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To have a wry Necke

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Artemidorus wrote: “FOr to have the head turned; so that it lookes backeward: forewarnes, not to goe out of his Countrey, and to enterprise no affaires,…”

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SOURCE ACCOUNT

Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood

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

To have a wry Necke. · Book 1, encoded section 25 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

FOr to have the head turned; so that it lookes backeward: forewarnes, not to goe out of his Countrey, and to enterprise no affaires, lest the issue be bad. They which are in a farre Country, shall return home.

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