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Of the Chaos.

X-riA la) iij No^E^o? n fjJc\zv strgloTov, &C.

And Lucan in the beginning of his first Book

Antiqmm repetent iterum Chaos omniajkc.

Of the formation of all the Parts of theWorld out of this Chaos, Ovid in the placefore-quoted, gives us a full and particulardescription: aud Euripides before him 5brief one,.

o y Ou&ylt; f. } yœiz, t' hZ fAo^tph tAz y

’Ett&'i y e^ctig/oOffaziP aMwAvv, &C.

The Heaven and Earth were at first of oneform ; but after they ivere separated , theEarth brought forth Trees , Birds , Beasts,Fishes and Mankind.

The like account also the ancient Philoso-pher Anaxagoras gives of the Creation ofthe World, beginning his Philosophy thus,Tlxvlcc. [ijj o/xS‘ 6 ?to N«S avid

SiiKocrjAvm : that is, All things (at first) weretogether , or mingled and confused, then Mindsupervening disposed them in a beautiful or -der.

Thai; which I chiefly dislike in this Opi-nion

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