Artemidorus wrote: “To dreame that you are annointed, and painted, is good for all, except wicked women.”
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Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
Of Oyntments and Paintings. · Book 1, encoded section 57 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dreame that you are annointed, and painted, is good for all, except wicked women. For men it is ill, and signifyeth shame, except to those which are accustomed to use them, as surgeons, painters, &c.
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