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GAbinus cinctus was a kind of habite and wea∣ring of a gowne after the Gabines fashi∣on, when it was cast over the shoulder so backeward, that it seemed to compasse and gird round the whole bodie. In that man∣ner the Consull clad, used solemnely to see open the dores of Ianus temple, before hee went to the warres.
Genius, Geny were supposed to bee 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 and pararij, brokers (as it were) between men and the gods, or rather interpreters and Salutige∣ruli, messengers betweene, of a middle na∣ture betwixt the one and the other, Calius Rhodigin, lib. 2. cap. 3. But according to Empedo∣cles, each one was thought to have his angell from the very day of nativitie, unto whome they used to sacrifice upon their birth day, as to their protector. Also every place had their peculiar Genij, and then were they called Lares, as Rurales, and Permarini in Livie.
Galli, Priests of Cybele that guelded themselves in a frantike furie, and used in their service to her, for to strike and beat upon tabers and drummes.