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CHAP. VI. (Book 6)
F (Book 6)
FAUNUS, See PAN.
FORTUNE.
SHee was the daughter of Oceanus, and servant of the gods, a great goddesse her selfe, in sublunary things; but blinde, and carried in a chariot drawn by blind horses; shee stood upon a globe, having the helm of a ship in one hand, and the horn of plenty in the other, and the heaven on her head.
The INTERPRETER.
1. FOrtune and the Moon are taken for one and the same Deity; for as the Moon, so Fortune is still change∣able and unconstant; and as the Moon, so Fortune hath the command and dominion over sublunary things; and as from the Moon, so from Fortune the generation and cor∣ruption of things have their dependence. 2. Neer to Fortune stood the image of Favour, in the habit of a youth with wings, standing upon a wheele; to shew us that favour is procured by Fortune; and that this is as unstable and ready to fly from us as Fortune it selfe. 3. Amongst many other images of Fortune, there were two of speciall note; the one was called Fortuna calva, bald Fortune: