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Chain

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IN SHORT

Artemidorus wrote: “A Chaine is a Wife, defaining, ill successe of affayres, and hinderance.” Compare 2 historical dream books.

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SOURCE ACCOUNT

Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood

The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription

Of a Chaine. · Book 3, encoded section 145 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

A Chaine is a Wife, defaining, ill successe of affayres, and hinderance.

The source heading “A Chaine” is shown on the Chain page: archaic spelling (Artemidorus "Of a Chaine")

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SOURCE ACCOUNT

Astra Cielo

Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917

Chain · Dream section, heading 98; source lines 4096–4098 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

Foretells a union of people hitherto separated.

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