Artemidorus wrote: “To dreame that he is beheaded, whether justly or otherwise, is ill to him which hath a father, mother and children: for he shall lose…”
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Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
Of being Beheaded. · Book 1, encoded section 24 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dreame that he is beheaded, whether justly or otherwise, is ill to him which hath a father, mother and children: for he shall lose them. Some also having had this dreame, have lost their Wives, Friends, and Farme: and others having houses have lost them. And he which hath all these things, shall not have good lucke with them all: but as I have known by experience, he shall lose that which is most necessary, and which he shall estéem most dearly. This dream is good for him which is accused of any crime, and is in danger of death: but to Changers, Usurers, Masters of Gallies, or Merchants, and all such as gathers money, it signifies losse of a summe of money: this dreame is good for debters. He which is in a farre Country and hath this dreame, shall return into his▪ own: he which is in suit for his inheritance shall obtain his suit: but in a case of Trespasse or money, he shall be overthrowne.
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