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Show e ATHAN 4SIVS KIRCHE » R - M " The Temp[el of the Chinefian Gody ! ';vbl[‘),l'e ";ybil" i The Temple of the Dragon of the Sea or ' The Temple Typhen dent of the Walls The Temple of the Quecn of Heaven, | The Temple Dedicated ¢o goo Dedicated to the Moon The Temple Dedicated to Heaven The Temple Dedicated to D.mong an Spirits ) e the beb"lfiid W the d‘,'" | four bednnfnm‘ f Peace The Templ Dedicate to the Spiri g the 1 of Medicine, Efculapins, or Apollo e Tower with 10 Imm‘y felf afec ""mbgd Thele are fo agreeable to the Grecian and E Idolatry feemeth to have made a V ond ),dgeaf der of A The third Argumen 15, That befides their Letters, in which t ey come very near the Hieroglyphickso the Egyptians, as I have (hewed in the fecon part of my Oe dipns , they have th {ame Ceremonies ~ But know that the Egyptians always adoréd t e figures of the Pyramids with certain Divine honour, the (heir Demon fke manne ' the place 3? ¢ There 1 ¢ go to mak ra&s of which {ort of worthip continu in Chinz ; fo they have alfo Pyramids, which they call Chin es, info great Veneration, that n perfon dareth to undertake any thing efore he hath performed his devotio there; Ifhall alledge Petrus Farricus as witnefs of this matter, whoin the Fift Book of his Indjan Hiftory Publithed in F enchythe 5 1. Chapter relateth concerning.them in thefe words ¢ Befides thefe Wooden Idol ¢ the 1do! C ¢\eft their ¢ an offering ¢ aboard " Concern . of the Voy , there are others which t ey call Chinees, mad ¢ for workmenthip in fafhion of Fyramids, w thin which there isa certain kind o © white Ants or Emmets, which difcover no themfelves without, but have thei ¢ little Cabines or Lodges within, fo that non knoweth from whence they receiv ¢ their nourifhment ; and they defiroy the Cih whic5 h ar made in form of Oratories or pri; vate Ch ‘ ters are much admirer, for they great y fear thefe Chinees, infomuch that wh "they buya Slave, they fiift bring him befo e fome one of thefe Pyramids o " Chinees, witha Wine oftering, or other t it, {uppli" cating the Idol, that'if the Slave houl run away, he would caufe (in a {ort th "Sefpents, Lizards, and Tigers, to kill nd devour him; whereupon the Poo "Slavesarefo fearful, that although theyareill u "never prefume to forfake them "rom which it is apparent that the Chinefes b pi1ans, Perfians, and others, who, a I have (hewed in my Oedipus, worfhip ed Stone or Rock terminated in.a Cone, or Pyramide, inftead of a Deity 5 but fo the Novizonian Pyramids hear' Fath r Martinins, who in his Atlss foli defcribeth them. ™ I the Provinc of Foquien are many beantiful F ab few Templess bu have J aid the Fortwn The Temple Dedicated to the Planet | Th bfdrf yage thence into China ,;mo'"'b" The Temple Dedicated to Mountain dent of the Woods or Diaza and Rivers, that s, to the Oreades and The Altar of Heaven Nereiades - The Temple of a grateful mind ( pind tb{)'b - | The Temple Dedicated to the Pref; - | The Alear of the Earth or Ceres The Alear of the God of Rain th " are many ¢Good D ¢oaft. dec i : Cm'q hinefes, Pofio ‘n‘\ov}ng 9 tsréngh (S oc ‘Wh'Cht (t},‘e futu ‘f‘O"al Ry poftu be juft Subterra Cprivate 7. thu not the Tower without the Walls excelleth all th an magnitnde of work : the figure is eight-[ uare, it rifeth from the grouwnd nine f orie i beight, and therefore it is called Noviz n a - its perpendicular from the Vertex i the foundation is 9o Cubits, unto hich the bredih anfwereth in a d rtion ; th exterionr wall is adorned with c rved and painted figures made of the rueft clay, o whie s "and ther Cculter "chins, "Creato g Houfes rigantiy alrs wer this may |