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The Rat and Weasell

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IN SHORT

Artemidorus wrote: “THe Rat signifies the servant: it is good to see many playing and sporting.”

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SOURCE ACCOUNT

Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood

The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription

The Rat and Weasell. · Book 3, encoded section 139 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

THe Rat signifies the servant: it is good to see many playing and sporting. But the Weasell signifieth a bad and wicked Wife, or Law, or Death, or gaine: according to her doings, goings▪ or commings.

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