[470] The star of Babylon is frequently spoken of in the Inscriptions. The star of Marduk is the same. It is Dilgan, or Jupiter.
[471] Act I, Scene 2.
[472] Abracadabra is not the same as abraxas, but may have been derived from it. In the third century, and later, it was regarded as a capital remedy for malarial fevers.
[473] Medical Economy during the Middle Ages, p. 94.
[474] The letter Alpha = 1, Beta = 2, Rho = 100; Alpha = 1, Xi = 60; Alpha = 1, and Sigma = 200.
[475] Egyptian Mythology, p. 93.
[476] Chambers’ Encyclopædia.
[477] The Care and Culture of Children, Philadelphia, 1880.
[478] It is worth while to observe that Raphael was, according to the Cabbala, the angel of the sun.
[479] Tobias, iii, 25.