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6、heThingfpeaksfoamplyforitfelf.ThatPythagoras,whoheldtheTranfmigrationofSouls,pretendedtorememberThingstranfaftedintheBodieswhichhehadhasbeenformerlyanimated,allowed.OvidinthefifteenthuniverfallyBookofhisMetamorphofes,introduceshimiffThePREFACE.inaLedl
7、uretohisDifciples,fayingthusofhimfelf:IpfeEgo(nammemini)^TrojanitemporebelliPanthoidesEuphorbuseram>&c.andheproceedstomentionfomeParticu-largwhichhappenedtohimatthatTime.Whythereforemayhenotaswellbefup-tohaverecordedthepofedgreatVarietyofIncidentswhic
8、hhemufthavemetwithintheotherBodieswhichheinhabited?OnewouldalmoftfupeftthatOvidhadfeenthefollowingMemoirs,andtakenhisHintsfromthem;fincehemakesourPhilofophers,fpeakingoftheDepravityofMankind,fayInfcripfereDeosfceleri,NumenquefupernumQcedelabor
