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104 Oxen ready down upon the Nail, to either Apollo, or Æculapius, which of the Two would Deliver him from This Dieae. Ah my Dear, (ays his Wife) Have a care what You Promie? for where would you have Thee Oxen if you hould Recover. Sweet Heart (ays he) thou talkt like a Fool. Have the Gods Nothing ele to do, dot think, then to leave their Bus'nes, and come down to me thee in an Action of Debt? They Retor'd him however for That Bout, to make Tryal of his Honety and Good Faith. He was no ooner up, but for want of Living Oxen, he made out his Number upon Pat, and Offer'd them up in Form upon an Altar. For this Mockery, Divine Vengeance Puru'd him, and he had an Apparition came to him in a Dream, that bad him go and Search in uch a Place near the Coat,and he hould find a Coniderable Treaure; Away he went, and as he was looking for the Mony fell into the Hands of Pyrates. He bege'd. hard for his Liberty, and Offer'd a Thouand Talents of Gold for his Ranome; but they would not Trut him, and o he was carried away, and old afterwards as a Slave for as many Groats.