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Then dress'd in a linnen
garment and led to a Mountain
inclosed with Walls of white
Marble. Within was a Cave
like the mouth of an oven
through which he descended
by a Ladder. When in the Dark
he was dragged by the Feet to
another little Cave where he
was to receive the Oracle in
a Trance after which he was
dragged back and by Charms
restored to his Senses.

But what is particularly to
be remarked is that those who
went into the Cave lost for a
time the Power of laughing.