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The Common Places
The common places of the most famous and renowned divine Doctor Peter Martyr divided into four principal parts: with a large addition of many theological and necessary discourses, some never extant before. Translated and partly gathered by Anthony Marten, one of the sewers of her Majesties most honourable chamber.The common places of the most famous and renowmed diuine Doctor Peter Martyr diuided into foure principall parts: with a large addition of manie theologicall and necessarie discourses, some neuer extant before. Translated and partlie gathered by Anthonie Marten, one of the sewers of hir Maiesties most honourable chamber.
Imprinted at London : In Pater noster Rowe, by Henry Denham and Henry Middleton at the costs and charges of Henry Denham, Thomas Chard, William Broome, and Andrew Maunsell, 1583Imprinted at London : In Pater noster Rovve, by Henry Denham and Henry Middleton at the costs and charges of Henrie Denham, Thomas Chard, VVilliam Broome, and Andrew Maunsell, 1583
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Jeremiah in the fourth chapter of his lamentations saith, that the Lamiae discovered their breasts, for they have very fair breasts. Albeit in the Hebrew it is written Lilith, about which word the Rabbins do very much trifle. Of the Empusae, Lamiae, and Mormolyciae, Philostratus writeth in the life of Apollonius Tyanaeus; for he ⟨p. 88⟩[…] ⟨p. 89⟩[…] ⟨p. 90⟩saith, that whereas a certain young man was allured to marriage by a woman (as she seemed) both very fair and rich, and who already so burned in the love of her, that he would in any wise take her to his wife; Apollonius being invited to the wedding supper, did forthwith understand the deceit, and said: This is one of those Empusae, which many men take to be the Lamiae and Mormolyciae, and so constrained her to confess what she was, and forthwith all that gorgeousness of gold and silver vanished into coals. Now all such, as well men as women, do exceedingly follow fleshly lusts. Wherefore the Satyri are so called of Sati, 1that is to say, of the privy members. And Incubi and Succubi, and Ephialtes of Insiliendo. Although with the physicians Ephialtes is a disease, 2proceeding of the crudity of the stomach, and the troubling of the head, whereby men think themselves to be pressed with an intolerable burden, and to be in a manner choked, and therefore the Grecians call it [Greek or Hebrew], that is, A choking spirit [and we, the mare] but of the disease we do not now speak.
Ieremie in the fourth chapter of his lamentations saith, that the Lamiae discouered their breasts, for they haue verie faire breasts. Albeit in the Hebrue it is written Lilith, about which word the Rabbins doo verie much trifle. Of the Empusae, Lamiae, and Mormolyciae, Philostratus writeth in the life of Apollonius Tyanaeus; for he ⟨p. 88⟩〈…〉