Archæologiæ Atticæ libri tres. = Three bookes of the Attick antiquities Containing the description of the citties glory, government, division of the people, and townes within the Athenian territories, their religion, superstition, sacrifices, account of their yeare, as also a full relation of their iudicatories. By Francis Rous scholler of Merton Colledge in Oxon.

* Boedromion September.

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• 2 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. When Pausanias and Aristi∣des overthrew Mardonius, Xerxes his Generall neare Plataeae, a citie of Baeotia, ^a Herodotus, ^b Iustin.
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• 5 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Miltiades leader of the Attick forces got the upper hand of the Persians. In which battle when Cynaegirus pursued the flying enimies to their ships, he caught hold of one with his right hand, which lost, he made use of his left; that cut off, he in token of his prowesse spared not his teeth, to the eternizing of his name for valour against his enimies.
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• 15 * In thankfulnesse for the delivery of Greece, at what time Darius and his Fleet went homeward. b Aristi∣des describes the ioy at full, and the erecting of an Altar to Iupiter that freed them.
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• 19 'The greater in which they were made c 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. or admitted to the sight of that they worshipped. The first day was called 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, perhaps from the con••lux of the
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• 22 * 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. people. The second 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, because the Crier then warned them to goe to the sea. The third day they sa∣crificed a Barble, because it devoutes the sea hare, an eni∣mie to man. The fourth, two Oxen drew a basket re∣presenting Proserpine gathering fl••wres, which wo∣men following cried 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉▪ Haile Ceres. The fift they ranne with torches. Hence 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, and 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. The sixt Bacchus was carried in pomp. Hēce is it termed 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. The 7^th day they exercised in feats of activity & he that overcame had wheat givē him. The 8^th was Epidauria from Aesculapius his comming frō Epidaurus to Athens to be initiated. In the ninth they filled two mea∣sures of corne, and setting one at East and the other at West, they powred them out, one looking to heaven and crying 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, the other to the ground, saying, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Thus Meursius. That day was 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
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The second of this Moneth was left out ever, saies a Plu∣tarch, insteed of which some are perswaded, the name onely was omitted, as 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 for 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, which was recompenced by 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, or 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 as in a defectiue Moneth 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, for the twentie. Of this iudgement is the b worthie Petavius.

Notes

• •• Calhop. p. 234. b. lib. 3.
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  Tom. 1. pag. 25••. see Plut. in Aristi•• p. 241.
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  〈◊〉〈◊〉. Arist p. pag. 247.
• Here I look on Meursiu ••r bre••ities ••ake but 〈◊〉〈◊〉 you please to read severally see Anstop••. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 p. 5. 98. 131 1••8. 455. 5••▪ 647▪ 142 218. 227. 228 2••1. 233. 217 2••2. 264. 510 Aristid. T. 1▪ p. 32••. C••em. Alex in P••o. trep. p. ••0.
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  Sympos. Q ••. 9. q. 6. & ••l. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. p. 331.
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  ••b. de doct. Temp. 1. c. 5. p. 11. D.