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' Drums, Cymbals, and the Clangour of Arms ; X. ' ' ' ' '
 * in an armed Procession, acœmpanied with Sect*
 * and also with Flutes and shouting, endda- <—nr*J

voured to astonish and strike an Awe into Mankind by the Tumult and Noise of their Worship : It is said further, that these Rites of the Curetes in some measure co-incide with those practised in Samothrace, and in Lemnos, and in several other Places ; for this Reason, that the Administrators of them were One and the seme People. It is true that this Method of reasoning upon these Subjects properly belongs to Theology 5 but neither is it foreign to the Speculations of a Philosopher* Strabo. It is of the fame sacred Order that Lucre

tius sings : Amidst their Pomp, fierce Drums and Cymbals r. 202.(q) beat. And the hoarse Horns with rattling Notes do threat, The Pipe in Phrygian Strains disturbs their Souls, Till Reason overthrown, mad Pajston rules ; They brandi/h Arms, those dreadful Signs of War, To raise in impious Routs religious Fear. Creech.






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