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Wh en Eneas had entered the Mouth of the Tyber with his Fleet, and received the pro mised Omen of his being arrived at the happy Land destined by Fate to be the Seat of his Kingdom, he ordered Libations to "Jupiter> and Prayers to the Manes of his Father : P. io2. (s) His Temples with a leafy Bough he bound, Andfirst the Genius of the Place ador'd : Then Mother-Earth, the first of Gods ; and Nymphs And Rivers yet unknown: Then ancient Night, With all her mining Train. In order next T' Idean Jove and Cybele he pray'd : And lastly', lowly bending, he invok'd His Parents, one from Heaven, and one from Hell. This Account of Eneas's Prayer gives a Com pendious View of the ancient System of Theo logy; and shews " that the Universe and its " " 2

Parts, or the Appearances and Powers of Nasure, mixed with the Manes of their departed Friends, were the real Objects of their Worships

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