Artemidorus wrote: “To dream to have some little quantity of Lice, and to finde them upon his body, or gowne, and kill them, signifies that one shall be…”
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Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
Of Lice, and Long Wormes. · Book 3, encoded section 125 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream to have some little quantity of Lice, and to finde them upon his body, or gowne, and kill them, signifies that one shall be delivered from care and heavinesse. But to have a great quantity, is long sicknesse, captivity, or great poverty, for in such cases, lice abound. And if one cast them all away, it argues hope to be relieved of all his evils: to vomit wormes by his mouth, or upon his seat, is to know his enemies, and familiar wrongers, and to overcome them.
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