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Sec x' 2£ " Concerning her, old Superstitionfram'd t-»_v^j A thousand Rites, and Idan-Mother nam'd ; P- 199- (1) Then a large Train of Phrygian Priests astgridi Because in Phrygia Corn atfirst took birth, And thence was scattered o'er the other Earth; Creech.

A n Appearance of superior Knowledge, and particularly the Reputation of possessing some rare Secrets, hath a great Influence upon the 194- (d) Minds of the Vulgar : * For this Reason, fays 201. (o) c Strabo, both the Priests of Egypt, theChalde' ans of Babylon, and the Persian Magi an* ciently obtained Honour and Pre-eminence in • their several Nations, because they excell'd in ' some kinds of Knowledge. Geograph. Book I. The same Author's Description of the primi tive Race of Priests is both curious and instructive. ibid, fe) —s The Corybantes, says he, the Cabeiri, the 201. (p) < ' ' ' ' •

Idean DailyIs, and the Telchines are said to be the same People with the CURETE S. Others speak of them as being all allied to one another, and mark out some small Differences between the several Tribes : But to take them in the gross, and speak of the greater Part, they were all a kind of Enthusiastic Baccha-

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