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           THE
           HISTORY
           OF
           MODERATION
           ;
           OR
           ,
           THE
           Life
           ,
           Death
           and
           Resurrection
           OF
           MODERATION
           :
           TOGETHER
           WITH
           Her
           Nativity
           ,
           Country
           ,
           Pedigree
           ,
           Kinred
           ,
           Character
           ,
           Friends
           ,
           and
           also
           her
           Enemies
           .
           
             
               Tam
               prodesse
               velit
               ,
               quam
               delectare
               .
               —
            
             
               Nec
               prodesse
               sibi
               ,
               sed
               pluribus
               .
               —
            
             
               Immoderata
               ruunt
               ,
               sed
               moderata
               struunt
               .
            
          
           
             Let
             your
             moderation
             be
             known
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             the
             Lord
             is
             at
             hand
             ,
             
               Phil.
               4.
               5.
               
            
          
           Written
           by
           
             Hes●…chius
             Pamphilus
          
           :
           And
           now
           faithfully
           translated
           out
           of
           the
           Original
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Tho.
             Parkhurst
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Golden
             Bible
          
           on
           
             London
             Bridge
          
           ,
           next
           the
           Gate
           .
           1669.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           HIS
           HONOURED
           FRIENDS
           
             T.
             E.
             J.
             B.
          
           and
           
             H.
             S.
          
           ESQUIRES
           ,
           The
           Translatour
           wisheth
           all
           Health
           .
        
         
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Find
           this
           following
           discourse
           was
           written
           many
           a
           day
           ago
           by
           Hesychius
           
           Pamphilus
           ,
           in
           the
           native
           Language
           of
           Feliciana
           (
           a
           Language
           peculiar
           to
           that
           Island
           .
           )
           And
           because
           there
           are
           not
           many
           Copies
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Language
           it self
           not
           much
           understood
           ,
           but
           by
           such
           as
           have
           been
           bred
           and
           born
           in
           that
           Island
           ,
           or
           have
           travelled
           thither
           ,
           I
           thought
           good
           to
           translate
           it
           for
           the
           common
           benefit
           or
           delight
           of
           our
           Country-men
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Story
           is
           not
           long
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           things
           parallel
           to
           our
           present
           times
           ,
           therefore
           did
           I
           judge
           the
           Translation
           more
           seasonable
           .
           If
           any
           reap
           either
           benefit
           or
           delight
           by
           reading
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           reckon
           my
           pains
           more
           then
           requited
           .
           And
           for
           your selves
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           if
           you
           shall
           please
           to
           own
           it
           as
           a
           testimony
           of
           singular
           respect
           to
           you
           (
           after
           that
           to
           the
           Publick
           )
           I
           shall
           superadd
           
           that
           to
           the
           other
           Engagements
           upon
           him
           ,
           who
           is
           ,
        
         
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
           
             Yours
             to
             serve
             you
             ,
             N.
             S.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           EPISTLE
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           TO
           the
           Courteous
           or
           Curious
           Reader
           ,
           
             all
             Moderation
          
           .
           The
           like
           to
           all
           by-standers
           ,
           
           Hearers
           ,
           Examiners
           ,
           and
           Censurers
           of
           this
           discourse
           ;
           and
           but
           one
           thing
           more
           ,
           
             viz.
             To
             make
             this
             your
             Moderation
             known
             to
             all
             men
             ,
          
           (
           't
           is
           Apostolical
           )
           that
           with
           whomsoever
           you
           converse
           ,
           you
           commend
           ,
           promote
           ,
           propagate
           and
           countenance
           it
           ;
           then
           have
           I
           as
           many
           Licensers
           (
           as
           I
           need
           ;
           )
           so
           many
           Readers
           ,
           so
           many
           Licensers
           ,
           who
           though
           they
           subscribe
           not
           to
           the
           Letter
           ,
           yet
           do
           concur
           
           with
           the
           Spirit
           of
           this
           Treatise
           .
           Then
           what
           happy
           Times
           !
           no
           more
           Swords
           ,
           but
           Plough-shares
           ;
           nor
           Spears
           ,
           but
           Pruning-hooks
           ;
           then
           no
           more
           jars
           ,
           divisions
           ,
           dissentions
           ,
           schisins
           ,
           or
           heart-burnings
           ,
           but
           
             the
             voice
             of
             the
             Turtle
             shall
             be
             heard
             in
             our
             Land
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             unity
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             the
             bond
             of
             peace
             in
             the
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           shall
           you
           not
           need
           to
           enquire
           where
           Feliciana
           
           is
           ,
           we
           shall
           have
           it
           here
           :
        
         
           Est
           hic
           ,
           est
           Ulubris
           ,
           animus
           si
           te
           non
           deficit
           aequus
           .
        
         
           Nor
           yet
           to
           enquire
           what
           this
           
             Hesychius
             Pamphilus
          
           was
           ,
           for
           I
           can
           promise
           for
           him
           ,
           being
           in
           my
           younger
           dayes
           as
           well
           acquainted
           with
           his
           Spirit
           and
           Temper
           as
           any
           one
           .
           That
           he
           was
           one
           who
           would
           not
           willingly
           offend
           any
           one
           ,
           no
           not
           the
           worst
           
           Sons
           of
           Disobedience
           here
           spoken
           of
           ,
           but
           to
           desire
           they
           might
           all
           be
           reduced
           to
           
             the
             wisdom
             of
             the
             Just
          
           :
           And
           that
           by
           Disobedience
           here
           described
           ,
           he
           meant
           not
           any
           who
           in
           
             controverted
             Points
          
           do
           soberly
           and
           peaceably
           dissent
           ,
        
         
           Omnes
           hic
           veniam
           petimusque
           damusque
           vicissim
           .
        
         
           But
           only
           such
           as
           are
           disturbers
           
           of
           
             the
             Civil
             Peace
          
           ;
           and
           for
           such
           ,
           Moderation
           her self
           hath
           not
           a
           word
           to
           say
           ,
           but
           hath
           in
           readiness
           the
           
             weapons
             of
             her
             warfare
             ,
             to
             revenge
          
           all
           such
           Disobedience
           .
        
         
           Nor
           did
           he
           in
           speaking
           of
           
             Extremity
             ,
             Politicus
          
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           ,
           intend
           any
           reflexion
           upon
           any
           particular
           Person
           or
           Persons
           whatsoever
           ,
           but
           had
           the
           same
           design
           with
           the
           wise
           Tekoitess
           ,
           who
           
           fetcht
           about
           
             a
             form
             of
             words
          
           ,
           in
           a
           Parabolical
           strain
           ,
           only
           to
           
             reduce
             the
             Lords
             banished
          
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           the
           putting
           out
           the
           
             Coal
             of
             Israel
          
           ,
           the
           Sacred
           Coal
           of
           Religion
           and
           Peace
           .
        
         
           Now
           Reader
           ,
           if
           thou
           carest
           neither
           for
           Hesychius
           ,
           nor
           Pamphilus
           ,
           nor
           the
           Translator
           neither
           ,
           if
           thou
           art
           but
           for
           Moderation
           ,
           I
           have
           enough
           ,
           and
           shall
           love
           thee
           ,
           and
           thank
           thee
           ,
           yea
           ,
           
           give
           thee
           the
           publick
           thanks
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           have
           a
           Commission
           to
           invite
           thee
           to
           a
           meeting
           with
           some
           of
           Moderations
           Friends
           ,
           to
           congratulate
           her
           up-rising
           ,
           and
           the
           hopes
           of
           her
           Churching
           in
           due
           time
           ,
           where
           we
           shall
           be
           merry
           ,
           and
           more
           then
           that
           ,
           thankful
           ;
           and
           the
           Dishes
           we
           shall
           provide
           are
           but
           two
           
             great
             standing
             Dishes
          
           ;
           the
           one
           ,
           the
           largest
           
           that
           
             can
             be
          
           ,
           of
           the
           greatest
           thankfulness
           to
           Almighty
           God
           for
           his
           Mercy
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           near
           that
           
             as
             may
             be
          
           ,
           of
           heartiest
           thanks
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           for
           his
           Gracious
           Indulgence
           ,
           and
           Royal
           Clemency
           ;
           and
           after
           both
           ,
           one
           sober
           draught
           in
           a
           
             friendly
             Cup
          
           ,
           called
           
             Poculum
             Charitatis
          
           ,
           which
           we
           desire
           may
           go
           round
           the
           whole
           Nation
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           ,
           Reader
           ,
           go
           on
           ,
           or
           farewel
           .
        
         
           
             Thine
             N.
             S.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         THE
         HISTORY
         OF
         MODERATION
         .
      
       
         
           
             CHAP.
             I.
          
           The
           Country
           ,
           Pedigree
           ,
           Parentage
           ,
           Kinred
           and
           Acquaintance
           of
           Moderation
           .
        
         
           MODERATION
           ,
           howsoever
           she
           hath
           of
           later
           dayes
           lived
           obscurely
           ,
           as
           a
           Stranger
           to
           most
           Nations
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           altogether
           unknown
           
           to
           not
           a
           few
           ,
           is
           descended
           of
           a
           very
           ancient
           and
           honourable
           Family
           ,
           famous
           for
           their
           Piety
           and
           Loyalty
           ;
           She
           came
           out
           of
           the
           
             holy
             Land
          
           ,
           was
           born
           at
           Arimathea
           ,
           of
           the
           most
           Honourable
           Family
           in
           that
           City
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Senatorian
           Dignity
           .
        
         
           A
           Family
           which
           brought
           forth
           more
           Saints
           then
           all
           the
           world
           besides
           ;
           all
           the
           holy
           Prophets
           of
           old
           ,
           and
           the
           blessed
           Apostles
           ,
           sprang
           out
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           very
           near
           in
           bloud
           she
           was
           ,
           and
           intimately
           acquainted
           with
           those
           many
           Worthies
           famed
           in
           ancient
           Story
           ,
           whose
           Race
           is
           almost
           wholly
           worn
           out
           since
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           famous
           
             Urban
             ,
             Pudens
             ,
             Clemens
             ,
             Justus
             ,
             Aristobulus
          
           (
           an
           excellent
           Statesman
           and
           a
           Privy
           Councellour
           )
           Aristarchus
           (
           a
           great
           and
           gracious
           Prince
           )
           and
           Fortunatus
           (
           a
           happy
           and
           experienced
           General
           )
           Saints
           all
           in
           the
           Primitive
           Calender
           :
           As
           also
           with
           those
           of
           her
           own
           Sex
           ,
           the
           Lady
           Dorcas
           ,
           the
           
             Lady
             Elect
          
           ,
           and
           her
           
             Sister
             Elect
          
           (
           whose
           names
           I
           do
           not
           now
           rememb●…r
           )
           so
           well
           known
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           honour●…d
           by
           the
           beloved
           Disciple
           ,
           
           and
           Saint
           Lydia
           ,
           Saint
           Priscilla
           ,
           Saint
           Damaris
           ,
           Saint
           Tryphaena
           ,
           and
           her
           Sister
           Saint
           Tryphosa
           ,
           and
           Saint
           Cl●…udia
           (
           supposed
           to
           be
           our
           Country-woman
           :
           )
           But
           all
           of
           them
           unquestioned
           Saints
           in
           the
           first
           Primitive
           Calender
           ,
           before
           any
           of
           those
           were
           Canonized
           ,
           whose
           names
           fill
           up
           our
           present
           Calenders
           .
        
         
           Many
           great
           Personages
           besides
           desired
           acquaintance
           with
           her
           ,
           and
           some
           claimed
           Kinred
           of
           her
           ;
           as
           first
           the
           Lady
           Pilate
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           afar
           off
           ,
           who
           privately
           sent
           word
           to
           the
           Lord
           Deputy
           her
           Husband
           ,
           sitting
           President
           in
           the
           
             High
             Court
             of
             Justice
          
           (
           as
           then
           called
           )
           that
           he
           should
           in
           no
           hand
           proceed
           to
           the
           condemnation
           of
           the
           Prisoner
           then
           at
           the
           Bar
           ,
           whatsoever
           should
           come
           of
           it
           ,
           though
           he
           lost
           his
           place
           upon
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           King
           Agrippa
           ,
           who
           was
           much
           further
           off
           ,
           who
           though
           he
           fouly
           disliked
           the
           bandying
           against
           Moderation
           ,
           yet
           he
           spake
           but
           one
           word
           ,
           and
           that
           but
           faintly
           ,
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           cause
           ,
           and
           was
           but
           
             almost
             perswaded
          
           to
           countenance
           
           ●…t
           .
           Doctor
           Gamaliel
           was
           the
           nearest
           of
           the
           three
           ,
           and
           spake
           more
           in
           her
           behalf
           ,
           to
           stop
           the
           further
           prosecution
           against
           her
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           and
           so
           did
           help
           her
           out
           .
        
         
           But
           Tertullus
           the
           Sollicitor
           ,
           was
           a
           a
           pestilent
           Adversary
           (
           whether
           ,
           as
           one
           said
           ,
           
             Avaritiae
             magis
             quam
             malitiae
             causa
          
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           determine
           )
           and
           he
           spent
           all
           his
           Oratory
           and
           Rhetorick
           to
           make
           her
           as
           black
           and
           odious
           as
           he
           could
           .
        
         
           The
           place
           of
           h●…r
           birth
           was
           Arimathea
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           and
           is
           the
           same
           with
           that
           which
           was
           called
           Rama●…
           of
           old
           ,
           where
           was
           the
           first
           Academy
           of
           Divine
           Students
           ,
           and
           the
           ancientest
           Colledge
           that
           was
           for
           the
           sons
           of
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           whereof
           Samuel
           was
           President
           ;
           and
           the
           self
           same
           City
           ,
           where
           before
           him
           Deborah
           ,
           that
           renowned
           Princess
           ,
           and
           first
           
             Queen
             Regent
          
           ,
           kept
           her
           Court.
           There
           was
           she
           born
           .
        
         
           Her
           Fathers
           name
           was
           
             Seignior
             Gravity
          
           :
           Her
           Mothers
           ,
           Matron
           Sagacity
           (
           a
           Woman
           of
           few
           words
           ,
           but
           great
           understanding
           .
           )
           And
           a
           happy
           Couple
           
           they
           were
           ,
           and
           of
           ancient
           and
           honourable
           Extractions
           .
           
           Gravity's
           Father
           was
           a
           Grandee
           of
           State
           ,
           an
           Honourable
           Privy
           Counsellor
           ,
           lived
           and
           dyed
           at
           Arimathea
           ,
           his
           name
           Joseph
           ,
           whose
           Genealogy
           may
           be
           fetcht
           from
           the
           
             Second
             Adam
          
           ,
           it
           was
           so
           high
           ,
           so
           holy
           ,
           and
           so
           ancient
           ;
           his
           Father
           
             Ben
             Hagios
          
           ,
           sirnamed
           Bar-Jonah
           ,
           he
           the
           Son
           of
           David
           ,
           he
           the
           Son
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           he
           the
           Son
           of
           Noah
           ,
           he
           the
           Son
           of
           Enoch
           ,
           he
           the
           Son
           of
           Seth
           ,
           he
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Adam
             the
             Second
          
           ,
           he
           the
           undoubted
           
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             first-born
             of
             every
             Creature
             .
          
        
         
           He
           it
           was
           that
           in
           open
           Court
           ,
           when
           that
           first
           High
           Court
           of
           Injustice
           was
           set
           to
           arraign
           and
           condemn
           the
           most
           Innocent
           Person
           that
           ever
           was
           ,
           and
           their
           Sacred
           Soveraign
           besides
           ,
           
             the
             Lords
             Annointed
          
           ,
           perswaded
           and
           pressed
           ,
           with
           all
           his
           might
           ,
           to
           stay
           that
           bloudy
           Sentence
           from
           being
           pronounced
           and
           executed
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           he
           then
           told
           them
           ,
           might
           sooner
           be
           
             repented
             then
             recalled
          
           ,
           and
           would
           set
           all
           the
           Nation
           a
           bleeding
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           saw
           he
           
           could
           not
           be
           heard
           ,
           he
           entred
           his
           Protestation
           ,
           arose
           from
           the
           Bench
           ,
           and
           withdrew
           with
           much
           detestation
           from
           their
           Assembly
           ,
           with
           whom
           he
           would
           not
           have
           his
           
             Honour
             united
          
           ,
           nor
           his
           Loyalty
           and
           Conscience
           stained
           .
        
         
           
           Sagacity's
           Ancestors
           were
           Church-men
           ;
           some
           of
           them
           had
           been
           present
           at
           the
           first
           and
           best
           Synod
           that
           ever
           was
           called
           together
           ,
           met
           purposely
           for
           Accommodation
           ,
           where
           all
           unanimously
           voted
           no
           Imposition
           of
           things
           burdensom
           to
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           agreed
           to
           pass
           a
           very
           few
           Canons
           ,
           enjoyning
           only
           some
           
             things
             necessary
          
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Church
           was
           then
           happily
           settled
           .
        
         
           The
           Children
           did
           not
           at
           all
           degenerate
           from
           their
           Parents
           ,
           but
           as
           they
           had
           been
           vertuously
           brought
           up
           ,
           so
           they
           lived
           together
           as
           sweetly
           ,
           not
           being
           married
           till
           of
           full
           age
           ,
           and
           good
           understanding
           ;
           and
           as
           their
           Fathers
           had
           been
           ,
           each
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           glory
           of
           their
           resp●…ctive
           Professions
           ,
           so
           were
           the
           Children
           the
           
           glory
           and
           joy
           of
           their
           Parents
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           happening
           after
           a
           certain
           time
           ,
           that
           
             Persecution
             wasting
          
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           
             desolating
             Armies
          
           on
           the
           other
           over-running
           all
           ,
           their
           Native
           Country
           grew
           
             too
             hot
          
           for
           them
           to
           abide
           in
           :
           Therefore
           were
           they
           forced
           to
           seek
           out
           some
           more
           safe
           and
           quiet
           habitation
           ;
           and
           having
           travelled
           many
           Countries
           ,
           but
           finding
           no
           such
           ,
           where
           they
           might
           quietly
           settle
           ,
           they
           came
           at
           last
           to
           a
           certain
           Island
           ,
           called
           Feliciana
           ,
           by
           others
           corruptly
           ,
           Elysiana
           ;
           an
           Island
           nearest
           the
           Aequator
           of
           any
           other
           ,
           yet
           not
           under
           the
           
             Equinoct●…al
             line
          
           ;
           that
           being
           an
           errour
           which
           our
           times
           have
           corr●…cted
           ,
           the
           
             just
             Aequator
          
           not
           being
           where
           dayes
           and
           nights
           are
           of
           equal
           length
           ,
           but
           where
           the
           Inhabitants
           minds
           and
           spirits
           are
           ●…qually
           affected
           each
           to
           other
           ,
           therefore
           by
           some
           called
           the
           Aequianimal
           ,
           or
           Aequi-amicitial
           line
           ,
           by
           others
           the
           Aequi-scriptu●…al
           line
           ,
           more
           easie
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           new
           Coelestial
           Globe
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           old
           Terrestrial
           ;
           th●…re
           did
           they
           plant
           themselves
           and
           
           their
           Family
           .
           A
           very
           fertile
           Isle
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           seated
           in
           a
           most
           temperate
           Clime
           ,
           there
           being
           no
           extremity
           of
           heat
           or
           cold
           ;
           blessed
           with
           a
           happy
           Government
           and
           Laws
           ,
           squared
           many
           of
           them
           to
           a
           Conformity
           to
           Divine
           Precepts
           ,
           others
           suited
           to
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           publick
           good
           :
           No
           where
           is
           a
           Deity
           more
           honoured
           ,
           a
           Prince
           more
           beloved
           ,
           a
           people
           more
           happy
           ,
           and
           peaceably
           disposed
           .
           There
           they
           usually
           live
           to
           a
           great
           age
           ,
           and
           in
           much
           health
           and
           plenty
           ,
           and
           dye
           not
           till
           they
           are
           full
           of
           dayes
           .
           The
           temperateness
           of
           the
           Clime
           may
           be
           easily
           conjectured
           ,
           if
           you
           consider
           the
           scituation
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           being
           seated
           just
           in
           the
           very
           
             middle
             Degree
          
           of
           Latitude
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           very
           utmost
           and
           most
           remote
           degree
           of
           Longitude
           from
           the
           Meridian
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           Thither
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           came
           this
           Family
           ,
           and
           there
           seated
           themselves
           ,
           and
           there
           had
           they
           the
           Children
           which
           they
           had
           ,
           of
           whom
           we
           shall
           speak
           ;
           whose
           History
           being
           many
           a
           day
           ago
           written
           in
           the
           native
           Language
           of
           that
           Island
           ,
           is
           
           here
           transcribed
           and
           translated
           out
           of
           the
           Original
           ,
           for
           the
           benefit
           or
           d●…light
           of
           our
           own
           Country
           .
        
      
       
         
           
             CHAP.
             II.
          
           Of
           the
           two
           Brethren
           of
           Moderation
           .
        
         
           THe
           Parents
           had
           but
           a
           few
           Children
           ,
           though
           they
           lived
           long
           together
           ,
           to
           a
           great
           age
           ;
           never
           had
           but
           two
           Sons
           (
           and
           they
           Twins
           )
           and
           one
           only
           Daughter
           ,
           of
           whom
           this
           Discourse
           chiefly
           relates
           .
           The
           name
           of
           the
           elder
           was
           Philodike
           ,
           or
           Love-Justice
           ,
           a
           rare
           Patriot
           ,
           and
           excellent
           Statesman
           :
           of
           the
           other
           Philotheos
           ,
           a
           true
           friend
           to
           Religion
           ,
           and
           as
           eminent
           a
           Clergy-man
           .
        
         
           They
           were
           Twins
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           and
           so
           alike
           ,
           that
           you
           could
           ●…ot
           know
           the
           one
           from
           the
           other
           ▪
           Both
           were
           nurs●…d
           
           by
           their
           own
           Mother
           Sagacity
           ,
           of
           like
           feature
           ,
           stature
           and
           disposition
           ;
           alwayes
           bred
           up
           together
           ,
           equally
           beloved
           of
           their
           Parents
           ,
           and
           (
           which
           is
           rare
           to
           be
           found
           among
           Brethren
           in
           these
           dayes
           )
           no
           emulation
           or
           unkindness
           in
           the
           earth
           ,
           but
           alwayes
           i●…tire
           love
           and
           firm
           agreement
           to
           their
           dying
           day
           ;
           whatsoever
           pleased
           or
           displeased
           the
           one
           ,
           did
           the
           same
           to
           the
           other
           ;
           they
           both
           joyed
           and
           grieved
           together
           ,
           liked
           and
           disliked
           alike
           ,
           by
           a
           strange
           and
           rare
           simpathy
           of
           nature
           and
           affection
           :
           They
           lived
           both
           to
           be
           good
           old
           men
           ,
           and
           dyed
           both
           together
           ,
           immediately
           after
           their
           Sist●…r
           Moderation
           (
           even
           the
           self-same
           D●…y
           )
           and
           all
           three
           buryed
           in
           one
           and
           ●…he
           same
           Grave
           .
        
         
           The
           Mother
           ,
           if
           she
           might
           have
           had
           the
           name
           ,
           would
           have
           had
           the
           elder
           called
           Philotheos
           ,
           and
           bred
           a
           Divine
           ,
           because
           her
           father
           was
           so
           ;
           but
           her
           Husband
           perswad●…d
           her
           ,
           and
           she
           presently
           yielded
           to
           have
           the
           younger
           so
           called
           ,
           adding
           withall
           ,
           that
           it
           could
           be
           no
           〈◊〉
           to
           him
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           
           elder
           called
           Philodike
           ,
           for
           otherwise
           ,
           said
           he
           again
           ,
           it
           were
           but
           small
           honour
           or
           comfort
           to
           me
           ,
           to
           give
           the
           name
           of
           Religion
           and
           Love
           to
           God
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           not
           first
           had
           a
           respect
           to
           Justice
           and
           Righteousness
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           made
           no
           matter
           which
           was
           which
           ,
           for
           not
           only
           their
           age
           ,
           habit
           and
           complexion
           were
           alike
           ,
           but
           their
           disposition
           too
           ,
           so
           that
           you
           had
           not
           been
           much
           mistaken
           ,
           or
           at
           all
           called
           them
           out
           of
           their
           names
           ,
           if
           you
           ●…ad
           called
           either
           of
           them
           Philodike
           ,
           or
           
             Philotheos
             ▪
          
           for
           Philodike
           ,
           the
           Lover
           of
           Justice
           ,
           was
           as
           true
           a
           Friend
           to
           Religion
           as
           Philothe●…s
           hims●…lf
           was
           ;
           and
           Philotheos
           ,
           the
           Lover
           of
           God
           and
           Religion
           ,
           was
           as
           much
           for
           Justice
           and
           Righteousness
           as
           his
           Brother
           was
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             III.
          
           The
           Birth
           and
           Breeding
           of
           Moderation
           .
        
         
           THey
           had
           but
           one
           Sister
           b●…tween
           them
           ,
           her
           name
           was
           Moderation
           (
           born
           to
           her
           Parents
           when
           they
           were
           well
           in
           years
           :
           )
           And
           she
           bred
           up
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           nursed
           by
           her
           Mother
           Sag●…city
           ,
           who
           ,
           with
           
             Seignior
             Gravity
          
           the
           Father
           ,
           had
           instilled
           into
           her
           the
           chief
           Principles
           of
           Religion
           ,
           Morality
           and
           Prudence
           ,
           and
           she
           so
           apt
           and
           apprehensive
           withall
           ,
           to
           conceive
           and
           retain
           (
           whatsoever
           she
           heard
           or
           read
           was
           all
           her
           own
           pres●…ntly
           :
           )
           And
           besides
           it
           was
           observed
           in
           her
           ,
           she
           would
           o●…t
           ask
           such
           Q●…estions
           ,
           and
           make
           such
           Q●…eries
           ,
           to
           understand
           the
           reason
           ●…
           thi●…gs
           that
           se●…med
           high
           ,
           or
           doubt●…l
           and
           obscure
           (
           but
           ●…ill
           things
           
           pertinent
           and
           serious
           )
           as
           was
           to
           be
           wondered
           at
           in
           a
           Woman
           ,
           and
           of
           her
           age
           especially
           :
           Neither
           did
           she
           ever
           trouble
           her
           head
           about
           Niceties
           and
           Impertinencies
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           verily
           conceived
           she
           could
           give
           as
           good
           satisfact●…on
           in
           most
           points
           of
           Religion
           and
           Practice
           as
           most
           Divines
           ;
           and
           in
           matters
           of
           Pruden●…e
           ,
           and
           right
           State-Policy
           ,
           few
           Statesmen
           could
           go
           beyond
           her
           :
           So
           that
           it
           was
           said
           ,
           of
           all
           hands
           ,
           of
           her
           when
           she
           was
           young
           ,
           that
           she
           must
           be
           married
           ,
           either
           to
           some
           eminent
           Statesman
           ,
           or
           Churchman
           ,
           for
           she
           would
           make
           an
           excelle●…t
           Wife
           for
           either
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           it
           fell
           out
           ,
           for
           she
           was
           married
           to
           two
           such
           ,
           one
           after
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           you
           will
           hear
           anon
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
          
           Of
           
             Experience
             ,
             Aunt
          
           to
           Moderation
           ,
           her
           Husband
           ,
           Children
           ,
           Character
           and
           Employment
           ,
           and
           how
           Moderation
           was
           bred
           in
           her
           School
           .
        
         
           I
           Might
           have
           informed
           you
           also
           ,
           that
           Sagacity
           had
           an
           elder
           Sister
           ,
           called
           Experience
           ,
           a
           very
           wise
           ,
           knowing
           and
           vertuous
           Woman
           ,
           and
           she
           lived
           to
           a
           very
           great
           age
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           as
           she
           was
           commonly
           call'd
           
             Old
             Experience
          
           :
           Bu●…
           she
           had
           gone
           through
           a
           world
           of
           troubles
           as
           ever
           any
           did
           (
           inward
           and
           outward
           )
           for
           many
           year●…
           ,
           much
           sickness
           ,
           m●…ny
           cross●…s
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           yet
           would
           she
           still
           say
           ,
           all
           were
           for
           her
           good
           .
           And
           the
           least
           was
           not
           in
           her
           Husband
           ,
           to
           whom
           she
           was
           married
           very
           
           young
           ;
           his
           name
           Philantos
           (
           he
           loved
           himself
           ,
           and
           cared
           for
           no
           body
           else
           )
           a
           great
           Gallant
           he
           was
           ,
           and
           newly
           come
           of
           age
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           fair
           Estate
           ;
           but
           a
           wilfull
           and
           heady
           young
           man
           he
           was
           ,
           and
           must
           not
           be
           contradicted
           nor
           counselled
           neither
           :
           He
           would
           never
           hearken
           to
           the
           advice
           of
           his
           Wife
           Experience
           till
           all
           was
           gone
           ;
           He
           was
           many
           times
           hasty
           and
           unkind
           to
           his
           Wife
           besides
           ,
           when
           any
           thing
           had
           crossed
           him
           ,
           and
           this
           was
           a
           
             great
             cut
          
           to
           her
           .
           But
           at
           last
           she
           ,
           by
           her
           wisdom
           and
           fair
           carriage
           ,
           wrought
           a
           great
           change
           in
           him
           ;
           so
           that
           people
           would
           often
           say
           ,
           See
           by
           Experience
           ,
           what
           may
           not
           a
           wise
           Woman
           bring
           a
           bad
           Husband
           to
           in
           time
           ?
           
             The
             Good
             Gill
             may
             mend
             the
             Bad
             Jack
             .
          
        
         
           She
           had
           by
           him
           many
           Children
           ,
           three
           Sons
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           more
           Daughters
           :
           The
           three
           Sons
           first
           ,
           whose
           names
           were
           ,
           
             Philedonos
             ,
             Misoponos
          
           ,
           and
           Asotos
           ,
           all
           three
           too
           like
           the
           Father
           .
        
         
           Philedonos
           was
           all
           for
           play
           and
           his
           pleasure
           ;
           a
           dainty
           and
           delicate
           youth
           
           he
           was
           ,
           and
           his
           Father
           had
           spoiled
           him
           ,
           by
           making
           a
           very
           Wanton
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           must
           be
           a
           Gentleman
           because
           the
           eldest
           .
        
         
           Misoponos
           was
           put
           to
           a
           Trade
           ,
           but
           a
           deadly
           lazy
           Boy
           he
           was
           ,
           very
           dull
           at
           learning
           ,
           and
           hardly
           brought
           to
           settle
           to
           any
           thing
           ,
           or
           stay
           with
           any
           Master
           .
        
         
           Asotos
           was
           worst
           of
           all
           ,
           a
           prodigal
           vain
           he
           had
           in
           spending
           whatever
           he
           could
           wrap
           and
           rend
           ,
           and
           good
           at
           nothing
           in
           the
           Earth
           but
           stroying
           .
        
         
           When
           many
           saw
           these
           young
           Lads
           ,
           and
           beheld
           their
           carriage
           ,
           they
           said
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           for
           nothing
           that
           that
           Proverb
           was
           raised
           ,
           
             Experientia
             Mater
             Stultorum
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Experience
           is
           the
           Mother
           of
           Fools
           .
           But
           all
           three
           at
           last
           having
           well
           smarted
           for
           their
           folly
           ,
           and
           being
           well
           taught
           by
           their
           Mother
           ,
           
             Dear
             Experience
          
           (
           she
           took
           a
           world
           of
           pains
           with
           them
           first
           )
           they
           were
           much
           reclaimed
           .
        
         
           But
           her
           Daughters
           proved
           all
           singularly
           good
           .
           The
           first
           was
           Probation
           ;
           she
           had
           endured
           much
           ,
           and
           
           had
           been
           exercised
           with
           many
           temptations
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           Patience
           ,
           a
           very
           meek
           ,
           quiet
           and
           submissive
           a
           Creature
           as
           lived
           ,
           never
           murmuring
           ,
           fretting
           ,
           or
           discontented
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           third
           Diligence
           ,
           a
           mighty
           active
           and
           handy
           body
           ,
           and
           so
           willing
           and
           desirous
           to
           please
           ,
           as
           you
           never
           saw
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           These
           three
           she
           had
           pretty
           thick
           one
           after
           the
           other
           in
           her
           younger
           dayes
           ,
           and
           stay'd
           a
           fair
           while
           ere
           she
           had
           any
           more
           ;
           in
           so
           much
           that
           many
           thought
           she
           would
           have
           had
           no
           more
           Children
           :
           An●…
           all
           these
           three
           went
           through
           
             much
             hardship
          
           ;
           you
           might
           ,
           if
           you
           had
           looked
           wishly
           on
           them
           ,
           have
           disc●…rned
           somewhat
           of
           Care
           in
           their
           very
           Co●…ntenances
           ,
           for
           the
           Mother
           had
           been
           under
           several
           troubles
           all
           the
           while
           she
           went
           with
           them
           :
           And
           they
           had
           all
           of
           them
           a
           
           spice
           of
           Melanch●…ly
           ,
           and
           were
           troubled
           with
           the
           
             Hypocondriack
             wind
          
           ,
           which
           they
           after
           rubbed
           out
           ,
           and
           then
           grew
           very
           healthful
           ,
           and
           lived
           all
           of
           them
           comfortably
           .
        
         
           After
           these
           three
           ,
           
             Probation
             ,
             Patience
          
           and
           Diligence
           ,
           were
           a
           little
           grown
           up
           ,
           she
           had
           thr●…e
           other
           goodly
           Children
           :
           Hope
           the
           first
           ,
           after
           her
           Confidence
           ,
           and
           last
           of
           all
           Assurance
           :
           These
           she
           had
           not
           so
           thick
           as
           the
           other
           three
           ,
           but
           she
           stay'd
           a
           fair
           while
           between
           Hope
           and
           Confidence
           ,
           and
           somewhat
           longer
           ere
           she
           had
           Assurance
           .
           Thes●…
           three
           l●…st
           made
           Experience
           a
           joyful
           Mother
           ,
           and
           crowned
           her
           later
           dayes
           with
           much
           happine●…s
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           as
           happy
           for
           their
           part
           in
           their
           Mother
           :
           Tender
           Children
           all
           three
           when
           young
           ,
           and
           had
           never
           grown
           up
           ,
           if
           their
           own
           Mother
           had
           not
           carefully
           nursed
           them
           :
           But
           when
           grown
           ,
           they
           were
           of
           an
           excellent
           Complexion
           ,
           and
           rare
           Constitution
           ,
           ever
           healthful
           ,
           and
           so
           chearful
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           never
           known
           to
           have
           an
           ill
           day
           ,
           or
           
           look
           with
           a
           sad
           Countenance
           :
           Nay
           ,
           the
           Mother
           never
           had
           an
           
             ill
             fit
          
           all
           the
           while
           she
           went
           with
           
             Hope
             ,
             Confidence
          
           and
           Assurance
           ,
           as
           she
           had
           formerly
           had
           with
           all
           her
           other
           Children
           :
           Yea
           ,
           it
           is
           thought
           she
           lived
           ●…he
           longer
           for
           them
           ;
           and
           they
           were
           such
           good
           Children
           ,
           and
           so
           tender
           o●…
           their
           Mother
           ,
           that
           they
           eased
           her
           of
           all
           troubles
           ,
           so
           that
           she
           was
           never
           troubled
           with
           any
           earthly
           business
           after
           ,
           but
           lived
           as
           i●…
           she
           had
           been
           in
           Heaven
           already
           ,
           no
           Creature
           in
           all
           the
           world
           so
           happy
           as
           she
           .
        
         
           Her
           wild
           Husband
           Phila●…tos
           ,
           having
           now
           made
           away
           all
           his
           Estate
           ,
           and
           his
           Wives
           Portion
           too
           ,
           was
           at
           last
           fain
           to
           live
           upon
           his
           Wives
           care
           and
           pains
           ;
           and
           she
           maintained
           him
           and
           all
           her
           Children
           very
           comfortably
           .
        
         
           She
           taught
           a
           School
           ,
           and
           was
           excellently
           qualified
           for
           that
           Employment
           ;
           a
           mighty
           judicious
           and
           solid
           Person
           she
           was
           ;
           a
           great
           and
           diligent
           Observer
           she
           had
           been
           of
           whatever
           memorable
           
           matters
           she
           had
           read
           ,
           or
           had
           occurred
           in
           her
           time
           :
           She
           was
           universally
           read
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           in
           all
           Histories
           whatsoever
           ,
           Ecclesiastical
           or
           Civil
           ,
           Ancient
           or
           Modern
           ;
           she
           had
           all
           the
           Chronicles
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           remarkable
           Accidents
           and
           Occurrents
           that
           had
           happened
           in
           their
           several
           Reigns
           ,
           
             ad
             unguem
          
           ,
           besides
           what
           she
           had
           furnisht
           her self
           with
           of
           her
           own
           Collections
           and
           Observations
           for
           many
           years
           ;
           and
           she
           had
           a
           most
           rare
           memory
           .
        
         
           She
           could
           tell
           you
           by
           variety
           of
           Examples
           ,
           and
           plenty
           of
           Instances
           ,
           what
           had
           made
           Princes
           happy
           or
           unfortunate
           ,
           what
           would
           make
           a
           Common
           wealth
           flourish
           or
           decay
           ;
           what
           would
           raise
           or
           ruine
           a
           Family
           ,
           what
           would
           settle
           or
           disturb
           the
           Churches
           peace
           :
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           you
           could
           hardly
           put
           that
           to
           her
           ,
           which
           she
           could
           not
           ●…tisfie
           you
           in
           ;
           she
           could
           tell
           you
           who
           ,
           or
           what
           ,
           was
           like
           to
           thrive
           or
           miscarry
           ;
           what
           Match
           was
           like
           to
           prove
           well
           or
           ill
           :
           And
           her
           Judgment
           seldom
           failed
           .
        
         
         
           She
           had
           an
           Aphorisme
           ,
           which
           was
           frequently
           and
           familiarly
           in
           her
           mouth
           ,
           and
           call'd
           it
           an
           infallible
           Maxime
           ,
           by
           which
           you
           might
           ghess
           at
           what
           was
           future
           by
           what
           was
           past
           ,
           which
           ,
           she
           said
           ,
           she
           had
           from
           the
           Pen
           of
           a
           matchless
           Prince
           ,
           a
           man
           of
           the
           deepest
           insight
           ,
           and
           greatest
           wisdom
           and
           observation
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           was
           this
           ,
           
             That
             which
             hath
             Been
             will
             Be
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             nothing
             new
             under
             the
             Sun.
             
          
        
         
           With
           her
           Moderation
           had
           much
           of
           her
           breeding
           ,
           besides
           what
           she
           had
           had
           put
           to
           her
           by
           her
           Father
           Gravity
           ,
           and
           her
           Mother
           Sagacity
           ;
           and
           careful
           she
           was
           to
           treasure
           up
           her
           Aunt
           Experiences
           Aphorismes
           and
           Dictates
           as
           so
           many
           Jewels
           of
           Gold
           ;
           yea
           ,
           in
           every
           matter
           of
           moment
           she
           would
           still
           come
           and
           advise
           with
           her
           Aunt
           Experience
           ,
           to
           her
           dying
           day
           ,
           for
           she
           long
           out-lived
           Moderation
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           Philodik●…
           and
           Philothe●…s
           ,
           the
           two
           Brothers
           ,
           were
           wont
           ,
           at
           every
           
           breaking
           up
           at
           School
           ,
           to
           come
           and
           spend
           their
           time
           with
           her
           ;
           yea
           ,
           after
           they
           had
           been
           at
           the
           University
           ,
           they
           would
           often
           come
           and
           visit
           her
           ,
           and
           they
           thought
           their
           time
           well
           spent
           while
           they
           were
           with
           her
           :
           They
           would
           often
           confess
           ,
           they
           had
           learnt
           that
           from
           her
           mouth
           ,
           which
           they
           might
           have
           looked
           for
           long
           enough
           in
           their
           Books
           ,
           and
           not
           have
           met
           withall
           :
           Yea
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           advanced
           to
           that
           greatness
           ,
           whereof
           I
           shall
           tell
           you
           more
           anon
           ,
           they
           would
           familiarly
           come
           to
           her
           for
           advice
           and
           counsel
           ,
           and
           this
           made
           the
           one
           so
           happy
           and
           accomplisht
           a
           Statesman
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           a
           Divine
           .
        
         
           She
           had
           not
           ,
           as
           was
           thought
           by
           some
           ,
           much
           of
           Learning
           or
           Languages
           ,
           knew
           none
           but
           her
           Mother-tongue
           :
           But
           she
           had
           read
           most
           of
           the
           Writings
           of
           the
           Divines
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Histories
           of
           her
           own
           Country
           ove●…
           and
           over
           ,
           and
           had
           them
           perfect
           :
           And
           ●…he
           did
           constantly
           back
           her
           Precept●…
           with
           such
           choice
           and
           pregnant
           Examples
           
           that
           made
           such
           impression
           in
           her
           Schollers
           ,
           as
           that
           her
           Dictates
           w●…re
           look'd
           upon
           as
           Authentick
           ●…strations
           ,
           or
           Probatums
           at
           least
           ;
           and
           
             Ipse
             dixit
          
           was
           never
           more
           current
           in
           the
           old
           Philosophers
           School
           ,
           then
           
             ipsa
             dixit
          
           ,
           or
           
             Experientia
             doeuit
          
           ,
           was
           in
           hers
           ;
           yea
           ,
           
             Experientia
             docuit
          
           went
           for
           currant
           Authority
           all
           the
           Land
           over
           .
        
         
           Very
           famous
           she
           was
           for
           the
           great
           good
           she
           did
           in
           teaching
           ,
           and
           indeed
           she
           excelled
           all
           other
           School-masters
           and
           Mistrisses
           whatsoever
           ,
           so
           that
           she
           was
           by
           some
           ,
           for
           a
           singular
           Gift
           she
           had
           in
           teaching
           above
           all
           others
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Honour
           and
           Eminency
           ,
           styled
           ,
           
             Experientia
             Magistra
             Stultorum
             ,
             Experienc●…
          
           the
           Mistress
           of
           Fools
           ,
           because
           where
           none
           else
           could
           do
           good
           of
           them
           she
           could
           ;
           but
           by
           most
           she
           was
           styled
           ,
           
             Magistra
             Sapientum
          
           ,
           the
           Mistress
           of
           the
           wisest
           .
           But
           to
           be
           sure
           all
           were
           the
           better
           that
           came
           under
           her
           Education
           and
           Instruction
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           an
           Observation
           that
           was
           generally
           
           taken
           of
           her
           Schollers
           ,
           That
           they
           alwayes
           were
           better
           Livers
           ,
           then
           those
           who
           had
           been
           taught
           only
           by
           Book
           .
        
         
           Moderation
           was
           bred
           up
           in
           her
           School
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           and
           profited
           much
           ,
           was
           the
           most
           plyable
           Scholer
           she
           had
           in
           all
           the
           School
           ,
           and
           therefore
           she
           took
           the
           more
           delight
           to
           discourse
           with
           her
           ,
           read
           her
           many
           a
           long
           Lecture
           :
           She
           would
           sometimes
           take
           her
           in
           private
           with
           her
           into
           her
           Closet
           ,
           and
           say
           to
           her
           ,
           Moderation
           ,
           thou
           art
           my
           near
           Kinswoman
           ,
           I
           love
           thy
           very
           name
           ,
           I
           would
           there
           were
           more
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           next
           to
           my
           three
           youngest
           Daughters
           ,
           
             Hope
             ,
             Confidence
          
           and
           Assurance
           ,
           so
           necessary
           to
           my
           Salvation
           ,
           I
           love
           thee
           as
           well
           as
           any
           Child
           I
           have
           ,
           and
           above
           any
           other
           mortal
           Creature
           whatsoever
           ;
           thy
           name
           and
           nature
           being
           so
           full
           of
           benignity
           and
           beneficialness
           to
           all
           mankind
           ,
           because
           so
           full
           of
           charity
           ,
           which
           brings
           us
           Mortals
           on
           Earth
           to
           the
           nearest
           affinity
           with
           those
           Immo●…tals
           in
           Heaven
           ;
           
           and
           should
           I
           ever
           have
           another
           Daughter
           ,
           I
           would
           call
           her
           by
           thy
           name
           .
        
         
           Moderation
           ,
           I
           will
           tell
           thee
           what
           I
           have
           observed
           ,
           and
           know
           to
           be
           most
           certain
           ;
           Thy
           Ancestors
           have
           been
           blessings
           to
           Mankind
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           and
           in
           whatsoever
           Countries
           they
           have
           lived
           ,
           have
           honoured
           God
           ,
           preserved
           Peace
           ,
           secured
           States
           ,
           prevented
           Commotions
           ,
           suppressed
           Insurrections
           ,
           united
           Hearts
           ,
           strengthened
           Hands
           ,
           confirmed
           Love
           ,
           rooted
           out
           Discord
           ,
           countenanced
           Piety
           ,
           cherished
           Loyalty
           ,
           protected
           Innocency
           ,
           settled
           the
           Church
           ,
           secured
           Religion
           ,
           prevented
           Schismes
           ,
           extirpated
           Heresies
           ,
           enacted
           wholsom
           Laws
           ,
           establisht
           Commonwealths
           ,
           enriched
           the
           lower
           World
           with
           the
           highest
           blessings
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           
             Peace
             ,
             Joy
             ,
             Unity
          
           and
           Concord
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           best
           of
           earthly
           blessings
           ,
           
             Love
             ,
             Friendship
             ,
             Plenty
          
           and
           Prosperity
           .
           Oh!
           how
           good
           and
           joyful
           it
           is
           ,
           to
           see
           Brethren
           
           dwell
           together
           in
           Unity
           ,
           cemented
           together
           with
           the
           Spirit
           of
           true
           Christian
           Moderation
           !
           Let
           me
           advise
           thee
           ,
           my
           Child
           ,
           said
           she
           ,
           to
           hearken
           to
           
             old
             Experience
          
           ;
           If
           thou
           lovest
           thy
           life
           ,
           and
           desirest
           to
           see
           good
           dayes
           ,
           refrain
           thy
           Tongue
           from
           evil
           ,
           and
           thy
           Lips
           from
           speaking
           guile
           ;
           eschew
           evil
           and
           do
           good
           ,
           seek
           peace
           and
           ensue
           it
           :
           follow
           Peace
           with
           all
           men
           and
           Holiness
           :
           Be
           sure
           thou
           follow
           him
           ,
           who
           said
           ,
           learn
           of
           me
           that
           I
           am
           
             meek
             and
             lowly
          
           :
           Get
           that
           meek
           and
           
             quiet
             Spirit
          
           ,
           which
           is
           said
           to
           be
           of
           so
           great
           price
           with
           God
           :
           Honour
           the
           King
           ,
           obey
           Principallities
           and
           Powers
           ;
           speak
           evil
           of
           no
           man
           ,
           much
           less
           of
           Dignities
           ;
           clothe
           thy self
           with
           humility
           ,
           meekness
           and
           inoffensiveness
           ;
           and
           be
           sure
           to
           remember
           thy
           own
           old
           short
           Lesson
           ,
           
             Let
             thy
             moderation
             be
             known
             to
             all
             men
             :
          
           be
           not
           high-minded
           ,
           envy
           no
           mans
           greatness
           ;
           study
           to
           be
           quiet
           ▪
           and
           to
           do
           thy
           ow●…
           business
           ;
           fly
           ,
           as
           the
           
           most
           dangerous
           disease
           ,
           and
           most
           infectious
           Pest
           to
           a
           State
           ,
           that
           itching
           and
           bewitching
           evil
           ,
           called
           Polypragmosyne
           ,
           in
           our
           Language
           ,
           pragmaticalness
           ,
           the
           fatal
           break-neck
           of
           many
           and
           many
           :
           Avoid
           Contentions
           ,
           detest
           Schismes
           ;
           conjure
           down
           by
           faithful
           prayer
           ,
           self-denial
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           honest
           means
           ,
           that
           evil
           spirit
           of
           
             Divisi●…n
             ,
             Censoriousness
          
           and
           Superciliousness
           :
           Mark
           them
           that
           cause
           Divisions
           and
           avoid
           them
           :
           Have
           no
           commerce
           with
           wickedness
           ,
           and
           the
           rebellious
           sons
           of
           Belial
           ,
           those
           of
           a
           fiery
           and
           turbulent
           spirit
           ;
           in
           no
           hand
           meddle
           with
           them
           who
           are
           given
           to
           innovations
           and
           ●…hange
           ;
           pray
           for
           all
           ,
           and
           do
           good
           to
           all
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           lead
           a
           quiet
           and
           peaceable
           life
           in
           all
           godliness
           and
           honesty
           ;
           learn
           to
           bear
           and
           forbear
           :
           whosoever
           saith
           a
           Confederacy
           ,
           say
           not
           thou
           a
           Confederacy
           ,
           but
           let
           integrity
           and
           uprightness
           preserve
           thee
           ;
           remember
           him
           ,
           who
           watched
           over
           himself
           ,
           when
           he
           saw
           others
           watched
           over
           him
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           not
           
           
           
           
           
           take
           him
           tardy
           in
           any
           matter
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           :
           and
           who
           then
           will
           harm
           thee
           ,
           if
           thou
           followest
           that
           which
           is
           good
           ?
           But
           if
           thou
           meetest
           with
           trouble
           when
           thou
           doest
           well
           ,
           remember
           who
           said
           ,
           it
           is
           better
           ,
           if
           the
           will
           of
           God
           be
           so
           ,
           to
           suffer
           for
           well
           doing
           then
           for
           evil
           ,
           and
           whose
           Legacy
           that
           was
           ,
           
             In
             the
             world
          
           you
           shall
           have
           trouble
           ,
           but
           in
           me
           peace
           :
           But
           be
           sure
           you
           never
           suffer
           as
           an
           evil
           doer
           ,
           or
           busie-body
           in
           other
           mens
           matters
           :
           then
           trust
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           take
           his
           promise
           ,
           and
           Experiences
           t●…stimony
           to
           it
           ,
           He
           will
           never
           fail
           thee
           ,
           nor
           forsake
           thee
           ,
           but
           make
           thy
           righteousness
           shine
           as
           the
           light
           ,
           and
           thy
           innocency
           as
           the
           noon-day
           :
           Then
           Moderation
           thou
           shalt
           be
           a
           happy
           Woman
           ,
           blessed
           in
           thy
           life
           ,
           and
           more
           bless●…d
           in
           thy
           death
           ;
           blessed
           in
           thy
           coming
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           more
           bless●…d
           in
           thy
           
             going
             out
          
           of
           this
           world
           into
           a
           better
           .
        
         
           This
           ,
           and
           ●…uch
           more
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           did
           Experience
           say
           to
           Moderation
           ,
           
           and
           the
           like
           precepts
           she
           gave
           to
           all
           her
           Schollers
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           Philodike
           and
           Philotheos
           came
           to
           visit
           her
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           she
           would
           be
           lessoning
           them
           the
           best
           she
           could
           ,
           and
           she
           would
           say
           to
           them
           ▪
        
         
           
             You
             are
             young
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             old
             ,
             I
             have
             seen
             many
             changes
             ,
             I
             hope
             you
             will
             see
             an
             happy
             settlement
             ;
             I
             have
             lived
             to
             see
             an
             end
             of
             Wars
             ,
             I
             hope
             you
             shall
             never
             see
             an
             end
             of
             Peace
             ;
             I
             have
             lived
             privately
             ,
             being
             a
             Woman
             ,
             and
             of
             many
             sad
             tryals
             ,
             you
             are
             hopeful
             and
             likely
             young
             men
             ,
             and
             it
             may
             please
             God
             so
             to
             bless
             you
             ,
             as
             that
             you
             may
             be
             called
             forth
             to
             publick
             Employment
             ,
             and
             if
             ever
             it
             shall
             please
             God
             to
             raise
             you
             ,
             remember
             you
             are
             not
             born
             for
             your selves
             :
             Labour
             to
             be
             as
             good
             as
             great
             ,
             more
             to
             please
             God
             then
             men
             ;
             more
             to
             mind
             the
             publick
             good
             then
             your
             private
             interest
             :
             First
             seek
             the
             
               Kingdom
               of
               God
            
             ,
             and
             the
             righteousness
             thereof
             ;
             next
             ,
             
             the
             happiness
             of
             
               this
               Kingdom
            
             ,
             and
             the
             welfare
             thereof
             ;
             next
             to
             the
             Peace
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             a
             good
             Conscience
             ,
             prefer
             the
             Peace
             of
             Church
             and
             State
             ,
             without
             which
             you
             can
             neither
             have
             nor
             keep
             the
             former
             ;
             nor
             make
             nor
             cherish
             Panties
             .
          
           
             Drive
             on
             no
             Interest
             or
             Design
             but
             the
             publick
             good
             ;
             contend
             for
             nothing
             but
             Piety
             ,
             Sanctity
             ,
             Unity
             and
             Charity
             ;
             oppose
             and
             detest
             nothing
             so
             much
             as
             Irreligiousness
             ,
             Prophaness
             ,
             Pride
             ,
             Division
             and
             Revenge
             ;
             fear
             God
             ,
             honour
             your
             Soveraign
             ,
             love
             your
             Country
             ,
             pray
             for
             the
             Church
             ,
             then
             shall
             you
             be
             blessed
             of
             God
             ,
             protected
             ,
             and
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             preferred
             by
             your
             Prince
             ,
             and
             beloved
             of
             your
             Country
             :
             Remember
             that
             old
             never
             failing
             Oracle
             ,
             that
             Experience
             hath
             ever
             seen
             made
             good
             ,
             
               Them
               that
               honour
               me
               I
               will
               honour
               ,
            
             and
             
               they
               that
               despise
               me
               shall
               be
               lightly
               esteemed
               .
            
             And
             last
             of
             all
             ,
             let
             me
             charge
             you
             ,
             in
             whatsoever
             place
             you
             may
             be
             set
             ,
             
             that
             you
             never
             forget
             your
             Sister
             Moderation
             ;
             whom
             she
             held
             all
             that
             time
             in
             her
             hand
             ,
             and
             there
             we
             now
             leave
             her
             at
             present
             ,
             with
             her
             Aunt
             Experience
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             V.
          
           of
           Philodike
           and
           Philotheos
           bred
           together
           .
           Philodike's
           Profession
           ,
           Character
           ,
           Advancement
           ,
           Death
           ,
           Burial
           and
           Epitaph
           .
        
         
           NOw
           leaving
           Moderation
           and
           her
           Aunt
           Experience
           together
           ,
           we
           will
           return
           to
           Philodike
           and
           Philotheos
           ,
           the
           elder
           Childr●…n
           ;
           While
           they
           were
           young
           they
           were
           bred
           together
           under
           the
           same
           Tutors
           and
           Teachers
           :
           Towardly
           and
           hopeful
           Children
           both
           (
           the
           forwardest
           Schollers
           in
           all
           the
           School
           )
           learning
           the
           same
           Authors
           ,
           and
           performing
           the
           same
           School-Exercises
           ,
           and
           profited
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           short
           time
           (
           being
           well
           fitted
           first
           )
           they
           were
           sent
           to
           
           the
           University
           ,
           where
           bothwe●…
           taken
           much
           notice
           of
           for
           their
           extraordinary
           diligence
           ,
           early
           rising
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           late
           sitting
           up
           at
           their
           study
           ,
           and
           their
           great
           pro●…iciency
           .
           There
           when
           they
           had
           taken
           their
           several
           Degrees
           (
           which
           had
           been
           conferred
           on
           them
           ,
           not
           out
           of
           favour
           ,
           but
           merit
           )
           Philodike
           removed
           thence
           first
           ,
           to
           the
           Inns
           of
           Court
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           none
           of
           your
           young
           Gallants
           ,
           that
           brave
           it
           in
           rich
           Apparel
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           came
           thither
           meerly
           to
           see
           and
           
             learn
             fashions
          
           ;
           but
           a
           close
           and
           hard
           Student
           he
           was
           ,
           diligently
           examining
           and
           enquiring
           into
           the
           Reasons
           and
           Grounds
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           diving
           deeply
           ,
           and
           piercing
           thorowly
           into
           the
           more
           knotty
           Intricacies
           and
           profound
           Mysteries
           of
           his
           Profession
           ;
           to
           which
           having
           so
           well
           attained
           ,
           he
           was
           called
           to
           the
           Bar
           ,
           and
           in
           short
           time
           became
           famous
           for
           his
           practice
           ;
           a
           most
           courteous
           and
           affable
           Gentleman
           he
           was
           ,
           of
           a
           quick
           apprehension
           ,
           clear
           head
           ,
           firm
           memory
           ,
           free
           expression
           ,
           and
           excellent
           good
           language
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           ,
           very
           conscientious
           
           as
           to
           his
           Clyents
           and
           their
           Fees
           (
           great
           or
           small
           )
           he
           looked
           not
           so
           much
           at
           Clyent
           or
           Fee
           ,
           as
           at
           the
           Cause
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           whose
           it
           was
           ,
           but
           what
           it
           was
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           afterwards
           ,
           by
           many
           steps
           ,
           advanced
           to
           be
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
          
           in
           the
           Island
           Feliciana
           ;
           which
           Dignity
           he
           did
           more
           honour
           with
           his
           worthy
           carriage
           ,
           then
           the
           place
           did
           honour
           him
           ;
           there
           was
           he
           commonly
           styled
           ,
           the
           
             Incorrupt
             Judge
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Poor
             mans
             Advocate
          
           .
        
         
           And
           after
           that
           ,
           his
           Prince
           taking
           further
           notice
           of
           him
           ,
           he
           was
           taken
           in
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           
             Privy
             Councel
          
           ,
           and
           had
           the
           Great
           Seal
           committed
           to
           his
           custody
           ,
           and
           so
           he
           continued
           to
           his
           dying
           day
           ;
           living
           in
           the
           high
           favour
           of
           his
           Prince
           ,
           and
           dying
           in
           the
           love
           and
           honour
           of
           his
           Country
           .
        
         
           Never
           was
           Great
           Patriot
           more
           generally
           lamented
           ,
           and
           his
           Funeral
           Hearse
           more
           loaden
           with
           E●…comiastick
           
           Elegies
           ,
           then
           when
           he
           was
           buried
           .
           One
           Paper
           I
           snatcht
           ,
           which
           had
           at
           the
           foot
           of
           every
           Tetrastick
           this
           for
           the
           Burden
           ;
           translated
           out
           of
           the
           Original
           ,
           thus
           it
           may
           be
           rendered
           ;
        
         
           
             Mourn
             ,
             mourn
             for
             Philodike
             :
          
           
             Pray
             ,
             pray
             God
             send
             's
             more
             likc
             .
          
        
         
           And
           upon
           his
           Monument
           this
           
             Epit
             aph
          
           engraven
           .
        
         
           
             Here
             lyes
             Great
             Philodike
             ,
             of
             Gravity
             descended
             ,
          
           
             And
             Matron
             Sagacity
             ,
             so
             much
             commended
             ;
          
           
             The
             Glory
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             Welfare
             ,
             Pillar
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
          
           
             He
             serv'd
             God
             ,
             Prince
             ,
             Country
             in
             his
             Generation
             ,
          
           
             Brother
             to
             Great
             ●…
             Philotheos
             and
             Moderation
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             VI.
          
           Of
           Philotheos
           ,
           his
           Profession
           ,
           Preferments
           ,
           Character
           ,
           Life
           ,
           Death
           ,
           Burial
           ,
           Epitaph
           .
        
         
           PHilotheos
           ,
           as
           the
           Mother
           desired
           ,
           was
           bred
           a
           Divine
           ,
           and
           stayed
           much
           longer
           at
           the
           University
           ,
           till
           he
           was
           accomplisht
           with
           all
           Endowments
           requisite
           for
           a
           Church-man
           ;
           And
           being
           of
           great
           note
           there
           for
           his
           good
           life
           ,
           solid
           preaching
           ,
           and
           depth
           of
           learning
           ,
           he
           was
           presented
           by
           a
           worthy
           Patron
           to
           a
           competent
           Living
           ,
           whereto
           he
           went
           ,
           and
           was
           there
           constantly
           Resident
           ,
           never
           had
           Plural●…y
           ,
           preached
           painfully
           ,
           did
           very
           much
           good
           ,
           kept
           Hospitality
           ,
           made
           Peace
           among
           his
           Neighbours
           (
           if
           any
           were
           at
           variance
           )
           brought
           his
           Parish
           to
           a
           great
           measure
           of
           knowledge
           
           in
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           general
           
             good
             Conformity
          
           .
        
         
           There
           had
           he
           dyed
           incumbent
           ,
           had
           not
           his
           Prince
           ,
           hearing
           of
           his
           singular
           worth
           ,
           promoted
           him
           to
           a
           Bishoprick
           (
           that
           Government
           being
           then
           in
           use
           in
           that
           Island
           ,
           and
           so
           had
           been
           time
           out
           of
           mind
           )
           which
           though
           he
           accepted
           ,
           he
           was
           not
           yet
           at
           all
           changed
           from
           what
           he
           was
           before
           ,
           nor
           lifted
           up
           above
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           but
           continued
           his
           former
           constancy
           in
           preaching
           ,
           became
           a
           Pattern
           to
           his
           Flock
           in
           Doctrine
           and
           Conversation
           ;
           a
           great
           encourager
           of
           Learned
           ,
           Orthodox
           ,
           painful
           ,
           pious
           and
           peaceable
           Ministers
           ;
           nor
           did
           he
           more
           ●…trictly
           enquire
           after
           their
           conformity
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           Scripture-Canons
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           he
           so
           gave
           himself
           to
           
             Reading
             ,
             E●…hortation
             and
             D●…ctrine
          
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           duties
           of
           a
           worthy
           Past●…r
           ,
           so
           fulfilled
           his
           Ministery
           which
           he
           had
           receiv●…d
           ,
           as
           a
           good
           Stew●…rd
           of
           
           the
           House
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           one
           he
           was
           besides
           ,
           that
           so
           well
           ruled
           his
           own
           house
           ,
           that
           had
           he
           lived
           in
           the
           Primitive
           times
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           been
           accounted
           a
           second
           Timothy
           ,
           or
           in
           later
           times
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           been
           called
           another
           Jewell
           :
           He
           also
           dyed
           full
           of
           dayes
           ,
           and
           was
           much
           lamented
           :
           And
           upon
           his
           Hearse
           many
           a
           sad
           Elegy
           was
           fastened
           ,
           and
           one
           much
           longer
           then
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           had
           at
           the
           end
           of
           every
           Verse
           this
           Burden
           ,
           supposed
           to
           be
           made
           by
           the
           same
           Author
           ,
           and
           translated
           into
           English
           ,
           thus
           it
           runs
           .
        
         
           
             All
             weep
             for
             the
             death
             of
             worthy
             Philotheos
             ;
          
           
             Most
             pray
             ,
             that
             the
             World
             become
             no●…
             now
             Atheos
             .
          
        
         
           And
           upon
           his
           Monumen●…
           this
           Epit●…ph
           inscribed
           .
        
         
           
           
             H●…re
             lyes
             Philotheos
             ,
             of
             Church-men
             best
             ,
          
           
             Him
             the
             good
             will
             follow
             ;
             
               God
               mend
               the
               rest
            
             :
          
           
             Moderation
             loved
             him
             ,
             he
             Moderation
             :
          
           
             His
             death
             fills
             all
             with
             sad
             lamentation
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             VII
          
           .
           Of
           Moderation
           her
           Virtues
           and
           Character
           ,
           her
           two
           Enemies
           .
        
         
           ANd
           now
           to
           return
           again
           to
           Moderation
           :
           Her
           two
           Brothers
           ,
           while
           living
           ,
           being
           of
           such
           eminent
           Quality
           (
           as
           you
           have
           heard
           )
           you
           would
           not
           think
           that
           their
           only
           Sister
           Moderation
           could
           want
           pr●…t
           .
           or
           sit
           long
           without
           many
           fair
           offe●…s
           ●…or
           a
           
             Great
             Match
          
           ,
           and
           many
           such
           she
           had
           :
           But
           though
           she
           was
           a
           Lady
           of
           a
           most
           amiable
           Aspect
           ,
           and
           compleatly
           accomplished
           ,
           yet
           did
           she
           never
           a●…ect
           Curiosity
           in
           her
           Dress
           ,
           nor
           Costliness
           in
           her
           Apparel
           (
           though
           very
           de●…ent
           and
           comely
           ;
           )
           and
           upon
           that
           account
           partly
           ,
           some
           of
           the
           〈◊〉
           ▪
           who
           had
           heard
           much
           of
           her
           fame
           ,
           wisdom
           and
           
           vertues
           ,
           and
           had
           begun
           to
           court
           her
           ▪
           fell
           off
           again
           ,
           and
           could
           give
           no
           other
           reason
           for
           it
           but
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           f●…ared
           she
           had
           so
           much
           of
           her
           Father
           Gravity
           in
           her
           ,
           as
           was
           not
           sutable
           to
           their
           youthful
           and
           frollick
           humours
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           she
           had
           a
           great
           resemblance
           both
           of
           Father
           and
           Mother
           ;
           Her
           Father
           Gravi●…y
           she
           resembled
           to
           the
           life
           in
           her
           compos●…d
           Countenance
           and
           Gesture
           ,
           and
           her
           Mother
           Sagacity
           for
           all
           the
           world
           for
           her
           speech
           ,
           prudence
           and
           t●…mper
           of
           spirit
           ;
           so
           full
           of
           serious
           consideration
           ▪
           and
           so
           judiciously
           circumspect
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           take
           up
           ●…very
           thing
           upon
           vulgar
           estimation
           ,
           and
           common
           report
           ,
           but
           duly
           examining
           a●…d
           deliberately
           weighing
           ●…very
           thing
           still
           ,
           as
           was
           to
           admiration
           :
           And
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           her
           two
           Brethren
           ,
           Philodike
           and
           Philotheos
           ,
           even
           in
           their
           highest
           Dignities
           ,
           held
           it
           not
           below
           them
           to
           advise
           with
           Moderation
           ,
           but
           in
           difficult
           cases
           especially
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           sure
           to
           consult
           with
           her
           ,
           because
           she
           had
           had
           more
           of
           her
           breeding
           
           with
           their
           Aunt
           Experience
           then
           themselves
           :
           Neither
           did
           they
           ever
           repent
           their
           hearkening
           to
           her
           ,
           for
           they
           still
           found
           ,
           by
           Expe●…ience
           ,
           that
           her
           counsel
           was
           〈◊〉
           safest
           ;
           she
           was
           a
           Woman
           of
           a
           deep
           insight
           into
           matters
           of
           concernment
           for
           ●…urch
           or
           State
           ,
           and
           was
           never
           known
           to
           be
           byassed
           by
           interest
           or
           private
           passion
           (
           as
           most
           an
           end
           others
           are
           )
           but
           alwayes
           warily
           foresaw
           what
           was
           like
           〈◊〉
           be
           the
           issue
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           she
           advised
           what
           was
           most
           for
           p●…blick
           good
           .
           She
           was
           universally
           beloved
           of
           all
           ,
           above
           any
           mortal
           Creature
           ,
           and
           had
           no
           Enemy
           in
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           save
           only
           two
           ,
           Extremi●…y
           and
           Disobedience
           .
        
         
           Extremity
           hated
           her
           with
           all
           her
           heart
           ,
           though
           she
           had
           never
           given
           her
           any
           cause
           :
           And
           Moderation
           hated
           Dis●…bedience
           with
           a
           perf●…ct
           hatred
           (
           and
           blame
           her
           not
           )
           she
           had
           just
           cause
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             VIII
          
           .
           Of
           Extremity
           ,
           her
           ●…ed
           g●…ee
           ,
           Character
           ,
           and
           Enmity
           to
           Moderation
           .
        
         
           EXtremity
           was
           descended
           of
           an
           Ancient
           and
           Noble
           Family
           in
           Cilicia
           ,
           sometimes
           a
           famous
           Province
           of
           the
           old
           Roman
           Empire
           ;
           Her
           Father
           
             Saul
             the
             second
          
           ,
           sirnamed
           Hyperzelotes
           ,
           a
           man
           known
           far
           and
           near
           ,
           whose
           education
           had
           been
           choice
           ,
           proficiency
           incredible
           ,
           parts
           great
           ,
           abilities
           rare
           ,
           travels
           m●…ny
           ,
           in
           his
           life
           alwayes
           irreprovable
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           way
           very
           devout
           :
           In
           his
           younger
           dayes
           he
           had
           been
           of
           a
           hot
           and
           eager
           spirit
           ,
           a
           Proto-persecutor
           of
           the
           
             Proto-Martyr
             Steven
          
           ,
           but
           as
           he
           grew
           eld●…r
           he
           grew
           more
           mild
           and
           moderat●…
           ;
           and
           as
           he
           changed
           his
           harsher
           name
           of
           
           Saul
           ,
           into
           a
           softer
           ,
           Paul
           ,
           so
           was
           he
           quite
           changed
           in
           his
           disposition
           from
           Hyper-zelotes
           to
           Hyper-philadelphote●…
           ,
           and
           was
           turned
           into
           another
           man
           ,
           as
           Saul
           the
           first
           was
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           but
           he
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           He
           had
           been
           once
           of
           that
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           no
           sort
           of
           men
           ought
           more
           severely
           to
           be
           Animadverted
           into
           ,
           and
           dealt
           with
           ,
           then
           such
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           least
           dissented
           from
           the
           Religion
           and
           
             Rites
             of
             their
             For●…fathers
          
           ;
           and
           would
           but
           Authority
           pass
           Acts
           severe
           enough
           ●…or
           suppr●…ssion
           of
           such
           by
           
             Banishment
             ,
             Bonds
             ,
             ●…mprisonment
          
           ,
           or
           death
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           the
           man
           that
           would
           see
           them
           put
           in
           execution
           ,
           which
           he
           also
           did
           ,
           judging
           it
           the
           best
           service
           could
           be
           done
           to
           God
           ,
           or
           his
           Church
           ;
           thereupon
           he
           haled
           many
           into
           Prisons
           ,
           and
           compelled
           them
           to
           abjure
           ,
           recant
           and
           blaspheme
           ,
           or
           suffer
           and
           dye
           .
        
         
           But
           after
           he
           was
           (
           I
           say
           )
           quite
           of
           another
           mind
           ,
           and
           became
           the
           most
           complacent
           and
           complying
           Person
           in
           
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           held
           with
           Mod●…ration
           as
           much
           as
           any
           ▪
           Now
           (
           he
           said
           )
           what
           was
           his
           gain
           before
           was
           now
           his
           loss
           ,
           and
           what
           he
           formerly
           esteemed
           his
           glory
           ,
           he
           looked
           o●…
           as
           his
           
             shame
             :
             Circumcision
          
           was
           no
           more
           with
           him
           now
           then
           Uncircumcision
           ;
           both
           nothing
           to
           the
           
             new
             Creature
          
           ,
           to
           faith
           in
           Christ
           ,
           to
           the
           
             keeping
             of
          
           the
           Commandements
           of
           God.
           He
           could
           condescend
           and
           comply
           so
           far
           now
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           made
           
             all
             things
             to
             all
             men
          
           ,
           so
           it
           were
           to
           further
           the
           salvation
           of
           any
           .
           His
           Daughter
           Extremity
           was
           begotten
           by
           him
           in
           his
           younger
           years
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           travelling
           to
           Damascus
           ,
           before
           he
           had
           been
           better
           catechised
           and
           instructed
           by
           Ananias
           .
        
         
           The
           younger
           dayes
           of
           the
           Daughter
           ,
           were
           an
           imitation
           of
           the
           Fathers
           younger
           dayes
           ,
           who
           observing
           ,
           in
           those
           unsettled
           times
           that
           had
           been
           in
           Feliciana
           ,
           about
           that
           time
           when
           there
           was
           
             no
             King
             in
             Israel
          
           ,
           and
           every
           man
           did
           what
           was
           right
           in
           his
           own
           eyes
           ,
           that
           many
           distempered
           Humours
           ,
           ●…ven
           to
           
           a
           plain
           Delirium
           ,
           if
           not
           〈◊〉
           ,
           had
           pestered
           both
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           thought
           it
           high
           time
           to
           awaken
           Authority
           ,
           to
           revive
           former
           severity
           ,
           wit●…
           some
           further
           addition
           too
           ,
           to
           curb
           Moderation
           ;
           and
           being
           passionately
           z●…alous
           to
           prevent
           any
           Rupture
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           b●…fore
           many
           other
           Disorders
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           would
           have
           all
           brought
           into
           an
           exact
           Uniformity
           .
        
         
           It
           fell
           out
           also
           unhappily
           ,
           and
           much
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           Moderation
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           tho●…
           Sons
           of
           Disobedience
           ,
           and
           Grand-●…hildren
           of
           Belial
           ,
           had
           much
           about
           that
           time
           ,
           or
           not
           long
           before
           ,
           b●…oke
           out
           into
           an
           open
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           made
           s●…ditious
           Commotions
           ,
           when
           all
           were
           in
           exp●…ctation
           of
           settlement
           in
           the
           Island
           ;
           and
           not
           long
           after
           a
           bloudy
           War
           was
           commenced
           ,
           between
           that
           Island
           and
           some
           other
           potent
           Neighbours
           in
           the
           adjacent
           Islands
           :
           And
           Extremity
           ,
           zealously
           watchful
           ,
           and
           prudently
           sollicitous
           ,
           to
           pr●…serve
           common
           Peace
           at
           home
           ,
           held
           
           a
           suspitious
           eye
           over
           Moderation
           and
           all
           her
           Actions
           ,
           as
           mistrusting
           she
           had
           underhand
           countenanced
           the
           former
           ,
           or
           corresponded
           with
           the
           latter
           ;
           both
           which
           (
           God
           knows
           )
           she
           was
           far
           enough
           from
           ,
           constantly
           praying
           for
           publick
           Peace
           ,
           and
           the
           prosperity
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           ;
           yet
           could
           not
           Innocency
           (
           as
           yet
           unknown
           )
           secure
           poor
           Moderation
           from
           many
           a
           harsh
           Censure
           and
           bitter
           Taunt
           .
           Then
           would
           Extremity
           twit
           Moderation
           ,
           and
           charge
           her
           with
           disaffection
           ,
           and
           often
           hit
           her
           in
           the
           t●…th
           with
           the
           miscarriages
           of
           others
           ,
           that
           she
           had
           nothing
           to
           do
           withall
           ;
           and
           would
           be
           saying
           ,
           you
           must
           go
           a
           way
           by
           your
           s●…lves
           ,
           and
           be
           wiser
           then
           all
           the
           world
           ▪
           and
           had
           I
           power
           in
           my
           hands
           ,
           said
           some
           (
           which
           was
           well
           they
           had
           not
           )
           I
           would
           make
           Moderation
           pack
           ,
           or
           change
           her
           note
           .
        
         
           But
           a●…terwards
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           sati●…faction
           of
           all
           ,
           upon
           a
           through
           observation
           ,
           (
           I
           will
           not
           say
           a
           better
           
           information
           )
           Extremities
           prejudice
           against
           Moderation
           was
           abated
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           became
           perfect
           Friends
           ,
           as
           we
           shall
           say
           anon
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             IX
          
           .
           Of
           
             Disobedience
             ,
             Moderation's
          
           only
           Enemy
           ,
           whom
           she
           hated
           ,
           her
           Pedigree
           ,
           Character
           and
           vile
           Poflerity
           .
        
         
           DIsobedience
           was
           the
           other
           Enemy
           Moderation
           had
           ,
           and
           her
           indeed
           did
           she
           as
           much
           hate
           as
           Extremity
           did
           her
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           justly
           ,
           for
           her
           many
           wicked
           pranks
           and
           practises
           against
           both
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           yea
           ,
           against
           all
           
             humane
             Society
          
           .
        
         
           She
           was
           a
           Woman
           of
           an
           
             ill
             feature
          
           ,
           and
           more
           untoward
           nature
           ;
           descended
           of
           an
           infamous
           and
           stained
           Family
           ,
           yet
           very
           ancient
           ;
           she
           was
           the
           Daughter
           of
           old
           Belial
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           a
           
             strange
             woman
          
           ;
           she
           was
           of
           a
           shrewd
           and
           subtle
           
           wit
           ,
           mis-shapen
           countenance
           ,
           monstrous
           in
           her
           birth
           (
           being
           born
           with
           teeth
           in
           her
           head
           ,
           came
           laughing
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           with
           a
           Coal
           of
           fire
           in
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           a
           Sword
           in
           the
           other
           )
           of
           hollow
           eyes
           ,
           and
           looking
           asquint
           very
           ill-favouredly
           ;
           besides
           ,
           by
           a
           fall
           in
           the
           Cradle
           ,
           she
           had
           her
           back
           broken
           ,
           and
           wry-neckt
           ever
           after
           :
           Nature
           had
           branded
           her
           ●…or
           a
           prodigious
           Carryon
           :
           She
           was
           twice
           married
           ,
           first
           to
           Sheba
           ,
           the
           Son
           of
           Bichri
           ,
           an
           old
           Incendiary
           ,
           and
           head
           of
           a
           seditious
           Crew
           ;
           and
           after
           he
           had
           lost
           his
           head
           ,
           she
           ma●…ried
           with
           Elymas
           the
           Sorcerer
           ,
           who
           dealt
           with
           the
           black
           Art
           ,
           an
           utter
           enemy
           to
           all
           Righteousness
           ,
           and
           as
           full
           of
           all
           subtilty
           ,
           malice
           and
           wickedness
           ,
           as
           his
           Brethren
           the
           Jesuites
           could
           wish
           ,
           or
           his
           Father
           Beelzebub
           could
           make
           him
           ;
           and
           he
           was
           fittest
           for
           her
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           shrewdly
           susp●…cted
           ,
           they
           had
           been
           naught
           together
           before
           .
        
         
           She
           was
           a
           Woman
           too
           too
           fruitful
           ,
           and
           had
           by
           both
           her
           Husbands
           a
           many
           lewd
           ,
           vicious
           ,
           and
           graceless
           Children
           .
        
         
         
           Her
           first
           Husband
           openly
           taught
           the
           Art
           ,
           and
           invented
           the
           Instruments
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           was
           the
           first
           that
           blew
           a
           Trumpet
           of
           Sedition
           against
           his
           Soveraign
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           thought
           she
           set
           him
           on
           :
           She
           had
           instructed
           her
           Children
           in
           all
           the
           wayes
           of
           Impiety
           and
           Disobedience
           ;
           a
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           she
           was
           ,
           and
           therefore
           sent
           some
           of
           her
           Children
           beyond-sea
           ;
           some
           were
           Students
           at
           Doway
           ,
           some
           at
           Lovayn
           ,
           and
           one
           she
           sent
           to
           
             John
             of
             Leyden's
             Colledge
          
           at
           Munster
           :
           They
           were
           great
           Proficients
           all
           in
           the
           Arts
           ,
           and
           very
           forward
           to
           propagate
           those
           Principles
           taught
           by
           the
           Hebrew
           Doctor
           Abaddon
           ,
           the
           Greek
           Professor
           Apollyon
           ,
           and
           the
           Latine
           Dictator
           
             Filius
             Perditionis
          
           ;
           for
           some
           of
           them
           understood
           all
           Languages
           ;
           men
           of
           working
           brains
           and
           restless
           spirits
           ;
           a
           viperous
           Generation
           ,
           tea●…ing
           out
           the
           bowels
           of
           whatsoever
           Nation
           bred
           them
           ;
           skilful
           to
           divide
           ,
           destroy
           and
           supplant
           ;
           the
           only
           Enemies
           to
           Monarchy
           and
           publick
           Peace
           ;
           they
           have
           set
           their
           heads
           and
           their
           Agents
           awork
           to
           destroy
           Kings
           ,
           
           blow
           up
           Parliaments
           ,
           burn
           Cities
           ,
           lay
           waste
           Churches
           ,
           to
           divide
           between
           Prince
           and
           people
           ,
           to
           make
           or
           increase
           parties
           ,
           and
           their
           last
           end
           is
           to
           bring
           in
           the
           
             Abomination
             of
             Desolation
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Children
           by
           the
           later
           Husband
           were
           the
           more
           by
           far
           ,
           and
           of
           several
           Complexions
           and
           Dispositions
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           not
           been
           by
           the
           same
           Father
           and
           Mother
           ;
           yet
           were
           they
           their
           natural
           Children
           ,
           and
           had
           somewhat
           of
           both
           in
           them
           ,
           for
           both
           were
           notorious
           for
           all
           or
           any
           manner
           of
           ▪
           wickedness
           imaginable
           ,
           
             neither
             barrel
             better
             Herring
          
           ;
           and
           the
           Children
           like
           them
           ,
           nothing
           came
           amiss
           to
           them
           ,
           so
           it
           were
           〈◊〉
           ●…ough
           ;
           such
           a
           Generation
           for
           swearing
           ▪
           st●…ring
           ,
           drinking
           ,
           whoring
           ,
           ranting
           ,
           roaring
           ,
           quarrelling
           ,
           fighting
           ,
           ●…ilching
           ,
           stcaling
           ,
           cutting
           of
           Purses
           ,
           a●…d
           cutting
           of
           Throats
           ,
           as
           was
           not
           i●…
           the
           world
           ag●…in
           ,
           f●…aring
           nor
           God
           nor
           man
           ,
           slighting
           Laws
           ,
           Statutes
           ,
           Penalties
           ,
           Stocks
           ,
           Pillory
           ,
           Prison
           ,
           G●…llows
           ,
           Death
           ,
           and
           Hell
           too
           ,
           as
           if
           
           they
           had
           been
           the
           Spawn
           of
           the
           old
           Leviathan
           ,
           of
           whom
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           he
           is
           made
           
             without
             fear
          
           ;
           the
           Mother
           ,
           for
           the
           Childrens
           sake
           ,
           was
           call●…d
           
             Mystical
             Babylon
          
           ,
           the
           Mother
           of
           whoredoms
           and
           all
           abominations
           in
           the
           earth
           .
        
         
           Some
           of
           her
           Children
           are
           professed
           Atheists
           ,
           and
           deriders
           of
           all
           Religion
           ,
           of
           the
           Sadducean
           Heard
           ,
           believing
           nor
           Angel
           ,
           nor
           Spirit
           ,
           nor
           Heaven
           ,
           nor
           Hell
           ,
           regarding
           nor
           Law
           nor
           Gospel
           :
           Some
           again
           she
           hath
           taught
           and
           trained
           up
           to
           be
           the
           Inventers
           of
           new
           coined
           Oaths
           ,
           prodigious
           Blasphemies
           ,
           and
           worse
           then
           hellish
           Execrations
           ,
           and
           Preterplu-Satanical
           Imprecations
           ,
           out-daring
           Gods
           Justice
           and
           Patience
           ,
           and
           dastarding
           Satan
           himself
           ,
           yea
           a
           whole
           Legion
           of
           Devils
           ,
           not
           one
           of
           them
           once
           saying
           Dammee
           ,
           but
           all
           
             Let
             us
             alone
          
           ,
           I
           beseech
           thee
           
             torment
             us
             not
          
           .
        
         
           Sure
           enough
           their
           damnation
           li●…greth
           not
           ,
           who
           draw
           sin
           thus
           with
           
           Cords
           ,
           aud
           damnation
           with
           Cart-ropes
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           
             L●…t
             the
             most
             High
             make
             speed
             ,
          
           that
           we
           may
           see
           him
           ,
           and
           make
           hast
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           know
           what
           Hell
           is
           :
           This
           I
           know
           ,
           that
           when
           these
           wretched
           Souls
           are
           excoriated
           ,
           and
           shall
           but
           begin
           to
           feel
           those
           torments
           ,
           they
           will
           presently
           relent
           ,
           and
           change
           their
           note
           ,
           either
           seemingly
           to
           say
           their
           Lords
           prayer
           ,
           
             Let
             us
             alone
             now
          
           ,
           and
           torment
           us
           not
           ,
           or
           to
           say
           their
           own
           backward
           ,
           Lord
           Un-Dammee
           .
        
         
           Others
           again
           are
           the
           Masters
           and
           Professors
           of
           the
           
             Liberal
             Science
             of
             Carowsing
          
           ,
           and
           prescribe
           the
           rules
           and
           method
           of
           drinking
           round
           by
           number
           and
           measure
           ,
           till
           it
           be
           without
           either
           number
           or
           measure
           .
        
         
           Others
           are
           devising
           new
           Games
           at
           Cards
           and
           Dice
           ,
           and
           new
           wayes
           of
           cheating
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           Out
           of
           t●…is
           Family
           ,
           as
           once
           out
           of
           that
           monstrous
           Palladian
           Beast
           ,
           came
           out
           ●…ose
           that
           set
           Troynovant
           afire
           ;
           or
           out
           
           of
           this
           Pit
           came
           those
           swarms
           of
           Locusts
           ,
           Drunkards
           ,
           Gamesters
           ,
           Whorers
           ,
           Epicures
           ,
           Luxurious
           and
           Riotous
           persons
           ,
           who
           darken
           the
           glory
           of
           Feliciana
           ,
           and
           besides
           the
           devouring
           their
           own
           patrimonies
           ,
           devour
           the
           fat
           and
           the
           best
           fruits
           and
           wealth
           of
           our
           Land.
           
        
         
           All
           these
           called
           
             Disobedience
             Mother
          
           ,
           and
           were
           looked
           upon
           as
           hers
           by
           all
           that
           knew
           them
           ,
           having
           the
           lively
           
             Image
             of
             the
             Beast
             in
             their
             foreheads
          
           ;
           others
           had
           it
           in
           their
           
             right
             hand
          
           ,
           set
           on
           by
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           Justice
           ;
           others
           had
           it
           in
           their
           Noses
           ,
           by
           drinking
           too
           freely
           of
           Madam
           Porne's
           Cup
           ;
           and
           others
           had
           a
           brand
           all
           their
           Face
           over
           ,
           by
           tasting
           too
           oft
           of
           their
           Sister
           
           Crapula's
           Bowl
           ;
           but
           all
           spake
           one
           Language
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           
             Language
             of
             the
             Beast
          
           (
           used
           by
           no
           Nation
           ,
           Civil
           or
           Barbarous
           ,
           but
           themselves
           )
           every
           word
           an
           Oath
           ,
           or
           a
           Curse
           ,
           or
           prophane
           Scoffe
           and
           Jest
           at
           Scripture
           and
           Piety
           ,
           or
           a
           Belch
           of
           Baudery
           ,
           which
           some
           called
           a
           corrupt
           or
           bastard
           
           Hellenish
           ,
           but
           others
           ,
           who
           had
           more
           understanding
           ,
           said
           ,
           it
           was
           pure
           and
           perfect
           Hellish
           Language
           .
        
         
           I
           should
           have
           told
           you
           also
           ,
           that
           Disobedience
           ,
           after
           her
           second
           marriage
           ,
           kept
           a
           common
           Inn
           (
           otherwise
           a
           common
           Stews
           .
           )
        
         
           And
           as
           
             Experience
             ,
             Moderation's
          
           Aunt
           and
           best
           Friend
           ,
           kept
           her
           School
           ,
           so
           did
           Disobedience
           ,
           her
           worst
           Enemy
           ,
           set
           up
           a
           School
           to
           increase
           her
           comings
           in
           ;
           but
           with
           this
           difference
           ,
           that
           all
           were
           made
           the
           better
           (
           even
           the
           worst
           )
           that
           came
           under
           her
           hands
           ;
           so
           all
           were
           the
           worse
           (
           even
           the
           best
           )
           that
           came
           under
           the
           hands
           of
           Disobedience
           .
        
         
           Many
           a
           fair
           estate
           was
           soon
           made
           away
           there
           ,
           and
           many
           a
           hopeful
           person
           utterly
           undone
           and
           quite
           marred
           ,
           that
           came
           to
           be
           acquainted
           with
           her
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           hers
           .
        
         
           She
           had
           six
           Daughters
           ,
           to
           whom
           
           she
           committed
           the
           carrying
           on
           of
           her
           Trade
           .
           The
           Eldest
           was
           
             Madam
             Porne
          
           ,
           a
           Woman
           of
           person
           proper
           and
           handsom
           enough
           ,
           but
           otherwise
           more
           common
           then
           proper
           ,
           mighty
           gallant
           in
           her
           Dress
           and
           Apparel
           .
        
         
           The
           Second
           
             Donna
             Spatalosa
          
           ,
           a
           very
           lascivious
           Wanton
           and
           inticing
           Creature
           .
        
         
           The
           Third
           
             Mistriss
             Crapula
          
           ,
           a
           fowl
           Beast
           ,
           all
           Belly
           and
           Guts
           .
        
         
           The
           Fourth
           
             Bold
             Anaideia
          
           ,
           a
           confident
           and
           brazen-fac'd
           Slut
           ,
           a
           Shameless
           and
           impudent
           Carryon
           .
        
         
           The
           Fift
           
             Donna
             Olympia
          
           ,
           lately
           come
           from
           the
           Holy
           Mother-See
           ,
           where
           she
           had
           practised
           the
           same
           Art
           ,
           with
           much
           success
           ,
           for
           many
           years
           .
        
         
           The
           youngest
           
             Damosilla
             Blandula
          
           ,
           a
           mighty
           fair
           tongued
           ,
           
           smiling
           ,
           and
           bewitching
           Creature
           .
        
         
           They
           lived
           all
           under
           the
           same
           Roof
           ,
           and
           had
           their
           several
           Offices
           ;
           their
           Lodgings
           are
           within
           ,
           or
           over
           one
           another
           .
        
         
           Blandula
           ,
           the
           youngest
           ,
           was
           to
           sit
           at
           the
           door
           ,
           and
           watch
           and
           ●…spy
           who
           went
           by
           ,
           and
           what
           Passengers
           were
           fit
           to
           be
           called
           in
           ;
           them
           would
           she
           invite
           to
           come
           and
           make
           choice
           of
           a
           Room
           ,
           and
           tell
           them
           what
           Entertainment
           was
           to
           be
           had
           in
           the
           House
           :
           Being
           entered
           ,
           she
           conveys
           them
           presently
           into
           Donna
           Olympia's
           Lodging
           ,
           who
           ,
           for
           her self
           ,
           was
           richly
           adorned
           with
           Jewels
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           
             Triple
             Crown
          
           ,
           and
           her
           Room
           was
           hung
           with
           the
           rich
           Hangings
           she
           had
           brought
           out
           of
           the
           Vatican
           .
        
         
           After
           a
           short
           stay
           there
           ,
           and
           a
           Collation
           given
           ,
           and
           the
           Curiosities
           viewed
           and
           looked
           over
           (
           that
           came
           from
           beyond
           Sea
           )
           among
           which
           w●…re
           
           certain
           Beads
           ,
           and
           Medals
           ,
           and
           some
           Images
           of
           our
           Lady
           and
           other
           Saints
           ,
           and
           a
           fair
           Crucifix
           ,
           she
           desires
           them
           to
           go
           up
           stairs
           to
           Mistriss
           Anaideia's
           Lodgings
           ;
           Her
           they
           found
           at
           her
           Glass
           ,
           curiously
           curling
           her
           Locks
           ,
           and
           spotting
           her
           Face
           ,
           with
           her
           naked
           Breasts
           ,
           and
           her
           Chamber
           all
           round
           hung
           with
           many
           a
           lascivious
           Picture
           .
        
         
           If
           then
           any
           one
           startled
           ,
           and
           thought
           they
           had
           seen
           enough
           ,
           and
           craved
           leave
           to
           return
           ,
           they
           would
           all
           three
           tell
           them
           ,
           there
           was
           more
           to
           be
           seen
           above
           ,
           and
           they
           must
           not
           refuse
           to
           go
           up
           one
           short
           pair
           of
           Stairs
           and
           taste
           of
           their
           Sister
           Crapula's
           Cup
           ;
           It
           was
           a
           Gilt
           Bole
           of
           old
           and
           clear
           Circe
           ,
           a
           Liquor
           ,
           whosoever
           once
           tasted
           was
           turned
           into
           a
           Swine
           at
           the
           second
           draught
           ;
           then
           they
           would
           of
           themselves
           desire
           to
           go
           on
           and
           see
           all
           ,
           and
           to
           behold
           
             Donna
             Spatalosa
          
           ;
           She
           was
           preparing
           Bracelets
           made
           of
           her
           hair
           ,
           and
           mixing
           Potions
           for
           Guests
           ,
           that
           she
           had
           expected
           ,
           and
           she
           came
           boldly
           
           and
           saluted
           them
           ,
           offering
           them
           the
           courtesie
           of
           the
           House
           ;
           and
           tells
           them
           ,
           they
           must
           not
           refuse
           to
           visit
           their
           eldest
           Sister
           ,
           Madam
           Porne
           ,
           whose
           Room
           would
           give
           them
           more
           contem
           ,
           then
           all
           they
           had
           yet
           seen
           :
           There
           sat
           she
           on
           a
           stately
           Couch
           ,
           in
           rich
           array
           of
           Silk
           and
           Crimson
           Satin
           ,
           all
           daubed
           with
           broad
           Gold-lace
           ;
           her
           Face
           new
           painted
           ;
           she
           wa●…
           old
           and
           wrinkled
           ,
           but
           h●…r
           paint
           made
           her
           look
           as
           fair
           as
           a
           Rose
           and
           a
           mixture
           of
           Lilly
           ;
           a
           fair
           Room
           it
           was
           indeed
           ,
           hung
           with
           the
           richest
           Arras
           ;
           and
           you
           would
           wonder
           to
           see
           what
           a
           Cupboard
           was
           there
           of
           Plate
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           fair
           Prospect
           into
           all
           the
           Fields
           and
           Gardens
           round
           about
           :
           She
           presented
           them
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           her
           waiting
           Gentlewoman
           Eutrapeleia
           ,
           a
           smiling
           ,
           merry
           and
           witty
           young
           Woman
           (
           all
           Jests
           and
           mirth
           )
           with
           a
           Venus
           Glass
           of
           Wine
           ,
           and
           some
           costly
           Sweet-meats
           :
           But
           under
           the
           Balcony
           was
           a
           close
           Trap-door
           (
           discerned
           by
           few
           )
           over
           a
           deep
           Ditch
           and
           narrow
           Pit
           ,
           called
           Avernus
           ,
           into
           which
           ,
           after
           
           a
           few
           short
           Amorous
           Embraces
           ,
           she
           was
           wont
           to
           throw
           her
           Guests
           headlong
           ,
           with
           the
           help
           of
           her
           Sisters
           ,
           after
           they
           had
           first
           stript
           them
           of
           all
           they
           had
           about
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           never
           heard
           of
           more
           :
           Few
           ,
           or
           none
           ,
           that
           ever
           I
           heard
           of
           ,
           that
           came
           once
           into
           Madam
           Porne's
           Clutches
           ,
           ever
           came
           back
           again
           ,
           or
           were
           seen
           alive
           ,
           but
           sometimes
           a
           naked
           Corps
           was
           seen
           floating
           on
           the
           top
           of
           the
           Ditch
           :
           Only
           one
           escaped
           once
           ,
           as
           Lot
           out
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           relation
           of
           their
           Entertainment
           ;
           and
           he
           said
           ,
           it
           was
           almost
           as
           great
           a
           miracle
           as
           his
           was
           ;
           for
           he
           was
           fain
           to
           steal
           out
           at
           a
           back-door
           ,
           which
           he
           found
           locked
           ,
           but
           putting
           forth
           all
           his
           strength
           ,
           he
           burst
           it
           open
           ,
           and
           then
           came
           down
           a
           narrow
           pair
           of
           Stairs
           ,
           very
           steep
           and
           dark
           ,
           which
           few
           were
           able
           to
           find
           ,
           and
           so
           got
           away
           ,
           resolving
           never
           to
           come
           more
           there
           ;
           for
           said
           he
           ,
           had
           I
           stayed
           longer
           ,
           or
           attempted
           to
           go
           back
           the
           same
           way
           I
           came
           ,
           I
           had
           certainly
           been
           snapt
           :
           He
           would
           ever
           after
           call
           them
           ,
           
             the
             six
             fatal
             Sisters
          
           ,
           and
           would
           warn
           
           all
           his
           Acquaintance
           not
           to
           come
           near
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           enough
           ,
           and
           too
           much
           of
           Disobedience
           ,
           and
           I
           fear
           I
           have
           troubled
           the
           Reader
           ,
           with
           this
           long
           Discourse
           of
           her
           and
           her
           Children
           ,
           and
           their
           wicked
           pranks
           ;
           and
           no
           wonder
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           this
           Disobedience
           that
           hath
           troubled
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           troubled
           both
           God
           and
           Man.
           
        
         
           To
           return
           therefore
           to
           Moderation
           ;
           the
           wayes
           both
           of
           the
           one
           and
           other
           Litter
           she
           could
           not
           chuse
           but
           detest
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           latter
           breed
           ,
           she
           never
           had
           so
           much
           as
           her
           name
           called
           in
           question
           to
           favour
           any
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           when
           any
           of
           the
           former
           Race
           broke
           out
           into
           Rebellion
           ,
           she
           could
           not
           help
           it
           ;
           but
           watchful
           and
           jealous
           Extremity
           would
           have
           some
           hard
           thoughts
           of
           her
           ,
           as
           if
           she
           had
           been
           an
           Abettor
           ,
           whereas
           she
           was
           never
           so
           much
           as
           privy
           to
           any
           of
           their
           Designs
           ,
           and
           whensoever
           she
           came
           to
           hear
           of
           them
           ,
           was
           as
           forward
           as
           any
           to
           declare
           
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           her
           best
           assistance
           to
           suppress
           them
           ;
           and
           whensoever
           any
           of
           the
           Sons
           of
           Rebellion
           and
           Disobedience
           were
           taken
           ,
           and
           did
           receive
           condign
           punishment
           ,
           she
           did
           heartily
           rejoyce
           ,
           as
           having
           no
           such
           enemies
           of
           her
           own
           in
           that
           defiance
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           were
           enemies
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           her
           Country
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             X.
          
           Of
           the
           Pedigree
           and
           Progeny
           of
           Politicus
           ,
           no
           great
           friend
           to
           Moderation
           .
        
         
           I
           Could
           give
           you
           a
           Relation
           of
           a
           third
           Person
           also
           ,
           that
           lived
           in
           the
           midway
           between
           Extremity
           and
           Moderation
           ,
           who
           was
           no
           sure
           friend
           to
           Moderation
           ,
           yet
           can
           I
           not
           call
           him
           an
           enemy
           neither
           .
           His
           na●…e
           Politicus
           ;
           and
           a
           meer
           Politician
           he
           was
           ;
           no
           body
           could
           tell
           of
           what
           Religion
           he
           was
           ,
           neither
           
             fish
             nor
             flesh
          
           ;
           as
           he
           loved
           not
           Moderation
           ,
           so
           he
           cared
           not
           for
           Extremity
           ;
           he
           hated
           Disobedience
           indeed
           to
           the
           very
           death
           ,
           and
           was
           for
           that
           much
           to
           be
           commended
           .
        
         
         
           He
           came
           of
           the
           Ancient
           Roman
           Race
           ,
           Gallio
           his
           Grand-father
           ,
           and
           
             Portius
             Festus
          
           his
           near
           Alliance
           :
           Politicus
           was
           no
           bad
           Member
           in
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           though
           none
           of
           the
           greatest
           Friends
           to
           the
           Church
           nor
           Church-men
           ,
           at
           whose
           Revenues
           he
           would
           sometime
           have
           a
           fling
           ;
           no
           Recusant
           ,
           much
           less
           Phanatick
           ;
           scarce
           good
           Protestant
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           
             Epicene
             Gender
          
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           a
           conformable
           ,
           quiet
           and
           peaceable
           Subject
           ,
           and
           many
           wayes
           useful
           and
           serviceable
           ,
           being
           an
           extreme
           good
           natured
           man
           ,
           ever
           loyal
           to
           his
           Prince
           ,
           and
           true
           to
           his
           Country
           .
        
         
           In
           times
           of
           Peace
           he
           had
           a
           Commission
           for
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           was
           in
           Authority
           ,
           and
           singular
           good
           service
           he
           did
           ,
           and
           kept
           his
           Country
           in
           quiet
           and
           good
           order
           ,
           executing
           Justice
           between
           man
           &
           man
           ,
           &
           now
           &
           then
           he
           would
           put
           down
           some
           notorious
           ill
           Ale-house
           .
           In
           time
           of
           War
           he
           had
           a
           Command
           ,
           
           and
           kept
           his
           Souldiers
           in
           good
           discipline
           ,
           from
           Robbing
           and
           Plundering
           ,
           as
           severe
           as
           Tamerlane
           :
           But
           he
           never
           troubled
           his
           head
           about
           Religion
           .
        
         
           If
           God
           Almighty
           had
           created
           man
           for
           no
           higher
           end
           ,
           then
           to
           live
           in
           Civil
           Society
           ,
           and
           to
           mind
           the
           things
           of
           this
           inferiour
           world
           ,
           and
           this
           present
           life
           ,
           there
           had
           been
           no
           better
           man
           then
           Po●…iticus
           .
           But
           in
           as
           much
           as
           man
           ,
           ●…reated
           in
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           ,
           hath
           (
           as
           a
           more
           excellent
           natu●…e
           and
           b●…ing
           then
           other
           Creatures
           ,
           and
           more
           nobl●…
           Endowments
           ,
           so
           )
           a
           more
           excellent
           and
           higher
           end
           ,
           viz.
           to
           seek
           ,
           know
           ,
           s●…rve
           and
           worship
           God
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           come
           to
           enjoy
           him
           ,
           and
           have
           Communion
           with
           him
           ;
           and
           th●…t
           Religion
           and
           true
           ●…iety
           is
           the
           only
           way
           and
           means
           to
           attain
           that
           end
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           is
           another
           Country
           to
           be
           looked
           for
           after
           this
           ,
           H●…
           was
           much
           to
           blame
           for
           his
           coldness
           and
           indifferency
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ;
           many
           thought
           him
           little
           better
           then
           an
           Atheist
           in
           his
           
           heart
           ,
           though
           his
           life
           not
           much
           faulty
           ▪
        
         
           He
           never
           exprest
           much
           zeal
           or
           regard
           to
           Piety
           ,
           nor
           was
           he
           ever
           known
           to
           go
           to
           prayers
           by
           himself
           ,
           nor
           much
           to
           look
           into
           his
           Bible
           :
           A
           piece
           of
           Tacitus
           ,
           or
           Livy
           ,
           or
           Machiavel
           ,
           he
           would
           sometimes
           discourse
           of
           ,
           and
           their
           Observations
           he
           did
           seem
           to
           rellish
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           any
           in
           the
           Books
           of
           Moses
           and
           the
           Prophets
           :
           And
           for
           Seneca
           ,
           and
           his
           Epistles
           of
           Morality
           ,
           he
           did
           ,
           in
           his
           Judgment
           ,
           prefer
           them
           above
           ,
           and
           did
           take
           more
           delight
           to
           ●…ead
           them
           ,
           then
           all
           Saint
           
           Paul's
           Epi●…tles
           of
           Divinity
           .
        
         
           Several
           Children
           he
           had
           ,
           both
           ●…ons
           and
           Daughters
           :
           His
           Sons
           ,
           he
           ●…ave
           them
           all
           a
           taste
           of
           good
           Lite●…ature
           ,
           and
           gave
           them
           the
           breeding
           ●…nd
           education
           which
           was
           fit
           for
           〈◊〉
           .
        
         
         
           His
           eldest
           Son
           was
           bred
           a
           Courtier
           ,
           his
           name
           Honorius
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           a
           Souldier
           ,
           called
           Captain
           Eupo●…emus
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           a
           Physitian
           ,
           who
           travelled
           France
           and
           Italy
           ,
           and
           took
           his
           Degree
           at
           Padua
           ,
           his
           name
           Temerarius
           .
        
         
           A
           fourth
           he
           bred
           a
           Merchant
           ,
           his
           name
           D●…sus
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           youngest
           he
           made
           a
           Scholler
           ,
           and
           a
           va●…n
           in
           Po●…try
           he
           had
           ,
           hi●…
           name
           
             Gelas
             us
          
           ,
           a
           ●…rvellous
           witty
           an●…
           〈◊〉
           Gentlem●…n
           he
           was
           ,
           full
           of
           h●…
           Joques
           and
           merry
           Conceits
           ,
           that
           h●…
           made
           all
           the
           Comp●…ny
           mirth
           where-ever
           he
           came
           .
           Civil
           Gentleme●…
           all
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Fathers
           Religion
           .
        
         
           His
           eldest
           Daughter
           he
           named
           H●…nora
           ,
           her
           great
           Grand-mother
           〈◊〉
           
           a
           Lady
           of
           Honour
           to
           Queen
           Bernice
           .
        
         
           And
           her
           Sister
           Phantasia
           was
           waiting
           L●…dy
           to
           her
           
             Highness
             Drusilla
          
           ,
           much
           abou●…
           the
           s●…me
           time
           ,
           in
           re●…
           of
           whom
           he
           called
           his
           second
           〈◊〉
           by
           her
           name
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           third
           was
           Madam
           Eulalia
           ;
           she
           could
           sing
           and
           dance
           rarely
           well
           ,
           and
           had
           her
           French
           and
           Italian
           very
           perf●…ct
           ,
           and
           was
           well
           read
           in
           forreign
           Histories
           ,
           yet
           had
           never
           read
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           over
           twice
           in
           all
           her
           life
           ,
           nor
           the
           
             Old
             Testament
          
           so
           much
           as
           once
           .
        
         
           Eudoxia
           ,
           the
           youngest
           ,
           was
           the
           tallest
           and
           hansomest
           Woman
           of
           them
           all
           ;
           an
           absolute
           Beauty
           ,
           and
           of
           so
           rare
           a
           temper
           you
           could
           never
           anger
           her
           ,
           and
           of
           so
           graceful
           a
           deport
           ,
           that
           she
           took
           all
           persons
           :
           Had
           you
           seen
           her
           at
           Church
           ,
           which
           was
           but
           seldome
           ,
           you
           would
           think
           you
           saw
           a
           Saint
           ;
           would
           you
           be
           〈◊〉
           at
           
           other
           times
           ,
           she
           would
           be
           serious
           ;
           would
           you
           be
           pleasant
           ,
           she
           would
           be
           as
           facetious
           .
        
         
           Goodly
           Ladies
           they
           were
           indeed
           all
           four
           ,
           and
           as
           great
           Gallants
           as
           were
           either
           in
           Court
           or
           City
           :
           But
           to
           tell
           you
           how
           they
           spent
           their
           time
           ,
           and
           what
           was
           their
           employment
           ,
           would
           be
           a
           strange
           story
           to
           tell
           our
           Grandmothers
           ,
           wer●…
           they
           alive
           again
           ,
           ●…nd
           much
           more
           strange
           to
           the
           old
           Christian
           Ladies
           that
           lived
           longer
           before
           them
           :
           Their
           morning
           was
           all
           taken
           up
           wi●…h
           
             Dr●…ssing
             ,
             Painting
             ,
             Powdering
          
           :
           The
           afternoon
           usually
           spent
           in
           Visits
           ,
           or
           a
           Play-house
           ;
           and
           at
           night
           a
           
             Pack
             of
             Cards
          
           :
           These
           were
           the
           Books
           they
           were
           most
           read
           in
           ,
           and
           had
           them
           more
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           then
           either
           
             Bible
             ,
             Sermon
          
           ,
           or
           Prayer-book
           ;
           and
           indeed
           all
           of
           them
           did
           mor●…
           frequent
           the
           Play-house
           then
           th●…ir
           Parish-Church
           ,
           the
           Prayer-ho●…se
           ,
           and
           were
           more
           attentive
           ther●…
           then
           here
           :
           Twice
           or
           thrice
           a
           moneth
           was
           fair
           to
           come
           to
           Church
           ;
           but
           at
           a
           Play
           three
           or
           four
           times
           a
           
           week
           was
           ordinary
           :
           To
           Church
           th●…y
           came
           to
           see
           and
           to
           be
           seen
           ,
           and
           that
           usually
           when
           Sermon
           or
           P●…ayers
           were
           hal●…●…nded
           ;
           but
           to
           the
           Play-●…ouse
           they
           went
           to
           learn
           ,
           and
           came
           in
           with
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           staid
           it
           out
           without
           tediousness
           ,
           as
           never
           thinking
           a
           Grace
           or
           Sermon
           too
           short
           ,
           or
           a
           Play
           too
           long
           .
        
         
           Rabbi
           
             Ben
             -
             Johnson
          
           was
           highly
           in
           their
           Books
           ,
           and
           they
           more
           versed
           in
           his
           Writings
           ,
           then
           either
           Rabbi
           Ben-Syrach
           ,
           or
           Rabbi
           Solomon
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           as
           much
           as
           P●…liticus
           was
           no
           profest
           Enemy
           to
           Moderation
           ,
           but
           wisht
           her
           as
           well
           as
           he
           did
           Extremity
           (
           he
           cared
           for
           them
           much
           alike
           )
           we
           will
           let
           him
           go
           ,
           wishing
           that
           the
           State
           may
           never
           have
           cause
           to
           fear
           any
           Enemy
           more
           ,
           nor
           the
           Church
           and
           Religion
           need
           a
           Friend
           less
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             XI
          
           .
           Of
           the
           Marriage
           of
           Moderation
           ,
           her
           two
           Husbands
           ,
           and
           Children
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           NOw
           to
           return
           to
           t●…e
           Marriage
           of
           Moderation
           .
           Her
           Brother
           Philodike
           would
           fain
           have
           brought
           her
           to
           Court
           ,
           and
           have
           her
           married
           to
           one
           of
           his
           own
           Rank
           ,
           a
           Privy
           Counsellor
           of
           State
           ,
           as
           knowing
           full
           well
           ,
           how
           much
           more
           good
           he
           might
           do
           ,
           being
           assisted
           by
           such
           another
           
             Privy
             Counsellor
          
           in
           his
           own
           Bosom
           .
        
         
           But
           her
           Brother
           Philotheos
           was
           earnest
           for
           a
           Church-man
           ,
           his
           old
           Acquaintance
           ,
           bred
           with
           him
           in
           the
           same
           Colledge
           ,
           and
           his
           Chamber-fellow
           (
           somewhat
           his
           Junior
           )
           Doctor
           Eusebius
           ,
           
           and
           now
           also
           settled
           near
           him
           in
           a
           competent
           Living
           ;
           a
           Grave
           and
           Reverend
           Minister
           he
           was
           as
           any
           in
           all
           the
           Country
           ,
           an
           Orthodox
           and
           able
           Divine
           ;
           to
           him
           the
           motion
           was
           no
           sooner
           made
           by
           the
           Brother
           ,
           but
           he
           presently
           embraced
           it
           ,
           both
           in
           respect
           of
           her
           singular
           Vertues
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Allyance
           to
           her
           Brethren
           .
           Soon
           after
           they
           were
           married
           ,
           and
           most
           happily
           they
           lived
           ,
           beloved
           of
           all
           the
           Parish
           ,
           and
           honoured
           of
           all
           that
           knew
           them
           (
           Gentry
           ,
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           others
           ;
           )
           but
           long
           she
           enjoyed
           not
           that
           happiness
           ,
           for
           her
           Husband
           ,
           being
           a
           sickly
           man
           ,
           and
           worn
           out
           with
           his
           Studies
           and
           painfulness
           in
           preaching
           ,
           was
           taken
           away
           ,
           to
           her
           great
           loss
           ,
           and
           gri●…f
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           she
           left
           a
           sad
           Widdow
           ,
           big
           with
           Child
           ,
           of
           which
           she
           was
           after
           delivered
           ,
           whom
           she
           called
           Settlement
           ;
           as
           sweet
           and
           hopeful
           Child
           as
           ever
           Woman
           bare
           ,
           had
           he
           lived
           ,
           but
           he
           dyed
           in
           his
           Cradle
           .
        
         
           After
           some
           good
           space
           of
           time
           ,
           her
           Brother
           Philodike
           desired
           she
           might
           
           be
           married
           to
           a
           Statesman
           ;
           and
           he
           was
           intimate
           with
           an
           Honourable
           Privy
           Counsellor
           ,
           whose
           na●…e
           was
           Philodemus
           ;
           to
           him
           he
           re●…ommended
           his
           Sister
           ,
           and
           to
           him
           she
           was
           married
           ,
           to
           his
           great
           contentment
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           the
           Court
           b●…sides
           :
           He
           lived
           not
           long
           with
           her
           neither
           ,
           being
           aged
           when
           he
           married
           h●…r
           ,
           and
           left
           her
           with
           child
           again
           of
           Twins
           ,
           who
           only
           lived
           to
           be
           christened
           :
           They
           were
           two
           Sisters
           ,
           as
           lovely
           Babes
           as
           was
           ever
           lookt
           on
           ,
           their
           names
           ,
           Peace
           and
           Plenty
           ,
           who
           dyed
           soon
           after
           their
           Father
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             XII
          
           .
           Of
           the
           Trouble
           ●…nd
           Grief
           of
           Moderation
           :
           Her
           last
           Will
           :
           Her
           Heir
           :
           Epitaph
           .
        
         
           ANd
           being
           now
           a
           Widow
           again
           ,
           as
           seldom
           one
           Cross
           or
           grief
           comes
           alone
           ,
           both
           her
           Husbands
           ,
           Eusebius
           and
           Philodemus
           (
           and
           the
           Children
           by
           them
           )
           being
           dead
           ,
           who
           would
           suffer
           no
           injury
           to
           be
           done
           her
           while
           they
           lived
           ,
           they
           so
           dearly
           loved
           her
           .
           It
           fell
           out
           afterwards
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           her
           envious
           Neighbours
           ,
           who
           bare
           her
           no
           good
           will
           before
           ,
           though
           she
           never
           did
           them
           the
           least
           wrong
           ,
           would
           be
           offering
           her
           many
           an
           affront
           ,
           and
           ready
           to
           pick
           any
           Quarrrel
           with
           her
           .
        
         
         
           A
           poor
           Widdow
           is
           ever
           like
           the
           gap
           〈◊〉
           in
           the
           hedge
           ,
           soon
           
             trod●…en
             ●…own
          
           ,
           and
           old
           Fri●…nds
           now
           w●…re
           grown
           〈◊〉
           and
           ,
           which
           went
           〈◊〉
           to
           her
           heart
           ,
           her
           two
           〈◊〉
           ,
           who
           w●…re
           wont
           form●…rly
           ●…o
           support
           and
           countenance
           h●…r
           in
           every
           thing
           ,
           t●…at
           was
           just
           and
           reasonable
           ,
           were
           now
           under
           a
           Cloud
           :
           Philodike
           for
           appearing
           in
           a
           C●…use
           ,
           wherein
           Innocency
           had
           b●…n
           opprest
           had
           he
           been
           sil●…nt
           (
           as
           his
           Gr●…nd-father
           Joseph
           and
           his
           Uncle
           Nicodemus
           had
           done
           before
           him
           )
           incurred
           the
           displ●…asure
           of
           some
           gr●…at
           On●…s
           ,
           who
           procured
           his
           troubles
           ;
           and
           Philothe●…s
           for
           being
           now
           and
           then
           ●…ome
           hat
           plain
           ,
           and
           a
           little
           s●…art
           in
           an
           Use
           of
           
             Reproof
             ▪
          
           at
           both
           which
           she
           was
           inwardly
           grieved
           in
           her
           mind
           (
           and
           they
           b●…ing
           under
           restraint
           ,
           or
           else
           keeping
           their
           Chamber
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           Ag●…
           and
           Infirmities
           )
           though
           she
           had
           le●…ned
           to
           endure
           any
           thing
           ,
           and
           was
           nev●…r
           forward
           to
           stir
           or
           move
           in
           h●…r
           
             own
             private
             Cause
          
           ;
           yet
           when
           she
           saw
           her
           two
           Brethren
           concerned
           in
           point
           of
           
           their
           Honour
           and
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           th●…
           Publick
           mor●…
           in
           point
           of
           〈◊〉
           ,
           she
           could
           not
           for
           her
           life
           sit
           still
           ▪
           bu●…
           presents
           a●…
           humble
           and
           mod●…
           Petition
           in
           their
           behal●…
           ,
           whic●…
           wa●…
           but
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           come
           ●…o
           ●…
           fair
           hearing
           ▪
           and
           when
           matters
           should
           be
           rightly
           understood
           ,
           if
           th●…y
           were
           found
           Offenders
           ,
           she
           d●…sired
           no
           favour
           for
           th●…m
           ;
           she
           desired
           no
           more
           ,
           and
           〈◊〉
           ,
           at
           l●…ast
           ,
           ●…he
           might
           have
           b●…en
           〈◊〉
           in
           ,
           and
           spoken
           to
           ,
           or
           ●…r
           Petition
           re●…d
           〈◊〉
           :
           But
           when
           no
           admit●…ance
           could
           be
           obtained
           for
           Moderation
           ,
           and
           instead
           thereof
           T●…unts
           and
           R●…proaches
           sent
           after
           ,
           a●…d
           told
           withall
           ,
           that
           if
           she
           moved
           any
           further
           sh●…
           should
           be
           secured
           (
           her
           old
           friend
           Extremity
           was
           then
           Door-keeper
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           sure
           would
           do
           her
           no
           good
           office
           ,
           and
           ●…he
           it
           was
           gave
           th●…
           answer
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           thought
           of
           her
           ow●…
           head
           :
           )
           Moderation
           took
           it
           so
           t●…
           heart
           ,
           that
           she
           never
           joyed
           her
           sel●…
           after
           ,
           nor
           had
           any
           delight
           to
           go
           abroad
           ,
           but
           lived
           retired
           in
           her
           privat●…
           Lodgings
           ,
           and
           gave
           her
           se●…f
           to
           her
           
           Devotions
           ,
           and
           not
           long
           after
           departed
           this
           life
           .
        
         
           The
           news
           whereof
           no
           sooner
           came●…
           to
           the
           Brothers
           hearing
           ,
           but
           it
           struck
           them
           to
           the
           very
           h●…art
           ,
           that
           they
           both
           of
           them
           departed
           the
           self-same
           day
           ,
           not
           willing
           to
           out-live
           their
           Sister
           Moderation
           .
           Never
           was
           the
           like
           heard
           of
           by
           all
           Relation
           ,
           that
           two
           Brothers
           and
           Sister
           should
           all
           three
           dye
           in
           one
           day
           (
           but
           they
           had
           loved
           most
           entirely
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           all
           had
           but
           
             one
             Soul
          
           )
           and
           they
           were
           all
           three
           buried
           together
           in
           the
           same
           Grave
           ;
           the
           same
           Grave
           it
           was
           ,
           wherein
           Eusebius
           and
           Philodemus
           ,
           the
           two
           Husbands
           ,
           and
           Settlement
           the
           Son
           ,
           and
           Peace
           and
           Plenty
           the
           Daughters
           of
           Moderation
           ,
           had
           been
           laid
           before
           .
        
         
           Now
           was
           both
           Court
           ,
           City
           and
           Country
           full
           of
           Lamentations
           for
           the
           death
           of
           three
           such
           eminent
           Persons
           ;
           neither
           were
           the
           two
           Brethren
           more
           Iamented
           ,
           then
           was
           sweet
           and
           allcontenting
           
           
             all-pleasing
             Moderation
          
           ;
           only
           Extremi●…y
           rejoyced
           extreamly
           at
           the
           death
           of
           Moderation
           ;
           and
           D●…sobedience
           rejoyced
           as
           much
           at
           the
           death
           of
           Philodike
           and
           Philotheos
           .
        
         
           Philodike
           was
           most
           lamented
           at
           Court
           by
           the
           Grandees
           ,
           Sag●…
           Statesmen
           and
           Patriots
           ,
           for
           his
           grave
           advice
           and
           equal
           administration
           of
           Justice
           ,
           whereby
           the
           general
           Peace
           of
           Feliciana
           was
           preserv●…d
           .
        
         
           Philotheos
           was
           most
           lamented
           by
           the
           Cl●…rgy
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           were
           learned
           ,
           and
           abl●…
           to
           judge
           of
           his
           Elaborate
           Tracts
           ,
           his
           Solid
           and
           Learned
           Sermons
           ,
           ●…nd
           his
           great
           Prudence
           in
           Ecclesiastical
           Affairs
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Cause
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Peace
           and
           Honour
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           had
           been
           maintained
           and
           pres●…rved
           But
           as
           their
           names
           were
           above
           the
           understanding
           ,
           so
           w●…s
           their
           worth
           above
           the
           cognizance
           of
           the
           Vulgar
           .
        
         
         
           But
           as
           for
           Moderation
           ,
           all
           knew
           what
           she
           was
           w●…ll
           enough
           ;
           all
           Feliciana
           had
           heard
           and
           talked
           much
           of
           her
           all
           the
           Island
           over
           ,
           as
           good
           a
           Subject
           as
           could
           live
           under
           a
           Prince
           ,
           a
           true
           Daughter
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Mother
             in
             Israel
          
           ;
           and
           bewailed
           she
           was
           both
           in
           Court
           ,
           City
           and
           Country
           ,
           by
           Man
           ,
           Woman
           and
           Child
           ,
           young
           and
           old
           ,
           simple
           and
           gentle
           ,
           because
           all
           understood
           she
           had
           no
           interest
           but
           the
           publick
           good
           ,
           and
           desired
           favour
           and
           protection
           only
           for
           such
           ,
           as
           should
           be
           judged
           worthy
           to
           live
           in
           any
           well-governed
           State
           in
           the
           World
           :
           And
           the
           more
           lamented
           she
           was
           ,
           because
           she
           dyed
           without
           ●…ssue
           ,
           and
           left
           none
           of
           her
           name
           behind
           ;
           yet
           being
           sick
           ,
           and
           knowing
           she
           was
           now
           near
           her
           end
           ,
           she
           made
           her
           Will
           ,
           and
           sent
           for
           a
           Kinswoman
           of
           hers
           ,
           named
           Repentance
           (
           a
           Kinswoman
           once
           removed
           )
           younger
           sister
           to
           Consideration
           ,
           dead
           before
           ,
           and
           her
           she
           made
           her
           adopted
           Child
           ,
           and
           sole
           Heir
           and
           Executrix
           ;
           who
           so
           sadly
           took
           her
           death
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           not
           only
           
             Close
             Mourner
          
           at
           
           the
           Funeral
           ,
           but
           went
           in
           mourning
           to
           her
           dying
           day
           ,
           and
           could
           never
           get
           
             Moderation
             (
             dear
             Moderation
          
           )
           out
           of
           her
           mind
           .
        
         
           Never
           was
           the
           Lady
           Dorcas
           more
           lamented
           ,
           and
           her
           recov●…ry
           more
           desired
           then
           was
           this
           Ladies
           :
           And
           very
           remarkable
           it
           is
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           against
           the
           Religion
           professed
           in
           Feliciana
           ,
           to
           put
           up
           any
           Prayers
           for
           their
           b●…st
           Friends
           when
           dead
           ,
           yet
           did
           all
           pray
           for
           Moderation
           when
           she
           was
           dead
           and
           gone
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Religious
           ,
           the
           most
           heartily
           of
           all
           others
           ,
           and
           so
           do
           to
           this
           day
           ;
           yet
           not
           for
           the
           resting
           of
           h●…r
           Soul
           ,
           but
           for
           her
           return
           or
           Resurrection
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           have
           a
           stedfast
           belief
           and
           full
           expectation
           ,
           grounded
           on
           an
           old
           Prophecy
           ,
           whereof
           I
           sh●…ll
           tell
           you
           more
           anon
           .
           And
           seldom
           did
           any
           come
           near
           her
           Tomb
           ,
           but
           they
           bedewed
           it
           with
           their
           Tears
           ,
           over
           which
           ,
           as
           I
           remember
           ,
           was
           Engraven
           in
           a
           Latine
           Character
           ,
        
         
         
           Heu
           placidè
           obdormit
           Veneranda
           Matrona
           Moderatio
           novam
           expectans
           Resuscitationem
           ante
           novissimam
           Resurrectionem
           .
        
         
           And
           under
           it
           was
           this
           Epitaph
           ,
           written
           in
           that
           Country
           Language
           ,
        
         
           
             Here
             lyes
             Intombed
             Matron
             Moderation
             ,
          
           
             True
             Friend
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             Joy
             of
             the
             Nation
             ;
          
           
             Her
             worth
             to
             few
             was
             known
          
           
             Until
             that
             she
             was
             gone
             :
          
           
             No
             Issue
             great
             or
             small
             ,
          
           
             This
             the
             saddest
             of
             all
             .
          
           
             All
             ye
             friends
             that
             look
             on
             ,
          
           
             Pray
             for
             Moderation
             .
          
           
             Long
             may
             she
             not
             stay
             ,
             let
             the
             next
             Generation
          
           
             See
             out
             of
             these
             Stones
             rise
             a
             
               New
               Mode●…ation
            
             .
          
        
         
         
           And
           to
           see
           what
           good
           Prayers
           can
           do
           !
           Not
           long
           after
           ,
           when
           you
           would
           have
           thought
           she
           had
           been
           quite
           consumed
           ,
           Moderation
           did
           revive
           ,
           and
           her
           Spirit
           did
           return
           ,
           yet
           not
           into
           the
           former
           Corps
           (
           that
           had
           been
           too
           great
           a
           Miracle
           for
           this
           latter
           Age
           to
           believe
           )
           but
           as
           Moses
           Spirit
           was
           once
           transfused
           into
           seventy
           others
           ,
           so
           did
           her
           Spirit
           return
           ,
           and
           was
           transfused
           ,
           and
           did
           enter
           into
           many
           more
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           happy
           change
           in
           them
           ;
           They
           were
           now
           so
           many
           
             new
             Creatures
          
           ,
           which
           made
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           many
           others
           ,
           sing
           in
           the
           words
           of
           that
           famous
           Verser
           ,
        
         
           Jam
           nova
           Progenies
           Coelo
           dilabitur
           alt●…
           .
        
         
           
             There
             dropped
             down
             from
             Heaven
             high
             ,
          
           
             Of
             Mankind
             a
             new
             Progeny
             .
          
        
         
         
           Yea
           ,
           and
           which
           was
           the
           wonder
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           hardly
           believe
           it
           ,
           even
           Extremity
           her self
           was
           changed
           ,
           and
           endued
           with
           another
           spirit
           ,
           as
           the
           next
           Chapter
           will
           inform
           you
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             XIII
          
           .
           Of
           the
           wonderful
           change
           wrought
           in
           Extremity
           ,
           and
           the
           occasion
           and
           means
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           BEfore
           I
           make
           an
           end
           ,
           I
           shall
           tell
           you
           what
           became
           of
           Extremity
           and
           
             Disobedience
             :
             Extremity
          
           made
           a
           happy
           end
           ,
           repented
           ,
           reformed
           ,
           and
           dyed
           comfortably
           ;
           Disobedience
           lived
           obstinately
           and
           dyed
           miserably
           ,
           and
           who
           could
           look
           for
           other
           ?
        
         
           Extremi●…y
           ,
           as
           I
           told
           you
           before
           ,
           was
           the
           only
           Enemy
           that
           Moderation
           had
           in
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           had
           hated
           her
           extremely
           while
           she
           lived
           ;
           and
           she
           the
           only
           Person
           that
           rejoyced
           ,
           and
           i●…deed
           she
           insulted
           at
           her
           death
           .
        
         
         
           But
           this
           E●…mity
           lasted
           not
           alwayes
           ;
           for
           ,
           as
           God
           would
           have
           it
           ,
           within
           a
           few
           years
           after
           Moderation's
           death
           ,
           Extremity
           fell
           into
           a
           fit
           of
           Sickness
           ,
           and
           a
           happy
           Sickness
           it
           was
           to
           her
           ,
           (
           her
           Extremity
           was
           Graces
           Opportunity
           )
           she
           was
           sore
           handled
           :
           An
           ordinary
           Disease
           it
           was
           not
           ,
           but
           she
           was
           in
           great
           extremity
           and
           pain
           .
        
         
           The
           Physitians
           ,
           who
           were
           sent
           for
           ,
           were
           at
           their
           Wits
           end
           ,
           when
           they
           saw
           her
           :
           They
           perceived
           her
           trouble
           lay
           deeper
           ,
           and
           concluded
           ,
           by
           all
           Conjectures
           they
           could
           make
           ,
           it
           was
           some
           inward
           trouble
           or
           grief
           oppressed
           her
           :
           And
           being
           much
           pressed
           by
           them
           ,
           to
           declare
           whether
           it
           were
           so
           or
           no
           ,
           she
           confessed
           at
           last
           it
           was
           so
           indeed
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           was
           much
           troubled
           in
           her
           Mind
           ,
           and
           could
           get
           no
           rest
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           about
           her
           former
           course
           of
           life
           ,
           and
           her
           many
           sins
           ;
           especially
           she
           ●…aid
           ,
           one
           thing
           lay
           heaviest
           upon
           h●…r
           
           above
           all
           others
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           long
           ere
           they
           could
           get
           out
           of
           her
           ;
           yet
           she
           was
           observed
           by
           them
           that
           watched
           with
           her
           ,
           sometimes
           ,
           between
           sleeping
           and
           waking
           ,
           to
           mutter
           to
           her self
           ,
           and
           they
           could
           over-hear
           her
           now
           and
           then
           ,
           and
           her
           talk
           was
           of
           Moderation
           ;
           and
           many
           times
           she
           would
           start
           of
           a
           sudden
           ,
           and
           look
           agast
           ,
           and
           bid
           the
           By-stand●…rs
           look
           about
           ,
           and
           tell
           her
           if
           they
           saw
           any
           thing
           ;
           and
           sometimes
           would
           ask
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           saw
           not
           Moderation
           there
           .
           Once
           she
           lay
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           Trance
           ,
           and
           seemed
           to
           them
           to
           pray
           and
           call
           upon
           God
           for
           mercy
           :
           At
           another
           time
           she
           would
           cry
           out
           of
           her self
           ,
           and
           her
           former
           miscarriages
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Ah!
           vile
           Extremity
           !
           Ah!
           sin●…ul
           wretch
           Extremity
           !
           Ah!
           cruel
           Extremity
           !
           And
           once
           she
           told
           one
           of
           her
           Maids
           ,
           that
           Moderation
           had
           appeared
           to
           her
           in
           her
           sleep
           ,
           all
           clothed
           in
           white
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           smiling
           Countenance
           asked
           her
           ,
           what
           reason
           she
           had
           to
           be
           so
           bitter
           an
           Enemy
           to
           her
           ,
           who
           had
           never
           done
           her
           wrong
           in
           all
           her
           
           life
           ?
           and
           now
           she
           was
           dead
           continued
           her
           Enmity
           to
           her
           Friends
           :
           Told
           her
           ,
           she
           was
           sent
           to
           admonish
           her
           to
           repent
           ,
           and
           amend
           her
           waȳes
           ,
           then
           should
           she
           be
           a
           happy
           Woman
           .
        
         
           This
           did
           much
           run
           in
           her
           mind
           ,
           and
           she
           would
           often
           say
           ,
           O!
           that
           Moderation
           were
           alive
           again
           !
           All
           the
           World
           should
           see
           ,
           I
           did
           not
           so
           much
           hate
           h●…r
           before
           ,
           as
           I
           should
           now
           prize
           and
           love
           her
           .
        
         
           She
           would
           often
           wish
           also
           ,
           that
           Eusebiu●…
           or
           Philotheos
           ,
           the
           Husband
           and
           Brother
           of
           Moderation
           ,
           were
           now
           alive
           ,
           that
           she
           might
           manifest
           what
           respect
           she
           bare
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           h●…r
           distress
           she
           might
           ease
           her
           mind
           to
           th●…m
           ,
           and
           receive
           some
           comfort
           f●…om
           them
           ,
           which
           she
           thought
           was
           not
           possible
           for
           her
           to
           have
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           hands
           of
           some
           of
           Mode●…ation's
           Friends
           .
        
         
         
           Then
           she
           began
           to
           make
           enquiry
           ,
           what
           able
           and
           discreet
           Divine
           there
           was
           ,
           to
           whom
           she
           might
           unbosom
           her self
           :
           And
           was
           told
           ,
           there
           lived
           not
           far
           from
           her
           ,
           a
           choice
           and
           prudent
           Minister
           ,
           named
           Agathophilus
           ,
           one
           well
           experienced
           in
           Cases
           and
           perplexities
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           one
           mighty
           tender
           in
           dealing
           with
           a
           troubled
           Spirit
           (
           a
           chearful
           and
           comfortable
           old
           Man
           he
           was
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           ch●…risher
           of
           every
           Spark
           of
           good
           ,
           were
           it
           never
           so
           little
           )
           and
           for
           that
           he
           had
           his
           name
           given
           him
           .
        
         
           Extremity
           had
           never
           been
           acquainted
           with
           him
           before
           ,
           although
           they
           lived
           not
           far
           the
           one
           from
           the
           other
           (
           nor
           indeed
           with
           many
           other
           strict
           Divines
           ,
           whom
           she
           had
           looked
           upon
           ,
           ●…or
           the
           most
           of
           them
           ,
           formerly
           ,
           as
           a
           company
           of
           Soure
           and
           discontented
           persons
           )
           for
           him
           she
           presently
           sends
           ,
           and
           he
           came
           immediately
           ,
           and
           she
           at
           first
           sight
           of
           him
           was
           ready
           ,
           somewhat
           like
           Cornelius
           to
           Saint
           Pe●…er
           ,
           to
           
           rise
           off
           her
           Couch
           and
           fall
           down
           upon
           her
           knees
           to
           him
           .
           He
           asked
           her
           how
           she
           did
           ?
           what
           was
           her
           grief
           ?
           She
           confessed
           she
           had
           been
           a
           grievous
           sinner
           ,
           and
           had
           much
           offended
           ;
           but
           one
           thing
           there
           was
           ,
           which
           she
           had
           hitherto
           concealed
           ,
           but
           now
           she
           would
           hide
           nothing
           from
           him
           ;
           one
           thing
           there
           was
           ,
           that
           troubled
           her
           more
           then
           all
           the
           rest
           ;
           she
           had
           been
           a
           bitter
           Enemy
           to
           Moderation
           ;
           and
           now
           she
           saw
           plainly
           (
           the
           Evening
           of
           Sickness
           is
           the
           Morning
           of
           Light
           )
           that
           she
           had
           been
           much
           mistaken
           in
           her
           ,
           and
           feared
           she
           had
           much
           to
           answer
           for
           her
           uncharitableness
           ;
           she
           had
           alway●…s
           looked
           upon
           Moderation
           with
           an
           evil
           eye
           ,
           as
           if
           she
           had
           been
           the
           〈◊〉
           Creature
           alive
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           had
           hat●…d
           her
           to
           the
           death
           ;
           but
           now
           she
           was
           quite
           and
           clean
           of
           another
           mind
           ,
           and
           did
           think
           she
           was
           as
           good
           a
           Soul
           as
           liv●…d
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           innocent
           ,
           and
           saw
           that
           she
           was
           a
           better
           Christian
           then
           her self
           ;
           wishing
           ,
           with
           all
           her
           heart
           ,
           that
           when
           she
           dyed
           ,
           she
           might
           change
           places
           with
           Modera●…
           
           and
           were
           she
           now
           alive
           again
           ,
           he
           would
           shew
           her
           all
           the
           love
           was
           ●…ossible
           :
           This
           and
           much
           more
           she
           ●…onfest
           ,
           and
           the
           Tears
           gushed
           out
           ●…hen
           she
           mentioned
           these
           things
           ;
           ●…nd
           oft-times
           would
           lift
           up
           her
           eyes
           ●…o
           Heaven
           and
           pray
           ,
           God
           forgive
           ●…e
           my
           bitterness
           against
           Moderati●…n
           .
        
         
           And
           another
           thing
           she
           charged
           her self
           withall
           ,
           which
           she
           thought
           made
           her
           more
           inexcusable
           ,
           and
           she
           said
           ,
           she
           had
           never
           thought
           of
           it
           till
           in
           this
           her
           sickness
           ;
           and
           that
           was
           this
           ;
           she
           had
           been
           formerly
           under
           the
           hands
           of
           cruel
           Oppressours
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           help
           her self
           ;
           and
           indeed
           she
           had
           had
           hard
           measure
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           not
           from
           the
           hands
           of
           Moderation
           ,
           nor
           any
           of
           her
           Friends
           ,
           who
           could
           only
           pity
           her
           ,
           and
           were
           troubled
           to
           see
           it
           ;
           but
           by
           other
           hands
           as
           extreme
           as
           Extremity
           her self
           :
           Schollers
           have
           a
           saying
           ,
           
             One
             extr●…am
             is
             most
             opp●…site
             to
             〈◊〉
             :
          
           But
           then
           s●…e
           had
           promised
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           solemn
           Vow
           ,
           that
           if
           ●…ver
           sh●…
           should
           
           come
           out
           of
           her
           sufferings
           ,
           she
           ha●…
           learnt
           to
           pity
           sufferers
           while
           she
           liv●…
           ed
           ,
           and
           should
           never
           countenance
           Violence
           again
           ;
           yet
           since
           she
           had
           bee●…
           in
           that
           good
           condition
           she
           now
           enjoyed
           ;
           and
           Moderation
           she
           acknowledged
           had
           not
           been
           backward
           to
           contribute
           her
           best
           assistance
           for
           hers
           an●…
           the
           common
           benefit
           ;
           she
           had
           bot●…
           forgotten
           Moderation
           ,
           and
           her
           own
           former
           Vows
           and
           Promises
           :
           And
           here
           she
           burst
           out
           into
           Tears
           a●…resh
           .
        
         
           Agath●…philus
           seeing
           her
           in
           such
           an
           Agony
           ,
           〈◊〉
           to
           comfort
           her
           ,
           yet
           told
           her
           ,
           she
           had
           been
           much
           to
           blame
           for
           her
           former
           Violence
           ;
           but
           seeing
           she
           was
           now
           so
           true
           a
           Pen●…tent
           ,
           and
           so
           changed
           in
           her
           mind
           ,
           as
           she
           declared
           ,
           he
           bad
           h●…r
           not
           fear
           ,
           her
           case
           was
           no
           wayes
           desperate
           ;
           and
           to
           confirm
           her
           ,
           he
           told
           her
           further
           ,
           that
           in
           his
           Experience
           he
           had
           m●…t
           with
           the
           like
           before
           ▪
           and
           could
           give
           her
           many
           Scripture
           Instances
           .
        
         
         
           He
           would
           not
           tell
           her
           of
           Manas●…es
           (
           he
           said
           )
           and
           what
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           yet
           found
           mercy
           ,
           for
           his
           Case
           was
           quite
           beyond
           the
           Line
           ,
           and
           Eccentrical
           to
           her
           Relation
           she
           had
           made
           .
        
         
           But
           he
           could
           tell
           her
           of
           divers
           of
           no
           mean
           Quality
           ,
           whose
           Names
           and
           Stories
           are
           no
           wayes
           blemished
           by
           it
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           
             drawn
             aside
          
           sometimes
           as
           she
           had
           been
           :
           As
           Darius
           ,
           a
           Median
           King
           ;
           and
           Ahasuerus
           ,
           the
           Persian
           Emperour
           (
           some
           part
           of
           whose
           Story
           is
           recorded
           by
           a
           Sacred
           Pen
           )
           whose
           good
           Natures
           had
           been
           wrought
           upon
           ,
           by
           the
           sollicitation
           of
           some
           mis-informers
           ,
           to
           pass
           some
           Acts
           ,
           severe
           enough
           ,
           against
           some
           of
           Moderation's
           Ancestors
           ;
           yet
           upon
           further
           enquiry
           and
           satisfaction
           ,
           gave
           a
           check
           and
           stop
           to
           further
           proceedings
           ,
           repealing
           those
           Acts
           ,
           and
           receiving
           into
           highest
           favour
           such
           as
           ,
           by
           mis-representation
           ,
           they
           had
           been
           whetted
           against
           ;
           nor
           was
           it
           ever
           
           imputed
           to
           them
           as
           a
           note
           of
           
             Inco●…
             stancy
          
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           rescinded
           suc●…
           Acts
           ,
           but
           is
           the
           brightest
           St●…
           of
           Glory
           that
           shines
           in
           their
           St●…ry
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           your
           Father
           ,
           Saul
           th●…
           Second
           (
           said
           he
           )
           of
           ever
           blesse●…
           Memory
           ,
           that
           famous
           Saint
           an●…
           Martyr
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           tell
           you
           wha●…
           the
           former
           part
           of
           his
           Story
           was
           somewhat
           like
           yours
           ,
           by
           your
           ow●…
           relation
           :
           But
           he
           had
           been
           outra●…
           gious
           when
           time
           was
           ,
           not
           onl●…
           hunting
           Moderation
           out
           of
           hou●…
           and
           home
           in
           h●…r
           own
           Corporat●…
           ons
           ,
           but
           persecuting
           her
           and
           he●…
           followers
           into
           
             strange
             Cities
          
           ;
           ye●…
           did
           he
           not
           only
           find
           mercy
           ,
           bu●…
           for
           his
           memorable
           change
           and
           Pi●…
           ty
           ,
           afterwards
           hath
           his
           Name
           s●…
           down
           among
           the
           
             first
             Three
          
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           content
           to
           take
           the
           
             Tau●…
             〈◊〉
             Heretick
          
           at
           the
           hands
           of
           Tertullu●…
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           a
           
             Mad.
             Phanatick
          
           at
           the
           hands
           ●…
           
           Festus
           afterwards
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           much
           alt●…red
           .
        
         
           The
           like
           ,
           I
           trust
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           will
           befall
           you
           ,
           whose
           former
           dayes
           ,
           by
           your
           own
           confession
           ,
           have
           been
           like
           his
           ,
           that
           your
           last
           end
           will
           be
           as
           his
           also
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           continue
           in
           this
           good
           mind
           ,
           you
           will
           hereafter
           come
           into
           the
           same
           estate
           he
           is
           possessed
           of
           ;
           for
           which
           purpose
           I
           shall
           ever
           pray
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           ,
           if
           you
           please
           ,
           am
           now
           ready
           to
           pray
           with
           you
           —
           which
           accordingly
           he
           did
           before
           they
           parted
           .
        
         
           She
           was
           not
           a
           little
           comforted
           and
           settled
           in
           her
           mind
           ,
           after
           her
           discourse
           with
           Agathophilus
           ;
           and
           soon
           after
           she
           mended
           apace
           and
           recovered
           ,
           lived
           many
           a
           day
           after
           ,
           and
           made
           an
           happy
           end
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           testifie
           the
           reallity
           of
           her
           change
           (
           not
           long
           after
           this
           ill
           Fit
           she
           proved
           with
           Child
           ,
           and
           when
           
           she
           had
           gone
           her
           time
           she
           was
           delivered
           of
           a
           Daughter
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           her
           called
           Mitigation
           ,
           her
           elder
           Daughter
           being
           dead
           a
           little
           before
           ,
           whose
           name
           was
           Violence
           ,
           and
           upon
           her
           Death-bed
           she
           made
           it
           her
           last
           R●…quest
           ,
           to
           some
           of
           Moderation's
           Acquaintance
           ,
           that
           her
           Daughter
           might
           be
           brought
           up
           with
           their
           Children
           ,
           and
           if
           she
           lived
           to
           be
           bestowed
           in
           marriage
           ,
           it
           might-be
           to
           one
           of
           that
           Family
           ,
           which
           she
           desired
           above
           any
           thing
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           as
           being
           verily
           perswaded
           ,
           God
           had
           a
           bl●…ssing
           in
           store
           for
           that
           Family
           ,
           then
           should
           she
           dye
           in
           peace
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           it
           came
           to
           pass
           as
           she
           desired
           ,
           for
           Mitigation
           was
           married
           to
           a
           near
           〈◊〉
           of
           Moderation's
           ,
           called
           Philallelos
           ,
           the
           loveliest
           Person
           in
           the
           World
           :
           He
           was
           all
           Love
           ,
           and
           nothing
           but
           Love
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           his
           name
           signified
           when
           it
           was
           given
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           made
           it
           good
           .
        
         
         
           And
           now
           ca●…
           it
           not
           be
           exp●…ssed
           ,
           what
           joy
           this
           Marriage
           caused
           all
           the
           Country
           over
           ;
           ●…or
           by
           this
           means
           ,
           those
           two
           great
           Families
           ,
           of
           Extremity
           and
           Moderatiou
           ,
           were
           united
           ,
           which
           ,
           while
           at
           enmity
           ,
           had
           divided
           and
           dis●…racted
           all
           the
           Neighbourhood
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           which
           memorable
           Sickness
           ,
           Repentance
           and
           Recovery
           of
           Extremity
           ,
           and
           her
           change
           ,
           and
           the
           Marriage
           of
           her
           Daughter
           ,
           one
           made
           this
           following
           Verse
           ,
           which
           though
           a
           plain
           and
           homely
           one
           ,
           I
           thought
           fit
           to
           have
           inserted
           .
        
         
           
             Extremity
             was
             sick
             ,
             and
             hard
             it
             is
             to
             say
             ,
          
           
             In
             what
             extremity
             Extremity
             then
             lay
             ,
          
           
             Troubled
             much
             in
             mind
             about
             Moderation
             ,
          
           
             Whom
             she
             had
             pursued
             with
             much
             Indignation
             .
          
           
           
             Extremity
             recovers
             ,
             and
             a
             while
             after
          
           
             Into
             Moderation's
             Stock
             marries
             her
             Daughter
             .
          
           
             They
             being
             made
             Friends
             ,
             the
             World
             was
             well
             amended
             :
          
           
             Mitigation
             survives
             ,
             Extremity
             is
             ended
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             XIV
          
           .
           Containing
           a
           digression
           of
           the
           Author
           .
        
         
           I
           Am
           not
           ignorant
           ,
           that
           many
           will
           look
           upon
           all
           this
           that
           hath
           been
           said
           of
           Extremities
           Sickness
           ,
           trouble
           in
           mind
           ,
           and
           Repentance
           ,
           to
           be
           but
           a
           Story
           ,
           no
           more
           then
           Moderation's
           rising
           again
           .
           I
           shall
           ●…ot
           go
           about
           to
           impose
           upon
           any
           man
           a
           belief
           of
           what
           he
           dislikes
           ,
           but
           leave
           every
           one
           to
           think
           what
           he
           pleaseth
           .
        
         
           Only
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           Philallelos
           and
           Mitigation
           made
           a
           happy
           match
           ,
           and
           many
           there
           were
           that
           
             gave
             them
             Joy
          
           ,
           and
           wisht
           they
           might
           live
           many
           
           a
           good
           day
           together
           ,
           and
           have
           many
           good
           Children
           between
           them
           ,
           and
           hoped
           there
           would
           be
           much
           more
           Love
           among
           all
           the
           Neighbours
           ,
           then
           there
           had
           been
           for
           a
           while
           before
           :
           And
           ,
           whencesoever
           it
           came
           ,
           it
           was
           observed
           there
           was
           a
           fresh
           breathing
           of
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Love
           all
           over
           the
           Land
           ,
           as
           if
           serene
           Zephirus
           had
           blown
           away
           all
           the
           former
           Storms
           and
           Clouds
           ,
           and
           presented
           Men
           with
           a
           milder
           Air
           to
           breath
           in
           ;
           and
           the
           content
           that
           most
           had
           in
           their
           hearts
           and
           their
           hopes
           ,
           were
           legible
           in
           the
           chearfulness
           of
           their
           Countenances
           .
           But
           what
           the
           secret
           causes
           of
           this
           alteration
           and
           reconciliation
           between
           Extremity
           and
           Moderation
           w●…re
           ,
           is
           too
           deep
           a
           Mystery
           for
           
             Hesychius
             Pamphilus
          
           to
           penetrate
           .
           Only
           I
           sh●…ll
           relate
           to
           you
           ,
           what
           were
           the
           several
           Conjectures
           of
           several
           Persons
           ,
           who
           would
           ,
           as
           they
           pleased
           ,
           assign
           their
           several
           apprehensions
           ,
           which
           might
           produce
           this
           happy
           effect
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           This
           is
           not
           to
           be
           concealed
           ,
           that
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           Felici●…na
           are
           a
           people
           above
           any
           in
           all
           the
           World
           beside
           ,
           next
           to
           the
           
             Word
             of
             God
          
           ,
           given
           much
           to
           the
           observation
           of
           
             Divine
             Providences
          
           ;
           and
           they
           h●…d
           taken
           notice
           ,
           that
           after
           some
           hard
           dealing
           with
           Moderation
           ,
           many
           disasters
           had
           besallen
           that
           Island
           (
           which
           though
           it
           were
           too
           high
           presumpti●…
           to
           give
           the
           reason
           of
           ,
           yet
           is
           it
           but
           piety
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           )
           as
           the
           Apparition
           of
           some
           prodigious
           Comets
           ,
           which
           amazed
           the
           Spectators
           ,
           and
           were
           seen
           in
           that
           Island
           (
           whether
           one
           and
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           two
           ,
           or
           thr●…e
           )
           for
           about
           six
           moneths
           together
           ,
           followed
           with
           a
           sweeping
           〈◊〉
           ,
           which
           took
           away
           an
           hundr●…d
           thousand
           out
           of
           the
           Capital
           City
           ;
           and
           the
           ●…ame
           City
           ,
           the
           y●…ar
           following
           ,
           co●…sumed
           with
           Fire
           ,
           for
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           during
           all
           this
           time
           ,
           a
           chargeable
           and
           doubtful
           War
           with
           potent
           Neighbours
           ,
           consuming
           
           
           
           
           
           what
           Lives
           the
           Pestilence
           had
           spared
           ,
           and
           what
           Treasure
           had
           escaped
           the
           Fire
           .
           Dreadful
           and
           
             amazing
             Judgments
          
           all
           .
        
         
           With
           the
           pious
           sense
           whereof
           ,
           many
           of
           the
           Islanders
           being
           duly
           affected
           ,
           began
           to
           reflect
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           as
           sometimes
           the
           Patriarks
           did
           ,
           in
           a
           day
           of
           their
           distress
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             Are
             〈◊〉
             not
             guilty
             concerning
             our
             Brother
             ,
             because
             we
             saw
             the
             anguish
             of
             his
             Soul
             ,
             when
             he
             besought
             us
             ,
             and
             we
             would
             not
             hear
             ?
          
        
         
           Others
           there
           are
           ,
           that
           ,
           next
           to
           the
           Goodness
           of
           God
           ,
           ascribe
           it
           principally
           to
           the
           Native
           and
           large-hearted
           Clemency
           and
           Prudence
           of
           the
           Prince
           ;
           who
           having
           observed
           how
           patient
           and
           silent
           Moderation
           had
           been
           under
           her
           Tryals
           ;
           and
           moreover
           ,
           when
           some
           unqui●…t
           Spirits
           had
           been
           formerly
           stirring
           at
           home
           ;
           and
           during
           the
           time
           of
           that
           
           War
           ,
           that
           was
           then
           afoot
           with
           the
           Neighbours
           abroad
           ,
           Extremity
           it self
           could
           not
           find
           the
           least
           defection
           in
           Moderation
           from
           her
           wonted
           constant
           Fidelity
           .
           Thereupon
           the
           prudent
           Prince
           said
           to
           his
           people
           ,
           as
           formerly
           another
           Prince
           had
           said
           to
           his
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Family
           of
           
             Jacob
             ,
             Behold
             ,
             these
             men
             are
             quiet
             and
             peaceable
             ,
             let
             them
             dwell
             in
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             trade
             t●…erein
             ;
             behold
             ,
             the
             Land
             is
             large
             enough
             ,
             let
             us
             make
             Marriages
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             take
             their
             Daughters
             in
             marriage
             with
             our
             Sons
             .
          
        
         
           Others
           again
           said
           ,
           it
           was
           no
           more
           but
           this
           ;
           the
           good
           hour
           was
           come
           ,
           wherein
           God
           would
           bring
           Moderation
           out
           of
           her
           Troubles
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           done
           Joseph
           ,
           who
           had
           lyen
           in
           disgrace
           under
           some
           foul
           Accusations
           ,
           
             till
             the
             time
             that
             his
             Word
             came
             ,
             the
             Word
             of
             the
             Lord
             had
             tryed
             him
             ;
             then
             the
             King
             sent
             and
             loosed
             ●…im
             ,
             the
             Ruler
             of
             the
             people
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             let
             him
             go
             free
          
           :
           And
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           he
           had
           been
           ●…formed
           by
           some
           about
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           skill
           in
           opening
           
             Divine
             Revelations
          
           ,
           and
           might
           be
           of
           great
           use
           in
           preventing
           a
           (
           spiritual
           )
           Famine
           .
        
         
           Others
           again
           ,
           that
           it
           had
           been
           with
           the
           Daughter
           now
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           with
           her
           Father
           Hyperzelotes
           ,
           both
           in
           his
           first
           and
           last
           :
           Time
           and
           
             immediate
             inspiration
          
           from
           God
           ,
           had
           wrought
           this
           〈◊〉
           change
           in
           him
           ;
           who
           ,
           after
           his
           intemperate
           zeal
           spent
           against
           Mode●…ation
           ,
           became
           now
           her
           great
           Friend
           ,
           Patron
           and
           Advocate
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           most
           glorious
           Champion
           for
           Truth
           ,
           Piety
           and
           Charity
           that
           ●…ver
           was
           ,
           and
           a
           most
           Emin●…nt
           Instrument
           of
           good
           to
           the
           universal
           Church
           ;
           after
           which
           ,
           it
           is
           observed
           by
           a
           Sacred
           Pen
           ,
           
             Then
             had
             the
             Churches
             rest
             in
             all
          
           Judea
           ,
           〈◊〉
           and
           Galil●…e
           ,
           
             ●…nd
             ●…re
             edified
             ▪
             and
             ,
             walking
             in
          
           
           
             the
             fear
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Comforts
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             were
             multiplyed
             .
          
           And
           in
           all
           the
           Churches
           ,
           where
           Tidings
           came
           of
           this
           blessed
           change
           ,
           
             They
             glorified
             God
             in
             him
          
           .
           The
           like
           was
           now
           done
           in
           all
           Feliciana
           .
        
         
           Howsoever
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           may
           be
           thought
           the
           cause
           ,
           it
           becomes
           not
           Pamphilus
           to
           determine
           ;
           but
           all
           remembred
           ,
           what
           a
           
             Blessed
             ,
             Peace-making
          
           ,
           and
           GreatUniting-Monarch
           of
           a
           famous
           Island
           ,
           had
           given
           for
           his
           Motto
           upon
           his
           Coin
           ,
           
             A
             Domino
             factum
             est
             illud
             ,
             &
             est
             mirabile
             in
             oculis
             nostris
             :
          
           This
           was
           the
           Lords
           doing
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           marvelous
           in
           our
           eyes
           :
           who
           h●…d
           united
           Kingdoms
           ,
           formerly
           divided
           ,
           and
           at
           enmity
           ;
           and
           said
           ,
           the
           like
           had
           befallen
           them
           ;
           and
           therefore
           desired
           God
           might
           〈◊〉
           the
           whole
           glory
           and
           praise
           ascribed
           to
           him
           .
        
         
         
           Only
           this
           is
           certain
           ,
           nothing
           could
           have
           b●…n
           done
           more
           to
           the
           general
           satisfaction
           of
           the
           sober
           sort
           of
           Men
           in
           the
           Island
           ,
           to
           r●…ise
           up
           their
           hearts
           in
           the
           highest
           praise
           o●…
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           greatest
           measu●…
           of
           thankfulness
           to
           so
           Graci●…us
           a●…d
           Prudent
           a
           Prince
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           cementing
           of
           Christian
           Love
           and
           mutual
           good
           Affection
           all
           the
           Island
           over
           only
           Disobedience
           was
           much
           dis●…ontented
           ;
           and
           looking
           seorn●…ully
           ou●…
           at
           a
           Window
           (
           as
           M●…chal
           o●…e
           ,
           when
           all
           Is●…ael
           were
           in
           their
           highest
           joy
           at
           a
           great
           Festival
           )
           and
           shook
           her
           head
           :
           )
           So
           that
           Isr●…el
           of
           old
           did
           not
           more
           rejoyce
           ,
           when
           the
           King
           had
           brought
           the
           Ark
           out
           of
           a
           private
           House
           into
           publick
           again
           ,
           and
           appointed
           it
           a
           fixed
           Station
           ;
           or
           when
           the
           Son
           of
           the
           same
           King
           had
           newly
           Dedicated
           the
           holy
           Temple
           ;
           it
           being
           set
           down
           in
           their
           sacred
           Stories
           ,
           that
           both
           these
           Princes
           blessed
           their
           people
           ,
           and
           th●…y
           were
           again
           blessed
           by
           their
           people
           :
           And
           the
           conclusion
           of
           the
           Story
           of
           the
           
           lat●…er
           was
           this
           ;
           after
           his
           Devotions
           ended
           ,
           
             He
             sent
             away
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             they
             blessed
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             went
             into
             their
             Tents
             ,
             joyful
             and
             glad
             in
             heart
             ,
             for
             all
             the
             goodness
             the
             Lord
             had
             done
             for
             David
             his
             Servant
             ,
             and
             for
             Israel
             his
             People
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             XV.
          
           What
           became
           of
           Disobedience
           and
           her
           Children
           ,
           they
           being
           quelled
           and
           reduced
           ,
           what
           a
           happy
           World
           followed
           ,
           according
           to
           an
           old
           Prophecy
           .
        
         
           NOw
           ,
           when
           we
           shall
           have
           dispatch●…d
           Disobedie●…ce
           out
           of
           th●…
           way
           ,
           our
           work
           is
           at
           an
           end
           ;
           we
           shall
           ther●…fore
           tell
           you
           what
           b●…came
           of
           her
           ,
           now
           th●…re
           was
           no
           other
           Enemy
           to
           be
           〈◊〉
           ;
           And
           would
           we
           could
           say
           ,
           she
           came
           to
           the
           like
           good
           end
           Extremi●…y
           made
           :
           But
           it
           was
           〈◊〉
           likely
           .
           —
        
         
         
           She
           was
           not
           of
           like
           Temper
           and
           Spirit
           as
           Extremity
           was
           ,
           ever
           to
           be
           touched
           with
           any
           sense
           of
           Honour
           or
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           Extremity
           was
           of
           a
           Generous
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           Noble
           Education
           ,
           and
           ever
           bare
           a
           true
           Love
           to
           her
           Country
           ;
           only
           too
           too
           passionate
           .
        
         
           Disobedienc●…
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           was
           of
           a
           dogged
           ,
           surly
           and
           unquiet
           Spirit
           ;
           nothing
           could
           pl●…ase
           her
           ,
           neither
           could
           she
           well
           tell
           what
           she
           would
           have
           ,
           only
           fretted
           at
           the
           times
           ,
           and
           her
           own
           private
           condition
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           those
           great
           Famili●…s
           of
           Extremity
           and
           Moderation
           being
           united
           and
           allyed
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           fear
           of
           any
           considerable
           disturbance
           Disobedience
           could
           make
           .
           And
           to
           make
           sure
           ,
           and
           timely
           to
           pr●…vent
           any
           mischief
           that
           any
           of
           the
           
             Children
             of
             Disobedi●…nce
          
           could
           hatch
           or
           
           devise
           ,
           Extremity
           and
           Moderation's
           Friends
           agreed
           ,
           with
           their
           united
           Forces
           to
           fall
           upon
           them
           :
           And
           they
           being
           within
           a
           short
           time
           after
           up
           in
           Rebellion
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           Lot
           of
           a
           Party
           of
           Extremities
           Forces
           to
           give
           the
           first
           charge
           ,
           who
           scattered
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           took
           some
           of
           the
           chief
           Heads
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           Examples
           ;
           and
           Moderation's
           ,
           with
           their
           Party
           ,
           took
           some
           others
           :
           And
           both
           agreed
           ,
           to
           the
           terror
           of
           the
           rest
           ,
           to
           send
           them
           bound
           to
           their
           Father
           
             Absalom's
             Oak
          
           ,
           drawn
           backward
           in
           his
           Chariot
           by
           his
           Mule
           ,
           whom
           when
           she
           carried
           thither
           ,
           and
           had
           left
           them
           safe
           hanging
           by
           the
           head
           ,
           between
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           upon
           a
           three-forked
           Branch
           (
           the
           Wood
           devoured
           more
           that
           day
           then
           the
           Sword
           )
           the
           lightened
           Beast
           went
           away
           from
           under
           them
           ,
           leaving
           them
           hanging
           .
        
         
           Some
           of
           the
           rest
           that
           were
           taken
           stragling
           ,
           were
           made
           to
           go
           on
           Pilgrimage
           
           a
           foot
           to
           the
           
             Oak
             of
             Reformation
          
           ,
           a
           Tree
           which
           had
           formerly
           done
           good
           service
           o●…
           like
           occasion
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           their
           fore-fathers
           :
           And
           because
           this
           Tree
           was
           somewhat
           higher
           then
           the
           former
           ,
           they
           were
           fain
           to
           climb
           or
           else
           to
           be
           lifted
           up
           to
           it
           ,
           an●…
           〈◊〉
           after
           ,
           the
           kind
           Earth
           ,
           ●…o
           〈◊〉
           the
           World
           of
           them
           ,
           opened
           ,
           and
           they
           
             were
             swallowed
             up
             wi●…h
             the
             Congregation
             of
             Abiram
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Heads
           being
           taken
           off
           thus
           ,
           the
           rest
           submitted
           ,
           and
           f●…ll
           to
           hard
           Labour
           ;
           all
           save
           a
           f●…w
           desperate
           ones
           ,
           who
           seeing
           they
           could
           do
           no
           
             more
             good
          
           on
           it
           (
           others
           call
           it
           mischief
           and
           wickedness
           )
           fled
           the
           Island
           :
           Only
           some
           (
           too
           many
           of
           them
           too
           )
           of
           the
           latter
           brood
           of
           Disobedience
           ,
           the
           Hectors
           and
           T●…ries
           ,
           the
           Drunkards
           ,
           Whoremongers
           ,
           and
           other
           vicious
           persons
           ,
           remained
           sculking
           in
           Corners
           ,
           and
           har●…oured
           in
           wicked
           houses
           ,
           who●…
           
           it
           is
           hoped
           ,
           the
           good
           and
           wholesome
           Laws
           of
           the
           Island
           (
           for
           there
           are
           no
           better
           any
           where
           )
           and
           
             due
             execution
          
           of
           them
           ,
           may
           ,
           in
           time
           ,
           reduce
           from
           the
           evil
           wayes
           of
           their
           Mother
           Disobedience
           ;
           then
           no
           Nation
           in
           the
           World
           more
           happy
           ,
           and
           may
           well
           be
           called
           Feliciana
           ,
           or
           Elisiana
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           But
           already
           all
           S●…orms
           were
           scattered
           ,
           and
           an
           happy
           Calm
           followed
           ,
           and
           there
           seemed
           to
           be
           a
           new
           World
           :
           The
           Island
           was
           settled
           ,
           Armies
           disbanded
           ,
           every
           Man
           sate
           under
           his
           own
           
             Vine
             and
             Fig-tree
             ,
             eating
             ,
             drink●…ng
             and
             making
             merry
             ,
          
           as
           in
           the
           older
           World
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Halcyon
           and
           Golden
           dayes
           of
           
           Solomon's
           Reign
           ,
           rejoycing
           ,
           that
           Mercy
           and
           
             Truth
             ,
             Righteousness
          
           and
           
             Peace
             ,
             Extremi●…y
          
           and
           Moderation
           ,
           had
           kissed
           each
           other
           :
           And
           the
           Primitive
           times
           did
           seem
           to
           be
           returned
           ,
           wherein
           they
           did
           
             eat
             their
             meat
             with
             gladn●…ss
             and
             sing●…eness
             of
             heart
             ,
          
           
           
             praising
             God
             ,
             and
             having
             favour
             with
             all
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             added
             to
             his
             Church
             dayly
             such
             as
             should
             be
             saved
             .
          
           And
           all
           good
           Men
           prayed
           ,
           long
           may
           Extremity
           and
           Moderation
           be
           friends
           ,
           or
           rather
           ,
           no
           more
           Extremity
           ,
           but
           alwayes
           Moderation
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           many
           could
           remember
           ,
           there
           ha●…
           been
           an
           old
           Prophecy
           ,
           which
           their
           Fathers
           had
           told
           them
           (
           foretold
           many
           a
           day
           agone
           by
           a
           holy
           Man
           )
           which
           was
           now
           fulfilled
           ,
           and
           was
           to
           this
           effect
           .
        
         
           
             Moderation
             shall
             Revive
             ,
             Extremity
             shall
             Cease
             ,
          
           
             Disob●…dience
             stoop
             to
             Reason
             ,
             All
             end
             in
             Peace
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Envy
           of
           Ephraim
           shall
           cease
           ;
           Ephraim
           shall
           not
           envy
           Judah
           ,
           no●…
           Judah
           vex
           Ephraim
           .
        
         
           
           
             Te
             Duce
             ,
             siqua
             manent
             sceleris
             vestigia
             nostri
             ,
          
           
             Irrita
             perpetua
             solvent
             formidine
             ●…erras
             .
             Virgil.
             
          
        
         
           Glory
           to
           God
           in
           the
           highest
           ,
           on
           Earth
           Peace
           ,
           and
           good
           will
           amongst
           Men.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           Moderations
           Rec●…ipt
           ,
           (
           taught
           her
           b●…
           her
           Aunt
           Experience
           ;
           )
        
         
           
             Soveraign
             to
             cure
             any
             Distempers
             i●…●…he
             Church
             ,
             especially
             in●…ard
             in
             the
             Bowels
             ▪
             as
             ●…lso
             of
             excelle●…t
             vert●…e
             against
             a
             Rupture
             .
          
        
         
           
             BLest
             Soul
             !
             she
             taught
             how
             to
             secure
          
           
             The
             Church
             .
             'T
             will
             do
             ,
             if
             put
             in
             ure
             .
          
           
           
             A
             Pound
             of
             Piety
             she
             singles
             ,
          
           
             As
             much
             of
             Charity
             then
             mingles
             :
          
           
             Zeal
             bruis'd
             with
             Knowledge
             next
             she
             takes
             ,
          
           
             (
             Two
             Pugils
             a
             rare
             Compound
             makes
             )
          
           
             Then
             tops
             of
             Prudence
             ,
             and
             the
             Pith
          
           
             Of
             Elder
             Faith
             ;
             Stale
             Truth
             ,
             therewith
          
           
           
             A
             good
             handful
             of
             Humility
             ,
          
           
             Some
             mild
             
               Forbearance
               ,
               Unity
            
          
           
             In
             Matters
             Mayn
             ;
             Opinions
             New
             ,
          
           
             Leaves
             ,
             Roots
             and
             Stalks
             away
             she
             threw
             ;
          
           
             And
             to
             make
             sure
             it
             shall
             Digest
             ,
          
           
             Loyalty
             sweetens
             all
             the
             rest
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           Outlandish
           Names
           IN
           THIS
           DISCOURSE
           ENGLISHED
           .
        
         
           
             ABaddon
             ,
             and
             Apollyon
             ,
             Names
             given
             in
             Scripture
             to
             Satan
             ,
             signifie
             a
             Destroyer
             .
          
           
             
             Agathophilus
             ,
             a
             Lover
             of
             Goodness
             or
             good
             Men.
             
          
           
             Anaideia
             ,
             Impudence
             .
          
           
             Asotos
             ,
             a
             Prodigal
             or
             Riotous
             person
             .
          
           
             Avernus
             ,
             a
             Lake
             put
             for
             Hell.
             
          
           
             Blandula
             ,
             a
             fair
             spoken
             Woman
             ,
             or
             a
             Flatterer
             .
          
           
             Ben-hagios
             ,
             an
             holy
             Son.
             
          
           
             
             Bar-Jonah
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             the
             Dove
             .
          
           
             Crapula
             ,
             Drunkenness
             ,
             or
             Excess
             .
          
           
             Circe
             ,
             a
             Witch
             ,
             whose
             Cups
             turned
             men
             into
             Swine
             .
          
           
             
               Donna
               Olympia
            
             ,
             a
             Roman
             Lady
             ,
             who
             lately
             managed
             all
             Affairs
             for
             the
             Pope
             ,
             at
             the
             Court
             at
             Rome
             .
          
           
             
             
               Donna
               Spatulosa
            
             ,
             a
             lascivious
             Lady
             .
          
           
             Dolosus
             ,
             Subtle
             ,
             or
             Crafty
             .
          
           
             Eulaleia
             ,
             a
             well-spoken
             Woman
             .
          
           
             Eudorla
             ,
             Comeliness
             ,
             or
             making
             a
             fair
             shew
             .
          
           
             Eupolemus
             ,
             a
             good
             Warriour
             .
          
           
             Eusebius
             ,
             a
             Godly
             person
             .
          
           
             
             Eutrapeleia
             ,
             Jesting
             ,
             or
             Merriment
             .
          
           
             Feliciana
             ,
             an
             happy
             Island
             .
          
           
             Gelasius
             ,
             one
             given
             to
             Laughter
             .
          
           
             Hyperphiladelphotus
             ,
             one
             exceeding
             loving
             to
             the
             Brethren
             .
          
           
             Hyperzelotes
             ,
             excessively
             zealous
             .
          
           
             
             Misoponos
             ,
             one
             that
             hates
             labour
             and
             pains
             .
          
           
             Phantasia
             ,
             Pomp
             ,
             or
             Gallantry
             .
          
           
             Philautos
             ,
             one
             that
             loves
             himself
             .
          
           
             Philallelos
             ,
             one
             that
             loveth
             others
             .
          
           
             Philedonos
             ,
             a
             lover
             of
             pleasure
             .
          
           
             Philodemus
             ,
             a
             lover
             of
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             
             Philodike
             ,
             a
             lover
             of
             Justice
             .
          
           
             Philotheos
             ,
             a
             lover
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             Porne
             ,
             a
             Harlot
             .
          
           
             Probation
             ,
             Tryal
             .
          
           
             Temerarius
             ,
             Rash
             ,
             or
             venturous
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .