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             Observations on Monsieur de Sorbier's Voyage into England written to Dr. Wren, professor of astronomy in Oxford / by Thomas Sprat ...
             Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713.
             Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723.
          
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           OBSERVATIONS
           ON
           Monsieur
           de
           Sorbier's
           VOYAGE
           INTO
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           Written
           to
           Dr.
           WREN
           ,
           Professor
           of
           Astronomy
           in
           Oxford
           .
        
         
           BY
           THOMAS
           SPRAT
           ,
           ●ellow
           of
           the
           Royal
           Society
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           ●rinted
           for
           
             Iohn
             Martyn
          
           ,
           and
           
             Iames
             Allestry
          
           ,
           Printers
           to
           the
           Royal
           Society
           .
           1665.
           
        
         
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           LETTER
           Containing
           some
           Observations
           On
           MONSIEVR
           de
           SORBIERE'S
           Voyage
           into
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           Written
           to
           Doctor
           WREN
           ,
           Professor
           of
           ASTRONOMY
           in
           OXFORD
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Tho.
             SPRAT
          
           .
        
         
           
             Sed
             poterat
             tutior
             esse
             Domi.
             
          
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Here
           send
           You
           the
           Account
           ,
           which
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           has
           gi●en
           of
           his
           Voyage
           into
           Enggland
           .
           
           And
           though
           it
           be
           an
           insolent
           Libel
           on
           our
           Nation
           ,
           yet
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           you
           will
           peruse
           it
           with
           delight
           .
           For
           when
           you
           have
           beheld
           how
           many
           errors
           ,
           and
           falshoods
           ,
           he
           has
           committed
           in
           this
           small
           Relation
           ;
           you
           cannot
           but
           be
           well
           pleas'd
           to
           find
           ,
           that
           whoever
           undertakes
           to
           defame
           your
           Country
           ,
           he
           must
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           forfeit
           his
           Wit
           ,
           and
           his
           Understanding
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           his
           good
           Manners
           .
        
         
           The
           
             King
             of
             France
          
           ha●
           already
           given
           him
           an
           effe●ctual
           
           Answer
           .
           And
           it
           became
           the
           justice
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Monarch
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           defending
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           with
           his
           arms
           ,
           to
           punish
           a
           pragmatical
           Reviler
           of
           one
           of
           the
           most
           powerful
           Kingdoms
           in
           Christendome
           :
           and
           while
           he
           was
           exacting
           satisfaction
           from
           the
           Pope
           himself
           ,
           for
           an
           affront
           offer'd
           to
           his
           Embassador
           ,
           to
           take
           care
           that
           none
           of
           his
           own
           Subjects
           should
           presume
           to
           injure
           the
           reputation
           of
           his
           neighbors
           ,
           and
           neerest
           Allies
           .
        
         
         
           This
           just
           Reply
           which
           has
           been
           publiquely
           made
           to
           this
           rude
           Satyr
           ,
           was
           the
           cause
           that
           it
           has
           not
           bin
           hitherto
           confuted
           by
           an
           
             English
             Gentleman
          
           of
           your
           acquaintance
           ,
           who
           had
           undertaken
           it
           ,
           whose
           Wit
           wee
           might
           have
           oppos'd
           against
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           still
           flourish't
           at
           Paris
           ,
           with
           the
           Title
           of
           
             Historiographer
             Royal
          
           ,
           though
           all
           his
           mighty
           boasts
           of
           his
           own
           abilities
           had
           been
           true
           .
           But
           however
           ,
           though
           he
           is
           now
           below
           our
           excellent
           Friends
           consideration
           ;
           yet
           
           I
           think
           my self
           ingag'd
           to
           see
           him
           corrected
           .
           For
           having
           now
           under
           my
           hands
           the
           History
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Society
          
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           in
           vain
           for
           mee
           to
           try
           to
           represent
           its
           design
           to
           be
           advantageous
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           England
           ,
           if
           my
           Countrymen
           shall
           know
           that
           one
           who
           calls
           himself
           a
           member
           of
           that
           Assembly
           ,
           has
           escap'd
           unanswer'd
           in
           the
           publique
           disgraces
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           cast
           on
           our
           whole
           Nation
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           therefore
           Sir
           ,
           briefly
           take
           him
           into
           a
           calm
           examination
           .
           
           And
           that
           you
           may
           understand
           how
           I
           intend
           to
           proceed
           with
           him
           ,
           I
           do
           here
           in
           the
           beginning
           profess
           ,
           that
           I
           will
           not
           vindicate
           the
           honor
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           by
           making
           reflexions
           on
           the
           French.
           I
           will
           not
           indeavour
           to
           repair
           our
           own
           fame
           on
           the
           ruines
           of
           others
           .
           I
           will
           have
           no
           contention
           but
           with
           himself
           .
           I
           will
           only
           put
           together
           ,
           and
           compare
           ,
           the
           mistakes
           ,
           the
           incoherences
           ,
           the
           vanities
           of
           his
           Book
           .
           And
           (
           to
           confess
           a
           secret
           to
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           )
           I
           am
           resolv'd
           to
           
           take
           this
           course
           in
           answering
           him
           ;
           not
           only
           because
           I
           abhor
           the
           sordid
           way
           of
           Wit
           ,
           of
           abusing
           whole
           Nations
           :
           but
           also
           because
           I
           am
           not
           much
           inamor'd
           of
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           punishment
           .
           For
           I
           cannot
           think
           that
           it
           is
           worth
           a
           mans
           while
           ,
           that
           can
           live
           quietly
           here
           at
           London
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           honour
           of
           making
           three
           or
           four
           ill-natur'd
           jests
           ,
           on
           a
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           with
           the
           hazard
           of
           being
           justly
           bani●ht
           into
           Flint
           or
           Denbigh
           for
           ones
           labour
           .
        
         
         
           I
           must
           confess
           Sir
           ,
           I
           came
           at
           first
           to
           read
           him
           with
           some
           expectations
           .
           I
           had
           before
           seen
           what
           he
           had
           written
           in
           praise
           of
           those
           two
           great
           Men
           ,
           the
           Ornaments
           of
           
             France
             ,
             Gassendus
          
           ,
           and
           
             De
             Marcu
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Paris
             .
          
           And
           I
           had
           some
           good
           hope
           ,
           that
           the
           familiarity
           ,
           which
           he
           pretended
           to
           have
           had
           with
           them
           ,
           had
           taught
           him
           some
           of
           their
           good
           Qualities
           :
           that
           from
           the
           first
           he
           had
           taken
           that
           candour
           ,
           and
           modesty
           ,
           which
           the
           world
           admires
           in
           his
           
           writings
           :
           and
           from
           the
           other
           he
           had
           learn'd
           with
           what
           respect
           he
           ought
           to
           treat
           the
           fame
           of
           whole
           
             Nations
             ,
             Churches
          
           ,
           and
           
             Soveraign
             Princes
          
           ,
           by
           that
           admirable
           defence
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           made
           of
           the
           Gallican
           priviledges
           .
           Besides
           this
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           took
           his
           Book
           into
           my
           hands
           with
           the
           grea●er
           good-will
           ,
           because
           I
           had
           some
           knowledg
           of
           his
           person
           :
           I
           had
           seen
           him
           at
           the
           
             Royal
             Society
          
           :
           I
           had
           been
           a
           witness
           with
           what
           civility
           he
           had
           been
           there
           entertain'd
           :
           I
           had
           been
           inform'd
           
           what
           kindness
           he
           had
           receiv'd
           at
           Oxford
           :
           I
           had
           heard
           what
           favour
           the
           King
           had
           shewn
           him
           ,
           by
           admitting
           him
           to
           private
           discourses
           with
           him
           in
           his
           Cabinet
           .
           And
           from
           all
           this
           I
           was
           incouraged
           to
           beleive
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           given
           an
           honourable
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           a
           just
           description
           of
           England
           .
           But
           I
           quickly
           perceiv'd
           how
           much
           I
           was
           disappointed
           :
           I
           presently
           saw
           what
           difference
           there
           is
           between
           scribling
           fine
           Harangues
           on
           vertuous
           Men
           ,
           and
           real
           vertue
           it self
           .
           I
           strait
           
           found
           that
           instead
           of
           the
           
             good
             intentions
             ,
             which
          
           he
           says
           ,
           
           
             he
             never
             wants
          
           ,
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           his
           Treatise
           consists
           of
           ill-grounded
           reproches
           :
           that
           he
           has
           ventur'd
           on
           many
           things
           ,
           whereof
           it
           was
           impossible
           he
           should
           receive
           an
           account
           :
           that
           where
           he
           might
           be
           suppos'd
           to
           have
           some
           tolerable
           knowledge
           ,
           his
           malice
           has
           perverted
           his
           understanding
           :
           and
           that
           through
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           his
           Observations
           ,
           he
           has
           by
           his
           own
           example
           made
           good
           that
           character
           ,
           which
           he
           often
           
           in
           this
           Book
           bestows
           on
           humane
           Nature
           in
           general
           ,
           
           
             that
             mankind
             is
             most
             pleas'd
             with
             trifles
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             are
             all
             credulous
             and
             Lyars
             .
          
        
         
           In
           his
           
             Epistle
             Dedicatory
          
           ,
           he
           assures
           the
           
             most
             Christian
             King
          
           ,
           that
           
             the
             principal
             motive
             of
             his
             journey
             ,
             was
             a
             desire
             to
             advance
             his
             Majesties
             glory
             .
          
           The
           Design
           was
           commendable
           ,
           and
           worthy
           an
           
             Historiographer
             Royal.
          
           But
           what
           course
           did
           he
           take
           to
           increase
           his
           renown
           ?
           he
           says
           ,
           
             that
             he
             travell●d
             abroad
             ,
             on
             purpose
             to
             spread
             throughout
             
             the
             world
             ,
             the
             fame
             of
             his
             Majesties
             munificence
             to
             himself
             .
          
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           how
           long
           will
           your
           English
           modesty
           overwhelm
           you
           ?
           how
           much
           reason
           have
           You
           real
           Philosophers
           ,
           and
           Mathematicians
           ,
           to
           have
           high
           thoughts
           of
           your selves
           ,
           if
           it
           shall
           be
           allow'd
           to
           a
           man
           ,
           who
           has
           onely
           got
           some
           name
           by
           creeping
           into
           your
           companies
           ,
           to
           beleive
           himself
           so
           considerable
           ,
           that
           his
           Masters
           liberality
           to
           him
           ought
           to
           make
           to
           all
           mankind
           admire
           his
           Magnificence
           ?
           The
           
             Christian
             
             world
          
           has
           better
           signs
           of
           the
           greatness
           of
           the
           
             King
             of
             France's
          
           mind
           :
           his
           armies
           ,
           and
           money
           have
           been
           honorably
           imploy'd
           against
           Algiers
           and
           Constantinople
           .
           Amidst
           all
           these
           glorious
           expences
           ,
           what
           a
           mighty
           sound
           does
           it
           make
           ,
           that
           
             the
             famous
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
             did
             receive
             a
             small
             stipend
             out
             of
             his
             Treasury
             ?
          
        
         
           But
           that
           you
           may
           the
           better
           understand
           ,
           who
           this
           
             great
             man
             is
          
           ,
           that
           can
           either
           exalt
           ,
           or
           diminish
           the
           honor
           of
           Princes
           with
           a
           word
           
           of
           his
           mouth
           :
           I
           intreat
           you
           to
           hear
           his
           own
           description
           of
           himself
           .
           I
           will
           onely
           repeat
           in
           his
           own
           words
           ,
           the
           praises
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           compass
           of
           a
           few
           leaves
           ,
           he
           has
           given
           his
           own
           merits
           :
           by
           which
           you
           may
           ghess
           how
           uniustly
           he
           has
           misplac't
           ,
           the
           titles
           of
           proud
           ,
           and
           arrogant
           ,
           
           when
           he
           bestow'd
           them
           on
           one
           of
           the
           best
           Natured
           ,
           and
           bashfullest
           Nations
           in
           the
           world
           .
           He
           brags
           ,
           
           
             that
             he
             has
             spent
             all
             his
             life
             ,
             in
             advancing
             the
             reputation
             ,
             and
             sustaini●g
             the
             interests
             of
             the
             
             Sciences
          
           ;
           
           
             that
             he
             has
             always
             push't
             on
             ,
             and
             incourag'd
             the
             great
             Masters
             of
             Knowledge
             to
             labour
             :
             that
             he
             has
             made
             a
             noyse
             wherever
             he
             came
             :
          
           
           
             that
             he
             has
             got
             a
             discretion
             how
             to
             judge
             of
             good
             things
             :
          
           
           
             that
             he
             has
             mingled
             himself
             in
             the
             intrigues
             of
             the
             Muses
          
           ;
           
           
             that
             he
             has
             been
             so
             happy
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             heard
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             get
             some
             credit
             amongst
             them
             :
          
           
           
             that
             he
             holds
             a
             constant
             commerce
             with
             the
             chief
             heads
             of
             Parnassus
             :
          
           
           
             that
             he
             has
             either
             been
             acquainted
             with
             all
             the
             learned
             men
             of
             the
             Age
             ,
             or
             has
             had
             certain
             information
             
             concerning
             them
             :
          
           
           
             that
             his
             King
             did
             not
             favour
             him
             ,
             without
             understanding
             him
             ●ell
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           Sir
           ,
           would
           not
           any
           man
           that
           reads
           this
           conclude
           ,
           that
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           is
           his
           own
           Historian
           ,
           more
           then
           the
           
             King
             of
             France's
          
           .
           Is
           this
           conformable
           to
           his
           own
           Rule
           ,
           which
           he
           sayes
           
             he
             prescribes
             to
             himself
          
           ,
           
           
             not
             to
             make
             Elogies
             on
             any
             man
             ?
          
           Before
           he
           had
           da●'d
           to
           have
           said
           so
           much
           of
           himself
           ,
           ought
           he
           not
           to
           have
           exceeded
           
             Iulius
             Scaliger
          
           in
           
           his
           Learning
           ,
           and
           his
           nobility
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           he
           has
           done
           in
           his
           spite
           to
           our
           Country
           ?
           whereas
           the
           plain
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           story
           of
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbier's
          
           life
           ,
           is
           only
           this
           ,
           he
           was
           borne
           at
           Orange
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           long
           time
           profess'd
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           all
           or
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           his
           Writings
           have
           been
           only
           some
           fe●●
           Letters
           ,
           a
           small
           Panegyric●
           or
           two
           ,
           a
           translation
           of
           Mr●
           
             Hobbes's
             de
             Cive
          
           ,
           into
           
             French
             this
             Description
             of
             England
          
           and
           another
           of
           Holland
           .
           Hi●
           first
           imployment
           was
           to
           
           teach
           a
           younger
           Son
           of
           the
           
             Count
             de
             la
             Suze
          
           ,
           then
           he
           was
           made
           Usher
           to
           a
           Schole
           in
           his
           Native
           City
           .
           Both
           these
           places
           he
           lost
           upon
           suspicion
           of
           some
           heterodox
           opinions
           in
           the
           fundamentals
           of
           Christianity
           .
           In
           this
           discontent
           he
           came
           to
           Paris
           ,
           renounc't
           his
           Religion
           ,
           and
           turn'd
           Papist
           .
           And
           at
           last
           ,
           by
           many
           insinuations
           and
           flatteries
           ,
           he
           obtained
           to
           have
           the
           profits
           of
           a
           small
           
             Canonship
             of
             Avignon
          
           settled
           upon
           him
           .
           This
           Sir
           ,
           
           is
           all
           the
           Bruit
           that
           
             Monsieur
             de
             
             Sorbiere
          
           has
           made
           in
           the
           world
           .
           And
           this
           Confident
           of
           the
           Muses
           ,
           this
           Darling
           of
           Parnassus
           ,
           this
           Favorite
           of
           Cardinals
           ,
           this
           Comp●nion
           of
           Governors
           of
           Provinces
           ,
           this
           Censurer
           of
           Nations
           ,
           this
           Judge
           of
           Kings
           ,
           though
           he
           strove
           to
           advan●e
           himself
           by
           
             〈◊〉
             Religions
          
           ,
           in
           the
           one
           did
           never
           rise
           to
           a
           higher
           office
           then
           of
           a
           Pe●d●nt
           ,
           in
           the
           other
           never
           go●
           a
           greater
           preferment
           ,
           then
           ●
           pitiful
           
             Sin●
             Cure
             of
             two
             hundred
             crowns
             a
             ●ear
             .
          
        
         
           And
           yet
           you
           have
           no
           reason
           
           to
           think
           that
           he
           has
           been
           wanting
           to
           himself
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           seeing
           in
           this
           very
           Epistle
           you
           find
           him
           in
           plain
           terms
           
             beseeching
             his
             Majesty
          
           ,
           
           
             that
             he
             would
             employ
             him
          
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           modest
           request
           .
           But
           what
           other
           place
           is
           that
           which
           he
           can
           desire
           ?
           he
           sayes
           that
           
             he
             has
             already
             been
             glorifi'd
             with
             the
             title
             of
             Trumpeter
             .
          
           
           After
           this
           ,
           whither
           would
           his
           Ambition
           lead
           him
           ?
           
           
             In
             this
             Warfa●
             of
             Letters
          
           (
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           prosecut●
           his
           own
           Metaphor
           )
           the
           name
           of
           Trumpeter
           best
           become●
           him
           .
           
           For
           (
           according
           to
           his
           
             Brother
             Trumpeter's
          
           defence
           of
           himself
           in
           the
           Fable
           )
           it
           is
           never
           requir'd
           of
           ●uch
           officers
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           ingage
           in
           the
           fight
           ,
           or
           do
           any
           
             Real
             Service
          
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           onely
           us'd
           for
           a
           shew
           ,
           and
           
             to
             make
             a
             noyse
          
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           his
           other
           Qualification
           of
           
             Historiographer
             Royal
          
           ,
           I
           will
           shew
           you
           in
           one
           instance
           how
           he
           deservs
           it
           .
           He
           tells
           his
           
             King●
             that
             he
             has
             reported
             in
             every
             Country
             where
             he
             came
             ,
          
           
           
             the
             prodigious
             benefits
             ,
             that
             heaven
             ha●
             
             heap'd
             upon
             him
             :
          
           that
           
             to
             the
             Statesmen
             he
             has
             proclaym'd
             his
             Industry
             in
             business
             ,
             and
             the
             strength
             of
             his
             Iudgement
             :
             to
             the
             Souldiers
             ,
             his
             Valour
             :
             to
             the
             Friends
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             his
             Piety
             :
             to
             the
             Grandees
             ,
             the
             Pomp
             of
             his
             Court
             :
             and
             to
             the
             Fair
             Sex
             ,
             his
             good
             Meen
             .
          
           These
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           are
           all
           Brave
           words
           ,
           and
           he
           had
           a
           
             glorious
             subject
          
           ,
           whereon
           to
           amplifie
           .
           But
           let
           us
           consider
           the
           authority
           of
           his
           testimony
           .
           For
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Historiographer
             ,
          
           when
           he
           might
           have
           had
           so
           
           much
           better
           intelligence●
           when
           he
           might
           have
           alleg'd
           the
           witness
           of
           all
           the
           
             brave
             men
             in
             France
          
           ;
           does
           yet
           openly
           declare
           ,
           that
           
             he
             receiv'd
             the
             image
             of
             his
             own
             Prince's
             vertues
             ,
             from
             the
             Report
             of
             Madam
             Fiennes
             ,
          
           
           
             a
             Lady
             whom
             he
             met
             with
             accidentally
             at
             Calais
             .
          
        
         
           Upon
           the
           very
           entrance
           into
           his
           journey
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           sets
           forth
           from
           Paris
           ,
           he
           gives
           evident
           proofs
           of
           the
           lightness
           ,
           and
           vanity
           ,
           of
           his
           mind
           .
           From
           what
           he
           had
           said
           before
           in
           his
           own
           commendation
           .
           
           I
           began
           to
           fancy
           in
           my
           thoughts
           ,
           a
           
             grave
             Philosopher
          
           ,
           going
           forth
           with
           the
           intent
           to
           survey
           all
           civil
           States
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           bring
           back
           their
           profitable
           Arts
           ,
           and
           inrich
           his
           Native
           Country
           with
           them
           .
           I
           call'd
           to
           mind
           the
           Examples
           of
           
             Pythagoras
             ,
             Solon
             ,
             Thales
             ,
             Plato
             ,
          
           and
           almost
           all
           the
           first
           
             wise
             men
          
           amongst
           the
           Grecians●
           who
           were
           wont
           to
           make
           long
           voyages
           into
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           the
           East
           ,
           for
           such
           honourable
           purposes
           .
           And
           upon
           this
           thought
           I
           was
           inclin'd
           to
           
           forgive
           him
           all
           his
           former
           Boastings
           ,
           and
           to
           look
           on
           them
           onely
           as
           pardonable
           imperfections
           ,
           which
           sometimes
           accompany
           
             great
             Wits
          
           .
           And
           hence
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           you
           may
           think
           how
           much
           I
           was
           surpris'd
           ,
           when
           I
           saw
           that
           the
           first
           fruits
           of
           his
           travels
           
             were
             ●n
             account
             of
             the
             pleasant
             company
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             on
             the
             way
             ,
             of
             certain
             Polacks
             ,
             that
             spoke
             Latine
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             could
             play
             on
             the
             Violin
             ,
             and
             that
             gave
             him
             a
             daunce
             twice
             a
             day
             .
          
           But
           hold
           Sir
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           give
           him
           this
           occasion
           ,
           to
           confirm
           the
           
           sentence
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           past
           upon
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           
             English
             are
             of
             a
             gloomy
             ,
             extravagant
             ,
             fanatick
             ,
             melancholy
             humour
             .
          
           I
           am
           content
           to
           allow
           him
           these
           divertisements
           .
           It
           was
           fit
           that
           he
           ,
           who
           went
           forth
           to
           civilize
           barbarous
           Nations
           ,
           should
           be
           attended
           as
           they
           were
           of
           old
           ,
           with
           harmony
           .
           Yet
           you
           cannot
           but
           be
           delighted
           ,
           when
           you
           observe
           the
           choice
           that
           he
           made
           :
           that
           he
           who
           undertook
           to
           censure
           ,
           and
           refine
           manners
           ,
           and
           to
           promote
           inventions
           ,
           he
           who
           talks
           of
           nothing
           less
           
           then
           
             intrigues
             with
             the
             Muses
          
           ,
           should
           find
           nothing
           worth
           mentioning
           in
           his
           journy
           from
           Paris
           to
           Calais
           ,
           but
           the
           
             Musick
             ,
             and
             the
             dauncing
             of
             Poland
             .
          
           Seeing
           his
           skill
           is
           so
           good
           in
           one
           of
           the
           Arts●
           seeing
           he
           was
           so
           well
           satisfi'd
           in
           France
           it self
           ,
           with
           a
           Fiddle
           of
           Cracaw
           ,
           or
           Warshaw
           .
           I
           wonder
           he
           would
           come
           into
           England
           ,
           to
           ●earch
           for
           Philosophy
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           rather
           gone
           to
           the
           
             famous
             Vniversity
             of
             Mosco
          
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           to
           speak
           the
           Truth
           ,
           I
           can
           easily
           pardon
           
           
             Monsieur
             de
             S●rbier's
          
           affection
           to
           a
           
             Polish
             Iyg.
          
           This
           is
           not
           the
           worst
           thing
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           h●s
           e●pres'●
           his
           inclination
           to
           that
           Country●
           He
           was
           turn'd
           out
           of
           his
           Schole
           a●
           Orange
           ,
           for
           being
           a
           Socinian
           .
           And
           therefore
           we
           may
           well
           allow
           him
           to
           be
           an
           Here●ick
           in
           their
           M●sick
           ,
           seeing
           he
           was
           ●o
           i●
           their
           Divinity
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           Jolly
           posture
           he
           arrives
           at
           Calais
           .
           In
           the
           same
           I●●e
           lay
           
             Madam
             ●ien●es
          
           .
           
           
             She
             was
             invited
             the
             next
             day
             to
             dinnner
             by
             Mounsie●●
             de
             
             Courtebonne
             .
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
             waits
             upon
             her
             thither
             .
             The
             entertainment
             pleas'd
             him
             .
             For
             this
             he
             commends
             his
             Host
             ,
             for
             one
             of
             the
             most
             accomplish't
             ,
             and
             obliging
             Gentlemen
             in
             France
             .
             And
             he
             professes
             ,
             he
             thought
             himself
             bound
             in
             Conscience
             to
             make
             him
             this
             publique
             acknowledgment
             .
          
           What
           is
           to
           be
           blam'd
           in
           all
           this
           ?
           what
           could
           be
           more
           courtly
           ?
           what
           a
           greater
           sign
           of
           a
           scrupulous
           ,
           and
           
             tender
             Conscience
          
           ,
           then
           to
           beleive
           himself
           so
           much
           ingag'd
           to
           be
           grateful
           for
           a
           good
           Potage
           ?
           
           what
           greater
           recompence
           could
           a
           
             Royal
             Trumpeter
          
           make
           to
           
             Mounsieur
             de
             Courtebonne
          
           ,
           then
           thus
           to
           sound
           up
           his
           meat
           ?
           hitherto
           all
           is
           well
           .
           But
           now
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           pray
           recollect
           ,
           whether
           he
           deals
           so
           fairly
           ,
           and
           religiously
           ,
           with
           
             your
             fellow
             Professor
             ,
             Doctour
             Wallis
             ?
          
           to
           whom
           ,
           for
           all
           his
           good
           cheer
           ,
           for
           a
           hearty
           welcome
           ,
           for
           shewing
           him
           the
           Vniversity
           of
           Oxford
           ,
           for
           imparting
           to
           him
           many
           curiosities
           ,
           which
           he
           himself
           confesses
           
             were
             admirable
          
           ,
           
           he
           has
           return'd
           no
           other
           thanks
           
           then
           
             only
             a
             ridiculous
             des●ription
             of
             his
             Cap.
             
          
           
        
         
           
           At
           his
           landing
           at
           Dover
           ,
           he
           was
           saluted
           with
           ill
           language
           by
           the
           Boys
           .
           Methinks
           the
           
             handsome
             entertainment
          
           that
           
             he
             met
             with
             there
             at
             his
             return
             ,
          
           
           might
           have
           mov'd
           him
           to
           conceal
           this
           ill
           usage
           .
           Though
           the
           matter
           it self
           ,
           at
           the
           worst
           ,
           was
           not
           worth
           speaking
           of●
           for
           he
           might
           have
           consider'd
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           an
           ordinary
           thing
           for
           Boyes
           ,
           not
           to
           have
           any
           great
           kindness
           for
           Schole-Masters
           :
           yet
           hence
           he
           takes
           occasion
           to
           
           inveigh
           against
           
             the
             rudeness
             of
             the
             whole
             English
             Nation
             .
          
           
           I
           have
           already
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           ingag'd
           my self
           ,
           to
           forbear
           comparisons
           :
           or
           else
           ,
           I
           might
           perhaps
           very
           justly
           ,
           contradict
           what
           he
           says
           ,
           
           
             that
             the
             English
             are
             always
             welcom'd
             at
             Deip
             ,
             and
             Calais
             ,
             with
             so
             much
             obliging
             care
             .
          
           We
           are
           indeed
           with
           care
           enough
           .
           For
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           those
           places
           ●eiz
           on
           every
           part
           of
           us
           ,
           some
           catch
           our
           Cloaks
           ,
           some
           our
           Hats
           ,
           some
           our
           Cloak-bags
           :
           and
           when
           we
           are
           by
           piece-meals
           brought
           to
           Shore
           ,
           our
           
           officious
           frinds
           demand
           their
           own
           rates
           for
           having
           thus
           oblig'd
           us
           :
           so
           that
           sometimes
           we
           can
           scarce
           know
           ,
           whether
           we
           should
           call
           it
           a
           Landing
           ,
           or
           a
           Wreck
           .
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           more
           then
           a
           verbal
           Incivility
           .
           Yet
           I
           make
           no
           Conclusion
           from
           hence
           against
           the
           whole
           
             French
             Nation
          
           ,
           but
           only
           against
           the
           Porters
           ,
           and
           Mariners
           ,
           of
           Deip
           ,
           and
           Calais
           .
           And
           the
           same
           Right
           ought
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           to
           have
           done
           us
           .
           He
           should
           not
           have
           presently
           exclaim'd
           against
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           for
           that
           
           which
           is
           only
           to
           be
           attributed
           to
           the
           ill
           Discipline
           of
           Dover-Schole
           .
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           may
           serve
           to
           give
           you
           some
           light
           ,
           what
           kind
           of
           Judg
           we
           are
           like
           to
           find
           him
           in
           matters
           of
           greater
           weight
           :
           and
           when
           you
           read
           ,
           
           that
           
             he
             alledges
             no
             other
             sign
             of
             the
             English
             Courage
             ,
             then
             that
             their
             Butchers
             are
             delighted
             with
             the
             noble
             Combats
             of
             Bulls
             ,
             Bears
             ,
             and
             Dogs
             :
          
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           remember
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           same
           Man
           ,
           who
           is
           here
           wise
           enough
           to
           pass
           a
           
             General
             Rule
          
           ,
           concerning
           the
           
             English
             ill
             
             manners
             ,
             from
             the
             Rude
             behaviour
             of
             the
             Children
             of
             one
             of
             our
             Sea-Towns
             .
          
        
         
           Yet
           ,
           to
           do
           him
           right
           ,
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           he
           does
           not
           cast
           all
           the
           blame
           on
           the
           English
           :
           but
           he
           involves
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           
           and
           the
           Italians
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           common
           Crime
           .
           He
           here
           complains
           ,
           that
           as
           we
           call
           the
           
             Frenchmen
             Dogs
          
           ,
           
           so
           the
           Dutch
           upbrayd
           them
           with
           the
           approbrious
           name
           of
           Mushromes
           ,
           and
           the
           Italians
           with
           the
           worse
           term
           of
           Fools
           .
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           think
           all
           this
           by
           no
           means
           to
           be
           
           justifi'd
           ,
           if
           the
           accusation
           be
           true
           .
           But
           however
           ,
           how
           does
           this
           consist
           ,
           with
           that
           Flatt'ry
           which
           he
           uses
           to
           his
           KING
           ,
           
           
             that
             whereever
             he
             came
             ,
             he
             found
             the
             whole
             world
             ready
             to
             submit
             to
             the
             French
             Empire
             ?
          
           What
           says
           he
           now
           ?
           Is
           it
           probable
           ,
           that
           all
           Nations
           are
           willing
           to
           make
           France
           the
           
             Seat
             of
             a
             Vniversal
             Monarchy
          
           ,
           when
           at
           the
           ●ame
           time
           ,
           
             he
             assures
             us
             ,
             from
             his
             own
             experience
             ,
             that
             the
             usual
             Titles
             ,
             which
             their
             Neighbours
             bestow
             upon
             them
             ,
             are
             those
             of
             Dogs
             ,
             Fools
             ,
             and
             Mushromes
          
           ?
        
         
         
           The
           next
           part
           of
           his
           Iourny
           is
           from
           Dover
           to
           London
           .
           His
           errour
           about
           the
           distance
           between
           these
           two
           places
           I
           forgive
           :
           though
           
             in
             threescore
             miles
             he
             mistakes
             ten
             .
          
           
           All
           the
           evil
           touches
           which
           he
           here
           gives
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Disposition
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           I
           reserve
           for
           their
           proper
           place
           .
           But
           I
           must
           take
           notice
           how
           particularly
           the
           
             Historiographer
             Royal
          
           describes
           the
           Waggoner
           of
           Canterbury
           .
           
           
             The
             Horses
             were
             ty'd
             one
             before
             another
             :
             The
             Driver
             cloth'd
             in
             Black
             :
             a
             brave
             
             Mountaero
             on
             his
             Head
             :
             a
             jocund
             fellow
             ;
             mighty
             well
             satisfy'd
             with
             himself
             :
             a
             great
             Droll
             :
             in
             all
             things
             appointed
             like
             another
             Saint
             George
             .
          
           What
           think
           you
           now
           Sir
           ?
           may
           we
           not
           after
           this
           beleive
           that
           
             Tom
             Coriat
          
           is
           one
           of
           the
           
             cheif
             Heads
             of
             Parnassus
          
           ,
           with
           whom
           he
           has
           converst
           ?
           Where
           lyes
           the
           Difference
           between
           these
           two
           
             Learned
             Authors
          
           ?
           That
           famous
           countryman
           of
           ours
           was
           just
           so
           curious
           in
           his
           Relations
           :
           neither
           Horse
           nor
           Man
           could
           escape
           his
           Pen
           :
           on
           his
           
           host's
           Beard
           ,
           and
           his
           Sign-Post
           he
           still
           declaymd
           :
           Here
           are
           only
           wanting
           the
           Frenchman's
           Bills
           of
           Fare
           every
           night
           ,
           and
           you
           might
           have
           sworn
           ,
           that
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           had
           inherited
           the
           great
           ,
           and
           inquisitive
           spirit
           of
           the
           
             Noble
             Traveller
             of
             Odcomb
          
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           here
           much
           insist
           on
           the
           Irreverence
           of
           this
           zealous
           
             Roman
             Catholique
          
           ,
           as
           we
           shall
           afterwards
           find
           him
           to
           be
           :
           though
           methinks
           it
           was
           not
           well
           done
           of
           him
           ,
           to
           object
           to
           the
           
             English
             
             their
             calling
             Saint
             Paul
             ,
          
           
           
             by
             the
             familiar
             Name
             of
             Paul
          
           ;
           when
           he
           himself
           
             has
             compar●d
             one
             of
             our
             chief
             Saints
             to
             a
             Waggoner
             .
          
           Nor
           am
           I
           much
           concern'd
           ,
           to
           see
           him
           so
           punctual
           in
           describing
           the
           
             Waggoner
             of
             Canterbury
          
           to
           his
           Shirt
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           to
           make
           any
           mention
           of
           
             Thomas
             Becket
          
           ,
           and
           
             Austin
             the
             Monck
          
           ,
           the
           renowned
           Saints
           of
           that
           place
           .
           But
           yet
           I
           will
           here
           tell
           him
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           was
           so
           careless
           of
           his
           Religion
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           conceal'd
           this
           Character
           of
           the
           Waggoner
           upon
           another
           
           account
           :
           For
           he
           will
           hardly
           be
           able
           to
           perswade
           his
           Reader
           ,
           that
           the
           best
           way
           
             to
             spread
             the
             report
             of
             the
             magnificence
             of
             his
             Patron
             ,
          
           
           was
           to
           ride
           to
           London
           in
           a
           Waggon
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           give
           you
           farther
           evidence
           of
           the
           solidity
           of
           his
           humour
           .
           In
           all
           the
           Rode
           between
           London
           to
           Dover
           ,
           he
           forgets
           not
           to
           enlarge
           upon
           every
           thing
           that
           he
           saw
           ,
           except
           only
           that
           which
           is
           one
           of
           the
           
             bravest
             spectacles
          
           in
           the
           World.
           
           He
           is
           very
           exact
           in
           surveying
           the
           Bay-Windows
           
           of
           Canterbury
           .
           He
           fully
           describes
           the
           Bowling-Greens
           ,
           
           
             and
             the
             very
             Rowlers
             ,
             that
             make
             them
             smooth
          
           :
           he
           speaks
           so
           Romantically
           of
           the
           Vallies
           ,
           
           the
           Hills
           ,
           and
           the
           Hedges
           of
           Kent
           ,
           that
           the
           Authors
           of
           Clelia
           ,
           or
           Astrea
           ,
           scarce
           ever
           venture
           to
           say
           so
           much
           on
           the
           like
           occasion
           :
           
           
             he
             commends
             the
             convenient
             Form
             of
             Rochester
             Bridge
             :
             which
             he
             says
             ,
             is
             so
             contriv'd
             ,
             that
             mens
             Hats
             cannot
             be
             blown
             over
             .
          
           Who
           can
           deny
           ,
           but
           in
           all
           this
           he
           is
           a
           very
           circumstantial
           ,
           and
           Faithful
           Relator
           ?
           
           But
           I
           pray
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           mark
           ,
           that
           he
           spends
           very
           many
           more
           lines
           in
           speaking
           of
           each
           of
           these
           Toyes
           ,
           then
           of
           the
           most
           
             magnificent
             Arsenal
          
           at
           Chattam
           ,
           which
           lyes
           just
           below
           that
           Bridge
           .
           Of
           this
           he
           onely
           in
           passing
           says
           ,
           
             that
             here
             our
             Ships
             of
             War
             are
             built
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             here
             they
             are
             laid
             up
             ,
             when
             they
             return
             .
          
           And
           has
           he
           not
           here
           unawares
           betraid
           the
           Levity
           of
           his
           own
           mind
           ?
           where
           then
           was
           his
           
             Philosophical
             Curiosity
          
           ?
           where
           
             his
             discretion
             to
             know
             good
             things
          
           ?
           where
           his
           Love
           for
           Great
           ,
           and
           
           
             Wonderful
             Arts
          
           ,
           ?
           what
           was
           a
           fitter
           Prospect
           to
           have
           stop'd
           at
           ?
           where
           could
           the
           antient
           ,
           or
           present
           World
           have
           shewn
           a
           
             nobler
             Sight
          
           ?
           For
           there
           ,
           in
           one
           view
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           seen
           the
           Ships
           ,
           that
           command
           the
           Ocean
           :
           that
           make
           this
           small
           people
           that
           he
           despises
           ,
           terrible
           to
           the
           ends
           of
           the
           Earth
           .
           We
           confess
           we
           yield
           to
           the
           French
           in
           the
           Beauty
           of
           their
           Cities
           ,
           and
           Palaces
           :
           But
           in
           our
           
             floting
             Castles
          
           we
           outgo
           them
           as
           much
           .
           He
           is
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           that
           about
           
             Paris
             ,
             there
             
             is
             a
             far
             greater
             number
             of
             good
             Buildings
          
           :
           But
           the
           Suburbs
           which
           London
           has
           on
           the
           Thames
           ,
           and
           Medway
           ,
           make
           a
           sufficient
           recompence
           for
           this
           defect
           ;
           as
           long
           as
           we
           exceed
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           in
           the
           Fabricks
           of
           Strength
           ,
           and
           Empire
           ,
           we
           may
           easily
           allow
           him
           to
           object
           to
           us
           our
           want
           of
           those
           of
           Pleasure
           .
           And
           without
           question
           ,
           the
           Sovereign
           ,
           the
           Charles
           ,
           the
           Prince
           ,
           the
           Iames
           ,
           the
           Henry
           ,
           the
           London
           ,
           the
           Resolution
           ,
           and
           above
           an
           hundred
           more
           ,
           the
           best
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           might
           
           have
           been
           thought
           worthy
           naming
           by
           him
           ,
           that
           almost
           reckons
           up
           the
           Windows
           ,
           and
           the
           Cellars
           in
           Canterbury
           ,
           and
           expresses
           himself
           so
           well
           satisfy'd
           to
           see
           ,
           that
           
             there
             was
             care
             taken
             ,
             that
             a
             plume
             of
             Feathers
             should
             not
             be
             disorder'd
             upon
             Rochester
             Bridge
             .
          
        
         
           In
           his
           Description
           of
           London
           ,
           he
           affirms
           
             that
             it
             is
             bigger
             then
             Paris
          
           ;
           
           
             and
             that
             it
             is
             a
             vulgar
             errour
             of
             his
             Countrymen
             to
             think
             otherwise
             .
          
           And
           to
           manifest
           how
           vast
           he
           beleives
           its
           extent
           to
           be
           ,
           he
           professes
           ,
           
             that
             he
             would
             not
             
             undertake
             to
             frame
             an
             exact
             Idea
             of
             it
             in
             his
             mind
             ,
          
           
           
             under
             a
             whole
             years
             time
          
           .
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           methinks
           ,
           might
           have
           admonish'd
           him
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           was
           not
           able
           to
           take
           a
           full
           draught
           of
           one
           City
           in
           less
           then
           
             twelve
             Months
          
           ,
           he
           has
           been
           very
           presumptuous
           ,
           (
           let
           me
           return
           upon
           him
           his
           own
           word
           )
           to
           conceive
           that
           he
           could
           give
           a
           Character
           of
           the
           Genius
           ,
           and
           Vices
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           of
           the
           Constitution
           ,
           and
           Corruptions
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           of
           the
           Weaknesses
           of
           our
           Government
           ,
           of
           the
           Pedantry
           of
           
           our
           Learning
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Barbarousness
           of
           our
           Language
           ,
           in
           
             three
             Months
             time
          
           .
           This
           consideration
           ought
           certainly
           to
           have
           stop'd
           his
           Pen
           a
           little
           ,
           especially
           seeing
           the
           Streets
           ,
           and
           the
           Alleys
           of
           London
           stand
           still
           ,
           and
           represent
           themselvs
           always
           in
           the
           same
           fashion
           to
           our
           eys
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           enough
           to
           know
           them
           perfectly
           only
           to
           travel
           them
           often
           through
           :
           whereas
           it
           is
           so
           intricate
           a
           work
           ,
           to
           take
           a
           right
           Prospect
           of
           the
           Manners
           of
           Men
           ,
           the
           Humours
           of
           Nations
           ,
           and
           
           the
           Secrets
           of
           
             Princes
             Counsails
          
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           perhaps
           the
           
             most
             difficult
          
           employment
           of
           human
           Wit.
           
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           he
           indeavors
           to
           fetch
           a
           justification
           of
           his
           Insolence
           ,
           from
           the
           English
           themselves
           :
           But
           the
           Apology
           ,
           which
           he
           makes
           ,
           rather
           aggravates
           his
           offence
           .
           He
           says
           ,
           
           ,
           
             he
             is
             confident
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             writ
             in
             our
             own
             language
             ,
             he
             should
             not
             displease
             us
             .
          
           And
           he
           gives
           this
           reason
           for
           it
           ,
           
           that
           the
           
             English
             have
             ofte●
             caus'd
             their
             Character
             to
             b●
             publish'd
             :
             and
             that
             they
             hav●
             
             this
             peculiar
             good
             Quality
             ,
             that
             they
             love
             to
             have
             themselves
             handled
             plainly
             ,
             and
             ill-spoken
             of
             .
          
           This
           he
           professes
           
             to
             mention
             in
             our
             praise
          
           .
           And
           if
           this
           be
           his
           Courtesie
           ,
           I
           now
           find
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Passengers
             with
             him
             in
             the
             Waggon
          
           had
           reason
           ,
           when
           (
           as
           he
           complains
           )
           
             they
             interpreted
             his
             very
             Civilities
             for
             affronts
             .
          
           
           But
           hold
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           what
           is
           this
           that
           he
           here
           says
           ?
           has
           the
           
             English
             Nation
          
           ever
           caus'd
           its
           
             Character
             to
             be
             Printed
          
           ?
           he
           speaks
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           a
           thing
           done
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           
           and
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           whole
           State.
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           there
           was
           (
           as
           you
           may
           perhaps
           remember
           )
           a
           small
           Pamphlet
           ,
           that
           came
           out
           with
           the
           
             Title
             of
             the
             Character
             of
             England
             ,
          
           about
           six
           years
           ago
           .
           But
           that
           was
           pretended
           to
           be
           a
           Translation
           out
           of
           French.
           Or
           let
           us
           suppose
           that
           it
           was
           an
           Englishman
           that
           writ
           it
           under
           that
           disguise
           :
           yet
           has
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           from
           thence
           any
           ground
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           
             the
             whole
             English
             Nation
             has
             often
             printed
             its
             own
             Character
             ?
          
           
           I
           will
           give
           him
           one
           instance
           to
           shew
           how
           absurdly
           he
           did
           thus
           conclude
           ,
           from
           one
           particular
           man
           ,
           to
           a
           whole
           Country
           .
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           ,
           in
           his
           Book
           of
           Letters
           ,
           has
           inserted
           (
           as
           he
           calls
           it
           )
           
             a
             Sceptical
             Discourse
             concerning
             the
             City
             of
             Paris
          
           :
           wherein
           he
           uses
           the
           Metropolis
           of
           all
           France
           ,
           almost
           as
           injuriously
           ,
           as
           he
           does
           the
           English
           in
           this
           Relation
           ;
           with
           language
           as
           foul
           ,
           as
           the
           Dirt
           of
           Paris
           it self
           .
           Now
           then
           ,
           because
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           ,
           a
           private
           
           inhabitant
           of
           Paris
           ,
           has
           presum'd
           to
           slander
           it
           ,
           in
           that
           manner
           ;
           does
           it
           become
           me
           to
           affirm
           
             that
             the
             whole
             City
             of
             Paris
             has
             written
             a
             scandalous
             Libel
             on
             it self
             ?
          
        
         
           But
           perhaps
           by
           this
           Instance
           which
           I
           have
           here
           mention'd
           ,
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           will
           raise
           an
           Argument
           ,
           that
           shall
           be
           very
           much
           to
           his
           own
           advantage
           .
           For
           now
           he
           will
           be
           ready
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           English
           have
           no
           great
           reason
           to
           take
           his
           Affronts
           unkindly
           ,
           seeing
           he
           has
           been
           already
           so
           free
           
           of
           his
           Corrections
           ,
           and
           Reproofs
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           spare
           his
           own
           Countrymen
           themselves
           .
           I
           accept
           of
           his
           Apology
           .
           'T
           is
           
             Pietatis
             plena
             Defensio
          
           :
           'T
           is
           an
           excellent
           good
           Natur'd
           Defence
           ,
           for
           his
           rayling
           against
           Strangers
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           done
           the
           same
           before
           ,
           against
           his
           own
           Fellow-Citizens
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           to
           the
           English-Book
           ,
           which
           he
           proposes
           as
           his
           Pattern
           .
           Seeing
           we
           have
           but
           one
           Libel
           in
           our
           Language
           ,
           against
           a
           whole
           Country
           in
           general
           ,
           let
           us
           
           permit
           the
           
             Historiographer
             Royal
          
           ,
           to
           imitate
           it
           .
           Yet
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           how
           he
           came
           to
           uuderstand
           that
           Book
           alone
           ,
           when
           he
           professes
           that
           he
           was
           utterly
           ignorant
           of
           the
           English-Tongue
           in
           all
           things
           else
           .
           
           It
           seems
           that
           reviling
           ,
           and
           Satyr
           is
           so
           natural
           to
           his
           mind
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           able
           to
           conceive
           the
           sence
           of
           it
           ,
           though
           the
           Language
           in
           which
           it
           is
           written
           ,
           be
           never
           so
           much
           unknown
           to
           him
           .
           However
           ,
           if
           he
           compare
           the
           times
           of
           their
           publication
           ,
           we
           shall
           
           find
           that
           there
           is
           a
           great
           distinction
           between
           the
           crimes
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           and
           the
           
             French
             Satyrist
          
           .
           The
           first
           of
           these
           was
           publish'd
           during
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           the
           late
           Usurpers
           :
           and
           though
           it
           was
           very
           severe
           on
           the
           English
           in
           many
           passages
           ,
           yet
           the
           greatest
           part
           was
           spoken
           with
           a
           good
           intention
           ,
           in
           reproof
           of
           the
           miserable
           distractions
           of
           that
           Age
           ,
           and
           the
           many
           ill-Customs
           which
           a
           long
           Civil-War
           had
           introduc'd
           .
           I
           beg
           of
           you
           now
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           to
           consider
           ,
           by
           what
           an
           Example
           
           he
           clears
           himself
           .
           Because
           there
           was
           one
           Satyr
           written
           on
           our
           Nation
           ,
           in
           a
           time
           of
           Licentiousness
           ,
           and
           Confusion
           :
           he
           will
           second
           it
           now
           with
           a
           Worse
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           setled
           in
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Prosperity
           .
           Seeing
           he
           thinks
           this
           Plea
           sufficient
           ,
           for
           what
           he
           says
           against
           the
           Manners
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           that
           an
           
             English-man
             did
             the
             same
             under
             Oliver
             ,
          
           or
           Richard
           :
           I
           would
           have
           him
           also
           defend
           himself
           in
           all
           his
           Slanders
           on
           our
           Court
           ,
           and
           the
           
             King's
             Ministers
          
           ,
           with
           an
           argument
           that
           
           will
           resemble
           the
           other
           .
           For
           why
           may
           he
           not
           assert
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           lawful
           for
           him
           now
           to
           use
           such
           Liberty
           ;
           because
           Milton
           was
           allow'd
           by
           the
           Rump
           ,
           to
           write
           a
           Villanous
           Book
           against
           the
           late
           King
           of
           Blessed
           Memory
           ?
        
         
           This
           weak
           excuse
           therefore
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           that
           he
           makes
           for
           his
           Barbarous
           way
           of
           handling
           Us
           ,
           shall
           not
           serve
           his
           turn
           .
           He
           is
           so
           far
           from
           having
           receiv'd
           incouragement
           from
           the
           English
           :
           that
           I
           can
           shew
           him
           several
           Volumes
           of
           the
           Voyages
           of
           
           some
           of
           our
           Countrymen
           ,
           into
           
             Russia
             ,
             Persia
             ,
             Egypt
          
           ,
           the
           Turkish-Empire
           ,
           the
           East-Indies
           ,
           and
           America
           ,
           which
           have
           given
           a
           more
           advantageous
           account
           of
           those
           Infidels
           ,
           and
           Barbarians
           ,
           then
           he
           has
           done
           of
           one
           of
           the
           most
           polite
           Countries
           in
           Europe
           .
           The
           English
           have
           describ'd
           ,
           and
           illustrated
           ,
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Earth
           by
           their
           Writings
           :
           many
           they
           have
           discover'd
           ;
           they
           have
           visited
           all
           .
           And
           I
           dare
           assure
           him
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           been
           always
           most
           tender
           of
           the
           Reputation
           
           of
           
             forein
             States
          
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           gone
           to
           visit
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           been
           most
           merciful
           in
           sparing
           the
           Natives
           blood
           ,
           in
           those
           Countries
           which
           they
           discover'd
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           now
           behold
           how
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           has
           conform'd
           himself
           to
           this
           generous
           
             English
             Spirit
          
           .
           I
           will
           give
           you
           in
           a
           short
           view
           some
           of
           the
           good
           terms
           that
           he
           has
           bestow'd
           on
           our
           Nation
           in
           General
           .
           He
           says
           ,
           
           
             That
             we
             have
             skimm'd
             all
             the
             vices
             ,
             and
             disdain'd
             the
             virtues
             
             of
             other
             Countries
             :
          
           
           
             that
             we
             contemn
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             World
             :
             that
             we
             esteem
             all
             mankind
             besides
             miserable
             :
             that
             we
             scorn
             to
             look
             on
             them
             ,
          
           
           
             or
             to
             speak
             to
             them
             ,
             when
             they
             travel
             hither
             :
          
           
           
             that
             we
             frequently
             menace
             ,
             and
             insult
             over
             our
             neighbours
             :
          
           
           
             that
             it
             is
             very
             hard
             to
             know
             ,
             how
             to
             get
             our
             good
             will
             :
          
           
           
             that
             we
             have
             a
             strong
             union
             amongst
             our selves
             against
             strangers
             :
          
           
           
             that
             we
             regard
             the
             prosperity
             of
             others
             with
             an
             evil
             eye
             :
          
           
           
             that
             we
             have
             a
             natural
             inclination
             to
             idleness
             ,
             to
             presumption
             ,
             to
             a
             certain
             
             extravagance
             of
             thoughts
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             be
             found
             in
             our
             most
             excellent
             writings
             :
          
           
           
             that
             almost
             all
             the
             English
             are
             guilty
             of
             these
             faults
             ,
             because
             they
             proceed
             from
             our
             Soyl
             :
          
           
           
             that
             our
             humour
             is
             too
             free
             ,
             and
             arrogant
             :
             that
             we
             are
             voracious
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             luxurious
          
           :
           
           
             that
             we
             submit
             to
             any
             ,
             that
             will
             fill
             our
             Bellies
             ,
             let
             us
             rayl
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             disturb
             our
             slothfulness
             :
          
           
           
             that
             we
             are
             scoffers
             ,
             and
             malicious
             speakers
             :
          
           
           
             that
             we
             are
             very
             irregular
             ,
             and
             suspicious
             :
          
           
           
             that
             we
             are
             filld
             with
             dark
             thoughts
             :
             that
             we
             are
             fierce
             ,
             and
             capricious
             :
             
             that
             we
             have
             a
             melancholy
             peculiar
             to
             us
             :
          
           
           
             that
             if
             we
             once
             get
             necessaries
             to
             support
             life
             ,
             our
             idleness
             makes
             us
             careless
             of
             any
             more
             :
          
           
           
             that
             there
             are
             every
             where
             Doe-littles
             ,
             proud
             ,
             and
             Fanatick
             Persons
             to
             be
             met
             with
             :
          
           
           
             that
             there
             is
             nothing
             so
             crouching
             as
             an
             English
             man
             ,
             if
             once
             you
             can
             find
             the
             means
             to
             make
             him
             afraid
             :
          
           
           
             that
             if
             you
             take
             away
             their
             Insolence
             ,
             you
             take
             away
             their
             courage
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             make
             but
             one
             leap
             ,
             from
             the
             greatest
             ●uffe
             of
             pride
             into
             the
             basest
             cowardize
             .
          
        
         
         
           He
           has
           wearied
           me
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           and
           I
           can
           follow
           him
           no
           further
           ,
           in
           heaping
           up
           such
           ignominious
           Trash
           .
           He
           acknowledges
           ,
           that
           
             England
             is
             better
             known
             then
             any
             other
             part
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             by
             the
             Britannia
             of
             the
             most
             Learned
             Mr.
             Cambden
             .
          
           And
           it
           is
           happy
           for
           us
           that
           it
           is
           so
           .
           For
           ,
           if
           Foreiners
           should
           have
           nothing
           else
           to
           direct
           them
           cencerning
           us
           ,
           but
           this
           fair
           Idea
           which
           he
           has
           here
           given
           ;
           I
           suppose
           they
           would
           travel
           hither
           with
           the
           same
           caution
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           into
           Greenland
           ,
           
           to
           fish
           for
           Whales
           :
           they
           would
           only
           touch
           upon
           our
           shores
           ,
           and
           stand
           upon
           their
           guard
           at
           every
           noyse
           ,
           least
           the
           wilde
           Bears
           should
           surprize
           them
           unawares
           .
           I
           intreat
           you
           to
           recall
           into
           your
           mind
           the
           description
           ,
           which
           Caesar
           makes
           of
           the
           salvage
           manners
           of
           this
           Island
           ,
           at
           the
           time
           that
           he
           conquered
           Gaul
           and
           Britain
           together
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           that
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           is
           less
           milde
           in
           his
           expressions
           on
           us
           now
           ,
           then
           that
           great
           Conqueror
           was
           on
           the
           untaught
           and
           original
           
           Inhabitants
           ,
           that
           liv'd
           in
           Forrests
           ,
           and
           painted
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           appeare
           more
           dreadfull
           .
           Whatever
           reflections
           had
           been
           made
           on
           our
           Imperfections
           ,
           we
           might
           perhaps
           have
           patiently
           receiv'd
           them
           from
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Master
           of
           Rome
           ,
           that
           had
           civiliz'd
           us
           ;
           and
           it
           may
           be
           too
           from
           one
           of
           his
           Trumpeters
           ,
           so
           he
           had
           been
           a
           Roman
           :
           But
           we
           cannot
           from
           a
           Schole-Master
           of
           Orange
           ,
           from
           a
           Trumpeter
           of
           
             Little
             Britain
          
           ,
           from
           a
           man
           that
           came
           hither
           
           to
           pick
           up
           Presents
           of
           Gloves
           ,
           and
           Ribbands
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           he
           himself
           confesses
           )
           
             to
             collect
             some
             certain
             debts
          
           ,
           
           
             that
             were
             here
             owing
             to
             his
             Friends
             .
          
        
         
           When
           I
           first
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           beheld
           all
           this
           good
           language
           which
           he
           has
           given
           us
           ,
           I
           did
           presently
           cast
           about
           and
           examine
           what
           might
           be
           the
           cause
           of
           his
           Rage
           .
           And
           at
           last
           I
           had
           from
           one
           of
           his
           acquaintance
           intimation
           enough
           to
           ghess
           ,
           why
           he
           was
           pleased
           to
           be
           thus
           incens'd
           .
           When
           he
           return'd
           from
           his
           second
           visit
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           this
           
           Gentleman
           ask'd
           him
           ,
           How
           his
           Majesty
           had
           receiv'd
           him
           ?
           he
           reply'd
           ,
           
             Kindly
             enough
          
           :
           but
           ,
           
             he
             expected
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             presented
             him
             with
             some
             Medall
             .
          
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           was
           the
           Provocation
           ,
           And
           this
           was
           the
           occasion
           ,
           that
           made
           him
           lay
           about
           him
           so
           terribly
           .
           What
           Indignation
           can
           be
           great
           enough
           against
           such
           baseness
           ?
           Are
           these
           
             Writers
             of
             Letters
          
           ,
           and
           Flatteries
           ,
           and
           Romances
           ,
           such
           dangerous
           men
           ?
           Must
           the
           
             King
             of
             England
          
           deal
           with
           them
           ,
           as
           some
           petty
           
             Bord●ring
             Princes
          
           
           are
           forc'd
           to
           do
           with
           th●
           Turk
           ?
           Must
           he
           buy
           them
           off
           ,
           and
           pay
           tribute
           to
           them
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           invade
           his
           Territories
           at
           their
           pleasure
           ?
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           a
           man
           of
           ripe
           Age
           ,
           he
           pretends
           to
           have
           been
           familiar
           with
           
             Embassadors
             ,
             Generalls
          
           ,
           and
           Nuntio's
           :
           he
           lays
           claim
           to
           the
           title
           of
           Philosopher
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           most
           generous
           Sect
           of
           Philosophy
           ,
           he
           tells
           us
           
             he
             is
             a
             Sceptick
          
           .
           But
           did
           he
           ever
           yet
           hear
           of
           an
           Example
           of
           a
           Philosopher
           ,
           that
           preferr'd
           a
           petty
           gift
           ,
           
           before
           the
           sweetness
           ,
           and
           the
           obligation
           of
           so
           Great
           and
           so
           Magnanimous
           a
           Prince's
           conversation
           ?
           It
           has
           indeed
           been
           told
           us
           ,
           that
           some
           Philosophers
           of
           old
           have
           transgress'd
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           and
           have
           refused
           the
           Bounty
           of
           Monarchs
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           preserve
           the
           liberty
           of
           their
           minds
           :
           But
           in
           all
           History
           there
           can
           be
           no
           such
           instance
           shewn
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           should
           forfeit
           his
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Honesty
           ,
           for
           the
           want
           of
           a
           Medall
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           of
           him
           ,
           that
           first
           
             renounc'd
             his
             Conscience
          
           ,
           
           and
           chang'd
           his
           Religion
           ,
           to
           obtain
           a
           Pension
           .
        
         
           In
           answer
           to
           these
           calumnies
           with
           which
           he
           has
           aspersed
           us
           ,
           I
           will
           onely
           in
           plain
           and
           simple
           terms
           ,
           say
           as
           much
           as
           may
           confute
           his
           reproaches
           :
           But
           I
           will
           not
           set
           upon
           a
           long
           ,
           and
           a
           solemn
           Panegyrick
           of
           our
           Nation
           :
           For
           it
           is
           not
           my
           business
           here
           to
           paint
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           wash
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           Slander
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           take
           notice
           ,
           he
           pretends
           to
           be
           a
           Proverbial-Speech
           ;
           that
           
             we
             have
             despis'd
             
             all
             the
             good
             ,
             and
             skimm'd
             all
             the
             bad
             ,
             of
             other
             people
             .
          
           As
           for
           the
           first
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           whether
           we
           have
           scorn'd
           all
           the
           good
           qualities
           of
           others
           ,
           I
           am
           content
           to
           have
           try'd
           by
           his
           own
           words
           .
           He
           graunts
           ,
           
             that
             in
             very
             many
             things
             ,
             we
             imitate
             the
             magnanimous
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Antient
             Romans
             .
          
           
           And
           if
           we
           have
           been
           so
           careful
           to
           learn
           Vertue
           ,
           from
           an
           Empire
           that
           was
           long
           ago
           at
           an
           end
           :
           how
           could
           he
           imagine
           ,
           that
           we
           contemn
           all
           that
           is
           commendable
           in
           
           the
           Living
           ?
           I
           thank
           him
           that
           he
           has
           resembl'd
           us
           to
           the
           greatest
           men
           of
           all
           Antiquity
           :
           But
           in
           the
           Instance
           which
           he
           alledges
           ,
           he
           does
           well
           express
           what
           Sence
           he
           has
           of
           greatness
           of
           Mind
           ,
           and
           honorable
           Actions
           :
           For
           ,
           
           
             He
             reckons
             the
             Fights
             of
             their
             Gladiators
             to
             be
             one
             Chief
             Sign
             of
             their
             Virtue
             :
          
           Which
           was
           a
           cruelty
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Civil
           World
           do
           blame
           them
           for
           besides
           .
           I
           will
           confess
           
             Mons●eur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           to
           be
           a
           better
           Master
           of
           Defence
           then
           any
           
             that
             he
             
             saw
             at
             the
             Red-Bull
             ,
          
           
           if
           after
           this
           he
           can
           prove
           to
           Me
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           a
           fit
           Man
           to
           distinguish
           ,
           what
           is
           Insolence
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           Courage
           ,
           in
           the
           English
           ;
           Seeing
           he
           counts
           it
           to
           have
           been
           a
           great
           piece
           of
           Bravery
           in
           the
           Romans
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           delighted
           in
           beholding
           their
           Slaves
           ,
           and
           their
           Captives
           ,
           murder
           one
           another
           .
           And
           whereas
           he
           says
           ,
           
             that
             we
             are
             infected
             with
             Outlandish-Vices
          
           ;
           I
           cannot
           forbear
           telling
           him
           ,
           that
           if
           this
           should
           be
           graunted
           partly
           true
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           in
           
           some
           measure
           degenerated
           from
           the
           Native
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           Innocence
           of
           our
           Ancestors
           ,
           in
           Edward
           the
           Third
           ,
           and
           Henry
           the
           Fifth's
           time
           ;
           yet
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           tell
           ,
           from
           what
           Coast
           the
           Infection
           was
           transported
           hither
           ;
           and
           we
           may
           say
           with
           Horace
           in
           a
           like
           case
           ,
           though
           in
           respect
           of
           worse
           Arts
           then
           he
           intended
           ;
           
             
               Graecia
               capta
               ferum
               victorem
               cepit
               ,
               &
               Artes
            
             
               Intulit
               Agresti
               Latio
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           He
           next
           objects
           to
           us
           ,
           That
           
             we
             have
             a
             strong
             union
             amongst
             our selves
             against
             Strangers
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             almost
             impossible
             to
             get
             our
             good
             will.
          
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           true
           ,
           that
           (
           you
           know
           )
           it
           may
           well
           be
           computed
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           more
           Foreiners
           in
           
             Norwich
             ,
             Canterbury
          
           ,
           and
           London
           ,
           who
           are
           permitted
           to
           Trade
           ,
           and
           to
           injoy
           the
           Privilege
           of
           Natives
           ,
           then
           there
           are
           constantly
           residing
           in
           any
           
             Twenty
             Cities
          
           of
           
             Italy
             ,
             Spain
          
           ,
           or
           France
           .
        
         
           He
           upbraids
           us
           
             with
             frequent
             
             menacing
             ,
             and
             insulting
             over
             our
             Neighbours
             .
          
           This
           he
           speaks
           with
           particular
           respect
           to
           the
           
             Hollanders
             Trade
          
           .
           But
           who
           made
           him
           Judge
           of
           the
           rights
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           War
           ?
           He
           acknowleg'd
           before
           ,
           
             that
             all
             other
             affairs
             ,
             except
             only
             those
             of
             the
             Sciences
             ,
             and
             Learned
             men
             ,
          
           
           
             lie
             out
             of
             his
             way
          
           .
           Why
           does
           he
           then
           thrust
           in
           to
           be
           Arbitrator
           of
           the
           differences
           between
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           and
           Vs
           ?
           to
           call
           those
           Menaces
           and
           Affronts
           ,
           which
           an
           Assembly
           that
           represents
           a
           
             mighty
             Nation
          
           ,
           has
           already
           
           styl'd
           demands
           of
           just
           satisfaction
           ?
           and
           which
           the
           
             great
             Soveraign
          
           of
           the
           Seas
           will
           shortly
           make
           appear
           to
           be
           a
           a
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           ?
           But
           if
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           beleives
           ,
           that
           our
           present
           contentions
           with
           the
           Low-Countrymen
           ,
           are
           only
           rude
           Affronts
           ,
           and
           not
           just
           Grievances
           ;
           I
           am
           certain
           he
           was
           once
           of
           another
           mind
           ,
           when
           he
           writ
           his
           
             Letter
             to
             Monsieur
             de
             Courcelles
             in
             the
             year
          
           1652.
           
           Wherein
           he
           extols
           the
           Rumps
           Victories
           over
           them
           ,
           and
           presages
           
           a
           glorious
           Empire
           to
           those
           Tyrants
           ,
           from
           their
           absolute
           subduing
           them
           .
        
         
           He
           says
           ,
           
             that
             we
             will
             not
             vouchsafe
             to
             speak
             to
             those
             that
             travel
             hither
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           
             he
             calls
             us
             presumptuous
             ,
             Raileurs
             ,
             Arrogant
             ,
             and
             Evil-Speakers
             .
          
           But
           to
           this
           it
           shall
           suffice
           me
           to
           reply
           ,
           that
           seeing
           the
           same
           man
           condemns
           our
           Silence
           ,
           and
           our
           Speech
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           good
           Argument
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           moderate
           ,
           and
           unblamable
           in
           Both.
           
        
         
           He
           declares
           ,
           that
           
             We
             regard
             the
             Prosperity
             of
             others
             
             with
             Iealousie
          
           :
           whereas
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           one
           of
           our
           Neighbors
           ,
           to
           whom
           our
           Assistance
           could
           reach
           ,
           but
           we
           have
           ayded
           in
           their
           Calamities
           .
           The
           
             Vnited
             Provinces
          
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           present
           apprehensions
           of
           us
           ,
           will
           still
           confess
           that
           their
           Common-Wealth
           was
           founded
           upon
           
             English
             Valour
          
           .
           The
           
             Great
             Henry
          
           of
           France
           was
           establish'd
           in
           his
           Throne
           by
           
             Queen
             Elizabeth's
          
           succours
           .
           And
           while
           I
           am
           writing
           this
           ,
           the
           Portuguez
           behold
           one
           of
           the
           surest
           Ramparts
           of
           their
           
           Liberty
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           Breasts
           of
           
             English
             Souldiers
          
           .
        
         
           He
           proceeds
           to
           affirm
           ,
           that
           
             we
             will
             serve
             any
             man
             ,
             that
             will
             feed
             us
             ,
             suffer
             us
             to
             rail
             ,
             and
             be
             idle
             .
          
           But
           to
           give
           him
           a
           full
           Testimony
           ,
           how
           careful
           the
           English
           are
           of
           their
           own
           Liberty
           ,
           it
           is
           enough
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           indeavor
           ,
           more
           then
           most
           other
           Nations
           ,
           to
           preserve
           inviolable
           the
           freedom
           of
           mankind
           in
           general
           ;
           For
           they
           never
           make
           Slaves
           of
           their
           Prisoners
           of
           War
           in
           any
           part
           of
           Europe
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           
           few
           other
           Nations
           have
           forborn
           .
           And
           that
           the
           world
           has
           a
           better
           opinion
           of
           us
           ,
           he
           may
           be
           convinc'd
           by
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           Natives
           of
           all
           Trading-Countries
           ,
           have
           still
           maintain'd
           a
           peculiar
           respect
           for
           the
           English
           integrity
           ;
           and
           that
           whereever
           the
           Bounds
           of
           our
           Empire
           have
           reach'd
           in
           antient
           Times
           ,
           there
           still
           remains
           on
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           a
           Remembrance
           of
           the
           easiness
           of
           the
           English
           Government
           .
           If
           all
           this
           will
           not
           satisfie
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           English
           are
           not
           
           of
           a
           more
           Servile
           Disposition
           then
           other
           Countries
           ;
           I
           will
           put
           him
           upon
           an
           Employment
           ,
           which
           may
           well
           become
           his
           Abilities
           :
           Let
           him
           make
           a
           computation
           of
           the
           Footmen
           ,
           Grooms
           of
           Chambers
           ,
           and
           Cooks
           in
           Europe
           ,
           and
           then
           let
           him
           tell
           me
           ,
           whether
           he
           finds
           those
           of
           the
           
             English
             Nation
          
           to
           be
           the
           most
           Numerous
           .
        
         
           He
           asserts
           ,
           that
           the
           
             English
             are
             suspicious
             ,
             dark
             ,
             irregular
             ,
             caprichious
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             haue
             a
             Melancholly
             peculiar
             to
             themselves
             .
          
           In
           this
           ,
           
           methinks
           his
           small
           Philosophy
           should
           have
           instructed
           him
           better
           ,
           that
           such
           dismal
           qualities
           are
           not
           the
           necessary
           Companions
           of
           the
           Complexion
           of
           
             Angels
             ,
             which
             he
             allows
             them
             .
          
           But
           he
           that
           
             went
             dauncing
             from
             Paris
             to
             Calais
             ,
          
           and
           
             at
             Calais
          
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           alighted
           out
           of
           the
           
             Chasse
             Marin
          
           ,
           could
           not
           abstain
           from
           going
           to
           a
           Puppet-Play
           (
           for
           that
           I
           suppose
           he
           means
           ,
           when
           he
           says
           ,
           
             he
             saw
             a
             Comedy
             there
          
           )
           is
           not
           a
           fit
           man
           to
           Censure
           what
           is
           the
           difference
           ,
           between
           what
           
           is
           Fantastical
           ,
           and
           good
           Humour
           ,
           between
           the
           Serious
           ,
           and
           the
           Sullen
           .
           However
           he
           has
           made
           some
           Recompence
           to
           us
           for
           this
           disgrace
           .
           He
           has
           describ'd
           the
           Vigorous
           ,
           and
           the
           Sprightly
           Humour
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           as
           makes
           it
           no
           very
           desirable
           Accomplishment
           .
           For
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           
           
             that
             whereever
             they
             come
             ,
             they
             make
             such
             a
             Noyse
             ,
             as
             to
             draw
             all
             the
             Children
             ,
             and
             the
             Dogs
             in
             the
             Town
             after
             them
             .
          
           And
           I
           suppose
           ,
           it
           is
           such
           a
           kind
           of
           Bruit
           as
           this
           ,
           tha●
           
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           says
           ,
           he
           has
           made
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           where
           he
           arrived
           .
        
         
           He
           often
           says
           ,
           that
           we
           
             are
             all
             Idle
             ,
             Sluggish
             ,
             and
             Doe-littles
             .
          
           Upon
           this
           he
           insists
           so
           frequently
           ,
           that
           I
           conceive
           his
           French
           Readers
           ,
           that
           never
           saw
           England
           ,
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           believe
           that
           he
           found
           it
           such
           a
           Country
           as
           Lubberland
           :
           that
           he
           caught
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           stretch'd
           out
           on
           their
           Backs
           ,
           and
           sleeping
           under
           Trees
           .
           But
           whence
           could
           he
           gather
           this
           conception
           of
           our
           stupidity
           ?
           
           The
           places
           that
           he
           visited
           ,
           were
           onely
           those
           on
           the
           Road
           to
           Oxford
           ,
           and
           London
           ,
           and
           some
           few
           other
           Noblemens
           houses
           besides
           .
           I
           hope
           he
           did
           not
           conclude
           our
           Nation
           to
           be
           so
           lazy
           ,
           from
           the
           quiet
           of
           the
           streets
           ,
           and
           the
           retirement
           of
           the
           Colleges
           in
           the
           Vniversity
           :
           yet
           when
           I
           remember
           what
           judgement
           he
           made
           on
           our
           Rudeness
           at
           Dover
           ,
           and
           from
           whence
           he
           took
           his
           conjecture
           ,
           I
           am
           likewise
           inclin'd
           to
           think
           that
           he
           has
           discretion
           enough
           to
           determine
           upon
           
           the
           English
           sluggishness
           ,
           from
           the
           private
           way
           of
           living
           of
           our
           Scholars
           .
           It
           must
           be
           so
           ,
           For
           every
           where
           else
           he
           beheld
           many
           marks
           of
           diligence
           .
           In
           his
           Journey
           to
           London
           ,
           he
           confesses
           ,
           
           
             It
             was
             admirable
             to
             see
             ,
             what
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             Seamen
             ,
             and
             Shipwrights
             ,
             were
             at
             work
             on
             the
             Banks
             of
             the
             Thames
             .
          
           In
           London
           it self
           he
           reports
           ,
           that
           
             there
             are
             more
             Shops
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             better
             beautified
             ,
             then
             in
             any
             Citty
             in
             the
             World.
          
           He
           
             found
             every
             where
             in
             England
             ,
             men
             busie
             about
             Natural
             Experiments
             ,
             
             from
             whose
             labours
             he
             is
             confident
             ,
          
           
           
             mankind
             may
             expect
             prodigious
             Inventions
          
           .
           And
           are
           all
           these
           the
           signs
           of
           an
           overgrown
           slothfulness
           ?
           But
           besides
           these
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           he
           never
           saw
           any
           of
           the
           cheif
           Seats
           of
           the
           English
           Industry
           ,
           he
           beheld
           not
           the
           Cole-pits
           of
           
             New
             Castle
          
           ,
           the
           Clothworks
           of
           the
           West
           ,
           and
           the
           North
           ,
           the
           
             Lead
             Mines
          
           of
           Derby
           ,
           the
           Orchards
           of
           Hereford
           ,
           the
           Plough-lands
           of
           Devon
           ,
           the
           
             New
             Rivers
          
           of
           the
           Fenns
           ,
           the
           
             Tinn
             Mines
          
           of
           Cornwall
           .
           These
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           ,
           he
           should
           have
           view'd
           :
           
           he
           should
           thence
           have
           passed
           into
           our
           
             Western
             Colonies
          
           :
           he
           should
           have
           considered
           the
           
             Sugar
             works
          
           of
           the
           Barbadoes
           ,
           the
           
             Tobacco
             Plantations
          
           of
           Virginia
           ,
           the
           
             Silk
             Trade
          
           that
           is
           begun
           there
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Vast
             Mole
          
           ,
           which
           goes
           on
           at
           Tangier
           ,
           
           that
           
             pittifull
             place
          
           (
           as
           he
           terms
           it
           :
           )
           after
           all
           these
           surveys
           he
           might
           have
           been
           a
           fitter
           Judge
           of
           the
           English
           labours
           .
           This
           exactness
           of
           Information
           might
           have
           been
           expected
           from
           an
           
             Historiographer
             Royal.
          
           But
           he
           has
           been
           as
           carefull
           in
           this
           ,
           
           as
           in
           most
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Intelligence
           .
           For
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           he
           sets
           his
           foot
           on
           the
           English
           shore
           ,
           he
           strait
           positively
           
             condemns
             all
             the
             whole
             Nation
             of
             laziness
             ,
          
           
           
             from
             the
             first
             Posthorse
             that
             he
             saw
             gallop
             .
          
        
         
           His
           last
           disgrace
           is
           
             the
             English
             cowardize
          
           .
           And
           the
           occasion
           from
           whence
           he
           takes
           this
           Observation
           is
           very
           remarkable
           ,
           
           
             He
             saw
             an
             Oxford
             Scholar
             affronted
             by
             a
             Frenchman
             that
             had
             been
             seven
             years
             the
             Protectors
             soldier
             :
          
           And
           thence
           
             He
             passes
             sentence
             on
             
             the
             baseness
             of
             our
             Nation
             .
          
           What
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           will
           the
           Dutch
           and
           the
           Spaniards
           think
           of
           this
           ?
           The
           one
           ,
           when
           they
           remember
           the
           Battels
           of
           Portland
           ,
           and
           the
           
             North
             forland
          
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           when
           they
           call
           to
           mind
           Tenariff
           ,
           and
           the
           
             sandy
             hills
             of
             Dunkirk
          
           ?
           Will
           they
           not
           take
           it
           very
           ill
           at
           his
           hands
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           reckon
           all
           those
           for
           Cowards
           ,
           whom
           Cromwells
           Soldiers
           had
           defeated
           ?
           But
           if
           our
           late
           civil
           Warrs
           have
           not
           given
           an
           unconfutable
           evidence
           of
           the
           English
           valour
           :
           if
           the
           magnanimous
           
           Deaths
           of
           so
           many
           Martyrs
           for
           the
           Royall
           Cause
           do
           not
           prove
           it
           :
           
             If
             Eighty
             Eight
          
           :
           if
           the
           
             Immortal
             Sir
             Richard
             Greenvill
          
           ,
           if
           our
           Conquests
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           Scotland
           be
           forgotten
           :
           if
           the
           joynt
           Testimony
           of
           almost
           all
           the
           Historical
           Writers
           for
           these
           last
           six
           hundred
           years
           be
           of
           no
           account
           :
           yet
           (
           to
           say
           no
           more
           )
           I
           could
           never
           have
           believ'd
           that
           any
           
             French
             Historiographer
          
           would
           have
           given
           it
           under
           his
           hand
           ,
           that
           the
           English
           are
           Cowards
           .
        
         
         
           And
           now
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           having
           laid
           all
           these
           Ignominies
           together
           ,
           would
           you
           not
           have
           ghess'd
           that
           he
           would
           never
           have
           dar'd
           ,
           to
           pronounce
           so
           boldly
           upon
           us
           ,
           unless
           he
           had
           convers'd
           all
           his
           Life
           time
           with
           us
           ;
           unless
           he
           had
           throughly
           studied
           our
           Temper
           ,
           and
           deeply
           pierc'd
           by
           a
           long
           search
           into
           the
           Compo●ition
           of
           our
           Nature
           ?
           But
           when
           I
           find
           ,
           that
           
             as
             soon
             as
             ever
             he
             was
             call'd
             Monsieur
             by
             the
             Children
             of
             Dover
             ,
             he
             strait
             makes
             Conclusion
             of
             our
             general
             Inhospitality
             :
          
           and
           
             of
             
             our
             Insolence
             from
             the
             next
             Carrier
             that
             he
             employ'd
             :
          
           and
           
             of
             our
             Abusiveness
             ,
             from
             a
             silly
             Zealander
             ,
             that
             was
             his
             fellow-Traveller
             :
          
           and
           
             of
             our
             want
             of
             Courage
             ,
             from
             a
             pitiful
             Fray
             between
             a
             naked
             scholar
             ,
             and
             an
             armed
             French
             Souldier
             ,
             at
             Beaconsfield
             .
          
           This
           puts
           me
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           Judgment
           ,
           which
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           men
           that
           ever
           liv'd
           ,
           did
           passe
           on
           the
           
             Antient
             Gaules
          
           .
           It
           was
           the
           experience
           of
           Caesar
           himself
           ,
           of
           their
           trifling
           ,
           and
           changeable
           Humour
           ,
           that
           
             in
             their
             
             most
             solemn
             Councils
             ,
             they
             determin'd
             on
             the
             weightiest
             Affairs
             ,
             upon
             the
             Authority
             of
             any
             slender
             Report
             of
             the
             next
             wandring
             Pedlar
             .
          
           This
           I
           hope
           I
           may
           repeat
           ,
           without
           offending
           the
           present
           
             French
             Nation
          
           .
           For
           I
           do
           not
           say
           ,
           (
           as
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           of
           us
           )
           
             That
             it
             came
             from
             the
             Nature
             of
             their
             Soyl
             ,
          
           and
           that
           therefore
           it
           must
           needs
           descend
           on
           all
           that
           are
           born
           on
           the
           same
           Earth
           .
           But
           I
           only
           affirm
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           a
           certain
           
             French
             Trumpeter
          
           ,
           that
           has
           made
           good
           this
           
           Observation
           of
           Caesars
           .
        
         
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           being
           the
           Form
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           fanci'd
           in
           his
           Brain
           of
           the
           wild
           Manners
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           ghess
           ,
           what
           thoughts
           he
           has
           of
           their
           Religion
           .
           And
           the
           Truth
           is
           ,
           having
           represented
           us
           ,
           as
           such
           Monsters
           ,
           in
           our
           Civil
           Customs
           ,
           and
           Behaviour
           ,
           he
           could
           do
           no
           other
           ,
           then
           paint
           us
           out
           to
           be
           as
           bad
           as
           Infidels
           ,
           in
           ●ur
           Spiritual
           Condition
           .
           For
           whosoever
           are
           Barbarous
           in
           their
           Lives
           ,
           can
           never
           be
           good
           
           Christians
           in
           their
           Hearts
           .
           It
           is
           the
           peculiar
           glory
           of
           the
           True
           Christianity
           ,
           that
           it
           does
           not
           onely
           Save
           ,
           but
           Civilize
           ,
           its
           Reall
           Professours
           .
        
         
           We
           shall
           therefore
           find
           ,
           that
           his
           reproaches
           are
           proportionable
           ,
           concerning
           our
           Religion
           .
           And
           by
           the
           Irreverence
           of
           the
           Language
           which
           he
           uses
           towards
           it
           ,
           you
           may
           perceive
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           not
           only
           learn
           from
           the
           
             Trooper
             that
             was
             his
             Companion
             to
             Oxford
             ,
          
           that
           the
           English
           are
           Insolent
           ,
           and
           Cowards
           :
           
           But
           that
           he
           also
           furnish'd
           him
           with
           this
           Intelligence
           of
           Church
           .
           For
           this
           account
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           here
           set
           down
           ,
           could
           have
           been
           given
           by
           no
           man
           Living
           so
           properly
           ,
           as
           by
           
             one
             that
             had
             been
             a
             Soldier
             in
             Cromwells
             Army
             .
          
           
           To
           pass
           by
           the
           friendly
           names
           of
           Schismaticks
           ,
           and
           Hereticks
           ,
           which
           he
           as
           freely
           bestows
           upon
           us
           as
           if
           they
           were
           our
           National
           Titles
           :
           he
           has
           ventur'd
           to
           say
           ,
           
           that
           
             We
             separated
             from
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             for
             shameful
             causes
             ,
             that
             are
             known
             to
             all
             the
             
             World
             :
          
           
           that
           
             the
             people
             has
             an
             universal
             Aversion
             from
             the
             Religion
             establish'd
             by
             Law
             :
          
           that
           
             there
             is
             a
             probability
          
           ,
           
           
             that
             all
             our
             Sects
             may
             shortly
             unite
             to
             destroy
             it
             :
          
           
           that
           
             our
             solemn
             Publique
             Prayers
             are
             only
             a
             Morsel
             of
             a
             Liturgy
             :
          
           
           that
           
             the
             King
             did
             the
             most
             hazardous
             thing
             he
             could
             undertake
             ,
             when
             he
             restor'd
             Episcopacy
             :
          
           that
           
             our
             Ecclesiastical
             Government
             is
             nothing
             else
             ,
             
             but
             the
             Shaddow
             ,
             and
             the
             Corruption
             of
             the
             true
             Hierarchy
          
           :
           
           that
           
             the
             Introduction
             of
             our
             Church-Service
             into
             Scotland
             ,
             was
             the
             
             cause
             of
             the
             shedding
             of
             so
             much
             Blood
             in
             the
             three
             Nations
             :
          
           that
           
             our
             chief
             Clergy
             men
          
           ,
           
           
             who
             have
             Pluralities
             of
             Benefices
             ,
             make
             their
             Grooms
             their
             Curats
             :
          
           that
           
             our
             Bishops
             do
             horribly
             abuse
             their
             Iurisdiction
             ,
          
           
           
             in
             their
             Excommunications
             ,
             and
             Impositions
             :
          
           
           that
           
             they
             are
             so
             haughty
             ,
             that
             none
             of
             the
             Inferiour
             Priests
             dare
             speak
             to
             them
             :
          
           that
           
             they
             rob
             the
             Church
          
           ,
           
           
             by
             letting
             its
             Leases
             for
             thirty
             years
             ;
             getting
             all
             the
             Money
             into
             their
             own
             Pockets
             ,
             and
             leaving
             only
             a
             small
             Revenue
             to
             their
             Successours
             :
          
           
           that
           
             England
             is
             a
             Country
          
           ,
           
           
             where
             no
             man
             is
             afraid
             of
             committing
             Simony
             .
          
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           his
           Judgment
           of
           our
           Church
           .
           And
           you
           may
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           observe
           ,
           that
           this
           Catalogue
           of
           Slanders
           is
           equally
           made
           up
           of
           those
           ,
           which
           the
           most
           furious
           of
           the
           Romanists
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Fanatick
           amongst
           the
           Non-conformists
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           are
           wont
           to
           Revile
           us
           withall
           :
           So
           that
           in
           repeating
           them
           ,
           he
           does
           at
           once
           act
           both
           the
           Parts
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           before
           
           plaid
           in
           the
           World
           at
           several
           times
           ,
           that
           of
           a
           violent
           Calvinist
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Iesuitical
             Papist
          
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           ,
           it
           is
           false
           that
           
             our
             English
             Reformation
             began
             upon
             a
             shamefull
             occasion
             ,
          
           or
           from
           the
           extravagance
           of
           a
           private
           passion
           .
           I
           know
           he
           has
           the
           famous
           story
           of
           Henry's
           Divorce
           to
           oppose
           against
           what
           I
           say
           .
           But
           I
           am
           not
           startled
           at
           that
           ,
           no
           more
           then
           at
           the
           Fable
           of
           our
           Bishops
           Consecration
           at
           the
           
             Naggs-head
             Tavern
          
           ;
           or
           ,
           of
           the
           Kentish-mens
           having
           
           long
           Tayls
           for
           the
           murder
           of
           
             Thomas
             Becket
          
           .
           Such
           frivolous
           Arguments
           as
           these
           might
           have
           served
           well
           enough
           in
           the
           Mouths
           of
           the
           Moncks
           two
           hundred
           years
           agoe
           :
           But
           they
           will
           not
           pass
           so
           easily
           in
           a
           Philosophical
           ,
           and
           Inquisitive
           Age.
           In
           breif
           therefore
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           it
           is
           evident
           that
           
             King
             Henry
             the
             Eighth
          
           did
           never
           intend
           to
           proceed
           to
           a
           much
           greater
           distance
           from
           the
           
             Roman
             See
          
           ,
           then
           the
           Gallican
           Church
           maintains
           at
           this
           day
           .
           There
           is
           no
           man
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           that
           
           looks
           upon
           his
           breach
           with
           the
           Pope
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           a
           Reformation
           .
           We
           onely
           esteem
           it
           to
           be
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           those
           Quarrels
           ,
           which
           many
           Princes
           in
           the
           most
           Catholick
           Countries
           ,
           have
           manag'd
           against
           the
           
             Holy
             Chair
          
           .
           The
           Reformation
           to
           which
           we
           stand
           is
           of
           a
           latter
           date
           .
           The
           
             Primitive
             Reformers
          
           amongst
           us
           ,
           beheld
           the
           Reason
           of
           men
           tamely
           subjected
           to
           one
           mans
           Command
           ,
           and
           the
           Sovereign
           Powers
           of
           all
           Christendom
           still
           expos'd
           to
           be
           check'd
           ,
           and
           destroy'd
           
           by
           the
           Resolutions
           of
           his
           private
           Will.
           Upon
           this
           they
           arose
           to
           perform
           two
           of
           the
           greatest
           Works
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           at
           once
           to
           deliver
           the
           minds
           of
           Christians
           from
           Tyranny
           ,
           and
           the
           Dignity
           of
           the
           Throne
           from
           Spiritual
           Bondage
           .
           Whatever
           was
           the
           accidental
           ,
           this
           was
           the
           Real
           Cause
           of
           our
           first
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           separation
           from
           us
           ,
           not
           ours
           from
           them
           .
           And
           this
           was
           an
           event
           which
           must
           needs
           have
           come
           to
           pass
           near
           the
           time
           in
           which
           it
           did
           ,
           though
           
           
             King
             Henry
          
           had
           never
           forsaken
           his
           Wife
           .
           Let
           him
           therefore
           know
           ,
           that
           our
           Doctrine
           (
           
             as
             much
             spoyl'd
             as
             it
             is
             ,
          
           
           
             in
             his
             opinion
          
           )
           was
           establish'd
           by
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           :
           and
           that
           the
           Ceremonies
           of
           our
           Worship
           ,
           were
           not
           set
           up
           by
           faction
           ,
           or
           by
           popular
           Fury
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           deliberate
           Counsels
           of
           Wisemen
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           authority
           of
           that
           power
           ,
           which
           bears
           the
           immediate
           Image
           of
           God.
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           have
           said
           in
           Vindication
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           to
           satisfie
           this
           idle
           
           Dreamer
           upon
           Parnassus
           ,
           as
           out
           of
           the
           love
           which
           I
           bear
           to
           many
           well-meaning
           Catholiques
           amongst
           us
           ,
           who
           have
           this
           Argument
           sometimes
           in
           their
           mouths
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           know
           very
           many
           ,
           whose
           wishes
           for
           the
           happiness
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           for
           its
           freedom
           from
           forein
           Usurpations
           ,
           are
           as
           honourable
           as
           any
           Englishmens
           living
           .
           As
           for
           Sorbier's
           part
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           a
           sufficient
           Reply
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           I
           can
           name
           a
           man
           ,
           who
           has
           indeed
           
             separated
             from
             the
             Religion
             
             wherein
             he
             was
             born
             ,
             for
             a
             shamefull
             cause
             which
             is
             known
             to
             all
             the
             World.
             
          
        
         
           He
           declares
           that
           
             the
             people
             of
             England
             have
             an
             universal
             aversion
             from
             the
             establish'd
             Worship
             .
          
           But
           here
           I
           cannot
           say
           that
           of
           him
           for
           which
           he
           commends
           
             Doctor
             Wallis
          
           ,
           that
           
             He
             is
             one
             of
             the
             best
             Accountants
             in
             the
             World.
          
           
           This
           positive
           Computation
           he
           never
           was
           in
           any
           capacity
           to
           make
           ,
           he
           never
           saw
           any
           of
           the
           middle
           ,
           or
           the
           remoter
           parts
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           where
           Non-conformity
           is
           but
           very
           
           sparingly
           spread
           .
           He
           never
           convers'd
           with
           the
           vast
           Body
           of
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           Yeomanry
           that
           live
           Country
           lives
           ,
           who
           are
           generally
           uninfected
           .
           It
           is
           London
           alone
           on
           which
           he
           must
           rely
           for
           this
           calculation
           .
           And
           yet
           even
           in
           this
           too
           ,
           I
           dare
           openly
           assure
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           farr
           greater
           number
           is
           for
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           then
           against
           them
           .
           But
           I
           advise
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           ,
           that
           before
           he
           thinks
           himself
           able
           to
           make
           an
           exact
           judgment
           of
           the
           Number
           of
           our
           Religious
           
           Sects
           ,
           he
           would
           first
           correct
           all
           his
           errours
           in
           Arithmetick
           ,
           which
           are
           to
           be
           found
           in
           this
           Book
           ,
           about
           the
           most
           obvious
           things
           ,
           in
           reckoning
           of
           which
           ,
           it
           was
           enough
           to
           have
           onely
           had
           the
           understanding
           of
           the
           least
           childe
           that
           he
           ever
           taught
           .
           I
           will
           onely
           produce
           one
           in
           this
           place
           .
           Have
           we
           not
           reason
           to
           rely
           upon
           his
           opinion
           of
           the
           difference
           of
           the
           parties
           in
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           ;
           when
           in
           the
           least
           number
           that
           can
           be
           ,
           he
           has
           mistaken
           half
           :
           For
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           
           that
           
             the
             double-bottom'd
             .
             Vessel
             has
             two
             Masts
             in
             the
             Front
             ,
          
           when
           every
           Sculler
           on
           the
           Thames
           knows
           it
           has
           but
           One.
           
        
         
           He
           affirms
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Government
             of
             our
             Bishops
             is
             nothing
             else
             ,
             but
             the
             shaddow
             ,
             and
             the
             corruption
             of
             a
             True
             Hierarchy
             .
          
           And
           he
           gives
           this
           excellent
           Reason
           for
           it
           ,
           
             because
             here
             the
             Spiritual
             submits
             to
             the
             Temporal
             .
          
           
           This
           very
           Argument
           I
           will
           turn
           upon
           himself
           .
           It
           is
           therefore
           the
           True
           ,
           the
           Sound
           ,
           the
           
             Apostolical
             Episcopacy
             :
             because
             
             it
             does
             yield
             to
             the
             Temporal
             Power
             ,
             which
             else
             could
             be
             nothing
             but
             a
             shaddow
             .
          
           It
           is
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           it
           never
           resisted
           Authority
           ,
           nor
           ingag'd
           in
           Rebellion
           :
           which
           is
           a
           praise
           ,
           that
           makes
           much
           to
           its
           advantage
           ,
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           all
           those
           ,
           who
           have
           read
           of
           the
           dismal
           effects
           of
           the
           
             Scotch
             Covenant
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             holy
             League
          
           .
        
         
           He
           says
           ,
           that
           
             our
             King
             did
             put
             himself
             on
             the
             most
             dangerous
             Enterprise
             that
             could
             be
             attempted
             ,
             when
             he
             restored
             
             Episcopacy
             .
          
           And
           yet
           he
           confesses
           that
           
             our
             other
             Sects
             are
             inconsistent
             with
             any
             Government
             but
             a
             Common-wealth
             .
          
           
           What
           dreadfull
           danger
           could
           be
           imagin'd
           in
           a
           Monarchs
           destroying
           that
           ,
           which
           must
           needs
           fall
           of
           it self
           in
           a
           Monarchy
           ?
           But
           to
           shew
           how
           much
           he
           was
           mistaken
           ,
           It
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           upon
           his
           Majesty's
           most
           glorious
           Return
           ,
           the
           Church
           soon
           recover'd
           all
           its
           rights
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           of
           sitting
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           even
           all
           its
           Lands
           ,
           which
           had
           
           been
           long
           held
           by
           Armed
           Usurpers
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           Opposition
           ,
           then
           what
           was
           made
           by
           
             General
             Vennor
          
           ,
           and
           his
           forty
           men
           :
           who
           it
           seems
           did
           
             run
             the
             greatest
             hazard
             of
             the
             two
             .
          
        
         
           He
           declares
           that
           
             there
             is
             so
             great
             a
             distance
             between
             our
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             our
             inferior
             Clergy
             ,
             that
             these
             dare
             not
             speak
             to
             ,
             nor
             stand
             cover'd
             before
             ,
             them
             .
          
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           you
           and
           I
           can
           prove
           to
           be
           a
           manifest
           Untruth
           ,
           by
           several
           Instances
           .
           But
           however
           ,
           what
           course
           can
           we
           take
           to
           please
           
           this
           grave
           Censurer
           of
           our
           Civility
           ?
           
             He
             here
             dislikes
             the
             respects
             ,
             that
             we
             shew
             to
             our
             cheif
             Churchmen
             :
          
           and
           in
           another
           place
           ,
           
             He
             condemns
             the
             familiar
             behaviour
             of
             our
             common
             Soldiers
             towards
             their
             Officers
             .
             He
             abuses
             the
             Clergy-men
             for
             standing
             bare
             to
             those
             Reverend
             and
             Aged
             Persons
             ;
             and
             the
             Red-Coats
             for
             keeping
             on
             their
             Hatts
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             their
             Captains
             .
          
           
           How
           sufficient
           a
           Judge
           is
           he
           of
           good
           manners
           ,
           that
           would
           bring
           the
           rude
           Customs
           of
           a
           Camp
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Punctilio's
           
           of
           Observance
           ,
           and
           Courtship
           ,
           into
           an
           Army
           .
        
         
           But
           he
           accuses
           us
           of
           a
           greater
           Crime
           .
           It
           is
           but
           just
           that
           there
           should
           be
           
             so
             great
             a
             distance
          
           ,
           if
           our
           
             Clergymen
             that
             have
             Pluralities
             ,
             make
             their
             Grooms
             supply
             their
             Cures
             .
          
           In
           this
           part
           of
           his
           Character
           he
           certainly
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           mistook
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           intended
           this
           for
           some
           other
           Kingdom
           in
           Europe
           ,
           where
           he
           had
           also
           miss'd
           of
           a
           Medall
           .
           It
           is
           a
           sign
           that
           he
           is
           as
           little
           acquainted
           with
           his
           own
           Church
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           with
           ours
           :
           
           or
           else
           he
           would
           never
           have
           
             objected
             to
             us
             our
             Pluralities
          
           ,
           which
           are
           infinitely
           fewer
           ,
           and
           more
           confin'd
           amongst
           us
           :
           he
           would
           never
           have
           ventur'd
           to
           
             upbraid
             us
             with
             the
             Ignorance
             of
             our
             Parish
             Priests
             ,
          
           lest
           we
           should
           have
           provok'd
           the
           whole
           
             Church
             of
             Rome
          
           to
           a
           comparison
           .
           In
           breif
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           our
           Slaves
           do
           not
           serve
           at
           our
           Altars
           :
           and
           I
           will
           also
           add
           ,
           that
           our
           
             Cheif
             Spiritual
             Dignities
          
           are
           not
           intayl'd
           upon
           Families
           ,
           nor
           possess'd
           by
           Children
           .
           In
           all
           the
           Parishes
           of
           England
           ;
           I
           
           dare
           challenge
           not
           onely
           him
           that
           is
           a
           Stranger
           ,
           but
           the
           most
           bitter
           Enemies
           to
           our
           Discipline
           ,
           to
           shew
           me
           
             Twenty
             Pulpits
          
           ,
           that
           are
           fill'd
           with
           men
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           spent
           their
           Youth
           in
           Studies
           to
           prepare
           them
           ,
           and
           who
           have
           not
           the
           Authority
           of
           
             Holy
             Orders
          
           .
        
         
           That
           
             He
             has
             presum'd
             to
             call
             our
             Publique
             Solemn
             Prayers
             ,
             only
             a
             Morsel
             ,
             or
             a
             Scrap
             of
             a
             Liturgy
          
           ;
           I
           do
           not
           much
           wonder
           .
           For
           he
           that
           has
           long
           made
           his
           own
           
             Religion
             his
             Cook
          
           (
           as
           one
           of
           
           our
           Poets
           expresses
           it
           )
           may
           well
           be
           thought
           irreligious
           enough
           ;
           to
           take
           a
           Metaphor
           for
           ours
           from
           a
           Kitchin.
           But
           besides
           this
           ,
           he
           asserts
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Introduction
             of
             the
             English
             Liturgy
             into
             Scotland
             ,
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             shedding
             of
             all
             the
             Blood
             in
             the
             three
             Nations
             .
          
           This
           Speech
           might
           have
           well
           fitted
           the
           mouth
           of
           Bradshaw
           ,
           or
           the
           Pen
           of
           Ireton
           .
           For
           it
           lays
           all
           the
           guilt
           of
           so
           much
           Slaughter
           ,
           on
           the
           most
           Innocent
           ,
           and
           most
           merciful
           Prince
           ,
           that
           ever
           wore
           a
           Crown
           :
           by
           
           whose
           special
           care
           ,
           an
           Uniformity
           of
           Worship
           was
           attempted
           in
           that
           Kingdome
           .
           But
           to
           give
           him
           better
           light
           ,
           and
           to
           let
           him
           see
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           other
           Causes
           of
           our
           Miseries
           ,
           in
           one
           of
           these
           three
           Countries
           at
           least
           ,
           I
           would
           fain
           have
           him
           ask
           this
           Question
           of
           the
           
             Pope's
             Legat
          
           that
           was
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           whether
           the
           horrible
           
             Irish
             Massacre
          
           was
           committed
           for
           no
           other
           reason
           ,
           but
           only
           out
           of
           a
           tender
           Brotherly
           sense
           of
           the
           Yoke
           which
           was
           laid
           by
           the
           Common-Prayer
           ,
           on
           
           the
           Scotchmen's
           Consciences
           .
        
         
           He
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           
             it
             is
             an
             ordinary
             thing
             with
             our
             Bishops
             ,
             to
             exercise
             their
             Ecclesiastical
             Censures
             upon
             frivolous
             accounts
             .
          
           But
           methinks
           he
           might
           have
           remembred
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           probable
           ,
           they
           should
           seek
           out
           any
           trifling
           occasions
           of
           excommunication
           ,
           when
           ,
           by
           his
           own
           confession
           ,
           they
           have
           so
           many
           weighty
           Provocations
           :
           if
           that
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           
             the
             whole
             Nation
             neglects
             their
             Discipline
             .
          
           But
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           you
           know
           it
           is
           apparent
           to
           all
           indifferent
           
           Men
           ,
           that
           the
           Bishops
           have
           been
           most
           remarkably
           moderate
           in
           their
           Visitations
           :
           and
           that
           the
           Punishments
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           inflicted
           on
           the
           Obstinate
           ,
           have
           for
           the
           most
           part
           proceeded
           from
           the
           Temporal
           Sword
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Spiritual
           .
           But
           ,
           because
           he
           here
           quarrels
           at
           the
           Absoluteness
           of
           our
           Bishop's
           power
           ,
           I
           leave
           him
           to
           be
           answer'd
           by
           the
           whole
           Clergy
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           who
           ought
           to
           be
           alarm'd
           by
           this
           .
           For
           if
           ours
           shal
           be
           reputed
           so
           Tyrannical
           ,
           what
           will
           
           they
           be
           e●teem'd
           ,
           whose
           Jurisdiction
           is
           so
           much
           larger
           ?
        
         
           He
           goes
           on
           to
           de●ame
           our
           Bishops
           .
           He
           says
           ,
           
             they
             have
             imbezled
             the
             Church
             Lands
             ,
             to
             make
             their
             own
             Families
             Rich.
          
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           an
           Objection
           ,
           which
           though
           it
           was
           at
           first
           manag'd
           against
           them
           with
           great
           Clamour
           ,
           by
           the
           common
           Enemies
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           :
           yet
           now
           upon
           a
           calmer
           consideration
           of
           things
           ,
           it
           has
           universally
           lost
           its
           credit
           ,
           even
           in
           those
           places
           where
           he
           says
           ,
           
           
             the
             English
             take
             Tobacco
             
             half
             the
             day
             together
             ;
             from
             whence
             he
             acknowledges
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             a
             good
             part
             of
             his
             Relations
             .
          
           The
           first
           murmurs
           against
           them
           were
           rais'd
           ,
           because
           they
           receiv'd
           altogether
           ,
           some
           part
           of
           that
           which
           was
           their
           due
           ,
           for
           twenty
           years
           before
           .
           But
           the
           Envy
           of
           that
           was
           quickly
           scatter'd
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           manifest
           how
           many
           publique
           ,
           and
           Generous
           works
           they
           have
           promoted
           .
           Besides
           the
           first
           Fruits
           ,
           and
           Tenths
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           the
           Subsidies
           ,
           which
           have
           swept
           away
           
           a
           good
           part
           of
           their
           gains
           ,
           they
           have
           compounded
           with
           a
           very
           great
           Number
           of
           the
           Purchasers
           ;
           they
           have
           increas'd
           the
           Vicaredges
           in
           their
           Gift
           to
           Fourscore
           Pounds
           a
           year
           :
           they
           have
           indow'd
           Alms-Houses
           ,
           and
           Colleges
           ,
           they
           have
           built
           Chappels
           ,
           they
           have
           repaired
           the
           Episcopal
           Palaces
           ,
           and
           Cathedrals
           ,
           which
           were
           generally
           gone
           to
           Ruine
           ;
           they
           have
           redeem'd
           at
           once
           all
           the
           English
           ,
           that
           were
           Slaves
           at
           Algiers
           ,
           and
           that
           too
           I
           dare
           assure
           him
           ,
           
           
             without
             any
             intent
             to
             make
             Curats
             of
             them
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Account
             which
             he
             gives
             of
             their
             letting
             Leases
          
           is
           most
           ridiculous
           .
           There
           is
           no
           man
           amongst
           them
           ,
           
             that
             lets
             a
             Lease
             for
             thirty
             years
             .
          
           The
           
             Reserv'd
             Rent
          
           is
           that
           which
           was
           always
           the
           standing
           Revenue
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           Nor
           ought
           this
           Custom
           to
           be
           Objected
           against
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           It
           is
           the
           same
           course
           which
           is
           taken
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           most
           other
           parts
           of
           Christendom
           .
           Nay
           ,
           to
           go
           farther
           ,
           the
           letting
           
           of
           
             Church
             Leases
          
           is
           a
           business
           ,
           whose
           Regulation
           was
           brought
           about
           since
           the
           time
           ,
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           divided
           from
           us
           .
           Before
           
             Queen
             Elizabeth's
          
           reign
           ,
           the
           Churchmen
           had
           a
           power
           of
           Farming
           out
           their
           Lands
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           Thirty
           ,
           but
           for
           
             Ninety
             Nine
          
           years
           .
           It
           was
           Shee
           ,
           that
           first
           confin'd
           the
           Term
           to
           One
           and
           Twenty
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           still
           remains
           .
           He
           ought
           not
           therefore
           
             to
             reckon
             this
             practice
             as
             our
             disgrace
          
           :
           when
           the
           good
           order
           ,
           that
           is
           now
           us'd
           about
           it
           ,
           is
           the
           peculiar
           
           honour
           ,
           that
           belongs
           to
           the
           
             English
             Reformation
          
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           Conclude
           ,
           if
           
             no
             Man
             fears
             Simony
             in
             England
             ,
          
           then
           there
           is
           no
           man
           that
           is
           affrighted
           with
           punishment
           .
           For
           our
           Laws
           are
           as
           strict
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           as
           severely
           executed
           ,
           as
           any
           where
           else
           .
           However
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           true
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           far
           from
           being
           so
           )
           that
           we
           Simoniacally
           imploy
           the
           Church
           estate
           to
           Secular
           uses
           ;
           yet
           this
           sounds
           very
           ill
           from
           that
           Layman's
           Pen
           ,
           who
           ,
           when
           he
           writ
           this
           Voyage
           ,
           was
           maintain'd
           
           out
           of
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Revenue
          
           .
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           was
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere's
             Case
          
           .
           And
           the
           first
           Office
           of
           a
           Churchman
           that
           ever
           he
           perform'd
           ,
           was
           in
           this
           Book
           ,
           
           where
           
             He
             devoutly
             prays
             to
             God
             ,
             to
             make
             Mr.
             Hobbs
             a
             Roman
             Catholique
             .
          
           Which
           if
           his
           prayers
           can
           obtain
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           he
           deserves
           not
           only
           to
           be
           made
           a
           Priest
           ,
           or
           Bishop
           ,
           but
           even
           a
           Saint
           too
           :
           For
           this
           will
           be
           a
           far
           greater
           Miracle
           ,
           then
           any
           of
           those
           for
           which
           many
           have
           been
           Canoniz'd
           .
        
         
         
           And
           now
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           can
           you
           require
           any
           greater
           signs
           of
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbier's
          
           Sincerity
           in
           his
           Religion
           ?
           He
           has
           accus'd
           of
           Simony
           ,
           the
           most
           Incorrupt
           :
           of
           Pride
           ,
           the
           Humblest
           :
           of
           Rapacity
           ,
           the
           most
           Innocent
           :
           of
           Ignorance
           ,
           the
           most
           Learned
           :
           of
           false
           Doctrine
           ,
           the
           most
           Primitive
           ;
           of
           ill
           Discipline
           ,
           the
           most
           Decent
           Church
           under
           Heaven
           .
           And
           when
           nothing
           else
           could
           be
           said
           ,
           he
           even
           
             upbraids
             it
             with
             its
             Submission
             and
             Obedience
             ,
          
           To
           shew
           ,
           (
           that
           he
           is
           as
           ill
           a
           Disciple
           
           of
           
             Mr.
             Hobbes's
          
           ,
           whom
           he
           pretends
           to
           admire
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           of
           the
           Apostles
           .
           )
           Notwithstanding
           all
           which
           impudent
           Disgraces
           ,
           there
           remains
           this
           one
           comfort
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           man
           ,
           who
           now
           vilifies
           Her
           so
           basely
           ,
           had
           once
           as
           mean
           thoughts
           of
           the
           God-Head
           of
           Her
           blessed
           Founder
           Himself
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           conjecture
           at
           the
           Cause
           of
           this
           his
           harsh
           Usage
           of
           our
           Church
           .
           He
           had
           but
           lately
           Apostatiz'd
           from
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           
           in
           France
           :
           he
           was
           but
           just
           enter'd
           into
           the
           Romish
           Communion
           .
           And
           he
           suspected
           ,
           that
           there
           might
           be
           some
           doubts
           still
           remaining
           on
           mens
           minds
           ,
           of
           the
           Reality
           of
           his
           Conversion
           ,
           which
           might
           turn
           to
           the
           prejudice
           not
           onely
           of
           his
           Spiritual
           ,
           but
           of
           his
           Temporal
           Estate
           :
           he
           had
           given
           himself
           out
           for
           a
           great
           Philosopher
           :
           and
           he
           understood
           well
           enough
           ,
           that
           few
           Philosophers
           are
           thought
           to
           alter
           their
           minds
           ,
           that
           have
           once
           been
           Protestants
           .
           He
           
           was
           therefore
           resolv'd
           to
           give
           an
           Unquestionable
           proof
           of
           his
           Establishment
           in
           the
           Faith
           ,
           by
           reviling
           
             the
             Church
             of
             England
          
           .
           And
           in
           performing
           this
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           he
           has
           Counterfeited
           the
           Zealot
           very
           well
           :
           he
           has
           prosecuted
           Us
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Violence
           ,
           and
           Bigottry
           ,
           which
           commonly
           accompanies
           new
           Converts
           .
           But
           yet
           I
           beleive
           this
           will
           hardly
           do
           his
           business
           .
           Even
           in
           this
           very
           Book
           ,
           he
           gives
           Evidence
           enough
           ,
           that
           Calvinism
           ,
           and
           Heresie
           ,
           are
           not
           
           wholy
           rooted
           out
           of
           his
           Heart
           .
           He
           grosly
           abuses
           the
           most
           devoted
           Children
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           the
           
             English
             Roman
             Catholiques
          
           .
           He
           complains
           of
           them
           ,
           
           
             that
             they
             have
             no
             mind
             to
             disturb
             the
             Peace
             of
             their
             Country
             tomards
             the
             restoration
             of
             their
             Religion
          
           :
           which
           is
           indeed
           spoken
           to
           their
           Honour
           ,
           though
           he
           intends
           it
           to
           their
           Shame
           .
           He
           says
           ,
           
           
             that
             they
             are
             not
             so
             zealous
             in
             their
             Way
             ,
             as
             forein
             Papists
             ,
          
           the
           quite
           contrary
           to
           which
           is
           true
           :
           he
           makes
           ,
           
           
             as
             if
             they
             never
             
             saw
             the
             True
             Mass
             perform'd
             :
          
           he
           affirms
           ,
           
           
             that
             they
             are
             all
             born
             in
             Servitude
             ,
          
           and
           debases
           so
           many
           Antient
           ,
           Rich
           ,
           and
           Honourable
           Families
           ,
           to
           the
           condition
           ,
           and
           the
           minds
           ,
           of
           Slaves
           .
           In
           all
           these
           Speeches
           ,
           he
           does
           not
           express
           any
           certain
           mark
           of
           a
           True
           Proselyte
           .
           But
           above
           all
           ,
           he
           has
           set
           down
           such
           a
           determination
           of
           his
           Faith
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           had
           made
           it
           in
           Italy
           ,
           or
           Spain
           ,
           he
           had
           undoubtedly
           fallen
           into
           the
           Inquisition
           .
           He
           boldly
           pronounces
           ,
           that
           
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             
             Purgatory
             ,
             the
             Merit
             of
             Works
             ,
          
           
           
             Invocation
             of
             Saints
             ,
             the
             Supremacy
             of
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             ,
             the
             authority
             of
             Councils
             ,
             and
             the
             Infallibility
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             are
             none
             of
             them
             Fundamental
             Doctrines
             .
          
           What
           greater
           Apology
           could
           be
           made
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           so
           much
           defam'd
           :
           seeing
           these
           are
           the
           onely
           
             shameful
             Causes
             ,
             for
             which
             we
             dissented
             from
             Rome
             ?
          
        
         
           But
           I
           leave
           him
           to
           be
           corrected
           by
           the
           Pope's
           Sentence
           
           for
           these
           Heresies
           :
           which
           perhaps
           the
           Holy
           Father
           has
           reason
           to
           think
           ,
           do
           more
           shake
           the
           Holy
           Chair
           ,
           then
           the
           five
           points
           of
           Iansenius
           that
           he
           condemn'd
           :
           which
           Monsieur
           de
           Sorbiere
           says
           ,
           
           
             did
             raise
             a
             dispute
             about
             a
             matter
             of
             Nothing
             .
          
        
         
           From
           our
           Religion
           ,
           Let
           us
           follow
           him
           of
           our
           Government
           .
           And
           here
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           was
           at
           first
           a
           little
           at
           a
           stand
           how
           to
           deal
           with
           him
           .
           But
           I
           have
           heard
           of
           the
           Magnanimous
           resolution
           of
           the
           
           late
           Duke
           of
           Buckingham
           ,
           who
           would
           never
           permit
           any
           Apology
           to
           be
           written
           for
           him
           .
           And
           I
           consider
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           almost
           as
           great
           an
           arrogance
           for
           one
           obscure
           Writer
           ,
           to
           undertake
           to
           defend
           the
           Actions
           of
           Great
           Princes
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           for
           another
           to
           defame
           them
           .
           I
           will
           not
           therefore
           inlarge
           my
           Speech
           in
           the
           praises
           of
           the
           present
           happiness
           of
           England
           ,
           or
           in
           paying
           all
           the
           acknowledgements
           ,
           which
           are
           due
           to
           our
           Sovereign
           ,
           for
           the
           blessings
           of
           His
           Reign
           .
           That
           is
           
           a
           Subject
           ficter
           for
           a
           more
           elaborate
           Volum
           ,
           then
           a
           single
           Letter
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           far
           more
           elegant
           Pen
           then
           mine
           .
           I
           will
           onely
           here
           shew
           the
           Vanity
           of
           our
           Historiographers
           groundless
           suggestions
           .
           And
           as
           an
           Introduction
           to
           what
           he
           says
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Political
           condition
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           I
           will
           first
           observe
           how
           he
           deals
           with
           some
           others
           of
           the
           cheif
           
             Crown'd
             Heads
          
           in
           Europe
           .
           You
           will
           perhaps
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           be
           very
           hardly
           induc'd
           to
           beleive
           ,
           that
           he
           can
           be
           guilty
           
           of
           disrespect
           to
           Monarchy
           ,
           or
           
             Sovereign
             Princes
          
           ,
           when
           you
           behold
           him
           so
           Panegyrically
           given
           towards
           that
           Government
           ,
           as
           to
           take
           the
           pains
           ,
           to
           go
           five
           or
           six
           thousand
           miles
           ,
           to
           find
           out
           a
           Race
           of
           Kings
           to
           commend
           .
           For
           he
           here
           speaks
           very
           zealously
           
             in
             praise
             of
             the
             most
             vertuous
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             most
             religious
             Kings
             of
             China
             .
          
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           applaud
           in
           him
           ;
           and
           to
           shew
           how
           much
           this
           one
           testimony
           of
           his
           good
           manners
           has
           wrought
           with
           me
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           be
           harsh
           upon
           
           him
           in
           this
           place
           .
           I
           will
           not
           call
           in
           question
           the
           credit
           of
           his
           Intelligence
           from
           the
           farthest
           East
           ,
           which
           you
           see
           is
           so
           false
           ,
           about
           a
           Country
           ,
           that
           lies
           only
           
             seven
             Leagues
             distant
          
           from
           his
           own
           .
           Nay
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           so
           much
           as
           inquire
           whether
           ever
           he
           met
           with
           any
           
             Chinese
             Madam
             Fiennes
             to
             give
             him
             this
             Information
             .
          
           
           I
           will
           graunt
           ,
           that
           the
           Kings
           of
           China
           have
           been
           
             great
             Menders
             of
             Bridges
          
           ,
           and
           
             Planters
             of
             Orchards
          
           .
           But
           I
           will
           only
           now
           softly
           put
           him
           in
           
           mind
           ,
           that
           while
           his
           Pen
           did
           overflow
           with
           sweet
           words
           ,
           upon
           the
           Kings
           of
           China
           ,
           he
           has
           handled
           the
           Kings
           of
           Sweden
           and
           Denmark
           more
           cruelly
           ,
           then
           Dionysius
           the
           Tyrant
           would
           have
           done
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           a
           King
           ,
           much
           less
           when
           he
           was
           a
           Schole-Master
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           two
           last
           Kings
           of
           Sweden
           he
           affirms
           ,
           that
           
             their
             Glory
             is
             almost
             wholy
             vanish'd
             :
          
           
           
             and
             that
             all
             moderate
             men
             must
             needs
             read
             the
             Desolations
             ,
             which
             they
             caus'd
             with
             Horror
             .
          
           You
           see
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           what
           an
           excellent
           
           occasion
           he
           has
           here
           given
           me
           of
           Triumphing
           over
           him
           .
           You
           know
           very
           well
           ,
           how
           many
           great
           ,
           and
           irresistable
           arguments
           ,
           this
           matter
           might
           suggest
           to
           me
           :
           what
           might
           not
           be
           said
           of
           that
           
             Victorious
             Nation
          
           ?
           how
           copious
           might
           I
           be
           in
           extolling
           the
           indefatigable
           Industry
           ,
           the
           Conduct
           ,
           the
           Good
           Fortune
           ,
           the
           Generosity
           of
           those
           Kings
           ?
           What
           Passions
           might
           here
           be
           rais'd
           ,
           in
           appealing
           to
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           in
           aggravating
           the
           common
           misery
           of
           
           all
           Great
           Commanders
           of
           Armies
           ,
           if
           it
           shall
           be
           permitted
           to
           every
           small
           Pamphleteer
           to
           invade
           their
           Lives
           ,
           and
           to
           arraign
           their
           Ashes
           ,
           when
           he
           pleases
           ?
           But
           there
           is
           no
           need
           of
           going
           so
           powerfully
           to
           work
           ,
           or
           of
           imploying
           against
           him
           any
           of
           the
           Lofty
           ,
           and
           Tragical
           Forces
           of
           Eloquence
           .
           It
           will
           suffice
           ,
           if
           I
           recall
           to
           his
           Memory
           ,
           the
           Title
           in
           which
           he
           boasts
           so
           much
           .
           I
           will
           only
           ask
           him
           ,
           how
           the
           Historiographer
           of
           France
           can
           assert
           the
           Wars
           of
           
             Gustavus
             
             Adolphus
          
           to
           have
           been
           horrible
           Divastations
           ,
           without
           casting
           some
           share
           of
           the
           Dishonor
           on
           the
           Crown
           of
           France
           it self
           ?
           For
           (
           if
           we
           will
           believe
           all
           the
           French
           Writers
           of
           that
           time
           )
           there
           was
           a
           strict
           Confederacy
           ,
           and
           a
           real
           Union
           of
           Interests
           ,
           between
           those
           Two
           
             mighty
             Monarchs
          
           .
           I
           give
           him
           leave
           to
           use
           the
           Fame
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           Sweden
           as
           he
           pleases
           .
           Let
           them
           in
           his
           account
           pass
           for
           Theives
           ,
           and
           Oppressors
           .
           They
           deserve
           so
           to
           be
           us'd
           :
           for
           they
           were
           mortal
           
           Enemies
           to
           that
           belov'd
           Country
           ,
           with
           whose
           Mu●ick
           ,
           and
           Latin
           ,
           and
           Dancing
           ,
           he
           was
           before
           so
           much
           ravish'd
           .
           I
           only
           bid
           him
           look
           back
           on
           the
           relation
           ,
           which
           Lewis
           the
           Iust
           had
           to
           Lewis
           the
           Fourteenth
           ,
           and
           then
           let
           him
           try
           to
           vindicate
           himself
           for
           overturning
           the
           Trophies
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           Book
           ,
           wherein
           he
           declares
           ,
           that
           
             He
             travell'd
             abroad
             in
             a
             Waggon
             ,
          
           to
           spread
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           Son.
           
        
         
           But
           the
           Fame
           of
           those
           
             dead
             Princes
          
           is
           plac'd
           above
           
           the
           reach
           of
           his
           Envy
           :
           let
           us
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           consider
           how
           he
           behaves
           himself
           towards
           the
           living
           .
           What
           a
           long
           Story
           (
           or
           rather
           ,
           as
           he
           himself
           stiles
           it
           ,
           Romance
           )
           has
           he
           here
           made
           ,
           of
           the
           life
           of
           Vlefelt
           the
           
             Dane
             ,
             on
             which
             he
             builds
             the
             justification
             of
             his
             Crimes
             ,
             and
             condemns
             the
             King
             of
             Denmark's
             Iustice
             ?
          
           And
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           he
           acknowledges
           ,
           that
           
             He
             took
             the
             whole
             Relation
             ,
             only
             from
             the
             Mouth
             of
             Vlefelt's
             own
             Wife
             .
          
           After
           this
           ,
           have
           the
           Kings
           of
           China
           any
           great
           reason
           to
           be
           
           proud
           of
           this
           Mans
           good
           will
           ?
           when
           he
           has
           here
           express'd
           no
           more
           Judgment
           ,
           nor
           Integrity
           ,
           then
           from
           the
           single
           and
           partial
           Information
           of
           a
           Woman
           ,
           to
           acquit
           a
           man
           that
           had
           been
           hang'd
           
             in
             Effigie
          
           in
           Denmark
           ,
           and
           has
           been
           since
           kill'd
           as
           he
           was
           pursued
           for
           High
           Treason
           ?
        
         
           Upon
           the
           sight
           of
           all
           this
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           may
           well
           return
           securely
           Home
           ,
           to
           examine
           his
           opinion
           of
           the
           Imperfections
           of
           our
           State.
           And
           here
           I
           must
           not
           forget
           to
           
           acquaint
           you
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           not
           all
           over
           Satyrical
           ;
           But
           in
           several
           places
           he
           sprinkles
           some
           few
           kind
           words
           to
           our
           advantage
           .
           Yet
           his
           Commendations
           are
           so
           directly
           contrary
           to
           his
           reproaches
           ;
           that
           instead
           of
           reconciling
           me
           to
           him
           ,
           they
           rather
           supply
           me
           with
           new
           arguments
           against
           him
           .
           And
           who
           can
           desire
           an
           easier
           Adversary
           to
           deal
           with
           ,
           then
           such
           a
           one
           ,
           who
           ,
           when
           he
           speaks
           against
           us
           ,
           opposes
           evident
           Truth
           ,
           when
           he
           speaks
           for
           us
           ,
           contradicts
           himfelf
           ?
        
         
         
           This
           Inconsistence
           of
           his
           own
           mind
           with
           it self
           ,
           is
           apparent
           in
           this
           Political
           part
           of
           his
           Relation
           ,
           which
           now
           comes
           under
           my
           Censure
           :
           He
           confesses
           ,
           
             Our
             King
             to
             be
             one
             of
             the
             best
             Princes
             in
             the
             World
             :
          
           
           He
           declares
           ,
           that
           
             His
             Majesty
             us'd
             him
             with
             all
             imaginable
             sweetness
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             the
             Charms
             of
             His
             Discourse
             ,
             he
             sent
             him
             away
             as
             well
             pleas●d
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             loaded
             him
             with
             his
             Presents
             .
          
           
           I
           intreat
           you
           now
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           to
           recollect
           ,
           how
           this
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           follows
           hangs
           together
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           He
           suggests
           ,
           
           
             that
             perhaps
             there
             was
             not
             so
             much
             pretence
             for
             the
             people
             to
             rebel
             in
             the
             late
             Kings
             time
             ,
             as
             there
             is
             at
             this
             present
             .
          
           In
           the
           reply
           which
           I
           shall
           make
           to
           this
           Passage
           ,
           I
           cannot
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           confine
           my self
           to
           the
           bare
           limits
           of
           a
           satisfactory
           Answer
           :
           but
           I
           must
           permit
           my
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           our
           Country
           ,
           to
           break
           forth
           into
           Expressions
           of
           Joy
           ,
           and
           Gratitude
           .
           It
           is
           fit
           that
           all
           the
           World
           should
           know
           ,
           that
           as
           our
           King
           was
           restor'd
           with
           the
           most
           miraculous
           
           submission
           of
           minds
           ,
           and
           interests
           ,
           that
           ever
           any
           History
           can
           shew
           :
           as
           he
           was
           establish'd
           on
           the
           Throne
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           ,
           while
           there
           were
           two
           mighty
           Armies
           on
           Foot
           ,
           that
           had
           fought
           against
           him
           and
           his
           Father
           :
           so
           there
           can
           be
           no
           difficulty
           in
           continuing
           this
           quiet
           ,
           now
           he
           has
           all
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Nation
           in
           his
           hands
           ,
           and
           now
           his
           Enemies
           are
           scattered
           ,
           and
           disarm'd
           (
           if
           yet
           he
           can
           be
           thought
           to
           have
           any
           real
           Enemies
           ,
           after
           so
           many
           Heroick
           Testimonies
           of
           
           his
           Mercy
           )
           The
           condition
           of
           all
           his
           affairs
           abroad
           is
           in
           such
           a
           posture
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           Neighbors
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           as
           far
           from
           being
           lyable
           to
           receive
           Injuries
           unreveng'd
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           averse
           in
           his
           own
           disposition
           from
           doing
           wrongs
           unprovok'd
           .
           And
           the
           small
           dissentions
           that
           still
           remain
           on
           some
           of
           his
           Subjects
           minds
           at
           home
           ,
           are
           so
           far
           from
           hazarding
           the
           safety
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           rather
           make
           for
           the
           Honor
           of
           his
           Reign
           .
           For
           by
           his
           renew'd
           and
           generous
           indeavors
           towards
           
           the
           composing
           of
           these
           differences
           ,
           there
           will
           arise
           for
           him
           a
           continued
           succession
           of
           Peaceful
           Triumphs
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           occasions
           had
           been
           wanting
           to
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           found
           us
           all
           of
           one
           mind
           .
           And
           many
           such
           Victories
           as
           these
           ,
           we
           may
           justly
           presage
           to
           our
           Sovereigns
           future
           Government
           .
           The
           Forces
           which
           he
           employs
           against
           those
           few
           that
           are
           still
           contumacious
           ,
           which
           are
           those
           of
           Affability
           ,
           and
           Forgiveness
           ,
           are
           impossible
           to
           be
           resisted
           .
           
           Who
           ever
           contends
           with
           his
           Adversaries
           with
           those
           weapons
           ,
           he
           has
           not
           only
           his
           own
           Virtues
           ,
           but
           theirs
           on
           his
           side
           .
           And
           as
           these
           are
           the
           surest
           Conquests
           ,
           so
           they
           are
           of
           the
           greatest
           renown
           .
           In
           the
           Triumphs
           of
           Warr
           ,
           his
           Souldiers
           ,
           his
           Commanders
           ,
           and
           even
           Fortune
           it self
           ,
           would
           come
           in
           for
           a
           share
           in
           the
           Fame
           :
           But
           those
           which
           are
           obtain'd
           by
           pity
           ,
           and
           by
           pardoning
           ,
           have
           no
           Partners
           in
           the
           honor
           ,
           but
           are
           wholy
           to
           be
           attributed
           to
           the
           King
           himself
           .
        
         
         
           But
           for
           a
           proof
           of
           our
           calm
           and
           well-secur'd
           condition
           ,
           I
           appeal
           from
           this
           Triflers
           Conjectures
           ,
           to
           the
           Parliament
           it self
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           true
           Representative
           of
           the
           Affections
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           .
           If
           he
           would
           have
           been
           willing
           to
           refer
           the
           matter
           to
           their
           decision
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           found
           all
           things
           so
           free
           from
           any
           likelyhood
           of
           new
           disturbances
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           been
           still
           as
           inclin'd
           to
           be
           severe
           against
           the
           Kings
           ill-willers
           ,
           as
           he
           himself
           has
           been
           to
           be
           
           gentle
           :
           and
           so
           sollicitous
           to
           guard
           his
           
             Royal
             Person
          
           ,
           with
           their
           lives
           and
           fortunes
           ,
           as
           he
           has
           been
           carefull
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           need
           no
           other
           defence
           ,
           but
           his
           own
           goodness
           .
        
         
           Yet
           since
           he
           is
           resolv'd
           not
           to
           stand
           to
           the
           determination
           of
           that
           
             great
             Assembly
          
           ,
           which
           he
           modestly
           terms
           
             an
             extravagant
             Body
          
           ,
           
           let
           us
           see
           what
           reports
           he
           has
           pick●d
           up
           amongst
           the
           malcontents
           of
           the
           Vulgar
           :
           He
           says
           ,
           that
           
             they
             every
             where
             complain
             of
             the
             neglect
             of
             the
             
             interest
             of
             Trade
             ,
             of
             the
             mis-spending
             of
             the
             Treasure
             ,
             of
             the
             oppressions
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             decrease
             of
             our
             glory
             at
             Sea.
             
          
        
         
           All
           this
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           he
           professes
           
             to
             take
             from
             the
             murmurs
             of
             the
             multitude
             .
          
           
           And
           if
           they
           are
           guilty
           of
           such
           discourses
           ,
           more
           then
           the
           Communalty
           of
           other
           Countries
           ,
           they
           justly
           deserve
           the
           Titles
           that
           he
           gives
           them
           ,
           of
           
             a
             suspicious
             ,
             a
             sullen
             ,
             an
             insolent
             ,
             and
             an
             envious
             Generation
             .
          
           But
           then
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           if
           the
           mean
           and
           ignorant
           people
           ought
           
           so
           much
           to
           be
           condemn'd
           for
           upbraiding
           their
           Governors
           ,
           though
           they
           only
           do
           it
           in
           private
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           heated
           with
           drink
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           protection
           of
           
             a
             cloud
             of
             Tobacco
             smoak
          
           :
           
           what
           punishment
           does
           that
           Historian
           deserve
           ,
           who
           thought
           good
           to
           collect
           their
           discontents
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           himself
           worse
           then
           the
           Authors
           of
           them
           ,
           by
           being
           the
           first
           that
           reports
           them
           in
           this
           publick
           way
           ?
           What
           credit
           could
           he
           expect
           to
           get
           ,
           by
           repeating
           these
           low
           
           scandalls
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           dishonourable
           for
           him
           only
           to
           confess
           ,
           that
           he
           came
           into
           such
           places
           ,
           and
           companies
           ,
           where
           he
           might
           over-hear
           them
           ?
           This
           Reprehension
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           he
           ought
           to
           have
           undergone
           ,
           if
           all
           this
           that
           he
           relates
           had
           been
           true
           :
           But
           if
           we
           take
           it
           in
           pieces
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           ●e
           libells
           the
           very
           Suburbs
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           ink
           is
           black
           enough
           to
           represent
           the
           worst
           slanders
           of
           the
           Rabble
           ,
           in
           darker
           colours
           then
           their
           own
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           repinings
           
           which
           he
           heard
           
             concerning
             the
             diminution
             of
             Trade
          
           :
           You
           know
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           publique
           ,
           and
           the
           cheerfull
           voice
           of
           all
           Englishmen
           ,
           that
           are
           ingag'd
           in
           Traffick
           ,
           that
           there
           have
           been
           farr
           more
           incouragements
           for
           Merchants
           ,
           and
           more
           vigorous
           attempts
           for
           the
           advancement
           of
           Commerce
           ,
           within
           these
           four
           years
           and
           half
           ,
           then
           in
           many
           ages
           before
           .
           I
           might
           for
           a
           proof
           of
           this
           allege
           the
           
             Royal
             Council
          
           ,
           that
           is
           particularly
           set
           up
           for
           that
           purpose
           .
           I
           might
           instance
           
           in
           the
           increase
           of
           the
           Customes
           ,
           which
           from
           thirty
           or
           forty
           thousand
           pounds
           in
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth's
           Reign
           ,
           do
           now
           amount
           to
           almost
           four
           hundred
           thousand
           a
           year
           .
           I
           might
           urge
           all
           the
           Proclamations
           for
           the
           prohibiting
           of
           foreign
           Manufactures
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           improvement
           of
           our
           own
           :
           I
           might
           reckon
           up
           the
           many
           new
           
             Statutes
             for
             the
             repairing
             of
             Havens
             ,
             the
             mending
             of
             High-waies
             ,
             and
             the
             cutting
             of
             Rivers
             :
          
           But
           it
           is
           enough
           only
           
           to
           mention
           the
           Institution
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Fishing
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Royal
             Company
          
           :
           In
           both
           which
           our
           King
           has
           prosperously
           begun
           a
           Designe
           ,
           which
           will
           infallibly
           make
           the
           English
           the
           Masters
           of
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           the
           bringing
           in
           of
           our
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           Nobility
           ,
           to
           contribute
           towards
           it
           .
           When
           this
           shall
           be
           brought
           about
           ,
           not
           all
           the
           little
           Crafts
           of
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           
           (
           which
           he
           
             magnifies
             so
             much
          
           )
           will
           serve
           their
           turn
           :
           But
           the
           English
           will
           outgo
           
           them
           in
           Industry
           ,
           and
           Stock
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           they
           do
           already
           in
           Shoars
           ,
           in
           Ports
           ,
           in
           Ships
           ,
           in
           Valour
           ,
           in
           Vertue
           .
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           we
           shall
           undoubtedly
           live
           to
           see
           accomplish'd
           ,
           ●eeing
           the
           Gentlemen
           of
           England
           have
           so
           great
           an
           Example
           before
           them
           ;
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           who
           does
           not
           only
           make
           the
           Arts
           of
           Commerce
           and
           Navigation
           his
           business
           ,
           and
           his
           interest
           ,
           but
           his
           very
           delight
           and
           recreation
           .
        
         
           What
           he
           says
           of
           
             our
             Treasure
          
           ,
           is
           most
           impudently
           
           objected
           against
           that
           Prince
           ,
           who
           has
           retrench'd
           himself
           in
           those
           expences
           which
           his
           Predecessors
           maintain'd
           ,
           when
           the
           Revenue
           of
           the
           Crown
           was
           farr
           less
           .
           And
           he
           chose
           a
           very
           unseasonable
           time
           ,
           
           to
           
             proclaim
             ,
             that
             the
             Blood-suckers
             of
             the
             Court
             devour
             the
             people
             ,
          
           when
           those
           Blood-suckers
           have
           parted
           with
           their
           very
           Food
           ,
           and
           the
           antient
           Dues
           of
           their
           Offices
           ,
           to
           lessen
           the
           charge
           of
           the
           Publique
           .
           But
           his
           loudest
           outcrie
           concerns
           
             the
             loss
             
             of
             our
             Dominion
             at
             Sea.
          
           
           And
           here
           
             he
             most
             invidiously
             compares
             the
             times
             of
             the
             Rump
             ,
             with
             our
             present
             Naval
             Power
             .
          
           First
           of
           all
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           understood
           ,
           that
           the
           Fleets
           which
           were
           then
           set
           forth
           against
           the
           Dutch
           did
           mainly
           consist
           of
           the
           late
           Kings
           Ships
           ;
           and
           also
           that
           the
           whole
           Estates
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           most
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           indeed
           well
           nigh
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           were
           then
           at
           the
           Vsurpers
           disposal
           .
           From
           hence
           he
           might
           have
           concluded
           ,
           
           that
           even
           the
           Glory
           of
           their
           Victories
           is
           not
           so
           much
           to
           be
           given
           to
           the
           Riches
           and
           Interest
           of
           
             Scott
             ,
             Hasilrig
          
           ,
           or
           Vane
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Treasures
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Royal
             Party
          
           .
           But
           besides
           this
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           What
           will
           he
           be
           able
           to
           answer
           me
           ,
           when
           I
           shall
           tell
           him
           ,
           that
           our
           King
           has
           made
           our
           Sea-provisions
           far
           stronger
           then
           ever
           they
           were
           in
           any
           Age
           or
           Countrey
           before
           ;
           and
           that
           too
           only
           by
           the
           help
           of
           a
           Revenue
           bounded
           by
           Law
           ,
           and
           limited
           to
           the
           
           strict
           Rules
           of
           Justice
           ?
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           ,
           he
           might
           speedily
           have
           been
           convinc't
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           visited
           any
           one
           of
           our
           
             Royal
             Stores
          
           ,
           instead
           of
           describing
           
             Smithfield
             ,
             Bedford
             Garden
          
           ,
           the
           
             Conduits
             of
             London
             ,
             Morefields
             ,
             Hatfield
             Fishponds
             ,
          
           and
           
             St
             Catharines
             College
          
           in
           Oxford
           .
           Never
           was
           there
           a
           greater
           abundance
           of
           Materialls
           in
           readiness
           !
           Never
           more
           skillfull
           Builders
           !
           Never
           more
           formidable
           Preparations
           !
           Never
           more
           expert
           Seamen
           !
           Never
           
           more
           valiant
           Commanders
           !
           and
           ,
           in
           one
           word
           to
           perfect
           all
           ,
           never
           a
           
             Braver
             Admiral
          
           !
           An
           Admiral
           of
           whose
           undaunted
           courage
           ,
           unwearied
           diligence
           ,
           and
           fortunate
           Conduct
           ,
           all
           the
           Nations
           round
           about
           us
           have
           beheld
           so
           many
           unquestionable
           proofs
           ,
           even
           from
           the
           very
           first
           years
           of
           his
           youth
           .
           And
           if
           I
           thought
           that
           all
           the
           men
           of
           Honor
           ,
           wherewith
           France
           now
           abounds
           ,
           were
           not
           yet
           satisfied
           how
           little
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           deserves
           to
           be
           
             Historiographer
             
             Royal
          
           ,
           I
           would
           desire
           no
           other
           instance
           to
           prove
           it
           ,
           then
           only
           this
           ;
           that
           when
           he
           declares
           he
           came
           into
           England
           ,
           to
           
             content
             his
             curiosity
          
           ,
           to
           
             see
             all
             the
             rare
             things
             ,
             and
             men
             amongst
             us
             ,
          
           
           yet
           he
           scarce
           mentions
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           admit
           that
           hitherto
           he
           has
           only
           recited
           the
           extravagancies
           of
           the
           Rabble
           ;
           let
           us
           now
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           come
           to
           that
           place
           ,
           wherein
           he
           has
           chiefly
           exercised
           the
           profoundness
           of
           his
           skill
           ,
           
             his
             own
             speculations
          
           ,
           on
           the
           
           
             defects
             of
             our
             Monarchy
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Factions
             of
             our
             Court.
          
           And
           that
           you
           may
           know
           how
           conversant
           he
           has
           been
           in
           all
           intrigues
           of
           State
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           those
           of
           the
           Muses
           ,
           I
           will
           give
           you
           his
           positive
           determination
           of
           one
           of
           the
           gravest
           points
           of
           Policy
           that
           ever
           was
           debated
           at
           a
           Council
           Table
           ;
           and
           it
           shall
           be
           in
           his
           own
           words
           ,
           to
           his
           intimate
           Friend
           Monsieur
           de
           Vaubrun
           .
           
           To
           you
           Monsieur
           de
           Vaubrun
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             being
             my
             Bosome
             Friend
             ,
             a
             man
             that
             esteems
             me
             much
             ,
             and
             one
             
             whom
             I
             honour
             infinitely
             ,
             being
             also
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             that
             loves
             justice
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             fighting
             ;
             I
             will
             reveal
             the
             bottom
             of
             my
             heart
             ,
             and
             tell
             you
             the
             most
             secret
             of
             all
             my
             thoughts
             .
          
           What
           weighty
           matter
           does
           he
           introduce
           with
           this
           solemne
           Preface
           ?
           He
           complains
           that
           
             the
             learned
             men
             of
             the
             English
             are
             not
             enough
             communicative
             .
          
           
           Certainly
           we
           shall
           find
           him
           of
           a
           better
           temper
           :
           No
           doubt
           he
           will
           now
           unfold
           some
           new
           Principle
           of
           Policy
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           
             Laws
             of
             Humane
             Society
          
           ,
           
           which
           he
           has
           discover'd
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           yet
           ripe
           for
           the
           publique
           ,
           and
           only
           fit
           to
           be
           committed
           to
           the
           trust
           of
           a
           particular
           confident
           .
           It
           proves
           so
           indeed
           !
           The
           Oracle
           which
           he
           immediately
           pronounces
           ,
           is
           this
           :
           
           
             That
             Man
             was
             not
             made
             by
             Nature
             to
             fight
             with
             Man
             ,
             but
             rather
             to
             injoy
             the
             Benefits
             of
             peace
             :
             that
             God
             has
             not
             given
             us
             horns
             ,
             hoofs
             ,
             or
             claws
          
           ;
           but
           
             
               Os
               homini
               sublime
               dedit
               .
            
          
        
         
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           all
           the
           mighty
           Mystery
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           discharges
           his
           breast
           with
           
           so
           much
           Ceremony
           .
           And
           in
           which
           is
           he
           now
           more
           ridiculous
           ,
           his
           History
           ,
           or
           his
           Policy
           ?
           His
           History
           ,
           in
           speaking
           so
           many
           false
           reproaches
           aloud
           ;
           his
           Policy
           ,
           in
           whispering
           such
           trifles
           with
           so
           much
           caution
           .
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           let
           us
           allow
           him
           the
           reputation
           of
           this
           new
           invention
           intire
           .
           Though
           he
           did
           not
           think
           fit
           to
           name
           the
           
             famous
             Author
          
           of
           the
           
             Lunar
             Globe
             ,
             which
             he
             saw
             in
             the
             Kings
             Closet
          
           :
           Yet
           I
           intend
           to
           be
           juster
           to
           him
           :
           And
           I
           will
           propose
           
           this
           Epitaph
           to
           be
           grav'd
           on
           his
           Tomb
           ;
           
             Hic
             jacet
             primus
             Author
             hujus
             sententiae
             ,
             Pax
             Bello
             Potior
             .
          
        
         
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           one
           tryal
           of
           his
           Contemplative
           ,
           you
           shall
           have
           more
           of
           his
           
             Practical
             Politicks
          
           .
           He
           has
           ventur'd
           to
           declare
           the
           
             Queen
             Mothers
          
           thoughts
           ,
           
           about
           her
           most
           private
           ,
           and
           Domestick
           concernments
           ;
           which
           were
           so
           near
           to
           her
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           impossible
           for
           a
           thousand
           
             Madame
             Fiennes
          
           ,
           to
           have
           given
           him
           any
           instruction
           about
           them
           .
           And
           in
           this
           
           he
           had
           no
           reverence
           for
           the
           greatest
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           vertuous
           Princess
           of
           this
           Age
           ,
           for
           the
           Mother
           of
           our
           King
           ,
           nor
           for
           the
           Daughter
           of
           Henry
           the
           Great
           .
           He
           has
           made
           a
           disadvantageous
           Character
           on
           my
           
             Lord
             St.
             Albans
          
           to
           the
           French
           Nation
           ,
           
           where
           he
           was
           before
           so
           well
           known
           ,
           and
           where
           he
           liv'd
           long
           in
           so
           much
           honour
           .
           He
           has
           presum'd
           on
           the
           King
           himself
           :
           he
           sawcily
           conjectures
           at
           the
           reasons
           of
           the
           choice
           of
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           
           as
           if
           he
           had
           
           been
           admitted
           into
           his
           Royal
           Breast
           as
           well
           as
           his
           Cabinet
           .
           He
           says
           ,
           
           that
           His
           
             Majesty
             is
             forc'd
             to
             be
             familiar
             with
             his
             Nobility
             ,
             and
             Gentry
             ,
             to
             keep
             their
             esteem
             and
             good
             will
             :
          
           and
           so
           he
           endeavours
           to
           bring
           down
           those
           Vertues
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           himself
           receiv'd
           so
           many
           proofs
           ,
           to
           be
           only
           works
           of
           necessity
           .
           But
           seeing
           he
           confesses
           this
           generous
           affability
           to
           be
           able
           to
           hinder
           the
           Kings
           Subjects
           from
           rebellion
           ,
           methinks
           it
           might
           have
           prevail'd
           on
           a
           mean
           stranger
           ,
           
           to
           ●pare
           the
           Reputation
           of
           his
           Kingdomes
           .
           He
           insinuates
           ,
           
           that
           
             the
             true
             Sovereign
             Power
             amongst
             us
             resides
             in
             the
             People
             .
          
           Which
           is
           a
           Doctrine
           that
           was
           scarce
           ever
           heard
           of
           in
           England
           till
           the
           year
           
             Forty
             eight
          
           ,
           and
           vanish'd
           in
           Sixty
           .
           He
           affirms
           ,
           
           that
           
             there
             is
             a
             mixture
             of
             all
             sorts
             of
             Government
             in
             the
             composition
             of
             our
             State
             ,
          
           notwithstanding
           that
           we
           have
           so
           many
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           that
           devolve
           the
           whole
           power
           on
           the
           Crown
           .
           His
           long
           discourse
           
             of
             the
             
             Privileges
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             the
             degrees
             of
             their
             increase
             ,
          
           is
           nothing
           ,
           but
           a
           wild
           Whimsy
           of
           his
           owne
           Brain
           .
           There
           is
           no
           mention
           in
           any
           
             English
             Historian
          
           ,
           that
           
             Edward
             the
             first
          
           ,
           
           
             was
             the
             King
             that
             first
             call●d
             Knights
             ,
             and
             Burgesses
             ,
             to
             sit
             in
             Parliament
             :
          
           or
           that
           
             when
             they
             were
             so
             conven'd
             ,
             he
             only
             us'd
             their
             Counsel
             ,
             and
             rejected
             those
             of
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             .
          
           And
           yet
           upon
           these
           imaginary
           faults
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           supposes
           Edward
           the
           first
           Guilty
           ,
           he
           here
           
             takes
             him
             into
             
             his
             discipline
             ,
          
           
           
             reads
             to
             him
             a
             tedious
             Lecture
             of
             the
             Arts
             of
             Government
             ,
          
           and
           treats
           the
           Wisest
           and
           most
           Victorious
           Prince
           of
           Christendom
           in
           that
           time
           ,
           as
           imperiously
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           a
           Cadet
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Suze
           .
           But
           I
           am
           weary
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           of
           taking
           notice
           of
           such
           errors
           ,
           which
           are
           only
           mistakes
           in
           History
           or
           Chronology
           .
           At
           least
           I
           need
           not
           go
           three
           hundred
           years
           back
           for
           them
           ,
           seeing
           he
           is
           so
           much
           besides
           the
           Truth
           ,
           in
           his
           account
           of
           the
           most
           Renown'd
           action
           in
           this
           
           Age
           :
           the
           
             Kings
             Return
             :
             Which
             he
             wholly
             attributes
             to
             the
             Presbyterians
             .
          
           
           All
           the
           circumstances
           of
           that
           glorious
           Restauration
           are
           still
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           fresh
           in
           our
           memories
           :
           the
           very
           noy●e
           of
           those
           Triumphs
           ,
           which
           fill'd
           the
           whole
           World
           with
           admiration
           ,
           seems
           to
           be
           yet
           ●carce
           out
           of
           our
           Ears
           .
           And
           shall
           we
           suffer
           him
           to
           fix
           all
           the
           honour
           of
           that
           Immortal
           Work
           on
           a
           private
           Sect
           ?
           Whereas
           it
           was
           accompli●h'd
           by
           the
           immediate
           favour
           of
           divine
           Providence
           ,
           by
           the
           
           Wisedom
           of
           a
           
             Victorious
             General
          
           ,
           by
           the
           perpetual
           and
           immoveable
           Fidelity
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Party
          
           ,
           by
           the
           Hands
           ,
           the
           Wishes
           ,
           the
           Tongues
           ,
           and
           the
           united
           Desires
           of
           
             three
             Kingdoms
          
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           the
           Presbyterians
           went
           along
           with
           the
           mighty
           Torrent
           ;
           But
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           this
           happy
           Violence
           is
           not
           therefore
           to
           be
           attributed
           to
           them
           .
           You
           see
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           am
           unawares
           fallen
           into
           a
           Metaphor
           ,
           which
           does
           best
           resemble
           that
           Enterprize
           .
           It
           was
           in
           that
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           sudden
           
           Land-Flood
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           it
           comes
           down
           ,
           carries
           with
           it
           Trees
           ,
           and
           Stones
           ,
           and
           Houses
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           it
           meets
           in
           the
           way
           .
           And
           even
           all
           these
           which
           lay
           before
           quiet
           ,
           nay
           which
           resisted
           the
           first
           Waters
           while
           they
           were
           weak
           ,
           do
           add
           to
           the
           impetuosity
           of
           the
           Current
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           going
           .
           But
           we
           must
           not
           therefore
           say
           that
           the
           Flood
           it self
           took
           its
           rise
           from
           thence
           :
           seeing
           it
           was
           ,
           in
           truth
           ,
           caus'd
           by
           Rain
           coming
           down
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           by
           Streams
           flowing
           in
           
           from
           every
           part
           of
           the
           Country
           .
           This
           allusion
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           think
           does
           represent
           the
           whole
           matter
           to
           your
           mind
           .
           If
           it
           does
           not
           ,
           however
           I
           have
           return'd
           
             Monseeur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           ,
           an
           ill
           Similitude
           for
           one
           of
           his
           ,
           where
           
             he
             compares
             the
             Protestants
             to
             the
             Ottoman
             Empire
          
           :
           
           which
           is
           so
           much
           an
           
             Intrigue
             of
             the
             Muses
          
           ,
           that
           I
           will
           challenge
           all
           the
           Witts
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           France
           ,
           to
           interpret
           it
           .
           But
           if
           the
           Covenanters
           shall
           still
           be
           fond
           of
           this
           praise
           ,
           which
           he
           here
           allows
           them
           ,
           
           let
           them
           remember
           of
           how
           little
           value
           his
           Panegyricks
           are
           ,
           seeing
           
             he
             calls
             Vsefelt
             a
             Heroe
          
           :
           and
           if
           they
           will
           still
           maintain
           that
           they
           restor'd
           the
           King
           ,
           let
           them
           take
           heed
           lest
           some
           mischievous
           Royallist
           should
           tell
           them
           ,
           that
           in
           one
           sence
           they
           did
           indeed
           occasion
           the
           Kings
           Restoration
           .
           But
           in
           the
           same
           that
           
             Quintus
             Maximus
          
           meant
           after
           he
           had
           recover'd
           Tarentum
           :
           who
           gave
           this
           answer
           to
           another
           Roman
           that
           had
           lost
           that
           place
           before
           ,
           and
           yet
           boafted
           
           what
           share
           he
           had
           in
           regaining
           it
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           (
           says
           he
           )
           it
           was
           by
           your
           means
           indeed
           ;
           
             Nam
             nisi
             tu
             perdidisses
             Tarentum
             ,
             ego
             nunquam
             recuperassem
             .
          
        
         
           But
           the
           chief
           Secret
           into
           which
           he
           has
           pierc'd
           ,
           is
           the
           late
           Controversie
           between
           
             my
             Lord
             Chancellor
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Earl
           of
           Bristol
           .
           What
           subtle
           conclusions
           does
           he
           draw
           from
           it
           ?
           what
           prophetical
           visions
           does
           he
           here
           reveal
           ,
           concerning
           the
           terrible
           disturbances
           ,
           that
           shall
           arise
           to
           our
           Government
           ,
           
           many
           ages
           hence
           ,
           from
           an
           accident
           ,
           which
           was
           at
           an
           end
           ,
           before
           he
           got
           back
           to
           Paris
           ?
           What
           a
           formal
           division
           has
           he
           made
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ?
           Homer
           himself
           is
           not
           so
           punctual
           in
           marshalling
           the
           forces
           of
           the
           Greeks
           ,
           and
           the
           Trojans
           :
           nor
           is
           there
           lesse
           fiction
           in
           this
           History
           ,
           then
           in
           his
           Poetry
           .
           
           
             On
             the
             Earl
             of
             Bristols
             quarter
             ,
             he
             places
             the
             discontented
             against
             the
             Court
             ,
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             the
             Presbyterians
             that
             brought
             in
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             ,
             a
             
             great
             ,
             and
             a
             strong
             party
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             which
             he
             says
             is
             the
             true
             Body
             of
             that
             extravagant
             Body
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
           An
           Army
           numerous
           and
           formidable
           .
           
             On
             the
             Lord
             Chancellors
             side
          
           ,
           
           
             he
             ranks
             the
             Royal
             Family
             ,
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             Dea●s
             ,
             and
             Chapters
             ,
             all
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             all
             the
             Rich
             Merchants
             ,
             and
             Burgesses
             ,
             (
             though
             he
             had
             before
             bestow'd
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             ,
             and
             the
             City
             of
             London
             on
             the
             Earl
             of
             Bristol
             .
             )
          
           Thus
           he
           has
           drawn
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           into
           Battalia
           :
           It
           is
           but
           now
           performing
           
           his
           office
           of
           Trumpeter
           ,
           and
           a
           dreadfull
           Battle
           will
           no
           doubt
           ensue
           .
           But
           how
           comes
           it
           to
           pass
           that
           all
           these
           Rumors
           of
           mighty
           warrs
           did
           vanish
           on
           the
           sudden
           ?
           Was
           it
           because
           they
           were
           
             English
             Cowards
          
           ,
           
           and
           dar'd
           not
           fight
           ?
           Alas
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           all
           this
           was
           only
           a
           fine
           story
           of
           incounters
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           whereof
           there
           was
           no
           other
           foundation
           then
           in
           the
           wild
           fancies
           of
           his
           own
           making
           .
           And
           may
           we
           not
           give
           that
           Character
           of
           our
           Historian
           ,
           which
           he
           does
           of
           
           one
           of
           the
           Noble
           Combatants
           ,
           
           
             that
             his
             great
             Wit
             has
             inclin'd
             him
             to
             be
             Romantick
             ?
          
           Is
           not
           this
           the
           true
           trick
           of
           a
           Romancer
           ,
           to
           bring
           in
           many
           Princes
           fighting
           together
           in
           a
           wood
           ,
           without
           giving
           any
           account
           how
           they
           came
           thither
           ?
        
         
           But
           the
           danger
           is
           over
           .
           All
           is
           quiet
           again
           ;
           and
           long
           may
           it
           so
           keep
           .
           For
           to
           speak
           t'yee
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           
             from
             the
             bottome
             of
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbier's
             heart
             ,
             Peace
             is
             better
             then
             Warr.
          
           Well
           then
           .
           
           
             He
             grants
             that
             the
             Victory
             did
             a
             
             little
             incline
             to
             my
             Lord
             Chancellor's
             Party
          
           :
           yet
           he
           has
           shewn
           the
           bravery
           of
           his
           own
           mind
           ,
           by
           defying
           the
           Conquerour
           .
           And
           here
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           confess
           he
           has
           driven
           me
           upon
           one
           of
           the
           tenderest
           points
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           speaking
           concerning
           the
           fame
           of
           a
           great
           Man
           ,
           while
           he
           is
           living
           .
           But
           I
           entreat
           you
           to
           lay
           before
           your
           eyes
           the
           many
           powerfull
           arguments
           ,
           by
           which
           I
           am
           mov'd
           at
           least
           to
           give
           a
           true
           testimony
           ,
           though
           not
           a
           long
           elogie
           ,
           concerning
           him
           .
           
           
             My
             Lord
             Chancellor
          
           is
           a
           man
           through
           whose
           hands
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           all
           the
           publique
           and
           private
           businesses
           of
           our
           Countrey
           do
           pass●
           And
           it
           will
           be
           most
           dishonourable
           for
           us
           ,
           to
           suffer
           his
           name
           to
           be
           revil'd
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           while
           he
           is
           scarce
           at
           leisure
           to
           look
           to
           its
           defence
           himself
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           eternal
           Labors
           for
           the
           publique
           Justice
           and
           Safety
           .
           And
           besides
           this
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           can
           ,
           for
           my
           own
           particular
           ,
           allege
           another
           motive
           of
           nearer
           concernment
           .
           
           For
           I
           am
           to
           consider
           my self
           ,
           as
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Society
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Vniversity
           of
           Oxford
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Earl
             of
             Clarendon
          
           ,
           as
           
             Protector
             of
             one
             them
          
           ,
           and
           Chancellor
           of
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           These
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           are
           some
           of
           his
           true
           Titles
           ,
           however
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           is
           pleas'd
           to
           pass
           them
           over
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           worse
           in
           their
           stead
           .
           First
           of
           all
           ,
           
             he
             says
             that
             he
             is
             a
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
           At
           this
           ridiculous
           scandall
           ,
           I
           assure
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           much
           griev'd
           .
           I
           was
           (
           to
           
           tell
           you
           true
           )
           in
           a
           terrible
           affright
           ,
           when
           I
           read
           what
           he
           reports
           ,
           
           that
           
             almost
             all
             the
             City
             of
             London
             are
             Presbyterians
             .
          
           But
           now
           this
           passage
           has
           compos'd
           my
           mind
           again
           :
           For
           it
           is
           like
           to
           be
           a
           very
           exact
           computation
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           made
           of
           that
           Sect
           ,
           when
           the
           first
           man
           that
           he
           names
           for
           a
           Presbyterian
           ,
           is
           
             my
             Lord
             Chancellor
          
           .
           He
           next
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           
             he
             is
             a
             man
             of
             the
             Law
          
           ;
           a
           shamefull
           disgrace
           :
           the
           
             Lord
             Chancellor
          
           of
           England●
           whose
           Office
           it
           is
           to
           govern
           
           and
           moderate
           the
           Law
           ,
           is
           a
           Lawyer
           .
           As
           if
           I
           should
           endeavour
           to
           lessen
           the
           credit
           of
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Vaubrun
          
           ,
           and
           prove
           him
           unfit
           to
           be
           Governour
           of
           
             Philippe
             Ville
          
           ,
           and
           Colonel
           of
           Light-horse
           ,
           by
           objecting
           that
           he
           is
           a
           Souldier
           ;
           or
           of
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           to
           be
           
             Historiographer
             Royal
          
           ,
           by
           saying
           that
           he
           is
           skill'd
           in
           Historie
           .
           But
           he
           is
           a
           Lawyer
           ,
           and
           Statesman
           at
           once
           .
           Can
           this
           be
           any
           more
           disparagement
           to
           him
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           to
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           Lawyers
           in
           France
           ,
           who
           
           in
           all
           times
           have
           manag'd
           the
           greatest
           Imployments
           of
           that
           State
           ?
           Could
           he
           not
           have
           recollected
           ,
           before
           he
           writ
           this
           ,
           that
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Segnier
          
           ,
           the
           present
           Chancellor
           of
           France
           ,
           is
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           the
           
             Long
             Robe
          
           ?
           You
           see
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           what
           a
           good
           Satyrist
           we
           have
           here
           got
           ,
           who
           would
           undertake
           to
           abuse
           an
           
             English
             Statesman
          
           with
           such
           an
           argument
           ,
           which
           must
           at
           the
           same
           time
           reflect
           as
           much
           upon
           his
           own
           Countreymen
           ,
           his
           chief
           Friends
           ,
           and
           Patrons●
           to
           
           whom
           he
           directs
           his
           Speech
           .
           But
           the
           worst
           is
           still
           behind
           .
           
             My
             Lord
             Chancellor
             is
             utterly
             ignorant
             of
             the
             Belles
             Lettres
             .
          
           
           This
           accusation
           is
           as
           decent
           as
           all
           the
           former
           .
           
             He
             dislikes
             our
             Carriers
             ,
             for
             not
             b●ing
             Courtly
             ;
             our
             Souldiers
             ,
             for
             not
             putting
             off
             their
             Hatts
             well
             ;
             our
             Bishops
             ,
             for
             their
             Gravity
             ;
             and
             our
             States-men
             ,
             for
             not
             being
             Grammarians
             ,
             and
             Criticks
             .
          
           But
           I
           will
           prove
           to
           him
           ,
           by
           his
           own
           confession
           ,
           that
           
             My
             Lord
             Chancellor
          
           deserves
           not
           this
           reprehension
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           is
           a
           man
           
           skillful
           in
           
             all
             Polite
             Learning
             .
             He
             himself
             allows
             him
             to
             be
             a
             great
             Politician
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             a
             very
             Eloquent
             Man.
          
           I
           have
           obtain'd
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           what
           I
           desir'd
           .
           You
           see
           how
           easy
           it
           is
           to
           justify
           the
           Earl
           of
           Clarendon
           ,
           seeing
           the
           very
           man
           ,
           that
           vilifies
           him
           ,
           does
           at
           the
           same
           time
           gainsay
           himself
           ,
           and
           suggest
           to
           me
           his
           prayses
           ,
           without
           my
           interposing
           any
           word
           in
           his
           commendation
           .
           If
           we
           should
           graunt
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           may
           chance
           to
           be
           a
           great
           dealer
           in
           Politicks
           ,
           without
           understanding
           any
           
           thing
           else
           (
           which
           y●t
           nothing
           but
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere●s
          
           own
           example
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           can
           perswade
           us
           to
           be
           possible
           )
           yet
           
             how
             can
             he
             be
             thought
             to
             attain
             to
             a
             perfect
             Eloquence
             without
             any
             skill
             in
             the
             Civil
             Arts
             ?
          
           Where
           now
           is
           
             his
             Polite
             Learning
          
           ?
           whence
           did
           he
           fetch
           this
           Idea
           of
           Eloquence
           ?
           Let
           him
           produce
           his
           Notes
           out
           of
           
             Aristotle
             ,
             Tully
             ,
             Quintilian
             ,
             Seneca
             ,
          
           or
           any
           of
           the
           Rhetoricians
           of
           Antiquity
           ;
           And
           then
           let
           him
           tell
           me
           ,
           whether
           they
           do
           not
           all
           with
           one
           voyce
           
           consent
           ,
           that
           an
           Orator
           must
           of
           necessity
           be
           acquainted
           with
           all
           sorts
           of
           useful
           knowledg
           ?
           But
           because
           he
           is
           so
           free
           in
           his
           reproof
           of
           my
           
             Lord
             Chancellors
             unskillfulness
             in
             the
             Belles
             Lettres
          
           :
           I
           pray
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           what
           signs
           has
           this
           great
           Aristarchus
           himself
           given
           ,
           of
           his
           own
           proficience
           in
           them
           ?
           Where
           do
           we
           find
           in
           him
           any
           footsteps
           of
           the
           True
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Grecian
           or
           Roman
           Wit
           ?
           What
           reason
           have
           we
           to
           envy
           his
           judgment
           in
           the
           
             Classical
             Authors
          
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           
           proof
           that
           he
           has
           given
           in
           this
           Book
           ,
           of
           his
           being
           conversant
           in
           them
           ,
           are
           only
           three
           or
           four
           pedantical
           Quotations
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           chief
           is
           ,
           
             
               Os
               Homini
               sublime
               dedit
               ?
            
          
           Thus
           farr
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           in
           reply
           to
           him
           :
           But
           more
           is
           to
           be
           added
           concerning
           the
           
             Honourable
             Person
          
           ,
           of
           whom
           he
           speaks
           in
           such
           mean
           terms
           .
           My
           
             Lord
             Chancellor
          
           is
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           a
           very
           antient
           Family
           ,
           of
           which
           Mr
           Cambden
           makes
           mention
           in
           his
           Britannia
           .
           
           His
           Education
           and
           first
           years
           were
           spent
           in
           a
           strict
           familiarity
           with
           many
           of
           the
           most
           Famous
           Men
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           that
           Age
           ,
           but
           perhaps
           of
           any
           other
           :
           of
           whom
           (
           to
           pass
           by
           some
           Reverend
           and
           Learned
           Church-men
           that
           are
           living
           )
           it
           is
           enough
           to
           name
           Mr
           Chillingsworth
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           Falkland
           .
           His
           first
           application
           to
           the
           Affairs
           of
           his
           Countrey
           ,
           was
           in
           a
           time
           wherein
           extraordinary
           fidelity
           and
           sufficience
           were
           requir'd
           .
           His
           Services
           to
           the
           late
           
           King
           were
           requited
           by
           the
           committing
           of
           many
           eminent
           Businesses
           to
           his
           management
           ;
           and
           by
           a
           very
           high
           share
           in
           his
           Majesties
           Favour
           ;
           of
           which
           there
           are
           indelible
           proofs
           in
           many
           places
           of
           that
           
             Excellent
             Prince's
             Letters
          
           .
           Under
           him
           he
           was
           Chancellor
           of
           the
           
             Exchequer
             ,
             Privy
             Counsellor
          
           ,
           and
           design'd
           Secretary
           of
           State.
           Since
           that
           time
           h●
           was
           
             Extraordinary
             Embassador
             into
             Spain
          
           ,
           and
           attended
           his
           present
           Master
           in
           his
           Misfortunes
           ,
           which
           was
           undoubtedly
           
           the
           most
           glorious
           Scene
           of
           Honour
           in
           the
           world
           .
           By
           these
           several
           degrees
           of
           Great
           Imployments
           ,
           he
           ascended
           to
           that
           illustrious
           Station
           which
           he
           now
           enjoyes
           .
           And
           as
           for
           the
           Qualifications
           of
           his
           Minde
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           needfull
           to
           adde
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           Votes
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Society
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Vniversity
           of
           Oxford
           ,
           I
           will
           declare
           ,
           that
           of
           all
           the
           men
           of
           great
           worth
           ,
           who
           have
           possess'd
           that
           High
           Office
           ,
           since
           Learning
           and
           the
           Civill
           Arts
           came
           amongst
           us
           ,
           
           there
           was
           never
           any
           man
           that
           has
           so
           much
           resembled
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             More
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           Bacon
           ,
           in
           their
           several
           Excellencies
           ,
           as
           the
           Earl
           of
           Clarendon
           .
        
         
           There
           might
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           much
           more
           be
           answer'd
           against
           all
           his
           false
           Insinuations
           ,
           concerning
           the
           
             Political
             Condition
          
           of
           England
           .
           But
           I
           have
           seen
           a
           Book
           of
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere's
             Discourses
          
           and
           Letters
           ,
           whereof
           many
           were
           written
           to
           the
           late
           
             Cardinal
             Mazarini
          
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           so
           full
           of
           gross
           flatteries
           ,
           that
           
           they
           have
           wholly
           turn'd
           my
           stomach
           ,
           from
           speaking
           any
           more
           of
           
             State
             Affairs
          
           :
           So
           that
           in
           truth
           ,
           in
           the
           present
           humour
           into
           which
           the
           reading
           of
           them
           has
           put
           me
           ,
           I
           had
           much
           rather
           offend
           on
           the
           other
           extream
           ,
           by
           an
           unjust
           silence
           ,
           then
           by
           impertinent
           praises
           of
           the
           
             English
             Government
          
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           conclude
           this
           whole
           matter
           ,
           as
           I
           began
           it
           ,
           by
           reflecting
           on
           a
           Passage
           of
           his
           own
           ,
           in
           the
           story
           of
           Vlefelt
           ;
           wherein
           he
           has
           given
           undeniable
           testimony
           ,
           
           that
           he
           is
           wholly
           ignorant
           of
           the
           Rights
           of
           Princes
           ,
           the
           true
           Policy
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           .
           He
           affirms
           ,
           
           that
           
             Vlefelt
             fled
             into
             Sweden
             ;
             that
             he
             became
             thereby
             effectually
             a
             Traytor
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             Swedes
             last
             invasion
             into
             Denmark
             ,
             by
             advising
          
           Carolus
           Gustavus
           
             to
             turn
             his
             Army
             ,
             from
             the
             Poles
             ,
             against
             Coppenhagen
             .
          
           These
           are
           his
           own
           words
           .
           And
           what
           more
           apparent
           Crime
           could
           there
           be
           then
           this
           ,
           which
           had
           like
           to
           have
           drawn
           after
           it
           the
           utter
           Ruine
           
           of
           that
           Kingdome
           ?
           
           And
           yet
           immediately
           after
           he
           professes
           ,
           
             that
             he
             makes
             no
             doubt
             ,
             but
             the
             Illustrious
             Heroes
             ,
             Vlefelt
             ,
             and
             his
             Wife
             ,
             will
             live
             to
             see
             their
             great
             merits
             acknowledg'd
             ,
             and
             to
             enjoy
             in
             peace
             the
             applauses
             that
             are
             due
             to
             them
             for
             their
             fidelity
             to
             their
             King
             ,
             and
             their
             zeal
             for
             the
             Fundamental
             Laws
             of
             their
             Countrey
             .
          
        
         
           But
           this
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           those
           which
           he
           himself
           calls
           the
           
             Besueues
             of
             his
             stile
          
           :
           
           which
           though
           (
           as
           he
           says
           )
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Vaubrun
             
             uses
             to
             forgive
             ,
          
           yet
           the
           King
           of
           France
           did
           not
           think
           fit
           to
           pass
           by
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Idea
           that
           he
           has
           drawn
           of
           the
           Manners
           ,
           the
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           English.
           But
           these
           are
           not
           the
           subjects
           which
           he
           principally
           regards
           :
           such
           matters
           as
           these
           ,
           he
           confesses
           ,
           that
           
             he
             only
             uses
             to
             touch
             upon
             ,
             as
             they
             come
             in
             his
             way
             .
          
           
           I
           will
           now
           therefore
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           consider
           his
           
             commerce
             with
             the
             chief
             heads
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
          
           
           and
           
             his
             intrigues
             of
             the
             Muses
          
           ;
           that
           is
           
           (
           to
           speak
           plain
           sence
           ,
           without
           the
           help
           of
           Apollo
           )
           I
           will
           examine
           some
           particulars
           in
           the
           account
           that
           he
           gives
           of
           the
           state
           of
           knowledge
           amongst
           us
           :
           This
           is
           the
           argument
           in
           which
           he
           triumphs
           :
           This
           is
           a
           Business
           in
           
             whose
             promotion
             he
             has
             spent
             the
             whole
             course
             of
             his
             life
             .
          
           
           And
           that
           he
           may
           appear
           not
           to
           have
           bestow'd
           all
           his
           labour
           in
           vain
           ,
           I
           will
           allow
           ,
           that
           he
           ought
           to
           be
           numbred
           amongst
           the
           men
           of
           Learning
           ;
           Provided
           that
           he
           be
           content
           with
           that
           
           definition
           which
           he
           himself
           has
           laid
           down
           of
           Learned
           men
           in
           general
           ;
           For
           he
           says
           ,
           that
           
             it
             is
             the
             good
             custome
             of
             such
             men
             ,
          
           
           
             to
             render
             themselves
             ridiculous
             by
             their
             malignity
             ,
             and
             their
             Billings-gate-language
             .
          
           In
           conformity
           to
           this
           description
           ,
           besides
           what
           is
           already
           past
           ,
           let
           us
           now
           behold
           what
           he
           reports
           of
           Dr.
           Wallis
           ,
           Dr.
           Willis
           ,
           Mr.
           Hobbs
           ,
           the
           
             Royal
             Society
          
           ,
           the
           
             English
             Stage
             ,
             their
             Eloquence
             ,
             their
             Language
             ,
          
           and
           
             their
             Authors
          
           .
        
         
           Dr.
           
             Wallis
             he
             condemns
             for
             his
             ill
             usage
             of
             Mr.
             Hobbs
             
             in
             the
             Mathematical
             Controversies
             that
             have
             pass●d
             between
             them
             .
          
           I
           will
           not
           endeavour
           to
           make
           any
           defence
           for
           this
           
             knowing
             and
             acute
             Professor
          
           ,
           as
           he
           grants
           him
           to
           be
           .
           But
           yet
           let
           me
           say
           ,
           that
           if
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           himself
           being
           the
           Judg
           ,
           so
           much
           modesty
           of
           language
           ought
           to
           be
           preserv'd
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           contentions
           of
           Wit
           and
           Argument
           ,
           when
           Passion
           is
           apt
           to
           overbear
           the
           most
           temperate
           Minds
           ;
           then
           certainly
           he
           himself
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           
           careful
           of
           keeping
           to
           the
           same
           rule
           ,
           in
           an
           
             Historical
             Relation
          
           ,
           wherein
           he
           had
           no
           adversary
           to
           put
           him
           into
           a
           heat
           ,
           and
           nothing
           but
           his
           own
           natural
           peevishness
           to
           exasperate
           his
           Anger
           .
           
             Dr.
             Wallis
          
           Entertain'd
           him
           at
           his
           house
           ,
           
             made
             him
             partake
             of
             his
             Experiment
             upon
             a
             dumb
             Man
             ,
             and
             behold
             the
             Model
             of
             a
             flat
             Floor
             ,
             which
             (
             he
             says
             )
             did
             raise
             admiration
             in
             Mr.
             Hobbs
             himself
             .
          
           
           And
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           deserv'd
           at
           least
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           pass'd
           by
           in
           silence
           .
           But
           he
           had
           
           a
           good
           subject
           to
           be
           merry
           with
           ,
           
             for
             want
             of
             Polish
             Musick
          
           ,
           and
           he
           must
           needs
           give
           the
           receipt
           of
           making
           an
           
             Vniversity
             Cap.
          
           
           
             Take
             a
             Portefueille
             :
             cover
             it
             with
             black
             Cloth
             :
             fix
             a
             tuft
             of
             Silk
             upon
             it
             :
             and
             sew
             it
             to
             a
             Calot
             :
             and
             you
             have
             a
             perfect
             four
             corner'd
             Scholastical
             Bonnet
             .
          
           Do
           you
           not
           now
           wonder
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           why
           he
           did
           not
           call
           himself
           Taylor
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Trumpeter
           ,
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           Learning
           ?
           What
           kind
           of
           good
           breeding
           is
           this
           ?
           How
           can
           he
           ,
           after
           this
           ,
           
           object
           to
           
             Dr.
             Wallis
          
           ,
           that
           
             he
             has
             little
             in
             him
             of
             the
             Gallant
             Man
             ?
          
           
           Whose
           behavior
           has
           the
           
             strongest
             scent
          
           ,
           and
           
             wants
             most
             to
             be
             purify'd
             by
             the
             air
             of
             the
             Court
             ?
          
           
           The
           Geometrician
           receives
           him
           kindly
           at
           his
           Table
           :
           The
           
             Historiographer
             Laughs
             at
             the
             habit
             of
             his
             Host.
          
           While
           he
           allows
           him
           extraordinary
           abilities
           ,
           that
           are
           proper
           to
           himself
           ,
           he
           abuses
           him
           for
           that
           ,
           which
           is
           common
           with
           him
           to
           the
           Sorbonists
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           almost
           all
           the
           Vniversities
           and
           Clergy-men
           in
           Christendom
           .
        
         
         
           He
           declares
           that
           
             he
             profited
             very
             little
             by
             Dr.
             Willis's
             company
             ,
             because
             he
             could
             not
             understand
             his
             Latin.
          
           
           And
           upon
           this
           he
           objects
           ,
           
           
             that
             all
             the
             English
             pronounce
             that
             Language
             with
             such
             an
             odd
             Tone
             ,
             as
             renders
             it
             almost
             as
             difficult
             to
             strangers
             ,
             as
             our
             own
             Tongue
             .
          
           I
           might
           here
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           allege
           in
           defence
           of
           our
           pronuntiation
           ,
           that
           We
           do
           as
           all
           our
           neighbors
           besides
           :
           We
           speak
           the
           antient
           Latin
           ,
           after
           the
           same
           way
           that
           we
           pronounce
           our
           Mother
           Tongue
           ,
           so
           the
           Germans
           do
           ,
           
           so
           the
           Italians
           ,
           so
           the
           French.
           But
           the
           obscurity
           of
           our
           Speech
           being
           not
           only
           his
           complaint
           ,
           but
           of
           many
           other
           Foreiners
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           stand
           long
           in
           its
           justification
           .
           There
           are
           so
           many
           peculiar
           slanders
           of
           greater
           concernment
           ,
           which
           he
           alone
           has
           fix'd
           upon
           us
           ,
           that
           I
           will
           not
           regard
           this
           small
           objection
           ,
           wherein
           there
           may
           be
           others
           ,
           that
           agree
           with
           him
           .
           But
           however
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           from
           hence
           I
           may
           observe
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           therefore
           impossible
           for
           him
           to
           take
           a
           right
           measure
           
           of
           the
           
             English
             Manners
          
           ,
           and
           Disposition
           ,
           seeing
           he
           was
           incapable
           of
           holding
           any
           sort
           of
           correspondence
           with
           us
           .
           He
           was
           not
           in
           a
           condition
           of
           being
           inform'd
           by
           our
           Gentry
           ,
           our
           Farmers
           ,
           or
           our
           Tradesmen
           ,
           because
           
             he
             understood
             no
             English
          
           :
           nor
           by
           our
           Schollars
           ,
           our
           Physitians
           ,
           our
           Divines
           ,
           our
           Mathematicians
           ,
           because
           he
           professes
           ,
           
             that
             our
             Latin
             was
             unintelligible
             to
             him
             .
          
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           to
           
             Dr.
             Willis
          
           :
           I
           am
           able
           to
           give
           another
           Reason
           ,
           why
           
             Monsieur
             
             de
             Sorbiere
             did
             profit
             so
             little
             by
             his
             Conversation
             .
          
           The
           substance
           of
           it
           was
           reported
           to
           me
           from
           
             Dr.
             Willis
          
           his
           own
           Mouth
           .
           And
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           the
           remarkable
           sincerity
           ,
           and
           integrity
           ,
           which●
           that
           excellent
           Man
           preserves
           in
           all
           his
           Writings
           ,
           would
           make
           this
           character
           of
           the
           other's
           vanity
           to
           be
           believ'd
           ,
           though
           we
           had
           not
           so
           many
           other
           proofs
           of
           it
           .
           When
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           came
           first
           to
           visit
           him
           ;
           the
           Doctor
           esteem'd
           him
           to
           be
           a
           man
           of
           some
           real
           and
           solid
           
           knowledg
           :
           the
           great
           names
           of
           
             Des
             Cartes
          
           ,
           and
           Mersennas
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           frequently
           in
           his
           Mouth
           ,
           might
           have
           perswaded
           him
           as
           much
           :
           he
           began
           to
           treat
           him
           accordingly
           :
           he
           enter'd
           into
           discourse
           with
           him
           ,
           about
           some
           parts
           of
           Chymistry
           ,
           and
           Physick
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           desir●d
           his
           opinion
           .
           The
           Professor
           deliver'd
           it
           franckly
           ,
           and
           plainly
           ,
           as
           it
           became
           a
           Philosopher
           ,
           without
           deceipt
           or
           ornament
           .
           But
           expecting
           that
           he
           would
           have
           continued
           the
           Argument
           ,
           
           with
           some
           material
           Objection
           ,
           he
           soon
           found
           that
           the
           Traveller
           understood
           nothing
           of
           the
           whole
           matter
           :
           but
           answer'd
           him
           ,
           as
           little
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           only
           said
           
             Pax
             Bello
             Potior
          
           .
           He
           try'd
           him
           in
           other
           subjects
           .
           But
           nothing
           could
           he
           get
           of
           him
           ,
           except
           only
           some
           few
           Philosophical
           terms
           ,
           
           and
           ends
           of
           Poetry
           ,
           as
           
             In
             puris
             naturalibus
             Ex
             aequo
             &
             Bono
             contundantur
             grosso
             modo
             .
          
           
           
             Homo
             est
             animal
             credulum
             &
             mendax
          
           ;
           and
           
             Os
             homini
          
           .
           Upon
           
           this
           he
           gave
           him
           over
           ,
           as
           he
           would
           have
           done
           a
           yongtraveller
           of
           twenty
           years
           old
           ,
           &
           left
           him
           
             to
             reckon
             the
             College
             Quadrangles
          
           ,
           
           
             to
             tell
             the
             Pillars
             in
             Saint
             Iohn's
             Cloysters
             ,
             to
             commend
             their
             Grove
             ,
          
           
           
             to
             measure
             King
             Harry's
             Sword
             ,
             to
             describe
             Saint
             Catherines
             College
             (
             if
             there
             be
             any
             such
             there
             ,
             )
          
           
           
             to
             examine
             why
             one
             of
             the
             Colleges
             took
             its
             name
             from
             a
             Brazen
             Nose
             ,
          
           
           
             to
             number
             the
             Books
             in
             the
             Bodleian
             Liberary
             ,
          
           
           
             to
             consider
             why
             it
             was
             built
             in
             the
             form
             of
             an
          
           H.
           
             and
             to
             count
             how
             many
             Folios
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             how
             many
             
             Quar●●●
             are
             above
             and
             below
             in
             every
             Shelf
             .
          
           These
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           he
           perceiv'd
           were
           fitter
           Subjects
           for
           Sorbiere●o
           ●o
           handle
           .
           And
           he
           has
           confirm'd
           this
           his
           Opinion
           of
           him
           to
           be
           true
           .
           For
           his
           long
           Tale
           of
           his
           Journy
           to
           Oxford
           ,
           is
           made
           up
           of
           such
           childish
           contemplations
           :
           While
           he
           was
           speaking
           of
           that
           place
           ,
           which
           for
           the
           beauty
           ,
           and
           convenience
           of
           its
           buildings
           ,
           for
           the
           vastness
           of
           its
           revenue
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           ,
           for
           the
           sobriety
           ,
           the
           virtue
           ,
           and
           
           the
           piety
           of
           its
           discipline
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           prefer'd
           before
           all
           others
           that
           have
           been
           ever
           dedicated
           to
           liberal
           Studies
           ,
           in
           the
           past
           ,
           or
           present
           times
           .
        
         
           But
           here
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           confess
           I
           have
           been
           a
           little
           too
           rigid
           upon
           him
           .
           It
           was
           ill
           done
           of
           me
           ,
           to
           expect
           that
           he
           should
           on
           the
           sudden
           turn
           so
           unlike
           himself
           ,
           as
           to
           give
           a
           good
           account
           of
           our
           Vniversity
           alone
           .
           I
           will
           not
           therefore
           bestir
           my self
           against
           him
           ,
           for
           having
           omitted
           the
           most
           memorable
           
           things
           in
           Oxford
           .
           My
           quarrel
           to
           him
           now
           is
           upon
           another
           score
           .
           He
           has
           here
           committed
           a
           grosse
           oversight
           in
           his
           own
           way
           :
           For
           in
           this
           exact
           enumeration
           of
           all
           our
           fine
           Rarities
           ,
           he
           has
           wholy
           pass'd
           by
           one
           famous
           Curiosity
           ,
           which
           was
           of
           all
           others
           the
           most
           proper
           for
           such
           an
           Historiographer
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           for
           such
           a
           Trumpeter
           to
           mention
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           
             Queens
             College
             Horn.
          
           
        
         
           From
           his
           new
           acquaintance
           ,
           I
           proceed
           to
           his
           rudeness
           ,
           towards
           the
           only
           
           man
           in
           England
           ,
           to
           whom
           
             he
             professes
             himself
             to
             have
             been
             long
             familiar
             .
          
           
           Mr.
           Hobbs
           was
           
             the
             chief
             man
             for
             whose
             sake
             he
             came
             over
             ,
             and
             he
             speaks
             very
          
           many
           great
           things
           in
           his
           commendation
           :
           
             he
             prayses
             his
             good
             humor
          
           ,
           
           
             his
             excellent
             Wit
             ,
             the
             vigor
             of
             his
             old
             Age
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             his
             long
             and
             diligent
             search
             into
             Nature
             .
          
           After
           this
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           you
           will
           perhaps
           think
           that
           this
           Philosopher
           is
           safe
           from
           his
           invectives
           .
           But
           you
           will
           find
           it
           otherwise
           ,
           he
           commends
           him
           indeed
           for
           that
           ,
           upon
           which
           
           Mr.
           Hobbs
           lays
           not
           so
           much
           stress
           ,
           for
           his
           good
           Breeding
           :
           but
           he
           wounds
           him
           in
           the
           most
           dangerous
           place
           ,
           his
           Philosophy
           ,
           and
           his
           understanding
           .
           He
           very
           kindly
           reports
           of
           him
           ,
           
           that
           
             he
             is
             too
             dogmatical
             in
             his
             Opinions
             :
          
           
           
             that
             he
             Writ
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             because
             he
             never
             had
             a
             right
             Idea
             of
             it
             ,
             in
             his
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             because
             he
             had
             only
             read
             the
             controversies
             on
             the
             Protestant
             side
             .
          
           How
           d●ye
           think
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           this
           will
           sound
           to
           Mr.
           Hobbs
           ,
           who
           professes
           to
           have
           reduc'd
           all
           
           the
           Politicks
           to
           demonstrations
           ,
           when
           his
           Translator
           shall
           tell
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           concluded
           against
           a
           Church
           ,
           and
           a
           Religion
           ,
           before
           he
           had
           heard
           one
           word
           that
           could
           be
           said
           in
           their
           defence
           ?
           The
           Title
           of
           Dogmatical
           which
           he
           gives
           him
           ,
           being
           propounded
           by
           a
           declar'd
           Sceptick
           ,
           was
           the
           worst
           fault
           that
           could
           be
           charg'd
           on
           a
           Philosopher
           :
           and
           indeed
           it
           is
           the
           same
           ,
           that
           
             he
             bestows
             on
             Borri
          
           ,
           
           
             while
             he
             strives
             in
             a
             long
             Story
             ,
             to
             render
             him
             to
             appear
             nothing
             but
             a
             foolish
             
             Charletan
             .
          
           But
           let
           him
           not
           fear
           .
           I
           have
           no
           mind
           to
           aggravate
           this
           injury
           to
           Mr.
           Hobbs
           .
           It
           is
           the
           particular
           manner
           of
           his
           passing
           this
           judgment
           upon
           him
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           will
           take
           notice
           .
           He
           tells
           the
           World
           
             that
             Mr.
             Hobbs
             was
             censur'd
             for
             Dogmatical
             ,
          
           
           
             between
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             himself
             ,
             in
             his
             private
             discourse
             with
             him
             .
          
           And
           is
           not
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           a
           very
           fit
           man
           ,
           to
           upbraid
           
             to
             Dr.
             Wallis
             ,
             his
             want
             of
             good
             manners
             :
          
           when
           he
           himself
           is
           at
           once
           rude
           to
           his
           antient
           Friend
           ,
           
           and
           insolent
           to
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           in
           betraying
           what
           he
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           Whisper
           to
           him
           in
           his
           Cabinet
           .
        
         
           But
           however
           ,
           to
           comfort
           Mr.
           Hobbs
           for
           this
           affront
           ,
           I
           dare
           assure
           him
           ,
           that
           as
           for
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere's
          
           part
           ,
           he
           understands
           not
           his
           Philosophy
           .
           Of
           this
           I
           will
           give
           an
           unanswerable
           testimony
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           
             the
             resemblance
             that
             he
             makes
             of
             him
             ,
          
           
           
             to
             the
             Lord
             Verulam
          
           :
           Between
           whom
           there
           is
           no
           more
           likeness
           ,
           then
           there
           was
           between
           
           St.
           George
           and
           the
           Waggoner●
           
           He
           says
           that
           Mr.
           
             Hobbs
             was
             once
             his
             Amanuen●is
             ;
             that
             from
             thence
             he
             has
             retein'd
             very
             much
             of
             him
             :
             that
             he
             has
             Studied
             his
             manner
             of
             turning
             things
             :
             that
             he
             just
             expresses
             himself
             in
             that
             way
             of
             Allegory
             ,
             wherein
             the
             other
             excell'd
             :
             and
             that
             he
             is
             in
             Truth
             a
             very
             remaine
             of
             my
             Lord
             Bacon
             .
          
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           his
           opinion
           :
           but
           how
           far
           from
           being
           True
           ,
           let
           any
           man
           judg
           ,
           that
           has
           but
           tasted
           of
           their
           Writings
           .
           I
           scarce
           know
           two
           men
           in
           the
           
           World
           ,
           that
           have
           more
           different
           colors
           of
           Speech
           ,
           then
           these
           two
           great
           Witts
           :
           The
           Lord
           Bacon
           short
           ,
           allusive
           ,
           and
           abounding
           with
           Metaphors
           :
           Mr.
           Hobbs
           round
           ,
           close
           ,
           sparing
           of
           similitudes
           :
           but
           ever
           extraordinary
           decent
           in
           them
           .
           The
           one's
           way
           of
           reas'ning
           ,
           proceeds
           on
           particulars
           ,
           and
           pleasant
           images
           ,
           only
           suggesting
           new
           ways
           of
           experimenting
           ,
           without
           any
           pretence
           to
           the
           Mathematicks
           .
           The
           other
           's
           bold
           ,
           resolv'd
           ,
           setled
           upon
           general
           conclusions
           ,
           
           and
           in
           them
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           believe
           his
           
             Friend
             ,
             Dogmatical
          
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           the
           
             Royal
             Society
          
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           is
           most
           favourable
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           may
           shew
           him self
           a
           great
           Benefactor
           to
           their
           designe
           ,
           
           
             he
             has
             bestow'd
             Gresham
             College
             upon
             them
             .
          
           Whereas
           ,
           you
           know
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           they
           only
           hold
           their
           present
           meetings
           there
           ,
           by
           the
           permission
           of
           the
           Professors
           of
           the
           Foundation
           of
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Gresham
          
           ,
           to
           whom
           that
           house
           does
           belong
           .
           We
           are
           beholding
           
           to
           him
           for
           this
           noble
           Bounty
           .
           But
           perhaps
           the
           Citizens
           of
           London
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           overseers
           of
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Gresham's
          
           Will
           ,
           may
           take
           it
           ill
           at
           his
           hands
           ,
           especialy
           having
           such
           just
           ground
           to
           quarrel
           with
           him
           already
           :
           For
           he
           said
           before
           ,
           
             that
             they
             are
             almost
             all
             Presbyterians
             or
             Phanaticks
             .
          
        
         
           He
           comes
           to
           describe
           the
           
             Weekly
             assemblies
          
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Society
          
           :
           and
           he
           does
           it
           in
           words
           becoming
           a
           meeting
           of
           Natural
           Philosophers
           .
           
             The
             Vsher
             carries
             
             a
             great
             Silver
             Mace
             before
             the
             President
             ,
          
           
           
             Which
             is
             layd
             on
             the
             Cushion
             where
             he
             sits
             :
             they
             have
             a
             large
             Hall
             ,
             and
             a
             handsom
             Anti-chamber
             :
             the
             place
             where
             they
             Assemble
             is
             Wainscotted
             :
             there
             is
             a
             long
             Table
             before
             the
             Chimny
             ,
             seven
             or
             eight
             grey
             Chairs
             about
             it
             :
             some
             Benches
             behind
             ,
             that
             are
             bare
             :
             the
             hindermost
             higher
             then
             the
             first
             :
             the
             President
             sits
             in
             a
             Chair
             with
             Arms
             :
             his
             back
             to
             the
             Chimny
             :
             holding
             a
             wooden
             Hammer
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             wherewith
             he
             sometimes
             knocks
             the
             Table
             to
             make
             silence
             .
          
           
           Can
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           indure
           to
           read
           all
           this
           stuff
           with
           any
           patience
           ?
           I
           suffer'd
           his
           Tittle
           Tattle
           upon
           
             Rochester
             Bridg
          
           ,
           upon
           the
           
             Eternal
             greeness
          
           of
           the
           Fields
           of
           Kent
           ,
           upon
           the
           Walls
           of
           Lincolns-Inn-Fields
           ,
           on
           the
           Guild-Hall
           ,
           on
           the
           Rancks
           of
           Trees
           in
           Morefields
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           such
           pretty
           Philosophical
           Discourses
           :
           But
           is
           not
           this
           a
           shameful
           signe
           of
           his
           weakness
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           insisted
           so
           long
           on
           such
           mean
           circumstances
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           describing
           a
           subject
           ,
           that
           might
           have
           
           yielded
           him
           so
           much
           noble
           matter
           for
           his
           Pen
           ?
           And
           when
           the
           
             Royal
             Society
          
           it self
           is
           so
           careful
           ,
           that
           such
           ceremonies
           should
           be
           just
           no
           more
           ,
           then
           what
           are
           necessary
           to
           avoyd
           confusion
           ?
           What
           other
           Language
           should
           he
           have
           us'd
           then
           this
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           been
           to
           inform
           the
           World
           of
           his
           own
           Schole
           at
           Orange
           ?
           Just
           so
           he
           should
           have
           proceeded
           .
           He
           should
           first
           have
           declar'd
           ,
           whether
           the
           Room
           were
           Hung
           ,
           or
           Wainscotted
           :
           Next
           ,
           whether
           the
           Master
           
           sate
           with
           his
           back
           towards
           the
           Window
           ,
           or
           the
           Chimny
           :
           then
           how
           many
           Seats
           there
           were
           for
           the
           Boys
           to
           sit
           upon
           :
           at
           last
           he
           should
           have
           drawn
           himself
           in
           a
           majestick
           Chair
           ,
           his
           Ferula
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           and
           the
           poor
           Scholars
           trembling
           for
           fear
           at
           every
           rap
           on
           the
           Table
           .
        
         
           But
           all
           this
           is
           still
           pardonable
           :
           he
           has
           been
           utterly
           mistaken
           in
           the
           report
           of
           their
           main
           design
           .
           There
           are
           two
           things
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           most
           industriously
           avoided
           ,
           which
           he
           attributes
           
           to
           them
           :
           the
           one
           
             is
             a
             dividing
             into
             parties
             ,
             and
             Sects
             ;
             and
          
           the
           other
           ,
           
             a
             reliance
             upon
             Books
             ,
             for
             their
             intelligence
             of
             Nature
             .
          
           He
           first
           says
           ,
           that
           
             they
             are
             not
             all
             guided
             by
             the
             authority
             of
             Gassendus
             ,
          
           
           
             or
             Des
             Cartes
          
           ;
           but
           
             that
             the
             Mathematicians
             are
             for
             Des
             Cartes
             ,
             and
             the
             Men
             of
             General
             Learning
             for
             Gassendus
             .
          
           Whereas
           neither
           of
           these
           two
           Men
           bear
           any
           sway
           amongst
           them
           :
           they
           are
           never
           nam'd
           there
           as
           Dictators
           over
           men's
           Reasons
           ;
           nor
           is
           there
           any
           extraordinary
           reference
           
           to
           their
           judgments
           .
           He
           also
           asserts
           that
           
             the
             Royal
             Society
             has
             appointed
             Lodgings
             ,
             and
             establish'd
             four
             thousand
             Livres
             a
             year
             ,
          
           
           
             upon
             two
             Professors
             ,
             who
             shall
             read
             to
             them
             out
             of
             Authors
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             have
             begun
             a
             Library
             for
             that
             purpose
             .
          
           Whereas
           they
           have
           as
           yet
           no
           Library
           ,
           but
           only
           a
           Repository
           for
           their
           Instruments
           ,
           and
           Rarities
           :
           they
           never
           intend
           a
           Professorian
           Philosophy
           ,
           but
           declare
           against
           it
           :
           with
           Books
           they
           meddle
           not
           farther
           ,
           then
           to
           see
           what
           Experiments
           
           have
           been
           try'd
           before
           :
           their
           Revenue
           they
           designe
           for
           Operators
           ,
           and
           not
           for
           Lecturers
           .
        
         
           I
           now
           pass
           over
           to
           his
           chief
           delight
           ,
           the
           
             Belles
             Lettres
          
           of
           the
           English.
           He
           grants
           
             our
             Stage
             to
             be
             handsom
             ,
             the
             Musick
             tolerable
             ,
          
           
           better
           I
           suppose
           ,
           then
           that
           of
           the
           
             Polack
             Gentleman
          
           .
           But
           yet
           he
           says
           that
           
             our
             Poets
             laugh
             at
             the
             Rules
             of
             Time
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             Place
             :
             that
             all
             our
             Playes
             contain
             the
             Actions
             of
             Five
             and
             Twenty
             years
             :
          
           
           
             that
             we
             Marry
             a
             Prince
             in
             the
             First
             Act
             ,
             and
             bring
             in
             
             his
             Son
             fighting
             in
             the
             Second
             ,
             and
             his
             Grand-child
             in
             the
             Third
             .
          
           But
           here
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           he
           has
           committed
           a
           greater
           disorder
           of
           time
           ,
           then
           that
           whereof
           he
           accuses
           our
           Stage
           :
           For
           he
           has
           confounded
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           
             Charles
             the
             Second
          
           ,
           with
           that
           of
           Q.
           Elizabeth
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           about
           an
           hundred
           years
           ago
           ,
           the
           
             English
             Poets
          
           were
           not
           very
           exact
           in
           such
           decencies
           :
           But
           no
           more
           then
           were
           the
           Dramatists
           of
           any
           other
           Countries
           .
           The
           English
           themselves
           did
           laugh
           
           away
           such
           absurdities
           as
           soon
           as
           any
           ,
           and
           for
           these
           last
           Fifty
           years
           ,
           our
           Stage
           has
           been
           as
           Regular
           in
           those
           Circumstances
           ,
           as
           the
           best
           in
           Europe
           .
           Seeing
           he
           thinks
           ●i●
           to
           upbraid
           our
           present
           Poets
           ,
           with
           the
           errors
           of
           which
           their
           predecessors
           were
           guilty
           so
           long
           since
           :
           I
           might
           as
           justly
           impu●e
           the
           ●ile
           absurdities
           that
           are
           to
           be
           found
           in
           
             Am●dis
             de
             Gaul
             ,
             ●o
             Monsieur
             de
             Corneille
             ,
             de
             Scudery
             ,
             de
             Chapelaine
             ,
             de
             ●oiture
             ,
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           ●amous
           Modern
           French
           Wits
           .
        
         
         
           
           He
           next
           blames
           the
           
             meanness
             of
             the
             Humors
             which
             we
             represent
             .
          
           And
           here
           ,
           because
           he
           has
           thrust
           this
           occasion
           upon
           me
           ,
           I
           will
           venture
           to
           make
           a
           short
           comparison
           between
           the
           
             French
             Dramatical
             Poetry
          
           ,
           and
           ours
           .
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           but
           I
           may
           do
           this
           with
           the
           leave
           of
           that
           
             witty
             Nation
          
           :
           For
           as
           long
           as
           I
           do
           not
           presume
           to
           slander
           their
           manners
           (
           from
           which
           you
           see
           I
           have
           carefully
           forborn
           )
           I
           hope
           they
           will
           allow
           me
           to
           examine
           that
           which
           is
           but
           a
           matter
           
           of
           Wit
           ,
           and
           delight
           :
           I
           will
           not
           enter
           into
           open
           defiance
           of
           them
           ,
           upon
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere's
          
           account
           ,
           but
           I
           intreat
           them
           to
           permit
           me
           only
           to
           try
           a
           civill
           Turnament
           with
           them
           in
           his
           
             War
             of
             Letters
          
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           make
           no
           scruple
           to
           maintain
           that
           the
           English
           Plays
           ought
           to
           be
           preferr'd
           before
           the
           French.
           And
           to
           prove
           this
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           insist
           on
           an
           argument
           ,
           which
           is
           plain
           to
           any
           observer
           ,
           that
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           their
           most
           excellent
           pieces
           have
           been
           taken
           
           from
           the
           Spaniard
           :
           whereas
           the
           English
           have
           for
           the
           most
           part
           trodden
           in
           new
           ways
           of
           Invention
           .
           From
           hence
           I
           will
           not
           draw
           much
           advantage
           :
           though
           it
           may
           ●erve
           to
           balance
           that
           which
           he
           afterwards
           says
           of
           our
           Books
           ,
           
           that
           
             they
             are
             generally
             stoln
             out
             of
             other
             Authors
             .
          
           But
           I
           will
           fetch
           the
           grounds
           of
           my
           persuasion
           ,
           from
           the
           very
           nature
           ,
           and
           use
           ,
           of
           the
           Stage
           it self
           .
           It
           is
           beyond
           all
           dispute
           ,
           that
           the
           true
           intention
           of
           such
           Representations
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           give
           to
           mankind
           
           a
           Picture
           of
           themselves
           ;
           and
           thereby
           to
           make
           Virtue
           belov'd
           ,
           Vice
           abhor'd
           ,
           and
           the
           little
           irregularities
           of
           mens
           tempers
           ,
           call'd
           humors
           ,
           expos'd
           to
           laughter
           .
           The
           Two
           first
           of
           these
           are
           the
           proper
           subjects
           of
           Tragedy
           ,
           and
           Trage-Comedy
           .
           And
           in
           these
           I
           will
           first
           try
           to
           shew
           ,
           why
           our
           way
           ought
           to
           be
           preferr'd
           before
           theirs
           .
           The
           French
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           take
           only
           one
           ,
           or
           two
           Great
           Men
           ,
           and
           chiefly
           insist
           on
           some
           one
           remarkable
           accident
           of
           
           their
           Story
           :
           To
           this
           end
           ,
           they
           admit
           no
           more
           Persons
           ,
           then
           will
           barely
           serve
           to
           adorn
           that
           :
           And
           they
           manage
           all
           in
           Rhythme
           ,
           with
           long
           Speeches
           ,
           almost
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Dialogues
           ,
           in
           making
           high
           Ideas
           of
           Honor
           ,
           and
           in
           speaking
           Noble
           things
           .
           The
           English
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           make
           their
           chief
           Plot
           to
           consist
           of
           a
           greater
           variety
           of
           Actions
           ,
           and
           besides
           the
           main
           design
           ,
           add
           many
           other
           little
           contrivances
           .
           By
           this
           means
           ,
           their
           Scenes
           are
           shorter
           ,
           
           their
           Stage
           fuller
           ,
           many
           more
           Persons
           of
           different
           Humors
           are
           introduc'd
           .
           And
           in
           carrying
           on
           of
           this
           ,
           they
           generally
           do
           only
           confine
           themselves
           to
           blanck
           Verse
           .
           This
           is
           the
           difference
           .
           And
           hence
           the
           English
           have
           these
           advantages
           .
           By
           the
           liberty
           of
           Prose
           ,
           they
           render
           their
           Speech
           ,
           and
           Pronuntiation
           ,
           more
           natural
           ,
           and
           are
           never
           put
           to
           make
           a
           contention
           between
           the
           Rhythm
           ,
           and
           the
           Sence
           .
           By
           their
           underplots
           ,
           they
           often
           change
           the
           minds
           of
           
           their
           Spectators
           :
           which
           is
           a
           mighty
           Benefit
           ,
           seeing
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Arts
           of
           Wit
           and
           persuasion
           ,
           is
           the
           right
           ordering
           of
           Digressions
           .
           By
           their
           full
           Stage
           ,
           they
           prevent
           men's
           being
           continually
           tyr'd
           with
           the
           same
           Objects
           :
           and
           so
           they
           make
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Scene
           to
           be
           more
           lively
           ,
           and
           diverting
           ,
           then
           the
           precepts
           of
           Philosophers
           ,
           or
           the
           grave
           delight
           of
           
             Heroick
             Poetry
          
           :
           which
           the
           
             French
             Tragedies
          
           do
           resemble
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           sufficient
           to
           object
           against
           
           this
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           undecent
           to
           thrust
           in
           men
           of
           mean
           condition
           ,
           amongst
           the
           actions
           of
           Princes
           .
           For
           why
           should
           that
           misbecome
           the
           Stage
           ,
           which
           is
           always
           found
           to
           be
           acted
           on
           the
           
             True
             Theatre
          
           of
           the
           World
           ?
           There
           being
           no
           Court
           ,
           which
           only
           consists
           of
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Queens
           ,
           and
           Counsellors
           of
           State.
           Upon
           these
           accounts
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           in
           my
           weak
           judgment
           ,
           the
           
             French
             Drama
          
           ought
           to
           give
           place
           to
           the
           English
           ,
           in
           the
           Tragical
           and
           lofty
           part
           of
           it
           .
           And
           now
           having
           obtain'd
           
           this
           ,
           I
           suppose
           they
           will
           of
           their
           own
           accord
           resigne
           the
           other
           excellence
           ,
           and
           confess
           that
           we
           have
           far
           exceeded
           them
           in
           the
           representation
           of
           different
           Humors
           .
           The
           Truth
           is
           ,
           the
           French
           have
           alwaies
           seem'd
           almost
           asham'd
           of
           the
           true
           Comedy
           :
           making
           it
           not
           much
           more
           then
           the
           subject
           of
           their
           Farses
           :
           whereas
           the
           English
           Stage
           has
           so
           much
           abounded
           with
           it
           ,
           that
           perhaps
           there
           is
           scarce
           any
           sort
           of
           extravagance
           of
           which
           the
           minds
           
           of
           men
           are
           capable
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           in
           some
           measure
           express'd
           .
           It
           is
           in
           Comedies
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           
             Solemn
             Histories
          
           ,
           that
           the
           English
           use
           to
           
             relate
             the
             Speeches
          
           of
           Waggoners
           ,
           of
           Fencers
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Common
             Souldiers
          
           .
           And
           this
           I
           dare
           assure
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           had
           understood
           our
           Language
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           seen
           himself
           in
           all
           his
           shapes
           ,
           as
           a
           
             vain
             Traveller
          
           ,
           an
           
             empty
             Politician
          
           ,
           an
           
             insolent
             Pedant
          
           ,
           and
           an
           
             idle
             pretender
             to
             Learning
          
           .
           But
           though
           he
           was
           not
           in
           a
           
           condition
           of
           taking
           advice
           from
           our
           Stage
           ,
           for
           the
           correcting
           of
           his
           own
           Vices
           ,
           yet
           methinks
           he
           might
           thereby
           have
           rectify'd
           his
           judgment
           about
           ours
           :
           he
           might
           well
           have
           concluded
           ,
           that
           the
           
             English
             temper
             ,
             is
             not
             so
             universally
             heavy
             and
             dumpish
             ,
          
           when
           he
           beheld
           their
           Theatres
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           gayest
           ,
           and
           merriest
           in
           Europe
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           the
           
             English
             Eloquence
          
           ,
           he
           bravely
           declares
           ,
           
           that
           
             all
             their
             Sermons
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             and
             Pleadings
             
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
          
           
           
             consist
             of
             nothing
             but
             mean
             pedantry
             .
          
           The
           censure
           is
           bold
           ,
           especially
           from
           a
           man
           that
           was
           so
           far
           from
           understanding
           our
           language
           ,
           that
           he
           scarce
           knew
           ,
           
             Whether
             we
             move
             our
             lips
          
           ,
           
           
             or
             no
             ,
             when
             we
             speak
             .
          
           But
           to
           shew
           him
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           better
           judge
           of
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbier's
             Eloquence
          
           ,
           I
           must
           tell
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           Muses
           and
           Parnassus
           are
           almost
           whip't
           out
           of
           our
           very
           Scholes
           :
           That
           there
           are
           many
           hundreds
           of
           Lawyers
           and
           Preachers
           in
           England
           ,
           who
           have
           
           long
           known
           how
           to
           contemn
           such
           delicacies
           of
           his
           stile
           .
           I
           will
           only
           give
           one
           instance
           for
           all
           .
           I
           believe
           ,
           he
           could
           scarce
           have
           Brib'd
           any
           Scriveners
           Clerk
           ,
           to
           describe
           Hatfield
           as
           he
           has
           done
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           conclude
           ,
           
           
             That
             the
             Fishes
             in
             the
             Ponds
             did
             often
             leap
             out
             of
             the
             water
             into
             the
             air
             ,
             to
             behold
             ,
             and
             to
             delight
             themselves
             with
             the
             beauties
             of
             that
             place
             .
          
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           attempt
           to
           defend
           the
           Ornaments
           ,
           or
           the
           Copiousnesse
           of
           our
           Language
           ,
           against
           one
           that
           
             is
             utterly
             
             ignorant
             of
             it
             .
          
           But
           to
           shew
           how
           plentifull
           it
           is
           ,
           I
           will
           only
           repeat
           an
           observation
           ,
           which
           the
           Earl
           of
           Clarendon
           has
           made
           ;
           That
           there
           is
           scarce
           any
           Language
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           which
           can
           properly
           signify
           one
           English
           expression
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           
             Good
             Nature
          
           .
           Though
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           will
           not
           allow
           the
           
             Noble
             Author
          
           of
           this
           
             Note
             ,
             to
             have
             any
             skill
             in
             Grammar
             Learning
             :
          
           Yet
           he
           must
           pardon
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           still
           believe
           the
           observation
           to
           be
           true
           :
           At
           least
           ,
           I
           assure
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           that
           after
           all
           
           my
           search
           ,
           I
           cannot
           find
           any
           one
           word
           in
           his
           Book
           ,
           which
           might
           incline
           me
           to
           think
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           will
           be
           content
           to
           lay
           the
           whole
           authority
           of
           his
           judgement
           in
           matters
           of
           Wit
           ,
           and
           Elegance
           ,
           upon
           what
           he
           sayes
           concerning
           the
           
             English
             Books
          
           .
           
           He
           affirms
           ,
           
             That
             they
             are
             only
             impudent
             thefts
             out
             of
             others
             ,
             without
             citing
             their
             Authors
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             contain
             nothing
             ,
             but
             ill
             Rhapsodies
             of
             matter
             ,
             worse
             put
             together
             .
          
           And
           here
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           will
           for
           once
           do
           him
           a
           
           courtesie
           .
           I
           will
           suppose
           him
           not
           to
           have
           taken
           this
           one
           character
           of
           us
           ,
           from
           the
           Soldier
           ,
           the
           Zealander
           ,
           the
           Puritans
           ,
           or
           the
           Rabble
           of
           the
           Streets
           :
           I
           will
           grant
           he
           might
           have
           taken
           an
           ill
           conceit
           of
           our
           writings
           ,
           before
           he
           came
           over
           ,
           from
           the
           usuall
           judgement
           ,
           which
           the
           Southern
           wits
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           are
           wont
           to
           passe
           on
           the
           wit
           of
           all
           Northern
           Countries
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           I
           think
           the
           French
           ,
           and
           the
           Italians
           ,
           would
           scarce
           be
           so
           unneighbourly
           ,
           as
           to
           assert
           ,
           that
           
             all
             
             our
             Authors
             are
             Theivish
             Pedants
             .
          
           That
           is
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbier's
          
           own
           addition
           ,
           but
           yet
           they
           generally
           agree
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           scarce
           anything
           of
           late
           written
           ,
           that
           is
           worth
           looking
           upon
           ,
           but
           in
           their
           own
           Languages
           .
           The
           Italians
           did
           at
           first
           indeavour
           to
           have
           it
           thought
           ,
           that
           all
           matters
           of
           Elegance
           ,
           had
           never
           yet
           pass'd
           over
           the
           Alps
           :
           but
           being
           soon
           overwhelm'd
           by
           Number
           ,
           they
           were
           content
           to
           admit
           the
           French
           ,
           and
           the
           Spaniards
           into
           some
           share
           of
           the
           ho●nour
           .
           
           But
           they
           all
           three
           still
           maintain
           this
           united
           opinion
           ,
           that
           all
           wit
           is
           to
           be
           sought
           for
           no
           where
           but
           amongst
           themselves
           :
           It
           is
           their
           establish'd
           Rule
           ,
           that
           good
           sence
           has
           alwayes
           kept
           neer
           the
           warm
           Sun
           ,
           and
           scarce
           ever
           yet
           dar'd
           to
           come
           farther
           then
           the
           forty
           ninth
           degree
           Northward
           .
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           a
           pretty
           imagination
           of
           theirs
           ;
           to
           think
           they
           have
           confin'd
           all
           Art
           to
           a
           
             Geographicall
             Circle
          
           ,
           and
           to
           fancy
           that
           it
           is
           there
           so
           charm'd
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           be
           able
           
           to
           go
           out
           of
           the
           bounds
           which
           they
           have
           set
           it
           .
           It
           were
           certainly
           an
           easy
           and
           a
           pleasant
           work
           to
           confute
           this
           arrogant
           conception
           ,
           by
           particular
           examples
           :
           It
           might
           quickly
           be
           shewn
           ;
           that
           
             England
             ,
             Germany
             ,
             Holland
          
           ,
           nay
           ,
           even
           Denmark
           ,
           and
           Scotland
           ,
           have
           produc'd
           ve●y
           many
           men
           ,
           who
           may
           justly
           come
           into
           competition
           with
           the
           best
           of
           these
           Southern
           wits
           ,
           in
           the
           Advancement
           of
           the
           true
           Arts
           of
           life
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           works
           of
           solid
           reason
           ,
           nay
           ,
           even
           in
           
           the
           lighter
           studies
           of
           ornament
           ,
           and
           humanity
           .
           And
           ,
           to
           speak
           particularly
           of
           England
           ,
           there
           might
           be
           a
           whole
           Volume
           compos'd
           in
           comparing
           the
           Chastity
           ,
           the
           newnesse
           ,
           the
           vigour
           of
           many
           of
           our
           English
           Fancies
           ,
           with
           the
           corrupt
           ,
           and
           the
           swelling
           Metaphors
           ,
           wherewith
           some
           of
           our
           Neighbors
           ,
           who
           most
           admire
           themselves
           do
           still
           adorn
           their
           Books
           .
           But
           this
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           will
           require
           a
           larger
           discourse
           then
           I
           intend
           to
           bestow
           on
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           .
           I
           am
           able
           to
           dispatch
           
           him
           in
           ●ewer
           words●
           For
           I
           wonder
           how
           ,
           of
           all
           men
           living
           ,
           it
           could
           enter
           into
           his
           thoughts
           ,
           
             To
             condemn
             in
             grosse
             the
             English
             Writings
             ,
          
           when
           the
           best
           course
           that
           he
           has
           taken
           to
           make
           himself
           consider'd
           as
           a
           writer
           ,
           was
           the
           Translation
           of
           an
           
             English
             Author
          
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           beg
           your
           leave
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           briefly
           add
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           first
           Restoration
           of
           Learning
           ,
           the
           English
           began
           to
           write
           well
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           any
           ,
           the
           Italians
           only
           excepted
           :
           and
           that
           if
           we
           may
           
           ghesse
           by
           what
           we
           see
           of
           the
           Italians
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           the
           English
           have
           continued
           to
           write
           well
           ,
           longer
           then
           they
           .
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Moore
          
           was
           contemporary
           with
           Erasmus
           ,
           and
           though
           
             he
             was
             a
             man
             of
             the
             Law
             too
             ,
          
           yet
           he
           yielded
           not
           much
           to
           that
           incomparable
           man
           ,
           in
           the
           plenty
           of
           his
           invention
           ,
           or
           the
           Masculine
           easinesse
           of
           his
           stile
           .
           And
           ever
           since
           that
           time
           down
           to
           this
           (
           if
           we
           may
           take
           a
           measure
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           by
           what
           Tully
           says
           of
           the
           Romans
           ,
           in
           their
           most
           flourishing
           condition
           ,
           
           that
           
             they
             had
             scarce
             above
             one
             excellent
             Poet
             or
             Orator
             in
             an
             age
          
           )
           we
           may
           make
           a
           very
           advantagious
           computation
           ,
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           our
           Country
           .
           We
           have
           at
           this
           present
           ,
           as
           many
           Masters
           of
           true
           and
           reall
           Wit
           ,
           as
           ever
           Greece
           produc'd
           in
           one
           age
           ,
           whose
           names
           though
           I
           conceal
           ,
           yet
           posterity
           shall
           declare
           .
           We
           have
           had
           many
           admirable
           Geniuses
           in
           Poetry
           ,
           who
           have
           handled
           most
           of
           the
           antient
           and
           modern
           subjects
           of
           fancy
           ,
           with
           wonderfull
           success
           .
           
           We
           can
           name
           many
           faithfull
           and
           diligent
           Historians
           ,
           
           such
           as
           never
           strove
           to
           
             frame
             a
             Romance
             out
             of
             every
             story
             ,
             that
             they
             manag'd
             .
          
           And
           the
           number
           of
           these
           will
           be
           shortly
           increas'd
           by
           the
           labours
           of
           
             a
             great
             man
          
           ,
           from
           whom
           we
           hope
           to
           receive
           the
           History
           of
           our
           late
           warrs
           ,
           a
           subject
           fit
           for
           the
           pen
           of
           a
           
             Privy
             Counsellor
             to
             Kings
          
           ,
           who
           had
           himself
           a
           great
           share
           in
           the
           conduct
           of
           these
           affairs
           which
           he
           is
           to
           relate
           .
           Our
           Mathematicians
           we
           may
           almost
           equall
           to
           those
           of
           all
           
           Europe
           besides
           :
           Our
           Physicians
           have
           long
           bin
           applauded
           by
           all
           the
           Learned
           world
           ;
           and
           certainly
           their
           
             Renowned
             Colledge
          
           at
           London
           deserv'd
           to
           have
           bin
           mentioned
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Fencers
           at
           the
           Red-Bull
           .
           Our
           famous
           Divines
           have
           been
           innumerable
           ,
           as
           the
           Dutchmen
           may
           witnesse
           ,
           who
           ,
           in
           some
           of
           their
           Theologicall
           Treatises
           ,
           have
           bin
           as
           bold
           with
           the
           
             English
             Sermons
          
           ,
           as
           with
           our
           Fishing
           ,
           and
           their
           robberies
           have
           bin
           so
           manifest
           ,
           that
           our
           Church
           ought
           
           to
           have
           Reprisalls
           against
           them
           as
           well
           as
           our
           Merchants
           .
           We
           have
           had
           many
           Philosophers
           ,
           of
           a
           strong
           ,
           vigorous
           ,
           and
           forcible
           judgment
           ,
           of
           happy
           and
           laborious
           hands
           ,
           of
           a
           sincere
           ,
           a
           modest
           ,
           a
           solid
           ,
           an
           unaffected
           expression
           ,
           such
           who
           have
           not
           thought
           it
           enough
           to
           set
           up
           for
           Philosophers
           ,
           only
           to
           have
           got
           a
           large
           stock
           of
           fine
           words
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           insinuated
           into
           the
           acquaintance
           of
           some
           of
           the
           great
           Philosophers
           of
           the
           age
           .
           And
           above
           all
           ,
           we
           
           have
           one
           small
           Book
           ,
           which
           we
           dare
           oppose
           to
           all
           the
           Treasures
           of
           the
           Eastern
           ,
           and
           Western
           Languages
           ,
           it
           is
           that
           which
           was
           written
           by
           our
           Late
           King
           ,
           and
           Martyr
           :
           Whose
           Ma●estical
           stile
           ,
           and
           Divine
           Conceptions
           ,
           have
           not
           only
           moved
           all
           his
           Readers
           to
           admire
           his
           Eloquence
           ,
           but
           inclin'd
           some
           of
           the
           worst
           of
           his
           enemies
           ,
           to
           relent
           their
           Cruelty
           towards
           him
           .
        
         
           After
           all
           these
           signs
           of
           his
           excellent
           judgment
           ,
           and
           generous
           mind
           ,
           there
           still
           ,
           
           Sir
           ,
           remains
           that
           which
           he
           has
           given
           of
           his
           
             good
             Palat
             ,
             For
             he
             has
             boldly
             determin'd
             the
             controversie
             ,
             that
             had
             long
             depended
             in
             all
             the
             Kitchings
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             France
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             best
             way
             of
             eating
             ,
             Chines
             of
             Beef
             ,
             and
             Mutton
             ,
             or
             Bisques
             ,
             and
             Potages
             .
          
           This
           ,
           I
           confesse
           ,
           was
           a
           matter
           fit
           to
           be
           decided
           by
           that
           
             Historian
             ,
             Critick
             ,
             Mathematician
             ,
             Orator
             ,
          
           and
           Physitian
           ,
           Who
           had
           
             Travell'd
             throughout
             the
             world
             to
             acquaint
             himselfe
             with
             all
             the
             Learned
             men
             of
             all
             countries
             ,
             
             and
             to
             push
             on
             all
             Sciences
             to
             perfection
             .
          
           He
           has
           here
           indeed
           behav●d
           himselfe
           like
           the
           true
           naturall
           ,
           and
           experimental
           Philosopher
           ,
           whose
           businesse
           it
           is
           to
           take
           in
           all
           manner
           of
           observations
           ,
           that
           can
           be
           got
           from
           the
           Senses
           .
           You
           see
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           how
           fairly
           I
           treat
           him
           ,
           I
           allow
           the
           very
           Criticisms
           of
           his
           appetite
           to
           be
           a
           part
           of
           his
           Philosophy
           ;
           and
           I
           look
           upon
           his
           affection
           to
           Fricacies
           before
           
             whole
             Ioynts
          
           ,
           to
           proceed
           from
           his
           love
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Atoms
           ,
           before
           
           that
           of
           the
           two
           great
           standing
           dishes
           of
           Matter
           and
           Form.
           But
           yet
           I
           must
           tell
           him
           ,
           that
           perhaps
           this
           Rigid
           condemning
           of
           the
           
             English
             Cookery
          
           ,
           did
           not
           so
           well
           suit
           with
           his
           belov'd
           Title
           of
           Sceptick
           .
           According
           to
           the
           lawes
           of
           that
           profession
           ,
           he
           should
           first
           have
           long
           debated
           whether
           there
           be
           any
           tast
           ,
           or
           no
           ;
           whether
           the
           steam
           of
           a
           pot
           be
           only
           a
           fancy
           ,
           or
           a
           reall
           thing
           ;
           whether
           the
           Kitchin
           fire
           has
           indeed
           the
           good
           qualities
           of
           rosting
           ,
           and
           Boiling
           ,
           
           or
           whether
           it
           be
           only
           an
           appearance
           .
           This
           had
           bin
           a
           dispute
           more
           becomming
           a
           Sceptick
           ,
           then
           thus
           to
           conclude
           Dogmatically
           on
           all
           the
           Intrigues
           of
           
             Haut
             gousts
          
           ;
           and
           to
           raise
           an
           endlesse
           speculative
           quarrel
           between
           those
           that
           had
           bin
           hitherto
           peaceful
           and
           practical
           Sects
           ,
           the
           Hashe's
           ,
           and
           the
           Surloiners
           .
        
         
           You
           may
           now
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           perhaps
           expect
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           make
           some
           Comparison
           between
           the
           
             French
             Dyet
          
           and
           the
           English.
           It
           were
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           
           a
           pleasant
           ,
           and
           a
           weighty
           argument
           .
           But
           I
           am
           resolv'd
           to
           passe
           it
           over
           :
           not
           that
           I
           think
           we
           have
           the
           worst
           of
           the
           cause
           ;
           but
           for
           a
           particular
           reason
           of
           my
           own
           .
           It
           is
           that
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Sorbiere
          
           may
           still
           remain
           in
           his
           error
           ;
           For
           as
           long
           as
           he
           is
           ignorant
           that
           there
           is
           any
           good
           
             House
             Keeping
          
           in
           England
           ,
           we
           are
           like
           to
           have
           no
           more
           of
           his
           company
           ;
           yet
           I
           cannot
           but
           say
           to
           the
           advantage
           of
           
             Boil●d
             Beef
          
           and
           Rost
           ,
           that
           the
           English
           have
           the
           same
           sincerity
           
           in
           their
           Dyet
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           in
           their
           Manners
           :
           and
           as
           they
           have
           less
           mixture
           in
           their
           Dishes
           ,
           so
           they
           have
           less
           sophisticate
           compositions
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           then
           the
           people
           of
           some
           other
           Nations
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           confesse
           he
           has
           quite
           tyr●d
           my
           hand
           ,
           and
           I
           almost
           asham'd
           to
           behold
           this
           heap
           of
           his
           vanities
           arise
           to
           such
           a
           Bulk
           ,
           as
           he
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           given
           me
           this
           occasion
           to
           collect
           them
           ;
           I
           will
           therefore
           in
           few
           words
           come
           to
           
           an
           issue
           with
           him
           :
           I
           will
           satisfie
           him
           in
           the
           request
           which
           he
           makes
           to
           this
           Reader
           .
           I
           am
           content
           
             to
             conclude
             from
             these
             his
             three
             moneths
             travells
             ,
             what
             kind
             of
             Observations
             he
             has
             made
             in
             the
             world
             these
             thirty
             years
             .
          
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           his
           own
           desire
           ,
           and
           I
           obey
           him
           .
           But
           then
           I
           know
           not
           how
           he
           will
           be
           able
           to
           avoid
           the
           imputation
           of
           those
           Crimes
           with
           which
           he
           has
           so
           often
           slandered
           the
           English
           ,
           of
           being
           a
           Doe-little
           ,
           an
           Idle
           ,
           a
           Lazy
           ,
           and
           a
           Vseless
           Person
           .
           
           The
           description
           of
           his
           
             Voyage
             into
             Holland
          
           is
           not
           yet
           come
           to
           my
           hands
           :
           but
           if
           it
           be
           of
           the
           same
           thread
           with
           this
           ,
           he
           had
           bin
           much
           better
           imploy'd
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           only
           imitated
           the
           
             Roman
             Emperours
          
           journey
           thither
           ,
           and
           
             gone
             to
             gather
             Cockle-shells
             on
             that
             shore
             .
          
           If
           he
           has
           any
           
             friends
             amongst
             all
             the
             learned
             men
             of
             Europe
             ,
             that
             were
             once
             his
             familiars
             ,
          
           they
           would
           do
           well
           to
           advise
           him
           what
           weight
           his
           mind
           will
           bear
           :
           he
           is
           himself
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           when
           he
           acknowledges
           ,
           
           that
           
             these
             matters
             of
             state
          
           ,
           
           
             Characters
             of
             Nations
             ,
             descriptions
             of
             Governments
             ,
             Churches
             ,
             and
             Courts
             ,
             are
             far
             above
             the
             weakness
             of
             his
             Spirit
             .
          
           But
           yet
           the
           Mans
           abilities
           are
           not
           wholy
           to
           be
           discourag'd
           ;
           he
           may
           still
           prove
           a
           tolerable
           good
           flatterer
           of
           his
           Patrons
           :
           he
           may
           bring
           in
           his
           
             Vostre
             Tres
             Humble
          
           ,
           artificially
           enough
           in
           the
           end
           of
           an
           empty
           Letter
           of
           complements
           :
           he
           may
           serve
           to
           commend
           Philosophers
           when
           they
           are
           dead
           :
           or
           
           (
           to
           conclude
           with
           his
           own
           dear
           Epithete
           )
           he
           may
           make
           a
           sufficient
           Trumpeter
           in
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           Learning
           .
           And
           in
           truth
           he
           has
           behav'd
           himself
           ,
           in
           this
           
             account
             of
             his
             Voyage
          
           ,
           like
           a
           true
           Trumpeter
           ;
           for
           Trumpeters
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           sent
           into
           forein
           armies
           or
           countries
           ,
           are
           alwayes
           blinded
           on
           purpose
           that
           they
           might
           not
           be
           able
           to
           give
           any
           certain
           intelligence
           ,
           of
           the
           places
           through
           which
           they
           pass'd
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           having
           dismiss'd
           
           the
           
             Historiographer
             Royal
          
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           speedily
           put
           an
           end
           to
           your
           trouble
           ,
           I
           will
           only
           in
           few
           words
           apply
           my
           speech
           to
           your self
           .
           You
           may
           perhaps
           remember
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           sometimes
           debated
           together
           ,
           what
           place
           and
           time
           of
           all
           the
           past
           ,
           or
           present
           ,
           we
           would
           have
           chosen
           to
           live
           in
           ,
           if
           our
           fates
           had
           bin
           at
           our
           own
           disposal
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           discourse
           ,
           insteed
           of
           
             desiring
             to
             have
             bin
             born
             in
             China
             ,
          
           we
           both
           agreed
           ,
           that
           Rome
           ,
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Augustus
           ,
           was
           to
           be
           preferr'd
           
           before
           all
           others
           .
           The
           prerogatives
           of
           that
           time
           were
           very
           many
           :
           That
           City
           was
           then
           become
           the
           establish'd
           seat
           of
           the
           Empire
           of
           the
           world
           :
           that
           Emperour
           had
           the
           good
           fortune
           to
           succeed
           a
           long
           civil
           war
           :
           the
           minds
           of
           all
           men
           were
           easily
           compos'd
           into
           obedience
           by
           the
           remembrance
           of
           their
           past
           misfortunes
           :
           the
           arts
           of
           Wit
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           and
           delight
           were
           in
           their
           highest
           perfection
           :
           the
           Court
           was
           the
           place
           of
           resort
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           Lovers
           of
           generous
           
           knowledge
           :
           and
           such
           was
           the
           freedome
           of
           their
           manners
           ,
           that
           
             Virgil
             ,
             Horace
          
           ,
           and
           Varius
           were
           admitted
           into
           the
           privacies
           ,
           and
           friendship
           ,
           of
           
             Agrippa
             ,
             Mecaenas
          
           ,
           and
           Augustus
           .
           Beyond
           this
           we
           could
           fancy
           nothing
           pleasanter
           to
           a
           Philosophical
           mind
           ;
           which
           was
           resolv'd
           to
           live
           according
           to
           the
           convenience
           ,
           and
           Rules
           of
           Nature
           ,
           seeing
           it
           might
           there
           have
           injoy'd
           at
           once
           all
           the
           varieties
           of
           an
           active
           life
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           quiet
           ,
           and
           peace
           ,
           of
           a
           Retir'd
           .
        
         
         
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           was
           then
           our
           opinion
           :
           But
           it
           was
           before
           the
           
             Kings
             Return
          
           .
           For
           since
           that
           blessed
           time
           ,
           the
           condition
           of
           our
           owne
           Countrey
           appears
           to
           me
           to
           be
           such
           ,
           that
           we
           need
           not
           search
           into
           antient
           History
           for
           a
           reall
           Idea
           of
           happinesse
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           that
           England
           is
           not
           the
           seat
           of
           the
           Empire
           of
           the
           world
           :
           But
           it
           may
           be
           of
           that
           which
           confines
           the
           world
           it self
           ,
           the
           Ocean
           :
           To
           this
           Dominion
           our
           Nation
           is
           invited
           ,
           by
           the
           Scituation
           of
           our
           
           shores
           ,
           the
           inclination
           of
           our
           people
           ,
           and
           the
           Genius
           of
           a
           vigorous
           and
           skilfull
           Prince
           .
           The
           time
           wherein
           we
           live
           is
           upon
           the
           recovery
           of
           an
           Universal
           peace
           ;
           a
           peace
           establish'd
           on
           the
           two
           surest
           foundations
           of
           Fear
           ,
           and
           Love
           :
           a
           peace
           that
           was
           accomplish'd
           without
           proscriptions
           ,
           and
           even
           without
           the
           ruine
           of
           those
           that
           resisted
           it
           :
           a
           peace
           that
           was
           produc'd
           by
           peaceful
           Arts
           ,
           though
           it
           was
           by
           the
           conduct
           of
           an
           Army
           .
           The
           footsteps
           of
           
           the
           late
           dreadfull
           war
           are
           not
           only
           vanish'd
           from
           our
           eies
           ,
           but
           now
           almost
           from
           our
           thoughts
           .
           If
           any
           thing
           of
           it
           still
           remains
           ,
           it
           is
           only
           the
           good
           effect
           which
           it
           had
           on
           our
           countrey
           ,
           the
           industry
           that
           was
           excited
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           wisdome
           which
           such
           wofull
           experience
           has
           taught
           us
           .
           The
           Government
           which
           we
           injoy
           ,
           is
           justly
           compos'd
           of
           a
           sufficient
           liberty
           ,
           and
           restraint
           .
           And
           though
           it
           may
           be
           suspected
           in
           a
           querulous
           and
           discontented
           
           Age
           ,
           a
           little
           to
           incline
           the
           people
           to
           disobedience
           ;
           yet
           in
           a
           calme
           ,
           and
           a
           secure
           time
           (
           such
           as
           this
           at
           present
           )
           it
           serves
           admirably
           well
           to
           breed
           a
           generous
           ,
           an
           honourable
           ,
           and
           invincible
           spirit
           .
           The
           temper
           of
           the
           English
           is
           free
           ,
           Modest
           ,
           Sincere
           ,
           Kind
           ,
           hard
           to
           be
           provok'd
           :
           if
           they
           are
           not
           so
           talkative
           as
           others
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           more
           carefull
           of
           what
           they
           speak
           :
           if
           they
           are
           thought
           ,
           by
           some
           of
           their
           neighbours
           ,
           
           to
           be
           a
           little
           defective
           in
           the
           gentleness
           ,
           and
           the
           pliableness
           of
           their
           humour
           ;
           yet
           that
           want
           is
           abundantly
           supplyed
           ,
           by
           their
           firme
           and
           their
           Masculine
           virtues
           :
           and
           perhaps
           the
           same
           observation
           may
           be
           found
           true
           in
           men
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           Mettals
           ,
           that
           those
           of
           the
           strongest
           ,
           and
           the
           Noblest
           substance
           are
           hardest
           to
           be
           polisht
           .
           The
           Arts
           that
           now
           prevail
           amongst
           us
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           all
           the
           usefull
           Sciences
           of
           Antiquity
           ,
           but
           
           most
           especially
           all
           the
           late
           discoveries
           of
           this
           Age
           in
           the
           reall
           knowledge
           of
           mankind
           ,
           and
           nature
           .
           For
           the
           improvement
           of
           this
           kind
           of
           light
           ,
           the
           English
           disposition
           is
           of
           all
           others
           the
           fittest
           .
           And
           an
           universal
           zeal
           towards
           the
           advancement
           of
           such
           designs
           ,
           has
           not
           only
           overspread
           our
           Court
           and
           Vniversities
           ;
           but
           the
           Shops
           of
           our
           Mechanicks
           ,
           the
           fields
           of
           our
           Gentlemen
           ,
           the
           Cottages
           of
           our
           Farmers
           ,
           and
           the
           Ships
           of
           
           our
           Merchants
           .
           To
           all
           this
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           may
           be
           added
           the
           Profession
           of
           such
           a
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Discipline
           of
           such
           a
           Church
           ,
           which
           an
           impartial
           Philosopher
           would
           chuse
           :
           which
           by
           falling
           with
           the
           Throne
           ,
           and
           by
           rising
           with
           it
           again
           ,
           has
           given
           evident
           signe
           ,
           how
           consistent
           it
           is
           with
           the
           Laws
           of
           humane
           society
           ,
           and
           how
           neerly
           its
           interest
           is
           united
           with
           the
           prosperity
           of
           our
           Country
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           indeed
           that
           
           after
           all
           these
           advantages
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           some
           room
           still
           left
           for
           future
           amendments
           ,
           in
           the
           union
           of
           our
           minds
           ,
           the
           smoothness
           of
           our
           manners
           ,
           and
           the
           Beauty
           of
           our
           Buildings
           .
           This
           last
           was
           the
           peculiar
           honour
           of
           Augustus
           ,
           who
           is
           said
           
             to
             have
             found
             Rome
             of
             Brick
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             left
             it
             of
             Marble
             .
          
           In
           this
           kind
           too
           we
           every
           day
           behold
           a
           wonderful
           progress
           ,
           by
           the
           powerfull
           influence
           of
           a
           
             Royal
             Example
          
           :
           so
           that
           I
           
           may
           in
           generall
           affirm
           ,
           that
           never
           any
           Nation
           in
           the
           world
           has
           proceeded
           by
           swifter
           degrees
           ,
           to
           excell
           in
           Convenience
           and
           Magnificence
           .
           But
           whatever
           is
           to
           be
           added
           in
           this
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           such
           way
           ,
           we
           can
           never
           receive
           it
           from
           the
           petulant
           corrections
           of
           such
           vain
           Observers
           ,
           as
           this
           whom
           I
           have
           here
           consider'd
           .
           No
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           expect
           it
           from
           the
           many
           Noble
           and
           practicall
           English
           
           Wits
           of
           this
           Age
           :
           and
           chiefly
           from
           your self
           .
           For
           you
           must
           give
           me
           leave
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           to
           presage
           ,
           that
           to
           you
           your
           Country
           is
           to
           owe
           very
           much
           of
           its
           Ornament
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           experimental
           knowledge
           ,
           its
           reputation
           and
           indeed
           all
           the
           living
           ,
           and
           Beneficial
           Arts
           ,
           the
           enlargement
           of
           their
           Bounds
           .
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           know
           will
           offend
           your
           modesty
           ;
           but
           he
           is
           an
           ill
           English-man
           ,
           who
           would
           not
           have
           said
           as
           much
           
           as
           this
           ,
           when
           your
           name
           was
           mentioned
           :
           which
           if
           I
           had
           omitted
           ,
           I
           had
           bin
           almost
           as
           injurious
           to
           our
           Nation
           ,
           as
           this
           very
           Traveller
           whom
           I
           censure
           :
           for
           as
           he
           was
           un●ust
           in
           aggravating
           the
           faults
           ,
           so
           I
           my selfe
           had
           been
           ,
           in
           concealing
           one
           of
           the
           principall
           glories
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           I
           beg
           of
           you
           now
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           only
           to
           permit
           me
           to
           conclude
           with
           some
           Apology
           for
           my self
           .
           You
           may
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           wonder
           all
           
           this
           while
           to
           see
           me
           undertake
           such
           an
           argument
           ,
           and
           to
           prosecute
           it
           in
           a
           manner
           ,
           which
           may
           appear
           perhaps
           a
           little
           too
           sharp
           for
           your
           eye
           ,
           or
           my
           pen.
           You
           know
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           enemy
           to
           all
           manner
           of
           controversies
           ,
           that
           I
           hate
           contention
           ,
           though
           in
           matters
           of
           the
           greatest
           concernment
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           had
           much
           rather
           defend
           ,
           then
           accuse
           :
           To
           this
           I
           can
           therefore
           only
           reply
           ,
           for
           my
           excuse
           ,
           that
           this
           Letter
           may
           not
           so
           properly
           
           be
           call'd
           an
           Accusation
           ,
           as
           a
           Defence
           :
           For
           though
           I
           have
           confuted
           the
           sawciness
           of
           one
           particular
           Man
           ,
           yet
           I
           have
           pleaded
           for
           a
           Great
           ,
           a
           Valiant
           ,
           and
           a
           vertuous
           people
           .
           Sir
           ,
           I
           am
           .
        
         
           
             London
             ,
             
               August
               1
               ,
               1664.
               
            
          
           
             Your
             most
             Humble
             and
             Affectionate
             Servant
             .
             
               THO.
               SPRAT
            
             .
          
        
         
      
    
     
       
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