Instructions for forreine travell shewing by what cours, and in what compasse of time, one may take an exact survey of the kingdomes and states of christendome, and arrive to the practicall knowledge of the languages, to good purpose.
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             Instructions for forreine travell shewing by what cours, and in what compasse of time, one may take an exact survey of the kingdomes and states of christendome, and arrive to the practicall knowledge of the languages, to good purpose.
             Howell, James, 1594?-1666.
          
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           INSTRVCTIONS
           for
           Forraine
           TRAVELL
        
         
           IN
           MOTV
           MELOS
        
         
           LONDON
           Printed
           by
           T
           :
           B.
           for
           Humphrey
           Mosley
           ,
           at
           the
           Princes
           Armes
           ,
           in
           Paules
           Church-yard
           ,
           Ano
           1642.
           
        
      
       
       
         
           INSTRUCTIONS
           FOR
           FORREINE
           TRAVELL
           .
        
         
           Shewing
           by
           what
           cours
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           compasse
           of
           time
           ,
           one
           may
           take
           an
           exact
           Survey
           of
           the
           Kingdomes
           and
           States
           of
           Christendome
           ,
           and
           arrive
           to
           the
           practicall
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Languages
           ,
           to
           good
           purpose
           .
           
             —
             Post
             motum
             dulcior
             inde
             Quies
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           T.
           B.
           for
           Humprey
           Mosley
           ,
           at
           the
           Princes
           Armes
           ,
           in
           Paules
           Church-yard
           .
           1642.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           growing
           Glory
           OF
           Great
           Brittaine
           ,
           Prince
           CHARLES
           .
        
         
           A
           parallell
           'twixt
           His
           Highnesse
           ,
           and
           the
           Black
           Prince
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           Wales
           had
           one
           Glorious
           Prince
           of
           haire
           and
           hue
           (
           Which
           colour
           sticks
           unto
           Him
           still
           )
           like
           You
           :
        
         
           He
           travell'd
           far
           ,
           He
           won
           His
           spurs
           in
           France
           ,
        
         
           And
           tooke
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           KING
           ,
           ô
           monstrous
           chance
        
         
           Then
           His
           victorious
           troupes
           afresh
           He
           getherss
        
         
           And
           with
           the
           gray
           Goose-wing
           his
           shaftsnew
           fethers
           ,
        
         
           He
           beats
           a
           march
           up
           the
           Pyrene
           Hils
           ,
        
         
           And
           the
           Cantabrian
           clime
           with
           terro●fils
           ,
        
         
           To
           re-inthrone
           Don
           Pedro
           Castile's
           King
           ,
        
         
           Of
           which
           heroique
           Act
           all
           Stories
           ring
           .
        
         
           Your
           Royall
           Sire
           travell'd
           so
           far
           ,
           and
           Thay
        
         
           Of
           all
           our
           Princes
           only
           made
           that
           way
           .
        
         
         
           Who
           knowes
           ,
           Great
           Sir
           ,
           but
           by
           just
           destiny
           ,
        
         
           Your
           bunch
           of
           (
           Youthfull
           )
           Plumes
           may
           further
           fly
           ?
        
         
           But
           Faulcon-like
           ,
           You
           may
           with
           full
           summ'd
           wing
        
         
           The
           Eagle
           cuff
           ,
           and
           from
           his
           tallons
           wring
        
         
           The
           
             *
          
           Prey
           ,
           or
           in
           exchange
           seize
           on
           his
           Ore
           ,
        
         
           And
           fixe
           Your
           Standard
           on
           the
           Indian
           shore
           .
        
         
           'T
           was
           by
           
             b
          
           ●
           Charles
           ,
           France
           once
           the
           Empire
           got
           ,
        
         
           'T
           was
           by
           a
           
             c
          
           Charles
           the
           Spaniard
           d●●ue
           that
           los
           ,
        
         
           Why
           may
           not
           Brittaine
           challenge
           the
           next
           call
           ,
        
         
           And
           by
           a
           CHARLES
           be
           made
           Imperiall
           ?
        
         
           
             —
             Sic
             Vaticinatur
             .
             IA
             .
             HOWELL
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           Substance
           of
           this
           Discours
           .
        
         
           OF
           the
           advantage
           ,
           and
           preheminence
           of
           the
           Eye
           .
        
         
           Of
           Forraine
           Travell
           ,
           and
           the
           progresse
           of
           Learning
           .
        
         
           What
           previous
           abilities
           are
           required
           in
           a
           Traveller
           .
        
         
           A
           caveat
           touching
           his
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Precepts
           for
           learning
           the
           French
           Language
           .
        
         
           What
           Authors
           to
           be
           made
           choyce
           of
           ,
           for
           the
           Government
           and
           History
           of
           France
           .
        
         
           Of
           Books
           in
           generall
           .
        
         
           Of
           Historians
           ,
           and
           a
           method
           to
           reade
           them
           .
        
         
           Of
           Private
           Meditation
           .
           
           Of
           Poets
           .
        
         
           An
           estimat
           of
           the
           expences
           of
           a
           Nobleman
           ,
           or
           of
           a
           private
           Gentleman
           a
           broad
           .
        
         
           Advertisements
           for
           writing
           of
           Letters
           .
        
         
           INstructions
           for
           travelling
           in
           Spaine
           .
        
         
           Of
           barren
           and
           fruitful
           Countreys
           .
        
         
           The
           strange
           contrariety
           'twixt
           the
           French
           and
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           the
           reasons
           natural
           &
           accidental
           .
        
         
           Of
           their
           cariage
           ,
           cloathing
           ,
           and
           diet
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Of
           the
           Spanish
           Language
           ,
           how
           to
           be
           studied
           ,
           and
           of
           its
           affinity
           with
           the
           Latine
           .
        
         
           Of
           Spanish
           Authors
           .
        
         
           The
           advantage
           of
           conversing
           with
           Marchants
           .
        
         
         
           PRecepts
           for
           travelling
           in
           Italy
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           people
           and
           Language
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           Repnblique
           of
           Venice
           and
           other
           States
           there
           .
        
         
           What
           observations
           are
           most
           usefull
           in
           any
           Countrey
           .
        
         
           A
           digression
           into
           a
           politicall
           Discours
           of
           the
           Princes
           of
           Europe
           .
        
         
           Of
           crossing
           the
           Alpes
           ,
           and
           passing
           through
           Germany
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           Court
           of
           Bruxells
           ,
           and
           the
           Netherlands
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           wonderfull
           Stratagems
           used
           in
           those
           wars
           .
        
         
           The
           best
           Authors
           for
           the
           Belgick
           Story
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           States
           of
           Holland
           ,
           and
           their
           admired
           Industry
           ,
           and
           Navall
           strength
           .
        
         
         
           A
           Discours
           of
           the
           vulgar
           languages
           of
           Europe
           ,
           with
           their
           severall
           Dialects
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           richnesse
           of
           the
           English
           Tongue
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           Pattuecos
           a
           People
           nere
           the
           heart
           of
           Spaine
           ,
           never
           discovered
           til
           of
           late
           yeares
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           abuse
           of
           Forrain
           Travell
           .
        
         
           Of
           S.
           Thomas
           Moore
           Traveller
           .
        
         
           Of
           Ptolomeys
           Travellers
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           most
           materiall
           use
           of
           Travel
           .
        
         
           What
           cours
           a
           Traveller
           must
           take
           at
           his
           returne
           home
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           Parlamentary
           Governement
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           her
           happinesse
           therein
           above
           other
           Countreys
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           Mathematiques
           ;
           of
           Chymistry
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           INSTRVCTIONS
           FOR
           Forraine
           Travell
           .
        
         
           
             SECTION
             .
             I.
             
          
           
             AMongst
             those
             many
             advantages
             ,
             which
             conduce
             to
             enrich
             the
             mind
             with
             Knowledge
             ,
             to
             rectify
             the
             Iudgement
             ,
             and
             compose
             outward
             manners
             ;
             
             Forraine
             Travell
             is
             none
             of
             the
             least
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             bee
             a
             Sedentary
             Traveller
             only
             ,
             penn'd
             up
             between
             Wals
             ,
             and
             to
             stand
             poring
             all
             day
             upon
             a
             Map
             ,
             upon
             imaginary
             Circles
             and
             Scales
             ,
             is
             like
             him
             ,
             who
             thought
             to
             come
             to
             bee
             a
             good
             Fencer
             ,
             by
             looking
             on
             Agrippa's
             book-postures
             only
             :
             As
             also
             to
             run
             over
             and
             traverse
             the
             world
             by
             Heare-say
             ,
             and
             traditionall
             relation
             ,
             with
             other
             mens
             eyes
             ,
             and
             so
             take
             all
             things
             upon
             courtesie
             ,
             is
             but
             a
             confused
             and
             imperfect
             kind
             of
             speculation
             ,
             which
             leaveth
             but
             weake
             and
             distrustfull
             notions
             behind
             it
             ;
             in
             regard
             the
             Eare
             is
             not
             so
             authen●●q●e
             a
             witnesse
             
             as
             the
             Eye
             ;
             because
             the
             Eye
             ,
             by
             which
             as
             through
             a
             cleare
             christall
             Casement
             ,
             wee
             discerne
             the
             various
             works
             of
             Art
             and
             Nature
             ,
             and
             in
             one
             instant
             comprehend
             halfe
             the
             whole
             Vniverse
             in
             so
             small
             a
             roome
             after
             so
             admirable
             a
             manner
             ,
             I
             say
             the
             Eye
             having
             a
             more
             quick
             and
             immediat
             commerce
             and
             familiarity
             with
             the
             Soule
             (
             being
             the
             principall
             of
             her
             Cinq
             ports
             ,
             and
             her
             Centinell
             )
             taketh
             in
             farre
             deeper
             Ideas
             ,
             and
             so
             makes
             firmer
             and
             more
             lasting
             impressions
             ,
             conveying
             the
             object
             more
             faithfully
             to
             the
             memory
             ,
             where
             it
             remaines
             afterward
             upon
             record
             in
             particular
             topicall
             notes
             ,
             and
             
             indelible
             characters
             :
             For
             though
             I
             confesse
             with
             the
             Stagirite
             ,
             that
             Hearing
             is
             the
             sense
             of
             Learning
             (
             and
             of
             Faith
             also
             ,
             as
             the
             holy
             Text
             tels
             me
             )
             yet
             the
             Sight
             surpasseth
             it
             by
             many
             degrees
             ,
             if
             you
             respect
             the
             curious
             workeman-ship
             of
             the
             Organ
             ,
             the
             readiest
             roade
             to
             the
             heart
             ,
             and
             love's
             best
             Intelligencer
             and
             Usher
             :
             As
             also
             for
             the
             penetrative
             apprehension
             of
             the
             object
             ,
             with
             the
             intuitive
             vertue
             and
             force
             of
             affection
             ,
             it
             worketh
             inwardly
             ,
             as
             we
             find
             upon
             good
             record
             that
             a
             heard
             of
             Sheepe
             conceived
             once
             by
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             Eye
             ,
             as
             likewise
             for
             the
             wonderfull
             quicknesse
             of
             this
             Sense
             ,
             
             which
             is
             such
             that
             i●
             makes
             the
             effect
             oftentimes
             fore-run
             the
             cause
             ,
             as
             we
             see
             the
             Lightning
             ,
             before
             wee
             Heare
             the
             Thunder
             ,
             though
             thunder
             be
             first
             in
             Nature
             ,
             being
             by
             the
             violent
             eruption
             it
             makes
             out
             of
             the
             Cloud
             ,
             the
             cause
             of
             such
             fulgurations
             .
             And
             although
             one
             should
             reade
             all
             the
             Topographers
             that
             ever
             writ
             of
             ,
             or
             anatomiz'd
             a
             Town
             or
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             mingle
             Discourse
             with
             the
             most
             exact
             observers
             of
             the
             Government
             thereof
             ,
             and
             labour
             to
             draw
             and
             draine
             out
             of
             them
             all
             they
             possibly
             know
             or
             can
             remember
             ▪
             Yet
             one's
             own
             Ocular
             view
             ,
             and
             personall
             conversation
             will
             still
             find
             out
             something
             
             new
             and
             unpointed
             at
             by
             any
             other
             ,
             either
             in
             the
             cariage
             or
             the
             Genius
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Policy
             and
             municipall
             customes
             of
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             quality
             of
             the
             Clime
             and
             Soyle
             ,
             and
             so
             enable
             him
             to
             discourse
             more
             knovvingly
             and
             confidently
             and
             vvith
             a
             kind
             of
             Authority
             thereof
             ;
             It
             being
             an
             Act
             of
             parlament
             in
             force
             amongst
             all
             Nations
             :
             That
             one
             Eye-witnesse
             is
             of
             more
             validity
             than
             ten
             Aur●cular
             .
          
           
             Moreover
             as
             every
             one
             is
             said
             to
             abound
             with
             his
             owne
             sense
             ,
             and
             that
             among
             the
             race
             of
             man-kind
             ,
             Opinions
             and
             Francies
             ,
             are
             found
             to
             be
             as
             various
             as
             the
             severall
             Faces
             and
             Voyces
             ;
             So
             in
             each
             
             individuall
             man
             there
             is
             a
             differing
             facultie
             of
             Observation
             ,
             of
             Iudgement
             ,
             of
             Application
             ,
             vvhich
             makes
             that
             every
             one
             is
             best
             satisfied
             ,
             and
             most
             faithfully
             instructed
             by
             himselfe
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             meane
             soley
             by
             himselfe
             ,
             (
             for
             so
             he
             may
             have
             a
             foole
             to
             his
             Master
             )
             but
             Books
             also
             ,
             and
             conversation
             vvith
             the
             Dead
             must
             concurre
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             likevvise
             good
             Teachers
             ,
             and
             edifie
             infinitely
             ;
             yet
             the
             study
             of
             living
             men
             ,
             and
             a
             collation
             of
             his
             ovvn
             Optique
             observations
             and
             judgement
             vvith
             theirs
             ,
             vvork
             much
             more
             strongly
             ,
             and
             where
             these
             meet
             (
             I
             meane
             the
             living
             and
             the
             dead
             )
             they
             perfect
             .
          
           
           
             And
             indeed
             this
             is
             the
             prime
             use
             of
             Peregrination
             ,
             which
             therefore
             may
             be
             not
             improperly
             called
             a
             moving
             Academy
             ,
             or
             the
             true
             Peripatetique
             Schoole
             :
             This
             made
             Ulisses
             to
             be
             cryed
             up
             so
             much
             amongst
             the
             Gre●ks
             for
             their
             greatest
             wise
             man
             ,
             because
             he
             had
             Travelled
             through
             many
             strange
             Countreys
             ,
             and
             observed
             the
             manners
             of
             divers
             Nations
             ,
             having
             seene
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             said
             and
             sung
             of
             him
             ,
             more
             Cities
             than
             there
             were
             Houses
             in
             Athens
             ,
             which
             was
             much
             in
             that
             age
             of
             the
             World
             :
             and
             the
             Greatest
             of
             their
             Emperours
             did
             use
             to
             glory
             in
             nothing
             so
             often
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             had
             surveyed
             more
             
             Land
             with
             his
             Eye
             ,
             than
             other
             Kings
             could
             comprehend
             with
             their
             thoughts
             .
          
           
             Amongst
             other
             people
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             Islanders
             seeme
             to
             stand
             in
             most
             need
             of
             Forraine
             Travell
             ,
             for
             they
             being
             cut
             off
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             from
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Citizens
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             have
             not
             those
             obvious
             accesses
             ,
             &
             contiguity
             of
             situation
             ,
             and
             other
             advantages
             of
             society
             ,
             to
             mingle
             with
             those
             more
             refined
             Nations
             ,
             whom
             Learning
             and
             Knowledge
             did
             first
             Vrbanize
             and
             polish
             .
             And
             as
             all
             other
             things
             by
             a
             kind
             of
             secret
             instinct
             of
             Nature
             follow
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             so
             is
             it
             observed
             that
             the
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             which
             
             are
             the
             greatest
             helps
             to
             Civility
             ,
             and
             all
             Morall
             endowments
             as
             well
             as
             Intellectuall
             ,
             have
             wheel'd
             about
             and
             travell'd
             in
             a
             kind
             of
             concomitant
             motion
             with
             that
             great
             Luminary
             of
             Heaven
             :
             They
             budded
             first
             amongst
             the
             Brachma●s
             and
             Gymnosophists
             in
             India
             ,
             then
             they
             blossom'd
             amongst
             the
             Chaldeans
             and
             Priests
             of
             Egypt
             whence
             they
             came
             down
             the
             Nile
             ,
             and
             crossed
             over
             to
             Greece
             ,
             and
             there
             they
             may
             bee
             said
             to
             have
             borne
             ripe
             fruit
             ,
             having
             taken
             such
             firme
             rooting
             ,
             and
             making
             so
             long
             a
             Plantation
             in
             Athens
             and
             else
             where
             :
             Afterwards
             they
             found
             the
             way
             to
             Italy
             ,
             and
             thence
             they
             clammer'd
             over
             
             the
             Alpian
             hils
             to
             visit
             Germany
             and
             France
             ,
             whence
             the
             Britaines
             with
             other
             North-west
             Nations
             of
             the
             lower
             World
             fetch'd
             them
             over
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             not
             improbable
             that
             the
             next
             Flight
             they
             will
             make
             ,
             will
             bee
             to
             the
             Savages
             of
             the
             new
             discovered
             World
             ▪
             and
             so
             turne
             round
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             circular
             perambulation
             visit
             the
             L●vantines
             again
             .
          
           
             Hence
             we
             see
             what
             a
             Traveller●
             Learning
             hath
             beene
             having
             in
             conformitie
             of
             cours
             ,
             been
             a
             kind
             of
             companion
             to
             Ap●llo
             himselfe
             :
             And
             as
             the
             Heavenly
             bodies
             are
             said
             to
             delight
             in
             movement
             and
             perpetuall
             circumgyration
             ,
             wherein
             as
             Pythagoras
             ,
             
             goras
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             Delphian
             Oracle
             was
             pronounced
             ,
             the
             wisest
             man
             that
             ever
             Greece
             bredd
             ,
             did
             hold
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             kind
             of
             Musique
             and
             Harmonious
             concent
             that
             issued
             out
             of
             this
             regular
             motion
             ,
             which
             we
             cannot
             perceive
             ,
             because
             being
             borne
             in
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             connaturall
             to
             us
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             observed
             to
             be
             the
             Genius
             of
             all
             active
             and
             generous
             Spirits
             ,
             
               Quêis
               meliore
               luto
               finxit
               praecordia
               Titan
               ,
            
          
           
             To
             have
             been
             always
             transported
             with
             a
             desire
             of
             Travell
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             bounded
             ,
             or
             confined
             within
             the
             shoares
             and
             narrow
             circumference
             
             of
             an
             Island
             ,
             without
             ever-treading
             any
             peece
             of
             the
             Continent
             ;
             whereas
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             meane
             and
             vulgar
             spirits
             ,
             whose
             Soules
             sore
             no
             higher
             than
             their
             Sense
             ,
             love
             to
             hover
             ever
             about
             home
             ,
             lying
             still
             as
             it
             were
             at
             dead
             anchor
             ,
             moving
             no
             further
             than
             the
             length
             of
             the
             cable
             ,
             whereunto
             they
             are
             tyed
             ,
             not
             daring
             to
             lance
             out
             into
             the
             maine
             ,
             to
             see
             the
             wonders
             of
             the
             deep
             :
             Such
             a
             one
             was
             hee
             of
             whom
             Claudian
             speakes
             ,
             to
             have
             had
             his
             birth
             ,
             breeding
             ,
             and
             buriall
             in
             one
             Parish
             ;
             such
             slow
             and
             sluggish
             spirits
             may
             be
             said
             to
             bee
             like
             Snailes
             or
             Tortuises
             in
             their
             shels
             ,
             
             crawling
             always
             about
             their
             own
             home
             ,
             or
             like
             the
             Cynique
             ,
             shut
             up
             alwayes
             in
             a
             Tub.
             
          
           
             Amongst
             other
             Nations
             of
             the
             World
             the
             English
             are
             observed
             to
             have
             gained
             much
             ,
             and
             ●mproved
             themselfes
             infinitely
             by
             voyaging
             both
             by
             Land
             and
             Sea
             ,
             and
             of
             those
             foure
             Worthies
             who
             compassed
             about
             the
             Terrestriall
             Globe
             ,
             I
             find
             the
             major
             part
             of
             them
             were
             English
             ,
             but
             the
             scope
             of
             this
             Discours
             is
             to
             prescribe
             precepts
             for
             Land
             Travell
             only
             (
             for
             the
             other
             requires
             another
             Tract
             apart
             )
             and
             first
             ,
             
             
               
                 A
                 Iove
                 principium
                 —
              
               
                 Sic
                 feret
                 antennas
                 aura
                 secundatuas
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             II.
             
          
           
             IT
             is
             very
             requisit
             that
             hee
             who
             exposeth
             himselfe
             to
             the
             hazard
             of
             Forraine
             Travell
             ,
             should
             bee
             well
             grounded
             and
             settled
             in
             his
             Religion
             ,
             the
             beginning
             and
             basis
             of
             all
             Wisdome
             ,
             and
             somwhat
             versed
             in
             the
             Controversies
             'twixt
             us
             and
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             which
             I
             
             presume
             he
             hath
             done
             in
             the
             University
             ,
             where
             (
             I
             take
             it
             for
             granted
             ,
             hee
             hath
             been
             matriculated
             ,
             and
             besides
             his
             initiation
             in
             the
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             ,
             and
             learn't
             to
             chop
             Logick
             (
             &
             Logick
             though
             she
             be
             no
             Science
             of
             her self
             ,
             but
             as
             she
             is
             subservient
             to
             another
             ,
             Like
             the
             Shoomakers
             Last
             ,
             that
             may
             bee
             applyable
             to
             any
             foot
             ,
             yet
             no
             Science
             can
             bee
             rightly
             studied
             without
             her
             method
             ,
             nor
             indeed
             can
             the
             termes
             of
             Art
             be
             well
             understood
             ,
             or
             any
             Scholler-like
             discours
             fram'd
             but
             by
             her
             )
             where
             I
             say
             ,
             besides
             these
             studies
             ,
             he
             hath
             sucked
             the
             pure
             milke
             of
             true
             Religion
             ,
             and
             Orthodoxall
             truth
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             one
             will
             be
             rather
             
             confirmed
             ,
             than
             shaken
             in
             the
             tenets
             of
             his
             Faith
             ,
             when
             he
             seeth
             the
             sundry
             fond
             fantastique
             formes
             ,
             which
             have
             crept
             into
             the
             solemne
             service
             of
             God
             ,
             since
             the
             primitive
             times
             ,
             for
             the
             practise
             of
             the
             Roman
             Church
             is
             worse
             than
             her
             positions
             ,
             so
             that
             I
             have
             knowne
             some
             ,
             who
             were
             wrought
             upon
             very
             far
             by
             the
             one
             ,
             averted
             again
             by
             the
             other
             ,
             I
             meane
             by
             her
             Ceremonies
             ,
             which
             in
             some
             places
             are
             so
             mimicall
             ,
             and
             set
             forth
             in
             such
             antique
             postures
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             not
             improperly
             sayd
             ,
             whereas
             Religion
             should
             go
             array'd
             in
             a
             grave
             Matron-like
             habit
             ,
             they
             have
             clad
             her
             rather
             like
             a
             wanton
             
             Courtisane
             in
             light
             dresses
             :
             Such
             a
             one
             ,
             I
             meane
             he
             that
             is
             well
             instructed
             in
             his
             own
             Religion
             ,
             may
             passe
             under
             the
             torrid
             Zone
             ,
             and
             not
             bee
             Sun-burnt
             ,
             if
             he
             carry
             this
             bon-grace
             about
             him
             ,
             or
             like
             the
             River
             Danube
             which
             scornes
             to
             mingle
             with
             the
             muddy
             streame
             of
             Sava
             ,
             though
             they
             run
             both
             in
             one
             Channell
             ,
             or
             like
             Arethusa
             ,
             which
             Travelleth
             many
             hundred
             miles
             through
             the
             very
             bowels
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             yet
             at
             her
             journeys
             end
             issueth
             out
             fresh
             againe
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             mixture
             of
             saltnesse
             or
             brackishnesse
             :
             So
             such
             a
             one
             may
             passe
             and
             repasse
             through
             the
             very
             midst
             of
             the
             Roman
             See
             ,
             and
             shoot
             
             the
             most
             dangerous
             Gulphe
             thereof
             ,
             and
             yet
             returne
             home
             an
             untainted
             Protestant
             ;
             nay
             he
             will
             be
             confirmed
             in
             zeale
             to
             his
             owne
             Religion
             ,
             and
             illuminated
             the
             more
             with
             the
             brightnesse
             of
             the
             truth
             thereof
             ,
             by
             the
             glaring
             lights
             and
             specious
             glosses
             ,
             which
             the
             other
             useth
             to
             cast
             ;
             For
             Opposita
             juxta
             se
             posita
             magis
             elucescunt
             :
             Nay
             the
             more
             he
             is
             encompassed
             with
             the
             superstitions
             ,
             of
             the
             contrary
             ,
             the
             more
             he
             will
             bee
             strengthned
             in
             his
             own
             Faith
             ;
             like
             a
             good
             Well
             useth
             to
             be
             hotter
             in
             Winter
             than
             Summer
             ,
             per
             Antiperistasin
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             by
             the
             coldnesse
             of
             the
             circumambient
             ayre
             ,
             which
             in
             a
             manner
             
             besiegeth
             it
             round
             ,
             and
             so
             makes
             the
             intrinsique
             heate
             ,
             unite
             and
             concentre
             it selfe
             the
             more
             strongly
             to
             resist
             the
             invading
             Enemy
             .
          
           
             After
             Religion
             ,
             it
             is
             fitting
             he
             should
             be
             well
             versed
             in
             the
             Topography
             ,
             Government
             and
             History
             of
             his
             own
             Country
             ,
             for
             some
             are
             found
             Foris
             sapere
             ,
             and
             domi
             caecutire
             ,
             to
             be
             Eagles
             abroad
             ,
             and
             stark
             Buzzards
             at
             home
             ,
             being
             not
             able
             to
             satisfie
             a
             stranger
             by
             exchange
             of
             discours
             ,
             in
             any
             thing
             touching
             the
             State
             of
             their
             owne
             Countrey
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             end
             it
             were
             not
             amisse
             to
             run
             over
             Cambden
             ,
             Sir
             Iohn
             Smiths
             Common-wealth
             ,
             
             with
             those
             short
             pieces
             of
             Story
             ,
             as
             Daniel
             and
             others
             who
             have
             written
             of
             the
             English
             Kings
             since
             the
             Conquest
             ,
             and
             extract
             out
             of
             them
             ,
             what
             traverses
             of
             war
             ,
             what
             other
             passages
             and
             entercourses
             of
             State
             have
             happened
             'twixt
             us
             and
             other
             Nations
             since
             the
             last
             Conquest
             ,
             specially
             the
             French
             our
             nearest
             neighbors
             :
             It
             is
             also
             very
             behooffull
             ,
             that
             he
             have
             a
             passable
             understanding
             of
             the
             Latine
             tongue
             ,
             whereof
             the
             Italian
             ,
             the
             Spanish
             ,
             and
             French
             ,
             are
             but
             as
             it
             were
             branches
             of
             the
             same
             Tree
             ;
             they
             are
             but
             Dialects
             or
             Daughters
             ,
             and
             having
             gain'd
             the
             good
             will
             of
             the
             Mother
             ,
             hee
             will
             
             quickly
             prevayle
             with
             the
             Daughters
             .
          
           
             That
             hee
             understand
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Map
             and
             Globe
             ,
             to
             find
             out
             the
             Longitude
             and
             Latitude
             of
             all
             places
             ,
             and
             to
             observe
             and
             compare
             the
             temper
             of
             them
             as
             hee
             shall
             passe
             along
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             that
             hee
             seriously
             contemplate
             within
             himself
             ,
             how
             the
             eyes
             of
             all
             the
             World
             are
             upon
             Him
             ,
             as
             his
             are
             upon
             the
             World
             ,
             what
             his
             parents
             ,
             kindred
             and
             acquaintance
             ,
             yea
             his
             Prince
             will
             expect
             at
             his
             returne
             :
             That
             he
             is
             now
             in
             the
             very
             forge
             of
             his
             hopes
             ,
             either
             upon
             making
             or
             marring
             :
             That
             (
             being
             of
             Noble
             extraction
             )
             he
             is
             like
             to
             be
             a
             Star
             
             of
             the
             greatest
             Magnitude
             in
             the
             Spheare
             of
             his
             owne
             Countrey
             ,
             therefore
             common
             qualities
             will
             not
             serve
             his
             turne
             ,
             that
             the
             higher
             the
             building
             is
             ,
             the
             more
             it
             requires
             exquisit
             forme
             and
             symmetry
             ,
             that
             Nobility
             without
             inward
             ornaments
             is
             as
             faire
             guilded
             shels
             without
             kernels
             ,
             or
             like
             a
             sattin
             doublet
             with
             canvas
             linings
             ,
             whereas
             on
             the
             Other
             side
             Vertue
             reflecting
             upon
             a
             Noble
             subject
             ,
             is
             as
             the
             Sun-beames
             falling
             upon
             a
             rock
             of
             Cristall
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             reverberation
             stronger
             and
             far
             more
             resplendent
             ,
             or
             as
             rich
             goldembrodery
             ,
             upon
             a
             piece
             of
             Tissue
             :
             Such
             thoughts
             
             as
             these
             will
             worke
             much
             upon
             an
             ingenious
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             bee
             as
             a
             golden
             Spur
             ,
             to
             set
             him
             forward
             ,
             and
             cheere
             him
             in
             this
             high
             roade
             of
             Vertue
             ,
             and
             Knowledge
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             III.
             
          
           
             THe
             first
             Countrey
             that
             is
             most
             requisite
             for
             the
             English
             to
             know
             ,
             is
             France
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             neighboured
             ,
             of
             conformity
             in
             Government
             in
             divers
             things
             and
             necessary
             intelligence
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             use
             one
             shall
             have
             of
             that
             Language
             wheresoever
             he
             passe
             further
             :
             And
             the
             younger
             one
             goeth
             to
             France
             the
             better
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             hardnesse
             of
             the
             accent
             and
             pronunciation
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             hardly
             overcome
             by
             one
             
             who
             hath
             passed
             his
             minority
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             point
             the
             French
             Tongue
             may
             bee
             said
             to
             be
             like
             Fortune
             ,
             who
             ,
             being
             a
             woman
             ,
             loves
             youth
             best
             .
             Whereas
             for
             other
             Tongues
             ,
             one
             may
             attaine
             to
             speake
             them
             to
             very
             good
             purpose
             ,
             and
             get
             their
             good
             will
             at
             any
             age
             ;
             the
             French
             Tongue
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             huge
             difference
             'twixt
             their
             writing
             and
             speaking
             ,
             will
             put
             one
             often
             into
             fits
             of
             despaire
             and
             passion
             ,
             as
             wee
             read
             of
             one
             of
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             who
             threw
             away
             Persius
             against
             the
             wals
             ,
             saying
             ,
             si
             non
             vis
             intelligi
             debes
             negligi
             ,
             but
             the
             Learner
             must
             not
             bee
             daunted
             awhit
             at
             that
             ,
             but
             after
             a
             little
             intermission
             hee
             
             must
             come
             on
             more
             strongly
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             pertinacity
             of
             resolution
             set
             upon
             her
             again
             and
             againe
             ,
             and
             woe
             her
             as
             one
             would
             do
             a
             coy
             Mistres
             ,
             with
             a
             kind
             of
             importunity
             ,
             untill
             he
             over-master
             her
             .
          
           
             Indeed
             some
             of
             riper
             plants
             are
             observed
             to
             over-act
             themselves
             herein
             ,
             for
             while
             they
             labour
             to
             trencher
             le
             mot
             ,
             to
             cut
             the
             word
             ,
             as
             they
             say
             ,
             and
             speake
             like
             naturall
             French-men
             ,
             and
             to
             get
             the
             true
             genuine
             tone
             (
             and
             every
             tongue
             hath
             a
             tone
             or
             tune
             peculiar
             to
             her self
             ,
             specially
             the
             French
             ,
             which
             hath
             a
             whining
             kind
             of
             querulous
             tone
             specially
             amongst
             the
             peasantry
             ,
             which
             I
             beleeve
             proceeded
             from
             that
             pittifull
             
             slavery
             they
             are
             brought
             unto
             )
             I
             say
             while
             they
             labour
             for
             this
             ,
             they
             fall
             a
             lisping
             and
             mincing
             ,
             and
             to
             distort
             and
             strain
             their
             mouths
             and
             voyce
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             render
             themselves
             fantastique
             and
             ridiculous
             ;
             let
             it
             bee
             sufficient
             for
             one
             of
             riper
             yeares
             ,
             to
             speake
             French
             intelligibly
             roundly
             ,
             and
             congruously
             without
             such
             forc'd
             affectation
             .
          
           
             The
             French
             tongue
             like
             the
             Nation
             ,
             is
             a
             bold
             and
             hardy
             speach
             ,
             therefore
             the
             learner
             must
             not
             be
             bashfull
             or
             meale
             mouth'd
             in
             speaking
             any
             thing
             ,
             whatsoever
             it
             is
             ,
             let
             it
             come
             forth
             confidently
             whither
             true
             or
             false
             Sintaxis
             ;
             for
             a
             bold
             vivacious
             
             spirit
             hath
             a
             very
             great
             advantage
             in
             attaining
             the
             French
             ,
             or
             indeed
             any
             other
             Language
             :
             He
             must
             be
             cautelous
             not
             to
             force
             any
             Anglicismes
             upon
             the
             French
             Tongue
             ,
             that
             is
             certaine
             vulgar
             Phrases
             ,
             Proverbs
             ,
             and
             Complements
             ,
             which
             are
             peculiar
             to
             the
             English
             ,
             and
             not
             vendible
             or
             used
             in
             French
             ,
             as
             I
             heard
             of
             one
             that
             could
             not
             forbeare
             a
             great
             while
             to
             salute
             his
             Land-Lord
             by
             bon
             matin
             :
             Another
             would
             be
             alwayes
             complaining
             at
             play
             of
             his
             mauvaise
             Fortune
             :
             Another
             when
             at
             the
             racket
             court
             he
             had
             a
             ball
             struck
             into
             his
             hazard
             ,
             hee
             would
             ever
             and
             anon
             cry
             out
             ,
             estes
             wous
             là
             avec
             
             vos
             Ours
             ,
             Are
             you
             there
             with
             your
             Beares
             ?
             which
             is
             ridiculous
             in
             any
             other
             language
             but
             English
             ,
             for
             every
             speech
             hath
             certaine
             Idiomes
             ,
             and
             customary
             Phrases
             of
             its
             own
             ,
             and
             the
             French
             ,
             of
             all
             other
             ,
             hath
             a
             kind
             of
             contumacy
             of
             phrase
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             our
             manner
             of
             speaking
             ,
             proper
             to
             it selfe
             .
          
           
             He
             must
             alwayes
             have
             a
             Diary
             about
             him
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             in
             motion
             of
             Iourneys
             ,
             to
             set
             down
             what
             his
             Eyes
             meetes
             ,
             with
             most
             remarquable
             in
             the
             day
             time
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             he
             may
             raise
             matter
             of
             discours
             at
             night
             ,
             and
             let
             him
             take
             it
             for
             a
             rule
             ,
             that
             Hee
             offend
             lesse
             who
             writes
             many
             toyes
             ,
             than
             he
             ,
             who
             omits
             
             one
             serious
             thing
             .
             For
             the
             Penne
             maketh
             the
             deepest
             furrowes
             ,
             and
             doth
             fertilize
             ,
             and
             enrich
             the
             memory
             more
             than
             any
             thing
             else
             ,
             
               Littera
               scripta
               manet
               ,
               sed
               manant
               lubrica
               verba
               .
            
          
           
             It
             were
             very
             requisit
             to
             have
             a
             book
             of
             the
             Topographicall
             description
             of
             all
             places
             ,
             through
             which
             hee
             passeth
             ;
             and
             I
             think
             Bertius
             ,
             or
             the
             Epitome
             of
             Ortelius
             ,
             which
             are
             small
             and
             portable
             ,
             would
             bee
             the
             best
             .
             At
             his
             first
             comming
             to
             any
             Citie
             he
             should
             repaire
             to
             the
             chief
             Church
             (
             if
             not
             Idolatrous
             )
             to
             offer
             up
             his
             sacrifice
             of
             thanks
             ,
             that
             hee
             is
             
             safely
             arrived
             thither
             ,
             and
             then
             some
             have
             used
             to
             get
             on
             the
             top
             of
             the
             highest
             Steeple
             ,
             where
             one
             may
             view
             with
             advantage
             ,
             all
             the
             Countrey
             circumjacent
             ,
             and
             the
             site
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             with
             the
             advenues
             and
             approaches
             about
             it
             ;
             and
             so
             take
             a
             Landskip
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Being
             come
             to
             France
             ,
             his
             best
             cours
             will
             be
             to
             retire
             to
             some
             Vniversity
             abou●
             the
             Loire
             ,
             unfrequented
             by
             the
             English
             ,
             for
             the
             greatest
             bane
             of
             English
             Gentlemen
             abroad
             ,
             is
             too
             much
             frequency
             and
             communication
             with
             their
             own
             Countrey-men
             ,
             and
             there
             let
             him
             apply
             himselfe
             seriously
             to
             gaine
             the
             practicall
             knowledge
             of
             the
             
             Language
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             time
             hoc
             agere
             .
             This
             hee
             may
             do
             with
             more
             advantage
             ,
             if
             hee
             repaires
             sometimes
             to
             the
             Courts
             of
             Pleading
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Publique
             Schooles
             ;
             For
             in
             France
             they
             presently
             fall
             from
             the
             Latine
             ,
             to
             dispute
             in
             the
             vulgar
             tongue
             :
             So
             that
             it
             were
             not
             amisse
             for
             him
             to
             spend
             some
             time
             in
             the
             New
             Academy
             ;
             erected
             lastly
             by
             the
             French
             Cardinall
             in
             Richelieu
             ,
             where
             all
             the
             Sciences
             are
             read
             in
             the
             French
             tongue
             ,
             which
             is
             done
             of
             purpose
             to
             refine
             ,
             and
             enrich
             the
             Language
             .
          
           
             Some
             have
             used
             it
             as
             a
             prime
             help
             to
             advance
             Language
             ,
             to
             have
             some
             ancient
             Nunne
             for
             a
             Divota
             ,
             with
             
             whom
             hee
             may
             chat
             at
             the
             grates
             ,
             when
             hee
             hath
             little
             else
             to
             do
             ,
             for
             the
             Nunnes
             speake
             a
             quaint
             Dialect
             ,
             and
             besides
             they
             have
             most
             commonly
             all
             the
             Newes
             that
             passe
             ,
             and
             they
             will
             entertaine
             discours
             till
             one
             bee
             weary
             ,
             if
             hee
             bestow
             on
             them
             now
             and
             then
             some
             small
             bagatels
             ,
             as
             English
             Gloves
             or
             Knifs
             ,
             or
             Ribands
             ;
             and
             before
             hee
             go
             over
             ,
             hee
             must
             furnish
             himselfe
             with
             such
             small
             curiosities
             ;
             but
             this
             I
             dare
             not
             advise
             him
             to
             ,
             in
             regard
             the
             Hazard
             one
             way
             may
             bee
             greater
             ,
             than
             the
             Advantage
             the
             other
             way
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             retirement
             he
             must
             assigne
             some
             peculiar
             dayes
             to
             read
             the
             History
             of
             the
             
             Countrey
             exactly
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             most
             usefull
             and
             delightfull
             study
             :
             For
             in
             History
             ,
             that
             great
             Treasury
             of
             Time
             ,
             and
             promptuary
             of
             Heroique
             actions
             ,
             there
             are
             words
             to
             speake
             ,
             and
             works
             to
             imitat
             ,
             with
             rich
             and
             copious
             matter
             to
             raise
             Discours
             upon
             :
             History
             ,
             next
             to
             Eternity
             only
             triumphs
             over
             Time
             ,
             she
             ,
             only
             after
             God
             Almighty
             can
             do
             miracles
             ,
             for
             shee
             can
             bring
             back
             Age
             past
             ,
             and
             give
             life
             to
             the
             Dead
             ,
             to
             whom
             she
             serves
             as
             a
             sacred
             shrine
             to
             keep
             their
             names
             immortall
             .
          
           
             Touching
             Books
             he
             must
             choose
             them
             ,
             as
             hee
             should
             do
             his
             Friends
             ,
             Few
             ,
             but
             Choyce
             ones
             ,
             yet
             he
             may
             have
             many
             Acquaintance
             :
             And
             
             as
             for
             morall
             society
             ,
             the
             greatest
             Wisdome
             of
             a
             man
             is
             discerned
             in
             a
             judicious
             election
             of
             his
             friends
             ,
             which
             are
             as
             Commentaries
             upon
             one's
             selfe
             ,
             and
             are
             more
             necessary
             than
             fire
             and
             water
             ,
             as
             the
             Philosophher
             said
             :
             So
             for
             speculative
             and
             private
             conversation
             with
             Authors
             our
             dead
             Associates
             ,
             there
             must
             bee
             must
             judgement
             used
             in
             the
             choice
             of
             them
             ,
             specially
             when
             there
             is
             such
             a
             confusion
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             in
             France
             ,
             which
             as
             Africk
             peoduceth
             always
             somthing
             New
             ,
             for
             I
             never
             knew
             week
             passe
             in
             Paris
             ,
             but
             it
             brought
             forth
             some
             new
             kinds
             of
             Authors
             ;
             but
             let
             him
             take
             heed
             of
             Tumultuary
             ,
             
             and
             disjointed
             Authors
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             of
             frivolous
             ,
             and
             pedantique
             .
          
           
             And
             touching
             Bookes
             ,
             as
             a
             a
             noble
             speculative
             Lord
             of
             this
             Land
             said
             ,
             some
             are
             to
             be
             tasted
             ,
             only
             ,
             some
             chewed
             ,
             and
             some
             swallowed
             :
             Hereunto
             I
             will
             adde
             that
             some
             are
             to
             be
             dissected
             and
             anatomized
             into
             Epitomes
             and
             Notes
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             purpose
             for
             the
             generall
             History
             of
             France
             ,
             Serres
             is
             one
             of
             the
             best
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             moderne
             times
             d'
             Aubigni
             ,
             Pierre
             Mathieu
             ,
             and
             du
             Pleix
             ;
             for
             the
             politicall
             and
             martiall
             government
             ,
             du
             Haillan
             ,
             de
             la
             Noüe
             ,
             Bodin
             ,
             and
             the
             Cabinet
             ;
             Touching
             Commines
             ,
             who
             was
             contemporary
             
             with
             Machiavil
             ,
             't
             was
             a
             witty
             speach
             of
             the
             last
             Queen
             mother
             of
             France
             ,
             that
             he
             made
             more
             Heretiques
             in
             Policy
             ,
             than
             Luther
             ever
             did
             in
             Religion
             :
             Therefore
             he
             requires
             a
             reader
             of
             riperyears
             .
          
           
             The
             most
             difficult
             taske
             in
             gaining
             a
             forrain
             language
             is
             to
             turne
             English
             into
             it
             ,
             for
             to
             translate
             another
             Tongue
             into
             English
             ,
             is
             not
             halfe
             so
             hard
             nor
             profitable
             .
             In
             reading
             hee
             must
             couch
             in
             a
             faire
             Alphabetique
             paper-book
             the
             notablest
             occurrences
             ,
             such
             alliances
             ,
             and
             encounters
             of
             warre
             (
             speciall
             in
             the
             last
             Race
             of
             the
             Kings
             )
             that
             have
             intervened
             'twixt
             England
             and
             France
             ,
             and
             set
             them
             by
             themselves
             
             in
             Sections
             .
             When
             he
             meets
             with
             any
             great
             businesse
             ,
             hee
             must
             observe
             therein
             the
             preceding
             Counsels
             ,
             the
             action
             it selfe
             the
             motives
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             mould
             wherein
             it
             was
             cast
             ,
             the
             progresse
             &
             even
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             if
             successeful
             ,
             he
             must
             note
             by
             what
             kind
             of
             Instruments
             ,
             cōfederations
             &
             cours
             of
             policy
             it
             was
             carried
             ,
             if
             not
             ,
             where
             the
             difficulties
             and
             defects
             lay
             .
             The
             manner
             &
             method
             in
             reading
             of
             Annalists
             is
             infinitly
             advantagious
             ,
             if
             one
             take
             his
             rise
             hansomely
             from
             the
             beginning
             ,
             and
             follow
             the
             series
             of
             the
             matter
             ,
             the
             Epoch
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             and
             regular
             succession
             and
             contemporarinesse
             of
             Princes
             ;
             otherwise
             if
             one
             read
             skippingly
             
             and
             by
             snatches
             ,
             and
             not
             take
             the
             threed
             of
             the
             story
             along
             ,
             it
             must
             needs
             puzzle
             and
             distract
             the
             memory
             ,
             wherein
             his
             observations
             will
             lye
             confusedly
             h●ddled
             up
             ,
             like
             a
             skeine
             of
             intangle
             silk
             .
          
           
             For
             Sundayes
             and
             Holy-dayes
             ,
             there
             bee
             many
             Trea●ises
             of
             Devotion
             in
             the
             French
             tongue
             ,
             full
             of
             patheticall
             ejaculations
             and
             Heavenly
             raptures
             ,
             and
             his
             Closet
             must
             not
             be
             without
             some
             of
             these
             .
             For
             he
             must
             make
             account
             before
             hand
             that
             his
             Closet
             must
             bee
             his
             Church
             ,
             and
             chiefest
             Chappel
             abroad
             .
             Therefore
             it
             were
             necessary
             when
             he
             fixeth
             in
             any
             place
             ,
             to
             have
             alwayes
             one
             in
             his
             chamber
             ,
             whether
             to
             retire
             
             early
             and
             late
             ,
             to
             his
             soliloquies
             and
             meditations
             ,
             the
             golden
             keyes
             wherewith
             hee
             must
             open
             and
             shut
             the
             day
             ,
             and
             let
             in
             the
             night
             ,
             and
             deaths
             Cousin-german
             .
          
           
             Peter
             du
             Moulin
             hath
             many
             fine
             pieces
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             du
             Plessis
             ,
             Allencour
             ,
             and
             others
             ;
             and
             let
             him
             bee
             conversant
             with
             such
             Books
             only
             upon
             Sundayes
             ,
             and
             not
             mingle
             humane
             Studies
             with
             them
             .
             His
             Closet
             also
             must
             be
             his
             Rendez-vous
             ,
             whensoever
             hee
             is
             surprized
             with
             any
             fit
             of
             pensivenesse
             (
             as
             thoughts
             of
             Country
             and
             Kinred
             will
             often
             affect
             one
             )
             For
             no
             earthly
             thing
             exhilerats
             the
             heart
             more
             ,
             and
             rayseth
             the
             spirits
             to
             a
             greater
             
             height
             of
             comfort
             ▪
             than
             conversation
             with
             God
             ,
             than
             peace
             with
             Heaven
             ,
             than
             Spirituall
             Meditation
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Soule
             melts
             into
             an
             inconceavable
             sweetnesse
             of
             delight
             ,
             and
             is
             delivered
             from
             all
             distempers
             ,
             from
             all
             tumultuary
             ,
             confusion
             and
             disturbance
             of
             thoughts
             :
          
           
             And
             there
             is
             none
             ,
             let
             him
             have
             the
             humors
             never
             so
             well
             balanced
             within
             him
             ,
             but
             is
             subject
             unto
             anxiety
             of
             mind
             somtimes
             ,
             for
             while
             we
             are
             composed
             of
             foure
             d●ffering
             Elements
             ,
             wherewith
             the
             humours
             within
             us
             symbolise
             we
             must
             have
             perpetuall
             ebbings
             and
             flowings
             of
             mirth
             and
             melancholy
             ,
             which
             have
             their
             alternatif
             turnes
             in
             us
             ,
             as
             naturally
             as
             it
             is
             for
             the
             night
             to
             succeed
             the
             
             day
             :
             For
             as
             the
             Physitians
             hold
             there
             is
             no
             perfection
             of
             corporall
             health
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             but
             a
             convalessence
             at
             best
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             medium
             'twixt
             health
             and
             sicknesse
             ,
             so
             is
             it
             in
             the
             state
             of
             the
             mind
             .
             This
             extends
             from
             the
             Lord
             to
             the
             Laquay
             ,
             from
             the
             Peasant
             to
             the
             Prince
             ,
             whose
             Crown
             is
             oftentimes
             inlayed
             with
             thornes
             ,
             whose
             robe
             is
             furred
             with
             feares
             ,
             whereof
             the
             Ermine
             is
             no
             ill
             Embleme
             ,
             having
             as
             many
             black
             spots
             in
             it
             as
             white
             ;
             Nor
             is
             there
             .
             any
             thing
             so
             hereditary
             to
             mankind
             as
             vexation
             of
             spirit
             ,
             which
             doubtlesse
             was
             the
             ground
             the
             Pagan
             Philosopher
             built
             his
             opinion
             upon
             ,
             that
             the
             Rationall
             soule
             was
             given
             to
             Man
             ,
             for
             his
             selfe-punishment
             
             and
             martyrdome
             ,
             —
             Man
             often
             is
             A
             tyrant
             to
             himselfe
             ,
             a
             Phalaris
             .
          
           
             But
             as
             when
             we
             go
             abroad
             ,
             we
             cannot
             hinder
             the
             birds
             of
             the
             ayre
             to
             fly
             and
             flutter
             about
             our
             heads
             ,
             yet
             we
             may
             hinder
             them
             to
             roost
             or
             nestle
             within
             our
             haire
             :
             So
             while
             we
             travaile
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             we
             cannot
             prevent
             but
             myriads
             of
             melancholy
             cogitations
             ,
             and
             thoughtfull
             cares
             and
             longings
             will
             often
             seaze
             upon
             our
             imaginations
             ,
             yet
             we
             may
             hinder
             these
             thoughts
             to
             build
             their
             nests
             within
             our
             bosomes
             ,
             &
             to
             descend
             from
             the
             head
             to
             the
             heart
             and
             take
             footing
             there
             ;
             if
             they
             do
             ,
             I
             told
             you
             ,
             before
             what
             's
             this
             best
             cordiall
             to
             expell
             them
             thence
             .
          
           
           
             There
             bee
             some
             French
             Poets
             will
             affoord
             excellent
             entertainment
             ,
             specially
             Du
             Bartas
             ,
             and
             't
             were
             not
             amisse
             to
             give
             a
             slight
             salute
             to
             Ronzard
             ,
             Desportes
             ,
             and
             the
             late
             Theophile
             :
             And
             touching
             Poets
             ,
             they
             must
             be
             used
             like
             flowers
             ,
             some
             must
             be
             only
             smelt
             unto
             ,
             but
             some
             are
             good
             to
             bee
             thrown
             into
             a
             Lambique
             to
             be
             Distilled
             ;
             whence
             the
             memory
             may
             carry
             away
             the
             Elixi●
             of
             them
             ,
             for
             true
             Poetry
             is
             the
             quintessence
             ,
             or
             rather
             the
             Luxury
             of
             Learning
             .
             Let
             him
             runne
             over
             also
             the
             Proverbs
             of
             every
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             c●ll
             out
             the
             choicest
             of
             them
             ,
             for
             many
             of
             them
             carry
             much
             weight
             ,
             wit
             ,
             and
             caution
             ,
             with
             them
             .
          
           
           
             And
             every
             Nation
             hath
             certaine
             Proverbs
             and
             Adages
             peculiar
             to
             it selfe
             ;
             Neither
             would
             it
             be
             time
             ill
             spent
             to
             reade
             Aesope
             in
             every
             tongue
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             his
             taske
             to
             relate
             some
             Fable
             every
             day
             to
             his
             Governor
             or
             some
             other
             by
             heart
             .
          
           
             Thus
             the
             life
             of
             a
             Traveller
             is
             spent
             either
             in
             Reading
             ,
             in
             Meditation
             ,
             or
             in
             Discours
             :
             by
             the
             first
             hee
             converseth
             with
             the
             Dead
             ,
             by
             the
             second
             with
             Himselfe
             ,
             by
             the
             last
             with
             the
             Living
             ,
             which
             of
             all
             the
             three
             is
             most
             advantagious
             for
             attaining
             a
             Language
             ,
             the
             life
             whereof
             consists
             in
             societie
             and
             communication
             ;
             let
             his
             Chamber
             be
             street
             ward
             to
             take
             in
             the
             common
             cry
             
             and
             Language
             ,
             and
             see
             how
             the
             Town
             is
             serv'd
             ,
             for
             it
             will
             bee
             no
             unprofitable
             diversion
             to
             him
             ,
             but
             for
             his
             Closet
             let
             it
             bee
             in
             the
             inner
             part
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             IV.
             
          
           
             HAving
             by
             the
             retirement
             aforesaid
             attained
             to
             a
             conversable
             Knowledge
             in
             the
             French
             tongue
             ,
             hee
             may
             then
             adventure
             upon
             Paris
             ,
             and
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             visit
             Ambassadors
             ,
             and
             going
             in
             the
             equipage
             of
             a
             young
             Nobleman
             ,
             hee
             may
             entertaine
             a
             Cook
             ,
             a
             Laquay
             ,
             and
             some
             young
             youth
             for
             his
             Page
             ,
             to
             parley
             and
             chide
             withall
             ,
             (
             whereof
             he
             shall
             have
             ocasion
             enough
             )
             and
             to
             get
             some
             
             faire
             lodgings
             to
             keep
             house
             of
             himself
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             he
             may
             frequent
             Ordinaries
             ,
             for
             it
             will
             much
             breake
             and
             enbolden
             him
             :
             As
             for
             expences
             ,
             he
             must
             make
             accompt
             that
             every
             servant
             he
             hath
             (
             whereof
             there
             should
             be
             none
             English
             but
             his
             Governour
             )
             every
             one
             will
             stand
             him
             in
             50
             pounds
             a
             piece
             per
             annum
             ;
             And
             for
             his
             owne
             expences
             ,
             he
             cannot
             allow
             himselfe
             lesse
             than
             300
             l.
             
             I
             include
             herein
             all
             sorts
             of
             exercises
             ,
             his
             Riding
             ,
             Dancing
             ,
             Fencing
             ,
             the
             Racket
             ,
             Coach-hire
             ,
             with
             other
             casuall
             charges
             ,
             together
             with
             his
             Apparell
             ,
             which
             if
             it
             bee
             fashionable
             ,
             it
             matters
             not
             how
             plaine
             it
             is
             ,
             it
             being
             a
             ridiculous
             
             vanity
             to
             go
             gaudy
             amongst
             Strangers
             ,
             it
             is
             ,
             as
             if
             one
             should
             light
             a
             candle
             to
             the
             Sun
             .
          
           
             The
             time
             that
             he
             spends
             in
             Paris
             ,
             must
             be
             chiefly
             employed
             to
             improve
             himselfe
             in
             the
             exercises
             afore-said
             ,
             for
             there
             the
             choycest
             Masters
             are
             of
             any
             part
             of
             Christendome
             .
             Hee
             must
             apply
             himselfe
             also
             to
             know
             the
             fashion
             and
             garb
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             observe
             the
             Person
             and
             Genius
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             enquire
             of
             the
             greatest
             Noble-men
             ,
             and
             their
             Pedigree
             (
             which
             I
             recommend
             to
             his
             speciall
             consideration
             )
             of
             the
             Favorits
             and
             Prime
             Counsellors
             of
             State
             ,
             the
             most
             eminent
             Courtiers
             ,
             and
             if
             there
             bee
             
             any
             famous
             man
             ,
             to
             seek
             conversation
             with
             him
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             the
             saying
             of
             a
             great
             Emperour
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             rather
             go
             fifty
             miles
             to
             heare
             a
             wise
             man
             ,
             than
             five
             to
             see
             a
             faire
             City
             .
          
           
             For
             private
             Gentlemen
             and
             Cadets
             ,
             there
             be
             divers
             Academies
             in
             Paris
             ,
             Colledge-like
             ,
             where
             for
             150
             pistols
             a
             yeare
             ,
             which
             come
             to
             about
             110
             l.
             sterling
             per
             annum
             of
             our
             money
             ,
             one
             may
             be
             very
             well
             accommodated
             ,
             with
             lodging
             and
             diet
             for
             himselfe
             and
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             be
             taught
             to
             Ride
             ,
             to
             Fence
             ,
             to
             manage
             Armes
             ,
             to
             Dance
             ,
             Vault
             ,
             and
             ply
             the
             Mathematiques
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             in
             Paris
             every
             
             week
             commonly
             some
             Odde
             ,
             Pamphlets
             and
             Pasquils
             dispersed
             ,
             and
             droped
             upon
             down
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             no where
             else
             that
             monstrous
             liberty
             (
             yet
             London
             hath
             exceeded
             her
             farre
             now
             of
             late
             ,
             the
             more
             I
             am
             sory
             )
             which
             with
             the
             Gazets
             and
             Courants
             hee
             should
             do
             well
             to
             reade
             weekly
             ,
             and
             raise
             Discours
             thereon
             ,
             for
             though
             there
             be
             many
             triviall
             passages
             in
             them
             ,
             yet
             are
             they
             couched
             in
             very
             good
             Language
             ,
             and
             one
             shall
             feele
             the
             generall
             pulse
             of
             Christendome
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             know
             the
             names
             of
             the
             most
             famous
             men
             that
             are
             up
             and
             down
             the
             World
             in
             action
             .
          
           
             Some
             do
             use
             to
             have
             a
             
             small
             leger
             booke
             fairely
             bound
             up
             table-book-will
             ,
             wherein
             when
             they
             meet
             with
             any
             person
             of
             note
             and
             eminency
             ,
             and
             journey
             or
             pension
             with
             him
             any
             time
             ,
             they
             desire
             him
             to
             write
             his
             Name
             ,
             with
             some
             short
             Sentence
             ,
             which
             they
             call
             The
             〈◊〉
             of
             remembrance
             ,
             the
             perusall
             whereof
             will
             fill
             one
             with
             no
             unpleasing
             thoughts
             of
             dangers
             and
             accidents
             passed
             .
          
           
             One
             thing
             I
             must
             recomend
             to
             his
             speciall
             care
             ,
             that
             he
             be
             very
             punctuall
             in
             writing
             to
             his
             Friends
             once
             a
             month
             at
             least
             ,
             which
             hee
             must
             do
             exactly
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             a
             carelesse
             perfunctory
             way
             ,
             For
             Letters
             are
             the
             Ideas
             and
             
             truest
             Miror
             of
             the
             Mind
             ;
             they
             shew
             the
             inside
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             by
             them
             it
             will
             be
             discerned
             how
             he
             improveth
             himselfe
             in
             his
             courses
             abroad
             :
             there
             will
             be
             plenty
             of
             matter
             to
             fill
             his
             letters
             withall
             once
             a
             month
             at
             least
             :
             And
             by
             his
             Missives
             let
             it
             appeare
             that
             he
             doth
             not
             only
             Remember
             ,
             but
             meditate
             on
             his
             Friend
             ;
             not
             to
             scribble
             a
             few
             cursory
             lines
             ,
             but
             to
             write
             elaborately
             and
             methodically
             ,
             and
             thereby
             hee
             will
             quickely
             come
             to
             the
             habit
             of
             writing
             well
             :
             And
             of
             all
             kind
             of
             Humane
             Meditations
             ,
             those
             of
             ones
             absent
             Friends
             be
             the
             pleasingst
             ,
             specially
             when
             they
             
             are
             endeared
             and
             nourished
             by
             correspondence
             of
             Letters
             ,
             which
             by
             a
             Spirituall
             kind
             of
             power
             ,
             do
             enamour
             ,
             and
             mingle
             Soules
             more
             sweetly
             than
             any
             embraces
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECTION
             .
             V.
             
          
           
             HAving
             Wintered
             thus
             in
             Paris
             ,
             that
             hudge
             (
             though
             durty
             )
             Theater
             of
             all
             Nations
             (
             and
             Winter
             is
             the
             fittest
             season
             to
             be
             there
             )
             and
             plyed
             his
             exercises
             to
             some
             perfection
             ,
             the
             fittest
             Countrey
             for
             him
             to
             see
             next
             is
             Spaine
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             Iourney
             thither
             he
             shall
             traverse
             the
             whole
             diameter
             of
             France
             one
             way
             ,
             and
             passing
             through
             Gascoigne
             and
             Languedoc
             ,
             hee
             shall
             prepare
             himselfe
             by
             degrees
             
             to
             endure
             the
             heate
             of
             the
             Spanish
             clime
             ;
             let
             him
             not
             encumber
             himselfe
             with
             much
             loggage
             :
             and
             for
             his
             Apparell
             ;
             let
             him
             as
             soon
             as
             as
             he
             enters
             Spaine
             go
             after
             their
             fashion
             ,
             for
             as
             a
             Spaniard
             lookes
             like
             a
             bug-beare
             in
             France
             in
             his
             own
             ●ut
             ,
             so
             a
             Frenchman
             appeares
             ridiculous
             in
             Spaine
             :
             nor
             would
             I
             advise
             him
             to
             cary
             about
             him
             any
             more
             money
             than
             is
             absolutly
             necessary
             to
             defray
             his
             expences
             ,
             for
             some
             in
             this
             particular
             have
             beene
             Peny-wise
             ,
             and
             Pound-foolish
             ,
             who
             in
             hopes
             of
             some
             small
             benefit
             in
             the
             rates
             ,
             have
             left
             their
             principall
             ,
             exposing
             their
             Persons
             and
             Purses
             ,
             to
             dayly
             hazard
             ,
             and
             inviting
             
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             unto
             them
             danger
             for
             their
             Companion
             ,
             and
             feare
             for
             their
             bed-fellow
             .
          
           
             For
             although
             Sir
             Thomas
             More
             wisheth
             one
             to
             carry
             always
             his
             Friends
             about
             him
             ,
             abroad
             ,
             by
             which
             hee
             meanes
             pieces
             of
             gold
             :
             Yet
             too
             great
             a
             number
             of
             such
             Friends
             ,
             is
             an
             encomber
             and
             may
             betray
             him
             :
             It
             will
             make
             his
             Iourney
             all
             along
             to
             be
             a
             Motus
             trepidationis
             .
             And
             he
             that
             loades
             himselfe
             with
             a
             charge
             of
             money
             ,
             when
             he
             may
             carry
             it
             about
             him
             with
             such
             security
             ,
             and
             ease
             ,
             in
             a
             small
             piece
             of
             paper
             ,
             I
             meane
             a
             Letter
             of
             credit
             ,
             or
             Bill
             of
             exchange
             ▪
             is
             as
             wise
             as
             he
             ,
             who
             carried
             the
             coach-wheele
             upon
             his
             back
             ,
             
             when
             he
             might
             have
             trilled
             it
             before
             him
             all
             along
             .
          
           
             In
             Spaine
             hee
             must
             bee
             much
             more
             carefull
             of
             his
             diet
             ,
             abstemious
             from
             fruit
             ,
             more
             reserved
             and
             cautelous
             in
             his
             Discours
             ,
             but
             entertaine
             none
             at
             all
             touching
             Religion
             ,
             unlesse
             it
             be
             with
             Silence
             ;
             a
             punctuall
             repaire
             of
             visits
             ,
             extraordinary
             humble
             in
             his
             comportment
             ;
             for
             the
             Spaniards
             ,
             of
             all
             other
             ,
             love
             to
             be
             respected
             at
             their
             own
             homes
             ,
             and
             cannot
             abide
             an
             ●nsolent
             cariage
             in
             a
             Stranger
             ;
             On
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             Courtesie
             and
             Morigeration
             ,
             will
             gaine
             mightily
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             courtesie
             is
             the
             chiefest
             congnisance
             of
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             which
             joyned
             with
             
             discretion
             ,
             can
             only
             Travaile
             all
             the
             World
             over
             without
             a
             Passeport
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             sorts
             of
             Friends
             ,
             he
             is
             the
             cheapest
             who
             is
             got
             by
             Courtesie
             ,
             and
             Complement
             only
             :
             Moreover
             a
             respectfull
             and
             humble
             cariage
             ,
             is
             a
             mighty
             advantage
             to
             gaine
             Intelligence
             and
             Knowledge
             ;
             It
             is
             the
             Key
             that
             opens
             the
             breash
             ,
             and
             unlocks
             the
             heart
             of
             any
             one
             :
             He
             that
             looked
             downeward
             ,
             saw
             the
             Stars
             in
             the
             water
             ,
             but
             he
             who
             looked
             only
             upward
             could
             not
             see
             the
             water
             in
             the
             Stars
             :
             therefore
             there
             is
             much
             more
             to
             bee
             got
             by
             Humility
             than
             otherwise
             .
          
           
             One
             thing
             I
             would
             disswade
             him
             from
             ,
             which
             is
             
             from
             the
             excessive
             commendation
             and
             magnifyng
             of
             his
             own
             Countrey
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             too
             much
             observed
             ,
             that
             the
             English
             suffer
             themselves
             to
             be
             too
             mvch
             transported
             with
             this
             subject
             ,
             to
             undervalue
             and
             vilifie
             other
             Countreys
             ,
             for
             which
             I
             have
             heard
             them
             often
             censured
             .
             The
             Earth
             is
             the
             Lords
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             corners
             thereof
             ,
             he
             ereated
             the
             Mountaines
             of
             Wales
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Wiles
             of
             Kent
             ,
             the
             rugged
             Alpes
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Fertile
             plaines
             of
             Campagnia
             ,
             the
             boggy
             fennes
             of
             Frizeland
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             daintiest
             Valleys
             in
             France
             ;
             and
             to
             inveigh
             against
             ,
             or
             deride
             a
             Countrey
             for
             the
             barrenesse
             thereof
             ,
             is
             tacitly
             
             to
             taxe
             God
             Almighty
             of
             Improvidence
             or
             Partiality
             .
             And
             it
             had
             beene
             wished
             ,
             some
             had
             beene
             more
             temperate
             in
             this
             theme
             at
             their
             being
             in
             the
             Spanish
             Court
             ,
             in
             the
             yeare
             1623.
             
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             as
             the
             Great
             Philosopher
             holds
             it
             for
             a
             maxime
             ,
             that
             Mountaignous
             people
             ,
             are
             the
             most
             pious
             ;
             so
             are
             they
             observed
             to
             be
             the
             hardiest
             ,
             as
             also
             the
             barrener
             a
             Countrey
             is
             ,
             the
             more
             Masculine
             and
             Warlike
             the
             spirits
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             are
             ,
             having
             as
             it
             were
             more
             of
             men
             in
             them
             ;
             Witnesse
             the
             Scythian
             and
             Goth
             ,
             and
             other
             rough-hewen
             hungry
             Nations
             ,
             which
             so
             often
             over-ranne
             Italy
             ,
             for
             all
             her
             
             Policy
             and
             Learning
             ;
             and
             herein
             Nature
             may
             seeme
             to
             recompence
             the
             hard
             condition
             of
             a
             Countrey
             the
             other
             way
             .
          
           
             Having
             passed
             the
             Pyreneys
             hee
             shall
             palpably
             discerne
             (
             as
             I
             have
             observed
             in
             another
             larger
             Discours
             )
             the
             suddenest
             and
             strangest
             difference
             'twixt
             the
             Genius
             and
             Garb
             of
             two
             People
             ,
             though
             distant
             but
             by
             a
             very
             small
             separation
             ,
             as
             betwixt
             any
             other
             upon
             the
             surface
             of
             the
             Earth
             ;
             I
             knowe
             Nature
             delights
             and
             triumphs
             in
             dissimilitudes
             ;
             but
             here
             ,
             shee
             seemes
             to
             have
             industriously
             ,
             and
             of
             set
             purpose
             
             studied
             it
             ;
             for
             they
             differ
             not
             onely
             Accidentally
             and
             Outwardly
             in
             their
             ,
             Cloathing
             ,
             and
             Cariage
             ,
             in
             their
             Diet
             ,
             in
             their
             Speaches
             ,
             and
             Customes
             ;
             but
             even
             Essentially
             in
             the
             very
             faculties
             of
             the
             Soule
             ,
             and
             operations
             thereof
             ,
             and
             in
             every
             thing
             else
             ,
             Religion
             and
             the
             forme
             of
             a
             Rationall
             creature
             only
             excepted
             ;
             which
             made
             Doctor
             Garcia
             thinke
             to
             aske
             a
             Midwife
             once
             ,
             whither
             the
             Frenchman
             and
             Spaniard
             came
             forth
             into
             the
             World
             in
             the
             same
             posture
             from
             the
             womb
             or
             no
             .
          
           
             Go
             first
             to
             the
             Operations
             of
             the
             Soule
             ,
             the
             one
             is
             Active
             and
             Mercuriall
             ,
             the
             other
             
             is
             Speculative
             and
             Saturnine
             :
             the
             one
             Quick
             and
             Ayry
             ,
             the
             other
             Slow
             and
             Heavy
             ;
             the
             one
             Discoursive
             and
             Sociable
             ,
             the
             other
             Reserved
             and
             Thougthfull
             ;
             The
             one
             addicts
             himselfe
             for
             the
             most
             part
             to
             the
             study
             of
             the
             Law
             and
             Canons
             ,
             the
             other
             to
             Positive
             and
             Schoole
             Divinity
             ;
             the
             one
             is
             Creatura
             sine
             Praeterito
             &
             Futuro
             ,
             the
             other
             hath
             too
             much
             of
             both
             ;
             the
             one
             is
             a
             Prometheus
             ,
             the
             other
             an
             Epinetheus
             ;
             the
             one
             apprehends
             and
             forgets
             quickly
             ,
             the
             other
             doth
             both
             slowly
             ,
             with
             a
             judgement
             more
             abstruce
             and
             better
             fixed
             ,
             &
             in
             se
             reconditum
             ;
             the
             one
             will
             dispatch
             the
             weightiest
             affaires
             as
             hee
             walke
             along
             in
             the
             
             streets
             ,
             or
             at
             meales
             ,
             the
             other
             upon
             the
             least
             occasion
             of
             businesse
             will
             retire
             solemnly
             to
             a
             room
             ,
             and
             if
             a
             Fly
             chance
             to
             hum
             about
             him
             ,
             it
             will
             discompose
             his
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             puzzle
             him
             :
             It
             is
             a
             kind
             of
             sicknesse
             for
             a
             Frenchman
             to
             keep
             a
             Secret
             long
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             drugs
             of
             Egypt
             cannot
             get
             it
             out
             of
             a
             Spaniard
             .
          
           
             The
             French
             capacity
             ,
             though
             it
             apprehend
             and
             assent
             unto
             the
             Tenets
             of
             Faith
             ,
             yet
             he
             resteth
             not
             there
             ,
             but
             examines
             them
             by
             his
             owne
             reason
             ,
             debates
             the
             businesse
             pro
             &
             contra
             ,
             and
             so
             is
             often
             gravelled
             upon
             the
             quick
             sands
             of
             his
             own
             brain
             ,
             the
             Spaniard
             cleane
             contrary
             
             by
             an
             implicite
             Faith
             and
             generall
             Obedience
             beleeves
             the
             Canons
             and
             Determination
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             presently
             subjects
             his
             Understanding
             thereunto
             ,
             he
             sets
             bounds
             to
             all
             his
             Wisdome
             and
             Knowledge
             ,
             and
             labours
             to
             avoyd
             all
             Speculation
             thereon
             ,
             fearing
             through
             the
             frailty
             of
             his
             Intellectuals
             ,
             to
             fall
             into
             some
             Error
             .
          
           
             Go
             to
             their
             Garb
             and
             Clothing
             ,
             the
             one
             weares
             long
             haire
             ,
             the
             other
             short
             ;
             the
             one
             goes
             thin
             and
             open
             clad
             ,
             the
             other
             close
             and
             warm
             ,
             so
             that
             although
             the
             Sun
             should
             dart
             down
             his
             rayes
             like
             lances
             upon
             him
             ,
             yet
             he
             could
             not
             bee
             brought
             to
             open
             one
             button
             of
             his
             doublet
             ;
             
             the
             one
             goes
             gay
             without
             ,
             the
             other
             underneath
             ;
             the
             one
             weares
             his
             Cloake
             long
             ,
             the
             other
             short
             ;
             so
             ,
             that
             one
             might
             give
             him
             a
             Suppositor
             with
             his
             Cl●ake
             about
             him
             ,
             if
             ●eed
             were
             ;
             the
             one
             puts
             on
             his
             Doublet
             first
             ,
             the
             other
             last
             ;
             the
             Frenchman
             buttoneth
             alwayes
             down-ward
             ,
             the
             Spaniard
             upward
             ;
             the
             one
             goes
             high-heeled
             ,
             the
             other
             low
             and
             flat
             ,
             yet
             looks
             as
             high
             as
             the
             other
             ;
             the
             one
             carieth
             a
             Combe
             and
             Looking-glasse
             in
             his
             pocket
             ,
             the
             other
             a
             piece
             of
             bayes
             to
             wipe
             off
             the
             dust
             of
             his
             shooes
             :
             And
             if
             the
             one
             hath
             a
             Fancy
             to
             stars
             his
             mustachos
             ,
             the
             other
             hath
             a
             leather
             bigothero
             to
             lye
             upon
             them
             all
             night
             ;
             the
             first
             
             thing
             the
             one
             pawns
             ,
             being
             in
             necessity
             ,
             is
             his
             Shirt
             ,
             the
             other
             his
             Cloak
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             degrees
             his
             Cassoke
             goes
             off
             ,
             and
             then
             his
             Doublet
             ;
             the
             one
             cares
             more
             for
             the
             Back
             ,
             and
             outward
             appearance
             ,
             the
             other
             prefers
             the
             Belly
             ;
             the
             one
             is
             constant
             in
             his
             fashion
             ,
             for
             the
             other
             't
             is
             impossible
             to
             put
             him
             in
             a
             constant
             kind
             of
             Habit
             ;
             
               —
               You
               may
               as
               soone
               Cut
               out
               a
               kirtle
               for
               the
               Moone
               .
            
          
           
             Go
             to
             their
             Diet
             ,
             the
             one
             drinkes
             Watered
             Wine
             ,
             the
             other
             Wine
             watered
             ;
             the
             one
             begins
             his
             repast
             ,
             where
             the
             other
             ends
             ;
             the
             one
             begins
             with
             a
             Sallet
             ,
             and
             light
             meat
             ,
             
             the
             other
             concludeth
             his
             repast
             so
             ;
             the
             one
             begins
             with
             his
             boyled
             ,
             the
             other
             with
             his
             roast
             ;
             the
             Frenchman
             will
             Eate
             and
             Talke
             ,
             and
             Sing
             sometimes
             ,
             and
             so
             his
             Teeth
             and
             his
             Tongue
             go
             often
             together
             ,
             the
             Spaniards
             Teeth
             only
             walk
             ,
             and
             fals
             closely
             to
             it
             with
             as
             little
             noyse
             and
             as
             solemnly
             as
             if
             he
             were
             at
             Masse
             .
          
           
             Go
             to
             their
             Gate
             ,
             the
             Frenchman
             walks
             fast
             ,
             (
             as
             if
             he
             had
             a
             Sergeant
             always
             at
             his
             heeles
             ,
             )
             the
             Spaniard
             slowly
             ,
             as
             if
             hee
             were
             newly
             come
             out
             of
             some
             quartan
             Ague
             ;
             the
             French
             go
             up
             and
             down
             the
             streets
             confusedly
             in
             clusters
             ,
             the
             Spaniards
             if
             they
             be
             above
             three
             ,
             
             they
             go
             two
             by
             two
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             going
             a
             Procession
             ;
             the
             French
             Laquays
             march
             behind
             ,
             the
             Spaniards
             before
             ;
             the
             one
             beckens
             upon
             you
             with
             his
             hand
             cast
             upward
             ,
             the
             other
             downward
             ;
             the
             Frenchman
             will
             not
             stick
             to
             pull
             out
             a
             Peare
             or
             some
             other
             thing
             out
             of
             his
             pocket
             ,
             and
             eate
             it
             as
             he
             goes
             along
             the
             street
             ,
             the
             Spaniard
             will
             starve
             rather
             than
             do
             so
             ,
             and
             would
             never
             forgive
             himselfe
             ,
             if
             he
             should
             commit
             such
             a
             rudenesse
             ;
             the
             Frenchman
             if
             he
             spies
             a
             Lady
             of
             his
             acquaintance
             ,
             he
             will
             make
             boldly
             towards
             her
             ,
             salute
             her
             with
             a
             kisse
             ,
             and
             offer
             to
             Vsher
             her
             by
             the
             hand
             or
             arme
             ,
             the
             Spaniard
             upon
             such
             
             an
             encounter
             ,
             useth
             to
             recoyle
             backward
             ,
             with
             his
             hands
             hid
             under
             his
             Cloack
             ,
             and
             for
             to
             touch
             or
             kisse
             her
             ,
             he
             holds
             it
             a
             rudenesse
             beyond
             all
             barbarisme
             ,
             a
             kind
             of
             sacriledge
             ▪
             the
             Frenchmen
             is
             best
             and
             most
             proper
             on
             Horseback
             ,
             the
             Spaniard
             a
             foot
             ;
             the
             one
             is
             good
             for
             the
             Onset
             ,
             the
             other
             for
             a
             retrait
             ;
             the
             one
             like
             the
             Wind
             in
             the
             Fable
             ,
             is
             full
             of
             ruffling
             fury
             ,
             the
             other
             like
             the
             Sun
             ,
             when
             they
             went
             to
             try
             their
             strength
             upon
             the
             Passengers
             Cloake
             .
             The
             one
             takes
             the
             ball
             before
             the
             bound
             ,
             A
             la
             volee
             ,
             the
             other
             stayeth
             for
             the
             fall
             ;
             the
             one
             shuffleth
             the
             Cards
             better
             ,
             the
             other
             playes
             his
             game
             more
             cunningly
             ;
             your
             
             French-man
             is
             much
             the
             fairer
             Duellist
             ,
             for
             when
             hee
             goeth
             to
             the
             Field
             ,
             he
             commonly
             puts
             off
             his
             doublet
             and
             opens
             his
             breast
             ;
             the
             Spaniard
             cleane
             contrary
             ,
             besides
             his
             shirt
             ,
             hath
             his
             doublet
             quilted
             ,
             his
             coat
             of
             maile
             ,
             his
             cassock
             ,
             and
             strives
             to
             make
             himselfe
             impenetrable
             .
          
           
             Go
             to
             their
             Tune
             ,
             the
             one
             delights
             in
             the
             Ionique
             ,
             the
             other
             altogether
             in
             the
             Dorique
             .
          
           
             Go
             to
             their
             Speech
             ,
             the
             one
             Speakes
             oft
             ,
             the
             other
             seldome
             ;
             the
             one
             Fast
             ,
             the
             other
             slowly
             ;
             the
             one
             mangleth
             ,
             cuts
             off
             ,
             and
             eates
             many
             Letters
             ,
             the
             other
             pronounceth
             all
             ;
             the
             one
             contracts
             and
             enchaines
             his
             
             words
             ,
             and
             speakes
             pressingly
             and
             short
             ,
             the
             other
             delights
             in
             long
             breathed
             Accents
             ,
             which
             he
             prolates
             with
             such
             pauses
             ,
             that
             before
             he
             be
             at
             the
             period
             of
             his
             Sentences
             ,
             one
             might
             reach
             a
             Second
             thought
             :
             The
             ones
             Mind
             and
             Tongue
             go
             commonly
             together
             ,
             (
             and
             the
             first
             comes
             sometimes
             in
             the
             arreare
             )
             the
             others
             Tongue
             comes
             flagging
             a
             fourlong
             after
             his
             mind
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             distance
             ,
             that
             they
             seldome
             or
             never
             meet
             and
             justle
             one
             another
             .
          
           
             In
             sine
             Mercury
             swayeth
             ore
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             Saturne
             ore
             the
             other
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             out
             of
             the
             premisses
             ,
             you
             may
             inferre
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             an
             Intellectuall
             ,
             Politicall
             ,
             Morall
             
             and
             Naturall
             oposition
             betweene
             them
             both
             in
             their
             Comportement
             ,
             Fancies
             ,
             Inclinations
             ,
             Humours
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             Understanding
             ,
             so
             that
             one
             may
             say
             ,
             What
             the
             one
             is
             ,
             the
             other
             is
             not
             ;
             and
             in
             such
             a
             visible
             discrepancy
             ,
             that
             if
             one
             were
             fetched
             from
             the
             remotest
             parts
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             the
             Sunne
             displayeth
             his
             beames
             upon
             ,
             yea
             from
             the
             very
             Antipods
             ,
             hee
             would
             agree
             with
             either
             better
             ,
             than
             they
             do
             one
             with
             another
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             VI
             .
          
           
             ANd
             truly
             I
             have
             many
             times
             and
             oft
             busied
             my
             spirits
             ,
             and
             beaten
             my
             brains
             hereupon
             ,
             by
             taking
             information
             from
             dead
             and
             living
             men
             ,
             and
             by
             my
             own
             practicall
             observations
             ,
             to
             know
             the
             true
             cause
             of
             this
             strange
             antipathy
             betwixt
             two
             such
             potent
             and
             so
             neare
             neighbouring
             Nations
             ,
             which
             bringeth
             with
             it
             such
             mischiefe
             into
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             keepes
             Christendome
             in
             a
             perpetuall
             alarme
             :
             For
             although
             the
             Ill
             Spirit
             bee
             the
             principall
             Author
             thereof
             ,
             as
             
             being
             the
             Father
             and
             fomenter
             of
             all
             discord
             and
             hatred
             (
             it
             being
             also
             part
             of
             the
             Turkes
             letany
             ,
             that
             warres
             should
             continue
             still
             betweene
             these
             two
             potent
             Nations
             )
             to
             hinder
             the
             happy
             fruit
             that
             might
             grow
             out
             of
             their
             Vnion
             :
             yet
             neverthelesse
             it
             must
             bee
             thought
             that
             hee
             cannot
             shed
             this
             poyson
             ,
             and
             sow
             these
             cursed
             tares
             ,
             unlesse
             hee
             had
             some
             grounds
             to
             work
             his
             designe
             upon
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             fly
             to
             the
             ordinary
             termes
             of
             Sympathy
             and
             Antipathy
             ,
             I
             know
             it
             is
             the
             common
             refuge
             of
             the
             ignorant
             ,
             when
             being
             not
             able
             to
             conceive
             the
             true
             reason
             of
             naturall
             Actions
             and
             Passions
             in
             divers
             things
             ,
             they
             fly
             to
             indefinite
             
             generality
             ,
             and
             very
             often
             to
             these
             inexplicable
             termes
             of
             Sympathy
             and
             Antipathy
             .
          
           
             Some
             as
             Doctor
             Garcia
             ,
             and
             other
             Philosophicall
             Authors
             ,
             attribute
             this
             opposition
             to
             the
             qualities
             of
             the
             clymes
             and
             influences
             of
             the
             Stars
             ,
             which
             are
             known
             to
             beare
             sway
             over
             all
             Sublunary
             bodies
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             the
             position
             of
             the
             Heavens
             ;
             and
             Constellations
             ,
             which
             hang
             over
             Spaine
             ,
             being
             of
             a
             different
             vertue
             and
             operation
             to
             that
             of
             France
             ,
             the
             temper
             and
             humours
             of
             the
             Natives
             of
             the
             one
             ,
             ought
             to
             bee
             accordingly
             disagreeing
             with
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             An
             opinion
             which
             may
             gaine
             credit
             and
             strength
             from
             
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             famous
             Hippocrates
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             Book
             of
             Ayre
             ,
             Water
             ,
             and
             Climes
             ,
             affirmeth
             that
             the
             diversity
             of
             Constellations
             ,
             cause
             a
             diversity
             of
             Inclinations
             ,
             of
             humors
             and
             complexions
             ;
             and
             make
             the
             bodies
             whereupon
             they
             operate
             ,
             to
             receive
             sundry
             sorts
             of
             impressions
             .
             Which
             reason
             may
             have
             much
             apparance
             of
             truth
             ,
             if
             one
             consider
             the
             differing
             fancies
             of
             these
             two
             Nations
             ,
             as
             it
             hath
             reference
             to
             the
             Predominant
             Constellations
             ,
             which
             have
             the
             vogue
             ,
             and
             qualifie
             the
             Seasons
             amongst
             them
             .
          
           
             For
             then
             when
             the
             heate
             beginneth
             in
             Spaine
             ,
             the
             violence
             thereof
             lasteth
             a
             long
             time
             without
             intension
             ,
             or
             remission
             ,
             
             or
             any
             considerable
             change
             ,
             the
             humour
             of
             the
             Spaniard
             is
             just
             so
             ,
             for
             if
             he
             resolves
             once
             upon
             a
             thing
             ,
             he
             perseveres
             ,
             he
             ponders
             and
             dwels
             constantly
             upon
             it
             ,
             without
             wavering
             from
             his
             first
             deliberation
             ;
             it
             being
             one
             of
             his
             prime
             axiomes
             ,
             that
             Deliberandum
             est
             diu
             ,
             quod
             statuendum
             est
             semel
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             farre
             otherwise
             in
             France
             ,
             for
             be
             it
             Sommer
             or
             Winter
             ,
             Autumne
             orSpring
             ,
             neither
             the
             cold
             nor
             heate
             ,
             nor
             serenity
             of
             Ayre
             continueth
             nere
             so
             long
             ,
             without
             a
             sensible
             vicissitude
             and
             change
             ;
             so
             that
             it
             may
             be
             truly
             said
             there
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             
               Nescis
               quid
               serus
               Vesper
               trahat
               .
            
             
             Therefore
             it
             being
             granted
             that
             all
             Elementary
             bodies
             depend
             upon
             the
             motion
             and
             vertue
             of
             the
             Heavenly
             ;
             the
             people
             of
             France
             must
             of
             necessity
             partake
             of
             the
             inconstancy
             of
             the
             Clime
             ,
             both
             in
             their
             passions
             and
             dispositions
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             reason
             though
             probable
             enough
             ,
             resolves
             not
             the
             question
             to
             the
             full
             ;
             for
             although
             we
             should
             acknowledge
             ,
             that
             the
             Celestiall
             bodies
             by
             their
             influxions
             ,
             do
             domineere
             over
             Sublunary
             creatures
             ,
             and
             ●osse
             and
             tumble
             the
             humours
             and
             the
             masse
             of
             bloud
             ,
             as
             they
             list
             ;
             it
             cannot
             be
             said
             ,
             notwithstanding
             ,
             that
             this
             vertue
             extends
             to
             those
             actions
             that
             depend
             immediatly
             upon
             the
             absolute
             empire
             of
             the
             Will
             ,
             with
             
             the
             other
             faculties
             and
             powers
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             which
             are
             meerely
             Spirituall
             ,
             as
             Love
             and
             Hatred
             ,
             with
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             They
             that
             dispute
             thus
             ,
             have
             much
             reason
             on
             their
             side
             ,
             yet
             if
             we
             consider
             well
             the
             order
             and
             method
             that
             our
             Understanding
             and
             Wils
             do
             use
             in
             the
             production
             of
             their
             actions
             ,
             we
             shal
             find
             ,
             that
             the
             influence
             of
             the
             Heavenly
             bodies
             must
             have
             something
             to
             do
             therein
             ,
             though
             indirectly
             and
             accidentally
             :
             for
             all
             Terrestriall
             creatures
             by
             a
             graduall
             kind
             of
             subordination
             ,
             being
             governed
             by
             the
             Heavenly
             ,
             it
             must
             needs
             follow
             that
             whatsoever
             is
             naturall
             in
             man
             ,
             as
             the
             organs
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             senses
             must
             feele
             the
             power
             of
             their
             influence
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             is
             the
             Soule
             so
             united
             and
             depends
             so
             farre
             upon
             the
             senses
             ,
             that
             she
             cannot
             produce
             any
             act
             ,
             unlesse
             they
             ministerially
             concurre
             and
             contribute
             thereunto
             ,
             by
             presenting
             the
             matter
             to
             her
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             intelligibles
             species
             :
             Whence
             it
             necessarily
             comes
             to
             passe
             ,
             that
             in
             regard
             of
             this
             straight
             league
             and
             bond
             ,
             which
             is
             betweene
             them
             ,
             she
             partakes
             somewhat
             ,
             and
             yealds
             to
             that
             dominion
             ,
             which
             the
             Starres
             have
             over
             the
             sensuall
             appetite
             ,
             which
             together
             with
             the
             Will
             ,
             are
             dispossed
             off
             ,
             and
             incited
             (
             I
             will
             not
             say
             forced
             )
             by
             their
             influxes
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             that
             famous
             Wisard
             ,
             the
             oldest
             of
             the
             Trismegisti
             ,
             did
             hold
             ,
             that
             the
             Intelligences
             
             which
             are
             affixed
             to
             every
             Spheare
             ,
             doe
             worke
             through
             the
             organs
             of
             the
             body
             upon
             the
             faculties
             of
             the
             mind
             ,
             (
             an
             opinion
             almost
             as
             old
             as
             the
             World
             it selfe
             )
             so
             it
             may
             be
             said
             more
             truly
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             sensuall
             appetite
             ,
             by
             the
             frailty
             and
             depravation
             of
             the
             will
             ,
             the
             Heavenly
             bodies
             worke
             very
             farre●upon
             the
             Spirituall
             Powers
             and
             passions
             of
             the
             Soule
             ;
             and
             affect
             them
             diversly
             ,
             though
             by
             accident
             and
             indirectly
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             before
             .
             The
             position
             therefore
             of
             the
             Heavens
             and
             Asterismes
             ,
             which
             governe
             the
             Spanish
             Clime
             ,
             being
             different
             in
             their
             vertue
             and
             operations
             to
             them
             of
             France
             ,
             the
             Minds
             and
             Fancies
             of
             both
             People
             ,
             must
             by
             a
             
             necessary
             consequence
             bee
             also
             different
             .
          
           
             Yet
             notwithstanding
             that
             this
             assertion
             be
             true
             ,
             yet
             it
             doth
             not
             follow
             ,
             that
             the
             Influxions
             of
             the
             Starres
             and
             diversity
             of
             Climes
             ,
             are
             the
             sole
             cause
             of
             this
             Antipathy
             and
             Aversenesse
             ,
             for
             there
             are
             many
             Nations
             which
             live
             under
             farre
             more
             distant
             and
             differing
             Climes
             ,
             which
             disaffect
             not
             one
             another
             in
             that
             degree
             ,
             therefore
             there
             must
             be
             some
             other
             concurring
             Accidents
             and
             extraordinary
             motive
             of
             this
             evill
             .
          
           
             I
             reade
             it
             upon
             record
             in
             the
             Spanish
             Annales
             ,
             that
             Lewis
             the
             eleventh
             desiring
             a
             personall
             Conference
             with
             the
             King
             of
             Castile
             ,
             they
             
             both
             met
             upon
             the
             borders
             ,
             the
             Spaniards
             came
             full
             of
             Iewels
             and
             Gold
             Chaines
             and
             richely
             apparelled
             :
             Lewis
             ,
             though
             otherwise
             ,
             a
             wise
             and
             gallant
             Prince
             ,
             yet
             had
             he
             an
             humor
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             to
             weare
             in
             his
             hat
             a
             Medaille
             of
             Lead
             ,
             which
             he
             did
             at
             this
             enterview
             ,
             nor
             were
             his
             attendants
             ,
             but
             Regis
             ad
             Exemplum
             ▪
             but
             meanely
             accoutred
             ;
             which
             made
             the
             Spaniards
             despise
             them
             ,
             and
             make
             disdainefull
             Libels
             of
             them
             ,
             which
             broake
             out
             afterwards
             into
             much
             contempt
             and
             disaffection
             ,
             which
             came
             to
             bee
             aggravated
             more
             and
             more
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             we
             say
             that
             the
             Devill
             made
             use
             of
             this
             occasion
             
             to
             engender
             that
             violent
             Hatred
             ,
             which
             raignes
             between
             these
             two
             Nations
             ,
             it
             would
             not
             bee
             much
             from
             the
             purpose
             ,
             for
             the
             least
             advantage
             in
             the
             World
             is
             sufficient
             for
             him
             to
             iufuse
             his
             venom
             where
             he
             finds
             hearts
             never
             so
             little
             disposed
             to
             receive
             it
             ,
             either
             by
             naturall
             or
             contingent
             causes
             .
          
           
             Adde
             hereunto
             the
             vast
             extent
             of
             greatnesse
             the
             Spaniard
             is
             come
             to
             within
             these
             Sixe
             score
             yeares
             ,
             by
             his
             sundry
             new
             acquest
             ,
             which
             fils
             the
             French
             full
             of
             jealousies
             ,
             of
             emulation
             ,
             and
             apprehension
             of
             feare
             ;
             and
             't
             is
             an
             old
             Aphorisme
             ,
             Oderunt
             omnes
             ,
             quem
             metuunt
             .
          
           
             Furthermore
             ,
             another
             
             concurring
             motive
             may
             be
             ,
             that
             there
             passe
             usually
             over
             the
             Pyreneys
             ,
             from
             Gascoigne
             and
             Bearne
             great
             numbers
             of
             poore
             French
             tatterdimallians
             ,
             being
             as
             it
             were
             the
             Scumme
             of
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             which
             do
             all
             the
             fordid
             and
             abject
             offices
             to
             make
             a
             purse
             of
             money
             ,
             whereof
             Spaine
             is
             fuller
             than
             France
             ▪
             from
             Spaine
             also
             there
             come
             to
             France
             many
             poore
             Spaniards
             to
             bee
             cured
             of
             the
             Kings
             Evill
             ;
             the
             common
             people
             of
             both
             Nations
             measuring
             the
             whole
             by
             the
             part
             ▪
             and
             thinking
             all
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             it
             must
             needs
             breed
             mutuall
             apprehensions
             of
             disdaine
             and
             aversion
             
             between
             them
             ;
             so
             that
             what
             was
             at
             first
             Accidentall
             seemes
             in
             tract
             of
             time
             ,
             and
             by
             these
             degrees
             to
             diffuse
             it selfe
             like
             Originall
             sinne
             f●om
             Father
             to
             Sonne
             ,
             and
             become
             Naturall
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             have
             beene
             transported
             too
             farre
             by
             this
             speculation
             ,
             considering
             that
             I
             proposed
             to
             my selfe
             brevity
             at
             first
             in
             this
             small
             discours
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             VII
             .
          
           
             ANd
             now
             being
             come
             from
             France
             to
             Spaine
             ,
             make
             accoump
             for
             matter
             of
             fertility
             of
             soyle
             ,
             that
             you
             are
             come
             from
             Gods
             blessing
             ,
             to
             the
             warme
             Sun
             ,
             who
             is
             somewhat
             too
             liberall
             of
             his
             beames
             here
             ;
             which
             makes
             the
             ground
             more
             barren
             ,
             and
             consequently
             to
             be
             a
             kind
             of
             Wildernesse
             in
             comparison
             of
             France
             ,
             if
             you
             respect
             the
             number
             of
             People
             ,
             the
             multitude
             of
             Townes
             ,
             Hamlets
             ,
             and
             Houses
             :
             for
             about
             the
             the
             third
             part
             of
             continent
             of
             Spaine
             is
             made
             up
             of
             huge
             craggie
             Hils
             and
             
             Mountaines
             ,
             amongst
             which
             one
             shall
             feele
             in
             some
             places
             more
             difference
             in
             point
             of
             temper
             of
             heat
             and
             cold
             in
             the
             ayre
             ,
             then
             'twixt
             twixt
             Winter
             and
             Sommer
             under
             other
             Climes
             .
             But
             where
             Spaine
             hath
             water
             and
             Valleis
             there
             she
             is
             extraordinarily
             fruitfull
             such
             blessings
             humility
             carieth
             alwayes
             with
             her
             .
             So
             that
             Spaine
             yeeldeth
             to
             none
             of
             her
             neighbours
             in
             perfection
             of
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             only
             in
             Plenty
             ;
             which
             I
             beleeve
             was
             the
             ground
             of
             a
             Proverbe
             they
             have
             amongst
             them
             ,
             No
             ay
             cosa
             mala
             en
             Espana
             ,
             sino
             lo
             que
             habla
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             ill
             in
             Spaine
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             speakes
             :
             And
             did
             Spaine
             excell
             in
             Plenty
             ,
             as
             she
             
             doth
             in
             perfection
             of
             what
             she
             produceth
             ,
             specially
             did
             she
             abound
             in
             Corne
             ,
             whereof
             she
             hath
             not
             enough
             for
             the
             fortieth
             mouth
             ,
             as
             also
             had
             she
             Men
             enough
             whereof
             ,
             besides
             the
             Warres
             ,
             so
             many
             Colonies
             draine
             her
             ,
             shee
             would
             prove
             formidable
             to
             all
             her
             Neighbours
             .
          
           
             But
             let
             the
             French
             glory
             never
             so
             much
             of
             their
             Country
             as
             being
             the
             richest
             embroidery
             of
             Nature
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             yet
             the
             Spaniard
             drinks
             better
             Wine
             ,
             eates
             better
             Fruits
             ,
             weares
             finer
             Cloth
             ,
             hath
             a
             better
             Sword
             by
             his
             side
             ,
             and
             is
             better
             Mounted
             than
             he
             .
          
           
             Being
             entred
             Spaine
             ,
             he
             must
             take
             heed
             of
             Posting
             in
             that
             hot
             Countrey
             in
             the
             
             Summer
             time
             ,
             for
             it
             may
             stirre
             the
             masse
             of
             bloud
             too
             much
             .
             When
             hee
             comes
             to
             Madrid
             (
             for
             I
             know
             no
             other
             place
             secure
             enough
             for
             a
             Protestant
             Gentleman
             to
             live
             in
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             residence
             of
             our
             Ambassador
             )
             he
             may
             take
             new
             Spanish
             servants
             ,
             for
             I
             presume
             he
             discharged
             his
             French
             when
             he
             forsooke
             Paris
             :
             There
             hee
             shall
             find
             the
             King
             constant
             all
             the
             Seasons
             of
             the
             yeare
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             as
             the
             heart
             in
             the
             body
             ,
             or
             the
             Sun
             in
             the
             Firmament
             ,
             whence
             the
             one
             giveth
             vigor
             to
             the
             little
             world
             ,
             th'
             other
             to
             the
             great
             in
             equall
             proportion
             .
             And
             the
             first
             thing
             he
             must
             fall
             to
             ,
             is
             Language
             ,
             which
             hee
             shall
             find
             far
             more
             easie
             than
             the
             
             French
             ,
             for
             in
             point
             of
             crabbednesse
             there
             is
             as
             much
             difference
             betweene
             the
             French
             and
             Spanish
             ,
             as
             'twixt
             Logique
             and
             Philosophy
             ,
             the
             like
             may
             be
             said
             of
             the
             Italian
             ,
             for
             a
             reasonable
             capacity
             may
             attaine
             both
             these
             Languages
             ,
             sooner
             than
             French
             it selfe
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             a
             Spanish
             Doctor
             ,
             who
             had
             a
             fancy
             that
             Spanish
             ,
             Italian
             ,
             and
             French
             ,
             were
             spoken
             in
             Paradise
             ,
             that
             God
             Almighty
             commanded
             in
             Spanish
             ,
             the
             Tempter
             perswaded
             in
             Italian
             ,
             and
             Adam
             begged
             pardon
             in
             French
             .
          
           
             I
             presume
             by
             the
             helpe
             of
             his
             Governour
             he
             hath
             made
             an
             introduction
             into
             the
             Spanish
             tongue
             before
             hee
             left
             
             France
             ,
             so
             that
             in
             one
             Sommer
             and
             Winter
             he
             may
             easily
             come
             to
             speake
             it
             discoursively
             ,
             and
             to
             good
             purpose
             ;
             being
             in
             my
             judgement
             the
             easiest
             of
             all
             Languages
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             openesse
             ,
             and
             fulnesse
             of
             pronunciation
             ,
             the
             agreement
             'twixt
             the
             Tongue
             and
             the
             Text
             ,
             and
             the
             freedome
             from
             Apostrophes
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             knots
             of
             a
             Language
             ,
             as
             also
             for
             the
             proximity
             it
             hath
             with
             the
             Latine
             ,
             for
             the
             Spanish
             is
             nought
             else
             but
             mere
             Latine
             ,
             take
             a
             few
             Morisco
             words
             away
             ,
             which
             are
             easily
             distinguished
             by
             their
             gutturall
             prounciation
             ,
             and
             these
             excepted
             ,
             it
             approacheth
             nearer
             &
             resembleth
             the
             Latine
             more
             than
             Italian
             ,
             
             her
             eldest
             Daughter
             ,
             for
             I
             have
             beaten
             my
             braines
             to
             make
             one
             Sentence
             good
             Italian
             and
             congruous
             Latin
             ,
             but
             could
             never
             do
             it
             ,
             but
             in
             Spanish
             it
             is
             very
             feasable
             ,
             as
             for
             Example
             ,
             in
             this
             Stanza
             ,
             
               
                 Infausta
                 Grecia
                 tu
                 paris
                 Gentes
                 ,
              
               
                 Lubricas
                 ,
                 sodomiticas
                 ,
                 dolosas
                 ,
              
               
                 Machinando
                 fraudes
                 cautelosas
                 ,
              
               
                 Ruinando
                 animas
                 innocentes
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             which
             is
             Latin
             good
             enough
             ,
             and
             yet
             is
             it
             vulgar
             Spanish
             ,
             intelligible
             by
             every
             Plebeian
             .
          
           
             Mariana
             and
             Acosta
             ,
             are
             the
             most
             authentique
             Annalists
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             and
             Alvares
             for
             the
             moderne
             story
             ,
             Lope
             de
             Vegas
             works
             wil
             give
             good
             
             entertainment
             for
             Verse
             ,
             and
             Guevara
             for
             pure
             Prose
             :
             Nor
             shall
             he
             be
             distracted
             with
             that
             confusion
             of
             Authors
             ,
             as
             in
             France
             ,
             and
             else
             where
             ,
             for
             the
             Spaniard
             writes
             seldom
             but
             soundly
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             quite
             differing
             straine
             from
             other
             Nations
             of
             Christendome
             ,
             savouring
             rather
             of
             an
             African
             fancy
             ,
             which
             argues
             that
             the
             Moore
             did
             much
             mingle
             with
             him
             .
          
           
             About
             the
             fall
             of
             the
             leafe
             it
             were
             not
             amisse
             to
             make
             a
             journey
             to
             South
             Spaine
             ,
             to
             see
             Sevill
             ,
             and
             the
             Contratation
             House
             of
             the
             West
             Indies
             ,
             and
             (
             if
             he
             can
             )
             to
             get
             a
             coppy
             of
             the
             Constitutions
             thereof
             ,
             which
             is
             accounted
             the
             greatest
             Mystery
             in
             the
             Spanish
             
             Government
             ,
             but
             he
             must
             shew
             himself
             neither
             too
             busie
             ,
             nor
             too
             bold
             in
             this
             search
             ;
             And
             if
             he
             be
             there
             at
             the
             arrivall
             of
             the
             Plate-Fleet
             ,
             which
             usually
             commeth
             about
             that
             time
             ,
             he
             shall
             see
             such
             a
             Grandeza
             ,
             that
             the
             Roman
             Monarchy
             in
             her
             highest
             florish
             never
             had
             the
             like
             ,
             nor
             the
             Gran
             Signior
             at
             this
             day
             .
          
           
             There
             he
             may
             converse
             with
             Marchants
             ,
             and
             their
             conversation
             is
             much
             to
             bee
             valued
             ,
             for
             many
             of
             them
             are
             very
             gentile
             and
             knowing
             men
             in
             the
             affaires
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             long
             sojourne
             and
             actuall
             negotiations
             ,
             and
             processes
             in
             the
             Countrey
             :
             and
             in
             a
             short
             
             time
             ,
             one
             may
             suck
             out
             of
             them
             ,
             what
             they
             have
             been
             many
             yeares
             a
             gathering
             :
             And
             very
             materiall
             it
             is
             to
             know
             here
             ,
             as
             every where
             else
             ,
             what
             commodities
             the
             Countrey
             affoordeth
             most
             usefull
             for
             us
             ,
             either
             for
             necessity
             or
             pleasure
             :
             And
             what
             English
             commodities
             are
             there
             in
             greatest
             request
             ,
             and
             what
             proportions
             the
             Market
             usually
             beareth
             ,
             for
             in
             the
             commutative
             part
             of
             Government
             and
             Mercantile
             affaires
             ,
             lieth
             the
             most
             usefull
             part
             of
             policy
             'twixt
             Countrey
             and
             Countrey
             ;
             but
             this
             hee
             shall
             observe
             better
             in
             Italy
             ,
             where
             the
             Prince
             holdeth
             it
             no
             disparagement
             to
             co-adventure
             ,
             and
             put
             in
             his
             stake
             with
             the
             
             Marchant
             :
             So
             that
             the
             old
             Clodian
             Law
             is
             now
             of
             no
             force
             at
             all
             amongst
             them
             .
          
           
             From
             South
             Spaine
             he
             may
             returne
             by
             Granada
             ,
             Murcia
             and
             Valencia
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             Barcelona
             ,
             and
             then
             take
             the
             Gallies
             for
             Italy
             ,
             for
             there
             are
             divers
             Fleets
             passe
             in
             the
             yeare
             from
             thence
             with
             treasure
             ,
             and
             crosse
             the
             Mediterranean
             to
             Genoa
             .
             And
             it
             is
             not
             amisse
             to
             see
             something
             by
             Sea
             ,
             and
             to
             embarque
             in
             a
             Fleet
             of
             Gallies
             will
             much
             adde
             to
             ones
             experience
             ,
             and
             knowledge
             in
             Sea
             affaires
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Art
             of
             Navigation
             which
             is
             more
             usefull
             and
             important
             for
             Englishmen
             ,
             and
             indeed
             for
             all
             Islanders
             ,
             than
             others
             ,
             because
             their
             
             security
             depends
             upon
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             upon
             woodden
             Horses
             .
             
               Naviget
               hinc
               alia
               jam
               mihi
               linter
               aqua
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             VIII
             .
          
           
             HAving
             put
             foot
             ashoare
             in
             Genoa
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             wish
             him
             to
             stay
             long
             there
             ,
             in
             regard
             the
             very
             worst
             Italian
             dialect
             is
             spoken
             there
             ,
             and
             besides
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             proverbially
             said
             ,
             there
             are
             in
             Genoa
             ,
             Mountaines
             without
             wood
             ,
             Sea
             without
             fish
             ,
             Women
             without
             shame
             ,
             and
             Men
             without
             conscience
             ,
             which
             makes
             them
             to
             
             be
             termed
             the
             white
             Moores
             :
             And
             when
             a
             Iew
             (
             and
             the
             Iews
             are
             held
             the
             most
             Mercuriall
             people
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             so
             often
             transmigrations
             ,
             persecutions
             ,
             and
             Necessity
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Mother
             of
             Wit
             )
             meeteth
             with
             a
             Genoway
             ,
             and
             is
             to
             negotiat
             with
             him
             ,
             he
             puts
             his
             fingers
             in
             his
             eyes
             ,
             fearing
             to
             be
             over-reached
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             outmatched
             in
             cunning
             .
          
           
             From
             thence
             let
             him
             hasten
             to
             Toscany
             ,
             to
             Siena
             ,
             where
             the
             prime
             Italian
             dialect
             is
             spoken
             ,
             and
             not
             stirre
             thence
             till
             he
             be
             master
             of
             the
             Language
             in
             some
             measure
             .
          
           
             And
             being
             now
             in
             Italy
             
             that
             great
             limbique
             of
             working
             braines
             ,
             he
             must
             be
             very
             circumspect
             in
             his
             cariage
             ,
             for
             she
             is
             able
             to
             turne
             a
             Saint
             into
             a
             Devill
             ,
             and
             deprave
             the
             best
             natures
             ,
             if
             one
             will
             abandon
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             become
             a
             prey
             to
             dissolut
             courses
             and
             wantonnesse
             .
          
           
             The
             Italian
             ,
             being
             the
             greatest
             embracer
             of
             pleasures
             ,
             the
             greatest
             Courtier
             of
             Ladies
             of
             any
             other
             .
             Here
             he
             shall
             find
             Vertue
             and
             Vice
             ,
             Love
             and
             Hatred
             ,
             Atheisme
             and
             Religion
             in
             their
             extremes
             ;
             being
             a
             witty
             contemplative
             people
             ;
             and
             Corruptio
             optimi
             est
             pessima
             .
             Of
             the
             best
             wines
             you
             make
             your
             tartest
             vinegar
             .
          
           
             Italy
             hath
             beene
             alwayes
             accounted
             the
             Nurse
             of
             Policy
             ,
             
             Learning
             ,
             Musique
             ,
             Architecture
             ,
             and
             Limning
             ,
             with
             other
             perfections
             ,
             which
             she
             disperseth
             to
             the
             rest
             of
             Europe
             ,
             nor
             was
             the
             Spaniard
             but
             a
             dunce
             ,
             till
             he
             had
             taken
             footing
             in
             her
             ,
             and
             so
             grew
             subtilized
             by
             co-alition
             with
             her
             people
             .
             She
             is
             the
             prime
             climat
             of
             Complement
             ,
             which
             oftentimes
             puts
             such
             a
             large
             distance
             'twixt
             the
             tongue
             and
             the
             heart
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             seldome
             relatives
             ,
             but
             they
             often
             give
             the
             lye
             one
             to
             another
             ;
             some
             will
             offer
             to
             kisse
             the
             hands
             ,
             which
             they
             wish
             were
             cut
             off
             ,
             and
             would
             be
             content
             to
             light
             a
             candle
             to
             the
             Devill
             ,
             so
             they
             may
             compasse
             their
             owne
             ends
             :
             He
             is
             not
             accounted
             essentially
             wise
             ,
             who
             openeth
             all
             
             the
             boxes
             of
             his
             breast
             to
             any
             .
          
           
             The
             Italians
             are
             for
             the
             most
             part
             of
             a
             speculative
             complexion
             (
             as
             I
             have
             discovered
             more
             amply
             in
             another
             Discours
             )
             and
             he
             is
             accounted
             little
             lesse
             than
             a
             foole
             ,
             who
             is
             not
             melancholy
             once
             a
             day
             ;
             they
             are
             only
             bountifull
             to
             their
             betters
             ,
             from
             whom
             they
             may
             expect
             a
             greater
             benefit
             ;
             To
             others
             the
             purse
             is
             closest
             shut
             ,
             when
             the
             mouth
             openeth
             widest
             ,
             nor
             are
             you
             like
             to
             get
             a
             cup
             of
             wine
             there
             ,
             unlesse
             your
             grapes
             be
             known
             to
             be
             in
             the
             wine-presse
             .
          
           
             From
             Siena
             he
             may
             passe
             to
             Milan
             ,
             and
             so
             through
             the
             Republiques
             territories
             to
             Venice
             ,
             where
             he
             shall
             behold
             a
             thing
             of
             wonder
             ,
             an
             Impossibility
             
             in
             an
             impossibility
             ,
             a
             rich
             magnificent
             City
             seated
             in
             the
             very
             jaws
             of
             Neptune
             ,
             where
             being
             built
             and
             bred
             a
             Christian
             from
             her
             very
             infancy
             ,
             (
             a
             Prerogative
             she
             justly
             glorieth
             of
             above
             all
             other
             States
             ,
             )
             she
             hath
             continued
             a
             Virgin
             ever
             since
             ,
             nere
             upon
             twelve
             long
             ages
             ,
             under
             the
             same
             forme
             and
             face
             of
             Government
             ,
             without
             any
             visible
             change
             or
             symptome
             of
             decay
             ,
             or
             the
             least
             wrinkle
             of
             old
             age
             ,
             though
             ,
             her
             too
             neer
             neighbour
             ,
             the
             Turk
             hath
             often
             set
             upon
             her
             skirts
             and
             sought
             to
             deflowre
             her
             ,
             wherein
             he
             went
             so
             farr
             that
             he
             took
             from
             her
             Venus
             joynture
             ,
             which
             she
             had
             long
             possessed
             ,
             and
             was
             the
             sole
             
             Crown
             she
             ever
             wore
             .
             But
             if
             one
             in
             Story
             observes
             the
             cours
             of
             her
             actions
             ,
             he
             shall
             find
             that
             she
             hath
             subsisted
             thus
             long
             as
             much
             by
             Policy
             as
             Armes
             ,
             as
             much
             by
             reach
             of
             Wit
             ,
             and
             advantage
             of
             treaty
             ,
             as
             by
             open
             strength
             ,
             it
             having
             beene
             her
             practise
             ever
             and
             anon
             to
             sow
             a
             piece
             of
             Fox
             tayle
             to
             the
             skinne
             of
             S.
             Marks
             Lyon
             .
          
           
             Here
             one
             shall
             find
             the
             most
             zealous
             Patriots
             of
             any
             ,
             yet
             some
             would
             maintaine
             (
             though
             I
             do
             not
             )
             that
             the
             Venetians
             ,
             are
             but
             indifferently
             wise
             single
             ,
             though
             they
             be
             very
             Politique
             when
             they
             are
             together
             in
             the
             Senat.
             
          
           
             Having
             observed
             in
             the
             Republique
             of
             Venice
             what
             is
             ,
             
             most
             remarquable
             (
             and
             there
             are
             many
             things
             in
             that
             Government
             worth
             the
             carying
             away
             ,
             specially
             the
             sight
             of
             Nova
             Palma
             ,
             a
             Castle
             built
             after
             the
             newest
             rules
             of
             Fortification
             )
             he
             may
             visit
             the
             other
             ancient
             Townes
             of
             Italy
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             Naples
             ,
             where
             he
             may
             improve
             his
             knowledge
             in
             Horsmanship
             ,
             and
             then
             repasse
             through
             other
             free
             States
             ,
             whereof
             Italy
             is
             full
             :
             And
             truly
             a
             wonder
             it
             is
             to
             see
             how
             in
             so
             small
             an
             extent
             of
             ground
             ,
             which
             take
             all
             dimensions
             together
             ,
             is
             not
             so
             big
             as
             England
             ,
             there
             should
             bee
             so
             many
             absolute
             and
             potent
             Princes
             by
             Sea
             and
             Land
             ,
             which
             I
             beleeve
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             so
             
             many
             Dialects
             in
             the
             Italian
             tongue
             which
             are
             above
             ten
             in
             number
             :
             As
             hee
             traverseth
             the
             Countrey
             hee
             must
             note
             the
             trace
             ,
             forme
             and
             site
             of
             any
             famous
             Structure
             ,
             the
             Platforms
             of
             Gardens
             ,
             Aqueducts
             ,
             Grots
             ,
             Sculptures
             ,
             and
             such
             particularities
             belonging
             to
             accommodation
             or
             beauty
             of
             dwelling
             ,
             but
             specially
             of
             Castles
             ,
             and
             Fortresses
             ,
             wherwith
             Italy
             abounds
             ,
             the
             whole
             Countrey
             being
             frontier
             almost
             all
             over
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECTION
             .
             IX
             .
          
           
             And
             with
             the
             naturall
             situation
             of
             Countreyes
             ,
             a
             Travellershould
             observe
             also
             the
             Politicalposition
             thereof
             ,
             how
             some
             are
             seated
             like
             Mercury
             amongst
             the
             Planets
             ,
             who
             for
             the
             most
             part
             is
             either
             in
             combustion
             or
             obscurity
             ,
             being
             under
             brighter
             beames
             than
             his
             own
             ;
             Such
             is
             Savoyand
             Loraine
             ,
             and
             other
             Princes
             of
             Italy
             ,
             who
             are
             between
             more
             potent
             neighbours
             than
             themselves
             ,
             and
             are
             like
             s●reens
             tossed
             up
             and
             down
             and
             never
             at
             quiet
             :
             And
             they
             that
             are
             so
             situated
             may
             
             say
             ,
             as
             the
             Mouse
             once
             answered
             the
             Cat
             ,
             who
             asking
             how
             she
             did
             ,
             made
             answer
             ,
             I
             should
             be
             far
             better
             ,
             if
             you
             were
             further
             off
             .
          
           
             How
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Popedome
             running
             from
             the
             Tirrhene
             to
             the
             Adriatique
             Sea
             ,
             is
             sited
             in
             Italy
             ,
             as
             France
             is
             in
             Europe
             ,
             in
             the
             midst
             ,
             and
             so
             fittest
             to
             embroyle
             or
             preserve
             in
             peace
             ,
             to
             disunite
             or
             conjoyne
             the
             forces
             of
             their
             neighbours
             ,
             and
             so
             most
             proper
             to
             be
             Umpires
             of
             all
             quarrels
             .
          
           
             How
             the
             Dominions
             of
             Spaine
             are
             like
             the
             Planets
             in
             the
             Heaven
             lying
             in
             vast
             uneven
             distances
             one
             from
             the
             other
             :
             But
             cleane
             contrary
             those
             of
             France
             ,
             are
             so
             knit
             and
             clustered
             together
             ,
             that
             
             they
             may
             be
             compared
             all
             to
             one
             fixed
             constellation
             .
          
           
             How
             Germany
             cut
             out
             into
             so
             many
             Principal
             ties
             ,
             into
             so
             many
             Hansiatiqued
             and
             Imperiall
             Townes
             ,
             is
             like
             a
             great
             River
             sluced
             into
             sundry
             Channels
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             maine
             streame
             farre
             the
             weaker
             ▪
             the
             like
             may
             be
             said
             of
             Italy
             .
          
           
             How
             the
             Signory
             of
             Venice
             is
             the
             greatest
             rampart
             of
             Christendome
             against
             the
             Turk
             by
             Sea
             ,
             and
             the
             hereditary
             territories
             of
             the
             house
             of
             Austria
             ,
             by
             Land
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             a
             good
             reason
             of
             State
             ,
             why
             the
             Colledge
             of
             Electors
             hath
             continued
             the
             Empire
             in
             that
             Line
             these
             200
             years
             .
          
           
           
             He
             must
             observe
             the
             quality
             of
             the
             power
             of
             Princes
             ,
             how
             the
             Cavalry
             of
             France
             ,
             the
             Infantery
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             and
             the
             English
             Ships
             ,
             leagued
             together
             ,
             are
             fittest
             to
             conquer
             the
             World
             ,
             to
             pull
             out
             the
             Ottoman
             Tyrant
             out
             of
             his
             Seraglio
             ,
             from
             betweene
             the
             very
             armes
             of
             his
             fifteen
             hundred
             Concubines
             .
          
           
             How
             the
             power
             of
             the
             North-East
             part
             of
             the
             European
             World
             is
             balanced
             between
             the
             Dane
             ,
             the
             Swede
             ,
             and
             the
             Pole
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             the
             rest
             between
             great
             Britaine
             ,
             France
             ,
             and
             Spaine
             ;
             as
             for
             Germany
             and
             Italy
             ,
             their
             power
             being
             divided
             'twixt
             so
             many
             ,
             they
             serve
             only
             to
             balance
             themselves
             ,
             who
             if
             
             they
             had
             one
             absolute
             Monarch
             a
             piece
             ,
             would
             prove
             terrible
             to
             all
             the
             rest
             .
          
           
             Spaine
             in
             point
             of
             treasure
             hath
             the
             advantage
             of
             them
             al
             ,
             She
             hath
             a
             Veteran
             Army
             always
             afoot
             ;
             but
             She
             is
             thinne
             peopled
             ,
             She
             hath
             many
             Colonies
             to
             supply
             ,
             which
             lye
             squandred
             up
             and
             down
             in
             disadvantagious
             unsociable
             distances
             ,
             Her
             people
             are
             disaffected
             by
             most
             nations
             ,
             and
             incompatible
             with
             some
             ;
             She
             wants
             bread
             ,
             She
             hath
             bold
             accessible
             coasts
             ,
             and
             Her
             West
             Indy
             Fleet
             ,
             besides
             the
             length
             of
             the
             passage
             ,
             and
             incertainty
             of
             arrivall
             ,
             is
             subject
             to
             casualties
             of
             Sea
             ,
             and
             danger
             of
             interception
             by
             Enemies
             :
             And
             if
             England
             should
             breake
             out
             
             with
             Her
             in
             good
             earnest
             into
             acts
             of
             hostility
             ,
             those
             Islands
             ,
             which
             the
             English
             have
             peopled
             ,
             colonized
             ,
             and
             fortified
             lately
             (
             being
             warned
             by
             Saint
             Christopher
             )
             in
             the
             carrere
             to
             Her
             mines
             ,
             would
             be
             found
             to
             be
             no
             small
             disadvantage
             to
             Her
             .
          
           
             France
             swarmes
             with
             men
             ,
             and
             now
             (
             more
             than
             ever
             )
             with
             Soldiers
             ,
             She
             is
             a
             body
             well
             compacted
             (
             though
             often
             subject
             to
             Convulsions
             ,
             and
             high
             fits
             of
             Feavers
             ,
             the
             bloud
             gathering
             up
             by
             an
             unequall
             diffusion
             into
             the
             upper
             parts
             )
             and
             it
             is
             no
             small
             advantage
             to
             Her
             ,
             that
             Her
             forme
             is
             circular
             ,
             so
             that
             one
             part
             may
             quickly
             run
             ,
             to
             succour
             the
             other
             :
             She
             abounds
             with
             Corne
             ,
             and
             being
             
             the
             thorough
             fare
             of
             Christendome
             ,
             She
             can
             never
             want
             money
             ;
             She
             hath
             those
             three
             things
             which
             the
             Spaniard
             said
             would
             make
             Her
             eternall
             ,
             viz.
             Rome
             ,
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             Counsell
             ;
             for
             She
             hath
             the
             the
             Pope
             for
             Her
             friend
             (
             having
             had
             his
             breeding
             in
             Her
             twenty
             years
             together
             )
             Shee
             hath
             Holland
             for
             Her
             Arsenall
             ,
             and
             Richelieu
             for
             Counsell
             ;
             who
             since
             he
             sate
             at
             the
             helme
             ,
             hath
             succeeded
             in
             every
             attempt
             ,
             with
             that
             monstrous
             cours
             of
             Felicity
             :
             They
             of
             the
             Religion
             ,
             are
             now
             Town-lesse
             ,
             and
             Arme-lesse
             ,
             and
             so
             are
             Her
             greatest
             Peeres
             most
             of
             them
             out
             of
             Office
             and
             Provinciall
             command
             .
             So
             that
             if
             one
             would
             go
             to
             the
             intrinsique
             value
             of
             
             things
             ,
             France
             will
             not
             want
             much
             in
             weight
             of
             the
             vast
             unweldy
             bulk
             ,
             and
             disjointed
             body
             of
             the
             Spanish
             Monarchie
             .
          
           
             Great
             Britaine
             being
             encircled
             by
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             there
             being
             an
             easie
             going
             out
             for
             the
             Natives
             ,
             and
             a
             dangerous
             landing
             for
             Strangers
             ,
             and
             having
             so
             many
             invincible
             Castles
             in
             motion
             (
             I
             meane
             Her
             Ships
             )
             and
             abounding
             inwardly
             with
             all
             necessaries
             ,
             and
             breeding
             such
             men
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             well
             say
             ,
             no
             King
             whatsoever
             hath
             more
             choyce
             of
             able
             bodies
             to
             make
             Soldiers
             of
             ,
             having
             also
             most
             of
             Her
             trade
             intrinsique
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             Insulary
             advantages
             ,
             She
             need
             not
             feare
             any
             one
             Earthly
             power
             ,
             if
             She
             bee
             
             true
             to
             Her selfe
             ;
             yet
             would
             She
             be
             puzzled
             to
             cope
             with
             any
             of
             the
             other
             two
             single
             ,
             unlesse
             it
             be
             upon
             the
             defensive
             part
             ,
             but
             joyning
             with
             Holland
             She
             can
             give
             them
             both
             the
             Law
             at
             Sea
             ,
             and
             leaguing
             with
             any
             of
             the
             other
             two
             ,
             She
             is
             able
             to
             put
             the
             third
             shrewdly
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             Now
             it
             cannot
             be
             denied
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             giveth
             the
             greatest
             check
             to
             the
             Spanish
             Monarchy
             is
             France
             :
             And
             there
             is
             no
             lesse
             truth
             than
             caution
             in
             that
             saying
             ,
             that
             the
             yeaue
             of
             the
             Conquering
             of
             France
             ,
             is
             the
             morning
             of
             the
             Conquest
             of
             England
             (
             and
             vice
             versa
             .
             )
             It
             hath
             not
             been
             then
             without
             good
             reason
             of
             State
             ,
             that
             England
             since
             that
             monstruous
             height
             of
             
             power
             that
             Spaine
             is
             come
             to
             of
             late
             ,
             hath
             endeavoured
             rather
             to
             strengthen
             France
             (
             to
             beare
             up
             against
             Her
             )
             than
             to
             enfeeble
             Her
             ,
             having
             contributed
             both
             her
             power
             and
             purse
             to
             ransome
             one
             of
             her
             Kings
             ,
             at
             that
             time
             when
             Spaine
             began
             to
             shoot
             out
             Her
             braunches
             so
             wide
             :
             Besides
             ,
             during
             the
             last
             Ligue
             ,
             which
             raged
             so
             long
             through
             all
             the
             bowels
             of
             France
             with
             that
             fury
             ,
             when
             there
             was
             a
             designe
             to
             Cantonize
             the
             whole
             Kingdome
             ;
             Queene
             Elizabeth
             though
             offered
             a
             part
             ,
             would
             not
             accept
             of
             it
             ,
             for
             feare
             of
             weakning
             the
             whole
             :
             Therefore
             this
             chaine
             of
             reciprocall
             conservation
             ,
             linking
             them
             together
             so
             strongly
             ;
             England
             may
             well
             be
             taken
             for
             
             a
             sure
             Confederate
             of
             France
             ,
             while
             France
             containes
             Her selfe
             within
             her
             present
             bounds
             ,
             but
             if
             Shee
             should
             reduce
             the
             Spaniard
             to
             that
             desperate
             passe
             in
             the
             Netherlands
             ▪
             as
             to
             make
             him
             throw
             the
             helve
             after
             the
             hatcher
             ,
             and
             to
             relinquish
             those
             Provinces
             altogether
             ,
             it
             would
             much
             alter
             the
             case
             :
             for
             nothing
             could
             make
             France
             more
             suspectfull
             to
             England
             than
             the
             addition
             of
             those
             Countreyes
             ,
             for
             thereby
             they
             would
             come
             to
             be
             one
             continued
             piece
             ,
             and
             so
             England
             her
             overthwart
             neighbour
             ,
             should
             bee
             in
             a
             worse
             case
             than
             if
             the
             Spaniard
             had
             them
             entirely
             to
             himselfe
             .
             For
             it
             would
             cause
             Her
             to
             put
             Her selfe
             more
             strongly
             upon
             Her
             Guard
             ,
             
             and
             so
             increase
             Her
             charge
             and
             care
             .
          
           
             To
             conclude
             this
             point
             ,
             there
             cannot
             be
             a
             surer
             maxime
             and
             fuller
             of
             precaution
             for
             the
             security
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             Her
             Allies
             ,
             and
             indeed
             for
             all
             other
             Princes
             of
             this
             part
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             than
             Barnevelt
             gave
             of
             late
             yeares
             ,
             a
             little
             before
             he
             came
             to
             the
             fatall
             block
             .
             
               Decrescat
               Hispanus
               ,
               nec
               crescat
               Francus
               .
            
          
           
             But
             I
             have
             been
             transported
             too
             farre
             by
             this
             ticklish
             digression
             ,
             which
             requires
             an
             ampler
             and
             more
             serious
             Discours
             .
          
           
             In
             fine
             ,
             with
             these
             particulars
             ,
             a
             Traveller
             should
             observe
             
             the
             likenesse
             and
             sympathy
             of
             distant
             Nations
             ,
             as
             the
             Spaniard
             with
             the
             Irish
             ,
             the
             French
             with
             the
             Pole
             ,
             the
             German
             (
             specially
             Holsteinmen
             )
             with
             the
             English
             ,
             and
             in
             Italy
             there
             have
             beene
             many
             besides
             my selfe
             ,
             that
             have
             noted
             the
             countenance
             and
             condition
             of
             some
             people
             of
             Italy
             ,
             specially
             those
             that
             inhabite
             Lombardy
             ,
             to
             draw
             neere
             unto
             the
             ancient
             Brittaines
             of
             this
             Island
             ,
             which
             argues
             ,
             that
             the
             Romanes
             ,
             who
             had
             their
             Legions
             here
             so
             many
             hundred
             yeares
             together
             ,
             did
             much
             mingle
             and
             clope
             with
             them
             .
             Amongst
             other
             particulars
             ,
             the
             old
             Italian
             tunes
             and
             rithmes
             both
             in
             conceipt
             and
             cadency
             ,
             
             have
             much
             affinity
             with
             the
             Welsh
             ,
             (
             and
             the
             genius
             of
             a
             people
             is
             much
             discovered
             by
             their
             prosody
             )
             for
             example
             ,
             
               Vlisse
               ô
               lass●
               ,
               ô
               dolce
               Amor●
               muoro
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             This
             agrees
             pat
             with
             the
             fancy
             of
             the
             Welch
             Bards
             ,
             whose
             greatest
             acutenesse
             consists
             in
             Agnominations
             and
             in
             making
             one
             word
             to
             tread
             as
             it
             were
             upon
             the
             others
             heele
             ,
             and
             push
             it
             forward
             in
             like
             letters
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             precedent
             example
             ,
             whereof
             many
             Italian
             Authors
             are
             full
             ,
             appeareth
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             X.
             
          
           
             HE
             must
             also
             observe
             the
             number
             of
             Languages
             ,
             and
             difference
             of
             Dialects
             ,
             as
             neere
             as
             he
             can
             ,
             in
             every
             Countrey
             as
             hee
             passeth
             along
             .
          
           
             The
             French
             have
             three
             dialects
             ,
             the
             Wallon
             (
             vulgarly
             called
             among
             themselves
             Romand
             ,
             )
             the
             Provensall
             ,
             (
             whereof
             the
             Gascon
             is
             a
             subdialect
             )
             and
             the
             speech
             of
             Languedoc
             :
             They
             of
             Bearne
             and
             Navarre
             speak
             a
             Language
             that
             hath
             affinity
             with
             the
             Bascuence
             or
             the
             Cantabrian
             tongue
             in
             Biscaie
             ,
             and
             
             amongst
             the
             Pyrenean
             mountaines
             :
             The
             Armorican
             tongue
             ,
             which
             they
             of
             low
             Brittaine
             speake
             (
             for
             there
             is
             your
             Bas-Breton
             ,
             and
             the
             Breton-Brittonant
             or
             Breton
             Gallois
             ,
             who
             speakes
             French
             )
             is
             a
             dialect
             of
             the
             old
             Brittish
             as
             the
             word
             Armorica
             imports
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             meere
             Welsh
             word
             ,
             for
             if
             one
             observe
             the
             Radicall
             words
             in
             that
             Language
             they
             are
             the
             same
             that
             are
             now
             spoken
             in
             Wales
             ,
             though
             they
             differ
             much
             in
             the
             composition
             of
             their
             sentences
             ,
             as
             doth
             the
             Cornish
             :
             Now
             some
             of
             the
             approvedst
             ▪
             Antiquaries
             positively
             hold
             the
             Originall
             Language
             of
             the
             Celtae
             ,
             the
             true
             ancient
             Gaules
             ,
             to
             be
             Welsh
             :
             And
             amongst
             
             other
             Authors
             they
             produce
             no
             meaner
             than
             Caesar
             and
             Tacitus
             ,
             to
             confirme
             this
             opinion
             :
             For
             Caesar
             saith
             that
             the
             Druydes
             of
             Gaule
             understood
             the
             Brittish
             Druyds
             ,
             who
             it
             seemes
             were
             of
             more
             account
             for
             their
             Philosophy
             ,
             because
             as
             he
             saith
             ,
             the
             Gaules
             came
             usually
             over
             to
             be
             taught
             by
             them
             ,
             which
             must
             bee
             by
             conference
             ,
             for
             there
             were
             few
             books
             then
             :
             Besides
             Tacitus
             in
             the
             life
             of
             Iulius
             Agricola
             reporteth
             ,
             that
             the
             Language
             of
             the
             Brittaines
             and
             the
             Gaules
             little
             differed
             ,
             I
             restraine
             my selfe
             to
             the
             middle
             part
             of
             France
             called
             Gallia
             Celtica
             ,
             for
             they
             of
             Aquitaine
             spake
             a
             language
             that
             corresponded
             with
             the
             
             old
             Spanish
             ,
             they
             of
             Burgundy
             and
             Champagny
             with
             the
             German
             ,
             and
             most
             part
             of
             Provence
             spake
             Greek
             ,
             there
             having
             beene
             a
             famous
             Colony
             of
             Grecians
             planted
             in
             Marseilles
             :
             Other
             small
             differences
             there
             are
             up
             and
             down
             in
             other
             Provinces
             of
             France
             ,
             as
             the
             low
             Norman
             useth
             to
             contract
             many
             words
             ,
             as
             he
             will
             often
             say
             ,
             I'
             ay
             un
             pet
             à
             faire
             ,
             for
             I'
             ay
             un
             petit
             affaire
             ,
             and
             the
             Poictevin
             will
             mince
             the
             word
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             ma
             Mese
             ,
             mon
             pese
             ,
             for
             ma
             Mere
             ,
             mon
             Pere
             ;
             but
             these
             differences
             are
             not
             considerable
             .
          
           
             The
             Spanish
             or
             Castilian
             tongue
             ,
             which
             is
             usually
             called
             Romance
             ,
             and
             of
             late
             
             years
             Lengua
             Christiana
             ,
             (
             but
             it
             is
             called
             so
             only
             amongst
             themselves
             )
             for
             a
             Spaniard
             will
             commonly
             aske
             a
             stranger
             whether
             hee
             can
             speake
             Christian
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             Castillian
             ?
             The
             Spanish
             (
             I
             say
             )
             hath
             but
             one
             considerable
             dialect
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Portugues
             ,
             which
             the
             Iewes
             of
             Europe
             speake
             more
             than
             any
             other
             language
             ,
             and
             they
             hold
             that
             the
             Messias
             shall
             come
             out
             that
             Tribe
             ,
             that
             speake
             the
             Portingal
             language
             ;
             other
             small
             differences
             there
             are
             in
             the
             pronunciation
             of
             the
             gutturall
             letters
             in
             the
             Castillian
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             of
             small
             moment
             .
             They
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Valencia
             and
             Catalunia
             (
             Goth-land
             )
             speake
             rather
             
             a
             language
             mixed
             of
             French
             ,
             and
             Italian
             :
             In
             the
             Mountaines
             of
             Granada
             (
             the
             Alpuxarras
             )
             they
             speake
             Morisco
             ,
             that
             last
             part
             of
             Spaine
             that
             was
             inhabited
             by
             the
             Moores
             ,
             who
             had
             possessed
             it
             above
             700
             yeares
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             most
             ancient
             speech
             of
             Spaine
             seemes
             to
             have
             beene
             the
             Bascuence
             or
             the
             Cantabrian
             tongue
             spoken
             in
             Guipuscoa
             ,
             the
             Asturias
             and
             in
             some
             places
             amongst
             the
             Pyrenes
             ;
             but
             principally
             in
             the
             Province
             of
             Biscaye
             ,
             which
             was
             never
             conquered
             by
             Roman
             ,
             Cartaginian
             ,
             Goth
             ,
             Vandall
             or
             Moore
             ,
             which
             Nations
             overrunne
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             (
             though
             some
             more
             ,
             some
             lesse
             )
             therefore
             
             whensoever
             the
             King
             of
             Spaine
             commeth
             to
             any
             of
             the
             territories
             of
             Biscaye
             ,
             hee
             must
             pull
             off
             his
             shooes
             upon
             the
             frontiers
             ,
             when
             he
             treads
             the
             first
             step
             ,
             being
             as
             it
             were
             Virgin
             holy
             ground
             .
             And
             as
             it
             is
             probable
             that
             the
             Bascuence
             is
             the
             primitive
             language
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             so
             doubtlesse
             the
             people
             of
             that
             Countrey
             are
             a
             remnant
             of
             the
             very
             Aborigenes
             ,
             of
             her
             first
             Inhabitants
             .
             For
             it
             is
             an
             infallible
             Rule
             ,
             that
             if
             you
             desire
             to
             find
             out
             (
             the
             Indige●nae
             )
             the
             ancientest
             people
             or
             language
             of
             a
             Countrey
             ,
             you
             must
             go
             amongst
             the
             Mountaines
             and
             places
             of
             fastnesse
             ,
             as
             the
             Epirotiques
             in
             Greece
             ,
             the
             Heylanders
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             
             the
             Brittaines
             in
             Wales
             ,
             with
             whom
             (
             I
             meane
             the
             last
             )
             the
             Biscayner
             doth
             much
             symbolize
             in
             many
             things
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             position
             and
             quality
             of
             ground
             ,
             in
             his
             candor
             and
             humanity
             towards
             Strangers
             more
             than
             any
             other
             people
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             his
             cryed
             up
             Antiquity
             ;
             for
             the
             Spaniards
             confesse
             the
             ancientest
             race
             of
             Gentry
             to
             have
             been
             preserved
             there
             :
             So
             that
             a
             Biscayner
             is
             capable
             to
             be
             a
             Cavalier
             of
             any
             of
             the
             three
             habits
             without
             any
             scrutiny
             to
             be
             made
             by
             the
             Office
             ,
             whether
             he
             be
             ,
             limpio
             de
             la
             sangre
             de
             los
             Moros
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             cleare
             of
             the
             bloud
             of
             the
             Moores
             or
             no
             ,
             't
             is
             enough
             that
             he
             be
             a
             Montanero
             ,
             that
             he
             be
             borne
             amongst
             
             the
             Mountaines
             of
             Biscaye
             .
             And
             many
             may
             be
             the
             reasons
             why
             Hilly
             people
             keep
             their
             standings
             so
             well
             ,
             for
             being
             inured
             to
             labour
             ,
             and
             subject
             to
             the
             inclemency
             of
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             distemperatures
             of
             Ayre
             ,
             to
             short
             Commons
             ,
             and
             other
             incommodities
             ,
             they
             prove
             the
             hardier
             and
             abler
             men
             ,
             and
             happily
             with
             the
             elevation
             of
             the
             ground
             their
             spirits
             are
             heightned
             ,
             and
             so
             prove
             more
             couragious
             and
             forward
             to
             repel
             an
             invading
             enemy
             .
          
           
             Adde
             hereunto
             ,
             that
             the
             cragginesse
             and
             steepinesse
             of
             places
             up
             and
             down
             is
             a
             great
             advantage
             to
             the
             dwellers
             ,
             and
             makes
             them
             inaccessible
             ,
             
             for
             they
             serve
             as
             Fortresses
             erected
             by
             Nature
             her selfe
             ,
             to
             protect
             them
             from
             all
             incursions
             :
             as
             Caesar
             complaines
             of
             some
             places
             in
             Scythia
             ,
             that
             Difficilius
             erat
             hostem
             invenire
             ,
             quam
             vincere
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             for
             further
             proofe
             that
             the
             Cantabrian
             language
             is
             the
             ancientest
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             I
             thinke
             it
             will
             not
             be
             much
             from
             the
             purpose
             ,
             if
             I
             insert
             here
             a
             strange
             discovery
             that
             was
             made
             not
             much
             above
             halfe
             a
             hundred
             yeares
             ago
             ,
             about
             the
             very
             midle
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             of
             the
             Pattuecos
             ,
             a
             people
             that
             were
             never
             knowne
             upon
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Earth
             before
             ,
             though
             Spaine
             hath
             been
             a
             renown'd
             
             famous
             Countrey
             visited
             and
             known
             by
             many
             warlik
             Nations
             :
             They
             were
             discovered
             by
             the
             flight
             of
             a
             Faulcon
             ,
             for
             the
             Duke
             of
             Alva
             hauking
             on
             a
             time
             neere
             certaine
             hils
             ,
             not
             farre
             from
             Salamanca
             ,
             one
             of
             his
             Hauks
             which
             he
             much
             valued
             ,
             flew
             over
             those
             Mountaines
             ,
             and
             his
             men
             not
             being
             able
             to
             find
             her
             at
             first
             ,
             they
             were
             sent
             back
             by
             the
             Duke
             after
             her
             ;
             these
             Faulkners
             clammering
             up
             and
             down
             ,
             from
             hill
             to
             hill
             and
             luring
             all
             along
             ,
             they
             lighted
             at
             last
             upon
             a
             large
             pleasant
             Valley
             ,
             where
             they
             spied
             a
             company
             of
             naked
             Savage
             people
             ,
             locked
             in
             between
             an
             assembly
             of
             huge
             crags
             and
             hils
             indented
             
             and
             hemmed
             in
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             one
             in
             another
             :
             As
             simple
             and
             Savage
             they
             were
             ,
             as
             the
             rudest
             people
             of
             any
             of
             the
             two
             Indies
             ,
             whereof
             some
             thought
             a
             man
             on
             horseback
             to
             be
             one
             creature
             with
             the
             horse
             :
             These
             Savages
             gazing
             awhile
             upon
             them
             ,
             flew
             away
             at
             last
             into
             their
             caves
             ,
             for
             they
             were
             Troglodites
             ,
             and
             had
             no
             dwelling
             but
             in
             the
             hollowes
             of
             the
             rocks
             :
             The
             Faulconers
             observing
             well
             the
             track
             of
             the
             passage
             ,
             returned
             the
             next
             day
             ,
             and
             told
             the
             Duke
             ,
             that
             in
             lieu
             of
             a
             hauke
             ,
             they
             had
             found
             out
             a
             New
             World
             ,
             a
             New
             People
             never
             knowne
             on
             the
             continent
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             since
             Tubal
             Cain
             came
             first
             
             thither
             :
             A
             while
             after
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Alva
             went
             himselfe
             with
             a
             Company
             of
             Muscateers
             ,
             and
             Conquered
             them
             ,
             for
             they
             had
             no
             offensive
             weapon
             but
             slings
             ;
             they
             were
             Pythagoreans
             ,
             and
             did
             eat
             nothing
             that
             had
             life
             in
             it
             ,
             but
             excellent
             fruits
             ,
             rootes
             and
             springs
             there
             were
             amongst
             them
             ;
             they
             worshipped
             the
             Sun
             ,
             &
             new
             Moone
             ,
             their
             language
             was
             not
             intelligible
             by
             any
             ,
             yet
             many
             of
             their
             simple
             words
             were
             pure
             Bascuence
             ,
             and
             their
             gutturall
             pronunciation
             the
             very
             same
             ,
             and
             a
             gutturall
             pronunciation
             is
             an
             infallible
             badge
             of
             an
             ancient
             language
             ;
             And
             so
             they
             were
             reduced
             to
             Christianity
             ,
             but
             are
             to
             this
             day
             discernable
             
             from
             other
             Spaniards
             by
             their
             more
             tawny
             complexions
             ,
             which
             proceeds
             from
             the
             reverberatiō
             of
             the
             Sun-beams
             glancing
             upon
             those
             stony
             mountaines
             wherewith
             they
             are
             encircled
             ,
             and
             on
             some
             sides
             trebly
             fenced
             ,
             which
             beames
             reflects
             upon
             them
             with
             a
             greater
             strength
             and
             so
             tannes
             them
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             did
             not
             think
             to
             have
             stayed
             so
             long
             in
             Spain
             now
             nor
             indeed
             the
             last
             time
             I
             was
             there
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             hath
             to
             deale
             with
             that
             Nation
             ,
             must
             have
             good
             store
             of
             Phlegme
             and
             patience
             ,
             and
             both
             for
             his
             stay
             ,
             and
             successe
             of
             businesse
             ,
             may
             often
             reckon
             without
             his
             host
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECTION
             .
             XI
             .
          
           
             BVt
             these
             varieties
             of
             Dialects
             in
             France
             and
             Spaine
             ,
             are
             farre
             lesse
             in
             number
             to
             those
             of
             Italy
             ;
             Nor
             do
             I
             beleeve
             were
             there
             ever
             so
             many
             amongst
             the
             Greeks
             ,
             though
             their
             Countrey
             was
             indented
             and
             cut
             out
             into
             so
             many
             Islands
             ,
             which
             as
             they
             differed
             in
             position
             of
             place
             ,
             so
             there
             was
             some
             reason
             they
             should
             differ
             something
             in
             propriety
             of
             Speech
             :
             There
             is
             in
             Italy
             the
             Toscan
             ,
             the
             Roman
             ,
             the
             Venetian
             ,
             the
             Neapol●tan
             ,
             the
             Calabrese
             ,
             the
             Genovese
             ,
             the
             Luquesse
             ,
             the
             Milanese
             ,
             
             the
             Parmasan
             ,
             the
             Piemontese
             ,
             and
             others
             in
             and
             about
             Abouzzo
             ,
             and
             the
             Apennine
             hils
             ;
             and
             all
             these
             have
             severall
             Dialects
             and
             Idiomes
             of
             Speech
             ,
             and
             the
             reason
             I
             conceive
             to
             be
             ,
             is
             the
             multiplicity
             of
             Governments
             ,
             there
             being
             in
             Italy
             ,
             one
             Kingdome
             ,
             three
             Republiques
             ,
             and
             five
             or
             six
             absolute
             Principalities
             ,
             besides
             the
             Popedome
             ,
             and
             their
             Lawes
             ,
             being
             different
             ,
             their
             Language
             also
             groweth
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             but
             the
             prime
             Italian
             dialect
             ,
             take
             Accent
             and
             Elegance
             together
             ,
             is
             Lingua
             Toscana
             in
             boca
             Romana
             .
             The
             Toscan
             tongue
             in
             a
             Roman
             mouth
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             also
             a
             Mongrell
             Dialect
             composed
             of
             Italian
             
             and
             French
             ,
             and
             some
             Spanish
             words
             are
             also
             in
             it
             ,
             which
             they
             call
             Franco
             ,
             that
             is
             used
             in
             many
             of
             the
             Islands
             of
             the
             Aegean
             Sea
             ,
             and
             reacheth
             as
             farre
             as
             Constantinople
             ,
             and
             Natolie
             ,
             and
             some
             places
             in
             Afrique
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             the
             ordinary
             speech
             of
             Cōmerce
             'twixt
             Christians
             ,
             Iewes
             ,
             Turkes
             ,
             and
             Greeks
             in
             the
             Levant
             .
          
           
             Now
             for
             the
             Originall
             Language
             in
             Italy
             ,
             as
             the
             Mesapian
             and
             Hetruscan
             tongue
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             a
             syllable
             left
             anywhere
             ,
             nor
             do
             I
             know
             any
             Countrey
             where
             the
             old
             primitive
             Languages
             ,
             are
             so
             utterly
             and
             totally
             extinguished
             without
             the
             least
             trace
             left
             behind
             ,
             as
             in
             Italy
             .
          
           
           
             Touching
             the
             Latine
             Tongue
             ,
             which
             is
             one
             of
             the
             ancientest
             Languages
             of
             Italy
             ,
             but
             not
             so
             ancient
             as
             those
             I
             spake
             of
             before
             ,
             the
             received
             opinion
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             inundation
             of
             the
             Goths
             ,
             Vandals
             and
             Longbards
             ,
             were
             her
             first
             Corrupters
             but
             it
             is
             not
             so
             ,
             as
             the
             Learned
             Bembo
             ,
             and
             our
             no
             lesse
             Learned
             Brerewood
             are
             of
             opinion
             ;
             for
             as
             the
             Latine
             Tongue
             grew
             to
             perfection
             by
             certaine
             degrees
             ,
             and
             in
             Caesar
             and
             Cicero's
             times
             (
             whereof
             the
             one
             for
             purity
             ,
             the
             other
             for
             copiousnesse
             ,
             were
             the
             best
             that
             ever
             writ
             )
             she
             came
             to
             the
             highest
             flourish
             together
             with
             the
             Empire
             ,
             so
             had
             shee
             insensible
             degrees
             of
             corruption
             
             amongst
             the
             vulgar
             ,
             and
             intrinsique
             changes
             in
             her selfe
             before
             any
             forrain
             cause
             concurred
             ;
             for
             the
             Salian
             Verses
             ,
             towards
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Republique
             ,
             were
             scarce
             intelligible
             ,
             no
             more
             were
             the
             capitulations
             of
             Peace
             'twixt
             Rome
             and
             Carthage
             in
             Polybius
             his
             time
             :
             And
             every
             one
             knowes
             what
             kind
             of
             Latine
             stands
             upon
             record
             on
             the
             Columna
             Rostrata
             in
             the
             Capitoll
             ,
             in
             memory
             of
             the
             famous
             Navall
             victory
             of
             Duillius
             the
             Consull
             ,
             which
             happened
             but
             150
             yeares
             before
             Cicero
             .
             As
             also
             what
             Latine
             had
             the
             vogue
             in
             Pla●utus
             his
             time
             :
             And
             here
             it
             will
             not
             be
             much
             ou●
             of
             the
             byas
             ,
             to
             insert
             (
             in
             this
             
             Ogdoastique
             )
             a
             few
             verses
             of
             the
             Latine
             which
             was
             spoken
             in
             that
             age
             ,
             which
             were
             given
             me
             by
             a
             worthy
             polite
             Gentleman
             ,
             
               
                 Sic
                 est
                 ,
                 nam
                 nenum
                 lacient
                 uls
                 manaca
                 ,
                 praes
                 est
              
               
                 Andreas
                 ;
                 Ipsus
                 Hortitor
                 ergo
                 cluo
              
               
                 Dividiam
                 estricem
                 ut
                 genii
                 averruncet
                 ,
                 &
                 ultra
              
               
                 Calpar
                 ,
                 si
                 pote
                 ,
                 Lurae
                 insipet
                 omnimodis
                 ,
              
               
                 Calpar
                 ,
                 quod
                 Nymphis
                 nenum
                 ebrium
                 ,
                 at
                 Argeliorum
              
               
                 Zitho
                 ,
                 quod
                 nostra
                 haec
                 vincia
                 dapsiliter
              
               
                 Degulet
                 ,
                 ha
                 frux
                 obgraecari
                 (
                 haut
                 numina
                 poscent
                 )
              
               
                 Prodinit
                 ,
                 topper
                 morta
                 modo
                 orta
                 necat
                 .
              
            
             
             So
             that
             as
             before
             ,
             so
             after
             Cicero's
             time
             ,
             the
             Latine
             Tongue
             wrought
             certaine
             changes
             in
             her selfe
             ,
             before
             any
             mixture
             with
             Strangers
             ,
             or
             the
             intervention
             of
             any
             forraine
             cause
             :
             For
             as
             Kingdomes
             and
             States
             with
             all
             other
             Sublunary
             things
             are
             subject
             to
             a
             tossing
             and
             tumbling
             ,
             to
             periods
             and
             changes
             ,
             as
             also
             all
             Naturall
             bodies
             corrupt
             inwardly
             and
             insensibly
             of
             themselves
             ,
             so
             Languages
             are
             not
             exempt
             from
             this
             Fate
             ,
             from
             those
             accidents
             ,
             and
             revolutions
             that
             attend
             Time
             :
             For
             Horace
             complained
             in
             his
             dayes
             ,
             that
             words
             changed
             as
             coynes
             did
             :
             Yet
             besides
             this
             home
             bredd
             change
             ,
             it
             cannot
             be
             denyed
             but
             the
             Latine
             Tongue
             ,
             had
             
             some
             forraine
             extrinsique
             cause
             to
             degenerate
             so
             farre
             into
             Italian
             ,
             as
             the
             admission
             of
             such
             multiplicities
             of
             Strangers
             to
             be
             Roman
             Citizens
             ,
             with
             the
             great
             number
             of
             slaves
             that
             were
             brought
             into
             the
             City
             ;
             Adde
             herunto
             at
             last
             those
             swarms
             of
             barbarous
             Nations
             ,
             which
             in
             lesse
             than
             one
             hundred
             yeares
             thrice
             over-ran
             Italy
             ,
             and
             tooke
             such
             footing
             in
             her
             :
             And
             as
             in
             Italy
             ,
             so
             likewise
             in
             Spaine
             and
             France
             ,
             they
             corrupted
             the
             Latine
             tongue
             ,
             though
             I
             beleeve
             she
             never
             tooke
             any
             perfect
             impression
             amongst
             the
             vulgar
             in
             those
             Countreyes
             ,
             albeit
             the
             Romanes
             laboured
             to
             plant
             her
             there
             ,
             making
             it
             
             their
             practise
             (
             though
             not
             at
             first
             :
             for
             we
             reade
             of
             some
             People
             that
             petitioned
             unto
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             bee
             permitted
             to
             use
             the
             Latine
             tongue
             )
             with
             the
             Law
             to
             bring
             in
             their
             Language
             as
             a
             mar●e
             of
             Conquest
             .
          
           
             But
             one
             may
             justly
             as●●e
             why
             the
             Latine
             tongue
             could
             receive
             no
             growth
             at
             all
             amongst
             the
             Brittaines
             ,
             who
             were
             so
             many
             hundred
             years
             under
             the
             Roman
             gover●ment
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             the
             E●perours
             living
             and
             dying
             amongst
             them
             ?
             To
             this
             ●t
             may
             bee
             answered
             ,
             that
             i●
             Brittaine
             wee
             reade
             of
             no
             more
             than
             foure
             colonies
             that
             ever
             were
             planted
             ;
             but
             in
             Spaine
             there
             were
             29
             ,
             and
             in
             
             France
             26.
             
             But
             as
             I
             cannot
             cease
             to
             wonder
             that
             the
             Romans
             notwithstanding
             those
             Colonies
             and
             Legions
             that
             had
             so
             long
             cohabitation
             ,
             and
             coalition
             with
             them
             ,
             could
             take
             no
             impression
             at
             all
             upon
             the
             Brittaines
             in
             so
             long
             a
             tract
             of
             time
             in
             point
             of
             Speech
             ,
             (
             notwithstanding
             that
             in
             some
             other
             things
             there
             be
             some
             resemblances
             observed
             'twixt
             the
             people
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             before
             )
             I
             wonder
             as
             much
             how
             such
             a
             multitude
             of
             Greeke
             words
             could
             creep
             into
             the
             Welsh
             language
             ,
             some
             whereof
             for
             example
             sake
             ,
             I
             have
             couched
             in
             this
             Distique
             .
             
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               .
            
             Which
             words
             Englished
             are
             ,
             Salt
             ,
             water
             ,
             birth
             ,
             fire
             ,
             the
             belly
             ,
             an
             old
             woman
             ,
             to
             teach
             ,
             the
             earth
             ,
             hony
             ,
             to
             heare
             ,
             the
             Sun
             ,
             destiny
             ,
             drunkard
             .
          
           
             Besides
             divers
             others
             ,
             which
             are
             both
             Greeke
             and
             Wels●
             ,
             both
             in
             pronunciation
             and
             sense
             .
          
           
             Now
             for
             the
             Greek
             tongue
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             question
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             of
             larger
             extent
             than
             ever
             the
             Roman
             was
             ,
             for
             these
             three
             respects
             ,
             for
             the
             mighty
             commerce
             that
             Nation
             did
             exercise
             ,
             for
             their
             humour
             in
             planting
             of
             Colonies
             ,
             for
             their
             
             Learning
             and
             Philosophy
             ,
             for
             Greek
             is
             the
             scientificalst
             tongue
             that
             ever
             was
             ,
             in
             all
             which
             they
             went
             beyond
             the
             Romones
             :
             And
             it
             is
             not
             long
             ago
             since
             in
             some
             places
             of
             Italy
             her selfe
             ,
             as
             Calabria
             and
             Apulia
             ,
             the
             Liturgy
             was
             in
             the
             Greek
             tongue
             .
             Nor
             is
             some
             vulgar
             Greek
             so
             farre
             adulterated
             ,
             and
             eloignated
             from
             the
             true
             Greek
             ,
             as
             Italian
             is
             from
             the
             Latin
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             yet
             in
             some
             places
             of
             the
             Morea
             true
             Greek
             spoken
             vulgarly
             (
             you
             cannot
             say
             so
             of
             the
             Latin
             anywhere
             )
             only
             they
             confound
             these
             three
             letters
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             (
             Eta
             ,
             Iota
             ,
             Upsilon
             )
             and
             these
             two
             dipthongs
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             and
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             all
             which
             they
             pronounce
             as
             Ioata
             .
             As
             
             for
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             they
             pronounce
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             for
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             they
             say
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             There
             is
             also
             true
             Greek
             spoken
             in
             some
             parts
             of
             the
             lesser
             Asia
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             no
             place
             upon
             the
             surface
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             for
             the
             proportion
             ,
             where
             so
             many
             differing
             Languages
             are
             spoken
             ,
             yet
             most
             of
             them
             are
             but
             Dialects
             and
             subdialects
             ;
             so
             that
             of
             those
             two
             and
             twenty
             tongues
             ,
             which
             Mithridates
             is
             recorded
             to
             have
             understood
             ,
             above
             two
             parts
             of
             three
             ,
             I
             beleeve
             ,
             were
             but
             dialects
             .
          
           
             I
             dare
             go
             no
             further
             Eastward
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             beyond
             the
             bounds
             of
             so
             smalla
             Volume
             as
             this
             ,
             to
             speak
             of
             the
             Levantine
             
             tongues
             ,
             that
             go
             from
             the
             Liver
             to
             the
             Heart
             ,
             from
             the
             Right
             hand
             to
             the
             Left
             ,
             as
             the
             most
             Spacious
             Arabique
             ,
             which
             is
             spoken
             (
             or
             learnt
             )
             throughoutal
             the
             vast
             dominions
             of
             the
             Mahumetan
             Empire
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             most
             fixed
             language
             now
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             it
             being
             death
             to
             alter
             it
             ,
             or
             Translate
             the
             Alcoran
             into
             any
             other
             language
             ,
             to
             adde
             the
             least
             title
             to
             the
             first
             text
             ,
             or
             comment
             upon
             it
             ;
             a
             rare
             policy
             to
             prevent
             schismes
             ,
             and
             restraine
             the
             extravagant
             ,
             and
             various
             restlesse
             fancies
             of
             humane
             braine
             .
          
           
             This
             page
             is
             also
             too
             narrow
             to
             comprehend
             any
             thing
             of
             the
             most
             large
             Slavonique
             tongue
             ,
             which
             above
             
             other
             Languages
             hath
             this
             prerogative
             to
             have
             two
             Characters
             ,
             one
             resembling
             the
             Latine
             ,
             the
             other
             the
             Greek
             ,
             and
             in
             many
             places
             the
             Liturgy
             is
             in
             both
             ,
             one
             for
             Sundayes
             and
             Holy-dayes
             ,
             the
             other
             for
             working
             dayes
             .
             There
             are
             above
             forty
             severall
             Nations
             ,
             both
             in
             Europe
             and
             Asia
             ,
             which
             have
             the
             Slavonick
             for
             their
             vulgar
             speech
             ,
             it
             reacheth
             from
             Mosco
             ,
             the
             Court
             of
             the
             great
             Knez
             ,
             to
             the
             Turks
             Seraglio
             in
             Constantinople
             ,
             and
             so
             over
             the
             Propontey
             to
             divers
             places
             in
             Asia
             ,
             i●
             being
             the
             common
             language
             of
             the
             Ianizaries
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             XII
             .
          
           
             THe
             German
             or
             Teutonique
             tongue
             also
             is
             of
             mighty
             extent
             ,
             for
             not
             only
             the
             large
             Continent
             of
             Germany
             high
             and
             low
             ,
             but
             the
             Kingdomes
             of
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             Denmarque
             ,
             S●ethland
             ,
             Norway
             ,
             Island
             ,
             and
             some
             parts
             of
             Hungary
             and
             Poland
             speake
             it
             vulgarly
             .
             And
             questionlesse
             the
             German
             is
             one
             of
             the
             first
             mother
             tongues
             of
             Europe
             ,
             whereof
             Scaliger
             would
             have
             but
             eleven
             ,
             though
             there
             be
             foure
             or
             five
             more
             ,
             but
             I
             find
             that
             they
             who
             are
             cryed
             up
             for
             great
             Clearks
             may
             erre
             ,
             as
             he
             
             did
             in
             this
             ,
             as
             also
             when
             hee
             made
             Prester
             Iohn
             an
             African
             and
             placed
             him
             in
             Ethiopia
             ,
             in
             the
             Habassins
             Countrey
             ,
             whereas
             it
             is
             certaine
             that
             he
             was
             an
             Asian
             ,
             and
             King
             of
             Tenduc
             in
             Tartary
             above
             two
             thousand
             miles
             distant
             ,
             besides
             he
             was
             a
             Nestorian
             by
             his
             religion
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             well
             known
             the
             Habassines
             are
             Iacobites
             and
             Christians
             from
             the
             girdle
             upward
             ,
             and
             Iews
             downward
             ,
             admitting
             both
             of
             Baptism
             and
             Circumcision
             .
          
           
             And
             so
             ancient
             is
             the
             German
             tongue
             ,
             that
             Goropius
             Becanus
             flattered
             himselfe
             with
             a
             fancy
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             the
             language
             which
             was
             spoken
             in
             Paradise
             ,
             which
             Ortelius
             also
             shewed
             a
             desire
             to
             beleeve
             ;
             
             they
             grounded
             this
             conceipt
             upon
             these
             words
             ,
             Adam
             ,
             Eve
             ,
             Abel
             ,
             Seth
             ,
             &c.
             which
             they
             would
             stretch
             to
             bee
             German
             words
             ;
             also
             that
             their
             language
             came
             first
             from
             Asia
             ,
             because
             Godt
             ,
             Fader
             ,
             Moder
             ,
             Broder
             ,
             Star
             ,
             are
             found
             to
             signifie
             the
             same
             things
             both
             in
             the
             German
             ,
             and
             Persian
             tongue
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             no
             language
             so
             ful
             of
             Monosyllables
             and
             knotted
             so
             with
             Consonants
             as
             the
             German
             ,
             howsoever
             she
             is
             a
             full
             mouthd
             masculine
             speech
             :
             the
             speeches
             of
             the
             Kingdoms
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             are
             but
             Dialects
             derived
             from
             her
             ;
             And
             the
             English
             is
             but
             a
             Subdialect
             or
             branch
             of
             the
             Saxon
             Dialect
             ,
             which
             hath
             no
             other
             
             name
             in
             Welsh
             and
             Irish
             to
             this
             day
             ;
             for
             take
             an
             Englishman
             Capa pea
             pea
             ,
             from
             head
             to
             foot
             ,
             every
             member
             hee
             hath
             is
             Dutch
             .
          
           
             Yet
             since
             the
             last
             Conquest
             much
             French
             hath
             got
             in
             ,
             and
             greatly
             embellished
             and
             smoothed
             the
             English
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             is
             very
             much
             affinity
             between
             them
             ,
             as
             for
             Example
             ,
             
               
                 La
                 Fortune
                 me
                 tourmente
                 ,
              
               
                 La
                 Vertu
                 mecontente
                 .
              
            
             Or
             ,
             
               
                 Men
                 desir
                 est
                 infiny
                 ,
              
               
                 D'
                 entrer
                 en
                 Paradis
                 .
              
            
             Which
             sayings
             are
             both
             French
             and
             English
             .
          
           
             Of
             late
             yeares
             the
             English
             
             tongue
             hath
             much
             enriched
             her selfe
             ,
             by
             borrowing
             of
             some
             choyce
             ,
             well
             sounding
             and
             significant
             words
             from
             other
             Languages
             also
             ;
             so
             that
             she
             may
             be
             compared
             to
             a
             Posie
             made
             up
             of
             many
             fragrant
             choyce
             Flowers
             :
             And
             truly
             ,
             without
             interest
             and
             passion
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             spoken
             ,
             there
             is
             in
             English
             as
             true
             straines
             of
             Eloquence
             ,
             as
             strong
             and
             sinewy
             Expressions
             ,
             as
             elaborate
             and
             solid
             pieces
             of
             Fancy
             ,
             as
             far
             fetched
             reaches
             of
             Invention
             ,
             and
             as
             full
             of
             salt
             ,
             Metaphor's
             as
             faithfully
             poursued
             Similies
             as
             aptly
             applyed
             ,
             and
             as
             well
             cloathed
             and
             girded
             about
             ;
             as
             in
             any
             Language
             whatsoever
             ,
             both
             in
             Poesie
             and
             Prose
             ;
             It
             must
             be
             granted
             
             that
             some
             other
             Languages
             ,
             for
             their
             soft
             and
             smooth
             melting
             fluency
             ,
             as
             having
             no
             abruptnesse
             of
             Consonants
             ,
             have
             some
             advantage
             of
             the
             English
             ;
             yet
             many
             of
             their
             fancies
             ,
             which
             amongst
             themselves
             they
             hold
             to
             be
             strong
             lines
             and
             quintessentiall
             stuffe
             ,
             being
             turned
             to
             another
             tongue
             become
             flat
             ,
             and
             prove
             oftentimes
             but
             meere
             gingles
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             witty
             in
             English
             ,
             is
             so
             ,
             with
             advantage
             ,
             in
             any
             Language
             else
             ,
             unlesse
             the
             conceipt
             be
             topicall
             ,
             or
             personall
             ,
             and
             peculiar
             only
             to
             this
             Island
             .
          
           
             But
             whither
             have
             I
             been
             thus
             transported
             ?
             The
             Copiousnesse
             and
             pleasure
             of
             
             the
             Argument
             hath
             carried
             mee
             a
             little
             further
             than
             I
             made
             account
             ,
             for
             to
             bee
             a
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             knowledge
             ,
             specially
             the
             practicall
             knowledge
             (
             for
             the
             Theory
             is
             not
             nere
             so
             grateful
             nor
             useful
             )
             of
             many
             languages
             is
             one
             of
             the
             richest
             and
             pleasingst
             kind
             of
             Notions
             that
             is
             ;
             And
             we
             find
             upon
             the
             best
             record
             ,
             that
             the
             first
             blessing
             which
             fell
             down
             from
             Heaven
             upon
             those
             holy
             Heralds
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             was
             the
             knowledge
             of
             many
             tongues
             ,
             inspired
             into
             them
             immediatly
             by
             God
             Almighty
             himselfe
             .
          
           
             For
             what
             is
             Imagination
             ,
             Invention
             and
             Sense
             ,
             without
             
             the
             faculty
             of
             Speech
             without
             expression
             ?
             Speech
             is
             the
             instrument
             by
             which
             a
             Foole
             is
             distinguished
             from
             a
             Philosopher
             :
             Speech
             is
             the
             Index
             ,
             the
             Interpreter
             ,
             the
             Ambassador
             of
             the
             mind
             ,
             and
             the
             Tongue
             the
             Vehiculum
             ,
             the
             Chariot
             ,
             which
             conveyeth
             and
             carrieth
             the
             notions
             of
             the
             Mind
             to
             Reasons
             Palace
             ,
             and
             the
             impregnable
             Tower
             of
             Truth
             :
             And
             although
             there
             be
             but
             one
             way
             thither
             ,
             yet
             there
             be
             many
             sorts
             of
             Chariots
             ,
             some
             more
             sumptuous
             and
             better
             harnessed
             than
             others
             ;
             for
             amongst
             tongues
             there
             be
             some
             farre
             more
             rich
             ,
             more
             copious
             ,
             and
             of
             stronger
             expressions
             than
             others
             :
             And
             amongst
             Tongues
             there
             is
             also
             a
             kind
             of
             ,
             good
             fellowship
             ,
             for
             they
             
             sometimes
             supply
             one
             anothers
             wants
             ,
             and
             mutually
             borrow
             and
             lend
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XIII
             .
          
           
             BVt
             whether
             have
             I
             wantred
             ?
             I
             had
             almost
             forgot
             where
             I
             left
             my
             Traveller
             ,
             but
             now
             I
             remember
             wel
             it
             was
             in
             Italy
             .
             And
             having
             surveyed
             Italy
             ,
             that
             minion
             of
             Nature
             ,
             he
             may
             crosse
             the
             Alpes
             ,
             and
             see
             some
             of
             the
             Cantons
             ,
             those
             rugged
             Repub●iques
             ,
             and
             Regiments
             ,
             and
             then
             passe
             through
             many
             of
             the
             Stately
             proud
             Cities
             of
             Germany
             ,
             till
             hee
             comes
             to
             Bruxels
             ,
             and
             there
             he
             shall
             behold
             
             the
             face
             of
             a
             constant
             Military
             Court
             ,
             and
             Provinciall
             Government
             ,
             with
             a
             miscellany
             of
             all
             Nations
             ,
             and
             if
             there
             be
             any
             Leagers
             a
             foot
             ,
             or
             Armies
             in
             motion
             ,
             it
             should
             bee
             time
             well
             spent
             to
             see
             them
             .
             For
             the
             Netherlands
             have
             been
             for
             many
             yeares
             ,
             as
             one
             may
             say
             ,
             the
             very
             Cockpit
             of
             Christendome
             ,
             the
             Schoole
             of
             Armes
             ,
             and
             Rendezvous
             of
             all
             adventurous
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             Cadets
             ,
             which
             makes
             most
             Nations
             of
             Europe
             beholden
             to
             them
             for
             Soldiers
             .
             Therefore
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Belgique
             wars
             are
             very
             worth
             the
             reading
             ,
             for
             I
             know
             none
             fuller
             of
             stratagemes
             of
             reaches
             of
             Pollicy
             ,
             of
             variety
             of
             successes
             in
             
             so
             short
             a
             time
             :
             nor
             in
             which
             more
             Princes
             have
             been
             engaged
             (
             though
             some
             more
             ,
             some
             lesse
             )
             for
             reasons
             of
             state
             ,
             nor
             a
             warre
             which
             hath
             produced
             such
             deplorable
             effects
             directly
             or
             collaterally
             ,
             all
             Christendome
             over
             ,
             both
             by
             Sea
             and
             Land
             .
          
           
             Iean
             Petit
             in
             French
             ,
             is
             an
             approved
             Author
             ,
             Guicciardin
             ,
             Don
             Carles
             Coloma
             in
             Spanish
             ,
             and
             Sir
             Roger
             Williams
             in
             English
             ,
             with
             others
             ,
             there
             you
             shall
             reade
             of
             one
             Towne
             taken
             by
             a
             Boat
             of
             Turfs
             ,
             and
             reprized
             many
             yeares
             after
             by
             a
             Boat
             of
             Fagots
             ,
             another
             taken
             by
             the
             flight
             of
             a
             Ha●k
             ,
             another
             by
             a
             load
             of
             Hey
             ,
             another
             by
             a
             Cart
             full
             of
             Apples
             ,
             and
             many
             by
             disguises
             ,
             either
             
             of
             Boores
             ,
             Fryers
             ,
             or
             Marchands
             .
          
           
             Having
             spent
             some
             small
             time
             in
             Brabant
             and
             Flanders
             ,
             he
             may
             by
             safe
             conduct
             ,
             as
             is
             usuall
             ,
             passe
             to
             Holland
             ,
             where
             he
             shall
             find
             a
             People
             planted
             as
             it
             were
             under
             the
             Sea
             ,
             out
             of
             whose
             jawes
             they
             force
             an
             habitation
             ,
             with
             infinite
             expence
             and
             toyle
             ,
             checking
             the
             impetuous
             cours
             of
             the
             angry
             Ocean
             ,
             and
             shewing
             the
             World
             how
             far
             Industry
             and
             Art
             ,
             can
             curbe
             and
             controule
             Nature
             :
             And
             very
             expedient
             it
             is
             ,
             hee
             should
             take
             an
             exact
             Survey
             of
             the
             States
             of
             the
             United
             Provinces
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             accounted
             the
             surest
             Confederates
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             her
             fastest
             
             Friends
             ,
             for
             interest
             of
             Religion
             ,
             for
             community
             of
             danger
             ,
             and
             consequently
             of
             reciprocall
             preservation
             .
          
           
             And
             it
             will
             be
             a
             wonderfull
             thing
             to
             see
             what
             a
             mighty
             subsistence
             of
             wealth
             and
             a
             huge
             Navigable
             power
             that
             State
             in
             come
             too
             ,
             by
             a
             rare
             unparalelled
             industry
             :
             For
             I
             dare
             avouch
             that
             the
             Roman
             Common-wealth
             ,
             (
             though
             she
             had
             her
             head
             as
             well
             knit
             in
             her
             infancy
             as
             any
             that
             ever
             was
             )
             did
             not
             come
             neere
             her
             ,
             in
             so
             short
             a
             progresse
             of
             time
             ,
             to
             such
             a
             growth
             of
             strength
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             seemes
             all
             things
             
             conspired
             to
             rayse
             Holland
             to
             this
             passe
             :
             First
             ,
             the
             humour
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             being
             patient
             ▪
             and
             iudustrious
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             genius
             more
             in
             clinable
             to
             a
             Democraticall
             Government
             than
             to
             a
             Monarchy
             :
             Adde
             hereunto
             the
             quality
             of
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             being
             every where
             half
             cut
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             inlayed
             with
             water
             ,
             and
             thereby
             much
             fortified
             ,
             and
             made
             in
             many
             places
             inaccessible
             ;
             so
             that
             ,
             if
             need
             were
             ,
             Holland
             could
             turne
             her selfe
             into
             a
             huge
             pond
             when
             she
             list
             .
          
           
             Hereunto
             concurred
             a
             further
             advantage
             of
             situation
             ,
             having
             behind
             her
             the
             Baltique
             Sea
             ,
             which
             affoords
             her
             all
             kind
             of
             Materials
             for
             shipping
             ,
             and
             for
             all
             kind
             of
             Nutriment
             
             and
             Military
             forces
             England
             and
             France
             ,
             both
             swarming
             with
             superfluous
             people
             ,
             suspectfull
             of
             the
             Spanish
             greatnesse
             ,
             and
             so
             not
             unwilling
             to
             contribute
             auxiliary
             strength
             for
             mutuall
             security
             and
             conservation
             .
          
           
             Navigation
             and
             Mercantile
             Negotiation
             ,
             are
             the
             two
             Poles
             whereon
             that
             State
             doth
             move
             ,
             and
             to
             both
             these
             ,
             it
             seemes
             ,
             Nature
             her selfe
             hath
             expresly
             designed
             both
             Countrey
             and
             People
             ;
             Them
             be
             an
             extraordinary
             kind
             of
             Propensity
             ,
             the
             Countrey
             by
             apt
             position
             ,
             for
             having
             no
             Land
             to
             manure
             ,
             they
             plow
             the
             very
             bowels
             of
             the
             Deep
             ,
             the
             wrinkled
             fore-head
             of
             Neptune
             being
             the
             furrowes
             
             that
             yealds
             them
             encrease
             .
          
           
             Moreover
             ,
             there
             being
             many
             great
             Rivers
             that
             slice
             and
             cut
             the
             Countrey
             up
             and
             down
             to
             disgorge
             themselvs
             into
             the
             Ocean
             ,
             those
             Rivers
             may
             be
             said
             to
             pay
             them
             tribute
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             to
             the
             Sea
             ,
             which
             Rivers
             branching
             themselves
             into
             large
             and
             bearing
             streames
             ,
             do
             so
             fitly
             serve
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             whole
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             bee
             said
             ,
             Nature
             in
             the
             frame
             of
             humane
             bodies
             ,
             did
             not
             discover
             more
             Art
             ,
             in
             distributing
             the
             veines
             and
             arteries
             ,
             for
             the
             easy
             conveyance
             of
             the
             masse
             of
             bloud
             into
             each
             part
             ,
             as
             she
             hath
             shewed
             here
             in
             dispersing
             those
             waters
             so
             orderly
             for
             trafique
             .
          
           
           
             These
             Rivers
             bring
             her
             what
             the
             large
             continent
             of
             Germany
             ,
             and
             other
             Easterne
             Countreys
             affoord
             ,
             and
             shee
             lying
             between
             them
             and
             the
             Sea
             ;
             furnisheth
             them
             with
             all
             far
             fetched
             Indian
             ,
             African
             ,
             and
             Spanish
             commodities
             .
          
           
             Here
             you
             shall
             see
             the
             most
             industrious
             people
             upon
             earth
             ,
             making
             a
             rare
             vertue
             of
             necessity
             ,
             for
             the
             same
             thing
             which
             makes
             a
             Parrot
             speake
             ,
             makes
             them
             to
             labour
             .
             For
             having
             nothing
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             yet
             they
             abound
             with
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             said
             ,
             to
             live
             by
             the
             idlenesse
             of
             some
             of
             their
             neighbours
             ,
             I
             am
             loth
             to
             name
             here
             who
             they
             are
             .
          
           
             Here
             you
             shall
             find
             a
             people
             grow
             Rich
             also
             by
             
             that
             which
             useth
             to
             impoverish
             others
             ,
             even
             by
             Warre
             ,
             for
             pri●es
             and
             booties
             abroad
             ,
             go
             to
             make
             a
             good
             part
             of
             their
             wealth
             .
          
           
             Yet
             in
             conversation
             they
             are
             but
             heavy
             ,
             of
             a
             homely
             outside
             ,
             and
             slow
             in
             action
             ,
             which
             slownesse
             carieth
             with
             it
             a
             notable
             per
             severance
             ,
             and
             this
             may
             bee
             imputed
             to
             the
             quality
             of
             that
             mould
             of
             earth
             ,
             whereon
             they
             dwell
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             said
             to
             bee
             a
             kind
             of
             ●●●●ding
             poole
             of
             Ayre
             :
             And
             which
             is
             known
             to
             have
             such
             a
             force
             of
             assimilation
             ,
             that
             when
             people
             of
             a
             more
             vivacious
             temper
             ,
             come
             to
             mingle
             with
             them
             ,
             at
             the
             second
             generation
             ,
             they
             seeme
             to
             participate
             of
             the
             soyle
             
             and
             Ayre
             ,
             and
             degenerate
             into
             meere
             Hollanders
             ;
             the
             like
             is
             found
             dayly
             in
             Horses
             and
             Dogs
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             animals
             .
             
               Occulta
               est
               Batavae
               quaedam
               vis
               insita
               terrae
               .
            
          
           
             One
             remarquable
             piece
             of
             Policy
             I
             forgot
             ,
             that
             hee
             should
             observe
             in
             the
             Vnited
             Provinces
             ;
             viz.
             Why
             in
             so
             small
             an
             extent
             of
             ground
             they
             have
             so
             many
             rich
             ,
             wel-built
             and
             populous
             Townes
             amongst
             them
             ;
             one
             of
             the
             principall
             reasons
             is
             ,
             because
             they
             appropriate
             some
             staple
             materiall
             commoditie
             to
             every
             one
             of
             the
             great
             Townes
             ,
             as
             Amsterdam
             hath
             
             the
             trade
             of
             the
             East
             and
             West
             Indies
             ,
             Roterdam
             the
             English
             Cloth
             ,
             Dort
             the
             Rhenish
             Wines
             ,
             Middelborough
             the
             French
             Wines
             ,
             Treveres
             the
             Scots
             trade
             ,
             the
             Hage
             the
             residence
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             and
             the
             States
             ,
             Haerlam
             subsist
             by
             knitting
             and
             dying
             ,
             and
             so
             forth
             which
             is
             a
             very
             laudable
             cours
             ▪
             not
             to
             suffer
             one
             place
             to
             swallow
             the
             wealth
             an●
             traffique
             of
             the
             whole
             ,
             like
             the
             spleene
             in
             the
             naturall
             body
             ,
             whose
             swelling
             makes
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             members
             languish
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             XIV
             .
          
           
             HAving
             thus
             passed
             the
             diameter
             of
             France
             ,
             run
             over
             Spaine
             ,
             crossed
             the
             Mediterranean
             to
             Italy
             ,
             and
             observed
             the
             multiplicity
             of
             Governments
             therein
             ;
             having
             thus
             climbed
             the
             Alpes
             ,
             and
             traversed
             the
             best
             part
             of
             Germany
             ,
             having
             also
             taken
             the
             length
             of
             the
             Belgique
             Lion
             ,
             (
             of
             all
             which
             France
             for
             a
             Kingdome
             ,
             Venice
             for
             a
             Republique
             ,
             Millan
             for
             a
             Duchy
             ,
             Flanders
             for
             a
             County
             beare
             the
             bell
             )
             having
             I
             say
             ,
             Travelled
             through
             all
             these
             places
             ,
             all
             which
             may
             bee
             
             done
             compleatly
             in
             three
             yeares
             and
             foure
             months
             ,
             which
             foure
             Months
             I
             allow
             for
             itinerary
             removals
             and
             journeys
             ,
             and
             the
             Yeares
             for
             residence
             in
             places
             ;
             it
             wi●l
             be
             high
             time
             now
             to
             hoyse
             sayle
             ,
             and
             steere
             homwards
             ,
             where
             being
             returned
             ,
             hee
             must
             abhorre
             all
             affectation
             ▪
             all
             forced
             postures
             and
             complements
             :
             For
             Forraine
             Travell
             oftentimes
             makes
             many
             to
             wander
             from
             themselves
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             from
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             to
             come
             back
             mere
             Mimiques
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             going
             farre
             ,
             to
             fare
             worse
             ,
             and
             bring
             backe
             lesse
             wit
             ,
             than
             they
             carieth
             forth
             ,
             they
             go
             out
             Figures
             (
             according
             to
             the
             Italian
             Proverb
             )
             and
             returne
             
             Cyphers
             ,
             they
             retaine
             the
             Vice
             of
             a
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             will
             discours
             learnedly
             thereon
             ,
             but
             passe
             by
             ,
             and
             forget
             the
             good
             ,
             their
             Memories
             being
             herein
             like
             haire
             seeves
             ,
             that
             keep
             up
             the
             branne
             ,
             and
             let
             go
             the
             fine
             flowr●
             ▪
             They
             strive
             to
             degenerate
             as
             much
             as
             they
             can
             from
             Englishmen
             ,
             and
             all
             their
             talke
             is
             still
             Forraine
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             ,
             will
             bring
             it
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             by
             head
             and
             shoulders
             ,
             magnifying
             other
             ▪
             Nations
             ,
             and
             derogating
             from
             their
             own
             :
             Nor
             can
             one
             hardly
             exchange
             three
             words
             with
             them
             ,
             at
             an
             Ordinary
             ▪
             (
             or
             else-where
             )
             but
             presently
             they
             are
             th●other
             side
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             commending
             either
             the
             Wines
             of
             France
             ,
             the
             〈◊〉
             
             of
             Italy
             ,
             or
             the
             Oyle
             and
             Sallets
             of
             Spaine
             .
          
           
             Some
             also
             there
             are
             who
             by
             their
             Countenance
             more
             than
             by
             their
             Cariage
             ,
             by
             their
             Diseases
             ,
             more
             than
             by
             their
             Discourses
             ,
             discover
             themselves
             to
             have
             been
             Abroad
             under
             hot
             Climats
             .
          
           
             Others
             have
             a
             custome
             to
             bee
             always
             relating
             strange
             things
             and
             wonders
             ,
             (
             of
             the
             humor
             of
             Sir
             Iohn
             Mandevile
             )
             and
             they
             usually
             present
             them
             to
             the
             Hearers
             ,
             through
             multiplying
             glasses
             ,
             and
             thereby
             cause
             the
             thing
             to
             appeare
             far
             greater
             than
             it
             is
             in
             it self
             ,
             they
             make
             Mountaines
             of
             Mole-hils
             ,
             like
             Charenton-Bridge-Eccho
             ,
             which
             doubles
             the
             sound
             nine
             
             times
             .
             Such
             a
             Traveller
             was
             he
             ,
             that
             reported
             the
             Indian
             Fly
             ,
             to
             be
             as
             big
             as
             a
             Fox
             ;
             China
             birds
             ,
             to
             be
             as
             big
             as
             some
             Horses
             ,
             and
             their
             Mice
             to
             be
             as
             big
             as
             Monkeys
             ;
             but
             they
             have
             the
             wit
             to
             fetch
             this
             far
             enough
             off
             ,
             because
             the
             Hearer
             may
             rather
             believe
             it
             ,
             than
             make
             a
             voyage
             so
             far
             to
             disprove
             it
             .
          
           
             Every
             one
             knowes
             the
             Tale
             of
             him
             ,
             who
             reported
             hee
             had
             seen
             a
             Cabbage
             under
             whose
             leafes
             a
             Regiment
             of
             Souldiers
             were
             sheltred
             from
             a
             shower
             of
             raine
             :
             Another
             who
             was
             no
             Traveller
             (
             yet
             the
             wiser
             man
             )
             said
             ,
             hee
             had
             passed
             by
             a
             place
             where
             there
             were
             400
             brasiers
             making
             of
             a
             Cauldron
             ,
             200
             within
             ,
             and
             
             200
             without
             ,
             beating
             the
             nayles
             in
             ;
             the
             Traveller
             asking
             for
             what
             use
             that
             huge
             Cauldron
             was
             ?
             he
             told
             him
             ,
             Sir
             it
             was
             to
             boyle
             your
             Cabbage
             .
          
           
             Such
             another
             was
             the
             Spanish
             Traveller
             ,
             who
             was
             so
             habituated
             to
             hyperbolize
             ,
             and
             relate
             wonders
             ,
             that
             he
             became
             ridiculous
             in
             al
             companies
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             was
             forced
             at
             last
             to
             give
             order
             to
             his
             man
             ,
             when
             he
             fell
             into
             any
             excesse
             this
             way
             ,
             and
             report
             any
             thing
             improbable
             ,
             he
             should
             pul
             him
             by
             the
             sleeve
             :
             The
             Master
             falling
             into
             his
             wonted
             hyperboles
             ,
             spoke
             of
             a
             Church
             in
             China
             ,
             that
             was
             ten
             thousand
             and
             yards●
             long
             ;
             his
             man
             standing
             behind
             and
             pulling
             him
             by
             the
             sleeve
             ,
             made
             him
             
             stop
             suddenly
             :
             the
             company
             asking
             ,
             I
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             how
             broad
             might
             that
             Church
             be
             ?
             he
             replyed
             ,
             but
             a
             yard
             broad
             ,
             and
             you
             may
             thanke
             my
             man
             for
             pulling
             me
             by
             the
             sleeve
             ,
             else
             I
             had
             made
             it
             foure-square
             for
             you
             .
          
           
             Others
             have
             another
             kind
             of
             hyperbolizing
             vaine
             ,
             as
             they
             will
             say
             ,
             there
             's
             not
             a
             woman
             in
             Italy
             ,
             but
             weares
             an
             Iron
             girdle
             next
             her
             skin
             in
             the
             absence
             of
             her
             husband
             ,
             that
             for
             a
             pistoll
             one
             may
             be
             master
             of
             any
             mans
             life
             there
             ;
             That
             there
             is
             not
             a
             Gentleman
             in
             France
             but
             hath
             his
             box
             of
             play
             〈◊〉
             about
             him
             ;
             That
             in
             Germany
             every
             one
             hath
             a
             rouse
             in
             his
             pate
             ,
             once
             a
             day
             ;
             That
             there
             are
             few
             Dons
             in
             Spaine
             that
             eat
             
             flesh
             once
             a
             week
             ,
             or
             that
             hath
             not
             a
             Mistresse
             besides
             his
             wife
             ;
             That
             Paris
             hath
             more
             Courtizans
             than
             London
             honest
             Women
             (
             which
             may
             admit
             a
             double
             sense
             ;
             )
             That
             Sevill
             is
             like
             a
             chesse-bord
             table
             ,
             having
             as
             many
             Moriscos
             as
             Spaniards
             ;
             That
             Venice
             hath
             more
             Maquerelles
             ,
             than
             Marchands
             ;
             Portugall
             more
             Iews
             than
             Christians
             :
             whereas
             i●
             ▪
             is
             farre
             otherwise
             ,
             for
             the
             Devill
             is
             not
             so
             black
             as
             he
             〈◊〉
             painted
             ,
             no
             more
             are
             these
             Noble
             Nations
             and
             Townes
             as
             they
             are
             tainted
             :
             Therefore
             one
             should
             ▪
             
               Parcere
               paucorum
               diffunder●
               crimen
               in
               omnes
               .
            
             
             And
             it
             is
             a
             generous
             kind
             of
             civility
             to
             report
             alwayes
             the
             best
             .
          
           
             Furthermore
             ,
             there
             is
             amongst
             many
             others
             (
             which
             were
             too
             long
             to
             recite
             here
             )
             an
             odde
             kind
             of
             Anglicisme
             ▪
             wherein
             some
             do
             frequently
             expresse
             themselves
             ,
             as
             to
             say
             Your
             Boores
             of
             Holland
             ,
             Sir
             ;
             Your
             Iesuites
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             Sir
             ;
             Your
             Courtisans
             of
             Venice
             ,
             Sir
             :
             whereunto
             one
             answered
             (
             not
             impertinently
             )
             My
             Courtisans
             Sir
             ?
             Pox
             on
             them
             all
             for
             me
             ,
             they
             are
             none
             of
             my
             Courtisans
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             some
             kind
             of
             Travellers
             there
             are
             ,
             whom
             their
             gate
             and
             strouting
             ,
             their
             bending
             in
             the
             hammes
             ,
             and
             shoulders
             ,
             and
             looking
             upon
             their
             
             legs
             ,
             with
             frisking
             and
             singing
             do
             speake
             them
             Travellers
             .
          
           
             Others
             by
             a
             phantastique
             kind
             of
             ribanding
             themselvs
             ,
             by
             their
             modes
             of
             habit
             ,
             and
             cloathing
             (
             and
             touching
             variety
             of
             cloathing
             ,
             there
             be
             certaine
             odde
             ill-favoured
             old
             Prophecies
             of
             this
             Island
             ,
             which
             were
             improper
             to
             recite
             here
             )
             do
             make
             themselves
             knowne
             to
             have
             breathed
             forraine
             ayre
             ,
             like
             Sir
             Thomas
             Moore's
             )
             Traveller
             ,
             whom
             I
             will
             bring
             here
             upon
             the
             stage
             .
             
               
                 Amicus
                 &
                 Sodalis
                 est
                 La●us
                 mihi
                 ,
              
               
                 Britanniaque
                 natus
                 ,
                 altusque
                 Insulâ
                 :
              
               
               
                 At
                 cùm
                 Brittannos
                 Galliae
                 cultoribus
              
               
                 Oceanus
                 ingens
                 ,
                 lingua
                 ,
                 mores
                 dirimant
                 ,
              
               
                 Spernit
                 tamen
                 Lalus
                 Britannica
                 omnia
                 ;
              
               
                 Miratur
                 expetitque
                 cuncta
                 Gallica
              
               
                 Togâ
                 superbit
                 ambulans
                 in
                 Gallica
                 ,
              
               
                 Amatque
                 multùm
                 Gallicas
                 lacernulas
                 ,
              
               
                 Zonâ
                 ,
                 locello
                 ,
                 atque
                 ense
                 gaudet
                 Gallico
                 ,
              
               
                 Et
                 calceis
                 &
                 subligare
                 Gallico
                 ,
              
               
                 Totoque
                 denique
                 apparatu
                 Gallico
                 ,
              
               
                 Nam
                 &
                 unum
                 habet
                 Ministrum
                 ,
                 eumque
                 Gallicum
                 ,
              
               
                 Sed
                 quem
                 ,
                 licet
                 velit
                 ,
                 nec
                 ipsa
                 Gallia
                 ,
              
               
               
                 Tractare
                 quiret
                 plus
                 (
                 opinor
                 )
                 Gallicè
                 ,
              
               
                 Stipendii
                 nihil
                 dat
                 ,
                 atque
                 id
                 Gallicè
                 ,
              
               
                 Vestitque
                 tritis
                 pannulis
                 ,
                 &
                 Gallicè
                 hoc
                 ,
              
               
                 Alit
                 cibo
                 parvo
                 &
                 malo
                 ,
                 idque
                 Gallicè
                 ,
              
               
                 Labore
                 multo
                 exercet
                 ,
                 atque
                 hoc
                 Gallicè
                 ,
              
               
                 Pugnisque
                 crebrò
                 pulsat
                 ,
                 idque
                 Gallicè
                 ,
              
               
                 In
                 coetu
                 ,
                 in
                 via
                 ,
                 &
                 in
                 foro
                 ,
                 &
                 frequentiâ
              
               
                 Rixatur
                 objurgatque
                 semper
                 Gallicè
                 .
              
               
                 Quid
                 ?
                 Gallicè
                 illud
                 ?
                 imò
                 semi-Gallicè
                 ,
              
               
                 Sermonem
                 enim
                 ,
                 ni●fallor
                 ,
                 ille
                 Gallicum
              
               
                 Tam
                 callet
                 omnem
                 ,
                 quàm
                 Latinum
                 Psittacus
                 .
              
               
               
                 Crescit
                 tamen
                 ;
                 sibique
                 nimirum
                 placet
                 ,
              
               
                 Verbis
                 tribus
                 si
                 quid
                 loquatur
                 Gallicis
                 ,
              
               
                 Aut
                 Gallicis
                 si
                 quid
                 nequit
                 vocabulis
                 ,
              
               
                 Conatur
                 id
                 verbis
                 ,
                 licèt
                 non
                 Gallicis
                 ,
              
               
                 Sono●
                 saltem
                 personare
                 Gallico
                 ,
              
               
                 Palato
                 hiante
                 ,
                 acutulo
                 quodam
                 ▪
                 tono
                 ,
              
               
                 Et
                 foemine
                 instar
                 garrientis
                 molliter
                 ,
              
               
                 Sed
                 ore
                 pleno
                 ,
                 tanquam
                 id
                 impleant
                 fabae
                 ,
              
               
                 Balbutiens
                 videlicet
                 suaviter
                 ,
              
               
                 Pressis
                 quibusdam
                 literis
                 ,
                 Galli
                 quibus
              
               
                 Ineptientes
                 abstinent
                 ,
                 nihi●l
                 secus
              
               
                 Quam
                 vulpe
                 gallus
                 ,
                 rupibusque
                 Navita
                 ;
              
               
               
                 Sic
                 ergo
                 linguam
                 ille
                 &
                 Latinam
                 Gallicè
                 ,
              
               
                 Et
                 Gallicè
                 linguam
                 sonat
                 Br●tannicam
                 ,
              
               
                 Et
                 Gallicè
                 linguam
                 refert
                 Hispan●cam
                 ,
              
               
                 Et
                 Gallicè
                 linguam
                 refert
                 Lombardicam
                 ,
              
               
                 Et
                 Gallicè
                 l●●guam
                 refert
                 G●●manicam
                 ,
              
               
                 Et
                 Gallicè
                 omnem
                 praeter
                 unam
                 Gallicam
                 ,
              
               
                 Nam
                 Gallicam
                 solùm
                 sonat
                 Britannicè
              
               
                 At
                 quisquis
                 Insulâ
                 satu
                 Britannica
              
               
                 Sic
                 patriam
                 insolens
                 fastidie●
                 suam
                 ,
              
               
                 Ut
                 more
                 simiae
                 laboret
                 fingere
                 ,
              
               
                 Et
                 aemulari
                 Gallicas
                 ineptias
                 ,
              
               
                 Ex
                 amne
                 Gallo
                 ego
                 hunc
                 opinor
                 ●brium
                 .
              
               
               
                 Ergo
                 ut
                 ex
                 Britanno
                 Gallus
                 esse
                 nititur
                 ,
              
               
                 Sic
                 Dii
                 jubete
                 ,
                 fiat
                 fiat
                 ex
                 Gallo
                 capus
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             SEC.
             XV
             .
          
           
             BVt
             such
             Travellers
             as
             these
             may
             bee
             termed
             Land-lopers
             ,
             as
             the
             Dutchman
             saith
             ,
             rather
             than
             Travellers
             ;
             Such
             may
             be
             said
             to
             go
             out
             upon
             such
             an
             Arrand
             ,
             as
             wee
             reade
             Saules-son
             went
             once
             out
             upon
             ;
             or
             like
             the
             Prodigall
             son
             ,
             to
             feed
             upon
             the
             huskes
             of
             strange
             Countreys
             ;
             or
             as
             we
             reade
             ,
             Aesope
             travelled
             to
             Istria
             ,
             thence
             to
             Afric●
             ,
             
             and
             sundry
             other
             Regions
             ,
             only
             to
             find
             out
             the
             best
             Crabs
             ;
             or
             like
             him
             who
             came
             from
             the
             furthest
             parts
             of
             Hungary
             to
             England
             ,
             to
             eate
             Oysters
             :
             These
             Travellers
             in
             lieu
             of
             the
             Ore
             of
             Ophir
             wherwith
             they
             should
             come
             home
             richly
             freighted
             ,
             may
             be
             said
             to
             make
             their
             returne
             in
             Apes
             and
             Owles
             ,
             in
             a
             cargazon
             of
             Complements
             and
             Cringes
             ,
             or
             some
             huge
             monstrous
             Periwigs
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Golden
             Fleece
             they
             bring
             over
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             Such
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             are
             a
             shame
             to
             their
             Countrey
             abroad
             ,
             and
             their
             kinred
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             to
             their
             parents
             ,
             Benonies
             ,
             the
             sons
             of
             sorrow
             :
             and
             as
             Ionas
             in
             the
             Whales
             belly
             ,
             travelled
             
             much
             ,
             but
             saw
             little
             ,
             why
             ,
             because
             hee
             was
             shut
             up
             in
             the
             body
             of
             that
             great
             (
             aquatique
             )
             beast
             ,
             so
             these
             may
             be
             said
             to
             have
             been
             carried
             up
             and
             downe
             through
             many
             Countreys
             ,
             and
             after
             a
             long
             pererration
             to
             and
             fro
             ,
             to
             returne
             as
             wise
             as
             they
             went
             ,
             because
             their
             soules
             were
             so
             ill
             lodged
             ,
             and
             shut
             up
             in
             such
             stupid
             bodies
             :
             No
             ,
             an
             ingenious
             and
             discerning
             Traveller
             will
             disdaine
             this
             ,
             and
             strive
             to
             distinguish
             'twixt
             good
             and
             evill
             ,
             'twixt
             that
             which
             is
             gracefull
             ,
             and
             what
             's
             phantastique
             ,
             'twixt
             what
             is
             to
             be
             followed
             ,
             and
             what
             's
             to
             be
             shunned
             ,
             and
             bring
             home
             the
             best
             :
             Hee
             will
             strive
             to
             be
             rather
             Substance
             
             without
             shew
             ,
             than
             shew
             without
             substance
             :
             From
             the
             Italian
             he
             will
             borrow
             his
             reservednesse
             ,
             not
             his
             jealousie
             and
             humor
             of
             revenge
             ;
             From
             the
             French
             his
             Horsemanship
             and
             gallantnesse
             that
             way
             ,
             with
             his
             Confidence
             ,
             and
             nothing
             else
             :
             From
             the
             Spaniard
             his
             Sobriety
             ,
             not
             his
             lust
             :
             From
             the
             German
             (
             cleane
             contrary
             )
             his
             Continency
             ,
             no
             :
             his
             Excesse
             ,
             the
             other
             way
             :
             From
             the
             Netherland
             his
             Industry
             ,
             and
             that
             's
             all
             :
             His
             heart
             must
             still
             remaine
             English
             ,
             though
             I
             allow
             him
             some
             choyce
             and
             change
             of
             Habit
             ,
             
               Coelum
               ,
               non
               animum
               mutet
               —
            
             
             And
             as
             the
             commendablest
             quality
             of
             Oyle
             is
             to
             smell
             of
             nothing
             ,
             yet
             it
             giveth
             an
             excellent
             relish
             to
             many
             sorts
             of
             meats
             :
             So
             he
             is
             the
             discreetest
             Traveller
             ,
             who
             Savoureth
             of
             no
             affectation
             ;
             or
             strangenesse
             ,
             of
             no
             exotique
             modes
             at
             all
             ,
             after
             his
             returne
             ,
             either
             in
             his
             Cariage
             or
             Discours
             ,
             unlesse
             the
             subject
             require
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             occasion
             and
             Company
             aptly
             serve
             for
             him
             ,
             to
             discover
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             then
             an
             application
             of
             his
             Knowledge
             abroad
             ,
             will
             excellently
             season
             his
             matter
             and
             serve
             as
             golden
             d●shes
             to
             serve
             it
             in
             .
          
           
             If
             any
             Forrainer
             be
             to
             be
             imitated
             in
             his
             manner
             of
             Discours
             and
             Comportement
             ,
             
             it
             is
             the
             Italian
             ,
             who
             may
             be
             said
             to
             be
             a
             medium
             'twixt
             the
             Gravity
             of
             the
             Spaniard
             ,
             the
             Heavinesse
             of
             the
             Dutch
             ,
             and
             Levity
             of
             our
             next
             Neighbours
             ,
             for
             he
             seemes
             to
             allay
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             quicken
             the
             other
             two
             ;
             to
             serve
             as
             a
             buoy
             to
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             a
             ballast
             to
             
             th'other
             .
          
           
             France
             useth
             to
             work
             one
             good
             effect
             upon
             the
             English
             ,
             she
             useth
             to
             take
             away
             the
             mothers
             milk
             (
             as
             they
             say
             ,
             )
             that
             blush
             ,
             and
             bashfull
             tincture
             ,
             which
             useth
             to
             rise
             up
             in
             the
             face
             upon
             sudden
             salutes
             ,
             and
             enterchange
             of
             Complement
             ,
             and
             to
             enharden
             one
             with
             confidence
             ;
             For
             the
             Gentry
             of
             France
             have
             a
             kind
             of
             loose
             becomming
             
             boldnes
             ,
             and
             forward
             vivacity
             in
             their
             cariage
             ,
             whereby
             they
             seeme
             to
             draw
             respect
             from
             their
             Superiours
             and
             Equals
             ,
             and
             make
             their
             Inferiours
             keepe
             a
             fitting
             distance
             .
          
           
             In
             Italy
             amongst
             other
             morall
             cautions
             ,
             one
             may
             learne
             not
             to
             be
             over
             prodigall
             of
             speech
             when
             there
             is
             no
             need
             ,
             for
             with
             a
             nod
             ,
             with
             a
             shake
             of
             the
             head
             ,
             and
             shrug
             of
             the
             shoulder
             ,
             they
             will
             answer
             to
             many
             questions
             .
          
           
             One
             shall
             learne
             besides
             there
             not
             to
             interrupt
             one
             in
             the
             relation
             of
             his
             tale
             ,
             or
             to
             feed
             it
             with
             odde
             interlocutions
             :
             One
             shall
             learne
             also
             not
             to
             laugh
             at
             his
             own
             jest
             ,
             as
             too
             many
             use
             to
             do
             ,
             like
             a
             Hen
             ,
             
             which
             cannot
             lay
             an
             egge
             but
             she
             must
             ca●kle
             .
          
           
             Moreover
             ,
             one
             shall
             learne
             not
             to
             ride
             so
             furiously
             as
             they
             do
             ordinarily
             in
             England
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             no
             necessity
             at
             all
             for
             it
             ;
             for
             the
             Italians
             have
             a
             Proverb
             ,
             that
             a
             gallopping
             horse
             is
             an
             open
             sepulcher
             .
             And
             the
             English
             generally
             are
             observed
             by
             all
             other
             Nations
             ,
             to
             ride
             commonly
             with
             that
             speed
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             rid
             for
             a
             Midwife
             ,
             or
             a
             Physitian
             ,
             or
             to
             get
             a
             pardon
             to
             save
             one's
             life
             as
             he
             goeth
             to
             execution
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             no
             such
             thing
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             occasion
             at
             all
             ,
             which
             makes
             them
             call
             England
             ,
             the
             Hell
             of
             Horses
             .
          
           
             In
             these
             hot
             Countreyes
             
             also
             ,
             one
             shall
             learne
             to
             give
             over
             the
             habit
             of
             an
             odde
             custome
             ,
             peculiar
             to
             the
             English
             alone
             ,
             and
             whereby
             they
             are
             distinguished
             from
             other
             Nations
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             To
             make
             still
             towards
             the
             Chimney
             ,
             though
             it
             bee
             in
             the
             Dog-dayes
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             XVI
             .
          
           
             LAnguage
             is
             the
             greatest
             outward
             testimony
             of
             Travell
             :
             Yet
             is
             it
             a
             vaine
             and
             verball
             Knowledge
             that
             rests
             only
             in
             the
             Tongue
             ;
             Nor
             are
             the
             observations
             of
             the
             Eye
             any
             thing
             profitable
             ,
             unlesse
             the
             Mind
             draw
             something
             from
             the
             Externe
             object
             to
             enrich
             the
             Soule
             withall
             ,
             to
             informe
             to
             build
             up
             and
             unbeguile
             the
             Inward
             man
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             sight
             of
             so
             various
             objects
             of
             Art
             and
             Nature
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             perlustration
             of
             such
             famous
             Cities
             ,
             Castles
             ,
             Amphitheaters
             ,
             and
             Palaces
             ;
             some
             
             glorious
             and
             new
             ,
             some
             mouldred
             away
             ,
             and
             eaten
             by
             the
             Iron-teeth
             of
             Time
             ,
             he
             come
             to
             discerne
             ;
             the
             best
             of
             all
             earthly
             things
             to
             bee
             but
             frayle
             and
             transitory
             .
             That
             this
             World
             at
             the
             best
             is
             but
             a
             huge
             Inne
             ,
             and
             we
             but
             wayfaring
             men
             ,
             but
             Pilgrimes
             ,
             and
             a
             company
             of
             rambling
             Passengers
             .
             That
             we
             enter
             first
             into
             this
             World
             by
             Travaile
             ,
             and
             so
             passe
             along
             ,
             with
             Cries
             ,
             by
             weeping
             crosse
             :
             So
             that
             it
             was
             no
             improper
             Character
             the
             Wisest
             of
             Kings
             gave
             of
             this
             life
             to
             be
             nought
             else
             but
             a
             continuall
             Travell
             :
             as
             the
             Author
             crossing
             once
             over
             the
             Pyrenes
             ,
             writ
             to
             a
             Noble
             friend
             of
             his
             in
             this
             distique
             ,
             
             
               
                 Vita
                 Peregrinans
                 Iter
                 est
                 ,
                 sacrapagina
                 monstrat
                 ,
              
               
                 Nunc
                 verè
                 vitam
                 ,
                 nam
                 peregrinor
                 ,
                 ago
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Yet
             amongst
             these
             passengers
             ,
             some
             find
             warme
             lodgings
             in
             this
             Inne
             ,
             with
             fift
             beds
             ,
             the
             table
             plentifully
             f●rnished
             ,
             And
             such
             is
             the
             poorenesse
             of
             some
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             the
             narrownesse
             of
             their
             Soules
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             so
             nailed
             to
             the
             Earth
             ,
             that
             when
             they
             are
             ●lmost
             at
             their
             Iourneyes
             end
             ,
             when
             they
             lyewind-bound
             at
             the
             Cape
             of
             good
             Hope
             ,
             and
             have
             one
             foot
             in
             the
             〈◊〉
             ready
             to
             go
             off
             ,
             with
             the
             next
             Gale
             to
             another
             Countrey
             ,
             to
             their
             last
             home
             :
             Yet
             ,
             as
             the
             Orator
             saith
             ,
             Quò
             minùs
             viae
             
             restat
             eò
             plus
             viatici
             quaerunt
             ,
             the
             lesse
             way
             remaines
             ,
             the
             more
             provision
             they
             make
             still
             for
             their
             journey
             .
          
           
             Other
             Passengers
             there
             are
             ,
             which
             find
             but
             short
             commons
             ,
             they
             are
             forced
             to
             trudge
             up
             and
             down
             for
             a
             roome
             to
             lay
             their
             heads
             upon
             ,
             and
             would
             bee
             well
             content
             with
             a
             trucklebed
             ,
             or
             a
             mattresse
             in
             the
             garret
             ,
             for
             want
             whereof
             ,
             they
             are
             often
             constrained
             to
             lye
             in
             state
             against
             their
             wils
             in
             the
             Starre
             Chamber
             ,
             having
             the
             Heaven
             for
             their
             Canopy
             ,
             and
             the
             brests
             of
             their
             Common
             Mother
             for
             their
             pillow
             .
          
           
             And
             it
             is
             the
             high
             pleasure
             of
             Providence
             this
             disparity
             should
             be'twixt
             the
             Citizens
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             earth
             
             should
             be
             divided
             into
             such
             unequall
             portions
             ,
             to
             leave
             place
             for
             Industry
             ,
             Labour
             ,
             and
             Wit
             ,
             the
             Children
             of
             Necessity
             ,
             and
             Parents
             of
             Vertue
             ,
             for
             otherwise
             ,
             few
             or
             none
             would
             pourchase
             any
             ground
             upon
             Parnassus
             Hill
             .
          
           
             To
             see
             the
             Escuriall
             in
             Spaine
             ,
             or
             the
             Plate-Fleet
             at
             her
             first
             arrivall
             ;
             To
             see
             Saint
             Denis
             ,
             the
             late
             Cardinal-Palace
             in
             Richelieu
             ,
             and
             other
             things
             in
             France
             ;
             To
             see
             the
             Citadell
             of
             Antwerp
             ;
             The
             New
             Towne
             of
             Amsterdam
             ,
             and
             the
             Forrest
             of
             Masts
             ,
             which
             lye
             perpetually
             before
             her
             ;
             To
             see
             the
             Imperiall
             ,
             and
             stately
             Hans
             Towns
             of
             Germany
             ;
             To
             see
             the
             Treasurie
             of
             Saint
             Mark
             ,
             and
             Arsenall
             
             of
             Venice
             ;
             The
             Mount
             of
             Piety
             in
             Naples
             ;
             The
             Dome
             and
             Castle
             of
             Milan
             ;
             The
             proud
             Palaces
             in
             and
             about
             Genoua
             ,
             whereof
             there
             are
             two
             hundred
             within
             two
             miles
             of
             the
             Towne
             ,
             and
             not
             one
             of
             the
             same
             forme
             of
             building
             ;
             To
             see
             Saint
             Peter's
             Church
             ,
             the
             Vatican
             ,
             and
             other
             magnificent
             structures
             in
             Rome
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             case
             she
             stands
             in
             ,
             may
             be
             said
             to
             be
             but
             her
             owne
             Tombe
             ,
             in
             comparison
             of
             what
             she
             hath
             beene
             ,
             being
             fallen
             from
             the
             Hils
             to
             the
             Plaines
             .
          
           
             To
             be
             able
             to
             spake
             many
             Languages
             ,
             as
             the
             Voluble
             French
             ,
             the
             Courtly
             Italian
             ,
             the
             Lofty
             Spanish
             ,
             the
             Lusty
             Dutch
             ,
             the
             Powerfull
             Latine
             ,
             
             the
             Scientifique
             and
             happily
             compounding
             Greek
             ,
             the
             most
             Spacious
             Slavonique
             ,
             the
             Mysticall
             Hebrew
             with
             all
             her
             Dialects
             :
             All
             this
             is
             but
             vanity
             and
             superficiall
             Knowledge
             ,
             unlesse
             the
             inward
             man
             be
             bettered
             hereby
             ;
             unlesse
             by
             seeing
             and
             perusing
             the
             volume
             of
             the
             Great
             World
             ,
             one
             l●arne
             to
             know
             the
             Little
             ,
             which
             is
             himselfe
             ,
             unles
             o●e
             learne
             to
             governe
             and
             check
             the
             passions
             ,
             our
             Domestique
             Enemies
             ,
             then
             which
             nothing
             can
             conduce
             more
             to
             gentlenes
             of
             mind
             ,
             to
             Elegancy
             of
             Manners
             ,
             and
             Solid
             Wisdome
             .
             But
             principally
             ,
             unlesse
             by
             surveying
             and
             admiring
             his
             works
             abroad
             ,
             one
             improve
             himself
             in
             the
             knowledge
             of
             his
             Creator
             ,
             prae
             quo
             quisquiliae
             
             caetera
             ;
             in
             comparison
             whereof
             the
             best
             of
             sublunary
             blessings
             are
             but
             bables
             ,
             and
             this
             indeed
             ,
             this
             Vnum
             necessarium
             ,
             should
             be
             the
             center
             to
             which
             Travell
             should
             tend
             .
          
           
             Moreover
             ,
             one
             should
             evertuate
             himselfe
             to
             bring
             something
             home
             ,
             that
             may
             accrue
             to
             the
             publique
             benefit
             and
             ad
             vantage
             of
             his
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             draw
             water
             to
             his
             own
             Mill
             only
             ;
             For
             of
             those
             three
             that
             the
             Orator
             saith
             ,
             challenge
             a
             share
             in
             our
             Nativity
             ,
             our
             Countrey
             is
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             our selfs
             last
             .
             Therefore
             he
             should
             pry
             into
             the
             Policy
             and
             municipall
             Lawes
             of
             other
             States
             and
             Cities
             ,
             and
             be
             able
             to
             render
             an
             accompt
             of
             their
             government
             ,
             
             and
             by
             collation
             thereof
             with
             that
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             Examine
             well
             whether
             any
             wholesome
             constitution
             or
             custome
             may
             be
             applyable
             to
             the
             frame
             of
             his
             owne
             Countrey
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             recorded
             in
             an
             ancicient
             Greek
             Author
             ,
             that
             the
             famous
             Ptolomey
             ,
             he
             who
             conversed
             and
             Travelled
             so
             much
             amongst
             Heavenly
             bodies
             ,
             culled
             out
             a
             select
             number
             of
             his
             pregnantest
             young
             Nobles
             ,
             and
             Gentlemen
             to
             go
             to
             Greece
             ,
             Italy
             ,
             Carthage
             and
             other
             Region●
             ,
             and
             the
             prime
             Instruction
             they
             had
             in
             charge
             ,
             was
             ,
             to
             observe
             〈◊〉
             Government
             ,
             as
             they
             Travelled
             along
             ,
             &
             bring
             back
             〈◊〉
             of
             the
             wholesomest
             
             Lawes
             out
             of
             every
             Countrey
             .
             Being
             returned
             ,
             they
             related
             that
             in
             the
             Roman
             Republique
             ,
             a
             most
             singular
             veneration
             was
             had
             of
             the
             Temples
             ,
             a
             punctuall
             obed●ence
             to
             Governors
             ,
             and
             unavoydable
             punishments
             inflicted
             upon
             malefactors
             .
          
           
             In
             Carthage
             ,
             the
             Senat
             commanded
             ,
             the
             Nobles
             executed
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             obeyed
             .
          
           
             In
             Athens
             the
             Rich
             were
             not
             suffered
             to
             be
             Extortioners
             ,
             the
             Poore
             idle
             ,
             nor
             the
             Magistrates
             ignorant
             .
          
           
             In
             Rhodes
             Old
             men
             were
             Venerable
             ,
             Young
             men
             modest
             ,
             and
             Women
             solitary
             and
             silent
             .
          
           
             In
             Thebes
             the
             Nobles
             did
             fight
             ,
             the
             Plebeians
             labour
             ,
             
             and
             Philosophers
             teach
             .
          
           
             In
             Sicily
             Iustice
             was
             entirely
             administred
             ,
             Commerce
             was
             honestly
             exercised
             ,
             and
             all
             enjoyed
             equall
             priviledges
             and
             interest
             in
             the
             State
             .
          
           
             Among
             the
             Sicionians
             there
             were
             admitted
             neither
             Physitians
             to
             hinder
             the
             operations
             of
             Nature
             ;
             nor
             Strangers
             ,
             to
             introduce
             innovations
             ;
             nor
             Lawyers
             ,
             to
             multiply
             Contentions
             .
          
           
             These
             men
             it
             seemes
             di●
             not
             go
             out
             to
             see
             feathers
             fly
             in
             the
             Ayre
             ,
             or
             Reeds
             shaken
             with
             the
             wind
             ,
             they
             did
             not
             go
             to
             get
             Complements
             or
             Cringes
             ,
             or
             Cariage
             of
             bodies
             ,
             or
             new
             Modes
             of
             cloathing
             ,
             or
             to
             tip
             the
             tongue
             with
             a
             little
             Language
             only
             ,
             
             but
             they
             searchd
             into
             the
             solidest
             and
             usefullest
             part
             of
             humane
             Wisdome
             ,
             which
             is
             policy
             ;
             And
             doubtlesse
             ,
             that
             rare
             wise
             King
             made
             excellent
             use
             of
             their
             observations
             ,
             and
             rewarded
             them
             accordingly
             :
             And
             one
             of
             the
             happiest
             advantages
             to
             a
             Monarchy
             is
             ,
             to
             have
             a
             discerning
             and
             bountifull
             King
             when
             occasion
             requires
             ,
             for
             Subjects
             are
             accordingly
             active
             or
             idle
             ,
             as
             they
             find
             their
             Prince
             able
             to
             judge
             of
             their
             merit
             and
             endeavours
             ,
             and
             so
             emp●oy
             them
             ;
             for
             in
             the
             Common-wealth
             of
             Letters
             ,
             and
             speculative
             Orbe
             of
             Vertue
             ,
             the
             benigne
             aspect
             and
             iufluence
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             is
             as
             Apollo
             was
             to
             the
             Muses
             ,
             it
             gives
             a
             kind
             of
             comfortable
             
             heate
             ,
             and
             illumination
             ,
             whereby
             they
             are
             cherished
             and
             made
             vigorous
             .
          
           
             The
             most
             materiall
             use
             therefore
             of
             Forraine
             Travel
             is
             to
             find
             out
             something
             that
             may
             bee
             applyable
             to
             the
             publique
             utility
             of
             one's
             own
             Countrey
             ,
             as
             a
             Noble
             Personage
             of
             late
             yeares
             did
             ,
             who
             observing
             the
             uniforme
             and
             ●regular
             way
             of
             stone
             structure
             up
             and
             down
             Italy
             ,
             hath
             introduced
             that
             forme
             of
             building
             to
             London
             and
             Westminster
             ,
             and
             else
             where
             ,
             which
             though
             d●stastfull
             at
             first
             ,
             as
             all
             innovations
             are
             ,
             For
             they
             seeme
             like
             Bug-beares
             ,
             or
             Gorgons
             heads
             ,
             to
             the
             vulgar
             ;
             yet
             they
             find
             now
             the
             
             commodity
             ,
             firmenesse
             ,
             and
             beauty
             therof
             ,
             the
             three
             maine
             principles
             of
             Architecture
             .
          
           
             Another
             seeing
             their
             Dikes
             ,
             and
             draynings
             in
             the
             Netherlands
             ,
             hath
             been
             a
             cause
             that
             much
             hath
             beene
             added
             ,
             to
             lengthen
             the
             skirts
             of
             this
             Island
             .
          
           
             Another
             in
             imitation
             of
             their
             aqueducts
             and
             sluces
             ,
             and
             cōveyance
             of
             waters
             abroad
             ,
             brought
             Ware-water
             through
             London
             streets
             :
             And
             it
             had
             been
             wished
             so
             great
             and
             renowned
             a
             City
             had
             not
             forgot
             Him
             so
             soon
             ,
             considering
             what
             infinite
             advantages
             redounds
             to
             her
             thereby
             ;
             for
             in
             other
             Countreys
             I
             have
             seene
             Statues
             erected
             to
             persons
             in
             the
             most
             
             eminentest
             places
             (
             to
             eternize
             their
             memories
             by
             way
             of
             gratitude
             )
             for
             Inventions
             of
             farre
             lesser
             consequence
             to
             the
             encouragement
             of
             others
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             an
             old
             Rule
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             will
             be
             in
             date
             to
             the
             Worlds
             end
             ,
             that
             Honor
             nourisheth
             Arts
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             golden
             sp●rre
             of
             Vertue
             and
             industry
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             XVII
             .
          
           
             AMongst
             many
             other
             fruits
             of
             Forraine
             Travell
             ,
             besides
             the
             delightfull
             ideas
             ,
             and
             a
             thousand
             various
             thoughts
             and
             selfe
             contentments
             and
             selfe
             contentments
             and
             inward
             solaces
             ,
             it
             raiseth
             in
             the
             memory
             of
             things
             past
             ,
             this
             is
             one
             :
             That
             when
             one
             hath
             seene
             the
             Tally
             and
             taillage
             of
             France
             ,
             the
             Milstone
             of
             Spaine
             ,
             the
             Assise
             of
             Holland
             ,
             the
             Gabels
             of
             Italy
             ,
             where
             one
             cannot
             bring
             an
             Egge
             ,
             or
             roote
             to
             the
             market
             ,
             but
             the
             Prince
             his
             part
             lyes
             therinna
             :
             When
             he
             hath
             felt
             the
             excesse
             of
             heat
             ,
             
             the
             dangerous
             Serains
             ,
             the
             Poverty
             of
             soyle
             in
             many
             places
             ,
             the
             Homelinesse
             and
             incommodity
             of
             lodging
             ,
             the
             course
             cloathing
             of
             the
             best
             sort
             of
             Peasants
             ,
             their
             wooden
             shooes
             ,
             and
             straw
             hats
             ,
             their
             Canvas
             breeches
             ,
             and
             Buckram
             petticoates
             ,
             their
             meager
             fare
             ,
             feeding
             commonly
             upon
             Grasse
             ,
             Hearbs
             ,
             and
             Roots
             ,
             and
             drinking
             Water
             ,
             neere
             the
             condition
             of
             brute
             animals
             ,
             who
             find
             the
             cloth
             always
             ready
             layed
             ,
             &
             the
             buttry
             open
             :
             When
             hee
             hath
             observed
             what
             a
             hard
             shift
             some
             make
             to
             hewe
             out
             a
             dwelling
             in
             the
             holes
             of
             the
             Rocks
             ;
             others
             to
             dig
             one
             under
             the
             Sea
             ;
             when
             he
             feeles
             ,
             how
             in
             some
             Climes
             the
             Heaven
             is
             as
             Brasse
             ,
             in
             others
             
             as
             a
             dropping
             Sponge
             ;
             in
             others
             as
             a
             great
             Bellowes
             ,
             most
             part
             of
             the
             yeare
             ;
             how
             the
             Earth
             ,
             in
             many
             places
             is
             ever
             and
             anone
             sick
             of
             a
             fit
             of
             the
             Palsie
             ;
             When
             hee
             sees
             the
             same
             Sun
             which
             only
             cherisheth
             and
             gently
             warmes
             his
             Countrey
             men
             ,
             halfe
             parboyle
             and
             tanne
             other
             people
             ,
             and
             those
             rayes
             which
             scorch
             the
             adusted
             soyles
             of
             Calabria
             and
             Spaine
             ,
             only
             varnish
             and
             guild
             the
             green
             hony-suckled
             plaines
             and
             hillocks
             of
             England
             ;
             When
             he
             hath
             observed
             what
             hard
             shifts
             some
             make
             to
             rub
             out
             in
             this
             world
             in
             divers
             Countreys
             ,
             What
             speed
             Nature
             makes
             to
             finish
             her
             cours
             in
             them
             ;
             How
             their
             best
             sort
             of
             women
             after
             
             forty
             ,
             are
             presently
             superannuated
             ,
             and
             looke
             like
             another
             Charing-Crosse
             ,
             or
             Carackes
             that
             have
             passed
             the
             Line
             in
             three
             voyages
             to
             the
             Indies
             :
             When
             hee
             hath
             observed
             all
             this
             ,
             At
             his
             returne
             home
             ,
             hee
             will
             blesse
             God
             ,
             and
             love
             England
             better
             ever
             after
             ,
             both
             for
             the
             Equality
             of
             the
             Temper
             in
             the
             Clime
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             no where
             the
             like
             ,
             take
             all
             the
             Seasons
             of
             the
             yeare
             together
             ,
             (
             though
             some
             would
             wish
             She
             might
             bee
             pushed
             a
             little
             nearer
             the
             Sun
             :
             )
             For
             the
             free
             condition
             of
             the
             subject
             ,
             and
             equall
             participation
             of
             the
             Wealth
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             for
             the
             unparallelled
             accommodation
             
             of
             lodging
             ,
             and
             security
             of
             Travell
             ,
             for
             the
             admirable
             hospitality
             ,
             for
             the
             variety
             and
             plenty
             of
             all
             sorts
             of
             firme
             food
             ,
             for
             attendance
             and
             cleanlinesse
             ,
             for
             the
             rare
             fertility
             of
             Shoare
             and
             Sea
             ,
             of
             Ayre
             ,
             Earth
             ,
             and
             Water
             ,
             for
             the
             longevity
             ,
             well
             favourednesse
             and
             innated
             honesty
             of
             the
             people
             :
             And
             above
             all
             ;
             for
             the
             moderation
             and
             decency
             in
             celebrating
             the
             true
             service
             of
             God
             ,
             being
             farre
             from
             Superstition
             one
             way
             ,
             and
             from
             Prophanesse
             the
             other
             way
             ,
             (
             though
             (
             with
             a
             quaking
             heart
             ,
             I
             speake
             it
             )
             there
             have
             been
             strange
             insolencies
             committed
             of
             late
             )
             I
             say
             ,
             when
             hee
             hath
             well
             observed
             all
             this
             ,
             he
             will
             
             sing
             ,
             as
             once
             I
             did
             to
             a
             Noble
             friend
             of
             mine
             from
             Denmarque
             ,
             in
             this
             Sapphique
             :
             
               
                 Dulcior
                 fumus
                 Patriae
                 ,
                 forensi
              
               
                 Flāmula
                 ,
                 vino
                 ,
                 praeit
                 unda
                 ,
                 terrae
              
               
                 Herba
                 Britānae
                 ,
                 mage
                 trāsmarino
                 Flore
                 süavis
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             XVIII
             .
          
           
             HAving
             thus
             tasted
             of
             so
             many
             waters
             ,
             and
             beene
             Salted
             in
             the
             World
             abroad
             ,
             and
             being
             safely
             restored
             to
             the
             bosome
             of
             his
             owne
             Countrey
             ,
             his
             next
             cours
             should
             bee
             ,
             to
             settle
             himselfe
             awhile
             in
             one
             of
             the
             Innes
             of
             Court
             ,
             (
             which
             hee
             may
             do
             and
             yet
             bee
             a
             Courtier
             besides
             )
             to
             understand
             something
             of
             the
             Common
             Lawes
             of
             England
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             inheritance
             of
             every
             subject
             ,
             as
             also
             
             of
             the
             constitutions
             and
             Orders
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Parlament
             ,
             the
             most
             indifferent
             ,
             most
             wholesome
             ,
             and
             Noblest
             way
             of
             Government
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             both
             in
             respect
             of
             King
             and
             People
             :
             It
             being
             the
             greatest
             glory
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             to
             be
             King
             of
             a
             free
             and
             well-crested
             people
             ,
             and
             the
             greatest
             glory
             of
             a
             People
             to
             bee
             under
             a
             Crown
             so
             embellished
             with
             Flowers
             ,
             and
             sparckling
             with
             such
             ancient
             and
             sacred
             gemmes
             of
             Royall
             Prerogatives
             :
             Yet
             to
             bee
             under
             no
             Law
             but
             of
             their
             owne
             making
             ,
             to
             bee
             the
             Setters
             of
             the
             great
             Dyall
             of
             the
             Common-Wealth
             themselves
             .
             To
             bee
             subject
             to
             no
             Ordinance
             ,
             to
             no
             
             Contribution
             or
             Taxe
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             granted
             in
             that
             great
             Epidemicall
             Counsell
             ,
             wherein
             every
             one
             from
             the
             Peere
             to
             the
             Plebeian
             hath
             an
             inclusive
             Vote
             .
             And
             if
             every
             degree
             high
             and
             low
             ,
             both
             in
             Towne
             and
             Countrey
             is
             there
             represented
             by
             their
             Subsistutes
             ;
             it
             were
             a
             hard
             measure
             (
             under
             correction
             ,
             I
             humbly
             speake
             it
             )
             if
             the
             Levites
             ,
             the
             best
             of
             all
             professions
             ,
             who
             besides
             the
             holinesse
             of
             their
             function
             (
             as
             having
             charge
             of
             the
             Nobler
             halfe
             of
             man
             ,
             of
             that
             which
             should
             guide
             and
             regulate
             the
             Understanding
             in
             making
             of
             all
             Lawes
             ,
             I
             meane
             the
             Conscience
             )
             do
             make
             a
             considerable
             part
             of
             the
             People
             
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             should
             be
             thence
             excluded
             ;
             for
             though
             it
             be
             inconsistent
             with
             their
             calling
             to
             have
             hands
             to
             execute
             ,
             yet
             they
             may
             well
             have
             heads
             to
             consult
             in
             that
             great
             Nationall
             Senat
             :
             It
             were
             a
             hard
             case
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             if
             those
             great
             Lights
             ,
             which
             were
             used
             to
             shine
             with
             that
             brightnesse
             to
             the
             Envy
             (
             not
             the
             reproach
             or
             Scandall
             of
             any
             that
             I
             know
             of
             )
             of
             all
             other
             Reformed
             Churches
             ,
             should
             be
             now
             put
             in
             wooden
             Candlesticks
             :
             That
             those
             Promotions
             ,
             Endowments
             ,
             and
             Honors
             ,
             which
             our
             well
             disposed
             Progenitors
             provided
             ,
             to
             nourish
             the
             Arts
             ,
             and
             serve
             as
             Spurres
             to
             Learning
             and
             Zeale
             ,
             should
             now
             be
             cut
             
             off
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             served
             only
             for
             Stirrops
             to
             Pride
             .
             There
             being
             no
             professions
             ,
             but
             have
             certaine
             steps
             of
             rising
             up
             ,
             and
             degrees
             of
             Promotion
             for
             their
             encouragement
             to
             make
             men
             aemulari
             meliora
             .
             And
             he
             who
             hath
             spent
             the
             vigor
             of
             his
             yeares
             and
             Intellectuals
             in
             the
             Lords
             Vineyard
             ,
             it
             may
             well
             become
             him
             (
             having
             served
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             his
             yeare
             of
             Iubile
             )
             to
             have
             his
             gray
             haires
             dignified
             with
             some
             Honor
             and
             Authority
             ,
             with
             reward
             and
             rest
             in
             his
             old
             age
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             long
             experience
             and
             paines
             to
             see
             that
             other
             painefull
             Labourers
             be
             put
             into
             the
             Vine-yard
             ,
             yet
             to
             have
             his
             hand
             often
             on
             the
             Plough
             
             himselfe
             .
             If
             there
             bee
             a
             theefe
             in
             the
             Candle
             ,
             (
             as
             wee
             use
             to
             say
             commonly
             )
             there
             is
             a
             way
             to
             pull
             it
             out
             ;
             and
             not
             to
             put
             out
             the
             Candle
             ,
             by
             clapping
             an
             Extinguisher
             presently
             upon
             it
             ;
             If
             these
             Lights
             grow
             dim
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             Trienniall
             Snuffer
             for
             them
             :
             If
             these
             Trees
             beare
             not
             good
             fruit
             ,
             or
             shoot
             forth
             any
             Luxuriant
             boughs
             ,
             they
             are
             sure
             to
             feele
             the
             Pruning
             iron
             once
             every
             three
             yeares
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             name
             of
             God
             ,
             let
             these
             Lights
             be
             brought
             to
             move
             within
             the
             circumference
             of
             their
             own
             Orbes
             ,
             and
             be
             kept
             from
             irregular
             and
             eccentrique
             motions
             ,
             And
             I
             am
             confident
             it
             will
             render
             them
             lesse
             obnoxious
             to
             Envy
             
             and
             Scandall
             ,
             and
             draw
             upon
             them
             a
             greater
             opinion
             of
             Reverence
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             Castle
             in
             the
             grand
             Caire
             in
             Aegypt
             ,
             called
             the
             Nilescope
             ,
             where
             there
             stands
             a
             Pillar
             with
             certaine
             markes
             to
             observe
             the
             height
             of
             the
             River
             of
             Nile
             ,
             at
             her
             annuall
             inundation
             (
             which
             fals
             out
             precisely
             about
             the
             Summer
             Solstice
             )
             if
             the
             streame
             come
             to
             bee
             higher
             or
             lower
             than
             such
             markes
             ,
             it
             portends
             dearth
             ,
             but
             if
             at
             highest
             floud
             it
             rest
             about
             the
             middle
             ,
             it
             is
             an
             infallible
             presage
             of
             a
             plentifull
             yeare
             :
             So
             we
             may
             say
             of
             these
             great
             Streames
             that
             are
             appointed
             to
             water
             the
             Lords
             Field
             ,
             they
             must
             not
             swell
             too
             high
             ,
             
             nor
             must
             they
             run
             in
             too
             low
             a
             Channell
             :
             And
             as
             humility
             is
             the
             fairest
             gemme
             that
             can
             shine
             in
             a
             Prelats
             Miter
             ,
             so
             the
             greatest
             badge
             of
             a
             well
             devoted
             Soule
             ,
             is
             to
             reverence
             the
             Dispensers
             of
             the
             sacred
             Oracles
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             Ghostly
             Fathers
             ,
             and
             Governors
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             (
             which
             in
             analogy
             to
             the
             Triumphant
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             hath
             also
             her
             degrees
             of
             Hierarchy
             .
             )
             For
             besides
             Revenue
             there
             is
             a
             Veneration
             ,
             due
             to
             this
             holy
             function
             ,
             and
             it
             were
             no
             hard
             matter
             to
             produce
             a
             Gran
             Iury
             of
             examples
             both
             Humane
             and
             Divine
             ,
             that
             where
             this
             Reverence
             fayled
             ,
             it
             hath
             been
             a
             symptome
             ,
             and
             an
             infallible
             presage
             of
             a
             declining
             State
             ,
             or
             some
             approaching
             judgement
             .
          
           
           
             But
             I
             hope
             I
             shall
             never
             live
             to
             see
             the
             day
             that
             the
             Noble
             English
             Nation
             ,
             who
             have
             been
             so
             renowned
             all
             the
             world
             over
             ,
             and
             cryed
             up
             for
             their
             exemplary
             Piety
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Prowesse
             ,
             will
             undervalue
             themselves
             so
             farre
             ,
             and
             grow
             distrustfull
             or
             conscious
             of
             their
             owne
             judgements
             ,
             their
             owne
             wonted
             Worth
             ,
             and
             Ability
             so
             far
             ,
             as
             to
             thinke
             those
             Nations
             (
             who
             have
             not
             meanes
             to
             make
             the
             Church
             shine
             with
             that
             lustre
             )
             to
             be
             Wiser
             than
             they
             ,
             or
             to
             out
             go
             them
             in
             zeale
             ,
             as
             to
             receive
             laws
             for
             the
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             forme
             of
             serving
             God
             from
             those
             ,
             who
             have
             been
             far
             behind
             them
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             first
             Reception
             of
             Christianity
             
             and
             the
             Reformation
             thereof
             —
             Proh
             pudor
             —
             I
             will
             not
             say
             ,
             by
             what
             I
             heard
             muttered
             abroad
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             accounted
             a
             Nationall
             diminution
             ,
             but
             if
             it
             should
             fo
             fall
             out
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             hard
             matter
             to
             be
             a
             Prophet
             ,
             yea
             ,
             by
             what
             hath
             passed
             already
             ,
             to
             take
             a
             plaine
             prospect
             of
             those
             Anarchicall
             confusions
             ,
             and
             fearefull
             calamities
             ,
             which
             will
             inevitably
             ensue
             both
             in
             Church
             and
             State
             ;
             unlesse
             with
             the
             pious
             care
             which
             is
             already
             taken
             to
             hinder
             the
             great
             Beast
             to
             breake
             into
             the
             Vineyard
             ;
             there
             be
             also
             a
             speedy
             cours
             taken
             to
             fence
             Her
             from
             other
             Vermine
             ,
             and
             lesser
             Animals
             (
             the
             belluam
             multorum
             capitum
             )
             which
             begin
             
             to
             brouze
             her
             leaves
             ,
             to
             throw
             down
             her
             hedges
             ,
             and
             so
             lay
             her
             open
             to
             wast
             ,
             spoyle
             and
             scorne
             :
             Vnlesse
             there
             bee
             a
             cours
             taken
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             to
             suppresse
             those
             petty
             Sectaries
             ,
             which
             swarme
             so
             in
             every
             corner
             ,
             with
             that
             connivence
             (
             to
             the
             amazement
             of
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             disparagement
             of
             so
             well
             a
             policed
             Kingdome
             )
             who
             by
             their
             capricious
             and
             various
             kind
             of
             gingling
             fancies
             in
             serving
             God
             ,
             do
             their
             best
             to
             bring
             in
             the
             opinion
             of
             the
             Pagan
             Philosopher
             (
             Themistius
             )
             delivered
             once
             to
             Valens
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             That
             as
             God
             Almighty
             had
             infused
             into
             his
             handmaid
             Nature
             ,
             a
             diversity
             of
             operations
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             beauty
             of
             the
             Universe
             consisted
             
             in
             a
             proportion
             of
             so
             many
             differing
             things
             ,
             so
             he
             was
             delighted
             to
             see
             himselfe
             served
             by
             various
             and
             sundry
             kinds
             of
             worship
             and
             invocations
             .
          
           
             In
             all
             humblenesse
             ,
             (
             and
             with
             submission
             of
             censure
             )
             I
             desire
             to
             be
             dispensed
             withall
             for
             this
             excursion
             out
             of
             my
             first
             intended
             subject
             ,
             but
             I
             hope
             the
             digression
             will
             prove
             no
             transgression
             ,
             in
             regard
             the
             quality
             of
             the
             matter
             is
             such
             ,
             that
             every
             one
             hath
             a
             share
             and
             interest
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             should
             be
             sensible
             ,
             when
             that
             Liturgy
             and
             Church
             is
             vilified
             ,
             wherein
             he
             hath
             received
             his
             Birth
             and
             Baptism
             ,
             and
             by
             whose
             compasse
             hee
             steeres
             his
             cours
             to
             Heaven
             :
             When
             the
             Windows
             come
             
             down
             (
             and
             the
             chief
             Pillars
             threatned
             )
             the
             House
             must
             needs
             be
             in
             danger
             of
             falling
             ,
             and
             he
             is
             worthy
             to
             be
             called
             a
             Niding
             ,
             one
             ,
             the
             pulse
             of
             whose
             soule
             beates
             but
             faintly
             towards
             Heaven
             ,
             as
             having
             taken
             but
             weake
             impressions
             of
             the
             image
             of
             his
             Maker
             ,
             who
             will
             not
             run
             and
             reach
             his
             hand
             to
             beare
             up
             his
             Temple
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SEC.
             XIX
             .
          
           
             IN
             the
             Inns
             of
             Court
             ,
             where
             I
             left
             my
             returned
             Traveller
             ,
             hee
             will
             be
             acquainted
             with
             Westminster-Hall
             ,
             with
             the
             courses
             of
             pleading
             in
             the
             Courts
             of
             Iudicature
             ,
             by
             which
             Knowledge
             ,
             he
             may
             learne
             how
             to
             preserve
             his
             own
             ,
             for
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             some
             experience
             herein
             ,
             many
             have
             mightily
             suffered
             in
             their
             estates
             ,
             and
             made
             themselves
             a
             prey
             to
             their
             sollicitors
             and
             Agents
             :
             Nor
             indeed
             is
             he
             capable
             to
             beare
             any
             Rule
             or
             Office
             in
             Town
             or
             Countrey
             ,
             who
             is
             utterly
             
             unacquainted
             with
             Iohn
             an
             Okes
             ,
             and
             Iohn
             a
             Stiles
             ,
             and
             with
             their
             Termes
             .
          
           
             Having
             beene
             thus
             settled
             awhile
             at
             home
             ,
             if
             businesse
             and
             the
             quality
             of
             his
             life
             will
             permit
             ,
             hee
             may
             make
             one
             flying
             journey
             over
             againe
             ,
             and
             in
             one
             Summer
             review
             all
             those
             Countreys
             ,
             which
             hee
             had
             beene
             forty
             Months
             a
             seeing
             before
             :
             And
             as
             the
             second
             thoughts
             are
             held
             the
             wisest
             ,
             so
             a
             second
             survey
             is
             more
             exact
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             more
             retentive
             vertue
             ,
             and
             amongst
             other
             benefits
             ,
             it
             will
             infinitely
             improve
             one
             in
             his
             language
             .
             Noah's
             Dove
             brought
             the
             branch
             of
             Olive
             in
             her
             Bill
             ,
             at
             her
             Second
             journey
             ;
             from
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             Mars
             ,
             
             to
             the
             beginning
             of
             October
             ,
             one
             may
             leasurely
             traverse
             France
             ,
             crosse
             the
             Pyreneys
             ,
             the
             Mediterranean
             ,
             and
             the
             Alpes
             ,
             and
             so
             returne
             either
             through
             Germany
             or
             through
             France
             againe
             ,
             and
             thence
             come
             home
             through
             the
             Netherlands
             :
             But
             being
             (
             bis
             Redux
             )
             returned
             the
             second
             time
             ,
             let
             him
             thinke
             no
             more
             of
             Forrain
             Iourneys
             ,
             unlesse
             it
             be
             by
             command
             ,
             and
             upon
             publique
             service
             .
          
           
             Now
             to
             find
             entertainement
             for
             his
             houres
             of
             leasure
             at
             home
             ,
             hee
             may
             amongst
             other
             studies
             ,
             if
             his
             inclination
             leads
             him
             that
             way
             ,
             apply
             himselfe
             to
             the
             most
             materiall
             and
             usefull
             parts
             of
             the
             Mathematiques
             ,
             
             as
             the
             Art
             of
             Navigation
             and
             Fortification
             .
             The
             study
             of
             the
             Mathematiques
             is
             abstruse
             ,
             and
             therfore
             they
             require
             a
             ripe
             and
             well-seasoned
             judgement
             ,
             they
             have
             this
             property
             ,
             to
             make
             a
             dull
             capacity
             acute
             ,
             and
             an
             acute
             capacity
             dull
             ,
             if
             he
             fals
             unto
             thē
             too
             soon
             :
             which
             makes
             us
             to
             be
             censured
             abroad
             in
             the
             method
             of
             our
             studies
             in
             England
             ,
             to
             make
             green
             wits
             not
             yet
             halfe
             coddled
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             to
             fall
             too
             early
             to
             such
             profound
             notiōs
             in
             our
             Universities
             ,
             as
             putting
             childrē
             to
             stād
             too
             soon
             upon
             their
             leggs
             .
          
           
             For
             Conclusion
             ,
             in
             this
             variety
             of
             studies
             &
             divertismēts
             ,
             I
             will
             give
             him
             this
             Caution
             ,
             that
             he
             fall
             not
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Alchymist
             ,
             for
             
             though
             there
             be
             a
             world
             of
             rare
             conclusions
             ,
             and
             delightfull
             experiments
             (
             most
             usefull
             and
             proper
             for
             Physitians
             )
             to
             be
             found
             in
             Chymistry
             which
             makes
             many
             to
             bee
             so
             inchanted
             therewith
             (
             that
             being
             got
             once
             in
             ,
             they
             have
             not
             power
             to
             get
             out
             againe
             )
             Yet
             I
             never
             knew
             any
             yet
             ,
             who
             made
             the
             benefit
             countervaile
             the
             charge
             ;
             but
             I
             have
             knowne
             many
             melt
             themselves
             to
             nothing
             (
             like
             Icarus
             wings
             melted
             ,
             when
             he
             attempted
             the
             Art
             of
             flying
             )
             And
             while
             they
             labour
             so
             with
             the
             sweat
             of
             their
             brows
             to
             blow
             the
             cole
             ,
             and
             bring
             gold
             over
             the
             helm
             ,
             they
             commonly
             make●
             shipwrack
             of
             their
             own
             fortunes
             .
             
             
               Et
               bona
               dilapidant
               omnia
               pro
               lapide
               .
            
          
           
             And
             the
             reason
             well
             may
             be
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             doubted
             ,
             whether
             such
             undertakings
             ,
             bee
             pleasing
             to
             God
             Almighty
             or
             no
             ,
             for
             though
             Art
             be
             Nature's
             Ape
             ,
             and
             is
             found
             to
             perfect
             her
             in
             some
             things
             :
             Yet
             ,
             it
             may
             well
             bee
             termed
             a
             kind
             of
             Presumption
             in
             man
             (
             by
             fetching
             downe
             the
             Planets
             and
             damning
             them
             as
             criminals
             to
             certaine
             Mettals
             )
             to
             attempt
             the
             transmutation
             of
             one
             species
             into
             another
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             against
             the
             first
             ordinance
             of
             the
             Creator
             ,
             and
             the
             primitive
             intent
             of
             Nature
             ,
             whose
             hand-maid
             shee
             is
             ,
             in
             
             the
             Production
             of
             all
             Elementary
             bodies
             :
             Therefore
             to
             be
             led
             into
             a
             kind
             of
             fooles
             Paradis
             ,
             and
             a
             conceipt
             of
             the
             Philosophers-Stone
             ,
             and
             to
             spend
             much
             money
             in
             Chymistry
             ,
             hee
             shall
             never
             have
             the
             advise
             of
             ▪
          
           
             
               IAMES
               HOWELL
               .
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A44724e-130
           
             *
             Palatinat
             .
          
           
             b
             Carolus
             Magnus
             .
          
           
             c
             Carol
             .