Artemidorus wrote: “MArshes and Fens are good onely to Shepheards, to others they are impeachments.”
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Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
Of Fennes, Mountains, Marishes, Pathes, and Woods. · Book 2, encoded section 90 · Text transcription · marked gaps
Original source (English)
MArshes and Fens are good onely to Shepheards, to others they are impeachments. Mountains Valleys, Woods, and Plains, are heavinesse, fears and troubles, stripes to servants and malefactors, and hurt to the rich: it is always better to crosse over them, and not to stay there, or number in the way. Large, plain, and easie pathes, are fore-runners of health, and s [illegible passage] on the contrary.
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Display text corrects OCR misreads: Uallyes → Valleys. The original transcription is retained in the source record.
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