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It was that of the IMG:content-0627.png:[blocks in formation] Isle of Dogs. See Dogs . Isle of France. See Mauritius . Isle of Honey. See the extract. great fame and glory of San Isidro the Ploughman. This remarkable personage, who plays so distinguished a part in the ecclesiastical history of Madrid, is supposed to have been born in the twelfth century, on what afterwards became the site of that city, and to have led a life so eminently pious that the angels came down and ploughed his grounds for him, which the holy man neglected in order to devote his time to religious duties. From an early period, therefore, he enjoyed much consideration, and was regarded as the patron and friend of the whole territory, as well as of the city of Madrid itself. But his great honors Isle of Man. See Man . date from the year 1598. In that year Philip the Third was dangerously ill at a neighboring village; the city sent out the remains of Isidro in proce ion to avert the im pending calamity; the king recovered; and for the first time the holy man became widely famous and fashionable. Ticknor , Span. Lit., II. 165. Isis (i's is). 1. [Gr. Ἶσις.] In Egyptian mythology, the chief female deity, the sister, wife, and female counterpart of Osiris, and the mother of Horus. She is distinguished by the solar disk and cow's horns on her head, often surmounted by a diminutive throne, and bears the lotus scepter. By the Greeks she was identified with Io. Her worship in a modified form, as a nature-godde , was introduced subsequently to the Alexandrine epoch into Greece, and was very popular at Rome from the end of the republic. The Greek and Roman priests and prieste es of Isis wore a special costume, and had as an attribute a peculiar metallic rattle, the sistrum. On her statue was an inscription mentioned by Proclus: "I am that which is, has been, and shall be. My veil no one has lifted. The fruit I bore was the Sun"; hence the well known allusion to a mystery as "the veil of Isis," or as covered with "the veil of Isis."