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lence, dared ſolemnly in the name, and by the authority of the Gods whom he ſerved, to affirm that heaven to man had granted every animal for food (22). So flattering to the perverſe luſt of his hearers, the impious lie was greedily received, and ſwallowed with unſcrupulous credulity. Still, however, with diffidence was the deed perpetrated: not without many auguſt ceremonies was the murder executed by the miniſters of the Gods; the Deities were ſolemnly invoked to ſanctify by
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