476 Chap. 39, an Expo Lion upon the Boole of J o E. Vert Hab, t. 8. Cicero the Orator, in his fecond book of D.vinarion, tells us, that when one who was to run a race, reported to an r7ici ii; Oa Interpreter, that he dreamed bewas turned into an Eagle ; the In- enia ave volat terpreter prefently anfwered, Thenyou (hall overcome, or get the null ciceme2, mater : For the Eagle is the firongeft and fwiftcíl of all flying. Pt3Y. i>ÍGCY.1.2. Y J b de divin., fowl. Secondly, Tile Eagle exceeds all, as in fwiftnefs, fo in the up- rightnefs of her flying She flies right up; that's it which the Text takes noticeof, She mounteth up ; fhe mounts up like an ar- Sfonobliquo row out of a bow, whereas other fowls, when they flie high, . tramite ut ex. they doit obliquely, or tide -long, by gyration, or fetching a coal- sera.aves vol pats ; but the Eagle afcer dsdire&ly, not (as Imay fay) by wind- per grunt tit ingflairs, but in a right line. accipiter,fed Thirdly, As the fwiftnefs and uprightnefs of the Eagles mo- fete Julien Lion, fo the highnefs of it is wonderful. The Eagle mounts till fertur,f,Eliat. áib.14c.to. fhe is quite out of fight ; nobodily creature can reach the Eagles Aquila anent altitude. Oce of the Ancients faith, The Eagle boars above the, volatufuperar, air (he means, I fuppofe the lower region of the air) as if (he Qryfublimius would vifit the Mary heavens :: And hence it is faid'proverbially eñadit.Oppi- of any thing which we cannot eafily reach or come at, 'Tic an Aquila innu. Eagle to the clouds. Her common attribute or epithete is, Tht . hibsaa. high-flying Eagle: If it be queflioned, why doth the Eagle mount up fo high ? thefe two reafons maybegiven of it ; Fiji, That themay comedown, or Hoop with greater force. Aquila x5E91 . upon her prey ; and that makes the Eagle fo formidable to all ;ó4,0q®- a the fowls of the air. And hence the Poets call her a Thunder° roam i£lms, bringer,becaufe fhe mounts up onpurpo`.'e to that amaaing height-, that the maycome downUpon her prey more fo-cibly, even like a thunder-bolt. And thus proud men define to get on high, that they may more eafily make a preyof,, and crufh (as. the Eagle loth) thole that are below them. Secondly, TheEagle mounts thus high topleafe her felf,'cis futable to her fpirit. Every one would be inaction, as he is in difprifition. The Eagle bath a high fpirir, and Ilse mull the high, and athigh things. The Eagle will not catch,flies ; fhe_fcoros that game. Dath the Eagle mount up {4t thy command? The Ilabrew is, at thy moth ; fo the word is rendred in feveral
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