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Water thrice upon your Head, and then ye fhall
afcend to the Roofs of your Houfes, and there ye
Ihall adore the Sun and Five Stars , and pray
JO them, not for any thing in particular, but only
in general, that they would grant you fuch things
as they know to be neceffary for you, and return
them thanks for the Favours ye have formerly
received from them. And in the Night-time, at
the firft Hour
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ye (hall worfhip the Moon and
the other Five Stars, after the fame manner. For
ye muft know, that the Sun is the rirft and molt
excellent Creature which I have created to govern
you, and to him I have given power of
conferring Benefits upon you, according as you
deferve well of me and him. The Moon I have
plac'd in the next degree below him, and tha
Ten Stars likewife in their proper places, as being
inferior to the other two. But if ye negleft
to worfhip them , I have given them power not
only to keep back the good things they can beitow,
but alfo to do you mifchief, by affll£ling
your Bodies with grievous Difeafes, by deftroying
the Fruits of your Ground , and poyfoning
the Air with Feftilential Vapors : And therefore
ye (hall account it your daily Duty on the common
Days to worfhip and adore them, after the
manner afore- prefcribed. Moreover, ye (hall obferve
three Feltivals iji the Year, one to the honour
of the Sun, another to the honour of the
Moon , and a third to the honour of the Ten
Stars. The firft fliall be in the fjrft Week of the
fecond Month called Damen^ and (hall lall from
the third until the ninth Day of the Week. The
fecond (hall be in the firft Week of the fifth
Month called Dattibes^ and (hall laft from the
third unto the ninth Day of the Week. The
third fhall bs in the third Week of the eighth
Month