Artemidorus wrote: “If you dream you are dead and sée your inward par [illegible passage] s according to their naturall order, it is good to him that hath…”
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Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
Of the inward parts. · Book 1, encoded section 33 · Text transcription · marked gaps
Original source (English)
If you dream you are dead and sée your inward par [illegible passage] s according to their naturall order, it is good to him that hath no children, and to him which is poor: for the one shall have children of his owne, the other riches of his owne. But to a rich man and him which would be close, it is shame and dishonour. It [illegible passage] is evill to all, when they dream that their intrailes are séene of others [illegible passage] for it betokeneth troublesome affaires, suites in law, and discredit. But if one dreams he is opened, and yet séeth not his intrails, it signifieth to him, forsaking of his house, losse of children, and death by sicknesse. It is also comfort for him that is in misery: for he which [illegible passage] oseth those parts which causeth pain and gr [illegible passage] efe, surely he shall be delivered out of distresse. Moreover we must think, that the heart signifieth a man, and the husband of the same woman that shall dream thereof and if a man dreams thereof, it is the Wife of the same man that dreams it: likewise also the Lungs. But the Liver signifieth the Sonne, Food, and the Fog. The Gall chollerick and melancholly humour, mony, and women, or Wives: the Spléen, pleasures, laughter, and vessell: the Belly and guts, Children, for they cry o [illegible passage] for meat: likewise they signifie Usurers. The Reines signifie Brothers and Cos [illegible passage] s.
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