Body & self

Ribs and the Navill

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Artemidorus wrote: “ALl the Ribs, and the inner side of the belly containing the bowels to the privities, is force of body, and abundance of goods and…”

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SOURCE ACCOUNT

Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood

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

Of the Ribs and the Navill. · Book 1, encoded section 32 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

ALl the Ribs, and the inner side of the belly containing the bowels to the privities, is force of body, and abundance of goods and riches: if they séem diseased, they signifie diseases of the body, and consumption of the purse. The Navill is losse of father and mother to such as have them, and to others banishment.

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