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oggge_n to_o have_v be_v only_o a_o small_a and_o inconsiderable_a inundation_n of_o attica_n or_o some_o one_o single_a country_n yet_o nonnus_n in_o his_o dionysiaca_n make_v it_o to_o have_v be_v universal_a where_o speak_v of_o the_o ogygian_a flood_n he_o say_v l._n 3_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d second_o justin_n martyr_v express_o put_v inachus_n and_o ogyges_n as_o cotemporary_a together_o in_o orat_fw-la ad_fw-la gentiles_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o this_o inachus_n be_v without_o question_n the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o noah_n and_o though_o they_o be_v both_o make_v by_o the_o same_o justin_n martyr_n and_o other_o to_o have_v be_v contemporary_a with_o moses_n yet_o this_o proceed_v only_o from_o this_o that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o person_n as_o agag_n who_o they_o think_v and_o not_o without_o reason_n to_o have_v be_v the_o same_o with_o ogyges_n mention_v in_o the_o mosaic_a writing_n as_o i_o have_v show_v but_o do_v it_o follow_v 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that_o which_o be_v monstrous_a for_o its_o bulk_n and_o greatness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o latter_a of_o which_o word_n suidas_n have_v interpret_v it_o and_o heliodorus_n use_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o a_o man_n of_o a_o extraordinary_a size_n and_o stature_n and_o hesiod_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d speak_v concern_v styx_n in_o his_o theogonie_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o same_o that_o homer_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o il._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o another_o place_n where_o achilles_n swear_v by_o his_o sceptre_n that_o be_v by_o justice_n and_o by_o god_n the_o fountain_n of_o it_o he_o conclude_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d four_o as_o it_o be_v now_o plain_a why_o so_o many_o writer_n after_o one_o another_o be_v lead_v away_o by_o the_o mistake_n of_o the_o first_o who_o they_o follow_v have_v place_v 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all_o the_o rest_n to_o correct_v the_o hebrew_n from_o the_o seventy_o but_o the_o seventy_o from_o the_o hebrew_n wherefore_o instead_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o og_n and_o gog_n and_o agag_n be_v the_o same_o and_o so_o num._n 24._o 7._o where_o it_o be_v in_o the_o hebrew_n vejarim_n meagag_v malco_fw-la his_o king_n shall_v be_v high_o than_o agag_n there_o the_o seventy_o render_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o kingdom_n of_o gog_n shall_v be_v exalt_v where_o though_o they_o appear_v to_o have_v follow_v another_o read_n then_o the_o hebrew_n copy_n do_v at_o present_a and_o a_o read_v certain_o much_o inferior_a to_o it_o or_o rather_o direct_o opposite_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o place_n yet_o thus_o much_o be_v certain_a that_o what_o the_o hebrew_n call_v agag_n they_o have_v render_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d take_v no_o notice_n of_o the_o guttural_a as_o in_o the_o instance_n already_o 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they_o receive_v from_o the_o east_n that_o ogyges_n escape_v in_o the_o deluge_n that_o happen_v in_o his_o time_n for_o so_o africanus_n in_o eusebius_n speak_v of_o that_o ogyges_n or_o as_o he_o call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o who_o the_o first_o deluge_n take_v 10._o euseb_n praep_v evang_v l._n 10._o its_o name_n say_v that_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d save_v when_o other_o general_o perish_v in_o the_o water_n so_o that_o by_o this_o tradition_n he_o be_v confound_v with_o noah_n who_o do_v real_o make_v his_o escape_n but_o there_o be_v a_o testimony_n of_o cedrenus_n which_o make_v he_o to_o have_v perish_v and_o this_o depend_v upon_o a_o tradition_n that_o make_v ogyges_n to_o be_v a_o distinct_a person_n from_o noah_n who_o be_v save_v by_o all_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o history_n concern_v he_o be_v as_o i_o have_v already_o say_v and_o prove_v very_o obscure_a confuse_a and_o uncertain_a partly_o by_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o tradition_n itself_o to_o which_o all_o antiquity_n be_v avoidable_a subject_n and_o partly_o by_o the_o mistake_v and_o anachronisme_n of_o the_o greek_n the_o cause_n of_o which_o i_o have_v already_o partly_o represent_v the_o word_n of_o cedrenus_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o moses_n there_o be_v a_o certain_a great_a or_o gigantic_a man_n of_o the_o seed_n of_o japhet_n who_o be_v a_o native_a of_o attica_n reign_v over_o it_o for_o the_o space_n of_o thirty_o and_o two_o year_n his_o name_n be_v ogygus_n and_o in_o his_o time_n happen_v that_o flood_n which_o be_v peculiar_a to_o attica_n in_o which_o himself_o perish_v and_o all_o that_o province_n be_v drown_v in_o which_o word_n there_o be_v nothing_o at_o all_o true_a as_o i_o think_v i_o have_v already_o make_v it_o appear_v by_o discover_v the_o ground_n of_o the_o mistake_v in_o they_o but_o only_o that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o man_n as_o ogygus_n or_o ogyges_n that_o he_o be_v a_o great_a or_o gigantic_a person_n and_o that_o a_o great_a flood_n happen_v in_o his_o time_n only_o when_o he_o say_v that_o this_o gigantic_a ogygus_n be_v of_o the_o seed_n of_o japhet_n there_o seem_v in_o this_o also_o as_o well_o as_o in_o what_o have_v be_v say_v concern_v his_o be_v king_n of_o attica_n and_o co-temporary_a with_o moses_n to_o be_v a_o stricture_n of_o truth_n in_o the_o corruption_n itself_o for_o in_o the_o first_o place_n the_o scripture_n speak_v of_o the_o man_n that_o live_v before_o the_o flood_n say_v express_o that_o there_o be_v giant_n in_o those_o day_n 4._o gen._n 6._o 4._o and_o again_o in_o the_o relation_n of_o the_o lewdness_n of_o those_o time_n which_o draw_v down_o the_o deluge_n afterward_o upon_o they_o it_o say_v that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n see_v the_o daughter_n of_o man_n 2._o lb._n v._n 2._o that_o they_o be_v fair_a in_o the_o hebrew_n it_n be_v chi_fw-mi toboth_n hennab_n that_o they_o be_v goodly_a or_o have_v a_o goodly_a aspect_n and_o the_o sense_n will_v have_v be_v the_o same_o if_o it_o have_v say_v chi_fw-mi japhoth_o hennah_o that_o they_o be_v fair_a as_o our_o translation_n render_v it_o wherefore_o since_o by_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v understand_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o son_n of_o the_o great_a man_n or_o prince_n of_o those_o time_n who_o do_v what_o they_o please_v without_o controll_n as_o some_o of_o the_o ancient_a interpreter_n have_v render_v it_o ogyges_n at_o this_o rate_n will_v be_v a_o prince_n descend_v of_o one_o of_o those_o japhoth_n those_o fair_a one_o to_o who_o the_o son_n of_o god_n go_v in_o and_o beget_v son_n and_o daughter_n upon_o they_o and_o this_o be_v all_o that_o be_v at_o the_o bottom_n of_o that_o mistake_n of_o the_o greek_n that_o ogygus_n be_v descend_v of_o the_o family_n of_o japhet_n to_o confirm_v which_o yet_o further_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o scripture_n story_n deliver_v down_o by_o tradition_n in_o the_o east_n from_o thence_o yet_o be_v not_o always_o deliver_v in_o scripture_n word_n but_o only_o in_o word_n of_o a_o like_a signification_n or_o word_n relate_v to_o the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o story_n as_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o observe_v out_o 1._o discourse_v of_o the_o tetragrammaton_fw-gr and_o also_o in_o that_o of_o the_o messiah_n c._n 1._o of_o bochartus_fw-la who_o take_v his_o hint_n from_o sanchuniathon_n that_o sarah_n in_o the_o eastern_a tradition_n be_v call_v annobret_n because_o she_o be_v past_o the_o time_n of_o child-bearing_a and_o isaac_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o jachid_n because_o he_o be_v the_o only_a son_n and_o the_o like_a so_o that_o japhoth_v be_v perfect_o synonymous_a to_o toboth_n and_o indeed_o more_o proper_o signify_v beauty_n than_o the_o other_o here_o be_v all_o that_o can_v be_v desire_v to_o make_v it_o at_o least_o a_o tolerable_a conjecture_n again_o as_o from_o agag_n be_v ogyges_n so_o from_o gog_n by_o the_o elision_n of_o the_o guttural_a be_v gyges_n both_o of_o they_o the_o same_o person_n as_o i_o will_v now_o prove_v and_o as_o cedrenus_n say_v of_o ogygus_n that_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o great_a or_o gigantic_a person_n so_o ovid_n represent_v the_o ancient_n gyges_n for_o there_o be_v several_a afterward_o of_o the_o name_n in_o his_o four_o de_fw-fr tristibus_fw-la eleg._n 7._o credam_fw-la prius_fw-la ora_fw-la medusae_fw-la gorgonis_fw-la anguineis_fw-la cincta_fw-la fuisse_fw-la comis_fw-la et_fw-la cane_n utero_fw-la sub_fw-la virgin_n esse_fw-la chimaeram_fw-la a_o truce_n quae_fw-la flammis_fw-la separet_fw-la angue_fw-la leam_fw-la quadrupedesqueâ—_n homines_fw-la cum_fw-la pectore_fw-la pectora_fw-la junctos_fw-la tergeminumque_fw-la virum_fw-la tergeminumque_fw-la canem_fw-la sphingaque_fw-la &_o harpyias_fw-la serpentipedesque_fw-la gigantes_fw-la centimanumque_fw-la gygen_n semibovemque_fw-la virum_fw-la haec_fw-la ego_fw-la cuncta_fw-la prius_fw-la quà m_fw-la te_fw-la carissime_fw-la credam_fw-la mutatum_fw-la &_o curam_fw-la deposuisse_fw-la mei_fw-la where_o though_o he_o reckon_v all_o these_o as_o so_o many_o impossibility_n and_o figment_n of_o antiquity_n yet_o there_o be_v no_o question_n but_o in_o all_o or_o most_o of_o they_o there_o be_v a_o ground_n of_o 〈◊〉_d v._o pale_n what_fw-mi in_o opusculo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d truth_n though_o miserable_o adulterate_v and_o disguise_v by_o the_o vanity_n or_o ignorance_n of_o the_o greek_n particular_o as_o to_o gyges_n when_o he_o call_v he_o centimanum_fw-la hundred_o hand_a it_o may_v very_o well_o be_v interpret_v of_o the_o extent_n of_o his_o power_n or_o the_o fierceness_n and_o violence_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o what_o he_o add_v afterward_o in_o the_o next_o word_v semibovemque_fw-la virum_fw-la half_a man_n half_a ox_n may_v refer_v to_o the_o brutish_a and_o