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XI.-OF GREAT PLACE

XII.-OF BOLDNESS..

XIII.-OF GOODNESS, AND GOODNESS OF NATURE

XIV.-OF NOBILITY

XV.-OF SEDITIONS AND TROUBLES

XVI.-OF ATHEISM

XVII.-OF SUPERSTITION

XVIII.-OF TRAVEL

XIX.-OF EMPIRE

XX.-OF COUNSEL

XXI.-OF DELAYS

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XXII.-OF CUNNING

XXIII.-OF WISDOM FOR A MAN'S SELF

XXIV.-OF INNOVATIONS

XXV.-OF DISPATCH..

XXVI.-OF SEEMING WISE

XXVII.-OF FRIENDSHIP

XXVIII.-OF EXPENSE

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THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS; A SERIES OF

MYTHOLOGICAL FABLES.

PREFACE

I.—CASSANDRA, OR DIVINATION. Explained of too

ree and unseasonal·le Advice

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II.-TYPHON, OR A REBEL. Explained of Rebellion

III. THE CYCLOPS, OR THE MINISTERS OF TERROR.

Explained of base Court Officers ..

NARCISSUS, OR SELF-LOVE

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V. THE RIVER STYX, OR LEAGUES. Explained of

Necessity, in the Oaths or Solemn Leagues of

Princes

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VI.-PAN, OR NATURE. Explained of Natural Philosophy 209

VII. PERSEUS, OR WAR. Explained of the Preparation

and Conduct necessary to War

VIII.-ENDYMION, OR A FAVOURITE. Explained of Court

Favourites

IX. THE SISTER OF THE GIANTS, OR FAME. Explained

of Public Detraction

X.—ACTEON AND PENTHEUS, OR A CURIOUS MAN. Ex-

plained of Curiosity, or Prying into the Secrets

of Princes and Divine Mysteries..

XI.—ORPHEUS, OR PHILOSOPHY. Explained of Natural

and Moral Philosophy

XII.-CŒLUM, OR BEGINNINGS. Explained of the Crea-

XIII.-PROTEUS, OR MATTER. Explained of Matter and

tion, or Origin of all Things

its Changes..

XIV.—MEMNON, OR A YOUTH TOO FORWARD. Explained

of the fatal Precipitancy of Youth

XV.--TYTHONUS, OR SATIETY. Explained of Predominant

XVI.-JUNO'S SUITOR, OR BASENESS. Explained of Sub-

Passions

mission and Abjection

cular Philosophy

XVII.-CUPID, OR AN ATOM. Explained of the Corpus-

XVIII.—DIOMED, OR ZEAL. Explained of Persecution, or

Zeal for Religion

XIX.--DÆDALUS, OR MECHANICAL SKILL. Explained of

Arts and Artists in Kingdoms and States

XX.-ERICTHONIUS, OR IMPOSTURE. Explained of the Im-

proper Use of Force in Natural Philosophy

XXI.-DEUCALION, OR RESTITUTION. Explained of a

Useful Hint in Natural Philosophy

XXII.-NEMESIS, OR THE VICISSITUDE OF THINGS. Ex-

plained of the Reverses of Fortune

XXIII.-ACHELOUS, OR BATTLE. Explained of War by

Invasion

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XXIV. DIONYSUS, OR BACCHUS. Explained of the Passions 242

XXV.-ATALANTA AND HIPPOMENES, OR GAIN. Explained

of the Contest betwixt Art and Nature ..

XXVI. PROMETHEUS, OR THE STATE OF MAN. Explained

of an Over-ruling Providence, and of Human

Nature

XXVII.-ICARUS AND SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, OR THE

MIDDLE WAY. Explained of Mediocrity in

Natural and Moral Philosophy

XXVIII.-SPHINX, OR SCIENCE. Explained of the Sciences

XXIX.-PROSERPINE, OR SPIRIT. Explained of the Spirit

included in Natural Bodies

XXX.-METIS, OR COUNSEL. Explained of Princes and

their Counci!

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XXXI.—THE SIRENS, OR PLEASURES. Explained of Men's

Passion for Pleasures

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