An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…

We have three of those special figures here in the Text, and one more general. Arcturus, Orion and Pleiades are three figures, or starry representations in the eighth sphere. I will open their Hebrew names. As also the Latin and Greek names, used commonly in translations, by which we shall get a clearer understanding in the nature of the things themselves.

We have three of those speciall figures here in the Text, and one more generall. Arcturus, Orion and Pleiades are three figures, or starry representations in the eighth sphear. I will open their Hebrew names. As also the Latine and Greek names, used commonly in translations, by which we shall get a clearer understanding in the nature of the things themselves.

Which maketh Arcturus.

The word Gnesh in Hebrew,¹ signifies a meeting or congregating of many things together, because in that one, many stars are joined. Arcturus in Greek is as much as to say, The tail of the Bear, because the stars called Arcturus stand in a figure like the tail of a Bear.

1. 1[Greek or Hebrew] Congregare, conglobare, huic respondet Graecum verbum [Greek or Hebrew], quod est, commeare, vel undiquaque convenire. Arcturus stella est in cauda minoris ursae, & Septentrio dicitur, [Greek or Hebrew], ab ursinae caudae similitudine. [Greek or Hebrew] Constantiam, robur, vel inconstantiam significat, quod ejus ortus tempestatibus orbem variè turbat. Bold.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Congregare, conglobare, huic respondet Graecum verbum , quod est, commeare, vel undiquaque convenire. Arcturus stella est in cauda minoris ursae, & Septentrio dicitur, , ab ursinae caudae similitudine. Constantiam, robur, vel inconstantiam significat, quod ejus ortus tempestatibus orbem variè turbat. Bold.