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When formerly in Lydia, as the fable says, the earth opened with great storms; Gyger the sheperd of King Candaulus went down into this opening, & found there a brazen horse in whose belly there was a door: which having opened he saw there the body of a dead man of an unusual size, & a golden ring upon his finger: which having taken off he put it upon his own finger, & [[addition]] he [[/addition]] betake himself to the assembly of the sheperds. There when he turned the beazel of this ring to the palm of his hand, he was seen by no one, but he himself saw them all: when he placed the ring as it ought to be, then he himself was again seen by every body. He took the advantage which this ring gave him, to kill the ^ [[addition]] King [[/addition]] his master, & kill'd all those who he thought [[deletion]] were [[/deletion]] [[addition]] stood [[/addition]] in the way: nor could any one see him while he was perpetrating these crimes. So suddenly by the help of his ring he [[unclear]] up King of Lydia.
