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Of the nature and use of lots a treatise historical and theologicalOf the nature and vse of lots a treatise historicall and theologicall
Of the nature and use of lots a treatise historical and theological; written by Thomas Gataker B. of D. sometime preacher at Lincolns Inn, and now pastor of Rotherhith.Of the nature and vse of lots a treatise historicall and theologicall; written by Thomas Gataker B. of D. sometime preacher at Lincolnes Inne, and now pastor of Rotherhith.
London: printed by Edward Griffin, 1619
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
At Syracuse the delivery in Court of their minds in course by Lot (u in some kind and case continued unto Tullies time with them) and that after the order of the Alphabet (as *the like was used in the Olympics) is famous for Dionysius his act, xwho having drawn the letter M. when one jesting upon him said yhe would play the Mome or the fool, made answer that zhe would prove not a Mome but a Monarch: and he made his word good; for chosen General he turned Tyrant. Whence it grew to a Proverb to say, 1M. is his Lot, either aof a fool, or bof a fellow of no worth.
At Syracuse the deliuery in Court of their mindes in course by Lot (u in some kinde and case continued vnto Tullies time with them) and that after the order of the Alphabet (as *the like was vsed in the Olympickes) is famous for Dionysius his act, xwho hauing drawne the letter M. when one jesting vpon him said yhe would play the Mome or the foole, made answere that zhe would proue not a Mome but a Monarke: and hee made his word good; for chosen Generall hee turned Tyrant. Whence it grew to a Prouerbe to say,