Artemidorus wrote: “To see a great Fish in the Sea, is good for no man, onely the Dolphin excepted, which promiseth Winde from the place from whence he…”
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Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
Of great Monsters or Fishes of the Sea. · Book 2, encoded section 79 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see a great Fish in the Sea, is good for no man, onely the Dolphin excepted, which promiseth Winde from the place from whence he commeth: but out of the Sea every Fish and great monster is good, for they can hurt no more, nor save themselves, and therefore besides that, our dream signifyes that our Enemies cannot hurt us: it sayes moreover, that the wicked shall be punished. Notwithstanding, the Dolphin séene out of the Sea, is not good, but signifyes the death of some of our good friends.
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