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NOTES TO THE VARANGIAN.
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thought the Erotylos to possess great power in divination ; and
Zachalias, the Babylonian, in his books dedicated to Mithridates,
king of Pontus, believes that the destiny of man may be
foreknown, accelerated, or reversed by gems.
Aubrey assures us, and with truth, that gems were used in
magic or divination by the Druids.
34
( ) Our blessed Order whose source
Lies hidden where no mortal may approach. .
p. 349.
See the Dissertation on the Antiquity of Free-masonry at the
end of these notes.
( 33 ) The strange enchantment of the desert-fend. .
p. 354.
Marco Polo, in his account of the great desert of Kobi,
speaking after the superstitious belief of his own age, and that
of the Tartars, tells of its wonders and horrors, its strange
appearances and evil spirits, that enticed travellers from their
path with the sound of musical instruments and the clashing
of arms, and then left them to perish with hunger in those
dreadful solitudes.
( 36 )
with Saxon slaves
In every hovel ... p. 357.
"When Malcolm, king of Scotland, returned from ravaging
Northumberland, there was hardly a village, or even a house,
in Scotland, wherein you might not meet with an English slave
or slaves." Hoveden f p. 259.
( 3 7) England, my lords,
With all her countless riches. . .
p. 361.
When William, after his victories in England, returned to
Normandy, " he was visited by the Regent of France, whose
courtiers were astonished at the beauty of the long-haired English,
and at the rich gold-embroidered dresses, and gold and
silver vessels obtained from England."
38 And made the lion
( ) of the south to tremble. . . p. 361.
On the banner of William the Conqueror was represented two
leos-pardes, or lions passant-gardant. The French call a lion
passant-regardant, a lion leoparde' ; and a lion rampant, a I6opard
lionne*.