Artemidorus wrote: “COw Dung, Horse-dung, and all others (except mans) is good onely to a Plough-man, to others it is heavinesse and hurt.”
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Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood · Of the Dung.
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
Of the Dung. · Book 2, encoded section 88 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
COw Dung, Horse-dung, and all others (except mans) is good onely to a Plough-man, to others it is heavinesse and hurt. It hath been proved by experience, that it is profit to such as are of meane Estate. To sée great store of mans dung, is great evill; especially, to be fowled therewith is most evill: to lay his dung in his Chamber is great sicknesse, or divorce of his wife▪ or friend, or change of Lodging, It is very great danger to dream to ease ones belly in the Church: in the Market or Hot-house, is shame, hurt, and revealing of secrets: but to ease ones belly well, with ease and much, in a privie Chamber-pot, is good for all, it is a signe of allegiance, and discharge of care and businesse. I have knowne it good also to ease ones selfe by the Shore, in the Fields, paths, Rivers, and ponds: and the like to dreame of a Cupboord.
Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood · Of Dung.
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
Of Dung. · Book 3, encoded section 156 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
FOr to see Dung, is good for those which live upon the common People, and which reape gaines by them, and to such as are of base estate. It is also good for those which have charge of publike affayrs. It is good for the Poore to sleep on a Dunghill, for he shall get and heape up store of money: to the rich it is Publike estate, office, and honour. For the common People alwayes carry and cast their superfluities on the Dunghill. To be fouled with Dung by any friend, is enmity with him, and injury by him, but by any stranger it is great hurt to come.
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