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37[Figure 37]
O bſeruandum eſt hoc´ loco leonina capita in
ſimis
veteres poſuiſſe, eaq́ perterebrata ad ca-
nalem
ſuperiorem, in quem decidit pluuia, ut Ae-
gvptiam
religionem imitarentur.
Aegyptij enim
recens
Nili incrementum Leone ſignificabant;
Nam inundare Nilum, & excreſcere maxime
3330 incipit, cum Leonem Sol ingreditur, duplumq́
recentis
aquæ ut ait Pierius, Sole in eo ſigno
commorante
, ſæpius exundat, quæ uis aquæ per
ſpatioſam
Aegypti planitiem late diffuſa, ſolum
ea
fertilitate grauidum reddit, qua non ipſi tantam indigenæ alimenta colligunt, ſed magnam orbis partem
fame
leuant.
propter eam uero aquarum redundantiam, quam Leonis beneficio conſequi ſe quot annis expe-
riuntur
, inſtitutum eſt, &
apud gentes omnes uno iam conſenſu receptum, ut canales, tubiq́; , & ſyphones,
qui
aquam eructant, per terebrata foramina in illa capita ad id locis opportunis adſculpi ſolita, aquam im-
mittant
, quæ inde ex leoninis rictibus euomi uideatur.
Hæc ille, ut authori ſuo, quod ſuum eſt reddatur.
Ita in ſimis leonina capita a lateribus ponuntur, quemadmodum notatum eſt in latere templi ſuperioris, ubi
podium
collocatum eſt.
Cæterum ſciendum eſt quod non omnia capita Leonina perterebrata ad canalem re-
4440 ſpondebant, ſed ea tantum, quæ ſupra columnas ſingulas adſculpta erant, nam mediana erat ſolida.
Ratio
buius
eſt in promptu, quoniam ſub medianis erant intercolumnia, &
loca, qua homines pertranſibant, quod
ſi
a leoninis capitibus imbrium aquæ demitterentur, tranſeuntes perfunderentur:
quare factum est, ut ea ſo-
lida
eſſent, reliqua contra columnas perterebrata.

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