[5] This word must not be taken in its usual acceptation. What rational men understand by the term is a dexterous man, an able cheat, and a master of jugglery, which requires great readiness and address; and not by any means a person in compact with the Devil as the vulgar suppose. [↑]
[6] “And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; for as much as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.”—[Num. chap. x, v. 31]. [↑]
[8] When Romulus was reviewing his forces in the plain of Caprae, here suddenly arose a thunder-storm, during which he was enveloped in so thick a cloud that he was lost to the view of his army; nor thereafter on this earth was Romulus seen.—Liv. 1. I. c. 16.—Translator’s note. [↑]
[9] Hobbes’ Leviathan; de homine, chap. xii. pp. 59 and 60. [↑]
[10] It is recorded by Livy, that “there is a grove, through which flowed a perennial stream, taking its origin in a dark cave, in which Numa was accustomed to meet the goddess, and receive instructions as to his political and religions institutions.”—Liv. 1. I. c. 21. [↑]
Qu’un beau Pigeon a tire d’aile
Vienne obom brer une Purcelle,
Rien n’est sur prenant en cela;