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Lib. 2. cap. 6. § 6.
MErcurius was called Trismegistus, or ter maximus, and of the Greeks Hermes] Hee was called ter maximus, as beeing the greatest King, the greatest Priest, and greatest Philosopher that ever was in Egypt. Also becaus of all the Heathens (if hee was a Heathen, and not the same with Moyses) hee had the greatest knowledg of the Trinitie; for his excellencie hee was deified after his death, and a Citie erected to his memorie called Hermopolis: hee was called Hermes the interpreter, or messenger of the gods, becaus of his eloquence and excellent knowledg in divinitie. It was hee that first divi∣ded the daie into twelv hours, by observing a cer∣tain beast which made water so often in a daie. Hee was said to have wings, to shew the fame of his worth, by which his name was carried everie where: of his manie arts which hee found out e 1.1 I have shew∣ed elswhere.