Consequences of the Deluge.

foretold, that there should be a great Flood°f Waters upon the k fifteenth Day of theMonth Defiits ; and commanded him to hideall Writings [ or whatever was committedto writing ] in Heliopolh of the Sypparians.Which so soon as Sifithrus had performed,hePtesently failed away to Armenia , wheretehat God had predicted to him, immedi-ately came to pals for came upon him J-^he third day after the Waters ceased , hetent forth Birds, that he might try whetherthey could espy any Land uncovered of Wa-ter. But they finding nothing but Sea, andt>ot knowing whither to betake themselves,teturned back to Sifithrus. In like manner,after some days he lent out others with likesuccess. But being sent out the third time,they returned with their feet fouled withJ-^ud. Then the Gods caught up Sifithrus‘tem among Men : but the Ship remained111 Armenia , and its Wood afforded the Inha-lants Amulets to chase away many Di-teases. These Histories accord with thescripture as to the main, of the being of a*taod, and Noah escaping out of it; onlyadulterate the Truth, by the admixturea deal of fabulous stuffCyril in his first Book against Julian , to^°Ve the Deluge, alledges a pastage out ofcinder Polyhifior. Plato himself ( faithF he)

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