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Gentiles finxerunt sibi prope XIIM. Numina.
Eorum praecipua erant, Iupiter, 1. Coeli; Neptunus, 2. Maris; Pluto, 3. Inferni; Mars, 4. Belli; Apollo, 5. Artium; Mercurius, 6. Furum, Mercatorum, & Eloquentiae; Vulcanus (Mulciber) Ignis & Fabrorum; Aeolus, Ventorum Praesides & Deastri:
& obscaenissimus Priapus.
Habuerunt etiam Muliebria Numina: qualia fuerunt Venus, 7. Dea amorum & Volu∣ptatum, cúm filio••o Cupidine; 8 Minerva (Pallas) cum novem Musis, Artium; Iuno, Divitiarum & Nu∣ptiarum; Vesta, Castitatis; Ceres, Frumentorum; Diana, Venationum, & Fortuna; quin & Morbona, ac Febris ipsa.
Aegyptii, pro Deo colebant omne genus Animalium & Planta∣rum, & quicquid manè primùm cōspicabantur.
Philistaei offerebant Molocho (Saturno) 9. Infantes vivos cremandos.
Indi 10. etiamnum venerantur Cacodaemona. 11.
The Gentiles feigned to themselves neer upon XIIM. Deities.
The chief of thē were Jupiter, 1. President & petty-God of Heaven; Neptune, 2. of the Sea; Pluto, 3. of Hell; Mars, 4. of War; Apollo, 5. of Arts; Mercury, 6. of théeves; Merchants, and eloquence; Vulcan (Mulciber) of Fire, and Smiths; Aeolus, of Winds;
and the most obscene of all the rest Priapus.
They had also Womanly Deities: such as were Venus, 7. the Goddess of loves & pleasures, with her little son Cu∣pid; 8 Minerva (Pallas) with the nine Muses, of Arts; Juno, of Riches, and weddings; Vesta, of Chastity; Ceres, of Corn; Diana, of Hunting, and Fortune; and besides these Morbona, and Febris her self.
The Egyptians, instead of God worshipped all sorts of Beasts and Plants, & whatsoever they saw first in the Morning.
The Philistines offered to Moloch, 9. their Children to be burnt alive.
The Indians 10. even at this day wor∣ship the Devil. 11.