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ISTORIANS give an account, that Simon the Father of Judas, lived in a ſea-port town in the land of Canaan, and married to a kinſwoman of his own, which was alſo of the tribe of Benjamin, being a cuſtom, and allowed among the Jews to this day. Now when Simon's wife was with child, ſhe dreamed two dreams in one night, and both her dreams were to the ſame effect (reſembling that of Joſeph's and Pharaoh's) which is obſervable among the Jews, that if one ſhould dream twice, and both to the ſame effect, that it will certainly come to paſs: After this, ſhe was much troubled, and diſconſolate in mind that ſhe could not eat or drink as ſhe had wont to do, inſomuch that her huſband taking notice that ſhe was out of order, aſked the reaſon of her grievance, and why ſhe was ſo ſad and melancholy? Now ſhe being loath to tell him, leſt it ſhould grieve him alſo, ſhe waved the diſcourſe with a kind of ſilent anſwer, and ſaid ſhe ailed nothing. But her huſband obſerving her countenance ſtill ſad, did much intreat her to ſatisfy him, why it was ſo with her. At laſt ſhe told him, that ſhe dreamed two dreams in one night, and both her dreams were to the ſame effect: and that was, That ſhe ſhould bring forth that child, which was in her womb, and that he ſhould betray the Saviour of the world, and that was the cauſe of her great grief and diſcontent. Her huſband being much aſtoniſhed at the expreſſions of his wife and her dreams, ſtood ſome-