AEGAEON.
HE was begotten of the Heaven and Earth, or of the Sea; he assisted Jupiter, when Juno, P•ll•s, and Neptune made insurrection against him, and would have bound him; for whose good service he was made keeper of Hell gates, but after wa•ds re∣belling against Jupiter, he was overthrown with his thunder, and laid under the hill Ae••a, which alwaies bursts out with sinoak and stones when he 〈…〉; he had an hundred hands, and fifty heads, he is also called 〈◊〉, and En••ladus.
The INTERPRETER.
1. AEGaeon, as the other Giants, were painted like 〈…〉 the waste, but like serpents under; Comm••us that blo••y Emperor, when he would represent Hercules with a Lyons skin about his shoulders, and a club in his hand; caused some men whom he meant to kill in sport be sent for. Now that he might seem to fight for the gods against the gyants, he would cause the leggs and thigh•s of these men to be set away, or wrest aside, that so they might seem to be like the gyants, and then with his club he knocked them down and bruised them. This was not indeed to sight for the gods, but to satisfie his own cru∣elty and bloody nature: there be too many that pretend they sight for God, when indeed they sight for their own ends; and to make the matter the more plausible, they will by tra∣ducing give the enemies serpents feet, though they have none, and make them seem to be gyants against whom they fight, though they be not such. 2. By this many handed and many headed monster, is meant the Wind, the power and 〈◊〉 whereof are many and wonderful; it is begot of they 〈◊〉 of the earth and sea, by the heat and i•sl•∣ence of heaven, when Jupiter, that is, the heaven is obscu∣red, 〈…〉 bound up from u• with thick mists extra∣cted Page 11 by Minerva, that is, the Sun, out of Neptune or the Sea, and received by Juno, or the Aire; these three are said to conspire against Jupiter, then comes the wind and blowes away these mists; and so Jupiter is relieved, and the heavens cleared. AEgaeon is said to keep hell gates, because the winds are often inclosed in the bowels of the Earth and Sea. 3. AEgaeon sights against Jupiter, when the South∣wind obscures the Heaven with clouds, then with his Sun∣beams, or thunder, the Air is cleared, and the wind setled; and because Aetna never vomits out fire but when there is wind generated in the hollow holes, and cavernosities thereof, therefore AEgaeon is said to lie and move there. 4. G• hath made our stomack and belly to be the recepta∣cle o• 〈◊〉 vapors, which notwithstanding sometimes 〈…〉 the heaven of our brain, and fight a∣gainst our Jupiter, that is our judgement and reason; but oftentimes are overcome and 〈◊〉 back by the strength of nature, and proper•. of the 〈◊〉. 5. Juno, that is, vapors; Neptune, that is, too much moisture; and Pall•s, that is too much 〈…〉 the brain, and assault judge∣ment and reason; but the h•lp of AEgaeon, or the strength of the animal spirits do relieve the brain and make peace. 6. In 88. the Spanish Juno, that is, their wealth; Minerva, their policie•; and Neptune their Sea-god, I mean their great Fleet, which 〈…〉 the Ocean, conspired to in∣vade our heaven, that is, our Church and State; but AEgaeon, the stormie wind, sent by Thetis, but by the power of the Almighty, scattered their forces, and relieved our Jupiter. •. Every pyratical ship, robbing honest men of their goods, may be called AEgaeon, for they fight against God himself, and their end for the most part is featful. 8. Arius and o∣ther hereticks opposing Christs divinity, with AEgaeon fight against God; and being struck with the thunder of Gods Word, without repentance they are sent to hell. 9. All seditious persons rebelling against the Church and State, are AEgaeon fighting against God, and they must look for this reward.
