Artemidorus wrote: “To be kept and detained by any one, is impeachment of affayres, and continuance of sicknesse to the Sicke.”
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Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
To be kept and detained. · Book 3, encoded section 163 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To be kept and detained by any one, is impeachment of affayres, and continuance of sicknesse to the Sicke. Notwithstanding, to those that are very low, and near theyr end, it is recovery of health, and continuance therein. For the kéeping, represents life which shalbe prolonged: but deliverance, dissolution, and losse, is quite contrary, and death: to enter into prison, and captivity of bonds, either willingly, or by force, is great sicknesse, or anger. Sergeants and Hangmen are captivity, heavinesse, and revealing of secrets, to malefactors.
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