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The first of the Æsculapii, the God of Arcadia, who is said to have invented the probe and to have been the first person who taught men to use bandages for wounds, is the son of Apollo. The second, who was killed with thunder, and is said to be buried in Cynosura, is the brother of the second Mercury.
the contemplation of which, to a mind desirous of observing the constancy of nature, is inexhaustible. The extreme top of either point is call'd The pole. Of these, the Greeks one Cynosura call, The other Helice. The brightest stars, indeed, of Helice are discernible all night, Which are by us Septentriones call'd.
Cynosura moves about the same pole, with a like number of stars, and ranged in the same order: This the Phoenicians choose to make their guide When on the ocean in the night they ride. Adorned with stars of more refulgent light, The other shines, and first appears at night. Though this is small, sailors its use have found; More inward is its course, and short its round.
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