BREAST-PLATES
BREAST-PLATES
Breast-Plates are defensive arms, denoting and giving courage and undauntedness to those that use them; and, by reflection, striking terror and amazement into those they are employed against. Accordingly to dream of finding or putting on a breast-plate, is, with the Oneirocritics, the symbol of joy for the destruction of enemies; f1 and the symbol of riches, to be obtained by valour f2
Hence the author of the history of the Maccabees, to spew that Judas did noble actions, says, ” He put on a breast-plate like a warrior,” Maccab 3:3. And Horace, speaking of the boldness of him who first ventured to sea, saith, that his breast was armed with treble brass.
F1 (Oneir. c. 156.)
F2 (Oneir. c. 249.)