"Moreover a Mountain signifies a city & more especially the head City as Ierusalem or Babylon, & sometimes a Temple & so x Islands signify Temples in a Country represented by the sea. Dens & Rocks of Mountains the buildings of Cities or the ruins of them, & chiefly of great stone buildings such as are Forts, Pallaces & Temples. Trees & Herbs men Swarms of Insects (as of Locusts) numerous Armies. Wild Beasts forreign Kingdoms. Other Beasts, as Froggs, other societies or sects of men according to their qualities. Wildernes a country wasted by these Beasts whither it be in temporal or spirituall matters. Flesh riches upon which they prey. The Foules of the Air the things that are in it, as spirits, or infectious diseases, & sometimes Armies & kingdoms."
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