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hfef ^ W ^ dlli ^ u ^^ m BeMant now ^ bespeaking A ] &t son m a Zoudtr voice . 1 W question which she asked him was , if her son , who ^ wStt ^ Vjr ^^ . ^^ ^ ' ^^^^!^ * SSE ? t « S ^ ti . safe hik ^ ifii . lie a ^ wererf noting ;/ tffcljr nod ( &n £ Ms heaid , gave her , ' IJoufenul conjectures of his stii&ess ' T' and therewith fell flat ubotf his face . She turned the
body with the face upwards , and ag&iii repeating her question , but wiifi much greater violence , uttering many incantations ; and , leaping up and down with the sword inker hanAy turning sometimes to
the fire , and then to the pit , she once more awakened him , and setting him upright , urged him to answer her in plain words , and not in doubtful signs , In the meantime Chariclea desired Calasiris , that they might go nearer , and enqtiire o ( the old woman about
Theagenes ; but he reftised , affirming that the spectacle was impious ; that it was not decent for any person of priestly office to be present , much less delighted with such performances . That prayers and lawful sacrifices were their business ; and not with impure rites and inquiries of death , as that Egyptian
didj of which mischance had made us spectators . While he was thus speaking , the dead person made answer , with a hollow and dread-Jut tone ; At first I spared you , mother , ( said he ) , and suffered yojiir transgressing against human nature and the laws of destiny , an 1 d li j charms and witchcraft disturbing those things which should rest inyiolated : For even the dead retain a reverence towards their parent ^ as much as is possible Tor them ; but since you exceed all ^ puu 4 s , b $ ng not content with the wicked action you began , nor
satisfied with raising me up to give you signs , out also , force me , a dead body , to speak ; neglecting
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my sepulture * and keeping mb from the mansion of ^ d ^^| i Qstau ^ M hear those things whichat ffiis& was afmid to aeqtfaipt youvi ^ iah Neither your son shall return a ^ ye , nor shall yourself escape that deathbv the sword , which is due
, to your crimes ; but conclude ; th ^ t life in a short time , which you have spent in wicked practices : -., Foras-c ^ \ much as you have not pnly done , ? r these things alone , but made pther persons spectators of these dreadful mysteries that were so concealed .. in outward silence ; acquainting them with the affairs and fortunes ,
ot the dead . One of them is a priest , which makes it more tolerar ble ; who knows , by his wisdom , that such things are not to be divulged ;—a person dear to the Gods , who shall with his arrival , prevent the duel of his sons prepared for combat , and compose their difference . But that which
is more grievous , is , that a virgin has been spectator of all that has ; been done , and heard what was said : a virgin and lover , that has wandered through countries , in search of her betrothed ; , with whom , after infinite labours and
dangers , she shall arrive at the outmost part of the earth , and live in royal state . Having thus said , he again fell prostrate . The hag being sensible who were the
spectators , armed as she was with a sword , in a rage sought them amongst the dead bodies , where she thought they laid concealed ) to kill them , as persons that . had invaded her , and crossed the operations of her charms . While ^ si ^ was thus employed , she struck her groin upon the splinter of a spgtfr that stuck in the ground , by which she died ; immediately fulfilling the prophesy of her son . < , This surely is a very striking fiction . —We recommend
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JNO . 382—IV . X
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 1, 1837, page 289, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1836/page/64/
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