. Hermathenæ; or, Moral emblems, and ethnick tales, with explanatory notes . enjj being the fame with Similitudo in Latin, and fo usd byMofcs on that very Occafion, as derivd from Damah, ajjtmilarc, tomake or exhibit any Thmg in the Likenefs of another ; fo alfoJeremiah^ Hofea, and others of the Prophets, ufe it in the fameSenfe. As to the trifling Criticifm fome have made upon the Suppofition ofa falfe Quantity in the Word Clymene, in Emblem XV, let em know,the Accent in the Greek Word is not on the firft, but fecond Syllabic jand all Greek Words, which come to us entire, retain their Accent,
. Hermathenæ; or, Moral emblems, and ethnick tales, with explanatory notes . enjj being the fame with Similitudo in Latin, and fo usd byMofcs on that very Occafion, as derivd from Damah, ajjtmilarc, tomake or exhibit any Thmg in the Likenefs of another ; fo alfoJeremiah^ Hofea, and others of the Prophets, ufe it in the fameSenfe. As to the trifling Criticifm fome have made upon the Suppofition ofa falfe Quantity in the Word Clymene, in Emblem XV, let em know,the Accent in the Greek Word is not on the firft, but fecond Syllabic jand all Greek Words, which come to us entire, retain their Accent,fays Danejius ; which certainly ought to give the Tonic Emphafis tothat Syllable, and not to the firll, both being equally fhort Syllables,and the Accent no way aftedting Quantity, but Emphalin, eipecially inEnglijh Poetry, which being only Oratory confind to Numbers, iswithin the Force of another Rule of Da?icJ:us, in his Profodia, Poct^,ut plurimum metri rationcm hahuerunty orntores autem aures, fecHti A. Gellius, in his Niktes Attica, is of the fame The READER is defird to corred: the followingMiftakes with his Pen. EM Kete(h), I. 17,/or Mercury, r^W III. (g), /. ult. for Enib. VII. r^«i Emb. XXII. aitJ Xcte (o), /. 14, for is begot, read has begot. r«^. IX. Note (h), /. 14,/or accounted, r^fl^ anointed. Emb. X. AW^ (b), /. 17, rf^d Chamah «W Chamanim and Kote (e), /. II, Jor ennuontos, nad eniontos ; and for Ennyalius,read Enialius or Enyalius, from enuo perimo, & als, oceanus j andNote (w), rf/zrtMarius. /. 17,/or The Lofs, rf/7^ The Want. Emb. XX. /.penult, for Traths, yeadTrcLcks. Emb. XXII. Note (b), /. 8, read Anaxagorasj and Note (e), /. 9, read Pi, civ. 3. Emb. XXVI. Note (a), /. 7, put a Comma after Ofiris -and Note (d), /. 12, <:/^r inquire, fl^</, or rather from the Hebreiv Pithhonapertura, a fathah aperire. Emb. XXVII. i\W(a), /. 1, r^«< Emb. XXX. Page go, I. 17,/)r fometimes a
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