LETTER VII. Emblematical Drawings obfcure, 41, 42. First Plate of the ENQUIRY, &c. explained, 43-Criticifed, 44. Prometheus making Man, 45. Wretched State of Mankind without bim, 46-48. Egyptian Mythology, ibid. Creation of the World allegorized, 49. Explained,

50-53.

LETTER VIII. Second Plate, PAN, 54.

His

Perfon, Birth, Parentage, Reed, 55. Pythagoric Numbers, 56. Oath, 57. Pan, why in Love with ECHO, ibid. God of Shepherds, 58. VESTA likewife double, ibid. Orofmades and Serapis, 60. A Boaft of William the Conqueror, 61. GODS differently view'd, 62. Vulgar, prone to Superftition, 63. The Wife to Symbols, 64. Hymn to PAN, 65.

LETTER IX. MYTHOLOGY bewitching, 68.

A Prefervative, 69. Definition of Mythology, 70. Simpleft a Metaphor, ibid. The World's a Stage, paraphrafed, ibid. EASTERNS metaphorical, 71. Esop, inimitable, ibid. PLATO's Restrictions of Fable, 72. Demofthenes and Agrippa's Apo logues, 73, 74. Livy criticised, ibid. Parable of Jotham, 75. Material Mythology, 76. Ritual Mythology, 77. Eleufinian Mysteries, ibid. Pythagoric Precepts, 78. Mythology's allegorical ROBE, 79 Her Perfon, Attitude, Symbols, Attendants, &c. 80, 81, 82.

LETTER X. VIRGIL'S Soul of the World, 83. Character of an amiable Friend, ibid. HESIOD'S Addrefs to the Mufes, 84. The Creation of the World in their Anfwer, 85. Chief GODS of the Ancients explained, 86-92. Turned to a regular Account of the Creation, by Dr. THOMAS BURNET, 94-97. Production of Animals by the recent EARTH, 98. Caution of the Stoics, 98. Their Philofophy from Strabo, 99. Rife of the Univerfe and Formation of Animals, according

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Learned Arabs Un-

to Hippocrates, 100, 101.
believers in ISLAM, 102. An Inland producing
Men, and Trees bearing Women, ibid. Forma-
tion of a Body in fermenting Clay, 103. Influx
of the Soul from GOD, 104, 105. Origin of
Animals according to MOSES, 106. Irradiation
of ETHER, 107. Incubation of the Spirit of
GOD, 108. Golden Age from HESIOD, 109.
Believed and minutely defcribed, 110-114. A
World without Prometheus, 115. Two apocry-
phal Lines in Homer, 116. Encomium of Dr.
THOMAS BURNET, 117.

LETTER XI. ENTHUSIASM in Mythology, 119.
Two Antidotes, ibid. Her Pliablenefs, 120. Her
eldeft Daughter, ibid. Examples from the gayer
Paffions: Love, ill-grown and dwarfish, 121.
An Oracle to make him thrive, ibid. Depends on
bis Brother's Life, 122. Raifes Difcord in Hea-
ven, ibid. His Wings clipt, and banished, 123.
Lamented, ibid. Invoked by Euripides, 124. Has
two Bows, 125. Compofed of Contraries accord-
ing to Alexis, 126. Double or triple Reprefen-
tations of the GODS, 127. CONTENTION and
LOVE in the Chaos, ibid. Mundane EGG, 128.
Refemblance, 129. Orphic EGG, 130. Ductility
of FABLE, 131,

LETTER XII. Two Sources of Theology, 132.
NATURE the Scripture of the Heathens, ibid.
Neglected by the Chriftians, ibid. Studied by
Bacon, Boyle, Newton, &c. 133. Birth of
Jupiter uncertain, 134. Variations in all Reli-
gions, 135. Rival Temples on Moriah and Ge-
rizzin, 136. Clafbing Accounts of Rhea's Deli-
very reconciled, ibid. Jupiter's Birth fettled the
rolling Chaos, 137. Tartarus, the Dwelling of
Japetus and Saturn, ibid. JACOB BEHM's Rife
of the Universe, 138. Double Notion of Jupiter,
and Import of his Name, ibid. PHERECYDES

SYRIUS,

SYRIUS, his Summary of the Creation, 139. JA-
NUS appears to Ovid, 140. What he is? 141.
Settlement of the Honours of the GODS, 142.
Jove, a plaftic Fire, according to Zeno, ibid.
ETHER, or pure invifible Fire, defcribed by Dr.
Berkely, 143. AIR, or JUNO, by the fame,
144. Jove's Transformations, Adulteries, and
Broils with his Spouse accounted for, 146. JUNO
becomes a Virgin once a Year, ibid. Jove's con-
tradictory Epithets explained, 147. APOLLO'S
148. Dr. RICHARD MEAD de Imperio Solis
& Lunæ, ibid. Powers of Mufic and Poetry,
149. Bacchic Paffion, 150. MARSY AS ex-
plained, ibid. The MUSES mend Apollo's Lyre,

151.

LETTER XIII. ILL-HUMOUR raised by
Elections, 152. Flattery, a mean Vice, ibid.
Vulgar Gentlemen, 153. Virtue, graced by
Politeness, ibid. Happiness of Life confifts not
in the Length of it, 154. The Doctor of
Derry, ibid. Cowardice keeps Men from Vir-
tue, 155. Gaiety infeparable from Worth, ibid.
Character of a vicious Wit, 156. Men of Plea-
fure, Drudges, 157. Ancient Debauchée, ibid.
VICE fickly and inconfiftent, 158. The Supreme
RULE of Happiness, 159. Simple, 160.

In-
ward Monitor defcribed, 161. Method of at-
taining the higheft Felicity, 162. PIERCE
PLOWMAN'S Maxim, 163. Paffions cheat us,
ibid. Superftition, 164. GOD's moft august
Temple, ibid. PLEASURE and PAIN linked by
the Ends, 165.

LETTER XIV. PROFICIENCY in Mythology, 166.
PAN's double Defcent, ibid. HOMER'S Au-
thority rejected, ibid. PAUSANIAS a Low-
Churchman, 167. ORPHEUS's Hymns, preferred
to HOMER'S, 168. Genuine, ibid. Prona-
pides, his Protocofmus, 169. HESIOD Corrupts

the

the old Divinity, ibid. Unlucky Poet addref=
fing Diana, ibid. A Scots Divine, ibid. De-
lufive Rule of judging facred Matters, 170.
Mr. Bay's Maxim, ibid. Mythology spoiled by
historical Perfons, 171. Simple, the beft, ibid.
Saturn's youngest Son KAIPOE, ibid. VENUS,
ENEAS a Bastard, 173.
her Retinue, 172.

Ancient Theology according to Plutarch, ibid.
PAMPHO preferable to Hamer, ibid. EGYP
TIAN Gods, 174. GRECIAN, ibid. Allegory,
a convenient Screen, 175. MERCURY'S dou-
ble Defcent, ibid. Obfcene Figure of him, ibid.
First
MYTHOLOGY happily applied, 176.
Source of Corruption in it, ibid. Second, 177.
Tranfmiffion of Religions, ibid. GoDs identi-
fied, 178. Plutarch believed Bacchus was wor-
fhipped by the Jews, ibid. First POETS, what?
ibid. Third Source of Corruption, ibid. Ari-
ftotle's Complaint against the early Poets, 179.
Nectar and Ambrofia, ibid. The REAL GODS
of the Ancients, 180, 181. Plato's Regulation
of Mythology, 182. Roman Poets, legendary,
183. JUNO improperly employed by Virgil,
184. Bolu, ibid. Italian Epic Poets, mifcall
Allegory, 185.
LETTER XV. MEANINGS afcribed to ancient
Fables, conjectural, 186. Lord Bacon de Sapi-
Tradition in Mythology,
entia Veterum, ibid.
1873 Materia prima, or primary Subftance,
ibid. First Philofophers, Mytologifts, 188.
FICTIONS, unintelligible, and why? 189.
Clearing up, ibid. Origin of myftic Names,
190. Youngest of the GRACES married to
Sleep, 191. Functions of the other two, ibid.
VARRO'S Divi-
Lofs of TRADITIONS, 192.
fion of Time applied to SATURN, ibid. Part
of his Fable, dark, 193. Origin of Serpents
erected as Talismans, 194. Mankind, docile, or

rather

rather ftupid, 195. Seneca's Complaint of the
Jews, ibid. Irreparable Lofs of written Records,
196. Iamblichus and Porphyry, ibid. Affocia-
tion between Religion and Philofophy, 197. POR-
PHYRY's Letter to Anebo, 198. Anfwered by
JAMBLICHUS, 199. Barbarous Names of the
GODS, ib. Their Reasons, ib. Their Power,
200. GREEKS Innovators, 201. Iamblicbus's
Miracles, 202. Inftability of human Instituti-
ons, 203. Examples from the greatest Nations,
ibid. Investigation of loft Rites, 204. Prefer-
ved even by Enemies, ibid. Eafterns characte-
rized, 205. Grecians fanciful, ibid. Power of
Fiction, 206. Cyclic-Poets prevail over Truth,
ib.

LETTER XVI. EUHEMERUS' Doctrine of the
GODs being all deified Mortals, 207. Its various
Reception, ibid, reputed an Atheist, 208. fol-
lowed by the Fathers, ibid. Primary GODS
fprung from CHAOS, 209. Reformation of The-
ology by the Platonifts, 210. THEOGONIES,
COSMOGONIES, and COSMOPOEIAS, long before
Platonifm, 211. Hefiod's PLAN, 212. Orpheus
HOLY WORD, ibid. Allegory came not late, ib.
Requires a peculiar Genius, 213. Lord Verulam's
Obfervation, ibid. GENIUS of the Eafterns, 214.
of the Westerns, ibid. of the FRENCH, accord-
ing to Malezieux, Voltaire, and Rapin, ib. Mode
of mortalizing TYPES, 215. Fontenelle's Re-
mark on the Litterati, ibid. Abbé BANIERS
Mythology, 216. Writ on a Suppofition, 217.
Miled by a Greek Word, ibid. Endeavours to
blacken Mythology, 218. Why? 219. Infected
by the Bishop of Meaux, ibid. Parallel between
that Prelate and the Bishop of Cambray, 220,
Mythology railed at by the former, ibid. His In-
Dd

confiftency,