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             New Atlantis a work unfinished / written by the Right Honourable Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban.
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           NEW
           ATLANTIS
           .
           A
           VVork
           unfinished
           ,
        
         
           Written
           by
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           FRANCIS
           ,
           
             Lord
             Verulam
             ,
             Viscount
          
           St.
           
             Alban
             .
          
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           THis
           
             Fable
          
           my
           
             Lord
          
           devised
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           He
           might
           exhibit
           therein
           ,
           a
           
             Modell
          
           or
           
             Description
          
           of
           a
           
             College
             ,
          
           instituted
           for
           the
           
             Interp●eting
          
           of
           
             Nature
             ,
          
           and
           the
           producing
           of
           
             Great
          
           and
           
             Marvellous
             Works
             ,
          
           for
           the
           
             Benefit
          
           of
           
             Men
          
           ;
           Vnder
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Salomons
             House
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             College
             of
             the
             Six
             Dayes
             Works
             .
          
           And
           even
           so
           farre
           his
           
             Lor●ship
          
           hath
           proceeded
           ,
           as
           to
           finish
           that
           Part.
           
           Certainly
           the
           Modell
           is
           more
           Vast
           ,
           and
           High
           ,
           than
           can
           possibly
           be
           imitated
           in
           all
           things
           ;
           Notwithstanding
           most
           Things
           therein
           are
           within
           Mens
           Power
           to
           effect
           .
           His
           
             Lordship
          
           thought
           also
           in
           this
           present
           
             Fable
             ,
          
           to
           have
           composed
           a
           
             Frame
          
           of
           
             Lawes
             ,
          
           or
           of
           the
           
             best
             State
          
           or
           
             Mould
          
           of
           a
           
             Common-Wealth
          
           ;
           But
           foreseeing
           it
           would
           be
           a
           long
           Work
           ,
           his
           Desire
           of
           Collecting
           the
           
             Natural
             History
          
           diverted
           him
           ,
           which
           He
           preferred
           many
           degrees
           before
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           Work
           of
           the
           
             New
             Atlantis
          
           (
           as
           much
           as
           concerneth
           the
           
             English
             Edition
          
           )
           his
           
             Lordship
          
           designed
           for
           this
           place
           ;
           In
           regard
           it
           hath
           so
           near
           Affinity
           (
           in
           one
           part
           of
           it
           )
           with
           the
           preceding
           
             Natural
             History
             .
          
        
         
           
             VV.
             Rawley
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           NEW
           ATLANTIS
           .
        
         
           WE
           sailed
           from
           
             Peru
             ,
          
           (
           where
           we
           had
           continued
           by
           the
           space
           of
           one
           whole
           year
           )
           for
           
             China
          
           and
           
             Iapan
             ,
          
           by
           the
           South
           Sea
           ;
           taking
           with
           us
           Victuals
           for
           twelve
           Months
           ;
           and
           had
           good
           Winds
           from
           the
           East
           ,
           though
           soft
           and
           weak
           ,
           for
           five
           Mo●ths
           space
           and
           more
           .
           But
           then
           the
           Wind
           came
           about
           ,
           and
           setled
           in
           the
           West
           for
           many
           daies
           ,
           so
           as
           we
           could
           make
           little
           or
           no
           way
           ,
           and
           were
           sometimes
           in
           purpose
           to
           turn
           back
           .
           But
           then
           again
           there
           arose
           Strong
           and
           Great
           VVinds
           from
           the
           South
           ,
           with
           a
           Point
           East
           ;
           which
           carried
           us
           up
           ,
           (
           for
           all
           that
           we
           could
           do
           )
           towards
           the
           North
           :
           By
           which
           time
           our
           Victuals
           failed
           us
           ,
           though
           we
           had
           made
           good
           spare
           of
           them
           .
           So
           that
           finding
           our selves
           ,
           in
           the
           Midst
           of
           the
           greatest
           VVilderness
           of
           waters
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           without
           Victuall
           ,
           we
           gave
           our Selves
           for
           lost
           Men
           ,
           and
           prepared
           for
           death
           .
           Yet
           we
           did
           lift
           up
           our
           Hearts
           and
           Voices
           to
           GOD
           above
           ,
           
             who
             sheweth
             his
             Wonders
             in
             the
             Deep
          
           ;
           Beseeching
           him
           of
           his
           Mercy
           ,
           that
           as
           in
           the
           
             Beginning
          
           He
           discovered
           the
           
             Face
          
           of
           the
           
             Deep
             ,
          
           and
           brought
           forth
           
             Drie-land
          
           :
           So
           he
           would
           now
           discover
           Land
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           not
           perish
           .
           And
           it
           came
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           the
           next
           day
           about
           Evening
           ,
           we
           saw
           within
           a
           Kenning
           before
           us
           ,
           towards
           the
           North
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           thicker
           Clouds
           ,
           which
           did
           put
           us
           in
           some
           hope
           of
           Land
           :
           Knowing
           how
           that
           part
           of
           the
           South-Sea
           was
           utterly
           unknown
           :
           And
           might
           have
           ●slands
           or
           Continents
           ,
           that
           hitherto
           were
           not
           come
           to
           light
           .
           VVherefore
           we
           bent
           our
           course
           thither
           ,
           where
           we
           saw
           the
           appearance
           of
           Land
           ,
           all
           that
           Night
           .
           And
           in
           the
           Dawning
           of
           the
           next
           Day
           ,
           we
           might
           plainly
           discern
           that
           it
           was
           a
           Land
           Flat
           to
           our
           sight
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           Boscage
           :
           which
           made
           it
           shew
           the
           more
           Da●k
           .
           And
           after
           an
           Hour
           and
           a
           halfes
           Sayling
           ,
           we
           entred
           
           into
           a
           good
           
             Haven
             ,
          
           being
           the
           Port
           of
           a
           fair
           
             City
             .
          
           Not
           great
           indeed
           ,
           but
           well
           built
           ,
           and
           that
           gave
           a
           pleasant
           view
           from
           the
           Sea
           .
           And
           we
           thinking
           every
           minute
           long
           ,
           till
           we
           were
           on
           Land
           ,
           came
           close
           to
           the
           Shore
           ,
           and
           offered
           to
           Land
           .
           But
           straight
           waies
           we
           saw
           divers
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           with
           Bastons
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           forbidding
           us
           to
           land
           :
           Yet
           without
           any
           Cries
           or
           Fiercenesse
           ,
           but
           only
           as
           warning
           us
           off
           ,
           by
           Signes
           that
           they
           made
           .
           Whereupon
           being
           not
           a
           little
           discomforted
           ,
           we
           were
           advising
           with
           our selves
           ,
           what
           we
           should
           do
           .
           During
           which
           time
           ,
           there
           made
           forth
           to
           us
           a
           small
           Boat
           ,
           with
           about
           eight
           Persons
           in
           it
           ,
           whereof
           One
           of
           them
           had
           in
           his
           Hand
           a
           Tip-staffe
           of
           a
           yellow
           Cane
           ,
           tipped
           at
           both
           ends
           with
           Blew
           ,
           who
           made
           aboard
           our
           Ship
           ,
           without
           any
           shew
           of
           Distrust
           at
           all●
           And
           when
           he
           saw
           one
           of
           our
           Number
           ,
           present
           himself
           somewhat
           afore
           the
           rest
           ,
           he
           drew
           forth
           a
           little
           Scroul
           of
           Parchment
           (
           somewhat
           yellower
           than
           our
           Parchment
           ,
           and
           shining
           like
           the
           Leaves
           of
           VVriting
           Tables
           ,
           but
           otherwise
           soft
           and
           flexible
           ,
           )
           and
           delivered
           it
           to
           our
           formost
           man
           .
           In
           which
           Scroul
           were
           written
           in
           Antient
           
             Hebre●
             ,
          
           and
           in
           Antient
           
             Greek
             ,
          
           and
           in
           good
           
             Latine
          
           of
           the
           School
           ,
           and
           in
           
             Spanish
             ,
          
           these
           words
           ;
           
             Land
             ye
             not
             ,
             none
             of
             you
             ;
             and
             provide
             to
             be
             gone
             from
             this
             Coast
             ,
             within
             sixteen
             daies
             ,
             except
             you
             have
             further
             time
             given
             you
             :
             Mean
             while
             ,
             if
             you
             want
             Fresh
             Water
             ,
             or
             Victual
             ,
             or
             help
             for
             your
             Sick
             ,
             or
             that
             your
             Ship
             needeth
             repair
             ,
             write
             down
             your
             wants
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             have
             that
             which
             b●longeth
             to
             Mercy
             .
          
           This
           Scroul
           was
           signed
           with
           a
           Stamp
           of
           
             Cherubims
             Wings
             ,
          
           not
           spread
           but
           hanging
           downwards
           ;
           And
           by
           them
           a
           
             Crosse
             .
          
           This
           being
           delivered
           ,
           the
           
             Officer
          
           returned
           ,
           and
           left
           only
           a
           Servant
           with
           us
           to
           receive
           our
           Answer
           .
           Consulting
           ●●reupon
           amongst
           our Selves
           ,
           we
           were
           much
           perplexed
           .
           The
           Deniall
           of
           Landing
           ,
           and
           Hasty
           VVarning
           us
           away
           ,
           troubled
           us
           much
           :
           On
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           to
           find
           that
           the
           People
           had
           Languages
           ,
           and
           were
           so
           full
           of
           Humanity
           ,
           did
           comfort
           us
           not
           a
           little
           .
           And
           above
           all
           ,
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           
             Crosse
          
           to
           that
           Instrument
           ,
           was
           to
           us
           a
           great
           Rejoycing
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           a
           certain
           Presage
           of
           Good
           .
           Our
           Answer
           was
           in
           the
           
             Spanish
          
           tongue
           ;
           
             That
             for
             our
             Ship
             ,
             it
             was
             well
             ;
             For
             we
             had
             rather
             met
             with
             Calmes
             and
             contrary
             winds
             ,
             than
             any
             Tempests
             .
             For
             our
             Sick
             ,
             they
             were
             many
             ,
             and
             in
             very
             ill
             Case
             ;
             So
             that
             if
             they
             were
             not
             permitted
             to
             Land
             ,
             they
             ran
             in
             danger
             of
             their
             lives
             .
          
           Our
           other
           VVants
           wee
           let
           down
           in
           particular
           ,
           adding
           ;
           
             That
             we
             had
             some
             little
             store
             of
             Merchandize
             ,
             which
             if
             it
             pleased
             them
             to
             deal
             for
             ,
             it
             might
             supply
             our
             Wants
             ,
             without
             being
             chargeable
             
             unto
             them
             .
          
           VVe
           offered
           some
           Reward
           in
           Pistolets
           unto
           the
           Servant
           ,
           and
           a
           piece
           of
           Crimson
           Velvet
           to
           be
           presented
           to
           the
           
             Officer
          
           :
           But
           the
           Servant
           took
           them
           not
           ,
           nor
           would
           scarce
           look
           upon
           them
           ;
           And
           so
           left
           us
           ,
           and
           went
           back
           in
           another
           little
           Boat
           which
           was
           sent
           for
           him
           .
        
         
           About
           three
           Hours
           after
           we
           had
           dispatched
           our
           Answer
           ,
           there
           came
           toward
           us
           ,
           a
           Person
           (
           as
           it
           seemed
           ,
           )
           of
           place
           .
           He
           had
           on
           him
           a
           Gown
           with
           wide
           Sleeves
           ,
           of
           a
           kind
           of
           VVater
           Chamolet
           ,
           of
           an
           excellent
           Azure
           Colour
           ,
           far
           more
           glossy
           than
           ours
           :
           His
           under
           Apparell
           was
           green
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           his
           Hat
           ,
           being
           in
           the
           form
           of
           a
           Turban
           ,
           daintily
           made
           ,
           and
           not
           so
           huge
           as
           the
           
             Turkish
          
           Turbans
           ;
           And
           the
           Locks
           of
           his
           Hair
           came
           down
           below
           the
           Brims
           of
           it
           .
           A
           Reverend
           Man
           was
           he
           to
           behold
           .
           He
           came
           in
           a
           Boat
           ,
           gilt
           in
           some
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           with
           four
           persons
           more
           onely
           in
           that
           Boat
           ;
           And
           was
           followed
           by
           another
           Boat
           ,
           wherein
           were
           some
           Twenty
           .
           VVhen
           he
           was
           come
           within
           a
           Flight-shot
           of
           our
           Ship
           ,
           Signes
           were
           made
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           send
           forth
           some
           to
           meet
           him
           upon
           the
           water
           ,
           which
           we
           presently
           did
           in
           our
           Ship-Boat
           ,
           sending
           the
           principal
           Man
           amongst
           us
           save
           one
           ,
           and
           four
           of
           our
           Number
           with
           him
           .
           VVhen
           we
           were
           come
           within
           six
           yards
           of
           their
           Boat
           ,
           they
           called
           to
           us
           to
           stay
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           approach
           further
           ,
           which
           we
           did
           .
           And
           thereupon
           the
           Man
           ,
           whom
           I
           before
           described
           ,
           stood
           up
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           loud
           voyce
           in
           
             Spanish
             ,
          
           asked
           ,
           
             Are
             ye
             Christians
          
           ?
           VVe
           answered
           ,
           
             We
             were
          
           ;
           fearing
           the
           lesse
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           
             Crosse
          
           we
           had
           seen
           in
           the
           Subscription
           .
           At
           which
           Answer
           the
           said
           Person
           lift
           up
           his
           Right
           Hand
           towards
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           drew
           it
           softly
           to
           his
           Mouth
           (
           which
           is
           the
           Gesture
           they
           use
           ,
           when
           they
           thank
           GOD
           ;
           )
           And
           then
           said
           :
           
             If
             you
             will
             swear
             ,
             (
             all
             of
             you
             )
             by
             the
             merits
             of
             the
          
           SAVIOUR
           ,
           
             that
             ye
             are
             no
             Pirates
             ;
             Nor
             have
             shed
             bloud
             ,
             lawfully
             ,
             nor
             unlawfully
             ,
             within
             forty
             daies
             past
             ;
             you
             may
             have
             License
             to
             come
             on
             Land
             .
          
           We
           said
           ,
           
             We
             were
             all
             ready
             to
             take
             that
             Oath
             .
          
           VVhereupon
           one
           of
           those
           that
           were
           with
           him
           ,
           being
           (
           as
           it
           seemed
           )
           a
           
             Notary
             ,
          
           made
           an
           Entry
           of
           this
           Act.
           Which
           done
           ,
           another
           of
           the
           Attendants
           of
           the
           Great
           Person
           ,
           which
           was
           with
           him
           in
           the
           same
           Boat
           ,
           after
           his
           Lord
           had
           spoken
           a
           little
           to
           him
           ,
           said
           aloud
           :
           
             My
             Lord
             would
             have
             you
             know
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             of
             Pride
             ,
             or
             Greatnesse
             ,
             that
             he
             commeth
             not
             aboard
             your
             Ship
             :
             But
             for
             that
             ,
             in
             your
             Answer
             ,
             you
             declare
             ,
             that
             you
             have
             many
             Sick
             amongst
             you
             ,
             he
             was
             warned
             by
             the
          
           Conservatour
           
             of
          
           Health
           ,
           
             of
             the
          
           City
           ,
           
             that
             he
             should
             keep
             a
             distance
             .
          
           VVe
           bowed
           our selves
           towards
           him
           ,
           and
           answered
           :
           
             We
             
             were
             his
             humble
             Servants
             ;
             And
             accounted
             for
             great
             Honour
             ,
             and
             singular
             Humanity
             toward
             us
             ,
             that
             which
             was
             already
             done●
             But
             hoped
             well
             ,
             that
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             Sicknesse
             ,
             of
             our
             Men
             ,
             was
             not
             infectious
             .
          
           So
           he
           returned
           ;
           And
           a
           while
           after
           came
           the
           
             Notary
          
           to
           us
           aboard
           our
           Ship
           ;
           Holding
           in
           his
           hand
           a
           Fruit
           of
           that
           Country
           ,
           like
           an
           Orenge
           ,
           but
           of
           colour
           between
           Orenge-tawny
           and
           Scarlet
           :
           which
           cast
           a
           most
           excellent
           Odour
           .
           He
           used
           it
           (
           as
           i●
           seemeth
           )
           for
           a
           Preservative
           against
           Infection
           .
           He
           gave
           us
           our
           Oath
           ;
           
             By
             the
             Name
             of
             Iesus
             and
             his
             Merits
          
           ;
           And
           after
           told
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           next
           day
           by
           six
           of
           the
           Clock
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           we
           should
           be
           sent
           to
           ,
           and
           brought
           to
           the
           
             Strangers
             House
             ,
          
           (
           so
           he
           called
           it
           )
           where
           we
           should
           be
           accommodated
           of
           things
           ,
           both
           for
           our
           VVhole
           ,
           and
           for
           our
           Sick
           .
           So
           he
           left
           us
           ;
           And
           when
           we
           offered
           him
           some
           Pistolets
           ,
           he
           smiling
           ,
           said
           :
           
             He
             must
             not
             be
             twice
             paid
             for
             one
             Labour
          
           :
           Meaning
           (
           as
           I
           take
           it
           )
           that
           he
           had
           Salary
           sufficient
           of
           the
           
             State
          
           for
           his
           Service
           .
           For
           (
           as
           I
           after
           learned
           )
           they
           call
           an
           Officer
           that
           taketh
           Rewards
           ,
           
             Twice
             paid
             .
          
        
         
           The
           next
           Morning
           early
           ,
           there
           came
           to
           us
           the
           same
           
             Officer
             ,
          
           that
           came
           to
           us
           at
           first
           with
           his
           Cane
           ,
           and
           told
           us
           :
           
             He
             came
             to
             conduct
             us
             to
             the
          
           Strangers
           House
           :
           
             And
             that
             he
             had
             prevented
             the
             Hour
             ,
             because
             we
             might
             have
             the
             whole
             day
             before
             us
             ,
             for
             our
             Businesse
             .
             For
          
           (
           said
           he
           )
           
             If
             you
             will
             follow
             my
             Advice
             ,
             there
             shall
             first
             go
             with
             me
             some
             few
             of
             you
             ,
             and
             see
             the
             place
             ,
             and
             how
             it
             may
             be
             made
             convenient
             for
             you
             :
             And
             then
             you
             may
             send
             for
             your
             Sick
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             your
             Number
             ,
             which
             ye
             will
             bring
             on
             Land
             .
          
           VVe
           thanked
           him
           ,
           and
           said
           :
           
             That
             this
             Care
             ,
             which
             he
             took
             of
             desolate
             Strangers
             ,
          
           GOD
           
             would
             reward
             .
          
           And
           so
           six
           of
           us
           went
           on
           Land
           with
           him
           :
           And
           when
           we
           were
           on
           Land
           ,
           he
           went
           before
           us
           ,
           and
           turned
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           said
           ;
           
             He
             was
             but
             our
             Servant
             ,
             and
             our
             Guide●
          
           He
           led
           us
           through
           three
           fair
           Streets
           ;
           And
           all
           the
           VVay
           we
           went
           ,
           there
           were
           gathered
           some
           People
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           standing
           in
           a
           Row
           :
           But
           in
           so
           civil
           a
           fashion
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           ,
           not
           to
           wonder
           at
           us
           ,
           but
           to
           wel●om
           us
           ;
           And
           divers
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           we
           passed
           by
           them
           ,
           put
           their
           Armes
           a
           little
           abroad
           ,
           which
           is
           their
           Gesture
           ,
           when
           they
           bid
           any
           welcom
           .
           The
           
             Strangers
             House
          
           is
           a
           fair
           and
           spacious
           House
           ,
           built
           of
           Brick
           ,
           of
           somewhat
           a
           blewer
           Colour
           than
           our
           Brick
           :
           And
           with
           handsome
           VVindows
           ,
           some
           of
           Glasse
           ,
           ●ome
           of
           a
           kind
           of
           Cambrick
           oyled
           .
           He
           brought
           us
           first
           into
           a
           fair
           Parlour
           above
           stairs
           ,
           and
           then
           asked
           us
           :
           
             What
             number
             of
             persons
             we
             were
             ?
             And
             how
             many
             sick
             ?
          
           we
           answered
           ,
           
             We
             were
             in
             all
             (
             sick
             and
             whole
             )
             one
             and
             fifty
             Persons
             ,
             whereof
             
             our
             sick
             were
             seventeen
             .
          
           He
           desired
           us
           to
           have
           patience
           a
           little
           ,
           and
           to
           stay
           till
           he
           came
           back
           to
           us
           ;
           which
           was
           about
           an
           Hour●
           after
           ;
           And
           then
           he
           led
           us
           to
           see
           the
           Chambers
           ,
           which
           were
           provided
           for
           us
           ,
           being
           in
           number
           nineteen
           .
           They
           having
           cast
           it
           (
           as
           it
           seemeth
           )
           that
           four
           of
           those
           Chambers
           ,
           which
           were
           better
           than
           the
           rest
           ,
           might
           receive
           fo●
           of
           the
           principal
           Men
           of
           our
           Company●
           And
           lodge
           them
           alone
           by
           themselves
           ;
           And
           the
           other
           fifteen
           Chambers
           were
           to
           lodge
           us
           ,
           two
           and
           two
           together
           .
           The
           Chambers
           were
           handsome
           and
           chearfull
           Chambers
           ,
           and
           furnished
           civilly
           .
           Then
           he
           led
           us
           to
           a
           long
           Gallery
           ,
           like
           a
           Dorture
           ,
           where
           he
           shewed
           us
           all
           along
           the
           one
           side
           (
           for
           the
           other
           side
           was
           but
           wall
           and
           window
           )
           seventeen
           Cells
           ,
           very
           neat
           ones
           ,
           having
           partitions
           of
           Cedar
           wood
           .
           VVhich
           Gallery
           ,
           and
           Cells
           ,
           being
           in
           all
           40●
           (
           many
           more
           than
           we
           needed
           ,
           )
           were
           instituted
           as
           an
           Infirmary
           for
           sick
           Persons
           .
           And
           he
           told
           us
           withall
           ,
           that
           as
           any
           of
           our
           Sick
           waxed
           well
           ,
           he
           might
           be
           removed
           from
           his
           Cell
           ,
           to
           a
           Chamber
           :
           For
           which
           purpose
           there
           were
           set
           forth
           ten
           spare
           Chambers
           ,
           besides
           the
           number
           we
           spake
           of
           before
           .
           This
           done
           ,
           he
           brought
           us
           back
           to
           the
           Parlour
           ,
           and
           lifting
           up
           his
           Cane
           a
           littl●
           (
           as
           they
           do
           when
           they
           give
           any
           Charge
           or
           Command
           )
           said
           to
           us
           ;
           
             Yee
             are
             to
             know
             that
             the
             Custome
             of
             the
             Land
             requireth
             ,
             that
             after
             this
             day
             ,
             and
             to
             morrow
             ,
             (
             which
             we
             give
             you
             for
             removing
             your
             People
             from
             your
             Ship
             ,
             )
             you
             are
             to
             keep
             within
             doores
             for
             three
             daies
             .
             But
             let
             it
             not
             trouble
             you
             ,
             nor
             do
             not
             think
             your selves
             restrained
             ,
             but
             rather
             le●t
             to
             your
             Rest
             and
             Ease
             .
             You
             shall
             want
             nothing
             ;
             and
             there
             are
             six
             of
             our
             People
             appointed
             to
             attend
             you
             ,
             for
             any
             Businesse
             you
             may
             have
             abroad
             .
          
           We
           gave
           him
           thanks
           with
           all
           Affection
           and
           Respect
           ,
           and
           said
           ;
           
             GOD
             surely
             is
             manifested
             in
             this
             Land
             .
          
           VVe
           offered
           him
           also
           twenty
           Pistolets
           ;
           But
           he
           smiled
           ,
           and
           only
           said
           ;
           
             What
             ?
             Twice
             Paid
             !
          
           And
           so
           he
           left
           us
           .
           Soon
           after
           our
           Dinner
           was
           served
           in
           ;
           VVhich
           was
           right
           good
           Viands
           ,
           both
           for
           Bread
           and
           Meat
           :
           Better
           than
           any
           
             Collegiate
             Diet
             ,
          
           that
           I
           have
           known
           in
           
             Europe
             .
          
           VVe
           had
           also
           Drink
           of
           three
           sorts
           ,
           all
           wholsome
           and
           good
           ;
           wine
           of
           the
           Grape
           ;
           A
           Drink
           of
           Grain
           ,
           such
           as
           is
           w●th
           us
           our
           Ale
           ,
           but
           more
           clear
           :
           and
           a
           kind
           o●
           Sider
           made
           of
           a
           fruit
           of
           that
           Countrey
           ;
           A
           wonderfull
           pleasing
           and
           Refreshing
           Drink
           .
           Besides
           ,
           there
           were
           brought
           in
           to
           us
           ,
           great
           Store
           of
           those
           Scarlet
           Orenges
           ,
           for
           our
           Sick
           ;
           which
           (
           they
           said
           )
           were
           an
           assured
           Remedy
           for
           sicknesse
           taken
           at
           Sea
           .
           There
           was
           given
           us
           also
           ,
           a
           Box
           of
           small
           gray
           ,
           or
           whitish
           Pills
           ,
           which
           they
           wished
           our
           Sick
           should
           take
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Pills
           
           every
           nigh●
           before
           sleep
           ;
           which
           (
           they
           said
           )
           would
           hasten
           their
           Recovery
           .
           The
           next
           day
           ,
           after
           that
           our
           Trouble
           of
           Carriage
           ,
           and
           Removing
           of
           our
           Men
           ,
           and
           Goods
           out
           of
           our
           Shipp
           ,
           was
           som●what
           setled
           and
           quiet
           ,
           I
           thought
           good
           to
           call
           our
           Company
           together
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           were
           assembled
           ,
           said
           unto
           them
           ;
           
             My
             dear
             Friends
             ,
             Let
             us
             know
             our
             〈◊〉
             ,
             and
             how
             it
             standeth
             with
             us
             .
             We
             are
             Men
             cast
             on
             Land
             ,
             as
          
           Jonas
           
             was
             ,
             out
             of
             the
          
           Whales
           Belly
           ,
           
             when
             we
             were
             as
             buried
             in
             the
             Deep
             :
             And
             now
             we
             are
             on
             Land
             ,
             we
             are
             but
             between
             Death
             and
             Life
             ;
             For
             we
             are
             beyond
             ,
             both
             the
             Old
             World
             and
             the
             New
             ;
             And
             whether
             ever
             we
             shall
             see
          
           Europe
           ,
           
             GOD
             only
             knoweth
             .
             It
             is
             a
             kind
             of
             Miracle
             hath
             brought
             us
             hither
             :
             And
             it
             must
             be
             little
             lesse
             that
             shall
             bring
             us
             hence
             .
             Therefore
             in
             regard
             of
             our
             Deliverance
             past
             ,
             and
             our
             danger
             present
             ,
             and
             to
             come
             ,
             let
             us
             look
             up
             to
             GOD
             ,
             and
             every
             Man
             reform
             his
             own
             waies
             .
             Besides
             ,
             we
             are
             come
             here
             amongst
             a
          
           Christian
           People
           ,
           
             full
             of
             Pietie
             and
             Humanity
             :
             Let
             us
             not
             bring
             that
             confusion
             of
             ●ace
             upon
             our selves
             ,
             as
             to
             shew
             our
             vices
             ,
             or
             unworthinesse
             before
             them
             .
             Yet
             there
             is
             more
             :
             For
             they
             have
             by
             Commandement
             ,
             (
             though
             in
             form
             of
             courtesie
             )
             Cloystred
             us
             within
             these
             Walls
             for
             three
             daies
             :
             Who
             knoweth
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             ,
             to
             take
             some
             taste
             of
             our
             manners
             and
             conditions
             ?
             And
             if
             they
             find
             them
             b●d
             ,
             to
             banish
             us
             straightwaies
             ;
             if
             good
             ,
             to
             give
             us
             further
             time
             .
             For
             these
             men
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             given
             us
             for
             Attendance
             ,
             may
             withall
             have
             an
             Eye
             upon
             us
             .
             Therefore
             for
             Gods
             love
             ,
             and
             as
             wee
             love
             the
             weal
             of
             our
             Soules
             and
             Bodies
             ,
             let
             us
             so
             behave
             our selves
             ,
             as
             we
             may
             be
             at
             peace
             with
          
           GOD
           ,
           
             and
             may
             find
             grace
             in
             the
             eyes
             of
             this
             People
             .
          
           Our
           Company
           with
           one
           voyce
           thanked
           me
           for
           my
           good
           Admonition
           ,
           and
           promised
           me
           to
           live
           soberly
           and
           civilly
           ,
           and
           without
           giving
           any
           the
           least
           occasion
           of
           Offence
           .
           So
           we
           spent
           our
           three
           daies
           joyfully
           ,
           and
           without
           care
           ,
           in
           expectation
           what
           would
           be
           done
           with
           us
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           expired
           .
           During
           which
           time
           ,
           we
           had
           every
           hour
           joy
           of
           the
           Amendment
           of
           our
           Sick
           ;
           who
           thought
           themselves
           cast
           into
           some
           Divine
           
             Pool
          
           of
           
             Healing
          
           ;
           They
           mended
           so
           kindly
           ,
           and
           so
           fast
           .
        
         
           The
           Morrow
           after
           our
           three
           daies
           were
           past
           ,
           there
           came
           to
           us
           a
           new
           Man
           ,
           that
           we
           had
           not
           seen
           before
           ,
           clothed
           in
           blew
           as
           the
           former
           was
           ,
           save
           that
           his
           Turban
           was
           white
           with
           a
           small
           red
           Crosse
           on
           the
           Top.
           
           He
           had
           also
           a
           Tippet
           of
           fine
           Linnen
           .
           At
           his
           Comming
           in
           ,
           he
           did
           bend
           to
           us
           a
           little
           ,
           and
           put
           his
           A●ms
           abroad
           .
           We
           of
           our
           parts
           saluted
           him
           in
           a
           very
           lowly
           and
           submissive
           manner
           ;
           As
           looking
           that
           from
           him
           we
           should
           receive
           Sentence
           of
           Li●e
           ,
           or
           Death
           .
           He
           desired
           to
           speak
           with
           
           some
           few
           of
           us
           ;
           VVhereupon
           six
           of
           us
           only
           stayed
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           avoided
           the
           Room
           .
           He
           said
           ;
           
             I
             am
             by
             Office
             Governour
             of
             this
             House
             of
             Strangers
             ,
             and
             by
             Vocation
             I
             am
             a
          
           Christian
           Priest
           ;
           
             and
             therefore
             am
             come
             to
             you
             ,
             to
             offer
             you
             my
             service
             ,
             both
             as
             Strangers
             ,
             and
             chiefly
             as
          
           Christians
           .
           
             Some
             things
             I
             may
             tell
             you
             ,
             which
             I
             think
             you
             will
             not
             be
             unwilling
             to
             hear
             .
             The
             State
             hath
             given
             you
             Licence
             to
             stay
             on
             Land
             for
             the
             space
             of
             six
             weeks
             :
             And
             let
             it
             not
             trouble
             you
             ,
             if
             your
             occasions
             ask
             further
             time
             ,
             for
             the
             Law
             in
             this
             point
             is
             not
             precise
             ;
             And
             I
             do
             not
             doubt
             ,
             but
             my self
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             obtain
             for
             you
             such
             further
             time
             as
             shall
             be
             convenient
             .
             Ye
             shall
             also
             understand
             ,
             that
             the
          
           Strangers
           House
           ,
           
             is
             at
             this
             time
             Rich
             ,
             and
             much
             aforehand
             ;
             For
             it
             hath
             laid
             up
             Revenew
             these
             37
             yea●●
             :
             For
             so
             long
             it
             is
             since
             any
             Stranger
             arived
             in
             this
             part
             :
             And
             therefore
             take
             ye
             no
             care●
             The
          
           State
           
             will
             defray
             you
             all
             the
             time
             you
             stay
             :
             Neither
             shall
             you
             stay
             one
             day
             lesse
             for
             that
             .
             As
             for
             any
             Merchandize
             you
             have
             brought
             ,
             ye
             shall
             be
             well
             used
             ,
             and
             have
             your
             return
             ,
             either
             in
             Merchandize
             ,
             or
             in
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             :
             For
             to
             ●s
             it
             is
             all
             one
             .
             And
             if
             you
             have
             any
             other
             Request
             to
             make
             ,
             hide
             it
             not
             .
             For
             ye
             shall
             find
             ,
             we
             will
             not
             make
             your
             countenance
             to
             fall
             ,
             by
             the
             answer
             ye
             shall
             receive
             .
             Only
             this
             I
             must
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             none
             of
             you
             must
             go
             above
             a
          
           Karan
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           with
           them
           a
           mile
           and
           an
           half
           )
           
             from
             the
             Wa●ls
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             without
             special
             leave
             .
          
           VVe
           answered
           ,
           after
           we
           had
           looked
           a
           while
           upon
           one
           another
           ,
           admiring
           this
           gracious
           and
           Parent-like
           usage
           ;
           
             That
             we
             could
             not
             tell
             what
             to
             say
             :
             For
             we
             wanted
             words
             to
             expresse
             our
             Thanks
             ;
             And
             his
             Noble
             free
             Offers
             left
             us
             nothing
             to
             ask
             .
             It
             seemed
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             we
             had
             before
             us
             a
             Picture
             of
             our
          
           Salvation
           
             in
          
           Heaven
           :
           
             For
             we
             that
             were
             a
             while
             since
             in
             the
             Iaws
             of
             Death
             ,
             were
             now
             brought
             into
             a
             place
             ,
             where
             we
             found
             nothing
             but
             Consolations
             .
             For
             the
             Command●ment
             laid
             upon
             us
             ,
             we
             would
             not
             fail
             to
             obey
             it
             ,
             though
             it
             was
             impossible
             but
             our
             Hearts
             should
             be
             enflamed
             to
             tread
             further
             upon
             this
             happy
             and
             Holy
             Ground
             .
          
           VVe
           added
           ;
           
             That
             our
             Tongues
             should
             first
             cleave
             to
             the
             Roofes
             of
             our
             Mouths
             ,
             ere
             we
             should
             forget
             ,
             either
             this
             Reverend
             person
             ,
             or
             this
             whole
             Nation
             ,
             in
             our
             Prayers
             .
          
           VVe
           also
           most
           humbly
           besought
           him
           to
           accept
           of
           us
           as
           his
           true
           servants
           ,
           by
           as
           just
           a
           Right
           ,
           as
           ever
           men
           on
           Earth
           were
           bounden
           ;
           laying
           and
           presenting
           ,
           both
           our
           Persons
           ,
           and
           all
           we
           had
           at
           his
           feet
           .
           He
           said
           ;
           
             He
             was
             a
             Priest
             ,
             and
             looked
             for
             a
             Priests
             reward
             ;
             which
             was
             our
             Brotherly
             love
             ,
             and
             the
             good
             of
             our
             Souls
             and
             Bodies
             .
          
           So
           he
           went
           from
           us
           ,
           not
           without
           Tears
           of
           Tendernesse
           in
           his
           Eyes
           ;
           And
           left
           us
           also
           confused
           with
           joy
           and
           kindnesse
           ,
           saying
           amongst
           our selves
           ;
           
             That
             we
             were
             come
             into
             a
             Land
             of
             Angels●
             
             which
             did
             appear
             to
             us
             daily
             ,
             and
             prevent
             us
             with
             Comforts
             ,
             which
             we
             thought
             not
             of
             ,
             much
             less
             expected
             .
          
        
         
           The
           next
           day
           about
           ten
           of
           the
           Clock
           ,
           the
           Governour
           came
           to
           us
           again
           ,
           and
           after
           Salutations
           said
           familiarly
           ;
           
             That
             he
             was
             come
             to
             visit
             us
          
           ;
           And
           called
           for
           a
           Chair
           ,
           and
           sate
           him
           down
           :
           And
           we
           being
           some
           ten
           of
           us
           (
           the
           rest
           were
           of
           the
           meaner
           sort
           ,
           or
           else
           gone
           abroad
           ,
           )
           sate
           down
           with
           him
           :
           And
           when
           we
           were
           set
           ,
           he
           began
           thus
           .
           
             We
             of
             this
             Island
             of
             Bensalem
          
           (
           for
           so
           they
           call
           it
           in
           their
           Language
           )
           
             have
             this
             :
             That
             by
             means
             of
             our
             solitary
             Situation
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Laws
             of
             Secrecy
             ,
             which
             we
             have
             for
             our
             Travellers
             ,
             and
             our
             rare
             Admission
             of
             Strangers
             ;
             we
             know
             well
             most
             part
             of
             the
             ●●bitable
             World
             ,
             and
             are
             our selves
             unknown
             .
             Therefore
             because
             he
             that
             knoweth
             least
             is
             fittest
             to
             ask
             Questions
             ,
             it
             is
             more
             reason
             ,
             for
             the
             Entertainment
             of
             the
             time
             ,
             that
             ye
             ask
             me
             Questions
             ,
             than
             that
             I
             ask
             you
             .
          
           VVe
           answered
           ,
           
             That
             we
             humbly
             thanked
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             give
             us
             leave
             so
             to
             do
             :
             And
             that
             we
             conceived
             by
             the
             taste
             we
             had
             already
             ,
             that
             there
             w●s
             no
             worldly
             thing
             on
             Earth
             ,
             more
             worthy
             to
             be
             known
             ,
             than
             the
             State
             of
             that
             happy
             Land
             .
             But
             above
             all
          
           (
           we
           said
           )
           
             since
             that
             we
             were
             met
             from
             the
             several
             Ends
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             hoped
             assuredly
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             meet
             one
             day
             in
             the
          
           Kingdom
           
             of
          
           Heaven
           (
           
             for
             that
             we
             were
             both
             Parts
          
           Christians
           )
           
             we
             desired
             to
             know
             (
             in
             respect
             that
             Land
             was
             so
             remote
             ,
             and
             so
             divided
             by
             vast
             and
             unknown
             Seas
             from
             the
             Land
             where
             our
             SAVIOUR
             walked
             on
             Earth
             )
             who
             was
             the
          
           Apostle
           
             of
             that
             Nation
             ,
             and
             how
             it
             was
             converted
             to
             the
             Faith
          
           ?
           It
           appeared
           in
           his
           face
           ,
           that
           he
           took
           great
           Contentment
           in
           this
           our
           Question
           :
           He
           said
           ,
           
             Ye
             knit
             my
             heart
             to
             you
             ,
             by
             asking
             this
             Question
             in
             the
             first
             place
             :
             For
             it
             sheweth
             ,
             that
             you
          
           First
           seek
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           :
           
             And
             I
             shall
             gladly
             ,
             and
             briefly
             ,
             satisfie
             your
             demand
             .
          
        
         
           
             About
             twenty
             Years
             after
             the
             Ascension
             of
             our
             SAVIOUR
             ,
             it
             came
             to
             pass
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             seen
             by
             the
             People
             of
          
           Renfusa
           ,
           
             (
             a
             City
             upon
             the
             Eastern
             Coast
             of
             our
             Island
             ,
             (
             within
             night
             ,
             )
             the
             Night
             was
             Cloudy
             and
             Calm
             ,
             )
             as
             it
             might
             be
             some
             mile
             in
             the
             Sea
             ,
             a
             great
             Pillar
             of
             Light
             ;
             Not
             sharp
             ,
             but
             in
             form
             of
             a
             Column
             ,
             or
          
           Cylinder
           ,
           
             rising
             from
             the
             Sea
             ,
             a
             great
             way
             up
             towards
             Heaven
             :
             and
             on
             the
             top
             of
             it
             was
             seen
             a
             large
             Crosse
             of
             Light
             ,
             more
             bright
             and
             resplendent
             than
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             Pillar
             .
             Upon
             which
             so
             strange
             a
             Spectacle
             ,
             the
             People
             of
             the
             City
             gathered
             apace
             together
             upon
             the
             Sands
             ,
             to
             wonder
             ;
             And
             so
             after
             put
             themselves
             into
             a
             number
             of
             small
             Boats
             to
             go
             nearer
             to
             this
             Marvellous
             sight
             .
             But
             when
             the
             Boats
             were
             come
             within
             (
             about
             )
             sixty
             yards
             of
             the
             Pillar
             ,
             they
             found
             themselves
             all
             bound
             ,
             
             and
             could
             go
             no
             further
             ,
             yet
             so
             as
             they
             might
             move
             to
             go
             about
             ,
             but
             might
             not
             approach
             nearer
             :
             So
             as
             the
             Boats
             stood
             all
             as
             in
             a
             Theater
             ,
             beholding
             this
             Light
             ,
             as
             an
             Heavenly
             Sign
             .
             It
             so
             fell
             out
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             in
             one
             of
             the
             Boats
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Wise
             Men
             ,
             of
             the
             Society
             of
          
           Salomons
           House
           :
           
             which
          
           House
           
             or
          
           College
           
             (
             my
             good
             Brethren
             )
             is
             the
             very
             Eye
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             ;
             who
             having
             a
             while
             attentively
             and
             devoutly
             viewed
             ,
             and
             contemplated
             this
             Pillar
             and
             Crosse
             ,
             fell
             down
             upon
             his
             face
             :
             And
             then
             raised
             himself
             upon
             his
             knees
             ,
             and
             lifting
             up
             his
             Hands
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             made
             his
             Prayers
             in
             this
             manner
             .
          
        
         
           LOrd
           God
           
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
             thou
             hast
             vouchsafed
             of
             thy
             Grace
             ,
             to
             those
             of
             our
          
           Order
           ,
           
             to
             know
             thy
             Works
             of
             Creation
             ,
             and
             true
             Secrets
             of
             them
             ;
             And
             to
             discern
             (
             as
             far
             as
             appertaineth
             to
             the
             Generations
             of
             Men
             )
             between
             Divine
             Miracles
             ,
             Works
             of
             Nature
             ,
             Works
             of
             Art
             ,
             and
             Impostures
             ,
             and
             Illu●ions
             of
             all
             sorts
             .
             I
             do
             here
             acknowledge
             and
             testifie
             before
             this
             People
             ,
             that
             the
             Thing
             we
             now
             see
             before
             our
             eyes
             ,
             is
             thy
          
           Finger
           ,
           
             and
             a
             true
          
           Miracle●And
           
             for
             as-much
             ,
             as
             we
             learn
             in
             our
             Books
             ,
             that
             thou
             never
             workest
             Miracles
             ,
             but
             to
             a
             Diviue
             and
             Excellent
             End
             ,
             (
             for
             the
             Laws
             of
             Nature
             are
             thine
             own
             Laws
             ,
             and
             thou
             exceedest
             them
             not
             but
             upon
             good
             cause
             )
             we
             most
             humbly
             beseech
             thee
             ,
             to
             prosper
             this
             great
             Sign
             ,
             And
             to
             give
             us
             the
             Interpretation
             and
             use
             of
             it
             in
             Mercy
             ;
             VVhich
             thou
             dost
             in
             some
             part
             secretly
             promise
             ,
             by
             sending
             it
             unto
             us
             .
          
        
         
           
             When
             he
             had
             made
             his
             Prayer
             ,
             he
             presently
             found
             the
             Boat
             he
             was
             in
             ,
             moveable
             and
             unbound
             ;
             whereas
             all
             the
             rest
             remained
             still
             fast
             ;
             And
             taking
             that
             for
             an
             assurance
             of
             Leave
             to
             approach
             ,
             he
             caused
             the
             Boat
             to
             be
             softly
             ,
             and
             with
             silence
             rowed
             towards
             the
          
           Pillar
           .
           
             But
             ere
             he
             came
             near
             it
             ,
             the
          
           Pillar
           
             and
          
           Crosse
           
             of
          
           Light
           
             brake
             up
             ;
             and
             cast
             it self
             abroad
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             into
             a
             Firmament
             of
             many
             Starres
             ;
             which
             also
             vanished
             soon
             after
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             nothing
             left
             to
             be
             seen
             ,
             but
             a
             small
          
           Ark
           ,
           
             or
          
           Chest
           
             of
          
           Cedar
           ,
           
             dry
             ,
             and
             not
             wet
             at
             
             all
             with
             water
             ,
             though
             it
             swam
             .
             And
             in
             the
             Fore-end
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             was
             towards
             him
             ,
             grew
             a
             small
             green
             Branch
             of
             Palm
             ;
             And
             when
             the
             wise
             man
             had
             taken
             it
             with
             all
             reverence
             into
             his
             Boat
             ,
             it
             opened
             of
             it self
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             found
             in
             it
             a
          
           Book
           ,
           
             and
             a
          
           Letter
           ;
           
             Both
             written
             in
             fine
             Parchment
             ,
             and
             wrapped
             in
             Sindons
             of
             Linnen
             .
             The
          
           Book
           
             contained
             all
             the
          
           Canonical
           Books
           
             of
             the
          
           Old
           
             and
          
           New
           Testament
           ,
           
             according
             as
             you
             have
             them
             ;
             (
             For
             we
             know
             well
             what
             the
          
           Churches
           
             with
             you
             receive
             ;
             )
             And
             the
          
           Apocalypse
           
             it self
             ;
             And
             some
             other
          
           Books
           
             of
             the
          
           New
           Testament
           ,
           
             which
             were
             not
             at
             that
             time
             written
             ,
             were
             neverthelesse
             in
             the
          
           Book
           .
           
             And
             for
             the
          
           Letter
           ,
           
             it
             was
             in
             these
             words
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 I
                 Bartholomew
                 ,
              
               a
               Servant
               of
               the
               Highest
               ,
               and
               Apostle
               of
               IESVS
               CHRIST
               ,
               was
               warned
               by
               an
               Angel
               that
               appeared
               to
               me
               ,
               in
               a
               vision
               of
               Glory
               ,
               that
               I
               should
               commit
               this
               
                 Ark
              
               to
               the
               flouds
               of
               the
               Sea
               .
               Therefore
               I
               do
               testifie
               and
               declare
               ,
               unto
               that
               People
               ,
               where
               GOD
               shall
               ordain
               this
               
                 Ark
              
               to
               come
               to
               Land
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               same
               day
               is
               come
               unto
               them
               Salvation
               ,
               and
               Peace
               ,
               and
               Good
               VVill
               from
               the
               
                 Father
                 ,
              
               and
               from
               the
               LORD
               IESVS
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             There
             was
             also
             in
             both
             these
             Writings
             ,
             as
             well
             the
          
           Book
           ,
           
             as
             the
          
           Letter
           ,
           
             wrought
             a
             great
             Miracle
             ,
             Conform
             to
             that
             of
             the
          
           Apostles
           ,
           
             in
             the
             Original
          
           Gift
           
             o●
          
           Tongues
           .
           
             For
             there
             being
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             in
             thi●
             Land
             ,
          
           Hebrews
           ,
           Persians
           ,
           
             and
          
           Indians
           ,
           
             besides
             the
             Natives
             ,
             every
             one
             read
             upon
             the
          
           Book
           ,
           
             and
          
           Letter
           ,
           
             as
             if
             they
             had
             been
             written
             in
             his
             own
             Language
             .
             And
             thus
             was
             this
             Land
             saved
             from
             Infidelity
             ;
             (
             as
             the
             Remain
             of
             the
             Old
             World
             was
             from
             Water
             )
             by
             an
          
           Ark
           ,
           
             through
             the
             Apostolical
             and
             Miraculous
          
           Evangelisme
           
             of
          
           S.
           Bartholomew
           .
           And
           here
           he
           paused
           ,
           and
           a
           Messenger
           came
           ,
           and
           called
           him
           forth
           from
           us
           .
           So
           this
           was
           all
           that
           passed
           in
           that
           Conference
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           Day
           ,
           the
           same
           Governor
           came
           again
           to
           us
           ,
           immediately
           after
           Dinner
           ,
           and
           excused
           himself
           ,
           saying
           ;
           
             That
             the
             Day
             before
             be
             was
             called
             from
             us
             somewhat
             abruptly
             ,
             but
             now
             he
             would
             make
             us
             amends
             ,
             and
             spend
             time
             with
             us
             ,
             if
             we
             held
             his
             Company
             and
             Conference
             agreeable
          
           ;
           VVe
           answered
           ;
           
             That
             we
             held
             it
             so
             agreeable
             and
             pleasing
             to
             us
             ,
             as
             we
             forgot
             both
             Dangers
             past
             ,
             and
             
             Fears
             to
             come
             ,
             for
             the
             time
             we
             heard
             him
             speak
             ;
             And
             that
             we
             thought
             a
             Hour
             spent
             with
             him
             ,
             was
             worth
             Years
             of
             our
             former
             life
             .
          
           He
           bowed
           himself
           a
           little
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           after
           we
           were
           set
           again
           ,
           he
           said
           ;
           
             Well
             ,
             the
             Questions
             are
             on
             your
             part
             .
          
           One
           of
           our
           Number
           said
           ,
           after
           a
           little
           Pause
           ;
           
             That
             there
             was
             a
             Matter
             ,
             we
             were
             no
             lesse
             desirous
             to
             know
             ,
             than
             fearfull
             to
             ask
             ,
             lest
             we
             might
             presume
             too
             far
             .
             But
             incouraged
             by
             his
             rare
             Humanity
             toward
             us
             ,
             (
             that
             could
             scarce
             think
             our selves
             strangers
             ,
             being
             his
             vowed
             and
             professed
             Servants
             ,
             )
             we
             would
             take
             the
             Hardnesse
             to
             propound
             it
             :
             Humbly
             beseeching
             him
             ,
             if
             he
             thought
             it
             not
             fit
             to
             be
             answered
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             pardon
             it
             ,
             though
             he
             rejected
             it
             .
          
           VVe
           said
           ;
           
             We
             well
             observed
             those
             his
             words
             ,
             which
             he
             formerly
             spake
             ,
             That
             this
             happy
             Island
             ,
             where
             we
             now
             stood
             ,
             was
             known
             to
             few
             ,
             and
             yet
             knew
             most
             of
             the
             Nations
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             which
             we
             fou●d
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             considering
             they
             had
             the
             Languages
             of
          
           Europe
           ,
           
             and
             knew
             much
             of
             our
             State
             and
             Businesse
             :
             And
             yet
             we
             in
          
           Europe
           
             (
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             remote
             Discoveries
             ,
             and
             Navigations
             of
             this
             last
             Age
             )
             never
             heard
             any
             of
             the
             least
             Inkling
             or
             Glimpse
             of
             this
             Island
             .
             This
             we
             found
             wonderfull
             strange
             ;
             for
             that
             all
             Nations
             have
             Enterknowledge
             one
             of
             another
             ,
             either
             by
             Voyage
             into
             Forein
             Parts
             ,
             or
             by
             Strangers
             that
             come
             to
             them
             :
             And
             though
             the
             Traveller
             into
             a
             Forein
             Country
             ,
             doth
             commonly
             know
             more
             by
             the
             Eye
             ,
             than
             he
             that
             stayed
             at
             home
             can
             by
             relation
             of
             the
             Traveller
             ;
             Yet
             both
             waies
             suffice
             to
             make
             a
             mutual
             Knowledge
             ,
             in
             some
             degree
             ,
             on
             both
             parts
             .
             But
             for
             this
             Island
             ,
             we
             never
             heard
             tell
             of
             any
             Ship
             of
             theirs
             ,
             that
             had
             been
             seen
             to
             a●ive
             upon
             any
             shore
             of
          
           Europe
           ;
           
             No
             ,
             nor
             of
             either
             the
          
           East
           ,
           
             or
          
           VVest
           Indies
           ,
           
             nor
             yet
             of
             any
             Ship
             of
             any
             other
             part
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             had
             made
             return
             for
             them
             .
             And
             yet
             the
             Marvell
             rested
             not
             in
             this
             .
             For
             the
             Situation
             of
             it
             (
             as
             his
             Lordship
             said
             )
             in
             the
             secret
             Conclave
             of
             such
             a
             vast
             Sea
             mought
             cause
             it
             .
             But
             then
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             have
             Knowledge
             of
             the
             Languages
             ,
             Books
             ,
             Affairs
             ,
             of
             those
             that
             lye
             such
             a
             distance
             from
             them
             ,
             it
             was
             a
             thing
             we
             could
             not
             tell
             what
             to
             make
             of
             ;
             For
             that
             it
             seemed
             to
             us
             a
             condition
             and
             Propriety
             of
             Divine
             Powers
             and
             Beings
             ,
             to
             be
             hidden
             and
             unseen
             to
             others
             ,
             and
             yet
             to
             have
             others
             open
             ,
             and
             as
             in
             a
             light
             to
             them
             .
          
           At
           this
           speech
           the
           Governour
           gave
           a
           gracious
           smile
           ,
           and
           said
           ;
           
             That
             we
             did
             well
             to
             ask
             pardon
             for
             this
             Questi●n
             we
             now
             asked
             ;
             For
             that
             it
             imported
             ,
             as
             if
             we
             thought
             this
             Land
             a
             Land
             of
             Magicians
             ,
             that
             sent
             forth
             Spirits
             of
             the
             Ayr
             into
             all
             parts
             ,
             to
             bring
             them
             News
             ,
             and
             Intelligence
             of
             other
             Countries
             .
          
           It
           was
           answered
           by
           us
           all
           ,
           in
           all
           possible
           humblenesse
           ,
           but
           yet
           with
           a
           Countenance
           taking
           Knowledge
           ,
           that
           we
           knew
           that
           
           he
           spake
           it
           but
           merrily
           .
           
             That
             we
             were
             apt
             enough
             to
             think
             ,
             there
             was
             somewhat
             supernatural
             in
             t●is
             Island
             ,
             but
             yet
             rather
             as
             Angelical
             ,
             than
             Magical
             .
             But
             to
             let
             his
             Lordship
             know
             truly
             ,
             what
             it
             was
             that
             made
             us
             tender
             and
             doubtfull
             to
             ask
             this
             Question
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             any
             such
             conceit
             ,
             but
             because
             we
             remembred
             ,
             hee
             had
             given
             a
             Touch
             in
             his
             former
             Speech
             ,
             that
             this
             Land
             had
             Laws
             of
             Secrecy
             touching
             Strangers
             :
          
           To
           this
           he
           said
           ;
           
             You
             remember
             it
             aright
             :
             And
             therefore
             in
             that
             I
             shall
             say
             to
             you
             ,
             I
             must
             reserve
             some
             particulars
             ,
             which
             it
             is
             not
             lawful●
             for
             me
             to
             reveal
             ;
             but
             there
             will
             be
             enough
             left
             to
             give
             you
             satisfaction
             .
          
        
         
           
             You
             shall
             understand
             (
             that
             which
             perhaps
             you
             will
             scarce
             think
             credible
             )
             that
             about
             three
             thousand
             Years
             ago
             ,
             or
             somewhat
             more
             ,
             the
             Navigation
             of
             the
             World
             (
             specially
             for
             remote
             Voyages
             )
             was
             greater
             than
             at
             this
             Day
             .
             Do
             not
             think
             with
             your
             se●ves
             ,
             That
             I
             know
             not
             how
             much
             it
             is
             increased
             with
             you
             ,
             within
             these
             threescore
             Years
             :
             I
             know
             it
             well●
             And
             yet
             I
             say
             ,
             greater
             then
             ,
             than
             no●
             :
             Whether
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             the
             example
             of
             the
          
           Ark
           ,
           
             that
             saved
             the
             Remnant
             of
             Men
             ,
             from
             the
          
           universal
           Deluge
           ,
           
             gave
             Men
             confidence
             to
             adventure
             upon
             the
             waters
             ;
             Or
             what
             it
             was
             ;
             but
             such
             is
             the
             truth
             .
             The
          
           Phoeniceans
           ,
           
             and
             specially
             the
          
           Tyrians
           ,
           
             ●ad
             great
             Fleets
             .
             So
             had
             the
          
           Carthaginians
           
             their
             Colony
             ,
             which
             is
             yet
             further
             West
             .
             Toward
             the
             East
             the
             Shipping
             of
          
           Egypt
           ,
           
             and
             of
          
           Palestina
           ,
           
             was
             likewise
             great
             .
          
           China
           
             also
             ,
             and
             the
             great
          
           Atlantis
           ,
           (
           
             that
             you
             call
          
           America
           )
           
             which
             have
             now
             but
             Iunks
             ,
             and
             Canoas
             ,
             abounded
             then
             in
             tall
             Ships
             .
             This
             Island
             ,
             (
             as
             appeareth
             by
             faithfull
             Registers
             of
             those
             times
             )
             had
             then
             fifteen
             hundred
             strong
             Ships●
             of
             great
             content
             .
             Of
             all
             this
             ,
             there
             is
             with
             you
             sparing
             Memory
             ,
             or
             none
             ;
             But
             we
             have
             large
             Knowledge
             thereof
             .
          
        
         
           
             At
             that
             time
             ,
             this
             Land
             was
             known
             and
             frequented
             by
             the
             Ships
             and
             V●ss●●s
             of
             all
             the
             Nations
             beforenamed
             .
             And
             (
             as
             it
             commeth
             to
             passe
             )
             they
             had
             many
             times
             Men
             of
             other
             Countries
             ,
             that
             were
             no
             Saylers
             ,
             that
             came
             with
             them
             ;
             As
          
           Persians
           ,
           Chaldeans
           ,
           Arabians
           ;
           
             So
             as
             almost
             all
             Nations
             of
             Might
             and
             Fame
             r●sorted
             hither
             ;
             Of
             whom
             ,
             we
             have
             some
             Stirps
             ,
             and
             little
             Tribes
             with
             us
             ,
             at
             this
             day
             .
             And
             for
             our
             own
             Ships
             ,
             they
             went
             sundry
             Voyages
             ,
             as
             well
             to
             your
          
           Streights
           ,
           
             which
             you
             call
             the
          
           Pillars
           
             of
          
           Hercules
           ,
           
             As
             to
             other
             parts
             in
             the
          
           Atlantique
           
             and
          
           Mediterrane
           Seas
           ;
           
             As
             to
          
           Paguin
           ,
           (
           
             which
             is
             the
             same
             with
          
           Cambalaine
           )
           
             and
          
           Quinzy
           ,
           
             upon
             the
             Oriental
             Seas
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             to
             the
             Borders
             of
             the
             East
          
           Tartary
           .
        
         
           
             At
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             and
             an
             Age
             a●ter
             ,
             or
             more
             ,
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             great
          
           Atlantis
           
             did
             flourish
             .
             For
             though
             the
             Narration
             and
             Description
             
             which
             is
             made
             by
             a
             great
          
           Man
           
             with
             you
             ,
             that
             the
             Descendents
             ●f
          
           Neptune
           
             planted
             there
             ;
             and
             of
             the
             Magnificent
             Temple
             ,
             Palace
             ,
             City
             ,
             and
             Hill
             ;
             and
             the
             manifold
             streams
             of
             goodly
             Navigable
             Rivers
             ,
             which
             (
             as
             so
             many
             Chains
             )
             invironed
             the
             same
             Site
             ,
             and
             Temple
             ;
             And
             the
             several
             Degrees
             of
             Ascent
             ,
             whereby
             Men
             did
             climbe
             up
             to
             the
             same
             ,
             as
             i●
             it
             had
             been
             a
          
           Scala
           Coeli
           ;
           
             be
             all
             Poeticall
             and
             Fabulous
             :
             Yet
             so
             much
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             Country
             of
          
           Atlantis
           ;
           
             As
             well
             that
             of
          
           Peru
           
             then
             called
          
           Coya
           ,
           
             as
             that
             of
          
           Mexico
           ,
           
             then
             named
          
           Tyrambel
           ,
           
             were
             mighty
             and
             proud
             Kingdomes
             ,
             in
             Arms
             ,
             Shipping
             ,
             and
             Riches
             :
             So
             mighty
             ,
             as
             at
             one
             time
             ;
             (
             or
             at
             least
             within
             the
             space
             of
             ten
             years
             ,
             )
             they
             both
             made
             two
             great
             Expeditions
             ;
             They
             of
          
           Tyrambel
           
             through
             the
          
           Atlantique
           
             to
             the
          
           Mediterrane
           Sea
           ;
           
             and
             they
             of
          
           Coya
           ,
           
             through
             the
             South
             Sea
             upon
             this
             our
             Island
             :
             And
             for
             the
             former
             of
             these
             ,
             which
             was
             into
          
           Europe
           ,
           
             the
             same
             Author
             amongst
             you
             (
             as
             as
             it
             seemeth
             )
             had
             some
             relation
             from
             the
          
           AEgyptian
           Priest
           ,
           
             whom
             he
             citeth
             .
             For
             assuredly
             ,
             such
             a
             thing
             there
             was
             .
             But
             whether
             it
             were
             the
             Antient
          
           Athenians
           ,
           
             that
             had
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Repulse
             ,
             and
             Resistance
             of
             those
             Forces
             ,
             I
             can
             say
             nothing
             :
             But
             certain
             it
             is
             ,
             there
             never
             came
             back
             either
             Ship
             ,
             or
             Man
             from
             that
             Voyage
             .
             Neither
             had
             the
             other
             Voyage
             of
             those
             of
          
           Coya
           
             upon
             us
             ,
             had
             better
             fortune
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             not
             met
             with
             enemies
             of
             greater
             clemency
             .
             For
             the
             King
             of
             this
             Island
             ,
          
           (
           
             by
             name
          
           Altabin
           )
           
             a
             wise
             Man
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             Warrier
             ;
             Knowing
             well
             ●oth
             his
             own
             strength
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             his
             Enemies
             ;
             handled
             the
             matter
             so
             ,
             as
             he
             cut
             off
             their
             Land-Forces
             ,
             from
             their
             Ships
             ,
             and
             entoyled
             both
             their
             Navy
             ,
             and
             their
             Camp
             ,
             with
             a
             greater
             power
             than
             theirs
             ,
             both
             by
             Sea
             and
             Land
             :
             And
             compelled
             them
             to
             render
             themselves
             without
             striking
             stroke
             :
             And
             after
             they
             were
             at
             his
             Mercy
             ,
             contenting
             himself
             only
             with
             their
             Oath
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             no
             more
             bear
             Arms
             against
             him
             ,
             dismissed
             them
             all
             in
             safety
             .
             But
             the
          
           Divine
           revenge
           
             overtook
             not
             long
             after
             those
             proud
             Enterprises
             .
             For
             within
             lesse
             than
             the
             space
             of
             one
             Hundred
             Years
             ,
             the
          
           Great
           Atlantis
           
             was
             utterly
             lost
             and
             destroyed
             :
             Not
             by
             a
             great
             Earthquake
             ,
             as
             your
          
           Man
           
             saith
             ;
             (
             For
             that
             whole
             Trac●
             is
             little
             subject
             to
             Earth-quakes
             ;
             )
             But
             by
             a
             particular
             Deluge
             ,
             or
             Inundation
             ;
             Those
             Countries
             having
             ,
             at
             this
             Day
             ,
             farre
             greater
             Rivers
             ,
             and
             farre
             higher
             Mountains
             ,
             to
             pour
             down
             Waters
             ,
             than
             any
             part
             of
             the
             Old
             World
             .
             But
             it
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             Inundation
             was
             not
             deep
             ;
             Not
             past
             forty
             foot
             ,
             in
             most
             places
             ,
             from
             the
             Ground
             ;
             So
             that
             although
             it
             destroyed
             Man
             and
             Beast
             generally
             ,
             yet
             some
             few
             wild
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             Wood
             escaped
             .
             Birds
             also
             were
             saved
             by
             flying
             to
             the
             High
             Trees
             and
             Woods
             .
             F●r
             as
             for
             Men
             ,
             although
             they
             had
             
             Buildings
             in
             many
             places
             ,
             higher
             than
             the
             Depth
             of
             the
             Water
             ;
             Y●●
             that
             Inundation
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             shallow
             ,
             had
             a
             long
             Continuance
             ;
             whereby
             they
             of
             the
             Vale
             ,
             that
             were
             not
             drowned
             ,
             perished
             for
             want
             of
             Food
             ,
             and
             other
             things
             necessary
             .
             So
             as
             marvell
             you
             not
             at
             the
             thin
             Population
             of
          
           America
           ,
           
             nor
             at
             the
             Rudenesse
             and
             Ignorance
             of
             the
             People
             ;
             For
             you
             must
             account
             your
             I●habitants
             of
          
           America
           
             as
             a
             young
             People
             ;
             younger
             a
             thousa●d
             years
             ,
             at
             the
             least
             ,
             than
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             World
             :
             For
             that
             there
             was
             so
             much
             time
             ,
             between
             the
          
           Universal
           Flood
           ;
           
             and
             their
          
           Particular
           Inundation
           .
           
             For
             the
             poor
             R●mnant
             of
             Humane
             Seed
             ,
             which
             remained
             in
             their
             Mountains
             ,
             Pe●pled
             the
             Countrie
             again
             slo●ly
             ,
             by
             little
             and
             little
             ;
             And
             being
             simple
             and
             a
             savage
             People
             (
             Not
             like
          
           Noah
           
             and
             his
          
           Sons
           ,
           
             which
             was
             the
             chief
             Family
             of
             the
             Earth
             )
             they
             were
             not
             able
             to
             leave
             Letters
             ,
             Arts
             ,
             and
             Civility
             to
             their
             Posterity
             ;
             And
             having
             likewise
             in
             their
             Mountainous
             Habitations
             been
             used
             ,
             (
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Extreme
             Cold
             of
             those
          
           Regions
           )
           
             to
             cloath
             themselves
             with
             the
             Skinnes
             of
             Tygers
             ,
             Beares
             ,
             and
             great
             Hairy
             Goats
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             in
             those
             Parts
             ;
             When
             afer
             they
             came
             down
             into
             the
             Valley
             ,
             and
             fo●nd
             the
             intolerable
             Heats
             which
             are
             there
             ,
             and
             knew
             no
             means
             of
             lighter
             Apparell
             ;
             they
             were
             forced
             to
             begin
             the
             custo●e
             of
             Going
             Naked
             ,
             which
             continueth
             at
             this
             day
             .
             Only
             they
             take
             great
             Pride
             and
             delight
             ,
             in
             the
             Feathers
             of
             Birds
             ;
             And
             this
             al●o
             they
             took
             from
             those
             their
             Ancestors
             of
             the
             Mountains
             ,
             who
             wer●
             invited
             unto
             it
             ,
             by
             the
             infinite
             Flight
             of
             Birds
             ,
             that
             came
             up
             to
             the
             high
             Grounds
             ,
             while
             the
             Waters
             stood
             below
             .
             So
             you
             see
             ,
             by
             this
             main
             .
             Accident
             of
             Time
             ,
             we
             lost
             our
             Traffique
             with
             the
          
           Amercians
           ,
           
             with
             whom
             ,
             of
             all
             others
             ,
             in
             regard
             ,
             they
             lay
             nearest
             to
             us
             ,
             we
             had
             most
             Commerce
             .
             As
             for
             the
             other
             Parts
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             it
             is
             most
             manifest
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             Ages
             following
             ,
             (
             whether
             ,
             it
             were
             in
             respect
             of
             Warres
             ,
             or
             by
             a
             Natural
             Revolution
             of
             Time
             ,
             )
             Navigation
             did
             eve●y
             where
             greatly
             decay
             ;
             And
             specially
             ,
             farre
             Voyages
             ,
             (
             the
             rather
             by
             the
             Use
             of
             Gallies
             ,
             and
             such
             Vessels
             as
             could
             hardly
             brook
             the
             Ocean
             )
             were
             altogether
             left
             and
             omitted
             .
             So
             then
             ,
             that
             Part
             o●
             Entercourse
             ,
             which
             could
             be
             from
             other
             Nations
             ,
             to
             sayl
             to
             us
             ;
             you
             see
             how
             it
             hath
             long
             since
             ceased
             ;
             Except
             it
             were
             by
             some
             rare
             Accident
             ,
             as
             this
             of
             yours
             .
             But
             now
             of
             the
             Cessation
             of
             that
             other
             Part
             of
             Entercourse
             ,
             which
             mought
             be
             by
             our
             Sayling
             to
             other
             Nations
             ,
             I
             must
             yield
             you
             some
             other
             Cause
             .
             For
             I
             cannot
             say
             ,
             (
             if
             I
             should
             say
             truly
             ,
             )
             but
             our
             Shipping
             ,
             for
             Number
             ,
             Strength
             ,
             Mariners
             ,
             Pylots
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             that
             appertain
             to
             Navigation
             ,
             is
             as
             great
             as
             ever
             ;
             And
             
             therefore
             why
             we
             should
             sit
             at
             home
             ,
             I
             shall
             now
             give
             you
             an
             account
             by
             it self
             ;
             And
             it
             ●ill
             draw
             nearer
             ,
             to
             give
             you
             satisfaction
             ,
             to
             your
             principal
             Question
             .
          
        
         
           
             There
             reigned
             in
             this
             Island
             ,
             about
          
           1900
           
             years
             ago
             ,
             a
          
           King
           ,
           
             whose
             memory
             of
             all
             others
             we
             most
             adore
             ;
             Not
             superstitiously
             ,
             but
             as
             a
             Divine
             Instrument
             ,
             though
             a
             Mortal
             Man
             :
             his
             Name
             was
          
           Salomona
           :
           
             And
             we
             esteem
             him
             as
             the
             Law-giver
             of
             our
             Nation
             .
             This
          
           King
           
             had
             a
          
           large
           heart
           ,
           
             inscrutable
             ●or
             good
             ;
             and
             was
             wholly
             bent
             to
             make
             his
             Kingdome
             and
             People
             Happy
             .
             He
             therefore
             taking
             into
             consideration
             ,
             how
             sufficient
             and
             substantive
             this
             Land
             was
             ,
             to
             maintain
             it self
             without
             any
             ayd
             (
             at
             all
             )
             of
             the
             Foreiner
             ;
             Being
          
           5600
           
             Mile
             in
             Circuit
             ,
             and
             of
             rare
             Fertility
             of
             Soyl
             ,
             in
             the
             greatest
             part
             thereof
             ;
             And
             finding
             also
             the
             Shipping
             of
             this
             Country
             mo●ght
             be
             plentifully
             set
             on
             work
             ,
             both
             by
             Fishing
             ,
             and
             by
             Transportations
             from
             Port
             to
             Port
             ,
             and
             likewise
             by
             Sayling
             unto
             some
             small
             Islands
             that
             are
             not
             farre
             from
             us
             ,
             and
             are
             under
             the
             Crown
             and
             Laws
             of
             this
          
           State
           ;
           
             And
             recalling
             into
             his
             Memory
             ,
             the
             happy
             and
             flourishing
             Estate
             ,
             wherein
             this
             Land
             then
             was
             ;
             So
             as
             it
             mought
             be
             a
             thousand
             waies
             alte●e●
             to
             the
             worse
             ,
             but
             scarce
             any
             one
             way
             to
             the
             better
             ;
             thought
             nothing
             wanted
             to
             his
             Noble
             and
             Heroical
             Intentions
             ,
             but
             only
             (
             as
             farre
             as
             Humane
             foresight
             mought
             reach
             )
             to
             give
             perpetuity
             to
             that
             ,
             which
             was
             in
             his
             time
             so
             happily
             established●
             therefore
             amongst
             his
             other
             Fundamental
             Laws
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             he
             did
             ordain
             ,
             the
             Interdicts
             and
             Prohibitions
             ,
             which
             we
             have
             touching
             Entrance
             of
             Strangers
             ;
             which
             at
             that
             time
             (
             though
             it
             was
             after
             the
             Calamity
             of
          
           America
           
             )
             was
             frequent
             ;
             Doubting
             Novelties
             and
             Commixture
             of
             Manners
             .
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             the
             Like
             Law
             ,
             against
             the
             admission
             of
             Strangers
             without
             Licence
             ,
             is
             an
             antient
             Law
             ,
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             of
          
           China
           ,
           
             and
             yet
             continued
             in
             use
             .
             But
             there
             it
             is
             a
             poor
             thing
             ;
             And
             hath
             made
             them
             a
             curious
             ,
             ignora●t
             ,
             fearf●ll
             foolish
             Nation
             .
             But
             our
          
           Law-giver
           
             made
             his
             Law
             of
             an●ther
             temper
             .
             For
             fi●st
             ,
             he
             hath
             preserved
             all
             points
             of
             Humanity
             ,
             in
             taking
             Order
             ,
             and
             making
             Provision
             for
             the
             Relie●
             of
             Strangers
             distressed
             ;
             whereof
             you
             have
             t●sted
             .
          
           At
           which
           Speech
           (
           as
           reason
           was
           )
           we
           all
           rose
           up●
           and
           bowed
           our selves
           .
           He
           went
           on
           .
           
             That
             King
             also
             still
             desiring
             to
             joyn
             Humanity
             and
             Policy
             together
             ;
             And
             thinking
             it
             against
             Humanity
             ,
             to
             detein
             Strangers
             here
             against
             their
             Wills
             ;
             and
             against
             Policy
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             return
             ,
             and
             discover
             their
             knowledge
             of
             this
             Estate
             ,
             hee
             took
             this
             Course
             :
             H●
             did
             ordain
             ,
             that
             of
             the
             Strangers
             ,
             that
             should
             be
             permitted
             to
             Land●
             as
             many
             (
             at
             a●l
             times
             )
             might
             depart
             as
             would
             ;
             But
             as
             man●
             as
             would
             stay
             ,
             should
             have
             very
             good
             Conditions
             ,
             and
             Means
             to
             live
             ,
             
             from
             the
          
           State
           .
           
             Wherein
             he
             saw
             so
             farre
             ,
             that
             now
             in
             so
             many
             Ages
             since
             the
             Prohibition
             ,
             we
             ,
             have
             memory
             ,
             not
             of
             one
             Ship
             that
             ever
             returned
             ,
             and
             but
             of
             thirteen
             Persons
             only
             ,
             at
             several
             times
             ,
             that
             chose
             to
             return
             in
             our
             Bottomes
             .
             What
             those
             few
             that
             returned
             ,
             may
             have
             reported
             abroad
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             .
             But
             you
             must
             think
             ,
             Whatsoever
             they
             have
             said
             ,
             could
             be
             taken
             where
             they
             came
             ,
             but
             for
             a
             Dream
             .
             Now
             for
             our
             Travelling
             from
             hence
             into
             Parts
             abroad
             ,
             our
          
           Law-giver
           
             thought
             fit
             ,
             altogether
             to
             restrein
             it
             .
             So
             is
             it
             not
             in
          
           China
           .
           
             For
             the
          
           Chineses
           
             sail
             where
             they
             will
             ,
             or
             can
             ;
             which
             sheweth
             ,
             that
             their
             Law
             of
             keeping
             out
             Strangers
             ,
             is
             a
             Law
             of
             Pusillanimity
             and
             fear
             .
             But
             this
             restraint
             of
             ours
             ,
             hath
             one
             only
             Excep●ion
             ,
             which
             is
             admirable
             ;
             Preserving
             the
             Good
             which
             commeth
             by
             communicating
             with
             Strangers
             ,
             and
             avoiding
             the
             Hurt
             :
             And
             I
             will
             now
             open
             it
             to
             you
             .
             And
             here
             I
             shall
             seem
             a
             little
             to
             digresse
             ,
             but
             you
             will
             by
             and
             by
             find
             it
             pertinent
             .
             Ye
             shall
             understand
             ,
             (
             my
             dear
             friends
             ,
             )
             that
             amongst
             the
             Excellent
             acts
             of
             that
          
           King
           ,
           
             one
             above
             all
             hath
             the
             preheminen●e
             .
             It
             was
             the
             Erection
             ,
             and
             Institution
             of
             an
          
           Order
           ,
           
             or
          
           Society
           ,
           
             which
             we
             call
          
           Salomons
           House
           ;
           
             The
             Noblest
             Foundation
             ,
             (
             as
             we
             think
             ,
             )
             that
             ever
             was
             upon
             the
             Earth
             :
             And
             the
             Lanthor●e
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             .
             It
             is
             dedicated
             to
             the
             Study
             of
             the
          
           VVorks
           
             and
          
           Creatures
           
             of
             GOD
             .
             Some
             think
             it
             beareth
             the
             Founders
             Name
             a
             little
             corrupted
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             should
             be
          
           Solamon's
           House
           .
           
             But
             the
             Records
             write
             it
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             spoken
             .
             So
             as
             I
             take
             it
             to
             be
             denominate
             of
             the
          
           King
           
             of
             the
          
           Hebrews
           ,
           
             which
             is
             famous
             with
             you
             ,
             and
             no
             stranger
             to
             us
             ;
             For
             we
             have
             some
             Parts
             of
             his
             Works
             ,
             which
             with
             you
             are
             lost
             ;
             Namely
             that
          
           Natural
           History
           ,
           
             which
             he
             wrote
             of
             all
          
           plants
           ,
           
             from
             the
          
           Cedar
           
             of
          
           Libanus
           ,
           
             to
             the
          
           Mosse
           that
           groweth
           out
           of
           the
           VVall
           .
           
             And
             of
             all
          
           things
           that
           have
           Life
           and
           Motion
           .
           
             This
             maketh
             me
             think
             that
             our
          
           King
           
             finding
             himself
             to
             Symbolize
             ,
             in
             many
             things
             ,
             with
             that
          
           King
           
             of
             the
          
           Hebrewes
           
             (
             which
             lived
             many
             years
             before
             him
             )
             honoured
             him
             with
             the
             Title
             of
             this
             Foundation
             .
             And
             I
             am
             the
             rather
             induced
             to
             be
             of
             this
             Opinion
             ,
             for
             that
             I
             find
             in
             antient
             Records
             ,
             this
          
           Order
           
             or
          
           Society
           
             is
             sometimes
             called
          
           Salomons
           House
           ;
           
             And
             sometimes
             the
          
           College
           
             of
          
           the
           Six
           Daies
           VVorks
           ;
           
             whereby
             I
             am
             satisfied
             ,
             That
             our
             Excellent
          
           King
           
             had
             learned
             from
             the
          
           Hebrews
           ,
           
             That
             GOD
             had
             created
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             therein
             is
             ,
             within
             six
             Daies
             ;
             And
             therefore
             he
             instituted
             that
          
           House
           ,
           
             for
             the
             finding
             out
             of
             the
             true
             Nature
             of
             all
             things
             (
             whereby
          
           GOD
           
             mought
             ●ave
             the
             more
             Glory
             in
             the
             Workmanship
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             Men
             the
             more
             Fruit
             in
             their
             Use
             of
             them
             ,
             )
             did
             give
             it
             also
             that
             second
             Name
             .
             But
             now
             to
             come
             to
             our
             present
             purpose
             .
             When
             the
          
           King
           
             had
             forbidden
             ,
             to
             all
             his
             People
             ,
             Navigation
             
             in
             any
             Part
             ,
             that
             was
             not
             under
             his
             Crown
             ,
             he
             made
             neverthelesse
             this
             Ordinance
             ;
             that
             every
             twelve
             years
             there
             should
             be
             set
             forth
             ,
             out
             of
             this
          
           Kingdom
           ,
           
             two
             Ships
             ,
             appointed
             to
             several
             Voyages
             ;
             that
             in
             either
             of
             these
             Ships
             ,
             there
             should
             be
             a
             Mission
             of
             three
             of
             the
          
           Fellows
           ,
           
             or
          
           Brethren
           
             of
          
           Salomons
           House
           ,
           
             whose
             Errand
             was
             only
             to
             give
             us
             Knowledge
             of
             the
             Affairs
             and
             State
             of
             those
             Countries
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             were
             designed
             ;
             And
             especially
             of
             the
             Sciences
             ,
             Arts
             ,
             Manufactures
             ,
             and
             Inventions
             of
             all
             the
             World
             ;
             And
             withall
             to
             ●ring
             unto
             us
             ,
             Books
             ,
             Instruments
             ,
             and
             Paterns
             ,
             in
             every
             kind
             :
             That
             the
             Ships
             ,
             after
             they
             had
             landed
             the
          
           Brethren
           ,
           
             should
             return
             ;
             And
             that
             the
          
           Brethren
           
             should
             stay
             abroad
             till
             the
             new
             Mission
             .
             The
             Ships
             are
             not
             otherwise
             fraught
             than
             with
             store
             of
             Victuals
             ,
             and
             good
             Quantity
             of
             Treasure
             to
             remain
             with
             the
          
           Brethren
           ,
           
             for
             the
             buying
             of
             such
             Things
             ,
             and
             rewarding
             of
             such
             Persons
             ,
             as
             they
             should
             think
             fit
             .
             Now
             for
             me
             to
             tell
             you
             ,
             how
             the
             vulgar
             sort
             of
             Mariners
             are
             contained
             from
             being
             discovered
             at
             Land
             ;
             And
             how
             they
             that
             must
             be
             put
             on
             shore
             for
             any
             time
             ,
             colour
             themselves
             under
             the
             Names
             of
             other
             Nations
             ;
             And
             to
             what
             places
             these
             Voyages
             have
             been
             designed
             ;
             And
             what
             places
             of
          
           Rendezvous
           
             are
             appointed
             for
             the
             new
             Missions
             ;
             And
             the
             like
             circumstances
             of
             the
             Practique
             ;
             I
             may
             not
             do
             it
             ;
             Neither
             is
             it
             much
             to
             your
             desire
             .
             But
             thus
             you
             see
             we
             maintain
             a
             Trade
             ,
             not
             for
             Gold
             ,
             Silver
             ,
             or
             Iewels
             ,
             Nor
             for
             Silks
             ,
             Nor
             for
             Spices
             ;
             Nor
             any
             other
             Commodity
             of
             Matter
             ;
             But
             only
             for
          
           Gods
           
             first
             Creature
             ,
             which
             was
          
           Light
           :
           
             To
             have
          
           Light
           
             (
             I
             say
             )
             of
             the
             growth
             of
             all
             Parts
             of
             the
             World
             .
          
           And
           when
           he
           had
           said
           this
           ,
           he
           was
           silent
           ;
           And
           so
           were
           we
           all
           .
           For
           indeed
           we
           were
           all
           astonished
           ,
           to
           hear
           so
           strange
           things
           so
           probably
           told
           .
           And
           he
           perceiving
           that
           we
           were
           willing
           to
           say
           somewhat
           ,
           but
           had
           it
           not
           ready
           ,
           in
           great
           Courtesie
           took
           us
           off
           ,
           and
           descended
           to
           ask
           us
           Questions
           of
           our
           Voyage
           and
           Fortunes
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           concluded
           that
           we
           mought
           do
           well
           ,
           to
           think
           with
           our selves
           ,
           what
           time
           of
           stay
           we
           would
           demand
           of
           the
           State
           ;
           And
           bad
           us
           not
           to
           scant
           our selves
           :
           For
           he
           would
           procure
           such
           time
           as
           we
           desired
           .
           VVhereupon
           we
           all
           rose
           up
           and
           presented
           our selves
           to
           kisse
           the
           skirt
           of
           his
           Tippet
           ,
           but
           he
           would
           not
           suffer
           us
           ;
           and
           so
           took
           his
           leave
           .
           But
           when
           it
           came
           once
           amongst
           our
           People
           ,
           that
           the
           State
           used
           to
           offer
           Conditions
           to
           Strangers
           ,
           that
           would
           stay
           ,
           we
           had
           work
           enough
           to
           get
           any
           of
           our
           Men
           to
           look
           to
           our
           Ship
           ;
           And
           to
           keep
           them
           from
           going
           presently
           to
           the
           Governor
           ,
           to
           crave
           conditions
           .
           But
           with
           much
           ado
           we
           refrained
           them
           ,
           till
           we
           mought
           agree
           what
           course
           to
           take
           .
        
         
         
           We
           took
           our selves
           now
           for
           freemen
           ,
           seeing
           there
           was
           no
           danger
           of
           our
           utter
           Perdition
           ;
           And
           lived
           most
           joyfully
           ,
           going
           abroad
           ,
           and
           seeing
           what
           was
           to
           be
           seen
           ,
           in
           the
           City
           and
           places
           adjacent●
           within
           our
           
             Tedder
          
           ;
           And
           obtaining
           acquaintance
           with
           many
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           not
           of
           the
           meanest
           Quality
           ;
           at
           whose
           hands
           we
           found
           such
           Humanity
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Freedome
           and
           desire
           to
           take
           Strangers
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           into
           their
           Bosome
           ,
           as
           was
           enough
           to
           make
           us
           forget
           all
           that
           was
           dear
           to
           us
           ,
           in
           our
           own
           Countries
           :
           And
           continually
           we
           met
           with
           many
           things
           ,
           right
           worthy
           of
           Observation
           ,
           and
           Relation
           :
           As
           indeed
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           a
           Mi●our
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           worthy
           to
           hold
           Mens
           Eyes
           ,
           it
           is
           that
           Country
           .
           One
           day
           there
           were
           two
           of
           our
           Company
           bidden
           to
           a
           
             Feast
             ,
          
           of
           the
           
             Family
             ,
          
           as
           they
           call
           it
           .
           A
           most
           Natural
           ,
           Pious
           ,
           and
           Reverend
           Custom
           it
           is
           ,
           shewing
           that
           Nation
           to
           be
           compounded
           of
           all
           goodnesse
           .
           This
           is
           the
           manner
           of
           it
           .
           It
           is
           granted
           to
           any
           Man
           ,
           that
           shall
           live
           to
           see
           thirty
           Persons
           ,
           descended
           of
           his
           Body
           ,
           alive
           together
           ,
           and
           all
           above
           three
           years
           old
           ,
           to
           make
           this
           
             Feast
             ,
          
           which
           is
           done
           at
           the
           cost
           of
           the
           State
           .
           The
           
             Father
          
           of
           the
           
             Family
             ,
          
           whom
           they
           call
           the
           
             Tirsan
             ,
          
           two
           daies
           before
           the
           
             ●east
             ,
          
           taketh
           to
           him
           three
           of
           such
           Friends
           as
           he
           liketh
           to
           chuse
           ;
           And
           is
           assisted
           also
           by
           the
           Governour
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           or
           Place
           ,
           where
           the
           
             Feast
          
           is
           celebrated
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           
             Persons
          
           of
           the
           
             Family
             ,
          
           of
           both
           Sexes
           ,
           are
           summoned
           to
           attend
           him
           .
           These
           two
           daies
           the
           
             Tirsan
          
           sitteth
           in
           consultation
           ,
           concerning
           the
           good
           Estate
           of
           the
           
             Family
             .
          
           There
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           Discord
           or
           Sutes
           between
           any
           of
           the
           
             Family
             ,
          
           they
           are
           compounded
           and
           appeased
           .
           There
           ,
           if
           any
           of
           the
           Family
           be
           distressed
           or
           decayed
           ,
           order
           is
           taken
           for
           their
           Relief
           ,
           and
           competent
           means
           to
           live
           .
           There
           ,
           if
           any
           be
           subject
           to
           vice
           ,
           or
           take
           ill
           Courses
           ,
           they
           are
           reproved
           ,
           and
           Censured
           .
           So
           likewise
           ,
           Direction
           is
           given
           touching
           Mariages
           ,
           and
           the
           courses
           of
           life
           ,
           which
           any
           of
           them
           should
           ●ake
           ,
           with
           divers
           ot●er
           the
           like
           Orders
           and
           Advices
           .
           The
           Governour
           assisteth
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           to
           put
           in
           Execution
           ,
           by
           his
           Publike
           Authority
           ,
           the
           Decrees
           and
           orders
           of
           the
           
             Tirsan
             ,
          
           if
           they
           should
           be
           disobeyed
           ,
           though
           that
           se●dome
           needeth
           ;
           Such
           Reverence
           and
           obedience
           they
           give
           ,
           to
           the
           Order
           of
           Nature
           .
           The
           
             Tirsan
          
           doth
           also
           then
           ever
           chuse
           one
           man
           from
           amongst
           his
           Sons
           ,
           to
           live
           in
           House
           with
           him
           :
           Who
           is
           called
           ,
           ever
           after
           ,
           the
           
             Son
             of
             the
             Vine
             .
          
           The
           Reason
           will
           hereafter
           app●●●
           .
           On
           the
           
             Feast
          
           day
           ,
           the
           
             Father
             ,
          
           or
           
             Tirsan
             ,
          
           commeth
           forth
           〈◊〉
           Divine
           Service
           into
           a
           large
           Room
           where
           the
           
             Feast
          
           is
           celebrated
           ;
           Which
           Room
           hath
           an
           Half-Pace
           
           at
           the
           upper
           ●nd
           .
           Against
           the
           wall
           ,
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           Half-Pace
           ,
           is
           a
           Chair
           placed
           for
           him
           ,
           with
           a
           Table
           and
           Carpet
           before
           it
           .
           Over
           the
           Chair
           is
           a
           State
           ,
           made
           Round
           or
           Ovall
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           of
           Ivy
           ;
           An
           Ivy
           somewhat
           whiter
           than
           ours
           ,
           like
           the
           Leaf
           of
           a
           Silver
           Aspe
           ,
           but
           more
           shining
           ;
           For
           it
           is
           green
           all
           winter
           .
           And
           the
           State
           is
           curiously
           wrought
           with
           Silver
           and
           Silk
           of
           divers
           Colours
           ,
           broiding
           or
           binding
           in
           the
           Ivy
           ;
           And
           is
           ever
           of
           the
           work
           ,
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Daughters
           of
           the
           Family
           ;
           And
           veiled
           over
           at
           the
           Top
           ,
           with
           a
           fine
           Net
           of
           Silk
           and
           Silver
           .
           But
           the
           Substance
           of
           it
           is
           true
           Ivy
           ;
           whereof
           ,
           after
           it
           is
           taken
           down
           ,
           the
           Friends
           of
           the
           Family
           are
           desirous
           to
           have
           some
           Leaf
           or
           Sprig
           to
           keep
           .
           The
           
             Tirsan
          
           commeth
           forth
           with
           all
           his
           Generation
           or
           Linage
           ,
           the
           Males
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           Females
           following
           him
           ;
           And
           if
           there
           be
           a
           Mother
           ,
           from
           whose
           Body
           the
           whole
           Linage
           is
           descended
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Traverse
           placed
           in
           a
           Loft
           above
           on
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           the
           Chair
           ,
           with
           a
           privy
           Dore
           ,
           and
           a
           carved
           VVindow
           of
           Glasse
           ,
           leaded
           with
           Gold
           and
           Blew
           ;
           where
           she
           sitteth
           ,
           but
           is
           not
           seen
           .
           VVhen
           the
           
             Tirsan
          
           is
           come
           forth
           ,
           he
           sitteth
           down
           in
           t●e
           Chair
           ;
           And
           all
           the
           Linage
           place
           themselves
           against
           the
           VVall
           ,
           both
           at
           his
           Back
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           Return
           of
           the
           Half-pace
           ,
           in
           Order
           of
           their
           years
           ,
           without
           difference
           of
           Sex
           ,
           and
           stand
           upon
           their
           Feet
           .
           VVhen
           he
           is
           set
           ,
           the
           Room
           being
           alwaies
           full
           of
           Company
           ;
           but
           well
           kept
           ,
           and
           without
           Disorder
           ;
           after
           some
           pause
           there
           commeth
           in
           from
           the
           lower
           end
           of
           the
           Room
           ,
           a
           
             Taratan
             ,
          
           (
           which
           is
           much
           as
           an
           
             Herald
          
           )
           ●●d
           on
           either
           side
           of
           him
           two
           
             young
             Lads
          
           ;
           whereof
           one
           carr●●●h
           a
           Scrowl
           of
           their
           shining
           yellow
           Parchment
           ;
           And
           the
           other
           a
           cluster
           of
           Grapes
           of
           Gold
           ,
           with
           a
           long
           foot
           or
           Stalk
           .
           The
           
             Herald
             ,
          
           and
           
             Children
             ,
          
           are
           chothed
           with
           Mantles
           of
           Sea-water
           green
           Sattin
           ;
           But
           the
           
             Heralds
          
           Mantle
           is
           streame●
           with
           Gold
           ,
           and
           hath
           a
           train
           .
           Then
           the
           
             Herald
          
           with
           three
           Courtesies
           ,
           or
           rather
           inclinations
           ,
           commeth
           up
           as
           far
           as
           the
           Half-pace
           ;
           And
           there
           first
           taketh
           into
           his
           Hand
           the
           Scrowl
           .
           This
           Scrowl
           is
           the
           
             Kings
             Charter
             ,
          
           containing
           Gift
           of
           Revenew
           ,
           and
           many
           Privileges
           ,
           Exemptions
           and
           points
           of
           Honour
           ,
           granted
           to
           the
           
             Father
          
           of
           the
           
             Family
          
           ;
           And
           it
           is
           ever
           stiled
           and
           directed
           ,
           
             To
             such
             an
             one
             ,
             Our
             well-beloved
             Friend
             and
             Creditour
          
           :
           Which
           is
           a
           Title
           proper
           only
           to
           this
           Case
           .
           For
           they
           say
           ,
           the
           King
           is
           Debter
           to
           no
           Man
           ,
           but
           for
           Propagation
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           the
           Seal
           set
           to
           the
           
             Kings
             Charter
             ,
          
           is
           the
           Kings
           Image
           ,
           Imbossed
           or
           moulded
           in
           Gold
           ;
           And
           though
           such
           
             Charters
          
           be
           expedited
           of
           Course
           ,
           and
           
           as
           of
           Right
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           varied
           by
           discretion
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Number
           and
           Dignity
           of
           the
           
             Family
             .
          
           This
           
             Charter
          
           the
           
             Herald
          
           readeth
           aloud
           ;
           And
           while
           it
           is
           read
           ,
           the
           
             Father
          
           or
           
             Tirsan
             ,
          
           standeth
           up
           ,
           supported
           by
           two
           of
           his
           Sons●
           such
           as
           he
           chooseth
           .
           Then
           the
           
             Herald
          
           mou●teth
           the
           Half-Pace
           ,
           and
           delivereth
           the
           
             Charter
          
           into
           his
           Hand
           :
           And
           with
           that
           there
           is
           an
           Acclamation
           ,
           by
           all
           that
           are
           present
           ,
           in
           their
           Language
           ,
           which
           is
           thus
           much
           ;
           
             Happy
             are
             the
             People
             of
             Bensalem
             .
          
           Then
           the
           
             Herald
          
           taketh
           into
           his
           Hand
           from
           the
           other
           Child
           ,
           the
           Cluster
           of
           Grapes
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           Gold
           ;
           Both
           the
           Stalk
           ,
           and
           the
           Grapes
           .
           But
           the
           Grapes
           are
           daintily
           enamelled
           ;
           And
           if
           the
           Males
           of
           the
           
             Family
          
           be
           the
           greater
           number
           ,
           the
           Grapes
           are
           enamelled
           Purple
           ,
           with
           a
           little
           Sun
           set
           on
           the
           top
           ;
           If
           the
           Females
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           enamelled
           into
           a
           greenish
           yellow
           ,
           with
           a
           Cressant
           on
           the
           top
           .
           The
           Grapes
           are
           in
           number
           as
           many
           as
           there
           are
           Descendants
           of
           the
           
             Family
             .
          
           This
           Golden
           Clusture
           ,
           the
           
             Herald
          
           delivereth
           also
           to
           the
           
             Tirsan
          
           ;
           who
           presently
           delivereth
           it
           over
           to
           that
           Son
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           formerly
           chosen
           ,
           to
           be
           in
           House
           with
           him
           :
           VVho
           beareth
           it
           before
           his
           
             Father
             ,
          
           as
           an
           ensign
           of
           Honour
           ,
           when
           he
           goeth
           in
           Publike
           ever
           after
           ;
           And
           is
           thereupon
           called
           
             the
             Son
             of
             the
             Vine
             .
          
           After
           this
           Ceremony
           ended
           ,
           the
           
             Father
          
           or
           
             Tirsan
          
           retireth●
           And
           after
           some
           time
           commeth
           forth
           again
           to
           Dinner
           ,
           where
           he
           sitteth
           alone
           under
           the
           State
           ,
           as
           before
           ;
           And
           none
           of
           his
           Descendants
           sit
           with
           him
           ,
           of
           what
           Degree
           or
           Dignity
           so
           ever
           ,
           except
           he
           hap
           to
           b●●f
           
             Salomons
             House
             .
          
           He
           is
           served
           only
           by
           his
           own
           Children
           ,
           〈◊〉
           as
           are
           Male
           ;
           who
           perform
           unto
           him
           all
           service
           of
           the
           Table
           upon
           the
           Knee
           ;
           And
           the
           VVomen
           only
           stand
           about
           him
           ,
           leaning
           against
           the
           VVall
           .
           The
           Room
           below
           his
           Half-pace
           ,
           hath
           tables
           on
           the
           sides
           for
           the
           Guests
           that
           are
           bidden
           ;
           who
           are
           served
           with
           great
           and
           comely
           order
           ;
           And
           toward
           the
           end
           of
           Dinner
           (
           which
           in
           the
           greatest
           Feasts
           with
           them
           ,
           lasteth
           never
           above
           an
           Hour
           and
           an
           half
           )
           there
           is
           an
           
             Hymn
          
           sung
           ,
           varied
           according
           to
           the
           Invention
           of
           him
           that
           composed
           it
           ;
           (
           for
           they
           have
           excellent
           Poesie
           ,
           )
           But
           the
           Subject
           of
           it
           is
           (
           alwaies
           )
           the
           praises
           of
           
             Adam
             ,
             and
             Noah
             ,
          
           and
           
             Abraham
          
           ;
           VVhereof
           the
           former
           two
           Peopled
           the
           VVorld
           ,
           and
           the
           last
           was
           the
           
             Father
          
           of
           the
           
             Faithfull
             .
          
           concluding
           ever
           with
           a
           Thanksgiving
           for
           the
           
             Nativity
          
           of
           our
           
             Saviour
             ,
          
           in
           whose
           Birth
           ,
           the
           Births
           of
           all
           are
           only
           Blessed
           .
           Dinner
           being
           done
           ,
           the
           
             Tirsan
          
           retireth
           again
           ;
           And
           having
           withdrawn
           himself
           alone
           into
           a
           place
           ,
           where
           he
           maketh
           some
           private
           Prayers
           ,
           he
           commeth
           forth
           the
           third
           time
           ,
           to
           give
           the
           Blessing
           ;
           
           with
           all
           his
           Descendants
           ,
           who
           stand
           about
           him
           as
           at
           the
           first
           .
           Then
           he
           calleth
           them
           forth
           by
           one
           and
           by
           one
           ,
           by
           name
           ,
           as
           he
           pleaseth
           ,
           though
           seldome
           the
           Order
           of
           Age
           be
           inverted
           .
           The
           person
           th●t
           is
           called
           ,
           (
           the
           Table
           being
           before
           removed
           ,
           )
           kneeleth
           down
           before
           the
           Chair
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Father
          
           layeth
           his
           Hand
           upon
           his
           Head
           ,
           or
           her
           Head
           ,
           and
           giveth
           the
           Blessing
           in
           these
           words
           ;
           
             Son
             of
             Bensalem
             ,
             (
             or
             Daughter
             of
             Bensalem
             ,
             )
             thy
             Father
             saith
             it
             ;
             The
             Man
             by
             whom
             thou
             hast
             Breath
             and
             Life
             speaketh
             the
             word
             ;
             the
             blessing
             of
             the
             Everlasting
             Father
             ,
             the
             Prince
             of
             Peace
             ,
             and
             t●e
             Holy
             Dove
             be
             upon
             thee
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             daies
             of
             thy
             Pilgrimage
             good
             and
             many
             .
          
           This
           he
           saith
           to
           every
           of
           them
           ;
           And
           that
           done
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           of
           his
           Sons
           of
           eminent
           Merit
           and
           Vertue
           ,
           (
           so
           they
           be
           not
           above
           two
           ,
           )
           he
           calleth
           for
           them
           again
           ;
           and
           saith
           ,
           laying
           his
           Arm
           over
           their
           shoulders
           ,
           they
           s●anding
           ;
           
             Sonnes
             ,
             it
             is
             well
             you
             are
             born
             ,
             give
             God
             the
             pra●se
             ,
             and
             persevere
             to
             the
             end
             .
          
           And
           withall
           delivereth
           to
           either
           of
           them
           a
           Jewell
           ,
           made
           in
           the
           Figure
           of
           an
           Ear
           of
           VVheat
           ,
           which
           they
           ever
           after
           wear
           in
           the
           front
           of
           their
           Turban
           ,
           or
           Hat
           .
           This
           done
           ,
           they
           fall
           to
           Musick
           and
           dances
           ,
           and
           other
           recreations
           ,
           after
           their
           manner
           ,
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           day●
           This
           is
           the
           full
           order
           of
           that
           
             Feast
             .
          
        
         
           By
           that
           time
           ,
           six
           or
           seven
           daies
           were
           spent
           ,
           I
           was
           fallen
           in●to
           straight
           Acquaintance
           ,
           with
           a
           
             Merchant
          
           of
           that
           
             City
             ,
          
           whose
           Name
           was
           
             Ioabin
             .
          
           He
           was
           a
           
             Iew
          
           and
           
             Circumcised
          
           :
           For
           they
           have
           some
           few
           stirps
           of
           
             Iews
             ,
          
           yet
           remaining
           among
           them
           ,
           whom
           they
           leave
           to
           their
           own
           Religion
           .
           VVhich
           they
           may
           the
           better
           do
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           of
           a
           farre
           differing
           Disposition
           from
           the
           
             Iews
          
           in
           other
           parts
           .
           For
           whereas
           they
           hate
           the
           Name
           of
           CHRIST
           ;
           and
           have
           a
           secret
           inbred
           Rancour
           against
           the
           People
           among
           whom
           they
           live
           ;
           these
           (
           contrariwise
           )
           give
           unto
           our
           SAVIOUR
           many
           high
           Attributes
           ,
           and
           love
           the
           
             Nation
          
           of
           
             Bensalem
             ,
          
           extremely
           .
           Surely
           this
           Man
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           speak
           ,
           would
           ever
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           CHRIST
           was
           born
           of
           a
           
             Virgin
             ,
          
           and
           that
           he
           was
           more
           than
           a
           Man
           ;
           And
           he
           would
           tell
           how
           GOD
           made
           him
           Ruler
           of
           the
           
             Seraphims
             ,
          
           which
           guard
           his
           Throne
           ;
           And
           they
           call
           him
           also
           the
           
             Milken
             way
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Eliah
          
           of
           the
           
             Messiah
          
           ;
           and
           many
           other
           high
           Names
           ;
           which
           though
           they
           be
           Inferiour
           to
           his
           Divine
           Majesty
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           far
           from
           the
           Language
           of
           other
           
             Iews
             .
          
           And
           for
           the
           Country
           of
           
             Bensalem
             ,
          
           ●hi●
           Man
           would
           make
           no
           end
           of
           commending
           it
           ,
           Being
           desirous
           by
           Tradition
           among
           the
           
             Iews
          
           there
           ,
           to
           have
           it
           beleeved
           ,
           that
           the
           
           People
           thereof
           were
           of
           the
           generations
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           by
           another
           Son
           ,
           whom
           they
           call
           
             Nachoran
          
           ;
           And
           that
           
             Moses
          
           by
           a
           secret
           
             Cabala
          
           ordained
           the
           Laws
           of
           
             Bensalem
          
           which
           they
           now
           use
           ;
           And
           that
           when
           the
           
             Messia
          
           should
           come
           ,
           and
           sit
           in
           his
           Throne
           at
           
             Hierusalem
             ,
          
           the
           King
           of
           
             Bensalem
          
           should
           sit
           at
           his
           feet
           ,
           whereas
           other
           Kings
           should
           keep
           a
           great
           distance
           .
           But
           yet
           setting
           aside
           these
           
             Iewish
          
           Dreams
           ,
           the
           Man
           was
           a
           wise
           Man
           ,
           and
           learned
           ,
           and
           of
           great
           Policy
           ,
           and
           excellently
           seen
           in
           the
           Laws
           and
           Customes
           of
           that
           Nation
           .
           Amongst
           other
           Discourses
           ,
           one
           day
           I
           told
           him
           ,
           I
           was
           much
           affected
           with
           the
           Relation
           I
           had
           ,
           from
           some
           of
           the
           Company
           ,
           of
           their
           Custome●
           in
           holding
           the
           
             Feast
          
           of
           the
           
             Family
          
           ;
           For
           that
           (
           me thought
           )
           I
           had
           never
           heard
           of
           a
           Solemnity
           ,
           wherein
           Nature
           did
           so
           much
           preside
           .
           And
           because
           Propagation
           of
           Families
           ,
           proceedeth
           from
           the
           Nuptial
           Copulation
           ,
           I
           desired
           to
           know
           of
           him
           ,
           what
           Laws
           and
           Customes
           they
           had
           concerning
           Mariage
           ;
           and
           whether
           they
           kept
           Mariage
           well
           ;
           and
           whether
           they
           were
           tyed
           to
           one
           Wife
           ?
           For
           that
           where
           Population
           is
           so
           much
           affected
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           with
           them
           it
           seemed
           to
           be
           ,
           there
           is
           commonly
           permission
           of
           
             Plurality
          
           of
           
             Wives
             .
          
           To
           this
           he
           said
           ;
           
             You
             have
             reason
             for
             to
             commend
             that
             excellent
             Institution
             of
             the
          
           Feast
           
             of
             the
          
           Family
           ;
           
             And
             indeed
             we
             have
             Experience
             ,
             that
             those
             Families
             that
             are
             Partakers
             of
             the
             Blessings
             of
             that
             Feast
             ,
             do
             flourish
             and
             prosper
             ever
             after
             ,
             in
             an
             extraordinary
             manner
             .
             But
             hear
             me
             now
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             tell
             you
             what
             I
             know
             .
             You
             shall
             understand
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             not
             under
             the
             Heavens
             so
             chaste
             a
             Nation
             ,
             as
             this
             of
          
           Bensalem
           ;
           
             Nor
             so
             free
             from
             all
             Pollution
             or
             foulness●
             .
             It
             is
             the
             Virgin
             of
             the
             World
             .
             I
             remember
             ,
             I
             have
             read
             in
             one
             of
             your
          
           Europaean
           
             Books
             ,
             of
             an
             holy
          
           Hermit
           
             amongst
             you
             ,
             that
             d●sired
             to
             see
             the
          
           Spirit
           
             of
          
           Fornication
           ,
           
             and
             there
             appeared
             to
             him
             ,
             a
             little
             foule
             ugly
          
           AEthiope
           :
           
             But
             if
             he
             had
             desi●ed
             to
             see
             the
          
           Spirit
           
             of
          
           Chastity
           
             of
          
           Bensalem
           ,
           
             it
             would
             have
             appeared
             to
             him
             ,
             in
             the
             likenesse
             of
             a
             fair
             beautifull
          
           Cherubine
           .
           
             For
             there
             is
             nothing
             ,
             amongst
             Mortall
             Men
             ,
             more
             fair
             and
             admirable
             ,
             than
             the
             Chaste
             Minds
             of
             this
             People
             .
             Know
             therefore
             ,
             that
             with
             them
             there
             are
             no
             Stewes
             ,
             no
             dissolute
             Houses
             ,
             no
             Curtisans
             ,
             nor
             any
             thing
             of
             that
             kind
             .
             Nay
             they
             wonder
             (
             with
             detestation
             )
             at
             you
             in
          
           Europe
           ,
           
             which
             permit
             such
             things
             .
             They
             say
             you
             have
             put
             Mariage
             out
             of
             Office
             :
             For
             Mariage
             is
             ordained
             a
             Remedy
             for
             unlawfull
             Concupiscence
             ;
             And
             Natural
             Concupiscence
             seemeth
             as
             a
             spurre
             to
             Mariage
             .
             Eut
             when
             Men
             have
             at
             hand
             a
             Remedy
             ,
             more
             agreeable
             to
             their
             corrupt
             Will
             ,
             Mariage
             is
             almost
             expulsed
             .
             And
             therefore
             there
             are
             with
             you
             seen
             
             infinite
             Men
             ,
             that
             mary
             not
             ,
             but
             chuse
             rather
             a
             libertine
             and
             impu●e
             single
             life
             ,
             than
             to
             be
             yoaked
             in
             Mariage
             ;
             And
             many
             that
             do
             mary
             ,
             mary
             late
             ,
             when
             the
             Prime
             and
             Strength
             of
             their
             Years
             is
             past
             .
             And
             when
             they
             do
             mary
             ,
             what
             is
             Mariage
             to
             them
             ,
             But
             a
             very
             Bargain
             ;
             Wherein
             is
             sought
             Alliance
             ,
             or
             Portion
             ,
             or
             Reputation
             ,
             with
             s●me
             desire
             (
             almost
             indifferent
             )
             of
             Issue
             ;
             And
             not
             the
             faithfull
             Nuptial
             Union
             of
             Man
             and
             Wife
             ,
             that
             was
             first
             instituted
             .
             Neither
             is
             it
             possible
             ,
             that
             those
             that
             have
             cast
             away
             so
             basely
             ,
             so
             much
             of
             their
             Strength
             ,
             should
             greatly
             esteem
             Children
             (
             being
             of
             the
             same
             Matter
             )
             as
             chaste
             Men
             do
             .
             So
             likewise
             during
             Mariage
             is
             the
             Case
             much
             amended
             ,
             as
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             if
             those
             things
             were
             tolerated
             only
             for
             necessity
             ;
             No
             ,
             but
             they
             remain
             still
             as
             a
             very
             affront
             to
             Mariage
             :
             The
             Haunting
             of
             those
             dissolute
             places
             ,
             or
             resort
             to
             Courtezans
             ,
             are
             no
             more
             punished
             in
             Maried
             men
             ,
             than
             in
             Batchelers
             .
             And
             the
             depraved
             Custome
             of
             Change
             ,
             and
             the
             delight
             in
             Meretricious
             Embracements
             ,
             (
             where
             sinne
             is
             turned
             into
             Art
             ,
             )
             maketh
             Mariage
             a
             dull
             thing
             ,
             and
             a
             kind
             of
             Imposition
             ,
             or
             Tax
             .
             They
             hear
             you
             defend
             these
             things
             ;
             as
             do●e
             to
             avoid
             greater
             Evils
             ;
             As
             Advoutries
             ,
             Deflouring
             of
             Virgins
             ,
             Unnatural
             Lust
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
             But
             they
             say
             ,
             this
             is
             a
             preposterous
             Wisdome
             ;
             and
             they
             call
             it
          
           Lots
           offer
           ,
           
             who
             to
             save
             his
             Guests
             from
             abusing
             ,
             Offered
             his
             Daughters
             :
             Nay
             they
             say
             further
             ,
             That
             there
             is
             little
             gained
             in
             this
             ;
             For
             that
             the
             same
             Vices
             and
             Appetites
             ,
             do
             still
             remain
             and
             abound
             ,
             Unlawfull
             Lust
             being
             like
             a
             Furnace
             ,
             that
             if
             you
             stop
             the
             Flames
             altogether
             ,
             it
             will
             quench
             ,
             but
             if
             you
             give
             it
             any
             vent
             ,
             it
             will
             rage
             ;
             As
             for
             Masculine
             love
             ,
             they
             have
             no
             touch
             of
             it
             ;
             And
             yet
             there
             are
             not
             ,
             so
             faithfull
             and
             inviolate
             Friendships
             ,
             in
             the
             World
             again
             ,
             as
             are
             there
             ;
             And
             to
             speak
             generally
             ,
             (
             as
             I
             said
             before
             ,
             )
             I
             have
             not
             read
             of
             any
             such
             Chastity
             ,
             in
             any
             People
             ,
             as
             theirs
             .
             And
             their
             usual
             saying
             is●
          
           That
           whosoever
           is
           unchaste
           cannot
           reverence
           himself
           :
           
             And
             they
             say
             ,
          
           That
           the
           Reverence
           of
           a
           Mans
           self
           ,
           is
           ,
           next
           Religion
           ,
           the
           chiefest
           bridle
           of
           all
           Vices
           .
           And
           when
           he
           had
           said
           this
           ,
           the
           good
           
             Iew
          
           paused
           a
           little
           ;
           Whereupon
           I
           far
           more
           willing
           to
           hear
           him
           speak
           on
           ,
           than
           to
           speak
           my self
           ;
           yet
           thinking
           it
           decent
           ,
           that
           upon
           his
           pawse
           of
           Speech
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           be
           altogether
           silent
           ,
           said
           only
           this
           ;
           
             That
             I
             would
             say
             to
             him
             ,
             as
             the
          
           Widow
           
             of
          
           Sarepta
           
             said
             to
          
           Elias
           ;
           
             That
             he
             was
             come
             to
             bring
             to
             Memory
             our
             Sinnes
             ;
             And
             that
             I
             confess
             the
          
           Righteousnesse
           
             of
          
           Bensalem
           ,
           
             was
             greater
             than
             the
          
           Righteousnesse
           
             of
          
           Europe
           .
           At
           which
           speech
           he
           bowed
           his
           Head
           ,
           and
           went
           on
           this
           manner
           .
           
             They
             have
             also
             many
             wise
             and
             excellent
             Laws
             touching
          
           Mariage
           ,
           
           
             They
             a●low
             no
          
           Poligamie
           .
           
             They
             have
             ordained
             that
             none
             do
             intermary
             or
             contract
             ,
             untill
             a
             Month
             be
             past
             from
             their
             first
             intervie●
             .
          
           Mariage
           
             without
             consent
             of
             Parents
             they
             do
             not
             make
             void
             ,
             but
             they
             mu●ct
             it
             in
             the
             Inheritors
             :
             For
             the
             Children
             of
             such
          
           Mariages
           ,
           
             are
             not
             admitted
             to
             inherit
             ,
             above
             a
             third
             Part
             of
             their
             Parents
             Inheritance
             :
             I
             have
             read
             in
             a
          
           Book
           
             of
             one
             of
             your
          
           Men
           ,
           
             of
             a
          
           Feigned
           Common-wealth
           ,
           
             where
             the
             Maried
             couple
             are
             permitted
             ,
             before
             they
             Contract
             ,
             to
             see
             one
             another
             Naked
             .
             This
             they
             dislike
             :
             for
             they
             think
             it
             a
             scorn
             ,
             to
             give
             a
             Refusal
             after
             so
             fam●liar
             Knowledge●
             But
             because
             of
             many
             hidden
             Defects
             in
             Men
             and
             Womens
             Bodies
             ,
             they
             have
             a
             more
             Civil
             way
             :
             for
             they
             have
             near
             every
             Town
             ,
             a
             Couple
             of
          
           Pools
           ,
           (
           
             which
             they
             call
          
           Adam
           
             and
          
           Eves
           Pools
           )
           
             where
             it
             is
             permit●ed
             to
             one
             of
             the
             Friends
             of
             the
             Man
             ,
             and
             another
             of
             the
             Friends
             of
             the
             Woman
             ,
             to
             see
             them
             severally
             bath
             Naked
             .
          
        
         
           And
           as
           we
           were
           thus
           in
           Conference
           ,
           there
           came
           one
           that
           seemed
           to
           be
           a
           Messenger
           ,
           in
           a
           rich
           Huke
           ,
           that
           spake
           with
           the
           
             Iew
             :
          
           whereupon
           he
           turned
           to
           me
           and
           said
           ;
           
             You
             will
             pardon
             me
             ,
             for
             I
             am
             commanded
             away
             in
             hast
             .
          
           The
           next
           Morning
           he
           came
           to
           me
           again
           ,
           joy●ull
           ,
           as
           it
           seemed
           ,
           and
           said
           ;
           
             There
             is
             word
             come
             to
             the
             Governor
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             that
             one
             of
             the
          
           Fathers
           
             of
          
           Salomons
           House
           ,
           
             will
             be
             here
             this
             day
             Seven●night
             :
             We
             have
             seen
             none
             of
             them
             this
             Dozen
             Years
             :
             His
             Comming
             is
             in
             State
             ;
             But
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             Comming
             is
             secret
             .
             I
             will
             provide
             you
             ,
             and
             your
             Fellows
             of
             a
             good
             standing
             to
             see
             his
             Entry
             .
          
           I
           thanked
           him
           and
           told
           him
           :
           
             I
             was
             most
             glad
             ●f
             the
             News
             .
          
           The
           day
           being
           come
           he
           made
           his
           Entry
           .
           He
           was
           a
           
             Man
          
           of
           middle
           Stature
           ,
           and
           age
           ,
           comely
           of
           person
           ,
           and
           had
           an
           Aspect
           as
           if
           he
           pitied
           Men
           .
           He
           was
           cloathed
           in
           a
           Robe
           of
           fine
           black
           Cloath
           ,
           with
           wide
           Sleeves
           ,
           and
           a
           Cape
           .
           His
           under
           Garment
           was
           of
           excellent
           whi●e
           Linnen
           down
           to
           the
           Foot
           ,
           girt
           with
           a
           Girdle
           of
           the
           same
           ;
           And
           a
           Sindon
           or
           Tippet
           of
           the
           same
           about
           his
           Neck
           .
           He
           had
           Gloves
           ,
           that
           were
           curious
           ,
           and
           set
           with
           Stone
           ;
           And
           Shoes
           of
           Peach-coloured
           Velvet
           .
           His
           Neck
           was
           bare
           to
           the
           Shoulders
           .
           His
           Hat
           was
           like
           a
           Helmet
           ,
           or
           
             Spanish
             Montera
          
           ;
           and
           his
           Locks
           curled
           below
           it
           decently
           :
           They
           were
           of
           Colour
           brown
           .
           His
           Beard
           was
           cut
           round
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           same
           colour
           with
           his
           Hair
           ,
           somewhat
           ligher
           .
           He
           was
           carried
           in
           a
           rich
           Chariot
           ,
           without
           wheeles
           ,
           Litter-wise
           ,
           With
           two
           Horses
           at
           either
           end
           ,
           richly
           trapped
           in
           blew
           Velvet
           Embroydered
           ;
           and
           two
           Footmen
           on
           each
           side
           in
           the
           like
           attire
           .
           The
           Chariot
           was
           all
           of
           Cedar
           ,
           gilt
           and
           adorned
           with
           Christal
           ;
           save
           that
           the
           Fore-end
           had
           
           Pannels
           of
           Sapphires
           ,
           set
           in
           borders
           of
           Gold
           ,
           and
           the
           Hinderend
           the
           like
           of
           Emarauds
           of
           the
           
             Pe●u
          
           Colour
           .
           There
           was
           also
           a
           Sun
           of
           Gold
           ,
           Radiant
           upon
           the
           Top
           ,
           in
           the
           Midst
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           Top
           before
           ,
           a
           small
           
             Cherub
          
           of
           Gold
           ,
           with
           VVings
           displayed
           .
           The
           Chariot
           was
           covered
           with
           cloth
           of
           Gold
           ●issued
           upon
           Blew
           .
           He
           had
           before
           him
           fifty
           attendants
           ,
           young
           Men
           all
           ,
           in
           white
           
             Satten
          
           loose
           Coats
           up
           to
           the
           Mid
           Leg
           ,
           and
           Stockings
           of
           white
           Silk
           ;
           and
           Shoes
           of
           blew
           Velvet
           ;
           and
           Hats
           of
           blew
           Velvet
           ;
           with
           fine
           Plums
           of
           divers
           Colours
           ,
           set
           round
           like
           Hatbands
           .
           Next
           before
           the
           Chariot
           ,
           went
           two
           Men
           ,
           bare
           headed
           ,
           in
           Linnen
           garments
           down
           to
           thefoot
           ,
           girt
           ,
           and
           Shoes
           of
           blew
           Velvet
           ,
           who
           carried
           the
           one
           a
           Crosier
           ,
           the
           other
           a
           Pastoral
           Staff
           like
           a
           Sheep-hook
           ;
           Neither
           of
           them
           of
           Metal
           ,
           but
           the
           Crosier
           of
           Balm-wood
           ,
           the
           Pastoral
           Staff
           of
           Cedar
           .
           Horsemen
           he
           had
           none
           ,
           neither
           before
           nor
           behind
           his
           Chariot
           :
           As
           it
           seemeth
           ,
           to
           avoid
           all
           Tumult
           and
           trouble
           .
           Behind
           his
           Chariot
           ,
           went
           all
           the
           Officers
           and
           Principals
           of
           the
           Companies
           of
           the
           City
           .
           He
           sate
           alone
           upon
           Cushions
           ,
           of
           a
           kind
           of
           Excellent
           Plush
           ,
           blew
           ;
           And
           under
           his
           Foot
           curious
           Carpets
           of
           Silk
           of
           divers
           Colours
           ,
           like
           the
           Persian
           ,
           but
           far
           finer
           .
           He
           held
           up
           his
           Bare
           Hand
           as
           he
           went
           ,
           as
           blessing
           the
           people
           ,
           but
           in
           Silence
           .
           The
           Street
           was
           wonderfully
           well
           kept
           ;
           So
           that
           there
           was
           never
           any
           Army
           had
           their
           Men
           stand
           in
           better
           Battel-Array
           ,
           than
           the
           People
           stood
           .
           The
           VVindows
           likewise
           was
           not
           crouded
           ,
           but
           every
           one
           stood
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           placed
           .
           VVhen
           the
           shew
           was
           past
           ,
           the
           
             Iew
          
           said
           to
           me
           ;
           
             I
             shall
             not
             be
             able
             to
             attend
             you
             as
             I
             would
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             some
             Charge
             the
             City
             hath
             laid
             upon
             me
             for
             the
             Entertaining
             of
             this
             great
             Person
             .
          
           Three
           daies
           after
           the
           
             Iew
          
           came
           to
           me
           again
           and
           said
           ;
           
             Ye
             are
             happy
             men
          
           ;
           For
           
             the
          
           Father
           
             of
          
           Salomons
           House
           
             taketh
             knowledge
             of
             your
             being
             here
             ,
             and
             commanded
             me
             to
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             admit
             all
             your
             Company
             to
             his
             presence
             ,
             and
             have
             private
             Conference
             with
             one
             of
             you
             ,
             that
             yee
             shall
             choose
             :
             And
             for
             this
             hath
             appointed
             the
             next
             day
             after
             to
             Morrow
             .
             And
             because
             he
             meaneth
             to
             give
             you
             his
             Blessing
             ,
             he
             hath
             appointed
             it
             in
             the
             Fore-Noon
             .
          
           VVe
           came
           at
           our
           Day
           and
           Hour
           ,
           and
           I
           was
           chosen
           by
           my
           Fellows
           for
           the
           private
           accesse
           .
           VVe
           found
           him
           in
           a
           fair
           Chamber
           ,
           richly
           hanged
           ,
           and
           carpetted
           under
           Foot
           ,
           without
           any
           Degrees
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           he
           was
           set
           upon
           a
           Low
           Throne
           richly
           adorned
           ,
           and
           a
           rich
           cloth
           of
           State
           over
           his
           head
           of
           blew
           Sattin
           Embroidered
           .
           He
           was
           alone
           ,
           save
           that
           he
           had
           two
           Pages
           of
           Honor
           ,
           on
           either
           Hand
           one
           ,
           finely
           attired
           in
           
           VVhite
           .
           His
           Under-Garments
           were
           the
           like
           that
           we
           saw
           him
           wear
           in
           the
           Chariot
           ;
           But
           insteed
           of
           his
           Gown
           ,
           he
           had
           on
           him
           a
           Mantle
           with
           a
           Cape
           ,
           of
           the
           same
           fine
           Black
           ,
           fastened
           about
           him
           .
           VVhen
           we
           came
           in
           ,
           as
           we
           were
           taught
           ,
           we
           bowed
           Low
           at
           our
           first
           Entrance
           ;
           And
           when
           we
           were
           come
           near
           his
           Chair
           ,
           he
           stood
           up
           ,
           holding
           forth
           his
           Hand
           ungloved
           ,
           and
           in
           Posture
           of
           Blessing
           ;
           And
           we
           every
           one
           of
           us
           stooped
           down
           ,
           and
           kissed
           the
           Hem
           of
           his
           Tippet
           .
           That
           done
           ,
           the
           rest
           departed
           ,
           and
           I
           remained
           .
           Then
           he
           warned
           the
           Pages
           forth
           of
           the
           Room
           ,
           and
           caused
           me
           to
           sit
           down
           beside
           him
           ,
           and
           spake
           to
           me
           thus
           in
           the
           
             Spanish
             Tongue
             .
          
        
         
           GOD
           
             blesse
             thee
             ,
             my
             Son
             ;
             I
             will
             give
             thee
             the
             greatest
             Iewel
             I
             have
             .
             For
             I
             will
             impart
             unto
             thee
             ,
             for
             the
             love
             of
             GOD
             and
             Men
             ,
             a
             Relation
             of
             the
             true
             State
             of
          
           Salomons
           House
           .
           
             Son
             ,
             to
             make
             you
             know
             the
             true
             State
             of
          
           Salomons
           House
           ,
           
             I
             will
             keep
             this
             Order
             .
             First
             ,
             I
             will
             set
             forth
             unto
             you
             the
          
           End
           
             of
             our
          
           Foundation
           .
           
             Secondly
             ,
             the
          
           Preparations
           
             and
          
           Instruments
           
             we
             have
             for
             our
          
           Works
           .
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             the
             ●●veral
          
           Employments
           
             and
          
           Functious
           
             whereto
             our
          
           Fellows
           
             are
             assigned
             .
             And
             fourthly
             the
          
           Ordinances
           
             and
          
           Rites
           
             which
             we
             observe
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             end
             of
             our
          
           Foundation
           
             is
             the
             Knowledge
             of
          
           Causes
           ,
           
             and
             Secret
             Motions
             of
             things
             ;
             and
             the
             Enlarging
             of
             the
             bounds
             of
          
           Humane
           Empire
           ,
           
             to
             the
             Effecting
             of
             all
             Things
             possible
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
          
           Preparations
           
             and
          
           Instruments
           
             are
             these
             .
             We
             have
             large
             and
             deep
          
           Caves
           
             of
             several
             Depths
             :
             The
             deepest
             are
             sunk
          
           600
           
             Fathome
             :
             And
             s●me
             of
             them
             are
             digged
             and
             made
             under
             great
             Hills
             and
             Mountains
             :
             So
             that
             if
             you
             reckon
             together
             the
             Depth
             of
             the
             Hill
             ,
             and
             the
             Depth
             of
             the
          
           Cave
           ,
           
             they
             are
             (
             some
             of
             them
             )
             above
             three
             miles
             deep
             .
             For
             we
             find
             ,
             that
             the
             Depth
             of
             an
          
           Hill
           ,
           
             and
             the
             Depth
             of
             a
          
           Cave
           
             from
             the
             Flat
             ,
             is
             the
             same
             Thing
             ;
             both
             remote
             alike
             ,
             from
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             Heavens
             Beams
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             open
             Air●
             These
          
           Caves
           
             we
             call
             the
          
           Lower
           Region
           .
           
             And
             we
             use
             them
             for
             all
          
           Coagulations
           ,
           Indurations
           ,
           Refrigerations
           ,
           
             and
          
           Conservations
           
             of
          
           Bodies
           .
           
             We
             use
             them
             likewise
             for
             the
          
           Imitation
           
             of
          
           Natural
           Mines
           ;
           
             And
             the
          
           Producing
           ,
           
             also
             of
          
           New
           Artificial
           Metals
           ,
           
             by
          
           Compositions
           
             and
          
           Materials
           
             which
             we
             use
             and
             lay
             there
             for
             many
             years
             .
             We
             use
             them
             also
             sometimes
             ,
             (
             which
             may
             seem
             strange
             )
             for
          
           Curing
           
             of
             some
          
           Diseases
           ,
           
             and
             for
          
           Prolongation
           
             of
          
           Life
           ,
           
             in
             some
          
           Hermits
           
             that
             choose
             to
             live
             there
             ,
             well
             accomodated
             of
             all
             things
             necessary
             ,
             and
             indeed
             live
             very
             long
             ;
             by
             whom
             also
             we
             learn
             many
             things
             .
          
        
         
           
             We
             have
          
           Burials
           
             in
             several
          
           Earths
           ,
           
             where
             we
             put
             divers
          
           Cements
           ,
           
           
             as
             the
          
           Chineses
           ,
           
             do
             their
          
           Porcellane
           .
           
             But
             we
             have
             t●em
             in
             greater
             Variety
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             them
             more
             fine
             .
             We
             also
             have
             great
             variety
             of
          
           Composts
           ,
           
             and
          
           Soils
           ,
           
             for
             the
             Making
             of
             the
             Earth
             Fruit●full
             .
          
        
         
           
             We
             have
             High
          
           Towers
           ;
           
             The
             Highest
             about
             half
             a
             Mile
             in
             Height
             And
             some
             of
             them
             ●ikewise
             set
             upon
             High
          
           Mountains
           :
           
             So
             that
             the
             Vantage
             of
             the
             Hill
             with
             the
          
           Tower
           ,
           
             is
             in
             the
             Highest
             of
             them
             thr●e
             Miles
             at
             least
             .
             And
             these
             Places
             we
             call
             the
          
           Upper
           Region
           ;
           
             Accounting
             the
             Air
             between
             the
          
           High
           Places
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           Low
           ,
           
             as
             a
          
           Middle
           Region
           .
           
             We
             use
             these
          
           Towers
           ,
           
             according
             to
             their
             several
             Heights
             ,
             and
             Situations
             ,
             for
          
           Insolation
           ,
           Refrigeration
           ,
           Conse●vation
           ,
           
             And
             for
             the
          
           View
           
             of
             divers
          
           Meteors
           ;
           
             As
          
           Winds
           ,
           Rain
           ,
           Snow
           ,
           Ha●l
           ;
           
             And
             some
             of
             the
          
           Fiery
           Meteors
           
             also
             .
             And
             upon
             them
             ,
             in
             some
             Places
             ,
             are
             Dwellings
             of
          
           Hermits
           ,
           
             whom
             we
             visit
             sometimes
             ,
             and
             instruct
             what
             to
             observe
             .
          
        
         
           
             We
             have
             great
          
           Lakes
           ,
           
             both
          
           Salt
           ,
           
             and
          
           Fresh
           ,
           
             whereof
             we
             have
             use
             for
             the
          
           Fish
           ,
           
             and
          
           Fowl
           .
           
             VVe
             use
             them
             also
             for
          
           Burials
           ,
           
             of
             some
          
           Natural
           Bodies
           :
           
             For
             we
             find
             a
             difference
             in
             things
             buried
             in
          
           Earth
           ,
           
             or
             in
          
           Air
           
             bel●w
             the
          
           Earth
           ;
           
             and
             things
             buried
             in
          
           VVater
           .
           
             VVe
             have
             also
          
           Pools
           ,
           
             of
             which
             some
             do
             strain
          
           Fresh
           VVater
           
             out
             of
          
           Salt
           ;
           
             And
             others
             by
             Art
             do
             turn
          
           Fresh
           VVater
           
             into
          
           Salt
           .
           
             We
             have
             also
             some
          
           Rocks
           
             in
             the
             Midst
             of
             the
          
           Sea
           ;
           
             And
             some
          
           Bayes
           
             upon
             the
          
           Shore
           
             for
             some
          
           VVorks
           ,
           
             wherein
             is
             required
             the
          
           Air
           
             and
          
           Vapour
           
             of
             the
          
           Sea
           .
           
             We
             have
             likewise
          
           violent
           Streams
           
             and
          
           Cataracts
           ;
           
             which
             serve
             us
             for
             many
          
           Motions
           :
           
             And
             likewise
          
           Engines
           
             for
          
           Multiplying
           
             and
          
           Enforcing
           
             of
          
           VVinds
           ,
           
             to
             set
             also
             on
             going
             divers
          
           Motions
           .
        
         
           
             We
             have
             also
             a
             Number
             of
          
           Artificial
           VVells
           
             and
          
           Fountains
           ,
           
             made
             in
             Imitation
             of
             the
          
           Natural
           Sources
           
             and
          
           Bathes
           ;
           
             As
             tincted
             upon
          
           Vitrioll
           ,
           Sulphur
           ,
           Steel
           ,
           Brasse
           ,
           Lead
           ,
           Nitre
           ,
           
             and
             other
          
           Minerals
           :
           
             And
             again
             ,
             we
             have
             little
          
           Wells
           
             for
          
           Infusions
           
             of
             many
          
           Things
           ,
           
             where
             the
          
           Waters
           
             take
             the
             Vertue
             quicker
             and
             better
             ,
             than
             in
          
           Vessels
           
             or
          
           Basins
           .
           
             And
             amongst
             them
             we
             have
             a
          
           VVater
           ,
           
             which
             we
             call
          
           water
           
             of
          
           Paradise
           ,
           
             being
             ,
             by
             that
             we
             do
             it
             ;
             made
             very
             Soveraign
             for
          
           Health
           
             and
          
           Prolongation
           
             of
          
           Life
           .
        
         
           
             VVe
             have
             also
          
           Great
           
             and
             spacious
          
           Houses
           ,
           
             where
             we
             imitate
             and
             demonstrate
          
           Meteors
           ;
           
             As
          
           Snow
           ,
           Hail
           ,
           Rain
           ,
           
             some
          
           Artificial
           Rains
           
             of
          
           Bodies
           ,
           
             and
             not
             of
          
           VVater
           ,
           Thunders
           ,
           Lightnings
           ;
           
             Also
          
           Generations
           
             of
          
           Bodies
           ,
           
             in
          
           Air
           ;
           
             As
          
           Frogs
           ,
           Flies
           ,
           
             and
             divers
             Others
             .
          
        
         
           
             We
             have
             also
             certain
          
           Chambers
           ,
           
             which
             we
             call
          
           Chambers
           
             of
          
           Health
           ,
           
             where
             we
             qualifie
             the
          
           Air
           
             as
             we
             think
             good
             and
             proper
             for
             the
          
           Cure
           
             of
             divers
          
           Diseases
           ,
           
             and
          
           Preservation
           
             of
          
           Health
           .
        
         
         
           
             We
             have
             also
             ●air
             and
             large
          
           Baths
           ,
           
             of
             several
             Mixtures
             ,
             for
             the
          
           Cure
           
             of
          
           D●seases●and
           
             the
             restoring
             of
          
           Mans
           Body
           
             from
          
           Arefaction
           :
           
             And
             other
             for
             the
          
           Confiming
           
             of
             it
             in
          
           Strength
           
             of
          
           Sinews
           ,
           vital
           Parts
           ,
           
             and
             the
             very
          
           Juyce
           
             and
          
           Substance
           
             of
             the
          
           Body
           .
        
         
           
             We
             have
             also
             large
             and
             various
          
           Orchards
           ,
           
             and
          
           Gardens
           ;
           
             Wherein
             we
             do
             not
             so
             much
             respect
             Beauty
             ,
             as
             Variety
             of
             Ground
             and
             Soil
             ,
             proper
             for
             divers
          
           Trees
           
             and
          
           Herbs
           :
           
             And
             some
             very
             spacious
             ,
             wh●re
          
           Trees
           
             and
          
           Berries
           
             are
             set
             ,
             whereof
             we
             make
             divers
             Kinds
             of
          
           Drinks
           ,
           
             besides
             the
          
           Vine-yards
           .
           
             In
             these
             we
             practise
             likewise
             all
             Conclusions
             of
          
           Graf●ing
           ,
           
             and
          
           Inoculating
           ,
           
             as
             well
             of
          
           Wild-Trees
           ,
           
             as
          
           Fruit-Trees
           ,
           
             which
             produceth
             many
             Effects
             :
             And
             we
             make
             (
             by
             A●t
             )
             in
             the
             same
          
           Orchards
           ,
           
             and
          
           Gardens
           ,
           Trees
           ,
           
             and
          
           Flowers
           ,
           
             to
             come
             earlier
             or
             later
             than
             their
          
           Seasons
           ;
           
             And
             to
             come
             up
             and
             bear
             more
             speedily
             than
             by
             their
          
           Natural
           Course
           
             they
             do
             .
             We
             make
             them
             also
             by
          
           Art
           
             greater
             much
             than
             their
          
           Nature
           ;
           
             And
             their
          
           Fruit
           
             greater
             ,
             and
             sweeter
             ,
             and
             of
             differings
          
           Taste
           ,
           Smell
           ,
           Colour
           ,
           
             and
          
           Figure
           ,
           
             from
             their
          
           Nature
           .
           
             And
             many
             of
             them
             we
             so
             Order
             ,
             that
             they
             become
             of
          
           Medicinal
           Use
           .
        
         
           
             We
             have
             also
             Means
             to
             make
             divers
          
           Plants
           
             rise
             ,
             by
          
           Mixtures
           
             of
          
           Earths
           
             without
          
           Seeds
           ;
           
             And
             likewise
             to
             make
             divers
             New
          
           Plants
           ,
           
             differing
             from
             the
             Vulgar
             ;
             and
             to
             make
             one
          
           Tree
           
             or
          
           Plant
           
             turn
             into
             another
             .
          
        
         
           
             We
             have
             also
          
           Parks
           ,
           
             and
          
           Enclosures
           
             of
             all
             Sorts
             of
          
           Beasts
           ,
           
             and
          
           Birds●which
           
             we
             use
             not
             only
             for
             view
             or
             Rarenesse
             ,
             but
             likewise
             for
          
           Dissections
           
             and
          
           Trials●That
           
             thereby
             we
             may
             take
             light
             ,
             what
             may
             be
             wrought
             upon
             the
          
           Body
           
             of
          
           Man
           .
           
             Wherein
             we
             find
             many
             strange
             Effects
             ;
             As
          
           Continuing
           Life
           
             in
             them
             ,
             though
             divers
          
           Parts
           ,
           
             which
             you
             account
          
           Vital
           ,
           
             be
             perished
             ,
             and
             taken
             forth
          
           ;
           Resuscitating
           
             of
             some
             that
             seem
          
           Dead
           
             in
          
           Appearance
           ;
           
             And
             the
             like
             .
             We
             try
             also
             all
          
           Poysons
           ,
           
             and
             other
          
           Medicines
           
             upon
             them
             ,
             as
             well
             of
          
           Chirurgery
           ,
           
             as
          
           Physick
           .
           
             By
          
           Art
           
             likewise
             we
             make
             them
          
           Greater
           
             or
          
           Taller
           ,
           
             than
             their
          
           Kind
           
             is
             ;
             And
             contrariwise
          
           Dwarf
           
             them
             and
             stay
             their
          
           Growth
           :
           
             VVe
             make
             them
             more
          
           Fruitfull
           
             and
          
           Bearing
           
             than
             their
          
           Kind
           
             is
             ;
             And
             contrary
             wise
          
           Barren
           
             and
             not
          
           Generative
           .
           
             Also
             we
             make
             them
             differ
             in
          
           Colour
           ,
           Shape
           ,
           Activity
           
             many
             waies
             .
             VVe
             find
             Means
             to
             make
          
           Commixtures
           
             and
          
           Copulations
           
             of
             diverse
          
           Kinds
           ;
           
             which
             have
             produced
             many
          
           New
           Kinds
           ,
           
             and
             them
             not
          
           Barren
           ,
           
             as
             the
             general
             Opinion
             is
             .
             VVe
             make
             a
             number
             of
          
           Kinds
           
             of
          
           Serpents
           ,
           Worms
           ,
           Flies
           ,
           Fishes
           ,
           
             of
          
           putrefaction
           ;
           
             whereof
             some
             are
             advanced
             (
             in
             effect
             )
             to
             be
          
           perfect
           Creatures
           ,
           
             like
          
           Beasts
           ,
           
             or
          
           Birds
           ;
           
             And
             have
          
           Sexes
           ,
           
             and
             do
          
           propagate
           .
           
             Neither
             do
             we
             this
             by
          
           Chance
           ,
           
             but
             we
             know
             before
             hand
             ,
             of
             what
          
           Matter
           and
           Commixture
           ,
           
             what
          
           Kind
           
             of
             those
          
           Creature
           
             will
             arise
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             We
             have
             also
          
           Particular
           Pools
           ,
           
             where
             we
             make
          
           Trials
           
             upon
          
           Fishes
           ,
           
             as
             we
             have
             said
             before
             of
          
           Beasts
           
             and
          
           Birds
           .
        
         
           
             We
             have
             also
          
           Places
           
             for
          
           Breed
           
             and
          
           Generation
           
             of
             those
          
           Kinds
           
             of
          
           Worms
           ,
           
             and
          
           Flies
           ,
           
             which
             are
             of
          
           Speciall
           Use
           ;
           
             such
             as
             are
             with
             you
             your
          
           Silkworms
           
             and
          
           Bees
           .
        
         
           
             I
             will
             not
             hold
             you
             long
             with
             recounting
             of
             our
          
           Brew-houses
           Bake-houses
           ,
           
             and
          
           Kitchins
           ,
           
             where
             are
             made
             divers
          
           Drinks
           ,
           Breads
           ,
           
             and
          
           Meats
           ,
           
             Rare
             and
             of
             special
             Effects
             .
          
           Wines
           
             we
             have
             of
          
           Grapes
           ;
           
             And
          
           Drinks
           
             of
             other
          
           Juyce
           ,
           
             of
          
           Fruits
           ,
           
             of
          
           Grains
           ,
           
             and
             of
          
           Roots
           ;
           
             And
             of
          
           Mixtures
           
             with
          
           Honey
           ,
           Sugar
           ,
           Manna
           ,
           
             and
          
           Fruits
           dryed
           
             and
          
           decocted
           :
           
             Also
             of
             the
          
           Tears
           
             or
          
           Woundings
           
             of
          
           Trees
           ;
           
             And
             of
             the
          
           Pulp
           
             of
          
           Canes
           .
           
             And
             these
          
           Drinks
           
             are
             of
             Severall
          
           Ages
           ,
           
             some
             to
             the
          
           Age
           
             or
             Last
             o●
             forty
             years
             .
             We
             have
          
           Drinks
           
             also
             brewed
             with
             severall
          
           Herbs
           ,
           
             and
          
           Roots
           ,
           
             and
          
           Spices
           ;
           
             Yea
             ,
             with
             several
          
           Fleshes
           ,
           
             and
          
           VVhite-Meats
           ;
           
             whereof
             some
             of
             the
          
           Drinks
           
             are
             such
             as
             they
             are
             in
             effect
          
           Meat
           
             and
          
           Drink
           
             both
             :
             So
             that
             Divers
             ,
             especially
             in
          
           Age
           ,
           
             doe
             desire
             to
             live
             with
             them
             ,
             with
             little
             or
             no
          
           Meat
           ,
           
             or
          
           Bread
           .
           
             And
             above
             all
             we
             strive
             to
             have
          
           Drinks
           
             of
          
           Extreme
           Thin
           Parts
           ;
           
             To
             insinuate
             into
             the
          
           Body
           ,
           
             and
             yet
             without
             all
          
           Biting
           ,
           Sharpnesse
           ,
           
             or
          
           Fretting●Insomuch
           
             as
             some
             of
             them
             put
             upon
             the
          
           Back
           
             of
             your
          
           Hand
           ,
           
             will
             ,
             with
             a
             little
             stay
             passe
             thorow
             to
             the
          
           Palme
           ,
           
             and
             yet
             tast
          
           Mild
           
             to
             the
          
           Mouth
           .
           
             We
             have
             also
          
           VVaters
           ,
           
             which
             we
             ripen
             in
             that
             fashion
             ,
             as
             they
             become
          
           Nourishing
           ;
           
             So
             that
             they
             are
             indeed
             excellent
          
           Drink
           ;
           
             And
             many
             will
             use
             no
             other
             .
          
           Breads
           
             we
             have
             of
             Several
          
           Grains
           ,
           Roots
           ,
           
             and
          
           Kernels
           ;
           
             Yea
             ,
             and
             some
             of
          
           Flesh
           ,
           
             and
          
           Fish
           ,
           Dried
           ;
           
             With
             divers
             kinds
             of
          
           Leavings
           ,
           
             and
          
           Seasonings
           :
           
             So
             that
             some
             doe
             extremely
             move
          
           Appetites
           ;
           
             Some
             doe
             nourish
             so
             ,
             as
             Divers
             doe
             live
             of
             them
             ,
             without
             any
             other
          
           Meat
           ;
           
             Who
             live
             very
             long
             .
             So
             for
          
           Meats
           ,
           
             we
             have
             some
             of
             them
             so
          
           beaten
           ,
           
             and
             made
          
           Tender
           ,
           
             and
          
           mortified
           ,
           
             yet
             without
             al●
          
           Corrupting
           ,
           
             as
             a
          
           VVeak
           Heat
           
             of
             the
          
           Stomack
           
             will
             turn
             them
             into
             good
          
           Chilus
           ;
           
             As
             well
             as
             a
          
           Strong
           Heat
           
             would
          
           Meat
           
             otherwise
             prepared
             .
             VVe
             have
             some
          
           Meats
           
             also
             ,
             and
          
           Breads
           ,
           
             and
          
           Drinks
           ,
           
             which
             taken
             by
             Men
             ,
             enable
             them
             to
          
           Fast
           
             long
             after●
             and
             some
             other
             ,
             that
             used
             make
             the
             very
          
           Flesh
           
             o●
          
           Mens
           Bodies
           ,
           
             sensibly
             more
          
           Hard
           
             and
          
           Tough
           ;
           
             And
             their
          
           Strength
           
             far●
             greater
             ,
             than
             otherwise
             it
             would
             be
             .
          
        
         
           
             VVe
             have
          
           Dispensatories
           ,
           
             or
          
           Shops
           
             of
          
           Medicines
           .
           
             VVherein
             you
             may
             easily
             think
             ,
             if
             we
             have
             such
          
           Varietie
           
             of
          
           Plants
           ,
           
             and
          
           Diving
           Creatures
           ,
           
             more
             than
             you
             have
             in
          
           Europe
           ,
           
             (
             for
             we
             know
             what
             you
             have
             ,
             )
             the
          
           Simples
           ,
           Druggs
           ,
           
             and
          
           Ingredients
           
             of
          
           Medicines
           ,
           
             must
             likewise
             be
             in
             so
             much
             the
             greater
          
           Variety
           .
           
             VVe
             have
             them
             likewise
             
             of
             divers
          
           Ages
           ,
           
             and
             long
          
           Fermentations
           .
           
             And
             for
             their
          
           Preparations
           ,
           
             we
             have
             not
             only
             all
             Manner
             of
             Exquisite
          
           Distilla●ions
           ,
           
             and
          
           Separations
           ,
           
             and
             especially
             by
          
           Gentle
           Heats
           ,
           
             and
          
           Percolations
           
             through
             divers
          
           Strainers
           ,
           
             yea
             ,
             and
          
           Substances
           ;
           
             But
             also
             Exact
          
           Forms
           
             of
          
           Composition
           ,
           
             whereby
             they
             incorp●rate
             almost
             as
             they
             were
          
           Natural
           Simples
           .
        
         
           
             We
             have
             also
             divers
          
           Mechanical
           Arts
           ,
           
             which
             you
             have
             not
             ;
             And
          
           Stuffs
           
             made
             by
             them
             ;
             As
          
           Papers
           ,
           Linnen
           ,
           Silks
           ,
           Tissues
           ,
           
             dainty
          
           Works
           
             of
          
           Feathers
           
             of
             wonderfull
             Lustre
             ;
             excellent
          
           Dies
           ,
           
             and
             manie
             others
             :
             And
          
           Shops
           
             likewise
             as
             well
             for
             such
             as
             are
             not●●rought
             into
             Vulgar
             use
             amongst
             us
             ;
             as
             for
             those
             that
             are
             .
             For
             you
             must
             know
             ,
             that
             of
             the
             Things
             before
             recited
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             are
             grown
             into
             use
             throughout
             the
             Kingdome
             ;
             But
             yet
             ,
             if
             they
             did
             flow
             from
             our
          
           Invention
           ,
           
             we
             have
             of
             them
             also
             for
          
           Patterns
           ,
           
             and
          
           Principals
           .
        
         
           
             We
             have
             also
          
           Furnaces
           
             of
             great
          
           Diversities
           ,
           
             and
             that
             keep
             great
          
           Diversitie
           
             of
          
           Heats
           :
           Fierce
           
             and
          
           Quick●
           Strong
           
             and
          
           Constant
           ;
           So●●and
           Mild●
           Blown
           ,
           Quiet
           Drie
           ,
           Mo●st
           ;
           
             And
             the
             like
             .
             But
             above
             all
             we
             have
          
           Heats
           ,
           
             in
             Imitation
             of
             the
          
           Sunns
           
             and
          
           Heavenly
           Bodies
           Heats
           ,
           
             that
             passe
             divers
          
           inequalities
           ,
           
             and
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
          
           Orbs
           ,
           Progresses
           ,
           
             and
          
           Returns
           ,
           
             wher●by
             we
             may
             produce
             admirable
             effects
             .
             Besides
             ,
             we
             have
          
           Heats
           
             of
          
           Dungs
           ;
           
             and
             of
          
           Bellies
           
             and
          
           Mawes
           
             of
          
           Living
           Creatures
           
             and
             of
             their
          
           Bloods
           ,
           
             and
          
           Bodies
           ;
           
             and
             of
          
           Hayes
           
             and
          
           Herbs
           
             laid
             up
             moist
             ;
             of
          
           Lime
           
             unquenched
             ;
             and
             such
             like
             .
          
           Instruments
           
             also
             which
             generate
          
           Heat
           
             only
             by
          
           Motion
           .
           
             And
             further
             ,
          
           Places
           
             for
             Strong
          
           Insolations
           ;
           
             And
             ●gain
             ,
          
           Places
           
             under
             the
          
           Earth
           ,
           
             which
             by
          
           Natu●e
           ,
           
             or
          
           Art
           
             yeeld
          
           Heat
           .
           
             T●ese
             d●vers
          
           Heats
           
             we
             use
             ,
             As
             the
          
           Natu●e
           
             of
             the
          
           Operation
           
             which
             we
             intend●
             requireth
             .
          
        
         
           
             We
             have
             a●so
          
           Perspective-Houses
           ,
           
             where
             we
             make
          
           Demonstration
           
             of
             all
          
           Lights
           ,
           
             and
          
           Radiations
           :
           
             And
             of
             all
          
           Colours
           :
           
             And
             out
             of
          
           Things
           uncoloured
           
             and
          
           Transparent
           ,
           
             we
             can
             represent
             unto
             you
             all
             seve●all
          
           Colours
           ;
           
             Not
             in
          
           Rain-bows
           ,
           (
           
             as
             it
             is
             in
          
           Gemms
           ,
           
             and
          
           Prisms
           ,
           )
           
             but
             of
             themselves
             Single
             .
             We
             represent
             also
             all
          
           Multiplications
           
             o●
          
           Light
           ,
           
             which
             we
             carry
             to
             great
          
           Distance
           :
           
             and
             make
             so
          
           Sharp
           ,
           
             as
             to
             discern
             small
          
           Points
           
             and
          
           Lines
           .
           
             Also
             all
          
           Colourations
           
             of
          
           Light
           .
           
             All
          
           Delusions
           
             and
          
           Deceits
           
             of
             the
          
           Sight
           ,
           
             in
          
           Figures
           ,
           Magnitudes
           ,
           Motions
           ,
           Colours
           :
           
             All
          
           Demonstrations
           
             of
          
           Shadows
           .
           
             Wee
             find
             also
             divers
             Means
             yet
             unknown
             to
             you
             ,
             of
          
           Producing
           
             of
          
           Light
           ,
           
             originally
             ,
             from
             divers
          
           Bodies
           .
           
             We
             procure
             means
             of
             Seeing
          
           Objects
           A-farr
           off
           ;
           
             As
             in
             the
          
           Heaven
           ,
           
             and
          
           Remote
           places
           :
           
             And
             represent
          
           Things
           Near
           
             as
          
           A-farr
           off
           ;
           
             And
          
           Things
           A-farr
           off
           
             as
          
           Near
           ;
           
             Making●e●igned
          
           Distances
           .
           
             We
             have
             also
          
           Helps
           
             so
             
             the
          
           Sight
           
             far
             above
          
           Spectacles
           
             and
          
           Glasses
           
             in
             use
             ;
             We
             have
             also
          
           Glasses
           
             and
          
           Means
           
             to
             see
          
           Small
           
             and
          
           Minute
           Bodies
           ,
           
             perfectly
             and
             distinctly
             ;
             As
             the
          
           Shapes
           
             and
          
           Colours
           
             of
          
           Small
           Flies
           
             and
          
           VVorms
           ,
           Grains
           ,
           
             and
          
           Flaws
           ,
           
             in
          
           Gemmes
           ,
           
             which
             cannot
             otherwise
             he
             seen
             ,
          
           Observations
           
             in
          
           Urine
           
             and
          
           Bloud
           
             not
             otherwise
             to
             be
             seen
             .
             We
             make
          
           Artificial
           Rain-Bows
           ,
           Helo's
           ,
           
             and
          
           Circles
           
             ab●ut
          
           Light
           .
           
             We
             represent
             also
             all
             manner
             of
          
           Reflexions
           ,
           Refractions
           ,
           
             and
          
           Multiplication
           
             of
          
           Visual
           Beams
           
             o●
          
           Objects
           .
        
         
           
             We
             have
             also
          
           Pretious
           Stones
           ,
           
             of
             all
             kinds
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             of
             great
             Beauty
             and
             to
             you
             unknown
          
           :
           Chrystals
           
             likewise
             ;
             And
          
           Glasses
           
             of
             divers
             kinds
             ;
             And
             amongst
             them
             some
             of
          
           Metals
           Vitrificated
           ,
           
             and
             other
          
           Materials
           ,
           
             beside
             those
             of
             which
             you
             make
          
           G●asse
           .
           
             Also
             a
             number
             of
          
           Fossiles
           ,
           
             and
          
           Imperfect
           Minerals
           
             which
             you
             have
             not
             .
             Likewise
          
           Loadstones
           
             of
             Prodigious
             Vertue
             :
             And
             other
             rare
          
           Stones
           ,
           
             both
          
           Natural
           
             and
          
           Artificial
           .
        
         
           
             We
             have
             also
          
           Sound
           Houses
           ,
           
             where
             we
             practise
             and
             demonstrate
             all
          
           Sounds
           ,
           
             and
             their
          
           Generation
           .
           
             We
             have
          
           Harmonies
           
             which
             you
             have
             not
             ,
             of
          
           Quarter-Sounds
           ,
           
             and
             lesser
          
           Slides
           
             of
          
           Sounds●Diverse
           Instruments
           
             of
          
           Musick
           
             likewise
             to
             y●u
             unknown
             ,
             some
          
           sweeter
           
             than
             any
             you
             have●
             With
          
           Bells
           
             and
          
           Rings
           
             that
             are
             dainty
             and
             sweet
             .
             We
             represent
          
           small
           sounds
           
             as
          
           great
           
             and
          
           Deep
           ;
           
             Likewise
          
           Great
           sounds
           ,
           ●xtenuate
           
             and
          
           sharp
           ;
           
             We
             make
             diverse
          
           tremblings
           
             and
          
           VVarblings
           
             of
          
           Sounds
           ,
           
             which
             in
             their
          
           Original
           
             are
          
           Entire
           .
           
             We
             represent
             and
             imitate
             all
          
           Articulate
           sounds
           
             and
          
           Letters
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           Voices
           
             and
          
           Notes
           
             of
          
           Beasts
           
             and
          
           Birds
           .
           
             We
             have
             certain
          
           Helps
           ,
           
             which
             set
             to
             the
          
           Eare
           
             do
             further
             the
          
           Hearing
           
             greatly
             .
             We
             have
             also
             diverse
          
           strange
           
             and
          
           Artificial
           Ecchoes
           Reflecting
           
             the
          
           Voice
           
             many
             times
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
          
           tossing
           
             it
             :
             And
             some
             that
             give
             back
             the
          
           Voice
           Lowder
           
             than
             it
             came
             ,
             some
          
           shriller
           ,
           
             and
             some
          
           Deeper
           ,
           
             Yea
             some
             rendring
             the
          
           Voice
           ,
           Differing
           
             in
             the
          
           Letters
           
             or
          
           Articulate
           Sound
           ,
           
             from
             that
             they
             receive
             .
             VVe
             have
             all
             means
             to
             convey
          
           Sounds
           
             in
          
           Trunks
           
             and
          
           Pipes
           ,
           
             in
             strange
          
           Lines
           
             and
          
           Distan●es
           .
        
         
           
             VVe
             have
             also
          
           Perfume-houses
           ;
           
             wherewith
             we
             joyn
             a●so
          
           Practices
           
             of
          
           Taste
           .
           
             VVe
          
           Multiply
           Smells
           ,
           
             which
             may
             seem
             strange
             .
             VVe
          
           Imitate
           Smells
           ,
           
             making
             all
          
           Smells
           
             to
             breath
             out
             of
             other
          
           Mixtures
           
             than
             those
             that
             give
             them
             .
             VVe
             make
             diverse
          
           Imitations
           
             of
          
           Taste
           
             likewise
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             will
             deceive
             any
          
           Mans
           Taste
           .
           
             And
             in
             this
          
           House
           
             we
             contain
             also
             a
          
           Confi●ure
           House
           ;
           
             where
             we
             make
             all
          
           Sweet-Meats
           Drie
           
             and
          
           Moist
           ;
           
             And
             divers
             pleasant
          
           Wines
           ,
           Milks
           ,
           Broaths
           ,
           
             an●
          
           Sallets
           ,
           
             far
             in
             greater
             Variety
             than
             you
             have
             .
          
        
         
           
             VVe
             have
             also
          
           Engine-Houses
           ,
           
             where
             are
             prepared
          
           Engines
           
             and
          
           
           Instruments
           
             for
             all
             sorts
             of
          
           Motions
           .
           
             There
             we
             imitate
             and
             practise
             to
             make
          
           Swifter
           Motions
           ,
           
             than
             any
             you
             have
             ,
             either
             out
             of
             your
          
           Muskets
           ,
           
             or
             any
          
           Engine
           
             that
             you
             have
             :
             and
             to
          
           Make
           
             them
             ,
             and
          
           Multiply
           
             them
             more
          
           Easily
           ,
           
             and
             with
          
           Small
           Force
           ,
           
             by
          
           VVheeles
           and
           
             other
          
           Means
           :
           
             and
             to
             make
             them
          
           Stronger
           
             and
             more
          
           Violent
           ,
           
             than
             yours
             are
             ;
             Exceeding
             your
             greatest
          
           Cannons
           
             and
          
           Basilisks
           .
           
             VVe
             represent
             also
          
           Ordinance
           
             and
          
           Instruments
           
             of
          
           War
           ,
           
             and
          
           Engines
           
             of
             all
             Kinds
             and
             likewise
             new
          
           Mixtures
           
             and
          
           Compositions
           
             of
          
           Gun-Powder
           ,
           Wild-Fires
           
             burning
             in
          
           Water
           ,
           
             and
          
           Unquenchable
           :
           
             Also
          
           Fire-works
           
             of
             all
          
           Variety
           ,
           
             both
             for
          
           Pleasure
           ,
           
             and
          
           Use
           .
           
             VVe
             imitate
             also
          
           Flights
           
             of
          
           Birds
           ;
           
             VVe
             have
             some
          
           Degrees
           
             of
          
           Flying
           
             in
             the
          
           Ayr
           .
           
             We
             have
          
           Ships
           
             and
          
           Boats
           
             for
          
           Going
           
             under
          
           VVater
           ,
           
             and
          
           Brooking
           
             of
          
           Seas
           ;
           
             Also
          
           Swimming-Girdles
           ,
           
             and
          
           Supporters
           .
           
             We
             have
             divers
             curious
          
           Clocks
           ;
           
             And
             other
             like
          
           Motions
           
             of
          
           Return
           :
           
             And
             some
          
           perpetual
           Motions
           .
           
             We
             imitate
             also
          
           Motions
           
             of
          
           Living
           Creatures
           ,
           
             by
          
           Images
           
             of
          
           Men
           ,
           Beasts
           ,
           Birds
           ,
           Fishes
           ,
           
             and
          
           Serpents
           ;
           
             We
             have
             also
             a
             great
             Number
             of
             other
             Various
          
           Motions
           ,
           
             strange
             for
          
           Equality
           ,
           Finenesse●and
           Subtility
           ,
        
         
           
             We
             have
             also
             a
          
           Mathematical-House
           ,
           
             where
             are
             represented
             all
          
           Instruments
           ,
           
             as
             well
             of
          
           Geometry
           ,
           
             as
          
           Astronomy
           ,
           
             exquisitely
             made
             .
          
        
         
           
             VVe
             have
             also
          
           Houses
           
             of
          
           Deceits
           
             of
             the
          
           Senses
           ;
           
             where
             we
             represent
             all
             manner
             of
          
           Feats
           
             of
          
           Jugling
           ,
           False
           Apparitions
           ,
           Impostures
           ,
           
             and
          
           Illusions
           ;
           
             And
             their
          
           Fallacies
           .
           
             And
             surely
             you
             will
             easily
             beleeve
             that
             we
             that
             have
             so
             many
          
           Things
           
             truly
          
           Natural
           ,
           
             which
             induce
          
           Admiration
           ,
           
             could
             in
             a
          
           World
           
             of
          
           Particulars
           
             deceive
             the
          
           Senses
           ,
           
             if
             we
             would
             disguise
             those
          
           Things
           ,
           
             and
             labour
             to
             make
             them
             more
          
           Miraculous
           .
           
             But
             we
             do
             hate
             all
          
           Impostures
           ,
           
             and
          
           Lies
           :
           
             Insomuch
             as
             we
             have
             severely
             forbidden
             it
             to
             all
             our
          
           Fellows
           ,
           
             under
             pain
             of
             Ignominy
             and
             Fines
             ,
             that
             they
             do
             not
             shew
             any
          
           Natural
           VVork
           
             or
             Thing
             ,
          
           Adorned
           
             or
          
           Swelling
           ;
           
             but
             only
          
           Pure
           
             as
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             without
             all
          
           Affectation
           
             of
          
           Strangenesse
           .
        
         
           
             These
             are
             (
             my
             Son
             )
             the
             Riches
             of
          
           Salomons
           House
           .
        
         
           
             For
             the
             several
          
           Employments
           
             and
          
           Offices
           
             of
             our
          
           Fellows
           ,
           
             VVe
             have
             Twelve
             that
             Sayl
             into
          
           Forein
           Countries
           
             under
             the
          
           Names
           
             of
             other
          
           Nations
           (
           
             for
             our
             own
             we
             conceal
             ;
          
           )
           
             VVho
             bring
             us
             the
          
           Books
           ,
           
             and
          
           Abstracts
           ,
           
             and
          
           Patterns
           
             of
          
           Experiments
           
             of
             all
             other
          
           Parts
           .
           
             These
             we
             cal●
          
           Merchants
           
             of
          
           Light
           .
        
         
           
             VVe
             have
             Three
             that
          
           Collect
           
             the
          
           Experiments
           
             which
             are
             in
             all
          
           Books
           ,
           
             These
             we
             call
          
           Deprepators
           .
        
         
           
             VVe
             have
             Three
             that
          
           Collect
           
             the
          
           Experiments
           
             of
             all
          
           Mechanical
           
           Arts●And
           
             a●so
             of
          
           Liberal
           Sciences
           ;
           
             And
             also
             of
             practices
             which
             are
             not
          
           Brought
           into
           Arts
           .
           
             These
             we
             call
          
           Mystery-men
           .
        
         
           
             We
             have
             Three
             that
             trie
          
           New
           Experiments
           .
        
         
           
             Such
             as
             themselves
             think
             good
             .
             These
             we
             call
          
           Pioneers
           
             or
          
           Miners
           .
        
         
           
             We
             have
             Three
             that
          
           Draw
           
             the
          
           Experiments
           
             of
             the
          
           Former
           Four
           
             into
          
           Titles
           
             and
          
           Tables
           ,
           
             to
             give
             the
             better
             light
             for
             the
             drawing
             of
          
           Observations
           
             and
          
           Axiomes
           
             out
             of
             them
             .
             These
             we
             call
          
           Compilers●
        
         
           
             We
             have
             three
             that
             bend
             themselves
             ,
          
           Looking
           
             into
             the
          
           Experiments
           
             of
             their
          
           Fellows
           ,
           
             and
             cast
             about
             how
             to
             draw
             out
             of
             them
          
           Things
           
             of
          
           Use
           ,
           
             and
          
           Practice
           
             for
          
           Mans
           life
           ,
           
             and
          
           Knowledge
           ,
           
             as
             well
             for
          
           Works
           
             as
             for
          
           Plain
           Demonstration
           
             of
          
           Causes
           ,
           Means
           
             of
          
           Natural
           Divinations
           ,
           
             and
             the
             easie
             and
             clear
          
           Discovery
           
             of
             the
          
           Vertues
           
             and
          
           Parts
           
             of
          
           Bodies
           .
           
             These
             we
             call
          
           Dowry-men
           
             or
          
           Bene●actors
           .
        
         
           
             Then
             after
             diverse
          
           Meetings
           
             and
          
           Consults
           
             of
             our
             whole
          
           Number
           ,
           
             to
             consider
             of
             the
             former
          
           Labours
           
             and
          
           Collections
           ,
           
             we
             have
             three
             that
             take
             care
             ,
             out
             of
             them
             ,
             to
          
           Direct
           New
           Experiments
           ,
           
             of
             a
             Higher
          
           Light
           ,
           
             more
          
           Penetrating
           
             into
          
           Nature
           
             than
             the
          
           Former
           .
           
             These
             we
             call
          
           Lamps
           .
        
         
           
             We
             have
             Three
             othe●s
             t●at
             do
          
           Execute
           
             the
          
           Experiment
           ,
           
             so
          
           Directed
           ,
           
             and
          
           Report
           them
           .
           
             These
             we
             call
          
           Inoculators
           .
        
         
           
             Lastly
             ,
             we
             have
             Three
             that
             raise
             the
             former
          
           Discoveries
           
             by
          
           Experiments
           ,
           
             into
          
           Greater
           Observations
           ,
           Axiomes
           ,
           
             and
          
           Aporismes
           .
           
             These
             we
             call
          
           Interpreters
           
             of
          
           Nature
           .
        
         
           
             We
             have
             also
             ,
             as
             you
             must
             think
             ,
          
           Novices
           
             and
          
           Apprentices
           ,
           
             that
             the
             Succession
             of
             the
             former
             Employed
             men
             do
             not
             fail
             ;
             besides
             a
             great
             Number
             of
          
           Servants
           
             and
          
           Attendants
           ,
           Men
           ,
           
             and
          
           VVomen
           .
           
             And
             this
             we
             do
             also
             :
             We
             have
          
           Consultations
           ,
           
             which
             of
             the
          
           Inventions
           
             and
          
           Experiences
           ,
           
             which
             we
             have
             discovered
             shall
             be
             Published
             ,
             and
             which
             not
             :
             And
             take
             all
             an
          
           Oath
           
             of
          
           Secrecy
           ,
           
             for
             the
             concealing
             of
             those
             which
             we
             think
             meet
             to
             keep
             Secret
             :
             Though
             some
             of
             those
             we
             do
             reveal
             sometime
             to
             the
          
           State
           ,
           
             and
             some
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             For
             our
          
           Ordinances
           
             and
          
           Rites●We
           
             have
             two
             very
          
           Long
           ,
           
             and
          
           Fair
           Galleries
           :
           
             In
             o●e
             of
             these
             we
             place
          
           Patterns
           
             and
          
           Samples
           
             of
             all
             manner
             of
             the
             more
          
           Rare
           
             and
          
           Excellent
           Inventions
           :
           
             In
             the
             other
             we
             place
             the
          
           Statuaes
           
             of
             all
          
           Principal
           Inventours
           .
           
             There
             we
             have
             the
          
           Statua
           
             of
             your
          
           Columbus
           ,
           
             that
             discovered
             the
          
           VVest-Indies
           :
           
             Also
             the
          
           Inventour
           
             of
          
           Ships
           :
           
             Your
          
           Monk
           
             that
             was
             the
          
           Inventour
           
             of
          
           Ordinance
           ,
           
             and
             of
          
           Gunpowder
           :
           
             The
          
           Inventour
           
             of
          
           Musick
           :
           
             The
          
           Inventour
           
             of
          
           Letters
           :
           
             The
          
           Inventour
           
             of
          
           Printing
           :
           
             The
          
           Inventour
           
             of
          
           Observations
           
             of
          
           Astronomy
           :
           
             The
          
           Inventour
           
             o●
          
           
           VVorks
           
             in
          
           Metall
           :
           
             The
          
           Inventour
           
             of
          
           Glasse
           :
           
             The
          
           Inventour
           
             of
          
           Silk
           
             of
             the
          
           VVorm
           :
           
             The
          
           Inventour
           
             of
          
           VVine
           :
           
             The
          
           Inventour
           
             of
          
           Corn
           
             and
          
           Bread
           :
           
             The
          
           Inventour
           
             of
          
           Sugars
           :
           
             And
             all
             these
             ,
             by
             more
             certain
             Tradition
             ,
             than
             you
             have
             .
             Then
             we
             have
             divers
          
           Inventours
           
             of
             our
          
           Own
           ,
           
             of
          
           Excellent
           VVorks
           ;
           
             which
             since
             you
             have
             not
             seen
             ,
             it
             were
             too
             long
             to
             make
          
           Descriptions
           
             of
             them
             ;
             And
             besides
             ,
             in
             the
             right
             Understanding
             of
             those
          
           Descriptions
           ,
           
             you
             might
             easily
             erre
             .
             For
             upon
             every
          
           Invention
           
             of
             Value
             ,
             we
             erect
             a
          
           Statua
           
             to
             the
          
           Inventour
           ,
           
             and
             give
             him
             a
             Liberal
             and
             Honourable
          
           Reward
           .
           
             These
          
           Statuaes
           
             are
             ,
             some
             of
          
           Brass
           ;
           
             some
             of
          
           Marble
           
             and
          
           Touchstone
           ;
           
             some
             of
          
           Cedar
           
             and
             other
             special
          
           VVoods
           
             gilt
             and
             adorned
             ;
             some
             of
          
           Iron
           ;
           
             some
             of
          
           Silver
           ;
           
             some
             of
          
           Gold
           .
        
         
           
             We
             have
             certain
          
           Hymns
           
             and
          
           Services
           ,
           
             which
             we
             say
             daily
             ,
             of
          
           Laud
           
             and
          
           Thanks
           
             to
          
           God
           
             for
             his
             Marvellous
          
           VVorks
           :
           
             And
          
           Forms
           
             of
          
           Prayers
           ,
           
             imploring
             his
          
           Aide
           
             and
          
           Blessing
           
             for
             the
          
           Illumination
           
             of
             our
          
           Labours
           ;
           
             the
             end
             turning
             them
             into
          
           Good
           
             and
          
           Holy
           Uses
           .
        
         
           
             Lastly
             ,
             we
             have
          
           Circuits
           
             or
          
           Visits
           ,
           
             of
             divers
          
           Principal
           Cities
           
             of
             the
          
           Kingdome
           ;
           
             where
             as
             it
             commeth
             to
             passe
             ,
             we
             do
             publish
             such
             New
          
           Profitable
           Inventions
           ,
           
             as
             we
             think
             good
             .
             And
             we
             do
             also
             declare
          
           Natural
           Divinations
           
             of
          
           Diseases
           ,
           Plagues
           ,
           Swarms
           
             of
          
           Hurtfull
           Creatures
           ,
           Scarcity
           ,
           Tempest
           ,
           Earthquakes
           ,
           Great
           Inundations
           ,
           Comets
           ,
           Temperature
           
             of
             the
          
           Year
           ,
           
             and
             divers
             other
             things
             ;
             And
             we
             give
          
           Counsel
           
             thereupon
             ,
             what
             the
          
           People
           
             shall
             do
             ,
             for
             the
          
           Prevention
           
             and
          
           Remedy
           
             of
             them
             .
          
        
         
           And
           when
           He
           had
           said
           this
           ,
           He
           stood
           up
           :
           And
           
             I
             ,
          
           as
           
             I
          
           had
           been
           taught
           ,
           kneeled
           down
           :
           and
           he
           laid
           his
           Right
           Hand
           upon
           my
           Head
           ,
           and
           said
           ;
           
             GOD
             blesse
             thee
             my
             Son
             ,
             and
             GOD
             bless
             this
             Relation
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             made
             .
             I
             give
             thee
             leave
             to
             Publish
             it
             ,
             for
             the
             good
             of
             other
             Nations
             ;
             For
             we
             hear
             are
             in
             GODS
             Bosome
             ,
             a
             Land
             unknown
             .
          
           And
           so
           he
           left
           me
           ;
           Having
           assigned
           a
           value
           of
           about
           two
           Thousand
           Duckets
           ,
           for
           a
           Bounty
           to
           me
           and
           my
           Fellows
           .
           For
           they
           give
           great
           Largesses
           ,
           where
           they
           come
           ,
           upon
           all
           occasions
           .
        
         
           
             The
             rest
             was
             not
             perfected
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           MAGNALIA
           NATVRAE
           PRAECIPVE
           QVOAD
           VSVS
           HUMANOS
           .
        
         
           
             THe
             
               Prologation
            
             of
             
               Life
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Restitution
            
             of
             
               Youth
            
             in
             some
             
               Degree
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Retardation
            
             of
             
               Age
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Curing
               of
               diseases
            
             counted
             
               Incurable
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Mitigation
               of
               Pain
               .
            
          
           
             More
             
               Easie
            
             and
             less
             
               Loathsome
               Purgings
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Encreasing
            
             of
             
               Strength
            
             and
             
               Activity
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Encreasing
               of
               Ability
            
             to
             suffer
             
               Torture
            
             or
             
               Pain
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Altering
            
             of
             
               Complexions
               :
            
             and
             
               Fatness
               ,
            
             and
             
               Leanesse
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Altering
            
             of
             
               Statures
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Altering
            
             of
             
               Features
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Encreasing
               and
               Exalting
            
             of
             the
             
               Intellectual
               Parts
               .
            
          
           
             
               Version
            
             of
             
               Bodies
            
             into
             other
             
               Bodies
               .
            
          
           
             
               Making
            
             of
             
               New
               Species
               .
            
          
           
             
               Transplanting
            
             of
             one
             
               Species
            
             into
             another
             .
          
           
             
               Instruments
            
             of
             
               Destruction
               ,
            
             as
             of
             
               Warre
            
             and
             
               Poyson
               .
            
          
           
             
               Exhilaration
            
             of
             the
             
               Spirits
               ,
            
             and
             
               Putting
            
             them
             in
             good
             
               Disposition
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               Force
            
             of
             the
             
               Imagination
               ,
            
             either
             upon
             another
             
               Body
               ,
            
             or
             upon
             the
             
               Body
            
             it self
             .
          
           
             
               Acceleration
            
             of
             
               Time
            
             in
             
               Maturations
               .
            
          
           
             
               Acceleration
            
             of
             
               Time
            
             in
             
               Clarifications
               .
            
          
           
             
               Acceleration
            
             of
             
               P●trefaction
               .
            
          
           
             
               Acceleration
            
             of
             
               Decoction
               .
            
          
           
             
               Acceleration
               of
               Germination
               .
            
          
           
             
               Making
               Rich
               Composts
            
             for
             the
             
               Earth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Impressions
            
             of
             the
             
               Air
               ,
            
             and
             
               raising
            
             of
             
               Tempests
               .
            
          
           
             Great
             
               Alteration
               ;
            
             As
             in
             
               Induration
               ,
               Emollition
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Turning
             
               Crude
            
             and
             
               Watry
               Substances
               ,
            
             into
             
               Oyly
            
             and
             
               Vnctuous
               Substances
               .
            
          
           
             Drawing
             of
             
               New
               Foods
            
             out
             of
             
               Substances
            
             not
             now
             in
             
               Vse
               .
            
          
           
             Making
             
               New
               Threds
            
             for
             
               Apparell
               ;
            
             And
             
               New
               Stuffs
               ,
            
             Such
             as
             are
             
               Paper
               ,
               Glass
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Natural
               Divinations
               .
            
          
           
             
               Deceptions
            
             of
             the
             
               Senses
               .
            
          
           
             Greater
             
               Pleasures
            
             of
             the
             
               Senses
               .
            
          
           
             Artificial
             
               Minerals
            
             and
             
               Cements
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .