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XXIX. HOW INFINITE, OR A SONG, OR FATE.

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SEVEN LETTERS INCLUDED WITHIN TWO FINGERS [RINGS?] 2 symbolize a song, or infinite, or fate.

Footnotes

106:1

XXIX. 1. The number 70 is very common on funereal tablets, and signifies "The Days of mourning." Sh. 676. The Egyptians still sing their lamentations, perhaps a relic of the funereal chant called, Maneros by Plutarch.

2. An amulet with some mystic signification.

106:2 De Pauw. sug. δακτυλίοις," rings."—Reuv. ἐντος δακτυλίου, "within a ring." Qy. Bent into the form of a ring.

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