Artemidorus wrote: “RIngs of yron about one, signifie goods, but with labour.”
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Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
Of Exteriour Braveries. · Book 2, encoded section 67 · Text transcription · marked gaps
Original source (English)
RIngs of yron about one, signifie goods, but with labour. Also rings of gold which have stones are good: for those which have no stones▪ signifie paines without profit. But alwayes massy and full rings are better then hollow, which signifie deceit and falshood, and greater hope then profit. Rings of Amber, Ivory, and such like, are good only for women. Carcanets, chains▪ pearles, pre [illegible passage] ious stones, and all adornings of the head and necks of women, are good for women: [illegible passage] o widowes and maids, they signifie mariage; to those which have no children, that they shall have: and to those which have husbands and children, they betoken purchases and riches: for as women are provided of these deckings, so shall they be stored of husbands, children, and goods. But to men, this dream signifies deceit, craft, and confusion in accounts of money, not because of the matter, but of the form▪ and fashion.
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