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That was one of his devices, and a very clever onebelated oracles to make amends for those in which he had made bad predictions and missed the mark. Often he would promise good health to sick

v.4.p.215
men before their demise, and when they died another oracle would be ready with a recantation:
Seek no more for assistance against thy bitter affliction;
Death now standeth in view; tis beyond thy power toscape him.

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