliitur,quorumillc Progcnitor cxiftitjPrjc-
pondcratitaquccztcrisomnibusautiioritatcct dominio.
quiaCoelijmperium , vtfabulantur,ad ipfum pcrvcnit:
Huncomncs Ethnici pro maximoDcorum colucruntj
Cum vcro cx fc ipfo ortus non dicafur, fcd cx parcntibus
tcmporcprioribusipfo, abillisincipicmus; quvcumncc
ipfi,vtpotc.yaturnus&Rhca,ablqucvlla origine clfc ag-
iiofcantur,fcd abalijsquoqucprognati, ad hos ncmpc
GcsIum&Tcrram.progrcdicmur; Ethnici abfquc vlla
facrdrum litcrarumtraditioncautcognitionc prafuppofi-
ta cx dcnfis humanaj mcntis tcncbris varias dc Dco mun-
diqucputibus opinioncsconccpcrunttNonnulIicaufam
primama;'crnara contcmplatifunr, fcd mundu:ii vclut
c$:dumcjdcmcoaEVuni ad^unxcrunt, vt Pcripathetici
cuoi
 ,

r
Lib. j.' Aegyptio.Gr«cotum. p?*
cumfuo Arlftotilcj Alijcaiiramcfficicntcm Deum a?tcr-
mim,non abxtcrnocondidJlTcMundumj fcd voluntarlc
intcmporc, vt/*JatonJci vnacum divinoP/4f(?«<? j quo-
,

rumfcntcntia ChrirtianismagisalTinis cfl,quamrcliquO'

rumPhiiorophorum: Nonnulli cafu confluxillc roun-
dum cx atomis imaginati funt: Quidam partcs quaf-
dam minorcs,al(as poftahasfadlas, fcu coagulatascilc,
vt butyrum cxladcfinxcruntj Sic Arcadcsjadabantic Cenformuj
antcLunam qurftioncm illam folverc^^' ^"
cxtitilfc; ac alij '^*^'

conantcs, anovumpriusgaliina, an gallina prior ovo <«'«^«

inrerumnaturafucrir, mirabilcs ortushominum & ani-
malium tradunt; quemadmodum dc muribus ^Egyptiin
initio primilibri narravimus: Atquc hi cumCrcatorcni
CGcli & tcrrs ,
qui omniacx mhilo fcci^ nonagnofcc-
• rcnt, animalia qaidcm omnia, vt & vcgctabilu cx tcrra &
aquaintcr (c mi{lisdivctfa proportionc, «cccdcntc aerc
&ignc, fiiafpontcprofilijire putarunt, accoelum ct tcr-
ram? abfqucorigincfcmpcrfuiirc : Idcirco, fipro operi-
bus facflis fcucrcatishabcr>;nt,nccogcrcntuf ct cfficicn-
tcai caufara corum fatcri,ct lic in infinirura progrcdi,ip(b8
dijs non gcnitis rcccperuntjCoelo acre ct Tcr-
f ro primis
riaquam fcuOccanum ct maria complcxi Prsetcr hsec, : ^

flumina,fontcs, montcsac vcntos tcrrae-ct coelo coa:ta-

ncos ftatucrunt, vcl adfincs vel cognatos; autquod ma-
gi$ crcdibilc,cx primo concubitu natos: Ex coelo ct tcrra
itaq; omnium Dcorum crtus dcducitur,vtctaliarum rc-
rumomnium: Vciuti ct(i tam frivolis ct abfurdiffimis
placitisnonopus fit rcfponfum opponcrc, tamcn pau-

ciffimis vcrbismultacomplcdcmur, quibus corum in-

tcntio prorfusdcflruitur: S'\ homo ex hominc duplicis RatioeiHatU
fcxus, ncc nonanimaliarrliquaexpfopriofcminc, Itcmf;?»/r^ Er^,
cx fuis fimilibu* fcmpcr oriuntur,idquc in yAcor.'.*T:': opi'
ct vcgctabilia,
tcmpore, fccundum fingula jnJividui-, tum nihil co- mOKcs de in-
rum fortuito pi-3du<5lum, ncc setcrnumquidcft fccun- dividms ah
dumindividua, imd ncc fpcciem;Quodquc dcpartibus aterno DroDA"
vcrumcfl, nullacftcaufa, curnonctjamdc totovciiffi- ^4/i/,
O muov
 ,

p8 Hicroglyphicorum Lih.f,
mumfit; Scdprimumabipfacxpcricnrla rafum habcturj
Etratioconncxionisnotacfl; quia quicquid cx (cminc
fuacfpccicjoritur j id naturalitcr &Don fortuitooritur;
• • &quodinomnibu8 jndividuisin tcmporc ortum cft, id
actcrnum rctrddici ncquit Ergo fcquiiur & fccundum
:

fcrum^ Homojtaquc&c.Ttcraanimalia, vcgctabilia, &

omncs tcrrjc ct aqui parrcs/pccics & contcnta, acr ct to»
tumCoclumcum fuis contcntis, nonfucruntab artcrno,
fcdcirc in tcmporcccpcrunt; Non cxfcipfoj Ergo cx
alio QuisillcaliusPDcus DcorujCrcatorcrcaturarum t
;

Cn^ccra argumcnta, cum fintnotoria hic praetcrcamus j

ct Dcosprimosctmagnos crcditos, Ccelum ct Tcrrani
confydcrcmuscumfuapropaginc: Non ncgamusqubf-
(lamrapicnrio(jfsEthnicorum,cum viderint tantam Dc*
orum turbam dari^qux ad vnitatcm primaf caufa^tandcnn.
icducidcbcatjomncsfcrcDcosad Elcmcnta mundi ma*
jorisrcduxiiTc, atqucita pluralitati numinum tacitc rc-
DunciaiTc • intcr quos Varro c({maximc occupatus nc
fabuIonpr<3rfusDijappareant; vcium cum hsec opinio
fit dc intcntionc authorum
multa abfurdafovcat.ctnon
cxvGgyptohancDcorum qognationcm in Gra:-.
qui primi
• ciam produxcrunt, nos illam omnino rcpudumus: Ex
^ ^ . >.« CoeloctTerra itaquc Saturnus^ct Rhca progcniti funt;
au- _ _
.

L,attjena _. .
\ ^, _, -,-1-
I^c'"'^^ Titanus , lapctus, Tncns, Cercs, Thcmis, et a-
D um
T^ J \\'u quos Hcfiodus cnumcrat: Ex SaturnoctRhea, fupfK
rj tcr^Iuno^NcptunuSjGlaucact Pluto:ExSaturnoctPhily*
f
erount^[eu
^^^ chjfon ; cx Saturni genitalibus Vcnus: £x lunonc
Geuealogta,
^^\^Y\cbci cxIovcfolocumMctim vxorcm dcvorairer,
Pallascxcapitc ;£xIovcetIunonc conjugc;W<:4»«/ c^
AiarS'^Iovicx pcllicc Latona, A^oUoc^DUna'. cx Maia^
Aiercurim : ex Semele Dionjftusi cx Danae Perfeus-^ cx Alc-
mena HerculeS'^ cxLeila, Po//u.v ct Helena, Caflor CX Cly-
teMn<efiraf cxbinis ovis: Ex Europa Minos ct RhaAa-
manfur: Ex' Antiope ^Amphionet Zethus \ c&Tha/ia Pa/tci
fratrcs.cx CererePro/erpina: Aiq: hifunt cx muitis lovis
£lij6pr£cipui,dcquibusfoIum, cxtcris omifiTis, agcmus
« dcindc;
 Lib.2. Aeg/ptio-Graecoratn. 99
dcindc paucos cofquc infigniorcs cx iVcpotibus cjus ac
proncpotlbusiangcmus, Neptuni plxrifquc dc odloginta^
quot numcrantur,filijscx divcrfis iVymphis prognatis,
ncc non alijs brcvitatls gratia ncglcflis : Coelum ct Tcrra ^^^*^ &
concubui iTc, fi naturalitcr, provt coelum cft agcns ct ^*^''*»
tcrrapatiens, iilud forma, harc matcria accipiatur, non
rcpugnamus, crcatis crcandis ct quibuslibct cx (cmi-
nc fuo provcnicntibus; fivcro fupcrnaturalitcr^autpra-
vt vcrba fonant, pro adugcncrationis fcu coitionc, cl-
lcborocxtirpandum phantafraajudicamus, non rationc
autargumcnto; Mirumcft SapicntcsEthnicos hoc foni-
niumfomniairc vt Coelo,patriSaturni,tcfticuIosattribu'
crint,. cofqja Saturno, ncplurcsgcncrarcnturipfi libcri,
amputatosclfc: Ncmo vnquam incrgaftulifi magisdcly-
ravifjquam hi fapicntcs dr (^ti^nullus dc Dco vcram opinio-
ncm minusamplcxuseft,quam hi Thcologijfidijsplacct,
»ppcllati: Vcriimrefpondcbunt,rationabilitcrid fadumj
hoccftjCaclum caftratumcirc, nc fcilicct aliud coeluni
gcncryct, aliamvc tcrram; At (? omnc fimile gcncrat
fuum fimilcjtui^^mrw^f etRhca, alijquc SatHrnini filijc-
runt novicceli, nouseq-jtcrraf, quod tamcn ab illis non
rcccptu cft,rcdplajrunc[je.vS<irw»(7 Tcmpus, c^ Titano ct
/4/?f^<7,ncfcioquos progcnitorcs, cArThetidedeam mari-
nam^cxCcrcrcdcamfrugumj cxThemidc dcam juftitiai
Vidcamusprimb S<if«r««/»ctexfiIiop3trcra,aut
faciunt:
cx hoc patrc fcqucnfcs filios confydcrcmus Pingcbatur 5^^«''»«^ Cr
:

ab antiquis fcncx palliduscurvus, altcra manu falcem ^^'^'

geftansct draconcmcaudam fibi mordcntcm, aUcTid' ^^^^"i^P
lium parvumori apponcbatac vorabat:Capue galca tc- cASatHrtu,
gcbarur, et fuper illi crat amidus Habcbat luxta fe
:

quafuorfilios, e'quibus/«^/>?rviriliaampatabat,equibus
^«•««/oricbatur: Narrant i^^^wrwww, licetjunioFcuct T/-
ta*toy tamcn adfcfcrcgnuirinftuliirc, ideoqj bcllu intcr
TVr^w^w, hujufqjfiliosTVf^^fr/ 6\dio^iCt Saturrtnm exor-
tum,caqjlcgec6pofitum,vt(i quilibcri mafculicx /J^tfii
nafccrcntur SatHrnoji mcdio tollcrcntur : SatHrnut itaquc
O 2 lovent
 loa Hicroglyphicorum Lib j
^ovcm rcccDS natum ad (c defcrri iuflif, vciu.n a Rhca cir-
•
cumvcntiJslapidcmfiircijsinvoliKumacccpir,qiicmmox
prolovcdeuortvit: Et Inpiier alibi in Crctaa Coryban-
tibusnurrirur, donccjuftam artarcmattingcrct: Eodcm
modo Ncptnnus &i. Pluto nati prx voracitatc Satuym^ Rhca
fempcr aliud offcrcntc falvati dicuntur: Cum vcrd& Phi-
lyramOceanifilijm amarct,Opi fupcrvcnicntc, incquu
fcconvcrtit, c^c^-^c^Chironem ccntaurorum iuftifTimum
ScprudentifIimuin(totdircipulorum lafonis, Hcrcultf, A^-
r/7////>Magiftfumjgcncravit5 Poll Sathrnfts idcm afilio
pairuscft, quodillc ruopatniniulcrat, ncmpccaftratio-
ncm cta rcgno dcjc<^ioncm 5 juxta rcgulam , Pcr qnx
quis pcccat, pcr Cidcm punicur : Tum profugus Ccelifi-
liusdiciturin //4/mw vcnilFc; Mirumcft, tam ckrguam
tcrr E portioncm tam magni patris filium fudincrc potu-
ifTc, cumq; cxulcm ibidcm latcntcmfvndc Latium di(fluna

volunt j hofpitio cxccpilTc: At ita nugari piacuit Eth-

nicis, vtfaltcmfu^rumfcgionumctvrbiam dcnominatl*
oncs, fundationcsctgubcrnationcsad aliqucm antiquif-
(imorumDcorumrcduccrcnt,nccxhominibus, (cd dijs
ortict progcniticrcdcrcnturcty^irwmarca antiquitus cc-
rcisaccenfiscxcclcbatur, c<f>-^;V7; mittcbantur abinviccm
ditioribus; quia Si?r«r»«/quafi lumcnvitxhumansEcllc
vcldcfignarcvidcbatur;ct «lultorum commodorum jn-
vcntor habcbatur : In hujus Dcj honorcm cum cclcbra-
rcntur Saturnalia apud Romanos Domini fcrvicbant
fcruis. Prx caetcris autcm mcmorabilc cft, vt.Natalij
cx Trifmegitlo adducrt, tresomninofapientcs Trifmc-
giftitcmf OfG floruillc, ncmpc C^him, Saturnum ct Adev
eHrium: Plxriquc, vt didum, Satumum pro teraporc
isr*^4. cxplicarunt, qujifi hoc cx cccli motu orfum , fitquc v-
num faitcm , idco SatHrmm, vt ct ccelum , virilibus
fpoliatum clTc: jdcra tcmpus omnivorum cfic, om-
nefquc fuos filios, in tcmpore ct extemporc gcncratos
abfumcre, ct quafi dcvorarc, nulliqucparccrc, nififortc
lapidibus duri(&mis,idcoquc lapidcma Saturnovomi-
tione
Lib.j Aegyptio-Gr^ecorum.' loi
tioncejfi^um dicl: Hxcquidemrjmjlia funtj fcd qua-
tuor, vt£iunt, noninccdunt pcdibus: Nam nCarlustie
patcr tcroporis Saturni , cur Tcrra matcr ? An Tcrra con-
cepittcmpus? ^uid tcrraad tcmporis produiflioncm
confcrt ? Quid coelum nifi ad PJanctarum motum rc-
fpiciasf ^^idficoelumnarctct Planct.Ttan{um movc-
rcntur, an proptcrcanon clfcttcmpus? Cur non Sol
potius , qui annum ? dicm ct nodcm, csfiatcm ct hye*
nicm, aliafquc vicifiitudincs ^tcmporis caufatur, pro
Tcmporcaut patrctcmporis, qaam Saturmf aut Caifft
bfibctur? Cur S^r«r«»/ claudus fingitur, cum tcmpus fic
celcrimumctalaa vcntisvclociorcsobtincatf Cur idcra
rcnexftatuitur, eum tcmpus non fcncfcat , fcd juvencm
porius rcprxfentct? Vt cnim flamma ignis fcmpcj: cft
noviniroa? ncc tantillo tcmporis fpatio cadcm pcrdu-
ratj fcd fcmpcralia atquc alianova fucceditj fic & te-
pus , cjufquc roorocntum , quod ipfum Nurjc vocant,
fcmpcr iuvencfcit, vctuf^atis nihil obtincns: An non
pctius Draco, quem gcftat Saturmy-, iuvcntutcm rc-
ferat, quam anni circuluro, cum cxuvias dcponat?
An non idcm fpccic fit cum ijs , qui airignantur//fr-
cnrio, Hej^eridum horris ct alijs antc afllg-
JEfculapio ,

natislocis ? An vcro
hic anni rotunditatcm, alibi duo-
rum advcrfiiTimorum concordiarojalibi mcntis pruden-
tiam aut vigilantiaro fummam denotet/' Vcra autcm hu-
jusHicroglyphiciratioeftjquam Bafilius Valcntinus hit
vcrbis exporif: Ego SaiurKusy inc^uit, P/a'/tetarum/»m'
mtisin Yi>m.^me»toprctefior hifce pr^t vohis Domims omni-
buSi me inter vot imtiliffimum ^ vUijfimHm ejfeinjirixi
drcorrfdptibilii corpority r.igri colori^, mtdtarum affHuio'
Kum initirij^ in hac wjferia* t^m chnoxium^ aitartifn om-
valle
fiium vcfirum probatorem-j non enim permauentem haheo
manjionem , ateiue mecum mei Jimilem rapio , euius mete
miferi^ r.uUi caufa imputanda efi , nifi $nconJlanti Aitr^
curio 5 ^ui mihi fua incuria cfr negligtntia hoc mAlnm in-
^txit: Idcm occulta Phil: Cap. ii, Dc Gcncrationc.
O 3 SAtttrni'^
 loi Hicroglyphicorutn Lib.j^
Saturm-y tradit, cum nutricis culpa multis vitij« ex-
pofituai, clauiu vnopcdcfaftuiii, ac ingcnio nihilomi-
nus dQcilcm, fapicntcm, catum , cautumquc rcdditura,
vt omncs in bcllo, cxccptis duobus, qui divitijs, ct
potcntiafupcriorcscllcnt, vinccret: Hinc pallidus, cur-
vus vifitur ncmpe obmalam digcftioncni; falccm gc-
•

ftat, qufa probator cft omniuro; Draconcm , quia cos

quafi rcnovct, vcJfcipfum ;Cur autcm Draco caput ct

caudamfuam dcvoransapud Authorcs toticsjnculcctur,
alia cdcaufa, quam quilibctibi vidcat,ct diffcrcntiamcfi
haccc confydcrcf; cl quantumdiftcntajraLupini8,aurc«
plumbcisanimadvcrtct: Dcvorat fihos, cxfcfc gcnitos,
proquibusfi quis Elcmcnta quafuor accipiat , vcl alia
corpora, pcrindccft : Caput galca tcgitur, quia fortis
in bcilocft, fcd amidus vilior fupcradditos ; hinc vi-
lioris formn£E jeftimatur: At quidbcllura cu Titanibus
fibiviilt? ,^od nimirumccaftcris cjusgcncrisSaturnut
ad rcgnumcligcndusfitj qui Titanofi non a:tatc,tamcn
fapicntia ct authoritatcantccclIit:7«/»i>tfrcum futione vt il-

iinatus clFct, LapisofFcrturctdcglutitur: ^robum com-

nicntumdctantoDco, nifi quid arcanifubclTct.' At Iapi«
iiicin HcIiconcvidcatur,vbircli<fluspromonumcntocft:
Satttrni falacitascicda , an omnis falacitatis in natura cau.
fa cft, quippc cxqua Vcnusortadicitur, quz omnibus
rcbusfcfc propagantibusincft? Tantumncboni cx vif-
ccreSaturni mundoacccfTit? OdcmcntiahumanaZ)<r«»ff-
rifucxcipicnda;
rriVwrtf O
caecitas mcntium Hcraclctico
fictudcploranda, ntalcquippiaro rcverafuisDijsa Diis ,
,
patriafiliojfadlumarbitratifintEthnici vciuTi hocvix
*.

•'prsrfumcmusdc ii8,quiquanti ct qualcsfucrintjfuisfcrip-

tis fatisattcdatum nobis rcliqucrunt: ? tv Sat umum com-

)iinunitcrauthores nigrcdincm in principio opcris fupcr-

. vcnicntcm intclligunt , vt multis in locis vbi Plancta-
iru fcricm obfcrvant, mcmincrunt Atq- tum pcrcaftra»
:

itioncm ^aturni zlovc fadlam non inconvcnicntcr ni-

grcdinisrcmotioncm^afufca fcu cincritiaalbcdinc fubfc-
qucntc
 :

Lib.jT ^gyptlo-Grxcorum^ loj

fcqucntc loviali pcrad^am sK:cipiunt : Natalis Coines
dc Saturno agcns chymica tra(5l^antium iudicia circa
hunc planctam male cxcipit : Pt<tt(rea, inquit, Cnm An^ahat^
fingulii fianetu oh fimilttHdinem qnandam metalla fingH- fugnat.
ta fint attributA y metfdlorum tortoreiy fiue chemifie nrtifi'
ceSy hanc totam fere fabuUm ad Juam artem reiorferttnt,
cum fit Gebrtim, Hermetem cfr Raimmdum platonicos imi-

tari velle prefiteantur : Dicunt enim t fi5Ium fuiffe ab <»«-

ti^is, ^ftod lupiter SatHrno genitales partes abfciderit acuta

f<*lce, eaf^ inmaredeiecerit, ex(juibm&efi)umanataptVf'^
ntu i^Hta Satur^tii falft quidam, pater Icvis^praparati falu
fciltcet, t^ui fit ex eo preepa>ato : Sedquyniamcum lufiterin
vale vitreo extfiit in peracutam tenuem^ ae^Ufim foluiturpre^-^
tervimignis, cjuafumitur etiam ab ipfo Icve, cumvirilespartes
fecumafferat, incidcns acjeparansfulfur intimum ac infale la~
tens, t^ua reciduntinvd^, ejuod accipiendis appottttur '^ldcirco
(fr Saturno amputatas virilespartes dicunt^ ^ cum fal in aquam
tanquam in mare decidat, ex tUofals Qrfulfure g ignitHr Ventu.
Conantur enim mttaRorum torlores q^ ha4 dr alias hisfimtles
/irtes excogitare, c^tubtu pcffint metalU in alias formoA tranf-

ferre, teterrima pau^ertatis fbrmaperterritt, acfemperillam

lepiaiffimipoeta Ttmoclisfententiamin animo habentes, quiita
inquit : Ffifanguis at^^fpiritwpecHnia Mortalibtts ,- qua r.ulla

cuifit cofta, Vtvos percrrat inter vmbra mortui : At bong Hefponfiead

vcrba qriajfo, Comcs Adcore ; faturnina tc ftclla cxagi- caltimniMni"
tatj vt totam artcm chymicam lacclfas & fomnium misaqna,
ita

ctrc putcs, ob vnius aut altcrius intcrprctationcm fsbu-

larumtuopalatononarridcntiumjDcmusillumj qui ita
dc Saturno (forte Braccfchum ItaJam inriJis)pa-
fcripfit
rumaccomroodane iiUapplicailc. Anproptcicanullacft
chymijcvcritas? Intcrim intcllcxitillaj quaetu ad raorcs
torqucs, potius ad chymi^e & naturx arc^na fpcdarc
Quid fi vcra fit chymia ctiam contra tuum praMudicium,
&rupratuumcaptum} anproptcrca, quia tualitcriudicas
AUtcam non capisjfalfam cfficics ? Non facics quaefo Dc :

tortcribus mctallorum [iiihi non cft fcrmo, fcd dcartc

• cbymica
 :

I04 Heroglyphicorum Lib.j^

chymic.1, qax Mcdicinam aurcam pcrficiat, licccnon au-
rum fabricct, nccquid naturx aducrfum moliatur;IIIof,
rtfACanos ftigmatc inura» licct, non vcritatiscupidos,
tuoq- i«a'jd cgcntcs arbitrio ; Qjjd (i chymica tradlans
Mcdicinani pcrficfatjquahominibusacgfisfuccurrat, An
non fiii dignus crit mcrccdc aut prxmio? An non ipfi
hoQ mcdio paupcrtatcm cffugcrc conucniat ? Non mirum
igifur Ci hoc illi faciant fuo modo (lcgitimo) quos tu mc-
tallorum tortorcs vocasj Qu^orum nonnulios (de vcrig
loquor) plasvcritatiscxmcallis, quam tuFortecx fabu-
liicxtorfifti, ncquiddcvtilitatcdicara, clicuiifcconftat
Gcbcr, Hcrmcs & Raimundus Platonici non fucrunt;
imitcturcos qui poteft,potius opcre,quamoftcnrationc:
Sarurnum pro fulfurc aut filc non accipimi s, attamen
ciuscoloremapparcrc, antcquamfulfur philofophicfum
rcucra fiat, alfcrimus ; Quid pcr gcnitalia ciusintclliga-
Jiccmus r.Quidam anti-
tur fub Vcncris cxpofitionc latius
qui fcriptorcs volunt Saturnum rcgnalfcin Aegypto, ac
Rhcamfororcm duxilfc in matrimoniura, cqaibusnati
fintlupitcrctluno; Ex hisnatoscirc 5. filios : Claucmct
virgam tribucrunt Saturno,quia forte cum Uno bifrontc,
quiianuacftanni, communiratcm habuit, cuiconuixiirc
traditur > Qujc commoda inucncrit Saturnus, cur lu- &
Cauf44rcA' mcn humanacvitxd'catur, nonfatisinnotuit, nificau^i
na. fitarcana: CurtamridiculorituciusfcftaapudRomanos
cclcbrabantur, Vtdominifcruislcruirent, &non nififcr-
A.GeU.U monis libcrtatc quilibct vtcrcntur ? Nam hic Planeta fu-
i8.f.2, premus cum infimo & mcdio coniundioncm patitur:
SicAviccnnadcaniraadift:i. cap.J. EtftcMtfolmagiivA-
let,<LinsfortitH^inemfftam vfq^ adfatftrKftm, &
deorfum vfj^ ad
Ittnam, & itaaurnm efi preetefm ommhfu i/ijs ; & ideo f4a
^mnes res sa/efies /f*»t mixt^ cnm terrefiribus ita mittuntfft-

am fortitudinem defurfttm deorfnm : ^ta fortitndo terreno -

rHmfui^ vt afcenderet fuferfM, O'fortftudofftperitufftit, vt

defcenderet inferitu : Etfief*t non fotefifiert, ^ModSatHrntu

mncftrrdt cumJtU in eodcmftgno-^ Ita wtn potefi fieri, qtfcd
hoc

i
Lib. j.' Aegvptio.-Grascoium. 105
hoc Tfntgifierium n4n retrahat depUmho mrunt : Scdintellige,
auod vilttmns dicere, poffijuam hahes rationem, cjHod nofipotefi
fieri,ifttod/tottJitma<^i/}erifi?n.\dcm Rofariiis ct Emiganus in
turbaadfirmant, qiiod fol dat iumcn fuum (urfu-n vfq-, ad
lunamjdeindcrcfpicitomniatamfupcrioraquainfcriora:
Ac quod Saturni rplendor du fcandit in a^-ra, non apparct,
nifi ten^brofus, et mcrcurius radi js folis occwrrit : Qupd a
Trifnsegiftodctribusrapiecibus fuo temporccclcbribus,
CrlOjSiturnoctMcrcuriorcfcrturjOmnesEthnicosfalfi-
tatisc6uincit:Quomodocnini hitrcsvna vixiircnifiallc-
goriceperhibcanrur? Dcquibus fatisrSaturnifratrcsTita-
num)[apetum aliofq-, ac forores,Thctin,Cerercm,Thcmi-
dcm,ctfiquje prxtcrca fint, hoc locoeuoUierc nimistx-
diofumforct,cum nec noilrseintcntioniinfcruiatfingula
ad viuCirn refecare;Nihilominus eorum inferiuSj prout nc-
cefTitas tulcrit, fumcicntcni mentionemfacicmus: Nunc r^piter»
ai [ovis, Saturni filij, rcs geflas ct hicroglyphica decla-
raridaacccdcmus: lupitcr vtvoracitati Saturnifubtra<5tus,
adDadylosIdrosinCrctadeportatus ibiqjacapra, api-
bus, alijfqj varijs nutricibus paflusctcducatus fit, apuJ
diucrfos fcriptores fabiilofos Icgitur, cuiushTc fumma
cfl : Thtbis m Arcadia apud Mcircnios natus dicitur, Sa-
turno creptus in Bjeotia, Co^-ybantibus in Creta ad educa-
dumtraditus;HifimuIatisfacrificijsinfcrcymb4lorijtym-
panorumq; ftrepitum infantis vagitu n occultirunt: A-
drafteaetlda nutrices habuit Mcliirci filias ac fororc Cu-
rctumfeuDi(5lyIoru: Cun iam adolcvilfet [upifcr ac Ti-
tanus fenlillet, dan Suurni filios co.itra lufiuiandum
legefq^eJuciri, ipfevna cii ritanibusfilijsi^aexarfitja^q;
Saturnumet Ooim coniprxhenfos in vinculactincui^o-
dias coniccit : [upiter vero Titanibus d-^be!laMs patrem
libcrat: Poi\\d Sjiurnus rovimfiJusparat,dam fibiabco
m;tuat,Tum Iupiterpatremderegpiodciccit,Uieoq;vin-
culo lig^uit, et in tartarum protrufit ; Tandcmqj ci virilia
m-mbrafalce eaiema nDUtivif qji iHeCrlo patri a.n-
,

putaucrat : Falx la^fla dicitur in Drcpanuni inulam,

i* et
 io6 Hieroglyphicorum Lib.jJ
& vinlia in marf, vndc Vcnus cxorta cft Huic vidoriae
:

contra Titar.cs & pifrcro Saturoum lovi czrcri dijad-

fucrunt: Apollo cccinitcythara cius vi^florjampurpurc^
toga dccorus & coronatus lauro : Tum fcrunt lovcm
Vcftac propofuUrc, pcrcjuamadcptuscratimpcrium, vt
quodmallctj citgcrcf, hanc virgmitatcm poporciirc&
at
primitias fjcnficiorum. Fima crt Bacchum quoqj co
Dcllo, contraTitancsgcftodifccrptumfuillc, cuiuscor
palpitansPallas ad lovcmdctulit j Pdft gigantcs contra
lovcm furrcxcrunt, quosillc fulmincdificcit &intcrco8
iEgconcm, (cui ico. nunu* crant, capita 50.) lovcme
rcgno depcllcrc conantcm fub Actnam montcm dcttufit j
Vndc quoties latus mouct,Actna flammas cru<flat:Eodcm
/«w. parr u cum lovc luno nata dicitur, ab Horis c ducata j Vcl
ab Oceano & Tcthyc, vt alijs pla:ct : Huius potiundcc
dcfydcno captus lupitcr fefc in cuculum mutauit> qui
cum tcmpcftatc oborta trcmcrct frigc.rctqj ingrcmium
lunonis aduolavit^a qua vc(lc tcdus^cam rcfumpta prima
formacomprcflit & pdftin vxorcmduxitj ExIuiionc&
lovcnafcitorMars, Argc, Ilithya & Hcbc: Ab alijshis
addif ur Vulcanus ; Qucni Lucianus fubucntaneo conccp-
tuelunone abfq» mans congrcfTu natum fingit Crcdita :

fuit clTc divitiarum dca ab aniiquisj Eamq; fama cft lo-

vem aliquandoaliefufpcndillc, pcdibufc]; illiusduas ia*
cudcs appendiirc atqj aurcuT^ vinculom iniccilTc mani-
bus jCumqjitalunopcnderctinxthcre, cxterosdcos id
gravitcrtuliircjncq; folucrc tamea potuilfc: Atiribuuntur
ciquatuordccim nyirpha? jPavoq; faccrhabctur; Quta
proptcr illam cxfus fuit Argus a Mcrcurio & in illam
avem mutatus : Anfrr alias fuit auis facrata lunoni j Sic &
vacca cxanim*Iibu8;Quiacxfiguris Hicroglyphicis Ac-
gypti cn,Iunoncmdenotans :Dc fabulis lunonis^vtante
(ubSaturno, Nataiisdicitchcmicos artificcficonatoscire
nonnullas partcsad fuos igncs &adfua vafcula rctrahere:
Entetiuin- /«««(inquiunt) SntHrnt & OpU flU, lovtfj^Coror
Z)»cif/^r

Ji^» ^ cmwtx, cfrante loveM natxcodcm partn^Rc^Ma^ cfeJeo^

rMm-
 :

Lib.j.' -^gyptio-Grxcdrum. 107

',MmC^'MviiiarMm deti, fartubns c^ matritnonijS frafeSha»
*ju<e nihil ejt ahudt ^uam aqtta merc»rif, qtke Iuno nominatHr •

Satttrni ea dc canfa efijllia, cjHod ah eo C^ eitu terra defliUat

ac manat : Ffac terra dat opes (iue aurum chemicam, ejutd

v»a defiiUet luno O' lupiter, Jiue acjua Mercurij, ^ /alin

imafartevafcMfi vttrei ac in vafe reliElits : Cum verofriut
effluat aejua Mercurij e vafcuh, nafcitur Immo ante Icvem-^
£c qua; fcquimtur apu.j Nstalcm ; Qax fatis in(inuanty
hafcc fabulaslovjs&lunonis pcrmuitischymizdcditis,
dc quofubicdo ^^x & introduAac fint, innotuiifc, licct
non omncs vno modo acccpcrmr* Scd diucrfi ad diucrfat
matcrias fuas ac opcrandi rationcs intcrprctaci /ucrint*
In co cnim conucniunt, cfFc cas antiquiffima* philofo-
phi.r chymicac apuJ AegypMos & Gricos vfitatac rcli-
quias & piduras hifrroglyphicas, portarum libris fcrc
omnium (parfas ct dccantatas, a paucinimrs nifi fuper-
ficiahtcr inccllc<5las : lupitcr aurcm quis (it, ct quod
fubicdium co dcnorctur, vulgari vcriiculo illo apud
po^as citato difccrnirur
lupiter efi idem
?lHto,Sol& Dionyfpu,
$i itaq; lupitcr intelledu idem cft cum Plutonc, et Pluto.
fcliqjis, primo vidcamus Pluconcmj Hic fraccr dicitur
lovis, itidem cx Saturno er Opi natus ; Militauit cum
lovc cc poft vidorias varias rcrumq-, gcftarum fscliccs
fuccciros, cum love et Ncptunoiadisfortibustcrrarum
impcrinm AmCxi : Cui Hifpaniarum ct locorun» omnium
ad occidcntem folcm cb'igir impcrium : Hinc Strabo
lib.J. Gcogr : Plntonem fwffe opu/entia deum in Ibe^a &
apudPyrenteos montes hahitajff, memoriiC prodidit : Fingifur
curruvchi atrorum cqaorum ; Di^us Pluto, quiadiui-
tiashrgiatiirj Cariibcmct filijscarcntcm/jpmfolusom-
nium dcorum traduxit : Quia nulla dea ^um ob dcfor-
rnuatcm et obfcurifarem regni marituni clfc fuum pati
potcrat: NihiloRiinus Proferpi.iamCererisfiliam rapuic
ct in curru ad fljvium Chemarum in Siciliadcportauir,
atq; hinc ad fua rcgna fubtcrranea : Cincm habuit Cer-
P z bcrum
 loS Hicroglyphicoriim Lib j.
bcriim trfcipifcm, ciquc in.tr.olabatur TauruSj ct Nar-
cillus, adianthuni &:C)'pariirus in Coronis crant dicata;
Clivcs pro ir.llgni, vt h;^tt(r fccpirum ct A'cptunustri-
dcrrcm gc{]ullcf]i\ciiui •• TcOatur Strijbo, Iib. 9. /Idri-
fas Ccralt flhvij , ih facra fi(l'ant PcrKl^acta ciriftt:cl(.m

Afv^fca P'^U^ ^^ myli iC(.m Cjuat7(l/im cahfi.m P/utoris ac Palladtj <?-

* ''•fWfcwwjwKfw: Hjrc dc Plutoncj cjuar dcSoicctDiony-
iV^/f
io hucfpcdant, inrcrii.;s diccnrur. /npiier mq-^ct /uko,
vt funt fratcr ct roror, marifus ctvxor, agcnsctpoticns,
dc vno todcmquc fubjcdo intclJiguntur, dc quo antc
Saturnus & Rhca, Oiiris ct ifiii cjufdcm conditionis
ct profapi^ Pcrron^ Hicroglyphica-j Qupd cum fupc-
nusratisdcclaratum (it,repciirionchicnon cgct:At huic
curtantum fabularum affingitur? Id partim pro dccla-
rationc rci iatcntis, partim ad potcntiam Iovis,qualis cre-
ditus fuit, dcmonflrandam, fadum cxiflimclur: Lapis
procofubftituitur; quia ita dccuit. cducandus tr.idKur
faccrdotibus, qu! Cymbalorum (licpirucu cccultarunt:
Cumjerccniin fhilcfophico nifi conjungatur ct in vno
vafc quflfi u co nutridtur,cmnis opcra pcrditur Nutriccs
c .-

furrMciilfci fili;r icuapcs,vtalij volunt, quii volafili* in-

fcdafurfumctdcf ifum circsfictum fcupucrum /'hilcfo-
phicom vagantur Titancs vincir,hoc cft fpicula jadlantcs
:

fumcfascxhalarioncs; &Saturnum patrcm rcmouct de

impcrio ; Icupo/} riigrcdincm adducitalbrdincm lovia-
lcm ; virilia amputat cj, hoc cft fulfur iliud, a quo ni-
grcdo &
gcncratio jpfius proccdcbat; ^po//o cccinit c-
jus vi(5lotiam purpurcfi toga jndutus; quia purpurco
fipparcntc colorc vidoria apud lovem adcft Fcr Vc-
ftam, Ignis intclligitur,
cujus bcncficio lupitcr adcp-
tuscftjmpcri|g; Vcllje igitur, quia jgnis (cnipcr no-
vus , purus SfmaculatLS cfl Virginis inflar, vc.fumcft
conccllum fcmpcr virgmitatcm (crui^rc : Qurr ics ttfi
Hicroglyphicaantiquifu» {ucrif apud i£gypMcs ct Grx-
cosj apud Romanos taii.cn vt rcli^icfa rrax'n c' rc-
ccpta dl, cutii tot Virgmcs Vcliaks VcHa pcrpc-
tuuin
 :

Lib.j Acgyptio-Gr^corum.' lop

tuutn igncm, vna cum Virginitatc fovcrintj vt hy-
Rovix tcftantur: Uinonis amore quomodo potitus Cit

IupitcrjVt&raatrimonio,rcsad litcrani abfurdiiTima cftj

fivcroadoccultumfcnfum refpioiatur, forte conucnicn-
tiarocumnatura avis rcpra^rcntabit; Cuculusincu;usa-
vicuixnidumovafuaponit,illa a pullocxclufo propra;-
mio nutricatus dcvorarur, dctcftanda ingratitudmis nota:
Talia affingcrcDijsctDrabus ab infaniiTmia gcntc viJc-
ffturalicnum; Allcgoriscautcmcjufmodicxcufant, forte'
co quod matcra filio in Philofophico magiftcriodcuorc-
,

tur&fororafratrc: Sic Lt^/l: Thcor: Ttfl: 87. Remvi:

lem accifioi ac enn faciat fuos (sm^lexari parentef , ^uouf-
Oj^emtus crepent, c^ Jintveltit morttti :,lbid. Argentumvi-
vum eH cauja rh ori is /«d?, c]uia ipfitmmct fe ipfum, tnterficit ,

^ pofieaecctMt patrem dr matrtmfuos ,^ extrahit eif animas

a corporihuty^ epotat omnesipforttmhsimiditaies Divitiarum :

Dca luno habita cft ; quia aurcum vinculum cius injcdu

cft manibus,iplaquc Dca alte fuipcnfapcdibus a lovc:
Cumcni«7 pars s^gcns & paticns, fixa & volatilis lint
Iupitcr& Iuno,ii3:cnonnunquamobfuam volatilitatcm-
in acrc (ufpcnditur, du afccndit ct fupcricri parti adhxrct
Nymphxipfiattributxluntaqucasportit)ncS;ct pavo co-
lorcs variosrcfcrt qui rationcvolatiJismaterhT accidunt:
dum cnim totum manctiixum,vnuscfico]orimpcrniu-
tabilis: Mcrcurius autcm (axo Argumoccidcrat, qu]usSAXO
ccntiioculi pavonis caudjpa/^«<»»<rinfcrti finguntur :Plu- Argut ecfi-
fo quoq;opulcntia: Dcuscft, quia opcs cx inkris locis tci'Jus.
rac,cujillepra:fidct,pctunfur: IpfiTaurusraccr, hoccft,
Apise^gypMu^; quia vnius Tunt intcntioniS;JPyrenneo$
inhabitat monccs.*quia i(\i primafuefC]oca,vndc in Eu-
ropafrctal!a pctitafintaPha-nicibuSjVt antcdi^ii- Indc
quoque fuosbovcsabegit; IpfiCcrbcrus cuftos
//<r?-f»/^f

qui triccps ct Ciavcs pro infigni, quia finc cjus

fuit,

clavc nihil obtincri pcrcrit : Ad Chcmarum fiuvium

rapuit Projerpinam ; nc agcnsabfquc paticnte vidcretur: MYSTI-
De myftica au(cm caufa cur Plutonis cc Palladis ara C^.
P ^ com-
 110 Hicroglyphicorum' Lib.j^
conimunisfucrit, nos nonnihil fubodorati fumus: (lcnim
Plntonis rcgia alicui patcar, &
Pailadis acccdat artificium,
hoc quod quarritur Mcdicamcntum fummuro conficitur,
quodartcPalladiaexdonoPlutonio concinnatom mira-
biiia myftcfia apcrit; Palladia crim congrcgatio cura
fulcano^ Premetheo, vd Piutone fcmpcr oroinofa cft, Ct
quid myfticum dcfignat; vt alibi frpius annotavimus :
Neptunui.
Neptunui tcrtiusi^^jrwwfiliHf , marc ct infulas maris cu
impcrio fortitus cft Vxorcm habuit Amphuriten,fX. qua
:

ctcxvarijspcllicibusmagnum numcrum filiorum fufcc-

pit; Phzniccmfillumc Libya; loncmfiliimcx Pyrcncj

Phdtnix, qiiim lupitcr in ncbula, vt latcrct, comprcirit, ct cum

Iunointcrvcnirct,in vaccaro candidara mutavit; Hanc
tandcm luno, Argo intcrcmpto, srftro immilTocxagi-
tnvxt'^ cumque hinc multa roaria Europxct Afiastrana-

viifct^tandcm m/Egyptum ad Nili ripas vcnicnsdicitur lo

primamhominis tormam rccupcralTc; qui: ab iGgyp-
tijs Ifidis noroinc cuItacH: Indc fingcbatur ifidis Qa-
tua cornutai modo luna, modo tcrra dida: Vaccam
autcm Ifidis & lunonis clfc imagincm Hicroglyphi-
cam, vt Taurum Ofiiidis& Plutonis, fupra fatis dccla-
ratumcft: Troiana Ncptunus, vna cum ApoIIinc xdi-
ficavitmatnia; Tridcntc & conchainccdit,vcQc cyanca,
capillis nigris, oculis cxrulcisa quatuor cquis, vclvta-
lij, vitulis marinis,t.radus: Ejuidcm Ncptuni filij funt
Pr0teut,
Proteus cxPhanice Nympha, Triton cx Jmphitrite; Pro'
fei^W) TmjlHsti Telegonut, ab Hf^fw/^occifi, quia hof-
pitcs intcrimcbant; filia, Idothca, £[nx doc\^\t MeneU'
um y quomodo f rtf/^«/ CjUspatcrcopriehendcndusclTcf;
TritoH vt tradit Homer. Lib, 4. Ody[f. Triton Neptuni buccina-
to &tubiccncftj Cujns filia Tritiavxxgo Adincrz'£ Sa-
ccrdos.i Afarte coprciU pcpcrit /l^eLimppum : Tntonjo'
vi bcHu advcrfus Gigantcs gcrcnti in caufa fuit vi<5to-
ria: ^u concha invcnta fonuminauditumcdidillct, quo
slliinfugam vcrfi fucruat: fuprcmi pars corporis vfq;
ad vrabilicumfuit hominis^infcrior vfquc ad caudam Dc\.

phini
 1

Lit } .
Acgyptio-Gr^corum. 1 1

phini, duo8pedcsprioresequinoshabuir,cjudiniq-, du<

pliccm inluiix fornianri' huircncjus fucruntcolorcpur-
purco j Apud Romanosfupcr Tcmplo SatiirniTriton qui-
dam cximi r raagnitudinis fuit collocatus , qui buccinann
irflibat, quoricsoricbatur vcntus, caudamq-, intra tcr-
ram occultabat;Giauca quoqjfuitcx filiabus SAturniy cx (^iducn,
Opi nata:Ex Phtlyre autcm Chiron S^/«r«»filius,cujus chiron^
vxor Chamlo Jpcllims ^W&i vcl Occani vcl Pcrfse : iilia
Ocyrhoc: quiavcrd patcr cjus cquum fimulalfct cutn
Philyrcn pctcrct,ncagnofccretur. bincChironab vm-
bilico fupcriorcspartcs corporis habuit hominis,mfcrio'
rcscqui: Cum adolcvilfctin fylvasabijlfc diciturjVircfq-
hcrbarumprimusobfcrvalTc; vndc & ob pcritiam Ghi»
rurgiatautlaborum manunm,C/?r><?» fuit nominatus: A
Diana vcnandi rationcm in fylvis didicit Idcoquc A' :

chi/lis, Hcrcuhs, I(tfonisttM,fcti!apij magiftcr in vtraqucar-

tcctmcdcndictjaculandi fuiircfcrJbitur ,vt jamantemc- , .

minknus : Cum vcro Hercmis fagittas vcncnatas incau- ,. .

^J^^f
tius tradlarct ab vna carumin pcdcl.Tfu^cx eo vulncrc
ctdolorc obijt; Vt dc Proteo, Tritone^ alijfque ejufmodi
inonftrofis ?octarum jnvcntis,nihilaliudnifimatcriam
philofophicam> VV\k curo Cerhcro, Chi7rr<era, Sphyn^e Ct
Draconbus^Tj/jWwct Echyame iiIijs,denotaiitibusfpar' Cic LxTuf^
fim aiitchacdi.vimus, ct jnpoftcrum didurifumus, ^ic ^Udfl.lJena»
quoqucChironisdccIjrationcmfublafonc attulimus, il« x>e»r, negat
lumncropctofHcroum circmagiftrum,quieosmanuum Hippo-Cen'
kborcs (cu praftica circa Mcdiclnam aurcam indagan- r^«M/iw att^
damdocucrit; A^^unc aliud Monftru cx SatHrno progc- fhimxrdm
nitum, at finc vitio naturn?, vidcamus ncmpc Vtnerem'. vnt^Mamfff
Ejusortus Hypcrphyficustraditur, ncmpecxS^/»yw ge- ife»
nitalibusin marcproic(flis , ct cx fpuma maris, vndc et V E V8 N
Grafcis dicla cft«Wm,cum «^««'fpuma fit 5 In Cyprum Monjfrum
primumConchadcvcniircpracIumitur , vndc ^ Cypx\2 finevitio.
cognoirinatur , arri quafi Cyprioprxfcda: Dc cjus pul-
chritudinc,quomodo ex mari cmcrfcritj/^octx ct pido- yenuremer'
rcs confulantuf Jpe/les cnim in co fummara fuse iwt^eas.
:

vim
 ,,:

iit Heroglyphicomm Lib.j;

vimcxprcflic; IntcrDcasomnes pulchcrfima habita cft,
indcaParidcaurcum pomum,promilla infupcriliiHclc-
na, rnulicrumrormofiffima, quod pulcherrimaEdari cx
inrcriprjoneucbcbatjobcinuit: Scqucntibus fcculiSjCum
cjus puichritudinis tanta fama a Poctis fub Alicgoria
Tparfa ciretapud Gra:cos & Romanos, huic tanquam vo-
luptatisacamorisDcx litatumcftj Muitamillia tcmplu-
rum inftituta ct dicata, & innumcrai mulicrum lafciva-
rum M/riadcsejusminiftcrio, hoccftlibidini, facrarxfu-
crunts adco ctiamvt in Provcrbium ccircrit, non cuivis
horaini contingcrs.adirc Corinthum, tanquam omnium
rcrumfoeliciflimaciretCorinthum. vbi totmiliia proftf-
bulorum Vcncrcorum pro miraculo habcrcnrur,qux ad-
venas quofcunquc fux pulchritudinis et voiuptatis illccc-
brisfacilccaptarent&alliccrcnt, vidiircctluilra(Tc:Cum-
quc Vcnus proDcatambcncvoIa humanogencri fcmel
rcccptaeiret, nullus invcntuscft,qui huic bcljura indixc-
rit, quinoncjus culluimaximcltuducritfequcmancipa-
rit; MartcmvtDcumrcvercri, honorcafficcrc, niturx
human^ quid advcrfura vidcbatur, quia is fanguinis effu-
rionc& mortcgaudcrccredituscftf ccontra Dcam Vcnc-
rcmagnofccrc, ciq^ rcvercntiam volupratlbus cxhibcre,
quidamabilc & jucundum omni gencri iuiJicatum cf>;
feMUsvta- Hmc Vcncrcmpaccm,MartcmbcIIuradiIigcredixcrunt»
miea rMtura huncrnorri, illam vitx caufam prxbcrc: At dcploranda
frodearc' cfthuman:^ mcntis caccitas in his, vtinalijs, quod Iici-

ceptM, tum ab illicito , bonum a malo haud difccrncrc potuerit

Vcnusnonprolibidincapud iEgyptios ct Gra'cos anti-
quiftimos introdud:acrat,fedprofiIiaSaturni,( Cuius fo-
rorcft Vcritas m
profundo fpccu abditaj qua: tamen
cfrccpulchcrriraactigncrii in noftro fubicfto cxcitarct
hoccft,amorcmctappctitumfcfepropagandi: Hxc fuit
occafioomni»idoIoIatriasetVcncris cultusj Qood vcro
fit, multorum tcftimonijs addud^is,fi opii:> ik,
iliud ita
dcmonftnrc liccrct; at nos piucis hic contcnti crimus
hoc prxiudicioj Nos qux dc Vcncrc didari rumus,non
intt^c-
 LiKj Aegyprio-Griccorum.' if|
intclligcredclibidinc «nim»liumautvoIupta?c&dcfydc-
riococundi, vtquldam mythologi Vcncrisfabulascrairo
modocxponunr, nccdc ftclla Coelcfli, quamVcncrcm,
Helpcrum vel Lucifcruai dicunt, folis przarobuloncni
autpcdiircquum,Planctam,nccdcmctalIonotocommij-
ni. quodchymiftarum Vuigusquoqjficappcllat, fcddc
quodamfubiecflo philofophico, fincquoDihilcfficipof-
lit : Hcrmcs cap 4. lam VrAM ait : E^o genero litmett,nec tene-
i^Kt nteA fta tttrAfHnt c^ nifi meum e^et met^lHmficcHm, omnia
,

corpoKi meii»iit^rere?}t ^ ^l^i* ealiqnefacio, (^ eorHmrttbt^i-

tiemdeleo, cfr jHh(iantiam extraho ; Aieigitftr (^fratremet
ittnclis mhilmeliHi ac vetiera^Hiftt : Rex antem dominatoryfHis
fratr>bi44 tsfianiibHS ait : Ego coronor ^' diadgmate omor, ffr
revn} ve^ro indusr, c^' cordtbns Uticiam ingero, ^
ego vin^Hs
vinis c^-pe^ori mex m.ttris (fr [Hhflantia eittSy confinere & qni-
efcere meam fulfflantiamfaciot &* invifbi/e ex vifthiii cem'
fOKojuncoccHltum apparehit, C^ omne ejftod phtlofopht ocCHlta'
vernnt ,exnobisgenerabi(Hr.%'\c FlamcItEx Dcmocrito: o^-
ris tgitftr corpHt protrahens ejHantMmpar e^, ceu cjHAndam /itt'
gnam obiongamfacito : PofieafHper carbones reponens inipfum
VulcanHm concita, irradians uunc faiefoffilt, nunc oera Attiea
continue, vel alternatim humgrum c^ ^eSins Paphid exornans,
pHichrtorp/anefiet, aeg/aucHmco/arem abtffiens apparebit tota
aurea : Cum ta/emfortajfe Parts Venerem vidijfet, lunoni c^
PaUaiiatttepofuit, Etibidcm iVenHS vt homo,ammam c^ cor-
pHi habet : Oportetigitur materiamccrpore (po/iare, vtperma»
nentejpiritft dngenie ad cuiufcun^ cjuitfiti perfecitjnem accom-
modtturx ^jid efi Ventu ? ^^od homo m tteriaie corpHs: Ani-
msijuidemejf parstenttis inipfa^ejutt per regimen in /nce prodity
hoc efi,JpiritHt tingendipotentiam hahens: Corptss vsro efigraue
Crmateriale, terrefire^fuam quodvmbram habet, qHamopor"
tetJpaiiareigneopharmaco:Wxc\Vc quac fufficiant : Ciccro
inlib.j.dcnatiiri dcoiijj fcquutus Varroncm, Orphcuni CurVer.eres
Romanum, fcu thcologum Ethnicum, Vcncrcs plurcs (^. dijp/ures
producirjVtconfucvitcirca omncsalios dcos,dcafq;CtHr- numerentur
rocs } Cum cnim hx pvrfonx fint faltcm rcucra hicrogly- ciHfd.mno*
phicx et fid r ad intcntionc iIlorum,qui agnovcrunt, quas n:hiis^
 114 Hleroglyphicorum Lib.j.^
rcsriibintciligcrcnt, indc cor;tigit,vtdcu8,dca,hcrosvcl
hcroinacx illis alisatqjalijspjrcntibus, locis, tcmpori-
bus pt circumftantijs prognati dicantur, vt patctfcicin
emf^us, Iccoc]j nc fjbala aut fallitas rcligioni rcccptar
ir>eirc vidcrcfur, dillindioinucnra cftprorcmcdio, quo

criani divcrfiflima conciliari potcrunfj Hoc modo, in-

quam, Ciccro di<5lo loco trcs Vcncrcsfuilfr affirmat, quo
•d origincm diucrfas ; Primam e Csclo ct Dic natam,cuiu8
Elidc dclubrum cxtct,altcram cfpum3,cx qua ct Mcrcurio
Cupido fccundus ortus fit, tcrtiam cx lovc ct Dionc pro-
crcatam, qua; nupfic Vulcano: Nos novitEus Vcncrcm
nccdcam ncc homincm fuilfc, fcd pcrfonatn apud i£gyp-
tiosintrodudam, quafifccnicam, pd dcclarandasrcsfub
i}8 nominibus occultatai*Idcoq-,tradidcruntantiquiorc8

hancnatam cx lovc ct lunonc, vna cum 0{>ride, Ifidty Ty-

phoncct Apollinc; Sivcigiturcx Satuino,fiuc Iovc,fiuc
Ccelo, fiuc aliundc gcnita dicatur Vcnus,rc8 tamc vna cll^,
€t non plures, vtfapicntiorcs cxEthnicis dclyr^runt j Dc
qua ficonftct apudauthorcs, dc nominibus non curant'
Nomina cnim dicunt elfc proptcr rcsct non rcs proptcr
nomina ; H r c funt vcftium vicc, illar res corporum vivo-
ruro; Fartum vcftium amant amstorcs, inquit Coniicu»,

non vcftcm ipfam^ Ita ct philofophi fartum nominum,

non nomina, hoceft, (blasrcsadmirantur etrcfpiciunt:
Necproptcrca fabulacirc dcfinetquicquiddcdij«di(5lum
cft, quod Ciccro inpcrfonis, rcbuscttcmporibus bcnc
difiinguat; Caute quidcm fatis,at non vcrc : Dillindioncs
cnimcius fuiu dcnon cntibusctmanifcftc faJfis : An Vc-
nuscx CocIoctDicnata c(l? An Coclus cum Dicconcu*
EthmcuM buit,vtcumTcrraantcdi(5ta?OMcdici rocdiapcrtunditc
rehu4 divinis vcnam ;lnlanit Ciccro prac nimia fapicntia Sic trcs lovcs
:

infanicMm facit,quoruro prirousctfccondusin Arcadia nati, hic Cgc.

plfifa^ere Io,iIlc Acthcrc patrc ; Tcrtium Crctcnfcm dicit Saturnum

videntnr, patrcm habuiiIc;Ex primo Profcrpinam ct Libcru, cx an-

tiquiflimo lovc Athcnarura rcgc ctProfcrpinaDiofcuros
tutos tltcmMcrcurios quinq;, plurcs Apollincs, Cupidi*
ncs,
 I.ib. j I -^gyptio-Gr^corum. 1
15
tes, Baccho$,Hercules,SoIc8,Iunas fcu Dunas,vt fuJS locis
vidcbimus :Condoncnt quoq. Mythologi mihi,quod Vc-
ncfcm nonproluxuriaaiit Iibidinccxponam,vtha^cnu»
toti mundo placuit Nim fi de prima origine ct rei^rita<
.

tcfcrino fit, vt rcs cft, fcntiendum ct loquendum pufo^ Si

vcrodercccptaconfuetudinc, nccabca rcccdcndumafr-
bitrorabfq; manifc(}acau(a: Mcdicinoucruntfunif^ioncs
incorporcanimaiium, prxfcrtira horoinijcircvarias,na-
turalc>,vitalcsctanimalc8,atq;ha8dinin(5l3siqrenncivas
^tmotiuaSjTntclicdura ctvoluntatcro, acfingularumcx
hifccmultascircdifFcrcntias.variaorganactrpdcsjExna-
turalibus vnacft gencratiua fundio di(flj, qux in mcbri*
gencrationidicatisfita c(t, caq.,quamilliMythologidc-
am Vcncrcm cxplicint; Quod li ita liccat, vbi funt castcra:
alijs funftionibus dicat.T^Salacia, VcniIia,Cinxia, Prc^na,
Virginenfis,Partunda,Lucina,Rumina, Cunina, Edulica,
numcrarct omncs? Vcncrcm amica Adoni-
|*o:ina,ct quis
disruilTciaraantcnarravimusjQlJorumautcmliberorHra fg^f^^rf^ '

Riatcr ctaquibus radafuctit, infcqucntibus diccmusiDc^^^^^^^^ '

Saiurni filijs latif, nifi quoddcvnica rcritatc, lo^o hoc *^ --y^^^^-

traAatuindaganda, quscTcmporisfiliadicitur, adurifi" '

mut: Nunc ad lovcni et lunoncm rcucrtimur: Mctim

Occani filiam lupitcr primo jn vxorcm duxcrat, quje po-
^capharmacum Saturnobibcndum prscbuit, quoillcLs-
pidcm prius,dcindcfilios voratos cvorauit : ^trum hanc PaHoi nbf^
^ravidam fadVam lupitcr, (an praramore,an odio,ignora- matre.
tur) dcglutivitjcx quo cibo mox ipfc gravidus fadns Pal- iJovispiU,
ladccn armatam c capite pcpcrit: Pofica Thcraim duxit,ac
-tcf tio lunoncm, quamrctinuit: AlijdicuntThctidcmin

varias formas vcrlam dcnic. comprcllam a lovc foilfc,

qunc cum clTctgravida^audicns lupitcr, forc vtcx ca nafce-
rctur,quiCce!iimpcriopotirctur, illamabrorhuit. quare
ipfc pofica apud amncm Tritoncm Pdlladem pcpcrit:
Quje Tritonia dl Aa cH proptcrca,aut quod a Tf tonc cdu» i

catafit:Eft itaq-, Pallas abfq; matrc cccrebrolovisorta,

f'uIcanopcrfccurimipfiv:ampr3Ebcntc;Homcrusabop-
0^2 pido
 :

ii6 Heroglyphicorum Lib.j^

pido Bxotix Alalcomcnio Alalcomenia nominavit,quod
apudfcnatam fuiircMmirruam AUlcomcnijdicrrcnt, vc
FnluM tn jiij strabo lib Dz aurca pluvia, Rilladis natalcm locum,
9
pr^j:Gr^m:
Rjio^m^^ccorantc^anic dixmius Palladcm Dicnyfoiii :

1/^ Nyfaenutritoprctfc(flam fuilfc ab Ammoncad dcvitan-

A He-
verbo
qui cx Ammonc Satur-
(j^jRj-jca; infidias, alij fcribunt,
braico agt-
^^^^ ^^j j^y^p^ faciunt : Dc nominis rjtionc diircntiunt
.
'?^'' nonnullijcum quidam,quodcorpalpitansDionylla Tita-
/
'•
nibusdifccrpti adlovcm dctuIcrit,aIijquodiaculj mittat,
alijquodPailantcmgigantcmiaculo intcrfcccrit, didam
putcnt; Vndccunq^fitnomcn, proinifcue /'allas, Trito-
nia, & Mincrua dicitur : Virgo (cmper manfiffc crcditur,
quxTircfiamcxcum fccit, aquonudaconfpccflicirctla-
vans fc in fontc Heliconis Hippccrcnc : Vulcanus q'Joq;
vim ci infcrrc volcs fpc fua fruflritus cftjvt ante mcmora-
vimus De Palladio infcrius fub Troir rcquifitis agcjur
:

Quid iam pcr hanc dca antiqui intellcxcrint, facile a quo-

vis pcrfpicifur ^ Ncc vcro quicquam aliud,nifi fjpientiam
acut^' mcntis ct cmundi ccrcbri,PaIIade cx ccrcbro lovis
nara,denotariccnf<musj Sinccacnira nihilpcragiturncc
in alijs arduis ncgocijs, ncc in magiftcriophilofophico,
quodidcofjpicntum vocatur : Hxc arcanorumcontcm-
platio pcr Palladem defignatanondcbet vulgoproftitui,
fcd fub philofophix vclis «bfcondi, vt multis in locis phi-
lofophi cum ohteftationibus ct imprccationibiisadmo-
ncnt^HincTirefiasabfq; dubio excjecatus fingitur,quod
nudam Paliadc m,vt Adlixon Dianam hinc in ccruum mu-
tatus, vidcrit: luno vero cum Pallad/s monftrofum par-
lumcxccrcbrofui coniugis faftun^ audiviirct, iratacum
Typhovex exccraiionibns tcrram pcrcufTure dicitut, vndcTy-
diris

percuffHfer' phon ille, to^-drjjconum parcns, prodicrit; Cumqjali-

ra. quando ab Apolline in domum lovis ad conviuium

Heife. iuilfct vocata, atq-, intcr alias cpulas laducas agreftcs

2.[ffvUfi/ii' appofitas comcdilfct, cum ante cllct flcrilis, graviJa

fi^i traditur, ac po'ft Hfbcn filiam pcpcrilfc : Quam
Latini luvcntatcm appcliarunt, lo^vi pocula ali-

quam-
 Lib. j . Aegvptio«Graecoium, 1 17
quJmdiu mfnirtrantcm HxcHfnu/ivyiorditadicitutin
:

CaMo, Mitiis Soror ncc non f^'MlcamiT>c Mai tc,quod cx

love^Xunonc natusfit, antiquinondubitant; Hujus rcs Mars ^,
gcrtxnonnifipraflia&adultcria cum varijs concubmis, lovisfiliM,

cii propriam vxorcm non habucrit, Icguntur; /^auciffimo-

rumnosmcntioncmfacicmu'?. Adultcriumcjuscum Vc-
ncrc notiflimum ctl ; dc quo Pocta Ovtd,
Yabui4nArniiHrtotcnoti{ftt»4 Ccslo,
Mtikibfrii cmpti, MArJj^ Vcnttj^ dolis.

Vcnus Vulcano nuprcratdcformi,'claudo&opcrario ma-

rito, formondiau mulicrum^tcncrrima&luxuriofiiTima;
Huiccopulaturitaquc furtim Mars, ata Solcproditus, a
Vulcano ligaturvinculis impcrccptibilibus, fortiflimis,
vtita rifum et lufum prxbcrcnt fupcris vi Jcntibus Etlini-
••

ci PoctcT ctfcriptorcs Mirtcm pro Dco bcIli,proq;ira,vin-

diifl^ajbilc&rurorcaccipiunt&intcrprctanfur; Vciuanti-
quiflimi ad vini qiiaJam igncam,ardcntcaIovcproduda
rcfpcxcruntjquxmfultus&prxliaignisfufiincrcnovcrc-
atur,ct quafi invulncrabili fit corpcrc; Si Vcnus noftra cu
hoc Martc concumbat in apto cubilij &a A^«/(f4«i' rcti acrio
velchalybcG vinciatur, nafccturinde pulchcrrima' filia
Harmonia d\6^i-^ hoc cft harmonicecoponta & omnibus
numcrisabfoluta; qu3» futclarcnumcnantiquiiusdiccba- ^^ifs Har'
tur:Incujusnuptijsadfueruntomncsdij, dcjrq; cumfuis ^i«»edicit$ir
donis,ctcpithalamijs,qu^rcceIcnturavarij8/*octis:Nup- ^*''*' Vt*icaj

fitautcCadmo^dcquofupcriuSiAcgcnoris V\\xT\\i.ucnxt'"**^ fmckrH,

gis filiojDracOjquilociosC^rt^^if/aquaadfcrrc iulfos intc-'^^" pernicio'
r:mit & ipfc a quibufdim M^rtis ct Vcncris fiiius dici-f'^^^^'^^'^
turiVnJcavunculusHarmoniaccxtitit; Poftmultas cala* ^<formarih
mitatcs, quasCadmuspcrpclTusnarratur, vracuHarmo-
niavxorcin Draconc convcrrusfivHgitur ^ltavtobiruj fc-
reomnium Hicroglyphieorum dcorum aut hcroum fuo
non confpiciatur Har-
ortui corrcfpondcat,nc fabula clTc :

monia cnimcxMartcct VcncrcnatacftMcdicma ilia au*

rcaprimaviccI6^oIaborccIaborat3,qua:/icIoccturCadroo
(^ quo Cadmia noftra dicitur jtQ ad^uc omncs dijcu (uis do-
0^3 niSjhoc
 ii8 Hicroglyphlcotum Lib.j,
hoc cft,fru(?lus & ctlcdusfpcratusabclTc nequitj Dtni-
quc vna cum Caimo Draconcm mutatur imo
in
jjiJodpqus,inB<iiiIircum; NoQra cnim Mcdicina dcnud
(uo (lmi!i mcorporata, bafilifci vim ficoculos najifclturjvt
apud nortratcs Philorophosfrcqucn.tiflimc lcgitur : Huc
fpcdantrcquentiaPhilofophorura difta; In Mctaphor«
Bclim\ipud Rofarium: ^jiande extraxcrii mefitrtimkna»
turA mea^ (^ parltm vxorem meam a mturafuayC^ fcjfea ecct-
datii naturast ^fufcitamur re^urreRiene nova cfr tncorptrali^
i eoejuod pfleamori nonp^ffnmus i Et inSccrcto maximo;
: Aurum loi^uitur e^ dicit : MaledicantU'- , ejui nobiltjfimam
\
weamfotmam vihptnciuntx Egojumnobilijftmum tns^ ^
omnestnfiuentU Coelitnvnum convenerur.t admeam generatio-
y nem per mandata Deipotentis, C^ egofum opus naturaperfelia^
\
"*
^ fumnatus fine aelulterioyC^tJiiphantafttci&novelh obca-
\
catimejpuriumc^ haflardumvocant d!me ignorant. Ego
<y

verofum incorruptibi/is c^fi/tus So/ii , c^ mtnima pars Jub^

fiantiameaeHtotummeumcontinens ^ nec in me ali^uidcor-
\ ruptibile reperiripetejf ; Et tamen ijli ex cotruptibtltbus me
\ c^fubjiantiammeamvo/untmu/tip/icare-^uomodopojfunt ipfi
c^ confi/iomeo, nequae^ua
crearefi/ios mtifimiles abf^confenfu
fiet y auouJtL egofimenmeHmigncmm M^aueroinjaugutne meo

fluenttia/bo & i^neo: Qux pfilofophi vcrba cvidentilTimc

Harmoniam Philofophicam dcpingunt: Cujus hxc
dcfinitioaquodamtraditur: E\wt cQquoddamcompp-
fitumhabcns m fc virtutcm roincralcro inclufam, cxi-
ftcnscondimcDtum) antidoturo & mcdicina omnium
corporumpurgandorum&tranfformandorum in Soli^-
f^u/canut 4. cum & Lunificumvcrum. Cumvcro Vu/canus vincula
IwUfiiim, jnjcccritMarti & Vcncri,Harmonia:,hoccft,nonrnj Mcdi-
cinxPhilofophicaeortumfua quoqucopcraadjuvif, licct
Zclocypia idfcdusidfccilTcxftimctur, hinc dc ipfo, vt-
potc Martis fratrc, fcorfira diccmus; idquc brcvjtis.
quit alibi fxpifTirrtc cju8»cntiofir;&fincr«/f'«w vix vl«'

lu9cx his Hicrogly phicis di ji aut dcabus dccUrari potcfT:

l i^roptcrdcformiutcnia lunonc matrc c ccslo in marc
praeci-
 1,

Lib. j Acgyptlo-Graccorum. g1
pr^cipftatuscH: cxquocafu claudus fa^ui, aLetnnijs
p€>^ educarus traditur: Ignis cjUM invcntuni,vtalij, Pro'
mcthci ) fiiiinimccrcdiiur: Hinc Lampadophorit , dc
quibus infcrius, ipfidicata : In Infula Lipara ofHcinara
habuiirc putatur, ac dijs rouJtisarina fabricaiTc, &Iovi
fulmina faccrc : Talum aercum fccit Infula: Creu praefidc:
fic&cancm xncucxirricepulchritudinis fccitvivum^quc
louilargitus, iilcEuropaE,haBcProcridi,qu3c 0/»W<?j«tq. ^^^,-, j» /^-
iscanis poftca fuitaloucin lapidcm convcrfus : Pando* ptdemcon"
ram /ovisiu^ru formauitpro igne iPromcthcorapto,ho- •fffr/Hu
minibus cff<:rcndam> Armaloviadvcrfusgigantcsfabri-
cauit,proq'Jo Afinerv* nuptisi cxpctivit; atillacius li-

bidinirclucftatacft: Lconcs ipfi confccrati fu«fc,quia ig*

ncaanimalia fint.FamuIiCyclopcSj Brontes,Steropes at
Pjracmon ,c\\ioxuvA mcminitVirgil: 8. jfincid: Ar^alns Ardalus,
cius filius ccilam fccit Mufarum apud Trxzcniosj Et Bro- BrtthcHs,
thcHs ,
qui irrifiis ab omnibus proptcr dcformitatcm orit
in igncm fc conjccit : Eius vxor prortcr Vcncrcm Aglaia
id c(l fplcndordicitur
: Vulcanus iniurix acccptx a ma-
trclunone fquar divitiarum dcafingitur^ minime obli-
tus, aurcamfcllamcum occultis quibufdam vinculis do-
noejmlfit, quacdcam, cumalfcdiirct, (latim implica-
vcrunt. Natalis fub Vnlcan§ rcccnfct Chymicosquoque
Vfi/canumCihi proprium acccrfcrc, & pcr eum intclligcre
fulfur aut argcntum curfirans, quod nihil nifi Cax natorx
infcrccipit, fcd ab omnibusfcparatur; & qu<c dcinde
afpcrgitcxanimi impotentiaaninfcitiaan invidiadicam> . .

ncfcioj At ipfcfibi fua habcat fcomata, ««/'»»» *''fhir *'x*Vj ^^**^]**'

"'^^"^*
Igncm gladio fodit, dum FHlcamm contumcliolc
ita
cxcipit; Quin oftcndit fc Ignis vfum non alium,qu^in '" ''^*

manibus calcfaciendis aut cibis coqucndis aut fibiili-

bus offidnis convcnientcm fcirc- cxjftimansraedicinas
optimai abfque ignis miniftcrio concinnari poirc. )n
quofallitur: Optimx cnimMcdicinac optimojndigcnf>
quod cft jgnis, Elcmcnto, vtpote fpiritualitati & fim-
plicitati proximo, fine quo ncc natura ncc arsopcra-
tur:
 :

no Htcroglyphicomm Lil:> ],'

^iir: Vu!cinu8itaqucnon cftaMcdicina fcpafjHclus, fcd

illi,vtcoqiiusculinx , maximopcrcconjungcndus :Cun\

/^alladc Viilcanumquidcommunchabcrc, ii nonconcu-

bitu,tamcn vniusarar culru, jam an^cnarravinuts.' ••'/;.
itaquc gubcrnct Vuicanum, lioccft prArnKdifarioct Si-.
picnt'aigncmPhilorophicum,dcquoquo(ijRu!Hp!<:x iif,
multisinlocis traclatuminvcniiiius:Ad qujiuor taincn
gcncraomics igncs.quorilmcntio firapud -lufhorcs, rc-
ducipollc, ijfdcm tcfiibus non cft dubiumi ncmfcjd
natUTjlcra, innatura!cm,contra naturim&occarionatum
fcu Elcmcntalcra: Siccnim Rip]aruspcrt.3.,^.i//^<5r/'«;?<
igniHm ^enera ^Hs fcir<d(bes-^*iaturahs i^r,AturalU (^ con-
y

tranaturam, E/em^vt^/ff^qui accencHt h^i^ffm » Hu ifnibns

Vtimur C^- ko» plnrtbus : IgKts coHtra nHtttrnm debet excrucu*
re corpora , ipfe efi DracOjCjuemadmodum tibi dico ^jolettter
comburcKSy vt ij^nisififerHt • /^tiis natur<t efitet;tium met^rnP^-^
iile ianis l^nem ofcafionA^um voca>-
naturaliter jrjs/fcuig^reii
ntus innaturalem, vtcalcremcinerumf^balneornm adputre-
Jaciendnm: Abf^ hisignibustK nihtl perduxeris adputrefa'
Eltonem^vtpolff^feparari fttamateriat vt (imulfttproportio-
nata ad nou^m coniuK &ionem • Fac igitur ignem intus in tuo vi-
tro^quicontburat corporae^c«teit*i , ^vam ignis HUmentAlii
Hapc iilc: QuibusctLulIius, Flamcll, ct Scala Philof:
rcrVuIcanumigiturlgncm
Scal. I. tlijqucalfcntiuntur;
occafionatum fcu innaturalcm ct Elcmcntalcm propri^
intclIigimus,non autcm igncm naturalcm) fcd addimus,
Igncm contra naturam ab ipfo Vulcano prnrparari dcbcrc,
qucm fijgnovcris, dimidiumopcris Fhilofophicj obti-
nc«: In LcmnohabitatTcdicitur, quiacam infulam tcr-
ramhabcrccalidamct nicdicinalcminprimi» confiattO-
pcraquxfccitfabriliapartim funt /*hilofophica, partim
altcnuilntcntionis,ficonfidcrcntur attcntius: Dcorum
ctHcroum clypcos ctarma fccit, ct infignia difiribuir;
quiaabigncomnis corum motusct potcntia pruvcnitj
vndc talcs fint vcl habcaniur : lovifccptrum ct fulmina,

Marttcl/pcum, Ncptuno tridcntcmctalijsalia fuxartis

monumcn.
Lib. } Acgyptio-Graccorum. 121
monumcnta rclinquit Matrcm tjuoquc
: aurca fclla coii-

ftrinxit,q od in vltuna opcris partc cvcnif,cum jam om-

niaopnmocolorcapparcnt: Nunc (cquunfur lovis filij
cxpcllicibus- Exhis Apoilo & Diana prnrcipui funt cx *^p*ll»f*»
Ldtona nati , vt plnrriquc fcntiunt : At Hcrodotus in Eu- ^ol.sdevpi
tcrpc fcribit, Apollincm ac Dianam Dionyfi & IfidisM'*'»
filios ellcaiunt, Latonamquc iilorum futirc nutriccm,
eumillosfcrvavcrit^ ^Vam •Latona cumcflTct vna cx 8.
JE)ijS «^gyptiorum i Ccrcrc dcpofitum^pud fc Apol-
j

'Imcm fcf vavit .cum in Infula Pjotc fivc natantcab impc-

lu Typhonis.Ofiridis filios quarrcntiS) protcxiirct : Tul* ^^^^^^,^
lius j.dcNat D^or.An- ^p^//,„^^
quatuor Apollincs rcccnfct lib.

liquimmumcx Vulcanonatum, cullodcm Athcnarum; ^,,^^^^.

aliumCorjf bintie fil>um in Crcta, tcrtium cx lovc & La-
tona: Qnartum in ArcadiaNomioncmappclIatumjTcr-
tioautcm,vtcclcbcrrimoomncsrcsgcftar& multi libcri
cxdivcrfis conciibinisfufccptiafcribuntur: fcriim fircm,
proutgcftacft,autfccundum naturam fc habct, confydc-
Tcmus ,NccHcrodotusncc Ciccro illa diflinftionc o.
pu8 habuiirct} Et pcrindccft,^ quibusApoilo natus di-
catur,cum faltcm fit Hicroglyphica pcrfona, qux in fub-
i^antialocura noninvcnit, fcd in qualitatc tantum, aut
rclationc,nififccundas notioncs faccrc malimus : Idcm
fcnfuscrf, fiucdicatur a Latonanatus Apollo, fiuc abl-
fidc, fiucabOfiridc, fivclovcj funtcnimOfiria&Iupi-
tcr? Ifis & luno rc vnum ct idem $ Ncc rcfcf t num Lafo-
nanutrix ftatuatur, num matcr ApoIItnis, idcm cftoffi-
cium; fivcro Wconvcnicntiam rcfpiciamus, magis dc
nutricc opinio probaturj At quiaita rcccptumfit, Lato-
nim Apollinis& Dianxctmatrcm ctnutriccmcircfiatui-
mus: Ethnicidc ApoIIincctSoIc,vtctdcDiimactLuna,
hihilccrtidctcrminarunt, tn fintpcrfonscjcdcm, an a-
liar aut divcrf;*' ; ct an fucrint in tcrri, aut in coelo,an fint

illaluminacTeli, an vrro Herocs tcrrx fucrintj Ciccro

Tuo morc 3 .Lib.dc Nat.Dcor. quinquc So\ts producitj v- ^uiu^ S»"
nusjmquir^corumquiJ^oIcadi^flifHnt, cTovcnatut, nc-/^/ Ctctrwii.
R pof
 ,

112 Hicroglyphicorum'v .
Lib.jJ
po» >EthcrUfu;irc<Jicitur AltcrHyperionc :TcrtiusVuI-
•

canoNili filio: cujus vrbcm ^gyptij voiunt circ cam,

qurHcliopolis appcllatur: Quarius is, qucni hcroicis
temporibus Acbanto Rhodi pcperille dicitur,avum laly-
fi, CamirictLtndi: ^^intus,qui CoJchis fcrturiEctam
& Circcn procreallc. Omniihasc nomina clfc fidact a
divcrfis Poctisdivcrfisrcbus, pcrfonis 8c!octsattribul«,
quilibct,nificxcusfit, vidcicpotcrit : Atlibuit itaEthni-
cis fu«fupcr(litioni rcmcdium quarrerc,nc vni Dco plu-
rcsctdivcrfosparcntcsac patrias attribucrcnt : Qupd li
hosDcos omncsfuilfc dixcrinr, vbi igitur tot folcs dij
raanfcrunt i fi lumma Coelict cadcm cum Solc coelcfti

forfitancum invctcravcrint,in vnum locum congcftafuf,

«bfumptoluminc? fiRcgcs ct homincsfuciint, cur Dij
dicuntur, autDcorumfadapcrfcciirc? Noracn^nimSo-
liseosDcos faccrc non potuir, ncc adulteria multis aU
fcripta, necaliafaciiioraautfcclcra^qux fi ad litcram aut
hy ftoriara accipiantur, non homincs , at vix fcmi-homi-
ncs? ipfosfuiireconvincunr,tantumabc(^,quodDcorura
nomcn mcriti fuerint : Apollo iraquc licet quadruplex fti-
tuatur,&SoIquintuplcx,diverfis parcntibus locisna- &
tus, tamcnvna cftpcrfonaHicroglyphica, non Ethnici»
fcriptoiibu8,fcd Chriftianis artificibus ct Mcdicis nota,
Ex O^ruie & I/idey vcl ctiam /avt & Iu»»fie nata, aut love
Intcrimpcr vtrumqucct Apollincm ctSoIcm
ct Latorta'

^olCceliitMis
communitcrSoI CoeliintcIIc(fiu8cft:At illcquidcm mun-
I
^^\ di ocuIus,Cor CceIi,R<x Planctarum , lampas tcrrae,fuga.
torvmbra:,fonsvita:,fiibcrdicj,patcrlui>, &curforom-
nipotcntis Dcicrtctdrcipotcft; ncquaquara vcrd Dcus
ipfc: i^cIeractLunamncgallc Dcos Ethnicis irrcligiofij
vidcbaturetcapifcmul<flandum crimcnj Primus Anaxa-
AfMXAiiorAS gorasfprctisfal^rumrcligionum roinis i^olcmnonDc-
%oltm ta^idi um at lapidem ignitum ci ardcntcm dixit, & dcmonftra-
itrdtnuw cclypfium Solis.ct Lunx pcr naturam accidcre,
uit caufas
eHxr, &non,utEthnicipurabant;C(rcpa(fioncsetraorbo8 Solis
vcl Lunx,quibusvc mcdcrcntur,pul(abant Auziliaria arra-
Hinc
 Lib.j Acgypti6-Gracconim. nj
Hinc Ovidius 4.M ct. Cumfrufirarefoftant trAauxiUarUlu-
r* : Scu analogicc Solc intcllcxcrit AnaxagorajjVtquidara
voluntfquod lapidcm rubcum arrfentcm, Solcm <*bilo-
fophicum innucrit) fiucridcndi gratiact fupcrflitioncm
vulgicludcndi,cju$fcnfcntiaamplcftcndacft, quia om-
ncmdivinitatcmcrcatHris& Juminibus mundi dctrahit.- .. .

Filij Apollini plurrs afcribuntur, Orphcus, Hymcnxu» .

'?' ^
ct lalcmus c Galliopc^ DclphuscxAcachallidciCoronus
c Chryforte- Linus c Tcrpfichorc, iEfculapiusc Coroni-
dcnympha: Tradunt Apollincm cx Hypcrborcis Dcl-
phosadvcniirc,a Dclphocjusfilioitadidosj dcquoloco
fabulatifuntantiqui^IovcmcHmvcIIctmcdiuraatqucvm-
biHcum tcrrx invcnire, altcfamaquilamaboricntc, altc-
ramaboccafuparivclGcitatecmiriirc, jufTilfcquc illas rc-

fta & crcgioncconvoIarc,qiiaccumin Dclphis dcniquc .

convcnilTcnt, ibi adfemprtcrnam fafti racmoriam aurca ^^j^***

'^''^^
Aquila dicatacft :Qu^ rcscum fabulofa rit,nccquidvc- **'^'*.
^'''«'"*
ritaris in fc habcat^nili quod dcmonftrct Z>cIphos, ct tcm-
pluro Apollinis Dclphicum cifcin vmbilicotcrrac ^Gco-
graphix cxiguam cognitionem prodit; Omnis cnim lo-
cus corcfpcdu in mcdio mundi cft, quia terrar globofuns
nonquadratum,autaltcriusfigurzcorpui: AtTemplum
illud Dclphis cclcbcrrimum, vbiantiquitusApolloora-
cula rcddidit, ct aramhabuit cx folidis aureis latcribut,
<^uorum millc Craefus Lydia: rcx ditidimus cdmifcrat,
hunc locum ita honorc ct cultu cvcxic, vt apcx mundi, AraanreA
rcuracdiumtcrrarviderctur: Quod fiad AMcgorlam illa Apolltmila'
fid^ fint, Autherconfiiij cx Anftotili? Epift : non incon- tuta.
cinrccxponit, vbi dicit : ^^oAhuitiff^rth duo fmt /apides Nota.
fyiticifales, albm^ ruhens mirai^t/jfn^tiftr^i A/bm in ec-
CptfHSolUiitcifit d^^areref«^tr fticies a^tiarum^abfcDndens fe
vf^i^eadmedinmnoCfemy C^pofreaverfitinprGffirtdumi Ra-^
beKS \>ero fx o^pofiro operatnr , tjfiia inciptt afcendere fnper <«-
eiMaiinortuSdUvJ^admeridtem'.^ pf^fisa defcendit in tro'
Hae funtigitur dur flqwlsc qu.r convcniunt \n
fnffdttm'.
aicdiotcrra*, ibiqaeanrc«.«quila pro monuracnto ftatui-
'
R 2 tur;
 •

ti^ Hicroglyphiconim Lib j.

tur ApollinifaCfxcrintCicadae, obcantum,
: &
fidicuU
pi(ci9; itcm Aurcustripcsipriafjpicntibus Gracci^e ilica-
tuss Iunipcrus&Laurusgraf«pIantx hibebantur: Om-
nia pfopcmodum aurca attributa fjnt, vt &
calcci aurci j
Gryphcs&corvi fubcjuscurarurrunt Bosilli ; ma^ftaba-
turi Agnus,8cCytharzinvcrio,8carsmcdcodi & fagitta-
. rum fciie c*Tmtcndarum pcritia cidcm tribucbaturjfcmpcr
juvcnis Hngi(ur,cjpjliispra.'lorigis;fiiigulariquoq; ominc
l^unt nmulachrumlauTcumramum tcnuit: liujus ima*
go ab antiquis fingcbarur^qyr dcxtra manu Gfatias pcfta^-
rct, atfnnltri fagittas&arcumjf^ythius vocatusfuit,quia.
Typhoncmfigittisintcrcmcrat, quiSolis calorc poftca-.
corruptus Apollini Pythio npmen dcdit : Nam »f"5i^ Pu-
ti=cfccrcftgnificaf;dc<juoinfcriu9 : Cur vcib haEc omnia
Apollini riibuantur,cvidcntcs funt caufx: quia Apollo
aurcu^Dcuscd, caliduSj & non mutabilis, qujfagittas
cmittat in Typhoncm &artemcdcndicxccllat; quiaip-
fccftOrMs vltimosDcorum,quiiniEgypto rcgnalfc fin-
guntur, & Mcdicina quxTita humanorum corporum ; hie
. cft prifcs Mufarufii, Fo^tarum lumcn ct columcn , cuj;
Lauruscanoract (cmpcr viridis dicarur,cujus[magopar-
cicipaccurnLunafcuDiana (ororc, quxCharitcs dcxrra
pra?fcrt, quiac(! gratiofum Dci donun),ctfagittas (iniQra s
quiadcnouofcmultiplicarcpotcft, fuafquc vircs in Ty-
phoncmcxtcndcrcj BosiIIifaccr,quia ApisOroconvc-
vinculum, conOans corf
nit; Aurcustripcs, quia trinurt)
porc,animact fpiritu,cftpcrfc(flum,ctcxcircuIoSolis fit

triangulus,itf rumquc iucdio quadranguli in c^rcuiu rcdu

citur: In Paroallotricipitimontc habitat, quiagcminui
laborpr: parationis ctopcr^ionis fapcrandus, antc-
ci>
quamad cu.^i alTcqucndum pcrucniatur : ^x filiis cjus
Oryhef»x Orphcu» fuilTc fingitur,vt ct Linus , potius ob FoHiczm
vimctrancndifc-cntiam, quamaliasobcau(a$^-Hunc c-
ntm hororcm,po(l Orphcum ct Linum PoetXy ijsianquJ
magillri^fuisgraritudiniscr^o prxbucrunt; Sic Orphco
ir.crcdibiiiiiqu£d4tUdircrip^iunt^quodCytharac«ncndo
(axa
Lib. j . A cgvptio-Grapcoi utru 125
fiXi movcritjfcraaattriixcritjduvios in curfu^avcs in vola-
tu6rniant}hoccl}, quod dura cmollivcritct mollia (cu
fl ixibilia iiidurarit vnocodcmq: artificio: NamfcuPo- ,,. j, ,q
i- : a ca m t ; Ltmu4 vt hic dHrefctty cr hdc vt C<tr4 4tejH'fctt ,
'^
g^^.
eodcma, ia»e, Sic illius cantu divcrfiffimx opcratio-
" °_
Vfio .

ncs pMrracrac narrantur : HuncO/pncoof» prmium autno- •, .

.

'^-r j r^
I L ^ a _, • re/i£tOtftt A'
rcm cllc rcligionisapud Grxcos abitgyptijs tranflat^j jam ° ?^
ante mcmoravimus; Hinc Lucianus in Dial :dc aftrolog;
ipfijmprimuojGrjecis Adrologia tradidiircrcfcrthisvcr-
bis ; At Graeci nihil vcl cx i£thiopibus,vcI cx iGgyptijs dc
AftroIogiaaudivciunt/cdillisOrphcus Calliopcs& Oc-
hxc priorcxplicavit; Dcfacris Bacchi ab co in-
agri filius
trodu^isinferiuscopiofiusdicctur, qucmadmodum ctia
dc Euridicc cjus conjugc» rauranias in Baeoticisdc cotc-
Oatur,quodmulcahumanx politicjcq;vitTVtiIia jnvcnc-
ntrNam ct Dcorum initia & vnivcrfam Thcologia primus
apcruit,ct ncfjrioiu racinoruexpiationcs cxcogiravit, ncc
nonmulra roorborumrcmcdiaadinvcnit; vtipfcin Ar-
gdnauticis dc fcfcfcribit his vcrbis :.

Dicere fert AMimM,jU£m»^f*am tempsre Upfd

Dixf, Cum Bacchi,cum regit Apolltnis aBttt
Sumfiimuhjjorreuda vt narrarem fpictt/a c^ i4em Orphem
'
Foedera cum Superij mgrtaitktu dt^ medelat, morhorum
remeMstrAf
QjjbusfatisinnuitquoddcMcdicina quada ab ApoIIinc ^,f,
profeAacaintclligidcbcant ;quor&fpcdant libri Phyfici
abcociefcripii,quosipfccnarratin initio Argonauticoru;
nempc dc Elcmcntoruni intcr fc gcnerationc iTiutua,dc vi
amoris inrcbus naturalibus,delapillis> &reliquidcrcbus
varijsfub AlIcgorijstc<flisj Cujusfuxdodrlnar/ummam OperaOr'
quandam librodclapillisdidlis proponit^ vbiantruMcr-fi^f^.
ciirij dcfcribit,omniu bonorii plcno,dcquo fub Mcrcurio*
Ct tedatur fimul,rcrum arcaniHimarum (c fuiircconfcium,
dumitacanit:
Al qitfmcnnjj virtim di$cit prudentia eordtf
R^ (Cxters
 ,:

126 Hicroglyphicorum Lib.jr

(Cttterd vt emitt4m,qM4t plurima mAxima dicani)
Scire cttpitjiftrteifciet ejuacttn^ue volntant
TeEiiribm tacitismortaUs^uajj vtlucres
Inter fejiridtutt Cceli ferfumma valautes,
Infatfelum vf cr»citaftt cantum mortalibu4 vllUy J
Sto^nificant^^ lovis mentem,£ens nuntiafati^
Is (erpentii humi nofcetfirmare Draconis
Sihila,ftrpentum^fcietfuperarevenena,

Qu2 Iicctalij aci Magica vcl luguria intCTprctMi qucant

tfortcliccft, tamcn cumnccOrphcuircvcra magusfuc»
rit , ct fi fuilTct talis vclaugur, non tamcn harc fc fcirc,ni-

fi Allcgoriccadiirmarcpotlct; SicdcDcmocrito narrant

ipfumauguriaintcllcxiircctvoccsavium^vclut ctiam dc
ApoIIonioThyanco;Dcmocritumquc(qui fuam doftri-
namcxi£gyptohaufit) ccrto noroinc avcs quafdamno-
minarcfoiitum,cquarum(anguinccommi(}o,anguisnaf-
ccrctur, cx quo fi quis cdilfcr, avium omnium intciligcrct
idioroa; Atq; Mciampomcmorantangucs quofdam v^i-

fos, vndcilic poHca fcrmoncs avium dicitur intcllcxiffc

Hujufmodi clTcfain(lima,fiprout(bnant,accipiantur,qui-
libct ratione prxditusdifccrncrc potcrit ; Vndc Ciccro;ad
litcram rcfpicicns Dcniocritia: do^rinar,. A'»//^», inquir,
virum maiori authoritate maiora mendacia prttuhffe : Vcr u m
ncadcomcndax habcaturDcmocrims, cujusfapicntiam
ctaurcadi^criaHippocratcsadmiratuscdctPlalo in dc-
litijsliabuit:,pcrAlIcgoriamcjus honorcmfalvabimus,vt
ctOrphci,ApoIIonij ctMcIampictdiccmuspcravcs, vo*
latiiia, ctpcrfcrpcntcs, volubilia fubjcda philofophica

intclligi j Ex anguc cnim nato dc fanguinc putrcfado qua-

rundam avium,comcQo?crcdibifc cft, «vium voccs non
ignotasilicuimancrc: Exvolatilibuscnim (ijbOantijs Hc
firma ct fixa) pcr putrcfadioncm foIutionis,Qujnt4 clTcn-
tia diAa^qoa; cumntingrcdicns&liqucfiens^anguis ap-
pcllatur, quidcindccafdcmavcs, cxquibut coaiuit, ii-
militudinc naturx facit pcrcipj; Hu;ufmodi Allcgorijs
nao*
 :

Lib.j. -^gyptio-Grxcorum. 117

modcrnoru m fcriptorunj libri pleni funr) qui lunrentur a
curions:Ideni hicOrpheusfinxicfe conjugit amorcdu'
dum infcras Piuconii (cdcf et Tznara adijire^Cum inqui(
in Afgonaut:

C^terM narravif tfMdviM^vfTdttardaJim,

fmhrtfas Ditif^ domos &
trijiiaregna
CoMJifMs Ctthara^vxorijf^ coaclns amort»

Quxnam aucemnntregna Plutonis? jamantetradidimus

nempefubtcrraneaina circa Pyrenaeos montes^vndemi*
nerx ad medicinam ct metaila ad diuitias hominum com-
parabantur: /itcxtcris,quxdeOrpheo reftant, alibi di-
cendis,hicomiiTis, dc-(Efculapio,quiabomnibus proA- ^, .

poilinis filionaturaliagnofcituf.pauca adijcicmus rHujus '*'A«*<f' «"•

matcrCoronis craditur,quajcumcx ApoUineconcepillef^
acpodcumaiioremhabuiirct, a Diana intcrcmptaeft:
Cumque rogo impontafuiiret,Mcrcuriui e vcntre mortux
iErcuIapiumextraxir,vclPhaebusipfe, wtOftid, i. Met.
inquit
No» tuUt in cin^es labifna fhoehtu ^ofdem
Semina , fed natMmfl<tmmUy vtero^farentis
Eript4it,gemim^ tultt Chirtnis in antrnm,

Hujusnutricem fuiffeTiigonem volueruntet cum apud

Chironem Centaurumeducatum,ctab codem cruditum,
aquoartcmmcdcndi didicit: Priusdidus eftApiu8(iW
blandumilgnificat) quia dolores argrotancium mcdica-
rocntis delinirct : At cuni Afclen jranafrct, ^EfcuIapius
nominatustraditur, qui Grjccis Afclepius cft 5 Fabulan-
tur Hjppolitum ab cquis laniatum ejus arcc rcvixiiTc* quarc
fcrcur lupircriracus ob invcncam arccm, qua homincsin
vitamrcvocaripoircntjrcpertoremartisfulminccpnfecif-
fc: vthabctVwgihlib^.t^neid: Quod cum gravitcr
tuIiirctpaterejus,acmagnopereluxilTet (cujus lachrimae
inclcdruaaconverrsecreduntir) Cyclopcs fagittis con-
fccic
1 28 flicroglyphicorum Lib. j •
ftrcit;HincillccCcelorelcgatustcrrain pcrcrrauifjCumqj
liyicimhi puerianiorccaptusdircocunicoccrtAiis Hya-
cinthuni in)prudcnsoccidi(Tct, vtOvid. isMct:rcfcir,
profupus eSparraad Laon cdontcmdicitur Trojam con-
(ugi(Tc,quitumrorteiiiznia civitatis cxtrucnda curabat,
c»€jue opcram fuam mcrccnftxiam collocaire , vr (ub Trojn
dicaur: VxoriCrcuIapijEpionejCxquaillc fufccpit Ma~
chacncm &: Podahrium,l«(bciHygi<eam : Alij vElluIapij
non filiim,atvxorera Hygiaramflatuunt: Scrpcntcs in
cj«sturclae(Tcrctiprcrunt,iI!iq;dica(uaiDraconcmjlpliu8
enim baculumgcminicingcbant Draconcs ; galius& ca-
pra cj offcrcbantur: Ex ApoIIincautcm ty£fc»/apiHfyOn\'
nis Mcdicinz author & patronus , vt Ethnici Hnxcrunt, &
ex Coronidcnympha,(qujccornicuIam dcnotat) dcduci-
lur, quia Apollod Orus noftcr vcfte purpurca in mndo va-
i)svidendiis,Coronidemadhuc,hoc efl, farccm nigram,
damnatametvituperandam complcditur; a qua ty^fcu-
lapiusnoftcrpercombuflioncm fcu calcinationcm fcpa-
ratur) Indc Corcnidis matereft Ph\cgyii{9>^iy*niutcai
cft comburere ) comburitur cnim Coronis vEfculapi j ma-
tcr, vtetScmcIe Bacchi, codeai fcr-c re^cdu : fi vcro
dicaturMercuriuscxtraxiirciE/c«/<i;?i««;cx cincribusma-
tris,f6Jcmrcsred''t}Hoc enim efto#iciumMcrcurij,&
r.ilnifiMcrcuriusfft.dcquo dicitur: Hoc eft (ummrm
ArcanumPhilofophicuro &Mcdicom , quod fub extra-
dionc ^EfcuIapij cx fuis fsccibus ku cincribus dehtclcitja-
dcoquccvidenscftjVtrihocfolumcxantiquiftimismonu-
mentisextaretjfufficicns tamcn icftimonium hujus Mc-
dicinz&urcx^ac vanitatis TheoIogineEthnica?pcrhibcrcf:
Primoenimcumlupitcrcum Latona congrcditur (quz
ctnrubea fit,ramen inuttliscft.donecalba Hat) poft ali*
quodtemponsfpatium nafcitur LunafcuDianj, de qua
iBoxdiccmusjacpauIopoft ApoIio,Dianx frater.hicpur-
ptrc^jillacandidavcfte vclcarncvircndi;*Et licct fcror
&rrit;r fint 0emelli> ramen fororantc fratrcmin luccm
prodir^hoccft^albedoantcrobcdincm, ac dcindeprarftar
obftc-
 :j

Lib.j Aegyptio-Gf«corum. iip

obftctriclsoffidum matrijquod mirandum cft, nihilomf-
nusinartc j^hilorophicacontingitjVbirubedoabrquc »1-
bidincprarccdcntc nonapparct; Rubcdincfcu Apdllinc
nato, hicin iprovafcconcumbitcuaiCoronidc/cuinftar
cornicis nigranymphd, ctgcncratt/£rcuIapium,hoccft,
omnis mcdicinaE Philofophicac authorctn ) Hic c/dE/cuIa-
piusamatrcfuarentcrrj nigra(epararincquit,nifi pcrco-
buftioncni; cttunc nafciturAcfcuIapiuspunffimuSjMc-
dicina aureaPhilolbphica, omnibus numcris pcrfccfla :
Dcfeccilla nigraconfulanturauthores, quipaffim cjus
mentioncmfaciunttNobis vnusArnoldus hic fufficiat-
quiinnt)voLuminecap.7. H/crf«/«w Ow/, inquit, rHhi-
cHndifftmui tmpalpabilis in [cipjo y elevatur etiam C^crefcit in
vtodum fermenti , c^ fefdratttrabeo in calcimtione pradi^d
terra mgraJnbtiltffimaC^perlHcidjty ^H<tinfHndo vafis fub M-
£iopHlvere rnbeo re^eritHr .cfrc. Hic cft Acfculapius noUer,
dc quoHcrmcs cap,3, Fi/iHjtt(^er,inquit,iamregft/ttac
THheoornamento c^ cartteindutHs ejll lamfiliHS ttojier geiU*
tHS rexfHmit tin^Hram ab ignf; illfim vero marecfr tenebr<
fH^iHnty Q^ Selisradiof DracofHgiteum£oramina objervabAty
fHinJj^noJiermortHHSvivity dr RexW^ne venit ae coningio
gOHdebit cfr occHltaapparebnnt , filiHfc^ nojter iam vivificatHs
fit igne bellator r^ tin^Hrisfnpereminens,
Trigonc Acfculapi
nutrix dicitur quia binaitcratio convcniat nutsimcnti c-
jus; Apiu8,qualiblandusdicitur, quia Ncpenthes mcdi-
camcntum Helena denotat; Mortuos vit^ rcftituit, quia
tcrramortuarcccptafuaanimavivificaturitcrum, vtmul-
ti«Ioc«sa(Icritur,&BoncIIus in turba u^iitutiProptereay
inquit, Hlanattira^ cni humiditas adempta ejly cHmpernoSies
dimittitHr , mortHO Jsmiits videiHr , c^- tHmiiU natnraig-
neindigetfCjHOHfcfuecorpm C^HHhs ffiritns in terram z>ertAn-.
tnr, ^tnnc fit pHlvismortH^fimiiis in JHo tHtnnloi His per-
a6iisreddit DeHfffiritHm cfr anim^m , C^ omni infirmi-
tate abiataconfortata e^natnra nojira c^ emendata. Oporteti-.
^itHrUlamrem combnrere abf^^ttmore y donec cinis fi^tt'^ tj/ni

cinisMptHjftreciperelpiritHm,4nimamj ^ tinfiHranf infnjam

S AcfcuU-
 ,

Ij o Hicroglyphicorum Lib. j
JECcuUpiut itaqucfuaArte corporamortuain vitaiBrcJu-
cit ;
quiiilUquximperfedAfunt, &qua(i mortuaexin'
firmitaCcad fanitatcm ct vitam pcrenncm tranfmouet:
VxorisctBlionimnominisratiopatct* Ia(b cnim a mc
dcnclo,& Hygiafaa(iinitatedicitur: i^crpentcs vcro cur
incju^tutclatmt^ratis apparct^ quia dupiices fcrpcntcs,
quorum vnus ed alatus» altcr ab/que alis fcu duplcx mcr.
curialisrub(lantia,mas&fcemin9,c(linitium& finis ope-
tis : HincDraco iiliadvigilat&riccrcd) qucmidmoduin
& Mercurio & alijs hujus familix dij s & Heroibus eandem
cbcaufam* ^uodcovfqueapudEthnicosprocerto ha-
bitum cft, vt iEfcuIapium Dcum Romam in Scrpcntis
fcuDraconisfpcciclegatireduxcrint,cum pcflis maxima
. . ibigrairaretur^I.4.narraturinferius;ItaDiaboIu8Ethnico-
€x Ep^^' fum fuperftitioni, qui noftrisprimis parcntibus cadem
*"*'
formaimpofuit, artipuIatur,proey£fcuIapiocrcdito fcin
Draconcm formans : Qupdadduntquidam dcovis cor-
niciSjexquibusSerpcntcsexcIufinnt a confcijs raccrdo-
tibus, foricltafehabct; licet Hicroglyphicum fit& non
hy (loricum quid , J|£:ulapiuro cx corhicis ovo cditum
clTcj Eft eniro ovumlFocphilofophicum fubnigrum mul«
tisfupcr Buitatibus abundans, a quibus Acfcuiapius noftcr
fcparandus c(l : Sic cnim Arnoldus paulb antc citato loco:
^^saterratufrrapraM&aj inquit,iW calciMationt fefaratnra
commixtoyejna. aiiasfnerat in t»to cpere iftftpara^iiii propter
fcrtt//imamv»ianem; EtideoHeeefefMit perfortijjtmum arti
^ciumfeparari Et /IremMt/erit comrnixta^propter fni impu-
•'

ritatem,impecUret pura materiaiti^refum : Harc ille At Lul-

f
liusmonflrathancnoflraromcdicinam c6 vlq; clabora-
tamformamovi infuper haberc, cum lib. Jcquintacir.
DiUinA. 5. pn.l. ^ofrigefaEloy inquit, i$tveniet artifia

imfoMtemntflrMm rotHndHmy admo<iHmovit<jttemextrahat(^

i«Wtfr,cJ-f.EtinarborcPhiIof fub 1 i.principio: Poflof
tmMillim cotoriiincipitcoadMnariinmehoinformM rotmmeUad
modnm CMiufdam rotrtndiffima iHna^circu/ariter contenta : Acf-
culapius extradlus ex cmcribtis Chironi fcu manuum opc
ratio.
Lib.j Acgyptio-Gr^corum. iji
ntioni educandus traditur. Quia rt Bodillui in turba te-
flatur- FottusextraElusnoft ntji UBt ttutritur &
igntfer fe •

C^pau/(itim,Jumparuu/useJ}^ &
e^uanto maiis exuritur ojjfi"

bus confortatiSy iniuventutem dedtuitury in quamptrveniens

fibifujjicit : HocvuItChironiseducatio, quod quafi ina-
nuducidebeatadignemtolerandum: >G(culapij memi-
nitquoquc Hermesantiquiflimus, qui D/alogos ad ipfura
inftituit,aiias citatos : Solu, quijdemeftcum Apolline, SoliaflijAei'
iilioshicprxtcrimusjntcr quoseftt^eta, dequoante, tayAugias^
Augias^ dequopoft, &
Phaeton ; Hic Cl/menes nym- Phaeton,
pha?fiJiusadpatremaIiquandovenicns, i^oiis currum if'
cendcre impetravit, voto fibi nocivo 5 Dum enim quatu-
or Solis cquis Ccslo invehitur,in Eridanum, non procul
a Py renaeis monti bus praccipitatur ; quo venuHo figmcn-
to foetae documenta dederunt & dodrinjc phyficar &
& moraiiS; nempc quomodo^haeton Philofophrcut,
10 Eridanum auriFfrum prarcepscadatj &nonnimtiaI-
tapetcnda, nccquidfupraeapturaautvircsproprias fen*
tandumellc; Etfibcne res ipfa conlyderetur , idemcft
Fhaeton, qui Acfculapius, nillquodhic medicinar vfum
fpe(flet,iIIca]ia,quaemultisincred!biIfiarftimantur:Tum
enimPhaeton (uoardore aSoIe conccpto combuflit E-
ridanum &exiccavir, imoaurirerumfecit, vtalijfabul^-
lur • DeeoAugurellusexLullioexifltimat, fiinmare in*
ciderit,totum marecombuftiim &exiccatum iri,& aurife-
rum futurum,nedicam, vtiiligarriunt, in aurumcon-
verfumiri: Sedadi^olisfcu Apoilinisfororem Lunam fi-

ueDianamredeamus, qUT eodcm cum illo parfu, fcd

2)/4«(i/^»
temporeprior,edirae(}: /^lxrique Delum locumnata-r
lem ApoIIinis&D-anaiarbitrantur j Et Arcades Profele- ^ j^^ r^-
nos, qua(iaotelunaresillosdi(^o«, quinonproculab A- *

pidano habitaruntjante Lunam exortos nuganturquiJa,

interquosefl^ Apolloniu5in4. Argonaut: & Mnafeas e-
jusenjrrator&ArKtotiles : SicTheodorus lib.29 ,Ari(^o
Chius&Dionyrnis Chalcidenfis in primo fu« acdificatio-
n'siropudentiinn.eafiutraiarunt, paulo ante bcllum,quod
S J ab
 fjt flieroglyphicorum L?b.j;
sbHcrcule advcrfus gigantes gertum efl, Lunam primo
. upp3rmire,q'io tcmporerdbulantur Profcjenum Orcho-
mcniBlium ArcadibuB impcrdirc,vttradit Duris Samius
in lib. 5. rcrum Macedon : Hifcc mcHdaciflimisrclationi-
1

busEthnicisvoIuptdtifuitantiqaitatem furgcntis dcmo-

ftrallc)defumptiscx nomineperfon.Tjquxnunquara ex-
titit; autficxtitit,inanenomcn fuitj^ fi vixitrct quidam
rrotelcnusappcllatus, an proptcrGailleanteLunamex-
ortam faidct!' Quod fi vcrohisrefpondcre quis vellct,
an nonjurcqu.Trcret, Num Profelcnus cumluisArcadi-
busintencbristamdiu degilTet, cumijdcmtcftenturLu-
namfeu Dianam & Solem feu ApoUinem eodcra dieac
parcucditos, non inlucem, quialux nonfuerat, fcd cum
Juce in mundumPVeiu Arcadicus afinus his laducis luxu-
riet: NecfoIumArcadcs, fed&alix gentes Dcorum&
Heroum ab ijs ortorum monumenta fibi accommod^<n
runt, prxcincntibus Poetis; Hinc lupitertot locisnatu»
; vti\ratalislib.i. c. i, miroitur^modom Cretay ma-
dicitur

j ., , . do Thebis, modo i» Arc4dia,mod» apftd Afeffenios: Et ne qiiid

•'"'dc c.Ttcrisdijs, aut heroibus dlcam,qiu)tvrbcsHomeri
J*
fe patrias aut congentiles jadarunt, quot ejus fepul-
tr^'*^* P
,

ramtasjith-^^^^^
ortcndcrunt?vt Giccro pro Archia tcftatur 5 Ea-
Btc*r/4m*
j^^ vanitatis & gIorioI;c falfnc infignia in Thetralo
nodro, Hippocratis filio agnoiciraus, qui coram A-
thcnienfibus impudentcrjaAatfuum gcnus ab ApoIIine
dcfcendcrc, vt & artcm : Quid fi iEfculapius ac Apollo
nunquamvixilfcnt, an Theinius propterea abfque pro-
geniforibusfuilTef? At hjcc eo tempore communia fiie*
re.' An non^neas ex Vencre, Romulus& Remuseac

MartcacRhcaSylvia VcrtahV ex t^nea oriunda, pro-

geniti funt i Qjpt funt vrbcs , regiones & gentes>
quje fcriptorcSi dum fub Ethnicifmo adhuc etTent,ha-
bucrintj&fcnonadijs vel hcroibos, Trojanis aut alijs
derivarint? Ita veritasper adulationem oppreita, &dig-
nftifis & antiquifAtis opinio pcr mendacta horainum
mentibus impreiraell: Dc Luna, quatcnus Cceli lumi-
nare
Lib.} Aegyptio-Graecorum, ijj
nareed, hic nihil dicimus^ at provt Latonx filia & A-
poliinis forory alias Diana, eam confydcramus .^^od :

fratri foror nafcenti opem tulerit, & matri Latonac ob-

ftetricem egerit, jam anfcattigirous* cjufquereiratiofat
eftconfpicua: NamRubcdoaibedincm fequi dcbcr, &
iKjn econtra, tcftantibusomnibus Philofophis : Virgini-
tatem verb Dianaperpetuam vovit & aparrclove impe-
travit, ncmpc dctcrrita periculo partus^ cui adfucrat : Al-
bcdoenimapparcns eximi non debet, (cd coqui ad ru-
bcdinem; ideoque virgo mancrc dicirur: Ab Ethnicis
quoq; Lucina invocata c{l, quae parturientibus, vt luna
(quac ipfaeodcmquoque partu cum lovc a Rhca edita
erat)pr^elle acopem ferre credebatur, necnon nafccn-
tiaomniainluccmevocare: Venatrixlemper arcu& fa-
gittis vti fingebatur, quibus Orionem venatorem opti-
inum c:6invi-dia 2cin(lin(^u ApolIiniSjaquisinnatantcm^
tnfeiaquidclTetjtranftixit: Cynthiam quoqj camvoca-
runtamonte Dcli altifnmo, vbi nata fity&AmuIcnarem
& foeminam eire putlrunt, vt Orpheus in hy mno : Auda
dc deficiensjcadem quoauc foemini mafq; .Alcman Meli-
cuseamvxoremAeriSjcquo Rorc filium conceperit ac
genucrit, arbitratur Bigis ea vchi & non qiJidrigis,vt So*
:

lem, Marcm Mani/tHs fingitr Et vcftes (plcndidas indu-

ere & exuercy cum velit, irq; oceano lauari, & lam lu-
cida, iam obfcura pro veftifi Iplendoreapparere Homcrus
hymnographusiilefcribitiaccruabus candidis cjus cui«^^^^
T^iaM
rum tradum dicunt.Ciccro ^. de Nat. Dcor* trcs Dianas qv-.-^-j
ftatuit,primamIouis&ProfcrpinaBjqua2 pinnatumCupi-
dincm gcnuiircdicitur} fccundam notiorcm, quam loue
tcrtio &
Litona nataro acccpimus ; Tcrtiae patcr Vpis tra-
ditur,Glauccmatcr> camGrjccifajpc Vpim patcrno nc-
mine appcllant. Latona cjus &
Apoilinis mater
cft ; idquc vcriilimum Nam Lato Iivc Latona di<f^a
.-

vnum idcmquc fubjcdlam dcnotat; Idquc Moric-

ncs fTpilfime inculcat, cum inquit:iV^5y?^ tjmdtm
Lato qttamvis primnm fit rnhetts ^ tAmtn efi utHtii^^i&c,
 q4 Hicroglyphiconioi Libj,*
Et: Si4t4tem Lnt0ncum [Hlphure comlfuratury cfrc» Item*
cjmndoafitem purns L.tton tamdiueiecociuitury C^c. Et his fi«
roiliainnumcraruisvifencialocit: Orionem Dianajacu*
lis intcrcmit , venatcrera magnum,Tripatorem illum^Io-
vis, Neptuni & Mercurij filiuro qui ab Oejiopione cx«
•,

c^ecatusinLemnumprofedusaVuIcano perbenigncex-
cipitur: Vulcanusejusmirertusperfamulumfuumad fo-
lemorientem ipfumdeduci voluit, vbifanirafl reOitutnt
Jumcnrecuperavitj Quid quacfo Vulcanus opis prarfta-
retOrioni, nifi cx arte fua? Ideoquciprumad Solem ori-
entem mifit; quod intclleftu facilc eft, nec cgetexplicati-
one: HuncOrionemDianafpicuIis transfixit, cumna-
raretinmjri, iignumfcpcterearbitrata: Ed autem Dig-
na&mas&:foemina; quiaHcrmaphrodyticae natorx cft,
cumfubaibcdinc fit rubcdo, &:exfoemina Hat mafculut
in ma^zifterio Philofophicoj Sicenim Senior : Hacejivir'
tuif<tmin<t,ci$iamfAminamfec(rat in 9. diebusyjl2,nificat antms
flHdteftvtrtitsfamiiutteiuamfecerHntmAfcnlMm, cum ceaguU'
t»r ^fij^itur irt igne^i^fit mafculm caltdus &ficcus, peridem
^uodaCfjuifiuitapartei^niayC^ mrHinatur tUMC mafculus, c^
nominaxit hanc aqtiam ceagulatam nominecuiuflthet mafculi'
deinde defpon/averunt eam (^ ipfe efi ex ea, gt* ipfe efl rdaix
,

eiusc^ coagulatio eius. Rorcro habetfilium Dianafeu Lu*

na,^aamvisvirgoftatuatur: quia vt ros cadat ante eius
exortumncccifecftj Bigis vtitur , non quadrigis, quia
faltemduos colotcsCacitapparcre,nigrcdinem & albedi-
nenij &triahabet Elementa; Solautcro omnes colore»
quituorrcquirit&qi^atuor Elementa, fi authoribus cre.
Mircurim dendunn fit : lupiter quoque ex Maja fufcepit Mercurium:
y.hvisf^M HicDeorum fingiturvigflantiflTimusj In Cyllcne Arca-
di^montenatus: PaufaniastraditeuminCorycio mon-
tc, non procul a Tanagris natum & lotum fuilfe in Tf icre-

na, vbitrcserantfontes in agro ?heneat[co,a nymphi»

«ccoliseiusmontis: Alijeducarumeum dicuntfubportu-
Iaca,quxplantacft huroiditatc&frigiditarcnMxiine abfi-
dan$3 dcqua&LuII: ThecnTcft: C. 4. liiter vcgcta-

bi iia
Lib.j, Aegyptio.Graecoium. ijy
bilia Mercurioappropriata Fneminic, cttminqult» Incer
vegetabili4vitiscli(5(«materiamarcuiina & magna luna-
ria, qu^eiiruccuJ Vitalis, & radixfrumentifiue (Iraroi.

nis &;porri&; portulaca, malva&MercurialiSj&Cheli-

doni« : CumqucnatuselfecMercurfus, alijdicuntluno-
ncmIacipnprxbui(Tc,acpcr infcitiam eum aliquamdiu
nutrivilTcj cx cojus ore lade emitro viam iadleam in coe-
lofa(flam: Alij malucruntOpirojulTamlac infanti prae-
bcrc, ilIudinfaxumexprc(fiirc,quod Saturno obtulerat,
quo ia coelum delapfo ladlea via UAx fit : Otio abundan-
tiscifet h3ecfcrupuIonusade6manifcf)c falfa rimari, nili
nonnihilarcani lateret. Nam quarhai^enusdiximus licet
Cenujora Hnt, taroen k mundo recepta & Echnicis credica
fuerunc: Nobis condac, quod(ubje(fhimartischymica:
fitMercuriusjquivndecunquecrtus fic,femperex mon-
tanolocodeducitur :Maja matcr ejus ed vna PleiadHm)
Atlantisfilia, &accipiturpro colle Atianti adjacente, vc
ance notavimus : fiveicaqueexMaiafeu Cyllene monce
Ar£adixprodierit,perindeerit: In Tricenalotusa nym-
phis,hoc e(l, terpurgatusfuis proprijs aquis; Alatum

cumfinxeruntjcuigallus affidebat, juvenem formofum

fine fucO) acfinecomptujvultuhilari atqueacribus ocu-
lis-, qui aureicathcnaauribushominuman#bXii, morca-

les qu6cunquelibui(rcf,traheret; Hujusfimulachrum Ae-

jp^^j^j
^^
gypcij p»r(im atra facie, pjrtim aurca& claraconfinxcre: ^
Aercus expretfus cft cum aitante ariece,cum prxelTec gre-
gibus : Caduccus illi dabatuccum anguibus geroinis, ma-
reicfoemina, fciliccc mutuo connexu circumvolutis, &;
concordibuSiquorumcaud^dcmictcbantur ad capulum
ciducci:Huncab Apolfine acccperacpro lyri,quim inve-
ncrjt&ApolIinidedcrit: Cau(4 Ser^encum in eo con-
ncxorum hrc (nditur i cum caduceum intcr duosangues
accrrimc' inter fe dimicantcs conjccilTet , atque ij rcpentc

fadi etlcnt amici, inpoOcraro virgam eam geminis angei-

bus circumvolutia infignitam gedavlt: H«i:c omnind
Chymicaclfc, atqucideo fida& introdudaabantiquidi- i

^
mis ^
 ij({ Hicroglyphicorum Lib.j^'
mfsnetBO^ninquimhilvnquamlegcrit corum,autdiQor-
cijudicijautdurioris ceruicis Ot,non animadvertic:. Dc
quibuscum tot volumint tani rcccntiorumquam vetc-
rum ^criptorumfere^oranibusfuis paginis attertefitur,
nostcrtunonia hiccifiirc fingularia rupcrfc ]cbimus:Ala-
tuscftj&pingitur^quia/^hilofophiGusMcrcurius ctfi non
. fitvulgari$illc&crudus,tamcnalasad volandum habet,
^'fo r^j-^^^ nifi derincaturhruofratre: galiuseiallidct.pruptcr vigi-
uts,
tt
iantiam,fircnuitatern & volatilitatem: fine fuco & comp-

tu rormorus,hocfeft,fuanatura honmgencus Silegitimus

abrquemixturacujufvis; quod aure^ cathena ducat ho-
minesauribus, crcdibiIcelt,non folumcloquio.vtalijcx-
ponunt,fcdquod ipfcMcrcuriusomnium legum^artium,
Mcdicinx, mercium, totiufq; politix author apud i£-
gyptios dicatur , vt antc narratum eft ; Quia Mercurius
Ifidiprarfuitj&aMcrcurio illa enutrita dicitur, omncfqj
*rte8&lcgcsaccepiire>, ^'icMcrcurius revcra trahit ho-
^ines auribusy icdaureacathcnd>quia adejus artisnu-
tura omnia fida, pi<5^a, fculpta, fada & perada ftatu-
untur: iEgyptijautcm p^^timatrapartimaurea facic c-
umfinxeruntjquiaitarcueracrtj^urea interius, atra cx-
tcriu«:^rcu$Martisnaturamrepr3?fcntat aricte : InCa-
duccofunt^cminiangucs; quia cft dupJcx Mercurialft
fubftantia, quarum vnacft calida&ficca,altcra {i\^\^^^
humida; &ficcontrafijsquaIitatibus, qua: tamen redu-
cunturadconcordiam; lUacft mas^h^cfgsmina: illa a*
gcn$, hxcpaticns; Mirabilis virtuscft eiusvirg<e,quod
diftidentcsconcordcsfaciatfcrpcntcs, quodque animas c
corporibustadliscducat, inquc carcducat; Hoc cnim
fblus Mercuriuscfficitinmagiftcriophilofophicoj Idco«
quc vulgo ^xzxxux^Eft tn Mercurio f^uiceiuid ^uaruntfapieH-
tes '^
EtLu]l.lib.dequint.Eir.Diftinc.3.deIncerat; ^a-
*iam,'\T]quit,Eiewerjtafuntj<fua induranty fxaMt^ congeUnti
C^tsfu^eti^m i»clurant0rjix4ntur & congeUntur : £t fic eft du-
flex corfyderatio in artejcilicet ccmponere ex vna nat/ira VKiut
metAlliduos liqucrejcontrari9S in comfofttione i Vnumy <^fii

virtk'
 .

Lib.j, Acgyptio»Graecoium. 137

ttrunt, ijtti fit votutilit^injixtist^inillUi Jfle vero fecHndui

liquoY xndH^atur^ fxatur e>- cengeUttfr perprimttm : Ex (jHt'
htu amhobm liqHerthm rejnitat vnm lapus cotteeUfni, fixus (^
induratuSy quihabtt virtutemccngelandi mn congelatumii»'
iurare rttoUificmn , durum,
(cffixaye infixum^ c^ mol'tficare
Hacc ell duplcx ilU ferpeniua» connexiojquorum vnus a* .

latus^alfcribfqjalisfingifur; hsrc eft dupicxfacies lani, Kf^^ ] »

ff^ogyfht'
qux rcipicit in prxtenta & profpicit in futuraj aut potius ,

^"'^*
qua non fixa natura iiitrat in iquam pcr lanuam
fixam, ta

apertarr^* Wxq eft gemina av s vna cum pcnniSjalfcra fine

pcnniSf& vna appr rhendit roftro caudam alieiius^vt eft
infigniaSenions: Qilidpluribus? Hscc res eft nofior,
quamguodadeamdenionllrandam plurateftimoni^ad-
ducidebeant: Z)efuricitateMercurij mirum in modum Mercttrifisz
coufennunt,quodcumparvuIusc(rctadhucinfansaVuI- yuicatto •

canofufceptuserudiendus ci inftrumenta fabrilia furri- c/Hditm,

pucrirexofficiPfl} Vcneri cingulum, lovi fceptrumj A-
pollini bovcs Admetiregis pafcentij&pharefram, codc
die quo natus eft : Cupidinenjque palseftra fuperavit re-
ccnsedi^Usin lucem: Poftadulrus varia officia obtinu-
ifjPcmpedforumcocnaculum veirere,*flcrneie curiam, ^l^^i^ M^r-
lovis m^ndiita pcrdtemcircumfcrrc^&hueJlluc curfitare «^*"'^'.

pernodcm mortuorumanimasadinfcros deduccrc, pa-

JtftriSjConcionibufqj praccIIc,8.:nullo tcmpore quicfcc-
r:: Lyraminvcnitjiiovcm chordas teftudini ad Nilum
invcntr primus intendi'j f
rimustrcsfidiumfono9acu'u,
gravcm mcdium rcpci ijt Baftum paftofcm in faxum
8c :

Indiccm coovcrtir, Ovid. 2. Mctam Argum centum o- : Mercurtus

culorum, qui lonemin vaccam verfam feruabit, SaKo c^^ypnjf
occidit ex^gypto prifuif, & iEgyptijs leges &: literas legcs
: Itte- ^
tradidif, a quibus nominarJ ncfas habebstLfr; fubtcriisr^w tradtdtt^
quoqjmancnsTrophcniu?,aquibufdamdiduseft:AftrO' AfironomiA
nomix & PhiIofophiaEauthor& Rcligionis ThebanisSa- Philofo- &
ccrdotibuscxtitit,quimaximebasdifcipIinascx^cuerunt,^^w^«/W
vttcftaturStrabolib. 17. Geograph: EtMarcus Manili-M^rr«r/«fc
T us
 :

1^8 Hicroglyphicorum Lib.j,

os, lib. I. rerum Aftronomicarum his verfibtti

Tf*pri»cfp!4Uthcr^facri Cyllemt t4titi,

Perteinm CtelHminteritu^umfy^era notAy^C'

Idcm /•octa conatar oflcndcrc vnivcrfum fundamcntum

rcligionisapudiGgyptiosa Mcrcurio priusfuifTc invcn-
tum, vnacum ritibus facrorum rerumque naturalium cau-
fis: Exhisquidaliudclicicmus, qyafuprius fub^gyp-
j^ . tijiumHicrogIyphi:i$rarpiusr<rpetituiiaxioma,aMerju-
riodcpenJcrcomnia,eumqucelk omnium rcrum ma-
gidrum : Furicitascjusnimis nota eH: iliis, qui qucm-
cumque Mcrcurium elaborindum fumpfcruntjHlnc Vul-
canOjCcrtcrifquc dijs inHrumenta furripuit^ At cura Vulca-
nocducatus dicitur ? quia Vulcano efl proprius difcipu*
lui, & huic prarccptor: Officia c/jsfatisconftantj
ille

Mercuriuscnimdicitur,quafimedius currens, quia Dijs

k pcdi bus fuit Sic in artc Philofophica currit pcr initium,'
••

mcdium&fincm: Mufica inftrumenta intervalla in- &

venit; quiaomnia fiuntponderc, numcro menfura; &
cx quibus tandem fonorum qui J cvadit:Battum in Saxum
vertit, & Argum faXo intercmit; Ni! mirum, quia Mercu*
riusfeulndcxintrivijs ipfe cft nonnunquam lapideus:
^gyptijsomnisdifciplinx authoreft, vtnepcrcpetitum,
atquodnominarincfascfrct, arcana Aegyptiorum facra
tninifcfiat a Mcrcurioprofcdta& de Mcrcurio infiituta,
etfilcntioinvoIutaclTc: Cuiusreieuidcns quoquc argu-
FrTuH:iti mentumcft, quodMcrcuriusrcfertur ctiim inicr Arca-
prt.Gram.ah nos illos Samothracum dcos, quorum folcnnia qui ob-
Hebrdtode- fcrvalfct, intcr turbulcntifiimas tcmpefiatcs fcrvabatur
dMcity^Hod omnino: Ijs Vlyfifcminitiatum ferunt in Samothracia,
Abjirufum fcd vitta alba pro earnijs vfum fuilTc ;
quippc cum initi-

fona'-,vt& antcstxniaspurpurcfls circa vcntrcminncxucrint;Eratau-

Cahiros, tcm mos initiandi in Cabiris^atquc Dcorum nomina,quos
ARCA- AXIOERVS, AX«
nominarc^cfascrat,ifia fucrunt:
NISSIMAXOQ^KS hy AXIOCERSVS: Eratautcra Axiocrus
Ccres
 :

Lib.}^ Aegyptio-GriecGiurn; ij5>

Cercs, Axiocerfa Profcrpina, Axiocerfiis Plueoj quibus r *

quartusacccdebat M V
C A S I L S, quierit McrcuriHs, vt / ^^^u.
fcriplitDionyfiodorus. Triccps Dcusvocatur, marinus, Vf*** ^***^

ccelcftis&tcrrcftrishabitus: CumHecitecongrcirus cx ^'*"^ff^*^-

catrcsfiliasfufcepit.Athcnicnfes Tcrreftri Mercurio ''"^ ^''*'
Choesvocatafolcnniacclcbrabantdie 1 j.LunjE Nouem- ^'^>^''^f'f"'
bris,quibus fcminaomiiumgcnerum in vna olla mif-"/'.^ ''*^*
y*^*^'»
ccrcntur & coquerentur : Ijdem in ejus honorem Hydro- ^^^^'
phcj^aagcbant-,de quibus inferius.A Lycophrone triceps y^^P"^"^
''^'^*
Nonacritcs CtarusDeusnuncupatur; ALadantiocitante''
Hcrmctemjntertrcs, quibuscilet fumma fapjcntia, V-
Saturnum & Mercurium numeratur
f anum five Ccelum,
AquibufdamPoIygiusdicitur, cuiHercuIcsdevidis gi-
gantibusclavam confecrarit tCujudibet mcnfis dics lu*
(icut primus & feptjmus
nx quartus Mcrcurio fuit dicatus,
Apollini, quiSoIcft: Traditurcum PIutone& lovccol-
i^cutusfuiirc, eorumquelegumarcanahoroinibus expli-
cafife: Ipfilinguavidimarumfacra crat, quac-vltimopro-
ijcicbaturinignem: Habuitplurimos filios f intcr quo»
e^thalides Argonauta) & filias,exquibus Angeliar mcmi-
nitPindarus:IIlima<5Vab^turvitu!tlsj Ejus fimulachrum
jnter cactcrjEleufinicrum facra fymbola pertabatur, dc
quibus fubEleufinijsdicemus rHjccprsetcr antc cxpofita
Mercurij naturam,& ci rillefacriiadhiberctur&Dcus crc-
ditusfitjfatisdilucidc explicantj quod nirairum fit ex
prxcipuisHieroglyphicis iEgyptiorum &Grarcorum, i-
deoquc cjus folennia cum filcntio ab initiatig & juratis
perfonis , ne quicquam altcri apcr.rent , cclebrata fint;
HincfruflraLadantiusMcrcuriumlibrodc falfa religio-
nearbitraturfuilTehomincmfingulariingcnio & fapien*
tia: Et CiceroIib,dcNat. Dcor: Mcrcurios plurcs pro-
ducitjaiTcrcns vnum Coelo patrc & Dicmatrc natum,alte-
rum Valentis & /»horonidis filium, tertium lovc & Maja
cditum,quartumNiIopatre;quintumquem colunt Phe-
neatx. Vnusenimfaltcm Mercuriuseft,^ifqueHicrogIy-
phicus,ncc Deus,ncc homo; quanivis non ncgauerim fa-
T i iffc

\:%
 140 Hieroglyphicorum Libijl'
iireqHordimrjmmre fapienti.T virosHcrmctcs Hru Mcr-
curiosdidos in ifigypto, histamcn nihil de an'e didii
HffffiffJ /«- atrcnbi polfe: SicHcrmc* Trirmcgiftusipfe Mcrcurium
niotefle Hc- intcrtapicnti(Timosrccer:fct,nonfcip^um intelligens, fed
Hicrugfyphicum } Hicvt interdcos Acgyptios & Elcu»
^^^;^^/?^,y.^,

lar calcAvs ^"i'0!* numcrabarur, rjc& Samothricumjqunrumfolcn-

iiinera, ^^* ^u m ijscjufdem fue^u it intentioniirj H ic, vt illa ar-
MerCHrxpu cani(fima, His vc iliis Mcrcurius intereratj & faccrdo-
venditor c^ tibus i<c initiatis clavis aurea in iingu,»; Hi &iIiiAngc-

ueiociator- ronae filentij de^jautHarpocriti deo litaucrunf, tdeoqj

dcorum nonjina in vulgum fpargere ncfas erat ; non
quod pcr fe malum elfet, Deos crcditosnominare, fed
nc arcana fub nominibusillorum deorum, & f.icroruni
latentia innotcfccrent : Hxc fuit vnica & pr:)priacaufa,
cur &
initiaticirentfele(fli iuraci,qui celebrarcni illa fa-
cra & (imulachra viderent,cur intcrdidum cr^t quicquam
dcdijsaut fairis invuJg;»re, «ut ipfos Dcos nominarci
Hmc illiscoramunia
dijs &
gcncralia qurdam nomina
attnbuta funt , qux funiroara eoruin dignitateoi defig-
nent , vtfuntAxioerus, Axiocerfa &
Axioccrfus; Ccres,
Profcrpina &/'lutoj Ccrcs eadcoi cft, c^ii EIculLva m-
flitutafuntj de quibus infra fcqucnti Iibro , P\i\io &
divitiarum Drusfubtcrrancus, dc quo fupcrius; Mcr-
curius his additur, vclut miniftcr, qui cil O imia in
omnibus Fabulantur
: Vlylfem initiaturn jfic
ijs facris
cnim Homcro placuif j tj?ni<E autem purpurca? , noii
albac, illis adhibcntur, in quibus cum c^rarit VlylFss,
tot crrorum & tcmpcflatum ipli m rcduu immiifa-
rum, qu bus tamcn fcrvarui cft, caufa extirit: Cur
triccps eQ Mercurius , novit is, qui legit apud po*
ftratcs cx HTrmctCj Tresvidi ficics in v;>o pifrcj iic
Rofariusj Mattriay'm(^\.\\tyLapidi.s PhUofophorurKcj} acjHA c^
inieUigitHr de afjHA illorHin trtumy vt proi/al Hortuianw
;
Necdehnt e[fe plura ner pattciora^ Etdictt^ qnoaSol cji
m^fcHlns-i Lnna fcemina ^
Affrcurim fferm^: Nona*
criccs Mcrcurius appclIaiUF) quia Nunacns Atctd^x
moiis
 Lib.j Aegyptio-Gr^corum. 141
mons pfrceJebns in jugis habct c faxo fri'
ftillantcs
gididiinos humorcs 5 H\CiUtcmac]UJ I}ygiavocatur,in
qu ncq^ argentcum,ncc[; xneum, ncq; fcrreucD vaspo-
fcil' confumatur & croditur
rublidete, quin Gon- ••

rerVire autem ca;n nifi vngula mulma, nihil credeba-

tUr: Mjrinus dicifur Mcrcurius, vtal(| putarunt, t)uod
pcf m^ire, Ccslcftispcr Ccclum,terrcftrisper terram Dc-
orummindan perleccrit,verurnnos fcimus, quodin co
(it rjperius& infcriasjCielu & tcrra PhilofopIiorujSi quod
terra fit pafticcps dqu t, idcoq^ triura nafurarum dicaf ur.

{c\2 qjod conrtet ex aquj & terra, tanquam proprijs Elc-

mentisvilibHibus&pfxtcrca quinta cirentia fcu ccsicfti

virtuce abditj ; Hccats: congreirus triformi matcricC, cx
ea gcneruvit filios : Cur vcro Afhenienfcs tcrreftri Mercu- Mercmium
riOjTrophonio dicflo, ejurmodi foiennia fecerint (cmini-7><'?^^<'"^*'«»
'bu3mi(h's&cod:isomnibusinvnao!lamirab!lceft3&:i£ n^mimrin^-
gVi^tiosritus oftcndit;dequi';U3cxh3<flenusdi^i8ratio-A^'^'^«
cinar» hcrat Myfticam quoqjcaufam fubclFe animadvcr-
••

titur indiebus Mcr.ris Mercutiodicafts. Arq- indcvide- Mjr/?iV4.

tur & apud R">manosmoremnumerandi dies pknctarii
feptem incepnrcj cum &apud ho9 vt ctiamnum Apollini
primus&ieptimuif, aCv-^Arrarfffqoartus dics aflcribfttur,
nonramcn habitorf(pcd:uadLui ae<i£tatem aut rootum,
vtcfhm j^uoj Mercuriusle§e9alove&/'Iutonc5diviti-
:

arumDeo,rtiutuatushoT»inibuscxplic^it,;amf:rpiusdc-
claratumcft: Lmgua ipfifacra, non vc hadenus cxifti-
matum,tanquam Eloq-jeiuix DtOy fcd (ilcniij, & quod Mercarto !

e us facra intra dcnt um vajium fjppreifa iingua rcticcnda UnguA facra^

rint-,qaTidcocxtcrnonru vltin^oabijccbarur
nunciuscrcdcba^^urdenrumj^ogeliim rilijmhabuillctiii-
jfl jgpe:quia vtfilentu w
ta,
gitur; Dc nmulaciiro cjus tntcr Elcurioiadiccmus :Hic
itaque «ft illc Aiercmas quf pcr vnivcrfis mundi '^^x- Affrcwim
tesfuis !cgcs,fjcro3 rifus, ceremon-as &
culrus inftuu- jwa^W<7i»»-
it; Cumquc rcvcra nunqu»m in rcjm natura Fucrit,m- pofnit,

fi fccundum inrrlledurn vEgvpiiorum faccrdotuoi &

Graccoiui^oetaju Hicrogl>'phicc& AllcgoriCjr.ccnonia
T i artc
 i^z flieroglyphicorum L^b.j;
artcipQstum cognitl arcanifTima, nihilominua omnia
mundana, tanquamDcustcrrcnus, rexit,ordinavit, fixic
&rcfixit : Ex tr^gyptoin Phoeniciaro, &ad Grn^cos cu
(iia rcligionc my ftica pcnctravit, ab his ad Romanos, qui

toti fcrc orbi, cui dominabantur, Mercuriu ciq- congcn-

tilcs Dcos prcpinarunt & obfcruandos prarccpcruntj Hac
rationc Hifpani, Galli,Gcrmani, Britanni,aIi;quepopu*
U Mcrcurio, vt&Marti, iitarunt,qucm«dmodum cxan-
tiquis hyllorijs patct-* Quamvis potius Gcrmanos ab
ipfisiEgyptijs (fiquideraRomananccnomina, ncc nu-
minacumimpcriototccntenis vix confirmato multum
curarint) Mcrcurij cultum haufiirc arbitrcr carationc,
quod «x£gyptij Mcrcurium fualinguaThcutvocaverint,
tcGermani,quifortca/l/rrr«/'f) cultu feThcutonos fiue
Teutfchenindigetarint,longc ante Romanoril adventum
inGernianiam Mercuriuminfylvisvnacum Marte colu-
crint j Quid alij dealijsejusnominisratioflibus adferat,
nonignoro, necmultumreruto, nifi faltcmprxfumpti-
oncs potius quam probationcs cirenf. Plinius 1. 4. c. 1 4.
cxiftimatTeutonesGermanfacpopuIosfic di<5los aTeu-
tono Dco, qucm ^rra ortum cxifiimabant: Mercurius
enim vcre ex tcrra natus dicitur : fic & Tcutatcs , lingoa
Galllcaolimdidus Mercurius, quia Gallis quoquc colc-
batur &fanguinchumano placabatur; Vnde Lucanus;
Et ejuibtu ijmmitis piac^tur/afiguine diro Teutater-
Avcntinus lib.i. Tuifconem.Nosc filium facit, qucm illc
inArracniagenuerat,&inEuropammifcrat,quicquid m-
tcrRhenum&Tanalraamncscontinctureidemaflignans.
AlijTuifconcmvoIuntellcAfcenas filium Gomcri pri-
mogcnituiii,aquoGcrmani die Teutjchen didi funtrfed
cumdcorlginibus gentium illa fintvaldcmccrta, nccli-
tcris veriflimc prodita , crcdimus vt accepimu^ aut acci-
pimuS) licctnonoroniacrcdamus; Harc dc Mercurio,
CofraiccDcofufficiant; fifaltemilliusA NTRV M cx
ARCA' Orphco&vnonoftratium inquircntibus oftendcrimus:
NISSIMA Sic enira C>r/>^^/inIibrodclapiIIi»,dumhomincsiad flu«
dia
 :

Lib.j Aegyptio-Graecorutti. 14 j
diaa^hortatur, cosadMcrcurijfpcIuncamablegat, ona*
nidm bonoruiD & commodorum plcnam, hitcarnau
nibus:

0"f/i Kttii^fiwmf mrfUfA':nr nrtf emJytt^

EV nlKunfxrt xrtfH inK^ifut E'^/*rf«»,
E-fS* »y* T*rr<>K»T> xyx^ei* Kuri^Kit ifxi^fif^

JiHA xir ifxpvrifnnt hytieirHTriW» xt^i^r,

0«« /el»»r«?^«,)r^ip;/>.i»'f «Xw/ox/ii ij».

Hoecft,
j4t ^Hemem^ virum dacitprudentiacordis,
MercHrij ingredter ffslHncamyflHfima vbi iUe
DepofHit bsnA,(iAt quorum pr^ejrrandts 4Cervn4 *
AmhAbtis VAlet hicmMubwJibifmHere ijia ^
Ferre domnm : valet hic vitare incommoda cmEia.

Et Augurcllus Lib.i.Chryf fimili fcremodo Thalamum

acCubiliaGlauras N/mphacdcfcribit
Efi luctu fummofecreti in vertice montit^
Fo»t vbi desHrrit mtidit argentetu vndiSy
Ft^ecHi exefnm tendem aperitnr iu antrnm:
IntHS habet prafians divino nHmine virgo^
RHricoU GlauramprifcotjHam nomine dicHnty
Hhc denfos intervtpres anguflus (^affer^
Acclivis^ dtgre perdficit caHis eMntem,
yefiibHlnm ante ipfHm^jpelanca Uvis Qr a(Jf*a
P^/anicief,non ampla tamsn horrentibiis vmbris
CtniitHr acfluvtf ripis c^ margine tophi
ObdH^aviridimHfca,^ifl7f^corjmbis •

Ingredttnr vero fi ejtiis fueiiciteriOmnem

ContinHo I/tbem hHmjinam,mirabile di^H,
Bxssitacpondpts /Hbito mertalerelinqHity
E^ pHrnspenitHfjj ienisfft fpiritm iQi,
,^t§j aditHS Itifiret CHn^oSyaoiliJt^feratMr
Per cH>teos,qnibHS in msdijsfeaetaHrea Nymphaf
Anrem &circHm thaUmns ^fapra^ renidet
£>niH
 144 Hicroglyphicorimi Lib f,
^j^lfi AttyitaliHUpeA'l)ux calc-^titur etffjtunty
^t ^^ ip'\i e X iiHYo splet/det canfUtaftfpclUx :

T^ayinftjt^veifna titiibes.)iyirnontibm aT,trttm

Hoc pLte^qfit rtbtu tamisDnmorciia djtt^ris,
^
^2moA^ I i(tc VI 'um juertt preciofjis^inde
Erue.nec ftit»ptit,tiimio ntcparce Ubori.

^u.r rccenfiorisaurci Pocrjcvcfeaurcacarmiria fatis

explicant,quidOrphcusf crantrLimyl/(rrr^n) intcJlcxcnr,
adquodfapicntcsquofcunq} ludrandum adhortatur: In
hoccnim antro Nympha anrca habitat GUurc didla,qujc
ipfacd /T/rrrwr/Wj&quotruntrcrum inmundo nomrna,
totappclhtioncs fjmilitudinarias fibi 3i<i(c\{citj ncab in-
dignis apprsehcndatur; Hincmturb» circafincmdicitur:
Neergstnnttvieralitate notninnm decipiartSjmortffis cttm zi-
vit 1//^^'. -Sedccrtohabeeumcj-Ktdejfe, cuinihilaltenum acce-
dtt , ne^infertHr'. Etus igitttr;OCtttm invcfligay (^adenum
mhi/fitnferasy C^ fine multipiicarehemines Kcmina , quantfl
mffUipltcarentur^fapirntiamtiofirampfieri riderent'. Ncquid
dcmodcrnorum igitur nominibus huic matcn> & Tubjc-
d:o attributis, cunjiiinumcra finr, curemu9,apud anti-
quidiraosdidmushancvnam candcmqj rcmMercurlum
dict.jrn appeHiri,&: pc r cam intellii^J ? Apim,tot tauros dijs
facros, aliofqjdGmitosdrjconcs antcmcmcratos,&fcic
omnia Hic roglyphica animalia & numinj^ itcm rot mon-
«- F ,. (Ira.Tvphcnis&EchidnarfobolcmjCfrbcrjm, Chymx-
^
ram,Sphyngcm,nycrim, Hcc;itcn, Cjcryoncm, tot lco-
'
r)C8,cquos,avcs&bcftias, quarum partim mcntio fad»
^^- ^ **!.'
cft.parcimfict fuislocis: NuncadD^onT/um loviex Sc-
, /{,, mclc natum progredimur, non miijus cclcbrcm Mcrcu-
^ '*''
rio 5 HicidcmcliapudGrxcos qui Olins^apudiCgyp-
,

2^ ^^ _ tios&BacchusapudRomanos, quod pjtct cxomnibus

jJ'j)"o
ipCj 4ttributjs; ided nunc ipfum Olirim^nuncDionyfum,
^^* nuncBicchUiii promifcucnominabimus, fcmptrtnum
lubjcftum, vt ct antiqui fubintclligcntcs ScmcIcCad- :

nii&H^rmoniz filia,curamorta|is cltct, &aIovc,vt fa-^

bulan-
Lib.j. Aegyptio-Graccomm. i^j
bulantur Poctx , in amplcxum pctcrctur. luno lovis vx-

or anum roentitaSci«eIxpjr/uiifit>vt lovcm per Styg^i%

palu cjnjurarecompcllcrct. fcconceirurumquoj pctc-
rcc,ac dcindc flagitaret a love vt ad fe taits acced^r -t qaalis
lunoncm compicdcretur j Cu-inq*, Scmclc hoca lovc im-
acvim iu{minisiu(^incrc;non poirrt, continuo,
petrdifct,
vtdtcitur, in cincrcm conucrfacft, cumjani odavum
inenfcmficfusexiovcconccptusexplcviirctj vtOvidsj.
Met : vcnuiie hoc dcfcribit his vcrfibus.

Ro^at i//a hvejTffiyte nsminf munpts*

Cti* DePis^elige,ait 5 KMlUmp,^tie'-e repn/fam^
^l^-oc[^magiicredasyStygij ^f^ojf^ confciafttmo
Nnminittorrentis,timor 87- Dens i!/e deorttmefi'
Ldtta ma/o nimwnoa^ potens^peritr^r.i^ tmsantu
O/?fec^Hi0 Semcl ./fpia/<i /» S jHrniji^diXttf
Teio/etam^/s^i,Veneti: cit-mf*ipts inttis ,

D<t mthi te ta/etn i Corp.-Y^ morta/e tnmultHi Simele Dio*

N<7« tulitaerios,doni/^ inga/ibtii arjit^ fijfSmnter
com/fuf/.t, vt
Cum vcroSemelearfillct, lupiterfoetum cx ventre cjus & iy£fcHl<h
furrcptum, nc ctiilc pcrirct, fuo fcmori alfuit, ad iu- & pij-

ftum maturitatistempus geftavit,quo i ibidem licdefcri-

bitur.

JmperfeUtu adhtic infans genitricis ab aho

Eripitfsrfpatrio^^tener {fi crederedigntim efi)
InjHitHrfemori,m^^€rna^ tempora compiet,
P^terjit mO'
'*'*•
HincDionyfiusvocatuseft, quia pupugeritlovis femur,
cum natuscllctcornutus, vcIvcalijvoIunt,quiaIupitcr
cUuduseirct,cum illum alfutumfcmorigefta.et, vel vta-
lij, cumnatus fuit: Alij
quialupiterpluviaradimiferit,
Dionyfom natuma Mcrcurio deportatum ellc in
ftatim
Nyfana Arabine vrbemtx^gypto finitimam ad Nymphjs
cducandumallcrunt: Hinc& bimaccr didus cft ;Alijdix-
V crunt
 }

14^ Hicroglyphicorum Lib.j^

crunt Scmelcn lovi quidem Dberum peperiire, redaCad*
modeprschcnfim cum ptii.ro recensnatoconicdlamicar-
cam fuillcligneam, qur fucntajllu marisad finesOreataf
CiUudruit oppidamLaconum)dciata,rcd abindigenis a-
pcrtaarcainventam fuilfe Ssmelenmortuam, fepultam»
que magnificc,at pucruin cJucatum. At Meleagcr non
airu[umfui(refcmoriIcv;sarbitratuscrt,fedab ipfisNym*
phis e cineribus marernis (larim (reptum &
educatum
Deniarchus dicit cum ab Horis cducacum? idquc in
jEgypto, vt vult Orphcus, qui tamenpnmusfuit, qui
(^jyptuf eunaThebis natumdixerif; Vndc iEgyprijs fcriptonbus
ttHTantflr
^^' Gracci nugari vifi funt , qui Diony fum c Semclc &
lo-
Q^^i.^^gj^^^'v&^tog\\%x\imdicMt Thcbisj quodaccidilTe aiunt, quia

#»y/^.
Orpheus in e^iEgyptuni profeduS} cum ibi my fteria pcr-
didici(ret,amicusThebani8,aCadmooriundis, ijfq;grati-
Hcarivolcns, ea finxerit de Dionyfo> {juod vulgus The«
binorum,partimob infciriam , partim, quiayellettantum
Deum fuum civemputari,facilccompIcxum e(l6cadali-
as nationcs pro vero tranfmifitzQimdque hic dc Dionyfo
Thebanisobgratiama /»oetisaffidlodici:ur, idem de a-
lijsdijs Sc hcroibusexiftimandumcn;contigiirc> vtantc
monuimus : Qu^ldam dixcrunt Dionyfum a lovc ac Ce-
rcre natum elTe & difcerptum a tcrrigcnis & coftum/cd a
Gercrc compaiSis mcmbris rurfum iuvcnem revixilTc:
Alij HyadasCqujC pluviam (ignificantj fuilTe Bacchi nu«
MirdCHloft triccs, in Naxo; Cumquc apud iVymphas adoIcvilTct,
resaffiBit multas rcs aJmirabilcs fcciire; quas iVatalis Cooiet in.
Vi^njfo» Vcnat: Lib.4.ficcoiPplexuscft:
HasinterferstUm ludsndofori^e eecidit
Et ferro lapides iEltitercMffit eodemy
Extlftit dulcM vini de vulnere rivHS •

Hinc LicerAvit oviffrHfta'tm vifcerA. tak§

Jr.f\cientefohm,c, nis .iiyentiafetis
Mc^nbr i^ iicit hnvii, rHrfus mirabile di^si^
Divif(tpecHdit ceiermt mamhra repente
£t vtrides herbas decerpjitpabttla nota,
FcttUT
Lib.j, yfi^gyptio-GrxcoruniJ 147
Fcrturamphisbafnafr.(id vipcraf vtrirqjcaputhabcntino-
nicneft)a<juaintib!amorfus elfet, pBJmitc vitisjc^ui for-

fe propirquusadjaccbatjOccidilTe; rocl,lac , &aliosrua-

ves liquoresctcffacxcitairc, fi vir^acampercufiiircf: A

love in ceelum pcrfatusata lunone fcredcjcftus fingitur:
HancfcmpcrjuvcncmdixitOvid: 4,Mctam'.alij barba*
fU) imbcrbcmpinxcrunt; lUcius tcAatur DionyO
alij

cundcm juvcncm & fcncmfuiilc ab antiquis cxiftima-

tutnj & Orphcus cum marcm & fceminam cilc tradit:
Quodquidam dccapucfolypiaffirmiruntj illudquidcm
cfui jucuDdumclIcjfcd CDulta [omnia parcrc phanraHi- jp,?^/ e^^ti
ca,dc Poerialijcxpcnunr,cam jucundam fuis Bgmcmis Pe/ypi40m-
vidcri, fcdmulta inania &dclfr«mcntis(]milia fpargerc; fatMr»
quodfivcrijm cftj inpnmis lccum babct circa hanc
Dionyfi aut Ofiridis,fcu Bacchi allcgoriam, cjusnativi*
tatcro, vitam & rcs gcftas coHiplcftcntcm ; Vcrum li-
cctnonnuliaa poflerioris arvi /oetis Diony fi fa^is af-
£da fint vulgaria^tfmcn plsraquc dcrctus magni
XKomcnti arcaniflimis indc ab antiquitatcfabularum in-
volucris ad nos vfquc tranfinilTa & propagara cifc, nul-
lumrelinquiturdubium: Si cniiavcl vmi folius ccnfc-
ftioncmac vitis invcntioncm Dionyfo tribucrcnt,idco-
quc talia & tanta mundo ofFerrcnt confyderanda qux
ipfi afcribuntur, antiquiffimi fcriptorcs Elieboro non
Encomiodignieffenr,im6viderenfuromnium hominum
nequlflimi& flultiflimi: Eorum quidamiEgyptij longe .„
divcrfaabhadcnus diAis de ortu Dicnyfi tradidcrunt: ^^^H*^^»**
*•
AiuntcniroAmmoncmrcgem partiaLibyx^ qui Coelifi-'*'*^*'''''*'
liamacSaturnifororcm duxerat, cum vifcret regioncm '^^''"''X"''
"'*?'^"'*'«
«d montes Ceraunios, reperiflc virgincm forma egregia
Amalthcam.nominc, cum qua congreifus filiLrogenuit,
quicumpoflca rohcrc & forma circtinfignif, Dionyfus
fuitvocatus: Amalthcam confliluit leginam prcpirqui
loci,cuiuslocifiguracumclTctcornubcvisfin:ilis, didu
cfl cornuHcfpcridum,ob fcitiiiratem verd rcgionis qux
tDultipliccs domcflicorum fruduii arborcs produccret',
V 2 rcgio
 148 Heroglyphicorum Lib.j.
rcgiovccata cft cornu Amalthca?. Csetcrum Ammon
vcritusRbcse zclotypiani, pucrum in Nyfam quandam
yrbem dcfcrri curavitlongeabijs locisdiftantcminqua-
dam infula aTritoncfluviocomprnehenfa ad pra?cipitcm
locum, vbi fucrunt angufti^ qunrdam,quas portas Nyfasas
vocarunt. Eratibircgio peran^aena, moilibus pratis di-
Oinda, locufqj irriguis multis aquis lympidis fcatenti-
busabundabat ^omnifrufti.fcrarumarborumgcnerecon-
fifuSjCum muitx ctiam optima:vites fponte nafccrcn-
tur. Afflabaturlocusmultis amxniiriniiSac falubcrrimis
vcntis-,quarcincolae longiflimaxtatc frucbantur cum rc-
gionisingrcirusmultlscondcnrisaltifqne arboribus fcpi-
rctur&valiibusfatisprofundisjjfa vti^olnon facilc pof-
fct penetr^rc,ac vix lumcn ipfius Solisj ad omncs acccirus
fontcs fu.r.intdulciuri] aquaruro,cumfcmpervircntes ac
odorifcra: arborcs roulrac circnt, & fuavcs florcs, & vari-
arumaviumcantusj atqjvtvnovcrbpconcludam, nihil
prorfusadabfolutam voluptatcmhabitantiumibi dcfyde-
rari potcrat.llluc vbi Ammon acccflllTet, filium alendura
•W^» dicitur de Jilfe Nyfar, vni filiarum Arillxi, cujus tutorcm
jirijt<tt^ (T jnftituitipfum Arifiyum,virum prudcntiaomniqjgcncrc

^'^'''''''^^^'^"'dirciplina.um praffiantcm: At /'alladcm prxfccit dcvi-

habent Dio- tandisinfidijsnovcrcx,qu{c pauloantead fluviu Triionc
^A* e tcrra cdita vifp, Tritonia fuit appcllata. Enimvcrocum
Rhca pofica virtutcm & gloriam Dionyfi privigni vbiquc
cclebmr: audiviller, irata eft Amrnoni, Dionyfumq^ om-
r.i artc procurjvit capcrc,quod cum faccrc ncquivillct, rc-

liquit Ammoncmj & jd f ratrcs Tifanes confugit, apudque

Satnrnumfratrcm habitaredccrcvif Pcrfuallt ctiam Sa-
••

turno vtcum cftcrisbellum advcrlus Amnonem fufci-

perct;quodfa(!^ifatum cfi:Ammoncm,inquiunt,tuman-
norarpcnurialaborantcm in Crcfan; ncccfiario confugif-
fc, duxiilcq; filiatn vnius CurcfU!T\ runc iniperantiufii
Crcfam nominc^atqj infubmpriuslJcamnoniinatamab
vxorcCrctamvocalle: S:'furnusoccupatisaIc locis Am-
njonis,cuinnimisaccrbe'impcrarc vifus clict, magnum
odium
Lib.j Aegyptio-Graecdmm; 149
odiumfubdiforuminrcconcitaWt, ncc itamuIfopoftciS
niagniscopijsconiparatisadverfus Nyfam & Dionylum
militavit. Dionyfus audita fuga patcrna, muUosmi' Dionyfiex-
litcs c Nyfi collegit, & intcr hos duccntos peditcs,ro-/^<5/*//*.
bore,bcneuolcntiacrgaipfum&officijs prxdantcs : His
acccircrunrcoIIcditiarcopicrcLybia &magnarnanus A-
mazonum,quxctiara cdlibcntius adventarunt,quod in-
tclligcbantfcPdllademrcrummjlitarium ftudiofamfoci-
«mbcllieirehabituras: Sic marium fummus Iropcrator
Dionyfus,foen)irjarum Pallas duiJlabat cxercitum. fnito j
„ // ^.
prxlio multis vtrinq; cadcntibus, Saturnus vulneraius j
ci^,ac vi(^oria fuit pcncsDionyfum , cujus procclara vir-
^"^
tusillodie pratcipue enituit. Titancs fuga fe ferv^runtin
loca AmmoniSjjjuosperdcditionempofleacaptosliber-
tatircftituitjoptioncraq; dcdit,anfecum vcllent roilitare
velabirc,quionjncs fccum milirarunt,ac Dionyfum tan-
quam Deum falubrem coluerunt. Aiunt cxpcditioncm
adverfus Saturnum fuiite fufcepta, militantibus vna nobi-
Jiflimis Nyfvis, qui Sileni fint vocati, cum primus qui
rcgnavit Nyfa!,SiIenusnominarctur. In itinere multa
monftra domuit, dcfcrtafq; rcgioncs colonis replevit.
Saturnus Dionyfi copijs auditis vrbcra fu:cendit, abdu-
ftaqjfccum Rhca& quibufdam amicis pcr obfcuritatcm
nodiscxvrbedifFogit: fedcum incutlodias vbiq^diftri-
butasincidilfcnt, venilTcntqj inpoteftarcmDionyfi, non
roodonihilinhumanumpairifunt, fed ctiam vltrdinvita-
ti,vtpropaterna charitatcinpoftcrumcum ipfe vnavive-
rcnt,omnem debitam rcuerentiam ob cor.junviioncm
fanguinis confccufuri; fcdcum denuo Titancs cbm ar-
maparaircntj abcodem vidipugnaad vnum funt truci-
dati. HjtcnarratiodeDionyfiortu, bello& vi(5loria totu
artificium Philofophicumgraphicedepingit cum omni-
busfuiscircumfiantijs, vtmox audicmus. Cum vcrd
Diony fius hac vi(5loria parta.dc omnibus nationibus berc
mcrcrifluderct, orbcqj terratu illa, qua: fciebat docen*
do peragra.it, Mercuriij rr.fmegiflu vxori confultore,
V i ac
 150 Hrcroglyphicotum Libj.'
MercHriw, ^c Herculcm
iEgypti pra^fidcm rcllquillc dJcifur; Pro-
p f* metheoqj prirouro ab Hcrculc locum dedilFc: In mcn-
rromttheM, (jbuj jj^^,.^ ^^^ procul ^ Gangc fluuio columnas duas
ejjptoprK'
crcxitinoricnte, vt inoccidcntc Hcrculcs: Indiam vni-
Jf *.
verfam dcbelUuit,.& vrbcs Oricntiilubegit : Eius cxcr-
cicus fuir
ccadus ex «gricolis mulicribufqi : Poft tricn-
niumcxlndia rcdljt,mox pcr Libyam&Hilpanias pcrua-
garusjmulicrefq; chorci» 2c («Itationibus indulgctcs mul-
tasincaftrish«buit:Hic vbiNyfam florcniiffimam ciui-
tarem in India condidilTct apud Indumfluvium, Ariad-
nam duxit Furorc autcm a lunonc inic^o pcrcitus or-
:

bcm tcrrarum pcragrauit:Diccbantur Cobali darmones

immites & inhumani quidam & Satyri & Bacchx (vndc
ipfc Bacchus didus)& Silcni ipfum comitari cum cym •

bali8& ftrcpituquocunq; inccdcrct, qui incurru a Lyn-

cibus tradiovchcbatur. OhU: 4.Metam: clrcacum lyn-
ccs,tygres & /'anthcrx cllc conrueuerunt : Pardaii pcllcm*
feroFcr gcflauit, vndc Bryfeusappellatus cft : Lufus ipfi
focius fuit Pro fccptro thyrfum geftauit : Saccr illi abi-
;

cgnusramus, abics, hcdcra, fmilax, qucrcus: Picaintcr

aucs, &: £cu8 folia) Narcifliq; corona non ingrata fuit : &
Dracointerrcptilia: Eius Saccrdotcs facminiecrant Mar-
nadcs di^ar, Thyadcs, BacchaE&Mimalloncs. Lcofac-
tus, cum vchcrctur naui,omncs nautaspiratas, pr.Ttcr ip-
fum gubernatorero in fugam vcrtit, vt in delphincs vcifi
in marc ftatim dcfilierint : Tricnniura apud Proferpinam
dormivir, dcinde excitatus chorcis indulfit cum Nym-
phis: Ab Indica expeditione in patriam podtricnnium
revtrtit, hoftcfqj (ijos profligauit : Cumqj idcm fit, qul
Ofirls, vt diAum, cum fcpultus fuilTct, rcvixifTc fcrtur
integcr; Ncnfolumcornutus, fcd etiamtaurinocapitcab
antiquis /ingebatLr : Fertur hic dcui primus omnium
Dionyftti pri-mortaliumdcprcfiosad fordidaqurq; hominumanimos
mtupro Deo ad dcorumcuhumcrcxifrc? vtOuid:habctlib:j.Fafior:
€t*ltHs aputi Antc tuos ortus &c : Quod dc Orphci fcflis Trictcricis
Gr4c§t, ad Crxcos tranfiatis omnium priao intclligcndum? dc
quibus
 Lib.jj Aegyptio-GraecommJ 151
qulbus po(t agemtjs Cum diCccrptui c(tet in
: bcllolouit
confn Titanes, /*alUs cius cor palpitansad lorcm deta-
lit : Primvs omniuai duxit triumphum, curaq; illc mitra

circacaputvfus clTct, manfitporteaconfuetudorcgibus,

adeius imitationem diadcmate vti : Qux omniafiadva-
gucm cxaminarc ipfiq;rci,dcquaconfidafunt,prodigni-
tate appIicarcvellcmusfortcinftitutT brcuiutis rationcm
tranfgfcdcrcmur; Ideoq-jfuccindcdeillisraltcmtrad^bi-
mus, cum (logula maxima cx partc cx anre diAis po^ &
declarandis ciuccfcant : Dc combuft'onc SemelesiTiatris
Bacchijfub iEfcuUpi j ortu diximus ; Qma fiinilis vtrobiq;
Riodusjlllc cxCoronidi$,hiccx Semclcsmatriscincribus
ercptus & cnutritusdicitur,illc aChironcjhic a Mcrcucio,
vcl vtcrq; & cducatus a ny mphis,Hyadibus, aquofis parti-
bus;Bimatcrc(l, quiabise Mcrcuriogenitus, vttradunt
oroncsphilofophi : KammfierfiUfUiincjmHnt.habetduotpA' l,Hll:The9r:
tres& dnas matresy d* ^«m chare HHtrutu eliinigney ides Te_fi*€%A'^»
»««^w.i«» wtfr»>«r;Io7lsfcOToriairutus fingitur, vtmaiu-
rcfcat; Itacnim conucnit in artc;Nam fixum figit volatilcs
£(lq; boc loco lupitcrcuro fuo fulmincad Scmelcn mor-^
talcm, longiiiimis capillis prsdita, acccdcns, Ignis nodcr
in vitro acccnfus,qui comburicraagis quam ignii infcrni,
TtcxRipIxo fub Vulcanoadduximus : Hic lupitcr iuaat
& maturat noftrurafartumjQiii dtfccrptusa tcrrigcnis fcu
tcrrcnispartibusa Gcrcrc matrc,aquca fubftantia,c6pidis
mcmbris intcgcr rcuixit: Dc loco natali & parcntibus fatis
diximus; Miracula,quaj fccit,c6dcrcfpiciuf,quodipfeaIia
divifa & mortua vnicdi & rcfufcitadi vim habcat; Amphi{-
bxnam occidit,duplici capitc fcrpcntcm Quiaduplcx c(l
j

(erpensinartcoccidendus,cum aiii &abfq;alis : Liquorcs

ab ipIbproduAi;Qujacxaqua & terratotuoi conl^at com-
poGtum ; Si itaq; Dionyfus adultus cftin terram rcdad*
fub(lantia,non abfq; caufj dicitur liquores proiuccre : lu-
vcnis,bari>atus>imbcrbi8,fencx,mas/xminaeft;Sicenim
Agmon in turba : /?»^^r^Af <r/?,inquif,(^ ejiquo^hri^ati^'
i»/«f; tmplHmi^^ mn volmty p!Hmisprxdittu f »«^ efic^ voUas,
'
^Jiaij}iaipfHMxcr^,V{rHdi€f(,^4ifHanegaSftt0ttfAifo tug^it
De
 1

15 Hieroglyphicomm Lib.j.
Dctx£gyptlorumtraditione qui Ammonc , Saturni fo-
r jrem pro conjuge habcnteroj Dionyfi patrcro &
Rhcam
Amaldicam Nympl.amatrem faciunt,dicimus,quodip-
fipotiusadrcsquamnominarcfpcxfrint, cumalios pa-
tamcn v-
rcntcs Dionyfoanignent,aliofqucOIiridi,qucm
num & cundcm cura Dionyfo ftatuunt Manifefte igitur;

iplihylloriameire ncgjnt^fedHicroglyphicum figmcn-

tumadrcsfignificandas mventum: Adcorau Amalthca?,
omnisabundanti^fontcm, & hortos Hcfpcndum fimul
rcfpiciuntj AtTopicailla dcfcriptionc tot circuaifianti-
%AUeg9rut arumprimi invcntores nihil aliud innucre volucrunt,
ab[o'lHtiJfim<t quam Allegoriam vnivcrfalem totius opcris intclligenti-
exflicatio. busoboculos poncrecum omnibusfuis diffcrentijs &
partibusj adcovtvix putem cvidcntiorem apud recen-
tioresextarc fimilitudinem, qua artis totius opcratio ad'
umbrctur magis, qutm ilia: Per pucrum, fubiedlum
intelligitur j Per Nyfam vrbem, vasj vbi fint Forti Nyfx-
X angufix, vafisobferatio & conclufio: Rcgio amsena
varijs arboribus, vitibus, ventis, fioribus,avium canti-
bus,denotatomnianecclTaria advitam & voluptatemi-
bidcm ipfi adcire : Arifiarus prudentifiinius & optimus
artifexpra^ficituroperi: Fallas fingul^r>s fapientia & in>
gcnijfubtilifasvtquoq; adfit,requiritur :Qu.t deindead-
duntur de Saturnocx infiindu fororisRheae,qux Ammo-
nero reliqueratjadverfiis Dionyfum bcllum movcntis, de
nigrcdineSaturnina in principioopcrisapparentenos in-
telligimus; Amazones virgincs bcllatrices adfuntDio-
nyfo jLacenim virginis muIturaoperatLTct visvirginea;
Nam mater eiut virgoefiy ^
pater m» concttbuit: Diony-
fusvincit Satarnum,quianigredoceirat, &Titancsdedi-
tionecapit; hoc cdfumofas exhalationcsmatcria? fifiit:
&: Dcus falubriscultusell.Dionyfius j quia filuti homi-
nu,vt&/EfcuUpiusnatu$cft: Monfira domuit multa,
. quitipfa matcria monftroru noroen & omcnobtincf,vt
anicJemonfiravimusiquam domat, &defcrta8regiones
colonisrcplct: Naro vtLull: Theor.teft.c.9. Intfio /»-
qnon
Lib.j Aegyptio-Gr^KCorum, ijj
9U9rer£liiHc4tu*-magnHScir4c», ^praijcitur a m.fgtte defero
ArahUy (]hU tm>nidiat efftfocdretMrprit ftti^ ^ ftriret #» mari
mortuo^cyc.f^^erte ij^itHripjHm, c^mittein re^atim Mchiopia ,

vide naturaliternAtivtis e^ : Saturnus vrbem mcenditfu-

gienspcrobrcuritatcnodis; quia igncnigredo no(fti« a-
bigitur; nontaraen violcntia, fed humanitate tradatur,
fuaviterma^nocumingenio, vtppte originis patrixjat
Titancs,qui fint fulphurc.T cxhalationes omnino e mcdio
tolluntur; Quod deindc orbcm tcrrarum pervagatus fit

Dionyliusjjam ante fub Ofiridc expofuimus; Mcrcurium,

Hcrcule & Promethcum domi pracfecit oflficijs regni» In-
diamrubegiircdicitur, Libyam, Iberiam fcu Hifpanias,
quia hnErclocaoptimis mctallis abundabant Cobalidae* :

monesruntagreftes&venenofifumiqui adfunt materiar;

Sat>'r.,Silcni,muIicrescucymbalis& ftrepitu, volutatio-
ncm&Lagitationcmmaicrijefignificant;itcm motum &
fonhu; Lynces,Tygres,&Panthera?, diverfitatcmcolo-
ruminfinuant; TWyrfusipfi profccptro, nonquod viflu
cofignificctur, proutvulgarcs exponunt, Etintcrcxtc-
rosquida lmguax(&abfq;Iingua nul!us)dc nationc Eu-
ropxfortilTima, &literis&armis;julli cedcntc, harc tan-
toviro,fidi]splacet,digna verba protulit, Eam Thjrfige" .

rosmftlcos,atpattcoi Bacchos pnbere Etalibidc eadem ; O 'Delteativer'

'^

pifces ,pifces,inc[Ult, nonefi hac ac]tta,in£]ua vos natetii,ejHibHi ff*'*'*^^'

delicatm
magisilleex CitharonCi (juam Belicone Itej^or fapit: Quafi ye-/»-^
rohichomuncioquicquam viderit de arcanis thyrrf, ^<!osiutts,
non potiiis in fupef ficiali cortice illorum ha-fcrif; Qjjd '^^Z'; «**'»«<'
^*^"
•fcivitjnifivcrbafuoordineponcre Sybarita comptus [tu P^'^?***^*
mone,&deIicatus?hyfignatus,fenfurfrum plcbcjus om-^ mtraKaum,
ninp /Cuiille gcntinondetraxit, vt{c ccnforem &arbi«
trumlatinitatisfaceret/' Atillencpifcis quidcra,fedapu-
is fimilis, qax exfpumamaris ottx fpumas Iingunf &
pafcuntfupcrficiemaquaru, nonprofundum pctentes: E-
jufmodivcrborum Dacdalilabynntho rationis includcn-
diinlcarisfuis, vr res iplaconvincetaliquandotalionem BaechifHif^
patientur: Staphylus dJcitur Bacchi fuiife filius, cMmi Staphjlus^
X fili-
 154 Hicroglyphicorum Lib.jJ
filiamRbiocumcomprciTiircc Apollojilludq; Staphylus
quodclTct gravida, illam inarcam incluntj& in
fenfiiret,
iDaredcjccit: Arci inEiibjcampoftmododelata,in fpe-
Anipu» lunca qn^jdsni An/umpcpcrit, qucra iti^moerorenomi-
navit :Hic Anius portca cDonppe Nympha Sperma,Oc-
no&ElaidcrafurccpitjquibusApolIo concefllt, vt quoti-
csoprarcnr, velvinum^ vclfcmina, vcl olcum capcrent
pro fuorum nominum fignificatione : Alij Dionyfum fo-
lemarbitratifunt, vt Cercrem Lunam 5 Sic Virgil.lib. /.
Orphcus m hym-
CtOTg'.Vos6cUriJfimavinndilMV7ina,d)i
nis: SoUUrus Dionyfunty ^utmcognomine dicttnt ; Scd Po-

ctjeficfccundumcommuncm vulgi captum Joquuntur;

fi Dionyfus eft Ofiris, vtalibifatiscon?incitur,& Apol-
lo&Diana, Sol & Lunafunt,quomodo Apolio dicitur
Ofiridis filius, Sol Solis, vt cxtcra abfurdiffima omitta-
iDUsfVcriim ex hartcnus di^is omnia dc Dionyfo rcflan-
tia,cur triennium dormiucrit, leges tulcrit, tr ipudiortjm
Dcus fit, in lconcro vcrfus, cornutus habitus, mortuus
- rcvixcrit, c;ufqj nutriccsaMedcacoc^x dicantur, & his
%
JovupliHS,
" fin^>l'*f^cilcintelliguntur: Nunc ad Pcrfcum lovis cx
jjjij^jj- filium acccdcmus: Acrifius Danaes patcr filiam

Danaeninahcncum thalamuroin aula domeflica fubtcr-

rancumiliclufit, proptcrcaquodcxoraculodidiccritfc a
ncpotecxfilia occifum iri-Huiusigiturmamoremcnm
lupitcr incidilfct, aurofimilis diciturc tholo dcfluxilTc,
quod cum illa in finum cepilTct, lupitcr quis elTcr, fe pa-
quonatu8cftPerfeus:Hoc
tcfccit,ac illamcomprcfTitjCx
Horatiuslibj.Carminumficdelcripfit;

PerfcttrtPH* JnclufAmDaminturrisaheneA
fiohHflA^fores vigtlum canum
(tt

Trijies excuhiet mumerant jAtii

NoSlffrtii^ ah adulti ris,
Sinon Acripumvirginis ahdittt
Cuftodtmpuvidum /upiter VevtfS &
'
M.tftJent'^foTe emm tutum iter &p4tens
Cohverfa
 :

Lib.j, ^gyptio-Grarcoram, 155

Converfoinprenum Deo,
A-irttm per medios vrefAtellites
Bt perrumpere amatfax4 potentih
ttHi
l^HfHlmineo

Qjidam clamillam peprriire volunt, & pucrum tncnniu

ab(olvitrc,priufquaaj Acrifius id perlcnfiret,tuniadaram
Hcrcei lovisDanaen apcUrcfuiircaddudam & inteiroga-
tamcxquo pepcrilfet,cumque!iIacIouediccrct,mJnimc
crcditam, ca^fa prius nutrice, qu2c ipiiadruMlct, in arcam
ligncaro incluf^m fuiirc,& in marc dcjcdlam.Dcinde cum
ad Infulam Scriphumarca applicuitlct, a Didycfratrc
rcgis, qiiiibifcrtepifcabatur, hxcarcarcti extrahitur j
qucm Dinae rogauit, vtarcam apcrirct, quarc cum illc
reclufitTctjdidicitretq; quinamcircnf,don;u dcduxit,& vt
affinitateconjundosapudfc perhumanitcrhabuit, Poly-
deftesrcxdcindcDinaac vim inferre conatus cft ? quod
cum ob Pcrfcu non polfcf^munus Pcrfco imp'ofuit,vt ad fc
Mcdufa:caputadrcrrct,quodHippodami3efilia*in dotcra
darcvcllct.HicPoIydc(5lcsScriphircx fingitur, adncpo»
Ncptuni-Cuj dumPcrtcusparerscogitur, aditcrfcfc ac-
cingitj APalladcitaqvfcutu & fpcculu 4 McrcurioHar-
pcn fcu falcatum cnfCja Plutonc pci a & galca, a Nymphis
talariafeucalccos volucrcs mutuatuseft- quibus inftru-
mcntis Perfeusinftrud:usadMedufam, multos horaincs
infaxaconvcrtcntcm,vnamGorgonumcontcndit:Gof-
goncsautcmhabcbant capitafcrpentibus implicira fqoa-
mofis, dcntcs aprugnos, manus feircas, & a!is, quibus
voIabant,aurcas:H^ incxtrcmis Iben> partibusad occi-
dcntcabHcfpcridibushaudprocuIdiftatcshabitaredidac
funf.Mcnanderinlibrodc myftcrijs SciiJactia mcmorat
^j/^^^^^^
intcrGorgoncsanonullis numcratam fuitrc:Primoautcm^^
myfterut
adGrseasPcrfeusprofcdu&cft,qu2crant ^ofOfcsGorgo-r- /^/r- '
nu,numcro trcs,ocuIum&dentevnicum comnr/unc ha*
betcs,quosabillisrautu6acccptostamdiurctinuitdoncc
*
iiix Ny mphas^qu^ alatos calccos hftbcrct,indicallct : Ho-
X 2 rutn
15^ Hlcroglypfikonini ] Lib.j
rum opcad Medufam accedeni qutm flvcrrusrpcculoco»
tfinpljjtusjcum ipfc gaica Plucoms tedus conrpici non
pollet,P«lIademariumdirigente,vnicoi^u obtruncavir,
capu^qje^usin peram conjeiJtum, lapidificandi virtutc
pra?dirun) ad Palladem gertavitj In rcditu Caffiopcs &
Ccphci,»^fhiopum rcgis, fiiiani a monftro marino diia-
cerandim Andromcdamdi(flam,oftcnro capitc Mcdufa?,
libcravit,&in vxoren)duxit Atlantcm in roonfcm ver*
:

Kir^ cujus Mxra fuitfilia; dcquaHomcrus i.Odylf.

Colitatria Mv4
Fi/ia frudentisAtUntU , qtii alt4. ^roJHndi
Omnia cognovit Pelagi :

Hic Atjas^dcquo antemonuimus, dicirur impcrairc HcC-

pcrijs & rcrponium a Tliemidc Parnafia acccpitfcjfuturum
clfe, vt a quodam louis fiiioaurcis pomi« rpoiiarctuf ; fjc

Ovid .*
iib. 4-Met,
Memor itlevetuftA
Scrtis erat : Thewii har.c dederat Parttaftafortemi
Tempwy Atlajveniet^tuaejHo fftoliahituraHro
t^rhor^ C^ buncpr^t titHlumlotti natus haMit,

€umigitutPcrrcusabrciflrum caput Medufe rcportarct,

Jkab Atlantc,vtIovi«fiIiu8, tiofpitio repudiarctur, huic
Mcdunccapuc o(Icndit,ita inquicns:

At fjHoniam farvi tihi^ratia nefira efif

Accipe munus, ait, /ceva^ /r parte Meduft
Jpfg retrouerfu* yfejUAientiaprotu/it »ra,
^^Hontfis erat,monsfa^Ht Atlcjs,
j

PoOea Perrcusfortefortunaludcnsdirco, avum fuum fn»

cognituoi Acrifium difco in pcdc vulncravif, cx quo
vulncre illc , vt fato pracdiftum crat, intcrijt . Ex
&iiguioc autctn Mcdufst c^ufo Pcgafus &Chryraor nari^
6"SUn.*
 Lib.?.' . Aegvptio.Gr«cotum^ ijr
finguntur rcgafus, cquujtfatusad P»\hdcm dcdudujj
•,

^uaBcIlcrophontiGlaucifiiio (iicpoti Sifyphi, pronc-

poti iEoh", abncpotiIouis)datugc(]adtrw.ldandamChi-
mafrain, monflrum triFormccx Typhoncct Echidna na-
tum; Hlc Bellcrophon, vtThcopompus Iibvz.Philippi-
carumcxfabulo^a traditioncfcribir, Chimaraminhdcns ^

Pcgafo n^fagittis tranffixir, fcd hafta quadam pftijt,

quns piumDiimhtfberctinrummapartccoll'!catum,quaHi
partcmhafta: cum Bcllcrophon in os Chimxr^ intru-
/ilTct,pIumbumigne(qutmcfflab3forc)colliqucfaftum,
in vcntrcmChimrrjrdtfluvitj ctiiiicombufTitomnia in-
tcflina, vndc mcrua cft BelJum ftratagcma a BcIIcro-
:

phontccxcogitatun) j Quod fi quis pro rei geftje hyftoria

accipit, aut dc quarc ct quamob cauranjfidum fitnon
pcrcipit, plumbcus ingenio xftimari poflit : Eiufdcra FoMsfleii'
Pegali vngula fons Hippocrenein bicipiti ParnaHoexci- cmisvnic.
tatUKtraditur, exquoMufje, ApoIIo, pcetae ctomneslitc-
fatibibuntetcruditioresevadunt: Sic cruditio poetarum
cxfonterarnafll, hiccxvnguIaPegafij/^cgafuscxcruorc
Medufar, Mcdufaexmonftro marinoprogcnifa, aPer/eo
trucidata, Pcrfeus c lovc, lupitercSaturno, Saturnusc
Carlo,tanqu3aureacathcnadependetjIdemdcChry(ao-
redicendum, quiGcryonis (ricorporis, puniccos boucs
poflidcntis, patcrcfl; At quis hancFerfei allegoriaro ex
prarcedcntibus non agnofcat? Nihilominus pauca adijcic-
mus : Aurca pluvia ct kjpitcr defccndcns in Danaes i\-
num, nonauaritiamnccvoluptatcmaurocmptam dcno-
tat, nififccundand, fcd quiaicainartificiophilofophico
conucnit 5 Ibi cnira aurum cum auromifcctur,ct^A-z//ro^
pipu Kofiermfcttnr intiere^vx R iplarus por:6^,haber, nenimi-
f4m If/ideofperflahiii-s carhnthHi : Et Rofar : Conceptic^incpit^
^ defpotifatio fit in putredme inftmdo v^fis, drgenerAtiogem-^

torHmfit inaere, Jciltcettncafite vafist idej}, fiUmbicl ; Et Sc-

nior s SicHt videwta fiolem habcnte%n dues radios fupercinere

mertuo piuentes, ^- nviffifcit, (jfwdfuerat m : rti dedttum,ftcu6

mortttm pojiinopiam magn<\m: B^cefi: foror ^hiQ eflfrater

X 3 tintt
 :

.58 Hieroglyphicorutn Lib.j.

eitUy per (jHiminiinraHerHnt (^ defponfatterunt fuhllttate prtt-
paratioKts : fedpoficjuamfaEla efl concepiio, voUrefecernni , Qfr
jueritnt indon/ibm motittum: Et paulo poft : EthtKcrcim,
ejuemnomtKavtmm expomm ttbi per illum ^ertitnm, <^uemme^
,

mor*ueriiKt^ cjui qi^niturinaere, (^fuitconceptm e^m in terra

, veltnferiui: Hic Pcrfeus pollquim adolcvcrit, McdurAro,

hoc cft, Matcriam philofophicam figit, obtruncat, &
cius fanguinem /pargit, vndc Chryfaor, dfncus faetus
nafcitur:Hinc Arnoldus lib:2.c.2 5.Rofar doct, quo- :

modo noftf rPcrlcus cducari & nuiriri dcbcat, cu u^.quii

Certfimnamq^ tempvtt ell,^uodtpfa ( Danae) habetadtmprag-
nandum, partendum (^ nutriendumyac operandum : Vndecum
terram habueris impragnatc.m^ exptEiapartum. Cum vtro p*-
pererit filium (Perjtum) nutria^ eum, ejHouf^pr.Jfic tolerare
omnemignem, ^
tunc psferufacereproie6IioKemdeip/o ^ Hoc
cft, cum iam oroncm igncm patitur, tum armatus cft
gladio Mcrcurij, galca Plutonis, fcuto Palladis, ettunc
poferis ipfum proijccrc, fcumittcrcad Mcdufam fcrpcn-
tigcnam trucidandam : Gorgoncs autcm, qualis ct Mc-
duCa fuit , dicuntur nionftrofc fcrpeniibus implicitis
ct aurcis alis- Hcfpcridibus proximr ct Atlanti^ Suntqj
eiufdemgcncris, cum iIlis,ctlaborisfupciandi ; Vtcnim
Hercules: Hcrculcs lovis filius ad HcfpLrides, fic /'crfcus adGor-
9. hzh-fi- goncsablcgatus dicitur: Dcycrfco faris; Nunc fcqucrc-
liw. turHcrcuIcs, lovicx Alcmena natus. idcoq^ intcr lofi-
ales libcros rcccnfcndus Ced quia de co fub Hcfperiinum
:

pomis ct ccrua aureorum ccrnuum dcclaratis antehac

cgimus, et toto quinto libro dc cius laboribus didluri
fumus, hic fultcm cius genealogise Iincam oftcndilTe
fufficiat: Similitcr dc lovis filijs, cx ovis morc avium
Pollux (^
f-x<.!u(is, Pollncc ct Helcna cx vno, ct CaQorc cum

Clyf^emneOra cxaltcro, quos illc forma cygni La^dam

CAfior& Tyndari Ocbali: regis vxorcm comprimens, cxca fuf-
ClyAmne^ ccpit, de quibus foiie alihi, pauciflima hic brcvitatis
gratia diccmus £x hoc trvo tantallias malorum, tan-
:

visfiiij»
cjusm cx equo Troiano, crupit j Fingatur, non fuiirr,
crgo
 :

Lib.j.' Aegyptio-Gra^corum. 159

ergo ncc Helcna, ncc cius raptus, ncc bcllum Troia-
num ; Nec Caftor & Pollux Argonauncjs intcrfucrunt
centum annis «nte Troianum bellum , licct ciufderw
a^tatis cum Hclcna fucrint, nec ClytjEmneflra ab Orcftc

fitio cx Agaracmnone intcrfcd:a cft ; Et quis carcera

omnia cx hoc ovo fiuc vno fiue gemino cxorta mala
narrarec ? Tollatur &: pomum aureum Eridos, & non
ncc rjptus Hclcnx : Sic c pomo
crit caula j;i\x intcr dcas,
ct ovo multa provencrunt mala vna cum bonis : Dc
Helena ct gcminis fratribus fub Troiano bcllo non- DfiofrAtrgt
nullaaddcmus ; Hic Clyrjcmncfiram cum filiofuo ^i- lovis atne^
rum confydercmus Hanc Agamemnon in vmoitm ^otes dftcunt
:

duxcrat, qui cum Orcftcm ex ea fuiccpillct, ac ad BeU dhos /orores

lum Troianum proficifci cogeretur, iEgifthum cin^/ovisfihM
torcm domi reliquit ; Cumquo Clytnemncftra in qno-exouo natAf,
dam Palladis ficcllo cxtra vrbcm, occlufis oftijs, con-
cumbcns, a filioOrcftefupcrucnicnte, vnacum adultero
occiditur: Oreftes a cardc matris apud Areopagitas ab*
folutus fingitur, pari vtrinq; fufFragiorum numcro in-
vcnto • Vi)dc ille Mincrux aram crcxit : Pdft cxpiatus
cft & luftratus aquis cx Hippocrene fontc hauftis: De-
niuii furijs corrcptus, Palladis ftituam ex Taurica rc-
gione, & Iphigcniam fororcm rccuperare, fefeq; in f!u-
vio fcptcm rivis confufp ablucrc ab oraculo iulfus cft
Sororcs habuitlphigeniam, Elcdlram, ChTy(otbcmimy y^^awem^
LaodiQcn & Iphionalfam : Comam lugubrcm, quim toto nonisfiiU.
co tcmporc rctinucrat, in Tauris dcpofuit ioco, qucm
Accnvocarunt, &tonftrinam, vbicomamtotonditjAlij
iftud ipfum iuxtaGytheumfaxumcontigilfe mcmorant,
quod ociofum vocarunt, fufcr quo vbi fcdifret Ofcftcs,
fuit ab infania libcratus, idq; Paihdis confiIio:E!e<5lra
forore data Pyl&dx in vxorcm, ipfc Neopfolemo A-
chillis cxCo} Hcrmioncm in mairimonium duxit, cx
qua Tifamcnum, cx Erigone 7£gifthi fiiia Pcnthilum
gcnuir, habitans Orcfti^c a ferpente tandcm idlus dicm
&um obijt : Olla dcindc cius ia oiScina fabri acrarij

inucnta
 1 6(J iyicroglyphicorum L^b. j J
,
ifiucntarunt, qaod oraculu n pracJixcraf, ea inqijircnd»
t/±,nt^mii:
circ,coq- locoinUw-nicnda, vbi vcnri, pcrcuticns, rcpcr-
culfus ct hominum pcrnicies fimul rcpcrircntur, quod
cunLychisdc fabriofficina intcrprefatus
vcntos, cffct;,

follcs; pcrcuticntcm malicum, rcpcrcuiruiT», incudcin,

ct hominum pcrnicicm ferrum iritclligcns, oira Orcdis
ibi inuentajuxta Parcarum fanum in fcpulchro Agamem-
Nota, nonis,orsculolubcntc,repultafunt Quo figmcntoigna-
risnihil abfurdius, intclligcntibus vixquicquam vcnurti-
us vi Jctur : Agamemnon quis fit lub Troia confideravi-
mus,hicCiytGJnaneftram lovisfiiiaraeirc patct,quamuis
alijovumillud, cxquoCaftorct CiytxmneOracditifint,
Tyndari fuilfe affirmentj De vtroq-, enim eademvcritas
appjret: NovumquiJelledices, muliercsparcrcoua, cc
auesimitari; Id Ethnicis non mirum vifum quia formi
cygni Laedam fubagitavcrat lupiter : At nos extra all«.?

goriam monflrofum ct mendacilfimum fcimus ; Nec

id
fufficitjncfcio quim moralcm fidlionem fubc(Te,arbitrari;
Quia moraiia dc omnibus feu in bonam feu in malam par-
tcm fingcre hccat.at naturalia gcnuina js contcnta ct tecfla i

nonitcm; Apud chymicTartificc8fxpil]imcrepetirur,ma-

trcm a filio dcvorari,occidi,in vcntrc cuis inhumarijNani
itarevera necelfe eft : In dHohni, inquit Flamcllus, nego'
hocomne co*tftfiit^ vtvideiicet tg^<e tuu>H fulfHr peaetra-
ctHtft

tivum ejfictas cfr attraEHtiUy cjuo matrcmfuam deuorare efUeat^

C^ compUveris opits : Matrem tYifge ventri fttas^cjutmantea
feperit , tum demum (ibipatererit, ac fi/i/n ex duobus fp^ritm
terfcBns : ac ibid : Tumf<ettu matremdc;jorttt,patremt7^fuum
in vmco lacu fuffocat,in ejuofmfil fiores, l> ic, fru^,i!.s at^fangHu
tnveniuntur, Etin JEnigmitc 6. Super matremprae^iuwfem
JeruumrHbictindumaqualiter conde j AfAtrem mortifica,mantn
eiies ^pedes ab^ cindens.El Lull: in codicill : Oportetmatrem
<^<eprifugenfratfi/ium, inhumari inventrefilij, cjrab eogene^
rari: Ncc folum filius matrcm init ctoccidit,fcd ctpatrcm
propriuminfcrimitfuballcgoria-jVr OcdypusLaiumpa-
rrcm in vu fibi occurscntcm ct ccdcrc noicntcm, ac [oca-
Ham
 Lib. j. Aegyptio.Grxcoium. i^i
ftammatrcmmvxorcmducif j ncc nonavum,vtPcrrcus
Acrifiura; In Pxlhdis Siccllo Clytaemneftra adu'ttr4
occiditur, ortijsocclufis:hoccft,vasaftis obferarur: O-
numcrojPondcracnini
rcftcs abfoluitur pari futfragioruro
gcomcrr ice ^quata c([c oportct : Hmc Mu^er vr ,fapicntiac
dcxaram crcxic.-Aquis luiJrarus dicitur cx Hippocrene,
quia illc Pcgafius fons huic ncgocio convcnit Nim Pc- :

gafuscxNkdlufEranguincortushabctur: ^usE dc ftatua

/«i/^^r/,&lotioncejus in feptcmrivis narrantur, allcgo-
ricafunt&hucfpcdtant: Dc PdlladioinfcriusdicitunDc
lotionc fic Clangor,: Et ita jmt tnfHmmx ffptem deco^ienest
fciltcet ^Hatuor antt vivtjicAtiontmfid efi fetmentatiouemj C^
pofleatres^ijUdtdefiq^nmtHrpirfeptema^atHrai, vt etiam di-
cit Philojophtii : cy£s nofirum corpus habet hydropictim , vt
NaatofanSyrfts /eprofftm.propter^Nod ciHtint Uv.urttm rege-'
lordme , vt ah inmtispaffionthM (^ cor-
nerationis fepttts in
i SororcscjusHntcrquas Chryfothc-
rHptionihtis emendetHr'.
mis/untpartes aquofx; Comamalit, quianihiifeparari
convenit: poftca comam tondcre finit juxta Accn vel
Saxumj acdcindeociueftalaboribus : De oflibus O-
rcftis inventis in officinajcrarij fabricrcdibilc eft^ quia
fic in Allegorja Merimi dicifur, quod etiam r?gis crines &
vnguesmirabiliafaciantin ejufmodi officinis: Verifimi-
icelladhucab artificibus nonnul/a reiidlapcr mundum
Cfr4rcopcra,6c fabrorum ofFicinis intcrJum inveniri, licet
nonagnofcanturj Poxio ex Europa Agcnoris/^r-.jenicum
Tcgisfilia, Cadmifororcformn tauri, a lovc comprclTd
nafi dicnntur Minos & Rhadamantusj itcro Carncus: 4/ww(^
Cadmi Allegonam lamanrc attiginus, quomodo illc RhadiM.m.
EuropamquicrensThcbascondidcrit Bacc.tia: civitatcm ,tpu:C(i:ti.ii{'
ibiq; coFifede/it: Europa aufcm cum ajijs putllis cxp3» 6 Jcvu
ciatafradirurj qujccum taurum mirae pulchritudinis {\t> fiiij^
qucm felupitei mutavcrar) attrc(f>arcf inqjcus fcrgum
confcenderct alove iaCrcfamdcportaf3,Jbiqj refun^p-
t^forn a prjiliiiilabcogravidaficfl.ieft, qijx pcpcfit Mi-
noa& Rhadamantum: Mir^s rariphaen fili^m So'is,
y ^ccx
 a

\6l Hieroglyphicorura Lib.j^

uEcraercgisfororefo in vxorcm duxlt, vt parparigaudc-
rct,ncmj:c hlius lovis^fiha SoliSjCX qua genuit Ariadnam
& MioGtau!um,qu! Ljbyr;ntiioa Da^dalo facflo inclufus
Thefco Afudnxcpcfatrucidatur ; Poirctfierivt his pcr-
fonis aliquidhylloriacfubcirct, provtdcvcnigijs Laby-
rinthiCrctici adhuccxtannbusnarrant, quarnvis Diodo-
rusdicatfuo tcmporeCreticuminrcrcidiltc& ./£gyptium
Labyrinthum lonf ecoantiquiorcm duralTej Dc rcliquis,
qu.r ad Minois &: Rhadamanti fabuUs fpc(5tant, dcq; judi-
cio corumapud infcros incorrupro, cum plcrraq; a ?o'6-
tisfcqucntisxviafiiclannt, hicnon dicemus: Ex Anti-
opefiliaNy^lci, vcivt alij fcntiunt, Afopi Fupitcr Am*
phioncmScZetum gcnuit: Amphiona Mcrcuno magi*
& ^^'^
Amahi n
lyramtrjcSaredidiciCjCantuqj trras&: faxa movit, vt
Z t i8
, .
rr
'
Orphcus Caliiopcsfihus; Fntrcshi duo Thcbas dicun-
^j* ?•
tiircondidiireacmuris&tur.ibusmunijiTc: Fabulatifunt
igitur faxa fuafponte Si1iiij(fe,murwmq;cxtrud^umfuillc,
dum Amphionlyram fuavitcr pulfareC; vt ait Horatius
in Attc Poctica;

Di^fis c^ y^w^^ ion Th^lfaft^ conditoy vrhts

SaXiZ movtrefono teflnuinis , (j^precciftn nda,
DHcerenuovelleti

IdcmrcferuntdcTrojanis muris ab ApoIIinc cA-trulflis •

ti dcOrphci vatisniullca, qu^illenavem Ar^orcxit, &
fcras&fiXaattraxit: Scd bac Hypcfboiicaelknemonon
vidct quocunq; modo intfrprctctur, hve dc communi
foe(l,cjufq-,duIccdinc&. citxacia, fi»c dc rebus fub ca
contentis: Amphion jrimusaram Mcrcurio,quodab eo
Jyramacccpiirrt.dicavit^Paufanip.sin poflcrionhuv Elia-
ciscxiftimar Amphior.cm ScOrf jjcum fuillc t/£g)'ptios
& magorum fcicntja cxccijuiirc quod tamcn non cft
:

crcHibikj qiiia Gr^coshrs fuiircfi^.idGraccos iEgvpno-

rum. fcicn^amiranftulilie cxQroribiisaurhoTJbiis &.cir-
cuiLflAnti^sccrtvincitur. De hadenusci.umcratismira-
culofis
 :

Lib.j. ^gypno-GrxcoTum. iS^

culolls, nc d!cammonl}rofis,!ovisEchnicorumD?(;ma-
jorjsfamilircrcditi proprcr adulfcria tranfrau aticnibus
ixquensdiftrchon habctur.

Europ*. LedcSiAntiopie^Danaes

Qmbusnonroinusmonftrofuin ortumPalicoruQi fratiu „ / ..

tddimus,quifovJexThaIia natidicuntur: Quse cuia f^^^^^^^P'^ ^
gravidam clove cognoviirct, vcnta lunonisindfgnatio-'^!'^^ ""^^

Qcmoptaviclubrcrram occu(tari;af panu rcmpore terr^^^

rcclufi cum Thaha tam diu latuiilef.duo f /ucri non procul
aCatanisinSictliaproruperunt. Quje licet fabulofa Iint,

lucrertur. rrxterjam diaos laemnnmeroiam loboiem ^'

cx varijs Nyraphis Calii!o,Niobe,Laodainia,Taygete, Sa- ^*^'
vona,Protogenia alijrq;pcIlicJbus fufcepit j ita vtnullum ff f
rclinquaturdubiunvlifilijslovis, nepotibusac pronepo- ^^' 'j .

tibusNcptuni progcnics adnumereturjncc non ventorum, /i"^^, ^educf

fluviorum,montium, Occani,Ponti & aliorura marium, ^^^^ ^ ^^^f^Hr.
exhistanquamprogenitoribus omnesdcos,dcas,heroas, '^*

heroinasreufemideos&remidcascxaurea Cathcna velut

pcndcnres &dcrcendcntcsdeduci& propjgaripoire;
Atq; hxc haftcnus pro excmplis dcmonftra-
tZy dcrcliquis fimilc judiciuni mani-

feftantia, nobishocloco
rufHciant.

Finis Libri Tertii.

Yz Dber
 1^4

Libcr Quartus.

DE GR.AECIAE
FeftisacSacris, nccnon
certaminibus & Ludis promemo-
ria artificij Philofophicunftitutis
C^ folenniter celehratis.

VM mctnoria hommutn adco labl»

lis ac oicns ita imbecillafit, vt nill
objccflo quodam in fcnfus incurrcntc
fa^pc cnoveatur, facile prxtcriforum
aut non vifibilium oblivionc ducatur,
hincin arduis & magnisrcbus nun^
quam ex animodcponcndisafapifn-
tiifimis viris, tanj intcr Ethnicos,
quam Ifraclitas , Dco tlcdlum pcpulumjfenfibiliaquar-
dam folcnnia inllitur.!, quorum confydcrationc ad coru,
qu3canteadj& cclcbrata,vclaliasarcanahabcntur non
nianifcftanda,rccord3tioncmquilihctnon ignjvus cxci-
tctur, viDcoOpt' Max: aquo vnoomniabonapcr cdta
dcfcendunt, profuisdcnis (empiternas agatgrati^^scHoc
Ftflnm frr" fincjuiruipfius fEHOV AH, Mofcsmcmorsbilijqua:-
4triot,i> %(p*i- damfcfUpopuloIfracliticoobfervanda i;il}iruit, ncmpc
mo qffo^^J.ie. fcptimi cujufq; dicifcriationcm:& ib omni opcre cciraiio'
ncro,in mcmonamtrcationis Cocli&: Tcrrar? ij^q; con*
tcnto-
Lib.4 Aegvptio-Grxcoriim.
\6f
tcntorum> fcx dieiua) /pacio ptradlx . Quia fcptimo
dicCreatora Crcatone quievcnr & ccihvczit ; Trx'
tcrca Pifcha, in angeh Dci pcrcuticntis Aegyptiorum Pafcha,
primogcnitos »5^ parccntis illis, quorumpollcs /inguinc
mcmoriam} Pentccoftcn, PcntecDfies.
agni in>nucularinotiiticrant?
divuix in mcntc Sinai ab ip(o Dco promulga-
in \c^i%
txj ac fcllumT^jbcrnaculorum, in quadragmta slXW^O' Taherfiac$^
rum pcr dcfcrrum pcrrgrinanonis, recordationcm: cHlorum»
Eadcmintcntione (illistamcnpic, vt dccct, his politice
acccptis) inrcbuspublicisbcnctonftituiis ftatuae &ima''
gincs corunv qui iu t gcn-i magnam vtihratcm aut ab ho-
0ibusl'b(ritioncm, aliavc commodaprrftitcrant, pofi«
tje, & Icinpcr r ruatielunt Hrccnimell quafi mcmoria
:

artificialisconLlans imaginibus &Iocis,rcrumfcu pcrfo-

narummcmorabiiia fadacuicunqjnon ignaro rcprxfcn-
tans, qucijiadmodum ciufmodi monumcnra olimapud
Grxcos,Romano8, aliifqj gentcs in vfu fucrunt, & adhuc
pafiim habcnrur ; Sicapud Aegyptioscum cxccrrcfiribu»
bonisfummum, ex Dribcnigniifimilargitorisindulgcn-
tia,quibufdamacuritfimisingcnijs, vt Hcrmcti Trifmc-
gifto & alijs contigiircr>rjccius oblivio ad poftcros proma-
naret,fcd vtD^ogratia? qu 'Cunqjmodorcddercntur, in- ^^Jfpj*'"
flitutxfuntqujedam ccrcmoniae & folcnnitatcs fingulari ^**^Fft^
pompa, adrcm, in cuius mcmoriam ficrent, maximeac- /'^^ ntem»'-
''**
comuiodatcT : Huiusmodifucrunt, Apis, Acgyptij bovis
ccrtiscoloribus diftin6:i,c|cAo, coniccrario, nutritio&
cuitus in Vulcani tcmplo ipfi adhibitus, \v\ aquam fjb-
merfio,fcpclitio,noviqjrurfuaiclc<5licjitcmfciia0nridis,
Ccrcr/s, Adonidis &aiia his limilia, dcq-.uburiamsnrc
partim mcminimus, partim inpo'tcrum ii^uri (u^nus:
A Gcerdotibus hr«?c primifus bono finc inflitura ellc non
cft dubium,cum alifcr dcarcanis iliis 3gi non lic crct; Vc-
rumqjomododfindc abicnaro vulgo in abfirun tradl*
fint,inq;idolclafriam horrcndaTrcomrrurafa,,.bipfacx-
pcricntia patuit : /^rar^crh- c fcda, Acgypci adhucduos
«canafuaoctuitctiadcridimodoshabucrunt, dcq-Jbus
y ^ iau3
 \66 Hicroglypbicorum Lib 4J
iamantc>ncmpcvnum,c|uimcnti, altcriinr^qui oculisiii-
rcruircrjQai mcntijAilcgorijsciconiP'jdcanin]jnrrounicjj
fid-actrcsidmirinda^contincnfihuSjConOitit-Dcquibus
h«(5l us fatis copic lcf^gimug^prarrcrnn. rccundo&itcrtio
:

huiustrrfCt-tuslibriSjQijiocuIis, Hitrroglyphicis drima-

ocfflu- ferui'
liuinaliarumq^rcrynfiguns. pidis,rcuipt:fq;!ocG litcra- .

ttntadremi^ rumctfcriptur.Tvfurpatisj Dcquibus quiiq; primo libro

Hifcendum traftavimus: Atqjh.^ctrii, ncropc raciovuT) cclctratio,
/ttb ijs intel"
allcgoriaruai narratio cthicrogiyphicoruo} adumbratio,
adcoinarcanisafaccrdotibusconrcij3retcntafunt»ncvJIi
cxrulgoautnoninitiatis innotucrinf, fcdomnibosalijs,
cxccptis philcrophis faccrdotum fili js, incognita manie-
rint : Caufar harum rcrum occu!tationis,iair antea nobis,
&abalijs prolix:us,cxpofitxfunt,nc opusfitc^srcpctcre:
Hsecitaqjtria^vtvulgfminittccxploratjjcua alacerJoti-
bus paflim pro fiicris hibcrcntur, & filcntio inuolHcrcn-
tur, indics magi«a?q;magi« pro rcbus divinis coli ccpc-
runt,dcquibusncf'S eifcr inquirerc,quid fignific3rcnt,aut
cur&aquibusintrodo(flaellent: Hiccftvnuscttcrgemi-
Busfonsmuhcrum abufuum, crrorum etfuperflitionum
«biEgyptijs poftcaaJalias quoq; gcnrcs munditranfla-
tarum; Vtautcm hadcnusdc dijs dcabufq^nccnon hc-
roibus,corumq;origincctcultucgimus,pioinflitutino-
flri rationc, itanuncdcfcftis, ludi8,foIcnnitatibusctccr-
taminibus ineatundcm rcrumgratiam inftitutis brcvitcr
hoclibrotra6labimus.Luciauus(qui irriforethnica^idolo
latrisecxtitit) dialogodcaftrol.C?'/>^<"/«Jnquit,CWj>£>;?fj(^

Oeagrifilttis prior omnihus Bacckifacrain GraciAminirodux-

Bacchifd'
ityprtmttf^ in mente B<coti(t Thebu,facra t/la, qua Orphica vo-
cra,
Orphicd,
catafuerunty tnfittuit: Quod
CUR3 ctiam abalijs tradatur,
de co nullum cft dubium: Cur verd ha^c inflitucrit,ct quo-
modo cclcbranda fucrint,difquircndum vcnit Ab iEgy p- :

tijsea facradcfumpta conftat, qui in honorem Ofiridis

tcrtioquoq; annofolcnnia pcragcbanr, idco quod dicc-
rcnt, Ofiridcm fcu Dionyfuro tcrtio dcmum anno ab In»
TritterU4. dicA navigationc rc vcrfum clfc, proptcrea Trieterica dida:
Cum
 Lib^. Aegyptio-Grafcorum. m6j
Cum vero omniaallcgorica finf, qux dc pcrcgrinationc
Ofiridisinlndiam, reliquarqjmundlpartcs, vthomincs
colcndorura agrorumacfcrcndaf vitisrationcni, multaq*
aliavtiliainucnta doccrct, furcepta dicuntur, itactiilud,
quod indc origincm ducit,aut ob cius pcregrinationis mc«
moriam inftitutu fcftura traditur, non ntll alicgoricuni
cciifcndum crit : Si cnim in vcia Dei polytia, apud Ifrieli-
tas^avcriflimisctufisj vtantedidlumj pr jfc;5ldfacracclc-
brata funt,qux fada prxtcrita in mcmoriam rcvociicnt,
&facicnda fcufutura allcgoriccdcChrifioadumfaTarcnr,
idem fuo modo apud Erhnicosficri potuit, vt illi allego-
riam fuisfcfiis inclle intclligcrcnt; At differcmia in his ct
illi8totocae!o,quodaiunt,patct:lllaavero,a:tcrnoctvno ri/r .•

DeOjinciusnonorcmordinatalunr, tum vrprarterira,ccu ra r*^"^

rcvcra fa^a cir^nt, tum vt futura, ccu fub figura fcturura,-^'^ .^ '
.

r^pra^fcntarcnt : Harc ab hominibus folis profc<5la,in2cnii ^ *

laqiciratc cxtufa vidcntur, vtrci tanquamitafacta:, vel
monumcnta et niuta (ymbola cxra-
fub allegoria crcditse
rcntjVtqjMofcsillaabipfoDeo, Veritatisfonte, accepic
& Ifraelitico populocius iulfu obferuanda promulgavit,
ita Orphcus hxc ab Aegy ptijs faccrdotibus omnis vanita-
tfsfupcrfiitiofTsauthoribus adGrxcos tranftulit: Illa ad
finemfilutisicterrac; Hsec, temporalis:Vtraq;tamenad
CreatorisD-i. ct omnium bonoium datorisgloriam : Illa
a vera Dei Ecclcfia tt Vctcris ct novi f:Edcris rccepta
funt,h3fcab infidelium turba, ct reliqua mundi partc : Scd Gentesin
illis hoc loco miffis, ct Gitcm commemoratlsj {ji\xix\^ftUi4 Jfrae»

cred hunctitumfeftaetfacninfl^itucndi, 3blf.\ic- l^iMimitari

bilcfit,
litiscacozyiia qUv^darn defumptum ctad cthnicostranflj- voluerunt vt
tum eirt) dc hiSjVt potc mundanJs,hominum inuentis,di- di^ibolpuDs-^
ccmus : Quid pcr peregrinationcraDionyfiiUf tDfindis*^*'^
intcllesfltjm Arisprimoli'>rofubO<]r;dc, cttcrtiofub
lif,

Dionyfo, dccl.rivimus : QiVntum vcrd tcmporis iMc

in pcregrinj*ione Li ]l.i confumpfi!redicitur,tantundcm

Apisjbos Aegyptms, vlaere pcrmittcbaturac pd!} in fon^
tcia mcr^cbajur; Sic^buUtifuat adidcmexpriaiS^-duo)
Dionyfum
 . :

i68 Hieroglyphicorufti Lib,4

Dionyfumfricnr.itniapud Profcrpinam dormiviflfc, dc-
indcrxc» ^rumchoreis inuulfurc cumiVyjnphi», ri aic
OfphcL-ji.i hymno.

T^r^fji^em cc.nimHS Tiionyfum cfr numinA Bacchi^

Dionyf:iS ru C.'<rtJ Nyw^hif eX9errtdnm,^Mihti eficemapuUbra^
Solfit, t^rre- ^t^tprope PtrfeokonemfacrU penetraUhns olim
firii dtciiMt. Dormivtt BicchtftmpMs trejfeanirerannoSt
y ttribm txa^is Comtvta Uia novinlur,
lUefHts repetst mox cum nHtricihHs hymnnm

Diccbanturquotjj haecfiicra abGrphcoindituUcommu-

nitcrOrgiaj inquibus f«indem tantus abu(us nodurnis
^
.^ ./ convcntionibusbacchantiumadhibitusell, vtLycurgus
,,
^ / Thracix reXjDiacondas Thcbanus, & alij quamplurimi
OrqtaprO'
,7^ '^, rL
omnia nocrurna r n j-
facnficia proptcr corum turpitudincs
pcrpctua lcgc fudulcrint: Miracula hisdicbus, quibus
c^^^brabantur^contingcrcdiccbanturj cumcnim in tcm»
P /fD' f l'

r • / p'opcrno(5lcn5lagcnxvacu(edeponcrcntur,fcqucntidie
^ '
optimo vinopienje rcpcricbantur. quod dolo faccrdo'
j^
tum,vtcreduiy& fuperftitiofTs plcbccuLaj imponcrent,
vertstnno' ] n T j n j*
^ **•^
/ t ,i •
i j
(vtdeBaalitisconlrat^quipercIandcIhnosaditusacccdcn-
tesillasreplcverunt, accidilfcnotiuscft,quamvtdcmon-
ftraridcbeat: Agebanturautcm iila (acraamulicnbus i-
dc6,qudd»Ilashabuiirctfocia8inlndicacxpcditionc:Ab
ijfdcm Phallus,hoccft,mcmbrivirilisfpecics fpcdabiiis
magnitudiniscum pompa pfacfercbaturs IdqjinOfiriJis
'
memoriam, quicumaTitanibusmcmbrarimconcifuscf-
ret,ac pudcnda in fluvium projcdla , ab Oliridc,Titanibus
mcmbrarcco!lcdj& compofitadicuntur,cx-
capiiSjCJus
ccpto mcmbro virili,quod rcpcriri non potuit quod au- :

temalij addant,idcoimpcratumeire, vt hoc mcmbrum,

formiPhalli) pioDco colcrctur, rationi abfurdidin um
cft: Ve^umho^cfacra cum Eleufniijs cjufdcm intcntio-
nis apud vEgypiios fuilFe vidcbimus 5 in quibusquoqj
/'halligclhiio (olccnis crat; ViiguiesiiiTriCtericis C:«-
niQros
 ,

Lib.4 Aegyptio-Gf«corum. irfp

niOrosaurcos geftantcs &: pucri cx Dionyfi tcnjplo in
^aitadis raccilumivcrunt; quo fatis indtcatum c(t,a!ia<n
eirccaufamhu us cclcbrationis ,
quam «rnlgo tnnotuitj.
ncrapcDionyfumcum Palladc f^pientix dea fummana
comraunitatcm haberc ; non quafi dcnotarc volucrint, in
Bacchofapientiamclfe, vtin vinovcritatcm; ,^/<^cnim
noitehrietasdelignat,0perurecludity&c. Etquamvis vcrum
:/it;,quod Poetacanitnon inelcgans,

Toliit hf4mo in^enium Bacchuiyinentem erigtt ^iltAntt /p^ff^ ,,1

'Non tamcnhincconftarc arbitror vtidemprjccinit,

Vviferwn Bromium^ volti^rem fedpritpetepewta-

'IdcoAmycIaEOSpotuiirc; nifi forte pcr accidcns • Bac-

chus cnim aUtusfingiturjpropter volatiIitatem>cornutuSy
proptcr Lunje cornua, taurino capitcjquia huiC) vt Ofifidi,
Apisfacer;ficmas&fceminj, jijvenis &
fencx, barbatus
&imbcrbis; dcqnibus proprictatibusante fub Dionyfo
diximus: Foeminsr prxficiuntur Bacchadcs his facris;
quia illa^comitatajcrantDionyfumjCumpcrcgrinarctur 5
Pcr faeminasautem vispatiens, quxin fubjcftoPhilofo-
phico prira6dominatur,intcIiigitur&pcrphalIum,visiI-
Jafulfurca mi^cioquodamfpolianda^aqua agcndi initifi
proceflittSic Ofiris noflcr aur Dionyfus ab Ifide fcu Ccrcre
matre itcrum componcndus cft , abfq; tamcn partibus vi-
•rilibusjfcu tcrra nigra : Sic lohanncs de Padua tradit rcge
noftrum capiendum & in partes minutiffimas dividcndu
ignc&aqua l^vanduro, jrcjcdisfjecibu8& fuperfluitati-
bus, tumdcmumitcrumcomponcndum&iuvcncm for*
tiorcmq; quam prius,refurrcdurum clTc : Idcm habet
M jrlini allegoria, & altcrlus <ic Ducncch principc, & hu-
jjfmodiaIiaE:Virgincsadcr4ntcum canifirisaureisprimi-
ti«sDcoobf<?r^ntcSjquiaaurcusDcuscrat;&in Pdlladisfa-
cclium contcndebaiit , ob myOicam quandani caufam,
Z quia

I
 \yo Hicroglyphicoriim Lib.4,'
quia inDionyfipcrcgrinationctotius opcris pcrfcdlio ha-
baur, quailicprim6 ad nigros ^•Erhiopes, &
vltimo ad
.
rrare rubrumaccciTit; Hac nonabrq;^'aiiauis atrificiocd-
tingebanrj idcoq- Paliadis facclium cius tcmpJo corrc-
fpondcbat: Dcabu(ibus,qui hisfcfiisintcrvencrantjOm-
ni tcmporc non foium inGr3rcia,(cdct!5apudRomano«,
& penc pcr totuna orbcmimulta narrari polfcnr, fed quia
jlli forruiti fucrir.tainondcrcicirentia , a nobis mcrito
ncgliguntur: Cum vcroa vulgo hujus fcdi cclcbratio,
vtpotcrripudijs^chorcis^potjrionibus & vocifcrationibus
picna&iibcra,vltr6accipcicrur,huic deof2Eritixdatori,a-
liaquoq^racradiverrisfcmporibus&Iocis pcragcnda di-
cata funt: A rcgafo cnim Eicuthcricnri ad Athcnienfcs
O/cophona» ^ Thcbanis dclata dicuntur , ipfis Ofchophoria appcllata,
vt aitraufaniasin Atticij^^inquibus confuetudocrat, vt
aitcnarratoriVicancri,vtpucripampinos manibus gcfla-
tcstributimefacroDionyfitcmplo in faccllum /'alladis
Sciirhadiscumprccibusdecurrcrcnt. Harccadcvocaban-
DioKjftay turDionyfiafimplicinominccuroagcrcnturin agris fin-
Len<tA.^ gulisncmpcannis:Lcnxa quoq; Athcnis colebantur inc-
untc verc,quotcpcrcvinade frcccxifnebantur, tributaqj
fcrcbanturabcxtcrnis^quod ccrtamcncratbibcntiumpis-
runqjBacchulxritixauthoiec^ncntiii: Ibidcm &?hallf-

PhAlhca
^^ inltitutanarrantur,quibusligncaviriliathyrfisalligatcs
geftabancQuin &Canephoriainhonorc Dtonyfij Athc-
nisagcbanrurjinquibus virgincsagilcs (vt Dcmaratusrc-
Caneol-oiii
*
fcrt in certanHnibusDionyfiacis)quA'adpubcrtatcmaccc*
derenr,rum pnn \xv, canidros fcrcbant, quj caniflricrant
txpuroanroinquibuserantfruduu omnii!i primitix im-
poiitctv^qiCclcbrabanturfub fine mcnfis AprilisrApaturia
j4p4iuru, in Oi5lobriquatuor dicbus habcbantur". Et Ambrofia in
ui/fihojia, I.uni^rio, quofcmpcrcvinamvrbcm importari clfcntfo-
I;r3,qus poflcaaRomanisquoqiCultafunt, Brumaliadi-
Bmm.ilia, dacum Brumus Bicchus fit:Afcoliaitcm Athcnisfiebanr,
Jfcolia, qinbusfupcrvrrcsinHitoshumidcpofitosiltcro pcdc fal-
tabant: Proponebanturuutcmpr.i m.ia illis, qui fapicnti-
U8.
Lib.4« -^gyptio-GriEConim. i^r
m fnpcr vtres falurcnt,qui mos quoq; ad Romanos tran-
(latuscO,vtcumVJrgil,lib.2.Georg dcfcribitiNamhircus,
cxcujus pclkvtrcscrint, quia vitibus nccct, cxdcbatur
Baccho : Hcrodotus \n Eutcrpe ccmmcmorat Acgypti-
«sfucmDionylio jugularc in fbicnnitatc Dort ii didi^^^P'^,
hisverbis: Dion^fio dte folfmitatu Dorfie^ futtn ante fi-rei
fxnqult iHgtilamci reddunt (ubulco illi, <jut Attulerat ipfum fu-
em Ai ^^aliamfolerimtatimflne (uilm inhonorem Dtonyfi agunt
u4^ppitj eodemprope ritu, (^uo GrActy at pro Phallis res aUxs
itlKXco^itarunt-, imaqines fctUcet cuhttt magmiudtnisy cft^OA

ctrcuffiferMnt multeres per agros cum membrura reliijuo

virile
corpere non multo mtr.pu r^utct : Fracedtt autem tthia atj^
ilUDionjfumcantdntesfequuntur QjrL' omnia jicct in ho-
:

norcroOfiridisfcu Dionyfi,qui ex aurca gencalogia prje-

cipuuscft, primdinflituta fintcofinevtreccnCuimus, nc
nicmoriapcrireifummiarcanjadeoconccfli, ac interini"
Dionyfiusvulgari jnterpretationepro vino ejufqj inven-
torehaberctur,tot&tamvariafel1a in diverfis locismfti"
tuta inveniuntur ,
qu^ tamen minimum arcani principa*
lis participent; Quemadmodum vidcmuspcr abufumc-
jufroodifacilimcaccidcre, viinChriflianoorbe muUisin
jocis Martinaiii in Novcmbri,Bacchanalia dicbus tcmpus
quadragefimale pr3ecedcntibus,alibi ferijs poft nativitatc
quaU Saturnalia,relidis vefligijs,cxaliatamencaufa,vul-
goadhuccelebrarij idq;idco'>quiavt Comicus ixtyingem'
fim efi ommmn htminum a Ubore proclttte adiibidimm vel lux-
uriamx Idcmfl^atuendumeftdc Aegyptiorum poflcrioiu
fcftis& racri8,quiantiquitdtiscaurJseorumq; inftitutio-
nis maxima cx partcignorfrunt, &
figna f ro fignatis, ani-
maliaj hominii imagines & bruta pro dijscoluerunt,co uC-
q,rdonccallium,ciTpas,&fcteomniataminutilia &noxia,
quam vtilia,in clalles dcorMm reduxcrint j Vnde Pocta in
€os non immcrito jocatur,dum jnquiu

O fnnElas gentesy ^uibtis h^C n^fcuntur in hortii Numinai LncAni^

DeGrrscis quoq; SiRonianis hoclocufpjavcnit j Nam

Z 2 Vt
 . .

-*

I7Z Hieroglyphicorum Lib.4

lic hi a Grxcis & i£gy ptijs, quicquid
rt iUi ab vEgyptiis,
apudvtrorq;ruitnuminum,rcccperunt: Hinc Lucanusl»
7. de exfgypto ficdtcit.'

NosmTempUtHam RemAtta aect^imw Ifim,

Semideo/^canes^ (ifirAtHhentia ln^its,

Et cjncm tuflangens loomiKem tefiaris Ohrim :

Et La<fVdnfius lib. i . inftit : Romani , inquir, Pro Dijs htt»

hHerunt (uamaiaifcilifet rHbiginim.pallorem ^febremi Vn-

dCjficutpatetcxFaftisOvidijjfcrtum rubigmisfuit circa
fincm Apriiis, videlicet6.CakMaij,tumcolucruntcam,
fKutdicitOvidiu8,ncIa:dcret fcgctcsncc inftruTientani-
ftica. Et iftomodocoIueruntfebrc,ne vcxaretccs- Itac-
nim Valcriuslib.l.dicit Etc<eteros^uiJem ad benefaciendH
•

veneraba»titr,^ebrem antem adminMsnocendHmx Idcmq; de-

rcribitIoca,vbicranttria Tcropla Fcbris: Prjrtcrca pro-
prium RomaniDeumcolucrunt Romulu, qucQuinnum
vocabantj quem cuFcbre, rubigine, alijfq. cjormodi ab
al' j> non rcccpcrunt,fcd propria induftria (ibi in veneranf;
Martemvcr<),IovenJ, Saturnum, Mercurium,Apollincm
& t/dEfcuIapium cum magno numcroaliorum vcla Grx-
cis ,vcl jEgy ptijs mutuati crant : De occafionc modo &
addudionis Acfculapij Romam cx Fpidaurio prarciarum
cxtat cxcmplum, quod vt mdc propagatio reliquoru gcn-
tiliudeorum^tftimaripoiTit, huc adduccmus: Mcminit
£xRhea hujus Aefculapij RomamaddudiSandus Augu{}inus/;A
tancjitamrrM- ^^De Civtt.Dei^cap. i ?. AefcMlapiw^\nc[U\tyalf Epidanroab'
tre omnes ivit Romam, vt perittfjlviui medtcus tn vrhe nobtltjftma artem

difnattfin' ^loriffitu ex rcent: M^^terautemdeorHmntfcio vnae nata

guntnr. Praneflinrm montfm in/edit^ Indignnm emm erat^ vt cnm
Cynocepha- etnsfiliHscolii C«p:toli»o prafideret.^ adhnctpfa in loc9 tgnobili
liuproHt efi latiiarct : ^:t£ t.men HomniHm dcornm mater efi ,nonefi fecH»
MercHrim ta fclHm lioma cjuofdamfiHos/t^tSy vtritm rtr alios prace/fit eti'

neppsfittftthr am fecHturos : Miror/<ine fitpfa pepertt Cjnocephalum, cjh^

Rhc<. ton^cpofiea venil cK Aegjptoi ytrumeiiam deaFjbru ex tlt4

nMt4
Lib.4^ Aegvptio.Graecotum. i/j
fMta fit, viderit A fctilapitu pronepof eius : Harc ille : Eft
autem Epidaurus , fccundum Eutropium, civitas qu«
roodo vocarur Dyrrachiura. quia vcro Roma major
fuit vrbs , quam Epidaurus , idco Auguftinus ironicc
dicit Aefculapiij migratrcRomam: Dc cuiusadvedione
Livius hb, lo. de vrbis origine, circa fincmj quod cum
Roma.inquir, grjvi peftiJentia j6crjret,qux tanta
i fiiit,vt

licctannus illc, rciiicet455. abV.C. in multis Ixtus ef-

fct, tamcn vix ad vnius mali rufFccitfolatium^pcftilentix

fcilicct vrbem vrentis, fam quoadhominem,quameti-

amquoadagros: Igitur confu/uerunt libros Sibillx dc
remedio & inventum eft, quod iEfcuIapius dc Epidau-^^^^,,-^^^^,
roRomamaffcrendusclIct: Idemetiam narrit O^^^^^^^ njuni^ Epi-
lih. ^ Et Uvius, /i^.ii. & Valerius lib. i. tcftantur, ^^^^^^,^.
quod tribusaRniscontinuisvrbs afflida fuit gravi
^^^^' JHtHtfiad
lcntia: Miflierj^ofuntprorcmediolegati adacccrfcndum ^^clucendum
de Epidauro Aefeulapium ; quo venientes ab Epidaurijs j^rculapivm
du<Sifuntintemp!umey£fcubpij, quodquinqj millibus
paifuu aK F pidauro diftabats& ecce fcrpcns, qui quandoq.
Jicetraio,ab Epidaurijs vifu$ Fuerat,nunqua tamcn finc bo-
no ipforum > propter quodcriaminmodum «xEfculapij
vcneratusjper par rcs vrbis clarifnmas Icv» tradhj reperc cc-
pit,triduoq; confpe<flus eft,haud dubiam antefcappc-
titxclariojis rcdisalacritatemfercns; deindcadnavcRo-
manam perrexit acnavcmconfcendit, vbi vnius Icgati
tabcrnaculum erat, ibiqjquicvit: Cumvero navigando
Ancium pervenillent^Scrpcns, quivbiq- in navigio re-
manferat, adtcrram dilapfuseft^ Acdcm Aclculapij, quae
propcerat,intravit,&ihi tribusdicbus rcmanHt, dato fibi
cibo:po(lmodumvcrbadnavcmrevcrfus feRomam ad
vehcndumprsebuitjibiinripatnTibcris cgrcdus in Infu»
Iam,vbitemplum dicatum i\i\t Ae(culapio,tranfnatavit,&
celfavit Romanis: Idcm narrat Ovidius,
peftilcntia a
Lib. IT. Metam: ^uis fit Aefculapius, & cur Scr-
pcns illi attribuatur, fccundum primam originc, fupc»
liui expofuimus
5
Qui vcro dcinde abufus cx ignoran-
Z i tii
 174 Hieroglyphicorum Lib 4.
tia vcrititis fc fupcrftifiofa rcligionc accclTcrint, ijcum
'Dubohts in principijs minin e conucniuiit : Quod quoqj diaholus,
ferper.tu for- qm miius cftarrifcx & cx rc pro lui cultu capcrcconf-
9tiAfet)ro \\um potuit, hulc ferpcnri fcu ififculapiocrcdiroj vtctjam
e^£fatLipio Oraculis Apoliinls, lovis & alijsciulmodi, fcfcaccom-
ndoranafim niodarir, cxoninibuscircumdantiiscotifpicitur jCuaiq-,
prxher, Ethnici malorum &: bonorum dxmonum diffcrcntiam
non acnofcercnt, ab illis in pcfllmas idoiolarrias falfjs
mKacuii:», cf da*monumaflu conicifli funt, vndcfcfchu-
manis viribus cripcrc non potucrunt, doncc Siiohiilc,
Atimfii Virginisfilius,omnipotcnsH:rrcs, acccdcrct, ctfancibus
tempore na.» tjiaboliinfcfc credentcs cxtrados a mortc at-rna libcri-
tm.qtioDel- rct: Dcbacchanalibus, & Libcrodco, Auguflintiib.^^.dc
phicmd^mon cju :Dci,cap:9. mcminitj LihtHm, inquit, alibemmeKto
obmtiiuit, iippellare volunt, tjuod mares in coenndo per cim lcmficii^m
Libervnde emiffisfemirjthni Ui>ere>:!ur, hoc idcm dicttnt infzminuaqere
aiUHipHte- Liheram, qnam etn-.m VeneremputaKt, ejuod c^ ipfas perhibe-
tnr, antfemina (mittereC7' oh hoc Lihers eandem virifi m corperis
partem tntemplo poni, finmineam LthertR, Qj- ob hoc ndant.t,
mftlierej attrihtitas Liherc g~ vinnm propter ithidimm cor.ci-
tandAm : Sic Bacchanalia fumma celtbrantur infanta : ybi
.. Varro tpfe canfitefur a Bacchantihus ta/ta fieri non potuiffe,

ru '
/'* '^'^ tntnte cemmota : Hxc tc.men pefiea dtspltcuerunt (enatui
fHbLataafA"
nmejena
y^^y^^.,-^ ^ ea tuffit anferri: Salem hic tandem forfitanfen'
fcruntj e/uidimmttndt jpiritus, dum prodijs habentt4r, tn ho"
Komie.
mtnum ^offint mentihm : Hafc illc : Titus Livius, prartcr
caufam di(5lam Bacchanaliorum prohibitionis, lib: 8. dc
bcllo Maccdonico, aliam addlt : Dicit cnim quod dc
Graxia quidam vcncrat, qui diccbat, fc vcllc doccrc
novum ritum colcndi Bacchum ; Hicautcm in princi-
pio bacchanalia ab honefliflimis matrcnis dc dic
fccit
celcbrari 5 Procclfu vcro temporis continuatum cft nc-
gccium cum nodc ; &
tandcm dc noftc fiebattotum j

Vndc tunc ccpr ruut tam viri quam mulicrcs in magno

numero conflucrc ad iocuiB qucndam, vbi cclcbran-
tui [cHa & facra ifla jCuinmiilaq^funt infinita facinora
virorum.
Lib.4. Aegyptio-Griecorum. 175
virorum, pucrorum ac mulicrum & vcnicntcs ad lo-
cum, qui nolcbant cisaiTcntirc, occidcbantur & occulta-
bantur Tatidcm pcr quandam Hifpanicam ancillam
-,

cuiufdam matronr Romanx, qu.rdominam fuam illuc

fucrat fccuta, poftquam llbi dirpiicucrant quac vide- a
bat, iuvcni cuidam revclata funt, & fic rcs pcrucnit ad
noritiam Confulis, qui diligcnti inquilitioncpra^habita,
omnesrcos inucntos, quiapprsehcn^iipotcrint, dcaltcn-
fu fcnatus, fccit occtJi; Quorum crant vircrum ac mu-
Iicium muira millia : /'rohibita crgo funt dcinccps
Bicchanalia cclcbrari, & inhibitum, ne quis novum
ritum abfquc fenatus alTcnfu in vrbcm introduccrct:
Eivs quoquc mcminit Valeriu& lib;<S cap,^. dicitque
iJ fidufn Spurio /'ofthumo Albino & Qiiinto Mirco
Philippo confulibus : Ex
quibus liquide patct prinei-
pium liuius fcfti cclcbrationis ab honcrtioribus caulls
orium, deinde in abufum ccdiirc : Arcaninima.' autem
& intcriorcs caufr folis primis authoribus notx prsc
vulgo occultatas fucrunt; Dc Orpheo, qui huius ^^^^ DeOrphei
vt&aliorum ircanorufn ad Grxcos ab iEgyptijs tranfla- ohim,
forum primus author ftatuitur, alij narrant, quod ful-
minc i<5his concidcrir, quia arcana initiorum profanis
& rudibus diuvlgairct ; idquc, vt ipfi tradunt, fi verum •
eft, nonfolum fccrctorjmmanifcftatorum, fcd hor- &
rcndsE Idololutrise indc fubfcqucntis per totum orbcni
caufa cxiftcns p.xnas Deo Opt : Max : non immcrito
deJit : Alij ciu3 morti fabuiam affingunt, dum dicunt, AHe^ona
Hlum, cumad Infcrcs defzcndilfcr, vt Eurydicenfccum Orpheimortf
abduccret, ibi dcorum omnium laudcs cccinili'', prx- ^^^a>
tcrquam Libcri patris, qucm per oblivioncr:^ pratcr-
inifit: Quare Dionyfus furorem fuis Bacchis im-
iratus
milit, a quhbus apod Hebrum fiuvium fuit difccrptus,
membraq; eius pcr agros fparfa, vt a Cinibus vorarcn-
tur; Tamen a MuHs dicuncur colIc<fta & in Dio Macc-
doniac loco fcpulfa, quia fuper c;xtcro3 Apollinem
hudibus
 %76 Hcroglyphicorum Db.4.
laudibus mirificiscxornallct. Qujeabxmulis poctis po(l
Orphci nnortcmrparra cllc vcrilimiic cft, cumpriorcius
obitus magis hyCloricT conucniat Eiufdcm inftitutionia
:

2, &:origini8c(}aiiudre(lum in honorcmCereris &Prorcr-

FefiaCere- pinscapud Athenicnfcs cclcbratumj In quocura matro-
rii&Pro- njc initiarcntur,qux perpctuam & incorruptam pudiciti-
/erftHx, amferuarc decrevi(Icnr> idcoq-, coronisviticcisornarcn-
tur, vinum adhibcrcnon liccbat; Quod cum, vt c^tcra»
aGr.>cisadRomanos trannatumiit, magnum Cercrisan-
niuerfarium habcbatur, &a lugcntibus fieri nefas crat:
HincPlautusin AuIuiar:Ccrerinuptiasfaduric(lis, quia
Thejmdpho' nij^ji jemeii allatum video. Thcfmophoria diccbantur
^*^"
h^cfoIcnniaGrcecis, aTriptolcmo primumproaccepto
rcrcodi munere ac frugibus in Eleufio oppido inOitura:
Cum cnim Cercs per orbem tcrrarum filiam ProfcrpinaRi
a Piutonc fub infcros raptam q u r rcns vagaretur, ad oppi-
dumEleuIium, eiufqjprincipcmeiufdcmnominispcrvc-
nitjCuiusvxorHyona^quaeTriptoIemumiampcpercrafj
nutricem dcfydcrans Ccrercm fefc ofFcrcntem pro nutricc
acccpit:Hxcpuerum divino ladenutritum nodluclam
fubigneoccuitabatjcumqjcgrcgienutrircturpernoftcm,
patcr obferuans quo pado idfieret, re vifa exclamavic-
• Quarc irata CcrcsElcufium cxanimavit, acTriptolcmo
cnrrum a draconibus tradum dedit vt vnivcrfos morta-
les fationcm frugum doccret, ficut tcftatur Calliroachus in
hymnoinCcrercm : H.rc vclprimo afpcdu arcaniffima
Chy mica eire quis non vidct ? Triptolcmuscnim fub igne
Hierogljphf nutritus (vi Achillcs a matrc Thctidc) a nutricc Ccrcre
iumpgr.nm. eft nofterillc fxtus philofophicus, qui tamdiufub ignc
NotA, occultatur et igne, quafi lade, nutritur, donecomnero
flammae violentiam pati poflit: Etfancnifialiud fignum
adeiret, harcfabulofaeire dcChymiacfubicdlo cffi(5la,hoc
fuificcrct; Quia foli &
vni verac Chymisc proprium cft,
nccaltcri fcicntirr aut articonucnit: Quis enimvnquam
vclhyftorice veljillcgorice fcriptum rcpcrijf, horoines,
«ofq} infantcs fub carbonibos vivis occultarifolitos circ?
Quis
 Lib.4« -^gyptio-Graf corum. 1 77
Quis falamandram, animal in ignc vivcns, fiuc pyrauftam
vcram viditjnifi in opcribuschymicis ? Prodcant cx tcrra
Faiicifratrcs, ex mari Vcnus, cxalijsclemcntisalijmon-
flrofi f^Etus, vixquicquam vivcns cx ignc,nififalamandra
philofophica, ac /»h:?nix cx cineribus ab ignc rclidis,
prodirc potcrit: Duofunt igni inui<5la, aurum vitrum, &
cnjtcratandcm illifuccumbunt :quibustcrtiumaddi licct*
Phasnicinempc&nidocius, fcmmium, exquorcnafcitur
ille, qui cfi: cinis rcdivivus cx mortuo : fupcrfluum au-

tcmforcopinor, pluribus dcmonfirarc,in Chytnia quafi

infantcm igne nutriri & adolcfccre, cum id vbiq-, ^c^'^
SiituUtw
occurrat : Vcrum cx vnoctaltcro authorc paucifiimis «d- p^,/^Z,^,.
dudis hicerimus contcnti Arnold : rofar : I.2.C.2 S-CMmcjuiinetm'
:

veropeperfrit,filium,in^tiit, vutriaseufn, (jmuf^^^ofjittolerare

tritur
omnemigntrrj: Et Lull:thcor:tcfi: c;z<;),Fiiiimfr(egnAigitttr
^ cerpHs ai ic^Ke,& mttlttpitcafuam comhHjiionem, &jorttm ha."
ifebis tinBttram : & Ibid : Tac terram tuam^
igitur deaibari
C^ nutri eam, ^ vis, (juod filitn patris fubueniat tibi i» Keceffi-
tatibtu : Itcm cap.57. Humidiioi metaiiorumefifixa^per~
manens i» igne : Ideo taii aefua ^fixamtu avicuias in aere voian'
tesvirtute L^pidis nofiri.cjui de ipforumfubfiantiapropria crea-
tftsefi. Cap,4i. EttdeoCjUandoiipisnefier creabttur^ faceum
ftAfei de veatre matrisfua j IVec amod» aiiudponaS' ^uiafecum
defert virtutem ventris matris fu(£,fciiicet iliamttaturamfuifu'
rcjtm, ^Uieomne argentumvivum con£eijit. Quodautcmhic
Triptolcmusfub ignc co(5tus & maturarus fitno(lrafaIa-
mandra, noficrignis, ctnoftratcrractcalx, noftcrcinis,
ct nofiru femcn, qjod in fuam naturalcm tcrram proijci-
tur, fexcentisteftiraonijs probari poirctjDuo aut triafal-
tcm hic poncmus : Avicenna in tra<5l^: cap.5'. SemJna mn
oportct,inqa\t) mftere,donfC temptts meffit cduenerit : VhiJo-
fophi hu»c lapidem nofirum vocaverunt (ainmandram j
^^ia
Jicutfalamandrafolo igns nutritur ^Tivit,idefiperfici'ur, ita
&
no/ieriapis : Dcignc Luilius: prad : Tefi : CAp.zzjHlfur

noftrum h.ibet virtutem ftnllandi (^formandi fimiie fibt, (^

emne ^(iodpetitur^ O- non retinendi in fe ; Et ideo dicimm q'sod
A. a efi
 :
,

178 Hieroglyphicorum Db.^,

eflfaterC^fcpifntr.afcHlt-^ PertgKorantiamcuiui muliidecide-
^itnt AlthymtfttfatMt (^^ nottcxpcrii, credentes (ine igne tMtura
. fixare a?fMigumiita:DcT<ixx3i ctcaltcidem inCodicilhcap:
3 9.,^w ar-sfemper tndigei calce,td tjl fna rerrapropria,ia tfua
mercurium tnaurar.dhm :
virttu mineralU poflta efKf^^iXtme ad
Aftratusinturbj dc cxncxc s Poflea ,\ViC[W\t^pon^aur inlocum
[Hum C^ tterP.mcocjUalttrdotiec UptlU infucum vtrtantur j /'o-
Jiea ccejuaiur tgntfoiUcri,cjuouj^^ /apis duttor fiat O" Corifiir.qa-
turitC tn cinertfy. vertatur 5 O c^uam prtctoftu efi cinU tiU : Et
AziratUS ibidcm : J/iUm cocjutte conunue igne prtoreforti^re
tfr Mruttur^confrtngeturc^ <tc tn cinerem virutur : cjuampre-
cioftu efl cinu ijiefilijs d< il>ina, (^- quamprectofum efl, ejuod ex
eofit ; R i
pl af US j .por t: Exicca terram, doncc iliafii tat caki-
fiando,altoc]uin in vanumUboras: Et niox : Ea ter ra 'fifixa vt
pcffit perpttt ommm violentiam-^pars altera fptrtttiaiis tfi j Sed
cmKtA tlia in vmm rem debent conuerti ; E t Lu k hcor Tc (1
1 t :

C-46. Sciasquoinihilpotcfinafci, nifitxf<tmelia Csrmafculo,

nee aliquod germenfenerari, mfi cx caiors Q^ humidttate. At
hzc propofito fumciant : Hcrodotus nona Grccisfedab
^gyptijs Thcfroophoriaorigincducerefcribif, ncmpca
Danai filubus ad /"clafgas mulicrcs dclata; Cum q^ pcr rel j-
gionem ciu? foknnitJti» arcana nulli rcrvcLre licfbat,
idcmaufborinEutcrpchisviiturvcrb s: Atq; dc Ccrcris
folennitatc, quam Grxci Thcfniophona nominant, mihi
rauftumfclixq; fitomcn, vt quantumfas cfl perrcIi^'jo-
ncm,profcrain ; Fucruntautcm Danai filiar, qikx h^nc lo~
Jcnnitatcmex ifigyptofranftulcrunt, muliciefq; PcIargiS
docucrunt: Danaus quis fucrif, nempc qui coloniascx
Acgyptoin Grxciam traduxcrif, cuifq-, arris arcani/fima;
cognjtioncm habacrit, Iibro pritno narrauui us Idcoq; ;

vcro confcntancum cft cum ipfo hanc cclcbrif itcm ad

Graf-cosvcniirc: Hxcfummaapud EthnicosfcmpcrMy-
Nilarcaniiu Ocria habita clTcnec rlli in vulguai fpargendatnmcx hy-
olimhabt- norijs, tum communiprovcrbionotumcfh quo dicirur
tumfacris dcrcarcaniflima^eam occultari,tanquam Elculiniafjcra:
Elcttfir.fjs. Dc caufu horum racrorutn fiu': miftcriojii occultationis
Diuiti
 Lib4« Aegyptio-Grajcorum. 179
qncrum opinionem primo,
niulti divcrfimodcrcntiunf,
dcindectnoftriimadducemus Myllcria, inquit Vjrro,ra- :
j^y /i

citurnitatcctpiricttbusclauraede; TicituriiitarcquitiCjVt ^
nonliccrct deijs loqui; /'drietibus,vt non patcretnificer-
tislocis &: pcrfonis corum infpcdio: Quantum ad tacitur-
nitatcm, vtThomas Vdlois ad Augulbnilib.^.c^ i. deci-
vit : Deicommentatus,rciendun),quod rriplcxvijcturfu-
iilecaufa, qnare volcl at da:monc8& facerdotcs occuitan TrifUxcau-
thelctas & niylleria : Vnacaufa fur,quiaracilitcr poterant/^oc-c^/Mr/a-
crrorcs conuinci, li licuiirct puplice dc cis loqui
ct difpu- „^ mjfleno-

talfe : myftcna continebanturbri- runt.

Alia fuit.quod inter illa

gincsdeorii ct verx conditiones eorum, qu^ecolebanrur: i.Cattfa,

putj,qujli8fuitlupifcr,ct quis etquomodoprimoinccpit z.CAufa,
coli,ctricdcali:s dijs: Si vcrotaiia fuiirent in populo di«
vulgara, contcmpfufentdcosj ct fic fuilfct omnismctus
deorumablatusjQuodreipublicT ct communiconuidui
hominUiP plurimum nocuilfctrEtproptcrhocXicut dicit
Livius, de vrbis orig:Iib:i. NumaPompiliusfummcnc- .

cetlariumcrcdcbar, timoremdcorumpopuloinijcicndu:
Tertia caufa fuit, quia purgationes quafdam faciebaqtin -i^Caufa,
occulto&facrificiaquxdam nefandaomnino qujcpopu-
lushorruidcr, fiad ciusnoticiampcrucnitlet : Immo!ab5t
cnim occulto frpiffimc infantes & mulicres prnfgnan-
in
trSjCt multa alia horrcnda ad placandum djcmoncs in oc-
'culto fcccrunt, ficut patct de luliano crfarc Vt Socratc» ;

narrat in tripartita hy (Ioria,quod apud Cirram ci vitatcm,

vbt occul'e peflimus idolatra facrificauerat in templo, an-
tcquam in cxpedirionem illius bclli iret, inucnta fucrit
mulier capiliisfufpenfa, ex'cnfisbrachi]Setvtcroapcrto,
m cuivs i^core vidoriam libi dcbcre, afpcxir. In palatio
quoqj cius apud Antiochiam iuuentxfunt ciflr roultc
plcnr capitibus mortuorum Er narrat Eufebius de im-:

pcratorcMaxeotio, qui mulicrcs nobilcs prscgnantcsad

hoc quxiivit et C9S mcdias divifit et in cxiis infantium
divinarioncs quxfivit: Et ideo, inquit Vulois, (acerJotes
fummccavcbanr, nciplorum myltcria ct thclctxprodc-
A a 2 rcntur:
 •
i8o HicrogIyi.hicorum Lib.4;
rcntur:7*ropterquod cr fifnuluchrum quoddam<rat fcrc
inomnitcn^plo, vhi colebaturiris&: Scrapis,qucddigito
labijs imprciro moncrc vidcbafur, vt filcntium fierct; Vt
fcilicet, homincscosruillctaccrctur, vtliabcturapud Au-

guft: dc civi : Dci 1: i Sc.5. vbijConftitutum crt (inquit dc

Api Argivoiuregccrcdito)rtiam dcillo, vtquifquiseum
homincm dixiirctfuilTc, capitalcm pcndcrct panam Et :

cum v^fcin omnibustcmplis, vbicolcbaturllis ct Scrapis

cratctiam Hmulachrum, quod digito labijsiaiprclToad-
moncrcvidcrctur,vt filcntium ficrctjHocfignificarcidcm
Varro cxiftimat,vt homincs cos fuillc taccrctur : Hjrc Am-
guftinifunt vcrba: Quicodcm lib: cap.^.rcfcrt,quodca-
pitali crimine apud ^Egy ptios rcus fiebat.quicunqjlfidcm
filiam Inachi homincm fuiircdiccbat.Atqj hx caufaf pro-
babilcs, quas 6'\d:us Vajois adfcrt, mihiomnino vidcntur,
tum inprimis, cum iam horrcnda idololatria omncs terrx
partcs occupatTct ; Nobis autem fermo eft dcprimaori-
ginc occultationis myftcriorum inprimisElcufiniorumj
Quam fi cxomnibuscircumftantijs confydcretnus,prima
ct fccunda ante narratx caufx,vix tcrtia,locum hic inucni-
cntxQuodeiufmodihominummadationcs^eoruniqjviC-
cerum infpedioncs pcr dctcrrimum abufum Et hnicis qui-
bufdam vfitata:,ct fub arcano tcAx: fuerintjncgari non po-
tcft,at in his facris, qux arcaniiTmia habcbantur, comiilas
cire,non cftr*tionabiIe:Saturnus>quipcraIlegoriamruo8
libcros dcvortfe fingcbatur, fortea fuperftitiofisctidolo-
latris Ethnicis> hoc facrificio placatus cft, vt Baal, & alia
ciufmodildola, vcl Mars fanguinehumanodclcdlaricrc-
ditus; At dc Ccrcrc,Dionyfo,Vcncrc,vix cft crcdibilc:Prae-
tcrqua cnimquod CcrcrisfacrafcuElcufiniaacaftis, im-
roaculalis pcrlonis,vt poft audicmus,non ab ali js cclebra-
tafunt, innotuittandcm, quidillis contincrctur jQuod,
talc non cft» vt vel a rationc humana vc! bonis moribus

RatiotertU abhcrrcaf, vtpoft fubijeicmus; Exiftimamusigiturnon

eccultationis immeritd primam & fccundiim caufara occultationisin
Eieufinio' Elcufinijsrcpcri, tcrtiam nullo modo : pro qua nos addi-
rMm. tnus; Quod ncmpc tcrtli ratio fucrit inuolucndi ct fub fi-
lcntio
 :

Lib.4. Acgyptio-Gr«corum. 1 8i
Icntiorctinendieafjcri, ne&artificiumdequoeaomnia
elTcntintroduda , vulgo rnnotefccrct,vr fupra fxpc mo-
nuimusevidcntibusargumcntisdudti, quaj iiic practcri-
mus : Atquc hasc triplex cauf* jnnucbaturfimuiacliro
iiloHirpocratis, digitis ori imprcrfis: Theocriti cnar-
ratorexfcntcntiaThelyti Mcrhymnjeidehacfolennitatc
cjufq; perfonis feledis itafcribit: Lexfmt Athemenftbm vt
hacThefntophoriA quotannu celebrarent virgines ntnlieres c^
vit^honefia, ^u,eperfoUn^ttatu dicm legitimos facrof^ lihros
fnper verticc ge^iintes tan^jutmfupplicantes EleHjinemconten»
. eierent. Ad iili facra non patcbat aditus , nifi initiatis,
prxcoqjabclfc prophanos jubebat, atqjhinc fumpfilfe Vir-
giiium verficulum i^UiProculoproctilelieprofhaniy suthor
ci^ Scrvius : Et Alcibiadi tantum negocij facefiitum fcri-
buntjquodprofanusintcrfuilfe facris Cercris diceretur
Ncc vcro cuidam illis intercire Iiccbaf,qui fibi fccleris per-
petrati confcius elfet, id praeconc coneUniante : Quibus
nec aufuscfi interc(feNcroImperator,quod impiuselfet,
&/nitiari voluit Antoniusprinccps, vtprobaretfe inno-
centem: Dicunturautcmpofterioribus illistemporibus
bina Eicufiniafacri Athcnisfuilfcjparva, quibushofpites ^lettfinia fih
rcciperentur,&magna; de quibus ibidem vctus Icx erat,^'*''^''*'*»
ne hofpcs vllus ad ca admittCfctur,vtcommenfator Ari-
(lophanisrocminit: Cumenimplures magniviri cxteri
Athcrlas vcnircnt,ijiquefacrisinitiari pcterenr,nonoba'
liascaufasrcpulfampafiifuntjnifiquod nollent il!a natu-
rx arcana alijs innotcfccre • Idcoque parva quxdam iacra
illistanquamfuperficialia adjunArerunf,quibusadven3ein-
itiatifunt, & ipfe Antonius ^nnccpsjnonmagnlsillis.re-
ceptus crcditur: Hincveterem lcgemprTtcodcbant, atq*
ipfum Hcrculem, cum tantus heros clTct, advena, non ad-
milfum, quafialiquando Hcrculcs Athenis fuilfcr.autifta
petijlfet : Magna illa Cercris & parva Profcrpin:? ad difFc-
rentiam vocarunt : £x quibus faris apparet in his facris no
libidines aut csedesaliudvi quid horrendum peradum
clfe, fcd caufas occultillimas fuiircjcur fubfilcntio fcrva-
rcntur.' Muitis quidem,vt fatcor, cx Chriftianis fufpiri-
A a j oneizi
 i8z Hieroglyphicorum • Lib 4
ontm prxbuit, quafiiurpjtudo 8c rttfnk fcdcra in ilht
cxerccrenrur - Hrnc MzC^e^ortw N*K'A»t.etiM in Eptpha'

ntis,6c haclolcDnitifc. N(^nobiii]nqU]t-i v-rgoalt^ua ra'-

pt:(tr,Kec Ce}ej errat Kfc Ceteos adauctt
, ct* Trtftolemos ^
dracoKes, parnv j^ ^qtt, ^ partirnpatitHr : n. m pttdet tne dttrrt
afferre l:ic-iji ijs noElurni^ (^ exmyfterto tPtrpttudincnft rfficc'
re •'
Sctt EJettfis h<tc (^Jpe^atores rtrP!my<jfi£ t^ciritnr^O' cer-
te filentto dignaftnH : Et TheocrtiUf' Beatnm arLtirantihr la-
Jiona, cjui tar.ium a^^ecttnis fit ,c^tiantum prophant non faei/e cre-
dtdertnt-^ in qno occttlte perflrin^tt concubttam Cert ru G^ lafio-
nis '• At iIli$alitcr;udicarcnonI»cuif, cum totidololatria:
apud Ethnicos occurrcrcnt,ac vcrx caula: five intcrnae, fi-
vccxtcrnxnon p.^tercnt: Vidcmusinlupcromnibusgcn-
tibusfuamyflcriafuiirc^quxin vulgumipargerc ncfas c-
rat fic apud Romanoj. valde crant claufa myftcria dcoru.
:

Nam refcrt VaJcrius lib. i .cap. i. quod Tarcjuinius rcx Ro-

manorum Marcum.Ditumvirum culiio iniurum tanquara
Secretarc
parricidaminmarcproijcijufiit, co quod librumfuit cu-
velantium
ftodixcommiirumjinquocontincbanturfecrctafacroruro
poena.
civilium Petronio Sabmo tranfcnbcndum dcdillcf, & ad-
dit Valerius,qu6diufti(limcidfadumnf5quia parivindi*
daparcntumacdeorumviolatiocxpiiinda iir: Sccrcfaau-
tcm illa quod a Sibylla fcuanuquadam incognita hbris
confcripta Tfirquiniooblatafint, Gclhus lib. i. tcflatur
hisvcrbis: Anusqajedam incognita ad Tarquinium re-
gem Supcrbum adijtrovcm libros fercns^quosclTc dicc-
batdiuinaoracuIa,eofq5fcvenderevelle; fcdcum judicio
regis prccium cxcefTivum pctercf, ab ipfo irrifa cfl : Tunc
illa ignc coram rcgcfado, trcscx illis libris combufTlt,
intcrrogans, fircxfcxlibrosrcfiduosxquali preciovtllct
cmcrc-qui dixicanumillamdelyrarc,qua: Jtaimtrcsalios
combufl!if,intcrrogansrcgemdctribus refiduislibris ficut
dcfcxfcccrat,quimulicrisvidcnsconflantiam trcshbros
cmirnon minori prccio, quam pctitum cratdc cmnibus:
Mulicr vc: d iHa poftmodum arcge digrclTa nunquam c6-
paruit , hbri vcro trcs illi appcllati lunt Sibyllini, & in fa-
cra-
 Lib.4- AegyptJo.Gr2ecoii]m. i8j
crdriumconditi, adquosqua{i ad Oraculum quindccim.
cum di j immortales pubJicc confulendi cf-
viri adierunt,
fcnt. Cum vcro humana curiofitas tanta fit, vt ctiam li- EUu/ima
(a, qusarcanillimahabenrur, inquircreconctur,tandcmAf^<« a t^no

quoq;quid Elcufinijs facris contincrctur a Phiiofopho/^^wortfVtf-

quodamNumcnio diAo, indagatum & iitcris proditum /«'<«.

tiU Vndc Macrobius in forinniuro Scipionis dc co tan-

quam occuirorum curiofo perfcrutatorc narrat, quod cum
Eleufiniafacra ,idcft facraoppidi Elcufini intcrprctando
vulgalTct,qux fuerantfacraCercris&Profcrpinsr, dchoe
poihnoduro in iomnis acritcr corrcptus fit : Nant Dea, jn-
quit, EleufinA afpAruerunt ritnfomnohahitH meretricio C^
aKte apertnm lupamr fiantes, cum^ admiraretHr,cfuiahocnon
'videhatur convemens numinihHS & caujamc^UAreret^rtfhonde'-
runt eidediratd^fe ab tpfo habttu fudiciti<e Jut vt abJiraElM ^
faJfimabettnttbtupro(}itu!ai :Y)Q\\oc(omu\o fuperfomniu
narrato mirumeftquod Socratcsdicaturarguillcin hunc
raodum, vt Ludoic.Vi. jnj.y.c. 20. Aug. deCiu. Dcirc-
ccnfct, quod prokdojudiciumcft mcrctricia iilis con*
tincri: Nam i\ honcfta&fand:a, nunquam eas puduif-
(ct evulgari; Oblique,inquit,hxc pcrftrmgitSocratcs, &
aiiapermulra apudSocratem, cumjubctturpia,fa:daque
adijscommillafacrisfccretiilimis occultari, &q'ji mina-
rurfc Ifidis, quaecadcmcftCcreS) (acra recondita cditu-
rum, quodidocogit Ilidemipfam, quieis jjbcat',facerc,
fatisdcclaratncfariailla eirc&pudcnda. V(ram hoc ju-
dicium n imis calidum aut callidum dicer? m; qtjia indeni*
hilcontrnFkufiniafacraconcIudipotert: Nafn fi dicatur
infomnisdcascaftiflimas, vtmcrcrrices ^rotlifo-.tle Nu- ltidi'ium
mcniu«,nonfcqu»rur,quod dcse cafiiiTim>^ \\\x Q\(:xcuu^ri.pofierHnfy
ciacontinuerinr; Eft faneratiocinatiocontri omncmra-
tioncm inftiruta 5 nequid dicam, quod /^llccorica fit v-
trobique Iccutio & traAatio , dcinde in fomnijs, quafi c6«
cepta. Atquidtandem illisabditifli.Tiisfacnsoccnltatum
fuerit, qu.rrcrecuispcllct? Id f?re qu.tfiucruntniulti fa-
picntifTimiviriyat friterinitjatos & (accrdotes nullj aut
p^u-
 :

184 Hicroglyphicorum Lib^.

paucifTimircrciverunt: No8qui&loco& tcmpore ab il"

lis remotiflimi fumus, judicabimus dc illis cx ijs, qujr

vcrecognovimus vtpo(TumuSj&cx vnguc,quod dicirur,
lconcm.Tftimabimus,hoccftcxpirte tofum 5 cx Hgno
(ignjtum,&cx caufis cffcdum.* Hxc facrificia cumpri-
usElco(inicclebrarcnt, primus EVMOLPVS,
Dcio-
pes &Triptolemifiiiusad Athcnienfesdctulit, vclvtalij
quintusabillo Eumolpus: Antca mcminimuslib. i.Eu-
inolpidaruabexfgyptijs Saccrdotibusoriundoium, qui
cum colonias in Grafciamduxcrintcx«x£"gypto,fimuIq;
Saccrdotcs& arcani e/fgyptijnon lgnarifucrint,horum
facrorumnon immcritb authores exiftimantur; Cuj &
illud, vt argumcntumfatfirmumanipulatur, quod om-
nes Saccrdotcs,quipra?crantilIis(acris Eumolpidcxcrant,
& ab vno proavo dcfccndcrint : Sic cnim Accfidorusj
Habitaire,inquit, in Elcufincpr us jndigcnas narrant, at
dcindcThraccs quiEumolpo ruppctiastuleruntpcrbcl-
lumquod fuit cum Ercchthco. Et Androfiol. 2.de fa-
crificijs: Nam Eumolpum,jnquit,fuiirc prsrconcm, cx
quo nafcitur Eumolpns,cx hoc Anfiphcmus, cx hoc Mu-
f^EUS Pocta,cx hoc Eumolpu»,qui ritu (acroru demoiiihsk-
vir,atq}fundus fueritSaccrdotio,HjtcjIlc:Quodvcr6ifta
fuerit confuetudojVt idcirco Eumolpidac facris Cereris jni-
tiarcntur,e(renfquc corum facrcrumSaccrdotcs, tc(tatur
Sophoclcs in Ocdipodc,in Colono^ his vcrbis

ARCANA, -» ^ w''"'*

Hoc cfl) quorum & aurcaclavisin linguaconOitiffaccr.

dotumEumolpidarum.SicinEleufinioagro locus oQcn.
dcbatur, vbi PiutoProfcrpinam rapuit,& vbi Elculinio-
rumfaeminacprimum choruminhonorcmCcrciis infti-
tuciutjnon procul ab Agdaflo Petravocafa, fupcr qua
fc^ic Ccrcsaudito cafu Profcrpinx^ cui Tctix propin-
qjus
Lib.4» Aegyptio-Gr^corum. 1 8j
quus fuit loeus vocafus Callichorus.Vcrum Elcufiniorum
vulguSjHe fabulaviderctur, & vt ipli ccrrnorcs eircnt dc
tarp mcmorabili/^lutonisfiido, inflia tcrra id conticjille
dixcruntj&mominicntaraxca mondrarcaufi funt: Qm-
bm tamcn multi /'oetarum, vt Ovid: Iib. 4. Fa(l. alijq;
contr^ijrunt,&dicuntinSiciliaidaccidilTe, cum Pr9(cr*
pina florcscolligcrct: At vtriqj&Elcufinij& Siculi pro
hyftona acccpcrunt, nos pro fabula agnofcimus, quic*
q jid dc ript u Profcrpin.T toti orbi occantatum cll; ita ta-
fnen,vtrcm quafigctUm demonrtrctfubfigura; Plutoe*
nim qui rjpuit /'rofcrpinam a mythologisprotcrracxpo-
nitur, & Proferpina pro (cmine vcl radicibusfcgctum^
Cumq; menfibusfubferra femcnoccultctur,tan-
fcx fcre
fotcmpore apud Plutoncm,
dicitur clFe &
pcr totidem
mcnfcsfupratcirim inacre,flpudCcrcrcm: Haecquidem
convcniuntexplicationi, fed anhaecarcanafunt an non
omnibus notiiiima ? an H.tc fefta , occultationcm & tot
&:fantarequirunt? De feminCjejufq; cxpofitione accipi-
musj atdc Philofophiconoftroarcanifiimo, quodruili-
cijgnorantjfoIiPhilofophifciuntjquodoccultandicaufas
habcf; Hinc iila facroruminftitutio, hincordo(accrdo-

ealisinvna famillfl, hincaureaclavis in Gcerdofutnlin-

gua i A^ecquisadcoinfanus fir, vtcrcdat, quod Elcufini
primo acccperint frumcnta a Ccrcrc5& docucrint cactcros,
quomodo pancm pinferc & cotncdcre debeant, aut Thc-
bani a Diony fio vinom : Non,non5 longc antc ea tcmport
panis &vinumin vfumortaliumfuerunt, vtcx facris li-
rcris, tumctiamcx prophanis antiquifsimis confiat: Pc- PTieraj^/yphh

tra prope Callichorum oflcnditur pro HicrogIyphico,quia cum pgmm

nobis Pctrafcmper allquid omiris oflendlt, fi animad-f^^^*'»'»»
vcrtamus: Sic Saturnus faxum vorivit^ ficCadmus, la-
fon &Mcicurius, cumfaxo hic Argum,illi tcrrigcnas tru-
cidarunt; ficPyrithousinfiXofedcrsapud infcros reli»
dlus, ncquiddei^ifyphiofaxo dicam: At nunc tandcm
audicmus, qujntumdcfacris illis Elcufinijs quibufJam
exChrinianis innotucrit: ^ufcbius cx Clcmcntc doccc
Bb d«
 ,

)86 Hieroglyphlcorum . Lib^»

deijs, vtfequitur : ^aiJam, inc^uit-atunt Afe/ampodem A-
mytkaonu filiHm Ah c^oy^to inGrdciAm lncium Cereris folen'
r.tter celehratHmreperta^e : Ceres pepeiir, educMur puella:,Pe^

rcphattennorrfiiidtappeliant^ ctn Iupitercjni oertutt , Draco fa-

tim conttiK^ittir: /nde in SavationHmmyfrertjs Draco i». ffi-
r^imfMvoIfituj infacrificijt adfa^orum memortam imj vetoi» ,

tefitmonitimtantdt tHrptiuatnts , vt egodixertm,adhibetur, Pe-

perttCr Perephatte tatirijo*memfi'itim-^ Vnde FcetA cjuidum
tuttrumUudant Draconij patrem,C^ Draconem rHrJttsttiurtpa'
trem, (^ i» montemarca»ah<ec f^Sia , ducentes pa'iiralem(}i-
mulhm celebrabant : Pafiora/em vt puto , fltmuium, ferulam
tjuodgenni ligni bacchantes ferunt. Nec^ueo laitHs hutus Pere-
fhati£ lacr&enArrare.cjuafiUum , rapin^m , IdonerdtertA hia-
i»m,fHes^.ttbolctf cjuis eodemhtatHfimul c^rdH.is deas abforp-
tMtiiuntfuiJJel ^nde G^ MegareuminT helmophortjs fuis im~
mittftnt, cjutcfacta VArijs medu multeres ,
quoniam hac fabuU
Varte narratHr ^ pet ctvttates Gr<tcu celebrantj Thefmophoria,
Sctrophorta, Ineph^^bt/t^horia vocantes, G> mu/tu ticodts Pcri"
phatteeraptnacomp/orantfs : 7"<i«/»wcicmcnsintcrprcteGc-
orgioTrapczjntio: Ibidcnipd Aug.de Civ Dei, Ub.jc.
20, Ludoicus Vivcs,Fcrcbantur, mcjuit, cjftac opert^ a
Saccrdotibus pucllis, altcra florum,quavcr fignificitur,
»ltcrarpicarum,qua .Tftas:Virgines ift^s vocabant ««»»»7*',
id ctl,caniftrjfcrasj qujrum Ciccro mcmirif in Veiicfi) de
fignis: Taaictfi Porphyrioluper illo vcrfuHoriti;,vclut
qui Iunonis/acratcrrct,Canephoros lunonis dicit ctlc A-
thcnis: Orgia quoqj hrc facra nominabantur , ficut i-
dcm Clcmcng air, ab ira quam advcrlus lovcmconce»
fyitCcrcs: Catullus;
Pars obfcura
eavitce/.brabant or^ia cifiis,

Orgta ^u^efrufiracHpiHttt audire prophani,

S<raboIib.'o. &Servius4 yEncid; omni» feterdcraorgia

^R C /^- Grx cis dida prrhibjcnt-" Imagi»es tn tnt facrts d- o-
etfca
KioSlMA rnm bdfHcrnnt CREATOR ISy ejHam gejtttbat dn t-
,

fiei

\
 Lib.4* Aegvptio-Graccoium, 1S7
Jles HiercpliAntet: SO L l S. qu^.mJAcifer 5 LVN
JE cjMam
mtniflirad aram ; M E R C V^ R I, (f!4am ^ntco (acroYum:
l

Er*c]ueaiadmoduni in lacris /)ionyIi circumfcrcbarur

Pnapus, it4 ctin l!is naftirj mulicbris, vt Thcodc-riftis
tclUtur,qui cruifHr i>at- lovcm cum Ccrerc matrc.gi cuai
Profcrpinafilia corcubuiire: Hucufq; Ludoicus: H?c
^^'^*
fanenonruntadcoobfcurajVtDclionatdtore cgcanrj fcd
qnatuor illis fimulachris plGsdicitur^quatM multis dc cade
rc fcriptis volumimbus : fiucfingatur abignarisinficriS
iilisob(c:rna &tctcrrima tradtataclTc, idcoquc occultata
five lovcm cuai matrc & Profcrpina contu! uilfc , ac
taurum Draconit p^^tremj acDraconem iterumraun pa-
trcm ruHrc, fivc alia hujufmodi, rei veritati nihil dcrra-
hit; Hxc cnimfimulachra, qnae funt quafi muta Poefis
&fcrip(ura Hicroglyphica, aliudloquuntur,quam vulgo
cxiftimatumclt: Vcrum qtiid dicam, anhvc hdafunf? Scrftur<*
^^vuHo modo fco ab aurhonbus fidcdignis,&omnicxcep- Hitrogljphi"
ticne majoribus profcrunti.r.ctiam ijs,qui hujus rci,quam ^*^*
nos innuirr, us nullam cognitioncm aut r :fpe(^um habcnv:
Anigifur Ethmciillifunt Chnftianifadiin huiusarcanis
(ymbolis, qijoJ Crcatoris iimaginem gcftcnt? An illis
creatio notd fuit ? An Mofcs illorum do(5tor, an Deus
ipfc cx crcaturis? Sare ArcaniflTima ha:c clfc, & fuora
captum Ethnicorum vulgarium clartfliaic patct : Si qui«
prima illa paradoxa, monfirof;i &naturaf advcrfafncm-
pc dcTauro & Draconc fibi vtriq; vtinviccm parenti-
bus&filijs, alijfq; hujufmodij cxcipiaf, ab his fimula-
chfis cxpofitionem petat; quod & nos, pauciiTimis,
quoad licct tcOimonijs rcccntiorumaddudis , brrvittr
praeftabiTsus: C:rca authorcmprimum Eicufinx folcn-
nitatisinflitut?^, variationcm animaducrtimos; cum alij
vtClcmens, Mclampodi, al j EumolpO; nonnulli Elcu-
fio principi vrbis cjufdcm nominis, quidamDanai filia-
bus,a!ij Triptolcmoid alTcribant^Qaicunq; authorfit,o- >^^
ex£f*»-
rigincm ab vEgyptijs ducerc non cfl dubiun.j Quant u ad tijs Eiefffr.m
rocjCgoEuroolpoalTcntior, c'i rarionc, quodEumoIpidaj/^cr^itfr//*.
B b 2 facci-
 i88 Hicroglyphicornm Lib 4
faccrdofilcm dipnifatcm& fcicnfiamiUora arcanf rumin
fu.j ramiIiadiufini{j)cobtinucrintj tum quod primu& Eu-
moIpusTriptoIcn^i filius, vt hic £icuri, Ojtuitur:.vt
i:Iculus paccr,Triptolcmus fiiius& Euraolpus primus,
neposfucrit jcx quo dcindccacrcri Eumolpilix defccn-
. duiu; Ccrcspcperir, educiJtur pucllj,cui lupitcr,quigc-
^^ ''^
nuir, Dracofadus con-ungiturjEt quidam taurumiaudat
""^ '^^ Draconis pcirrcm?&: Draconcm. rurfustauripatrcm :Hnec
''''^
vcrb*ncbuiora fc obfcura funrj caura cO,qu!a involucra
ritrjus
'«'"ferun, funr j nam fivtfonant,intcliij:cnda circntjautfifo-
" • narcnr, vt intciiigcndafnnf , faciic ab omnibus percipc-
rcntur: Sicin occulta Philofophiia Rofino tcfle dicitur;
Ari AjirenomtiS, & Ploifjcrs leefntihui pattns ej} -^
Arsvero
nojlra iKonntfl /ifa^tgnnbHf fciripotefi : Ec hoc idco, inquit
author Aurorx in prologo, A> fiolidi e^ wfipierjtesnntnrdig-
mrAMtesJegere tamenfcienies a. b.c.d, ipfis attraherent (fr vfur^
farcnt : J^amohrem cupientes kanc fcientic.m oporttt intdlcEiii
vatdeftihttiiter c^ingeniofeacttere, fepe & perf<tpit^y intHs (^
txtra^ame ^retro volvere (^ rcvolvere di^afapientH Non cji
enimfapientuftoltde lcejui, cum irftekeSltu verhorHtpforH maX'
imeliterarumfonoco>it>-arittHr^1Hie»tmfo»HzerborHacrepertti
^ inteUetiHm intertorenon habuerit ^nthil fibi prodefi.^e^uomdilU
dicttur id tjuodjcripi Hef}-^ legere cfr non ir.teHi^tre, rjl negligere,
At quid miru quod Crrcs pcperit /'rofcrpina,ex love patrc
& patraojSi lupitcr Ofiris ct Ccrcs Ifi», f rofcrpina Oiu rc-
fcrt,vtnonnunqu2accipirurifcdpcr lovchicintclligirous
fortcm ci tauriformcm gcnircrcm, qui vim Martis in ignc
rcprafcntct,qui Scmclcn fuofulrrinccomburcrc pofIit,ct
factum cius maturarc j Ncmpc agcns noHrum primum)
quodvbicunqjfif,quxrendum cfi jquod fi inTaurifigno
i iucncris,fac vrad Lconisviolcntiam acccdat, ctcrit Sol

in Lconc, ficq; fccundus gradus crit complcrus Ducatur :

ad Sagittariumj&inhoctcrtiogradupatcrfufcipitfilium,
hoccft, tcrra rccipitfpiriium,ctamodo ipfum fugcrcnon
pcrmittit:Iovefi agnovcris,cxagnationcct Ccrcrcm non
ignorabis ; £t fic Gabricum Bciof coniungcs,fratrcm {o*
rori
 :

Lib.4' ^gyptio-Grafcorum. 189

rori, ncc ad hxc authorum teftimonijs, quia
opus cft
fingulaf coium paginx ca inculcant :Herrocscap. ^vo-
/ettr^inqmtfdemwari, artenij^ cnjledire^ iungelnubtt acjuttfi-
lium^cfHt ep /Mptttr, ^uodefl •ccultum arcanum : Et mox Ex .•

homine non fit ,mji ejfy.od ei ftmile ejh^vtex Tauro idem :Et (i
quod animal cum alicna fpccic cuhet, nafcitur quod ncu-
troriJnilccrt.-DcDracone, Theophjlus in turba. Simi/i
modo, inquit, illa mulier fugievs ^tneros , e^uibni ferfe,
^uamvis irata domefitca fit , vt non dedignftur/e/Hperari, vt
eius coniunx fuum habeat decorem, (^ui furtbundtu eam di-
ifgit, ac iugiter pugnat cum ea,donec fuos concubitus cum ea
peragat'^ ^
cietu pro voluntate filiosmultipltcat Cftiud pcrro
decor igne confumitur : Termino enimfimto, remrtitur ad eam :
Diceetiam vobis, ejuoddraco illenunejuam moritur j Tamen
i'lam mulieremjHesinterfictentemconittges philofophi neci de*
derunt j llltHS enim mulieris venter plentis efi veneno. FodiatHr
igitHrJepHlehrum Draconi, tliic^ fepeliaturmuiior cum eo, qui
ilii mft/teri fortiter iun^ns, ^uanto magis e.amnecitt, .^voi^
uitur circa eam, tanto magis corpw ettu in muiieris artuifpu
mixtum ad mortemdecitnat, C^ tottu vertitur in fanguintm
.Quodcum vident phiiefophi in fanguinem verfum, ponunt eum
. adfoiim, ejuouj^ ienttHJoconJu79MtHr, Jan^uif^arefcat: Et
tunc apparet venenum, c^ occuitum mamfeftatur : £t n al lc- i

gorijs : Snme taurum cum carne ^fanguine, corntbtu, pe-

dum^ cakiAmentis & verte eum in a<jitar», cfr cumfangutne
mifce,totumjjtrahe,pofieaal[a,donecrubeJcat . Atq; fic patct,

quod lupitcr & Ccrcsjfeu Ofiris & Ifis, fcu Taurus & draco
concumbantj atq; cx fc tauriformtm filiumfeu filiam,
Orum Nam iilius gcnitus
aut Profcrpinam gignant
:

poftcaproprixfujcmatri iungitur, fcu filia genitapatrij

flcfratcrforori, auvsnepti, aviancpoti;Itacnim infola
arrc phiiofophica contingit, ct non alibi ; Sic taurus
eftdraconis patcr, ^cncrans gencrati, cc draco tauri
codcm modor mutatis nominibusj rcbus conuenicn-
tibus : Hoc vt manifcHum fiar, confulantur #uthorcs
cbymici ; Rofarius phiIof:inquit : Meigitur ^fiiio me»
A a j C9n»
 190 Wieroglyphicorum L^b.4,
conirinBoy nilmelim acveneYiibtlitii in mnndo ficripote[i :^t
aliu8piiilof:ToI: AuthorRofarij: Metpturn,(Amatrt(:^
fuo ^tEloriiun^e ^ljnafuumdibjiantu.mfAcio continere: Noli
-^

Nam omnu
er^n altenufttnobis tntroductre,necab opere cejfare :
naiurA cum fna adunatur (ociay^ per eam perficttur^/l4^ter me
genutt C^ per me ^i^nirur i^fa- Ipfa entm primo dominabatur
miht'^ r>ecttteroautem dominabor t/It, ejuiaperfeqttutor m.itru
mcj£ jdchu jum ; Prtufcjnam ab ipfa actepi vohitum-^ Ipfatamcn
wteliori, ejuopoufimodo. ficut mater piafouet CJ^^Klytt filiAm,

ijuemgenutt, donec e^djl.itumperueneropertt^um. \d: Ltqa

erTomulierii l.afimtii manpts Vt nonfugtat Gitbrtcum,id cf} vt-
.

rum, apponitefibtfihum, quemg^ntttt, vtlaElet eum- ^toni.^m

cum mulier mortua fuertty ertt bufo fyofus de Ude : Et Fla-
mc\[\iS,Tu<n fittH* matrem devorar patr t m^Juum: c^ldcmi
Matrem tnfige vcxitrtfuifjttw. ^utm anteapcpi rit,ium demum
Jibi pater e tt, ac filtiu ex duobus fftrttui perfeUus : EtLuIU
Codicil: c. 14. Oportetenim matrem.quteprtm gencr^.t fihum^
inhumari in tientrefilij, cfr ab eogenerart : fi C vE n g ma P h 6,
i i 1 .

fuptr matrem prtegnan/em ft ru um rubti undum tc^ualiti r co*ide

&e, Quorfum ctfpcdani antcdidd lib:j. dc Ifidc&Oii-
marito& fiIio;Si itaqjfiliuscum marrc
tidc, ciusfratrc,
copuIatur,iple fibipatcrcft&filiuSj&rcliquoscognario-
nis & affinitatis ordincs fcugradus rccipit: Eodcmfpcc-
tat Ariflci znigma dc fratrcduccntc fororcm; Et quod Ro-
fariu», alijq; f- per^etunf; ConiungeergoferuumKofirum
foronfuti odorife ya c^ inter le fHinm ^tfnent ejui non ajfimiiabt"
,

turparenttbm : EtU cnim nobiliur &di<^niorillis : Atcum

harclafisconftcr.t, relitiuafinguidja ^Iemcntcrcpctitj,dc
quafiilo, rapma& ali)S pcr fc Icquuniur: Dc virginibus
canillrifcnsfub Dionyfi fclto dixmius; Supcrcftvtdcfi-
mulachris iliis aurcis aurcx philofopiiia; parumadiicia-
mus: DeusvnuscrcatoromniumciloniiainoirniLu^,
ctantcctfupcromnia; Idcoq; afapientiflimis ciusfolcn-
lumma caula cfhcicns, ct a quo visct
nifatis authoribuSjVi
potcntia dcfcendit ad opcris pcrfc(5lioncm conf^-qucn-
dam^ad qucm quoq; omnis honor? !aus et gratia, vt fluvij
ad
 :

Lib.4. Aegyptio-Graecorum, 191

admarc iramcnfum, oOTnium bonorumctdonorumlar-
gitorem benignum regurgitarc dcbcat, rc(picitur ct per Ci-
mulachrum , quatcnus humanitus licctr pr^figuratur
Abfq-, eocnlmnihjlfir;IdcoHcriT)escap:2. VtUmi,inq\iit,
nnte omnia moneo te Dettm timtre.inquo efi ntfw tna diff>oJttio^

nis ;
^< fW^wfateturcap:i.quodartemctfcicntiam hanc
hibcat oiiusdci riui mlpirationc? qui ipfi famulo fuo pan-
dcrc dignatus eft : Solis deinde, Lunaj & Mcrcurij limula-
chra tingui^ a fjnguiis gcftata funt, non tanquam di j, a! ias u/^^.*.^..^
Crcafornonadclict,quiDcusdeorum c(t,tcd vtcreaturac } ^^ , »

NonvrcarlcftespUuctx, quiainiliis M-rcuriusinfenfibi- v

liscjloperationisprerciiquis Iove,SirurnojMjrtc,ctVc- '^
^^^ ^^^
nercjethipotiuscum illciundi tunccllcnt;Scd vt planc- *^\jyL^
txtcrfc(lrcsfcu'ubi>-d:a vniusartis homogcnca: lamin-
dcautcm ab tcmporibus vfu rcccptum fui£
antiqulliniis
apui iE^vpciospcr pUnctasfeu (lcllas crrantes cjcli ad-
umbrjr: virtutcs fcupirtesoperisphilofophici, hoc eft
pcr notaiumina ct vilibilia^eaq-i.r circnr& clfcdcbcrcnt
arcanaj Pcr fjgnafignata, per i.nagincsrcsipfas:Vtenini
inarte mcmorativapars prototo, et ccontra, contincna
pro contento, in (srumcnrum pro operc, ctf d:us pro cau»
.

h, vcrbum pro fcntcntia &litcraprovcrbovcl vice vcr-

fa, proarbirrioiingcnti? artificis ponitur&fignificatur;
Itact npientidimi arcani philof^^phici inucntorcsetpof^
frlforcs fu s norisetfign^sleu imaginibus hicrogIyph»cis,
a vcbus notisrlcfumptis, vli lunt :Nifj cni n rescllcntno-
t3eiqa3E ignocasr(.pr;*fentaredcbcnt,vrrtFq.mancutigno-
t.T 5 NihiiaUtcm norius, quoad vifum^fblcct luna, idcc
q;
bjccduoluiTiin^ad iliu'lrandum fuas res obfcurasct oc-
culras(kpi(liircvfurparunt;quibustcrtiumadiungu '-,vt
niinidrum, Mercununi; Ncc vcrocxillimandu ncl^an- Perplaneta-
tiquiorcspcrfignum Solis, aurun- irctaliun^ notum, ax^t rum nomma
pcrLunam,argcntom,pcr M'rcuriutti hydrargvrum-pcr ^/i^^ani/
Saturnum plumbum, per lovem, Ua inum, pcr Martcm 'uulga^'- tn-
fcrrum, communiaintclIcxilfc^Hoc^n^m non circrmjg- tt/itnt,

naiubiilitaiisctroinorii viiiitatisjbiquidffm illisadopus

phtlo-
 •

«fi Hieroglyphtconjm Lib.^I

Philofophicum non cgeamuc ; Ccd conCcnCus omnium vc»
re Philofophanciuai tcdarurfua mctjlla non cilc valgariaj
vnumgcncrc,duonumcro,plurj potcntia& virtutc jho-
mogcncjcircntia& concordia, divcrfillima & difcordia
$0l<jiUdet Sohsitaquc imago vim
qualiratc; varia coIorc,vnita /inc:
hHjtaejuid adivam noftri fubjcd:j dcnotat,Lunx,pafrivam,& Mcrcu-
/Mopere, rijjreccptaculom vtriufquc: Sic Rofirius Phi! : ^yo/^inquit,
e/} mn/cu/M , Lf^M fcemiffa d^ Mercuriui [perma, ea^ tria vo"

CAt AcjfiamtllorHmtnHm^ & addit: Sed vt i\At gentrAtio C?-

conccpiio, oportetvt mafcHltu comHngathrfcemiiia^ c^ vltra hoc

reajHintur/emeni EtLulliusThcor: tcft.f.47. Co<i7«<rrf^«4"

/ iter opm tuum cum refdentia , confiawia, exijlentta , ai t^ c 5-

pone iflud fecHndum corKpojitionem tllcrnm,de <j«tbu4 vuh com

Luna
poni, fctUcet Sfi & ^ Mercuriut m(ier : Rofar.quoqj
cx Juminc luminum : Etfcitote, <jHod eademfnnt ejH^de»
4/bant C^ruhijicaitt intrinfecM(^ extrinfecM,fci/icet Sg/,Luna,
}Aercuriu4 : cjua tria dtfo/uta c^fermentata appe/iat argentum
vivum dicens , argentum vivum l^abet infe corpiUy jptritum
C^^mmat», Etpauld antc, vtra^ medtcina incipitur (ttm
S^/e &
Luna j fed ad rulfeumfit fermentum cum So/e^ada/bum
cttmLuna'- So/capiturdup/teiter\ vnomodo proa(juaSo}ii,a-
/io pro corpore So/is : ^uia aejua So/is ^ in^uit, efi vo/ati/is C^
eorptii eius fixumy cfr econverfo de Luna : yermes harc ad
duorcducit, quandoait: PaterciusSoI,matcrvcr6Lunf)|
Itcm cum dicit, quodcft fupcrius,efl & infcrius, id Hortu*
lanusita CXplicit; Hieperfuperiut inte//igitur dignius y tfr

per inferius indtgmtu^ vt^ctHcetfiatvnumexiiits tribiu,vt/ex

So/e &Lunafiatvnares,eutus partesfintaqua/eSy (fr appe//a»
fur hac f^KiunnioJuitlimatio Pht/ofophorum : e^ dictturjub/i-
matio^exa/taticffuedtgmficatio, tjuia Luna dtgmjjcatur (fr

Uiercurtfts, Nam cum fafht efi vnio i» tanta digmtate efl Lmai
fcut So/c^Mercuriui,VoQSiTum &c Mcrcurium Draconcm,
vt ibidcm Rof«r. Et ampltm nottficoy ^dDraco nonmorim
tur nificumfratre C^fororefua interficiatur, dr nm per vnum
t4»tum,fed pcr duosfimu/. Frater efi Sc/,Seror ef/ Lunai Atq^
hinr p«tc(, cum hxc ForoiA io^ucndi rcccnrionbus (it

freqjcn.
 LiK4* Acgvptio.Gr«co!um. 19 j
ffecpienCifrKTia, nonfoiumSolem, Lunam & Mercurium
nitelli(;i p(r i(larimulachr4,jrerpe(5(uhuji)8artis,rcd ctijro
perZ)riconcmtauritilium&paircm, cafdcm rcs fignifi-
cari:quodcopiofiusdcmonftrarc hoc loco neccdarium
nonclfcarbitrarour. Bacchi itaque & Cereri&racris (uf-
adVcncrisamafium Adonimaccedc-
ficientcrcacplicafis . . .

^^'
nous, dequoprimolibro,cumdc Syris agcremus, non-
nulla, qu2c ad cius folcnnitatcm fpeftant,tradavimus,
idcoquehicbrcvius ptrcurremus; NonfoluminSyria A- yfj^^i^^
doniacum ludu&gaudiocclcbrariruntfolita (vbi fabu- pM^Syrosei'
lantur fluvium Adonim didum circa hos dics fcfios ir
i^yy^fa,
curfu firti) fed & PhcEnicia& i^gypto, vndc h^Cprimi-
tujongincmduxerunt: /'landus& qucrela, quat ob A-
dunim mortuum crcditum magnaanimideicdionc& tri*
i^itia ^ulgum exagitavit^ cum ludu & cjulatione Cererit
Profcrpinam quatrcntis aut e^gyptiorum Apim extin-
«Sumceplorantiumacnovum de(ydcrantium,in caufa&
prmcipio convcnirc manifcficcernifur; Nam cur hi po-
puiiainentcs lugcrentfefeq^maccrarcnr, nifi quid funda-
mentiin reircritate habcrcnt? Scimus «utcm Aionim
nunquamfuiirc hominem, necVencremejus Amafiam
deam, nec ipfumMai tisinftinftu occifum,muit6 minus cu
mortuufcx menfcs in complcxu frofcrpinar apud infc-
ros & fex mcnfcs apud Vencrem fuiffeaut cire ; Eadero dc
raptu Proferpinae, quscijfdem vicibus tcmporisaltcrna-
timapud Plutonem&Ccrcrcramatrcm manercfingitur,
dicimus At cur exegyptij brutum,quod ipfi extinxcrar,
:

Juxerunt? Ratio nulla fmt, nifi vt facra fua poficris ffi'

macura&vigilantiatradcrcntpropagandaj cumq- facer-
dotcs , caufam rcl fcientes , in mortcApig rriff iores vifi
fint, proptcrnovi fciliccrindagationer#foIliciti, vulgus,

vtflerifolctjtrifticiamincjularioncmconvcrtifjdiligcnti-
am inamcntiam» idcm circa amifTiorjcm Proierpinsr &
Adonidis mortcm ,allcgoriccintcIlcdam,faAum apparcr:
An Ceres filiam f rofcr pinam amifif,<^uam non habuit.Mn
raptam dolcta Plutoac qui nunquam, fuir, vti ncc ipfa?
C c Dennus
 i9S Hicrogly hicorum I.ib.4.
Dcinus quoJC(rrcs fuf-rif & Pfolcrpiniatq. Pluto, & ab
hocijlj Fijpfa, il1atriflis,t|uid hoc pd ho(r»incs vivrs &
rationalcs ? Dcnius, tjuod fuerit Adonis, Vcrus^Mars,
ac illc hujusdoIor»bUtus,a ^'ciKrc vt vivusit* nicrtuus
indclitijshabitusjd ncQ; ludus ncq-^gauJijciuQsboir.i-
nibusprrbcrepolffr^niiiipiiruifingcfc vtlinf.Atfatcnuir
in his mentcshuiTiinasaddiprribtioncm prc)nas,& dia*
bo!incbu'isocc?:catas, i.iptrniocifTimrs & dctclundos
cfrorcs^aciiimelabi,nj{iSolilicjerernt)S Deu» fui Vcrbi,
qaodipfj vcritiscft.radijs easgrdfiofciilullrcttldcoq^non
admirandum cll^Adonia cu fanro ludu pcr Syriam, Fhx-
niciam & .tRvptum, abrquc.minitclf cauripcradacirc:
i

Cumvcro Ado^^i^jSol.Oiiris&pluto^ipfcq; lupucrlubc-

«tur, vf hadlcnusdcmonfiratum cl},provno codcmq^fub-
je<flo,&vuigariterpromagnomundi liim nc acccptus/it,
cognito corum vno &rciiquaiilanomiria quid fignificcf,
innotcfcunr, dcquibusdivctfis iocis copiolecgimus:Di-
cimus itaq; Adonim ellc Soicm Philofophicum. a Venerc
jj . . vcr*aTraiui>,ctiius iilf-ccbrofa puichritudinc ilie irrcti-
^ *
tusabaprofuriofoM^rtis vim habenteinterireiturj raor-
tuus Ja^jcis plantis fiigidis et humidisapponitur, pcrqj
lcxn^enfcsapudDitcro aut ciu» conjiigcm Profcrpinam
dctincturj ac totidcm apud Vencrjro : Ibi nigicdincni,qui
color Diiis f roprius cf^ ,flrquirit, hic rubcdincm, quia ipfa
Venus Rofca cft ; idcoquc Rofasalbas fuo cruorc purpu-
rcas cfhcit; de qua Vcncris tin<5tura venuflcquidam Poq-
tx canunt.f X quibus Inprimis loh.Iov. Pontauus fuo loco
vidcfttur. Orphcus, vt ctiam alias infiruavimusjin hyiDnis
fui$fcmpera<ivulgarcmintcntioncn)j vulgicaptui acco*
modatamrefpiclt, idcoq. Adonim proSolc vidctur in-
AdcmmalU' tcrprctari,dum « cum dcfcribit.
goriceSolew
fffe HOM cali £ltii cunBii alimentArefers^prudentiACMiu»
JcdHervM- Plnrtma^^uivarioUtArunemine Admij
throdytum Cermtnum &idtm author^pariterpuer at^puellaf
eperii fhjftsi» Ext in^e ai ^ iterum fflendens Uk ntthw hori^*
Ql^bus
 ,

Lib.4- ^gyptio-Grascorum. 194

Qj'buj vcrfibus nidnnit plurima nomina Adon/di tribuij
vc antea reccnru;mus>alimcnfa qui cunftis rcbus, hoc cil
Pliikjfophicis praeftat^ctgerminarc omncs colorcsin opc-
rcracit^quinigrcdinccxtingDi^UfjCtiferurDfpIencicrcirfuc-
cclTutcinporis.qui paritcrcrt ma$,ct fcemina femper juvc-
]nis:Vthadcnus deIovc,Ofiride,Dionyro,Apolline-,SoIc,
qui vnum quid (unt, dcmonfiratum ert: Qur omnia foli
Soli philofophico conueniunr, non caclciilj : quiscnint,
nifiinfanusJcxum hermaphrodyticuloJicomn-uniattri-
bucret, aut iliumcxtindiidtcerct, cumiuircfpeduidem
fcmpcrmancat, nccquoad noscxriiiguatur? J^iseivs
prudcntiam ia(5larcrnifi imprudens? Demusaur^.n^ quod
Gjjecidivinitatcfoliadcripferinr, vtpatetdc Athcnienfi-
bus,qui Anaxjc^crar folcm iapidcm ardcntcm c(Tc,non dc-
iim,affirmanti,vencnum dcdcrint,vr &: Socraticontraco-
rumdcosf^^nticnt'. hocpotiustamen cxbruralii.ffedionc
& irrationrtli pcrfuafionc fa^um eft, quan'. cx Orpbei vcl
jEgyp?iofumfraditionc: Elepbanti cnim in Afrtca ori-
cn^-cmSolcnjfdiurarCjCtqjafidcvotioncquadamadorarc
fcnbuntur, ctagrcftcsfcufcriquicurq. populi abfqj do-
drina vllSvoeleftia luminaScIcm cr Lunam pro cijsfcni-
pcr colucrunr,ni°c opus fuillct Orphic^ inftitutione/cu cx
^gyptofjCTf f-imtfarflationc. DcindcdccauHs folenoi-
tjturn primiffctvcro vfujnondcfupcrvenicntibus ct abu-
fu I iinobfis fef mocft.Hoc modo So'c rroDco cuitujciq}
/acr;ifjdaelT^'avulgoc6ccdimus,ilIc^Dp;ctibiis nrqu*-
quam^fedoecuhu quid(ncn omnium oculiicxpofiiucoe-
]i Solc-optimamcrca'uriim,atnon dcum) fcpcf dcnotafu
cir^iQuibusct t.zpi'iophor\i in P^&m-thfi.Ff^fcani ct i/^- Zrfi«/><«</#
p^frt/^gratiaobfcfvataannumcramus^quippequaffin^uii- phori^,
rrmcommunitatcfH cum prrcipuo >^gypticrum Deo,
r»/r^»*o,Chy mix non ignotojncc nou Pallade AthcnicniTii
tutfice, fapientisedca,habeanf}Pr?ftcr hsec cnim innume-
raquoq.aliaapud variasgcnfcsfcft* fuUfc noi ignora»
mus, tumctiamapiidiEgyptiosctGraecos. fcdcuhxc&;
propofito noftro fufficiac & cxplicata pcr fc alijs lucc prac-
Cc 2 (lcnt
 1^6 Hicroglyphicomm • Ljb^.
l)cnt,paucis illis hoc loco contcci,csteris fupcrrcdebiiDus:
Erat autem Athenis confuctudojVt nonnulii accenLts facci^
dcrcrcntciinvrbcmdccurrcrcnt,alijpc;ftaiio8, cafq} cx*
tindasfcrvarent, cuiusvcrofaxcxtingucbatur} fequcnti
vidloriamconcedcbat,quiardcntcadmctamattuIcrat,vi-
ftor crat; fi ncmo, vidorii in medio rclinqucbatur:Quod
jriOitututBrcetuuidamadcurrum vitxhumansraccomcH
dent (vt ficri polic non diffitcmurj tamcn fi nps confidcrc-
rrtis caufaSjCur Promcthco, Vulcano & Pallidi ara comu'
ArdcommH- nis fucritin Academia,longealitcrrcntirc cogimw :Quis
nisqnihiu enim Vulcanus^an non jgnis, «ut circa jgncm opcrarius ?
JntfHerif, Q^** Promctheu8?an non Medicinar^aliarumq; artium^vt
& mctallirarum inucntcr pcrhibctur ? Dc co cnim fic iCf-
chylus: £luid proferam, inquitPromcrheus. tjnot commo*
tU edHEiAfermefnnthttmilatenfui? Ferru vel argentum vet
ftHrumjVe/(jHU£fjnimeHtiafHr}repperityffii^ me priorf Nem»
frofe^*, nive/tf mentirier: Artet reperttt (fua^funt Prometheii
Hzcillc: Hiccft,quifcimillaign(scx Solc mutuatus hu-
manismcncibusinfixit; Hic eftqui viam Hcrculi mon-
ftravic«daurcamalaHcrpcridum:hiceft, cujus (latuain
dcxtri raanu cum (ccptro crigebatur : Dc hoc Or phcus in
hymno ita canit 'Rhcx conjunx almc Pron chcu, qua-
fi ipfe ellec Saturnus; Dc Vulcano Palladc /uperius &
fatis: Ex quibus apparec rcvcra myliicam cpufam fuif^
Mjfii€4€4U'
/4. fe, cur his dijs credicit ara communis ercda. ac lo-
lcnnicas iampadifcrorum in corundcm honorcm inUi-
luta fit: Cuiusrcicumantchac mcmincrimus, hic eam
cuillbcc intelligeati falccm con(yderandamrc(iaC|UiiTius.*
AbhocmorcCrxcorumjgnissrtcrna nurritio apud Ro*
manos videtur origincro duxilfcjquje in Vcft.i Dear virgi-
nisrcvcrentiaro ficbatjlntcrduenim Vcftam protcrr^,fac-
•
«r yfl P>U8 pro ignc,ignifq*naminc interpretati liiscuus colcndi
f***' *r ritushictrad tur;Ovid.<>.dc Faftis, Vcftarn apud Roma-
J^* •
nosnullamimagincautfiroulachriihabuiirc.vtaiirfnumi-
na credita fcribit,quia ignis in fe non potcft bcne cHigiari)
idcoquc in templo tjus fovebatur ignis,& diccbatur xtcr-
nuS)
Lib.4» Acgyptio-Grafcorum. 197
nu8,cuiu8curam Tirgincs Vcflatcs habcbant,quibas negfi*
gcntii fovcndi huac igncni crimcncapitale crat : Vndc
dicitValcriuslib:i.c.i.quod Licinus pontifcxMaxtVir-
gincm vcftalrmid eft, dcae Vc({x confecratam, iudicarit
igne cremandam, c^uod quadam nodleparumdiligcns
zterni ignis cu(}os fuillet. Et Titus Livius Iib:^.de fecun-
do bello funico ponit inter prodigiS} quod ille ignis cx
ncgligentia fuit extindus : Ex his ncmo non vider, quod
fi in igypto adeo Vulcanus, Vulcani rq; artcs in precio Vufffwus it$

fucrfnr,vt Lemnius illeac claudus^balijs populis derpec- ^gjff

tinrimusdcoruoi, maximum ac precioriiTimum templum Jforumprd-
cumconfecrationeetnutritione Apis, totqj Sacerdotum ^'Z'*''^»
(cx quibus et rcges eledi iunt) meracrit, in^e quoq-, apud
GrxcosLampadophoria, eius honori attributa, et apud
Romanot VcOx lolennia, originem duxiilc^quomodo-
cunq; poft in «bufum ct oblivioncm vencrint : At hscc ^ ^ CertA'
defedis,nunc dcccrtaminibusctIudis:HQiuetfivariage-'»»w^''' ^
nera apud diverfas quoc^; gentcs fuerint, tamen nos (altcm ^**^^* ^^f^ir
qaatuoreaq-jprcecipua, Grrcis celebrata^ perualuemus ;»'^'^'''
Finis,vtdidum,inflifUtionisfertorumfuit, vtarcanafub Qr^ctA»
illis latentia fapientibus ncta, alijs ignota manerent, ac

praererea rt vulgusfub rehgionisforma, deorum metu,in

ordine polytico retineretur; Idem et in ccrtaminibuseC
ludis, ranquam a dijs ipiis conBrmatis ccrnicur; Ac
prxtcrea, vt animofiores ab otio ad negotium> inpa-
cc ad bcllum) ad cdrporis robur et fanitatem com-
parandum, nec non glcriim et nominis celcbritatem ^«««Vf*^-
aucupandum cxercerentur et incitarentur : Novimusjqua-/^'^'^ Genn4'
intcntione ludi Equeftres iampridem apud Germanos, **ornmX9r'
(quos Torneamcnfa vocant) inccpfrinr, etquuaurhorcj^''**'''*^''*
ncmpelmpcutorc Henrico Saxonico, primo,(cu Aucupc
cognominato, quibus vrbibus et perfonis celrbrati /int,
corumq; fincm vtiliflimum toti huic genti ruilfe noneft
dubiunn; Sic et antiquiniirios ijfdem fere rationibus mo-
tos clfe verilimile elt« dum ccrtamina diverfis tcmpori-
bus inftittiprint :iVcrum quid hocad chymiam fprdct,
C c ;f
qui-
 ipS Hicfoglyphicomm Lib 4*
quilibee non indifcrctus arbitcr ftatim quacrct ? Fatcor,
qaoddtmicarc4rmis,ct Mcdicinxvacarcjdfvcififfimarint
opcrj, hoc ad hominum ralurcm, illud ad pcrniciera (ho-
>4^^»;7/L ttium) mucntum; Scdquia Pallas fingiturfapicntir & ftu-
tU&Arti- diorumdea, & nihilominus bcliatrix, Apollo MufaitJnx
hHsdetutH, pfaflcs, Medicinse inuentor, Varcs& poeta ac nihilon i-

Apollo^mi- "^s ryphonistrucidator, iacu!ator& milcsaurarv)8jq!i-q;

Us,medicui '" his ccrtaminibus quondam viAor dcclarjtus fit» noa
^otta, finc caufa ipfunn in haec aliquid iuris habcrc iubolfcci-
mus ; Idquc idcoquia vcram origincm horum ludorum,
quod ad authorcs, qui fijts fumptibus, author rue ct iu-
dicioptimicusordinarint, nec nonfpcciaUs fincs? quo-
rum honoribus dcputati fint, fabulis pocticis et allcgorijg
Chymicis . inuolutam rcperimus : De primo conftat,
filmpcrator vcl Rcx vcl princcps (olcnnitatcm eiufn o-
diincipiat, quod ciusmcmoria nunquam delcatur, do-
nccilla pcrdu/arit, & port quoqj litcris cclcbrrtur^ljm
verd non fuccurrir, quis rcx aut princcps ca cerramma
inflituerrt, qui ca aurhcrirate valucnt. vr genrcs alras,
proximas vci rcmoras ad rnum locum conuocare vo-
SolenniA lucrit, aut potucrit ; h privatis iguur pcrfonis (a inccp-

Gr^corumk '*cllc credibilccrt j

ct a ralibus, qu:^ communi ftatui

priVAtisvi- Pi^odelfe potius, quarn lux vtilitari profpiccrc cogif^-

dentur infii- '"^f • Vtquc maiori cxiftimationc Ijabcicntur, dx) in

/«/<!, '^''* piimi vidorcsfuilTcpcrhihiti funt : quod in fingu-

lorum conlidcratione manifcllius apparcb.t : Adroira-

. tioncauremdjgnum cfi, quodapudtotam annquitatcra
Erhnicam nuilav^r^, cerraef definitivaremporum mcta,
quam Epocham vei xram Chronologi appcllant, antc
Olyn)piadum initiuor cxtiterit : Inde emm contingit
quod omnia ferc ^^cta anriquorura rcgum, quos pluri-
iiios fuilfc rt'8rn atitc inchoatas Oiympiadcs palct, in-
„ , cctta ct dubid rrddantur: Sunt qui illud fcculuni, q'iod
TT Olympiades proxinx antccefiir, Hcroicum nomincnt,
^"'* ^° tcmpore Echnici prjclupponant vixilTc tct dc-
imfA nuJ
n C8^ dcAS; hcrocs, ctheroinasjquoruinresgcfiaeinfabulic
"^*
tr^duii-
Lib.4' Aegyptio Grjecorum. 185
traduntur, fed nos, q unccdijV n-^c hcroes i!Ii revcra
cxfirerinf,IjcroiLum appcllari poirc agnofcimusj idco,
q 114 fun toc hcfoani ct dcorum fibricatorts vixcrint,
nr.Hpc Orphcus, ct longc antc ipruai Hcrmcs cum tot
e^^ypfijs rapicntKTimis yiiiioiophis, Saccrdotibus 6c
Rjgibu'?, poU eum vcio alij Gra:ci5 quosantcTcccnfui-
mas, Linus, Mciampus, Mufacus, Amphion, Eumol-
pus ct rciicj ji« Ab his anm tota dcorum & ncroum progc-
nicsorta&propagata eft ; Abliis quoqjautcorun»(cqua»
cibusprimu-TiccrtjmcnOlympicuinin Dci omnipotcn- i.

tishonoicm,proximicommodum,inchoatum& orJina- Certamina

um clfe Ciopinabimur, vix faliemur % Eius initium, vt fu- Gljmpica.
praquidamcollocmtinannummundi j iS^.^alij," 187.V Mercator

num inclufive,alterumexcluriveintcliigcndojVrbis vero O/jmp.-w/i.

Romr cond:tioncmi;iannumMundi JI13. hoceft, 14. A/.3154.
annisOlympiaduminitiuinantiquiusRoma: /75. annis Romtcon-
circitcrante xrr Cbriftian?? ffeu A^ativita?ii Chrilli) ini- dit:tnA.M,
rium : quod tcmpuscoinciditinrcgnum Sibaci jE^^hio- ^iy^.Na"
pis c^gyptij regls, qucm j^cthon Vulcani faccrdos & rex tiv: Chrifii
recutusci>,& huncPfammitichus,qui pcrcgTinospnorad-/«y^o/i/.
m'fit: Agcbatur illud certamcn quintoquoq^anno, vel ^r^z^jraf^
quiriqujgefimoquoque mcnfc,eoquemcnfequi Pdrthc-fert,
niifs vocatusc(},iUtA'»B>A«»W,hoceft ,
quatuor annis cx-
pictis, quinto incipicntc , ita vt Oiympiasfpatiuai qua-
tuor annorum ccmpraf^hendcrit: Incipicbatur die Lu-
naedccimoquinto tranfado, hoc cft inipfoplenilunio,
folcnnibus,, vtmos crat, fa crificijS,afquc
pcra(ftis antc
per dies quinquc, totidero quoqueludorum gcncribus,
nempe curfu, paljeflra, difco,faltu & pugilatucclcbra-
batur: In quibus prsmia vidoribus ccrorx ex olc*
aOro proponcbantur, atque ingens honos illis habitus
eftdonaquc a concivibus dabantur ct a magiOratu im-
munitates ct priviicgia plurima; Olympica diccbantur
certamina ca, quu Olympus mons ifii loco, vbi fie-
banf, vicinuscrat,nempcin Elicnfium rcgionc non pro-
cula PiHi civitatc, ct Alphco Humine; Strabo Iib: H.
Oiy.m-
 aeo f^etoglyphicorum Vb.4^
01y(npicAccrtcmfnaUri'3iipollTroi«n« tcpora incepillc,
coarj.um6nto, quod Homciui rulidm mcntionrmfccit
dcOlympJwiS; cum mcroincrittantumde nonnuiiisccr-
taminibus (uncbrbus: Qp^f^''o coruincitptobibiliter
Homcrum vixilTe intc Olympiadum initium, ctitapcc
conicqucns horum ludorum mcntioncm faccrcno" po»
lui(fc;Qyin ip(e Homtrus non fatis cxprimit, quotcm-
porc vixcrit) «ut quibusregibus in Grxcia, i£gvptoaut
alijsIocisregnant«bu^* et quanto tcmpornfpaciopr^cf-
fcabfucritaTroiarevcrlionc, autquibusrcgibuiinquoqj
rcgno iifa contigcrit j Dc quibus poft dicctur deoq jvcre
; 1

fcripfit Strabo^poi^Troiana tcmpora Oiympiadcs ince-

p'(re j CuniTroJana illa tcmpor^ in Hcroicofcculocora-
p* xJicndantur? etnimisrctro abOI;^mpiadum initierc-
trufa Hnt : Dc authoribus primis mirum e(\, quod tanta;
cclebritatis non ccrta cxtct mcmoria^ Veiiim credcndum,

frim^OfU i^paruis fnitijs hxcquoq^vt aiia pcrmulta, pdft magna

nio, fa(flj,ccpi{rc:Ahjdicunta Dadylisld^^is quinq;, quiab

iJa Crctx montc in £lidem vcncrunt, curius ccrtamcn
2,0fiftg primd propoiitum, &corum vnum Hcrculcm vocatumi
prrcipuum authorcmcxtiti<re:Alij lovcm ipfum harc cer-
tamina inftituiirc vidis Titanibus putant, in quibus Apol-
i.Ofin: loMercurium curfu fupcraucrit& Mi^ri viccrit pugillatu:
4 Oftn: Alij Iphitum ca primum inftituilTe volunt, vt Eufcbivs
& Paufanias lib:^. tcfTantur. Nonnuliiiintcrquosfinda*
rusctlfacius, fcriptum rcliqucrunt, H«rculcm Alcmcnx
£lium}non la^um DaiftyIum,Oly«ipia inchoalTein hono-
rcmloviSjEumenimpoft dcbcilatum Augiam Elidisrc-
gcm, qui Solis &IphibojrfiliiisdiccbatDr, quoniamfibi
promiitam mcrccdcm ob fimi boum purgationcm non
acccpilfctjCX Elidispopulaiionibusctpraedaccrtamen lo-
vi inrt ituiiTc Oly mpio, apqj illud Olympicum nominalfc,
rcfcrunt : Indc puiarunt Hcrculcm ipfum fuis pcdibus fla-
dium 0!ympicum mctatum cfle, idqjfccUlc 6co. pcdum
longitudinisjCumqj cartcfa fta Jia ciufdcm fint pcdum nu-
mcn,*iq.iIludrcIiquijIongiu$j Plutarchus narrat Pyxh»t
goram
 :
;

Lib.4« Aegvptio-Grxcomm. 201

goram ex proportionc pedis ad corpiis humanum in-
dagallc iiijgnitudnem corporis Hcrculci , vr bahct A.
Gcll. ininJtionoA. Att. Ex l)isq|uafuorop»nionibu.!»trc«
vna (aJfem hylJorioj fide ntt» v«dcrur,
fabuiofie Tunt, ct
nifi tot advcrfarMs hahcrier a quibus Sc ipla convui-
,

fa concidcrct: \'am Idari illi Didyji fcu Curcfcs iivc Co-

rybantcs diAi, qui lovem nurrijirc dicurirur.accymba-

lis fuis vdgifumcius , nc a Safurnoaudirctur, occulrallc,

fi vixcfintjjovc atdtc majorcs crun(& Saturno coxvi,

quod rcnjpus e/£gypti) vfqucad ^o.miliha an<.(rumrc-
tro cxtendunt : Quod (i vcro ab Herculc Aicmcns & lo-
visfiliodcducerc vciinr, codcm rcsreditj mulfomagis»
ii ad lovcm ipfum auihorcm, qui cum Titancs viccrit,

longeamplius fpaciumcil, quod fc in ipfumNunquam

cxcrit : Reftat itjq; Iphirum ca inftituiirc: At quis illc?
Rcx non lcgitur, ncc princcps ; Vnde fi ille cft author,
hon>oprivatuseft,literi» & armis inftru<5tus ; Vciiim cum
fot & rantnc allcgorix primx origini affidx fint, non ab»
repuramus, poetiisphiiofophosinnucrevoluitle, dequa
rC)&aquibusauthoribusiftiiudiinccpticircnt: Si Apollo , ., .
curfu viccrit Mcrcurium, dc vtrifqj ccrtiorcsfumus ; No- _^'
«^ «<«•
vimusenim ApoUincm& Mcrcurium cx fua gcncalogia, •^*'^^
quam antc tradidimus : Hic pcdibus, ilic armis vaict Hic ^^^J^' •

Argiuivfaxo, illc/^ythonem fagittisconfccit;Hic talaria

geflans volatilis, illc aureis caiceis pondcrofus & firrnus
NibilominHS Apollo M«rcurium fuperavitcur(u:Sivcr6
Herculi Alcmenx filiohuius certaminis infiituti gloria

aircribatur, non rcpugnamus: Quii ipfc & lovi Olym-

pio, tanquaropatri, tantum hcnorisdcbcbat, etcxtantis
(polijs, ncrapcSoii$filij,prxftare poterat: Solcnimin-
ccrcxteros dcosaureusputabatur, curruaureoinccderc,
acomniaaureahabcrc, vt snte diximus fub i£etdf, Solis
fi!ij,aureo vellerc ; Idcoq.ditifiimus , quipropriaarmen-
t», boves et oves habuie in Trinacria: Sed de Augiar huius
bobuset Hercuiis nabutario labore infcrius ^iccn: us
Vndecunq-jigitur Oj/iupicorum ludorum initiuna derivc-
D i tut,
 :

202 Hicroglyphicorum Lib.4]

tns, fcmpcr fiib fabulis aliquid Venfaiis Chymicat, dc
corum authonbus tcftimonium pcrhibcns, dclitcfcit:
2, Idem dc Pythijs loqucndo locum inucnit H.tc proximc
:

Pjfth$a. poftOlympiactantiquitatectcclcbritafcruiirccxhyfto-
ricisctpoetis conftat Inhonorem Apollmis, quodiile
:

Pythoncm in Delphis fjgittis confixcrit, qui poUca infc-

pulfusibicontabuit, vndc itadidus? inftituta dicuntur
Alij Pythcncm pro htronc, aiij pro dracon'! ingcrti acci-
piunt, ijqj cx Ethnicis ; Cum cnim Ethnici Apollincm
dcum in terrisverfatumjarmisct fagittis,vt pingitLr,mul-
tum vdluiffc crcdcrcnt et prsfupponcrcnt, ncc ncgarc
pollcnt vcl audcrcnt, ac mtcrim irrarionabiic ipfis vidcrc-
tur tantum deum ci> fcrpcntem intcrfedum tantos ho-
norcs adrptum, cum qualis fcrpcns clTct, aut qualis Apol-
Jo,non intcIligcrcnt,idcoexplicarurt,vt potucrunt,ncm-
pc fuilTcIatroncm vcl draconcminfigncm At nos Chii-
:

fTian j,qui talcm Apollincm non agnofcimuS; contcnti nc

crimus illo rcfponfo ?Minirrc} Idcoq; non ad(d inconfy-
derate hacccxponamusjvtdicamus Apollincmhommcni
fuill^-jqui latronem vcl draconcm mtcrfcccrit: Quid cnim
noviclicrinhifcc,homincmfagittisconfixiire(crpcntem?
An hoctan'apo<rrarum memoria dignum forct? Antan-
torumludcrumcclcbrationc? Nccrcdiimus quarfo:Nam
(iatam viliprincipioludiiftimccpitTcnt, Authcr.es primi
abic(5l»fllma? nicntis etiudicij fuiircntjDcinitioccicbra-
tionisloqiior,non dcfucceiru;Finguntautcm prif-^ Py-
thoncmprius Typhoncm (franfpolitionelitcraruiT)) dic-
tum, fuiiIc(crpcDtcnonproculaCcphifofluvio,quifluit
ad radicesmontis/*arnj(ri,vtquo(TjaitDionyfu3inlibclIo
dc fKuorbis,na>uc'crr" alunonc pugnapercullajfdequo
iamante'mcminiii.us,quantxnuoficrofr fobolispatcrlit)
qucm Apollo interfeccrit. Cumq; putrcdinctabcfadus fu-
itfct, ry thonem appcllarum : Cclcbrabantur hi ludi verc

incunrcab omnibus Cycladum infuiis, vt idcm Dionyiuj

tradit: Nonnulli ad Diomcdcm authorcm rcfcrunta Troia

rcdcunccm, cum ctfugiilct tcmpclUtcm^ quzGra^cisitb

Ilio
Lib.4« '^gyptio-Grxcorum. loj
Ilio redcuntibus immilfa c(\, apud Trzzcnios tempium
Apollinis Inccnforis dicavilfe &
Pythicos ludos in ciu«
hoHorcm inftituiire : In quibus antiquiflimus moserat,
vtpulchriorcxomnibushymris, quiafferrcntur, inho-
norcin ApoIIinis c;incretur ; i*oftea vero cantus ad Cy^.
tharam fuit intlitut^s&auIxdoiumatq> tibicinumccrta-
mina Deinde
: variationcs aiiz fccutz funt, quas hic prx-
tcrimus: Praemiafublata &
coronarium duntaxat propo-
fKum ex iauro, qu^ Apollini Ucu habcbatur: £t fucre
cadem fcrcludicra in /'ythicis, quascrant inOlympicis,
quadrigis excepris : Alij dicunt paimam cius ludi fuiilc
prsrmium^quamjvbicunq; elfcnt vidlorcs» manibus gcfla-
bant; alij xiculum; nondum inucnta iauroj Aiij poma
quaedam Dco confecrata vidoribus donari folira, vt
fciipht in libro de Coronis Il^cr. Primum nono quoq*
anno, poftca adquinqucnnium^ythiaa Aafunt, quiatot
Nyniphaj didae funt Farnafidcs dona Apoliini , cum
fcram trucidaiTct, obtulilfei/^rinMPythiadc, inquaccr-
tSrunt dij, vicilfcCaftorem ftadio^ /'olluccro pugilatu,
curfuCalaim) armatum Zctero, difcoPclcum,iu^aTcIa«
moncm, Hcrculem pancntio, eofq*ramoIauricorona«
tos fcrunt : P^eancs ab his hymnis diAi funt, qui in lau-
dcm ApoUinis compofiti cancbantur: Erat autrmryth-
mus eorum lilc pizrunq; qui a Sophock fcruatur in hoc
Carminc,in OcdipodeTyranno:

iiiit ^»Ktt ireutii^

Hoc cft, Icie Delic Pxan : Hinc ApoIIo ccpit dici

Icius, vt Bjcchus, Eucius •, iri « i-t^^a/, hoc crt a n c-
dcndo. & Pican *»"' »« »«»"» a fcricndo : Eius dci lau-
dcs & res gcUir C4ncbahtur idclrco ad illum plican-
dum, quod s dclcdari putaretur, cum primus is, vt
i

fjma cft, lovis vidloris laudcs Saturno de rcgno de-

puifo ccciniirct carminibus Cithara fuinpta magaifl-
cifquc vcftibus indutus & coma mifiiicc or,;ata, vt
d 2 D aifr
 :

20^ ^eroglypliicorum Lib.4.

«it in fccundo Elcyiariim Tiballoi

pHr^HreumJongtfs nnnc bn:e neUe contOf :

^jialem temetnorant Satnrno regefu^atOy
J tSioHs laudestunccectnt^e lozh,

Atnosomlflis 'Ethnicorom nugamcntii, fcimut Apolli-

ncintalcm nunquamcxtitiircin rcrumnatura/cdOrphc-
um ejufqucfcquaces Foetas Hicroglyphicum noftrum A-
poilincro antca fub Gencalogia aurca dcorum fatis dc-
fcriptumintclicxiirc,non Solcm Coeli, vt alij putant,
ncc hominem tcrr^f Illc noder hcros jaculis & armis for-
;

fifrMTJUs inccdensTyphoncmjfcrpcntem immaniflimum

intcrficit, quicum fupcr.usdcclaratusfit, hicnon rtrpcti-
tur: Z)cputrcfadione hu;usTyphoni8,vndc Python&
Fythianomcnacccpcrunt, Bcrnharduscorrcs noftcrex
MoricnOj l^i/t,il\(\mtfputrefiat t^nigrefcat, non dt^ohetur ,
C^ nifi elijfolutftmfuerit ab aejua/ua non poterit penetrari,Vf$'-
de nulU coniunSlia, mixtio nulU C^per Confe^ueus nu//a pror-
fumvnio: jEtRofar. Philof. ex eodcm Moricnc- Hac ter-
ra cumae^uafuaputrffit c^ mundtficatur, ejua cum mundata
fuerit, auxili» dei totum magffiertum dirigetur. Hcr mcs quo-
GUCait, A:K,ot^ ignis Laf^nem ah/uunt c^ nigredintm ah e0
auferunt-^ Vbiaddunt alij pcr igncm, igncm putredinis

intclligi : Rofarius Phil. Draconon moritur nifi cum fratre

fuoyC^fororefua-iidefi So/e (^ Luna^idefifH/phnre extraclo ha-
bente infe naturam htimiatt^, tis^frigidttatis rattone hstna, cum
i//i4 Draco moritur^ict eft argemum vivum ab eifdem corporthtu
extraEium a ^rimordtCj^na efl aejua permanens Phi/ofophorumy
putrefaElionem C^pcfi feparatiorem E/ementorumy
tjU(tfit pofi

(^ae^uatl/a a/io nomine dicttur aejuafatida. Harc latis cluci-

darcpofiuntquisfit Apollo, ncmpc Solnof]cr,quisDra-
co,fcrpensaut Pyihon, ncmpeilla aqua fartida quac pu-
trcfcitjIdciariflrimeLulIiuf Theor: Teft. C. lo.tcflatur:
£t kac, inquit, ratione oBegerice oportet dicere, quod magntu
Vraco
 :

Lib.4* Acgyptio.Gra!Coium. 105

DrACo dc Elewentis, C^ non wteHf^u literali, ejma
ejuatftcr (ji

fitterray aer, aqna velignii^fedfola natura eft 0- vnaejux

ctntinet tnft nntHram cr fropr$etatem ^. Elementorum. Hjc
Draco ad Pdrnadimontjs radiccscrucidAtus legitur,quu
ex /'arnairo ApollonoQerprodijt, inq; cjus vcrtice ha-
bit.iccum rororibusMufiSj&ncineius radicibus fcrpcn-
tcnitelis conficit: Sincdjgnafuit hnrc bcftia, quaeatam
nobilivcnatorcintcrficerctur, cum habcat tot criformcs
factu8,quos fupra numcravimus,quiincxpcrtum facilc t3-
quam parricidijreumde mediotollercnt: Ovidius nar-
ratadiluvioDcucalibnistcrram ob humiditatcm putrida
produxilfchuncPythoncra ; idq^rationcnoncarct-Quia
a Deucalionis &
Pyxxhx fcminijs iapidofis Magnx parcn-
ris offibus jadis, Solc calcfacicntc tcrram fuis radijs pu-

tridum hoc animalTyphon cxol-itur; De Diomedequod

dicifura Tro;areduce,hyftoriam fapif^nififabulafubclfetj
dccoinferius ^^aodfi/*ythia a Diorhcdc fupponcrcn-
tur inftiiura, longeOIympicis elTentantiquiora* imo vcl
hoc mundoantcnondumfcx milicnarija Creatorc con-^
dito,quo Ofiris,lfis, ApoHo,Caftor, PoIIux, Calais, Zetcs,
Pcleus, Telaroon, Herculcs , ab iEgyptijs longc ftatu-
untur, vtpofe dij, & a dijs oriundi antiquiores, fi dijs
pIacct:Exhymnisquoqj apparct, Poencara eilc intro-
du<5lioncm3& a litcratis potius,quam arrnatis profeftam
Muficus cnim deiis mufico honorcafficiebaturifiii aman-
nbus Poetis; Hinc lanrus & in hunc dicm hymnifonis
mcrcet & prxmiurp: Dc pomis pro bravio propofitis vc-
rifimilc, atcxHcfpcridu.nhortis deprompris, alias ridi-
cBlumfuiirct poma obtuIilPr hcroibus tantis, qu.r pucris
dari folcnt^ ^uod nymph^e /'arnafides novcmjhoc cft,
Mufac, Apollini, cum fcram trucidairct, dona obtulc-
rint,veriflimum cft j Namdecimaparstcrrx cum novcm
mancrcinfundo tradirur,iuxtanuT>crum
aquas: partibus

9.Aquilarum,vt habetur in figura Senic ris : Hx novera

Nymphi^, qu.x &
Iymphx'videntur, dona otfcrunt A-
poilini: feanon antcquam illc Pychonem crucidarit :

D d ^ ^i
 jo6 Hicroglyphiconim Lib^ii
Qniharc «litcrcxponif,quam ipfa rcspaticur, in abditis
Iii(.risnihilmtclligit. inovixprimas tcrnas, licet in a-
lijs vndcquaq; doiflus fit: Dc priniis vi(floribusa]iasdi«
dum cft & dicctur in fcquentibus; Curlcius dicatur A-
polIu:>cxEtymologia dcfumicur, quia mcdicus c(l; cur
P«ean ilii faccr, quia milcs> ncmpc cum mcdicinabcl-
lator, qua illc cxpugnat morbos- Mcdicma cnitn Phi'
lorophicaoinnium morborum humano quocunquemo*
do fanandorum cxpugnatnxcQ: Ratioquac additur, cur
Apollohymnisdecoretur, rcicntibuuprobabiliscf}, quia
illc cccincrit laudcs lovis Saturno dcpullo ; Nifi cnim Sa-

turnus dcijcercturercgnoin Tartara, hoc cft , princa

nigredo, lovi nihil impcr ij aut laudis clTct* Ideoquc
]urc Saturnus dcpofitus, imo vcl excnteratus a Iovc6-
lio, quia ita dccuit in attc Philofophica, non in Polyti-
ca: ibi nullum cft impictatis crimcn, at fcicnriac prx-
mium, hic parricidium dctcftabilc ct horrcndum:Vcrtc»
quai Apollo induitpurpurcas, nosmaxime fufpicimus:
quia ijs indutumcircoportcr, fi Paran fcqui debcat: At
nos non Apollini, qui nufquamcQ , nifi apud Philofo.
phos,Pa?ana canimus, fcd Apol/inis datcrij ('quo nato
obmutuitillc EthnicusApoIio , fpiritustcncbrarum)hoc
cdChrifto vidoriomnium faltorumnuminum&trium-
9 phatori maximo: Nuncad tcrtium Indorumgenusiraf-
/fihmtM, I ibimus, in honorcm Ncptuni, ad imitationcm Hcrculis
qui Olympia lovi confccravit ccrtamina, inOicutum a
Thcfco, vt Plutarchus fcripik in vita Thefei: Alijinmc-
BioriamMcliccrtxaSjfyphojCoIi filio primitus Ifthmia
pcradaelfcdicuntjVbiillc Mcliccrtxfuipropinqui cada-
vcragnovitTctf, Athamant»fqj- filium : Nonnulli in Sci-
ronis mortcm cxpiandam a Thefco invcnta voluntj
«lijob alias caufas : Ccfcbrata autcm funt in iHhmo
Peloponncfi jfd Ncptuni tcmplum ibi cclcbcrrimum
quinto quoquc anno : Archias Prcta non in Ncptuni
(ed Pilxmonii honorcm Ifthmia ficri folira fcribit Epi-
grammatcQrxco^quod ita Latincfonat.
J^HAtHOr
 Lib^» Acgyptio-Gr^corum. toy
^»0tuorin Gracu certamitu.^uatuor itU
/ acra ? duo Snptrit funt dtto facra virui
,

Junt lovis hac, Ph<thi^y PaUtnonis, ArchetMori^y

Pramia fhnt oUa , ptneat mala, upium.

Fucrunt «utcm Melicrrfa & Lcarchus Afhaman-

tis Thebanorum rcgis & Ii u> fihj : Arhamas farorc
pcrcitus Letrchum ccL/viir ,
qucm marcr in lebe-
tcm bullicntis aqu.ij jccit , atque ipCi quoque mcntc
capta, verifa iram Arhamantis e Petra Moluridc troca-
ta cum Mcliccrta in mare dcfilijf. Fada ei\ Ino vna
e qur LeucothcA vocata cft; at Melicerra
Nereidibus,
Dcus Pai^mon Mclicerta? corpus k Delphino dela-
:

rum cft in Klhmum, quod vidic Corinthi rcx Sify-

phus Indc Ifttimia in honorcmMeliccrttt, iulfu Nvrei»
:

dum a Sifypho ccpta funtccicbrari: Alij aliascaufasad-

ducunr: Hx nobis fuff/ciunt, qux cum fimilitcrcx ar-
canis Chymic-c depromprac fint, dc authoribus horum
ludorum non dubitabimus, quin cos hujus Philcfo-
phiac admodum gnaros fuillc: Nam Mclic<^rra &Lcu-
cothca fiiius & matcr, qu^ pcrfonsc fint, Etymologfa,
nifi fabulajcontcxfus, fatis doccrct: re quid dc bulli-
tione Lcarchi in Icbctc matris confilio fadla monca-
mus; fic Prognc Ityn. Tantalus Pclop idcm j Ifis Ofi-
ridem, materfcmpcr filium coxit,caqueomnia funt cx
arcanis iGgyptia? Philofophix dcprompta & magifie-
rio Hcrmctico maxime convenicntia : dc quibus cunj
alibi latiusdixcrimus, adNcmca properamus: Hxcin
Sylva quadam ita vocata , qux fuit inter Phliuntcm 4 &
Clconas Achafae civitates in Archcmori Lycurgi filij Nemea,
honorcm cclebrata funt: Alij alias opiniones do Infti-
tutionc horum ludorum diverfiffimas adducunt Nos :

poQhabitisc3etcris,iIIorumpIacita,quimaIueruntabHer-
culc fuilfe inftituta, quia Nimcacum Iconem ibi oc-
cideric , amplcdtmur . £rat hoc certamcn £pitaphi.
um
2o8 Hieroglyphicorum . Lib4»
um Civc funcbrc) in quo vidorcs apio coronabaatur, qu£
funcbris crat planca , idquc ad pcrpct^am Archcmo'
ri mcaioriam:Foi) tricnnium duodecimo dic mcnfiSj
qui rmnfxH di(5tu8 cft, agcbantur : quia eo mcnfe Thcfcui
AmazonasdcbclJarat ; Nemeam veroqui iam volunt vo-
catamruiircrcgioncm Argivorumabobus lovis &Lunz
ibi pafccncibus^Syluam quoq}Ncmcamfuiire,inqualcOy
ab Hcrculc proOratus, vagabatur, (ub Hercuiis
laboribusdiifluri fumus; adquoslibro [c-
qucnti cnarrandos, iam noscon-
fcrimus.

Finis Libri Quarti.

Libet
 20^

n^ *%*\(*>Ja: 'i->ic*.n? ^^/.^r5' rx^t^T^ jTrJitr* /t*i

Liber Qu,incus.

DE HERCVLIS-
Laboribus.
AiBadevirtute, roborc? & laboribus
Hcrculis irDmenfisadedincrcbuit pcr
totuoj tcrrarumorbciD,vtncanguIu$
quidam cxtitcrit in quatuor mundi
cardinibusaii!tpartibus7vbinoninno-
fucrir, inomnium ore&honorcfuc-
rit: Vndecum quidam inconfetrucla-
rjflrimorum virorum Hcrculis laudes
dccantandasfibifumpfiirct carminc, alius Laconico hoc
ditFterio ipfi filcntium impofuit dicens : Quis ignorat lau-
desHcrcuIis? Ir?oportur>u^iifaq; & quafi abfurdum, j-
moimpoflibile, clTecxiflimamus, Hcrculcm tot fecu!i«
rctrdj vt Hcroa pnnintiflimum reccptum & agnitun),vcl
no» fuilfc omnind, vcl fdlfcm i.l mcntc Pcctarum &
/*hiIofophorumextitiirc,tanquam idTam laboriofiiHmi
mon(lrorjm& tyrannorum domitoris,dcmonrtrandum
fibifumerc: Pcr nos licct, vt maneat, ;fi quis fueric
Hercules, quomodocunquevocctur vel 7figyptius,vc!l-
dsusvcl Alemannicusj autalterius nationis, cum novcri-
musomncm aetafCjOmnemqucmundiplagam fuos Hcr*
cuici &Martc & arce laboriofiilimosexhibere, vtnon o-
fi e pus
 2IO Hicroglyphicomm Lib.y.
pus fif commcnticios aut fidlicios alios & remotiflimos
ab tnfcfis rcvccarc : Vcrum illumipfum Hcroa, cut totj
taicsdCtanttlabDfcs impcrati dicuntur, vix vnquim cx-
titiUcfaciI<;convmccremus,non quidc hyftoriarum mo-
numcntis, qux vix vlla , nifi Poerurum allcgorica ad-
funt,fcd cxconfiderationclpfius fubjcdi & laborum,quoi
pcrpclfus traditur:Hicnimcumcjufmodi fjnt,vtpartim
nondcccantvirumadco magnanimum ob lcvitatcm &
vilitatem,partimquia hominiivires,omncmq; rationcm
Jongcfupcrcntjinq} omnibusaurcrgcncalogix dijs dc-
abulq; antcdi<flisconvcniant, magis quaiu vlli vnquam
feriptores , Herculcm colonbus depingunt.
fuis vivifq;
NamvtpidluraEartificiofiflimaE mutaaliquaPoedsdicun*
^«/4 "<'<f'fur, ficipfafacuItasPocticaloquenspidluraxftimarinon
fijPfCtHra
imnicritopotcft; Exqua,ncmpcPoetarumantiquiflimo«
i9qHens.
j.^^ figmcntis, quicquid his vltimis feculis dcHcrculc fci-
fnus,haufimus; fcribanthyftorici, qui pofl Hcrculiste-
pora vixcrint,quid vdint.cum vix vlluscorum Hoincri,
mulfo minus Orphci Pocfarum Coryphxi, artatcm atti-
tamcn ipfi Hcrculi nullo modo cosctanci, vt dc
gerit; qui
cjusrcbusgcflis hyfloriam abfq^fidionisfurpitionccon-
dercpotucrint,fui(Tcrcpcriuntur:Orphcumomnium pri-
mumfigmcnta& allcgcrias dcdij8& heroibus cx Jc-
Orpheiopcra. gypto in Grrciam tranfJuIifTc ccrtiffimum crt; atquein-
rer caetcra condidilfc opera,quac ipfe in initioArgonau-
ticorurn rcccnfet, delaboribus Hcrculis: qucmadmo-
dum & dc gigaFitibus cum lovc pugnantibus, dc raptu
&:ludu Froferpina-, dc Ccrcris erronbus, dcludu AL"
gyptiorum Oliriscaufa, de Vcneris & Minerva: facri-
ficijs, alijfquc cjufmoJi, quaedcindcad Grxc<^sprofa-

dtisdcorum & hcroumpropagara funt: Si -taquc Or-

yt^iteO*-' plicushorumprimus authcrcfl, ncc an?c ipfum Grsc-
pheumvix cus Scriptor, nifi fottcfi(flaiuscxtct,raMlio «rir.us albrij
vHniGrAcHi gcntium, ( Ifraelitasfempcr excipio) quid nugcnfurilli,
fcrivtorex' S^' ^^
Hcroico fcculo multa diditai.t, qu.; pcifjns: Jc-
fat, orum&hcroum tum vixcrint, quid perpctrarint, quar
fandi
 Lib.fJ Aegyptio-Gra^corum. 211
fania ncfanda cffccerint,quantotcmpori«rpatiointcno-
ftrim srtatcni in vivis fucriht, &:hisfimtlia 9 Taccant il-
li prxportcri rcrum,quas nonmtcUigunt, iudiccs aut a-

liosfcriptoresOrplico antiquiores nobis rcvcra produ-

can'; Ncc fatiscll qucm inroediura protulillejquistatc
niinorfitlongeOrpnco&Horacro, figmcnta autcrofut
rcuChronologfas & pcrfonarura fiftarum rcs gcftascx-
tcndatlongifTime (upraOrphcum; quemadmodmp mul-
Gfxcos invcntos ciTc iUis tempcribuc
.toscjufcnodi inter
noneftdubiuiii; nec folum apudGracos, fcdctiaixiali-
os: Qux non idco dida velim, quafi omnia illa anti-
quifTima Ethnicoium in dubiumrcvocera,fcdvtraIfcm
quorundam fcriptorum errorca agnofcantur, qui vt fu«
CJvitatis velgentisortum adijs dcmonftrarcnt, fcdcntes
domi, magnas gencalogJas.rcgum a dijs ortorum, eo-
rumquc rcsgcflas fupra milic annos rctro rcfpicicntcs
cflSnxerunt : Novimus Bcrofum fatis antiquum cfTe cx BercfoJfatuA
£thnicis,ac quaplurcs allos fcimus Ahrzhz' aMrealinguii
fimilitcr
mi, patris,mentioncm faccre, vcru illi vc\ pofitayteftt
Ifraelitaiu
cx /»atribiis&ChaId3eis,aut ludxismulta per traditionc P/i«w./.7.
acccpcrunt,qux vcro de dijs & hcroibus illis habent, ex r.3 7.
fuis fcriptoribus, rtro oculatis rcf}ibus,fa:pifsii£eex fc-
ipfis tanqua iranci haufcrunt : In hoc gcncrc ^gyptij
palmam prjcripucrunt ali)s, ncc non cxcmplum vana: ^4«^ <rlorU
gloriolae icantiquitatccontendcndircJiqucrunr ;
quorum c^Enftio^
rionnulli reccntiorcs frriprorcs impudcntcr aff.rmant inrumde anti-
i£gypto pcr o(51odccim annoiu deos & hcroas ^«</<«r*.
millia
rrgnailc; ncc id fitis, funr quiCentu millia annorii tri-
buant ^gypto, quoi Aftronoiniac & Gcotrctri^c ici-
cntia habucrit : Quis bic rifii tcncaf.^quis non nafij Rhino-
cerotis habc3t? quis pncr fcnes illos dcjyros pr t fcnio no
ludar^ Sednonnofliiicf^adapcrta mendaciarcfponfum
rcddcrc, cii htrc fc ipfi. tanquam Po\yp\ rn famcfuos Horns a^
pcdcs corrodant; -Si Orus cfl vlfimus dtDrum, qui i^jry^f^^x
rcgnavit , ci;m patcr «rius (\t Oliris, h huius S-tur-^>arar ^V,
nus, huius Calus, qa s J-u^lis crit patcr/' nulIus,C;uia BvcaHo tefte
E c 2 Cirlus
 iii Hicroglyphiconjm Lib, 5«
Csclusert af^fquepatrc: Tota erga dcorum fcrics cft,
fccundum/EgyptioSjCarlus, Saturnus, Oliris, Orus,at-
quchifuntDij qui rcgnarunt totmiilc annisj poft hos
narrantur honiincs rcguallc rcgcsnumcro^?-,-, ad^/fx-
afidrnmvCque quorum fmgulis fi dcHi attribuantur anni,

^ . .J^
^^
ficnt 4750. anni, quibushomincs ini£gypto rcgnavc-
rinr, cumtamcna mundi crcationc ad Alcxandrum fal-
j
ad AUx. riw 1,^1
*^'*^'*'fcm ;62 9 adiluvio 1972.3 Nimrodiprimorceno
1 .
ad eundcm Aicxandrumnumcrcntur annitquo cxieuo
18-f 2.

tcmpons fp/^tio, nondumbismilie anncruntquomodo

475,rcgcsAcgyptij rcgnalfc potcrunt, nifi fin^ulisqua-
tcrnosattribuamus annos? Si vcro quatuor mcnfes pro
mtcgro annonumcrcnt, vtfoliridicuntur, Icngc minor
critannorum-fumma,quam prior, fcd numcrus rcgum
non corrcfpondebit; At fi ir.cnfcm proanno lunari copU'
tcnt,conccdimu«ad Alcxandritcmpora 20C00. annorum
fpatio ipfos habuilTcrcgcs;De numcrononfumus follici-
ti valdc; Hcrcuhs vtmonflrofafada, ita &ortus incrc-
«Jibilis narratur; dc quoOrphcusin Argonauticisfcribit

hocmodo.

HteprtM Her€Hleumr9{;Mrmihicermtur i olim

Hmc AlcmenA /ovipeperit coniun^a /uperMo^
Cum/atnit Phoebus longoi tres ordtMeHoSies
ContinuaiyCarmt^j Jtc '
o/jHmi»e So/es.

Nacum Alcroenacx Amphitryonc prargnans cltct, ta-

nien vt cx fc ctiam cOnciperct, dicitur lupitcr trcsno-
dc8 in vnum conjunxiire, quod fpacium totum in cx-
p.
t^menta
prinicndo //crculc abfuropiit. ^o
Poetarum figmcn-
^^ ^^^ fohim contra rci ipfius veritatcm, (cdpictatcm
yoww<?«r;/^«?.
.^ j^^^
^ naturam ciufquc crdincm , bonos morcs &
vitae civilisinliitutioncm pcccatumeft:fcd cxcufandi vi'
dcntur, fimensillorijrcfpiciatur, non vcrba, cum cnim
cfFcdum non vulgare/ed optiroum cxprimcrc volucrinr,
optimam caufam elegcrunt) cum hominum fortifii.
 Lib.5- -^gyptio-Griecorum. 215
mum, non ex hominc fcd deo narum finxcrunt, idq • non
communimodo, fcdtantotcmporis intcrujllo, quovel
miilcalij propagari pollcnt: SicPalladcm cx lovis Ccrc-
bro n*Tam finxcrunt, praptcrnaturalipartu,vt potcrummS
fapicntia &ingcnijrubtilitatcm innucntes : Hercules itaq-
cum robur &c conftantiam fecom fcrrc debcat & denotarc,
a robuftiHimo, nempc lovc, &: longiori tcoipore progcni-
tus fingitur Poetx enim fcu primi authcres ^gyprij non
:

curant naturx aut morum rationcm comrouncm infuij

fidionibuSjfirahem idjquod velint,commodecxprimant:
Hinc tot adultcria, libidinum formac & vitiorum monftra
ctiaro a iijs,quos finxcrunt, commiiraabilhsctiam cum
Idudcdccantantur&peroppidahymniscelebrantur-Qiua-
fidicerentacfatcrcntur, non circrcvcradcos, dcquibus
tot & tanta fingant/cd homincs fuilTc, (vt nonnulli faccr-
dotumconfrfli funt,) aut dcoscKiftimarihominum ma-
nibus fabricatos, dcquibus Hcrmctet»«in AfclcpioDial:
dillercntcm agnovirous; Narus dcindc Thcbis eft Hercu,
Ics,tovc patrc & Alcmcna matre, vt didum : f ratrcm ha-
buit Iphiclum vna nodc iuniorcm Amphitryonisfilium
roirx' cclcritatis & pcdum lcvitatis : Vt autcm caula ma-
nifcfta elfct tot laborum ab illo vno cxantlandorum,
finxcrunt, hosfato quodara illi impofitos hac rationc:
Cura nonum mcnfcm agerct Herculcs in rtcro, & icpti-
mum Euryfthcus Stncncli, MycenaTurcgis& Archippcs
filiusjlupitcrcxbisduobusjiliumaltefiimpcraturum^qui
priusin luccm ederetur, dixit: Hinc lunofcptimcikem
Euryfthcum produxit, cum Hcrculcs primo dic menfis
decimipofieanafccrctur :Iunoautem Herculcro,vtpclli-
cis filiura iam rccens natum omnibus modisinuifumha-
buit : Eumolpus autcm illc, qui librum dc my fterijs com- ^. ,

pofuit, fcripfit, Hcrculem primum quidcm fuiife inuifum ^*"'^^. ; .

lunoni ptoprcr matrero peiliccm, atplacatam fuilfca Pal- ^'''*M^^^¥*

ladc, cuius ctiam hortatu luno lac pra^buerat paruulo,

eumq; fccerat immortalcm ; Turrjqj fabuIantiTr, viam
ladcaoiln cxlofadaoicxladlis cffufionc> cum Herculcs
E e ^ violciv
 :

204 fficroglyphicorum L^b.y.

mammam lunonii fogercf
vfolcn(ius i\\) Mtcu-
-, Qwd
ricribuuntjVtrupran-Jeminimus; Volucruntcnim pacfae
j4ftro»9mU vt &
csElum pa- ik^ p« clfct vefii^iorum Hcrculis ; Hinc
tonff!lL'io- V;am h(\< am non U)ium ab co f^ftam fingunt, fcd & om-
K^j- rm-n- nia fcrc Ivdcra feuconftcllationcsab aurci»dijs& hcfoi.
t^s ztnorft^m bus,coruniq; opcribus lUt rcbusgcft"SQeducuntj vt patct

dtifft^mde' in du'>dccinwijis cali fi^nis, alii^q; placrilq; :Dc (juibus

ducl^ conrulatur OviJius in faiiis EchnicUs, &a!fcr Novid(US
Chriftijnus,aliqjpcrmulti: Sccjjcnte r.odc poft primum
natiritatis dtcmHcrculia Iunoi:ecuoangucs rcroci^Tmii
imminidicuntur, quosillc manibuscomprcfliscnccauit,
Tim fuiroboris in ipfo vitx linr,|r.c oftcndcns : Dcinde
curo adolcrifTct, licct gcrcrcfiffima na^urz fujc fcmina
imprcfla hibcrct> tamcn abfq; magirtrorurr! difciplinaSc
excrcitio nihil eorum in adum produccrc valcns, fingulis
inartibus, quasaddifccrgdcjbcbat, ringulos prarceptorcs
naftus cfl : lacdlandi artcm a Tcutjro Scy tha paftoie^ aut,
vtalij volont^Rhadamanthodidicit:Vtalij,aThcftiadr,
vcl Euryto: A Lmo, Apollinis filio,Iitcras pcrccpit, cui
mortcm, pro didadro, cumabcovapularct, intulir<Mu-
^cam ab Eumolpo : Ludtam & artcs c^eteras ludicras ab
Harpalyco, Mcrcurij & Phanopcs filio 5 Ab Autol>co,
currusagitarc,abipfoAmphitryone, equitandi pcntiairi
ACaflorearmatuspugnarcdidicifjInaHronomicisjutcm
rcbus habuitvirum fapicntiffimum ac optirrum Chiro-
^g. . ncm magiflrum. Hi oAo finguli fuam operam colioca-
^ *Vr
'^''^
runtin vno Hcrculc crudicndo : Vt cnim plurcs no<5tcs
^' ^^*^ '
adciusconccptioncm, ita&plurcsprarccptorcsadcfu-^i-
tionem rcquifiti funt • Illisj vtcirct& vivcrct, ab his vt
bcnc, procuratumcf>: AtqualistandcmHcrcuIcsfuturus
fit, qu!« ^uxrar, an faltcm fabula ptr hominum ora obam-
bul.ans, an vcro talis vnquam hcros cxtra allegoriam na.
De0r»m fc- tusfit?HcrcuIcm _talcm& tanfumhomincm, aut potius
tilifimfum^ fcmideum fuiirc,EthnicisfaciIepcrfuafumc(},qui crcdidc-
mHiq»nilu rant lovcm. Dcum, SaruMifilium jn tcrris vcjfjtum om-
^tMSm, nisgcncriiaduhcrii, flupra, horoicidia & cjufmodi alia

com-
 Lib,5« Aegyptlo-GraccoiHm, J05
commifiile, cura multoruro rcgum & dcorum filiabus
cociibuiire &CX i!!i« liberosfufccpiirc^cxquibus &Hcrcu-
lcmvnum, inqucroomncsfui corporis jc roboris vircs
lupitcr, putarunt j Cumqj lupitcr potcntifli-
con ulidf t
mus deorum & quafi omnipotcns prafrupponatur, non
illi fadudifHcilcaut impo/Tibile cxiAimarunt filium, tot
mondroruo) domitorcm & rcrum alias incredbilmm
cfFcdorem, mundoproduccre &ofFcrrc :Idcoqj illiom»
nia Hcrculis fa^a pro fadis & non Hdis acccpcruru j Vn-
dcaucem haec opinio in vulgi racntcm pcrucncrit,cx cir-
cumrtantijs parnmantcdiftiscolligi potcft :Nomcn lo-
vis a lehouih rcmanfiifc apud ethnicos non cft dukium j Ff-lf**»:*»
Cuniqj lchovah fit omnipotcns, qui filium fuum in mun- f^^f- ^fnm:
dummillarus clfct, vtDiabolimonflrofaopcra, hoccfl, HfirM^
Ccrberum, Infcros & huc fpc<5lantia alia dcftruerct, quc-
madmodum fubvmbris, autetiam, vtdiciiur,cxaperti8
Sibyllarum vaticinijs apud ethnicos cruditiorcs confla*
bat, hincoccafioncm pracbuilfc potuitfigmcntodcHcr-
culis, lovis fiIij,roborc & inuicfla fortitudinc : quorfum &
vidctur Cpc&iTC. quod idrm Hcrcules fingatur trcsdiet
•cnod:cs ia ventreccti cicgilfc, vclut delona in facfislc*
gitur, qui fuit iniago Chrifti, pcr tantundem tcmporis in
grcauo tcrr JE olim pcrmanfuri & poll rcfurrcdurij Cumq j "

Hcrculcsabalijs dicaturtemporc Sampfonisvixitrc.fortc

ab hoc mul' i ad H^^aulcm affidta crcdi poirunt; Sampfon
autcm robiirtifrirous hcros haud dubia fuit Ggura typus &
Chnfti vidons fupcr diabolum ori.nefq. fuos hoftestri-
amphaturi jTalia, inqium, a vcr* Kr*cii.'ca hyftoria pc-
tira occafionefbrte prac jLierunt, mu'u Herculis laboribus
ji/^/ta Her*
affida fuilfe, vt & ipii ifigyptij vd alij cthr.ici tantum cmHs Idori'
Hcroa habere vidcrcntur : Sive h.>c ita fe habcant, fiuc
i,;,^aB^it
non, nos cxifiimamus priraam origincTr 5dionis huius
tllcgoriacdcHcfculis laboribusaliundc produci, ctanti-
^uiorcm clfc ipfo Sampfonc, vei ctiam Hcrrocrc: Cum
cnimhic Hcrcuhs mrrtioncm facia'', nciupc ipfumvi:a
cum Promcthcg ct Mc; curio Ifidi vt iSgypti pr.i;fcdum,
ab
 ;

2i6 Hieroglyohicorum I.ib.5.

»b Ofindc conftifutum circ:, videtur Hcrculis norncn ^n-
tiquiffimaJmcmcnxctfc: £t fiabadiundisaucp4rallSii«,
vcl qaod dicitur, nofciiuT cx comite, qui non dignolcitur
cx fe, aut cx caufis cfF?(^us, cx magillris difcipulus, cx
fadis cfficien?,pxofpicirur. nondubitan;usHcrculisalIc-
goriamidc tot.&tantis laboribus cf^d:am (quia fi cos hy-
fioiica fidc dignircmur, clTcmus non folum infmiorcs
Ethnicis, fcd ei facra fide pri varemur) /'crfbnam artifici»,
qui arcamflimum Acgypticrum arcanum inucfligarc cc
pcrficcrc vclir,gra'phice depingcrc ^ Quod ctfi prirofk fron-
tcobfcurumappareat,faxo tamcn,Dcodirtc^ vtclariffi-

mc rcfplendcfcat, omnibus dubitationis ncbulis difcuffis

Tarentet
^ rcmofis, primo in gcncre, pofl fub fingulis laboribus

H culu
'
rpccialitcr.-SiparcntcsHerculisconfydcremus, patcreft
Aurea;gcncalogi.Tpr:ecipuus; Quorfumigiturpatcr, eo-
demcl filiusrcfcrtur Ex tcrtio autem libro conflat de lo-
:

vcjquis fitjct quorum filioruro pater Qux ibi demonflra-

:

tacum adednrroafint, vtnullomodolabefadjri qucant

ctiam ab co, qui Ethnicus circ malit, quamChriflianus,
dummodo tamen non cx figmcnto faciat hy floriara , hoc
loco repcti non dcbcnt j H^rculcs itaq; filius talis cf}, qua-
. lis pater, at divcrfo retpedu ; Hic agcns internum artis

ncmpc ftfaccipuum fubicAum, illc autem agens cxtcr-

num,ncmpcipfumartificcro dcfignat; Etquidemnonto-
tum arti ficcm, fed potius manuiicius operationcm, ct in-
vidam conflantiactrobur in inucfligando et perficiendo

id, quod requiritur : Cumenim prxtcrid in artificc con.

fydcrctur ingcnium fubtile, naturale,ct non fophiflicum,
ct fapientia, hcrc adumbrantLr per Mincruam fcu Palla-
dcm, vt frpc didlumcfl, aniefublsfonc, ctpofl fubV-
lylTc; Hicnim trcs vidcnturArtificcm philofophumdc-
pingerc;NcmpcIafon,quidinucfligari,quomodotra(5la.
ri & qua artc vinci dcbeat ; Herculcs quanta animi ct ccr-

poris conflantia idem quajri,cIaborari ct pcrfici coucniar

Dc quibus, nc quis noflram hanc folam opinioncm putet,
fic Aurcl : Augurcll : lib:2tChryf; eiiteivhf*^i*ne ehrm
Anrea
 : ,

Lib.j. Aegvptlo-Grajcorum. 117

j4tirfAperj)ett4o (^e>)fFi'r,u vcllcrn ^y/K^h<t

^u^tprint.iHefonm Dubfs r^refa^^af/envif,

Nec timHtt tantosper flu^m ejdnrerefummii
Tnntduc^bpis dttcmiHh l.ifone cr Hercult Colchon-^
yllier witu^.ittimnoia deverticepeliem,
PrtnctpiHm velkt cfte»dtt,cjuodfHmerepcffit,
Alter,onHicjHarittim ((4yciU,cjHitntum^^lahotem j /
ImpendAiC^tt^am ctrcamoltm (^ rndie pondtu
Edocnit' Nea^eHimquam dehesfwnere.mafnum xj i

I iT j a L L i
•
r j jj ir
Herculef.
/nHentjje adeo tft.hAbtlt?n fed redderc m,ijlam, •

Hoc opHs hic Uhor (ft,kic exerceniur manet

Arttjicum CHr£, VAriff hic dem^^ nu^is
Sejeipfosaliof^ ftmulfrufirArAur tmrtes.
Pxxtcr hos duos, in Viylfc quoq*, crrorcs artificis varij
tanquam cius magiftri dcrcribuntur,dc quibus circa fincm
(cxti libri agcrur: Sj quisautcm cxirtimct, Hcrculcmac
lafonemj vt & Viy iTem, ad Chymicog artificcs refcrri non
polfc, proptcrcijquod hi fint hcrocsarmis clari, rebus gc-
ftis infigncSjpnncipe loco nati, & econtraChymia! dcdi-

tipljriq^abicdianimi, humilisoriginii, nuliius celebri-

tatis, nili fortequod carboncs multos confumant, ctnon

pauci obfraudcm-, Imd quod Cbymia non fit arSjnifi aftu-

tia, ncc vtilis^at damnola, ncc difficilis aut adcd laboriofa,

fcdfaciiimatot libris proftitura vulgo & opcrarijsvilifsi-

rwisj Huic ita ccnfcnti vclim ccnforiam illam virgulam
adcmptam tamdiudonccipfc ccnfcaturan ca dignusfit;
At 3 quo ccnfcridcbeat ? Sanca mortuis, qui dicuntur, vt Confili^ru
confili*rij, fic ccnf-^rcs iuftiisimi-qui ablq,- aircnt;.tionc
fttortuv evti-
Vcritarcfalliratipracfcrunt:Eatitaq;talisimmaturusccfor .^
ad authorcs morruos,non tabros aut lanios, hiluc umilcs,
fcdadIitcritos,nongcomctraSjautiurirconfultos,autaIio8
artium triviiiium magiflros, fcd ad Chymicos, ncccos
quofcunq:, quirofaccam diflillart, autahfynthitcnfaci-
unt,vcrumadartificcsopcrcctctfcduprobat08,quoiriali-
quot habcmus ccnturias : Nos hic vniUs autaltcriuscx il-
lisdiftacitabiniBS, quibusprobabitur, fanitafcmctrobur
F f corporis;
 :

2i8 HJCf^oglyphtcorum Lih.5.

cciporie, ncc non nianuum operaticnem in artificc rcro
et pcrfcdorcquiri;Geb?rinrum: pcrfcdl: :cap:4 Dfctmm
igittir, \nqu\tj cjHodjlejUu r>on habucrit jnacompUta or^an^inaM

poierit ai hnim operii cofyjplemtntumperHenire perfe, vclut^fi

CACtu fttcrit, ziel extremis trttvicatn.s, cjHoniHmfion ttiv^itftr a

membrii^cjtithtsmedijiyitibm ars h£cperficttMr, tan^ujim natu»
r<e mmflrar^tibt^: Si vero fuertt artificts corptu dcbtU dr ^g^O"
tnmy ficut febrtentiumvel leproforum corpora, (jHtbit-<membrM
caduntjO <» cxtremisvital^bcrantittm, Q^ iant £tatii decrepi-
ttcfentim^aTdartiscemplcmentumncnferuer.iet: H3CC illc : Dc
conft8r.t!a& pcrfcucraiitia \icxv,ci\i'.5'^y-0portetettam,
inquit, ipfum fedulnm opirt vf^ ad confummattonem tpfitis tnm
vt non opus detruncaium dtmtttnt ; £luia necfctentiam
ftfli rey

proficuamexopere diminuto acquireret, fcdpettus dcfferatio'

nem&damr.um. Cafcrahuc non adduccmusjQujmciiffi-
vcrorum artifi-
cilisvcroha^carsfit, hcet vcra, id rpritas
cum dcnionllrat, prxtcr corumtcftimonia^Quibusaire-
runt ddhuius artis pcrfc<5tionemaiTcquendaaipIurapra:-
fupponi,- S'cenim ArnoIdusRorar:l:2.c.5. Inip/otrgotria
funt tnijftirenda,p *ta [ubttle tngenium arttficis.optra manuum «t
arhitrtum' rjuod (^uidemreejutrit divnt.u (apicntiam c^ lihros
,

S:militerLulI:thcor:tcft:c:5J./:/«^rirro^/*//^*^/fff,inquif,
muodtria recjHsruntur, fciitcet, inriemH>njubttle. naturale, non

jophifltcum, muHUUm operatio, etliberumarbitrium, et hocrt^

ciuirttjcipicnttam.d vtitas etlibrof: Safimtuim.adfctendutJtfa-

eere: DtvttiM ,ad habcndum pottflatcmf^iciendt iLtbroftadiu-

tellc^umiip^riendt!mdtverftim,£iut tfl in m^i.is genitln* : H.^c
Luliius: Qj.Tfanelafonis pericula&Herculis laboicsvi-
dcnti'r j<qu'r^re,nccablq^Vl) fliscrroribus ptrfici pofrcj
Siguis dcdiffcculfate chyor:iT plura dcfydcrctjconfulatai
u dc hac re libros:Nobis hic furticiat,Hirculc;»:qucai
Jioi
(lam m tcncliri^cratercrpenfcm phi-
in cunis rcjiquimus,
lolophicumconftringcrercexcrccntcm)autapudtot(uof
- inag«llrosinftitucndum,proartificcUboriofifrimoopcriS
C»tta»ei phiiofophici intclligijdcmonftralfc: fr ctcr patrcm &: ag-
Herculu, -natos Hcfcuhs aurci' gcncalo§i2E agnitos; ipfc Olyridi
coxtao
 Lib.^. -^gyptio-Gr^ccorum. iip
costanciis {Tatuifiir, »bco(]'^?txk&^gypti rcli<flus, qui
Nili impctum con'prclTerir, Buliridem, Antnriim /^rcme-
thcun^ & Mcrcunu, collcgas, prxfe6ioso&\c\;sccTtis ^a-
bucfitjVf primo libro docuimus j ^ioiu priorcs duos ip-
fcfin^iturtfncidaircobtyrannidcm j Arq; hicv.xitHcrcu-
Ic8 SjturriijOfiridis, lovis Sc cxrcrorum dcorum fcmporc,
imo Argondutica: exp^ditionis &. Troiinx,cU)Us fihjberc-
tur ratiOjforte ad aliquot milicnaria annoi u, luxta ^gyp-
tiorunuraditioncmlc cxtendercfjAtqualcsrurteiusfocij
Argonaunci &Troiani, item Mercunus & Promcthcus,
ralJs5cille : De liiis omnibus & fmguJis iub cuiufqj tribu
adumed; Magi{lriquoq-,Hcrculis difcipulumdepingunc
&ignarisoboculos ponunt; IndcvtapudGeliuhabctur
^ ^../
facilecxProtagoradeEuathloiudiciumficriporuit qtiod ^ ^^ *

provcrbio iocum fecir, Mali corui malum ovumj H t au-

^'J°'
tefuntartcSjquibuserudirustraditur, Iaculatoria,Poctica, , ^^'Mj^*
Mufica, lu<fla,curruuai?itaiio,cqiiitatio,armalur2E inftru- ^"'^ '
^
"'^^'*^^^
dio&al}rononjia:Hipraeccptcrcs:Rhadamantus,Linu3,
EuinolpusjHirpalycus, Autolycus,Amphifryon Caftor &
Chiron ;Ijs artibus abhis pr.rceptcnbusHercuIesinftru-
dus tof & tantas res illuftrcs perfccit : Ita Martc & ane in-
clytus Hcrosevafit, virtutc duce, labore comite: Atdc
hisaiijiudiccf exanterclafls, nunclaboresHercuIeosag-
gredimur, quorum praecipuos,ctiam vltra duodenos illos
dclibabimus: luno itiq; Hcrculiinfclliffima fingruripfi
hos laborcs pcr Euryrtheum impofuilTe, vt vniverlum
terrarurii orbem monflris hornficis expurgiret frimum '• :

omnium laborum Herculi fuillemcmorant Lconcm Ci- LeoNeme'

thrprcn.um, amonteCirhjcroncita vocatum, cccidere;'^^^'^^* ^'"
Fuit aufcm hic leo non Afiaticus dut Afrlcanus, fed plar.e ^'^^^^*^'^-
c^letTis profapix, vt de eo CiiryferiTiUs iib:2.rerum /»clo-
ponrrficfcnhitjlunoncfupplic u dc H .rculefumfrevo-
lente, Lu^^ain suxiiiUjCarminibusmagicisvfimacclviirej
qujccfiarpumj i.r>plevir, e quanatus e{thiclco:Hmc A-
na^uagorasalferit hunc leonemcx orbe Junse decidilfcin
ttrram ;
,^)i pcniius invulr.erabilis crat, ncc fagittis
F f i confici
 : '

iio HicrocilvpliicoruTi Lib.^.

conhcipodiir^C^iJim dicunt, qiiod IriSjlunoiiisnuncii
«(Him Iconcnigrcmio l]rin_vj;cnsin nu^ihtf m Ophclramdc-
porturir. Hanc itjq- beluam Htrculcs, cum vixdccimum
o(5tjvun) xtarisannumattignrcr, aggrcllus, cumfagittis
Ivdcrc non pollct, adclavam, cjux multo fcrro gravis
tratjvcntum, cuius crcbris iAibus ipfum proItravit,dcin-
dcnudismanibusdiripuit & dilFccuit, pcllc ip(idctra<5ta,
quam protcqumcntoccrpcrisin poQcrumgcOavit. Hc-
roicumCiv.c hoc crt facinus & Hcrculc, tanquamaltTO

Samprone,digPum quod hyftoris: fidcm cum admiratio-

nc impctrarcr,niti adderctur (ignuin h.ieroglyphicum Ico-
Hterooitphi- nis,ip(um innulncrabilcm cx
Luna.ciufq; (puma procrca-

ct4mff}mm ^""""^ dccidillcj Atquid hoc, diccs, adchymiam, lconcm

U«nif. prortcrncrc? Maxin ^,inquaiP;Quiaartifici Chymico cum
Icone congrcdicndum clt, pci e invulncrabili, quiquoqj
cxfpuma \\inx natus Audiamus vnum &alfcrum tc-
fit;

ftimonium dc vtrifq^ Ue Leonc vitidi norius fcrc cO,

:

quam qucd probationc cgcat Huius mcminit Moricnus

:

Cum inc^uit ySHmefumum albnm c^- Uoncm viridem c^ a/m*-

gr4 TubcHm C^ immundtttam mo^tHi : Et paulo po(\'. Leovtri'
dU e(i vittum, almagra e]tt«^ efl Uton : Rofar i ph:cx tubuU
(cicntiacmaicris : /ttprimfhabetttr, tn Uone no(tro Vfi iver *
'

mate^ia j CT* cuitis colorujlt ^ vocatur adrop^azot aut durnech

V'ride: R'plarus j Nu''hm corpw , irquit-. immundf^minare-.
dttur except<) vno. cjuod vulgariter vocntur a phi/o^opl^is /e9
viridi-s j In Epiftola Solis ;
Beattts, cjtit co^ttat tn t/c^uio
meo, nec d'gmta.s mea ipji n^gabttur, nec vtltjctt i^rr carntm
infirmatm Uo: Et in paraboU dc Vcnationclcoiiis, apnd
Scniorcm ; Dixti ergo Alarchos matri fna-^ ^nomodo venatis
Uomm f C^ acmirata tjl mater eitu, C)' atxtt: tgo refhicio
inium^c: Cum auitm apportavero t/.um fuper ignem, factt
odortm, (jUtm dihgit /ec^ Cum Viro /coodorar /^ptaemi//um,
ventt V ^/cx, tha/amum tl/um vttreum Crc: Et htc
vt intret
lapis^ ^uem atHgtt Uo, eji famina : c^ ejjUi icq'*ur.tur : Aw*

thor quoq; corrilij folis& lunjcrxplicans Epiftolzlolis

antc didum: LeOjWquitftaeJtJoitnfertM^vt/ejcttpercarmm,
 Ltb.j. Acgyptio-Grii^corum. 221
hic ej} AfetAfhor^ '^
ficut Leo fertis (^rex mnimti/ifim vtlefcit
per tnfirmjm CArttemfuarH, dte emtn<j»Artotr3(j»<irtumy(juar'
tanam ttutHrA/iterputiiur,ita Lco ttaturaper carnemjuam ft-
bi contenipera*ieam lunaremvilcfcit O' eclipfatur: HsfC illet
IwXquibus (at(sapparet quidLco fit inartc, & qaod fsr-

pcnumcroprofubjc^flo ejus vfurpetur; Dicit quoq; hic

vItimocirafusauthor,Iconcm ellc Solem, quihabcat fibi
lunarem naruramadjuidam; vndcpatct, curhic ico di*
«flusfitcxLunadccidiirc ; Nam rcvcraLcofcu Sol artis
cx Luna dccidit ; At quod dc fputo Lun^Pjforrcpc-
dicif ur

rcgtmum ac rtimari polFct vndc Lco iiie gencratus cO;fcd fi

authorcs noftratcsconfujaptur, manifcfteconftabit ipfos
ripiusfputi Lunxmcntione faccrc; fic Author Auror.r ,

cap. li. Alt^t'iy inqHif, Philo{opho)um pojuerunteffe to^um

arcayf^mtneo C/ vocaveruntipfiimdiverjis nomimht^ propter
natur£ J»<t txcelUn!iatrh^7jt tnlibro Turh<e Philofophorumfcri-
biiur, c^utAqui^AVivockruntipfum k lece, vt gummi fhutum
,

l^Hr.it , cjuidAmkcolore , v fa*jq^uti : vbi notandun],quod di-

citaurhor a locovocarir^ utun^ LunjE; quovidcturrefpi-
ccrc adLconcm in ioco Lun* gcneratum cx ipuma; fpu*
tu<ncnim profpuma di:itur (Schabcrur: SiTurbamcon-
fo!amus,in multis locis quoquc invcnictur fpurum Lunx;
Nam Aftratus, ^ftveritattm, ir.q-jitjW/ ajjetjui^cttpt^
atSo/u h'imcremc}-fputnmLa}<a: Itcm Pyilugoras, /w-
voi^ii o 'U./fA, cjHod Sulfur^c^ e^/x (^ a/Hmen,qHod
te//taettdum
^
expomis&Kuhu/ fputum )Lun<eacfputumcombuJit/?tle,em^
tiuii/iajctltcet niht/ altude-Qe , quamacjuamiH/jHrts c^aauam
drdenttm Et Anaftratus: Prater hac dico, ejUMmhil ej^
arenamrisrubea, f^ tjl fputum\jin<t, ejucd So/if
preciijitii

/umint tun^ttur cjr cona^e/atur : Bclus q oquc, ^lutdum fhu-

tum \jtntj ejjHtdtym cor So/is eandrm acjuam Kominuverunt Ex
tjujbusprocxcmplo addu(5lis fatis clucefcit qualis fKleo^
&qualisf]t Luna.cxcujus fpuma fcufputogcncrarus lilc
dicatur; ircm, qui<!abor Hcrculcus in hoc rrucidando,
ncmoc t^hilofophicus; Nonenimeminusfagirtis,fcdco-
minos clava, quam poll Mercurio confccrat, & manu
F f 3 cuin
 iiz Hieroglyphiconim Lib. 5.
cum proflernit&: d ripir, donccpcllcni ipfidctrahatpro
irifigni vidorix; Sic coim BafiliHs \> Alcminus ^ amm^/
4^ orienie, inquit, yelle fua Itomna (po/tari dehtj eittj^^ nU
e^inMfcerf ^v (j^tHm (tmtil tngrtdt m^anum Oceani ((iltimycum^
2 ftt^clsruudine tternm e^redt, His rcbus gctUs dc Lconc au-
^MtncjHa' diiis, Rcx B5Eotiie,quiquinquiginra fiJias lubcb.it, fpc-
giutavtr- ransfortidimamab Hcrculc robolcmfLfcipcrc, fcq; nii-
ttines vna mcroro ncpofcavum reddcrc, cidcmomncs rubjccit fi-
noEle gra- mul, quasille vnano(S:cprTgnantcs Fccif, cxcmplo na-
VfU^JaStt» turx, vtr3ri(Timo,fic f}iipcndc;quodquidamprodcc!mo
tcrtio laboreccq;duri{Timohis vcriibus (cfiatur.-
TerttHS hinc dccimm lnhor efl durijj:miu^vy>a
^mnquaninttitjimhlfiupravtt nocle pne/Lu :

Niholominus confiat Thcophradu Gf<TCum authnrcra

antiquum &fidc dignumfcribcrc (ua a:tatc Indum quen-
dam vfu vnius hcrba; vcl radicis Vcncrcos aflus feptujgc-
ricscontinuallc, fcdauthorcm cum rcnxdio intcrjjilc:
<^uomodocunq;fic,A]lcgoruminhisrcbus, vr &alijs,
pr^trumimus, licctforcquidtaleperartcmpraftari pof-
lit,nontamcnidcoccnfcmusadedmcmorabi{c;Vt Hcrcu-
lcm dijs annumcrct:Dc/roculoCif(arc,qucmadtrodum
ytrt/tMjanc ipfc fibitcftiscrt,fcribitur,quod ccnfum Sarmaticas vir-
fa^a. gincs, bcllocaptas,fpacioquindccimdiciii,quantuminfc
fuit, omncsmulifrcsfcccrit, forie Hcrculis cxcmplo in-
f!igatus:AtHcrcuIe3jifi{cpclhccsomncs marcs pepcrillc
narraniur^quodvim cjus/umn ecalidamarguir ; Nos vc
fadumaccipimus, fcd nonimitandum ProcuIo,(cd /'hr-
lofophoinartccccuItlquamaCculuscum foemir.is ccr-
jungitur,fipondusobfcrvcs,quinqu2gintajNcccnimabfq
cauiaabArncldorof 2. c. i6.dicifi:r; C^matitimttrra
I

exhauferit dea<]MarjHtnc]Ma^e(trH4m fui^a>ti»t-, ctioHlum fHt'

hmajoriiortigne-^ Cuius &^ mcminit Lullius incodicillc,
/*iir.igrapho, terra,c. jj & alij pcimult/j
Parnu vero
Tcrra cnim aqua funt mafculus & focniina: Pra^tcr
&.
ditSos 6I10S Hcrculcs innumcios alios cx Mcgara Crc-
ontisfiliajalijfqucconcubinisfufwcpit, abipfop^frctru-
cidatcg
 .

Lib.5. Aegyptio-Gnrcoium* 22j

igncm conjc^f^-os Dicitur autcra Creon iii'
cid.itos aut in ;

jircrcx Corinthb cuiusfilidmGIaucjm lafon quoq-, poft

Mcdca.Ti duxit.fcd i^Uab liac vcncno infccfla intcrijt:
Hmc Hcrculcs ab Euryrthco vocatur, vt nydram imma- 3
ncm&rormidabileni plura capita habcntcm, in paiude Pfjfdra Lcr*
L.crna ArgiviM/cenxiq^agriverlanteintcrimcrct; H.tc »**.
iubpIatanoadrontcmAaiymoncsanipJifrimacducata c-
rat.fcptcmjVtaiij 9. vtalij, fo.capitum, (juorumfivnum
cxdebaturjpriorun numcrusduplicabaturcontinuo, nifi
quisconcirum rcliquumcollithyrfumigne (latim corn-
buHlirct. Hydrxvcncnum fuiirc pcrtifcrum bominibus,
&aquas&aereminfeciirej ipfamq; campcftriaioca im*
pcrufjftodcvaftairc aiunt: Hercnlrs cum torrj^us ac-
ccnfis ad camacccderctab lolaoauriga adjutus, Hydrx
cancer ^ lunone miirus fubvenir, at tandcmabco fup-
prelfa cft : Dc Cmcro & Hydra in Cctlum a funonc
tranflitis cx fabulis conftaf; Vbi Rotandum Afirolo-
gos figno Cincri quod & fitu & magnitudine figno ^J^f0^o£ia
,

caelcfli iTJpar cft, ncmpcextra fuum locum, nimifquc ^^ JE^jfptia-

cxilcexiifcnsmuitja natura Cancri rctrogradi pifcis dc- ''^^ '' ^'''^
fumpraadignare , ct ficde Iconc,tauro,arietc,vjrgi-Cjgc- corHmfiibutU
miniSjCtrcIiquisomnibusconficlhtlonibus, vtet PLnc- ort^ ap^itret^
tisfingulisprofuo ;ud.ciofaccrc, cum tamcn dlo* rcfpi-
Z)cus illara naturam
ccirc op">rtcret,an &
dcnominatio-
nc impo(u!fict,anvcrohomincs profuoar'
JiclsflcIIis
bitno; 11 homiics, cx qua caufa , an ca,qui conveniat
carum flclh.rum naturs, an ex alia.? Arque fic inveni-
rcntomncsiiljs denominationcsafabulis profedas eifc*
fabu'as a rcbus tcrrx, non coeli, ncc quicquam figni- ^ «. _
ficare dc flellis Hrmamenti aut Pianetis fupcrior/s ::*'^" '^ "*

Mundi , ar dc rebus alijs occHlris cfficflds et intro- Pi^J*^"^

dud-is ctf;?; Geometrij quoquc CcrJumdlvidcrc porcft '^''^'^^^F^^'
1:1 (Juodccim figoa c rlel^ia aequalia fecundij polos Zo- ^'^^'
duci vcitntoticcdomiciliafccundumaquitorcm &po-
iosMuf^ii vc!?>ci«'7dumhori2ontcmct Zcnith, atquid
h^ divifioncs cfi^N^duum ftcflis iaipcrtiri poflUnt.? Nn
hil
 21^ Hieroglyphicorum L'b.5,
hil opiPor,quicquid ab cxpcricntia pctatur prcbatjo, qu.r
nulla cft : lI.TcmotKrc volui idco , vt abulus Atlro-
logi3', qiJt ab EtHnicis vnii cum tot fupcrQitionibus (Jc-
rivatuscll, cavcarur, vcrus & lcgitimus vfus Aftrono-
mix probctur: Nam vctcrcs Ethnici, qui rcvcra puta-
runt Hyuram illam a lunoncvt & Cancrum f>'dcnbui
illdfurn clTc, di licetiamalia quxcurquc animaluindc-
CanCiCur orutn narun^m (ydcrcam miLrallc, (uo quafi ;urc illis
eertt/fieUis condcliationibus vim & poteOatcmillorum animaljun),
certazi^es vd in illa attnbucrunt Nam ^i Achcious ("uitTauius, &
:

A^criptA fint poQca inCalum tranriaius, inquc ccrtjs rtclla? u<(poli-

fipud Ethni' tus, aliquid tafjrinse virtutisobtincbir
i& itadcrcliquis-,
cosffx 4//e^o' Hoc fuit fundamcntum dodrinx Affrologicjc ab Efh-
rijspata. nJcij ad pos propagata?, qi:od nifi cx his animadvcrti
pofsit, velintcgro hbro, fiopus cllcr, faciic dcmonQra-
ri /iccrct: Scd vtad remrcdcacnus, hydram clTc aqua-
ticum Scrpcntcm, vc! in aquis dcgcntcm.^ipfum romcn
indicatjatmultorum c(l capitum, quorurh vno rcfcdo,
priorumnumerus crcfccbaf j folumquc rcmcdium fuit
combuftiocumigncj Si HcrculcstalisiuilTct, qualisfin-
gitur,nibiIominu83pparcrctbancclIc Ajlcgoriam; Quid
multis^ ncffcr Scrpcnsinartccx aqua concrcvit ; L bri
noflrorum plcni funt hujus dcTcnptionis ; Balilius Valcn-
tinus dcocculta Phil cap, Quomodo Mcrcur usnatus
: i .

fit, intercartcra Allcgorica tradit,exaquis fcrpcntcm fcu

hy'.^r3ro,Orcadc8di(3^am, cjc^am, cxcujus faucibus va-

por&fumus igncusexpirarit j & quxaddir, 1 ucnon ad-
duccnda; Prartcrcainfinita loca funt>liydram ncflramat-
tc(Unfia,quxpr.Ttcrimus, & faltcm vniusLullijvnicunj
teflimonium propr c & ad rcra huctranlfcrcmub;qui Thc-
t)r:tcfl: c,<» ^^/irtumej},\i\quity ejuttd^m fHhjta»tiapro'
cedens ex ruinerafua^ (jr infra tpfammagu proffcjua uaturd
Metallcrum,(^ue calcha>itis (^ aK,(>tvitre'M ab a/inutbus rjomi^
natur^ fjua efi terra dr miftf ra metallomm , O- a/to ttorr.ine vo^
catttrVrtfiHS , lucens etalbumj inocu/toruheum^ rifrum et

Vfridepub/tce, hahet co/orem iacertx veneno/^y immedtaie ^e^

ncratH<
Lib.y. Acgyptio-Gr^corum. 225
neratus ex argifito vivo) nhiterU p4pra ii^a^ impragmta ex
tJi^fo vapore calido et ftcco ful^loHreo in fua re/olHtione con» ^
^ehitain lacertantf ev cjuo efi forma et fpecies fpiritns /<£- •

tentUin mixtotje cuiuseji calor mineraln multiplicatxa , <jut

y

efi vira mitalii'. Hcec laccrta & fcrpens & hydra noftra
cft; qur fi non ritc occiditur, rcvivifcit, hoc eil, vola-
tilis Hc, & viva pcrmanet; Draco cnim non occiditur
nififuofratrc&forore firaul: Comburitur autcm cxtre-
mitascius colli ignej Namcumignetota res pcrficitur;
Quac intelligenti fufficiunt: ne quid dicam dc vcncno c-
jus, quaromultispcihfcrumexiftatartificibus earaocci-
dcrcfruftratcntantibus Poft hanc Hcrculcs aggrcifus
:

eft Ccrvam aurca cornua & a?reos pcdcs habcntcm,dc

quibusfupcrius,lib,2.fatisegimus.ACcntauris dcindcir- 4
ritatus^cumapud/^holumviniporioncexcipercturjmag- CervaanrtM
nam corum manumoccidit: PcrCcntaurosautcm,Tita-^*'''**'*^
neSjSatyros, Silenos,agrcftc3 & hcterogcncaspartcsad-''''^^'''^'*^-^
inixtas dcnotarinon dubitamus; Excipitur iuttvn Ccn- ^^^^^^ ^-r^
taurorum iuftinifrius&fapientiflimus, quia Satumifihus,'^^/''***
Chiron,Hcrculi ab inftitutionc Aftrologias ; At quarritur, ^ .

quijhxcr ?rculiprjfucrlf? Refpondcri potcft, quiaad Centanrt

«^^'"'
Atlantiv^V * ntem, & Aftrologum? cceliferum tcndcnsj
ca opus f,vt ccElumfuftineret,
4 donccillcdcaureis
malisHcfpc». ;m pcrciindarctur* vcl quod vcrius cgo
arbitrcr, vt ftelias centraies & fubterrancas agnofccrct, vc
SolcmjLunam, Mercurium conjundionc fimul ob-
in
(crvarct,Saturno in CapricornOjVencrc inTauro, velvi-
ccvcrfa pofitis; Ad Aprum mox Hcrculcsfcfeaccingit ^
capicndum, quiin Erymantho Arcadiae montc natus a AperEry-
Diana Phocidis agroimpnilfuscrat, vbi cura omnia va- '»'^'»'^*^'''
ftaret , propteraltamnivcmdcfeifus ex fruticcto quo-
damcxtradus&vindosabHcrculead Euryftcum dcdu-
^us cft Locum natalcm hujus bclux noo ignotum fuilfc
:

conftar, ncmpe montcro ArcadiJCjCXcuiusquoquemon-

tc Cy!IeneprodijtMcrc»rius,quiidcircoifti apro popu-
lariscft : Fili^ inquit Calid.* cap. lo.v.ide ad montes In-
G g ^w
 6

21 H'crogIyphicorum Lib.^J
Jiji 07' -tii ra.it CAiiernJif , 07" ^cape ex ett Upides h^^norcAor.
Roi\n\3i'Relpis nti/citHr iHciuobt/i moKtthHs : Et mox, Dant
•
Rebi^ m^ntes^ druc0nesy terra^^ fonttsx RaHs ^ ConttmpUre
iiltiJfim,tmonta»tt ,qt4Afunt k dexiris C^ ajinifrris ^ aca(ce»'
de iUhc, thi lupis noficr invinitrtry cfr in ah.-) monte, cjHtfert

omae eentu piimtntorum c^ (pirittts^ vel jpeciis ihi (imiliter

efi i Moricnus; Confcendtte alta montAttd arboribus confi-

ta, qtitA ibt Lipis nofter t>tv:mtHy (jr abjconditHS ej} HcrmcS, •'

Recipe/apiciemni^rum , laptdem de montann Indi<t, cjHodeji

intus^mttteforaf, ^ejuodfords eft, mitte intns : Et M^ria ;

Aceipe herbam alham, cUram, honoratam crefcentem fnper

mont icu/is -^ldctw tcftanfuromncs Philofophi cx monti-
busnoftram tnitcriamdcpromi; Ita & mulrae ferar ab
Herculc domitara montibuscognorainantur, vtantcdi-
6lusLeoCitti:rronxus,HcIiconius, fic apcr Erymanthc-
us , quodhicrcmclmonuitrc fufficiat. /^ol^modd cum
m, L ^ Augias,rcxElidis,Solis filiusftibulumtriummiliiumbo-
3fA(ft4iHm
^ugtapw-
^^ g^^^ rcfcrtifiimum habcrct, jubct EuryfthcusHcr-
j.yigj„hoc vnodicpurgarc; cumqjco accciridctHcrcu-
IHtum,
j^^ ^ padbs fuit AugiaSjfcdccimam partcm omniumani-
maliumeircdaturum, fi eodcm dic ftabulun* iHud pur-
gairct 5
quo purgatocumHerculcs mcrccdcm fligitarct,
ncgantcmdarcfagittisconfccitj Ecujusfpolijs, vt dixi-
mu$,ccrtaminaIoviOlympicoinflituit. Maximum hunc
llcci vilifsimumj ncc tanto hcroe dignumjfuilfc iaborem,
cx proverbio,cuicIcre fummi ftudij,opcr« curarjocuna &
fecitjapparct: ^is cnim maior Hcrculc lovis fiiio? quid
vilius,firaetum purgatfc ? Nihilominus illi hoconcn» iin-
ponitur, caquoq«nccclTitatc,vtvnico dic,quodpIuribui
faciliusfuiirct,pcrficiat;Ncquis autcm cxiftimct pauca
fuilfc animalia, numcrus trium milliura alTcribitur. Et
funt,quiaddant,multisannisid ftabulumnon fuiiTc pur-
gatum,adc6 vt in fuprcmt partc fcu tabulato bovcs con-
gcfto fimojamftarcnt; Vndeconcludi polTcthunclabo-
rcm tcr millc hominibusalijs nimium fuilTc vni Hcrculi
impcram &pcra^um;Adirapofsibilia ncmo obiigatur.
 Lib.y. JJgyptio-Grxcorum. 117
vtdicifolcfj at Hercul«(blu8incredibili laborc aftringi*
tur: Siccjufmodi no(5lurnum laborcmiaantcfurccperat
vna no<5lc conficicndii, quem plunbus rcpudialTc non po-
tcrat ; Imo &cervacurfudcfatigandam.& lconcmanibus
diripiendijrubicrar,quos(aculisautraguris prollra^rc ma-.
jori8artificijquamlaborisfuiirct:Ira fcmper conditio &
Icxadditalaborum Hcrcuicorum magnirudincm videtur
auxiirc, nc (atis hicrit cos fa<5^os, fcd &: viiliter & tanfo te-
porc:Bovcsho8ruiiTcAugiar Solis filij fabulantur, quo$
jllcabrq.dubiocxpatrimoniofuoacccpifjQuiaSolcbovcs
&ovcsinpropri)spafcuisquamplurcs h?bui(rC;mcmori3C
proditum cftjQuid aute pcr boves intclligarur fub Apis dc-
clarationc&alibi diximus,ncmpcmatcria Phiiofophica,
quTCumin fimetorcperiatur,hocerr,viIis fitafpcdu, ac
mijltisfupcrfiuitatibuscircumdctur, aquibuspurgari dc«
betaPhilofophojnon inconcinrctraditur Herculi hunc
nabuhrium impofitum clTcjNcc cnim id abfquc
lal^orcm
Jabcreac fnrtorc fiericxiftimandumcft : Dcvilitarc& ia- Sterctttuu*
vcntionc cius fub Stcrcutij muncribus feu ftcrquilinio co-
(cntiuntomncsauthofcs.quotupaucosadducemusjMori-
cnus inciuit ,Saptff3tes atite dtJpofueruHt &
dtxerunt i^utdjihoe
quod ^Uicru infiercjmltnii inveneru, illxd accipe/iveroinficr~
(jatltMo non tnveneri^ tclle maKtt a mar/upio: Omms enim res (jHX
,

magnoemiturprecto,in kuitismodt arttficio mendax (^ invttli^

reper it/^r, Sic Avicena di<fl. i .c. 2.dc anima: Invenimui fcrip.
tfi tnltbi Artflottlts ,(jHefecit delapidthtu^vbi iiicit^Duo lapidet
i.uetinflercore, vntnfatens^aliusheneedorans ,
parum ap-
preciat i tn oculis eenttMm^fifcirent qentes eoru valetudtnes , rr-
ntrent eot hoKortficeyfedejuiane/ciunt eornm valetudtnem defft-
ciunt ^dimittunteosfKpfr/iercora in /cctsfatentti>fiSf C^ qai
coniunget eos^ihi efi magijferitimtEt Gt&i\ikUUV'Etfi hoc in fier-
ccreinvemrts ^uodtihtflacet vel exp(dit,mhilominustolle : Ec
Merculinusjpud RoUr: EfiJapisoccu/tus etinimofontefepHl-
clTc& parvi
tus,vi/tsetetetif*jfimovei/}ercoret£[Ius:Vilctu
prccij ncc rarumjArdoIdusnovo Jum:c.i .rW;>/rr,inquit
pa/4mmtnimoprecio Et Bcrnhaidus Comcs : VerfMur olf tr
.

cuiostoiimundo, nemo tamin cognovit forum, ^ui funt in

G g 2 ntmdo-^
 2i8 Hicroglyphlcorum Lib.y,
mttndo'^ Rofir: Phil : £f Jivfre yicmine fJH)tcap4rem^wfipiwtes
tnm ejfettettcr^derem Dc odorecjiis, inquit Moncnus,
'^

^?$te cpyifeSliofjem ntmis efl grnvii (frfAtidHi , C^ po^ confer»

i SfiOftem eji eius odor bonut , luxta hoc quodi.ipienf dtcit : /fla
4juidem .njff4 ecorpore mortuoc^ iamimynmiite tollttodo'em:
Nam C^ et'M cdor efi malm cfr cdcri [eptiLchrorum affimila-
^W-Et Cdild. Ci,^.EteJi Upii vilii .rt^er^C^fMens Mon emp-
tHi precio'. De viliratc &: dcfpedionc cius Scites, Mun*
dus, Zcumon ,& alij Philofophiin rurba atteftantur,
qu( rum dida non opus cft citare-, Cum itaque bove»
•
Philofophici fivc Solis in tanto fimo ftabuicniur,ab co
purgandi funt Hcrcuico laborc, quod quiiibet ipCc pra-
terquamquod omncs authorcs iJ inculccnt, irnaginari
potcft, cum cxhac rc vilifTima l-3ftida &abjed:aprccio-
''^"^^^•'•^riflima Mundi mcdicmafieridcbeat,idabfqucUborcnon
contingere; Solus tcllis S. Thoraas dc Aquino fuffici-
cns, qui (c artis veritatctuqnideminvcnirllc,ciurqueme-
dicinam perfecUrc tradit, fcd tantum laboris &fjrtoris
^, pcrpclTum clfe, vt non nifi ccrta caufa indudus ai.em
AvtsSinr' denudincipercvclit; Por.6 cum apud Stymphalum Ar-
fhalidfs cadia: lacum avcs cdTcnt Stymphalides idco vocata:,qux

fufau, carnibus humanis vcfccrentur ? Hcrcuies ad cas abigcn-

das iulTu Huryffhci profcdus; quas iile crepitacuiorum
Crotalum acncorum aPalladracccptorum tinri ufugallc mcmora-
yulcaniopM, ^i""* Inflrunicntum liludCrotalum di<SumaVulcano fa-
brcfa(flumcrat,quofolo avcsilLr Ploidcsquoquc vocatv,
non fagittis,abigi potcrant : fic cnim Apollonius libro (c-
cundoArgonaut: deillisfcribit:
Sedne^^vt Arcadiampetijt vtt Herculisarctt
Ploidas inde lacu volucres Symphalidas vlla.
Vellere vtpotuit : nam^ hoc ego laminevidiy
j^fiidemvt mar.ibw Crotalumpulfaxdtinalta
Extlienslpecula profptnans,protintts ilU
Cum clamere procMllin<^uentes Uttus ierttnt:
Hunc Hcrculis laborem fi quis ad litcram, vcl ctfain
ad oQ&cesy vulgarcmvc phyficana intcrpretctur, nugas
clFc
 Lib.y. Aegyptio-Grarcorum. 22^
ellc Hrug3ci(lia-!as, imo ineptias & (rlcaspucrifcsj ncmo
non viaet: Qnidcnin^ tantusHeroscrcpitacuIo Archytsc
aiics pcllcrs diccrctur, qux fagittis abigi non potcrant?
Hoc natuia: advctfum, iilud rationi habtrrctur : Si^uii vc-
road opusphilorophicum, quovniccfpccflatj accommo-
dctjomnium laborum cft pulchcrrimus &c evidentiflimusj
Imo airevcrarc audcoj^pud omncs fcrcauthorcs rcccntio-
rcsjvixarcaniusoiprxclariuscxcmplumfundamcntiarti»
extare,hocipfo, pcrtot actatesmundinonintcllcfto&ad
nos vfq;derivato;TcQesappcIIocosjnon iroaginarios(&
cx tabula nautas, aut cortice nantes aur codice vno pcr
tfanfcnnam falutato fcripturientcs) fcd qui Crotaii illud
gcnus a Vulcano fabrefadum , ncc non Stymphalidas
aues revcra agnofcant: Dc his,nerope avibu5,memincrant
pluriroiphilofophi, iam vocantcs caspartcsvolatilcsj fa^
ci\i fugituras, nunc aves volantes ; Vt &de Crotalofeu
scre philcfophico, fixo, figcntceas: Authorconfilijcon;

fol:Con(lans m turba dicit, NthiUiiHdeurate, mjicjuomodo

AuofHntargentA viUA^ fctlicet fixHm inare, et volattlefngiensin

AdercHrio'^ Etlnvidusdicif, cjModhocfHlfHry id efi,argentum

vinvm confHevit fugere, et fuhlimatur, ficut v^tpor : Oportet
enimalio argento vivo fm ^enerii^ id efl (tris retinere et fugan»
cohibere, tjuod fi cum albo vsl rubeo [ulphHre fui gemrii non
mifceaturMefi aHro vel argento,procul dubtofugiet : Hacc illc;
qIii paulo poft : Et Exirriidius dicit Dico vobis vcracitcr
•

noncfttinduraVeneris,nifiin jcrcnollro: Et adfiguram

Seniorisj Du£, m(\n\Uaues junt homjgene^^idef} vniin na~
tu^<t,ct funt l.ipis f<npi?ntum, m.ifculuf efi fine alis.tdeflnonvo-
tifi vo,.tte, quia de /e igrii hon petefiipfum corrum^ere ,ncc ex»
ha ar: velmllumfalium, Vfi/firi.uumauta/umiHMm,
i^Jtgne,

nflra di6i.ii • Avis Vtro alata efl fdtmina, qua cum

niji i^ii^-iiU

cerpjtjtut corrumpentibm coyjfumiturX.n\\\iis cptr': e hvOr:

teii: C,)~, Ideotaliaqua tr.quii,fx^mHiavicHlas tn aerevs»

lantes, viri-.te Upidis nrfin : Vulcani itaq; arte & Palladis

inftinduH.rcuIesfcuartifexadiutus, Crotaloavcs Stym-
pluiidas, cx puticdinofo lacu exorras, fugarepotcft • Fu-
G g 3 gat^
 ijo Hicioglyphicenim Lib. 5.
gatac dicuntur, quando noi) ampliiis apparcnr volantcg:
Addunt nonnulii, intcr quos cft Tiaugctas, his avibus
aias &vngucsfcrrcosfuiire,vtHsrpyijsaurcos;Quod mU
randum ell, &
genus aviuin facilc dccUriic 5 ncnipc mc
tallicum, licct potius ad violcntiam carum, quaai fub-
9. /lantiam in hoc rcfpiciatur; Hinc in Crctam Hcrculcs,
TAurtufu' cam ibi r^orusfurioiiffimus, Ncptuni iraagris immiirua
nojiu Creia ignen) cfHaiisnaribus &quofvis obvios intcrimcns, om-
captHi: niaq^vaftansvagarcturjEurxftheiiufrufccontulit- Qucm
moxcaptumadcumddduxit. .^id pcr tauros fignificc-
tur, iam fxpc rcpcticum eft; Etfi vero' hic ignem fpar-
gat naribusj tamcn ciufdcm ccnfuseft, cuius$i illi lafo-
>• nidomiti, alijqj piurimi : Mox ad Diomcdis cquos do-
Diomedis mandos miirus ert: Eratautem Diomcdcs Thraciar rcx
e^Mcumip' Cyrcncs Martifqj filius, fcrocifllmos cquos habens, qui-
fotrticidati: feus captos hofpitcs laniandos cxponcbat : Hunc Hcr-

cules c;iptum equis fuis laccrandum, talionis Icgc, cru-

delitcr cxpofuit, .ac poft ipfos cquos frucidavit. Mi-
rum cft Hcrculcm conira Martcmj ciufq; filium quid
tcntaifc, cum
vidcatur omnino Marti dicatus ob fircnui-
tatcm &
fortitudincmj Vcrum notandum, illum a Pal-
ladc& V^ulcano, ncc non M^rcurio quid opis auxilij &
acccpifie, a Marte nihil: A Mcrcuri; cnim filio cruditus
multis artibus, ct a f alladc fxpc monitus, a Vulcano
inftrumenta adcptus cft Ne quid dc Lino Apollonio
•,

auc Chironc Saturnio dicam j Ideoqj poft laborum fuo-

rumfincfin non Marti, fcd falladi aram et Mcrcuriocla-
vam idcm fubicdum
dcdicat ct confccrat; ^cr cquos
philofophicum dcnctari ccrtifilmum cft Cum cnim •

id omnia mundi nomina fcrc habcac, cur non ct cquus

noftcr dicaturi Sic Rhafis in cpiftola* Coopertoriftm, in-
cuit,€cj:*i ^alliHm noftrum albtim^ C^ eo^tita mjier leofortii

(ttb paUio coopertHi : Diomcdcs quod fit Martis filius ct

Icvis nepos, aurc;e gcncalogix pjiticcps videtur ridco-

quc proptcr lunoncm aviara Hcrculi infcnfus fingi-
tur 5 Eius equi dicuntur hofpites fcu advcnjjs ignotos
difccr
 Lib.5. Aegyptio-Graecoium. 2J1
dlfccrpcrc 5
Quod Chymia
an qui
fiit in
illis, ignoti
habcntur vcro fubicrto, non opus cft probarc, .ciim
fit in oculis & qucrclis Tcrc omnium : Signum quoq; ^ -'•

roboris Hcrculci eft, quod traditur in agro Epidaurio* OUaatI»

rum olcam manu capicns circumduxilfc, qux iilam circum.
figuram acccpit, vt vcrfilis vocarctur, non procul ^f^tx^
tcmplo Dianx Coryphaese : Hoc ctfi quis ad hyftoritm
flcderc podit, cum vidcamus eiufmodi arbufculas fjcpc
numcroinflcxas, &Milonis illiusCrotoniata:, aliorum-
que vctcris & rcccntis xvi, plus quan humanua] robur
audtamus, tamcn ad cadcm, ad qu.T reliqua eius opcra^
fpcvflare non ab$ rc arbitramur : Nifi cnim hsc fiat in-
flexio fcu circumdudio vafis philofophici, non con-
tincbit fpiritus volaiiics, vt multis in locis philofophi
innuunt • Nempe Morfolcus, Mundus, Aiiratus & aiij
"in turba & aiibi : &
quidam cxprclfc ignito giadio vcl
forcipc id ficri debcrc alFerunt 5 Cuna itaque fit hoc o-
pus arti nccclfsrium , mcritd quoquc antiquiflimi per
fimilitudincra alicuius Hcrculci laboris id cxprciTcruntt
OlcaautcmPalladifacraeft, cuictars: ^«ftf,inquit, Ar-
middpis \n novo lum :c:8. ergofaciet taUm aquam ? Certe
dico, (jttod illf, ejHi fcit faccre vitrttm : H<tc emm materiit
nihil afindef, <juam^ de (e iffa vftlt ftbi adiungi • Nam om*
nia, qutypu indt^et, in fe b^bet. Quibus vcrbis innuif, , ^
iilam matcriam nil requircre, quam fui fol/us
^^^^^- Hyppolit*
fioncm in vitro- Impcrauit deinde Euryfthcus Herculi,
^Jt^^nMm
vt Hippoiyrx Amazonum rcginae baltheum, ^^^^ regiMdhai'
pulchcrrimurti clTc audlvcrat, ad fc adfcrrcr : Idcirco^^'^^^^,^^^.
Hcrculcs mvi ad Amizonas traiccit; Curaquc Mygdon ^^
& Amycus fratrcs in Bebrycia itcr impcdire ipfi cona-
rcntur, obtruncati funt, & vniverfa Bebryciaoccupata:
Cum Amazonibus deindc congrclfus multas cx his fu-
peravit, doncc rcliqiiis in fugam vcrfi», HyppoIit*m
reginamcarum ccpcrit, quam ThcTco cxpcdicionisillius
focio concefllt,balthcoad Euryflhcumdclato:Amazones
aliquando fuiifc quis dubitarct^ cum toc & tanti fcriptorcs
dc
 .

1j z Hierogly phicomm Lib. y

dc cotcflcntur, «tqusedc Herculiscum ijs pugnanarran-
tur, alLegoriam potius,
quatn hyftoriarnj fapiunt Viragi-:

ncsluntillxnotarpiiilolophis, fjpminsr, ii (cpcujvjpugna»

triccs & mafcul^, fi aninium fpcdcs^ Cam his congrc-
dicnduro cft Hercuh artifici,carumq-, rcginzpreciohfl]-
rous balthcus dctrahcndus qui conltat aJamanrc &: car-
,

bunculo, Carin^mis&rarinimis huius murdi.Mcdicinis,

inquam, albis&rubcis, auroroilhcs precicfioxibu. ;Eo-
j
r ', I dcm itincrc ad Amazoncs contendens HcrcuUs rcpcrit
H-
kC to-
"^honcm Laomedontis nharo Ceto immaniixpolifam,
quairaCcto JiberavitjObquod bcacficium cuai I.aorr«c-
don ipficquos prseftantiirunospiorriiros nondarefj ob
j
hominisfallaciamTroiamaggrcllus, regcmobtruncavir,
Lnomedon
^^fioncmq; Telamoni fociodcdir, &/'riamum, /*odar-
^'"^*"!^^ didum,abHclioneccaptiscmpru:ii,vt potcfra-
tmcfdatHs
trcm, Hrrculesrcgnarc poftcapcrmifir. Ethxcfubulofa
elle &omninoailcgorica ex fequcntilibropatcbit j Ce-
tusartris illatusrraditur inrcipcrpetuammcmoriam, &
j
/•riamusrcenorcflitutuf,vteiretc8uraTroixdcnuo'occu-
/-..w-«;,A-
\jerjOnta vO' o *
-wt
i-
P'"^2:ct dcftrucndae j HcfioncTclamoni, vt Hyppolita
vesabdHni:
Thefco,expeditionum focijs,concciraprobravio, acfola
Pomo MeU
Hcrrculigloria rctenta cft : luflitdcindcEuryflheus puni-
li et Liv
^^^^ Gcryonis Hifpanix rcgis bovcs, qui hofpitcs vora-
li dec- '

*"^"^^d fc adduci- Ad quos profetflus HercuIes,bovcs rcgc,

CarteiJm
Orthro, canc duorum cipituro,draco-
^'"^^' cuflodibus,
pofieliClAm
fcribunt Si-
"^7. capitum, ct Eurytionc mmiftro, capfis impetravit:
Imsi.i.ete'-
QuoscxOccaniinfula Gadira ad Tartcffuro pcr id tcm-
tus interpres P°"*
ccJcbcrrimam Ibcrixcivitatcm abcgit: Quibus lo-
eaeKecolliott
cisduas columnas Hcrculcscrcxit, tanquam fuorum la-
quirumaltcram Calpcn, altcram Aby-
vAdtarntch'' borumtcrminos,
lcn vocavitjpofuitqjCas infinibusLiby<TCtEorop.T,qucm
monio
admodum Bacchus columnas dujs magnas crcxit in
,i
Oricntc Hxcalijprohyfloriaaccipiuntjab Ethniciscdo-
CalpeetA'
yyllcolHm- <^'' q^^i omnia, vt
didum, Hcrculis facinora vcriflima
habucrunt, vtctlovisaliorumc^dcorum: Atparciusifla
vApofuA
^J.. * viristamcn obijcicnda mciDcnto ; In reliquis, Erhmcis
fcnpto-
Lib.f. Acgyptlo-Gf«eomm<; «;j
fcriptoribns credimus, non In illis, quae dicunfur Hc»
roico illo fcculo contigilTc, longc antcquam mundus^
Crcatore noftro condcrctur : I dcoq; pro nunquam fadtis,
faepifllmc didis & fi(flis &:fcmpercrcditisca accipimus ;
vEgyptij antiquisiimi ab his locis valde rcmoti hxc
finxcrunt, fuifq-jrcriprisinfcrucruntjSlquibusGrarci, &ab
hiscaftcri mutuaci funt: Antcanarravimusht^cloca, ver*
fusoccidentcm &Hsfperuin ab illis fita, cclcbratafuiirc
ob mctallicas fodinds,ideoq-a /'hrnicibus maritimis po-
pulis omnium primo pctita & occupdta' Idq,- allegoriae
de bobus cx Ibcria abJuccn Jis fidaf IbcUm dcdilfe : Con-
tcmplcmurautcm hOsbovcs pcnitus, cuius fintpoircllbr
risautdomini, cuiulvecororisctcTSccllentJae, ctfacileag-
nofccmus ; Gervon illetricorpor, Chryfaoris filius, hos Gerjon ^uu,
bovcshabuifj ^ucm finguntaliquifuiircIberiscfcuHif^
pani.T rcgcm, idcoq; trium corporum di(R:um, qiiia tcrni
ctfcnt fratres in rcgnis viiicict conccrdcs ; Fatcor hxc
dici, at ncunquam probjri polIV j Ira Ethnici expofuc»
runt, q'ji nunqumiTricorporcm viderant inrcrum na-
tura, ne fabu'je vi jcrcntur rcs geflx Hcrculis ; At cur Gc-

ryorieftChryfaons hiccx Mcdufasfanguincnatus?

filius,

Cur ipfi fuit canis duorum ct draco 7. capitum, cur boucs

punicei ? H c omnia allcgoriam,praptcr antc didra, o(lc«-
dunt: Er nclongius hicmorer, Gcryon cft illc, vtante
quoq^lparfim mcminimus, dc quo dicit Author coniu-
gij Ex H-rmete '^Tresfacies^ideli,(piritmvidt,exvHopatre
natas ,id ejl v»afrogeyiie,e]ma iflornmellvnumgenpti, cjUjirttm
V/iaeftin igtte ^.Itera ift aere/ertiaiiiai^fta : .^utii fcilicetHa-
rnuel commcntatorScniorisdicit: Efi acjuavita tri^ftex,
i^uiaffi^vnfim, incfuofmt, fctlicetaer, i^nis&a^May ine^ua
efiammnexorta, cjHamvicant aurpsm, Gf vocant eam aqtiam
Mvinam : ijuas fctUcet facies, pater eorum coniMnxit, j^atcr^

i(ie(i,^efnts v^uni. ^itia homoo^enea funt : Hxc illc: Idcta

habettr in cuiufdam philofophi rythmis -,
^i dctri-
bus illisfacicbus ita vnitis, inquit ; Scd gratia 0<'i fcm-
per mancnt fimulquc in ma.cnifico rcgno «riumphant
H h Patcr,
 2}4 Hicroglyphicomm Lib.yJ
ra^cr, cum filio vna in fcde rcfidcnt, fcnirqiie magiflri
facies in nicdio apparct, pallio (inguinco vifibiiis : Ex
quibus quoquc vltinois vcrbisdecolorc puniccofeupur-
purco & rummc rubro ac Tyrio boum Gcryonis iudi-
carc liccat : Hic cnim color convcnit illis bobuSj cum
iam adultne aetatis fint^cuflos c(l illjs adhibitus canisSc
draco, Typhonis & Echidnnj fobQlcs ; De quibus antct
V fatis : Si guis dicat Hcrculcm rcvcra boves illos abdux-
colorc, illc fibi placcat, mihi non itcm j Nam
iiXe taliq;

RexjholU- Hcrculcs
ii in rerum natura fuiirct, & tantus hcros, an

tii*bobm& abadtor boum cxtititTct, an idco regem voluilfct aut

vitaabHcr- polfct cum fuis obtruncarc \ An bovcs pcr tantum lo-

€hU* corum fpacium pcr maximam tcrrjc parfcm cgiiret? An
ideo purpurcos fuilTc crcdcmus tum rcmporis,& iam
dcfijirc ? Nugae nugarum aeflicpantur, fi hyfloria fpcfte-
tur.^ Si allcgoria, fcria An quoq;
rcrum fencs fcfc c ffcrt;

credamus , vt ijdem Ethnici fcriptorcs addunt, Hcrcu-

lcm tum Libyam ab Europa fcparalfc & rnan mcditcr-
raneo dedilTe ingreirum l S\ x^n cunis iaccrcmus omncs,
pcrfuadcri poiTemusabilJis, quafi aniculis garrientibus,
paganifmi antiqui fcfiptoribu» &
poetis • Emfdcm veri-
tatis habcntur Hcrculis, cuius l>\oi\y^\ feu Ofyridisco-
lumnxs cnim iEgyptij domi mancntcs ct Vulcano
Sic
fuolitantcs, totum mundumfubiugarunt, ramadOcci-
dcntcm ab Hcrcule iGgyptio, quam ad Oricntcm ab
Ofiridc, columniscttcrminisfuzpcregrinationisct vic-
torix crcdlis : Ncc fatis crat ob boucs tam prcciofosin

Ibcria Hcrculi pugnalTe &

obtruncalTc rcgem , fed in
f7 itinerc quoq; multasaducrfitatcs palTus c(l : Alcyoncuf

Alcyeneui ^"'"* g'8^^ ^^ Corinthi Iflhmum occurrit, qui trucida-

ahoi, ^^^\ Dercylus & Alcbion Neptuni filijeoi in Hctruriaoi

cgcrunt,a quibus cum taurus aufugilTct & tranalTct in Sici-
|ft liam,ItaliaiD poftea nominarunt, cum Tyrrhcnorum Iin«

Erjx» 8"^ tauius, Italus dicebatur : Erycem Vcncris & Butjc

fiIiufn,SiciIiacregcm,boue8qucq;appctcntem,&:regnutn
fuuni pro ijs ucpoaentcoi vl^or intercmit : Siculos
quoqj
Lib.5- ^gyptio-Graccorum. jjy
auoq; impctum facicntcs in bovcs, fugauit : Hos tan-
dcm Myccnas ad Euryfthcum dcduxit^quos omncs illc
lunoni immoJavit. Satis fane cft, Ci non nimium, ob
boucs ma^andos tantum laboris fubijtrc ; Hmc author
iUtOTXi num^Mtd, inqWf Hen/egtfiisMM/ioties, ^Mod^irca»
Kum tffcanvrHm ^ thefaurtts thejaurorum^rAeuntibHsin^vU
Konponitur ? ^^od (ijicfublice pomretur^ arcamnoniitjefri"
UAretury teflaKte Beato Cregorio : Depradari ^fyderat, ^ui
aurum pubiice in vta portat Nam
arcarum eo (juod i» arcd
:

claufum ejfe deberety dicitur, Quod

in abadlu honim bo-
um patct, qui ab omnibus appctuntur, dcprxdantur>
vij fraudc) prccio, depofitoquc rcgno, & difficillme ab
Hcrcule totirs rapti rccupcrintur &
cuftodiuntur ; Tot
dcorum filijs intcrcmptis, vt Tcrrae, Ncptuni ct Vcnc-
ris; Scd hzc fatis cx prjeccdcntibus intclliguntur: An-
tcquam vcro Hcrcules ad boves contcndcrct, folis ra» io.
dijs nimium calcfados, arcum vcl in ipfam foicm in- Infolemar»
tcndit;Quarc Solcius vircs etanimi magnitudincm admi- cumintendit»
ratu» AVREVMPOCVLVM illi donavit, in quo O-
ccanum ad boucs capicndos traiccir, vt aitPhcrccydcSy
in s.Iib: hyftoriarum ; Atque vbi per Occanum naui- 21.
garct) poculumquc magnopcre HuAujret? iratus Hct' iMOceanum
cules vcl contra Occanum arcum intcndit Nauigij hoc arcumi»» :

gcnus, quo vtitur ad boves iturus, nunc elTcdefijt, quia tendit»

viliora ligna, quam metaila funt Attamen ilii antiqui
•

hyftorici id intcr hyftorias rcferrc non dedignati funt-

Donum Solis aurcum qjod amplcxus ftt Herculcs? fe
muncrihus placabilcm oftcndit; luxa illud corundcm:
P/acatur donts lupter ipfe datis : Rafis in Epift: Et hic,
inquit, dr Hc navis nofira in mart ncflro piena gigantumt
Qax de minis Soli et Oceano intentatis dicuntur, m-
ViCtam animi virtuteoi arguunt, qu£ virum magnani.
mum deccr, (dum tamcn abHt ia^antia Xcrxis Fcrfici
rcgis, qui Pontum ccrto verbcrum numcro caftigauir, A«
thum fPontemloco fubmovit dc ftuuios cxiccavit) luxta
iilud Horatij:
H h 2 Non^
 1^6 Hicroglyphicofum Lib.y.
Nonjtmiiletjutjc, c^olim
tJl> Car 2
Qj^ j^ Sicerit^cjuoMdamCyihuratAcetitem
Sufcitat Mtifam, m^fenperarcum
Tthdtt jipolU :

Rehud an^nfii^ ariimoftu at^^

Fortii appare,laftenter idem
Contrahes vento nimtPmfecundo
Turgtda vela.

/»ofth^cadaurcairaIacx pomis Hcrpcridum aufererda

profcduscft, dcquibus/upcnuslib.i. copicfc tradavi-
mus ; CygnumquoG-fibircriUentcirapgrcnuscftaquo
22. fulminccalcftidiicmptuseft: Dcinde Antjfum tcrrjefi-
Jfnrea «;<?/4 l«umobvium habuit,qui 64.cubitorum Jongitudinis in
hf/peridhm. omncs pcrcgrinos inhumanuscrit.* Hicad Judam pro-
2 j. vocavitHercuIcmjaqnocumrxpcprofterrcrciurintcrrS,
Cygnhm ao^ priftina virtuteaudarcliirrcxit fcriior,quodcum intclJi-
grejfut, gcrctHc/cuIcs, eum ccmprsEhenfum foblimcnt a tcrra ta
/4. diufuftinuit,donccexpiraveritiraxJma viJ richiciuHcr-
Antaumpro- culis:Cui fabula Natahscxpolirioncm n-tx adc^it huiuf-
firavtt, inodl; ^uamrem *jro,\nc[Uit)fane ntht/a/ud /:^ntficare cre-
diderim , quam medtcorum ^uoddt,m dynra cortraria fctltcet
ccntrarijs ejfe cur*4nda,vt ncmin /iottit vtiu >tir fi; r^ificat r. (jttod
Umen poieji ad muitM po/jitica4 trfinfern autor.a 0- tudtc ia^c$'
ad vttlttaiem vmverja /?». mara vtu Cum er.trr Hercuief Sol
-

eXff/at^tttrMfitgida contaS/arccret^t ejux t.tmto calore fuerirtt

exuf/a-, ^Ufip^-opter revocat invitam ip;t.m Anttum -^fic narhCL
doctmur ca/idti agritftaini/u^ refrigerantta medicamenta tCle
mdlotbendi^.^ c.trcrt violenta ta.meny ne propter antipertjJuftrt
fiat af'ficma : Hxc iJJe : .^na quidcm pcr fe vcra arbi-
tramur;6^infchoJamedicoruir vcJ parum infiitufis no-
tjftima/cd non cjlceiufmodidcgmata,quac occultaride-
bcantfub vn^bris aJIegoriarum,tum quia vuigaribUsper
fcabfq)fabuJispatcant,necmagn^fubtiIitfltisinven)antur
(afinisqucquc&ovibus, ftupidiftimis brutis, nioiium
calorcm
 Lib.j, Acgyptio-Graccorura. ij^
calorcm & frigus drclinflre ) vt &humidiutc& nccitate
cailcnribus,& vniusimnioderationi altctius contrarieta"
tefuccurrere» naturcein{lin(flu conantibus) tum, nnon
patcrentabfq* fabulisjpcrfabulasmultominusinnotck^c-
rent : Inde Oultiorcs Qultis vidcntur, qui has fabulasdc
i|s rebus cfFidas crcdant & cbuccincntur; Quis cx Hcrcu-
inipfumSoIcm cceJi intenditar-
JcfacidtSolcmcoeIi,qui
cum,vt moc^ddiximus? Satiusclfetfatcri fc non perfpi-
ctrcrcsfubillisfabulislatcntes, quamira cmendicare ex-
pofitioncs ncc re4,cui applicantjnec a qua fumuntur, con-
vcnicntcs : Oronc quod dicitnr, fcribitur, fingitur, pingi-
tur,8d locum communem vcl EthicjF, vel fhyficjt, vcl fa-
bulofathyftori.T accommodari ncc hoccfl artis
potcfl;
magn3e,fcd porius memoria?, at res arcanas fuae propriac
natur?*, ventati & homogencitati rcf^ituerc, hoccfl in-
genij&vcritatisamantjs: Vnarcsautcmdc vna rcritatc,
&vcrifas vnadcvnacadcmqjre prxdicatur, nonde^)-& rfr
ali},propriclnqucndo; Quomodo igitur Hcrcuks nunc rr
j
critScIc^Iir-uiichcrcsrcrraf^amRfx iEgypti, autalius. / .

quivis / quomodo nunccortrarictatem in jPhyficaj mox f^*. *

quld inEci.ica,p£u!6poft jnhyfloria pcrfonara fignifica- ^
bit? quoniodoerit lovis Sliuy, iEgyptipracfcs,roonflro-
rumdoniitor,virtutisrpccimen,tot vitiorum&adulterio-
rum, furtorum, rdp;narum& horoicidiorum perpetra.
torj' Harcomnia viu vcntatinon conveniunt, fcdadver-

fiflimafunt, niliquisvelit rmnia deomnibus, vcractfal-

fa fimul dicere et crcdcrc: Quicquid hic de Hcrcu/c dici-
tnr, idem etde lafone,ettotadcorum, dearumq; genca-
Iogia,omnibufq-, allcgorijsctfabulis hadenuscxplicatfs,
intclligidebct : Nos novimus & ad naufeam feic incul-
candoprobauimus, vnam, vnam,inqua, vnam efle rcm
occultehabifamabiintiquifrimohuc vfquetcroporc^ dc
qua omncs \\\x fabirarctallegorixfidlac, &in medium
inundi, hocefJ, fcripta Ethniccrum ct Chrifhanoiuro,
produdl.t fintj Cumiila vna reconveniunt mircnonfo-
luro ad vnam omncs de Hcrcule fabula?, fcd et pl^rgrq; a-
H h 3
• lije, \
 igj Hicroglyphiconim Lib.5^
hx^ ica vtnonopusfit, has nuncad morum, nunc ad
vuIgarisPhyficx, paulopodadaltcrius rcientixdodrini
intricatifnmc 66aIicninrin^eexponerc: Sileanc igitur &
H^rpocratiiCgyptioiitcnt, qui fibi dcclaranda fumunt,
quiTum ipfi ne vmbram capiunt, ac doccre ca alios non
crubc(cunt,quxnunquam didiccrunt,intcrim tanquam in«

^ . grati muti^matrv^ffi omnium fcicntiarum , poft Dei facro-

^*
'^^"^^i^oi^nidodrinam.antiquifrimaractgcnuinam, cal-
tarwM r'I
7"citrando&conviciandopctcntcs, &r.u1Io modoagnof-
^'
ccrcintcrfcicntiasetiamcommunesvolentcs, Chymiam
puta^Mcdicinxgcncrihumano vtiiifsimx genitricem 8c
rcliquarum artiumRcginamjQuidJfi fallcrenturfuojudi-
cio flliputatitij&putidiccnforcsDcjdoncrum, qui qux
ipfi non acccpcrunr,cx Dci manu convicijs-.tanquam vul-
pcs ex cor VI roftro cafeum blanditijs,fi polfcntjcxtcrquc-
rcnt^cum ita fcribunt;

^rs fnHiiX invi[A honis ^Hlcedine CMptos

luCHnde vtperimis ? dementibM imfroha Sirem

Etquac idem authorpluracru(Sat,dc!nfcitia cjusac cani-

na facundia potius quam de dodrina in arcanisaut dc vo-
luntate bencvolatcftimoniu perhibentia:Antxi perfonam
elfc fiditiijmjnuIloctiamdemonfirantc,pafct, Eft cnim
Tcrrff fiiiusjhoc efi,abfq;patrc& matreobfcurifsirousjcx
/^oetarumccrcbroprogcnitusjquifacncio.alioscommu-
nis (laturzhomine^cxoequarct, turri mgenticomparan-
dus; Ejus quoq-mentio fit in adminifirationc officioiu ^E-
gyptijvracum Bufiride,HcrcuIc,Promethco& Mcrcuri-
o, Ifidi rclidis velutpracfcdisabOfiride, in Indiam pro-
fed:ufo: Significataufcm lapidificam virtutcm in (c tranf-

n;ut«ndimatremfuamjquoticfcunqj tangatcam,qu« vis

indcprovcnit,fifumma fixifupcretiummamvolatilis, vt
J5. alibicopiof-anobis dfdumeftjlne^gyptumpoikapro-
Bufirimitu fcdusHcrcuIcs Bufirim,Ncptuni & Lybies filium,quia il.
uremit, lc ad vcnas Ncptuno patri immoIarat,cum filijs intcrc mjt..

Bufiridis
 j

Lib.yJ Acgyptio.GKecotum. aj^

Bullridis iam ante (. i .mcminimusjbujus laudes rcripnc [•
rocrates,Virgil.-autcm Gcorg: J^j {ipXuni non laudari dig«
-
num vocatjcum inquit -, •

^dis aut Eur/fieadttrttmy

^HttUAttdatinefcitBftJiruiiiardf}

Strabo 1. 1 7.Bufiris, inquit, nullus ncc rcx fult ncc tyran-

nus. PerArabiamdcindcHcrculcstranfiensTithoni fiiiu * '
.
^ ,
immanifsimuminpcrcgrinosobtruncavit. Mox ad Cau •'''' ^*** P*".
^**^^*
cafcos motcs & Hypcrborcos profcdlus aquilam, Typho- ^"^
nis &Echidn2filiam,Promcthcijecur vorantcm fagittis *^*
Promethcum folutis vinculis oleaftri libera- f^ometheun»
tranfifixit,&
vit. Hinccu Acheloo, qui tauri formam fumpferat in Ca-
^^"'^«'^ *'
*^^*'^^''
lydonc colIuftatus,cornu cjus frcgit, pro quo redimendo
Achelous Amalthcx , Harmodii filiAr, cornu Herculilar- . , f .

^***
gitur, qijod illeomnibus fruftibusrcfertumlovi confc-
cravit. Dc Bufiri iam anie egirousj Tithonus Laomcdon-"''^'^^''*
tis fraterabaliis fingitur,pitcrMemnonisamafij Aurorar,

eftq; ciufde clafsis cum rcliquis; Promethcus a Mercurio,

lovis jullu ) Caucafo adalligatus fmgitur, quia ilie jg-
nem cx folariluminc in fcrulaacccnfumadnominesat'-
tuleratjacPandoraedonum, vt Hefiodus habct, rccipcrc
nolucrat, cui Aquila jecur quotidie rcnafccns excdat;
Ha£C ab Hcrcule confixa dicitur: Dc Promcthco jam
f.rpemcmiaimusqualis fit, cujus pro/apiz &nominis*
Aquilam pro matcria volatili &penetrante ad intcriora
accipimu3)cuius Philofophiplurimis iocis meminerunt;
Aquilamquafiaquam intcrpretantcs, vt Scniorin figura
decem aquilarum alijque.et rationem addunr,quia,inqui-
ant, vt pcnnne aquilx aurum facile' airumunt, i\ dcau-
rcntur, ita ec hsc aqua facile fic aurca, imd alias pcn«
nas corrodit aquilinapenna vt aquila ipfaaves,& fic
aqua i^hilofophica : Hinc Bafilius Valeotinus j Per»
mXf inq<iit, avir de Aferidie potenti fera de Ortente cor
ex pcaorterttit i Hxc Aquila ab Hcrcule figitur fagittis,

; hoc
 140 Hieroglyphicofu»ii Lib.^.
hoccftjfi^iruf PhrlofophfcisarmiserVulcanljsi Aquila
ob parcntiim cia.TiM((;in /atis inciaruic,dc quibu& fupra \\x-
quntics : Aquilacnim voUns pcraercm (vt Avicenna in
Porc: £lcm-tradir, cuniqucrccutifcrc omnc») cr Bufo
grad cnspcrrcrram, eft magiltcrium, quodPhilofophi-
eum Symbolumcr Hicroglyphicum laiigncRudolphus
2. Impcrator piat niemonx , Mcdicinx chymicas a.na-
ArmorHm
riffimusob fingubrcscaufasnoftro clyped vna cudupli*
c\ Gilca fupcrimpofKa infculptu volujtv.;oncc(ris infupcc
prtvilegiA
Pfivilcgijs PdIannatii$,vtvocanr,et cxcmptionisfonam-
Aiithorii.
pliflimis: AchcIou$,iEtolisc fluviuscll intaurum con-
VvrTuSjVtaPoeris fingiturjDc cornuCopiacet Amalthcar,
vndc dicatur, fub Diony fo,
Iib: j. cx >£gyptiorum rra-
ditioncnarraviraufSjperquod Mcdicinam aurcam Philo-
fophicam omnis gcnens frudibusrefcrtifsimam fntclli-
Cacttm U- gi, et nihil prjeterca in mundo, nili impropj ijfsiroc, pro
(ronemop' ccrto novimus; IdemHercuIcs Cacum Vulcani filium
frejjtt, tricipitem latroncm in Aventinomonrcopprsfsirj Z)uo-
dccim dij? arascrcxir, vrpotcIovj,Ncptuno,Iunoni, Pal-

DHodecim Jadi,MtTcurio, ApolHni, Gratijs, Baccho,Dianx,Alphc-

dijsarase- o, SaturnoctRhcT: Erpoft e gigantibus vidroriam ai-
rexit. unf Hcrculcm fuam clavam Mcrcuno cognomcnto jpoly-
gioconfecrairc,quamaircruntcx olcaftro futlTcct rcpul-
MercHrio lulatre,adtifq;radicibusinligncm arborcm fa(!^amc(fe.Fc-
cUvamdicii''runteum,anrcquam-ad infftos dcfccndcrcr,ad Octamac-
vit. ccffillcj atq; cx (ontcbibil.rc,quiindclabebatur, ob cu*
jusvimcumomniumpraEtcrirorum elTct obIiru8,fonrcm
JExfonte illum Lethiuranominavir, vr ait Dcmophatus in rcbus
\jethio btbit .iEroIis: lulTusdcniq; cft Hcrculcs ab Euryftheo In-
fcros adirc, ct maxime horrcndum infcrorom cancm
Cerbcrum Ccrbcruraadfcadduccrc Hic fingitur fo.hibcrccapira,
ex Inferis c•trinacanina, rcliqua er caudam Draconis Dijs itaqjfa-:

ctuxit, crifirijsiifepcradtisrmTxnaro promonrorio anriu iub-

ivir, trajcdoq; Acheronrccrreliqursinftrorum flummi-

Thc/e*'m bus, Thcfeumfupcrfaxo fcdcnrcm ct Pirithoum nvjz-

iiber^vit. nttjfedquiafponte et confultdpirithouscd accclFcrat, il-

lum
Lib.5» ^gyptio-Graecorum^ 241
lum ibidcm rcl/quit, Thcfcum, quia ncccffifatc coaAus
fucrac Firithoum ad rapicndam Prorcrpinam comira-
fi, libcrauit ; Mcnxtium infcrorum bubulcum rcpug-
nantcm intcrcmit, omnia cius olla conrrmgcndo j Ccr- iS*
bcrum) cuius morfus nullum crat rcmedium, ccpit : ^•^»*'»*»
In ripa Achcrontis albam populum invcnit, cx qua co- ^^fcremit,
ronam fibi fecit, cuius cxtcrior foliorum pars nigra cft i<^»

ob fuligincm : Hlnc itta arbor Hcrculi putabatur poHca Expo^tilscem

iacra: DcmumCcrbcrumpcrTrxzcncmad Euryfthcum- ronamjibi
deduxit, cuius fpumapcrvomitioncm cicfta, aconitum A"^
prajfcntiflimum vencnum clfc -fingitur : Cumq; Ccrbc- ^of^»
rus cx infcris addudus videatur fummum Hcrculca-
rum virium, cxtcra fi qux fint cius fada, volcntcs hic
prjcterimus & Hcrculcm idcam pcrfediflimi artificis,
fcu philofophi fcu mcdici chyroici nunquam non eire,
cxbis c\ux dirta funt, agnofcimus j faciliufq; cx ipfius
Hcrculis manu clauam cxtortam iri, quam philofophi-
cam hanc intcrpretationcm fabularum dc ijs & hcroi-
bus prolatam, cx intclllgcntium mcntibus cxcmptam
^dclctam forc non iniuria nobis promittimus U poiii-
ccmur:Gacumj Vulcani filium ob furtum Hcrculcsm-
fcrcmitj Nifi cnitn rcmpcrics ignis adfit, malumcvcnifj
(quodCiJCUsfonat) &furtum fcu fpolium comraittiturin
bpbus philofophicis Hinc Mundus in turba : Moneo, in-
•

\i\tyCaHeatis,ne com^olitumfumiget &fffii^iat.Et Author con-

\ll ,^f f»s mifercniam offendertt,

: ^ a afmete ntea dtffterferit,

Jioplagam infaciimJuAm,fer^namfugam capiam • Per hoCyin-

quir, tangit euifare excejfumcalorif j Indc in hoc conveni-
untomncs, vtignls infolutionc&coagulationcfitlenis,
infubl mationcmcdiccris &inrubificafionefortis; Om-
nium optin^c Lullius thcor: tcft: c.33. Ignif naturaliSf i»
quo efl virtus aSIiua , non flt fuperattti per Elementalem ig"
nem : Et pnma Jua corruftionis objeruare de-
in e^cratione
i>ei, naturam fuperet calorem naturahmin*
cfuodignii contra
natum inmobilt fubteno^vno gradu tantu, e^ nonvhraillum nu-
mcrtm* ^^iaJfitrxtPii indiuidupu, qiii ejifpeciei confernatiuuii
I i Aef^de*
i4* Hcroglyphiconim Lib. j,
'i^fjderans (intilemgenerAtionem re&o in^itt^f* fuA natunt, cor*
rtimpereturperfatedefiruSfionefn ejjentta, crtunc ampliut non
haberet appetitumfimtlemgenerationemfaciendi : ^jtia natura
exiret per corruptionem C^r defirkEiionem qm contra naturam
/ant cftermtnum acciperet &
finem ccn/ummatfenis : Hinc
HermeS) c.4, Etfacite,\T\(\mtyCjUodfugtensnonvoletanoH
fugientef&ejuodfuper ignem cjuiejcat, licet fit tgras afiuans : Ex
quibus caufapatctj cur Cacus vt furcifcr et latrO) qui
Hcrculipartemboumfurripuit, occifus fit: Inantro fuo

occlufusdiciturjEt rcveraCacusVulcanifilius, qui fpo-

lijs deicdlatur^ vr potcmaIus,in fuafpcluncaoccludidc-

bet, vtfaltem vnusadcumaditusctiamcum cudodia &

cura detur, vtBafiliusValentinus, alijq^circaignisregi-
mcn admoncnt: .^ibus dijs aras crexerit Hcrculcs c%
quorundamfuperiuspofitatraditionepatetquorum jam
anicfuolocomeminiinus: DeclavaveroMcrcurio, pr£
omnibus dijs^confccratanonparum ominisquiseliciat,in
cjus honorc, nempc Mercurij, omnia Hcrculis opcra pcr-
fcAa & dicata etrc, fiquidem clava fit inftrumentum quo ,

animalia & mon dra non fugacia aut volatilia, fcd refiden-
Cia& fixa cominus podraverit, vt fagittis cminus fugi-
cntia & volantia peticric Quod: (1 Mythologi huius rci
vcram rationem reddercdcbercBt, aliquid miri abfque
dubiocffingcrent, ncmpcdc cloquio vel furto, vcl ncfcio
quoof]BcioMercurij, quoHcrculcs valuerit: Nos ratio-
ncmomnibus hadcnus didis& pod dicendis confcnta-
ncam vnam damus, quadratam & immobilem, Omnfa
Hercolisopcra, laborcfq^ circa philofophorum Mercuri-
umfuitrc, nonvulgii!IumfuracinrimumIiquorem,ideoq;
incritdcIauamciusMercurioconfecrari, gigantum, ccn-
raurorum & alioruni mondrorum fanguinc crucntam;
Quxcxolcanro fuiire fingiturjqUcTarborPalladifacraeft,
inarborem gerroinantcm dc nouo conucrfa* Quod cx Lc-
theo fontc bibcrit& omnia mala oblitus fuerit crcdibilc •
Quia vt authorcs tradunt,Eft in Chy mia corpus quoddam
nobilc, quod mouctur dc dominoad dominum, in cuius
initio
 Lib.y, Acgyptio-Graecorum. 24}
initiocftmifcria cum aceto, in fine «utem gaudium cum
la!ficia : Et Hermes Cap: ? . Vemte, inquit, filijfapiemum ex
nttncgaHdebvmtii ^ deleQemHrfimHl, ^ma mors confHmpta efi
^fitim nofter iam rtinat ac ruheo ornamento ac came indntM
eft.S^^^ Ccrbcru adducerc cogaturjex iE^yptiorij figmc-
tis cft, a quibus,vt raeminimus lib; i . hoc Homcrus & aiij
poetaefr^nftulcrunt : iEgyptij autcm nihil aliud intcllcxc-
runtp^r Cerbcrum, quam Typhonis& Echidnse filium,
ncmpe nionftrum horrcndu, informe, ingcns, trinis capi-
tibus & caud is vcJ capitibu» draconum permultisjCu vcro
«ntehac dc cius fratribus & rororibusrxpcdixerimus, hic
i]lummittimus,hacadmonitioneadiunda)pcromniailIa
monftra quid intclligi vilc& defpeiftum pra^ vuIgOjfcraru
& rcrpentij natura habcns, quod tamen in rcm preeionni.
mam/i bene tradctur,rcdigi pofTit^PirithDu in laxo feden-
remrcliquit, qui vidcturefreinconrydcratusquidamopc
rarius ciusartis,cuius& Siry[>husraxumrcuo]ubiIcverfat«
Thcfcusctfi quoq-jRcx Atlicnftnfiii ftatuatur, iEgci ncrii-
pefiliusj(Pandionis.ncpos,Cecropispronepo8,Ercchthci
abncpos, Pandionisatnepo$,qui^]iu8Erichthonij,vthic
Ncptuni crcdituscft) cireaari^^umm^idi 273 r.antena*
tiuitatcmChrifti 125 i.&antcinitiumOlympiadum 458.
poft Nimrodi regnum 942. tamen Hcrculis a?tate, quahic
vixilTc fingitur, illc Thefeus attingere non potuit ; Inter
Thefcicnim Athenicnfiu rcgiscrcditi xtatcm & Ncptuni
(quinunquamvixjt) abeoodaui inordinc, treccntiferc
funtannij Aut igiturThcfcus Athcnicnfiura rex, (etfialij
ciu8 vitam defcribant) tofus fabulofuscft cumfuisproa«
vis,autfihicvcrus,falfi tamen ip(iparcntesaircribuntur&
rcs geft^, Cum Hctculcs ille fingatur vixifTc Saturni & O-
(iridistemporc, dcquoantc fatisegimus : Depopuloalba
ibvnapartcafumodcnigratain folijs ideoqj Herculi di-
cata nihil addimus, nifi quod a carbonum puiucrc & fumo
ita cuencrit ; cum non fit fiiligo apud infcros, nififorc

Vulcani ofhcina ibidcm fingatur fuiife: Hcrculcs igitur in-

viftusmonftrisinfcrisacfupcris, falo, foloq; triumpha-
I i 2 tor
 244 Hierogly|.'hicorum. Lib.yJ
tor artifcx fatis innotuit, de qiio fi cx reecntiorihus autho-
nbus proprictatcsjrcquiritajcircumftantiasjquoad corpus
& iHgcniunijfortunann & conllanriam, ncc non impro-
bosin invcnicndoIaborcs&inpcrficicnJofeduIitatcmct
curam,adijccrcvcllcm,vcrcor nc nin js hocopuscxcrcf-
hoc
ccret} Illisautcmahbi legcndis, hicpr.Ttcrrjinjs, in
quoq; fludi) gencrc, vtinaiijs arduisncgotjjs omnibu«,
fudorem antc gloriam hominibus a Deo immortah potJ-
tumeirealfcriaiusjNaravtpocta inquit.
f. ff.p

^f^P •
^g^ ig^^ adfeenffii ft qttU fctat ardna, fudor
Plurimiu hunc tolltt ,mnurnainfomnis ehua
Jmmoritur^deUt ^uod mox Uuda^dtrat infe
^ui cufit ty£terHA donari frondis honore»

Ita ctCal id) Intellige, '\r\(\M'\t^eiufVirtutem&vaiorem^atj^

honorem, 0" operare : Etdtxit ejuidamjafiens : Non e/l tihi da-
tum aDe» hoc ma^tflerium/ol/im pro tua audacia, fortitndine
C^ callidttate , omni labore : Nam laborant hominej^ et
fine
T)etutrthuit fertanamhominihw . Adoraergo deum Creato-
rem, quitihitanta^fratiam fuUoperihus henedtEtis veluitex*
hihtre: Aviccnna vcrc) teftatur dc fcfc qudd tantum labo-
ris et fludij in hanc diuinam artcm pofucrjt, vt plus in olc-

um ad clucubrandum no(5lu,quaii alij in rinum ad bibcn-

dum» collocarit, idccq} fciat C9i-i qux fciat prac rchquif ; I-
dcm in ariis vcritatem probandam did: i.cap:2 .dcanima,
adfert tria argumcntorum genera, vnum dialcdicuro ex
philofophia, altcrum cx fophifticis, rertium cx rationc vi-
iioni? et oculorum dcdudum ; Dequorum vItimo,Si, in-
c^Uit.aurum (^ argeutum non viderem.dicerem ,e]uodnihtl erat
magtfterium, fedquia vtdeo, creio & jcio, quod ma^ijferi^
um ejil
 jr^^^u j^Spv j1!!^s^ wB^ITi^ j^?i*. ji'i!^i*.r!L

Tl^^Jr TW«» ^»«* •»>

LfBER S£XrV5.

DE 1C RO ANA I

Expediuone.
Rojarx vrbis cxcidium cum nonnul-
lis vclle rctexerc, aut in dubium re-
vocarcjcum tot civiratcSjquse fc a Tro-
janispoftbcHum profugisauthoribus Cfj^iffiano'
exrrudasalIerunr,cxtcnt,eirct!^thJ- rum CtvtU-
opcmdealbarc autolcum & operam tescjuAhec
omnino perdcrc; /^roptcrca tantum affermt ak ,

nobis non fumiajus: Attamcn CuC' EthMcifhta,

& validc tanquam digifo demonftrare nos poflTco- e$uf£fal/tf
cinfte
pinamur,quampropinquumhoc fit fabulr aut hyftoricc hyfiorijs hau"
nunquam fa(5t3e,hacprotcftdtionc,noscuilibetfuun) m-fermt c^tw
dicium libcrc reliduros, prrfertim cumidabfqjcuiufq; cow/^/w^^ftf
confcienriTljEfionecrcdi poffit, autnon :Ncc vcro Cri- j?r(7/tfr«»^
ticorumplasquaiTi niturali acumini ea, qur dicluri fu-
mus, Iubcntesfubijcimus,qui hjcc &fimilia, vcritarc ta-
incn rei immota, facilc verborum vcntis dilTipdrent j at
candidatis Phyficac (ccrctioris amatoribus dijudicanda
proponimus & rclinquimus. Dift/s quidam Cretenfis
cretizat (c Trojanobcllo, dum gererctur, intcrrnilfc : At
quia tantam antiquitatcro, qu« vlfra Hcfiodi &Homcri
jetatem fefcextenderttjnonlapiat, fed ab illis omnia fua
muruatus vidcatur, vt fidtltiumac fabulofum fcriptorc,
qui fi;flo nomine aliaqj intcntione id fcriptumedidit, o-
I i
i mitti-
 :

14^ Hicroglyphiconrm Lib.tf.

mittlmus. Priroaracio) quaTroianumcTcidium fabula;
I RMtio'
\r /^^. adfinc ccf nitur, eft; Quiaomncs fundatores Troiar funt
/ r-A^^/^j, fabulofi & e' Ocorum fidiciorum gcncalogia origincm
^ *
ducunt, vt Tros fcu Laomcdon, cui Ncptunus & Apollo,
(ex iulfu tovis, quod vna cum cs^tcris dijs lovcm ligare
volucrint, aut hic Cyciopcs (agittis intcrcmilTct) in xdifi*
candis mnenibus operam fuam ccrtamcrcedc dicarunt:
SicOvid: inepid: /'aridisfcribit^mxniaTroiaQa Apolli-
nc 1/ram pulfantc d;dificat«eire,hisvcrnbu8

lUoH AJpicieSi firmata^ tMrrihtis tdtis

M^nii^ Phahca firH^d canore lj/r<t.

Virgilius tradit ea mznia quondam Vulcani fabricata

nianu:Quodriitacft, vt clTc fubolfccimus, Vulcanijsar-
tibus id fadum crit,qux abfq^ igne non cxiftunt ; Vulcano
Ncptunus^quidcusaquaehabctur^opcmtulit; Qiiiaaqua
&ignc communitcrcgcraus inrcbushumanis, vtfmcil-
lis fere nihil prxAarc podimus : Indc, quibus intcrdiceba-

cur aqua &; igne, quafi civiiis vita & conucrlandi ratio intcr
homines adimebatur ; Sic in coarrificio? quod Homcrus
abfq^ dubio in i£gypto rcfciuit&adpoftcrostranfmifit,
faltcm ignis & aqua rcquiruntur,vt potc Vulcanus & Nep-
tunus, fcu corum muncra ;Quia Aros&: Calib; Intoto
nodroopcrc, inquiunt, mcrcurius (qui aquamrcfcrt) &
ignis tibi fufficiunt, inmedio&in iinc: Scdnoninprin*
cipio ; Quia & alia adfunt,qua? per Vulcani vim rcmoucri
dcbcnt : Ncc vcro incrcdibile cQ faxa accurriifc ad ipfa
macnia,cumfundarcntur)fcq;ipfainordincmdifpofui(Ic,
poftquaro ApoIIo ad numcrum Cythara cancrct, qucm-
admodum Orphcocanrantcfaxa&fcrze, ipfa;q;arborc8
loco fuo motac & ftupcfadae accurrcrunt, ac navis Argo
curfum fuum dircde tcnuit, filcntc autcm fludibus abcr-
ravir, vtfupcrius traditum cQ; H^c Ethnicisarticulifus
fidci crant, nobis verd non itcm : Sit \u^ quod fcriptorcs
illi primi allcgorice ita Icripfcrint, vcluti& Athcnarum
mcmincrunr, ilJam vrbcm partim a Ncptuno, partim a
^•iiadc
 Lib.tf. Acgyptio-Graeconim. 147
PalIadefundatamcirc,quibi}«forrcinfelligcrevoIucrunf,'
quod Horcrct artibus Palladijs, & Ncptuni donis,quia ma«
ritima clfct, multafq* naues pcr marc mittcrct VcruRi•

longcalia aha AthcnicnfisCivitatisj Hacc

eft ratio Troiac,

cnim aiiquamdiu dominaGrxcias fuit & multa prscclara

ingenia fbvit^fatifq; nota fuitarmis & litcris,dum florcrct,
vt patctcx hy ftorijS;At Troia tum cllc difi jt,cum nondum
inccpcratjDe excidio ciuspercrcbueruntmultorum fcrip-
ta, atdcrcgno, rebufq* geflis rcgum nihil omnino, nifi

quodad pcrnicicm cius fpcdet; Illc ipfccnim fingitur

extruxilfcTroiamtam cclebrcm& populofam civitatcm,
cuius filiusciuscxcidiumvidit; .^guafipofTibilcfit^poly-
ticc loquendo, permagnam civitatcm ab vno fundari pof-
fc, quxtantarum fitvirium, vt tamvalidocxcrcituiGtae-
corum tamdiu refiffcrc potucrit*Nam adincrcmentum
magnarum vrbium fcdcs regia longo tcmpore frcqucn-
Cata plurimum vaict, prxteraliacommoda regioniSjVn-
de vixquicquamabinitio magnuminccpit? fcd quoddu-
rarcdcbcta paruaorigincfxpiflime proucnit; Cumvul-
godicifolcatjquodcitdfit, citdpcrit: SicTroiafingitur^
Laomcdontc fundata inq; tantam ciuitatem accrcvifTc
cam citO) vt non folum populofiflima & potcntiflimafu-
iffe prasfumatur) fcd ctiam in ca omncs artes fubtiliorcs,
fabriIesctpi(ftoria:invcntardicantur;,guodtantiIIotcm-
porisfpacio, ncnipevniusrcgis, contingcrenonpotuic:
Vctum vtin fublime dignitatis faftigium cveAa fuit, fic
moxincinercsrcdada, vnocodcmqiauthore, vtvercde
ca poeta dixcrit; Fft campus, vbiTroia fuit; .^i enim
cxtruxit Laomedon, cius cineribus prsf fcntibus dcleta eff,
vt poflca dcraonflrabifur ; rrjeterea ipfc Laomcdon, ii

bene de cius originc inquiratur,cum proavis omnibus fuis

fabulofus invcnictur; Hoc cfl, quod ab illis ortum duxe*
rit, qui nunquam in rerum natura fucrinc, ncmpc maxima

cx partc Dij crcditi, cx Cxlo ct Tcrra dcfccndcntes, vtfu-

pralib:^.patuit: Secundaratiocft^ FabuIofosquoq;e<Tea.jr4r«i!;
ct fidicios omncS) qui Troiam rcxcruDC ct dcfcndcrunc
tcnporc
 14$ Hicfoglyphiconjtn Lib.6.
yi regihfis tcmpoff oppugMtJoni j j ^uorum gcncalogus ct tcs ge-
jitliCijs, <i«i tlas rtupcnJa» quilibct ipfc confydcrarc potcrit, cum in
rexerttnt ,de~ omniummanibus : ^\s cnim poft Hom<rum non
fint

jenderHnt (^ mcmlrjit Troiana:cladi6ctrcliquiamm?eguisnonagno-

ff^pMj^MArmt vit Priamum tot filioruminfcciiccra patrcm, Podarcini
Trmm, antedidUm,etHccubamciu8coniugcm ? Adcuius aurcg
non pcrucnit fomnium cius iam grauida: cum Paridc i
,^is non IJiadcm malorum lcgit aut pcrccpit i Vbi et no-
tabllctccmy rion occurrit,Phrygum linguam diucrfiffima
cifcaGrxcorum &aliorum populorum linguis, nihilo'
ininus omnium illorum-Troiancrum nomina invcniri
purc Grzca &c gr;rc^ originis : Quod autcm aliud idioma
fuerit Phrygibus^ quam Grsecis conltat, quiaPhrygiain
cra vltima Afiae minoris eft, quara antiquo illo temporc
Grxcinon incolucrunt, ante jrtatcm Alcxandri Magni,
rr A ' ' rcdpotiusCoIchi& iEgyptiorumcolonijVtantcaadduxi-
tiyportAm-
^^^^ quldiucrfinimavtcbantaraGr^cislingua: Demdc
ra f^^fitt-
^x hyftoria id conflat, cuius mcminit Herodotus, rcgem
qtiiuteltn-'
qu^ndam, (vEgypt!um)cumintcr finitimasgcntcs dean-
•f'^' tiquitatcIinguarume(Tctdi(ccptatio,acfingula:ruamanti-
quifTimam didaicntjPucrum rcccns natum paflori cui-
dam indcfertis dcgcnticnutricndDmdcdiirc, mandaircq-^
vtncmo pracfcntc pucro voccm aliquam cderct, cumqj
obfcrihjre, quarovoccmomnium pnmopronunciaturus
cfrct 5 Cumq; nutrirctut lade caprinOjac poft fcfquiannura
paftorad pucrum iam efuricntcm acccdcrct, inccpit cla-
mare, beccum, bcccum, quafi comcdcre appcterct ; Id
cum rcgi rcnunciatum circr, inquifitum cfl,quid bcccum
fonarct, &
invcntum, Beccum /'hrygum linguapancm
dcnot^rc, qucm pucr petijiret; Atq; ita laus antiquitatis
Jingusapud Phrygcs manlit : Vcrum yEgyptij rcfpondc-
runtobijcicndo,nonmirumclIeeam voccm>bcccum,ab
illopuero primamcditam, quamanutricecaprafarpcau-
divilfct itcrar, idcoq-, prjt csctcris lonis v^rborum didi-
clircr : Cura crgo omnium Troianorum nonaina Gr^ca

fint, fAciichincpatctaGr^cisparcnttbuscircruis libcris

indita.
inditsjncrrpeapoetisatfcriptoribus ,&5ioncnenifi grx-TraMtm^
CJrinvcntionisjStfiftioniS} Prxtcrca &candcmrationem»^jC7rirf<
confifTOiif, quodomncsTroianij defenforcs TroicT, cum denimitigsiom
Q; iccis oppugnarof ibus, non folum aprimam origi-
dijs wV.
Hcm dLxerjnt, <3i a principio,quod nunquam fnit, dcriuati
tr«d«nrur, fcd cfuni mortc indigna pcrierini innihu &
lumqu«iircdijdillnt;Exceptisijs,qui petitis txtciisorig
progenicm fuam pcrmagnis & iijuitis civiratibus cxtru-
cndi.idominaturamrcIiqucrunt, prcvt aquibufdamtra-
ditur: Vtenrmisronij &Cadmei<rat'cscxtcrrjgcnitire-
penrino natur;E f>rodigio feip^is confcceruntad vnum
omnes, nevcl etlet^quircjiquoruojcbdcmnarrarctalijsj
Ira rtiam Trpiani &Gr2Cciabvtr.'q;parrehcAcscumruit
poftcrisbicui mtcrcidcrunt, ac dcniq. mirabiii fdto cx»
5
tm<fi:i ^iufi h.TC ef!, quod in iiatura rcrum (cu pr mig
Tunr '

notionibusiocum ncn invcncrint, atraitcm in figLrafcu

fccundis nocmaf/s. Tcrtiaratioeft, quodcauf^cconcur- . jf^/i^j
rentcs adTroia: oppugnationcm & deletioncm fint fi<Si- A Cattfis
Ji^
cite & fabulofe Vtcniminono pulluspotentialicerined ,y^^MiW
;

& in pomo pomus arbor, fta in pomo & ouo tota Trofa- ttonA^iciis
norum & Grarcorum rxptditiodelitefcit & fecundum vir- q^ fatulofiic
tutcm*exiftit:TclLturpomum&ouum, taRquamrcpo- *
tia fcu bellaria & mcnfac fecundacjaut fingaturjiila duo non

fuitlcaut feitanon habcrc, ct fubuettctur totacxpeditio

Troiana : Si enim Ouum non f uit, Hclena non crit, tanraE
opcrae prcctum, mulicrum pulchcrrima, quippe pra:tcr •

humanum morcm cx ouo inftsr cygnifiliac candidi cx*

clufa, lade gallinaceo nurrita,ct lovc patreoriunda j Ec
fi pomum Eridos non fuir, nu^la intcr deas, lunoncsn,

Palladem ct Vcncrcm de pulchritudinis laude erit con-

tentio • Ncc r<<ris arbitcr dearum, ncc Vcnus poJIiciratiQ-
nisHcIenjccaufa:,neciI!chuiusraproracadi.tIter, necMe-
nelaus cum Grafcis raptr repetitor, iniuri^ vindcx ac
Trois depopuIatcTCritjInfumma/ublatacaufijtoJfitur &
cffeAus:j^uid?Sideosipfos&deas*olIatDU$,Ncptunun'>
Apoiiincm,VuIcanum,qui Troiam fundaruat^Iovem,qui
K k Gac/.
 2 50 Hicroglyphicorum Lib.(J.

Ginymederr. Laomcdonti ad ipCTftum rapuit,Iunoncm,

Pi»lladcm&: Vcncrcin, qux fuadtc faccm bcllopr rulc-
1
ru(ir,Pclcuai,Thetin,& deam Erm,& rcIiquos,nihi| fupcr-
crit cauTx, cur concurrant cum Troiai is ad arma,
racci

cur y£fic3$ & Vlylfes, hicVcncris, illc funonis ob iram

tam longo tempore tantis fluAibus obijcianrur JAt lam
arfcfupcrius, cuid pcrdcos &deasgcnfium primitus in-
tcllcdum rir,& cur in fuperOitioncm hominum vcncrinr,
dcroonnrauimus, cofq; c racdio fuftulimus : Q^jid ? Si
fomnium Hecubx nil nili fomnium fucrir, hoc ei\ duplici
iure, annonomnia-.quacinde dcpcndcnt, fomnijsfunt fi-
milima, vtcflcxpolicioParidis, cnutritio, iudicatiojitis,
proroiffio mulieris, cxpcdirio in Graeciam, mcrctncis fcu
adnltcrxabdudiOjVndeinccnfioTroiarfccutaclUlaman-
fc diucrfis locisoflcnditiiu», fabulam clfcjquicquid dc Hc-
Icnabclli Froiani praccipua caufa, ciufq; fratnbus Argo-
nautiS} dicitur, ncmpccxfuppufationc tcmpori» longif-
(jmi,quo vixiffc tradunrur ; Vcium huic fcrupulo Ethnici
rt fubvenianf, Hclenamomnino immortalcm fuilTc fibi
perfuafum habc;it,nobifq;pcrfctiptafuaincuIcanf, fi roo-
doiliisfidcui habcrciwus: SicScrviusad i.Mneid: Virg:
HeIenam,ir.quit,immorfalcm fuilTc indicat tcmpus. Natn
conftat fratrcsciuscum Argonautis fuilfc: Argonautarum
filij cum Thcbanis dimicavcrunt Irero illorum filij con-
;

traTroiam bclla gciT-runt : Ergo fi immortalis Hclcna

•Donfuilfct, totfincdubio fcculispcrcurarcnonpotuilTct.
Hxcillc: Nosimmortalera illamncgamus, nifialiopro-
bcnt argumcnto : Ergo non pcrduravit Et fabula agnof-
:

citur quicquid de Hclcna ct Troiano bclloproptcr cam

^.Rati». gcflo dicitur Quibuf aflipuhtur, quod idcm cum aiijf
:

ATefffore, tr«dat,Helcn.Tm priu«aThcfco5ciniEgyptocommenda-

^uod ftidcfi' tam Prothco : qucm aliqui fingunt Acgy pti rcgem fuilfe,
mt$tmeflfe dc quo fupf r us. Quarta ratio cfT atcirpcrc, cut nullus
cmndttmE- ccrtus ftriptor vcritatcm afllgnijrc potcnt : V'rgil'us fc-
fochdmvfl cufus Varroncm, fcribit Troiar oppugnationcm (rccen-
ferfopim tn- cjs ann)8 antc vrbcm Romam coudiuro contigilTc ; CjU >d
dlthK0tM. taoico
Lib.5. Acgyptio-Griecorum. 251
tamcn cx rullofcriotorc vctrrisj^ui probatum cft: ExHo- M: TJigims
mc-otdnoncooftir, quia hic ccruimtcmporisintcrvaI-/»^/V^«//<»
lum Jb im nobili aliquo puido, ku afra tcmporisnon multareprit-
annotjuit, lcdomnek perfonas, quis dcfcripfit,(iuccieos, hendit/vtefi
dcas, nymphas, hcroas, hcromas, indcfinitc pofuititavt a^udGeHt-
manifcftc patcar,illasomnesclTc fi(5las,& quali in immcn- *»»/. lo.
fo O
cano flu<5luarc, ncc agnofci poirc acircumrtanti s c,i4,
immoris: ,^ii uollHomcrumigiturccrtitcmporis, quo
cxciduir» Troianum accidcrit, meptioncm faciunt,vt au« A.GeRins,
thcr*s vcros producant n^-cclfarium habcnt, aut ipfi fi(5li- /• 7 ^*^ '• •

ooiscUisreificnrjSic V;*rro.qai Ethnicorum thcologiam evCaJpoait,

ad rationcm rcduccrccon-jrus cit, fiucad ciuilrm, fiue Homerum
poericam, (vthahct Au^ulf:! C.c 2. ^4. dcciv:dei,) mfi^ixi^eaH'
.

fabulofam, fiuc phyficam ant naturalcm,abHomcrG tcm- tiifpofiif:ll,

pu» Troian.Y cxpedjtionii» tnuruatus certum annorum nu- Trttan.i^o,
mcrum primus abfq, dubio cx; reflit, a quo Qom\gct9kt^ante Romam
qucm cx fud ccref ro iplc finxir, vt & plaerjq* omnJa, in cond: 60. \

qiiibus citaiulocis a D. Auputlino roiidiffinr.c rcfutatur itl^ex/ttppo' :

Hanc Livius^alijqjiTcunR vnanisconfirmarunthoc pro (ito,ijttod

ccrto,quod unquam in rcrum natura acciderat : i^^uin de Trosa deUta
•

Homcro ipfOjquanao vixcrit,cuias fucrit, vbi fcpultus fit, fit \oo. anfiis
controvcrfijE apud fcriptores habcntur, ncc quicquam anteRomam
certivtThomas Vak is in l.^.c.i. Aug:deciv:dci annotat, cW;
hisvcrbis: ^uoautcmtcmporcfucritHomcru9,rari$cft HomerMt
inccrtum proptcr difcordiam fcriptorum) qui dc tcmpwrc qttss ,i:^cma4
cius ficiunt mcntionem •Tamcn omn.es concordant \T\ftterit,0'
hoc, quod ipfccratantc Romulum, vr dc co loquitur Au- ^uandovixe*
gM^iX.iz.c^Ac civ: & Ejfebius& Hicronymus iuchro- rttignotum
nicis,& A.Gclliuslib.9. Ab Eutropio flatuitur Hunicrus w*««,/?^
vixiirctcmpotc AgrippxSyluijrfgis AlbantTum,cuifuc- Vtdeatur A,
cfffir Arrniusfylviusrcgnans annis ^.cui fucccffit Aven- Gclttttil.ij.
trnus Sylvius annis ? f.rcgnans, cui /rocas Syivius rcg- c.ii.O' /.j.
nansannis2». Huic Amulius, cuiusan-^ofcptmo natus r. 11,
cl^Rotmilis, &ficprxce(ritHomcrus RorriTlum pcran- P^triaHo'
ros 82. Et Ciccro pro Archia oftcndir fcptcm Civit^tcsmeriignoU
Homcrum fibi fuum conciucm «(lcnbcrc, inrcr quos/w/r.
K k 2 cnun;crat
 5

15« HleraglyphicorumJ tiKif?

A. Gcflstt4, cnumer4t SmyrnaEosjChios, iS4Umintbfi,Go!opbpnlpB8?
L\.c.\ I. alio8,Sunt,inquit A. QelliU3,qui yEgyptium dicantfuilfc:
Se^temvY' AridotilesirjJitcx In(u'a lo nafum: Vt iraonaniadeHo-
hicertant mero incerra rcjinquintur, Ifcctconicdluris dctcmporc
deflnpeiii' nonnulii vcrifiaiilibus vfi iint: Si itaq-, non cx Homcro,
fi^HisHome' aiiovc (criptorc co adhuc antiquiorc, vcrilTm^c conftcf,
ri,Smyrna, quando Troianum cxcidium jllud adeo cclcbrc contigctir,
RhodiSfCo- UbuIamclTe non vetat, imorcvcia convincit: Tcmpcr*
/ophon,Sa/a- cnim tcmporibus, vt rcs rcbus & pcrfonjcpcrfoniscor-
min,Chios, rcfpondcrcdebcnt, fi ventascluccfcjt 5 ^xemplis rcscric
Argos,4' clarior: Exhyilori snotutmci},quibus rc^itiusin Argyp-
theM* torcgnantibuSj&quoannoMofcsnatusfir. Sicncvimu?,
cum naliccretur Chriftus, quis dominatus fit niundo, &
quid contigcnt fcu antcccdcntibus fcu confcqucntibus
ImpcratorjbusjQuibusconfuI busCormthus dcIcta,Car-
thago evcrfj & rcliqua innum :ra onin'a: Inde impodibilc
cft, fiTroiafiJi(Tctdcnrudla,noncxtarcccrtamtempori«
&
pcrfonarum mcmoriami qua? cri »01 ad fcqucntcs fe cx-
tcnderint: Quod autcm Homctus fcripfcric Acncam cx
Troiaprofugumltaliam pctijirc^fdRomanisfcriptoribus
Kamd^enti-
^'^ amplificationcm authoritatis furvrbis maximcinfcr»
HtiaadH^i
r uivit, cu cx porteris ciufdcm Acncx, fi dijs pla^er, Romu-
f ^j-f
j- « Jum,qLC)idmatrcmfaItcm, dcducjnt, patrcmloneeno-
,u ^. -.«/. biiiorcin homtne, ncmpc ipiumdcum, Ma.tcm iphaf-
"g"^"'" Cumq; Aencas matrc Vcncr^; nitus dicatur,fic
5
biiior e(fst
^ *
in Romulo matcrnum gcnus Vcner u n, ac patcrnum
Martium lubentes agnoverunt j Tarquam prarclarum ali-

quid fit prxtcr humanu morem natunj vrbisfundatorcra

habcfc, qucm idcircopc^fl intcr dccs quoq; numcrarunt
Vt Augu(iin:l.2i. c.6. dc civ;dci mcnjii if cxCiccronc,&
E(hnicosvcxathisvcrb:s: Oe Romnlo autem, cjHo^icoi.iidit

Romam, in eaQj regnatM, aHditHr./egtttir, non cjtuafa^Hm r/?,

qHodante /HiJJetprophetatHm, (en cjuod fit receptttt in d'o cre-

>

dttum tenent /itera, nonfa&Hm doccnt : NhUu (jHtppe rfum

miral;ilit4m fig»is,idei v^repruveni!Je mo>7,'rratHr: L^pa^mppe
t^sfratritm tkU6rfiifKf4tri?:, qhou Vtdttur qitafi magmtm exii-
 :

Lib.tf, Aegyptip.Grafeotum, aji

tilfe fortcntHm, qinie ^ftt ffiHantHmefi ad(ifmMPr4v4*t1»de'

umf Certe enimetjinattmeretrix fuitiHpailU, fedbffiia, ium

jr.it rtbtu fortetttum commune fuerit nmbobm, frater tamen
eini non habet»r dent: Nec folum cx Vcncrc &
Hxc illc :

Martc (antiqui concubirus, cum.a Vulcano vindi fuc-

runt, renouarioncm qujrentibus) Romulus natus prae-
fumitur,& a lupa nutrltus, vndc diuinitatcm mcrucrit, fcd
ctiamexvirginc Vc|}se,Vuicani cognatx, dicata incjeftu
ncf4ndo>(!iqM'dcmvciU!cscorruptaepudicitiscapud Ro-
manos vmx defodiebantur, vt patct ex hyl}orijs)quia
frarricidioregnuniifuum iiiccpit, quoda.quibufdamabfq;
io-;ofcribitur&dcaion(!rarurab Aqmla,lcuciusaugun6, ^^ttilafun-
fui Jatum & dcnominatum, (ncmpe Romuli & Rcmi ini- davit.
r'J8)aban(ere propugnatuin & defenfum, (fcilicetlrrucn- Anfer^ro"
tibu5GalIisinCapitolium)&agalIinaciufq-,pullisgubcr-^<''*'''«
natum&rcdu!i)-,(vrpotcquv Liviacingrcmiumcxaqui- GaUinaiM"
\:t vnguibus dccidcraf, ftlix & fapicns adcogcnusrclin- bernavit Ro^

qucns, vrRomani in bcllum noncxircnt inconfultisilli» mamgeMtii*'»

gallmT puUis) Ncc folugi id,fed Romulus idem fuu rcgnii ^'^»
inchoatum, Afyloibi con(}ituto,aconcurfuaudicifrimo-
rfi hofPinu nobilitauit, &raptumulicrurai'^^/»i<r/f»!i am-

plifi:;auit &
(labihuirjCuitanquam tutclarcsdijacpcnates
Troiani, Marfq;Vcnufq., fcmperpropitij fuillcabEthni-
cispcrhibentur; Contriqnos Auijuflinustotis illis libris
(^ecivitatedei difputat,coiq;firmiilimecum paganifmoct
filCls cffi<5lis dijs rcfutat. ^i I. },c,i.[rriderefabulas, in-
q\l\ty fortajjisexi/iimor, necgrautter a^ere tanti pond-rii cau^
fam Noh er^o credamt^ yfi placet ,(>y£neam effe Venerisfilium:
:

Ecce coHcdo Smtc Romulis Marti4:St a:item illud, cur non et

:

illu i ? A^ dtos fas efi hominibns fttminis, m^res autem homines

de;ibus mifceri nejai ? Dura vel potius non credenda covditio •

^jiod ex itire Veneris in concuhitu M.>irti Ucuit,hoc m i:4refuo

ipli Veneri non licers: At vtrumj^firm ttum efl authoritatt Ra-

m^na Et mox c.4. Dixerit ait^uis: ftane tu ifia credis ? Eg»

VTro ifia nw credo: Mam et virdoBiffimus eorii V^rro falfa hac
fjfe, <j!tamvi4 mn audenter , tte^ fidenter pene tamsnfatetur
,

K k ^ Et
 ,

2J4 Hicroglyphfcomm Lik.6»

Et ibidcW J Srd vtrtttnpoiuerit VenUi tx corrnbiiu /fnc' ifa
Jcneaw parcre,vJAiH^SiX ItU concfiBitu f,'ix Nnmnorn A'**
mulum gt^ntre ^m medi i f i.i^UAmus'. H.ccillc: Mirucn i»
wquc cft in Chriflianar fidei rania iucc adf uc crcdi & pro
vero a(Tufni , Troiaoi co modo j vr d.(flum,condiram, dc-
ftiu<5^jn.(jj&: cxcjus rcliquijs tantorprcgnuiriRonunura
fciUcctjtanquacxcin.r.bus Phrniccm ncvum frodijlTej
cumomniailladcTrojjfabulura fintcum dijs majorum
gcntium: Sivcdquiscrcdat Trojarn fuitre aut cxtitilTc,
«brcijtaliconditioncdut dcftrodLJonc, quT cum dijscon-
jundacft illcfarcEchn/cisnonfati$facict,rcd vclutdonu
in aercconflrudamablq; columnis a vcntorum jnjuria
tucri conabitur Naro Fundamentumomnisilliuscxfru*
:

ftionis&dellrudionisTroianac dij gentium didi ftdru-

untur,abfq; quibus nulla Troj i enr, riulli authorcs ad c x-
trucndumautdcflrucndum :Hinc caci omtnioluncac
Iumincrationisprivati,qiii Chriftianam fidcm venfrui.e
•mplcduntur, &Trojam atot dijscxfrudlam vcldeftru-
dtan) fuilTeintenm pracfopponuntfcu credunt-Dum cnim
fidcIcsChriflianircveialumus, vcl taccntcs Trojam cx-
pugnamus & reucIIimus,acecontra,fi hanc cum Erhni-
cisaircvcrAmusjtacitequrqjcorumdijsalTcnricntcsChri"
^a,t%o'.
ftianifmorenunciamus: Quinta rafo dcfumitura loco,
AXjoco.
quinuaquiro fuit; vbi fcicndum, aliot accipcrc Trojam
proprovincia,in qua fuerit Ilium civitas, alios procivita-
tc.quorumopinioprxvaluif, & Ilium dcarcc Jici, Pbry-
giaradcrcgionc,acTrojam dc vrbc . Dc regionenuilum
eftdubiumillam fuiircolim,vtrafpccjusmcminimu$, ct
tdhucelfc, licet clio noniine appcllatam, At de Tioia
conrrovcrtitlir: Nonncgamusintcrim locum dclignari
fortcpolfe,vbiprxfumatur ftctilfcTrojam , fcd hoc cx
HoHJcn dcfcriptionc innotuif; quiidem,vt& alij fcctaf,
n>irafcripfcruntdcceftis locis, roontibus, maribu», fon-
quoinodo dijm iHisnafi,
tibus, fiuvijs,fvlvis,& infulis,
memcrab^lcs ipfi pcregcrint,in quo (axo fedcrint
qu<is rcs
&ciufroodiquaropIprima,qux omniaEthnici prx m<:v\-
tis
 Lib.6. Acg)'ptio-Graecorum. jg^j
tiic^citatcprovcrisacccpcruntotamplcxiTuntjprrferritn
illi,qui^usaliqui9 dcusa Poeti« Sympatriota fingcbatur^vc
de Thebanis,Rhodijs,Dclijs, alijTque anic mcmoravimus;
At crfiloca fupcrfunt, & quafi inonumcnta& vcOigia c-
arum rcrum j qu <rum mcroincrunt Pocf x> non proptc-
rca fcquitur rcsetlcvcriffimisdijsattributas,quiaipfi/*o-
ctajcumfingcrentomnia, ncmpc pcrfonas five dcos fi-
vchoTpincSjtcmporactresgeftas, tanquam eifcnt fafta
&vcrifimilia9 loca fingercnonpotucruntautdcbuerunt)
tanquam dcaliomundo loqucrcntur* cum enim hxc (int
immobilia&quafi immutabilia& fcmpcr durantra,dchis
humanamcns inquifivilTctjVbiciTcntcaMocaj quibus id
contigillediccrcfur; qux fiin mundonon invcnilfct pro
fabulaflatimagnoviilct: Econtra cum Ethnici locum
ccrtum nominariaudivcrunt,non dc pcrfonis& rcbusgc-
ftis carum, nec de tcmporeerant follicitijquia illa tcrna

vidcbantvrmutabilia&quafiinvifibilia Dcos tales qua- :

Ics?oetsEfinxcrunt,non ncgarunt,fcd aifumpicruRt iiji*

dinofos,adulteros, incrftuofos, &omni crfhiincnotato»,
infana quadam pcrfuafionc indudi, itavt licuerit Poeti»
fingercindcos.inq; fcenicis fpeAacuIisagere, quicquiJ
libuerir, in homincs autcm nullo modo, quod D Augu-
ftinuslib,2.c.i ^ita improbat; (7r<eri,inquir, puta»t re&e
fe honorare hamines fcer^kos, cum coUr.t iHdornm fcemcorum
fl>4git4tores dominoT ^^Rofnamv^rohomihihtu (cemcU ttec pU'
heiamtyiyum. ejHamo mtnns Senatortam curiam dehoneflari
flmnt. Jn hac dtfceptatio*ie hutufcemodirattocinatiofHmmaaute-
fiionu ahfolvtt: Proponunt Grati ,^i dtj tales col(ndifunt,pro»
fe^oetiamtales homtnes honorandt [Unt: ^ffumunt Romanti
fedHuUomodotaleshomines hono^andifunt Conciudunt Chri' -^

fiiant l NuU» i^i^ur modo dij tales colendtfunt : Et fcqucnti

cap. 1 4, Deiyide tjti4ere*f3uj, inquit, rp/t Poeta taltumfahdarH
C6mpcfito*es , ejuare duodectm 'abularumlege prohibcntur fa"
mam Udere civtum, tam prohrofa in deos convitia iaculantts,
cur nonvtfrenici haheantur inhtnefit? ^ua ratione rtRumefi
vt PoettcorHmflgmeutfrMm &
ignomintoforum deorum infg'
mentnr
%^6 Hferoglyghicojijm Lib.6.
mentHrAnores,honorenturahUoresf /inf»rte P/atffrfGr<(Ctpo'
t.mf palma dandA efi, c^ui cttm ratione fitmarct, cjftnli^ e(Je ci-

fttas dcbeat tar.cjuam adverfariascivitart/mPoetajcen/nitvr'

»epe//endos^ I/fevero C^deorttm iniuriM indi^rje tfilit,0' fHf'
c^ari corrHmpt^figmeniis animes ciztnm nolnit. Tantum Au-
guftinusj ^accumvcrifiimafinr, quis nifi pUnc Ethni-
cus Dcos corum cffcdus qui ccrris lo-
illos admittcrcc,aut
ciscti;ini verecxidcntibusgPoetisaikribuntur fNonau-
tcm nos fugir & vctercs Gcographos & rcccntiorcs locum
ccrrum Troiar, vbi ftciiirc prxfumirurjalTignarc; & cife,
qui tcncntur^Turcas coruu) Jocorum accobs rcfcrrc,cx ru-
deribusTrojx /ubrcrraneis adhuc marofioracrui ad ;edcs
cxornandasabhibcfifolira: Vcrumh^fcindicia ci]c valdc
dubia, &n ita (int, de «dificiie, quae ibi nctciinr, air('<
ftari poile, pon dc individuoTrr.ia:.i di;s cx(ru(fl^ & a

Gr^cis dcletar^noncOdubium: Qiud enimmagnifici o-

perisfubtcrra remantiife potuic, iinetit Troja,^um ii/a
aeraspotius humiles cafas, ctmapalia quam pafatia ct
zdcsmarmorcasagnovcrit, cum n 21 iaab Apclhnisiy^
ralbu(fVadicancur, cttantillo t^pore, quo Troja ftctiire
fcribftur, nontanta aedificia cxtruipoiuerint,v( f;.'ma c(l
Poitxcz? Troadcroautcm vrbcm^vndeet Trojanincolsc
dicuntur^ cujus in facris a Z)iuo Pauio ^r mcntio, co lo'
co,circarempusChriltiftctilIe,notiflimum cOj fcd hanc
alccnus vcteris Troia: rer.quias aut coloniam, cr marmorA
ibi cfFoiTa non potiu? cx hac rccenriori, qXiam illa vctcr-
limafuilTc, quisproccrro affirmabit? Qiiis non potius
conijciethanc ad praricriptum Homcri longc poft c;ui
ccmpora cxtrud:am,vcluc innumcris alijs f^dumdnimad"
vertimus,vt ita mcrito nomcn vatis apud EthnlcosHo»
mcrusobtinucrit: Na quae finxit iilc.vcl vtfadahiam-
plcxi funtjvcl vtfacicndaimitati.Phrygiama Phryxo di-
dlair!Volunt,qui,urfabii!ati funt, cumarictc, qucm Mcr-
ruriusaurcumfccir,inCoIchidcm pcrvcnit livc pcr acra,
fiveperaquas, ibiq;cum habitalTct, rcgioni nomcn dc-
dicHuius arictis mcminir quoquc Apollomus iib. 2.

Argonaur.
 : :

Lib.d*. Acgyptio-Gr^corum; 257

Argonaut : his verfibus

ytputo Umpridem veflras pervenit AdHuret ^

Phryxtis ut ^et(treanHmq^ c^ maniaaMvit
HftttCaries vexif,<jftem mox Cjllenim ttureum
Fecit,nHnc etiamfnffenfaeli anreaejHercu
PellicHlafinterdMm crepttat qH<e leniter attrii.

Patctitaq* Colchidcm& Phrygiam valdc vicinas ciTc rc-

gtoncSj&hutusnomcnaltcritribui, acviceverfa, quod
nihil alind indicatnififabulam vtramq; &; de aurco vel-
lercfhryxiaquophrygiadicitur, &de Trojana expcdi-
ttonc, quac in Phrygia fa(5la traditur, ctTe dc rniacadem-
qucrc ficf^am &introdudam Vtriulq; Allegoria? vt v-
:

nus fcre fcnfus c(l, ita &c3?dem pcrlonx finguntur? ira ta«
fncn,vt Argonauticorum fiiijautncpotcspartim, partini
fpfi Trojano bcllo intcifucrint,quod centum annis rcccn-
tiU5 ftaruitur Argonauticanavigfltionc.* q'Jamvis,vt antc
UUoqucretulimus,Caftor&Pollux,et Hclcna etCiytTm-
neflra , cx binis ovis vno £artu cdifi" vtrifquc interfuc-
rint : Vnicus,inquam ? ari«totumilIud bellum cxponit,
quaIeruerit,non,quoddici folet, dclanacaprina, fcd ari-
etisaurci pcllc,quam Mcrcuriusinaurarat» Hic aries ct
PhrygiaractColchosnobilitavit, de cums cxplicatione
anrcafatiscgimas: Mirum c(l, quomodo fc torqueant
Mythologi irj enarrando,quid pcr arictem /*hryxi intcrigi
dcbeat, vbi vcl viginti diuerfas fignificationcs c;us profe-.
runt, quarum nc vna cum rei natura convenit, fcd vt om-
ncs crronc jc 3c a veritate difcrcpaf,ita fc ipfas mutuo e mc-
dio tollunt : Didus ell,inquiunt,aurcus arics, quia conG-
liafapicntumputanda funtaui ca; Atnihil ad rhombum;
cumi(lac!ccIi»rationcplumbcaquidenifit,nccrubrica,ncc
atramento notanda vt in fapicntun) oculos ac mcntcm
venirct : Eundcm locum fcu teriam Phrygiam Midas fuo
votoaurconobilitavitjcujus noslib, *. vr.a cum vellerc
aurcoracminimus, etOvid : in Mct : Dc Padolo M'<^3c
L 1 lotionc
 ,

258 Hicroglyphicorum, Uh,6)

lotioncaurifcrorcdditOj hoc modotradtt:

Rex itiffdt fnreeAit aejUtt vtt aHrea tinxit

,

f/umn, G^ hvmanode ccrpore cejpt iHam»e?}t,

'
IJunc cjtto^^ cttm vcterii yerceptojefHine vernt
A. varigent ttnro mAdidu paiientta giivii.
J^-^tingcndi ratioctfinaturxnonconvcniat/amcnratis
dccUrar,quidcaantiqu' innucrc volucrint, nempc idem
quodpirvellus aurcum,TroJT occupationem, Ganymc-
dis raptum,& his fimiiia, vndc ct Midas rcx fucE tempcfta-
tisditiffimus rraditurrqui Tmolummontcm Phrygix au-
rifcrum Phccboviftoriam cantus advcrfus Pana adjudi-
cantemr-^.dargucnjjauritusa /'hoebo redditur: Ttftcs i-

taqjfint Tmolus & Padolus,Arics Phryxi&Midas /'hry-

giam auri vtii\% abundalTc? idcoq* multirum fabuUrum
narrationibuslocumdcdiirc; Hisadjungcmus Ganymc-
dem itidcm i^hrygiunijquiLaomcdontis rcgis Trojano-
rfi ii!i' s Jicitur a lovc fub aquilx forma in ccslum cvcdlus,

vtilii poculapro Hcbcnjiniftaretjfub Quafabui^Ciccro 1.

I .Tufc.qux fl. arcanij qui ppiam contincri fubodoratus cfl

dum inquit Nec Homernrt^udio.ejtii Ganymedem a dijtrap •

•

tttm ait propterformamyVt jovipocu/a mtnifiraret : Non ttsjlA

cattfayCHT Lacmedonti.tant a fieret iniuria : Ftngebat hxc Ho -

mertu (^ humanaaddeostranfferehat, QiJibus vcrbis fatc-
tur CiccroHomcrum finxilTc, qi^rdc Ganyrocdc rapto
Honferia fcriprerit5lta&. nos fciro.usHomcrum in toto fuo opere
human^ fccilTc, non folum in hoc vno, fed fmgula & vnivcrfa ad
nd Deos aliu fcopuin dircxilTc,quam vcrba fonant ; Aiij hoc lovis
tranflH/it, faftum ad hy floriam rcfcrrc conafttur dicentcs,lovcm fu-
ilfcregcm Crcix horaincm immundiflimuro, qui ct puc-
ris abufus fit,&virgincsextcrorumrapucrit, Et Tantaiu
rcgcroPhrygioruro Ganymcdcm filium Trois rcgis Dar-
danorum rapuilfe incjus gr^tia.vt eo lupiter abutcrctur
fccundu Orolium lib. i.Vcrum hxc etleabalijscxcogita-
ta,ct nulli vcritatiinnitiexomnibuscircurofTantijsappa*
rcc: Li^antius quoquc Ub.x.dclove ficfcntit: ^^tdlu-
fiter
 Lib.6. -^gyptio-Grafcorum^ i$p
piter, ^HnHfolenniprecatieneOptimns Maximw mmimtHr)
nonne a primaff4a caufa.acpuerttia pene parricidjt depr^hen-
diturcHm patretn regno expulit,nec expeElavitfir<em decrepiti
fer.ii cnpiditate revrrandi , c^ cum pater*7Hm foUnm per vim
^ atma Titambns UceJfiHiy cfmhw viBis
ctpt^ttyheUi) ejia
reliqHim vitam luAm i*i ftttpris aduUerijf^ ctnfumpfit : Omit^
/# virqines .cjUas imri^inui' '^l llud enim toUrahile tudtc^ri fvlet-
yimphytrionem ac Jindarum pyxterire non poffum, quorum do-
mos dedfcore ac infamiapltmjfimas reddidit X llludvero(umm<t
impitatii ac jceleris , tjuodregiHmpuerum rapuit adfinprum:
Parum enim 't vidcbattir^^ntdftc in expi^qfianda fKminarum
etiamfexui fuo tniurt'
pudicttia maru/oftts e(fet (jr turpis ? nifi

amfaceret :H:^QLi6iintius,Vetu lovem non fuillehoniinc

vnnecDeiim,necrcgcCref3?jCxante d«(5tis fatis conrtat,
quodnen>{^eabex£gypti38 longc «ntequam Gro-ci qalc-
quldeiI!arcIigionc3bOrpheoprimi(iu alljta cognovif^
(ent,multrs ctmonftrolis figmcntisetallegorijscelcbratus
crat No8 ncc intcr Deos nec homincSj illum cjufq jparc-
•

tes (cu proavos,nec fr^tres aut fororcs , nec filios, nepotc»

aut pofteros rcccnfcri dcbcre aut poire. (atis probavimus .
Qu«deGanymederercruntur,adhicroglyphicaChymica
fpedantjInhiscnimGanymedcsnonpro hycmc pluvias
mittentc tanqua pociliatorc loviSjfeu aeris, nec pro aqua-
rio figno coclefti exponitur/cd de eo,quod pcr aquilam c-
vehitur,hoccft,dcf]XO,quodpcrvolatileadrummamdig-
nitdtcmcfFcrJur; Sext«ratlooii>nium frmiffima c(!, &
dcfumifuraCondirionibusreuRcquifitis/incquibus Tro- ^'^^^f''
jaoppuguarinon potuit: Scxcnimquafi fatalja cclebta- -^f^^^ondi'
turon:nuid,qurconcurrerc necclTurn erat, &: a Gr.rcis ""'^'^^/'^*
conqiMri oportcbatj«ntcquati>dcTrojanis vidorcs eva. ^^'j^^^ptis fa»
dcrcpoirent; II!orumprinr.umcrat, quodCalchjs vatcs '"^''(^^»/'**'
pronuncialTctjTro am finc Achillecapi non polfe , i^QQ^^^^hHsTroia
abfq-, NcoptoIemociusfiliO} Alterum^Palladiumcx \\io'^P"l*'^^*
dinpicndumforcjTcrtium, vnum cx oflibus Pclopis ad"''"/'^**'^*
Troiam, antcquim cxpugnctur, habcri dcbcrc : Qiiar-
tum, Cincrcs Liiomcdonfis cx porta rapicndos cire:
L 1 2 ^^intutP)
 26o Hcroglyphicorum Lib.tf.
Quintum/agitf i« Herculi» opus clTr;Scxtum, Equos Rhc»
riThracijcrcgis,antcquacXantlio fluvio bibcrcnt, abigc-
dosrorc.H-.cprimoarpfdufibulcf<iapparcrcnt, nifi ab
Homcro&illisauthoribuSjquipoft cum Trojanje cladis
mcmincruntjpiflim inculcatij cllent At quid rcs tam di-
:

vcrfa &aproporito alien.T ad civitatis expugnatione c6-

fcrre potucrunt,aut gentis cxcidiumfQuid hx Graccis pro-
dcirc&Trojanisobcircrraduntur, nififortemagicavijaut
fupcrnAturali virtute ? Lcgimus in fdcrarum litcr^rum mo-
numentiSjquomodo Hicrochuntis m lenia circuitu & fono
tubarurcpetitCjapopuIoirraeiitico5DciiulTudcjc(Jlafinr,
IefiMc.6» aditufq; vidtoribuslfraclitis patcfaiflusjat talcquidapud
Ethnicos corigiiTc non meminimus:Hoc a Dco Exercitu-
um vcriffirocfadudi habctur,ilIa,quafifadlaciTet, fingun-
tuf; Hocracratifsimxlitcr^ , illapoetarumfabuix tradi-
deruntjVcrum vt magis confpicuum fiaf , has rcs non fo-
lumfiAiciasclTejfcdproptcrquidtandem cffidx fint, dc
fingulisearumq; circumtlantijslatius difqoiremus: Ptu
mumcratAchillisprajfentiaj&virtusinvidacontra Tro-
l.Ream^ ianos: Fingiturautcm AchillesPclei & Thctidis filius:
tftm: yichii'^**^'*^^^^"^*
vtThctisaquam fignificat) Nam
Pclcus,vt
irjcjusfcriptura r;liquit,Chironispatris confilio Thctin
les&Neop'
toltmut. ^"b formafcpia? pifcis latentcm in Magncfia, loco ThclTa-
ArcAna, ]ia?,comprclTit}Ad quorum nuptias in Pcliomontc(vbi
noftramagncfia latct, inde primiiu^ dida) cclebrandas
omncs dij vcncruntjCXccptaDifcordia, qua? hinc irata
inmcdium omniumpomum iniccitaurcumcumhacin-
fcriptionc,dctur Pulchcrrimar : Hocmalum omnis mali
Trojinotuinitium fuit: Namin his nuptijs duo femina
jdciun tur feu caufjc principalcs prscbcntur T roiae dclendar;
frimo' cnim Achilles cx his gcncratus j deinde & Paris
pro judice arbitrario cligitur,qui Vcnercm,a qua muncrc
promiiTo,Helcnaformofifsima,corruptuscrat,Pomodig-
nifsimamiudicavitjHincirjcrcliquaiii dearum in Troia-
noscxarfcront,tum proprcrParidemiudicem, tupropter
uCneam Vencris filium; & Hclcnx raptus conlccutus efl:
Hcicnam
L\b.6. Aegyptio-Gr^corum. i^i
Hclcnamaliquotcx Paridc libcros fufccpilTc fcribunt, vn-
dc p^tct eam adhuc quinquagcnario minorc fuiircj At quo«
modo i"oIlux,qui cum ca cx vno ouo prodijt,intcrfuit Ar-
goTiautis, circuer i oo. annis antc vclius aurcum pctcnti-
bus ? Aut quomodo Achilics natus in his nuptijs, quf fili-
umfuum Pyrrhurofecum duxitadTroiam? Vndclcqui-
tur ad minimum 40. annis poft pomum Eridos proicc-
tum ad Troiam contcndiirc Achilicm, quibus fiduratio
obfidionis, nccnonvitxHelcnxacccdatteroporeArgo-
nauticsE cxpeditionis, conficiunt non minus quim 180.
annos xtatis HeIenae,Troia iam devi(fla,ct msecha rccupc-
rata a Grafcis: Nec Hclcnara valdc iuucncm tum fuiire
confcquitur, quia et a Thefeo rapta adhuc virgo diccba-
turjfcdrcftitura parcntibus : At haec fcrupulofius nmari
fupcruacaneum cxiftimamus, cumres per fcfidiciafatis
conficfjHcJinandusnarratIovcmamaireThctydem,cum
vcro moneretur,ne qucm cx ea generarct,a quo ipfc a rcg-
no cxpelleretufjdediire eam vxoie fclcoregi Pcloponcl?,
fratri i£fonis,patruoIafoni8 quorum nuptijs cumomncs
dex adclTcnt, cxccpta Difcordia, hanc iratam ppmum ati-
rcum in medium dcarum proieciirc, cum infcriptionc, vt
antcdidum : Fulgentius vult pcr has trcsdeaspoetasin-
tcllcxiiretrcs vitas,fcilicct per Vcncrem,vitam voluptuo-
fam, pcr lunoncm vitam adiuam, perPalladem vitam
contemplatiuam: Sed ha^c moralia prlmariodeillisdici,
noncft vcrifimile ex omnibus circumftantijs , fecunda-
rio autem optimc convcnirc non negamua Ex praedidis :

itaqj conftat, AchillcmcirePcIci, hoccftjCaenijVelroon-

tisfclij, ctThetidisdcacmarmjefcuaqusp, filium,Chiro-
nis nepotcm,Siturni proncpotem,Ca li ct Tcttx abncpo-
temj cnim opcrtct elTeillum, quiaphilofopho eligi
Sic
debcat adopus fuum explendum; Abfqj illisproavis vix
gencrofxcrit indolis • Vcium audiamus cius inflitutio-
ncmctcruditionem,necrtoncIc<5lioncro 5 Achillcs pofJ-
quame Thctydc dea natuseilet, quiaiiiacognovcrat, ip.
fum invidum Hcroa in bcllo futurum, idco ^unatcnc
LI ^
?
^ ris
 :

t6t Hicroglyphiconim Lib6.

ris iiXiscfecit adgravia quttq; fuftincndatNam pernoA'
cm (ub ignc ab ca occulratus dicitur, vt omnc mortaJe ab-
fumcrerur, pcrdiemambroriaperundus; Cumqjcodcm
niodo tc f ratrcs eius tra Aarct,catttri ohicrunt, hoc vno fo-
perltite & viuido pcrmancntc, vndc Pyr ifous, quafi in ig-
ncviuens, accum labroaduftoclTcf, Actiillcspoftea vo-
citatuscft,vt rradit Apollon:lib:4. Argonauc Cumvcrd
fclcus patcr huic filij cducationi intcrucnirct, inta Thetis
auf ugit> fcq; in numerum Ncreidum reccpit : Achillcs dc-
indc Chifoni crudicndus traditur tam armis qua i\ artibus;
Cumq^amatrcrcrponrumacccperat, fcfc in bclloaducr-
fusTroianos pcriturum, abdiditfefeinterfiliisLycomc-
dishabiru virginco, fubquo&Deidamiam comprcfIit&
Pyrrhum cx ca fufccpit^Vcrum curo a Calchantc vaic pro-
nunciatumcfTctjadTroiamcvcrtcndam AchiilcopusciTc,
a carteris Gf nccis Vly sfi hoc ncgoci) datum c(},vt AchilJcm
ahcubi latcntcm inquircrct & ad Troi jm adduccrcr ;Quod
*
ille (ummadiligcntia *c corfiliopcrfccit: Eflq;hocpri-
y/ylfefar-'
muai g^ prxcipuum ex fa(5lis memorabilibus VJyfsiSj
tifexconjiho
^y^ hictraftamus: Pcr Vlyllcm vcrdartificcm prudcn-
valens,
^^^ confilio & artc praeftanrcm intclligimus ; Pct Achil-
Icm,fubicftumilludartis, fincquonihilficripotcft :Hjcc
duoagcnria, vnumcxtcrius, altcrum intcrius, nifiadfmt
ad Troiam, obfidio & cxpugnatio fclicitcr pcrfici ncqait
Dc Agcntc cxrcriori feu y^rtificc prius perpauca philofo-
phorum tcftimonia addcmus : Geber artificcm duplici
dotepraeftantcmdcfcribir, ncmpccorporc&roborcHcr-
culcoj& animo Uu mgcijio Vlylfco : Dc corpore iam ante
Iifaro 5. cgimu?; De animo hic ciufdcm Gcbri verba ap-
poncmus: qui m (cm: pcrf: f-ar:;. c.5. agcns dcimpcdi-
nicntis rx p^trrc animx artificis 5 Dicimns i^itur, inquir,
auodejui nen hahuerit tngenium nAturale & antmam perfcru^
tantem fuhiUter pn*tcipia nAttiraha O" ftaturte fundamenta C^
^ritficia, tfffa co^^Jecjui naturam yojjint inju^t aEiionis propne-

tatihw ynontnuintet huiHS preciojijpma fcier.tia vcram radtcem:

Vbi dc^fki^ciiciccos^qui duram habcnccciviccmjiD om-
ri
Lib.tf. Aegvptio-Grafcorum. 26^
DipcrCcwtAtioneviciutti mgcnio, quicrvixcommuncni
intcIIigcrcqucuntfcrnionem,ctopcrafimilitcrcumdiffi«
cultatc difcunt vulgd comman!a,qui facile omnero phan-
tafiam concipiunt, quiquodcrcdunt fc vcrum invcnilf-,
phantallicumcfl totum&arstionc dcvium&crrorcplc-
num:& fcmotum aprincipijs naturalibus; Quorum ccrc-
brum raultis rcplctum furaofitJtibus, non potcft rccipcrc
vcram rcrum naturaliura intcntionctp ; ^^i mobilcm ha-
bcnt animam? dc opinione in opinipncs & dc volunt^tc in
voluntatcs, ficut, qui moc'dcrcdunt hoc, & idem voluntf
fincra'ionis vllius f undamento,pauIuIum vcrd pdftilludj
&aIiudcr€duntfimilitcr&aHudvolunr,qai tam mobilcs,
vt vix minimumcius,adquod intcnduntjpoffintconfum-
marc, fcd diminutumpotius illud rclinquunt 5 Qui non
polfunt vidcrc vc?iratcm aliquarD cx rcbus naturalibus,
rioa magis,quim bcft\E,vcIut mcnte capti,infani &pucri,
qai contcinnunt rcicntiam,& ipfam non putant cltc,quos
fimilitcrhx:cfcicntiacontcmnit, ipfofq; ab huius prccio*
fififmi opcris finc rcpellit, qui fcrui funt pecunise dekfui-
cntes, hanc fcicntiam mirabilcm ct ipfi affirmantcs, lcd ip-
fadifp^jndia intcrponcrc timcnt, ideoq; licct ipfamaffir-
mcntctfecundumrationcmipfaminvcftigcnt, tamenad
opcris expcricntiamnon pcrucniunt proptcr pecunir
auaritiam : /4d hos intur, inquit, *Jon peruenit hdtcfcientta
mfira: J^aaiiter fnim, qni ignoratis fnerit , vel fcientiitmin'
uefiicrar-e ne^exerit, faciliter ad ipfnm perHeniret ? Et cap;<J.
yltima paupcrtate opprelTos, licet haftcnus dida ha-
bcant, exdifpenfitionis indigcntia hoc tam cxccllcns
magiftcrium podponcre cogi affirmat ; v^I/cfqj curio-
fos varijs huius mundi curis & follicirudiiiibus dcten-
tos, etiaroficTtera pofsidcant, ad fincm artisnunquam
pcrvenire : Sic idcm Gcber c.y, fub forma EpiVgi vc-
rumartificem fcuVlyircmdcfcribit, cuiasverbadi^olo-
co videantur: Vndc Ifaac lib. i.c.99. ^^ opcribus ad fincra
neceirarijs fic inquit : A: ejHicm^ Chymijia omniA tfi-4 non
inteHigit, ante^^m optran incipiat, ts nec iam, nec vlto vnc^mm
Umporc
 :

1^4 Hlcroglyphicorum Lib.tf,

tempore ejuicqHam in vniuerfA arteChjmitt froJftcet, ^ttanrvit
Jemfer c^erAretnr : FortefortunaadaUejMAm artem peruemrs
pojjet, quemadmodttm cacus pa^erem [agitt a ferit, fedalucr
adeamperHcrtrenofipoffet. Vly 1^03 itaqjfatisdcfcriptuseft,
quibusanimidotibuspdllcrcdcbcat, vtTroiaciusconfi-
lio potifnmuoccupari poflit, quemadmodum patec in o-
ratione Vlyfsiscontra Aiaccna, apud Ovid;in Meta: Eiu«
operafa<5lum clIcfo(iU8,quicquidad Trciama Grapcis fx-
fitj Acpnmacius Iauseft,quod Achil-
JicitcrpcrpctratuiD
lem adduxitj Ad quod ncgotiura in fc fufccptum ncrca
toriohabitu clauQra virgmum cvplorans progrclfus cfl,

ficq? Achillcm tandcm invcntum, nolentem ad Troiam

•dduxit,vnacumfilioeiusPyrrho, iuvcnc rufi capiilitij:
Acquorfum hacc? Nos fatcmur, hxcclfc in Chymicisar-
canifiima,&abHomcromiroartificiotradit«; Subiedum
cnim aliquod cfl in rcrum natura, finc quo Arcifcx philo-
fophicus nihil cfficercpotcf}; Idq; f-.bic<ftpmcfl inqui-
rcfidum Vly freo irigcnio Ncoptclcmus propric vocatur,
•

& eflardentis capillitij cx Achillc natusj Quomodo au-

tero nafcatur, procedere qucm oportet, vt Thctis cum

Arcanum Achillcproccffit} Hoccflarcanumarcaniflimum, aphi-

jtrcani/Tt-' lofophis vix vnquam claris vtrbis cxprelfum ; Qnod fi
^^""^ ^^^^^ rra<5latus loca confenticntia pcrluflravcris in
m»m j

Rhodoapud Adonim &;alibif3epiflicreid animadvcrtcf

VnuscflesoiDnibus neotericis, qui hoc arcanum apcr-
tifnmctradit;Cumq;hocfit Clavistotius artis, cgo ciuf^
dcmvcrbahicprofcram: Adineralisejl^, \nqu'\tya^aa/ise/f,

continuustfl, no»vaporat,niftKtmiumexcitftur, dejulfurepar'

ticipatyaUundefumitur,ijuam a materia, omnia dtruit,felvit^
conff^egaty finnliter ^ cofigelat (^ ca/cinat, c^ efi arttficia/is
4d inveniendum efl compendtum (ine fumptu aUejuOy fa/tem
,

parvo, Csrcera apud fuum authorcm> qu notus cf},vidcan-

i

tur^SiVlylTes igirurnofierAchillem habcat,& Tyrrhum

acquiretj Nam proptcr filium adducitur patcr: At vnde,
quxres, htc Achillesacccrfctur^Rcfpicicndum cfladpa-
rcntC8& natalcmlocuoa Achillisj Patcrcfl rclcus,matcr
Thciis,
 ;

Lib.(5. Acgyptio-Griecorum. 26 j
Thctis, cxnominibus &ominibu8agnofccs,Sicin forma
(cpiac iatentcm Thccin inivit /'clcus : Scpix gcnus aqu-jti-
cum notum eft,q'Jod dum capitur, atramcntoaquam infi-
citjLocus cll Magncfia ^ Vnde & noftcr AchiUcsabah-
quibus Magncfiidiciturj HincFlam:cx D^mocMa^'
fiefta emm deitlbata ticn pnit corporaf)-angi,nec vmbram Vtneru
induci: Ef mox: ,^ji<t magr.tfia niji totum compofiittm ? Ei
AiaonefiApHlchravide, mirare^^qttomodoperv^Hm multiiU"
dinim inftrt : Er Dardaris in lurba; Fraterea fcitote, cjuod
^trii ccrpui magnejiaregitur Moftusj 4rgentHmviHHm C^ra-
:

bnr, eft magnefia Pythagoras- NontgitHroportetvosiliam

'^

dimittere magnefiam abj^^ argento viho : Cnm enim compO'

nHntHr,far:tjfimA ffl compofitto, qtu vna eji de dectm j Pand ul-
phus : Bclus, Aftratus Rarfon, aliijq; quam plurimi in tur-
baciufd^rmmcmincruntjquorumdKftaomittimusjQuLin
idera /^ythagoras fic totam artcm dcfinit Etjci^ndHm,•

^Htd nihU aliud eft huim ar'ii fcitnttA, c^uam vapor cfr aqu^t
jubltmatio, argenti vtni Ma^nefif.^co^ptri coniunUto-^ Nec
rcfcrtquod aiiqui putcnt hoc nomcn illi cx invidiada-
tum cife ; Vndc R^ifon sHoc qnidtmmiiximMm eft noflrHm
tircanMm, ejH(?dinvidt AdagnefiamappellarHnt./profter arcanum
ipfum: Dtligenter igiiHr ipfam magneflamin v.tje fuo Coejuite,
^uoufq^ totnm coaquletHr (^ feipfum contmeat : Hibita itaq.
magncfij, fcu Achillc (fcu Pyrrho inde exorto) qui ma-
fub ignc foucatur, & a Chironc auOj qui tot
tris indLi(}ria
Heroas, & intcr eosi lafoncm patruciem cius inilituit,cdu-
cctur, vt vcrc ^ynfous & falamandra notlri fi ar, ad Troix
occupationcm acccdcrc licct : Pcr Troiae autcm obfcfTio- Sj^idper
ncm et in cincres rcdaflioncm, nthil aliud abHomero Troitdelc
my(}ice& occuite intclic<5lum cft, quamvafis phiiofo- ''^"f'''"''

phici, in quoHcIcna & Paris, Matcria principalis continc- ttittgatur,

tur<*rdcwonc!uia, abigncfuocircumcunte^ vaporofocc

digercntc pcriodus ct ambitioj Hclcnaipfa.cl}, proptcr
quam concertitio fit, in cuius gremio Paris ignauus
adultcr dclitcfcit ; In voo cnim (ubicdto e{^ duplcx vis
agcnsctpaticns, mafcuUctfxminca, cumqua concarrit
M m Achil-
 266 Hicroglyphicorum. Lib.rfJ
Achillcs, at per infidia» a Paridc in fano Apollinis Thym-
btxi interrc(flus eO- Sic iacctillc fortifTimus Grxcoruns
abignavilTnno & mulicrofoTroiano occifus; At icaHcri
oportuit ; Ignis cnicti nodcr ab aqua fua randcm cxtingui
dcbef, &aquahabctprimam vim agcndi, in folutione fci-
licctj Atq; tum vt moriatur AchilleincccirceQ, poilca
autcm cum iim color aJ oprimum ccnucrtirur, tota
Troia occupatur ralladis artc & fcicntia, diripitur&in
cinercs redigitur, caridimos tamcn & non afpcrnandos :

Exillis enim Pharniximmortalisnafcitur&revivifcit-; Ex

illis, inquamjrcliquijs colonixincxtcrismittunturoras,

Summa ope" j£neas, Diomedcs, Anrcnor &

alij, qui noua rcgna con-

ruHomc' dunt &obtincnt: Hxc cQ fumma totiu9 opcris Homc-

mi. rici dc Troiano cxcidio } Cuius circumdancias particu-

iatim in fcquentibus dilucidiorcs reddemus : Hclcna &

Pollux cxunoouorcdduntur, mafculus & f^^Eraina; Sie
Hclcna & Paris in vnothalamorcfident, & Marchafitam
noOram philofbphicam vno nominc compraehcnduntj
Achilles & Pyrrhus noftcr laton cft, noftra magncfw,
noQcr ignis ; Sic bcllum intcr marchafitam & magnc-
namcxortumcQ, inquoillaprinid dominatur, pdltau*
tcm hacc ; Vis cxcmpia authorum ; Vidc Moricnum • qui
inquit: Et inm Adaria elici4 : Nthit efly cjuoda Utene jHam
objcHritatem vel fuum fojfit auferrt colortm j Sed Ax.oc efi
^uafi eitu tejiumentum, primumvide/icet (juayiJo deco^uilur»
tiam dr eum colorat Cf album reddit, ac tterum dominatnr
{aton A<.set & eum rubeumreddit -^
AUHH^uo^^Vhilofofhm
nit : ^j^od A^c necjuit Jubftantisliter latoni Juum anferra
colorem, veleummutare, nifejuantum advifum, fed latonem
4tb AkocfHamauferrefubftantialem albtdtncm, ejuonid tn<J}ei
mirabt/ufortitudo, ^Htfupet- omnes cc/ores apparet ; H jec M o«
ricnus: Laconiiaq; AchillcsedautfiliusciusPyrrhuspaf
crisdcfunAi locum ccncns, & Azoc fariscum Helcna)
/'rioius occumbic Achillcs, vtdii^um, quiaAzoclato-
ncm & dcuorac ; Ac pdft ^yrrhus donnnaturiubro
ccgit
capillicio» qui totam Tioiam cvcrti^ & oninia ad fuuoi
€oI««
 Lib.^. -<Cgyptio-Gr«corum. i6j
colorcm, nerape latonis, rcducit : Hacc funt fcientibus
«ckociaM, vtfolnon clariorinmcndic jppareat. Talpi»
auCcm lumcn ciufmodi nil prodeft, ncq; noduis, quia
his carcutire volupc eft magis quam videre : Achillcs
cl/pcumhabuita Vulcano fabricatum invulncrabilem &
haftam PcIiam^dcquaOvidius •

fHlnm Achtllh ejuod efuortdam fecerdt hojii,

fHlneru auxilium Pcliat haflafMit»

Idque non iniuria dicitur ; S<^h Pyrifous, feu py-

raufta, fcufalamandra, Achities nodcr inigneviuerede-
bet;& non confumi ; Ideoq. necclfc cft, vt ipfivalidifii-
mus clypcus a Vulcano fabricctur^ quo ille i^us flam-
mje recipijt, feqj dcfcndat j Nec cnim fatis erat a matre
& auo Chironc inftruc^um eile Achillcm, vtfugnarc
poffet contra igncro, fed ipfi qucquc Clypcus Vulcani
nccelTarius fuit • Ipfc prius Heftorem Troianorum for-
tidimum intcrfcccrat, cuius cadaucr a Troianis auri
jcquato pondcrc rcdcmpturo cft. Sic cum illc a Paridc
in Apollinisfanoinrercmptus cllct, eius cadaucrfimilitcr
fluro cx^equatum eft. Nam cum hihcrocs fintomQino
aurei & ab aureis dijs fete omncs oriundi? auro xqui-
parantur non immcrird; Olla quoquc cinfdcm in aurco
vafe, quod largitus fuit Thetidi Bacchus? recondita
fuilTe rocmorant, ciquc Mcdcam nupfilfe poft mortem
inCampis Eiyfijs : Bacchus fcu Dionyfus, quodaurcus
dcusfit, qui Midx aurcuai votum concefiit^ cxantedi-
ftispatuit; Idco eovafe bcavit Thetin. Quod in campig
Elyfijs Mcdcse nupfcrit, caufa eft, quianofter Achille»
mortuusrciuuencfcif, &fif mcdicator.T^rorum, hoccft,
hominum corpora a ianguoribus & afFe^libus varijS rc
Jcvans, ijsquafinovam vitam inducit,vc ipfa Mcdca fc«
pcrhibctur fuispharmaci9,vclut antc diAum • Non
cijTe

folum erim a Chirone vifcenhus Iconum, aprorum

& vrforum meduliis j
(«^ cc bde humano) nutiirus eft,
Mm 2 fcd
 2^8 Wicroglypliicofum Uh:6.
rrdrtlamfrartcr cyrhafar pulfancfT artenr» & vfumhcr-
barum>pcrifiam vcnandi & jiculandi, lcgcs arquitdtis &
prudcntijr,inartcmedicainftifutU8dicitur, vt Staphylui
fcribif iib.i .rcrum Thcllal: Obcjus morfcm aiunt Mu-
(as & Nympbasomncs flcvilTc; Ncqjid finccaura^Aqullar
cnitnnovcmcumdccimapartcterra? nigr3-,autMufxcum
-Apoliinc,hocc(l,Nymphaj&Lympharruis lachrymis e-
juscorpushumcdarunt 5 lic enim convcnit; Vndc ^
dicitur, cum ad Trojam advetf^us navi dcrccnderct In fcr-
ram,fontcmaquarum excitairc: H;.fta cjus magnarum
viriumfuit, quiaintoxicafacaltdis vcncniscxiftimarur ,
proptcreaquod vulnuscafidumconfolidari non potu-
if, niriejusadmonitioncad vulnu?; Inq; eo magneticam

vim vnguentl armari>noftro tcmpore didi cxprcfnr jLul-

liusTheor: tcft.c. 8i. hulurmodilancca! fub Allcgori»
mcnainit hls vcrbis: FtU.accipe <ie nofiro aere c^ fie terra
m9dicum,(^perforA latHS eius ACHta lancea tota calida, ^ vidt-'
bisa ver,trefpto exire tantumdecioolerarigra cr comhufta cjuoi
habtbit potentiamintoxicandi ^impotionar.di totum mundum,
Et mox Pyrrhum noftrum dercribif hoc modo : Et n ttura
huius rubei capifu e(i v *ia (ubflantia muttum fubttlU ^ levtjp-
ma^& in complexione multum caitda C^ ftcca
C^ acuta : Atq^
hiccfl Pyrrhusrubrocapite,rcuAchille$?yrlfous: [dcm
LuHius Helenam&Paridcmcodcmcap: optimc dcpin-
gif, dum 6\c\t'.P cft hdc addeHlls duasp^rtes depedtbu^albu:
Natura iHcrtm pedum alborum efl vtta /ubftdntia £foJfa
medtocritfr,C^inejMalitate meaiocriter ftiatda: F.tper hanc
proprift4ttmparticipatocu/osM^rot, efl adhuc in fMbfluntia me-
dierriterfubttli pcrfuc.m cj taliiatem kumidam ^ caltd/nm.l^xz
Lulllus: Nigrcdo fupcrvcnicns /'aridcmrcprnrlcntat,quia
illacaput rubcum cxtinguit, atpdrt Hclcna cum Paridc
CTterifqjTrojanis a rubedinc illa, Iivc latonc, fivc ^yrrho
omrjlno'extirpatur iti, vtrubcdodominctur poll omnci
colores dcvi(flc>S; Hjiic clfc gcnuinam cxpllcatlonem
Trojanxpugnxtcflcsniihl crunt illl, quldc vero Arcano
nonnihilfubo/fcccrinf,quicumVlyiTcpoft multos erro-
rcff
 Lib.^. Aegyptio-Grsecorum. t6p
rcsAchillem noflrumagnovcrinf.Nccmirumvidcrihoc
dcbct cuiquampcrprsjliumautobfcdioncmarcisvel vr-
bis opus Philofophicum dcfcriptum ertc ab Homero,cum
harcalicgoTia &ciefcribendi raiio huicopcri maximccon-
vcniat,proptercaquia innoftroopcrc fint duo, agens &
patienSjintcrqj caconrinuum bcllum,donccvnumfubiu-
gf taltcrum,& Grxci rubco capiljitio dominentur Troja-
nis; In huncmodumDionyfiusZ3char!U8GaIlus,quian-
no i548.fc fcrip(iiretcftatur.vclpau]6po(},allcgoria vc-
nurtiffimam dcfumpdtab Impcr^itorcprincipcm oblidc-
te inoppidoquodam,qu:E vcra hyftcriaerat, cum ante ?.
vcl 4.annos eo fcre tcmpore & modo in Gcrmania conti-
gcrat,a!qjita Trcjinum bcllumfuoopcrciicctinfcius,vc-
fccxprcilit; Vt autcmreliquosomncs, candcm fimilitu-
dinera vfurpantcs,qui pcrmulti funr,prjetercamus, BaHIjj
Valcntini hacdcrcteflimoniuprofcrcmus, qui in vitrjoli
dcfcriptioncitaconcluiit ; Et pro memorta hocdieo^e^uodji
ParU Kobtlem Helennm ahfjj interpelUtiofte tUirt pcffit^ ne ^e-
Merofa civitM TroU a Gracts amplittf deleatur ^ Priamm cum
Affne/aohinc trifiidiafficiantttr ,tum Hetlor et Aehtllcs con"
cordes fientAdimpetrandnm regiHm fan^mnem abf^ hello et pof-
fidendum MoA.trchiam cum nepotibtti etpofieris ontmbtu am"
p/tficdndee rttmditionescttmmaoniidivitiji-jQuibm accedir,
ctiam aliosdodlosvirosdc hoc Trojano bcllo philofo-
phicas cogitationc8fufccpi(Te,quoJ,dum hsEc edcrcmus
& jamad fcxtum librumChalcographusveni(Tct,ab ami-
co quodam & do(Sifsimo viro admoniti fucrimus cx
Gcrmaniatradlatum nupcrrime allarum (non difsinilis^
noftro argumenri) de Achillc Redivivo infcriptum,quo
AchiIlcs,Chiron &alijepcrfon\' ad medicinam qiiandaiii
rcducantur: Quod fi itaeft, cum iplum vidfic li.?(f}'c-
nus non conrigcrir,dc co nobis grarulamur ac lcclot lcin-i

tillantcm veritarcm dc Troianaexprditioncco lubcnr us

oboculosponimus: Sccundomrcquifirum ad capirn- ^..^rr?//^-
dam Trojam,prs:tcr Achillem ,crat P^fUidma^ ck aicc ff/f„ p^.j/^.
Troianadlripicndum,quod quilc &quidfucrit, &
\'r\d'^ diftm.

M
m 3 venc-
 170 Hicroglyphiconim Lib 6.
vcncrit, rjrlT rueruntopinioncs.Nosab Apollodorojib.
^.trjditamrabuIjrnaniplci5Vimur,quiinquit, quod ubi !•

Jus lUutn condidif,dilcoiorc bovcm fccutus^dcos prccatus

cft,vr alicjuod fibi fignum apparcrcr^arq-tuncdcciditPai-
ladium trlumcubitcmm^quodrpontc ambulare vidcbt-
tur,dcxfrahafttm tencns^acfirinra manucolum ac fu-
funi; Hu«c Ilo poftfa rcfponfum fuitab Oraculo, tam
diucivitatcmTrojac incolumcmfuturamjquamdiuinvi-
olafumillod Palladium fcrvaretur: Pherccydcs omncs
imagincsmanibus non faftas,at cccelo in tcrram dcjc-
^as, PdlladiafuHrc appcllataaf^rmat,quafi cjus gcncrts
plura fucfint; Hoc, dcquohicloquirrur, aiuntccoeloin
Pefsinuntcm ^hrygi^ civitatem, qux ab eocafu noraen
obtinuit, vt Dio & Diodorus putarunt, dclapfum : Alij
vt hoc cxcufcnt ; aliasfinguntcaufas: NonnulliadPalU-
discum Mincrva certamcnrcfcrunttanquam imaginatio-
ncmtimofispcdori MincrVvT imprciram, quod /'alladi-
um fcqucntibustcmponbusfuitadTrojanosdcIatum.O*
vidi08lib.<».defaQisnarrat,quodtcmporc luli rcgis Tro-
janorum,qulfuitquartusaDardano;aquoTrojani dicun-
turD-rdanidcs^/^alladiumpiardicflumcccidif dccoclo in
fummamarcem Trojac: Confulitur (upcr hoc Apollo,
quirefpoodit,quddquadiuTroja habcrct/^alladium^fam
diu flaref cjus iroptrium: Trojanicrgo fummadiligcn-
tiafcrvabantPaliadiuminarcc vfqucad fempora ?riami
ffiiu ww^rcgisjquialiquanfulumncgligcntius illud fcrvabat. Vbi
MthMctMh admirandurac(l,quodChriftianiMytho!ogifaltcm cnar-
Homer» fig" rcnf,quomodo Palladium velc coelo dcciderif, vel ex Mi-
mer^amft- ncTvx timorc pcc^ori imprcllbcontigcrit, acnihiladdant
tm.*tifUMU de caufis cxifientiiE,auf non cxi(Icntiar,quafifafis fit Eth-
JE.iM».l. X ;. nicoru produxiircmyfteri4,& non cx fundamcnto rcvul-
C.22. GhU- fiire;No8dicimus<jUomodocunq.accipiatur Falladium c
Smpicier coelodcNpfum velcxMincrvxfimorc cxorfij,fabulofum
Hamertn» clfcef cxHomericerebro,n6aIiundc,dccidilIe aquotan-
f$nxttv quaaD?oaIiquoomncscn?(cri ."oefx profeda arripucrut
''i^/w^C^^. icniinslaudibusinc<jeiumcxtulcrunf; vndc non incon-
cinnc
 Lh,6. Aegyptio«GKCcotum. 271
cinre qui Jara Homcru finxit nnagnam de fe fpumam cvo-
mcrcjacaliosquofcunq; ipfiaccumbcrc gra^culos Poeus
fpu^umciuilarabcntcs; Pcrhosenira rivos ex cofonte
deduda e(l ruper(|itio& dcdijsmonl^rofa opinioin Grx»
corumacpodLatinonimmcntcs, totiufq; orbis gcntcss
Hoc Falladium, quia omnino iiditiumtuir, multa« du*
bitationcscxcitavft,non folumvndcvcncrit, vt antedixi-
mus, fcd eriamanaGrnEci$hococcupatumfit,anvcr6ab
i£nea vna cumrcIiquisdijsTrojanisabiarum, etin Itali-
amgcftatumlit:Ovid.Iib.6.dcFaftis, id fub dubio rcJin-
qucns,aircrit ruotemporcPalladium fuilleRom» in te-
plodca Vel}ae,curaquoconcorJatTit:L>viusdc fccundo
belio .^unicoj Dccofatale narrantquodco tranflito tranfl
fcrrctiir impcriumjVnde facra fatalia appellata funtjSc tre»
dicuntur, in quibus lucrant,civitatci pcrdidiirc, ncmpc
Trojamprimo, pdtlLaviniu» dcniq; Albam. Hanc con-
diJit AfcaniuSjVndcAlbani^quje dicitur fuilfe matcr Ro-
m:c,aTulIoHoftiIio delcta: At communior fentcntia
cftPalladium fuilfc aDiomedc&VlyirearccTrojana di-
rcptumjCtadGraccos dchtujHi cnim>vt Virgil.i.iEncid:
ctcxco Auguft:I.i.c.2.deC'u.Dcimcminit,cxfisfumraa6
cuflodibusarcis corripLcrcfjcraracfHgicm, manibufquc
cruentis Virgiacas aufi div.r contingere vifta8:Di(5lys Crc«
tenfis narratjquod Antcnor Trojanus propriar patriar pro-
ditor podquam cum Graccis orJinavcrat proditionc Tro*
jxjpcrfuafitThcanSjquap luit facerdos tcmpli Miuervat
fcu PalJadiSjvbifcrvabarurT^jIIadiut^fquod fibi illud tru
dcrct,qu3dctfccit,quo^aclo Antcnortradidit illud Grx-
cis.Similimodo hicCrctcnfis& Djrcs Phrygius refcrunt
^EiicamproditionisvrbisTrojanjeruillc confcium, licct
Virgilius conctur excuQrc iEncaaj 4 proditionc patri?E,di-
ccnsipfuTiignaruminndiaruOTfuiifc; Dcindcpoft exci-
dium vrbis aiunt ortumcirc magnum ccrtamcn fjpcr PaU
ladioiicrA^accmctVlyirem (qjemadmodum ctiam de
trrais Achillisintcrfc(fli)vtro^; ipforum pctcnte PalU-
^«wetfuacncritAaJJcgantc: Favciunt VJ/in Agamcnon
1«
 lyz Hicroglyphicorum Lib.6.
ct Menclausrratcr Aganicnonis, rnantus HcIcnjr,cdquoi
tuAiaxHclcnamoriginctantorumaloru vcllct intcrficc-
icj'ly^es camlibcravit & faluavit j Aiaci vcro favcrunt
cxcrcitus 5«: rcliqui n^ultitudo', At V^Jy (Tcs /'alladium obti,
ruit AiJtcid argtcfcrcntcrPoftrnotlum Aiaxcladc nodc
fcrroinvcniturmtcrcptusrOrcavcidlcditione in cxcrcitu
contra VI yllcproptcr ncccm Aidcis,cic qua fufpctflus habe-
baturapudcxcrcitumifugitVlylTc-spcrmarCj&Tdlladiuin
dirritfif ptncsDiomcdcm,aquoi£ncasreccpilTcilluddici-

furinltalia,vt SoIinuslib.3.e.2.tradit: Vcrum cum tanta

fitopinionum contrarietas(cj.npcr adverfifsima llatuentiii
acquilibct fcriptoradruammcntc&propofitum omnia
livcfatfVa/ivefidaaccommodct.vtfaltcm fu.rgcntis ho-
norcqua?rat,nosnullisaUcntiri poifumus, acdicimus ab
Homcro ha:comniapcndcrc, aquotor /'octx lua opcra
fcucarminamutuati (unr,ab coJem &Z)arctcm /'hrygi-
um, & DidymCretcnfenj,qux hyftorica vidcnturfcrip-
filTc & (uac gcnt's gloriam quxrfrcnr,
de belio Trojano, vt
acccpi(re,ncc vllum intcrfmifeipfi bcllo,quamvisg!ori-
cturfalfo : At quid tandcm Hon^crus hoc Palladio intcl-
PdHadtHm Iexcritbrcvitcraddcmus:Supcr!Uifatiscxpofitume(iquid
fjMideUnotet. pcrPailadem fignificctur;Cunr,q;abhacPalladium&no-
inincctfcrma Jcducaturj facilcapparct, quid Homerus
adumbrarcvoIucrit,ncmpe fapicntiam& fummam ingc-
nijfubtiTitatem apudartificemclTcdcbcrejVt illchac frc-
tusdcopcrcfuopcificicndolitfccurus j Vlyires cnim in
hactotaAlIcgoriaartifcxhabcturacumincrationispr.Tdi-
tuS;quoomniamagisardaancgotiapcrficit; Primus c;us
laborfuitcircainvcntioncm AchillisCjufq; addudioncm
ad Trojam jfccunduSjVt fubtiliori mentis indaginc inqui-
quirarjquarationcTrojaoccupari^Palladiofcilicirtarrcpto
pofTit 5 fi(5Tis quacritur, vndc
Ideoq-, fruflra dc rcbus plar.e'
vcncrir,ancccclo, ancx Minervx imaginatjonc, &vbi
nianferit :VlyfTi autcm valcntiprudcntia,non Aijci pr.t
iUntivir]busaffignatur,qiffaartificis(ubtiIitas hic qu^ri-
fur^nonmagnitudoiitborisfcu virium^qua: circa Hcrcu-
lis
Lih.6. i^egvptiOcGra^coium. 2>j
I pcrronaii dcfcripra c(\; Nam V|y j|es Helcnarn protex-
s

<r4t(ujrjpicnfU,quod ipdiaidccuit, nc Hcle^a pcrvim-

AucispeViret (fambellj luvcncblj, qui» abinifio Argo
Bdliticxi-xpcditionis, vr (iipia demo iMraVimos,ad juini-
mumrrit iam j8o innoru.ii; Ellffnim pr-cipua nollra
per(onj,cjur roMusbelliCiuUdicifur: ^ii^ crcdira func „
iacrjPa!'uJufuMF*apudR omaiios, vel Albanos, ipfi vi- //** "/
d^nnr an vt aiiCMuills,c^a'l )tjccilcnnf,an vcro cx nu- ,

njdna phdntjiiif rrunVouxennt j Nos Cbrillianinihil ca-^

IctrCili.nuSjpr.rlcfrim cuin nuila ^rjfit vera hyftoria, nifi
qu3f alig'nento poeticonatjlir: TcrVium rcquilirum'ad p .^
"
TroitcxpUkynationrmnrcclLriumfuit vnum tx oflihus * J .

Pclf pis; Cvtcra hiCTeruvfriiiitarafionc aliqua cxcul ri

poirenr,ncmpc Achillc !• proptcrfortituJinem ririguIarC) ^ * •

PdllaJiumproptcrran'5^ f uisop/njancmdcco, a Groecis

impctratuTr(uillcantcqujiii rrojam cvertcrc potucrinc,
vciutiijtiodAshominisipfidcm dem^^ftul ro qiiid con-
fcMf,(upi!i narurami5c capru t1 huminie mentiScii : Quid
cnimvnumo'» cidjvcr^shu njni c(fi:erctiX^bitotvlviho-
mincsmillenip.rjmpijc hrcnr?Fiiitau(em ."elops Tan-
tali (iliusillius.qjein jpuiinfcrosrorquen tno-fd timorc

jmpcndcnns (Jxi,'uodd reru i» vf(5l'(4i nr<,c!r.r*acu(n pcnu-

ria crcdid'.r!im,quiiiinpurus& bcncfrciorurln icccpforu
iiPincmorfttilTet.* Tant^lui» Jb ilijs lovrs 8i Plot^ NyiB'-
phf,aba'ijsIovis&/»lufUS ftlius di<Stusert: Z Z'8 hy(l:
lO.Chil : /'luto qiiidcrn mjrre ar patrc T nolo LvHioe rcgc
gcniru n fcrib f : HiccumD'os itiqijudo in hofpitnKn
acccf/ i(rrf,fp'irq iclau'u n co.iv'i?Ri'il parairr, Pclopctii
filiuTi c tfun iircr cpuUs ijppo(art*idqti?^, vcaltqui iirbi-

trmor. <d cpnjjniiim4j^niticcnr(<im g-iaiVommum rc-

ru.n vclcariili-njm (itiu nillisobfcrrcfiC^fr.Tum cnft» id

dij cn^noviiTcnr, ab ijs epulis ahlllni|ei^nt,pr ttir Vlia^n
CvJrcrcm, q ir obraptsc fihx Pro(erp»n« id^to-^Cm pcne
dcrjpi,-nsinc6n(ulr6numccu>ncdit ; Tjm d'ii rchquicidr
filij mil' rti cum rurfusiccrruntin tcSct.rm ac rccoclnin

vicjerciUiiieruQt: cuai vcroilh dcciret numcras, qoem

^J n conacde-
ly^ Wieroglyphicorum Uh.6.
comcdcrttCeres, dij cburnciirn fccitrc dicuntur : Hinc
Lycophron bispubcfcentcm appcllavit /'clopcm, quia
junioradijsrcftitutusfuit,quamcrarprius: Idcp Tanta-
lusad infcros dctrufuSjquia dccrum cpulas pcr bumanam
cjdem contaminairct;iurque hofpitij violalTct, lautiflimo
apparatu fcmpcrhabcrccpulasdiciturj quas tamcn fame'
fxcruciatus attingerc non pcflit: Alij illum pcrpctua
fitivcxarldixcrunt, cumaquaadeiusmcntum alTurgcrct,
quT,quotics iIlamattmgcreconctur,rcfugiat; Ovidiusa-
liam caufam cjus p?-nx tradidit, nempc loquacitatciii,
qufefccrctadcorummortalibus divulgaverit, vbiinquits

^jt^rit aqtiM irtaquistt pomnffigAcia captat

TantalH4,hoc ilii^arrulalingHa dedit.

Huius,inquam,Tpnta!i filiusPtlops fuilfc traditur, qui

Hippodamiaro Ocnomai Elidis ac Pi^x regis filiam cu«
ruIiccrtamincvidtordbtinuit,inquDinnumcri prpci an-
tcaruccubucrantvi^iaccatf], cxquorum crancls Marti
tcmplum extrucndum crat: Myrtilli opcvicit, qucmpo«
fteaquoquerclopstrucidavit, a qua caedcaVulcano cx-
piatum fuilfe cum mfmorant.- Fabulantur/^clopem, vt
coAus fuitja Neptuno amatum,vt Pindarus ait : Scpultus
fcrtur Lctnnat,quz Elidis civitasfuit. De Tantato, qui
filium dijscomcdcndumappofuit,Poctarumfi<fliocftjqui
rclinciuscontumcliam, vtciufmodialiadc Syfiplio, Ix-
yone,Buriridc&:(]miiibus,idcfTinxcrint7 idcoqae ztcrnS
quili psenam ipfi attribucrint , vcl ob impictatcm vc\ gar-
rulitatem* & quidcm ob hanc magis, Quaro illaro prout de
Txione fabulancur : ,^x vero fccrcta tocrint dcoruro,quz
illemottalibus apcruenr, facile apparet cx convivio flc
cpulis, quas dijsappofuit,vndefolaCercsguftavcrif;Ccrc-
ri autcm,vtfupradiximus, Elcufinia facra tc abditi/Iiroa

quzqjfolenniataro apudex£gyptiosquam Grxcos dica-

tafucrunt, quorum arcananeminiaperircliccbat: Vndc
conflarc polTctjhxc innuiabillomanifcftatacircjVcrutv
fivc
Lib,($, Aegyptio-Graccorum. i^y
fivcTantaluioblinguae incontincntiam taxatus fit, fivc
«liamobcauram^toti huic narrationi fabulam &aIlego.
riaminellc, camq^ rcfcrri ad cas rpfas Hicroglyphicat
traditioncs,quarum antc mcminimus,indubitatum cfl.Ve
cnimOfiris ab Ifide, Bacchus fcuDionyfiusa Nyrophis,
lafonaBacchi nutricibus/iefon a Mcdca, co(5li dicun"
tur, & itcrum juvcnes rcdditt, ita Pclops a Ccrcrc aut &
dijs poll codioncm* vitam &
juvcntam fimul rccupcravit^
dequibuscum ruprafatisdixcrimus, idem dc Pclopc tn-
tcliigendum crit : A Vulcano cxpiatus elTe dicitur a cxdc,
&aNcptunoamatus, qui quaics dij habcantur, )am fatis
DchocPclopcIohiFran; Ficus Mirand:I.2.c<
innotuit:
2 .dc aiif 0,mcro init his vcrbis ; Stc ^irt^nam , nsnnHlli inter-

fretantnr AtreinHnctipandtimaiKumt arietemve, vtdefcrif"

tamaMrifaciendipote^ate^h^oribm injinuent, Nam Atrei
& Pelofii ofesexmetallu fni^e jcriptf*m re/iguit C^UtJihenes
Oljnthim i AriJiotilU & dijcipu/HS 0" confani^minew, Etlib.
j, cap. I. Nec defuer* ,inqu i
t, ^m Tantali tjuoj^ divitias tft'

ierint aeceptas Chemicacompoftionidefcripta in pellihHS agni»

VndeJitf^Pelopiifilij & Pelopidarumregnumlongelate^pro'
pagatum vt hinc abfonum vtfum nonft, <j**afi(fe Thyefiem rut-^
,

tu minerem Pelopis a^num,hoceft.^n agnipellefaciendi aitrice-'

pofiiionem exaratamyOjUam inarcanis hahuefit natu maior Atre*
m extoy ferttefjThyefies ah vxorejratris cognitaJlHpro , ex (JH§
(^odia&cruenttJjfimacanAtragadia: Meminerunt hZtX' T't
tjuanefuam ohfcuro velamento ^antiquiffirmpoeta.^ Cicerof ^
SeneCA ct Paprius: Hx cilic: At fi rci vcfitas & fabulac,qux
fingulis mfcc pcrfoni8adh2Erenf,co7iiydcr^cntur,ad lovcm
omnct reducianimadvcrtcntuj ,
qui Tantali patci,hic Pc.
lopis, quiThycfti8&Atrci,quorumillccx filia fua Pc-
lopciagcnuitiEgyfthum, hicAgamcmnoncm& Mcnc-
laum; AtrcusThycfiifratri fiiios appofuit proprios co-
mcndos') cy£gyfthus Atrcum & Agamemnonem truci-
dat&Clyt^mncftramducitin vxcrcm; At Orcftcs m«-
trcmvnacum t/<£^yftointcifccit ,vtfupra narratum cft.
Qux omnia occafioncffl allcgorijs dc Pclopc fingcndit
N n J dcdc-
 J7<i Hicroglyphjconim Lib:5,
licdcrunt: Os eius tnfignis magnitudinis fuilfc mcmp-
fatur quod ab Vlyllc qucTqucjVt rciiiqua, inipcfra»ucfl:At
eur h(}cad.Troidn^occ:UDanJarri vtile autncceir^num di«
Ab(q^dubio quod»rrificcs indicar^ volucrint
ce!")atur«'

, tcr/c^quantiaruhOdniiAiT) ad op.us rpqjji)ri,sux,quafi m,or-

twa (jt i t rcliqua cx coi porc n";cf<illico,v^ os cx corporc hu*
miino; V* e:iimifJU:ir.corporeanin>ali«dut homiiisru-
(}inc»vrc«incs,hu:norfS, vala & fpinf^iSj tarqiian» balis
& rundamc/iruni dfotrjus, iti etiam io opcrc Phil fo-
phic*>viiufixunnoontinctomniaV)OJa,tjliaku non fixa&:
iti colligatjVf vnaiubrtantii mcrHodici podu: Indc in Au-

•tora confi-rg i .dicitur,c^.Q ,^oel ttnSlma :fi-t a natnrd va-

^. fUotip/Hi» f}iriinm^<p fixHm
htitiun^.-^Et tUudejjtod firnf*^'

X^ perpc taum C^ iyicrcvtt. bih , &

nominatur fulfur P btlofofhi"
Tfimvcl cinis eXirtiUt^i acinfre, tft Sf^itor eictt : ^^od pxnnf
efiyfiq^ttre^ fugittvoi : Et n,c.x, Tma fxat, aqna d albat^
a^rpSM-ir4f,s^Kh.C9Ura "^ Ucm xTnraThtdemreltnqtHttir Vt
aitJ ti-ia e 'cfntntii i» ea, v^if/trit r^dtOiri •
Ji tp^a r>on eji ef, <-
Jtmeyiia fuKd^iWentftmm» htihtrtni inpti Adijtc^^^f.w dcmrm
fisv^mthelahrartami Et Aurhor Cciilil : con :cx Gr^tiaro»
Igniiin aergii\ IfiX^ B.X ffc fitc^lx- tntendlt eX cca tor.tmtUms
(

iiHmtdtstiencefiiu yVtver.ta',ii^ tnii/ierim. d' quoaicit A'

siirants, b.t qs^am prtctoiH^ -fi
'i^it^ ijie: Aertn o^icfijpDt'.
'^ ^'"cct quartum
* rcqujii.uu» tuit cin s- La» mcdon*
4 Recjtiift-

tum Ci»eres "° ^ *<^3ra pqfia rspicndys Ciur. . tmrrw x

ik fijt cinis,
i

^"-Korcs dKUr.i,
fit.picr txf^rii^i.tiini paitr,6s & ci-
V.aomedor.tis. ^'^
'-XWa luiudurt/uhft4;U;arai<(l:Ojuf ,Ph}lt;(o^^^ iic^clTa-
• ricpj De j;iO|fre.ij»4fun>)cfjs.. ,m«^|.n(.xyint locis^86r.el'us in
.turba \ ijf^a ratf<r-ajp^^u\ti.cui^^urKt4itayade*r^tatJ}.^iumptr
"t^
twfleje:imiuiif>rmort^cftfit/ti:vi/.eiur.^ tkm ii/a natHtatgne
indtget ^f^tiotif^ corpw ^ tUiHS ffa iihs tn terram vertantur, (^
.tfentfi^fti';iv mpriHofimtiistn /hq tfimulo : His peraUts red»
ditet Dinf ^HKtt^t^' Q^ .intrr^.my .
csr cmr^tMfi-mit^te ahlata,
coKf.rtAt'1 f^ ^ittr^ no^ra. 0- itftetfdata. Oportet tgiiur tU
,/0(tft,,^f^ {^».f>urere ahjqinmore f dor,ec cinv fiat , qnt cints
t4pHM jit rtt^ipfirt^ifatin^^^animam & tirMftram infnfHm:
 Lib.iJ. -^gyptio-Graecorutn. 177
Iftlpiettc fi/tj Ao^rina, ^ititlitef ptElsres neijueunt fuU colori"
i^Hi, ptfi^fr<i, f^Hctef^yetfs tn, q)ifi^<f V£yf^nt C^ pWvfri/ttit :Js'
Mfhrer Q^ Phj/pjO^tyt^is ^e^r^/ts.fy-p^ rJt^Hem* meaictMaj (u^ffr-
psneremfi fr,a^tU-et ft*.iv^y.*!4t4tiy£laqdp^^p(um cinerehf reSf"
erttis [Hbtthter , mnldi ctbeofrocedeHtjeoqHodiS, vt homo,
eorpta hnbet et (ptrttfftTi} IdcHi Cuilos, alijq; plur^nu mdi-
cant,vt lcgent bus ipil^ P^tjCt,!) b fcjj ciE.cr.c ipai t;i;fic io chy-
j

• inicp?ilhiJilcf »g;Dt^ <^4\itp pll4j,etticis,^jui;j,f^i3i^j/nc pcf-

(urtj;Ata{'cmiJ? ccrtjriiydividuicincrcs (vt^.c:.lC)r''qui-
ruilttjr j ncmpe Laomcdontis : HiqvtRcx Tfoiqp mafnla
cx dificaire tradf ur Apoilinc & Ncptuno,vcI <;tiajqii Vul-
ca/io,opcr^xij&jCUiu,sanfcmctTiininius: Ab H'zj(fUlc trn-
CidatuiikrmrjVt fu^^v4-"jus ubore CjXppifiiimij; .i-apme*
dop iuq^Troix.hmditqj, ohcfirr, ipriip yiJb.cni vita priv^-
turjCurncnirnoperanjxdidlismcrccdcmpacflarn non da-
rcf aOctoveXibifur a^,uoHeli6nefiiiaeiusabHcrcul'*lf- .-,.> .,

b<r c.Jc-(i7atcu .iccHcfcuIi equ:)S promiirosdarct>occirus

c j) , < i^i q j GinCi»[e« itj por/a tj^jjc a Scaia aljicr va.t!jjH} ad dcT
ktior.c rro) V quoc«>?iuc^ihtur acccl*arij.idcpc)^4b Vlyi-
/e . la^i indcabiati .- i-a f pe «utborcs refcrunr fincti: opc-
ns /'rtilofoplnci tcft .rt dciuo principip^&ifcontfa,*. uv.no
icicipi,etcuni vnorcrn;inari; QiJiinuad Troiam rcqvjifi- 5 Reauifi'
tumeraujragtt.a? ticTcU is,,,quiyi Ocuhi9iitcJintcrTi7cr-.r/fiw, SagittA
fcili.nn & Mjcedtjj.iini cnoricsrigittas Wis/*ii^P,%trdo- HercHlis,
no ded:r,maudavifq. nccui corpprisrui.i*e(iquiiiS jndica-
rct, jurimcniorcccpto; (ej cum ppdmoJo pdphi.cum
oraculu m Q\\^i<ii>^,.. I" <>f "*'^fc'^P;9,¥ 'T
r '^*^ ^'*8i V * 'v^H""^^'
'

hs.cai^no,n.po(ff,i<w ^'lefifiyq-^i^-i^.t/ar.gQfjV,^/»^^^^^

r.',:ijq;Cogcrefur,t4CU!t,i:d pcde l,oci!i iiioullra.vit; Has fa-

gittasa I^tiijo^^tc V^bi^.acjccpws ad^jr{?;(;pi^^r^lu ;E.j*$

vencno irifcdis/u-^eiiiuot^qius c,i3 ^j^-if^i^^f ''^Jo^cf^U

.lo.ngitudjncrn )adjj^.ir,.jt^jC,9iJltf(^},^^v.Cj y^^
ci.us .depf^it , 5.X <yiOi-yiUUiiw.,^t(jiJc !
^Pe^^^h-f^^i^^;
taurca jictba la r attj^ .^ici r ur. Warfi , 64' 8*^
. .
sf* -- '^^^Mp
non>gnofci.tj Phijo^^^rac r^tta;ifac^sdoi3ai»i.i|nf,
'" "'"'"' - •'*•'
., N'n 3 ^ vt ' •
 Z7S mcroglyphicorum Lib.6«
vt cUva Mcrcurio 5 hac cominus illis tfminiis pugnavit
Hcrculcs contra totraonftraj Hacfixa& rcfiftcntia ob-
truncavit&emollivit, illis fugacia&volatiiia fixit&re*
tardavit ^fuga: Hisduobus inihumcntis aut operandi
. rationibusomnis Pliilorophusindigct, vtfupcrius fxpc
dcn)on(lr<itum ed qucmadmodum & duabus aquis,qua.
*,

rum vna fixat altcram & folvit mutuis vicibus j Ad Trojam

itaq; abrqjfagittis Hcrculcis parumcfficipotcrit : Maior-
cnimiaborabrumiturinfugaci& volatili fiilendo & fa-
gittis quafi figcndo (vndcExio apud Chymicos) vt ap'
parctin Apollmcfigente Pythonem, Diana Orioncm,
Atalantaaprum& his fimilibus; dequibusfiioloco cgi-
tx\\i%i Sexfura rcquifirum & vltimum habctur? quod
^.RtqMili'
tmm ; E^H$ Thraciaercgiscqui? co cxfoabduccndierant,antequam c
RhefiabaH' Xantho fluvio bibctent, fine quo ritc perafto Tro ja occu-
een^, pjjfi nonpotuit: Hxc ridicula elfc, &
fabulis fimilima,
auxpucfisanutricibusnarrari folent, nifiatot& tantis
(cf iptoribus , Homcro cjufque fcquacibus tradcrcntur,
non immentd iudicarcmus ; Quid os, cineres, fagittai ad
vrbemoccupandamf Quidcqui addu<fli, antcquam cx
fiuvio ccrtobibcrint? Attamen non fine caufa ita efTidi
circcxantcdidisprofpcximus; Eratautcm Xanthusdu*
'
uius Troadis rcgionis, cuius h^c vis cclcbratur , quifi
flnimaliaexcopotantiaflaeoinficiat colorc; Xanthus e-
nimflavumdcnotat; Hic color forte in cquis ingratus
vidcbatur* ideo equiprxcavcnc}ifucrunt, ncbibcrent e-
ju8fiuvijaquam;lta mcmorant Ncptufium ad nuptiat
/'elci&ThctidiscontuliiTcequum Xanthum Balium, &
quiad Achillcmhaercditariojurc pervcnitrecreduntur^At
mifcrabile quidvidcri poirctjnififabula e(Tct> propterc

2^j|.^^^. quosabduccndosRegcm trucidandum clfe, quidcm &

Thracturo, fcroccm ct bcllicofum tam Icvitcr fuperari
tmc^ ^^^^^
'pOtuilTcab Vlylfcfolo vcl paucis cum focijs abfq* rcfi-
ftcntii vlla : An Icvius fuit Regem Thracia; (Acidcre, &
pci^vim cius bona abripcrc, quam Troianos
Phrygcs, vt
hibcbantur, imbcllcs, in quibus tamcn occupandis
tot
Lib.5. Aegyptio-Grapcorurti, 179
totanniconfumpti dicdnfur^ Natursc ct rjtioni advcr-
favidcntur, fi hyftoriamccdfolamus: Non cnim cum
columbis aucuparl licet accipitr^s» fed cum his i]Ias,non
lcporibuscancsvcnamur,fcdcconcra: Quodfi vero harc
advcrumfuumfcnfumHicroglyphicumrcducantur, non
eruncabfurda.fcdpofTibilia&nccclTaria, antequam Troia
occuparipolTit 5 Et fi benc ad Philofophorum diftare-
fpiciatur, animadvcrtimus, illos moncrcartifices,vtvi-
deant, ncrubcdinemproaIbedinc,autaIbcdincm pro ni- •

gredincinprincipioopcris«cquirantj Rufus cnira colo»

fcu fubflivusininitiononconvenit, fcd pro damnabili
habcturapud 7>hilofopiio8; Hinc Bcrnhardus comes
monet nc colorcm pjpavcris (ylvcftris acquiramus ninaio
ignc pronigrcdinc; & Zacharius vencnuro vitare docct
inprimoopcrc, quodinfecundoadcircfolct. ficlfaacla*
tcriscontnti colorem inutilem dicicin principio; Pod
opcris perfedioncm omncs incuicant colorero davum,
purpureum,rubrum & tyrium, vt Ceros in turba; Regite
*
tffum cocjuendo, donee Crocttsfiat excellentijfimiti, Ar dari us
Et ecce apparehit vobis hpii Tjrius ; B ora tcs • Terite ne^uafHH
Aonec CrocHifiat incolore attro Jintilis : Et fic al ij aurei ct
Xanthi coloris mcminerantcumadcirc debcrcin fineo-
pcris, non in principio, ibi cllc vtilemybic noxiuro : Et
ita de EquisRhcliexiQiroandumed, ipfos abducendos

eile ad Trojam amcquam flavefcant; Atg. harc funt fcx

illa meroorabilia rcquifita, fine quibus Troia occupari

»atdeleri non potuit: Quibus nonimmcritofcptimum

adijcidcberet,nerope JEquus ille Troianus arroatis vmiEqttMS Tv»
rcpletus& in vrbem deicdis msEnibusdcdu(5hi9jInvcn-M»w.
tum Palladisdiccbatur, quia flratagcma fubtili ingenio
cxcogitatumvidcripolTct, nificum tanto pcriculo con.
iundum eflcf, & Troianos niraiae fimplicitaris,ne dica
ftolid.ititis,argucrct,quod hoftc in tcrra fua morante rou-
rosdemolirentur, & ita ipfi cos , a quibusfubigipoilcr,
in vrbcm induccrcnt ; Vciura et hoc fid^ionem man jFcftc
arguitin pluribus, licet alias excufari pofiit j cum fimi-
lia
 iZ0 Hftsrdglypfiiconim. Lib.^.
y f, . liaexcfnpta(h nivigijs noflrote-i^porefelriterpcrdud.s
o * CJCpcrtirimiis-^Itailc Iphuenia A^arneiniionis. fi.jiOiin c
©M^ia'^r-o^t4C<»»hcio, proptcr miia exc»cMU( mrciti^rcs-
c»{rJihK>^^C>:i c{i&:f*ibUiT proxim<, quema.ifno<luin&
Q ^*-'»'» to'a Iludc
o-rflfiU'; &
OJyifea h^Dcnturailcporica
funt, pa.i>cTjphylk4Ct arcaaA natur r opcra cxphcantia,
partnn polytica, ct rcgc&i:i muitis, (cu pcrk)Oas publicas,
et pnviU^ -mtljfncntu, lUcQ Hom*rustanri ib Aitxan-.
'
no ficbat,' qui cum fuo ccrvicah v.o&vx uppofuir,
df^i ^fcit f

letrogifffn vuncu^TiappcIldVitt vtctab al.Mso£nni8 o^tarrs

inagnisctdo^is vr.». adco vrfummuro ingcnijhumani
tTtitJtU<m in£Ho;"»icri opcre cxprc ifum vidfl<imr, niii tot
ctcanfamafci>'Yi'acnmborfi»inculcarxt5 ncmpcdcoruni
a?tultcni,farrdi!cridcs^ ritpiniscnaliajqu.l: tantun; virum
nonrcvrriidijsaitnbuilfcpcijlin ilcclt,.rcdpocricalifcn-
tUct allc;*orico lcnhcndi modo protuiilfcy vt fapicntes
pucleuivaroiticc^ honumamaU.icpar;rcnf, inq^Iuuni
0/^jt'iru-' vfum.vertCrcPit: QiJadiupIjctmiruq, vium.Hwr>«.rv), rt
tlexvff-u *Q*m Orphco, aii^gnaaiusi', Pj!iicui'ii hicfoglyphicum,
HomTici arcanum,profu/idum (^ Iatcntcm,prnnarium.arc.*n»(lim4
Operit: tTaiurne optr-j,dc qtibuscgimus, (pcdantciii A.qj hunc •

i.Htraqlj. fclL pttilolophi ct Chymlx vcrar conla| iutrorpiciunf c t

, phKi44. admirantur^c-rccBi,acgligumctrobeVmbrolotcgoo!iiirr;on
anfmadvrcrJuntcj ^licrlim poI^tiouiSLVr thrcum, nioraicm,
hyQoricum,occono}micorn,(ccandar;un)" Rcgcr,duccS;
t,p6lyticHS. Magittratus. ct fir.gulas qurfq. in moribU» ctCv>nimut-i
vita inQrucntom 4 QjJ<^m pliirts icundctv.crfcruuf, ct.fo-

^V?^ \<i\\:'\ him m.co quali diuinitiTJs quid,Iii!><^rrtcm lulpe^terunr

j
Tcrtium rclinquimuapocns/qui rhis^jbujjs, 6^mn)t^,
& 'rjditioncs dc dijs, hcroibus, aliilq; rcbusvni c «m-
plciftunturj ^ujrtum<jrammjiicis JepuranHis, qjtor-
^.Feittcui. patum? phalcrasctfcricmdiccndioblf raAptef alij^i/ tcr-
^ret^ntur ) Vnde Hamerus (incndicus lailifri/r c nabif U8,
cum tucnt vir maxtfnc polyticus et in rcbus ma>ji>i$ agcn-
^.GrnmmA- discxpcrti(Iinius,qijcd nonmmcndicumifcd nuxunum
ttcf^, Oram-
ingcnio, ionuna:qj docibui pr^ ftantem cadit) tot
niaiicos
 Lib.^. ^gyptio-Grarcorum. iSi
inaticos per Gra:ci<jm alc rc dicebatur, vt ctiam Alcibfadcs
cuidani Homaum
mordenti colaphum eamobcaufdm
inrrcgcrir,hocrcommatcaddit0 5Tunciprummcndicum,
aut vjnnm nominabis, quitotalitfunntcrprctcs&ditcs
Ex tot itjq; rationibus & argumcntis in racdium
facit?
produdis & hacll-cnus c/plicatis Ltis apparct Troianam
Expcditipncm parum aut nihil habcrc in (c vcritatishy-
ftoric- ,piyi-mium allegoricx , & potius proptcr in-
at •

tcllcdum arcai>ua7,qu3m rcnrumvulgarcmintroduftam

Nihilominus non iiffitcrrur & fccundum, tcrtium & ®
eircj

qu^rtu K vfum, vt mo^o diximus, eidcni attribui poire:

&
Nam nihil vctat aliegcrijs fidionibus aliquid vcritatis
admifcerr, quamviscconfranondcceretrcbus vcrisfidi-
cias ingcrcre Vtcnim fcrmcnfum vel in minimaportio-
;

ne purs: mailv li*-nifagine^ immixtum totam rcdditaci-

dam & ftrrpcntoflm, ifa & res falfe aut fidtx ctiam non
mult.xhylloriamvcrim rufpcdaro rcddunt, &:fideom-
Tiino priujnr $ Sic poetx, vtOrpheus & Homerus, fcrrc
fi

fuis fjbulis 2c 3!lcgorijs nonnihil vcritatis immifcucrint,

quo ad lcca^ non tamcn fcquctur eas clTc
r:s aut pcrfonas^
vcTas.dUtitajVtfonantjairurr.endas&intelligendaSjVclut
pl^riq; cx E.hn^cis fecerunt ; Qupcirca fi quis eiufmodi
'indi<^is poctiscffendaf, hocfidioncsillorumnon, nifi -^

inconlydcratifliiTio, vcras cfScict: Vnde fi fuilfct Troia

antiquifllmotcmporc riv'iras,ctd«iiliu(5lj,non tamcn hcc
niodo, vtdclcnbitur, id radcumciktjNamquxa poetisj
aut hyftoricis hosfequcntibiff xratccrfcriptionismodoj
tradunfur, taliafunt, vt rnc:rifoindubiumrcvocari,ctad
fuimoriginemjnempcallcgoiicannprcurfccimuSjrcduci
debeant: Rcftat nunc VlyiTis rcciitumct cnorcs brcvilcr
pcrcurrcrejcumiilc, vt dicljm, fit Artificispcrfona,inge-
iiio valcns tanfum, quanmm Hcrculcsviribus: Idcoq«,fi
bercomnia conlydcrcntur, q!j'cquidadTroiam prarclare
aiflumcfl^cuisconnifoctopcr.iprstfijtismvidcbitur^Ncc
foiuai ingenio Vlyll svalu'f,»f:dcl manuum laborc, vt
annotantc iEliano I.7.C.5 •
^P^^ dc fc tcilatur Odyi^O. his
O Q v«bi&:
 :

282 Hcroglyphicomm L^b.6.

vcrbis:Nona!iuspotiorfuerit, mihi crcde,minirtcrjSiue
igncmfucccndiopus cft, fcu ligna fccanda. Inhiscnim
maior pars VlylTci Uboris confumirur in artc «philofo-
phica : SicratcmipfcVlyiresconfccilfctradiiuf cclcrrin:ic
fuo laborc abfq-, fabrorum opera. Illcfcx antc pofita fata-
lia,fincqQibusoccupari non potcrat,impetravit; Suoclo-^
quio & prudentia totum cxcrcitum rcxit; Poft hunc A-
chi]lcs,& eius vicc Ncoptolcmusj Deindc+ielena cum Pa-
ridcjCjtterx perfonx addunturadcelandumartificium,
Agamcmnonvtiropcrator, Menelaus, vt ador, Aiaxvt
manibus multum tribucns, Digm.edes vt focius Vlyflji,
Sinon proditor,Thcrfitcs conviciator, & fic dc alijs : Tro-
ianunc dcniq;arrc& Martcdcbcllata, Vifta&everfa, V-
iyjfis circA ly iFes in patriam,prout & alij Gr3fci,rcdircdefydcr»uit: S(c
reditum *>*
cnimOvidiusdcco:
patriam:
NondHbiaefl Iihacifapientia, fedtamenoftat
Fumnm de patrijs foj^evidcrefoci^»

De caufa,curaufugcrir, cuius fupcrim mcm{nimus,hic

nihlUddimus :Omniumprimo itaqjad littus Ciconum
popuforumThracijcdeJatus eft tcropenatc: fdftad Lo-
tophagos in Africaro, vbi cum focij ciuslotorum fruAus
guftaircnt,patrix obliti ad naucs miniroc rcuertcrunt : In»
dcin Siciliamad Polyp]icmiantrij,qucm obcscauir,cum
1 2. focijs : Pod in i£oIiam infulam& Lsefirigonas imma-

nifGmosCampanid?popuIos,mox9di£zam mrulam cur-

fumtcnuit, vbi Circc vcncfica, Solis filia, fociosciusin
bcluas conocrtit Ex qua Tclcgonum & Ardcam gcnult
•

?Wad infcros dcfccndit, Plutoni acProfcrpinx colum-

naro confecranSjVtcvatc Tcrcfiaibidcm,quicnbiagcnda
forcnt, perdifccret: DcindcadlnfulamSirenum dclatus
aurcs fociorum ccra obturavit, feq; admaluni na-
illitas

visalligariiuflit: Hinc Scyllam& Charybdin pcrrranfi-

cns non finc «liqua focioivm iadura in Siciliam rurfus
pcrvcnic, vbi Solis fili^ patcrnos grcges cuflodicbanr,
quos
Lih,6. Aegyptio-Grajcoium.- 28}
quoscum fcrcomncs naurragio pcricrunt
focij cl'dcrcnt,
ipfoarrcpto oivii maIo,in qiu haercns 9.dicbus maris flu-
(ftibuaiadatusadOgygiaminfulam defcrtur,vbiaCalyp-
foncNymphainhofpitium acccptu» 7. annos moratus
cxcafiliosquoq; fufcepit: Dcindc dijs jubcntibus hinc
folvcns, itcfufti propc Phscaciam navim frcgit ex Ncptu-
ni inrtindlu proptcrcafuraPoIyphcmij&inportuPhjca-
cumadnatavit,nudufqucintcr frondesarborum ibi (coc-
cultavit : Cum uerd veffcs poftmodb a Nauficaa filia Al-
cinoiacccpidct; ^alladis opcraad Arctcn Alcinoiconiu-
gcn? pcrdudu?,aquavc{|ibu8 & focijs donoacccptisjfn
Ithacam cum muncnbus dormicnscxponitur, vbi mcn-
dicihabituairun^ptoadPcnelopcnredijt, qua? illiadhuc
filium PoIyporthumdcviftaTroiaad mcmoriam patcr-
nx virtutis pcpcrjllc dicitur , cum id nomcn populato*
rcm vrbis fignificet. Atquchifunt crrorcs Vlyffis circt
reditumin patriamiquivltrad.eccnnium fccxtcndiircip-
parcnt, cumq; tam diu Troiana obfidio durarit, vigmti in-
ccgros annos Vlylfcscxtra patriam vixit multis croribu»
6cinfortunijsimpIicttus, quibus tandcm fupaatis nomc
populatoris vrbis cx fi/io ipfi gcnito obtiniiit : Atquchxc
pcr fc fatis innotcfcunt, cum fintomninofabulofa fi- &
ditiaa Foetaprodudaad dcmonftrandumpoIytice,qui-
buscrroribus&maJishumana vitacxpofitafit, ncc non
quibus ar(if\ccs,antequamad vltimam mctam pcrvcni-
ant,obnoxi fiant; Nam qui non crravit, nondum incc-
pitfc dicitur Et Bacairer in turba ; ReBum , inquit, »$n
:

mficrrore difeerniturt &

nihil magis ddore cordi ^enerat ,qu4m
errorinhacarte&opere: Dc quibus artis divcrticulis ct
difficultatibus cum aliorum cxtentcommcntarij,nce non
quotidiana cxcmpU ijsfatis fuperquc attcftcntur,ad dc-
monftrationcm corum hic nihil adijcimus.
Sive itaq;Trojaftetfrit§c dcleta fit rcvera, fivcfaltcm
fidionc (idemintelligendudc Hcrculis laboribus, ccrta-
minibusfacri8,adq?dco8fpcdantibusrcbu8,)pcrindcerit,
cumnobisindcnilferatur, ncc mctatur j vcrum Ci alter-
Oo i vtfi
 184 fTieroglyphicorum Lib,6.
vtri parfiiiTcfiridcbeamus, mil!eindici<i,nihilcx his rc-
vcra fuilk coiivir-ccnt, qLUiiivisroridcm fcre libris, tan-
riiiimf'Jiirenr,ab E(hnic;slfatuaturj!itd;p.cn omnrs fcri|i"'

torcs dehisconfuliUiUs,vniJcl;jcctanta SitaHa haufcrint,

ad fcxanrcdiclosomnisrchgionis ajt pc t'Uudolc)lafrix
Efliiiic.vaujthorcs (Orpl-.cuni, Linum, •Mufrum, Mc-
ldmpodcm,Homcrum &Hcfiodufii) recutfus ficfiQuod
fi &:hG8quxramuSjVndeillt habeant,ab c^i^gypt ]•> par-
tifR, partimcx proprit)ccrcbro«^d e^gyptiorum imita*
tioncm &: do(5lrinan», cmnia hxc origincm trahcrc ani-
madycrrcrr^ustiEgyprij vao ablfidc, & hxc a Mtrcu-
rioac Vulcano, vt lamantc rctulimus, omncs fuas do-
dtfinas accepcrunt: Si vero quis nihilominus fua pcr-
fuafionedudus iila omnia dcpcrfonisvcris & ccrtis dici
&intclligidcbcrcaffirmct, achyfl liamipfis fabuljs in-
circopinctur, ncq^illi valderepugnanius, dummodono-
bisviciffimconcedatj & lubhyfloria vtra polfc Alicgo-
riam abfcondi, hoc cflres arcanjilima? & figuraic tra«
dcndas non raro fub velata quifi vcrx dodrinsc forma tc
gi Cuius rci fi cxcmplum quis quxriit,raagni iljius Am-
•

bialicnfis Mcdici lib^-os dc abditis rcrum cjufis infpiciat

3cdijudicct,an nonfub illocorticc , pcrmultisdunflimo
vifojnuclcumaliumcclct, an non Melicinjc communjs
**^^ exauthoribus coaccruatis ThcGrematis&prarccptis prca*
nifTimanaturar&arfisopcra inrernwrceanra, vtnonnifi k
pcrrpicaciflimis tjus intcntiodignofcatiirrSic & vctuf-
fifsimi illi fquorum tcmporc nc nominc qujjem Chymia
^ pcrvulgata fuit) livcra qujdamfuis fcnptis tradidcrint,
ramcnccnnat plaraq; fi/^itiaelfc ab illis prolata, & qu.^
longepondcrc fuovcrispravalcant, fub quibus fidis ct
allcgoricj*quis dcmoilribit non htcreChymica illa,qua:
hadcnus fatis*exfuistcncbris cruimus,&inIuccmomni-
um intclhgcntium pofuimus? In quofcripti gcncrc,cxtc-
ris omnibusnonconfjdcr.itis., fi*quis & fabulofa illa ad

vcritatem rcduccrc conctur,&authcrcs omnes vnq fecu

Chy Qii.'E ignaroscxifliincc , nec quicquara Chymici fcn-
• • . fug
 Lih,6s Aegyptio-Gr;ecorum. iSj
fus fuis rcripris olim occultairc, ille fuo abutatur arbi-
ffio,qiiantum&vbivcIit,r'ihiIominus, vt &nobis Un-^
ruml(cear,qjjntunup(i & alijs, conccdcre tcncbitur cx
iure TdJioDis: Arq;r unc; prout Natalis fub mythologia
Sclis Dco grati.is agit his Ycrbisj Fahulirnm declaraiio
apifttoy c^vhtrior, cjuodinnoilratcmpora mihi f!.{srit refer-
vat.i,fff cur Df O
<? MNl? OT E NT I RedemptOfi gra-
ttM immortales agnm, cfiius beneficio mihi concefftim efi , has
prifco^ttm infulfu a^nbages nihilt^ vere > eli^iofum contmentes
npertre ,fed tant ur/i finmenta effedtmoyfifare adres Philofo^hi'

^ Sic &noscadcm
fOiexp/fcandas aiiimi dcvorionc &pc-
dcre ct crc cidcm T R N-V N I D £ O , qujJiUaspof^
1

(umus mentecoricipcrc, grariasagin")Us,quodilludnobis

clcnicntiflliTchrgitusfir, quohas ;^cgypriorum;Gra:cQ-
rum ctomnisantiquitatis alIcgor!as,fabuidsctmy(lcria,
arcanaarcanjffimaolim,vt.adhuc, habica, (ncc dc rcbus
vulgaribusct in mundonotis,(ed deijs, quafiLrefuo oc-
cultari dcbcrent,cxcogitat3)ex quibus tot gentiuni idolo-
Jatriac, tencbrT ct crrofes tanquim cx abundantifsimig

fontibusrcdundarint,adfuam vcrim origincmreduccrc,

inqj vna verkatis linca & pund:o immobili h irmonia
quadam irrcpra;hcnfibili(quaE vcritatis.propriacdjconck
liarc potuerimus^ quc oniniacum in «lulla^liare, quand
MEDICINA ANIMI ETCORPORIS di(Sa
SuriimusOP T. MAX: ct
vcreiurcaco'ivcniant,hanc
vnite TRISMEGISTVS dlc anmix ct corporis
Mcdicus IHESVS CHRISTVS nobisaillui nomj-
nisgIor!am,nollram & proxinii vfilitatcm vfurpandam
diuffii Ttpjct pollhanCjVitam sptcrnam conccdat, qui vt
LAPIS cxalto MONTE
finc manibus rcvulfus, ct
lap's anaularisa poriori mundi partcfcu gcntibus rejtdus
nobis appropritftU2>,Qt bcncdidus in fccula : A £ i^J. M

Finishuius Tradatus.
 1

|^^!!ii)®(i!

IN D E X RE R
praccipuarum huius tradatus.
VM
A. Adam omr.iu m crektHrarum ejfenti-
4s cggnovit. ^%
^ccipitrii Hrero^ly^hicH<jMid. ^.40 Adoma. 15? 4. apudSyrOs. 15)5
AcheloHs ab Hercule vtHus.p. i ^y Adonis ejttis. j a 1

^chilU epHSerat nd Troiam delenda A^onim aliegerice Solem efeHO» Ca-

f.260
Achilliiparentes iCc c^eta et AugiasSolisfilti. i^i
^chilles ex qniht^s ttupttis gemtus ^jliyptoreges qui prafHerini
4
260 ^^gyptiorHmdiipracipui. 6
AchillesvtedMcatHsamAtre, 162 ^gjpti ^uadamlnfuia cur prohihe~
Achilies latens comprejfit virginrm. tur aditu a tranfeuntihus, 1
262 *-AEgyptit lege fratres forores ducttnt
Achilles Pyrrhum genuit. 162 Kxores exemplo Opridii et Ifidis,
Achilles quid denotet: 262 • •
i<J
%4chtllefin arte qms, 2 64 JE^yptifacra, z i
AchilUs clypeus. 1 6j JEajfptipracipui reges. 21
Achillis ojfareciditaauree vafe.^i-^y ^gjptus cfttos ordtne regeshalHerit,
267
AchillinupfitlAedea in Elyfiis, 28
Achilles medicator agrorum. 26y ^^^ypti Pjramides: 50
AchilleS ^uihus nutritus, 2 67 Mgjptia /acra quanda ad Gracos
'
Achilies quibus artthus infiruFius. tranjlata. 58
2(58 '^gJPti*fapientiffimiantiejuitHS. 3 2
Achillis haf}(t vires. 2 6% iEgyptia fuperfittionis origo. ^6
Achillishafia venenofaqHidfignificet iAEgyptiorfimwonumenta, *
41 »42
26% zAEgyptiorumcoionia '
42
Achillem Paris interfecit. 268 ex ty£gjfpto omnes artes, 47
Achittes redivivM, i <» 9 i^gjptia CoiumnaRom^t. 48
9/£^yp*
 8

INDEX.
Aml?t4 fl/i(u Ofiridu, 7
etikCHntcalorc^irtiftciaU: 49 Antitus prkffcltu Lybia. 7
^l^ypiorum ty.fitttitis naundta ntuta Antau.s ab Bcrcuie prcflratus
•'
tioficm fenjti , '
2> /1nimar,tu*mculim trescauf^,
^e£yptf(S^CHf extexJ^ non .idi^etinda. 4mma,{ia v,.de coli cepta in Aegjpto'.

•
^^
^eoyptij fkcerdoiei adiffrati rte fe- ApAturia i';o
pulchrpmOjhtdu pctefacitint. lo Aper^rimanttferi*,. • li^
yic^yptij facerdotes ttflar.ttir Ofiri- Apisbosfeii vuuhu facer Aegjptijs,
Mafeptilctr^.m^ aftid Je ejfe^ jind.
jicgyptif facerdotes teriium aoro- ApisvtDctis in Vidcanifano locatus.
rttm partem ah IJide acctpitint. ^°
•
\ . ..
0.13 I
'; Apim qHando foU wulieres vident.
Aegypt^ faccrdotes qiudam in arca-
r.is hahent, - 8 Apis Cfnpmodo oJr cjtsamdiu cultus ab
^effyptiorftmvanagloriade.antjcjui-
tate. 2.1.1 Aptsbos linq^ua Ae^jptia. 3j
AeneoA Vcneris ^litis» 2 bz AptdtsilcElto, cura.cultus. 29
Aeajfihni cjubs occidit. 2 ; / A^idis macPilicrefcentis lun<z, 30
AtJcuUpim ty^poUtmsfilites. iiy Apis (JrMcmphis tauit Ifidi dicati.-
Ae/cuiapij allegcrid. Si 7«^ 2. • .
^®
Atjeuldpins ex Epidauro adducitu> Apollo doCfiit 9. Mt4fas, 8
Romam, I 3° 'Apollo lcvi^fiiiusl O^eitis allegoria,
Agamemnonis fili£, ' y9 • '''
- . .

Agens internum artis i^ued (p- vht. Apslii nes qttat uor Cice^'oni, 121
Apellinii fi;'ij diBi. ', 123
Alexander curfepro Deo haheri vo- Apoliiniaraaureafiatufa.
lutt. z i Apollo miies, txeJicus., Poeta, 198
Allegoridt quod merAifertiant, \ 66 Aqui^A Roma<nfund.ivit,
Alcjoneusgigas. 2 j 5? Acjutl<e. Hiere^lyphfcum. 40
Ama<,omtin >egin« Balthefis detra- /ira communis quibies dijs.

Eius» Arcana apud Ae^ptiosjttb pceia pro'

Amphiof) c^ Zetiis, 562 hibenturvu/gm. l K.l 9

Ambrof^A. •
170 Arcano Aiexandro Magnortviiata.
Anciiia de coelo deciderunt. 20
AnferRomam pre'exit. Arcatut. «155184
Arcarif.
 : : 6z

INDEX.
^nfs aftrei v Hern colchos c>' /'^' y- faltiio'<t.
i^tim 9iobt!ttat'it. 1 > 7 AvfS Styrmphrlides: 2l8
Arttjex Ammo qua 2 '^2.^
h'<f. fi^i'gta.Ji.%ti*ihmpfirgntnm, 2xd
Arduhs VHlCcwt fi-i uis. ^ i
9
AraonaHlx. omncs perjotia f^a C^
a Ms oyimtd<£. 67
A>go<c:ut£ d( irrtm filij 7o 3^ '<"^«-< natus fingitur ex Cadmi
Arqo^nautarnm de redittt vartetat fiita. ^d
lcrivf-rnm. '/<\Baiihifi!ii, 15 j
Ar^o naVf aue. o Bncc^ii^cea.
~
i6(i •

A^^onatiticiZ txpeditionis ^tti memt Huc I hii' cur aL<tus, <J 7 \

nirtnt. 65 Huc chtu cory tttus.tuvenis, fenex, mc^ /,

AJi*-on n.idE, C(tn(Jellntiones a ficrnen j(».mina^bi.rbiAtu, ifr,berbt,,itcur:
iisatfreorhm peorpifr,:. ic4 169
AJf'ologiiiab Af^jpfiorum etGrACo BacchcM^liafublatA R^mx. 1 74
rumiabHli4 orta, 2 t, Barchaoes ftirnirtie iCp
Afcelia. 170 Bafita } aLniihiii v!'i,mcminit bei.i
Ath ni^nfes Aegyptiorum co/oftt<e. 3 T^oiantt 1 69
At/a4CtyiXiT,hartos Htjpen nm. 7 Btlmab '^rcyptiis criundus. 42
Atlas ^b Hercule covji.' liiur. > 8 Beh Babyloy.tctttn.i^lum 52
AtLis cfuU • Kc Belhfub ^Ufgorta V hilofophtcum o'
Ad^s cur Afirrromrti fin/Ttatt^r. 8i pHifape dejcripttim. i6<^
Anrea tem.l.i ch [fide ftuinta lovt Ber..Jcftutua aureaiinguapoftta2 . l

ei lunot-ipnrey.ttbpu. 4 Bos cu, in /i/cypto if.!tt4s

Au^ei^i cvailtu in Stmandti palatto: ^(''^'licolerdidu^f. ccude,

?4
1 HroihfUs Vtilcantfilws.
A^rtiv Ucrii afhgoy ia, 6 Brj.m-lta. i;o
Atirturr> v^HiuproLiftde Pltlojophi Bu^fisnx Ae/jypii^ 22
Co/Xtefiium. <-6 Tki bas condiuit, 2J
Aurea mala e^uid(hit ^f Bufrts ab Hercule tnttrerriftus, 2 \
AttrcafKAla Aralay.t(S, .
S^i Buftr's ctirttacrpi/itlii habitusjit, 1%
Ahreaa-!>»:Jrai-(iA- 5/1 Bhb^ijlta vris conatta, 1 7
Aur Aplnvta, ^2
Aureaplnvia in T)/iiMeS grcPiiHn^^-^y 1 C.
Aureameffis, • 9 i Q Aetis interemptus ab Hercuie 2 o
P p Cad'
 . 2 711

INDFX.
Cadmtis ex Thebit Af^j/pti ortur, CoEli cjHi Jtnt & iuvenes ndditi.
44
CaniiHiero^ljphtcfi!». '
37 CoK/i/iarif efui optimi. 1 1

^anu in lapidem cof.V^rfm. ' H ) Cy locephali hterog/yphicttm. ; p

Canephoria. i?^ Cy^ttcephaltts an exmatre dckm. 1 7A
Cocltis o-Terra. 5^9
CatheMaat4^ea Homeri^ '96 D.
Ciith ^na mrea D eorftm» 9^
Cerertsfefta. 1/6 ^td.i/fts Aegyptio^era imttatHsefi»
'

Ceres comtdtt de Pehpis humero» 45

274 Danatts tb /iegjptijs ortundus. 4
Centauri ah Hermledeleti 2 2 ^- Deornmmetfts ettam fitforum con-
Certan.inu 4 in Gracif: 1 07 li-^et homines in officio. 1o

Cerva aurets cormlti^ ^b Hercu e Deorftmgenti/tttmofliciat (*d

capta, S^7.J^S;S9.2Z5 Dertsvniis. ibidtm

Chrtfliani faa fide taciti Ttviim op- D eorttm genealogia aurta, pC
fftgnant. 254 Deorttm Ai^gjpfiorumferies. iiz
Chiron Sarurnifilitts^ 1 1 i Dtornm genitttttm [ftmmns qnglis.
Chtronis DtfctpHlt, ibtd, 2of
Ckry(c.orv»denatfts. ffx De^ tres ejtttd flgnificent* 16
Chymioi ijna. nomina C^- nftmina con- Detp ht tn medto te, r* crediti. j 2 j

vent^nt. 3
Dtabotus tnfe'pentis forma Aefctt/a-
Chymia ftthieEiiim hermaphrodijti. piumrepree/e*itat. J74
cum 1 D ianafc u Luna. \%^
Chj/mia fcientiarum water interfct • Diitr.di tres Ctctroni. i
^ j
enttas viv aqnofcitftr^ 2 j h"
Dij prnKi z
Creatorts imaffo ^efldtain EleHflmis- Dij Je''^y:tit de mecicina attrea in-
tdtc[}i i
Crotdnm /j^^i iflt ii . Oii finsMli fttb ejuibtu animantium
Crocoailt hi<ronljphictim, j ^ formti I4 ueri-.t, 41
Colnmndid occtiien:e pofttd ab H r. Dii ab omntbin genttbus recepti a
2j2 Vu/cn no c^ Mercurio nrti 56
•
cttle.

Coiftmnii» Inhft ere[l<e ab Ojiride.% Dij \y£gyptij \z.ma^n.iTiigen'iii:^y

Colchi Coiomjt A^gjpttornm, 42 ! ^ijfMft faljis mf^a^uUs inr.o^e/cunt:
Colchtdrm G^ Pbij/gtam vicinas ejfe \C%
re iones, i§7 Diodortif Sicftltu d^ijs Aegjptijt: j
^HattU§
 1

INDEX.
fjHando IP.^jflutnferlKjiravft: i
o
"Dionyfta, I, o Eleuflr.ijs facris <jmd oecultatutnfir:
T) ion}fifjn*nim-U i
^4
jyionyh mater Semeh ccmffufla: 145! EliH^^ij(facri^ (jt-ta imanines geffata
'

Vicnyjumfal/o traaHrA natumGKt<.t ftKt:

[
iK(J
fipua^e: I-, ^! Eltufif.ijs (ac>is [imulachra gefiata

J) io • yfo miracula (:ffina: 1 4^ qutifi^y.tficenl: 1 90

'Ptonyflcjfn (uramhahuerint: 1-48 |
Eiehfimorfm ^ter o^/yphictim: 1 8 5"
Dionyfiexpeaiiin: ^4^ £^w iihffi.ibaucindi: 278
iD«j/«T.«<! prima pro Jeo cultus apud Eqmii Trotaniu: 279
Grarcs. 150 Ertchhetii Aegyptitts AthenicnfbiU
Vionyft allcgnriacx^^ltc^io' »^5^ imperavtt: 4j
Dwnyfmfoltffreftrf^. j^S Erichthetts Cereris Eleufina facra
Dtomedu eijui ct:m ipfo trucidMi ab infiituit.

H-rcttle. 2^0
Drc^TJ Crettnjisvt fabulofus author
cretiz.it. 24 J
Dijcor ita dea quid m4t fecit cfim
malo. 2O0
Dtffefentia feflerum ecclt[i<£ (^ gen-
tfum: l6y
Dipetes Aegypt.ius Athenienfiumrex.
41
Dorpia: 17
DriKOdb lafonequU trucidindus^ji-
'Dra<.o kielferidum cuflos cjui^. • 81
Dracotaurt pater, O" taurtts dr^co-
ms pater.
Dfacocjttidfitin Chjmicu, l%9

18:
 9 4
7

INDRX.
H.nults (IffX eK^c^cifut ab OJtride
C9Hi^ifU'n in ^ ^yptoj y
H^rCttliS OfiriM co^iuns . . i {

G.ifijmeaiJ rapftiS adihjfKicaj^ecLtt. Hrrcn/^s anrej. muapetetscjtf^s cen-

259 fif/.ai, > 8
Gffits i>i miildi IfraeU^ai intitui [^ercn/es cepit cermm aureis corhi"
1 clH'rur.t. I 6 btif. 8 7

C< rm mori^.m Indi eqvicjlres, 1 9/ H rcu/es Ir.vis fi/itts, ^ f 8 .

Gerycrq''ts, 2 ^ HcrCH/is ram4 pcr orbem not JJtmar

Gtrjoms boves AhlnUt ah Hennlc 2.9
Hera./^ipatfr Ittpitcr. 2 2
Gcrjoft rex^psltat-AS hohtts (^ vttaab Hitfcmhs ad ccnctftHm tres noFte\
Herct4i: 2^4 211
GUh.i iX lerrajo/titaacjtiaa MeUea Hercu/it otlo m^taiOri. 2 1

<>i
HercHits /.ibortbus mvt/ta ti^cla. t i 5
G'(iitct S^tttmflia. 1 1 Heri u/ts pare^^tfS. Ii^
Glaura ctfht/i^i 145 f-Ier u/es cjfiiafignificet, 1 1

C^rfci «j^ A^^jp'ijS ^eSrinOi acce^e HercH/ts c j.aanfi. 218

rum, S Hercu/es c^uilut arttb.ts eruditts,
Graci PjUi cid Ai^jptios tray-jtenn*
Htrcu/e! Crot.^/t^ma P .t//^de acceptt
G^*'ia certami^a c^ /t*-ii. 1 9 adfu^.wdoi >ves flf^npha/idcs. : 2 8
Gr<f.t vrtfm jo/erm a a qi tbns infitmu Htrculet in loi m
an um tnttndtt:% 5:
Herck/iS tn oceanwn arcumtntent.it.
H. > " *»

H4'porratis hicrog/tphic/^m, 4I Hcrcu^esajg^preflus Cyjnum., 2 4

i].\rmomu Vtmtis C^ Aiartts Heren/cS Ant£'4m prof/r.'Vtt. 2 , (J

fr/f^t. j j ;
H'*-cn/fs . 2 iPijsatafr'.xit: 2.-0
Hebe lunotf.is fiUa. 1 1
•
H rcu/es Cerbtrttmex in'icru eauxt\
He' t'L<eJcniK,um. 250 .240
He/tct ru t"'»s Vi^de, 1
y7 Thelcum ihravit: 243
Hil'tiA c-y Ps' 'tiX ixmo onc «ali. ^ 5 «v /Vfcnefinm tKtcremit. 241
Hc/<.nA(X< V"fro<. ut. 2 <9 Hi rcu/c s (.X popu/o coronam fibifcctt^
Hr/inap>tft aThifeora^ta rj-o 241
Htlertc^m E^bt.tct tmmoiiJcm jurt Hrcr^hsfaatttit. 2/y
nnt, 250 Hc) cuitsjagina ctti dettatte. 2 .

7
Hetcuiif
 . »i : 7
•
INDF.X.
61
/iV/ Mcs tfiifft/tU dHM if.tsemjjefertti/ , * lajCfia pft^Mn,
'"'

4 laionqtii^.
Hcrrysejy.is: 10 [afomrK erudierunt Chiron ^ Mc'*
f-^eimtnr.e A^c^rtstfiHa. -
i\ • de,i. 69
• HerotctitKfeculi^miKtelliBnalf: 1^8 [afoKmedtct.t, me<,iiiK<s, aureet arti'

Heif^frtdum aureo> um rysAlortim i x - fex.

poftiw.zii.r, ur/1 c^ reif^on im adtp- fifonis exprdficms fXp/icatio,
i,.m: /afo» Cjttt dfij^ nf.Ltt:
^
7
Jnefi nt hhfr.ata a Ctto» 2 j
'•
lafonis mo' s. <^S
HtcroaI)^hti£liier£> -9 ihidts Htcroglyphicum.
Ht rri hieroiflj^hicum, i S ichmumonii hieroglyphicum.
HieroglypHc- mFlamelli: i^y lertei'o v occupata. 160
Hierog/yphcd ^Ubd ocKltsferviaKt a fnts V< (}<£ facer:
rt miyn, a ndam 1
'
> c /inis eltmintaiis notus ante dilmi'
Htey oq^lyphtca fcrt^ttira in Eieufu ij r ttm 5;

^p ht i e'ia ma. Uata lY.o

Hminespri*yi, 1 /fisqrii- 3.12
Homtrm qmndo lixerit ip/encKex- i(i C^-resefl. 4
primit. - 2 . c 'fiU tf.vnfyi. 4
H mertfsrjHwdftvixi^eputettir.z •
ifts v^taOfiridis mortcr» inTjphone.,
H' mrripi^iOit' i^f^otam 25 io
Home.tm ccncwcm e^tiot t^rles f' /Jidij co/amna. i j
zer.dncr.i: 2^2 llis a .Me' cur erudtta, i
7
H^merHS Lnmina ad ^eos traifitw. C? cter. 1 8
1 8 ffisvxor Ojiridis, fru>um ir.ventrix
Honevus in A^^-^pto artijiiiuni cl j- ''^
• .

rr^cfwrjctvtt, '4' [fis i n c.flro C 'Kt ! refuioers, 1 7

H.mdiii ppefts^ <^t,'ad> t>p/: X vhs i[idt Bnboflia vrbs a hdita. 1

2 O Ifthmia. ' 2 06
Hotut iltimf.sdeoTum Aeojpd: 2 1 j 'uaxtirb /Iroytiijtprodierunt. 2*

Htjyus ii. ffirfvifo/ej^, z ! ^unt C^etusu/iegoriA, \< 6

Hyppo'rai?. J;heuf: 2$i uptitr c^ eius <*l/ goyiet, 1 05:
HjJfH Lerh<ta, 22 } t'::'-' " ''rfnot ur, ; fp

L L.
PP 3 Lahy-
 1l

INDEX.
J^Abfyi-ithHS Cnienlii, i 7 M/ ter (^ ftlim e«niHieh f ^
W-dicint iiurea it 'xEir ypto, X
L^medo irMci IttHr ah Htrcah, 5 p llc-dtcinam tnream cjuod hahuerint
Liomeiontisci/teres. <t7J iy£irypttt c^ Gr£ci. 54
L tmpadophiyia. 1 95 Wedictnj aurea cjuidjecerint anti^ui,
Lipn i-i Helicon; pofittis. • p 54'
X^Aton /"/? a^ AchineT. i6^
ffti^yiejit ^fedicamrn^umanimi. 24
i^emnus VrslcarA offictaaprtmo ah la- MedeacjuiX. Pharmaca dedejut lafo»
fonepctita, ^ .
r.i. 6 }.

Len^ea. 1 7^ ^sdeav fratrem Afyjjrtum dijcerp-

Lsofacsrdos A'jryp'i»J ijnid 4kxA» Jerit. 6 5-
dro Mtq^no aperucrit, 2 o Wcicie avtss Sol, 70
L^oante Simundmm regem purnan. \l'amp:ts Dtoni^/acra ex ly^fjpto
inift, Z~ inGritciam traujiuiffeferiur, 4 j

Leont Htero^fyphicum.
'
J
^ Mena r^.v Mffypri. 22

Leo NemeAHs, 2 c Wenandt r de myf}erijS. 1 5J

Lfonis Nemedii hieroglyphicum.1i o Vfercurius (jUt.i. j
Lstaa ijuHtn opere Phtiofophiso, .
p2 Ifgrcuy-ij inventa. 4
Lunafputum (juid. 1 1 ^f rcurius tKvemorplurimarnmre-
L<*ia iftago ffcffatainfJeufimjs. iS6 rum. 4
Li^na C^ So/i^ imx^odata J^.fjni a Me literarum,honoris deorton, Afiro~
dea A ipericula fuperanjia, '6
4 nomiis, A-fuJtca, PaUjirA, Medici'
Lupi Hicroglyphtcum. 2, 7 r,(S>
5
Xlercuripts /juomodo literarum et ar'

M. tiumtnventorr/^, 5
Wercttrius (juiddinotet. 6
Micedonfiltus OjirJdis eiuf^ in- Ifercuriui confiltartus Ifidiconfiitu»
'figmt. 7 tusah Ofitide. 7
Mw^efiA cfuidfit. 26 ,
Wercunj columnaplent doElrinis. ^ 8
Magnejia Phtbfophorumef} .\cht'ies ifercurio zy£gyptttfuos librostnfcri'
hehant. 47
Adah aurea H:^fperi luin 'juidjint. S MerCHrtus deat*ravit pellem Phryxi
MAtaatiretKtal n!£. i6 artctii, 66
M^r/ lovisfiUui ct* tins AUegortjc Ifercurius lovisjilius, C^ eius aiie-
'^
117 gtri^, j4
I

Maron comet itineris Ojirihs, 7 . Hercurius volatiHs. i}6

Mercu*
 . o 1 ,

INDEX.
Ali rcnriui a ytilcano eruditus, » i
y 15^
Mercurij ojficici. 15 7 Uyfiica de Piutette, joS
Aiei^curiw AeoyptiisUgei CT-literoi
tradi^it. I J 7 N.
MercttriHS iiftrcnomia ^ Philojophia
author. • 1^7 \^Emea: 2oy
Afcrcuriui cjuii.140 ^ ^ Nepcnthei we^icina do/orifuga
Mercuriui Trofhor,iusnonmminan abiy£gyptysfuna. ^^
dus. 141 NeptuMUs C^ etus aileqori<t: *i o
Mt rcvyio Hnqtta facra. j
41 Nereus <^uis. 8 i

AiercwimniunAo tmDOjuit. 14 1 Nereusab Hercuie confulitur: 78

Menurii antrum ab Orpheo defcrip- ^tius quid. j
tum» 14:; /V»/«/ imndans c^gyptum Aqniii*
Mercurius JEn^ ypto prxfeiluf. 15 Gttias: 8
Mercmii imaaogeftata in tleuJtKtis Ntii ripai agqere cinxit Oftrii: 8
^ IK7 Yymph^ qnjt. 84
. .

A^ercurioclavam di^vit Hercuies: !^ympha ab Hercule confuluntur ad

.24C inventendum aurea maia. 78
AiitaHoruni a.uriO' argeniiprfjven i^yfti Vi bs cortdtta ab Opnde: ^ 8
tus in^y^aypto. 2^1, 2 -^

JHincra mon^rorum nominihui te^A O.

S-
AiinerAU-sarbo^: %l OCeanHs generator Deorum» J
Aiidas eiuret x 'oti parficeps-' 9o Oila <trea d Cadmo A^inerva ob^
Minoi & Khailirnunt^, \ 6 « iata. 4>
Mtdas PhryTius qttomodo tir.xit a- '^Jijmpicacertamina vnde dt^a 159
ejuas, 2 5 \ 1'ympica ccrtamtna qtiando (^ a e^ui-
Mtiftt 9. virnnesfecuta Ofirid-^m .
7 1 busirfittuta, i^)
hiyftica ad cultttm Ofi iJis addita: 8 01) mptcornm certAminum inftttmio -
q'4id(ii-ir,ificent: r> nisviyi<iopiyitones. 2co
M yliica de Wercpirio: 14 Oiympicis lUiiif primtis Apoilo vicit

M ^ftt ria de b le t^ftnijf ij^) Alercurittm curfu. 2OI

Adjficrirjrum occultationis triplex Oiea arbor circumftexa ab Hercuie,
caufa: 179
Aijfiica cau^a circaccmmunitatem Orrflts Aecfftbm ar.igma» l^o
ura PalLdu 0- dsorum iiyncorum: Ortftes mntremocctdtt. 275
Orgia,
 . 4

INDHX.
Orgia, ^^S Ofiris iuft) regnans a Tjfplone fi^atre
Oy^ta a ejuihM trohiLit.i.1(8 . impiotKte*empttt4. ^ lo
Orpheiis prtmuf Gr^tccrft v.ites T' c- Oft>isa. Tjphonein zC.parfes dtjfr»

clogiii» ^2 6ius. . o
Orphit*s primiu author rehgtonii a- Ofi:- tcii partes prxtcr ^ndendum rt -

pudGfacos. 12 colleUa ah Ijid^, i O

Orphitu morborfitn rcntedtA tradi- Gfirii abry£g)ptrjt Saeerdoitltes ho^
dit.- 125 noratui. lo
0-'pijeiofera, l25.iio ''{/?> if vt detu coli n^a^^datur, 1 o
Orplitca. ^6f> Ofirii fr.it er dtctur Jpolltrtis^ If.
Orphet bt>Hs. »7 dt6. 7
Orpkci morti c llego*ia aff.Sla, 1/5 0pattrOri, lo
Orpheenonniittqmor Jcttpto^ Gracti:^'. Ofi' j. fi^ttis S^tt^rni, '
17
210 annqtitor: 1 8
O^tiivli im«i deorum ^egyptt. 1 lur, I9
Orni vlctjCitHr pAt) ts Ofiridis mcr Ofir idtf c c Iptmna, j 7
tem, O' Gfirts vntZirJtign peraffrr.vit orhem*
0'tu ab IJide in Juctm rejiitnt^ dr 17
immortidif readittis. 1 Ofi*i f ad pbpulos At Uoj tihu Hos per-
Orfts Apollo efi. i -. v.r.st. 18
OrofeHSoUThehdt condiiain Moyo-
to, 2 P.
Os Ptlopis «bJ '/yj(e ittvetttum. 276
Os p'lo^ is tcrtium reqntflittm ad Trt- irtchtf attrifcr. ^S7
im. 17 A P.dlM qunL\

Pichcphoria, i O Pdhidi CHM Trometheo C^ yulcano

Ofrjsifwd. jJ2 araccrnmp**:ts. h$
Ofris Dtor^ruteft. 4 Pa/'as lovtsfiiiaah-^^matre: J l/
0(ifts e^ ffs Siit ti f f*ifilij: 4 Pilfas Ama^r.urrjdfx. 149
Ofi* tdts lii Ela (cT pfragra 10 ^rhis, 6 Piil/as rnt/tri<e (^au tbui decita. '
9!:^

O/it is (jHtd doTMt mor tales. 7 Pai'adtf.m feiUhdu-n rcqutjitum ad

*
Ofiris cupi, m rtftu 7 Trci.im dilmdam: 269
Onrii adjmiospfnetravit. ^- Pidl. dttt n, cfuid C7
, vndeft. 270
Of/i'f}ft e^ jfidcTK ej^f in vno fub- Pu/i adinTT! ffitcium. 2 J 1

teBo. 9 P../iadt0rK vbt maixjerit, 2 1

Ofirtdts cxpcdilio (juidf^nificct. ^j PJittdtfttnd c^'ibtu tn Itniiar» fiHa'

tHm'
 INDEX.
ium* 27 Poetarum Mnticjiki/jfime^^Hm wteHti*
Paffadiuf» tjai Triiana vrh ahjlHie- pritfnarta, 59
rtsnt. 271 Poeta prohtbentur famam ladereci-
T)e Pa/ladio contenti» inter Vt vtumapHdRomanos. tff
<fr Atacem, 272 apud Gracos fingere
Poetis tjfualtbet
PalUdiuTn qHtddenotet, permi^um. i:y
pttltadmnnres vrbesperdi'ii$ 271 Poetitde dij^fxngunt tpiidvetintapMd
P^itcif-atres ex terra edtti: i6i Romanos. z$^
Pan§s vrhs Chcranis in Thehaida: 7 Peefiscapttipolypifimilie, 147
Pecftnia vnde prtwitfn dicla: S6 Poettcapi&Mra/oifuens, lio
Perjei ertnt. 1 54 PomumaureumEridos» 8<S
Perfem loviififiiu. , 1$ Pomum aureum dandum pftleherrf-
,

Peleiti p<r. ter Achittii . lCo m>e, zSo

PeUuf qtiomodo Thetin iniviU ^ 60 Poliux (^ Helen<i ex vtte 9V9 nati:
Peltas hafta Achillis. t6y
Pelops 7 antaltfiUtu, 1 7 Procuh c^fariifa^a viri/ia»
1, 22»
Pelops hti pHbefcent, iy\ Prometheus tmperavtt parti t/E^rp*
Petopis opes ex metalii^. i7> ti. %
PetrA Cjane^ lafom primh adfhnd* PremetkeHS ab Hercu/t eonfuUtur,
7%
Pharmaca t^ttaterna lafctti data a Prometheus ejuis. ^f
Medra, 64 Prometheo cttm VutcAn» (^ PaBndt
Phalltea. I70 ara communis, 8/
Phajts attrtferfi^uitUm 7Z Prometheus ab Hercu/e /tberatus:
Phantx Neptmtjiltttt. 110 I

Philo(ophictis fattu Joltu fnbigne nH- ! Prothens NeptnnifiliHs 110

trttur. 177^ Pro/erfifta: '
I6f
Phry<ria vnde diSla, 2}'7 : P/ammittcusty£^ptirexprimusex»
Phryxi artes terosadmi/it,
^tiiU fuijfe explicetur: [
i%
$7 Pudeda OfirtdM in/luvfiproieSfa^ 1 8
2 i

Piciura^muta poflis. 21 Pyramtdttm t^iypi $ authores»

! lJ

P/anstarumfimH/acra^uid(ignificent Pjramtdescy£^ypti.
'

JO
mchymiAvera: 19I Pjtramidescur.vbi^tii^uibutt ^uaaeU
P/anetarum nominihtu ^fignisnthil extru^dfint: /O
fft/^are M chymia intelii£i, 191 Pyramides tnter mundi miracH/a/9/4
P/Hi9 0* ftHs allegmtt: J O7 perdHrtirHnt, 51
 . 1 l

INDEX.
flMlita. J55
Py-tc' r,i.ff ta t\,xo 'ed'. ,i! ^p'4<l t^h^ox RotKuiHs 4 l*fpa nutritus, ditnfiattti-

!' !$n:{-i ^y Httcule, 1 ;• l tf.r. . 11

RomulHS eX VcKere & M^irtc tmt
Pyrha^ iiifho ciptHf-to. lC' criginent ducit. i 5^

PjCh Ijor U tX ^y^Vp^O i» Gt<tCl.t*'^ S.

(jr* Mnda re tijf, i ^'
SAbacchus rex tA^.^jpi rcffMP fe

Pftht.t r ri ir* fna. 20 • i.bacavi^ zy

Pyifjnti Apo .i*ti>< hom^e^ ififittHral S.>.ce^dotes t^Qjp'ijcuytertUimfar-
i^xnr c^ a cj.abm ctlehr.itA. loi tern agrorum ntihutri^K. . /o
Sacerdotes ty£oyp ijosjurettora hn'
Pjthonfeu Tjp'^on 'juiifit in chymu: hu/Jfe. ^ i

204 Samoi hrarum dec rum m mtha. i j 8

aVincjUaqintA
^ \>tteVA V»^
„
nocle ab
,.
SAtttrtius (juos f^cnuit
Sat*<rrius Ofindts pater, deorumiu-
4

Hercule gravi Mf.*^£: ^ - 2 nior, 1

7
Satw nus (fr Rl. ea. 99
RFiigspri^Ki. I SatumtLttrogl phtca. 99
? grium P. /apid trf^m vnde. 17^ »0;..Oi 10
Ktmfcttt d^ta lajoni X M^deac^Hiii.SatiiynifilUooyijtadChymam: 10 j
jigntfictnt. '6 Saturn^iibuicur domtntje/vunt fer»
Rfjfonjio ad cat/smrit.intfs chyyfi nt vu: 104 j

10 j LO/.ii^ S.tyrtfecutiOfirid.m. 7
Rhea m -^cr d a» u->n. 1 7- S^xo occtjhs 4r^us a Merturio: 09 '

Rhefpu rex rruciaati.A b (^rfis. 27S Se(rtt ir^veL:ntthrr2pdni. i '

Rhcdtorum terraaj€ipemilfus dtvi- S^^cumj.titonotaante aelnvium. 5

fianda, ^$ Sewxfiti-v nt.}a l/e.iea. y6
Romanv ty£gyptisrum deos rccfpc Serapu au.4> do dtBus 30
rnnt. i'/ Sci hon reX iE(^j^n l ulcani Sactrdos:
RominoruIeg.:ttnin '^^pt.mru. ij^ 16
Ro,mr "enitUitx. ^ufi^t au6toresa ..ijs Se/offris A' f^yr^Ttf yenici cpera. lC:.y
0) iyn '/i a > 2 Stl.r^lAUiblAitS. 93
Ro*n m 'ernjeavfsfif^i Vfy^dir^trt. i 7 { S tmandtj t egts Ai-gjpti jlupend 1 0pe~
Rom a co/^CMnu nuiac ^Jftmsrutn hn- ra. 1 ,
.-
4
mtnu *» -imy 'iRcata 25^ Solr X A 'npttorptmcredttns. 4
Rvtn^a TupiHSabinarHm mulierum Soiej ^"'i^'^ w tc^rimi, in
S0I
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IND^X.
Me,
241
TheleHsan vex^Athenifnftftm,
ejuo
Soh imaoofffff.iU tn Eic^/Jftjt: I 8 / temporeviXirt».
^4;
Stfilts certn CHr €ert<t vires afcti Thycfrcscjii^fvt: />,
/otisa^nHm.i-^ s
b^-ntur. 224 7 tthemfilins ab Hercttle occtjHs,! ^ 9
SttrcHi tMt qttis: zzy Triertrtra,
^g^
7. Inpio/etnhs a, Cerere entitritusVnb
"T^ ArtaliH apHci inferos cruciatHS.

Trtpto'cmtfs comes itineris

OJtriSs,
Tantalm jiltum Pelopem atjsappojHit trtncumf-reree^fCHit.
comtiiendhm, -^^^^.^vitzyi
y
"^ :,
Vriton Ntpttinifihns.
.."\ | j q
Tartta/tp^nu. va'v~\c;^J Trot.z Htrctiht ^ iric Ofrtdts tcm^
Tan- .lUupumtHS quiafecreta aperu-,): pfreJHiflefiyjvirur.
j ^
rt^. 24 Tr(it£fmHtor''sfabulf,<!:
24^
T*t t* > t-i-i ^Hid phtlo^ophice' devotet. j j TroiA mmia Afoliinis iyra exrrucla.
TttH! HS draconis pater ^ ^raco tarty
\ p.iter tn Fl(ufi>ijshaher$tr. •;. S Trotavt^tita /tfft/takofab-icata,
-4 s
Tunrn* tn Lymicti nMd. ..\% \
Tr. i t.on diH Ottiflefcrihttvtr.
2 47
TaPif mf»rto^s Crei<tcaptHs ab^H.r^
ViM
•
Xr otx reges & dtf.nfr.re^fabulort, ?
47^
ctUe. .
'^rmm orfiites etengtKi-iattor.ts
Gra»
7err4 m.ittri»mnium 6i'ifiti
'iuiu4a^d ;' ca al lingH£ Mv^ fot 2^8249
trotani omn.s^inte-^ctderuns
py^eter
TempHf irrer ilcxandrftmAfaffnmrn pa-icos. 2 19
Cr Ojiri -'em: " '
I Troi<e oppHgnaiionts cauidtfunt
fiht^
TemiHi a Sola fcH 0'i renno ad jT, ci<t.
2 9
rro'^ nppu^tt^fionts
cauft fnm po-
Th^ns 'uvi^.it!6rM .yrvonantira y(l ' m^im^-owm 2^0
Tcr t<T n.iitim ah iajor,evnHspetttt*\ ' ^rota^ttxttcitj i'rr>pHsineertMm.qma
/tptde. 6 y, «« ,7 «r . rr,j.^it,
j ^q
^ foebaiJTrtnloi.rtim iufiuraHdttmprr T^oikhi.iio^^nandoprsHmiturctn' \

Oftriaem. l ,
ngifl',
j
251
Thebjt^£qyt!ti<tC£ntiport<taMnf:fp \^rouiv/>i^H^it. 2-4,
/^*^* 2.i\7'0t<t:K xfnt rud- ri e^ CHtHs. i (J
2
Thel^arHm ornatus <^ dttttia, 2 ^.^jT^rot^cap.irt,ftxonutt'ones. i -
Th,[m^phrta. p
lyc' / roU pcr de/ettonem ejy.td intdft'^^
Thcj :iti e<^ti5ius tx inferis ab Hen.u- tnr:

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Vulcaiit ifi ttmpla cfft^Jfatua. i/

TyphfffKj»iJ,',.it' ^ * ^tilcani tempiftft prtm^rium Afent-

Tjpho» & EchidnA ^nQrum parentes. phi. 9S
144 ^ukaniSacerdvtes reges AegyptieHr
r. erant. 2S
^

VAsplcndnm,perforitum ^(acfrdotiLm rr-

4^
f^H/c^nus (^ ^Vfercftriut hieroglyphi'
corum mterpretes veri: 4!
^

yellu4 anreum (jmd dertoiarit: 7 r Vtilcanio^ma ab lajone primo peti'

'
53 ta» 6j
y^nHS (iureaiy£jl,^p'i>

y.rjpu monjhrum ftne Vftio,

II i Vulcano cum Prometheo cfr PaUade
f/ef)MS Satt4^ntf/ia.
I II aracommunis. 85
yenm emergens Ape/ti^* Vulcanus Hcrmiones momle fecit.

yenus amica natur£ dfa crcMta. l 12

yeneres plnres cu r (iatuant ur. Vulcanus Jovis flius ^ eius a^ego-

VeritA4 Satf4mi vel Temporis fi/ia riat . 118

1 1 Vulcanus in Afgypto deorum pact'

Veritas a coUo indkis vSgypti pen cipuMs, 1,7

dit,
2 4 1 Vulcam cpus Crotalum. 22 S
'

Tiftitfaeerignis. i9<5 X.
yttrnm in ty£gypto anticjHis tempon XAnt husfiuvtus Treadis, iy%
bus, 4S^ Xanthifihv^ Vts, 17S
Vij(fet (juidfgnificet.
262 Xamhis ec^uus Neptuni Pe/eo

Vlyfes Helenamprotexit,
datus, 278
Vrnt \ 69, la^.e rep lent: l

VHlCMUSClUtd: l

Vu/canus invtntor ignis, 4

VH/canusregnavittn Aegjpto: 4 F I N I S.

Vu/canitnventa, 4
JVH/canut quid denotet, 5
VH/canHt curprtmus dicitur regnaffi
dpHCi degjpties: 5
yu/c4ni/acer4os rex A,fUptf Setbon:
I<»

yH/cani i» /hco J^sfepu/ta. 1 1

yn/cMHt de Sf/ij/n qut prddixerif

jatri ttHi, Z^
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