ARCTURUS, signifies properly the Bear’s tail, and denotes a star, which was behind the great Bear’s tail, the rising and setting whereof presaged, as was said, storms and bad weather1.
Arcturus signum sum omnium quam acerrimum. Vehemens sum, cùm exorior, cùm occido, vehementior.
Job ix. 9. Arcturus.Job speaks of Arcturus, or the Bear, under the name of Ash; and of Orion, under the name of Chesil. The Astronomers place this star, which is of the second magnitude, in the heart of Scorpius. The Pleiades he mentions by the name of Chimah; and lastly, the Antarctick Pole in what he calls the Chambers of the South. See our Comment upon Job ix. 9. and xxxvii. 9.
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Plaut. in Rudente, Prolog. ↩